The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 28, 1898, Image 3
THE LEDGER: GAFFNEIT, S. C., APRIL 28, 1893.
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REMiMBtR.
F^nitSTTjl^r mo whon I am roiio nwny,
O^mi !ar away Into tho gilent land,
WVjfc) you can no moro hold nic by the hand,
Nor 1 \u'lf turn to ro, yet turning stay.
Bcmoial or iuo whi n no more day by day
^i u tell me of our future that you planned.
Only remember me. You undcrsti^.d.
It will bo late to counsel thea or pray.
Yet if you should forgot me lor awhile
And afterward remember do not priere,
For if the darkness and eorruption leave
A ve-itigo of the thoughts that on<e 1 had.
Bolter by far you should forjvt and sinflu
Than that you should roiiii'inl oi and Is 1 sad.
—Christina Rossetti.
A TRAIN ANNULLED.
“Febrnnry IHtb,” snitl Train Dis
patcher Wooro as bo wrot^tbe date in
the blank ttpace at tho top of his train
sheet. “I shan’t forget that date very
soon.”
‘‘Why not? Are you a believer in
mysterious things happening in cou-
uectiou with the figure 13?” asked Hay
den, the ‘‘third trick” man, who had
just come in at midnight to relievo the
''second trick” dispatcher and .taka
charge of tho trains on tho road.
“No, not particularly; but dates
sometimes recall events. No, there’s no
story, at least not now. ” Then, after
writing out a brief transfer and watch
ing his relief sign it. Moore put on his
coat and bat and started to go. At tho
door he turned to say: ‘‘There are no
extras. Nos. 1(> and 13 are annulled.
JNo coal at McHenry for the north, so
we decided rot to ran a 13 today. Good
night!”
Tho footstep on the stairs difd away,
and tho man in charge looked over the
nicely kept trriu sheet of tho day pre
vious with a critical eye. The new
train sheet just dated was immaculate
save for the word “annulled” written
in tho spare reserved for freight trains
1(1 and 13.
After carefully examining tho posi
tion of trains end ‘‘putting out” a few
orders everything was in such good
tunning shape that Hayden had a long
period of quiet. Ho filled and lighted a
well seasoned brier wood and sat smok
ing meditatively. A train reported
**by” some way station now and then
was all that broke the silence of the
night. The click of tho single sounder
fell musically on the « ar of tho lonely
Me
man. Hut ho was not alone. lie did not
feel isolated when he knew that out on
that lino were 35 wide awake men in
instant reach and a dozen trains all
within his immediate touch. The dis
patcher looked up expectantly as ho
hea^d tho operator at Muldrow’s Moun
tain coll, it was probably tho same old
question:
“Is 13 running tonight?” Ho opened
his key and answered the call front tho
mountain station.
"There’s something coming up tho
hill from the north,” ticked out tho
sounder.
A glance at tho train sheet showed
the dispatcher that there was nut a
train within 35 miles of Muldrow’s
Mountain.
_ “You’re off on that,"said he, smil
ing at the thought of a joke on Opera
tor Kemp mistaking the full moon for
a headlight or an early morning saw
mill whistle for that of a locomotive.
"There's nothing coming south, and
No. 33 is at Cordelia Junction.”
"No, I heard them coming out of the
tunnel and can see the headlight now,"
said tho man at the mountain.
"Hold them,” was tho laconic order
from the dispatcher.
Tho operator at Muldrow’s Mountain
rushed to tho door. A glance showed
him that his signal lamp on the top of
tho station was burning brightly, its
red orb turned toward thde approaching
train and plainly visible a quarter of a
mile to the north. When he reached the
front of tho office, tho engine of the
train was almost abreast of him. He
saw a dull, smoke bedimmed headlight
and noted that tho engine was clouded
iu steam, aa if the cylinder cocks were
open, and the wet, vapory cloud hung
about the huge black boiler and shroud
ed tho cab so that the engineer and tire-
man were not visible. The operator saw
iu tho cab a bright red spot in tho side
of the little lamp over tho steam gauge.
