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Jt’N'K of (bl* year th» on»
hundredth anniversary of th*
blr'h of Harriot ll««ch«r Htow»
* 111 be widely c»l»brai»d
A n»w
Ilf» of th»
llltl» woman who
mad» lh» great war.” aa Lincoln called
her, la about to couia from th» praaa.
written by her aon. Charles Edward
Htow» and her grandson. Lyman Bea
cher Htow»
Among th» mo»t Interesting of th»
facta It bring» out la that II never
occurred to >h»
little woman” that
there was anything about "t'ticl»
Tom • Cabin” In the least likely to
precipitate a war
Hh» wrote the
btrok with the kindliest feelings to
ward th« south, and her alm was to
be not only just but generous
lo begin with, Mrs Htow» was not
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of th» ritrein» abolitionist type
It
■
was her flrm belief that the better
of I net» Tom and Kilts, and about
element tn th» south hated alaverv
Top»?
and that this element was much larger the same time she met Top»y
cam» to Cincinnati tn th» company of
than waa commonly supposed
Then
tors, while she loathed the system with a wealthy Ixmlatana family which bad
liberated Its slaves and It was In try
all her heart she was willing to Iw
religion that tbs
lies» 'hat It took more often than not Ing to teach her
famous conversation occurred
“lk>
th« kindly patriarchal form
you know who made you*" "Nobody
Khe gave I ncle Tom three masters
aa I knows on. I speed I growed "
and tw. >f them w. r« k!, ,t
. t. r
In 1*14 Cincinnati became th» hot
on» of her plantation owners detest
be.1 of anti slavery talk
Mt Theodor»
slavery and free his slaves
Sh« wai.t
Weld of 1-an«- rheologies! seminary led
•d l<> make th» north understand that
the movement
He had spent much
th» best southerners would "oi-ratr
of his If« In the midst of alavrry and
with them in a reasonable attvmtd
waa dedicating th« remainder of bls
lo do away with the evil
life to Its overthrow
Ilia ablest as
Never was a llltl» lady mor» stir
slstant. the editor of an abolitionist
prised to find herself »lecra'e I
||' r
paper, was Dr Hirn«y, a slave own«r
fooling had hewn when she flrat wrote
from Alabama,
who bad freed bls
th» book that It would df»i lease the
staves, and com» away to fight tbe
abolitionists and bring sympathetic r»
system
aponse from the
south that la. If
It was natural that with these
anybody ever read It at all. which ah»
friends Mrs Stowe should have bad
had doubted
klndlly feelings toward the south,
When the hook appeared the world should hav« thought that It was rapid
•
ly wakening to thn horror of slavery,
with whom she never quit» agreed
«nd that the majority of Its cltlseus
wrote h«r that she was no longer were anxiously trying to put an end
abused she had drawn It all <>n her to it
As far as th» "cause" was cot»
•elf
People in th» youth who had cerned her associations
were
with
not read the book, or who had read It anil slavery southerner» rather than
with their minds made up beforehand
'he northern ab-dltlonlsta
thought her some sort of a monster
H«nry Ward II ether edited tn Cln
A cousin who lived in G-orgia did clnnatl a small dally pwper, his slater,
not dare put th» nnn>» of Mrs Htow» now Mrs Htow». helping him
She
on th» envelop» when she wrot» to records an Incident of the agitation
bar
In Cincinnati that shows th« flghtlng
Mrs Rtnwe found herself, In short, blood of th« young man who was to
put In a class of agitators with whom become the great preacher.
sh» had never belonged nnd the poor
Dr lllrncys abolitionist paper waa
lift!» dove of peace she had sent out wrecked by a mob, and sh» writes
Many respectable citizens are In
came back with Its feathers ruffled b»
yond r»< < gnltlon
«•lined to wink at the outrage In con
The question of slavery cam» Into sideration <>f Its moving In th» line
Henry Ward
her Ilf» at an early |wrl».|
It |a not of their prejudice» "
He feared an
truo that she knew nothing of th» Beecher did not wink
attack on his own paper, and his »la
"peculiar Institution” at first hand
Hhe llv«d long In Cincinnati and met ter found him one day making bul
Hhe asked what
there many sou hernera. and It was lets In th» kitchen
on plantations where she visited that ho was making them for.
”T6 Mill men with." h» answered
ah» got th» color for th» book ah»
grimly, and Mrs Stowe, telling her
waa to write many years after
"I
Hhe was hardly more than a girt aon about It years later, said
hover saw Henry look so terrible
I
when she visited the Kentucky plants
N
I
V a r - ■* JJF/
END OF OLD MUSSENTOUCHIT
Baty Slashed the Gold Fish Globe,
but Killed the Mysterious and
Hateful Creature.
