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A REniXfflCRllCft p Once, wt»«n I wmn • Iittte boy, *, gs« , v: I Mt me down to cry, H afc; O^MHW-e ttiy nttJe brother bM ? f ' ( u f[ie bij?g<'ht piece of pto." . sJ. , TWM not but 1 U»d quite enough, "» 1,4 But then I nouldn'i »«*! ^Tbr n :i«m why ® pai t a! mirM hUoulil give li!ra wore UWB 1Mb enid I *'»« « niuiRhty boy, 'ti lint I lxivr oft w eu inou " feeha\<* Ihemst'ivps a«fooltanly AB 1 L>eh»vid jufct then. for we we often th»nkl<vw for IUoh bSewitic;*, when we s-gh tTo think luck er tuTfekbor hu A " blgf?cr pi®«8 " of pM. . iijae.. COMPENSATION. late. My heart sank a little, for the way over which we had come was particularly mountainous. There were p:acta which I hardly cared to pass after dark, and Herr Schenniug, with his short s'glit, "Ach, I have uo letter from home! j W„B ^ jie himself said, "not a pretty ^ We were sitting, Herr Scheuning and! g(X1^ driver." And how they would i'M'X in the shade of some young redwoods, | |aUgii at us ! However, there was II |far up in the mountainside, having notving for it bnt to retrace our way as i istraved a little from our own band of " • ~ - -- " -- every brave man here. Then I repeated my well-tried motto, " For every woe there is some compensation"--and just then we discovered that we were out of sight of our companions. Herr Sclien- ning touched tho horse, and we sped oyer the road at a pace that promised to. Boon bring us up with them; but, to our surprise, we neither saw nor heard them. The way began to seem strange. Herr Sdienning adjuste d his spectacles and took a survey of our surroundings. " It is altogether thft wrong way," he said, "but if we make haste backward FARM NOTES. A yuKBBB of farmers in Arkansas are engaged in the cultivation of figs. j^rjJF&owKB seeds fed in small quanti­ ties impart a beautiful gloss to the plum­ age of poultry. AXTLBS keep, better in damp, moist ocllars than in dry ones. they become dry and shriveled. former plump and juicy. IN 1881 the acreage of cereals in Man- T, '• '*1 if A arters of a pound e of sugar; flavor and rose water. j$n your patty-pans, tore, and base in them quite ^ _ itoba was: Wheat, 3,458,475 bushels; we 'may" reach home before it is very oate, 3,521,720 bushels; barley, 590,000 jpicniekers. The trees, scarce moving in She light breeze, dropped their long swiftly as possible. Our conversation drooped somewhat; wo botli seemed to have a go»xl deal of thinking that would not bear putting into words, although we made a brave joke, now and then, to keep up the illusion of not caring. "But you are getting chilled," said Herr Schenning, anxiously. I was indeed shivering in the cold jshadows down t'ie grassy slope, where, ; . in the sunny places, tho yellow butter- ~ flies flitted in and out among the purple W, lilies. The madron as spread their broad V-, 4&ud shining leaves to the sun, delight- ff ing in its fervent heat, and making cool s ' Isliades where the deer might rest when* night wind that came rushing down the r. ,'. »here were no picnickian revels to dose-' canons, rate their solitude. Through our sym- " Will you please to put on my coat ?" atliy with this beautifal spirit of soli- lie implored, in comical distress, ade there had fallen upon us a long si- I: stood but a moment upon ceremdny, lence. '• then allowed him to wrap tlie warm gar ? "What news have youfrom home?" I asked Herr Schenning at last,, merely 3by way of saying something. Without a movement of a muscle to show that he had heard me, he continued si1* ' to gaze at the mountains, or rather far : lseyoud them, to some white clouds slowly sailing through the blue. I was about to repeat my question, but paused, seeing the man face, aob, as the „ . - crv: i can be for our present woe ? *" Ach, I have no letter from home!": "Let us await developments," I re- He buried his face in his hands, and plied, with, I confess, a sort of tremor with dismay I saw the swift-falling tears ; in mv faith. slip through his fingers, but the storm was as brief as it was intense. Herr Schenning was not one to give way to jnaucCi i grief. " You must think I am a glittering idiot," hi said, as he laitohingly shook the last tears from his ftngScg^ beaten, with tfcrea of butter, and the with lemon, nut Lay some puff-pas fill them with tho a moderate ovein. RQAST PIG KONS. U.UIP, , **7 > .trass them' SOa?°n tihem.inai(1® In the latter ' w^th pepper and ssjslt, and put a piece of In the i butter the size of a walnut in each. Put I them down to a, shnrp fire, and baste them all the ti»e thoy are cooking. They will take ; about half an hour. Garnish them -v|itli fried parsley, and serve with a tHreSp of bread sauce. SHORT BREAD Ifo. 2.