It was tho only thing plainly visible
through tho mist. Kemp saw that it
was a "light train” and engine and a
caboose. He know that they were not
going to stop, us tho train was then
running fully 18 miles an hour.
Tho next instant tho caboose was op
posite him, tho palo green side lights
gleaming balcfully through the fog.
Before Operator Kmup had recovered
from his astonishment the train had
passed tho station and was beyond the
range of his vision. A minute late*- ho
had communicated to tho dispatcher
what hail happened, and then ho sat
and listened to tho sharp snapping of
tho sounder while tho man in authority
gave an order to Cordelia Junction to
hold No. 23 for an "extra south, en
gine unknown, ” and sent instructions
, to have tho train got in on tho side
track and wait.
At Cordelia Junction tho telegrapher
had hoard all that had passed between
Muldrow’s ttud the dispatcher’s office,
and after ho had delivered tho orders to
the crew of No. 33 ho stepped outside
to tako a look at his signal lamp. If
the man at Muldrow’s hud let his sig
nal go out and a train got by there, he
didn’t propose to have it occur at his
station. Then, as a mariner casts km an
chor to windward, ho returned to the
olliro and trimmed and lighted a rod
lantern.
No. 33 was "in to clear" away down
on the "Y," and tho operator at Cor
delia was alone. An hour passed, and
ho hear^l nothing of tho extra from the
north. Anotln r hour was nearly gone
when be heard the roar of an approach
ing train, then four short blasts of No.
22’h whistle as u peremptory demand
for "signals, ” hut bo heard no reply to
the call. Then the extra was on him
Ho saw they were running too fast to
atop at his station; he noted that tin y
tad not whistled for tho railroad rross-
itig aud were taking no notice of his
ntioa signal. Bickiugnp bis rud lump,
ho swung it across the track iu front of
the engine. Tho train did not slacken
its pace, hut bore steadily on. The man
saw the smoked headlight—.saw there
was no number displayed there iu ac
cordance with the strictest of rules. In
an instant more the wild train bad pass
ed Cordelia Junction regardless of all
signals, and tho stupefied operator heard
it whistling a county road crossing u
tjnarter of a mile to tho south of him.
Thirty minutes later Nate Anderson,
tho watchman at Big Cliffs bridge, was
, preparing his bunk for a two hours’
nap before his relief should come. Sud
denly he stopped and listened. Surely
that rumbling was a train from tho
north. A moment later ho hoard a
hoarse whistle, and, taking up his flag
j and lantern, the watchman went out to
flag the train over. As he reached tho
j platform ho saw dimly through tho fog
a headlight coming on tho bridge 300
yards away. Raising his white light to
I “Rag tho train across,” Anderson was
looking at tho approaching train whmi
i suddenly the headlight gave a great
lurch, ho saw the gleam of two green
; lamps, and then all disappeared. An
| instant later he heard a frightful crash
j of broken timbers, tho hiss of escaping
steam and cries drowned out by horri
ble gurgling sounds and the rushing of
waters 200 feet below tho bridge. Ten
minutes later ho had aroused the sec
tion gang, and they all went to tho
bridge together.
Climbing down tho framework of the
bridge to the creek, no signs of disturb
ance or disaster could be found. There
was nothing unusual about the little
crock. Tho shallow bottom was plainly
visible when tho men swung their lan
terns down to peer into its clear waters,
nor was there a bolt or a rivet displaced
about the great new steel structure.
• ••*•••
When Superintendent Belford of tho
I southern division came to his offica tho
next morning, there was the usual stack
of correspondence awaiting him. Ilis
clerk had it all opened aud nicely sort-
| ed, as was his custom. There were
three telegraphic reports that claimed
! the great man's attention at ouca. All
three bore on the same subject, and nn
exasperating subject it was. The first
mossago was from the dispatcher’s oflico
and was to tho effect that the operator
at Muldrow’s Mountain bad reported a
train coming south at 3:10 a. m., when
the train sheet showed that there was
no train on tho road within miles of
him, No. 13 having been annulled and
no extras running. The report further
stated that the operator had ifeisted
that an engine and caboose had disre
garded his red signal and passed south
! at 3:13 :t. in., aud that no amount of
, arguing would make tho man change
bis statement.
