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THE JOURNAL. Tylorsrvlll The philosopher of the Chicago Timet knuses in this vein : 'The .boys are- begin ning to fire stones at the windows-of the bld rattletrap Exposition building. Whenever the boys begin to &e stones at "the windows of a building the structura irriflv'bG considered a wreck. The boys and the rats arrived upon the scene most simultaneously." . - al- Tlie failure of the rice crop -this year a disaster, observes the New -Orleans , Times-Democrat, whose extent is scarcely appreciated by the people generally. iThere is almost a. certainty of a reduc ition of the crop by 500,000 barrels be ;low the enrage; and, more jprobably, jthe shortage will amount to -COO; 000 Ibarrels or sacks of rough rice. This represents 6 loss of about $2,O0O,)CO.. John C. Klein," the New York Worlds ispecial commissioner, has returned from the Isthmus of Panama. He reports that De Lesseps-s oanal has cost 6350,000,000, and is about one-third completed. -Over 20,000 lives have been lost among the laborers. The project is pronounced the greatest ever undertaken by man, not excepting the pyramids of Egypt. It is jeported that the French Government -will take some action in the matter, but there are diplomatic as well as financial ''iculties in the wav. Tie intelligence comes from Peru that the Verrugas viaduct on the Moya Rail jway, forty miles from Lima, was recently bwept away by a great cloud burst. Ten minutes sufficed to destroy a great engi l$?ring work that cost two years to build ;and a half .million of money. Peru, with its impoverished treasury, is powerless to irebuild this viaduct, and without it the .country is useless. In this emergency Michael P. Grace has announced his in tention of furnishing the money, but the Tesult will be a firmer grip by the million iaire on the countrv's vitals. The Atlanta Constitution is responsible for the following: "The death of a wealthy and eccentric old man at Tyler, .Texas, has brought to light a remarkable will. The old man had no relations, and in his last will and testament he directs 11 his property to be divided equally among all persons living in the Southern States who were born on his birthday, the 9th of March, 1835. Mr. D. P. Atkins, of Tyler, notifies all parties interested- to send in their names before the last of July. The amount of the fortune to be distributed is not mentioned, but it is said to be very large." . Among the deeds of heroism that shine on that dark backs-round of misery at JJohnstown during the flood is the un paralleled self-sacrifice of Mrs. Ogle. For twenty years she had been the telegraph operator at Johnstown. She wasamong the first to get news of the impending danger. Instead of fleeing for her life, she calmly called up all the operatives along the line of the valley and warned them of the coming calamity. She held her post in the teeth of death .until the last point she could reach had been "warned. 'This . is ..my last mes sage," she telegraphed and it was prac ''ticallyler last 'momenV42 Sh had given her life for others by as noble a piece of sacrifice as the brightest page oi history records. . Bismarck thought a great : deal of the late John Lathrop Motley. When Motley .was Minister to Austria, Bismarck invited iim to visit Berlin, and had a jolly time with him. In his conversation with the American, the Iron Chancelor laughed at the idea of any man being big enough to control events. He was willing "enough to have the common people regard him as a powerful being who moulded public opinion and decided the destiny of the nation, but in private he admitted to his friend that it was all .nonsense. A man may go along with events and be on the winning side, said the old statesman, but he does not produce or control them, In other .words, concludes the Atlanta Constitution, Bismarck believes that a man is largely the creature of circum stances. Two States, Michigan and Illinois, Jiave undertaken an official investigation of the extent to which farms are mort gaged, in Michigan the data thus far returned are only partial, but the com missioner estimates the total assessed rralue of the farms of that State at $335,. 