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VOLUME 1.
QUICK DEATH IN THE DYNAMO.
TIIK li AN<iM AN AN 1> I. IS
< J A liLOWS KI;LKS <>T A I
s, - HAKHAHOI'S PAST.
Tlit? Deadly Hlectric (hair of j
a Hulfnlo Physician, Who
lias Itcch Searching lor
a More Humane I inI>I?*t;
1 >?t for f he InIHrtion
of ('apilal
Punishment.
IU'fkai.o, N. Y., .January 1 ! )r.
A. 1\ Southwick. of this city, who is
a member of the commission to ascertain
the most humane and practical
method known to modern science for
ram ili?r the death sentence into "effect
in capital cases, is an enthusiastic
investigator, and since the coinmission
was created hy the last Legislature
he has spent considerable
time in mukino researches. Circulars
have boon sent bv the commissioners
to many doctors, scientists,
judges, lawyers and public men,
with a view to learning their
opinions on the subject. Anions the
questions asked is the following:
The follov/ing substitutes for
hanging have been suggested to the
commission. What are your views
to (VH'ii 1 iMiwlrwil f I it*i i ctti i
acid or other [miaou; d, tlio guillotine;
I. the tra rote.
ul wish you would send one of the
circulars to the A7<y/'," said I )r. South
wick to the correspondent this afternoon,
"for I want the views of the
newspaper men as well as those of
other people.1'
' Do you helieve in capital punishment,
doctor?" was asked.
"I helieve the death penalty is
necessary," ho replied, ufor there is ;;
class of people,a low order of heiims,
to whom it is positively necessary.
1 refer to people who come from a
line of murderers, that is, men who
have descended directly from families
of criminal oroelivities. The man
I
who walks around ready to commit a
wilful, premeditated murder should
die. J le belongs to a race that we
want to wipe from tho face' of the
earth. The laws are liberal enouodi,
with the various decrees of homicide
and manslaughter, to protect individuals
who do it in the, heat of passion
or under intense provocation."
"And about women?"
"If the law is chant/cd from lianoino
to death bv (dectricitv then it
should and would be made to include
women as well as men. Any discrimination
between the sexes would
make the laws unconstitutional."
"Have you studied Mrs. Druse's
ease?"
"I have not paid much attention
to it except to know that Governor
Hill has granted her a reprieve. I
presume that his idea may have been
to oive the I.eidslature enhance to
abolish lianoin^. \t the time Gov*
. ernor Hill may have thought that our,
?oiiimission would recommend some
eiihstitute for hanoin<r which would
not excite sentamentalists so iniich as
this /larharoiis rtdie of oust aires."
"Would there ho liny objection to
executing women with electricity ?"
V "No, sir; there would not. I think
there would be the name prejudice
a that there is now, because hanging is
~ a poor way of inflicting the death
penalty."
"How would you use electricity?"
".lust see here," said Dr. Southwick,
jumping up and seating himself
in an armchair. "The condemned
man can sit naturally in a chair
like this, place iiis hands on the metal
arms and converse with those
around him. The metal plates would
|y? e< innnel #"wl w iti I i? tmworfn I (lvi.n. I
mo and at the proper moment hoiiioin
at other room would press a
button, close the currant and the
fatal shock would pass through the
body of the subject. The cliargo
would go straight through the heart
? and lungs and penetrate the system
. death instantly resulting. The exC
j T\ pense of the apparatus with which
\ to execute by electricity in this city
would be about #150. Connections
fy could be made with the electric light
/ station, and tli<*. expense of an oxe
t* 4'Jition thereafter would hoof little |
? consequence. It would not cost any
1% more than a cigar to kill a condemnafc
od man after that. It would not be
** necessary to maintain extensive and
* powerful machinery in all the prisons,
and it would be vastly cheaper
than hanging."
"Von believe, then, in electricity?"
"Electricity iathe coming power.
Heath is instantaneous and the body
is r.ot defaced. There is not the
morbidness of a hanging, which is a
V& relic of barbarism, .fust see a recent
, execution hero -IIonian's I think it
% wiik when the hanged man breathed
o.'iv'n minutes ofter the drop fell.
SunLit is instantaneous death, then
sqjp'/uld rather have a lingering
i i
* yoti considered i>oison as a
rv, ?>
. *, *t .?* >
a I]
"BE TZBXJ'i:
means of executing criminals?"
