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The Clinton News-Record, 1898-03-17, Page 2., I V I) PRACTICAL FARMING. �i'Y N'BEIt G S. - I For egg production in winter anc . early apriut,,proper food is of essentia i importance. • Ali doincatic and wild fowls have certain seasons of. th,e year for making , th,ei+r nests and hatching their young , This very definite business of their lift generally ocou,rs but once a year, or ii oftener, in general utnder the same con ditions. un domesticated chickens, ducks anc geese, the hatching season has beer somewhat changed and prolonged, be cause of the different conditions of their lives and especially of the quan• tity and quality of their food. Chick• ens under ordinary circumstances, ii left to tbamselves, lay but few eggs it, the winter when the weather is colt and the ground covered or frozen; but when they begin td feel the warmth of the spring and can feed upon the in• sects and worms they find in scratch` Ing the open ground, they make their nests and begin to lay. The poultryman has hatched h6 chickens early, by stimulating the hens to early laying and then artificial .hatcbing, if necessary, he has early ohacks,in order that thei pullets may be early layers In the winter. if this is to prove a snrccess, the pullet must as far as possible .haver the food and other cotoditions of t'he spring, when she is ext,ected to Lay in the winter. She must ,have a warm and well ventilated yard. S.he must have access to the bare ground to scrattdi, and she must have the eq,u.ivale,nt of the insects and worms she would find in the spring In fre- iluent supplas of fresh meat. Besides, she must have some green vegetable food a;i an equivalent of the early grass and tender roots which she finds in the spring. Like causes must produce like effects, If fowls are to be improved by. artifi- cial care and food, the artificial pro- cess must 'be ins the line in which na- tnr•e baa indicated when the fowls were im their natural condition. Farmers and all poultrymen should, ttmreforo, provide themselves+ not only wit(b suitable and. well warmed quar- ters for taheir p,ullets,which they expect to lay fn tine winter, tut a'so with suitable vegetable and animal food wlhdeb cannot be obtained by the hen herself, during the winter season. There should be special vegetables and roots and grasses raised for the (,bickers for winter feed. Fresh meat or waste from the table must not be forgotten. Ground bones or an equivalent of slaked lime must be furni:,hed for shell making. ([the, proper conditions fur- walied and the right kind- of pullets will produce the eggs. (If the males area kept separate in the winter and fed on the same kind of food, and mated at the season for hatching the eggs wvili prove to be fer- tile, when fertility is desirable. FATTENING OLD COWS. There is a wvidespread popular preju- dice against cow beef, and we suspect that the doctors are very largely re- sponsible for It. Yet we ',Lave so often eaten tender and sweet cow beef that our experience Long ago taught us that its quality waa much moro dependent on the wary it had boon fmttenedlthan It was on the .age of the cow. But it is nevertheless true, sa,ya American Cul- tivator, that it is more difficult to fatten an old cow, or an old animal of any kind, than it is to fatten young animals. As the teeth begin to fail, the food Is not so well masticated as it used to � a, aand as a; consequence digestion is retarded. The presence of undigested food in the stomach creates fever, and in this diseased con dition not on Ly does the anima( fatten less rapidly, but what flesh it ptfi,s on is Lass tender and sweet than it should be. The common practice of fattening cows with corn, and milking them so long as they can be milked, bmips to make poor beef. The water and fat that go tanto the mills, are both much more needed in the beef to make it as good as ilt should be,, A cow pro- perly fattened should be given as much succulent food as she wilt eat, and at first be ,fed with grain or meal rather sparingly, t1f she is very thin in flesh her beef may be made all the better, provided this ronditlon does not show the impairment of her digestive organa. Wilien a cow is fattened,that w!hen you begin feeding her is little more tlhau skin and 'bones,with enough flesh to hold them together,it stands to reason tpiat most of the fles;r and fat you can put on 'her by three or four montpis good feeding will be new flesh and fat, and just as good as if put on a two-year-old Heifer. The bodily - system is being constantly changed by the small veins' which run (through the flesh, and which are al- ways carrying off waste matter, and. reploci.ng it with new. 'the old saying used to lie, that the living body is wholly renewed every seven, years. But scientists are now agreed that most. parts of it are renewed muni quicker Chan this, as any one may sea by the rapid healing of a cut or bruise when air and the germs it contains are excluded from it. PREPARATION OF THE SOIL. In proof of the fact that the care- ful preparation of the soil increases the yield, it is swell known that a gar- den -plot will prodium more Ithan a field, although the land of the field may be fully as rloh, in plant, £ood as the garden-palot, but the difference is that the preparation of the soil for a garden is usually complete, and when the field is treated in the same man- ner it will not fell to show the. ef- fects of the better preparation. The foundation upon wbich all good crops are built tis the land, and the begin- ning of the crop is when the land is ploughed Ploughing in the manure is one met.h- oil of working it, into the soil, but all farmers do not plough their land the same depth or turn under their man- ure in the same manner. If the man- ure is too deep, P -me time must elapse before the roots of the young plants will get down to it.. df will not lie very long before the plants will find the manure and uttl.lze it„ but early in the year it is very Imlportant that Rvwh a crop a9 corn shoutld get. a good start, and the loss of a im,elc at. the beginning may have, an effect con Cho crop should the season come on dry. 'if tho manure k; spread on tho surface, and then worked into the top soil with the har- row, the young plants will be aniLbl- atl to a.4e it. from thle stars:, and the harrow will also render the soil fine, rwo objects will be aceomplNhed by so ;loing—first, the musnure Itself will he made finer, and second, th.o fineness if the sot•] will re4ult In better disin- lettration of thea minoral elements ox - ,sting therein, Independently of thr Mune, and tblws provide the plants with araVaLte food at the beginnib4 and also t1wo ughou't the growing sea son. Manua a that is pdoughed undo: will las very useful sit the time the i plants are matur•in,g, but the mor, rapid the growth of the plants whex I young the greater their root powei and feeding calmuity. s THE MARKET FRUIT. VV'b+ile perhaps it ought not to be so , Yet appearance is tune first considers tion in a market fruit. That is, it must be of good size, shape and color Consumers will buy fruit of this kini when that of a better 'quality but not so good in appearance can be bought at a leas price, •And as the different( In price means largely that much dif ference in profil, in selecting varieties to grow for markek, this item shoulc not be overlooked. Next to a:ppearanee comes produe tivenew. To make the most out o: fruit, a good yield is essential. Tc some extent a rich soil, proper prun ing and case will effect the yield„brut it is essential that the variety be na• turally productive to give the best k'clsul ts. I (duality, which in reaiity ought tc be first, fs placed last. Usually for home use, quality can be paced first brut when growing anything, especial. ly to 9011, it is good economy to suit the taste of the consumer as fully aE possible. A good market fruit should be of good appearance, Ibis including good size and color, be of good growtb, a good regular bearer, good keeping and slipping qualIties, and then of fairly good quality for eating or cooking. You want a vari.zty that will sell when fruit is plenty. APPLE-T'REE PRUNING. Winter pruning should be done care- fully, removing es few of the large limbs and as little healthy wood as possible; but do not fear to open the tree so that no limbs cross, and so that daylight will flow freely through in every direction. 