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ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 15, 182.
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i'la fating Keans.
A few days siuea as a reporter for the
Free Press was listening to an anecdote
that that inimitable story-teller, Bill
Matson, was narratiug, a voice broke in
with:
"Why don't yon tell him about the
beans, Bill?'
Matron looked up, and so did the re
porter. Within a few feet of them stood
a tall, bronzed, bearded stranger, with
the air and appearance of a man who had
seen much of tbe world, and had battled
with it successfully.' It needed no in
troduction to inform the beholder that
the stranger was from the fur West. Mat
son looked at him intently for a moment.
ana then, with a twinkle in his eye, ex-
- claimed:
"Stranger, there ain't but one feller in
the country, that I knows on, who's any
bizness to know anything about that
bean story, and tnat's Joe Brown, and
the last I heard of him he was in jail for
stealin' a mule."
"You appear to have retained that won
derful veneration for the truth which dis
tinguished vou from other bovs, Bill,"
said the stranger. laughing and extend
ing his hand. "Bill, old playmate, how
are vou?
"Sassier than a tarrier pup, Joe. and
able to take mv corn juice reg'lar. How's
yerself?"
Hand shaking ana mutual inquiries
as to worldly success followed, and
then Bill, addressing the reporter, said:
"Yer see. Joe, here, and me was cubs
iogether, his dad's farm and my old
- man's stump lot j'inin', and many's the
jacket warmin' he and I's taken 'bout the
tame time o day. It s alwaj's been a
question in my mina whether oie man
Brown or my old dad could handle a
beech withe in the most painful manner
Either one on 'em could satisfy any boy
I ever got acquainted with. Well, Joe
here once helped me to deserve the
darudest lickin' ever a boy got, an' von
bet that everything in the lickin' line
that we deserved we got. When the ole
man died, I never heerd any of the boys
complain that he haa gone on owin em
anythin' in the way of thrashings.
ler see, twas down rast we was
brought up, and in them days there used
to be a June trainin'. The old man used
ter ero every vear. and come home
tighter'n a brick on New England rum
and merlasses. Me an' tlfeold man had
been a-bluntin corn for a week and
finished it the night afore rainin' day,
and I went ter bed thinkm "what great
times me and Joe would have down to
ther village next day seein' the soldiers
I was up mightv early in the mornin'
you bet, and had all the chores done
afore dad was up. After breakfast the
old man went up into the corn chamber
over the woodshed, and came down with
a peck measure most full of white beans.
" 'Bill,' sez he, ','3011 ve been a purty
good boy lately, aid I m goin to let you
go o their trainin bimeby.
"Then he led the way out to the north
end of the house where we had about an
acre plowed and harrowed, and told me
to go platin' beans, 'and, said the old
man. 'be sureyou don't put over four or
five beans in a hill, William, sartainly
not more than Ave!
"Then, the old man starts for town,
and you ought to see me make the dirt
fly. It was tarnal hot. and purty sosn
the sweat was a-rnnnin onuu me in
streams. It was right early when I be
gun, ana 1 plantea a right smart piece
when, bout nine o clock, Joe, here, come
alone.
"Ili! Bill!' sez he, a-hollerin from
the road, 'ain't you a-goin to trainin'?'
' 'Yes, sez I, 'jest as soon'sl git these
tarnal ocans planted, and away went
Joe, and I pitched in ag'in and slammed
the pesky beans inter the ground as fast
as I could.
"Bimebj-, 'bout 10 o'clock, sqneak-it-a-squeak.went
the fifes down to the vil
lage, and rub-a-dub went the base drum.
Human natur couldn't stand that. Down
went my hoe and I was half-way through
the orchard in a jiffy. Then I thought
about them beans and the beech withe,
and I walked back and looked in the
peek measure. Hanged if there warn't
more .1 eaus in it than there was when I
commer ced plantin'.
"Just then the devil took a hand in.
Bight there was a old, holler oak stump,
and quicker'n you could say Samanthy
Jones, them beans was inter that stump
with a whole lot of dirt on top of 'em.
Then I chucked the hoe and peck mea
sure into the shd, and away I went to
the village a-kitin'. Y'ou bet I didn't
'low the old man to get his eyes on me
till arternoon. Then he seed me and sez
he, 'Bill, did you plant all them beans?"
