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L . \w 1‘:- ~â€"»â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€" HOUSEHOLD. My LittleGhild My little child Slips from my arms Just when my heart Most to her warms, God bless her . How She thrills me when She tumbles in. My arms again. Years fly so fast : Soon she will be A maiden ;then She’ll turn from me. Some smooth-faced boy, Her heart will steal From Incâ€"what use What use? Why, then It comforts me To know that in Her memory I’ll hold my place-â€" Young love wanes fast, But father’s love Will always last. Pics and. Patties- In making pastry remember to use pastry flour. It is not advisable to make puff paste for ordinary pies ; it requires agreat deal of heat to make it rise and mmsture like that of mince pies retards the rismg somewhat. In any case use plain paste for the under crust. ‘ _ .The rule given for puff paste is one pound of flour, the yolk of one egg, one teaspoonful of salt and one teaspoonful of lemon juice, mix with ice water to make a ___-A__.__._ . .. _- .__. Ot‘ love so leal? I grimy hand acquired in the process of blacking. A pair of thick gloves, is, of course, a. necessary part of the outfit of any woman who does kitchen work, and yet desires, as she should, to keep her hands dainty. As a rule, far too much blocking is used on stoves. If too much blacking is used, it will not be rubbed into the surfa cc of the stove as it should be, but remain as mine dust to be afterward blown about and cause a general grimy appearance. so often seen in uncared for kitchens. A fresh coat of black should not be applied oftener than once a. month, when the fines should also be cleaned out and the interior of the stove thoroughly brushed out. liefcre putting on new bla cking, the old blocking A WITCH Darrell." ‘ Terrible Torturas Inflicted on a Little Girl- The Child “’as Suffering From Epilepsy and an Arab ‘Womun llndcrloolr to Cure Herâ€"The Father of the Child “'asa Pennsylvania (foul Minerâ€"He lteucve‘l in the Methods Adoptedâ€"Tho Child Burned VVlth Red Hot “'lres. A Scranton, Pa. , despatch says :â€"In this enlightened century it seems almost incred- ible that an ignorant “ witch doctress ” should be washed Oil". The new coat must Shoum be able 1'40 successmuy Praetise her now be applied and the stove thoroughly polished . The edges of the stove, if they are black arts among intelligent people, but here and there cases come'to light where of polish ed iron, should not be blacked,but SUPGTStitiOD Seems to reign supreme, and its cleaned like a. steel knife with brickdust. The nickel knobs and other nickel parts of subjects willingly submit to the most cruel and barbarous practices. If those victims the stove must, be rubbed bright with a, of superstition were themselves the only chamois skin or old shrunken flannel. An sufferers the more enlightened would offer ordinary paint and Whit-ling brush is one of fewer protests, but when innocent children the best things with which to apply black- ing to a stove; A stifl‘ brush, such as is are subjected to cruel torture because of their blind faith, strong sympathies are used for this purpose is the best, brush for aroused, and the indignant demands are polishing. During the month, polish the stove with the polishing-brush each morn- ing just after kindling the fire. Keep an old cloth always on hand in cooking, to mode that such practices must cease. The little mining hamlet of Dixville, Kingston township, was recently the scene of a. brutal outrage perpetrated under the rub off any grease spot as soon as it occurs. guige.0f medical trauma?” by 9;“ lEDOFlmt If the spots are obstinate, a few drops of strolling Arab woman. 'lhe subject, a little kerosene oil put on the stove-cloth will re- move them. The ground edges and nickel- girl of eight years, was made the victim of terrible torture for days, and will probably work of t he stove should be rubbed off at die- lcast once a week, besides the monthly stiff dough. Toss on to a floured board and | Cleaning When the stove is blacked-â€" knead until smooth. fold in one pound of butter, which has been .mashed; chilled and divided into three parts. Fold, turn half round, pat and roll out ; repeat this seven times then chill thoroughly before using. Beat the egg yolk ina little of the ice water. The success of making paste depends on using good ingredients as well as the handlâ€" ing. A marble slab is not essential as the common wood moulding board gives just as good results, other things being equal. The beginner in pastry making must re- member to keep everything well chilled. In using the jagging iron for cutting out the paste steady it by pressing the finger against the wheel. . Tin pie plates are the best kmd and