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VOL. XI.
riTTSBOUO CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 30, 1881).
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NO. 30.
Isolated.
We hold our dear dim wilh a firm, strong
grasp,
W hear their vole s, I mk into their eyes;
And yet, betwixt us In Hint Hinging clasp
A illst.nn" lies.
We cannot know their hearts, liowe'er we
tuny
Mingle thought, n pi rati -n, hope ami pray
er; AVe rami t reach the-n, and in vnin essay
To enter there.
Still, in cnoh heart of hearts n liidilen deep
Lies, never fathomed hy its d-arest, lies',
Villi closest care our purest thought we
kis-p
A ml tendcrcst.
Itnt, lili-ssi.tl thought: we shall not always so
In dnrkness mid 1T1 i-nilue-x wnlk alone;
There comi-s a glorioimlny when wo shnll
know
As we are known.
El hint' C'cm.
THE RANCHMAN'S WIFE
1V FltANK II. CONYI l!SF..
"Vli:it ! Another story about the
'wild ami wooly Willi' I should think
you lioys would get tired of hearing of
Indian and nil that sort of thing. Well,
Ii t me think a ininule.
Your Aunl Ho-s isn't anywhere round,
is she? No.' For she isn't over fond of
Indians or Indian stories and witligm.d
reason.
It was wnv bark in the seventies. I
lilted out at Tort Caspar, in New Mexi
co, nnd started off a'one, fur trapping
up among the foot bill'.
They told me I was rrnzv to venture
so far, as the Indians werj thicker than
Hies all through the section of country
w here I was going ; bu' I was u-ed to
taking chances in those days, and game
was wonderfully plenty round the Irila
ranges. S i I starte I olT.
Well, I reached the n:rhcru foot bills
ill! right, without so dug a sign of a red
skin. li.it for ail that, I didn't get
ciicless. I used u bow and arrows,
with which 1 a quite expert in those
days, to kill what game I wanted, rather
than run any risk of attract, ng the no
tice of any prowling Apache by a rifle
shot. I was very lucky with my trap
ping, and in about three weeks had a
mule load of pells, with which I started
back toward the fort.
The second day of my journey brought
me to the bottom hinds in the finest sec
lion of grazing country I ever siw. A
branch of the tlila river wound nlnng
for miles like a blue ribbon, through
buffalo grass half way to the horses'
knees, while oil every si le there was
willow and cottonwool enough to sup.
ply fuel for the biggest kind of a settle
ment. 1 rode slowly along, w ith my puck
mule plodding a few paces behind, think
ing, as I well lenieiulicr, that I should
like nothing better than to have a nice
little ranch of my own in those parts,
and settle down there.
AM at once from behind there came a
yell or, rather, a chorus ' of them
such ns a man, no mu'lcr bow much
courage he may ha e, doesn't care to
hear more thau once in ri lifetime.
I'nslingiiig my rille and turning in
my saddle at one and the snme time, I
saw a score or more of tin uiitnl Indians
mining up at full speed, whooping and
yelling like s many fiends.
Of coiir-e there was but the one thing
to do. My horse was tolerably fast and
in good condition. It was latu in the
afternoon, and if 1 could keep well
ahead of my pursuers, I might hope to
escape them under cover of the night.
Leaving the pack mule anil peltries
to their fate, I gave old lb-no his head,
and then began a race for life or ileal h.
For an hour I seemed to gain little by
little. Then poor linn began to flag,
while the Indian ponies, lathed to their
highest speed, drew nearer and nearer. I
swung half round and droppcl a big
"buck" with my Winchester at a hun
dred yaids as neatly as you please, but
so to speak this; was only a drop in
Ihe bucket. On came the rest with
fiercer cries nnd more hideous yells, ac
companied by a fusillade from their car
bines, as well as by some half dozen ar
rows, one of which went fairly through
my right forearm just below the elbow.
The pain was such for the inoaient Mint
my lingers relaxed their grasp, and my
rifle fell to the ground, leaving me, vx-m
oept for a hunting knife, practically un
armed, ns, unfortunately, on the day be
fore I had broken the main spring of my
revolver.
