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SiSM n* *-rewliai »W porch loacoMMw , "̂ aasarsst 'And hifilhoti Holy Lady, ! IW MM shall blemed i^lir And In h!« hand be boM bar , k lHy *11 of ilght, Which low did bow before 8be murve'fid at the Right. ' AndUU thou Virgin Lady, 0 Thou St mow lily-white ]" A'ftl thu* to her th« angel ©id Ring the graclotM worff uTlion art of Ood beloved WM,- For Him thou haat ate«|| • And He doth greet thee, Mary, ^ • ' Thon Chalice of the Lord I" t» : Stem Lady Mary bowed ,» , ' The glory of her head, «'•."'•• t Jkmi fr >m her Dpi there floMC Such lovely wotdv, 'tis eailL Tbat In their grave* they aboutM , That kmg afore were dead. #r iv.m Then up and sang the Bttte birda 44 The l)l«gsed dawn is near;" AM np and cried the leai-uod Xlagl' 44 His day-*tar doth appear." out and Rang «Vxl'i» angels all, An '•wr r>d sang both loud and clear: "ii But ki:<x> iiiR, Mary whispered •*L«M[* *5 'i ' My Lord and King is hera." OmtimtnK 'J- TWO WEDDING DAYSJ ing had been duly andprdp«v ly arranged for our wedding. The en­ gagement of Miss Nell Bartley to Mr. Bum ram L&ngley had been duly an­ nounced in the fashion columns of the leading society journal, and the wedding day had arrived. I am Bertram Langley--oommonly called Bert--and, while I confess to be most sincerely and entirely in lova with toy little Nell, I must add I had been quite annoyed about our marriage, first at the persistence with which she in­ sisted upon a grand wedding. s I hate fuss and parade, and have an old-time notion that a marriage rehearsal giddily and eventually solemnized be­ fore a crowd of gossiping, gaping people, jstobbed of all its sweet purity. Then, loo, the trousseau ! (The whole business is a nuisance ! Excuse the big word, , but my feelings are strong on that point, j Iu shutting the door it too had become What on earth a woman wants of clothes ! locked, and was as fast as fate. enough to last five years, and gewgaws more than she can ever hope to use, I sever could Bee ; unless, indeed, she en- ifaMrfoiwg & horrible suspicion that the new firm may refuse to furnish a irash all right, I suppose, rare* they all deft (no slang intended), but it was a trying time for me, I can tell you. I oould scarcely get a glimpse of Nell, she Tom was ill at ease and worried, and I knew nothing but my marriage or funeral oould nave induced him to leave home when Lottie was ill. Next morning I saw Nellie for a mo­ ment onlv, but the kiss I pressed on her dew little mouth was a silent plea for pardon, and a promise for better oontrol over my temper next time. Evening came--the church was packed --and I, feeling most uncommonly stiff and awkward iu a span new suit and speekless gloves, was awaiting in the vcstty Nellie was to enter on her father's arm, followed by her bridesmaids and groomsmen--six in number--while I was to enter in the nick of time from the vestry, the minister from his study, and meet before the altar. It was all very pretty, but I almost knew I should make a mess of it--and I did, with a vengeance. I had requested to be allowed to be alone, so as to keep my part in my mind, and for the same reason went early to the church not to be stared at and con­ fused, for this show affair was not one bit to my mind. Just at the last moment Tom came rushing in, followed by the regular sex­ ton. " I've got a telegram from Lottie," said Tom, his voice quivering. " She is worse, and I must start at once. Just in time to catch the train. Good-by, old boy ! God bless you 1" "I'm going too, just came to wish you joy, Mr. Bert," said the sextan, who had known me since I was a lad. " Sor­ ry I can't see you married. My road's the same as your brother's, so I'll go withkhimand off they both hurried, the door shutting with a sharp click be­ hind them. , The time for the arrival of the wed­ ding party drew near; I advanced to the door that opened into the church, de­ signing to open it and peep through. It resisted my efforts. I struggled with it sharply, no use ! the door was locked. Muttering a curse upon the stupidity of the sexton, I strode to the outer door. Great drops of perspiration stood out on my forehead, what was to I'c done? I asked myself the question, and mopped my face \nth my immaculate but to lind the handkerchief, answer. Then I flew back to the inner door and listened. The organ was playing gayly and a subdued hush told me that Nellie was entering on her father's arm, and I J so busy with dressmakers, milliners, [ here I was standing, caged like a rat. eta, and when I did see ber she was in j Oh, how I tried to open that door ! a rattling hurry to be off to keep | My gloves split, and the perspiration ran appointment with some workwoman ' in rivers down my face and dropped off or other that I actually grew a little ; the end "of my nose, but not one inch Ilk 1-* I: •TP a month before we were to be j married I believe I never entered the 1 hoAse once but Kate, Nell's sister, j rushed into the room with an-- j " Excuse me, Bert, but Nell is want-1 , ed a moment." Or, " Don't look cross, I Bert, but Nellie must see Madam This ' or That," till I lost all patience. | There was another cause of annoy­ ance, too; Nell's father was a rich man, ' and as able as he was willing to furnish his daughter with as much finery as .