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what would ye?
What would ye?
Ye who weep through all the years;
What would ye, saddened hearts,
Who see u<> shining darts
Pierce the gray glixim, who will not see for
tears'
■What would ye?
Just for you on all the hills
The sun is golden, and the golden air,
Pilled with rare sweetness, yields
The perfume of the fields
To you that w ait you loved beyoud compare.
AN hat would ye -
For your weeping there is sent
To you, unsatisfied,
A joy to none denied—
The summer joy. Can ye not find content -
U bounteous earth ! a blessing is Jet fall
Upon your children from the tender sky;
A blessing that is peace,
And bids their longing cease,
For theirs is light and love to satisfy.
-Helen d. Smith , in, Belford’s Magazine.
TWO PLUCKY WOMEN.
I. the captain's widow.
In the month of .July, 1857, I ran away
from a British ship which entered the
port of Madras. I was a boy of fourteen,
a runaway to sea, and Captain and mates
had done their very best, to take the ro
mauce out of me. They had succeeded
so well that I shipped ashore, determined
to die of starvation before I would re
turn to h life on the deep. No effort
was put forth to capture me, and two
weeks later, when I sat in the shade of a
wall one day, hungry and penniless and
ready to give up, an English woman
halted beforemeand began to question me.
She was a small, slim woman, about forty
years of age, quick of speech and move
meat, and f got the idea at once that she
was a sea Captain’s wife. I was not far
out, as she proved to be a sea Captain’s
widow, and was in command of a brig
trading with the cast coast coast of Coy
Ion. She happened to being be in want what of an I
other hand, and, alter told
could do, she made a proposition that I
gladly accepted. be called the
I found the brig to
Orient. She was small, but almost new,
and a rapid sailer. The crew consisted
of an English mate, two Norwegians, a
French boy who had run from his ship,
and myself. Mrs. Sweet, the Captain,
stood her watch, and this gave the mate
himself, a man, and a boy in his watch,
while she had a man and a boy only,
though the cook had to turn out in her
watch if required. The latter was a
negro, big and powerful, and sailor
enough to steer or go aloft. Mrs. Sweet,
as all agreed, was a thorough sailor and
a perfect lady, being able to navigate the
brig anywhere, and being thoroughly
posted in every detail of .ship work.
1 saw on the brig's deck, almost as
soon as 1 set foot aboard, a nine pounder \
mounted on a carriage, and later on 1
ascertained that she carried a supply of
small arms; but I gave the matter little
thought, and asked no questions. We¬
got away next day after I joined, and we
had a line run down the cost to Cape ,
Karikal, from which point we laid our
course to the southeast. IVc had crossed |
the Gulf of Maimnr, which separates tin
island of ('ey Ion from the southern end
of Hindoos tan, when the wind fell to a
calm out evening at eight o’clock, anil
all night long we rolled about without
making the least progress. Next morn- ;
ing there was a he ivy mist ou the water
until alter sunrise, and it gradually
burned away without bringing the breeze
we hoped for. When the horizon was
dear we saw a bark rigged eralt of three
times our size lying about three miles to
the north of us* She had come down on
the last of the wind, probably bound
through the straits, and the currents had
set her to the eastward during the night,
Those were suspicious days, hut the bark
looked to be an honest Englishman, and
we gave her no attentton until about mid
forenoon. Then the French boy, who
was aloft, reported that she had lowered
two boats. The glass was sent up to
him, and he soon made out that-the boats
were being manned by armed men, and
dark-skinned fellows at that. This
looked as if the bark had fallen into
piratical hands, and no honest trader
could have any honest purpose in arming
his boats
They took their time about it, and
finally headed in our direction. Had
there been anv wind, they would doubt
less tried to lay ns aboard. As soon as
it was seen that the boats were headed
for us Mrs. Sweet called us all alt and
announced that the stranger was a pirate
who meant our capture ami destruction,
8he was a little paler than usual, but
spoke in a low and even voice, and did
not seem to be a bit frightened. She
said it was a case where we must fight
for our lives. would cut our throats
if if we fought surrendered, the last. aud could She seemed do no more j
we to to ae j
cept it as a matter of course that we would
fight, and she was the first to lend a hand
to clear away the gun The two hoys of
ms brought up the muskets and loaded ,
them, distributed the pikes along the
rail, and then passed up shot and shell i
and cartridges for the big gun. Every
thing had been made ready for just such
emergency. There were thirty solid
nine-pound shot and twenty-two loaded
.hell in the magazine, as well as about
thirty cartridges containing the proper
qwmthy of powder. As I afterward
learned, all had been purchased at the
Government arsenal in Madras.
