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CURRANTS AND RASPBERRIES. A most delicious jelly can be made of currents and red raspberries. Choose a sunny day to make all jel- lies; do not make more than two or thtee quarts at once. Gather the cur- mnts before they are fully ripe, re- move all leaves, dry and withered stems and imperfect fruit. Cook slight- ly without stemming and squeeze through two thicknesses of cheeseâ€" cloth. Crush the raspberries, heat and strain. Measure half as much currant juice as there ls of raspberry; mix, and for every teacuqiful heat in oven 9. teacupful of granulated sugar, stir- ring often. Boil the juice twenty minutes, skimming as necessary; Add the sugar piping hot; stir with a silver tablespoon as it dissolves. When It boils up once, remove from the fire, place a tablespoon in each jelly glass or set in several thicknesses of wet cloth, and fill to the brim, ais jelly shrinks considerably in cooling. JamLâ€"Stem the currents, crush and add a teacupful and a half of sugar to each pound, let simmer until soft, then set aside until the next day,o&r for twelve hours. Crush black, rasp- berries. heat, addlug a very little wa- ter, rub through a sieve to remove the seeds. Use one-third raspberry juice and two-thirds cal-rants, with twoâ€"thirds teaoupfful of sugar to ev- ery teacuplful of the mixed fruit. Boil slowly half an hour, or until when Currant Juice and Raspberries.â€"- Make a. rich syrup by dissolving six pounds of granulated sugar in a pint of currant juice; when it boils briskly add' five pounds of red or black raspberries, cook ten minutes and can. a litéle dropped on a plate will not spread, and looks shiny. Layer Puddingâ€"Bake five layers of baking powder biscuit dough rolled is thin Kas piecrust; butter as usual, spread bottom layer w-iith red cur- rents and cover with powdered sugar; the next layer with blank raspberries, the next with red raspberries, and the last with white currents. Over the top layer spread whim of egg, beaten to a froth with granulated su- gar, and arrange the fruit used in the pudding in circles. To be served with a rich. sweetened cream sauce. 'Shrub,â€"Mix a quart of Currants with a. quart oi red raspberries, pour over a. quart of good cider vinegar and let stand twenty-four hours; squeeze gently, and pour the liquor over a like quantity of fresh fruit, and set aside for twentyâ€"four hours. T10 each pint add a pound of granu- lated sugar, boil for one hour, then put in wide-necked bottles and seal. TWIO or three tnblespoonfuls in a. glass of water is a cooling, refreshing drink for the sick room. Svoy.â€"It is a mistake to use inferâ€" ior fruit for soys or catspr; that which is a little overripe may be used but it should be good. Crush two quarts of red or black raspberries, add three teacupfuls of vinegar, two heap- ing teacupfuls of brown sugar, one teaspoonful each of ground mace, all- ap'ioe, cinnamon, cloves and pepper; boil an hour, the-n bottle and seal. Spiced Currants and Raspberries.â€" ’pr and oneâ€"half poundm each of our- rants and black raspberries, two pbunds of sugar, one Leacupful of vinegar, three taaspnoonfuls each of ground cinnamon and cloves; cook sqlowly 1m hour, or until sufficiently raduced to pour readin from a. botLle, remembering that it thickens as it cools. . Raspberry-and-Currantade. â€" Heat over the fire aquart of curl-ants and a quart of red or black raspberries, crush and strain. Bring two teacupâ€" fuls of granulated sugar and two lea.- Ribbon Shortcakeâ€"Bake a cream ahm‘tcake in four rather thin layers. Butter, 3 layer. cover with sweetened crushed black raspberries; butter an- other layer to cover, and spread Wilh crushed currents, sweetened no taste -â€"a layer of cake, one of berries. The fourth cake spread with a thin frost- ing, whole currents and raspberries dropped on, and sifted over with pow- dered sugar before the frosting sets. cupfuls of hot water to boiling point. \Vhen cold add the fruit juice and sufficient ice-water to make apleas- ant drink. Serve with bits of ice ln Mch goblet. Catsup.â€"-A quart and a half of our- nant juice, the same quantity of rasp- berry juice, one pound of sugar half e teaspoontul of ground cloves, half a. tablespoonful each of cinnamon. all- spdce and salt. Boil down one half, add a teacupful of vinegar, let boll up once, then hermetically seal in bottles or pint cans. If at any time white specks appear in catsup, take it up at once, an it is spoiling. Blaneâ€"Mangaâ€"Add a quart of wu- The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has [just celebrated her 86th birthday, and lis in excellent health and spirits. She iis forty years older than her husband, ‘who, it will be recalled, though born lin New Bedford, of American parents, ‘has been, since his alliance with the wealthiest woman in Great Britain an Englishman. He might have been an Italian or a Russian, but then he wouldn‘t have $200,000 a year for poc- ket money. The baroness has already given over $5,000,000 in charity, and