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Chemicals,
Paints, Dyes
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T.cpectjally invited to call
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SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO PRESCRIP
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The Cele
itial Army.
I stood by an oped basement.
.1 looked upon th
M night.
And saw tlie eastiard-golng stars
Pass sloJy ut
r sight.
1
Slowly the bVlght
brocesslon
Went down the
fele&palng arch,
And nay soul discarded the munt
Of their long tri
tmphal march.
Downward, forever downward.
' Behind earth's dusky shore,
They paused into me night,
i Thosas Buchanon Rekb.
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Romance oi, a
Pbcket-Book.
I was just tweri
ty-five when I first
met Alice Thocjy
the daughter and
heiress of Geofgd Thorne, the great
banker. j . I
I fell desperately in love with the
charming girl, k no whig welll that bucIi
love was utter maflness.
Her father was reported to he a very
proud, ambitious uliau.jwho would look
high for a son-injlaw, I felt that h
would npt iso mucli asj give a hearing
to my suit ; and ks ' to winning her
without his consent, what would that
brinar to her but nlisery. - I had noth
ing with which to repay or compen
sate her for the satrince of a marriage
with my ioverty. I
So we bade good -by without a word
of .explanation, t lough I knew she
read the angulsl in my heart, and
tears were in the s ft eyes averted from
me. I kissed the rembling hand she
placed in mine, ar d turned away and
bade farewell to In r and hope together.
Scarcely had I g t?t back to town, and
wsis striivng earn estly to drown vain
regret in the bustl ; and interest of bus
iness when a ten ible ' misfortune-fell
upon me. j Mr. Overton had given me
a check for $20,00)', desiring me to go
tto the bank and get it cashed. Hav
ing executed the commission and-returned,
imagine n iy horror on discov
ering that the poc iej-book containing
the money was go ae,
Whether stolen liy villians or lost by
my own carelessi ess, what mattered
it t It was gone ! and I was utterly
ruiiiell.- j j
What I suffered during the next few
hours God only ki owsjj arid , when, af
ter being dismisse 1, I returned to my
own room I was v ?ry nearly desperate;
not only had I lo6 ; a lucrative position,
but my future appteared to be irretriev
ably blasted, for
which are as fatal
there are suspicions
to a man morally, as
wnnia be uhvsicallv the wouna or a
i ... ,
rifle ball.
But I was young and of a hopeful na
ture, an4 I began to realize that I had
been leniently deAlti with. On recall
ing all that happd
ned after my leaving
the bank, and the
utter imposibility of
the pocket-book being taken from the
breast-pocket of my coat, I came to
the conclusion" th: it I must have dropp
ed it, and thereup cm I resolved to have
recourse to all ru eans in my power jto
recover the mone; r1. - i
I had saved u during the last few
years a consideral e 'portion of my sal
try, and determined now to devote it
to the purpose 1 1 ad in view. I adver
tised daily in all the prominent journ
als, not offering t lie customary reward,
but' describing ny unfortunate posi
tion, my honor lost and my fortune
blighted, j j
For two weeks kept my loss before
the public, and al nost begun to despair
of any favorabl a result, when, one
morning, a stranger came to me a
tall, dark,' stern-1 oking man, who re
garded me with a paipof kindly browa
eves that had soni ething familiar about
them. , j - I ;'
;The stranger d clined the seat I of
fered to him, alid began at once speak
ing brusquely and to the point. "I
have heard of. y ur( loss," said he, " I
have read your i itlvertisements in the
papers, and I fee deeply interested in
and for you".
I hlave just leu your late
employers, and
kfter the satisfactory
manner in whiclil
all my inquiries were
answered, I be,ca
ne ybur surety for the
$20,000.." j
"What?"
I sprang towari
hint In the wildest
excitement.
1
Oh, sir," I lganj but he stopped
me. ' I
"Letmefinishl'Jsaid he, "I've done
this because I'arA' convinced that you
are an ujright Ind honeBt man, and
the -ireatest prot f of my confidence I
can give you is t iat I am about to of
fer you the posi! ion of cashlen in my
banking I house, t My name, sir, is
George Thorne.' i
George TJiorn t, the father of Alice,
the girl that I lo red J Ah, the mystery
was solved ! It as of her his eyes re
minded me; it was to her I was in
debted for' this L elp. j
Fifteen years had flown since the
day I lostthe pc cket-book. I had now
become a prosperous man, surrounded
by all the luxuries which wealth af
fords. I had bund in Mr. Thorne
more than a pat rori ; I found a friend ;
under a brusqi e manner he had a
heart of gold. : ''rom the first day o
our acquaintam e he had evinced to
ward me the li veliest interest and af
fection, i
MM
I was soon nude partner, and when,
n a certain blessed day, I became the
husband of Ali e, and jhis on-in-law,
he presented m with receipt for the
$20,000 that he 1 iad paid to the Messrs.
