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 â- ppi m â- p 1 Biold Hints. â- norrhage '"*%tl HOUSEHOLD^ Leslie. '•S I look into year eyes hilay, and I wisJi for yo6' ^ttoni sn in a glass of rt coii'-enient cover f„ I l» paper fastened nv^'d ";»"â- "», remove ,iJ â- â€¢Ser,4«"T"ci ' ""•^y^"' 111 come out â-  â€"One pint of milk • iJ 1^1 one and one-half talj] 'J:";«^eggs; le /^'ul set away to cwll three oranges cut up fia laten whites on top f^ f-Take tvo cup,*j pr Me of vcur ii!i- 'j_/sui;i;y rts your clustering cnfls, vfur 1""" '-â- y^' as sweet and true. ,,v vf v.: I'.citrt be ever frfee from sin i r'i ;:('.vâ€" us pine as lilies whi^-e, â€" â-  -av vi .1 ever feel that peace •within ' (Wilts rJone, sweet one, from doin^ ;;, Leslie darling -Tv/o fair their periiimed petals at your li s;ifely through this vale of â- pBrfeertycieajr InthdEfcnd of »«i TPithont sqneez- --*,- 4. r â-  "i ^-.*»nseonefindBa â-¼#iety of opwioiSi^ut eijq)erieace and ob- servation lead me to^ecide that white granu- lated sugar IS by all means the best. The ch«*^.pug»»: We.an â- ipfpleasOTt .taster Md thetf-sv^^^i^g powe*isiii«t so ^st. It IS rather difficult in the larger cities, in the»edegwr«te;%ys, t^-fiad not only inj- -aduKerstetTteit tffli«olor©a 'BHcar.^ m might be supposed that at least whit* sugar, after the triala^t has been subjected to in order to make it whit«, «mld be sold without coloring, but dealers claim that the colored 18 preferred to the uncolored, so indigo, a vegetable dye, is used to give it the proper :ce.. ;;;.ue tears ever good, and pure, and :;!;v a-iybody, is otlier kind of Ijx well with the yelk |i i-.ixed form int^ =,„- It; fill uito sffia' cakes Put two tal.-: l^etT drippings in r hot put in Ithon on the taiji^ afrJ tiie cakeJ other, aaj Excellent for .S"on,- '•â- ool goods that are m d washing. I„ ^vaMvi â- ods put a little Wav •111 cleanse tlieni mvd erjrithout injury tot!, tneni m a boaid, b tiirow ou a line witito; â- leiu on the wrongs' -Iniost like new. " "^- â€"•"Select average-si- â- 'A about tr.e size of !t nff t!ie stem end, w Ko otit tliepulpandsee 1! ')t the tomato. JIa: of eiiual eJ-r.n cold iiuantities )cd i:p tomato. Seasol pei)per, salt and ir.iif taste to see that it id ve-yniec. ItshouIdljJ gravy, cre.iiii or watej 'e too stiff. In each td r. sprinkle a pinch of saj hen stiitt' them and su n a bakirig pan. Pouj of melted butter' ani en to lake for I;aif rnnistineHt. yc u bail- boy I Come in here, 'ust look at that boy, Mrst •,; tiiay well hang you head and ik'n't scowl at me that v/ay, .(• into that corner until you rit;.^=^ â- â- â-  it; ia human of nature, to t'.Kier sueii circumstances Ana v/;is Johnny really "asham- ae ;.ii:ig his he.id? Not a bit of !; ,]( i;:ii;y were asked to define i:e v.-ould scate in most un- -;â- â€¢!â- ::;Â¥ that he was "mad," which IS 1 ailar.ce st.ands for any degi'ee l:i: ov anger they may happen to fXitli ;:^ L-f r.viiruer was committed by ni' ;:i:i.::. and the atrocity of the crime i._:c,.s...: by the fact that the young :•. v '..â- â- Ltl bonie in liis mind for years, a ;::!' t ier punishment given by the :i-i :;. -:i (iiis cliildhood's teacher), ::. stiiilent v,-as a little boy. I .,:.-e it is all specially atrocious and â- ;~ t(' be .If.ubted if a child treated in .y ;-i:ikon of :aiiii eeitaiiil a:.:, even though the words be spoken i.i'ti.ei. The moti'ier v/ho thus ad- :.t; child ciiinmits two grave erl'ors, t!:;i: of reproving iier child before a â- .,;:y the second, that of setting him :!:;]'le (•! Ugly tone and maimer, for iii; whieii, she immediately punishes â-  .-vtulip.g iiiir. in the corner, till he :â- !; pleasant."' k jileasant " AVordd you look .t. think yoi:, if souiecne vhohad tm- i iiu.thorif,' ovei ib'ove, over entirely for- ly .never forgets) sitcli sellable hue. This dye is insoluble in water, and often lias ranch to do in keeping jel- lies cloudy. The sugar is used not oidy to give the desired flavor and sweetness, but as a preservative. The fruit juice alone would soon spoil, but with the admixture of sugar and properly kept, never. Fruit at the right stage of maturity will jelly, after the proper a'mount of cooking, without the addi- tion of sugar, so that the sugar is not added