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HEMS FROM WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONER THOMAN SENDS HIS
BESIOHATION,
Which U Promptly Accepted by the Presi
dent— Decision In a Celeb rated Cotton
Case—riie Bell Patent Cases—
Appointments to Oillce.
THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 27,1885.—TWELVE PAGES.
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WzsHlNOTOH, October 20.—Civil Service
Comini- h ’ li 'i° nr ' r Tlioman lias tendered Iiih
jjjjmmtion, and it lias been accepted by the
President, to take effect November 1st next,
the following is tbe correspondence on the
subject;
IMTSII Status Civil Branca Commimios, Wa«h-
rviiio*. 1>. 0 , October 20. 1885—Bit: UespecUaU;
ti.f.-mus to » oonvaraanon h»d with you aa early aa
v.rch loth, In which I expressed a wish to he re
lieved Of my duties aa a member of the United
suite. Civil Service Commlaalon. and alto to the ap-
isreot fact that It was not thou your pleasure to
Loader my request, I now hare the honor to
tender formally my resignation and earnestly to beg
ineirlv eonslderatlon of the same sod Its accept-
Ince ’While thus asking release from so honorable
I trust l desire to reoord my gratlllcatiou In the
7,roved practicability and remarkable effectiveness
J,f the reform procedure. Tried veterans In political
warfare view with amazement the facile thtiuh rad
i -al departure from the familiar methods of the
i'ooll. system of distributing patronage. Strenuous
and sincere argument and also deliberate perversion
mark tbe opposition of different groups of Ita aa-
tsoonlst*. and yet It must be concluded that a m>-
ioritv of the political leaders In either party arc in
accord with the Pendleton law, If Its origi
nal enactment and emphatic Indorsement by
a subsequent Congress were honest loflilative
expressions and not coercion of moral cowardice
bv popular sentiment nor partisan legerdemain.
In the great task of administrative reform which
von have undertaken In accordance with personal
and party pledges, the people wlU give aid. It lias
been my pleasure within tbe last two months to visit
outte a number of States and Territories of Ibis
Union, snd It was my good fortune to meet with
many of their citizens. .It is gratifying to know that
the people coutlde lu tbe unequivocal Intention of
the President to sustain the merit system in the
elvlt service. They bail condemned the evils of
the former methods. Long experience lisa made
this knowledge acenrsts and they welcomed the
Inauguration of the new system. The dis
era district of Arkansas; Monti II. Sanders,
of Arkansas, for the Western district of
Arkansas. United States marshals, Thomas
Fletcher, of Arkansas, for the Eastern dis
trict of Arkansas'John Carroll, of Arkan
sas, for the Western district of Arkansas.
THE MCHHOND PDBI40 llUILDINO.
At the last session of Congress an nnpro-
rintion of $100,000 was made for a custom
iouse at Richmond, Va., and subsequently
another appropriation was made for "a pub-
lie building at Richmond, Va.” Tho ques
tion arose at the Treasury Depart
ment as to whether one or both
of ’ the appropriations would lie
utilized. The solicitor gave the opinion
that the specific appropriation of $100,000
only could be expended on the custom
house, which was overruled by Assistant
Secretary Fairchild, who held that the
amount of both appropriations conld bo ex
pended, inasmuch as the last appropriation,
$50,000, must have been intended for the
custom house, as that is the only Federal
building in Richmond. The Secretary sus
tained the views of Mr. Fairchild, and the
supervising architect lias accordingly pre
pared plans for the building on the basis
of the expenditure of $150,000.
THE BULL PATENTS.
The argument on the application of the
Globe and Washington Telephone Compa
nies to have the United States bring suit to
vacate tbe Bell Telephone patents will be
heard by tho Secretary of the Interior on
the 31st.
COTTON FIGURES
USEFUL HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
THE WAY TO PREPARE THE GOOD
THINGS OF LIFE.
IIow to Hake the Family Purse Ilolit Out—
Ilccclpts for Cakes, Custards, Jellies,
Flew, Puddings, Pickles and
Ollier Kitchen Work.
parti*.
loualy
11 Intimate. To thia they are faat succeeding,
binl the Aisnlt will be a cordial approraL Tbe iu-
leption Std maintenance of great reforma are with
the people. I believe that tho fundamental Idea of
civil service reform la a characteristic American
thought. Tbe popular hesitation over tbe accept
ance of the nutated details suggests merely a safe
conservatism. In tho Initial stage, of thla reform
tberewasarrsiiouBC thrdngbont the nation politic.
Contcata s-slimed a new tone, the okhtime method
of corruption was discouraged and boas lam was
grappled with freeh vigor. The Improvement la
yet maikwl. If tbe vlclotu elements atll! aeek ob
trusion into election, the chances of their success
hare been leaacnrd. The reform system Is a mili
tant advance toward complete success. Corruption
by official patronage baa been removed, with the
j—a — “ . "* e p ower
honors
PH a of the
fact that this reform does not trench upon sturdy
rtissnshlp came late. It was sedu-
ly maintained that the civil service was
be dominated of men who should
abjure certain rights of citizenship. With the grad
ual but inoTiuble refutation of thia false view, the
outlines of reform at last stood forth in clearness.
