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A builder at Pittsburg, who raaTcea it
specialty of modern-priced housesfoi
rent, uses matched flooring instead oJ
laths and plaster for the sides and ceilings
of rooms. On this cotton cloth is
glued, and upon that wall-paper ia
nnotnrl Tip enfH it. ia hfttpr ATlfl rllPlinM
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than plaster, and cold weather does not
.'hinder work.
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For the benefit of the man wh<*
"blows out the gas" in city hotels, i
should be generally known that the administration
of a few drops of acetic
ether on a lump of sugar will usually
evive people who have become insentfble
from the effects of illuminating
jus. Hotel clerks should paste this item
in their hats.
f The Western papers are again circulating
the ancient rumors concerning the
dearth of marriageable women in the
newer States. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
alleges that in portions of Minnesota
men are offering from $10 to $20 for
wives, and further out, in Dakota and
Montana, they even go so far as to offier
a horse or a mule in exchange for one of
the gentler sex. ** '_ rr.
The white races are ur^ed for .vard by
in irresistible spur over which they have
10 control. Tlio increase of the yellow
'ace, which once must have been ineredi
bly fast, has stopped, and that of the
lark raccs, of India, -which for centuries
has been amazing, is being checked
ay recurrent famines; but that of white
people goes on so fast that the transport
>f a huge army every year across the Atlantic
makes no impression on their num!>ers,
and at their present rcte of increase
Ihey will in 1834 be a thousand millions.
* A New York wigmalcer remarks:
"Fashion repeats itself, and my impresfion
is that within the next decade the
?owdered wigs of the time of Louis XTV.;
will come into vogue. They had style
n those days. The head -was the center
io dress from then, and a cavalier made
In imposing appearance. Now a big
Walking cane and a high collar constilute
the modern cavalier. Bald heads
tvust go. Even Ccesar wore a crown of
eaves to hide his baldness, but these
parquet bachelors have lost all pride.".
A little peasant girl in Italy knitted a
pair of stockings and sent them as a
present to Queen Margherita on her fete
day. With characteristic kindliness the
Queen sent the <?irl in return another
pair of stockings, one containing gol?
coin, the other bon-bons, and a note asking
her to say which of the 6tockings
gave her the more pleasure. "Dear
, Madam the Queen," wrote the child, in
reply: "I have had nothing but trouble
With the stockings. My father took the
one with the gold pieces and my brother
the one with the sweets." ^
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The eastern band of the Chcrokces
now numbers 8,029, scattered through
?ix states, the bulk of them in North
Carolina, where they have a reservation
of 73,000 acres. There they live for the
most part in common, tilling the land as
they think best. The mass of the Cherokees
are in the Indian territory, whither
the eastern bicd has been invited to set
tic and share lands and privileges with
them. The latter will, it is thought,
loou go thither. They would not be so
easily duped there by designing whites,
nor will they suffer so much from pneumonia
as they do in the mountainous region
of North Carolina. It is generally
supposed that the aboriginals of this
country arc fast melting away, but per
sons who have made a study of the question
assert that there are fully as many as
there were ten years ago. Their vitality
and tenacity of life are certainly remarkable,
considering what they have to contend
against; how generally unfavorable
the conditions of our civilization ard to
their well-being.
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' The New York Commercial Advertiser
Bays: "Napoleon's fumiliar remark, designed
to be sarcastic, that 'England is
a nation of shopkeepers,' is still constantly
quoted, without any comment on
its assumption and impertinence,-coming
from that source. England is such a
nation, but it dees not begin to be so
entirely composed of shopkeepers as
France is,. Nobody who has visited Paris,
Lyons, Marseilles, Bordeaux or any leading
French city but must have been
i, struck by the number of shops every
where?shops, too, in the strict sense?
places of small retail trade. In London
and the big English towns there arc a
great many large mercantile establishments,
which exist only to a limited ex
tent in Franco. There are thousands ol
. shops so diminutive that they would escape
observation were it not for the Winv
dows in which the whole stock is usually
displayed. The French aro the happiest
of shopkeepers, and no one knew it
better than Napoleon, who doubtless
wished to distract attention fiom them
v by ascribing their particular traits and
, _ habit to aeother people. It has long been
recognized fact that coifanjercial notiona
always make Excellent floldiers.and
wage fierco aud obstinate Wars,"
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A FIGHT FOR LIFE,
DESPERATE BATTLE ON A SHIP'S
DECK WITH SAVAGES.
