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RUHh the futubb. 3T OOUBTLANDT PAU1EB, HHUB the funeral ctremcmiet of the author.] has the future in store for me, liituro so dark and deep? R9^^K meanings inhabit its mystery? sounds doth its silence keep? CBRHM^^kong shall my heart its heart-beats tell? days my droams destroy? of peace my sorrows quell, mBoHKP^Ku sorrows conquer joy? HHSBt of the future, with this life o'er? laugh, or shall I weep? BQHRMh but to open a heavenly door, I^BflPjH^Bt eternal sleep? HHSHot answer. In vain I try RMBHl^^vthlnxB of time to foresee; ^^HH^Hlolly, then, to prophesy events eternity? RHVof one thing, at least, 'midst all I am IQkhH sure, one thing that's constant in change, H^Bt matter and force must forever endur* |HH their limitless, eudleBs range. BHHd farther, of this I am certain, too, HB^Vrhat the chiefo3t thiug on earth? BB^Mrhich shull rule in the race while the true HbB^W is tha rue ? Is the might of human worth. HBBW In the spirit of man lies the spirit of good; BUM In hin sonl do tho soraphim ring; the mi 11J of man Hub the inasterhood; ERKHumanity is king. when to a sense of the infinite All spirit of man is allied flBgOMroblo intent, then, whatever befall, to the highest is tied. i LOLAPULASKI; jjjjf OR I The Victim of CircumstanJk tial Evidence, Hfctory of Nihilistic Plottings and Crimes. BY LEON EDWARDS. BmEBT CHAPTER XL HmV A THBHXIJJG MEETIKO. M^Kimt Pulaski was conducted to a WS^Mx in a large gloomy room, where a ^Wrarthy, bearded giant sat with a pon^Uerous book before liim; in which he ^nptered the names and records of the ^KVsoners. 3V M'our name ?" said the man, shoot glance at the Count. lt?hn Pulaski, Count of Warsaw," gyH|Uv%ie reply, in firm tones. |B "Fifty-one," responded ohe Count. KM "Fiity-one!" repeated the swarthy ^ftiant, with a skeptical glanoe at the jHrisoner. ? "That is my age." "You look older than that," said the EHaan, preparing to write. V "Twenty years in the quarries of ^Biberia," said the Count, grimly, Bjwould age the youngest if it did not SHMlhim." ^^ Where were yon born?" B^HIn Warsaw." rajWMarried or single?" H^pUhe Count's voice became husky as ^Wtried to answer, but controlling the IjjHelings called up by the question he I^B^'Siberia did not kill me, but it killed flpie wife 1 left behind me." ^ "You are a widower, tl^,?"lam." u \V hof ia nliarnr^ O M i Qf. JnllT) Pulaski ?" asked the man at the desk, turning to the officer who had brought J,he prisoner in. L "I do not know the oharges," said ,-*tbe offioer. "I was directed to make the arrest by General Paul " "And General Paul," said the young soldier, coming forward, and taking off his hat when Count Pulaski's eyes fell on him, "simply carried out the orders of the Czar." "And you are Prince Paul of Moskeva?" asked the Count, his form straightening up, and a burning light coming into his ?yes. "I am so called"," said the .General, respectfully. "And cwenty-two years ago your father was Governor of Warsaw ?" "He was," stammered the young General. "It is fitting," said the old man, with indescribable bitterness, "that the son should strike the last blow at a life -- which the perjured father cursed!" "If in my power," said General Paul, with marked humanity and respect, "I would undo the deeds of my father, for they have cursed my life as well as yours." "This looks like it," said the Count, with a bitter smile. "I am not to blame. Curse me, if you will, for it is said that the sins of the fathers shall be visited on the children, but permit me to show my sincerity by doing all I can to make your Btay here comfortable at least." "Why am I brought here at all ?" asked the old man, somewhat softened, for in the young soldier before him he Baw a true man, if all his experience of men were not at fault. "That I do not know." "Have you no suspicion?'' - "None that I can utter here. I have rbrdered the best apartment in the prison to bo prepared for your use. Let lis go there, where we can talk further," said the General. A dirty-looking, low-browed fellow, Who had all the appearance of a deputy hangman, appeared at this juncture, /\and rattling a bunch of keys, that was lastaned to his belt, to attract attention ^io himself, he bowed very low before W General Paul, and asked: "Excellency, the apartment you ordered for the prisoner is ready; shall I conduct him thither?" General Paul nodded, and the man with the keys, taking up Count Pulaski's feachel which one of the soldiers had brought in from the sleigh, led the way through a great oalcen door that was half covered over with rusty iron knobs. Along gloomy corridors, up cold, massive stone steps, down into hollows made by the feet of dead prisoners, and hast cells that looked like death vaults, the turnkey led Count Pulaski and tLe General. Near the top and front of tho building