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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1882. NO. 28. VOLUME XXVII. . J
The Origin of "Pumpkin Pies/'
'Twas long ago, in far-off days
The legend dimly states,
(Our muse poetic never swears
Exactly as to dates!)
But long aco, before our land
Had well begun to grow,
Or Yankee Doodle's fledgling bird
Had fairly learned to crow.
There lived?or so tho story goes?
A wise and goodly dame,
Who kept a little roadside inn
For all who went or came.
Twas said that on her well-spread board,
Was found a wondrous dish,
That was not grain, nor fruit, nor fowl,
That was not flesh nor fish.
The squire went right off in a fit,
Upon the good dame's floor:
i wo rea-coat coioneis got tne gout,
But only ate the more!!
The children cried for double shares,
Until they all got ill,
And e'en the doctor took so much
He had to take a pill!
And far and near the rumor went;
From far and near folks came
To taste this wondVous toothsome dish
The maker would not name;
Until some grim, dyspeptic sage.
His solemn cranium shook,
And swore the dame a wicked witch,
Some fiend had taught to cook!
This case was clear?the Lord's elect
Were slowly giving in:
The parson?vowed to fight the fleshHad
gained a double chin.
Two deacons then and there confessed
They felt their "sperrits turn,"
And all agreed the wretched dame
Was only fit to burn.
They dragged her to the dreadful stake,
They bound her tight and fast,
And then, and there, and not till then,
The good dame spake at last:
"Oh, gentlemen?good gentlemen?
I'm telling you no lies,
The Lord He growed that stuff I made.
And them war pumpkin pies!"
BRAVE DEED.
"Is that your dog?'
Jim looked around. A bright-looking
boy of eight years was sitting in a
carriage which stood before a six-story
dry goods store. lie was gazing admiringly
at the pretty terrier Jim held
in his arms. He moved toward him,
drawn by the quickly established chord
of sympathy between two boys on the
subject of dogs.
" Ain't he a beauty ! Well, yes, I
s'pose he's mine. He fell off the box
of a big style carriage, somethin' like
that o' yourn. one dav. I picked him
up and* run after it, but I couldn't
ketch it. I didn't steal him," added
Jim, earnestly.
" Course you didn't."
"I've done some mean things, but I
promised mother I'd never steal. lie
was lame for a while, poor little creetur,
but I nussed him very careful, anil
he's well now."
" How'll you trade ? I'd like to have
him."
But Jim hugged the dog closer to
him, as the small boy drew various
treasures from his pockets.
"There's a top '11 spin for fifteen
minutes; and look at that knife?four
blades and a nut-pick; then there's
these carnelians?look?nine; they're
worth a quarter apiece. I'll give "'era
all for him."
. Jim shook his head. "lie's all I've
got, you see, and I'm fond of him.
I've fed him when I went hungry myself."
" I'll give you some money, then.
See, you could buy?some clothes."
Jim looked down at his pitiful rags,
but stood firm.
" Take this anyhow," said the boy,
with a look of sympathy, holding out
a half-dollar. "Get something good
for you and the dog."
Jim eyed the coin wistfully. "Won't
your father care?" he asked.
"Xo, no," laughed the boy; "he isn't
here, though. Been gone away for sixmonths,
and he s coming home to-night,
and we're going to have the jolliest
Thanksgiving. Where's your home V"
"I ain't got no home. There's no
Thanksgivin' for me anywheres."
"Dear me!" the bright face lengthened
into an expression of surprise
and dismay. " But my mamma says
everybody has something to he thankful
for;" but he looked at Jim as if he
thought there might be cases in which
this was to he doubted. "I'll tellvou
what," he went on, after a pause.
"You come to our hous'j to-morrow
afternoon and I'll give you such a
dinner! Say, now, will you?"
" I don't know," said Jim, slowly. !
" I'd like to. "Where is it ?"
"No.? Avenue. You come there
and ask for Johnny Welford. Now
do; promise, won't you??and bring
your dog. Say, what's his name?"
" Well," said Jim, in a half-apologetic
tone, "his whole name's George '
Washington, but I call him George for
short. You see, I ain't got no folks,
and I talks to him, and he 'most knows ;
all I say, and it seems 'most like lie
was my brother. I had a little brother !
once, and my mother was a real good
woman, and?"
" There's my mamma," said the boy
fKn /->r> r% s*/1 11 Tiw.+ M.At.r tw..
ILL tuc taiiia^c. <iu3b auuw uci tiiat
dog."
But Jim drev back as a lady ap- !
pro;iched, and nodding to Johnny,"I'll
come," mingled in the crowd. He soon
sought a poorer street.
" Ho, ho, George my boy, what do
you think of that?" he said, showing
him the money. " What'd you like
for supper to-night? JJ'lony-sjissage
and crackers, eh? Yes, I knowed you
say that," as George, wagging his tail
vigorously, licked his master's face.
" Or what'd you say to a reg'lar
baker's roll and a bit o' hot steak ?"
George attention wsis just here riveted
on a cur of low degree passing bv, and
the short hair on his back stood up as
he answered his growl. "Xo," went
on Jim, "I thought you'd say that was
too extravagant for the likes o' we; so
we'll have the b'lony, George."
"And where shall we put up to
night, little feller, eh ? Shall we go to
the United States or to the Jefferson
Club house? Or shall we go out to
the junction, where we slep' las'
night? It's gettin' a leetle cold for
country lodgin's, but they might be
expeetin' us, and we wouldn't like to
disappoint 'em, eh, George? The
warm side o' that straw-stack wa'n't
bad, you know. "We might take our
supper out there and eat. eli ?"
George wagged his hearty approval
of the plan, and Jim took his way to
a suburban depot. Here he awaited
the making up of a freight train, and
in the gathering twilight took his
place on a platform unperceived.
Night closed down as the train wound
its slow length out of the city, and in
the course of an hour Jini alighted
amid a perfect wilderness of crosstrack.
side-tracks, coal heaps and a
wonderful quantity of freight cars.
He sought out his straw pile and the
two enjoyed a hearty meal. Then his
quick eye was attracted by the halfopen
door of a box-tar near.
" Let's see now," he said, going up
to it. " P'r'aps they've been a-keepin'
one of their style rooms for us,
George."
He lit a match and peered inside.
It contained a few articles of shabby
furniture and an old carpet rolled up
in one corner.
" Splendid!" he exclaimed. " I
knowed they'd be a-lookin' for us,
George, but 'm blamed if I thought
they'd fix up for us like this. Quit
now ; don't you be a-waggin' yourself
all over the keer and a-rappin' your
tail agin the tine furnitur'. Be genteel
now."
Jim rolled himself and his pet in the
carpet, and both were comfortably
settled for the nigbt, when voices were
heard.
" What's here?" A man looked in
and then climbed up, followed by
another.
" It's only me and my dog," said
Jim.
" Ah, room for more, 1 guess."
Jim had thought he was going to
have a fine night's rest; but lie lay
awake long, his thoughts going back
to the little boy who had liked his
dog, who had given him more money
41. 1 * 1...1 .*4- 4;..^.
mail r\ n iir n?i<( n<m <il uiu" uiuu
before, and who had promised him a
Thanksgiving dinner. He liked tlx;
idea of going very much, not only for
the good dinner, which was quite an
attraction to the poor hungry little'
tramp, but he wanted to see the nice j
little fellow again, and see where he j
lived, and perhaps talk more about;
dogs. The thought of giving him his :
dog crossed his mind for a moment, j
but was cast aside as a tiling impossi-,
ble, the very idea producing an almost
unconscious hug so fervent as to extort'
a patient howl from (Jeorge.
lie wished, though, that he could |
"slick up" a little to go to Johnny I
Welford's house. lie wondered if he :
could get a pair of second-hand shoes !
for what was left of Ids half-dollar, i
and made up his mind to search among |
ollicesweepings early in the morning]
for the cleanest paper collar he could !
find, lie had an indefinite hope that ;
some good might come to him from
this visit, l'erhaps .Johnny's lather j
might help him to something to do. |
lie did odd jobs now, ran errands,
swept steps and crossings, but it was
his great ambition to .get "somethin'
reg'lar" to do.
