The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, January 12, 1886, Image 2
THE RAILROAD MAGNATE.
STORIES OF TIIE I?ATE WM. H.
TANDEKBILT.
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His Early IJfe find bin Career an a Stated
Inland Farmer.
A
*^hen \Vm. II. Vanclerbilt left school
he was a clcrk in a ship chandler's store
kept by some distant relative. The
small salary he received did not suit
him, and when eighteen years of age lie
entered the otlice of old Daniel Drew,
the firm name being Drew, Hobinson &
Co., at the yearly salary of sfclfiO. He
wa< a bright boy. The second year it
was doubled: the third year it was
$1,000. His employers had confidence
in him, and he deserved it. He was
oitcreu tue position, then made vacant,
as a partner in the firm, bul his delicate
constitution necessitated his leaving the
office, and his father bought for him an
unimproved farm of seventy-five acres
near New Dorp, Statcn Island. Prior
to this, before he was twenty, he married
the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Kissam, a
New York clergyman, and fortunately
in his wife he found a model Christian
woman and mother.
Between the Commodore's home life
and that of William the broadest contrast
may be drawn in favor of the
latter. William II. Vanderbilt never
proved the quality of his brain and
heart more thoroughly than when he
picked out Miss Kissam as the head of
his family. Ilis father's imperious will,
in home life as well as in business, made
every one?wife and children as well as
clerks and servants?step aside at the
arbitrary command of this cold, distrustful
man, who probably believed all
he did was just and equitable, although
he was a law to himself in his judgments.
With the will of Peler the
Great he crushed everything in his way.
All must be for him, all must be by
him. Bv this William learned a lesson.
Pcrcciving the superior nature of liis
wife, he made her the absolute mistress
of his house and their rftpidly increasing
family. Although his father was worth
millions, William, being a young clerk
on $1,000. boarded in East Broadway at
the rate of $16 per week.
His wife moved with him to New
Dorp, and they undertook the cultivation
of the Staten Island farm. Seventyfive
acres of barrens and wastes were to
be subdued, and needed something more
than endurance, thrift and untiring
labor. With industry and earnestness
of purpose young Vanderbilt considerably
improved his property, and knowing
that he could do but little more
without money he determined to obtain
from his father a loan of a few thousand
dollars. He had, however, such a dread
of his father, and was so apprehensive
that whatever he would suggest would
be scoffed at, that he invoked the assistance
of a friend, who requested the
Commodore to lend him $5,000 or $0,000.
The answer was a refusal. William then
mortgaged his farm for ?G,000.
There was but little intercourse between
the families at that time, and for
nearly six months the two men met on
an averatre not oftener than once a
month. Some one told the Commodore
that William had been compelled to
borrow money to get along on. Without
saying a word to William the Commoflnrp
niiintlv wonf rlnu-n 4/\ "Mnw
^w.w .j-.v/ V.J ? WMW ?V .t M ivr X/Ul
made his own observations, sent for
William and took him out driving, when
the following conversation, according to
William's report, occurred:
Said the Commodore, "William, you
don't amount to a row of pins, anyway.
You won't never be able to do anything
but bring disgrace upon yourself, your
family, and everybody conneoted with
you. I've made up my mind to have
nothing more to do with you."
The young man was stunned. He
could not understand what was the reason
of his father's displeasure.
"Didn't you mortgage your form for
$0,000?" inquired the old man, angrily.
"I did. I had to do it. The farm
required considerable investment, and I
had no money. My object in life has
always been to please you, and I am
profoundly grieved to see that I am unable
to do so. I can assure you of one
thing, and that is, not one cent ot this
money was devoted to mjT personal comfort.
The transaction is perfectly businesslike.
I engaged to pay the mortgage
off at a certain date. I shall do so. I
cannot sec that I have done anything to
be ashamed of."
The drive lasted half an hour longer,
during which not one word was said by
either party; but on the next morning
the son received a check for $0,000,
with the peremptory order to pay the
mortgage off "right away."
From this time, and possibly in consequence
of this affair, Commodore Vanuerbilt
treated his son with some little
contidcnce, and admitted him to the
outer door of its intimacy.
