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"1
Delicious.
DISCU1T.
MUFFINS.
WAFFLES.
CORN BREAD.
GRIDDLE CAKES. DOUGHNUTS.
Can always be made with Dr. Price's Cream Bakine
Powder. And while cakes and biscuit will retain their moist
ure, they will be found flaky and extremely light and flue
grained, not coarse and full of holes as are the biscuit made
from ammonia baking powder. Price's Cream Baking Pow
der produces work that is beyond comparison and yet costs
no more than the adulterated ammonia or alum powders.
Dr r-;re's stands for pure food and good health.
PROFIT IN LITTLE THINGS.
a HsMMafal Inventor Tellt What H Hu
Found Most AiIhU(mu.
William Westlake, the railroad Inven
tor, wbo patent have made a fortune
(or him, darted in life as a roller boy in
the WiHconein office in the days when
thia paper, which now keeps the fastest
of presses hustling to get off its daily edi
tion, was printed weekly on an old Frank
lin preea. Becoming dissatisfied with his
salary of $2 per week, he severed his con
tention with the establishment and tried
bis hand at several jobs, learning, among
other things, tinsmithing, and finally
Irifting into railroading.
As a coppersmith be got work on the
Id La Crosse road and became an engi
neer. He filled" the first locomotive
ever ran in Wisconsin, and stuck to engi
neering nntil one night he mistook a
swinging lantern for the conductor's sig
nal, and starting his engine just as an old
' lady was boarding the train, threw her
down and cnt off her leg. He resigned
and set alxmt inventing a conductor's
lantern that hIiouM be unmistakable.
The result was the half green, half
white lantern that is used now the world
over. The glass could not be made in
this country, and it was three years be-
' fore he got one made iu Europe. While
Working on t lie La Crosse road he invent
ed the railroad lantern with a movable
globe, which is now universally tued. '
He offered that invention to two Mil
waukee gentlemen for fi.iO, bnt they
laughed at him. Since then millions
have been sold and fortunes made out of
them.
In 18C3 he went to Chicago with $0
and started a business that became the
Adams & Westlake Manufacturing com
pany, which employs 8,000 men. Mr.
Westlake made inventions by the bun
, dreds and sold tho patents, but he savs
he never got 1 per cent, of the amount
other people made from his inventions.
"I sold my stove board for .$100,000," he
said, "and the manufacturers make that
much every year out of it."
Mr. Westlake had on his hands a great
many patent lawsuits, and getting tired
of the worry six years 1130 he sold all his
patents remaining for (10,000 and with
them the lawsuits. His home is Jn
Brooklyn, and there he spends his time
free from business cares.
Mr. Westlake's patents are counted by
the hundreds. He invented the head
light, the car lamps, the oil stove and
dozens of other things for every day use.
He has recently made some great im
provements in the headlight He says
that he has found that it is the little
things that pay, and that there is no
money in inventing costly machinery.
He is at present amusing himself by
trying to invent a substance with which
to coat the bottom of bis yacht which
will prevent the formation of barnacles.
He says he has made a sort of enamel, so
smooth that nothing can stick to it, and
it Las worked very well on a center
board. He thinks it will work as well
on the bottom of the boat. Milwaukee
Sentinel
Suspense.
"One night," said a chemist, "a doc
tor came and woke me out of a sound
sleep to prppare morphine powders for
an old gentleman named Martin, who
bad been ill for some time. I weighed
out the morphine and put it up accord
ing to direction, but thought while I
was doing so that the powders seemed
to be unusually large. Next morning,
when I was arranging things in the shop,
I found that there was a ten grain
weight in the scale beneath the one the
prescription called for, and each of those
powders was ten grains too large.
' "A cold chill ran down my back when
1 realized the mistake, for it meant al
most certain death. A short time after
ward the doctor came in, and I thought
my time had come. Bracing up as well
as possible, I asked:
" 'How is Martin this morning, Doc
torf 'He's dead.
" 'Did those powders kill him?" I stam
mered out. and in fear and trembling
waited the answer. But the first word
relieved mee
M 'No: the powders had nothing to do
with it He died half an hour before
they were received." New York Ledger
"Who Was shot Last WektM
In 1S51 Mokelumue Hill was one of the
worst camps iu California. "Who wassbot
but weekr" was the first question asked by
the miners when tbey came in from tbe
river or surrounding diggings ou Saturday
night or Sundays to gamble or get sup
plies. It was very seldom that tbe answer
was, "No one." I
Men would race up and down tbe ,
thoroughfare in single file, as boys play I
the game of "follow my leader." each Imi
tating tbe actions of tbe foremost. Select
log some particular letter in a sign they
would Ore iu turn, regardless of everything
but tbe accuracy of tbe aim. Then tbey
would quarrel over it as though tbey were
hnn nUrinff a irume OI maroies, wane
ZZ.TZtiZ DTa k GUI !
likely to am or wouuu
pie la Century.
A Qnoer Mi. I liaher has 3,0u0,0uU volume on hand which
George Sevingle.of Stovertoo, 0..b tb ar unsalable.
uZlLul ST. A cycling corp. ha. been added to th.
oth mpecT.Xr teadrfUving tb ' eqalpmeet of tb. Salvation Army. Fifty
XE&oaW specie., tbAni- young ma bav. been requ-tod to volna-
both uppeTTml lower jawa. is r tor three year, to travel on wheels
tilled with long and sharp, won Ilk. fangs,
rendering it extremely difficult for It to pick 1 There are many simple and effective du
grass bke other sheep. It geu its chief sub-, lnfectanta, among which are coffee pound
auutio. from twigs and young shrubs, to. ed and burned ca an iron plate, sugar
bark and tender wood of which it devour, burned on hot coals, vinegar boiled with
arUiv -bt Bapubiic, Tb sod sprinkisd on tb floor and fur
gTwouy.-t. aiiar f a tick rwn.