As he lay thinking, the men who
shared his shelter were talking, but he
paid little heed to them till he heard
the words " John Welford"?"coming :
on that train," and then he listened
with every nerve on a tension, till his
heart was filled with fright and horror j
at what he heard.
He heard the whole plan. A large
boulder lay close to the track a short
distance from the junction, and crowbars
were hidden near. The men were
to wait till the watchman had made
his last patrol out that way before the
time for the passing of the train, when
they would quickly hoist destruction
into its path.
"Hesent me up for four years, but
I'll send him up l'or longer than that,"
said the man, with a laugh and an oatli
that made Jim shudder.
When the two at last left the car he
waited till they were beyond hearing,
anil crept cautiously out. lie knew
that if they suspected his intention |
they would think no more of crushing
out his life than of trending on a worm,
hut he wits resolved on saving that .
train If he died in doing it. It was
bright starlight, but dark enough to ,
admit of his watching the men with- !
out much danger of being discovered. ,
He saw them finish their work and "
hide in the bushes near. Then, with j
trembling hands, but full of firm purpose,
he set about carrying out his ;
plan. ;
Kunning back to the straw pile, he ,
quickly made up a bundle of it, and ^
slipping oil his old shoes sped noiselessly
along the track, past the wreckers.
Just beyond the boulder the road
made rather a sharp curve, bringing a (
high bank between the two men and j
Jim's selected place of action, and this,
he hoped, would conceal from them
what he was doing, at least long enough
to insure success .
He divided his bundle of straw and
laid a heap on the track. Then he
waited and listened, with his heart j
beating too loudly for him to hear any .
other sound. He looked up at the stars j
over his head. " My mother is up there ,
somewheres, p'raps," whispered the J
little fellow; "maybe she'll ask some ,
'un to help me." .
As the headlight at last 'appeared
in the distance lie set a match to his *
heap and saw it blaze up brightly.
Lighting by it the portion still in his
hand, he ran wildly forward, waving
it to and fro. Hut the engine came ,
steadily forward; would it never, never ,,
stop? He reached a short bridge over '
a culvert, and sprang on the abutment
at its side, still brandishing his beacon, '
and, scarcely knowing it, shrieking at
the top of his voice. His hands were A
burning, the smoke blackened his face j
and took away his breath; but, yes?it |i:
surely was slowing. The engine passed ^
him; he listened, and could hear the s
brakes worked by the desperate }
strength of frightened men. Passen- j '
gers crowded out on the platform, and |
saw the little figure still waving the s
last sparks of his safety-light. And j!
then a dark form stole up to him, a i
cruel blow sent him crashing against j"
the last car, and he fell. Its wheels }
had not stopped moving. j
Men sprang down, raised him and !
carried him into the car, where he was :
laid upon a seat. *
"It's the one who stopped the train J1
?a boy. Why did he do it??what's 1
the matter?" The conductor had sent! [
men forward on the track and soon j _J
knew the terrible reason. It spread j*
through the cars like wild-lire. Women !1
cried and fainted, and strong men ! *
turned pale. Every one knew that it;1
might have been his or her lift; which j J
had gone out ere now but for the boy J
who lay there. A woman wiped the
blood and smoke from his face with 5
shaking hands and quick-dropping j1
tears. 1J
Presently a boy's clear voice cried;'
out: "Johnny Welford's father??1(
Johnny Welford's father?" |(
A tall man turned in surprise and !1
bent over him. "Did you call my '
name, my boy?" '
" He you Johnny Welford's.father?" 1
"Yes, I am John Welford."
" lie you a-goin' home to Thanks- 1
givin'?" 1
"I?hope so"?his voice broke? J
"thanksto you." (
Jim smiled. " I guess mother sent 1
some'un to help me. Where's George?" '
The doer had creut close to his master j(
II
and no one had driven him away.; 1
"Hello, old* feller.?(live Johnny'
Wei ford my dog?he'll know. Teil j1
Johnny Welford I can't?come to his \ '
house?for?Thanksgivin'." The voice |1
died away.
Jim had his Thanksgiving dinner at I1
Johnny Wei ford's house, but it was a 1
few spoonfuls of wine, given bv the 1
white hands of Johnny Welford's
mother. And he was the only guest,
for there was no merry-making in the j1
beautiful house where the poor little .
street Arab lay in the balance between
life and death. And from many other '
hearts in the city went up, with fervent
thanksgiving, the earnest prayer
that the little life which had been so 1
freely offered for others might be '
spared.
"And you lost your poor foot, mv J
boy," some one said, months after.!
"You'll have to go without it all your i
life."
" Why. yes," said Jim, with a laugh; I
"but, bless me! I'm enough sight
better oft" wil h one foot 'n ever I was j
with two. Why, it's been Thanks- j
givin' for me and CJeorge all the time j
ever since. Eh, old Idler V"?Harpers
Young People.
L," Robt. II. M.," Sell n a, Ala.: "You
seem to know a little about almost j
everything, and I hope you will answer
this question : How can I permanently j
remove an indelible greases spot from j
a broadcloth coat?" The only way to '
permanently remove an indelible grease }
spot from a coat is to saw it out of the
coat, but that would possibly injure
the coat. On the other hand, if you !
would saw the coat from the grease !
spot?but really we feel inadequate to
the task of furnishing the right brand j
of advice in this case.?Texas Hi/tings j
In 1873 Brazil had 333,201 slaves, j
On June 30,1882, their number was
147,168.
Four negro colleges flourish in Ati
lanta, Ga.
I
Arabi I?oy's Famift".
Lady Gregory sends to the London
' Times an account of Arabi l'asha. the
| vanquished Egyptian leader, and his
family. She says: It was nut until
the end of February that L went, with
Lady Anne Blunt, to see Arabi's wife.
They had moved some little time before
! to a new house, large and dilapidatedlooking,
and which Arabi was represented
as having fitted up in a luxurious
style?in fact, at that time the
crime most frequently alleged against
him was that ho had bought carpets to
tlif amount of .4:120. I must confess
that there were some pieces of new
and not beautiful European carpets in
the chief rooms, but. I must add that
if Arabi paid . 120 for them he made
a very bad bargain. The sole furniture '
of the reception-room of Arabi's wifei
consisted of small, hard divans, covered j
with brown linen, and a tiny table
.with a crochet antimacassar thrown
over it. On the whitewashed walls
the only ornaments were photographs j
of him in black wooden frames and ;
one larger photograph of the sacred
stone at Mecca. In the room where
Arabi himself sat and received were a
similar hard divan, two or three chairs,
a table and an inkstand covered with
stains. His wife was ready to receive '
us, having heard an hour or two
earlier of our intended visit. She
greeted us warmly, speaking in Arabic,
which Lady Anne interpreted to me.
She has a pleasant, intelligent expression,
but having live children livinfT
imt, of fourteen that have been
born to her, looked rather overcome
with the cares of maternity. She wore
a long dress of green silk. "My husband
hates this long train." she told
me afterward. " lie would like to take
a knife and cut it off, but I say I must
have a fashionable dress to wear when
I visit the khedive's wife and other
ladies."
An old woman with white nair,
dressed in the common country fashion?a
woolen petticoat and blue cotton
jacket?came into the room and
occupied herself with the children.
