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the Chicago H r |
the ordinary doctrines of
^^ bf taught in public schools.
The people of Franco have $200,000,
000 invested in the 1'anuina Canal, and :
the chances arc they will never get back
a cent.
"Fine straw bagging," says the Fl ri-1
da Dispatch, "is pronounced, after a j
thorough test, to be superior to jute in
every respect."
The Argentine Republic is forging
ahead at a tremendous pace. The only
parallei is to be found in the history of
the United States.
^ There are about 3~>,000 deaf and dumb j
people in this country.and they increase,
of course, as the population increases.
Thc'greatest educational centre for them
is in A'ew York city.
The French chemist who discovered
| olcomargerinc has now invented a process
for treating steel by which steel
bronze and bell metal can be made at
fabulously low prices.
A new phrase was invented by I.ord
C'omptou, a Radical peer, who was re
cently a Parliamentary candidate in London.
"Threerooms and a cat" was, he
said, the existing standard of comfort for
the working classes.
The fact that the city population of <
this country had increased from four per i
cent, for the whole in 1800 to twelve
and a half percent, in 1850, and twentytwo
and a half per cent, in lv80, was
made the basis for gloomy prophecies of '
disease, poverty and anarchy.
Indianapolis is to have a soldiers*
monument that will be 203 feet high,
and is expected to cost $330,000. It
will be constructed of limestone from >
Indiana quarries, and, if the hopes of
its designers and builders are carried 1
out, will be the finest and costliest sol- 1
dicrs' monument in America. The work i
will take three or four years to complete.
^ The little town of Brooklinc, Mass., J
which is nearly surrounded by Boston, <
is valued for purposes of taxation-at i
$407,-154,0^8, which is more than one 1
and a half times as much as the valuation 1
of the whole State of New Hampshire. 1
It is the wealthiest town of its size in
America, and mainly because it has the
j^^^^^Krcputation of being a taxpayer's para
1
rA ^sorrespondent of the Phi'adelphin t
Press writes Trom-jVashington: "The t
question of pure lard wofrfc^ippcnr to j
be interesting the country ju^taow to s
an unusual extent, as about tv? hunv--f
drcd petitions have been presented in ]
Congress asking for the passage of a law i
\ to tax adulterated lard, as was done in 3
the case of oleomargarine. The petitions 1
aro being sent from the granges in 1
various States. <
Belgium, Austria, Italy, Denmark, 1
Germany, and several Swiss cantons, c
liiiro Prohibited the Dublic exhibition of i
hypnotic or mesmeric performances. 1
France will probably soon follow, as the e
^ measure is recommended by the French ?
association for the advancement of sei- n
ence. There is a growing conviction d
that the practice of abmjnaal'fffienomcna v
tends to make^thjjffi-BOrmal or permanent
characteristics of the patient. t
There is much that is picturesque,
doubtless, in the war now in progress j
in Egypt, observes the Washington
Star, but not a great deal that is of interest
to Americans, except as the results e
may effect the fortunes of i'min and
Stanley. So strong is the influcucc ol
? tllof rlifl cllll'. ^
UUU Aiuuiwu inuu vuw
\ ing of a tug on the Potomac with two
laborers on board would stir more deeply
the hearts of the newspaper readers of
Washington than the brilliant light at
Suakin in which 400 Arabs were killed.
The shipment of 10,000 Chinese
coolies to Siberia will mark, asserts the
San Francisco Chronicle, a new departure
in the relations between China and
liussia. For a long time the frontier
has been rigidly guarded and no Chinese
have been ablo to settle in Siberia,
while China, on her part, has prevented
l'.?-/v?Ann minftfO frAm TTAl L'inrr tllf*
any X~Ul UjJVUU rniuvio ii vui I?w. ?\.4.0
rich gold deposits on the Amoor river.
Many parts of Southern Siberia oUer a
a good field to the adventurous Chinese
who have been cut off from th's country
and Australia.
A movement is on foot looking to the
passage of an act by Congress, if other
measures are inadequate, that will require
all the persons on the Treasury
pay rolls of the Government to be actual
residents and citizens of this country.
The movement has its origin front the
fact that a considerable number of these
a -- l :~l i i _
carriea on me puusiuu use uuvg gum; iu |
Europe and taken up permanent abodes
since the allowance of their churns. An
extra expense is entailed by the State
Department in making out and forwarding
drafts to these pensioners.
Says the New York Herald: "It is
one of the oddest of geographical caprices
that in the course of nature the
strip of land in Central America, only
about one hundred and fifty miles wide,
I should separate the two oceans. You
would naturally suppose that either the
Atlantic would have worked its way to
the Pacific or the Pacific to the Atlantic.
3* ?- 1 - _ 1 V. -1? iL-1 4V
me eariy explorers Dcuevcu mat mis
F* must be the case, for they sailed on and
^ on to find the expected outlet, but were
^ at last compelled to go roun 1 Cape
Horn. What nature refused to do we
must do for ourselves. Since the Panama
route has "been practically abandoned,
the more necessity for undertaking to
pierce the Isthmus by the Isicaraguan
line of survey."
fc''"
rl-. ^
The new public library building
Boston is designed to accommodate the
most complete collection of books in the
United States. ft will have shelf room
for 2,000,000 volumes.