Attached to this was a second tele
graphic report over tho chief train dis
patcher’s initials, stating that No. 22
had been held at Cordelia Junction to
await the wild engiuo reported as "by
Muldrow’s Mountain at 3:13;” that 22
was delayed 1 hour and 35 minutes
thereby. This account ended with the
following:"Litchfieldoperator has seen
nothing of the wild engine, and Leroy’s
gravel train ran from Cordelia Junction ‘
to Litchfield aud reports ‘no train or
engiuo between thes.o points.’ ”
The second report was from tho con- I
ductor of the fast freight, No. 22, and 1
briefly stated that they were delayed 1
hour aud 35 minutes at Cordelia Junc
tion waiting for an extra, light engine
and caboose, which passed tho Junction i
south at 4:43 without whistling sig
nals.
The report of tho station agent at
Cordelia Junction said: “Extra engine
aud caboose south by 4:45. Disregarded
station signal aud failed to whistle rail
road crossing.”
The superintendent read these twice
over carefully. Then he read tho morn
ing report from tho transportation do- ,
purtment, and he noted that there were
"no extra trains,” and thaftraius No.
13 and 1« were annulled.”
This, then, was tho question that surg
ed through the superintendent's brain
and threatened to overwhelm him:
"What was the light engine? Whence
came it and whither had it gone?"
Turning to his clerk, Belford said,
"Have the crew of No. 22 come to my
office as soon us they get in.” Then ho
wrote out several telegrams that were
to set tho machinery iu motion for an
immediate investigation. For trains to
run over his division without orders
ami disregarding signals was a serious
matter—an alarming mutter, iu fact.
A full statement from the night oper
ators at Muldrow’s Mountain and Cor
delia Junction aud a talk with tho crew
of 22 would probably clear it up.
Thti.tiiiU: portation department knew
nothing more than the report by wire
had shown. The sole representative of
the motive power department who could
throw any light on the case was tho en
gineer of No. 22.
None of 22’s crow was too well pleas-
! od at the peremptory summons to ap-
| pear "on tho carpet.” They were
tired, sleepy aud worn out, and it is not
a pleasant thing to ho called up before
the high tribunal of railroad life with
out knowing what charges are pending.
An hour later found the train crew,
Master of Transportation Rninsford and
Superintendent of Motive Power Small
assembled in tho superintendent’s office.
Tho two latter were at desks provided
for them, aud tho investigation had be
gun.
Tho evidence of tho fireman and
brukemuu was of no value, as they were
inside when the wild engine passed and
saw nothing of it. Conductor Blair’s
statement was commonplace enough.
He was hold for orders at Cordelia
Junction and got a "hold order” for
an extra south, number of engine not
given. The extra had delayed them and
passed at 4:45. They wero on the "Y"
waiting, aud tho switch was set. for the
main lino. This closed his statement,
aud ho was about to leave when the su
perintendent said: "Wait a minute,
Blair ; one more question. Was there
any number on tho caboose or anything
yon could identify it by?"
"There wasn't any number I could
boo, but, come to think of it, there
wasn’t any cupola on it. The side lights
were bnruing bright. I didn’t see tho
headlight of the engine.” ,
Tho engineer’s story was practically
tho same. They were too far down tho
"Y” from the main track to pen it
plainly, but ho thongbt the headlight
was " burning up, ”uu expression which
means that the wick was turned too
high and th-> lamp smoking, so that the
reflector was dull, the glass blurred aud
tho headlight rendered practically ?
no value. He could not for this reason
tell whether ihere was a number on the
headlight or not. When asked as to any
pecnliarities about the engine, he said
thoughtfully: "She seemed to be foam
ing or something. She wasn’t popping
off, but she had a mighty lot of steam
about her, as if she t.;d a leaky steam
Chest, They didn’t whistle signals, aud
I pulled my whistle four times, but got
no answer, and they didn’t stop. About
the engine. I did notice she wasn’t a
straight shot, extension front engine,
but she had the old stylo diamond stack.
