The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, March 21, 1889, Image 2
Three-fifths of the cotton crop is now
produced by white labor.
The cost of constructing the NicaraguaCanal
is placed at $G4,000,000.
Six State Legislatures are considering
bills that propose "restrictions" upon
the railroads.
American whalers captured only ICS
of the big fish last year, which was a
falling oil of fifty per cent.
Professor Graham Bell says that the
congenital deaf mutes of the country are
increasing at a greater rate than the general
nomilation.
J
The New York Ilcrald at;d other leading
papers of the nation strongly favor
the project of a National Zoological Garden
at "Washington.
The Rev. Edward Everett Ilale wants
the Government to penson all schoolteachers
who have faithfully served for
fifty consecutive year3.
The forty million hogs raised in this
country are valued at $200,000,000. The
Mississippi Valley claims to have raised
three-fifths of the number.
John Bull's navy is growing apace.
Six new monsters will shortly fly the
irViito oitji'i/n F?frh of these vessels has
coat the British close upon $1,500,000.
There is a Mormon settlement in Minnesota
which is said to be steadily growing.
They have six mi&ionaries at work
among the Scandinavian settlers of the
State. .
The punishment for a person who
pulled the nose of a King 200 years ago
was to be boiled to death in oil, but in
these days the police court judge would
probably make it thirty days.
Cremation i3 slowly gaining in favor
^ as a means of disposing of the dead, and
its use seems eminently proper, thinks
the Xew York Telegram, in the case of
those dying of contagious diseases.
T* in ? ^Artnlo-r erinrr fViftf ripVl mPTl'a
Xt XD a kJJ wuww ?*vu ?
sons don't amount to much. Of six
thousand rich men in New York who
, have sons there are not twenty who are
not hard at work building themselves up.
American apples are sent to England,
Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia,
Asia, Africa, South America and
Mexico, and if the Eskimos want a few
barrel", boasts the Detroit Free Press, all
they have to do is to speak up.
The Helena (Montana) Live Stock Jour
na' announces that one of the largest
sheep compar.i^ in the Territory has declared
a dividend of twenty-nine per
cent, for last year's business. They say
this yearlhey expect to increase it.
#0 Thecourt3 of California have*decided
. - . queue must not be cut
off when I^Kent to prison; but they
are cut off just the same. No warden
will allow that a heathen pig tail is more
sacred than American unplaited hair.
It is a mistake, the Atlanta Constitution
informs us, to suppose the term
black man is offensive in India. The
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natives 01 inat country pity me xm^lish
for having white faces, and formerly
painted their criminals white as a punishment.
The Carthusian monks, by order of
the Pope, have refused a London tiffer of
$15,000,000 for a monopoly of the manufacture
and sale of the chnrttrcuse
liquor. The monks for many years have
jealously g. arded the secret of the manufacture
of this noted liquor.
Says the Chicago Times: "The election
of William Saunders to the London
council by nearly the largest majority
obtained by any candidate is noteworthy,
lie advocates the doctrine that all the
~ A .hn.lM ho rvinf
VJijr uuu 4xii okt ouvuiu wu luvv
by a tax on land values only."
A crying baby at New York saved the
lives of a houseful of people. The
house was on fire, and "baby's eyes
smarted^? from the smoke that she
raised' yells which aroused the sleeping
family. This interesting incident puts
the squalling baby in a better light.
In a late case on trial in Chicago the
Judge said: "If I found a private detective
following me I should" do my best
to fix him so that he could never follow
any one else. There should be a law to
punish any one employing these ghouls,
who would swear a soul away for $20."
The terrors of war constantly bcr"
come more terrible, observes the
Washington Star. Extralito is the latest.
It is a new explosive that is as safe as
sugar to make, a3 sand to carry, and
does not explode from fire in the open
air, but only by percussion in a cartridge.
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I Bolivia and Paraguay arc likely to
coma to blows about a scientific fron
% tier. Bolivia is land locked, and, as a
ft necessity of existence, demands a water
It outlet on the Paraguay River. Paraguay
' is in possession' and resists such a demand.
But for Brazil there would have
been war already.
It is curious to notice how, amid all
the talk about peace, and all the profe3|
sioa3 uf peace desires, war preparations
go on apace. Italy,. France, Belgium,
Germany, Austria-Hungary, ( reat Brit ain
are all increasing their armies 01
multiplying their ships or strengthening
their fortresses. Russia pers:6ts in massing
her men westward. Pour squadrons
have been added to the I'ral Cossacks at
LKiefT. In no previous year hive there
been so many armed mea in Western
Russia.
The Magazine of American History
points out that the winter of this year
had its counterpart a hundred years ago
and also two hundred years ago. In
1780 the farmers on Long Island were
plowing their fields in January, and in
1GS8?1 the Baron La Hontan made acanoe
expedition in Minnesota waters,
from November to March, without detention
by ice.
Prisoners in the jail at Uniontown,
I Penn., have formed themselves into a
| court for the preservation of discipline.
I They have a judge, slierill and other
j officials, and offenders arc arraigned and
I tried with due formality. The punishment
for breaches of prison discipline
are fines and blows with a wet broom,
j The money collected from fines is set
aside for the relief of destitute prisoners.