he opened a door with one of the many keys carried at his belt, and they entered a largo, well-furnished apartment, heated by a large stove. "Tins, excellency, "saia me uurnKey, waving his hand about the room, with a manner that indicated great admiration for his sumptuous surroundings, "is one of the private rooms of the jgovernor of the prison, and never but pnce before was it set aside for the use of a prisoner." "Go outside, and there await me," said the General, motioning to the ^^door. F; When they were alone, the General turned to Count Pulaski, and said: "Under the circumstances, I cannot iask the charity of your judgment. Everything is against me, and yet, God knows, that I would this day make amends for the wrong my father did you, by changing places with you, if in Lmy power." i? ' v.-' . . t '"You know then of your father's treatment?" said the Count. "Since I first heard of it, through the father of the present Count Orlo2f, fifteen years ago. it has never been a daj absent from my thoughts. It ill becomes me to <jav aught of myself, and yet justice to myself demands it." The General hesitated, and placed a chair for the prisoner. Count Pulaski sat down and motioned for him to proceed. "When I came into power during the 1 ? urn.id 11 wtii uiiu. unci my uu^ic o \ Prin e of Moskeva's) death, I at once Used that power to secure your pardon Lad freedom. "When you returned from Siberia I would have thrown mylelf at your feet and craved pardon for the son of the man who so wronged J-ou, but I feared you would scorn me, as vou mav now be doing in your heart." "I will hear you out," said the Count. "I worked to have your estates restored, and, failing in my efforts, Iwaa ready to place a'l my wealth at your disposal, but I feared you might think I was mocking a heart that had already been wour.ded enough." The General ceased, but while speaking he shook with emotion, and now ftiscovering his weakness?it really Ihowed his nobler strength?he averted his face to eonceal it. "Paul, Prince of Moskeva," said the old man, solemnly, "I am glad you j have taken another name. Your father j cursed my life and brought on these gray hairs before their time. In the ! hope of gratifying his unholy pission j for a woman who hated him, he broke up my home, made ma a slave an 1 an exile, despoiled me of my wealth, blasted my fair name, made my child a pauper, and sent my loved wife to a grave among strangers in a strange ' land." Count Pulaski in the terrible excitement of the moment rose from his I nlinin nrt/1 Allf J ti Loll/1 a vira's lover, descending tne seeps. The Colonel hail never liked General Paul, now he hated him; but he was too well verged in military etiquette to attempt to pass his superior officer without the customary salute. Touching his cap in return, General Paul, who was as indifferent to Orloff. as if he were a oervant, bounded up the troad step? and gaA e his card to the servant who met him at the door. "I wish to see Count Linwold,"he said. "He is not in, excellency, but the Countess Elvira is,"said the servant. As the General at this moment caught sight of the lady in question at the other end of the grand hall, and as she must have heard the servant, courtesy demanded that he should go in. "Tell the Countess, if not engaged, that I will pay my respects," he said. The Countess met General Paul with great affability, and to his surprise, and. it may be added, his confusion, she at once launched into the subject about which all St. Petersburg was talking that day. "I think, Prince Paul," she said, with an artificial laugh, "that before the Czar and my father announced our engagement to the world, they should have consulted us." "I think so, too," coughed the General. "It is treating you unfairly." 4'0h!" she replied, with another little laugh that made him feel actually cold; "my life has been one continued round of unquestioning obedience, so no matter what I think of the courtesy due me, I shall go on?doing as I am ordered. " On hearing this the General grew colder, and he looked over her angular form and into her dull gray eyes, and contrasting her on the instant with Lola Pulaski, he uientallv asked himself: * | "Merciful heaven! would not sudden death be preferable to a long life with 1 this woman ?" "I think," he said, sternly, "that.the i love that grows from continued intercourse should be the basis of marriage." "Perhaps so; and yet, as we ascend from the lower walks of life, love vanishes from marriago, and it becomes a 41.