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f The longest distance over which tele
phoning can be maintained is uncertain;
750 miles is a common daily occurrence,
jbut two gentlemen quite recently carried
pa a protracted conversation between
Charleston, tS. C, and Omaha, a distance
pf about 1500 miles.
Manchester, England, ia having a
great 6hip canal constructed by a com
pany who employ 12,000 men 'at the
work, and in several years that busy
manufacturing city will become a sea
port. The effect of this upon Liverpool
is discussed in England, aud that port
will doubtless feel the. competition of
Manchester. But Liverpool ia busy with
fecuring an abundant water supply from
Wales. These new waterworks will in
clude a wonderful 'aqueduct tunnel un
der the river Mersey, and the estimate of
the total cost is 8,500,000.
A rather curious illustration of the
iujerstitious belief in signs and omens is
just seen in the opposition to the name
given the new cruiser launched the other
day at the San FrancLaco navy yard. In
honor of that city it had been decided to
call the ship San Francisco, but no sooner
was the name announced than the Navy
Department begau to get letters by the
bushel, declaring that it was an omen of
bad luck, and the vessel thus named
would inevitably go to the bottom with
all on board. The source of this super
stition nobody appears to know. There
are no records of naval disaster on which
it might have been based. Whatever it
was founded on, it had no influence with
Secretary Tracy, who threw the letters
into the waste basket, and telegraphed
the officials at Mare's Island to stick to
the name San Francisco. lhe cruiser is
pow afloat under that name, and the
cranks are probably on the lookout for
the news of a great marine disaster.
The rabbit problem still confronts the
agriculturists of Australia. The Ameri
can farmer knows no pests like the rab
bit pest as it exists in that country. From
a few English rabbits, imported some
years ago, the breed has increased until
vast expanses of the country are literally
overrun with them. Apparently incredi
ble stories are told of the number and
ravages of Australian rabbits, but they
Bre no exaggeration of the facts. The
Parliament of the colonies always keeps
the rabbit issue on hand as ono of the
standing orders of business, but it has
never found a remedy. Some time ago
it offered a, prize of $25,000 to any one
that would suggest an effective extermina
tor. M. Pasteur, the French scientist,
responded with a plan by which the ani
mals were to be inoculated with a fatal
Infectious and contagious disease. But
after two years of experimenting this has
failed, and the Government has just
withdrawn its oiler.
Statisticians who devote their chief at
tention to population are raising the
(question whether the English-speaking
ipeople arc not destined, in course of
'time, to overspread and rule the whole
i world. At present tho people of the
United Kingdom and the United States
number about one-fifteenth of the total
ipnpulation of the earth, possess one-third
of its surface and govern one-fourth of
jits inhabitants. They are increasing
)with a rapidity unknown to any other
civilized race; and there is room enough
in the territory still at their disposal to
enable them to multiply at the current
irate for another century and then be
(double!, and still not be so thickly
crowded together as the people of some
'obi world countries Belgium, for in
f tance arc to-day. Calculated upon the
'most modest basis, the population of the
(United States by 1980 will not fall short
"of -180,000,000, and that of England,
Canada, Australia and South Africa will
.let the very least, swell the aggregate to
713,000,000; while a generous estimate
!for continental Europe places its popula
tion ninety years hence at 534,000,000.
Miss Kate Drexel, the Philadelphia
heiress to over $5,000,000, who was ad
mitted as a postulate into the severe or
urs of the Sisters of Mercy, has now
taken the white veil, her first six months
of probation having ended. This step
is a new one toward the black veil, which,
about three years heuce, will separate
her from the world for life. "It
would be a mistake," says the New
York Sun, "to attribute to undue influ
ences the disposition Miss Drexel is mak
ing of herself and her millions. It is
...
simply the natural development of the
life she has led since her infancy. Her
father was a deeply religious man. So
as her mother, a Miss Longstreth, who
hed when Kate was only two years old,
but found time to sow. in her mind the
eeetU bf a mysticism which was carefully
cultivated since by her stepmother, s
iliss Bouvier, whose family was of the
trictest religious habits such as are still
10 be found in highly cultivated French
.H!lmies nowadays. Sister Drexel will
devote her life to the Education of Indian
anl colored ' girls, and a few years from
,,r will probably.be heard from as the
" riore- nf r J neli of her" or-
iitriu t:.
THE SANDBAG.
