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nn BE MEDFORD w. mm 1: . i j Vi VOL. IV. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1892. NO. 11. PROFESSIONAL. CARDS. , E. B. PICKEL, K. D. Physician and Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. .- Office: Booms S t S, I. O. O. E. Building acj-" FRAKCIS FITCH, . , ATTORNEY -AT - LAW. Medford, Oregon?''"' " J. B. WAIT, M. D. Physician and' Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. Office: In Childers' Block. . j 'pi I E. P. GEABY, M. D. " " Physician and Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. . Office on C street. v ROBT. A. MILLER. Attorney and Connsellor-at-Law Jacksonville, Oregon. Will practice In all Courts of the State. J. H. WHITMAN. Abstracter and Attorney-at-Law SIKDFORD. ORKOOS. Office lu Bank bnltdin?. Have the most com plete an-l reliable abstracts of title in Jackson county. W. S. JONES. M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. OfB.-e Hamlin Block, up stairs. DR. O. F, DEMOREST. RESIDENT DENTIST, Makes a specialty of first-class work at reason able rate?. Offlre In Opera House, Medford, Oregon K. PRYCE. M. D- Physician and Surgeon. i - nfedlord. Oregon. Office Childers Block: Residence. Galloway residence. WTLLABJJ CRAWFOKD, Atiornev and Comselor at Law - - - MEDFORD. OBK30N. " Office rn Opera- Block . AUSTIN S. HAMMOND, ATTORNEY-AT-LAAV. MEDFOKD, OKE. TH. M. COLVIG, ATTORNEY-AT - LAW -, -f XackaonvWe, Oregon. MORRIS K. HAKKjTESS. Attorney and Counsellor 6 ran la Pass, Oregon. DRUGSTORE Tb" wa!ln; druz store of Medford Is GEO. H. HASKINS, i Succeaaor tn Hawkins A Lawton.) He has anything in the line of 4 Pure Drags, Patent Medicines, Books, Stationery, Paints and Oils, Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, and everything that Is carried Ins first-class Drug - Store. Prescriptions Carefully Com pounded. Main Street. Madford. Oregon. EAST AND SOUTH Southern Pacific Koute. THE MOUNT SHASTA KOCTK. EtPRBS TBATNS LRaVK PORTLAND DAILY : South 7-UO P. X. iO P. 9f. I L 8:15 a. M. ar j North Ar I 7;2" A. Portland Medford I.v I 55 p. m. San Francisco Lv 7 HO p. M. Above trains atop only at the following stations north of Boeehurg: East Portland, Oregon City, Woodburn. Salem, Albany, Tangent, Shedds, Ualsey, Harxisburg. Junction Cliy. Irving and Eugene. BoKborf Mail Daily. 8 KjT a. X. Iv 6:40 P. M. Ar Portland Koseburg Ar 0 ?. M. I.V I 820 A. M, Albany Local IMily (Except Sunday.) 5 6 f. . I.v 9 DO r.-M. I AT Portland Albany Ar 8 :S5 A. M. Lt5:0 a. M PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS. Tourist Sleeping Cars For accommodation of Second-ClaBS Passengers. attac ea to upreas trains. WEST SIIE OI VISION. BETWEEN' PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. Mall Train Daily (Except Sunday.) ' 7 HO A. M. I Lv 12:10 P. M. ! Ar Portland Corvallls : Ar I 6:30 P.M. - Lv la :56 P. M. At Albany and Corvallls connect with trains of (Express Train Dally Except Sunday.) 4 :40 P. M. I Lv 7 Si6 P. M. I Ar Portland McMI uvllle Lv j 5:45 A.- M A I t H-Oft A wr jS-ThrouKh tickets to all points East and South Fur Uekeis and full lnforinauun regarding rates, maps, etc., can on i s agent at Meaiora. K. KIIKULtll, E. f. KOUKKS. Manager. AssLO. F. A P. Agt Woman's World. Itirthday Cake. The cake need not be rich or diffi cult to make, for the fact that it is specialty prepared gives the plainest loaf a flavor-not commonly tasted. It must; however,1 be frosted and dee- orated, and cut by the happy child's own hand, in - order to, secure this mysterious sweetness. Besides the well-known frostinc made of whites of eggs and sugar, there are several other ktnds more economical or less troublesome to make. "A frosting of granulated su gar and boiling water, in the propor tions .of one, teacup of sugar to five tabiespoonfuls of water, is satisfac tory, and is quickly made. A pertain knack of manipulation is needed to do it easily, which comes largely with repeated making. The sugar and water "should"" boil briskly fr four minutes, and should be stirred only eonugh to keep it from burning. - If the fire is hot, placing the saucepan of boiling sugar in a basin of hot wa ter making a sort of double boiler is a preventive from scorching. At the end of four minutes the sugar will thread slightly if dropped from the tip of a spoon. Then take it, and placing the saucepan in a dish of cold water, stir till the frosting cools and thickens. Spread it on the cake rap idly, as it hardens fast, dipping a broad knife in hoi water to spread over the loaf. This frosting is not to be stirred as long as uncooked frost ing, for it will harden beyond spread ing. A steel palette-knife or spatula is most convenient for spreading the frosting. This same frosting can be made into chocolate iciug by adding three tabiespoonfuls of grated choco late to the boiling sugar. Delicate pink or straw-colored frosting is par ticularly attractive to childish eyes, and is made by adding a tablespoon fill of colored suar, sold by confec tioners, in the same way the chocolate is added: ' If eggs are plentiful, the white of one added to the boiled frosting makes it of finer grain and easier to spread. The white of egg should be beaten to a stiff froth, and then the sugar poured upon it gradu ally after having boiled four minutes, and the whole then well beaten. Frosting made of maple sugar is nice, and particularly well suited to spiced cakes. It is made by the same method as the white sugar frosting, but requires one minute longer boil ing. Milk