It Is a reform' which views tbe civil service aa a vast
business agency. 1U search Is for the best attaina
ble merit in bnsluess which la not political it en
forces no test of party.
With confidentVuet tn the success of your ad-
miniatmtlou, I am your obedient servant.
Loot V. Thomas.
To the Prrsldrnt
Kxzcrnvz Mansion, Washington, P. C„ October
at las.-,.—Hon. Linoi P. Thomas, Cult Slavics
CcKinwwsa—lit Iltxn St* -. lh*ve received your
letter tend, ring yonr resignation as a member of
the Civil Service Commlaalon, which la In further
ance of an Inclination expresed by yon very soon
after my Inauguration as President The resigns-
tt... thus tcudi red la hereby ace- pb 1. to Uke effect
on the Unit of November next. I congratulate yon
upon the fact that In the office which yon relinquish
you have been able, by sincere and earnest work
and by steady devotion to the canee which yon have
had lu charge, to do so much In the Interest of guc *
government and Improved political methods. You
alucerely, Gaovzn ciivatASD.
A CELEBRATED COTTON CASE.
In the Supreme Court of the United States
to-day Justice Blatchforil announced the
decision of tho court in the caae in error
from the Circuit Court for the southern
district of Now York brought by G. Deroeae
Lamar, executor of H. Lamar, deceaited,
against Hugh McCoUoch, cx-Secrotary of
tile Treasury, The action was originally
brought in the Supreme Court of the State
of New York in September, 1873,
and was removed into tho Circuit
Court of the United Statea by the
defendant. The declaration waa framed
to recover $150,280 aa the value of
-178 bales of cotton known os tbe “Thomaa-
\ die cotton” and $110,300 aa the valne of
-120 other bales of cotton, known aa the
••Florida cotton.” Theauitwaa afterward
discontinued aa to the Thomaaville cotton.
The cotton in qneation waa aeizod in 1855
by special agent* of the Treasury Depart
ment aa “captured or ubandoned" property,
shipped to New York and sold. According
to the letter of the apecial agent, it wa»
owned by the “Exporting and Importing
Company of Oeorgta" (President G. B. La
mar),a company engaged in the sole business
of blockade running, and holding said prop
erty for the pnroose of aiding and abettl
the rebellion. The court quotes tho act
March 12, 1803, authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to appoint apecial agents to
receive and collect all abandoned or cap-
tun -I property in the States then in insur
rection, and giving authority to any person
claiming tohaye been the owner of any
such captured or abandoned property to
prefer his claim to the proceed* thereof in
the Court of Claims at any time within two
yean after the suppression of tho rebellion,
it also quoted from the act of July
27, isos, declaring it to have
been the true intent aud meaning of the act
of March 12, 1853, that the remedy given in
cases of seizure mode nnder aaid act by pre
ferring claims in the Court of Claims should
be t-xcluiive, precluding the owner of any
property taken liy agents of the Treasury
Department in virtoo of the act from suit at
common law or any other mode of redress
whatever before any court or tribunal other
than said Court of Claim*. The court say*
that it is manifest that the act of July 27,
1858, was intended to cover, and does
cover, cases like the present.
Whatever doubt there might have
been before the act
passed, there conld be none now, even
though the property taken was private prop
erty, if it was taken by an officer or agent
of the United State* nniler tbe claim that it
w as abandoned or captured property in the
i..lministr*tion of the act of March 12,
l- l, or in virtue thereof, or un
der color thereof. The jurisdiction
of every court bat the Court of Claim*
is estopped when it is pleaded or alleged in
,1 feline that the property was taken by de
fendant •* snob officer or agent in the *d-
, - ■ itinn of the act or in virtue or nnder
. olor thereof, aud that the fact U »u*taine;
The Circuit Court hail instructed the jury
to find a verdict for the defendant, and Uu*
judgiu nt the Supreme Court affirmed.
AFFonmunrr* to officr.
Fourth-class postmaster* appointed to
day: In South Carolina, at E*»ty, Ambrose
u. ib l-itis; in Georgia, at Macedonia,
/ II brook; in Tennessee, at Bridgeport!
* k Brooks; at Fleetwood, William L.
bi -tta; at Levisvillc, I’hmeantSUflmd: in
Ik' T *t ri.il, Isaidi Thomas; atPe-
tir-l urt iliss Mary E. Bradley; Oscar 8,
1 . - V. i Wilmington, N. C.
Hoi , r d S M'' andhsli, of \ii m «, b s
its l examiii- r in the pension of
As Given by tho Commercial anti Fnancfal
Chronicle or New York.