There waa one word the little girl
beard many times a day and could not
image» what It was
Th« word waa
MussentoucblL
Baby wondered who
Mu'-cnt'uichlt could be
The strange
thing lived In th» bureau drawers; It
lived tn th» sewing machine; It lived
tn th» tall jar that stood on th» little
round table; It certainly lived tn th»
glass globe where th« gold fishes
swam.
This went on till baby was two
years old. Mussentouchlt was every
wherw In th» shining books on ths
pari«* table; tn tb» flower bed»;
among th» rose»; »ven In mamma's
work baskrt th» strange thing lived,
•nd If baby took up a reel of silk or
cotton, there was MuasentouchtL
On» day baby found h»rs»lf by th»
glass glob» all atone Th» family were
very busy, and for a few minute» for
got th» little, prying, restless darling
This was ber chance. Up went th»
chubby legs Into the chat.- that stood
near tbe gold fish globe.
Poised on
the rounding cushion, baby reached
far over to touch the gold fish
in
reaching she lost her balance and fell,
dragging tb» glob» to the floor. There
was a crash, a scream, a rush, and
mamma waa on th« spot
Baby was
picked up. kissed and scolded
“I d«ss t tilled old Mussentouchlt 1»
time!" she said, shaking herself nnd
walking off.
In Praia» of lc» Cream.
Runday dinner without Ice cream 1»
an Imposition on th» whole family.
Hay. brother, did you ever notice tb»
expression of th» faces of th» chil
dren when they were ready tor Ice
pea» lies
wer»
cream, and canned
Tbers Is a chance tor
brought In?
rebellion
right
there
mutiny and
When th» family Is feeling grouchy
Juel serve them vanilla Ice cream and
pour hot thick chocolate over tbe ice
cream. Then life la worth living.
•la Carloads of Chicsone
Thirty thousand chickens passed
through we»t»rn cities recently from
Nebraska lo San Fran clace
Tbe
did not Ilk» it. for I feared b» was
growing bloodthirsty "
Professor Stow» helped at times th»
underground railroad
He it was who
took th» original of Kllsa sod l.ittl»
Harry” to the house of the old Quaker
when tbe master waa pursuing th»
fugitives
It waa not long after this
that sh« wrote she fell keenly the
need f an Intermediate party which
would oppose slavery without the vto
ien. e ->f abolitionists
But. sb» said
If no such party was formed many
people would I*« forced to )<-ln tbe
abolitionists
In spit» of tbelr • a
<-«»s«s '
In IBSO th« Htowes left Clncln natl
for Brunsw i< k . M»
II w aS th»r» that
her great resol vs was taken that she
would use b«r p»u to fight slavery
klready she was a successful author
• fid deeply Interested In tbe cause of
the slave
Her brother wrote and put
it» prop, -sit Ion to her squarely
why
lid she not writ» about th» subject
nearest her heart and make people
mders'and* It was In the little parlor
of her Brunswi- k bom»
Hhe read
the letter aloud
As sh» finished the
• I peal she rose from ber chair, crush
Ing th» letter In her hand and said
God helping me, I will writ».”
Th» ms »rial for "Vocl» Tom's
Cabin" cam» from various sources
but sh» verified them all
Tb» Ken
lucky plantation she airwady knew
Tbe slaves whom ah» had known In
Cincinnati had talked freely, giving
tbe light as well as tb» tragedy of
their lot
I'ncl» Tom
seems to have been
drawn from Joahua H««««n a black
man of great sweetness and piety, who
told her appalling stories of Ilf» aa
he bad seen It
Th» book th«n, was published, with
many misgivings, but nun» among
them was that th» south would fall
to und«t »tan I the friendliness of ber
spirit
Then sb» found herself th»
most famous and th» moat abused
woman In the world
Mrs. Htow» bad that »valtatlon of
character which lifts
a soul above
*
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-
ft).«
tumult she wrote poetry and planned
a trip lo Ei gland In th» Interest of
the caua»
It Is typical .»f her In
g»nuuusn«ss that she was much sur
prised to And herself welcomed and
feted on tbe other side of th« ocean
Where ah» had ezp«w t«d to rest and
s»« nobody, she discovered ah» was
the talk of th» country
When
the war
broke out
Mrs
Htow«» son was among tbe first tu g>>
Hh« wrote afterward
It was the will
of God • • • that ih» slave mothers
wins« 'ears nobody regarded should
have with them a great company of
wer-pera. north and south Rachels
weeping for their children and retua
Ing to be comforted "
Alter the
war Mrs Htow» went
sou'll and lived tor a time In Florida
I lie scheme was to raise cotton with
frev labor, but II tailed disastrously
lu oilier ways the stay In tbe south
was a success, and everywhere Mrs
Htowe appears to have been treated
with consideration. The era of abuse
was over
After cotton
they tried to raise
oranges. but a frost spoiled that plan
Mrs Htow«- lost |.ll 0 '0 In this way,
and then she founded the Christian
Inion with her brother, Hv.iry Ward
Ik«., her and lost most of th» rest of
her money
Hh» kept writing, not be
cause n»r fame tempted her. but be-
<aui» the money was needed
Uncl«
Tom's Cabin.' which made so many
fortunes, never yielded ber mor» than
a isw hundred dollars
WASHABLE RUGS IN KITCHEN
.........
