BELSHAZZAR.
T(ie Mi-lnlgM hour wu drawing 01;
Ha.beliWWStlaJrIbrIo,,-
iil mvs ll i"1 palace where
Wi the din of revel, and torches' liar.
Thfro high within hil r!7?' bn,
,T-. noMei around him in iplemlnr shine
And duiu down goblet of sparkling wine.
The noble" shout, and the g..blet ring:
Twas '"1 10 tlie nosrt of ill-necked
King.
-rVchooki of tl- King.they Hushed with (Ire,
And still M drul hisoonofitgrow higher;
tn. msd'leu'd with pride, his lips lot full
Wild words, that lilaphcnie the great Lord uf
All.
ure vaunting ho grew, ami his blasphemous
sneers
Were hailed by his lordly rout with clioer.
Proudly the King has a mandate pasted;
Away hie the slave"; and come back full fiist.
Many gold vsse's they bring with them,
The spoil' of Owl's hou) in Jerusalem.
With impious hand the King caught up,
Filled to the brim a sacred cup;
And down to the bottom he draintd it dry,
And aloud, with his mouth afoain, did cry.
Johorah ! I icolTat thy gn atness gone I
jam the King of Babylon!"
The terrible words were ringing still,
When the King at his heart tell a secret chill.
Th laughter cd, the lords held (heir breath
And all through tho hall it was still as death.
And see, see thora I on the whito wall, see,
Comes forth what ceims a mau's hand to bo!
Aod it wrote, and it wrote In letters of flame,
On the white wall then vanished tho way it
came.
The King sat staring, ho could not fak,
His knees knocked together, dcalh-palo was his
cheek.
With cold fear creeping his lords sat arouuJ,
Tley sut dumb-stricken, with ncvot a sound.
The Magians came, but not one of thorn all
Could interpret the writing upon the wall.
That self-same night his soul God tain I
Was Bolshwiar the King by bis nobles slain.
A IIAPPI AUIDfcST.
" Gooil morning, Jennie. The gray
mare and I have come to auk you to drive
with us to Niekford on this lovely day.
How soon can you be ready ? "
The speaker, a young, handsome fel
low of some four-and-twenty years,
stood in the open doorway of Jennie
Russel's exquisitely-kept diary. He
wore a morning suit of coarso tweed,
whose cut, however, betrayed its city
make, and there was about him a certain
air which betokenod him accustomed to
city ways ; but the girl who lifted up a
brightwinsome face, with a half start at
' his unexpected appearance, was engaged
in deftly skimming the rich yellow
cream with her own Jittlo fingors, neither
white nor tapering, and though the
great brown eyes lighted with gladness,
they failed to give her beauty. A sweet,
true face it was, pretty ot times at times
aglow with something better than beauty,
but nover beautiful.
"Thank you, Allen," she answered.
" I'll go with pleasure, and will not
keep you and the mare Ave minutes."
True to her word, within that time the
two were comfortably seated in the high
wheeled dog cart, and a flicker of the
whip had given the signal for departure.
Well pleased, Jennie's mother watched
them from an upper window. Allen
Rutgar was tho young Squire. lie had
been educated in a great college far
away, and money without stint had been
lavished upon him. But he had studied
hard, and when he had returned home,
too honest a love was in his heart for the
acres which had been so many years the
heritage of his family for him to wish to
live elsewhere than upon them.
Neither had he forgotten his little
playmate, and, though socially a wide
gulf yawned between him and simple
little Jennie Rnssol, love Las bridged
many a wide chasm, and Mrs. Russel
sagely suspected that the little god was
already busy sowing his seed in the
young man's heart.
" I'm so glad you came to day, Allen,"
said Jennio, naively, " for I've a great
piece of news to tell you. We're to have
a boarder this summer a young girl
like myself. She has been ill and is to
come to us for quiet. I am so anxious
to see hor ! Early this morning I was
arranging the room which is' to be hers,
and making it as pretty as I could. She
will arrive to-morrow. You are so good
lo me, Allen, you'll try to make it some
times pleasant for her, won't you?"
" What you call being good to you,
Jennie, is being good to myself. You
forget that it is all the harder to make it
pleasant to tbia stranger, because she
will interfere with our own happy, quiet
hours. For one, I don't like her coming
at all. More and more, Jennie, I want
you all to myself. Why is it, I won
der?"