to give the required solidity. The juice must be boiled in a pOTcfelain-lined kettle to permit the Evaporation of the water- before tile sugar is added. If this fact of evapor- ation is kept in mind, after a very little ex- perience, a person anxious to succeed will nave few drawbacks. With" the more wat- ery fruits, in a wet season, and with very ripe fruits, a longer boilii^g must take place. Too long boiling destroys the gelatinous capability of the pectin, and the fruit will never jelly, so a happy medium must be found. Twenty minutes is the usual time of boiling before the sugar is added, but it varies with different fruits. As I am only to give suggestions, I cannot give rules, which can be found in most good cook- books. The porcelain-lined kettle, or its equi- valent, is an absolute necessity, for health's sake. The acid of fruit acts on an iron kettle, and the jelly or preserves becomes to a certain extent poisonous. Another point â€" gelatine. The use of this should be avoid- ed, because it is an animal substance and soon spoils. .Jelly hardened by its use will not keep, and has invariably a disagreeable flavor. â€" Gcod HcuitJ:tepinj. of sweet cream tbea lieave it cwA tat 30 minutes. Have six ripe, fiire.wjimd peaches, wipe them nicely, cut thernln two, remove tue stones, then madl into the^rearoymixinir ♦^2""^^^ for three minutea. Strain *Sf" ™® ®'®'^® intaa freezer, pressing ttrt«p€aches through with" a wooden spoon; then freeze. ' .. CHEREY^WATiK IcEâ€" Take a pound of sound, solid, sour cherries. Put them in a vessel, aft«r picking off the stems, with half a pound of powdered sugar, and squeeze in the juice of three fine iemons. Mix well with a spatula for five minutes then add a quart of cold water, stiiring the mixture for two minutes longer, and strain through a mie sieve into the ice-cream freezer, pressing the cherries down with a spoon. Freeze and serve the same as ice-cream. PINE-.4PPLE Water-ice.â€" Cut in two a small, ripe pine-apple. Pare and peel one- half neatly, then cut it into small pieces. Place these pieces in the mortar and pound them thoroughly to a pidp. Ten minutes will suffice for this. Add half a pound of powdered sugar and pound again for ten minutes. Transfer the whole into a vessel. Squeeze in the juice of three sound lemons, then pour in a quart of cold water and mix well with a spatula for two minutes. Strain through a fine sieve into the freezer, adding two egg-whites beaten to a stiff froth, then beat -.veil for one minute more then f»eeze. iigawft^HBi SOME m HTJOeiTS. ' ' IiBcky nmd8«rc;oId In •rIclJtal Paekages Ai«I«8aire9BeBtNaiw, • â-  bfie of the curioustlgsabout the present methods and cefiditlonof gold mining on the coast is that, •wfcile the aggregate output is larger than it ey«t W49, the day of big nug- gets seems to he over. Occasionally tha local! columns of the papers published in the nun- ing districts contain an it«m concerning the- digging out of a ' ' hefty lump-' of the precious metal, but the examples of concentrated wealth are not what they used to be. One of the last discovered nuggets was dug out a few weeks ago in the Spring Gulch Creek, above Redding, in Shasta county CaL by two men while washing gravel. The lump was ir.'-egu- lar in shape, being about four inches long by two in diameter, and yielded a trifle over SoOO -worth of pure metal. Wales in 1872, which weighed 640 T»n„T.^- thatis,7,680o«Dces-*n«lf^!lS^J^^^- â€" L. J. t:.e I -I. v -(rn and lidicule of â- i valued you should hold you hose whose iXii. â€" Half the task i I wlien the clothes an uf each piece, ani all iy an intelligent servauf tiiis i^reliminary \vorIc,j treatment is necessars The black ho.sieryi low a dye warranted reutains a st foiiger bhc ;, anil .should first bJ taining a sr.iall fjuantitjj siery.of delicate coloii salt water before waslij fns may be removed b) iter on them. OtheJ t, inli or fruit disapiwaJ er and then in a soiutioij uioe, oxalic aoiil ai'.tl tablespoonful of llid mfnl of the acid a;!!| iter. The grass stainj^ cl'.ildrens clothing aacj will often fade away ifcii..i 1(1 laid aside for tivs oi«li; iiany things, is no reason sh.oiild not be bitter, or should be immediately rd is the time for short tl'.e time for unusual iscMevous G-irl. Ciiuator ;:.