DUMPLINGS.
POT PIES.
PUDDINCS.
CAKES.
The Mojd 8cbu4 la UosUw.
But perhaps tbe school presents none of
these sight, hut a very different one; a lgli
half sad, yet not without a ray of xladne
a picture not composed of trained teachers
or loiiiternus youthi or prattling children
eagerly listening and as rticrly speaking,
out oi a group ot deaf and dumb. And now.
U ever, you may see what intense enthusi
asm may be thrown into manual traiuinz.
The poor unfortunate deprived of bearing
and of speech find her a new field in which
to exerru their minds and express their
Ideas. By their disabilities tbey are enabled
to concentrate their minds better than their
more fortunate brethren, and even outstrip
mem in excellence of workmanship.
Among th boys there is a deaf mute torn.
16 years ot aga who suraM all others in
the school, a result attained not by superior
talent but by clow application. Near him
another boy of magnificent build and grant
ability dashes off bit work now planing, now
earring, wttb a master band. On th othe
tide of tb room, in the midst of that row (if
girls neat, even pretty girls there ar to
most noticeable; one a brunette, who
quick, observant eye omits nothing while her
snow white hand deftly draws and carefully
carves tbe uiodel Beside her stauds a quiet
blonde with blue, thoughtful eyes, carefully
examining ber model; and then, as if sudden
ly discovering some nw principle, makes
feature of joy and resumes her work. At th
close of tbe exercise she take the flushed
model to ber teacher, and, with a pleasant
mule, joyful feelings struggling for expres
sion iu her soulful face, says, In tbe deaf mul
laugua-, "I love this work." V. B. Aru-
grim-won in Popular Science Monthly.
All Habit.
We ar all creatures of hublt, even iu per
forming duties for which we have prepared.
A little boy, whose mother had taught bim
his letters, went to school one day, and at
tempted to go through them with the teacher.
ain effort! He stopped at "11, and was un
able to recognize "(J" as even casual ac
quaintance. At length a happy thought oc
curred to him.
"Taist my turl!" he said, eagerly, pointing
to a sunny lock of hiiiroiihisueck. "Mamma
always does when 1 say 'em." The teachiT
began to play with the curl, ami the little
boy's memory returned.
Even grown (wool are dependent on habit
iu fulfilling public duties. Mr. (forge Vt
Cable one evening not long ago, as we learn
from another paper, lectured in scranton,
Pa. A lai'Ke audience greeted biiu wilb tbeir
presence, but only that. When the noted
author was introduced he was received with
a dead silence.
Host speakers would have leen embarrassed
almost beyond recovery by so frigid a recei
tinn, but Mr. Cable was equal to the occa
sion, and administered a just rebuke In th
happiest possible manner.
lie said that in order to appear at bis best
hefore an audience it was quit necessary
that ha should lie greeted ' with a noise ot
some sort; they need not scream, nor waa it
necessary for the ladies to wave their bon
nets, but a loud rumbling noise he must hear.
Of course the noise came, ami when it bad
ceased be thanked Diem for their unsolicited
applause, and added that now, with tb
boldest effrontery, he could begin as he bad
Intended "Dear friends. 'Youth s Com
panion. Drug More. In Flat Houses.
"You have a nice place here,'' remarked a
gentleman who bad stepjied into a drug store,
evidently newly established, on on of th
rapidly growing thoroughfare in outlying
Brooklyn.
"Yes," replied tbe druggist, rather dubi
ously; "it is only an experiment, though."
"Bather an expensive one," continued th
Brst speaker, glancing at tb handsome fix
ture aud belongings.
"Ob," laughed the druggist, "that Is at tb
landlord's eipense, not mine,"
Further conversation revealed the fact that
It is a common thing for owners of flat
bouses to fit up th ground floor in the most
complete manner for us as a drug ttors as
an inducement to a druggist tenant. Shelves,
lettered drawers, prescription counters, shelf
bottles, and tb big wuidow carafe holding
th colored liquids, all thes and more ar
contributed by the landlord. In return he
expects to gain by a speedy rental of bis
apartments, people being much more ready
to establish themselves over a drug stor
than over stores of another sort New York
Bun.
A Man's Clothe.
Th most elegantly dressed man who has
walked tb streets of Boston for fifty years
was th late lamented Nathaniel O. Greene.
He had an eye for color. He would go into
tb shop of a tailor who might be unknown
to bim, having been allured by a piece of
(roods in the window, and ask in bis winning
Umes: "My friend, can you make a pair of
trousers according to a pattern that I will
drawl" Then with chalk h would outlinsoo
the cutting table precisely bis idea, take from
bis pocket a memorandum of width of waist
and length of leg, and, without asking price,
would order the garment to I sent to his ad-dn-a.
If that tailor carried out bis idea he
would buy clotb wherever h' saw what h
lilted and return and patronize bim untd be
mad a mistake. Ho, also, with his coats, es-pn-ially
overcoats. If tb tailor remonstra
ted as to fashion, Nat would smll and pat
bis .boulder, and inquire: "Ar yon to wear
ton garment when finished or am If Your
reputation will be injured because yon
follow my playful, perhaps reason loss, fancy.
Boston Gazette.
Tow Many Publication..
France is afflicted with mora literature
than It can nse. A tremendous plethora
of novels is reported in Paris. For exam-
P 4MU0 copies of the last production of a
j popular writ' ' bav been returned to tb
I publishers. It is said that another pub-
a midsummer nights dream.