' I'russic aciil lias been suggested,1
l>ut neither that nor garroting has
met with any favor. A few have advocated
the guillotine, lint 1 think it
is a barbarous mode of causing death
Hardly any one favors hanging in
preference to electricity, the very
system being barbarous, as is the
method and paraphernalia used.
tvl)o you expect that your plan
will be adopted?"
ul stneeroly hope it will. If it is
adopted by the coining Legislature
other States will undoubtedly adopt
it, and I think within two years that
it will be all over the world. It
would certainly lie better than obliterating
the death penalty, ami in the
case of a woman there would be
much less objection to its operation
than there is to hanging."
I )r. Southwick added that in Kuc-1
land the same question had arisen,
but no satisfactory substitute for
hanging had been suggested. ()ne
^ . nn
of the commissioners suggested that
o o
various means he adopted and the!
condemned culprit be given his
choice of deaths.
Slate Senator Daniel II. McMillan
has written a letter to the commission,
in which lie says: "The principal
objection to the present method
is that it is primitive in its origin
and barbarous in its effects. It lacks
everv (Moment <>F exactness and precision.
It is absolutely impossible J
to arrange a formula as to the size of
the rope, the length of the drop or
the heft of the we ie-ht and the dis- ;
tanee of its fall, as these several elements
must not only depend upon
the size and weieht, but tie; mmerul
build and make up of the convict.
The want of exactness in these several
elements sometimes leads to the
mutilation of the body bv severing
the head: to unnecessary and severe
suffering by the reason of the breaking
of the rope, and also death by
suffocation where there has been an
improper adjustment. All these
thinos combined to make hanirinoby
the neck most brutal.
"I am heartily in favor of the application
of electricity for the purposes
in uuestion, for the reason that
it is simple, sure and painless. 1
think that if the places of execution
were limited to two in this State, sav
one at Auburn and one at Sine- Sine,
the two State prisons, and that all
convicts, as soon as condemned to:
suffer tho death penalty, should he i
confined in one of those two prisons I
(depending somewhat upon the Jo- ,
eality of the trial), it would he a,
vast improvement upon the present
method of having the criminal eonfined
in the county jail till the day
of execution. * * * This, I think,
would he sufficient to maintain all the I
terrors of the present method. It is ,
two often the case that where the
condemned is imprisoned in the;
county jail in the vicinity ?f his fam- j
ilv or friends he is huoyed up with '
tic hope that the 'saw or file' may I
aid iu his escape, or that something
will he done by his friends, who aro
continually about him, thus keeping I
up his spirits to the last moment, in |
the expectation that in the end lie
will not he executed. This will in :
great measure he removed the moment
the ^condemned is taken from his!
home surroundings and placed in one
of the great State prisons at the
places indicated. It is tin* certainty
( if 1 if I 111 I t i?i??11 iiini'ii t liuti u tL' f t i \ r
terrible punishment, that will prevent
crime.
Regarding the mnehinery to l?e
used, Senator McMillan says: ' These
executions could take place in the
jail proper, in at room set apart for
that purpose, with no appliances save
that of at chair, with the hand-rest
of each arm properly connected with
an electric machine, in which the
condemned might he seated and the !
connection made lay strapping a hand
to the hand-rest on each chair. There
cam he no difficulty whatever in procurring
at currant of electricity of suffistiottf
btrorwrf It ruirtili"/n flif* vniK.
n*" i yv
cles of tho heart by this method, hi- j
deed, the current that is used in this
city for electric lighting purposes is
of sufficient strength to absolutely
dismember the body of any human
being, bait a current of electricity of
sufficient strength to cause instain- ;
tnneous death by passing from hand
to hand through the heart, will not
mark the body in the least.1'?JWw
York Star.
Practical, Sure KiioiirIi.
Toi.kdo, O., Jaunarv 0. -About a
year ago a romantic story was pblishcd
of an Irish emigrant girl, named Annie
()' Connor, who was working at a
hotel here, receiving a letter from
England, stating she was an heiress
to vast estates. The story turned out
afterward ?o have been a practical
joke on the girl, but she was deluged
with letters of marriage from all over
country. Among the letters was one
from James O'Koefo. a wealthy resident
of Pittsburg, which resulted in
a-correspondence, and about ten days
ago in a meeting. To-day infonntion
is received from Pittsburg that the
oounle were married there yesterday.