Overton for my loss; !' ,
So time wei t on. : The banking
house known as the firm of Thorne &
Wallace waa ii i a thriving condition.
' I had a beaut; ful wife and two lovely
children; and y st, withj all the source
of happiness waa not quite con
.tented there was a crease in the rose-
leaf, i
For some Unite past. I had been vain
ly endeavoring
ho account for the ex
traordinary interest which my father-
in-law had first
I discovered, as
taken in me, because
I grew ' older and saw
more of this selfish, egotistical world,
that very few
ucb. generous aetiena
NO
WINSTON
were performed without motive, and
the' solution of this,' to me, difficult
problem frequently occupied my
thoughts.
At first I had attribnted it all to
Alice's influence, but I knew now that
it had been as great a surprise to her
as to myself. f . . '
About this time Dr. Ponard, one of
Mr. Thome's most intimate friends,
arrived in New York, and one morn
ing, while sitting, at breakfast, ex
pressed great surprise at the numerous
advertisements in the papers relating
to money lost and found. !
"Well," said he, "I have not the
least sympathy for those who lose
money. They are generally careless,
stutid people not fit to be trusted ; al
though I remembtr having heard of a
young man who lost a pocket-book
some years ago, containing $20,000, and
I declare when I read his piteous ap
peals, which were in all the papers,
my heart fairly ached for him. "But,"
continued he, addressing my father-in-law,
who had become very pale, "you
ought to remember the circumstances,
for it occurred just at the time of the
great failure in Philadelphia, by which
you were so heavy a loser." ;
"Yes, I recollect the affair," replied
Mr. Thorne, who appeared to be suf
fering. ' -I
"I never heard," continued the doc
tor, "what became of the poor devil;
and yet I should like to know."
"Should you?" 3aid I, laughing;
"then let me gratify your curiosity. I,
Arthur Wallace, am that poor devil,
doctor ; saved from ruin and despair
by my benefactor here." And then I
related all the events of the last fifteen
years.
The doctor sprang to his feet and
grasped his old friend's hand.
"Well and generously done!" said
he; but Mr. Thorne interrupted him.
"I aut not well," he said faintly. "I
suffer greatly let me go to my room."
The next day he sent Tor, me to his
private office. I found him looking
pale and haggard.
"Sit down, my dear Arthur," said
he, in a low voice, "and listen to me.
For a long time I have had a confes
sion to make to you, one that weighs
on me so heavily that I must ease my
conscience of its load. I can better
bear to do so now, that I have in a
measure made some amends for the
trouble I once caused you."
"The trouble you caused me," cried
I. "You have been the most generous
of men to me. It is through your
kindness I occupy my present position;
it is to you I owe my happiness, and,
more than all, my honor."
Mr. Thorne opened his desk, and
took from it a pocket-book. -
"Do you remembar this?" said he.as.
he placed it in my hand.
"Yes," replied I, "it is the one I
lost; but how " :
I could not finish the question. The
truth stared me in the face. I sprang-
to my feet in dismay.
"Great heavens!" I cried; "you
found the money ?" i . j
"Aye, and kept it," he groaned,
with anguish in his voice. "But oh !
do not condemn me without hearing
me. Yesterday you heard Dr. Ponard
allude to the reat losses I had sus
tained by the failure in Philadelphia..
I did not dare to make my embarrass
ments known, as that would have has
tened my ruin my ruin ! God knows
it was rot for myself tht I cared, but
for Alice, my darling child. It was on
the 14th of December that you lost the
the money. Oh, I shall never forget
the date. It was on that day that I
meditated suicide. I was! short $20,-
000 to meet my liabilities, maturing on
the loth. I was overwhelmed with
despair ; the air of the office seemed to
stifle me, and I rushed info the street.
I had hardly gone ten yards when my
foot struck something. "It was your
pocket-book. I opened it and the
sight turned me giddy and faint. Then
commenced within my breast one of
those moral struggles which, even to
the conqueror, is fearful, but in which,
alas! I was miserably vanquished.
The next day I satisfied all claims
upon me. To the world I was George
Thome, an honest, . upright man ; to
myself I was nothing better than a
malefactor. You know the rest.
