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THE MONROE
VOL. XL.
The Americans are, on the average,
the greatest eaters in the world
;
Crime in Germany is said to increase
or decrease according to tho price of
bread. j !
The first Ph. I). degree given by the i
i
New University of Chicago was con¬
ferred upon a Japanese.
^J*no undoubted Americanism has
firm root iu England; tho Lon¬
don limes lias adopted “gerrymander¬
ing-”
Methodism has in tho United Htatos
nearly 5,000,000 communicants. More
than half of theso are contained iu the
Methudist Episcopal branch.
I bile is importing German officers
to train her military. Him is evident¬
ly preparing for war. She also pro¬
poses to raise a loan of $10,000,000 in
Europe.
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin
lias affirmed tho validity of tho law
which provides that a sentence of lifo
imprisonment op-rates as an ipso facto
divorce for the wife or husband of tho
convict.
That signals of lights may bo Recn
nt a greater distance if the flashes fol
low one another at irregular intervals
lias been conclusively shown in a series
ol experiments made by M. Henry at
tho Depot des l’hares. A revolving
drum moved by clockwork, aud illu¬
minated by a light placed at the axle,
was used, tho surface of which was
pierced by sixty holes. Tho sliced of
tho drum and tho brightness of the
light were varied, and sumo of tho
holes closed at regular and irregular
intervals. Tho chiofadiffieulty found
was iu bringing tho observer’s eye
back'to its normal condition after each
experiment.
A rather strange novel is boing pro
pared in Paris just now. Five well
known .Vum irista -G. Aurtoie, Tris¬
tan Bernard, J. Cniirtoline, Julos Ito
naik ami Pierra Vopoa—will produce
jt. Buoh a combination is not un¬
known, but tho novelty comes in their
method of work, Tho writers woi\
by turn and by lot; no plot may bo
forecast. Each must begin where tho
other leaves off, an l tho first is t#
choose title and hero. The latj ^ r
may not bo killod or attached by fever
or disgraced. The first lot has fallen
on Vober and Auriolo will conclude
tho tale (which is in thirty-five chap¬
ters). Profits aro to bo fairly divided,
and tho authors will try to show tho
possibility of division of labor.
A physician points out that several
fallacies are common with regard to
the weight of tho human body. The
man who congratulates himself 011 hia
gain of several pounds iu weight over
a given period may have no ca iso for
rejoicing, for he may be under a de¬
lusion. Very few persons says this
investigator, have any oorrect idea of
their own weight. As a matter of
fact the weight of tho body is contin¬
uously changing owing to innumerable
influences. On a warm day after
breakfast a man will lose more than a
third of a pound per hour. Seventy
per cent of tho body consists of water
and its weight varies constantly. The
inference to bo drawn from tho loss
or gain of a pound or two may be
mistrusted. Fluctutious of a few
ounces nre a sign that the body is in a
healthy state.
Every intelligent person must view
with satisfaction the signs of growing
interest iu tHe subject of roafl improve¬
ment, says the Noav York Tribune.
Here is a reform question iu which
politics cannot enter. Democrats,
Republic ms, Populists, Prohibition¬
ists, men (ami women) of all faiths,
political or religious, share alike iu
the conviction that good roads are a
good tiling, and we ate glad to believe
that the number is lsrg > and increas¬
ing of those who think that good roads
are a necessity to the well-being ol
any community. Whili railroads have
been of immense benefit to this conn*
try, it cannot be doubtel that they
have had much influence in retarding 3
the improvement of highways.
old Romans built excellent au 1 perma¬
nent roads, because all transportation
hail to pass over them, and the build¬
ing of the good roads of Europe in
general antedate l the era of the loco¬
motive engine. But in this country
we had scarcely emerged from the pe¬
riod when a trail through the forest
constituted the sole means of com
mumcation between one place aud
other before the iron horse came Ic
render *r.t-ra.c higb..y„ less neoc
wry than they would otherwise have
long ago become. That condition ol
t .. >ng» . 1' v ^ lA.am „ i .1 ic need i
t
good roads, uaa .de in a!! weathers, ic
now comiug to bo generally rccog
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FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GA,TUESDAY MORNING, JULY o 1895.
"IN WORLDS NOT REALIZED."