Th. sorcery of ancient worsts h quelled.
The sunshine full, but half forloeuly fair
I' poo (he bills, slues from our earth and air
Th fairy folk ar. gnat. Yet I beheld.
Km lately. Mbemn and Puck (impelled
On flrerlr rhartois iliniugb Hi mstt, la rare
Moonlighted revels. How tbe tricksy pair
P"or mortals rtsdo.ll What erne music swelled!
Then, by the slnqtirnr. of sweetest words.
I knew the ronjurv of Miskesueare's brain.
And recoiriiiiHl in l heir cmnismkin chords
Th. spellof Mrndclsaoliu'eeiK-haultns strata.
Full clearly sang tbey both nntnmy beam
Th. fair) of the centuries is Aril
-Henry Tyrrell la Youth's Companion.
THE SON OF THE SHEIK.
Tbe smell of the warm slimeon thcj.liff
river and th weet, heavy aud sickening
odor that exhaled Into th unspeakable
k.J .I.. .L . .1-1 l
lue.ie-rn sir mini ill. iiuncne 01
las .s , , , . 1
dead and scorched water reeds U with me,
yet; also the sight of the long stretch of ,
dry mud bank, rising by shallow
aud barely
perceptible degrees to the edge of the desert
sands, aud thus disclosed by th. .hrinkag
of the Jellffe during he hot month. Hal
I can remember just how those mud hank
looked. Tbey were very broad and Very
black except where they touched the
desert, and there the sand had sifted over
them in light, transparent sprinkling
aud In rapidly drying under the sun of the
Sahara had cracked and warped Into thou
sands of tiny concave cake that looked for
all the world like little saucers in which
Indian ink has been mixed. (If you are an
artist, as was Tbevenot, you will the better
understand this.)
Then there waa th. reach of the desert
that drew off on either hand, and that '
rolled away, ever so gently, toward the
place where the hollow sky dropped out of
light behind the shimmering horlion,
awelling grandly and gradually like some
mighty breast, which, panting for breath
in the horrible beat, had risen In a final
gasp, and had then, in tbe midst of It, sud
denly stiffened and become rigid, while on
this colorless bosom of th desert, where
nothing stirred but the waxing light In
the morning and the waning light In tbe
night, lay tumbled red and gray rocks,
with tbln drift, of sand in tbeir rift, and
crevices and gray -green cacti squatting or
sprawling iu tbeir blue shadow. And
there was nothing more nothing, noth
ing, nothing except the appalling beat
ud the maddening silence.
And in the midst of it all we.
Now, "we," broadly and generally speak
ing, were the small right wing of General
Pawtrot s division of tbe African service;
speaking lea broadly aud Irs. generally,
we were tbe advance guard of said divis
ion, and speaking in the narrowest and
most particular sense "we were the party
of war correspondents, specials, extras, art-
its, etc., who were accompanying said ad
vance guard of said wing of said army of
Mid service for reason, herein to be set
forth.
As the long, flati black scow of the com
missariat went crawling up tbe torpid
river, with tbe advance guard straggling
along upon the right, "we" lay upou tbe
deck under the shadow of the scow's arm
ing and talked aud drank kouscousaow.
I forget now what had led up to It, but
Ponscarin had said that the Arab were
patriotic, when ftab Axxotiu cut in and said
something which I shall repeat as soon a.
1 have told you about Bab Azzoiin himself.
Briefly, then, Dab A noun had been born
twenty-nine years before this time at
Tlemcen, of Kabyle parent. bis papa was
a sheik had been transplanted to Fram e
at tbe age of ten, 'and had flourished there
in a truly remarkable manner. He had
graduated fifth from the Polytechnique;
he had written books that had been "cour
ronnee par 1' Academic;" he had become
naturalized, be had been prominent In
politics no one can cut a wide swath Iu
Paris in anything without bitting against
la politique, he had occupied important po
sition in two embassies; he was a diplo
mat of uo mean qualities; be had lots of
influence; be dressed In faultless French
fashion; be had owued Crusader; he had
lost money on him; be had applied to tbe
govern meut for tbe office of ".Sotischef des
bureaux-Arabea dan 1'Orao," in order to
recoup; be had obtained it; he bnd com
on with "us," and waa now on this, his
first visit to bis fatherland since bis tenth
year, on his wny to his post.
Voila Bab Azzoun.
And when Ponscarlne bad spoken thus
about tbe patriotism of the Arabs, Bab
Azzoun made bim answer, "The Arabs are
not sufficiently educated to be true pa
triots."
"Buhl" .aid Santander, "a man dor. not
require to be educated In order to be a
patriot And, Indeed, the rudest nation
have ever been the moat devotedly patri
otic,"
Yea," said Bab Azzoun, "but It is a
narrow and a very selfish patriotism."
I can't see that," put in Pouscarlue. "A
patriot I. like an egg be is either good or
bad. There Is no such thing a. a good
enough egg;' there is no such thing a a
good enough patriot,' if a man la one at
all, he is a perfect one."
1 agree," answered Bab Azzoun; "yet
patriotism can be more or lew narrow.
Listen and i will explain" he raised bltn-
self from the deck on his elbow, and ges
tured with tbe amber mouthpiece of bis
chibouk. "In looking backward upon the
gradual development of patriotism In tb
minds of men since tbe days when tbey
first began to band together, you can see
It psa through five very distinct stage.
