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strawberry Jal1y.

III making this jelly, Judgment should
be used in the selection of the berries.
They should be fresh and not sandy or
dirty, as they will be if picked in wet
weather. Hull the fruit and place it in
an enamelled preserving pan on the
side of a bright fire. The gentle heat
will soon begin to draw the juice from
it, and when this flows freely simmer it
until the berries begin to shrink, taking
care not to let them remain long enough
npon the fire for the juice to th1cken.
Have ready a dry sieve, which has been
thoroughly cleaned and scalded, and
pour the fruit into this, and after the
juice has entirely drained through,
strain it through several thicknesses of
muslin. After weighing it, put the
juice again in the preserving-pan and
boil it quickly, for twenty minutes, stir
ring it frequently. Then remove from
the fire and put it in the sugar (crushed
white sugar is best for the purpose), al
lowing for each pound of juice fourteen
ounces of sugar, adding the latter grad
ually as fest as it is dissolved. Place
the pan again on the fire as soon as all
of the sugar has dissolved, and boil until
done. To test whether it has boiled
enough, place a little upon a plate or
saucer; if it becomes stiff it is done
sufficiently. Then remove it from the
fire, fill and cover your jelly jars, and set
away for use in a dry, cool place.-The
Caterer.
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straberry Syrup and Preserves.

One gallon Of canned strawberries
vii - -. o. "Sr
"eisn ~ poui'os mheh eaehereo
lfesh ana allowed Ollie lightly without
being mashed. For this quantity take
one pound of best white suoor. either
oron,l,+od ~ uaha1
~ ioa
Il emma oo~i put layer OF strawberries
and a layer o tsugar alternately, until all.
the sugar has been put in. Let them
remain so for three or four hours, to ex-
tract all the juice. Then with a skim
mer dip up all the berries, and lay them
on a colander to drain, without MASKING
them. When all the juice is drained
from them, strain it through q coarse
linen towel or piece Of flannel. Then
measure it, and to every pint of juice
put one pound of best white sugar,
Put the juice and sugar into a stone jar.
set the jar into an iron pot of cold water.
Set the pot over the fire. Let it boil,
stirring it occasionally to dissolve the
sugar. Skim the forth off. When all
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Amusing Ignorance.

"What big words he uses" said one
lady to anothers as they were coming
out of church. SIZES" was the reply.
che has a decided polysyIable propen-
sity. Nevertheless, his discourses give.
me satisfaction" The good lady wal
not conscious that she had the "polysy1-
liable propensity" herself. 1t is bad
habit. 1t is never we'll to use big words
when small ones will serve the purpose.
A lady. who was makinga call on some
acquaintance observed that the furni-
ture had been changed, and remarked to
the lady,
"Yon have been metamorphosed,
haven't you?"
Eyes," said the other hesitatingly.
you mean whitewashed, l suppose; il
looks much better, doesn't it?"
what caused your little boys sick.
ness?" asked a plain mother OF a mother
whose little son was very i'll.
"He was climbing q ladder said thu
lady, "and lost his equilibrium"
Poor little felloww said the sym.
pathetic woman; ''do buy him another.
he'll be more careful next time!"
"Did you find the people indigent?'
asked a clergyman of a wealthy mem.
Der of his church who had been calling
on some very poor families.
sob, dear, no, "they were respectable
but Us poor as poverty"
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The House Of Many Mansions.

The following paragraph entitled
"The Diminsions of Heaven" is from
Lewis Penny Readings And he
measured the city with q reed, II, 900
furlongs. The length and breadth and
the height of it are equal."-Rev. xxi,
is. twelve thousand furlongs equal Z
100000 feet, which being cubed is 1885,
1893, 0sS, 600, OOO, 900, 900 cubic feet.
Reserving half of this space for the
throne and court of heaven. and half
the balance for streets we have the re-
mainder Of 124,l 1913 ,272,0 900 900, 600, 900
cubic feet. Divide this by 1000, the
cubical feet in q room Is feet square,
and there will be 80, 321 ,S43 $50, OO0,-
900 rooms. We will now suppose the
world always did and will contain $780,
900, 900, inhabitants, and that agen-
GRAFTON lasts 33t years, making in all q.
070,000,O00 900, every century, and
that the world will stand 100, 900, 900
years, or l 1000 centuries, making in all
2,070, 900 200, 900 inhabitants. Then
suppose there were 100 worlds equal to
this in the number of inhabitants and
duration of years, making a total of q
$40, 600, 900, 600, 900 persons and there
would be more than a hundred rooms1 t
feet square to each person.
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Asparagus.