" 'Yes, dad sez I.
" 'Bill, didn't yon put more'n five in a
hill?' sez he.
" 'Jest five, dad!' sez T.
"Then the old man gave me a quarter,
one of them old-fashioned Spanish
quarters with pillars onto them, and sez
her Bill,jest you go and git some ginger
bread and have a good time, but be sure
and go home in time to milk afore dark.'
"The next mornin' the old man and I
went out to plant the rest of the bean
2atch, and I was a-tremblin'you bet! but
he merely said somethin' about them
, beans not a-plantin' asj far as he thought
they would, and went to work. Of coarse
I had to tell Joe, here, how I'd come it
on the old man, and we laffed at it.
"One rainy day, 'long in hayin' time,
the old man came inter the house, and
sez he, 'William, come out here; I want
you!' Now when dad called me 'Wil
liam, I knowed there was trouble a- foot
so 's I follered him out I set to thinkin'
what partic'iar kind of mischief I'd a
been up to lately, and about how much
of a tannin' I was likely to get, but I'd
been so busy a-workin that I'd neglected
my monkey-shines for some time, and
couldn't think of nothin' that was worth
much of a lickin', so I follered the old
man kind of happy like. He went
straight out through ther woodshed
and started into . the beau
patch, Tfa-taggin'- along behind.
Purty soon lie stopped right aside of
stump andnjeked tiii a bran' new beech
gad about jrfour feet long that he'd
been out and cut forj that partic'iar oc
casion.
"WTell, boys, what do yer suppose was
up? Beana was up; j more'n a million of
'em. I hrflpo to never have a fun'ral if
that thar old holler 'stump didu't look
like a I-vrvgin "baket of runniu ivy
Such a loc of bean vines as come out of
the top on't. and hnnsr down most to the
ground on all sides on't you never seed
in yer life. I
"'What's them, .William?' sez ho, a
tightenin' up his grip on the butt end o
the gad. i
" 'Look like beans, father, sez T, be-
ginnin to feel as if I'd got the ager.
"'Bout that time the beech began to
circulate 'round, and boys, I've hated
the sight of beans ever since. For more'n
a week I found it convenient to sleep on
ray face, and eat my vittals a-standm up
Boy 8, let us go over to Schneider's and
set a erlass of somethin' to take the
taste of beans out of i our mouths, and
kinder change the subject."- J Detroit
l ree Press. j
Suddenly Turning Uray.
btaii-fcurcreon 1'arrv. while serving in
India during the mutiny, saw a strange
sight. Among the prisoners taken in a
skirmish at Chamda was a sepoy of the
Bengal army. He was brought before
the authorities, and put to the question.
Fully alive to his position, the Bengalee
stood almost stupefied with fear,
trembling greatly, with horror and de
spair plainly depicted on his counten
ance. While the examination was pro
ceeding, the by-standers were startled by
the sergeant in charge of the prisoner
exclaiming, "He is turning gray!" All
eyes were turned on the unfortunate
man, watching with wondering interest
the change coming Upon his splendid,
glossy, jet-black locks. In half an hour
they were of a uniform grayish hue.
Some years ago a young lady, who
was anxiously awaiting the coming of
her husband elect, received a letter con
veying the sad tidings of his shipwreck
and death. She instantly fell to the
ground insensible, and so remained for
five hours. On the following morning
her sister saw that her hair, which had
been previously of a rich brown color,
had become as white as a cambric hand
kerchief, her eyebrows and eyelashes re
taining their natural color. After a
while the whitened hair fell off, and was
succeeded by a new j growth of gray.
This case coming under the observation
of Dr. Erasmus Wilson, shattered his
unbelief in the possibility of the sud
cen conversion of the j hair from a dark
aoior 10 suow-wnite.i io man Knows
moiV about the hair than Dr. Wilson;
but he is at a loss to explain the pheno
menon quite to his j own satisfaction.