--One cup of but­ ter, two cups white suarar: put two cups of flour in a l>a|in, then throw in the „ , , butter and sugan rubbing it. thoroughly mestieation causes a breaking up of cole* j in t}ie flour thin turu out on the cake bushels. Average per acre: Wheat, 28 bushels ; oats? 56 bushels; barley, 49 bushels. WILD birds are uniform in color. Do- I# ment about m& " Now," I said, laughing, " if you con­ tract an acute bronchitis through your gallantry, I shall take you home and take care of you." "Thank you," he answered, fervent­ ly. " To ba ta*ken home and taken care of seems to me, just now, to be the greatest trood. If vou would kindly con- 1 looked at the frowning cliffs and glanced at the yawning gulfs below. The sun hnd set long since--the night was deepening. , I felt all courage fad­ ing, I did not care now "what they thought." I wanted to be out of the ter­ ror of this way, safe under some roof. and a variety of shape. When an indi­ vidual commences breeding to a standard by selection, he secures uniformity again. A VETERINARY writer condemns high mangers for horses, claiming that they irritate the throat and create a tendency to heaves. He says the manger should be on a level with the feet, as that is in accordance with nature. THE weight of hen'fPeggs ranges from 15 to 24 ounces per dozen. A weight of 22} ounces may be taken as a fair aver­ age for good sized eggs, although a weight of nearly four ounces is pot un­ known for single specimens of IT IS the opinion of many that a fowl fattened quickly will make a far more juicy and toothsome meal than a chick. One thing is certain, a three-yeax-old fowl will make much better broth for an invalid than a six-months' chicken. OP 60,000,000 acres devoted to the growing of hops in this country, Oswego County, N. Y., had 7,570 acres, Oneida 6,600 and Madison 6,557, making in all 20,127. The annual value of the crop in these three counties is upwards of $700,- 000. IT IS said that Mr. Leopard de Roths- board and work in all the flour you possibly can; this takes some time; some use a very little water; roll out an inch thick ana bake in a large bread pan; bake a ligtit brown. A NICK SNPPER DIBIT.--A nice little supper dish easily made is as follows : Heat and grease tne muffin irons ; take a dozen eggs, break an egg in each muffin ring; put pepper, salt and a lump of butter on each; then put in the stove; as soon .as it is slightly browned remove with a fork, dish and send to the table hot. Egg muffins or shirred eggs you can call them. It is simple enough, and I believe original. MARMALADE.--Quinces make the best; but crab apples or any sjur apples are also good. Poor quinces, unfit for other uses, can he washed and cut in small pieces, coring but not paring them; Al­ low three-quarters of a pound of sugar and a teacupful of water to a pound of fruit, and boil slowly two hours, stirring, and mashing it fine. Strain through a colendar, and put in glasses or bowls. Peachy marmalade is made in the same way. 7 COSTARD SNAFFLE.--Tate two scant tablestkionfuls of butter, two tablespoon- THS GHOSTS OF TO-DAY. Vita MJsterlan* WwralBt <• ilrllk'i Fatal I [.London Telegrnpli.] Mrs. Aim Day (formerly Gladdea), 81 Burgoyne road, S. W., writes question­ ing the statement of Mr. MoLeod that j chair presiding over the Constitutional:' Convention, it was upon this same tabid that the instrument containing the or-' gauio kiw of the Union was signed, • Bridal Quarrels. V/ ^ " A trifling disagreement about a trifling - . .... , . . matter cttay destrov a life of enjoyment. the traditional warmng oi impending ^ muauv happens that when the, disaster in theAirlie family consists only ie<1 quatrel, the occasion ia ot the sound of a drum. She says : , fib (le3pi(£ble that they are ashamed to. Early in the year 184O 1 ^ ° think of it. Yet that silly circumstance, Cortachy Castle in attendance upon Miss ijjje a drop 0f ink discoloring a whole Margaret; Dalrymple who was paying a ofPWftte oftcn 8preftds its in- twtvdays vw, to the Earl and Countess fl the whole life. Just a* of Airhe. We arrived in the evening, i nd Miss Dalrymple had only just time ' to dress for dinner. As she rested for a few minutes on a sofa, however (this she told me some time after we had left the castle), she heard distinctly, as if imme­ diately beneath the floor, the sound of fifes and afterward the beating of a drum. While at dinner Bhe remarked to Lord Airlie, who sat near her, ' What is that strange music you have about the house ? You assuredly have an excel­ lent piper.' "Lord Airlie, without replying, drop­ ped his knife and fork, and retired from ! took place: A pebble in the ntrcamlet scant ! Has turned the course oT manjr a rlrer; A dew-<l-(ip on the Imby plant Has warped the giant oak forever. I remember reading an exceedingly painful illustration of these ideas, for the truth of which the author pledged hi* [ word. A young couple had passed the first ! few weeks of their marriage at the house ! of a Mend. Having at length occupied i their new home, they were taking their first breakfast, when the following1 scene the dining-room. Later in the evening the place seemed all in confusion, and I learned that Lord Airlie, after leaving the table, went to the library and diiied in solitude. "The next morning, while the family were at breakfast) I was quite alone in Miss Dalrymple's room, and as I stood before the fire I heard, as I thought, a carriage drive up, and stop dead, di The young husband was innocently opening a boiled egg in an egg-cup. The bride observed that he was breaking the shell at what she thought was the wrong end. "How strange it looks," she said, "to see you break your egg at the small end, my dear. No one else does so--and it looks so odd." "O, I think it is quite as good, in fact better than breaking it at the large end, rectiy under my feet. Immediately there my *97®' *or w^8n you break the large child and other English owners of race; fulsof