I'll diehard if die I must," I mut
tered, getting hold of my knife with my
left hand, for my right had all at once
become almost useless some nerve f
cord having been severed by the sharp
point of the arrow, as I supposed ut the
t'me.
AH at once my flagging horse rounded
a big clump of cotton wood. I saw a
neat cnbin, with one or two outbuild
ings, not a furlong away. Hut Bt that
6C f-snnie moment old Ilcno's forefoot
went down in a gopher hole, and I went
living over his head, very much after the
manner of a diver, only that my onus
were oiits'retchcd as a diver's nover
ought tu be.
Luckily, I struck on my -right
shoulder; si, though badly bruised nnd
shaken, I was on my feet like a cat in a
second. And the instinct of self preser
vation, as a matt-r of course, led me to
rim at full speed toward the cabin,
though 1 could see no sign of life about
the premises.
Hut, run as fast a? I might, the pur
suing ponies, were faster. The red
skins, who, ns I afterward knew, were
t" a man Apache- th" most barbarous,
murderous race on the face of the globe
could ea ily have tumble I me over by
a carbine shot or an arrow; but no, they
wanted a white man to torture. And if
you will believe me, when 1 was, within
SO yards of the cabin, the chief, who
wits rather better mountel than the rest,
was so close nt my heels that, leaning
forward with a devilish grin on his
painted face, he pro bled me gently in
the rear wilh the point of a long feath
e;ed lance, which he carried in addition
to the carbine slung over his naked'
shoulders.
He smiled on the other side of his
ugly mouth a second later, th nigh, for
all at once a lilt I" pull of smoke from
one of the two cabin w indows was fol
lowed by the crack of a rifle, and the
Apache chief pi 'died forward to the
earth a'- dead an In Man a iie-d be!
Another ivport followed almost like
an eclio.a id another Indian bit the dust,
while a thir l diseharg- nn instant later
drew a howl of pain fr m another,
whereup in the remaind'T wheeled sud
denly round and too ; up a p "dtion some
little d.s'.ancc ana.' far eimu rh to he
practieilly out of range. It 'tween the j
increasing ptinof mv wound, nnd be- !
ing almost winded, for a moment or j
two nfter I had stum! led in at the door i
of the ('thin, whi.di, thrown open to ad- '
in it me, was ai pii kly closed and
barred I wis silly enough to fall to the
ll nr, wh to I lay for a m nn 'tit sort of
da." 1 faint, ,1 su;p)sj sour! would
call it.
"Here, driuk this," said a woman's
voice.
It was spirit of simekind, and though
to this day I don't know one kind of j
liquor from another, that happened to be
an occasion when I felt justiliel in tak
ing it.
Any way, the liei v draught gave me j
renewed strength, .vol brought me to j
myself in a im-a-nre. I saw that the
woman who held the flask to my lips l
was young, and the handsomest woman
so I then thought and think to this i
day, that I everstw in all my life. Oh, j
you needn't laugh, boys, your Aunt Hess
krows all about it. She -ays she has
forgiven me for thinking -i' a very lor.g
time ago.
I got on my feet in a hurry.
"Where are y our men folks, ma'am?''
I asked, quick and sharp, as, looking
around the room I saw that she and 1
were the only occup iirs. Her voice hid
a curiously hard s mud. Somehow it
seemed' to match a sort of wild, unnat
ural look in her eyes, which were just
the color of those of your Aunt II 'st.
"My husband Jim It.iinsford was
shot down in front of o ir own door yes
terday morning, by that ."
II -r spe -eh -conic I to fail her, but
she pointed thr ugh the substitute for it j
window to the outstretehe 1 body of the
Apache chief lying still ami stark a few
r.ds away, killed by her own avenging
hand.
Tliere is no one else,'' she added, re
covering her speech; and though I have
never been called a coward, I have to
confess that my heart san'.t at the pros
pect; Hut all the while Mrs. ltninsford was
speaking file stood by the window,
rifle in land, watching th
Apaehcs, who, in a sort of hu Idle
some eight liundre 1 yards distant,
weie evidently holding a consulta
tion. .Vid this of itself male m- pull
myself together.