PrescMly we found that she was
Arabi s mother. She spoke with great
energy and vivacity, welcoming us and
talking of her son with much affection
and pride. "I am only a fellah woman,"
she said, "but I am the mother of
Ahmed Arabi." She took me twice
into another room to see an oleograph
of which she was very proud, representing
him in staring colors. A day
or two before we left I went again to
see his wife. She looked a little sadiler,
a little more anxious, than when
I had last seen her. She seemed
troubled, poor woman, because the
khedive's wife, who used to be kind
und good to her, now says, "IIow can
we be friends when your husband is
such a bad man?" The old mother
sat in the corner attending to the
children and counting over her beads.
I said, "Are you not proud now that
your son is a pasha?" " Xo," she said,
'we were happier in the old days
when we had him with us always and
feared nothing. Xow lie gets up at
laybreak and lias only time to say liis
prayers before there are people waiting
for him with petitions, and he has
:o attend to them and then go to his
msiness, and often be is not back here
intil after midnight, and until he
omes I canno't sleep, I cannot rest; I
an do nothing but pray for lrim all the :
:ime. There are many who wish him
n il, and they will try to destroy him.
\ few days ago he came home suffer- '
ng great pain, and I was sure then he
lad been poisoned, but I got him a hot
>ath and remedies and he grew better,
ind since then 1 keep even the water
hat he drinks locked up. But, say all
[ can, I cannot frighten him or make
lim take care of himself; he always 1
says, 'God will preserve me.'"
Brave Bear's Career. <
Ma-to-0-hr?to-ka, or Brave Bear, '
janged a short time ago at Yankton, j;
Dakota, for the murder and robbing of j.
i onlfliop nvis <1 V'inbt?in!ii !
I UIOVIKU^VU OUlUiUi , ?? U.P iv x HimvvMwi j ^
ndian of short stature and full llesli, j
ibout twenty-nine years of age. lie i
vas of roving disposition and had been '
i sojourner from time to time at about |
ill the agencies in t he Xortlnvest. He i
vas charged with being implicated in
everal murders and generally regarded
vherever he was known as a bad ]
ndian. It was said he killed one of j
iVhite Bear's Indians at Grand lliver
everal years ago, and attempted the
nurder of Pete Johnson, mail carrier
)etween Fort Sully and Standing Hock
tgency, who was shot and badly
vounded by some one in ambush in !
.874. lie is also said to have been the !
eader in a horrible massacre on the |
ied River of the North in 1872, when ]
ndians came upon an isolated settler's |
ibode and slew the entire family,
nutilating a woman and two young i
hildren in the most inhuman manner, j
Phey butchered all the settler's cattle : 1
ind took his four horses with them., ]
{rave Hear and three other Yankto-!:
lais were known to have been in the ! !
'ed River country at the time of this L
nassacre, and when they finally re-)!
urned t< |tl ic Missouri, Captain Torn ; 1
duster (who afterward went down like j1
l hero in front of Sitting Hull's howl- :
ng horde on the Little Big Horn) ateinpted
to arrest him by surrounding !
lis camp near Standing Rock with a i
letachment of the ill-fated Seventh '
avalry; lmt Brave Bear eluded the I
Military hy.dropping into a hole in the 11
rround and covering himself with \ \
eaves and brush, and the others could i i
lot he identified j i
It is not easy to say whether Brave ]
Hear owed his notoriety most to the '
propensity to kill :ind to roh, or to his '
success in stealing the wives of other
hiefs. lie was a professional in all;
:hese things. Living a sort of vaga- I
iond life, now among his own kin-1
Ired and now among the. whites, he t
lecame, long before lie was appro-!
liended by the law, :m object of terror
to both races. The Indians hated him
because of his success in stealing-*
their wives. As savages go he was
liandsome and rather dashing.* His i
features were regular, his form athletic '
mdhis smile pleasant. When he came j
to the conclusion that he wanted a new j
wife he would make liis selection from
the better halves of his brother chief- ;
tains, and if there was any serious objection
on the part of the head of the
particular family which was levied
im, Brave Hear usually earried
off a widow, for he was \
very expert in the use (if a gun. When ;
ilrtink he was a fiend. When among
the whites In; would speak a little Eng- j
lisli. hut when with the Indians he
professed entire ignorance, of that j
tongue. Once, when in a confidential
mood, he was heard to say that he was !
naturally kind-hearted; hut that when j
he had taken whisky, or when excited
hv battle, some wicked spirit took possession
of him and made him irresist i
lily savage. 11 is coup stick had j
many notches upon it. It was his most '
valued possession.
The savage thus described seemed
to have no fear for no one save an iJn-1
capapa squaw whom be once married
ivitf .111",!' SClm ;mnivir< fn !
<U1H ill* n |/uu anuj. ?.'uv v.,
have adored him at first, but histreachery
turned her love to the fiercest hate.
She followed him tor months at a time,
in all seasons and in all places. It is
probable that if the whole truth was
known, Brave Bear's roving life could
be justly attributed to the terror which
she inspired in him. If mortal ever
had a Nemesis, she was his in very
truth. Armed with knife and revolver, j
and with murder animating her whole i
being, she dogged him for years, intent
on revenge. The fact that he escaped !
her is the best proof of his own cunning.
A philosopher says: "This world
belong to the energetic." Thank you;
but how can we get possession of it ?
MOUNT VERXON OF TO-l)A\.
i How the IliMtoric ."UmiHioii In ]>InnnffCiI??
SircniiiHof Vinitorn.
j It was in ]S">8 that Colonel Jolin
Washington saw that Mount Vernon
j would have to go by the auctioneer's
hammer if something did not turn up.
i And hen; comes in the romance of
Mount Vernon. A woman who had
been a confirmed invalid since her
nineteenth year raised a fund of $200,000,
and embodied a plan that gave
I Mount Vernon to the nation. This was
i Anne l'armelia Cunningham, of South
P:ivriliti:i. she w.'ix :in onlv and in
i dulged (laughter. In her childhood
| she had visited Mount. Vernon, and
when she had resigned all of life ex!
cept that which could he enjoyed in a
sick room, in her curly womanhood she
took hold of a project to buy Mount
Vernon, or rather the project took hold
of her. It is one of the most singular
instances of indomitable energy and
practical perseverance on record. This
trail woman, from her sick bed, aroused
an enthusiasm, especially among Southern
women, that resulted in a splendid
success. She inspired Edward
Everett with her spirit, and
his lecture on "Washington poured
money into the treasury. She interested
Mine. Le Vert and Mrs. Cora
Mowatt Ritchie, and in 1800 it was
accomplished; the house, the tomb of
Washington and 200 acres of land belonged
to a national association. The
legislature of Virginia granted a very
sensible, charter to the association.
The capital stock was limited to
ftr.nonnn Tt wns frrnnted in lier
VVVU|VUV. ...... ? l __
petuitv, and no disposition of the property
could be made without the consent
of the legislature. None of the
"Washington family thereafter was to
be interred at Mount Vernon, and the
key of the vault was thrown into the
Potomac river. Around the marble
tombs of George and Martha "Washington
is a wooden flooring, which if
stepped upon starts an electric alarm
at the house. Through the open iron
work one looks into the brick vault,
where there are only the two tombs.
" Ilats off" is the stringent rule at the
grave; even the most flippant are
awed into something like reverence.
During some of the bloodiest days of
the war, Mount Vernon was treated as
neutral ground, and soldiers of both
armies were seen fraternizing under
the trees that guard the tomb. Frequent
description cannot destroy
the interest of the house. Year
by year improvements are made
by the regents. As far as
practicable, every State has a
room, ornamented with relics of lievolutionary
times, arranged in the style
that prevailed at Mount Vernon during
the lifetime of General Washington.
