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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1886. VOLUME XXXI. NO." 2/ J
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WOMAN AND HOME. |
SOME OF THE SELF-MADE WOMEN Of j
OUR COUNTRY.
French "as She Is Spoke" in Cookery? j
Death on Flies?Houso Clean ins?To !
the Married?The Farisienne?A Singer j
?No Page?Note;*.
The sweet poetess, Lucy Larcorn, was a
mill-hand.
Adelaide Pliillipps, the singer, now dead, :
was a treasury girl, and so tor a time was
Sara Jewett, the actress.
Pretty Maude Granger, with the gold- j
hrown eyes and shapoly form, first earned
her livenhood by running a sewing-machinc.
Winnie Hauk's father was a German and
a shoemaker, in the most straitened circumstanes.
Her voice eariy attracted tbo at- i
tentiou of one of Now York's richest men, I
who had it cultivated, and thus opened the j
way to fame for her.
Charlotte Cusb.nan was the daughter of
poor people, who, however, gave hor an ex* j
cellent education in the publi schools In
order to maintain herself she aspired to become
an opera singer, bat, a.cinentally losing
her voice, becamo an actress instead.
The mother of Clara Louise Kellogg
Btrained every nerve to give Clara a musical ;
edu -ation, and at one time wa3 a profes- j
sion&l spiritual medium. Miss Kellogg f
failed three times, ha.h time sho retired, {
rot discouraged, but to devote herself to j
tbo still further development of her vcira j
Finally sbe toot tho public by storm, iier ,
lirst failures were her last.
Tbo lady doctors and lawyers bare bad '
tbo hardest time to enter prolessional ranks. 1
Nevertheless, they have inado great heal- j
way eince Elizabeth Ll&ckwell vainly J
applied for admission to tbo medical colleges
in New York, Boston, und l'hiladel- j
I>hia. Sbe was finally admitted as a !
student in tho medical college of Geneva, 1
N. Y. Her youth was one of struggle,
hardship, discouragement, and restricted '
moans.
Eumonia Lewis, the sculptor, Is colored.
Overcoming the prejudice against ber sex |
and color, and self-educated, Miss Lewis is ,
now successfully pursuing her profession in 1
Italy. Only oue other colored woman ever
? s i -????? firm arts! that
J^aiUUU UidbllKUVU 4?* ?.?V a? ,
was the singer who called herself "The Black j
fciuan," and who Nourished about fifteen
years ago '1 here has never been an au- ;
tbaruss or actress of color beyond tho rner- ;
i?t tyro, but no one can predict what tha J
luture may hold for color, d people.
We have Lad two great female astronomers,
Miss Hersehell and Mi.>3 MitchelL j
Loth were singb women, and both took up i
the study of astronomy in order to assist J
their brothers. Miss Herschell's pathway ,
to fania was over a smooth roa 1, but .Miss
Maria Mitchell bai everything to l?t Ij i
with. fcbo was ttn daughter of a small j
farmer iu Nantucket, who was obliged to
eke out Lis income by teaching school at $2 a
weelc. Maria was constantly occupied with j
household duties, and she describes her j
childhood as "being au endless washing of j
dis'jes."
It is a curiocs fact ttiat so many of our
celebrated literary women were the
daughters of farmer3 and began their life
work by teaching school?gradually
acquiring fame and aS'uenee by writing, j
Take the Cary sisters to begin with, ami
Mrs. Lydia Sigourney, the poetess, before
them, then Grace (j reuiiwooJ, and last'.y
Ella Wheeler. Llla Wheeler aover taught
school, but her parents were poor farm people
in the west Thb first poem sho ever I
wrote sho sent to Mrs. Frank Leslie, who j
yaw enough merit in it to accept it. Klla
Las hought her parents a home out of her j
own earnings, and is in every respect a most j
excellent daughter.
Clara Morris' mother was a coo'; in a j
restaurant in Cleveland when Clara was a j
lanky girl of .'3 years of age. Managc-r John I
Lllsltr advertised for somo extra girls for \
< tho ballot in a pantomime he was getting dp. !
Clara applied for a place iu the extra ballet.
She wore an old, faded culico dres.;,
much too short for her long legs, a thin
fehawl, and a ragged woolen scan wrapped
around her head. When the extra girls
were no longer required Clara was retained j
for small parts. That was the beginning of
the career of the. great emotional actress,
Cliira Morris, who, by-the way, is of En- j
glish, not American, birth.
Anna Dickinson began life as a school
teacher. Wearying of this, she 0110 <lay
went to Mrs. John Drew, manageress of thj
Arch fc'treet theatre, Philadelphia, and entreated
her to give her an opportunity to
go upon the stage. Mrs. Drew heard her '
recite, told her that she had a very ba.l accent,
that she did not think she would over
make an actress, and advised her to go
back to her school teaching. The war !
broke out soon afterward, giving Miss
3>ickins>n an opportunity to emerge from
obscurity. Sne still secretly cherished histrionic
aspirations, but years wore destined to
elapse before she was enabled to t~st whether
Mi's. Drew had been a truo prophet or not*
?Ctlia Logan in Chicago 2sews?
1'rencli " As She Is SjtoUe " In Cooltery.
Aspic?Savory jelly for cold dishea
Au gratin?Dishes prepared with sauce |
mryji frmubs and baked.
Bouchees?.Xery tiny pattios or cakes, as
name indicates?mouthful?-.
13a.La?A peculiar, sweet French yeast I
cake.
Bechamel?A rich, white sauce made with
fitok.
Bisque?A white soup made of shell fish. I
To Blanch?To place any article on the
fire till it toils, then piling? it in cold water, '
to whiten poultry, vegetables, etc. To remove
the skin l>y immersing in boiling i
water.
Bouillon?A clear coup, stronger than
broth, yet not so strong as consoinxne, which |
is ' reduced'' soup.
Braise?Meat cooked in a closely-covered
stew pan, so that it retains its own flavor,
and those of the vegetables and flavorings I
put with it.
Brioche?A very rich, unsweetened French
ca .e made with yeast.
Cannelon?Stutfe I rolled-up meat.
Consomme?(,'loar soup of bouillon boiled
down till very rich, L e., consume L
Croquettes?A savory minco of fish or
fowl, made with sauce into shapes and fried. |
Croustades?Fried forms of bread to serve
minces or other meats upon.
Eatree?A 6mall dish, usually served be- ;
Amircna nf rl}nn-?t?
Fondue?A light preparation of molted J
choese.
Fondant?Sugar boiled, and beaten to a ,
crcamy pasta.
