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YES,
t Mem
To drmm
Of a golden (fleam
That with rav 11 fo is blend«<4 •
My pant
At lost
I* overcast
r And fears for the future ended.
Yea is a little word,
When whispered smaller still,
Yet that whs all that I heard,
And my foolish heart stood still j
feared Its heating until
The word was fully spoken.
Then fluttered away with n will,
And ix faith that shall not be broken.
My mind j
Inclined
-le ihlnd
The shadow of "So"' an 1 ••never,’’
But now,
Somehow,
only know
The sunshln" of ‘iforever !**
“No were IM easily said.
Hut “no * is a word of ill.
What if ’twero “no" Instead?
An 1 I in the shadow still!
/ But mine is the smile of hers.
Ami though tho sun fade from us,
HUH would my universe
Be bright with the bow of promiso.
For mu
Hhall bo
The ecstasy
Of life that love enhances.
Her ©yes
Comprise
A paradise,
g. And only mine their glances^
And yet If I had my will,
1 would that I had not heard,
I would be in tho shadow still,
If she could recall the word,
Eor I would havo over n«ain
I he exquisite happiness
I hut filled mo and thrillod me when
I heard tier whispered “yes.”
—Alfred Ellison, in Chicago Record.
THE PARSON’S QUEST.
IIV MRS. M. L. BAYNE.
H E R E was »
breezy crow —
over in the Em
nui saloon one
night less than a
-v ' | year ago, and
every man was
V- well heeled, car¬
ried his revolver
iwr<. .V- handy, and wore
ilJi . .. hi* shirt open at
> the neck. Asfor
X women
there was only
one, and she re
Jul c< i d ‘ n tbe
soubriquet i • , of _ “Scarred . , Emma,” and
you only had to look at her hands to
know why. They had been burned to
the bone, and although she wore dia
mond rings to the first joint of every
finger, they didn’t disguise the horrid
Hears, seamed and livid, and of these
Emma w «s prouder than of the rings.
NVell she might be. Had she not
Hfi\ei the li\es of men and women
bearing them in her jiWCSXj arms fr om
ing building? And
imfllffnor for her bravery.
Some of the gang were playing draw
poker, others engaged in a game of
seven-up. Some drank and loafed,
loafed and drank again, and chaffed
with tho landlady, who was about as
amiable as a tiger.
» On the night here alluded to,
“Scarred Emma” was busy handing
out the miners poison in copious
doses, and listening to such cheap
compliments as were not too sugges
tive of revolvers and free fights, when
the door opened, and the deputy
sheriff entered the place.
f Everybody rose up, and a shout of
welcome greeted tho new comer.
“Hallo. Bill, glad to see yer. Brung
in any new mis?”
“Naw! Lvcuin , Em. About two
fingers straight, seein' I jest got in.
Been to Omaha for a pesky boss thief.
Tried to get away, out here, and we
was agoin’to let him have it. but there
wuz a lectio weazened parson on the
stage an’ he interfered and prayed off
so fluid like, we weakened, an’ let the
feller go with nary a bullet iu his car
CU88. Here’s to ye, Em., for the fair
cst of yer sex. Come on, boys, an’
fill up at my expense.
Ho tossed oft the dram and set the
tumbler down to be refilled.
“Where's the parson?” asked the
landlady, smiling on the deputy as she
measured the fiery fluid with a liberal
“ aud -
“He’s stopped over to pTeaeh
Hell’s Delight, but he’ll be at the
Gulch to-morroy, an’ doan yer forget
it, loss he dies afore rnoruiu’ kind o’
sudden from a dose of cold lead. An’
I’d advise the boys to grease their
boots, and be ready, for he’s a buster,
the parson is.”
“Say. Bill,” remarked Emma, stir
ring his whisky by shaking it in the
glass, “is he a young feller ?”
“Aw, an’ sickly. Yer can see day
light through him. *
”
“An’ takes sugar in his?”
“Yon bet!”
The crowd roared at Emma's wit,
and this time she set it up for them
herself.
“Say, Bill, is he really cornin’ here
to preach?”
“Look here, Em. You re talkin'
through your bonuit. Come here he
may, not* but preach—ho! ho! I guess
”
“Who says'no? asked the woman,
and this time the tiger showed itself
in her eyes.
* ‘I do— we all do! ” roared the
crowd iu a rude chorus.
“And 1 say he shall.
• And she folded her scarred hands
across her bosom so thnt all present
could see them. That one motion had
a strange effect upon those human
coyotes, who would have knifed a
man in the back and made no account
of it. It i* true that even desperadoes
have their soft moments. This woman
standing before them had one claim
on their respect, and as their eyes fol
lowed that movement and fell on the
ucarred and cicatrized bamL, the
dumb appeal moved them as nothing
else would hav. done. Off went every
hat, bearded lip5> trembled, then, as
there was danger of too much senti
ment, there went up a cheer from
twenty hoarse throats, and ns Emma
turned to it up again for them, she
dashed something from her eyes that
might have been a tear.
fck> it happened that whyu the Rev.
THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSYTH, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER lo. 1898. - EIGHT PAGES
•Tames Forsyth reached Dead Man's
Gulch, he learned that the principal |
saloon was prepared to receive him,
being turned for the time into a meet
ing-houae. All through the little town
and far into the surrounding country
these placards wero affixed to walls
nnd trees;
: ;
GREAT DAY!
DIVINE HER VICES
IN
: THE EMMA SALOON,
1 BY j
t i
REV. JAMK-’ FORSYTH. D. D.
■
All are invit** l to attend Evening
at 8 i>, m.
! Please lea your Guns with tho •
W4HEU.S.
hen the stage reached the Gulch,
the parson, who had come on from
Devil s Delight, was m it, but he !
"topped at the tavern Until it was time
to go to meeting. It meant nothing \
to him that he was taking liis life in
his hands to preach the Gospel to
these men. What was his poor miser
erable gift of a dying life, compared
with these lost souls? Besides-then
he coughed terribly, closed his eyes,
and wiped the cold sweat of mortal ill¬
ness from his face, Ah, specious hu- .
man nature! Sophistries that keep it
from the debasement of over-righteous
ness! It was of one precious sin-sick i
soul he was thinking, and that he j
hoped to reach, through this zeal for
the brotherhood.
Poor scarred Emma! She had given
her influence—and I have shown that
it was great—she had given her saloon,
which was also her throne, and now
she was shut, tip in a miserable, tawdry
room, partitioned off from the rest,
dressed iu her Sunday finery, waiting
until all the gang had assembled, when
she would walk in boldly and take her
seat with the rest. Well she knew that
no woman would be there. No other
woman would sit under the same roof
with her, and then she looked down on
her diamond-bedecked hands. “I can
buy anil sell them all. I am no man’s
slave and my word is law, but—
And then a whole flood of tears came.
But soon she dashed them away and
dried her eyes. Another touch of
rouge to repair the ravage, and she
was ready “to go to church,” as she
phrased it to herself. A determined,
aggressive figure, dressed in a smart,
black satin, wearing a bow of pink
ribbon at the throat. It seemed as if
the incongruity of her attire struck
her at the last moment, for on the
threshold of her room she stopped,
went back, and threw a laco shawl
around her shoulders. Then she made
her way to the front room, just as the
no ise of clattering boots and grating
t q mirK Wfts hushed, and the minister
bowed his head in prayer
A dozen men made room for her.
Their faces brightened as she entered,
but she did not look at one of them,
Like one walking in sleep she moved,
a nd uover took her eyes from the thin
meager form of the man who stood in
t he impropip ,T^^ tn pnl ulx. pnnrlnn* nnt
j,~ 1
.
°f t was )rav not until caressed the petition was
ended, and the listeners had
relaxed with a sigh, that she sat down
among the men, where she could see
without being seen.
The minister then chose a hymn and
ij ue ,t it out
“! heard the voice of Jesus say-”
He was interrupted by Deputy Bill.
"\ Vti can’t sing that, ‘pard-I mean
parson. Give us something we know.”
They compromised on “A Land
That is Fairer Than Day.” The par
, on heard tho sweet treble of a
woman’s voice, and wondered much
whence it came. He looked troubled,
and the cough that shook him with its
paroxysm brought out bottles and
glasses, but he put aside all offers with
a shaking hand.
“Hearken to me, mv friends,” he
began solemnly, “and know that you '
are listening to a dying man.” ‘ !
He had not time to announce the 1
text, the words of life srere hovering ;
upon his lips, when there rung through !
the room a woman’s frenzied erv :
‘ j
“Oh Jimmy spoke,’ Jimmv »”
“Who who called me?” asked
the parson with white lips, clinging to
the table before him.
“Oh, Jimmy, you’re too late—and
you’re killing yourself, aud it’s for me,
and I’m not worth it—I’m not worth
it!”
She was making her way to him now,
and as his eyes lit up his death-pale
: features he prayed :
“At last,” he murmured, “at last,
and now I’m willing to die 1 Lord, I
; thank Thee.”
j His head fell forward. A dozen stal
wart men jumped to his side, but when
he was laid on the nearest bench it was
“Scarred Emma” who held his dying
j head ou her arm, and it was into* her
face he looked when he opened his
eyes for a brief coming back to life.
“Don’t cry,” he said tenderly, “don’t
cry, Molly—at least not for me—but
promise me—quick, I’m going soon—
promise me to quit this place—now—
forever.”
“Oh, Jimmy, I can't. You’ve seen
them all—tell me, Jimmy, are they—
well—do they ever speak of me?”