I thought it might bo one of the old
ones run over to tho shops or to a work
train.”
T1 ’ closed the bearing, and when
the crew were gone tho officials began
to confer. Tho two department repre
sentatives admitted that they were all
at sea. A coy brought in a bunch of
telegrams at ais moment. Among them
were elahora' d statements from tho
two night ope .tors who had seen tho
light train, but nothing of particular
value was added. That ended tho evi
dence. Nothing more could be gained
from any point. Tho three officials
made a recapitulation of the reports and
statements, but 'hey didn't seem to ar
rive at any coni lusiou. No engine and
qaboose had left Termini, an engine and
caboose had passed Muldrow’s Moun
tain and CordeLa Junction, aud that
was all.
"How long have you been on this
read:” asked Belford, turning sudden
ly to tho superintendent of motive pow
er.
“Eight years tb ; s summer,” replied
Small.
“When wero tho straight shot stack,
extension front engines put on this di
vision?"
"Wo got tho first one six years ago
and have replaced *'10 old ones each
year, until there are i it two left. One,
tho 70, is on the gravel train, 250 miles
from here, aud the other has been in
the shop for a month and has no pony
trucks under her. ”
Then addressing himself to Rains-
ford ho asked, " When was it wo adopt
ed the cupola caboose?"
"Nino years ago, iu 1883,’’ said tho
master of transportation after a mo-
! ment’s thought.
1 Thou after a few moment's cousulta-
I tion the heads of tho respective depart
ments returned to their offices, and the
high official sat looking out of his win
dow, away across tho river, far out over
tho Ohio falls, where the clear blue wa
ters were curling gracefully down to bo
churned into lacy foam on the rocks be-
hnv. But he was not thinking of tho
water or the rocks.
Superintendent Belford roused him
self. He was not a dreamer, though ho
had wasted a whole hour. It was noon, •
the screaming whistles told him, and
what ho had expected to clear up in an
hour ho had spent half a day over, and
it had now deepened into a positive
mystery.
"There is but one more man to see.
Ho may bo ablo to clear this up some
way, ” mused the great man. “I thought
he would bo hero by thy time.” Tho
door opened at this moment, and Super
intendent Belford arose and, holding
out his hand, said cordially: "Good
morning, Mr. Moore. I sent for you to
see if you could help us to clear up a
matter of a wild engine on our divi
sion last night.”
Dispatcher Moore bowed gravely aud
took the chair the superintendent had
motioned him to.
"Hero are the correspondence and all
tbo memoranda we have gathered. Tho
chief dispatcher says you have boon on
tbo road longer than any of us aud
flunks you cau make something out of
this."
“I will see what I can find," said
tho dispatcher briefly.
Belford returned to tho window and
left tho man looking over the papers.
Belford had met the dispatcher but
once previous to this, but he had often
heard him spoken of as a man of great
capacity aud an extensive knowledge of
railroad affairs. As he looked at him
f»ow lie noticed that Moore was a young
man, perhaps 35, with dear blue eyes,
a strong, square jaw, a drooping blond
mustache and a pleasant but grave face.
His hair was slightly gray at the sides,
and taken altogether Moore was a dis
tinguished looking man. Belford won-
dered why this capable man had re
fused promotion, preferring to remain a
second trick dispatcher, a position he
had now held for 14 years.
Thirty minutes passed before Moore
shoved buck tho papers ho hud been
carefully reading, aud leanlug back in
his chair looked steadily at the ceiling
fat full two minutes.
MONEY OF THE PAST., cooking accidents.
FIPPENNY BITS, YORK SHILLINGS,
PICAYUNES AND COPPERS.
An Interesting Sketch of Subsidiary Coin
age, “Shinplaster” ami “Chicken Feed”
Currency That Flourished B fore Our
Present System.
Referring to tho word "picayune, ” it
may not be uninteresting to give a
' sketch of subsidiary coinage and cur-
Ihlngs That Are Good to Know In Mo
ments of Emergency. ,
"Accidents will happen,” and in
spite of the severe teaching that they
happen only because of carelessness our
! sympathies go out t-i tho victims thereof.