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(I am deluged with pictures about It),
But I ean’t realise it—no, not in the least,
And. in '
spite of the papers, I doubt it.
A Chinaman seems such n nebulous chap,
And I can't fancy shedding the gore of a
Jap.
Those parchment}’ fellows have fleets?
Bir ironclads, each worth a million?
I cannot conceive it, my reason it beats.
The lord of the pencil vermilion
I' its in with a tea caddy, not a torpedo.
Just picture a man in that queer bay of
Yedo!
It seems the right place for n junk,
(With a fine flight of storks iu the
offing),
But think of a battle ship there being
sunk
By a Krupp! 'Tis suggestive of scoffing.
I try to believe, hut 'tis merely bravado.
It all seems ns funny ns Gilbert’s Mikado.
And then those preposterous names,
Like n lot of cracked bells all n-tinkling!
I try to imagine their militant games,
But «t present I can't get an inklhlg
Gf what it can mean when a fellow named
Hong
And one Ting (Lord High Admiral!) go it
ding dong!
A Nelson whose nomen is Whang
To me I ndmit’s inconceivable.
And war between Wo-Hung and Ching-a
Ring < 'hang,
Sounds funny, but quite unbelievable.
And can you conceive Maxim bullets a
sing
Hound a saffron lined hero called Pong,
or Ping-Wing?
A ship called Ivow-Shing, I am sure,
Uan but be a warship pour rire.
And Count Y'amagata—he must be n cure!
No, no, friends I very much fear
That in spite of the pictures, and por
traits, and maps,
I Can’t make live heroes of Johnnies and
J a ps!
—Punch.
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slveu her niece Jj|p Jo. au*,:,
stand that she na UP Frank
jEViTugton mattfthe lodger arrived. He
was old and grumpy, tills Mr. Wiggle
ton, but as he always paid in advance
Mrs. Denver was perfectly content.
“There’s a lodger for you!” she said,
exultingly. “I just wish he’d keep the
rooms forever!”
It was a bright October evening when
Mr. A\ lggleton sent for Mrs. Denver
to come up to Ids room.
“Dear me!” thought the fluttered
housekeeper; “whatever can the mat
ter be? Its too bad. I believe lie’s
going to find fault with your guitar
practice, Josie.”
“I can’t help it,” said Josie, piteous
ly; “I must get on with my guitar les¬
sons.”
Mrs. Denver obeyed the unwonted
summons. Mr. Wiggleton, who was
sitting in a big chair, cleaning his
meerschaum with a bit of chamois,
laid down liis work and solemnly ad¬
justed his blue spectacles.
“Mrs. Denver,” he said, “I'm think¬
ing of being married.”
“And leaving me, sir?” ejaculated
the housekeeper, with failing heart.
“It won't be necessary, ma’am, to
leave you.”
“Oh, Indeed, sir! Then yoii will
bring your wife here?”
“My bride will lie here already,
ma'am. It’s Miss Josie.”
“My Josie!”
“Yes. ma'am, your Josie.”
Mrs. Denver's heart thrilled with
pride aud gratification.
“I'm sure, sir, Josie will be very
much flattered.”
“Would you kindly speak to her,
ma'am, and. as it were, break the ice
for me? You see I’m rather advanced
in years, and I'm not used to this sort
of thing.”
"Certainly, sir. Oh. certaiuly!" cried
Mrs. Denver, smoothing her apron. “I
shall be honored.'
Slie went downstairs as fast as if
there were no such things as neural¬
gic pains or stiff old bones in all the
world, to Avliere Josie sat reading in
the little parlor.
“What do you think, Josie?” she
cried, exultiugly. “Here is good luck
for 11 s! Mr. Wiggleton has fallen in
love with you."
“ With ,no - aunt >' ? "
if ‘‘ you Yes * will be a good V"?*- girl. \° T'”' Now, f°®* isu t
that good news. Josie?”
But to Mrs. Denver's amazement she
burst into a passion of tears and flung
her book upon the floor,
“I won't marry him. An old bundle
of rheumatism. No, I won’t.
"Josie!”
“I wonder you dare ask iue such a
thing, aunty, and poor Frank, too '
Never! I'll go out to service first.”