None Other Shou'd Be U»ed. for th«
Most Eftceiient of Solitary
Reason*.
Run for a kitchen thouM
' *»« WABhabl«, mb th» grra«« thoy sc-I
I "UTTfUlAto is u nap«« M a bl«
Good look- .
} n* rnlitur«« tn ra< weave« ar« suit
i .14« «nd far mor« eanltary then the i
ua’om of tom«* households of ualng
¡run that have grown too shabby fori
•ther rooms
A wool rug ahould be
-ut on the line and well beaten one»
t weak and should b« wiped off fre
i luently with «oap bark and water or
J* 1th a Ape« tai carpet eonp
The sink, braldra dally «rrubblng
<hoild be wiped nut on«*« a day with
i cloth wet in keroaan« or turpentine
o rtrnoww lingering atatns on the en
n>«l
If the sink Is an old faebhm« d
| ’In* one It should be rubbed with coal
ashes to remove disrolomilon and
Hater scrubbed well with hot soda *a
er
At least oftce a day pour a good
tlslnfe* (ant or hot soda water down
he drain
keep a bni of washing
♦oda on a shelf over th« sink and dis
«olv* a lump with th« last rinsing
water
This Is a grease rutt«r
Kitchen « loaets ran only be kept In
i ondltlon br thorough
surveillance
There must b« no poke holes, no un
x>*«r«d hoses nothing to attract In
•act peats
Have plenty of enameled >
¡boxes or tiae th« tin receptacles In
which coffee is often sold
In <h«s«’
put cereals, sugar rice, coffee, salt
breadcrumbs, rhocolat«. tapioca, bora
<ny and other things that too often are
kept In their own packages after they
hat« been opened
NEW DEVICE FOR GAS HEATER
So Constructed as to Hold • Rscspt
•cl» Over th» Flam» From
On» Burner.
A d»vl< • for hratlng shaving water
and othrr things over th» flam» of on»
gas burner has b««n designed by a
Minnesota man and should come In
handy for th» hallroom boarder
An
arm is mounted on th» main, or vertl
• I. pip» of th« chandelier and th» fr««
end of th» arm holds a substantially
ARE
YOU TR0UBIE0 WITH
SICK HEAOACHE
BILIOUSNE .1
CRAMPS
INDIRECTION
OY’PEPSIA
MALARIA
TRY
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH BITTERS
1
F<»r 58 years it has
given satisfaction in such
casesand you’ll find it just
the medicine you ne<*d.
t n» uie»st M»p.
Af*»r som» controversy about th»
sgs of various maps that hav» com»
down to us from ancient times It has
been Anally determined by eavanta
that tbs oldest Is In the form of a
mosaic In a Byzantine church at Mai-
aba. In I'aleatln«
It Is about 1.700
»ears old and purports to be a map of
a part of the Holy luind
she
SUFFERED
FIVE YEARS
Finally Cured by l.ydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound.
Quit» a Novelty.
"You say bls society drama la a
novelty ?"
"Yea
Tb»rw waa no
fascinating
fireside wrecker tn It and tb» teroln»
remained unmarried for nearly alg
months after she got ber dlvorca."
I ri». l’:t. — '' I .Huffered for five year*
fr.itu feiuale tfcubl'-H and ;it lust was ’
almost helplMfl. 1
went to three doc
tors and they did
me no ipeul. so my
•inter advised me to
try l.ydia E. I’ink-
hatn’a Vegetable
C<> in pa u :. d. n nd
when I had taken
only two bottles 1
could see a big
change, so I took
six Ixittles and I ant
conical plate. In Which th« receptacle
now strong and well
I don't know how to express
holding th» material to
b»
heated •gain
rest».
Th» arm Is slidably mounted ini thanks for the g.... 1 it has done ma
on th» chandelier, held In place by a •nd 1 iri'i«' all siifli'i'ing women will
thumb screw, and can be adjusted tc give Lydia E. I’inkhani’s Vegetable
( otntsiund • trial. It was worth its
different heights from the flame
It
w
. . ! ” Mrs J. I'. Exout n.
also swings from side to side, so that K. F. 1>. No. 7, Erie. i'a.
