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' e; Sofff,I bad,heard--overheard; let me avpw- mj diahoporable action, But I VM "fi blonde Mees," and it was too tempting an opportunity ! The window was ofM ; i«ai«itnde, lazily enjoying a dseatoy •iesthMia the rose bower, when I heard themuwaurof voices. My god- mother WBB talking of me, and the deep, pi ofeant voice asking ao many questions , «^xm| Ittjf! Insignificant self was no other than ner august hephew, the son of her only sister, who had married an English- man--her favorite, ^Horace Vernon. "No fortune, indeed," i repeated, soft- theo, clear a. abelf, I strnok ap Id song: . j My ftMw i* my fortnoe, sir, ah* Mid; { 8fr, she wid; ilr, abe said. _ Overaadauer agaia, with every variety of intonation, I sang the words. Sud­ denly I oeased. Instinctively I felt he was searing tile Window and meditating ia descent ia seacoh of the singer. Hast,- By I Mot wings to my leet; MukBy'I aada a- dat̂ at the dipped ye*Md« and ita labtrinthine wh«iT ttrockiily 1 stombled, and shoald '• halts KDn btt fol the arma hospitably ootatMtiUied to «aEf« me. Beooraitog qt̂ y, 1 mv bsdt with li«% aod ottMutted in my tieak artt «la lrt» had only hul arrived fiom Eng^attAi whom fi»a had been disoaasiiig me as a stran­ ger. As if I should «w* «eak to w iu Shi aJfectKMiB of ̂ i ragagedman ( Mosre- <msr, am ble? *No; I naolva-f ̂ ifimldo but let her feel, if «fer,a» siî kly^gJMsaey. Yes, as we are both safe, I Vatatake myself as fasoinatingas I oan. Horace Y&rnan is tiamawj |p» Bertha de Pon- tac, and f imi to^BUMy the Bev. Bobert, m thsre oan be so harm in a little flirta- tion, and 1 shall let things take their , •;-rr .. take th«ir oauaa, and a very pdeaswit eotirse it is. The days pass quiokly, and I have no time to write letters. The Dinard bathing sea- son will soon be .at ita. hefa ht. The Pa­ n's am world, iucludujg. Me. Bertbe do Pontac, will be here--«o Bonne-maman tells me; Horace never nrantiom her. I often fcm£,to ask him about her, but a shy deeding closes my lips. Do I dread that her naaa ehaald bre»k the spell of haE^noM oastnmndjjaiy life ? Alt»I after some weeks of delightful enjoyment, the apdl iw bndteit, and by Boiaee-maman. Horace had fired my imagination by a glowing aoeonnt of fresh blackberries, the finest, blackest, sweeteat that was ey«r seen. Working upon my enthusi­ asm, he promised to take me »-black- berrying. The next morning, in high glee, we sallied forth; he armed with a stout-' hooked stick, I with a baiM Past a cottage, with a bright-eyed maiden tend­ ing her pet lamb in the kitchen, while bpt mother was sitting at the spinniug- wheel in the morning sun. Through lanes so narrow we had to scramble up the steep bank to let the great white horses with the lumbering wagons go by. f'Ifcrough bush, through briar." we went knd never a blackberry did I see. Al.Uat, I ventured to remark upon the siniralaflr fact of the flowers and buds being aidll in full bloom. I heard a slight chuckle, and, looking up at my companion's face, saw a mud gleam of fan on it, ""Well, yon must indeed be a Cockney born, to think of expecting blackberries in August." For a moment I was put oat; then, joining in his mer­ riment, I oontented myBelf with< the wreath of wild flowers he had gathered. From this merry p-sonmon we returned in high glee and good humor, my basket laden with flowers, my Hat deoorated with berries and brightly tinted leaves. Bonne-mam an, contrary to her usual hospitality, did not ask Horace to stay, and. he went off there and then to his hotel Then, having removed my pro­ tector, I was treated to a long leetare on my reckless disregard of the proprieties. Wei llffth a ̂su<3 . eM& myiang ipv'i ion, I : let >its shining. and' *6 tam& mj wajr "tent," ai IjRpitaaiUyeMled th«: m snrnpnn^&g th» «»banea> Vlfli a ladtoovt satitn of *«««- ing oheeks, ! saw floraoe in lively eon< ition irith .» Fariiikn elegantî oz- in front of my haven cf rdfage. I a franco dart at the eanvas door, to be giwiod with the sight of an na- miatakaUe pair 6f naaqr boots, I turned and fled--oh, miserie 1 in my confusion I had forgotten the number. I mnst pass them, vaguely wondering if beaoh etiquette expected me to acknowl­ edge Ehxraoe. Jprmaredforanotherdaa)i --when a lady obugingly pointed out a eanvas tent with a pohte "c'eaf la, mademaUeU ̂ and rushed to hide my blushes under the friendly canvas. On my return^ Bonne-maman told me she expected the Baroness