%Ve were as ready as we could be be
lAk. fore the boats had pulled a mile from the
The mate loaded the gun with a
shell, and placed two others and several
stands of grain- near at hand. Our brig*
lav broadside to the north, headed to the
east. The boats must, therefore, pull
bow on to us until, lose at hand, even if
the plan was to separate and board from
different points. This gave us a big ad
Sn vantage ki! » «’c could all lay aloua* the
The -run was wheeled obstruction! over,
the decks cleared of every
and then w*» were ready. Mrs. Sweet bad
a double-barrelled Emrlish fowling piece
loaded with buck shot. She was nearest
the stern. The rest of us had Govern-
THE OGLETHORPE ECHO, LEXINGTON, 1 GA., FRIDAY. .UNCART 10, 1800.
rnent muskets. I was pretty nervous,
knowing what was at stake, and she
noticed this, and kindly chided me, say¬
ing that I must take good aim, keep cool,
and that we should surely beat them otf.
She called the French boy over and told
him tire same, but there was no need of
speaking to the others. They were as
cool as if it was an every-day matter, and
1 heard the, mate say to the cook that he
was afraid the fellows would back out.
The boats came on to within half a
mile of us arid then stopped. Home sort
of signal had been run up on the bark—
probably a notification that we were
ready for a stout resistance. They could
have seen us preparing by aid of the
ulass. There was u consultation of about
live minutes, and then came a cheer as
the boats moved forward. Mrs. Sweet
looked over at the mate, and he nodded
his head, sighted applied his the gun, port anil fire. after There a j
long moment
might have been some old luck about hut his it, j j
though he was an gunner, plumb 1
shell struck the easternmost boat
on the bows, she exploded wiped out with aloud complete-I re-j
port, and was so
ly that we could not even see the frag- j
merits. I believe that every man in that j
l, oa t was killed. This ought to have din- j
< ouraged the other, but it did not. She
wag {H1 )] e <j f or U8 m fast as possible, and
tJu . gtan( j „f g rape fired at. her went too
high.. After that discharge we began to
j blaze away with the muskets, und I hit
„ ni . 0 f the rowers arid almost stopped the
(joat f or worked a ra0 ment. load While the big the mate gun, and the j
negr0 to
other five of us banged away, and we bit
some body at almost every shot. The j
|,oat came on, however, the wounded
curs j ufi a nd the unharmed cheering, and
s he was within ICO feet of our side when
t j K . nine . , )oun der roared again. Bhehad
fl r ed a shell plumb into the boat. It had
as a g0 )j,i 8 j,ot and gone right
through her, killing and wounding and
gtn ashing, and when the smoke blew
awa „ only three men were swimmiug
about on t ) K . surface. Those we ordered
a |,oard an d made secure at once. The
|,ark dropped another boat, but after
corn jng half way it returned. About
noou she got a r jfl) e 0 f wind which did
not rcac |, US) an d made off to the west
f or tjjc straits, to be seen no more.
when we came to question the prison
( , rH ,.’found wbo were lusty-looking cutthroats,
w that they belonged to the Mai
dive Islands, around in the Indian Ocean,
They made no bones about admitting
Umt they meant to capture us, and were
surly and defiant over their repulse,
They would not give us the name of the
bark and even after she was out of sight, i
,
they boasted that she would soon return ,
l<> release them. At sundown we got the
breeze am j H toocl away on our course,
qq lat night, during the mate's watch, the
pirates disappeared. All knew where
they went, but no one asked any quest
(; ons The two boats contained fully two
dozens of them, and their loss must have
sa ,j,|iy crippled the bark and completely
,.i lu n!;ed her plans,
n. the captain’s wife.