Through my guilt you passed two
weeks of indescribable anguish. I
have since endeavored to make repara
tion for the misery I caused; but I
also suffered. Moral atonements are
the most cruel, because they are
eternal. I have known and yet feel
the bitterness of expiation. Say, my
son, can you forgive my crime?"
Could I forgive? I looked at the
pallid face, anguished eyes, what were
my sufferings of those two terrible
weeks compared to the secret pain and
shame this man had borne foi years?
this man, the victim ; of one solitary
deviation from rectitude, so upright in
all else, and whose life since had -been
one long atonement. I grasped his
hand, tears filled my eyes.
Father," I cried, "Alice's father
and mine, all is forgiven, forgotten.
Do I not owe all the happiness of my
life to that same lost pocket-book ?"
Riley, the Saratoga sculler. says he is
now prepared to make a match to row
George Hosmer or Warren Smith,, of
Halifax, for $500 or $1000 a side, and
will give or take expenses to row at
Boston, Owasca Lake or Saiatoga.
Riley further says if Hanlan will scull
at Saratoga Lake he ; will row th.
hampion for almost any amount.
An English physician says mos
quito bites "drain the blood of its bad
humor." But then, on the other hand,
they put a man into a bad humor, so
we can't see th advantage of encour
aging the insect to bite.
RTII-WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WE LABOR FOR ITS INTERESTS.
FORSYTH COUNTY.
Wheat in America.
Prior to the discovery of this conti
nent by Columbus, there was no cereal
in America approaching in nature b
the wheat plant. It was not, observes
the American Miller, until 1530 that
wheat found its way into Mexico, and
then only by chance. A slave of Cor
tez found a few grains of wheat in
parcef of rice and showed them to his
master, who ordered them to be planted
The result showed that wheat would
thrive well on Mexican soil ; and to
day one of the finest wheat valleys In
the world is near the Mexican' capital.
From Mexico, the cereal found its way
to Peru. Marie D'Escabar, wife of
Don Diego de Chauves, carried a few
grains to Lima, which were planted,
the entire product being used for seed
for several successive crops. At Quito,
Ecuador, a monk of the order of St.
Francis, by the name of Fray Jodosi
Bixi, Introduced a new cereal; (and it
is said that the jar which contained
the seeds is still preserved by the
monks of Quito. ' Wheat was intro
duced in the present limits of the
United States contemporaneously with
I the settlement of the country by the
iaDglisn and Dutch.
The geographical range over which
wheat can be grown is peculiar.. It is
not produced in tropical climates.
Here its place is taken by rice. There
is a northern limit to its growth, be
yond which oats can be grown. ' It is,
on the whole, the hardiest of the cere
als ; and it is said that it quality is best
when it is grown on that margin be
yond which it will not ripen at all.
Wheat is the most costly of cereals.
The crop is scantier, and as it sends its
principal roots deeply into the earth, it
is moi e exhausting to the soil ; but the
meal or flour is better adapted to sus
tain the various vital functions than
that of any other kind of grain. "
The product of wheat in the United
States is constantly progressing. In
1S40 the total products were only SS,
512,000 bushels; while it amounted to
100,45,800 in 1850,, to 181,183,500 In
1860, 260,146,iH)0 in 1869. The chief
States In 1869 were Illinois, Iowa, Wis
consin, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New
York, Pennsylvania and California. -.
Amtrican Rural Home. J -
Musical and Dramatic.
The Williamsons played their fare
well at Melbourne recently-
St. Louis thieves tried to steal the
Bernhadrt cash box, but failed.
Agnes Leonard, the actress, is lying
seriously ill at Binghamton, 1ST. Y. i .'
Miss Clara Poole has joined the Em
ma Abbott English Opera Company.
"Pinafore" and "Struck Oil" have
proved enormously succv.Bsful at Mel
bourne. ;'
Lystcr, the manager of the' Opera
House at Melbourne, after a long ill
ness, is dead.
Fanny Davenport made a .success in
St. Louis as Mable Jienfrew, J'auline,
Leah, Camilla, etic.
Madame Etclka Gerster sends to the
hospitals all the flowers that are given
her on the stage-
The Nautch girls at Daly's,. New
York, are declared "neithejr nautchy
uor nice." ine "sensation" reu nat.
Miss Fanny Louisa "Mazeppa" Buck
ingham and hei' fiery untamed steed
have tailed from, Frisco for Australia.
Adelina Patti has been, during her
present engagement in Madrid, pre
sented by the King and Queen of Spain
with their portraits.
Rubenstein's "Nero," sumptuously
brought on the stage at the Royal opera
at Berlin, was withdrawn after a few
representations.