de Pontae and her daughter and Horace. Althc i'^'v icuselle are yon , -r managing to infuse 'soticitade, into the words. T ̂ j vith me, belore I coulinaawer, headded: "Iietmeintro- dooft - XlMnfico-ace Vernon, and yotimnstbe Miss Etupeuie Bverard* I hatiitlNMwi hearing all about yon bom . and colored vividly. "Tea! *WWWa mm%*"< Icoaldnothelp rufcirttug with Sitofl* ' "AhJ yon overhMrd us?" he cried "expreesioa of dismay. r AijfiSf^^ad the demons of coquetry , proinpted me there and then to take off my godmother, and I replied in her vocee: "Like her, yes; love her, no; lor die hAS BO fortune." The next moment I felt awkward and *obSML, for I had hardly realized thi of the ̂ words. Mr. he said, " I promise. " ' - what?" . , 7 a w l̂-ehafMd, . i«|to which, after a moment's hesi­ tation, I put my own. The fingers #loa*d*o»er it in a protecting clasp, and tawM not but look np gratoCnl̂ r into • tlwhhedsome sun-brint lace and the 'MMciyblue eyes gaidng down upon me, as I aaknowledged the oompast we were "W 'tootm my remikm will have al- , that I, Eugenie Everaxd, fall in love with Mr. / Veriioo ; that he will recipro- feeling, and thereby ^aunfs h îrt, aod upset all her ' plans. Blithe •dea^-sighted not know that I aqa tevrted paused totoae ^pprt&nl town at London, where eer--s eer- ' Bonoemhe,: whose be- trothal rintj I wear <»( the orthodox fin- whose photograph I have duly in a large golden locket, with the , Qrreek wo^rds A. E. I. on one vaft an imposnble monogram of H E. im rnî e«i filigree work on ttmJtpr ough I waa brokenhearted, vanity was not dead; I determined to look my best. I gathered my hair in a knot, and placed among the wavyfring#of onrla aome gorgeous crimson tinniaii. I half feared a rebuke from Bonne.-mam*n as to being over-dressed--so slipped on' a back talk gown, wherein I had artfully inserted a white lace tucker and shiny jet-embroidered raffles; another cluster of scarlet tinnias and black mittens fin­ ished off the severe and unbecoming costume, in which I entered the room prepared to make the acquaintance of the hateful de Potaos. Mile. Berthe only waa there, arrayed in fashionable attire, and I was soarcelv surprised to recognize in her Horace s lively companion of the morning. Hor­ ace behaved beautifully in Bonne- maman's eyea. After greeting ma ooldly, he overlooked my insignificant presenoa, tost in the overpowering brilliancy of sparkling and amusingBethe. She ab­ sorbed him entirely. They were making arrangements for a trip to Mont St. Michel, where he and I had talked of going. How wretched I felt, how wild with the scraps I hoard : "Train from St Malo--carriage at Dol, on to the Hospice." I must make a diversion, and somewhat abruptly asked Mile, de Pontae to play or sing. In vain Bonne-mamaa objected that it was She rattled through a noisy and brill- it piece, and thai her voice, sharp and jtallic, filled the air: " Si vous n ayes ii -~7 -« of a saving natme, and has our correspondence t» three l» week, but he never allows a day to pass without writing, and the budget," .v- when it does come, is a d»ilv journal of ' hjanaewtful life. He wished me to ™j®* the same plan, but I am not of ' T»#M»r lahiti, and have declined to do move than reply to the folios as I receive tfcaBf pmo% for jayside,- On the other mere n a cortam heiress with a ' dot ftmUions of francs) des- ^|fgtw. Horace. Bojjnie-tnataan Wj impressed this upon me told me she expected her nephew at Dinard. I have not long .--dahoe arriverl from England on a six months' visit to Bonne-maman, other- Wae La Oomte«sd<S!(ig(mis Reine M m v£H«rooart, mj mother's old . school • T Stand, and Jay godmother. . 1, wa ̂ pit a baby v^en I lost both •bif- trtttoi*. After my father, Ow. Bverard's, death I lived with ®y natl.ej bi.t misfortune seemed to •shame as her own; my poor aunt «/t» jAaA^nddenlv, and my uncle, broken- 5a^|^ drifted bank into an aimless ™te of bachMorhood. I felt a burden t • ISagerly he availed Mmself d'Barcourt's invitation to me, Igtty saw me oil to Saathamp- Twheneel was shipped to St. 