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HELEN LAKEMAJf ; on, Tho Story of n Young Girl's Strug gle With Adversity. BY JOHN JL MUSICIC, Am-nou ok "Thk Uankeii or IlnDronD," "Wai.tf.h uiiownfikld." Ktc .Copyright, 1S9S, lyA. 2f. Krllogg Xtutpaprr Co now, ut l :itn lorliio present going to requi.st that our betrothal vows be sev ered. 1 am not worthy of you now." 'P.. 1.1!... ...111. .... .!..,... .si... nnspiitoil that his nronod.il be with- u raw u. "Now. Warren wont on, " we are free to go where wc will, and choose whom we may, are we not?" Yes." she answered, sadly. When I avowed my love and pro posed marriage, you were poor. I loved you then. Now you are rich and may desire u husband who is in your own sphere." "What do you mean?" she asked. " Do you not remember the wild, waste lands set apart to you?" "Yes." " A miner has discovered a valuable lead and silver mine upon them. Ho has sent by me a proposition to you to give you one hundred thousand dollars for half tho tract." Helen could hardly bcliorc her ears, yet Warren convinced her of the truth. " 1 could not hold you to your be trothal vows made when we were equal. You are now free, and can choose my self or whomsoever you may for a hus band." For an answer she threw her arms ttbout his neck and wept for joy. Air. Layman, who had an eye to business, at once begun suit agaiu-t Judge Arnold for false imprisonment, in the name of Ids client. The .Judge who was alarmed, ottered to compro mise the matter by deeding the l'lumber farm back to Helen. When Helen heard of the proceed ings she went to Newion and ordered the suit dismissed, saying: " I can forgive as I hope to be for given. " Nor would she even take- tho farm by way of compromise. Tho Lord had been good to her, and she would per mit the Judge to retain it. Such a noble nature conld not fail to be the subject of favorable comment all over Sandy Fork neighborhood. Even Mothers Tartrum and Grundy sounded her praises as a "good gal." Warren Stuart sought a location for tho practice of his profession in a Wcst ern county, and, after a year's absence, he returned to claim his sweet young brido. "sin: Tiim;i' hkk aiois NKCK." The wedding was a quiet nfl'air. Our friend, the peddler, was present, ho having insisted upon furnishing tho oride the wedding outfit, which was of the iinest., he said, all wool with fast colors, not a shoddy thread in 'em." Rev. Allyn Blaze'oflioiatod. Helen had disposed of her mining lands at a fabulous m-iec to thin Western people. Tho mines only proved fair, though remunerating the purchasers. One more visit to see that the grass and flowers were growing on flio graves of those she loved, and thou, kissing her many friends adieu, the young bride left Sandy Fork with her husband for their now home, made comfortable by her own wealth and industry. Pete, the peddler, sometimes roams there in his wanderings, and is always a welcome guest. He disposes of his pack invar.'ably at the doctor's house, whore it is made into clothes for tho people at the poor-house. Our story is finished, and if it should make tho burden of oven one of thoso unfortunate girls who work in other people's kitchens lighter, we shall feel that this story has not been written in vain. the knd.T Dr. James G. Hyndman, of tin Ohio Medical College, tells how tin only Catholic priest in America win wears a beard canio to let his whisker grow. Tho priest, whose pastora duties are performed in Cincinnati, i subject to throat trouble. On the ad vice of Dr. Hyndman ho lot his bear grow ami had no further inllammatio! in his ih mat. His superiors, howevei. objected to the innovation and tlx priest was obliged to go to Rome to ob tain permission to wear whiskers. General Hadeau notes that Granl and Leo met once, and only once, af ter the surrender at Appomattox. Il was soon after Grant's inauguration iif President in I860. Leu had gone It Washington on some matters concern ing railroads, and had taken the op port unity to call on Grant. The latter, referring to Leo's main purpose, said, with a grim humor, "You and I, Gen eral, lime had more to do with destroy ing railroads than building them.' Rut Lte did not smile, continued tin cnhvorHtioii gravely, and the remark able pouit nf tho interview set-ins U have been that it included no other ref erent e to tho oaiU A1I0UT HIS THE KUSSIA DOCTOR A Tragic ivnd Umantio Story from Roil Idle-. ' . j ADAPTXD FROM THD jKHVtA. OP Mlf R. j IIY MB?. FHANSS A. 811 AAV. Trai(Uion CrirgUt,h, hr A. A'. Ktllj XfttrKftp'r xnpuxy. 