Editors Telegraph: Will you be so kind
as to give these few lines space in yonr col
umns. I seek the truth anil would be glad
if some cotton buyer or other person inter
ested or posted in reference to cotton re
ceipts and reports would be kind enough to
explain the following seeming inaccuracies
in the report given by the New York Chroni
cle. October 9 the total receipts ore com
pared with laat year as follows;
iocelpta to date 627,333
Becelpta same time ism 630,939
Showing a dccroaao of 3,726
The next report (October 16, 1885,) gives
the following statement:
Net receipts at all port* October 16 230,707
Net receipts at all porta last year. 240,546
Showing a decrease of 9,839
These figures added to the decrease of
the week previous would give a decrease of
13,565. But we are told that the total re
ceipts to October 16, 1885 are 857,210 and
same time last year 827,785, an increase of
29,425 hales. But these Chronicle figures
do not stop lying here, but for the weok
ending October 23,1885, we have the fol
lowing startling report:
Net receipts stall United Statea ports 261,214
Net receipts same week laat year 283,347
Showing a decrease of 22,133
These figures added to the decrease as
compared with last week would make a de
crease as compared with last year of 35,698
bales. But look at the Chronicle’s arithmetic:
Total receipts to date 1,118,424
Total receipts urns date 188! 1,105,902
showing an increase of 12,522 bales. But
the actual difference would be a decrease of
22,133 hales for the week and a total de
crease of 35,698 boles.
Hero is a discrepancy of 35,698 bales. In
stead of the figures given by tho Chronicle
of 1,118,424 bales for 1885 and 1,105,902
bales for 1884, we would have for the year
18851,082,726, a discrepancy really of 47,220
bales. We want some one to correct these
errors, or explain away the seeming incon
sistency, for all these falso reports, if they
are really false, have a depressing influence
upon the price of cotton. If, instead of be
ing 12,522 hale < ahead of lastyoar, the re
ceipt* are actually 35,698 hales behind the
same date last year, the farmers and nil
other classes interested in the price
of cotton ought to know it. 1 remem
ber the experiences of 1867. Wo were totd
that year that the crop would go to 4,000,-
000 bales and some put the figures even
higher. Cotton went down from 16 cents
in September to something less than 10
cents in December. At no period during
that fall did the receipts indicate such a crop
as 4,000,000 bales, still the price continued
to decline because a few interested in its de
cline held out the idea of a very large crop.
Faripers sold their cotton at great sacrifice,
and when they had no more to sell cotton
suddenly went up. In ninety day* the net
advance in price was just 17 1-2 cents. I
don't predict any such rise in the price of
cotton this year, bnt I do say cotton is
altogether too low, and there will certainly
be an advance in prices. The world needs
and conld use to advantage a 7,000,000 bale
crop, bnt it will not lie made. Let us have
all mistakes corrected and have true reports
and a fair statement of facts.
J. 8. Wimdisb,
Macon, Ga., October 26,1885.
The air of a slot-ping room should he con
stantly renewed from without, yet it should
not be icy cold. It is amazing to see in
otherwise weU informed people the linger
ing prejudice to night air, which makes
them willing to breathe vitiated air all night
long. Attention to the airing of beds and
bedding cannot be too great, and it ought
to be insisted upon in every house. The
hurry to have rooms in order early causes
beds to be made before they have been
thoroughly permeated by air and sunlight,
and gives that close, stuffy smell, which is
a sure index of deficient cleanliness. Dur
ing the night the body throws off, through
the invisible pores of the skin, much im
purity, and to mako up a bed while the
mattress, sheets and blankets are still swel
tering with animal heat is a thing no neat,
intelligent housekeeper should over do un
der any pressure of hurry. The rest of tho
room can be dusted and set to rights, and
the bed olothes spread over chairs with tvin-
dows open till a late hour, and nobody will
be hurt. When a bedroom is the common
sitting or sewing apartment of a family, it
should be thoroughly aired for half an
hour before dark, everybody vacating it for
the purpose, and again before the oceupanta
retire.
Hint* anil Recipes.
Little waiters of polished brass or copper
are used instead of silver.
Finger-glasses of heavy out crystal are
now used in preference to any others.
Centro pieces of beautiful Venetian glass
have a mirror at the base surrounded with
flowers in Venetian glass-work.
Celery is sometimes deceptive and not so
tender us it looks, and in fact is too tough
to be eaten; but do not throw it way. Chop
it and put it into jars of tomato or cucum
ber pickles. It wiU give a most excellent
flavor.
A fancy which has been seized upon by
French ladies may be utilized by our coun
try women who are deft with the needle.
Before relegating to the rag-bag old em
broidered muslin or lace curtains first cut
away the delicatedesigns of flowers, what
ever they may be, and use these as models
in appliquo work for table scarfs, screens,
cushions, etc. Nothing is easier than to
embroider over the contour of the figures,
either in silk or wool, a handsome "raised”
effect being the result of the overwork.
If fears are entertained that the pickle
supply is not going to equal the demand
mako some chopped pickle after this rule.
It is appetizing, and wiU take the place of
more expensive pickles: Chop two quarts of
cabbage and two qnarts of celery, put them
into a porcelain kettle, pour over them
three quarts of vinegar, half an ounce each
of crashed white ginger root and turmeric,
one-quarter of a pound of white mustard
seed, two tablespoonfnls of salt and five of
sugar. Let this cook slowly until the cab
bage is tender without being soft
A very pleasing dish tor desert is made
thus; l'eel six or eigiit pears; pnt them into
a saucepan (after entting them up and re
moving the cores) and cover with cold wa
ter; when they begin to bo tender, add a
little lump of butter anil sugar enough to
sweeten to yonr tastes. If you cut the
pears in halves or quarters only, when they
are done brash them over with tho yelk of
an egg and sprinkle powdered sugar over
them, and arrnnge them in a fruit dish.
