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THE NEW HAIL. COLUMBIA.
- 1798.
Hail Columbia! Happy land!
Homo of the heroes, heaven born band,
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause,
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause.
And, when the storm of war was gone,
Enjoyed the- peace their valor won.
Let independence be our coast.
Ever mindful what it cost;
Ever grateful for the prize,
Let its altar reach the skies. -
Firm, united,.let us be,
Rallying around our Libert
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
; - ;, - -; ; 1887.
Look our ransomed shores around,
Peace and safety we have found! f
Welcome, friend?, who once AveisJoe3
"Welcome, friends who once were foes,
To all the conquering years have gained
A "nation s rights, a race nncbainedl
Children of the day new born,
Mindful of its glorious morn,
Let the pledge our fathers signoJ
Heart to heart forever bind!
While the stars of heaven shall burn,
While the ocean tides return,
Ever may the circling sun
Find the Many still are One!
Graven deep with edge of steel,
Crowned with Victory's crimson seal,
All the world th Ar names shall read !
All the world their names shall read!
Enrolled with his hosts "that led,
Whose blood for U3, for all, was s'led.
Pay our sires their children's debt,
Love and honor; nor forget
Only Union's goldea key
Guards the Ark of Liberty !
While the stars of heaven shall burn,
While the. ocean tides return,
E ver may the circling sun
Fjnd the Many still are One!
Hai', Columbia, strong and free.
Firm enthroned from sea to sea!
Thy march triumphant still pursue!
Thy march triumphant still pursue!
With peaceful stride from zone to zone,
And make the Western land thine ovval
Blest in the Union's holy ties.
Let our grateful song arise, -
Everv voice its tribute lend, -
In the loving chorus blend!
While the stars in heaven shall burn.
While the ocean tides return,
Ever shall the circling sun
Find the Many still are One!
Oliver VTendell Homes.
THE YOUNG FINANCIER.
KY WALLACE T. REED.
"When is it to be?"
I asked John Strong this question be
cause he was rnv intimate friend. He
had told me all about his engagement
with Varina Vincent, the pretty school
teacher, lie had opened his heart to me,
and I felt that' I had the right to ask
when the wedding would taleu place.
To my surprise Strong's handsome face
clouded, and he paused for a mement be
fore making a replyl
"To tell you the truth," he said, "we
do not see our way clear to an early mar
riage. We are both poor, but we are
young and caniaflford to wait."
I said . nothing, but I could not help
thinking. k In a small town like Cotton
ville Strong was regarded as a very pros
perous young man. He "had saved a few
thousand dollars, and his .salary was the
highest paid to any one in the place.
Only a few years before Strong had en
tered a country store as a clerk on starva
tion wages. He had advanced steadily
until lie had become the cashier of the
only bank in CottSnville.
''I have done pretty well, resumed
Strong, giving me a keen glance, "but
I do not know exactly how I stand.
Some of jm y investments may turn out
! well, or they may ruin me. Besides, I
have borrowed some money."
"That s what I cannot understand,"
I interru pted. "You are prospering,
and yet you borrow money for specula
tions. That is not. wise."
Strong laughed and threw his head
hack pro ldlyf "
"Old Jfellow, -you don't know my
plans," he answered; "I have never
m.tde a failure yet. I have the gift of
seeing farther ahead than most people,
and I am going,' to utilize it. I borrow
money, but I kjiow where to place it.
I don't venture beyond my depth,
Debt is" a blessing under some circum
stances. ' The moit successful nations
and individuals (go the deepest in debt."
It was useless to iirgue with Strong.
In our debating I society he had always
come off. victori in every discussion.
Self-poised, well equipped and magnetic,
there were few raea,.or Avornen either,
that he could not win over to his side.
"Varina understands me," he said.
"She is willing to wait. She knows
that it is best for us both."
"Well, my young Napoleon," I re
marked. "I hope that one of your brill
iant, speculative campaigns will satisfy
your ambition, and that you will then
settle down and marry, and take life as
you find it. Only a few men find the
6hoi t t uts to fame and fortune, and it is
dangerous to seek them."
Everybody in Cottonville called Strong
the young Napoleon of business. -His
brilliancy, his rapid intuition, his im
perious ways, and the fact that his classic
features somewhat resembled those of the
great Corsicah, had fixed the name on
him when he was in his teens. And he
like I it. All men like to think they
resemble heroes and conquerors.
' ' . : . " II.'
"Twenty thousand dollars proat in
cotton futures'." -' ;
It 'was a big thing for Cottonville.
But the young Napoleon took it .quietly.
He was not surprised, he said to his in
quiring friends. He had felt certain
that h would make a ten strike.
"I am off for New York," said Strong,
die next day after the intelligence of his
good fortune had reached him.- "Good
ie, old fellow."
"But when are you coming back?" I
sked, holding him by the hand.
- "Oh, I don't know. I can't very well
say at present."
"There is Varina!" I exclaimed, "Ah,
I sec. After your return there will be a
'eddinr."
