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The Midshipman’s Grave. A Smnington, Calm, correspondent says : A very touching incident Occurred at the decorating of the soldiers’ graves in our vil- lage cemetery on last Decoration Day. To give it full effect a, little story historic of itself must be related. During the war with Great Britain in 1812 the ninety-gun ship Superb was on our coast ofl' Stonington, and during an action with a privateer fitted out under the American flag, midshipman Powers was pierced by a bullet in his fore- head and fell dead in his boat while attempt- ing to board the privatcer. The body of the young midshipman was brought on shore at Stonington, and buried in the old Phelps burying ground, now a part of our beautiful cemetery, and by his fellow officers a. marble monument was erected on the spot. Some years after peace was declared, an elderly gentleman arrived in Stonington from England, and sought out the parish clerg an, Rev. Ira Hart, saying to him: “‘luhzwe come from Engl-an'd tvo see the grave of my buy, my only child. In a coach they went to the cemetery; at the gate the Englishman said to the clergyman, “Tarry here please ; let we visit the gnwe alone.” It is! related that the man pi‘oétiat- ed himself upon the grave of the boy mid- shipman and wth bitterly, as beneath the grass upon which he reclined lay the object of his tenderest affections, the hype of his declining years ; and in addition to his cup of sorrow, then full, was the thought that he Would never again see the grave of his boy. M ore than half a century has elapsed since the ahove occurred, and the midship- man’s father has long since passed away, but the grave of his boy has been remembered. For seven years it has been the custom of Miss Grace Stanton, 2). young lady of Ston- ington, to especially decorate the midship- man’s grave in a quiet manner ; but last Saturday, while the hand was playing a dirge and volleys of musketry were l)"illg fired within the cemetery enclosure, a squad of Veterans of the (l. A. R. visited the grave of the young; Englishman, and upon it placed two American flags and a wreath of beauti- ful flowers. The act of itself was full of sim- plicity, hut how heantiful ! Upon the mon- ument is insm‘ihed the following : “Thum- as Barritt Powers, aged 18, late midship- man of H. R. Majesty’s ship Superh, who was killed in action in a boat, on the 3lst of Jyly, 18H, A native of )IJA'kOt Bosworth, in the county of Leicestshire, England.” LONDON, Feb. 2f?.-1“rench and German Government agents are visiting all the fuirs in the north of England, and are making large purchases of horses suitable for mili- tary purposes. ALSATIAN msLIKE FOR GERMANY. PARIS, Feb. 27lâ€"â€"The newspapers of this city are jubilant over the result of the elec- tion in Alsmee»L0rraine. They say Germany is not able to obtain the hearts of the inhab- itants of the annexed provinces. A SOLUTION 01“ THE BULGARIAN PROBLEM. CONSTANTINOI’LE, Feb. 27.»Gadhan Pa.- aha, the special agent of the Forte in Bul- gria, it is said, has informed the Grand izier that the only solution of the problem is in a, Russian occupation of Bulgaria and a Turkish occupation of Eastern Roulnelia. PARIS, 'Feb. 27.â€"â€"A German sergeant, while driving a. waggon into Metz, refused to submit to inspection. The altercation attracted a crowd of inspectors, who forci- bly removed the cover and found a Waggon load of French dragoon helmets. A COUNCIL OF \VAR. VIENNA, Feb. 27.~The Emperor presided yesterday at a council of war. Archdukes Albrecht and \Vilhelm, Count Bylandt, General Von Beck, Prince of Grey and Ba- rons Saline and l’opp were presented. MILITARY ENTIIUSIASM IN AUSTRIA. Twenty thousand applications have been already received for ofiicers’ commissions in the Hungarian Landsturm. Rich women are seeking positions in the ambulance ser- vice. CREDIT FOR THE HUNGARIAN LANDWEHR. PESTII, Feb. 27.â€"The Lower House 'of the Hungarian Diet by an unanimous vote yesterday passed the extra credit of $3,110,- 000 for the equipment of the Hungarian Landwehr. BUYING BACK RUSSIAN SECURITIES. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 27.