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A JHAPTER ON CANNING. VA UABLE HINTS AND RECIPES FOR ANXIOUS HOUSEKEEPERS. 101 o is Eronomy in Canning Fruits and ' egetabJes nt Home-How to Prepare * ndts For the Cooking: Kettle—The est Jars—Recipes Useful in Canning. link a recent article on modern house- Par improvements, writes Eliza K. cer, in the Housewife, the art of Cfll ling fruits and vegetables was m ®!itionod as one of the most import- Wl in lessening the labor of the house- je, and contributing generally to the ®Amfort of the family. By the pro- .Vess of canning, the pantry shelves in tevery 'with household may always be filled vegetables and fruits, as well as fish and meats. The inquiry comes to us every spring from many anxious housekeepers: Is it more economical to can your own fruits and vegetables, tor to purchase them? After much %dgment consideration given the matter, our confirms the belief that can¬ ning can be done more economically ‘tt : home; true, an inferior article can he purchased very cheap, but such is never satisfactory; only the best brands’ are fit for family use, and they sell high, and are in no way superior to those canned at home. But, in order to do the work prop¬ erly, so the articles canned will retain their natural flavor and keep well, great care and attention to details are necessary. The most perfect and freshest fruits should be selected, and such as are at all decayed, or even overripe, should never be used, as the results will never be satisfactory. Most fruits are best put up in thin sirup, but the use of sugar is not at all necessary for their preservation. pared Large firm fruits should he thin with o silver knife, and laid in cold water until ready to cook, when, if tough, they should be boiled in clear water until tender and then dropped in the boiling sirup. Small fruit, such as strawberries, .currants, raspberries and blackber¬ ries, must be very carefully handled if (it is desired to retain their shape and (color. They should never be too ripe, janil may be sprinkled with sugar and ,set aside a few hours, then the sirup (may be drained off and heated before the fruit is put in, and brought ‘very Islowly Glass merely to the jars boiling only point. should be or stone /used for fruit, and those with self- sealing tops will be found most con¬ venient, though the tin sealed tops, which are much cheaper, will answer ('sealing. very well, if care is given the proper The cans should be thor¬ oughly heated before filliug, and by set- ding in a pan of water heating 'gradually, and then fill quickly, a fun¬ nel being used for the purpose.. While filling, a cloth wrung out of I boiling the jars water prevent may be cracking. folded around When to full to the top, the fruit may be 1 pressed down with a spoon and the Vtop screwed or sealed on at once. 1 The jars should be set where they may I be inspected the next day, and looked 'after for a week or so, when, if looking Well, they should be set in a cool, dark |Uace, until ready to observed, use. If tbe signs of p fermentation are cans • I must be opened at once, and the fruit | may be recooked and used, but never j recanned. used in canning, The best the sugar fruit should will be be v as much less ^able to ferment. Such a variety of cooking kettles is now manufactured that few house¬ keepers use brass or copper kettles; ! but if either is used, it should be well scoured to cleanse it thoroughly from j verdigris. It is never well to cook too large a quantity of fruit at onetherefoi'e, ' only sufficient to fill two or three jars bhouldbe put in at a time, j If these directions are carefully fol¬ lowed, the fruit and vegetables cannot Agd ' jannot to keep. be given As tSiat general will apply directions to dif- Vgnt varieties, the following recipes T m A c fmmd useful in canning: / Pears—Pare, cut iu halves ■■ ■■ remove the core. Throw into .sty cold water; when sufficient to put up at one time prepared, drain (and [cover weigh, put in a preserve kettle, with boiling water and simmer ( about twenty minutes. Make a sirup of one-fourth of a pound of sugar and a pint of water for every pound of pears, let boil and skim. Lift the pears carefully from the kettle, and drop one piece at a time in the boilipg sirup, let them beat, put in the can and seal. Canned Peaches—Pare three pounds of firm, ripe peaches, remove the stones and throw the peaches into cold water. Put three-fourths of a pound of sugar in a preserve let kettle, with water to make sirup, and come to a boil; put the peaches in and cook slowly until tender, take up each piece separately, put carefully in the ! 