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HIS HIGHNEss, THE GoBBLER.

spoon-turleys are "mighty partic'
lar as the colored people say; but II
you don't take them the crows or the
setter dog will. You must leave her a
nest egg" Of course, and above all
things the hen must not see you do
this, for you and she are playing at
hide-and-seek.
Some day you will find her sitting on
the nest, crouched down close to the
ground, with scared look In her pretty
brown eyes. Don't say word; trip
hoiselessly away, and late that evening
give her back those speckled eggs, slip
ping them under her with your hand.
She will pluck you, but do not mind
that; You and she will be friends soma
day.
Once I made a turkey sit In a hen.
house where there was many a rat
hole. She had been on the eggs four
weeks when little turkey voices were
heard beneath her and little turkey
heads peeped out from among her
breast feathers. When I took her up
by both wings such plucling and pick.
ing and scratching as she did! looked,
and behold! not n turkey chick was
there. The little things just out OF
the she'll, obeying the wild instinct OF
their nature, had "scooted" In the
twinkling OF an eye, leaving a nest OF
empty shells. I hunted all over the
henhouse, but no sight or sound OF
them could be heard, but, as turned
away, heard the old hen calling soft
ly; then, more softly still, came the
answers, and from ratholes from wisps
of scattered straw, from chips, from
cracks and from corners the little ones
came creeping back to the nest. l
caught them, though, after all, and did
as an old woman told me. With my
finger nail | scratched off the little
pip at the end of each tiny bill, and,
holding the little turkey firmly and
placing finger in the bill to keep 1t
open, | crammed the little pip-which
looks like piece of meal husband n
whole grain of black pepper down each
little throat. The black pepper makes
them warm. Then the young turkeys
arc treated to dab of salt grease and
snuff, mixed together in q brown paste,
first on the top of each head and then
under each little throat. Their food Is
| now to be wet corn meal and chopped
garlic on onion tops-with an OCCASION
al seasoning Of black pepper on damp
days. How those little turkeys like
onion tops. They actually squeal with
delight when they smell them. What
tussling when two or three are hanging
on to the same piece! What funny
little things they nre!-so weak in theil
legs, SO easily upset, yet SO strong In
their bills. You can lift little turkey
off the ground with an onion top if he
once gets firm hold.-Mary R. Cox, ir
| St, Nicholas.
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SERVING POTATOES.
Cook Them in Different Way Each Day
in the Week.

Cook Them in u Different Way Each Day
in the Week.
On Sunday have them mashed-not
pounded into sodden mass, but
whisked into creamy substance. To
attain this they should be peeled,
steamed, broken with potato whip,
moistened with milk and butter, sea.
soned with salt and pepper and beaten
like batter until they arc very light.
On Monday bake them in their skins.
They should be washed clean, baked
in good oven and served at once. For
Tuesday they may be peeled and baked
with roast. When the meat is within
half an hour or SO Of being ready lay
them in the gravy under 1t and bake
until they are covered with crisp
brown skin. On Wednesday serve them
in kentucky style. These are sliced
thin as for frying, soaked in cold
water for half an hour, put in pud-
ding dish with salt, pepper and milk
and baked for an hour. On Thursday
serve them fried whole. Peel and boil
them. Roll in beaten egg, then in
cracker crumbs, and fry in butter. On
Friday have potatoes la Parisienne.
Wash and rub them with coarse cloth
until they are skinned, drop into boil
ing water and boil until done. Have
ready in saucepan some hot cream
and butter, little green parsley, pep
per and salt. Pour the water off the
boiled potatoes, cover with this and Let
it stand. On Saturday boil the pota'
toes in their skins and serve with butter
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How to Polish Steel Buckles.

Buckles are to be found upon every
part of woman's toilet. and, of the
many chic varieties, those made Of steel
take the lead. Old-fashioned specimens
that look as ii they might date back
several generations are greatly priced.
"How can l furbish them up?" is the
query of the fair owner. Boiling oil
acts as cleansing agent. The buckle
to be renovated is dropped in oil that
has been heated. 1t is left there for an
hour, when the polishing process be-
gins. The best polisher you will find
is the ever useful chamois, or, if you
prefer them, the inside OF an old kid
glove or a soft piece of leather will do
the work nicely.
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The Roya That Are Wanted.

