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AGRICULTURAL. Bread the Beat mun l uf the uutiiion herds of the <-oun' ry by IMI-.U-.. uf judicious crossing with animals uf superior raue will add from one fourth to one half to the value uf tbe progeny and their produi'iv Thii is a umple and easy way of increasing the value of the stock, and, for- tunately for the Canadian farmer, he in not compelled to experiment with his cattle through many generations in order to deve- lop and establish desirable i|ualities. We are largely indebted to the persevering labor of English and Scotch graziers for tbe vain able points which havealready been thorough ly established for tin- Canadian fanner to take up. The power of transmission of cultivated <|ualities is one of the marked possessions of theae thorough bred animals, and it is .urn ply a question of good crowing for the fanner tu improve his flock. No class of agriculturist* need good ani mal.i more than the small farmer, and es- pecially where there is carried on a diver- sity of farming. The matter stands thus Their land is usually highly cultivated and very valuable, and it dees not pay to have animals grazing on it that do not yield the highest return possible. (Common cattle and improved breeds, side by side, may con- sume the same amount of food, but when the selling time comes one will weigh a fourth heavier than the other, and com- mand perbape one-fourth or third more per pound fur the superiority ni. beef. While there may be some profit in growing scrub slock, lean, voracious swine, and coarse wooled ami thinly -coated sheep, on large tracta of prairie land that u worth only a few dollars in acre, there would certainly be absolute low for the farmer with the small farm, highly cultivated and expensive, to attempt to raise tin- same animals. There n only one salvation for him, and that is to r&jse only theJ*>st breeds- -those which will give the highest returns. Ontario Bountiful Harrest Ontario -the garden of Canada has sur- passed itself. Every eye, it is true, is turned with anxious gaze just now to the great grain bearing areas of the mighty north- western region ; and to a very large extent the commerce of the Dominion for tbe com- ing twelve months hangs in the balance. The reported frosts of the put week have a painful significance to the most vital in- terest* of the country ; and although to the ordinary dweller* in our populous cities and towns the appearance of an extra degree of frost one way or another may appear of the smallest trifling moment, to the serious student of social and national economy it presents a problem big with fateful import- ance. The failure, or even partial failure, of the Northwest crop involves a question of millions. Canada nas long since entered heavy crop. The crop averaged lee* than k ton. per acre, but was nof as si.iall as in 1888, Tbe total area in crop was 7.S3S.IM I acres There were also 3, 72 1,281 acres of pasture on cleared land, an increase of 179, 189 acres over last vear. Beyond this there is a heavy yield of crops other than thosM mentioned m the table above. Corp, for instance, has '241,086 acres against *23,SX in 1890 ; buckwheat has 107,879 acres against 90, 1 1 1 ; potatoes) 100,- 21 acres against "158,05)4 ; mangels -".'.'Jtil acres against 25,953 ; carrots 9,858 acres against 11,977 ; and turnips 128,075 acres aijainat 111,055. Mangels and carrots show decreases, and the latter drops below the an- nual average; The reduction occurs in the VVest Mi. I land and Lake Ontario Districts. Nearly two-thirds of the increase in corn is to be found in the St. Lawrence counties, while the same proportion of the increase in buckwheat is found in the Lake Ontario and East Midland groups. Tbe increase in tur- nips has been uniform. It is most interesting to note the amazing increase which is taking place in the mater- ial wealth of the Ontario farmer. The farm and live stock is increasing at a rate that is fairly astounding. It is estimated that employed iu agricultural pursuits through- out Ontario there are H7S.479 hones of all classes, or an increase of ls,s-.':t over the previous year. There are I,97H,815 head of cattle, an increase of 34, lOSover 1890. The milch cows now number 773,234, or 4,li04 leu than last year ; of sheep and lambs there are 1,693,751, being a large increase of .V>4, 050 in the year, but is still 198,98'J less than in 1884, since which year there have been regular decreases. There is a further crease of 15,757 in tbe number of hogs, the present number being 1,154,316. The num- ber of poultry is 7,006,09(1, sn increase of I :> I. _"_'.