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THE H OUSEH OLD-"Supplement.

 
AS YOU 00 THROUGH LIFE.

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Don't look for the ﬂaws as you go through life;
And even when you ﬁnd them,

It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind
And look for the virtue behind them.

For the cloudiest night has a hint of light
Somewhere in its shadows hiding;

It is better by far to hunt for a star,
Than the spots on the sun abiding.

The current of life runs every way
To the bosom of ch‘s great ocean.

Don't set your force ’gainst the river’s course
And think to alter its motion.

Don’t waste a curse on the universe—
Remember, it lived before you;

Don’t butt at the storm with your puny form—
But bend and let it go o’er you.

The world will never adjust itself

To suit your whims to the lette~ ;

Some things must go wrong your whole life long,

And the sosner you know it the better.

It is folly to ﬁght with the inﬁnite,
And go under at last in the WK 5 1e;
The wiser man, shapes into God‘s plan
' As the water shapes into a vessel.
—Lmiies‘ Home Journal.
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EARLY FALL STYLES.

The merchants’ windows have been de-
«corated with new fall goods for a couple
of weeks, although it seemed like “rush-
ing the season” to see heavy woolens on
exhibition before the dog-day month had
departed. But this haste was probably
due to a desire to catch the Exposition
trade, which was not to be captured by
“ back numbers.”

Wool goods are to be popular for strtet
and church wear, leaving silks and velvet
for more dressy occasions. The new goods
are rough surfaced, and coarse and wooly
in appearance, but are soft and clinging in
effect. The bourette effects used several
seasons ago are revived, with variations;
.ﬂeecy camel’s hair and plain goods with
spots and stripes of long ﬂeece are seen in
all colors. Plaids seem to be popular, for
early fall wear at least; and a great many
different designs are shown to be combined
with plain goods of the leading colors. A
pretty cinnamon brown had spots of rough
ﬂeece upon it, the spots being as large as a
half dollar and of a darker brown. A
heavy diagonal rep in seal brown is to be
made up with a plaid marked off in heavy
lines of lighter brown shading to almost
an orange, and having camel’s hair threads
:an inch and a half long. A pattern dress,
ten yards, is sold at $14.50. A line which
comes in green, two shades of brown,
:plum and gray at $1.25, has a ground of
*the principal color with irregular ﬂecks of

dark red, orange, blue, brown, etc., with

 
large inch-wide bars of black. A French
gray shot with irregular threads is lined
into two inch squares by coarse black
threads, and beinga “novelty,” sells at
$2. Astrachan stripes are seen on many
of the new fabrics, and borders of stripes
as well as the scroll and arabesque pat-
terns. But it is more economical to buy
the plain and plaid goods, and combine
them, rather than pay high prices for thtse
pattern dresses.

In plain goods, rich warm dahlia tints
are handsome, as also plum and prune
color, which come in many shades, and
are very becoming if chosen with due re-
gard to the hair and complexion. Red-
dish heliotrope is a shade new on the cards
this fall, and combines the red and blue
of the morning glory. The shades (f
violet, mauve and heliotrope are so beauti-
ful that it requires the courage of St.
Ar thony to resist them; but alas, they are
unbecoming to the average woman—and
she’s the one who usually goes “where
angels fear to tread.” One might infer
the middleaged woman with a rich lemon
yellow complexion was possessed by an
insane desire to lighten her customary
suit of solemn black with heliotrope,
lavender or mauve ﬂowers or ribbons,
thereby intensifying her sallowness and
loss of youthful bloom. The tints of
purple are the most trying colors that can
be worn by most women. They belong to
the peachy skin and bright hair of youth,
or to the whitehaired old ladies whose
faces retain a clearness and freshness in-
dicative of good digestions and avoidance
of cosmetics in youth; and should be com-
bined with white lace or mull, or worn
with white wrappers. With black, the
contrast is startling, and ablack hat or
bonnet fairly “swears” at the bunch of
violets or lilacs put upon it with the mis-
taken idea of “lightening ” the effect.

