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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1893-06-30, Page 7, ••• t—a ar4:41.410.11- a TllR KITCIEN Tfre. Ei.p.crt$,. COsiu6.... HEALTHFUL SUMMER DRINKS erne. Heates---Easily • Haile Soups,- . . New saiads—strawiserry _ cakes and prineeringa-- Summer Drinks --little Hints. T -the. tables, of most Well -regulated _families .meat pie is , one of the substantials; Indeed it lee -when properly Made, -a- taetefut and appetiz- e ing as- well asa most nutritious: and. emu-- omteal dish. Botched • '6 is a dish uot to_ be tolerated. Here ia. a recipe fietn :the port.. folio of one.of the leaclz ing American s cooks: who -hair a reputation extending beyond the • American continent -,- Goo]) _BEEF FIE. RS,Nra a pound of lean, tender Nei ent in a solid piece ifspeseible. :With a verysharp knife once it into thin -pieces. Have ready • a forcemeat made- of two: tiuncee of fine bread crumbs, less than one-fourth ounce of lemon -rind pared very thin and minced - extremely, small - otte-fourth . ounce of • savory herbs, two-thirds .parsiey, one-third • . thyme, fitielyeniincecie a little grated nat- : _ meg, en 1i1 to*.poonfiAl of eat, and pep- • per Or sayehhe to taste. Break into these • 7 two ounces- Of good batter in shuall bits, the --nabeaten yoke of oneegg and with -the fingers 'Work the whole tilt:well mied.,Lay • -theslices of beei--upon. a. floured board and • lay on each some_of the forcemeate'reilling tiplike a sausage.:. Then:- lay evenly in a deep dislaandlialf cover with water, adding • a little more salt for -the gravy ; border the • edge of the dish with paste, Wetting it with water or egg to keep it in place; the wet, • ting the top of this lay on the cover of ps.ste.' Bake, in a. well -heated, but not fierce oven, for an hour. - -If the paste is done before the meat, stand it on top -of the stoVei ••• _ mExicas The Mekiearis and Spaniards have Berme • dishea that .it *does not require trained -pm- ated t� appreciate.- It ia easily made and is • far from being an -expensive dish. • - _Tale onepoundot sin beef, or- knuckle of veal, and two- pig* feet; and two tivarts of cold water; when boils,- Skim care; When the, iMeat: iS half done, add • one pint - of wax beans, -half a pint of -ahredded-eabbage hal a pint of very small pew patatees. and tWO large tablespoonfais of rice. • When nearly done, cater withrsaf- iron and season, to taste.: - atiatistina STEAIs. Out a_potrod of beef, from the round, the geason with salt -and- pepper, - two. .eitioonfule-of onion- juice, and if desired a very iittle umnier savory. Wet the hands inecolc1.1" watert without -drying 'form - the meat into smaiii-flat •steaks the shape_ of a •-outlet. - Brett/a two tableepoonfuIe- Of but- ' .text or idrippings in a frying -pan and - Tiro 31 the steaks on one side until cooked half- - 'way, through; 'then turn and brown on the • other,- Sortie with brown eitice made - from • the butter remaining in the •Pa21„ to which • add one tabiespeanful of flour. . Stir -until smooth and brown, then . add one 0.4 of stock and stir Until-it-thiclrenee seaion with • salt and pepper. - eptisSie of Solve. - The weather is -never too hot for soup, and the- variety that may • be readily Coins • pounded during the sunimerseason is only. • limited by the capacity.