Telegraph operators, it seems, are developing
a disease of their own. One oi
two cases havo recently occurred in
which the finger nails have dropped off,
one after another. This affection is supposed
to be due to the constant hammering
and pushing with the finger ends required
by the working of the Morse system
of telegraphy.
It is estimated there are now in Europe,
Asia, the United States, and Canada
about fifty institutions for the edu
cation of feeble-minded children. These
all originated, says a Western writer, in
the effect of Edward Scguin, a Ercncli
physician, who exactly fifty years age
gave up a brilliant career and devoted
himself to the cure and restoration ol
these unfortunates. lie discovered and
taught that idiocy is not the result of deformity
of the brain nor malformation,
but is the result of an arrested develop
mont- nr-rnrrinrr at anv stace before, a!
or after birth. In his own school lit
succeeded in counteracting this arrest ol
development and in restoring to society
about seventy-live per cent, of hi!
pupils.
Mrs. Annie W. Ilyerss, who died ir
Philadelphia in 1*80, bc'iueatcd the sun:
of $150,000 to provide a hospital for ill,
aged and injured animals. bhc also directed
that the sum of $ 10,000 be placed
with a safety deposit company and the
interest therefrom used for the support
of the institution. She appointed a
President and olliccrsto run the concern,
and buildings are now being erected
with a view to carrying out her wishes.
It is to be called "The Ilyerss Infirmary
for.Dumb Animals," and it is to be
operated in connection with the Pcnnsylvaian
Society for the Prevention ol
Cruelty to Animals. The officers have
been having a number of conferences as
to how the will should be carried out.
Whether cats and other animals will
be admitted has not yet been decided.
It has been agreed, however, that lirst
of all horses of carters and teamsters
uid others too poor to feed and shelter
[heir stock should be received and cared
for. It is said that there is not another
aKc institution in uic worm.
Senator Reagan of Texas is the first
senator courageous enough to employ a
'emale private secretary. Every Senator
lot the Chairman of a committee is
ill owed a private secretary, who receive.?
t sa'ary of $G a day during the session.
good auu^ SOnators appoint their
ons-or nephews as private secretaries,
is the responsibilities attached to the
daces arc not heavy and the $G a day is
jot a bad thing to keep in the family.
So Senator has ever been known to make
lis daughter or neice private secretary,
jut Senator Reagan shows his indillertnce
to traditions and his belief in the
muality in the sexes by making his wife
lis private secretary. At the beginning
>f the session the Senator dismissed the
nan who had officiated m that canacitv
;ist summer ami had Mrs. Reagan's
tame duJy-?nr'olled on the books of the
Serjeant-at-Arms. AIxs. Reagan is now
full-fledged private secretary, and
[raws her $0 a day just like a man,
vhlle the salary is all kept iu the family.
Irs. Reagan now has the right to go on
he floor of the United States Senate, a
irivilege accorded to no other woman.
Mayor Alfred C. Chapin, of Brooklyn,
ins sent to the Board of Aldermen a long
:ommuuication, the subject being the
;rowth of the city, and drawing attenion
to building needs of the present and
ri the near future. In the introductory
massages of the message he gives the
otal number ot votes cast in the late
< -vr a'- rt!. ;i
;lcction in tlie cities 01 i\e\v 1 ors, xjiuidclphia,
Brooklyn anil Chicago, anil
:aking the percentage of population to
Mch voter in the various cities under
lie census of 1880 as a basis, ligurcs out
the apparent population of those cities
to-day. The table is as follows:
.t ji/ifirrnl
JoimMion
in 1W>. in 1??.
Now York 1,200,209 1 ,.^">,52!
Philadelphia 817.170 1,01-1,SE
Brooklyn :,0;,WV} 782,221
Chicago 50::,!Si 74S2.V
In 1820, he says, the proportion of the
two cities to the population of the State
was less tliau one-tenth, while in 188(
it was more than one-third, and taking
the last Presidential vote as a basis the
present population is about two-fifths ci
the population of the whole Sla'e. i!
computation of the figures lie present!
gives the astounding result of o,d00,00(
population in New York in 1920, and o
2,200,000 in Brooklyn, but he think
that the excess of resideucc era in ani
about Brooklyn must contiuuc to tell ii
its favor as compared with New York.
Forgery By Tracing.
>r rrv_i_i e
1 OUDg -?ir. 1 Juicier, ui viuuiiiiiai.!
made a fatal mistake when he forged hi
employer's name by tracing his signatur
over a piece of carbonated paper. Ai
expert says: "If a man writes his signa
tare, however trembling or even para
lytic his hand may be. there is a delinit
continuity of the stroke. If one attempt
io write with a pen over a traced signa
ture there is a hesitation in the progies
of the pen, which may not be observa
ble to the naked eye, but is always to b
detected under powerful magnifying. Ii
ttie great rsosion win case?me mat w
cussion where forgery by tracing wn
brought to public attention?the trace
signature was photographed upon a glas
plate, and theu, by means of a carncri
thrown in gieatly magnified proportion
upon a screen for the benefit of the jurj
Thus the erratic, rail fence progress o
the pen woik was clc irly exposed.
Tinkler's forgery was detected in thi
way after he had scoured several thou
sand dollars. The forger went to.Lor
don and played the fool. He lodged n
a first class hotel and patronized a fa-li
ionable tailor. The detectives found hii
and brought him back. Ilis case is hopt
less.?Atlanta ('omti'ution.