About, three years later than the date
given at the opening of this sketch I
shipped aboard ol a British ship called
the Swallow, to ihake a voyage from
Bombay up the Persian Gulf and back.
She was an old craft and a poor sailer,
awl her erew of twelve men was made
up ol four or five nationalities. 1 reinem
her there were two Kanakas or Sand
wit h Islanders, one Lascar, a negro or
two, and the others were American, bulg¬
lish, anil Dutch, We lmd scarcely left
Bombay when the Captain was taken
sick with fever. His name wrs Aldrich,
anil his wife, whe was a woman ol thirty,
always sailed with him. She now took
command in a general way, and this to
the satisfaction of the mates, though both
were thorough sailors. I heard one of
them say that she could take an observe
tion or work a dead reckoning, and 1 saw
from the orders she gave that she knew
all about a ship. and made good
We had good weather
progress until after we were above
Muscat, in the Bay of Ormuz. I hen,
oue loreuoou, we got a.squall, which did
not last ten minutes, but which Brought
down our fore and main to’gallant masts
and carried away a sail or two. There
was only a light breeze after the squall
had passed, and we were lying to and
hard at work, when an Arabian dhow of
abous 200 tons burden came stealing
down the coast. We were within four
miles of the rocky and mountainous
shore, but she was two miles inside of
i «s. She was no sooner made out than
j the first mate became very anxious, and
! Mrs. Aldrich was sent for to come on
deck. She took a good look at the
stranger through the glass, :md as slu
turned away she queried of the mate:
“Can we depend upon the crew to
“I hope so, ma’am,’ he
“Have them come aft- i
All moved aft, and I can remember J
through all the long years just how she
looked and every word she said. 8he
had a worried, anxious look, and no
wonder, aud there was a trembling 1U .
her voice as s-lie said;
“Men, you know that our Captain _ is
very sick. Yonder comes a pirate if
there ever was one. If he captures us
those who live through the fight will go
into the interior as slaves and worse. If
we are all agreed we can beat him off.
What do you say?” shouted
“We 11 tight to the last- one,
and the cry was taken up by all
-Thank God. she fervently ex
claimed. “Give him a Brave fight, ami
no one can be blamed if we arc defeated.
Sooner than fall into his hands I
blow the old ship sky high and all of us
with tier . 1
We had no cannon, but we had fifteen
muskets, a lot of cavalry sabres, and the
Captain had not dodged about those
waters with his ,-ves shut. He had.
two or three rears before, purchased a
dozen hand grenades such as are used by
Chinese. These were brought u F
w ith the rest and found to be fused and
i in good condition. They weighed about
two pounds apiece, and each was enclosed
in a net. so that it could 1 m- tossed quite
a distance. We loaded our muskets,
took our stations, und were as ready as
we could be. The Captain’s wife alter¬
nated between the deck and the cabin.
He was out of his head, which was the
better for him, and she had his revolver
for use.