Uhffd?*' -CTW’ 1 lh®_dismayed aunt,
“you are raving. There—wipt hklr
.■y..,. ami smooth yoor
be’, coming doxvnstairs. '
Apparently, in Mr. Winston's idea
of things, the process ot breaking the
lw was not a 1>rotracled ono - for h,s
step "’a* nmv heard deliberately
stamping down the stairs.
“Hey; hello! Miss Josie crying! My.
whnt’a the matter?” cried Mr. Wiggle
<lca ‘
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“I won't! There's no use asking
tne,’’ BLhbed josie.
.nsi-ssssss
feron,1 - v Presently.”
“ w,iI you leave us albflo together,
ma'am?” requested the ancient suitor.
“No—don’t, aunty. Please don’t,” cried
poor Josle.
“Certainly, by all means.” and Mrs.
Denver whisked out of the room.
Hhe Went downstairs and sat by the
window trying to knit, but secretly
worrying In her mind about the wilful
lassie upstairs. Surely she would
never he so crnzv ns to refuse Mr.
Wiggleton. Yet girls were so unac
countable sometimes. She wished now
that she had insisted upon It, threaten¬
ing to torn her out of doors, else—been
Imperative.
“But, oh, dear!” sighed Mrs. Denver,
“wisdom always comes too late.”
Presently the door opened.
“Mrs. Denver!” called out the voice
of Mr. Wiggleton—a jocund, compla¬
cent voice, like anything In the world
but the accents of a discarded lover.
Mrs. Denver hastened upstairs with
throbbing heart aud eager, question¬
ing countenance. Josie sat smiling
and blushing on the sofa with one or
two tear-drops sparkling on her eye¬
lashes, while Mr. Wiggleton, with
brown wig somewhat dishevelled,
bent chivalrously over her.
“Is It all right?” asked Mrs. Denver,
faintly, laying her hand on her heart.
“It's all right, ma’am; she has prom¬
ised to be mine.”
“And when?” - -
“Next week.”
“Oh, not so soon!” pleaded Josie.
“Dearest!” cried Mr. Wiggleton,
laughingly, “true love brooks no delay.
Next week it must be.”
“Don’t be foolish, my dear,” said
Mrs. Denver to her niece. “The sooner
the better.”
Ho Josie, overborne by the majority,
was forced to yield.
“My dear,” said her aunt, approv¬
ingly, “I never gave you credit for
Half the good sense you have shown
to-day.”
“Didn’t you, aunty?”
“But I’m delighted with you; and
you shall have the nicest wardrobe
money can buy.”
Tho wedding day arrived, and Josie,
looking very lovely in a lustrous white
silk, shadowed by the snowy cloud of
a tulle veil, was duly married to Mr.
Wiggleton in a new brown xvig and a
suit of the choicest broadcloth.
Mrs. Denver, wh - had remained be¬
hind to superintend the preparation
of the wedding breakfast, was at the
door to welcome her new nephew-in
Stiff letTrtm-wty
1^^-hem—m!” coughed Mr. Wiggle
« Sow we nre satelj . ni01 ,
r|ed my denr Josl(lj , „„ no , ; ee the
necessity for keeping up these absurd
appearances any longer.”
He calmly removed liis wig, dis
playing profuse brown curls, and took
the blue spectacles from a pair of
brilliant hazel eyes. A pair of iron
gray side whiskers were coolly drawn
from his face, and the luxuriant folds
of the white neckcloth suddenly reveal
ed a very handsome throat While in¬
stantaneously recovering from a
chronic stoop, and straightening him
self, Mr. Wiggleton altered, as if from
the touch of an enchanter’s wand, to
Mr. Frank Ellington,
Mrs. Denver utered au hysterical
scream,
“Frank Ellington!”
“At your service, dear aunt!”
“Are you Mr. Wiggleton?”
“I Avas five minutes ago.”
“But you—you are not married to
my Josie, sir?”
“So the clergyman says, ma’am.”
“You are a—a deceiving wretch!”
cried the aunt, sinking upon a chair.
“Josie, how dared you?”
“You asked me to marry Mr. Wiggle¬
ton. aunt, and I married him.”
“But I never dreamed of the base
trick that Avas being played upon me.”
“Oh. Avell. you see I couldn’t help
that,” ansAvered Josie, demurely.
