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NEWS.
FAYETTEVILLE, GA„ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1888.
NO. 10.
CALM APTER STORM,
Life is the long find difficult campaign,
The gladiator's s’ ruggle on the sand,
, .. .. -v; - The ship’s 'contention with the furious main;
Kaiser VVi. ,,u>.yji’Bitch hit JreiH#! Atr '(’While ccnss'esAy the silver trumpet’s strain
r_ - «>A v. - calling us in confidence to stun 1
and lucenso ’mid the peaceful
band. \r+ '■
Blow, trumpets, blow, and bring again the
dream,.
That thrilled the ecstatic outcast on his isle;
T hough we may never loose our grasp the
while
On blades still bared, and long the waiting
seem,
Till gates of pearl turn on their hinge
amain,
And storm and battle vanish in the gleam
Bhat forth from streets untrod by guilt or
pain,
Where heaven’s own hosts their wished-for
welcome sms lei
aval a(T, rs, ,tni it 1 ^ belwved'that'Ger-j
will hereafter ’|ki$ 'iiRfcV mol «*>1
ition to her navy.
fireystone, Mr. Tilden’s expensive
,udso' t iver residence, has been in the
fit for Two years, with no buyer,
cost him $25,000 a year to keep it up,
nd no one hits been- willing to follow
<' uit
■jj? Seventy-five miles an hour—or a mile
^nforty-eight seconds—is the astoundip
rate bf speed which has just been at-
1'tnined by the ‘‘West Coast Express,” of
I the London and Northwestern Railway,
on its trip / from the English to tho
Scotch metropolis.
The roaring gas well back of Canons-
burg, Ponn., is said to have tho greatest
registered pressure of any in the world.
The gas looks like a solid piece of blue
steel for some distance after it comes out
i-of the pipe. Solid masonry twelve feet
thick surrounds the well to hold the cap
on, When in drilling the gas was struck,
t&ls aud ropes weighing 5000 pounds
were-thrown out as though they were
feathers.
Fable Island, which lies in the direct
ath of all transatlantic shipping bound
(to New York, is rapidly being washed
away. The branch hydrographic offices
in that city and Philadelphia have just
seen'served with notice by the British
lovernnrent that one of Ihe lighthouses
lias been' undermined, and must be taken
lown and removed to a site further in
land. At present the sea threatens to
1 demolish the light and the tower.
—The Clmrchman.
A SPY’S EXPERIENCE.
iVt
j A practical test of fire-proof, patent
HgipS w * re lathing, was given recent
ly ip Philadelphia. A brick building
wfcrity feet sauare was erected of two
livisions, in one the common wood lath-
ng' such' as is generally used, in the
ther was the stiffened wire lathing with
:ast iron;ribs. At 3:05 in tho afternoon
Sjprc? ■
v-L T 1 *.® wer % started, and in eight
1 huinutes the piaster and wood lathing
*** dropped .and were consumed. At 4 ill,
^■hen the visitors left the grounds, the
fi r ® in the wire lathing apartment was
burping, with no signs of consump
tion of the plaster or lathing.
Mrs, t)iaz, wife of the President of
IMexico, has labored for years, accord
ing to the New York Graphic to
^ameliorate the condition of the poorer werc
iclass of her sex. She has established
various institutions for the employment
,4 poor ^vomen aud girls, and has
polarized work which, until she bc-
ife,protecting patroness, was looked
n a» unbecoming and contrary to
lisheS^Cnstoms. Under her patron-
these insfc&iitions have become
ourishing and afforcj^spoctable employ-
ent to hundreds of her's^x. She is ever
udying some new schcfiftSt for tho
livancement of the poorer clas3£& and
name will be a future househ&W
ord associated with benevolence and
Imdness.
BY EWING GIBSON.
I was at a small tiwn in the West on
business some time ago, and, missng my
train, was detained several hours with
nothing to do. While idling mound the
little hotel my eye was caught by the
striking appearance of, an old man sit
ting on a bench outside. lie was tall
and powerfully built, but his lo^ gray
hair proved him to be no longer young.
I asked the clerk of the hotel w ho he
was. This individual was busy, but
managed to answ-er me as welt as ho
could. “That old man? why, that’s
Jack Lawton. He was a brave soldier in
the la-t war and played the spy two or
three times. Get him to tell you some
of his experiences. They are right good,
and those who know say they are true.’’
