THE LOST KISS.
I put by the half written poem,
While the pen, Idly trailed In my band,
Writes on, "Had I words to complete it,
Who'd read it, or who'd understand?"
But the little bare feet on the stairway,
The faint, smothered laugh in the hall.
And the eerie low lisp on the silence
Cry up to me over it all.
So I gather it up, where was broken
The tear faded thread of my theme,
Telling how, as at night I sat writing,
A fairy broke in on my dream
A little Inquisitive fairy
My own little girl, with gold
Of the sun in her hair, and the dewy
Blue eyes of the fairies of old.
Twas the dear little girl that I scolded,
"For was it a moment like this,"
I said, "when she knew I was busy,
To come romping in for a kiss?
Come rowdying .p from her mother,
And clamoring there at my knee
For 'one 'ittle kiss for my dolly
And one 'Ittle uzzer one for me?' "
God pity the heart that repelled her
And the cold hand that turned her
away,
And take from the lips that denied her,
This answerless prayer of today:
Take, Lord, from my memory forever
That pitiful sob of despair,
And the patter and trip of the little
bare feet,
And the one piercing cry on the stair!
I put by the half written poem,
While the pen, idly trailed in my hand.
Writes on, "Had I words to con plete II
Who'd read it or who'd understauu?"
But the little bare feet on the stairway.
The faint, smothered laugh in the hall,
And the eerie low lisp in the silence
Cry up to me over it all.
James Whitcomb Riley.
The Trout.
"Scholastique!"
Monsieur Sourdat!"
"Take the utmost pains in cooking
the trout short boil, white wine, pars
ley, thyme, laurel, oil and onions, in
full strength."
"Are you not afriad to use all the
herbs of St John, Monsieur?"
"No, and above all no vinegar, just
a sprinkling of lemon juice. Let the
cover be laid at half-past ten, and let
dinner be ready at eleven exactly, not
at five minutes past eleven. Do you
hear?"
After having uttered these injunc
tions to his cook, Judge Sourdat crossed
the chief street of Marville with alert
steps and gained the Palais de Justice,
which was situated back of the Sous
Prefecture. Judge Sourdat was about
forty-five years of age; very active,
notwithstanding a tendency to stout
ness; square of shoulders; short in
stature; with a squeaking voice and
a round, close-shaven bead; eyes grey,
clear and hard, under busy eyebrows;
a mouth closely shut, with thin and
irritable lips; browned cheeks sur
rounded with whiskers badly trimmed;
in fact, one of those mastiff faces of
which one says, "He can't be good
every day." And surely he was not
very kind, and he boasted of it A des
pot, he used harshly all of his little
realm In the Palais. Hard aa stone to
ward the guilty, rough with the wit
nesses, aggresive with advocates, he
was a veritable furnace who fanned
himself constantly into a glow. He
was feared like the fire, and he was
loved very little.
However, this man of iron had two
vulnerable sides. Firstly, he responded
to the pastoral name of Nemorln,
which exposed him to ridicule, and,
secondly, he was a gourmand, and gave
points to Brillat Savarin. His gas
tronomy, which was profound, had be
come a mania.
Living In a little, sleepy, narrow
city on the frontier of the Belgian Ar
dennes, where the pleasures of the
table constituted the only diversion of
the easy bourgmasters, the culinary
accomplishments of the judge were
quoted for ten leagues around. It was
said that he ate only fish caught at the
break of day, because the repose of
night and the absence of emotion ren
dered the flesh more delicate at that
time. It was he who imagined that to
plunge shell-fish into bojling milk, be
fore cooking them in their ordinary
dressing, gave them a richness and a
velvety flavor particularly exauisite.
On the day when he taught the latest
refinement to the priest of St Victor.
the latter, who was always carried
away by his appetite,, could not help
blushing; and raising his puffy hands
to heaven, he cried, VToo much! This
is too much. Judge Sourdat! Assur
edly it is permitted to taste with des-
cretion the good things which divine
providence nas provided, but such
sensuality as this borders upon mortal
bid, and you will have to render an
account for it to the good God."
To the scruples of the excellent
priest, the judge responded with a mis
anthropic laugh. It was one of bis
malign joys to expose his neighbors to
temptation, and this very morning the
priest was to breakfast with him, the
recorder being the only other guest,
Judge Sourdat had received, the even
ing before, a two-pound salmon trout
taken from the beautiful clear water
of the rocky Semois. It was bis fa
vorite fish, and had fully occupied the
first hours of his morning. He had
v demonstrated to the cook the superior
ity of a quick boil to the slow cooking
In Geneva or Holand sauce of the
books. The trout must be served cold.
and In the seasoning in which it was
cooked. This was with him a principle
as well as a dogma, as indispensable as
an article of the penal code. He con
tinued to repeat it to himself even
after he had clothed himself in his
robe and taken his seat, though he
was turning over the leaves of a doc
ument bearing upon an important case
now pending.