In smooth faced goods, the heavy cash-
meres, almost as ﬁrm as (Imp (1‘ etc}, make
elegant dresses, combined with velvet, or
adorned with the new cord pastsementeries.
Indeed velvet will be much used in com-
bination with wool goods, and aids mater-
ially in remodeling an old dress. For in-
stance, one may get enough velvet for a
sham skirt, which only IEquires a deep
facing round the bottom, and for panels on
one or both sides. Over this is draped
the English walking skirt, which is simply
a long plain apron with suﬂicient fullness
for grace and convenience, and long back
breadths, pleated in small pleats which
meet in the centre. The panels are dis-

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closed on the sides. With this skirt is
worn a sh.rt round basque, the back and
sleeves of the wool, the fronts, cuffs and
collar of velvet. Sewn in at the shoulder
seams are gathered pieces of wool goods
which meet low down on the bust and are
continued'to the point of the basque. This
leaves along V-shaped space in front. The
front should be cut so that one side laps
far ovef' on the other, so that this velvet V
may appear seamless, the dress buttoning
under the folds. Put no more velvet
sleeves in dresses; that fashion is a thing
of the past. The new fashion is braided
sleeves, collar and belt. The sleeves are
cut of moderate size, full at the top, high
on the shoulders, and close below the el-
bows. The braiding is sometimes a very
close, an intricate pattern entirely covering
the sleeve, in diagonal rows, or a deep point
at the top with a band at the wrist. The
sleeves may be of silk in Henrietta and
cashmere dresses. Embroidery may be
substituted for the braiding, and either
may be done at home.

There seems to be no distinctively new
styles of making up as yet. The straight
clinging model known as the English
walking skirt obtains with variations on
the few advance fashion plates. Bodices
are very much trimmed; all the ornamen-
tation is seemingly bestowed upon the
corsages, which are lapped and folded and
slashed in a manner perﬁctly bewilder-
ing to the amateur dressmaker. Sleeves
are still made to pull high on the shoulder
and are loose; the plain coat sleeve is not,
however, entirely a thing of the past.
Such a sleeve is easily modernized by
adding a puﬂf at the top, with a pointed
velvet band to conceal the joining, and
velvet cuffs to match. Many elegant
dresses have long plain straight fronts,
with a deep band of passementerie in points
across the foot, and a narrower pattern
of the same laid over velvet folds to form
the decoration of the waist, which has, in
addition, a puffed or draped vest of soft
silk. Bodices are still out very short.

Cloth jackets are of medium length, the
three‘quarter length being so universally
unbecoming that ladies refuse to wear
them. They are doublebreasted and of
even length all round. The long cloaks
ﬁt closely in the back, and have double
breasted, straight fronts, with . large
turned-over collars and deep cuffs of vel-
vet; and are made of plaid cloths, home-
spuns, or rough looking wool goods. For
jackets, smooth-faced goods are preferred
Mantles and wraps are longer, but differ

 
2 THE HOUSEHOLD.

little in I‘ ape; they absolutely dem and a
small bustle. Long cloaks for elderly
ladies are of camel’s hair or drap d' etc,
while for carriage toilettes brocades, plush
and colored camel’s hair are worn, and
literally covered with passementerie or
embroidery. The shoulder capes with
high ﬂu ring collars are shown in Astrachan,
mink, sexl, Persian lamb and gray krim-
met, with muffs to match; and promise to
be as p« p 1181‘ as last season.

Sraw bonnets with velvet trimmings
p‘nmise to be worn later than usual this
fall. A pretty fall bonnet is alow toque
of dark straw trimmed with a full Alsacian
bow of moire ribbon, with some ﬁne dark
ﬂlwers back of the bow, and ties of velvet
ribbon to match the straw.' Two-inch
widths are used for trimmings, narrower
for ties. Uncut velvet, both in ribbons
and pit cc, will be used for trimming the
toqu‘s, round hats and bonnets' we shall
wear this fall. Toques and bonnets are
still very small. Feathers have the call
and will be used in profusion on all
millinery. BEATRIX.

AMONG THE GREEN MOUNTAINS.

