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To Preserve Ouinces,

Pare, quarter and core the ounces
and throw them into cold water. Save
the parings and knotty pieces for Jelly,
being careful to reject the cores and
seeds, as they prevent the liquid from
jellying. When you have pared suffl-
cicnt to make one or two jars, take
them from the water and put into the
preserving kettle; cover with boiling
water, bring to boil quickly, then
stand on the back Of the range, where
they will cook slowly, until they can
be pierced with straw. While they
are cooking, put the sugar and some
water into another kettle, allowing
one-half pound of sugar and a half
pint of water for each pound OF fruit.
Stir the sugar until dissolved, then
boil and skim. Lift the ounces from
the water and put them into the syrup
and cook slowly for ten minutes, and
can. If several jars are to be canned,
all the fruit should be boiled in the
same water, and this water saved to
boil the skins for Jelly.
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DAINTY PIycusHIoN.

very easy to make 1t is q good model
to choose.
First select dainty china bowl Of
about three inches in diameter; II you
are making the cushion for blue
room, let it be blue and white; II you
do not care for that, choose any color
you prefer, only make sure that the
china is fine and the coloring delicate
Cut round OF cardboard that will
exactly fit the bowl at distance OF
one-half inch below the rim. Pile up
on 1t. upon one side, strands OF wool
wadding or fine curled hair, till you
have perfect mound; then cover IT
with a soft bit Of white cloth, exactly
as you would cover button mold.
Cut disk Of fine white linen one
inch larger round than the board, and
embroider upon 1t any tiny flower in
keeping with the bowl. Those In the
drawing are forget-me-nots, and the
china Is blue and white but what Is
best for your purpose you alone can
tell.
When the flowers are worked, press
them thoroughly, md make an outer
cover for the cushion OF the embrold'
cred linen. Take care that 1t is quite
smooth and tight; then paste round the
inner edge Of tho bowl and drop the
cushion In. When 1t is dry, 1t will be
arm and ready for use.-Harper's
Vounp peODle
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OLD NEW ORLEANS.
jackson Square and the Creole Quarter OF
Other Days.

JACKSON square ana the CrCOlo Ou8fC6f Oh
Other Days.
Let us turn back to the French mar
ket. For there is beautiful, quaint old
Jackson Square, and behind 1t the twin
spires of st. Louis cathedral, both of
them just where Bienville staked out
the ground for them q hundred and
seventy-five years ago. He called the
square land it was SO called for more
than century, the Place d'Armes.
The plan was for six streets to run be-
hind the square parallel with the river
bank, with six crossing them at right
angles on the squares left, and six
others doing the same on its right, the
whole having the levee in front and a
wall of earth and palisades on the other
three sides. Certain streets even yet
show by their names where this old
wall and its moat were-Canal street,
Rampant, Esplanade-making what is
still called the ''vieux carre," the old
square. This Is but slender fraction
of the present Creole New Orleans
below Canal street; but it is the old,
the historic Creole quarter: and there
was not much more than this even
when Claiborne, the young Virginian,
was the first governor of the state Of
Louisiana, and Andrew jackson, the
savior of New Orleans, parleyed, in
yonder room whose windows still look
out upon the old square, with La
fitte, the pirate of the Gulf Of Mexico,
and accepted his aid to drive back the
British invader. Now the long, thin
city stretches up and down the bends
of its river harbor twelve miles and
more. and promises ere long to have q
quarter of million inhabitants.
Just behind the "vieux carre," and
facing Rampant street midway between
Canal and Esplanade, just as Jackson
Square faces the levee, is a piece Of
public ground "whose present name Of
Congo Square," as somebody says,
''still preserves reminder OF its old
barbaric pastimes." For here 1t is
where the Creoles' slaves, when this
was outside the town gates, used to
dance their wild dances, the Bamboula
and the Calinda. Here, for many years,
was Cayetano's circus and many bull
fight. Here Is where Parson Jones
preached and where Bras Coupe was
ed.-George w. Cable, in st. Mich
OlaS
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PLATFORM READERS.
They Miss the Pleasant Time Enjoyed
the Bards and Minstrels OF Old.