This was a criminal affair, the dram
atic details of which contrasted singu
larly with the epicurean speculations
which persisted in haunting the crnn
ium of Judge Sourdat
The case was thus: During the pres
ent week at sunrise, there had been
found in a thicket of the forest the
body of a game-keeper, who had evi
dently been assassinated and concealed
among the brambles of a ditch. It was
supposed that the crime had been com
mitted by some strolling poacher, but
up to tie present time there bad been
elicited no precise evidence, and the
witnesses examined had only made
the mystery deeper. The murder had
.. taken place near the frontier, where
charcoal burners were at work. The
suspicions of the judge had, therefore,
been directed toward them. The depo
sitions thus far had revealed that on
the night of the murder these people
had been absent from their shanty,
and the furniture had remained in the
care of a young daughter of the char
coal burner.
Nevertheless, Judge Sourdat had
given the order to re-examine one of
the men, a stolid boy of twenty, who
had once had a failing out with the
murdered guard; and the judge had
also cited the charcoal burner's duugh
ter to appear before him. Ju&t here
the affair commenced to be peculiar.
The girl had not responded 1o the
summons. She had evidently hidden.
no one knew where. The Judge had
been obliged to send a constable to
look her up, and he was now await
ing the result of the search.
Toward ten o'clock the door of bis
cabinet opened, framing the cocked
hat and yellow shoulder belt of the
constable.
'.'Eh! Well?" grunted the judge.
"Eh! Well, judge; I cannot find the
eirl. She has disappeared. I he cnar-
coal burners pretend utter ignorance."
"Pure acting!" irritably cried Judge
Sourdat "These people are mocking
you. You are but a stupid fellow at
best. Go,
The judge consulted his watch. The
business was at a studstill; the case
could not be called; and he wished to
irlva a galnce of oversight to the mat
ters of the dining room before the
arrival of his guests. He disrobed
himself and hurried home.
The pleasant dining room, brighten
ed by the June usnshine, presented a
most attractive aspect with its white
wood-work; its grey curtains; its high
stove of blue faience with its marble
top; and its round table covered with
a dazzling white linen cloth, upon
which were .placed three covers, ar
tistically trimmed. The little rollls of
white bread rested tenderly upon the
bright red napkins. The rosy wine of
Inon sparkled in the caraffes. Flanked
on the right with the lettuce salad, j
ornamented with nasturtiums, on the
left by a cluster of shell-fish from the
Meuse, the trout was extended in a
platter engirdled with parsley. Its
silvery belly showed delicate red spots.
Its blue back, cut transversely, re
vealed its rich salmon color, and it
held a full blown rose in its mouth.
By its side a, bowl of court-bouillon
was just taking a chill, and exhaling
abroad a fine odor of thyme which
rejoiced the nostrils.
This spectacle softened the 111 humor
of the judge, and be was calming, little
by little, while laying upon the silver
salver a dusty bottle of old Croton,
when the hall door opened violently
and he heard in the vestibule a girl's
voice which cried, "I tell you I wish
to speak to the judge. He expects me."
At the same time a half naked arm
made the recorder, Touchboef spin
through the open door. He had just
arrived, being one of the invited guests.
A strange visitor was ushered by him
into the dining hall. It was a young
girl, almost a child, thin and brown,
with uncovered head and with her
streaming In the wind. Her stocking-
less feet were thrust into men s boots;.
a grey blouse and a skirt of blue cot
ton formed her sole attire; her gentle
brown eyes were sparkling under the
uncombed tangles of her chestnut hair;
her nostrils were dilating and her part
ed Hps trembled.
"What does all this racket mean?"
growled the judge, scowling.
"It is the little charcoal burner,"
responded the recorder, Touchboef.
"She arrived at the Palais just after
you left, and she has followed me as
far as here in a wild state of excite
ment, in order that you may take her
deposition."
"Eh!" groaned the Judge. "You are j
in a great hurry, my girl, after keep
ing me waiting three days. Why did
you not come sooner?"
"I had my reasons," she said, casting
hungry eyes upon the table.
"We can better appreciate your rea
sons later," replied tne judge, furious
at the Interruption. "Meanwhile we
can listen to your report"
He drew out his watch. It was a
quarter to eleven.
"Yes, we have time, Touchboeuf. You
will find at your side all that is nec
essary for writing. We will question
her."
The notary seated himself at the
writing table with his paper and ink
stand, and his pen behind his car,
waiting. Tli judge, sitting squarely
in a cane-seated arm chair, fixed his
clear, hard eyes upon the girl, who re
mained standing near the stove.
"Your Yanie?" he demanded.
"Mellne Saeael."
Your age and residence?"
"Sixteen years. I live with my fath
er, who burns charcoal at the clearing
of Onze-Fontaines."
"You swear to tell all the truth?"
"I came only for that",
"Raise your right hand. You were
near your home on the aight when the
guard Seurrot was murdered. Relate
all that you know."
"This is what I know. Our folks had
set out to go with the charcoal to
Stenay. I watched near the furnace.
Toward one o'clock, at a moment when
the moon was hidden, Manchln, who Is
a wood cutter of Ire, passed before our
lodge. 'See me! Am I not watching
at an early hour?' I cried. 'How goes
all at your home? All well?'
"'No, he answered. 'The mother
has a fever, and the children are al
most dying with hunger. There is not
a mouthful of bread in the house, and
I am trying to kill a rabbit to sell
at Marville.' That is on the other side
of Onze-Fontaine. I lost sight of him
then, but at daybreak I heard the re
port of a gun. The wind had fresh
ened, and I was Just clearing the ashes
to shield the charcoal. Then, imme
diately after, two men came running
toward our lodge. They were disput
ing. 'Scoundrel!' cried the guard, 'I
arrest you.'
