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PATIENCE.
I
Do patlcntl Knsy words to speak
While plenty tills tho cup of lite,
While health brings rosos to tho check,
Ahd tar removed aro caro und strlto.
Falling so glibly Irom tho tonguo
Of thOHc I often think of this
Whom suffcilng 1ms never wrung,
Who scarcely know what patlcnco Is.
Ilopntlctitl when tho sun'ror lies
Prostrate beneath some fell disease,
And lone, through torturing agonies,
Only for ono short hour of case.
Bo patlentl whon tho weary brain
In racked with thought and anxious caro,
And, troubles In an endless train
Seem almost more th.m It can bear.
.
To feel tho torture of delay,
Tho agony of hopo deferred:
To labor mill from day to day,
Tho prlzo unwon, tho prajer unheard,
And still to hopo and strivo and wait
Tho due reward of fortune's kiss;
This Is to almost conquer fate,
Tills Is to learn v hat patlcnco is.
If
Jcspalr not I though tho clouds nro dark,
And storm and danger cil tho slty;
Let fate nnd courago guide thy barque,
Tho storm will pass, tho port Is nigh.
Do patient, and tho tide will turn,
Shadows will Moo before tho sun;
Tlicfci aro the hopes that llvo and burn
To light us till our work Is done.
All tho Year Round.
II E Emersons
woro slaves,
bound hnrd and
fnst to tlio tyr-
custom
bondago
ing up a
fashionable ap
pearance with
out the ade
quate menus
4o support it properly.
Upon Mrs. Emerson nnd Harry, the
only son, the yoke did not weigh heav
'ily, but it sorely nailed Mr. Emerson;
and Margery, the only daughter,
chafed against it with all the iueft'ce
tual impatience of her seventeen years.
"Life 'would be so much easier if we
could only givo up pretending'!" she
cried; but her mother nnd Harry
Bco.Ted at her philosophy. Tho striving
nnd piotending, the staving- oil: one
debt and getting into another went on
apace. (
Lying alone in tho hammock in the
fragrant twilight of a late May day,
Margery was thinking over things in
general with a noble discontent, when
suddenly from the room beyond she
heard the voices of her mother and
father. Mrs. Emerson's tones were
conciliatory, as they were apt to be
when she bought some new favor; her
husband's accents were shrill and im
patient, as if his last thread of en
durance .were strained.
"1 thought, Henry, you'd like the
idea of Margery taking this trip with
hc Pages."
"Like it? Yes, immensely, but I
think wo shall all be called upon to
lake a trip to the pool house instead. I
came to that conclusion this morning
when three of Master Harry's bills were
forwarded me, each of them four times
larger than it ought to be."
"Well, but Henry, you can't expect a
young man to get through Harvard
without bills."
'l'he conciliatory tone was dashed with
defiance now, and tho sharpness of tho
unswering voice was increased.
"I don't expect it. Considering the
sort of young man Harry is, 1 should
bo a fool if I did. And yet I don't
blame him half so much as 1 blame
myself. I started him wrong. He'd
be twice the man he is now if he hud
been making his living for tho last two
years, instead of vying with million
aires' sons, acting as though my poor
little bucket of resources were an in
exhaustible spring. And, though it is
different with Margery, tho principle
is the same. With all that her private
schools have done for her, I doubt if she
could earn a dollar for herself, and who
knows how soon she may need it!"
All this was so wildly unlike her
much enduring, indulgent father that
for it moment the unwilling listener on
the piaz.a felt inclined to doubt both
his identity and her own; but her dis-
J
"i wasn't made rat a hoiki, cleiik."
position wus so like his that she felt
an impatient pity for the feebleness of
her mother's reply.
"Hut Henry! Harry will bo suro to
repay you some day, and u girl as
bright and pretty as Margery cannot
fall to marry well."
"Now, May," ho answored, with
added vehemence, "that is just whero
the rottonneBS of our system comes in.
Hurry will novel' repay me, for ho has
not been brought up to any sense of
moral obligation. If he would put his
thouldcr to the wheel, I could manage
to get through somehow. Hut I liuvo
uo hopes of hi in.
"Why. to-day my friend Sinclair
imposed giving Hurry a place tut clerk
"
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ffisSS?iBsitev of ,t,eP
for the summer. In his summer liotol in
Mn,tuc. Hut none of that sort of thing
for my son and hoirl Ho is going with
a party to tho Adirondack.
