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bottom of neighbOring lake; that both
they and their fathers were familiar with
these sounds made by two species Of shell
fish. They call them 'crying shells"
So Sir J. L, Tcndcut took boat and went
out on the lake, one moonlight night,
and thus describes the sound he heard :
"They came up from the water like the
gentle thrills of musical cord, or the
faint vibrations of n wine-glass when its
rim is rubbed by a moistened finger. 1t
was not one sustained note, but multi.
tude of tiny sounds, each clear and dis
tinct in itself; the sweetest treble
mingled with the lowest bass. On APP
plying the ear to the wood work Of the
boat, the vibration was greatly increased
in volume The sounds varied consid-
erably at different points, and they did
not hear them on all parts Of the lake.
Did you ever rub the edge of thin COB
let round and round, after dipping your
finger in water4 II not, ask your mother
to let you Try it some time after dinner,
that yoa may know how fishes music
Sounds.
A party of five intelligent persons
heard music in the harbor Of Bombay,
described as "like the protracted boom
ing Of distant bell, the dying cadence
of mn -E)lian harp, the note Of a pitch
pipe or tuning fork, or any other long
drawn out musical note" The fish that
was said to produce these sounds closely
resemoed in size and shape the fresh
water perch The sounds rose from the
surface of the water all around the boat.
Singing fish seem to me almost as
wonderful as mermaids, but assure you
on the authority Of NJ. Dufosse, an emf
nent French naturalist, that this fish
story is a true story.-Work and Play.
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Bread Making,

Within few years, uubolted wheat or
Graham flour has become quite popular
throughout the country, aud deseryedly
so, on account of its pleasant flavor, as
well as its well-known superiority in re.
gard to healthfuness. For mush, gems,
griddle cakes or soda muftins, there is
nothing superior to it if rightly cooked,
though many are SO prejudlced against it,
considering it little better than bran or
cattle feed-that they will make no use
Of it. 1t should always be kept perfectly
clean, 50 as to require no sitting, for the
most beneficial properties are supposed
to lie in the hull, and in whatever form it
is cooked, it should be mixed thinner than
If fine flour were used, else it will be
dry.
Graham bread is made similar to white
bread, with the exception OF sweetening
a little with molasses, and mixing quite
soft-so soft that it is very difficult to
mould, and is usually baked without.
Probably no article of food has been
more improved in quality, since the in
PRODUCTION of stoves, than corn and rye
bread. The old-fashioned brown bread,
which was mixed hard enough to stay in
a round heap on the bottom of the brick
oven, although once staple article in
every household, would now find few ad-
mirers, except, perhaps, an occasional ell
derly person who whimsically believes
that food cooked ia the old fashioned
way would taste as good to them now, as
it did in the growing, romping days of
their childhood.
In order to induce the present genera
tion (Which appreciates too well the lux
ury of light and tender fine -four cook
ing), to patronize coarse bread very lib
orally, it must be made as appetizing as
possible, without affecting its healthful-
ness; it must be moist, light, trihe
sweet, and baked with as tender crust
as possible. Brown bread, mixed thick
enough to make rounded, heaped up
mass, and baked four, five, or six hours,
is usually so dry and hard that it is any
thing but tempting, after twenty-iour
hours old
For some years past, we have mixed
ours thin enough to require no smoothing
Oh "tNSi PJuiibS iAtO thS p'hihB WIS,
unless the meal is unusually fine. Our
experience has been that, the thinner it
can I've mixed without falling, the lighter
and more moist it will be when baked.
Whether this rule holds good when yeast
is used, am unable to say, as have had
no experience with that kind, but can see
no reason why it should not, Although
some may consider either yeast or sour
milk necessary to make good brown
bread, l think, should they try the for
lowing method, that they would be we'll
satisfied with the result:
Sitt three-fourths Of quart each of rye
and Indian meal together, add three
fourths of cup of molasses, and one
teaspoouful of sods nicely dissolved
mix with warm water as thin as it will
bear-no quantity can be given, as meal
varies SO much in quality, the coarse re-
quiring to be mixed much thinner than
that which is fine. Bake two or two and
one. half hours in q hot Oven-not hot
enough to burn it, but sufficiently hot to
bake it nicely, in that course of time; if
kept closely covered while baking, the
crust will be much more tender, and con.
sequently, better reliShed by the majority
of people.
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Roasting Places.