Patriotism, first, waa but love of family
of parent, and kindred, but then a tbe
family grow aud expands Into tbe tribe,
It, too a. merely a large family become
the object of affection, of patriotic devo
tion. This Is the second stage tbe .tag.
of tb. tribe, tb. clan, tb. gens; men call
themselves of tbe Gothic tribe, of the Clan
Cbattao, of the Gens Fabianua. In tb
third stage, tbe tribe baa sought protection
behind the Inclosure of walls. It 1 the
age of cities; patriotism l toe aevotlon
to tbe city. Men are Athenians ere
Grecians, Komaus ere Italians, Cartbagin
Una ere Africans. In tbe next period pa
triotism mean, affection for tb. state, fur
th county, for tb province, and Burgun
dian, Norman and Fleming giv freely of
their breast blood for Burgundy, Norman
dy and Flanders, while we of today form
tbe latest, but not tbe last, link of tbe
lengthening cbain by honoring, loving and
serving th country above all considera
tions, be they of tribe or town or tenure
Yet I do not believe this to be tbe last, tb
highest, the noblest form of patriotism.
No," Mid Bab Azzoun, "this development
.ball go on, ever expanding, ever mount
ing, until, carried upon iu topmost crest,
w. attain to that height from which we
can look down upon lb. w orld a our couo
try, humanity as our countrymen, and b.
ball b tb. best patriot wbo Is tb. least
patriotic."
"Ab b, Bcbtrel" exclaimed Bantanner
listlessly, throwing a cushion at Bab At
aoun's head, "va to coucher. Il' too hot
to theorize; you're either a great philoso
pber, Bab, or a larg sized" be looked al
bim over th. rim of hi glass hefore con
eluding "idiot."
But Bab Azzoun had gone on talking In
tbe meanwhile, and now finished wilb
and so yon must not blame me If, lookluv
noon them" (he meant tbe Aralisl "and
theirs in this light, I And this African
campaign a sorry business for Fraor to ns
engaged in a vast aud powerful govern
ment terrorizing Into submission a bonl
half starred fanatics," be jaw nod, "all
of which b very bad very bad hab! giv
me some more koosmusaow.
W were aroused by tbe Hidden stop
pag. of tb. scow
A detachment of pbvrs" Dear or
upon the right bank, scrambled together
In a Jiollow quar. A battalion of ou-
loiinlis, with liiiiks and houmous rippling,
scuttled by us at a gallop, and th. Twenty
. i.ii in .1 i-. -
imiti viiowruni u .simiue iii iue mint line
hailed at a "carry" on the crest of a sand
ridge, w liicli bid theliontou from tighl;1
Hi still, hot air of the Nihara was ainl
deuly pervaded with something that mused
us to our fi-et in au iu-tjinl. ranlaiidrr
w hlppMl out his ever ready sketch book
aud begun blocking iu the liitidrue ami
the position of the troops, while Thrvenot
Hatched hi. note Ikh.1l ami "stylograph."
Of tb. scene which now gathered upon
us I cau, Iu iYct to lime, place or rela
tive succession of detail, remember notb
lug, only out of that dark chaos can I res
cue a few deurbed ami fragmentary Im
pressionsall th more vivid, neverthe
less, from thrir Isolation, all the more dis
tinct from the gray blue of th. Iwkgrotiud
against which they truce themselves.
Instantly, some, here diwiiietingly near,
an event, or rather a whirl of events that
rushed and writhed themselves together
, i, . 11i....1
tv n Minviinei inwv ii iis.auia;vi'lllliK;A'
ty, ,ddenly evolved and widened like the
fierce, quick rending open of some vast
scroll, and there were slgr-ig hurrying, to
and fro and a surging he.iveuwttrd of a
torrent of noises uoises of men aud nols.
of feet, noises of horses and noises of arms
uoises that hustled fiercely upward above
the In-own mass aud closed together iu th
desert air, blending or joining one with
another, joining and seiurnling, reuniting
and dividing; noises that rattle; noises that
clanked; noises that boomed or shrilled or
thundered or quavered, and one well
known noise that, at regular intervals, waa
dominant over all as of a mighty flood of
planks and boards falliug from some vast
height upou the earth beneath. And then
ram. sight of blue-gray tremulous curtains
but whether of smoke or dust I could
not say tumbling and billowing, bellying
out with the hot tempest breath of th.
battle demon that raged within and whoa,
outermost fringes were torn by serrated
flic of flashing steel and wavering rauks
of red.
And this was all at first I knew w had
been attacked and that behind those boll
Ing smoke billows, somewhere and some
how, though exactly how and where I
could not tell, men, infuriated into beasts,
were grappling and struggling, each mau,
with every sinew on the strain, honestly
striving to kill his fellow.
And now we were in the midst of a hoi
u . o,.r u,e,,. , u v..
cam there I cannot recall, though 1 re-
member trivial enough as It was that
the water of the Jeliffe made my clothe.
heavy and clinging and uncomfortable
remember this, although a mortal fear sat
upon me of being shot down by some of
our owu frenzied soldier. And t lieu came
that awful rib cracking pressure, a. from
some outward, unseen cause, the square
was thrown luirk upon Itself.
Tbe smell of sweat, of horse and men,
the odor of the powder smoke, tbe blind
ing, suffocating, stupefying clouds of dust,
the horrible fear greater limn all ot here
of being pushed down beneath those thou
sands of trampling feet, the terrible pitch
I of excitement that sickens and weakens,
the mouieutiiry consciousue. vanishing
as soon as felt that this was what men
culled "war," aud that we were experienc
ing the stern reality of whnt we had a
oft.' it read.
Il waa not inspiring, not thrilling; there
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bluoxl lust that eighteen hundred years had
not quenched, and all Its so called sublim
ity aud glory faded out of sight at th.
magic of its real presence.