'Three barrels of first- class fruit can W quickly gathered, easily marketed, and will tiring more money than twice tl.art number of in. ferior stock. Do not fear to cut. Then scrape away all dead or weak, small limbs, rough bark, and, as far as pos- sible, leave only healthy wood and an occasional strong "sucker” to fill the head. Crisp; bright, sound fruit will grow only on al,so'ut:ely healthy wood, no matter what amount of ground cul- tivation, tree pruaing', or spraying you ; may do. LAUGHLETS, Wagner Is not so bad, after all. Why? They say ha Las never written anything that can be whistled. She—Wasn't John Calvin a married man ? Fie—He must have been. Didn't he reject the doctrine of free will? Beth (solicitous that so many feath- ers are scattere•i over the hen -yard) —Papa, oughtn't something bo clone to keep the hens from wearing out so? A Readjustment—Slr:e—'liut Fred,are ,you really running, behind so much? He—Well, I keep my clothes in the drawer of my desk, and my unpaid bills in the wardrobe. The Mystery Explained—Husband — But, Nelly, how is it they afford to sell you everything at less than cost? Wife—Why, Dick, of course t.bey can afford it when they sell such quanti- ties. Conclusion—Sportsman (who has Jag- ged nothing and is I argaining for a, hare)—"Seven-and-sixpence? That's ra- ther high, isn't it? Sbopkeeper—Ah, but see what a splendid place it's been bit. Your Majesty, said the cannibal king's chief, there is among the. pris- oners a native of Scotland. Good l re- plied the dusky monarch. Serve him sizzling from the broiler. I have often wondered what a hot Scotch tastes like. Not Their Fault.—Old Party — :epi here you boys 1 Don't you know It Li wrong to fight that way ? The Boys— May lie it is, boss; but its de only way we knows. Yor can't expect us kids ter W up in de Markey of Queensberry {rules. For the Orphans. —Cousin Ethel — Our fair was perfectly lovely; we made. ,23.7x. Aunty—You must have had a large attendance? Cousin Ethel (dulf- iously)—No, not so very; we took 75 cents at the door, and papa gave us X25 not to repeat it. Teacher (of juveDile class) — John- nie, what was the, first thing the Puri- tans did when they landed at Ply- mouth rock ? Jobnnie—They fell on their knees. Teacher—That's right. Now Tommy, what was the next thing they did ? Tommy—Fell l on the aborig- i nes. But said the neighbor who likes to argue over polit.icii, you surely don't want a paternal government. Well, re- plied Farmer�,Ct'orntossei, not literal- ly, of course, tAn' ylt I dunno but it ud do a good thing if some. folks could be tuck out to the woodshed an'brought to se,e the error of their ways, jes' the samie as if they wai small Boys. I* 1f�OUSE�C4JLD, A LESSON IN PRYING. , 'There are ltwo methods of frying known to experts, rather inelegantly named in English " wet frying " and " dry frying," or in French by the terms saucer alnd frire. Both are ex- cellent when used suitably , when im- properly employed the result is to say the least unfortunate ,and leads to the waste of good material. The reason why our cooks so often fail to fry success- fully is that they " dry fry " every thing having no notion whatever of wet fry- ing. . 'To eauter, or' dry. fr•y, is to cook food !n a small quantity of hot fat and in a shallow pan. Omelettes, pancakes, liver aped bacon, chopped vegetables, cut email, are samples of the sort of food which ma(y be correctly cooked thus. fsmall pieces of fish and meat may also be saute, and, when carefully done, are very good, although it is open to question whether they would not be much knore satisfactory if fried in a larger pan, with a more generous pro- portion of fat. When saute, articles should be ita constant motion, owing to the pats being jerked to keep them from sticking ; and they should be turned, so that they will be equally cooked on both aides. To wet fry is to immerse in hot fat, nand this method it is of which cooks are so much afraid, and which consti- tutes really frying, The first neces- sity for it is to have plenty of fat ; sufficient, that is, to cover the food all over, so that the heat shall be con- veyed to every part alike above and below. Nor meed it be supposed that to use a quantity of fat thus is extrav- agant. It Is on the contrary, econo- mical, as the fat can be used again and again. The small quantity of fat that is motto in a frying pan gets burned, and is always thrown out, whereas fat properly cared for need never be thrown out ; it is strained free from any little pieces of bread or bat- ter that may have got into it, is washed when dirty, and can, be constantly re- newed, little pieces of Pat being melt- ed or drained into it, thus keeping up its bulk and also its quality ; it is never allowed to burn, because it is never left on the hot plate a moment after it has done its work. People who understand frying treat fat most re- spectfully, looking upon it as a house- hold treasure. Not only should the fat used in fry- ing be perfectly dry, but the article to be fried should be dry also. "Noth- ing fries crisp that. is wet," is a rule in frying. It is by way of insuring dryness that so many people flour food that is to be fried just before plung- ing it into the fat. Usually, also, the food is dipped in batter or egged and breaded 'before frying. It is well to remember that egging and breading should be done some time, flouring immediately before frying. To prevent accident be sure that the pan used for frying is nort more than half full of fat. Also, -then a frying basket is used, a great aid to successful frying, it should not bo allowed to touch the bottom of the kettle; neither should the articles in the I:asket he allowed to touch each other. Should an accident occur when frying, the beat' thing to do is to throw a strip of carpet or a thick cloth on the flame. NVith many people the first impulse would be to use water, but this would create steam, which might do as much harm as the flame. Fat for frying should, we know, lie hot before the food to be fried is plung- ed into it ; [)tilt it is requisite to have a clear idea of what is meant by this. Boiling water registers 21'2 degrees on the thermometer, but different fats boil at different temperatures,' so it is no guide to• say that fat must boil, and as a mutter of fact, fat must not boil, it must simply be hot enough to produce what the French graphically call the " surprise ;" that is, hot en- ough to contract the tissues of the meat and "carbonize its surface. Fat has at- tained this condition when it is still, water of course bubbles when it boils, and when a blue fume rises from the centre. The ordinary domestic test is a very good one. Throw a piece of bread into the fat. If it browns im- mediately the fat. is hot enough ; if it remains pale the fat needs to heat a little longer. And it may be added, the smaller the article to be fried, the hotter sho^id be the fat. Supposing we could test the heat of fat. Supposing thermometer, we should let it attain a temperature of 365 degrees for ar- ticles that •need to be cooked through, and of 400 degrees for such as can lie cooked instantly• We can rarely test the heat thus, but the fact shows that for some 'things the fat must be hot- ter than it is for others. It cannot be too strongly insisted up- on that for successful frying the tem- perature of the fait is a matter of su- preme importance• When fried art!- eles come to table broken, sodden, un- even and mottled looking, the prolia- bility is that they have been cooked in too little fat• When they come to the table greasy the fat has not been hot emough, A good brown color and a crisp, dry surface are.the marks of good frying. . 