 
At home again and never a word writ-
ten ior these columns from the Granite
State, of all the beautiful mountain views,
the falls and the marble quarries, bt cause
every day and hour were crowded with
sight-seeing; but memory can easily recall
an almost endless variety of pictures that
are stored away “ for future reference.”
Through New York I said “ If these are
moun'ains I am quite disappointed. They
are not as grand as I expected.” The
Mohawk valley was beautiful and Saratoga
was like a dream of fairyland, but Beatrix
has described it and I have no need to
add a word, but those who have not “been

there ” cannot understand how much I.

enjoyed her pen picture because I could
see it all.

It was dark before I crossed the State
line and I saw nothing of the Vermont
scenery until morning, and then I was
right in the midst of it, for in Rutland—
the marble city—I saw the mountains in
all their grandeur. But at ﬁrst it was out y
an immense picture. I could not feel that
there was anything real in the scenery. In
f they I was again in the Cyclorama, in
Detroit, and all my surroundings were but
a painted show; gradually that feeling was
overcome, and how much I enjoyed it
only those who see for the ﬁrst time, after
years of anticipation, can realize. Out to
the farm house, seven miles from the city,
I went next day and in such localities, at
least, the country is far more beau iful
than the town, for one realizes that “ God
made the country, man made the town ;”
and I told them, “ We have cities enough
.in Mithigau; I don’t care to waste my time
11 those; it’s the mountains that I came all
this distance to see,” and I was well re-
paid far my car-sick trip. .

The Green Mountains rise, peak beyond
peak, with old Killington, the highest of
the range, plainly discernable although
twenty miles away; and even the shimmer
of the windows in its grand hotel was

 
noticeable at sunset. By the way, what a
vastly different .style the sun has of going
down among the mountains from the view
in a level country!

In one thing I was disappointed, for
until I knew by experience I supposed the
mountains would narrow my range of
vision, and instead I found myself unable
to measure distances, but looking away,
away throu _;h miles of valley scenery with
the lower 'green foot-hills backed by the
tall and taller mountains, with that in
describable blue haze envelopi g them, no
two being of the same color, and con-
stantly changing, but always wondrously
beautiful. I have often criticised paint-
ings, thinking there was too great dif-
ference in the color of that haze, but the
reality proved how little I knew and I
shall never set myself up as a judge again.

It is useless to try to describe those
scenes in a HOUSEHOLD letter; but the
ytwning marble quarries and the noisy
mills held so much of interest; Suther-
land’s Falls with their white foam of
waters over the dark rocks were so.beauti-
ful; the meadows were so pretty with their
yellow and white decorations of butter-
cups and daisies, and the great limestone
boulders pushing their black jagged sides
up in all inconvenient places; the large
dairy herds of pure deer-like Jerseys with
the sweet and clean Swedish creamery
system; the steep mountain pastures that
seem d to contain so much rock and so
little soil that it was a constant source of
wonderment as how the cows could get a
living, then the speckled trout were so de‘
licious and the product of the great maple
orchards was so toothsome, even though it
was “warmed over,” daily for our beneﬁt—
that a whole long chapter might be written
and very much still left untold on every
subject.

One morning at four o’clock the call
came up the stairs: “Cousin, you must
get up and see the mist on the mountains;
there may not be such another chance.”
So I dressed hastily and felt repaid for the
loss of the morning nap by watching the
constantly changing scenery, the mists that
rose and settled, drifting between, over
and about the emerald mountains until
ﬁnally circling around the tops they
looked exactly like the pictures of volcanos,
with ﬁre and smoke ascending therefrom,
and when it rose still farther and formed
the beautiful ﬂeecy clouds they seemed the
same mists all gloriﬁed by their nearness
to heaven.