Arkansas has 1,800,000 acres of prairi
lands.
, . -s .
MARTHY'S KISS,
! When I went a-courtin' Marthy,
! I was poor as poor could be,
t But that didn't set her ag'in me,
For she had faith in me;
She knew I had grit an' courage,
An' wasn't the kind to shirk,
. An' she was ready an' willin'
To do her share of work.
i
I remember our weddin' mornin'.
An' how she said to me:
"You're poor an' I'm poor, Robert,
That's easy enough to see;
" That is, as some folks reckon;
But our hearts are rich in love,
An' we two'll pull together,
An' trust in the Lord above."
Then she reached up an' kissed me,
An' said, as she did this,
. "There's always more where that como from,
, An' there's helpsomotimes in a kiss."
I fell you what it is, sir,
I felt as strong ag'in,
After that kiss she give me,
' An' I jest laid out to win.
| An' I did it. We've money a plenty,
?n cue conuoris it can give;
1 We've a home, au' we've got each other,
An' a few more years to live.
Whenever my hands got weary
I'd think of the woman at homo,
An' somehow't would make work easy
An' light, till night'd come.
j. I tell you that kiss of Mnrthy's
Was better than bags of gold.
' There's riches some folks can't reckon
J An' things that don't grow old.
I shouldn't ha' been without it.
The man that I've got to be,
1 An' Marthy shall have tho crodit
i For the help she's been to mo.
?Ebeu L\ Iiex/oril, in Yankee Blaile.
; IN BORROWED FEATHERS, j
'< It was a rainy evening, and Hattic
L Murray's well-worn blue merino gown
was liberally besprinkled 'with bright
drops as she came into Daphne Walters'
room at the "Old bed House."
That was the name by which it went,
although the red paint was long ago
, washed olF its crumbling shingles.
It had been a hotel once in the old
| post-revolutionary-days, when four horse
6tagcs wcut rumbling by, and cock!
hatted travelers trotled past with saddle- 1
t bags strapped behind them.
It was now a cheap boarding-house,
kept by Mrs. Sandison, where most of
the girls boarded who worked in Liscombe's
Silk Mills,'thalt a mile down the
; river.
Jlattie Murray did not live there, because
her lather owned a dreary sheep
farm on the flats beyond, and she helped .
with the housework morning and evcuing
in lieu of her board, and she had run
over in the rain for an evening chat with
tiie girl who stood at the next loom to !
hers.
She was a blue-eyed, yellow-haired
girl, like a French doll, with pretty
teeth and a simpering way of. showing
them; and slender" as were the wages
she turned, she always contrived to be
showily attired. She worshipped dress
as a Parsee worships the sun.
Daphne Walters was quite a different
sort of person?olive complcxioncd, !
with sombre, glittering eyes, and a dim- ,
pic nestling close to the corner of her j
lips.
She wore a brown serge gown, which
Hattic was quite sure must have belonged
to "Mrs. Noah;" and in place of i
the cheap imitation jewelry which
sparkled all over flattie's trim person,
her plain linen collar was fastcued'.by
a bow of narrow brown ribbon. ^
She looked up with a smile, and
pointed to a wooden chair close to the
table beside which she was working. 1
"Why, Hattie,"said she, "you are all
J-dripping with rain!" ,
"Uh, it's nothing!" cried Ilattie,
flinging off her hood and shawl. "What
nro rAii wnrl'inrr TVtnf aM
with a contemptuous upward tilt of her
pretty little nose.
Daphne looked down at tho E-a^eJL
cashmcrc dress, which she was re-trimming
with bows of fresh red ribbon, and
smiled a little.
"It may be old," said she, "but it is
the best I have got."
"You are not going to wear that to the
husking dance?" i
"It's that or nothing, Ilattie," Daphne
answered, composedly. "Do you suppose
I can afford white silk toilettes or i
wine-colored plushes out of my ten dol- j
lars a week?"
llattie's face clouded over.
"It's a shame that old I.iscombe pays
us such starvation wages 1" pouted she.
"But that's just what I've come over to
talk to yon about, Daphne. I've been
to New York to-day, in the cheap excursion
steamboat."
"I noticed that you weren't at the
11 :,i hi).,.. T).,
IUUII1, eaiv-i jltuj/uuu* i?u.a ijutauvi .
i took it."
"Such a time as I have had!" cried
, eager llattie. "And such a lot of new
' ideas as I've picked up! I'ut away that
dowdy old cashmere, Daphne. You
1 won't look twice at it wheu you hear
what I've seen. I've been to the
1 Holton Street Bazar."
"Well, what of that?" calmly questioned
Daphne.
"Have you never heard of it?"
"No."
llattie lifted her hands and eyes in a
\ protesting manner toward the ceiling.
: "To thiuk," said she, "that any one
r can be so ignorant of what is going on!
Well, my dear, it's a place where you
L can buy- jt hire, if you like that better
3 ?the prettiest, most stylish dresses you
) ever saw for a mere song."
f "You must have been into the do,
mains of the '.Arabian lights,'" said
* Daphne, drily.
1 '-It's a second-hand place," explained
i Hattie. "where fine ladies dispose of the
things they have worn only a few times,
and one can get superb bargains."
Daphne shrugged her shoulders.
"We should look fine, shouldn't we,"
I said she, "in dresses that had been worn
c by fine ladies:"
j "We could alter them over."