William meantime continued operations
upon his farm, and in the course
of a few years he had grounded himself
n the respect and esteem of his neighbors,
and though at the start he was a
young, inexperienced city clerk, he beame
not only a first-class practical
'umer^but added to his property,- acre
by acre, until it amounted to 350, and
afforded him a generous living and a
'ict annual profit of $12,000C
Later in life, when the Commodor^
made his famous trip to St. Petersburg
on the steam yacht North Star, William
nrae wnllf 1 nrt with him An /lonl/ ! >*
,, wv. .......-" ?> ' ??it M??II v??* |.Ul< !(??/'
ter smoking, as was his constant habit.
Abruptly stopping in his walk, the Commodore
said, "I wish you would give
up that smoking of yours; I'll give you
|10,000 if you'll do it." "You need
not give me any money," said William,
as. he threw the cigar overboard. "Your
wish is sufficient, father."
' Estimated wealth is as a rule a very
different thing from actual possession,
and although Mr. Vanderbilt is credited
witty saying that his income last yeai
was $20,000,000, and although there if
' , _ a. widnonrnuil rrnoain thnf V>!o
? j/ vnuu uiq liiU^l/l I/1WC
sre valued at no less than $240,000,000,
beyond the general starting point thai
Uis father left him $125,000,000, nothing
definite can be known until the will
is recorded.
The ordinary household expenses oi
r??';s Sir, Vanderbilt were $100,000 * year,
o* Fn 1884 he gave a ball tnat cost $40,000.
He loved horses and was a good judge
% of. horseflesh. Ho sold Maud 8. foi
$40,000. Although his fortune shrunk
last year materially through a big do (
cline in Btocks and through business do
pression the recent bull movement
of the past few months brought it uj
again.
His income was calculatcd as follows 1
, ?$2,374,000 a year from goveinmeni
bonds; $0,394,000 from railroad stocks
and bonds; $570,005 from miscellaneous
securities: total, over $10,000,000 r
' year, or $28,000 a day, $1,200 an houi j!j
' $19.75 a minute. He made 110 ostenta ^
! tious display of his wealth and was '
; charitable, although in this he had tc j
! be quiet or he would have been ovei n
run by impostors. lie was shrewder it t
; business than many supposed he was ^
1 he knew enough to sell 250,000 shares n
of New York Central live years ago a'
1 120 and buy governments at par. j
! The Vanderbilt mausoleum is in tli(
1 Moravian Cemetery at New Dorp, S. I.
it. consists ot eight sets ot small vaults, jj
with nine chambers to efch set, to hold v
1 altogether seventy-two bodies. Tlu t
vaults are solid Quincy granite, and th< ^
foundation walls reach fifteen feet be
low ground. When finished a greal ^
tower will rise up, and from it will ex- v
tend, high in mid air, two towers 01 t
"lanterns." Light will be admitted j,
through glass ten inches thick, protected
by massive iron bars. Three hollow ^
Gothic columns ornament the facade o! ^
the tomb. The figures and designs in- K
side the tomb arc cut in Indiana lime- y
stone. The design over the vault where
Commodore . Vanderbilt and family will (-j
lie, represents the Creation. Other carv- ^
ings represent Paradise, Moses deliver- a
ing the Ten Commandments, King Solomon
and the Queen of Sliebn, the Vir- n
?ri nMary and the Infant .Icsus, the Cru- j
citixion and the Ascension. The innei j,
chamber will contain an altar and re- n
redos. a
The tomb is set directly into a hill, j
and it will be embanked with earth, in _
which trees will be planted. lieneatli
it is a double concrete floor. The csti- j
mated entire cost is $225,000. c
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THE LIME-KILN CLUB. *
t
Rro. Gardner AduiiiiiMtcrx ti Severe Itcbiilit s
to a. Member. r
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[From the Detroit Free Tress.]
41I can't sec dat Prof. Trespass John- t
son am in de hall to-night,''said lirolhci
Gardner as he looked up and down. 0
"De fack am, I didn't V.actly 'spcct lie t
would be. Sartin* events hev occurred f
to render his absence a necessity. De c
Seckretary will turn to his name on de s
roll an' scratch it oil, an' write across it c
in red ink de word 'expelled.'" K
When tlie Secretary had carried out t]
the request the President continued:
"Up to a y'ar ago Prof. .Johnson was c
an active, respected member of dis elub.