- of the cook t� Vary the numerous ingredients - always within • easy r€aeh. Greeh peas are corning in and the itellowing Will be found a most palatable GREEN. PEA - . • Four pounds of beef out into email pieces, 'half peek- of green peas, one:gallon of Water, : half a- Cap, of rice:flea; a small qaantity chopped parley and'gait and pepper to taste. Boil the empty pods of the peas in - the water one-heurt then Atrata and put the. heefinto this pea water, and boil steady for one hoar .pd a half; After boiling one. hour add the Shelled peas, and 20 minutes later add ie 'rice..,flour. with Balt, pePper and Parsley. -After adding these ingredients: • stir irequentIy.te prevent ecoroltingr Strain • into a:hot - tureen and Eerie immediately. • • Ti1R1i1P,A7'..p TOMATO SOUP.. Chep up: an union and cotit it in a cols- ered, pia for ten minutes with:2 or g.ounees of butter or clarified dripping ; then pour on to it a quart of boiling water- or weak Stock ,add. 4 or 5. turnips, a potato and half a can of tomatoes; .the vegetables all chopped -up sniatl ; season to taste with pepper and salt, and then let them all -aim, , liiiier geettly together till qaite.tender, when • they must bo allrubbed through a- st.eve together ; pit back into the pot witha little bit 'of butter, just to boil up, and.servevery hot. - Two TritiStalads.:x • The theee is very seatotisible. One Word • of - edvica. iS necessary—to get only • fresh, sinind fruit for it if you would secure the best results.. - • • • STRAWBERRY SALAD.: • • Put the strawberries in a glass. :dish with . -alternate :layers of pilled pineapple: The • freehie better,: but the canned pineapple *may be.used. It- ehould- be palled instead of slieed,because the slices retain too .rimeh. of the tbugh fibre. There are no two -.flavors- that conthine mere perfectly than. _these el the strawberry and the'pineaKile. When the- pyramid of fruit i completed, the atrawberrfes of tioniseron top, pour Over the whele either:wine fir the Strained juice_ threcelemons and two orange's -2. oweterted to tette. 'Keep it ttu the lee wail ready to eon the table. • • A `toppTER SALAD. Oae can Of letster: chopped fine, twelve - - vinegar, one table4eoelui of. mustard, one tablespoonful -of p4per,_ piece of butter else of an. egg, half edip meet cream,' two raw 'egge :beaten- with the ingredients. Heat Until. _boiling, and 'pour on the -.eggs and - lobsters-, garnish with parsley leaves _and eggs out in thin slices. - Strawberries. Strawberries „should. always be washed before they are used, but it ehould be done quickly and in very cold water, or their delicate flavor may be injured. 'Either held eefew in the hand and dip quickly in water, trr place a few at a time in a colander and pour the water Civer them. STRAwBERRY PIE. . . , -Line a.deep pie -plats with rich paste and bake a delicate 4rown. Have ready enough strawberries to (.fill the shell; When it is nearly leaked add. sugar to the .fruit and. make a meringue:of whites of two egg's and two tables/seen:bale of powdered • Enigma Quickly fill thee shell With berries; spread tie nierhigue,rOughliover the top, •• return to the oven and brown slightly.- Servecold. rag CREAM. Four quarts . of strawberries with their caps on, and four cupfuls 'of granulated sugar. ." Mash the berries with the., sugar, and 1b them stand several hours' -• ;then strain the. faiee: • -Use four ijarta ofcreate and -four aupfulla of -White sugar.Add the. juice ef the atrawborries And beat the. whole .t0.a Stiff :froth.. - seitorer eAkin; One quart of flour, - font teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoonful of salt, one _heaping teaspeenfut of finger, three table; epoopfele. 'of butter, one or two egga. If enesegg, use one large_ cup' of milk, and if tstb eggs use three-quarters cap . of milk. Mix the 'day -ingredients together and sift the fteur. Pat inthebatter tor shortening; Beat . the egg -until light-colored and thlelc add it to the' Milk, and then add- it to the flour mixture. * Divide it into .