"I think I cm manage that Winches
ter with my left hand and arm,' 1 said,
fi r my right hand had already swollen
all out id propoition. She turned
quickly, nnd, seeing the condition of
the wounded member, uttered an excla
mation. '(tood Heavens!" she said, short and
sharp; "you've been hit with a poi-oned
arrow! I know, for Jim was wounded
the same way the year after we were
mnrried, when we were living in Mon
tana. Keep your eye on those liends
I know just what to do!''
And before I hud nn idea of her pur
pose, Mrs. Kainsford dropped on her
knees and applied her wai in, fresh lips
to the ragged puncture, which, owing
to the presence of the poison, perhaps,
hiul bled very little. My expostula
tions weie in vain. Ejecting tlie poi
sonous fluid, and repeatedly rinsing her
mouth with the raw spirit, of which she
forced me to dri ik fr ml time to time,
this bravest of women continued her e
euliar treatment till I felt a sensible de
crease in the pain, and the swelling it
self began slowly to subside.
"You'll do now," she abruptly re.
marked, rung t her feet with a u'n e
st my face, to which I knew the coloi
was fast returning. But the situation
was nn almost desperate one. Night
wa fast approaching, nnd though the
Apache were making no definite move
toward dislodging us, we of course pre
sumed that they only waited the cover
of darkness to c'irry out their purpose.
Which shows how easy it is to be mis
taken especially in reference to the
movements of tht. wily Apache. For,
unperceivel by cither of us, one of the
red liends hud separated himself from
the rest, and making a long detour un
der cover of Ihe willows along the river
hank, crept up in the rear of the build
ing and tired it at th; two earners.
The first intimation Ave had of this
new disaster was the cloud of stifling
smoke that came pouring through the
chinks of the cottonwood logs, which
were as dry and almost as inflammable
as tinder by their long exposure to the
baking sun and raiili.-d air. Immediately
following we heard the sharp crackle of
the failles, kindled into additional
strength by a strong westerly hrcc.-,
and above all rose the exulting yells of
the Apaches, who of course expected
that we should very shortly be driven
from cover.
"I don't know lmw y.iti feel about it,"
said my companion in the same hard,
unemotional voice, "but I had rather
burn to death a hundred limes thin fall
into the hands of time liends."
H -fore I eoul 1 reply, a great tongue
of lire burst through into the interior.
A sudden thought seenie 1 to come to
the brave woman at my side.
"This way quick! ' she exclaimed.
And pulling npa trap dm r in the rough
flooring, sh" dropped lightly through
I folio win letting the trap fall back
to place.
There was no time fur standing on
ceremony. Reaching out a small hand,
that was icy cold, though firm as a rock,
Mrs. liaitisford, taking my own,
drew me to the further end
of the rude cellar. In those parts
it was custi mary to ccnstiuct a sort of
vegetable cellar a few feet away from the
house, in laldition to the one under the
dwelling, for winter use. Hut ltninsford,
fri'in some tthiiu of his own, had dug
his place of winter storage in one end of
the main cellar itself, rooting it over on
the outside with si lbs of gray m ulstone
from the river bottom. All this his
widow hastily explained as we groped
our way to the heavy door of thick
planking in the side of the cellar wall,
and, having entered, pulled it to after
us.
It was indeed u last resut, and it is
no wonder that for some time neither of
us was inclined for conversation. Over
head was the roaring of flames, followed
a little later by the crash of falling tim
bers and beam'. The heat was nlmo-t
stilling, but luckily th- wind blew the
tire and inioke directly awav fioui the
covering above, or rUe, despite the
apertures 'eft for ventilation, we should
have been Miiothered.