'Mak& • 'UNhem I was met *>y_ the Couu- «f-all-work, Jean Pierre, and erowfld oyer to Dinard, where _ 'ed in a bright, cheerful ^r.. .. . '"witfegreen jalousies, stand- TBg hi;' W old-ftuihioB ed garden, being beach and the lovsiy bay with ••nds of spsrMitipf block aroourfc gave me 4 Maucn MalounifT ly, black-haired, •tared at me approv- traveling garb m we these English manners, er rather the want of them? This running about the oonntry with young men for untold hours, this liberty, was unheard of in France, and 1 must, at least while un­ der her roof, conform to French usages; unmarried girls could not be too partic­ ular. Conscienoe-stnckeBf I could find no Ifords of excuse. The hot blood dyed iny face; unshed tears made my eyea MRL Stooping, I kissed Bonne-maman in silence, and, stepping, through the open 'window infco the* gardm, I wan­ dered away, out of sight. Yes; I had bean unmaidenly, immodest, undigni­ fied. Dishonorable, too, forgetting my plighted troth. If only Bonne-maman and Mr. Vernon knew, how they would despise me. Heartsick, I turned away from the garden and sought the solitude of the orchard. There, alone under the shadowy trees, I could think iiotft. My eyea ached; my head burned; I was humbled to the dust to have failed when felt so sure of myself. Playing with fire, bow could I escape ? And be--- never in words had he confessed his love, but by a thousand trifles light as air I felt he loved me. And Bertha? Ah 1 I thought bitterly, he may like me but he will marry her. Will ne love her ? I thsow myself on the soft, cold grass* hiding my fioe with my hands, and tarr­ ing to shut out the pain, sorrow and the shame, heedless of the time and the passing hours. Suddenly a hand was placed on mine and 1 started up. As I did so my chain caught, the links broke and my locket fell open at Horace's feet. Before closing and returning it he said: "May I?" and, looking at the portrait, re­ marked s u Your father's likeness 1 shook my head, and, pointing to the pearl ring I wore, said bravely: " Ifo! I am engaged." "EJagiiged r His voice was husky. " Then you have been ammang yourself --flirting to keep your hand, in fM And without another word, but with the aost hopeleea expression I ever saw, he rew the locket down and left me. . I tottered to my feet. 1 was avenged --he would despise me as a flirt, but he could not accuse me of giving my love j unasked, or forcing it upon a man who waa not free. H he were engaged, why, so was J. We were q.hits. With trembliiig hands I drew off the fatal ring, and going; to my room laid it with the lopket and addressed the parcel to the Bav. Bobert tmneombe, and straightway wrote and asked for my ireeilom. I could bear the thrall no more. I must be free. I wrote kindly, feeling dimly the pain I waa inflicting ; butat all riaks I must befree^ nx. t ; Horace waa staying at Binan. The Baronesss de Pontae and her daughter had arrived and catted on Mme. d'Har- conit. Of coarse, on Horace's return he would- be dancing attendance upon his fiancee. Robert had written. I wig tyo do- iireb«i<l to feel wotll)<ied at the tone of his reply, or might have rented his agtteimg 'with me on the de.^ability of breaking off the engagement In a post-- ssr^it he added th *t he had the promise of the vicarage of Capel le-Ferne and its £ 1,500 a year, and I came to tba con­ clusion that his joy at his worldly ad­ vancement had taken away the sting from his heart's adversity. I was thank- firiHliat it was so. The morning was clear and bright, and a swim in the sea was a tempting remedy to drowe dull care, so X strolled down leisurely to the beach. I was late, ami whea I em®^®^ from my M cabane ** found a crowd of gossiping idlers in possession of every .chair and available seal Not a nook Of comer but was filled with g»y couples, Working, chattering, apd oiiag," Classically draped in jay white wmp- pors my hair piled np on high, nndiafig- urea with the oilakin cap the FMUA la- diee afeted, I hurriedly walked ttunugh ttie miUmgiufg audience, aad» lanving my mantle in Perrine's «MSU MM soon disputing 'myself h| the Mfn; amm Afteral<mgaKawi«n ' ting dusk, and she did not want lights, as it rested her eyea. Mile. Bertha, ly shaking out her pufh and >, sweetly observed that she would play for Mme. d'Har court, and sing for mademoiselle. She rattled throi iant metallic, filled the air: " Si vous nWea rien a ma dire." Sue was singing it at Horaoe. who, apparently buried in thought, was sitting near her. I won­ dered if he remembered it as one of the songs I had often rung to him. Bonne- maman coughed and fidgeted and shiv­ ered; Mlie. Berthe bravely sang on, sometimes flat, sometimes sharp, finish­ ing up at last ion a note that jarred every nerve and fiber. Horace wag profuse in thanks, and I, too, thanked her, and added immedi­ ately: "Shall.I sing you a little En­ glish ballad