- four parts; Roll each part into a round cake _the size of a pie -plate.. Put One layer` on the plate and spread it -with a little -softened butter. - Piet .on the' other a layer _anal bake in a hot .oven about twenty minutes. a While warm, separate, and spread with berries and pow- - . - _tiered Sugar." • STRAwBERRy.DuMpLINGS.. FAM Makea dough precisely the eerie as for rithshertcake -: roll into athin -sheet and . s ut with. a large- . cutter or pint bowl. Put on each piece half it•dup ofstrawb:erries, a heaping teaspoonful of sugar .and two bits of butter. , Moisten 'ate edgos with :white: of .egg, fold Over: and fasten . together like turnover, "Sift powdered.- eugar over the top: and bake on a buttered. paper fifteen -Min- utes. • . :Serve hot With a gauge Made as,folloWti : Boat to a .Iight creain one teaeupful. of pow- dered -sugar and:a piece of butter -the Adze- of *large egg , -then add by degreie a heaping cap of ststra:wberrisie, beating vigorously; stand on ice. - summer: iar4rka. • A.healthful. and pleasant drink for hat Weather,particularly fOr -.thoei Who are nerveless and Iankaid, - is Koumies Of course, you cannot get the Arabian . article, prepared from Mares! :milk, but a good artiele-of -pow* milk makes a geed beverage.;. This is how it is made : . RCUMISS. Scald One quart of milk: Dissolve one- quarter of a yeast -cake in two tablespoon, -fais of lukewarm Water,- add ,two table, spoonfuls of sager, stlr -until "melted's-, then add this to the scalded .-milkpour into jers which 'close tightly, place upright in a temperature of 70 degrees 'for 12 hours; then on the side in a :temperature of- 55 degrees- for: 24-. _hours; • • - STRAWBERRY ACID.. , - - This will make a . inept reiceihing drink for the sick as well as - for the table.- To one'cleart of -good. Cleat vinegar add a'quart of berries; • A little more or less of the fruit makes no :diastenee. Let .thera standt.)4 houreand •strain, taking' are not to squeeze the bag. Add • .more bodes' to the same vinegar, repeating the: process three or. four times until the vinegar has fully acquired the calor: and flavor of the fruit: Itis better and .has a: fresher fiavar if it is .not Cooked or -sweetened trait used.: Then add 'Sugar, .water and cruehod ale. to taste. Goodln-Ousekeepings- - • - . . - Lime Pints. - Aftertaking °eke from. the oven- let it -remain, in the pan forfive minutes ; it .will 'then cerise out eaaily without breaking:. ,- A raw egg swallowearat onceshoald -de.i,, taeh -.a 'fish bone-lodged:in the throat. . We - in a lump to answer the eame 'imposer- ' I have known A bitet dry - -bread swallowed Cairo, liver is :excellent When broiled. Parboil it a moment by - peuring. boiling -water . on, it a Wipe it dry, di -h- in Melted butter, dredge with -flour, -. and broil over a - . • . - - c:eAr fire. - . - - • .. •. To dean silver and brass : Take ens) qeart. of _rain Water, add' two ounces: ref atamenia and three .ounce is at precittitated shake r before using. - -y Wash silver: in hot, chalk; Bbttle ' and keep Well. corkd ; arid soapy s water :and rinse in clean, hot water. - , A laundreSs says that she Mixes's( .pieee of alum about - the size of- - a hickory --nut ' with - every:pint Or • starch. .-The alum is I diesolVed- and : then Stirred i into. -starch. -- This preparation is used . for estiffening t. gingharner muelina - and Calicoes. - These, ; fabrics so treated will "retain their beauty of {- csalaring. for a long time. . 1 _ Vinegar and : ealt. will clean the bleak crust off sheet iron frying pans, )11.0 they. i. should else' thoroughly tedoured afterward 1 e.viitili sand soap Or any good.eceuring kap. . ., . .. . .• • marshal Maeliaiton.. .1 France's Grand Old Man is Marshal Mac- , Mahoni-whesa 85th birthday wilt be July l3bIi. He intends to signalize the GeekSi011 by-compieting: his -memoirs on that day.- ' They willinciade the narrative of his active service in Algal% the •Crimea, in Northern Italy, for which he was made Dake of Magenta, and in the France -German War, 1 culminating in Sedan, where he was I -wounded. Unfortunately, the niemoirs will %hard-boiled eggs °nerved- : fine) one -cup of • . not be.