~ /I^r? OTT on/1 rYtnfiinl I UiUlLU1 IU1 UU1U v.llpxv^nic4v/j auu u* VAC 1*1*4, interest. Even the Czar could not select Lis own Czarina." "No," replied tlio General; "but that , did not prevent him from taking a sec-; ond wife, whom he loves, and about whom all the world knows." , "The Princess Dolgorouki?" laughed Elvira. "Oh, well, we do not expect fidelity in men; that is a peculiarly feminine virtue. But to change the subject; have you seen my father of late?" "Officially I see him every day." "And he spoke to you of our matter?" "Yes, in the presence of the Czar," said the General, rising; "where tho SDeak-inar is alwavs one-siiled." ""What, going so soon? "Well, you will call often now. It is only right that I should see as much of you as possible. Parted.since we were children, we must learn to know eaeh other now, even if we cannot learn to love," said the Countess, with an icy smilo. The General male no comment, but with a pained face weut out to his fclvifih. [to r.r ri>xtixre!>.j A Brg Capture of Wild I)ncks. John lionson, a Rice County (Minn.) farmer, performed a most remarkable feat on a lake two miles north of Faribault the other morning. On "looking out of his window he saw a great bevy of wild ducks attempting- to extricate themselves from the ice which had frozen about their legs during the night. Seizing a corncutter he rushed to the lake and clipped oil the heads of 134 of them. ?Cincinnati Enquirer. The Electrical Review predicts that within five years there will be more than one trunk line in operation in this country carrying through passengers regularly at an average speed of nearly 200 miles an hour. v WOLVES IN RUSSIA. THE METHODS OP HUNTING THE DREADED PEST. A Terrific Battle With the Hungry Brutes?What Happens When Hydrophobia Sets iu ? Pigs for Bait. J UNGRY and irapla| cable, the wolf is al- ; '^>4a most as much dreaded ? *(jf/ ' *n ^uss^a 118 fche Czar, j i*n *ts m^^er rao* i ?- iff A\ mcnts, if it has any, 1 <2$ * * *s unsocia^fe l"S^i enough; when it becomcs a r'ctim of w hydrophobia it is especially interesting. The two varieties, forest wolf (lesney volk) aud prairie wolf (polevoy volk), differ in size but not in appetite and instinct. This is what happens when hydrophobia, which is very prevalent, sets in: They rush into the villages and attack the inhabitants. The villagers arm themselves with scythes and bludgeons and knives, but before hydrophobia gives way to death some one has been bitten, and probably in the face, for which the maddened animal displays a mysterious partiality. To villagers and peasants he' is a veritable curse. Sheep, goats, cows, horses, and even children suit him equal-' ly well. Sometimes small towns are kept in a state of seige, hordes of the ! hungry animals seeking their food on the outskirts of the nearest settlement.' j In every phase of Russian life outside the I large fines ine yoik uxisis ;is a sort ui' Nemesis, so that it is easy to undersand; why wolf-hunting has developed into, something like an institution in Russia.' The element of danger in the sport hasj been greatly exaggerated, but is large enough to fascinate the wealthy who engage in it. To the masses it is anything but pastime. It is a war, and they prose-' ; cute it to save their flocks and their: children and their homes. The exter-' i aiinating methods arc many and curious. That most commonly resorted to by the: < peasantry is somewhat similar to the! plan adopted iu Africa when bunting; i much larger game. Somewhere near a i forest which large numbers of wolves are! i known to frequent, a space is cleared: i ind a lage hole, eight to ten feet deepj < and five or six wide, is dug. This is; i j 11 1 ,.?A nf*>nytt i i t uUVUlUU W 1 LIl auiiiu uiautiico uuu Jbian?| I A.t one end, or sometimes in the centre,; ( is fixed a pole or tree and tied to this isj ; i young pig (porosionok). The bait: ( iias an unpleasant time of it even before: i the wolves appear?it is so fixed that he i is in continual torture, and as a consequence yells, grunts and screams as only, ] \ porosionok can. On three sides of the; ] bait is built a high fence, so that to get; ] it the porker it is necessary to cross the < pit. One night's setting of the trap fre-' ] quently lures to the slaughter of next \ morning as many as a drvea wolves.' j The work of killing them is very soonj j over. It does not, however, take the! 1 survivors long to learn that there is' , something suspicious and unprofitable! . about the affair, and the time soon comes: j when they cease to be tempted by thej 1 screams of the succulent and tempting pig. Hunting proper is conducted in a' < far different manner. 