WORK OF A DKADLYi WEAPON
IS NEW YORK.
Inspector Byrnes Talk About
Hand-
bags How They Are ! Made
Other Strange Weapons
Usetl By Footpads.
HE recent
cases
of Ml
ndbaggin
in New
York
city
have
caused
C- great dea
of !
comment.
home
9
j two
7
weeks ago
men were
struck
iown in p
omi-
nent
thoriugh-
fares in the
city
'ml
by ; this
rilent
weaion ant J
died
without
able to say anything about their assailants.
laier two more men were assaulteu m one
evening. I I j
Police Inspector Byrnes was seen
by a
He
reporter for the Mad and Exjress
nam mat tnese recent cases ol san
tfbag-
ging which have excited the attention
of
the people of New York are but a
revival
of a form of crime which appears
tevery
much
fifteen or twenty years, and which is
more prevalent in other parts of the
world
than it ever has been in i the Ij
nited
States. !
"The principle of tandbagging,'
the Inspector, "is the application o
said
con-
cussion to the human body in such
&. way
as to produce a terrinc snocK w
ithout
breaking or even abrading the skill
In
the
America and" England the; back
head and neck or the upper part d
f the
spins are and have been the fa
vonte
points of attack by the criminals wli
o em-
ploy this style of assailing a man.
The
original sandbag was, as its name liri
(plies,
a small bag filled with sand. The
sim-
plest one known to the police is a
small
A VARIETY- OF SANDBAGS.
strong stocking filled with sand. I The
advantage of this primitive affair ia that,
the moment after it .has been usell, the
sand can be thrown away and the Stock
ing kept without exciting any suspicion.
Some are made m the shape of fclubs.
The material used is cotton or woolen
cloth, bed ticking,- crash heavy! silk,
sausage sKins, eel skins, leatnerl ana
even snake skins.
"A number of famous san
ftbags,
which have been captured by the police;
are worthy ot mention. 1 une iwas a
handsome eel skin, filled with sand, close
up to the end, and thence with bird shot
to the end itself. This ; arrangement
gave the effect of a slungshot to
fair and added to the strength
he af-
bf the
arm which wielded it the awful effect
of
a swift rotary motion
"Another,owYied by a French murderer,
was of silk, handsomely embroidered
and finished with silk-wound
thongs. A third, of Spanish origin, was
of fine sheepskin, so carefully finished as
to be as soft as;the best chamois, j
- "The most impressive quality of the
sandbag lies in its not abrading tho skin
of the person who is struck by it. There
was a case only a short time ago w lere a
man's skull had been fractured, a id yet
therc was no indication of injury, so far
as the cuticle was concerned, not even to
the medical eye. The skull wiia very
thick and hard, so that the bhrw ! must
have required a terrific amount of force,
probably representing the comb nation
of a heavy sandbag
and a power;
ul as-
sailant.
REVOLVEK-PIRK AND FAX-DAOSElt.
"JNimioagging is not as rare as is com
monly believed. . Criminals, especially
tnose oi roreign origin, carry tnese in
struments of death quite frequently.
There is, however, a seeming periodicity
in their use, just as there is in other
forms of crime. There is something so
brutal, ferocious and cowardly in sand
bagging ihkt it excites a feeling 6t dis
gust in minds familiarized with
crime.
A
"The odd sandbags described
are but
4iscov-
a few of the long list which are
crcd by the police. Recently an
English
seaman was arrested who was
carrying
about as murderous a tool as can
bs lm-
agmed. It was a , set of brass
heavier and uglier than usual.
knuckles.
"At the top, opposite the thumb, there
was attached to it a revolver, and at the
bottom a sharp, double-edged dirk pro
m m
mm a
t . . !
i
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jected three inches below the -lower lino
At. - 1 Ti U Li a i
strike or stab in almost the same move
ment. "Another, a cane, is so arranged with
a knife blade in the handle that h slight
jar converts it into a short spear. The
same principle is applied to umbrellas,
parasols and even fans, and enables a
woman to convert her paraphernalia into
t traveling arsenal. .
"Tne mofet Horrible weapon among the
novelties is the creation of some Ameri
can brain or freak, it is hard to say
which. Ia external appearance the in
strument ii a good imitation of a police
riub. It is made, however, of hollow
metal, and not of wood. A handcuff at
tachment, with steel chains, fastens It to
the owner's wrist in the firmest manner.