frosting is another favo rite with children, and is prettiest to look at when spread on soft yellow cake.' Boil together a teacup of sugar and half a one of. milk, with a tea spoonful of . butter, until a little dropped in cold water will thicken. Then beat it thoroughly and flavor with vanilla. Long beating makes the frosting white and creamy. Surrounding cakes with candles, one for each year, is a German cus tom. The candles are melted slightly at the ends, and then stuck upon the edge of stiff white paper which is put between the cake and its plate, and is cut two inches larger than the loaf. Tiny little Mugs, whosesticks will run easily down Into the cake and float the stars and stripesduringthe birth day feast, are liked by both girls and boys. The plate is concealed by a fringe of red, white and blue tissue paper. The paper is folded in stripes and then cut like fringe, and the cir cular form given it by tacking little pleats in it with needle and thread. The fringe is laid on the plate first, and the cake nestled in it. Pink su gar hearts on white frosting, with a fluffy - pink paper fringe, delight a little girl, and make an apt St. Valen tine's cake. Favorite flowers ar ranged in fern fronds, smilax, or their own leafage never fail to please, while candy stars and mottoes gratify a child who has just learned to read. The name and date spelled out with colored caraway seeds, however awk ward the lettering, give a satisfaction far greater than the effort expended. Candy rabbits and little sugar Cupids will bring a shout of joy from the younger children, while Santa C'laus, with his sprig of a Christmas tree, will be voted "just right" for a De cember baby. New England Farmer. Hoiue-Made Candy. The simplest way to make candy is to buy about one pound and a half of confectioner's sugar, which ia not the same as powdered sugar. - Take the white of. one egg, add an equal amount of cold water, beat until thoroughly mixed, then beat in the sugar -'which has been sifted until it makes a dough stiff enough to mould. If it is to be used for walnut creams a teaspoonful of lemon or va nilla should be added before the su gar is mixed with the egg and water. tsreaK on pieces about as large as a nutmeg, rcll until round and smooth, then press an English walnut meat into each side. ; To make chocolate creams make the balls in the same manner but also melt two squares of chocolate in a small bowl set in a saucepan of boil ing water. After the cream balls have become hardened slightly dip them in the chocolate,, using two steel forks to handle them ; they must be held up to drain, then put on buttered tins in rows to dry.- : ' . . Peppermints . are . made from . the cream, flavored with a few drops ot extract of peppermint ; roll It out thin and cub with a thimble or small round cutter; then let "the peppermints dry until hard enough to handle without breaking. , .... A little pink sugar may; be added for coloring or wintergreen for a dif ferent flavor. The, white of one egg and the : water added will absorb a pound and a quarter of: sugar and for a "party" one might need to double the rule given. . . . Farm Notes. Breaking Colts. ' . - Many who claim to be familiar with the business of breakingcolts neither understand the nature of the colt nor the art of subd uln g and trainln g them. A colt is a highly sensitive animal possessing more intelligence than he is given credit for, quick to learn, having a memory of certain things which goes beyond that in the human family, with au intuitive knowledge which can neither be explained or un derstood. A coarse, rough man who knows next to nothing of human na ture and less than that of the horse is no more fit to have the handling of colts than one whose education is ac quired in the sueet and. bar-room is lit to take charge of a district school. A neighbor has a colt that Is old enough for light business aud he wants 'him broken." He invites his neighbors to help him harness and drive his oolt. It is brought out, but having had no previous handling is all excited, trembling in every nerve. Nottiing is done to give the poor thing the least intimation of what is wanted of him. Three or four stout men hold him by the head while others are try ing to puton the harness; he is spoken to roughly, his ears cuffed forshaking his head ; the struggle goes on until the colt is attached to the vehicle and now the supreme moment has arrived and iu spite of the efforts of all these men the colt rears and starts off, hav ing things about his own way, leav ing the trainers first and then the wagon far in the rear and all exclaim, "That is a terrible colt to break." This is not fiction but fact. A colt that would not resist such treatment would not be worth breaking. Before touching your colt have your plans formed and a knowledge of the general characteristics of the colt to be handled. He is fearful of being hurt, and must be managed ac cordingly. As a general thing it may be said that he will do what Is wanted of him as soon as he is made to know what that is. Another essential thing is that whatever impressions are made on the brain of a colt are almost as erasable as though written on ta bles of stone, and hence the Import ance of making the right impressions, for right or wrong he will carry them for a long time. To eradicate a bad habit formed in breaking is a difficult task ; start wrong and the chances are ten to one that your colt will have tricks that will render him an unsafe horse ; start right and the battle