Albert Battison, of the 3ritish warj
ship Impregnable has just been given
the Stanhope gold medal, the highest
' honor of the Royal Humane Society,
j Battison rescued a young girl who had
; broken through the ice on a pond and
j disappeared. He went out on the ice,
dived under it, grabbed the girl and
took the chance of breaking the ice with
his head when he came to the surface.
I He was successful. His feat was a re:
markable one, as the water was very deep
! and cold.
The Connecticut Constitution, whose
j two hundred and fiftieth anniversary
I was observed at Hartford recently, is
| said by the Boston Journal to be the
1 oldest written Constitution permanently
limiting governmental power known in
history. This is a rema kable fact, and
one with which very few New Engenders
have been acquainted. It adds a new
! distinction to the record of our New
!
England commonwealths, and affords a
striking proof of the justice of our claim
of having laid the real foundations of
popular government.
The postal savings bank system was
; cstaMisnea in Lanaaa in iouc, at, ?mtu
j time the amount to be held on deposit
I was unlimited. A limit was afterward
j fixed at $10,000, and was subsequently
i reduced to $3000. Last year the Government
lowered the limit of dcpoists to
be received from any one to $300 in any
one year, and $10u0 in all. On the 30th
of June lost there were 433 offices in
operation, and 132,078 deposits had been
made during the year, which closed wit'
$20,670,032 on deposit. Farmers *
pear to take the lead.
The gradual crumbling of the rock on.
the Canadian side of Niagara Falls has
led to singular changes in the contour of
the Horseshoe Falls. These well deserved
their name, but it is now said
that a double horseshoe has been formed
by the disappearance of the rock.
Learned scientists demonstrate that the
' '' ? .nnn.lSnrr onft 1 n
| runs are Biuuunj w^-? -?
I several thousand years they may ap!
proach Lake Erie, but the process is so
; gradual jW-to^beJofwrceptible^K-etT'
York is sure to enjoy this greatest rival
to Yosemite for a long time to come.
According to the New York Graphic
a practical man, with a soul full ot
genuine Christian charity, is J. M. Lewis,
of Talledega, Ala. He gave a dinner recently
to thirty lads of his village, at
which he presented each with a sixbladed
jack knife and three dollars in
money. They are to have a reunion in n
ygar, when first and second prizes will
be awarded to the youngsters who can
show the best record in making and saving
money from the capital thus furnished
them. Store boxes will be at a
I in Tallerloirn thin Vftftr. but the
A" o '?'
example of Mr. Lewis might be followed
everywhere by philanthropists with
benefit to the risiDg generation.
It will not surprise anyone to learn
that, although there was some falling ofi
, in the value of the gold product in this
country duiing the year 1888, the output
of all the precious metals wa3 greater
than ever before. The mining industry
has been active, and the gain has been
especially noticeable in the production of
copper, the increase for the year in comparison
with 1887 being $7,898,744.
The decrease in the value of gold produced
was $2,512,305, but this was
nearly offset by the increase in the item
of silver alone, the gain shown being
$2,318,803, while there was also an increase
in lead of $1,632,537, making the
total increase in the value of the precious
metals for the year $9,337,799.
There are twenty-eight Rear Admirals
on the retired list living in Washington.
It used to be said that if one threw a
brick over the wall of the League Island
Navy Yard on pay day it would hit at
least four Rear Admirals, but these venerable
heroes would seem to bo still
more numerous nowadays at the Capital.
Washington is notoriously a 6nug harbor
for officers in both branches of the
military service. The Post counts up the 1
army and navy residents at ten Generals,
fourteen Colonels, five Majors, twentyfive
Captains, eleven Lieutenants, twenty-eight
Rear Admirals, sixteen Commodores,
and three naval Captains. Most
of them are rich and live in fine houses,
? which they own.
Krupp's Great Gun Works.
An interesting work has just appeared
in Germany about Herr Alfred Krupp
and his foundry at Eissen. It allows
how slow and difficult were the beginnings
of this establishment, which goes
back as. far as 1811, and which merely
vegetated till 1851. In 1833 only nine
workmen were employed in the factory;
in 184w, seventy-two.
To-day Ilerr Krupp has under his employ
20,uCO workmen, 1:3,72(3 of whom
are employed in the foundry at Eissen.
Counting the families of these workmen,
73,700 persons live from the work
of the establishment, and of this number
21,103 occupy the dwellings belonging
to the foundry. Some 2735 tons of
coal are burned daily, and the eleven
hiffh furnaces produce GOO tons of cast
iron daily. ? Commercial Advertiser.
BYGONES!
Ye doubts and fears that once wo knew,
Ye bitter words, of anger born;
Ye thoughts unkind and deeds untrue,
Ye feelings of mistrust and scorn;
Against your memory v?o rebol,
We have outlived your foolish day;
No longer in our hearts you d wellBygones!
Bygones! pass away!
But oh, ye joyous smiles and tears,
Endearments fond and pleasures past;
Ye hopes of life's first budding years,
Ye loves that seemed too bright to last;
Ye charities and swords of peace,
Affection's sunshine after rain;
Oh, never let your blessings ceaseBygones!
Bygones! come again!
?Charles Mackay.
LIBBY'S AMBITIONS,
BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.
"Why, Libby, i3 that you? Stop a
minute; I'm going your way, and I'll
walk norne wnn you."