“Stop a moment,” said the bride¬
groom. Avith a commanding air that
eA'en Mrs. Denver could not resist;
“let me explain matters. I am no
longer the penniless suitor to whom
you objected, madam. The day pre¬
vious to my engaging your rooms I re¬
ceived a bequest from au uncle, ren
dering me independent for life. I had
no doubt but that you avouUI imme
diately withdraw your objections to
my marriage with your niece, but I
preferred, remembering the obstacles
you had always interposed in our path,
to woo aud win her in my oaa u way.
I think we are quits hoav. Mrs. Den¬
ver; shall Ave be friends hencefor¬
ward?”
He laughingly extended his hand.
Mrs. Denver took it and pressed it,
half pleased, half vexed.
“Quits, then. Frank. And you will
keep the suite of rooms?”
“I shall duly comply AA-ith all that
Mr. Wiggleton promised.”
So, Instead of one lodger. Mrs. Den
V ° r ha d V™’ A “ d i® Sie her aUDt
were , both suited.—The . Million.
Christian College Students.
It was stated last year that out of the
70.000 college men in this country and
Canada. 38.000 were church members,
and the remaining 32,000 were nat.
Next statistics Avere furnished by the
Y'oung Men's Christian Associations
established in some hundreds of eol
! leges. Since that report, however. 30
new branches have been formed, giving
larger returns, though the average is
liot T hree hu ndred and
j Bvo‘college memb£,N» Itat A
' out. men are church »c
j collets 43.000 which have assodationlS^ There
about arenot. are said
to be altogether 2U0.000 men in the iu
| ! stitutions of higher learning on this
] continent, so that, assuming the same
proportion, there are probably 85.000
j church members out of 200,000 college
, students,
GAVE HIM A LESSON.
A Traveling Man "VVlio Annoyed the
Wrong Girl.
As the drummer came iuto the smoker
a mail in the corner got up and went
out rather hurriedly, .
“Y'ou seem to have a bad effect upon
that party,” remarked a man from
Chicago,
• “Well, yes,” laughed the drummer,
1,0 doesn t like to see me around.
“Who is he?”
“I don't know his name, but I hap-
1)0110,1 train t0 B0 ° hhl1 and Mt ^ how rl y whenever 1»M route ho
on 11 once,
soos me 1,0 tools better to get out of the
' vay
“V , hat was it? Toll about it,”
us
o.uo° lies in chorus, one Of sajs toe Kind jjhc I* roe ot traveling Press,
men who are always Discreditable to
the pi.ncsslou, and 1 think he travels
lot some third-rate, house in New
York. I never saw him until tho day I
saw him art what §e and
from what 1 have seen of him since I
should say it had lausht him a vat
liable lesson. It was on a train tpda*
out of Louisville, ami there was a
pretty girl aboard, who was of the type
that grows into viragoliood, perhaps,
but of that let us not talk. In any
event, she had a section in the middle
of the car and this fellow came in and
after looking the territory over, sat
down where he could look into her
face. There was no other person on
that side of the car, and only two old
ladies and myself on the other. He had
just begun to ogle ibo girl by grinning
and gazing at her,' when she changed
her place and turned her back on him.
In a few minutes he had taken the seat
beyond and had begun his operations
again. She stood it some time and
changed her position again. He
the same, waiting quite a little while,
so as not to attract too much attention.
She changed again and he went to the
smoker. Then I stepped over and
asked her if she needed my services in
stopping tlie annoyance. She thanked
me and said she- would attend to it
herself. Pretty soon he came back and
sat down facing her again, with a
smile as if he thought he was having
a great joke. She changed again and
so did lie. This time I could see her
cheeks redden and could almost hear
her eyes snap as she leached over and
opened a little handbag by her side.
She took from it a revolver and as she
looked up again she nodded and smiled
as if she wanted him ho come to her.
But she didn’t, thoujfiu it looked that
way when she got ,up and taking a few
steps stood in froijjt ot hfm. Then she
shoved the revohjjr close to his face.
“ ‘There tel stoc J flid J^y ^janough V'Ev for
ffiffflll I a fi< t 1 0 i>
look at me again I’ll put a portion of its
contents into yofl^ugly face.’
