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WHAT WOULD VET
VThat would ye?
Ye who weep through all tlio years;
What would ye, saddened hearts,
Who see no shining darts
Pierce the gray gloom, who will not see for
tears?
Wliat would ye?
.Tust for you on all tUe hills
The sun is golden,-and the golden air,
Filled with rare sweetness, yields |
The perfume of the fields
To you-that wait— you loved beyond compare.
What would ye?
For your weeping there is sent
To you, unsatisfied,
A joy to none denied—
The summer joy. Can ye not find content?
O bounteous earth! a blessing is let tall
Upon your children from the tender sky; |
A blessing that is peace, I
And bids their longing cease, j
For theirs is light and love to satisfy.
'—Helen O. Smith, in Helford'n Magazine.
TWO PLUCKY WOMEN.
I. THE CAPTAIN'« WIDOW. j
In the month of July, 1857,1 j I
ran away
from a British ship which entered the
port of Madras. I was a boy of fourteen, ,
-« had runaway to sea, and Captain and mates
done their very best to fake the ro- j
niance out of me. They had succeeded I
so well that I shipped ashore, determined
to die of starvation before I would re -1
turn to a life on the deep. No effort I
was put forth to capture me, and two)
weeks later, when I sat in the shade of a j
wall one day, hungry and penniless and (
ready to give up, an English woman
halted before me and began to question me.
She was a small, slim woman, about forty
years of age, quick of speech aud move-
ment, and I got the idea at once that she
was a sea Captain’s wife. I was not far
out, us she proved to be a sea Captain’s
widow, and was in command of a brig
trading with the east coast coast of (’ey-
Ion. She happened to be in want of an-
other baud, and, utter being told what 1
could do, she made a proposition that I
gladly accepted. j j
J found tlie brig to be called the
Orient. and She was small, but almost'new. j
a rapid sailer. The cvcw consisted
of an English mate, two Norwegians, a
Preach boy who had run from his ship,
and myself. Mrs. Sweet, the Captain,
stood her watch, aud this gave the mate
himself, a man, and a boy in bis watch,
while she had a man and a boy only,
though the cook had to turn out in her
watch if required. The latter was a
negro, big and powerful, and sailor
enough to steer or go aloft. Mrs. Sweet,
as all agreed, was a thorough sailor and
a perfect lady, being able to navigate the
brig anywhere, and being thoroughly
posted in every detail of ship work.
I saw on the brig’s deck, almost ns
soon as I set foot aboard, a nine-pounder
mounted on a carriage, and later on 1
ascertained that she carried a supply of
small arms; but I gave the matter little
thought and asked no questions. We
got away next day after 1 joined, and we
had a fine run down the cost to Cape
Karikal, from which point we laid our
course to the southeast. We had crossed
the Gulf of Mananr, which separates the
island of Ceylon from the southern end
of Hindoostan, when the wind fell to a
calm one evening at eight o'clock, and
all night long we rolled about without
making the least progress. Next morn¬
ing there was a he»vv mist on the water
until after sunrise, and it gradually
burned away without bringing the breeze
we hoped for. When the horizon was
clear we saw a bark-rigged craft of three
times our size lying about three miles to
the north of us. She had come down on
the last of the wind, probably bound
through the straits, and the currents had
set her to the eastward during the night.
Those were suspicious days, but the bark-
looked to be an honest Englishman, and
we gave her no nttentton until about mid-
forenoon. Then the French boy, who
was aloft, reported that she had lowered j
two boats. The glass was sent up to
him, and he soon made out that the boats !
were being maimed by armed men, and
dark-skinned fellows at that. This [ j
looked ns if the bark had fallen into
piratical hands, and no honest trailer 1
could havo any honest purpose in arming
his boats. ‘ I
They took their time about it, and
finally headed in our direction. Had
there been any wind, they would doubt-
lcss tried to lay us aboard. As soon as
it was seen that the boats were headed
for us Mrs. Sweet called us all alt ami
announced that the stranger was a pirate
\>ho meant our capture and destruction,
She was a little paler than usual, but
spoke in a low and even voice, and did
not seem to he a bit. frightened.
said it was a ease where we must fight
for our lives. They would cut our throats
if we surrendered,and could do no more
if wc fought to the last. She seemed tone-
cept it as it matter of eoqise that we would
fight, aud she was the first to lend a hand
lo clear away the gun. The two boys of
us brought up the muskets and loaded
thorn, distributed the pikea along the
rail, aud then passed up shot and shell
and cartridges for the big gun. Every-
thing had been made ready for .just such
emergency. There were thirty solid
nine-pound shot and twenty-two loaded
shell in the magazine, as well as about
thirty cartridges containing the proper
quantity of powder. As 1 afterward
learned, all had been purchased at the
Government arsenal in Madias.