Far less attention is paid to providing
suitable roosting places for fowls and
chicks than is given to host of other and
less important matters connected with
poultry and poultry houses. We have
seen neat, tasty poultry houses, which
appeared from an outside view to be the
most comfortable places fowls could wish
for. yet an inspection of the inside re-
vealed the roosts from five to six feet
high, far too high for heavy fowls. in
"ye olden times" when light bodied
fowls were the go, it did well enough to
let them roost high, especially as the hen
house was not carefully closed at night
to prevent the visits of predatory rats,
weasels and other animals with natural
relish for chickens in the rough. Now We
have heavier fowls, are more particular in
regard to the condition of the plumage,
and take more pains with them, so these
erial roOsting places can readily be dis
pensed with, substitute being readily
found in the now popular roosting
benches, which can be made but with u
small outlay Of time, labor and money,
and are movable, permitting the fancier
to move them wherever necessary. These
benches can be made from twelve to six
teen inches high and of 9x1 inch Stats
There is no regular length for these
benches, from five to six feet being very
convenient size, though if the compart.
ment be not too wide, they can be made
to conform to tie width Of the house,
being careful TO make them set true on
The door, with wide spread legs well
fastened ou.-Poultry Journal.
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Morrissey and Wood.

The death Of John Morrissey and the
failure of Ben Wood recall the celebrated
bout between these two gamblers, when
the latter won $l24, 900 from the former.
The New York correspondent Of the
Buffalo Courier describes the occasion.
Ben was in the habit of dropping into
Norrissey's place occasionally for little
recreation, and one night, about ten years
ago, he sauntered in as usual aud fell
afou Of the bank. Morrissey was there
and many men about town, all Of whom
knew Woods pluck and hang .on-ative-
ness, and the party settled down for
some lively work. Wood had about
So 600 in his pocket and as the betting
was heavy he managed to gee to the
bottom in about an hour. In fact he
was cleaned out. But his blood was up
that night, and, as his reputation for
pluck was at stake among the boys, he
decided that once for all it should make
or break. His ready cash was gone, but
he owned valuable property on Tyron
row, where the Stats Zeltung building
now stands, and he proposed to hypoihe,
CulO tnO PiOPSi'J w HiO'' ii
whatever sum, up to its value, he should
lose. The offer was accepted, and the
great night began. 1t lasted all night
and up to 0 O'Clock next morning, and,
when truce was finally called, Ben had
won back the $4,000 he started with ana
scored about 100000 ahead besides
With the money that Morrlssey hal sd-
yanced him on the hypothecated prop
erty, he turned around and gave John
the worst whaling he ever received I"
the card table. Not sign OF wincins
was shown on either side till physical et'
haustion forced a cessation Of hostilltles.
Both men were true grit to the last anu
neither showed the least ill-temper from
beginning to end. 1t was on that occs'
sion that Ben performed the extr"ora..
nary feat of smoking 500 worth OF c'gait;
in one night. Morrissey had a spsclaS.
brand Of cigars at 81 each for his nusu
customers, and Wood, who is tremeh.
dous smoker (or chewer, rather, ior "
merely chews furiously at cigar auu ua
then filings it away managed 10 spun
ninety of them while the fight lasted
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Smile Whenever You Can.

When things don't go to suit you,
And the world seems upside down,
Don't was te your time in frettlng,
But drive away that frown;
ipce life is oft perplexing,
Ills much the wisest plan
To bear all trials bravcly,
And smile whene'er you can
Why should you dread tomorrow
And thus despoil to-day?
For when you borrow trouble,
You always have to pay.
II isa good old maxim,
Which should he often preached
Don't cross the bridge before you
Uutil the bridge is reached.
You might be spared much sishing'
II you would keep in mind
The thought that good and evil
Are always here combined.
There must be something wanting
And though you roll in wealth,
You may miss from your casket
That precious jewel-health.
Ard though you're strong and sturdy
You may have an empty purse
IAN Garth has many trials
Which | consider worse);
But whether joy or sorrow
Fill up your mortal span,
Twill make your pathway brighter
To smile whene'er you can.