"No, thank you!" said composed
TlorvVino ?'T nrpfpr tVif> nlrl ream ft-, rush
- 1 o --?
e mere, with the knots of new ribbon."
s "Oh, but," pleaded Hnttie, "you
don't know! There's the loveliest yellow
s moire-antique?perfect, only for a winestain
on the front breadth, and that
u could be covered up by changing the
u draperies at the back. You are such a
.. brunette, Daphne, you'd look superb in
yellow! And it cost a hundred and
j twenty dollars when it was new; and you
s can buy it now for thirty-five, paid in int
stallmentsbf live dollars a week."
|g '-Why don't you say thirty-live hun.
dred:"said Daphne. "I am as able to
If pay one price ai another."
? "Or you cau hire it for one night, with
boots ard gloves to match, for ten dollars,
and you to pay the expressage both
ways," added llattie.
lS Daphne shook her head resolutely.
L. "How should I look," said she?"I, a
poor factory girl?wearing yellow raoire?
antique? Did you ever read the fable of
'The Daw in Borrowed Feathers.' Hattie
?"
j{ "I'vehired a dress to wear!" defiantly
cried Hattie?"a beauty 1"
"The more gooso you!"
"Pale blue," said ecstatic Hattie^ j
"trimmed with crystal fringe and loops j
of crystal cord. Hudolph Tuxford likes
blue. I heard him Say so once.
Daphne colored a little, but said nothing.
"And I supposed,of course, you would |
send for the yellow moire,'1 went on lint-1
tie. "There wouldn't a girl there be
dressed like us."
"No, I should think not I" said
Daphne. I
"Ten dollars isn't much for a party
dress !*' urged Ilattie.
"But you owe the jeweler for that set j
of cumcos yet," reminded Daphne.
"And you haven't paid thj last installment
on that imitation sealskin jacket
that you wore all last winter."
"There's no hurry about that," said |
Ilattie, with a toss of her head. "No
girl can expect to get settled in life if
she has no enterprise at all."
Daphne was silent. She sewed busily
on. j
"You won't take the moire dress?" I
"No." !
"It would make you look like an
Eastern Queen 1"
"I would a great deal rather look like
an American factory-girl!" said Daphne. ;
And no amount of persuasion could
induce her to abandon this position.
Ilattie went home, almost crying with |
vexation. I
xroriom T.ormiY was rroinc to let
mc have the blue silk a dollar cheaper,
if I got a customer for the yellow moire,"
pondered she. ''Daphne is too mean
for anything!"
* * * * * * * *
"You are really going to this country
j husking ball, Kudolphf" cried Miss Tux|
ford, scornfully.
"I am really going, Adele!"
MissTuxford raised her pretty blonde
eyebrows, as she stirred the chocolate in
her decorated china cup.
j "Is there any especial attraction?" she
asked, archly.
"if you'll come with mc, Dell, I'll
show you plenty of pretty, girls," laughingly
retorted Mr. Tuxford.
"Ami to have a sister-in-law from the
country?" asked Adele.
"I haven't quite mnde up my mind
yet, Dell," composedly auswercd her
brother. "Upon the whole, however, I
am rather inclined to fancy the idea of
settling down in this quaint old redbrick
house that Cousin Arial Tuxford
has left me. The girls around here are
charming and original, even if they
Jmvcu t Jiad ooaruing scnooi cauractious?and,
you see, they have not been
brought lip to expect seasons at Newport
anil summers at Bar Ilarbor."
"To me," said Adelc, "the place is
inexpressibly dreary."
"Vou had better come with mi to the
husking-ball," said b'udolph, laughing.
'There's a young mill-owucr, that reminds
one of Edgar Itavenswood, in a
modern-cut suit of clothes, and "
"Nonsense 1" said Adelc.
But she made up her mind to go, all
the same.
She was flirting, in a pretty, dignified
way, witli Harry J.iscoiube, the son of
the silk-mill owuer, and the original of
the "Edgar' ltaycuswood" idea at the
husking-ball, when suddenly she lifted
up her eyes from behind her jeweled
fan.
"Who is that little creature in the
blue dress, Mr. Liscombe?" said she.
"And the incomprehensible satin boots
tint dnn't lit tipr? :nid llie blue floves
that arc not a match for her gown?"
Ilarry Liscombc looked around.
"Oh," said lie, "I see whom yon mean!
She is one of our mill-girls. Isn't she
pretty?"
"oh, she's pretty enough; but that
dress." .tylcie burst into a soft, wellmodulated
lit of laughter. "It's one of
my old toilettes that I gave to my maid
I.isetto a month ago. .And I suppose
Lisettchas sold it to one of those secondhand
harpies thnt arc always preying
upon society, and this poor creature has
by some chance stumbled upon it. Upon
my word, this is too ridiculous!"
Old .Mrs. Potts, who saf against the
wall with her two stilf,elderly daughters,
woo rftw'- got - - i...
"heard"it all.
tfhc told Miss Maurice, who made a
funny story of it to amuse the doctor's
daughters, and in less than fifteen
minutes it was through the ballroom
like an e!cctric current. People were
looking, smiling, whispering.
."Come away, ilattic," whispered Dor
cas, her cider sister. "JSvery one is.
laughing at your second-hand dress."
llattic colored to the very roots of her
fri'7.cd yellow hair.
".My second hand dress!" she faltered.