-pribliehed until a stated periodiong- 1 after the Marslial'e death.' - - • - The differeace. 'of time _between New York and Liverpool Is nob gait° five hours Roe flour makes one of ..t,he best cements in the World.- elt- is Mixed with cold water, them gently boiled over a:slow fire until it becomes clear, when it is ready for use. It- is good not only for a common.paste but _when Made Very thick it may be melded like wax, and is- oapable Of taking - a high. ohh• -, k.:„4,Af. _ The emancipation of Woman cannot said to be entirely complete until reparters pay more attention- to what she - says and - less tri What she wears. • •••• ROE -AND.-:-.1TALTTAKE 4•Inmni••••••••W Kigh Prices Paid for the t - • 1).Oilar of 1.-f.304. • •00141TElegITERS , 1114.1c1Nti .6114.0INENS. • PROp0a. -.of , clariont - -coins, sayS4 Boston ex- change,:, one - -..-cifl. the - - rareSt.coine,-. if .itipt the most rare; of theUnited States- -Mintage IS the silver edollar: of 1894.: -NoW and then ''cine is _. .sold to a -Collector; :ler a big sum, andonlya. fa; days-. ago; there was. ,ai. - tramiactiOn of this nature in Boston. . 1 . • -. - :-i ..-. • ' . -Not. long - ego: Tir. E. 'Skinner) -6 Washington street . dealer incoins, heard - thatj one -ref - these ...rare". dollars- was .held. by Aohn F. Whitley; the -registry clerk in the-Tau/1ton peettafficer , gr. ,Whitley • found We. -coin littered atvati among his father*: pes4eseitins soon after- the _: latter'death.- .-Skinner opened cOrrespencleuee With Whitley and offered-$1,000.fOr the eurleeity,- but oyeu :this offee_falled.te tempt the. possessor, Who evidently had someridea of -its .WOrtli. - •- .Finally the dealer, who had an 'order .. for a. specimen of thieemintage: . tram some one in:NoW.YOrk, 'raped his eget to :$1,200,end. at: thie- .figure a the rellyer piece lahaaiged hands. - --*-- .., - -.--.. --- - - .. - ' -- a•--- l• ,- . • : . Dealers and collectors differ in theirstate-L; menissas to how Many.: of these - dellars-aria knosiin. to beextant.-. Some ay four, ethers' eight, • while Mr; : Skinner says: he- can locate: twelve: j : Four of these, he. aays „are:held-WI New England,- •one:b.eing - owned b . Capt. i Nathan .Atipieton, _ of Beeton.; . sine by :LOringGr Par.neelee, also: ofiBoston.eorte baa William -Brown, of -7 SaIeni; and one other,' the Owner of which he 'three not , rearietn.beri 4. . -.; writer on_thieteribjeet says,in natrticle, published not many years : agda •that-Col4 Pitineae.-Adains;, of Manchester, N. H.,: hatiiii a specimen for which he.peld ;500; itAnother: was purehase.din.-188-9 by -Dr. Waithe-r., _Of St. 1 Pard.„-- Minn.,,e frinn an old Nerwegits4 settler, ; Who - had long•treasured- it. in. * stocking. :The Doctor aecii4ed this-japed:lined for $150. . Alittle previeiis to, .thle a ma4. named-- S... L. - Cohen ,boight at Ispseinsen somewhere ifn Tennessee- !for -s150:-. - -T44 - )3titish.Mtieetirti holds one .1for v whir* it, paid, -.$800,. and. theme's' one sin exhibition in the Philadelphia ' -Mint, : This 4:doonnts. for eight or -possibly ;nine of these. dialers.. • . , • The Whele - history - of 1- -thin coinage...-. is shrouded in :Mastery; !According tothe Mint -records, 19,570. -silver. dollars -• were .coltioalA 1804e. This lei: the last !authentic record . of . the Mintage, .anditis not.knOsin 4h:ether .they were held in the Treasury and sabatenently. Striick eve.rainto a-- later date or -whether they were sent to Africa te • -pay off our sail*, as one story run. .