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SIZE had invited him to stop to sup
per, and he was trying to appear ess; ss,
and unconcerned, while she was on .S. uS.
prettiest behavior. "HAye you useu wv
sugar, Johup inquired the mother IN 20
winning manner "John don't want Nv ~
sugar." calculated the young helI' ,ho, ."
ruptly, "Why not1" inquired the ia.as.' iss
curiously, while John, in his surPl,1CS
swallowed bit Of toasted crus,, ' h.
nearly cut his throat open. s',} "GO' n.a. a.
don't" explained the heir, in arlfaI la1 y
ner. II heard him tell Mary last nlgi. an
"You keep STILL" interrupted Mary nan
hysterical manner, while the young narJ n
caught his breath in dismay. VI .saS. nsa
him say" persisted the heir, with u. u't Aha!
full eagerness, THAT she was SO swees s,.r mo no
he shouldn't never use no more Sugm .aI
more-an' then he kissed her, on ! , 'aS,
I'd tell, an" The young heir N.
lifted out of the room on his ear, anu w.
supper was finished in moody slien'''
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SCoTcH CAKE. - One pound brown
sugar, one pound -four, one-half pound
butter, two eggs, one teaspoonful CHINA
mon; roll very thin and bake.
SusEE's CAKE.--One cup of butter, two
Of sugar, three of -four (hesping), and
four eggs. Sift one tablespoonful of
cream Of tartar and half a teaspoonful of
soda in the -four.
CRAB APPLE SWEET CIDEE.--Heat a
pint OF vinegar and pound of sugar,
mace, and cloves together, and pour over
the crab.apples for six mornings. PIums,
cherries, and peaches make delightful
pickle done in that way.
To USE UP COLD MEATs.-Prepars
your meat as for hash; fill deep dish
with boiled maccaroni; on top of that
place the hash; cover it with tomatoes,
over which sprinkle bread crumbs, with
a little butter; bake until nicely Drowned.
BuTTERMILK MuFFINs.- quart but
termilk, two eggs, butter the size of an
egg, two fiat spOonfuls soda mixed in a
little water, or one spoonful saleratus,
two teaspoonfuIs salt, -four to make a
thick batter. Bake in rings in quick
oven.
CRUMPETs. - Three cupfuls raised
dough, work into it one.half cupful soft
ened butter, three eggs, and mix suffi.
cient to make stiff batter; turn into
buttered pans and let it remain fifteen
minutes before baking; bake one half an
hour.
BEEF TEA.-One pound lean beef,
chopped foe; put in clean vessel with a
cover; add one pint cold water, and four
drops Of muriatic acid; stand on back OF
range one hour; then simmer two hours ;
strain and add four cloves and one tea
spoonful salt.
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To CLEAN THE HAIR. - Ammonia
should not be used on the hair; it tipjures
the gloss and softness, causing the hair
to become harsh and dry. The best way
to cleanse the hair and keep the scalp
healthy is to beat up fresh egg and rub
it well into the hair, or, if more conven.
lent, rub it into the hair without beating
Rub the egg in until lather is formed |;
occasionally wet the hands in warm wa
ter, soGtened with borax; by the time
lather is formed the scalp is clean; then
rinse the egg all out in basin of warm
water, containing a tablespoonful of pow
dered borax; after that rinse in one clear,
warm water,
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IN the moral as iu the physical world,
the violent is never the lasting; the tree
forced to unnatural luxurisnce of bloom
bears it and dies.
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ALWAYS tell the truth; you will find
it easier than lying.
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A BALTIMORE man has been arrested
for playing ghost by dancing around at
night on the tops of houses in his
night. shirt, his object being to depreciate
property in his neighborhood SO that he
could buy it cheap.
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LET those who are curious in coinage
-numinsmatology is the learned name
Of that particular weaknsss-collar
twenty. cent pieces, if they can, and lock
them up securely in their cabinets. What
twenty. pieces will bring twenty
years hence, at auction or by private
treaty, who can telll Fabulous sums,
perhaps, for no more of them are to be
coined, the bill to that effect having
passed both Houses. SO they lapse into
the category of curiosities, and the pock-
cts which knew them will know them no
more forever. They will be scarce as
Hebrew shekels or Massachusetts, pine
tree shilliNgs, or any of the old colonial
coppers. They have never been much
admired by money-spending public
because Of the faculty with which they
might be taken in change for quarters.
SO they 60 into Punishment and desue.
tude, and as they disappear, we remem-
Der, not altogether afiectionately, divers
discarded coins and tokens which have
gone before them.-N. 7. Tribune.
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Napoleon's Prediction on Russia.