"Don't bother rne with that subject
ow," snapped my friend, "my head is
full of important business matters, and I
must go to New. York. There is no way
out of it. It is all right with Varina.
Of course I am coming borne as soon as I
possibly can, but I have an opportunity
of getting on the I inside in Wall ttroet,
and I must go."
"Getting on the inside?"
"Yes, I said so. i Bat you know noth
ing about speculation and care less. I
mean just this : I have some friends there
who will put me tip to something that
will pay better than any of my pa3t
ventures." - . (
"My dear friend," I unred, "why not
let well enough alone. With yourpres
ent start you will; soon be the richest
man in Cottonville."
"In Cottonville!" he sneered. "There,
never mind that, j I like the town and
I am coming back! Good-bye."
People shook their heads at first. In
a few weeks their suspicions were con
firmed. Strong had plunge 1 into the
very vortex of the speculative mael
strom in Wall streit, and it was not long
before we heard that he had made anoth
er lucky hit. , j ;
"Strong is a phenomenal genius in his
way," said Banker Jones to me one day.
"He re.ids human1 nature at a glance,
andean adapt himself to any class of
men. I have no doubt that he is as much
at home among the New York capital-,
ists as if he had been one of them al
ways. And he will impress them, too,
just as he impressed the people here."
I ventured to express a doubt. -
" You are mistaken," sa'd Jone.
"Have you never noticed a few rare men
who seem to have nothing in common
with the people around them men who,
from their birth,! are cosmopolitan by
nature, with nothing provincial about
them? Strong js such a man. A stranger
could not tell from his appearance and
conversation what part of the country he
is identified with. In New York, San
Francisco or New Orleans, he would be
at home. It is only here, where he was
born, that he appears to be j altogether
different from his fellows." 1
Banker Jones was something of a phi
losopher, and I had to yield to. him.
T saw Varina every day. Sometimes I
Avas at the postoffice when she called for
her mail, and I was always Avell pleased
to see her bend her pretty head and hurry
off with a white envelope bearing the
NeAv York post! mark, and addressed
in the handwriting so Avell known to
me. j
It was nearly a year before Strong re
turned, and then it Avas only on a flying
visit. A special car bearing some of the
biggest railAvay magnates in the country
passed through, j Strong was with the
party, but he left it, and spent half a day
at his old home, j lie was Avith Varina
most of . the time,' and I saAV him only a
moment. I
"No changes, I see, "said he, in a curt,
business like Avay, "not a house painted,
and not a hammer has been heard since I
left. Every thing is just the same." -
"Varina, too?" 1 suggested.
"Yes, Varina, too.
he replied.
knoAv she
"Poor
lacks
little thinjr. Do you
force of character?"
"I think nothing of the kind," I an
swered, shortly;! "she certainly has a
great deal of patience under trying cir
cumstances, and there is some force of
character in that."
Strong's eyes fell, and he gave me a
parting clasp of the hand. lie had to
rejoin the railAAay kiugs at their next
stopping place, j It Avas hard to te.ir
himself aAvay, but it could notba helped.
His visit could not have been very satis
factory to Varina, for from that time I
saw a change in her. Her face began to
have a weary, sad look, and she plodded
on . Avith her school Avork, withdrawing
herself almost entirely from society, She
still received letters from New York, but
they Avere less frequent than formerly.
When Strong! paid his next visit to
Cottonville, the! following year, he Avas
a millionaire. This time he remained
several days, and was at his best. Every
body remarked that prosperity had not
spoiled him. He Avas devoted to Varina,
but the poor girl seemed to be in a dazed
state. She saw- something in her lover
that no one else saw, a coldness that she
alone could detect.
After his departure Ave all began Avon
deriur
Avhen the
marriage
would take
plac
e.
I had said
nothing to
Strons:
about it, and- he had not mentioned it to
me. Only once had he said anything
that remotely referred to it.
"You people call me a rich man," he
said, "and I suppose I am, but you do
not know how complicated my business
is. I am liable any night to go home a
million or two j richer or a wretched
pauper, dor God's sake let speculation
alone!" i
I thought of Strong's words often dur
ing tho next year. From time to time Ave
heard of his success. Everything that he
touched seemed to turn to gold. Even
in New York men spoke of him as the
young Napoleon.
I iu.
It was an awful crash, and it carried
some of the proudest firms in the great
city down Avith it.
In our little village we could hardly
realize it. Surely Strong had been pru
dent enough to save something out of
the wreck. . r
Our hope proved to be without foun
dation. Not only had Strong's entire
fortune been swept away, but he would
have to begin the world
fully a million dollars.
again,
owing
The brave felletv bore up for a few
days. His conduct Avas so manly that
there was some talk of setting him or
his feet again, and it Avas predicted that
he would retrieve his losses and make an
other fortune, j
But the strain Avas too much. Finally
he staggered to his bed, and when he
arose from it, j long weeks afterward,
his attack of brain fever had done its
Avorst. j
"He is a mental wreck," said Banker
Jones, who had just returned from NeAv
York.; I - '
"Is there no hope?"