We could hear thcApiehes' cries of
fiendish joy as tiny stood about the
burning building, expecting to see their
victims bursting through the flames, mid
it was a trifling satisfaction to know
that they were dot ined to disappoint
ment. As the anxious hours went by, an 1
the intens.tr of the heat ib crea;e I some
what, I ilivw from Mrs. ltninsford lier
simple story. She and hei hii-baud,
who was twice her own age, had m ived
southward from Montana, "lie was al
ways good to in-, dim was," she said,
w ith a little sob, and m. they had lived
ill ipiict contentment on their small
much till the terrible tragedy of the
previous day. War Clou I bad ridden
up wilh his party and demanded whis
ky, which ltninsford refused him w ith
out ceremony. Whereupon the Apache
chief deliberately shot him through the
heart, and, strangely enough, the blind
rode away w ithout offering any violence
to his horrified w ife, who, all alone, had
dug a grave under the cottmiwoods, and
buried her husband's body out of sight.
She was intending to make her way to
the nearest settlement on Ihe following
morn ing, and after communicating with
her peoj le in Montana, decide upon her
further course of action. T.ieu I hail
appeared upon the scene. In
return, I told her of myself as
far as seemed mvessary, anil 1
need hardly say, placed myself entirely
at her serviie, aste faintest of returns
for all she had di ne for me saving my
life in a double sense, as it were, for
not only had she alTorded me protection
from the fury of the sav.ige, but had
undoubtedly prevented my dying n hor
rible death from the poisoned arrow.
It is probable that the Apaches pre
sumed that we had both perished in the
flames, for, after da; daw:i, when I ven
tured to push aside one of the slabs
of stone covering our retreat, they had
gone. And I wo hours la er a parly ot
horn 'bound prospectors with a four liaise
mule team and comp'ete outfit hove in
sight, and I need hardly say, after hear
ing ..in stoiy. they extended every kind
lie, toward us.
We reaclio I El I'usO with them iu
nboiit a fortnight, and their I said goo
by to Mrs. Hansford, for n time at least
Did I ever see lier again'
Why, yes. I married her tin
year after, and we rami
Fast to live, for it's your mini lless I've
been telling you about didn't you mis
tmst; Nof Weil, those are the fait!
in the else, as the lawyers siy, but
there she comes across the stieet. Itettel
not mention that I hare told you th
story; she never likes to talk of that ex
perience, or hear it mentioned. Hut liet
hair has been as white ns it is now evet
since that night in the cellar of the burn
ing house. 'J if Antut.
Savages Wlin Cannot Prmlnec. Fire,
It is not often that rxplonrs discover
savage eople who nre igHiirBgJjf the
nrt of producing lire. As lar sjs is
known, lire has been a necessity even
among the rude t savape for many cen
turies, and it always excites wonder
when we hear at rare intervals of people
who, while enjoying the blessings of
lire, express thiinselves as wholly ignor
ant of the methods of producing it, nnd
who iniigitie that if by some cn'nmity all
their fires were extinguished they could
never rekindle them.
Such a tribe has iccently been met by
Dr. Finscb dining his travels in New
(i iiiie.i. lie says the people in the large
villages that are buiied ill the fore-Is
along the shores of Astrolabe II iv know
of no means by w hich they can produce
fire. It is thcii lore a duty devolving
upon cvet v incml cr of the community to
aid in preserving lire. All their cooking
is done outside the r huts in theoen
air, but in the ic itreof each hut is a
fireplace, nnd it is a crime to permit the
lite to out. They ue hard wood
that burns very slowly, and their aim is
to keep a good bed of coals on which
the wood bums withuit bursting into
flame.
Dr. Fin-ch asked tin natives if t'tev
never lost their lire. II" was told that
such a calamity had occuired, and that
they would itevcr have had lire again if
it bad not been f r a very fortunate rir-cuin-tanic.
They know a tribe in the
mountains away from the sea who pes.
srss the nrt of making lire, which they
guard i s a secret. One time the people
were compelle I to go to these firiMnakers
for the spark that would ickindlo the
ill-nl "inbe's iii their hu The car
r e 1 the ti e for many miles. They were
ib leniiiiiid never again to be n diiced I i
this ne. e-sity, (lough it made them feel
very comb rl ible to think that they
knew where they could get fresh liic if
they b : l t heir own.