“She trembled so as she spoke that
the revolver shook in her hand, but she
turned and walked firmly back to her
place, sat down again, aud the remark¬
able part of it was she sat so if lie
raised his face lie would look directly
at her. But lie didn’t raise his face.
He slunk out toward the smoker and
he never came back. I’ve met him
several times since,” concluded the
drummer, “but I have never seen him
so much as look the second time at a
lady on a train.”
THE LOCOMOTIVE.
Looked Upon by the Engineer as a
Thing to lie Admired.
“I think we all love the locomotive,”
said a traveler. “Coming into New
York 011 a through train on one of the
days of the big cold spell, at the last
place we stopped at to change engines
I got off and stretched my legs on the
platform a little, and walked forward
and looked at ’em couple on the fresh
engine. It had big drivers, a tremend¬
ous boiler, cyleiulers as big as barrels,
steam chests as. big as trunks, and a
stumpy little cliimnej , no gingerbread
■work about her anj where, and no light
—it tv as after dark except the head
light and the little lamp in the cab
shining on the face of the steam guag
es. Everything else about her black;
wlien the engineer leaned out of the
cab window you could scarcely see
him against the general blackness; but
lie backed the engine down as gently
and as smoothly and Atirh as perfect
accuracy as though it had high noon
for light.
engineer, “He was and evidently the big in engine groat looked form, the
as
though it could go through any bliz
zard that ever blew; and as a matter
of fact it about made time into Netv
Y'orlt. But it Avas a hard pull for her;
you could hear her breathing as aou
stepped out of the cat in the Grand
Central station and staited to walk
along the platform. You look at her
again here in the light as you pass,
admiringly: and you have a very
friendly feeling for the man whom you
bring into view au instant later as
you move ahead, and who^is stand¬
ing on the track square ahead of the
big engine and looking up at her Avith
a smile on his face.”—New York Sun.
True Conditions of a Christian Life.
Delight, enthusiasm, hope, content—
these are the true conditions of a
Christian life, just as song is the true
condition of the bird, or color of the
rose. But. just as the bird is still a
bird, although it cannot sing, and the
rose is still a rose, although its red
grows dull and faded in some dark,
close room where it is compelled to
grow—so the Christian is a Christian
still, even although his soul is dark
with doubt and lie goes staggering on,
feeling every moment that he will fall,
never daring to look up and
Phillips Brooks.
j MKs jnmism rharm^t^Do Tr IlTsoftie xoS ° bellOTe in
hv ^“^“ om^Whenevrt yon look a,
^ , do ._s omerviIle JournaL
--
The Effect Was Electrical.
M . u mger—How did the thunder act
^ udience?
affect tlnSJ k the house by storm,—
Critic— It ns
Syracuse Post. w
ADVERTISER.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Get man sanitarians have pronounced
against American dried apples.
The latest achievement in photog¬
raphy is taking a picture 500 feet un¬
der water.
An earthquake observatory is to be
established by the Turkish Imperial
Government at Constantinople.
The brain of woman fa absolutely
smaller than that of man, but is stated
to be somewhat larger in proportion
to the weight of the body,
A new marking ink pencil has tho
solid color at one end in the usual
manner and at the other end a recep
tacle for a liquid mordant.
The great superiority and flexibility
of electricity in transmitting power in
the driving of machine tools has been
conclusively shown at the rifle factory
D f the Belgian Government.
^vers now communicate with per
» bo ™ b ? me “ as °. f “> e telephone,
*“ ' P>* Md near »•
>P«.« .«■<“» “I'gtt turning . of , the
^'ad brings tuo mouth close to tt.
A writer in tho Chautauquan says
that birds are guided in their migra
ki on h J th ® stars » and therefore on
nights . when the stars are hidden by
clouds they always lose their way.
A novel raining machine has been
patented which combines the advan
tages of compressed air and electricity,
The mechanism consists of a cutter
bar drill and an electric motor, con
nected by suitable gearing,
\ pair of wrought-iron tongs, or a
p i ece of hoop heated and bent until
the ends form a circuit like the feet
of tongs, will magnetize a knife-blade
laid upon them and rubbed with au
other piece of steel. The cause is not
yet satisfactorily explained,
Explosions in the streets are now in
a fair way to be explained. Major
Cardew has discovered that there is a
remarkable deposit of sodium in some
of the insulators in the boxes used for
electrical supply in London. Now,
sodium is highly inflammable by con¬
tact with water, and therefore, pro¬
bably sets fire to the escape of gas.
