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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,