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Albeit an Englishman, I view the Scotch as best material for a soldier, provided he comes from the Highlands, and the game- keeper subordinate par excellence. Such birds cannot be caught readily now. Yet some five-and-thirty years back they came, with mitten characters often, and were taken in the regiment under a sense of mutual obligation. What were their ex- ceptional qualifications? Well, first, phy- sique and capacity for endurance. The recruit had learned to “rough” it in all weather, and frugaily, on small means and poor food. Then he was educated, ergo intelligent and a reasoning being. Third- ly he was patient and perseverlug. Keep this man from drink. and, self-respect and self-interest combined, the probabili- ty is that he would avoid pitfalls such as inhabitants of the two sister countries are prone to fall into. Thus Scotland fur- nishes a large quota of noncommissioned officers, probably three-fourths of those who subsequently rise to commissioned rank. The Lowlander (i. e. Paisley and Glasgow operative) is much on a par with his compeer from manufacturing towns in England. And both are inferior in phyâ€" sique and morale to the countryman, The English farm laborer I would place after the Scot in soldieriy qualifications, Be hasâ€"as much from antecedent li‘e, it may be, as from ethnological typeâ€"less bottom, endurance, and certainly less self-dependence in emergency. The Northman has one “ pull” over both other nationalitiesâ€"a strong head. He can stand much drink, carries caution, too, in his very cups, and thus, as Serâ€" geant-Majors well know. gains and retains good conduct badges. National tempera. ment is, doubtless, much concerned in the proportion of army crime. irrespective of individual propensity. The Irishman will SALT Coo-FISH.â€"Pare your potatoes, and lay the cod-fish, nicely skinned, on top of them. Boil and serve with a sim- ple gravy of flour and water well cooked, seasoned, and heavily buttered. For breakfast “ pick up' finely what is left, and, in she morning. heat over in just water enough to moisten it, butter and pepper it well, and spread like sandwiches on thin slices of bread madeinto egg-toast. Moisben your slices of bread in cold water. then dip in beaten eggs and milk and lay on a nicely-buttered frying-pan over a quick fire; turn bread quickly, spread on your fish and serve hot. BAKED FISH WITHOUT DRESSING.-Lly a blue-fish flat in the baking-pan, pour- ing a. half-cup of milk over it, as soon as it has begun to cook. Baste lb occasion- ally with cold milk. Enclrcle it with pare ed potatoes, afher it hss been in the oven human-hour, and put a few drops on each potato to keep them from getting toocrisp. (you are sulficlenly fortunate to have a, cup, or even half a cup, of sweet cream to use about one half-hour before lb ls done, the flavor will be wonderfully Improved. Hove ready some milk and a spoonful of flour. and make your “ sauce" in the pen after taking out the fish and potatoes ; the fish-juice will fine: the gravy pleasantly. Remember always the geuenl rule for saltlng just before serving, particularly in all cases of milk. Seasoning oi thyme, marjonm, summer savory, sage or per- nley, can be added to all recipes at the will of the cook. l BROILEDMACKEREL AND CRIAM â€"Well- freshened salt mackerel. laid flat, skin side down in real cream or in mock-cream are quickly and easily cooked. Unless the fish has been more then usually freshen- ed, it will sail) the cream sufliciently. If it needs more, add it just before dishing It up. One pint of cream will broil one ordinary-sized pan or “ spider" full,â€"sny three good-slzed or four smaller mackerel. Take out the fish carefully, lay on a. deep plate or fish platter. pour the remaining cream over it, laying here and there pieces of best butter. (So called “cooking but- ter" should never be used anywhere, least of all, on fish or meat.) Fresh mackerel is nice, broiled in the same way, only the that crecm will need salting before serving. To PREVENT PIES BAKING OVERâ€"Good ple apples, such as Greenings, do not re- quire any water. Two or three table- Ipoonfuls are enough for poorer apples la- ter in the season. Sweeter), season, and add a small piece of butter. Cub the un- der crust a llttle larger than the dish, lap In over the upper crust, pinch tight and mark with a fork. a one-gallon jar, cork and keep where ibll 0001. Use two teacupfnls for four loaves of bread. Start) the sponge in the morning and in two or three hours you can mix hard. RAILROAD Yumaâ€"Put to soak two east cakes. or use a cup of soft yeast. 