â€"It is estimated that Russian securities to the value of .5125,- 000,000 have been bought back from Berlin by Russian operators during the present year. France, oddly enough, is praying for Prince Bismarck’s success. i‘he Ministry know well that if he is defeated and declares for war he will call to the colours the 40,000 extra. troops he demands, law or no law, 1nd raise all the money he needs, with or with- out the consent of the imperial parliament. A SOCIALISTIC REBELLION. Mr. Hyndman and others of the Socialist party here are convinced that in case of war there will be a Socialist rebellion in Ger- many, and possibly one also in the iron manufacturing region of France, as a pro- test against the mutual slaughter of the Gal lie and Teutonic Democracies. A COMI’LICATED ISSUE. The above three views of the Franco-Ger- man situation show how complicated the problem is, leaving the questions of alliances with other powers out of the question. What Russia would do in the event of war is widely discussed, but without definite answer. Her statesmen, :1. Vienna. despatch says, are convinced that with Prince Bis- marck at war the Czar would become the arbiter of Europe, and no pledge will be given in advance to either side, though that would mean an end to the alliance with Ger- many. A GERMAN WITH A LOAD or FRENCH HELMETS. LONDON, Feb. 27.»â€"Advices from Metz re- port there is no cessation of French barrack- making around Verdun and Belfort, and that w u'k on the fortifications at Verdun continues night and day. All commerce has been suspended at Metz excepting in food. The inhabitants are storing their houses from cellar to gai‘re‘r. \VIIAT \\'ILL FOLLOW THE ELECTIONS. On the issue of the German elections hangs the peace of lflui'upe ; that is, if a nmjox‘ity is not elected favouring l’rinee Bismarck’s Septennate bill in the Reichstag, war is cer- tain in April. In the event of a majority of Prince Bismarck’s side war will be post/pom ed, if not avoided. The prospects are that the Chancellor will carry the (lay and have a majority of forty-three. Such are the advices from Berlin this evening. FRANCE ANXIOUS FOR BISMARCK’S SUCCESS. THE WAR CLOUD. A sea diver tells the following story of the way he managed to keep out of the jaws of the sharks: I dived once in Mobile Bay, where I put over 300 chains under an iron- clad. The greatest annoyance that we had there was sharks. They didn’t hardly tackle us, because with our armor we looked more like scarecrows than anything else '5 hey would come sailing along, and gradually swim toward us with their big mouths Wide open; but when within a few feet of us they would stop and lie there flapping their fins, and looking, it seemed to me, like the evil one himself. Finally, we devised a Way to scare them of? that never failed to frighten them, so that they would stay away an hour or longer before they dared to come back. The armor we wear is air-tight, you know. Our jacket-sleeves were fastened round our wrists with an elastic, so that the air could not escape. By running my finger under the sleeve of my jacket, I could let the air out, and as it rushed into the water it would make a sort of hissing noise, and a volume of bubbles shoot up. So, Whenâ€" over those sharks would come prowling around me, I would hold outmy arm toward thenr and putting my finger under the clas- tic of my jauketslem o, I would let a jet of air out and send a stream of lmhhlos into the sharle face with a hissng noise, like steam from a gauge-cowk. 'l‘he way those sharks would go suootinb’ off, was funny to behold. “ Good-bye, sweet tart, good-bye l” smug the baker’s apprqntiuo when his master dis- charged him. But, say what you will about the general usefulness of boys, a farm without a. boy would very soon come to grief. He is al- ways in demand. In the first place he is to do all the errands, go to the store, the post- office, and to carry all sorts of messages. He would like to have as many legs as a wheel has spokes, and rotate about in the same way. This he sometimes tries to do, and people who have seen him “ turning cart- wheels ” along the side of the road have supâ€" posed that he was amusing himself and idling his time. He was only trying to invent a new mode of locomotion, so that he could economize his legs and do his errands with greater dispatch. Leap-frog is one of his methods of getting over the ground quickly. He has a natural genius for combining pleasure with business. There lire so many bright spots in the life of a farm hey that I sometimes think 1 should like to live thelife over again. lshould almost be willing to he a girl, if it were not for the chores. There is u great comfort to a boy in the amount of work he can get