000,000, and the mortgaged indebted ness at 64,000,000, with an annual in terest of nearly $5,000,000. - In Illinois the aggregate value of the mortgages on" lands and farms is $142,400,000; the annual interest is $4,919,000. The total number of acres of encumbered land jn Illinois is 8,082,794 in a total acreage of o4,081,180. There is nothing formid able in these figures, when we recall the fact that (in 1879) the total value of the products 6f the farms.ih that State (out side oi 'Cook C,ounty) exceeded $200,- SURVIVED A DEATH SHOCK. A HAN BECEIVES A TERRIBLE EOSS OF ELECTRICITY. After Being Apparently Dead for Ovf.r an Hoar the Electrician Kecov ered. During Intense Agony. The terrible uncertainty of electricity in its effect upon the human body was never better illustrated than in the case of H. M. Stevens, of Boston, who four years ago received a shock' equivalent to 1500 volts the greatest on record, so far a known. The fact that he recovered, after awful agony, and is to-day a healthy and robust man argues strongly against the claim of electrical experts that elec tricity affords a -simple and efficacious method of producing death. In view of Kemmler s eitorts m JNew York State to escape the execution of his . death sentence by electricity, the testi mony of Mr. Stevens is very interesting at this time. He is Assistant Superin tendent; of the Boston Electric Light Company, and gave the World corre spondent a full account of his remark able contact with the mysterious electric fluid. He was Superintendent, four years ago this summer, of the Middlesex Elec tric Lighting Company, in Lowell. In making a tour of inspection of the ma chines he came in contact with the brushes of a . thirty-five light dynamo. He slipped upon an oily spot on the 'floor, fell for ward, .instinctively put out both hands to save himself and unwittingly grabbed with either hand the positive and nega tive brushes of the machine. A circuit was completed, with his body as the me dium, and a force of electricity equal to 50,000 candle power, or about 1500 volts, shot instantaneously through him and prostrated him violently in the field of the machine. There he lay for a few seconds, the cur rent all the time entering his body, until finally, from his own weight, he dropped off to the floor.1 To all appearances he was dead. All this happened in less time than it takes to describe it. ' The shock was sufficient to kill an ordinary man. According to the best electrical opinion, Murderer Kemmler, in New York, will receive no greater charge. Stevens, how everwas not dead, and his recovery' is probably the most remarkable part of his strange experience. They picked him up and carried him away. Dr. Brissel, of Lowell, was sum moned. The pulse and the heart showed no signs of life The eyes were set, the limbs were rigid and the arms were drawn close to the body. The flesh was cold and bloody gashes between the fingers were apparent, showing where the flesh had been burned. The doctors went to work earnestly enough , but the case was one in which the symptoms- were altogether unknown to medical science. They pried open the mouth and poured a big glass of whisky into the stomach. It had no ef fect. Next the medical men pounded and rubbed for an hour, but the body never moved a. muscle. The miraculous now occurred. This man had all the while been insulated with enough electricity in his system to charge another machine. He had been lying all the while on the floor? An attendant at the station sug gested placing the body on the ground where itjvas damp. This wgs doneand th.e man began loTevive. After an hour the patient became conscious, but it was the consciousness of agony. The elec tricity was slowly passing out of the body mtotheCTOund. t Stevens suffered terribly for four hours after consciousness. He kept gasping for breath, and tried to articulate but could not. They gave him more whisky and continued the rubbing and pounding process, and finally he was able to be re moved to his room in the St. Charles Hotel. Every faculty and function had been paralyzed, but one by one they re gained something like their ncrmal con dition. The legs felt alternately as if they had been amputated at the knee, or again as if they had been lengthened out until they were a block long and tapered UULPQI1 QSJSV D0Te ce knee, were two light blue spots. . After doctoring mm for a course of weeks the 'physicians brought him around, but from that day to this Mr. Stevens carried the reminders of that terrible charge of 1500 volts in his body. He is a sort of dynamo all in himself. He is very sensitive to the approach or presence of a thunder storm, and always feels -depressed during its continuance. 4 'Do I believe m killing a man by electricity?" he exclaimed, when asked what he thought of executing a man in that wav. "No, I do not. I don't believe the profession knows enough about electricity yet to warrant them at tempting to kill a man with it. All electricians know that diherent men are differently affected by electricity. .Some can stand a little, others more and some can take an . enormous charge without fatal result. This must be borne in mind m crivine- a man a cnarge. ana it is especially important in tne case of executing a murderer. Suppose they don't crive him enough and he recovers, as I did, what torture must he suffer ! And why shouldn't he recover and fool the electricians? If he's a natu rally strong man, has no