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VOL. XIX. PITTSHOIU), CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, TIH'US! , V. AUGUST 2, 18117
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THE SILENT MARCH.
Whon
the mnreli br-clns In t'i morning
the heart iiml the foot nre light,
the lilies nre nil n-lllfer
the world is guv nurt hrixht,
the huuls leud'tlin column
An-t
TVliea
An.l
When
ti .1
the ilruins nre proud in the vnn.
e clruins nre proud In the van.
It's sli
miller tn should..!- fnru-uril ni.ir.'li'
All
Id him lag who cnnl
Fur It's eiisy o tnnreh to music
Willi yniir comrades nil in line,
All I Veil d'Ul't J.'ef tirnd. yoit feel lniiitl
AuJ lifo u a diaiit'ht divine.
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The Lead Pencil.
: O 3 O 6
F mv wife, Las a
failure it is lack
n f reverence.
She doesn't rec
ognize those
property rights
eh should
to t h o
V W " II U ) x-
personal belong
ings of a liusliniid. I lot the ex
pression ut u meeting of the Spartan
Reform Club, mid it struck, me lis be
iug good. If I reiuemlier right it
was ultered liyu fellow with u chronic
distaste fur work, whoso wife sup
ported him liy dressmaking. I didn't
tell Millie where 1 got the expression
when I quoted it to her, but she im
mediately said:
" That sounds like Jell' Sinks."
Then she laughed. My wife has n
Very musical laugh.
I think 1 was mildly reprimanding
her at the time for mislayiut; the gim
let. I'm the most particular fellow
you ever snw uhout keeping every
thing in its place. When I want a
tool "f any kind J want to know just
where to lay my hands on it. It's a
kind of religion with me, and it hurts
me terribly to Iiml things in eonfu
nioii. That's where my wife's lack of
reverence c inics in. She has no re
aped for my eleventh eoiuiuandment
order is heaven's first Inn.
Jt isn't ah. ne gimlets, it is hammers
and screw-drivers, and knives, and
Lord knows what all. Why, she hits
even tampered with my razors!
I offered to buy her a razor of her
ow utlie last time she meddled with
mine, but she said she guessed we
didn't really need but one in the
house. What can you do with such n
woman?
Well, now as you understand my
w ile's failing - I'll admit it's her great
est one - I'll go mi with my story
with which it is connected.
One day last July, Jim Outhwiek
came into the station just as 1 was
closing up logo to supper. Jim is
the paymaster at the Vulcuu Mills,
mid a right good fellow.
"Hello. Joe," he says; "all alone?"
"Yes," I said; "what's up?"
lie Hung a canvas grip on the table
mid said:
" I must go down the road to-night
to Ashville. There's talk of a strike
timoug the miners, and I've got to bp
on hand lirst tiling in the morning.
I'm to nll'er to pay off the disaffected
ones and make a big show of my
money. Thai 's a bluff that generally
goes. The boys'll make up their minds
the company can't be scared, and
they'll get into line again. There's
twenty-six thousand dollars in that
bag. .b,e."
I looked at the bag on the table aud
looked back at Jim.
"What do you bring it here for?" 1
eays.
"That's easily explained," ho an
swered. "I got word b start for Ashville
just half it'i hour ago. The money
was made up in a hurry and I didn:t
have time to go home. I couldn't very
well stay at the mill, and f wouldn't
go to the tavern. So I just thought
I'd come down here aud get you to
slay with me until the night freight
comics along. She's due at nine-thirty,
isn't she?"
"Nine thirty-live," T answered.
"Jiut I'm just oil' for supper. "
"Oh. that's all right," he said. "I
feel safe enough lice. I'm armed to
the teeth, you know, and there wouldn't
beany danger until after dark. Hut
you'll come hack "and koep me com
pany, won't you?"
"I will if 'Minnie lets ine off," I
Raid. "I in hooked for cribbage with
her after supper."
"You tell Minnie I'll bring her the
prettiest cribbage board in Ashville if
she'll lend you for a couple of hours,"
lmighed Jim.
There was a stout old safe in the
corner of the office that had nothing in
it but blank way bills and reports. I
unlocked it auu tossed the canvas bag
inside.
"There," I said, as I thrust my
bunch of keys in my sack coat pocket,
"that makes it a little safer."
I thought Jim looked a bit dubious
over this precaution, but he laughed
and said: "All right, my boy. I'll
make myself comfortable until you
come back."
Minnie didn't want me to go out one
liit, but I told her Jim counted on me.
I didn't say a word about the money,
however: I know it would worry her,
mid, to tell the truth, it worried me a
little. I was sorry Jim ( brought it
there, and I didn't like his talk about
pre. notions.