rid of doing. It is sometimes astonishing how slow he can go on an errand. Perhaps he couldn’t explain himself why,when he is sent to a neighbor’s after yeast, he stops to stone the frogs. He is not exactly cruel, but he wants to see if he can hit‘em. It is a. curious fact about boys that two will be a great deal slower in doing anything than one. Boys have a. great power of helping each other do nothing. BEING A BOY. There is nothing in the world of which a boy is so proud as of the fact that he is a boy. He doesn’t despise girls, but he pities them heartily. No one has better told the story of boyhood than Charles Dudley Warner. You will all own the truth of what he says : One of the best things in the world to be is a. boy. It; requires no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long enough. It is soon over. Just as you get used to being a boy, you have to be something else, with a. good deal more work to do, and not half so much fun. And yet every boy is anxious to be a. man, and is very uneasy with the restrictions that are put upon him as a boy. How long he slept he could not tell, but he was suddenly and rudely awakened again, by a. hand which seized him by the nape of the neck and lifted him out of the boat into another, larger one full of sailors in blue, while a great rough voice cried: “ Awee little cat, I declair l" Dick and the bout reached home in safety, and without further incident, and to this day although he is a. grownup sedate old cat, he is quite smisfied to let this remain his only sea-voyage, and much prefers to remain on shore. Fighting Sharks Under “’atcr. Poor little Dick was uttterly helplessâ€"to be sure, the oars were in the boat, but he could not row, nor swim, a single stroke. He cried awhile, and called as loudly as he could, but nobody heard, nobody came to rescue him. No sound could he heard but the washing of the waves, and minute by minute the land grew fainter and fainter the big house on the hill grew smaller and smaller. By-and-by, tired of calling and looking Mross the dizzy, restless waste of water, Dick lay down on the bottom of the boat and was soon asleep again. Jumpmg quickly to the seat again, and looking about him, his poor little heart stood almost still with terror to find that the boat was far away from land and tossing upfland flown 9n flu: waves of the bay. \Vaking suddenly, he found himself sprawling on the bottom of the boat, which was pitching and rolling in a most unpleas- ant fashion. Perhaps Nature's gentle music made him drowsyâ€"perhaps Dick was sleepy anywayâ€" however it may have been, the fact remains he presently curled himself up on the cush- ions and fell fast asleep. It was very warm in the sun, and Dick thoroughly enjoyed the cool breeze which Whispered among the overhangin g branches and ruffled the water into the Wavelets which plasheda. merry song against the boat‘s side. Dick rompcd about on the soft, warm sand for a. while, chasing the butterflies which flitted upaul down the beach; and Watching the little flushing waves which plashed gently on the shore, coming nearer and nearer with the slowly rising tide. letty 806171th chmbedyinto tEe boat and settled himself among the soft cushions in the stern. DICK’S ADVENTI‘RE. Dick lives in a. large house 011 the bank of a. river, quite near the sea. One very warm smmnm‘ dzL , Dick’s mother was asleep in a chair on the piuzm, and he, after playing a while on the lawn, ran down the path which led to the river, where the bout, with its gay, striped awning and cushioned seats lay, half out of water, on the beach. :- . YOUNG FOLKS. Morning came and with it no end of chaf- fing at R. rl‘he Doctor again kindly offered his quickest and most infallible granules and .the lawyer brought the primitive looking will modestly forward. The deer skin was nowhere to be found when packing up to I start began. A re vular search was made. It had evidently oeen stolen during the night, was the opinion generally held. R. still held to his assertion that he would go by the water route. So down to the river edge he went. Already Harvey and the ; cook had gone on by the portage with the canvas. The party followed R. to see what he was about. They found him busy smooth ing the end of a stout pole about six feet long and sharpened at one end. He said he was going to pilot himself down the river and off the rocks with it. All knew him to be a capital swimmer, but also that it was next