has built more churches than any 0,4 her of the queen‘s subjects. Mr. Carnegie‘s fad is library giving. Mr. Rockefeller's is college endowment, while thr |Baroness Burdettâ€"Coutt’s is churches for the heathen world. tar to a. quart of half-and-half crush- ed currants and red raspberries; cook until soft; than strain out the seeds, sweeten to taste, return to the fire and thicken with five tablespoonfuls cornstarch dissolved in a little cold water. Pour into cups and eat with whipped cream. A delicious cherry cake is made by putting stale bread into a pint and a half of boiling milk; caved and let stand half an hour. Beat into the bread and milk, one by one, the yolks of six eggs, a scant teacupful of su- gar. To this add the frothed whites of the eggs and three pounds of ston- ed cherries. Put the mixture into a shallow, wellâ€"buttered baking tin, bake an hour and a half, turn out while! hot and sprinkle plentifully with pow- dered sugar and a little cinnamon powder. [Puddingâ€"Sift two teaspoonfuls of baking powder with two teacupfuls of flour; rub through the flour atableâ€" spoonful of butter, and with milk, about a teacupful, makes. batter. Drop a tableapoonful of the batter into but- tered teacups; then a tablespoonful of cherries, and cover with batter. Steam or bake, and serve with sweet- ened cream. Five Minute Puddingâ€"Heat to boil- ing a quart of stoned cherries and a teacupful of sugar. Wet four ta- blespoonfuls of cornstarch with cold water, add to the cherries, stir even- ly through and cook five minutes. Serve in saucers with a. tablespoon- ful of sweet jelly on the top. Pieâ€"Fill a fairly rich crust not quite full with pitted cherries, svprin- kle evénly over them a heaping tea- sp-oonful of cornstarch, a tablespoon- ful= if they are very juicy, a teacupful of sugar, and dot with bits of but- ter. C‘O'Ver, Wet the edges of upper and under crust, press wcll togeth- eir, and gash the top. To prevent the juice escaping, place around the edge Cherry Tapiocaâ€"Wash quickly a teracupful of tapioca, cover with cold water and let stand over night. Add a. pint of boiling water and simmer until the tapioca looks clear. Sweetâ€" evn to taste, add a pint of stoned cher- ries, and when cold serve with a spoon- in] of whipped cream in each dish. is. narrow band of cloth, one side of which has been smeared with flour wet to a. paste with water. narrow linen cuffs. Material re- quired. linen. 36 inches wide. 21-2 yards. ' Shirt-waist of white linen trimmed with clusters of tucks and bands of insertion. Shirt-waist sleeves with People buried in an avalanche hear distinctly every word uttered by those who are seeking them. while the pur- {ed ones‘ most strenuous shouts fail to penetrate even :1 few feet of snow. BARONESS BURDETTE-COUTTS. WHEN CHERRIES ARE RIPE HEARING UNDER SNOW BRITAIN'S GREATEST GAME] All countries have their " showâ€"off" department of the public service. By that is meant a system by which for- eign rules are impressed with the military and naval strength of the country they are visiting. This infer the purpose of letting the royal. guest know that the country he is temporâ€" arily inspecting is ready for any trouble. 0!? all "show-off," depart- ments perhaps England can boastof the most effective. That country has so many potentates hanging around her foreign possessions that it be- comes a matter of necessity to occa- edonxally impress her neighbor who may have warlike intentions that she [Is able to hold. her own against all comers. RULERS AND POTENTATES WHO ARE “ UNEASY " POLITELY SCARED. Tlhfis is usually done by a polite in- vitation for the uneasy potentate to visit England, and make a friendly so- cial call. There's the Shah of Persia, for instance. His country, as is well known, abuts on the English Indian Empire. He cou‘l'd give John ‘Bull .a lot OLE trouble if so disposed. Some years ago, when he began to be some- Wlmt belligerent, it was determined by the English Government that the best way to pacify him, was to send him an invitation to come and, make a visit, and do a little "showing off." Having no clear conception of Eng- Land’s War power, on land and sea. the British Minister at the Court of Pe-rsria‘s ruler, gently hinted that England was a very nice place in which to spend a few 'weeks. and that this Queen would be very glad to en- tertain him as n guest. This little ruse oaprtivated the Shah, and he went to London in great state. some [I The first ceremonies of greeting be- ing over, and a few banquets held in his honor, the Shah was given‘ over to the care and attention of a very elev- er diplomat, reinforced by a couple of Dukes or so, and he was taken, with a gtrand flourish of trumpets, to A1- dershot. There he was shown agreat [mass of troopsâ€"as many as cowhd be mobilized during the time at their disposal. The Shah was greatly mov- Eldl at this magnificent show of mili- tary strength, as he said! to the dip- lomat that he had no idea there were so many people in all England. He was told that