"'Seurrot,' cried the other, T pray
you lei me nave tne rabbit for they
are dying of hunger at my home.'
"'Go to the devil,' said the guard.
Then they fell upon each other. I
could hear their hard blows plainly.
Suddenly the gaard cried, 'Ah!' and
then fell heavily. '
"I was hidden behind our lodge, ter-
noiy ;irigntened, iand Manchin ran
away into the great forest and from
that time to this he has not. been seen
tie is in .Belgium, for sure. That is
an
"Hum!" growled the judge. "Why
did you not come to tell this as soon
as you received the summons?"
"It was none of my business and I
did not wish to speak against Man
chin."
x see! nut ro'j seem to
changed your mind this morning. How
is man
"It is because I have heard that
they accused Guestin."
"And who is this Guestin ?'
The girl reddened and answered,
"He is our neighbor charcoal burner
and he would not harm a fly. Do you
not see, sne continued, "that the very1;
thought of fastening on him the euilt
of another aroused me. I put these
great boots on, and I have run all the
way through the woods to tell you
this. Oh. how I have run! I did not
feel tired. I would have run till to
morrow if It had been necessary, be
cause it is as true as the blue heavens
that our Guestin is entirely innocent,
gentlemen."
She spoke with an animation that
made her truly beautiful, in spite of
her rags. Her rough eloquence had
the ring of sincerity, and the.terrlble
indffe felt, himself moved bv tho onAHcrv
with which the child defended Guestin.;
"Hallo!"
denly grow
Pufd
the matter?"
"My head swims. I cannot! see."
She changed color and her temples
grew moist
The judge, alarmed, poured out a
glass of wine, and cried, "Drink this
quickly!" He was wholly absorbed
and very much moved before this girl
who was threatened with illness. He
dared net call Scholastique, for fear
of disturbing his cooking. He looked
helplessly toward the clerk, who was
gnawing the penholder.
"It is a swoon," observed the latter.
"Perhaps she needs something to eat."
"Are you hungry?" demanded' the
judge.
She made a sign of assent
"Excuse me," she said in a feeble
voice, "but I have had nothig to eat
since yesterday. It is that which made
me dizzy."
Judge Sourdat trembled for the first
time in years, while his heart soft
ened as in childhood. He thought of
tills young girl who had ran three
leagues in order to save her com
panion from the clutches of the law
three leagues in the hot sun and fast
ing! The thought of the fast aroused
his sensibilities more strongly than
could anything else. In his confusion
he cast a despairing look at the table.
The salad and the shell fish seemed
too good for any but such as he and
his companions.
The deuce!" he cried heroically at
last Violently he drew toward him
the platter on which lay the trout.
After separating a large piece which
he put cn a plate before her, he made
the charcoal burner sit down.
"Eat!" he said imperiously.
He had no need to repeat his com
mand. She ate rapidly, voraciously.
In another minute the plate was empty
and Judge Sourdat heroically filled it
anew.
The scribe Touchboeuf rubbed his
eyes. He no longer recognized the
judge. He admired, though not with
out a sentiment of regret, the robust
appetite of this charcoal burner, who
devoured the exquisite fish without
any more ceremony than if it had been
a smoked herring, and he murmured,
"What a pity! Such a beautiful dish!"
At that moment the door opened:
the third guest, the good priest of St.
Vincent, in a new cassock, and with
his three-cornered hat under his arm,
entered the dining room, and stopped
questioningly before the strange spec
tacle of that little savage at the
judge's table.
"Too late, Monsieur le Cure!" the
judge growled, "there is no more
trout"
At the same time he related the his
tory of the little charcoal burner. The
cure heaved a sigh. He comprehended
the grandeur of the sacrifice, but, half-
mournful, balf-smlllng, he tapped upon
the shoulder of the judge.
"Judge Nemorin Sourdat!" cried he,
"you are better than you thought In
truth I tell you that all punishment
for ycur sin of gluttony will be for
ever remitted because of the trout
which we have not eaten,
THE REMEDIAL USES OF APPLES
In all temperate climates the apple
grows freely, and might be obtained
in practically unlimited quantities.
That it Is not more used than it is is
probably due to the fact that being
so plenty it is undervalued. Yet al
most everyone likes the fruit in some
fashion, and it should form a part of
at least two meals out cf every three
during the year round; for even when
the fresh fruit is not in season, canned,
dried or "evaporated" apples may al
ways be had.
"Chemically," says a writer in the
North American Practitioner, "the ap
ple is composed of vegetable fibre,
albumen, sugar, gum, chlorophyl.
milic acid, gallic acid, lime and water.
Furthermore, the German analysts
say that the apple contains a larger
percentage of phosphorus than any
other fruit or. vegetable. The phos
phorus is admirably adapted for re
newing the essential nervous matter
leclthlne of the brain and spinal cord.