Hollar.daiso Sauce?A rich sauce, somo- J
thing like hot raayonaise.
Matelote?A rich fish stew, with wine.
Mayonnaise?A rich salad dressing.
Meringue?Sugar and white of egg beaten
to sauce.
Marinade?A liquor of spices, vinegar, \
etc., in which ilsh meats m e st.-epol beiore |
cooking.
Miroton ?Cold meat warmed in various
ways, and disbed i:t circular form.
Purso?This name is given to very thick
ijoups, the ingredients for thickcning which
have been rubbed through a sieve.
Fouletto Same?A bechamel eaace, to |
IWWB?wnwwwwww ?ap?aa?I
which white wine and sometimes egj;s ewa
added. |
ila^out?A rich, brown stew, with mush
rooms, ve?euioi??s, eiu
Piquante?A sauce of several flavors, acid :
predominating.
C^uenelJes?Forcemeat with bread, yolk of t
eggs, highly seasoned, and formed with a
ppoon to an oval shape, then poached and
used either as a dish by themselves, or to,
garnish.
Remou'ade?A salad dressing differing |
from mayonnaise, in that the eggs are hard
toiled and rubbed in a mortar with mus-;
tard, herbs, etc,
Itissole?Rich minoo of meat or fish, rolled
in thin pastry and fried.
Uoux?A cooked mixture of butter and
f.our, for thivkeuing soups and stews.
Salnria?A rich stew of gawo, cut up and
dressed, when half roasted.
Sauter?To toss moat, otc., over the fire,
in a little fat
Sou.llo?A very light, much-cbipped ur j
pud-ling or omelette.
Timbalo?A sort of pie in a mold.
Vol au vents?J'atties of very light puT
paste, mado without a dish or mold, and
l.l'erl with meat or m-escr 03. etc.?L'athe-!
riuc Owen in (Jool Housekeeping.
To Get llld of tho Flies.
To ;is, in extremity, drifted a newspaper
scrap which was neither ollicial nor judicial j
Somebody picked it up somewhere. A'
drowning man would have caught at it, as
did we, Lai it bobbed at him from the crest
of a wave. It was not quite explicit in the
directions it conveyed, but we cot attue
meaning of the extract and put it into
practice as follows: We had Persian insect
powder in tho houso, also the implement, in
shape like a big hunting watch, with i/smull
pij.e let into one side, with which we had
pjo?ectei tbe yellow dust into corr.e;s1
where might lurk the eggs or pup u of moths. 1
This we charged to tho u.uuJe. That night
kitchen and dining-room were cleared of
such small articles as would have to lie |
wasLe 1 if the powder fell on them; windows |
and dcors were made fast, and an operator, !
standing in tue middle of tho lloor, worked j
tlie spring-top of the roundod caso IUj.c ex- j
polled the powder, th; owing it upward at
en angl9 or forty-fivo degrees toward every ,
corner and side of the apartment. We
used a boxful in each room, then half as
much on each succeeding occasion. The
rooms were not euloivd again uutil mora-;
ing.
Cook rieclare.l that she sw:-pt np "a fall
pint of the little bastes." The waitress <iid '
not measure her trophies, but reported that J
floor and furniture wore strewn with bodies. i
It was a miniature edition of the destruc- J
tioa of Sennacherib by an unsoen agenL :
To make sure that our foes wore like hi-> j
a: my, all de.td corpses, we coasignod them 1
without delay to the crematory.
This was done Saturday night, and ineffable
peace reigned over our fcunday
breakfast
Towards evening the vanquished leaders
sent in scouts, lew in number and wary, to
reeonnoitro the battlefield. A repetition of
the experiment of the preceding evening \
leftnot one to carry tho tale.
If I have told it lightly it is tocaim the
l-iflintmn n-no n rl I tli.i I
UllltWitVU Wl. . W.v ?W .. - I
nn.e welcome bey on 1 expression. r-ince '
then we Lave held our own successfully in
the height of ' ilj'-tiine." In very hot
woalhar tho powder is used every nigi t for
a week or two at a iimo. In ordinary cir-1
cumstances, and by ob-erving common pre-!
caution in the matter of screen doors ami;
darkenod rooms, twice or threo times a
wtelc sulliciis to keep the premises clear, i
While the remedy leaves no trace of its ro- j
cent presence to sight or smell after the
tioor is swept and the furniture dusle.1, we
bavonot thought it prudent to use it in be!
chamb-.r.-;. But wo have learned that
kitchen tin 1 dining-room are the enemy's
headquarters, an J th.it heroic measures j
here cut olE supplies from tho upper part of
the iious-.'.?ilanon Harland's Leltor.
Various House-Cleaning; Hint.*.
In this season of general up-turning and
houje-cleauing it may not be amiss to roUHin>er
that aunuonia in water cleanses
gla->s an l paint much better than soap doe.-.;
that it sometimes costs less to h:r. o a badly
soiled room repainted, after a ilk derate use '
of the mop and brush, than it does to have
it cs?i*iililio.l nn.l In wv* nntliinff nf !
the expenditure of strongm; that salt ami i
vinogar brighten brasses as well as any |
more modern and expensive potions; that a
small bag of cha:\oal hung in a rainwater
barrel purifies it perfectly; that piaster
Lusts and statuette may be cleaned, when it
is not desired to j-aint th.m, by dipping i
them into thick liquid starch and drying, !
and when tiio starch is bru^hod oil' the dirt i
is brushed oif with it; that it is a good
plaa tcgo over the bediteads before begin- j
ning any of tho cleaning, as delay in Ihess
days when the sun has become strong is apt
to increase tho trouolo ther >; tint it is
wise to open tho campaign at the top of the
house and in the unu-ed rooms, and so give
less confusion and prominence to the aituir;
that, on reaching their breeding haunts at,
the bottom of the house, powdered borax
mixed with a little powdered tugar ami
scattered about in spots will prove certain
death to cock: ouches an I to ant-?, an 1 if that
is not bandy, a few drops of spirits of tur-1
pontine sprinkle I hero and there will bo as
rjiiectivo in the c.-.so of these nui-anci-s as it
is in the caaoof moths.?Chicago Tribur.o.
It'Hrriod People Would lln Iliipiiittr
If homo troubles wore never told to neighbors.
If expenses wero proportioned to receipts. I
If they tried to be as agreeable as in courtship
days.
if each remembered that the other was a
human bein^, and not an angel.
If fuel and provi.ions were lai 1 in during ;
tho hi^h tide of summer work.