They Miss the Pleasant Time Enjoyed bl
the Bards and Minstreis OF Old.
The business of appearing in publta
as reader of ones own writings IL nos
as pleasant as misguided few may
fancy. To us there seems to be nd
more graceless occupation. The ircon.
veniences of travel, the changes Of 3Lis
mate, the vicissitudes of weather, tiie
different tastes of different pubiics--
these are but the beginning OF the in
evitable horrors that attend upon the
career of him who takes to the plat.
form.
The bards and minstrels Of old had
an easier time Of it. They played fewer
but longer engagements. There were
no one-night stands in those good old
times The talented and popular
minnesinger" didn't have to jump
from Weeping Water, Neb., to West
Brookfield, Mass; he wasn't compelled
to do western dialect" one week and
Horatian paraphrases the next; there
were no way freights in those days
landing fellow at his destination al
3:0S q. m.
When minnesinger came to town he
came to stay for a mon tn of Sundays,
and there was nothing too good for
him. If the critics didn't like his
poems or objected to the way he
touched his light guitar he was disem.
boweled or otherwise reproved. Tho
poet had things all his own way; roy
atty housed and fed him, and people
considered 1t great honor to be per-
mitted to hear him drone out the poems
which, likely as not, he had cribbed
from worthier poets in far-distant
country. There was some show for
platform poets in those dim, majestic
ages. True, there were no lecture bu-
reaus then nor any railways, but hue
manity was kind and the walking was
good.-Eugene Field, in Chicago REQ
ord
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THE MISCHIEVOUS WASP,
One of It's Large Nests Is Said to Contair
Thousands of Cells.

One of It's Large Nests Is Said to Contain
Thousands of Cells.
There are few boys who have not, at
one time or other, made the acquaint-
ance of the wasp. The manner Of In
PRODUCTION varies with the occasion.
Sometimes the boy makes the first ad-
vances, and again 1t is the wasp which
presses its attentions upon the boy,
and refuses to leave him until it has
presented him with q warm memento
of the interview,
This year has been an extraordinary
one for wasps In the southern parts Of
England and in some places they
amounted to veritable plague. Nat
uralists, when appealed to, give very
learned reasons for the fact that wasps
are more numerous some years than
others, but boys know that the wealth
or has great deal to do with it, and
the habits Of the insect are strong
proof of this.
In the natural course Of things,
wasps all die in September, except the
young females or queens, which are
the latest Matched. They hide them
selves for the winter under stones and
iu holes of trees, to be ready for carry
ing on business in the spring. But If
there is very hot weather vast numbers
of them perish, and as the female near
ly always locates herself on the bank
of stream when spring comes If there
should be heavy rains and freshets, the
nests are drowned out before the first
generation has been Matched. Very
hot and dry weather is, therefore, fa-
yorable to the wasp, and enables 1t to
nut it's nest in full working order.
A large nest is said to contain 10000
cells, which are filled three times over in
the season by three successive genera
tions, making 10000 or $4,000 wasps IN
all. The popular opinion about the
wasp Is that 1t is an idle and lima
tured creature, and that it does nothing
but eat, except when it amuses itself
by singing boy or a fisherman.
The wasp is, however, Industrious
and no more spiteful than the bee,
which has been very much oveIrated.
There are no drones In wasps' nest.
The males work, too. They clean up
the house, make the beds and wash
and clean the babies. They actually
seem to take pleasure In working,
and will toll for twelve hours a day,
with no time off for meals. And yet,
In spite of all these redeeming quail
ties, most people will continue to look
upon the wasp as nuisance.
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Rose snchets for prawers.

To perfume bureau drawers rose
sachets are most desirable. They may
be made of cheese cloth or any thin
material, in cream or white, tied with
narrow bright ribbons, or colors in
harmony with the toilet draperies can
be chosen. In size the sachets should
not exceed six inches In length and
four In width. Fill them with petals
freshly gathered, as such small
quantity will not need drying, the air
circulating freely through and around
them. They may be refilled several
times during the season. 1t is much
better to enclose the leaves in this wav
than to scatter them loosely through
the drawers as is frequently done, for
when they wither and dry up the rs
suit Is not pleasing. - Margaret d
Brown, in American Farmer.
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How to Clean Blankets.