He was not only a Avorker in our cause, n
but lie was industrious as a man. If he t
couldn't get work at a dollar an' a half i
a day he got it fur a dollar. If he i
couldn't hev roast duck fur Sunday lie a
put up wid a beef-bone soup. His t
family had plenty to cat an' to w'ar, an1 t
when rent day cum around he had de c
cash ready for his landloid. t
".list about twelve months back some i
white man told de Professor dat he had
just as good a right to a pianer, gold
watch an' span of horses as a rich man. t
He was told dat de aristocracy war a
coinin' money out of his labor. He was ^
made to believe dat do pusson who \
wouldn't pay two dollars to hev a kit- i f
chen ceilin' whitewashed was an oppres- r
sor. It was pounded into him dat if he r
sot on dc fence all summer an' talked j ]
agin dc blue blood of dis kentry, some- s
body would furnish him roast turkey all f
winter. f
"Many of you saw how he was affect- <
ed. lie began to hate honest work. t
His mouf began to grow bigger. While <
his cloze growed seedy his importance s
increased daily. "When his wood pile j
grew low he cussed Vaiulerbiit. When t
his flour bar'l was empty he reviled Jay ]
Gould. When his children becum rag- (
ged he ripped at capital. When his i
wife becum b'arfut he swore at de aris- t
tocracv. When his landlord bounced <
him for non-payment- of rent he howled
1 an' raved about oppressors an' tyrants. j
4,I)e climax cum las' nitc. I heard t
dat he had bin boastin'dat de rich must <
divide wid him, an' concluded to watch
my hen coop. About 'leben o'clock de ?
Professor showed up. I had twenty-two \
choice hens. He had none. He was ]
gwine to divide wid me an' take 'leben. j
My frena, I can't 'zaetly discribc what (
happened arter 1 got my paws on him, ]
but I know he went awav enmtv hniwlnfl *
! limpin*, sore an' in de hands of an officer. i
I lie am no longer a member of dis club. <
i If dar am any odder member wid social- t
j istic ideas now would be a good time i <
fur him to make a grab fur his hat an" <
back down sta'rs." (
A deep silence followed. No one
moved. \
It Had A Pig In Its Mouth. j
<
THE B4DL.Y-8CAIIED GERMAN THOUGHT IT ,
WAS NONE OK HIS BUSINESS ANYHOW.
1
A few days ago the editor of the lie- ,
publican, of McConnellsburcr, Pa., met ]
a well dressed and badly-scared young ]
German on one of the mountains near ,
town, who told a story about meeting a ,
panther with a pig in his mouth on the i
turnpike, a mile away. The excited j
young man said: ,
''I vos shust comcn along der moun- ,
tain ven aer snumpcd from der bush, |
down dcr punk, von great big ting, mit
von pig in de mout. MeinGot, I knowt ]
not vot it vos. It vas shust like von ,
pig pull tog, unt it climpt up der tree <
1 to von pig lim, unt begin to make der
pones of dcr pig crack like plases. t
Mein Got, I knowt not vot it vos. Den ]
I tell some mens as vos choppen wood, ]
unt dy say shust show us vare it ish unt j
ve vill vix it mit de axes; but ven dey ,
see it dcy said it vos von panther, unt (
ven dey hert de pones cracken, unt der ;
! growls ov de ting, doy git shust so bad ]
' scart as I vos, and sed (ley didn't want i
1 noting to do mit it. It vos none ov |
1 mine pisness how m ch pig pones it ,
crackt, so I git out ov de schrape mit <
; my own." ]
The incident was related in town, and
caused much laughter. With shot-guns
and rifles a large crowd went to the
mountain, vwhere the panther was
killed.
i Akr angkmknts are making to establish
in California a colony of 240 families
' fxom Alsace.
JURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA.
1>R. PASTEUR'H NOTED REMEDf. 1
'be French Cbcinlnt's Method of Treating
The Ulte of n. Mad I)og.
i
A Paris correspondent says, I have
ust. visited the great Dr. Pusteur. who,
uringthe past fortnight has announced,
he discovery of what he believes to be
11 antidote for the bite of a mad dog.
Ic is not an old man, being probably
ot over 55 years of age. His well
rimmed chin whiskers are slightly grey
>ut his hair is still quite dark. He is
ot over five feet seven inches hi^h, but
* rather stoutly built. One leg is stilt.
Ic speaks no English. His speech is
low and distinct and his bearing is unssuming
and modest. "When I entered
lis oflice I found it filled with patients
/ho had come from all parts of Europe
o be treated by him for bites of mad
logs. His assistants were busily en;agcd
treating ugly-looking wounds on
he legs, arms, and bodies of patients
ihilc lie stood by and superintended
he work. * His treatment is wholly by
uoculation.