-.. The total clip of wool u5.498.141 pounds, ai compared with 4,574,800 pounds in i VHI Adapting Breeds- The English have a plan of allowing the flock of sheep to harvest root and rape crops. How well this practice would do in this country is not positively known, but one writer says : " We have had a flock do exceedingly well on white turnips sown in a corn riel.l after the last cultivation of the crop, and fed off with the sheep after the corn was harvested." And Prof . Shaw of the Ontario Agricultu.-al College says that 500 lambs were fattened on some 50 acres of rape grown on the Ontario experiment farm in 1890 and fed off in the fields. Thia method served a threefold purpose, the cleaning of tbe land from Canada thistles by thorough culture of the rape crop, a pro- fitof aboutf l.SOperheadon the lamb*, or $15 per acre for the crop, and theeven distribu- tion of tbe manure without any extra labor. lie conclude* that what was done there can be done elsewhere, adding : " The sheep in noi M n> win MMKI l UK UN.' Mrasiiettsuy or Ike <s)elklrk erasll is TM le EBSjUssi Tsarist. TheC. I'. K. train had-stoppsd -near the leart of the Selkirk*, under, thejhAdow of a [real bar* crag, which the guide book said was the Hermit Mountain. The rock rose almost precipitously, cn'rainating in a crest extending for hundreds of feet to the north', and the top uf the crest seemed almost as sharp as a razor. With anna akimbo on the- rail of th observation car was an English iouriil, who wore a monocle audastareaud teemed very much bore 1 by the scenery. Hear him stood a commercial traveller of Toronto, who was explaining how the moun- tain got its name. " Follow the edge of the mountain from its front to tbe rear, "he said. " Right where th edge breaks off you s<-.r a solitary pyra- Vrom here it see the lists as a potent provider of the bread- ' dustry of Canada may be easily doubled stuffs of the whole world. The old markets I without encroaching seriously on other lines uf Kurope are practically played out, and it of production, and this may be done without is to the fertile volleys of the new world that its peoples now most largely look for their daily foot! to eat. What is Kurope 's mis- fortune is essentially Canada's opportunity, and, in conjunction with her big neighbour to the south she may hope to command a position of primary importance in the feeding ol the nations of the earth. In the absence of any serious calamity Canada will this year be blessed with a harvest beyond all prece- dent. The farmers at the west will find themselves with bursting granaries, and the whole world clamouring for th product of their fields. (iood prices are assured, and while speculators may perhaps reap an undue pro .mm le proport ot fail to t ;ion of the profit, the farmer receive a liberal reward as tbe fruits of his labours. The harvest iu Ontario is entirely removed from the sphere of speculation. Never in the history of man have the fair broad acres of old Ontario yielded such magnificent re- turns. The harvest of IH9I will stand as a n cord that lias never yet been approached. i'rovidouce seems to have smiled on the sunny lands of Ontario; and the <x>l<t figures of the statisticians fail to give any adequate i.l.- 1 ..f the bountiful prospect which con- fronts the farmer in these highly favoured nxMllS. Approximately it has been reckoned ill,. 1 llie area and average yield of crops in Om irio this year will work out something as follows : Crops. Kail wheat SprinK wheat lfcrle> IV.. I 1.01 I IXflU I I VI 1 I -> I 1 (IMN I 'MUI run I 1.1! 1 1 I IWU I IH01 I IV" I I8HI Acre*. IlinheU. 7^1.11)1 U I'l.HUI '.i.iln.1 6*> iJH.T.kl T.tiH.I.!l,i J63.IIJI) II,H).7.<I 7iil .: l.\tfti.lHB ! -I'l.'illi per aero. 24.1 I'l.i . 118 -TO 28.0 U.7 '" ..... 41.84.! ' i " 2.519.97} -i.ttu.itti I ..:!i.. u. i 7<i.l*i 7ii!.:ill Tonn. I'.T IH.J I9.S Tin-so are figures which tell their own tale. The total arw under cultivation iu ." uid spiing whoat u I, :!.!, i*>7 acres, as in-.l with 1, ; Ml, HT>4 acres, in 1S90. I'll.