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be so nice as that further down, and be
sides would be liable to spoil. Turning the
Jars upside down now and then would not
remedy the difficulty except temporarily.
But. as | said, have no such trouble now.
simple as 1t may appear, l was twenty
years finding how to do il. It is not neces-
sary TO boil fruit into mush to get it to
absorb the juice or syrup so that it will
Keep Well All that is necessary is to boi
IL sufficiently that every portion of ii is
cooked Then fill the jars the solid fruit
being packed in, and the interstices filled
with the juicy syrup. The jars are always
10 be thoroughly filled. Now, should this
Jar be stood up there would be a separation
of Juice and fruit in a couple of weeks
me secret IS in putting away the jars, and
laying them on their sides They keep
equally We'll. or even better, than if stood
on ends. In this way there will be no sep
aratieh no floating of the fruit in the
syrup BY remembering this it will not be
necessary to boil the fruit out of shape to
make 1t absorb and retain the Juice
X X X X X
The interest of parents in their soldier
sons Is exhibited in various ways" said a
clerk in the adjutant generals Office to a
star reporter, and while some of these
exhibitions are grand and beautiful some
are otherwise, and 1 am sorry to say that
the otherwise kind are painfully frequent
A recent case will explain wbat-I am get
war Department for discharge. He, like
thousands of others, had seen no service
except camp service, and firing of this
there being no immediate prospect of sery-
Ice In the field, he applied for a discharge
The fond parent, in this particular case a
widowed mother, hearing of the sons ap-
plication for a discharge, came to this CITY
ana objected TO the discharge giving a
half dozen good reasons for her objection.
which, boiled down, meant that the son
was ne'er-do-well and that about the only
Job her boy ever held was his lob in the
army, since May last. When told that the
W ar Department was not particularly anx-
iouS To Keep soldiers in the service who only
stayed in II as a means of livelihood whore
they cOuld get their food and clothing and
that there was strong chance that the
discharge would be granted she begged
that the son be kept in the service long
enough TO get hospital record, and that
while he was not sick now and had NOT
peen' She had every reason to suppose he
would be, for lots of stronger men b,d
srccumoed to camp diseases, and in the
natural course of events her son would
snare the same fate If his exposure con-
tinued, though she did not expect or desire
that he would be seriously affected as he
mad never made effort enough In his life
eN EN- 10 get serious illness. 'Discha ry,
him now, said the mother. when he has
not been in the hospital an hour and there
fore has 10 hospital record and ii will he
Almost OUT OF the question for him ever to
get pension! AT this the official she ad-
dressed closed the interview by saytn.
that the would be undoubtedly dis
charged. and that the government was NOT
engaged in making hospital records for the
accommodation of worthless soldiers n,
speculative parents"
x X
IL Is wonderful what the force Of habit
Will do for people" explained a market
master to Star reporter, land 1 nayer
heard OF more marked illustration of If
tran transpires here every market dav
one of the stands in this market is owned
and personally conducted by an old lady,
"fose name and nationality 1 do not con-
Sld7r IL necessary to divulge, though l
Vouch Tor the facts in the case She has
managed the same stand for MANY Yea r.
ana for at least thirty years tom own
Knowledge. Fortune favored her in her
business transactions in the market herr
and even handsOmer in some real estate
sales and exchanges which she has made
during the past twenty years, so that She
Is now rich woman. She has never found
II out, however, and is as regular in her
coming TO the market as when her exist
ence depended upon what she sold Being
so long in the market business which has
mary Vaccinations for some shs caunor
give 1t up For years she kept a marker
garden and raised the most of that which
she Soid, out Tor the past six or seven years
she tired of conducting a truck garden
being entirely dependent on the Ia5lyo, ,of
others to raise the produce, and buys all
the stuff she sells. Talk of DR. JekyI and
MI hyde. 1t is no exaggeration to saw
that this case equals il in MANY and even
suIpaSSes II in other respects
The old lady l refer to rides to the mar.
htt IN her own carriage, and while her
cCachnan does not wear livery, he seems
70 De better provided for than many who
90. Arriving at market at day dawn she
goes around among the country peonle and
buys her produce. While she lives in The
country herself she does not raise any.
thing In the way of market stuff thong
she mas rather exclusive garden for her
own use, but she would not sell anythin ne
from it on any account. Nine-tenths Of heI
cuStomers-She has supplied about the
same people for many years-think she
raises the stuff. she has in such large uuan.
titles and sells them. The market over he1
codchman brings her horse from the livery
stable and madam is driven out to heI
nome The lady of the household in the
country is entirely different from the aged
market woman who haggles and hangs or
the matter of a penny in the receipts from
Il sale. In her country residence she Is a
wonderfully changed person. Her home is
deliberately and extensively furnished
Her servants quarters are much better
IMAM some OF her neiShborS residences
She gladly entertains her circle of ac.
quaintances, limited. l admit. when they
are her guests. and she gives literally tc
her church ard the various demands thai
are made upon her on account of her con.
nectOn with the same. The turnout which
brings her to market on three mornings OF
the week in the way of horsefesh and trap.
pings is better than that used by any Of hel
customers. Her cOachman has nothing tc
do with the stand. He simply comes t
look after the horses, owned and used by
an old lady who is so welded to the mar
ket business that she cannot give it up
Saw Himself.
From the New York Tribune.
Albert Chcyaliar the kiner of cootar con.