Hanging in the entrance hall is
the key of the Bastile, sent to Washington
by Lafayette; and over the
door of what is called the state diningroom
is Washington's field glass, placed |
on its perch bv the hand of Washing- '
ton himself, and never since, removed.
TJin ni'int-r.l ,'irifl lip'irtli in t.lin. dininf
room are of marble and extremely furious.
They were sent to "Washington
from France. On the way the ship
was captured by pirates. When they
found that this marble was intended
for Washington, they took an oppor- ,
tunitv of landing it on American
shores, and it was forwarded to Mount ,
Vernon. In the South Carolina room
hangs the portrait of Anne Painelia .
Cunningham. She has a refined and 1
thoughtful face, with deep, meaning
eyes. The attic room which Mrs.
Washington chose after General Wash- !
ington's death, and in which she died, '
is in almost the identical condition .
in which she left it. In a quaint little j
drawing-room?Nelly Custis' drawing-room?is
the grand harpsichord, J
as large as a modern grand piano,
which Washington gave her as a wed- |
;ling gift. This was the grand niece
of Mrs. Washington, not her daughter ,
Nelly, who died unmarried at twenty
two. In the grounds stands a rose j
Imsh, whore, tradition relates, Xeliv (
Custis received lier first ofi'er, and
walking around this rose' hush six j
times brings every young lady who
believes in the spell an oilier of [mar- :
riage within the year. The place is j
managed upon the most practical plan, j
The greenhouses are made a source of (
revenue, as well as the farm. Only j
jne boat is allowed to land passengers
there, and the entrance fee of $1 foots
up handsomely at the end of the year,
[n the old-fashioned kitchen a very .
*ood lunch may be obtained, served ;
>v colored waiters. A superintendent 1
s employed, who keeps the place in 1
jood order, and if the general1 and
Mrs. Martha could return for an hour 1
io doubt they would smile, approvlgly
* - I
Coerced.
A motherly old woman, considerably ,
roubled with the asthma and also
ame, called at the Twentieth street ,
station the other afternoon to state ;
:ier case. She made the sergeant in :
diarge place his hand on a copy of
IJrown's grammar -which happened to ,
H* lying there and swear that lie
would never tell anybody, and then
>he began:
"I have a daughter,"
" Yes."
"And my daughter lias a beau." 1
" Perfectly natural." ,
" They are engaged and the wedding (
lay has been set three times, but he
Hunks out of it every time. The first
Lime he claimed that his father was ;
lead; the second time lie was afraid he
had smallpox, and the third time,
which was yesterday, lie said it would
bring bad luck to marry when a comet
was visible. Now, then, I don't like i
this fouling around. "When me and
the old liii'ii were ready to marry we
walked over to (lie minister's and were
jincd without any backing out or beating
around."
" Well ?"
" Well, J want to bring this young
man to time. Fact is, he's either got
n conic up to the rack or jump the
fence."
" Yes, he must."
" 1 wanted to ask you how far I
could go in tlie case. Suppose, after
he arrives to-morrow evening, I walk
into the room with a pistol in one
hand and a . r of the gospel in
the other? "Wouldn't that precipitate
a climax ?"
" I think so."
"If he really loves Susie I think he
would stand up and he married. If he
is only fooling around he'd jump
through the window, wouldn't lie?"
" Looks that way to me."
" Well, I'll try it. I shan't indulge
in no threats, you know. I'll hold the.
pistol carelessly in my left hand, and
hang to the minister carelessly with
tli (j other, and I'll simply
remark that there's either going to lie
a marriage or a skip. I think that
William will marry. It's my opinion
flmf lu> u-iiitinir for :i little enfrj-ion
anil I'm pretty good on the coerce
when get started.
" Well, don't break the law."
"Oh, no, no! If he skips 1 shan't
do any shooting. I'll let the dog give
him a run across the commons and
send the minister home. I shall be as
cool as ice, and it will lie all over in
five minutes."
Yesterday William and Susie were
taking their bridal tour on the elegant
new Michigan avenue two-horse street
ears. The young man had been
coerced.?Detroit Free Press.
There are M2G benevolent associations
in New York city which disburse
annually the sum of $4,000,000. There
are twelve such associations in London
which expend annuallv $20,000,000.
Truth is stranger than lish stories
FACTS AND COMMENTS.
There may be something to cause
people to look after their sanitary surroundings
in England, at least, in the
verdict of ?10.000 recovered by an
English lawyer against a town asj
compensation for personal injuries
caused by drinking impure water sup- [
plied by the corporation. If defective i
pavements or streets can make corpo-1
rations liable for injuries resulting!
therefrom, why cannot impurities in j
water be equally binding? It seems;
to be so established in England.
The difference of character between j
the 1'rinee of Wales' two sons, says the :
London World, was verv remarkably
evidenced at a dinner given in their j
honor in Queensland by the governor, |
.Sir Arthur Kennedy. Prince Albert j
Victor was silent and thoughtful, |
Prince George all vivacity. The wait- i
ers were all Chinamen, and whenever [
the governor was not looking Prince \
George gave hard tugs at the pigtails.
The Chinamen, with true oriental politeness,
maintained an imperturbable
gravity.
The census of agriculture will show
there are 539,000,000 acres in farms
and 287,000,000 acres of improved
land. The value of the farms amount
to $10,197,101,000,' or five times the
national debt; value of farm animals,
$1,500,000,000. There are 10,357,000
houses in the country or one to every
Jive human beings, about the same
proportion as in 1870; a little short of
1,000,000 working oxen, 2,443,000 cows,
47,000,000 swine and 1,812.000 mules
and asses. In 1860 there were 2,254,000
working oxen in the country,
more than double the present number.
Apparently the ox must go. Horses
and mules are more adaptable to modern
agricultural machinery. It is fortunate
in some respects that this is so,
for we cannot or do not eat the equine
flesh, but would be glad to have the
beef a good deal plentier than it is.
" Other cattle" (beeves and young
stock) number 22,488,000, against
13,566,000 in 1870.
The recent reports of the discovery
and development of gold and silver
mines at various points in Central
America continue to excite attention.
A late issue of the Panama Star and
Herald gives particulars of progress
made in gold mining in Antioquia and
Tolima. Some valuable mines owned
by the Columbian government are to
be sold, and other mines are being
worked successfully by companies
formed in this country and Europe.
Recently a number of companies have
been formed for the purpose of pros |
pecting, and indications grow 'that a
swarm of gold-hunters will soon be
roving over the rocky backbone of the
mountains that run along the narrow
strip of territory uniting North and
South America. These countries have
long lain stagnant under the sway of
mixed peoples that sprang up after
the Spanish conquests, but now money,
mni'liini'Pv jinrl cnternrise will nour in
upon them us long as mining enterprises
prove remunerative.
The Detroit Free Press thinks that
"the new order of the postmaster-general
permitting the withdrawal of letters
from the mail after they have left
the mailing oflice, will lie a sweet boon
to the public. Jt very often happens
that merchants and others often send
checks and drafts by mail which they
subsequently wish to recall before they
reach the person addressed. This can
now be done on a telegraphic order
from the postmaster at the mailing oflice.
There is another class that will
prolit by the order quite as much
lis the merchants?the youths, of
every age, who are constantly
being brought before the
courts in actions for breach of promise.
There is scarcely one of them,
probably, who has not repented sending
the fatal letter while there was yet
time to recall, but for the relentless
jjrasp of the postollice department on
everything committed to its charge.
V.*?r t11fif- n lviiv 11!x hr>r>n nrnviilprl
Tor the relinquishment of that grasp
the telegraph will have a lively time
in recalling the letters of too ardent
wains whose second thoughts are
more prudent than those they have put
jn paper."
The Wackerle insurance casein St.