the perforated better than the plane. _ As anew tin plate reflects rather than radiates heat the old pie plate is much more useful than a bright new one. _ . A paste made with lard is less easdy handled than one made with butter but do not attempt to use poor butter instead of lard. Kettle rendered leaf lard is better than manufactured substitutes that may be theoretically all right but do not always come up to standard when used. .Do not grease a pie tin and in lining 1t raise and smooth the'paste out so that no bubbles of air are held as these would make the paste rise irregularly. Vl’et the edge a little and put on a rim of puff paste holding it full. For the top use puff paste. _ care to make the puff paste the followmg recipe gives an excellent plain paste. If handled properly : Cut one-quarter cup of lard into two cupfuls of flour to which have ,been added one-half teaspoonful of salt and I Emix withlice waterIas a stiff dough. Toss this, lpaste on a floured board and pat outunto shape ; now dot it over with small pieces of butter, dredge with flour, fold, pat, and roll out again using in all one-quarter of a cup of butter. Fold and roll out three times, then chill thoroughly before using. For chicken patties melt two rounding 'tablespoonfuls of butter and add two heap- ing tablespoonfuls of flour with one half teaspoonful of salt, one-half salt-spoonful of pepper and a few grains of cayenne for seasoning. Pour on slowly one cupful each of milk and chicken stock; after it has cooked smooth add one pint of chicken meat cut into dice and one-half can of mush- rooms cut in thin slices. Cook five minutes, then fill the patty cases. . When cutting out patties be careful to avoid waste in trimmings. Use pufi paste for patties. Cut a piece for the under crust and others with the center cut out for the rim ; the center cut out from one when baked is used as a cover. The patty crusts must be put away to thoroughly chill before baking by putting them in a pan between two of cracked ice. Patties require from twenty to twenty- five minutes for baking but should have risen to their full height in twelve minutes. The \Vatrouski is a Swedish dish. To make it add one-half tablespoonful of but« ter, one saltspoonful of salt, one-half saltspoonful of mace and a speck of cayenne to one-half cup of grated cheese. Add one small egg and the yolk of another. Beat until smooth. Fill small patty cases with this mixture and bake for fifteen to twenty minutes. The sherbet recipe reads:â€"Make a syrup by boiling one pint of sugar, and one quart of water for ten minutes. Pour this on to two ounces of raisins stoned and out fine. Cool and add the juice of three oranges, the juice of one lemon,one cupful of fruit syrup and one-quarter of anutmeg grated. Freeze to a mush, then add one and one-quarter cups of port wine and the beaten whites of three eggs. Freeze and serve in glasses. To freeze a mixture use three parts of finely crushed ice to one of rock salt; this proportion will ensure a fine grain. Do not turn too rapidly at first or pour out any of the salt water unless it is absolutely necessary as it hastens the freezing. Ml XCE MEAT Cook together two and a half pounds of meat and one and one-quarter pounds of suet until the meat is tender. Cool in the water in which it was cooked, then chop the meat fine; there should be four cup- fuls. Add eight cupfuls of chopped apples, the suet and liquor in which the meat is cooked, two pounds of raisins stoned and cut in pieces, one pound of currents, one pound of dates stoned and cut in pieces, one-half pound of citron out fine, ' one and one-half cupfuls of molasses, one quart of sweet cider, two cupfuls of brown sugar, one and one-half" cupfuls of white sugar, two and one-half tablespoonfuls of salt, one tablespoonful each of allspice and cinnamon, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of mace, two teaspoonfuls of cloves, one-half teaspoon- ful of pepper and one nutmeg grated. Sim- mer one and one-half hours. Add one and one-half cupfuls of brandy, one cupful of sherry and the juice of two lemons. Blocking Stoves- Every good housekeeper dislikes to see a grimy stove, yet often dreads equally the ! phere 1" Pat and roll out ; [Health. GETTING AT THE SEAT or THE M ISGI-IIEF. Sequel to a Foolish Bet- BELIEVERS IN CHARMS. John Moore, a coal miner, keeps a small hotel at Dixville settlement. He has ac- cumulated a little of this world’s goods, and is spoken of by his neighbours and ac- quaintances as “ a good fellow in his way,” harmless, honest, and industrious. John, although only about 45 years of age, is the father of fourteen children, nine of whom areliving and residing at the tavern or in the immediate vicinity. Mrs. Moore is a kind-hearted