V* Bonne-maman inter­ rupted me to order the lamp, but I maliciously remarked. that I would sing a twilight song first. I could not resist my anticipated triumph. Straight from my heart the words rang out, "In the Gloaming," wad vibrating strangely through the dusk came the farewell to my love, mine no longer: " Best ft* vou and best for me." nn I must have sung better than nsual, from the deep silenoe paid as tribute to my talent, and, under cover of the dark­ ness, I rose, and, stealing silently to the door, sought the friendly night wherein to hide my sorrow. Perrine met me with the lamp, and, leaving the hateful light and the happy circle, I tamed away to the garden. IV. Hurriedly I went past the clipped yew hedge, to the stone seat, on whion I sank, and, burying my face in my hands, burst into passionate tears. I was young, and this, my first sorrow, seemed too great a burden. I heard footsteps, and, shrinking back into the shadc^r of the hedge, waited breathlessly They were passing, when the treacherous moon shone out and bathed me in a flood of silvery light. A hand v/as kindly laid upon my head. There, in all the glory of his six-foot stature, in the white shin­ ing moonlight, stood Horaoe, looking down with kind and pitvlng eyea upon the tear-stained faoe uplifted to him: and in the winning voioe of old I heard my name. " Eugenie, what is it ? * " Honing," I murmured. He bent to hear my trembling an­ swer. " Nothing that I oan do f " "Nothing that 1 can nndo '̂igfa- plied. s Lower and lower be bent, and nearer and nearer, in dangerous proximity, had it not be@n for Berthe. Her shadow was between us. Tenderly taking my cold hands in his; he stroked' them gently. Suddenly he gave a start. " Where is it ?and ne passed his fin­ gers lightly over mine, "It? " I inquired. „ "Tour ring. You shoald wear it al­ ways, or a fellow may be tempted te forget himself." I repUAd, "you too, French husbands dp in Borne as the Iwoke vith a •. - waa veiifla#. The next _e>mankiltt 'ifiaa too ill to »ear her, and aftar awhiie " la a feeble voioe: I should like yon |»e; alwayajf your people #i When Horace is mar- be very lonely. Win you stay, deaor, until yon. too, marry and * * " woman r' fl̂ ed in ,my cheek ; I ~ her fondly. leave you,* Bonne-maman, you aoM me away." %as speaking the doctor L , my dreaded, forebodings were realised t Bonne-maman was in- deed fll, stdaken with typhus fever. And so 'my dream ended. 1 looked my laat upto Horace. He was obliged to leave for England, and the doctor waa to telegraph him bulletins of Mote. d'Harcourtfs health. In fain he urged ma to let the Sister of Charity take my place beside her. I waa firm. A doty was befoi'e me--clear and distinct, I waa needed by the kind old4ady who had befriended me and offered me a homtv Trqe to the old friend, if it mtwt be, I must risk losing the youug friend, ihe more than friend. I do not deny that it wai a atmggle between duty ana inoliaatkm, but she needed me, and he • well, *' he loved and he rode away." Dm grew into weeks, weeks length­ ened i&to Months; Bonne-maman varied, now better, now worse. At last my pa­ tience wiijs crowned with success; my love won her bade from the arms of death. She owned her life to my mrfsing. The yellow flag was stiM flyingy and we were not out of quarantine Per­ rine, with her face shining like a benefi­ cent sunbeam, importantly announoed "a visit." It was a bright spring moping, and, as the visitor waa in the sitting room, I decided upon holding a parley from the gardffttt thus averting any danger from lingering infection. Throwing a scarf around my head, I stood l>efore the eloaed window and tapped lightly; in­ stantly it flew open and I was clasped in the arms of my stalwart lover. He laughed my fear of infection to scorn, suggested a warmer climate for Bonne-maman, a month or two at Cannes--and, as I also needed a thor­ ough rest, he proposed changing Mis# Eugenie Everard into Mrs, Horace Ver­ non. I think Perrine must have put Bonne- maman up to a thing at two. She was not surprised to hear the news, and I was considerably relieved to find her o^ni "she was glad her one darling was to marry her other darling."