It is to b- pris imed that these simple
minded natives have now leased to guard
the sun iiblering embers in their huts
with such jealous care. A white man
has been among them, one of llie sort
wh brings bh.-ssings instead of evils in
his train, and they know now that eve I
if the; never ee a while man and the
wonderful little lire sticks he carried
with him again, tliev can. w th the aid
of friction and tinder, betiieir own lite
makers.
An Abused Ininiro of Washington.
Syphir. the New York dealer in art
lelics, curios, etc., has in his establish
ment a wooden statue of licn-ge Wash
ington w ith a hist. ry. The statue was
set up at the llatlery in lT'.'l and there
it stood for 10 years or mme until it got
badly battered and became an eyesore to
artists and art lovers. It was then put
up at auction by the city, and the city
got soundly berated for the ind gnily.
A French dealer in relics named Jacques
bought the figure on spec'.ibition for
st'.'.M1 ami f .iling to icilie upon it
slowed it away in the at lie of his
country-bouse at South Noiwalk, Conn.
M. Jacques died iii IStitl and at the sub
sequent sale of his elTei Is the wooden
George fell into llie hands of a Yankee
curiosity hunter, who paid a mere trifle
for it a'.d s dil it at a considerable ad
vance to one Fie lerick J. Theobald,
who laced it in front of a modest es
tablishment in llarleui, which was
henceforth known as the "'Washington
Cigar Store. " Every .JIM of February
and 1th of July Mr. Theobald religiously
decorated llie statue with flags. One
day, noi very long ago, Mr. Sypher
heard i f the ignoble use to which the
father of hi c untry was put and opened
negotiations which icsiibed in his get
ting possession of the same. The figure
is S feet III inches high, and is a credit
able work of its kind. Washington is
represented a i standing in an easy pos
ture, holding a chape.ni nt his hip. The
Continental costume consists of a bluish
black coat, white waistcoat, bulT
breeches ami top boots. The old-fashioned
fob is in its proper place, nnd the
expression of the fata is benignant.
A'tiC Viliiiim l'iriiinif.
In Doubt.
Wife: Ny lew bonnet came home
this afternoon, Charlie, won't you take
me to see Mrs. Hiker, to-night? ,
Husband: Do you want tn see Sirs,
(taker, or do you want her to see you?
2 tine.
CIII LDIt HNS COU MX.
A faiiiv si. inn.
If only I were a fairy
I'd put on my furs and uo
Away ill the nie;ht
When the stars nre bright
And the mo 'lib inns shine and glow;
Wilh the daintiest of sh-d
Made of n (hike of snow
I'd swif:lv clido
In n merry slide
On n moonbeam track- ho, ho!
HO MONKI.YS TII1IOW STONI.S ?
A scientific traveler in India was
cautioned not to go near a certain land
slip on the shor" of a lake, n the mon
keys would throw stows nt him. This
advice, naturally enough, only made
him the ni'ire desirous to visit the spot.
As I approache 1 the landslip, I saw a
number of brown monkeys ru b to th:
sides and across th" top of the slip, nnd
ptesetitly pieces of loosened stone and
shale came tumbling down where I
stood. 1 fully satisfied myself that this
was not nieiely accidental, for I dis
tinctly saw one monkey industriously,
with both fore-paws and with obviou
nialace prepense, pu-hing the loosi
shingle olT the rock.
1 then tried the effect of throwing
stones at them, and this made them
quite angry, and th" iiuuib-r of frag
iik nts w hich (ley set roll ug was speed
ily doubled.
This, though it do-s not amount, tc
the actual throwing; of objects by
monkeys as a me hi ; of offence, comet
very near to th" same tiling, and make
me think that tin re may be truth in the
stories of their Ihio.ving fruit at p oplc
from trees.
At all events, the general statement
that tlie act of throwing tlrngs is never
performed by nny animal except man
is i rtainly not corn et, as 1 have my
self seen recently captured elephants
project branches of trees with the de
sign of hitting persons out of their
reach.
iii.it l:vi:s opk.nkii.
The following legend, which carries
its own moral, is told by Aurelien
Scholl, a charming French writer:
There was once a little girl who
could not bear the sight of "ugly crea
tures, " as she called them; and crildiod
and killed them whenever she c uld.