woman, who loves her family and has always faithfully co-operated with her husband in everything contributing to their comfort and happiness. Unfortunately, however, both Mr. and Mrs. Moore are firm believers in mysterious charms and witch- craft. Little Anna, 9. girl of eight summers, had been afflicted with epilepsy for some time, and the disease has stubbornly resist- ed medical treatment. In fact, the parents lost faith in medical science almost entirely, and hearing of the miracles performed through the laying on of hands, charms, incantations, and other humbugs, were thus prepared for the advent of a strolling Arab woman, who walked into the hotel one morning recently and attempted to sell a. few small articles. ' BARBAROUS TORTURE. Although she could talk but little English she managed to impress Moore and his wife with the idea that she possessed marvellous curative powers. Little Anna had just been The Paris correspondent of the London Buffering from one of her epileptic spasms, If one does not Daily Telegraph writes as follows :-â€"â€"Dis- appointment at the loss of a bet led a young man a. few evenings ago to indulge in assault and battery on the person of an inofl'ensive and her parents availed themselves of the opportunity to place their daughter in the hands of the “ witch doctor,” who claimed to be able to cast out the devils which she individual who had been seated at a. table said, were afflicting the Child- Preparatory near the one which he (the young man) had occupied with some friends at a cafe concert, and brought him afterwards into the Police Court, with an eventual sentence of two months’ imprisonment and a fine of 50f. The party which the prisoner had joined was amusing itself with a variety of”wagers. | One backed himself to devour twelve cab- bages at a sitting without drinking a drop ; another to eat a dozen biscuits on the same dry conditions ; while the third expressed his readiness to put down a bottle of ab- sinthe at two gulps. His spirit of emulation thus excited, the prisoner made a bet of (if that he would empty twelve tumblers of wine. The hour of midnight was fast ap- proaching, and he would drink a tumbler with each stroke of the clock. The glasses were ranged in a row before him, and, tak- ing one in his hand, he awaited the signal ; but when the clock had struck 12 he had only emptied four tumblers. He put down his money and walked out of the house, soon followed by another customer, who contented himself with looking on, and who was, moreover, a perfect stranger to him. The prisoner, however, rushed on the un- lucky man, and attacked him with so much fury that, as he deposed in court, he bled profusely. Asked What he had to say in his defence, the hero of this queer adventure coolly remarked that he had been drinking, and did not remember what had occurred ; but this explanation failed to satisfy the judge, and for the next two months the man who vainly attempted to swallow 12 glasses of wine while the clock was striking midnight will have leisure to reflect on the follyé‘of making rash bets, and on the -wis- dam of bearing pecuniary losses with equan- imity. That Alters The Case. MISTRESS (at brealfastlâ€"“I told you to always bake the potatoes, not fry them.” BRIDGETâ€"“ Yis, mum ; but it’s not mesilf that can ate baked potatoes sivin mornin’s in the week.” Too Late. Statesmanâ€"“that are you worrying about now ‘2” Mip'gatroydâ€"“Never found out till just now that there was an exhibit at the \\ orld’s Fair where they gave away samples of whiskeyâ€"and the World’s Fair is over i” Fine Air- Heâ€"“ He is heir to a million.” Sheâ€"“ What an exhilarating atmos- u I ESCAPED ARREST. to her barbarous treatment of the suffering child, the woman shaved the top of her head,and then taking a heated wire burned furrows in the scalp, penetrating to the bone, in the form of a. cross. Then taking from her pack several specimens of fruit, which she said were peas from Jerusa- lem, she pressed them into the furrows and bound up the head. By this time the child’s sufferings were intense, but the heartless woman persisted in her acts of cruelty and the deluded parents offered no objections to a continuation of the tor- torture. Large places were burned by the woman on the back of each little hand, and the arms above the elbows were also treated in the same cruel fashion, after which the heartless woman stood over the child, who was writhing in agony, and uttered what was supposed to be potent incantations for several min- utes,accompanying them with wild gesticu- lations. MORE FIENDISH CRUEL’I‘Y. The parents were then informed that their daughter might not improve very much in a month, but that the “evil spirits” would have to vacate before the treatment