“They are well, dear and safe over
there ! The dear old mother and the
little sister. And I promised them I’d
bring vou!’* you and now I’m going without
“Don’t go, Jimmy. I’ll do anything
if you’ll only live. I’ll change my
ways, and do just as you bid me, even
to turning my back on friends that
I have been good to me. But oh, Jimmy,
I'm not worth dying for—it’s too late
for that.
“Not to meet the dear mother and
little sister ! I tell you it is not too
late. Oh, I cannot die iu peace if you
do not promise. You have no right
to lose your soul, child—it is not yours
to do with as you please, but is bought
with a price. Take those off—” look
ing with wide strange eyes at the gems
on her hands.
She obeyed him. In a moment she
had stripped every ring from her
gers and then he gathered the two poor
scarred hands in his cold ones, and
held them to his pale ones.
“Saved, he murmured, then he
smiled as if in answer to something ho
saw, and a moment later he fell asleep,
and the woman kneeling by his Ride
reverently closed his eyes, sobbing,but
not as one without hope.
Less than a year ago, anil to-day the
quiet, respectable woman who is post-
mistress in one of our small western
towns has the good-will of every citi
zen. They can see nothing in common
with her and the terrible woman of
Dead Man’s Gulch, except the scnrred
hands from which they receive their
daily mail, and they know the bonor
able history of these scars.—Detroit
Free Press.
Daeer Watches.
Mention may be made of some of
the exquisite Swiss watches on exhibi¬
tion in the Swiss pavilion in tho
Manufacturers’ and Liberal Arts Build
mg at the World’s Fair. There are
some very old watches that are valua-
1>1*’ from an historical point of view.
There is a watch made in the Fifteenth
Century, quite a clumsy thing with a
crystal face, showing the day of the
week, the month and the phases of tho
moon. Another very old watch is
made entirely of wood and ivory, repre
seating months of labor on the part of
a life convict, who was pardoned on
the completion 1 of this wonderful piece
0 f work.
There is a queer old timepiece dat
ing from the wear 1074, the date being
carved ou the case together with the
name of the manufacturer. This
watc h is known to be the oldest in
existence.
Now we will look at some of the
more modern watches; these range in
size from one-half inch in diameter to
f our inches, and there are hundreds of
t li a is shown of all imaginable colors
an q designs, Some of the ornamented
watches are unique and very handsome,
There are beetles and dragon flies,
diamond sprays and flowers in their
natural shades made of precious stones.
Many of the watches are so tiny as to
be easily concealed in a breastpin.
One dainty little timepiece was con¬
fined in the body of a diamond butter¬
fly broach, another was shut up in the
heart of a fuchia, valued at $400 ; an¬
other in a rose made all of diamonds
and valued at $2500. These little
watches are all stem winders and said
to keep perfect time.
The Swiss watchmakers have dis¬
played their watches to a better ad¬
vantage than our watchmakers have,
the beautiful cases being set off by
rich and lustrous fabrics, which show
the. delicate and exquisite colors and
designs to perfection. In some of our
exhibits the watches are thrown to¬
gether in a belter skelter fashion, in
others they are laid in bunches and so
thickly that there is no pleasure in
looking at them. How clearly the
difference between the characters of
the Swiss and the American is shown
in this one little instance.—Washing¬
ton Star.
A Mammoth Egg.
‘‘We now come, said . J T C. n Stevens a.
at his auction-rooms in King street,
Covent Garden, says the Pall Mall
Gaz< r tto ’ “to the egg of the mpyornis
! naxlmum ’ the biggest bird either
^ing f or *T or e extinct. tlul ° and It ^ has been two extinct ° f lts
>o«es have been found. According to
ho catal ogno th e bird was more than
nigh and wS*f4D.ghtless.
should think so,” said a
tive egg-buyer.
‘‘ Jt wo "l d 7, to J*?*
Steven \ tb ( . t u8
m " a ® ome thlu K 1 lke
thirty-five feet high—about i as 1 high ns
? hoU8 e * * on ' viI1 |>y the cata
loguc thftt , jt meaHUres 3 H niches in
its circumf er f 00 al ? d twent *T'
el *? ht } nch ™ 1 ! 1 & . lth t - Tbie «** 13
se yf al " u:hefi lar *® r tllftI \ the we
301 ns V(nl ' ls ’ ° i course, a
.rarity, .• and 1 not than thirty
more
n *; e This, I
^mk, i* the finest egg cd thoHot. _ It
3h ° nl ? be remembered that there are
W of il \ e ftuk ’ 1X11,1
they sell for $1000 each. I don t moan
to 8a / that tlllH should bring ns
mnch aR a nnk 30 ^ 3 ’ llut we 3old
one not so good as this last year for
Tbe . f , liand , , to .