Well, after supper T went out to see
if th.' dog ws all rigid --I've got the
JJUiest i! astill'ia tilt-Sttit? a.i.i I
When the march drags on (it evening
And the color-belt rer's gotip,
When tlie merry strains are silent
Thilt piped so I. rave In the flnwn.
When you miss the dear old fcliinv
Who started nut wit h von
Wlu-n II 'a al,.M,M, ..,,.'1 ,i,.l .,. 1
march! " ' '
Though the ragged lines are few.
Then it'n hard to march In silence.
Ami the road has lonesome i;nv.vu,
And life is 11 hitter eiip to drink,
lint the soldier must not inouu.
And this Is tfittisk hefore us,
A tusk we may never shirk.
In the guy time and the sorrowful tlmn
We mast mnri'H and do our work.
We must ninreh when the niusie cheers ujii
March when the strains are dumh,
IMueky and vnlluiit. forward, mnrehl
And smile, whatever may come.
1'or, whether life's hard or easy,
The strong man keeps the pace.
For thedesolati march and the silent
The strung soul lludstlio grace.
Margaret K. fciiiugster, In Chicago Interior.
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0 6 0 0 S Q:0,
came back Minnie called to mo from
the sitting-room,
"Just a minute, Joe; I'm writing a
note for flattie."
Hattie is the wife of the telegraph
operator, and I knew that Minnie
wanted me to leave it at the station,
where he could get it in tho morning.
It was quite a number of minutes,
however, before she came out with the
note, and my vest and coat. It was so
warm I had left them oil' befuro sup
per. "Hadn't you bettor let tho doff go
with you, joe?" she asked, us the
helped mo with my coat.
"No, no," I said, laughing, "he'll
stay homo and take care of you. I'll
put the lamp in the window, though,
so you'll know I'm all right," That
was a great joko of ours, but Minnie
didn't laugh as she usually did.
"Mind," she said, "I'll watch for it,
and if it isn't there, I'll conio down
after yo:i."
I'm station master at, Y . Our
road is what's culled the old line, and
travel on it is light, mostly freight.
At night the station is deserted, there
being no business for either telegraph
operator or ticket agent. This leaves
tho station practically deserted utter
sundown. It is only a few rods from
our home, however, and I feel thiit.it's
under my eye nil the time, rthougut
of this ns 1 walked back to the station
and I didn't half like the idea of nil
that money being about.
I found Jim w it h his heels on the
desk, puftiug away at a good cigar.
"Not an alarm," he. said, in his
joking way. "Not even u mouse."
We chatted away for ai! hour or
more, when Jim suddenly put down
his feet ami yawnel heavily.
"Joe," he said, "if you don't mind
I'll go out aud take a little stroll."
"do ahead." f said, "but. mind
you're not gone long."
After he had stepped out f win sor
ry I let him go. The thought of be
iug alone with all that money was dis
quieting. I followed him to the ,i. Mi
ami looked out. It was a, bright
night and 1 saw Jim slip around the
comer. 1 knew lie was after n dri ll;.
That was Jim's failing. That and
gambling.
I went back anil sat down. The
more I thought iibou! thai money the
more I didn't like the idea. W'ml
business had Jim logo away mid bjavo
all the responsibility with m,. of
course, he didn't leave it all w il!i inc.,
but he left altogether too big u share.
A sat there grumbling a low tap ni
the window overlooking the platl'ovni
attracted my attention. I looked up.
The side of the building was in the
shadow, but I could soo a. man's face
against tho pane.
"Joe," said somebody imtside. T
supposed it might ho one of the sec
tion hands and stepped across the
room.
"What is it?" I called.
"Open tho window, Joe," said the
voice.
I pushed it up it little.
"Is that yon, Jerry?" I called.
There was no response. I put, my
head through tho opening and looked
up and down the line. Nobody was
iu sight. Jut then I heard a slight
noise behind me. I drew in my head.
Something seemed to crash into my
brain. A flash of blinding light, blind
ed me. Then all was dark.
When I came tot was tied in mv
chair, my head was sore and wet, and
two men with strips of black cloth
across their faces we're looking down
at mo.
"IIo's all right," said tho shorter
man. The tall man nodded.
"(Set the keys, " he said in, a queer,
honrse voice.
The shorter niftn felt iu my pockets.
"Not here!" he cried.
"They must, be," Huid tho tall man,
in his honrse voice.
"I tell you thev ara not. Bring the
lamp."
The tall man took tho lamp from the
window ledge and came closer to me.