5 can; to fill, when nearly down full, with pour over sirup seal press a spoon, ..and set aside to cool. Quinces—Pare, core and quarter ripe quinces and put into cold water; .when ready to can, take from the water, drain, put in a porcelain kettle, cover ith boiling water and cook very slow- (until tender. Make a sirup of half pund of sugar and a pint of water ■quii very pound of quinces, Put the ces iff, boil five minutes, fill the cans and seal. Canned quinces are delicious, and, if not discolored |j»ges. ol „ ^hashed, The peelings look like and quartered or- cores may ffe used for jelly, as also the water iu they were first boiled. i Canned Apples, Whole—Take ripe nil apples that will cook. Pare, core jgn iU d drop into cold water. When suffi- * lent are prepared, take out carefully, reigh, put in a preserve kettle and over with boiling water, and let cook rtosi 'ery slowly on the back of the stove -e tender. Make a sirup of a pound J sugar and a pint of water, for every our pounds of fruit, flavor with lemon a- orange. Take the fruit up carefully <1i °p i f t .° the siru P- >A heat through, 1 put m cans, cover with sirup anti seal. Apples may also he cooked for pies, apple sauce, or float, sweet¬ ened, flavored and then canned. Canned Currants—Pick carefully from the stems, allowing a poiyid of sugar to two of fruit, put them in a kettle, let them heat slowly, add the sugar and mix very gently. Do not let boil, but keep very hot for twenty minutes then put in cans and seal. Canned Gooseberries—Cook green gooseberries until tender, but do not break the skins, put in cans with just enough boiling water to cover, seal. When ready to use for pies or sauce, open, stir and sweeten. Canned Cherries—Stone ripe cher- ries, put in a preserve kettle, heat un- til juicy, add one-fourth of a pound of | sugar to every pound of cherries, let. simmer gently for ten minutes, then boil for five and can. Plums—Take large blue plums, green or yellow gage, wild goose, or any other large, firm plums. Wash, wipe and prick each with a large darn¬ ing needle to break the skin. Make sirup of half a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit, drop the plums in, let come to a boil, and can boiling hot. Raspberries—Select large perfect belies, put in a stone crock and sprinkle with sugar, allowing a pound to every three pounds of fruit, let stand until the sugar dissolves, put in a kettle and heat gently; when very hot, can and seal. Blackberries—Weigh ripe, perfect berries, allow one-fourth of a pound of sugar to every pound of fruit. Put in a kettle together, let heat gradually until they come to a boil. Fill cans with the berries and seal. Dewberries and huckleberries may also be canned in the same way. Canned Pineapple—Peel and slice ripe, perfect pineapples. Make a sirup of two pounds of sugar and a pint of water for three pounds of fruit, let boil until tender, fill cans and seal. Canned Tomatoes—Take ripe, fresh tomatoes (not too ripe), scald and skin, slice, put in a porcelain-lined kettle, bring slowly to a boil, and cook gently for half an hour. Put in the cans boil¬ ing hot and seal. Thick tin cans are best for tomatoes. Canned Corn—Sugar corn is best for canning, and should be perfectly fresh. After husking, carefully cut the corn from the cob. Pack very close in cans and leave very full. Put tops on and fasten down. Cover the bottom of a large boiler with corn husks or hay, set the cans on it and pour around cold water, cover the boiler and boil two hours. Then take out the cans, seal or screw the tops on tight and set in a cold, dark place. Canned corn is difficult to keep. String Beans- String fresh, tender beans, break in pieces, cook in boil¬ ing water half an hour, pnt in cans and seal. Canned Lima Beans—Fill cans with raw, shelled beans, cover with cold water, set in a kettle of cold water and boil until tender, screw tops tight and keep in a cool place. Canned Peas—Shell fresh peas, scald, put in cans, filling as full as possible, put on tops and boil half an hour, screw tops on tight. Asparagus may be canned in the same way. Canned