e ^' wa3 P a f* in ^ 5?, m
band 111 . ft Woodei ? box wb \ le * h ® au °
lar louee ^ / fo f was ftn B P egg, eftk “8- . though Jt in looked other too re-
8 P ects ^ seemed naturai enough. It
bird that J 1 hadlftl<1 ®?! 1lt . such ^derstaud ftn G 8S had how be a '
°° me extl11 ^' Tlie 18 °f. a brown ‘
] sh 2 ra v color and BOunds llke P™*'
*
Iain when lt 18 . drummed on with the
knuckles. The bird that was accus¬
tomed to lay this sort of egg lived, it is
said, in Madagascar and buried its egg
in the sand. It is only possible to
find the egg by digging in the sand
and more eggs may be found, as a good
deal of the seashore of Madagascar has
not been dug up yet. The egg was
finally sold for $335.
How to Remember Rainbow Colors.
Th e common people of Great Britain
and the East Coast of our own couu
try use many odd systems of nine
monies which it would be well for the
more progressive West to adopt. One
of these is the phrase"“by vigor,” as an
ft id in recalling the names of the
primary or rainbow colors. Put down
the word v-i-g-o-r, horizontally, with
the b-y in the center, and divide
the whole with the letter g, and you
will ever after have the colors of
“God’s covenantal bow” indelibly en¬
graved upon vour memorv. See :
Violet.
Indigo.
Blue.
Green.
Yellow.
Orange.
Red.
A reversal of this system is Hot nlto
gether unknown in New England,
The Rev. S. L. Gerould, of Goffstown,
N. H., says that he has alwaysseen the
initials of the several colors arranged
as “royg., biv,” but the first is by far
the better, as it gives you two sensible
English words as a basis of your for
nutla.—St. Louis Republic,
About the Koran.
The Koran, the sacred book of the
Mohammedans (usually spoken of by
; Oriental scholars as the “Alcoran”!
was composed by Mohammed (Mahom
etj, and is said to have originally been
written upon the bleached shoulder
; blades of sheep. The first edition con
tains 6000 verses, the secon 1 and fifth,
[6214; 6236; the the third, 6219; the fourth,
sixth, 6226, and the seventh,
i or “\ ulgate edition, 6225. The words
; and letters are the same in all editions,
viz.: 77,633 words and 323,015 letters,
tri^ Fhe. George Sale (common English
fi ffition) is divided into 114 chap
t —i>t. Louis Republic.
BUDGET OF FUN.
fft'MOROCS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Pastoral—A Woman’s Definition—
The Reason—Answered— Dodged
Sanctum Pleasantry—A Land -
lubberly Explanation, Etc.
Now dips and sways the laden grain,
The haycocks dot the mead.
Thro' leafy shades a golden rain
Sprays fern and lissome reed.
On ■ snowy eloud. like ermine rug,
Fioats cal ml} - o'er the scene.
While vet the sleek potato bug
Doth browse ou Paris green.
Atlanta Journal.
ANSWERED.
Brown— “How often nave I told yon
not to play ball in the house?”
Johnny—“Every time you’ve caught
me at it.”—Judge.
-
a woman’s definition.
Ethel—-“Emma, what is a "tag
party?”
Mrt. Knowitall—“A party where a
lot of men get together and stagnate
for the lack of women, dear.”—Puck.
DODGED.
Briggs—“What did you tell your
wife when vou got home so late Tues¬
day night?”
Braggs—“I told her she was the
sweetest woman in the world.”—In
dianapolis Journal.
THE REASON.
Jasper—“I understand now why
there is an eagle with outspread wings
on so many of our coins.
Jumpuppe “Why?
Jasper—“It is to teach us that
money flies. Truth.
LANDLURBERLY explanation.
“What do nautical people mean ■t )V
*
‘tacking?’ ” said one girl to another.
“Don’t you know that?”
“Not exactly.”
“Why, tacking—er—tacking is sail¬
ing on the bias.”—Life.
SANCTUM PLEASANTRY.
“So this is your idea of wit, eh?”
said the editor, as he read Wagg’s
jokes.
“Yes, it is,” said Wagg.
“Well, the idea is certainly origi¬
nal,” said the editor.—Puck.
IN TRAINING.
“Charley proposed to me last night,
and I accepted him.”
“Why, he proposed to me yester¬
day. ”
“Indeed? Well, he did it so pret¬
tily that I was sure .he had rehearsed
several times.”—Puck.
it TAxjjg-srEirrar ---
“I can’t pay this bill, doctor, It’s
exorbitant. I’m no better than I was
either.”
“That’s because you didn’t take my
advice.”
< i Ah—well—of course, if I didn’t
take ' Thanks.
Good morning.”—Tit-Bits.
WORSE THAN AN EPIDEMIC.