And he turned toward her with a ten
der smile, to which her sole reply was a
rirason wave. But she spoke no more
of the stranger's coming, which late the
next afternoon became an accomplished
fact.
As she drove "tip to the farm-house in
Mr. Russel's wagon Jennie stood in the
open doorway to greet her; but somehow
the words lie had meant to utter died
away, and a etrango shyness took pos
sesion of lier.
Two enormous trunks filled the wagon,
from which tho seats bad been taken to
make room for them; and though the
dress the young lady wore was qniet in
color and in make, it was wholly differ
ent from anything Jennie had ever seen,
and somehow reminded her of the name
less difference she had detected between
Allen and the other young men of the
place. But the wearer of the garments
would lend the plainest costume grace.
Never had Jennie beheld anything so
beautiful as the colorless face, lighted by
the great blue eyes, and the little head
crowned by a maes of rippling, golden
hair. The figure was tall and slender.
One ungloved hand was faultlessly white,
and sparkling with wonderful jewels.
" I hope jour journey has not tired
you very xouchl" ventured Jennie,
wistfully.
" I am always tired," replied Miss Jar
rol, and the low voice held in a tone as
of perpetual weariness.
How tidy the pretty room looked as
signed their guest when herself and ber
two great trunks filled it! Bat the
languidly expressed ber appreciation of
it, as, reclining on tho sofa, Jennia her
self aerved her with the dainty supper
prepared for her, and which she wan too
exhausted to take iu the room below.
Three days passed beforo Allen and
Miss Carrol met. Sho was hulfbnried
in a great arm chair, ono lovely morning
when ho stole up behind her, thiukiug it
his little companion.
'Come little girl," he said, "flie
mare and I have been cheated long
enough."
Aud tlion a pair of blue surprised eyes
glanced np at him, and two red lips ut
tered a tiny littlo scream.
At that instant Jennie entered, and tho
formal presentation was made.
Allen laughingly exprosscd contrition
for his mistake.
Miss Carrol graciously accepted his
apologies ; but tlio bluo eyes grew less
sleepy, and the pretty, golden head had
meditated certuia satisfactory thoughts
thut tho country promised to be loss dull
than she had anticipated, and that she
bad bodecked herself in a very becoming
white embroidered gown.
Allen and Jonnie had thoir drive, but
the former was more quiet than his wont,
and he spoko no more of his regret at
Miss Carrol's coining. Nor. as the days
merged into weeks, did Jennie need
again to ask him to make it less dull for
her guest.
Somotiraes a strange, new pang shot
through her heart, aud into the brown
eyeB would creep a look of infinite sad
ness, as her place beside Allen and be
hind the gray mare would bo filled by
another, and she could not help but see
how content he was it should bo so.
It was not all idle jealousy ; but
Jennie had learned tho shallow, heart
less naturo of the girl who had bewitched
him with her beauty and her grace.
She had seen her flash into quick pas
sion when some dress, tried for the tirsl
time, failed to tit ; had known how dult
and listless sho was until Allen's coming
quickened her into life ; had been her
self the martyr of her thoughtfulness
and her supremo selfishness.
But none of this might she tell to
Allen not even when ono day he came
to tell hor, with more of the old Allot)
thau she had seen of lute in his manner,
and with a warm glow of happiness on
his face, which made her own heart boat
madly for a moment, as he explained to
her (his nearest and best friend, he said)
its cause.
He had asked Miss Carrol to marry
him, and she was his promised wife.
Somehow the poor little girl hid hor
own hurts with a brave smile as she
wished him happiness ; but that night
no sleep came to tho brown eyes, and her
pillow was wet with tears.
In September Miss Carrol left them ;
but another gem was added to her stock
of jewels, and sho wore it on the third
finger of her left band the flngor, they
say, from which runs a vein direct to the
heart.
The two weeks that followed was very
bard for Jennie to bear, for into her ear
Allen poured all his lover s rhapsodies.
Every day he came to the farm, but he
could talk of nothing but the beauty and
perfection of his future wife.
Poor littlo Jennie ! She early learned
tho lesson few women are spared teach
ing her lips to smilo while her soul
writhed in ugouy.
But Jennie's revonge, if her generous
nature could harbor such a thought, was
near at bund.
Christmas was fast approaching
when ono day Allen, as usual, came un
announced into the cheery sitting room.
