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1LEN LAKEMAN; on, 10 Story of a Young Girl's Strug- glo With Adversity. BY JOHN U. MU8ICK, MmiOR or "Tiik haxkkh op BsDroRD," ' Walter bkownfiku)." Etc fiCopHgM, 1HS6, fcy.t. A'. Ktlloqg Statpaptr Co J lie ntuss before him. Thero wero i few broken loaves of chirk corn-bread, Keookcd haiil, some boiled pork and leaves of weeds which they called 'greens." The helpless creatures grabbed with heir hands, ignoring the few misty knives, forks and .spoons they had. A piece of corn-bread which had fallen to the ground was picked up and given to the child, but he was really ill, and could not eat. His face was Hushed with fever and the pain in his side and back continued to increase. "My child is sick, my child is sick," said simple Nancy, taking the boy in her skinnv anus. "I'll take him to bed." Giggling, she bore the little suf ferer to her miserable, dirty cot, and laid him upon it. "Now you will bo well soon." "Where is sister Holen? Oh, sister, .why don't you como?" cried the sick ' "I am Helen I am hero," said the idiotic woman, striving to console the little sufferer. He fell into a feverish sleep and awoke at midnight to find all darkness jind silence, save the snoring of the idiot on the floor, having given up her bed to him. His fever was raging high, and he burned with thirst. "Helen, I want a drink! Oh, sister, sister, why don't you come?" CHAPTER XVIII. - runuc SENTIMENT. There exists a peculiar abstract non- ontity called public sentiment. We hard ly know how to define it . It seems to be tho I iiiini i milling wi minus ill uiiu uuuu tion. Usually thero are one or two per sons in every community, neighbor- ! hood or society who are local magnets, I .and draw about them a class of inferior persons who follow their thoughts, and i:lc said to bo molders of public senti ment. If thev are right, public senti ment is right, if wrong, public senti ment is wrong. The great molder of I public sentiment in the Sandy Fork neighborhood was Judge Arnold. He I was authority on all questions, either (social or political, and when he took a Estaiid tho other people, or a majority at least, were sure to be with him. I he vary fact that the Judge had filed com plaint against Helen Lakeman, charg ing her with grand larceny, was tmough to convince nearly every per son in the bandy rork neighborhood Cthat she was guilty. "She's a poor girl," said Mr. Taylor, when discussing the matter with his family, "but .hen she has fallen. It is Riot, the first girl who has fallen. The fomptation was great and she was weak. ihe Judge was, perhaps, a little too (Severe on her." 41 don't pity her much," said Mrs. frTjiylor ; "she was always a little 'stuck Ip I thought, and it may bo this will lower her a notch or two." Helen's pretty face had caused many Sao envy her. Tho prevailing opinion Swas that she was guilty. Not a voice, iHve C lareiK'i' Stuart s and her attor ney's, was raised in her defense. Clar Jence was loud in his protestations of llier innocence. He tried in every way he could to get his brother's address, so that he might writo to him, but his fqthcr was careful that he should not Kbave it. Clarence was plowing In the field one aay wnen will Taylor, sonoi31r. Jolin iTaylor, the farmer whose farm joined JMr. Arnold s, passed down the lane. fill was one of those indolent fellows, vho enjoyed sitting on the fence and Etalking on any subject better than rork. P "Well, Clarry, they've got that gal in 11 yet," said Will, when he had made larence pull up in the fence corner, End stop his team. It was only a day er two alter the visit ol tuo yung H . , I - TT 1 - ....1 .1. wrmer aim ms sister to xieieu, uuu mo routh was in no amiable mood. "It's all a blamed lie," said Clar ice. jWill Taylor grinned. Will was a id-headed, frecklo-faced youth, of bout Claronce's own age, and Clar ice was ready to "whip him for two pnts." Whon Will grinned ho was. a lost hideous person to behold. His 2th wero large, and face sharp. "Ye can't buck agin' public senti- lent, Clarry," said Will. "Public Intiment is agin her, and she s sure bo convicted." ("I don't care a cent for public senti- ient, Will: she's innocent." Again Will grinned triumphantly. 