We were as ready as we could be be-
fore the boats had pulled a mile from the
bark. The mate loaded the gun with a
shell, aud placed two others and several
stands of grape near at hand. Our brig
lay broadside to the north, headed to the
east. The boatN must, therefore, pull
bow ou to us until close at baud, even if
the. plan was to separate and hoard from
different points. This gave us a big ad¬
vantage, as we could all lay along the
port rail. The gun was wheeled over,
the decks cleared of every obstruction,
and then we were ready, Mrs. Sweet had
a double-barrelled English fowling piece
loaded with buck shot. She was nearest
the stern. The rest of us had
ment muskets, I was pretty nervous,
knowing what was at stake, and she
noticed this, and kindly chided me, sa\
ing that. I must take good aim, keep cool,
and that we should surely boat them off.
She called the French boy over and told
him the same, but there was no need of
speaking to the others. They w:*re as
cool ns if it was an every-day matter, and lie
I heard the mate say to the cook that
was afraid the felhjjK would back ouf.
Tke boats q w to within half a
mile of signal of w nfl‘ ^ eu yvtnVgu sapped. on the Some bark— sort
- 0()0n
,ir °t •* Mtifienttooi that wp troro
resirtw ye, They could
seen us preparing by aid of the
There was a consultation of about
minutes, and then came a cheer as
boats moved forward. Mrs. Sweet
over at the mate, and he nodded
head, sighted his gun, and after a
moment havo applied the portfire. about There it,
been some luck
lie was an old gunner, but bis
struck the easternmost boat plumb
the bows, exploded with n loud rc-
and she was wiped out so complete¬
that we could not even see the frag¬
ments. I believe that every limn in that
was killed. This ought to have dis-
couruged the other, but it did not. She
was pulled for us as fast as possible, and
the stand of grape fired at her went too
high. After that discharge we began to
blaze away with the muskets, aud 1 bit
one of the rowers and almost stopped the
boat for a moment. While the mate and
negro worked to load the big gun, the
other five of 11 s banged away, and we
at almost every shot. The
boat came on, however, the wounded
cursing and the 150 unharmed cheering, side and
she was within feet of our when
the nine- pounder roared again. She had
fired a shell plumb into the boat. It had
acted as a solid shot and gone
through her, killing and wounding and
smashing, and when the smoke blew
away only three men were swimming
about ou the surface. These we ordered
aboard and made secure at once. The
bark dropped another boat, but after
coming lmlf way it returned. About,
noon she got a riffle of wind which did
not reach us, and made off to the west
for the straits, to be seen no more.
When we catne to question the prison-
ers, who were lusty-lookiug cutthroats,
we found that they belonged to.the Mal-
dive Islands, around iq the Indian Ocean,
They made no bones about admitting
that they meant to capture us, and were
surly and defiant over their repulse,
They would not give us the name of the
bark, aud even after she was out of sight
they boasted that she would soon return
to release them. At sundown we got the
breeze and stood away on our course.
That night, during the mate’s watch, the
pirates disappeared. All asked knew' where
they went, but no one any ques-
tions. The two boats contained fully two
dozens of them, and their loss must have
saddly crippled the bark and completely
changed her plans,
It. THE captain’s WIFE.
About three years later than the date
given at the opening of this sketch I
shipped aboard of a British ship called
the Swallow, to make a voyage from
Bombay up the Persian Gulf and back.
She was an old craft and a poor sailer,
and her crew of twelve men was made
up of four or five nationalities. I remem¬
ber there were two Kanakas or Sand-
wtcli Islanders, one Lascar, a negro or
two, and the others were American, Eng¬
lish, and Dutch. We had scarcely
Bombay when the Captain was
sick with fever. His name wrs Aldrich,
and his wife, whe was a woman of thirty,
always sailed with him. Site now took
command in a general way, aud this
the satisfaction of the mates, though both
were thorough sailors. I heard one
them say that she could take au observa¬
tion or work n dead reckoning, and I
from the orders she gave that she
all about a ship.
We had good weather and made
progress until after wo were
Muscat, in the Bay of Ormuz. Then,
one forenoon, we <*ot a squall, which
not last ten minutes, but which brought
down our fore and main to’gallaut
and carried away a sail or two.
was only a light breeze after the
had passed, and we were lying to
hard at work, when an Arabian dhow
abous 200 tons Ifurden came
down the coast. We were within
miles of the rocky and mountainous
shore, but she was two miles inside of
us. She was no sooner made out than
the first mate became very anxious, and
Mrs. Aldrich was sent for to come ou
deck. She took a good look at the
stranger through the glass, and as she
turned away she queried of the mate:
“Can we depend upon the crew to
fight ?"
“I hope so, ma'am,” he replied.
“Have them come aft.”
All moved aft, ami I can remember
through all the long years just how she
looked and every word she said. She
bed a worried, anxious look, and no
wonder, and there was n trembling in
her voice as the said :
“Men, you know that our Captain is
very sick. Yonder comes a pirate if
there ever was one. If he captures u«
those who live through the fight will go
into the interior as slaves ami worse. If
we are all agreed we can beat him off.
What do you say?”
