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7 fptc people's press, LW&E.T.BLUU, Publishers and Proprietors. JOB PRINTING ' s (a srpU4 with an U fatly prepared to mm work wttk HCATKtSS, DtATOM, TERMS: CASH Ef ADVANCE. AT ' Qachi It QeSBtM. tOtnlart, gtiaJhrt, ft Urluls tnl Qtatnl Snfanru&mj'. VERY LOWEST PRICES Dm Oory on rear, ... ,T7 . .CSS 44 " lis monthi, .......... .75 - three .......... Jl to give nee trial VOL. XXXVI, SALEM, N. C, THUESDAY, FEBRUAEY 23, 1888. NO. 8. traatlag wtlh 51 The last penny of the $100,000 which Buffalo proposes to give, as a prize to the man who invents a feasible method of harnessing the immense water power of Niagara has been subscribed. On January 1, 1887, President Grevy, f France, received 8r000 callers. On the first day of the present year fourteen persons visited ex-President Grevy. That little prefix "cx" is terribly; potent in this world. S ' There are two hundred private rail road cars in the United States; represent ing a value of nearly $5,000,000. They are worth anywhere from $1,000 to $00,000 each, the most luxurious, prob ably, being, that owned by George M. Pullman. In the matter of eclipses the United States is treated perhaps a shade better in 1888 than usual, as the eciipses of the . moon are visible here. But none of the solar eclipses are to be seen,: and it is surely time some consideration was shown in this respect. The total of anthraeite coal for the past year is put at 34,400,000 tons in round numbers, exclusive of local sa'es at the mines and colliery consumption The total for 188C. with which these figures are to be compared, was 32,136, 802 gross tons. Crediting the present year with an increase of 5 per cent, only, will show up a total of 36,120,900 tons for 1888." Colonel George L. Perkins, Treasurer of the Norwich and "Worcester Railroad, is the oldest railroad official in the Uni ted States, and probably in the world, lie is ninety-nine years old, is six feet two inches in height and stands as straight as many men of tby-ty. Colonel Perkins is the only surviver of the pas sengers who steamed down the Hudson in Fulton's pioneer steamboat, the Cler mont, on her trial trip. THE END OF' THE STORY. Yon were standing alone in the silence, When I passsed down the stair that night, Alone with thoughts in the shadow, Away from the fire's soft light, And never a greeting you gave me, Not a word your lips let fall, As I came from the light to your side, dear. That night, in the old oak ball! But J know, ah, so well, the secret You fancied you kept unseen, And I hated the pride that was standing Like a shadow our hearts between. Bo I told you, that night, a story, And you listened as in a spell, Till I saw that you guessed the meaning Of the story I tried to tell! You fain would Save silenced me then, dear; To leave it untold were best Too late, for I learned, as you drew dm To your heart, that you knew the rest? And the shadow passed by from between as Forever, beyond recall, As you whispered the end of the story That night, in the old oak hm G. Clifton Bingham. PLAIN" MAEY JANE. "Oh! welL girls, and mamma, yo know very well that nobody will ever choose Mary Jane for her beauty, and if she can help papa, for goodness sake let her do it. Jerome says that papa must have managed dreadfully to let affairs drift as they have, and I agree with him.". Among the many expenses that "Wall street brokers have to face every year is the item for flowers with which they brighten and adorn their offices in the Metropolis. "Winter and summer, spring and fall, huge bunches of expensive po sies are kept on hand in many of the at tractive offices. It is reckoned that the average expense for an office is $10 a day. At dusk the office boys and lesser clerks divide the flowers, and who; knows but some tender heart has had one or two ecstatic beats at receiving some of them? BY MARGARET E. SANG 9T EH. lhe Cartereta were conspicuous for their pretty names, which Ihey always wrote in full, even before a revolution in 1 atones at a sitting taste had put Bessie, Nellie and Madge out of fashion everywhere, except as pet names to be used at home. '. There were Clementina, Gladys Marguerite and Lilian among the girls, and Theo dore, .Reginald, Maximilian and Francis Felix among the boys, and then came No-. 9, with Francis Felix out of kilts,and Clementina beginning to go into society. Mrs. Carteret had always had the naming of her brood, but Mr. Carteret, holding the blanketed bundle in his arms ana surveying the wrinkled, rosy face, de clared that it was his turn at last. "I shall call this daughter plain Mary Jane, after her Grandmother Jenkins." he declared, "and, my dear, if ever we have another son, his name shall be John, yon may make up your mind to that." They never did have another son. how ever, and Mrs. Carteret was spared the humiliation of hearing a boy of hers sa luted as Jack on the street or recorded as Johnny on the baseball score of his comrades. Mary Jane was a round, rosy-poly child, sturdy and strong, and as differ ent from her brothers and sisters as if she were no relation to them. Her mother, lying lanquid on the sofa with a novel in her hand, was distressed at the air of rude health which distinguished her youngest, and wonnered vhi en The housekeeping? had fallen a good deal into the hands of Mary Jane. She had a tierfeet genius for contriving ragouts and fricasees out of, the left overs and fragments: she would buy a "soup-pieee" for a few cents and make a delicious pot-au-feu, and as for watching the weekly bills and cutting off a cent here and a sixpence there her talent was marvelous. Plebeian if you choose, but nevertheless a convenient and comfort able talent for the child of an impe cunious parent. But the day came when not aft Mary Jane's magic could evolve dinners out of nothing. Invention she had, but crea tion was beyond her powers, and not all her willing service, diligent and faithful as it was, could bring business enough to poor Mr. Carteret to more than pay his office rent. Mr. Carteret, poor lady, cried till her eyes were red. but what good did