1 TIIE SQUEALING HO DECOY. A few years ago I traveled on a sanyi Qf PAfnrcKnrrr frv Arr*Tl-' angelisk via Oloneg, a distance of 1104 versts, or about 730 miles. It was in: December, and owing to the extremely, cold weather, the temperature varying'' from sixty to seventy below zero, the wolves were peculiarly ravenous. We left the hotel Snamienskaya, St. Petersburg, early in the morning and were soon among the pine forests (sosnovoy less), bowling along at a great speed. "We were warmly clad in sheep and reindeer skins?the woolly side in?but the cold was intense, though we found some compensation in the weird beauty of the scenery. We saw numbers of wolves early on our journey, but they did not annoy us, for, unless they are particularly ravenous they will not come near to a sany and horses and ringing sleigh bells. Our Yamshik driver assured us, however, that before the lakes (Ladoga and Onegskoe Osero) were passed we would have our hands full and we were not disappointed. The mail road or trakt over which we traveled is splendidly kept by the government. It leads through forests of giant pines, crossing frozen rivulets aud winding over and round through mountains of whose nakedness, barrenness and desolation only inadequate ideas can be conveyed. Away toward the southwest were the lakes, frozen many feet deep. The pine trees and smaller growths glistened with frozen white and bent beneath their burden and the ground in the forest anu m tne open toward the lakes was carpeted with an immaculate coverlet of nature frozen hard as steel by the icy atmosphere. The croaking of half buried crows and the occasional howls and barking of the wolves were grim accompaniments to the music of the sleigh bells. On the horizon the three hours' sun?so peculiar to this region?glowed with a dull golden light that anything but suggested the brilliant sunshine of the south. There would be daylight for but a few hours, but when night came it would be illuminated hv rrlittprino- stnrs mul :t moon of extraordinary brilliancy and for j weeks made more beautiful by the aurora borealis, whose exijuisile color- add an almost fairy-like and weird splendor to the scencry. "We were neariug the end of one of the lakes when tlie Yamshik drew my attention ton strange feature of this northern elimt. On the sides of the road we could see the crows and woodcocks and small wolves and other little animals buried in the snow with only their heads peeping above it. "The snow is warmer than the atmosphere," said the Yamshik. On we sped over the frozen road, which rings like metal to the motion of the sleigh runners and the striking' of the horses' hoofs. IF is a curious musical ring that comcs from this seven or eight feet of ice-frozen snow, and we arc all ears and eyes as we puff our cigarettes. Soon we < have passed the lakes and arc approach- ; ing a sharp bend in the forest road .when ij a very bedlam of howls and shots and cries and grunts greet our ears. i "It is a hunt," my companion explains. We drew off the road at the turn to watch the sport. Our revolvers and knives were hastily gotten ready and our sleigh bells kept ringing by a string to warn the brutes off. We had hardly turned the corner when there dashed past ua a sany of neculiar construction: it was not more than one foot raised from the ground and was unusually broad. The harness, too, was unusual. The inevitable bells were absent, and contrary to the ordinary rule of the smotritels (Gov Wv ? I BAITING THEM TO THEIR DEATH. t ? ernment officials), who insist upon there be- j ipg three horses for a sleigh carrying two t persons, four horses for one carrying three, j j. etc., the three hunters on this sleigh had | only three spirited animals to pull them j j along the glassy road. About three I ? yards behind the passengers' sany was a j small one, tied to the leader by a rope or j chain. On this little sleigh there was a ! youug pig. It screamed and grunted as ! though its existence depends upon it. And in truth it did, for there were at. least forty wolves yelping and barking at j it and running pell mell after the flying ' sleighs, seemingly unconcerned by the j fact that the hunters were shooting them i rlown by twos and threes incessantly. [ But the porosionok has a peculiar charm | for the wolf, and, despite the rifle shots J md their fallen comrades, they keep up' tiicir uinau iui uvroix <mu xu^uituw their numbers from time to time by accessions from other parts of the forest as they swept pa9t. Half a mile behind! this turu out is another and larger vehi-i :le, which gathers up the fallen wolves.: But we were destined to see some morcj Jxciting sport than "the mere galloping) ilong of the hunters and the shooting of,' the game.. ' From among the newest arrivals to the pRck are two or three gaunt wolves,: tieroes evidently of many a chase and' ~ particularly fleet and ravenous. After' a.; some desperate running they manage toL reach Monsieur Porosionok, in spite of the efforts of the marksmen, and the pig z, is soon in that bourne from which no' porker has ever returned. Then the s< ivhole pack with whetted appetites put ju double speed, surround the hunters ind attack the horses. The bells are put w into requisition to warn them off, but ^ their tongues might as well be dumb. ? ? - TV The wolves have tasted blood; they nave ~ 5cen