“We’ll fight to the last [’’shouted one,
and the cry was taken up by all.
“Thank God!” she fervently ex-
claimed, “Give him a brave fight, and
uo ouc can be blamed if we are defeated.
Sooner than fall into his hands I will
blow the old ship sky high and all of us
i with her.”
Wc had no cannon, but we had fifteen
muskets, a lot of cavalry sabres, and the
Captain had not dodged about those
waters with his eyes shut.' He had,
two or three years before, purchased u
dozen hand grenades such as are used by
the Chinese. These were brought up
with the rest and found to be fused and
111 g°°d condition. They weighed about
pounds apiece, and each was
11 net, so that it cculd be tossed
a distance. We loaded our muskets,
took our stations, and were as ready as
we could be. The Captain’s wife alter-
nated between the deejc and the cabin,
Hh was out of his head, which was
better for him, and she had his
fo1 ' use -
The dhow sueaked along until nearly
opposite us. All work had been sus¬
pended alolt, and she must have known
by this that wc wore ready for her: but
she came on just the same. And no
wonder. One of the men went aloft
with the glass, and he made out two
guns ou her deck and a perfect swarm of
men. She was going to do a bold
thing—run us aboard in broad daylight,
She would not use her guns, fearing they
would he heard and bring us assistance;
hut if that mob ever gained our decks
we were gone, Wc lay with our head
to the northwest, so she would pass our
port quarter first. Here two of the
strongest men were placed with the
grenades, and two of us with muskets
were between them. The others were
placed to fire over the stein.
Down came the dhow, foot by foot,
with never a cheer from the crowd of
cutthroats on her decks. There was a
menace in their silence, but it had uo
effect upon us. We were detominad to
fight, aud to fight till the last. I got
the first shot, and knocked over a K»n
on her forecastle, and then ull began to
blaze away. She did not fire in return,
but forged up on our quarter, and T
could see fifty Arabs, each one armed
with n crease, crowding against the rail
to be ready to board.
“Now, heave!” yelled one of the
sailors with the bombs, and I with lighted
1 he fuses and heaved away.
Before we could tell whul damage hud
been done the dhow v, as alongside. She
threw her grapnels, but they did not
catch, and she rubbed our whole length
and went ahead. As wc saw her failure
we blazed away again with the muskets,
and every ball found a man. She sailed
like a witch, aud before she could be
checked was a cable's length ahead. She
had just put. her helm over when there
was an explosion, followed by a great
sheet of flame, and we saw that she was
hard hit. Confusion reigned from stem
to stern in a moment, and we added to it
by peppering away at fair range. All
ablaze within five minutes, she fell off,
beaded for shore, and was run on a reef
about a mile away. We saw some save
themselves by boards and rafts, being
swept in to the shore by the tide, but it
was afterward learned that upward drowned, of
forty-five men were killed or
aud that the loss of the dhow broke up a
bad gang of pirates. Mrs. Aldrich was
on deck through it all, emptying the re¬
volver into the crowd as the dhow passed
us, and when all was over she went down
to her husband with face only a little
whiter and mouth more firmly set. She
did not betray her womanly weakness
until she came to thank us. Then she
broke down and cried like a—well, just
like a woman .—New York Su.u.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
pretty dish op egos.
Boil twelve eggs hard, take off the shells,
cut four in halves and four in quarters;
have ready half a pint of sweet cream and
a large spoonful of butter stirred to¬
gether over the fire till thick and smooth:
grate in a little nutmeg. Lay oue whole
egg others iu the middle of a dish, place the
all around, pour the sauce over and
garnish with the yolks of the other three
cut in two.
MINCED BEEFSTEAK ON TOAST.
A favorite, and without doubt the best,
way to use cold beefsteak is to mince it
finely and to put it to stewing for fifteen
minutes with quite a little water. If the
beef has not been all dried up by pound¬
ing and over-cooking the first day, add
to the gravy a good sized lump of butter,
a small onion and a teaspoonful of vine¬
gar or catsup, and serve it smoking hot
on nicely-browned toast.
iO MAKE GOOD PORRIDGE.
Let the water come to the boiling point
before the meal is put in. Pour the meal
iu from the left baud in a continuous
stream, stirring all the time till chief it comes
to the boil. In this consists the art
of porridge making, and on its being well
done depends tlje smoothness. Allow
it to boil ten minutes and then add the
salt. Salt has a tendency to harden, and
would prevent the meal from swelling.
Boil for ten minutes alter the salt has
been added. Dish and take with milk.
GOOD CHEESE.
i kaough rennet is added to the morn-
! lu . 8 s utilk, set in a jar at a temperature
ot sevent Y do 8 ‘' ees - t0 coagulate iu two
ov ^ uee * lours ? au< ^ then left for twenty
i twenty-tour hours. Instead of
1111 v special mold, a common hair sieve
.
