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THE MASONIC JOUllNAi. FOR the LADIES. Sunshine for Unmaried Ladies. Helen of Troy was over forty when she perpetrated the most famous elopement on record. Catherine II, of Russia, was thirty-three when she seized the Umpire ami captivated the dashing' Oiioff. Tiivin was thirtj- three when slie won the heart of Augustus, over whom she maiut.iiu- ed her asecndeiicy to the last. Cleopatia was past tliirty when Antony !' 11 tmder h. r spell, whicli never lessened until her death, nearly ten years after. Periolts wedded Aspasia when she was thirty-six, and yet she afterward for thirty years or more held an iindimimslied reputa tion for l)e;mty. A me of .\ustria was thirty-eight iTlmn slie wa.s the Imndsomest Queen of Europe, aud when RuckiiigluuJ. and Richelieu were her jealous admirers. The day wliich s'Os wouieu as eorcf d !o choose virtuous hushands as men Imvcbc'o in t'-e pad to select virtuous wives, will mark t.ie greatc.st social revolution of the, age. Ninon de 1’ E icl «. the oi ist cel iu-ated wit and beauty of her day, was ilu' idol of the tlu-ee o-encrations of the golden youtli of Trance, and w is .-cveiity-lwo when the Abiie de li.'.rnis fell in love with licr. A wedding agency is projected in Paris. — ■ There will be a chapel aud a branch of the mayoralty so that civil aud religious wed dings can take plact' itmler one -oof. Car riages, lawyers, priests, Itall-room, music, and even tlie weilding linery wih be furnished. The extra or liuary Diane de Poietiors was rhirty-si.x wire i He try btecon I oi I ranee aud just iialf her age) Itecame attached to her, and site was held as tlte first lady and most beaiitiful woman at Cottrt up to the period of ths monarch's desith and rlio acbession to pow er of Catharitie of Jledicis. I,et the female angel cca.se !o !)■' agitated. - ,V[ >n will rave at the pill back skirls, b ,t so they will and iiave at every taslii'.n. Tuere was the kangaroo droop, the (Jrecian bend, the tilting skirt, the bell crinoUne. the decol lete biidice, the long stomacher—cverytliiug way back to the ruffs of Queen Bess, or ti e barrel hoops of Queen Anue, has been sneer ed at after the same mail tier. An 1 yet, men have a sort of sneaking fancy for tlie dear lit tle creatures, after all. Ill wasiiing calicoes in wiiich the colors arc not fast, be careful not to bo 1 them; bit wash in tbe usual way with soa;), and rin-e in liard water. For dark colored goods, add a little salt to the water. Add one oiuice of alum to the last water used to rinse cliildreii’s dresses, and tkey will be. rendered uninflammable, or so slightly com bustible, that they would take tire very slow ly, if at all, and would not flame Bed cur talus, aud linen in general, may al.so be treat ed in the same way. “In the Bottom Drawer.” I .saw my wife pull out the bottom drawer of the old family bureau this evening, and I went softly out, and wan dered up and down, until I knew that she had shut it up and gone to her sewing We have some things laid away in that drawer which the gold of kings could not buy, and yet they are relics which giieve us until both our hearts are sore. I have not dared look at them foi a year, but I remember eacli article. D; Mash Tuun'iI’s. —.Vftcr luiviug bi>“u :oiIcd very te ci']', and the waier pr 'ss, d '■or aighiy from them, rc-t i i.ctn into a -auce- pan a ■ ' t;r ti cm c.n-ta u ;v fur s. me min ;;le- over a yeiitie fir ■; addalitilecr am, salt, free,; buitei-. a id pepper ; coutinue ;o s mine' an i o tir tliein for ti.e min des looger, ao tiie ; -erve ■ lu Light Pudding.—Put two tablespoon- fnls of sago, tapioca or rice in a pie dish, pour over a juu* or a tiiu; aud a iialt of mtlk; add one and a half tablespsonfuls of sugar, a littie grated nutmeg, u' hked , hake two hours id a slow oven ; if rice is used, bake three hours. How a Wyoming Woman Made Her Vote Good. A woman at Medicine Bow, just as ihe was depositing her vote last election day was surprLed to hear a rough sing «ut; “I challenge that woman’s vote.” “On what grounds, sir';'” “She hasn’t been long enough in the Territory.’’ Did the woman sit down and cry over it ? It is not to be recorded. Her dain ty little hand glided back into the folds »f her pull back, and the next thing that audacious cuss knew he was gazing into the muzzle of a Derringer, while the fair TO ter said ; “How long have I been in the territory sir?” “Look out, madam—don’t. That cuss- ad thing might go off-take it away ; I Sieg your pardon; I—don't touclr that f{.;ggej—-I—I—I’m mistaken in the wo man. Please poin 1 that the other way. ITl lick the lyin’ sheep thief that says •you hav’nt lived right here in this town I sw’ar I will.” Cheese Pudding,—Grate throe ounces of cheese, five ounces of bread, warm one ounce of butter in a quarter ol a pint tit milk, and mix with the above, then add two well beaten eggs, a little salt, pepper and mustard ; mix all well together, .mi hake in a pie dish for half an hour. There are two worn shoes, a little chip hat with paitof the brim gone, some stockings, pants, a coat, - two or three .sptiols, bits of broken crockery, a whip tnd several things. Wife—poor thing— goes to that drawer every day of her life and prays over it and lets her tears fall upon the precious articles, but I dare not go.' Sometimes we SDeak of little Jack, but not often. It has been a longtime, but somehow we cant get over grieving. He was such a buist of sunsuiue into onr lives that his going away has been like cover ing our every day existence with a pall. —Sometimes w hen we sit alone of an evening, I writing and she sewing, a child on the street will call out as our boy used to, and we will both start up with beat ing hearts and a wild hope, only to find the darkness more of a burden than ev er. It is so still and quiet now. I look up at the window where his blue eyes used to sparkle at my coming, but he is not there. I listen for his pattering feet, his merry shout and ringing laugh, t ut there is no sound. There is no one to climb over my knees, no one to search my pockets and tease for presents, and I nev er