She had a parti"ular d Mike (or spi.b-rs.
One day, as she wa sealed b-neath a
cherry-tre , she s iw, d 'scending tow ard
her, a big blac'c spider al the end of his
long thread. Slie mad' a movement to
strike th" spider and k ll it, but he!
hand seemed to be held in the ' air.
Then, all at once, she felt herself held
in the grasp of a large, strong netting,
which she soon di-coM i'i'il to 1 c a spi
der's wet..
She was much frigh'cii"d at first to
find herself in such a strange situation,
but she pre-enlly perceived (hit )i r
limbs had become so s,. ider that she
could run lightly up and down the web.
She wi.s covered with a delicate, furry
substance instead of clothing, and her
eyes had become so keen that she could
see distinctly tho tinie-t thing! all about
her.
She had begun to admire herself in
this new ami ilrange condition, when
she noticed that a monster stood looking
at her a great creature who stood upon
two legs, who-c immense h ad was cov
ered wilh a tang d mass of threads a
hundred tilnes as large as thos- which
spiders make. It ha I two enormous
eves, a drcail'ul nose, and a great hole
in the lower pirt of its face; and it ex
tended two immense anus as if to crush
her.
She was so dreadfully frightened that
she urn as f.isf as she could to the top of
her web. All at once she hiard, from
the lop of the tree, a voice, which said
to her: "What do you want to l e when
you go down a little girl, or a spider;"
She hesitated. She had Veen a little
girl until now, and she had always
thought that spiders wire horrid. Now
she was a spider, she supposed, and she
had just seen a little girl, and thought
that was the most horrible monster she
had ever seen. So she burst into tears,
ami exclaimed :
"I I iu sure I don't know which I
, would lather be!"
Then she found herself a', the foot of
the cherry tree; she wi s a little girl
i again, ami the spider still hung before
her at tle end of his thread S'io
. closed her eyes, and then, opening oiio
! of them ihe spider seemed to her a
j graceful, slend-r, velvety-gray creature,
very pretty to look at. Then she 1 1 ised
I that eye and opcr.cd the othe-, and saw
the Uttle girl who had ju.t appeared In
i her te be such a monster; only now tho
little girl, instead of a monster, was a
very pretty child, with rosy cheeks and
bright eyes, a dainty mouth and curly
blonde hair.
Oh," she exclaimed, "I know what
lias happened ; w hile I was up the spi
der's web my sight was changed, fo that
now I see, with one rye, as little girls
do, and with the other lis spiders do." .
J'u(i' itummniun
FOIt THE HOI' SEW I FE.
Ill AV TO I I.t'.AN CA1IPKTS.
For a carpet of about twenty yards or
so take a pound of hard, white castiln
soap and scrape fine, add a quarter of a
pound of washing soda, and as much
spirits of turpentine ns will bring it to
the consistency of dough; make it into
a bill. When it is time to clean the
carpet take a pail of clear hot water and
a large flannel cloth; wet the carpet with
the flannel, then rub over with the ball
of soap, and wipe off the sua) with tho
ll uinel wrung as dry as possible. If the
carpet is very much soiled a scrub blush
may be used after the soap i applied.
Clean about three-qunrteis of a yard at
a time, and l"t it become thoroughly
dry before ii is iied. H:usek and vel
vet carpets may be washed while on the
floor, but great care should be taken not
to let the water soak through. Ihtmit
Fi'ff 1'rrss.
C'ltA.V Htli I'ATTttliS.
Take a coffee. s.vk, rip it apart, mid
nuke a hem a.i inch wide all uround it.
Tii"ii hunt up all the worsted pieces ol
heavy cloth, the more different kinds
you have the better your rugs w ill look;
baste Ihem on ihe coffee sack in any
shape and si.", just as y u do your silk
piitccs for a q'lilt. Only you md not
turn the edges uinb r, for if they are cut
w nli shaip scissors they w ill not ravel t
before they are worked around. Now,
lifter tlie suck j covered wilh pieces!
basted on, take d ifferent colors of carpet
warp, which vou mav have bad left from !