Louis has recalled other attempts, or
ulleged attempts, to swindle insurance
companies. A jeweler having insured
himself for $10,000 professed to have
discovered a process of enameling ?old
with the cyanide of potassium. One
[lay he was found dead, poisoned hy
the fumes of that substance. The
company believed that it was an
ingenious scheme to kill himself
and escape the forfeiture of .suicide,
but they concluded to pay. A French
count several years ago insured the
life of an ignorant young girl for
$ll"t,000. lie said to her: "Angel,
we shall beat the bloated insurance
companies out of all this treasure and
go to Italy and enjoy it. Do you
follow mv advice. Tell all your
friends and neighbors that you are
morfally ill. Take to your bed and
beads. Affect death close at hand.
Then, my love, I will spirit you away,
nrwl
l[UI V 111 |/1C1V,V, XJM. JV/U, UliVt
demand the money." The poor dupe
consented and then he poisoned lie
with digitalis. Everybody thought it
a natural death, for she had said so and
told her symptoms. But the insurance
company was not satisfied ; the body
was examined and variously tested,
and his wife and mother-in-law also
ilug up. Digitalis, a powerful poison,
was found in them all.
Mr. George Jlowells lias published
in the Nineteenth Centura an account
of the trades unions of England,
which indicates that their condition is
much better than has commonly been
supposed. The membership in all of
them he puts at more than 1,100,000
men, and, by the regular monthly payments
of these, the unions are in receipt
of an aggregate income of
ilDOUt ?1U,UW,WU per <1111111111.
The common iissumption is that
these unions liavo no other purposc
hut to encourage strikes; and
though it is true that the protection of
its members in the matter of wages is
the chief reason for the formation of a
union, it is also worthy of note that
only a small part of the money raised is
used in sustaining conflicts between
labor and capital. Thus, in the returns
for some years of a number of the larger
associations, it is found that, while
about fifty per cent, of the outgo went
to sustain members who were simply
out of work through the accidents of
trade, twenty-live per cent, to help
those who were sick, and eight per
cent, each for funeral charges and for
a superannuation fund, only six
per cent, was paid out on account
of strikes. Mr. Howells maintains
that the criticism made against
these unions, on the ground that they
insist upon uniformity in wages, is
deprived of a great deal of its force
J' <L..l __1.. 11.. ..1 1?
iroill 1110 liii'l mat uiuv iranv <uuc
workmen are allowed to become
members. J le says that, in England,
the reported tyranny of the chief
secretary of a union has no foundation
in fact; that criticism of an
exceeding acrid character is all the
time going on, and, in the monthly
publications, the secretary of a union is
compelled to print any letter or resolution
criticising or rebuking him
which any of the lodges may choose
to send. The ollice, according to Mr.
llowells, is one which involves an
enormous amount of hard work, while
the average salary of the men upon
whom the doing of this work falls is
not over $1,000 per annum. The entire
expense of the management of
I one of these great unions, including
I collections and payments in small
| sums, is not over, on the average,
j twelve and one-half per cent, of its
receipts.
Masculine Extravagance in (jotliam.
Men are becoming very luxurious,
and their dressing-rooms, sittingrooms,
wardrobe and repositories for
personal belongings display tastes more
costly than those of women. A Xew
York letter says: Underwear of the
softest, richest, knitted silk; dozens of
South American pajamas, for night
and dressing-room wear, of China
crepe, soft twilled Chinese silk, cashmere,
flannel bound with satin and embroidered,
and all in the daintiest, most
delicate tints and colors, such as ivory,
pale blue, pink, butt or violet. The
naiiimn. cons ists of drawers and loose
I ll
blouse jacket with sailor collar. When
made in ivory they are often faced
with a collar and embroidered with
ivory silk in a little vine or in the
corners of collars and cud's.
These elegant gentlemen have for
smoking companions the gate of a
country house in nickel or silver, with
chain rings instead of bars to hold
cigars upright and side lights representing
gate lumps, but holding candles
and post pedestals to form match holders.
These cost from $150 to $250 and
arc sometimes ornamented with a bird
or a rooster in the act of crowing. Another
recently imported piece of masculine
extravagance is a lamp, the
lower part of which forms a tripod set
in a double hoof, decorated with
natural hair. There are two burners
representing wax candles under tinted
and decorated glass, and the cost for a'
lamp of this kind is about $250. Another
lamp has for its standard a horseshoe,
with stirrup and riding whip crossed
and twisted. As for the expensive
ash trays and liquor sets and pipe
racks and dressing cases and the like
opace and time would both fail in their
enumeration.
It may be mentioned that among
the personal properties of one young
gentleman in New York city are three
hundred and seventy odd silk, satin
and knitted neckties and upward of
fifty walking sticks. The inventory
did not go any further or it might have
developed equally curious results in
other departments.
Orange Culture in Southern California.
The orange tree grows all the time.
That is to be thought of. It calls for
the frequent cares which are its due
as well in winter as in summer. Not
a few persons of the invalid class who
had looked upon its culture as a mere
pastime have been broken down
through this cause, and having taken
up more land than they could manage.
The lesson of such cases is not to attempt
too much, but -to keep to the
five or ten acres perhaps within one's personal
capacity. Nor hasit been politic to
put everything into the single crop of
oranges. The smaller fruits, peaches,
plums, and especially apricots, for winning.
which come into bearing quickly,
are useful in tiding over the rather
tedious period of waiting for the
""innu + rrif.? fn msifnrp :inrl :irp nl Wftvs
? v.,
in profitable demand. To start existence
comfortably here the newcomer
should have a capital of from five to
ten thousand dollars. Peculiar energy,
of course, will do with less.
It requires about nine years to bring
an orange tree from the seed into full
bearing. On the other hand, it is
found that by deftly inserting] an
orange bud into a small shoot of lemon
tree slitted in an X shape, and setting
this in the ground, a tree can be obtained
which bears marketable fruit
after the second year. The controversy
rages as to whether it is worth
while to do this, since the product is
but a dwarf, like the dwarf pear tree;
and though it yields early it can never
yield much, and its fruit does'not stand
shipment as well as that of the seedling.
Against this it is maintained
that it lives longer than the seedling,
yields choicer varieties of fruit, more
uniform in size and quality, and not
subject to the singular form of destruction
which sometimes overtakes
the seedling, that of being dashed
against its own thorns. ? Harper's
Magazine.
Alaska's Mineral Wealth.
A man named Moore recently arrived
at Victoria, U. C., direct l'ronx
Alaska. lie says that the Yukon
prospectors from Arizona reported
some good discoveries of bituminous
coal, gold, silver, copper and nickel,
about 150 miles from the Copper river
country. Mr. Moore brought down a
specimen of coal and a lot of excellentlooking
quartz from the lead with
which he is connected. On Douglass
island beautiful marble, white, cloudy
and dark, had been found by an old
miner named Willotighby. On Admiralty
island, between Sitka and Ilarrisburg,
Messrs. AVebster and Lockhard
have traced a fine lead of quartz
for about five miles in the direction of
Silver Bar. This is not far from Ilarrisburg.
Another old prospector,
named Daly, has discoved a new lead
on Douglass island, about 1,000 feet
wide, upon which three camps are already
located. The Bullion is owned
by John Pierce, of this city. The
Prince of "Wales is an island further to
the northwest, where much mineral
wealth is known to exist. This island,
and, in fact, the whole country, is wonderfully
stocked with all sorts of game
?iij- mnnsn Weir mountain
sheep, besides water fowl, are in the
greatest abundance. A missionary is
stationed here among the Ilidahs, and
is doing good work. A noted prospector
named Ilaley, who has earned
the title of the Polar Bear Chief of
Alaska, has a lead on Baronoff island,
near Mount Edgecomb, fifteen miles
fqpm Sitka, called the Mysterious
"Witch.