that do ? Lilian went to live with Clementine. Marguerite thought she would try writing for the press under the impression that here was an easy road to fame and fortune so respecta ble, too, and needing so little outlay- for couldn't she throw off poema and g if she could only find an editor to pay for them ? Two of the boys went off on a ranch in the train of an English nobleman and the others were at work, though they were able to do little more than support themselves. ' Mary Jane determined to improve the situation, but the question was howl Yhat could she do which would bring in money! Day after day, night after nijiht she thought, but could fix upon nothing definite. Meanwhile she men ded and darned, turned curtains and furni ture covering, kept the house bright and shining, and found herself repaid by seeing her father lose the discouraged expression which had overlaid his natural cheerfulness. "You have inherited the Jenkins faculty," he said one day. "We Car terets and your mother's people, the Truemans, are lacking in resource, but my mother's mother was Mary Jane Jen- Kins, ana sue was a woman among a thousand." Jenkins faculty, or Carteret elegance, Mary Jane pondered, which waa to come to the front and prove helpful. - . in earnest. Eh drew her father aside, and, smoothing his dear old head with her hand, a hand whieh had a good deal of magnetism in its tender touch, she suddenly said : - " "Papa, dear, wouldn't you like to take me on an excursion i" - "Where, my darling," waa the sur prised reply. Provident Mary Jane waa seldom anxious that money should be spent on jaunting for pleasure. Was she tired, he wondered, and would an outing do her goodt But there wa no hint of fatigue in the wide-epen childish gaze, in the lipa with their forceful set. con tradicting the laughing eyes, as If to pro test mat Mary jane was a woman for all her girlish fun and freedom. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. 'I do think, papa," said Mary Jane, taking his breath away by her audacity, "that you and I ought to do something about that cranberry swamp of ours in New Jersey. It's a sin and a shame that it isn't paying ua something, instead of being a cost which we dread whenever it's time to pay the taxes. And to, dear, I propose that we go and sea what is to oe aone." ' A Hint to the Housewife. At this season of the year stewed apples, pears and plums are favorite ar ticles of diet. Jr or breakfast or luncheon, in ; the dining-room or in the nursery, there are few table dishes more whole some and more delicious than well stewed fruit served up with cream or custard. There are many persons, how ever, who cannot eat it, on account either of the acidity of the fruit or the excess of sugar necessary to make it pala table. Sugar does not, of course, coun teract acidity ; it only - disguises it, and its use in large quantities is calculated to retard digestion. . The housewife may. therefore, be grateful for the reminder that a pinch a very small pinch of carbonate of soda, sprinkled over the f run previously to cooking, will save sugav&nd will render the dish at once more palatable and more wholesome. . . r ... w joruun jutaisfu tionrnau All this was several years ago. This winter the- Carteret ship, under the pilotage of plain Mary Jane, finds itself in peaceful waters. The cranberry swamp is paying well. The upholstery business has its headquarters in a neat little office, where Miss Carteret takes orders and from'whichshe sends out men and women to do the best work in town, never disappointing an employer by fail ure to iuitui an engagement nor ever breaking her word. "I tell you what, girls, " says Clemen tine's husband, addressing his wife and her sister, "you all used to be ashamed of plain little Mary Jane, but what a brick the child has turned out! ' "It's the Jenkins faculty 1" says Papa Carteret, smiling. "its Emerson's doctrine" says poor Marguerite, whose literary work has not been appreciated. 44 'Get your brick ready for the walL' I begin to see that I. for one, have been all these years work ing away at the wrang brick." Pkila- ieljha ltmos. BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. A Happy Fire Minutes The Ashes of Love A New Field of Rivalry A Clock For Her Parlor, Etc from She was mounted on a step ladder re- hangrag a portiere, which she had spent hours in repairing and freshening, when a visitor was announced. It was a certain Mrs. Despard, an old and fashionable friend, and Maria, now maid-of-all work, peat an affliction should have come to hurried from her tubs to open the door. ner wnen Alary Jane declared that she and ushered her, without ceremony, into preferred making puddings to practicing the room where the young mistress was ner scales, and would rather mend the ; busy with her amateur unholsterv. ana saucers r or pity's sake!" ejaculated Margue- lt had come nte. in the chamber above. "Mar v Jane Late details of the Chinese floods make the story one of the most terrible in history. What was a beautiful, populous district of 10,000 square miles is now a rolling sea. At least 3, M0, 000' people are homeless and absolute'y desti tute of the barest necessaries of life, ';yhi!e it is thought that the loss of life will reach 750,000. Everything in the way of figures is.as yet, however, pure speculation, with the chances of a total mortality far greater than the present estimate. Court and business circles in Pekin, Canton and other centres, are doing all In human power to cope with the disaster. mucKings inan paint cuds for the decorative art store. to pass, by the time Mary Jane was six teen, that the family circumstances were not what they had been when Glad is in the middle of the work and she'll never apologize. I will not go down." "Marv Jane mortifies me every day of and Marguerite were growing up. How ' my life," foamed Mrs. Carteret, brushing it bad happened Mr. Carteret could not explain, but year by year his law busi ness had lessened and his income dwin dled. With expensive taates, which none of the family felt like denying, with little outside the office to de pend