- t
your last rag carpet, and work around j
each piece in some crazy stitch that will
hold the pi 'cos M'curely. Work all
around the edge of the rug in button- I
hole stitch, and finish by pulliitg out j
your basting tlneads, which by the way
should be of very coarse thread. If you j
have no pieces of cloth that will do, tear
up an old jacket, coat, pa'r of pants, I
etc., hi ush or wash them ami they will
do almost as well as new. Th: Pilot. i
iiiti tens koii mivsriMi Mitvrs.
Koast Heef -Cut three pounds of por
ter house roast (the butcher will skewer
and tie it up) in a dripping pun. When
it has bake 1 about half an hour take out
and salt and pepper 1 o h sides, put in
the oven and bake au hour longer be
fore putting i i the pud ling. Do not
pl.t an,' water in the pan whil" cooking.
Avk your butcher for a little suet,
tii. -ivy After taking the meat and pud
ding from the dipper pour in half pint
or luoie of boiling water. Stir iu table
spoonful of flour previously rubbed
sin iot !i with cold water, a pinch of sltlt.
Hoi I until the flour is cooked and serve
iu a gravy boat.
Yi rkshire Cudding One egg beaten
l'ght. Add gradually one cup of sifted
flour and one cupof milk au 1 a pinch of
salt. One half hour before your meat is
done take it out of the dripping pan
and pour off neaily all the grease. Cut
the meat back and pour the pudding
butter around it, ami bake one half
hour. Serve on the platter with the
meat.
Cot Coast of Heef --Cut up suet ill
small pieces, put in iron pot and fry out;
take out bron ii pices; w ipe the beef
with a damp i loth ami put iu pot with
snel; dredge with flour, salt and pepper;
blown first one side, then the other;
cover ami set back on range ami took
slowly two hours; serve on a hot platter,
(iravv Skim the fat of the juice in
which meat has cooked ami let it come
again t i a boil; stir in a labhsp onful of
flour mixed with cold water and cook
two minutes; add 111 Te seasoning if
nee.le 1.
Coast I,"g of Mii:toi.--Takethethi.k
end of a well kept leg of mutton, rub it
lightly w ith salt and put it in n dripping
pan with a very little water; baste with
a little very goo 1 dripping; at first;
when within forty five minutes of being
done take six large Irish potatoes, wa-h
well and dry and lay around your meat,
keeping all well hasted; turn the joint
two oi three times while cooking, and
when within twenty minutes of being
done diedge it with flour to get it
frothed; time, about twenty -live minutes
to the pound.
Coast Chicken -Take n pair of spring
chickens, thice pounds to the pair;
split through the buck ; put them in a
dripping pan, with Mini I bits of beef
sue'; season with silt and pepp r; roast
one half hour, basting often ; ten min
utes before taking out baste with melted
I ut t-1 ; serve with pnrsley. The oven
must be hot before beginning.
Boast Veal. -- Get of your butcher a
piece of veal for roasting. Hu will re
move the bone, nnd into the rtvity put
your dressing, which is made of one and
a half cups of bread crumbs, n small
piece of butter and seasoned with p mi
try dressing. Hub salt, pepper, butter
and flour orer jour uvat, and place in
the oven with n half p nt of water, which
should be renewed as required. When
done, remove the incut, thicken the
liquor with one tablespoon of flour aid
cook until brown for c jjravy.
The Bosch br the Bun.
The rose, nnd the clover
Are very sweet mid fair.
And I lov.- the fragrant odors
They breathe upon the nir;
Hut the swis-ter seemed the MossomS
Hesi.l- the meadow run.
The lime that yon were twenty.
And I was twenty-one.
How fondly I reiiicintier
The lime we culled them there.
And 'm ath thcsl ndy maples
I wove them in your Imir;
How there in bli-s we tarried
Flltil the set of sun,
The lime that you were twenty,
Ami 1 was tm nty-oin'.