It has been learned by experiment 1
made at the gypsy-moth station al
Malden, Mass., that the Paris green,
London purple, and arsenic with which
the trees and bushes have been sprayed
does not kill the moths, but, on the
contrary, they thrive and grow fat
upon it. It would appear from this
that the work of the Massachusetts
commission during the last years has
served to propagate moths of
exterminating them.
ussian Lead Pencils.
An order was received last week
from. Moscow, Russia, and shortly
after a similar order from Warsaw,
Poland, for a carload of Sierra Nevada
redwood, to be used in the manufac¬
ture of lead pencils. The orders in
themselves are of no great import¬
ance, except as showing that a new
use has been found for a certain kind
of California redwood, and that this
is only the beginning of an export
trade which may develop into some¬
thing worth looking after.
Yv’hat becomes of the lead pencils is
almost as much of a problem as what
becomes of the pins. Millions of
pencils are used and lost and thrown
away and disappear every year, and
the demand increases constantly in¬
stead of diminishing. Ot late years
Russia has begun to make use of her
vast deposits of plumbago in the man¬
ufacture of lead pencils, and while a3
yet the Russian penoils have not taken
rank with the best lead pencils of
other Nations, the output is on the in¬
crease and the quality is sure to im
rove>
wood which holds and encases
Hm i ead i s an important part of the
pencil. It must be soft in order to be
sharpened easily, and yet it must not
k 0 jhrittle or cross-grained. Cedar is
tk e favorite wood for pencils, but the
Russians evidently believe our moun
t a j n redwood equally available, as is
seeu by th eir demand for it. The
supply of Florida cedar being limited
has compelled a search for a substi
t u te, and our mountain redwood
sta uds high up in the second rank,
Redwood has already come into
f avor for other purposes. It is used
ygry largely as an ornamental wood,
especially the knotty and curly va
riety. If to this we can add the export
^he straight-grained wood, even for
making lead pencils in Russia and Po
laud^ we may congratulate ourselves
U pon the opening of a new avenue of
industry which may broaden and ex
"
d in the futa re.
Cast ol Living in Europe’s Capitals.
An investigation into the compara¬
tive cost of living at the various capi¬
tals results in the following interest¬
ing facts: At Vienna the prices of
most articles of food are lowest; at
Madrid they are dearer than in any
other capita], and such things as
bread, meat, sugar and coal are very
expensive. At St. Petersburg also the
price of bread is so high that white
bread fa still considered a luxury
above the means of the working
classes. Next to Vienna, Brussels fa
an inexpensive city. Paris is a little
higher in the scale, but London fa
"terribly expensive.”—Westminster
Gazette.
Electric Sterilization ol Milk.
Two Dutchmen , nave invented
a pro
cess of sterilizing milk by subjecting
it to the passage of an alternating elec
!T ““"Uk., AU micro-organisms
? ° P bj * 6 , ? V *5f’
. ,
ln - quality < F l “ llt v ofthe elecHif^rrent
-
does not hurt the milk, but a longer
experience only will teach ns whether
this system can be ajtpiied to large
quantities with proper results, —Boa
ton Journal of Gosuafrce,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
THE ANNUAL WARFARE.
A bulletin on household pests issued
by the Vermont Agricultural Experi
inent Station is full of Useful informa
tion for housekeepers in their annual
warfare against these destroyers. The
buffalo beetle or carpet bug eats
feathers, furs, leather and perhaps
other things, but the accounts which
have been given from time to time of
its destruction of silk do not seem well
founded. Professor Fernald remarks
as to this:
“The opinion that it injures cotton
or silk goods, lace curtains, etc., must
be erroneous, for I have repeatedly
put the larva; or young of this beetle
iuto bottles with various substances
for them to feed fupon, and when fur¬
nished with cotton and wool mixed
goods, they invariably ate tho woolen
fibers, leaving tho cotton intact; but
when I gave them only cotton, silk, or
pieces of newspaper, they ns invariably
died without eating any of those sub¬
stances. The injuries reported to have
been done to silk, lace curtains, etc.,
must have been done by some other
insect.” Very possibly the other in¬
sect may bo iu some cases tho pitchy
carpet beetle.