Add half an ounce of gelatine to the syrup
and let it aimmer for about five minutes,
strain it over the pears and let the dish
stand long enough before serving to be
come perfectly cold and jelly-like.
A pretty way to arrange hhinc mange is
to mold it in smaU enps, then pnt a mold ot
elly in tbe centre of a platter and place the
llano mange around it. Hweetened cream
shoul l be served with it. If chocolate,
enough to flavor anil color the blanc mange
hi added to half ot it, so that every other
mold is brown. Tbe effect is pleasing.
8CONOR CAKE FRITTERS.
SPECIAL DELIVERY PROBLEMS.
The Font-office Department Puzzled Over
Koine Unexpected Obstacle*.
Washington Special.
The apecial delivery system so recently
inaugurated has not proved such a success
as it* originators expected of it. Several
problems have arisen which puzzlo the de
partment In tho first place tho law au
thorizing the service matte no provision for
its support in cities where it did not sup
port itself. The department found itself in
many eases .powerless to carry ont
its own advertised scheme. From
many small towns where the full
delivery system doe* not obtain the reports
come tuat nobody conld be found to deliver
the special letters for the money there was
in them. As there were no regeiar carriers
in such towns no way out of the difficulty
was found until it was suggested by an
Indian* postmaster that his assistant in the
office be allowed to deliver snch letters and
collect the revenue therefrom. The Post-
office Department to-day decided that
where snch assistants were hired by the
pi Atmos ter this might lie done, bnt that no
official appointed by the government conld
be allowed to add to his salary in this
way. Unless tho postmaster or his assist
ant will undertake to run about town and
deliver special letters in person fornotbing,
there wiU bo u good many offices where the
blockade will exist.
In the opinion of legal officers the
ernment is liable for any damage w
may arise from the non-delivery of letters
prepaid at the special rates, the same as ■
telegraph company is liable for the non
delivery of a dispatch. The obligation on
the put of the government is stronger,
owing to the fact that it enters into a spe
cial contract for the additional ten cents to
deliver the letter immediately in certain
specified cities. The department under
stands thia and feels considerable embar
rassment.
Sir. tVatson's Funeral.
Miixzrsianu.*, October 26.—Mr. G. E.
Watson's funeral was preached yesterday at
the residence of Mayor Walker at 11 o clock,
by Rev. B. W. Bighorn, pastor of the Mcth-
tins. Those in the shape of fluted shells
are very pretty.
MOLASSES COOKIES.
One cup butter, two cups molasses, one
teaspoonful ginger, sufficient flour to make
n stiff batter, not dough. Mold, with the
hands into small cakes and bake in n steady
rather than quick oven, as they are apt to
burn.
TO BEMOVE UNPLEASANT ODOB8.
Burnt coffee is the best disinfectant and
it is very agreeable. For water closets,
night chairs, etc., chloride of lime and even
common lime should be used. Or sugar of
lead, one ounce; nquafortis, one ounce; in
nearly one quart of water. This is effectu
al to cleanse utensils from bad odors. Or
charcoal powder and camphor dissolved;
the articles well rinsed with the composi
tion.
TO BEMOVE SMELL Or PAINT.
Water neutralizes the smell of the paint.
Vessels of water placed in a newly painted
room will remove the smell, especially if
impregnated with a little sulphuric acid.
Or straw and hay well saturated with water.
Or chloride of lime and water.
beep soup.
One pound of beef, two qnarts water,
one cup rice or barley, salt to season. Put
in a soup pot, let it boil slow and steady for
two hours. In another vessel have a good
soup bone, leek, parsley, one onion, a pota
to, half a carrot, turnip; let it boil as long
a* the meat. When ready to set the table,
strain tbe soup off the hones and vegetables
into the other; stir up when ready to put on
the table; take two eggs, heat well in the
soup tureen, and add the soup gradually so
the eggs will not curdle. Always boil bones
and vegetables, separate and strain them,
and yoq will always have good as well as
chap soup.
EOMON MERINGUE PUDDINO. *
One quart of milk, two cups of bread
crumbs, four eggs, one-half cup of butter,
one cup of white sugar, one large lemon,
jnice and half the rind grated, soak the
bread in the milk, add the beaten yelks
with the butter and sngar rubbed to a
cream, also the lemon. Bake in a battered
dish until firm anil slightly brown. Draw
to the door of the oven and cover with a
meringue of the whites whipped to a froth,
with three talilespoonfus of powdered sugar
and n little lemon juice. Brown ve®,’
slightly, sift powdered sugar over it and
eat cold. You may make an orange pad
ding in the same way.
CUP PLUM PUDDING.
Take one cup each of raisins, currants,
flour, bread crumbs, snet and sugar, stone
and cut the raisins, wash nml dry the. cur
rants, chop the suet, nnd mix all the above
ingredients well together, then add two
ounces of cut candied peel nnd ' citron, n
little mixed spice, salt and ginger. Bay half
a teaspoonful of each, stir in four well
beaten eggs, and milk enough to muke the
mixture so thnt the spoon will stand up
right in it, tie it loosely in a cloth or pnt it
in a mold, plunge it into boiling water, and
boil for three and a half hours.