I looked at Bab Ax.otiu; he was .land
ing at the gunwale of tbe scow somehow
we were back ou the scow again with an
mi loaded pistol in his baud. He w as
watching the buttle on the bank. His
nostrils quivered, and be shifted his fuel
exactly like an excited thoroughbred. Uu
a sudden a trooper of the Kleveuth Cuiras
siers came spinning round and round out
of tbe brown of battle, gulping up blood,
and pitched, w beelug, fnco downward,
Into the soft ooze where the river licked at
the bauk, raising ruddy bubble, iu tb
suuie as he blew his life breath in gasps
iuto It, and raking it into gridiron pat
terns as his quivering, blue lingers closed
Into (1st.
Instantly afterward came a mighty rush
across the river beneath our very bows.
Forty odd cuirassier burst Into it, fol
lowed by eighty or a hundred Kuliyle. II
cau recan jusi now me norse l oots r.iiueu i
on the saucer like cakes of dry mud and
nuug luem up in coiiihiit-s irsKineiiM o .
hind theui. They were a fin sight, those
Kabylcs, with their fierce, red horses, their
dazzling while bouruous, their long, tbln,
murderous rifle barrels, tliuudering and
splashing past, while from the whole mass
of them, from tinder tbe shallow of every
white balk, from every black bearded lip,
was rolling tbeir war cry, "Allah, Allah II
Allahl"
What long dormant recollections tlrred
In Bab Azzoun at this old battle sboull
As he faced them now be was no longer
tbe cold, cynical boulevardier of the morn-
lug. He looked a be must have looked
when be played a sixteen-year-old boy-
about the feet of tbe horses iu his father's
black teuL He saw the long line, of th.
douara of bis native home; he saw th
camel and tb caravan crawling toward
th sunset; b saw tbe women grinding
teal, be saw his father, tb bearded sheik;
be saw th Arab horsemen riding down to
battlo; he saw tbe palm broad spear polut.
aud tbe blue yataghaps. He was no longer
tb. Parisian, the "product of civilization,"
tbe "race problem." In au instant of time
all tbe long years of culture aud education
were as a garment .tripped away. Once
more he stood and stepped the Kabyle,
aud with these recollections bis long for
gotten native sjieecb came rushing to bis
tongue, and in one long, shrill, exultant
cry be answered bis countrymen In their
own language, "Allub-il-Allab, Moham
med reasoul Allahl"
He passed me at a bound, leaped from
the scow upon tbe back of a riderlea. horse,
and, mingling with the baud of the Ka
byle., sped out of .ight.
And that waa the last 1 ev.r saw of Bab
Axsoun. Argooaut.
What W. Like.
Among tbe many things that are hard
to understand Is the fancy entertained by
to many people that other people will be
Interested lo bear at considerable length
what they like to eat and what tbey do not
liketoett There seems to lie nothing of
very great Interest to one's friends In tbe
fact that one is passionately fund of cab
bage and, onions; and yet, next to the
weather, tbe most frequent subjet of con
versation is probably the subject of eat
able. "If there's anything I dot on," say Mrs.
Chnbb, "it's a nice leg of mutton, wilb a
butter gravy and capers. And I like"
"But," says Mrs. Hcrsgg. breaking In,
"Is there anything more horrid than
pickled trlper I can t hear it."
"My favorite sauce," Mra. Chubb con
tinue, "is fried spple sauce; and scalloped
apples I can't get enough of."
"IjiwsI" exclaims Mrs. Bcragg, "yon
don't say sot No kind of fruit agrees with
me. And I don t see bow anybody can eat
those miserable things they call olivea."
bo they go on for an bour. "Well, I
must be going," says Mrs. Hcragg, rising
at last, "We've hsd a real pleasant time!"
Throughout tbe whole interview Mrs,
Cbubb has been talking about tb. thing
.h. likes, and Mrs. bcragg baa been talking
about tb. things she doe not like. Each
one ha been following ber own tempera
ment: aed while she bss nut been at all in
terested is what tb other haa aid .he
haa beea greatly interested in what sb.
herself has said.
This principle of eompromis b general
ly tb basis of these little conversations
about food. Youth'. Companion.
t II . I.MII. St. ....... I
NEW
AND INTERESTINO GOSSI
ABOUT THE MAINE 6TATE5 MAN.
Is Kdllnrlsl and Theatrical Asplratlu.s.
How He lirirteri Into Pnllllr His
Pandne.t (or Music t l-n Visit la a
Walking Malrh.
rOoprrli-hW INI, br American Preea As la
tum. 1ST befor. Mr.
Illnine wss oom
tnatcd (or the pros
Idiocy In ISM th.
writer met a geu
tlrtiian alio for
many years haa
Ihs-ii the publisher
ami om tier of th
Portland Dsllj
Advertiser This
isauiier which
haa always been
influential Iu
Portland and virlnlty.aud it was with this
paper that Mr. Ulniue, not long after he
moved to Maine from Penusxlvsnia, Iwcam
connected inasiihortlinalrcaimrity. He wss
eniplnved by the proprietor to do general
I work, and was wctcd to turn his hand
to anything, from the writing of an edilo-
rial to th. penning of a local pun. After
i he hail served In that capacity for a year
! or so Mr. lllain. felt that editorial work
; waa.uttrely to his liking At that tim.
be determined to make it his life business.
So far as his associates in The Advertiser
! office were concerned, while tbey realized
that Mr. Illnine possessed an exceedingly
i acuta Intellect, and grasped by Intuition
seemingly what others would scotiir ouly
' after patient lalsr, yet It seemed to nou
of them that lie had auy Idea whatever,
: any premonition, so to swak. of tb die
I tlnguished career which he was to make.
I II waa Interested In polllica, but appar
ently no ruoresothau any other newspa
per editor wbodoes his work well.