siigar, two of flour, one cup of milk, horses purpose purchasing American- i and four eggs. Let the milk boil, beat bred yearlings to race in England. The ! the flour and butter together, add to them repeated victories of the Americans have j gradually boiling milk, cook eight min- caused English owners to greatly respect j utes, and stir often. Beat sugar and • No," I answered; "I think you are | " Herr Schenning, do you remember homesick, and I know the misery of that! that snug ranch we so much admired as we came along this way ? "Yes, we must be near it, and there indeed is the light from the little house." We soon reached the gate. The moon at that moment rose grandly above the mountains, and poured her radiance down 5t.v malady. "Yes; in fact, I had a sudden and overpowering attack of it. Your ques­ tion was a drop added to my heart's full cup. That tree (pointing to a fir tree that towered to the sky), with its great waving and whispering boughs, had borne me far to the Fatherland and had strayed the edge of the forest; rocked in its branches, I heard tlie wild songs of the woodland ; I saw the silver gleaming of Murg flowing down the Rhine ; I saw the blooming orchards, the bird-haunted grove and the little white house of lumenwald. The fragrance of its flower garden came to me across the meadow, and I knew who walked there, weariug in her golden hair the blue flow­ ers that I loved--my little Barbara. I cannot remember the time when I did not love her, and thihk of her as mine. For her I studied and struggled and ! won my school-day prizes; lor her I j sough* to make myself wise and hon­ ored ; for her sake, who had no gold for her dower,/ only her sweet self more previous to me j than all the gold of California--Heaven ! knows too precious, I thwught, to be de- | graded by the slavery of \)iir old-world ' life of poverty--for her dear sake I put j aside her httie chnging lianas and kisaed i her pleading mouth, and came away to j this great, golden laud of America. I, so wise with my Latin and Greek, so skillful in metaphysics, so <• ;ep in all the subtle science of tfc • old-world's ; savants, came to California to make my j fortune. I laugh to think how I have | groped and stumbled in the broad be- | wildering light of this splendid young j •world, while those who can scarcely | write the plebeian names they bear dig into the mysterious earth and lift their hands glittering with treasure. At home, I might have walked with Princes. Here, poor, ill-clad--shall I say it ?-- sometimes weak with hunger, 1 wander uncared for, except when some gentle , , ^ • -c , heart like yours brings me, for pity of at Katnna f8 lf mtent ufon 1*^ my loneliness, into a pleasant day like etratlfn? some ^Vfiter?; . - * -- - • J Katrma, in her enthusiasm, was run- tlie American breed of horses for racing purpose?. EVERY rural family that has a home should have a few hives of bees. Noth­ ing of so little cost will yield so large a profit Nothing is nicer and more healthy than a dish of honey on the ta­ ble at meal time. It is a luxury and a substantial which may and should be found in every farmhouse. THE largest cotton-producer in the world is Mr. E. Richardson, of Missis- yolks of eggs together. Add to the cooked mixture, and set away to cool. When cool, beat white of eggs to stiff frolli, and add to the custard^ Bake in a buttered pudding dish twenty minutes in moderate oven. Serve immediately with cream sauce. w LEMON PEEL.--Oneof the nicestflavor- ings for custards, stewed rhubarb, pud­ dings, etc., is made from the brandy^in which lemon peel is soaked. A wide mouthed bottle should always be kept, sippi. He has 52,000 acres of land, and j in which to put all spare lemon peel; raised last Beason 12,000 bales of cotton, j pour brandy over to cover it and keep it He presses the oil from his cotton ! corked. This is always ready for use. seed, obtaining thirty-five gallons from a j Another bottle should be kept for some ing far along the hiliside. The fragrance of mignonette and roses came down from the garden like old friends to wel­ come us. " How lovely !" I exclaimed involun­ tarily. " It is a littleBlumenwald," said Herr Schenning with a tremble in his voice. Our first greeting came from the porch, a cloud of smoke from a gener­ ous pipe, and from its neighborhood came an unmistakable German voice, making an answer to Herr Schenning's salutation. A rapid conversation in their own language seemed to put us in the right light, for our host ushered us cor­ dially within the cottage. " I dinks you moost pe quite shilly," he said, placing a chair for me near the hearth, where a pleasant fire added its glow to the hospitality of the kindly voice. " It is zo cold auf der mountains; it is petter you taste dis vine. Meiu frau will poot,y quick come; alio is mit der sliildren. Ach, she is come," he added, as a fair-haired, rosy young matron en­ tered. " Katrina, dese pe zome young people vat got lost from a pignig." " Ach zo !" exclaimed Katrina, com­ passionately look ng at us, as if she thought we might be the veritable Babes in the Wood, grown up. At that, and the touch of womanly sympathy in her look and tone, I burst into hysterical weeping. Her arms were about me in a moment; and. what with her droll En­ glish, her humorous expressions and comforting assurances, 1 soon