Simplicity in Food.
TIow, asks Dr. Xicholls in the Fond
lief or m Maf/azi lie, art; we to get at t lie
proper quantity of food? There are
some good rules for feeding as to quantity.
When our food is simple and
natural in kind and quality and mode
of preparation there is little danger of
eating too much. There is little
danger, for example, of eating too
many grapes, apples and bananas.
Salt, sugar, spices andl v x-rious cookery
tempt to excess. With men, as
with animals, a natural diet is selflimiting,
and we are disposed to stop
when we have got enough. The more
artificial the food, the more elaborate
and luxurious the feast, the more liability
to overload thestomacli, overtax
the digestive power and overweigm
the forces of life. Simplicity of
food is h condition of health and promotes
longevity. The quantity of
food which enables a man to do his
daily work without loss of weight is
precisely what he requires. lie supplies
the daily waste?no more, no less.
This quantity may vary a little with
each individual, hut every one can
easily ascertain his own measure of requirement
l.y reducing the quantity of
daily food until lie finds a balance of
force and weight. It is my opinion
that the average quantity of water-free
aliment required, say by business and
literary men, is twelve ounces. Men of
great muscular activity may require
sixteen to twenty ounces. I have
found myself in very good condition
for sedentary work on eight or ten
ounces. "When any one is in good condition
for his work and keeps his normal
weight, he has food enough. Dr.
Nieholl's advice is, lind this quantity
by experiment, and then habitually
keep to it.
AVhat is characteristic of a watch ?
Modesty, for it keeps its hands before
its face* and runs down its own works
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. i
t
Tlic First Calf. ^
It is often the case "when a heifer
has had her first calf, says the Indiana e
Farmer, that the farmer thinks she ^
will give no more milk than will keep ^
lier calf in good condition, and lets ^
them run together to teach her the s
mystery of being milked when she
has her next calf. In this decision j
there are two mistakes that go far to j
spoil the cow for future usefulness, j
Cows are largely the creatures of j
habit, and with their first calf everything
is new and strange to them, and
4-V.r.ir fn l.n ..n/1 t
ICCWAHJ aUUllllU IU UC lllliiVCU <1111.4.
think it is all right, but suffer them to 11
run with a calf the first season and a c
vicious habit is established that they A
will hardly forget in a lifetime. If ^
they ever submit to be milked quietly, v
it is evidently under protevSt. But t
there is a greater objection than this? c
the calf running with the cow draws s'
the milk every hour or two, so that the ^
milk vessels are at no time distended e
with milk, though the quantity secreted ?
in a given time may be large. But <1
this is the natural time to distend the
milk ducts and expand the udder s;
to a good capacity for holding milk,
When, with her next calf, you require s;
the milk to be retained for twelve a
hours, the udder becomes hard and |j
painful, and the milk leaks from the fi
teats, or, more likely, nature accommo- 0
dates the quantity of the milk secreted \
to the capacity to retain- it, and the Sl
cow becomes permanently a small s]
milker. Much of the future character ^
of a cow, therefore, depends on her ?
treatment with her first calf.
:? a
An lncxvcnslvc Relish for Stock. V
Stock men of large experience ap- r
preciate the need of salt for stock, and
usually make such provision that ani- b
mals under their care are daily pro- u
vided with this relish. There are, p
however, many farmers who look upon t<
salt as a luxury enjoyed by their stock 3
when placed within reach, but not c;
? J. O
iieucaaary lui men tiiuit ur uunuuru ?
Observation and experience have v
proven to those who have given most fi
attention to the subject that cattle re- n
quire for best results the s.dt they' si
crave. c:
The French government at one time is
commissioned a -number of practical d
and scientific men to investigate the t<
subject of salt as a relish for stock, and a!
ascertain the quantity required for dif- it
ferent animals. While only approxi- p
mate figures could be arrived at in the g
numerous experiments made to settle
this matter a scale was fixed upon by
this commission as the minimum daily
allowances, for the different animals in
ordinary condition. In this a working
ox or a milch cow is allowed two ,
ounces of salt per diem. Kepeated j
trials appeared to prove that the t(
amount specified produced in milch
cows the greatest flow of milk. Oxen ^
fed the same amount presented sleek
coats, while others receiving no salt
were rough, mangy and ill conditioned. ^
The scale in question allowed for fat- sl
tnninn1 cf'ill-fiul nvon hvn ami a Vinlf tn ft'
" ?
four ounces of salt per (lay and for <l
fattening pigs from one to two ounces. a
For sheep, from one-half ounce to twothirds
of an ounce was allowed. One ^
ounce was set down as the daily-por- u
tion for horses and mules.
The figures above possess a practi- _
cal value to feeders of stock, in that w
they represent the respective amounts
best calculated to produce desirable ai
results in the different animals named ir
and give an idea of the amount oi
required by each kind. On small p
farms with few animals salt n
can be dealt out in quan- Sj
tities each day, but where herds and
flocks are numerous, salt boxes and
troughs become a necessity and are in ^
any case a convenient and economical
arrangement. These troughs or boxes :f
uught, of course, to be in sheltered
places and at points where animals can
have daily access to them. Some !
should be placed at elevations to suit J
horses and cows, and others set within J!
reach of sheep. ji1
A plan in favor in the far West and
which recommends itself on theground -v
of economy is mixing salt and hard- ?
wood ashes in equal proportions, combined
with a sufficient amount of water "
to make a solid lump or mass. Inese 1
lumps are distributed in the trough, e;
where, with diligent licking, each ani- ^
mal gets a small quantity, the belief 11
being that they will take in this form
no more than they really require. In E
addition to the fact that salt is neces- tl
sary to the thrift of animals, a strong tl
argument in its favor in localities v
where cattle and sheep are allowed ex- T
tended runs during the day is that it a
proves a strong attraction, bringing si
them home at night without other in- v
centive.?New York World. y
ti
Fnrm nn?l (.nrilen Notes. P
Sods are the cream of the soil, con- 11
taining the very elements of plant J*
food that make soil so productive. *
Some of the best catches of clover .
4V.11 Tf than
iirU IlJilllC 11UIII KiU PCCUlUgi jlv fiiwn j j
needs no shading and usually gets ;l,
sufficient rain to give it a good start. '
To remove tar rub thoroughly with a:
clean lard and then wash with soap c;
and warm water. This may be applied
to either the hands or the- cloth- ei
ing. tl
Bad points, or unsoundness, are as r;
easily transmissible by the parent stock }l
as the good qualities; therefore, the 'I
greatest care should be exercised in
selecting breeders. . 8
A gallon of milk is said to have a 'l
food value equal to two pounds of (|
beef. But farmers sell milk for ten '
and twelve cents a gallon, and buy ,
beef at twenty-live and thirty cents *
per pound. ^
A badly worn or broken-down farm p
implement of any kind is a bad invest- u
ment. The loss of time from stoppage ir
when work should be hurried is usually p
more expensive than the money cost u
of repairs. . ti
To make good starch, mix with cold I u
water and add boiling water until it I p
thickens; then add a dessertspoon off a:
sugar and a small piece ol' butter. I ti
This makes a stiff and glossy linish, ai
[ equal to new. p
Although potatoes do not become '!
spoiled by a few degrees of cold, 11
especially when they are dry, tlieir j'
eating quality as well as their ger- J1
| minating power deteriorates when ex- 1
posed to a temperature below thirty
degrees.