"Mnrgory bless the child! would
tnko n chambermaid's placo, I bolievo,
If she thought that by so doing she
could save mo ono pang. Hut I doubt
If sho could do cvon that. All her
chances, it seems, nro staked on n
wealthy marriage a pretty poor am
bition, it strikes me, for days like
these."
Then it was that Margery, like somo
modest Joan of Arc, heard n voice
which whispered of a conflict beyond
with tho hopo of a victory. Then It
was that, leaning over tho piazza rail,
sho said oxcitedly to herself:
"I will! I'll glvo Harry a chnnce,
first, for ho could save papa more than
half this worry. If ho rofusos to help
me, I'll glvo him a lesson ho will not
forget very soon."
Tho next evening Harry came homo
to spend Sunday. Margery attacked
him with all her might and main.
Keeping her own project completely in
tho background, sho appealed to his
sense of justice, his sympathy, his
manliness, nnd every other virtue it
might bo posslbla for him to possess;
but there was not a shadow of caro
upon Harry's handsome face as ho said:
"Now, Margery, you were always an
agitator, but I think It's a littlo unfair
to worlc on my feelings so near tho
end of tho year. You'd bo oaten tip
with remorse if you got mo so un
strung that I couldn't pass. And any
way, old girl, father's all right This
sort of thing has been going on over
since I can remember. Thoro's nlways
more or less of :i rackot but we got
there just tho same."
"And to save him a littlo of the
racket to show him that, after all, he
needn't despair of you you'll not take
this position with Mr. Sinclair instead
of going to the Adiroudacks?"
Harry only laughed. "I wasn't made
for a hotel clerk, Margery. I haven't
diamonds enough; nnd besides, I
promised Fitch and Morrison months
ago that I'd go with them. A gentle
man never breaks his word, you
know."
He lightly tried to kiss her then, but
tho scorn in her eyes deterred him,
and his laughter subsided tinder her
reply.
"Hut tho gentleman may break his
father's heart ono of theso days, or
tempt him to try how fast a bullet can
take him out of his troubles."
ILarry gave a long whistle. "Mar
gery," ho cried, "what is a fellow to
do under a tongue like yours?"
Hut Margery knew sadly well that,
though he was neither bad at heart
nor vicious, the "fellow" in question
loved his own pleasure too well to do
the thing she required of him. When
he had gone sho whispered to herself:
"I shall have to do it! It's just as
heroic treatment for mo as for him,
but I don't feel as if 1 could draw back
now."
A day or two later, having still
further matured her plans, she said to
her mother:
"If you don't mind, mamma, I should
like to go to Boston this week to visit
Cousin Sally. You know she's been
asking me ever since I wrote her that
I could not go to school on account of
my eyes. I am sure she will not
think it too much if I go for a few
days now, and go again for Commence
ment week."
Now Cousin Sally was a maiden lady,
with just such radical proclivities as
wero beginning to make themselves
apparent, in Miss Margery. Mrs.
Emerson hesitated as to giving her
consent. Then she saw the other side
of the question.
In both social and financial respects
Miss Sally Parkhurst could afford to do
ns she pleased. Her favor was a thing
to be desired. Margery did need a
change; and, last of all, this often un
wise but always loving mother hated
to refuso he'r children anything.
"Very well," she said; "but you must
not stay too long. We'll have your
class-day dress mado this week, and
you know how important it is that you
should be hero to try it on."
"Oh, I know it's very important,"
wily Margciy answered, gravely;
adding then: "I promise I will not stay
long with Cousin Sally."
According to the lettor of it, she
kept her word. She only stayed over
a couple of days In the tall old west
end house which had sheltered several
generations of Parkhur.sts, but into
those days was crowded much comfort
and encouragement. From this old
house, on the afternoon of the third
day, a trembling though hopeful
maiden, bag in hand, set out for Cam
bridge, and Miss Sally followed her in
spirit with some anxiety and much
sympathy.
Margery's scheme was to Cousin
Sally's liking; but handsome Harry,
busy with his own plans and ambi
tions, had not the faintest premonition
that Nemesis was approaching him.
So far as his gay, easo-lovlng dispo
sition would permit, those days were
anxious ones even to him. Hut his
spirits did not suffer thereby, and it
was with an appetite wholly unim
paired that ho walked into his board
ing house, in time for dinner on the
evening of tho day of Margery's pil
grimage to Cambridge.