"A spring in the handle operates a
valve in the lower end of the club, open
ing a series of minute holes in the handle
and permitting the free escape of some
red pepper stored there with the pleasant
intention of blinding the victim. A sec
ond spring in the handle throws a hun
dred razor-edged lancets from within the
interior to varying positions on the ex
terior
of the club.
"A
man catching
hold of the club
UMBRELLA SPEAR PEPPER LANCET CLUB.
would have his hand cut to rags the mo
ment the spring was touched, and, if
struck by it with even the smallest
amount of force, would die from loss of
blood ensuing upon tho opening of so
many veins and arteries." '
"The principle of the air-cane gun has
been likewise extended in many direc
tions. We now have an air pistol, as
well as disguised derringers and revolvers
of various sorts, and have them con
cealed in as many forms as the cane spear
nd umbrella lance mentioned. ' j
Odd Musical Instruments.
No one would imagius that harmony
could be produced from these curious
looking affairs, but to the almond-eyed
heathen fancy they "discourse most elo
quent music." The Chinese instrument
CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
resembles, respectfully , an hour-glast
and an extracted molar, while the Siames
harp looks like the sk eleton of a gondola.
These queer instruments are among tks
recent additions to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York.
Too Stout to See His Shoes.
"Want a shine, Boesf"
"I don't know. Do I need it!" Lift
Both Hands Were tn?a?e.
Han in the Moon "Pull down yoci
vest!"
OOD BLESS US ALL.
God bless us all! Witjh Tiny Tim
Tw thus we finish with prayer and hymn.
While cheerily from lip to lip
The Christmas wishes gayly trip;
God bless us all. the circle round.
At homes, abroad, please Gou, vL ,
God bless His own on Christmas Day 1
God bless the golden heads a row
Where ruddy hearth flames leap and glow,
God bless the baby hands that clasp
Heart fibres in their clinging grasp;
God blesa the youth with eager gazs;
God bless the sage of lengthened days;
At home, abroad, please God, we cry,
God guard His own, 'neath any sky I
God ease the weary ones who bear
A cumbering weight of grief and care:
God give the wage no ill can rooil.
The honest loaf for honest toil;
We round the heart-felt prayer an 1 hymn.
And breathe Amen with Tiny Tim,
Ate reverently, please God, we say,
God bless us all on Christmas Day!
Margaret E. SangsUr.
UNCLE BOFS CHRISTMAS
E wants me to be mar
ried on Christmas
Eve," said Bertha,
with a quiver in hei
voice, and a suspicious
dimness in her eyes.
"And he's vexed, poor
fellow, because I won't
promise him. But how
can l leave Uncle
Bob?"
Lilian put her hands tenderly on
Bertha's shoulder.
"I would take care of Uncle Bob, " said
she, "even if you were gone."
"Do you suppose I wouldn't look after
dear old Uncle Bob?" indignantly struck
in Lotty, who was barely fourteen. "If
both of you want to go and get married,
I am old enough to keep house for Uncle
Bob ! Look at that carpet ! I changed the
breadths, so that the worn spots should
not show. Seethe wall-paper! I pasted
on the fresh piece to hide the cracks, so
that no one would know it wasn't new.
And Uncle Bob's coat did you see how
I had worked over all the button-holes,
and mended the freyed elbows."
"Dear little Eotty," said Lilian, kissing
the flushed cheeks of the baby, of the
family. "You are a perfect fairy, but
you are such a mite of a thing, after all."
"Lilian is right," asserted sage Bertha.
"You are so little, Lotty. And Lilian is
absent at her bonnet-frame making all
day long. Uncle Bob grows feeble as he
grows older. He must not be left. Oh,
I can't be. married this year !"
But Bertha never told her sisters how
Allan Hapgood's last impetuous words
had contained a veiled hint that this was
the last time of asking ; if she Bertha
did not care for him, other girls might I
His neatly-furnished flat, and his salary
raised to a thousand dollars a year, need
not go begging long!
The words had struck like barbed
arrows to her heart, but they had not
skaken her allegiance to poor Uncle Bob.