FRENCH ROLLS.
One pint of sweet milk, heated almost to
a boiling point, half a cup of butter, one-
third of a cup of sugar, one cup gf yeast.
Stir the yeast and sugar into lnhe-wnrui
milk, and with the tlonr make a light
sponge. When it hat risen the first time
knead tho butter into it; let rise again, cut
into strips or round cakes, butler half the
top and fold over. If made the night be
fore they should he kneaded in the morn
ing anil set to rise again an hour before
noeded. Have a piping hot oven aud bake
from fifteen to twenty minutes.
DOUOHUUTS.
Two’ cups of sour milk, one teaspoonful
of soda, two cups of sugnr, one teosjioonful
of melted butter, three eggs and flour suffi
cient to roll; cut into any desired shape:
fgy in boiling hot lard; skim out und drain
on til dry.
OfNOER COOKIES.
The best ginger cookies thnt I ever tasted
had in place ot the nsunl cap of water a cup
of sweet milk. This gave a lightness to the
ciikut thnt water cannot give. The formula
for these is; Two cuj s of New Orleans mo
lasses, one cup of sngar, one cup of sweet
milk, half a cup of lard, one teaspoonful
each of ginger nnd of soda, and half a tea-
A MEXICAN HUSBAND’S CRIME.
Jealousy ur III* Beautiful Wit'.- ln-ialt* in
a Triple Tragedy.
Laredo (Tex&sl Special,
Particulars of a brutal murder yesterday
of two beautiful Mexican ladies at a ranch
sixteen miles from town were received to
day. The crime was the most deliberate
and cruel ever perpetrated on this border.
Six months ago a wealth)' Mexican named
Rumaldo Gomez, mamed a remarkably
handsome senonta named Orozea
Perez, who reigned the belle of
Mexican society for over a hun
dred miles. Tile memory of her many
admirers and offers of marriago constantly
rankled in the jealous bosom of Gomez and
led him finally to become insanely suspi
cious of everything his wife said or did. A
few days ago Gomez left bis ranch, sajing
he would never return. About 9 o'clock
yesterday he suddenly returned and found
his old grandmother lovingly combing his
wife's long black tresses. As he en
tered the room he courteously sainted
the ladies, nnd asked them whether they
loved him; they replied “No," whereupon
he withdrew and appeared a moment later
at nn open window with o Winchester rifle.
He fired several times, killing first his wife,
then the grandmother. His wife was about
to become a mother, thus sacrificing three
lives. Gomez fled to Mexico, where he wns
arrested to-day aud was about to be surren
dered to the American sheriff when it was
discovered that he was a citizen of Mexico
nnd he wns released under existing treaties,
and is now at large.
A VERY CLOSE CALL.
Heavy
clanging round
ect, into Liberty
Terrier Who Trletl to Stop
Freight Engine.
Pittsburg Chronicle.
When locomotive comes
the curve nt Eleventh street,
street, a small, brown, smooth-skinned ter-
ner invariably dashes out nnd barks furi
ously at the iron monster. Not content
with thnt the audacious little dog bites at
the revolving wheels and runs springing
backwards in the careless way a Dalma
tian hound leaps before n horse, harking
all the time. This morning n ponderous
Fort Wayne engine was dragging
round into the depot, a heavy freight
train, and the dog leaving his muster, Mike
Rosa, the Italian newsboy, ran out to gnm-
bnl and gyrate within an inch or two of
death. He bit at the wheels and the engi
neer laughingly called to the dog: “Sick
'em.” Bnt there was very nearly an end to
the little terrier. The wheel of the tender
at which the dog bit somehow drew the lat
ter in and whirled him round thrice before
it threw him ten feet from the track. It
was a close call, lint ten minutes later the
foolhardy little canine was tempting Prov
idence again, nnd the railroad men hanging
round, were betting upon the risks the
newsboy's dog persisted in taking.
THE PUNSTERS' PENCIL.
one tahlespoonfnl corn starch, wet up in
cold milk; one-quarter pound currants,
washed and dried. Pound the cakes fine
and pour the cream over them. Stir in the
corn starch. Cover for half an honr, then
heat until cold. Add the yelks—light and
strained—the whipped whites, then the
entrants thickly dredged with flour. Beat
ail haul together. Drop in spoonfuls into
the boiling lord; fry quickly; drain npou a
wanned sieve, nnd send to table hot
ALMOND BREAD.
A loaf of Vienna bread cut into slices, hut
so as to have one connected with the other.
Ponnd almonds with a little vanilla and
spread between the slices. Torn the bread
in milk to maintain the crust. Tie tbe
slices together and turn tbe loaf in one egg.
Fry on every side a few minutes in lard.
Pour over the whole a custard. Beat an
egg with a little milk. Put a little sngar
into milk already on the stove. Add the
egg, and remove as soon as custard boils.
Reason with cinnamon.
ALMOND JUMBLKS.