"I'm in a hurry, Job!" stammered the
tall young girl whom Job Lindley had
addressed.
"But I won't detain you a second!"
catching up the change and the parcel
from the counter of the little general
shop which served for grocery, dry
foods emporium, flour-mill and postofce
for the dwellers in Succothville.
"I'm ready now."
Libby Morse was a slender, bright- :
eyed girl of eighteen. Job Lindley was i
the village druggist, a quick, keen faced ,
young fellow, with a healthy glow on ;
his cheeks.
They walked briskly along over the
hard-frozen winter roads, in the gray |
twilight.
"Were you getting anything at tho
store?" Job asked. "Have you any i
bundles for me to carry?"
Libby laughed bitterly.
"I was asking for letters," said she.
"There were none forme. I didn't much
expect there would be. Luck don't
come to me!"
"Luck?" Job looked at her in a Der
plexed way. "1 hope, Libby?I do
hope you huvcn't been persuaded into
buyiug tickets in the Breezetown Lottery
!"
"Nonsenseretorted Libby.
"Your uncle gives you all the spending
money you want, don't he?"'
"He gives me all I ask for," Libby
answered?adding, within herself:
'And little enough that is!"
"You're not discontented at living
with him?"
"Not especially."
"Because. Libby, if you don't like it
where you arc "
"Oh, Job, there comes Alice Markham
!" hastily interrupted the girl. "I've
got a message for Alice. You'll excuse
me, won't you? Good-byl"
Job Lindley stood puzzled, in the
middle of the road, watching Libby's
figure vanish against the yellow bar that
still marked the spot where the sun
had gdne down, half an hour ago.
"It's queer," said he. "I'm hanged if
I understand it! Every time I get any
wnere near tnat suDject sne sups away
from me, exactly as if she understood
what I was going to say. It's like trying
to catch the waters of a running
brook in one's hand. To me there's no
girl in all Succothville like Libby Morse,
and yet I cau't for the life of me tell
whether she cares for me or not."
In the meanwhile Libbie hud joined
Alice Markham, the young district ."-cho 1
teacher, whose week it was in "bos;drug
around" to go to Mr. Aforees;
.L'Oh, Alice, ".sam she,, breaihlpss with
the htfstc she"hairmade, "I've had such
an escape!"
"Child, what on earth do you mean?"
said Miss Markham, who, though she
was scarcely a month older than Libby
in actual time, had the dignity of at
least thirty summers.
Perhaps it was as much owing to tho
responsibilities of her position as to
natural temperament, but still it was
there?the sober, charming scdateness of
a young queen.
"I think, Alice," said Libby, in a
mysterious whisper, "that Job Lindley
wants to ask me to marry him. I've just
been walking with him."
"Well?and if he does?"
"It's such nonsense," said Libby,
slightly accelerating her swift, elastic
pace.
"I don't see that at all,"said compoicd
Alice. "Every girl is the better for a
good, sensible husband."
"Fiddlesticks." cried Libby. "As if
a girl with an ambition like rae wanted
to be tied down to life in the back parlor
behind a druggist's counter!"
"An ambition?" repeated Miss Markham.
"Ah, I haven't told you!" cried exultant
Libby, dancing up and down until
her feet sounded like tiny castanets
against the frozen ground. "But I have
an ambition?two or three of them!
Shall I tell you what they are, Alice?"
"If you ran leave oil flitting along
like a will-o'-the-wisp, certainly," suia
Alice, twining one arm around Libby's
slender young waist.
"Well, you see, "explained Libby, lowering
her voice to a confidential mystery,
although there were only the frostbrightened
stars and the yellow rim of
light above the western woods to overhear
her communication, "Uncle
Thomas hasn't been very successful with
his farm, of late, and as he has nine
children of his owu, he naturally feels
as if I were a burden to him. And he
hints that I ought to be doing something
for myself. .Now what can a girl do for
herself in Succothville but go out to
service, or enter the factory, or take in
plain sewing?"
"Not much else, I must confess," said
Miss Markham.
"Well," pursued Libby, "I don't fancy
any of these three roads to a livelihood.
So I've picked out three other paths for
myself. I've been studying up the
papers, Alice, and I've written a love-A
? 4:1!? r? ? t j a
Biory, in uouipcuuuu lur uuuurcudollar
prize offered by the Titus !eld
Literary Clarion
"Child, child!" cried Alice. "What
do you know about love?"
"As much as other girls, I fancy,"
said giddy Alice. "I've read about
Ophelia and Desdemona, and Lucia de
Lammermoor, and all those classic heroines,
and of course one depends a good
deal on one's imagination. It wasn't a
bad story, I know. Well, that's one
road. And I read the statement of the
Woman's Barter Establishment, in New
York?how they'll pay you for good
cake or preserves, or anything of that
sort, less a trifling commission?so I sent
a box of pi m am to them, a box that
ought to net me ten dollars at least."
"That's Number Two." smiled Alice.
"Excuse me for saying that I have more
faith in Number Two than in Number
One."
"We shall see," nodded Libby. "And
the third?"
"Yes," encouraged Alice, 'the
third?"
"I answered an advertisement for a
wife," whispered Libby, hanging down
her pretty head. "Yes, Alice, I did.