Long wools require protection from
a rain storm, although the weather
may not be very cold. They are easily fi
chilled by a rum mat woum uui uouiw <i
:i Southdown or ;i Merino. An open o;
shed in the Held will he sullicient, ex- si
cept in very cold weather. p
Keep all stock thriving by giving a
stable ration of some kind, and not by :l
feeding the meadows. When the cold I'
storms come give the animals shelter t<
and extra grain rations to keep up the a
heat. Do not let the animals take this a
fuel from the fat already stored up, as
it is a practice t!.at no stockman can ^
afford.?Mirror and Farmer.
o
The best results from wood ashes v
are secured by adding a small propor- ;i
tion of common salt. Ashes contain
all the mineral elements of the plant, f(
and they exert a good influence in un- ,,
locking fertility that would not be ?
otherwise available. In burning any- j,
thing the chlorine it contains is carried ,,
oil' with the smoke and salt; chloride p
of sodium supplies the deficiency. v
By all odds the cheapest and best tl
way to eradicate common hard wool h
stumps is to work tlu* ground with a ti
shovel plow, sow buckwheat or plant o
corn until seeded to timothy, orchard v
grass and clover, and pasture until the b
stumps so far decay that they can be g
mlled out by bitching a chain around ]
he top when the ground is wet in the '
vinter or spring.?Practical Farmer, f
Leg weakness in fowls is caused t
;ither by old age or by the size and 1
veight of the body being more than i
he legs can bear. In the latter case
he treatment should be such as to give *
trength. Citrate of iron dissolved in 6
ile should be added to the food, which *
nust not be of too fattening a nature. c
Ceep plenty of lime and crushed bones t
n the poultry yard. In severe cases I
mmerse the limbs in cold water. g
The next two months is a hazardous [
ime for most kinds of domestic aninals.
They need to be watched very a
losely and not suffered to decline in
esh. If they are out to pasture and g
he failure of the grass leaves them f
rith insufficient nutriment to keep up j
heir flesh, it should be promptly as- ^
ertained and they should be given
ome kind of food to supply the de/?ionf?v
Tt ia tlin nnnrtxit. Unrl r?f
WWWJ. .U
conomy imaginable to allow them to
nil away just before going into winter f
uarters. 1!
c
There is no profit in keeping old s
heep, and just now is an excellent
ime to get rid of them. Sheep are p
liorter lived than most other farm c
nimals, and almost before one knows a
; some of the best members of the t
oolc will begin to get old. Cull them n
ut and keep the flock young and fresh, i
Jnder ordinary circumstances six or c
even years is probably the limit of a a
lieep's useful life. If separated from h
lie flock now and given a run of good h
asture, with a very little grain, they- gi
/ ill soon be in condition for market e
nd can be disposed of to better ad- a
antage than later in the season.?^<7- a
icnltitral Epitomist. j(
Grain is subject to loss in storage, a
ut an ingenious Frenchman has hit 1
pon a method which appears to be sj
ractical, cheap and effective. It is S
d store it in sheet iron cylinders of ii
00 bushels capacity, so made that they h
an be hermetically sealed, and with b
n air-pump arrangement by which a h
accuum can be produced. Wheat, f:
our and bread thus stored for seven ti
lonths were found to be in a perfect s;
tate of preservation. The cylinders ti
1 1-1 i J xi. x
an ne piacea anywnere, aiiu tuu cost v
i said to be less than than that of or- s<
inary storage in a granary. The con- h
?nts are safe from lire and water, as p
Lso from insects or rats. The vacuum, a
, is claimed, kills parasitic insects, ri
revents fermentation and dries the si
rain. h
ti
Reclpcn;
Ginger Snaps.?One cup molasses, ^
ne cup brown sugar, half cup lard
nd butter melted together, three ta- ?
lespoonfuls ginger, one teaspoonful P
nnamon, half teaspoonful cloves, one 1
jiispoonful soda dissolved in half a ?
jp of boiling water; thicken with
our; roll and bake.
Fijied Potatoes aito Bacon.? f(
;rown quarter of a pound of thin sj
ices of bacon in a -fryingpan, stir n
mong them a tablespoonful of flour, ?
pint of boiling water and quarter of 'g
saltspoonful of pepper ; slice a pint
I potatoes, whole or in pieces ; put ^
lem with the bacon and stew them 0
ntil tender ; serve them hot. t
Apples Stuffed With Sausage, si
-llemove the cores from sour apples a
ithout breaking them, stuff them h
ith highly-seasoned sausage meat, v
nd bake them until the meat is done,
t a moderate oven; serve them hot,
a toast, with the drippings in the pan
oured over them. Any other chopped
lent, raw or cooked, may ue suo- ;ituted
for the sausage meat. P
Florentine Pudding.?Put a I
uart of milk into your pan, let it t:
Dme to a boil; mix smoothly three n
iblespoonfuls of cornstarch and. 9 b
ttle cold milk; add the yolks of three 1
ggs beaten, half a teacup of sugar, v
avor with vanilla, lemon or any- a
uing your fancy suggests; stir into 1
le scalding milk, continue stirring t
ill the consistency of starch (ready ii
jr use), then put into the pan or dish e
ou wish to serve in; beat the whites 1
f the eggs with a teacup of pulver- n
:ed sugar, spread over the top, place C
l the oven a few minutes, till the r
rosting is a pretty brown. Can be v
uten with cream or is good enough 'j
ithout. For a change you can bake p
1 cups. li
Shrewsbury Cake.?This is an old ^
Inglish cake, which was brought from v
hat country by the earliest settlers in J1
le New England States. The old form, ^
rith some improvements, is as follows: v
'ake onepound of fresh, sweet butter, s
nd add one pound of powdered white s
irrnr! beat these thorouehly to a line, *
1'otatoes as a Substitute lor Ivory.
This new "vegetable'ivory" is made ^
oni ordinary potatoes?provided they
re tolerably sound and fully develpod?bv
purely chemical means. The
lected tubers must lirst be carefully )
eeled and the "eyes" cut out, all 't
spongy" and discolored portions being
Iso scrupulously pared away. Tlie j
eeled tubers should tlien lie allowed ?
) souk for a short time, lirst in plain ^
nd then in acidulated water, sulphuric ^
rid being the agent employed, and ^
he mixture should he quite cold fje- s
>re the potatoes are put into it. '
The next and most important part
f the process is that of boiling the
egetables in diluted sulphuric acid for
considerable time. The variety and j
ge of the vegetable itself, the time
or which it is subjected to the action }]
f the acid, and especially the strength j
f the latter, all are matters of great
uportance to the object in view _
s affecting the quality of the j
reparation. Treated in this
ay the entire substance of
lie .potatoes hardens and becomes
ss pervious. When "done", they are ^
i) be taken out and washed in a stream
f lirst warm and afterward cold
rater, the subsequent drying process
eing in all instances a slow and 1
radual one. l'otato ivory thus pre- ii
jm&L* rv
^
)ared is not very unlike the ordinary
'vegetable" kind, but it is said to be of
i more even "grain" as well as easier ,
;o turn, while it is not so liable to split
vhen exposed to the influence of a very
Iry atmosphere.
Potato ivory is of a creamy white
int, hard, durable and elastic, it being *
sven adapted, it is stated, for the manuacture
of billiard balls. There is no
lifficulty in dyeing or coloring the maerial
either during the process of
(reparation or afterward, and altogether
it would seem tha*; this new
>roduct is one which is capable of an
mmense number of useful applica- '
ions. To its other good qualities it
/Ids that of being exceedingly cheap.
Ve should have said before that the
ulphuric acid used roust be quite free
rom impurity, even traces of nitric or
lydrochloric acid being detrimental.?
"lonthly Magazine.
' A Canadian Romance. .vlg
TTero ia miit.o o rvroftir P.or>a/15?>r? -i
omance, told by the Montreal Star. It
j not every man who under like cirumstances
would have wedded the j
weetheart of thirty-six years ago:
Thirty-six ago there lived in that ;
ileasant little town down the river "4
ailed Sorel?very little it was thenyouth
and a maiden. The name of
he youth was George Beaupre, the '|
ame of the maiden Mary AnnPearce.