find the chairs turned over, the broom down, or ropes tied to the door knobs. I want some one to tease me for my knife ; to ride on my shoulder ; to lose my axe ; to follow me to the gate when I go, and to meet me when I come ; to call ■good night’ from the little bed, now emp ty. And wife she misses him still more; there are no little feet to wash, no pray ers to say ; no voice teasing for lumps of sugar or sobbing with pain of a hurt toe , aud she would give her own life almost, to wake at midnight and look across to the crib and see our boy there as he used to be. So we preserve our relics, and when we are dead we hope that strangers will han dle them tenderly, even if they shed no tears over them. Help Your Neighbors. At a time like this, w-hen the great prob lem of how to live is uppermost in the thoughts of our artizans and working men, there is no room for the purse-proud or the artribilious to complain. Help your neighbor, try and assuage the troub- when matters become dull and not much prospecl of further progress judicious merchants and dealers ask themselves wh^ can be spared ; and the men they are loth to discharge are those who have been longest in their employ and who have devoted their energies to the interest of their employers. Gentlemen, you have succeeded in the battle of life, or perhaps you are placed in circumstances beyond indigence or want. If so, oe easy with your old friends in distress. Help your neighbor if you can and do not crush the manhood out of him by any persecutions of yours. Churning in Cold Weather. Heating the cream and using hot water will make imtter come. By filling the churn only a qu rter full, so that when the cream is swole.. there is abundance of room for the dashing and splashing of tbe cream, there is also no difficulty, beyond the'neoessity of double-quick motion, I always rise at 4 A. M., on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and churn for my wife. We •scald the churn, leaving the boiling wa ter in ten minutes, ami on very cold mornings, put a second lot of Lot water in, so ti'.at the wood is warmed through, then put the cream in while warm, just after the water is poured out. When the cream froths and swells I know the but ler will soon come, and sometimes it goes very hard ; but although the perspiratiou pours from every pore, I stick to it, a'.d soon there is a change in the sound, and butler comes. Women and children are not strong enough to churn i-t winter, so the" use heat and make the butter white Swill and slops given to the cows, unless meal or bran are liberally adiled, cause the blitter to be longer coming. The dai ry should be kept from frost and frosty air.—Cor. Country Oentlcman. for ten years, r j jgg gf fellow-man, should be the mot He scooted around the corner, and she - . saaijingly passed in her ticket. ! govern every breast. In trade FOE THE MASOHIO FRATERNITY IN North Carolina and the South. Throwing Old Shoes. Very few, probably, of the thou sands who throw old shoes after bridal parties as they are leaving home know nothing of the origin of the custom. Like almost all our customs, its origin is an cient and can be traced to bible times. It was then the custom for the brothei of a childless man to marry his widow, or.at least he had the refusal of her. If he chose to reject her, tiie ceremony 'vas public, and consisted in her losing his shoe from his foot aud spitting in his face His giving up the shoe was a symbol of abandoning all dominion over her: spit ting in his face was an assertion of inde pendence. There was an affair of this kind between Ruth and Boaz. In some parts of tne East- it was a ouscom to carry a slipper be fore a newly married pair as a token of the bride’s subjection. The custom, as it exists with us, is very old in England and Scotland. The usual saying is that it is thrown for luck, and that is the idea in this country; but originally it meant a renunciation of authority over the bride by the parents. It was formerly a custom among the Germans for the biide when she was con ducted to her bed chamber to take off her shoe and throw it among the guests; who ever caught it in the struggle to obtain it received it as an omen that he or she would soon be happily married. Train, in his “History of the Isle of Man,” says; “On the bridegrojm leaving his house, it was customary to throw an old shoe af ier him, and in like manner after the bride, on leaving her home co proceed to church, in order to insure good luck to each respectively, and if by strategem either of the brides shoes could be taken oft'by any insf'eotor on her way from church, it had to be ransomed by the bridegroom.” In Kent, England, after a couple have started on their tour, the single ladies are drawn up in a row, and the bachelors in another. An old shoe is then thrown as far as possible, and the ladies run for it— the successful one being the first female who it is supposed will be married. She then throws it at the gentleman, and the one who is hit by it is deemed to be the first male who will enter wedlock. Gener ally, it is considered, the older the shoes the better. There are in the South 200,000 Freemasons, and recognizing the imperative need fora rea- iilai- and permanent Organ peculiarly suitek to the demands of this vast number “who un linked together by an indissolute chain of sin • acre affection,” W'e are now publishing a first class IWEEKLY MASONIC NEWSPAPER, such as the diguitr and advanceineut of the Praternitj -will approve, which is the only MASONIC WEEKLY rUBLISHED SOUTH OF BALTIMORE and devotfd strictly to MASONIC INTERESTS. With a journalistic experience of several years and a determination to give alloitrliinr. talent and energy to the {iromotion of this iui- porlant enterprise we liope to receive from cur Masonic brethren that liberal confidence anil, support which, by an entire devotion toitBstii t eess we hope to merit. Terms CASH, .and all money shealtibe sent by Check, Fost-Officc order or Registered Letter, Alldr E. A. WILSON, * K.. m m IftS
Masonic Journal (Greensboro, N.C.)
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