It is perhaps for this reason though
but rudely understood that the .old
Scandinavian traditions represent the
apple as the food of gods, who, when
they felt themselves to be growing
feeble and Infirm, resorted to this fruit
to renew their powers of mind and
body'
Not only to the phosphorus, but the
acids of the apple are of singular use
for persons of sedentary habits, whose
livers are apt to be too slow of action
These acids aid the liver in its work
of eliminating from the body the nox
ious matters, which, if retained, would
make the brain heavy and dull, or in
time, would cause rheumatism, jaun
dice, or skin eruptions, and other al
lied troubles.
The malic acid of apples, either raw
or cooked, will ueutralize any excess
of chalky matter engendered by eating
too much meat.
Ripe apples are probably the least
fermentable of all fruits, except pos
sibly the bananna. For this reason
ripe and sound apples may be eaten
by most persons in even 1he hottest
weather, but even the apple is safest
when cooked.
We have "the support of eminent
medical authority in saying that the
most healthful way to cook apples is
to pare and core them, and bake in a
moderate oven. If the apple is of a
quite sour variety it may be necessary
to" add a little sugar, putting about
a saltspoonful in the hollow whence
the core was extracted. The next best
way to cook them is stewing. Con
trary to common belief, apples baked
In their skins are the least healthful
of cooked apples. Harper's Bazar.
KITES AS FLYING MACHINES.
As is well known, when one flies a
k'te the cord holds the kite against
the wind. The wind passing on the
under side of the kite, strikes it an an
gle and raises the kite into the air.
If the wind be blowing at a high ve
locity, say thirty-five miles an hour,
the kite will lift from one to five
pounds per square foot according to
the angle at which it is held in the air
If the angle be slight, the amount of
strain on the cord necessary to hold
it against the M ind will be found to be
considerably les3 than the weight of
the kite, and the load which it is able
to lift, particularly so if the cord pulls
hi a horizontal direction instead of
nt an nnp-le It Is nisi well known that
if .the kite be propelled in a calm
through the air, say at the rate of
thirty-five miles an hour, the effect is
exactly the same. Suppose now, in
stead of the cord for holding the kite
against the wind or for propelling it
against the still air, that a screw pro-
Ieller shold be attached to the kite and
that it should be driven by some mo
tor. If the screw propeller could be
made to give a push equal to the pull
of the kite, and if the machinery for
driving it should be no greater than
the weight that the kite would be able
to carry, we should have a veritable
-fl-iHnir mnchlno THram S. Maxim in
the North American Review, ' . . -.
QUAINT EXTRACTS FROM OUR LAST
CENTURY'S STATE PAPERS.
Congress Dealt at First Hand with
Indians and Kings -Recognized
the Bible and the Lottery.
Some years ago congress author
ized ih late Ben Perley Poore, then
clerk ol tin printing records, to com
pile a catalogue of the government
publications of the , United States
from Sept. r, 1771, to March 4, 1SS1
Congress is considering the advisa
bulty of bringing this work up to
date. The Poore catalogue makes a
most formidable volume. 1.392 paces. I
of which iiPsirlv ir.n tp nro fWnto.i
to the index. As a book of TetQKucentmaPawu
it nas an evident value, out one
would not turn to it naturally for in
teresting reading to wnne away an
hour. It contains, however, much
that is amusiug and interesting for any
one who wishes to hunt through its I
pages A great manv men find enter-
- D " I
tainment in the seemingly monotonous
occupation of reading the dictionary. I
There is entertainment to be found
entertainment of almost as varied a
character in Mr. Poore's catalosme.
This entertainment is in the contrast
between the customs and ideas of the
colonial neriod and those of todav.
For example, according to one of the
documents described in the catalogue,
the colonial congress provided that
counterfeiters of continental or state
hitlsj. nf ct-fwlit clionlil linvf their eiirn
cut off nnd should be whimiod and
fined. A dollar "would go further in
tliosft fl.-ivs." as Senator Evarts said.
and it was worth a great deal more
thnn it is todav.
Amonir tho e.irlv documents vrinted
bv order of congress was a history of
the American Indians, "with their
" , - i
customs, descent from the Jews, &c,
compiled from official sources," by J
Adair. So began tne study of etn
nology under the auspices of the gov
eminent, which is carried on with such
success nt the uresent time bv Ma or
Powell's bureau. In the early days
coiifrresK hud more direct dealings
with the Indians than it has now. I
Tt avan n i ri r osacfi itself to them direct. I
There Is a record of an address dated
Dec. 16, 1775, in which Capt. White I
Eyes, a Deleware chief, is welcomed
to the council fire kindled for all the
United States.
In April, 177C, instructions were
issued to "G. Morgan" by the com
mittee on Indian affairs, that "the
Indians were to be treated kindly
and hospitably, inspired with senti-
monta nf instiee nnrl humanitv. and I
were supposed to introduce the arts of
civil and social life."
The men who fought the establish-
ment of the department of agriculture
a few vears ago. on the. ground that I
it was "unnecessary, will perhaps be
surprised that 100 years ago there was
a "clothing department," and that
congress issued regulations for a
clothier-general, a state clothier, a reg
imental clothier, and so on. A "de
partment of clothing" would excite
derisive laughter now. There was a
good deal of inquiry and report on
tne subject or ciotniug tor ine com,-
nental army, and at one tinie Gen.
Horatio Gates reported that the cost
e (,,.. ..li ....in n-.io
ui tiucu.us caw Uiiu
snmrised at a proposition that it
should print an edition of the Bible.