--'Ihe Ar? a°*V* ' FACTS FOB THE CURIOUS. an m wear " And you, should wear a do, and you Bomans'do." "ButI am only hall French," he laughed, "and I might glish girl; then I need ̂ rins." 1 " Berthe de Pontaois very French," ! returned. "Mile, de Pontao! Eugenie, I am too Brood to marry a woman jaith money." " And too poor to many one without," I sadly retorted. The words slipped out, and before I could cough them down I was in his arms and amothered with kisses. Ere I could realize my happiness a discreet cough sounded from Ihe path, and vre started apart to see Perrine slowly ad­ vancing. "HOST touching of her to warn us,** said Horace. "A fellow-feeling mans us wondrous kind; she's setting her eap at Pierre.** "Her oap!" I laughed aaemly; " and such a cap!** . 1 Monsieur was wanted to esoort Mile. Berthe, and madame wanted mademoi­ selle. I could not see Bonne-maman, I trembled guiltily at the thought. With a whispered "Till to-morrowe" we parted--Horace to convey M9e. Berthe to her lordlf chateau, I through the kitchen to my bower. I hastily undressed and sought my couch. Half an hour later, when Bonne-mamansoftly entered THKBS is a weekly sale of toads in j Paris which are brought in casks filled I with damp moss. One hundred good 1 toads are worth from sixtv to seventy j shillings. These are bought for gardens. ! IH Peru, as soon as death ooours, ash- ! es are strewn on the floor of the room ' and the door fastened. Next morning the ashes are carefully examined for footprints and the sool ef the dead ia j said to have passed into the body of ! whatever animal the imagination traces in the maHm on the ashea. j Ohb method used by the Anglo-Sax- ' the intentions of froit-bea îtlgvee ̂atark them, and after & solemn prayer shake them together and throw them into a white garment j spread for the purpose. The number of marks lying uppermost decided the greater or less degree of fortune to come. | BANDS of music are forbidden to play Very en most of the large iron bridges of the good world. This is due to the well-known phenomenon that a constant succession of sound waves, especially such as come from the playing of a good band, will excite the wire vibrations. At first these vibrations are very slight, but they increase as the sound waves contin­ ue to come. MINEBS in the quarts mines believe that the rats--there are thousands of them in jninee that are being worked-- can tell when an earthquake or cave in the walla of the mine iB ooming. They claim that before anything of the kind occurs the rats will be seen trying to crowd into the oagee or buckets, as the case may be, in which the ore is hoisted to the Burfaoe. There is a similar be­ lief about the cockroaches, which are saifl to crawl up the shaft belore an aooi- dent happens. Ir gravitation were to cease, and ate wires were used to hold the earth in h< orbit each wire being as large as tii heaviest telegraph wire (No. 4), it won! require nine to eaoh square inch of th earth's surface, and the whole sunwi hemisphere of our globe would have be covered aa thickly as blades of gt. upon a lawn. A man who on eart' would weigh 960 pounds would at the weigh nearly two tons, and be unable stir. A planet as far away as the ne: est fixed star, which is more than 000 times more remote than the sun the earth, if not disturbed by any oth< attractions, would still be governed its motion by the sun. though, if movi ing,* in a cirefe, nearly 90,000,009 yeai would be required for a single revol tion. THH reindeer, which in one way another manages to be almost the entv support of the Lapps who have hi is a large, heavy animal, with remark­ able independence of character. He wiii not accept shelter under cover, no matter how inclement the weather may be. Neitber will he eat any food that is • ItirvmrrTLAMD stables arehii* dlnnasn - AjMjUjj with .mall cheats tewk fat- P(AA89rOHiHi swine carried off the the main vtiMK at ' turai fair TTHDrfBeBOUKD sOcs of 500 tons capac­ ity, vtith proper ventilation, are no# the rage in Genaany. DM* fish gaaao contains more than fif­ teen timea m mneh nitrogen aa is found in stable manure. . Punhnr of sun and a warm scil are needed for growing maiweta, wliQat swedes thrive best in a cool,*nibbtf soQ and climate. IN highly bred and. liberally fed ani­ mals the teeth are produced earlier than in those living under the reverse con­ ditions. ' SacAXtXi, yolkless ^gs, sometimes ob­ served in the oare of fowls, denote over­ feeding, most Iflcely an exclusive (Bet 'of Indian corn, with little exertifee and no. green food. HBN manure oarriea leaa water than stable manure, but more nitrogen and organio matter. As to potash and phos­ phoric acid, there ia a great similarity in the ooBstifcuenta el both