Various methods Of cleansing blan-
kets appear in the newspapers with
periodical regularity. Among them
the following has the merit of being
probably the least taxing to the
physical strength and the most
economical of any and at the same
time equal to any in efficacy: Pour
into the tub half pint of common
household ammonia, laying tho blan-
ket lightly over 1t, and Immediately
pour in enough warm water to entire
ly cover the blanket. This sends the
fumes of the ammonia through the
fbers of the wool and loosens the dirt
in way which seems little short Of
marvellous. The blankets should then
be pressed and stirred about with q
stick till tho water seems to have ac,
quired It's darkest hue, when second
tub of clear water of about the same
temperature as the first should be
used In the same way, after which the
blanket should be run lightly through
tho wringer and hung out to dry.
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which electric heat does the work.
Tho heat being distributed evenly in
the various utensils, the cooking is
evenly done and the havors retained,
while the inconvenience is reduced to q
minimum.
George Foster Peabody, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, has dispensed with coal entire-
ly, and all household operations are
now performed by electricity. The
house is lighted by electricity, warmed
by electric heaters, and cooled in sum.
mer by electric fans; the cooking is
done and all water heated by electrici-
ty, and the work of ironing is rendered
easy by the use of electric irons, no
longer ..sad." Whenever power is need
ed, electric motors are employed, as for
running sewing machine or in laun.
dry operationS,
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u.o,o yVou No Fourth Share.

An honest mistake was that of q col
ored man In the south, whose former
master had allowed him the use OF a
niece of land on condition that he, the
owner, should receive one-fourth OF
the crop. When the corn was ripe, the
lahorer hauled three loads to his own
house. and none to that Of the white
man. Then he went innocently up to
the great house, to return his land
lords wagon which he had used in the
hauling.
mWoll. Frank" said the gentleman,
",yhere's nav share of the corn?"
"You amt got none, sah," was the
"Haven't got anyl Why, wasn't to
have fourth of oil you raised?"
"Yes, sab, but dey want no fourth
Dere want but jes' my three loads!"
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Tho Wnodpocker's Early Call.

The first bird to wake upin the morn
ing is the woodpecker. He Is called
"The Minstrel of the Forest" because
he is awake when oil the others are
sleeping. If you were to spend the
night in the woods, you would be
awakened in the morning by sharp
tapping on the bark Of tree and
then by peculiar shrill call and more
tapping, until you were wide awake wake
and wondering at the sounds. After
the first tap of the woodpecker, the
forest ,r begins to grow very lively, Bird
after bird wakes up and begins his song
until, by the time the woodpeclSer has
finished his tapping, the forest is merry
with sweet sounds. Somebody has
called the forest birds Gods orches-
tra,S because they sing when no one NJ
Int God is listening to them.-N. \.
Ledger.
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strictly cool house plant, and vii.
not do well in warm atmosphere. A
house as near forty degrees as possible
suits them best, although they will
withstand sixty degrees in the day
time If the temperature does not fall
too low at night. They should be left
Indoors the first two years, and may
then be put outside during the sum-
ner after that. The growing season
is from April to June, when they
should have plenty of water. The
plants should be removed to cool pit
or house on the approach of cold
weather, which should be kept just
above the freezing point. For early
Towering, the plants should be
brought into moderate heat from De-
cember onward, but must not be kept
too warm.
Rhododendrons are propagated In
various ways As mentioned, many
are raised from seed. The seed pods
should be allowed to mature, but must
be picked before bursting and placed
In warm place in the house. AS soon
as the pods burst the seeds must be
gathered and sown thinly. Mix with
twenty parts of fine sand and SOW in
pans filed with equal parts of finely
sifted loan and decayed peat. Cover
very thinly with sitting of this and
little sand and water with fine
hose The seedlings should be
pricked out into small pots when
three or four leaves have formed, kept
in the greenhouse a few weeks and
then moved out into pits. Tho seeds
will keep coming up for several
months. Cuttings Of side shoots are
often taken, and marching and taper
ing are sometimes practiced. Stocks
for grating are raised from seed or
cuttings and grated In the spring
when one year old. The saddle graft
is commonly employed, although the
side graft and bud give good results.
The cuttings should be of half-ripe
wood and should be stuck into COM
post in close frame with moderate
bottom heat. But little pruning is re-
quired, and when it is necessary 1t
should be done Mt time when the
part removed can be used for cuttings.
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DAINTY PlNCUSHlON.