it, and they must have more. Our 11 team is well hidden among the pine trees, 0 ind prepared for action we matched the 01 conflict. The foremost wolves have succeeded in catching the outside horse at the left side by the nose. He kicks and struggles and the hunters shoot down i the aggressors, one by one, but now the speed of the sany is slackened ;iud the entire pack are upon them. Now is the time for us to interfere. Before we can be of any assistance the first horse attacked falls on his side, is cut away from the sleigh and off dash his companions at lightning speed. It is a race for life. Dozens of fresh wolves are on the trail and another horse succumbs. Ere we can reach the spot the men to defend themselves fire shot after shot into the pack and then comes a sudden cessation of the shooting. As we hurry along we see the three men in tho road fighting desperately with their bloodthirsty assailants, having now no other weapons than long knives. Already one man is on the ground, when a blow from a musket stocrc and a quick knife-thrust relieves him of his antagonist, and he is on his feet again, dealing death blows all around. The badly frightened Yamshik urges our team to IN CLOSE QUARTERS. ward the unequal battle on the roadside and then comes our fusilade. Shot after shot of our revolvers told their tale bv the increasing heap of lesnoy volks that lay dead or dying around the hunters and their wrecked conveyance. Instantly the tide of battle is turned and the remaining wolves take to their heels and scamper off. It was a "close , call" for those three sportsmen. The t entire battle did not occupy ten minutes. Had wc not turned up just in the nick of time all three of them would have shared the fate of their horses before their picking nn tslnirrh would have had time to ~o ~r o? # come up. "While such liuntvg scenes are not at all infrequent it rarely happens that a hunter is killed. Wolves arc proverbially cowardly and if they arc struck across their sensitive nose they are cither rendered insensible or skulk painfully I toward the forest. In a few moments after the last of our fur-coated com- . panious had taken his departure the j second sleigh came along aud once more our horses' heads were turned toward A.rchangelsk. We met many hunting parties, but they were more iortunate, and on the picking-up sleigh of one of them I saw the bodies of at least thirty wolves. ? Washington Star. The man who makes an apology in preference to engaging in a fight will never need to tell a lie when asked how he came by that black eye. - J ' .' * i' 'X ' V Japan's Qneen in Parisian Dress. The Japanese have for some years made great efforts to assimilate their political and social life to Western ideas. On February 14, 1889, a new constitution was introduced, and in a few weeks this first Parliament is to assemble. The Emperor nnd Empress of Japan promoted the re* riTE EMPRESS OF JAPAN*, A3 SHE LOOKED TIIE FIRST TIME fN EUROPEAN DRESS. 'orms in every possible way by abanloning their former seclusion and mixing reely with their subjects at court fetes, irranged in European style. The Empress now wears Parisian ! Iresses, and no lady is received at court ; n the national costume. To accustom he people at large to this daring innovaion, the portrait of the Empress, in >rimitive Japanese color printing, . >een distributed throughout the Empire, LADY TSEJJG EN* HER BRIDAL ROBES. ad from one of these leafle^^ur illustraon has been CDgravetA^wv- greatly jremouial dre?* in China IRd Japan iffers from the style adopted by the Impress Haru-Ko may be seen jn the ;cond cut, which represents Lady Blosjm Tseng, the youngest daughter of le Marquis Tseng, in her bridal robes, orn on the occasion of her marriage, hich took place at Pekin in 1888. The Empress Haru-Ko is now thirtyine years old, and in February, 1869, larried. Mutsu Hito, the present Emperor f Japan, shortly after he had been rowned in Kioto' in October, 1868. Pass in the Soup. "There's a tidbit up tlicre. Guess 111^ o for xt.^ ctj didn't jump high enough that time, lUt"? f I Polly?< ?Poor puss is in the^oucJM * HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. _____ PICTTOK SCARFS. The fancy of hanging a scarf or1 'throw" over the corner of a picture or an easel to break the angular lines is becoming general, and adds dainty grace and color to many otherwise colorless, sombre, though beautiful prints. Thus an etching of springtime may be enhanced in beauty by a scarf of India silk in pale azure blue figured in pale colors and conventional pattern with apple blossoms, or a picture of autumn may be hung with a scarf of blue and white Chinese crape in a pattern of bamboo or rice branches, with wild flowers and birds, or such material as may be found in Chinese stores. A white crape printed with a graceful flight of wntfr.fnwl mn.v