- .irea in fall wheat was increased by I.IJ..'i.'f-J acres, while the area devoted U the spring varieties was diminished by 91, 1 1'l a. res. The estimated yield of wheat is vi- iy large, being .'10,437, (i5'2 bushels, as oosnpared with SIJM.M bushels harvest- ed in I89U, or J6 > 3I5,367 bushels for the inn-- years 18W-90. Kail wheat promises -'. ! bushels per acre, or 5 bushels above the average. .Spring wheat is expected to pro- duce I S. S bushels per acre, or bushels Mime than last year. Three-fourths of the Hi,:ttO acres of fall wheat ploughed up are found in the four eastern groups of counties. The area in barley has IKTII diiiiiiii.hed by 1 18,160 acres, but the yield per acre will be 1 . > bushels over the average. The area in oats is a little less thin List year, but the yield will be enor- mous, being estimated at 37. 1 bushels per acrt, or 2.7 bushels itbovo the average and 'i.l bushels higher than last year. Tbe area iu rye has been reduced by one-third. any further actual outlay than the invest- ment required to increase the foundation stock." The preceding is one of the methods to be used iu doing this. Probably few wool-growers pay sufficient attention to tbe quality of the soil oil whiun they keep their sheep : yet this has an nn portant bearing oil the quality of the wool. This is true in regvd to other products, for instance, as the Shetp- Hrrtdrr says : ' ' lUack bogs are thought to be better adapted to low, rich, alluvial lands or prairies, while white hogs are better suited for light upland- soils. The thin -oil of the Western Reserve will <1 for the manufacture of cheese, bat for butter, the deep, strung prairies about Klgui, Ills., arc preferred. On the other hand '.his butter soil makes coarse, inferior wool, while the mote sterile lands of Northern Ohio, where it M often only two or three inches down to hard-pan, yield a superior fleece. But the purest staple of all is grown on the well- drained hillsides of the Appalachian rango, where the water is pure and the grass* u sweet and tender. So also these hill and mountain ranges are best for small breeds ol sheep, sucliaathe Merino and Southdoxnor the Welsh Mountain breed or the Cheviot The heavy Lincoln or CnUwold or the Shrop shire require, or at least do better on, lands which arc more level and fertile." Weed 'em Ouu \Veril out the colU lhat toe iu or toe out, that are long and weak in tbe back, crooket and faulty in the legs, that can't move with out being booted from tip to tip, those with big heads and without l>rains, or having them don't know how to use them. Clet ri< of the ugly blood, and so lift the standard ol stock and add to the dollars in the business. No man ever kept a poor animal entire ant tor service but that in the end there was loss rather than gain. Jo to the fairs this fal aud examine the one and two-year-olds shown, and sec if there i-t uot a lesson in this for everyone. It U true in breeding as wel as iu growing crops, the man who weeds the closest and most intelligently is the one who grows the largest crop anil at the least cost. The wheel of the world turns round anc rouud; Those who are uppermost soon may be I (own in the dust or under ground ; The king iu chains, the serf sot free. At the opera. ' ' I can't explain the success of that singer." "Neither can I." "She sings through her note most atrociously.' ' ' IVrhaps that is the reason why everybody is waving a handUeichiof at hor.' links " Havu you selected a trade 01 profession for your boy?" Winks--" I shal make u plumber of him." " Has he a bent that way?" " He's born for it. Tell hi:n to do a thing immediately and lie won't think of it again for a week." The " Black Watch" -that U, the famous I.M i Highland) Regiment- obtained its fancy name from the tartan worn by certain companies formerly employed to ' watch' the Highlands of Scotland, and who dresse* in a " black" or dark tartan. AD idler boasted to a farmer of his ancient family, laying much stress upon his having descended from an illustrious man who livet l*ss peas were sown than Uutyear, but the several generations ago. ' So much the total production will be 2J million bushels \ * one for you," replied the farmer; "for "M.I.', which mean* an increase of four we find the older the seed the poorer the bushels to twain has the acre. The acreage of field been again extended, but the "xpects are a boshel per acre less than year. Kent county claims three- liiartersof the bean area. Although the . bay has increased there were nearly tliou tons less cut than in 1800. Last year's was, however, an eiceptionallv ' crop. Customer (severely)" Do yon sell dii cosed