If you have got land enough, and like
asparagus, but have not got it, you
ought to be ashamed Of yourself. You
a buy one-year-o old roots for 81 to So
a thousand, t%wo-year-old plants for So
to SO, or a pound Of seed for 60. cents.
One plant is enough for a square yard
of space. Plants when three years old,
begin to yield grass" and with fair
treatment they continue in good bear
ing condition for Is to 20 years. Any
land that will grow potatoes will grow
asparagus. It comes into use in April,
and lasts till the end of June. It does
not yield its product in q day or week,
but uninterruptedly doring its whole
season. 1t precedes peas, beans, and
spring cabbages,an apartfrom the car
rots, potatoes, parsnips and other Of
last year'svegetable's that we wintered
in onr cellars, we have very few vege-
tables when it is in season
some lettuce, spinach or
German green's, perhaps. "But it
is to late o to plant asparagus" You
may say. Well, that depends. Some
Of the Oyster Bay asparagus farmers
say that they get better results fir ON
May planting than from any other, and
would sooner plant in June than in the
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A Lesson in Handling a First Gun.

". ~ g. -H.H-.. "h#
The first thing to be learned is to
stand properly. Plant both your feet
naturally and firmly On the ground, SC
that the joints of your legs are neither
stiff nor bent; then lean the upper part
of your body slightly forward. Grip
the %gunstock just behind the guard with
the right hand, the forefinger lightly
touching the foremost trigger, hat is,
the trigger of the right-hand barrel.
The stock of the gun, a few inches in
front of the guard, must rest easily in
the hollow of the left hand. Hold the
muzzle of the gun up and slanting away
from you, so that the lower end of the
butt is just lower than your right elbow.
Now, if both hammers have been cooked,
and you gently and swiftly draw the
butt Of the gun up to and against the
hollow of the right shoulder, you will
find yourself in a good position for talk.
ing aim, which is best done by keeping
both eyes wide open, and looking
straight over the rib between the bar
rels with the right eye.
You will soon discover the trick of do
ing this, by fixing your aim with both
eyes open, and then holding it perfect
ly steady, closing the left eye; if the
line of sight now changes, you havenot
sighted correctly; if it remains fixed,
the aim has been taken with the right
eye. Nh
Be careful after firing never to set
your gun down with a hummer up.
THIS is the cause of many accidents.
TIC avoid accident you must b constant-
ly on the alert and cautious, not over
looking even the slightest precaution.-
st. Nicholas for June. 1853
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Home Hints,

Simple fare, plainly cooked, is what
children need; and the fashion of letting
them sit at table with older people and
eat just whatever they fancy is decided
ly Injurious.
Take a dainty cup and saucer half
filed with water, float upon. the surface
u piece of raw cotton, well moistened,
sprinkle this with grass seed and in q
few days you will have a thing of beauty
that the eye will thank you for.
If 1.-THE stairrods are dingy, their APP
pearance may be improved by washing
them with sweet milk polish them with
o flannel cloth.
Kerosene oil will remove spots from
old furniture and clean it better than
anything I have ever tried. Very often
on your sideboard and mahogany tables
you will find white spots; by rubbing
these with kerosene oil they will all dis.
appear.
Excellent Soft Gingerbread is made
of one cup of sugar, one cup of
butter, one cup Of sour cream, one III
of New Orleans molasses, four cups of
sifted -four, n tablespoonful of soda
dissolved in a little hot water, one table
spoonful of ginger, three we'll beaten
eggs, the rind grated of one lemon.
Raisins may be added, if you please.
PouLTIcEs.-On o teacup of fine
crumbs of good, light bread, or Indian
meal, or ground laxseed, or slippery
elm, pour enough boiling waterto work
up into a smooth mass; spread it evenly
on a thick piece of cloth. If you need
a mustard or pepper poultice just
sprinkle a light-bread poultice thickly
with mustard or cayenne. If an active
counter i~rritant is wanted the poultice
must have pepper or mustard mixed
one to two parts of flour and stirred up
with strong vinegar. For more dur
able irritation croton oil mixed with tar
tar emetic is used us prescribed by your
doctor.
To CLEAN LAcE.-Draw q stocking
tightly over a bottle and tie the ends.
Lay the lace smoothly over the stock
ing and tack it in its place. Fill the
bottle with cold water and put it in a
kettle of cold water with shavings of
soap in it; set over the fire and boil.
II necessary change Che water and re-
peat the process. Rinse in warm water
and in cold and set away to drain and
dry. Then remove the lace from the
bottle, layit between folds of paper and
press in a large book or under a weight.
Thus washed lace may be made to look
like new.
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Climatic Eccentricities.