"None whatever. lie will never re
gain his senses. He may improve
physically, but his mind is gone for--ever."
j -
"We must do something for him," I
said. . ' ..,'..;'
"Something j has been
plied Jones with very
"Varina" !
'- "What has she done?"
"That noble1 Avoman, sir,
New Y'ork with her uncle
done,'
moist
re
eyes. went on to
Thev took
poor Strong anoLjiIaced him in a private
asylum, where he will receive every care
and attention, i You know that Varina
has givfcn up her school and is livin
g AVltU
who
jroinq: toi
ma tc her his
Well,
those tv.-. are goin ti
foot the bills and S 'c to it that Strong
is taken care of as long a? he lives.
T - ' '- i
It wa ? years at tenvird l when I
ctrong for the first time since his
sav
fortune. ,
Busine:s had called me to New York,
and on thesecond day after my arrival I
visited the asylum, a short distance from
the city.
At first I thought that Strong had com
pletely' recovered, he was lookingso well,
but his talk undeceived me. '
"And how is Cottonville?" he asked.
"SI w old place, too sIjw, no progress,
nothing to keep a man of ability there.
Why don't you come here? I have some
big schemes on foot, and possibly I'll
let you in." ? ? : ,
I was glad to see that he recognized
me, and I humored his rambling taik for
an hour. " : I :''
"I saw Varina before I lef-," I sa:d.
"Varina! Oh, little Varina Vincent.
Do you knoAV I oue thought of marry
ing he but I saAv that . I it wouldn't do.
Good girl, but no force of characier, you
j know. Why, they call me the jouncj
f Napoleon of finance. Now, how Avou'd
such a wife have suited mc? Well, I
; managed it so as not to hurt her feel
' ings. I Jet the engagement ruu long,
j and at last she offered to rele tse mei I
accused her ot not baring laitii in me,
and got in a high dudgeon, and accept
ed my freedom. Good, Avasn't it? ' '
It Avas too much for me. I rose to go.
Strong accompanied mc to the door,
and chatted about his imaginary
lations.
specu-
" Stay !"he cried as I was
lcavinr.
He handed me a little flower from
the
profusion that decked his table. j
" GiAre that to Varina," he said.
I took it and rushed off unable to speak
Of course I pressed that flower, and i
took the utmost care of it until I reached
Cottonville. ; i j
When I gave it to Varina, and told her
i Avho sent it, the poor thing cried" over it
until I thought her heart Avould break.
Women are so peculiar. Atbinta- Consti
tution. : - : . t M
Indian 0 jntracts.
In speaking with an old army officer
on the sub'ect of the frequent Indian
outbreaks within the past two years, he
! advanced a singular theory, Avhich, to
his mind, at least, accounted satisfactori ly
for much that heretofore has seemed
inexplicable. Said the army officer to a
representative of : the Washington
Hatchet :
In old times, when it was necessary to
prove th'3 assent to a Avritten contract of
persons .avIio could neither read nor Avrite,
this was done by affixing their seals.
When the Indian makes a contract he
does so by Avord of mouth, sealing the
contract Avith.that solemnity which, to a
redskin, means all things he , shakes
hands upon it, This is a custom with
the Indian AAdiich is reserved exclusivelj
to ratifv his contract, and never, as Avitt
us, in salutation.
When an occasion o-
importance demands that the chiefs
shall come to Washington, before start
ing they represent to their tribes the
business in hand, and state that theAj Avill
go and see the Great Father, Avith whom
they Avill enter into treaty. Arrived in
Washington,an interpreter presents their
case to the President, who, in good will
to shoAv that he is not above giving a
kind reception to the humblest man in
the country, advances and proffers his
hand. The chiefs are delighted, and re
turn to their tribes setting forth that the
Great Father has acceded to their wishes,
because, after hearing the case, he shook
hands with them. If, after the execution
of a contract in the presence of witnesses
subsequently sworn to and recorded, we
should then break it so that a suit in
court was the only remedy to the party
injured thereby, the situation would not
bs more serious here,Ahile the President
shakes hands Avith an Indian Avho after
ward does not get or enjoy what he un
derstood Avould be given by that act of
handshaking. All of 1 which goes to
prove, in conclusion, that the President
should never shake hands Avith an Indian.-;
I j .
The Sting of the Bee.
Rev. William F. Clark, Guelph, Can
ada, a voluminous Avriter on the honey
bee, in an article in the American Bee
Journal, on the uses of the stinging ap
paratus of this insect, claims that its
most important function is not stinging.
He says: "My observations and reflec
tions have convinced me that the most
important office of the bee sting is that
which is performed in doing the artistic
cell work, capping the comb, and infus
ing the formic acid by means of which,
honey receives its keeping qualities.
The sting is really a skillfully contrived
little trowel with which the bee finishes
off and caps the cells when they are
filled brimful of honey.
This explains why honey extracted be
fore it is capped over does not keep Avell.
The formic acid has not been injected
into it. This is done in the vtjry act of
putting the last touches on the cell Avork.