heart trouble and is well preserved, the chances are that he will pull through if they give him the opportunity. Or again, if he has been a laborer, accustomed to manual labor or exposure to the sun for a long time, his flesh must necessarily have become more or less hardened, that is insulated, and the electricity Would have less effect upon him. " "There are ever so many fine points to be . considered ; and from what I know from personal observation as a practical investigator of the workings of elec tricity, 1 think it s a very risky thing to try to execute this Kemmler by electricity. The science is not far enough from the ex perimental stage as yet. I am in favor of the old fashioned hangman's rope, and if I can help Kemmler to escape his death sentence by electricity, I am willing to do s by any means in my power." Another remarkable thins: about Mr Stevens's experience is that after recovery he began to gain flesh rapidly. At the time he weished 135. and in six months he tipped the beam at 165, rind to-day weighs close to 190. 1 He says it is due to the electricity, but just why he cannot say. Ncio York World. A Quaker Woman's Coolness. The tales recently published in the Press of the heroic conduct ai ladies when in danger from robbers, remind ma of the courage of a quiet old Quaker lady, in Burlington, Vt. , of which I heard years ago. ' . 1 She and a younger sister lived together in one of the pleasantest streets of that little city, no one occupying the house but themselves and their one servant. The two ladies had spent an evening ;with a neighbor, and, returning to their homo before 10 o'clock, one of them passed into the kitchen to give some directions to the maid servant there, while the -elder sister, lighting her candle, proceeded directly to her bedroom upstairs. - Opening the large clothes-press there to put her bonnet in its accustomed place, she thought she saw something more than usual in the far corner of the capacious closet, and taking the light in her hand she at once began to investigate. Parting the garments that hung upon the pegs she found herself confronted by a man, who had concealed himself among their ample folds. "Why! wiiat in. the world is thee doing there?" inquired the surprised, but not at all terrifed, old lady, and as the intruder, apparently as much astonished by her coolness as she by his presence, made no rejriy, he con tinued: 4 'Thee knows thee has no busi ness in my closet among my gowns. Come right out, this very minute, and go down stairs, and out of the house, and never let me see thy face here again." The man, seemingly nonplussed by her fearlessness, meekly obeyed without a word, and she lighted him dovn the stairs, admonishing him all the way, and finally fastening the front door of the house behind him as calmly as if closing t upon a friend. Philadelphia Pries. Evening Things np a Little. . In the early history of the European and North American Railroad the female passengers did not enjoy the exemption from the annoyances of tobacco smoke which is now accorded them. Among them on one trip was an elderly lady of stern countenance and an elevated nose, whose whole affection seemed to centre in a mongrel little cur which she held in hr lap and favored with many tender endearments. A little way in front of her sat a "great horrid man" industrious ly and peacefully puffing a large cigar. The wrathful lady viewed him for a time in cold displeasure, and then stalking majestically down the aisle she seized the offending cigar and threw it out of the window, with the disdainful remark: "If there is anything in the world I posi tively despise it's a nasty cigar." The owner of the cigar said nothing but quietly picked up a newspaper and be gan to read. An hour or two later. he passed down the aisle, and pausing in front of the proud ladj, he seized her precious little dog and threw if cut of the window, with the quiet remark: 4.'If there is anything under the heaven that I hate it is a miserable little dog." Ken nebec (1ft.) Journal Harases of the Teredo. Every now and then a wharf heavily r - loaded with grain, coal or merchandise-, goes crashing down into the bay, says a ship's Captain in the San Francisco Chronicle, and investigation shows ..that the piles have been honeycombed by teredo oorings. Now there is scarcely a more soft, defenseless creature on earth tjian the teredo, yet a small colony wiil riddle the stoutest timber like a sieve in a few weeks. Linnaeus called the pest calamitas navium, but copper sheathing has disarmed the terror so far as ships are concerned. And a little attention to the habits of the animal would as speedily terminate its ravages on the woodwork of our piers. The teredo objects to iron in ''any, form,- ?tallc'-6r in solution; hence jjll that would benecessaiTfo7 the complete