The very remarkable climatic eccen-
tricities, if 50 they may be termed, that
have latterly attracted attention the
world over, are typicaily exemplitied in
the last Winter season about stavangov,
Norway, where in latitude 80 deg. SO
min. or only one degree south of the ex-
tremity of Greenland, the thermome-
ter but once during themonth of Janu-
airy fell to freezing point. The grass
plots of the various gardens are de-
scribed as having been practically as
green rs in Summer. Daisies, snow
drops, pansies. violets and prim-roses
had their blossoms well set; peonies
had appeared above the ground, and
roses had thrown out vigorous shoots"
Budget.
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iseedless Fruits.

DR.. E. L. Sturtevant contributes an
interesting article to the current Botan-
ical Gazette, containing many examples
of fruits which have become partially or
entirely seedless from long cultivation.
A tendency to produce seedless fruits is
assumed as evidence more or less con-
elusive Of ancient or prehistoric cultlva-
ton of the plant. Among common
fruits that are occasionally seedless are
apples, barberries, cherries, Icucumbers,
especially when grown under the glass,
grapes, lemons, medlars, %mulberries in
the Orient, oranges, pears, persimmons,
pomegranates, Strawberries and toma-
toes. Bananas and pineapples are 1lab-
itually seedless fruits. tits stated that
second-crop pears are always seedless,t
and n seedless variety is known. All
the better pears produce few seeds.
improvement in grapes is always
accompanied by a diminution of seed.
The European stock, Wits vinifera, has
given rise to many seedless varieties.
Our native wild grapes produce more
and better seeds than their cultivated
offspring. The stones of the cherries
very often fall to perfect seeds. Sec
ond-crop apples are said to benearlv or
quite seedless, while Menocher's No
core is o similar example of a secdless
variety. While diminution Of seeds al
most invariably attends high cultures
whether of fruits or flowers, there are
also familiar examples of seedless fruits
among wild plants. Singularly enough,
DIR. Sturteyant cites a few examples, al
though to the detriment Of his assump.
ton that seedless fruits Indicate long
cultivation. The seedless fruits of the
cacti or prickly pears Of the western
plains are surely not due to any inter-
ference by man, nor are those Of a score
of unimportant plants which are com.
mon all over the country.
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If you are short of ground. yen.

fall. If you are short Of ground, ,yolgs
can raise lots OF things on ycur aspara.,
gus beds; for instance, radishes and
corn salad sown thinly broadcast over
them in spring; they will be gathered
for use before grass cutting season is
over. Lettuce may be planted along
side of the rows or spinach sown there.
and both be off before you stop cutting.
Or, in the event of. q newly set-out
plantation, you car raise early potatoes,
snap-beans, beets, horn carrots, etc,
between the rows. Don't be afraid OF
impoverishing the ground; give it lots Of
manure, keep it clear of weeds and
cultivate it well, and you can cropit all
you want to.
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NO A FROM T1zE DEAD
Views c~ontroverting tho Idea ThatR9l'
11ut,on Comes Prom the Draws!