The smile died on her face as she
looked into his andrsaw it white, and
sot, and stern.
"Allen!" she cried. "What is it?
What has happened ?"
'Read that !" he answered, and tossod
a crestod sheet of paper upon her lap.
Woiideringly she unfolded and read it
through. Thus it ran :
"I wrote to you last summer, dearest,
of my flirts in the country with a man a
kindly fato threw in my path a flirtation
I foolishly allowed to run into an engage
ment though, of course, no one heze
suspects the truth, and really the boy
(ho is hardly more than a boy) was so
desperately in earnest that I could not
help myself. Engagements, happily ,are
broken; and when I tell you that Louis
Latrobe has written papa that he is
ooming to pay us a fortnight's visit
at Christmas you will understand there
is a prospect of my last sharing the fate
with some others which have preceded it.
"You know, of course, how immensely
rich Mr. Latrobe is; ;how his father, in
early life, has made some sort of obliga
tion to papa; and how, if we would
happen to full in love, it would bo a
charming termination to tho old friend
ship between them. Of course, I am
prepared to bo a willing victim. I have
teen his picture. lie is very handsome,
and such wealth, '.'ma chere!', I could
outrival all of my friends.
"Unfortunately. Allen writes me tbit
he intends spending Christmas with me,
too, and fills bis letters with all a lover's
rhapsodies and his impatience to onco
move behold my charms. Of course, I
did not wish to break ray engagement
with him (really, ho is not at all a bad
"parti' and I have rather a sentimental
liking for him) until I know something
of Mr. Irfitrobe's intentions; therefore I
have written to him (Allen) a lotter that
I shall send by this mail, telling liim
that mamma is quite ill (she has a very
bad cold, and asking him to postpone
coming until January, when I can see
more of him.
"More or less it will be.according to de
velopments; bnt naturally I shall not
dwell upon the latter possibility. Now,
my dear, after unburdening to you my
heart and connscience, I feel it lighter of
a load. Do you wonder that the respon
sibility was too great to bear alone?"
Jennie could read no more. With a
face as white as Allen's own, she uplifted
it from tho sheet, which, unconsciouply,
she crnshed in her right hand with a ges
ture of contempt.
"Allen!" fhe almost gasped, "What
does it mean? I 1 enu't understand it."
"It mean's that Miss Carrol's usual
sagacity failed her, and she put the letter
intended for her friend in the envelope
addressed to mo. It means that heaven
has beeen kinder to me than I deserve.
Then, suddenly breaking down, he
dropped into a chair and bowed his bead
no his arms. "God help me!" he said,
"I have been tottering on the brink of
ruin," and, forgetful of herself, she
crossed to his side and laid ber little
band lightly on the chestnut lair. He
put up his own and drew it down to his
fipa. It was the first caress he had given
her. From that day Miss Carrol's name
was never spoken betwoon them, save
when ouce a lotter came to her.
Allen had redirected the letter he had
received through mistake, and sent it
back to lior. She had mailed no reply
nutil Mr. Louis Latrobe had cone und
gDiie, whon, believing her own power in
finite, Ue had writton to recall in in.
"It was all a sorry jest, Allen," sho
baid. "I sent you tho letter purposely
to try. yon, and then determined to pun
ish your belief in my perfidy by my si
lence. Why, Mr. Latrope is engaged to
be married, and camo to ns for our con
gratulations. I knew it all the time.
Don't be unbelieving, dear and abovo
all things in my love. When may I ex
pect you?"
The new year hod dawned when this
letter came, like the first, ho brought and
put it into Jennie's band.
"Will you send tho reply, Jennie?" he
ar,ked.
"What shall I say?" aim wondoringly
replied.
"That I have been bliud.and suddenly
see. Blinded by hor beauty, I got a
truth I had already learned that my
heart was never hers to break, for it be
longed to you, Jenuie. I dou't deserve
you, dearest, but if you will givo your
self to mo, I will try to make yon happy
as my wife. I will not ask you to write
Miss Carroll, dear, but for unswer let mo
cncloso our wodding cards. Fcrhaps Mr.
Louis Latrobo's will come to her by 'the
same mail."
Which.by a strange coincidence proved
to be the case.
rJcbiinmy In Feeding.
What is gained by s .ving is sometimes
more than that which is earned. It is an
old adage that one may save at the spigot
and loose at tho bung. This sort of
economy is unprofitable, and it is not at
all uncommon in leoding farm animals.