Yet such a proposition was made in
a memorial of Dr. Allison, on which
a special committee made a report
In September, 1777. The report of
the committee was adverse, chiefly, it
would appear, on the ground of ex
nense. The decision was readied
"after conference with the printers.
and the recommendation was made
that instead of advancing money for
Importing type and printing this Bi
ble, the commute on commerce snouiu
order 20.000 Bibles from Holland,
Thus a oeain-
first infant industry of America, in
178a congress was asseu 10 ai'i";
an American eauiou 01 iuc mwc,
nnd William White and George Duf
field, the chaplains of congress, made
a report recommending tne worn.
At this time, when congress was
to l-in r an fipfn an interest in the
Bible, it was practising wnai air,
" "r, -
Wanamaker succeeded some years ago
in convincing congress was a very an-
moral thing promoting a lottery. The
committee on war lottery reported in
favnr of the Issue of 100,000 tickets
. . t x 1 llWl IUU 1
at $1U eacn, tne prizes u v,wu,f
in treasury notes, payable m live
years with 4 per cent interest In
Amnist. 1777. the committee on treas
ury reported a recommendation that
the drawing be postponed because
the sales had not been large enougn.
nnfl Pinrpsted that more tickets be
sent to the states with the request
that the governors expedite their sales.
rne scneme 01 im sv-i. ...o.t ...
tri-v was very like that of the Louisi
ana lottery of a recent day only one-
half of the money repaid in prizes,
and chances, therefore, two to one
against the buyer of the ticket Con
gress once authorized the District of
fMnmh a to establish a lottery ior
hiiilding nurnoses."
The prohibitionists ot today wouui
have been horrineu at a resomuou
passed by congress m heptemoer, ltn,
directing the commissary-general "to
purchase thirty hogsheads of rum to
be distributed among the soldiers, in
compliment for their gallant behavior
in the late battle of r.randywine.
It was not an inappropriate reward,
though, for Braudywine
The Question of clothing the army
seemed to give the continental con
gress more trouble than anything else.
for in December. 17. we find an a li
neal to the states to furnish clothing
to the soldiers, and in the same month
the committee on the treasury made
a report strongly condemning certain
persons in Massachusetts bay "who
contracted for clothing at an enor
mous price and refused to deliver the
same until they could receive the
cash." So the army contractor was
not a product solely of the late civil
war.
There is nothing more amusing in
this collection of old documents than
the form of an address reportwl by
Congressman Osgood in 1781 for adop
tion by congress as a general "sea let
ter" to be issued to captains of ves
sels. It was addressed to "Most se
rene serene, most puissant puissant,
high, illustrious, noble, honorable,
venerable, wise, and prudent 'lords,
emperors, kings, republics, princes,
dukes, earls, barons, lords, burgomas
ters". schepens, counsellors, as also
judges, officers, justitiaries, and re-
gents of all the good cities and places,
, whether ecclesiastivil or secular, who
shall see these patents or hear them
read." It would be interesting if one
could have had Mr. Osgood's views
on the reception of an Infanta a
vcar ago. . ! ' '
1 . As there was -no president to re -
Scotland, or elsewhere, inus a ueoin- h.uf tho water bllt that is an impos
blow was given in committee to the slbiiitv: we must salt all the water
I United Colonies, this duty devolved
thiirthtlSt
ine Dutch minister In 17, wfth Ids
remarks and the reply of the presi
dent of. congress. In the same year
congress adopted a list of "cere
monies to be observed at the first au
dience cf foreign ministers with con
gress." When the Marquis de Lafay
ette returned to France in 1778 con
gress gave him a letter commending
him to his king. Congress carried on housekeepin duties is the weekly mend-a-correspondence
with the king of in, and still worse tho month y
France without an intermediary.
Congress had some difficulty in regu
lating the expenses of its foreign min
isters so as to give them an oppor
tnnit-tr in attnMir with rtiemitv in for-
elgu courts and at the same time to
conform to the economical ideas that
i,i-oiii..ri i., fiift mnttr nf nnhiic ex-
neniiit.nro. At tho timo Franklin was
writing home that he could not make
oi r runce, lue prcsiueui ui cvugirao
as receiving letters alleging a waste
ful expenditure of money by Frank
lin and his nephew, Jonathan Wil
li;, ms SSmiie nt tliesie strictures mav
i.-i v., heen wiiiTiintr.fl. for John Adams
v as found including a charge for the I
orliicntlnn of liis son in an account of
his expenses abroad. The item was
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rnn-imltti ,,,,, not find
"nnv book or nroceediug of congress,
nor are thev informed of any general
or received custom, on which the
Ichiirgn of nioiievs for the education of I
the accountant's son can be admit-
ted. and. though the same is incon-
siderable. tiiea- are of the opinion
that a precedent be not established."
In the appointment of Benjamin
Franklin to negotiate a treaty with
Sweden, congress established a very I
curious Tircccflent The annointment I
of Franklin was accompanied by the
appointment of John Adams. John
.lav. and Heurv Laurens to succeed
to 'his office in regular order in easel
of death. All of these gentlemen
were then abroad on diplomatic
duty.
r
TIip denartment of foreign affairs
fnow the state -department) was ere-
atcd in 1781. and it was provided that
the secretary "shall have liberty to
visit congress." The departments of I
finances, war, and marine were estab-
iished in the same year, Wltn a "su-
perinteudeut" or nuances anu secre-1
taries for the other offices.