It can b» qul< kly pushed away from
l.ydia I l*inkb»tu*s Vegetable Com
the flam« without turning out the light pound, n ole from native roots and -
to withdraw the heat A stop bar holds herbs, contains no narcotic or harm
It t'arallel with th» arm of th» burner ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
Th» conical shap» of th» pan that for the larg' -t number of actual cures
holds the receptacle allows th» flame of female diseav-s we know of. and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
to spread under It and distributes ths
• re on tile tn tin- 1'inkl.ani lalmratory
heat.
nt I.ynn, M iss . from wi-men who barn
l»-en cured from alniont every f.,rm of
Mosaic Sandwiches
female conij'laints, Mich as inflamma
Cut thr»» slice» each of whit» anc tion. ulceration, dlvnliueluents, fibroid
lark graham bread
Hpr»ad a sllc> tumors, irregiilariti'-H. jw-riodlc j<uns.
of white bread with creamed buttei l*ackache, indigestion and nervous
and place a slice of graham bread or l-rostration. I very suffering woman
owe» it to herself to give Lydia 1 Hnk-
It
Now spread graham with creamer*
ham's Vegetable Compound a trial.
butter and place on a slice of white
If y ou vs ant »pee in I advice ..rite
Itepeat this process, beginning will j Mrs.riiiktmni. I vnn, Ma»»., fur it-
graham
l*ut both piles In a coo j It is free mill ulwuys helpful.
After Money.
Bill- I s«e that on» out of every tea
letters passing through tbe Russian
post office Is opened on general prin
ciples
Jill Gee! There Isn't money In as
many aa
that, la there?—Yonkers
ttatisn.sn
place wttb a light weight on them I
When the butter has be<-ome hard ;
cned. tritn each pile even, cut »act I
pile In three half Inch slice»
Spreai I
with creamed butter and put togethe: i
so that a white block will alternat« '
with a graham one
Put under weigh'I
In a cool place and when butter l>
hardened cut tn thin sllcea
i
fowls vrrs sidetracked at various
Creamed 0--<d B»ef.
points nnd were viewed by many
Tear th» beef, or rather shred ot
pl»
Th» shipment was made by J
chop It fine, taking out the skin and
tl Gaeachlln who owns a number of stripe of tallow
Place
In heavy
poultry houses In different parts of spider, add a good tableapoonful of '
Nebraska
It consisted of sli car butter and let melt adding on« table >
loads, every car
carrying approxi spoonful of flour. Htir. then add slow
' ly. two to two and a half
cups oil
mately five thousand fowls.
Flach car had a keeper who gave milk, stirring till smooth and thick
the birds constant attention and saw Pour over platter of tout
This may
that they were properly fed and wa ba served without toast and with i
tered
The trip la usually mad» In baked potato»«
The quantity of milk '
eight days but tn this instance it used must be determined
by
the
took fifteen days on account of snow
amount of beef you us»
A Partnership.
To Whip Cream.
"My father and I know everything
Whipping cream 1» always a difficult
In tbe world." •aid a email boy to bls
task and often a disappointing one It
companion
I one •»»» the cream turn to butter
"All right." the latte" said "Where**
when butter la th» last thing wanted
Asia?"
Thia can be prevented It the bowl b
It waa a stiff question, but the lit
kept tn a pan of lc» water during th«
tl» fellow answered coolly:
“That Is
uns of ths questions mv father know»' beating
Literal Feeling.
"Did tbe boss kick when you asked
for more pay?"
"He did. but I wouldn't have mind
ed hie kicking so much it the stairs
bad not been so near and so sleep.
The New Iron Kettla.
Before uelng a new
Iron k»ttl»
grease Inside and outside, let stand 4*
hours, then wash In bot water in which
a large lump of cooking soda itaa b»»t>
dissolved.
Rhode Island's Stat» Farm.
Rhode Island has a farm on
*i
•
Including th« •'»!» prison stale work-
hou»» and Providence jail. The work
house prisoners hate done much In
reclaiming and cultivating laid, re-
moving stones, l-npnolng th» stream
and building walls.
»
A Cough
Medicine
•
Ayer’s Cherry Pectcal is a
regular couch medicine, a
strong medicine, a doctor’s
medicine. Good for easy
coughs, bard coughs, desper
ate coughs. If your doctor
endorses it for your case, take
it. If not, don’t take it. Never
go contrary to his advice.
A
W« >tsh.i»ti •«? fomu.aa
W» teeniah a «ehol
from e«r ■»•Ais-tawe
We ut|s ye« ta
•e eu » year
debtor
The dose of Ayer's Pill» is small, only,
*ne st bedtime. As s rule, laxative doses
ire better than cathsrtic dose*. For con-
itipation, biliousness, dvspepsia, tick-
icadtche*. they esnnot be excelled,
your doctor abcut this.
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