3 rHAHii i. cwytwuli modest dwcll- ,?s?ft5WUr ig of tho physi- Inn who iliif-n hi.H iwj?, ' etum from a resi- loncc of many & 'oars in K a s an. iad- gone by tho lame of "the Rus dan Doctor," was so densely c m -bowered in cy press and wild grape vines that one could scarce h,e found tho door knob but for its bghtness from con stant scouring. V large, old-fashioned garden, in inch both llowers and weeds were tiowcd to grow at their own sweet wi, stretched far be hind the house, an ended in a forest of beeches, a paththrough which led to a dilapidated ntic temple on the brow of a hill. T,$ temple, which oc cupied an open spto, was Hanked by a weather-beaten stae table, surrounded by wooden benchr, nnd had, evident ly, been reared b- some lover of nat ure. Rut the deih or absence of its owner had all owe the place to fall into decay, and i one in the little town had cared o expend time or money for its restration. Dr. Arnim ElbUil had won great re nown and an extejled practice in that distant Russian c't Wonderful stories were told of his sltll, which had, in deed, been phenonnlal. These stories the Russian scrvaitl Ivan, whom he had brought honiewith him, endeav ored to confirm in lis broken German, resorting to exprossi'c pantomime when words failed him. According to Ivan, Ids master had citf off innumerable noses anil ears, to ay nothing ot arms uid legs, and no ore had ever felt pain under his knife, licrcdible things in glass jars adorned his sleeping-cham ber. These Ivan dated evcrv mornin with reverential aw and not without i secret longing for ho spirits in which 'hey were preserved .The doctor somc- 'unes wondered tint the spirits in these jars had so oftm to be renewed, mil that his store xf Turkish tobacco lisappeared in suci incredible ways, As none of the othoiservants smoked, Mid tho housckeejer detested the "filthy weed," Ivan must have been the sole transgressr. In spito of sheeks often disteniHl, and an odor of Bxcellent tobacco hejnrried about with aim, ho denied this persistently, and the doctor coiitentc.j' himself with an occasional scolding, j Unable to speak Russian, although le both read and ivroto tho languaie. he had been jbligod to make out a list of reproving it a ivords from the dictonary. This li which began with 'rebel" and ended with "dog," ho woild read from his Basv-ciiair with "Tint solemnity; the Icliutiucnt standiii''' before him and listening with an aiiof utter annihila :ion, until, at the list word, ho would kiss the seam of his mister's coat, and sli like a guilty thin; over the thresh ed. Fraulein Mariaiue, the doctor cousin and housekeeper, had often in sisted on the dismissal of this "sav age;" but Ivan was to the doctor a liv ing reminiscence of a strange, active life on a foreign soil. Ho had thought to remain niKasan to tho end, but the inheritance, af a small fortune through the death of a distant relative ho had scarce knowa awakened in him :i s.idden homesickness for Germany, and for tho secludid little town afar from railways, where his cradle had stood, and which in an age of restless activity still dreamed . on as it had dreamed on for huulreds of years. Having purchased this vine-wreathed house which, during nil thoso years in a foreign land, hail stood before him a sort of enchanted vision, he sum moned his orphaned cousin Marianne, a model housewife, as his minister of tho interior. Marantic indeed sighed mentally that her cousin had chosen for a home his native town rather than some great capital, with its constant succession of ncv faces ami amuso ments. Rut yet the idea of reigning sole mistress of a household appeared so beautiful and enticing that she would have followed the doctor to tho ends' of tho earth. Sho had always liked him; sho felt great respect for him; his only fault in her eyes was an open aversion tfcniarriage. A physician who remained binglo was, to say tho least, unwise. Arnim would ward off her frequent reproaches on this score by declaring that tho unmarried physician, liko tho Catholio priest, fs much more eflicient than tho married one, being wholly devoted to his call ing without tho