“When your practicing friend
across the way has learned how to play
the coronet he will entertain the
whole neighborhood,” said Mrs.
Brown.
“Yes,” said Mrs. Jones, “but by
that time there won’t he any neigh¬
borhood here.”—Texas Siftings.
ENLIGHTENED.
Jones (doing a little preliminary
sparring before announcing his ap¬
proaching marriage) — “Now, Brown,
you’re a friend of mine. Tell me can¬
didly, why did you get married?”
Brown (savagely) — “Because I was a
dotl-rasted, half-baked, idiotic lunk¬
head !”
(Jones decides to say nothing.)
TRANSFERRED.
Park Lane—“What do you think of
this ready-made suit, old man? Since
I got married, you know, I have got
to be economical.”
Baxter—“Of course. ‘ 'But jou
don’t mean to say you have given up
your tailor .- 1
Park Lane Oh, no. My wife has
him now? Clothier and Furnisher,
THE HORSE KNEW.
Watts—“I tell you, old man, I saw
the most remarkable exhibition of ani¬
mal intelligence to-day that could be
imagined. ”
Potts—“What was it?”
Watts—“A bridal party started
from the house across the street from
where I live and one of the horses
attached to the carnage threw a shoe,
Now, what do you think of that?”—
Mercury.
A CORDIAL GRIP.
Stokes— 1 'The president of your com
pany seems to take quite an interest in
you now. ”
darkly— ‘What ^ makes you think
so -
Stokes—“I ^ notice he has fallen into
the habit of shaking hands with you
when he comes into the office in the
morning.” darkly—“ies
; he thinksit'seheaper
than raising my salary. —Life.
ANTICIPATING THINGS.
The youth approached the father
with more or less trepidation.
“So, ” said the old gentleman, after
the case had been stated, “you want to
marry my daughter?”
“Not anr y more than she wants to
marry me, ’ he replied, hedging.
“She hasn't said anything to me
about it.”
“No, because she’s afraid to.”
“Aren’t you afraid sir, more than
she is? ’ said the father, sternly.
The youth braced up.
“Well, perhaps I am, he said, “but
as the head of our family, I ve got to
face it and set the pegs,” and the old
man smiled ami gave his consent.—
Detroit Free Press.
-
what ailed smith.
A plainly dressed man. who intro
duced himself as Mr. John Smith,
j walked into a doctor’s office in a Texas
town and^, having explained his symp
toms, asked the doctor how long it
would take to cure him. The doctor,
who had treated the visitor with every
possible courtesy, replied:
“You will require careful treatment
under my personal supervision for
about two months before you are able
1° resume your labors in the bank.”
“Doctor, you are fooling yourself.
I am not Smith the banker, but Smith
the street car driver.”
“Is that so? Well, my good fellow,
I don’t see what you came to me for.
There is nothing the matter with you
except that you are not a banker. ’—
Texas Siftings.
HARDLY EQUAL TO IT.
! “Yon say you can write shorthand?’
said the eity editor.
“I can, sir,” replied the applicant
for a job. “ When it comes to short¬
hand I don’t knuckle down to any
! body.”
“Have you had any experience iu re
porting a meeting?”
“Lots of it. I can take a full report
of the proceedings in shorthand and
put it in shape for the printers after
I ward. That’s child’s play for me.”
“Report any kind of meeting, can
N on ;
* *‘' 8 s * r
> '
“H m! said the city editor,
there is a sort of convention at
Saddler’s Hall iu the next block. You
may go and report the proceedings.
Write the speeches out in full.”
The applicant for a place on the city
editor’s staff took his note book ami
went awa J- And he never came back.
^ hen he got to Saddlers Hall „ he
found he had been sent to report the
proceedings of a convention of deaf
mutes.—New York Mercury.
Some (Quaint Epitaphs.
Iu an article on quaint epitaphs, the
Loudon Funeral Directors’ Journal
j says : The following in Penrith Church
yard is refreshing in these days of de¬
ceit, on account of its candor:
“Here lies tho man Richard and Mary his
wife;
Their surname was Pritchard, and they live !
! without strife.
The reason was plain—they abounded in
riches;
They had no care nor pain, and the wife wore
the breeches.”
The owner ot this inscription, now
resting in Hebburn Churchyard, was
probably a democrat, and had seme
little opinion of himself:
“This humble monument will show,
Here lies an honest man .
You Kings, whose heads are now as low.
Rise higher if you can
John Dale was a courageous man.
This is the epitaph over his remains in
Bakewell Churchyard, Derbyshire ;
“Know posterity that on the 8th of April,
in the year of grace 1737, the rambling re¬
mains of John Dale were, in the eighty-sixth
year of his pilgrimage, laid upon his two
wives:
This thing in life might raise some jeal¬
ousy ;
Here all three lie together lovingly.”