,ni, J kl! ll 3 ed. After pouring out the
gathered on top of the curd, cut
d witlv a skimmer in slices and lay it on
a sieve to drain; when this is done,
P1 ' eam iu quantities to suit (but not more
than that from an equal quantity of milk
as was coagulated) is then added and
mixed by mashing with a wooden pestle,
* d;c n potato masher, until it is a uni-
1onu paste. This is then placed in
wicker molds, as a rule, heart-shaped,
“ u(l . is. . ready . to r use. It must be kept
V’ an 1< ' t ’” <>x “ wanted to keep several
d "- vs -
chicken die.
Cut two chickens in pieces as for trie-
as.-ee, and boil them until tender,
a year old need to be cooked
for one and a half hours. Lot them cool
in the water they were boiled in, then
remove the skin and arrange the pieces
iu a deep dish holding about three
quarts, sprinkle each layer with a sensou-
ing of salt aud pepper, using about two
teaspoonfuls of salt iu all. Put four
taldespoonfuls of butter into a sauce-pan,
and beat it until soft; add four table-
spoonfuls of flour, and beat to a cream;
then add a chopped onion, two slices of
carrot, a sprig of parsley, a little mace,
and three pints of water in which the
chicken was boiled. Heat the mixture
slowly to the boiling point, and strain
the sauce over the meal. Make a light
pie-paste, or puff-paste, roll it out and
cut an opening in the center for the
steam to escape, and cover the chicken,
turning the edge of the crust inside the
dish. Bake iu a moderate oven for oue
and a quarter hours,
—
HOrstiirOLD HINTS.
Air the house thoroughly every day,
oven though the rain comes down in tor¬
rents, or .the snow beats in in drifts.
Be ashamed to iron a limp shirt bosom!
Men do not so much care for a polished
shirt front as they do for a stiff one.
l hat hands may be kept smooth in
cold weather by avoiding the use of warm
j " ;U ' r - W ash them with cold water and
j "°y’- That the best and most convenient
:
cover for a jelly tumbler is thin papei
fastened over the top of the glass by a
''"’’her band,
It is a good idea for a tall woman tc
have little her kitchen table aud ironing-board
a higher than the ordinary. It will
save many a backache.
Use great care in serving food for the
table, as the smallest spatter of grease or
gravy changes the appearance and spoils
an otherwise pretty dish.
That the best way to clear out and
straighten the fringe of towels, doilies,
etc., before ironing, is to comb it, while
damp, with an inch length of coarsest
toilet comb.
Glasses and dishes wipe to perfection
when washed in very hot water, Use a
dish-mop,, soap-shaker aud iron dish¬
washer. These also expedite the labor,
as very hot water can be used.
A few years ago a fashionable table was
so piled with high dishes that it was im-
possible to see one's vis-a-vis without
und peeping under the heavily ladeu silver
sidered glassware. Now a table {» can*
vulgar wlmti :w laid in a low,
aisaner,
UTILIZING SKIM-MILK,
AN INTKBESTINO AND INSTIltTCTtVE ARTICLE
BY MR. A, WAHLIN FROM STOCK¬
HOLM, SWEDEN.
This gentleman, whose name will be
known already by many of our readers
from the time of his connection with the
Dclaval Separator, was present at the N.
Y. State Dairymen’s Convention, held at
Ithaca 10th, 12 th of December, aud gave
to the meeting some interesting state¬
ments concerning quite a new feature in
agricultural progress. The subject of
his address was a perfectly new method
of utilizing skiiu-mitk and whey, and to
prove of what great importance to a na¬
tion like America this question would
be. .Mr. W. produced statistical state¬
ments from the United States Department
of Agriculture, showing an annual man¬
ufacture of butter in the Stales of not less
than one thousand three hundred million
pounds, lion and four hundred and fifty mil¬
two pounds of cheese. Counting about
of butter gallons of skim-milk to each pound
whey and, say about one gallon of
to the pound of cheese, the enor¬
mous waste of public wealth could easily
be calculated even if no more than one
cent's value to the gallon were allowed.
With this new method, however, Mr. W.
claimed not only had this waste been
remedied, tual fact, but, as he could prove by ac¬
the farmer could make a profit
of at least six cents a gallon on his skim-
miUi, which hitherto had been considered
him. quite valueless and almost a burden to
The process of manufacture is quite
inexpensive. in the The skim miik is curded
manner usual in manufacturing
cheese, only that a greater quantity of
rennet and higher temperature is used, so
as to make the precipitation as thorough
in as possible. These curds are then placed
a common cheese press, where it how¬
ever required undergoes ordinary a harder pressure than is
for cheese and after¬
wards put through a simple process of
drying dry and grinding, leaving the product
of curds as free from water as possi¬
ble.
These curds, containing a very high
percentage of protein, i. e., that which
constitutes the basis of all animal tissue,
tnakes it very valuable as an ingredient iu
In feeding cakes for cattle, horses or dogs,
biscuits poultry food, etc., as also in bread,
and other kinds of human food.