distraction of outside interests. " Only those undeterred by thought of wife or family saerilico themselves cheerfully, if it comes to that." ho said. "My patients csn attest that I am not destitute of a heart. Hitherto I have had no time for love to the individual; nowlt Is too late. Why need I marry when hands like yours keep my house in order and Ivan serves mo so faith fully? Why Htok to realize personally those torment which tho poets tolls us are inseparable from lovo, when I have scon and still mo so much of pain and sorrow in the livos of other? In that foreign land our Russian doctor hud wai tho name of "fathur" by arduni devotion to hie calling. The ailments of uldldiou had been his cs- 1 it..tl ii iv In that ombrr university city, there was scarce a boy or girl of J tho poorer classes who did not know i him, did not run after him as he passed along the streets and press its dirtv nose to the lappel of his coat. Many a beautiful pair of woman's eyes also fol lowed the manly figure with the thoughtful, noble face. Many a rosy mouth smiled upon him, many a fasci nating lady teacher offered to assist him in mastering that extremely difficult foreign idiom. Rut all these entice ments were lost upon tho doctor: he had no' time for them. And, besides, there was ono living remembrance that, liko a pastel picture undinnncd by time, roe constantly before him. Waking and dreaming there was ever present to him the face of a young girl wholly unliko these dark-eyed foreign beauties a pale, al most childish face with piquant nose, lustrous b'ue eyes, light-brown hair a lelicate, petite ligure with charming hands and feet, and a joyous, musical voice. This fair maiden who had thus capt ured the fancy of a somewhat grave, bookish studert, was the only child of French emigrant, a widower, who lived proudly isolated in tho vine wreathed house, intrusting tho educa tion of his daughter to an elderly French governess. Tho garden wall had then, as now, an artistically wrought latticed gate on the forest side. In the fine season, Arnim, who loved to study in the. open air, would take his Greek and Latin books to the forest, where he was sure to meet a child-like figure in a white dress with rich embroideries and dainty ribbons, skipping up and down tho broad, peb bled path. To tho amazement of our student, she always wore loose, light- colored kid gloves. Sometimes she stood close to the gate, her graceful head pressed against tho cold iron bars the broad-brimmed hat hanging from her neck by its blue ribbon, while tho eyes that gazed wistfully into tho dcep- greeu of tho forest mayhap caught a glimpse of the student whowalired hes itatingly past, and sometimes lut a book fall to impede his progress. This blonde child was qmto unliko other younr K'nls of the little town the sisters of his school-fellows. Sho did not at all resemble the burgomas ter's daughter, who was considered a model of good breeding and lino man ners. To Arnim she seemed coarse be side this stranger, who had about her something of the liliellula, something of the airy jrrace of that sliimr.icring- winged creature, destined to llit about for one brief summer's day, and then die. Tho forei.ni maiden sometimes' ap peared on the promunade a somber walk shaded by lindens, which sur rounded the little town but never without, her governess, a severe-look- in"; fantastii'.-illv-dressed and eldcrlv1 Frenchwoman. Now and then she would hang upon the arm of her father, and both would he chatting merrily. But tin seldoiU happened, as tho Mar quis traveled ljack and forth a great ileal, passing but little time at. homo. Once ui)i)ii a pring day, when the first May llowei were in bloom and bird-songs enlivened the forest, as Ar nim passed alon the wonted path, a great leather ball flow over tho gato and hit him in thclright eye. A sudden cry of pain escapild him, his book fell to the ground, audi momentarily blind ed, he grasped afi-r the nearest tree. The key turned hastily, tho gate creaked on its billies, and an excited liguro in white apiW.red before him. Soft little hands stught with gentle force to withdraw his own hand frcn Ids eyes, and a sweenvoice spoke con doling words in Frenili then to Arnim .in almost unknown nuigue. THEIIt KIKST ACQUAINTING!