sprve to dr.me ail easel that holds an inland water scene. The taste of the furnisher will suggest where such drapery will be valuable and where it is superfluous, and simply burden rather than ornament the room.?New York Tribune. APPLE BUTTER. This old-fashioned and wholesome preserve, or sauce, is still made on some farms and its preparation is a part of the regular farm work in autumn. The first step in its preparation is to evaporate or boil down a quantity -of sweet cider; hence it is often called t;cider apple sauce." If there is a large cauldron or set kettle, as there is on many farms, that may be used; otherwise, one or mere large kettles are provided with proper support, so that a fire may be made under them. There will be much stirring to be done, and long wooden stirrers should be provided. A barrel of cider is boiled down to eighjt gallons. While the cider is being boiled the apples are prepared. Formerly this was done hy "paring-bees," at which the neighbors assisted. Now, there are numerous apple-parers, some of which not only pare, but core and quarter the apples, and do the work very expeditiously. The apples should be sweet ones; of a kind that will cook tender. From two-and-a-half to three bushels are required for each barrel of cider. The cider being first evaporared, the apples are added, and the whole boiled iogether until it becomes jelly-like. At this time there is danger of scorching, and it must be stirred continually. Some makers, when the sauce is done, add to rvinnnmnn or?/3 allcrtlOO Vuif fVlP mflinr " J ? ity prefer it without the spices. While still hot, the sauce is transferred to kegs or other wooden vessels, or jars of stoneware are used. When well made, the sauce keeps a long time.?American Agriculturist. RECIPES. Butter Scotch?One cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, half cup of butter. Boil until it snaps, then put it into cold waterCorn Cakes?One cup of flour,haL" cup com meal, half teaspoon of salt, half teaspoon soda, one tablespoon of sugar, one tablespoon of melted butter, and one cup ol ui milk. Bake in gem pans. Oysters for the Sick-?Remove the hard part and stew in their own liquor,, adding pepper and salt,, but no milk. Crackers can be added,, or it can be poured over a slice of nicely buttered toast. Butter can be added to the stew if the docter permits. Onion Sauce for Roast Ducks?Boil six onions until very softchange the water three times while they are cooking; then" drain and rub the onions through a seive; add one and a half cupfuls of hot milk, a tablespoonful of butter and salt and pepper to suit taste. Fried Egg Plant?Pare and cut into slices half an inch thick. Soak in salt water an hour or more; dry and dip first into beaten egg, then in cracker dust or tine bread crumbs, and fry brown in half butter and half lard; season with pepper and cook thoroughly. Mush Pudding?Take four eggs, one cup cold mush, one large tablespoon of butter, two-thirds of a cup of sugar. Stir well togetherr add one pint of sweet milk to the mixture, pour into a deep pan, grate nutmeg on top ana oaite au the custard becomes firm. Chicken Soup?Take all the bones of a chicken, crack them and add the dark meat; cover well with water and stew for three or four hours. Flavor the broth with some thinly cut lemon peel; salt to taste and add a little sage tied in a piece of muslin. All fat must be removed. Beefsteak Smothered With Onions? Slice onions and lay them in your skillet with pepper, salt and bits of butter. Lay over them a tender beesfeak, then another layer of onions, seasoned. Cover closely and cook very slowly until done; serve very hot and it is a dish fit for a king. Beef Ball?Three pounds of beef, chopped fine, two well beaten eggs, one large cup of bread crumbs, two onions chopped fine, salt and pepper to the taste; make it into a large ball and put it into a pot with a little water and three large spoonfuls of tomato catsup; simmer slowly until done. Savory Baked Egg Padding?Chop two cups of cold ham, or any cold meat or fish, fine. Make a custard of one quart of milk and six eggs, add a teaspoonful of salt (unless ham is used, when less will be needed). Mix meat and custard together, pour into a deep dish, put little bits of butter over the surface aud bake. Potato Pudding?Take one pint of finely mashed, mealy potatoes, one tablespoonful of butter, one cup of sugar, a little salt, the grated rind and juice of one lemon, four eggs (leaving one part of the whites to ice the top); stir well with one pint of rich milk; bake slowly. When done pour over the whites whipped to a froth with four tablespoons of sugar. Let it brown. Salad Dressing Without Oil?Pound the yelks of two hard boiled eggs un*il smooth, then add a teaspoonful of mixed mustard, one saltspoonful of salt, half a saltspoonful of pepper, half the