'a to be �boroed; thaat the C43!!Dy da+'initp was properly a,ppreclaated. AMMONIA FOR, 11NANTS. White the ordinary kerosorae em•rf- sion and s lotion of copper Save proved an immenso bo •n to the cultivator of fruits wad trees in the open air, they are usually objectionable to the small amateur flower growth, to whomsome- thin,g clean and easily applied to small plants is a greater advantage. For these, the various insecticides and fungicides for sale by the florists offer semis good recommendation. Where these are not to be` had, it is said that a wash of ammaonia is a9fective. As the ammonia bottle Is now one of the sulip.lies off every well-ord#red house- b,old, iat may be put inti use readily. All these articles, however, require some little ogre in their first aplali- cation. One X115.1d always try a little at first on aDme planta thaF are; of no; i considerable value before riaking t fan a wholesale way, For !nstan , ' the scale on orange leaves and that lea- ves of oleanders. or the leaves of some similar ,plant affected with any kind of insect, can be tried first. It no in- jury followre,, then it may be applied on a somaevhat more extit2sive scale. With a fess plants and a brush to paint with., a cons.iderabl* quantity! can be gone ovpr in a slhort tune. -�_. KITCHEN WINDOW GARDEN. .Many persons w'under why, with all the care and attention they give their plants in the parlor or sitting -room, they can barely keep them alive through winter, while the kitchen win- dlaw of many a modest cottage pres- ents a eantinuaus mass of luxurianb foliage and oxlgbt flowers. The reas- . on is n,ot fast• to seek. In the kitchen tibia air Ys mostly charged with mAst- ure, and, through the cunwetiuns with• the outer air there is frequent .ven- tilation, wilily in the livino r:iomas, especially if jfurnm* hleated, the air is dry and not as frequently oban,g+ed as in the kitchen. Besides, plants inn the kitchen iar•e ndt as much ,exposed) tb dust as thiay are elsewhere. But in addition to all thus there seems to exist some bond of sympathy between; plants and their owners. In the par- . lox plants, like visitors, are made comp- any of and are entertained as suob-, but !n the kitchen they are companOns and members Of this hausehold, with every One of their wants supplied as soon as it manifests itnIt. A FEW HINTS. A pinkah oaf salt added to the white of eggs will kna'kle 'them beat up quicker a nil lighlter. A friesh rnaw Iald egag will require Longer to boil if you would ham it of the saame coinsistency as ane that has been Ladd soame time. 'A good hamdful of Valencia raisins added to each pound of prunes, when stewing Clio latter, will greatly im- prove thlem. A good way to improve a ham after it is boiled is to wrap it in, buttered paper and •bake it for an hour. Ib adds greatly to tie flavor. A tiny piecia of bicarbonate of soda mixed with tomatoes that are to be cooked with rniilk or cream will, if add- ed first, prevent thio milk from curd. li nig. CA R•NATIONS. Th,e w0nan w•ho loves flowers NA whose income is such that she can not always gratify ,her taste will tae glad, to. know that carnations are high in favor. Thiey are the most satisfyi,n>& flower ba existemee and are inexpen>ive ew.>agh to ,be bought frequently. The fla'm ing• red carnations are just the things to brighten a dull room. The psi,ak aria charming to wear with an eventing gown. ']'be shaded carnation is a itelight to the eye, and the pure wlhite are cool. restful anti refresl.iiag with their spi••,y odor. Is it aay -, on- dier the carnratio•n, is fashionable when oas adds Ila its other cbarms its last- i'ng quality ? PRESERVING CUT )FLOWERS. The famous chemist Rudolph set to work a number of years ago to invent some means by which cut flowers in blooSn could be kept from withering away. His labors I,avo just been crown- ed with success, for he has been able to invent a peculiar chemical fluid which is injected into the stems of plants as soon as the flowers are cut, which not only prevents .them from withering aw•ary to dust, but has the gratifying effect of making them pre- serve their natural apiwarance forever. Unfortunately Herr Rudolph's fluid sloes not cause the flowers to retain their natural fragrance. UNUSED W)OMS In the old-fashioned brick palace a.., Kensington, a little suite of rooms is carefully guarded from the public gaze swvept and garnished and tended as though the occupants of long agowere blourly expected to return. The early The poet had handed in his effusion, years of En•gland's aged vivereign -were and it warmed hits heart to hear the HISTORICAL CAKES. passed !n these simple rooms and by her editor exclaim again and again, Capi- s orders they have been kept unchanged t.al, Capital, Capital I Then you like it, said the poet. Oh, I'm not reading for tlhs future. ,Even. a rake array be- way upstairs. Stephen Leach followed him that I left yaw tggether. I alway corn historicala, especially if it happens in.g today as when she lived inside merely tatting cognizance of the fact to lie arcade for a queenrs jubilee. The those walls. In one corner is assem- that each line begins with a capital particular cake elects tar fibs Jubilee bled a collection of dolls of all sizes, letter. From that I infer it: is poetry. Lig enough and Gosling dressed La the quaint finery of 17925; silently. lie wail rather largo Yor tho knew Stoph9n wants coma back. , A set of miniature cooking utensils been told to say at the front door that ed amomlg noted nalres simiply for ito and a rocking Lorne stand near by. A. her mistress was not at home when certain callers appeared upon the ����� dhild's scrap hooks and color boxes lie scene. It. evidently went. much again- It kras ins of the ,g:Wnts of its order, . an this tables. In one sunny chnmh�r, at. the grain for her to make herself house, and especially Por the stairs; found it written everywhere in th responr,ible for even so small a -white weighed a quarter of a ton.. The cost 1 where the heiress to the greatest crown) lie, but she promised to do so, and, with certain modifications, she kept of this monster of planimituess was in on earth dreamed her chililLshdreams her wore]. Is Mr:s. Rla.nk at. honi0gmer- proportion to fits size. The sake re- i and from which she was hastily ar„us- tea the ealler. For this wan to me, presenited an oultl ay of fiftson hundrod moreover,a had certain burliness of Bi tale. Stephen—kiss me, dear i" doll Liss' _.._. walk, such as is acquired by man liv- The man leant oven+ the bed and kiss , able an air pervades place that "Yes, ma!h+ar, he will come. Of course Ing constantl in the open. There was a va eel g y pained loo? ' in his blue eyes, od her. "Ah," she sighed, "how•; I wish I coup body livin', upon me sown he will coismr' and the girl turned her as if they had suddenly been opened see you—just once before I die. Joy taken �ilts place im i-datory as Me laxg- drawn and anxious young face toward to his own shortcomings. His attitude cel" she added, suddenly turning t, Affection for the past and a rec•er- the cottage door, just if her blind toward Joyce was distinctly apologetic. her daughter, who stood at the othe: "tell• First Plckpocket—.Did Bill get dat ,as mother cogtid see thei action. It ie rob p When ha followed the girl across the threshold of their mothers bedroom side of the bed, me what he h like. Hut I know •l I know — cake, but ilt waiagibsd on&y three hundred able that iZl,r 51d woman divined the the old ladyy was sitting up in bed, feel !t. Listen I He; is tall and spars of her passageln other royal residences. 'phis that the first lt?nging gle&ite from the change in the holding out trembling arms toward the like his father. •His hair is black, lik, Second Plokpockel✓—Well, some folks f girl's tone, trr she,too,half turned' to- door. Isere Stephen Leach seemed to his father's—it was black before h, the briade and brideglroo,m,, the queen ro ms where aha kne.7 the joys and know better -shat to do. He held his went away. His eyes, I know, are dart I anxieties of maternity, have become ward the door. It was a habit these mother in his arms white she sobbed —almost dark. He is pale—like i turned de diamondo, an' h'o got five t wo women had acquired. They con- and murmured opt her joy. He had Spaniard I" Si1de by aide with these groat cakes stalitly looks+? toward thel door for the no words, but his arms meant more Joyce looked across the bed with slov un.forgutten past, to meditate and to arrival of one who never came throe g h than hip lips could ever have told. It would seem that the best part of hap- horror dawning in her face, looted in to apair of blue• eyes beneath tawny the long summer days, through the pillow is the sharing of it with some- hair,cut short,as asoldier's hain about( the smallest weddimagi-oaake on record, gutot winter evenings; moreover, they one else. "Joyce" was the first die- tie. She looked upon a mars big broad the familiar roans to live over again lately spoke of other things; this ar- tinct word the old lad s y y poke, "Jo ce, fair—English from crown to toe—an( Quebec. Two neigthbours named Morin Inival Hues the toffs( of their lives. And he has coma at last. He has come Come bare, dear. Kiss your broth- 1 the quiet command of his ,lips ant BYE made her say : anti as elealwii,te as bf ilt had boon de- now the old --man's life was drawing er. This is my first born—my little 'Yes, mother, yes." into the past must be mire and more to soloseas some lives do, without its Steve." For some momenta there ,was sit four daughters, and Morin's four sons object. She herself felt it, and her the young ,-uan had sunk upon his ence. Joyce stood pale and breath -- daughter knew it. There was in both knees at thus hedside,probably because it was the most convenient position. less, wondering what this might