to death to tempt the tumbles on that dreadful half mile of chutes and rapids. He then to our surprise brought out the big deer skin and took off everything but his guern- says and stockings, then he slit four holes in the skin, into two of which he put his feet. The holes were just large enough to let l his feet through. Then he put his arms through the other two holes made at the other end of the skin, and had the {laps of he front legs of the deer drawn back on his shoulders and tied together. The long neck of the deer extended stilllv above his head. He then took a little stout stick of dry ce~ dar and braced the skin apart at the middle â€"â€"to keep it from folding under him. The fur was next him, and the oily. fat, fleshy side next the water. Just then Harvey re- turned, and seizing two paddles, quickly put the handles together and lashed them into one long double-bladed paddle. This he presented to R.‘ telling him that it would be better than his stick. “ light you are, Harvey,” remarked R. as he took it, and with a “ good-bye, till I see you, boys,” he plunged into the rapid and tumbling water. Down he went, carried rapidly towards the roe-ks and falls. His friends are in the greatest state of ex» citeinent and anxiety. Harvey assuring them he would be all right if he didn’t strike his head, and says they better “ git” over that portage to the canoe and be ready to . help him if he required it. No faster time unrecorded was ever made by party, even with the sheriff after them. Two lacrosse veterans boat the professional gentlemen, and spiang into a canoe. But they oould‘; see nothing. They lmllo, but no answer is received. They wait anxiously. At last ‘ Harvey and the cook appear on the rocks up the river, and shout that he is no where up the rapids. They examined every eddy ‘ and falls, and had followed R. right down . the bank. At one point where they stomt they saw him and said he floated down like a duck. One rapid he dipped over, he went under and only one end of the paddle was visible for fifty yards. But he hob. bed up serenely and then for a change The conversation took various channels, and the talk had been quite desultory, un- til one of the party, Mr, it, of Toronto, spoke of running the rapids instead of carry- ing the camp truck over the portage. He never was seriously inclined to work. The whole crowd yelled out its disapprobation as it would be ruination and loss of every- thing. A doctor in the crowd spoke up and told Mr, R. that his pocket case had a number of medicines in it which would ac- complish his (R. ’s) object without any need of getting a ducking or losing anything, and that if he did not wish longer to cling tenacioust to life, that he could take the whole of the physio, and “ go off” decently where he was. This the others considered a very generous and thoughtful offer on the doctor’s part, and argued it would be more consistent with R.’s dignity and less labor for them than commiting suicide by the vulgar means of a canoe accident. Mr. R.’s temper was riled considerably that ‘ his knowledge of canoeing should be called thus 11 questionâ€"and as many a brave gen- eral had made a masterly retreat, by a gen- eral advance that turned it into a victoryâ€" so he became boastfully aggressive and as- serted “ that he could run the rapids with- out a canoe at all,” and that he could beat them the half mile, he in the water and ‘ they on land, to the other end of the port- age. Such an astounding challenge made ‘Mr. 31., a lawyer, suggest that the legal preliminary, a will, had better be drawn up at once, and proceeded to do so with a big square of birch bark and the end of a burnt stick from the fire. He had not got further than thefeiraflwies Iispendens scqm' part of the will when R. said, “ I can do it for any man’s twenty-five dollars.” But no one in the party would bet with an insane man, as all considered him to be. It wouldn’t be legal, Mr. M. explained. Having bluf‘fed them into silenceâ€" and the will having been submitted and approvedâ€"quiet again ever- came the camp, and the melody of the Doc- tor’s snoring alone awakened response from a persistent screech owl, who got so enraged that every few minutes it would make a swoop down on the camp, yell its discordant disapproval of the Doctor’s nasal labors, and quickly disappear, while occa- sionally a quiet chuckle from M. or his re- lative Q. testified that they were wrestling over the great