is fought. If a colt kicks the first time you attempt to harness him he will be very liable to try it the next time that you come near him with a harness. If he jumps out of the shafts the first time that you draw them up behind him you may expect that he will make the same attempt again. If he runs back when you tell him to go, you may expect he will try the same game when you bid him go again. If he turns with yoiv on the road the first time that you start him he will do it or try to whenever objects ahead do not suit him. If he finds that he can master you once just so true as he be longs to the equine race he will make the attempt again, but make him think you are his master and that you can handle him as you please, and your colt is broken, and all that you will have to guard against in the fu ture will be yourself. ' Do not attempt too much at one time, advance carefully and slowly step by step. Do not ask a colt to draw you before he has been bitted and taught to rein ; as well demand of a child the solution of a mathemat cal problem before he has learned to make figures as to expect a colt to drive like a trained horse before he has had the necessary preliminary training. Commence at the very be ginning; the word "Whoa" is the first letter in the alphabet of a colt's edu cation : how to make him understand this, how to make him know that you are both his friend and master, In short, how to give him that training which is implied in the word "break." - Cor. New England Farmer. Fistulous Withers. Jly horse has a large bunch on the withers. Do not think he has been strained or huitin any way. Have rubbed on camphorated oil, also an excellent liniment, but it did no good. What can be done to remove the bunch? W. H. S. Should judge the animal has what is called fistulous withers, sometimes caused by an ill-fitting collar. It is like a mild case of poll evil only in'a different location. That is usually caused by a blow or injury. The best thing to do is to call a skilled, trusty veterinarian who will probably open the swelling at its lowest points where pus is present. He will also syringe the wound out daily with a wash of chloride of zinc, one-half drachm In one quart of water. A tape run through the wound may be needed to keep the discharge free. If new sacs of matter form these must also be opened promptly. Fistulous sores are ugly things for inexperienced persons to treat and the advice and counsel of a good vet erinarian are usually needed, one who will know when, where and how to cut and what healing washes to use. Some sav it is a fraud to color but ter. Then it Is a fraud to color your 11 ill r or mustacne lor mat. Boineuiues deceives people; but there are few who do not know that June colored butter in winter time is artificially colored. Farmers who feed their pigs and tattle good corn and pay no attention o what, kind or books and papers their children are reading, make a big mistake. Three hundred persons were drowned by the wrecking of boats in a gale at Oporto, Spain, Feb. 27. EXILED, v- It come to me ottu lu alleuca WUou the Urol I; til nimuon luff When the bliick. uncertain shadows Seem wraiths of the Ion? uico; Always with a thiuh of iHMirtitclia That thrllli each pulalvu v.ilu. Comes the old, u una lot Ion tug. For the peace of home aulu. I'm Blok of the roar of c I lies. Aud of faces cold aud Htrange: J know where there's warmth ot welcome. And mv yen.ru in fauclf ran go Back to the dear old huiuetttoad. With au aching sen He of palu. But there'll be Joy In the coming, Wbeu 1 gij home again. When I go home again I There's mutitu That uevor may die away. Aud it fuvnift the hands of augfls. On a mytuio harp at play. Have touched with a yearning saduesa Ou a beautiful, broken strain. To which is my fond heart wording When 1 go home agalu. Outside of my darkening wluduw Is the great world's crah and dla. And slowly tho autumn shaduws Oome drifting, d rifling in, Sobbing, the night winds murmur To the splash of the autumn rain: But I dream of the glorious greeting When 1 go homo again. Kugene Field lu Chicago New. A WILD GOOSE STORY. Poor old goosey, poor old (roosey." Bob bod my niece as nho softly stroked the bead and neck, extended across her lap, of the dyliitf bird. The poor old thing seemed to understand the sympathetic words and caresses, for she quietly maintained her position, breathlnir slowly and quite regu larly for a few minutes and until tbe final moment came, wlieu she struggled to her feet, gave a weak, convulsive bonk, and tumbled forward dead. And tbis is ber story: About fifteen years ago a friend wiugeu a wild goose. and knowing that I had a little park, or a few acres inclosed with a bigb, tight renoe. In which were kept some wild animals and fowls, he forwarded the wounded bird and It was dropped in among tbe others. I bad at the Urns a pair of geese of the same va riety, Canada bonkers, that had been raised from tbe eggs and were very tame. They resented the stranger'siutrusioo and always held her aloof; indeed, they never established any familiarity with ber. She was quiet and inoffensive, and manifested ber desire for companionship by banging about them as closely as they would allow, and when they rested, day or night, she could always be found near, and with ber head toward them. Thus she led a lonely sort of life for a couple of years. Her wing had healed, but so distorted that she wu quite deformed as well as crippled. It had been my practice to run these wild fowls Into an enclosure and