The officeseekers began to be a bur-
den to the powers as earlv as 1787. 1
for John Jay reported to congress in I
that year on the application of Sir I
Edward Newenham, that his son
might be appointed consul at Mar-
seil es. that "honorary resolutions, a I
few offices, very little money, and
much laud" were the only funds on
which congress could draw rewards
for its friends. Not long after that
a resolution was passed reducing the
salaries of government clerks and pro
viding that no clerk should receive
more than S4.)() a year and no mes
senger more than ifl.Mi. i lie pampered
clerks of congress who draw $'2,o00 a
year would scorn to accept tho sal-
I aries that, were good enough for their
predecessors a Hundred years ago.
HOW TO SALT BUTTER.
Mr. F. C. Curtis gives the following
method of salting butter: "I assume
thfil- it i Tnnorflllv cnniiTerfl thnt
butler ai)SOrbs sait which It does not.
Jn f whem)f j will state that
gonio two uoutlls ago j worked up a
.,., i,fw 5llt KOij.i i.-.n .,1.
1 ... ...
,llt salt. -i-hIS butler was Kent 1111
meised in strong brine until the pres
ent time, when I found, on cutting it
open, no trace of salt, except near the
outer surface of the ball. Salt prop
erly exists in butter only as dissolved
in the water remaining in butter; if
found in the butter in an undissolved
state, objection is made by any good
judge of butter. From this reasoning
it will be seen that the amount of
salt In butter depends somewhat upon
the amount of water in ' the butter
wlwn the salt is added. Let us sup
pose we have a quantity of drained
granular butter with 26 per cent of
water in it our object is to salt only
-n the buttel. Hence, if we are re-
quired to have one ounce to the pound
in the finished product, twice as much
salt must be taken, for half of It will
come out in exuded brine. There is
no danger of getting in too much salt,
provided no more salt is put in than
will dissolve. Sometimes twenty
non nils tif hntter. after salting in the
lot ctoto will f-riiffo thrf or
four quarts on revoIving the churn
and working it into a mass, and
sometimftS not more than one pint
I v....... . ...... ...
fineness or coarseness of the granules
when the salt is added.'
FATTENING RATIONS.
Rrppj,. association at Chicago gave
seIwtion of an effective ration for
fnttnSns, nif,R. ..ThA ..icpst food T vyer
gave for slaughtering is wheat and
oats ground together about half and
half. Tt does not require a great deal
of it and I don't know but it is as
cheap as anything I have used." To
which replied one Mr. ' Grossman:
"That has been my experience exactly.
I have
j raised wheat and oats together ph'ion clear.
e years, and I grind it and feed .lirown-paper should be used in put
ti.sit wfnr T-cnnnnt r0t oyw! ting away ribbons and silks for pres-
for fiv
,t in
ui,rtH
" Anntw nu.mw sairi- "Wnrtv
years ago I noticed that my hogs got
into the newly planted corn and rooted
it. 1111 and did better than with what
I gave them dry; so I started giving
.viL-oit nnpti n.i horo .ino tt or
since; and I never saw pigs grow finer,
quicker, easier than they do." Then
th. niTCl.lf.nt- tint In- "illmu mo t,.
u...,.,.,4..t Kir r,r .tofiioi vnoi-mn,.,.
that you can put too much 'salt and
ashes before hogs. I don't think there
is aiiv danger if it is kent alwavs b-v
i w ,o,t t o,h nn'i
. 1 1 1 v. i . a. nnv jLvrua. .J v. .o-.vt j fm 1
wood ashes) to one of salt Nothing
hes tn nno nf anlt TVntlilm'
is better for their appetite.
CONSTANT DROPPING.
"I saw an amusing experience in
Kansas City," said Henry Weller of
Omaha. "Some one stated that no
man couia stanu a quart. 01 water
dropped onto his hand, drop by drop,
from a height of two or three feet
A bystander bet twenty dollars to
one dollar that he could, and the
wager was acceptetd. In less than a
minute there was blister on the man's
hand, and in less than three .minutes
his face gave evidence of intense suf
fering. Before a pint had dropped he
gave up exhausted, and described the
sensation as the most terrible one he
had ever experienced. The man who
pocketed the twenty dollars offered to
give odds of ten to one that no man
could stand a pint of water dropped
on his head, drop by drop. When he
could get no takers he volunteered
the statement that no one could have
gone through the ordeal and retained
his reason, a statement no one pre
ent seeemed qualified or anxious to
icontradlct
SOMETHING Ai OUT STITCHES IN
TIME AXD FASHIONS.
: What to Wear auu How to Wear It
Wii.dow Gardening - 1L use
hold Hints.
One of the most distasti ful of
mending for the inch darn that would
have been all sufficient three weeks
earlier now demands a full half hour
of steady work that raises strong
doubts as to whether the game is
worth the caudle, while toes and
heels have come through stockings
mat nee.ieu oniy a rew sutcues wnen
first noticed. Ihe woman who hesi
tates about mending at the outset,
nipping decay in the bud, as it were,
is assuredly lost so far as any further
satisfaction in the neglected garments
is concerned, and every time they are
washed fresh gaps are sure to appiar.