I escaped and made my way to the old
veteran. He was smoking a short clay
pipe and relused my offer of a cigar in
its place. After a tew well-directed ques
tions I got him talkin>r and I asked him
to give me an account of what he consid
ered the toughest scrape lie was ever in.
The old fellow lookclat mu calmly as he
refilled and lit his pipe, while I made mv-
self comfortable and waited for him to
begin. He^ bad a short, strong way of
moment till their eyes got accustomed to
the darkness. I lay in silence, expecting
instant discovery, but the idea of look
ing in the coffin never seemed to occur
to them. I hoard one say: ‘He isn't in
here,’ and they left as quickly as they
had entered. I tell you a dead house is
a good place for a man to hide when he
is in a fix like mine. The bravest men
have some superstition about the presence
of tho dead and like to get away as quick
as they can. I was in a regal’' trap now
and did not know what Any at
tempt at escape in the y ’ excited
stale of the camp would mean death
sure and certain. My only chance
was to stay quiet and try to make
my way out in the night. When
was that dead soldier to be buried? That
was a question that passed through my
niind several times as I lay confined in
the rough coffin. Everything depended
on that. I hoped for the be9t and lay
quiet. I was badly cramped in my
strange resting place, but I fell asleep in
spite of it all. I was aroused by hear
ing some one enter and close the door
after him. I opened my eyes. Who
ever it, was had brought a lantern. As
quietly as I could I si pped my hand to
my back and unloosened my pistol. If
I had to die I determined to make a
tight for it. Scarcely daring to breathe
I waited. The steps approached closer.
'i lie next moment I hoard hands fum
bling on the lid and it was lifted up. At
the same instant I sprang up and leveled
my pistol at the intruder. This was an
old gray-headed darkey. In lifting the
lid he held it between himself and me
and did not see me. He leaned it
against the and turned to come
back. As he ’ so he caught a glimpse
of me. His lower jaw fell and his eye3
rolled wildly in his head as he stared. I
him to nail down the lid. The half nail*
I had broken he had used all around the
lid. They were too short to catch any
hold, aud merely made a show. The
two real nails caught but a s'ight hold,
for I had made holes for them to fit in
with a gimlet. My idea was, if not res
cued, to force the liji, and in t' c terror
which would accompany my sudden res
urrection to escape. I was never a nerv
ous man, but I tell you when I heard that
negro hammering on the coffin lid my
heart almost failed me. But it was this
or death in some other form. In a few
moments he had gone and I was alone.
The holes I had made in the lid enabled
me to breath with comparative ease. As
I thought over my chances of life I felt
they were slim, indead. Granted the
negro • proyed faithful to me, he
might not find tho pigeons. If he did
find them he might not fasten the paper
properly,or the birds might not return in
time, or—in fact, there were so many
chances against me that I knew my life
hung on a very slender thread. A nerv
ous fear seized me that the negro might
not have used the half nails I had pro
vided, but bad substituted others. He
certainly had hammered in a way that
seemed harder than was necessary to
drive in half nails. If that was the case
I might be buried alive! This thought
so filled me with horror that it was wTth
difficulty that I could refrain from trying
the lid. Only the knowledge that this
would mean discovery if the'lid yielded
restrained me. It was a hot day, and
the heat wa9 intense in my narrow prison.
I was fearfully cramped from my strained
position, and this and the heat added to
my misery. After waiting what seemed
an age I heard at last the sound ofsteps.
A party of men bad entered and came
, - * | up tome. The next moment the coffin
sa a not a word, but pomted the pistol was lifted. A sudden giddiness and a
at his head. He seemed struck with ' rush of blood to the head followed and
paralysis. His legs shook and tottered j I knew they must have held the bead
HOUSEHOLD iWOTTEES.
could make out the regular tramp of
soldiers following. The road was rou<*h
and "I was fearfully jolted. My one
tbc-ught now was: Has that negro done
0.3 ho promised and does my captain
know of my fix? What I feared most
dently he took me for a ghost. As I
wasn’t one yet, and didn’t intend to be
if I could help it, I said: ‘Old man, you
see this pistol.’
“He could only nod.
‘•. ‘Well,’ I went on, ‘it is loaded to „„„„ A lca , cu mosl
the muzzle, aud every bullet in it will j was fainting and being buried alive
talking, and I will try To'WT his story in 1 g( {? nto y°u if you make a noise above a To prevent this was my nim. At‘last
as nearly his own words as possible i |,e . r ’ i the wagon stopped and I was taken out.