•be might desire, while I, on tha con­ trary. was a man with his way still to make in the world. True, I had a fair income and fur prospects, but 1 could not hope to give Nell as luxurious a home or as elaborate at. wardrobe as her papa provided, at least, not for some years; but I could afford to support a wife, and I loved "Nell with all ay heart * - When I asked Mr. Bartley's consent to our marriage, he was at first just a little inclined to find fault with my financial condition. An older man, with . well-sacured fortune, would have suit­ ed hi in better. He had a most tin whole­ some dread of fortune-hunters, and even Went so far as to have a mile1 suspicion that | might be just a bit interested in 'ttat Way; but all that wore off in time, jtfld we were on the best of terms. >I only mention this to show how a -rtspictcn once entertained will return '-<*• the faintest invitation, and not in­ frequently ou none at all, for the time jcarne whet Mr. Bartley not only enter- alined this&njuat surmise, but eagerly Ullgged this foul thought to his heart, a£d grew murderous in that vital organ toward me--Bertram Langley--as inno- ., oejit a man as ever stepped. , The day before the one fixed for our i ..marriage Nell and I had our first tiff, I wiled to inform her of the smallest pos­ sible hitch in the church machinery. The regular sexton was obliged to leave •could I budge it. I have wondered since how should I have looked if I had succeeded in burst­ ing open the door and been suddenly projected before the creme de la creme, with limp collar, torn gloves, and dis­ tended eyes. 1 can smile now, but I can assure you I saw no fun in it then. I tried the door till positively no hope remained in that direction. Then 1 flew again to the outer door, and pounded, and even shouted, but to no purpose. Utterly hopeless, I returned to the inner door once more. All was silent. Should I thunder upon its panels and proclaim my presence and demand to be 44let out?" Nobody likes to look like a fool if he can help it--and I hesitated. I glanced around. The windows caught my eye--why had I not thonght of them? I oould at least make my es­ cape, and the ceremony might be de­ layed, and consequently awkward; still Nell would not be utterly put to shame. Like the madman I was, I seized the table, dragged it to the window, sprang upon it, and climbed onto the high 'and narrow window sill; throwing up the sash, I prepared to leap out; but I had reckoned without my host; the cord that held the weight was broken, conse­ quently the moment my hand left the sash the window descended with start­ ling rapidity, striking me full upon the head, and knocking me off the narrow sill, dashing my head against the sharp corner of the table, and at lost landing me full length on the floor. I tried to rise; soafething warm rushed over my face; I put up my hand to clear my eyes--my hand was covered with blood. I felt giddy and Weak, stOl I staggered to my feet; then a black mist arose around me, and I knew no more. This was Thursday eve. Sunday af­ ternoon the sexton, returning to his duties, found me lying upon the floor half dead, wholly delirious, my face cov- town, but he had secured the services of • with blood, and a hole in my head 'his brother (a very deaf and stupid man, ! enough to let the life out of any it turned out). Possibly she might ' have some instructions to give him. 1 waited full half an hour in the re- v • •Uption-room, cooling my heels and warming my wrath, before Nell rushed : i 4 " What is it, Bert?" she asked breath- ; t<(|J^Bsly, "I am awfulbusy!" j j, * A spark is enough to ignite a whole ; if it on)y falls upon highly inflam- i , mable material, and a word is quite ; enough to raise a furious temper in a man who is aching to get mad; so I an- t" layered curtly : , • t} "If you are rp such a hurry, it is no ' Matter what I wished to say." Nell opened her brown eyes iu sur­ prise. " I've got to select some lace," she ex­ claimed, "and Kate can't wait." " Neither can I," I retorted shortly, j .pulling on my gloves. Then after a i ^ moment I added: " You think a great './4eal of furbelows, don't you ?" " "Indeed I do I" " I am afraid you will have to do with Vastly less when you are married." - Nell tossed her head saucily. ' "All the more reason I sheuld be al- j lowed to enjoy those papa gives me." ?»* That shot went home. I bit my lips, man. That mine was spared was be - horror areeping up into the brown eyes. I verily believe that aha thought far an instant I had added murder to other crimes. " Why, in the vestry," I explained a little foolishly. "Come and sit down and let me tell you, I am quite ill yet" This was a master strobe. Nell seated herself without demur, and I, half sit­ ting, half lying at her feet, related to her the chapter of my misfortunes. Dear little girl! her face brightened before I was half through---indeed, I am sorry to say, she laughed quite heartily; but she became sober when I told her about the window coming down, and leaned over and kissed the scar on my head tenderly, and I knew that peace' and confidence were restored. After a while we fell to talking over it in a general way. " It was a dreadful blow to me," said Nell, pensively; "I thonght that my heart was broken." " I thought it was a pretty tough blow myself," I laughed. "By Jove, I thought my head was broken I When that window came down it knocked me higher than Gilderoy's kite 1 The next time we are married, Nell, I won't be left to dig out of any such ridiculous hole as a vestry; if there are any windows, that have got to be jumped out of we'll hop out together." Great was the family wonder to see us walk in together; but everything was all •right as soon a® explained," and Mr. and Mrs, Bartley consented that Nell and I might be married next da in the quainter little church in the place. ' And so we were. I led my bride ill myself, and Papa and Mamma Bartley fol owed soberly behind, and Kate and her husband were all the crowd we had. A curate, who had a bad cold, offici­ ated, and the time-honored and world- renowned, Dickens woman pew opener, shabby and snuffy, was on han^ to make everything romantic and proper. So this is why we were married with­ out bridesmaids, and had two wedding days. An Interview with the Pope. After waiting more than two, hours, the doors at the, farther end of the gal­ lery were