upon, except some unproduc tive land in New Jersey, which had never paid enough to defray the taxes, Mr. Carteiet's household was often in straits, which would have astonished the neighbors, had they dreamed of their possibility. The boys were niee fellows. wcji-uicu ano. agreeaDie, Dut withuut a particle of j:ush; the girls were elegant and accomplit-hed.Judged by a finishing her thin hair and taking her best laee handkerchief from the bureau drawer. "I wish," she continued, sorrowfully, "that dear Mrs. Despard had called when the drawing room was somewhat in shadow. Mary Jane has no doubt admitted Hoods of light and every thread bare line in the carpet and all the make shifts will show, and oh 1 it is hard to let uie wona Know now poor we are! ' Thus tragically the mother and daugh ter above stairs regarded each other. while below Mary Jane having tripped from the step-ladder, shaken out the por tiere and established the caller in a great easy chair with a hassock at her feet and The new industry in the South, which has been notal, develops another use for p:ne needles besides that of spread ing an aromatic odor from the filling of a p Tow. One product of these needles is a remarkably strong oil, claimed to pos sess valuable medicinal properties; an other is pine wool, which is bleached, dyed and woven, this wool being a fleecy Lrown mass, possessing a pleasant odor which gives it value as a moth destroyer when employed in the form: of carpet lining; and to these is to be added an other product made from this wool, viz., a strong, cheap matting, adapted for ha' Is, stairways and offices. ; Lilian's embroidery, Gladys's water-colors and .Marguerite's French and German were each and all sources of expense, and not one, had either young lady chosen to use her skill, would have brought in enough to pay for decent gowns arid gloves. Lilianonly patiently tried the decorative art. cushion or a card -case, on which occasion hot-house flowers in profusion always adorned' the mother's table and the family had ice cream for dessert. school standard; yet Clementina's piano, her back to the light a screen between More than a hundred descendants in .Milwaukee ef Martin Kroeger, the oldest man in -Wisconsin, received their aged relative at a party reunion recently. He Is 114 years old and a native, of Prussia. He was a resident of Milwaukee from 1850 until three years ago. His eldest on is 78 years old, and . he has great grandchildren 2H years old who have children. He looks as though he were about 00; goes about without a cane, and is as clear-headed and jolly an old man as there is in Wisconsin. He can we very well without glasses, hear per fctly, and has an unimpaired memory. He w as in the wagon train of Napoleon's army in its invasion of Russia, and tells many a reminiscence of the campaign. 4, The Amerkuw Ovl'hator refers to the fact-ha&New Zealand is making a pracc tical effort to compete with America in the supplying of cheese to the English market and adds: "Advices,-from' New Zealand state that in, the provinces of Otago and Fouthland alone ! there are over twenty cheese factories operating already, turning out each season an average of fifty or sixty tons of cheese, and capable of doubling the production. In the other provinces there are also several factories in " operation ; and, though on a less extensive scale, the total yield from both the north and middle islands for the season ending July last is estimated at about, 1500 tons of cheese. Up to last year a market was found for the whole output in New Zealand and Australia, but this year the producers are looking to England for a market for their surplus cheese! It will probably be some time before there is an infportant factor in the competition with American cheese, but it will be' well for our cheesemakers to be forewarned, that they may endeavor, by superior , make and quality, to still command the Jirit:b markets." Meanwhile Mrs. Carteret '. grew more and more fretful, languid and depressed, and Mr. Carteret's face took on a hunted, anxious look, which if it troubled nobody else distressed the heart of his daughter Mary Jane. , "Papa's little girl" she had called her self as soon as she could speak plainly, and "papa's little girl" she remained when her brown hair was brushed smoothly back from a compact, sensible forehead, and her gray eyes looked straight on the world with the courage of a young woman who meant to make her way, asking no odds on account of youth or sex. "Who is that happy-faced girl who so often .walks down the street with old Carteret j" said a merchant one day, standing in his door and watching the . progress of the two toward Mr. Carter et's othce. " "That," said the person addressed, "is his daughter plain Mary Jane they call her, I believe. She has taken the place of office boy for the old gentleman just at present, and it's no doubt a great re lief, for even that expense is a burden when a man's funds are as low as Carter et's chronically are." "Whew!" said the merchant, with a long whistle. "I didn't know that Carteret had a daughter who knew enough to play the part of office boy." Had curiosity led the critic to follow the pair he wonld have seen Mary Jane her stiff dress covered with a brown linen wrap, her hair enveloped in a cap, long loose gloves protecting her hands and arms sweeping, dusting, setting things to rights, singing a merry tune the while; then later, copying legal documents and looking up references for her father.serv-. lug mm, uiueeu, witn a quicicness, in telligence and interest unknown to the tribe of office boys. "1 hope no one among our friends will ever find out that papa allows Mary Jane to go bo familiarly to the office." sighed Gladys deprecatingly, as she dipped her 1 1- J ? i , . , it ... orusu uainuiy into wie lemon-yeuow With. which she was touching a withered leaf. "It's not good form ! ' raid Reginald, posing before the glass to Try the effect of bangs for his patriciau countenance. "Papa has always Bpoiled Mary Jane." echoed Mrs. Cateret, regarding her son with complacent satisfaction. "There is a