As the little pliant trowel is worked to
and fro Avith such dexterity, the darts,
of Avhich there are tAvo, pierce the plas
tic cell surf ce and leave in the nectar
beneath it tiny drops of the fluid which
makes it keep well. This is the 'art pre
servative' of honey. A most wonderful
provision of nature, truly! Herein we
see that sting and poison bag, with which,
so many of us would like to dispense,
are essential to the storing of our coveted
product, and Avithoutf them the beautiful
honey comb of commerce , Avould be non
ed." Christian at Work."
A Man of Weight.
The British MeJical Journal gives the
following interesting particulars of the
height, weight and dimensions of
Thomas Longley, of Dover, who is said
to be the heaviest British subject in the
Avorld. Mr. Longley, who is a respect
able and intelligent publican, j is forty
years of age, being born of parents not
above the normal size in 1848. As a
babv he was not considered, large. His
present weight is forty stone (560 pounds) ;
hei'dit, six. feet and three-fourths
of an inch; measurement of the waist,
eighty inches; size of leg, twenty-five
nches. lie finds considerable difficulty
in walking, and does not trust himself iu
a carriage for fear of breaking the
springs. He is said to be very temperate,
both in eating and drinking, and has
never suffered from any ill health of a
serious nature.
her uncle,
heircis.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKKTCilCS FROM
VARIOUS SOURCKS.
A Hot Wave For the Eskimo Obcy
i nr Instructions He. Did Not
Get Away Enthusiasm
Squelched, Etc
The Eskimo sits on his porch of ice
While tne sweat from Jus brow falls
and
freezes, i . s '
He fans himself with his hat, and exclaims:
''Oh, how this hot spell doth squeeze us!''
He thrusts his bare feet into the snow.
And says: "I will die a hero.
For who can live when the mercury's up
To fifty degrees of zero!
"If it gets much hotter there'll bea thaw,
And I'll burn up, sure as blazes;
It's a terrible thins r a fellow to melt
And never leave any traces.
We'll have warm meals beforo long, I fear,
And the seal-oil soon will soften;
The air if torridly horrid, I would
I were in my ice-hewn com a.
"My walrus suit I have laid aside,
But siill I awfully suffer,
I wish I was nearer the north pole now,
Or that to heat I were tougher."
Th thermometer points to forty-five,
And with burning fears it fills him
The very biood in his veins thaws out, '
Circulation sets in, and it kills him.
; Tid-Bits.
Obeying Instructions.
Old Lady (to grocer's boy). "Don't
you knoAV, boy, that it is very rude to
Avhistle Avhen dealing Avith a lady?"
Boy "That's av hat the boss told me
to do, mum."
Old Lady "Told you to whistle?"
Boy "Yes, 'm. He said if we ever
sold you anything we'd have to Avhistle
for the money." -Bazar.
He Did Not
Get. Away.
" lou never drink: or smoke, do you,
George, dear?" she said. "You knoAv I
could never marry a man who drinks and
smokes."
George, in a broken-hearted tone of
voice, admitted that he did smoke and
drink a little, and turned to go.
But a pair of white, twenty-seA'en-year-old
arms Avere around his neck in a mo
ment. "Never mind, George,' said the girl;
"perhaps my wifely influence Avill induce
you to
give
them up." Xew York Sun.
Enthusiasm Squelched.
Enthusiastic Citizen (about to 'isit
Europe) "How delightful it will be to
tread the bounding billow and inhale the
invigorating oxygen of the sea. the sea,
Ihe boundless sea! I long to seeit! to
breathe in great draughts of life-giving
air. I shall Avant to stand every moment
on the prow of the steamer Avith my mouth
open."
Citizen's Wife (encouragingly;) "You
probably will. That's the Avay all the
ocean travelers do."
A dejected silence ensues.- Detrcit
Free Press.
Always Tell the Truth.
A careless man while at work in the
Back Bay the other day dropped a brick
from the second-story of the building
upon which he was engaged. Leaning
over the wall he discovered a Avell-dressed
gentleman with his hat crushed over his
eyes and ears and engaged iu a desperate
effort to extricate his head from its bat
tered covering.
"Did, that brick strike any one down
there?" the man inquired, his voice
quivering Avith apprehension. The af
flicted citizen, wdio had just removed the
dismantled cranial adornment, replied
with considerable Avrath;
"Yes, sir ; it hit me." !
"That's right," came the cool and ex
asperating response. "I Avouid rather
have wasted 1,000 bricks than to have
had you tell me a lie about it." Boston
Record.
A S'gn That Worked Both "Ways.
"I'm not the least superstitious," said
a lady in the street car to her escort,
"but there is one sign that I've never
knoAvn to fail. If I see the new moon
over my left shoulder I'm just as sure to
have bad luck as can be, and if I see it
over my riht shoulder I ahvays have
good luck."
"That is A-ery remarkable."
"Isn't it- Now last month I saw the
moon over my left shoulder, and the
very next day
Dolly and she
I went out riding on
threw me. Wasn't that
awful luck?" ;
"It was, indeed. Did you ever know
it to work the other Avay?"