A young man with practical knowl-
edge in his head, skill in his hands, and
health in his body, is his own letter of
recommendation, diploma and refer
ence. Mix him up with sixty thousand
other people, and you can find him
again, he will have the habit of being
on top. Throw him naked on desert
island, and he will be at the head of
something He does not GO whining
up and down the land blaming fortune
and saying he has no chance, but goes
out and does something, and goes out
again and does it again better. Boys
and men that do something definite,
either with head or hands, are the boys
and men that are wanted, end the de-
mand is as great here and now as 1T has
been any time since the beginning
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CROSS SECTION or THE TUBE.

putting in place would be effected by
sections Of 300 feet, Theoretically sealed
at each end and floated to the place
where they were to be submerged.
One of the cxtrcmitics Of the section
having been fixed upon n sort Of cais-
son that will aftcrward perform the
functions OF pier, the caisson Is
weighted so ms to cause 1t to sink. The
other extremity continues to emerge,
and receives the end Of the following
section, the junction being made by
huge hinges. The caisson OF this Sec
tion is sunk, and SO on. When all the
sections are in place the formation Of
the Joints is begun.
Sir Edward prefers to sink the sec
tions of the two tubes simultaneously
in properly cross bracing them in order
to form sort of rigid girder that
would present much greater resistance
to transverse stresses
The caissons forming piers are de-
signed to support the tubes at slight
distance from the bottom OF the sen
This arrangement possesses the double
advantage Of doing away with any pro-
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WOMAN AND HOME.
FIRST YANKEE BONNET.

Made by Miss Betsey Metcalf. Of Provi-
tdence, II. lat First Her Work Was
Assailed from the Pulpit and by the
Press-Preachers Supposed 1t to BE an
Invention of Satan.
Until some years after the revolu-
tionary war all the straw bonnets sold
in this country were imported from
England. Even those patriotic daugh-
ters of the revolution who refused to
drink the taxed tea went on buying
and wearing the imported bonnets
until young American girl made one
for herself. and thus set the fashion Of
independence for others. 1t was in
179s that little Betsey Metcalf, Of
Providence, r. L., saw an English
Dunstable straw bonnet in the window
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THE THEORY OF HAIL.
Electricity Plays an Important Part Il
Its Formation.

It's fOrmstiOn.
o. MafahEoni gives very intcrest~
ing theory OF the genesis, structure
and the inetamorphcsis OF hail, phe-
nomenon in which electricity plays an
important part Heretofore the hail
stone has been, to the popular mind.
simply moisture that has been con-
gcaied in falling through strata OF
cold air, but its production is now
shown to involve so many swift, elab-
crate and intricate processes that the
lively, bounding little sphere attains a
new scientific interest. The raw ma
terial upon which nature Is about to
work its alchemy, the hail cloud, Is
first drawn out by the wind in the
form of horizontal tongue. 1t be-
comes rapidly evaporatcd, producing
an intense cold. There are thus formed
flakes of dry snow, which, by friction
against the minute drops of water, be-
come charged with negative electricity.
and are then attracted by the positive
electricity Of the drops of water The
snowflakes behind the cloud, l. g., to-
the windward, are covered with q lay
er Of ice, at first dry and then mois~
tened. Recent research has shown that
they are at the same time charged with
positive electricity, and are driven in
an outward direction by the positive
electricity Of the rain-drops. Being thus
cooled below zero, they break through
the cloudy stratum, and, becoming
charged anew with negative electric
ity, they are coated with a new snowy
layer, and are again attracted by the
cloud. Each hailstone, taking wavy
line, becomes enlarged by coating IT.
self with alternate layers Of Opaque
and transparent matter, and Is ulti-
mately thrown to the right or the left,
occasioning thus the roaring noise
which precedcs the fall Of hail. which
then takes place in two parallel bands,
separted from each other by region
Of rain,
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coast located between Dover and
Folltestone, two tubes that would con-
stitute two absolutely separate tun-
nels, each serving for the passage In
one direction Of trains drawn by elec-
trio locomotives.
Referring to the map it will be seen
that the configuration of the bottom in
this part of the channel presents on
each side q regular declivity that ends
in gentle slope at line of greater
depth. The soundings made at dis
tances of mile apart gave as successive
depths, starting from the English
coast, s2, SO, SO, 05, 0s. So, 90. 13s, 100, 1874,
ia, 175, 1cO, 1873, 0s and So feet. 1t will
be seen, then, that the mean slope of
each tunnel would not much exceed
O.0s inch to the foot. There would,
therefore, be found excellent conditions
for traction.
The tube would be Of steel plate,
with double walls, and the interven-
Ing space would be reinforced by
beams filled in with concrete. The
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pu..v,r ITncomfortablc Trip.