materiala. IT is not desirable to bread animals that will eat bat little, aa iMa not rea­ sonable to expect such to give as large a proportionate return for feed eoaaumed aa Uiose which have efficient digestive organs «f greater opacity. IHTKLUGKNT breeders make rigorous selection of breeding stock. - The jate Edwin Hammond was oooe asked what proportion of ihe rams bred by himself he would be willing to use on his own flock, and he answered promptly, " Not one in three hundred." Fkom some experiments made by Felix Masnre it apjpears that when arable soil ie very wet it throws off more watery vapor than a sheet of free water. If the land is only moderately moist the quan­ tities are about equal, and if the soil is dry its evaporation is k-ea. " SCTRBPHOSPHATES are naturally mere speedy in their effect than manures oousistiug of undissolved phosphate. A small quantity of phosphoric acid ap­ plied as superphosphate will have as great an effect as a considerable quan­ tity applied aa bonea er ground phos­ phate. A NBW method of beet sugar manu­ facture consists of submitting the juice to some chemical (yet a secretV aft*r which it is filtered. Evaporation and granulation follow, and this ends the process, which ia Mod to be reduced to extreme simplicity. This is a German discovery. IiiiiEG mMATH tampering with exhibi- bition anijaala ia practised at English live stock shows. A glaring instance of this offense was brought to notice at a recent show, at which a Clydesdale horse was disqualified for having had false hair ingeniously added te his heavy feet. No HOR8BS were found either in Amer­ ica or Australia, when the continents were first discovered. Now, on the al­ most boundless prairies of South Amer­ ica, immense herds, numbering many thousands, are to be met with. These mustangs, or wild horses, are-the de­ scendants of a race of Spanish horses that escaped from domestication. MRS. B. H. FABNHAM, of North An- dover. describes her method of making premium butter, as follows; The milk is set in tan pass and the cream taken oil when the milk has soured. When churned, the buttermilk is thoroughly worked and ~$&ff batter salted to taste The next morning the butter is worked again and weighed into pound balls. BBESDBBS have noticed that a re­ markable development of the tendency to lay on fat ia usually accompanied by a delicacy of constitution, a diminished secretion of milk and a loss <4 fecundity, fat animals are not likely to be breeders; in faot, the excessive production of fat is incompatible with high development ef the reproductive powers. j In iBtAMtss perehea for fowls allow six inchee far each bird. The perch should not be placed high when there is j no place for the birds to fly down with a I gradual swoop, as is natural to them : when roosting in open places. Three ̂ feet from the ground in confined places ' is high enough. The perch should be far enough from the baok wall to keep , the tail plumage clear. j CAH&BA has become more emphatically ' a dairy couatry than the United States. With a population of 5,000,000, they manufacture annually 80,000,000 pounds of cheese, equal to twelve pounds per ompita, while we with 60,000,000, make 000,000, er six pounds per capita. exceeding one- From Detroit to the Sea. OrMd Tnralc R. R. and 8t. Uvrence River SAND ISLANDS -.-throogh the THOUS FAKOD8 RAPID8, to • HOmiliL. MOOOTAIM*. MB., near Boston; thence hack to JBTLAND , "*f Dcm DOB COD 5 tnCnCG bftCK tQ vlaQueb«o. MlftgMm Fallaand Buffalo, 1 leave Detroit July I, SO & 27. SSO.OO for Uie roond trip oforera,000 miles. Special trains on the G. T. R. R., and spselai fteamers on the St. Lawrence irtvor, Jgcii tour personally conducted by W. H. i of the I)*TKotT E viiMme HIWI, B.1i#Sket\*ood to September 3d. » "VKP circular. ncw^niaBtrtted Guide Book, with m»i>9 en* _ . , - -'nnmtlon.over 40 especially for thlledi&on,mn<l a tK>rr^ct W colon, o» Glen Etni Hi BBSABUCIT,OffiMDetrolt&veaiag Mmn> JOHNSI t •.J, M A-' (CoatritMrtad to tka Detrait Free Praaa •« HoaaehaM" fc* BsvMkMpwa, and tlx reMUa of aetnai GINCHCB CAKR.