"Certainty, I haAe. I saw the moOn
over my right shoulder this month, and
the other day Avhen I was out driving,
I and the horse overturned the carriage, I
aidn t even get nurt, aitnougn l might
have been killed. Oh, I'm sure it never
fails. Merchant Traveler.
A "Short-Hamr Writer.
By an accident Avhile gunning in Mis
souri when a boy, Postmaster J. C. Hen
drix. of Brooklyn, shot off the fingers
off his right hand. In Avriting, the New
York Tribune says, he holds his pen be
tween his thumb and the stub of his fist.
When he was a college sophomore at
Cornell he accepted the editorship of a
little foolscap-si ed sheet daily at Ithaca,
in the place of the former editor, Avho
had suddenly disappeared. Mr. Hen
drix composed the entire staff, doing the
work of reporter, correspondent, sci-sors
driver and leader writer. In his capac
ity as reporter he attended a supper of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians on the
evening of St. Patrick's Day. A burly
looking Irishman watched him as hi3
pen, so queerly held, ran nimbly along
over the paper. Again the next dav the
Usame man brought a companion with him
into the newspaper orhce, and, after buy
ing a copy of the paper, loitered behind
with his eyes fixed upon the editor, who
was then scribbling away as rapidly as
the night before. Then turning to his
friend the Hibernian said:
"Faith, it's often Oi've huhrd tell of
thim short-hand writers, but this is the
furst toime Oi ivver sit oiyes on one of
thim!"
Not Very Conversational.
There is an American1 in the customs
service in China who is quite a charac
ter. His coolness and assurance have
tried the patiece of ..Sir Robert Hart the
Imperial Director of Customs many times
these twenty years, but he is still there.'
He never could learn Chinese,- and even
tvhenit was made imperative that the
justoms men should know the language
to some extent he didn't learn it. He
was always doing something Avrong, or
against the rules. On one occasion Sir
Bcbert Hart was in Shanghai, and, walk
ing doAvn the Band, he. met the Ameri
can, whose post wa3 at a Southern port.
The American saluted.
"Well, sir," said Hart, ''will yon have
the goodness to explain why you are not
at your post in A moy?"
"Certainly, Sir Bobert. I am travel
ing with a No. 1 Mandarin on duty."
"You! You can't be ' of much use.
How do you manage? You don't under
stand Chinese?"
"No; but I don't talk to him."
"How can you get on without talking
to him?"
"Well, you see, Sir Robert, he's
dead." v
He wasrescorting the body of a dead
Mandarin to his family place. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
"Once a Day."
.Thirty years ago, one of the mot
famous elephants that traveled in thLa
country was "Old Columbus." During
one of his summer trips through Vir
ginia, he stopped at the town of D
In the neighboring toAvn of H , a boy
familiarly called "Dave," and notorious
for leadership in all kinds of mischievous
tricks, determined to shoAV off before, the
other boys at "Old Columbus's" expense,
and invited several of his companions to
go with him.
Having come to the elephant's stable,
Dave gave him, first, candy, then cake,
and finally cried : "Noav," boys !" and
slipped a piece of tobacco into his pro
boscis, intending to get out of danger,
and enjoy "Old Columbus's" disgust and
anger.
But, before he could move Columbus
seized him, and Avhirlcd him upAA'ard
through the opening overhead against
the roof the stable.
Unhurt by his unexpected "rise," DaA'c
dropped on the hay-mpAV. The other
boys below, supposing this to be the
"trick" promised them, cried out in ad
miration :
"Dave, Dave, do that again!"
Dave comfortably seated out of harm's
way, very earnestly answered:
"No, boys! I only do that trick once
a day!"
Novel Wall Decorations.
"While in New York a few days since,"
writes Fuller Walker, "I took the oppor
tunity to A'isit some of the leading dec
orative artists, just to learn what is the
prettiest and newest thing out for the
furnishing of rooms. At the office of
the Art Age, on West TAventy-third
street, I saAv a Avhole room lined Avith
what is called Russian crash, or burlap.
It can be had in New York, sixty-eight
inches wide, for fiftj' cents a yard. It is
of a liht pearl color, closeby AVOA'en, and
makes an admirable background for any
style or color of decorations. The room
I saAv av&s lined with this crash, a nar
row fold of the came being put over the
seams; or where the .edges joined. A
frieze of the same ran around the top of
the room. This had been hand-painted
in oils and wras fastened to the wall at
its lower edge with large-headed brass
tacks. The effect of the whole Avas very rich
and fine. Such a tint and material make
a good natural background for pictures,
especially engravings, to hang against.
Brown linen, such as dusters are made
of, is now being much used to decorate
rooms with. FloAA-ers or a conventional
design can be painted on this cloth in
fresco colors, such as scene-painters use.
Any one can mix these colors, and with
a little practice Avill soon be able to paint
charminsr designs. A hall bed room
would be a good room to begin upon.