-:. Ho set his teeth this young girl nnst not know how he snffe'rod. And yet he was helpless, for ho coufil not open ids eyes. Angry at this help lessness, he thrust back tho little hands now gloveless, and turned afay. But they would not bo shaken off. Once more they wero extended, anilthe voice took on a pleading accent. Little its ho knew of French, Arnim was iwaro that tho girl was begging his forgive ness, ami wanted to take him to tho fountain in the midst of tho garden. His ieet still resisted, but his head and heart wero already on the way, along which ho at length suffered himself to be led. Soon he felt over his inflamed eyo a moist perfumed handkerchief. The pain abated, tho well eye Mowly opened nnd gazed into the lovely face that, flushed with mingled archness and anxiety, bent toward him. "Merci bicn mailt' moitelie," he said, heroically recalling ono of his few French phrases. " Ilortente!" cried a sharp woman's voii-o. The girl's small hands tou a web of lace from hop neck, laid it over the handkerchief and knotted it around the young student's soft blonde luiir. Than hurriedly slipping on her gloVes t-ho showed hop pal lout out throuich pio ;atu. As she did so, his ear cauuht en- 1 i Cyclonic. Volcnnlc Hitil Other nnnccrom Tj-ip f Vh-. A wave is a thing of beauty, but it is only a joy to those who watch it march ing in splendor and foam from the safe refuge of the shore. It is a very naus eating condition of voyaging. It makes the bone of ships creak a if they were full of rheumatism. It tills tho brain with a sense of ch-io. and one moment swings the moaning traveler to the stars and the next plunges him into an abyss hideiu- with gloom and the hiss ing ns of millions of snakes. To meas ure waves in a severe tempest is even more difficult than to mark effects. When tho weather rises to such fury as makes the seas colossal enough to ren der the determination of their height exceedingly important, there is usually too much anxiety, anil even distraction, for observation. The weight of tho wind is so violent that it is almost im possible to show one's face to it. For the true Andean sea ono must go down to Cane Horn perhaps to as far as sixtv degrees south. There are sail- ' ors who, standing at the wheel of a ship i running before these seas, will never willingly look behind them, lest the sight of the oncoming rampant of green water, arching toward tho taff rail, should unnerve them. Standing on a deck twenty feet above the water j line, you yet look up at the crest of these seas as at the top of a mountain. The gigantic grace, the huge majesty of these liquid Titans can not be de scribed. It is necessary to be hove-to to appreciate their height, volume and power; to watch from the low broad side Iheswelling approach of the mighty mass, with its freckled front and foam less head flickering in bottle green to the dull light of the gray sky; to feel the sweep of the ship up the enormous acclivity, and then, while for tho space of a breath only, sho hangs poN.ed with upright masts and shrieking rig ging on the headlong brow, to look down and behold tho valley beneath, into which the vessel an instant after slides like a comet. It is difficult to write of the seas which run in heavy weather. off the southern-ino.-t point of South America without risk of being charged with ex aggera ion; they must be soon, and a liltlo spell of custom will winder ad miration easy. It is impossible to be tossed by them in such vessels as now make the passage of the Horn without wondering by what miracle of hick or phenomenal merit of seamanship the old navigators were enabled to boat against them in their small, half decked boats, some no bigger than a Deal lugger, without a touch of the wealherly qualities of such craft. Rut let it not be supposed that the high wave is tho dangerous one. '1 he regular running surges may all bo as tall as the biggest hotel in London with a ninth fellow among them as high li the monument, and yet none prove nearly so dangerous as the pyramidal seas of the cyclone. Of all forms of vexed water the cyclonic agitation is the worst. Here is a whirlwind of as tonishing fury so many miles in diaine ter. For a little while it runs a steady sea, but presently its gyrations brings up a surge from another quarter, then comes the lull, followed by a frightful outtlyof storm from a direction opposite to the point