"If," savs he, "it be established that the
hair is susceptible of permeation by flu
ids derived from j the blood a
transmission ot fluids from the
blood-vessels of the skin into
the subtance of the hair really
occurs, the quantity and nature beiug
modified by the peculiarity of constitu
tion or state of health" of the individual
it follows that such fluids, being altered
in their chemical qualities, may possess
the power of impressing new conditions
on the structure into . which they enter
Thus, if they contain ah excess of salts of
lime, they mav deposit! salts of lime in
the tissue of the hair, and so produce
change in its appearance from dark to
gray." Then he tells us: "The phenom
enon may be the result; of electric action;
it may be the consequence of chemical
alteration wrought in the very blood
itself, or it may be a conversion for
which the tissue of the hair is chiefly
responsible." So many "may-bes" from
such an authority prove that the mystery
ot the suaaen whitening oti the hair is
yet unsolved. It is likely to remain
unsolved, since the doctor more modest
than many of his brethren owns that
"the mvsteries of vital chemistry are
unknown to man." fPopnlar Science
Monthly for August. I
Benefit of Langoter.
Probably there i3 not the remotest cor
ner or little inlet of the minute blood
vessels (life vessels) of the body that
does not feel some wavelet from that
great convulsion (hearty laughter) shak
ing the central man. The Olooct moves
more lively probably its chemical, elec
tric, or vital condition 13 distinctly modi
fied it conveys a different impression
to all the organs of the body as it visits
them on that particular mystic journey,
when the man is laughing, from what it
does at other times. And so, we doubt
not, a good laugh may lengthen a man's
life, conveying a distinct stimulus to the
vital forces. And the -time may come
when physicians, attending more closely
than at present, unfortunately, they are
apt to do, to the innumerable subtile in
fluences which the soul exerts upon its
tenement of clay, shall proscribe to tor
pid patients so many "peals of laugh
ter, to be undergone at such and such a
time," just as they do now that far more
objectionable prescription, a pill or an
electric or galvanic shock; and shall
study the best and most effective method
of producing the required effect in each
patient. f Good Health.
An attempt is to be made to run loco
motives or rather trains through the St.
Gothard tunnel by means of electricity.
At present the product of combustion
ieic in tue tunnel maKes travel very un
comfortable. A Sharpsburg, Penn., man, who used
the telephone during a recent storm, is
now at his home recovering from the
shock, which caught him on the ear.
Mmtaphdj The Hunchback.
The following story is a favorite one
among the Egyptians: Mustapha, an or
phau boy who had the misfortune to
have an" ill-shapen back, was called
Hunchback. His parents were poor,
and after they died he was left without I
any home or friends; bat a poor widow
pitied him, and took him to be her son.
When he grew up she sent him to Alex-
andria to sell some chickens. - But the
ignorant lad fell into the hands of bad
men, who stole his poultry and 'even took
awav a part of his clothes,. Poor Mus-1
tapha, finding himself robbed stood in
the streets, crying. A witty wag saw
him weeping, and having learned his
story, took him home, fed him and
clothed him again. He then gave him a
case of something he called a cosmetic.
A cosmetic is something to make the
hair grow. "Take this," said the wag,
'and go home to your village and sell it.
Tell the people it will make both their
beards and their wits to increase. The
money you get for it you may keep for
yourself and for yonr poor mother."
Mustapha thanked hie friend, and, de
parting with the case, returned to his
the case, returned to
village, where he announced what he had
for sale before the whole assembled pop-
ulatiou. To his surprise, they all burst
out laughing, and made fun of him. He
returned desponding to his adopted
mother's house, and the world was black
before him: but presently the sheikh sent
privately to buy a small packet; and then
the barber; and then the tobacco seller;
and then the coffee-house keeper all in
private. In fact, before the evening,
the whole of his merchandize was sold;
and every man in the village went to bed
with his chin steeped in the cosmetic,
each believing that both his beard and
his wisdom would have doubled in length
next morniDg.
I wish I could reproduce the panto
mine by which the morning scene was
described; the snorings, the grunts, the
yawns, the impatience for the dawn; for
it attpears all the patients had been
ordered to keep their jaws carefully
wrapped up antil daylight. At length
the wished -for moment arrived.