mean Then the dying woman spoke again fe-ver with each d"dw of them asubtle sense of clinging. It He did not second his mother's pro- "Kiss me," she said. "I • • • an was Lard to die without touchin,- the I'osal with much enthusiasm. Alto- going. Stephen first—my first born reward of a rAndrous patience. It was nether he did not seem to have dis- covered much sympathy with his sis- And now, Joyce • • • and now kis, each other across the bed I I want tc cruel to deprive the, girl of this burden, ter whom be had left in her cradlla. hear it • • • I wants • • • tc for in moi`, 'burdens there is a safe- Joyce came forward and leaned over tell • • • your • • • father." guard, In all a duty, and in some the the bed to kiss her brother while the With a last effort she raised her g realest happiness allotted to human old lady's hands joined theirs. Just as her fresh young lips came ,within hands, seeking their heads. At first Joyce Lesitated,then she leant forward existents. reach he turned his face aside, so and the old woman's (billed finger. It was no crew tbing,thiswaiting for that the kiss felt on barren ground. pressed their lips together. That waE the scapegrace son; tits girl Lad grown on his tanned check, "Joyce," continued the old lady fev- the end. . Half sn Lour afterward Joyce and up to It, for she would not know her erishly, 'I am not afraid to die now•, this man stood facing each other it1 brother should she iceet him in the for Stephen is here. four brother the little dining room. He began hi: street. Since sight had left the old will take care of you, dear, when I am explanation at once. mother's eyes she had fed her heart up- gone." It was strange that Stephen had not "Stephen," he said., "was shot—out there—as a traitor. I could not tell her on this hope. He had left there eighteen spoken yet, and it 'was perhaps just as that 1 I did not mean to do this, lint years before in a fit of passionate re- well, because there are occasions in life what else could I do?" sentment against his father,whose only `When men dia� wisely to keep silent. He paused, moved toward the door fault had been too great indulgence for He is strong," the proud mot Ler went on, "I can feel it. His hands are w ith that strange hesitation, which she had noticed upon his arrival. At the the son of his old age. Nothing had large and steady and quiet and his door he turned to justify himself, been too good for, dear Stephen—hardly arms are bi.g and very hard." "I stilt think," he said gravely, "that anything Lad been good enough. Edu- The Young man knelt upright and submitted gravely to this maternal It was the best thing to do." Joyce made no answer. The#tears cated at a charit school himself, the .. - Y' inventory. stood in her eyes. There was something simple old clergyman held the mistak- "Yes," she said, "I knew he would very pathetic in the distress of this en view that no man can be educated grow to be a big man. His little fins- strong man, facing, as it were, an em- above his station. There are some pec- ers were so strop he hurt me some- g— times. What a mustaehel I ergeney of which he felt the delicacy to be beyond his cleverness to handle. pie w'ho hold this view still, but they great knew you had been a soldier. And the "Last night," he went on, "I made cannot do so much longer. Strikes, la- skin of your face is brown n.nd a little all the necessary arrangements" for bot troubles and the, difficulties of do- ixiugh. 4i'hat is this? what is this ,Noor future—just as Stephen would mestio service; so-called gentleman Stephen, dear ? is this a wound T' eyes" answered the prodigal speak- have made them—as a brother might have done. I • • • IIe and I were shop -keepers and lady milliners—above Ing for the first time. , , "That is a brother officers in a very wild army. all, a few colonies peopled by univer- sword cut, I got• that in the last wear. Your brother was not a good man. sity failures—vvill teach us !n time I am a colonel in tho Chilian army, or was, before I resigned," None of us were." I4ia hand was on the door. that to educate our sons above their The old lady's sightless eyes were fie asked me to come and tell you," ,station is to handicap them cruelly in fixed on his fats as if listening for he added. "I shall go Ixaak now." the race for life. the echo of anothler voice in his deep, They stood thus, he watching her Stephen Leach was one of the early quiet tones. face with his honest, soft blue eyes, victims to this craze. His father, hav- "Your voice is deeper than your fa- ther's ever •was " she said, and all the she failing to meet his glance. "May I come back again ?" he asked ing risen by thio force of his own will while tier trembling fingers moved lov- suddenly. and the capabilities of bis own min,b ingly over his face, touching the deep She gave a little gasp, but made no from the people to the church, held, as out from cheek bane to jaw with soft Inquiry. "This must have been ansnwer. I will come back in six months," such men do, that be had only to give very near your eye, Stephen. Promise me, be announced quietly, and then be olos- his son a good education to insure his dear, no more soldering." ed the door behind him. career in life. So everything—even to "I promise that," he replied, with - ,I the old parson's sense of right and out raising his eyes. Such was the homecoming of the pro- HEALTH QF NAVY. • wrong—was, sacrificed to the education digal. After all he, arrived at the right of Stephen Leach at public school and .university. Here he met and selected moment in the afternoon, :when the house was ready. It sometimes does Lowest Rate of Disease and Injury Record- - _ >f�r is friends youths whose futures happen so in real life, and not only in ed In Forty Years. insured,and w -ho were only pass- I�OOka• There is a great deal that A Parliamentry paper recently is- hrough the formula" of an educa- might be altered in this world, but sued gives a fairly good' account of that no one could say they were Yor the snug government appoint- som,atimes, by a more chance, things rightly. And yet there was someth the health of the Royal Navy during l1ving or inheritance, of a more ng wvrong, something subtle, the year 1896, says the London Stan- antial sort that juight be wait- wvhich the dying woman's duller senses dwrd. Ch'e returns for the total force for them. Stephen acquired their failed to detect. Her son, her Steph- serving afloat may, indeed, be regard- ,~ 8 s of life without possessing their en, waa quiet and,•had not much to say fox himself. $e ed as the most satisfactory that have o nta.ges, and life consequence was w-. �tbing very nearly approaching to apparently Lad the habit of taking things as they came, i;ean furnlahed by thes.i reports since 'fox the little country rector. Not There was oto enthusiasm, but rather a they were first published i❑ the it pres- ng been a univer�ily man h!m- self, the rector did not know that restraint, in his manner, more es- pecially toward Joyce. The girl no- an't form, in the year 1836, the aggre- ., at Oxford or Cambrl e, as ih the arm � Y, but even her small rithat gate number of cases ,o& disease and ono may live according to. one's tastes. of hit, of human -kind had' taught her that he injury for the year showing the low - Stephen Leach had eaperisive tastes,and large, Y"air-skinned mon are often thus, est recorded during the past forty he unscrupulously traded on his fa- ther's i He They go through life placidly, leaving unsaid and'undo,n� man}^ things which years. When compared with the pre- norance. was ood-look- g Ing, an had a certain brilliancy of some. thinlr they ought to say and viaus year it not only sbbws a decrease manner which "'goes gown" welt at the do. After the first excitement of the in! the total fortis, bol: also on all sta- varsity. Everything.'was against him, return was over it became glaringly tions excepting the home. Contrasted and at last the end lame. At last the rector's eyes were opened, apparent that Stephen had arrived just in time. His mother fell into a hap- with the average raticis for nine years. and when a narrow -mended anan's eyes are once iiY sleep before sunset, and when the liners is a. reduction both in the total opened he usually kieeo stony at active Young doctor came a little lat- force and on all stations; the home the heart. Stephen ]:each left Eng- ch er in the evening lie shook his bead. "Yes„ and southeast coast of America, sta- •.. land, and i afore hs l,�nded in Amari- oa his father had -departed on a long- he said, "I see that she •!s asleep and quiet --too quiet, It is a liana alone excepted. y journey. The