from which tho wind last blew. The seas, coining into collision, fight like wolves. They snap and howl, leaping high in collided shapes in the very similitude of sentient passion. Tho staggering of tho ship is indescribable. There is no rythmic swing to give her motions something of tho vibrations of the pendulum. Her decks are lilled with water, while her bows dive into a chasm that has opened under her forefoot, a valley yawns under her stern and a hill of water Hashes up on either side. It has not been suggested that the a'titudo of the cyclonic wavo should bo determined. Probably there is no eyo alloat equal to such an undertaking. Another very uncomfortable sea is tho volcanic wave. It is not very long ago that a vossol, steaming through quiet waters on a dark night, was sud denly hurled up by an invisible billow that was reckoned to bo between thirty and forty feet high. Throe such waves passed under her, the last being the least in volume, and then all was dead flatness of ocean again. Tho stoutest heart might well thump to such an on vounter as this. London 'lelegruph. Character Training at Home. It is well for our moral roformors, who aro just now so hard upon tho common school for its deficiencies in moral training, to remember that the fair contrast is not between a groat school in tho lower wards of a metro politan city and an ideal family in tho most socluded, social, suburban pre servo; but hotween that school and tho homes of its children, and the swarm ing strcn's where they aro "tempted of tho dovil" at every corner, and crowded liko droves of cattle on the way to and from tho school-house. If tho critio would follow tho children from their school hours through tho tost of tho week, ho would seo that a majority, even in the best community, aro never under moral, sanitary, social and re fining rtitluoucos so elevatod as in tho school-house. Nothing Is gained by such overstrained and ono-slded pict ures of the defects of tho charaeter traiuing side of tho public schools as wo are often called to witness in our educational gatherings. They do great injustice to the teachers and schools, and play into the hands of those niitllg n an t ooeloidnMias, who forgot that even a burning zoal for religion does not UU8U from telling lies about tho people's common school. Education. TERRORS OF THE SEA. PULLMAN'S PALACES. The Trno Story of tho OrlRln of Great litlilln (niivrnlr-tirr. Various accounts of George M. Pull- j 1'rench c"""ut man's invention of the palatial sleep- Dr. Pasteur is getting moro and moro ing cars that bear his name aro alloat. famous every day, and his experiments They do not agree in general or in par- with his euro for hydrophobia aro turn ticulars. In imler to get an oxact and ing out successfully, authentic statement. Assistant Super- Sinco Jenncr's great discovery of in inteiulent .1. W. Stockton, of tho Pull- Jculatiou with virus for tho prevention man company, was asked for tho facts. )f small-pox, it has been tho object of Mr. Stockton reflected a moment, and 'dentists to discover moans for thoprc then said that Mr. Pullman told him rontion of other diseases in a similar tho whole story some two years ago. j manner. Ry means of tho microscopo His narrative was very interesting, not niinuto organisms, or microbes, wero only in itself, but as an illustration of discovered to bo tho causo of many tho" possibilities of useful inventions ; diseases of man and animals, and tho when attention is dueo fastened upon 1 question was to determine to what cx- thoin. Mr. Pullman's statemont, as Mr. Stockton recalls it, was substantially as follows: After tho idea had been conceived and the patonts obtained, Mr. Pullman went to Chicago and hail his first ear built there, nutting all his Tho cost of ' money Into the venture tho work was about $13,1)00. In all its essential features the car was tho model on which the Pullmans of tho present day are constructed. Tho build ing was, of course, watched with tho utmost euro and impatience, but, curi ously enough, it was found, after tho car was done, that it was so wide that , : the1 Hue' Z l 11 t .1... .1 t where it was to run. As Mr. Pullman had put all his funds into the coach, and no ono else was ready to contribute for construct ing a new one on a smaller scale, ho naturally lost heart in some measure. The