trap, es pecially preiared for the purpoee. and to clip their wings each spring and fail so they might not fly away If so disposed. About two years after this goose came I delaved Clipping the wings of the others until reminded of mv neglect by observing that one, the goose, bad regained ber power of Sight and was making excursions outside, and before 1 could manage, to catch her while thus enjoying her free dom she was shot. The gander, whose wings meantime hnd been cut, anxiously awaited the return of his mate, not ceas ing his calls for her until srveral days bad elapsed ; theu he began to make friends with the stranger, winch responsively met his advances and they became iuseparble companions thereafter. These geese do Dot breed In captivity. Whether touched by the loss of his first wife or influenced by the crippled condi tion and amiability of tbe second, it is cer tain that he treated the latter with greater consideration. His solicitude for her wl fare was apparent in every movement. On the feed-ground where the deer and turkeys fed with the geese be took hi place In front of ber and kept them all at respectful distance while she was eating. It was amusing as well as annoying to see him charge upon tbe other birds and ani mals and send tnem scampering away. Then he would return to tbe old goose. proudly bragging of his exploits, and she would respond with words of praise or con gratulation. What else? Nothing could be plainer than that they talked to and understood each other. His complete mastery of all the animals In the park and increasing years embol dened bim to attack women and children, and finally he did not hesitate to face and fight a man, especially a stranger (and all these birds and animals at once distinguish a stranger from a person belonging to the placed, if tbe man attempted to approach or disturb Ids old wife. Last fall he ven tured finally to attack me. and, not van quished by tbe first shaking and cuffing that I gave bim he ventured to battle the second and third time, and when satisfied that he was getting the worst ot it be re tired with his "face to the foe." backing and tacking and sounding his Dotes of de fiance until he reached the goose, which had been quietly watching the conflict; then they talked the matter over, and she apparently advised him that discretion in this case was blt-r than valor, for they moved slowly away, the gander covering the retreat. Thereafter be gave me the right of way without di-pute. His pug nacity and bravery, while It afforded visi tors much amusement, also inspired re spect because of his chivalrous defense of bis crippled mate. And thus, as the years :ws by, together they welcomed the sin--e.-ding springs and waddled over the lawn, affectionately gab bling to each other ns they sought the first tender shoots of herb and grass; together they enjoyed the shade in summer, and bathed, and plumed theiuse'.v.1 iu the fall ing rain; and as cold weather returned lliey found the sunny places, and together they endured the storms and frosts of wiu ter. I bad regularly clipped the wings of the gander until thin spring, when again that d lty "'as neglected so long that he re gained his flight and could rise above pur suit ; and evidontly ren-euiVriiig former operations of the kind, he rcf used to be ca joled Into the trap. At first he made short excursions outside, wo-ild rise and circle above the trees, honking loii'ily. and then return to his mate, trying to get her to ac company him ; but she could only watch his proud flight, answer his honks and welcome bis returns'. As he mode wider excursions and was longer alwnt her un easiness became quite inarktM. She took the most open and clcvabM Ksition, and with head erect, watched and called; and when she caught the somiiI of his return lug honk she sent forth joyful cries and received him with various manifestations of pleasure. These exhibitions were ex tremely Interostlug. they were so like hu man actions and expressions ot feeling. Finally one morning he soared away to re turn no more. Probably ho met the fate that befell the other a dozen years before. All that day the old gose maintained her position of expectancy u;on the open ground, calling, watching, and waltiug. Her uneasiness increased - as night ap proached, and evtdoutiy despairing of his return stalled out to tlud him. She thoroughly bunted through the park, crossing and recrossin-. and Having satis lied herself that !. co.ild not be found within she wont to tliu fmioo and followed that around, calling loudly every tpw moments. She kept this up all through the night. It took her alyiut hulf an hour to make the circuit, as from our bedroom we could tell how kIik was movlug her calls trowing more distinct as she passed BloDg ths renee on tho side nearest, ana more faint as she went on by until lost, to be caught up again on the upper side as she returned. My wife became so Inter ested In tbe bereavement of the poor old bir 1 that she fell to watoulng-for the re turning cries and could not sleep. Next morning sHe was stilt traveling along the fence. She would walk a few rods, stop, call, and listen, ami then move on. I noticed that she Invariably followed the coarse of the sun in her circuits through the park, turning always to the right. She conlluued these endless journeys during this and tbe five succeeding days aud nights, for when ever either of us was awake we would bear the passing plaintive cries. Occasionally she would rest besido the fence, but she never came to