Sonth Sea Islanders Board a British
: Ship?Hilling Foar Men on Board
?A Sailor's Deadly Repeating '
Rifls?The Natives Routed.
The schooncr Young Dick, which arrived
at Maryborough, Queenstown, recently,
reports that a desperate conflict
t.nok nlnrn wWh no+imo nf Afnlnvfn
Island, resulting in the death of about
fifteen persons, including Pophani, the
Government agent: Martin, the cook;
the sailmaker, one recruit and about a
dozen savages. While the captain and
two boats' crews were ashore recruiting,
about fifty natives with tomahawks,
concealed in the yams and leaves, boarded
the vessel, ostensibly to recruit.
There were on board at this moment the
following: Mr. Popham, Government
agent, in his cabin; Charles Marr, the
mate; Henry Merlin, the cook; Bierr,
the carpenter, in the deckhouse guarding
the trade which lay spread out on the
table; Lagerblom, the sailmaker, on the j
forward deck, and Thomas Crittenden, |
able seaman, who was sleeping out his j 1
watch below in the forecastle.
At a signal from the King the entire 1
party attacked the crew. A loud and j
piercing yell was instantly replied to by
a shriek from the crowd of naked savages !
who thronged the deck space aft, and 1
instantly violent hands were laid on the i
Europeans. Tomahawks appeared as if j 1
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the King nnd t\\o others, one of whom 1
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toon the intended victim's thumb in his
teeth and nearly bit it off. Marr, who !
was fortunately standing in the recess of
the doorway, with his attackers in front
of him, fortunately freed bis right hand, 1
and giving the King a British blow with '
clenched fist, 6cnt him reeling. In an 1
instant he eluded the savage clutches, 1
snatched his loaded revolver from his
bed, and from the half closed door 1
opened fire. His first bullet sent one of 1
his attackers, who was aiming a toma- !
hawk at him, to the deck a bleeding '
corpse; the next served another, and the 1
revolver was then brought to bear on the '
crowds who, on the port side of the deck- 1
house, were tomahawking the carpenter
and cook, who, taken unawares by the
attack, were unable to reach theif '
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weapons and offer defence, Meantime
blows in the forward cabin told how Mr. '
Popham was being hacked to death in '
the same cruel fashioif Expending the
resources of his revolver) Marr snatched
up a Snider rifle, jumped across the
tradcroom for cartridges, aud continued
the fight.
From his vantage ground Marr kept
up a steady nre, ana more tnan one savage,
as he made his appearance on the
taffrail, got his bullet and fell bt-ck into
the sea to drown. Unable to face Marr's
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Title, the savages, of whom there were
jnow fully fifty on board, sought to attack
him in the rear, and endeavored, by
reaching through the cabin window
astern, to tomahawk him. This maI
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noeuvre was responded to by Marr, who,
seeing that the carpenter and cook were
brutally slain within a few feet cf him,
retired into his cabin, and closing the
door, directed his bullets to the enemy
at the window.
How the government agent and Lagerblom
met their horrible death can nevei
be accurately known. It is certain that
they were attacked at the same moment
as the others end chopped to death.
Cries of "Murder)" from Mr. Popham
were heard, but his agonies were short
lived. ? - r
Crittenden, who was awakened from
sleep by the 6avage yelling, ran, clothed
only in a singlet, on deck. The first
spectacle which he witnessed was Lagerblom,
the sailmaker, struggling violentlj
with half a dozen naked savages on
the starboard side of the main hatch.