1511- together two tsblespoonfuls of sugar, two of salt and three of flour. Put a small handful of hops into a pint of water, and when boiling strain on to the sugar, salt and flour. Stir so that the flour will not be in lumps and the hop water should be boiling so that the flour willkbe scalded. Pare 12 mediun-sized potatoes and boil whole, pass through the colander, add one quart of boiling wster, one of cold and the hop mixture. When c001, add the soak- ed yeast cakes or soft yeast and set in a warmâ€"not too hotâ€"place to rise for 24 hours. Stir occasionally. Then tum into UNBOILED CANDY.-â€"Use the whites of ‘two or more eggs and take of cold water in equal amount. Beat together thorough- ly and add powdered sugar, to make a thlck paste, the name as for frosting cake, Drop on buttered papers, in shapes that please the eye, try round forms the size of a quarter of a dollar, flatten by placing the half meat of a nutâ€"Brazil, hickory, or whatever kind you please.â€"on the top of every drop. A variety can be made by using chocolate, cocoa-nut, or whatever you please. Place the candles in a cool room to dry. Scotch and Irish Recruits. USEFUL HINTS. 1n the coal formations of the onId 1,- 478 species of the fossil flora have been described. If the reports of the naval preparations Russia is making are true it is possible that, in the event of war between that country and England, an opportunity will be afl'orded, for the first time, of testing the merits of modern iron-clads. Hither- to these monuments of naval architecture have been built upon purely theoretical grounds. It is impossible to say what would be the result of a. conflict between two fleets of iron-clads. Such a. trial might prove that they were defective in wholly unexpected particulars, and that all of the great navies of the world needed to be rebuilt as thoroughly as they have been since the battle between the Merri- mac and Monitor. Indeed, the only trial that has been put upon the modern ironâ€" clad is in the contests that took place be- twean vessels of this type during the war between Chili and Peru, and, for a num- ber of reasons, naval experts have not con- sidered these contests as test cases. Patrick was evidently overpowei‘ed with this last astonishing and unanswemble argument, and they both left the scene ap parent] satisfied. Fortunately the bank surv ved the pressure, and its abu- lty to lose N orah’s balance was not prac- tiéally tented. “Norah, an ’don't yeea know they’ll lose yer money for yees ef yeea don’t dhmw It out '1” “An shure, Patrick ain’t they better able to lose It than we are 2" Nora’s Balance. Last summer, during the excitement owing to bank failures, I was watching the anxious crowd besieginz the doors of a bank that was supposed to be in dan- ger, when I overheard the following dia- logue between an Irish womsn and her husband : “ Norah, dhrsw yer money out ” “An' shure, Patrick, I won't.” “ But, Norah, you masht dhraw it out." “ Faith an' I won’t dhraw me money out at all." Advices from St. John's indicate that the seal fishery this year has been unusu- ally successful. Many steamers returned to port laden. The Newfoundland fleet have been extraordinarily lucky, but the risk to human life has been criminal. The steamer Ranger, with over 250 men on board, returned to St. John’s with the largest catch for her tonnage ever taken into any port in the world. Thousands of people watched the entrance of the vessel into the harbor. She had a heavy list to port and was compelled to steam slowly, and had to creep home inch by inch. Fortunately, the sea was calm all the way. Her deck, covered to the top of the rails with 7,100 seals, was a novel sight never before seen in St. John‘s. The lazarette contained 750 and 250 were stow-:d under ‘ the bunks in which the‘men slept. Eight puncheons were filled with oil, and the rest was stowed in the hold. Two hundred and fifty sharks were killed on the voyage,and being short of coal, sharks' livers were used as fuel for three days. Had this ship encountered the slightest rough weather she must have foundered, and all on board would have been lost, asshecarried no boats. It is understood that Halifax will be made the head-quarters of the Dominion fleet which will after July 1 patrol the Cana- dian coastand seize all the American vessels fishing within athree-mile limit or putting into harbors for bait or supplies. Canada and Newfoundland will likely act in con- junction in this matter. The fleet will comprise fast schooners and steamers arm- ed with two or three light guns and be commissioned as British nrusisrs. All American vessels captured in Dominion waters will b. brought to Halifax and sold as prizes. To those of us who have hai a high re- spect for the