Calling upon a celebrated physician in
New York I found his library, above
the bookcases, lined with deep red
straw matting, tacked on with brass
tacks. The effect AA-as all that could be
desired. Wall papers have had their
day, unless they are very fine and artistic.
No modern house of any pretensions now
tolerates Avail paper. A room may be
very cheaply and beautifully decorated
Avith stuffs of all kinds, if only one Avill
give the subject a little thought and go
at it." Boston Transcript.
Tainted Peas.
"I wouldn't order those French peas,
if I Avere you," obserA'ed a Avell-knowu
New York physician to a Mail and Ex
press reporter, as they were dining in an
upper. Broad Avay cafe.
"Why not?"
"Because green peas, especially French
ones, are deceptive. Time was when;
green peas Avere as honest a vegetable as :
ever grew. But in this age of deception
and fraud very few vegetables can pre-;
serve their integrity."
"Do you mean to say that these are
bogus peas:" .
"No, but the color is sometimes bogus.;
It's as unreal as the paint on an actress'
face." v ;
"Is it dangerous?"
"I have never knoAvn it to do anything
more dangerous than to kill a person. It
is usually, however, not that dangerous.
I only know of one fatal case, and in that
instance a mistake had been made in
coloring the peas; too much poison had
been used. Sulphate of copper is the
poison the canners use to paint on their
faded vegetables the verdant hue of
growth and freshness. A small quantity
only is used."
"Why don't the authorities prevent
the sale of them?"
"It is not a universally accepted fact
that they are poisonous. American doc
tors, notably the members of the Massa
chusetts Board of Health, agree that the
combination of sulphate of copner and
peas is hurtful. On the contrary, many
French and Bulgarian physicians claim
that it not only is not harmful, but is a
positive remedial agency, and sometimes
recommend it to patients suffering from
certain maladies. For my part, though,
I prefer my vegetables unadorned. I like
them plain and clothed in the colors na
ture gave them. A decorated pea has no
charms for me."
3Iade From Potatoes.
It has been stated that a substance re
sembling ivory, of great hardness and
creamy whiteness, can be made from
potatoes. The tubers must be of good
quality, and after being washed in di-
luted sulphuric acid, are oonea in the
( same liquid until they form a dense and
: solid mass. They are then freed from
! the acid and sloAvly dried. The artificial
ivory can be dyed and turned in the
1 lathe, and applied to any of the uses for
which real ivory now lecoming so
1 tcarce is usually employed.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Recipes.
Son a Cake. One pound flour, one
half pound currants, one-fourth Kund
raisins, one-fourth pound butter, six
ounces sugar, two ounces orange peel,
two ounces almonds, one teaspoonful
carbonate of soda, flavor with essence of
lemon ; add milk enough to make cake
rather stiff, and put in one-half a nut
meg. To Can Grapes. Pick them carefully
from the stems, ta'ang care not to tear
the skins much: put them in a porcelain
kettle, with a little water;stir them care
fully and only 'enough to make sure that
they are well heated through ; then put
them in the cans. The pulp will then be
whole and the sauee not all seeds and
skins.
Tomatoes axi Osioxs. Prick the
small ripe tomato skins and lay them in
layers, cover with small onions and
sprinkle with salt, let it stand a Avtek,
drain off silt Avatcr. put the tomatoes in
a jarandt over with strong vinegar. Boil
a pint of vinegar with red pepper, horse
radish, spices and mustard; add to the
pickles.
Stuffed PicrPEits. Slit the peppers,
take out the seeds, and stuff with cab
bage shredded very fine and English
mustard secdineq' al parts. Put a small
wdiite onion and two cloves in each pep
per. Tie them firmly up and put into
cold vinegar. The cabbage should be,
sprinkled Avith salt and hungup in a bag
to drain the day before it is used.
Bt:i: ad Pudding. One quart of milk,
one pint bread crumbs, the yolks of three
eggs, one cup of sugar, a small piece of
butter; flavor to taste; bake twenty
minutes; when cool spread jelly over it;
beat to a froth the reserved Avhites of
eggs; mix with one tablespoonful of
sugar; pile on top of the jelly and set in
a hot oven until slightly browned.
Pot-koastkd Bfkf. Take a piece of
cheap beef, say from the round, boil tAvo
hours in about enough of walcr to al
most cover it; season with pepper and
salt. When the Avatcr is almost boiled
away turn the in eat often, to keep it
from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
At last the Avater will all be evaporated,
and then let the meat brown a little; take
it out and add to the hot fat flour and
Avater ; this Will make a rich brown gravy.
It is best to have a tablespoonful of flour
mixed Avith a quart of Avater ready to
pour in as soon as the meat is removed, so
as not to have the fat scorched. Pork,
veal or mutton is equally nice cooked in
this manner.
Useful Hints.
Fruit that is t o - be" preserved may be
kept from turning a dark color by drop
ping it into cold Avater as fast as peeled.
NeArer let metal touch' fruit and handle
it as little as possible, is the rule of an
authority in all sorts oi fruit preserving.