inanishness about Mary Jane which is singularly unlike the gentility of the women of eur family, remarked Marguerite. ' Clementine, who had been married for several years, and who had less tolera tion -than formerly .for the Carteret de ficiency in the exchequer, threw cold water on the general disfavor 6y saying, in a matter of fact way; ner andtne Dit oi me in the grate was finding herself all at ' once faee te face with her opportunity.! "Is it possible, my dear, that ye can find such things yourself?" exclaimed Mrs. Despard. "Do pardon me, but neither for love nor money do I know where to find any one who can take stitches when they are needed, arrange my pretty things daintily, drape a lam brequin and generally see to what, my daughter would have , done if she had lived. You know I lost Mignon when she was only two. You and she were born in the same month with the April violets, Mary Jane.' How it came about Mary Jane could not have told, but before Mrs. Carteret entered the parlor a compact was made and the Despard portieres and furniture were all to pass in review before the girl s bright eyes the next day afternoon. 'You will let me pay you, my dear child?'' said the lady, in a soft aside, as she went away. But plain Mary Jane was not sensitive on this point. bM said, in her usual voice : "Certainly, Mrs. Despard, if I am able to serve you I will charge you a fair price, but you muet not count upon me until you find out whether or not I can really be of use." Mrs. Carteret exelained as the door closed: "That I should have lived to see this day. Mary Jane I Mary Jane! What will people think of your' "Uh, my dear tittle mother, what mat ters it what they may think if only they will find my work good of its kind and pay me a living price for it." How to Stay Under "Water. Some travelers have told marvelous stories of the natives of Eastern countries who were able to stay ten or even fifteen minutes under water, but there can be no doubt that these' are absurd exaggera tions. It is well known that the ordinary divers for corah sponge and pearl-oysters do not remain under more than two minutes, and the "men-fish" who exhibit in the museums do not exceed two minutes and a half. lhe doctors duxer in their opinion as to the time at which detth comes in drowning. Seme say in three minutes. others in five, but none set a longer time than this, except the drowning person faints,' when respiration and animation cease. A Frenchman named Lacassagne has been for some time studying this subject. and the results of his experiments and observations are given in the I ensue Seitntifique. The man upon whom he experimented was a famous Hungarian swimmer named James, who, among other exploits, onee swam from Calais to Dover, and had remained under water for four minutes and fourteen seconds. Before diving, it was observed he first expelled all the air from his lungs, and then took a long breath. After he had been under water for a minute his heart beats became slow, irrregular and feeble. After two minutes and thirty-seven seconds there was a rush of blood to the head, and his eyes appeared sunken. Still he continued to breathe amply and regularly at the rate of twenty respira tions a minute, while at the same time the observer noticed that the abdominal cavity diminished greatly in size. M. Lacassagne believes from this, and from the fact that James was continually swallowing his saliva, that, in drawing the long breath, at first, he swallowed a quantity of air, and that the ordinary respiratory channels being closed be takes into his rungs the air contained in his stomach, and from thence again taken, somewhat purified, into hu lungs. That is, in other words, he makes of his stomach a reservoir for air, a fact which. if true, will account for his aoility to re main for such an extraordinary time un der -water. This process, which the diver performs instinctively and mechani cally, 11. .Lacassagne believes can and should be learned by all swimmers, as giving them a far greater endurance un der the surface than they now possess, Youth1 $ Companion. Mntton Suet aa a Household Remedy It is very Taxing and annoying, in deed, to have one's lips break out with cold sores, but, like the measles, it is far better to strike cut than to strike in. A drop of warm mutton suet applied to the sores at night, lust before retiring, will soon cause them to disappear. This is also an excellent remedy for parched lips and chapped hands. It should be applied at night in the liquid state, and well rubbed and heated In before a brisk fire, which often eause a smarting tensation, but the roughest of hands, by this treatment, will often be restored to their natural condition by one anphca tion. If every one could but know the healing properties of so simple a thing as a little mutton suet, no housekeeper would ever be without it. Get a little from your butcher, try it out yourself, run into small cakes and put away ready for use. i or cuts and bruises it is almost indispensible, and where there are children always there ure plenty of cuts and bruises. . Many a deep gash that would have frightened most women into fending fpr a physician at once, I have healed with no other remedies than a little mutton suet and plenty of good castile soap. A wound should always be kept clean, and the bandages changed every day, or, every other day. A drench ing of warm soap suds from the purest soap that can be obtained is not only cleansing bnt healing; then -cover the surface of the wound with a bit of old white mu-lin dipped into me'.ted mutton suet. Renew the drenching and the suet every time the bandages are changed, and you will be astonished to see how rapidly the ugliest wound will heaL Herald of Il4alth. Did e'er yoa know fir minutes." said the nusanthroDe to ma. Frve minutes in your life, sir, when . trouble vou were free live minutes of true happiness, of pleasure nn&iioyea. In which withia your heart you did not feel an achinz voidf KJh, ye. I've known five minutes, sir, of ha Drones in li f Five minute when I quite forgot aa trouble and all strife; Twos when a maiden said to me, while driv- xna i aaieio-B: TU give you jnst five minutes, John, to take your arm away.'" ' Boston OourUr. "The me will be returned to-mor- there proudly, but his face The Ashes of Love. 