• ' :. .. •1 - It is that Capt. . --Hall, of the United Statee Secret : Servide . in the: West,- who • Was :aecidentally Shei* in 1887.,, was at the time of his death investigating the counterfeiang el antiquated -coins for crillectiOne.ai Slump- nia.ties: - : . - e . : „ -. •-' I - s1- ' His attention was firetraWri to this 80- ject by the hale of an 1804. dallar At -*n auction sale- of a collection in - Philadelphia, .The:captaia exaMined the coin, 0.,..a. .t, once questioned site gemeinenees; and, on teekiisg it to the =bat, it found to be -.a. couutera :fat.. ,- :, : `.- 's '.: • -% • -h [ .. - i" - Under the action -of aeids:',IShich, 'Were . • al .- - applied slight-. traces of a' -ligbter; metalwere disecivered, niarking. _aeinplete. equare, 1 at _ . the bate' of - the: figure -. , 4, -.. of - One 1804 's and A . farther • expert. analkila disclosed d :thee' fact fpf its : .being V a Modified -dollar-- .-.ef -1.895, , of---. which ieelie :there Are. Many .; -.. the 5 had :been --drilled eat and the opening,'plagged -With- a:isi-34 " taken. ftord e mire other Otnie. -. The oohs had thou:been treated '.to...corresiver aCicl to -give it the old and Worn look! .. •.-- .. i r.., ,It. iS farther :stated --;" by . persons Well pested. en the subject that the dies for .1thie .mintage were out of iii,!.e -poitfrOsiliii ofthe -Mint _for Osier a year aio.-.-a haithefer.e they were . destreyed., -iszsda4 is believed , that manyof theapecirmen now held in collec- 1 tions were made at thi. Vine.. ,Thie wave in 182S,it - I ee .. seiel.. -: i-- Snell* .prareedure: is, -.. &arise, a- penal off,eaceliand. the. storyfnay -be entirely without foundatien,,aithoug . :it is .. credited by. many students of --mliniss _ .. inat-., - - •, , ics, , st • - -. - .. - -4 - - - _ .. When the holleo thin, of H. R. -Linder at one time direetor of the Mint.' Was: i:sOld teatietientin: New York ' in 1888, iii fiae preof of: -the 1804 dollar -lotthight $470:- The market Value of the aim Varies.... QaO cata- logue -fiX.Se it :at; $2,90, *While estiotier - offers $600-fer specimens. :Collector* vi41-aei their -specatens.at from $I,000 to-$2s0C0-. t :The dollar:has a ilyin titgle with: thOteen stars upon the edveree, while the fate .L. Iteers ithe date tonda head Of p40.09ticlet4§141-ai. erty With -flowing: hair. .... t - . • Whole chances, "11 1 bad half a chance I'd marry"re- maarked a handsome intllionaire bache or-. to EL good-looking girl. • Bat you never wi thave," she asserted. "Why not? " he eskedi somewhat taken aback. • - ;-!‘-.Becauee," and she smiled in -a war fascinated him, "every 'clia,nee in yo whole ono." a_ • . It was the merest chance she took -11sutit netted her a million and oi.mati. I - What marriage Really that r °see • I 4i A die/Pius/Ionized wonian. Aiports n her s. xperience and observation of ,matimony that "marriage is just this: '3`.,ou have a beautiful wreath and Veil on your wedding day. - - The first _week passes- I Welh • The secondweek you have vont mOutli full ;of clothespins. • The- third -a -you- are trOtting two Miles with .s; basket loking for rt cheap meat. And after that you are looking for cheap meat all the rest of your life." Spirituassen worsts Bating. . . . s,pecial fram -Birminghara, Ala that #-a visitor frees, the spirit worl to Firaiiir Elmore in a dream and t the location* of. a buried fortune of In silver and $5;000 . in' geld. -Mr. followed the spinit's direction and r" carne .d him. 20,000 Bnaro u u the wealth. More practical prOseltizrg.. Of this -kind would. eoesi - mike- spiritualitts'.cf :1r all: • ,• • - ' • I It'a an open question whiehis the most objeetionable; a boi boy.