By mixing only a small percentage of
this extraordinary nitrogeneous casein in¬
to what is called compound feeding cakes,
Mr. W. stated, cheaper kinds of grains, or
ftiilling ing offals, may be used, yet produc¬
cakes superior to the best rape or lin-
leed cakes. By adding the same to any
kind of feeding take for milch cows, it
will render, by its mildness, a finer flav¬
ored butter and maintain the normal live
Weight going of the animal, even whilst under¬
a butter test. The casein is much
richer in protein and of greater nourish¬
ment than meat even, and, being a
prime producer of flesh and blood, will
Keep the animal in a healthy condition,by
constantly tissue. supplying the waste of animal
For army horses the casein, mixed into
cakes of suitable form, will prove invalu¬
able, especially exertions, in cases of it long is impossible rides or
protracted provender. where The
to be carry said bulky regard same in may
with to dogs, or all
cases, where the physical powers of the
animal have to be exerted, as the casein
does not fill the animal and thus make it
sluggish, but nevertheless, staying being very
digestible, increases it its will be found powers,
For the same reason very
valuablc also for mixing into service,sailors, biscuits or
bread for soldiers ou active
laborers or sportsmen. As a food for
poultry it will, whilst advance maintaining its a
healthy condition, egg-pro-
during qualities, capacity without and debilitating great the fattening bird,
as is done by the ordinary method of using
flesh food.
Mr. W. stated several results of practi-
cal tests, which had been made in Europe,
with these casein feeding-cakes in con-
mention with milch cows.
I The whey, remaining after the curd-
ing mentioned above is mixed with an
equal quantity of skim-milk and the bulk
put through a simple process of evapora-
tion and transformed into solid, nearly
water-free cakes, afterwards to be cut,
more or less roasted, intended. and ground to wliey suit
whatever purpose The
from an ordinary cheese factory could
also be used. To this substance had been
given the name of “Lactoscrinc,” from the
latin Lae, milk, aud Serine, whey.
These solids containing principally
azotic or organic nutritious substances
and carbohydrates, highly nourishing are naturally well very
healthy aud as as
palatable, aud sure in the near future
to become highly important in human
food, beverages analysis'and and pastries. opinion, Mr. W.
Careful the
stated, of well “Lactoserino, known physicians ” mixed have with
proved coffee, for that instance, produces beverage
a
which in taste approaches and sometimes
even surpasses that of the best unmixed
coffee, aud in nutritious value far sur¬
passes the same. In salutary respect it
produces for invalids or the physically in¬
weak, a beverage where the generally coffee
jurious, enervating minimum. properties of
are reduced to a
Mixed with cocoa, a chocolate is pro¬
duced, which in nutritious qualities and
stands quite equal to the best known
most valued cocoa the preparations by its mildness of our
time, excelling richness same in body.
of flavor and
For household purposes, such as for
thickening and flavoring soups and sauces,
in preparing deserts and ices of all kinds,
etc., it has proved to be of great value.
The same will bo found in the confec¬
tioner’s trade, and also in bread-making in
all its branches.
As a “food for infants and invalids,”
the lactoserino has been superior, proved by both most in
exhaustive analysis to be preparations
taste and nutriment, to most and far
of the same kind known standard as yet,
nearer Prof. Koenig's than Nes-
tle’s Food, which has however won a
world-wide fame.
In view of these facts. Mr. W. thought
himself safe in stating that this valuable
substance would readily find an open
market in America, as it has already done
in Europe. analysis produced, and
Certified were a
bers committee of the of association, five most with prominent its vice-pres¬ mem¬
ident, ,T. W. Edmunds, appointed, of Sherman, after N.
Y., as chairman, was and
a critical examination, convention. reported The very Ithaca fa¬
vorably to ' the
Journal, of December Utli, also following closes «.
very warm editorial with the
endorsement: opened these
“A new road has been by
inventions, leading to fresh sources of
profit, and providing fact." access to of great which pub¬
lic wealth, in a road we
should think all those who toil within the
districts of farm and dairy will readily
avail themselves. In this, namely, been “laafo> found,
serins, ” a pew substance has
which, is ^ottsequeaos of it* m&ey gala-
table, nourishing prominent and hygienic position properties,
Is sure to take a among
foods and beverages used by mankind, that the
and wo tliink it to its interest,
public should further investigate this
matter, ns wo are certain that the same
has not only opened a now and brighter
era in the dairy trade, but quite created a
wholly new industry, from which much
may be expected.”
Fingers aud Forks.
Less than three hundred years ago
the fingers were still used to perform the
office now assigned to forks, in of the society. high¬
est and most refined circles
At about this time, in fact, was the turn¬
ing point when forks begi an to be used at
table as they arc now. \ Vlien wo reflect
how nice were the ideas of that refined
age on ail matters of outer decency and
behavior, aud how strict was wonder the etiquette that
of the courts, we may well
the fork was so late in coming into use us
a table-furnishing. The ladies of the
middle ages and the Renaissance were not
less proud of a delicate, well-kept hand
than those of our own days, and yet they
picked th-ir slender the meat white from fingers, the and platter in them with
bore it to their mouths. The fact is all
the more remarkable, because the form of
the fork was familiar enough, and its ap¬
plication to other uses was not uncom¬
mon,
The Spirit ot a Signature.