There wero several things on his
mind just then, and a somewhat de
pressing lettor from his fathor was in
his pocket. ( Hut Fitch was tolling a
funny story as Harry seated himsolf.
Catching tho point in ills own quick
way, he laughed as heartily over it us
any. Then he himself told an nnccdoto
apropos of the other, and was listening
to a coulldenco from his neighbor on
the right.
"Say, Emerson, Miranda has gono
away. Wo have a new table girl, and
she's a bounty."
Then behind him tho now girl spoke:
".Will you have mulligatawny or
lamb broth, sir?"
If ho had lost his composure com
pletely; if he had jumped up and de
nounced her, or oven if lie had fulntcd
before It's mulligatawny could roueh
him, this new table girl would hurdly
have beon surprised. Hut he did neither
of those things.
Starting slightly, ho turned around
and looked her In tho face; but, though
his own ruddy cheok did chango color,
thoro was no recognition In his gazo.
In tho coolest possible voice ho replied:
"Hroth, please!"
Then Morrison across tho table called
out mockingly: "Our friend Emerson's
struck all of a heap with so much youth
and boauty."
Emorson, qutto In his usual manner,
nnsworod: "I'm all of that, I assuro
yon."
Hut nil his sang frold could not pre
vent him from finding that dinner n
bitter onej nnd his fathor's letter in
his pockot seemed to havo gained an
added weight.
An hour or two later ho retraced his
steps toward tho boarding house, rang
tho bell, and brought tho landlady her
self to tho door.
"I want to sco that now tablo girl,
Mrs. Collin," ho said. "Sho loft my
mother only this week, and I havo a.
message for her."
"Oh, it's all right," ho added, Impa
tiently, as Mrs. Coflln lingered with
some inquiry in her cyesj "you needn't
be afraid."
Concluding that cvon if it woro all
wrong sho had nothing to fear, tho
landlady went out at once and sent tho
girl in.
Margery camo with her pretty head
erect, and no fear in her innocent
eyes. Hut tumult was in hor heart,
and at first she could not find voice to
answer his imperious greeting.
"May I ask the moaning of this mas
querading, Miss Emerson? Whatever
it is, you certainly choose a nice way
to disgrace both yoursolf and me," ho
said, still more ungrily, after a mo
ment's pause, and then sho flashed
upon him.
"There never was any disgrace in
honest work! It's you who aro in
much moro danger of disgracing us
all, and perhaps you will think so your
self if your selfishness and extrava
gance kills papa. Ho is just sick with
anxiety now. and you could save him
from It if you only would. I am sure
you could live on half what you do, and
yon have so much influence with
mamma that she would save, too, If
you would talk to her.
"I'm not clever, I know, but I could
do the housemaid's worlc, and Iwould,
but you will not do anything. You re
fused to take that situation, nnd you
only laughed at mo when I talked to
you the last time you wore home. And
then I just made up my mind that if
you wero too proud to worlc I'd show
you that I wasn't!"
All through this torrent of words her
brother walked angrily around, affect
ing not to listen. Hut he stood still
now, looking sternly and seriously Into
her face.
"And you will stay here nnd do this
menial work just for the sake of sham
ing me?"
Put in this way sle did not like tho
sound of it, but she held her ground un
flinchingly. "I not only mean to say it, but I
mean to do it. Oh, you need not look at
me like that! I don't like it you may
be sure. I could have sunk into tho
VLV. REMAINED IJf UTTER SILKKCH.
ground this evening when thoe young
men joked about me. Hut I've begun,
nnd I am going to go on. I'm not go
ing to be a sham or a burden one day
longer."
He walked away from her then, and,
leaning against the mantel, remained
iu utter silence fully five minutes. To
most of us, however ease-loving or
however hardened, there are moments
when it is given to us to see a new
heaven and a new earth; and to Harry
Emerson this flash of inspiration camo
us he stood studying the border of shells
wherewith Mrs. Cofllu had flanked her
fireplace.
Margery watched him with intense
anxiety. Under all her pain and dis
appointment sne hud still such faith in
him that It was not wholly a surprise
to her when, roturning to her side, ho
said, with all the anger gono from Ilia
voice:
"We must call Mrs. Coffin In and ex
plain to hor, Margery. Say anything
you like I don't caro -but I'm going
to take you in io Cousin Sally's this
evening. Your mission is accomplished.