The smallest thin place should be
darned as evenly as though it were
embroidery, and the darning stitch is
often used for this purpose. When
fine and regular, the work is really
linnititnl mwl inmortinn thio tir t I
a child will greatly mitigate the woes
of her first lesson in darning. The !
evenness and regularity of a darn give
it dignity anu elevate it into a woru
of art
n is important, now ever, xo Know
when to dam and when not to darn,
as mcst women s time In tliese busy
times is of far more value than or- j
dinary material m a half-worn con-
uiuon. iiarper s i.a.ar.
COMING FASHIONS.
JiiacK Diras, canaries, seaguiis, swai-
lows and birds grotesquely dyed in
various brilliant hues are seen on bon-
nets wnicu iook smaller tnan tne oec-
orauou, so large are some oi me vic-
tuns to the brutal aud perverted
taste.
A Boston authority says that bluet
blue, really a lavender and blue com
uination, win be tne lending color tuis
fall, cornflower blue ranking second ;
then metallic blue, innumerable shades
or tan ana Drown,, mucu green, some
ugypuan reu, uiageuui, aim a. gicui.
(leal ot biacK as a narinonr.er. i.iuet
is seen on everything in tne line or
Parisian millinery.
The Cleopatra colors in bronze.
tawny brown, golden tan. eiiesmur.
Havana, a rich russet brown, and all
the deep fruit and nasturtium dyes
will tie in Uigli vogue mis autumn
season, and ! rencli ateliers and man
ufacturers have added to tliese favor
ed colors bright aniline, in.tuvcs, and
the new "India pink" that is merely
i much-softened magenta.
Entire costumes will this winter be
made of Persian lamb and other va-
rieties of 1 nr. one nay last wecK a.
noted importer exhibited among other
winter garments a coat and tkivt ol
Persian lamb, the skirt made exactly
its one of serge or tweed would be
fashioned. The jacket, which was
quite distinct from the skirt, was
made after the styl of a double
breasted walking coat with wide
revers pointed at the top.
One of the new sleeves on dress
toilets the "Florentine" model is
tight from the waiste to several
inches above the elbow. 1 lie large
leg-o'-mntton shape still appears 111 ion
some of the newest and handsomest I
French gowns. The cavalier cuff
finishes many of the tailor-made cos
tumes, and a new coat sleeve lias a
full jabot drapery of some rich con
trasting fabric placed on the outside
of the arm from shoulder to elbow,
and is made slightly tiaring.at the
wrist
Many of the new sleeves for the
autumn are shirred through the exact
center of the huge puff, from the top
of the shoulder to the turn of the
arm at the elbow. This throws extra
fullness on each side of the shirring,
which is sometimes covered with a
band of handsome passementerie, or
again it is left to show the gauging.
Another poplar sleeve Is accordion
pleated at the arnihole, and again at
the elbow, with a deep Cromwelliau
cuff turned back at the elbow above
the close coat portion, the cuff cov
ered with a rich beaded galloon.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Woodeuware when not in use, should
be turned bottom side up.
Foorly ventilated kitchens make poor
cooks by destroying the sense of taste
and smell.
A person who is ill should not be
I overburdened with too much or too
I , . . ..1 .il
I "e:ivy " ciuhhuk.
A fresh egg beaten and thickened
with sugar, fieely beaten, will relievo
hoarseness, and the skin of a boiled
egg, wet rnd applied to a boil, will
draw out soreness.
Croutons in tomato and bean soup
add to their attractiveness, and are
easily prepared by buttering a slice of
bread on both sides, cutting it into
tiny squares, and browning them 111
the oven.
Boiled milk, with a little salt added
to make it palatable, is one of the
most healthful drinks. It soothes an
Irritated stomach, nourishes the llesli
tissues and tends to make the com-
lervation; the chloride of lime in white
Paper discolors them A white satin
dr'ss should be pinned up in blue pa-
1 ulu"u i'-i" '
together at the edges.
I For cleaning mirrors keep for the
purpose a piece of sponge, a clot h
an1 a silk handkerchief, all entirely
five frOHl dirt aS tllC least grit Will
scratch the surface of the glass. First
PniKe the glass with a little spirits
.f wine or gm and water, so as to
c.eau on an spots; tnen oust over
it powder blue, tied in muslin.
Rub
't OH llgntiy and
quickly with the
cloth, and finish by rubbing with the
silk handkerchief. Do not rub the
edges of the frame.
.There is almost as much nutrition i:i
a pint of milk as in a quarter of a
pound of meat and it is digssted in
one-third of the time. Milk is human
food and should agree with every
PIONEER
COFFEE
HODES & HALL,
Plain and Fancy Confections-Ice Cream.
&IGARS::
"rvrro ctt.vttt? mx A-MTmr? p.rt.moxt." r,FATRRATi ARTHUR and;
ja full line of Smokers' Articles Come
hour ot the day. -
young person. It is not appreciated
as it should be; the prejudice against
it is unmerited. A little lime water
will make cold milk agreeable with
a whimsical stomach, and anybody
can drink boiled milk with salt Next
to pure milk comes milk foods cereals
custards, purees, etc-
A cup of clam broth made from
fresh flams and unseasoned is a most
acceptiblo bit of nourishments after a
sick headache. Often the stomach
will tolerate when all other forms of
food are exceedingly distasteful. The
broth should be made strong, and can
then be diluted according to taste.