|Iy lieeausc childhood is a time of '..'.iuories fcr !i ",!.e ih'st g'ing all ic.erit!i.ent •'ten. Ifchildho I'-iies, it is also tiie time fo: ;:;â- -( !!tss, and a reproof that arouses h'.stcad of coiitritiifli does infinitely â-  '..-..wa tiian good. Better thp.t a child â-  V riproved tliau tliat its punishments ;c;. a, to cause it to clierish resentment. .e fa -t :s. ch.ildrenaremuch more reason- It. r.gs than ihe average parent realizes, iit ;l much earlier age th.an is usually i:n- 'i. beyin to cxoicise tao.se reasoning :.-' vinch (lod lias implv.uted in all. ::^.t, then, is th.e tirst mental process '" -h'a scene as ti-e foregoing ' "Jt^!ln- .1 ' '.s that iiis mother and her neighbor ' ' â- ' iug some atnusemcnt at his expeii-se. • ii \n\\. feci that liis motlier is likewise .;i,u A certahi feeling of anger on iiiin. j'.ea of Ills mcthcr feeling sorry that he 'â- i.;id boy" never enters his head, and ;. it is to be ucubted if it even enters i-.::ier, as it is but too often that tiiis :;.cr.l is no factor in tiic case, ihlren are punished a greati^doal too with, a great deal too to ilistinguish between wiien tlie sajr.e punish- a torn dress as for a and reasoned l:ew is a ciiild ijii' and wrong, i.^ meted o;tt for "hen t];e same little we ids are used in r.ear tue satiio hot weather'" uian, vvouuui and clul' lun-'o into the river a da}" Oi the Wm least .â- ')0,('t»0 hve â- asniTich a.s thesununer • cIa.-5So.-j c-.;riSist3 i;r .i ize of a Turkish tow.: HO for Ihetu to g" '• 3 on th.e Steps of t::'-; to tiie w.iist rhtedly as they p etfr.i over their.selv: Th.e Iu:-i-'-sse i ah everv nish' "' "n "» KaM ll„ '.i.i'.r .4' for .::.ontV leed, if -p;- bri.ken cup and a broken eo: sift out Its would caref-all\ .ni.shincnts wliieli they administer tor 1 \vn satisfaction, from tiiose they ad- ^tt•r for the child's good, entirely elimi- 'Ji t!'.c former, jmnislnnent woulil be \. seduced, harmony would be Uiucli :• r. and we si'.ouhl liave a better' more L.i!tfu!. m(jie resjior.siblc set of children, ti:c coming generation would bean im- t ::.',-i;t. Some Tested Eecipes- Corn C.4Kes. â€" Tiiree eggs, beaten sepa- rately, whites and yelks, a quart of grated or canned corn, four pounded crackers, a little flour, and salt to taste beat well and drop into a hot skillet greased with butter and drippings. When brown on one side turn to the other. Serve hot. Candied Cherrifs. â€" Boil seeded cherries in a syrup of one cup of water one pound of sugar, till tender. Let stand in the syrup two days. jRernove, drain, sef.arate^the cher- ries and sprinkle thick w^ith sugar. Dry on plates in the sur. Canned ToM.iTtiEs(whole). â€" Select small, srricoth, sound tomatoes. Pack them witli- cut peeling into wide-mouthed jars, fill the jars with cold water, and finish precisely the same as limaTbeans, boiling only thirty min- utes. Be sure that the cans are filled to overflowing with boiling water before screv.' ing on the tops. Italian CiiKAri.^In a cup of cold .milk soak for h.alf an hour one-third of a box of gelatine put .a quart of milk into the farina kettle, and when boiling stir in the weil- beaten yelks of eight eggs, a cap and a lialf of sugar, and the gelatine remove f i.-om tlie tire when it begins to thicken and mix with it tlie whites of theeggsboateii stiff. Flavor iway to WHEEE OAWABA STANDS. Her PokUmh Among the Natfous of the World. Canada is first in canal development. Second in the production of copper. Third in area. Fifth ia mercantile marine. Eighth in railway mileage. Ninth among coal producing nations. And tenth in the production of iron. This is all in wealth produced. In unde- veloped wealth the Dominion takes a still higher position as compared with other coun- tries. The largest deposits of coal in the world are in the North-west. The ricliest petroleum beds are along the Mackenzie and Athabasca. The greatest copper mine is at Sudbury. Tlie best iron ore is in Nova Scotia, and Canada, as a whola, possesses a supply suffi- cient for the vv'hole woild. The Prescott Coitrier of a recent date pre- sented its readers with a cut of the face, bust, and outlines of a pretty well-developed lump of gold, that had been found in Big- Bug