There is a cortuin point iu foeding at
which the animal is just kept living. In
this case it is clear there can be no profit
in feeding an animal so kept. Beyond
that point tho food is changed into valu
able prod Hot s. It may be work iu a
horse or an ox; milk or butter in a cow;
wool and mutton iu a sheep; fat in a pig;
eggs and flesh in ponltry; and the feed
ing may be so managed as to yield tho
largest profit, or it may be mismanaged,
either by extravagance or parsimouy, so
as to prodtioe a profit quite inadequate
to the cost.
To reach the happy mean is tho aim of
every one who feeds cattle, sheep, pigs
or poultry. And how to reach the precise
point involves the whole secret and art
of feeding. These include a knowlodge
of the nature of feeding stuffs and fod
ders, and tho principles of animal
nutrition, which together comprise the
science and the experimental knowledge
of the practico, iu which the art consists.
Either of these require a good deal of
study and observation, and but few
farmers hnvo given enough of theso to
this part of their business to become ex
perts iu feeding animals. And conso
quently there are great wastes iucurred
during the long wintor season of foeding,
both by giving too muoh or too little
food. A farmer may easily savo, for in
stance, one-third of hit ha and coarse
fodder by cutting it fine in a fodder
cutter, and one third or his grain by
grinding it, becanso tho fine and the
coarse parts are both eaten and none is
trampled under foot; while the grain is
all digested and none of it is lost. This
is so well known in practioo that a
farmer who onco becomes possessod of a
fodder cutter is never known to abandon
its nso.ond would as soon throw the good
fodder out into the yard to bo wasted, as
to feed it in the stable without cutting it,
or to feed tho grain whole. Nevertheless
there are many farmers who have not yet
had this experienao.who are wasting in a
month as much food as would procure a
cutter for preparing it.
On tho other hand thero are farmers
who do not know that liberal feeding is
the most profitable. In a dairy of ton
cows, in which last season at this time
sixty-five pounds of butter wore mado
weekly, the present yiold is less than
thirty pounds. The falling off is tho re
sult of a reduction in the feeding because
of the high price of feed. Tho ownor
saved one dollar a day in the feed and
loses $12 60 a week in the product of but
ter, to say nothing of the value of the
skimmed milk, of which there is about
one-half less than last year. Tho ownor
will not see this, although the cows are
tho same, and all the conditions are pre
cisely the same, and he suffers this loss
because he does not realize that unless
cows are fed np to the highest productive
point they cannot be mado to yield tho
fullest profit. It is the business of every
one who feeds stock to find what this
point is for himself.for although a person
may have had large expeiienee with feeds
and in feeding, yet no experience can be
so large as to include every circumstance
and condition possiblo, and it is very
true indeed that fow farmers know to
what extont of liberality they may feed
their stock with Drofit.
tegs.
According lo the most trustworthy es
timates 875,000,000 worth of eggs are
eaten in this country every year, of
which $18,000,000 worth is consumed in
New York city alone. As tho " hen
fruit " is most abundant iu warm
weather, while the appetite for it con
tinues the year round, various processes
have been devised to maintain its fresh
ness. Of these the most recently in
vented is the process of crstalization or
desiccation. By this agency tho natural
egg is changed into an amber-hned vitro
ous substance whieh, while reduced in
bulk, has the property of remaining edi
ble for years and resisting tho deterior
ating effects of climate. Moreover, the
egg, when wanted for use, can bo re
stored to it original condition by adding
the water which has been artificially re
moved from the shell. It is said that
neither salt nor any other extraneous
matter is employe! iu producing desic
cation, the egg being merely reduced to
a consolidated mass of yelk and albumen
by the removal of the water. An excel
lent feature of this process is that an egg
that is at all tainted, be it ever so slight
ly, cannot be vrystalized at all. The
preparation of eggs in this way is still
vary limited; the chief companies en
gaged in the business are in the city of
St. Louis.
The quantity of pig iron made in the
United States in 1882 was 4,623,300 tons,
almost 500,000 tons more than ever be
fore made in one year in this country.
Sfcinclhliig tor Homeu to Do
I have often hoard it complained that
thf ro was nothing tor wmuuu to do by
which they could enin Hsmtich money as
nu ll. IYrlinp there is nothing in tho
mu!.ii. line of business itslliut followed by
men, but taking all the professions ful-j
lowed by women, it seems to mo thero is
a great deal of money made by them.