I !ut their search was in vain. Tho
tall man placed the lamp on the fable,
while the other man put a uevolver to
my ear.
"Come!" ho said, "where are thoso
keys?"
My head wns beginning to clear a
little. I saw it nil. My wife had
taken tho keys from my pocket be
cause it was her way, and because she
thought I had no further use for them
until morning.
"He must have left tho keys at
home," said the tall man hurriedly.
"Here, give him a sheet of paper and
let him write a note to his wife, ask
i'lg for them. The short mau looked
up sharply.
"I'll ' i ': "ii " said the tall man.
T'h' j i i .' t ibia uj to me and
spread ont a scrap of paper. The
short man loosened the rope and let
my right hand free. I reached to my
vest pocket half blindly aud drew out
my pencil. Still iu n daze, I tried to
put my wifo's name on tho sheet. Tho
pencil refused to make a mark. I
looked at it. It, was dull and horribly
haggled about the point. T prido my
self on tho fine point I put to my
pencils. Again I comprehended that
my wife lind borrowed that very pen
cil to write the note to the operator's
wife. I tried to scribble with the
bluuled thing.
"Our3e you, hurry!" growled the
short ruffian.
I showed the pencil point. With an
pNclanmtiou of anger the short man
drew out a heavy-handled knife and
sw ittly Bharpeneu the pencil, as ue
passed it back my wandering vision
was caught by the lamp ou the table.
Heavens! it wns no longer in tho
window! As this thought struck me
I looked towards the ledge and saw
there a white, scared faeo pressed
against, the pane. It wns my wife.
"Write!" growled tho short ruffian.
My only thought was to gain time.
I knew my wife was there. I knew
sho would bring help.
I took the pencil in my nerveless
fingers. As I did so a low growl
caught my car. It caught the ears of
tho villains, too. 'The short man
dropped his kuifo on tho table and
turned towards tho door with his re
volver extended. The tall man drew
himself up against the wall.
"It's the dog," he hoarsely whisp.
ered. "Shoot to kill, Jock."
I saw the door tremble a little, I
saw the short villian's nrm raised and
my fingers' closed on the haudle of
the kuifo he had just dropped. Then
as the door slowly opened I drewbaok
my arm aud thrust wildly at the man
in front of me. Something yellow
Hew through the doorway, there was a
wild sereani, a heavy fall and 1 lapsed
into unconsciousness ngnin.
When I came around I wns in bed
at. homo, with Minnie bending over
me.
"It's all right, Joe," sho murmured,
"they've got them both locked np safe
and sound, and the money is all rightj
and Ihe mill directors have given you
one thousand dollars of it."
"Aud Jim?" I asked.
"Jim?" she cried. ""Why .Tim wns
the tall man. It was nil his plot to
steal the money and throw tho blamo
on yon. And if I hadn't (taken
Your keys don't scold they'd have
had tiie money, and if it hadn't been
for the lead pencil I dulled the man
yon stabbed told tho whole story T
wouldn't have got there in .time with
lleclnr. The dog almost Killed Jim
before I could call him away, but I
ain't so sorry, because the littlo mnn
s.iys they would have killed you if you
had by any chaueo suspected Jim's
identity."
I. reached out and took Minnie's
hand.
j "That thousand dollars belongs to
you, near, l simi oroKcniy.
"Well," she answered, "if you take
it, Joe, you may rest assured I'll bor
row it sooner or later."
Then she put her cheek against my
hand :ind laughed.
Tlo n she cried. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Wanted n Safety.
At" ler a middle aged citizen of Second
avenue had sutlieiently recovered to
walk with a cane ho covered tho re
maining cuts and bruises on his face
w ilh court piaster uiul went down to
see the iiinii who sold him the bicycle.
He was determined to keep cool and
had bis neighbor along ns a witness,
emit inning him to note carefully every
thing that was said.
"You sold me bicycle No. about
two mouths ago," began the convales
cent cripple w hen face to face with tho
denier. "Kindly refer to your books
and see whether I am correct."
"I remember tho transaction per
fectly, sir."
"Then you recall telling me that it
w a s a safety bicycle, aud ns good a
safety ns there was iu the market?"
"I presume I told you that. It is
so, at all events.
"Would you mind giving mo a little
writing to show that you sold me safety
bicycle so aud soon such a dale?"
"Nor nl all; I'll do so with pleasure."
When they were outside the citizen
was so elated that he forgot, to lean on
his slick and fairly gloated as he talked
to his neighbor: "Now I've got him.