"I do not yet know any remedy for
he patient after the disease has maniested
itself," said Dr. Pasteur. "All
ny luscovurics, so iar, relate oniy to
>reventing hydrophobia after persons
Lave been bitten. That antidote 1 have
liscovercd, for of the twenty persons
hat I have treated not one has shown
nv svmptons of the disease."
"There was a card published by the
:reat novelist 'Ouida' a few days ago.
)r. Pasteur, in wliicfti she said that she
tad personally known of six cases of aninals
and persons bitten bj* mad dogs,
nd with 110 treatment whatever not one
leveloped into hydrophobia, llow do
on explain that?" I asked.
"That is quite possible," replied the
Doctor. "Statistics show that 80 out
if 100 persons who are bitten do not be:omc
mad. I do not claim my cxperincnts
to be conclusive, although 1 have
reated these twenty cases of persons and
evcral hundred cases of dogs and
abbits and other animals, and not one
o treated has been affected."
" How long does it take forthe disease
o manifest itself?"
"Usually the victim shows symptoms
f hydrophobia within six months after
he bite, but sometimes it is three or
our years. After that time I would
:onsider the danger past. The first
yinptons are paralysis. It is a disease
?f the nerves not of the blood, and pcrons
of a nervous disposition arc the
nost susceptible to it if bitten."
"Does fear enter largely into the
hances leading to it?"
"Fear may weaken the nervous force
md so make the person more susceptible
0 the effects after having been bitten,
>ut fear cannot produce hydrophobia,
t never conies spontaneously, but
lways through a bite, or at least
1 i. i-i- _ _ " i - r * *
urougu mv sunvii 01 an unun:u Having
he disease. If you have a slight scratch
in your skin and a mad dog shouldSick
hat scratch, you might get liydropho)ia."
"What is your method?" was asked.
"I began my experiments in 1882, in
his way," replied Dr. Pasteur. "I took
t portion of the spinal cord of a dog
vhich had died of hydrophobia, and
vith that I inoculated a rabbit in the
irst incmbranse of the brain. It went
nad in fifteen days. Then with a
jortion of the spinal cord of this rabbit
' inoculated another rabbit in the same
vay and it went mad in thirteen days,
md so on. I continued inoculations
rom rabbit to rabbit, finding the strength
>f t he viru9 increase each time until the
linetieth time produced hydrophobia in
>nly seven days. I then took a very
jmall portion of the spinal cord of this
linetieth rabbit, and which contained
;he greatest virulence yet obtained, and
[ suspended these bits of virus in
impty bottles in which the air was kept
/cry dry by means of potash on the bottom
of the bottle. After several days'
jxposure in a dry, cold temperature the
firus loses all its strength. The time
required for this loss depends upon the
li/e of the piece and the dryness and
;oldncss of the air. Then of this virus
vhich has lost its strength I take a
imall porton dissolved in sterile bouillon,
and with a pravaz syringe I inoeu
iilu iiiu umiiuu. iLiicn ciay i inoculate
t again with virus, just a little stronger
sacli time, until at last the system has
become so accustomed to the poison
:hat I can use the virus which had not
>een dried at all, and which would proluce
hydrophobia in seven days if the
system has not been so treated to it by
legrees. I have treated one hundred
logs in this way, and not one has become
mad."
"Is there more hydrophobia in France
than in other countries?"
"No; there is just as much in America
in some parts as in France. It docs not
iepcnd much on climate, for it never
ionics spontaneously."
Dr. Pasteur then conductcd me to the
basement, where in cages he has hundreds
of rabbits, some of which have
been inoculated and some have not. All
had been bitten by animals having hyJronliobia.
Those which he did not inDcnlate
he watched for the symptoms of
the disease. wliirh in rabbits liRimllv
manifest itself in eleven days, they being
more susceptible to it than any other
animal. He also haa several (logs, but
these were not shown.
In our company now was a boy who
had been terribly bitten by a mad dog
ibout three months ago, and who is now
under treatment. He comes to the
Doctor's office every day. Tho boy is
nboutlO years old. He is greatly petted
by the kind-hearted scientist, for he is
r< ally a young hero. The boy's little
brother was attacked by tho mad dog,
and this brave fellow rushed between
them, and thfi dYvnr nnirprl hold nf his
left thumb. He tiien took his right
band and endeavoured to wrench the
beast's jaws apart, but the animal was too
strong for him. Then hq pulled oft one
of his shoes with his free hand and beat
the dog over he head with the beel of
the shoe until he killed him. His hands
were fearfully lacerated, and Dr. Pasteur
had little hopes of saving him at first,
but as time passes his hopes are increasing.