disinterestedness of dogs, this story may give a melancholy proof that the development of the intelligence, at the expense of the moral nature, is by no means exclusively human. The next afternoon, the same group of y children were playing at the same place, i when the canine hero of the day before i came trotting dawn to them with the mostfirlendlywags and nods. There being no occasion this time for supplyng him with delicacies, the children only stroked and patted him. The dog. however, had not come out of pure sociability. A child in the water and cakes and candy stood to him in the close and obvious relation of cause and effect, and if this relation was not clear to the children, he resolved to impress it upon them. Watching his chance, he crept up behind the child who i was standisg nearest the edge of the pier, gave a sudden push, which sent him into the water, then sprang in after him, and gravely brought him to shore. One summer afternoon a group of childâ€" ren were playing at the end of the pier which projects into Lake Ontario,near Kingston. The proverbial careless child of the party made the proverbial back-. ward step off from the pier into the water, none of his companions could save him and their cries had brought no one from the shore, when just as he was sinking for the third time, a. superb Newfoundland- dog rushed down the pier into the water, and pulled the boy out. Those of the children who did not accompany the boy home took the dog to a. confecmoner’s on the shore, and fed him with as great a variety of cakes and other sweets as he would est So tar the story is, of course, only typical of scores of well-known cases. The individuelity of this case is left for the sequel. . become a. raging lunatic for the time be- ing ; she Scot “qulecly” queruloua and self-controlled. A Trial of lron-Clads. The Fishing Industry. A Ruse Dog. The Organ fur Oelhandel gives an ac- count of some experiments lately made at St. Petersbnrg with pyronaphtha, an illuminating oil, which Bellstein, the celebrated Russian chemist, thinks will supersede kerosene. It is said to be wholly free from danger of fire, and bum- ing kerosene is easily extinguished by it. Pyronaphthe itself can be readily put out by water. It burns with a bright light, and gives off no smoke or vspor, while the fact that it is a residual product of the Bakuj distillation of petroleum makes it cost less than kerosene. The claimant to the Lovst Scottish peerage,“s gentleman of high respectabiL ity, alleges that his ancestor fled from Scotland and worked in the Welsh mines of Lords Anglesey and Powers (who be- friended him) to avoid punishment for having, in a. fit of rage, killed a piper. The signatare of the fugitive miner on the payrolls is said to correspond exactly with that of the missing heir. Meantime the existing Lord Lovat has an English peerage conferred on his father, to which the claimant to the Scotch peerage can prefer no claim. The Family Doctor is the latest speci- men of English medical literature, and is published weekly at a penny a copy. Such a journal might: do great. harm if the public could comprehend it, but anxious mothers and fathers will not be likely to look up such phrases as “diffuse haema- boma," “divergent strablsmus,” &c., which occur in it. It has an amusing way of telling us what to do in [emergen- oies,e g. : “When there in any difficulty in judging betwixt arterial and venous hemorrhage, there may be both. Treat accordingly.” The Union Medicale is greatly pleased with a gigantic skeleton of the meridian- sl elephant in the new gallery of paleon- tology in the Paris Muses. It is said to surpass in size the skeletons of the great- est mammoths snd mastodons, and the fossll is exceptionally interesting in many ways. But the intense satisfaction of the French editor seems to arise chiefly from the fact that his countrymen need no longer envy the British Museum its col- lection of skeletons, “which,” says the writer, “is a great point indeed.” The white brick now made in France from the immense accumulations of waste sand at glass factories is likely to prove a valuable industry. The process of production consists in subjecting the sand to an immense hydraulic pressure and then baking in furnaces at a high temperature, so as to produce blocks of various forms and dimensions, of a uni- form white color, and of almost pure silex. The product is unaffected by the heaviest frosts or by the sun or rain. Ab a. wedding in Cork lately the bride’s youngest brother, just out of a jacket, tone after the breakfast and said : “Lad ies and gentlemen. I have to propoue a toast, which must be drunk standing." The guests rose accordingly. “Now,” said