protection of the bay piers' and wharves would be to cover the piles with bin iron plate from the water line to a few inches below the mud line, where the operations of the borers cease. It is said that even dipping the piles into a strong solution of iron is sufficient to prevent the ravages of the teredo. If so tne experi ment is certainly worth trying. A Canning Minion of tlio Law. The other day a young London doclor, who, doubtless from some scientific or other high motive, had declined to pay a bill, had a "distress" served upon him in he most ingenious manner. He intelli gence had long defied the bloodhounds of he law, but the broker s man alone was Dae too many for him. The doors were ocked, the windows bolted, the area gate impregnable; but the gemus . to wnoui bad been intrusted the task oi entering he castle, was equal to the occasion. What he looked for was "the motive that is, the motive which would be most like to induce a young doctor to open his door; and he found it in a "patient." lie drove up to the door in a cab as a chronic but well-to-do invalid. Swathed in flannel he tottered up the steps, and when the sympathizing physician let him in and was about to inquire into his case, he replied: "Summons, sir; I'm the broker's man." Araonaut. Sp98US4AJ5.UnOO Oq-; JO SS30X3 tn jt!j si Aj:unoo srq; ui jaqumu ottj aas asnra say 'oOOi. uoqc jfrao qxb saoq; 'OOO'OOO'OS rouj .oioui qriAV 'aubuxioo ui puu si3a'ayt2t Q009 Viq o-re '000 "OOO'O? jo uoxremdod v tttiav 'ooutji tn lBUj v 9ouq s3AJ3sqo 'laquiauiai oai U8TIA1 '000 (0l JaqaSo S3g .p.ainuQ. 3qj trt 9.TB 9J3q; puB lion JO oxeig aq; ui sisAAii OOO'II 'soaas at 'axe oaaqx fALuituunoD an;, jo ssanrsnq orarriSai oqi o; uoiiodoid jo ino si laqranu aiaqx' Ajunoa svqi m $j.zmvi A"tnnn ocj jbj aat? ajau3'uoq;nBq;TAv sBads Tirrerao oqAV 'piaTj iarpna: piAa 'iRQi Sorpjooov THE USEFUL RUBBER TREE ' PECM THE WHITE SAP TO THE i HANDY OVERSHOE. Interesting Facts About the Growth, Preparation, Importation, and. Manufacture of Rubber. "- . ' The tree which produces rubber is known to the scientist as "Siphonia elas tica," and is found in Brazil, the north and west coasts of South America, Cen tral America, Mexico, east and west coasts of Africa? and India. There are many shrubs, vines, and even trees whieh produce rubber, but not in merchantable quantities. Even our com mon milkweed would produce a very fair rubber. The standard and most reliable rubber in quality, as well as the highest priced the celebrated Para bisquit is procured from Brazil, while from the west coast of Africa comes the lowest grade. In fact, .this latter for several years has been de teriorating in quality, due in fact to care lessness or fraud on the part of gather ers, though in theory the importers be lieve that this is a sure result of the ad vance of the missionary. The so-called rubber plant found in many houses, and admired for its beauti ful foliage, is not the tree which produces the rubber of commerce, for this tree, as found in Brazil, grows to the height of of about sixty feet, without branches ex cept at the top, where it is crowned with rich foliage. The leaves are of a dark green color, thick and glossy, resembling the magnolia, and the bark is smooth and regular On the Lower Amazon, among the islands, rubber is collected and brought to market every month in the year; but rubber from the upper river, gathered -during the 4dry season, only reaches market .during the wet season, for the double reason of the necessity for high water to enable the river steamers to reach the higher branches of the river and the enormous distances to be sailed over by these steamers, whose trips into Peru, and to the head water and back, cover a distance greater than from here to Liver pool and back and consume a much longer time. Between Para which is the great shippping port for rubber and the Andes Mountains there are 30,000 to 40,000 miles of navigable water of the Amazon and its tributaries. At the beginning of a season say the latter part of May or the early part of June the emigration of laborers to work on rubber estates is very large, the steam ers from the south (mostly from the Province of Ceara) going up the Amazon loaded. with rubber gatherers, most 1 of whom return again in the autumn, when, the rainy season begins. Those who re main live a most indolent life in lightly built bamboo huts perched on' piling to elevate them above the rising waters. These laborers have all been previously engaged, by some proprietor of a rubber estate or seringoes, , as they are there called. ' . - Some of the seringoes are very exten sive, in which many men are employed and the work carried on very systemat ically, being divided into three gangs. One gang clears paths from tree to tree by constantly chopping and cutting at the wild and luxuriant