opened, and a brilliant group appeared in the opening. The distance was so great that we could not distinctly see its several parts, only a general ef­ fect of bright colors, in whioh splendid uniforms predominated. This group at first appeared to be stationary; then, after a time, we became conscious it was moving, but so slowly and with such fre­ quent pauses ai to be almost impercept­ ible. By degrees it came nearer, and we saw two chamberlains walking backward; then came some of the Guardia Nobile, the Pope's body-guard, each member of which is a nobleman, and wears a tall, crested helmet, like an old Roman. Then came a number of stately digni­ taries in violet robes, Cardinals and Mon- signors; and at last we caught a glimpse in-the center of a small, figure entirely in white--his Holiness himself--then more violet robes, and lastly, more guards, closing the procession. It was impossible to see that slowly-advancing figure, with its imposing surroundings, without being most powerfully im­ pressed. He is the representative of a Sower--a spiritual hirerachy--which, as tacaulay says, " can certainly boast of a far longer succession than any dignity in the world; linking together the two great ages of civilization. Our modern feudal Kings are mere upstarts compared with the successors in regular order of Sylvester and Leo the Great" A monsignor who walked by the side of the Pope asked the name, nationality and religion of each person, for the in­ formation of his Holiness, who then said a few words. He speaks only Italian and French. He had a short conversa­ tion in the latter language with the priests next us, which of course we could distinctly hear. They spoke of their intended mission, and he replied that the merit of such actions lay in the intention, no less than in their successful performance. The Pope is small and frail in figure, with the whitest and most-bleached looking complexion it is possible to con­ ceive. One could scarcely imagine him able to go through the prolonged fatigue entailed by even such a ceremony as that in which we saw him. His manner is most gracious and pleasing, and his expression of countenance benevolent | He was dressed in a white cloth robe I with small cape, white skull cap, and I white shoes embroidered with a cross; ' a white silk sash, with gold-fringed ends, j round his waist A large cross of mag- , nificant emeralds was the only spot of ! color in his attire. The pontificial ring, which it is the etiquette to kiss, was es- ACntlCULTUBAL. Train Coltu to Walk. We say to farmers who desire to raise farm hones look carefully to the walking gait of the sires. And further, accustom your young horses that aitf raised for draught purposes to walk rapidly, and to this, end, if there is any walk in them, never allow them to strike a trot It is astonishing how rapid a gait can be ds* veloped with proper training. A Valuable Cow. A cow reared on the farm where she is to remain is more valuable to her owner than a strange cow. She is acclimated. She is acquainted with the herd with which she must associate. She is famil­ iar with the lands from whioh she obtains her food, and can travel over it with greater ease than a strange cow. In consequence of these things she will yield more milk and be more profitable. Moss on Shingle Roofk. The New York Tribune says that moss may be removed by the following method: Take a few pails of slacked lime, accord­ ing to the size of the roof, and throw on the roof just before a gentle rain or juat . after a shower, while the roof is wet, and in a few days the moss will all loosen and the wind blow it clean off the roof, leaving the shingles clean and white. The moss being of a spongy nature holds the moisture several days, which causes the shingles to decay, and also causes the roof to leak. The lime also acts as a preservative to the shingles. Value of Olass. When glass becomes as cheap here as in Europe we may look for a great ad­ vance in our gardening. Nowhere is glass so little useid, yet so much wanted, as with us. There is continual need of shelter from dry or cold winds, and drenching, chilly rain storms, beside the need in our uncertain springs of antici­ pating the brief summer by starting plants early under shelter, and giving them protection when newly planted. Beside this, a winter cold frame is one of the most serviceable means of secur­ ing greens and salads fresh for early use, as well as for protecting many of the most ^charming tenants of the flower Ijorder, which fail if exposed to every inclemency of a severe winter. The use of hand glasses and sashes adds to the picturesqueness of a garden. The gar- dons one sees about French cities are never dull or empty looking, for they are bright rows or spots of glasa, even when there is little foliage, or nothing of flower or fruit to be seen. Some half- hardy plants, like forget-me:nots, double daisies or fragrant violets, may be kept safely in a mere depression covered over by a pane of glass.