- ada Hakes a Gal ShOw of Yruits and Vegetables. IMSBY MEN TO THE FORE. Now is a Good Time to Go to the •Fair. • cOST OF 33EDS AND MEL Fara, Jacsse'orr:Paux, Canada has broken out in a new place the past few days, and has now an exhibition the -north annex of the Horticultural -Building, the Only complete display of roots l'and vegetables- made by -any country. -It faccupies a prominent place, and, while some f;et.the other Provinces are well represented, Paterio, as uiraale leads and fills about half the space allotted to the Dominion. : • 1- • Mr.. •Jaaries Barclay, of Binbrookl. Well ilinewis in :Hamilton no d'onbt,. Who has ,hitherto been -identified -with the -depart, anent of cereals; is n w in charge of the vege- table exhibit.' • .He is assisted by Mr. AMOS, !Burkholder; of Barton,- and .between the* they have aucceeded - in making it exceed- ingly attraetiVe and Valuable. The Can- ada, section is 'Slant the •firet thing seen as; :one -enters - the noathern...annet from the 'Sixtieth street 'entrance, and one hail but to, ignore the surroundings and imagine him- scif one of the- Vegetable courts .-of the Centralat Hamilton. It wOuld-catchTriend Pirie's eye at once, were be here to enjoy it. The vegetables werec011ected, as were the fruits;froni leading' growers .in Western and Central'Ontario and Placed in cold storage bete last Being of tougher are, they fared „better than the fruits,- and are in splendid condition, 'giving -an 'additional proof . of the • . 1-• -• ; - WONDERFUL RESOURCES OF OUR ,PROVINCE. The vegetables 'exhibited include niani•-• gelds, Uvula*field and table carrots and. beets, parsnip; onions, radieheie . etc:, but mod itt evidence are the potatoes, of which no lees than 182platesare shown, -inpludibg 86 distinct Varieties. The largest exhibit* is Mi. W. Murray, . of Algoma, . who has 66, entries of - potatoes to his credit. - The -exhibitors - are as follows: S. - Hunter,- ' • Beverly; A. Heolman'St. George;;; P.Hill,- Burton ;I W. Marshall, Anceeter ; J Hard% Flambere ; Berrie, Galt _ R Waiker, &master. 1 S. *Leer Saltfleet ; T. A. Cox, Paris -CA Diitters, Hamilton; W. B. Thorndike, Sirneoe ; F. Gage, Barton ; P. Hill,- Onon- daga; W. F. _Kidd, Sinicee.; J. Parker, Stmeoe ; , Major -Walker, Ancitater William Murray, ' Laird, - Algoma; T. MCCorinick, • Ancaster ; P. Otman- Copetown :Allen • Bros, Winena • F. 'Book, Bearesville t E. Kitchen, Grimsby; • We A, Beisr.be Reckton B. • Manu,&mitt.; Nialter, Oneida'P. Shapely, L. p-..Wisnefi .Wellaudport; F. A. Nelles, Seneca; J. Hall,. Sheridan; E. Hunter Seneca a WM. Legor, Burford ; 3. Ander- son & Sop, .flapaasene ; A. Guthrie, Weod-.• bridge ; H. Peach,. Coningsby; J. A -Briggs, &tote ; C. -.Scott, ; J. Adams, -Sraithville ,; J. Blaine, St. -Catharines* f; A. Chambers, Fairfield- Plain' ; j. F. Clark, Harley; •Fulton, Erin.; B. Walker, Onopda P. Bowman, Fenwick. W. Kemp, Oakville; T. Teasdale, Concor'd. Thef011o wing I are . the different varieties of.pOtatees on exhibition: White elephant, red Dakota; white star,- Chicago market Canadialered,- early summit, early Puritan, 6E41i-re:se; Motor, red elephant, wander of the world, Irish cup, May.'9ueen early, Genese seedling, rprairie Dawson, Everett, Vermont beauty, -early sunrise, red Carlile, Olark No: 1, summit red, pride of the val;, ley, white Champion„ Thorborn, beauty of Hebron, late. - rose, General -Havelopk, itherbern . • extra. early,. Monroe .seedling„ early frame,- -California cup, -rose -beauty, daisy, Rosedalestret, Morning star, Empire State, queen of the valley, rural New Yorker,• USW white ! star, Barpee's early, Canada white, Dakota red, negro, Dean Mountain, early Zealand, Rosedale; white -kidney, *Owir ' jewel, linoW- 'taker . Cummings, snowflake early, Chicago, St. Josaah polaris,_golden flesh, herbornis late:rese,Clarle No. 1, Irish pink ye,. 