views ControVeTtAnh tno
, T luton Comes From the Grave.
Philadelphia Times ra8sao&s
"For myself remarked a leading
member of the medical profession here,
sit would not shock me at alto know
that my skeleton, scraped and strung
with wires, is to bethung up in thelab-
oratory of Observation-Disclosures College.
| The skeleton of DR.. Warner, the cele-
| brated surgeon of Boston is hanging. il
in the laboratory at Harvard to-day,
but it is not shown to- strangers put OF
J respect for the family. This was done
! at lis W request. But tllerehas been
a great deal Of exaggeration in what has
been written and said aboutlthe tpehu.
ton of water and air by the bodies OF
the dead. Earth isar great leoddtzer
and when bodies are placedilnlts thsYs
gradually decompose and all septic
and poisonous matters are removed.
OF a human body weighing 400 pouAds
IS are water and 10 pounds bone,
leaving less than twenty pounds as a
source of disease. Take into aGenunts
the vast amount of water in the Schuyl-
kill and the DISTANCE taat any poisonous
matter has to percolate through the soil,
to reach il, it seems folly ID -assert tfiat
it would affect the water, wetdrink II a
torrent Of water should suddenly rush
| through Laurel HillaC emetrs# iA1seoffS
tact with the bodies there, the stream
would purify itself in aquatefbf a mile.
And then there is another foolishs ida >
that people indulge in that worms eat
the human body. They'do not, but'liye
on vegetable substances The bodies of
dead animals and human beings gradu-k
ally resolve themselves into their con-
stituent elements. An animal drops
dead out on the plains. Birds OF prey
and jackals pick its bones and they an
time crumble into dust. -a.a9
so with the human body. The slow
process of combustion sgoes on in the
grave, but it is not out of sight. The
gases that escape are seized upon by
other forms of life. We are dust, and
what is the death of one is the life ofan-
other. But it would DO very different
if a dead body were lying in a drain and
the exhalations cameup into theslouses. .
In London the subject is attracting a
great deal of attention, the buried places
of the dead occupying, IN
amount of room. Phere they are 'agi-
tating legal enactments to compel -ere-'
nation. The arguments used there are
the economy Of space and for sanitary
reasons. in London swhere the DEATH
rate is II person per minute, itis be
coming a serious question where they
shall place their dead.s& As an instance
that gases from the bodies of the dead
do not affect the living, 7 viii, mention
| the Church of the Capuchins at Rome.
The body of each monk when he dies is
placed in the earth below the church
until it has decayed. tt is tHen exhumed
and placed against. thea walls of the
vault. The survivors who live over this
charnel- house are not affected by ex-
halations Or gases producing disease
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Miss Anna Goodwin, the daughter Of
Parke Goodwin, of New York, is en-
gagged to be married to a Turk by the
name of DeCastro, who is in this conn
try to look after the interests of Mn.
Msckey in the new cable company. Mr..
DeCastro was Mr. Mackey's private
secretary, but his business talents were
more available in another position, and
he sent him over here on this important
mission. Miss Goodwin will not be the
first American girl to marry a Turk.
Two Of the Turkish Ministers have
married New Workers. Blacque Bey
married a daughter Of Or. Valentine
Mott, and his son, Valentine Blacdue,
is a well-known broker, and q much
more intelligent man than the average
run of brokers. Aristarchi Bey, the
present Turkish Minister, has had two
American wives and is now a widower.
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The wife of Senator Benjamin E

H.aEaaH#
The wife of Senator Benjamin n.
Harrison, Of Indiana, has decorated
eighteen dinner plates in q novel nan
ner, which was wholly her own idea.
On each side she has painted a bird of a
different species, and on the border of
the plate q verse in old English text Of
poetry written by one Of the best author.
about that particular kind Of bird.
This not only has the merit of original
ity, and SO excites the interest and adj
miration of those who see the plates,
but has the further advantage, as
every verse is one which has been little
quoted, of suggesting topics of CONVEX
sation at a dinner party when the plates
are used, which is always an estimable
boon on such occasions. Mrs. Harrison
says she was surprised to find how much
good poetry had been written about
birds which alluded to or described SO
many different species.
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The London Caterer says the bills Of
fare in America are too bloated. 1t
thinks that if the dishes were fewer in,
number and better served and cooked
it would be an advantage.
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Weed the Young Crops,