district by a Mexican named Jesus Sazueta. When taken to the Bank of Ari- zona the cashier informed Jesus Sazueta tliat its weight was just thirty-seven ounces, and j that its value was $670. It was five inclies long and three and oiie-haif inches in its widest part. A number of Mexicans were working at Big Bug, and one of them, named Tio Cafias, an old Ciambussino, told Sazueta to try a certain spot. Sazueta, in climbing to the place, placed his foot on a projeciiu" rock; it broke away with him, and when he picked himself up he was worth more than half a thousand dollars. The Connier says that this ia the biggest nugget ever found in the neighborhood of Prescott, but t!:at oth.ers as large have been picked up or picked out in the Weaver district. According to the Spokane Falls Rcvicrc a mysterious prospector returned very quiet- ly a few days ago fronti the Cceur d'Alene reservation with an odl-shapfcd bag of bacon, wliich, however, broke while being moved 000, .To come back 'â- to this conatry, Mtmtana..^ has {idded one or two fair-sizwi nuggets to^ the list. The largest of all was found in De^WoodGulch^tweaty-fiveniilesnortli of Deer Lodge, in -the county of thatnaraej ' Oct. 19j 1865._ It -weighed 13i pounds, or 1S9^6anceswas iun«.inches kmg, feur incfaw wide, and two inches thick, and was sold ia Helena for $3,224,80, at the rate of §1{) per ounce. The finder was Ed Rising, aud the story of how it w^as found he gives in the following waj " 1 hal five partners when I found it, aud we were M'orkingth.e ground together. We first sunk a ten-foot siiaft on the pay gravel and then drifted about iifteen feet from the Ix-ttom, at wJdch pci';t I picked up the nugget. It was quite dark in the face of the drift, aud tlie cnlv way I JoiUd judge what I had found was by "its weight. One of my partners was \vt rking under the shaft, and v.hen I walked cut and held up tlie chunk of gold you could have knocked his eyes off with abase ball bat." From Helena the nugget was sent to Vir- ginia Nov., tl^nce to fSan Francisco, thence to Paris, wliere it was shown in th-e hlx- position, and wliere it passed into the pos- session of the Rothschilds. During the summoi' following RtEing's discovery one of the partners found a];other chunk in the same place, valued at ^700, and yet another worth S954. field. Pier She Made Him Na-aghty. met by chance in the beny boy and laughing giil. eyes were as black as the berries in iisr basket and as brilliant as those cf tjjc cat- birds chattering in the tree above her licad. Her full, red, pouting lips seemed n;ade ex- pressly for kisses. The boy's basket was full and he kindly volunteered to help the bewitching little maid fill hers. Often while plucking the melting fruit from some glorious clusters her curls brushed his cijetl-ts. They this bashful around and disclosed a nugget of gold, ex- I but still it seemed to be purely accidental. The little niaid, too, see;ned anxiov.s to "he Conjoration and the Eats. into molds and set fr-, I us. 26 Art- of Jelly- j\iaking. most commonly used are straw- pouring ^•a"-\_ ,__,_. "r-'ver used i!"'W"'li '^â- =^- qimices and raspberries. ,x:r. is as n not to ^ve^ .." ten the v.'aather tese people ha^â- ^ ai:d at this time i^ ,.ter upon one auotli.r. 0!itwithbuc'.iets, ai^ .â- -ains, aud 'tor but water-splashi%J oon also engage mthj ate the feast vatt^ f ringed up a hydra^J dtu-ing the last fe^l n the nwni street, â- were, on a coolie ' and, he hv. every 0°' to «â- "â- ' as he w. to his foE. Burffia»„'*° went to call? ition ved in He weiii.'^--\^ ofFuingooniB* .hesandwas'n^t,, ha bucket of ?^ Burmese whethtf" r. feast,' and he,^P. r father, fziA time ^°^^l^jl old that soffl'^j out the l»*f^«rl£ and..wh«^%d a of i^^^"^^^^' ftbe inai»«^jjis .uto th«t«l»' if±\ currants, apples, " peaches, crab "Of these pplcs and quinces jelly most easily wbcvi ies and raspbierries are the hardest uiiiage. The reason for this lies in the lu, whieh is the jellying principle of 1.