neer-do-well had the foretaste oft a longer sleep. Some old THe death rate of the total force, ood grace to send back the little sums people have it." viz.,, 5.28, is also a decrease on tahat of of money saved by his mother in her 'widowhood, and his letters F°r the first time Joyce's courage seemed to give way. When she had the previous year, and is, tine lowest gradually Veiled. it Wag known that was in Been alone she was brave enou-b, lint obtained since invaliding thlli, and there wets war going on o now that her brother -vas there,woman_ rate, however, shows a s[i,ght increase how sl there; and yet thea cid lady's faith rev- like she seemed to turn to him with a of 2.1 per 1000 over that of 1895, and e1' wavered. "IIe sudden fear. The stood side b side Y y near the bed,and the doctor in- of .91 when compared with the averaga will come, Joyce," she would say, 'be will surely come I" young voluntarily watched them Stephen bad ratio for the last nine years. When And somehow it came to bean under- taken her band in ,his with that silent sympathy which was sd natural and so cant.rasted with: last year, a groat Be- crease in the ratio per 1000 of cases snood thing that he was to come in the afternoon when they were all ready eloquent. He said nothing, this big, sun -stained 'He did occurred on the Caere of Good; Hope and �� °st Coast of Africa station. ']'Lis was for h.im—when Joyce bad clad her youth. not even glance dawn at his sister, who atve largely due to a reduction in the num- pretty young form in a dark dress apd small, soft eyed and• gentle at his side. her of cases of malarial fever, which, when thio old lady was up and seated 1n the ch&ir by the fire in winter, by The doctor knew something' of the his- tory of the small family thus mome:n- awinig to a considerable amount of river work in 18,95, was, very high in W the door in summer. They had never tarily united, and }1e had always fear- that year. The total force in the ser- _ fmagined his arrival at another time. It would not lie quite the same should ed,. that if Stephen Leach did return it viae afloat, corrected for time, in th'e Year 1896, was 7L,620 afficere and men, he make a mistake and come in the would only kill his mother. 'This, indeed, seemed to be the result about a whom 44,010, or 00.6 per cent., were morning, beforei Joyce had got the to follow. Presently the doctor took between thle alges of fifteen• • and house put, rigght. Yet be never came, his leave. He was a young man an- twent,,y-five ; 20,610, or 28.88 per cent., A greater infirmity came instead, and at last Joyce suggested that hdr mo- a e t g d n getting together a good prat- tire, and In his own interest he Lad were between the aoges of twenty-five and th9rty-five ; 0940, or 9.55 per cent., ther should not get up in bad wea- been forced to give up waiting for his were between the ages of{ thirty-five t tber. They both knew what this meant patients to finish dying, and forty-five, and 1060, ori 1.45 per - ' but the eptsodae passed as others do, "I am glad you are here," he said t.o vet., were above flrty-five years of and Mrs. Leach was bedridden. Still Stephen, who accompanied him to the gobs she said: door. "It would not do for your sis- .report says: Twelve thousand "He will come Jo cel He will. surel y y ter to be alone; this ma y go on for six hundred and sixty-five cases of in- come 1" a couple of days." .juries of various kinds occurred dur- Anrl the girl would go to the window It did not go on for a couple of days, !ng the year the ratio per 1000 being dnd d a aside th'e curtains, looking quiet country road toward but Mrs. Leach lived through that night in the same semicomatose state. 174.4. 71bis number comprises 229 gen- eral and 12,435 local injuries, besides ,•- - the village. The two watchers sat in her room u•n- ono wound !n action. THe general "Yes, mother, he will c'me," wag her p til hopper time, ales left thou injuries included 19 cases of burns ar tisuai answer, and on© day ale gave a a of mother in charge of a hired nurse, eratda, 108 of heatstroke, 271 of mul- little exclamation of swrprise and a]- whose, services Joyce had been fore- tiple injury, 1 of amphyxia, and 74 oP 74 of tkplmersion. r most of fear. ed fo seek. After supper Stephen Too local triunes r "Mother," she excla!•med, "there is Leach seemed at last to find his tongue, ed were 929 oil lncrns• or scalds, prod someone coming along the road." and lie talked in his quiet, almost 15,500 of wounds, fractures, contusions, Thae old lady was already sitting up gentle voice, nosh as same man possess, site. 71hs solitary,,case of wound• re- fn bed staring with her sightless orbs not about himself and the past, but turns as having Been received in �act- . toward the window, Thus they waited about Joyce and the future. In a de- a !on occurred amottg the force engaged The man stopped opposite the cottage, liberate, business -like way he proceed- in the bombardment the Sultan of in thbar's and the two women heard the latob of ed to ilivestigate the affairs of the dy- palace. 7ltiere were 140 !n- the gate. Then Joyce, turning,aaw, that ing woman and the prospects of her validings for injury and 9ti, deaths, a the mother had fainted. But it was only (laughter ; in a word, he asserted his the invaliding ratio, 1.9a per 10 and 92 p ,l momentary. By the time she reached authority as a brother, anti Joyce was i The fatal the death ratio 1.8 per peri 100 the bed her mother, had recovered eon- relieved. and happy to obey him. It is cases of !n• c3 Ju y 1 of ,burns, ii-io'beness: not in times of gayety that friendships 2 of heatstroke, 15 of multiple injury, "Go," said the old lady, breathlessly; are formed, brit in' sorrow- or suspense. 1 of asphyxia, 65 of submersion, and "go and let him in yourself." During that long evening this tiro- 11 of wounds or fractures. There were Downstairs on the doorstep the girl then and sister suddenly became in- 12 deaths try suicide during the year, found a tall main of 80or thereabouts timate, more so than months of pros- v;Lz., 2 by shooting, 2 thy drowning, 2 with ahrawner face than English suns 'peroua intercourse could have madp try hanging, 3 from cut throat, a.nd by could account for. He looked down Into them. ,At 10 o'clock Stephen quietly '3 poisoning." her eager eyes with a strange, ques-' insisted that Joyce should go to bed, ..—_-_ �__ tinning woander. "'Aar. I too late?" lie asked, in a while be lay down, all dressed, on thQ sofa in the dining -room. R[GHT TO NAME T$E STRFL+'TS. voice which almost seemed to indicate "I shall sleep perfectly ; it is not the The German Emperor as 'Icing of a hope that it might be so, "No, Stephen, ahA answered. "But first time I have slept in my clothes," he said simpl Prutssia has the sale right to name PP mother cannot live much longer. You They went upstairs together and told streets, and he has just refused his are joist in time." the nurse of thia arrang anent, Joyce consent to call two streets after the Tho a a youoag m n m de a hesitating remained fox some moments kis the naimes of Dr. Bertram'and Ilr. Lang- ' lfttlo movement with his right• hand bedside watching Ler mother s peaceful erhaus, popular mrsmbers of the Muni- ,arid shiUffled uneasily on the clean aleop,a.nd when she turned she found (foal Caunril. IIis M jesty disapproves joie en `i, stone step. He was like an actor call- ed suddenly the that Stephen had quietiyy slipped awe• Wondering of such a course du the lifetime the godfathers. upon otage, having no knowledge of his part. The return of vaguely w!het;her he had in- tentionally solved her difficulty as to '—" this prodigal was not a dramatis sue- the frat:ornitl good night, she went to ONR-MAN RAILROAD, ' cess. No one seemed deatrouir`of learn- her own room. Thei next morning Mrs � ing• whether ho had lived upon husks Leaeh weans fully eonscions and ap- ry'he tiimpla�st, public railroad no-ve op- or otherwise, and with whom bn had pealed to he strontlnr; nevertheloss she crated is thotiot to be one bntwean i eaten. The quiet dignity of the girl, know that the ends was near, She called Atami and Odawara. in Japan. It is `'_ ` *bb bad remained bebindr to do all the her two ehildren to her bedside and, a narrow gauge road, and in run by burden, a,emed In some subtle manner turning hear !.hind eyes toward them mail power. The ears have seats for ' to deprive hint of any romance that spoke in broken sentences: four persons each. wh'o si;t. hack to batt(. might ita..ve attached Itsailf to bim. Sho �� I stn ready now -! am randy, she � train consists of twb or three cars, ' Ignored his half-pproffered band, and, turnin,(o