Crittenden immediately returned to the
forecastle for his revolver, jumped or.
deck again, ran aft and found himsell
also the object of a general attack. H<
lired several shots with telling effect, the
recipients of the bullets leaping overboard
as soon as they were struck. Two
natives clutched his singlet, but thai
gave way, and his naked body affording
'no grip, Crittenden freed himself, and
making a leap into the "forecastle, put or.
his trousers, filled his pockets with cartridges,
tcok a Snider rifle, and returned
to the combat. Reaching the deck, h<
conccivcd the idea of conducting operations
from the superior vantage afforded
"by the topsail yard, and hastily making
his way hither, he coolly sat down and
opened fire on the screeching mob ol
devils who were rushing hither anc
winner on tno aecK oeiow, cnopping tht
prostrate Lagerblom out of all recogni
tion.
Shot after shot came from the foretopsail
yard with unerring aim, now directed
at some especially prominent
Blayer on deck, now piercing a cano<
alongside and carrying .dismay into the
savage raiks. Fifteen bullets from th?
intrepid Crittenden's rifle found theii
billets, and tho savage enemy came tc
the conclusion that Jsck aloft was toe
.much for them; cc*? with yells of disap
pointment and fear, they went helter
skelter over th* sides, and with thek
namberless wounded hastened ashore
With only two cartridges left, Crittenden
dttsemded and #u?ly "rrocerde?l alcnr
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the top ot the dcckhoupo aft Id s?e il
tnyofthc cncnrv wore ii? janb jsb in it*
recesses.
For a moment Crittenden cxperienccc
the strange sensation which a man must
feel when he finds himself alor.o in tit.
face of death. Below him and around
him lay the bleeding corpses of bis thi|v
mutes r.nd no living crcaturc with ?
'..bite skin visible. But a voice from the
mate's cabin reassured him, and Crittenden,
hailing him with thy remark tha; tht
deck was clear, Marr, whooe rj'e, b"*tli
-*ay, had som*? minutes bofor- tCt<> bo
come injured and useless, emerged from
his retreat. By way of precaution the
two men looked into the other enbin foi
skulkers. In the government agent's
cabin was the dead anrl mutilated body
of Mr. Popliam. but some sign of life was
visible in that gentleman's great coat,
which was hanging on a rail in the corner.
From thcnce sprang a naked savaged
armcil with a tomahawk, but before
he could strike his intended blow
"Crittenden's rifle was in position and a
Snider bu'let pierced his eye, passed
through his head and imbedded itself in
the timber wall, whore it still remains,
visible testimony to the deed.
No more skulsers were found, but
clown the main hatch were the thirteen
native recruits who had been previously
obtained and were unwilling witnesses of
the terrible sceno. The fourteenth joined
in the fight against the invaders and was
3lain. Those remaining were At oncc
brought on deck and expressed their
willingness to defend the ship. The
retreating enemy though making a show
an reaching the beach of renewing the
ittack and carrying out their design on
the Young Dick, hesitated until the
>hip's boats hove in sight, and then it
svas too late. ?
When the captain and the rest of the
irew returned they found the scuppers
literally running with blood. Above the
captain's cabin door are the deep murks '
of tomahawks. On his bed the mate,
Marr, found stains of blood which had
come from the tomahawk slashed at him
through bis porthole, and which had
just come fresh from butchering the
:ook and carpenter. In different parts
A the ship are the tracks of bullets;
tioles in canvas, rigging, snapped ropes
ftnd splintered wood bear witness t*
Crittenden's bombardment.
This fearful tragedy brought the emits
to an end, and the vessel made for
Queensland as soon as the land breeze
that night allowed of a departure.
Ft&ncitco ChrouicU. ?
Tests for Army Swords.
Here is the test to which the famous
swords manufactured for the English
army are subjected at Solingen: The
blade has first of all to support.a weight
of sixteen kilograms placed upon its
point without showing the least deflection.
This pressure is then increased to
such nn extent as to cause the bending
blade to shorten by sixteen centimeters,
and on its removal to fnap back perfectly
straight. A hard blow is then
given, first with the edge and next with
the back of the blade, on an iron block,
the prescribed curvature being carefully
measured. Then comes the bending test,
in which the blade is subiccted to ft bend
of ninety degrees, from which it has to
spring back into the straight line.