these troops were mere- ly a handful kept at this station as a mere matter of fiorm; that the real- alrmy was scattered all over the Bri- tish possessions; these were merely a sample. This made the Shah very thankful. The next day another of- ficer of the "show-off" department took him in tow, and packed him off to Portsmouth in great shape. since The workings of the 'impression- ist " service are complicated and effi- cient. A‘s loan as it is known that any foreign monarch intends visiting England, or is asked for the purpose his peculiarities are studied at once, and not only he, but all at his suite, are tnkgn in hand and politely. scared. Young and old men, e410]: having their parts to act, get everything ready to imoress xheir guest. The ar- senals are overhauled, garrisons "re- stocked," men on leave recalled. and A few days Inter the Shah went back to his owp dominions as peaceful as a little lamb, and has not been uneasy SERVICE COM PLICATED, BUT EF- FlClENT. Slum-0H" Department Very (‘oanll' called. nut Efl'ccxlvoâ€"Shnh of l'ernlll a “cum or the “lmpresslonlsl "â€"Oom l'aul Kruger 5 eplll‘nl. THE SHAH 0F PERSIA. 'A NAVAL REVIEW It'hle womd goes out that everybody mlust, so to speak, look fierce 'and do their best. The consequence is that the foreigner, though treated with charming [politeness and royally teamed and amused, sees to right and left of him the teeth of the enemy. If he is intelligent enough to underâ€" stand them, the latest inventions and explosives are set to work for him. H be is a savage, such as the Zulu monarch, the main thing is noise and bustle and Maxim guns. LI HUNG CHANG TROUBLESOME. Burt a shrewd Oriental like Li Hung Chang, the Chinese Minister, gives a lot of trouble. ‘Tlm "impression- ists" exercise a-ll their wits, and the oleverest talkers and smartest affiâ€" oers are sent to. show him! round. Li Hung Chang once said. to one of these "showâ€"01ft" people: "Suppose :1 continental army made a dash» at you from’ the French coast and dodged your fleet ’l" "Ah," that reminds me," said the officer. "I was going to abow you that to-mon‘ow, In the meantime. just see how this battery of Maxims works." He gave some illustration, in full practice, showing the impossibility of advancing up a smooth grass uhope, in the face of a Maxim fire. Meanwhile, wires were sent off in all] directions, and next day til/8 famâ€" ous Chinaman was whirled off to the shores of the Channel, and. asplendid dismay of torpedo boats and destroy- ers performed before him, blowing bulk»; and targets sky-high; and the impressed Chang saw where his error haw when he learned how many of these death-dealers England posses- ses. The smooth Downs behind him were a good illustration of ground for trench date/use. Li Hung Chang has been careful to avoid quarrels with Britain ever since, and advised his country to the same effect. They Are :1 Combination of Blrd. Reptlle and "animal. There are many quadru-ped which lay e gs. This is commonly the case with the cold-blooded quadrupedfl, such as the frog, the crocodile. the lizzard and the turtle. None of the warm-blood- ed varietiee. can be strictly said to lay eggs, but among the lowest forms of this group, there are some which proâ€" duce eggs, and batch them inside their bodies. The most remarkable of these creatures is the duckâ€"mole, a native of Australia, a curious com- bination of bird, reptile and mam- mal. Lt has the bill of a. duck, and the parts of the body which are con- cerned with reproduction, are strik- ingLy birdâ€"like. It is, however, classed with warmâ€"blooded quudrupeds, since its young are born alive, the body is covered with hair, and it has the habits and general structure of a. four-footed alumal. This Platypus an it is also called, frequents water holes in the less settled parts of Ausâ€" tralia, where it feeds upon insects, and forms its home in burrows under the banks. The young, hatched from its eggs before birth, are born blind and bare of either fur or feather, whilst,â€"-unlike anything similarly brought Iotthâ€"they are stickied by the mother. \Vheu specimens were first brought to England they were looked upon as frauds, made up from dilferent skins to puzzle the public. 00M PAUL KRUGER. The most difficult and pig-headed man to deal with was Kruger, when he visited England a few years ago. The fleet he saw, but dnidulot trouble about, as he knew it was powerless to touch him. The " impressionists" worked hard, but somehow nothing (:0qu efface from the old man’s mind the reverses of Majuba Hill, and the surrender that followed. Still, he was Largely impressed, and would not have entered on the South African War but for the hope of help from outside. His weakness was not; bel‘iev- ing what he was told. “I might mention,” said the head "show-off" to Kruger, when they were reviewing some so‘Jdiers, " thlat we have a little matter of some scores at thousands of discharged soldiers who would be ready within a few days for anything that might turn up,â€" the Reservists. The old