(lot hint right here in his owu hand
writing. Ho sold me that wheel for a
safety and he acknow ledges it. Look
at me, and I only rode that wheel
about, sixty feet. Accepting his re
peated assurance of safety I struck out.
boldly, ran into a tire plug at the rate
of it mile a minute, almost scalped my
self, knocked my face to pieces, in
jured my back turning somersets,
tw isted an ankle, bruised my heels hit
ting the stone sidewalk, and knocked
a dear old friend of mine insensible.
Safety indeed! I'll hnve liim sued for
.'Ji ,l)l)l I damages inside of an hour."
Detroit Free Press.
Tho Lund of l'liradoxei.
"The Land of Pnrndoxes" is the
name often given to Australia by
writers and travelers. Tho name
probably arose originally from the fact
that at Chrislmastido tho Australians
mo iu the middle of the summer heat,
and when it is hottest here and in Ku
ropo it is coldest in Kangaroo Land.
Hut there are other reasons. We are
told Hint in Australia that flowers have
no perfume and the birds no song;
swans are b -k and crows white;
ducks nre clothed with hair and por
cupines have beaks; bees are stingless;
trees give no shade and cherries grow
with their stones outside; t hat llies
catch spiders mid the blue gum tree
produces lo blue gum; that the moon
is iipsidii down, and a whole host of I
other things equally curious which wo !
may believe or not as the humor moves !
A rinmt Kf-Hulutlon.
"T!ds school year 1 mean lo do botterl
l'o hind iny-ell d"WU Willi a fettwr,
I II w rite out a plan
As stroiii,' as I t'nu,
Her-ause 1 am such a forgetter.
"Keselveil Imt. I'm sleepy this minute,
I'liuiu'n -o inii 'li when once you he-iu it!
li- ..lwd. with my might,
I I try in do ritrlitV
flint's enough' fur the whole thiiur is ill It."
oiith .s Temperance liiuuier.
' lie llppentfl.
A story comes from New Haven
about a black spaniel t lint abstracted
i feather duster from his owner's
house ami w hile playing with it tore
out nil the feathers. The dog, after
being shown the featherless handle,
was given u whipping. He then dis
appeared and about a year afterwHi'd
walked bravely into the house with a
bran new duster iu his mouth. He
walked up to his mistress and meekly
deposited the new brush at her feet.
Hy the mio k ou it she snw that the
dog had stolen it from a neighboring
store. Our Dumb Animals.
Siiillii!; fuller the Sea.
When Jules Verne wrote his story
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sen," iu which he describes how u
certain Cuplain Nemo navigated asuh
luurinc ship under the surface of the
ocean, few people dreamed that Jules
Verne's imaginary marine wonder
would ever become a reality. lint
it siib-inai ino boat already has
been built. It was 1 it 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1
on May 17, nt liliubethport, N. .1.,
and it bears Ihe name "Hol
land'' after its inventor. It is 55 feet
long and II feet in diameter, and it
can sail ns well under water as on the
surface. Ju case of wur it could be
loaded with torpedoes and run out
under water until it was beneath the
enemy's biggest warship, when tlie
torpedoes could be placed aud the
great boat blow n to atoms.
Just -4hink of skimming along the
bottoiA of the sen in such a boat ami
-ttiiuk what a fight there would be if
two such . boats belonging to hostile
navies should meet under water. We
should feel proud, too, t lint the owner
of this ship is an American. Chicugo
Record.
rindfrelliiHiid ttm Trlncf.
Tt was raining very hard, nnd
Charlie Mason and his little sister
Cora were obliged to remain in the
house. Their mother wits not feeling
well, nnd had retired to her own room
upstairs to have a short imp. Charlie
and Cora had been reading the story
of "Cinderella and the (ilassSlipper,"
and they thought they would play it.
Charlie made a soldier's hnt out of an
old newspaper, nnd plucked a feather
from tho parlor duster to make a
plume. Cora found a dress of her
mother's in the hall closet, and pu' it
on, pinning the front up and leaving
the skirt trailing behind her. She
found a fan in the dining room, mid
then hurried into the parlor to meet
the prince, who bowed very low, with
his hut in his hand. Hy-and-by the
clock struck four, nnd Cora, gather
ing up her train, ran out of the room,
throwing oil' one of her slippers.
Charlie, stooping, picked it up and
followed Cora through the hull. As
she was going down the basement
stairs, ho threw the slipper nt'ter her.
Just then the cook came out of the
kitchen, and tho slipper struck her ou
the bend. She wns very angry, and
threatened to tell their mother, but
Charlie humbly begged her pardon,
and when the cook found that it was
an accident, she not only pardoned
them, but gave them each n glass of
milk and a huge slice of angel cake.