Another time, to please a romantic
friend i climbed over sharp rocks up, up,
on the mountain side until I was above the

roadside, and there on a sharply projecting
rock I sat with pencil and paper and a
book for a desk to write a letter. The
dog, Sankey—named for the great singer——
was with me and had driven some small
animal into a cleft of the rocks, so he kept
up a constant barking, and after my letter
had reached its third or fourth sheet I was
surprised to hear the cal from below:
“Are you sick or in trouble?” It 86(m‘t

 
the dog had attracted attention and a
woman from across the valley came to see

tops of the forest trees growing by the.

if I needed assistance to get down. I held

my paper up to view and shouted as to
my occupation and she, returned to her

home thinking, no doubt, that I was a.
lunatic to take all that trouble over a
letter.

The homeward journey included a
week’s visit in the Dominion on the shore.
of Lake Erie. where the boating, bathing
and ﬁshing, as well as the Salvation Army,
made an entire change from my former
sightseeing.

While waiting in Detroit I essayed a
call on Beatrix but failed to ﬁnd her, and
when at the Exposition I “hung around”
that Swiss chalet, but the fates seem to be
against me; my calls are so ill timed that
she is “ not at home.” But no matter how
we come and go, or how uncertain are our
letters, our paper and our Queen B. never

fail us, and are always appreciated.
Romeo. EL. SEE-

 
HONOR

This school question has been written
up so much I presume some are getting
tired of it ;.yet I would like to say a few,
words before Beatrix calls a halt, as she
did on the napkin business, and shuts me
out. There is one principle that ought to
be taught in all our schools, that is I think
sadly neglected if taught at all, and that is»
the principal of honor. _

Honor is made one of the fundamental
principles of the German schools and we
see its effects in our German population.
As a class they are the most honorable
people to deal with on earth; and as a
general thing a person is perfectly safe in
giving a German credit for a reasonable
amount if he wants it. But the “ Yanks"
are quite different, and I presume it is
owing to their education in a great measure,
Dishonor seems to be a sort of pride with.
many. How often we hear men say, “I
let Jones down for a thousand,” “Ilet
Brown down for quite abundle,” “I cut.
his eye teeth in great shape,” "I lighten»
ed his wallet for him,” etc. And it seems
t pervade all classes of society, fromethe'
y ungsters playing marbles on the walk
to the highest ofﬁcials in our country.
Tuere appears to be an eternal strife
among the American people to get some-
thing for nothing; to rob somebody, 1:0
matter much who the victim is, friend or
foe. Why, I have known a case where
one brother robbed another of thirty
thousand dollars, and afterward threw his-
househt ld goods in the street and this in
the winter season.

Now my idea wou‘d be to begin with
the children and the ﬁrst principle we teach-
them, either at home or at school, should
be to be honorable; and perhaps by the
time the present generation passes away,
'we will not be such a nation of scoundrels.

Lsxsrxe. AUNT BECKY.

 
JELLY made of green grapes is a good
foundation for any other kind, using
enough lemon peel or peach, qu'nce or
orange juice to give it a ﬂavor. Rhubarb
used when it jellies best will answer the
same purpose. It is worth knowing this

 
in seasons when fruit is scarce, as at.
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THE HOUSEHOLD. 8

KIND WORDS.

——_

What will bring more sweetness into our
lives than kind, cheerful, loving words,
whether spoken or written? For the past
few weeks I have been shut away from the
beautiful sunlight, only the four square
wallsto look upon, but the occasional drop-
ping in of a kind neighbor with pleasant
smile and a warm greeting greatly bright-
ened the days as they wore away. Once
more I am able to sit in the family circle,
to take up the cares ([ had almost said
pleasures) of life. How thankful I feel for
the privilege of looking out again upon the
green earth and breathing the sweet pure
'air! And now I come again to the little
HOUSEHOLD which is also one of my
pleasures. I have enjoyed the many
articles very much, it seems like speaking
personally with the contributors. The pen
picture of the far famed health resort,
Saratoga, was very interesting and instruc-
tive. I encourage my little daughter to
read historical articles, as 1 think such in-
formation worlh remembering. “ Speak
Kindly to the Children” by “ One 01 the
Mothers,” was admired very much. Who
of us do not recall the words and manner
of our mothers. Oh those kind words, how
they burn themselves into our memory,
even after “many a summer the grass has
grown green, blossomed and faded our
faces between.” One requires so much
patience, so much loving kindness in this
world of ours. It is the little things, the
little words that count.