You needn't start back in that tragical
manner. Other girls do it. Why
shouldn't Ii Such a beautifully-worded
advertisement! A widower, all alone in
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the world, siphing for sympathy and
lov&?a widower of means, Alice!"
"Libby, you have done wrong," said
Alice, with a gravity that impressed her
young companion more than she would
have been willing to confess.
"Weil, I've done it, and there's an j
end of the mutter!" said l.ibby, with a i
rebellious shake of the head. "So
no use in lecturing me. Uncle Tom (
shall find out that I'm not entirely without
resources! A hundred dollars for
the story vbesidcs all the fame it will;
bring me, Alice), ten dollars from the j;
plum jam?and there, you see, is enough
to buy quite a neat little trousseau for
marrying the widower. Poople don't
launch out with silk dresscsi and dozens
of underclothes as mucti as they did;
and?"
"Libby,-"" urged Miss Markham, "arc
you really in earnest 1"
Libbic broke out into a little hysterical
laugh. i.
"Alice," said she, "I've thought of
nothing else and dreamed of nothing
else for a week. And it's strange?so
strange that I never have received an
answer to any of the three communica
tions!"
-lust then little Tommy, the youDgest
hope of the house of Morse, came trotting
across the sere meadow.
"Oh, look here, Lib!" said he. "The
storekeeper he's found a lot o' letters as
got hid away under the meal bags, where
they was sortin' the mail on Thursday.
They calculate as Pete, the puppy, done
it?he's chuck full of mischief and
tricks; and thtf^torckecpcrhe give me a
lemon ball if I'd take these to you. I i
was lickin' the inside of the molasses
keg, with Johnny Piper and Slam Stokes, !
under the counter?"
Libby grasped' tne letters, and even
by that imperfect light, Alio) could see
the snow and crimson chasing each other
across her face.
They were already insido the little
gate, aad Libby caught at. her com- '
panion's arm with nervous haste.
"Let us go up stairs to your room,
; Alice," she whispered. "There is always
such a swarm of children in the;
keeping-room, ^id one never can have a
moment to oneself. Besides, there js
only that lamp in the house, and I can't
read by candlc-l;ght."
| Side by side,. in the school-teacher's
apartment, by the light of the flicker- 1
ing, strong-scented kerosene lamp, Libby
j and Alice opened the letters.
The first, whose envelope bore the ,
stamp of the Titusfield Literary I
Clarion, was brief enough. The editor
regretted that Miss Morse's manuscript1
had proved unsuifcjd- to his columns, but
: would return it to her address on the re'
ceipt of sufficient postage stamps to defray
the cost of transportation by mail
i "Theie's an <md of that!" cried 1
Libby, passionately, tearing the letter j
in two and flinging its fragments on the ,
ground.
The second was an elegantly-written ;
note, on scented and monogrammed
paper, from ths Secretary of the
Woman's Barter Establishment, stating
that Miss Morse's kind favor per the
Kackawaxen railroad Express, had
ocen sampled, and had unfortunately
proved to be below the standard which
the establishment had set up. The box ;
awaited her order's, and Mrs. Geraldus.1
? hi ii ;
uconrejs remaineu ueia umj>, en;.,
etc.
"It's all nonsense!" cried breathless I
Libby. "Standard of excellence, in-'
deed! It's all favoritism. There's a
ring?I know the e is! The whole thing
ought to be exposed through the newspapers."
I
>-..The third letter was brief enough. It
wa^ from a j
' York,' stating to"Vss ETTzabeth Morse
that her commuidfifttion, together with
numerous others, had been found among
the effects of a notorious swindler, who
had i!ed from justice about a week
previously. It was returned to her, 1
with a well-meant warning to avoid
such traps in the future. Most of his
dupes, it was stated, had inclosed money, !
rings and photographs to him, but she
was fortunately among the exceptions.
Poor Libby! she burst into angry j
tears, with her head on Alice's shoulder. !
"Oh, Alice," she cried, "whatafooll1
have been!"
And Miss Markham was endeavoring
to console her, when Tommy came clat-1
tering up stairs to shout at the keyhole
that "supper was ready, and marm had
been fryiDg flapjacks, and there was
some real maple molasses on the table, j
better than that on the inside of the keg
at Billingses' store!"
Alice went down." Fhc knew that it
would give mortal offense to Mrs.. Morse's
housewifely pride to neglo .t this summons;
but Libby flung a hood over her
head, and rushed out into the cold night j
air.
"I couldn't speak to any one just
now," she pleaded. "You'll keep ray
secret, Alice?wor.'t you?"
Just there at the gate stood Job Lind
ley, a black shadow against the starlight.
j "Libby!"
It was all that he said, but the one
word wa3 so full of devotion, allegiance, !
tender appreciation, that Libby stopped
l involuntarily.
It was a healing balm to her hurt spirit
and wounded pride.
i "I was coming to ask you to go to
Swopc's Corners with me to-night," said ;
he. "There's to be a concert there, and
,?But is anyth ng the matter, Libby;"
he asked, checking hmself in mia-ex- ,
planation.
| "Vcs, Job, I should like to go," said .
! Libby. ''It's very good of you to ask
me."
j "But you're in some sort of trouble,
I Libby!" exclaimed Job. "You've been
crying? Has your uncle been cross to
'you? Because, Libby, you needn't stay
under his roof unless you choose. If
i you'll come to mo and be my wife, j
i Libby, there's nothing you need auk for
in vain. It may sound abrupt to you, j
this lovo story of mine, but it's been 1
trembling 011 my lips every time I've
seen you for three months."
