Fruit preserves spread made from sweetened fruit (or vegetable) juice—thus differing from jam by excluding the fruit's flesh—and is set by using its naturally occurring pectin, whereas outside North America jelly more often refers to a gelatin-based dessert, though the term is also used to refer to clear jams such as blackcurrant and apple. In the United Kingdom, redcurrant jelly is a condiment often served with lamb, game meat including venison, turkey and goose in a festive or Sunday roast. It is a clear jam, set with pectin from the fruit, and is made in the same way, by adding the redcurrants
Henry W. Howgate in 1866. Howgate met Nellie Burrell of Nebraska early in his military career. She got a job working as a hostess in the Treasury Department in Washington through the influence of Senator Algernon Paddock. She remained Howgate's mistress for most of his life. In 1862, Howgate became a second lieutenant with the 22nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and, in 1863, he became a first lieutenant in the U.S. Signal Corps. In 1867, he joined the 20th Infantry before re-joining the Signal Corps where he served as property and disbursing officer before becoming responsible for planning all polar expeditions. Under his