A Nice Present for Girl to Give to
Friends and Relatives.
The time Is fast approaching when
we oil want to begin to make Christ
mas presents for friends and relatives,
and nowadays 1t is not an easy matter
to think up new gifts that can be made
at home without much expense and
that are pretty and attractive. Yet,
with little thought, girl can make
simple little articles that will be quite
hs acceptable as much moro expensive
but less useful presents.
A pincushion, for example, Is always
o desirable thing to have at hand.
The one that the picture shows is quite
novel and very pretty, and as 1t is also
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JUMBO'S QUEER TRICKS.
What He Managed to Do During one
Afternoons Excursion.

What Ie Managed to Do During Ono
Afternoons Excursion.
Little Jumbo is not an elephant, as
you may plainly discover by looking at
him In the picture l show you to-day
In fact, it is possible that just because
he is SO small, sprightly, and light OF
weight, SO unlike his famous name.
sake, he is called Jumbo for tho fun OF
the thing. His master, Mr. Meredith
Nugent, sends to St. Nicholas TINS
true account with his best compli-
ments: =,
Such a cross little model as Jumbo
had never known. He scolied contin-
ually, and all my efforts to soothe MN
we're in vain. Even sugar seemed to
sour his disposition. He scolded when
eating, and when not eating II !
placed anything near his cage, ne
would jump to tho wires-stlll seola- ,
ing-as though he meant to break
through them. Only few days before
I bought him he was free squirrel
leading n rollicksome life IN 'ho w
woods Poor fellow, what wonder ho
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Tomato MarmaIadc.

One who has never tasted this de.
licious preserve has treat In store.
Mrs. Rorer's directions for preparing
are as follows: Scald and skin half
peck of tomatoes, large or small, put
them in porcelain kettle, cook thirty
minutes, then add an equal quantity
of grated pineapple. Weigh or meas
ure and to each pound allow one pound
of granulated sugar. Cook slowly one
hour, put into tumblers or jars and
when cold tie up in two thiclSnesses Of
tissue paper. The small yellow varie-
ty are the best for this purpose.
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WOMAN AND HOME.
THE RHODODENDRON.

Ono of the Most Charming Shrubs for
Northern Lawns In England It Is Also
Considered One OF the Nlcest Winter
Plants for the House-Directions for
Growing 1t.
Among plants for cool house decora-
tion and for evergreens out of doors,
the rhododendron takes prominent
place There are numerous species and
many varieties, but more that are un-
named. 1t seems q pity that such
handsome evergreen shrub like rhodo-
dendron maximum, which Is indigen-
Gus to the United States, should be so
seldom seen In home grounds. 1t is
really better known In England than
here, and there 1t forms one of the
main features Of the underground of
lawns and pleasure grounds. The
rhododendron is not perfectly hardy
In the latitudes Of New York and Bos-
ton, and requires some protection dur
Ing the winter. On this account, and
also because Of Its greater cost over
many hardy, deciduous shrubs and
evergreens, 1t has not been planted ex-
tensively except by people of wealth
who wish to keep up fine grounds and
who have gardener to care for them.
Because of the evergreen leaves Of
a glaucous hue, if for nothing
more, the rhododendron should find
place on every lawn, for the sake of
variety. Add to this It's low growth
and beautiful flowers, and we have O
plant with few rivals. Still, amateurs
with but limited purse cannot afford
many plants, especially Of the named
and grated sorts, but nurserymen are
offering unnamed seedlings at moder-
ate price, and they are sure to give
satisfaction when planted singly or in
groups. Upon the lawn rhododend-
rons should have situation protected
from the cold sweeping winds of
winter. They like light loan,
nanured annually with peat and leaf
mold. The subsoil should be retentive,
for they do not thrive we'll if kept dry
For greenhouse culture they must be
kept In as small pots as possible and
the root space restricted. Give good,
rich soil and good drainage. They are
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and turn one corner back, fastening II
with bow of ribbon. The whole case
is to be bound with narrow ribbons,
which may be stitched on. Pink, blue
or yellow form pleasing contrasts with
the silvery grays and soft browns of
the bark. Inch-wide satin ribbon, OF
contrasting colors, can be woven in
like manner. Olive and pink are
especially pretty, as are also golden
brown and yellow.-American Agricul'
tllrist
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THE IDEAL KITCHEN.
IN 1t Electricity Takes tho Place Of Wood
and Coal.