Just then the sky cleared and Charlie
nnd Cora run out to look at tho beau
tiful rainbow iu the sky.
I.itlfl Animal RtthnZmi.
Just tlieuppnsite of the prairie dogs,
and by all odds the l.i.iest .of all the
nuiiiials, is the hippopotamus. The
hippopotamus has only recently come to
Chicago, nnd one would think that he
won hi wish to make a record for him
self in his new home, but he seems to
have no conscience at. nil. When the
visitors appear at his homo iu tin
animal building, all they see most of
the day is a black island about tin
color nnd appearance of a boot-top.
It is three feet, perhaps, by
two feet broad, and it lies
so still that the surface of the water
is hardly disturbed. However, if you
watch long enough, you will see the
great head rise np nnd remain a mo
ment above, the water. During this
time the eyes, which are set at the
very top of the head, looking straight
up, blink sleepily. Then, having
taken it good breath of air, tho head
will gn down again. Occasionally,
when the hippopotamus gets hungrv,
it will i io out and get a meal id'
fresh g4.ass. Then it reveals if im
mense sie nearly eight feet long
and as big around as a hogshead.
The hippopotamus is getting to be
a rare animal. even iu its native Africa,
iiinl it is fortunate that the i o has n
specimen. ll is among t huge-d
annuals that live. The male has I n
known to reach a length of seventeen
feet. l ot fourteen feet is a fujr average
din, en-inn, Hie females being a great
deal smaller. The height of the mule
is from live to six feet. The great
mouth, armed wilh tusks sometimes
over a foot long, opens to a w idth of
two feel. The ears, eyes and nostrils
are situated on one plane, so that the
six protuberances may be kept above
water while tho rest of the body and
head is below.
Tho rapidity of its grow th is very
remarkable. One very young speci
men wns captured in Afi ieu, on the
bank of the Nile, iu Isl'.l, nnd was
brought siiccer-sl'iilly to Loudon.
When about leu months old it had
attained a length of seven feet, with a
girth of six and one-half feet. Clumsy
as tiny seem, it is said thai tluycaii
move wi'li i e:n:u kable rapidity on
land.- -Chicago Hecoid,
I'll.. ;lll,l lli-r Siillirrels.
Ci.de ! Ill ir traveled n great deal
and w hen lie came home he was n
I-!
ways teased for new stories which
he was sure to have. He hud
been in Iowa, and while there had
seen the cat and squirrels of which ho
now told the children.
"There was a nice old mamma cut
that lived at the same farmhouse
where I slopped one day. She was
striped yellow and white, nnd was a
great pel with the whole family.
"She had a nice little family of
kittens but one day they wete all taken
away from her.
"I 'nor Kilty! she was so sad and
lonely! die wandered about the house
all day long, and called and cried, but
could not find her babies. Toward
evening she was seen going out into
the w Is.they thought for something
to eat us she had refused food all dev.
"Soon lifter they heard a scratch
and 'mew' at the door. It was opened
mid there stood luamimi kitty with a
liltle gray squirrel in her tumuli.
" 1'lie mi I ' ess scolded her and
made her ehe it up, but kitty only
purred. She went toller nest ami
called as if it were oi:e of her own
ludiies. They put the little squirrel
low n be i.le her, and she licked it and
cuddled It dnw n just us she had bel
ow n lost kilteiis. She gave it some
dinner and it was soon fast asleep.
Then kitty cued to go out of doors
again. As she went towards the
woods they followed her. Then she
ran nimbly up a tree and went into a
hole. In a lew niiuut -s she came out
and in her inoulli was another baby
.squirrel, which she earned to her nest
ill t he hoi.se just ns earefiill v as if it
had been her own little kittens.
"She snuggled il down, and it was
soon fast n leep with it s little m.ite.
"They were then little fellows and
could scarcely walk: that was weeks
ago, and now thev are m arly full
grown, and as brisk and playful us if
they were w ith tlnir own mother in
the woods. They don't seem to think
their eat mother is one bit strange.
"They are obedient, and come when
she ea!l . purr-purr' to them. Jack is
the largest md soniel iines has to bn
boxed to make him mind; but loaiii'iiii
cat is very gentle about it. and 1 do
not think she hurts him much,
(ivi.syis very gentle and tame, and
will let the children take her in their
hands. She has beautiful large black
eyes.
"Hob, the little boy at whose house
I hey are, thinks thev are very nice in
deed, lie has on le them n littlo
lion- e out of a stareh box. and tivd n
wire wheel on one end lor iheui to
play in. The first time kitty saw tiietri
in the wheel she was very much
frightened. She tried to s..j. it with
her paws and seemed pleased when
thev came out. When she found they
were not harmed she soon got used to
it. and would wadi them and seemed
loenjoy their play." Huston l.nltquet.