-. When the fruit is in the green state :-.:.s about tiie same cliemical composition the leaf, and has then a constituent call- • jieeTose, wliich is insoluble. As it ripens, â-  a kind of fermentation this pectose be- tnes pectin, a soluble substance of a i:t lutinous ciiaracter. If this substance is ii't roved or sufficiently weakened, the fruit iaii:;ot jelly. Now it will be at once seen ti...t the fruits which jelly most easily are •se which contain the greatest amount of s principle in comparison to the water "lid ot'ner elements of their composition, Wid vice versa. In a wet season fruits of all 'studs absorb more moisture, therefore are 'i.'ii der to jelly. This -would be especially â-  with fruits containing a large amount of â- 'filter in the first place, such as strawberries. A jelly cannot be made of cherries -with- Cut tlie .addition of gelatine, for too large a percentage of their composition is water. The first step in making jelly is, of course, tlte gathering or buyin-g of the fruit. For good jelly this must be quite fresh, not over- ripe nor tmderripe, first because it -will not easily jelly under those adverse circum- stances, secondly because it is unwholesome, iind is, if underripe, too aHd -to give a pleas- ant taste. Neither should the fnuit be gath- ered unniediately after a rain. These are little things, but they are quite ess^itial to Success. We now come to tJie second step, the naking. The usual rule is to use a^poimd "f sugar to a pint of juice. The. -ways rf ex- tracting the juice of the fruits are so siisjile uid weU k49iii9 t^tibe£|MsfjB!^dty Jw; oientioned hiere. This precaution, however, P^nsi be insisted upon in the making of clear jellyâ€"the jelly must be strained tuo^h a to taste, yowv cc'd. Cup PfFis. â€" One-half cup wiiite sugar, one-htilf cup milk, two eggs, two teaspoon- fuls of "baking powder, a pinch of salt. Flour enough to make a hatter tliat will drop from a spoon. Eutter six teacups and put a spoonful of batter in each, tlien a little fresh fruit, and fill up half full of batter. Berries are nice, but apples sliced thin aie better. Stean-i an liour in a steamer over a pot of water. They come out of the cups perfect pufi balls, light, spongy and digestible. Serve with plenty of wine sauce. XE.^roi.iT.'.N Pudding. â€"One pint of orange juice (requiring seven ov eight medium-sized oranges), one-hail box of gelatine, the white of one egg, one cupful ff sugar, one-lialf cupful of cold v.-ater, on-e cupful of bo-Jing water, a few drops of rose- colored fruit extract, and the grated rind and juice of one large lemon. Sotik the gelatine in tlie cold water, add tlie boiling water, the juice of oranges and lemon, and tlie sugar. Strain and divide into three equal parts, pouring one-third into a flat- bottomed dish and setting av.-ay to harden. To the second third, add a few drops of the coloring extract and set this also in a cool- place. Let the remaining portion get thor- oughly cold, and as soon as it shows symp- toms of forming into jelly, add to it the beaten white of egg, and whip until light and spongy. Pour this into a small mold, which has been dipped in cold water, and set upon ice for several hours. Remove from the mold, cut the colored jelly into small cubes, and heap about the base â€" Good Honsekcepiiiff. Ices .-vnd Ice-cke.am. â€" Tiiis is the season when coolness, external and internal, is sought and a great deal of it is bought, when the housewife, at much less expense, could with slight labor, and that a labor of delight, prepare for her table a much superior article. It is, of course, necessary to have th.e best of materials, and to exercise exactness and care in preparation â€" which is equivalent to saying that the work must be .done by her o-wn hands or under her im- mediate direction. Here are a few formulas which will be found delicious R.\9PBERRy Ice-cream. â€" Half a pound of powdered sugar and six egg-yolks. Mix •well with a spatvda for ten minutes, then add one pint of boilir-g milk, "stir for two minutes longer and pour the whole in a copper basin. Place it on the hot stove and with the spatula, stir gently at the bottom until well heated, but it must not boil. Take from the fire, set it on the table, then im- mediately add a pint of sweet cream, mixing again for two minutes. Add half a pint of well-picked and cleaja raspberries. Mix well with the spatula for two minutes. Then trt,ra£i throng a fine sieve into the eezer, pressing -the rai^ierrles through, •with a wooden spoon. Remove the sieve, cover the freezeraiid freeze. Peach Ice-Ckeam.