'hey belonged to families of moderate
ircamstances. He, with the strength
nd devotion of honest young manood,
loved this maiden, and wooed
er with that earnestness which only >|
uch a lover can. He was given every
ncouragement, was, some say, actually $5
ccepted, was congratulating himself, '" M
t least on the smooth coursing of true
)ve, when suddenly a rival appeared,
nd everything for him turned black/
"he rival was one Jacob Savage, of the
ame town. Pretty soon she and
avage were married and settled down vra
1 the place, and then young Beaupre's j %
ope died out. He tried to work on as ^
efore, but could not. He closed up
is business, settled up his afairs
and started for the far'West,
oward which so many adventurous
pirits were about that time shaping
heir course. From that day to
/ithin a few weeks ago he had nr,t
et foot in this part of Canada. He ' .
ad worked hard, saved carefully, '
rospered and laid up property worth 23
i. 1 i. <*r>A/\ AAA TT_ V-J -- "fiSSk
b least *>?w,wv. xxc nau iievei uituied.
He was getting up toward
ixty years of age. Several weeks ago %
e took an idea to come back once more
a see his friends, and lie started East,
[e searched out relatives in Sorel and
fontreal, but found few that he relembered.
lie inquired for the wolan
who, as a girl, had so many years -fi.
efore thrown him overboard for a ,
ival.' They told him she was wid- wed,
her husband had been dead
lany years, she had been living sev- . ^
ral years in Montreal, went to call
pon her, met her, and then?. He
Durid her getting old, in poor circumtances,
with several children, but that
lade no difference; he saw only the
irl of thirty-six years before. On
aturday they were married by his
)rdship Bishop Fabre-, the wealthy
ridegroom being content with no '' i
ther dignitary than the highest* in yira
hat part of the country, ne has be- ' 0
towed all the happiness that wealth '&
nd affection can upon his bride and ;sj?
er children, and in a short time they ft&a
rill go to his home in the Black Hills.
Shelling Indian Villages in Alaska.
The commander of the United States .
evenue cutter Thomas Corwin gives ^8
articulars of a fight with Indians and
tie destruction of their village at [ochinoo,
on the Alaskan coast. The --jti
ribe had seized and held two white
O"" ? ... .
hite cream; take four newly-laid eggs,! c
oiks and whites together, and whisk
11 very light; take a teaspoonful of ('
owdered cinnamon, with a dash of
lace and nutmeg; take one and a half s
ounds of the best superfine flour; mix 0
lis with half a gill of water, r!
avored with the juice of two lemons J1
ad one orange. Xow mix the above
laterials well together in a dough, *
rid roll out tliin; cut into small, round "
ikes, place on greased baking tins,
nd bake in a quick oven until the
ikes are brown and the crust firm,
Eggs and Cheese.?Giate half a f;
upful of medium strong cheese, roll ii
k! same quantity of crackers, beat six ii
iw yolks of eggs for one minute, with v
level teaspoonful of salt and a fi
uarter of a saltspoonful of pepper; s
eat six whites to a stiff froth, anil v
ently mix with them the yolks, cheese b
iul crackers, taking care to work I
uicklv and lightly, and not to break g
own the froth of the whites; while d
lixing the yolks and whites have a n
irge frying pan over the fire heating, ri
*ith a heaping tablespoonful of but- tl
?r in it; when the pan is smoking hot n
ut the eggs into it and set it over the t(
re; take the handle of the frying pan a
1 the left hand, and a fork with long v
rongs in the right; run the fork si
nder the egg mixture and lift it up, m
truing it over and throwing the egg I
pon it lightly down on that in the I
an, but do not pat or press it down, s;
s that motion would make the eggs n
>ugh and leathery; work very quickly a
ad lightly, lifting the egg from the v
an and throwing it in -a mass p
ntil it is cooked to the desired I
egree; then move it toward one side u
f the pan, loosen it at the sides and c
uttoiu, and turn it out cn a hot dish t
erve it at once, for its lightness will I
e impaired every instant. a
? f
len and a steam launch which had
een sent out with a tug for whales. ^
'he launch was provided with a bomb,
finch accidentally exploded and killed
n Indian chief who was on board.
.'he tribe captured the launch, with
wo white men, and nearly succeeded
a taking the tug. The latter, howver,
got away and steamed to Sitka. f.
he Corwin, with sixty sailors and
larines, was dispatched to Ilochinoo.
laptain Merriam demanded the surender
of the launch and- prisoners,
rhich demand the Indians refused.
'he next morning a Gatling gun was
laced on the beach and a force
inded and destroyed all the canoes..
'he Indians fled to the woods and the ?
illage was shelled, the huts that reaained
standing after the shelling
ieing looted and burned. Several
warriors who ventured out of the helter
of the woods were killed. This ; .
evere lesson was necessary, as the *
ribe had been guilty of many acts of "
ruelty toward the whites.
Hearing while in Alaska that In- ^
ians had taken possession of one of
fie American Fur Trading company's ^
tations and held all the employes prisoners,
Commander Ilealy went to their
elief and found the Indians very hos- / ;'
ile. lie shelled their village and revised
all the men held .is prisoners,
'lie village was totally destroyed and
wo chiefs were made prisoners.
One's First Earthquake.
A private letter recently received >
rom Miss Fanny Snow, containing an ^
iteresting account of the earthquake
i Mexico, is so full of interest that
re have been permitted to make the
ollowing extract. It is known to
ome of Miss Snow's friends that she
,-ent to the City of Mexico last Octoer
to be associated with Miss M. L.
,atimer, formerly of Rochester, in oranizinga
mission school for girls, uner
the Presbyterian boaid of foreign
lissions : "This has been a day to be
emembered. This morning we invited
lie Q s to come up to tea toiglit.
After school we sallied fortli
d l)ity clams for a clam-chowder, cake
nd various things. We were
talking briskly along San Francisco
treet, in the hot sun, when I felt myplf
suddenly whirling?could not see.
called out, frightened,' Wliv, Miss
i?, I'm dizzy!' 4 So am I,' she reponded;
and then I think for a moment
I lost my senses, for I had
wild idea that I must get somewhere
under shelter. As I saw peo^
le all around dropping on their knees,'
did not want to be the one conspicous
personage on the street who
ould not kneel to the archbishop or
he holy sacrament. Whatever I
bought I staggered into a shoe store,
nd just as I got inside it struck mo
hat an earthquake was in session,
""hev were repairing something or
ther in the store, and I vaguely felt
hrough my dizziness that 1 must get
nit from under the scaffolding, and I
omehow found myself in the
treet, standing on the corner
nd clinging - to a building, liy
hat time I had recovered my senses,
nd could philosophize on the subject,
t was very interesting to watch the
leople. They poured out of the stores
ato the streets, and very generally
nelt. 1 took in the height of the
uildin?s around, and concluded that
liould they fall into the narrow streets
ni* might as well he in one spot us in
nother, so stayed in the shade. It
i-as very quiet, not a word spoken
nywhere. I don't suppose it lasted
hree minutes, hut it w;is the queerest
ensation imaginable. For the 1110nent
that I did not know what it was
was dreadfully frightened, hut the
iioinentit occurred to me it was only
n earthquake, I was as composed as
t" I had taken earthquakes for a daily
xercise all my life. I was quite seaick
for a little while, and never was
easiek at sea. I am actually so dizzy
iow, at 10 o'clock, that I can hardly
t rite."?Rochester Democrat.
Marriage makes men thoughtfiqUiout
half their time is spent in form
ng excuses.
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