"1 won't leave him now, of all times,"
said Bertha, to herself. "He loved me
and cared for me for us all, indeed
when I was nothing but a trouble and an
expense.' He brought us all up, and
spent his substance cn us, and I shall be
ungrateful indeed to desert him when he
is old and poor and feeble. I can earn
something here at home, and be com
panion for him still, i Allan is young and
brave -hearted. He will soon get over
this disappointment. But Uncle Bob
takes every little thing to heart. Oh,'
no, I can't leave Uncle Bob !"
And so Bertha Bloom settled herself
down to the unlovely prospect of single
blessedness, and all for Uncle Bob's
sake. .
Uncle Bob was a lawyer's clerk. He
had been a lawyer himself once, in
Colorado , but his health had failed, his
small investments had taken to them
selves wings, and he had gradually come
down to the low estate of a clerk's desk
and a clerk's salary.
Without his niece Lilian's wages and
bis niece Bertha's careful administration
of the slender household funds, he must
certainly have gone into bankruptcy.
But he kept his hat carefully brushed,
wore a flower in his buttonhole when it
was obtainable, and staunchly adhered
to the traditions of his gentlemanhood.
He still read the few lines daily in his
Greek Testament that kept up the memo
ries of his college days ; he looked in at
tha windows of the book stores, and pon
dered wistfully on the books he would
buy, if only he could afford it.
And, most piteous of all, he still jpre
scrved a curl of bright-brown hair in
his pocket-book, and mused at times on
what might have been, if Nell Sandiford
had not flung away his love, twenty-odd
years ago.
"I think I did right,' thought Uncle
Bob, reverently kissing the curl, and re
placing it in the worn compartment of
the pocket-book. "It seemed hard at
the time, but I've always felt that I did
right."
It was the afternoon before Christmas;
Day. The clerks at Jay & Jay's were al
ways dismissed early on this dar, and
j Uncle Bob came up with the rest to re
! ceive his monthly stipend meek, bald-
headed and respectable, with his specta
' cie glasses shining in the level gas-jets.
"Oh, by-the-way, Mr. Bloom!" said
Mr. Simeon Jay, the younger of the part
! ners, detaining with a gesture the Id
i clerk, as he would have passed on to the
' cashier. ' ,
1 "Now it's coming'" thought Uncle
Bob. with a Xaiut stir ia lib dull old heart
4 A-
"the increase of salary that I 've looked
for so long! They're waited until
Christmas to give the thing more signifi
cance. It's coming i'oir!" .
He paused t the d r of the private
office, here there w- such a flash of
plate-gla, such a policed gleam of old
oak and njedia-v,l b.i rnamentation.
Old Mr. .lay fiont of a blazi
cannel-coal gr,iih an leantly dressed
lady-client tignia omJ pers at a
table.
Uncle Bob was nar-jghied. spectx
cles to the contrary tiotwit standing,
but he got a general jrorirw'wi that the
lady -client wasstmehody very grand and
rolendid.
"I'm exceedingly sorry, -Mr. Bloom.''
said 3Ir. Simeon Jay, smoothly, "but
we're going' to condcuse our businei
somewhat and consequently shall not re
quire your services after to-day. Here s
your month's salary. I wish you a good -afternoon
and" (speaking as if with an
afterthought) "a very merry Christmas."
The next clerk was close on Uncle
Bob's heels, and the old man was pass
ing on, with his money in his hand, be
fore he fairly realized the blow that had
fallen upon him.
Slowly he took his well-brushed hat
and seedy overcoat from the peg, and
fitted them on; slowly he drew on the
gloves which Lotty had so carefully
mended for him at odd times, and went
out into the fresh, crisp air, moving with
machine-like steps. .
A merry , Christmas ! Was it likely,
under these circumstances, that his
Christmas would be jarticularly mirth
ful? It had been a hard struggle to
live, even with the aid of his salary ; what
would it be without?
Uncle Bob passed the high brick walls
of the "Home for Old Gentlemen" in his
daily way to the office.
He looked wistfully up at the gates
to-night.
"It's a forlorn place," he said to him
self, "but many better men than I am
have been brought to it. I shall miss
the girls, though the little girls, who
are so fond of their old uncle. And it
would be a cruel thing to break up their
home, but I don't see what else ."
"Holly, sir? Fresh holly for Christ
mas time?"
It was a blue-looking child, with her
frowsy head wrapped in a shawl, who
accosted him. .
Uncle Bob stopped and bought a few
sprays, red-berried and moist, with
melted snowflakes.