--Country Gentle­ man. » i Composition of Fertilisers. A brief explanation of the terms em­ ployed in describing the composition of fertilizers may be helpful. Water is the dampness which may be dried out at the temperature of boiling water (212 deg. Fahr.). It has, of course, no commercial value and is un­ desirable because it increases the weight without increasing its value. Organic matter is what may be burned off by roasting the substauce in the fire. Sometimes it is almost wholly made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, things which do not need to be artificially ap­ plied to crops, but often it contain* nitrogen, which is a valuable element in fertilizers. Nitrogen is commercially the most valuable fertilizing element It occurs in various forms or states*. Osganic nitrogen is th£ nitrogen of animal and vegetable matters generally exist­ ing in the albumen and fibrin of meat «nd blood, in the uric acid of bird dung, in the urea and liippurio acid of urine, and in a number of other substances. Some forms of organic nitrogen, as that of blood and meat, are highly active as fertilizers ; others, as that of liair and leather, are comparatively slow in their effect on vegetation unless they axe re­ duced to'a fine powder or chemically disintegrated. > Ammonia and'nitric acid are results of the decay of organic nitrogen in the soil or manure heap, and are the most active forms of nitrogen. They occur in com-, merce--the former in- sulphate of am­ monia, the latter in nitrate of soda. Seventeen parts of ammonia contain four­ teen parts of nitrogen. Ash is what remains after roasting. It is a general term, and includes the fol­ lowing acids and bases: Silica and insoluble materials include quartz, sand, earth and silicious miner­ als, which are insoluble in acid. They are valueless as fertilizers. Alumina and oxide of iron may also be considered valueless. Lime, magnesia and sulphuric A P P E A T F L and the soft pile of the carpet acted like lint to staunch the blood. { As soon as I could Control my thoughts 1 I begged to know of Nellie. Poor little j girl! she had been quite overwhelmed. | When I failed to appear Kate's husband i rushed out to inquire of the sexton if he i had seen me. He was positive tliat I had | been there, and equally positive th t I I had left again in company with his brother--both seemed in a great hurry, I uid had jumped into a carriage and been i driven rapidly away. j Messengers were sent to my hotel, but i without gaining a clew to my where- | abonts; so after a mortifvingwait Nellie > had been taken home, and the very | morning of the day I was discovered the j whole family failed for Europe. ; As soon as I was able to stand, I j sailed in search of the woman I had so , innocently humiliated. Not knowing > her whereabouts, it was two months be- i fore I found her. At last, one evening, i wandering on the seashore of a quiet little English town, I espied her--and alone. That she believed me a most blackened the head of St. Peter engraved upon it A dignitary carried his scarlet cloak, and another the large hat of the same color, tied up and edged with gold cord. He remained a few moments in colloquy with our party, which happened to be the last in the assembly. Then turning round to face the gathering, he blesseu it collectively with outstretched arms, in the name of the Trinity. The Sumner and Dickens Divorces. There were, doubtless, reasons not fully revealed in both these cases, but it is generally understood that there was no charge of immorality in either case. In neither instance do husband and wife seem to have been well-mated in mind, tastes or habits. Mr. Sumner, absorbed in his books and literary and political pursuits, had an aversion for gay socie­ ty ; whereas, Mrs. Sumuer, a lady of re­ finement, fashion and strong social ten­ dencies, was very fond of society. just as essential to vegetation as phos­ phoric acid, nitrogen or potash. They are usually applied incidentally to land with the latter substances and are found naturally, in some proportion, in ail soils. Sods and chlorine, the elements of salt, are universally present in the soil. It has, however, been found that an ap-, plication of salt will benefit most light and some heavy soils and certain crops. Soluble phosphoric acid implies phos­ phoric acid or phosphates that are freely soluble in water. It is the characteristic of superphosphates, in which it Is pro­ duced by acting on insoluble or reverted phosphates with oil of vitriol. It is not only readily taken up by plants, but is distributed through the soil by rains. Once well incorporated with the soil, it shortly becomes reverted phosphoric | acid. She i Reverted phosphoric acid implies was lively and ardent ; he was intellect- phosphates that are readily assimilated ual, self-absorbed and of comparatively j crops but have less value than soluble oold temperament/ Partly on account | phosphoric acid, because they do not of the injury to his brain, suffered when Brooks, of South Carolina, assaulted I <»» iui managed to keep cool outside, though ' me 1*rhen®,ie recognized my presrace fr0m overwork, he inwardly I was boiling. ' 8 ! J"\°™ °J unuHerable contempt. Now j irjU4cibie. Husl «« n ,, -r that I had found her I was determined j «r««r ««««•* • It is not too late to beat retreat," I said coolly. " If you repent your bar- i gain, there is time to escape." Nell's eyai grew big with horror at the idea. " Indeed, it is entirely too late 1" she crF^* "Why, everybody knows it! Air our set have cards--I should die of mortification to put it off now! We must go on, anyway; I have no fancy a laughing stock for every ai can you say," sh» burst out ; that wi'1 nmkit your Cf<"d. . r ! less dastardly? Have you not made mo the object of every one's ri iicule and contemptuous pity,? Offering me public insult no woman could ever forgive? Have you not m«d« nw hate ev«rvlv»dy, myself most of all ? What more do you wish, Bertram Langlev--you villain ?" when T w«s wThC 'r*"1"*,' MY note- J. winced a little at the word, as I ?yself ! t>u'u«ht <>f broken head-though > St**n iSw relative y^ ?Wr, br°ther and °od knOW8 1 m not bl«*>e her, belief- V ??g I ! ?»,ru*bed 1Q told : ing as she did. , - if-¥- < me that he had left lus wife ill at home, ! " Why are you here? And whv did r ,, V8 *** me marr»ed. * y°u run away'?," dhe deinahded, with a ^ & ,'t, f8 , crossness departed, and a >] whole world of scorn on the words, "run mi gwa" wave of tenderness stole ov» m« awav." "Better be langhed at a week 4 miserable for a lifetime," I re to l **er lips to answer, but ;n# NITH! Excuse Bert--" ^ u ^ h®ar no more, but turned Mtb* k©el and strode