'All is over between us,Mr.Sampson, sne said, coldly, "lhe presents you have given row." He stood was ashen. "Everything shall be returned" he went on, with a queenly sweep of her rounded arm, "with the exception, of course, of the caramels and ice cream." And thus they parted, Xev Tori Eun. "Very sorry I can't accommodate jom so far, gentlemen. Do anything te oblige you, bnt that's impossible." The lawyers, for Ihey were three oi the smartest lawyers in the State, and ready to drop with fatigue, held a con sultation, and then as they could do s4 better and were too tired to go another step, they asked: "Well, can't you stable our horses ana ipve us chairs and a fire till morningi "Oh, yes; I can do that, gentlemen." Our learned and legal friends were soon drying their wet clothes by a bright fire as they composed themselves to pass the few remaining hours in their chairs, dozing and nodding, and now and then uttering a word or two of im patience as they waited for daylight. The longest night has a morning, ana at last the sun came along, and then in due time a good breakfast made its ap pearance; but to the surprise of the law yers, who thought the house was crowded with guests, none but themselves sat down to partake. , - ' -. "Why, rord, l thought your house was so full you couldn't give us a bed last nightP said one of the travelers. "I didn't say so," Ford replied. "You didn't! What in the came of thunder then, did you sayf "iou asked me to let you stay sere all night, and I said it would be impos sible; for the night waa two-thirds gone when you came. If you only wanted beds why didn't you say soi" The lavwers had to give It op. Three of them on one side, and the landlord alone had beat them alL Atlanta Ca-Uitution, A New Field of Rivalry. First Boy "Yer needn't be so uppish. we ve had a burglary to our houe." Second Boy "Well, that aint noth- m'. We've had a burglary to our house, too.' F. B. "H'ml -I guess the burglars oids x oad notrun' at your house." B. u. "Didn't they I Ter bet cber uiemeyaid. xney took mother s ear rings an' dimon' pin." t. "liml That ain't aothin'! They took my mother's gold watch an my sister's false teeth an switch. Bo there!" Bottom Courier. How Mark Twain Wae Fooled. Away bk in the sixties when Mark It was not many weeks before Mary Jane had all she wanted to do. A dozen families were in need of precisely such helpful assistance as she could render. and she had her regular days and went from one to another, gradually coming to be regarded as a household oracle. For, were there stains on the lmen, Mary Jane could remove them; was a bit of lace frayed, her deft hands could re store it to its primitive freshness; did a lady need a hat for ; reception or opera and there was no time to send for a Frenck miliner, here was Mary Jane with magic in her finger-tips, and give her a few ends of ribbon, a flower or two and a bit of tinsel, and there you were. She could mend a three-cornered rent so that you would not see the scar of her repairing, and as for table cloths and napkins, she had the patience and the skill of a medical man m restor ing them when they had begun to go. The Jenkins faculty stood her in stead, in these days, and though Mamma Carteret fumed, she was so environed with new comforts that she grew resigned in spite of aristocratic prejudice, while Papa Carteret, with ever-increasing pride, openly boasted of this business-like daughter: " Papa's little girl," mean while, ws so happy and busy, and suc cessful, that she began to look beautiful, and "plain Mary Jane" seemed like a misnomer in earnest. ; i, ; . One dav she was looking over the A Female Animal Charmer. Tipton County, Tennessee, has a phe nomenon in the person of a young lady who has remarkable power over animals. She is able to conquer, and ride, in a moment's time, horses and mules that no one else has ever been able to handle. The most savage dog in the neighborhood quails before and never offers to molest her. Squirrels and birds come to her in the woods and eat from her hand, and many times she has been known to pick up a rabbit in the path. She says that from infancy she has had this remarkable power over wild animals, but only within the past few years was she aware- that she was ako a "horse tamer." She says she is not conscious of putting forth any effort in this line, but it just "comes natural." The only explanation that she can offer is that she has an intense sympathy and love for wild birds and animals. In re gard to horses she is perfectly fearless, and by their animal instinct they must know it. These, she says, are the only reasons she can give. Cincizmai Tiii- fftwn. First Use f Torpedoes In Naval Warfare. Francis Edgar Shepperd is said to have been the first man to use the torpedo in naval warfare. He came of an old North Carolina family, nd was a graduate of the Naval Academy. He resigned when his State seceded, and entered the Con federate Navy. Twenty-five years ago Shepperd, then a Captain in the Con' federate Navy, blew op the United States cunboat Cairo with an old-fashioned fixed torpedo fastened to the bottom of the Mississippi. Lieutenant-tJommanaer, now Rear Admiral. Thomas O. Selfridge, was in command of the Cairo. He and his men were badly shaken, but bo one was killed or seriously injured. Captain Shepperd, who was lying on the bank watching the explosion, made up his mind ' then and there that that was a eowardly way of fighting, and that he would not have any more of it. .He never used another torpedo. He died recently In Georgetown, and was buried near Philadelphia Heu Tori Bun. "Good Cheer" Recipes. Potato Cakep. Take cold mashed potatoes, mix two beaten eggs with them. season if neocssary. flour the hands and make into oblong cakes. Fry in beef drippings and butter. Turn carefully when browned on the ander side. . PAKSsir Stew. Three slices of salt pork, boil one hour and a hall; scrape