The dhow sneaked along until nearly
opposite us. All work had been sus
pended aloft, and she must have known
by this that we were ready for her; but
she came on just the same. And no
wonder. One of the men went aloft
with the glass, and he made out two
guns on her deck aud a perfect swarm of
men. She was going to do a bold
thing—run us aboard in broad daylight,
She would not use her guns, fearing they
would be heard and bring us assistance;
but if that mob ever gained our decks
we were gone. We lay with our head
to the northwest, so she would pass our
port quarter first. Here two of the
strongest men were placed with the
grenades, and two of us with muskets
were between them. The others were
placed to fire over the stern,
Down came the dhow, foot by foot,
with never a cheer from the crowd of
cutthroats on her decks. There was a
menace in their silence, hut it had no
effect upon us. We were determined to
fight, and to fight till the last. I got
the first shot, and knocked over a man
on her forecastle, and then all began to
blaze away. She did not fire in return,
but forged up ou our quarter, and I
could see fifty Arabs, each one armed
with a crease, crowding against the rail
to bo ready to board,
“Now, heave!” >v..v«
sailors with the bombs, and both lighted
the fuses and heaved away,
Before we could tell what damage had
been done the dhow was alongside. She
threw her grapnels, but they did not
catch, and she rubbed our whole length
and went ahead. As we saw her failure
we blazed away again with the muskets,
and every ball found a man. She sailed
like a witch, and before she could be
checked was a cable’s length ahead. She
had just put her helm over when there
was an explosion, followed by a great
sheet of flame, and we saw that she was
hard hit. Confusion reigned from stem
to stern in a moment, and we added to it
by peppering away at fair range. All
ablaze within five minutes, she tell off,
headed for shore, and was run on a reef
about a mile away. We saw some save
themselves by boards aud rafts, being
swept in to the shore by the tide, but it
was afterward learned that upward of
forty-five men were killed or drowned,
and that the loss of the dhow broke up a
bad gang of pirates. Mrs. Aldrich was
on deck through it all, emptying the re
volver into the crowd as the dhow passed
us, and when all was over she went down
to her husband with face only a little
whiter and mouth more firmly set. She
did not betray her womanly weakness
until she came to thank us. Then she
broke down and cried like a—well, just
like a woman .—New York Sun.
Well Paid for a Whipping.
John James Mago, a quiet, middle
aged man, has had a career as romantic
ns that of Monte Cristo. Mago is now a
Guatemalan millionaire, who lives nine
months of the year in Paris. Fifteen
years ago he was a poor English collector
of insects in Guatemala, and also acted
as British Vice-Consul at San Jose.
One day Commaudante Gonzales or
i dered Mago to appeal before him. Mago
sent word he would come in a short time.
This incensed the Comniandantc, who
was ugly with drink, and he sent a file
of soldiers after Mago, and when the bug
collector appeared, ordered seventy-five
lashes laid on his bare back.
This was done thoroughly and when
finished Gonzales shouted. “Give him
twenty-five more for luck. V hen Mago
recovered, which was only after careful
nursing, as his back was badly cut up,
ho made formal complaint to the Lutis i
Government. The result was that Guate
mala was ordered to punish Gonza es
j and to pay Mago 5GOO lor every las i ie
I received. In default of this Lnglisli
: cruisers would shell San Jose and other
j coast cities,
j Guatemala readily punished Gon/.iUs,
i but tried hard to evade pay ing ¥• >0.11(10
j t o Mago. The British, however, were
j inexorable, and the poor bug collector
made comparatively ... rich man in
j was a
one day. As he had more com than any
j ! oue rios in went the into country partnership then, Piesiden with him. ai
j Mago became one of the largest coffee
j planters, and also secured the exclusive
j franttiise No can for land building or leave docks one in the of ports, these
, one
J docks without paying 8-2 toll to Mago,
j while he also levies a tax on all freight,
j He of timber. also owns His valuable iortune mines is estmuUt anil tracts a
; $5,000,000, ail due to 100 lashes on his
back.
A Vegetarian ,
it .
]) r . R. W. Richardson sounds the
p ra j ses 0 f H vegetarian diet which he as
simips _ j„ }.;* lecture on “Ideal Foods,’
%v hut is commonly called happiness
—lightness of heart, rapidity of thought,
an( j a ll else that springs from a happy
life—is connected with what we take as
f ( tod, That happiness is best sustained
bv t | losp f 00 j s which minister quickest
aa q with 'least trouble to the digestion,
^ therefore to the wants of the body.
gj r James Ilannen had been struck,when
^ changed from animal food to a nearly
vegetarian system, by the state of happi
negs tbfit [ K . experienced, compared with
what he had felt Before. The speaker
ba q a i so f e i t , this in his own life, and
t wben he was most nearly a vego
iafl
Druggists’ Colored Lights.