Picture to yourself a strong old man of ■ Tllis Wil8 a practical sort of talk that j A g rati | J g sound and the next moment I
sixty or thereabouts, with a rouoffi lace ,1C und ‘stood and convinced him that J was swinging in the air. Then I rested
■ t "’' ' " ° I was real flesh and blood. - j quiet. I followed the movements in my
“ ‘Eel o’ God, Boss! I ain’t gwine to mind and I knew now I was in my grave,
breathe hard!’ j There was a pulling at my feet one of
“As he spoke I noticed a spade and tllG ro P« 9 must have caught, and the
other tools lie had brought with him. A i next moment a heavy body sprang on
sudden idea flashed through my brain, j coffin. Then a voice, hoarse and
It was a desperate one, but I was in a i ^ U9 ^y) hut which I knew well, whis-
Ctesperure fix und oiufd not 1 pick and 1 Jwrftfc'-'+Iwoagh the gimlet holes: ‘I let
choose. I took out of my pocketbook a birds loose jest ns you told me. For
ten dollar bill. I held this in my left God s sake, don’t haunt me, boss!’ The
hand and my pistol in my right. next moment he was out. Now was the
“ You see these?’ I asked, as I held j G me f °r my help to come, if it was com-
them before the terrified negro. ! mg at ah, but I resolved to wait to the
“ ‘Yes, boss.’ ; last minute. A dead silence followed,
just a3 I tell you the i an( i then I dimly heard a voice. Read-
; if you don’t, the pistol i in K tlie funeral service, 1 thought. How
i an inch nearer his head * ke P fc myself calm at that time is more
proceeded to get ready. There . a3 1 s i )oke - ~ I ! ha “ 1 caa sa Y. but the knowledge that
several prisoners in ramp and I ! “He cocked his head quickly to one J? a moment I could break out and be in
took my choice of their uniforms Iu i and swore he would obey me t . . . es “ air must have had much to do
the town there lived an old chap who | to ld him to get up and answer my ques- , 1 }\, The , v , oice sto Pped, and a dull
kept fancy pigeons, and among them he ^°“ s - i \, ucl followed that made my heart beat
~ J ’ ’ “‘When is this man to be buried?’ I a s b- >( ^e hammer. They were
asked. throwing in the dirt, and my grave wa9
“ ‘Dis ebenin’, boss. 1’se made his U P- I had no time to spare,
grave and was gwine to put him in his ' Vlt b hen d and brain reeling I doubled
coffin when I see you. ’ . U P T t° force open the lid. Oh,
Newspapers la the Kitchen.
Any properly conducted household
has an abundance of old newspaper*.
Many use3 can be found for them cut
none more important than in tJ" hen.
Nothing is better for clcaa.ug lamp
chimneys. Instead of blacking the stove
every day, take a newspaper and rub off
the covers and top of the stove while still
warm. If grease is spilled on a cover,
turn it over and let it burn off before
attempting to clean. Brighten up tho
tea kettle and coffee pot by the same
means. If you have a greasy skillet or
pan, wipe out with a piece of news
paper before washing. The paper will
ab-orb most of the grease, and hot water
with a little sal soda or washing soda
will. complete the cleaning with less
detriment to the hands than usually ex-
peiienced.—Farm, Field and Stockman
* u. iUU“U lilLU
lull of character aud determination, anil
you have a fair idea of him.
“Well, stranger, about the worst fix I
was ever in, and I’ve been in a good
many, was somewhat ir this way: 1 was
with my company in Iientuck in Ml and
the enemy were hot forth?gotti-n^ rood,,
we knew, to make an attack on us at any
time. We were encamped in a small
town and the time passed slowly with
nothing to do but to be on thu lookout
for a surprise. But the enemy seemed
to be in no hurry and I got tired of wait
ing. 1 had been thinking over a « linmn
Avery curious case is reported from
[Wilkesbarre, Penn. One of the young
vomen employed at the silk mills of that
lown was taken with an epileptic fit.