car was stored at Chicago, and tho enterprise was given up for tho time being. No use was made of the vehicle until the assassination of President Lincoln finally gavo tho inventor tho desired chance to enter on tho road to famo and fortune. Mr. Lincoln's body was to bo taken from Chicago to Spring lield for burial, and tho question of its transportation was brought up. Some one suggested that this unused palace drawing-room sleeping car bo em ployed, and Mr. Pullman hurried to get it ready. Tho Chicago & Alton railroad, under the strain of tho groat excitement of tho time, sent out gangs of men forthwith along tho lino to nar row up tho station platforms and re move other obstructions so that the oar might pass. This being done, tho car was used as was proposed, and, as all tho great newspapors of the world wore intent on publishing every item of in terest about thu burial, Mr. Pullman's invention of course became tho subject of universal comment. From that moment its success was assured. Tho Pullman Company as it now ex ists was founded in 18G7 with a capital of $1,000,000. Its stock to-day repre sents nearly $10,000,000, besides $2,000, 000 debenture bonds. Tho Pullman ears are operated on nearly 80,000 miles of railway in the United States, Canada, Mexico anil Fngland, and in spito of somo grumbling about charges, aro universally recognized as tho finest railroad equipment in any part of the world. Boston Olobe. SWEET POTATOES. How to l'litnt iimT Cultivate! tho Tender Vouiie Sprout. Tho sweet potato can not bo planted out before what may bo called good corn weather, and as this will not occur before June, tho middle of April is timo enough to start tho bed. Eighteen inches of manure, or just enough to givo a gentle bottom heat, is sutlielont, tho sun under tho glass doing most of tho work. After the bed is mado and boat started it is ready to plant. Lay over tho manure six inches of sandy soil; if all sand, just as well or better. Halve tho potatoes leiigthwiso and lay flat on the sand they may nearly cover tho ground. Sprinkle over tho top just enough sand to barely cover tho potatoes. After tho young sprouts I have started their roots into this sand nnd thu tops aro about six inches high, they are slipped off, and each shoot Is a plant and ready for tho ground. Only a light, friable soil will grow them profitably. This is thrown up by tho plow into ridgos four feet apart. Tho plants aro dibbled out on thoso ridges ono foot apart tho cut worm often destroys quantities of the sets, and must bo watched for, destroyed when found, and other sets put out whero needed. At least a couplo of ciops of sprouts can bo taken from one set of tubers, and any timo in Juno will do to plant thorn, so there is no danger of not having plenty of plants. It takes from 8.000 to 10.000 sots por acre. Stable manure is tho host St. Louts Jlepublican. White Specks In Butter. Your correspondent says in substance that white specks are occasioned by dry croam. With all her precautions, If she will placo in tho churn with hop cream a quantity of thickly-soured milk sho will find a corresponding quantity of whlto specks, as sour milk is tho one and only causo of whlto specks. The sour milk forms a sub stance liko cheese curd, which Is sepa rated only by tho process of washing, while washing with a barrel churn tho specks can nearly all bo eradicated. Sho takes great stock in water setting, and hero we will agree with hop. on tho ground that when milk is sot in a cream er the cream Is taken from the milk while tho milk Is perfectly sweet and free from any sour milk to form white specks, and from our experience wo havo becomo thoroughly convinced that no farmer can profitably conduct a dairy without a good opo.imepy, ospoolally a winter dairy, as the los of cream in extremely cold weather will moro than offset - tho expense of a good ercaiuopy. Country Qc itleman. DR. LOUIS PASTEUR. Wonderful Wucoverle Mnilo by tho Great tent diseases conld bo prevented by inoculation of diluted or weakened poison into tho system for preventing tho discaso usually produced by tho poison. Louis Pasteur has mado many won derful discoveries in this new branch of "lciliuinc lu,t before that ho was well Known as a successiui scionusi in cnum ical nnd physical matters. Ho was born in Dolo in" 1822 and was