away ^ No sooner had I reached my hotel lit villain was plain, for the^ look she gave ^im in the Senate Chamber, and partly he was at times extreme-! Husband and wife gradu- i , . ,, , i.i * * ally grew apart; Mrs. Sumner spent i she(should hear the truth. | mifch*of her time in Europe ; andV at ^ Nellie, I cried, hurrying to her and . ja9t wae arrangeii by mutual friends : grasping both her little hands before , that' a divoroe sho£d be effected with as «. w n -C »° e®eafe* .. , , I little noise as possible. It was not con- Well, Eir, she replied, haughtilyt j gummated until the year before his trying, but trying in vain, to free her i (jeath ( although the two had been twain „ T , . , ,, ' for some years. Charles Dickens ar- ®®y darhng. I pleaded, you will : Gently loved his wife for many years, at least heara man before you condemn , 8he ^ nofc his equul in ^ental hint • ' " ' power or attainments; and he com- nnshea angrtiy. j plained that she manifested little in­ terest in his literary work. Their tastes seemed very different, and socially she was almost the opposite of Mrs. Sumner, being retiring and quite averse to society, while Mr. Dickens, though a hard literary worker, went much in com­ pany. Their five children kept them to­ gether for many years, but, after these had gro wn to lull age and scattered, the : saparation between husband and wife j wi lened, and Anally ended in a " limited i divorce," or legal separation, which pro- ( vi li d, among other ^things, for Mrs. i Dickens' support in comfortable style. _ .. stole over mv ..'I-*,- the brown-eyed girl whom! knew -loved i' * - away. "I did not run away; I was locked me far better than the i "P*" elegance of her father's home or*the "Locked up! What for? Where?" ooatly trifles he oould give her. j oned poor Nell, starting bade, a look of iu ° it"'"' 'I'0'6 i and cold boiled potatoes, over pou, th, mwomX drwsing. that there is no such thing as the dis­ tinctive whitebait, and that herring and whitebait, so called, belong to* one fish' family. distribute freely by rain. Insoluble phosphoric add is in most cases too insoluble to be available as plant food. This is true of most of the ! rock phosphates until they have been | acted on by acid, and then they are ; liable to become reverted. ] Potash signifies the substance known j in chemistry as potassiupi oxide, which ! is the valuable fertilizing ingredient of j potash and " potash salts." It is most costly in form of sulphate, and less so ; in the shape of muriate or chloride. j Commercial manures are valuable in i proportion to the amount of the most j costly materials they contain, such as ! nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. : It is essential that the consumer be in- i formed as to the quality or he may be j throwing his money away in many of j the Eastern States. Where the quantity used is considerable all commercial fertilizers offered for sale are analyzed by competent authority, and from that analysis the valno is made known and published. By this m^ans the farmer ! knows what he ift buying and if he is ! getting it at the market price.--Detroit ! Pwt. i HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS. j POTATO 8AI»AI>.-- Slice small onions whioh pour the mayonnaise TOMATO SALAD.--Pot I and slice one dozen tomatoes, add thA yelks of* four hard-boiled eggs, one raw egg, wall beaten, salt and pepper to taste, one table-spoonful of butter and one teacup of vinegar. BUMMER MIWO* POL--Four crackers rolled fine, one and one-half cups sugar, one cup molasses, one cup vinegar, one cup water, two-thirds cup butter, one cup chopped raisins, two eggs, beaten and stirred in last thin*?, and spice to taste. Put some whole raisins on top of the pie before putting on the crust. OOBN-MKAXI MUFFINS--Are made of one cup and a half of corn-meal, the same quantity of white flour, two tea- spoonfuls of baking powder, half a cup of sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt, a small table-spoonful of melted butter, two eggs and enough milk to make a stiff batter. Bake in gem pans for half an hour. CABBAGH SALAD.--Chop the cabbage very fine and put into a dish in layers, with salt and pepper between, then take two teaspoonfuls of butter, two of sugar, two of flour, two of mustard, one cup of vinegar and one egg. Stir all together and let it come to a boil on the stove. Pour the dressing over hot, mix well with the cabbage and cover up. BANANAS FOR TEA.--Slice them--not too thin--scatter powdered sugar over them, and before it dissolves squeeze the juice of several oranges over them, or oranges may be cut up and mixed with them, or they may be served with cream and sugar alone. They make an agree­ able dessert with whipped cream sweet­ ened and flavored with vanilla poured over them. A table-spoonful of gelatine dissolved and stirred into the cream gives a little body to it Serve with sponge oake. BLACK PDDDIKO. -- An inexpensive black pudding is a good finish to the Monday dinner, as it can be steaming on the back part of the stove while the washing is going on. One oup of molasses, one cup of water, two table- spoonfuls of melted butter, one table- spoonful of soda, three cups of flour, one cup ot raisins and currants mixed ; spice to suit your taste. Steam for three hours aha serve hot, with maple sirup or sauce. PRESERVING HAMS DUBINO THE SUM­ MER.-- Make some strong cotton bags a little larger than your bams. After the hams are well smoked put into the bags. (This must be done before fly time.) Take the best of hay, run through the cutting box, and with your hands well press the cut hay around the hams; tie with good strings and hang in the garret I have tried this, season after season, and have now some hams that are four years old. A ham four or five years old, properly boiled, we think very fine. A SUCCESSFUL SPONOB CAKB.