She fell to the floor, and the other girls
Mhered around aud became most
larmed and excited. Suddenly one of
gave a u’ild shriek and fell over in
alcnt hysterics. The excitement in-
pased, and iu a minute or so another
woman was seized with hysteria,
te girls were now almost wild with
^rvous excitement, and one after another
seized with hysteric convulsions,
leir cries and struggles as they lay
|vering on the floor combined to make
scene an extraordinary and alarming
Sixteen of the girls were thus pros-
1. Medical aid was summoned, and
jirls were revived and sent home.
r. A. W. Van Dorston estimates, in
i Scientific American, that there aroone
llion cars in the United States, tho
liplera of which must be changed if
t standard of the Master Car Builders’
sociation is gonernlly adopted. He
uros the cost at $18.50 a car, which
make the entire expense of the
inge $28,500,000. Supposing tho
esent couplers—which must bo dis- i
laced—to have cost $15 per car, or
15,000,000 for tho entire equipment,
(id that the destruction of cars and car
the wrecks from broken links,
bss of pins and links, the death rate
the free slack and going betweon
and replace the links,
00 more, or $32,-
,ill he thinks the auto-
|ut be regarded as do
st. - • -
had some trained carriers. Tho Captain
suggested that 1 should carry a couple of
these with mu and hide them iu the
woods near the enemy’s line. Then if I
found out anything that needed imme
diate action I should send a message by
one of these birds, which would carry it
far quicker than 1 could. 1 didn't take
much to the idea of tho p’gcons, but the
Captain was set on it and got two forme
in a small basket. The next mornin" - I
had hid my birds ana boldly walked into
theenemy’s line. I was carried to head
quarters at once. My story was a straight
o»e and no suspicion was aroused. We
had .taken a prisoner not long before
who had belonged to a regiment in Mis
souri, and 1 passed myself off lor him
giving his name and company and a few
other points I had taken cate to obtain.
As soon as I could 1 went aroand picking
up ^formation. It; would Mot do for mo
to seem too iuquisitive, /ad I was in
doubt what to do next when I noticed
an old building with the door partly
open. 1 looked in. r ike place seemed
empty at first sight. Looking nearer
however, J saw the figure of a man lying
on soi,ne straw in a corner. I thought he
was sleeping, but lie seemed strangely
quiet. I went in and looked closer
and I saw that hu was dead. A
glance around showed me a coffin with
the lid resting on it in another corner of
the room. I d d not much like to have
a dead body for a companion, but I
wanted to rest awhile, and under the cir
cumstance I thought a dead soldier
would be less likely to give me trouble
than a live one, who might ask trouble
some questions, so 1 made up my mind
to stay here awhile. Lying down on
some straw iu the furthest corner I was
soon asleep. How long I slept 1 am not
sure, but I was aroused by a noise out
side of shouting aud of gallopin'* of
horses, .mixed with the commands o( of
ficers given in loud, hasty toues. IVliut
could it all mean? I was not long in
doubt, I soon heard passing stops and a
voice asking what wa* tho matter. ‘Mat
ter enough, colonel ' was the reply
‘there was a fellow come here to-day pie-
tending to be one of our men from Mis
souri. lie had hardly disappeared be
fore the real man turns up and —’ Their
voices faded away as they walkod past,
but I bad heard enough to convince me
of the scrape I was in. What hai-1 luck
that the prisoner I was repreaintin"
should have escaped on this daybf all
others. I had bo time for idle tea rots
however, for by tho noise outside I knew
an active search was beiiig made for mo
I heard a voice shout: ‘Look inside the
dead house!’ ijuick as thought I mu
to the coffin and got inside. As well as
I could I pulle.l the lid over and waititd.
In a second the door was pulled open ard
a half dozen men ran in. They paused a
found ^ orror - I could not move it. I made
~ ' \ ■ i
known burying-placo, and , , , .
burial was to take place at (i p. m. It Ufe ‘'' e i° ro fainted, but this was too
was now near 3. I had very little time muck ^ or me au ^ I fell back in a dead
to lose.
“After a few more questions I .„ U uu ,
the grave was a little ways out of tho oue l ast desperate effort, but in vain; ]
lines at a well known burvin<r-ntaco and cou, . ( a not lift it an inch. I bad never ir
swoon.
3mr , — 41* .p.« '“."".'A 1 '»»«4 «
that corner as fast as you cau.
“ihe negro seized his spade and
woiked like liglunicg. In a few minutes
he had hollowed out a hole large enough
for my purpose. Then together we laid
the dead soldier iu his shallow grave, the
"famtS" 1 AtofKdVrl'w. ! P* 1 *« “
..ad, ,h„ earth aad.fatteaeTlt | ft, XWSW*,’****"
in front of a comrade who was
holding me in my place. We were rid-
iug at a furious rate, aud the fresh air
quickly revived me. My friend handed
me a flask. I took a good pull and
looked around. I was surrounded by
my friends. We soon reached our camp,
Gloss for Collars.