Corn and Tomatoes—Scald, peel and slice firm, ripe tomatoes, and put in a saucepan, with an equal quan¬ tity of corn cut from the cob, and cooked separately for twenty minutes. After mixing well let boil and put in cans, seal and set in a cool, dark place. This is an excellent mode of keeping corn. Canned Pumpkin—Stew pumpkin as for pies, put while hot iu cans and seal. Florida’s Profitable Pineapple Crop. From the reports of all those who have shipped pineapples already this season and have received returns for them, we learn that the prices re¬ ceived have been very good so far. By this we mean they have brought from sfeven to eight cents apiece for poorer quality of common pines up to ten, twelve and fifteen cents apiece for good ones of the common kind, and in some cases even more than that. This is doing very well, and if the rest of the pines shipped this season average anything like this in prices, the growers will be perfectly satisfied, for at such prices there is money in raising them. Of course the fancy pines that were shipped brought faney prices, iu most cases selling all the way from twenty-five cents to $1, and in some instances $1.50 apiece. This year is the banner year as far as the crop is concerned, and, from indica¬ tions now, it bids fair to be the ban¬ ner year for prices and profits also. There is surely good money in raising pines, and our growers are finding it out this year even if they never knew it before. The statistics of the present crop cannot be obtained in full until the close of the shipping season, but esti¬ mates promise a total of 150,000 bar¬ rels, or 300,POO standard crates.— West Palm Beach (Fla.) Tropical Sun. To Xlako Wolf Kill Wolf. A Western genius hari made a dis¬ covery which, if all that he claims for it be true, will settle the coyote and wolf question for all time. The dis¬ covery consists of a yellowish-brown liquid. The mode of extermination is to trap a wolf or coyote alive and in¬ ject three drops of the fluid beneath the skin. This operation is repeated three times in twelve hours, at the end of which time the animal, with green-eyed dilated pupils, frothing at the mouth and raving mad, is released and turned loose. It lives from thirty to forty hours, after being liberated, but, like a dog with hydrophobia, it bites everything that it comes in con- tact with, and as every other wolf thus bitten becomes inoculated, the poison spreads and death follows at a rapid rate. It is cruel, perhaps, but effec- tive,—Northwest Magazine, O sp i, At Si Wtr- If m Tfi m? f, sssa % sSrmin mlW // Wit HHp ■ mmm I II /!■ p; < $r~u W ¥ / # ;r :: f ■SR v i FiTuii 5^3 ■ s a She Shot Ton Turks. A Iittle Greek peasant girl was W0Un <i eL i nt the battle of Cai;ditza while fluting side by side with her brother, \yh en per brother was called out to the war> gke) Paying n0 where to go, accompanied him. She thinks she Bhot about ten Turks before being wouu ded herself, The Apron. The apron is again coming into fashion. It has not yet appeared in this country, but the English leaders of style have decreed that it shall be worn. One was ordered hot long ago which cost $500, made of Brussels rose point in a beautiful design of flowers, scrolls and a border of tiny roses. Another lady ordered one with a pastoral picture in which figures were introduced with a border of flowers. Still another apron was or¬ dered lately from Venice decorated with butterflies, birds :Ad blossoms. During the last century the Duchess of Queeusbury wore what is supposed to be the most costly apron ever made. It is entirety of point lace and its value was placed at $3000. An¬ other favorite idea is for travelers to buy the dress aprons of the pheasants. —Home Queen. Sh'ctty Blue Stockings. Quite a feature of the “cappings,” *a the degree ceremonials are called at the Scotch universities, says London Woman, has been the number of girl graduates who came up to be duly “capped” and congratulated by the Vice Chancellors, At the Edinburgh ceremonial the other day there was a creditable show of lady M. A.’s, most of them young and pretty. The acade- mio dress proved vastly becoming, especially in the case of one lady grad¬ uate, who wore beneath it a gown of white alpaca and long white kid gloves. The men students and visitors had a specially hearty round of cheers for the ladies as they came up, and the Vice