recovered my composure and glanced at Herr Schenning to see how it was with him. Pale, and with lips tensely set, he was other fertilizer. No farmer can afford to waste his manure. All of it should be saved and utilized. In many cases j farming would be more profitable if less ; land was cultivated, with higher fertili- 1 zation. One acre highly manured should pay better than three but half-maifhred and half-cultivated. WHY will grass not grow under our trees? M. Paul Bert has shown that green light hinders the development of plants. Plants inclosed in a green glass frame wither and die as though they were in darkness. M. Regnard finds that plants specially require the red rays. If sunlight is deprived of the red rays, the plants soon cease to thrive. PROFESSOR VOELCKER says : " Bones are the first manure which a farmer usu­ ally buys, and which farming commu­ nities demand. Wherever agriculture is improved throughout the world the first lack of the farmer is phosphates. The easiest source of supply is bones, and not until that lack has been sup­ plied in the soil does he begin to search for ammoniacal manures." WHEN young poultry has been allowed to contract the habit of roosting in the trees no time should be lost in breaking them of it. Confinement to the poultry house and yard for a day or two will gen­ erally effect a cure. Sand and finely- sifted coal ashes, with a pound of sul­ phur to each bushel of the mixture, is the best for dust boxes. This should be put in large boxes and kept out of the rain. Whitewash the houses, putting in a gill of crude carbolio acid and a pint of common kerosene oil to each pailful of slacked lime. DANISH butter, perfectly worked but this. But forgive me for showing you such a broken spirit." •^Broken! Oh, dear!" I exclaimed, struggling wildly with my tears. " I should think it would be like that of Mrs. Plovinst's father, pulverized, crushed quite out of you. " Herr Schen­ ning," I added, abruptly, " why don't you put your pride in your pocket and fo home ?" He laughed. " Alas ! my pockets are too small, and, beside, it would not be accepted for fare. : No, I have committed suicide; I have no place, there or here. If I should one ! day slip from these sun-loved heights Into some black abyss, where even the 1 stariight fails, I should not be missed." " What!" I said, fj' not even by little ! Barbara, who is waiting for you in her ! BlUmenwald?" j " Heaven !" he cried, in another ex- i cess of dej'iiir, "there is no one waiting j for me. Thiuk you such a fool, such a ! beggar as I should be worth that ? No, j the father was right; he di i well to marry her to H rr Heimsteher, whose : broad oreliaids stretch to the verge of our loved forest. Fran Barbara is rich, I trust, and happy, with her fair-haiml children clustering at II T knee. If she ! ever gives a thought to the lover who left her so long ago. it is to smile at the airy-like future he promised her, though ' I dare to hope that sometimes, when the Toice of my tir1 tree comes to her through the twilight, or when she plucks those bluo fl »wers from her garden, she will remember me with a little throb of the old love. God bless h-,ir--and pity a poor wretch like me ! " Tlie fir tree waved its long arras in the freshening breeze; the shadows .ciept up from the gcfrges and spread along the hillsides, as if seeking him who had spoken of their dark retreats ; the bold outline of the Palisades showed st<;in and frowning against the sky, out the face of St. Helena, grand and sweet, lay smiling toward the west, waiting for the sunset glory and the solemn starlit night. * * • • * * r> -j .How it could have hap{>ened to tho f ' «®er-splendid Ulrich and myself to lose our way, I cannot imagine, but we achieved that brilliant flavorings. Also dry some peel in a cool oven, and use this, crumbled fine or grated, for apples and' various other things. GAME Soxrp.--Two rabbits, one-half pound of lean lamb, two medium-sized onions, one pound of lean beef; fried breid ; butter for frying; pepper, salt and two stalks of white celery cut into inch lengths; three quarts of water. Joint the game neatly; out the lamb and onions into small pieces, and fry all in butter to a light bown. Put into a soup- pot with the beef ; cut into strips and add a little pepper. Pour on the water; heat slowly and stew gently two hours. Take out the pieces and cover in a bowl; cook the soup an hour longer; strain, cool, drop in the celery and simmer ten min­ utes. Pour upon feed bread , in . the tureen. T ROAST HARE OB RABBIT.