To starch and iron collars so as to hav
a goed gloss requires the skill that come3
from practice. Add a little cold water
to two tablespoonf ils of good starch and
rub to a smooth paste with a spoon:
pour boiling water slowly upon the
starch, stirring briskly to prevent lump
ing. When mixed smooth add a little
salt and a piece of mutton tallow or
white wax the size of a hazel nut. Many
good laundresses add also, tablespoonful
gum arabic solution imade by pouring
water upon white gum arabic and letting
it stand till clear . Boil the starch
twenty minutes and strain through three
minutes. I'se starch scalding hot and
rub it thoroughly through the linen so
that no lumps ar’ left on the surface.
After drying the collars, dip them, an
hour or so before ironing, into cold
starch made by dissolving a tablespoon-
ful of starch in a pint of water, warm,
but not hot enough to scald the starch.
Boll them up in a clean towel and before
ironing rub over with a fine damp cloth.
Iron quickly and polislt with a polishing
iron on a bosom board.—JYcw York
World.
tYhy Uncooked Meat Spoils.
I or some hours after an animal is
killed the muscular fibers are soft, and)
r-on-c .ueutly tender: it is only after all
vital heat ha? passed away that the flesh
becomes hard from the gradual stiffen- I
ing of its muscular portions. Once that !
tense condition of the tissue is estab- i
lished it remains until the relaxation sets i
in which precedes decomposition; with i
this relaxation the fiesh softens; and it j
becomes tenderer as it progresses until
the meat is upon the verge of putrefac- !
tion. Until the meat taints it is suitable ;
for food. When meat is.upon the verge !
of putrefaction the color becomes very I
dark, the odor gradually offensirp on
the fibers moist and-oft" as putrefaction
advances a peculiar greenish,klatnp mould j
forms tij.'on the exposed surfaces, aud
the odor grows intolerable Heat
and moisture favor this destrue- !
tion of animal tissue, which is
commonly called tainting. Iu damp
summer weather meat which has been
preserved by the agency of ice spoils
quickly after it is exposed to normal 1
summer temperature, probab y because
this generally combines heat and moist- j
ure. When freshly killed meat is sub- !
Acted to a dry summer beat it is rapidly
converted into the well-known “jerked I
beef” of the plains; this method of
preservation is as widely known as it is
primitive Meat dried by the action of
THE MILL POND.
Here once the green-edged mill pond spread
Its mirror to the light of day,
And here I came when I was young
To while the truant hours away.
Here golden sunflsh, silvery roach,
I landed proudly on the bank,
And once—ah, what a thrill it gavel
' A nlckeral, long and lank.
The jx.ud to-day is filled with ooze*
The dam is broken, fish are gone;
The mill wheel rotten—nevertheless,
The stream runs merrily oh.
At times upon the bank I lay,
Beneath a spreading beechen tree;
And watched the shadows come and go
O’er what was quite a lake to me.
I listened to the noisy mill,
And heard the merry voices sound,
From where in groups the farmer boyj
Waited till grist was ground.
The mill is roofless now and still.
The beechen tree I saw has gone,
The boys are men perhaps, and still
The stream runs merrily on.
Tis sixty years since I was here,
A careless barefoot boy of ten;
To-day, in spiteof silver locks,
I seem to be a boy again.
I hear the clack, I see the wheel
From which the water gaviy falls;
But waken from my midday dream
When yonder hoarse-voiced bittern calls.
Fades out the picture of the past,
By memory on the vision drawn;
The past is dead; but nevertheless,
The stream runs merrily on.
—Thomas Dunn English.
' PITH AM) POINT.
Booksellers deal in yarns.
A soar spot—The eagle’s neff.
A ditty that is very unwelcome to the
New Y'orkers is humidity.
The wagof a poodle's tail is the nearest
thing to purp-pet-ual motion.
Ihe sue essful lover thinks he is get
ting ahead when he is getting a heart.
A cornet player who cannot attend
the band meetings should send ?ubs-to-
toot.
“A baby's life is a constant scries of
surprises—both to the baby himself and
to the people who have him in charge.—-
SomervUle Journal.