I'll take tho hotel place or do anything
else that 1 can to help; and when I
fall, I'll glvo you leave to go out to
servico as fast again as you please."
Margery, looking up at him throngli
hor happy tears, folt almost as if she
were marring the splendor of his sur
render by saying as sho did:
"Hut, Harry, I must tell you! Cousin
Sally said that if you saw things this
wuy, sho would pay every debt yon
owe, and holp papa out of tho tight
placo ho is in. She ncvor did help us
before, bho said, beeauso we seemed to
hor so lacking in good principle."
nut oven when'Mlss Sally had helped
them to such an extent that thoy soon
sailed past all tho breakers of which I
have wrlttou, Harry's new manliness
proved seaworthy. So effectually, in
deed, did ho learn the lesson which
Margery gave, that his contributions
to the family oxohequpr saved her
from any need to take a second situa
tion. Hester Vickery Brown, in
Youth's Companion.
Tho condemned man said to tho
hangman: "If you do not mind, ploaso
put the rope under my arras, for I am
ft little ticklish about tht neck."
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WAR REMINISCENCES. I
A PATRIOTIC FEEL.
Whon you hoar old "Yankco Doodle,"
Or somo lively martial air,
Thero's a prickly sort of feeling
TMt will start up In your hutr;
It wtil travel down tho backbona
To tho region of tho heart,
It will novcr stop a-going
Till It reaches every part.
Thero's a lump that keeps r.-swclllng
tight In under your left lung;
It's your heart, n-rnlslng thunder,
And It wants to start your tongue,
You'ro chuck full of lovo of country,
From your forehead to your hcoli
You nro ready now for action
You'vo a patrlotlo feel.
You forgot nil selfish motlros
And your sordid lovu for gain.
When you sco tho old flag floating,
And you hear that martial strain.
You havo got real friendly feelings,
And with Tom and Dick you shako;
Now, If you'ro Inclined to spirits,
It's n friendly glass you take.
Now hero como the boys a-marchlng,
Thoy nro old bovs now, you know,
For they had n stnoll of powdor
Moro than thirty years ago.
Somo aro old, and lnmo, and enroworn,
And thoy carry battle-scars
Nlckum left his arm at Shlloh,
Dut ho held on to tho stars.
Thcro Is jolly old Jack Hosklns,
Wth his woodon peg, you seo:
Jack had both his legs in Georgia
One Is missing at tho knee.
So you stand and watch them passing
With their solemn, mournful tread;
Now you seo a comrado's absent,
Thero's a coflln just ahead.
Thero's a misty sort of some thing
That will gather In jour eye,
And, In splto of all your wiping,
It Is hard to keep them dry.
It Is not a woman's weakness
To bo moved by somolhlng sad
It's tho milk of human kindness
That you did not know you had.
Oh, theso sacred tears of pity,
When the heart speaks through the eyes,
Thoy aro pearls from Angel Mercy,
Precious jewels from the skies.
Nou unlock tho holy chamber,
Don't try longer to conceal
What Is Christ-like In your being
Havo a patriotic feel.
A. B. Van Fleet, In National Tribune.
THE FORTUNES OF WAR.
A. Stirring Incident of tho Ilnttle
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l'eterslmrjr.
It was the second day of April, 1805.
I was actit g sergeant major in Capt.
Dale's battiilion of sharpshooters, near
Petersburg. Va, I had sat up nearly
all the night before playing chess with
a redheaded ciptain of tho First Ten
nessee. A little before day firing was
heard on the picket line, and the sharp
shooters under Dale, Harris and Beau-
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mont were ordered to the front. After
going to the place where the picket
line should have been it was found that
the enemy had broken it and that also
by a flank movement they had broken
the main line between our position on
that line and Petersburg. There was
nothing left for us to do but to make
our way back to the breastworks and
rejoin the brigade (Archer's) as quickly
and as safely as possible. It was no
very easy thing to do under the circum
stances, as any body of men coming
from the direction in which the soldiers
thought the enemy were would surely
be fired on without stopping to ask any
questions. Hut each minute was wortli
a million dollars. If we remained a lit
tle longer the whole command would
be surrounded and captured. Hesides,
our brigade needed our help. Tho
writer was ordered to double-quick to
the main line. take the chances of being
shot by our own men, pass rapidly
down on top of the breastworks.causing
our men to hold their fire until Capt.