Although the usso-Turkis war is ended, the
attention of the world is still directed to the scene
of the recent contest. In view of events now
transporting in Turkey and India, the views of
Napoleon, while at St. Helena, expressed in 1917
to his surgeon, Barry OMeara, will be read with
interest.
In the course of a few years, " said be, Rus
STA will have ConstantinOple the greater part of
Turkey, and all Greece. This l hold to be as
certain as if it had already taken place. Almost
all the ~cajoling and fattering which Alexander
practlced toward me was to gain my consent to
effect this object. | would not consent, foresee-
ing that the equilibrium of Europe would be de-
stroyed.
lin the natural course of things in a few years
Turkey must fall to Russia. The greater part Of
her population are Greeks, who, you may say,
are Russians. The Powers it would injure, and
who could oppose it, are England, France, Prus-
STA and Austria. Now, as to Austria, it would
be very easy for Russia to engage her assistance
by giving her Seryia and other provinces border
ing upon the Austrian dominions, reaching near
to ConstantinOple. The only hypothesis that
France and England may ever be allied with sin
cerity will be in order to prevent this. But even
this alliance Will not avail. France, England and
Prussia united cannot prevent it. Russia and
Austria can at any time effect it. Once mistress
of Constantinople, Russia gets all the commerce
of the Mediterranean, becomes a great naval
power, and Heaven knows what may happen.
She quarrels with you, marches off to India an
army of 70, 900 good soldiers, which to Russia is
nothing, and 100 900 canaille, Cossacks and
others, and England loses India.
Above all other Powers, Russia is most to
be feared, especially by you. Her soldiers
are drawer than the Austrians, and she has the
means of raising as many as she pleases. In
bravery, the French and English soldiers are the
only ones to be compared to them. All this l
foresaw. see into futurity further than others,
and l wanted 10 establish a barrier against those
barbarians by re-establishing the kingdom Of
Poland, and putting Poniatowski at the head Of it
as King but your imbeciles Of Ministers would
not consent. a hundred years hence l shall be
praised, and Europe. especially England, will
lament that [ did not succeed.
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In old English text it Lucy Randolph, obis
April 23d, 1882, ae. 64-Mary Carter, obis January
Dist. 1870, ae. "a"
We anticipate the establishing Of a very interest
ing Museum in this department, and as this is " a
mere mention - Of come specimens we think they
already possess the nucleus for q rare collection.
Perishsble or unimportsnt articles are yearly sold.
and some idea of the number OF the " lost . may be
obtained in running over the many thousand articles
on the sale list.
Among the employees in the Office is an old clerk
appointed by Andrew Jackson. He is q very staunch
admirer Of the old hero Of New Orleans, and always
him at the time Of his appointment. at viii last
until | open my last letter, " he says pathetically-it
is little more than n wire.
There are very many amusingly addressed letters,
as you may imagine, one | recall was 70 " Eliazer
Bliss, who married Robert Fant's sister, and is a fan
maker" Another was TO "'Ting Wang, his shop
California" do not think / can close without ref
erance tc a faith-breathing letter addressed to Dear
Old Santa Claus in which o little girl told all her
troubles to that blessed hero Of infant Worshipers.
She told him her - old doll was good as new, and
not TO mind her, because her dear father was hurt at
the mill, and her poor mother could not make enough
with her sewing 10 feed all of them, and that mother
cried when father did not zee her, and If Santa Claus
could just bring q barrel Of -four and some coal,
she would try to be a good little girl all the year.
The best OF 1t was, her prayer was heard and an
sWered,-for the address on the letter attracted the
notice Of one Of the officials, and be went to see the
little petitioner-found it an "o'er true tsle'-and
taking around the letter and a piece Of paper, not
only got enough money to buy all the little one de-
sired, but a good purse beside. After this who will
fail to believe in that good genii-Santa Claus?
Z. L. j.
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One of LIES Shadows

81 : o'clock the other morning n second street
wife followed Der husband down % the gate as
he was starting for down town, and kindly said
10 him
" William, you know how sadly | need a blue
bunting dress.
"Yes. dear he remarked. " but you know
how hard up 1 am. Is soon as | can sec my
way clear you shall have the dress. and a new
hat 10 boot. BE patient, be good. and your re-
ward shall be great"
Forty minutes after that be emerged from a
restaurant with a bie basket and a hsh pole
bound up the river. In the basket was a chick
en-, pickles, cakes, fruit. pie, and a bottle OF
liquid OF n rich color, and he was Jusi lighting n
twenty-eent cigar, when his wife came along.