The origin . . of colored . , lights . m • drug, ,
gists’ windows is as follows. nginalh.
the barber or leecn. exposed in h s win
dow the medicines he had for sale. In
time, when the business of selling was
separated from that of prescribing drugs,
the physician simply huug up a colored
light, leaving the druggists to expose
the medicines or the colored water that
too*the place of the medicines. Nona
days only the colored bottles remain, tht
, physicians lamps being few aud far be
tween.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A Paris paper says that in some French
laundries boiled potatoes are preferred to
soap for the cleansing of soiled linen.
An electrical instrument has been in
rented which is designed to remove the
vain incidental to the extraction of the
:eeth.
Running makes a person warm because
jf the inhalation of an increased amount
jf air, causing the blood to pass more
rapidly through the lungs.
Variations in the fail of snow have
Torn recent observations in the Himalaya
Mountains been found to exercise an im
portant influence on the monsoon rains of
Upper India.
A. company in France is experimenting
with a system which has as its object the
automatic winding of clacks, watches,
etc., at long distances by using the or¬
dinary electric wires.
Experience has shown that brick tun¬
nels and drains cannot bn made water¬
tight when exposed to considerable pres¬
sure, as water is forced through riot only
the bricks but the cements and mortars.
A small codfish will produce nearly
two millions of eggs. A single pair of
herrings, if allowed to produce undis¬
turbed and multiply for twenty years,
would supply the whole world with an
abundance of food.
Large deposits of ice, believed by some
to be relics of the glacial period in this
country, have been discovered in Idaho.
They are embedded in earth and over¬
grown with moss, which has prevented
them from wasting away.
Saccharine is beginning to be felt by
the beet sugar manufacturers as a very
dangerous enemy. It is stated that in
Germany already s much saccharine has
been made as to render five thousand
tons of beet sugar supeiflous.
A new substitute for tobacco is being
introduced. It is a mixture of British
herbs—the particular plants are tried kept the se¬
cret—and smokers who have
compound declare it to lie deliciously
fragrant, slightly exhilarating and withal
soothing to the nerves.
The trustees of the Britisli Museum
have lately acquired a collection or Cor
ean books which possesses considerable
interest and importance. The books,
which are contained in over a hundred
volumes, consist mainly of Corean edi¬
tions of the classics, of native historical
works, and of novels.
Close observers have remarked at the
comparatively rapid fading of blue tiow
ers. II. Molisch, a German chemist, af¬
ter careful study, declares it attributable
to the action of alkalies on anthocyan.
“Small quantities of alkalies,” lie says,
“turn the purple anthocyan blue, while
larger quantities render it green, yellow,
and finally colorless.”
The Rev. Hr. Henry C. McCook, in
some notes on the defensive power of
ants, has observed that in some species
not remarkable for physical courage, a
high degree of judgment in outwitting
the enemy has been developed. differently, They
even build their formicaries
with a view to concealment when they
know they have a warlike species in the
vicinity, than when they feci sure they
are free from disturbance.
As the conditions are set forth in J. B.
Bailey's work on “Modern Methuselahs,”
moderation in eating, drinking and liv¬
ing are conductive to long" life, Persons
in a comfortable position and of average
intelligence en joy better prospects for a
long future than those at either extreme.
“Earnest and ungrudging exercise of the
mental powers appears to be no bar to
old age, and at times to favor it; but, as
x rule, while a moderate use of the facul¬
ties tends to health and endurance, ex¬
cessive use of them has often, directly or
Indirectly, had a reverse effect.”
Due to Steam ami the Telegraph.