â€" Half a ponnd of powdered sngarr with mx egg-yoOtn, Hben mix well wiu a spatula for :tc» mimtss., Add "a- piot ot VoUiag- milk, ^stir^ fw two minutes lwger andpoor the whiie into a copper hasiii. I^ace ii m the hot stove and' "heat it thoronghly, stirrmg it contiim^Sy, bnt not letting it boiL Remove, lay it on the table and mix in, floomediately, one pint It is calculated that 8,000 rats have been killed during one week at the Birmingham Market Hall, and the slain have been found everywhere, under stalls, in poultry baskets, and flowerpots, aiul even in the open streets. A provision merchant in Phillip street opened his iloors the other morning and found thirty-one rats lying dead near to a butter tub, in whicii there was water. The manner in which the animals decompose un- der the nev/ treatment is jieculiar. Thj body swells first of all, and within five days collapses ag^ain and becomes perfectly flat. The rats killed a v/eek ago would be perfect- ly -unrecognizable but for their heads. The bodies have lost shape altogether. If this method of destroying the vermin had not been discoveied, the city would have been put to considerable expense. So extensive were the ravages of the rats th.atthe Market and Fairs Committee had decided upon lift- ing the flooring of all the markets and re- laying them with cement. Tliat would have meant an outlay of many hundreds of pounds. The corporation paiel to its market oflicials a penny for every rat destroyed, and a few years ago the number annually killed reached 4,000 â€" representing in itself a sum of £16. A Disgusted Eorse-Gar Driver. He had been driving a horse-car for four years, and got a little bit more wary looking every day. "I can't stand it no longer," he said at last. "I ain't a going to have any more v/o- rnen finding fault and claiming that they didn't have courteous treatment." There v/as a v/oman standing on the next corner. Instead of the customary "Ride, ma'am " he stopped his horses, dismounted from his perch, and going towards the curb- stone, lifted his hat aud inquired "Do you purpose making use of this vehi- cle to-day " "Sir " she said in tones of astonishment. "Do you wish to ride in this horse-car? If so, I will gladly escort you to it, procure you a seat and hand your fare to the _gonductor. I aim to please. " "Why, I never lieard such impertinence'" she stammered. "I did intend riding on your car, but I shall certainly wait for th-e next one. And you may expect a complaint from me at the superintendent's office con- cerning your conduct sir." He remounted the stool and pulled his hat down over his eyes. "Tain't no use Geddup " was all he said. tremely heavy and nearly- six inciies in diameter. It was calculated to bo worth about §730. Compared with some of the nuggets found in California in the early days, ho-vever, these nuggets are but as pebbles to a bowlder. According to a writer in the Virginia (Nev.) CA?-o;a'rfr:, the largest piece of gold ever found in this State •was taken out of Carson Hill, â-  Calaveras county, in November, ISoi. It weighed 195 pounds troy, or 2,0-10 ounces. Several other nuggets, weigliing from six to seven poundsâ€" that i?, from se^-€nty-two to- eighty-four ounces â€" were found in the same locality The next largest was taken from the Monumental quartz mine, Sie'n-a county, Aug. 18, 1860. It weighed 1,590 ounces troy, and •was purchased by R. B. Wood- ward for '?21 ,636. 52. He exiiibited it in the gardens for a long time and then had it melted down, realizing, however, only §17,- 604.94 from the bullion. The third largest nugget was found by Ira A. Willard on the west branch of the Feather River, Aug. 4, 185S. It weighed fifty-four pounds avoirdupois, that is 864 ounces before and forty-nine and one-half pounds after melting. Fourth in size, though not in Aalue, wa« a large slab-sided quartz nugget, found by^a Mr. Strain n«ar Knapp ranch, Tuolumne county, which weighed fifty pounds avoir- ;lnpois, aiid which, after crushing and melt- ing, yielded §8,500 '.vorth of gold. This was ia 1S51 and in the same year a nugget •was found at French ravine. Sierra county, the gold from which was valued