"I oughtn't to have have done it, I
suppose," murmured he -"not under the
circumstances but the girl looked so
cold, and it's beginning to snow; and
Christmas is Christmas, look at it how
you will."
And Uncle Bob trudged on, carrying
his branch of holly, and thinking how
he should break the bad news to "the
girls" at home.
Mean while, the lady client at Jay &
Jay's had looked up from the papers she
was signing.
"Bloom!" she repeated. "Did you
call that man Bloom?"
"That is the name," blandly spoke
Mr. Jay. (The clerks in the office could
generally tell the number of figures in a
client's bank account by the oiliness of
Mr. Jay's accents in addressing him or
her.) "Yes, madam Bloom."
"So you're discharging him?" said the
lady.
"Well, you see, I want to make room
for my nephew from Cincinnati," ex
plained Mr. Jay. "And Bloom ia the
oldest clerk and the one I can best dis
pense with. A fine penman, but he's
rather outlived his usefulness. When a
man gets beyond the fifties "
"Exactly," curtly uttered the lady.
'And how is it about a woman? I'm
four-and-forty myself."
Mr. Jay simpered uneasily. He had a
vague idea that the heiress was making
game of him, and he muttered something
about "the ladies being always young."
"Please favor me with this gentleman's
address," interrupted the lady, rather
imperiously. "I may want some law
copying done."
"Anything in our line, madam?" be
gan Mr. Jay, eagerly.
"If I had wanted you to do it, I should
have put it in your hands," said the
heiress,' and Mr.. Jay was silenced.
"Girls, its Christmas Eve!" said 3Ir.
Bloom, as they sat around the fire.
"Here's my month's money; it'i the last.
Jay ifc Jay have discharged me. I would
have liked to buy you all Christmas
presents, but I can't." And his head
dropped on his breast.
"We don't want any Christmas pres
ent, Uncle Bob!" cried Lotty, clinging
around his neck
'This bunch of holly is Christmas
present enough for tis, Uncle Bob,"
whispered Bertha.
"And look, Uncle Bob!" said Lilian;
"this is the copy of 'Paradise Lost that
you wanted. I found it at a second
hand stall and it's quite perfect. Here
it is, Uncle Bob, with a Merry Christ-
mas
Uncle Bob's eyes lighted up once
more.
But you shouldn't have boughl it,
Lilian," said he. "We've got to econo
mize now, my girl we've got to econo
mize!" "I've hemmed a new silk handker
chief for you, Uncle Bob!" said Bertha.
"I meant to keep it till to-morrow, but
Lilian has set the example of giving our
gifts now." -
"And, Uncle 'Bob!" shrieked Lotty,
producing from her pocket an infinites
imal Daicelcl.Qa . ua iq ..tiiac cDr .
I've knitted yon a patrol silk mittens!
Real silk!- To wt:r oa Sundays and
high holidays. l' them on at once
Uncle Bob, and sve if thev will fit!"
"Girls gills!" stammered Uncle Bob
"this Isn't economy! No. it isn't! But
you are three little darlings! Come here
aojl kiss me! I I don't care whether
Jay & Jay have discharged me or not, so
long as I have got you :'
The slow tears trickled down his
cheek as he spoke, ani Bertha softly
hugged him.
"Uncle BV.saidshe, "I haven't told
you aKut it for fear of worrying you,
but AU;u uwl I hi had a serious dis
agmet. -And . because I wasn't
irady U ma;ricd this Christmas. But
U's all right jon. Allan will wait. He
caiae ?his riternoon and brought me this
little brcKH-o. .see. J Ife Bcb!"
It' very pretty, my dear," aid Uncle
But don t keep llim waiting too
long. I've known of serious trouble
from long engagemenU, Berth. Marrj
him, my child marry him. Lottj
miglit perhaps live with you. Lilian cat
surroort herself; and as forme, why then
is the Old Gentlemen's Home, if I can get
. t ...UV. 4ln flirprtnr !
lnicrvst uu .,. . -.
Bertha's eyes filled with tears.
"Uncle Bob," said she, "don t talk
nonsense ! There's .no Old Gentlemen'
Home for you, except just here. As if 1
would ever leave 30U, lear Uncle Bob!
Long after the girls had gone out to dc
their Christmas marKciing on a von
small scale it was this year, poor things l
Uncle. Bob sat staring at the fare.