Have you ever stopped to think of tht
enormous saving to producer and consu¬
mer alike, in other words, to the world, is
directly due to steam transport and the
telegraph? Take sea transport alone.
Take a single illustration. In the old
sailing ship days teas had to be ordered
from China about a year before they were
wanted. The losses at sea were heavy
and had to be provided against by order¬
ing so much more than was needed. Now
there would be long delays at sea, which
had to be provided against by carrying
increased stocks in the warehouses, and
again whole fleets arrived together, to the
confusion and cost of ail concerned. The
stocks carried at both ends, thus increased
beyond anything known to the merchant
of to-day, were in turn subjected to all
sorts of loss, damage and deterioration.
Thus tea became stale, hops musty, rats
ate the corn aud wheat, and a politic con¬
vocation of weevils made merry in the
rice. Altogether the actual destruction
of products and values in this way must
have amounted to an enormous percen¬
tage of the whole. Twenty, should you
think! Now that is all saved. Neither
does one people starve to death while
another groans under an unsalable sur¬
plus.—JVt’tr York Tribune.
The Sharp-Eyed Man at the Big Hotel.
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in . 0 t ; L 1 ’’j ! * P L ‘
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| 1 rcssci r.apn ; '
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j ' lrovrai among *' 1 - !' • \ ,
! w hoHk b v
‘ “ ' Cv
j , S ne he looks longer
j 1 1 , ‘ } , attracts \ atten
j ‘
! !0n "'^ C - h ve
' ;
you are startled. , There T1 > somethin* something
keen about his glance fot whiui you art
hcV’wSu- voViu^.articular r and almost you
j fet q , an uncomfortable ... sensation,
^ one of guilt. It you look his way again
to assure yourself tliat you are not nus
takou he is no; noticing you. Hi- eyes
.
m , wandering aimlc-dy, it seems, around
the corridor. Ot course- he did not
glance at you. but watch him carefully
when you go -uit again. There is jus,
tlu , riUlite-t movement of ms head to
W ard you. He Loud know you if he
sa w you again anywhere, rh.n is h.s
business. He is the hotel de.etuie.— ■
New York Ira 'it.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
PRETTY DISH OF F.GG8.
Boil twelve eggs hard, take off the shells,
cut four in halves and four in quarters,
have ready half a pint of sweet cream ana
a large spoonful of butter stirred to¬
gether over the tire till thick and smooth.
grate in a little nutmeg. Lay one whole
egg in the middle of a dish, place the
others all around, pour the sauce over aud
garnish with flic yolks of the other three
cut in two.
MINCED BEEFSTEAK ON TOAST.
A favorite, and w ithout doubt the best
u y ay to use cold beefsteak is to mince i:
finely and to put it to stewing for fifteen
minutes with quite a little water. If the
beef has not been all dried up by pound¬ add
ing and over-cooking the first day, butter,
to the gravy a good sized lump of
a small onion and a teaspoonful of vine¬
gar or catsup, and serve it smoking hot
on nicely-browned toast.
TO MAKE GOOD PORRIDGE.
Let the water come to the boiling point
before the meal is put in. Pour the meal
in from the left hand in a continuous
stream, stirring all the time till it comes
to the boil. In this consists the chief art
of porridge making, and on its being well
done depends the smoothness. Allow
it to boil ten minutes and then add the
salt. Salt has a tendency to harden, and
would prevent the meal from swelling.
Boil for ten minutes after the salt has
been added. Dish and take with milk.
GOOD CHEESE.
Enough rennet is added to the morn¬
ing’s milk, set in a jar at a temperature
of seventy degrees, to coagulate in two
or three hours, and then left for twenty
to twenty-four hours, Instead ol
any special mold, a common hair sieve
may bo used. After pouring out the
whey gathered on top of the curd, cut
it with a skimmer in slices and lay it ou
a sieve to drain; when this is done,
cream in quantities to suit (but not more
than that from an equal quantity of milk
as was coagulated) is then added and
mixed by mashing with a wooden pestle,
like a potato masher, until it is a uni¬
form paste. This is then placed in
wicker molds, as a rule, heart-shaped,
and is ready for use. It must be kept
in an icebox if wanted to keep several
lays.