"And how do they know it is secondhand-!:"
"it used to be Miss Tuxford's," said
Dorcas. "She gave it to her maid, iicr
maid sold it to your Madam J.croux
and?Oh, do come away, Ilattio! I feel
so ashamed! Sec how people are staring
1"
j So ended Hattic Murray's evening of
pleasure; and as she slipped like a guilty
; creature out of the room, she saw
1 Daphne Walters' 1 cing led to the head
of the second cotillion by Mr. Tuxford
himself.
"In that old red gown, too!" she said
| to herself, as she burst into hysterical
J tears and sobs out in the dressing room.
That ^ening was the turning point of
1 Daphne's destiny. Uudolph Tux ford's
' heart somehow became entangled under
| the dark meshes of her long eyelashes in
the loops of the garnet ribbon which
i brightened up her last year's cashmere
i dress?and the haughty Adclc had "a
j mill-girl" for a sister-in-law after all.
And a sister-in-law, too. of whom it was
I not necessary to be ashamed. For, as
j she admitted herself, Daphne had the
dignity of a princess.
"She wculd be a true lady," acknowl!
edged Adele, "whatever her station in
life!"
But poor, pink-checked, t'axen-haired
I Ilattic? She stands still before her
j loom, watching the whirring wheels, the
; revolving bands, but her restless little
] heart is ever chafing at ncr aestiuy.
"Daphne rolls by in her carriage,"
thought she, "while I? Oh, if it hadn't
been for ihat hateful second-hand dress
?for the mocking laughter of those fine
ladies 1"
ilut Ilattie Murray was wrong.
Daphne had conquered through her own
! noble nature, which spurned aught like
i deceit or false appearances. It was not
! Daphne that had conquered; it was
Truth.?Sat unity
Plants and Pianos.
A piano tuner who says that pianos
frequently deteriorate because they are
I inr. /-Irtr nreRP.ribps
I uuuncu iw uttuiuu iuv m.j, ??
this romcdy: "Keep a growing plant in
the room, and so long as your plaut
thrives your piano ought to, or else
there's something wrong with it. .lust
try it, and sec how much more water
you'll have to put in the Slower pot in
the room where your plant is than in
any other room. Some people keep a
huge vase or urn with a sopping wel
sponge in it, near or under the piano,
and keep it moistened just as a cigai
dealer keeps his stock. They keep this
up all the time tne fires are ou."
A beetle can draw twenty times its
own weight. ,* o can a mustard plaster,
^
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Carvers' Secret. Service Motto.
It cannot be denied that there is
smack of selfishness in the "secret service
motto for the carver" recently concocted
by an epicure of this city "who
entertains much company at his table,
and who always carves the meats served
to each of his guests. It is founded on
a principal that no solid saint would
practice. Here it is:
Secret Service Motto for the Carver?
So carve that every guest at tho tablo
shall think he gets the choicest piece,
which, however, you reserve fot Jour
self. ?JS'cw York Hun.
A Dainty Dish or Apples.
A dainty and unusual dish with apples
is the following: Stew half a dozen large
apples as for sauce, and while still warm
stir in a bit of butter and sugar to taste
; ?say one cupful. Let this get cold,
then stir in three eggs well beaten and a
little lemon juice. Put a little butter
iuto a frying pan, and when it is hot add
a cupful of bread crumbs and stir until
tbey color to a nice brown. Then sprinkle
a part of these bread crumbs upon the
bottom and sides of a buttered pudding
mold, fill the mold with the stewed
apple, sprinkle the remainder of the
bread crumbs on top and bake twenty
rainutc9. Turn out of the mold and serve
with a sweet sauce if liked.?New York
World.
Goslings in Tempting Form.
Goslings prepared in this way arc excellent.
Put one ounce of salt pork in
dice in a saucepan, and set it on the
fire. When the pork is melted put it in
the gosling, cleaned and trussed in tho
same manner as a chicken, and brown
it Put one ounce of bultcr in a saucem?
v wt'iilj if nnn tnlilo.
pau, biiuivu^iuj iiii \ nnu av vuv ?uviv
' spoonful of flour and set it on the fire.
| As soon as the butter is melted put the
gosling in it, with one quart of peas
that have been blanched for two minutes?that
is, boiled lor two minutes;
then plunge in cold water or broth a
| bunch of seasoning, composed of four
' stalks of parsley, one of thyme, one
clove and one of bay leaf, with salt and
' pepper. Simmer until cooked, Remove
j the fat and the seasoning and serve hot.
; If the broth or water boils away, add a
| little more.?Brooklyn. Citizen.
Cheap Food is Rash Economy.
It is false economy that induces people
to use cheap butter, cheap meat,
cheap flour and other cheap articles of
food. In nine cases out of ten cheap
articles of food are either damaged or
adulterated, and are dear at any price.
They are seldom what they purport to
be, and if not really dangerous to use,
generally prove unsatisfactory to the
purchaser or consumer. Of ull cheap
things, cheap articles of food should be
most care ully avoided. Bread that is
heavy or sour has passed the bonds of
redemption. Butter that has bccomo
rancid cannot be regenerated by the addition
ol coloring. Meats that are
tainted can by no chemical process bo
restored to their original condition, and
the secret of infusing freshness into stale
vegetables and decayed fruits rcmnins undiscovered.