One epitaph in Ilfracombe Church¬
yard shows faith. -
“Weep not for me. my friendsjjSMhyar,
I am not dead, but sleeping here ,
"■My.debt is paidjjsy.gKiy»-is free.
And in due course you'll come to me.”
Not far from this we have an exam
pie of quiet self glorification :
“Here lies a kind and loving wife
A tender nursing mother—
A.neighbor free from brawl and strife,
A pattern for all others. ” .
Evidently marriage was not a failure
in this case.
What follows was formerly on a
tombstone in St. Thomas’s Church¬
yard, Salisbury:
“Here lies three babes dead as nits.
God took them off in agie fits ,
They was too good to live wi’ we,
So he took ’em off to live wi’ ’ee.”
Who dares to utter the foul slander
that it requires a surgical operation to
get a joke into the head of a Scotch¬
man? Let him or her cast an eye over
the following, and then sit silent for¬
ever. It is on a gravestone in Stone*
haven Churchyard:
•■The piace whaur Betty Cooper lies
Is here or here aboot;
The place whaur Betty Cooper lies
There's neen can fin’ it oot •
The place where Betty Cooper lies
There’s neen on earth can tell,
Till at the resurrection vbay,
When Betty tells hersel’.”
The Wild Cossacks.
The wild Cossacks, living aivay down
in the southernmost part of the Rus¬
sian Empire, spend most of their time
harassing the Turks. They are pecu
liarlv savage in appearance. Their
; uniform is the Cossack coat, full
trousers, scarlet undercoat hooked up
to the neck, big boots and, asanorna
ment, they wear a bourka, a circular
cloak made of coarse felt with long,
shaggy hair on one side of it. This
cloak is big enough to cover the rider
and much of the horse. The most
distinctive point in their dress, how¬
ever. is the cylindrical hat of black
astrakhan which they wear at all
seasons. The top is of cloth or velvet,
They form part of the Russian cavalry
and live principally on })lunder, steal
ing, during their raids into Turkey,
anything they can find, from a chicken
to a child.—St. Louis Republic.
Electricity and Windmills.
The electric motor iu country houses,
or on a farm, may be used with a
windmill and the storage of power
produced applied to sawing wood,
chopping feed and countless other
outside purjroses ; possibly before long
it will run the mowing machine and
the cultivator, and take the place of
horses and many men. But, most and
best of all, it can be used now for
lighting a house from top to bottom,
in every closet and dark place, with
perfect safety, with a soft, daylight
lustre, the wiring costing an average
of $2.50 a light in the first place, and
Fbe current costing no more than gas.
What more there is for electricity to
do iu the house remains to be seen,
but apparently it is going to take the
place of the fabled brownie, and make
work easy and life twice as pleasant
there.—Congregationalism
Cold Booms the Optician’s Trade.
Cold snaps are a great thing for op
tieians. Sudden changes in the tem
perature from heat to extreme cold
often causes the glass in spectacles tc
crack, as if trodden upon, Then it
also has a bad effect upon the frames,
and wearers of aids to the eve-smht
are often startled bv having their spec
tacie frames suddenly fall apart at the
bridge. A man accustomed to wear
ing glasses is utterly lost without
them ; he becomes dizzy after a short
while, experiences nausea and suffers
any number of inconveniences, Ol
course the minute his glasses break he
rushes off to the nearest optician.—
. New York Journal.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
CHICKEN rOTFTE.
Skiu and cut up the fowls into joints
and put the neck, legs and back bones
in a stew pan, with a little water, an
onion, a bunch of savory herbs and a
blade of mace; let these stew for an
hour, and when done strain oft the
liquor: this is for gravy. Put a layer
of fowl at the bottom of a pie dish,
then a layer of ham, then one of force
meat and hard boiled eggs, cut in
rings *, between the layers put a season¬
ing of poun led mace, nutmeg, pepper
aud salt. Pour in about half a pint of
water, border the edge of dish with
puff crust, put on the cover, ornament
the top and glaze it by brushing over
it the yolk of an egg. Bake for about
tan hour aud a half, aud when done
pour in at top the gravy made from tho
bones.
QUAKER OMELET.
YVbon e ire is taken in preparing,
Ibis is a handsome and sure dish. Three
eggs, half a cupful of milk, one and a
half tablespoonfuls of corn starch, one
teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful
of butter. Put the omelet pan and
a cover that will fit closely on to heat.
Beat well together the yolks of the
eggs, the corn starch and the salt;
beat the whites to a stiff froth, add to
the well beaten yolks and corn starch.
Stir all together thoroughly and add
the milk. Put the butter in the hot
pan; when melted pour in the mix¬
ture, cover and place on the stove
where it will brown but not burn. Cook
about seven minutes, fold, turn on a
hot dish and serve with cream sauce
poured around it. If the yolks and
corn starch are thoroughly beaten, and
if, when the stiff whites are added,
they are well mixed, and the cover and
pan are very hot, there can hardly be
failure. —New York Ledger,
HINTS TO COOKS.