meat here?" Butcher (blandly) "Worse than that." Customer {excitedly "Mercy on us. How can that be poasi ble?" Butcher (confidentially) "The me* 1 sell is dead -absol utely dead, sir. " Cus tonu-r (xhtepuhly) '"Oh." mid. it seems to be only about ifeet tall, though in reality it U about 30 fee thigh. Don t you see it bear* some re- semblance to a man ' Thai is the hermit and'it is this solitary pillar that gave name to the mountain." The English tourist suddenly showed indications of interest. He edged a little nearer, and remarked : " Beg pardon, did I hear you say some- thing about a herm.it?" The commercial traveller gave hiscomrade a dig in the ribs. " Why, yes ha said to the tourist, "didn't you ever hear tlie re- markable facts about the hermit here ''' " No," said the tourist. " Well, I'll tell you the story." said the drummer. " It's a remarkable one. and every traveller ought to know it. You see, about the time of the gold excitement in the Fnuer River country, "way back in IH30, a man came here to make his fortune. One of the miners bad brought into this wild region his) little family , and among them was bis daughter, a very pretty girl, with whom this other fellow fell madly i 1m c. He had a hated rival, of course, and in a few months this rival carried off the pri/c. and life be came a hollow mockery to the disappointed lover. He became not only a woman hater but a hater of his kind, and he made up his mind he would spend the rest uf his lifo a a hermit " So he came up to this mountain and he clambered up to that brush you see alongside, and ho built him a hut of stones and branches, and there he began his new life. The Sabbath Chime. . .It I.l It . 1 1 u fl( V I B> AM 'how rot *"' > fa r xnrp&ssi off or thought I Carefullyafek frosn ths wash the gripes. Remove ths akins. drupping-iue jkins jn nns -veawlaod the pulp iiijinotru-r When all-air t,oose- jgari-d. put. the pulps in a preaervmg-kxcflr' over the inc. ana stir constantly unfcil ths seeds come -out clean. Then press the> mass llu onsoes.' Tfcj.1 nrrt if UoU, fSi rough a colander, add the skint to tin pulp, wsngh.tuem, and to one psrand of grapeSyiiUowono half pooud of sugar, liufl one hoar and a half and put m glass jut while hot and seal. Thirteen pounds of grapes and six and one half pounds of >ujrar will till six quart uaus. CANMCD PEAK*. JO pounds of fruit, peel- ed, halved and cored, 5 pounds of jogar, I iL-mon.'tiUeed, 1 Uiaspoonful of ground <-m iiamonyl teaspoonful of grated nutmeg. A {>iecqji)f'ginger-root, three inches long. Tie the cinnamon and nutmeg loosely ui a thin muslin bag. Cook all together till the pears turn pink, then bottle and seal hot. O earUi ' grow flowembeneath His feet. And i lion. O HIUI, sutne*ri4|bi tuis day ! licouta>! tt tiomssUrjaMTen on earlb ! Oar J-i:iK . oaies upoxrHaway. He 'iimes liorne-nn His throne triumphant !y ! Wr -o The--, and we know Thee. Lord. Anil yearn to whed our bkxxfr-for TTiee ! Our In- in.-, loap up; ourtrumblinK aonij Grown fainter still ; we can no more ; Silence t mil let us weep anil die Of very love, while we adore. LTKA CATH. Golden Thoughts for Every i)*/ Monday. The most prosperous people .are not.ulways the must uiaukful. There U danger that, like a bough broken from the parent stem by the weight of its own abund- ant fruitage, the prosperous person will allow the very blessings so richly bestowed upon him to divorce his aeait from him who gave them. (.E.C. Sweelser, D.D. Tuesday. A I; cherished plans and IIDUA, may fail, My idolx turn to dust. Hut this I know my Katlu-r -, love In always safo to trust . These I tunic* wen d,:;tr to me. but still, Above them all I :.,v.- Mis .vol. Oh, precious pence within my heart ; IHilMHheil rc-i lo know A rather'slove keep.' uiiv.am \\utcll. Amid life -. ebb and flow : I a-ik no uion- than this : 1 r>--i Content, and know HI . way i best. Wednesday It is right for you, young men, to enrich yourselves with the spoils of all pure literature, but hi who would make a favorite of a bad book, simply because it contained a few beautiful passages, miijht as i, . r . . ~ lived ou what he could he got from the settle- CA.NNEU PEACHKS. Pare the peaches with a silver knife, if possible ; cut in halves and lay in cold water till ready. Put on tue (tove a pound of sugar, with a quart and a half of hot water turned over it ; let it cook to a sirup. Set your jars on a cloth in hot water Fill your jars with