-
3 TO TOUK WOKI
CONWAY, s.
shoutsivi;t< m:sof puomIN
10NT FUOIII liiTIOX
Tin* W orkers in llu' 'IVtuponim't
('ausc Who llla/.o (lie Way
I'orl lioir Followers,
The growth of the Prohibition par
tv lias been so rapiil (lurinj; the lasi
ton years that instead of beiny,
formerly, the insiynificant yhost of ;
theory, it now claims public interest
as a factor in State and National pol
itics. The St. John vote of I oil
128, anil the more recent "dry" victories
throughout the country yivi
a decided interest to the party and it
leaders.
Amony the more prominent <>l
these is t.xen. ('linton II. h'isk, of New
York, who is prophesied by his
friends *o be the next Presidential
candidate of the party. He is in ,h<
prime of his maturity, beiny fifty.
! seven years of aye. I lis army record
was a brilliant one, and he lias lone
been a devoted advocate of education
and temperance, lie is the fonndei
of Fisk 1 Diversity, of Nashville.
John P. St. lolin, ex-t inventor o|
Kansas, and the last Presidential
candidate of the Prohibition jiarty,
was a 11 nosier by birth. lie was
born at Hroekville, franklin county,
Ind., February 2<?, I Sd'k \!l the
schooliny he received was in a country
loy school-house. In IslVJ he
moved to Olatlie, Kas., and soon had
aciptired a lucrative practice throuyh
out the State. In l^oi lie was electei|
to the State Senate,.ami in 18)8
became (ioverner. lie was 1 < fea t?'?1
for re-election and a few years afterward
left the licpuhlicau j?art\ and
became one of the most prominent
workers in the Prohibit ion party. The
prohibitory law of Kansas was passed
largely through his elTorts. in I I
he became the nominee of the party
for president, with William II. Danit?
I, of Maryland as his running--mate.
(ten. Neal I low, of .Maine, is i.erhaps
the best known of all the prohibition
advocates. lie is a man of
great individuality, and. although the
son of a (Quaker, is full of light. lie
i- justly regarded the Nestor of prohibition
legislation, and is the father
and framer of the Maine prohibitory
law. Away back in the ' I'ls he was
writing and making speeches for the
prohibition cause, and at each recurring
session of the Legislature he appeared
with petitions for prohibitory
legislation, and used his best efforts
toward securing it. Mis uAet for the
Snppre sion of Drinking Houses and
Tippling Shops'' was passed by the
Maine Legislature in I So 1, and sign
...i i,.. . I... i ' i ? r . i .
?-w ??> uir muhtiiim, ?i iiiir m (r w 11
year. Although ncarl\ c i?.? 111\- years
old he is still a \ iporous innii, and
was his party's candidate for the
I 'residency in I SSO.
The Kov. Dr. A. .1. Jut. ins, Corresponding
Secretary of the National
Committee, is a resident of and wellknown
character in Chicago. He
was horn in Washington county,
New Vork, in 182th Ilo was a fanner's
bov and attended school only in
winter. Ho joined the Troy Methodist
Conference in 1851 and continued
preaching in New Vork State
until 18d7, when he moved to Illinois.
Afterward ho prearhed several
years in this State, where he is well
known, hut returned to ('hicatro,
which ho has ever since made his
home.
James Black, of I'ennsylvania, enjoys
the honor of heim* the first candidate
of the I'rohihition party for
President of the United States. lie
was nominated in 1872 at ('olumhus,
< >., and had J. 15. Kussell, of Michigan,
as an associate on the ticket. So
quickly after that campaign did lie
drop from public notice that it is
doubtful if one in fifty con hi now remember
that ho was ever a Presidential
candidate. Thouoh never having
the ?rreat ability and reputation of
Jeremiah Black, Pennsylvania's renowned
jurist, James Black has
i i...i i.;. Q
" ' rv*' ' * "
of no mean attainments. Ho wa.1
horn on a farm at l.ewislnir?r, September
28, 1828.
Miss Francis 10. Willard enjoys
the distinction of heinir not only the
most noted female temperance work^
? I ... A A I... t A I. . - - - - I .
ur, IHIl lllf DfMt KNOWN WOII)JIM [Milllie,
speaker this country produced,
Her ideas are strong and advanced,
her command of language and nicety
of phraseology striking, her h?gi<
convincing, and her manner as ii
speaker and her elorpienco such as t<
forcibly impress an audience. Sh<
has been identified since its organization
with the Woman's Christiai
Temperance Union, and is its chiel
olheer. She is a member of the K.v
ecutive Committee f?f the Nationa
Prohibidon Committee, and her conn
sel has much to do in shaping its ac
i tion. In lu r speaking, lecturing am
i work of organizing unions she has
visited every P'tate and Territory ii
the Union.