Tho enormous tutus made by singers and
actrcises are too well known to need
mentioning. But there are other lines
of business that women may follow who
have no natural gifts such ns these. I
heard the other day of a lady who was
muking a handsome ineonio for I ersolf,
and all in the most quiet way. This
lady is a Miss Martin. I do nut sup
pose thero is any objection to my men
tioning her uame, us it is well known
among a great many people. Miss Mar
tin is the daughter of a geutlemuu living
uear Auburn, in this State, who, at oue
time, was very wealthy; but, although
tho family live in tho old homestead,
which is a noble mansion, they are very
much reduced in circumstances. Miss
Martiu, when she became old enough to
want money, and to know that it did not
always come for tho wanting, cast
about for something to do by which
she could earn at least a decent
living and not be dependent upon her
father. It seemed as though all the
avenues were closed. Sue was not gifted
iu any particular way, though sho was a
woman of exccllont education and had
all tho advsntages that came from high
social position. But she neither sang
well enough for stago purposes, nor had
she any histrionic talent. In giving the
subject serious consideration she re
membered that there was ono thing she
could do very well, and that was pickling
and preserving. Sho told her friends
that sho was going to muko a large quan
tity of pickles and preserves of different
kinds, and Jlint she wanted to sell them.
Hor friends, knowing what an excellent
housekeeper she was, knew thut
anything that was mado under hor super
vision wonld bo sure to bo good, so bIio
had no trouble iu selling all she made
tho first year. Tho second year she nado
more yet, and was unable to supply tho
domaud. The fourth year sho inoreased
her facilities, aud hor reputation had by
this time spread so far that she did a
very largo business, and even sold to
souio of the larger stores in New York.
Now, a friend of hers told me the other
day that her profits from pickles and
preserves reach the very comfortable
sum of 6000 to $10,000 a yoar. And she
ouly works from May to No
vember. Auburn being a littlo far
from tho Now York markots. where fruit
can be bought host and cheapest. Miss
Martin has come down and Ukon a place
at Olcn Covo, to bo neur hor friond, Mrs.
S. L. M. Barlow, as woll as to gain the
advantage of a nearer residence to New
York. One of tho secrets of Miss Mar
tin's success is that everything she makes
is the very best ot its kind. All the in
gredients she usos iu her pickles and
preserves are tho host in the market, and
though she employs a number of men
and women, she superintends everything
herself, and while her articles aro all in.
the shops, they have a uomoliuo taste
that is unmwtnkablo. All the jars boar
her initials written ia fac similes of her
autograph on a neat label on (he side. A
sister of Miss Martin, on seeing hor suc
cess, cast about hor for something to do.
Of courso sho did not want to go into
the same lino of business, and finally she
struck upon cake making as a means of
livelihood, and her cakos are now almost
as celebrated as her sister's pickles and
presorves. Sho lives at Auburn, but she
reoeives orders from New York nnd even
from Newport. Miss Martin's cakos are
considered an essential part of a well
regulated pantry iu New York. New
York Letter iu BostoD Sunday Gazette.
The Japanese licit.
From the descriptions I havo seen of
tho Buddhist plaoe of tormont, as de
lineated by the aid of the artist's con
ceits, they may believe in actual tor
ments of a horriblo cbaractor in recom
pense for en evil life, though just what
they considor deadly sins is to the affiant
as yet unknown. I have had, through
the courtesy of a friond who has a col
lection of raro curios, tho opportunity of
looking at a series of nine Kakemonos,
formerly belonging to somo temple iu
the interior, which depict tho horrid state
that awaits the condemned on tho other
side of the rivor. The first in order of
these nine paintings is the central ore,
the other eight flanking it, four on each
side. This simply represents tho per
sons of four priests, clothed in their
sacred robes, seated on separate divans.
Two are in advance of the other two.
One of them holds in his hand a pack
ago resembling a closed book; another
has in his hand a bead rosary; tho third
one has his hands palm to palm, as if iu
prayer, while the fourth rie
holds in his left hand two feath
ers and in tho right is grasped
a double-ended trident. As my friend
did not have the key to tho significance
pf his treasure, I am unablo to give it.