Then they all rose up, and hastily
taking off the cloths, which had nearly
stifled them, found that their beards
came off likewise! They clapped their
hands to their chins, and felt them to be
as smooth as their knees; they, jogged
their wives, and were greeted by screams
of. laughter; they ran out into the streets,
and learned the truth, that the whole
population had been rendered beardless
by ointment which the wag had given to
Mustapha. As all were equally ilnfor-
tunate, all laughed; but they resolved to
punish; the unlucky hunchback. He was
called before the sheikh, where the elders
of the village had assembled; and when
he saw the circle of smooth faces, he
could not help giggling.
"He laugheth, because he hath defiled
our bearus, exclaimed the conclave.
"It is necessary to put him to death, Wc
are all friends here; let us thrust him
into a bag, carry him to the i river, and
throw him in, so that no more may be
heard of him."
This idea was unanimously accepted;
and Mustapha was carried away in a sack,
across an ass's back, toward the river.
About noon, his guards stopped to rest.
and, lying down, fell asleep, leaving the
hunchback still iu his sack. Now it
happened that an old man, bent nearly
two-double, came driving by an immense
flook of sheep; and seeiDg these people
asleep, and a sack standing up in the
middle, was moved by curiosity to draw
near it.
Mustapha had managed to open it a
little, and to lookout w ith one eye; which
observing, the old shepherd marveled,
saying: "A bag with an eye did I never
see before."
He demanded, in a low voice, what
was the meaning of this. The eye be
came a mouth, and re2lied: "I am the
unfortunate Mustapha, whom these peo
ple are taking by force to marry the Sul
tan's daughte r."
"What!" said the old man, who had
married thirty-three wives in the course
of his life; ' and dust thou repine at such
good fortune?"
"So much, that I would give all I pos
sess to find a substitute."
"Would not " I do perfectly well?"
quoth the shepherd. "I am not very
old; I have two teeth left, and one of my
eyes is good enough; but they would not
tal e me in exchange."
"Oh, yes, wallah, they would, if you
called yourself Mustapha; it appeareth
that the name is fortunate, and I have
been chosen only on this account. Untie
the bag and let me out."
The shepherd, whoso hands trembled
from age and excitement, liberated Mus
tapha, made him a present of his flock.
and bade him tie the bag very tightly.
least the change should be discovered.
The hunchback did as he was desired,
and hastened to retire with his sheep.
Meanwhile, the villagers, wakinct up.
threw their prisoner again upon the ass,
aud proceeding on their journey, plunged
tue poor old man into the river, just as
he was dreaming with delight of his first
interview with the Sultan's daughter:
how he would smile and look pleasant.
and how she would bid him be of cood
cheer.
Some ministers are like
pattnt medio
how to cure
fines they tell everybody
the freckles on their faces
their own faces are disfigured,
medicine may be good i. e.. for
while
The
others
them-
but they don't like to take it
selves.
We have
come across an exnression
which ought to be perpetuated. An old
stage driver, when speaking of those
bank defaulters and other rogues who
were once members in good standing of
some church, called them "ex-praying
men."
J
k lover's Unsuccessful Kugr.
A story about which there is a fascina
tion which it is impossible to resist when
you hear men tell it is that of the "Home
of Oold. Somewhere in southwestern
New Mexico, in the Sierra Madre, it is
s&ia tnere is a wonaeriui valley. maii,
enclosed in high rocky walls and accessi
ble only by a secret passage, which is
known to but few, is this extraordinary
place.. It is about ten acres in extent,
has running through it a stream, which
waters it thoroughly and makes it a per
fect paradise, with its exquisite flowers
and beautiful trees. In it are thousands
of birds of the most beautiful plumage.
Running across it is a ledge of pure gold
about thirty feet wide, which glistens in
the sunlight like a great golden bolt.
The stream crosses this ledge, and, as it
runs, murmurs around blocks of yellow
metal as other streams do around peb
bles. The ledge of gold is supposed to
be solid gold and to run down into the
center of the earth. The legend is of
Indian origin and around it cluster a
number of Indian stories, in which the
name of the ill-fated Montezuma occurs
frequently. The descendants of the
I Aztecs believe firmly that the day will
come when Montezuma will
return and free them from tha
dominion of the descendants of
the Conquestadores. They believe
that the money necessary for this work
will be taken from the Madre d'Oro. The
secret of the ep trance into, the valley is
carefully guarded by a tribe of Indians
living near it, and among them it is
only communicated to the oldest men,
amid the solemn ceremonies of the medi
cine lodge. " Having such a story to
work upon there is little wonder that
the vivid imagination of the Mexicans
should have built upon it tales of men
who have found this wonderful place.