George ' f ..vutuey, ii
one of the . , i . 4-i nt teinperanci
orators now in ilct country. Main
believe him the equal of John 1^
Gough. He is a strong advocate o
prohibition, but him not yet beronn
widely known politically, for his ap
pea ranee on the stump for the Prohi
I ration party has been limited. Vfi
mi)
> ^1^33 TOTJE "WCIF
C., THURSDAY, JAN1
Bain was horn in L< xini^ton, Kv.,
September V!l. 1810. In voutli li?*
was a carpenter. lit* coiiios of Methodist
antecedents, and lias Keen prom'
inent in 11i3it cliurcli, boino for years
Superintendent of Sunday-school and
steward. lie ji^itied the (Jood Templars
in 1808, and shortly afterward
made his first public speech at WinI
chestcr, taking the place of .1. .1.
< Hickman, the Ciraml Worthy Chief
i 'Teuiphir of the Suite, who was proyen.ed
from Ii 11 i11j_r the appoiiitmont.
11 is speech was so able that it jraye
him popularity at once, and he has
been iii demand as a temperance or.
ator ovor since. 1 In has hold tho
i hi^r)a>st ollices in tho (rood Templar
order in Kentucky and delivered
' thousands of addresses and organized
hundreds of lodges in various parts of
the eountry.
Dr. A. It. Leonard, tho recent Pro.
hihition candidate for (Jovornor of
< )hio, is a ineinher of the ('incinnati
| Methodist ( 'onferenee. and lives at
Piqua, <). lie has been a strong
temperance man for many years. As
a public speaker he has throat renown,
which fact, p tssibly, may have had
something to do in influencing (Jov.
I' oraker to decline his challenge to i
, series of joint debates in the late
. campaign in ()hio. At the time both
: were runnine* for the (iovernorship.
Dr. I .eonard was pastor of the church
to which (Jov. I' oraker belonj/s.
Mrs. Mary l.a>hrop, n<< Torrance,
is Michigan's most noted prohibition
advocate. She was born on a farm
twelve miles from .laekson, April \J~>,
I VJS, and was educated at Marshall.
She tauirht school in* Detroit from
1 SI ri to I Sbo, in which year she married
('. ('. Lathrop, Assistant Sure-con
i f the Ninth Michigan ca\alrv.
She is a public speaker of threat power,
and has been dul\ licensed to
preach in the Methodist church.
She is President of the Woman's
( hristian Temperance I nion of Mich,
ijran, and led tlie movement which se|
cured an appropriation of $d(),0t)0
1 from the Legislature for a oirls' re|
form school.
.1 udfro Fontaine 'I'. Fox has come
to the front in (he last few yours as
Olu- of the boldest, most aoarressiVO
ami uncompromisinir of the Prohibition
leaders. lie is a lawyer of dis
, tiuction, iiiul cimimnnds m lucrative
; practice, both in the State and bed!
eral ('ourts. A life-loner Democrat,
hi' lias absolved himself from allnlle<riaiico
to that j>artv, and devotes his
,, steam-power political activity to the
| advancement of the temperance cause.
At the last State election Judjre box
i received nearly -10,000 votes as the
I 'rnhibition canddate for State Treasurer
of K 'iitueky.
Waste in the Kitchen.
Waste in the kitchen is very often
trreat from apparently trivial sources.
In cookihit men's, tin; water is
thrown out without removing the
grease, or the "reuse from the dripping
pan is thrown away.
Scraps of meat are thrown away.
Cold potatoes are left to sour and
spoil.
Dry lruity are not looked after and
become wormy.
Vinegar and sauce are left standing
in it.
Apples are left to decay for want
of "sorting over.1'
The tea canister is left open.
Victuals are left exposed to be
< Lv ntion
Pones of meat and tlio carcass of
turkey arc thrown away, when they
couid ho us<'d in making good soups.
Sugar, tea, coffee and rice are
carelessly sjiilled in the handling,
i Soap is left to dissolve and waste in
the water.
Dish towels are used for dish
cloths.
Napkins are used for itish towels.
Towels are used for holders.
; I It rooms and mops are not hung
> I lilt
I
ij More coal is burned than necessary
by not arranging dampers when not
usino the fire.
\\ Lights are left burn ng when not
j used.