! In no department of the house are no-
: cidents so certain and so deplorable as
in the kitchen. We cannot wonder that
itooks are so often cross,
j Tho mistress gives her orders late or
alters them at the last moment, the
reucy as used iu the past aud tho vuri- tradespeople are late in delivering; the
ous names under which it was known.
In Ohio in 1844 and previously there
was a good deal of foreign coin in cir
culation, mostly Spanish, with some of
tbo old state coinage of different stales
occasionally making its appearance.
One of tho most plentiful of these for
eign coins was a piece which passed
current for (1% cents. In Ohio this was
known as a fippenuy bit—a contraction,
probably, of five penny bit. The half
dimes of American coinage were also
becoming frequent at that time aud as
a distinction between the half dime and
tho fippenuy bit tho former was con
tracted to the word "lip.” The dime
went under its lawful name, while the
old Spanish double of tho fippenuy bit
was known as tho "bit,” and the Span
ish and Mexican quarter dollars were
nearly always referred to as "twohits. ”
The latter term, I think, still obtains in
reference to quarter dollar American !
pieces iu some sections. There was also
a New York state "two bit” coin, as
well as a “bit” of the same coinage,
which was sometimes called the “York
shilling.” The Fine Tree State shilling,
coming from Maine, was sometimes
seen, hut not much used. Its value was
sunposed to bo 1(12-3 cents. Tho oi l
fashioned big copper cent of American
coinage was plentiful, while occasion
ally an English halfpenny of copper was
found floating around, generally passing
on the same basis as fcbo American cop
per cent. Queen Victoria’s head was
then shown on the English halfpennies.
Later, when as a buy I removed with
my mother to Illinois, I met my
lirst stumbling block in money names.
There the fippeny hit was the picayune,
while tho lip had its proper name of a
half a dime, or 5 cents. But tho large
coins retained tho old names, as did the
copper cents. As near as I cau learn,
the term picayune originated with the
French, who had settled fcit. Louis and
had settlements at points all tho way
from New Orleans to St. Louis and tho
farther northwest, aud their names for
money predominated in that region.
Still later, when I had strayed away
to New York statu, I again encountered
now names fbr money. There everything
was based on tho "shilling,” which
represented 12 Uj cents. A quarter of a
dollar was always "2 shillings,” aud
all sums under $100 wero calculated on
tho same basis. When I asked .he prico
of board, I was told it ranged from 10
to 30 shillings a week. Tho prico of a
suit of clothes was generally stated in
shillings. That was all right for the
natives, but I confess I hud frequently
to brash up my arithmetic to get at
what 33 shillings, 22 shillings, 17 shil
lings, or some other high number,
amounted to. It was all clear enough
when it was 2, 4 or 0 shillings, but
when it got above the dollar it required
some "ciphering” on the part of a
HER PRESCRIPTION.
A LITTLE WOMAN WHO WOULDN'T CZ
BLUFFED BY THE CLER^'
"Well, Mr. Moore, do you know’
what that wild engine was?"
"No, sir, 1 do not,” was tho prompt
reply.
"Have you any theory?” asked Bel
ford, with a perplexed look.
"Yes,” answered Moore, after a mo-
inmt’s deep thought. "Get tbo accident
report of Feb. 13, 18 7W, aud see what it
says. ’ ’
Without a word the superintendent
turned to tho perfectly arranged tile
ease, and in u minute took down a big
look with "1879” iu gilt figures on the
back. Laying tho hook on the desk, they
tarned to tho date mentioned and read:
Fkbhuaky 13, lure.
'Srnin No. Ill, rngino 618, Conductor Collini,
fliWlncer Carlin, with caboonn, left Termini nt
tiXlu. in. to run light to McHenry for n train
(<f coni. No. IU inu.-rt-d Muldrow’s Mountain
at 11:18, Cordelia st 4:46, struck broken rail on
CIKTm bridgo idxmt 6:16 a. m., niui engine
jnd caboose fell '.'uu feet .Into Big Cliffs crick.
Entire crow killed.
■—Frank E. Wolfe iu Short Stories.
stranger to get correct resnlts.