“Little things light on the lines of our lives—

Hopes, a: d joys, and acts of 10-day;

And we think for these the Lord rontrives,

Nor catch what the hidden lightnings say,

Yet from end to end His meaning arrives

And His ,word

way.

The poetry entitled “For the Best,” in
the HOUSEHOLD, Aug. 16th, by Clara B.
Southwell, seemed to be written on pur-
pose for us and for hearts that we thought
faithful.

As the days slip by one by one into
eternity, do we each realize we must give
an account of every day? With gladness
the good deeds are recorded, and may the
bad be'blotted out of the book of life. The
discontent, fretting, and hastily giving
way to temper seem to be our greatest foes
to ﬁght. Let us hear in mind that

‘ With rlieeéiles, and thread made of go'd or of
ea
There are goblins unweariedly working;
While the gthers, their brothers you‘ll under-
s an
Around aild about us are in king.
They hear everything that we say or we do,
The vtvmds that we utter, the raise and the
rue;
The arrows of slander received or sent'
The fretting, the frowning, the disconte’nt;
The Jea‘ousy, malice and hate in e: ch life;
The cruelty, selﬁshness, rancor and strife'
girlie girtgestbelonging to rich and to poor:'
e ee fat are noble and
Th engure; h s thoughts that
e go ness t e sweetness th
B l the glee , e gladness,
e onging to you and belon n to m
A nd out of these thi gs, be thieygj youglor sad
Be they pleasant o_r dismal, or sorry, or glad ,
Be thgy gq'den wrth sunshine, or darkened
y g oom
The goblins are spinning the threads for the
om

runs underneath all the

Which Time in his workshop has given a

place,
A'ti where safely hidden is rowi
Tapestry ’b’roidered with condgct ofnguggice
,The weeds and the briers, the fruit and the

OFF TO ALASKA.

The steamship Queen lay at Tacoma, and
on the evening of July 17th we went on
board, as she was to sail at four o’clock in
the morning. The Queen was put on this
route this season especially for excur-
sionists, is 340 feet long, has two decks of
staterooms, registers 3,000 tons, is steel
plated; is commanded by the most capable
and courteous ofﬁcers, and has an efﬁcient
and obliging corps of waiters. Capt.
James Carroll has been on these waters
fourteen years, and what he does not know
of their intricate channels would be of
little value. Whenever a difﬁcult point
was to be passed he was on deck, alert,
eigle eyed, watchful; while his faithful
lieutenants seconded his efforts. The
enthusiastic description of the captain
given by one of the men, “I tell you he’s
a dandy,” was unqualiﬁedly echoed by all
the passengers as we came to know his
qualities.

There were about 200 passengers on
board, representing 22 States, England,
France, British Columbia and Alaska, als.»
the District of Columbia. Of Michigan
people there were D. P. Smiley, of Battle
Creek; Miss Mae Fee, of Adrian; Mrs. G.
0. Williams, of Detroit, and Mr. and
Mrs. T. Langley, of Birmingham. There
were many notables on board, representing
divinity, law, physio and lucre; showing
that a desire to explore the mysteries of
nature is a common attraction to humanity
whatever its station.
But the steamer is in motion, and away
we go, enroute for all the wonders held in
store in the deep inland sea and rocky
fastncsses of the mountains before us.
In about two hours we reach Seattle.
This city now claims 40,000 inhabitants.
A short stay here, and the next place we
reach is Port Townsend. The United
States cutters Bear and Wolcott were
lying here. We counted eleven large
vessels in port. Population 7,000. The
Olympic mountain range is in view, many
peaks snowclad. .
Crossing the Straits of San Juan de
Fuca, we stopped at Victoria, situated on
Vancouver island. It is apretty English
town in appearance and customs, a strong
contrast to American cities. We went on
shore, took aride on the street cars and
made some purchases. We lay here all
night and left at eight a. In. As we
passed out, a house was pointed out to us
that was being built by a Mr. Dousmere.
It is imported Scotch granite; will cost
$250,000, and be the ﬁnest house on the
coast.
Entering the Gulf of Georgia we pass the
Sin Juan islands—interesting to us as
being the point of dispute with England
in settling the vexed question of boundary.
The German Emperor, chosen as arbiter,
acknowledged our claim. The islands
are high and rocky, and with the
broad waters sparkling under a bright
sunshine made a beautiful pictu'e! On
we go, through channels wide and narrow,
diversiﬁed with islands of all sizes and
heights, rocky and wooded. About eleven