Tin dishes are not properly oleans.
ed and dried.
Good new brooms are used in
, scrubbing the kitchen floors.
Silver snoops are used in scraping
kettles.
i j ('ream is left to mold and spoil.
Mustard is loft to spoil in the
i cruse, etc.
i Vinegar is allowed to stand until
i the tin vessel becomes corroded and
f spoiled.
Pickles become spoiled by the
I leaking out or evaporation of the
vinegar.
Pork spoils for want of salt, and
1 beef because the brine wants scald
ing.
i llama become tainted or filled with
I vermin for want of care.
^ t ( 'liT OUI* ltwtl'li: mi/1 ic nnfon Lr ?<? n-o
? ????? "j
^ | or vermin.
/1 Tea and eoffeo pots are injnred on
1.1 the stove.
f. Woodenwnre is on scalded and left
u to warp and crack.
When things go to 1) K how (J I)
. thev become.
% v nil
? ?-?
I'IZL TOUR OCT
l/ARY 20. 1887.
two i5i:i:i-s'ii:aks. L
l"
How Inni I \ ('ooked t lie I 'lesl, mid s
(lio Sti'iiirirloH of Iter Mis- t
tress Willi llic ScciukI.
. (
10*??i 1 y could roast joints ami fowls,
boil l)ti.on ami fry liatu ami chicken s
passably woII when tin* full powers t
of her intellect wore jbven to the ,
* *
task. Kvoii John looked ora\e over j i
the lirst heelsteak she cooked for us, '
one of two iny father had sent np <
from Richmond. I
? M ordered lie uttered liirnimr i
t y""1 \ p |
over tlio leathery cinder with his I
fork. "Killed three times! first, i
hy the butcher; secondly, with the <
hot fat; thirdly, by lone cookine. A n
fried beefsteak is a culinary solecism, c
j Hut," rallying angelically, "tti1 can i
intake a eood breakfast without it, I
land you can "ive your c/iej' a hint i
how to cook the other to-morrow." j
Mv heart sank as it would not now I
if I were notified that I must prepare
a royal banquet at twenty-four hours' \
notice. Like most younjj twirls, I a
had thought raw llesh rather diseust- s
inu to siuht and touch. I <Ii<I not s
know veal from mutton in a market
basket, and supposed that a round of r
pork and one of beef were ?11 from r
the same part of different animals. j.
The weather was cold, and theii
steak had been put ill the store room I
instead of the ice-house. After j
! bronkfast I went to this apartment, ?
! shut the door, removed the napkin j
from the steak, and Ac?/v</at it. , <
It was rich red, with edo'me and I
1 splashes of clear white fat. Uncooked
meat was such an uncompromising i
entity! ('ombinations of eirjrs, sucur, i i
and milk; of oj><rS butter, su?rar and i
W . . . ^
Hour; of soaked isinglass, wine, suearjs
and lemon, ellloreseed into products
as unlike the constituent elements as i
the tulip differs from the bulb. A ?
steak would remain a steak, manipu- \
late it as I mioht. yet must be made l
palatable. I knew how it oueht to >
taste. I also knew what the calcined i
wreck on the breakfast table had not j i
j been. j I
, .MMII1 I III' I onilUCO Jl INCH heelsteaU ( \
' as a "culinary solecism." Yet, closely
following the ilireetions for broiling i
beefsteaks on page 7(> of "Miss I .es- ( I
lie's Complete ( 'ooking*' (hound in i
whole calf and a wedding ?_?'if<) was a <i
I recipe, ii7'o /'Vi/ /fcc/!v?eoA'.v." In
"licefsteaks for frying should lie I
cut thinner than for broiling." I i
lint John liked a thick steak such |
as the ddlieult study in red and white
before me. Further down I read: jl
"Steaks w hen fried should be thor
oughly done."