was over. The woman remained overnight at the hotel, where she was as tenderly cared for as if she had been a royal princess, and when the morning dawned Mr. and Mrs. Moore were told that further heroic treatment would be necessary to put to rout the indwelling demons and force the child from the spells. The heartless wretch then pierced the tongue of the suffering child several times with a hot wire, and indulged in more incantations. The parents and older children looked on with great interest, and, blinded by super- stitious ignorance, thought they noticed an improvement in the sick child’s condition. The physical endurance of the little suffer- er was truly wonderful or she could never have survived the torture. Finally, after the Arab woman had been at the house for several days, some neigh. bors learned What was going on, and a. physician visited the scene. Knowing she would be immediately arrested and punish- ed for her work, the woman suddenly de- camped, and has not been heard of since. Strange as it may seem, the Moore family are mourning the departure of the Witch J doctor and cursing the people who interfer~ ed. When Ivisited the home yesterday. and first looked upon the poorlittlc sufferer, I could hardly refrain from censuring the parents in the strongest terms, but when I conversed with them a short time my feel- ings changed to pity. The house is visited day and night by strangers from many sec- tions of the country, and to each and all the poor deluded parents express their perfect confidence in the woman. “ We will have the woman back if we can,” said the father. “She understood her business better than any doctor, and they lie when they say we are cruel to our children. We have had a family of four- teen children, and nine are now liv- ing. I have spent hundreds of dollars to cure that little girl and have had lots of trouble in my life. Why is it, when we try to do right, people persecute us?” And the poor man choked with emotion. STILL HAS FAITH IN HER. “ Does the child have any more fits '2” I enquired. “ Oh, yes, of course she does,” said the mother. "‘ The Arab woman has gone with her charm, and now Anna is not as well. There was something uncommon about that woman. I could not understand much she said but she had strange power, and while she was with us the child was very much better.” ‘M. THE MANITOBA GRIZZLY. An Encounter Will: a Big Fellow at {111 Base of the Rockies. “ I have read, within the past few weeks, The bandage was removed from the little many intereating and thrilling accounts 0f girl’s head, revealing a large, ugly looking wound 1n the form of a cross directly on top of the head, from which pus was dis- charging. . » “ Of course the sore is much larger now than it was when it was first made,” said Mrs. Moore, “ and it keeps getting larger.” Poor little Anna, looking pale and hug- gard, was reclining in a large chair, appar- ently quite exhausted ; but the father, anxious to convince me that she was still able to get about, took her by the hand and compelled her to take a few steps, though the child screamed and sobbed as though her little heart would break, and when she resumed her seat only ceased crying at the father’s command. \VILL BE PUNISHED IF CAUGHT. “The woman was very anxious to have some religious ceremony in connection with the work,” said Mrs. Moore, “and we sent out for a minister to pray for the child while she was being treated.” Before taking my departure from the Dixville hotel, I was informed that the Arab woman lived somewhere in Wilkes- barre, and that no pains would be spared to ascertain her whereabouts. If discover- ed she will not be brought back to the hotel to resume her torture of the child. but will be promptly placed behind prison bars. Much indignation is felt that the unfortunate little girl is allowed to continue in the custody of her parents, whose super- stition renders them unfit to care for her, although they are honestly seeking only to benefit her. It is feared the girl will not recover from her wounds without proper medical treat- ment. - GOLD RUSH IN AUSTRALIA- Miscrles of the Road. The South Australian Register publishes a letter written by a member of a party which started overland from Adelaide to the Western Australian goldfields some few months since. The course taken was from Port Augusta to and along the west coast as far as Israelite Bay, thenée to Fraser Range, Coolgardie, and the South- ern Cross, Yilgarn. The events of the journey along the head of the Great Aus- tralian Bight were marked alternately by heavy coast rains and bitterly cold nights. Indeed the frosts were so severe that the ' blankets in-which the writer slept were in the morning as “stifi as boards.” From Israelite Bay