Mr. Illslnes salary, which was our
raised after bis first employment on that
paper, was, when he left the paper, twelve
hundred dollar a year He thought h.
should receive more, he said that It was
Impossible for lilni to .upport his family
ou that sum, but that he could do It very
H(lpw bmre,t dollar, a year,
.., . ,i. ...... n.. ...i ....
and save a little each year. His employer
did not want to lose him, and at th sain
tune b fell that be could not afford to pay
I as much money as Mr. Hlaiu watiteL
There was considerabl negotiation be
tween them, but it came to nothing, and
I Mr Hlaiu determined lo resign and goto
i At'.gusta, where hi wife's friends lived.
and see If he could not do better for him
self. Thus It hapiHMied that Mr. Illalne
la-cam tb editor and part owner of a
weekly paper in Augusta, aud thus li hail
oppor; unity to lake personal Interest In
politics, lo secure an election lo th legis
lature, where, after a few months' service,
b. became, of a sudden almost, conscious
of bis remarkable capacities. II was able
to attend to hi. newspaa-r business and to
his political duties as well, as his pner
was published at the slat, capital and It
waa only,lssiied onoe a week. Il Is an In
teresting mailer for speculation lo think
what Mr. Blaine's career might have been
had his employer Iu Portland agreed to bis
request and kept him on that pasr for
guns years as an assistant editor. Of
at TllR iniTOHIAL HMK.
tnnrM th, t)ml , )lm ,,,
,,, itMeit ooller or UtU.r. b(lt ,u
oBV.l(mieut mluht bav. taken an atitirt.lv
different course had he renitilned In Port
land.
Mr. Blaine's career as a statesman I. tb.
development ot hi. career aa a politician.
Hi. extraordinary Influence in political
management waa develniwd verysoou after
he entered polllica, aud it Is due partly to
a seal aud enthusiasm which were some
thing phenomenal, at leiut In the expert
enoe of Maine politician. A political cam
paign with Mr. Blaln in Main had all
the .lenient of a great battle. He waa
chairman of tb lal committee of his
party for many years, ami the work which
be did In that capacity was frequently ph.
oomenal. One one occasion, when a des
perate battle was being fought In Maine,
aud tb. Greenback party seemed likely to
secure supremacy, It was the fnrtuue of
lb. writer to see Mr. Blaine as the mana
ger of a campaign. He was probably the
most ubiquitous man who ever took part
In any cauvaa He would be seeu on
afternoon in Portland, and perhaps tb
next morning would be beard from Iu tb
uttermost part of th stale. He was In
Aroostook county one day and Penobscot
county tb usxt; h descended upon the en
emy here and there Willi the celerity of tb.
hosts of th. Assyrians. He was no headquar
ters manager, be carried his headquarters
In bis bat aud bis head He would spend
half th. night Iu a compnrlmentof a sleep
ing car, dictating correspondence, analyz
ing reports, studying th. weak place. In
Disown Hue. and th. strong places Iu lb.
enemy's, and making drafts upon hu re
sources which were always met lie was
autocratic and yet tactful, he ruled with
Iron when uecessary, and with velvet when
It waa wise. He waa utterly without self
consciousness. Not a trace of that deadly
mannerism for. politician which la called
"big bead" was apparent in hi. manner.
Hi. overwhelming personality, that vary
quality which afterward mad. him so con
spicuous In national affairs, was wrhaps
never afterward so splendidly mails maul
fest. ills theory of politics was the theory
of tb. general in battle, and that is that
uoces must be won at all hazards short
of dishonor. He otic said that politics
waa not gratitude, but that It was power
perhaps lb most perfect epigrammatic
description of the sclent of politic
ver made. It was such management as
this, kept up long after be bad become a
national flgur aud even a presidential
possibility, that distinguished Mr, Blaine
as a political manager. No man has av.r
excelled him iu this direction.
Jtls not generally known thai Mr. Blaine
b passionately fond of music, but lo hi.
family this disposition has loug been rso
Ognlxed and catered to. Uu. of tb. most
pleasant lllnsl ration, of il occurred a few
year ago at tb Fifth Avenue hotel, In
New York city. Mr. Blaine had just com
from Washington, and had beru assigned
to the apartment In that hotel which ar
always reserved for him In tb. office of
th. notel were gathered many men of In
fiuenc wbo bad come to call upon him.
Their cards wer sent up, but to none of
them did Mr. Blaio grant sn sudl.nc. He
was tired; he was not in tb. mood for talking
politic, or business with auy one. Could
th crowd in th corridor below bav Men
him they would bav been amazed, and hi.
action, would bav. dispelled any euspl
(ion. regarding hi. .tat. of health.
A young lady, a member of th. fsnillj
ilLALM'iO A UhlJ Al(H)l3r,y.l"'"l''iiephiiiih. as In bl
cos -3
irmiie parlor and Mr Ulnltie, having
t'lvcn orders to admit no one excepting
Itiriulieis of his family, lrisi across th.
parlor Moor nil I he ex uls-rune, of a buy,
pint fill a a kitten, ami trmng lb young
Lilly veiiily actually nalttsl or danced
wilb an impromptu step with her to tb
pi. mo 'Now." said he, 'I nant some
miiKir. a ussl .olid hour of il, and first of
alt I want tun lo piny me that gixs-e or
tin key snug (mm the os-ra of "l b. Ma.
cone..'" It Has a inriisly of which Mr.
limine mi. wry Innn in )outig woman
plnril it over, ami he clapH-tl and shout
ed, "Kncorel encore!" slid she bad 10 play
it ainii I hen she took up the other niel
tslies of I hat os-ra, and so for an hour sli
delighted this wonderful man with the.
simple Utile soims
He snatched up an evening pver, after
the impromptu concert was ended, and,
tnrulug to the ainiiseiiipiit Hiinouticeinenu,
if a sudden Ismndisl into the renter of th
AT TDK rtANO
floor, shouted "Hurrah," aud said, "They
are going to sing 'The Mascolte' at tb
theater thia eveuiug, and we'll go, all
hands." And two or three hours later Mr.