young hopeful, “if you will kindly keep on your legs for a few mlnuhe: I will find out who has been sitting on my new hat. " The question of again opening the New Orlums Exposition on Nov. 1 is being agitated. Notwithstanding the expense that would be entailed during the five months intervening between the closing and reopening of the building, in the way of insurance, repairs, and police, it is believed that the enterprise may be made to pay. Gum arnbic in rapidly thing in price. The average annual consumption is 9,- 000,000 pounds ; the amount in market: is only 4,000,000 pounds, and even If the war in the Soudan should be over in a few months, no part. of the new crop could be received in Alexandria until next December. The loss of cattle in aoathwesn Florida the past winter is reported greater than in any previous year, one stock raiser e1- tlmanlng his loss at 2,000 head. Pneu- monia, a Georgia paper says, seems to have been the disease that played such havoc. Last year's Income of the Glrard estate in Philadelphia was $950,000. In; real estate alone is valued at $7,346,000, ba- aldes the college buddiugs and grounds. The collierles of the mute produce 1,400,000 tons of coal during the year. The office of the London Times has been so altered and rebuilt nhat in la un- re‘cognizable by anyone who saw in a few years ago. The circulation in not thought to be now over 50,000. but the advertme- manta show no decline. The J oumal Nfliuet presents figures to show that Put. A regainmg its former prestige as a centre of medical lnsbruc- tiou. In 1876 the numbsr of students was 1,927, and in 1884 had increased to 4,547. A small piece of what looked to him like glam. was picked up in Macon, Ga‘, recently by a citizen of that place, who took it; no a jaweller, by whom is was pronounced a. diamond, «LAd worth from $800 to $1,000. The famous old English watering place of Bath has nnb been so crowded amce the days of Jane Austin, fashionable doc- tora haVIng again discovered the- Virtues of its waters. Ab Caslla Howard, Lord Carlisle'a seat in Yorkshire. there is a guest house in the pnrk where a. month’s rent, with good living, is provided each month for fum- hard~worklng women from large towns. Texas will soon abound with cotton' mills, any: a San Antonio paper, which also chronicles the erection of a mill at Rlverside at; a. cost of $30,000. (‘ouon Mills In Tcxnsvflum Arable and [he “'urâ€"A New Industry In France, etc. Mina Isabella. Oates has been appointed vaccination officer at Fordingbridge, Eng- land. NEWSY ITEMS. Two Boot-Blacks. A few days ago. duringa lull in busi- ness, two little boot blacks, one white and the other black, were standing at s. street corner doing nothing, when the white boot black agreed to black the black boot biack’s boots. The black boot black was of course willing to have his boots blacked by his fellow boot black. and the boot black who had agreed to black the black boot black's boots went to work. When the boot black had blacked one of the black boot-black's boots till it shone in a manner that would make any boot-black proud, this boot-black who had agreed to black the bisck boot-black's boots, re- fused to black the other boot of the black boot black until the black boot black who had consented to have the white boot- black black his boots shouid add twopence to the amount the white boot-black had made blackiug other person's boots. This the boot-black whose boot had been blacked refused to do, saying it was good enough for a black boot-black to have one boot blacked, and he did not care whether the boot that the boot-black had not black- ed was blacked or not. This made the boot-black who had blacked the black boot black’s boot as angry as a boot-black often gets; and he vented his black wrath by spitting upon the black boot of the block Herst is fortified by “outworks and wall round the town." The outworks, however, are very few. The main line of fortifications may be described as a wall about 25 feet high, built on huge earth- works, and surrounded. by a ditch about 40 feet wide and sixteen deep. The whole enclosure is in the form of a. square, or rather oblongâ€"about 1,600 yards long by 1,500 yards wide. The ditch is, or may be, flooded from the Earl Rud River, which flows westward: to Kusan. and thence northwards past Smkhs, and on-‘ wards to the Turconnm desert. But though strongly built, the quadrangle earthworks with their snperlncumbent well, are, in emilitery sense, extremely week. Each side of the quadrangle is straight-in other words there are no outrunning angles for flank firing pur- poses. There are no outworks at the corners of the quadrangle. The north- ern side, however, is