Oih f.rol tier SlerK for r.elll.
Physicians are puzzled over the
strange illness of Abe and Adlien
Mover, two sons of a Ixeva Tuba
county, Nebraska, fanner. It is
thought thai both lads live su tiering
from some form of nervous cninplaint.
It manifests itself, however, very
dilVelelit I v in their respective cases.
Abe is P.I years old. I'or four
mouths he has been unable to sleep
in, Mi' than four hours in a night. His
health has suifered liltle, but he is
very irritable, and. in I he opinion of
the dnctni's. lie en ii not long stand the
strain without losing his miml There
was no premonition of his attack, ex
cept ext reine tierv oUsiiess and a ten
dency to insomnia.
Adrien is only I I vents old. For it
long time he required more sleep than
does t he n el age 1 1 of his age. mid
a few months nun he began spending
sixteen or eight, t il hours out of the
twenty-four in bed. Now heieinallis
there altogether. For the Inst three
months lie has tod opened bis eyes
mote than a half doen times, t u
these occasions he evidently only
partially awoke, spoke iu a drowsy
tone, mid w ithiti fifteen minuses lapsed
again into unconsciousness. His food
is forced into his mouth in n liquid
form, and u very little seems su fticiciit
to satisfy him. Chicago lieconl.
Ol.lesl Ship Xv in I
Theolde-t ship in the world en
gaged iu active service 1- the bark
True Love, now u-t I as a . ..(! hulk !
on the 'I'ha ins. near l.ou loii. She
was built a: I 'h iladelph in in I Till i.udl
is :;:; years Wln-n launched ihe j
True l.ov e w. is the larcest 1. .at the I
Delaware river had ever tlnated. being '
if, feet S inches I :. She sail.daway '
ironi I hii.idd'ilii-i a.i I did in t return !
for Id'.) veil-, wi.ih sin- a iai,i lea. lie. I
her bii 1 1; lace i 'oio ( ' i ci tihnnl v it Ii a'
i;rgo oi kitolite. Soon alter this she 1
rcaclie t I mi. to i .i.mI was so, t,
man w h.. ie.i c a c"d barge of In r.
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Miistiinl fur .Meat SiiimI Ifltm.
Ordinary table mustard is too biting
for n iu meat sandwiches. The fol
lowing is Mrs. Lit In's recipe: Work
to a cream otic tablcspooiiful eie h of
butter and sugar, add t wo tablespoon -fuls
of mustard mixed with one table
spoonful of salt. Heat an egg very
light and whip it into the cieamed
mixture, adding one-half cup of vine
gar heated to a boiling point. The
vinegar should thicken the mixture,
but if not, set the bow l over boiling
water for a few minutes, stirring con
stantly until thick.
Mttle TliliiKH to (.reitae the Wheels.
It sometimes requires a very tri
fling I Xpemlituro of care tilid fore
thought to provide the lul ricntiug oil
thai greases the wheels of the domes
tic chariot. If a window rnltles nii
iioyingly with every passing gust of
xv ind, provide a thin wedge i f wood,
or u folded piece of ieonu paper,
cither of which inserted belweeli the
sush and fiiiine would slop the irri
tating sounds; to prevent doors open
ing too idcly nnd hanging, into the
walls, nail it cork covered with cre
tonne at some little distance from the
wall; or a small bag of shot covered
neatly would serve t he su purpose
of ft bull'er. If a door creaks, oil the
hinges; to prevent tin- sm ll of cab
bage cooking from so powerfully per
vading the Iioiim-. I. oil a erilsl of
bread, tied in u muslin bag, with the
vegetable, and when h is finished
throw the bread ri'.iit a v. a;-, or burn it
instantly. Never I brow vegetable
xvater dow u a sink, if a bad smell is
not desired.
To Wu-li l ine I. an lis.
The very be-t way to wadi line
law us or organdie - is I., mal.e a big
pailful of lloiir siaicli in the iisiml way.
Perhaps a recipe will be welcome.
Have boiling ut ! .is Iv.o callous of
water. Take a half pint of sifted
Hour and stir tu a pint of cool waler, I
with IV big t.iblespoi.iil'ill of table salt.