Day could oblique his sharpshooters
into the main line of the breastworks.
After a hard run and escaping a num
ber of bullets sent to meet us by the
men in the works tho line wns gained,
and the sharpshooters wero safely over
the rocks, with but few wounded. We
were not a moment too soon. The en
emy had broken through and was reach
ing out in the rear, but when they
struck our part of the lino tho old
brigade, with a yell and a charge, re
took some of the works in a regular
devils' picnic.
Whilo engaged In this movement, a
tall, angular federal, standing on tho
works moro exposed to the lire than
anyone, brought his gun to bear on my
face at a point blank range of less than
forty steps. A dodge behind a corner
of a rude log hut built for tho winter
quarters saved my life, for at that mo
ment the bark spattered in my face as
the ball grazed the log. With a prayer
for thp soul of tho bravest Yankee I
ever saw my trusty Sharpo'a rlflo was
aimed at tho tall man's breast, and at
the crack of tho gun ho fell from tho
earthworks.
About this time Capt. Arcl Norris or
dered mo to rally tho sharpshooters and
try to cheek tho column on our left. At
tho rally call a handful of soven re
sponded seven men that would try
anything and thoy charged that col
umn. Somo wero killed and others
wounded. At tho first volley I tumbled
to the ground with a broken leg. I had
hardly touched tho ground when John
Hurlin, of Wilson county, Tennessee,
Jim Hearn, Coles and another man,
name forgotten, had mo on n stretcher
and woro trying their best to got mo to
tho rear. Dy this time the lino was
broken and the enomy had It all their
own way.
They soon Bent their bullets so thick
around and into tho llttcr-bcurlng party
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that tho men wero forced to leave mo to
my fate. Another mlnttto found mo In
tho hands of tho advance skirmishers,
and they proceeded to relievo mo of my
watch and money; but a big, rcd-fuccd,
thick-set major made his way to me,
and, after a friendly grasp of the hand,
ho had my valuables returned nnd four
of his men detailed to take mo back to
the field hospital, and by no means to
leavu mo until I was snfoly in charge of
a certain surgeon, n mason nnd the ma
jor's friend. On tho way back Jcsso
Cage, of Nashville, was picked up, with
his leg broken, and placed in the satno
ambulance. About four o'clock that
evening, as tho wounded men lay on a
bed of straw in a largo hospital tent,
Cage was carried out under the trees
and, as tho tent Hap was thrown back,
I could sco him under tho influence of
chloroform while the surgeons took his
leg off. Ho wns soon brought back to
his straw bed, arul with a shudder I
heard the litter-bearers say: "Yotirtlmo
next." I was placed on the table, chlo
roform was administered, nnd when I
awoke from slumber my dancing days
wero over and I was hopeless crlpplo
for life.
Two days nftcr the above I saw tho
man I had flrcd at on the breastworks
walk into the tent, but, to my astonish
ment, ho was shot in tho back part of
tho jaw. Calling him to my bed, I
found that ho was the same man, and
his wounds wero explained by himself
thus: "I shot at a feller at the corner of
a cabin and missed him, when ho shot
mo in tho breast here," pulling open his
shirt, "tho ball hitting In front on tho
collar bone and knocking me oil tho
works. Some of our own cowardly fol
lows shot me in the jaw after I had got
up." I explained that I was the "feller
that drew a bead" on him, and explained
that tho want of force in tho ball was
duo to the inferior cartridges used.
These two soldiers ended their war
here. The one that walked waited on
tho one that couldn't walk, and they
two who had shot at each other would
have risked their lives in each other's
defense. I cannot now remember this
bravo man's name. Ho belonged to a
Pennsylvania regiment. The acquaint
ance lasted only three days, but that
was long enough for God to tach two
erring mortals that brave men bore no
malice, and, as they grasped each
other's hand for a final separation, they
each breathed a sigh of thankfulness,
that "I didn't kill .you.'
Header, please pardon the apparent
egotism. We can only write what camo
under our immediate observation. Tho
death and wounding of great men, tho
victory and defeat of armies, have been
nnd will be told by a thousand pens,
but there are none to tell these littlo
incidents except the actors themselves.
Dr. U. W. Manson, in tho Confederato
Veteran.