Blaine and his party were Iu a box at the
theater, b. being concealed by the curtains,
and his delight waa as great as that of a
child wilb tbe performance. Yet tbe next
morning the ntcra announced that Mr.
Blalu. had been holding a secret political
Conference somewhere in tbe city that
evening. He bad mil seen a politician all
that day orevrulng.
Mr. Blaine I very fond of th theater,
and his tendency Is toward high comedy,
although be doe not disdain a genuine
rollicking farce. He was a great admirer
of John T. Raymond' representation of
Colonel Mulbrrrr Sellers, and never fulled
to see and hear It w hen it was possible to
do so. Joe Jefferson at Hob Acres always
bad a charm for him, but he did not care
so much for Jefferson's Kip Van Winkle.
Mr. Blaln' family, or some nieinls-rs of It,
say that there have been time In his life
wheu be almost wished that he had made
the stage .hit profession. Of course such
desire was never seriously entertained by
him, but he has always felt that If chance
had brought him to the stage be would
have made a great reputation as an actor.
One time whil shaking of this he said
In Joke, "Some of my would l fflrudsos
sert that I am acting all th time, and if I
could do so well with th world for my
stage, why sliouldu't I do well lo th. play
bousur"
Mr. Illalne Is no great admirer of athletic
.Hrts, aud he has lieen amused that sum.
of our public men have confessed to a
weakness for reading accounts of great
priz. fight. II like to driv., but rare.
nothing for raring or for a siedy horse.
But there was one sport, which for a time
was a phenomenal rniae In New York,
which attracted his attention. II was In
tbe city st the lime of one of the earlier
(ix (l.iy walking mutches, when New 1 ork
city even Ita most staid professional men
Imcama fevered with that frenzy.
Mr. Blaine's curiosity was excited, and
having soni leisure moments he it nil led
across Madison square and entered the
building where this curious display was
going ou, exH'tiug lo stay but a few mo
menu. He stood In a dark, obscure corner
of the building and w atched otiug Unwell
and O'lxiary, the American champion, and
the other haggard walkers and runners aa
he supposed for alaittt half an hour. But
on looking at his watch h found that h
hail, been thrr nearly three hour., and bad
Ulisscd an linMirtant appointment at th.
huteL He never could explain what tb.
fasclnatieu was which held bim rooted to
AT Till WAI KIX0 MATCH.
th. spot, blithe did not feel very guilty,
for be saw distinguished men whom b.
ku.w under th. sum. spell as he himself
was at that time. It was the only .xhlbl-
tlonof athletic sport w hich b. srer wit
nessed In New York city.
E. J. F.DWARD.
Vlrllins of ItaUlraiiak. lilies.
Either tb reptile, of Florida ar nyr
deadly thiiu those of Arizona, or else nerve
and coolness have s good deal to do w ith
human self preservation. A residuut of
Key West, l'la., while deer bunting the
other day, waa bitten by a raUb-suake aud
died In four minutes. It is Is-lleved that
fright contributed to bis quick taking off.
Iu contrast with this Is. the case of Joe
Chavez, a plucky Icn-year-oM of Ulla City,
A. T. Recently be was bitten by a rattler.
He neverwhiniHreiwbilethelesb arouud
the wound was cut away, The linger wa.
Corded near the baud aud Hie arm near the
shoulder, and the child made to drink con
siderable brandy. He was put on tbe train
and sent to Yuma, when the doctor ap
plied such remedies aa the case demanded.
Although an hour and forty minute, had
elaM'd from the time the lad waa bitten,
the case yieldisl promptly and tbe boy is
well. The snake waa four feet six lacbee
iu length.
Honest 1'otlfr.slim.
l anoKATinN.
(he's tweet, she's ing, h" s gsy, she's pretty,
Blis s food, she's true, she e bright, .he's witty;
There's no ot her iprl in the wbole luf city
bo wholly divine at she.
IL llkSITATIO.1. ,
lis t rt. li, .he's fair, she's thy. she's winsiaf,
Her soul la so pure Ibst Unnntlit of sisnlog
Would All ber ith rrief, and I'm beg inning
To fear she's loo good for at.
III. DKTtaMKATIO. '
But Still .round ber I daily hover.
Six knows no ruil t-ss 1 4sre sbov. ber.
And wbee 1 have sho a her how much I loe. hsr
i ll win her-Just wait and Ml
iv.-
-I
What's this In th. psnerf Am I alive, or
Hs. I (um aisdt How eaa I survive ber I
Bile t f um and Moped w lib a burs car driver!
Waal, fool a ms. ceo he!
- twtutrt ill. Journal
V 1
THEIR BED A COFFIN.
LIFE
OP A SMALL RELIGIOUS COM
MUNITY IN MONTREAL,
A Rlgnront Kilslenr. At fertala Tin,
f III. Isv Voting lilrls Wear Heavy O.
Chains About Their Seek. Thar Ar
but flv. ICnthnslasis, However,
There are five women and one man
fivmg In .Muiilre.il who sleep every night
in ruflitis. For some time past The Em
pire correspondent haa been told of
certain Dr. .Inclines, a widower and
graduate of the Victoria School of Med
icine, who, without obtaining permis
sion fnun the ecclesiastical authorities,
had founded a community, and in order
to verify the reports of the extraordinary
character of the bouse in question a visit
was mid to the establishment Tbe re
porter was received most cordially by
the doctor, mid, while conducting tbe
correspondent through the different de
partment of his singular little monas
tery, ho related the history of the work
since ita foundation.