Boer shook his head solemnly,and that made the point bdank assertion that he did not believe it. This was not only rude, but wrong, as he has since learned to his cost by the recent reverses his army he's suffered, ending in the oc- dwpation of their hast ditch, the saidâ€" to-be wonderful stronghold of the city of Pretoria, by GenenaL Roberts, It cost Paul his country, and likely his personal freedom. by not being sufficiently impressed by Eng-Land’s “ impressionist service." Every German OpOd-in'vt in its r REMARKABLE CREATURES. FOOT regiment has a. chir- 311.19. DOCTORS Colonel O‘Grady-Hnly was born in ‘1841, and joined Uhe army at the ear- Hy age of seventeen years. He was on active service in Egypt in 1882, land for six years commanded in Ea- . zara field force~ In this campaign he won the Distinguished Service Order. In 1891 he became Amistnnt Adjutant mt Belfast, where he remained for six years. Col. Haly is not expected to arrive in Canada until] July 1. Accord- lngly the inspection of the Ontario camps this summer will devolve upon Col. Aylmer, the Adjutantâ€"General. The lattenr will proceed to London, Ont., and attest watcih-ing operations at the camp the-re will return east to Niagara. From there he willl go to Kingston camp. Col. Huly will be due hveme about that time, and God. A.yl- m-e-v will go down to Quebec to meet him. Col. Blrhard O'Grndy llnly will. It ll Sula, Take Dlujnr-Gonrrul llullon’l Place In Canada. It is understood that Col. Richard O‘G-rady-Haly, D.S.O., will be the new Generad of the Canadian militia. Col. Hutton‘s successor is in the primeov! life, being only 59 years of age. He is a Companion of the Bath, and a member 0! the Distinguished Service Order, no that he comes to (Mnnda with all the prestige that conspicu- 01115 gallantry in the field! confers. .He is a son of the late General William 0‘Grady~11nly, who was in command of the British forces at Halifax in 1877 and who while acting‘ as Admin- istrator during Lord Dulfferin’s ab- senoe at Washington deified the ad- vice of the Mi‘niaLers and thus render- ed it necessary for them to require Lord Dufferin‘s immediate return. Snld to be Worth l-‘Illy Tlmllmlul Dollnrl on This Blrd. Tho Ax WI": Whlch Charles I. Wfl Beheaded. The vexed question, so much in evlr dance in the papers recently, "Wherd is the present location of the ax with which King Charles I. was beheaded ‘3" has finally been answered. The fam- ous relic now reposes in the Museo Borbonic. at Naples. Italy. One who has rummaged much among the archives of the British Museum furnâ€" ishes these particulars regarding it; The executioner of Charles. Giles Dek- ker. survived the monarch 36 years, dying in 168:3. llis claim to the ax. which he appears to have regarded as his perquisite. was. after considerable discussion, granted by Parliament. and it remained his until his death. He always refused to make an exhi- bition of the instrument. but his son. however. tit-Void of such scruples. plaoâ€" ed it on show at his tavern in Lam- belh. and this coming to the new King's ears. a. raid was made. the as: was confiscated and James ll. be- came its custodian. When compell- ed to fly from the kingdom in 1688 he took it with him to France. and at St. Germain it remained until his death. in 1701. Louis XIV. became its next ptnsvssol‘. and later on the Re- gent Duke of Orleans. who parted with it for u “consideration” to Fer~ dinand. King of Naples. Treasured by that family for upward of 60 years. it was finally deposited in the Naples Museum. The tail feathers of the feriwah. a rare member of the family of Para- diseidae, or birds of Paradise. are the most expensive known. Indeed, its price may be called prohibitive. for the only tuft existing in Englandâ€" probably in any civilized land â€"was procured with such difficulty that it is considered to be worth $50,000. It now adorns the apex of the coronet worn on state occasions by the Prince of Wales. The feriwah. like most birds of its family, is shy and diffi- cult to track, haunting the most re- mote regions of the East Indian is1 lands. As these hills and forests are also the home of tigers and other fierce animals. its pursuit is attend- ed with great danger. It is said the aforementioned tuft was secured by the cost of 12 lives. 'Its full beauty and luster are lost unless it is pulled from the living bird. which must. therefore. at first be only wounded or trapped. Very valuable also are those of the drepanus and moho of the Hawaiian Islands. The brilliant- ly-colored feathers of these birds were formerly exacted as a tax from the people, and employed by them to orna- memt their state robes. Only one 0‘ (these cloaks is now in existence in Honolulu, and it is kept with the greatest care for the use of the sov- ereign on state occasions. Such would be the demand for this should it be for sale that it may safely be said to be worth more than $5,000,000. single feathers having been sold for fabulous sums. THE NEW MAJOR-GENERAL. EXPENSIVE FEATHERS FOUND AT LAST.