appointed toucher of ehomlstry at Resancon, anil then at Dijon, and finally was nppointcd professor of chomistry at Strassburgin 1819. In 1857 ho conducted ll o Normal school In Paris, and in 18G3 was ap- Sor lcySo, bonne Ho was compelled to resign tho latter position as ono side of his body became paralyzed; but ho grad ually recovered his health Hutllcjonlly to be ablo to tako up his chemical re- ! searches, and in order to enable him to give his full attention to his studies, the French Government has granted him an annual pension of 12,000 francs sinco 1871, which has been raised to 20,000 francs recently. Since 1870 Pasteur has given all Ida attention to contagious disoases, such as anthrax, chicken cholera and rabies of dogs. All these diseases aro caused l3 parasites of microbos, and ho claim ed that by inoculating part of tho poi son in small quantities and very much diluted into tho system a person Is loss apt to bo affected by tlieso disoases, than thoso who have not been thus in oculated. Troussait previously mado experi ments with tho blood of animals suffer ing from anthrax, butPastour has suc ceeded in raising anthrax Vacllli In a. drop of blood, and by preserving tho germs upon certain substances, thoir strength as a poison was diminished to such an extent as not to causo any dis ease. Injoetion of this diluted poison protected animals so that very few suf fered .from anthrax when formerly on- tlro herds woro killed N. 0. Picayune. IMPOSING ON NATURE. Cnmlloit Fruits Which Will Keep Well In Any Cllmiitc Until quite recently all of tho can died fruits that wore seen at tho Broad way fruit stores and confectioners wero Imported from France. Now most of them come from California. Tho French fruit is put up in a moro showy manner and brings a higher pricothan, tho domestic fruit. Rut tho California, product is just as good eating, and with a little praetico will equal tho im ported fruit in appearance. Tho niothod of preparing tho fruit is simple, but requires good judgment to be successful. In tho south of rranca It has grown to lo a groat industrj-, as nearly all of Europo Is supplied from that soctio-i. In preparing tho fruit, pears, pineapples and quinces aro pared; citrons aro quartered, and tho pits of cherries, apricot and poaches aro removed. Tho fr.ult is then im mersed in boiling water, which quickly penetrates tho pulp, dissolves and elim inates tho juice. Then tho fruit is re moved and tho water drained off, Icav ving only tho solid portions of pulp in tact. This is thou immersed in lnrgo earthen pans, in a sirup mado by dls sohing sugar in water. Tho sirup in turn ponotratos tho pulp and gradually replaces tho fruit juices. In about six weeks it is thoroughly impregnated with sugar, and Is takou out and wash ed In pure water, if it is to bo glazed, it is dipped into a thick sirup and loft to harden In tho opon air. This pro duces a transparent coating. If tho fruit Is to bo crystallized, it is dippod in tho sirup and then driod slowly in a kiln boated to ninoty degrees. This produces a granulated appearance. If properly done, candiod fruits will bear transportation to any climate, and will preserve thoir quality and flavor for a year. Tho imported fruits aro put up in neat bonbon boxes with glass fronts. The California fruit is assorted and placed in fancy paper boxes, holding ono or two pounds each. N. 1'. Mail and Express. European Postal Statistics. Tho Austrian Ministry of Commerce has just issued a statistical publication on thu post and tolegraph services during tho your 188G. Tho returns show an in crease of GJ per cqnt. in tiio letter post, and tho accounts for tho same year closed with a surplus of noarly 4,000, 00011. Somo Interesting figures arogivoit rolativo to postal intercourse, which is ludicativo of tho degreo of civilization In the various European countries. First of all comes Groat Britain, with 1,-180 letters and 410 newspapers for every hundred of inhabitants; then wo havo Switzerland, with .1,27-1 letters nnd 2,181 newspapors; and Germany, with 2,43-1 letters and l,lfi2 nowspapors. N'ext follow Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Franco anil Austria-Hungary. Tho corresponding figures are ror Austria 1,773 mid Sill, and for Hun gary 7G9 and 301. At tho end of thu list stiijd Russia nud Bulgaria.. X. VosU n