Frank Mayo, having made a fortune
out of. "Davy Crocket." now proposes
to essay Shakesperien roles and star
with a first-class support.
Miss Annie Pixley was presented
.vjth a magnificent set of jewelry in
Nashville bv some of her admiring
Triends. The presentation was made
upon the stage. . i ' ;
Louisville, Ky., is wild over the dis
covery of "a second Mary Anderson"
in the person of Miss Selina Fetter, 18,
beautiful and rich. She made a sucess
tx debut as Marianne.
Miss Lenoir, D'Oyley Caite's agent,
says there has been no dispute, as has
been rumored, regarding the ownership
of "Billee Taylor." It will be produced
jointly by D'Oyley Carte and E. E.
Rice.,
Our Girls.
THE FIRST "WAIST" AND SKIRT.
The first known seperate waist and
skirt to a lady's dress are seen in the
costumes of Queen Phillippa, wife o
Edward III. of England, and of Queen
Jeanne of Bourbon, wife of the French
Charles the'Wise, abont the year 1300.
Previous to the fourteenth century, la
dies' dresses were cut in one length
from neck to ankle, not fitted to the
waist with seams, but bound with a
girdle fastened on the shoulders and
outside of the sleeves with brooches.
' THE CAKE OF CLOTHING.
Careful brushing of clothes with a
whisk or hand-brush, renewing them
sometimes by sponging with dilluted
ammonia .or alcohol, hanging or
folding them, and not leaving them
carelessly lying about, are indicative
of sense and refinement. JL lady
should never be seen in slovenly and
tumbled attire. Gloves should be kept
in a box, pulled out lengthwise when
taken off, and repaired the instant a
a stiteh gives way. Hats and bonnets
should be kept in boxes. ' Shawls.,
should be laid in their original folds. -
It is not in good taste to wear one's
best garments on a shopping expedi
tion, nor to go about one's business In
poiled flnsry that has seen better
days.. i -
X. C , TUESDAY. MARCH 1. 1881.
A Princely Boy.
In the palace of a small German cap
ital a German duchess, distinguished
for her good sense and kindness of
heart was celebrating her birthday.
The court congratulations were oyer,
and the lady retired from the scene, of
festivity to the seclusion of her private
room. Presently fehe heard light foot
steps coming up the stairs.
"Ah !" she said, "there are my two
little grandsons coming to congratu
late me." ' : .
Two rosy lads, ten and twelve years
of age, came in, one named Albert, the
other Ernest. They affectionately
greeted the Duchess, who gave each
of them the customai y present of ten
louis d'or (about1 forty-eight dollars),
and related to them the following sug
gestive anecdote : "
. -
"There once lived an Emperor in
Rome ; who used to say that no one
should go away sorrowing from an in
terview with a prince. He was always
doing good and caring for his people,
and when, one evening at supper, he
remembered that he had not done an
act of kindness to any one during the
day, he exclaimed, with regret and
sorrow, 'My friends. I have lost a
day.' My children, take this Emperor
for your model, and live in a princely
way, like him." ;
The boys went down the stairs de
lighted. At the palace gate they met a
poor woman wrinkled and old, and
bowed down with trouble.
"Ah, my good young gentlemen,"
said she, "bestow a trifle on an aged
creature. My cottage is going to be
sold for a debt, and I shall not have
anywhere toi lay my head. My goat,
the only means of support I have, has
been seized; pity an old woman and
be charitable.
"Ernest assured her that he had no
change, and sOjpassed oil. But Albert
nesitatea. lie tliougnt a moment or
her pleading ,loolks, and tears came to
his eyes. The story of the Roman
Emperor canie into his mind. He took
from, his nurse! the whole of the ten
louis d'or and gave them to the woman.
Turning away with heart light and
satisfied, he left "the old woman weep
ing iorjoy. ; : ;
The boy was Prince Albert of Eng
land, justly called "Albert the Good?'
and afterwards the husband of Queen
Victoria. .
National Sports.
The followiug are the dates claimed
for trotting and running meetings dur
ing the season of 18S1 :
TROTTING.
Suffolk Park, Philada May 10 to 13
Detroit, Mich...
Ionia, Mich '..
Rochester, N. Y
Chicago, I II
St. Joseph, Mo.
Chicago, 111..; ......
Dubuque, Iowo
Kansas City, Mo
Erie, Pa. .............
Beacon Park.'Btiston
West Chester, Pa.......
Dover, Del U ....