scheme and audacious chal- lenge of R. The latter had wrapped himself up in his dignity and a grey blanket, hav- ing stret’ehed out the large buckskin on three strong sticks, and put it on the smoky side of the tire. TWO or three times he was warned that the skin would get burnt, it was in such a hot place. But he only answered that he knew more about what he was de- ing than they did. By and by all was hushed and the tired hunters were safely in the arms of Morpheus. If you had been that screeeh owl and watched the camp, you would have seen Mr. R. rise cautiously several times and attend to that dccrskin, and then quickly slip back under his blanket. Away up the river, a. half dozen of as jolly a crowd as ever paddled a canoe or ran a. rapid, were camped on a bright summer evening last autumn. They were coming down the river from Hollow Lake, intend- ing to run through to Musquash, on (leorgâ€" iztn Bay, and hence by l’enemug. The river was full high, the trout plentiful and sport good. The day had been spent in hunting deer, and one line buck had been hauled out of the bush and brought down to the camp in a. canoe just before dark. \Ve were just where the big portage is half a mile of ra- pids and small falls, not large to be sure, but with the river swollen and the current swift, no canoe-man would ever go through and live. Any one who 11st been up there will know the sport. At the end of the portâ€" age coming down the current continues very swift but smooth enough to paddle up for another half a mile. AN ADVENTURE IN MUSKOKA. l/l'dlhcll, [110 H i14\ y glll‘lb BLlll Jlll ULJCL. A noticeable point in all white plumang birds, is the black tip to the wings. The white swan, wavy, pelican, crane, and. ptur- migan all huveit, and it adds grmtly to their beauty. But I should like to hear some reason given why birds of different species should be marked in such an identical mimâ€" ner. Perhaps some naturalist will explain. \thn we consider the quantity of game of Various sorts to be found in this region, one is surprised that sportsmen with Lime and money do not more generally seek it out for two months at least in the year, Sep- tember and October. The farmer makes practical use Of the game that frequents the pond hefore his (l001‘,illl(i many a hearty meal of gum: is SCl'llI‘Cd with a shotgun, that otlmrwise would have consisted of “ sowbelly. ” To the housewifl%~-J)nn‘t imagine the pi]- low displayed at the wzw'roums ofm fumi» tm‘c dealer to be filled with live goose feathâ€" ers just lwcnusc they are marked down. Immense bags are sometimes made, 100 to the gun per day is not considered out of the way. Last full two gentlemen killed a thousand (luring about a fortnight, twenty- four fell to four barrels, thirteen to two barrels, and nine to one discharge of No. 12 single. These birds are cured in various immncrs. Some salt down in bar- rels, others makedried 1110th of them, but, however cured, they are awolcnme addition to winter fare. The wavy or arctic goose is pure white in plumage, except about 7 inches of black on the tips of the wings. 'l'hcy weigh about 7 lbs. Their breeding: place is unknown ; as far north as whin 0r Esquimmux have peneâ€" trated, the waxy goes still further. The youthful and inexperienced m-xrried mam may nut have known it, hut, it is a fact all the same: Corsets Cannot; be purchased at the lace goods counter. (if big game there is the Moose, Elk, Nimping or VVhite-tailed, and the Black- tailed deer ; Black, Cinnamon, and Grizzly bears, and of fur-bearing animals of a small- er size, wolves, foxes, cayotes, badger, wolverines, fisher, martin, mink, otter, beaver, muskrat, and last, but least savory, the skunk. This is not a bad list for a sportsman or trapper to commence on. In the Beaver Hills, which commence their rise about four miles from here, all theabove an- imals may be found, but it requires patience, skill, and endurance, to succeed as a sports- man or trapper. Even amongst the Indians it is the exception and not the rule, to be a good moose hunter. The keen sense of smell and hearing possessed by these ani~ mals, and the almost inaccessible thickets haunted by them, make their capture a. work of difficulty to the most experienced. Sixty-five moose were killed last winter by one camp of Indians, which serves to show their numbers, and the skill of their pursu- lers. The elk and other deer, and bears ‘ are less difficult to hunt, and more of them are killed, and by less skillful hunters.