--Ibree cup pf no. laasea, one of- sour mill̂ not quite a eap of buttei, one teaspoonfol of saleratua, one tableapoanful of ginger, some nut­ meg and orange peel. • f . t&ncm Cjĵ --Spiea;.oakes taaerve coffee are made d one pound of sugar, four egg*, one teaapooomaiiflih of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and a pitieh of P® PP«. Stir in flour enoogh te amke deugn which oan be rtrfled otftj eut out idth a plain oookey outter; let them stand for from ten to twelve hours; then bake. KINO G*OBO*'S bread crumba, half a piat c ̂flour, tite- spoonful at baking powder saged m the iloar, a little salt, half a pouhdfbf quarter of a pound of current*, quarter of a pound of chopped suet, ooflbe cup- ful of milk, one egg; tie tightly in a bag and boil three, hours; to be eaten with hard eauoe. CaoooLATH OAKAiana. --Take one cup­ ful of molasses, «me of sweet milk, half a cupful of grated chocolate, a piece of butter the aue of an English walnut. Boil all together, anritig oonstantly aa it boils, for twenty m twenty-five minutes. Try it on enow or iee; if stiff enough, turn into buttered tins end mark into small squares so that they will break apart when cold. WHITB CREAM CAWDT.--One piat of boiling water, two eupfnls of grannlated angar. Boil alTtogetner for fcwentv min­ utes, adding two tabieepconfuls of cider vinegar when it is put over the fire. Try it <m ice or snow; If net bitter enough boil a little longer. Let it oool in a bat­ tered pan till in condition to pull; add vanilla, one or two tablespoonfnls. Pull very white; cut in sticks, and keep in a cold room till next day. LATER TBA CAKB.--Bab. one cup of sugar and one-half cup of butter to a cream ; add the well-beaton white of three eggs, half a oup of sweet milk, two cups of flour--not heaping cups, bat just even full--one teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake in two layers in a hot oven for fifteen minute*. For the frost­ ing use the yolks of the three eggs, stir in a cup of pulverized sugar, one tea- spoonful of vanilla; beat for fifteen minutes; then spread between the lay­ ers and on the tops and sides of the cake. Bra BBKAII.--Take two cups of Indian meal; make in a thick batter with scald­ ing water; when cool add a small oup of white bread sponge, a little sugar and salt.and a teaspoonful of soda, dissolved. In this stir as much rye as is possible with a spoon ; let it rise until it is very light, then work ia with your hand as much rye as you can, bat do not knead it, as that will make it hard; put it in buttered bread tins and let it rise far about fifteen minutes, then bake for aa hour and a half, cooling the oven grad­ ually for the last twenty minutes. IOB CSSAX CANDY.--Take two cupfuls of grandulated sugar, half a cupful of water, and add one-quarter of a tea­ spoonful of cream tartar dissolved in a teaspoonful ot boiling water. Put into a poroelaia kettle, and boil in ten min­ utes without stirring it Drop a few drops into a saucer of cold water, or on snow. If it is brittle it ia dime;, if not, bdS t̂flhit ia. Adfia pieveof huMer half as large aa aa egg while it is on the fire, and stire it in. Pour into a buttered tin, and set on ioe or snow to oool enough te pull it white. Flavor with vaniUa just before oool enough to pulL Work into strand, and ont iuto^etioks. CHOCOLATE Pn5.-~Lovera of chocolate oan make this addition to a common custard pie : Beat an egg to a stiff froth, then add pulverized sugar and grated chocolate with a ha If-teaspoonful of vanilla; spread this on top of the pie and let it harden for a moment in the oven. Or you may prepare it in still another way: Fut the chocolate in a basin on the back of the stove, and let it melt (do not put a drop of water with it); when melted beat the one egg and some sugar in with it; in the latter case it will be a regular chocolate brown ia color, and in the other a sort of gray. "NOUGAT ©R NOT CANDY.- -Take three cupfuls of nuts (we uae pecans because they are more plentiful, but almonds are best), blanch them if you use almonds; put the nuts in a wooden tray, and with a meat-chopper ohop them fine. Take three cups of white sugar, put it in the vessel you intend to cook it in, put it on the stove and stir oonstantly until dis­ solved ; do nqt moisten it but let the sugar dissolve itself; as soon aa dissolved add the chopped nuts, stir them in the svrup. Have your bread board wet, also the rolling pin, and when you have stirred the nntsiu the syrup, take it imme­ diately off the stove, put it on the wet board and with the wet rolling pin roll quite thin. Take a knife before it cools (you have to work Cut for it hardens rapidly), mark it off in squares. Then eat and think ot your friend way down in the sunny South who sent you the recipe. *4-- iff igjftJtT KOlCiC. "°W8S!SW me oapillary _ . , ^ _ defective and the