Finally it is -weighed, and not until the
centre of gravity is carefully adjusted
does the receiving officer put his stamp
on the blade.?Paris American r.egis'cr.
A Witty Courtier. v.
Frederick the Great was very fond of
disputations; but as he generally terminated
the discussion by collaring his antagonist
and kicking his shins, few ol
his guests were disposed to enter ths
arena against him. One day, when he
Was seeking for an argument, he asked
one of his suite whv he did not venture
to give his opinion on some particular
question.
"It is impossible, your majesty," was
the reply, "to express an opinion before
a sovereign who haa such very strong
convictions, and who wears such verj
(hick boots 1"
The woodlands 6f Louisiana arc fast
passing into the hands of northern men.
Four years ago a number of shrewd western
capitalists sent their agents down
there to examine the southern pine, to
see what kind of lumber it would make,
and the quality of the woodlands. These
agents made a thorough examination at
a mimimum cost and sent back the most
favorable reports, urging the firms they
represented to make purchases. The result
has been that up to July 1, 1880,
1,160,532 acres, mainly of pine lands,
had been bought at $1.25 per acre, about
one-half of all the government land in
? ? ?*? nn.l noaolir nnn.minrt?r ftf fVln
UIC Diaio. auu "tunj vuw-^uui vv* W*
area covered by tho long-leaf pine. This
is all picked land, and though only onefourth
of the area, contains half the mer
chantable long-leaf pine timber in Louis*
Una.
The landed property of England covers
72,000,000 acres. It is worth $10,000,000,000,
andyieldsan annual rental,
inhependent of mines, ,of $380,000,000.
Half of the entiro country is held by
7,400 individuals. Tho popnlation is
85,003,000.
In a new French method of dlagnosi!
ilio condition of the eye is accurately
estimated by means of variations in
founds Mnt through a sensitive form of
lelephoae placed against the eyeball.
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT, j
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The Tcmpcrance Army.
Cheors for the Temperance Army;
Behold, the brave hearts come
Beneath a white, white banner,
I But not to martini drum.
They come from "Western rrairies,
And Southland fair as May, I
And pine-clad Northern hillsides.
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; auu nouies M>-ciay.
Cheers for (ho Temperanco Army,
Tbe brave, brave Temperance Army,
The onwatd-inarcbing army,
Whoso ranks will win the day.
They t ome to break tho fetters
That bind a demon's slaves;
They como to koep their brothers
Prom filling drunkards' graves,
O brave end loyal Army!
Your cause is grand and right*
God speed you on to triumph
Heneath your flag of white.
Cheers for the Temperance Arnij',
Tho brave, bra ve Temperance Army,
Tho onward-marching Army, I
Who fight for truth and right.
?Ebrn E Rex ford % in Tcmperancc I3anr.&?. ;
Temperance Notes.
The W. C. T. U. has rightfully beei j
called organized "mother love."
A London druggist sold in one year at ,
one liquor house more strychnine than i
the whole city used medicinally.
The town of Salem, N. C., has per
mittcd no liquor to enter its limits for |
one hundred years.
The New York Central and HudsoL ;
River Railroad Company has issued the i
excellent order that no liquors shall be
sold at any restaurant on its lines.
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cuiiiu s>ty : --1 ou temperance peopit
ore in such an awful minority." Well, ar? |
the majorities always in the right. Howwould
you like to have been with the j
majority in the flood. Would you nol 1
rather be with Noah in the minority?
and the ark.
A Mother's Influence.
In a railway car a man about 6ixty :
years old came to sit beside me. He had j
heard me lecture the evening before on j
temperance. "J am a master of a ship," j
; said he, ''sailing out of New York, and |
1 have just returned from my fiftieth voy- i
| age across the Atlantic. About thirty
\ years ago I was a sot, shipped while dead
^ drunk, and was carried on board like a
j log. When I came to, the Captain asked |
j me: 'Do jou remember your mother:' I
j told him she died before I could remom- j
j ber. 'Well,' said he, 'I am a Vermont
j man. When I was young I was crazy to '
! go to sea. At last my mother consented
I should seek my fortune. 'My boy,1 she !
said, 'I don't know anything about
towns, and I never saw the sea, but they
tell me they make thousands of drunk(ards.