It may hnve Im--ii the flowers,
lira look benign nnd fn-e,
That bad- me wliisM i- softly
How dear you were to me;
1 never stopped to quest ioll,
1 only know 'twas done.
The time that yon were twenty
And I was twenty-one.
We've had our summer, d irlinj,
Tne fit-lils of life nr brown.
We've traveled up tlie hillside,
We're on our journey dow n;
Yet oft I wake from dreaming
Those days have just begun,
Tbnt you agnail nre twenty
And I urn twenty-one.
When life and love are over,
And I am laid at rest.
1 hope someone will gather.
And pine un my breast.
Such tiowersas neil to blossom
Ill-side the meadow run.
Tliet in-that you w re twenty,
And I was twenty-one.
.V'vvi.oif Tntri lli i:
lit. MO HO IS.
A sign of pumm r Keep off tho
grass.
A Western heiress is naniel Sliss
Fish. Sin: is considered a "good
catch. "
Fond mother; "You must remember,
Emeline, that line feathers don't make, ft
fine bird." Daughter; "Trii". mamma,
but they do make awfully pretty hats."
Ollicer to Court The charge against
this man is false pretence. He shouted
he could do up the whole ward, but I
guv him one nioclf and llured him.
'However coul l you think of falling
iu love with such a homely fellow? Mis
figure is something awful." "Yes,
but he has a lovely one at the bank."
Mr. Kenwood I b ar you are engaged
to Mr. Tallboy? Miss South Cark
Who ti l l you? Mr. Kenwood I have
forgotten, but I understand the infor
mation came from Jack himself. Miss
South Cark I wrli he'd tell me.
"Will you vote for my bill.'" inquired
the lobbyist of the bui-l.-.tor. "No,
sir, " replied the la! ter; your bill is a
swindle." "Whv, ma i, you must have
the wrong bill in mind. I mean this
lifly dollar bill !" W ell, this appears
to be a good bill, " said the legislator,
iiftercxamiiiing.it ciiticilly. "I'd vote
for it, of course."
Customer "I see you are ndvi-rthing
full sets of teeth for !&V Dentist
I'cau'ioiislyi "Y-e-s, sir. Do you live
at houn ; " Customer "No, I b.iarl."
I)eutit iwith dignity ) You certainly
cannot expect an s set u be of any u c
in a hoarding hou-e, sir. My charge to
vou will be - V "
A Mosque in the Sahara Itesert.
A disiovcryof much an lnc-logical
intere-t was recently made in the Al
gerian Sahara. M. Tarry, win; has beeu
carrying on work in connect ion with
the proposed Trans Sahara rail road, hav
ing noticed a mo'ind of sand in the
iieighboihood of Wargal, had the sand
dug up, au I di-oovered the top of a
dome. This natiiiaily aroused his in
terest, and gelling his Arabs to dig still
deeper, he found underneath the doino
a square tower, then a plat form cf ma
sonry, and finally a complete mosque.
Continuing the excavations, M. Tarry
soon unearthed seven houses in perfect
preservation, and came up n a subterra
nean watercourse. At, the last news uino
hi'iises had been disinterred, and M.
Tarry was getting additional assistance
to clear out the pill ions watercourse,
w-hich ho desciihes as sufficient to irri
gate a small forest of palms. It is well
known that the Sahara was at onetime
much more populated than it is now,
and its trad much more extensive, but
no one si cms to have supposed that
cit ics had been buried unib r its sands,
at least so recently as since the intro
duction of Mohammedanism.
Tlie l'reslilenl's I'.xchange Header.
The ollicial at the White House who
does the Cresident's newspaper rending
and clipping is Jlenjamin Montgi inery,
the telegraphic secretary. He is one of
the most valuable olliccrs of the force,
as in addition to his knowledge of tele
graphy, he possesses a wonderful ac
quaintance with lion mid measure-, and
(s singularly active in clerical work.
He now attends to n duty that was for
merly perfoim-l by Col. Catmint, tunic
ly, perusing the newspapers of tho
country nnd transferring to a scrap book
nil articles regarded as worthy of tho
Cresident's consideration, either because
of their praise or criticism of Lis ad-miaistratjuu.