morestrongly defend- ed than the eastern, southern, or western. An enemy in possession of the surrounding country would soon starve out the arrison, end, by intercepting the Heri ud, render the vest ditches useless. In the centre ot the town there are vast cis- terns, in which it has been alleged water may be stored up in sufficient quantity to supply the civil population and the garri- son, lor twelve months. But it appears, too, that the water stores might be destroyed with the greatest ease by csunonede from the elevated ground on the northern side of the city. The Key of India. The state of Hersh as a fortress i abominable. There is more dirt and do: cay in and about it, just because it is big ger than the other places, like Kusan 0r Penjdeh. But in the opinion of the few Englishmen who have visited Hernia in the course of the present century, it might be made capable of offering the most stub- born resistance even to European besiegâ€" j era It has never yet been besieged by in. European army, though European ofli-‘ cers have assisted in its defence and its assault. Russian officers were pitted against an Englishmenâ€"the brave Eldred Pottmgerâ€"in 1837 The accompanied the Persian army of 35,0&) men, which besieged Herat at that period, and which, after ten months, was forced to give up the attempt. The Persians pounded the town with fifty pieces of artillery. The success of the resistance was entirely ow- ing to the genius and the personal influ- ence of the young British soldier. If ever there is another siege of Herat, the assailants will be much more formidable than thersw levies of the "King of Kings," Mehomed Shah, were in 1837. Puttinger found the fortifications of Herat in a ruinous condition, and little or nothing has been done since his day to repair them. The chief wore on his shoulders a sort of cape, trimmed with a fringe of snowy ermine. Elle leggings were a. mum of bead work. He wore a cap of otter with- out a. crown, though, for it is their cmtom to leave the top of the head uncovered. Three eagle feathers that denote thenum- ber of warriora lulled, were so fastened in that they stood erectr There were new eral perforations in each ear from which‘ depended bead ear-rings. He had arm~ lets of burnished brass ; throw‘n round him was a, beaded blanket. The red clay pipe had the wooden stem inlaid with silver, and was embellished with the breast feathers of brilliantly plumaged birds. The tobacco bug, about two feet long, had not an inch that was not: dec. orated. The costume was simply superb_ ' The Indians with Iron Horse came di- rectly to headquarters and naked for a council. As many as could get into the General’a room entered. There was time while they were preparing, to send for the ladies. and a few of us were tucked away on the lounge with instructions not to move or whisper, for my husband treated these Indians with as much (on- aideratiun as if they had been crowned heads The Indians turned is surprised. rather acorninl glance into the “ ladies gallery." for their women are always kept in the background. In return for this we did not hesitate to Criticire their toilets. They were gorgeous in full dreee. Iron Horse wore an elaborately beaded and painted buckskin shirt, with masses of‘ solid embroidery of porcupine quills, ‘ The sleeves and shoulders were ornament- ed with a. fringe of scalp locks. Some of the hair we saw with a. shudder was light and wavy. I could not but picture the little hesd “ running over with curls" from which it had been taken, for all the Indian locks I have ever seen were straight and black. Indian Warriors. A. Dessau, the diamond importer, has just received from south Africa we stones which he says are the largest diamonds iin the world. They weigh in the rough 273i and 174i- carats respectively. The ‘ first is somewhat faulty and will lose half its weight in cutting, but it is expected to turn out 135 carats Its value can only be determined after it has been cut. The second is relied upon to turn out at least ninety carats. Mr Desau is the importer of the “Cleveland gem," which weighs 42% carats. He tells a strange story of the loss and recovery of two packages of dia. monds about "wo months ago. They were in charge of Mr. Kennedy, his agent, and weighed in all about 100 carats, and were worth about $2,000. Mr. Kennedy was taking them to the New Orleans exposi- tion. When he reached New Orleans he found that his diamonds were missing. Pinkerton’s detectives were sent out to hunt them up, but their eflorts were una- vaiiing. About ten days ago Mr. Ken- nedy says he had a dream in which he thought he had lost the gems in the car and they were swept out by the porter. The next morning he hunted up the por- ter and gave him $10 to show him the dirt heap where he usually dumped the contents of his dust-pans. After a pro- longed search in the dirt the diamonds were found intact. 