With proper care and perseverance
the buffalo beetle can be driven out
and kept out. Of course if carpets
fastened to the floor were not used,
but only rugs laid down and often
shaken, there would be far less danger
of injury from tho ravages of tho
beetles, but if carpets aro fastened
down, a thorough lining with paper
will prevent many of the larvm, which
hide in cracks and crevices, from
getting at it. Tarred paper next
the floor covered with some cleaner
sort to prevent injury to the oar
pet would undoubtedly be most use
fill, but the odor is a serious objec
tion. Au excellent remedy is corro
sive sublimate sixty grains, dissolved
in a pint of alcohol or water and
brushed over the floor at the edges
before the carpet is laid, and also
over the underside of the carpet. This
soon destroys any insect which at¬
tempts to eat tho carpet, but children
must not play upon a carpet so treat¬
ed. A still simpler method which
is said to be effective, is that of laying
a damp cloth on the carpet at the edge
where it is most likely to be infested,
aud then placing a hot iron on it. The
steam thus produced penetrates the
carpet and destroys any insects which
may be within the range of its ac
tion.
ln8ecfc powders are not of i value
• thig case< Tho remedies ua ed are
in the car «ofclothing and
Small articles in boxes and
may be effectually freed from insect
pests J>y the use of benzine or bisul¬
phide of carbon. Better than any
other method, and the simplest as
•well, when the size of the object like¬
ly to be infested is not too great, is
wrapping the material in smooth,
whole paper or putting it into a paper
bag and sealing the opening with
paste. If this is done before the
beetles have had a chance to deposit
eggs upon tho ,, article, .. . or . arras, „ to get ,
at it, there is no danger that the in
sect will be able to reach it.—New
England Homestead.
RECIPES.
German Potatoes--Peel and grate
six very large potatos, drain off the
the potato flour, add a saltspoon of
salt or more, beat up two or three
eggs, mix thoroughly with grated po¬
tato, and bake in a moderate oven un¬
til nicely browned, care being taken
that they do not bake too quick.
CaulifloAver with Milk—Break a
cauliiloAver in bits and, after cleaning,
tie up iu white netting, and boil till
tender in water to which half as much
milk has been added. This improves
the taste and appearance. Halt just
before taking up, and hang up to
drain. Arrange the pieces iu a dish
and pour over it the following :
Savory Omelet—Four eggs, three
ounces of butter, salt, pepper and
chopped parsley, Beat the eggs
lightly together, sprinkle in tho pars¬
ley, pepper and salt. Have the butter
quite hot in the pau, stir in the eggs
and shake the pan to keep the mixture
from burning. As soon as the edges
are set, fold over, cook lightly for a
moment* turn on a hot dish and serve.
A little grated ham may be added if
liked.
Compote of Oranges—Peel six or¬
anges, remove as much of the Avhite
pith as possible and divide them into
small pieces. Make a sirup of three
quarters of a pound of sugar, one pint
of water, adding the rind of the or
ange cut in thin strips. When the
sirup is well boiled and skimmed clear
put in the oranges and simmer five
minutes. Arrange them on a glass
dish, pour the sirup over them and
serve cold.
Oatmeal Biscuits—Five ounces of
flour, seven ounces of oatmeal, three
ounces of sugar, four ounces of lard
or butter, half a teaspoonful of baking
soda and one egg. Melt the lard or
butter, mix the flour, oatmeal, sugar
and soda, then stir iu the melted lard,
break the eggs, with a little water,
into a teacup, beat slightly and mix
with the other ingre lients till it be¬
comes a paste, turn it out on a board
and roll thin. Cut with a cutter and
bake on a greased tin twenty minutes.
Orange Pudding—Five juicy or¬
anges are sliced crosswise and SAveet
ened, and as many glass sauce-dishes
are half-filled with the sliced oranges.
Corn starch is cooked in the usual
manner in a farina boiler, and when
it has boiled the beaten yolks of two
eggs are added to the corn starch, and
when thoroughly mixed the hot corn
starch is poured into the glass dishes.
The whites of the two eggs, beaten
stiff and sweetened with two table
spoonfuls of sugar, are spread on the
corn starch, This is eaten cold.