Tho 3 cent piece, originally coined in
silver, came into general circulation iu
the north about 1850 and was later
made iu nickel, being coined iu tbac
metal about the same time as the pres
ent nickel 5 cent piece.
Some time before the civil war tho
old fashioned copper cent was replaced
at the mint with the present small cop
per cents and the 2 cent pieces. Later
tho first nickels were made, but almost
went ont of circulation during tho war,
aud were succeeded by the fractional
currency of that day, issued iu 5, 10, 25
and 50 cent bills. They were never very
popular with tho masses and were look
ed upon by the government as a tem
porary expedient. Tho most popular
designation for them was “shiuplas-
ters, ” though iu Memphis and some
other parts of tho country they were re
ferred to us "chicken feed.”
During the war there were many ether
substitutes for money, mostly iu the
form of cardboard promises to pay ev
erything from a drink of whisky or a
ride on the cars to a suit of clothes;
from u quart of milk or a pound of
beefsteak to a week’s salary. They have
dropped out of m'o in most sections amd
in their place Uncle Sam’s coppers,
nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars
aud "dollar of tho daddies” now reign
supreme.—John Spangler iu Galveston
News.
Incident of » Tin Soldier.
Jndgo Smith tells an aninsing story
of a certain major on Governor Powers’
staff which instances tho peculiar na-
tare of the tin and tho real soldiers.
When Grant’s monument was dedi
cated iu Now York, Governor Powers,
with his fine array of "tin soldiers” in
their gilt aud gold attended. Among
them was a major or two, of course. In
tbo course of the day an opportunity
presented itself for all the governors of
the states to meet President McKinley.
Major McKinley is particularly proud
of his war record and loves tho uniform
of tho soldier.
"Well,” said Judge Smith, "one of
Governor Powers’ majors shook hands
with President McKinley. It was some
thing like this: ‘Allow me, Major Mc
Kinley, to introduce to you Major So-
and-so of Maine.'
"‘Delighted to see you, major,'re
plied President McKinley, grasping the
major from Maine by the hand. ‘I am
always pleased to meet a soldier of my
own rank.' It is said that every gilt
button on tbo Maine major's (filiform
was burst asunder by tho elasticity of
tho prido which welled up iuthe Maine
major’s breast. The worst of it was, ”
continued J edge Smith, "that became
home to Maine and told it. “—Bangor
Commercial.
fire is smoky, etc., with the result that
flurry and a certain amount of loss of
; temper on all sides end in numerous
small accidents that still further jar the
family peace.
But for most of these untimely events
some sort of remedy is possible, aud let
us begin with cooking accidents to soo
what may ho done.
Y’ocr potatoes may be overboiled till
| they are broken and watery.
Remedy—Drain off all water possible,
i Put them, still iu the saucepan without
| tho lid, over the fire and stir about well
with a wooden spoon till the water has
evaporated and they have become floury.
I Then see there are no lumps left; add
salt, pepper, u nice lump of butter or
dripping and a little milk. Mix end
heat well aud serve as mashed potatoes.
! Ur it may bo that tho boiled fish has
suffered tho same fate.
| Remedy—Quickly remove skin and
bones, keeping the flesh ia as largo
1 flakes as possible.
Make aa egg .sauce precisely as you
intended to do for the boiled fish. Put
' the flakes into this and heat, but do not
, stir. Arrange toast on a dish, sprinkle
with chopped parsley, pour iu the li.-h
and serve as a fricassee or as cusk a la
creme, the latter being browned iu the
oven.
Custards curdle from a moment’s ten
long contact with tho tiro.
Remedy—To each pint of milk used
in the custard allow two teaspoonfuls of
cornstarch, mix with a littlo cold milk
and strain tho curdled custard into it.
Stir over the fire and let it boil; then
j add a beaten egg, sugar and flavoring to
j taste aud takeoff the lire atonce. Serve
as originally intended.
Mayonnaise sauce often insists upon
curdling. No one cau more than guess
why. When it happens, it is generally
because the ingredients were not cold
enough or the oil was added too fast.