7 V____-I nu- ‘ has the advantage, or the disadvantage of : being haunted. Lately the house was rather full, and a visitor, a London clergyman, was put into this famous haunted room. His host did not tell him of the fact that the room was haunted, thinking, no doubt, that his religious character would be a sufficient guarantee against any disturbance of his slumbers through visits from the spirit-world. At the same time he felt a little anxious, and was greatly relieved the next morning to find the reverend gentleman at breakfast with as cheery an air of successful slum- ber as possible. The next morning, and the next, he came down with that same lightâ€"hearted aspect which only those who- have enjoyed peaceful dreams can wear. At last the host thought he might safely mention to his clerical visitor that he had been sleeping in a haunted room, and congratulated him on having seen nothing out of the common. “ Seen nothing” re- plied the visitor, “ Oh, stop a bit, though; I did see something. There was a grave silence round the breakfast table ; all clat- ter was hushed, and every eye was turned upon the speaker. “ Yes, yes, of course,” the clergyman resumed ; “on the very first night which I passed here I was wakened in the middle of the night by what seemed like atouch upon my shoulder, and, on looking up, I saw the figure of a man in the room." Here, to the intense horror of the whole company, the clergyman gave a very correct description of the par- ticular apparition which always honored this room with its wanderings. “ How could you bear it i What did you do 2" were questions which immediately succeeded upon the awe-struck silence. “ Do ?" replied the clergyman. “ Why, I asked him for a subscription to my next Sunday school picnic, and the spectre vanished immediately." Here in a tolerably good ghost; L-tory. There is a certain well known country house in a certain Eng‘lisnyoqnty which L-.. ALA ,1, A _..,....vuu 4 vaukul. "the accent for: Eéhanistan is on the second ayllabie. In such words '35 Bolan, Robart, am, the accent: I: on the second syllable, and the “a.” is pronounced broad, like “ah.” Diamonds Found in a Dream. Cabul is pronounced Kawble, Merv is pronounced Muhriv; Herzl: is pronounced Hemht, Kunachee is pronounced K‘rahc- by ; Peshawar ls pronounced Peshawar. ow- _. "u.- nus. Ravenge 1s a virtue among them ; as with the Corsican vendetta, retribution passes from father to son, and murder becomesa solemn duty. An Afghan is either a soldier, a farmer on a small scale or a shepherd ; never a tmder; trade is left. for the Hindoos or other aliens. These mountaineers have certainly redeemlng traits ; they are of a cheerful, lively disposition, hospitable and gener- ous ; a stranger is always welcomed, and evens. deadly enemy is safe under an Afghan's roof. Pronunciation of Afvghnniwords The Pall Mall Gazette supplies the fol- lowing information : Of the Afghan- proper the following are the most impor tam tribes: The Durranls(pronounced dorahnyn), who occupv the whole of the south and soutthst of the Afghan plat- eau; the Ghi-Zsis, a brave and strong poeple, who at; one time held May in Persia and who are now located 11) anigh plateau north of Caudahar; the Yusufza- 1s, whose home lies north of Peshawar and the Kakars, holding the region to the southwest, boldering on Beloochistan. The Pathans are a. people of doubtful origin, who inhabit the spurs of the Sul- iman mountains. The anilbashes are aPersian tube, speaking pure Persian, and who when not soldiers, are scattered throughout the towns and villages as doctors, scribes, etc , forming the better- educated portion of the population. The language of the country is Pushtu L,,l_ , _ , belnnging to the Aryan or Indo-Europe- an stuck ; but the educated Afghans all speak Persian. All tribes are alike in their characteristicsâ€"brave, independtnb but of a turbulent, vindictxve character ; they are only happy when fighting. Since they have been known in history they have lived in a. state of ch: 11 o war-fare. ’bootvblack. This roused the latent pal- ‘ aious of the black boot-black, an he ; ro- ceeded to boot the white boot-Q}: with the boob which the white boo ack had blacked. A fight ensued, m which the white boot black who had refused to black the unblacked boot of the black boot- ] black, blacked the black boot b‘ack's visionary organ,and in which the black boob black wore the blacking 03 his boot; in booting the white be t black. A Clergyman‘s Ghost Story. -bnl