If both parties remembered that they
married for worse as well as for better.
If masculine bills for Havanas and feminine
ditto for rare laco were turned into tho ;
general fund until such time as they could ;
be incurred without risk.
If men would remember that a woman
can not be always smiling who has to cook ,
the dinner, answer fho door bell half a i
do.-en times, and get rid of a neighbor who I
bus dropped in, tend a sick baby, tie up tho |
cut finder of a ~-year-o!d, tie up the head of !
a f> year-old on skates, and get an .^-year-old
ready for school, to say nothing of cleaning,
sweeping, dusting, etc. A woman with all
this to contend with may claim it as a privilege
to look and feel a little tired sometimes,
and a word of sympathy would not bo too
much to e ;peet from tho m m who, during ,
the honeymoon, would not let her tarry as I
much as u sunshade.?Western iiowmau.
When Miirr!a>;o Is Contemplated.
One world-wide trouble is the coming together
of two persons whoso testes are just
as unlike as it is possible for them to be. A
girl who is fond of theatres, dances and
amusomonts generally mat ries a mm who
cares nothing for all these, but would liko
to sit by his own hearth.-tune, reading and
conversing with his wife upon tho current
topics of tho day, or deeper things which she
cares nothiug about, but would rathor talk
theatre, tho latest '-star," cte., or fancy
work, Depend upon it, where two such
persons marry love soon walks out at the
door.
Would it not, thon, bo wiso to teach cur ,
young people to bo perfectly honest and out* j
spoken when marifage is contemplated. an<i
to learn to judge of how much tbev will b?
able to give up and live happily?to teach
them that they can not give up all their natures
call for and be happy or mike others
happy? This, I think, all will feel to be
true in spite of the sentimentalise of tho
day in regard to love's sacrifice for its loved
object.?Cor. Inter Ocean.
For Pretty She Will He.
An English woman is beautiful by nature
or not beautiful, and there is an end of the
matter. A I'arisienue can rarely compete
with tho beautiful i nglish ( r American
women in feature or cumploxion au I purity
of skin, but she exerts such an eit'ort
of will in making herself fascinating that
she often surpassos her rival in spite of natural
disadvantages. Take liachel, for instance:
Is'ature gave her a thin face with
a largo and prominent forehead, deep-sot
eyes, a sunken mouth, a pointed chin, a
scraggy boiiy and lean arms. Out of those
natural materials, tho littla Jewess, by
dint t:f genius, will, i>as.si n, love, and gold
sp. nt on beautiful objects, made tho Rachel
that men will ever remember?a woman of
Corinth or of Syi acuse, with the carossing
gesture of a statue l>y Coysevax, tho intensity
of a water color by (invalid, lips that
always reliecteu tno agiit, ana m uer souuer
eyes the subtle i!amo of intelligence.
In the i'arisi-.'tino, from tho shop girl to
tho grande danu*, there seems to be an innate
culte of her person, a respect of her
llesh, a pride in her silhouette and bearing,
and withal a constant e !ort to refashion
an i romalio herself in accordance with a
marvelous ideal of beauty, grace, elegance
tin l you: h; to take lrom antiquity, from
tho east, from a!l ages and countries that
which has constituted their peculiar elogance,
and th n to re-luce tho-o elements of
eleganco to tho Parisian formula. i3very
ParWenno is a living work of art, the
product of a mysterious collaboration of
surroundings.?Paris Cor. London World.
Tlie Singer anil Mrr Rxhy.
At a small Parisian cafo chantant one
evening recently, as tho prima donna was
romtiiencin? a nari.icui.irlv sentimental
ditty of the period, her strains wore interrupted
by the cries of a l>aby. As a matter
ol' course there was an uproar, aad cries of
' Turn it out!" A giant, bearded like the
pard, who was holding the infant in his
arms, and who tried in vain to quiet it,
f-tood up to expostulate. But the prima
donna left hiin no tiino. "I.ndies and gentlemen,"
she said, interrupting her sung,
"I had bettor toil you that l aby is mina If
I do not give it its supper it will continue
to cry." Stepping down from the platform
sho.took the chil 1 i:i her arms; the:i. while
it was enjoying its meal, she cauio back,
made a sign to tiio pianist, and resumed her
song as if nothing had happened.?Chicago
'IriLuno.
London Not Yet Kccngnizori.
The fame of tho divided skirt has at last
rceched Paris, and one of the payors discourses
to Jts readers on the programme of
the "National Dress Associat.oa" and its
president, "Aline, la Vkomtesso Hubersou."
The I' rcnch critic warmly defends the wearing
of stays, and waxes indignant over the
iusults heaped on "tjo poor litde corset, so
usciul in sustaining tue le.-ble, restraining
the stout, end raliyiug tho straggler*." As
lor the divided ikirt, if woin^n really wis'i
to dress up like xuuaves, well, they can do
it But what makes him ra.jst indignant is
tho idea of England venturing to ta o tho
lead in any question of costunn. "London
is not yet recognised its tho capitd o? tho
world of taste, nor has Paris lost tho scopter
of eleganco whi.h s'au has hold for so long."
?Cliiuigo Tribu .o.
There Arc Two Kinils of Oirls.
One is the hind that a p; tears b.-st al road
?tho girls that are goo.l at parties, riiles,
visits, balls, etc., and whose chief delight is
in such things. Tils oiher is the kind that
appears best at homo?the kind that are use
ful and cheerful in tlia dining-room, .sickroom
and all the precincts of home. They
dilfer widely in cbaract.-r. One is often a
torment at home, th.- other a blessing; one
is a moth, consuming o very thing about her;
tho other is a sunbeam, inspiring light aud
gladness all around her pathway. To which
of theso classes do you bylong '?Chicago
Tribune.
miijiuror.
Measured by the Snmo Standard.
Wore we dreaming, or did a little bird
whisper to us that a great organization was
about to be formed culled the Daughters of
Purity, in which men are to be measured
by tlie same standard that they apply to
the character of women/?Western Plowman.
Occupying a University Chair.
Dr. Sophie Kawalowski, who has beon
appointed to a mathematical chair in the
University of .Stockholm, .Sweden, is said
to bo the Jir.st woman who over attained a
recognized academic position us professor of
mathematics in Europe.
A woman 83 years of ago recently
mado linal pro jf on a quarter soctiou oJ
Ktuisas land.
:
"L,ikc tlie Venus <le Medici."