'early ;London, early potato NO 106, Barbank seedling, St. Patrick, wild Indian, barnee* -extra: early; old -red, inch .1), E. F. -seedling No. 117, Lee's prolific, 'Napoleon, Corley% thatehless, Queen Of the ,meadow, early favorite, O. E. F. • seedling No., 851, . Pearce's Prize . winner, Peewee extra early, General Gordon,: lankattan; red elephant early, :,white- elephant, echo, mat:Olivia, Green Moantain: • THE- EXPERIMENTAL .FARM AT BRANDON. ,s well to the front 'with a" -beautiful exhibit of Northwest vegetable preduati, • and Quebec and the -Maritime - -Provinces also occupy their !Tao. to . advantage. Xn the centre is a; trophy of canned fruits, picklee, etc., Mostly from Ontario, 'though a Winni- peg firm shows pickles in glass equal in ap- pearance t� the finest English. . . . - • AN ACTIVE OFFICIAL. • - I AM not sure whether .1 have alluded in these letters to the excellent work clMie by Mia L. 'Woolierton, of Grimsby; Dchninion. Superintendent of Iorticultate: .The work of the fruit Men has been anything but enviableepasiing in a great degree to the defective cold storage, but kr. Woo:Iverton has managed to make and keep. the Do- minion fruit exhibit) one of the meet attrac- tive on the grounds. It 18 no light most to any Man _to be recognized' in the white city as an.. authority in any -idepart- Ment, where expert* from all the World are gathered' together, and I take a great deal of :pleasure in recording . the fact that Mr. Woolverton and -Mr. A. H. Pettit,- also .of • Grimsby, have been honored by behig appointed Vice - "President and Secretary respectively of the ColUmbiairPonsological Association, formed :among the fruit growers in attendance it I the Fair, which has already made itself felt in securing theabrogation of s: number of obnoxious regulations made by the central 1 authority which would have made it im- possible to keep up the supplies of fresh fruit throughout the season..' The, society Wrens gni oragirlstrous will'also. be the. means of promoting good - _ • followship.among the fruit growers of the • 1- , _4 • t•et-v.. *odd, and securing no doubt the inter* change of fruitprednots StTPPLIES oF FRESH PRM. In this co:motion I would again urge oa. Ontario fruit growers generally the import - fence of co-pperating•cordially with the cam/ mission in sending supplies of fresh fruit for, exhibition during the season. The direst benefitmay not be apParent, but it the good impression our !Leta has made already fa susbabted, :the range over which it is dis- • tributed wilibe enormonsly increased, and - every fruit grower will get his Sim°. The. Government provides packages and .payl expenses of transportation., -Canadlauagen- erally need to ba better acquainted with the y OITROus FRUITS OF CALIFORNIA,. "Whish are ea of_ the m.esb promlneub features of the horticultural department. Oranges • and lemons are here by the him -tired thousand, and their delicious flavor and aroma is in most marked contrast to the insipid stuff' from the Mediterranean that has hitherto been the ohief source of supply tor Cenada., The California aieople tell me they- . intend cultivating the Canadian market, and they will undoubtedly soon control the trade that looks for quality. TIM CROWD at the fair is increasing, and the daily ad. missions are now sufficient to -13110V1 -& Wm. ance over operating expenses. There dew not seem any disposition as yet to bring 'railway fares down very low, but I would advise all whocan possibly de sos not to wait too long,- but to eome now, -when the weather is not oppressive, when everything Is at its best, and when the- -crowd is non excessive. •The additional comfort of travelling by regular trains will more thee balance the additional fare. Accommoda- tions, too; arecheaper and more easily hail than, they -will be later. There- are thole. sands of rooms in hotels and private hollows within walking distance of the fair, to be had at a dollar a 'day, and .leas if templed by more thanoneperson, and the prices of Meals outside the grounds are as reasonable coin any city on the eontinent bud& SOME, of the restaurants are high in priee* but some are Moderate. Considering every- thing no one need be afraid -of extortion who has common Senn enough not to allow him- self to -be imposed upon. -0.' W. YouNG. MING OFF 1,4404. Terrible Ravages of Atrial,. Fever FoldLow • 'Floods in the Transvaal; • Phe Johannesburg -corresportdenVef the Standard furnishes saints Idetails of the deeds and fever which have devastated the- Transvaal.