One pound sugar; one-half ponnd floor;
one-quarter pound butter; one teacup “kip
pered" milk: five eaga; two teaspoonfuls
water; three-quartera ponnd almonds.
unded; one teaspoonful soda dissolved in
boiling water. Cream Iratter and *i
stir in the beaten yelks, the milk, the floor
and the rose water, the almonds, lastly the
beaten whites very lightly and qoickly.
Drop in rings or round cakes upon battered
paper, and bake immediately, You may
substitute grated cocoanut, or tbe chopped
kernels of white walnuts, for the almonds,
in which case add a little salt
RICH JUMBLKS.
Rob to a cream a pound of butter and a
pound of sngar; mix with it a ponnd and a
half of flour; four eggs and a very little
brandy; roll the cakes in powdered sugar;
lay them on fiat, buttered tins, and bake in
a quick oven. *
spool
Baltimore Sin, it to country ml Quir. i m l
They both exceed thn ■•• - re aud tun, and have
been personal friends for fifty year*.
Carl Rosa lux resolved to prodne-* 4 an English
version of Maillart's "Lea Dragon* de Villara,” orig
inally produced at the Paris Opt ra Comi-jin; in l**'»i;.
The cast U to include Marie Rose and Julia Gay
lord.
\ romantic marriage waa that of the pretty ac-
treaa, Lilian Conway, eight or nine yean* ago, to
Mr. Charles Cambios, a well-known Philadelphia
■tock broker. He frequented tho theatre where slut
played, and finally aucceedid in coaxing her to taavo
the stage to be hi* wife. Now, it i* rumored, she
will once more appear before the footlights.
Daniel Frohman write* to a friend that ModJe*k*
waa inconsolable over the lo«a of tbe Siberian blood
hound, which committed suicide m the railroad
train near Easton, Peun„ and that through its death
he waa comp* !!- .! to purchase another dog at Chi
cago for llTfi. The owner of tbe dog that was killed
haa been offered $100 for ita akin.
Belle Boyd, the farnoua "Confederate Spy,” will
ahortly take the atage, aud appear as "Daisy
Brown” in “The Professor.” After the war ahe mar
ried Lieut. Harding, of the Federal navy, and with
him moved to Texan. Khe ha* two beautiful daugh
ters, aud, by the death of her husband, she has
been made responsible for their support.
Mra. Bugera, tbe cattle queen of Texas, inherited
from her first hi -band a herd of forty thousand
cattle. Thu widow managed the business, aud in
due time married a preacher twenty years younger
thsu herself, who had seven children. Khe attends
to her estate herself, ride* among the cowboys on
horseback. snd esu tell just what a promising steer
r cow is worth at any size or age.
It is not geuerallv known that Ben Magiuley, the
Tom Blossom" of "May Blossom," (and Georgia
Cayvan's delightful old dad, in the play) is one of
the best lone distance swimmers in the county. He
repeatedly applied for permission to dive from
Brooklyn bridge, aud has l»een repeatedly re
fused, although his friends feel confident that ho
could accomplish the fest successfully if he tried.
Pstti hss accepted an offer of £480 a night for a
series of ap)>earance* in Paris. Khe has also signed
a contract with Gye, securing her £450 a night for
the next London sea*ou. for an extended engage
ment. Mr. Gye pleads the current depression in
trade as a reason for lower receipts at tho theatres,
and ways that his financial prospects, in view of thin
condition of business, involve a reduction of tho
price which he has heretofore paid Mine. Patti.
General Schenck grows old. "I saw him yester
day," says one, writing from Washington; "he
seemed a thick, grizzled, grirajawed old man of
seventy. Kchenck was always plctnresnely un
couth. even in his prime. HU hay-colored hair, as
wiry s* a Scotch terrier’s: his small, half-cloned,
deep-net eyes and bulbous nose made him an un
couth figure at best. He is only a reminiscence
now, snd the fire of youth ban gone ont of the once
sturdy frame. Old age han added seams and
wrinkles to his homely features, and given him no
grace to compensate for them.”
For Ilroncliinl Asthmatic, and Pulmonary
Complaints, "Brown’s Bronchial Troches"
manifest remarkable curative properties. Sold on
ly in boxes.
Agents Wanted.
We want nn agent for the Weekly Tele-
oraph in every community in the South.
We will make Ktieli Arrangement* as will
enable any one to make money canvassing
or us. Write for terms to ngentH. w-tf.
DENTISTRY—DR. S. B. BARFIELD,
TUTTS
The marriage service allow sixteen wives
—four better, tour worse, tour richer, four
poorer. Ouch!—Evansville Arnos.
Newark highwaymen prefer leatl pipe to
a saml-bag when they rob their victims, 80
Joes a plumber.—New York Jonrnnl.
Overheard in the park: Irishman:—
Sure, an’ wouldn't wan o' tliiiu hear skins
make a foine buffalo robe.”—Rambler.
A New Jersey farmer has a tame mosquito
that weighs six pounds. It is perfectly
gentle and eats with the cata.—Tue Rum
bier.
It isn't considered in good form for a Ran
Francisco engine company to turn out when
a Chinaman’s house is on fire.—Boston
Post.