John's penchant for rare beef was
pronounced. I turned my undivided
attention to the foregoing recipe,1
which was a page long, and commit-, t
ted it to memory. After the manner e
! of ignorant cooks, Kmily despised a
'"book receipts." I consulted ilium v
privately, and had a I read \ learned to i c
entrench myself behind "my way" of v
doing this <?r that. i a
Our nominal breakfast hour in i
winter was 8 o'clock. At 7 A. M. I n
appeared in the kitchen, the dish of I a
raw steak in hand. Outside the dav I I
was raw and lowering. The earth ' \
looked glum, the clouds drooped a
wearily. Within, the roaring fire I
ruddier! smoky walls and rafters, ic
shoots of steady flames vailed the j i
chimney back, threw into strong re- j r
lief two corpulent pots, and a tea-1 c
kettle swung from the crano. I?m'ly t
deposited the sleeping child in the at t
my entrar.ee. | t
"I was jes' gwine to call you. You . '|
don' koer fur a soon breakfuss, 1 a
reckon? Takes bettcr'n 'n hour fur (
to cook beefsteak, you knaw." j i
"A quarter of an hour is general- I i_
ly sufficient time to boil a beefsteak, j
L<'or those who like them underdone!t
j or rare, ten or twelve minutes will be ; j
[sufficient," quoted I, I'ci'batim <t lit- \
I eratim from Miss Leslie. \\ here is ^
the gridiron?" before sheeouhl oasp %
j her surprise. i r
".Ma am!" | s
I 'ni. i :~i. r i? i i - :?
, , ...... .... j c
when the "castings" weie unpacked, |
was empty. Km'ly had never seen
it, nor, as presently appeared, any1
| other oridiron. I described it min- i
utcly. Her memory refused refresh- j c
) ment. 1
4'Ain' neber saw nothin' 't all like | j
| it, now liar I 'elar' 'for' gracious!"
Let me interpolate*. When the j ^
ash heap behind the kitchen was cart- }|
ed away in the spring, the gridiron,
rusted into usefulness, was found t
in it. L
I 4,ls flat what you was a talkin' ,
j'bout?" said the imperturbable. u'Fo' jj
do f.ord, I 'elar I thought flat was a (
I pan whar' done got split all t?? '(
pieces!"
To return. Half an hour's search i i
i revealed rubbish and dirt enough to ;
! turn the stoutest stomach, but no ,
i/ridiron. The frvinir-oan ii nunrlur
?> , J r< i " 'I ' |
ii 11 of lard hzzee at the corner of the ; j
hearth. I ordered KmMy to empty |
and wash it; then J set. it on the eonla ,
and rubhed it with a bit of suetehip- ,
i ped from the steak. An idea, born
of desperation had seized me. I
would achieve a ubroil' in the teeth
of adverse Kate. I have done the
sumCf more then once since, when a
gridiron was non tot. Unfortunately
in^ next step was to wash the steak |
in cold water and transfer it, still }
lb.
rilST'TIE^r."
Irii?i>in<r, to tin* hut pan. It hissod I
him spluttorod furiously, n clou<l of
vhito strum arising and floiitiuo u|>
ho ehimnoy. I j
"Sprinklo a litth* salt ovor tho
oals," said Miss l.oslio.
I'lio otuiorous 11a11< 1 f111 I throw on '
(
oomou to dull tho livo idow, hut <
hat was not my affair. ) r
"Tiivii friwnmnllv " I..... I
irder implicitly obeyed. I had no
'steak tones," I>iit a knife and fork ;
lid as well. I stooped to tin1 low a
evel of the noisv pan every two 11
iiinutcs l>\ the watch laid <>n th<? ta '
tie, and reversed tln> meat. It did 11
lot brown. The rich rod changed I
piiekly to a snddmi white, and leal v
aid hissing did not rostoro the florid ^
oniplexion. At tho end of fifteen , f
ninutes, I laid it on a hot dish, rub- 1
tod with raw onion, as Miss Leslie v
ndiea'ed, "sprinkled it with salt and '
topper and put on it a piece of fresh <"
tutter." i *
kdf it is liked, season tlieni with a 11
'Orv litte raw shalot, minced as lino r
is ^possible, and moistened with a v
poonful of water, and stir a lea | '
poonfill of catsup into the oravv."
I marked the odious pallor of iu\
luj' </' i itrri with more than a little h
aw onion, added the catsup to the I
oo/.ino from the steak, covered "
t to keep it warm and drew a lone' '
treat h. '
"I )one (lone a'readvKni'ly ^ I in- '
ed around from the biscuits she wis v
uttino into the oven. "Look at I'
lat, now! folks houtchar (about 11
iere) mId a' had dat 'ar' steak on '
f*/ dav, dis inornin !"
"I low savory'" said John, as lie a
meovered itat breakfast time. " There t
s nothing more, appcti/ino than beef- I
teak smothered in onions!" J v
I le cut through the "siiiotherine" I
nto the palhl victim beneath. lied v
lisli juiee ran out freely to ininele ' i
vith the catsup and juravy. The)
lioce detached by tin- oasli was jrray- ^
vliito for perhaps a sixteenth of an i u
11<-)i on ouch sidi', then of a Moody j '
oil, shudinw abrupt I \ to a purplish i
icnrt, w11i? 11 last was handy luko- ! ?