Now, promise me you'll never
1 drink a drop of liquor.' I
"lie said: *1 laid my hands in hers ;
' and promised, as I looked into her eyes ,
for the last time. She died soon after. !
I've beon on every sea, seen the worst ,
j kinds of life and men?they laughed at I
mc as a milksop and wanted to know if I .
' was a coward. But when they offered |
mc liquor I saw my mother's pleading
j face, and I never drank a drop. It has ;
i been my sheet-anchor: I owe it all to !
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fyhftt. Would vnu like to tnkp. that 1
I pledge?' said he. My companion took i
it, and he added: 4It has saved me. I !
have a fine ship, wife and children at i
homo, and I have h'.lpcd others.' "
That earnest mother saved two men to
| vifrtue and usefulness; how many more
| He who sc s al! can alone tell.? Wendell ;
. Phillips.
Cost of Drinkinjr.
It appear?, says a Washington dis. !
| patch, that the consumption of beer increased
1,524,980 barrels. The con |
sumption in leS."> waB greater than ever j
before, anl, aiding tho officially reported
iucreasc, it appears that no less
than 012,000,000 gallons of b:?er were
consumed last year. The population is
GO.000.000. but the consumption for t.ho
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yc ir ending June 30 must b3 reckoned
| upon the inerin population for that jear,
! which was abjut W 257,000. On that
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i ba is the consumption of beer appears to
I have been IO.80 for every inhabitant,
i babies included. Considering that a
large part of the population does not
consume beer at all, this seems to imply
an enormous consumption to those who
do, and yet, since those who use beer at
all certainly consume as much as a half
I a pint daily, they would at that rate get
rid of twenty-three gallons each. Apparently
the consumption is about equivaI
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population.
The increase in the consumption of
whisky was 1,600,108 gallons, which
makes the consumption for the year 70,703,010
gallons, or 1.19 gallons per
capita. That is much more than was
consumed in the yoars of depression, the
fiscal years 1878 and 1879, when the tax
was the same that it is now, but it is
much below the consumption of 1883 or
1884, when the quantity was 1.41 and
1.42 gallons per capita. The increase in
the consumption of beer, which has risen
from seven gallons to nearly eleven gallons
since 1878-9, accounts for some
diminution in the use of spirits, and
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piuuttuijr mu rapiu spread oi proniDition
at the South h&a affected the consumption
still more. Fifteen years ago, when
the tax was 'only fifty cents per gallon,
the consumption ranged between one
and a half and two gallons per capita.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Warm Ijanri for Corn.
The corn crop needs tropical heat for i
a time to reach perfection. Many facts
go to show thnt much of the benefit from
cultivation and manuring for corn is due
to the effect these means have in making
the soil warm. In early spring the more
frequently the ground is stirred the more
permeable it is to the entrance of the
air, which at this season is always much
warmer than the soil. In fact, plowing
and cultivation turn under considerable
an sjiui-us iogcmer witn warmer soil on
the surfaco. The heat- from this rises as
the soil settles, thus warming the whole.
Coarse manure helps in the same way,
and b}' heating at the bottom of the
furrows it continues to warm the soil
through the season. Every farmer knows
how vigorous a growth is given to corn
by a rotting sod. This may be hastened
by frequent cultivation early in the season.
In this way the worse the sod the
greater the advantage of frequent cultivation.
Good corn is thus grown on
land invested by quack grass, the cultivation
being then necessarily performed
once, and if possible, twice a week.
After rains, especially on heavy soil,
the cultivation can hardly be too frequent,
providing the toil decs not pack
together. Every time it is stirred it is
opened to admit more warm air. Every
blade of quack grass put under the soil
helps to furnish more warmth, and this
in turn makes latent fertility available
for corn roots.