Remedy—Take a fresh cold egg, chill
tho old sauce, then add it drop by drop
to the yolk of the fresh egg. Stir one
way all tho time.
White sauce or soup may be slightly
discolored by a soiled pan or spoon or
by the burning of tho flour used.
Remedy—Turn it into a brown sauce
by adding a littlo caramel or into u
green one by using spinach juice, or
you might add raw yolks of eggs until
it is changed to a golden yellow.
When brown soups and sauces arc
pale and pasty looking, adu more brown
ed flour stirred smooth iu water or
caramel.
Sauces are sometimes thin and "run
ny” because the proportions have been
mistaken, or they are too thick for tho
same reason.
, Remedy—For thin sauces add extra
flour mixed thin with milk or water.
Add to the sauce and bring to a boil.
For thick sauce mid milk, littlo by lit
tle, until the sauce is of the right con-
! sisteucy.
When jelly or custard is turned from
a mold, it sometimes breaks.
; Remedy—Break into small bits, heap
high in a glass dish aud pour around it
i whipped cream, with a border of lady
lingers dipped iu orange wine.
If a molded pudding is broken by
sticking to tho mold, repair if possible
tbo broken bit and cover with a layer
of white of eggs beaten to a snow and
i sweetened and flavored.
If it is too far gouo for this, break it
into bits—cover with the meringue aud
brown in tho oven. Decorate this mass
by a border of currant jelly.
If pastry is burned, grate off the black-
* eued crust, touch lightly with milk and
i white of egg, sprinkle with sugar and
brown again.
| When croquette mixtures are too
| wet to mold aud shape, put in more
chopped meat or lish, or in a desperate
case finely pounded bread crumbs.
| W’heu jelly is cloudy and clear soup
is not clear, pour either one into a clean
pan—scrupulously clean it must be—
take the whites and shells of two eggs,
i break tho latter and beat into the for
mer. Throw these into tho pan aud let
all boil up together. Then cover, sot to
ono side for five minutes aud strain.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
In Answer to HU Customary Bin Scare
Talk She Said “Fiddle.tlcki!" and Car.
rled Her Point — It n Well to Kuow
Your Right# and Then Defend Them.
About ono in ten cf the persons who
tako prescriptions to drug stores to bo
filled ask for a copy of tho formula.
Nearly all pharmacists furnish the de
sired copy without comment. Some of
them may add 5 or 10 cents to tho cost
of the prescription to pay for their ex
tra trouble in copying the physician’s
hieroglyphics, but they raise no objec
tion to tbe customer’s request. Thero
are druggists, however, who arc averse
to making copies of tho prescriptions
which they fill, and now and then some
spirited disputes are overheard at tho
prescription desk.
Not long ago a quiet but self reliant
littlo woman stepped into a drug storo
near tho Grand Central station and pre
sented a prescription written by a well
known specialist.
"Eighty cents. Please pay at the
desk, “said the prescription clerk ten
minutes later, as ho handed the pack
age of medicine over tho counter,
"But I want a copy of the prescrip
tion, ” said the woman in a tone that
implied that she thought it ought to
have been given to her without the ask
ing.
"Oh, but wo couldn’t give yon that,"
replied the clerk suavely. "This is a
special prescription, and wo would have
no right to give you a copy of it with
out on order from tho doctor.”
“But I must have a copy of it,” per
sisted tho woman. "I do net live in
New York. My home is several hun
dred miles from here, and I want this
remedy for use during tho winter. Now,
don’t kecp'mc waiting, please, for I ant
about to tako my train.”
"Well, my dear madam, you cau send
to us at any time, aud we will fill tho
prescription for yon. It will remain on
our books, aud when yon write you need
mention only tho physician’s name aud
the number. You see, that is a special
prescription of Dr. ’s, and bo would
not wanj it handled by every village
druggist”—
"Oh, fiddlesticks!” exclaimed tho lit
tlo woman, bristling up. "That is my
prescription. I bought it and paid lib
erally for it. Now you either give mo
a copy of it or take your medicine back
and give me my original prescription.