the cold peaches putting a layer of sugar between the peach- es ; when the jar is f nil of peaclres, till up with the hot sirup and seal immediately. The water the jars set in should come nearly to the top. WATU.MKI.OS I'BKSIRVB*. Select one with a thick rind ; cut in any shape desired; lay thu pieces in strong salt water for twn or three days ; then (oak them in clear wa ter for twenty-four hours, changing the w.i ter frequently ; then put them iu alum for an hour to harden them. To every pound well caress t he baud of an of the jewelry that sparkles on his because fingers. Thursday It is not to die, or eveu to die of hunger, that makes a man wretched ; many men have died ; all men must die the but exist of us all is in the fire-chariot of pain. But it 11 to live miserable we know not why ; to work sor aad yst gain ooih ing ; to be heart-worn, weary, yet isolated, unrelated, girt-in with a cold universal laisse/.faire ; tt is to die slowly all our life long, imprisoned in a deaf, dead, infinite of fruit use a of sugar and a few ginger root and one injustice as iu the accursed iron belly of a Pbararis' bull ! This U and remains forever He had a gun, and shoot, a little dour :nent, and the berries and roots he gathered, i intolerable to all men whom God has made. He lived that way a good many yean, '"* f'-i- winumg down from the mountain an occas- Friday fur or bearskin, which be t Id for Lifo is too short for any rain rojmilng Let doaddelight bury its Anil let us go upon our w& The joys and borrows oCcacfi Between the swift un nsjflfc aMIt* . Wchave no time for iiwlcxs manor fretting. Life U too nbort. Saturday There is something very touch- ing in tbe condition of those children and youths whosr parents have no education nor ional fur or bearskin, winch he k provisions. Vat yean now he has been old and unable to bunt well, but nothing has ever induced him to give up his queer life. " By this time the KugUsh tourist was all eyes and oars. "You don't mean to tell me. ' he said. " How on earth doe* he live now ?" " Well, once a week the people who live in this little hamlet you sec- here fill a bas- ket with provisions, and one of them lakes it up to the top of the mountain. When the hermit nean anybo.lv coming, he leaves his hut and retreats iu to the woods. The man with the supplies leaves the basket at the door, and the next fellow who comes up with provisions leaves another basket ana takes back the ompty one. The hermit never speaks to anybody. Early in the win- ter, before there is danger of a big fall of snow, a lot of provisions is taken up to him, for fear that a heavy snowfall will prevent? any one from reaching the top." " Why, doesn't ho get sick and need a doctor sometimes ?" asked the tourist. "Nobody knows that ho ever had a lick day. Ho m olu, but he's well. You see the I specially to prayer at times when hla life pound small pieces of white lemon, sliced ; take o-:t the lemon and root, after the sirup has been boiled, and add tho watermelon ; lei it boil until transparent ; carefully lifMt and put it in tbe jars, pour- ing the sirup over it. CITRON PRXSKKS i.-. -.Select sound fruit, pare it, divide into ijuarters, carefully take out the seeds and.cut in' vorjr.small pieces, any siiape you desire, and weigh it ; to c-very pound of fjuit allow one half a pound of loaf sugar. Put the citron on torook in water until it m quite clear, then remove it from tbe ki'llleyrhere it can drain, and pour out the water it was cooked in; then put on the weighed^ sjigar.^itb, wa.ter enough to moil- tun iPthrough ; IcFTi Soil uplifvery clear, and before pulUug in the citrou again, add to t iu'*syfidp, two large lemons, sliced, and a small piece of tonger root to give it a tine flavor , then aodKtbc citron and lotiill oiiok together about fifteen minutes. Killthe jars with citron and pour over the hi.t simp, Ihen seal up. ClTKOS \M> <JUIM.'K PRrSERYES Pare and cut the citroirin inch pieces, (rail hard in middling strong,, alum water thirty min- utes, drain ind v boil in fresh water till' the color is changed'and thcy are tender ; wash . u.-i illy the i|uuices, pare, |uaru-r. core, and halve the iiuartern ; lioil the cores and tastes, and who, iliereicre, can not open to ill- ir children any gatenexeept those of hard labor and rude usage and vice. There are millions of those iu tbe Christian nations for i whom there is no church, nor school, nor book, nor band of elevated friendship. Iu P'" ' water lo cover them, one and all their early years, there U no one to point one ""H" " i rem " ve lh ' *" ** *? tliem to the beauties of nature and art, no P r 1 t P r d 'l u "" the liqmd; boil, and one to Uac-h then, to read the page, of know *Rf fcV 3a '" r 1 2 ?