In Paris tho fashionaLlo la.ly is henceforth
to bo allowed Louis XV. hoe's at h-Jine,
in her carriage, and at the thoat.ro, but not
for walking or dancing. JSLe is informed
that her waist should measure at least
twenty-!>eveil inchos in circumleruucc, like
that of tho "Venus do Me.lici,'' instead of
twenty or twenty-one inches, as is too often
tbe case with young French women, an I slio
is invited to eonvinco herself of the requirements
of nature in this respect by ;;oing an I
looking at some of the pictures in the Louvre
by some of the old Italian masters.?Chicago
Herald.
No rase at Their Wedding?.
American bri.'.es take not kindly to taa
pictures juo little page at tueir weddings.
Either '-iittio brother' objects to being
dressed up, or his i?i. t r is afraid to entrust
her precious train to his tender mercy, for
in this particular the Knglisii wedding has
no followers ht-re. Children are a favorite
decoration in these hyiueni.il functions in
England, and seem to be especially gotten
up to compare with the elaborate surioundiug&
It can t be these small LriiLbers boliavo
better than Young America i IS'o;
that muot not be said ! ? Uoston Herald.
Snills Wiiiii on Her Dross.
Society gossip tells of a belle, much addicted
to extravagant dinner toilets, who invariably
spills wino on her dress, or contrives
to make somebody clso ao it, in order
that it shall lie known that shu wears it to
one dinner oniy. A giil of claret tpa tiered
over the delicto frent of a robe rained it
l.eyond redemption, mid so she could not bo
puspected of having tho stuff ma>lo over.
The disasters passed for accidents lirst aloug,
bat eventually caino to be understood as
premeditated.?"Undo Bili's'' i\ew York
Letter.
A I.ot of Married Folks Prosont.
It was j-omarked at tho opera one night
"what a lot of married pcopio there are
here tonight!" "How can you tell t'uey
aro married." was the query. "JJou't you
see?" was the answer. "X he men don't do
any talking, aud there's hardly a corsage
bouquet umong tho women."?Cincinnati
H
A "SPOTTER" AT WORK.
i Ekoomes Invented to Catch Our Couduc*
torn Who Are Not Honest. <1
I "Do you want to see a rc?.l 'spotter' at
I work;" whispered a stout, ruddy-faced surfueo-car
conductor to a reporter whom ha
kuew, as the latter scramblji upon the j
rear platform of a crowded upward-bound
car the other afternoon. "Well, then, no
ti e that dudish looking chap in the far
j corner on tha right-band side?tho fellow
I ~:*u - {,. l,{o ko,?l T tnnnn ?
I nuu it UUUA Ail UM uauu, A 1UVUIM
The reporter casually glaticod in the di-1
j rection indicated and saw a, handsomely i
; dressed, iiitolligent-iooking young man who '
! seemed to bo deeply engrossed in the con- j
j tents of a neatly bound copy of "Judith !
i Shakespeare," the pages of which he j
j skimmed with the rapidity of a veteran re- I
, viewe r. He had a pencil in his hanJ, with j
j which lie frequently wrote something on the :
! margin or underlined sentences that struck I
i liis fancy. There was so littla of tho imag- j
! iuary "spotter" about the youth's make up j
| that the reporter turned to tiie fare-taker ]
; again with a half-incredulous smile &11J
ask.d him if ho was not "oil" a little:
"Oh, no," replied tho conductor, "not an
i inch. I am light on to that follow and
have been for a week past Some of tho
' boys sound him out about oig'jt days ago, \
and of course the word was qni kly pastel I
i along tho lino. Just watch him yourself. |
I Don't you soe how ho niakos some sort of a |
I mark with his pencil evory time a passenger i
gets on? Ho got on near tlo City Hall, j
j and will probably rulo up to tlio stabler j '
! with mo, and it my register does not tally :
! with liis marks you may bo sure I'll hear
1 about it. l!ut 1 am not 'blowing iu' any,
thirijj for my household oxpensas this trip,
j You n n't call this that he is working a now
do.lge exactly?it is but another form of an ,
oiu wrinkle. Sometimes thoy keep account j
of th-j faros by turning dow.i tho corners of j
j the leaves of tho book which they pretend
to rett'.l. Then again they will come aboard
I with <i certain number of peanuts in their |
pocketti and oat one for e;;c!i passenger we ]
| take ni) aiid tho number left d'.'ducto I liom j
tho original number in their tally shook It j
I uoas not take u-> long to got en those new i
' devices, however, and thoy have to keep in|
venting new schemes to entrap us all the
timo. A few of t'uojo spotters ai o really
smart; thoy wat_*h uj, koop tally day after
j day and yot we aro not able to find them out. |
These use no outward appliances, howowr, 1
! but depend entirely upou their memori.s, i
1 which .ire extollenr. Uno or two of them i
. . I
are women, I understand. In my opinion ;
i it is felting harder every day for any man (
I to live disbonnatly in ibis town."
i . Just before tlie stabks were reached the !
! young man shut the book, turned toward tlio !
; register and got o;f tbo car by tha front
platform. As ho wailed tfway down a ;.ide I
I street there was a lock of disappointment j
upon his face. He hni taken at least ono
trip in vain.?Now York Tribune.
Tiio i'ilie Arts of l-'ustniK.
The Russian peasant is said to be im- !
provident, and it must bo confessed that he j
is sometimes tempted to prefer a glass of'
> vo-ika u> tbo welfare of his grandchilcron, j
or oven to his own. ilut, however, ob!
livious hi may ba to tlio weal of future gen- ]
crations, ho never forgets tho coining Lyufc. !
| Quo is scarcely post before bo begins to
mako preparations for tho next, and j
' throughout Ih-j year his forethought never |
; wearies, From spring to autumn his chil- I
dren range the wood in search of fungi, I
which aro carefuliy dried an I stored away I
! for tho great fasts, when by no means un- j
palatable soups are made of thorn instead at j
! meat Ho knows that many of th.so fret) \
j gifts of nature which tho proud Briton
kicks aside as nasty toadstools a:? not only I
! nutritious and wholesome, but toothsome ;
food and acts accordingly.
When his fruit is gathered in a part of i
; such as can he preserved in any way with I
! which he is acquainted is set apart for tho
| purpose. Large jars of honey are stored |
' aw.iy. Such apples as can bo kept are sa- I
j hctoi, but their number i* small, as tuo j
room at his disposal, which is absolute!}' I
' protected fiom lrost, is limited; otliors aro j
j cut into slices and dried, oil: 1.8:: I '
; in tho suu or by artiiicial boat;'
| tho re.-t aro treated ia a manner jieculiurly !