--One pint of sugar, one pint of flour, seven eggs--the whites and yelks beaten separately--half a teaspoonful of baking powder, a little pinch of salt, one tea­ spoonful and a half of lemon extract; stir the flour in a iiitle at a tune, put the whites of the eggs in last, beating them thoroughly in. jjBake in a long, narrow tin ; line it with white paper, the Bides as well as the bottom. You are then sure to have no trouble about taking it from the tin. BREAD AND BOTTKB FRITTERS.--Make a batter of half a pound of flour, quarter ounce of butter, two eggs, milk and half a saltspoonful of salt. Cut some slices of bread and butter, not very thick; spread half of them with any jam that may be preferred, and oover them with the other slices; slightly press them together and out them out in square, long or round pieoes. Dip them in the batter and fry in boiling lard for about ten minutes, drain them before a fire on a piece of blotting paper or cloth. YEAII LOAP.--Take two pounds of veal and chop it very fine, about as if for mincemeat; two coffee-oups of fine bread crumbs, two eggs well beaten, a teaspoonful of salt with black pepper mixed with it, a little sifted sage, or any other leaf you choose, and a lump of butter to suit your taste. Beat these all together in the chopping bowl, and put in an earthen pudding-dish, well but­ tered ; prees it down very hard. Bake in a hot oven for an hour. Let it get perfectly cold before you attempt to cut it; then it will be possible to out it in thinalicea. • A Georgia Catfish. In the early days of Home, about for­ ty years ago, a poor widow, _ a Mrs. Parks, occupied a rude habitation about sixteen feet square, constructed of rough poles, on the site where Dr. Gregory's residence now stands. This poor woman had two children--the elder a stout, ro­ bust girl about 18 years of age, Martha by name. The other was a boy of 7. One day Martha, who took in washing to help support the family, went to the spring near the house, on the banks of the Etowah river, to do some washing; her brother was with her. On arriving at the spring, whioh is only a few feet from the river, she noticed an enormous catfish lying in the cool branch of the spring in water nearly deep enough to float the fish. A batteau was fastened to a tree near by, and stepping to the boat she seized a paddle, and, quick as thought, dealt the monster fi^h a blow on the head which stunned it, and the little boy, Scruggs Parks, jumped into the stream and seized the fish, but in his excitement and attempts to seouro the prize he thrust both hands into the gills of the fish. The gills closed on them with a vise-like grip, and the fish in floundering about with the boy at length struck watei deep enough to support j him, and, with head to the river, with a mighty effort shot into the stream with the speed of an arrow, the boy on his back. A moment of terrible anguish and suspense to the poor sister, who was a helpless observer of all that was pass­ ing, and the catfish landed high and dry on an island some sixty or seventy feet from the shore, with the boy in a faint* ing, frightened and half-drowned condi­ tion. The cries of the sister soon brought men on the scene, who took the boat and in a few minutes landed fish and boy on the shore of the river. The fish weighed sixty-five pounds. The editor c-f the Bulletin says : We vouch for the truthfulness of this story, getting the facts, as we do, from an old citizen, who was an eye witness to tlm rescue of the boy from the clamp of tlio gills. There are a few other citizens still living in Borne who will remember Chwangtsze happened to pais, and MM her fanning, not herself, out the damp eirth. He asked the reason. She told him of her husband's last request, and begged him to assist her. She offered him a fan to assist her, and there they t-at to fan away the moisture : thejrrave was so long a-drying ! » t ; • i m iimyiMn niim* 'Sf® Insanity. Dr. A. E. Maodonald, Superintendent of the Asylum /or the Insane situated on one of the islands adjacent to New Yoi"k city, in a lecture on insanity, said : Many learned men have been endeav­ oring for a long time to settle just what insanity is, and it is not too much to say that they have not yet succeeded. But if I cannot tell you just what insanity is I can tell you one or two things that it is not Insanity is not a disease of "the mind. The poet speaks of the "mind diseased," but the physician does not The mind is no more subject to disease than is the soul to death. The disease is in thq brain, as purely physical in its location and characteristics as disease of any other organ, and if the mind shows its presence and effects it is only because mind is the product of brain action, and an unhealthy organ must always give rise to disturbed action. Insanity is so diverse in its degrees and phases that it is hard to draw the linfl and say just where soundness of mind ends and unsoundness begins. In fact, it is a good deal a matter of major­ ities. We who call ourselves sane hap­ pen to be in the majority just now, and we have set up our standard and looked up a number of worthy people who fail to meet it Their number is increasing all the time, and by-and-by, if it keeps on, they will be in the majority, and then they will turn around and look us up. Between the men manifestly of sound intellect and those confessedly insane there are arrayed rank upon rank of those in whom a defect, greater or less, is seen. In some there is unmistakably insanity, in others eccentricity as we call it; in others again depravity. Many men of mark have been found in these ranks. Some have occupied thrones, lika Charles IX. of France, George ILL of England and Frederick IL of Prus­ sia, and have impressed upon the policy of nations the. stamp of their disease ; others, like Mohammed and