So many housekeepers, both young
and old, are in doubt as to the right
time to cook vegetables and meats
that tho following table is given with
the hope that it may prove of value to
some one:
BAKING MEATS.
Beef Sirloin Rare—Eight minutes for
each pound.
Beef Sirloin, YVell Done—Ten to fif¬
teen minutes for each pound.
Beef Rib or Rump—Ten to fifteen
minutes for each pound.
Beef Fillet—Twenty to twenty-five
minutes.
Lamb, Well Done—Fifteen minutes
for each pound.
Mutton, Rare—Ten to twelve minutes
for each pound. Done—Fifteen
Mutton, Well to
eighteen minutes for each pound.
Pork. Well Done—Twenty-five to
thirty minutes for each pound.
Veal, Well Done—Eighteen to twenty
minutes for each pound.
Braised Meat— Three and one-half
to four hours.
Chickens—Weighing from three to
five pounds, one to one and one-half
hours.
Turkeys—Weighing from nine to
twelve pounds, three to three and one
half hours.
Fish—Of average thickness, weigh¬
ing from six to eight pounds, one hour.
CAKE AND PASTRY.
Sponge Cake—Forty-five to fifty-five
minutes.
Plain Cake—Twenty to forty-five
minutes.
Cookies—Ten to twelve minutes.
Gingerbread—Twenty to thirty
minutes.
Plum Pudding—Two and one-quarter
to three hours.
Tapioca or Rice Pudding— One hour.
Bread Pudding—Sixty-five minutes.
Pies with two crusts—Thirty to forty
minutes.
Graham Rolls—Half an hour.
Wheat Rolls—Ten to eighteen min¬
utes.
Bread—Forty to sixty minutes.
Biscuit—Ten to eighteen minutes.
BROILING.
Beefsteak—Cut one and one-half
inches thick, five to eight'(minutes.
Beefsteak—One inch thick, three to
five minutes.
Mutton Chops—Eight to ten min¬
utes.
Chickens^—Eighteen to twenty-five
minutes.
Fish—Thin, four to eight minutes.
Fish—Thick, ten to fifteen minutes.
Ham—Seven to ten minutes.
BROILING FISH.
Bass—Ten minutes for each pound.
Bluefish — Ten minutes for each
pound. Haddock—Six minutes
Fresh Cod or
for each pound.
Halibut—In square, fifteen minutes
for each pound.
Salmon—In square, fifteen minutes
for each pound.
Small Fish—Six to eight minutes for
each pound.
Oysters—Three to five minutes, os
until the edges eurl.
MEATS.
"Veal—Two or three hours.
Beef—Three or four hours.
Mutton--Two or three hours.
Ham—Five to five and one-half
hours.
Sweetbreads—Twenty to twenty-five
minutes.
Chickens—One to one and one-half
hours.
Fowls—Two to three hours.
Tongue—Two to three hours.
VEGETABLES.
String Beans—One and one-half to
two hours.
Shell Beans—One to two hours.
Cauliflower—Thirty to forty min
utes.
Cabbage, New—Thirty to forty-five
minutes.
Corn, Young—Five to ten minutes.
Carrots—Fifty to sixty minutes.
Asparagus—Fifteen to eighteen min¬
utes.
Onions—Thirty-five to forty-five
minutes.
Oyster Plant—Forty to sixty min¬
utes.
Peas—Fifteen to twenty minutes.
Potatoes, Boiled—Twenty to thirty
minutes.
Potatoes, Steamed—Thirty to forty
five minutes.
Tnrnips—Thirty-five to fifty min
utes.
Parsnips—Thirty-five to forty-five
minutes.—New York Recorder.
The average life of a ship is about
twenty-six years.
TWILIGHT TOWN,
Beyond the shadows lies Twilight Town,
Where wee heads nod and lids shut down
Over black eves, blue eyes, gray aud brown
And through a gap in tho city wall
Is a beautiful spot where sunbeams fall
And danee for aye, through tree-tops tall. :
Hush, baby l Soft and slow.
Soft and slow, let us go
Through the shadows to Twilight Town.
Soft as the wind through rippling whe.it.
When the sun's last rays and the shadows
meet,
Sounds the patter of thoman is of little feet.
Through the gap in tho wall, on their dim¬
pled knees.
The babies creep under the waving tr *es,
On the grass of the kingdom, “Do-.vs you
please.”
Hush, baby ! Soft an 1 slow.
Slow, slow, let us go
Through the gap in the wall of Twilight
Town.
In Twilight Town all things are fahft
The music of waterfalls in the air.