It was a strange, -hort wooing; but
when they came into the noisy, cheerful
house-room, Libby had promised to be
honest Job's wife.
i The failure of he: fantastic ambitions
, had luckily anven uer jiuo iii? sure
: haven of a good man's love.
' "I have got my own love story now."
j she said to Alice Markbam. "Better
chan all the Desdemonas and Ophelias
that the editor of the Titusfield Lit|
cr-irp C'arim ever dreamed about. And
Job is worth forty sentimental widowers.
i And as for the plum jam?we'll lpt that
go! Mrs. Geraldus Geoffreys is welcome
to it for her afternoon teas!"
"And you are really happy at last?"
wistfully asked Miss Markham.
| "Ve3. dear Alice, I really am happy
at last," said Libby.
: And her radiant face bore witness to
her words.?Saturday Night.
Statistics of the Kitlgdom of Saxony
show that at the close of i 886 the deposits
in the savings htinks (200 in number)
amounted to if 115,000,000, or about
$50 for each inhabitant. The number
of depositors was ]. ?40,000 out of a
population of little more than 3,000,^00.
In his latest messagO Governor Ames,
of Massachusetts, unreservedly recommends
woman suffrage.
i
HOUSEHOLD AF/MS.
How to Clean Silk.
For every quart of "Water required to ('
clcdone the silk pate and grate one large
potato in the water, which must be cold,
and It t stand for two days without disturbing
it. Kaip wator is preferred
when it can be obtained. Pour of! the
clear liquor into a large vessel and dip
the silk up and down in it until it 131
thoroughly saturated. ' Do not wring it, :
but let it hang where it can drip. "When ;
nearly dry lay it l'at on the table and rUb
it with a linen cloth, first on one side 1
then on the other. If necessary to press
it place it between flannel and use a
moderate iron.?Detroit Free Prea.
Rendering Lard.
A prominent Chicago packer gives the
following directions for rendering lard
so it will be nice and white: "Grind
the fat or chop it as you would sausage
meat, where you have but a small quantity,using
the chopping bowl and potato
mooViot TVin nhipot. is to the fat
into such, a condition that the tissue nnd
fibrine will separate quickly from the
clear fat. Now, by the mild heat and
constant stirring, melt to the consistency
of thin gruel, then scatter salt enough
over the surface to carry down all the
scraps. Salt dees not melt in pure lard,
and therefore will not give it a saline
taste. Then allow it to settle, and dip
the clear fat out into a vessel, usinf* a
strainer, or into another kettle, so as to
remove all scraps from the bottom.
Afty removal of scraps, cook for fifteen
minutes, so as to roast any scraps still
remaining in the fat, and your lard is
ready to put away ana will keep as long
as wantea. To keep lard it is necessary
to raise the heat at 180 degrees. It melts
at 110 to l'JO degrees. Let our farmers
and their wives try the above method
and they will never go back to the old
way of cooking lara again. In answer
to an inqury as to how to prevent lard
from boiling over while cooking, put in
a little salt. This is the best known
remedy.?Neva Torlt Herald.
Doing TJp Lace Curtains.
The cleansing of tine curtains in the
winter time is a very nice oporation, and
one that few housekeepers have the courage
to attempt at home. The following
directions I carried out with flattering
success:
Place the curtains in a tub of cold
water and allow them to remain for almost
an hour. Peraove carefully, wringing
slightly, md again place them in
jfresh cold water, where leave for threeor
four hours. Again wring them careiully,
and stretching them across a clean
table, rub thoroughly with some pure
washing soap; roll up tightly and lay in
moderately warm water for a full hour.
Then transfer them into very hot water,
leaving them there not longer than ten
minutes. Once more change into cold
Water for a few minutes. The next
move is into a moderately strong blue
water, where let them remain about five
minutes. Boil one half pound of starch
quite thick, fine flour quality; this will
be sufficient for three good-sized curtains.
Dip the curtains into the starch
and wring them very slightly. Then
stretch them immediately over clean
sheets. Lay the sheets over a thicklycarpeted
floor of a large room and pin
down the edges of the lace, drawing it
firmly, with extreme care. The pins
should be placed close together, so as to
draw out the pa:tern. This may seem a
tedious process; but if the directions are
faithfully carried out one will be amply
rewarded for the .pains. The curtains
should be left stretched across the sheets
u-oiillhorour&Jv drr. eati Wh'eti tire" "bills'"
are removed and they are lifted up, they
will be found to be snowy white and
stiff. ? WathingLon Star.
Recipes.
Sugar Snaps.?One cup of butter, two
cups of sugar, four cup9 of four, one
egg, a teaspoonful and a half of baking
powder mi.ced with the flour. Roll very
thin.
ftfewed Potatoes.?Cut in Blicea
twelve cold boiled potatoes; add a pint
of milk, a tablespoonful of butter, pepper
and salt, and a tablespoonful of
miinced parsley; stew ten minutes.
Fried A ?pdks.?Make abatterof two
eggs, a pinch of salt, a cup of milk and
six tnblespoonfuls of flour. Slice, pare
and core tai t app'os as Saratoga potatoes.