' bis own. They are packed in casks and a '
I mixture ot' hot water nnd rye me:il is made i
and alio wo 1 to ferment;, alter which i; ij j
I poured over them. Wi.on kept ia this way. i
! lor months tho fruit loses all its sweotsiosj j
i and becomes semi-transparent. In thisscato !
j it is considered a welcome addition to a fru-1
gal meal, and when it w not Laut Russians j
oi' othar classes frequently eat "wet apples"' j
, with roast meat, thoujh they aro rarely j
' placed Lofore foreigners.?Saturday lie!
vijw.
A liock in JPyrMmhl Lake.
One of the largest of these rock?, a tall !
whitj ono seen from toward the head of the
luke, is called Fremont's pyramid, it is not!
wholly perpendicular on all f.i-.lo.i. (,'n o:ie oC j
its sides is a steep slcp , which it is thought j
i might he sealed in some way. A story is [
current that tho great l'ncbtindor found a : I
' p ith to the top ot this rock when bo pascod j
through to (,'ali'oruia in 18 ;G, ivitli Kit Car- |
sou lor Lis guide. It i.s the popular Lciiof ;
tlic.t ho loft his field-glass aml^oine other in- j
struments of value ou the summit of tho
rojk. Many attempts have L.o:u made to J
: ciimb it to secure these article;1. j
| 1 ho last attempt to scale tho pyramid was I
, mado jy a sailor. ilo u.>ed a lou^ rope,
I throwing it upward until it caught upon a
! projecting point, then drawing hiiusulf up
and again throwing his rope to a rock above,
lie reached a height of about L iU feet, when
ho was unablo tj lind any more projections ;
that wouid hold his rope, and catue near |
never reaching level ground alive, lie was |
! Ji>li,;ed to dcscond by tho sau.o means used |
in t ll'ectiug tlio ascent. When he finally got I
down he was completely exhausted. His j
hands were blcoding an 1 ho was cut and !
scratched from head to loot. Tho fishermen !
about the lake tinaily arrived at tho co.iclu- j
si;n that the only way in which the liuld-gla :s ;
i and olher plunder could bo secured would
' be l>y atta hinga line to a rock and tiring j '
it over tho ton of the pyramid from a luor- I
tar.?Don do guil e's Nevada . .etter.
Tho Great AVchI LeuiU tho WorJtl.
"I was ai; Fort Keogli one summer not j
long ago, v, lien an explosion occurred iu
tlio Loiler which blow it some distance from j
, tlio iort into a swamp. The men started
after it When they got tiiero the inus- !
qui toe s were so thiol: that it uus impossible i
to woi\:. The men got inside the boiler,
and the musquitoes punched, their stingers 1
! right through the plated iron. The meu '
i clinched the bills 011 the insidu and kept cm
c inching them until hundreds and hundreds '
oi musquitoes wore fastened to the boiler.
The men built a lire inside of the boiler to j
scare oil' tlio other musquitoes, ani the latter
started to liy away. I
I -of course those that were fastened trio I j
! to tly with the rest, and actually carried the 1
j heavy boiler and the nieu out of the swam;i 1
ailU on U> luo ury mill jiilbi' iuuii ib >vu3 i
no tri' k to haul tho boiler into the fort. ' J
How did they get rid of tho nms<;ui toes' 1 i
bids' Why, t!n*y just filed thorn nil' do,so i
uud loft them lucre."?at i'au.l Glo: o.
Tlio Sparrow and tlio Crocus. I i
In England great damago i? dona to cro- j
, cases every spring by the sparrows! The?a
| birds bito off the narrow part of tho tube ol !
1 the plant, :iu which nectar h secreted i
IIOW BEER IS MADE.
1
rHE BEVERAGE FLOWS NIGHT ANQ
DAY WITHOUT STOP. i
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I Visit to n Brewery In Kansas City? j
Tlixi 1>rniinuu frnlll T?nrIl?V to liocr Nl c
Substitute Yet Found for Hojis?Cool l
the tollers.
The manufacture of beer is an interost- <
ing process and yet probably lew people j <
javo atudi..d it A recent visit to a Kansas j <
Dity brewery suggested that our readers f
uij.bt like to know the progress of the pop- ?
liar drink through the stages of manu- i
racture. In even the storage room a strange .1
inioll pervades the air, the smell of ferment-1 1
ition. Notwithstanding tbe fact that tbe ' (
-00.11 is fi.led almost from top to ceiling ! '
rvitb barrels that contain tbe bariey soon to I
jo 'turned into malt, the smell crowds out
jvery other. From this room wo are led 1
jut into a sort of archway, where promi- 1
uent 011 either side stands a monstrous dr- siilar
shaped tub, flattened at the top, but t
:onical at the bottom and on the other an <
immense kettle. The tub is the mashing tub. 1
l'bo malt, which has been prepare after j
laving undergone a fermentation period, I
s poured into this, a surlicient quantity oi (
sva:er is then le.l in and the two are boiled I
together a few hours at a temperature of i I
lbout 180 degrees Fahrenheit. The beat is j I
led to tho tub by steam pipes, which are <
arranged all round about it. i'hi3 boiling 1 1
continues until tho brewer shall have 1 1
icuuiua ib cuiuvtviiu.
LEU INTO THE TAJfXS. <
Tho liquid is then let down a pipe which !
lOEJinunicates with a pump, which in turn | 1
oives it up again into tho kcttIo, anil there s
jgfiiu it is made to boil (this time with I <
lop..) for about six hours. At the er.d of <
;hat period it is draiuod off and led into a :
series of Hat tanks to l>e cooled. They have 1
i cupacity of about 1-5 barrels and are loft i
Lhus a.-out two hours. The leer i* practi- :ally
made now, only lacking a laying in of i
x f iw weeks to give it tho soundness aud 1
>uL stance of ol 1 beer. These tanks of cool- 1
ng bjor aro called the lake of beer. There ?
is a Continuous cloud of steam arising from >
ihe lake as it coui'.-s up here, nearly at a 1
L-oiling point, from tho kettle below. From 1
:bi3 lake tho beer is conducted by pipes '
unl us a natural sequence tiio market to me .