"My little girls!" he repeated to him
sclf'my three dear little women'
They've got lots of lovo but no logic it
Vm. If I go into the Old Gentlemen'i
Home, it's got to be on the sly."
Just then there came a soft tapping al
the door.
"Come in!" said Uncle Bob, with 1
start.
The door opened ; there was the rust
of soft silk, the scent of delicate perfume,
recalling the violet banks of long ago, and
a woman's figure came in. '
"Nell!" he cried aloud, starting to his
feet.
"Yes, it's Nell Nell Sandiford !" cried
the woman. "So you knew me again?
Oh, Bob, is it wrong and unfeminine of me
to come back to you, this Christmas Eve,
and ask your pardon for all that happened
twenty years ago, and ask you to take me
back to you heart again? I'm rich now,
Bob ; I've got more money than I know
what to do with. But there's no one to
love me as you did,, Bob dear Bob!
I've kept single all these years for your
sake. I've sought for you high and low,
and I don't think I should ever have
found you if I hadn't Ijeen in my lawyer's
office, this afternoon, and seen you there.
It was my fault, dear, that we've lost all
theso years of happiness. But now we'll
set the clock of Time back and begin to
live really to live?"
"My little girls," faintly began Uncle
Bob "my nieces!"
"They shall be my little girls, too,"
said Miss Sandiford. "I shall love them
as my own. Dear Bob, nothing on earth.
must come between us now!"
Tears gathered into Uncle Bob's eyes.
"Nelly," said he "Nelly, I have
never ceased to love you, but I did not
suppose , you could remember me all this
time. Are you quite
you're not mistaken?" ;
sure, Nelly, that
Nell put both her hands on his shoul
ders, and looked into his face.
"Quite, quite sure, Bob," said the.
"If only you will say to me: 'Nell I
forgive you !' " '
"My dear," said the old Chevalier
Bayard, "there's no necessity for that.
There never has been anything to for
give. We were both young and foolish
then."
"And," added Nell, with a somewhat
tremulous laugh, "we are both older and
wiser now."
When the three girls came back from
their expedition into the region of ahopa
and stores, they found Uncle Bob sitting
beside an elegantly dressed lady, "and
looking," as Lilian afterward said, "as
much like an old Prince as ever."
"Girls," said Uncle Bob, "this ia your
Christmas present a new aunt !"
Lotty looked amazed Lilian drew
back with a low exclamation. Of all
the three, Bertha alone divined the se
cret. "You have cared for him all these
year?," she cried, clamping Mis Sandi
fordshand; "and fate has parted you
until now. Bat oh, love him, dearest
love mm, ior ne u worthy of it!"
The heiress laughed and cried, all In
one second.
"3Iy dear ones! my dear ones!" 6he
murmured. "If I could only make this
Christmas-half so happy to you as it is
to me!"
But that was impossible. Tb
; era that blossom late in life's day have
the deepest sccaU, the richest colors, and
j this Christmas Eve was very sweet to
; Nell Sandiford and Uncle Bob.
A (jiiall iu the Brood.
Last summer a hen belonging to Ilober
Mosley, of Crawfordsvilie. Ind., hatched
a brood of twelve chickens out in th
woods. When ahe brought them to th
house a baby quil followed. It ha
grown up with the chicken, is no wildei
than they are, and goes to roost with
them at xdsht.
j Somebody hn tken the troubla t
I compute that tha average consumption of
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try 'a nearly pound jar,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIES.
HOTWtS.
There is too great haste in orcuPTinsr
a house after it comnletion. In RUST
place there is such demand for dwell
ings, and often business apartments, thai
a soon as finished they are occupied.
This is especially true of small dwelling.
There is more danger in this than is up-
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Peu. mere is no neaitn in dampness
and mould under any circumstances, and
in living apartments where tendency ia
toward poor ventilation, damnneaa of
newly finished houses contribute largely
to ill health. In the town of Raala.
Switzerland, a regulation has been adopt
ed which prevents newlr built houses
from being occupied until four months
after completion. Unf Jo?ZJ .circum
stances, so long a tune as above specified
is not necessary, but it is often well to
err on the side of safety. The size of
the houses, its location, surroundings,
the material used and the state of tha
weather enter into consideration of the
time necessary in which a building should
become sufficiently dry for occupancy.
SttnUary Nete$.
POISONOUS PKACTICE.