.June I to 1
June 21 to 21
........July 4 (stallion race)
July 19 to 23
September 5 to 10
.September 12 to 17
September 12 to 17
September 13 to 17
Septemberl3 to 16
..Sept. 15 (stallion race)
September 22 to 24
...Sept. 26 to October 1
RUNNING,
Charleston, a. C :..
fNew Orleans, La.........
New Orleans La..
Nashville, Tenn
Baltimore. Md...:
St. Louis, Mo
Coney Island.... i.......
Chicago, 111
....February 9 tol2
..February 25 to 27
........ April 19 to 23
May 3 to 7
May 21 to 27
...........June 4 to 9
........JJune 15 to 29
June 25 .to July S
Chicago, 111.. ....September 12 to 17
Owen. McCarthy, the Lancashire
wrestler, is the guest of Noah Makin
son, in Manayunk. Pa. j
Richmond, the well known left
hand pitcher' is coaching the students
at Brown University. ' !
Jacob Schaffer has found a man in
New York who will back him to the
extent of $2500 against any billiard
player in the world.
The Yale University Foot Ball Club
has rescinded its action of last week
and will decline to enter into any fur
ther discussion as to the . championship.
Edwin Bibby; and Captain J. C,
Daly, of the, Irish Athletic Team, Bos
ton, Mass.', are to wrestle catch-as-catch-can
in New York, city, for $250
a side. j
An amatuer base ball league will be
organized in San Francisco, Cal., the
coming season. ' It is intended that
the waning fortune of the national
game on the Pacific Coast is to. be re
trived and upheld with amateurs as
"exponents.
Patsy Sheppard, a well known pro
prietor of a public house iu Boston, has
in his possession the orignal colors
worn by Tom Sayers in his renowned
fight with John C. Heenan, at Farn
borough, England, nearly twenty-one
years ago. 1
: Rowel 1, in a leUer to a friend on this
side of the atlantic, says that in the
match between himself and . Vaughan
on one side and O'Leary and another
on the other, the score for the champi
on and his countryman will be well on
to 1100 miles. '
On the arrival of; Vaughan in New
York he will be challenged for still
another heel-and-toe contest by Char
les A. Harriman, whose friends, with
some well-known sporting men, are
willing to back him for, any amount
against the Britisher.
. Jim Carney, a noted English pugil
ist, who but a short time ago arrived
in this country, and who, it is stated
holds the light-weight championship
of England, says he will be ready in a
month to fight any man an America
for a reasonable stake and the champi
onship. . j ; ' V
Duncan C. Ross, who was so "easily
conquered by Bibby in a wrestling
match or his own liking,' does not ap-
ear to be satisfied, and wants the same
kind of a contest over again for from
50 to $500 a side. Ross hopes to
show, if Bibby accepts, that he did not
get his just -dues on the first occasion .
In a. private match at Providence,
R. I., recently Ross defeated Daly la
a wrestling mttth, mixed styles, and
now Roes' partner in athletic exercises
(E. W. Johnston) claims that he can
ffive Daly the same kind of treatment:
Johnston has put up a proper deposit
to show t'jal he means business. .
The. contest for the. O'Leary belt,
now held by Hart, the colored wonder,
will take place at Madison Square
Garden, New York, three weeks frotn
next Monday. There is very little in
terest manifested in the result, and
tannin 4Wa .!.! I I I l '
.uuu, uic tuuirujfcr, is tue on iy iinisir -
thus far that has been placed on tfce1
list. -
Industrial Notes.
The Pullman Car Company earns vn
each car about $180 a month net, and
has 474 cars. .
The Huntingdon (W. Va.) Oar
Works have commenced operation
with a good supply of orders. i
A fire-ahd-water-proof aper is mal
of two-thirds paper pulp and one-third
asbestos, steeped In salt and alum solu
tion and finally coated with ... shellac
varnish. I .
The Pittsburg, Cincinati and St. Lou
is Railway is running new cars, 55 feet
long with six-wheel trucks, and toe
best heating, lighting and ventilating
appliances. - j
The Western' Wheel Scraper Com
pany, of Mount Pleasant, law, has built
an addition to its works 30x88 feetK
making the total dimensions 270x40
feet, about one-half of which is two
stories high, I
The Boston and Albany Railroad
Company has of late,been equipping its
cars with the Westinghouse brake mora
rapidly than usual, and now almost its
entire passenger rolling stock is provi
ded With it. . '!
The plan of using the Great Eastern
for the beef-cattle trade has been aban
doned, and it is doubtful to what use
the ill-fated ship will be put, if any.
She has cost to date $25,000,000, and
never returned one-quarter of that siiin.