The boy has been awarded a
medal for his bravery by the Government.
Sooth Carolina Is the only state which allows
bo divorce.
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A ROMANTIC STORY.
Cardinal IH'Clonkfiy'ii Enrly i.?ve, who wm 1
tlie Mere or u Queen.
In the death of Mrs. Parmclia Crane,
aged i)3, Chicago has lost n most remark- !
able character. She was bora at Truro, j
Mass., and at the age of 15 married Mr. .
Charles Adams, a distant connection of
John Quincy Adams, ller husband was 1
captain and part owner of the Ploughboy,
a sailing vessel running between 1
Boston and Baltimore. In those days a 1
trip of such a character was considered J
a risky undertaking, and much anxiety
was felt for the safety of voyagers. At .
the age of 19 she was taken to Baltimore
by her husband and placed in care of an
old family friend, while he was to make 1
another trip to Boston and back. While
on the way a terrible gale sprang up,
during which the Plou^liboy with its
captain and all hands went to the bottom.
At the house in which she resided
in Baltimore were qui e a number of
young people who were fond of plea
sure, ana wno made the House resound
with their merrymaking. Iler great
sorrow at the fate she felt had befallen
her husband moved licr to seek a quieter
abode, and the place selected for her by
her husband's friend was none other
than the residence of the mother of Cardinal
McCloskcv, who lived a retired
widowed life with her son. The cardinal
was then preparing for the priesthood.
The two women became endeared
to each oilier, and the young student, it
is said, looked with favoring eves upon
the youthful widow. IJcing one of the
most studious of young men, his attentions
to Mrs. Adams were marked by u
quiet but most sincere regard. So far
am nc lorget lor the moment his theological
prospects that he proposed for
the hand or 'ie widow in marriage. In
speaking 01 tne nlTair in after time Mrs.
Crane used to comment upon the depth
of devotion the young student evinced
for her. She not being of the san:e
faith, he intimated that their dilTerencc
in the matter of religion need be no bar,
as in the event of her consent he would
arrange that matter satisfactorily.
"So," the old lady would say, "through
my declination of his proposal the Catholic
Church gained one of its most notable
dignitaries."
She did not marry for seven years
after the denth of Capt. Adams, and
then wedded Mr. Joseph Crane, of
Quincy. Mass. In 18o2 the family came
to Illinois and settled on n farm at Plato
in Kane county. Iler second liasband,
though an old man at the time, went on
the call to arms in the Eighth Heavy
Artillery,and during a campaign through
Kentucky in 1802 died at Howling Green
?he being (54 years of age. The widow
came to Chicago and lias lived for the
past 28 years with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith,
at No. 292 Fulton street. She had been
siek for about ten weeks before her
death, but to the end retaihed full use
of all her faculties. Her end was exceedingly
peaceful, the spirit leaving
body with scarcely a perceptible Uutter.
Her death calls to mind the fact that
she was a niece of Queen Fanny Young
Kekelaokalani, of the Sandwich Islands,
Queen Fanny being the mother of Queen
Emma, who died some years ago. Her
uncle, John Young, who was a seafaring
man, ran away from home when young
and took to a sailor's life. On one voyage
the ship was wrecked and the crew
made their way in boats to one of the
islands. Knowing the man-eating tendency
of the inhabitants. Young hid
himself in a hogshead that had floated
ashore, and thus saved himself from the
fate of his companions, who were sacrificed
to ths appetite of the natives. He
was discovered soon, however, and his
discoverer was the future Queen Fanny,
then a member of tho king's household.
Young afterward married her and was
raised to the position of the king's adadviser.
Through Young's influence
Christianity was encouraged, he being
the first that was able to do anything in
the direction of civilizing the people,
lie built the first house on the island,
the ruins of which are still sacredly preserved.
It was made of cocoa wood
and dobcy, with the aid of a boat hatchet
saved from the wreck and a wooden
trowel, and was whitewashed with lime
made from coral fished out of the sea by
the natives. Young's life was so full of
jood works for the people that to this
day they will raise their cups or kneel
in front of his tomb. There are many
interesting relics in the possession of
the family on Fulton street, among
which are a photograph of Queen Emma
and one of the ruins of the old Young
housfc.