Oil I.'io right hand of the top of this Ka
komono i8 a mltHfi f clouds, and on tho
left a water scene, with the sacred moun
tain Fuji Yatua, iu the distance. The
other eight paintings Are all dovoted to
showing the various mode1 of punish
ment inflicted by the demons ofjuOst re
volting aspect. llorued devils ami hoofed
ones devils of all colors, but all most
beastly devils are portrayed as inhabit
ing a range of jagged mountains, full of
rent and chasm and deep abyss, into
which they nro driving the reckless oncB,
who crouch and shiver in their naked
ness. Each of these eight pictures repre
sent a mitred priest sitting in judgment,
on either hand standing an attendant,
and in front of his dais are tho crouch
ing suppliants for his fuvor. There is on
some of them a grinning devil in waiting
to recuivo in charge tho doomed. Oue
gives a view of a demon, from his seat in
his cave, blowings stream of fire from
his month and nostrils upon tho victims
that other devils are driving into his
place.
Oar Homes ui a Social rower.
In these days of club life and separate
enjoyments for men and women, it well
behooves women to take the matter to
heart and see wherein the danger of this
kind of life lies, and unto what all this
separation of the social enjoyment of the
sexes is tending. And if women are to
be as they have been, social queens in
this American republic, let them stndy
well the sources of thoir power. Tho
iluys are not as they wero. Iu all of our
largo cities the women are becoming
inn to ami i n oio shut out from tho enjoy
ments as.well ns tho buxinoo lifo of thoir
male relatives. They con tout themselves
by finding pleasures of their owu,
and tho matinee, tho concert,
tho theaters are all attended without
mslo escort. Sisters and brothors meet
at the breakfast table, and ail tho rest of
tho day aro comparative strangers ono to
tho other, and in a large number of
recreations have nothing iu comuiou. If
women wirh and hope to havo any rcul
iulluenee on tlie lives of those who are
dear to tl.eni. they must study into those
lives, nnd seek to mako common inter
ests with them. Music, conversation,
gentleness of life and manners, self-denial
for the good of others, attractive
and cheery homes, au open cordiality of
life, all ttiese things aud many moro the
true IiuIt will use as a means of social
power. "Even if her inalo friends bo
unworthy of her oonfldcuee and trust,
she w ill by moans of her open hospitality
seek to reclaim and lift them up.
Yerbnl Erron to be tuirded Against,
The following examples of tho most
common errors in the uso of words are
taken from "Tho Verbalist," by Mr. Al
fred Ay res:
Accord for give; as "tho information
was accordod him."
Aggravate for irritate; aggravate is to
make worso.
Allude to, for refer to or mention.
As, for that; "not as I know" for "not
that I know."
Avocation, tor vocation; a mau's voca
tion Is his business; avocations aro
things that occupy him incidentally.
Balance, for rest or romaindcr.
Character, for reputation; ono may
have a good reputation, but a bad char
acter; aud the two words should uever
be coufouuded.
Daugerous, for in danger; a sick mau
ia sometimes most absurdly said to bo
dangerous, when it is meant that tho
poor follow is himsolf iu dauger a very
different thing.
Demean, for debase, disgraeo or hum
bio. To demean one's solf, whether woll
or ill.
Dirt, for ourth or loam.
Donute, for give.
Execute, for hang, as appliod to the
criminal. It is the seutenco, not tho
man, that is exocutod.
Healthy, for wholesomo; an onion
plant may ho healthy, but when yon pick
an onion there is no more unhoalthiuess
to thut although it may or may not bo
wholesomo as an articlo of food.
Illy, for ill.
Inaugurate, for begin.
Kids, for kid gloves.
Learn, for teach.
Liable, for likely or apt.
Bants, for puntuloons, or (better still)
trousers.
Barttiko, for cat.
Plenty as an adjoctive, whore plentiful
is meant.
Real, for very; as "real nice," "real
protty."
Retire, for go to bed.
Reside, for livo,
liesidence, for house.
Seldom, or ever, for seldom, if over,
or seldom, or nover.
Some, for somewhat; "she is some bet
ter to-day."
"Stop, for slay; "where are you stop
ping?" This is ono of tho vilost of witti
cisms.
Summons, tho noun for summons the
verb.
Those kind of applos, for that kind.
Transpire, for occur.
Vulgar, for immodest or indoccnt.
Without, for unless.
Vennor's Ureat Griof.