NO. 2‘,\
HAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to Re¬
j ’ pentance.
j j E VERY life is n
yi/. . prayer of some
; kind.
' 1^5 ^ A temptation re
sisted is a step tar
ken with God.
The man wh*
loves whisky al«
ways hates Christ,
i \ v God speaks to us
A most iu the voice
*^ to which we will
^ v -*"~** 3 best listen.
4 >v b®
No gift can
' unless the blood of
p U t on God’s altar
( religious life has been put there tlrst.
The man who cheats another robs
himself.
When the heart gives, the gift is al¬
ways great.
The man who plows deep has God
for his friend.
The hands grow heavy when the
heart Is weak,
Unbelief is the egg out of which all
sins are hatched.
It is easier to give God all than it is
to give him a part.
The pedestal means nothing until
* be s t fltue I 9 i° place,
Those who borrow trouble never get
a chance to pay it back,
The moderate drinker is helping to
gravel the road that leads to the pit.
There isn’t a millionaire alive to-day
whom an angel would consider rich.
If the road to the pit didn’t begin iu
respectability it couldn't end in ruin.
It may be that God made the Dead
Sea to show a stingy man liow he looks,
It Is always safe for right to count on
the help of God when it goes into bat
tie.
The devil will promise to pay any
kind of interest, if we only take his
note.
Jesus wrote the woman’s sins in the
dust. Our names are written on liis
hands.
The only thing the matter with (lie
religion of some people is that it has no
Christ.
The paths of righteousness lead
straight into the valley of the shadow
of death.
God is not au alarmist, but when
there is danger ahead he wants us to
know it.
Tho devil sometimes gets the most
out of it when a collection is taken up
in church.
When we go io«c h without prayN,
home with us.
Christ went about doing good. Tie
didn’t sit down in a comfortable place
and talk about it.
As long as the devil can handle our
money he don’t care how much noise
we make in church,
if God answered all prayers, tho
heavens would always be raining fire
0 n somebody’s head,
The man who is not religious at
h otten wauts to be considered
cxlra , ous , n chureh .
, feomo P eo P , le waste a &ood , deal , ,
time in praying for joy, who are not
to become unselfish.
There are too many people who claim
to love the Lord, who put rotten apples
in the bottom of the basket.
It takes some people a whole lifetime
to find out that no dollar is big enough
to give an hour’s happiness.
When the convicted sinner says, “Not
to night,” the devil feels that it will.be
safe for him to sleep a week.
The man who looks at everything
through money is more than half con¬
vinced that the devil is a gentleman.
No matter what appearances may be,
God is always on the side of the man
who does right and has to suffer for it.
Many a man fails to have access to
God in private because he has been do¬
ing too much trumpet blowing in pub
lie.
That man is not needed as a mission¬
ary in heathen lands xvho lias been
married for years and never talks re¬
ligion with his wife.
The devil is standing very close to
the Christian who persuades himself
that his work is more important to God
than that of somebody else.
“Let not thy left hand know what
thy right hand doeth.” The Christian’s
hands should be kept so busy for God
that they will have no time for gossip.
The Church and the Young Man.
How hard and faithfully many clergy¬
men are spending themselves to gather
the young men to Christ, and in great
measure spending in vain, because they
labor amiss. As long as the home is
negative, fruits will continue compara¬
tively small. On the reformation of
the home in this respect we should
bring steady effort to bear.
“If there is to a parent one duty more
sacred than anyother, for faithfulness
in which more strict account avj'11 be
taken, and which will more seriously
affect a parent’s eternal hope, it is this
of raising children religiously. Its neg¬
lect not only robs God of ‘a seed to
praise Him,’ thwarts His glory in the
AA’orld, and Christ’s reward for ‘the
travail of his soul,’ but is a most un¬
natural crime against the child itself.
Will not God requite for the deep hurt
inflicted?”—Rev. W. H. Laird.
A Surmise.
“Bill Doolan’s band has been cap¬
tured in Oklahoma,” remarked the
newspaper reader.
“Y'ou don’t say so,” replied the man
who pretends to keep posted but does
not. “What was Bill’s band doing?
Playing ‘Sweet Marie?’ ’’—Washington
Star.
People pour things into their friends’
ears as if they had control of their
Iriend8’ tongues.
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