To use low-priced stull for
food is not only"erifavngant and foolish,
but criminal. It is a flagrant violation
of the laws of physiology and hygiene,
and a reckless defiance of disease and
.1a..<1, r\f lnw-nrirfirt articles of
food.?A'cio Yor.'c Graphic.
How to Make Rico Cakes.
Wash a pint of rice and remove all
specks and imperfect grains, boil it in
three quarts of hot wntcr twenty minutes,
drain, and as the water will bo
found very nutritious use in soup making.
Add to the rice a pint of warm milk,
half a tcaspoonful of salt and two ounces
of melted butter. Heat up separately
the whites and yolks of two eggs, add
the yolks to the rice and stir thoroughly.
Sift into the mixture half a pint of flour.
Next add the beaten whites of the eggs,
and if the batter is yet too thick, thiu it
slightly with a little moro milk. In
-mfcf ftoTou^ fiddle
slightly after each batch of cakes. Serve
them on hot plates and send hot plates
with them to the table.
If the cakes are closely covered wher
sent to the table they will bo somcwhut
i ctonm thnfc m>lV TlSf
IlUilv y ii Uiu ?,uv ...? J
from them and cannot escape. The cak<
cover should, therefore, have a hole ii
its centre.
Household Hints.
If the cover is removed from soaj
dishes the soap will not get soft.
A sty on the eye will sometimes yielc
to an application of very strong blaci
tea.
Try a wineglassful of strong bora?
water in a pint of raw starch for collnri
and culls.
When flatirons become rusty, blacl
them with stove polish, and rub wcl
with a dry brush.
After washing a wooden bowl place if
where it will dry equally on all sides,
away from the stove.
J nun air IVY
10 maKC gOOU willicrruou uov, uaiu
milK with lime instead of water, and i
will be more durable.
Silver can be kept bright for month:
by being placed in an air-tight case witl
a good-sized piece of camphor.
Fruit stains on white goods can be re
moved by pouring boiling water directb
from the kettle over the spots.
llive syrup is good for croup or in
flammation of the lungs. It must b:
kept in a cool place, for if it sours it i
very poisonous.
I)o not keep ironed clothes on bars ii
the kitchen any longer than is nccessar;
for thoroughly drying. They gathe
unpleasant odors.
If you want poached eggs to look par
ticularly nice cook each egg inamutlii
riug placed in me uonom ui u ?uute
pan of boiling water.
Use squares of dull colored felt
pinked at the edges, under statuary o
any heavy ornaments that are liable t
mar a polished surface.
Equal parts of white shellac and alcn
hoi are a permanent fixative for crayoi
and chercoal sketches. Spray it o
! evenly with an artist's atomizer.
Never let the feet become cold an
damp or sit with the back toward th
window, as these things tend to aggrt
vate any existing hardness of hearing
For cleaning brass use a thin paste c
plate powder, two tablespoonsful r
| vinegar, four tablespoonsful of alcoho
' 1 Hub with a piece of flannel, polish wit
i j chamois.
I A flexible cement is mado by mcltin
together equal parts gutta percha an
''white pine pitch, which softens on tb
' | water bath, and is not deteriorated I
remclting.
Mahogony and cherry furniture ofte
t j gets dull for want of a good cleanin
. i with a moist cloth, Polish with th
'! haud, rubbing well, and the result wi
.; be surprising.
, j Windows can be cleaned in wint<
; and the frost entirely removed by usin
a gill of alcohol to a pint of hot watei
j Clean quickly and rub dry with a wari
, j chamois skin.
A COUNTRY FARMHOUSE, |
WHY ITS OCCUPANTS ARE OFTEN
IN BAD HEALTH.
Dr. Lucy M. Hall's Pr09<5nlatlon of
Present Evils-and Sngctistions
as to Sanitary Improvements.
Dr. Lucy M. Hall, of Ilrooklyn, read a
highly interesting paper recently on
"Sanitation in the Country" before a
meeting of the New York Academy of
Anthropology, We quote from the
Times1 account:
The lecturer began by graphically-describing
a tvniCal country house, sur
rounded with dense shade trees that
produce gloom and mold; with the best
parlor always shut up closely lest the
carpet should be faded by the sunshine
or the furniture specked by a fly; with
small, ill-ventilated bedrooms either in
the middle of the house or on tho cold
and dark northern exposure; with the
well in the house or very near to it;
with the outhouses joining the main
building or in close proximity to it;
with a cellar uncemented, damp, and
often wet; with the kitchen garbage
thrown near the one-windowed bedroom,
which was the family sleeping
apartment, and contained at night the
father, tho mother,and the small children.
The occupants of such houses universally
complain of illness, from the head
of the family to the youngest member.
They were all ailing and yet it never
occurred to any of them to make a
change or that their discomfort and
illness were in any way due to the construction
and surroundings of their
habitations. They were ignorant of the
rudiments of sanitation and universally
sacrificed their health to save their
carpets. The lecturer had personally
visited and inspected 05 farmhouses in
New England, the Middle States and
the Western States, and had collected
data from 100 more domiciles in the
same localities. From the statistics thus
gleaned she had prepared the following
instructive table of percentages:
In New England the percentage of
houses erected upon sandy soil was 27;
Middle States, 11; Western States. 27.
On loamy soil, New England showed (52
per cent.; Middle States, 11); Western
stafpj fiO. On wet clav. New England.