the feed ground and refused to eat the groin I threw before her. Tbe night before she died ray wifo awoko me, crying that she could not stand this any more and that I must kill the goose and end her misery. To our ears It appeared that she wus resting at last on the ground where she and her mate used to pass the nights, and that tho feeble recurrent calls were emitted in her sleep. Next morning I found her lying ou ber breast too weak to move out of my way in fact then dying. Hor devoted search, and her grief for her loved and lost had worn ber out, and she was nearing the bourne of that. resting ground where roaring gun and crashing shot can not disturb the peace nor destroy the pates of faithful geese. So I called to thtf'tirmlly and we gathered aronnd her.' My niece sat down upon tbe leaves and took tbe poor old bird upod ber lap, where soon she died, while tears of sympathy and sorrow fell from the eyes of alL I remember that, in the years long past when the children were home, they bad established a little graveyard wherein were deposited the bodies ot their dead pets. Many a sorrowful funeral had taken place under the branches of the big walnut tree, and the-Hlttle graves, long since neglected and overgrown, had been sprin kled with the houest tears of the childish mourners. So there we took the goose and among the ashes of tbe children's dead we burled ber. Man, when first he crudely fashioned re ligious and civil systems for bis guidance, bad no conception ot tbe universe as it is, and he looked out upon but a small portion of the world. What came within his limited vision he supposed to be the center of all, with the sun, moon. and stars to heat.llght, and adorn it. With such narrow views, yet dimly conscious of his own powers and pos sibilities, be could easily conceive that all was made for bim, subject only to some un known being or beings above of similar nature, but far more powerful. because they wotked through the unseen and mysterious forces of nature; so. knowing that bis life and death were controlled by these myste rious laws, specially directed, as he sup posed, by the higher beings, he arrogated to himself full control, including life and death, of all tbe lower living things. For which reason chiefly, perhaps, the rights of the latter have never been sufficiently considered nor respected, and cruelty to animals has been so generally practiced; and even now. with our advanced civiliza tion, we little heed the sufferings, the cries, and tbe piteous appeals ot the "dumb brutes," so called. But when one looks Up to the starry heavens and beholds the many "other worlds than ours." be can realize how insignificant, comparatively. is this, and he may Imagine that tbe differ ence between man and other animals Is so little, when contemplating the universe, that the ears of the Great Creator of all are just as open to tbe IanKuage of beasts and birds as of men; that to him the so cial gabble two old geese may be as sensi ble and Important as tea-table gossip their augry clatter as political discussion. and that the cries which pain and sorrow wring trow lite more defenseless animals reach as high as like expression of human suffering. Who thinks or dreams thus will be careful to exercise this power, un der the original law that might makes right, with mercy to all lower animals and In such manner as to avoid all unnecessary pain ; for that they have the capacity to suffer, besides physical pain, deep sorrows and griefs that kill, has often beeu demon strated and is apparent to every one who tries to understand them. From my desk I look out upon the little fresh mound that marks the last resting place of the faithful bird. and lam reminded that in a few years, each succeeding seem ing shorter, a like but somewhat larger mound must cover this worn-out body. The memory and the mound of one may be effaced somewhat sooner than those of the other, but in 100 years on, throb of eter nity before tbe dwellers then man and goose will be equal and neither of as much consequence to tbem as the dust that may be stirred by a pistaug breeze. C W. Marsh in Chicago Times. PITH AND POHT. When once st.ir.ed downward the sinner goes at full oed. You can't hurry up time by using thi spur of the moment. A niau of standing the one who gives np his sent in a horse-car. Verv niofue with his "mv dea'is" and I very obtuse in his idea the dude. The first woman, at the start, was a one sided affair, but she soon got over thnt- Before marriage acceptances are often ticurred without due reliction, but it is nfter marrirge Wen the bills are overdue. ' Did I understand you tos.iv lhat mira cles do not happen in these dues?" "You did." "Then yon are wrong. My plumber has Just failed." Johnny Ain't you going to school. Jim? Jimmie Saw, uegot the sculb't fever at our house and de doctor scz I can't go ter school. I'm going to der dime museum. So long. Minister (to bereaved widow) My dear mndnm. your husbind's virtues shou'd console you now. Widow 1 hey do, they do. He never went out, and he did so love a eheoful tire. Tickle Say. Sinnllwits. 