--Have the hare 6kinned and well cleaned, stuff as you would a fowl with a force meat of bread crumbs, chopped fat pork, a little sweet margoram, onion, pepper and salt, just moistened with hot water; sew up the hare with fine cotton, tie the legs closely to the body in a kneeling posi- j tion ; lay in the dripping-pan back up- ! permost, pour two cups of boiling water over it; cover with another pan and bake, closely covered, except when you baste it with butter and water, for three- quarters of an hour. Uncover, baste freely with the gravy until nicely browned; dredge with flour and anoint with butter until a fine froth appears on the surface. Take up the hare, put on a hot dish and keep covered while you make the gravy. Strain and skim that left in tlie pan, season, thicken with followed the sound of another carriage driving up and stopping in precisely the same manner. And then, as if following the vehicles, came the tramp, tramp, tramp, of marching soldiers. Then I heard some shrill notes of the fife so distinctly that I looked round instinct­ ively, expecting to see^a. piper in the room. In another moment I was still more startled by the beating of a drum. About this there was something inde­ scribably disagreeable; it seamed as if the drummer was making his way through the floor. Being a perfect stranger to the place, I thought there might be a coach road and an entrance door to the castle, near the room in which I stood, and that some distin­ guished guests were arriving or depart­ ing. -On looking out of the window, however, I found there was no dooif or coach road near, and not a human being was to be seen. I concluded, therefore, that the sounds must have been echoed from a distance. "The next morning, before our de­ parture, Lady Airlie came to the door of Miss Dalrymple's room, to give her a £5 note for an orphan school in which she was interested. Neither of us ever saw the Countess again. She was confined of twins at Brighton some months after­ ward, and died. It was not until Miss Dalrymple, a few days after we left the castle, asked me if I had heard ' the strange music there,' that I disclosed my experience, and then for the first time I learned from her the tradition about the Airlie drummer boy. She told me that she herself had been totally in ignorance of it until her allusion at the dinner-table to the music she had heard elicited from another guest an explana­ tion." Brief Interview With a Maa Whe At. tended the Show. A representative of the Indianapolis News, found a gentleman who had been to the show, and was granted an inter- i ated. view, of which rare chance the reporter was not slow to avail himself. The first end the egg runs over the top," replied the husband. "But it looks very odd, when no one else does so," rejoined the wife. "Well, now, I really do think it is a nice way you have got of eating an egg. That dipping of strips of bread and but­ ter into an egg certainly is not tidy. But I do not object to your doing as you please, if you will let me break my egg at the small end," retorted the husband. "I am sure my way is not so bad as eating fruit pie with a knife, as you do, instead of using a fork; and you always eat the syrup as if you were not accus­ tomed to have such things. You really do not see how very bad it looks, or I am sure you would not do so," added the wife. "The syrup is made to be eaten with the pie, and why should I send it away in the plate?" asked the husband. "No well-bred person clears up their plates as if they were starved," said the bride, with a contemptuous toss of her little head. "Well, then, I am not a well-bred person," replied the husband, angrily. "But you must be, if we are to live comfortably together," was the sharp answer of the fastidious lady. "Well, I must break my egg at the small end, so it does not signify, and I must also eat th'e syrup." "Then I will not' have either fruit pie or eggs at the table." "But I will have them!" petulantly exclaimed the husband. "Then I wish I had not been married to you!" cried the young wife, bursting into tears. "And so do I!" added the now incensed husband, as he arose and walked out of the room. * This domestic quarrel was followed by others equally trifling in their origin and disgraceful m their character, until the silly couple made themselves so dis­ agreeable to each other that their home became unendurable, and they separ- (Thla otiffmtlng NpMMnte tha 1 i a health} state.) i STUDIED BEMEDT IN MANY HOMES. Wmt C»ngh«, Colds, Croup, Bronchitis Sod «n sihar affections of tha Throat and IVC X Hsteads •nitrated and utterly bajonfl all eompetltion. IN CONSUMPTIVE OASES strictly complied wit h. There Is no < tncrsdUats w harm tha yoong *r old. AS AN EXPECTORANT iflHAS NO EQUAL IT CONTAINS NO OPIUM IN ANY FMH. J. N. HARRIS A CO., Proprietory CIWCIXNATI. O. FOR 8AUE BY ALL 0RUG8I8T8. AIO A WRRK. $13* day at hortle easily made. Costly 9 '£ outfit lree. 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Ach, Ho !" said Katrina, peusivmlv returning to give another touch to the iit-atly-spread table. Herr Schennmg sat with bowed head, his laco hidden. 1 heard soft footsteps approaching, and a faint odor of violets came t!trough the door. I looked. There in the doorway, with the little Ulrich slipping from her arms and clinging to her dress, stood a golden- haired woman, l'air and sweet as any pictured Marguerite, alt'aough a little ! piMt the time ot blooming youth. She looked beyond uie, her blue eyes al'-.wly dilating, to Herr .Schenning, who had ' risen and was gazing at her as if spell­ bound by an angelic vision. Her sweet face flushed like any rose, till, with an ineffable smile and cry of joy, ske reached out her arms to him. " Ulrich " Barbara, liebling! Ach, Gott, itm ' Himmel!" never receiving a particle of salt, proves browned flour, stir in a good spoonful of that salt so far as butter is concerned is not a preservative agent. No amount of salt will preserve butter where proper working lias been negiected, neither is washing of butter at all requisite to the preserving of butter. Washing suvo* working, but the best butter is made without washing. The great object in working butter is to extract the butter­ milk, and we labor to extract the butter­ milk because it contains cheesy matter in which putrefaction soon commences, aid­ ing the production of rancidity in the fat of the butter. I PEANUT growing is one of the most ! profitable industries of Virginia. The i return never fu ls below fifty dollars a» acre even in seasons of drouth like the ' past one, and sometimes rise as high as | .