11; Middle Stales, 07; Western Ttates,
13. Too closely-shaded dwellings bore
the following proportions: .New England,
50per cent.; Middle States, ;
"Western States, 02. The average age of
the houses visited was 4!) years in New
England, 40 years in the Middio States,
and 1!) years in the Western States. The
situation of the sleeping apartments was
as follows: "New England, all on the
ground floor; Middle State3, 90 per cent,
on the ground floor; Western States, 81
per cent, on the ground floor. Of sleep,
ing rooms not varmed iu the winter,
New England showed 72 per cent.; Middle
States, 24; Western states, 1!'. Of
houses with shut-up "best" parlor and
general darkness, there was 85 per cent,
in New England; 08 in the Middio
States, and 00 in the Western States. Of
damp or wet cellers there was 00 per
cent, in New England, ifo'iu'tne Middle
'" States, and 80 in the Western States. In
half, these cases the cellar did not extend
under the entire house.
nf Vtnuona with wells lh tllGm NpW
England showed 18 per cent.; Middle
States, 14; Western States, 23. The
distance of the welt from the barn averaged
4fif feet in New England, 117 feet
in the Middle States, and 113 feet in the
Western States. The distance of the
well from the earth closet averaged 28:j
feet in New England, 33 feet in the
Middle States, and 05 A feet in the Western
States. In New England 53 per cent.
' of the houses hud barns joined to them.
Earth closets were joined to 55 per cent,
i of New England houses, 14 per cent, of
those in the Middle States, and 1W per
cent, of those in the Western States.
There was 72 por cent, of New England
? '*? 1<.?
IIOUSCS Wimout Viiuii ur vuuumtiu^
14 percent, in the Middle States, 3D per
; cent, of the Western States. Slops
Midair
i States, 20 in the Western States,
t Of the diseases existing in these
i abodes, rheumatism was first in prevalence,
lung affections (especially phthi
isis) second, diphtheria third, typhoid
; fever fourth, and bowel troubles fifth.
> The geographical percentages were as
5 .follows: Hheumatism?TO per cent, in
i New England, 81 ia the Middle States,
80 in the Western States; lung troubles?
93 per cent, in New England, 70 in the
Middle States, 05 in the Western States;
) diphtheria?93 per cent, in .New England,
70 in the Middle States, 15 in the
1 Western States; typhoid fe er?55 per
: cent, in New England, 9 in the Middle
States, 27 in the Western States; bowel
affections?50 percent, in New England,
} 33 in the Middle States, and 4 in the
Western States. Besides these diseases
there was an abundance of malaria in all
j the various forms of melancholia, heart
1 disease, nervous deb.lity, kiduey
troubles, throat affections, etc.
t The lecturer declared that the average
i country housewife was a Ilicted with a
mania to keep out sunlight. The pale
i and ailing women among the well-to-do
t country people exceeded in proportion
those of any other class. These women
3 take no out-door exercise of any kind,
3 and the result was an appalling array of
pallid daughters and narrow-chested
sons. She showed by diagrams of existing
houses the general unhealtliincss
f of the prevalent system of building in
the country, and dec'arcd that the
- average city house was far healthier than
c that of the country. The vins-clad,
s shade-embowered houses sung of by
poets and raved about by artists were
i really the most unhygisnic in existence.
j She suggested as a remedy for these
r evils that country houses should be built
with large and sunny living rooms, with
shade trees at a respectful distance: with
n wells safe from the drainage of earth
closets and stables: with all outbuildings
remotely situated; with bedrooms
on the second floor; with cellars cenieut-j
?imrW the Rntiro house:
CU QUU MA HiUUiUp UUMV. .... 4
' with temporary awnings instead of per
0 nanent projecting porches, anil with
everything about the place constructed
' on principles of hygiene and common
a ^ mse.
Q A man building a house in the country
should not leave the matter to the
d architect, but should consult the family
e physician as well. It was the duty of
i- doctors everywhere to study ranitation
r. and to conscientiously advise concerning
,'j its application. As a remedy in existing
,1 country houses she suggested open win1
dows, plenty of sunshine, ihe removal
^ of gloomy shade trees, and the demolition
of contiguous barns, pig stys, henneries,
and other olTensive and injurious
j outbuildings. Further than this, an effort
should be made to educate thecoun|
try people in the application of sanitary
-v and hygienic principles. Mic tnougni
that this last duty devolved seriously
a upon the doctors throughout the country.
O , _
r. e
Helen M. Gougar, the Indiana Prohi1-'
hibition orator, is a very handsome woman,
with gray hair, although she is still
:i on the right-side of forty. She bus regnal
lar features, blue eyes and a good ligure.
u In Russia, eating and drinking take
up no small part of a man's existence.
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BETTER THAN GOLD: r J
' " "
Better than grandeur, better than gold, - j I
Than rank and titles a thousand fold, I
Is a healthy body and mind at ease, I
And simple pleasuree that always please; 9
A heart that can feel for another's woe, j
And share its joys with a genial glow;
With sympathies large enough to enfold
All men as brothers, is better than gold, Better
than gold is a conscience clear, ^
Though toiling for bread in an humbl*
sphere,
Doubly blessed with conteirt and health,
Untried by the lust or the cares of wealth;
Lowly living and lofty thought A
Adorn and ennoble a poor man's cot; I
For mind and morals, in nature's plan, j
Are the genuine tests of a gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet repose
Of tho sons of toil when their labors close;
Better than gold is the poor man's sleep,
And the balm that drops on his thnnbei
deep,
Bring sleepy draughts to th? downy bod,
Where luxury pillows its aching bead.