The steamer from Newport to Provi-
dence, R. l., had a passenger the other
day which escaped the notice OF the
purser and paid no fare. On the arrival
Of the steamer u peculiar noise was
heard in the paddle box, and investign-
ton revealed the presence OF very
disconsolate and much-bedraggled cat
and its appearance gave conclusive ev'-
dence that it had made a very unpleas
ant trip. It's own mother would prob
ably not have recognized 1t, but after
1t had been taken out and dried 1t was
found to be the feline pet of the New
port agent of the line, 1t was sent
back on the next trip to- its master IN
much more comfortable quarters, and
the purser says 1t purred all the way
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drove him out. Dash went and lay
down in the garden to think about it.
Surely his master would set things
right-he would never allow eats in
the garden, much less In the house.
But when Rob showed the kitten to
his father he, too, strol1ed 1t until it
purred. The cook was told to give the
little beast milk regularly, and let 1T
curl up by the stove whenever 1t was
pleased to visit the kitchen.
If the dog had been In a cage he
might have strangled himself or beat
en- his brains out, as l have known
birds to do. AS 1t was, after trying
several times to kill the intruder he
sulked and grew so bad tempered that
his mistress became uneasy, lest he
should bite some one of the family.
1t was little Rob who suggested a
cunning plan. The cat should be kept
in the kitchen, and it should be Dash
who should keep her there. In short,
Dash should be made the cats guar
dian.
The plan worked to a charm. Dash
soon grew proud of his duty of looking
after Tippie. When she became thief,
as most good mousers do, he would
chase her out Of mischief. When he
saw her on the table he would reach
up. catch her in his mouth and set her
down on the floor. He did this several
times. but as she did not seem to mind
1t, one day he shook her before letting
20. That made her understand.
She soon grew fond of Dash, and
would run to meet him every morning,
jumping up and catching his nose
between her forepaws and sometimes
throwing them round his neck, as II
she were hugging him. He would play
with her by turning her over on her
back, holding her down with his paw
and then pretending to bite her, but he
never hurt her. ;.
Nor would he let others punish her If
he thought she did not deserve it. One
dav her mistress, who spoiled them
both, grew tired Of the cats mewing
when she was not hungry, and wns
only asking for food because she
smelled 1t, and to teach her better at
tempted to put her out into the f''Sw;
Dash ran to the rescue. He snatchcd
Tippie out of the lady's arms and car
rhed her over to the corner where she
slent. Then he ran back to his mistress
worpinQ his tail, as much as to say
"She won't bother you any more, take
my word for II"
So they lived until Tippie, the cat,
and Dash, the cat hater, died OF old
age. And all this came about because .
a little boy understood the strong
noints of dogs nature.-Mnrgnre'
compton, in st. Louis Republic.
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A CAT Halter CURED