'Pooplo are jist like shoop," said larence. " l Here s always a uell- uther that all the rest fuller. If you tint them to go through a gateway, id tho bell-wether starts another di- letion, then every doggon sheep goes ter him. It s list so with people. Old I'm Arnold is the bell-wether, and, al- lough reason and humanity says bo's no wrong, every fool will follow him. iw, sometimes 3011 see a sheep that s it more sense than the bell-wethor. ws green grass to the right and es Viere. It makes no difl'oronco lw iieh the old bell-wother may ring his 01 and bleat. You call tiiat sheep inborn and contrary, but he's right. I at sheep is just as smart as tho boll ther, but ho didn't have tho bell on. I Jim Arnold wears tho big boll, but 11 not foul enough to follow him to rguton for It. I'd rathor bo right in he Jim Arnold." tl supposo you think you'vo got moro so titan all tho rest of ui nut together," said Will, a fittlo nettled. "I say I've got more honesty than Jim Arnold. Nobody but him stops to think about this matter at all. He thinks, nnd they all do as he says. Any one who sas Helen Lakeman stole that bracelet, is a liar, an' 1 kin lick 'em out o' their boots." Will did not fancy a fight with tho youthful Hercules. To use Clareuco's own simile, ho was "jest as strong as an ox." "Oh, well, ye needn't be gettin' on your musi'le about this now,'" said young Taylor, "nobody's goin' to tight about that gal, 1 guess." "1 am 1 don't think much o' fightln', only when 1 see a doggoned, red headed, frcckled-faco pup, liko you, trying to slander a poor girl who has 110 protection, I fool like pulverizin' him." "I am not trying to slander her." "You lie ! what did you come here for with your idees and public senti ment? Cuss public sentiment. It's hung many an honest man an' let many a thief like you an' old Arnold go." "You'd better hush" "Why?" "Because, you'd bettor," his face growing redder. "I'm spoilin' for a fight, blast you !" Will looked up the lane, and was not a little relieved to see a no less per sonage than Judge Arnold coming down tho lane on horseback. The Judge rode his old sorrel pacing mare, and his short, roan whiskers were ele vated. He was on his way to Newton to see. the prosecuting attorney and help "work up the case," which was to be heard by the justice the following Monday. "There comes somebody," said Will considerably relieved, "that you won't dare talk that way to." "I'll talk that way fo any livln' man," said Clarence, porfectly furious. "That's Judge Arnold now; if he wants my opinion on the case he can have it." "Judge Arnold," said Will. The Judge reined in his horse and rode, up to the fence corner. Clarence was boiling with rage, but silent. There was a smile on the Judge's face, for he fslt that his plans wore all working to perfection. He was no hypocrite, bift the embodiment of business and justice. "Well, buys," said ho, "how do you both do? This is a nice morning." "Yes," said Will, his face beaming with a triumphant smile. "Clarence says lie can give you his opinion on the Lakeman case." The Judge smiled as though he knew already what the youthful Hercules thought in the matter, and then said: "You will hear Squire Blull'er's opin ion on it next Monday." CLAKKNCK AND TIIK JUDGK. "Yes," said Clarence, unable to con tain himself longer, "an' you will hear a precious lot o 'lies, too." "I didn't know you were going to be a witness," said the Judge, with a cool ness that comes by experience. The youth was dashed not. a little at the wit of the Judge, and Will Taylor laughed immoderately. "I will not be a witness, Judgo Arnold," said Clarence, "but there will bo enough there to lie that poor girl into the criminal court, you need not fear." "Oh, I have never had any fears in the matter," said tho Judge, coolly. "I am not scared, even now." "There will bo a time when you will be," said Clarence. "When will that bo?" "When you como to die, and tho con sciousness of the many crimes you havo committed will open tho gates of a smoking hell to your eyes. Then, blackest of all, will stand out tho per jury you committed when you swore that innocent girl stole that bracelet." The Judgo sat stern and unterrified a moment, and then said : "I think you had either better go to preaching or to a lunatic asylum. I am in a hurry, however, and