Mix till it is sm. m, ih Mir it into the
boiliue wat ei a el I . !, for live min
utes, l! si el l e about a thick as
good croaui, aid if it i n't stir up
more llou r. M..n i il t w :. e. i it- it
must be as mii.ii-i ii . tiiii. four into
a lub, and w hen at I .. , I Ilea' put
your lawn 1:1 and son e il a-oiind for
three minutes. -. i .o ,.. i ie; il in voiir
h i ids, and i i, lining the worst soiled
spot s .;..ii Iv . I ne'. p,,iir in ii quart
or t wo of v. .irm w aler, put i i, t he vv ash
horn .1, and rub ! he .Ires- gently. ( Ine
starch water on ;ht to dean the dress,
but if a second is no c- .ary. make it j
the sm,. e way. I'oh'i us,, a bit of
soap. I s,. warm rinse is. iter, main- !
in -t a Imle slid; wilh starch, mane as
for washing. Dry in die shade, but
on n warm day, with the material
wrong si ,. out. Il ironed well the
gown will be nearly as pi city us when
Hew.
III. --ill-. I.. I s ,i ,,t.
'fo make French di c-sjiig, put n
half tea-poohfiil of salt and a quarter
lea- poo u fu I of white p. pper iui-i it
bow I:, eld gradually six table spoonfuls
of olive oil. Cub III. I ll the sail is dis
solved, m: I then add tablespooii-
fill of v illegal- or leinoii juice. Hi nt
well for a moment and it is ready lo
use. It is much better if Used lit
once. Cream dressing is ma le by
heating a gill of goo.l cream. Moisten
a tabSespo.uil'ii! of corn: lurch with n
h'tle c..,l mill,: add i: to the hot
ei-cain, ik a moment, then stir in
the w ell-lieateii y.tlu.s of two eggs.
Take from the ,iie; add n half tea
spiioiii'iil of sail, a dash of pepper
and a tables! uiul of vinegar or lem
on juice.
Put the unco.. I,. .1 yolks of two eggs
into a .-lean. ,!, I s m p., Hi, then add
a quarier te c po,. nf.il of salt and a
dash ol .-aviiine peppe'-; work these
w e!l I. .gel her. and t hen add, drop liy
drop, half a pint or more of olive oil.
You iinis! stir rapidly and steadily
while a, I. hug the oil Alter adding
one gill of oil, alternate occasionally
with a few drops n lemon juice or
vinegar I he un-re oil yon use the
thicker the diessmg. If too thick add
a hail' teasponhlul or more of vinegar
until the proper consistency More
or le -s ml may be added according to
the plant ily of .Ires lug desired. .
Mi s. S. T, Ilolel . Ill .a lies' Homo
Journal.
lie. i. .
Fore Leg of I.. nub Have the bones
removed save and boil for broth .iuid
part of the lat taken ..If. Make it
plain stillting and till the paces, shap
ing, into an ova: leal. Steam two
hours, then season with salt and pep
per. Diedge tloiir over and bake,
busting otteu.
Su miller Sou p Stew I w o on nces of
w ell-vv ashed s.,...,. e.nti! sott in one
pint of water, evaporating the water
low ti to me half. Heat two eggs with
olio-half pint of cieaui mid add to the
sago, -tilling, well. La tlv, stir in
one quail "f boiling, veil In. .tli. Sea
son with one teaspoonful of salt.
Serve w ith croutons.
Chorry Urea, I - Stew one pint of
pitted cherries Willi one cup of sugar
mid a half cup of water. Hutter live
slices of stale bread with crusts cut
oil'. I'ul a layer of the buttered bread
in bottom of serving dish and pour
over II portion of hoi stewed fruit.
Kepeat until dish is full Set in ice
box to get cohi, and serve with cream
and sugar.
Roiled Veal Cutlets .. Have the
butcher cut the cutlets three-quarters
of mi inch thick. Season a cup of
bread crumbs with a l.-iblcspoonfiil of
salt, sall-t ilul ol pepper ami two i
tablespooiifuls of minced savory herbs
j.iny preferred kiiidsi; d ip the cut let s
into beaten egg; then ill the prepared
crumbs; fold each in a piece of but
tered white letter paper, twidinn; (,o
ends, and broil over a clear lire twentv
minutes. When done remove the pa
per iud serve.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. 7
The gossnmer iron mudent Swansea,
Wales, is so thin that Ism) plates ai o
needed to make an inch in thickness.
It is said that an establishment for
tho manufacture of calcium carbide
will be established nt the new hydraulic
power plant at Rhinefeldeii, Switzer
land. A fulgurite has been found in Homo
X. V., which extends to a vert ieu:
height of forty-live feet. A fulgiunte
is it vitrified tube caused by lightning
Striking sand. ;
When the electric, railway in South
Loudon xvas constructed the delicate
compasses in Greenwich .Observ atory,
eight miles off. were affected mid had
to be readjusted.