LllMWCI*. I
i'lic cooling of tho cellars is accomplished j
l?y means of ice maihi.ses. Th-j l oi.suli- ,
iuted macbhio is tbo Litest pattern. Tbis |
machine consists of two ammonia pumps,
.we 011 each sido filled with iiquid ammoiiia j
iii'l a sitiy lo acting compressor. Tbo operaL.ou
is as follows: the liquid goes into a ]
>yitem or' coiis submerged iu a tank of
briny water, tbo purpose of the brino being
to lower tbe temperature of tbe water be- (
io'V tbo freezing point without crystallizing (
thy same. Tbe rapid evaporation of thu (
luimonia causes tbe temperature of tbo
L>riny water to lower Leiow the freezing
point, At tbo same time that this evaporation
goes on tue ammonia liquid has turned ,
togas. And so tlie action is k:pt u? al- j j
[c: nat-.'ly, the timiuoaia being uow a liquid
md now a gas. Tho briny water is then ,
led into the pipes which are suspended l'rom i j
thj ceiling above the casks and thus the ntmospherc
in iho cellar is lowered. Tbe ^
melting duty of these machines are forty (
ioas per twenty-lour hours.?Kansas (Jity ,
riincA
Mrs. Fremont and tho Howitzer.
Mrs. Fremont played a conspicuous part
in tho tirst o:\peditioii sent out under her
jrsband in 'Mr. Fremont," as she
uerio.f tells it, "was at the frontier gecting
Lii-> ci.mp an l animals into complete travel- j !
in.; condition when there came nn order re- |
:ailiug him to Washington; where he was to j '
jxplaiu why he had armed his party with a | J
iicwitzer; that the howit.-.or had been I
. .u-i. ! I
i.'JU;irgt.''l IU L1IU1, 1/UU.L Ik niu U 3UCU1XII. UaU
act a military oxpciiition, and si.ould not j
javo been so armed: ond that ho must return
at once to Washington and 'explain.' " ( '
dor co use was taks-n without hesitation. ' ]
llie important thing was to save the expe- j '
lilion and gain time for a good start which 1 j
>hould put it beyond interference. It was j
jcloro telegraphs wore known, and nearly a j 1
ivcek was i e juired to got letters either to 1
Llie frontior or Washington, fcha sent a !
iussage to her husband to hurry his ar- '
rangements aud start, adding that she could
;;ive no reason, but there was a suilicienC j
ji o. Then she awaited the consequences,
ivai?*!i, happily, did not prove Very ?erions. 1
IL-r cbject was gained and the o.\poailion 1 '
iv.is beyond recall.?Chicago Iribune. : 1
The labor disturbances of the day an 1
bringing Charles Read's story, "Put Your- !
wlf in His tiace," before th? pablic again. |
??,
lurougu intricate ways, now aoov-e, now <
under ground, to the beer cas.-ade. TLLj i
ascado is simply the fall of the beer over <
forty-four ro.ls, placed lengthwise cne over ]
the otner, twelve containing ammonia gas, i
uiil thirty-three pure water. 'ihe purpose
jf the ummonia is to cause more rapid '
jvnporation, henco quicker cooling. The '
jvtiporation is so great on thj outside that '
the wat-T on the ammonia pipes freezes into '
solid ice. From this again, it is led back to I
th?i liiling room where the casks are Llied, 1
in I it is placed in store to lager. 1
The rooms where it is stored are kept on ]
m average temperature oi ;ti degrees to ol <
iogreea lahrenhoit. To accomplish this end <
largo pipes net the ceiling overhead lllled '
ivi;li a lvroiioJ, briny water, much below !
Llio freo/.ing point. The cellar is dark,
chilly and of forbidding aspect. On either
side huge casks of Leer riso up with a capacity
varying between iifty uui 110 bar- I
rc-ls. She pa*.c.l ttoor is dripping wot, and
jvi.-ry step sounds sepulchral, while the uim i
ugui o: me uuiiviu uui, iaiuuy n.unimus tee i i
placet It is while the beer lies here ia store i
that tlu blower's skill is most tested, 'l oo ' i
oi'Si-h yeast would give loo violent a:,
action, resulting perhaps in sourness; while
Loo little wouM not give it su.iicient ierir.er.t.
The bajpy mean then inu.it never i
bo lost sight of. The Ibreo rules brewers i
never fail to rogard are the?e: a good malt
[or bo ly: good hops for flavor; and gojd i
yeast lor ferment, l.'pou these three things
ie.iond tbo manufacture of good beer.
SKLKCTiuN <_)! ' TliE HAllLKV. i
The selection of barley for beer purposes
is not an easy matter either. Soma kinds
possess too much starch, others not enough, i
i>r else they are too hard anil the terminating
process gcos on too slowly; or perhaps
there is too much nitrogenous substance in
the grain, cither of which would prove seri- |
Jtisly detrimental to the making of yood
beer. The proportion of malt necessary to
i barrel of bo.-r varies; it is safe to say, j
however, that it is not far from two and a ]
balf barbels. Two pounds of Lops i
in.) about the average thrown in lor j
sa>:h barrel also. The barley used comes
in great liUaatities from hurope, as well as
tfao hops. Germany, and especially i.'ohemia, i
produce the latter exclusively. A few tome i
[ro:n >.ew York state. They retail from i
td.OJ to ?1.10 a barrel, but they are *oid j
much cheaper for beer purposes, being frequently
obtained at an averugo of ;>0 cents
i pound. Greedy brewers, who like a great
many of humanity would want the earth as j
their share of the pot, have tried once in a (
ivlii'ie to substitute other herbs for hop3, but .
have found out to thjir sorrow that it did
,io" pay. The ilavor to the beer was lost, j
A GOOD TRADE FOR WOMEN.
Oie Crylhg Need of a Neighborhood
Mender and Darner?A Hint.
There waj a call lately for a now trade,
idapted to the complexities ef the modern
;ity house?that of the universal tinker.
Sow, with an extension of the same idea
nto the woman's kingdom, a correspondent J
nrvVio frvr o noitrlihnrhrtnfl HnrnAr Hfftflf. nf
is wouli agree as to the convenience; but
;he correspondent was not perhaps aware
that the system recommended is in practical
operation in Paris. In the family where
)ur home was when there, punctually ono
lay in the week came la raceouimotleuse,
ind, having been established in a ba 'k room
md given a cup of coffee, set to work on
the ruin three children and an impatient
nan had wrought. She had for her pains
ler meals and '-0 cents a day, and she had
i clientele of nearly a dozen families, from
whom sho drew occasionally something
aeyond the daily franc.
To some sho gave but half a day; but
nattor3 were so systematized that sho was
rarely without work. Very convenient the
American boarder found her for the ripping
ind cleaning of old gowns and the darning
>f hoso, which in her devotion to the monuments
of Paris sho had no time to touch.