Dip them in the batter and fry. Eat
with powdered sugar.
Corn Soukfi.e.?Two cups of canned
corn, one pint of milk, two eggs, salt to
taste. Beat the eggs until very light;
add the othir ingredients; put the mixture
in a buttered pudding dish, and
bake about forty minutes.
Scalloped Cauliflower.? .Prepare
the cauliflovrer, and steam or boil until
tender. If soiled, use equal quantities
of milk aid water. Separate into
bunches of e qual size, place in a pudding-dish,
cover with a cream sauce,
sprinkle with grated bread crumbs, and
brown in tho oven.
Mutton* Broth.?This is often ordered
for invalids. It should be made
as plainly as possible, and so as to secure
the juice of the meat. Boil slowly
about two pounds of lean mutton for
two hours; skin it very carefully, as it
simmers, and do not put in much salt.
Some vegetable may be added as a
seasoning, and for some broths a little
barley or rice.
Hominy Croquettes.?Two cups of
cold, boiled hominy, one egg beaten
light, pinch of salt, teaspoonful of
6ugar, a little milk. Beat the egg into
the hominy, mash it free from lumps.
Add milk cautiously until the hominy is
as soft as it can be handled. Stir in the
salt and sug.ir, and form the mixture
into croquettes with floured hands. "Set
aside for an hour in a cool place to become
firm.. Fry in deep fat to a good
brown.
Fj.ocb Soip.?One tablespoon beef
fat, one heaping tablespoon flour, two
sliced onions, two pints water, one pint
milk, one mashed potato, salt and pep
'c""? Ln nninna in iVlft fat till licht
pci. A Ijr iuu U"'"? -- o?
brown; remove, pressing out the fat.
In the same fat now cook the flour, and
add, a little at a time, the water. Put
back the onions and let it stand a while,
(then add milk and potato.- Bait well,
i The potato maybe emitted and a little
more flour added.
Chicken Sai.ad.?Mince the meat of
1 a chicken fine; then chop the white
parts of celery, and prepare a dressing
! as follows: hub the yolk of two hardboiled
eggs smooth; to each yolk put
one teaspoonful of made mustard, half
as much salt, two raw eggs, a wineglass
of vinegar and a tablespoonful of
the best olive oil. Put the celery in a
'salad bowl; lay the chicken on that,
J and then pour over it the dressing.
Lettuce cut small may be used instead
of celery, but the latter is much more
j delicious. Cut the whites of the eggs
in rings to garnish salad.
The richest patient in Bloomingdale
! Lunatic Asylum. New York, is Howard
j Meyer. He is the son of the New Brunswick
millionaire, and has an income oi
$*0,000 a year. There isn't any difficulty
in securing the highest medical service
and best attention for him, but his
wealth only serves to surroand him with
luxuries he does not appreciate.
WIRE TROUBLE HUNTERS.
FINDING AND FIXING BBEAKS IN
TELEGBAPH LINES.
Threo Classes of Difficulties?The
Lineman's Dangerous OcCupa.
tlon?"What a Pole Climber Saw.
To a person not thoroughly versed in
matters pertaining to telegraphing the
line room on the seventhfloor of the Westcm
Union Building on Broadway would
prove particularly interesting. It is
situated immediately beneath the switchboard,
and has over five thousand wires
entering the different windows. This is
the linemen's headquarters, and the
starting point of the "trouble hunters."
"I am often asked what a 'trouble
hunter' is, and I will tell you," said one
of the oldest hands to a Star reporter.
"We are notified by one of the operators
at the switchboard that circuit thirtysix,
say, is dead, and the 'trouble-hunter'
starts from this point and follows the
? ? ??.<..11- flnnf ixrViOPA tVl A
wilts tsarciuiijr kit we ujju. <>??..
break, is. There his responsibility ceases
and the repair gang take hold and remedy
what defect they find. There are
three classes of difficulties we encounter.
They are designated as 'open,' 'ground'
and 'escape.' An ''open'is a complete
break in the wire, which is easily
enough repaired when found.
"When a wire 'grounds' it's a different
thing. The earth, of course, is a repository
for all electrical fluids, and if
an exposed wire touches at any place it
naturally interfdfc with the circuit. A
green pole, when wet, is also an excellent
conductor, and frequently causes
us no end of t rouble. A telegraph pole
should be thoroughly seasoned before
being put into use, but frequently a
freen one is put up, and then after a
eavy shower the wrapper around the
wire may become worn, and, the line
coming in contact with the green wood,
the electrical current instead of being
carried along on the circait, runs into
the earth; and until the defect is
remedied the line is practically useless.
A green pole from a wipdow, touching
an exposed wire, would not interfere
nrnrirlnor unlflsR the no!e in some
.. .... ._G A
way ran into the earth.
"An 'escape' is on the same principle
as a 'ground.' It generally occurs where
the insulation on a wire becomes worn
and part of the electrical fluid escapes
and part runs on the circuit."
"What are the principal quali5calions
to become a lineman?"