“Did it ever occur to you,” said a treas¬
ury official, done “that a forger has half his
work when he can get hold of the
identical pen with which the owner of
the signature bank habitually writes? A great
many the men, for presidents their and the only like, for
use same pen names
that a year has ot been two used without by change. in writing A pen
a man
his name hundreds of times, and never
for anything else, will almost write the
name of itself. It gets imbued with the
spirit of the signature. In the hands of
a teristics good forger it will preserve the charac¬
of the original. The reason for
this is that the point of the pen has been
ground down in a peculiar way, from be¬
ing used always by the same band and for
the same combination of letters. It would
splutter if held at a wrong will. angle or
forced on lines against its It al¬
most forger guides when be the sensitive hand write of the the
name.” attempts to
A Penny in the Slot.
The idea of dropping a penny in the
slot boxes is older than Christianity, In
the Egyptian temples devices of this kind
were used for automatically dispensing
the purifying water, into A coin of five
drachm® simple piece dropped mechanism a slit in like a vase well set
a of a
sweep, in motion, a valve was opened for
permitted an instant and a portion of the liquid was
to escape. The apparatus was
described in the “Spiritalia” of Hero of
Alexandria, who lived two hundred years
before the Christian era, and is illustrated
in the sixteenth century Latin manuscript
translation of his work, in which, by the
way, is also delineated the Egyptian fire-
engine of the author’s day, with its
double-force pump valves, lever arms,
goose neck, and probably, too, air cham¬
ber—but this is a moot point—which
form the essential feature of the machines
of the nineteenth century.
r , J! ' CrRAVENiGo, ____ of » the Tr University . of ,.
f adua , > ,s said *» havo 6 uac ? S -l Ul I y P cr '
ormed an operation which , , lutherto has
been vainly tried byvariousexperimenters,
l,0 ' h ln 1<ran “ a ! ld elsewhere. The op-
e J’ a ti on €011SLvts ) n *' ie grafting of a
chicken . . . s cornea into the human eye. In
ho successful case reported by Gravemgo, .
fh « ls said to have " nded T uickl y.
J>“ d formed . a cornea which was very
transparent, shining and convex,
Boys need a little experience of the
rough places in life if they are to face the
world successfully. A fussy, nervous
mother who is always trembling for the
safety of her darlings, and wifi not lot
do anything that their companions
rejoice in, either makes her sons weak and
deficient in self-reliance, or plausible hyp-
ocrites who pretend an obedience which
they do not yield,
“Why need it. be?” we say, and slitli
When loving mothers little fade and die, feet
And leave the ooes whose
They hoped to guide in pathways sweet.
It need not be in many cases. All about ns
women been are saved. dying It daily whose to lie wide-spread lives might
havo seems a
opinion that when a woman is slowly fading
away witli tiie diseases which grow out of fe¬
male weaknesses and irregularities that there
is no help is for her. She Dr. is Pierce’s doomed to Favorite death.
But this not true.
Prescription with is diseases constantly of this restoring class women health
afflicted medicine to
and their happiness. ailments, sold It by is the druggists, only under a vos- for
tire guarantee from the man ufactnrers of Its
giving satisfaction in every case, or money
paid for it will bo refunded.
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets, tho original and only
genuine Little Liver Pills; 25 cents a vial;
one a dose._ _
A wise chief may give words, blit he keeps
his thoughts to himself.
Toiirista,
Whether on pleasure bent or business, should
take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as
It acts most pleasantly and effectually on the
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms of sickness. For
sale in 50c. and ®1 bottles by all leading drug¬
gists.
_________
God makes tho glow worm as well ns the
star; tho light in both is divine.
Deninras Cmi't be Cured
By local applications, of as they cannot reach
the diseased portion the ear. There is only
one way to cure Deafness, and that ts by con¬
stitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by
an ii flamed condition of the mucous tube lining of
Ihe Eustachian Tube. When this gets in¬
flamed you have a lurab ing sound or imper¬
fect hearing, aud when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam¬
mation can be taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition, hearing will be de¬
stroyed caused by forever; nine which cases out of ten are itr-
catarrh, is nothing but an
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by Catarrh) that we
cannot forciri cure by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Send ula s, iree.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
52”^ ___ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hrrgon, the I’niiuli.n of Farni.-r,-
JJild, equable fruit, climate,certain grain, and abundant
crops. Best grass andstock coun¬
try in the world. Full information free. Ad¬
dress Oreg. Im’igra’tn Board, Portland, Ore.
We recommend “Tansill’s Punch’’ Cigar.