If housekeepers everywhere would start
and maintain a crusade against the sale
of undrawn poultry in the markets or by
farmers it would work a most wholesome
hygienic reform, sajs Good IlouiclUeping.
It is a vicious paactice, an abuse, in fact,
that people have endured as they have
many other abuses, because there ia no
remedy except in concerted action or
legislation. It is impossible to keep un
drawn poultry even a few hours without
the beginning of putrefaction from tha
effect of the gases from the undigested
food in the' 'crop" and intestines. Tha
longer it is kept the more of the poison
goes into the flesh, and, in the majority
of cases, the poultry that reaches the
kitchen from the market is actually unfit
for food. Housekeepers could well af
ford to pay a larger price to have the
poultry dressed immediately upon being
killed they pay for much weight that
is thrown away, as it is, beside having
left a mass of poisoned flesh. It ia urged
that some people prefer the flavor of un
dressed poultry, but that fact only makes
the matter more alarming, since it indi
cates that we are cultivating a taste for
putrid meat.
CHICKX2C rOE.
There are many ways of making a
chicken pie, but this is a good one: Cut
up as for fricasse a pair of tender chick
ens weighing from six to eight pounds.
Put them over the fire with a quarter of
a pound of salt pork, cut in very thin
strips, and add boiling water to scarcely
cover ; simmer slowly until tender. Re
move all the nicer pieces, the breasts of
which make four pieces from each chick
en, the first and second joints each cot
into two. Leave the backs, the tip of
the wings and the necks to simmer an
other hour, adding a minced onion and
gome parsley. Line a very large earthen
pudding dish with good paste; lay in
the pieces of chicken, strain over it the
zravy, which you have thickened slight
ly, put on the top crust and bake until
the crust is done. When taken from the
oven pour In slowly some of the reserved
gravy through the hole made in the top
of the paste. Of course, all the larger
bones are to be removed when the chick
en is laid in the paste, and each layer
must be seasoned with salt, pepper and
oiinced parsley. It ia good either hot
5rcold, and the day after the dinner you
will have chance to sample in the latter
jtate.
RECIPES.
Boiled Codfish Soak in a pan of
water over night, and simmer two or
three hours, or until well done. Serve
with drawn butter, with hard boiled egg
;hopped fine and stirred in ; also garnish
the fish with slices of hard boiled egg
laid on it or around the edge.
Minced Veal Take an earthen dish,
tnd put in it a layer of breadcrumbs;
aver this place pieces of butter, then a
layer of minced cold veal, with salt and
pepper, then more crumb, butter, veal,
alt and pepper. When the dish is full,
with a layer of crumbs for the Jop, pour
sver it an egg, beaten well, and mixed in
ialf a cup of milk. Bake until brown.
Hashed Meat Take the trimming of
jold boiled or roasted ham; chop fine
tnd spread on delicate slices , of toast,
uttered, and place in the oven for about
Jiree minutes; beat up six egg with half
l cup of milk, put into a saucepan, add
pepper, salt and two ounces of butter,
ind stir till it begins to thicken ; remove
!rom the fire, stir a little, then spread on
'iie ham and serve.
Fried Chicken Put equal quantities
Df butter and lard in a hot frying pan.
If the chicken has been previously cooked
it will need no more salt. Dredge in
Jour, and fry it to a nice brown in each
ride. 3Iake a .dressing by putting two
Ubiespoonfuli of flour into the hot 1st
ind stirring until brown; then add one
rintof sweet milk, salt and pepper to
iaste. Serve in a gravy boat.
Fried Raw Potatoea Pare and like
Uiinly into cold water some medium
rized potatoes, drain in a colander and
&ut into a frying-pan in which U two:
sableapoons melted butter or clarified
irippings, or half of each; cover closely
ten minutes, removing only to stir them:
from the bottom to keep from burning;
300k another ten minutes, stirring unU
lightly browned. Sweet potatoes may be
prepared in the ame way.
j. Saratoga Chips Thinly pel and slice
on a slaw cutter over pan of cold water
four large potatoes, using new when 13.
season ; salt the water and let stand while
breakfast is preparing; take handful of
the potatoes at a time, drain and dry Uieta
03 a napkin; separate the slices and drop
a handful at a time in boiling Urd, with
out contact with each other; itir with
fork until a light brown or crisp, m df
ired; skim out, drain well and serve la
an pen dish. Are very good cold
well.