l to tho .little paeaagn, led the said. "Dears, I arra going to your fath- err -•and • • ' thank God, I can tall and is dMwIn up hill by half a dozen coolies. I) PRACTICAL FARMING. �i'Y N'BEIt G S. - I For egg production in winter anc . early apriut,,proper food is of essentia i importance. • Ali doincatic and wild fowls have certain seasons of. th,e year for making , th,ei+r nests and hatching their young , This very definite business of their lift generally ocou,rs but once a year, or ii oftener, in general utnder the same con ditions. un domesticated chickens, ducks anc geese, the hatching season has beer somewhat changed and prolonged, be cause of the different conditions of their lives and especially of the quan• tity and quality of their food. Chick• ens under ordinary circumstances, ii left to tbamselves, lay but few eggs it, the winter when the weather is colt and the ground covered or frozen; but when they begin td feel the warmth of the spring and can feed upon the in• sects and worms they find in scratch` Ing the open ground, they make their nests and begin to lay. The poultryman has hatched h6 chickens early, by stimulating the hens to early laying and then artificial .hatcbing, if necessary, he has early ohacks,in order that thei pullets may be early layers In the winter. if this is to prove a snrccess, the pullet must as far as possible .haver the food and other cotoditions of t'he spring, when she is ext,ected to Lay in the winter. She must ,have a warm and well ventilated yard. S.he must have access to the bare ground to scrattdi, and she must have the eq,u.ivale,nt of the insects and worms she would find in the spring In fre- iluent supplas of fresh meat. Besides, she must have some green vegetable food a;i an equivalent of the early grass and tender roots which she finds in the spring. Like causes must produce like effects, If fowls are to be improved by. artifi- cial care and food, the artificial pro- cess must 'be ins the line in which na- tnr•e baa indicated when the fowls were im their natural condition. Farmers and all poultrymen should, ttmreforo, provide themselves+ not only wit(b suitable and. well warmed quar- ters for taheir p,ullets,which they expect to lay fn tine winter, tut a'so with suitable vegetable and animal food wlhdeb cannot be obtained by the hen herself, during the winter season. There should be special vegetables and roots and grasses raised for the (,bickers for winter feed. Fresh meat or waste from the table must not be forgotten. Ground bones or an equivalent of slaked lime must be furni:,hed for shell making. ([the, proper conditions fur- walied and the right kind- of pullets will produce the eggs. (If the males area kept separate in the winter and fed on the same kind of food, and mated at the season for hatching the eggs wvili prove to be fer- tile, when fertility is desirable. FATTENING OLD COWS. There is a wvidespread popular preju- dice against cow beef, and we suspect that the doctors are very largely re- sponsible for It. Yet we ',Lave so often eaten tender and sweet cow beef that our experience Long ago taught us that its quality waa much moro dependent on the wary it had boon fmttenedlthan It was on the .age of the cow. But it is nevertheless true, sa,ya American Cul- tivator, that it is more difficult to fatten an old cow, or an old animal of any kind, than it is to fatten young animals. As the teeth begin to fail, the food Is not so well masticated as it used to � a, aand as a; consequence digestion is retarded. The presence of undigested food in the stomach creates fever, and in this diseased con dition not on Ly does the anima( fatten less rapidly, but what flesh it ptfi,s on is Lass tender and sweet than it should be. The common practice of fattening cows with corn, and milking them so long as they can be milked, bmips to make poor beef. The water and fat that go tanto the mills, are both much more needed in the beef to make it as good as ilt should be,, A cow pro- perly fattened should be given as much succulent food as she wilt eat, and at first be ,fed with grain or meal rather sparingly, t1f she is very thin in flesh her beef may be made all the better, provided this ronditlon does not show the impairment of her digestive organa. Wilien a cow is fattened,that w!hen you begin feeding her is little more tlhau skin and 'bones,with enough flesh to hold them together,it stands to reason tpiat most of the fles;r and fat you can put on 'her by three or four montpis good feeding will be new flesh and fat, and just as good as if put on a two-year-old Heifer. The bodily - system is being constantly changed by the small veins' which run (through the flesh, and which are al- ways carrying off waste matter, and. reploci.ng it with new. 'the old saying used to lie, that the living body is wholly renewed every seven, years. But scientists are now agreed that most. parts of it are renewed muni quicker Chan this, as any one may sea by the rapid healing of a cut or bruise when air and the germs it contains are excluded from it. PREPARATION OF THE SOIL. In proof of the fact that the care- ful preparation of the soil increases the yield, it is swell known that a gar- den -plot will prodium more Ithan a field, although the land of the field may be fully as rloh, in plant, £ood as the garden-palot, but the difference is that the preparation of the soil for a garden is usually complete, and when the field is treated in the same man- ner it will not fell to show the. ef- fects of the better preparation. The foundation upon wbich all good crops are built tis the land, and the begin- ning of the crop is when the land is ploughed Ploughing in the manure is one met.h- oil of working it, into the soil, but all farmers do not plough their land the same depth or turn under their man- ure in the same manner. If the man- ure is too deep, P -me time must elapse before the roots of the young plants will get down to it.. df will not lie very long before the plants will find the manure and uttl.lze it„ but early in the year it is very Imlportant that Rvwh a crop a9 corn shoutld get. a good start, and the loss of a im,elc at. the beginning may have, an effect con Cho crop should the season come on dry. 'if tho manure k; spread on tho surface, and then worked into the top soil with the har- row, the young plants will be aniLbl- atl to a.4e it. from thle stars:, and the harrow will also render the soil fine, rwo objects will be aceomplNhed by so ;loing—first, the musnure Itself will he made finer, and second, th.o fineness if the sot•] will re4ult In better disin- lettration of thea minoral elements ox - ,sting therein, Independently of thr Mune, and tblws provide the plants with araVaLte food at the beginnib4 and also t1wo ughou't the growing sea son. Manua a that is pdoughed undo: will las very useful sit the time the i plants are matur•in,g, but the mor, rapid the growth of the plants whex I young the greater their root powei and feeding calmuity. s THE MARKET FRUIT. VV'b+ile perhaps it ought not to be so , Yet appearance is tune first considers tion in a market fruit. That is, it must be of good size, shape and color Consumers will buy fruit of this kini when that of a better 'quality but not so good in appearance can be bought at a leas price, •And as the different( In price means largely that much dif ference in profil, in selecting varieties to grow for markek, this item shoulc not be overlooked. Next to a:ppearanee comes produe tivenew. To make the most out o: fruit, a good yield is essential. Tc some extent a rich soil, proper prun ing and case will effect the yield„brut it is essential that the variety be na• turally productive to give the best k'clsul ts. I (duality, which in reaiity ought tc be first, fs placed last. Usually for home use, quality can be paced first brut when growing anything, especial. ly to 9011, it is good economy to suit the taste of the consumer as fully aE possible. A good market fruit should be of good appearance, Ibis including good size and color, be of good growtb, a good regular bearer, good keeping and slipping qualIties, and then of fairly good quality for eating or cooking. You want a vari.zty that will sell when fruit is plenty. APPLE-T'REE PRUNING. Winter pruning should be done care- fully, removing es few of the large limbs and as little healthy wood as possible; but do not fear to open the tree so that no limbs cross, and so that daylight will flow freely through in every direction. 