Cold Waves
Arc predicted with reliable accuracy and people
liable to tho pain? and aches of rheumatism dread
every change to damp or stormy weather. Although
we do not claim Hood’s Sarsaparilla to he a positive
specific for rheumatism, the remarkable cures it
has effected show that It may be taken for rheuma¬
tism with reasonable certainty of benefit. Its ac¬
tion In neutralizing the acidity of the blood, which
is the cause of rheumat sm, constitutes the secret
of the success of Hood’s Sarsaparilla In curing tb!s
complaint. If you suffer from rheumatism, give
Hood’s Sarsaparilla a fa|g trial; we believe It wlli
do you good.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
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tg t’. 1. aoc® C C0„ Apv!ij«a*rt«, Lowsll, Mail.
100 Dosea One Poll*!.
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THE FASTEST TIME ON RECORD,
in the direction of the nearest drug-store, is not too fast for a person to make
who is troubled with any of the myriad forms of disease resulting from a torpid
or deranged liver and its attendant impure blood, and is, therefore, in need of
that world-farned and only guaranteed blood-purifier and liver invigorator known
as Dr, Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. Every form of Scrofulous, Skin and
Scalp burning Disease, torineutiug Eczema, Erysipelas, Salt-rheum, disease, Tetter, cured scaly, crusty, this wonderful itching,
and forms of skin are by
remedy as if by magic. refunded. Sold by druggists, Scrofulous under affections, a positive guarantee Fever-sores, of benefit White
or cure, or money All as
Swellings, properties. Hip-joint It Disease, Old Sores Indigestion and Ulcers, and yield Dyspepsia. to Its wonderful It is cura¬
tive promptly conquers a con¬
centrated vegetable fluid extract. Dose small and pleasant to taste. Contains
no alcohol, don’t inebriate or manufacture topers; is free from syrup or sugar,
and, therefore, in its don’t Wonderful sour or curative ferment in effects the stomach, in its interfering composition. witli There digestion ;
as other peculiar medicine all like it, either in composition as effect. Therefore, is no be
at or don’t
fooled “just Into accepting good,” why something don’t instead, vendors said to be “just them as good.” do If substitutes they
are as their guarantee to what are
recommended to, or refund money paid for them, as we do with all who buy
“Golden Medical Discovery?” For the very good reason that such a plan of
sale would bankrupt the manufacturers of any but an extraordinary- liver, remedy like
the “Discovery.” To purify the blood, invigorate the promote digestion,
and build up both flesh and strength, it is unequaled, whether for adults or
children. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors, No. 663
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
I $500 the ■miMwiavairni OPPERBD proprietors mm of DR, SAGE’S for Catarrh an CATARRH incurable in the REMEDY. Haad ease by ol
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH*—Headache, profuse, obstruction of nose, others, discharges thick,
falling into throat, sometimes bloody, putrid watery, and and offensive; acrid, at weak, ring¬
tenacious, mucous, purulent, smell eyes
ing in ears, deafuess; offensive breath; and taste impaired, and gren-
Dr. eral debility. Only a few of these symptoms Sold by likely druggists, to be present everywhere. at once _ _
Sage's Remedy cures the worst cases. Only 50 cents.
Young Journalists.
Not long ago it became known that a
certain New York periodical for boys and
girls was edited by “a man aged thirteen,”
and honor was claimed for the ambitions
youth as the youngest journalist in the
world. Alas, for such fleeting honors!
No sooner was the boys’ and girls’ hero
crowned than a rival sprang into fame, a
rival with the balance of two years to the
good and a reputation as a sen¬
sational paragraphist of the first
water. A little lad of eleven
years of age, in a corner of Germany, has
confessed to having been a reporter for
the last five years of his eventful life.
The lad had been having a “lark” in the
streets; the wily gendarme caught him
and brought him up before the magis¬
trate, collecting where it came out that he had been
material for “his paper,” and
that, sinee he had reached the mature age
of seven, he had been permanently en¬
gaged cidents, on the staff to collect news at ac¬
festivities. fires, funerals, and all manner of
Hard to l>o.
tirely To stand perfectly is difficult motionless, of accomplish¬ aud
at ease,
ment. In society you will find gentlemen
standing on one leg, or with legs crossed,
or feet wide apart, or attempting to stand
easily with feet close together and toes
out. I say you will notice gentlemen do¬
ing this because an Indies inexperienced stand that person
cannot tell when wav.
But they are just ns bad as the men, aud
if you study thq effect of these pos
lures you will be able to tell the women
as well as the men. The correct attitude
JS Witli OllC loot sll^lltly advanced aud tlie
other about a foot back of it, with the
toes nearly all right angles. This gives the
one latitude to rest the weight of gives
body on either or both feet, and
one’s suppleness some expression.
Patti’s Wages.