- He states that in.Africa fever always followed floods, and that the wave of sickneie and 'death- which has swept a part of the _Transvaal. -almost -clear of ita native population during the present year it . considered tote unparalleled. ..41 couple of. - months place the Boers had an experience which might well have given pause to Viar • hardlestsettlers. Ihere was, first, a weeseet steady rainfall', the culminating paint bee- ing .reached on a day which has eincies, . with perfect reasonableness, been givene the name. of Black Friday. During the night Irk - great storm of wind and rain Swept over ,Es large part of the Transvaal. In the -Croco- dile Valley the houses of at least forty Beer families Wereabsolutely swept Away, and all traces of -the former inMates have disap- peared; • The flood left, behind it miasmic mud and rotting vegetatien on all side*. lit addititin a good deal Of SC41 has been turned over for railway purposes by the , workmen of the Netherlands Company, and these - two causes produced an outbreak of ▪ r which outdoes all pre- vicarrences of the kind. The Whites suffered severely, partioularly in. the .ands Valley and in and near -"the lone city of the Rasp," Barberton,. and some heroic work has been done by the handful of doctors and nurses -in that part of the Republic. As to the natives, the death roll -has been. incalculably numerous, The native population of the Transvaal is very large; and in a -country Of wri vast an area it is imposaible to 'Ohtani accurate detailse but the -natives have died like flies. Whole kraals of Kaffirs and 8 wizis have been de - Populated, and certainly over 10,000--nativiik have.been wept off. Dust to Hake Little Boys. • Walter's mother was busy cleaning house and undeniably the little fellow was Very. IntiC)i in the way. To get him out freirs "under foot," and at the same time make him feet that he Was( of some use, hL mother suggested that he taleea little- switelt and whip the carpet that hung 'out on the line. -He caught at the idea and for a minute or two was very much oecu- ,piedr- Then he came running in and said: Oh, mamma I got lotsof , duat out- of that carpet, and ib went) right up to -. heaven for God to. make some more little beys.out of I"' • .44 . impaled on a sentry's Bairono* • The- Paris. Gaulois gives part; I., Pres - very painfulincident which oaf -10 inter- ..daye ago at the fort on Mourrt-/ soldier entered a field to-pisc4. Quite a some of the trees in it. Hr ; and handkerchief with feve.een r°°4&-• go away. The owner r ever, been watehing leheuse has been The soldier took r.elitarm by putting a, sentry at the entrarm it AS the pursuers r attly one of them -'ss has raised his barn' Weapon. The mtt higher and intends . --r uniler it. ,ign five er- 1,f-stai:sayefus Hat Si:. great -au ffi A EaroPeand Mr.-• Treleaven and ip--/esnt the same day at Belfast. b I 0 -,ter an 0 am . * npn, are spending 4, few' .days at Mr. !- s-e`rMiss Alice. Wraith is home On a th, l\I iss 0: la Crosiston i home her '44011. Tia6'‘' C. A. :S.le This tiv ,‘ rinind the Nile, beark „4.,e;.n..10:41-111 who has. been „ 5 s 0 ntWaiterCiolitelvillYivrirSI , cip,i,:r....or.t,EivieS.pV,,e7;enho.coduv4eirs. place a t.,1,44 t for I -114r 11101 -KI, in Liverpool; year at Kilven Grove lifortnight •ago in cloek fice a' , st.a.nda on asairet ,en.i,irelea. •. Sb. Peter—Geo Coin° in! Shade'1 l9Pe/k() - -t.' introduce , , ' • • V•