at 88,000." Five years after another nugget was found in the same place, which had considerable quartz in it, but which yielded §10,000. The first nugget of any great importance v/as found by a young soldier of St«venson's regiment in the Mokelumne River, while ilrinking from that stream. He hastened to San Francisco and placed his prize in the liands of Col. Mason for safety, after which it found its way to New York, where it fan- ned the smoldering flame and caused the nations to realize the importance of Califor- nia as a gold-producing territory. The nug- get was of pure gold and weighed between twenty and twenty -five pounds. Another nugget about wliich there is a good deal of workon the same clusters on which the boy was engaged and her sweet young face was often temptingly near his ov,-n as from titne to time she turned to address him. At last her lips pouted, her eyes flashed and she al- most succeeded in coaxing her sweet brow to wrinkle inditrnantlv. 'Don't you think," said she, other v.'iien I was out licre 'that the all alone with a certain boy of my acrjuaintance, jnst as I am v.ith you to-day, the naughty little fellow up and kissed me. He just caught me this way," and her lips nearly touched those of the boy by her side as siic endeavor- ed to show him hov.- it had been done. For a moment it seejneel as if he would have to be as nauglity as that ctlier boy, but his bashfulness saved him. Still pouting, tlie little maid then placed her dimpled hands upon her shoulders and, looking archly into his ey-cs, she said "You are a dear good boy, ain't you, ami you wouldn't be naughty and treat me the way that other boy did, would you Y' Tl»en the poor boy seemed to lose h.is head, and fifteen seconds later the little "black-eyed maid was talking in this 'strain "Oh, please let me go You are smother- ing me with kisses, and I really believe tliat you are more naughty than that other boy, after all. " Snow in Switzerland. The heavy snow which has fallen during the last few days, says the St. Moritz Post of July 2, has put a complete stop to climb- ing. It is a pity that the moimtains should be rendered impracticable just as they got into condition after the Winter snow.^ Some of the rock peaks at Zermatt were in very good order last week now it is impossible to say how long it may be before they are once more approachable. Those who' took advantage of the fine weather must be laugh- ing in their sleeves at their more convention- al brethren, who will not even consider the question of climbing till a particular date â€" July 1, webeKeve. Personally, we should have preferred to transport ourselves np a peak this year on June I. Custombefore com- mon sense, however, is the rule of nine-tenths of the guides and a considerable number of their employers, and thus is the climbing season limited to the period between July 1 and Aug. 31, because " People don't go np mountains in Jone or in Automn, yon know." A Woman's Beeson. 1 Ipve you wdl, my sweetheart shy Why do ym l^^j^jj^^wf^ ,^ j; " And then she answered witii a- word t omance was found by a Frenchman in Spring Gulch, near Columbia, Tuolumne county.. It was of nearly pure gold and was worth more than §5,000. The finder became insane over his good fortune, and was the next day sent to Stockton. The French Consul at San Francisco recovered the nugget realized the value and sent the money to the finder's family in France. Other "precious lumps" of respectable size are the following In 1849 a nugget was found at Sullivan's Creek, Tuo- lumne county, that weighed twenty-eight pounds avoirdupois. In 1850 a piece of gold quartz was fomid in French ravine. Sierra county, which contained 26.3 ounces worth §4,933. In 1854 a mass of gold weighing 360 ounces, and valued at §6,625, was found at Columbus Tuolumne county. No dates are given tor anything then be- fore 1864, when a nugget of pure gold was found in the middle fork of the American River, two miles from Michigan BluflF, which weighed 226 ounces, and was sold for §4,204. Another account of this nugget states that the weight was 187 ounces. Then in 1867 a bowlder of gold quartz was found at Pilot Hill, El Dorado county, which yielded in gold $8,000. Several other bowlders of smaller size were found in the same claim. An- other charming bowlder was of pure while quartz, which J. D. Colgrove of Dutch Flat, Placer county, found in the Polar Star hy- draulic mine. It contained gold to the a- mount of ^,760. Two nuggets, the date of whose discovery is not given, are these One found near Kelsey, El Dorado county, which sold for $6,700, and one found on Fall HiU. Tuo- lumne county, which weighed SSO-ounces and was valued at 96,500. Califc-nia,liOwever, cannot c aim •the hon- or of having in-odnced the largest n-'.