, J
\ arm! >
Tlic Tartars cook meat h\ putting t
t hetween the saddle and tlie horse's a
tack, lie fori sot ti i??r <>IT on a lone- t
l
rallop. 1 could think of nothing else I
is I on zed in morti licat ion unspeak- a
iltle, charoin too deep for tears, upon I
he half raw mess to which lire hud
mparted a ipiiver horribly like the *
talpitation of linjrorino life! <
'I his is "my way" (and Miss Los- 1
ie's of cookino a befsteak. <
M \ KI o N | | a It I.A \ I).
--?> ? ? . t
"Cheek." .
I (
No, my son, cheek is not better
han wisdom; it is not better than lion- '
st modesty; it is not better than t
nythino. Iton't listen to the siren j '
vho tells you to blow your own horn '
>r it will never be tooted upon. The '
vorlil is not to be deceived by cheek,
nil it does search for merit, and when i
L finds it merit is rewarded. < 'heek '
lever deceives the world, my son. It *
ippeari: to do so to the cheeky man.
nit he is the one who is deceived. I to I
'Oil know one cheeky man in all your M
icquaintanco who is not reviled for 1 i
lischeek the moment his back is turn- i ^
<17 Is the worldjnot continually draw-1 -
ncr distinction lictwcn chock audi
n??rit ? Almost everybody hates the
hooky man, my son. Society tires of I '
ho brassy fr laro of his face, the hollow | '
inklinir of his cymbullinu tongue. '
ho noisy assumption of his forwardness 1
I'lie triumphs of chock arc only '
pparent. 1 to bores. his way alono '
hron^h the world, and freoncnlv bo tor 1
>eople jrive way for him. But sc? thoy '
jive way, iny boy, for a man with a '
mint pot in each hand. Not because 1
hoy respect the man with the paint f
>ots, particularly, but because they '
vent to take care of their clothes. '
\yoid cheek, my son. You sell ooods
vithout it; and your customers won't , '
mi and hide in the cellar when they j'
eo you coinino Ilurlimjtnn //<nrk '
!fr" ' I j
< 'oiiioidences II* t raordinar> . 1
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"It has deon remarked as a curious
'liain of coincidenes, that within the '
ast nine months the (''united States
ius been visited by a phenomenally '
old winter, an unusual number of '
itorms, and unprecedented drought.
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i i.ji imir ami an eann<|UaKC. I IH*
lunuarv frosts reached farther South ,
linn ever before in the course of this 1
mntury. ('velone pits were needed
i!! the way from Oregon to Ohio, in
ourteen counties in Western Texas
.he drought has thus far lasted for
Mghtoon months, and is so far from
ihowing signs of subsidence that
Hundreds of families are moving Kast,
n the hoj?e of regaining a country
where it rain*, once a year'' Two
months ago 1 >akota was visited by a
hot air blast wich raised tin? mercury t
from eight \ live to one hundred and |
ninety- two, Fahrenheit, then the
I 'harlestoii earthquake." I 's
Far Im-it??r than th?? treatment of
medicines which horribly grip.) the patient
and destroy the coating of the stomach.
Dr. .1. II. McLeans Chill and Fever cure.
Hold at 50 cents a bottle,
Subscribe to Thk IIk.kai.d.
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i II10 MOW KNOiilsli <' \ I;i n iot
.
If Lord ^ftli-dmrv i* ft man who
>?*:ir. enmity in nis I 'art lie will
nrely never forgive Lord Randolph
I I ; 11 r . I <
iimhiiiii ior i iip trouble lie litis
aused. Kxnctly wliat induced tli?
esiirnatiou of the eccentric ami arisoeratie
dema?fo?fue has never lurn
atisfactonU explained, hut the chareter
of the man is such that it seems
iimeeessar\ to search for any special
oasons for any of his actions. Tho
hi I v wonder is that ho remained as
ono as ho did in a t'ahinet which
i'us not composed solely of himself.
A lien the (.'aliiiiet was originally
lined, it was almost impossible not
o oivo ('lihrehill a place, and vet it
rasas plain then, as it has been since
hat in so doino an element of disord
was introduced. So much about
'Imrchill is apropos in discussing the
ew cabinet, because it is remarkable
ather for what it lias not than for
rhat it has, and ( htuvhill is one of
he most remarkable things that it
ias not.