 
ﬂowers !'
Wozvxnmn. MAY BELLE.

where there is a lighthouse. Two steamers
were here, and a canoe loaded with grass
vwas paddled by. How can people find
subsistence in such a desolate place, or
food he found for animals! The rocks
and banks are covered with moss of such
varied hues that in many places it give3 the
effect of landscape gardening. Beds 0.
foliage plants, beautiful but strange, seem
set among the rocks on the mountain
slopes. One can never divine the course.
to be taken. Sometimes you seem to have
found the end of the waterway; it seems
landlocked, but passing a rocky paints:
channel opens. In a bay further on
several open places appear; the most un-
likely is probably the one chosen. In
the afternoon we passed a little town at the
foot of the hills. Shortly after came the
shout of “There she blows,” and sit
rushed excitedly to see the ﬁrst whale,
The huge leviathans gamboled like play-
ful kittens, lifting their huge bodies half
out of the water, and anon diving, throw-
ing their great ﬂukes high in air. It was
a scene of great excitement, but asadfiea:
shower sent us indoors. A chain of
mountains lifted their heads above the
stormcloud, and on the side of one the
snow remained in the shape of a spray of
white roses. The idea was perfect, arﬁ
with the purple haze of the mantain
background, it was wondrousiy beautiful.
As it lay in white purity, illumined by the

sun’s rays, it was apicture beyond de
scription. One could only drink it in with

the spirit, giving thanks to the Author of

beauty.

We entered Seymour pass, in Johnstone

Straits, just before dark. It is a narrow,

intricate passage, where the tide rushes
with whirl and dash, making it a perilous

point. A heavy fog gathered and we

anchored at nine p. m., remaining until

four a. m., when the fog lifted. The

morning of July 19th was bright but'
cool; ﬂeecy clouds of mist e‘r veloped the

mountain peaks. The water, like a mirror,

reﬂected the verdure clad mountains in

shimmering beauty. All is silence, seli~

iude, strangeness. The ﬁsh leap from the

water, showing their shining ﬁnny sides,

seals are occasionally seen, sea gulls ﬂy

abou‘, u‘ tering their eyrie cries. No other

sign of life is near. These winding, ms

tuous channels are very deep, the shore

seems to go down as abruptly as the .
mountain rises. The feeling impresses

itself on all that if accident should happen,

these dark. silent waters would tell no tales.

The little Indian village of Bella Bella
was passed during the afternoon. Weather
cold, cloudy but ﬁne. Sunday morning,
July 20th, we entered Alaskan waters,
being opposite Fort Tongas at eight a. m.
At eleven we saw a lone grave on the
shore, enclosed with palings, a ﬂag
waving over it, and a rustic seat beside
An Indian village was on the opposite
side. Near the grave was a deserted
shanty. It was a terribly lonesome pic-
ture. In the afternoon the Rev. Herrick
Johnson, of Chicago, conducted divine
service, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Reed, of

 
o’clock we came to a little settlement

 
San Francisco. Mr. J. is an impressive
speaker, and the sermon was excellent.