A little of it may be frozen, or di
luted with ice water, if cold food is
advisable. If at a distance from sup-,
plies, it is well to have a few bottles'
of clam juice in the store room.
SIDE-LACED GARTERS.
Sido-Iaeod garters were very popular
about twenty years ago. They were
neat fitting and always looked well
on the feet. The process of lacing
was. however, very tedious, and when,
button shoes were introduced they at
once jumped into popular favor be
cause of their ease of adjustment. The
indications now are that along with
congress, the side lace is again coming
into favor. The old style, with the
lacing running up the center of the
inside quarter, will appear in most of
1... 1...4- - 1-. 1 .,n s-m -- r lr
i,,g fine goods are introducing a new
cut of side lace. An imitation button
lap is put on. but the method of
trimming rests with the manufacturer
If a circular vamp is used, the out
side wing may be cut the usual length,
but the inside wing should be short
ened very abruptly in order to open
the shoe well forward and allow it to
go on easily.
Hut one lace is used. At the lower
end the lace is carried over and over,
as in most men's shoes, through about
six pairs of eyelets. Above that the
lace zigzags over small studs,
and is caught at the top over a Stimp
son clasp. This method entirely does
away with the old annoyance with
laces, and a lady can fasten her shoes
as readily as she does her gloves. The
line of studs follows the cavity on the
inside of the ankle, back of the ankle
bone, to aoid any chance of striking
in walking.
WINDOW GARDENING.
Most window gardens are filled with
a miscellaneous selection of so-called
flowering plants whose few poor, scat
tering blossoms scarcely pay for their
care and might with profit give place
to those without beuuty of flower,
lint whoso foliage is at. least attrac
tive. Indeed, so often is this the case
that many householders are banish
ing all flowering plants, depending;
solely upon palms, aspedistras, etc.,
for their window adornment.
But, if one prefers flowers to foliage
and most people do this is all
winng. A few line foliage plants are
indeed a 1 tractive, but lliey do not
take Uie place of fragrant blossoms
that never seem half so lovely as
when all outside nature !s hidden be
iiejuli snow and ice. It is not neces
sary for the window to be flowerless,
even with tlie poor facilities of the
common living room, if the following
rules are adhered to:
1. Select only such plants as are
winter bloomers.
2. Choose only those that will
thrive in the temperature at which
you keep younroom. Select carefully
to suit the amount of sunshine or
shade in your window.
.!. Examine every" plant to make
sure that it is entirely free from in
jects hefore bringing to thetwindow
in the autumn.
4. Shower the leaves of your plants
once a week to keep down dust and
insects. If insects appear, fight them
at once; and never give up until they
are routed.
5. Keep flowering plants in small
or medium sized pots. See that the
soil is rich, the drainage an inch deep
at bottom of pot. and a crust of hard
earth is never allowed to form at the,
top of tlie pot.
(. Water only when dry. then give
sufficient water to wet to tlie bottom
of llie put. lt( charry of water in
severely cold weather.
7. Turn the pots frequently, pinch
off withered flowers and faded leaves.
Allow all Holland bulbs to root six
or eight weeks in the dark before
bringing to the window.
H. Give weak liquid manure once a
fortnight to all plants showing buds
never to half-grown plants.
To comment a little on these rules.
It is useless to select summer blos
Someis for the. house in winter. A
few begonias, abutilons and petunias
are piaclieally over-bloomers, but
most plants must have their season of
rest.
Few roses, geraniums or fuchsias
bloom well in winter, but tliese few
any florist can name. Alliunfs, ager
atums. cannas, cyclamen, cinerarias,
petunias, nicotiana, callas, the Ota
heite orange, hyacinths, paper white
and double Roman narcissus, and
Chinese, sacred lilies, are among the
surest bloomers for the beginner.
Nearly all plants can be grown in
a moderately warm room, but in either
a very warm or quite cool room the
choice must lie more restricted.
For instance, begonias, heliotropes,
impatients, sultani, salvias and tor
entias would soon come to grief in a
low temperature (unless protected
well at night), while thoy would
flourish in tlie warm room. Tlie exact
reverse Would be the case with car
nations, fen-week-stocks and camel
lia's. In tlie same way begonias, prim
ulas, nicotiua and a few other plants
will flower well in a shady window,
while roses, geraniums and helio
tropes must have sun, and'plenty of
it to bloom.
it is the attention t tlie minutia of
plant culture that makes the success
ful amateur. Yet these rules are not
burdensome to tlie true flower lover,
for it in not a task to minister to our
friends' reasonable wants, as our
plants' wants are. Clean, well-fed
plants are always ready to bloom If
they have half a chance. Bostou ,
Globe.
ANOTHER PROSELYTIJ.
Madison, Wis.. Oct 5). Prof. Ras
mus Anderson. United States minister
to Denmark during Cleveland's first
term, lias repudiated the democratic
party. The announcement has caused
a tremendous sensation.
BRKERY
SALOON.
Proprietors.
in when hung-- and pet a luca any
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