1 got your note, but you do writ an awful scrawl. old chip. I Could scarcely r- a I It. Sinnl wits If t wrote any better somebody mighl.be klck ng at the spelling, you know. Unless somecnt.is'rophe not anticipated overlaVes the crop No' raska will viib 2(W. DOO.ono bus ids of corn this year. Tl e crop of 1SS9 was l39.0Kt.tVM bushels. The acre age this year is largelv increased and with fnvornb'e conditions tho yi-ld per acre will likewise be in excess of that of 18S9. Omaha Bee. The tieqnest of $2iw.000 from t' e late Daniel IV Fnyerweather to tbe Cooper Union Art School for Women has enabled that insiltut ion to double the number of pupils it can receive, nmkli'ir an increase from Sfto to 700. The top floors of the in stitute are being enlarged "to accommo date the new students. I; A preliminary report of the Secret nrv of the Treasury of tho operations of th- In terim! Revenue Bureau during tho fiscal yenr ended Juno 30 last, shows that the total col'ectlons from all sourcea wore $145.0S5.376, nn increase of $3. ).5S1. as coniparei with t ie collections duriug the proceeding fiscal year. Popularity of the American hog, steadily Increases. The number of hogs marketed In the United Slates lias increased from H.474.000, in 1RS1-2. to 23 906,000 in 1S90-91; and the a imniit shipped abroad has shown a correspond iisr increase. The shipments lu 18S6 included SC7.Ooe.OoO pounds of hncon. and M 000.000 pounds of ham ; and in 1S9!) tho shipments of bacon wore 536,000.000 pounds, aud of ham 84,000,000 pounds. Minneapolis Spectator. It is stated in the press of the West that a large corporation bos been formed with capital enough to carry on operations which shnll eventually result iu the erec tion of 650 beot Sirgar prants in the United States. Tho ultimate product of those would reach the enormous aggregate of 3,200.000,000 pounds of sugar annually. Ac cording to t e statemeut referred to the gtgantio scheme involves tlte erection in Nebraska, Iowa aud Kansas six factories the present sousou, Omaha Bee. t Joannas Bracelet. On a morning early in the spring of last year two men stood leaning against the mantelpiece of a room In one-of the government offices. The taller of the two he who was at home in the room waa a slim, well dressed man, wearing his hair parted exactly in the middle, and a diamond pin in the sailor knot of his tie. He had his frock coat open and his thumbs in the ana holes of his waist coat. Tbe attitude denoted complacency. and the man was complacent. "Well, the funny part of it is," he was saying lightly, bus shoulders pressed against the mantelpiece, "that I am din ing at the Burton Smiths" this evening." "Ah?" his companion answered, look ing np at him with eyes of envy. "And so you will see her." ... "Of course. She is to come to them today. - BntfSfey do"Hot know about our engagement yet. and, as she does not want to blnrt it out the moment she ar rives, why, for this evening it will be a secret' Still, I thought I would tell you." Be stepped away as he spoke to straighten a red morocco covered dis patch box standing on the table behind him. It bore, besides the flaunting gilt capitals. "L O.," a modest plate with the name "Ernest Wibberley" his name. The other waited until be resumed his place. Then be answered, holding out his hand: "Yes, I am glad you told me, old boy, and 1 congratulate yon most heartily, believe me." "Thank you. Jack," Wibberley re plied. "I knew you would. I rather feel myself that 'Fate cannot harm me. I have dined today.' " "Happy dog!" said Jack, and present ly disappeared. The Burton Smiths, whom we beard them mention, are tolerably well known in London. Burton Smith himself is a barrister, with money and many rela tions Irish Landlords, Scotch members, Indian judges and the like. His wife is young, gracious and fond of society. Their drawing rooms on the topmost fiat of Onslow mansions rooms with sloping ceilings and a dozen quaint nooks and corners are seldom empty during the regulation hours. This particular dinner party had been planned with some care. "Lady Lin acre will come no doubt." Mrs. Burton Smith had said one day at breakfast, conning a list she held in her hand, "and Mr. May." But Burton Smith objected to May. "He will talk about nothing but India." he protested, "and the superiority of Calcutta over London. A little of these Bombay docks goes a long way. my dear." "Weu, James," Mrs. Barton Smith replied placidly, the Hon. Verek r May ia a son of Lord Hawthorn. He will take me in and I do not mind. Only I must have Mr. Wibberley on tbe other side to make conversation and keep me alive. Let me see that will be three. And Joann Barton she comes that aft ernoon four. Do you know, James, when we were at Temple Bothley for Christinas I thought there was some thing between your cousin and Mr. Wib berley?" "Then for goodness sake do not let them sit together r Barton Smith cried, "or they will talk to one another and to no one else." "Very well." Mrs. Smith asserted. "They shall sit opposite to one another, and Mr. Wibberley shall take in Mrs. Galantine- She will be 6ure to flirt with him, and we can watch Joanna's face. I shall soon see if there is anything be tween them." Mr. Wibberley was a young man of some importance, if only in his capacity of private secretary to a minister. He bad 1,000 acquaintances, and certainly two friends perhaps three. He might be something some day was bound to be. He dressed well, looked well and talked welL He was a little presumptu ous, perhaps even a trifle conceited; but women like these things in young men. and he had infinite tact. At any rate he had never yet found himself in a place too straight for him. This evening as he dressed for dinner, as he brushed his hair vigorously or paused to smile at some reflection his own, but not in the glass he was in his happiest mood. Everything seemed to be going well with him. He had no pre sentiment of evil. He was going to a