Soils for corn should be as loose as
possible, and this condition is stcuied
wherever they are full of vegetable
matter. A dark color also adds to the
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prairie soils of the West, full of decaying
grass roots, were long unexcelled for
corn growing. It i? probable that everywhere.
as it becomes more compact by
long cultivation, the best conditions for
growing corn easily will be more infrequent;
but knowing what the corn crop
requires it will not be difficult to supply
them. A. clover sod rots immedintcly
after beir.g turned under. Besides this,
its roots penetrate the soil deeply, and
as soon as severed from the top by shallow
plowing, their decay keeps the soil
both moist and warm. Corn rarely suffers
from drought on clover sod, if well
cultivated during the growing season.
There is moisture in the subsoil until
late every season, and the very tap-roots
of clover make it available.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Turn the p!gs iuto the orchard. They
will ckar up the fall?n apples, worms
and all.
Every farmer should have a big patch 1
of rutabagr.s or Swedes. They are good 1
for the cattle, hogs, and sheep. They
require but litt!c work when the land is 1
well prepared and enriched. J
The hogs should have undisputed sway 1
in the orchard during the fruit season, 1
aui4 iui-j win tai up uu iue niiien una
wormy apples, and hunt out many of the 1
grubs, etc., which are injurious to the
trees. In this way they destroy many of
the enemies of sound fruit and sound
trees, and in other ways greatly benefit ,
the orchard. j
It is not a good plan, though a very ?
common one, to get suckers that sprout <
from the roots of old trees and graft t
these for orchard planting. One difficulty \
with this plan is that the plague of ,
suckers is always cursing the man whose ,
trees are thus procured. The root of a ^
sucker is long and horizontal. Wherever ,
it is cut oft or in any way injured, new
suckers will speedily appear, [n seedlings ]
the mass of fine roots near the centre is
evenly distributed on each side, and
with proper cultivation may be kept far
enough down not to be disturbed.
No matter how many cows are in a
dairy, each one's milk should be set by
itself. In this way the difference in size
and form of butter globules which often
exists in different caws will not effect the
yield of butter. With three or four cows
in the height of the season it will be
necessary to churn every day, and you
: might as well be churning ono cow's
' cream every three or four days as to put
all sn together, n tins plan were generally
adopted, one-half the cows would bo
weeded out within a year as not worth
keeping, and this greatly to the profit of
their owners.
It has generally been supposed that
cooking food for cattle ussists greatly in
the extraction of the elements of nutri'
i tion through digestion. So far as aniI
malo are concerned it has long been
doubted whether cooking food pays its
cost. Late conclusions arrived at from
investigations at the New York Experiment
Station would seem to show a Loss
i of albuminoid and also an aparent loss
! of fat in the process of cooking. Tho
i loss as stated is in clover hay .188 of a
pound, in fresh-gound meal 1.091 and in
: old meal .^ii) of a pound. The cooking
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; ?UUWCU UUU V/iilJ ? av/oo Ul UOiUQk ( Ik'UllA*noid,
but depreciation in the digestive
value of the albuminoid remaining.
Recipes.
Rice Pudding "Without Eggb.?Two
quarts of milk, two-thirds of a cup of
rice, same of sugar, small piece of but,
ter aud a little salt; stir it occasionally
till boiling hot and cook in a slow oven
until of the consistency of cream.
Tomatoes akd Egg*.?Peel tomatoes
and cook them in butter, seasoning well.
Have an equal number of pieces of bread
larger than the tomatoes, and put the
V
fried tomatoes on them; then placc a
hard-boiled eggou each tomato and serve
very hot.
Bakkd Cucumiiers. ? Pare the cucumbers,
chop them Gny with a small onion,
put them on with very little water, and
stew for ten minutes; prepare a rich
dressing, :is for poultry, of bread crumbs
with herbs and y Ik of egg; pour off all
tlio water from the cucumbers; add the
dressing and one tablespoonful of butter,
and bake in u. dcr.n
Bkek Loak.?Chop vcrv fine or havt
,our outchcr minoc,. wo pounds ol coarse,
lean beef. Season spicily with pepper,
salt, nutmeg, summer savory, or sweet
marjoram, and a cautious sprinkling of
minced ouion. Bent two eggs light and
work up with the mass. Tress hard into
a bowl, fit a taucer or plate (inverted)
upon tl c meat, and set in a dripping pan
of boiling water to cook slowly for an.
hour and a quarter. Lay a weight on
the surface when it is done, and let it
get perfectly cold before turning out.