'Three barrels of first- class fruit can W quickly gathered, easily marketed, and will tiring more money than twice tl.art number of in. ferior stock. Do not fear to cut. Then scrape away all dead or weak, small limbs, rough bark, and, as far as pos- sible, leave only healthy wood and an occasional strong "sucker” to fill the head. Crisp; bright, sound fruit will grow only on al,so'ut:ely healthy wood, no matter what amount of ground cul- tivation, tree pruaing', or spraying you ; may do. LAUGHLETS, Wagner Is not so bad, after all. Why? They say ha Las never written anything that can be whistled. She—Wasn't John Calvin a married man ? Fie—He must have been. Didn't he reject the doctrine of free will? Beth (solicitous that so many feath- ers are scattere•i over the hen -yard) —Papa, oughtn't something bo clone to keep the hens from wearing out so? A Readjustment—Slr:e—'liut Fred,are ,you really running, behind so much? He—Well, I keep my clothes in the drawer of my desk, and my unpaid bills in the wardrobe. The Mystery Explained—Husband — But, Nelly, how is it they afford to sell you everything at less than cost? Wife—Why, Dick, of course t.bey can afford it when they sell such quanti- ties. Conclusion—Sportsman (who has Jag- ged nothing and is I argaining for a, hare)—"Seven-and-sixpence? That's ra- ther high, isn't it? Sbopkeeper—Ah, but see what a splendid place it's been bit. Your Majesty, said the cannibal king's chief, there is among the. pris- oners a native of Scotland. Good l re- plied the dusky monarch. Serve him sizzling from the broiler. I have often wondered what a hot Scotch tastes like. Not Their Fault.—Old Party — :epi here you boys 1 Don't you know It Li wrong to fight that way ? The Boys— May lie it is, boss; but its de only way we knows. Yor can't expect us kids ter W up in de Markey of Queensberry {rules. For the Orphans. —Cousin Ethel — Our fair was perfectly lovely; we made. ,23.7x. Aunty—You must have had a large attendance? Cousin Ethel (dulf- iously)—No, not so very; we took 75 cents at the door, and papa gave us X25 not to repeat it. Teacher (of juveDile class) — John- nie, what was the, first thing the Puri- tans did when they landed at Ply- mouth rock ? Jobnnie—They fell on their knees. Teacher—That's right. Now Tommy, what was the next thing they did ? Tommy—Fell l on the aborig- i nes. But said the neighbor who likes to argue over polit.icii, you surely don't want a paternal government. Well, re- plied Farmer�,Ct'orntossei, not literal- ly, of course, tAn' ylt I dunno but it ud do a good thing if some. folks could be tuck out to the woodshed an'brought to se,e the error of their ways, jes' the samie as if they wai small Boys. I* 1f�OUSE�C4JLD, A LESSON IN PRYING. , 'There are ltwo methods of frying known to experts, rather inelegantly named in English " wet frying " and " dry frying," or in French by the terms saucer alnd frire. Both are ex- cellent when used suitably , when im- properly employed the result is to say the least unfortunate ,and leads to the waste of good material. The reason why our cooks so often fail to fry success- fully is that they " dry fry " every thing having no notion whatever of wet fry- ing. . 'To eauter, or' dry. fr•y, is to cook food !n a small quantity of hot fat and in a shallow pan. Omelettes, pancakes, liver aped bacon, chopped vegetables, cut email, are samples of the sort of food which ma(y be correctly cooked thus. fsmall pieces of fish and meat may also be saute, and, when carefully done, are very good, although it is open to question whether they would not be much knore satisfactory if fried in a larger pan, with a more generous pro- portion of fat. When saute, articles should be ita constant motion, owing to the pats being jerked to keep them from sticking ; and they should be turned, so that they will be equally cooked on both aides. To wet fry is to immerse in hot fat, nand this method it is of which cooks are so much afraid, and which consti- tutes really frying, The first neces- sity for it is to have plenty of fat ; sufficient, that is, to cover the food all over, so that the heat shall be con- veyed to every part alike above and below. Nor meed it be supposed that to use a quantity of fat thus is extrav- agant. It Is on the contrary, econo- mical, as the fat can be used again and again. The small quantity of fat that is motto in a frying pan gets burned, and is always thrown out, whereas fat properly cared for need never be thrown out ; it is strained free from any little pieces of bread or bat- ter that may have got into it, is washed when dirty, and can, be constantly re- newed, little pieces of Pat being melt- ed or drained into it, thus keeping up its bulk and also its quality ; it is never allowed to burn, because it is never left on the hot plate a moment after it has done its work. People who understand frying treat fat most re- spectfully, looking upon it as a house- hold treasure. Not only should the fat used in fry- ing be perfectly dry, but the article to be fried should be dry also. "Noth- ing fries crisp that. is wet," is a rule in frying. It is by way of insuring dryness that so many people flour food that is to be fried just before plung- ing it into the fat. Usually, also, the food is dipped in batter or egged and breaded 'before frying. It is well to remember that egging and breading should be done some time, flouring immediately before frying. To prevent accident be sure that the pan used for frying is nort more than half full of fat. Also, -then a frying basket is used, a great aid to successful frying, it should not bo allowed to touch the bottom of the kettle; neither should the articles in the I:asket he allowed to touch each other. Should an accident occur when frying, the beat' thing to do is to throw a strip of carpet or a thick cloth on the flame. NVith many people the first impulse would be to use water, but this would create steam, which might do as much harm as the flame. Fat for frying should, we know, lie hot before the food to be fried is plung- ed into it ; [)tilt it is requisite to have a clear idea of what is meant by this. Boiling water registers 21'2 degrees on the thermometer, but different fats boil at different temperatures,' so it is no guide to• say that fat must boil, and as a mutter of fact, fat must not boil, it must simply be hot enough to produce what the French graphically call the " surprise ;" that is, hot en- ough to contract the tissues of the meat and "carbonize its surface. Fat has at- tained this condition when it is still, water of course bubbles when it boils, and when a blue fume rises from the centre. The ordinary domestic test is a very good one. Throw a piece of bread into the fat. If it browns im- mediately the fat. is hot enough ; if it remains pale the fat needs to heat a little longer. And it may be added, the smaller the article to be fried, the hotter sho^id be the fat. Supposing we could test the heat of fat. Supposing thermometer, we should let it attain a temperature of 365 degrees for ar- ticles that •need to be cooked through, and of 400 degrees for such as can lie cooked instantly• We can rarely test the heat thus, but the fact shows that for some 'things the fat must be hot- ter than it is for others. It cannot be too strongly insisted up- on that for successful frying the tem- perature of the fait is a matter of su- preme importance• When fried art!- eles come to table broken, sodden, un- even and mottled looking, the prolia- bility is that they have been cooked in too little fat• When they come to the table greasy the fat has not been hot emough, A good brown color and a crisp, dry surface are.the marks of good frying. . 