HOW Dash Learned ID Take Care Of III.
Mistress Pussy.
Dash was Gordon setter who hod
enjoyed the full confidence of all the
members of large household for half
iifetime-that Is to say, half a doo's
lifetime. From puppyhood he had been
petted and treated as person of i'm.
portance.
he had many pleasures, but the
greatest was being sent scampering
down the long garden in pursuit OF
cats ignorant that this particular piece
OF ground belonged to dog.
Dash's master disliked cats almost as
much rs the dog, and as these animals
made havoc with his flowers, breaking
down his favorite rose trees and living
In the midst Of his Canterbury bells.
perhaps his dislike was no more to h.
condemned than the dog's. However
that may be, the moment a cats nose
or tail appeared at any corner of the
garden wall Dash was summoned To
give chase. Cats and the legs of the
tceman were two morsels that Dash
longed to taste, The man had ncci-
dentalfy hit the dog with piece Of Ice
which he was throwing away, and on
another occasion he had shaken his
tohgs at him.
One day Dash bounded into the sit,
ting-room in answer to a call from his
mistress and found her petting a little
ball OF black fur, which on being set
down on the floor in front OF him
bumped up its back and hissed at him
like snake. A cat! Dash could not
believe his eyes How lsind of the mis-
tress to give him such trent. He
pricked up his enrs and wagged his tail
and then pounced toward the kitten.
but before he could seize it he was
struck sharp blow by little Rob and
called "bad dog" by Rob's mother.
Worse even than that, his mistress
picked up the kitten and stroked It,
while she stamped her foot at him and
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BUILDING AND SCIENCE
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

Great Engineering Scheme Sanctioned by
Fir Edward Reed-A Proposition to Cross
tho Straits OF Dover by Means Of Tubes
Interesting Description Of the Plan
What 1t Would Cost.
Another scheme to Join England ard
Trance, says the New York World, Is
receiving serious consideration In those
countries. 1t is proposed to build q
double tubular tunnel under tho
Straits OF Dover. The old scheme Of
building tunnel under the bed Of the
sea, which has been advocated by Sir
Edward Watkins for years, never re-
ceived tile sanction Of the British par
lament, because tTidht conservative
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one of tho world,s yyonders.

The massive 6-foot reflector in the
Lord Rose telescope at Parsontown,
Ireland, is Justly considered one OF the
modern wonders of the world. The
gigantic reflector, the first that ever
solved the problem of the nebula .of
Orion, is set in the end of IS foot
wooden tube, held together by iron
bands. Although it weighs fraction
over four tons it is SO sensitive that the
pressure Of the hand upon the back
will produce distortion in the reflected
image of a star. Compared with the
human eye this monster reflector ID as
1000 to 1; it has penetrating power
of 500, and can reveal stars SO remote
from our earth that it would require
10000 years for the light to reach us,
and yet light travels at the unthink-
able speed of 102, 500 miles per second.
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FAMILY SCRAP BASKET

THE best busters are those made OF
yard-width cheese cloth cut square and
neatly hemmed.
ALoovEs and rccesses for beds arc
abominable. They cannot be properly
ventilated to keep the mattresses and
bedding sweet.
A NEW way to serve grape fruit is to
remove all the edible part from the
skin, placing it in deep dessert plates
with liberal allowance Of pulverized
sugar.
EXCEPT by definite instruction from
a skillful physician, a sick person
should never be awakened to take
medicine; for under nearly every cir
cumstnnce sleep is the first and best OF
nourishers and restoratiyes. 1t is ma
ture's own medicine.
HERE is nice strawberry sauce that
can be used with any pudding: BEAT
to cream one-half cup of sweet butter
and two cups of powdered sugar; add
a heaped half pint of strawberries.
Mash the fruit thoroughly and beat it
into the sauce"
BRooMs are bent out of shape by be-
ing allowed to rest on the floor instead
of being hung up. Dipping them once
OF twice week in d kettle OF boiling
suds is the careful housekeepers
method of making tham last twice as
long as they otherwise would.
THIS is said to be an effectual YER
min exterminator: Dissolve two pounds
of alum in three or four quarts of boil
ing water and apply, while hot, to
every joint or crevice where ants and
cocl5roaches congregate. 1t is useful
to pantry shelves and bedsteads, for
kitchen floors and base boards. Use a
brush in appling it.
SHADES for the windows Of house
should not be selected until the color
of the interior decorations and the sur
roundings have been fully considered.
Glaring colors like bright blues and
greens arc apt to be as disagreeable in=
side as on the outside. Plain white
awnings are found to look better after
the second year than faded striped ones.
PAINT, however old and dry it may
be, can be removed from carpets or
draperies by liberal use of chloro-
form. Saturatc the spot, keep 1t close
ly covered for half an hour, then brush
out. The liquid destroys the oil In
the paint, leaving only powder that
usually comes out with no stain, un-
less on very delicate fabrics In OBJ
stinate cases, the application may need
to be repeated several times.
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prosaic looking wooden back. To be-
gin with, panel of light-colorcd Jap
anese gauze or painted satin is nailed
straight on the wood; it is then framed
by darker drapery arranged with
rosettcs at right angles something like
door curtain; should thin material
be chosen for the drapery, it is desira-
BILE to arrange it previously on loose
frame, and nail the same on the piano.
The ends are covered plain with pieces
of colorcd cloth, handsomely embroid-
cred. Here again, on account of open
ing the piano, it is better TO have the
upper and lower parts made separate
ly; the top one can be made to hang
down little and finished off with
point and fringe, like the model given
in the accompanying. illustration.
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rh, rontoh.n,.. Queer Nest.