Salisbury's original ' 'abinet was
loinoirnneoMH, but not harnonioiis.
n reconslructino' it lie sought harlonv
at the exjiense of lioinooeneitv
le thought, that by form in a coaliion
of ('onservatives and Liberal
nionists he would secure overwhelming'
-trenoth in the IloiisO of
'ominous, and would be able to bid
leliance to the t rladstouians and
'arnellites. Men of different paries,
yet having a coniinon object
nd a common ioe, lie thought work
ooether more cordially and effieienty
than men of the same part v, one of ;.|
i i i i *
> ih.mii in i'-.isi ii'[(iinici| ins nun am
iition above al! else, ;i11?I others ??f
vhoin hud not tlu? capacity to real/.>'
the exigencies of tli<> situation.
The coalition idea, however, wa ;i
uilure, for the reason that there
mist ho two parties to it coalition,
ml tint party of tint second part,
laini'lv, tin' Libcrul-l nionists, dclincd,
;t> it partv, to ho represented
n tIk* ministry. The new Cabinet,
lterefore, reimiins a Tory* Cabinet,
.ml without special feature, except its
o Mr. (ioschen, who is not only a
iiberal, but deeideilly a man of mark
lid of lon<r experience in public ntTairs.
le was in the ltussell-( thulstone
ninistrv, twenty years ajyo, and has
inee icen varied and extensive ofli itil
service both at homo and abroad,
le is a man of ideas and purpose,
mil, as lie has joined the ministry at
Salisbury's earnest solicitation, it is
o he presumed that the latter will
>erinit him to shape the course of the
ovorniiient in certain directions, in
r.hieh lie is more particularly inter sted.
I f so, it is not impossible that
lie (lovornmcnt will j*ain as much
jv the aecossion of Mr. tioscheu as
?y the resignation of Lord Kandolpli
'hurchill.
The rosi?rnation of Lord Iddesleioli
s regarded by all except his persouil
friends as an advantage to the
Government; and of tbu now Tory
numbers of the Cabinet is sufficient
o say that they were taken up be ause
Liberal* 1'nionists could not be
n duced to accept the positions to
-vhich they hive been assigned.
Xnr.f utu/ 1 'ourit /'
I it January, I SC> |, while (confederate
rooj?s were in winter ouarters at l)al.011,
(ja,, there came a bio- snowstorm,
md tit),000 soldiers eimao-cd in a roc'
o r>
ilarly organized snow-hailing. The
ieomia ami South Carolina troops
:ook one side of a small stream and
:he Tennesseeans formed a line of
Hittlc, their drums beating. bugles
dowini/, colors llyinir ami otliccrs
nounted. Kvery soldier had a knapick
full of snowballs. Tho Georgians
formed and prepared to make tho alack
l>v crossing the braqj/h. There
were 10,000 men on each side, and
[I -, scene was ver\ imposing. As soon
is the (ieoroians crossed the branch
O
thev met a terrible fu-illade from the
! oiiiiGp.'" ' iilio, V? Tir) Wv r?y lie iIOiiiC in
the snow. Tho commander of the Tennessucaiis
was captured, hut a bold
lash was made by the l'ennesseeans
uid he was rescued. The Georgians
uid South Garolinaians, oeine unused
to snow, were at a urea disadvantage,
uid were forced hack across the branch,
As the 'l'ennesseeans crossed the
branch they wet their snowball, and
the next volley iired at the George
uid South ('arolina bo\ s was terrible
in its effect. I'assino on, the Tennesseeans
captured the quarters and
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[M I H IT' I'-MI HI HJin nil" >Y IIUIU
carrying <?1T rations, tobacco, pipes,and
everything else that did not belong
to the (loverninent. <
To make cubbaoo pudding, one cup
of white suipir, one coo, l>utter the
si/o of an emr, one cup of milk, two
cups of sifted flour ami two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Sauce one
tablespoonfuls of flour, one-fourth cup
of suoar, make into a smooth paste
with milk, and pour on hot water till
thick enoui'li and let it come toaboil,
o.
stirrino corlMantly. Flavor to taste.
There sre iminy accidents and diseases
wheh afTict Stock and cause serious in
on venienee and loss tiv the fanner and in
his work, which may be quickly remidicd
by the "*o ?f I>r. ' If. McLeans Volcanic
Oil Liniment.
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