^get in the world. That, according to PhiUips, was the great Australian lamp known as the " Sarah Sands." It w«ighed 233 poond^ 4 ounces troy, 2,797 ounces, as against the 2,340 ounces of that taken oat of Cuson Hill, C\a:vera»caim\j, inNovem1)»,18ftL Anoth- er mass, accordiiu; to thesame aatiietify, was exhibited in Iimcum in 1871 as 3te product of one of Qie "Victoria mines, -which weighed 146 poands, or 1,7^ troy ounces, while a still batnot soimlnaMe-Bias 1^ fpmutat " m the same yeaif'wln^-weil^ied onnces. 'TLetmfi. 16 ntevwfiilir)ia^wi^lfec^«3iB A^ SlMen^iok weis^iied 2^280 oniHSes, aaUlf, waa valued at S,600, whiletbe latgest piece of oie and rock was found in New Soi^h Training Young People. An emment French v.^riter h.as said "When you educate a boy you perhaps educate a man but when you educate a girl you are laying the foundation of a family. " He might have added, that to this end the physical training was of equal im- portance with the mental. In these days the subject of the physical training of young men is occupying much attention and the discussions are broad and full of interest. The fault is that the needs of both sexes in this respect are not etjually considered. An erect figure, an organism in which the processes of life may go on without the ceaseless discord of functions at war with each other, because of abnormal relations â€" in short, the added advantages which a fine physical adjustment gives to its possessor â€" are as necessary to one sex as the other and for the same reasons. If physical education and consequent imr provements are things to be desired it is not that a number of individuals, as a result of this training, shall be able to perform certain fcats-of strength or agility but in its broad- est sense it is for the improvement of the race, and the race cannot materially advance physically, intellectually or morally unless the two factors which constitute the race share equally in -whatever tends to its great- er Tierfection. Therefore if, in consequence of proper physical training, men can do more work, live longer and transmit to posterity a share of this improved condition, women also should be so trained that they do more work, live longer and contribute to the high- er possibilities of the race by supplementing instead of thwarting the promise which has been presupposed in the higher development of men. Discipline of Dutch Troops. When the Dutch ship Prinz Frederik col- lided with the English ship Marpessa Jtme 25, the commander of a detachment of col- onial troops which happened to be on board the former immediately ordered the assem- bly sounded, and the men fell in on the deck like clockwork, in the face of certain loss of the ship. Their conduct was an in- valuable example to the passengers and crew, for although the entire company were then transferred to the boats with perfect quiet and dispatch, the Prinz Frederik went down as the last boat left her side. She carried with her s.x privates and an officer, who doubtless had been overwhelmed by the •waters rushing in at the point of colli- sion. Will be a Statesman. Minister (to boy) â€" " So you have cojae out to the Sun^y school picnic instead of goi:ag to the circus " Boyâ€" "Yes, sir." " I am proud of you, my little man. One of these cays you may be a great stated* man." "Yes, sir." "Gome h^% Brother Moony" (calling someone) "iaid talk to -this Utile ^feUow that would rather come «at here am^g t|ib ^i«-S^^(^Tdhi^rcn tiian flo to the circus." JBby^^" 'JSojil wouldn't latW came luu«i^ » gav« one fifty cents t^.oome her .staad â- f^' to tiie ciricas, batf* yioft ttat'yo*^a Ill-take the fifty an* jpo-morfer."-rEArkan- •awTrardee, ii ' .!Si«-