>K)v) per ncre. A li^ht sandy soil is befit. Tli" nut must have plenty of rain I in August in order to reach perfection, j Tlice are three grades in mnrket, the i strictly prim», the prime and the me- • dinin, the latter of which is sold to the , p'tail buyer. The best are sent abroad j or ined by makers of the finest grades i of candy. Tlie peanut candy sold at forty cents a pound is made from the "When, some months after this, Herr Schenniug had taken out citizen's pa­ pers, an i, with his little frai^ settled upon some Government land adjoining Herr Heimsteher--who, after all, hadn't stayed at home and hadn't married Barbara--and, as a climax, discovered upon his ranch a gold mine that prom­ ised to pay for working, I asked him what he thought of the law of conpen- sation. "It is divine!" he answered fer­ vently. --A rgonaut. two c-nts per qnart. ; ATJO\*G the marshy borders of the Scheldt, in Belgium, osiers are exten­ sively cultivated ; the rods are for basket : work, bnt the bark, the peelings, till j lately were made into cords, much in , r quest among fishermen. Of late these 1 reelings are exported to England, where they are subjected to a process for ex­ tracting their nalicine, of which they ; contain four to five per cent. This sali- 1 cine is presumed to replace hops in brewing. The Arabs cure the tertain fever by inhaling the fumes of burning leaves and branches of osier*, and a de­ coction of that plant is properly consid­ ered efficacious against rheumatism. The refuse of the osiers--that is to say the peelings--can be made thns to yield four times a greater profit than the rods, estimating salicine at its enrrent^po^ef . $5 to $G per pound. currant jelly and somechor ped parsley ; boil up ; pour a few spoonfuls of it over the hare ; serve the rest in a gravy boat. Clip the threads and send in with cur­ rant jdlly around it. CANDIED ORANGE PEEL.--Cut the fruit into quarters lengthwise, take out tho pulp and put the peels into strong salt and water for two days, then take th^m out and soak for an hour in cold water, afterward put them into a preserving fet­ tle with fresh and cold water, and boil till the beels are tender, when they should be put on a sieve to drain. Make a thin syrup of a quart of the water in which they were boiled and a pound of sugar, and simmer the peels in it for half an hour, when they will look clear; pour the peels and syrup into a bowl together to stand till the next day, when you must make as much syrup as will cover them, of the proportion of one pint of water to a pound of sugar, boiling it till it will fall from the spoon in threads ; put the peels into the syrup, stir half an hour and take them out, drain on a sieve, and as the candy dries, transfer them to a dish to finish in a warm place. When dry, store them for use. This recipe is question submitted was: "Do you think it wrcng to attend shows?" "I do, my boy; it is undoubtedly very wrong." "Then why did you go?" The witness demurred, and the de­ murrer was sustained, the court holding that the show business would be ruined if the public were compelled to categori­ cally answer why it went. Without attempting to lead the wit­ ness, the reporter insinuated that per­ haps the animals were an attraction. "What's the use of lion?" was the am-' biguous answer. "Then you think that the idea of |he wild animals being the attraction is a delusion?" "Yes, my son; a great phantasm-- 'elephantism, in fact." "Hath music charms for thee?" "Aye, my cherub, my bosom swells when the melo ly rolls over the arena, but I do not tnink it is right to beat the drumedary." "What animal do you regard as the most graceful?" "The camel, oh, parcl!" Here the faithful scribe seated him­ self in order to take a reckoning of his bearings, his temperature, respirations, etc., being bulletined as see. 20, town 16, range 7, west, containing forty-two acres, more or less, which was an im­ provement over the same hour yesterday. "But really," persisted tiie young man, "do you not think a man may at­ tend a show and not compromise hia character?" "It is entirely owing to what prompt­ ed the yak," was the slow reply. Where­ upon he of the pencil apparently fell over the guy rope of the centre-pole. Gathering himself together again, the reporter gallantly returned to the charge. "How many people use the menagerie as a cloak to steal into the main tent?" "Snakes to impossible to say, my friend." A glaSs of pink lemonade was admin­ istered, the cnstoniary milk and rum Now, -1 doubt not, the reader is ready to pronounce this quarrel a foolish affair. It was so; and yet I seriously question if the first quarrel between a newly-married pair ever has a much more elevated beginning. Little things do great mischief, and are to be watched with suspicious care. If yon are » man! of bUBiaess.waak-1 one<1 by the strain of your duties roid ;itim-j.iw.i" '•!." is • Hop Bitferso If yon are young and | discreticE or dnsipal rlod or single, old or I poor toaittx or fimenlah I ness, rely en Hop] Whoever yon are. whenever yon feet that your eystem naeds cloanstng, ton-1 inB or etimulattnjf, without intoxicating, t like HOD Bitters. Harey.v; .