Ram Jones says he had rather his daugh
ter would lie “rattlesnake-bit than societv-
liit." The lattet i* the moat lingering death.
—Hartford l'ost.
One grain of wheat nt Pnget Round pro
duced 966 kernels. This is more prolific in
kernels than a Georgia political campaign.
—Lowell Citizen.
Two Chinamen killed a white man in
Idaho and are now in jail. They will "go"
just as soon ns the hoys get in from the
mine. —Chicago Herald.
An exchange heads one of its columns
Men and Things." The women ought to
25
YEARS IN USE.
melted, should be rubbed with the flour
the same os the pie crust.
hominy uurriN*.
A tcacupful of boiling water poured npon
two tablcspoonfuls of uncooked hominy.
Rimmer fifteen minutes; add a cup and a
half of boiling milk and a cupful of white
Indinn or comment When eool add two
well beaten egg*, two takleapoonfnl i of su
gar, salt anil a lenspoouftil of baking pow
der. Pour into the' muffin linns, whiehhave
been previously heated and buttered, und
hake fifteen mmntes.
SALMON OBAT1NO.
One coffee cup of cold lioiled salmon,
half a cupful of cold drawn hotter, pepper
and salt, tine bread crumbs. Pull the co’d
salmon into flakes with a fork; mix with
this tlie cold drawn butter, pepper and salt;
fill with the mixture the little earthen dishes
that come for cooking eggs sur f, plat, cover
with fine bread crumbs and brown in the
oven.
TO MAKE A GOOD OTSTIR PIE.
If the oyster cooks as long as the emst
does they are overdone. If the pie is baked
first and filled in afterward, then the blend
ed richness of the oyster and noth r crust
is lost To get the true flavor of tbe pie
the thickened liquor should he put inside
of the pie before it is baked. No amount
of cooking will hurt the
the oysten have been
liquor before it is pnt
blanckod and chopped 'small, bnt not * ot ® 0Te '[*‘l bowl, the upper crust
- • jnj,, dissolved in °**y be lifted when the pie is done, nnd
ot Kinger ana ot sotln, and hull a ten- rise in anna iu indignation at being called
nful of wilt. Tbe loril, iiutcailof being by hucU a umue.—Evansville Argus.
A silk blanket for a respectable New York
poodle costa $10, What a pity it it that the
owner of the poodle cannot go to a store
and liny some brains.—Texas Riflings.
Jay Gonld gave np whisky twenty-five
years ago, since which time he kns made
$50,000,000. Rome men sacrifice every
thing for money.— Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.
The man who finds it difficult to negotiate
the loan ot n dime will not readily believe
that $2,709,060 was put into circulation
odist church. X- remains were then I ( tick, not larger than yonr little Anger, slip-
turned over to the Masons, who then pro- ping it out carefully when the cake takes
eaedad to perform their usual ceremonies
ie grave. Mr. Watson had been in onr
only a year or two, but had thus sariy
confidence and esteem of all
at the
dty
gamed the
who knew him.
Tbe young man who imprinted a respect
ful kiss on the fair forehead of fail beat gill,
t ild bis friend next day that be bad been
i..nin .a bang-up time.—8omerriUeJo*m»l|
Rix eggs; one pint of flour; two ounces
meited batter; one and one-half enpu pow
dered sngar; one cap milk; one teaspoonful
nutmeg. Beat whites and yelks separately
nnd very stiff, mb the sngar and batter to
gether, and work in first the yelks, then the
milk, then the flour and whites. Bake in
well battered wafer or waffie-irona, rent
quickly, browning aa little as possible. Roll
them while hot upon a smooth, round
ping it ont carefully wb
thn right shape. These little cake* are an
ileodditi
acceptable addition to any tea or supper
table, and look well among fancy cakes in a
basket.
■NOW DBOFS.
One cup of butter; two cups of sugar;
whites of Sea eggs; one small cup of milk;
three full cups prejured flour; flavor with
vanilla and nutmeg. Baku in small, round
they can be put in at the last minute, be
fore senring, gttting their sufficient heating
in the boiling liquor on their way to the
table. Even better than lifting the crust is
to lift “the rose,” the large ornament of
pastry which fills the center of the upper
crust, and put the oysters in the aperture.
If this ornament is carefully put into the
center of the upper crust before baking
there will lie no difficulty in raising it from
the pie. Mace, a few whole peppers and
the came thickening of flour and Imtter
that you may make drawn butter of, is pnt
into the liquor when it fits, goes into the
pie. By this means yon avoid tbe 'ough
and almost tasteless filling of tbe dish usu
ally served by that name.
The Carolines Attalr.
Madrid, October 23.—The populace an
becoming incensed at the reticence of tin
government respecting the negotiations oi
the Carolines question, and fears of tn ont
break sre entertained. The German lega
tion is strongly guarded to prevent a repe
tition of tbe recent outrage.
ThrouaL Another Week,
There is a Sodded loctlsatlea uoa the pat of the
•thlLBom at the Wait (sir to have U eoottsned
thrtmsh another week. Tbs axhlMton of cattle tad
^TaT^n".^^ _
leiseteJ la Uw matter to errant* to have the fair
roottaaed thnmrU at leaet tr.ree Jay* of nett weelr.