'a to be �boroed; thaat the C43!!Dy da+'initp was properly a,ppreclaated. AMMONIA FOR, 11NANTS. White the ordinary kerosorae em•rf- sion and s lotion of copper Save proved an immenso bo •n to the cultivator of fruits wad trees in the open air, they are usually objectionable to the small amateur flower growth, to whomsome- thin,g clean and easily applied to small plants is a greater advantage. For these, the various insecticides and fungicides for sale by the florists offer semis good recommendation. Where these are not to be` had, it is said that a wash of ammaonia is a9fective. As the ammonia bottle Is now one of the sulip.lies off every well-ord#red house- b,old, iat may be put inti use readily. All these articles, however, require some little ogre in their first aplali- cation. One X115.1d always try a little at first on aDme planta thaF are; of no; i considerable value before riaking t fan a wholesale way, For !nstan , ' the scale on orange leaves and that lea- ves of oleanders. or the leaves of some similar ,plant affected with any kind of insect, can be tried first. It no in- jury followre,, then it may be applied on a somaevhat more extit2sive scale. With a fess plants and a brush to paint with., a cons.iderabl* quantity! can be gone ovpr in a slhort tune. -�_. KITCHEN WINDOW GARDEN. .Many persons w'under why, with all the care and attention they give their plants in the parlor or sitting -room, they can barely keep them alive through winter, while the kitchen win- dlaw of many a modest cottage pres- ents a eantinuaus mass of luxurianb foliage and oxlgbt flowers. The reas- . on is n,ot fast• to seek. In the kitchen tibia air Ys mostly charged with mAst- ure, and, through the cunwetiuns with• the outer air there is frequent .ven- tilation, wilily in the livino r:iomas, especially if jfurnm* hleated, the air is dry and not as frequently oban,g+ed as in the kitchen. Besides, plants inn the kitchen iar•e ndt as much ,exposed) tb dust as thiay are elsewhere. But in addition to all thus there seems to exist some bond of sympathy between; plants and their owners. In the par- . lox plants, like visitors, are made comp- any of and are entertained as suob-, but !n the kitchen they are companOns and members Of this hausehold, with every One of their wants supplied as soon as it manifests itnIt. A FEW HINTS. A pinkah oaf salt added to the white of eggs will kna'kle 'them beat up quicker a nil lighlter. A friesh rnaw Iald egag will require Longer to boil if you would ham it of the saame coinsistency as ane that has been Ladd soame time. 'A good hamdful of Valencia raisins added to each pound of prunes, when stewing Clio latter, will greatly im- prove thlem. A good way to improve a ham after it is boiled is to wrap it in, buttered paper and •bake it for an hour. Ib adds greatly to tie flavor. A tiny piecia of bicarbonate of soda mixed with tomatoes that are to be cooked with rniilk or cream will, if add- ed first, prevent thio milk from curd. li nig. CA R•NATIONS. Th,e w0nan w•ho loves flowers NA whose income is such that she can not always gratify ,her taste will tae glad, to. know that carnations are high in favor. Thiey are the most satisfyi,n>& flower ba existemee and are inexpen>ive ew.>agh to ,be bought frequently. The fla'm ing• red carnations are just the things to brighten a dull room. The psi,ak aria charming to wear with an eventing gown. ']'be shaded carnation is a itelight to the eye, and the pure wlhite are cool. restful anti refresl.iiag with their spi••,y odor. Is it aay -, on- dier the carnratio•n, is fashionable when oas adds Ila its other cbarms its last- i'ng quality ? PRESERVING CUT )FLOWERS. The famous chemist Rudolph set to work a number of years ago to invent some means by which cut flowers in blooSn could be kept from withering away. His labors I,avo just been crown- ed with success, for he has been able to invent a peculiar chemical fluid which is injected into the stems of plants as soon as the flowers are cut, which not only prevents .them from withering aw•ary to dust, but has the gratifying effect of making them pre- serve their natural apiwarance forever. Unfortunately Herr Rudolph's fluid sloes not cause the flowers to retain their natural fragrance. UNUSED W)OMS In the old-fashioned brick palace a.., Kensington, a little suite of rooms is carefully guarded from the public gaze swvept and garnished and tended as though the occupants of long agowere blourly expected to return. The early The poet had handed in his effusion, years of En•gland's aged vivereign -were and it warmed hits heart to hear the HISTORICAL CAKES. passed !n these simple rooms and by her editor exclaim again and again, Capi- The events of today make history orders they have been kept unchanged t.al, Capital, Capital I Then you like it, said the poet. Oh, I'm not reading for tlhs future. ,Even. a rake array be- the fu•rn.iture and decorations remain - it,. replied the unfeeling editor: I am corn historicala, especially if it happens in.g today as when she lived inside merely tatting cognizance of the fact to lie arcade for a queenrs jubilee. The those walls. In one corner is assem- that each line begins with a capital particular cake elects tar fibs Jubilee bled a collection of dolls of all sizes, letter. From that I infer it: is poetry. Lig enough and Gosling dressed La the quaint finery of 17925; A Conscientious Wbman.—Norah had hI inou h diie "mposlmfg enough to deserve to be plac- A set of miniature cooking utensils been told to say at the front door that ed amomlg noted nalres simiply for ito and a rocking Lorne stand near by. A. her mistress was not at home when certain callers appeared upon the own talus, dhild's scrap hooks and color boxes lie scene. It. evidently went. much again- It kras ins of the ,g:Wnts of its order, . an this tables. In one sunny chnmh�r, at. the grain for her to make herself for ilk stood thilrteeln' feet high and atands the little white -draped bed responr,ible for even so small a -white weighed a quarter of a ton.. The cost 1 where the heiress to the greatest crown) lie, but she promised to do so, and, with certain modifications, she kept of this monster of planimituess was in on earth dreamed her chililLshdreams her wore]. Is Mr:s. Rla.nk at. honi0gmer- proportion to fits size. The sake re- i and from which she was hastily ar„us- tea the ealler. For this wan to me, presenited an oultl ay of fiftson hundrod ed one June morning to be told that Mrs. Smithera, she ain't t said a doll Liss' she was a Queen. So h•imelika sad tiv- 'the maid; but Hivin help h -r if yez ashk me , able an air pervades place that again I I'll not, lot twoice for anny- BY the side of this specimen of the one almost expects to see the lonely body livin', upon me sown eomrfeetiaoner's art„ hhe cake which has little girl of seventy years ago play- . . , -_ _._ taken �ilts place im i-datory as Me laxg- ]nig about the unpretending chambers. A MATTEiI OF OPINION. est of the two gireat -veddimg-cakes of Affection for the past and a rec•er- the queen was a,llmnst i,nsi,gnificant. It ence for this mem,ry of the dead have First Plckpocket—.Did Bill get dat was thought cut the tinne to be a big caused the royal wife and mc,thor to suitable reward what was advertised cake, but ilt waiagibsd on&y three hundred preserve with the same care souvenirs ter de return of dom diamonds be 1>'�i'dsi, thougwh Iit 'was twellve feet i,n Its of her passageln other royal residences. 'phis that the first pinched? i circumference. ornament¢utiron was apartments sheltered Second Plokpockel✓—Well, some folks a Tetpresentattion of Britannia blessing happy months of her w•eaded life, the might t'ink he got a suitable reward the briade and brideglroo,m,, the queen ro ms where aha kne.7 the joys and an' some folks might t'!nk be didn't, =,it Prince Albert beim.g somewhat in- I anxieties of maternity, have become Do p'lecm collared Bill before he re- appropriialtelly Uressed tm the costunto I for her consecrated sanctuaries,where, turned de diamondo, an' h'o got five of the ancient Romans. ( the widowed, broken old lady eomes years. Si1de by aide with these groat cakes ' on certain anniversaries to evoke this -----, tibA 'Westim,instex i3iwdlg+et ggilves a des- un.forgutten past, to meditate and to EXTRAORDINARY WF,DUIN(IS, eritptian of n. piglm,yy caake wrhich, twee aiso pray. a weeddimg' confectilon, lft is classed as Who doess not open in. memories some IChg+ht of the most remarkable mar- the smallest weddimagi-oaake on record, such sacred portals, and sit down in riages an record took place within a and was a doors cake, ordered as a pro- the familiar roans to live over again few weeks in tlhd pariah; of St. Marie, wren$ foe• a clMd•. the old h „pen and fears, thrilling anew Quebec. Two neigthbours named Morin l verybhihig olbout in was as perfect with the joys and temptati(,ns of other and Reheaurne have each eight children, anti as elealwii,te as bf ilt had boon de- days? Yet ea •h year these pilgrimages four sons and four daughbers. ruff,- sti,nee+cl io assist at a raynb wedding. In. into the past must be mire and more aume's four sons have married M�orin's nothimjg did It fall abort, not even in lonely jourpoya• for Chia friends whom four daughters, and Morin's four sons the prion• lColmanvhnre im the retg•hhor- wo can tako by Uzi Eland and lead have married tbo daughters of linorl of sixty c -tiros bin ounee iva the through the antiquated. ht4Us become i2;hviauyme. ' a ohaxsge for shin three-iinch cake, alio i.t fe-ver with each d"dw a ' i 1 �: y — 4 .�.,.,,.�.......... ..c...,..�.•a' aa.,.,,m.,;. ...�„x..,. ,..,-.,w...., ..,...�,w w.,,.,...._.,wv.-.�.,:...-....:.�...:.--- - .. _ . . .._....a 'nellMf' �, •_�1: w -tilt- ._ ^_.,...-:mss. r � . yy.