The remark was made recently by a
houselseeper, that when the last buck
ct Of coal for heating and cooking
purposes had been brought into the
house and the last bucket OF ashes car
,ied out, sho should feel that the mil
lennium had arrived. This remark
was called forth by q conversation on
the subject Of the use Of gas and cleo
tricity In place Of coal. The former
is used in many kitchens with great
satisfaction, but the latter, rs yet,
is too expensive for common use and
requires special attachments for
using.
This Utopia looked forward to by
this lady has been realized in some In
stances even now, and is an actuality.
All of the cooking In the Minnesota
club house, mt st. Paul, is done by
electricity, and the members are en-
thusiastic over the superior manner in
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Simple in Practice.

The observatory method of determine
ing time is very simple In principle.
The observer turns to his catalogue of
stars and chooses one for his observa-
tion, the catalogue giving him the
time, to the hundredth Of q second, at
which that star will be on his merid-
ian. He then turns to the telescope,
and at the instant the star crosses the
meridian records the time indicated by
his clock. The catalogue gives the true
time Of passage, and unless the clock
gives the same it is In srrov.-Popular
Astronomy,
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His Experience.

"Woman's superiority to man lies in
her greater intellectuality," said Mrs.
Suffrage-Progress with an emphatic
nod.
"Yes," said her husband, humbly; Il
always thought 1t was In her mind."e
Detroit Tribune.
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He wouldn't DO.

Friend-Wouldn't you like TO have
me ait here and shoot at the poeta
when they come inp
Editor-No. You are VOC poor q shok
-Broolalyn LitA
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HANDKERCHIEF CASE.

New Design Made OF Birch Bark and
Colorcd Ribbon.
A very novel handkerchief case can
be made of birch bark. 1t will require
six strips twelve inches long, and
twelve six inches long. Weave these
in and out, basket fashion. Line with
silk over layer of scented wadding,
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
IF WERE YOU,

" WERE YOU.
II were you, and had friend
Who called, q pleasant hour to spend.
"a be polite enough to say;
Ned, you may choose what games we'll
play"
That's what I'd do
II were you
were you and went to school.
"a never break the smallest rule;
And IT should be my teachers ,oy
To say she had no better boy.
And 'twould be true,
EIwero you
II we're you I'd always tell
me truth, no matter what befell,
For two things only despise--
Acoward heart and telling lies.
And you would, too,
III were you
y were you I'd try my best
To do the things here suggest
Though since am no one but me
leannot very we'll, you see,
Know what I'd do
II l were you
-Nannie +. MaeLean In n. Y. Independent
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The Only War.

Harkins-Hello, Hunkeri How do yov
and business?
Hunker--By advertising.-JudgN
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was indignant at finding n'''''
prisoner' s.,unoon T opened his
cage door and offered him the d1irg attero to
of ossu NV studio. OF course oSpso1slng st %
o, Save n'y very lively scene visions a ssv. ~
"nset nse vases, broken windows o,rositv. ana stn
eral disorder stimulated an my ymuch r",ds mis-
I wanted to see just how anor muuI omen. r
Gn,ri 1nmbo o' leapod nimbly to the IL n01a' .hs
JUMBO m.,,rised me by behaving IN sno
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-09

AMERICAN INVESTMENTS says that
while investors recognize that there are
great things IN store for irrigation prop
critics and are inclined to venture in
them, they want some reliable guide
that will enable them to accept the
worthy securities and discard the worth
less ones. 1t suggests state supervision
as the best method of supplying the
wants of investors, but even then, it
says, there may be excessive issues of
bonds and multiplication Of %va'ues. No
supervision that the state could give
would be Of great value. But informa-
ton about such enterprises would be
easily obtainable and investors could
determine values as readily as in ordi-
nary real estate. And the great advsn-
tage in buying irrigation bonds would
be that they would be based on land
titles and water rights, something Of
more tangible value than railroad or
mining shares.