CHICKEN FIE.
Cut two chickens in pieces as for trie
assee, and boil them until tender.
Chickens a year old need to be cooked
for one and a half hours. Let them cool
in the water they were boiled in, then
remove the skin and arrange the pieces
in a deep dish holding about three
quarts, sprinkle each layer with a season¬
ing of salt and pepper, using about two
teaspoonfuls of salt in all. Put four
tablespoonfuls of butter into a sauce-pan,
and beat it until soft; add four table¬
spoonfuls of flour, and beat to a cream;
then add a chopped onion, two slices of
carrot, a sprig of parsley, a little mace,
and three pints of water in which the
chicken was boiled. Heat the mixture
slowly to the boiling point, and strain
the sauce over the meat. Make a light
pie-paste, or puff-paste, roll it out and
cut an opening in the center for the
steam to escape, and covgf the chicken,
turning the edge of the crust inside the
dish. Bake in a moderate oven for one
and a quarter hours.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Does every body know that the best
covering for a poultice or mustard paste
is tissue paper.
Use a silver spoon when cooking mush
rooms. The silver will be blackened it
any injurious quality is present.
Air the house thoroughly every day,
eveu though the raiu comes down in tor¬
rents, or the snow r beats in in drifts.
Be ashamed to iron a limp shirt bosom!
Men do not so much care for a polished
shirt front as they do for a stiff one.
That hands may be kept smooth in
cold weather by avoiding the use of warm
water. Wash them with cold water and
soap.
That the best and most convenient
cover for a jelly tumbler is thin papei
fastened over the top of the glass by a
rubber band.
It is a good idea for a tall woman to
have her kitchen table and ironing-board
a little higher than the ordinary. It will
save many a backache.
Use great care in serving food for the
table, as the smallest spatter of grease oi
gravy changes the appearance and spoil;
an otherwise pretty dish.
That the best way to clear out anc
straighten the fringe of towels, doilies,
etc., before ironing, is to comb it, while
damp, with an inch length of coarsest
toilet comb.
Glasses and dishes wipe to perfection
when washed in very hot water, Use a
dish-mop, soap-shaker aud iron dish¬
washer. These also expedite the labor,
as very hot water can be used.
A few years ago a fashionable table was
so piled with high dishes that it was im¬
possible to see one's vis-a-vis without
peeping under the heavily laden silver
and glassware. Now a table is con¬
sidered vulgar when not laid in a low,
simple manner.
To take iron rust out of white goods;
Pour a teacupful of boiling water;
stretch the goods tightly across the top
of it; then pour on a little of the solu
tion of oxalic acid dissolved in water,
and rub it with the edge of a teaspoon
or anything, If it does not come out. at
once, dip it down into the hot water and
rub it as*ain.
To tie a shoe so it will stay; Tie a
simp i e knot Then start to tie a bow
knot, but be.ore drawing ... down right . . .
take the last part of the bow made, put
it over, then under the knot and pull
j own tight, as you would finish a bow
knot. 1 his will untie as «mly as a
-egnlar bow-knot, but of itself will not
ome untied
Over 1000 cattle were recently shipped
England on one boat.
SMALL TALK with A SMALLi
flower.
“Art thou crazy
Little daisy,
Blooming out so late?” i
Dost thofi know
That the snow
Soon will seal thy fate?”;
“I am not crazy,”
Said the daisy,
“Blooming out so late.
Well I know
That the snow
Soon will seal my fate.)
“But I care not,
Aud I fear not.
For I’ve tried to do
All my duty
Well and truly
With my end in view
“He who gave me
Youth and beauty
Would not have me lie >
All inactive,
Unattractive,
Fearing lest I die.”