A.nd watching the cheery old woman over
jer task, she often thought what a relief
i similar system would be to many an overtaxed
American housekeeper. For that is
;he point?it is a system and a recognised
trade. This one belonged to the lowest
:lass; but others, handy at lace and finer
work, with a patronage of wealth, often
uaKo muca more, adu even a imuc a uny, i
with a good living thrown in, was not to bo 1
lespised. ]
Sinco the reign of bric-a-brac set in we
have professional dusters in the cities. It 1
should Lq comparatively simple to intro- 1
luce professional menders. Perhaps a dilli- 1
:ulty would arise as to amount of payment, '
since the women who mend for their fami- 1
iies to not roll in wealth, and even 50 cents
i day might se;-m to them extravagance. 1
A.nd the sewing-woman who drags her life 1
out on the 6ame sum, boarding herself 1
would probably scorn lesa But, once given 1
tier patrons, the might find her life both '
easier and healthful; and the tired house- '
mothers, seeing the economy and relief,, '
would wonder why they did not do it be- J
fore. Under the present system the thrifty
women fret and tire themselves over tho '
jndles3 tu9k; the sentimentally philanthropic 1
ind the unthrifty give away to the increase 1
3f poverty oftou; and the old clo's men '
profit by the improvidence of the bachelors !
ma nusoanus.
A little more co-operation everywhere 1
would lighten women's work. Here, for in- 1
stance, in a town of 2,000 inhabitants, one
woman for years made her pin money by {
weekly brewing of yeast for her neighbor! 1
She has gone out of the business now, her
liusband objecting; and the women are left
lamenting the lost convenience. Yeast in
plenty at tho grocery?patent yeast; but
they all prefer tho home-made when they
ian get it. So, couid they once set it, they
wouid prefer the neighborhood mender ? 1
Lippincott's Magazine.
i
Gov. Alvin Saunders ami tho Pawnees.
The warlike Sioux were well mounted, and
bad tho Pawnees at a disadvantage. They
would dash up to any oxposod point of th )
reservation, shoot a Pawnee, and s -urry
iway before the Indians had fairly loarned
of the attack. After hearing the complaint <
of th-3 chief as to tho action of tha Sioux,
the governor assured him that all ho needed <
was a big gun with which ho could fire on
tho Sioux before they came within rifle
range; and tben procoeded to inform him
that if ho would preserve a friendly attitude
toward tho whitc-s, a big gun with plenty of 1
ammunition, would be supplied him.
Tho Pawnee warrior eagerly snapped up .
this alluring bait "As soon.' said the gov
irnor, "as 1 said to him that if ha would be
frien ily, I wouli send to the great father in i
Washington and get for him a great cannon,
and the interpreter had translated my j
words, tho chief jumped up, tools his pipe
from his mouth, and jammed it into mine
without ceremony. "Now," said tho interpreter,
'you must smo':e if you never have i
before in your life!' uud I did puff at the I
pipe without having a chance to wipj it olF,
as it came direct from the chief's mouth to <
tuy own. It was a nauseous dose, but I
swallowed it iu the interest of the cause. I
immediately wrote to the secretary of war \
what had occurred, and he at once forwarded
a nice, shiny, six-pound field-piece. I
?eut it to the agency, and from that day wo ,
never had any trouble with tbe Pawnees, ]
aor did they have any moro ditliculty with j
tho Siou.w"?Cor. Chicago 'l'imoi
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ISravcry Conquers Blatant Cowardice. j
It was one of (hose girls and exactly that 1
kind of a fellow that 1 saw in an encounter 1
. mi _1 It-., 4>a;? 'PIia tzr-iiK *
ID IlIO Ob. XUUI1IU3 kuiuivj ii?w. I.u.r
losses were volunteers, accustomed to silk c
mil salia, but bore clad in calico and Kingbam
lor tho task or benevolent sorvituda
The customers were polite fol.cs as a rule, '
L.ut tho exception was a coarse, intolerable
boor who may have entered by design to t
lind out how it felt to be waited on by an
lu*ires& Tho girl at whosj tablo ho too'c a s
pla. o was not going to be scared out of her <
Juty, and she demurely solicited his order, c
"Give me a glass of whisky," he insolently c
responded. 1
' Ah, my friend," she murmured, in a c
neatly religious stylo of speech, "you're c
calling for something that 'stingeth like
i serpent and biteth like an adder.' Wo r
lon't?" i
"That's precisely the brand I want," he ?
retorted, "a stinger aud a biter." i
"You shall have it, sir," and now hereyes
Hashed, as she disappeared, to quickly return
with a colorless liquid in a glass. ".Now s
? n?,? ti,u; " 4iVi.4 inuiri?sivolv added, "and i
y ou'll vow you're astonished. Drink it J
iowii.''
1 bo loafor was frightened He thought j
the iluiil was nothing weaker thau aquaforlis,
and ho slunk away, leaving it untouched. |
[t was only water, t^uiet bravery had |
jnce more vanquished biataut cowardice.?
'Uncle Bill's'' iNew York Lotter.
Au Incident at the Casino.
It is the custom now to introduce into all i
Lhese entertainments what are called topi- j
;al songs?that is, senseless rhymos with j
local allusions. On this occasion one of the |
ictors hail tne 111 grace lu u ^
ibout tho president's expected marriage. It; t
nas cheap, impertinent an 1 vulgar, and the j.
audience would not have it. They hissed j
furiously. This was an astonishing exhibi-1
tioa of good tasto on tha part of tho public, {
md the actor to redeem himself saug a!
rerse no loss vulgar alout Airs. Browu <(
I'octer, a la<ly in private life. This made | matters
worse, aud a perfect storm of j j
liissos broka out. I never saw a singer so j |,
nonplussed, but tho rebuke was a propor
ind a timely one. There are some private
matters that do not belong to the stage.? <
Nym Crinklo'a New York Letter.
Longevity of the Fretiuoucy. I
"Don't you considor it very remarkable j
that the Rev. Mr. Snaggs preaches now with
as muck frequency as he did forty years !
ago." I
"Oh, I don't know. I don't think n! j
man's frequency is apt to wear out as soon I <
as some other parts of his organism."?Tid- j 1
Bits. j 1
?
HUMOR OF THE NEGRO.
I*HE PRACTICAL JOKES OI- THE COL?
ORED MAN C'F THE SOUTH.
.. . < >?!
How, AVhcn, Where and Wli y Ho Lsaghi
?A Prisoner's Plea Before the Mayor?
An Old Preacher's Wit?Joked That Am
Thoroughly Enjoyed.