The oldest of all birds nests Is tho
one built by the tontobane, South
African songster. 1t is built of cotton,
and always upon the tree producing
the material. In constructing the
domicilc the female works inside and
the male outside, where he builds a
sentinel box for his own special use.
He sits in the box and keeps watch or
sings nearly all the time, and when
danger comes in the form of hawk OF
a snake he warns the family, but never
enters the main nest.
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EATYHAT

Englishrnen believe such eofistfnc.
tion would facilitate an invasion Of
their island by the vanquished OF
Waterloo.
It had also been proposed to bridge
the straits. The latest plan has the
support OF Sir Edward Reed, who is a
member of parliament and has been
lord of the treasury and engineer In
chief of the admiralty.
The project consists In simply sub
merging, between point of the French
coast situated In the vicinity OF Cape
Gris-Nez and another on the English
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THE WAYS OF TURKEYS.
ux,eriences of . Lady Who Knows a.
About the Queer Birds.

ux,.riences of Lady Who Knows AL
About the Queer Birds
In April your turkey-hens will not
stay together, as they have done al ,' 'ne
winter, but each seems to nave d sep
arnte secret, and you will often meet
ona IN the most unexpected places far
uav from the house. Then the de-
ceitful old turkey-hen will try to LOOK
SO unconsciousl She just goes on piucn ',..
inc mt the grass and weeds slowly
trrniny S first one way and then another
" an aimless fashion; and when she is
cure Won are watching her, she VII,
lend You back and forth, around ana =,
around, sometimes for nan hnrs -
Yet-would you believe it?--rign'hefe'
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"Carnt" In Jewelers' Language.

Twenty-four carat gold is all gold; %
carat gold has 2s parts Of gold, l OF sill
yer and Of copper; Is carat gold has
ls parts of pure gold and parts each
of silver and copper in it's compositions
19 carat gold is half gold, the remain
der being made up Of az parts Of silver
and 81 parts OF copper.
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Boiled Water for tho Skin.

II one cannot have hot and cold wa
ter in ones room, one may at least, by
taking little trouble, have only
boiled water in the wash-pitcher. 1t
need notbe warm, but it should once
have been SO. Only those who have
tried it know what difference there
is in its softness, and how good it Is
TO, the skin.
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bRAPERY FOR PIANO.

1t Hides the Ugly Wooden Back OF the
Instrument Completely.
The drapery on the cottage piano Is
quite new invention, giving an unu-
sual perspective to the otherwise very
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TENDER new peas are appetizingly
served in cases. These are made OF
mashed potatoes stiffened with q little
-four and baked In futed cake tins, the
center filed with bit of bread. This
Ia then removed and the peas poured in.
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Had Experience.

Teacher-Johnnie, what is man
gle? II
a laundry to to tear clothes with'-Ar'
lxansaw Traveller.
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M Words to Waste.

Mother-Mrs Blank has given you
some cake, and you haven't even said;
"Thank you"
small Son-It's bal1er's.-Good Newa
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near by, along the fence In clump u
grass, or under some dried brush, or
perhaps In the middle of the pear
orchard, with never thing to mark
the spot, or In tangle OF blackberry
pushes IN the old graveyard On the COO,
moist earth Is nest Of speckled eggsi
But take care! Do not for the world
put your hand in the nest! You must
take those eggs out with fresh, clean
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On IN uer Own Cures.

Miss scrawneigh-I think your orms
and shoulders are just beautiful!
Miss Plumpknccht (modestly)-Ihats
where we differ.-Puck