Dr. Jacques has the appearance of a
rery sincere innn, bnt is evidently
touched on the religious question, and,
in fiM't, he admits thit Archbishop Fabre
la not pleased with the work be is carry
ing on. However, he believes God is
with bim, and that the ecclesiastical ap
probation will sooner or later descend
upon his head. 1
"I made a bargain with the bon Dieu,"
began the zenlotu doctor, "the year the
smallpox raged in MontreaL I visited
no liwe than 1,200 cases, and in return
Uod greatly favored the mission 1 have
in hand, viz., the adoration of the 'Holy
Face."
WEARINQ OZ CHAINS.
Among these patients was a family
from SL Jerome named Anbin, and the
father and mother, with five daughters.
the eldest 21 years, and the youngest IS.
now live under the doctor's roof, The
parents live like ordinary mortals, bat
the five children lead a life almost as se
vere as the terribly austere regime of
Carmelite nun. The house in question
Is not of modern construction by any
menus, and when the visitor waa shown
into the court yard in the rear the elder
Atitun was ongaged washing the doc
tor's wugiiii, and hi. good wife was sim
ilarly occupied with the wiudows.
As this worthy couple do not belong
to the community proper, and conse
quently do not sleep in coffins, they were
left at their work, and the next Door
was reached. The five little sisters, as
tin) doctor culls them, were found robed
in red material, with a white head drees
fulling down over their shoulders. These
girls have no education whatever, yet
their medicul protector says they are
very learned in things pertuiuiug to the
Celestial sphere. They retire at half-
pnat 8 and arise at 4, and although tbey
do all the work for the bouse, the greater
part of the day is spent in adoration and
prayer.
Hy the side of a nicely decorated altar
stands a post aliout aix feet in height,
and upon the latter hangs an ox chain
ten feet long, the use of which was ex
plained as follow by the good doctor:
hen Montreal is given over to carni
vals, to halls mid iarties, and when tbe
devil finds it easy to tempt frail man
and womankind, it is at these seasons
that the five sisters devote themselves
ui(t intently to tHMiitcnce and prayer.
This heavy chain is bnng around each
sister's neck fur an hour at a time, while
they kneel In prayer for their sisters of
the world whom destiny ha thrown in
temptation's wny
THKY SLP.KP IN COFFINS.
The doctor now draws aside a curtain.
and a large, deep coflln, painted black
and covered over with gray cotton meets
tho astonished gaze of the reporter. Tbe
cloth being removed the pillow is found
to be made of soft wood, and not a single
article of clothing is visible. The five
sisters sleep upstairs, the second Boor be
ing divided into a half doien small, cheer
less rooms or cells The furniture in
each of these sleeping apartments con
sists of a black coflln, a table and a tin
washbasin, the same absence of clothing
being quite as marked a on the floor be
low. In reply to a question Dr. Jaoquea
stated that the girls would rather die any
time thun leave the community, and he
rattled off the most wonderful miracles
that bod been operated following a brief
sojourn iu bis community.
A brother from Oka had left his own
establishment broken down with disease.
and after a sojourn of forty-eight hours
had returned to bis monastic home in tbe
Otlund weighing sixty pounds more than
when be left, and betug quite unrecog
nizable by his religious confreres. "In
fact," concluded the doctor, "far more
miracle are performed here than atSte.
Auue de Ueatipre, and everything haa
been done but bringing the dead to life
agaiu."
The only recognition ot this famous
community by the archbishop of Mon
treal U in the fact that the Kuv. M. Fit-
jatratilt, of St. James church, is spiritual
director of the live sister in question, of
whom throe go to communion every
morning and two three times a week.
Cur. Toronto Empire.
American litttuene In Vienna.
A Viennese bank clerk was recently robbed
of a Htckage of !i?,(JU0 floruit that bad been
intrusted lo bis rare. The clerkt employer
dectdtsl to advertise tbe loss in what a Vienna
pas-r calls tbe "American system." In other
words, be proun-wl to ask uo nuestious II tb
thief would retnrn ;KJ,(mI florins, keeping th
Iwlnnee for bis trouble, Theoffur was ac
cepted and the money returned, but nnfor-
uuately tbe clerk waa not notified of th
efforts made to recover the money, and about
the time the banker received it the clerk blew
out bis brsins, not in the American stylo,
however. Kan Francisco Chronicle.
An Actress' Underwear,
"Underwear! That's how ( keep from catch-
big cold; I wear th sum quantity at all
times, on ami off th stage, and so when I sot
In a low bodice draughts do uot trouble me,
and when I in In a bigh on. I am uot too
warm. 1 never Wear one stitch oti'tb. ita'.
that I do off It, ami eveu my handkerchiefs,
yea, those pretty one with the lac bonier,
belong to my sta". wurdrobe, I am not Mrs,
(Irimston when I go on the stag, and I do not
want ber clothes; 1 am Mrs. Kendal, th.
actress, and 1 prefer to put on hen." Mi s,
Hernial in New York Herald.
A Hri(hl Voiiiii Man In KnglsBil.
in English bishop lately ordained a young
gentienian as dincon, and frit it necessary to
send for th clergy man who had reenniiiiend
d bun.
"What may your lordship want with meC
"I wish, tir, to speak about that young
man."
"What young man, your lordship!"
"Tti young man, tir, bum I ordained. , I
want you to keep him in check. I bad great
difficulty, sir, in keeping him aroui examin
ing m.." Clothier aud r'uriuuer.