* l{ ledge, IK, one to teach them a song of pathos aud threo '" ur h " " l f "" * ""^ auT kindness, or ami of th.< holier hvmn. of to evw y P und of tllt: frult " religion.- Sn'm<i. HTer Too Busy 1 1 Pray. Jesus appears to have devoted himself air up there is magnificent, and there's no reason he should be sick. There he is now," continued the drummer, in a state of wild excitement. "There he is ; near the edge of that rock. Don't yon sec him ?" The Englishman looked, but could sue nothing. He borrowed a field glass aud was adjusting the focus when thu man exclaim- ed : "There, he's guue. I just caught a glimpse of him. He's up so high he didn't look bigger'n a speck, anyway. "Remarkable," said tbe Englishman, as he lapsed into a seat. He rolled it all over in his mind for a couple of hours. Mean- while the story of tbe (Englishman's interest in the hermit had ben told by a number of choice spirits, and there haJ been much hilarity. One of he uieu who shared the fun was standing near the Toronto drummer when the Kngluli tourist sidled up to him again. " Now, look a-here, " ho said, " ho lest, U that really all true about the hermit?" "Certainly, it's true," said the commer- cial traveller. " Most all tourists know it, aud any one who lives m this country can tell you all about it. Ask this man here." The Englishman turned to the other man, who told the story of the hermit over again, with some graphic and circumstantial addi- tions. The Englishman will probably pre- pare an account of the wonderful hermit for the British precs. was unnsuaUjrfnll of work and excitement. Tim was a very buay.li!r. there were nearly always " many coming and going " about him. Sometimes, liow<.-ter, there was such a congestion of thronging objects that he had scarcely tune to eat. Hut even then lie found time to pray, indeed, these appear to have been with him seasons of more prolonged prayer than usual. Thus we read : " So much the more went iln-ro a fame abroad of him ; and great multitudes came togethei to hear, and be healed by him of their infirmi- ties. And he withdrew himself into tbe wilderness and prayed." Many iu our day know what this-congestion ofceupatiou is. They are swept off their feet with their en- gagements, aud can scarcely find time to eat. We make this reason for not pray- ing ; Jesus made it a leason for praying. Is there any doubt which is the better Tale- Bearing. It is much easier to start an evil report than to stop it. Kven after a rumor has been proveu faise, the harm it has done can- not always bo undone. Before repeating a bit of gossip, it would be well to ask our- selves throe questions : First, " is it true?" Second, " is it kind ' Third, " is it neces- sary ?" This practice would be sure to save us from many bitter memories and regrets. The pious Philip of Xcri was once visited by a lady who Accused herself of slander, lie bade her go to the markct.buy a chicken just killed and still covered with feathers, and walk a certain distance, plucking the bird assho went. The woman did as she woa directed, re- turned anxious to know the meaning of the injunction. " Retrace your steps," said Philip, " and gather up, one by one, all the feathers you have scattered.' "I cast the feathers carelessly away," id the woman, " and tho wind carried them in all directions. " "Well, my child, "replied Philip, "Soil U with slander ; like the feathers which the wind has scattered, they have been wafted in many directions. Call them back now if you can : (.<o, -un no more." Sunday-school Teacher " Now tell me what do you understand by a ' movcable feast V" Vupil-"A picnic." A man who will read a newspaper three or four years without paying for it would pasture a goat on the grave of his grand- father. uAi-* JKI.M Take grape* hall ripe, crush all the juice out well and strain. Take equal quantities of juice Mid sugar ; to each quart, add one half a teaspnonful oi cloves and onu tablespuonful of cinnamon. Cook hard twenty minutes, then remove from the stove and pour into gl Many of the wisest have in this rotpcct done as) Jesus did. When Luther had a specially busy and exciting day he allowed bimscll longer time than usual for prayer before- hand. A wise man once said that he was too busy to be in a hurry. He meant that if he allowed himself to' become hurried hs could uot do all that he had to do. There is nothing like prayer for producing this calm self-possession'. When the dust of business so fills your room that it threatens ro choke you, sprinkle it wuh the water of .