The Edgar Thomson Steel Company
has " laid oft " its Bessemer department
to make repairs and take account, 'of
stock. The production of rails for the
year was about 100,000 fons, perhaps
slightly in excess of this amount, j
The electric lights recently introduc
ed into the passenger station and the
adjoining freight yayd of the Bostjun
and Albany Railroad in Boston are
proving to be even more of a conveni
ence than was anticipated, and both
the public and employes of the road
appreciate them. j
Glass manufacture is making won
derful strides in Ohio. Last year there
were' five hew works erected, thls;yar
there will probably,, be as many more.
At present there are at least 19 firm4 in
that State engaged in the making of
glass, and they use about 292 pots and
employ more than 2033 men. j .
The corps engineers surveying a
route for. the proposed Indianapolis
and Springfield Railroad, in ex tension
of the I.,'B. and W., reached Spripg-
fleld, O., January 26, from the west
ward, having completed thessurvey to
the river at that point. Another Due
will be run soon by way of Tippecanoe
and New Carlisle. j
The heaviest and longest loaded teain
that paseied over the Ene road or its
branches was brought over the Jeffer
son branch one day last week by Con
ductor Stephen Maroney, with G. Jf.
Brown and Jesse Williams as engi
neers, consisting .of 1 22 eight-wheel oars,
loaded with coal all destined for Bi ffa
lo. Susquehanna Gazett.
One of the officers of the steamship
City of Berlin states that he has receiv
ed the current from a, Sieman's dfna-mo-electrie
machine throQgh the llegs,
trunk, left arm. thumb and one finker.
He says he did not like the sensation,
but that he could have endured
necessary, although the.. current
Iwas
capabTe of giving four lights of
csndle power each. '
Mr. C. J. Kitner, of the United States
Patent office, believes that, judging
from what has already been done in
various applicateons of electricity.with
in the next decade we shall findj our
large telegraphic corporations operat
ing their elevators, supplying motive
power, heat and light throughout their
buildings and electricity for their lines
from one common source of powen.
The Cleveland Bridge and Car Wprks
are turning off fifty-five cars weekly on
a contract for 500 cars for the Tusearr
was Valley Railroad. When thiSCon
tractjis filled they begin on one for the
C, Ci. and I. R. for 300 cars. jThey are
also making a large number of jiron
bridges for the latter road of remark
able weight and strength, to coxres-
pond to the increased weight of engines
now coming into use. j
The Board of United States laval
Engineers gives a most favorable report
of the efficiency of the Perkins system
of applying steam to the propulsion of
vessels, as shown In the machinery of
the little steamer Antharacite. They
say that any theoretical doubts regard
ing the practicability and economy of
the method are sufficiently dispellied by
the vovace of the steamer from jGrea
Britian to this country.
Advice to Those in Debt flake
a full estimate of all you owe, arid all
. Lthat is owing to you. Reduce thesame
to a note. As fast as you collect, pay
over to those you owe. If you cannot
pay, renew your notes every year, giv
ing the best security you can. 0o to
business dilligently, and be jmdjustrl
ous. Waste no idle moments ; be very
economical in all things ; discard all
pride! ; If you are too needy in circum
stances to give to the poor, dojwhat
ever else is in your . power, cheerfully ;
but if you can do so, help the poer and
unfortunate. Hen rraniutn.
, The celebrated Vokes family, the or
iginal inventors of all the light musical
entertainments now so popular, will,
return to this country in the early
spring for a short tour under thi man
agement of Mr. John BUtsoa.of Boston.
Domestic Econemy.
Useful. Hints In cookiug a fowl,
to ascertain when it is done, put a
skewer into the breast, and if the breast
is tender, the fowl is done.
Good flour is not tested by its color.
wane flour may not be the best. The
test of good flour is by the amount of
water it absorbs.
To beat the whites of eggs quicklv,
put in a pinch of salt. The cooler the
eggs the quicker they will froth. Salt
cools and also freshens them.
There is greenness in onions and o-
tatoes that render thein hard to digest.
For health's sake put ; them in warm
water for an hur before cooking.
Mutton freed entirely from fat and
mixed with two or three sliced kidneys
will make a nice pudding. The meat
may besprihkled with fine herbs aa it
Is laid into the crust. ,
Single cream is cream that has stood
on the milk twelve hours. It is the
best for tea or oofTee. Double cream
stands on its milk twenty -four hours,
and cream for butter frequently stands
forty-eight hours. Cream that is to be
whipped should not be butter cream
lest in whipping it change to butter.