• „ pepaia, kidney £ or ur,na; c plaint, di';oass| of the bowels t blood,I u f If yon nrea. ' man of- l«t- tei-stoiliB^overml nigh* work, to nt-tor*brain norvsaad I waste, use Hop I suffering from any !>- I Uon ; it' you are mar- lyounK, saueriDff from [lira on a bad of alok- 1 Bitters. Thousands <Sle an­ n u a l l y f r o m N f f l t f o r m o f K l d n * y that might have been prevented I by a timely as* of HopBrttsrs low grade, the wholesale of which^fe'r asF-fnl for any lemon, orange, or citron lloffenstein on Poor People* > [New Orleans Timee-l ^'Herman," said Hoffenstein, em he glanced over a book in which he kept small accounts, "has dot shoemaker vol. keeps de corner around baid vat he owes de sdore yet?" "No, Mister Hoffenstein," replied the clerk, ' 'but I dhink he vilL He vas a goot man if he vas poor." "Dot may lie #o, Herman, but you had pedder vatch him. Don't let nim liaf noding more on gredit. You must always dink a man, vas a rasgal until he bays vat he owes; if you don't you vill lose money, by dinking he vas goot. My gr-r-a-cious, Herman, I haf seen blenty uf poor men who vere goot. Dey vould get dings at my sdore on gredit, and spend dere cash mit some von else. Vatch de shoemaker, Herman, I haf been poor myself vouce." "De shoemaker, Misder Hoffenstein," said the clerk, "would half baid before dis if he don't haf been so poor." "But he don't got no pisness being dot vay," replied Hoffenstein. "A man vat vas poor, Herman, don't can blame no von but ljimself. Vy don't he get velty like odder beoble?--If a man vas siulisvied mit being potr he don't can be vert anyding yoB know. Ven I vas bed- dling I vent to a velty merchant to get some goods on gredit. He don't let uie haf dom, und I dold him dat I van hon- esd if I van a poor man. Vat you dink, Herman, he says: "My frent, hell vas so full of beoble in your fix dat dere legs •as sticking de vindows out.' Dot ex- berience. Herman, learned me dot a poor man don't liaf got iuvulence enough in dis vorld to make de dogs bark at him, und I vent to vork. Dree years afd r dot I half a dry goods sdore, uud va»s de bresident uf a bolitical iissocia- Uver or ntrvtt 1 Ton will Del oured lfYouuMl Hop Blttersl IfTonaradm-I ply "weak and! low spirited, try 1 i f ) I t m a y ! save yourk 11 fe. ft hast saved hun»| drods. I10P NEVER D. S. C. In an absolute and irresigta' bio card for tfruukeimaat, use uC opium, tobaeco,or narootie®. SoMbydrug- gi«U. Bund for Circular. •or ww 00., (KoebMieir, B. T. & Toronto, Oat. I§':t" feat. Driving qtute by ourselves in tlie rear ot the | " MARBYINO," eays tbe New York small picnicing procession, we fell into Herald, "is the leading social industry," farther talk of California ways. I was and it argues that this is the best season trying to impress SJeinherr with the fact 1 for it. Furthermore, it considers num- thut he was too young to call his life a i erous marriages a subject for congratula- failure; that no one, at any age, in Cali- j tion. <rA newly married couple," it fornia, need despair, unless lie lay down says, " generally consists of a rash youth lijce a coward and let the crowd rush over ! and a rasher maiden, but unmarried peo- htei: that he must fight, and keep on j pie generally fall into faults more serious fighting: that so often as he was thrown, | than rashness. It is far worse to be an so to speak, he must get up and rush at | aimless lounger in society than an over- it again ; that just as sure as fate there ' worked wife or a perplexed husband." 'mpetence, it not a Jortune, for This is philosophy for those who need it. peel, and perfectly wholesome. BY actual merit, the fnmous substance, St. Jacobs Oil," has steadily won its way until it is to-(lny the national remedy for rheumatism. Luivvers, physicians, cle'gy- men--utilise it. -Cincinnati (Ohio) Daily E H'j ui rc r. " Tak Notis." j It sometimes happens that the horny- i handed prospector knows little or noth- i ing of the forms required by law \ when locating a claim, and in such in­ stances the honest old boys just drive ahead and do the best they know how. A grizzled old bunch of antiquity struck a lead near Gunnison, Col., and left the following notice written on an old en­ velope and stuck in a split stick : I "TAKNOTIS!" j The undersined clams this lede with I all its diifs, spurs, angels, sinosities, I etc., etc., from this staik a 100 fete in • each direcsliun, the Same being A silver i baring load, and warning is hereby given Press " Household."] I to Awl persens to kepe away at their. SLICF.D SMOKED BEEF.--Mince it fine ; peril. Any pesons found trespasing on and sprinkle it into a salad, or mix it . this, Clame will Be persecuted to the ful also with potatoes and eggs for a break- j extent ol the law. This is no munky fast, dish, or use it with a spoonful of ! talk bntt I will assert my rites at the flour and eggs for an omelette, or heat it ^ point Of the sticks sliuter if legaly Neces- HOUSE HOLD HELPS. 