Cut in perpendicular slices.
The Infamy of the Ijifjuor Traffic.
The liquor trnffiic is the prolific sourc?
of a large proportion of the misery that
now exists in the world, nnd also the instigator
and inciting cau^e of nearly all
the crimes that arc committed. We *
might charge these crimes to individuals
and their perverted appetites, but we always
find that allurement is n.
stronger incentive to intoxication than
deliberation, therefore we go to tbo
fountrtin-head and charge this crime and
misery to the rum-seller, this debasing
and curse of curses, this foul and terrible
incubus that weighs so heavily on tflte
fairest and best homes of our counts^
that destroys our business, pauperizes
tho people and sends thousands of tho
best men of our country to untimely
graves, and leaves behind a wail of anguish
from broken hearts and helpless
orphans; these arseuals of riot and debauchery
that put our lives and property
in constant jeopardy, that fill our jails
and prisons, and cause a stream of crime
and wretchedness to flow like molten.
lava over the best interests of our country.
All these and much more are the
direct and immediate results of the
wicked and mercenary crime of rum-selling,
a crime that has been tolerated and
sanctioned through the influence of our *
social surroundings, large moneyed interests,
together with the ignorance of the
people as to the nature of the vile compounds
foisted on them, and the clamor
of the perverted appetites of its many
uiptlma
The people are sovereign in authority
and have absolute control of this monster
evil, and are therefore responsible to each
other for the continuation of this awful
flevastation that is being constantly perpetrated
by these rum-sellers. In our
sovereign capacity we are guilty of sanctioning
these outrages on the property,
the lives, the health and the welfare ol
the community. ? IK. Jennings Demor&st.
d.n Outgrowth of the License System.
The New York Sun recently gave a 4^
scription of the paintings in some of the
eading bar-rooms of New York city,
ihowing some of them to contain from. ,
$00,000 to $100,000 each in paintings,
jtatuary etc, to make the path to perdition
attractive and fascinating. These
saloons are the product and legitimate
iutgrowth of the license system. The
plea that liceuse "restricts" is utterly
also and fallacious. The young men
who frequent these gilded pathways to
hell are first assured that that these
places are licensed, legalized and protected
by the strong right arm of the
law, and hence are legitimate and necessary
to the public good and welfare. One
of these gilded saloons will do more to
lure souls down to eternal ruin than a
hundred "low dives," that only take
the cast off victims when so robbed of
their money and debauched of character
as not to be ht to associate with the new
"customers" which these more "respectable"
saloons are receiving. The
gilded "saloon must go" iu order that
the young men may be saved. God and
truth and the right are stronger than all
the wealth of the world combined.?JV?*
tional Temperance Advocate.
Beef Tea Better Than Wine.
A young lad was knocked down by a
team in a London street and taken to a
large hospital. One morning the doctor-examined
him, and said: "Nurse,
give him two glasses of port wine daily."
And, looking at the lad, he said: "Yon.
will get on very -well, my boy." lne
young patient looked up, and replied:
"Please, sir, don't order ma the wine."
"Why not, my boy?" "If you please,
sir, I belong to a Band of Hope." "OhI"
answered the doctor, "do you? Well,
nurse, give him a pint of new milk im
the morning, and as much beef-tea as ho
likes." And laughing cheerily, he lurid
to the boy: " Y ou will get on very well,
my lad." And he got quite well without
the wine.
Lightning struck an oak in Tippecauot
county, Indiana, and tore it into splini
ten. It is said that each year's layer ot
the growth seemed to have been sept* >
*ied from the other, and split into strips1
about half an iaoh wide. After com-'
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