Chancellor made the distinction be¬ tween the men graduates and the ladies by shaking hands with the latter after he had performed the ceremony of lowering the big black cap over their learned heads. Princess of Monaco. The tiniest dominion in Europe is that of Monaco. The Princess of Monaco, who was a beautiful New Or¬ leans girl, is said to be the kindest sovereign on the continent. A pretty and pathetic little tale is told of her eldest daughter, the lovely young Duchess of Richelieu. As a child she was extremely proud, and her mother, wishing to soften her haughty disposi¬ tion, used to send her every week, while in the country, to learn sewiug and knitting in the village school with the little peasant girls. This dis¬ pleased the small lady, who did not refuse to go, though she hated it, but would not open her mouth during the whole afternoon, never deigning to join in the merry laughter of the chil¬ dren. At tea time her governess was sent to bring her home, and the Prin¬ cess, the Duchess of Bichelieu, regu¬ larly meA her with the same question, “What have you said to the little girls to-day?” “Nothing at all,” was the proud answer. “I cannot find any¬ thing to say to those common things.” “Very well, neither can I find any¬ thing to say to you, mademoiselle,” and, turning on her heel, the lady would leave‘the childalone in the hall, and refuse to see her for the rest of the day. For a long time the little Duchess would not yield, and at last she was not allowed to come down¬ stairs to her mother. However, one afternoon, unable to stand it apy long¬ er, and as she wa3 coming back from the school with a swollen heart, she fell into her mother’s arms, and said, with great sobbing, “I—I—I have asked them if they liked knitting, and if they prefer to knit with blue wool or with gray?” The ice was broken, an-fl now the haughty little girl has be- soaie an amiable young lady, as chari¬ table as her mother.—New York Com¬ mercial Advertiser. The American Heiress Drain* It is estimated that American heir¬ esses pay annually to foreign titled fortune-hunters the aggregate sum of $30,000,000 to induce the titled for¬ eigners to marry them. Referring to this evil one of the United States Sen¬ ators, in a speech on the floor of the Senate the other day, compared such American heiresses to “heifers fat¬ tened for the foreign market”—that is to say, fattened with their fathers’ millions, which makes them attractive in the eye3 of their aristocratic lords. So prevalent has become the fashion of rich American women marrying foreigners that the last New York Leg¬ islature felt constrained to pass a law to protect such women aud their heirs from the disposition of their husbands to grab everything they possess. This law provides that any woman born a citizen of the United States, who shall have married or shall marry an alien, and the foreign-born children and de- scendants of any such woman shall, notwithstanding her or their residence or birth in a foreign country, be en- titled to take, hold, convey and devise real property situated within the State of New York. Under this law, if New York heiresses will leave the bulk of their property at home when they marry abroad, they will be able to. control it, and will thus be able to command good treatment from their respective spouses. When a foreign fortune-hunter gets the woman and her property into his own control the result is usually much misery for the American woman, as the numerous separations and lawsuits growing out of international marriages testify. It would be bitter if the American heiresses would marry Americans and save the $30,000,000 drain; but as there are many who prefer foreign¬ ers, it is well that our laws should offer them suA protection as is possi¬ ble from the result of their folly.