Dr. knows where I live, aud he
knows that I would not leave New
\ T ork without taking a copy of that pre
scription with mo. ”
"But, my dear madam, you must un
derstand our position iu tho matter. Wo
have got to protect ourselves. Now, if
Dr. says that you cau have a copy
of this prescription wo will be glad to
give it to you.”
"You’ll give it to me whether you
uro glad or not,” retorted the little wo
man, now thoroughly aroused. "If you
want Dr. ’s sanction, yon cau send
to him aud obtain it. I certainly am not
going back there to ask for it. I’ll wait
just five minutes, aud if I do not get a
copy of my prescription or tho prescrip
tion itself I’ll make trouble for you. I
kuow what my rights are, and 1 propose
to stand up for them. ”
Tho prescription clerk looked us
though he would like to say something,
but after a few seconds’ hesitation con
cluded that it would not bo worth while.
He withdrew from view and presnm-
ably consulted with the proprietor. The
latter came out from his little office iu
tho corner and after looking tho little
woman over sharply turned to tho clerk
and said, "Give it to her.”
"Yon see, madam,” said the clerk in
bis most affable manner two minutes
later us bo handed her a copy of the
prescription, “wo desire to accommo
date our patrons iu every way possible,
but we have to bo careful with special
prescriptions. Why, it was only last
year that we were threatened with a
suit for big damages by a noted special
ist because we gave one of his patient’s
a copy of tbe prescription he wrote for
her. He claimed that she took it to a
small town iu tbe south, where an ob
scure druggist got bold of it, and, find
ing it to be an effective remedy, at lirst
mixed it for local distribution and aft
erward put it on the market as a specitio
with bis own name aud picture as a
trademark. So you see”—
"Ok, fiddlesticks!” said tbe littlo wo
man as she hurried out to catch her
train.—New York Times.
la-ncuago Flagn.
To "strike tho flag” is to lower the
national colors iu token of submission.
Flags are used as tbe symbol of rank
and command, says Thu School Jour
nal, the officers using them buing called
flag officers. Such flags are square to
distinguish them from other banners.
A “flag of truce” is a white flag dis
played to an enemy to indicate a desire
for a parley or consultation.
The white flag is the sign of peace.
After a battle parties from both sides
often go out to tho field to rescue tho
wounded or bury the dead under tho
protection of a white flag.
The rod flag is a sign of defiance and
is often used by revolutionists. In our
service it is the mark of danger and
shows a vessel to bo receiving or dis
charging her powder.
The black flag is tbo sign of piracy.
Tho yellow flag shows a vessel to bo at
quarantine and is the sign of contagious
disease. A flag at half mast means
mourning. Fishing and other vessels
return with a flag at half mast to an
nounce the loss or death of souiu of tho
men. Dipping a flag is lowering it
slightly and then hoisting it again to
salute a vessel or fort.
If the president of the United States
goes afloat, the American flag is carried
in the bows of liis barge or hoisted at
the main of the vessel cn board of
which be is.
Mine. Guizot,
Guizot, the orator aud writer, became
acquainted with his future wife through
the literary muse. Mile. doMeulau was
the brilliant editor of tho Publiciste,
supporting not only herself but an aged
mother by her pen. Her health gave
way under the burden, and iu the midst
of poverty, illness and debt she received
an anonymous letter one day respectful
ly offering to supply articles for the
Publiciste regularly and without pay
until her health should be restored. The
letter was accompanied by an article
composed very muoh iu her own style.
The kind offer was accepted, and lat
er on, when by means of the timely aid
Mile, do Meulan was restored to her
usual avocations, she begged her un
known coutribntor, through the columns
of tbo paper, to reveal himself. Tho
grave, dignified young Guizot obeyed,
and the result was a marriage between
them at tbe expiration of five years.
Mine. Guizot was the center of the lit
erary coteries of tho day, her celebrity,
greater than that of her husband to be
gin with, kept puce with his advance
ment, aud she was ever bis counselor,
critic and friend.—Catholic World.
Not Wanted.
"Did you introduce that bill as you
promised, senator?”
“I did, bat tbo legislature positively
declined to acknowledge the introduc
tion. ”—Detrcit Free Prn-a.
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