A War Story.
One day, while Mr. Griffin was
showing a party of Northern men
around, over a Virginia battlefield,
one of them said: 4iI am reminded
of an aqcidcnt that occurred
here. I had charge of a gun over there
in the works near Fort Morton. One
Sunday, while there was no firing going
on, and we were loafing about, I
saw a man come over that hill by the
cemetery and come dowa across this
slope toward the rear of the Confederate
lines. His comfortable and serene
manner irritated me, and I made up my
mind to see how close I could come to
him, and we all chuckled at the idea of
scaring the life out of him. I took
good aim and landed a shot about six
feet from him. You ought to have seen
him git up and git. He was the scartest
and most demoralized Johnny Reb you
ever saw. He went on at a rate that
would run a dog to death, and we
roared with cheers and laughter to see
him dust."
"So you are the man who fired that
shot, are you?" asked Griffin.
4'Yes; do you know anything about
it?"
"Well, yes; I think I do," was the
reply. 4'I was tho follow you shot at.
I was a lad coming with southing for
my father, who was iA the works. I
did not suppose there was a Yankee
fool enough or mean enough to shoot fx
cannon at one little fellow catryiAfc
grub to his father. But you don't ex
aggerate the scaro. I didn't grow another
inch in a year."
This Sacramento Bee says the Chinese
fake 415,000,000 a year out of California
and srnd it homo.
THE CHRISTMAS DINNER.
With Full InfttrnrtionH How It Ih lo be Prc?
pared.
Roast Tuukry.?Select a young turkey,
remove all the feathers carefully, singe
it over a burning newspaper on top of
the stove. Then "draw" it nicely,
being very careful not to break any of the
internal organs; remove the crop carefully;
cut the head oil, and draw the
neck through the opening where the crop
came out, and cut the neck olf close to
the body; tie up the end of the skin ol
the neck. Wipe the turkey carefulh
with a cloth wrung from clean water,
but do not wash it, or the flavor will be
impaired. Chop stale bread for tlu
stufliug, season with salt, pepper ami
thyme, mix with it the inside fat of tin
turkey chopped line, and moisten witl:
hot water. Stull the skin of the neck
and the breast and sew them up, st::ll
the body and sew it up, tie the legs tc
the "pope's head" and tie the wings ti
the body. Put it in the dripping pan
and set into the oven; fill the pan parth
full of boiling water. Have the over
hot to begin with and afterward not sc
hot. Baste every tenor fifteen minutes.
When about half (tone sprinkle sail ovei
it and dredge it with flour. Turn il
round occasionally so every part will Ik
equally baked. A fifteen pound turkey
requires between three and four hours
to bake. When a fork is stuck in it. il
the liquid that runs out is perfectly
white and clear the bird is done, fl
anv nart is likelv to scorch, nin over it
i 'I
u piece of buttered white paper. Whil(
the turkey is baking boil the liver, neck,
gizzard, sweetbread and heart till tender,
chop them fine leaving out the neck,
and mix with gravy, which should bt
thickened with flour.
I'ljum Pudding.?One cupful of buttei,
sugar, milk, chopped suet, currants ant
raisins; half a cupful each of cream unci
candied orange peel or citron cut fine,
two grated nutmegs, oi.e teaspoonfnl 01
ground cinamon, half a teaspoonfnl ol
ground cloves, six eggs well beaten,
Creaui the butter (that is stir it in th<
mixing dish with a spoon till it is lik<
cream; warm it a little first if it is verj
hard), add the sugar and the othei
ingredients, and thicken with brent
crumbs dried and rolled very line. Pul
the pudding into a tin mould, and boi
four hours, renewing the water as i
evaporates with boiling water. Thi:
pudding can be maac two or three day:
before Christmas and heated by putting
it into the steamer or a kettle of boilinj.
water.
Satice ?A cup of sugar and half >
cup of butter, the latter creamed ant
mixed with sugar, add the beaten yoU
of an e?rc. a little crated nutmetr ant
two cups of boiling water.
How to Ornament the Christmas Tree
Last year in many cities and town:
there appeared in certain churches anc
halls Christmas-trees of marvellou:
beauty. The tips of the green bough:
were glittering with crystals, and re
fleeted the light in many beautifu
colors. Some of these trees, in additioi
to the crystals, seemed laden with goldei
fruit, like an orange-tree in an untimely
frost or snow-storm/ Other trees wer<
ornamented with hand-painted flags, o
all nations.