- It is generally a pity to cook fresh fruits ;
but inferior and hard pears may often be
madevery palatable by stewing them
with a little sugar.
To clean decanters pour the refuse of
the teapot leaves and all into the decan
ter, and shake it avcII. The tannin of the
tea has a chemical affinity for the crust
on the glass.
To remove paint and putty from Avin
dow glass m ike a strong solution of
pearl-ash Avithhot water. Apply Av ith a
brush to the paint or. putty, and Avhen
nearly dry rub hard Avith a woo'c i cloth.
To scour tins, coppers, etc., Avash in
hot suds, then dip a Avet rag in fine
sifted coal ashes, scour avcII -and then
polish with dry ashes. Coppers, if much
stained, can be cleaned AVith vinegar and
salt, or oxalic acid. Put ten cents worth
of acid in a quart of water and bottle.
Label poison in large letters a'r.d keep
for use. It is a dangerous article, yet
Aery useful to have at hand. Keep it by
itself in some place inaccessible to chil
dren. Of all vegetables, cabbage needs to be
cooked quickly and thoroughly. It is
usually halved or quartered and bo'iled,
after lying for a few minutes in cold,
salted AA-ater. This will remove insects
which may lurve found refuge in the
leaves, Avhich should be closely examined ;
then plunge in boiling Avater, and cook
at least three-quarters of ah hour. Half
a teaspoonful of cooking soda neutalizes,
in a measure, the disagreeable odor, or a
trifle of red pepper.
What Locomotive Whistles Mean.
One long blast of the whistle is a sig
nal for approaching stations, railroad
crossings and junctions.
One short blast of the whistle is a sig
nal to apply the brakes stop.
Two long blasts -.of the Avh'.slle are a
signal to thrOAV off the brakes.
Tavo short blasts of the Avhistle are an
answer to the conductor's signal to stop
at the next station. .
Three long blasts of the whistle are a
signal that the train has parted, i
Three short blasts of the Avhistle when
the train is standing are a signal that the
train will back.
Three short blasts of the Avhistle when
the train is running are a signal to be
given by passenger trains, Avhen display
ing signals for a following train, to call
the attention of trains they meet or pas
to the signals.
Four long blasts of the w histle are a
signal to call in the flagman.
Four short blasts of the Avhistle are the
engineer's call for signals from switch
men, Avatchmcn and trainmen.
Two long, followed by two short,
blasts of the whistle are a signal for ap
proaching road crossings at grade.
Five short blasts of the Av histle are a
signal to the flagman to go back and pro
tect the rear of the triin.
A succession of s-hort blasts of the
whistle is an alarm for ersons or cattle
on the track, and calls the' attention of
trainmen to danger ahead. ltacine
( Wis.) Journal.
W'l. o- CI, a fwia.il
i Children are sensitive plants in the
human garden. Touch them roughly
and they shrink from you. Few of us
appreciate the depth of feeling they
possess.'
At the Wednesday night concert in
Grand Circus Park !ast week a gentleman
noticed a little eirl crying.
"What is it. little one S" he asked.
"It's the
music, --said the chdd, sob
don't like-to! hear the band
bin,'. "I
play, 'cause ray dittle sister's dead."
Detroit- Free Pre.
LIKE A FAIRY TALE.
A Georgia Farmer's Renevolenc" Re
warded by a Pile or .Money.
A pretty little romance has just reached
an interesting culmination iu I!alon county.
Ga. At the base of the Tiger Mountain, half
a mile of the main roal lea-ting to Clayton
resides a solr old farmer named Oeorg"
W. Dil.arJ, who has a wife ami two sons.
Early last summer Mr. Dillard reoeiv d a
letter from bis wifVs brother whom he had
not seen since At that time James M-
t'urrie was a young man. ns was also(;or
W-lillard. The news has reached -Georgia,
of the wonderful pol 1 discoveries in l'nli
fornia. Among those who were full of tln
excitement were McCurrie and IMllard. They
had jterfected all arrnnenicnte fur going
thither, ami were bidding the fa i ily gilbv
when Dillard falteivd. The tearful eves of
MeUurries young sister touched his heart,
especially as he was weaping for him and
not for her brother. Throwing down hi-
bundle, he dvlared that h would stay if th"
girl would marry him. To this .he cheer
ful ly agreed, so 1 il aril remained a Georgia
farmer, while McCurrie junqed into th
stage coach and a as borne away. Since that
time he lias never tx-en heard of.
It was with mingled feelings, therefore,
that Diilanl read th letter from his old com
rade. McCurrie stated that he had worked
against tidverso fortune, declining to Arit.
tot e folks at horn until he could str ke it
rich, but every year found him growing
Iorer, and now, old. feeble and j.xr, hn
great wish was to look once more upon his
native lulls. That he could notdo so unless
1 e Avas sent money enough upon which to re
turn. Mr. Dillard read the letter to his w if.j
and sons.
"We must send him the mono v," said th-
old man. So a cow and a mule Ave re saerU
ticed and the money went on its mission
across the continent. Several weeks' tiiii
brought anot .er letter in which the old man
expressed his gratefulness for the kindness
done him, but he was too ill to undertake
the journey. After that no more was heard
from him.