—■ Minneapolis Tribune. Women Cyclists in Paris. Among women cyclists in Paris there are three distinct styles iu dress—-the French, the English, and the Ameri- can. Tke French women wear bloom- ers. Not light knickerbockers, but bloomers cut very full at the knee, growing more scant toward the waist. This gives them the look, when a girl is standing or walking, almost of a skirt. When these are perfectly made, and worn by a petite little per¬ son, they are very jaunty. But they are too 'often “home-made,” and all the figures, even of French women, are not perfect. The general average of bicycle suits worn by the “best dressed women on earth” are what we would call “frights.” A correspon¬ dent tells of a young French girl, in the Bois de Boulogne, who watched the cyclists speeding by. She would say: “Those are English; those oth¬ ers are French; these two are Ameri¬ cans.” “But how can you tell?” she was asked. “It is easy enough,” she said; “watch, and you will see for yourself. There come to long, flop¬ ping dresses. Look how red those girls are in the face, how tired they look. They are English. Look how low they have their saddles, and how far back from the pedals they sit. English women all ride a bicycle as if they were ashamed of it, and had only half got their own consent to do it. They weir their long street-dresses the regular width, and then they in¬ cumber their machines with guards enough to sink a boat in order to keep their dresses out of the wheels. If they were not as strong as animals, it would kill them, they make such hard work of it. Here come two Ameri¬ cans,” she continued; “see how straight they sit over the pedals and how high their saddles and handle¬ bars are. They ride like the wind and are so independent. Look at their short, neat skirts and tailor jackets. Look at their fresh shirt-waists and bright ties. But look at the heavy leather leggings they have on. That is the only silly thing the Americans do, I think.” Frenchwomen not only do not wear leggings, but they very commonly wear some kind of fancy colored stockings with their low shoes. A Frenchwoman can do this, however, and not be as conspicuous as'would an American, for lsjasons anatomical. The American woman buying her hose in Paris learns to look out for elastic ones, or else has the embarrassment of calling for out-sizes.—San Fran¬ cisco Argonaut. t Fashion Notes, A gray feather boa is one of the necessities of fashionable outfit just at present. Long, narrow envelopes are taking the place of the square ones for wed¬ dings and other invitations. Monograms are smaller,, aud are en¬ closed in a ring not larger than a ten- cent piece, and are frequently backed with blue or green enamel. Striking novelties in writing paper are plaided, blocked and brocaded in elaborate fashion. Pale tints are also fashionable iu blue, gray, pink and cream. A skilful needlewoman can make collars from a pattern collar with very little trouble, with one or more inter¬ linings of cotton according to the stiff¬ ness desired. Swiss embroidered muslin of the finest kind is made up into dainty summer gowns over silk linings, and pretty figured lawns are tucked from the knee to the deep hem as they were years ago. Transparent effects play a large part in summer millinery, and mull, chiffon, net and tulle are shirred into the prettiest-shaped hats, with both light¬ ness in color and weight to recommend them to favor. Lace is more in demand than ever, and the womau who has a lot of old real lace is to be envied. Yet the imitations are exquisitely fine, and the art of producing pretty effects with in¬ expensive lace is well known to the dressmakers. Ribbon belts made of two lengths of ribbon folded aud crossed on the hips so that they form points back and front are a useful acceessory of dress, since.they are boned and hooked in front, and, consequently, are al¬ ways in place. To utilize last summer’s hats one should, for a white straw, brush it well, then remove the stiffening wire and wash it with cold water and good soap. After rubbing well, dip it in clear water and dry. Last of all, sponge it with the white of egg well beaten to make the straw taut. “TRUE UNIFORMITY ” AGREED TO AFTER LENGTHY DISCUSSION. ALL LEADING MEN WERE PRESENT. Miners Will Not Be Admitted to Further Conferences Except Under Spe¬ cial Arrangements. The “true uniformity” conference of coal operators of the Pittsburg dis¬ trict concluded its work Wednesday night at 9:15 o’clock, after a two days’ session of close and persistent work. The twenty-one sections of the uni¬ formity agreement were thoroughly discussed and adopted, section by sec¬ tion. The best feeling prevailed throughout the meetiugs, the only ex- eeption being the bolting of Colonel Bend at Tuesday’s session. Just previous to adjournment, how¬ ever, Judge Owens announced that Colonel Bend had authorized him to state that any agreement the confer¬ ence adopted would