1 hi; I>etroit Fr not being on hand, and the patient re- i tion. My gr-r-e-cious, Herman, nefer vived enough to inquire what animal he vaut to be a poor man. De only ding regarded as the mofit useless and despic- j vot a poor man can get vas religion, und able, and was seized with a rigor when j he wouldn't get dot if it cost anyding. he In ard the reply: i Recgolleck dot berseverance in pisnesS "The wild ass of ta-ta'-ry." j vill make you velty, und dot if you vail "Are you willing to qualify to all of I in de righil vay dere vas money in it. tliis'r" ' j Ven I vas keepiug a redail sdore in the crountrv, pisiness got dull, und I vent to Simou Krausman, my viie's uncle, uud I says: "Simon, I dink I vill vail, dere vas no money in de pisness any longer.' •Rimben,' lie says, 'de boys vas baying a-: high as riwenty cents dis year, und I dink you petter vait.' I dook his advice, Herman, und nexd year ven dey vas only baying ten cents, I vailed und mad a ofer four dousand dollars. Shust dink uf it. Now dere vas Solomon Opponheimer, who put a leetle sdore up a vay out in Arkansas, und de gountry for fifteen miles around vas so poor dot all de fleas vent away. Veil, he put his sdore dere und for seex years he vailed in pisiness, und now Solomon owns a gouple of brick adores in Houston, Texas. He made all uf dot by his ber­ severance. Dink uf it, Herman, und vile you dink of it, don't let do shoe­ maker ve vas dalking aboud get avay mitout baying vat he owes." bv steam through and eat it with a can of warmed-up peas, or a dish of stewed ; onions and potatoes. T CHEESE CAKES.--Turn a quart of milk | with a spoonful of vinegar over the fire; : drain the whey from the curd ; rub the latter dry in a cloth; add eggs, well sary to taik head andgood warning. Ac- oorain to la# 1 post This Notiss. 1 I "JOHN SEARLE." THE Pittsburgh S>> Mr. Martin Karg, I cured a badly-wound not# Oil. /, Iiday Leader quotes : Silver Creek, Min&., i d horse with St. Ja- j "Witness my hand and seal," he said, j holding up one and pointing to the | other. | The news-gatherer was growing con- I fused and discouraged, when the band j struck up and the gentlemau disappeared ! in the pavilion, simply remarking that I if any one inquired for him to teil them that he is in-tentou business. i Hancock's Chair. j Two of the most venerable relics in j the National Museum are the ^ official chair of Hancock, and the table upon ; which Jeffeison wrote the Declaration ! of Independence. They were trans- j furred with the Assembly from Phi'a lel- I pliia to Lancaster in 1779, from thence j to ilarrisburg in 1812, where the chair was occupied by the successive Speakers of the H u-e until 1867, when, at the re­ quest of the Historical Society, they were brought back to Independence Hull. The chi» f historic.'.1 connection of the cl a r is with the Cutinental Con­ gress of 1776 and the Constitutional C m- ventum of 1787. It is therefore chair of Wa-hington as well as Hancock, Around the table mentioned gathered Jefterson, Franklin, John Adams, Slier] man and Livingston, to sign the mem­ orable document ; and when, eleven years after ward, Washington sat iu that A STKANQKB, on taking his seat in the pit of a theater, «.accosted a gentleman the iWhosat near him, with: "Pray, sir, have you a bill?" When, to the stranger's amazement, the gentleman, starting from a reverie in which he had been plunged, exclaimed : "No, tir,but I have two next week and both unpro­ vided lor." T̂ . For Two Generations Tbe good and staunch old stand-by, MEXICAN MUS­ TANG LINIMENT, has dona more to assuage pain, relieve suffering, and save the lives of men and beasts than all other Ifaiinents put fcmpiMer. Whyt Because the Mustang pene­ trates through skin and flesh to the very none, driving ont ail puin and goresiess and morbid secretions, and restor­ ing the afflicted part to sound and supple health. % the Best Field FOR EMIGRANTS. AN I.H.1IENSE A UK A OF RA1I.ROAD AND (SOTKKNMENT' LANIW, OF GREAT FERTILITY, WITHIN EASY REAl'H OF PERMANENT MARKET, AT EXTREME. LY LOW PRICES, is now offered for twle ia EASTERN OREJiON and EASTERN WASH­ INGTON TERRITORY. Tlipnf lands form pnrt »f rt" (» RAIN BE1.T of tli.- I'nc-.m- Slpiy, and arc tvttlua jjc4 cisstiiii(*«« ol J .o to 3O0amile4 fTOiii'PorflWuir^whi-re iwul sail. liK v tire loaoctl rOIt A 1.1, PARTS OF THE \VORI.S>. (jRAIN AT PORTLAND, OREGON, COM­ MANDS A PRICE EQUAL TO THAT OB. TAINED IN CHICAGO. » Thf early completion of the .Vortftwi Po- ciflc j{. R. is now assured, and f/tlarante-ea to nettier* cheap and quick transportation and good markets both Ea«t and West. Tho op<-niiifl of' this new overland line to tho Pacific, toaethpr trith the construction of tho network of 700 miles of railroad by the O. R. Jt If. Co. in the valleys of the great Columbia mid its principal tributaries, renders certain m rapid increase in the value of the lands note open to purchase and pre-emption. There is every indication of an enortnouM nuivement of j>opnlat'.on to the Columbia Mirer retjion in the immediate future. LANDS SHOW an AVERAGE YIELD of 40 IICSIIELS OF WHEAT PER ACRE. No 1'ii.l •ire or Crops <>v«r known. RAILROAD LANI»S ©0'ered at the nnifoi-M rate ol' Si.-jO nu Acre. CLIMATE MILD AND HEALTHY. • For pHiiiplilet and iiiup*. ift'srriptire of countrv. its rewmrreii, climate, route of travel, rates and lull lafoi'Mtntivin address A. L. STOKES, 6n'l Eaatern Pa»t4?r AfftM, Clark St.s life j