The other morning Vennor got out of
bed, lookod amazed out of the window,
aud foil on his baok with a gasp of
amazement. The hotol people heard him
fall and rushed into bis room,
"What is the matter?" they Bhoutod.
"Look!'' tho prophet gasped, pointing
to tho window.
"Yes," they said, "we soo, but what of
it?"
"What is it doing?" ho asked.
"Snowing," thoy criod; "twonty-two
inches of snow on the ground in one
night, and still a coming; drifts eighteen
feet high, and all trains on all roads
abandoned. Snowing, that's what it's
doing."
"I thought so," the prophet said, "but
then again I thought it was a delusion.
I thought it couldn't be true."
"What is it?" they demanded onco
more.
"Why," said the weather trainor, "you
see this is the day I said it was going to
snow all over America, and so yesterday
I sold my arcticaand ulster, and traded
off my sleigh for a road wagon. Oh,
dearl dear! how was I to know it would
snow this week?"
And he buried his face in his hands,
and gave way to his emotions. So they
camo away and loft him alono witli his
sorrow." fllawkoyo.
Incienuity of Convicts. -Tho fancy
articles made by tho convicts aro numer
ous and of every description, sojs the
Trenton Times. A Oerman, who fs on a
forty yeors' sentence for killing his two
children, mado a pretty littlo bureau
with many drawers out of cigar boxes.
A Frenchman mado another out of the
heads of flour barrels. Several flower
baskets, laden with flowers, aro ex
hibited as being mado out of crumbs of
bread. They are a wonderful piece of
work. Fine vases of variegated colors
aro nude from paper. There is no end
to the variety of pretty articles made
from bone and horn. Thero aro tooth
picks, fancy whistles, crotchet-needles,
shoe-horns, etc. The work is done with
small saws and files and then polished
with alcohol. In addition, the cells are
ornamented in every concelvablo stylo.
Pictures of sweethearts, wives and chil
dren adorn the walls. Arbnster, the
Newurk convict, whose sweetheart mar
ried him in the prison acouploof months
since, is anxiously looking for the ex
piration of his sentence. The articles of
workmanship made by the convicts are
no longer kept on sale in the prison, as
formerly. "It savor too mnch of Chat
ham street," said Keeper Lverty. Over
one of the center doors is a handsomo
coat-of arms of New Jersey, painted by
one of the coovicts.
Farm help in Vermont are demanding
from $16 to $25 per month for the oom
ing season.
BOCSEflOLD ITKSB.
Gorman dairymen send butter by mail
in cans aud boxes. In wintor it is said,
theyuHO parchment paper.
Orango Ice. Squeeze tho inico fiom
six largo oranges and two lemons; pour
about five gills of boiling water over the
broken peel and pulp aud let it stand
until cool; then strain and add tho water
to the orange and lemon juico. Swecton
to taste witu leaf sugar, aud freeze.
Chicken Sonp. Cut a chicken into
pieces and simmer gently in a gallon of
water nutil tho meat is iu rags. Skim
well, strain and return the broth to the
pot. Add a cupful of rico and a tea
spoonful of pnrsleyjlet it simmer another
hour. Season with pepper and salt; add
a cupful of boiling cream just before
serving.
Ginizer Cookies. Take one cupful of
butter and threo cups of flour; rub them
well together, lben add one tablesponn
f ul of giugor nnd oue tcaspoonf ui of soda,
threo eggs and one and ono half enps of
sugar. The eggs and sugar must bo well
beaten together. Roll very thiu, cut in
small, round cakes with a biscuit-cutter.
Bake in quick oven.
Blaeklwrry Pudding. A simplo but
good blackberry pudding is made by
taking half a cupful of butter and lard
nuxod, one cup of sugar, one egg, ono
cup of swoct milk and two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Beat tho sugar, but
ter and egg together till light; thon add
the sweet milk anil flour, euough to make
a batter of medium thickuess. Thon stir
in ai mauy blackberries as you can afford
to put in. Do not put much juice in.
Keep tiiat to llavor mincomoat witu.
Bake for an hour.
Tapioca Cioani. Ouo quart of milk.
threo tublespoonsful of tapioca, throe
eggs; soak tho tapioca over night in cold
water, ouly enough to cover it; beat the
yolks with one cup of powderod sugar;
put iuo tapioca in mo mux ana neat to a
boiling point, then stir in the yolks and
cook until it bus thickenod. Flavor to
tasto; take off the firo, stir in tho well
beaten whites, reserving euough to frost
tho top of tho tapiooa; add sugar to the
frosting. Put iu tho oven a few seconds
to color.