can not wait to hoar the rest of your harangue. Como over to Newton Monday and give it to Squire Bluffers it may help your girl out." The Judge rode down the lane, Will went back home, and Clarence resumed his work. CftArrKn THIS PBOSPECTOIl AND HEODLEIl. "Wall, may I bo accused o' sellin' five-cent calico fur gingham ef I ain't almost pegged out. This er'o is tho longest tramp and fewest sales I've ever made in my life. Here I am among the breaks o' Big Sandy, with a pretty smart chanco o' stayin' all night in the woods." Tho speaker was our old friend Pete, the peddler. Pete is tired and stops to wipe the sweat oft' his brow. It is a hot day, and tho sun beams down on tho dry, hard road with fearful fury. Poto has a heavy pack on his back, and as ho goes along in a half stooping posi tion, produced by long travel, ho smokes his pipe, sings snatches of songs or communes with himself. "1 might a knowod thoro war' nobody in thoso wild lands o' Big Sandy to buy, aforo I muno. Poto Pod dlur, yo'r a fool for onoe, yo'r bartonid all-wool goods for lllnisoy stuff that fadea : vo'd bottor slaviul ou vn'r owe heat a doggoned sight than como away out here." Then ho began humming his favorito air: Como nil ye darling ladles, Kemembcr what ray trado Is, To please you I will try" "But thero ain't no ladies here to please," said Pete to himself. "There iin't nobody to please in the woods but ground-hogs and minks. Jehosiphat, ain't I tired o' eliinin' hills and crossin' hollers. The day seems awful long, but they ain't long enough to get over the places. I wish I were up on Sandy By jinks, I must rest." He stopped,-sat his pack down by tho roadside and took a scat on the green turf by the side of it. "Leinine sec, I've got the Big Sandj to cross and then I'm on tho old Plumber place. That's owned by the shoddiest man in the whole pack, Judge Arnold. This lies West. This must be the land o' Helen and Amos Lakes man. By jingo, what a swindle thai was. wuss nor sellin' pewter jowelrj for gold. Them poor children cheatec out o' their home worth live thousand dollars at least, an' given these hills an' hollers not worth fifteen cents the whole tract. When I think o' it I am just doggoned" and he brought hi.' stout stick down upon the ground with a force which made it crack. There was a rustling among the leaves at his side, and he saw a snake known as a copper-head, on account ol the bright crest it wore. The peddler eyed it a moment, as its brilliant little bead-like eyes twinkled, and its forked tongue darted out of its mouth, and said: "Now, ye'r jest like that whole set, '''re eleceivin' every body jest liko a bolt, of shoddy muslin. Ye' re tryin' to smile, ye doggoned sarpint; so does .Judge Arnold. Ho smiles, an' his in fernal eyes twinkle jest liko yours. Yo're only waitin' fur a chanco to bite, an' so is he. Well, I can fix ye, ef I can't him." With one quick, sure blow from his stick he crushed the snake's head, and shouldering his pack went on, leaving it riggling among the leaves. About one-fourth of a mile further, as Pete was dtseending a hill, he paused struck with amazement. Had ho been sud denly confronted with a view of tho Atlantic Ocean he could no thavo been more surprised. ' There right before him wero half a dozen or more tents or shanties. There were wagons and miner's tools, and he could easily seo that they had been there for several days. Ponderous machinery had been erected and a deep shaft sunk, while all around the ground was black with lead and silver ore. Floating rumors had boon abroad of lead and silver mines in these hills of tins Big Sandy, but no one had ever given them cre dence. Pete stopped and rubbed his eyes as if he feared it was an optical delusion. "Well, say, now what in the name o' common sense does it mean?" Ho closed his eyes again, anil again opened them it was all there yet, tho teams, tents, shanties and machinery. "Pete, 1 guess ye ain't asleep ! ye've jist come onto a holt o' calico which ye didn't think was in the pack ; 'sposc wo go down and inspect it?" As Poto walked down toward the camp of miners, a man, who seemed about forty-five years of age, below medium height and rather heavy set, came to meet him. He had an hon est countenance and mild though shrew blue