on to Fraser Range and Cool- gardie, the travelling was, owing to the favourable season, comparatively easy; but from the latter place on to Southern Cross, from where the letter was 'written, it was the reverse. The road or tract runs through dense forests, “where there is nothing but trees, and ACROSS SAND PL AINS where little else exists save stunted herb- age, which nothingâ€"no, not even a. camel -â€"can eat.” Every bush on these plains is armed with thorns, intermixed with “ a. blaze of rainbow coloured flowers ; but cam- els care not for gorgeous flowers. The party camped about six miles from the Southern Cross, on the only decent patch of feed for a hundred miles, and the Coolgardie track to Yilgarn is described as “ wretched.” One stage from a place called Boorabbin is de- scribed when the camels were on very poor feed. They started at9 o’clock in the morn- ing, and “ crossed 22 miles of sand plain, only to find that at that distance there was no feed,” It was sundown when they “got across, for pack camels only do a little over two and. a. half miles an hour, so we let them lie down until the moon rose at 10.30 p. m. It was useless to camp, as the animals would only wander in search of feed, which, alas, did not exist.” They, therefore, travelled on until seven o’clock next morning,and then camped on some salt- bush on the shores of a salt lake. ‘-‘ We had travelled fortyfive miles from Boorab- bin, and I walked by far the greater part of the way.” Men were met with on their way To THE GOLDFIELDS in scores, and were using every conceivable means of locomotion. Some got the team- sters to carry their swags, while they walk- ed along side the wagons. Others had pack- horses, and some had what is called a “one-wheeler cart.” The wheel is “fixed underneath, and in the centre of a frame or miniature platform. The goods and swags are placed on the latter; four men, one at each corner, take hold; and away she goes” Some carry their swags on their backs, but the strangest contrivance I saw was that of a man who was pushing an ordinary beer cask in front of him. He had rigged it up so as to resemble a miniature road-roller. His goods Were on the top, and he was in shafts. 1 met him going up a sandhill, andâ€"poor beggarlâ€"I did pity him.” Th at man was “a foreigner, and deserves a bun d- red ounce nuggetasa reward for hispush and enterprise.” Several other adventurous creatures take their goods up on wheel- barrows, and it is “awfully heavy work navigating that sand. ” There are hundreds of “ fools I call them " making their way to Coolgardie, when even now there are 'ust about twice as many men on the ground as,the field will support. “I am quite sure that when the summer sets in THERE \VILL BE MISERY, privation, and starvation,” and it would be well for the present to warn those who are flocking here to stay away. A good deal of thieving has already been going on, and revolvers are consequently carried by many of those who have anything worth protect- ing. The letter concludes with the account of a visit paid to a store at the Southern Cross for the purpose of making purchases. “ There was a goodly crowd in the store, which included four new chums on their way to Coolgardie. They looked like bank clerks or counter jumpers. I was as rough- looking as I could well beâ€"dusty, and, I am sorry to say, very dirty. Consequently I suppose my appearance attracted their notice. Eventually one of them spoke to me, and asked the usual questions as to what luck I’d had, (be. They were not dismayed, however, but you can perhaps imagine how blistered those poor fellows' hands and feet will be before they have put in a month on the burning sands and rocks of Coolgardic.” hunting the grizzly bear.” said J. Choever lumen of Manitoba, “ and they have re- called to me exciting incidents I have my- self seen and participated in during five years’ experience as a trapper and hunter in the Manitoba wilderness. Once, in com- pany with a half-breed guide named Jacques Sabin. I came suddenly into an open space in a piece of poplar timber, which is among the most abundant of timber about the base of the Manitoba. Rockies. The opening would have had nothing to particularly en- gage my attention if it had not been taken possessmn of by about as big a grizzly bear as I had ever run- across. This made the opening among the poplars somewhat inter- esting. “Our appearance in the poplar opening had been a surprise to the bear, which was engaged in tearing with its huge claws a decayed log to pieces in search of grubsâ€"a curious paradox in nature, an enormous, fierce, formidable beast, with power to tear into fragments the largest buffalo hull with a. few strokes of its claws, digging in rotten timber for