JEFF THOMPSON'S GALLANTRY.
llow thn Confederate General Acceded to
tho Sedulhi Luillcs Tracer.
'Did you ever hear how Gen. Jefl!
Thompson once evaded an order in tho
field and didn't get caught at it?' asked
an old Missourian recently. "It hap
pened, I think, in the summer of ISol,
the year when Gen. Price and Gen. A.
J. Smith wero chasing each other up
and down the state. Gen. Thompson,
with a section of Price's army, swept
across the central Missouri prairies,
and on one hot August day the citi
zens of Sedalia saw his men approach
ing the town in a perfect cloud of dust.
"Sedalia was garrisoned by a body of
home guards under tho command of
Col. William Uloss and Maj. William
Gentry, and so, when the alarm bell
sounded, the littlo band hurried to tho
trenches and prepared for defense.
Thompson saw the handful of citizens
and uullmbered his guns. An apparent
ly fierce cannonade was kept up for
half an hour, during which time ono
man was killed, and then the homo
guards capitulated and Thompson rodo
into town. I remember tho terrible
time he had that day endeavoring to
control his rough riders, who seemed
bent on making everything contraband,
but he Anally mado them understand
his imperative orders nnd quiet was
soon restored, but not "until every cit
izen of fighting age had been placed
under arrest and guard.
"Well, it leaked out before night that
Thompson had orders to burn the fail
road depot It was a great wooden
THE I.AniF.S WAITED UrON HIM.
structure, against which a large num
ber of tko storo buildings backed, and
to burn the depot was to burn tho town
Tho general was a spectacular soldier
as well as a bravo lighter and his pic
turesque dress showed him to bo somo
what of a gallant knight. Henco the
ladies of Sedalia banded themselves to
gether to tho number of about fifty
und waited upon him with a prayer not
to destroy tho depot and tho town. Ho
treated tho delegation with conspicuous
courtesy, and finally told tho ladies
that a soldier must obey orders, but ho
felt free to notify them that ho would
sot fire to tho depot at five o'clock on
tho following morning, and ho hinted
to them that if tho old barn happened
to bo green and didn't burn up the fault
would bo theirs. Thoy toolc tho hint.
Promptly at five o'clock a bucket "rvig.
ado of ladies was in Hue ut the depot.
Tho soldiers started tho flro, the gen
eral gave his orders for tho army to
movo on, nnd tho ladles waited until
tho commander hud disappeared and
then promptly extinguished tho Haines
timid tho ioyous shouts of the soldiers.
St. Louis Republic.
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maplo sugar may bo made by flavoring
ordinary brown Btigar with an extract
of hickory bark. It is said to bo al
most Indistinguishable from tho genu
ino.
CofTco .Tolly. Soak a box of gola
tlno In half a pint of cold water for
two hours. Pour over It at the end of
that time ono nnd a half pints of boll
ing water. When it is dissolved add
ono pint of sugar and n pint of strotr
coffee. Strain, turn into molds nnd act
away to harden. Boston Budget
Spring Pudding. Sift throo cups of
flour with two ton-spoonfuls of baking
powdor, add a cup of sugar, a tablo
spoonful of butter, two eggs, and a
cup of milk, flavor with a tea-spoonful
of Dr. Prlco's extract of vanilla. Butter
a mold, pour In tho batter and steam
ono hour. Kat with hard sauce. Home.
Egg Salad. Cut throo largo stalks
of celnry into pieces, and put in a salad
bowl. Chop tho whites of five hard
boiled eggs and add to the celery, with
a little salt and pepper; slice tho yolks
of the eggs in thin rounds, lay carefully
over tho salad, pour over a plain salad
dressing nnd garnish with celery leaves.
Harper's Bazar.
An excellent remedy for a chest
cold, used promptly, is a poultico of hot
onions. The onions should bo sliced
and stewed in lnrd till somo what tender
and very hot Then put them in a bag
already prepared, tako two or thrco
stitches in tho end and apply whero tho
distress is most evident This dono
whilo waiting for a physician will often
avert a serious attack.