One is that a certain Jose Alvaraz, while
wandering through the mountains in
search of game, saw the valley from the
top of the wall. Finding that h9 could
not hope to enter by climbing down, he
took his abode with the Indians who
guard the canyon leading into it. The
daughter of the chief fell iu love with
him and betrayed the secret to him. Ex
actly how she found it out they do not
tell. Having been shown the entrance,
Jose went in and would possibly have
gotten away with some of the gold had
he not weighed himself down to such an
extent that he could not get up the de
clivity at the end of the passage. He
was discolored and the Indians sacri
ficed bim on the golden ledge with all
the terrible ceremonies of the old Aztec
religion. She, in despair at losing him,
threw herself from the high walls into
the valley below. Hundreds of prospec
tors have spent months of toil to find the
Madre d'Oro, but, it is scarcely necessa
ry to say, without, success. Las Cru-
zes Republican.
Only the Manager.
At a station on one of the railroads
leading out of Detroit, the train had ar
rived and departed the other day, when
the station agent, who had been in the
place about three weeks, and was looking
for a call every hour to come to JJetroit
and take charge of the line, was ap
proached by a quick, well-dres3od man
smoking a cigar, who asked:
"Keep you pretty busy here ?"
"Yum," was the jerky reply.
"Business on the increase?"
"Yum." again.
"Do you run this station ?" asked the
auiet man. after takinc: a turn on the
platform.
"Nobody else runs it!" growled the
acrent. "Have you eot a patent car-
coupler?"
"Oh, no."
"Want special freight rates, I sup
pose?"
VNo.sir."
"I don't give you passes."
"I don't want any."
"Waiting for the next train ?"
"Not particularly."
"Want to charter a car?"
"No."
The agent left him on the platform
and entered his office and busied him
self -for half an hour, when the quiet
man looked in on him and asked:
"What's the salary of a position like
this?" " r
"That's my business," was the prompt
reply.
"What's the income front this sta
tion?" "Ask the baggageman."
"Your name is -, isn't it?"
"Suppose it is?"
"Oh, nothing muchonly I'm the gen
eral manager ot the line, and I'd like to
exchange cards with you!" Detroit
Free Press.
A Fable.
One day, while an old goose sat
fanning herself on the side porch, along
came a fox who was lame and dirty and
badly knocked about. Trying to look aa
humble as he could, and throwing all
possible pathos intoi his voice, he be
gan: "Madam, for heaven's sake take pity
on me!"
"La, sakes! but what a distressed ob
ject you are!" she replied with swelling
heart.
"I am lame and hungry and desire re
lief," continued the fox.
"And you shall have it, my dear ani
mal. Mr. Goose has worked hard all his
days, and has managed to get a few dol
lars ahead. It is my duty, therefore, to
divide with you. I shall not ask for
your past. You may have been a lazy
loafer all your life, but that is nothing to
me. Yon may have received that lame
foot and black eye, while trying to
enter some farmer's hen-roost, but that
is none of my business. Charity says I
must succor you."
"Yes'm." ..
"It is,! however, my duty to hope that
you desire to be good.'
"Oh, yes."
"And that you will begin now to think
seriously of the future?"
"You 'bet I will."
Then she took him in and gave him a
square meal and bound up his hurts, and
presented him with a shilling testament
and sent j him on his way with:
"Remember that charity is the great
eat of all! virtues."
'Just so," said the Fox.as heArl out.
The words made a deep impression on
his mind, and as he passed the hen-roost
he came to a halt and remarked:
"By hard work and plenty ot cheek I
have discovered a coop full of fat-hens.
Over in the swamp are" dozens of poor
Foxes who are obliged ,at Rabbit for
want cf something b5?r. Charity com
pels me to give thifr'thing away."
That night the coop was raided and the
poultry devoured, and as the last leg
disappeared, the old Fox who had
worked hp the job, was heard saying:
"Chicken covereth a multitude of sins."
j MORAL.