five large parsnips, cut in quarters lengthwise, add to the pork, and let boil one-half hour ; then add a few potatoes, and let all boil together until the pota toes are toft; the fluid in the kettle should be about a cupful when ready to to take off. Cork-ueax. Mutters. One cup of meal, one of flour, one and one-half cups of sweet milk, a little salt, a tablespoon f ul of white sugar, one egg, a piece of butter the size of a walnut, one scant teaspoonful of soda, two scant tea- spoonfuls of cream of tartar, or two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Bake in murhn tins. Bean Sour. Take one teacup of dry beans, par-boil until the skins will roll up when you blow tnem. ' urain, ana add two quarts of boiling water 'and little salt. Cook one hovr and a half. when there should be about a pint of water on them. To this add one cup of sweet cream about five minutes before serving. Children like this very much. I think farmers' wives are very unwise in not using more cream in cooking. It is cheaper and more wholesome than butter. Chicken Salad Without Oru Mince fine the white meat of cold, boiled chicken, "take one and a half times as much celery in bulk, having cut in pieces a quarter of an inch long; pre pare a dressing of three eggs beaten light, one-fourth cup melted "butter, one-half cup each of cream and vinegar, a half- tablespoon each of made mustard ana sugar, with salt and pepper to taste. Mix well and put in a disn over ooiung water, stirring constantly till it thickens like custard. Pour it over the salad when cold, and only a short time before usin?. New Wat to Cook Motto. Put the leg of mutton in an uncovered stew- pan with a wine-glass of water on a brisk tire. When the water has evaporate! and the mutton is a good color pour over it a wine-glassful of stock, seasoning with an onion, two bay leaves, three sprigs of parsley, a little thyme, salt, pepper and other spices to taste. Cover the stew pan and let the contents simmer until the mutton is done. . Before serving strain the gravy, mix with it half a pint of cream and set it on the tire. - Let it boil up once and thicken it with 4wo yolks of eggs. Dish .the mutton; pour the sauce over it and serve. Beep Fritters. One pound of cold roast beef, ten ounces of flour, one tea cupful of water, two ounces of butter, two eggs (the whites), . pepper and salt, beef dripping. Shred the beef as finely as possible, and season to taste with pep per and salt; make a smooth batter with the flour and water, blending them well together, and stimng in the butter (which should first be melted); whisk the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, and add them to the batter, and lastly put in the beef. Stir all well together, and have some beef dripping boiling hot in a pan. - Fry the fritters in this, but do not drop too much of the batter in at one time, as it reduces the tempera ture of the fat which in trying should never be allowed to get below the boiling point. Fry to a nice brown, and when done drain well and serve on a folded napkin. . ' A Clock for Her Parlor. Omaha Jeweler "Here. sir. k a clock whieh will, I think, please your aesthetic tastes.. At precisely 10 o clock every evening a chime of bells rings and a bird hops out and sings a earoL" umana Jdan "I will take that if you will make a few changes in it." ' "With pleasure." "I have a daughter, and I wish the clock for the parlor where she entertains her company. Fix it so that at 11 o'clock at night a milkman's be'.l will ring and a newsboy wilt skip out and yell 'morn ing papers.'" Omaha Wvrll. Fast and Blow. All the trains in the West have fast names and slow wires. Possibly this makes the telegraph seem slower than it really is. And do you know, it is much harder to wait for a fast train than it is ; for a slow one. It m irritating to waste one's life at a station and hear an impa tient freight conductor extract informa tion from the station agent. " How's the Cannon Ball! "Four hours late." "How's the Flyer T" "Three hours late out of Denver." How's the Thunderbolt! " "Abandoned." "How's the Sleeping Crab!" "She's running on the Incandescent Thunderbolt's time to-day; went by with out stopping, two hours ago." BunUtU. No Slang for Her. "Mies Hauteur," said one of the pupils of an Indiana boarding school for young ladies to the principal, "we want to ask you a question before ws recite." 4 'Certainly, my dears, ask as many as yon wish." "Would ens of we girls ever be justified la using slang 7" "Ton certainly would not," replied Hits Hauteur, with quiet firmness. "We frequently hear educated and cultivated people employ it in their con yirsatioB," insisted the young lady. 4 That may be only too true, but it is ao excuse. We cannot fall into all the ways practiced by even the so-called educated and cultivated. . For my own part," continued the principal, as she sat up very straight on the edge of the chair and glanced at the text-book she held in her hand and again raising her eyes, "for my part I will allow the boreal blasts to whistle through my whiskers a very long time before I. will indulge in the use of slang." Chitago He Knew Him. They stood in front of a grocer's en Michigan avenue yesterday and one of them looked very sly and cunning as he said: "Let's come a joke on him. Pll take that turkey down and hide it, and we'll hear him rave." He took the bird off the hook and. started to hide it in a barrel around the corner, when an officer who was coming up and had seen the theft took him by the collar. " Say, it is all in fun,' protested the nan. 44 Oh, is it! Well you can explain at headquarters." 44 But the grocer knows me." . ' Does he! Come in end we'll see." The situation was explained to the grocer, and he looked hard at the and replied: 44 1 ean't say that I know you." 14 But I have been trading here right along. My name is on your books." 