bouse where he was appreciated. Mrs. Burton Smith was 4 great ally of his. And '.hen there would be, as we know, some one else. Happy man! "Lady Linacre," said his hostess as she introduced him to a stout personage with white hair, a double chin, and diamonds. Wibberley bowed, making np his mind tliat the dowager was one of those ladies with strong prejudices, who draw their skirts together if you prove a home ruler and leave the room if yon mention Sir Charles Dilke. "Mr. May you have met before," Mrs. Smith continued, "and yon know Miss Burton, I think?" He murmured assent, while she Joan na shook hands with him frankly and quietly, with the ghost of a smile per haps. He played his part well, too, for a moment, bat halted in his sentence as it flashed across his mind that this was their first meeting since she had said "Yea." He recovered from his moment ary embarrassment, however, before even Mrs. Burton Smith could note it, and promptly offered Mrs. Galantine his arm. She was an old friend of his, as friends go in society. He had taken her in to dinner that is, half a dozen times. "Who is that girl?" she asked, when t were seated; and she raised her and stared through them at her "I declare she" would be pre nose were not so short." He seized the excuse to pi glass, too, and take a look. ' "It short," he admitted, gazing with sical sense of property at the organ. "But some people lit noses, you know, Mrs. Galantine,' "Ah! And theatres in August!' replied incredulously. : "And draw room games! And conundrums! Bt seriously, she would be pretty if it wen. not for that." "Would she?" he questioned gravely. "Well. I think she . would, do yon know?" . . - . And certainly Joanna was pretty, though her forehead was too large, and her nose too 'small, and . her lips too full. For her eyes were bright and her 00m pleXion perfect, and her face told of wit, and good temper, and freshness. She had beautiful arms, too, for a chit of 19. Mrs. Gidantirie said nothing about the arms not out of modesty,' but because her own did not form one of her ra ng points. Wibberley, however, was tliiuk" lng of, them, and whether a certain bracelet he had by him would fit them.. He -'saw Joanna wore a bracelet a sketchy gold thing. He wondered whetb er he should "beg it for a pattern or whether it might not be more pleasant to measure the wrist for himself. - But Mrs. Galantine returned to the charge. "She is a cousin, is she not?" she said, speaking so loudly that Joanna looked across and smiled. "I have never met her.. Tell me all about her." Tell her' all abont her! Wibberley gasped. He saw a difficulty in -telfirig her "all about her," the more as the gen eral con versation at the moment was not brisk and Joanna could hear every word. 1 For an instant indeed his presence of mind failed him, and he cast an appalled glance round the table. But then he bent to his task. "Mrs. Galantine," lie murmured sweetly, confidentially, "pray pray beware of becoming a potato: He murmured assent, tchiU the Joanna shook hands with him frankly. The lady dropped her knife and fork with a clatter. "How horrid! A pota to, Mr. Wibberley? What do you mean?", "What I say," he answered simply. "Yon see my pla'e? It is a picture. Mrs. Galantine. Ton have there the manly beef and the feminine peas, so young, so tender! And the potato! The j potato is me connaam. it 13 insipid. lkj yuu uui agree wua me; "Bravo, Mr. Wibberley! But am I to apply your parable?" she asked sharply, glancing across the table with her fork nplifted and. pea upon it. "Am I to be the potato?" "The choice is with you," he replied gallantly. "Shall it be the potato or the peas?" ' - Mrs. Burton Smith, seeing him so ab sorbed in his companion, grew puzzled. , Look as often as she might at Joanna.' she saw no sign of jealously or self con sciousness in the girl's face. . Joanna seemed to be getting on perfectly with her partner; to be enjoying herself 10 the full, and to be as much interested as any one at table. Mrs. Burton Smith sighed, if the truth be known. She had the instinct of match making. Andhe saw clearly now that there was nothing between the two: that if there had been any philandering at Temple Rexbley neither of the young people had put out a hand or a heart beyond "recovery. But this success of Wibberley's with Mrs. Galantine had its consequences. After the ladies had withdrawn he grew just a trifle presumptuous. By ill luck, too, the Hon. Yereker May had reached that period of the evening when India as seen through the glasses of his mem ory was accustomed to put on the rosiest tints, and the two, facing one another, fell to debating on a subject of which the returned civilian had seen ranch and thought little, and the private secretary had read more and thought not at ail They were, therefore, about on a par as to information, and what the younger man lacked of obstinacy he made np by readiness. It was in vain that nabob blustered, asserted, contradicted finallv rv : . 