"A cool head. Anyone c:.uld perform
the mechanical part of the work after a
little experience,but to do it at an elevation
of a couple of hundred feet on a
slim pole, when a fall means certain
death, is another thing. When a strong
wind is blowing it makes-the task particularly
hard and dangerous. The spurs
we wear, attached to our boots, sometimes
give wa7; and then again the
wood is often rotten, and one misstep
means a fall. There's a knack in climbing
up a poll properly, but it's not half
as Dad as coming down. The sensation,
I can tell you, is very peculiar to a new
hand." I
According to the statement of half a
dozen linemen spoken to, some very
strange sights have been witnessed 07
them while perched on a crossbar of a
pole. One of them in relating his experience
said he was working for a telephone
company in Brooklyn and had
been sent to repair a wire on Clark street.
It was necessary for him to climb nearly
every pole in thestreet, and while ascending
one near the corner of Hicks street
he was enabled to look diagonally into
-4be QkA-irigki-be
saw riveted his attention for a few moments.
There was an elderly gent!e;
man on the bed surrounded by members
of his family, and was evidently dying.
The man gaied at the picture a.moment
in surprise, and then proceeded with his
work And descended to the ground. The
house facod on Hicks street, and before
the door a small crowd had gathered,
and were discussing some news.
"Whose house is that?" he asked an
nld gentleman who had come down the
steps. The gentleman looked at him iii
surprise a moment.
"Th. i is Henry Ward Beecher's
house," he replied, "and he has jusl
died." ,
The First Presidential Home.
President Cleveland was the first ol
the twenty-two Presidents to build h'm
self a home in Washington and occupj
it while the chief executive. General
Grant owned three houses in Washington
during his second terra, but never occupied
any of them. Heretofore the summer
homes of the Presidents have been
in a cottage at the Soldiers' Home, commonly
kqown as the President's cottage.
It is not the property of the Government,
but of the soldiers, and they have
tendered it free to the different Presidents.
Mr. Lincoln always spent hit
summers there. General Grant would
spend a portion of the summer there,
but most of the time at Long Branch.
Hayes always spent his summers there,
but Arthur never did. He would generally
go off on a fishing expedition during
the summer. When President Olevelana
was elected he was invited to make this
his summer home, but he declined, and
v. An Lr V in sir qq o flummflr home
fUTUUOOCU V?i\ | ivn w
learn that Mr. Cleveland will not sel
Oak View, but will retain the property
and rent it, for he believes the amount
of money invested will bring him a bet
tor income from this source than by nnj
other investment he might make. Thea
in case he ever decides to take up hT
residence in Washington, he will have i
home.?Atlanta Constitution.
A War Song.
A Ninth Ward schoolboy administerec
a thrashing to a playmate, and as a pun
jshment for his pugnacity his teacher re
quired him to "write it up" and read thi
composition before the school. Thi
youth has in him the making of a grea
poet, as his effusiqn shows. Two hour
of solitary confinement evolved the fol
lowing:
When I was awalking around one day I me
Robert Jones:
Before I said a word to him he begun aflrini
stones.
Do you suppose i a siana auuiug nuiumg m
the ground,
While he was Blinging rocks and stones am
everything around?
So I just goes up to him and batted him ii
the eye,
And then tne little coward hollered and h
begun to cry.
He told the teacher what I'd done and sh
made me write it up;
And that's the reason I think Bobby is i
sneakin' little pup.
?Blnghamton Bepublican.
A Horse's Great Record as a Sire.
The influence of one good sire i
scarcely estimable, but in the Licc-SLoc.
Journal Almanack for 188'J Mr. W
Burdett-Couta, M. P., calculates tha
the celebrated hackney stallion Triflit'
Fijreaway represents in his stock a mone;
value of ?250,000. He is now rising
thirty years old and has been, at thi
stud for over twenty-five years. He ha:
averaged o - 100 foals a year, the las
pi ices cf wh .ih are given at ?100 each
go great is his influence that his stocl
can be recognized at sight, and an in
i stance is given of foals got by him oul
of a cart-mare which as five-year-old
were sold by London dealers at 300 t<
400 guineas the pair.
WAITlflf' fk& THE CAT TO DlB? H
Lawzy! don't I ricftoliect 4|fi
That 'ere old swing id the lanef
Right and proper, 1 expect, 4HH
Old times can't come pack again;
But I want to state, ef they tfH
Could come back, and I could say H
What my pick ud be, 'y jingl
I'd say, Gimme the old swing ".< fln
'Nunder the tiki locus trees H
On the old place, ef yon please, Mm
Danglin' there with L'>M-?het eye, MH
Waitin'fer the cat to die!
I'd say, G imme the old gang H
Of barefooted, hungry, lean, Or'n'ry
boys yotl want to hang 9kE
When you're growed uptwioetdsxoanf
The old gyarden patch, the old ' ' M
Truants, and the stuff we stoled? n
The old stompin' grOun' where we" . * m
Wore the grass off, wild and free & JM
As the swoop of the old swing, Where
we uset to cliinb and cling, ^
And twist roun', and fight, and lie? 3
Waitin' fer the cat to die! jfi
'Pears like I 'mo3t alius could
Swing the highest of the crowd?
Jos sail up their tel I stood
I Downsido up, and screech out loud, < j
Jtveicu my ureuiu, mu jca un>j> ?
Fer to let the old swing slack,
Yit my tow-head dippin' still >
In the green boughs, and the chill ' -r;
Up my backbone taperin'down, '
With my shaddcr on the groun? ^
Slow and slower trailin' by?