Sweden- borg, have colored with the delusions of insanity the tenets of religious sects ; and especially from among men of let­ ters have these ranks been largely re­ cruited. Johnson, Swift, Pope, Gray and Wordsworth ; Byron and Shelley ; Cowper, Southey and Charles Lamb-- in all there was either marked insanity or a close and undeniable approach to it The one great predisposing cause is the inheritance of a tendency toward in­ sanity begotten in some defect in the ancestry, not necessarily itself insanity, but possibly some other nervous dis­ ease, and possibly, too, intemperance. The immediate causes may be either moral or physical in their nature. Now we have oome to look more for physical causes. Of these intemperance and other vicious indulgences are the most productive. The simple rules of life whioh afford the best protection from other diseases should be followed by those who would avoid this, the most terrible of all. The keynote of the whole is the remem­ brance that insanity is a physical dis­ ease, whence it follows that its preven­ tion must come through attention to the general laws of health. wisironHW. SUBSTANTIAL visions--Provisions. !*\ ̂ UNATTAINABLE presents--Presence of . . mind. ̂ IT sounds paradoxical to say that » man may lose his sight and yet be # •eer. " Ton dog seems to be attached t# me," as the fellow said when the mas tin, had him by the slack of hie pantaloons. FUNNT language this of oura. Instanc# : --if a man " leads " an active life, must be more sprightly than the itself. THET went fishing. She looked lani guidly at him and said : " I Wish thtt * fish would bite at youx hook ; if I was pi fish I would." " WHAT'S tho mau yelling at?" asked, a farmer of a boy. " Why," chucklep- the youngster, "he's yelling at the toM of his voice." f.ry. "SEE, mamma!" exclaimed a little chilcte-' as puss, with arching spine and elevate# rudder, strutted around the table, kitty's eaten so much she can't shut 1 tail down!" " Is IT injurious to eat before , sleep ?" asks a correspondent \Vhy no^ not fatally injurious; but you just try eating after you go to sleep if you wanl to see a circus. You do not deal a death-blow to the Darwinian theory by saying, "Man d#» scended from the monkey, but what dpt the monkey descend from ?" The mos*.' key descended from the tree. " WHEN did George Washington die?" asked an Austin teacher of a large b " Is he dead ? " was the astonished re­ ply. "Why, it is not more than si* months ago that they were celebrating his birthday, and now he is dead. Itfr a bad year on children. I reckon hie folks let him eat something that didn't agree with him." Two JUVENILE lemonade merchants were fiercely competing for the patrons- age of their playmates, when one of them, destined to be a future Vandef- bilt, squelched his rival and controlled the market by spreading the repert that "the reason that Jimmy Bangs gave more sugar in a 1-cent glass was oecauae there was a dead rat in his pump."--» Boston Commercial Bulletin. AN APOLOGY FOB GAZING AJI • IOOM LADY IN CHURCH. The sermon «n long And Ike preacher wuu procy; Did you think It was wrong? The sermon was long, The temptation was strong, Her cheeks were BO rosy-- The eermon was long And the preacher was proqr. --The Century. "WHY, my dear," said poor little Penhecker, with a ghastly smile, "why would the world without woman, lovely woman, be like a blank sheet of paper ? Mrs. P., who had been giving the little man " a piece of her mind," smiled, and "couldn't think." "Why, because, don't you see, love," said the long- suffering one, "it wouldn't even be ruled."--Anon. A SMART Warsaw man who wanted to put a stop to his cow's switching her tail while he was milking tied that ap­ pendage to a picket fence. The bovine became frightened, and the man says he wouldn't mind repairing the fence, as it would be a just judgment on him for be­ ing a fool, but he does think it pretty rough that she should drag a ten-foot section of it through his garden and tear up about every growing thing there.-- Boifon Post Sledging It to the North Pole. The most northern district of the Danish settlements in Greenland is Up- ernavik, or [Jpernivik, whose extreme northern trading post is Tasiusak, in N. latitude 73 deg. 24 min., r.bout 1,100 miles due south of the pole. Of this place it "s claimed that " it is the most northern abode of civilized men and women." The northern coast of Green­ land has never been circumnavigated, but it is generally believed by Arctic navigators that it lies not far north of the highest latitude reached by Nares in 1875-'6, about 83 deg. north. Some scientists still cling to the theory main- tamed by Dr. Kane, the great American explorer, that between the northern headlands of Greenland and the pole there is an open sea. If so, that would set a limit to sledge expeditions. But Nares and other explorers, who got still nearer the pole, declare that as far as they could see to the nortlj all was ice. The longest sledge journey in the Arctic regions on record was made by Lieut Frederick Schwatka, U. S. A., who, in 1878 and 1879, made an overland search for the lost records of Sir John Frank­ lin's expedition. His small party was landed by a schooner near Depot island, in Hudson's bay; passed the winter in camp on shore ; became accustomed to living much like the natives, and in the spring started, with some Esquimaux assistants, in sledges drawn by dogs, to explore the northern and western shores of King William's Land. They were gone on this expedition eleven months and twenty days, during which time they traveled 3,251 English statute miles. It would, probably, be a much more serious matter to travel in the farthest north, provided land or ice fields are continuous from Upernavik to that long-sought point, the North pole. However, there seems to be about as much