quantity of cayenne, one teaspoonful of sugar, and a teaspoonful of lemon juice; mix these all thoroughly, then add sufficient cream and vinegar to make the prepara tioii the consistency of ordinary cream. A Vienna millionaire died, leaving a request for liis only heir to keep the family vault lighted with several Jablockoll electric lamps for one year. But the authorities having refused the necessary permission, the heir ordered a candle and a box of parlor matches to be placed near the man in his coffin, in case he should wake up from his long sleep. The Pekin Gazette asserts that 100 of its editors have been heheaded. The journal in question claims to have been, ia existence 1000 yews, I^^pppep * 4 ~ *';^X-v-:* TEMPERANCE. THE WATER. The water! The water! The water fresh and sweet, ) I saw it bubble in a spring, Where field and forest meet. The lUies nodded on the brink, auu me rooms come to drink. The water! The water! In well, and lake, and sea, "We drink, we swim, we bathe, we row. And love the water free! The water, sunshine, and fresh air With fish and bird, and flower we sharft. ?National Tcmperance Almanac. POISON IN BEER. An advocate of beer drinking, in th? Western Druggist, complains of the poisonous adulterations of this beverage, now so common, and mentions as one of the most dangerous, picrotoxin. a powerful poison often used because of the great difficulty attending its detection. The writer states that a dose of from five to ten grains will kill a dog, while a tincture of the berries applied to a child's scalp had been known to cause death. THE FLOURISHING W. C. T. XT. The membership of the,W. C. T. TJ. instead of falling off during the last year, as has been asserted, has been actually increased by more than five thousand paying menibers. The treasurer's report, the final authority, shows for this year a paid membership of 143,865 as contrasted with 138,517 last year. This does not include unreported unions, members that for any reason have neglected to pay their dues, honorary members of the constantly increasing host of the Loyal Temperance Legion. MODERATE DRINKING DANGEROUS. Even moderate drinking operates against ft man in getting insurance. Statistics show that among intemperate persons between th$ ages of twenty and thirty the mortality u five times greater than among temperato persons. From thirty to fifty tne mortality is four times greater with tlie inteipperato/ and from fifty to sixty it is three times greater, while from sixty to eighty it is twicS as great. These are figures that do not lid. ana old topers and moderate drinkers should taJte a hint. In a group of total abstainer^ aged twenty, the average of life left is forty;.': four and two-tenths years, while with moderate drinkers the average would be fifteen, and six-tenths years. That is to sav, a total abstainer on an average would live to be sixty-four, while the moderete drinker would be cut off at thirty-five. By a moderate drinker is meant a man who drinks continuously or periodically so as to affect his health. A drinker is more liable to accidental death than a sober man is, and in addition to that he is steadily breaking down his constitution.?National Temperance Almanac. SAMPLE-ROOM FLOWERS. "Sample-Room" was the sign on a smaU building close by the depot at which the traifl drew up, just before entering the mouhtaing. "Sample-room for what m this desolate, out-of-the-way place?' was our mental querg Seedy-looking duffers, with flery-looklnj noses, led the way; spruce-looking young men followed, twirling their canee in a noffi chainnt way, and slinking into the sample room door as if ashamed of the act. "Ah! this is a liquor-shop, and these ara ' the plants going in for refreshment." These young buds of promise will as surelv ripen into the seedy old duffers as night (ojj lows aay. aampie-room nowers tney are who seek, for refreshment, "liquid flre.'J Now and then middle-aged men, respectably clad, and doubtless men who, at home, w'oula scorn to bo seen entering a "sample-room,7 drop into the ever-open door. .' And at last they must all have been refreshed, for the proprietor, with a very red face and a white apron, comes to the door ana looks down the platform, like a spider after more silly flies. ( Bnt the whistle sounds, tijp passengers rush for the cars, and we move on for a pto? wire of ifui, mountains, a lonely railway station, and a gloomy-loolriflg^omnipresent "sainpla-room" stamped on the wUJsof menU_^ ory.?National Advocate. ^?