Shrimp Sauce. Boil tho shrimps in
boiling salted water. When they are
quite rod, remove thorn and sot them
away to cool. Pick off tho heads and
sholls and chop them a little if you pre
fer. Put nn ounce of butter into a sauce
pan; when it bubbles, stir in half an
ounco of flour; let it cook afow moments,
then add a gill of boiling water, the
pickod shrimps, cayenne pepper, and
salt to taste; stir unti' tho shrimps are
quite hot and the sauoo perfectly smooth.
Remove and add a few drops of lemon
juice.
Farm Houso Apple Fio. Pare sour
apples Qreenings aro best and cut in
very thin slices. Allow one cup of sugar
ami a quarter ot a grated nutmeg mixed
with it. Fill tho pio dish heaping full
of sliced apple, sprinkling tho sugar be
tween tho layers. Wot the edges of the
dish with cold water; lay on the cover
and press down seoiiiJly !,mk no juice
may escape Bako three-quarters of au
hour, or even less, if tho applos becomo
tender. It is important tint tho applos
should bo well dono, but not ovordone.
No pie in which the apples are stewed
boforehand can compare with this in
flavor.
Pigoons, with Peas. Pigoons forroost
iug must be young and tondcr. Dress
them, tie thorn iu good shapo, faston a
small pieco of bacou on tho breast of each
ono and roast in a hot oven ton minutes.
Then, romove from tho ovon and split
each ono in half. Melt in a saucepan
two tablospoonfuls of butter, blend with
it a tablespoonful of flour, and half a cup
of warmed oream, season with pepper
and salt. Lay the pigoons in the sauoo
pan, pour in a can ot French peas, shake
tho pan while cooking and stew fifteen
or twenty minutes. Serve the pigeons
in tho middle of a hot platter surrounded
with the peas aud sauco.
Boilod Salmon. When salmon is to
bo boiled wholo, bend the hood against
ono sido of the body and the tail against
tlie other side, fastening thorn well in
place. Unliko other fish, salmon must
be put into boiling salted water to pre
serve its color; add lemon juice or
vinegar to tho water. Whon salmon is
to be served hot, serve lobster, shrimp,
cream or Ilollanduise sauce with it.
When it is to bo served cold, pour a
thick Mayonnaiso sauoo over it and gar
nish the dish tastefully. The head and
shoulders or middlo cut may bo boiled
whon a whole fish is not desired, or if
very little is needed boil a sljce two
inches thick cut from tho middlo of the
fish. It will take about twenty minutes
to cook.
Apple Sauce. Housekeepers complain
that the apples are entirely tasteless this
year; that tho sauce made with them
has no flavor. Tho following recipe for
sauco is said to bo excellent: Cut some
hard apples in quarters, or smaller
pieces still, after peeling them; put
them in a jar, with plenty of sugar and
whito ginger root, cut flno, scattered
over them; the best way, perhaps, boing
to put in a layer of apples, and then of
tlio Biignr ipd finger. Iq two or three,
days pOlir in enollfch waler lo entirely"
dissolve tho sugar; then strain this juico,
and, pnttlng the apples in it, let them
stew slowly nntil they are tender. If
tho applos are carefully treated thoy
will not loso their shapo. Serve when
oold. This is very good wilu meat.
A Good Pudding. Ilero is a recipe
for a delicious pudding: Mix three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder with one
quart of flour; chop a quarter of a pound
of suet very tine, also one cup of raisins
and one of currants; pour over the fruit
a cup of molasses.a teaspoonful of mixed
spice (cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg or
maie) and one cup of milk; then
gradually stir in the fleur. This makes
a stiff batter, but none too much so, as
the pudding will have more body than
if tho batter is thinner. Whon every
lump of flour is stirred out, pnt.the bat
ter in a pudding dish, and steam it for
four hours. The sauce wbich is best
suited for this padding is made in this
way: Put four tablespoonfuls of white
sugar in a basin on the top of the stove;
add to it one tablespoonful of water;
stir it every moment nntil it begins to
be of a light brown color; and then take
it from the fire, add enough wine to
make the requisite amount of sauce;
thickon with a little arrowroot or corn
starch; sugar can be added also if the
wine is sour wine.