reason to expect that, it will be reached by sledges, as by any other means, and the plan of establishing meteorological and exploring stations in the northern latitudes, and depending largely on sledge expeditions to extend our knowledge of the Arctic regions, has been adopted by learned bodies, and in some measure by the United States and other Governments. Our Govern­ ment has one such permanent station at Franklin bay, in the northern extremity of Alaska. There is reason to believe that there will be a line of such stations before long, along the western coast of Greenland. The Colonel and the Cat. Col. Tom Clark, of Brooklyn, onoe owned a cat on which he showered all the affection of his bachelor heart And the shower took the shape of a pound of mince meat every day. One morning ; the Colonel noticed that his feline name­ sake had wasted away to a mere skeleton, the incident, which created some excite- ; aU(j immediately he summoned his boy ment at the time of its occurrence.-- , jjm ^ appear before the bar. Rome (c?o.) Bulletin. Drying Her Husband's ©rave. A Chinaman died soon after his mar­ riage with a young and lovely woman. As he was dying his wife was loud in her protestations of grief and her de­ termination not to marry again. The husband was not unreasonable; he only asked that if she ha'l to take another spouse she would wait untii the earth upon his grave was dry. He died and was buried, and many a young and hundsome bachelor of the province of Shantung was present at his funeral. She listened to no suitor, for woman's heart is tender, and she could not so soon forget the lost one. Daily she stole to his grave. She wept, but no tear fell upon the soil; she took good care of that At last, after a few days, «Didn't I tell you to give that cat a pound of meat every day ?" asked the Colonel. _ . . . "Yes, sir, and that's what I gxvemm every morning before you're out of bed, answered Bill. _ , . .. „ " I don't believe a word of it JHy opinion is that you either pocket the money or eat the meat yourself. Bring me the scales and the cat The scales and cat were brought; the latter was placed on the former and Tom and the marker stopped at the one-pound mark. , . , . , "There, "exclaimed the boy in triumph. "Didn't I tell you I gave him a pound of meat this morning ?" 4'There's the pound of meat sure enough," said the Colonel, stroking his " But where the devil s the cat?" --New York Star. AFTER Nacker's third wife was buried, Dan Pelter presented a bill to the be­ reaved husband, who had already mar­ ried again: To digin grav fur yer 3d wif--W dolor*. "Thunderation!" exclaimed Nacker; " that's too much when I give ye all my business in s that line. I'll give ye a bushel of beans an' call it square." "Can't do it," said Dan. " Wall, then, after this time I'll dig my own graves," said the economical Nacker. «• No, SIR-EE," remarked the old resi­ dent, "my wife didn't bring me a cent But it's all my fault I wouldn't have it. The morning of the day we were married I sayB to ber, Bays 1: 4 Maria, how much have ye got V' Says she: John, I've got just 25 cents.' Then says I, • Come with me.' And I took her down to the canal and had her throw that quarter into the drink. I wasn't going to have no woman twittin' me about spreadin' around on her money." --Lowell Citizen. A COUNTRY doctor was sent for to see ft laborer who had received a conoussion of the brain. He told his wife to apply leeches, whioh he promised to send. The next morning he found the man worse and delirious, and asked the wife whether she had used the leeches. She answered that she had given him one; whereat she was told by the indignant doctor that she had risked her husband a life The poor woman pleaded that she had done her best " I cut un up small, I vinegar ed and I peppered un; but a pniii >d liefer die nor take another. Dress of Chinese Women. ° To one who has to any extent made the Chinese among us anything of a study nothing is more scientifically amusing than the changes that the lady Chinese have made in their dress during the past ten or twelve years. At ana before lhat time the damsels aired them­ selves on the fashionable boulevards of Chinatown or rested in the shades of its alleys in gorgeous silken raiment, white hose, petite shoes of the latest Canton make, green bangles on their arms and smaller ditto in "their ears, and last, but not least, a head of hair whioh rose in small pinnacles, wings and turrets of bangs, montagues and things for a foot or two above their heads. That was the style ten years ago, but it is all changed now. The neat white Canton slipper, which flip-flapped against the sidewalk and appeared at all times to be upon the point of falling off, or at least tripping up its owner, has been largely super­ seded by the common female gaiter of commerce; the silken robes have given place to common cambric, well glazed; the earriugs that the sportive hoodlums failed to pull out by 'the roots are filed away for more peaceful times; the ban- gigs have nearly all followed suit, and, as for the elaborate headgear, it is safe to say that it would be rather difficult to find a Chinese woman who now lux­ uriates in its possession. The Greek and German style is now all the rage. By the former we mean the coil of hair at the back of the head, deftly secured by a couple of long brass pins, and by the other the simple pigtail which needs but a bright bit of ribbon at the end to remind one of the Caucasian girl of sweet 16. A Hard Hit. Those people who always write poetry when they are sad, were well and de­ servedly hit Curran, who said of Byron: "Here is a man who first weeps over his wife and then wipes his eyes with the public." ALTHOUGH it is dangerous to have too muoh knowledge of certain subjeots, it is still more dangerous to be totally norant of than.--ColombaL,