  
THE HOUSEHOLD.

scholars (I frequently have sarcastic rc-

marks about my early country training

ﬂung at me) in trying to do away with

some of the old worn out customs which

are constantly subjecting them to ridicule, r,
than by scolding poor little insigniﬁcant ,
me for simply rising in meeting and tellir g

my experiences? SCHOOL GIRL.

      
icebergs. It seemed perilous. We saw
several icebergs born here. First.comes a
rumbling like distant thunder, then with a
sharp report a mass will fall from the
glacier into the sea with a great splashing,
then a noise like the discharge of a heavy
battery, which echoes and re-echoes

We arrived at Fort Wrangel at 5:30, a
desolate town of about 100 houses. A
hrge number of these are decaying, many
scarcely habitable, and but few new ones.
Here we ﬁrst meet with the Indians in
their home life. They are short in stature,
stout, round faced, oblique eyed, evidently

of Mongolian origin. They are of the
Mnhet tribe, are said to be industrious
an} ingenious, and are evidently keen
rmdersmsk and get outrageous prices for
ﬁcir wares. They have mats, baskets,
wood and bone carvings, fur and bead
trinkets, furs and Chilcat blankets for
rate. These last are really wonderful pro-
ductions. The process of manufacture is
milliobe kept secret, but the material is
tie hair of the mountain goat, twisted by
Land and woven by some rude mode into
millennial which, worked into vivid colors
of strange device, makes a fabric strong
and beautiful, but like all Indian products,
ﬂan odor so strong, yet not captivating,
1h: one shudders while admiring. The
ﬁe, from $50 to $100, discouraged any
premise from me. I priced some articles
of an old squaw, but thinking her prices
surgeons, did not buy. She gave a
rational howl as I passed on, suggestive of
wht a war‘whoop might be. There is a
gust mine on the Stikeen river, near
I'mngel, and specimens embedded in
ntin rock or singly are offered at reason-
able prices. There is a saw mill, two
climates, and an Indian school at the
pin. The Indians are dirty in house and
habits. An odor not like that of “ Araby
the blast” pervades the place.
July Zist. we rose at 4:30, to witness the
me through Wrangel Narrows, a
Wachannel between mountains that
mm to touch a little way ahead, but
through which our leviathan of a steamer
mwiulhy piloted by our careful oﬂ‘icers;
the captain on the bridge, another for.
mold, a third recording observations every
minute, show the care necessary in thread-
hg this intricate passage. At ﬁve, the
"-Rvﬂ’s Thumb,” acurious rocky column
“feet high, was visible. The Captain
assured us his majesty was not far
any from that appendage. Then the
Patterson glacier comes into view, show-
ig vast ﬁelds of green ice below the
m. The weather cool, the sky cloudy.
he snow streaked mountain peaks are
gixing place to snow-crowned summits.
am a. m. we saw the ﬁrst ﬂoating ice.

hgies and eagle nests are common. At.

m p m. we came to the Takon glacier,
deserve were to take on ice for the round
hip. We found a river of ice, 300 feet
high at its face, and a mile across where it
meets the sea. The bay is full of icebergs,

irge and small, and of varied colors. The

man lowered a boat, and four of them,
arsed with hatchets, long iron shod poles,
nib hooks, and looped ropes, start to

gather the ice. A piece is secured, a

event.

through the caverns oi the glacier, the
sharp detonating sounds dving away in
low repetitions. The top cf a glacier is
rough and jagged, full of ﬁssures, and its
face is crags and seams, changing with
every portion detached. The return from
the glacier through the bay ﬁlled with the
ice ﬁoes was a ﬁtting close of a memorable
A. L. L.
(To be Continued.)
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SCHOOL GIRL’S DEFENSE.
What have I done! That was a‘l I could
say when I had ﬁnished reading Grandpa’s
criticism on my district school sentiments,
which, after a great effort, I had summed
up suﬁicient courage to publicly express.
But instead of being troubled by super-
natural fears arising from the thought of
any unintentional wrong I had done to the
memory of our departed farm boy states-
men, I imagined I saw, looming up be-
fore me, the ﬂesh and blood reality of an
enraged country school master, whose
acquaintance I made in the district school,
wielding in his unrelen‘ing hand, not a
pen or a. sword, but a well worn hickory
ferule.
I am almost afraid to attempt to write
again, for I think if Grandpa is a “ really
truly ” grandpa, and if he be so unfortu-
nate as to possess granidaughters who are
so constituted as to see at the ﬁrst glance
only the funny side of every experiment,
he could not have so thoroughly misun-
derstood me.
Now perhaps Grandpa thinks that
nothing but my conceit and presumption
could allow me to again venture into the
realms of a subject which he has accused
me of abusing so shamefully. Well, I
will frankly admit that I have my share of
conceit, but at the same time I have the
welfare of the country schools as much at
heart as he, although his greater age and
experience enables him to deal with the
subject in a more ﬁtting manner.
I am a farmer’s daughter and am proud
of it. Iwas born on a farm, brought up
on a farm and expect to spend the greater
share of the coming years of my life on a
farm. 1 know the value of farming land
and the success of the farmer depends
much on the intellectual and moral charac-
ter of the neighborhood, therefore Grandpa
must see that I can have no object in
trying to help to pull down the old
country school system, except to build it
anew. _
What a living arraignment of their vener-