oyes. One had only to glance at him to seo that ho was a thorough business man. "Wall ; say now !" said Pete, stop ping within a few feet of the smiling stranger, and staring at him as if he wero a ghost, "ain't you a strangor in thoso parts?" "Yes sir," tho minor answered, "1 havo been hero but a short time." "What ye doin'?" "Prospecting." "Prospectin', what kind of goods is that ?" asked Pete, removing his pipe from his mouth. "I am prospecting for lead and silver ore." "Oh, yes, ye aro one o' them fellows what digs in tho ground, like a rabbit." "Yes, except wo go deeper. Whore aro you going?" "I want to git across Big Sandy." "You can't make it before dark." "I know it," said Pete, "but then there's no house this bide o' there." "If you will accept tho hospitality of a miner's camp wo would bo glad to have you stop with us." Pete thought ho could do no better, and as tho miner seemed to bo a very friendly sort of a man he accepted the invitation. Uusliiigiug his pack in one of the tents, he said: "1 reckin maybe there'll bo a chanco to sellyesomethin' in tho lnornin1. I've got tho best lot o' calicos, muslins, linens, ginghams, all wool cashmeres, with needles, thread, pins an' handkcrclicrs ye Ivor saw. I'll sell 'em all right down at bottom prices. 1 allu's comes right down to bed-rock prices fust thing, cos' ye see it saves time in jewin' down, yo know." FISHING WITH BIRDS. A Nnturallst' Very Novel nnil Interesting Ailtrnttir III ,lHmll. I made a journey of about twonty. five miles fio t Tokio to a small river, the Baungawa. to witness this novel sight. It was a bright moonlight night, said to be a bad night for fishing, a cloudy and dull evening being pre-fern-el, as tho fish were thou not so active. Tho river consisted of two branches, running very swiftly, and each from twenty to fifty yards wide, but in Mood-time it extended over a space of 200 yards or more, running between high blullV. The man with his bird was waiting for us on the stony bed of the river, with his torch of pine fat burning brightly. Tho bird (Phalaero corax sp.) was very tame, and sat perched on a rock close by. A cord was tieil pretty tightly around the lower part of tho throat nnd between the shoulders, from which was attached a piece of bamboo (having a swivel at each end), long enough to extend be yond the bird's wings and prevent fouling of tho cord, while tho bird was in Ihe water. Every thing being ready, the fisher man takes the torch in his loft hand, an I clasping the cord, to which thu ird is attached, wades out into the stream, the bird following him, and, after performing a hasty toilet, dipping his head and neck in tho water and preening himself, begins tho business of the night. The fisherman holds the torch directly in front and above the bird's head so that it can see the fish in the clear water. The birds seems to be perfectly fearless, and as ho conies up sparks of fire are constantly falling on his head and back. The fishing is done up stream, the man finding it all he could do to keep paeo with the bird, as the water surges up nearly to his thighs; in fact, it was hard work for us on shore 10 scramble along among tho rocks in the uncertain light and watch the bird at the same time. The bird dives, swims under water for eight or ten yards, comes up and is down again, working very rapidly and constantly taking fish. When tho fishes aro small he bird is allowed to retain two or three in his throat at a time, but a fair 'd lisli is immediately taken from him and put into the basket. During a space of half an hour lifteon lislies were taken, which was pro nounced a good catch considering the brightness of the night. Thu largest of these fishes, which wero all of the same species, wero nine to ten inches in length, and having been taken im mediately from the beak of tho bird were scarcely bruisod. The largest, and best of these wo had the next morning for breakfast, the others we gavo to our friend, the cormorant, who was kindly assisted by his master to got them past the cord which constricted his throat so that he could not otherwise have swallowed. American Naturalist. INSANE PATIENTS. An IiitercHtluir Clmt With an Kxprrlaureil AHyliim Nurse, The treatment of patients in an in sane asylum is radically