But he bis simple opiate deems
A shorter route to the la id of dreams.
Better than gold is a thinking mind,
That in the realm of books can find
A treosnro surpassing Australian ore,
And live with the grant and good of yore;
Tho sage's lore and tho poet's lay,
Tho glories of empire pass away;
Tbo world's gren-dream will thus unfold,
And yield a pleasure better than gold.
Better than gold is a peaceful home,
When all the fireside characters comer.
The shrine of love, the heaven of life,
Hallowed by mother, or sister, or wife;
However humble tho homo may be,
Or tried with sorrow by heaven's decree,
Tho blessings that never were bought nor
sold,
And center there are better than gold.
HUMftll ftV TIIT DAY.
A land of distress?Wales.
On strike?A parlor match.
A shepherd's crook?A sheep stealer.
The seaboard?Salt pork ^and hard
tack. f
With the builder it's cither put up or
shut up. ,'j?
In the matter of fans the Chinese tako
the palm. -jA '
The "nimble shilling" must be made
out of quicksilver.
Now say tho bees after tho hive is
prepared for them: "We'll make things
( hum here."
A spirit thermometer is bwtJ(?r$old:?
weather purposes, because there is always
a drop in it. *
Shrewd inquiries arc be?ng made as to
whether the cup of sorrow has a saucer.
Can any one tell?
Jay Eye Sec will probably remain on
the turf instead ot going under it?
Rew Turk Uerttll.
When it comes to. a question between
pies and pizin it is* hard to decide.? *
Richmond Dexpa{ch.
L ncle Sam may laugh at Canada, but
he can't catch a nation by cachinnation.
?Detroit Free I've# .
Jf he who -hesitates is lost, the man
who stutters ir>ust have great difficulty
in finding himself.? Somercilli Journal.
'Tis a human att to kill canines
By eioctric shocks. wo ownBut
thetrifcgfvcs a wicked taste >
To Clio sausage of Bologna
Bobby??"What did you^ay, pa?" Ta
? "Nevoj: mincT" Bobby^-$T don't oftencr
thafa-TEave (l? 1?''?Binghump
ton lieyvMiean. .
"So old Brown is dead, eh? Well,
well! Bid he leave anything?" "Yes.
It broke his heart to do it, but he left
everything."?Harper's Bazar.
A clergyman who married a couple of
deaf routes in Brooklyn the other day
made a bad break when he wished^
them "unspeakable bliss."? The Curloon\_-~~~
May live to fight another day;
But he who never fights at all.
Yet swears he whips, has lots of gall.
Tennyson compares men to trees, and
perhnps he is right about some men, who >
are all limbs, whoso boughs are awkward,
and whoso general refutation is somewhat
shady.?N /c York Hun.
Little Boston Girl (as the hair-brush
is reached for)?"Mamma, the consccut
veness and the prevalency of these interminable
castigations arc slowly sapping
my very life!"? Tim*.
The United States Post Office Department
is pretty well supplied with regulations,
there is one moro we should like
to sec adopted about this time?"Post
no bills."?Bur'iiujton Free Press.
He said in tones of sorrow,
No "friends in need" for me!
The friends that want to borrow
I do not wish to sea.
?lioston courier.
He Misunderstood.?Robinson- -"How
docs it come that you are always in the
courts:" Lawyer?"That's my - business."
Robinson?"Oh, well, 1 wouldn't
get so touchy about a little thing if I
were you."?Time.
Baker?"What is the price of flour
to-day?" Assistant?"Somewhat highjr."
"Well, go down and tell the foreman
to chuck in more yeast. Thank my
itars, old Hutch can't get up a corner on
wind."?Philadelphia liceord.
"Why, Mrs. FeT ancey, what is the
matter with your daughter Florence?
She looks completely used up and done
for." "Oh, she's all right, Mrs. Van
TyJtc. She has just graduated from a
finishing school."?-SprimjficUl Union.
He knew that she loved him, for when it was
lato
And high over the earth stood trie moon,
As he took up his hat and strolled out to the
gale,
She asked. "Are you coinpj so soon."
? Merchant Traveler.
When Chaplain McCabe was in Kansas
on a tour endeavoring to raise $J.000,000
for missions, a little boy heard
his appeal, and thinking of the largo
sum he had lo raise, determined to help
him. The first chance he had early in
the week he gathered a basketful of
chestnuts, whith he sold for iivc cents.
He sent this t0 Mr. McCabe with the
note: "If you want any more let me
know."?Chicago Herald.
Drink Made From the Kara-Root.
The- kava-root of the Society and
South Sea Islands is the basis of the intoxicating
drink of those regions. Women
and girls are employed to chew the
root, and when well masticated atul
mixed with saliva, it is ejected into
bowls, mixed with coca-juice, and
left to ferment. Botn natives and whites
of the lower classes arc very fond of it.
The natives use it as some among us do
wine, under the idea that it will help
them along in important undertakings.
?Popular Science Monthly,
St. Paul, Minn., parties predict a decrease
in the log crop on the upper .Mississippi,
the coming season, ol about
twenty per cent, from last season's cut.
Little insects are largely responsible
I for the spread of pulmonary consumpI
tion and cholera.