-? ''
The genuine southern negro is deflcient in
wit, but opulent in humor. The humor
must be of the broadest kind for him td,
thorougly enjoy it. Practical jokes are hU^ '
profound delight. They are not elusive,
m l are easily understood. Sambo not .
jnly laughs himself, but is a source of
laughter in others In this he is a public
bonefactor. He gills many an hour that
jtherwise would be very gloomy. His grotesque
looks when under excitement, his
profouri 1 interest in abstro.se questions, and ?
the curious fatality with which he mixes
information obtained from the higher walks
3f lll'e malco him a bas relief on tae walls of
time. Surely we are blessed beyond our
leserta In return for his freedom and the
[nestimablo privilege of selling his vote hoy
mako3 us laugh. He laughs, tQOu and.
laughs be3t There may be an eleinont ot
languor in our laughter, but his is hearty, .
rollicking, and uncontrolled.
As the originator of a sonse of humor iu .
others, the negro is a succor. One of them j
jravely regarding the eJ'orts of his em- '
ployrr to open a burglar proof safe, broke"
the silence with "Boss, you done los' do com- >
position, haint you?"
The same negro was the butt of the little (
town he honored with his society. Very .
rond of "red eye," ho was "continually iu ' \
trouble with the law. It was his boast that)
lie had built all the sidewalk from the hotel
to a certain cross street two blocks away.
Hie fines collected from him had been applied
to that purpose. Arrested for being
irunk and disorderly, he was 'bailed, the
trial being pat off until the next morning. ,
Some of the young white men of the place
told him that if he would plead justiflabia. .
aomicide the mayor would let him off with-,'
3ut hne or imprisonment. On the morning -j '
>f the trial, the court room was crowded.
l'he mayor a venerable old gentleman of '*
somewhat inflammatory temperament sa#'
anthroned in awful dignity. The prisoner *
it the bar looked a little bit shaky at first,
but seeing so many of his white friends present
he regained his confidence and assumed
the attitude of one who knows his rights,
md knowing dares maintain them. Said .
the mayor.
"Hanry, you are charged with belnj '
tlrunk and disorderly. What have you goc ,
to say J"
"Boss," was the reply. "I pleads 'stiflable
homeysido," and he boamed benignantly oil
his honor.
There was an uproarious shout of laughter,
in which the mayor wa3 forced to join. *
Henry escaped tnat time. Sent to the drug''"
store after some tincture of cantharides, tha
nearest he could come to it was, "distink- '*
shun peradiea," A day or two afterward
he wa? after some "ob dis vere peculiar
intment" Mercurial was the word that had
thrown him.
AS A PRACTICAL JOKER.
As a practical joker the negro has no superior,
and if the joke is one tUat will
cause distress he is so mu .-h the more satistied.
At Lake City, some years ago, spine
of them caught a hawk and dipped it in
kerosene oil. Then touching a lighted
match to the neck feathers, they tossed the "
bird into the air. It made a brilliant spectacle
for a mo nent, and then, w.th an agognizing
squawk, came to the ground. The
negroes were delighted beyond measure,
and rolled over oaou other in paroxysms of
laughter. *
fitting or standing around a camp fire
along tbe tracn of one of the railroads woro
several section hands taikiug over ditfe ent
good meals they had enjoyed. Silting cross
legged on a horse was a young negro listening
eagerly to the description of savory
vianis. At last ouo touched upon the coon,
and the others, recognizing a superior soul,
became silent. ?
"Take er nice fat coon," said the sable - ?
ator, ''pa'bile 'im, roas' 'im, sarb 'im up,
wid plenty graby an' sweet taters."
Here the negro on the horse could stand it
no longer, lie had followed every movement
of tbe speaker, his nostrils dapping
widely as if ho would catch the scent of tho
;oon, his lips working convulsively. Nov
lie broke in with, "Hush you mouf, you fool
aiggah, er I'll fall right o.'l'an dis boss."
'1 ho nearest approach to wit on tho part
)f the negro was that of tbe old preacher at
i revival. Hearing some incoherent noisj
n the rear of tho room that disturbed tbo
.lioLs proceedings, be exclaimed angriiy;
What fool niggali is das prayiir down uy
lo do;"
Came the reply: "It's Bruddor Johnson."
"Well, let some niggali pray what's better
quaintcd wi'l do Lord."
Johnson being a notorious chicken thief,
;ho parson didu't have faith in his prayers
It was a much respected negro preacher
itationed at Possum Trot who astonished his
:ongri3gation one bright and beautiful Sunlay
by anuouncing solemnly: "My frens,
iar am two ways from dis worl'. One am
he broad an* narrer road dat lead ter hell,
in' de odder am de narrer an' broad rood
lat lead ter damnation "
There was breathless silence for a monent,
and then one badly frightened coon,
vhose wool was rapidly unkinking ejacuited:
"Well," ef dat am de case, dis yera
liggah am a gwine-ter take to de woods."
SOURCE OF EXTREME DELIGHT.
To see a white man left by the train is a
:ource of unfailing delight to the negroes
vho hang around the depot a At Live Oak
me day a well-dressed stranger jumped from
;lio train and ran over to tne Dar-room w>
,ake a nibblo at the worm that never dieth.
The train pulled out just as be was coming
rom the saloon. He made a dash for the
ear platform of the last coach, missed it,
md went down on his knees on the ties. His
!ask was broken and his clothes torn. The
rain stoppod for him a few yards away,
md he limped on board, followed by tha
lerisive yells and laughter of the colored
nen. It is a standing joke among them yet
tow "dat white man got ha't tryin for tor
ump on de kyahs." The joke they
horoughly enjoy must be seasoned with
listless and mortification to others.
mew of a negro's doing was the offspring
if the genius of a negro gambler, who had
orne local reputation as a doctor. To him
:ame a compatriot suffering from a disirdered
stomach and a sick headache.
Take a seidlitz powder," said the gambler,
md out of the generosity of his heart he
tho sick man one. winking at the
>ystanders as ho did sa
"How shall I take hit?" was the query.
"Mix oue in this glass," was the reply,
'and drink it down quick. Then mix the
>ther one in the same glass and chink it
lowii quick, too." The negro did as di.
ectod. Of course, when the powders met
n Lis stomach there was a commotion.
The gas nearly strangled the poor fellow,
ind poured out of his nose, eyes, and ears.
This caused so much laughter that a crowd
gathered around, wondering what was up.
jno old, gray-haired negro didn'c recover
lis equilibrium for over an hour, ? Uaa>M?;ou
Jay in New York Sun.
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