“Then I’ll praise thee,
Little daisy,
But I’ve learned of you
A good lesson;
Still to press on,
Whatever may ensue.”
—The Little Giant.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Very showy—P. T. Barnum.
On the fence—The circus poster.
“Hands off” is a poor sign for costly
watches.
Every fish woman should have her
scale of prices.
“Time flies. ” He should get a bicycle,
and be in style.
Nothing will so soon make a person
hot as cold treatment.
The statesman in his eagle flights ol
oratory simply spreads his opinions.
As a general thing the best mathema¬
tician of the class is selected for its figure
head.
First Old Shoe—“I am completely
worn out.” Second Old Shoe—“You
do look run down.”
Collar—“How do you feel after the
handling* you’ve had?” Shirt—“Badly
done up.”— Time.
You don’t have to speak very loud to a
corn crib, for it’s all ears at this time ol
year .—Merchant Traveler.
Two editors of Mexico recently threat¬
ened to tight a duel; but as nothing came
of it the penris still mightier than the
sword.— Judge.
“What! You have moved again?
You find it cheaper to move than to pay
rent.” “I don't know, I’m sure. I
never pay any rent.”— Judge.
Annie—“Oh, Charley, I found out
something to-day that I promised never,
never to toll.” Charley (settling back)
—“Well, I’m ready.”— Life.
Lightning never strikes twice in the
same place, principally because the place
isn’t there the second time the lightning
comes around .—Frank Leslie's.
When the boarder wakes from slumber now
a smile his visage wears, from below
For the smell of steak and onions
ascends the stairs.
—Boston Courier.
“Isn’t itsad, Angie? Poor Mr. Little
wit has gone out of his mind.” “I won¬
der he’s stood it as long as he has. Aw¬
fully cramped quarters, you know.”—■
Time.
The little girl who wrote on her exam¬
ination paper; ‘The interior of Africa
is principally used for purposes of explo¬
ration,” was wiser than she thought.-—
Baltimore American.
“AVhat is the best time to travel,”
asks a morning paper. When you hear
her father's footsteps ou the stairs, young
man. Don’t wait until he gets into the
parlor .—New York Neics.
“I wish I had a million dollars,” said
a little girl to a little boy she greatly
admired; “I would give it all to you.”
“Then why don’t you give me that ap¬
ple you’ve got ?”—Atchison Globe.
Beacon Street—“Yaas,my tailor wants
to get me up a small check, v’ know.”
Towne Hall—“And mine wants me to
get him up a large check. That just
shows the difference in people!”— Boston.
Times.
There's a matter that’s troubled us greatly,
And it’s never been settled as yet.
We should like to have some one inform us
Whether Eve was a blonde or brunette?
—New York Sun.
When you can climb through a barbed
wire fence in good shape with your
overcoat od, you may then hope to run
for office without being held up before
the world as a scoundrel .—Dansville
Breeze.
A Man of Mark.
Prince NIailetunka, of the Friendly
Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, is, by ail
accounts, the most elaborately decorated
potentate in the world. His body is
tattooed from top to toe, and bears over
13,000 different signs and emblems on
its surface.
Although hitherto unknown to fame,
either as a warrior or diplomat, the
hereditary ruler of the Friendly group
must be admitted to be a man of mark.
Ris -nly rival, as far as history records
it, is the Hon, Phineas T. Barnum's
once widely renowned star attraction,
the Tattooed Greek. And the Tattooed
Greek was only a pirate, not a prince.
A Family of Governors,
The late Governor John L. Manning
sprang from families whose sons were
prominent in the executive history of
South Carolina. His father, Richard L.
Manning; his grand uncle, James B.
Richardson; his uncle, John Peter
Richardson, and he himself all occupied
the Gubernatorial chair of the Common¬
wealth. The present chief executive,
John Peter Richardson, was his first
cousin. Besides these a relative by mar¬
riage also tilled this honored position.
That is General Wade Hampton, a
nephew of his first wife .—Charleston (S.
C.) Ntits.