What you here =" be exclaimed.
Yes, l was going to the market. Where are
you ~going-what's in tEat basket ?"
- was going 10 carry this fsh-pole around TO
a friend on Jefferson avenue he modestly an
swered.
=. And that basket -
This basket-well, was going to take it to
the orphan asylum as a present 20 the children.
1t is a donation from six leading citizens"
William, l don't believe it
"Sh! Don't talk 50 loud :"
William. | shall talk louder vet" she ox-
claimed. I'm bet you are going fishing"
Mary, have | ever deceived you ?' he plain
lively asked. II never have As proof Of my
sincerity, you can take this basket to the asylum
yourself ~
And III do it, she promptly replied as
she relieved him Of it.
Mary, hadn't you
"No. sir, l hadn't Iou'd better hurry up
with that fish pole, as the man may want it. and
be careful how You stand aroundin the hot sum-
She left him there. lie watched her take the
car for home, and then he returned the fish pole
and crossed the street and said 20 an acquain-
lance
tom, I'm suffering from neuralgia, and the
excursion is of till next week. Too bad, but
we can never tell what a day may bring FORTH
There were chicken and pickles and other good
things on the table at dinner, but he never
smiled. Even when his wife wished she was an
orphan, il that was the way they were fed, be
never betrayed the gloom in his heart. IL was
only when she handed him the bottle be had 20
carefully tucked into the basket. and he saw it
labeled Good for little children that lac
asked
Mary, it's an awful thing for a wife 10 get
the impression that her husband is a cold bloodcd
liar -
1t must be-" she replied. az she took the
other chicken leg.-Deiroit Free Press.
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The Broken Crescent.

A correspondent of the London Times gives n
pathetic account of meeting the remnants of
Mehemet Ais army on it's retreat before the in
t~elligence Of the armistice had been announced.
They were crowding into the small town Of
Tchataldja, wet, ragged, worn out, dispirited
hungry and sick. At least fifteen thousand OF
them were bareiooted in the rain and snow, and
their feet were wounded and bleeding from their
long and exhaustive marches. Among them
were many brave men whom the correspondent
had met early in the war, and who were enthu-
siastically bent on fighting the Russians every
day. Now they asked him TO tell them, =" For
Alah's sake, when shall we have peace?"
When told that an armistice had been agreed
upon, they exclaimed 1.-THE mercy of God !" and
gave way to tears. They had been driven before
the enemy day after day, and had retreated by
mountain paths and through fearful defles, en-
during the most dreadful hardships, and suffer-
ing the pangs of unappeased hunger. The spirit
Of these brave warriors was completely broken,
and their longings were summed up in the one
word, peace.
1t was upon this remnant Of an army, and in
this broken and wretcbedly demoralized condition
that the Porte would have had chiefly TO rely for
the defense of the Turkish Capital had not nego-
tiations arrested the advance Of the Russians.
The resistance Of such a force would have neces-
sarily been feeble. 1t is, perhaps, the conscious
ness OF utter exhaustion and n knowledge Of the
want of all recuperatiye resources that have in
duced the Porte to accept the hard terms imposed
by the conqueror. Mehemet Ais broken army
is typical Of the dilapidated condition of the
Empire. 1t is a ruin, nor do we believe it TO be
in the power ofany Of the Western Nations 10
reconstruct and give it the appearance Of strength
and pcrmanency. When Plevna fell the Crescent
appeared as a symbol Of power for the last time
north OF the Balkans, and the time is not far
distant when it will disappear altogether from
Western Europe.
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Heresy appears to be spreading somewhat
rapidly in the churches. The latest discovery Of
II j. that Gods omniscience is widely denied in
Of this discover. made by the LadeDen9ent, il n
book which has just been published by the Book
Concern, IN which IL is affirmed that " human
freedom Is incompatible with universal prescicnce,
and that it IS impossible for God 10 foreknJw
what is contingent on a will as free as Ills own. 20
This would seem to be another attempt ~ prov
ing that God is not 10 be held respOnsibe Jr the
endless misery Of a soul, on the ground that, az
lie does not know what any mans fate will be,
lie Is not 10 blame for allowing beings TO come
into this world whose ultimate portion is an
everlasting hell. DR.. Hurst, President Of Drew
Seminary, has written an introduction TO the
book, from which il inferred that he, too, holds
this view and promulgates the same among the
students. Hardly q fair inference.