At Ihe last congress of Oermmi vine
yardists Professor Wort maim reported
'that he had fouud living bacteria hi
wine which had been bottled twenty
live to thirty years. '
A good ripe, raw apple is one of the
easiest of vegetable substances for the
stomach to deal with, the whole pro
cess of its digestion being completed
in eighty-five minutes.
An arctic e.xpedit ion led by Mr. Jl
J. Pearson and two other Jiuglish
gentlemen has slurted for the Ruretits
sea. It will explore Nova Zemhlu and
the island of Wmgats, as well as the
great tendrn of the Samoyeds from the
Ural mountains to the Petchont river.
Iu connection with the recent earth
quake iu India, it is interesting to
note that, the seismograph at (ireiio
ble, i'runce.regislered an earth tremor
at 11. .8 a. in., which allowing for the
difference of time, was practically
synchronous with the disuster at Cal
cutta, A writer iu the Medical Review main
tains that coll'ee is lesponsible for the
large number of blind men one sees in
the streets of Moroccan cities. The
Moorish merchants drink coll'ee nil
day long, and it bus been noticed that
many of them lose their eyesight bo
tween 15 and 5(1.
The ollicial Keichsanzeiger (Berlin)
states the royal scientific commission
for medical itll'aiis has, after invosliga
tion, arrived at the following decision :
"There is at present, no proof, either
geiierid or particular, that vaccinal ion
against smallpox produces it disposi
tion lo tubercular disease."
Dr. Artanld of Vevny, nt a recent
meeting of the Soeiete de Hiologie,
reported twonuthenticated cases of in
toxication from emanations of the
oleander plant when not in bloom, He
also continued his diagnosis by sleeping-in
a room with the plant-, the
result being vertigo, vomiting. In n I
ache, staggering and other symptoms
of intoxication. The leaf and root
bark of this plunt are said to play a
prominent part in the preparation of
"voudoii" medicine.
Natural raper IMiikem.
So fit'" as it is known to me, the Ve
spidm are ul I social species, the indi
viduals consisting of nudes, females,
nnd neuters. They are also known as
the "paper-making'' wasps, having
the habit of constructing paper nests
of various sizes and forms in which
their young are reared. Our common
brown wasps i I'olistes) are too well
kiniw ii to require any detailed descrip
tion, l'o those living anywhere in
the Atlantic states their paper msts
are very familiar, being formed of a
circular disk of a single tier of cells,
being suspended at the solid back by
a median pedicle attached to the point
chosen by the community to build
I'sunlly these cells face downward, but
occasionally the plane of the nesf is
vertical or nearly so, causing the long
axes of th lis to lie horizontally. r
maiv hi less obliquely. This giay ish.
papery slut! used hy the paper making
wasps js a composition of their own
manufacture. In the case of tl mi
lium wasp it is made by the female. she
using the fibers of old wood for the
purpose. These she gnaws and kneads
until they come to be of a consist.uico
of papier iniiche pulp the mixture
being assisted by the secretion of the
salivary glands of the insect. Apple
ton' I'opuhir Science Monthly.
A l.ionl of Han Mali-rial.
British Columbia is not an iigricul
tural country, and, with the exception
of a small quantity of oats and glass,
the homo supply of agricultural pro
ducts is very limited. For their food
supply, consumers depend chielly upon
importations, and look principally to
the United States to furnish them, in
fact, the great bulk of importation
from the United States tothls province
consists of food products. Nor is this
it manufacturing district. The supply
of nearly all manufactured goods is
furnished by importations, chielly
from eastern Canadaaml ( it eat I'.riluiii
The chief resources of the province,
as is well known, are its mines, fish
eries ami timber, mid in these it may
be confidently stated that il is un
surpassed. Thetotul value of imports
to t he province, according to the last
trade report for the fiscal year,
nmounted to .l,:t:tr.,u-J'. Of 'this
anion nt :!.'t7, 5 IJ were from the
United States. The importations
from the United States consistd
chiefly of food supplies and la w pro
ducts of the farm. Atlanta Constitu
tion. N lit lil i p X hIiik of SitKiir.
Alpine guides are reported ns eating
sugar nfter one of their excursions, w
they consider it a great source . ''inii.
culitr force. Experiments have reemi!
ly been made in Germany to demon
fdrote Ihe value of sugar to those w ho
peifomi hard labor. The I'ru'isiau
ministry of war are sat islie.l t hat mus
culur work done when luilural suar
(caue or beet sugar) was used, wassu
perior to when saccharin formed it
part of the diet. Tho blood is poor iu
sugar after muscular exertion, but it
small quantity eaten gives back the
lost energy.