‘ At the end of the close season, Sept. 1st, the ponds and lakes are teeming with water- fowl and good bags can be made every- where. But as the cold weather approach- es, and the water becomes cold, the birds take to the larger bodies of water, such as Beaver, Pigeon, and Egg lakes, and are joined by the millions of birds which have ‘ bred further north. Then is the time for extraordinary sport. Lakes twenty miles long by half as many wide, are literally, elm-red with wild fowl, and all kinds and conditions of geese, swans, ducks, grcbe, and waterliens frequent the lakes, while the majestic cranes and pclicans sail calmly overhead or stand meditativcly on the is‘ lands or shores. Myriads of snipe, plover, and curlew, fly calling along the banks or circle in flocks of thousands. Such a scene is enough to drive a sportsman wild. He hardly knows on what to commence, but generally ends by turning his attention to the larger birds, the beautiful wavy gener- ally suffering the most, as their flight is more sluggish and their senses are not so sharp as the wary grey goose and swan. Every mile or two through this country one comes on beautiful lakes, ranging in size from an acre to two or three hundred. These lakes are the summer resort and breeding ground of myriads of water fowl. Hue, Grey, Brent and Len rhing Geese, Mullard, Seal, Red Heads, ong Necks, \Vhistlers, VVragion and Black Duck breed, while in the spring and fall the Arctic goose, White Swan, Pelican, \Vhite and Sandhill crane make a tempor- ary stay when going north and returnin to summer climes in the autumn. 0f birds that stay with us in the winter we have the Prairie Chicken, W illow, and Spruee Part- ridges, and occasionally a Ptarmigan. It may interest some of our read- ers to read a little of the sport to be had in the Great North-West. First I must describe the general appearance of the country. It is what is known as “park- like,” that is, rolling prairie dotted here and there with groves and trees, bluffs they are here called, in the proportion of about one acre of timber to twenty of prairie, suf- ficient to supply the settler with building and fencing timber, without interfering with his cultivated land, which is awise dispensation of Providence. \Vest of VVin- nipeg along the line of the C. P. R. one sees no timber, and nothing but Wave after wave of bare prairie, that may be des- cribed as grand and awe inspiring, but it is not picturesque. This northern country carries off the palm for soil, climate, beauty an}! sport. __ turned on his back, and looked like some bloated monster impossible to describe. For a, couple of hundred yards he continued on his back, not swimming, but (looting. Then with his paddle he righted himself and swept away out of sight. Jown the river hath (:zmoes turned and fairly flew with all their speed. Twenty minutes had been wasted. looking up stream. Down they went until a. mile was covered. Then they saw the funniest looking object that ever met their eyes. It turned out of course to be their own brave comrade paddling up stream with all his double paddle power. Quickly and joyfully they lifted him into the big canoe. “ Boys," he said “ it was immense. I was going on down to the 11er- rows, but thought I’d paddle and help you. \Vait until I’m rested and I‘m going in again. Hang your old birch barks. Give me the (leerskin canoe. I’m going to the Musquash in this and shall run every bless- ed rapid between here and there. Ihave an idea how to rig a sail, and you don’t know what you have missed by not being with me. I had no idea. it was so good. Harvey put me up to it.” THE GREAT N (BETH-WEST. The annual report of the U. S. Commis- sioner of Patents, which was laid before Conâ€" gress the other day, proves to he a Very inâ€" teresting document. From it. we lonrn that the total number of uppliuations filed (lurin the last year, requiring investigation {mg action, was 41,442y and the number of pa.- tents issued was 23,915. The tutu] receipts were $1,154, 551, and the expenditul cs $992,- 503,1eaving a balance of receipts over ex- penditures of $162, 048. The amount to the credit of the patent fund in the Treasury "was $3,107,453. ' y The ll'eek in referring to the Montreal Carnival says :~“\\'e hear, we confess \\ ith- out regret, that this ()arniv-Ll at Montreal is likely to be the last. These glacial festivi- ties are advertising Canada as an Arctic r0~ gion. No wonder an int istle is cai'riml as hcr symbol in a I401'll Mayor's Show. hit apart from this, we cammt help (ltmhting tlm goml (lilt‘lit of popular (liswi'mtiun on so large a scale. lb can hardly tail to unavttle 01‘ (won in HUIIH‘, thyme to «ll-,lnui‘nliso. That; it is gnml for trade 13 a fmnl 1h him-ion. Tl e hotels antl a ik-w SH ws or fancy wan-I- may gain, lint regular twle can willy surl'cr hy unpmlitalile cxpt-mlitnrc. 