dill'erent from the mental pictures that are drawn by the families of those who have been so unfortunate as to require restraining. After tho first few days tho patient overcomes the horror that imagination attaches to mad houses, and through his wandering intellect there comes a gleam of light that makes him content ed with his surroundings. Tims he be comes tractable, and tho physicians and trained attendants can quickly grasp his case, exposing the vulnerable points of his character, which aro said to control the patient in his lucid moments. Of course, where mon or women aro seized by a paroxysm, in citing them to destruction of them selves or to dumago property, thero is only ono alternative thoy must bo rendered helpless, so that in those violent moods they can do no harm. Patients becomo very much attached to special nurses, and this feeling is fostered by tho physicians, asitelenotes an awakening of tho mental energies and renders the insauo person moro sus ceptible. You would bo surprised to seo a slender little Sister of Charity at St, Vincent's Asylum enter tho room of a patient who had torn his bedding into shreds, smashed tho fow pieces of furnituro in his room and chased the male attendants liko an infuriated beast. It was my first experience of the kind, and I expected to seo the poor littlo thing torn to pieces 'by the nu.d nutn. I was deceived. Tho Sister seemed to exercise a spoil over the big strapping fellow, who weighed over two hundred pounds and stood six feet in his stockings. She spoko in the same way that a mother would address a cros-j child, told him ho was very foolish, that ho wasn't doing right, and that until ho was ready to behave himself sho would havo to punish him by put ting on tho "jacket" and "niufr," two of tho worst devices in nil iiisanse asy lum. That man could havo crushed the bravo littlo woman to a jelly without making an effort, but ho began crying over the scolding and submitted. No man, priest, doctor or attendant could have approached him, and no other Sis ter could have controlled him. These singular attachments must bo of mes meric origin. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. m American enterprise) is felt at Her nosauil. Sweden, which has just boei provided with tho most northcre. elcctrio light station in tho world. The lamps theiM aro lighted at half past two o'clock in tho afternoon, and put out at flftouu minutes past twelve o'clock, midnight. Mamma "Who dwelt in tho Gar den ol Kdeii. Freddie?" l'niddlo--0, 1 known, the Adamses!" JIurvuro Lumpooii- WOMAN AND HOME. rrnrtlrnl Succrttlnnit for Kxperlrncfid and Int-vprrlrnrril llouclvr. Always greae tho bars of tho grid iron before broiling with it. Salt mackerel should be soaked in milk all night beforo cooking. Boiled rice, eaten warm with sugar, butter and nutmeg is often a pleasant dessert. The proper way to cnt oranges is to cut them in two and scoop out the pulp with a spoon. Cream toast is an appetizing and economical supper dish, as it uses up stray slices of bread. Curry is pepper seven times intensi fied, and is used by trench cooks to season game, fish. etc. Boiled cabbage should be drained in a colandi-r fifteen minute and then put in tho oven for live minutes to heat again. Boiled meat is much moro juicy and sweet if it is allowed to grow cold in the water in which it was cooked. (ireeu tomatoes cut in half and put down in brine make a very acceptable substitute for genuine cucumber pick les. Sweet potato pie, in which sweet po tatoes take tho place of pumpkin or siiuash is a Southern delicacy not prop erly appreciated nowadays. Slewed chicken is mado better by being served on toast, or make a pan of biscuit, break them apart, hot, and pour the gravy over them. Pour boiling water upon onions be foie peeling tlioin and you will avoid the smarting eyes occasioned by the volatile oil in the juice of the onions. Pickled oysters aro delicious. Caro must be taken, howover, not to have 1 lie spiced vinegar too strong or to leave the oysters in it 111010 than twenty-four hours. The "pickings" of roast turkey, duck or chicken may bo chopped line, and when covered with salad dressing make a very pleasant side dish for dinner. Moths may bo killed, if under tho carpet, by wringing a coarse