And bright wings flitting hero an 1 ther.»:
Anil through the walls in the Dream lliil,
bright
With the thoughts that please we- ones at
night,
Dancing in rings on cobwebs light.
Hush, dearie! Mother knows
Soft, slow, baby goes
To fair Dream Hill, in Twilight Town.
—St. Nicholas.
PITH AND POINT.
Literary circles—The rounds of tho
press.
It is the comic opera singer who is
most apt to “steal a march” on us.
There are more ways than one to
kill a cat; but most of them aro
failures. —Puck.
In the game of life it’s the noil-pay¬
ing tenant who gets the most moves.—*
Buffalo Courier.
The man who looks out for r, rainy
day generally makes many a sunny one
for his heirs.—Puck.
Inquisitive Party— ‘ 1 Whose funeral
is this?” Irish Undertaker—“Mine,
sor. ”—Texas Siftings.
The young man who sows his wild
oats is laying up a store of good advice
for his children that are to be.
Some people are so anxious to get
ahead in the world that they only suc¬
ceed iu getting a headstone. —Puck.
Mamma—“Robbie, why did you
come to the table with that pair of
hands?” “’Cause I haven’t any other.”
Just Possible: Lord G.—“You’re a
girl alter my heart.” She—“How do
you know? I may be after your title.”
—Brooklyn Life.
“Jack—-“I told her I would like to
take care of her always.” Tom—
“What did she say?” Jack—“Take
care, sir.*—Vogue.
“My hair,” murmured Van Arndt,
sadly, as he strove carefully to conceal
the bald spot on his head, “reminds
me of a fool and his money.”—Puck.
Among the new members of the
German Reichstag is a master chim¬
ney sweep, in some respect it is a
sootable occupation. — Philadelphia
Ledger. _..... ,
“Has my boy been a little defender
and kind to dumb animals to-day?”
“Yes, grandma, I let your canary out
of the cage, and when my cat caught
it I set Towser on her.”—Life.
A Brazilian recently saved his lifts
by carrying a roll of £100 notes inside
his vest when a bullet came that way.
Yet there are people who neglect so
simple a precaution.—Tit-Bits.
Tommy—“My father’s in the
butcher business. What business is
your’n in?” Sammy—“My father
don’t have to fuller any business. He’s
a Alderman. ”—Chicago Tribune.
Fiddleback—“Do you suppose Miss
Pinkerly noticed that my cuffs were
soiled?” Tutter—“I don’t believe so,
old man. She never notices anything
unless it is out of the ordinary. ”—•
Truth.
Yabsley—“Did Bings apologize for
kicking you yet?” Mudge— “No. He
Baid he knew he owed me an apology,
but times were so hard that he could
not think of paying it.”—Indian¬
apolis Journal.
Roberts—“There’s one thing I
don’t like about our National motto.”
Peters — “What—E pluribus unura?
What’s the matter with it?” Roberts
— “Parts its name in the middle.”—
Brooklyn Life. (
Mrs. Dangle — “What do the papers
mean by the phrase ‘painful silence,’
dear? I don’t see how silence could
ever be painful, do you?” Dangle—
“No, I can’t, Mrs. Dangle; no I
can’t.”—Buffalo Courier.
“Yes, we are going to get up a bene¬
fit entertainment for Yellowly. ” “Why
should you get up a benefit for him?
He earns as much money as you or I. ”
“Oh, but he is just home from Chi¬
cago.”—New York Pr€*ss.
Gaswell—“I’m disgusted with young
Mr. Van Braam.” Dukane—“Why?”
“He does nothing but flirt with tho
girls.” “Then you don’t like to see a
man’s efforts miss directed.”—Pitts¬
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Mistress—(instructing green ser¬
vant)—“And don’t forget, Bridget,
every time there is a ring at the bell
you must go to the door.” Bridget—
“Sure Mum, Oi will. An’ can Oi keep
the ring?”—Philadelphia Record.
Deadliest of Snakes. 1
Throughout Cochin China, in Ton
quin and the extreme east there is a
very venomous snake called the “na
jas, ” whose venom death in two
causes
or three hours. Every year this snake
has been the cause of death to 15,000
persons. It was evidently a matter of
vast importance to discover an anti¬
dote, and this has at last been done by
Doctor Calmette, a Paris physician and
a pujiil of Pasteur. The substance is
a sort of salt of gold, which not only
acts medicinally after the bite, but as
a sort of vaccine taken internally it
renders the person proof against the
consequences of the najas bite.—Chi¬
cago Herald.
Degrees of Arctic Cold.
Travelers in arctic regions say the
physical effects of cold there are about
as follows: Fifteen degrees above, un
pleasantly warm ; ten degrees below,
bracing; twenty degrees below, sharp,
but not severely cold ; thirty degrees
below, very cold ; forty degrees below,
intensely cold; fifty degrees below, a
struggle for life.—Detroit Free Pres.