He who strikes a beggar with a club in
place of a: cold dinner will hit the place
oftener than he misses it. f Detroit Press.
Pigeon Shooting.
It is no
t generally known
that pigeon
and that for
shooting
is due to Spain.
more than two centuries this miserable
slaughter! of tame birds has been in
vogue in that benighted country. Pigeon
shooting is not a sport, for, as the word
is understood, sport means something
where endurance is called into play. The
birds in a! great many matches are sub
jected to a great deal of cruelty. It is a
well-known fact that pigeons are doc
tored on certain occasions to meet "the
requirements of the so-called sportsmen.
To make a bird turn to the right the left
eye is put out, or to cause an nnsteady
flight half, the tail feathers or portions of
the pinions are plucked. The greatest
rascality takes place in pigeon matches,
which the knowing ones take advantage
of. In Epgland some years ago ladies
were sometimes present at pigeon
matches, but of late public opinion has
been so strong that they have been
shamed out of witnessing such cruel
ties. Ratj catching as au amusement
is coarse and degrading enough, but if a
comparison be possible between it and
pigeon-shooting; the first is by far tho
nobler sport, for though the man sets on
the dog to'cAteb, the -vermin, in- pigeou
shooting it is the man and not the dog
that undertakes the business. A bill to
put a stop j to pigeon-shooting in Great
Britain is to be presented to Parliament
by Mr. Anderson, and consists of two
provisions; In the Cruelty to Animals
Prevention act, Mr. Anderson wishes
that the word animal should "mean and
include any vertebrate animals, whether
of domestic or wild nature, kept in con
finement or captivity," and that in the
definition of cruelty, "the shooting of
birds liberated from any trap or other
contrivance or from the hand" should be
included. I When the skill of the marks
man with his hammerles3guncan be con
olusively shown by the shattering of
glass balls jor clay pigeons, why should
people who assume to understand the
decencies of life wish to inflict death and
torture on poor .birds? Can there be
any pleasure in going to a coop full of
pigeons and cutting the throats of the
birds? Such a nasty business is dele
gated to the poultry man, who is paid
for his trouble. r. 1. Times.
Hie Little Boy who Lacked Faith.
"Pa," said a little boy, "what makes
people pray?
"Why, my son, they prav for they
pray for that is, they ask tho Lord to
save their souls."
"And if I pray will the Lord save mv
soul?" j
"ies, when you pray with faith your
prayers will be answered. ;
"How with faith?"
"Why, if you pray, believing at the
time that your prayer will be an
swered."
"But how can I pray . that wav if I
uon 1 Knowj 11
I knowed
that I could
get what I pray
for, then
I could be-
lieve that I would get it and could pray
with what uo you call it, pa?"
"Faith."
"Faith," repeated the child. "If I
was to believe that by praying for a goat
mat x couia get nim.ana he was to pray,
1 4 -V i ! .
would 1 get ;himr
"But
I want a goat, and if I was to
pray I'd have to pray for one. Pa, what
makes men groan when they prsy at
church?"
"They groan as a kind of amen."
"Do they ike to groan?"
"I don't know."
"Do you groan?"'
"Sometimes."
"Do you like to groan?"
xr t
"Then what makes you groau? Y'ou
don't have to, do you?"
"I'hat'Il do now, hush."
hush. Go on away now.' I d rather be
questioned by a prosecuting attorney."
I Detroit t ree Press.
On her wedding day an Indiana girl
wrote something.sealed it in an envelope
and gave it to an intimate friend. "If I
am alive six months from now," she said,
"give it back to me unopened. If I am
dead, read it.i" On the day that the half
year expired the bride committed sui
cide, and the inclosure was found to be a
statement that she expected no joy from
the marriage,! but was willing to give it
a iriai oeiore ueciamg to tage her own
life.
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MORSKLS OF GASTRONOMY.
Banana pie is now included among the
alleged delicacies of the season.
It is now the proper thing to see how
many fish can be served at one fish dinner.
So-called aesthetic youths at the seaside
make a breakfast of iced tea, fruits and
oatmeal.
Sheepshead, pompano, sea bass, red
snapper are now the fish in highest favor.
Woodcock is now in seaaonr jukI tastes
fine enough for any game-lover, whether
on toast or not.