If they encceeil Joe announcement of the fact a ill
The Greatest Medical Trinmph of the Age!
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Ijnsaofnppctltc* iiowrlacontivc t l*aiu In
tho head, with a thill oennntlon In the
bnck part* i'nln under thu nhoulder-
bladc* Fullness after eating, with ndln-
iitt ’.iii.iiioii to twei thin ol Itody or mind.
Irritability of temper* Low npirlfn. with
nfcclinttof having neglected notuo duty*
\Vc*riiien*, DltzInMif Fluttering nt the
Heart. Dot* before tho eyes, Hcrtduche
over tho right eye. Ilcstlcnsncss* with
fitful dream*. Hishly colored Liiue, aud
CONSTIPATION.
TUTT’S PlLIsflaro especially adapted
to such case*, ono <1om effect* such a
clmnffo of feeling as to astonish the sufferer.
They Increase the A pnctltc.nml cause tho
body to Tnko on I’lrwij, tim* tho system U
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flre: l. rrlfojl;i”. I I >1 litT* v M.
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Renovate* tho body, makea h-.ilthv ilesh.
strengthens the weak, repair* tbe waatea of
the ayatern with pure blood and hard muacle;
tone* the nenrotta system, invigorate* tho
train, and imparts the vigor or manhood.
Bl* Sold by dnuniat*.
OFFK'F I l *n n rray St., New York.
that 92. <09,000 waa put mto circulation
(luring September. —FitUburg Chronicle-
Telegraph.
Lieutenant Rchwatka nnd Engineer Mel
ville are again laying their plans to find the
North Pole. It would be easier for them
and less expensive to go to bed and blow
tbe gas out.—8t. Paul Globe.
The American Bar Association has discov
ered. after careful investigation and diligent
research, that the law’s delay is mainly the
fault of the lawyers. We sorter inspected
as much.—Boston Transcript.
An exchange says that in the lottery of
life the dentist is always something. Yes;
and as in all other lotteries, there is always
something rotten in connection with his
drawing.—Norristown Herald.
A Pagis letter says the rage in city at pres
ent is “to be mamed at midnight.” The
mania should be discouraged. When a
young woman gets married she should have
her eyes wide open, which is seldom the
case st midnight.—Norristown Herald.
Charley Chart reuse—Your question puz
zles os. Yon tsk: "What is the proper
coarse for a young man, who, while eating
oysten in a saloon with a young bulr,
suddenly find* that he haa a questionable
oyster in bis month?" We sbonld say that
the most expedient plan would be to coll
the young tally’s attention to the ceiling,
ami then extract tbe oyster and throw it at
the waiter.—Rambler.
ABOUT HIM AND HER.
Valuable and Convenient.
Bron’e BiunebUI Troche* ere a eefe end eon
, eouks. tad otter trembles
OoTl ooly la bozee. Price
Elizabeth Cedy Ktautoa bis turned her eeven-
tteih birthday.
Mas o’Belly, the author, is coming to tbe Doited
State#, to tenuis two yean.
Lord Randolph Churchill la making lane pur
ehaeee of high-tying hone*. ^
-Josh Billing*" won hi* hair long, not for liter
ary affectation, bu. to bide e phyetoddefSet
WWhlt*. Of the Kesneb ie now proprie
tor of Tom Tbomb’e old home In CoosectkA
William D. Howell#’ new collection of old po
em# 1? arid to be abnoet ready for the pobltaker.
Mra. Mat-hay will not Uva tn Pari* during tbe
wtatar. se wm reported, tail will go to London for
Mr. Langtry ta living quietly, near Belfast, on tbe
annuity watch bin wife allow* him *o long a* be
Mai’s away from her.
The late Ear! of Bhafleatatry. who afterwards
!r^-r.fhfii& u ^“‘
Padre Olacomo. t> whom before dylae tbe
Cower favour addreeeed bin "Father, a free cksreb
ta'S free St-died st Turin a few dgya since.
Sarah .tithes Hi I Hharuo la atojylu for the
2T: ■» Ptattn. Is "The Me*
chan I of Venice, tee ie to receive 14.0*0 /or a
week's engagement m Ban Praadace.
Col. R M Hoe, senior member of the Hoe Preee
Company, has been flatting Mr. A. 8. Abell of tho
s. s. s.
Scrofula and Lun;
Relieved.
I am now 46 old and have suffered tor the
lttt Aftoon year* witli«lung trouble, tfeverel mem
bers of my family on my mother's aide of the house
tediUftd with consumption. »ud the doctor* were
•11 Agreed In their opinion that I had consumption
also. I bad all the (lentreMing symptom* of that
terrible disease. I bare sprat thousand* of dollar*
to arrest the march of this disease; lhareemployed
all of tbe usual methods, not only In my own cast,
but in the treatment of other members ot my fami
ly. but temporary relief was all that I obtained. I
was unfit for any manual labor for several years.
“- chance I came Into possession of a pamphlet on
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pains or weakness felt in my longs. I do the hard
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Montgomery, Ala., June 35, IMS.
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