receive his (Bend’s) hearty co-operation and he would sign it if 95, 50 or even 20 per cent of the operators were sincere in the sanction of it. The conference appointed a commit¬ tee of five lo secure the signatures of the operators to the agreement. It will be aided by the Ohio board of ar¬ bitration. When the requisite num¬ ber of signatures has been secured, another meeting will be held to ratify the agreement. Speeches were made expressing satisfaction over the result of the meeting and predicting the suc¬ cess of the plan. The agreement as adopted provides for cash payment of wages; 2,000 pounds to the ton, check weighmen on the tipples, miners to be credited with the full quantity of coal contained in the mine car, abolition of company stores; form semi-monthly pay days, uni¬ price for pick mining in the thin and thick vein districts, and screens not exceeding one and one-half inches. It also provides that in case of the vio¬ lation of the provisions and terms of agreement, a penalty of 10 cents per ton on the total output of coal mined by the violators will be charged, which penalty is to be paid to a commission subject to the right of further arbitra¬ tion or appeal. Said penalty, when collected, is to be distributed among the signers of the agreement, pro rata in proportion to the total amount of tonnage or output made by them dur¬ ing the year. The commission is to be chosen an¬ nually, and shall be known by the name of the uniformity commission. It shall be composed of nine members, thick and thin vein operators having proper representation. The members shall be sworn to faithfully and im¬ partially perform the duties of their office, and will be authorized and em¬ powered to enforce the judgments and awards. The operators, with a few excep¬ tions, want it distinctly understood that the passage of agreement whereby all operators are to adopt a similar system, and are to pay the same rela¬ tive price for mining, has nothing to do with the great strike. They wish the miners to disabuse their minds of any such theories. The operators have also shut out the miners’ leaders from taking any part in the conference that may take place through questions arising be¬ tween the operators and miners, by in¬ serting a clause in the agreement stat¬ ing the commission shall be composed of workmen employed by the sub¬ scribers. MURDER IX A CHURCH. Colored Deacon Kills One oC tl\e Breth¬ ren During; a Quarrel. A startling murder was committed in the pulpit of the Dexter avenue colored Baptist church, Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday. Deacon P. H. Pat¬ terson, colored, editor of a negro newspaper of the city, being the vic¬ tim. George Pritchett, another dea¬ con, is in jail charged with the crime. The church was crowded at the time of the tragedy, and a general row was narrowly averted. The killing appears to have been tbe sequel to a factional dissention in the church of about six months’ duration. MINES IN ILLINOIS RAIDED. Strikers Swoop Down Upon Them and In¬ duce Operators to Stop Work. Four hundred miners from Minonlc, Winona, Teluca, Kingsley and Streat- or made a raid on the mines at Roan¬ oke, III., Thursday morning. They arrived at 3 o’clock and camped out¬ side the town. A conference with the mine opera¬ tors was held at 6 o’clock, the latter agreeing to close the mine and keep it closed until the, end of the general strike. The visitors were orderly except that they seized a Santa Fe train and de¬ manded transportation to Minonk. This was refused. gREECE’S POPULATION GROWS. Our State Department Has Advance Fig¬ ures of Coming: Census. The United States minister to Greece has supplied the state department at Washington with some advauce figures of the Greek census taken last October. They show a total population of the country of 2,133,806, as against-a total of 2,187,208 in the year 1889. There were 1,266,816 males and 1,166,990 females. JOHN P. I.OVELL DEAD. Founder of Famous Company Suc¬ cumbs to Paralysis. The venerable John 1\ Lovell, founder of the arms company bearing hU name, a com¬ pany known all over the world, has just died at his sirtnmer home, Cottar City. Mass. lie suffered a paralytic shock from which it was hoped for a time he would re¬ cover, but a vigorous constitution was not a match for the encroachments of advanc¬ ing years. John Prince Lovell was bom