A story he told her of teriderast love,
Of eternal devotion and more,
But sue heeded it not; all his words failed to
move—
*Bhe had heard it so often before.
Merchant Traveler.
“A tribe in the palm region of the
Amazon cradles the young in palm
leaves. '’In this country a palm also enters
largely in the work of bringing up the
young, but it is used more in threshing
than in cradi leg. JU1 -’ ’
The Hat Went With the Boy. At the
Mountain I'esort—Fond Mother (whose
son had just been rescued, by De Jones,
from a watery grave;—“Thank you,
ever so much, Mr. De Jones, but you’ve
forgotten to get Tommy’s hat.”—Piiti-
b\r<j Bulleton.
The Secretary of State has just issued
a license of incorporation to tile “Gegen-
seitiger Unterstitzungs \ erein Bei
Schmeide Wagenmacher von New York ”
He is expected to be out in the course of
a week if no unfavorable symptoms set
in.—.Vcic Trk News.
First Brooklyn Citizen—“Say, Per-
, kins, I see by the papers here that the
suu and air, after being cut iu strips, is j annual output of cigars iu th s city is
subseqeatly powdered and mixed with i 65,000,000.” Se ond Brooklyn Citizen
fat in the form of pemmican. Hunters —“That so? Well, I shouldn't wonder
an 1 explorers prefer this preservation
of meat to any other because it yields
the greatest amouut of nourishment in
relation to bulk. Tbe preparation of
pemmican is quite within possibil ties
for housholdcrs who are removed from
trade centers, when they do not wish to
salt meat.—Housewife.
Rec j pes^ppfe xr
Fiued Tripe.—Boil till tender; dip
it to me. He shook my baud warmly.
‘I got your message by those pigeons,’ ho
tered straw around the spot, so that no
signs of the di£?j?ino^ would he ohserva- i „i~ 3 t u u . .
ble. The first part of my task was done I *1 1 g0t U !,V h: f ?’ art ^ for Y our
The last and worst was yet to come t 1 J esc “° at . once - We had very little
took the lid and put it on the co’lTu' It £° ub ? Wlth the hal f ^ ozen soldiers who
fitted flush, with no overlapping edge 1“ Y°ur funeral, but the old negro’
This is whit I wanted. I took S ! ^ burst ou ‘ a ugbiug-‘had
from among the tools, and iu the head 1 S rftve 5 atthe Swt s ght of
of the lid as nearly us I could iud<*e : ? eb w a lrtrd Ume to lni:kellim
abo.e where a man’s mouth would be,°I LfuTa* We S ot | Y 0U out •of your hole
bored half a dozen small holes In the t f -r,™ , d ’ a ^ d the rtJSt you
•«■«<*- 1 S?W?5"^SJ
, - . , he added,
running his fingers through his silvery
, locks. “It was as black as vours when
mm.ir, j en t ure( j t p 3t co p} a When’ they took
in that coffin,> I said, ‘and I wauTyoiUo ! me outitwai a * yo«f ee ^ now.”
nail mo down.’ ’Yes, snh, with pleasure,’I A Persian Fable.
grinned and looked happy for the A rat, says a Persian JEsop, seeing a
way of getting j eat approaching, and finding no avenue
watched me meanwhile with
eyes, and I am sure
me a lunatic. My next remur
convinced him of it. T am goimr to <*et
first time. This was a „ __ lluulu .
rid of mo which ho highly approved of? of escape, went’ boldly^up*’
1 wrote a few linos on a piece of tissue j said: “Madam, 1 have iust s
paper to my Captain, tolling him of tho large dose of bane, ' '
hx I was iu. 1 added that I had ' - -
tn-
portant news to tell him. 1 put this in
bocause I Knew it would make him take
inoto trouble to save mo. I made a copy
of this and took out somo silk thread.
Both of these things I had brought to
use with the carrier pigeons. 1 .rave
them to the colored man and described to
him how to fasten the paper around each
w l » 8 l .° S ,‘ l ? d ,h “! 1 t0 1, ’ t . tllum loosi! ’ 1 was more than ho had'bargained for, and
nadto teil him three times before he he squeaked shrilly with the paiu
showed any sign of understanding me, ! “Ah.” said the eat, “a rat who knows
a bit. Mine’s gone out four times already
this morning.”—Burlington Free Preus.