tertainment now in vogue among the dif-

able system is the “Deestrick Skule” en-

W

SPICEs make fruit look darker than

when they are not used.

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WHAT has become of all our cooks, that

we get no more recipes for that corner?

There is always room for tested recipes of

any kind, and they are always welcome.

 
THE Ladies’ Home Journal in “The
Story of a Magazine,” publishes an in-
teresting account of its origin and history
to date, which shows what merit, push,
and liberal and judicious advertising can
do for a magazine. For its subscription
price, which is but one dollar per year,
the Journal gives the largest amount of
reading matter, and good reading, too, of
any publication with which we are ac-
quainted.

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U semi Recipes.

 
PICKLrD Pnacnns.—-’i‘hose fortur. ate enough

‘to have peaches this year can pick]: the

poorer ones nby the fo‘lowing process and
mi did them very good: Two quarts of
cider vi: 839.: and four pounds of sugar, stir
till the sugar is dissoived. Tie a teaspoonful
of ground cloves and two teaspoonfuls of
cinnamon in a muslin bag, drop it into the
vinegar. Put in the peaches and cook till a
straw will pierce them readily. 8:31 in cans.

 
CANNED LIMA Beans—Fill the jars full of
un ookcd beans, then ﬁll full of cold water
and lay on the t0ps. Place straw cr hay in
the bottom of a wash in iler, place the jars on
th's, and pour in sufﬁcient cold water to halt
cover them. Put the boi‘er over the fire,
c ver it closely with the lid, and boil steadily
for three hours. Take up the jars, see that
they are 11': led to overﬂowing, and screw on
the cover as tightly as possible. Stand aside,
where the air w It not strike them to cool.
When cold, again screw the covers, and keep
in a dark, cool place. Asp :ragus and peas
may be canned in the same way.

 
CRAB APPLE Pansnnvn.—-Peel, core a: d out
in quarters enough Siberian crab apples to
make six pounds. Weigh out s’x pounds of
sugar. Cook the crab-apples till nezrly ten-
der in just water enough to co. kthem. Col:
the peelings ani cores in another kettle.
When the quarters of crab-apple are tender
remove t‘rem gently with a skimm r to a
porcelain dish, and strain together the water
in which they are cooked and the water in
which the peeling; and cores were ceiked.
Measure it. 11‘ there is more than three
pints of liquid boil it down: if there is less add
water to make this amount. Add the "six
pounds of sugar t) this stra‘ned liquid and let
this syrup boil up rapidly for ten minutes;
then add the cooked crab- apples, and cook

, ' 3%“ “SW

hook E lowered from a crane and the
prim is swung on board and lowered into
the hold. It was a dangerous service, and
mirstl was sick with dread to see them
miningﬁhc boat often on edge as they
spelled for the blocks or hewed them in
in», often getting out of the boat on the

them till they are clear and perfectly tender.
It they are to be made into marmalade the
cooking must be continued till they brr air in-
to pieces and become one mass and ﬁnally are
stiff enough to curl, when tie ﬁnger is pushed
through a little taken up on a swoon—N. Y.
Iribune.

 
ferent church societies throughout the
S ate!

Please do not think me imprudent,
Grandpa, but do you not think our schools
would reap more beneﬁt from your efforts
in their behalf if you united withus abused