towel tightly from clean water, spreading it upon this suspected parts and ironing with a very hot iron. ink stains may bo removed from car pets by rubbing them with skim milk until they are almost efl'aced and then washing them with a cloth wrung out of boiling water without soap. Boil lisli in salt wativ. A good way is to wrap tho lisli in a napkin. Sal mon and all dark llesh fish require more cooking than lighter llesh fish. Salmon requires ton minutes to tho pound, whilo cod only requires three minutes. Soak a ham twolvo hours beforo boil ing it. Then lot it cool half an hour in. the liquor in which it was cooked. Tho next day remove the skin and put the ham, covered with bread crumbs, in tho oven a half hour beforo dinner; it is a most delicious dish. A good relish for supper may ho made in this fashion: Put chipped beef, smoked or dried, on the stove in a fry ing pan with cold water and let it boil. Then thicken it with flour to tho con histcucy of gravy, and add pepper and butter. This makes a delicious dish and uses up the remnants of dried bucf at the same time. Tarts are easily mado by rolling out ordinary pio crust quite thin and cut ling it with a round cookio cutter. Then, in half tho nuinbor made, cut four small holes, a thimble is tho host thing for tho purpose, and bako in pio tins. Thoy aro then ready for tho fill ing ot jolly or marmalade, and this is simply done. Take a plnin pieco of the baked crust, which forms tho undor part of the tart, covor it thickly with jelly or marmalade, and place upon it a pieco of crust in which tho holes havo been cut beforo baking. A plato of theso tarts is a welcome addition to uny Uihlo.Sprinyftcld Union. How to Start a Creamery. To organizo a co-oporativo chocso factory or croamory, you should first writo to the manufacturers of dairy sup plies, and got nil tho information thoy can furnish in their printed matter or letters. Then call a mooting of your farmers and tell thorn all you know. This meeting should appoint a commit tee to fiuthor investigate, and if possi ble the committee should visit several such factories. If their report is liot sufficiently complete, get somo experi enced creamery manager to address a meeting later. After you havo adopted a constitution and by-laws (in the prep aration of which a lawyer should ho employed to mako sure that your State laws are complied with and thatjou start right,) you can then decide whothor to use tho cream-gathering or tho whole milk sj-stoin, what apparatus to omploy, etc. Whether butter-making will pay better than chouso depends largely upon the market, but as a rule, tho creamer ies can return a largor price for milk than cheoso factories. You can equip a factory to make either butter or chocso, as tho market warrants, although wo prefer to have it confined to ono thing. Farm ami Home. In Business Circles. Conl Doalor (to capitalist) I'm try lug to organize a retail coal "trust" and want your help. Capitalist Is thoro any money in It? Coal Doalor You hot thero Is! I'll do all the work and take seventy-Ilvo percent, of the dividends, and you fur nish tho capital and take the other seventy-live. Capitalist (astotindod) But, my dear fellow, there can't bu moro than 100 pur cent, of dividends. Coal Dealer Untsl You don't know any thing about the coal business, I'uck, HOME AND FARM. Soap suds is a splondid fortiliznr for flowering plnnts. Tho best material for fattening fowls is sweet potatoes and corn meal. A good dressing of manure, an pxchango says, is what most land in fested with sorrel needs. Vinegar in tho rinsing water of pink or green calicoes brightens, and oda answers tho samo purposo for blue or purple. Keoping food before the fowls con tinually removes all inducement for I hem to scratch. Thoy should bo so fed as to bo coinpoled to work. To cducato is to fix moral prin c ples, and tho work of a farmer so conducted as to secure to him a noat and comfortable homo is Christianiz ing. Southern Planter. I havo saved many bad cases of bloat in cattle by grasping tho tongue with the hand and pulling it forward, thus allowing tho gas from tho stom ach to escape. Crcston Gazette. Boards of various sizes should bo kept in convenient places, ono for bread, ono for meat, another for cut ling and two