Enterprise—“And is that yellow dome
which rises in the field yonder the roof of
another dwelling?” asked the city vistor
of his country friend. “On, no,” said
the farmer; “that is my prize pumpkin
you see, which is growing right along
for the agricultural show.”—Detroit Free
Press.
. . „ West End Society of London—Lord
in beaten egg, sprinale with bread or i Periwinkle, an admirer of “Buffalo Bill - ’
cracker crumbs, season and fry a light 1 ■ ” •
brown.
Sir.wed Carrots.—Wash or scrape
ten or twelve carrots aud put in cold
water, with salt, to boil till tender.
Drain and put in a pan with pepper and
chopped parsley, or with the’juice of
ouo lemon and sprinkle with sugar.
Lemon Pidding.— Half- pound of
bread crumbs, six ounces of flour, two
ounces and a half of sugar, one ounce of
butter, half pint of milk, a lemon. Shred
the peel tine, mix with the crumbs and
juice, add the flour and the butter rubbed
together, and sugar. Mix with the milk
to a soft paste. Boil two hours aud a
half.
Lady Fingers.—Take the weight of
nine eggs in powdered sugar and the
weight of eight eggs in tiour. Beat the
yolks of tho eggs and add the sugar
melted in a half pint of water. Stir”iu
the beaten whites and then the flour,
sifted; favor with lemon. Drop onto
buttered tins, sift sugar over them, and,
when baked, stick together while warm.
Canned Vegetables.—Peas, string
beans am' corn can be put up in this
way: Put the raw vegetable in clean
cans and cover well with water; close
the cans air tight, cover with boiling
water aud let boil about an hour; then
prick a hole iu the top of the cau to let
“May I—aw—have the pleasure ,of
roping you in for the next, Lady Some
body?” Lady Somebody—“Oh! thanks
awfully, Lord Feriwinkle, but I have
already been corralled by Mr. Deadwood,
of Dakota.”—Harper's Basar.
“Will nobody separate those dogs?”
exclaimed thfi^Jiumane man, with
righteous indignatio'c- “Have you no
feelings, sir?” he contihiied, addressing
a big fellow who seemed to ffi taking a
delighted interest in the (ombatT'* t r : €6i^'
in’s, pardl” was the reply. “Feelin's?
I’ve got $20 bet on this fight, aud my
dog’s on top. Chaw ’im, Zeke!”—Chi
cago Tribune.
A Curtcns Caue.
to her and
swallowed a
and in accordance
with the instructions upon the label
have come out of my hole to die. Will
you kindly direct me to a spot where tuy
corpse will prove peculiarly otiensive.”
“Since you are so ill,” replied the cat, \ ■ - -r — — —~ resemblin'* an hon
“I will mysolf transport you to a spot 1 , tho S as escape, after whiehsolder up, let 0l f w ; t h an
which I think will suit” So saying she j botl again and set aside to cool find use. j i, ra l ss Tn rimles *
stuck her teeth through the nape of his i Brown Bett y.—Cut several large ap
neck and trotted away with him. This | pies iuto thin slices; have ready a but
tered dish; iuto this put a layer of grated
bread crumbs, then a layer of sliced ap
ples, and over this sprinkle sugar, aud
Mr. E. G. Osgood, of Maine, has a
curious walking cane. The stick is oc
tagon in shape, and is of white mapla
with cherry head, the entiro body beiug
made hollow, with the displaced wood
made iuto different designs and left
the hollow space, in tho carved "
set a compass; in tho-first joint
low Bpace are three loos<J»bal!s;
second, three dice; iu die third?
mounted cannon; in the fourth,
ing pin; in the fifth, a chain; in ths
sixth, a sailor’s log, and in the seventh,
a dumb-bell and nondescript somewhat
resembling an hour glass. The whole is
octagonal ferrule of
brass. In circles around the cane is the
following inscription: “Made by E. G.
Osgood, l’ortlaud, Me., in 1884. Total
abstinence from all that intoxicates—E.
G. O.” Air. Osgood has been offered
quite a sum of money for the stick to
the Boston museum.—Detroit
haunt you till you die.’ This threat ] i profit by lying X should bo' pleaaed to
believe had as much (error in it as my ; krihw what in the name of common sens*
piatol. Then I got in the aoihn and told | or uncommon sense it doe* teach.
Appearances will go a good ways but
reality will keep going right along.
speculators have got coffee in
but so long as they let the
chickory and split pea crop alone most
of the great army of consumers in the *
United States ought never to know die
difference,