44 Let s see! you owe me a balance of seven dollars." "I-I guess so." "And have owed it for four months. I ean't asy as I know you." - 44 But I'm going to pay. Here take it out of this ten. 1 always pay my debts.' "Exactly three dollars back. Officer. I think I know him. Yes, I'm sure I do. He took the turkey for fun, and yoa msy let him go." IMtroU rrc$ Ires. A Georgia man had a pure whfte hen. Recently she began moulting, and every whitfffeathSr that dropped out was re- nwnlnrr mrer. when her eves felt ton placed by a Week one, and now she is a paragTaph which set her wits to work . clad in deep black from pill to taiL Wedding Celebrations. The following list shows the order la which the various wedding celebrations properly come : At the end of the first year Cotton wed- . - ... second year rarer weamng. Third yer Leather wedding. Fifth year Wooden wedding. Seventh year Woolen wedding. Tenth year Tin wedding. Twelfth year Silk and fine linen wadding. Fifteenth yar Crystal wedding. Twentieth year China wedding. Twenty-flf th year Stiver wedding. Thirtieth year Pearl wedding. - -. ' Fortieth year Ruby wedding. Fiftieth year-Oolden wedding. (Seventy-fifth ypar piamond weddinsr, The Truthful Landlord. Not far from the City of Montgomery, in the State ef Alabama, ea one of the roads running from the city, lives a jolly landlord by the name ef t ord. In fair .weather or, in foul, in hard times or in soft. Ford would hare his joke whenever possible. One bitter, stormy night, or rather meraing, about two hours before daybreak, be was aroused from bis mm bers by loud shout and knocks at his door. He turned out, but sorely sgainst his will, and demanded what was the matter. It was dark as tar, and as he could see no one he cried out : . "Who are you, there !" 4Three lawyers from Montgomery, was the answer. "Ws are benighted and want 19 tay all night," Twain resided in Ban Francisco and was the regular correspondent of the Virginia (Ncv.) EnUrpritf. he was a character among the Bohemians, and associated with many jolly souls who are now nnra bered among the missing, aud many who are still well known in baa i rancuco. Mark was an ardent angler, and was never happier than when sitting with his legs dangling over the side of a cosy yacht, and waiting for the slow and lazy nibbles of the denizens of the sea, In those dsys Alexander Bad lam and Fult Berry owned the steam tug Fancy Ann, and to gratify Mark's piscatorial whim they fitted her up one day with a doxen or two bottles of bait snd a fine lunch, and with a few choice friends steamed off for Angel Island. Mark had constantly expressed as the desire of his life that he m ght catch a mess of red rock -cod; those in the San Francisco markets being of a bright red, very at tractive to look at and very choice food fish. The party consisted of Mark Twain, O, P. Sutton, formerly secretary of the Pa cific Bank; General John McCornb, then editor of the Attn: a prominent Pan Francisco iudrre now deeeased; Alexan der Badlam and Fulton Berry. The two latter, knowing full well that there were no red rock-cod on this side of the Far rallone Islands, purchased a large, fine specimen in the market, and placing it in a gunny sack euiuggled it on board the stoamer. After a pleasant sait across the bay the Fanny Aan was anchored serosa the stream at a point on Angel Island known as Itauton s quarry, so called from the fact that the rock from the Bank of California was taken from that place. The tide was ebbing strong. and after anchoring all the party except Badlam and Berry dropped their lines on the lower side. These two gentlemen dropped theirs on the upper side of the steamer, with their lines drifting under the steamer, while those on the opposite trailed toward the sea. When unnoticed Badlam attached the large red rock-cod to his line, .and, apprising the others of un tact, puueu mm to vac lunikcc uam great excitement. The n&h was immedi ately placed in a barrel of water, which J had been provided to keep alive what fish might be caught. It was suggested to MarkTwain and his friends that they had better fish on the upper side of the steamer, as they prefer shady places, which was concurred in. After the lines had trailed under the steamer, Berry re moved the bait from his hook and on the opposite side trailed and caught Mark Twain's line. The latter complaining that his line was foul, was assured that upon the swinging of the steamer it would soon loosen. In a few moments the red rock-cod was taken from the barrel and hooked on to Mark Twain's line. A vigorous pull was given and at the top of his voice Mark yelled out: "I have got a whale I I have got a whale I" He landed him m fine shape, the two jokers taking him off the hook and plac ing him in the barrel. Mark immediately procured a piece of chalk and com menced to score the catch of each of the fishermen, and during the next two hours this same fish was hooked on in the same manner fifty or sixty times on the lines of all the parties, and pu'led up in the same manner and placed in the barrel of water. Twain, of course, hav ing caught the largest number. When the fun became monotonous,- Berry hooked the fish in the tail, hoping that Mark would drop on the joke, but he did not, and simply said : "It takes an artist to catch a fish on the wrong end. I have o'ten done so in trout fishing in Nevada." The fish having had its gills all torn out, scales most nil torn eff, and noplace to hook on to him any more, the jokers in desperation fished up Twain's line and Button s line at the same time, and tied a monkey wrench on the former and hatchet on the latter. recreants were raised that they had got a devil fish, and the wrench and the hatchet were landed on the deck. Words cannot depict the faces of the fishermen. Twain pulled' off his coat, looked at the score, looked at the monkey wrench, at the hatchet, and then at the barrel, rolled up his sleeves and fished oat the poor, solitary, worn out red rock-cod. and holding it aloft, said: "Boys, we have had lets of fun to day; let's go home." He wss the only one ia the party who took it good iuredly, the other gentlemen refusing to converse on the sport of red rock cod fishing, and always looked on the trans- tion as a very meaa joke. We have looked through all of Mark Twain's writings on his life in Califor nia, and we have fatted