in Last Braintree on July 22, 1820, and was therefore in his 78th year. He was an instance of a rolling stone gath¬ ering no moss, for he tried several trades before finally settling down to gunsmithing, at which he became one of the most expert and finished workmen in the world. He apprenticed himself to A.B. Fair¬ banks, a Boston gunsmith, who in 1840 gave II ZA 1#^ An V \ m fjji 4§§&- pi* 9 4 THE LATE JOHN V. LOVELL. Mr. Lovell a half interest in the business. Mr. Fairbanks died the following year. Mr. Lovell took another partner, but in 1844 bought out the latter. He later added sport¬ ing goods of all has descriptions to his stock,and the company steadly grown to its present mammoth proportions. Mr. Lovell success¬ fully weathered every panic, never failed and never was sued. As his sons became or age to enter business they were taken into the firm. Mr. Lovell was connected with numberless secret and charitable organizations. He was the first man to buy a ticket on the South Shore (later the Old Colony) railroad when ticket it was built, holder and had been a continuous ever since. He has long been the only survivor of the the original ticket holders. Mr. Lovell,at completion of his 00 years in business, was given a golden business jubilee anniversary of East which Weymouth was one of the notable events, where he has lived for more than half a century. Mr. Lovell leaves a widow and five sons, throe of whom are members of the company, .-■> MORE LATITUDE FOB KUCHER. I He Will Be Allowed to Name a Fart of His Force at Least. A Washington special says: Inter¬ nal Revenue Collector Rucker, of Geor¬ gia, will not go home empty banded. He will not leave until next week, and in tbe meantime the president will is- aue an order taking from the classified service all outside internal revenue deputies. At the treasury the commissioner re- fured to say whether the order would remove all the deputies in the service or not. “The deputies will know soon ell jugh,” he said. HELD PREACHERS FOR MURDER. Coroner’s Jury at Montgomery Returns Verdict in the Patterson Killing. A special from Montgomery, Ala., says: “The coroner’s jury Friday af¬ ternoon rendered a verdict to the effect that Patterson, the colored Baptist elder who was shot in a church here last Wednesday, came to his death from a pistol shot wound inflicted by George W. Pritchard, a member of another negro Baptist church here, and that Revs. A. J. Stokes, J. T. Brown, William Bracey, Mace Cole¬ man and Calvin McCou were his ac- lomplices.” BIG FA ILUR eY.V CHIC AGO. A Building and Loan Association Charged With. Shortage of *330,000. According to a bill filed in the civil court at Chicago, Wednesday, the Me¬ chanics’ and Traders’ Savings and Loan Building Association has an al¬ leged shortage of $330,000. The bill also charged that ,the offi¬ cers of the association aided the sec¬ retary to use the building society as a feeder for the latter’s business, and that there were alleged “dummy” loans aud that a number of stockhold¬ ers are in default on their payments. REASONS FOR CLOSING DOWN. Treasrarer of the Amoskeag Cotton Mill* Makes Explanations. Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge, treas¬ urer of the big Amoskeag cotton mills, of Manchester, N. H., one of the largest plants of the kind in the world, says, regarding the shutting down of the mills, which has been an¬ nounced : “We have made up our accounts far the first six mouths of the year aud find that we have made no money and have not moved our goods, so I have ordered the mills closed for the month of August, at least.” The dividends of the Amoskeag mills have been reduced during the past 12 months. ADMIRAL MILLER TRANSFERRED, He Will Assume Command of the Pacific Station. Wednesday Bear Admiral J. R. Mil¬ ler hauled down his flag from the cruiser Brooklyn, lying at Tompkins- ville, Staten Island, and will leave at once for San Francisco to assume com¬ mand of the Pacific station as soon as he can reach Hawaii. The Brooklyn will probably be at¬ tached to the North Atlantic squadron during the summer cruise aud will sail for Newport, B. I., where the fleet will rendezvous early next week. UNPROFITABLE. Lady of the House—A'our company It no good. Insurance Agent—Why do you say that.' Lady of the House—^Well, my husband ha3 been paying it, premiums for Hire* years and isn't dead vet.