There were eighteen courses and ten
wines at the dinner in Paris to open the '
Hotel de Ville.
Now tho epicure rises and says that
salt pork ruins any article of food with
which it is cooked.
Young duck, with apple sauce, would
seem to be a favorite course at Newport
dinner parties just now.
Some of our would-be epicures now
have Madeira with tho fish or what they
declare is Madeira.
Among the good soups of the hour
should not be forgotten puree of crab
and bisque of crawfish.
We used to call them chicken cro
quettes, but now on the menu they are
styled "croquettes de capon. . . -
Artificial mushroom sauce one gets at
some hotels and restaurants is a good
thing to let severely alone.
A niee and seasonable entree at this
time is chicken cutlets with freshly
picked "field mushrooms."
Deviled clams in the shell are a great
dish at Coney Island, where some of
the cooks know how to prepare it prop
erly. Wise people will let veal severely
alone, especially iu hot weather. To eat
of it in large or small quantities not only
means veal but woe.
Blackberries are vastly improved and
benefited by being covered with craoked
ice and powdered sugar for some little
time before being served.
Consomme stock is the foundation for
more than half the soups of different
names enumerated on the bill of fare at
European plan hotels and restaurants.
N. Y. Express.
USEFUL RECIPES.
To remove, ink stains from printed
bjtols procure a pennyworth, of oxalic
aCid,Vhich dissolve in a small quantity
of warm water; then slightly wet the
tain with it, when it will disappear.
Ready-Made Glue. A good glue ready
for use is made without the application
of heat by dissolving the glue in com
mon whisky instead of water. Both are
put together in a bottle, which is then
corked tight and allowed to stand for
three or four days. If prepared in this
way it will keep for years and always be
ready for use, except in extremely cold
weather when it will be necessary to set.
it in warm water before using. A strong
solution of ising'ass made in the same
manner is an excellent cement for leather.
An Excellent House Plant. Chinese
primrose is one of the best blooming
ing plants we can get in winter flower
both single and double varieties.
They require when growing, plenty of
moisture at the roots and shaded from
the direct rays of the sun. . When wa
tering, however, do not allow the water
to fall on the leaves, as it is liable to
cause them to rot. A soil suitable for
this plant is sandy loam and good mix
ture of leaf-mold and thoroughly rotted
manure. Do not put into too large pots
as the soil is apt to sour before the roots
pass through it sufficiently to use up the
moisture.
I A Strong and Handy Cement. One of
the strongest cements, and very readily
made, is obtained when equal quantities
of gutta percha and shellac are melted
together and well-stirred. This is best
done in an iron capsule placed on a sand .
bath, and heated either over a gas furnace
or on the top of a stove. It is a combi
nation possessing both hardness and
toughness, qualities that make it partic-
ularlv desirable in mendinc crookerv.
When this cement is used the articles to
be mended should bo warm d to about
the melting point of the mixture, and
then retained in proper position until
cool, when they are ready for use.
Kerosene Stains Upon A Floor. A cor
respondent writes from Pilot Mound,
Minn., that the breaking of a kerosene
lamp has caused a "frightful "spot" upon
the floor, and wishes to know how it c&n
be removed. Good kerosene has a boil
ing point of 880 degrees, considerably
above the melting of lard hence iu
order t drive it completely from any
fabric, from paper or from wood, it
must be heated high enough to form a
vapor, when, if pure, it may be com
pletely removed. Heat may be applied
to the floor by using flatirons sufficiently.
hof, first placing a piece of paper over
the spot. It may be that, after the oil is
driven from the surface by heat, the stain
will appear; some of the oil remaining in
the wood will be brought to the surface
In such, a case
repeat the opera-
stain appears. .
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Teachers in the public schools of
France are very seldom paid more than
So a week, and as the exrjense for sala
ries is a little over $15,000,000, the Min
ister of Publis Instruction refuses to
add to this amount and thus increase
taxation. .
A communication from Mr. W. Thom
as, of the Meteorological office, Sicily, '
narrates a curious disturbance of the sea
on the morning of July 13. Within half
an hour the water ebbed and flowed rap
idly about three feet. The "tidoM the
second and third time was not aa high as
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