vegetable growth which would otherwise render travel im possible. A second gang follows, and with narrow hatchets cuts long V-shaped gashes in the bark of the tree. At the point of the V a small clay cup or saucer is placed, into which the white milky sap slowly trickles. In about four hours the milk ceases to flow and each cup has yielded about a gill. A third gang fol lows, gathering the contents of the cups into a large calabash, which in turn is emptied into one of these large turtle shells so much used in housekeeping in these regions. The turtle shell filled, it i returned to camp as quickly as possible, as the milk soon begins to congeal. It is now given to the "makers, n each of whom j,ts by a fire made of ary palm nuts, over earthen jar .fow neck. which has been piaced an rithout bottom and with nar This makes a ' crude sort of chimney, lumnpv. whif h that rises from the fire in dense clouds. The "maker, " sitting by this chimney, from a small calabash pours a "little of the milk on a sort of light wooden paddle or shovel, always careful by proper manage meat to distribute it evedy over the sur face. Thrusting the shovel into the thick smoke of the chimney, he. turns it to and fro with great rapidity, when the milk is seen fo consolidate and take a grayish yellow tinge. Thus he puts on layer upon layer, until at last the caoutchouc, as the South Americans term it, on both sides of the paddle has reached a depth of from one to two feet. Cutting it on one side he takes it olf the shovel and suspends it in the sua to dry. .The caoutchouc, from its first color of a clear silver gray, 'turns shortly into a yellow, and finally becomes the well-known dark brown of the rubber, such as it is when exported. . The rubber is now m the form of the "fine Para bisquit" as imported. These bisquits vary in size, I suppose, with the strength or energy of the maker. Some weigh no more than half a pound, while I have seen them weighing 650, though about 150 to 200 pounds is the usual weight. The bisquit, when finished and cut from the paddle, contains fifty-six per cent, water, which must be wholly evapo rated before it is ready to. be put into goods. This loss is divided between the different parties who handle it. The greatest loss is between the camp and Para, wnere every Disquix is cut ior grau ing of quality. This important feature is presided over bv black maior domes. These men become very expert judges ot quality, their judgment seldom being at fault. It is final between buyer and seller, and is accepted as well by the manufac turers in the consuming markets. They are of considerable local importance. The sweepings of the camp, the dripping of the trees, and cleanings from the basin, etc., are more carelessly rolled together into scrappy balls. In Ecuador the sap is floated on water and coagulated by sprinkling with ashes, sometimes in goodly quantities, as it in creases weight. In Nicaragua the sap is drawn in thin disbes and coagulated bv miring with the bruised 1-aves of a plant irrawinp' in hp. viprmf-o- Tt, t;j- aj o o .".vj. jjiu-l& ana. Africa rubber is obtained by allowing the sap from the gash to flow down the side of the tree into a kind of basin scooped out in the soil. It is then gathered with the loose bark and dirt into bundles for shipment.- ' In sections of Africa the na tives have a method of gathering by smearing the sap on their naked bodies, coming into camp veritable living rubber men. This, and even more uncleanly ways peculiar to them, give to this prod uct" a distinctive and oderiferous stench rather embarrassing to a stranger if en countered unexpectedly. The rubber, as it arrives. in this coun tey, contains a large percentage of im purities, and the first of the general pro cess is to eradicate these impurities. This is done by passing the gum a number of times through the washer or masticator. This machine consists of two -corrugated or grooved rolls, over which a continuous stream of water is running. These rolls tear or pull the piece from its original form to that of a long, narrow sheetfull of irregular incisions. This permits the water to thoroughly wash and cleanse it from all impurities. After it is thor oughly dried the gum is next taken to the mixing: or grinding machine. Here it is mashed into line pulp having the consist ency of stiff dough. Next the calender either runs the compound into sheets, to be cut into various articles, or spreads it on a piece of cloth, or, perhaps, by means of friction between the surface of the rolls, thoroughly forces or rubs the com pound.into the fibre of the cloth. After being made into the required shape the various articles are taken to the "vulcanizer" and there curbed or baked and their forms made permanent. This latter process is a very important one. Eubber in its crude state becomes soft