The method of covering green twig
with crystals is a very simple and in
expensive one. Put into a bucket i
pound or more of alum, and pour a gal
Ion or more of boiling water upon it
Place the tree in such a position that th<
tips of the boughs may remain m thi
solution for some hours, perhaps ove
night. Repeat the process until a:
many boughs are tipped with crystals a
will make the tree very beautiful. O
cut oil ilie twigs, urybiuu/.u uicin, am
fix them again on the boughs.
The golden fruit is simply made b]
gilding English walnuts. Hammer i
long tack into the end of the walnut b;
which to suspend it after gilding. Was!
the nut with the white of an egg with i
feather. Then roll it in gold leaf, o
powder, until it is well gilded. O
cover it with tin foil or imitation o
cold leaf, as the real gold leaf is some
what expensive.
Acted charades are popular as diver
sions, after the distribution of th
Christmas presents. The popular wor<
in England of late for an elaborate acte<
charade is "Counter charm1' ?(count
(err) (charm), the whole ending wit]
an Oriental scene of a charm and counter
charm.
Tlic Potato Rot in Canada.
There is a very serious danger thi
year, say reports from Canada, that th
greater part of the large crop of poto
toes grown and now held in the vicinit
of Montreal will be almost a total loss
owing to the rot. From the time th
crop was harvested the rot has gone 01
unchecked by any means that has so fa
been taken. As dealers were afrai<
to lay in heavy stocks, there are bu
few potatoes actually held in the citj
and the loss will therefore fall mainl
upon the farmers, as the district afflicte<
is great in potato growing. The loss
unless a check comes, will be very sen
ous. At Petite Cote the farmers have t
buy their seed this year, and in othe
districts efforts are being made t
market the crop beforo it all goes
Good judges state that the rot is thi
year worse than it has been for fiftee
years.
The Cheese.
When I was abroad, says a traveler,
saw, or rather smelled, cheese that wa
as much more odorific than JJmburgc
as you can imagine. There are littl
shops in Germany that sell nothing bu
uucesu wiiitu it wuuiu ujuku an y\mcr
can sick to atick his nose. They have
story over there that Jin Englishma
once went into one of these little shof
and said:
4'Hi beg your pardon, you know, bi
Hi'm bloody fond of cheese, you know
hand Hi like it to smell strong, yo
know. Hif you 'avo hany that h
stronger than Limburger, Hi would lib
to taste hit."
The old Dutchman is represented c
turning around And calling out to h:
wife in another room:
"Katrina, Katrina, let der cheese yal
in."
1?1
FROM YE OLDEN TYME. H
TRIAI, AND EXECUTION OF 0TK8. A
Little story of the D?y? When They
8toad In Fcnr ol Witclien. ^HD
The Boston Globe publishes the following
regarding the trial and execution of
Rebecca Nourse, who was sacrificed to
that strange religious Molock, Salem
witchcraft, in u>'.(2. The magistrate BflJ
, (Hawthorne) mentioned, was an ancestor B^D
of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is no
doubt the original of Colonel Pyncheon, HhH
in the Scarlet Letter.
The life and death of Rebecca Nourse
form a sad chapter in the history of
[ Salem. Tradition says that she was a
beautiful woman, past middle age, hH
L and respected by all who knew her, Ij^R
from the time she first entered the..town
l> until, i:i accordance with the tiomihir
super slit ion of witchcraft, she fell a
victim to her neighbor*' displeasure, and
calmly went to her death on Hallows hill. fl^Hj
With the promptness which character- H
i/.ed her people's acts on religious subjects,
four indictments were sworn out
against her, aud the wife of Francis
Nourse, one of the most respectable
L citizens of the deluded town, waa
brought into court.
In her old age, cv^ripncing a full H|
share of the delicate inuitics which hH|
^ the instincts of humanity required to be > IH
treated with tender consideration, she"'
j. was ruthlessly snatched from the midst
of a loving family and made to feel the
iiuiium ui u criminal s iiic iiiiu (lentil?
to please the imaginative and religiously
crazed people.