Even if your asparagus. carrots and
beets are far enough apart to admit of
horse-cultivation, and you do cultivate
them, don't forget to weed them also.
Rag-weed, Pig-weed, Purslane and
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A large staff Of Yale professors are
engaged upon the revision Of Webster's
Dictionary, which will soon appear.
Many Of them are also ut work upon
the Century Dictionary.
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In o order to impart dignity to the town
OF Maroa, Ill, forty of the merchants &
have signed a pledge to wear high silk
hats, instead of the wide-bsimmed
slouc9hes that have been in. fashion
there. SSs
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Of it upon me. Doubtless it is the
way Of the world, but such things are


OIL upon me. Doubtless 1t is the
way OF the world, but such things are
hard to bear.1
She did not leave her chamber for an
hour hen she reloined her mother,
~ was with q calm manne but no one
Q y herself knew how difficult it was
70 MAINTAIN IT.
'Motiler,8 she said, lit is all over
between Mr.. Rivers and myself"
rs 1t true?' her mother asked IN be-
wiiderment.
lsead that letter ana you VIII Know,
II Is contemplate" commented
mrs; carton, Indignantly. d'dnt
think John blyers u behave 30 DIS
honorabieE
~ was 81 course the same afternoon
that an Old man, poorly dressed, tot
tered to Mrs, Cartons door.
lor .ney mao no servant
now, answered ms KNOCK.
n looked Win some surprise az the
Dene ngure De,ore hel:
Does 4al. Shiieon i've here' asAeo
she vhu man.
les sir.
am nef Uncie nenlam'n."
a.,. co al:s, ~ y, tnen' saiu oaroi,ae kihaly'
SUI ELs WI IL ~ slau ~ see Son
~ h.a oi.eii II IeaIu DenIanlih Carl-
suu sPoAen u. 10 hau "ahaered way
Ion, n.,,nt I sea,s neios' and no one
Knew Wilathe was dolng OF now ne Jared.
amna now, nrohen \ 9ay ana 20 al
PPgai anosa pooi' ne hql conhe oack.
an slaa 10 see you'.cuc,e benla-
I'LL, oulu uuiS. StT1louy hlIlllly , you 90
n Tom fooh1a n;.L
~, Iaih ieepie. ehinA l nave not
~ -. ),
de- 70 ~ asaen s.sns uicls
n,on ain,ast ;.s,ion;a ase .I 1Ie olu
~ Lamar nAe
no .s 1
81 - H. 1;ttionaVs y s1aS Wi. NJ. us,
$3.50. Sne i''ie We nase' SAIL I"is'
..Tsn c.4,. ~
na 800 LeS you lise " : nanu-
s;ah . nouse : nousn' you muss pe
aA..aa ...,, -,
rora1,pe MTI. hessa eaoee.I.!., earu
III +bnt ~ ,aan .a.hs , ssu ~ ni1 ale
- 4na pooi w .eie u.s. any 1neie
~ nIaYss M .ua WI. s"al:eW up
as.ssimas Ae1 "e inus snii' ior
stIndeedl I am sorry to hear that.
T am afraid I ought not to burden youln
aIt is no burden, Uncle BENJAMIN.
said Caroline. aGod will care for us. and
while we have a shelter. YOU shall share
it.n
aWho is your lawyer?" asked the old
man.
"Mr. Brief"
"Does he live in this ~yillaee?.
aYes; his Office is next to the post Of
flee.
The old man retired early.
The next morning he took his hat
and cane, and prepared to walk out.
Where are o going. uncle ~ asked
Mrs. Carlton.
"For a little walk, he said.
aAre o able"
81 shall not 90 far.p
He returned in a connie Of bours. and
seemed quite exhausted. He went TO
bed and slept heavily. II was clear
that he had but little strength left. and
that the end Of his mortal PILGRIMAGE
must be yery near
The doctor was summoned. bnt said
that he had no particular disease. Old
age and a General breaking IN Of the
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Leila johnson, a female member Of
the Boston bar, has distinguished her.
self in winning q suit for a deserted
wife, who sued for the custody Of her
children.
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Crab Grass are coming up in earnest
now, and unless You pluck them out
they will overrun and destroy your gar
den crops. If you wait till they come
up q bit, you are liable, in wedding to
root up your vegetables as well as weeds
and after wedding to expose your half
checked onions or other truck to the
parching influence of a summer sun