when subjected to heat and very hard when subjected to severe cold, but by the vulcanizing proccsss it is rendered uni formly elastic when exposed to the most intense cold or to any degree of cold. From three to ten per cent, of sulphur, according to the degree of elasticity de sired, is incorporated with the rubber; it is then for several hours subjected to heat j lemon-juice upon thq salt until a consid frorn 250 degrees 'to 300 degrees of tern- ! erable portion of it is dissolved. After perature, and rubber can thus be made as hard as iron, with a beautiful polish al most equal to glass, or it can be made as elastic as the native rubber. New York Times. ' . - . SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. American yellow pine is a great favor ite for wooden pavements in Berlin. The Westinghouse alternating electric current is said to have killed twenty per sons. . A scheme is on foot for the holding of an international electrical exhibition next year in Edinburgh. Tea is a strong narcotic and contains an alkaloid known as theine, which is the active principle of caffeine. Paper as tough as wood is said to be made by mixing chloride of zinc with the pulp in course of manufacture. Locomotives to be run by soda are to be introduced in Jlinneapolis where steam engines are forbidden for street use. The latest railway signal indicates au tomatically the t'jne that has elapsed, up to twenty minutes, since the last train passed it. Quartz is said to be very useful as an insulator in electrostatic apparatus, as the troublesome sulphuric acid can then be dispensed with. Maxing'g gun fires 700 shots per min ute. It was offered to the American Government but was declined. Now the British Government has control of it. The English service journals state that satisfactory experiments have been made in the application of volatile hydra car bons in place of water for producing power. Petroleum, which has been used for some time in connection with raising steam, is now rapidly coming into vogue for heating, melting and the working of metals. . , Every bock drawn from a public library should be disinfected when returned. If bank bills can carry and spread epi demics public books are surely unsafe un less disinfected. An improved headlight for locomotives has been designed. It has an adjustment which makeslt possible for the engineer to conveniently direct the light, as he may desire, to various points of the line. The worst you can do to your -face, next to rubbing on poison, is to have the barber shave you close. The English doctors have protested so vigorously that no English barber dares scrape the cuticle of a customer. Zoologists will be. interested in the ex hibit of the principality of Monaco at the Paris Exhibition, as all the implements used by the Prince in his dredging ex periments are to be shown, with numer ous speciinc-!:3 of deep-sea fauna. The chr olograph is a pencil' manufac tured in Germanv for writing on the skin.- It is mane in various cuiurs, auu i . -, eo.TV-f.ioni--l.-.-i v. 1 ten minutes and serve witn c.O-ton, . . a t - ; . easily removed without the use of water. It is designed for the use of- physickns, to make memoranda upon their patients. m. ; ,-v.?oV. fBr,nm t,ci i lllc lie W pu UC1 IVL -O i.VJ 1 Ul., 1 1 the German 'army for sifting into the shoes and stockings of the foot-soldiers consists of three parts of salicylic acid, ten of starch and eighty-seven of pulver ized soapstone. The mixture keeps the feet dry, prevents chafing and rapidly heals sore spots. The ' 'regal red poppy" has recently been found to have the value power of binding with its roots the soil in which it grows in such a manner that it will prove most valuable in supporting embank ments. Already several French engineers have undertaken the sowing of railway embankments with poppies. Coal-tar, formerly a troublesome waste of the gas industry, affords us about six teen distinct yellow colors, about twelve oranges, more than thirty reds, about sixteen blues, seven greens, nine violets and a number of browns and blacks, be sides mixtures of compounds, producing an almost infinite number of shades and tones of color. . HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. MAKCfG SCUAP-B00KS. Good nooks, as it is not so apt to arnthf or to "soak" the JL. ij uesc tor scraps booV-K, . aum cooked ,Kste, fa ZZ J " rte thml? and c ;-, not or damp lav on an uzi me leaf. y,a . ileitis Piece of newspaperY ov tl a iron it with a SShT,! -j.h; saeet of !l'T. When nearlv drv ft lt 13 care always t7look out for thf Hat-iron sticking to thVe methe page is kept snotol it will dry ln wrinkles. When rZX AKT oi? EOTTLE CXEAixG. -ost medicine-bottles can be drinTSrl t soap-snds , - 0 v. uter;. Dut there mw be some that will require differed : W7 ' 7 Jme avuSSs clean narrow . necked