^ I - 1)^1 Alll, |SUb 1 11 it J91 , 9U9 m i U I II < lif HI i ft prayer, and then you ca;i cleanse it out with the top aud let stand until October, when comfort and expedition. His Oomiiut. II V DK, lion tin s Mi IN 1 : They tell we a solemn otory. But it is not -uul to mo, Kor in it* sweet unfoldinn My Saviour - love I -oc. They aay that at my momcn. . The Lord of life mar come, To lift me from the cloudlaml Into the light of homo. Thcy say 1 may have no .-truing. I lii.iy not oven hear The rustle of HiHgarnu-nlt. As he softly draweth nenr. Suddenly. In a moment. 1 I )..n my car may full Tho umnion lovixiof our Mailer. " Answer the M.-istcr*s call." Perhaps be will come in the uoonlido Of -"in. bright, iiiiniy it.i> \ h.-n. with ilcnrone* all around me, My life -.ccmu bright and jay. . ust be the pathway, Kay the nhraing road. Cp from tho dimmer sunlfKht Into the light of liod % Ivrhaps Ho will come in tho M Of the mild and quiot night. When the cnh i- calmly slcepi 'Scath the moonbeam.s silvery Tight. \V hen I ho slant are Hof tly xhiniiiK O'er thesluniburiBK land and see, Perhaps in holy siillni'-N The Mauler will come to me. Purrnis. 8elevt large, green peppers (tbose cilled sweet peppers ore the oesti, cut a small tlit on one side so as not to cut off any part. Take out all tne seeds carefully. Soak the peppers in salt water for six days, changing the brine several times. Chop onions, red cablMtgc, toniatoe* small cucumbers, green grapes, beans, okra, a few slices of carrots, some green corn cut from tho cob, some horse-radish, whole mustard wed, celei y seed and a little curry powder. Itegnlate tbe quantity of each ingredient b_" your own taste. Prepare as iiiichol tbe stuffing as will lilt to tho natural sine all the peppers you desire to pickle. Before rilling the peppers, sprinkle all <>rr the inside of them a little ground cinnamon, cloves and allspice : then till in tho slutting, all well mixed. Sew up the slit neatly : pl.t. in a stone jar : cover with cold.spicsd vinegar ; cover up the jar closely and set aside. \V \ i. -Take three wate. buckets of good, ripe berries : put them in tub and mash well. Let them stand in a :ool place for three days, mashing them well two or three limes a day. Then utraiii through a coarse sieve, let it sol half an hour and strain through a thin sack. To every <>uckl of berries put four pounds of white sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves, strain, put iu a jar, tic a thin cloth over it is ready for use. Thu makes live gal Ions. C VVTU.OUI- Sweet Pickle. Take seven pounds of melons, not o,uite ripe, lay them in a weak brine over night. Then boil them in weak alum water till transparent. Liftlthcm out and put them in a jar. I 'quart of cider vinegar, 2 ounces of stick cuiuaiuou, 1 ounce of cloves, .'( pounds of granulated sugar. Let this Iwit and add .the frsut. cooking it twenty minutes longer Vour itu a jar and cover closely. S.-,i!.i it over for two mornings. Then seal u i.p tight. ew He Lost M n.irr. IgnatietT, PrimeMimsUi of Kuasia, lias just lak en up his residencoin Prague. Thcxtoi V"i his dismissal is interesting, as it illustrates the autocracy of the Czars. Ignaticll' "iic day presented some papers to his imperial master, saying : "Vour Majesty may sign these without reading them, as they are not of much importance." The < handed the papers back with tho answer " Keep these tor your successor. 1 never mign papers without looking at them." "If there is one time more than wot ^ says an experienced married man, "wheiTT woman should be loft aloii*!, it is when line of clothes comes down in Ui mud." " The consumption oi intoxicating liquor in this country staggers me," exclaimed t temperance orator from the platform. " Me, too, ' gurgled a man at the rear of the hall tryiug to hold himself up by the plastering. " What did papa say ?" " He showed me ihe door." "Ana what did you say !" " I said it was certainly a very handsome door, but uot what I had conn- to talk al>uut. That Jiade4)im laugh, ai'-l a minute later you were mine."