Stains on Floors. For removing
spots of grease from boards, take equal
parts of fullers' earth and iH.arlash, a"
quarter of a jtound of each, and, Wil
in a quart of soft water; and while
hot, lay it on the greased arts allowing
it to remain on them for ten or twelve
hours; after which it may be scoured
off with sand and water. A floor much
spotted with grease should lie com
pletely washed with the mixture, the
day before it is scoured Fuller's earth
and ox gall, boiled together, form a
very powerful cleausiug mixture for
floors or carpets. Stains of ink are re
moved by strong vinegar, or salts of
lemon will remove them.
A Not Too Rich Lemon Ptrninxu.
Prepare a crust for the pie in a deep
plate, then stir one tallesoouful corn
starch hit6 a- little cold water, let nil
come to a boil, then add seven spoon
fuls of sugar, the well beaten yelks of
four eggs and the grated riud and juice
of two lemons ; while this is baking
beat the whites of the "four eggs and
one heaping tablespoouful or pulveriz
ed sugar to a stiff froth ; w hen the pie
is baked spread this smoothly over the j
top, then set it in ovn for two or three
minutes ; this is long enough to gfveU
the desired golden lemon color.
Raised Pork Pie.. Make ' a raised
crust, of a good size, with paste, alout
four inches high; take the rind and
chinebone from a loin of ork, cut it
into chops, and beat them with a chop
per, season them with pepper and salt
and powdered sage, and fill your pie ;
put on the top and close'it, and pinch
it round the edge ; rub it over with
yelk of egg, and bake it two hours,
with a paper over to prevent the crust
from burning. When done, our in
some good gravy, with a little ready
mixed mustard and a teaspoonful of
catsup.
About Women.
t - .
Somebody saj's the marriage state is
knotty but it's nice.
Nearly $73,000,000 of United States
bonds are owned by women. '
The "envelope" nfT is much worn.
It stamps its wearer- as ready for the
next male. Lowell Citizen.
Twenty years ago the girls of Lake
Erie Seminary; Ohio, nominated Gen
eral Garfield for the Presidency.
Mrs. Hayes, wife of President 5 laves.
is President of the Methodist Women's
Home Missionary Society.
A sister of the King of Sweden is a
missionary in -Lapland, and has sold
her jewels to aid her. in the work.
Jenkins tries to avoid meat In. the
morning, but since he got married he
says he always has tongue for break
fast.
Lady Thornton and Miss Thornton
have arrived at Ottawa from Washing
ton to attend the Governor General's
ball next week;
Miss Lizzie Sargent, daughter t ex-
Senater fcarcreht, of . California, has
been admitted as a member of the
medical profession in San FranciscoT
Indiana has a law to prevent weak-
minded people marrying.! A crusty
bachelor insinuates that weak-minded
are the only persons who ever think of
marrying. Boston Transcript.
John Koop, a miser of Houston,
Texas, died a few days ago of starva
tion, leaving $50,000 in real estate and
money, rte hated women so much
that he would not even rent his house
to one of them. , .
Benjamin Schnell and Harriet Posey
were married the other day at Seneca,
S. C, by Trial Justice James, with the
full approval of. the child's mother, who
witnessed the ceremony. " The bride is
only 8 year old.
"Bowling parties " is a new enter
tainment for ladies and gentlemen in
Boston. They engage a bowling alley,
invite the matrons and send an even
ing everv week or fortnight in the ex
hilerating game of ten-pins.
A Michigan tailor receutly eloped
with a youg girl of 17, leaving behind
a wife and several children ; and, now
his deserted wife has sued a local pa
per for calling the elopement the work
of a "Michigan Tailor's Goose."
Tom Davis had some photographs
taken at Zanesville, Ohio, and gave
one to Lizzie Murray in the presence
of Ida Birdwell, who wanted one, too.
Tom would not part with another pic
ture, and Ida at once committed sui
cide. - . ' i ,
"Joe, my dear," said a fond wife to
her husband, who followed the pisca
tory profession, "do brighten up a lit
tle ; you look so slovenly. Ob, what
an awful recollection it would be for
me if you should get drowned looking
so."
Six Months, $1.00.
NUMBER ).
If Bhe's got to talk slang, a Boston
girl will refine and beautify it. The
proper caper bc-omes the appropriate
gyration ; bang up is the front hair ele
vated; tumbling to the racket is fall
ing to the audible disturbance, and :i
square deal a quadrilaterial disirilii;
Hou. As a general rule" the w ives eonfl.V
the minutes of their plans and thought
to their husbands. Why not reel pro-.
cate, If but for the pleasure of meeting
confidence with confidence? The men
who succeed best iu life are those who
make confidantes of their wives.