~~ enoland's two grkat evils. Lord Randolph Churchill is still discussing the drink question in his speeches. In a recent address at Newton,.Montgomeryshire, he said: "I find that the condition of tho people is most seriously and dangerously affected by two groat evils. The one arises from the excessive consumption of alcoholic liquors by the masses of the people of the country. [Hear, hear.] The unrestricted sale of intoxicating liquors among the masses of the people is shown in the enormously excessive * ^ number of establishments for the sale of drink which strike the eye everywhere, no matter whereyou go, in any part of England or Wales. [Cheers.] The other evil arises from the disgraceful condition ot the dwellIngs'which are inhabited by a large portion of our laboring population. The effect of those two evils upon the condition of the people cannot be exaggerated by anv one. The effect of those two evils upon the condition of the people is written for all who like to read and study them in the almost innumerable reports of Royal Commissions and Parliamentary Committees, and written in the mass upon mass of evidence which has been adduced before those Commissions and those Committees from persons whose authority cannot be disputed or denied; and _ those two evils are discovered and are pro,- ~ " claimed by the most authoritative sources to be producing among our people a most exuberant, a most rank, a most noisome crop of poverty, misery, disease and crime." [Hear, hear.] TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. < The next convention of the National W. C. T. U. will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. It is stated that ninety-three per cent, of all children taking the temperance pledge remain faithful to their early vows. When a youug man starts out to get a. arniK ana passes an oia uruuKaru on me w?y we wonder that he doesn't think of him. * A total of 1374 Young Women's Christian. Temperance unions, with 31,057 regular and 0790 honorary members, was reported to theconvention. There are many beverages more than half the bulk of which is alcohol. Irish and Scotch whisky contain nearly fifty-five- per cent. Brandy and gin nearly as much. In strong ale there is nearly seven per cent, of alcohol. Dr. Josiah Strong, author of "Our Country," says: "At no time in all the year and at no place in all the land is thero so much of the saving power of the nation gathered together as at the annual convention of the W. C.T. U." In the first nine months of last year England cousumed 11,213,471 gallons of wine, 18,353,251 gallons of spirits, and IS,851,818 gallons of beer. In this vear she has consumed 11,505,290 gallons of wine, 18,734,201 gallons of spirits, and 21,920,903 gallons of beer. Professor William T. Anderson, htad of the Brooklyn Normal School for Physical Educarion," addressed the National Convention at Chicago on his specialty and generously offered to traiu gratuitously five young women for W. C. T. U., "evangelists of physical culture." While the number of existing drink-licenses in London has not increased of late year*, the dram-shops of Paris have risen l'rom '21,000 in 1880 to nearly 30,000 iu tho present year. In thirty years the consumption of alcohol in France 1ms trebled, and in ten years it has doubled, the average consumption being twelve quarts for each male adult. Miss Sallie A. Moore, of Philadelphia, President of St. Malnchi's Ladies' Total Abstinence Society?the first Roman Catholic woman to addre&s a public assembly iu the presence of a bishop and priests?recently sent the following message to Miss France3 Willard: "Xo sectarianism in religion, no sectionalism in politics, no sex in citizenship, but each and all of lis for God and home and native land.'' Have we a Christian civilization? We are told that in the city of Now York 150,000 children are day and night, and night and day, under the demoralizing influences of the saloon; we are told by tho Citizens' League of Chicago that 30,0<)0 children go day after day into your saloons and drink and bring away drink. We have heard from tho platform here of your $70,000,000 for liquor, and 129,000,000 for boer. Do yon think the churches pointing heavenward, do you think great societies that meet together and send away their millions to the heathen <?n aVw9 C(ors? fyfpw*!1-' . V. 1_114 i. I , tlUVA, XCUVUiU^ VUV UIO UUUVi^j UU | cried in a voice of agon}': "Oh, God! I thought to curse the ( son as the father cursed me and mine, j But I cannot; I cannot! Leave me I ! Leavo me, before a sense of my wrongs overpowers me, and I forget your words, ' which my broken heart tells me to believe !" There was that in the old man's voice and manner that General Paul could not disobey. | He made as if he would extend his hand, or kiss that of the prisoner, but, fearing that he would be scorned, he went quietly out and joined the turn-' key, who waa pacing back and forth, anil jingling his keys in the corridor. The General hastened down to his sleigh, and, leaping in, said, in response to the driver's inquiry: "To the palace of Count Linwold." When near the palace, General Paul saw Colonel Orloff, the Countess El