Waitin' fer the cat to die! >,
Now my daughter's little Jato's
Got a kind o' babyjjwimr . '
On the porch, so's when it rains
She kin play there?little thingf _
And I'd lim|>ed out t'other day,
With my old cheer this-a-way, 1
Swingin' her and rockin' too', j
Thinkin' how I uset to do
At her age, when suddenly. "Hey,
gran'pap," she says to me,
"Why you rock so slow!" Says I, . ::
"Waitin' fer the cat to die!"
?James Whitcomb Riley, in Harper,
HUMOR OF THE HAY.
Plucky men?Poulterers.
Aids to reflection?Mirrors. ^ m mi
* r.: ^*r
Fashion's surplus?Tlie bustle.
A designing roan?The architect.
Epitaph for a boatman?Life is oar.
Steak-holders?Kestaurant waiters.
Room for argument?The court-room.
Time out of mind?A forgotten date.
A "cow-catcher"?Pleuro-pneumonia.
A hand-to-hand affair?Courting in
the dark.
The oldest verse in existence?Tho
universe. .
Beef was high when the cow jumped
over the moon.'
A sad case of absence of mind in one
jo youDg?The juvenile "I won't.".
A hotel advertises among its attrae
lions a "parlor for ladies thirty-five feet
Wide."?Detroit Free Dress.
"Where would you advise me to go
to, doctor? I suffer so from insomnia."
"You'd be'ter goto sleep."
No man is big enough to safely ignore
the influence that put bim where he is.
Unless he happens to be in jaiL
You cannot expect a man to tell
which way the wind is, simply because
he is a little vain.?Boston Bulletin. \ ,
The batcher who had his whole stock
I attached complained that there was too ^
' ~m(uch\\tno^tggmul^-flolel J/a'tK ,
Mr.-. of Chicago, said her
husband fried almost everything; but * never
made money until he tried Jard.
The photographer is about the only
man who is not afraid to tell a lady to
r shut her mouth and try to look pleasant.
The burning of the malt-house the
other day went against the grain and
caused considerable ferment.?New York
'' New.
There is something paradoxical
1 about counterfeiting. It is a money- ?
making business which does not pay.?
New York News.
"Mary, how is it that the chairs are
all covered with dust?" "Why, ma'am,
u.a i,oon Qi'ftincr nn them so far
QU UUU uao u?vu
. to-day."?Good Housekeeping.?
"Heard my last joke? It is great?
, positively Shakespeariau." "Yes, I
I beard it. I thought it was earlier than
| Shakespeare, though."?Bizar.
It must seem strange, whene'er it snows, !
To the man who motion lacks; .
It matters not how slow he goes,
1 He cannot help make tracks.
?Judge.
"The wealth of the Vauderbilt family
is now computed at $2i4,000,C00."
1 There is one family that will be able to
buy ice this summerRichmond Dei1
patch.
Clara?r" Jack, can you return my
love?" Jack (who has an "understanding"
with Clara's sister)?"Clara, I can
not, but I will always be a brotner-in\
law to you."
J He said in derision, "Oh, give us a rest"
To the copper whose eye he had caught
1 The policeman with promptness did grant
1 the request,
And gave him arrest on the spot
[ ?Merchant Traveler.
r "Oh, postman, to-morrow morning I
t have something very important to say to
my husband. Couldn't you be just a
r little slow, so as not to deliver his newa,
papers till noon?"?Flieyen le Blaelter.
3 The infinite variety
i Of winter weather
Breeds discontent, satiety,
And ague altogether;
Discourages sobriety.
And also strict propriety
T? ? ?? pKao Ina thflf
I ill pUJIMJ VU JUUU iC(?vtiv?.
?Chicnjo News.
The craze for whistling among girls is
b seriously troubling the humorous editor
3 of the Boston Transcript. He says it is
t almost impossible to tell whether a girl
s is soliciting a kiss, or is only preparing
. to pucker. He ought to give the girl' .
the benefit of the doubt.?Youngdown
t Herald.
"And this is silver ore, is it?" said
5 Mrs. Snaggs, as she examined a piece of
3 curious looking mineral in a Denver
I smelter. "Yes, ray dear," said her hus
3 band. "And how do they get tne silver
out?" "They smelt it." "Well, that's
n queer," after applying her nose to the
0 ore. "I smelt it, too. but didn't get
any silver."?Omaha Ee\
e ??
An Ancient Hill of Funeral Expenses.
1 At the 250th anniversary of the Connecticut
Constitution the other evening,
at Hartford, one of the speakers read the
items of the funeral expenses of an old
s colonial citizen who died by drowning,
t Here they are:
June 8, 1878.?An account of what was ext
pended on Mr. David Porter for his takiDg
8 up and burial:
7 By a pint of lyqr. to those that
' dived for him ?00.01.00
? By a qrt. of lyqr. to those that
3 brought him home 00.02.00
3 By 2 qrts. of wine and gall, of sdyr.
t to ye jury of inquest 00.05.04
By 8 galls, and 8 qrts. wine for the
" funeral, cost 01.15.00
c By a barrell of sydr. for do., cost. 00.16.00
By a coffin, cost 00.12.00
t By a winding sheete, cost 00.18.00
3 By to pay for the grave, etc 00.05.00
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