Of her early life little c:'.n he said. She
was born in Yarmouth. England, in
1021. but came to this country and settied
in married state, having two sons.
j For many years she was one of the leady
ing sisters in the First Church, and was
actively engaged in all religious work.
j- How the fatal hand of suspicion settled
j- on her has never been ascertained, but
it is known that her examination came
ofT in the First Parish Church. The
[ age, character and appearanee of the
! prisoner made the occasion one of un- H
r usual interest. The building was ^H||
crowdcd. Hawthorne, the magistrate,
t began the proceedings by addressing one
j of her accusers. ^Hj
(. "Has this woman ever hurt you!"
"Yes" was the reply.
s "What do you say to that!" (to the
prisoner.)
\ In a clear bxit low voice the woman ^Hj
replied: .
t "I can say before my Eternal Father I
j am innocent, and God will clear my in- HH
^ noccncy." Then followed the investigaI
tion. With the customary unrelenting
character of the accusers a deaf ear was OH
turned to the eloquent appeals of the
wife and mother, who seemed to speak
. by divine inspiration for life and liberty.
So clear was her defence that no
* possible ease could be made out against HI
I her, but despite it all, she was kept withs
in the arm of the law, and without res
gard to justice sent to jail. Mr*. Nourse,
- as has been said, was a very devout wo1
man, and probably the hardest blow of HI
1 all was the action of the First Church,
1 of which she was a member. The recf
ords still preserved read as follows : H
b "After the sacrament the elders prof
pounded to the church, and it was by H|
unanimous vote consented to that our
s bister Nourse, being a convicted witch, H|
- and condemned to die, be excommunii
cated, which was accordingly done in th
afternoon, she being present."
Then came the day of execution, July H
i 19, 1092, At an early hour the little
s village was bristling with activity.
r "The devil's angel on earth" was to be H
9 punished with the death she deserved, H
4-u^ ti :* :/> ?-i '
3 unci nu tiic: JL UllLUU IllillUt'US ULIU CU 111CII1" )
r selves in holiday dress to honor the, 2
1 event. The procession to the gallows H
was a long one, scores of people from H
f the neighboring towns and villages tak- H
a ing part. The vic'im manacled and H
v guarded by the sherilt and his deputy, H
i headed the line, while elose behind fol- H
a lowed troops of men and women who H
r laughed, deeming it rave sport to see the I
r agonized faces of the terror-stricken I
f family as they watched the mother and
wife grow pale, and tremble as she be
gan the ascent of the rocky cliff whose B
- top was crowned with the instrument of
e death. It is impossible in words to de- H
1 pict the scene of the execution in the I
i norrible colors in which tradition has fl
) painted it. With firm steps and eyes H
h upturned to heaven the gray-haired wo
- man took her place .on the drop. Silently . I
the hangman tied the rope before the I
eager, waiting assembly; then a mo- I
mentary hush passed over the crowd? I
the executioner's duty done. A moment I
s later all that was left to tell the story I
e was the body of the aged woman swing- I
i. ing gently in the summer wind. B
y Seldom has woman met with a harder "
fate. Her body was thrown with the I
e previous victims into a hole in the crev- 1
n ice of the rocks and hastily covered with fl
r earth. Then the mnssrs of spectators
[1 turned homeward, leaving the bereaved I
it family at the homestead uncared for and I
ignored by their once firm friends. I
1 Cures for Sick Elephants. 1
l" A noted trainer of animals has been I
0 {jiving some useful information respectT
mg the elephants to a London rcjxjrter.
0 Like ourselves, as they grow older their
' tempers grow worse. "I>o they like
9 physic?" "No; they hate it just as you
a or I." *4Are elephants ever sick?" lSOh,
jres! They often have the colic. When
they begin to double up I give 'em adose
of five or six gallons of rum and
Cfinger," remarked this experienced gen1
tleman. "That straightens 'em out.
is A.n euual quantity of boiled linseed oil
sr mixed with aconite and molasses does>
e for chills. Solid drugs are given
it in pills. A pill eight inches in diameter
i- and containing 80s. worth of quinine*
a does the business for a cold, while a
n pepsin pill is given when one gets off
is his feed. They don't like the pills as.
well as the whisky, and it's a good deal
it t>f a job to get them down. The best
r, way is to put a pill onthe end of a stick,
u make them open their mouths, and shove
is it down before they realize the situation.
;e Sometimes we cut out the'middle of a.
turnip and put the drugs inside the vegis
stable, but, like the bad child in tne
is Sunday school book, they're very apt to
roit out the core." Elephants are, in- > +
k Seed, queer creatures, and very like
children in many ways. '