1 grew sulky, suent, s&artonous. lb- berley pushed ' his little triumph, and soon, as we shall see. paid dearly for it. It happened that he was the Ust to enter the drawing room. The evening was chilly. The ladies had grouped themselves about the fire, protected from assault, so to speak, by a couple of gypsy tables bearing shaded lamps. The in comers, one by one, passed through these outworks all but Wibberley. He cast a glance of comic despair at Joanna, who was by the fireplace in the heart of the citidel; and then, resigning himself to separation, he took a low chair by one of the tables, and began indolently to turn over the books which lay on the latter. There were but half a dozen. He scanned them all. and then his eyes fell on a bracelet lying by them on the olive green plush a sketchy gold brace let with one big boss Joanna's. He looked np at the party himself sitting a little aside, as we have said with a stealthy glance. There were none of them facing his way.' They were dis cussing a photograph on the over mantel, a photograph of children by Mendels sohn. He stretched his hand out softly and covered the bracelet. He would take it for a pattern and to-morrow Joanna should ransom it. He tried, as his fingers closed on it, to catch her eye. He would have liked to. see her face change and her color rise. It would have added to the faint charm he felt in the boyish, foolish act he was commit tins if she hvl been privy to it. yet nnable to prevent it '.' But she would not look, and he was obliged to be content with his plunder. He slid the gold trifle deftly under the table and clasped it round his arm not a very lusty one thrusting it as high as It would go, that no movement v; shirt cuff might disclose it keen Be1"- ' u Bv terec across, lamp at had tou don me, i "I am just o theent. moment." "It is not tha "But where is. feeling about the table as she" spot, shifting with 'her white,, podgy hand the half dozen volumes that lay on it. 'So one on the instant, however, took in the situation. Mrs. Barton Smith had risen and was listening to Wibberley. The others were talking. Bat Lady Lin acre was need to attention, and when aha spoke again her voice was shrill and al most indecently loud. "Where ia my bracelet?" she repeated. ."The one with the Agra diamond that I was showing you, Mrs. Burton Smith? It waa here a moment ago and it is gone! It is goner ' Wibberley was still speaking' to his hostess. He heard tbe old lady's words, but did not clearly apply them. He fin- i.shftd his leave taking almost at his leia- nre, and only as he turned recollected himself, and said, with polite solicitude: "What is it, Lady Linacre? Have yoa dropped something? Can I find it tat youy He stooped" as he spoke, and she draw her skirt aside, and both peered at tb floor, while there, waa quite a chorua ifcjoni tfrCtni? nearest of: ''What Is it. Lady Linacre? Dear Lady Linacre. what have you lost?" "My Agra diamond!" she replied fuss ily, her head quivering, her fingers grop ing about her dress. ( "Xo?" some one said in sttrprisa. "Why, it was here a moment ago. I saw it in your hand." . The old lady held out her wrist. "Seer she said feebly, 'I have not got ur "But are yoa sure it is not in year lap? suggested Barton Smith. Lady Linacre had rather an ample lap. By this time the attention of the whola party had been drawn to the loss, and one or two of the most prudent wen looking hlightly uncomfortable. "Xo," she answered; "I am quite sore that I placed it on the table by my side. I am sure I saw it there. I waa going ta put it on when the gentlemen came in, and I laid it down just far & rnfrmt and it is gone!" . . . - She was quite clear abont it, and looked mildly at Wibberley for confir mation. The table had stood between them. She thought he must have teen it lving there, Mrs. Barton Smith being the'only person close to the table. Burton Smith saw that look. "Iaav. - Wibberley," he said, appealing to hna, half in fun. half in earnest, "yoa hsva not hidden it for a joke, old fellow, have yooT "D Certain v not." ?; v3 I j III. "ITTuit is it. Lady LinacrtT Have yo dropped something To this day Ernest Wibberley wonders when he rt made the disagreeable dis covery of what he had done that he had taken the wrong bracelet! It was not early. It was not until the aggrieved owner had twice proclaimed her loss that he felt himself redden, and awoke to the consciousness that the bracelet was on his own arm. Even then, if he had had instant presence of mind, he might have extricated himself. He might have said at once, "By Jove! I think 1 slipped It j on my wrist m pure absence of mind. or made some other excuse for his pos session of it which would have passed muster, though one or two might have thought him odd. Bnt time was every thing, such excuses to avail must be made at once, and he hesitated. He hated to seem odd. even to one or two, and he thought that presently he might find some chance of restoring the brace let without being detected. So be hesi tated, peering at the carpet, and the golden opportunity passed him by. Then each moment nutde the avowal more dif ficult and less possible. nTirnt when his host appealed to him, "If yoa have hid-i den it for a joke, old fellow, oat with . it," he had no choice or it seemed to his uneasy conscience that he had no choice but to answer as he did. TO EK COSnXTED. AMMONIA. .1 Spirits of ammonia will often relieves severe headache. v A little ammonia in tepid water Will er win byuo- soften and cleanse the skin. Door plates should be cleansed bv ting with a cloth wet with am mod and water. , If the color has been taken out of silks I by fruit stains, ammonia will usually. zf ! store the c-,l,r . - mm 1 To brighten carpets, wipe Ihem'with warm water in which has been pourW few drops of ammonia. . c ; . . .. -j One or two tablespoonrols ot ammonia added to a pail of water will dean win dows better than soap. . -. " - - ' When add of any tied, gets on dothlne. spirits of amuiouia will kill it. 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