On Mond iy Dilla-d received a letter which
recited that J nines McCurrie was dead ; that
he wished to test the fidelity of his sister's
family; that their prompt response to his ap
peal had moved him, and that by his will
his projterty in California, Aalued at $ 1 d1,
000, was willed in equal jarts to his sister,
her husband and their two so s.
The two young men pa-ssod through Atlan
ta Wednesday night infinite for California
to take h sscssion. of the property, w hich
they hope to shortly convert into cash, when
they will return.
RUM MAKES A BIG FIRE.
A I-istillery looses $100,000 S warm
of Vagrants Attracted by
the Odor.
Ephraim Howe's distillery at New York
was destro3'ed by fir - in quick time. While
the flames were feeding on tho (stock of
Avhiskey and spirits, valued at ?I0,(XK), they
Avere practically beyon 1 the control of tho
Fire Department, and in the end there re
mained only the shell of the building. Most
of the firemen in the lower part of the city
Avere called out, but could' only protect ad
joinging property. An explosion iu the rear
of the first story Avas heard at 5 a. m. by John
'Wood and Francis Reed, two employees who
had been watching astill overnight.- A tan.li
had burst by reason of tho fermentation of
the liquor it contained. There Avasa lighted
gas-jet near the tank and that set lire. to th
liquor. Alcholic vapor soon filled the'build
ing and carried the fire to the top siory.
The distillery was three stories high and
extended a distance of about one hundrud
feet. Large tanks on tho upKr floors con
tained the bulk of .Mr. Howe's stock It did
not take long for the heat to warp the irorv
sides of the tanks and spill the liquor, and
then the distillery became a monster alcohol
lamp Boarders iu the Central Hotel, ad
jo ning tho distillery, got out of their beds
and took refuge in the street, ami the crowd
Avas increased by the inmates of neighboring
tenement-houses. After the lire was well
under control the THliee Avere obliged to
drive aivay a small army of Sixth Ward va
grants, who had leen attracted 1 k flies by
the fumes of liquor that escajed from tho
ruins.
Mr. Howe's losses were estimated at about
81,000 on the building, $io,000on machinery
and $00,000 on stock. The superintendent of
the distillery said he did not think Mr. Howe
was insured for much more than half tho
amount of the losses. Water thrown on
other buildings to protect them from harm
soaked intoc'-llarsand caused losses amount
ing to about 5C,(HJ0 all told, so that the total
losses by t he lire reached nearly $100,000.
ARRESTING AN OUTLAW.
A Si.orifTs Iosse Under a
Fusillade'
of Pistol Shots.
A desperate fight occurretl yesterday on
the line of the Choctaw Nation, sixty-five
miles south of Fort Smith, Arkansas, U'twecn
Deputy Unitexl States Marshal George Will
)ams aBd a pose of three men and an outlaw
named Bill Fiazier. Frazier is want.-l in
the United States Court on a charge of
horse stealing ami assault Avith inb-nt
to kill The officers have had several
rounds with him .luring the past summer
and brought him to bay in a farm house.
His surr. nder was demanded. lhen ho
threw open the door and fired on the party
Avith a shot gun, wounding Abe Barnhwl
severelv in the left ankle.
The officers returned the fire and sought
cover, whenEuizier ran out with a six-shoot-er
in each hand and broke for the brush,
firing on the officers as he r.in. Barnhill re
ceived two pistol balls in the knee, one of
them shattering the bone, despite which h
kept up the fight with his companions until
Frazier disappeared in a thicket, where, it is
reported, he died .soon after of wounds re
ceived The marshal's wounds are serious
and may result in the loss of. a leg if not his
life Deputy Williams and one of his jhm
are still at the place where the fight occur
red and the death of the outlaw is not eon
firmed. Frazier killed a deputy constable
at Enterprise several years ago.
A CONSUL ARRESTED.
.Mr. Oscar Hatfield, of Batavia, .Javr
Placed in Jail on a Charge of
Fraud.
Oscar Hatfield, for a number of years pa-S
United States Consul at Batavia, Java, is in
trouble. In fact, he is in jail, where he w as
sent on t:e 11th of August last on the ratter
vague charge of fraud It is alleged that
Mr. Hatfield's misdemeanor must have been
a serious one, as consuls and other foreign
representatives are accorded . a degree of
license unusual so far as ordinary citizens go.
The JaA-a authorities refuse to make known
the nature of Mr. Hatfield's offence, but it is
thought to ha A-e some connection with the
recent failure of the house of Handel & Co.,
Avhose liabilities are three million guil I r-.
It is also charged that Hatfield is short ia Lis
accounts Avith the United States goA-err-ir,' r.t
about i,Oou. Hatfield is the first consul that
has been arrested in Java in half a century.
The affair has created an intense excitement
among the foreign representatives there.
Hatfield was appointed to his present p ae
from the St te of Xew Ynrt liv th,i H.iv, -
lministratioo,