or threo smaller ones on which to stand pots and kettles. Chambers' Journal says a joint of meat may bo kept man' clays by wrap ping it loosely in a lino cloth wrung out of vinegar and hanging in a draft f air. If tho weather is very warm the cloth should bo moistened twico or even thrice a day. It is a common practice in Franco to coat tho beams, the jists and tho under side of tho flooring of buildings with a thick coating of lime-wash oh a safeguard against lire. It is a pro--ventivo of priino ignition, although it will not check a 11 ro whon once under head way. Public Opinion. An excellent egg-producing food is one part corn meal, two parts bran, two parts ground oats, 0110 part ground meat and ono part middlings, to which may bo added a small pro portion of bono meal and salt; scald it and feed early in the morning. Stull'ed Kggs: Hard-boiled egga ire peeled and cut in halves. Than remove tho yolk, fill each end and join again, a part of which is mixed with rich force-meat. Now roll them in raw henton egg and cracker dust and fry a. light brown. Servo with a rich gravy poured over. Chicatjo Herald. Tho oat Is a splondid food for young animals because, compared with corn, straw, etc., it is rich In musclo and boue-forniing elements; and this also makes it a splendid food for work animals, during the summer months especially, as it is a heating food. It will pay to mako tho grain ration of oats in tho morning anil at noon. St. Louis llepublican. Marble Cako light part: Two cups of white sugar, ono cup of butter, a half-cup of sweet milk, whites of four eggs, two and 0110-half teaspoons of baking powder, two cups of flour. Dark part Ono cup of brown sugar, half cup of molasses, ono cup of but ter, one-fourth of a cup of sour milk, half a teaspoon of soda, yelks of four eggs, flour to thicken and flavor. Ex change. In caso of poisoning tho slmplo rulo is to got the poison out of tho stomach as soon as possible. Mustard, and salt act promptly as emetics, anil thoy aro always at hand. Stir a table spoonful in a glass of water, and lot the person swallow it quickly. If it does not cause vomiting in fivo min utes, repeat tho dose. After vomiting1 give tho whites of two or throe eggs and send for tho doctor. Boston, llutlgel. Ginger Snnps. Ono cup sugar, ona cup butter, ono tablespoon ginger, ono teaspoon soda dissolved in a littlo water and as much Hour as can ba stirred In. Pinch oft' pieces as largo a a good-sized marble, roll in tho hands, flatten slightly and placo in the tln leaving room for them tosproad. Bako in a moderate ovou and watch closely as thoy burn easily. Leave in tho tin until cool enough to snap. Indianap olis Journal. AN UNPLEASANT AILMENT. A Number or Hlmplit IlBmotllea Cor Ir--plrutloii of the KeeU Thoro are sovoral remodlos for pers piration of tho foot, and horo aro somo of them: Apply with a spongo, with out rubbing, a solution of thirty graina each of burnt alum and boric acid in ono ounce of roso water just as soon as tho hIiocs and stockings aro romoved. Re peat every two or threo clays in tho evening. A pharmacist, who regards the difficulty as duo to fermentation, caused by tho paslo used by shoe makers for fastoning insoles into shoes, directs a powder, consisting of about equal parts of boric and salicylio acids, to bo sprinkled in tho shoes, and wo aro told the trouble ceases. Another pharmacist, who lias devoted consider able attention to tho dillleulty in question, highly recommoiuls tho ap plication of a mixture of ono part of tho oloato of zinc with 'tun parts ot starch. Vionsso has made some care ful observations concerning this dis tressing Infirmity. Ho nllogos that tho condition may bo ontiroly and perma nently cured by rubbing into the fcot fitioly powdered subnitrato of bismuth. Tho action of tho drug soonis to bo purely local. It toughons the skin, and at thojitimo time probably modi fies tho character and nmouiit of per Kplratlon by aft'octing tho, glands. IL is possible, the writer adds, that bismuth lias somo influence upon tho capillary circulation of tho purts Thoro aro somo in which tho bxcossiva perspiration continues in spito of tha troatiuoiit, but ovou thou bismuth de prives lho perspiration of Us foatiu odor and relieves tho tondornosa. Brooklyn Citizen.