functions OT nutrition imperfectly performed, and there will not only be a deficiency in the ability to fatten, but a lack of strength and con­ stitutional vigor. A restless and wild ex- offered him; he prefers to seek his own { predion of the eye indicate* a pradomi- sustenance, which oonsiste principally j nance of nervons* action and an unquiet Of a peculiar moss, and as this grows : disposition that is not ecwapatible wrth a very slowly, lequiring about seven years ; good feeding quality. in which to reaoh maturity, the Lapp | PRUSSIA spends two or three million must shift his home from time to time I .3 ,1 ., ., . . . . to meet the necessities of his herd. In ! pilars annual y upon the state forests mid-winter the moss may be covered by ; Tht 'T? IJSf ^ several feet of mow, but the deer di^ ! ,to ^ a!e a hole with his feet and disap^ars from j their Ws to take pupils m the surface, ^burrowing his way through j Jkeep o>de stock the snow as he follows his nose from one | improving the breeds of ^the^sur- tnrf of moss to another. The flesh of»j roQ!_ ^ community» "J1 ® ^ntrodnco the reindeer is quite palatable and nu- 81, ™?c u"er^ OI? tritious, his skin makes very warm gar- f B?endod the agncnltural ministor of ments ai well as durable harness, and cheese made of reindeer milk is very rich, although the quantity of milk yielded per day seems scarcely worth the taking, as it amounts to a mere tea- cupful. ' f THE Massachusetts Bureau of L&bor Statistics show that the storekeepers' profits on dry-goods, boots and shoes, and many of the standard groceries, rarely exceed, when the wholesale and ret til profits are added together, 15 per 1 cent, On the other hand, o& teas, ' spices, and in some instances on fresh meats and provisions, th* jUins ran over f$peroenfc> the crown. No seeds are distributed free, except in time of scarcity, but railroads have to carry free articles for exhibition at agricultural fairs. The highways are lined with fruit or other t»e», and the government supervision of forests is strict IN the use of extra food* for milch cows discrimination should be used in the apportionment of varying quantities to individual animals, according to their special requirements, their milking ca­ pacity and their condition as to age. Some cows will pay well for a liberal _ al­ lowance hi iaflnsased supplies of milk, and require more llberal met to make up ' tor the Jacga dzaia Him myktm, FwmtHim nwwm. 9m kewtatd« nifiniya BUIni haa baaa ttai^snlot spaaWo few I 4y«Kpaa» !••« •»< ajaa, a la* of UhjslWl 1 bf M4IM1 MI MfthMMi itnaitk iwtocattf*. B MmMIl m i •iw»iaifai)rie)aiii FRAZER AXLE GREASE; •MatiMWMU • \ Count I>e Lesseps' Ronuo*. ' ^onnt de Lesseps beoame a widower at sixty-eight, with a numerous family. A few years l&ter he was in the habit of visiting a family in Paris whioh com­ prised five sisters. One day he observed that he had undergone great daugere and diibcultiee among the Arabe, boc-ause they could not conceive how a man could live wi'hont a wife. The prettiest of the sisters iuuocenUy asked, " Why ̂ Uien, do y<m not marry again V " Because I am too old. Because, if I were to fall in love with a young girl it would be ab­ surd to think that site would fall in love with me." "Who knows?" observed his questioner. Lesseps tohl his young listeners about tberOseof Jerioho,whioh, after being dried and placed in water, again bursts out in bloom. Soon after­ ward he obtained one of these roses and presented it to the young girl. In a few days she appeared with the reblossomed re^e in her hand, which she gave to the count, saying: "See what a miracle the water has effected upon the rose ; it is the blossoming of love in old age." Their eyes met., and he, believing she had a meaning in what she did, said: "If yon reaMy dare venture to share the remaining years of an old man, here is my hand." But for this marriage it is very uncertain whether he would have undertaken his laborious task at Pan­ ama. She is always at his side, aod has been his chief help and snppnrt through­ out his arduous conflicts with politicians, money-lenders, engineers and laborers. A KANSAS man and woman have been married to each other once a year for four years, a divorce haviner separated them after every union except tha liut /"< ,. ,• .!.* ̂ .• ,* "V " ^aSaoto MmttKtB wot mtOJMtolUm.ll to aaaisT iUna^rta tsaor (MM tea «rs JSLSUSf V9 > }'"-Wa mm FEVER . i! 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