Coventry Fruit Cake. One-half
pound of butter and one pound of sugar,
creamed together; add ono pound of
eggs, ono pound of carefully prepared
currants, ono pound of stoned raisins,
quarter of a pound of citron and lomon
peel, a littlo cinnamon, allspice and
cloves, and a few sweet and bitter al
monds, blanched and pounded; mix
with ono pound of flour and two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, and bako
in moderate oven. Boston Budget
Rico With Figs. Boil one cupful of
rice in two cupfuls of water for half an
hour; add half a tcaspoonful of salt;
pour into a colander, if the water is
not all cooked out to let it drain; set it
in the oven until the rice is whito and
dry; then sot it in a steamer. Chop half
a pound of flgs fine, and stir into tho
rice; cover and steam twenty minutes;
serve hot with a bowl of cream to which
has been added four tiblespoonfuls of
sugar. N. Y. Observer.
Boiled Apple Dumplings. Preparo
your paste; cut into squares and fill as
for baked dumplings, chopping finely
the apples, that they may cook moro
readily; put each dumpling into a bag
or cloth and tie, leaving room for it to
swell; drop tho bags into boiling water
and boll steadily for an hour; servo tho
dumplings hot with sauce; a good sauco
is made by mixing brown sugar and
butter together and ground cinnamon.
Chocolate Blanc Mange. Throo
large tablcspoonfuls grated chocolnto
into a quart of cold milk, and let it boll
five minutes. Have ready six table
spoonfuls cornstarch prepared in a lit
tle cold milk; stir in the milk and choco
late; make very sweet and let it boll
ten minutes; put it in a mold and eat
when cold with cream. It should bo
made soon after breakfast and stand on
tho Ice until dinner. Farm, Field and
Fireside.
A WONDERFUL HEN.
She Laid Some Jllc l.'ggn but l'allod In Ono
Instance.
Sam, a colored man, comes and takes
care of my chickens of which I am very
proud, but ho used to be always talking
in this strain. "Yes, boss, youso got
some good hens, an' dey lays big nigs,
but I got a olo hen what kin lay yo'
hens clear in dc shade wid do aigs.
Dey's monstrous." Going along tho
river ono day last spring I found under
somo bushes n little bit of a bird egg
which somo bird had evidently dis
carded as out ot shape, for It was very
long drawn out, and quite a curiosity.
A thought struck me. I had got tired
of hearing about Sam's wonderful
layer. I told him to bring his hen over
the next day and if I found sho laid
eggs as large as he said, I'd buy her at
a good price. Tho next day the hen
was brought and duly shut up In a box
In tho coop. After Sam had gono I
heard a cackling, and went down; sho
had certainly laid a meritorious ugg. I
took It out and put this littlo ogg in its
place and wont to tho house. In tho
afternoon I heard a racket, looked
down and saw Sam thrashing the hen
ivith a brush all about tho coop and
heard him ejaculating "Wha foil yo'
mean?" "Wha yo' jrwino an ack dls
way foh, yo' blame olo fool hen?" "I'll
teach yo' sutnpin'." I hurried down
and stopped tho rackot "What's the
matter, Sam?' I nsfced. (Tho littlo egg
was gone.) "Nothin', boss, only do olo
hen lonesome 'way fum homo an' ain't
done lay no aig yit Guess I took her
back wid me till sho lam somo sense."
Since then I havo heard nothing more
about thoso wonderful eggs. Goodall's
Sun.
signs of tho Stylo.
Although panniers aro not yet oponly
favored by fashion, thoro are. somo In
dications that beforo tho season is over
thoy may bo arrlyed at by indirect
ways. Laco is gathered in a deep
flounco to the edge of tho round waist
In Russian style. It is also sot on tho
outside of tho edge of tho bodice, gath
ered full and turned up ellgo to edge,
then dropped over tho seam to havo tho
effect of a puffing. It Is applied in tho
same manner on princoss dresses. Wider
lago is usod on dinner nnd evening toil
ets, this occasionally forming pannier
like drarjories that terminate In long
ends on tho back, caught to tho dress
by bows of handsome ribbon. Tho uso
of lacq will constantly incroaso from,
this time on throughout tho spring and'
itimmur, forming tnbllors, jabots on
both skirt und bodice, und plaited in
fans and coqutllo ruches to increase tho
flaring offeot on tho bottom of tho
iress. Very short-traiuod boll skirls
will havo tho flounce all around tho
hems, while doml-truins and full trains
for bridos und dowagers will havo it
only on tho front and sides, leaving the
iweeping breadths uutrlmmod.--Chl-wjfo
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