the smallest insect life and feed- ing upon it. After recovering from its first surprise TH E BEAR ROSE up on its hind feet, and gave us a sight of its immense teeth, and showed its anger by savage roars or bellows that were by no means reassuring for our comfort. The big bear threw its fore paws straight above its head, on] for a moment stood as if contem- plating a furious charge upon us, I have no doubt such was the grizzly’s intention, but as it stood there erect, a vulnerable and vital partâ€"of which there are very few” on a grizzly bearâ€"exposed, Jacques took cool and steady aim and sent a ball into the Vitals of the huge brute. The bear gave two or three hard blows with its fore paws on the wounded part, accompanying them with the pecular roar or howl an infuriated grizzly utters, and fell dead without mov- ing out of its tracks. “ The bear had scarcely fallen to the ground, Jacques’ rifle being still in poise ready to pour a second charge into the grizzly if the first shot had not proved sufficient, when there came aloud crash off to our right in the timber, and before either of us was prepared for what followed it, I saw my half-breed guide lifted clear of the ground, hurled through the air a distance of five yards, and fall in a. heap on the ground near the bear he had just killed. A SECOND GRIZZLY, fully as big as the first, had heard the cries of the latter, and, not withstanding the allegations made by most writers on the habits of the grizzly bear that it will not voluntarily attack a man, came rushing to the spot, and had not waited to look into the cause of the trouble, but had taken a hand in at once by an attack on Jacques that was most effective. “This bear paid no attention whatever to me, but followed up his attack on my companion, who did not need any further intimation to know what he had on hand, and was on his feet again with amazing quickness. The blow from the bear’s paw had torn the flesh from his left cheek and side of his head, and it hung in strips down on his neck. J acques’s gun had been knocked from his hand. The blood poured from his head and face in streams. He quickly drew his short-handled hunting axe, which was in his belt, and awaited the charge of the bear. This charge was so fierce that it would have carried down half a dozen stalwart men, and consequently Jacques was no more than a. reed in a gale before it. He went down, and the grizzly stood over him and glared and growled as if enjoying the hunter’s peril and gloating over the fate that awaited him. “ These incidents had all occurrred with such rapidity that I hadn’t had time to think, let alone act, but when I saw Jacques lying at the mercy of the great brute that would crush the life out of him with the next. blow of ITS TERRIBLE I’A\V, I knew that my comrade’s life depended on my course. Mechanically I sprang forward, and, placing the muzzle of my gun almost in the bear’s right car as he stood glaring and gloating over his victimt ‘ pulled both triggers. No more effective shot was ever fired. Two heavy bullets plough- ed through the grizzly’s brain and forced the top of h1s head off like lifting the lid off a kettle. The bear, although he must have died almost instantly, actually re- mained standing for nearly a minute, just as he was standing when I fired, one im- . mense paw raised to give what would have been the fatal blow to his prostrate victim. When at last he fell he tumbled at Jacques’s side, with one fore leg across the hunter's breast. The big stalwart half-breed “as unconscious, and remained so for several minutes. His left side had been crushed by the bear’s second assault, and the poor fellow was bruised and torn shockingly in other places on his body. I got him safely to our quarters, and it was a month before he got around again. He was'badly dis- figured, one side of his face being a ghastly scar, and half of his scalp gone: But he recovered his former strength, and the last time I heard of him he was still hunting grizzlies, and many had fallen under his deadly aim since that close call of his in the poplar woods. ~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"_‘ A Lively City- The most striking peculiar“, . Constan- tinople is the‘immense vitality which has carried it through 80 many deaths. It is common to speak of Turkey as the “ sick man,” and to associate ideas of ruin and decay with one of the most intensely living cities in the world. But no one who has spent even twenty-four hours on either side of the Golden Horn could ever conceive of anything even distantly approaching to stagnation in the streets of Sta mboul, or on Galata Bridge, or in the busy quarters of Galata itself, or of Peru above. 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