to una acy ao Tount of the fishing expedition that he went upon and had such rare sport. dm Jrameue0 VUronvU. UNCERTAINTIES. Pink linen bonnet, Tlnk cotton gown, Roses printed on it. Hands burnt brown. O, Uith were all the piping birds, aae the goklca b-Hod bees. And Uitbe mix she ea the doorstep, with W apron fall of ptae, Boand of scythe and mowiag. Where buttercups grow tall; Bound of red kiae lowing. And early miOtmakTs caZL Sweet aba sun ca the doorsUp, with Ibe younzpres in her lap. , - And he came whittling op the lane, witt is ribbons in bis cap. "Yon rald me a bad penny That woaldat be sent away But ben "s a good-bye to yoa, Jenayv For many and many a day. There's talk of eaaaoa eai kilkag Kay, never tarn ao whit! And I've takes the Kmg's aUrtag Itookitlastn!ghL Oh, merry, merry pipl the thrushes up la th cherry tree, But dumb ah sat on the doorstep, and out through the gat went be. Bcent of bay and summer; Red evening sky; Noise of the fife and drummer; - Men inarching by. The bay will be oarrrwd presently, aad tb cherries gathered all. And the corn stands yellow ia the shocks. and the leaves begin to faO. Perhaps some evening after. With no more soog of thraab. The lads will cease their laugbUr, And tb maids their chatter aoab; And word of blool aad batU Will mix with th sound of th Call. And lowing of ta eatttle. And clink of th DaQkiag pail; And one will read half fearful A li-t of names aloud; And a few will stagger fearful Out of the little crowd; " And she. o-rhapa, baltdoubtiag, - Half knowing why si earn. Will stand among them pouting. And bear, perhaps, his nam Will weep, perhaps, a little, as sb waadars up the lane, And wish one summer mornlDg were aa to do aain. M jeaU'lo. PITH ANDr01NT. Yes girls, this is lean year, but it is well to look before you leap. Binghmm- ton Jl(VuiiL:aA. Strange ss it may apper. it is usually a cold day for a man when he is "trw. - Bottom Courier. Leap till the lat armed saal expire; Leap far your hnsbanda and for urm; Leap for a rhanc to build th fires. Fair ones throughout th land I - Oil C.XV Btutard. A South Carolina paper tells of farmer in that State who has been at the plow for sixty-eight years. It is time U call the old man to dinner. Alia GM fornia. The young man who would waste time ksing a girl's hand would eat the brown paper bag and leave the hot house grapes for some one elae. Somor ttiU JourniL The new Harlem Police Magistrate "Whst is your nameP Vagrant 'That thows you are a green hand at the best aess. All your predecessors knew mj name. Sew Tori Jlurury. "What Is the most religious portion of the body r asked Maudie the other day. And no one guessing the answer, she told it: "The head, because it ia be tween two temples." Jnti Kutngor. Life ia real, life is earnest, . And th grave ia not iu goal; Dun thou burnt, dust thou burnsat, That was s ofcro of the coal. - Xebraxka StaU Journal As soon ss the German Crown Prince was "given up" by the doctors ne Degas to grow better.. This shows that the doctors can cure a rpan if they only ge about it in the right way. CKioago Time. Mr. .Taliafcro, of Atlanta, Ge., asys that he has solved the preblem ef per petual motion. Ho, ho; the conceit oi some men. As though he was the only man in America with a tea year old boy. BurdetU. An advertisement read: "Wanted, a young man to be partly out of doors and ? artly Lehind the counter," ana a young ady has written to ask: 44 What will be the result when the dooc slams IT 02 City BuztarJ. ."" The Mexieah Fest-eflee. They have a queer way of conducting the post-office in Mexico. In one of her letters Miss vv ard relates that if y&a go into the land of "Dfos of Libertad " and ask in'English for a letter the obliging Postmaster, or one of his deputies, wiU toss out the whole stock addressed to foreign names, whether it be a peck or bushel, and allow you to select for your self, quite indifferent as to whether you confine yourself to your qyrn or other people s mail, -m-CHieagy irtOvxe, The White House Dinlar-Raem. The dining-room is gorgeous' d Briar; state- dinner. It is a great oblong parlor, as large as the ground floor el a bouse thirtv feet wide and forty leet deep, and its ceiling is so high that it would reach to the base of the win do we of the second story of a city boose. It lies at the left of the great promenade corridor, and its windows look eat oa the Potomac and the monument. It ad joins the Bed Parlor on the east, and U has windows on the opposite side of the room which look into the grand eonser vstory of the White House. This is now filled with blooming Covers and tropical plants, and the glass which roofs tt would carpet a meadow aa acre in area. I at night the room was gorgeously decorated with flowers, though its furni ture, bj the way, is rather meaa aa4 cheap. A Brussels carpet with the figures of a camel's-hair shawl covers the floor. Dark cream paper hangs upon the wall and a light-yellow fresco hides the plas ter of the ceiling. At the two ends of the room great gold-framed mirrors re flect the crowd at the table, and these stand over marble mantels upheld try pillars in the form of a woman's boat, fastened to a post-like base. The carving is fairly well done, snd the kind-hearted sculptor has put a pillow oa each woman's head, in order that the marble mantel may not rest tWheavily upon ft. These mantels were covered last sight with pink azaleas, with a 'broken liaeef white cameilias running through them, and the immense chandeliers, with their hundreds of pendants of prismatic glass glittering like diamonds under the gas light, had sprays of smilax hanging upon them. Jft Tork WrUL Hay Here Profitable thai Heis. It Is stated that artifieal meadwsra Xaglaad rent at $20 per acre, aad rarely less than $10. This clws of land rents for more than the cultivated binds. Ia Holland, where the population is very dense, the highest priced lands are those in grass. In this country notably the dairy districts of New York and the blue gran region of Keotuckys-thoee lands well set in chosen grasses are the highest priced and the most profitable, LUt Stuck Journal.