Patti, the divine singer, receives the
largest w’ages ever paid to an artist. She
receives three thousand five hundred dol¬
lars every night she sings in the Albert
Hall in London. Even with this and the
expenditure’ of five thousand dollars able for to
each concert, her managers are
show a profit of from two thousand to
three thousand dollars per night. Patti
has earned by ber own exertions more
money than any five women that ever
lived. Her receipts since she began sing¬
ing in public, twenty-five oi years ago, dollars, can¬
not be much short three million
and she has several years of profitable
farewelling ahead of her.
A Nation of Blondes.
«&*sft5 stuty the statistics , as^2&f» of the immigration £ of
the Scandinavian people. The popula-
tion of Norway shows a per centage Ol
ninety-seven and a quarter of light and eyes,
Flaxen hair appears in fifty-seven black one
twentieth per cent, while absolutely
hair is only found in the ratio of two per
cent. The immigration from Scandina¬
vian countries in 1888 numbered over
eighty thousand, or about one-sixth of
the entire immigration that year.
The chorai singing in Russian churches
is beyond description, No voices are
known like the phenomenal voices of
some of these Russian peasants. Truly
they are “organs,” and the effect produced is
by the choir in great vaulted churches
thrilling.
BRYANT & Business College
^!S!B*n£ 2 £ 2 ztftfftE 2 l!S& LOUISVILLE, KY.
13255018?
A New Textile Fabric.
A French chemist has produced an ar¬ of
tificial silk by the chemical treatment
cellulose. He obtains a thread which re-
sembles silk very closely, and is equally
strong and elastic. It is not attacked by,
water, cold or warm, nor by the acids
and alkalies moderately concentrated . 1
A great drawback to this silk is that it is!
extremely inflammable, but it is possible!
that by a change of treatment it may be
rendered less combustible, If this is.
done the new textile fabric will be one of
the greatest value.
THE BURG .WONDERFUL (CHAIii. j f
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tohoUmlt and ship fartory goods to prictfy/K bo n-^j « TVIIKSL FREE rHAlflS
paid for on delivery. IW TO MIRK.
Bond 3tajnp for Oata- SPKCIAL free;
logae. Name floods desired. auruilSZUr*
llhcro sure. co„ 145 nTSu,
WInebealer Breech-Loader*, $4 to $50. $l«v
lS-nhotRifle*, $11 to
lireech-lonilng Rifl«, to flH.OOa
Self-eoeklng Revolvers, Iflebet-pEated, $2.00*
Send 2c. stamp for 50-pa^e Catalogue and sare 26 per cent*
GRIFFITH & SEMPLE, 612 W. Main, Louisville, K,,
j ..... ... ,Ut Hcno rAIL AAueiii UOHSULf v
II 0 8 SLjtf B rffi
! PSk ji
! the treatment of Biootl Poisons, Skin Eruptions*
Nervous Complaints, Bright’s Disease, Stricture*
i Impotency and kindred diseases, no matter of how
j long standing or from what cause originating.
t-iT'Ten days medicines furnished by mail r-DEE rtlCts
Send for Book on SPECIAL J>i»ea»eM.
Ely’s Cream Bairn
is the best remedy for children
suffering fr ora
COLD IN HEAD
on
CATARRH.]
Apply Balm into each nostril.
ELY BROS.,56 Wai-ren St„ N.Y.
I DETECTIVES
W Kilted shrewd m en to act under instruction* in Secret SerTlo*
work. rk. R Representatives ,tive« receive receive the tho International teriiational Dc Detective,
Grannnn'8 Waruinz AgainstFraud, Grf Ann.... ian‘s Pocket Gallery ot
Noted ted Criminals. ala. Those Thoae interested interested in in de detectiv o huslne esa, or deair-
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Person* want wa our I) It K A TI
Rook audVovtune Teller. I'#
i pa<e3, 8yo. By m ill fo.* 25o. ia
I J money or stain os, B After, vy & Go.,
£1N. Si van ell St. , PiiiUAolphia. Affcmts Wauled#
piles | | !^n , ^^s , ssaftttv wg , ss , A:
cured a } sq n
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Don’t be befogged by comparison, but lMiy tn$
standard instead of article compared.
The Stenograph CHARTH **]!! J racMn -‘ Tii#
beateyatem of OtlUn I ilfliltl In ever: y way*
Gan io u*iie.l fflJ'ii Jlaaaa.l, u ivjj near a School. ►
Seiid for circular, IT. STnisoaftA pfi Co., St, ■Louis.
OPIUM S.SSSH
I prescribe and tho fully orb en*
dorse Big in as certain
CuretirtJ^ specific for tlie cure
rI 3p»ran,*«d TO 6 1>AYB.^ tc of this H,INGJIAHAM\M. disease. D.,
not G.
ctuaa Stricture. Amsterdam, N. Y.
Hid only by th» We have sold Big <3 for
MU T.m Chemical Co.
Cincinnati “dVr.'dycke k CO..
k Ohio. Chicago, III,
MarkM&I.00. Sold by D ruggists.
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Best Coug-h Medicine. Recommended by Physicians. tho
Cures -where all else fail*. Pleasant objection. and agreeable By druggists, to
taste. Children take it without
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