'l‘hu mnan which would pay ordinary hillq is squamlon-(l in the CtLI‘MlWLl. Montreal has xlvmc the thing exceedineg well, and may rest content. with her success.” If all the wealth in this country was di- vided up per capita, as Socialists and Anar- chists hawker for, none of them would have enough to keep them in idleness six months. As it is now they loaf the whole your ’round. Several deaf persons in a Massachusetts rural community are circulating a. petition praying the Legislature to give them a hear- ing. It is leaning against a. lamp post waiting for offices to come along that is keeping so many young men poor. Magic Table by Whlch Ages can be Infal- libly Told. There is a good deal of amusement in the following table of figures. It Will enable you to tell how old the young ladies are. Just hand this table to a. young lady, and request her to tell you in which column or columns her age is contamed, and add to- gether the figures at the top of the columns in which her age is found and you have the great secret. Thus, suppose her age to be 17, you will find that number in the first and fifth columns ; add the first figures of these two columns. Here is the magic table: GERMAN BREADâ€"vane pint of boiled milk, one-half teacup of sugar, one-half cup of lard, two-thirds ofa cup of yeast. Mix the yeast and milk and let rise light ; add the sugar and shortening, with flour enough to make a soft dough ; roll out an inch thick on a well floured board. Divide the dough and put each in a baking tin ; make a. dozen indentures with the finger on the top, put a, small piece of butter in each and sift over the whole one tablespoonful of sugar mixed with the same quantity ofground cinnamon. Let stand till light, then bake in a. quick oven. CREAM BISCUIT.â€"One cup each of sour milk and cream, one teaspoonful each of cream tartar and soda, half teaspoon of salt, flour enough to make a dough. Mix as soft as can be handled, roll out half inch in thlckness, out in round cakes and bake in a. quick oven. BOILED ICING.â€"-One cup of sugar, two teablespoons of water; boil till it threads from the spoon, stirring often. Beat to a stiff froth the White of one egg. Put: in a deep dish, and when the sugar is boiling pour in over the egg, stirring rapidly to- gether. HOMIKY MUFFINSâ€"0116 cup of cold cooked hominy, one beaten egg, three table- spoons of melted butter, two-thirds of a cup of milk ; stir into this mixture two cups of flour in which has been sifted two teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in muffin rings in a quick oven. BEATEN BISCUIT.â€"Two pints of flour, one teaapoon of salt, one tancspoonful of lard, mix into a. stiff dough with equal parts of water and milk ; beat thirty minutes with a wooden spoon ; bake in a quick oven. MUFFINs.â€"~One pint of milk, two beaten eggs, two tablespoons of melted butter, two tablespoons of sugar, two teaspoons of cream tartar, one teaspoon of soda, flour enough to make a. batter that; will drop from the spoon. \VmTH SPONGE (JAKE.~0ne and one-half cups of mgar, whites of eight eggs, three- fourths of a. teaspoon of cream tartar, one cup of flour ; flavor with lemon. SHORT CAKE.â€"â€"â€"One cup of sourmilk, two- thirds of :L cup of sour cream, one teaspoon of soda, a little salt, flour enough to make a soft dough ; roll out a. half inch thick and bake on pic tins. \VHITE 7AKF..~011e cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, whites of six eggs, two tea.- spoons of baking powder. FLA1’-JA(:KS.â€"One cup of sour milk, half cup of sour cream, one teaspoon of soda, salt, one egg, flour enough to make 2). butter. Bake on a greased griddle. 11 13 15 17 19 21 ‘23 25 .. I 29 31 33 34 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 “'INTER EVENING’S FUN. 11 14 15 18 19 23 26 27 30 31 34 36 38 39 42 43 46 47 50 51 54 55 [:8 59 62 IKOITSEIIIDLD. 61 63 21 23 28 ‘29 30 31 36 37 38 39 44 45 .46 47 52 53 54 55 13 14 I5 61 62 63 10 61 62 63 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 36 37 38