bottles by putting in bits of Wot ! ting-paper with some aST well, emptying, them rinsing. ; This will make them very clean. Frequently bot ties will be musty when standing anv length of time, and in this case, if thev are filled with cold water and: let stand for an .hour or two, the musty smell will disappear. If the bottles are greasv fill with warm water, putin a piece of wash mg-soda, allow it to dissolve, then shake the bottle thoroughly, empty,; rinse, and put co drain. A few drops of ammonia in a bottle of warm water will be found excellent to; clean a greasy bottle.' Powdered charcoal and water are good to clean a bottle that is not greasy. "(W A Wceh. - TO CLEAN ENGRAVINGS. Put the engraving on a clean board and cover it with a thin layer of common salt, finely pulverized:" thea sauep? every part of the picture hes been sub 3ected to this treatment elevate one end of the board so that it will form an angle of about forty-five depress with the hori. zon. From a teakettle or other suitable vessel pour on - the engraving boiling water juntil the salt and lemon-juice are entirely washed off. The engraving win then be perfectly clean' and free from stain. .It- must be dried on the board or on some smooth surface gradually, not by the fire or sun. Immerse the print for an hour or so (or longer if necessary) in a lye made by add ing to the strongest muriatic acid its own weight in water, and to three parts of this mixture adding one of red oxide of manganese. India ink stains should in the first instance be taken out with India rubber very carefully. If the print has been mounted the paste on the back should be removed with warm water. Another recipe is: Lay the engraving down on a smooth board with a elep sheet oi paper underneath, and wmaAl clean sponge and water wet the DwctulA on both side and then saturate it ?S with a soft sponge with the followin mixture : a quarter of a pound chloride of ound chloride of I lie acid and one apply. AmeriX lime, two ounces of oxalic quart of soft water and c&n Art Printer. - HECTPES. Boiled Onions Boil seven or eiglf large onions; drain three tunes; let stand a minute in pan after draining the last time, to allow them to dry thor oughly; sprinkle with a little flour, salt and pepper; add a good teaspoonful of. butter and pour over it all half a cup of sweet cream or rich, fresh milk. Serve at once. . Cabbage Sake! Boil one cup of vine gar, melt one . tablespoonf ul of butter, add to it one egg beaten light, one tea spoon each of mustard, sugar, salt, flour, and a half teaspoon of pepper; pour tie boiling: vinegar on this mixture; stir it i -eij. 0ii 0nc minute; pour it over the chopped cabbage. Spiced Eeef Take from fire to six pounds of beef, wash' and j'ick oS all line fragments of bones and cut the meat into several pieces; cover rwith boiling water, skim carefully as it boils; let boil till the liquor is reduced to a half pint. Ttprnnvfi the meat, season the liquor highly witl! salt, pepper, sr.fc ana thvmp' fiflrl it to the meat and mi i x with v. fork till the meat is all broken. Pack ht on top and when cold cut in slices. Fresh Tomato Soup with Rice To one dozen ripe tomatoes, quartered, add two ouarts of bodins water, a young leek, hoo-mnrp rDocnnnnfll I O A - - i . . -1 ff r cn r tour c-iucs six whole peppers, a teaspoonful o granulated sugar, half a saltspoonful oi p.elerv se ed. or part of a bunch of soup , . celerv. Simmer an hour ana rau u pulp through a fine sieve acd tn tv.o rr.np. to keeD warm; return A.dd one- I .Tin rtf.T r, 1 1 II I . . I IHIllCLl. 1 i.l . - . I ml in I ' 1 ( 1. I J ... . I Cauliflowers-Cut a-heaa o caal jflower and soak in . cold water te fli put on to boil with plenty of w ater bou To make the dress- i nail an nour, uii. . -. - -i -. o . n -.rtr -fni nf com starch, nibbed smooth in a ! little warm water; put on a cupful of milk, or nafl ii ofBr- tcTiptv it. pomes to bou- lUl-iV, 1 : -T 1Q1 e;-'i tliP rnrr.tarch. aua nau j lil r UU1UK OCA- il v.. - . - , Oocr.rnnfnl nf butter, a little salt i. v.1 o miimp while stirring MvKfinpr in a vegetable diss, i.-U J-i-occiri'T V.mirPfi over. VtltJ-l U15 Potato Bread For-four loaves ot bread take (at noon; -fom. potatoes and pan, slice and boil i quart of water. When done -pre Potatoes all through a colander, ievei xaDiespoou ui . water to make two quarts in make before iv:. v iL nl mix m.UOLU, si a still career. auuwv- 7 . you wish to mix it for the nignV one pint of yeast. Leave m place over nignt and mo I ; dishes as soon as possible itnV In one hour it is ready for . j r -i jm lt.An1-TAUr 1 1U Ui -J Bake one hour and cover ciuj moving from the oven. i eisni
The Alexander County Journal (Taylorsville, N.C.)
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Nov. 21, 1889, edition 1
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