Miss Isabella Bird, the Japanese
traveler, is, described as "a tiny, frail
looking creature, with great, startled
eyes. One wonders at the spirit ami
courage she had to explore the strange
regions without any lady companion.
She Is to Ik? married in March to a Dr.
Bishop, a physician of Edinburgh."
Rev." Mr. Goks is of the opinion that
married people ought to le careful t.
avoid giving offence to eweh other'
taste.. Certainly. It your wife likea
onions, tell her that to you their ta&tu
is as ottar of roses. She can lie the
same way about tobacco ami eoffe beans.
Sew York Commercial Adrrrtitfer.
Keokuk, Iow a, contains many busi
ness women. One is in the insurance
business; another in real estate and
loan business ; widow who i the
head of a large groeery establishment;
another who manages an extensive
furnishing store, to say nothing of the
independent women of business in
millinery, dressmaking and otiicr
lines.
Financial.
the kemaimc able activity
IN U.U..
ROAD Bl'ILPINU.
Last year was the most leniHrkal.L-
in the history of the American railway-
business. The earning of ihe
roads were much greater thau'evtr !.
fore nearly all the line west of th
Mississippi Kiver were brought togeth
er, under connected systems, while tli
increase iu the mileage was larger than
any previous year except l!S7. Tln-ii
our excessive railway construction was
followed by the financial crash of I s: .!.
from which it took the country years
to recover.
The Mnancial Chronicle published at
the beginning of December a table o.''
the gross earnings of forty three rail
roads for the eleven months of lssn,
compared with those for the corre-
ponding period of-187!). The figure t
for 1SS0 are $1S0,60,9S!I against t4r
840,029 for 187!); a gain of f .'!;, Si'o.tiiiii, li
nearly one-quarter.'
In 1879 the business of railroad con
struction, which since 1S72 had re
ceived a serious check showed great
comparative activity. The total num
ber of miles of road built reached 1,71
or more than double the average of the
previous fi ve years.
It was this inciease in railroad l.uiM-
ing, accompanied by a vast auguinen
tat ion of traffic owing to the great har
vest, that revived the drooping spirit
f the iron manufacturers! Beih-
the rails needed for the mileage added,
repairs where everywhere nwce-sary t
meet the accumulating business. Our
production of pig iron was accordingly
greater than that of the year before by
about a half a million tons; and a.
found a market at largely increuacd
prices. . 'The production even exceeded
that of 1873, the previous year of larg
est supply, by nearly a quarter niilli :i
of tons. We manufactured of iron an I
steel rails nearly the same amount in
exceW of the production of ls7', th
year when railroad building became ill
most ' a ' mania. Their imiortati n
which had dropped off altogether i:i
1878, rose to '60,000 tons, while all kind
of iron and steel we imjorted about u
half a million tons, against about a fifth
of that amount in 1878.
But the activity in railroad l.uihliir;
in 1S79 was far exceeded by that of last
year. The addition to the railroa 1
mileage of the United States for 1 -s ),
was, according to a table compiled 1
the Iiailuay Aye 7,207 miles; an in
crease over 1879 of 2,4-SO miles. Th.
number of miles added in 187ii wa
aU)ut the-same, fi.'ilo.
The effect of the increase on the iron
trade was of course very marked. Tin
production of pig iron rose from about
two and three quarter millions in ?;
to between three and a quarter in I
three and a half millions 1VS; and our
importation of pig iron was about 70o,
000 tons. We produced 2,200,000 ton
of rails, and imorted about a million
Unm of iron and t-el, and there was
besides an enormous consumption f
repairs to the roads and rolling stock of
the lines already existing. As a run se
quence." the iron trade has had th
busiest year it has ever known.
Of the 7,207 miles of railroad built ia
1880, more than one half, or 3,868 mile
were laid in the States and Territories
west of the Mississippi. The rapidity
with which the railroad construction
is going on in that portion of the Un
ion presages a still greater increase i i
its population during the next.te:i
years than the census bhows for tin
last decade. Already in the region
west of the Mississippi considerably
more than a fifth of the population o.
the country is gatherec, whereas in
1880 the proportion was only about c
tenth.
The promise is that the railroad con -struction
during the present year will
be even larger thau that for 18V).
The character of the young i as
much moulded by the matter th. -read
as by the company they keep.
Be careful what y m read.
In California they make alcohol mi:
of beets. In Chicago they make beat j
out of alcohol.
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