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About The Telephone=register. (McMinnville, Or.) 1889-1953 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1887)
WOMEN AND HOME. HOW FASHIONABLE LADIES RESIST KITCHEN TYRANNY. Impertinence of Men—flow to be Agree- able— Rushing the Fashions—A Wom an’« Experience—A Fainting Bride. Helps in tlie Kitchen. The cooking school was only born to the world a lialf dozen years ago. Now they have become so popular that they are almost as common in New York as the “drug store” in a prohibition state. “It sounds a little odd,” remarked the fair director of one of these institutions, “to say that no young lady is considered to have fin ished her education and to be ready for so ciety until she has taken a course in cooking. Nevertheless, that is getting to be the fact. It is beginning to be realized that u knowl edge of bread making is of at least as much inqjortauce os a knowledge of Greek roots, and that good soup is worth more to the hu man race than the ability to demonstrate a problem of Euclid. After a fashionable young woman has got through her boarding school, and perhaps been abroad, she comes here und gets a thorough grounding in the art of cooking. Work# Well, there’s not much play about it. Sho has to mix dough, knead bread, and wash dishes just like the second cook at home. “There is no college nonsense of sitting off and taking notes from a lecture. She has to do the actual work until she thoroughly under stands it. Bread is the first thing, then meats and soups, and finally pastry and fancy dishes. Practical experiments in all these things are mixed with u great deal of instruc tion ubout the care of a house and the details of marketing. When the young woman finishes a course in a good cooking school she has the art at her Angel’s’ ends, and can get up anything from a hand made and double jointed sandwich for a railload eating house to a ten course dinner of the most elal »orate kind. Many of the young women who are learning these thingswill never have a chance to use their knowledge practically, but you may be sure their households won’t be the worse off because of it. “The same practical spirit which has devel oped the cooking school has made other kinds of instruction popular which a few years ago would have been frowned upon. Great num bers of young women of wealthy families and social rank are now learning millinery and dressmaking. Indeed, I understand that some fashionable modistes draw no inconsid erable revenue from the instruction which they regularly give classes of such pupils. Of course, it is extremely improbablo that any of these young ladies will ever have to make dresses for themselves or anybody else, but riches have wings, and a competent knowledge of these arts is a good possession for any young woman.—“C. E. R.” in New York Commercial Advertiser. Bushing the Fashions. The room was filling fast when in stepped a pretty girl. Sho had the clastic tread, the clear skin, the bright eye, the blowing hair that I »elong to American young womanhood, but nobody looked at her for these. Every eyo was bent on gown, on hat, on wrap. The rest of the assemblage were winter ; she was spring. I havo no memory for the details of tho costumo. I only know that it was in browns and ^rays with a touch of red here and there, a ribbon sash fluttering from the skirt, a bunch of posies nodding in the bead. There was no tournure. The drapery fell in simple and natural folds. A modest, unob trusive garb in every particular, quietly worn. Every one gazed at the flowers and became conscious that the season for feathers was gone. Every woman noted the tailor jacket and felt a sudden pang of disgust at tho weight of a belated sealskin. A moment before they were uneasy. They had been on tho verge of a transition. The young girl had precipitated the crisis. It was upon them. It was past. They would not appear in pub lic again till they were dressed as she. Two women behind me were talking about her; a “walking lady” from So & So’s estab lishment, they called her. One met her at tho picture galleries, in tho book stores, on tbo promenade, wherever women congre gated, they said. It was her business to rush tho season, spring and fall, and to introduce a new material or a novel shape, by looking pretty in it and drawing eyes wherever sho wore it. “I am going to ask her what she calls that jacket and whether bustles are really going out,” wound up tho bolder of tho pair, as sho left her companion and walked lip to tbo graceful young girl. A moment later tho two were in conversation, the walk ing lady answering her inquisitor's questions with upparent readiness and ease. Tbo walking lady is a unique advertise ment. I am inclined to think she is a new' one. She does not seem, at any rate, to be extensively employed as yet. Most of the firms at which I havo inquired after her dis own her acquaintance.—Eliza Putnam Hea ton in New York Mail and Express. A Woman's Experience. Whenever I offered to help in any house hold duty 1 remember I was told that it was more trouble to show mo how to do it prop erly than to do it alone, and so my poor, patient, hard working mother baked and churned and swept and ironed alone, and when she had worked herself into an un necessarily early grave, she left behind her a daughter who could “neither wash dishes nor sew up u team.” Perhaps I should blush to confess that I could “feed tho swine,” aye and the rest of stock, and I could harness a team and drive it, too, as well as any man on tho place. For 1 had led a wild, nomad sort of life out of school hours, and when I followed my father und brothers to tho field they did not seem to fl n< I it a troublo to teach me, so in my way I Itecame quite a farmer, but I was none the less unable to keep my father’s house. I learned it all later, but through much tribu lation. It is true kindness to children to give to each some daily duty, and insist on its being promptly and thoroughly done. I often wonder how much of my husband's dyspcjisia is due to the fact that the means of our early married life were something calculated to produce that disease in an ostrich. Don't let your daughters wnit to learn their house keeping by experience. The air that some holm's havo of going at “sixes and seven” is a strain on the affections that few men are able to endure. Make your children self helpful and helpful to others.—Cor. Rural Now Yorker. chinery for himself and not for her he is guilty, of that form of selfishness which is al most, if not quite, a crime. Husband and wife ure partners in tho work of life, each having charge of a special de partment, and what each does in that depart ment contributes to the general welfare and benefit of the “firm.” Neither has tho moral right to consult his or her interests alone. The interests of both should be re garded, and the kind and thoughtful hus band will not care to monopolize all tbo bene fits resulting from the labor of both. For every machine that he buys for himself to save labor, or make work easier and more ( effective, ho will buy one for his wife. He will furnish her a good washing machine and a wringer. There will l*e a good chum, and tho stove will be one w ith all tho “modem im provements.” There will I mj u cistern, and the cistern will have a pump, and, of course, there will be a sewing machine, and, perhaps, u knitting machine. Why not/ Knitting by hand is something liko going through a com field with tho old hoe. If he has a cultivator to do that work with, why should sho not have a machine to do tho family knitting w ith? Sho can knit evenings, do you say? What will you be doing then? Reading the newspaper, or magazine, eh? Well, perhaps sho would liko to read some, rather than be obliged to spend the hours until bed time in knitting. Think of it. “Put yourself in ncr place,” and—do ns you would bo done by.— American Agriculturist. How to Be Agreeable. Very rarely, if ever, young persons acquire the ability to converse with case and fluency. This implies, first of. all, good ideas, clearly and sensibly expressed. An empty mind never made a good talker; remember, “you cannot draw water out of an empty well.” Next in importance is self possession. “Self possession is nine points in the law”—of good breeding. A good voice is as essential to self-posses sion as good ideas are essential to fluent language. The voice, from infancy, should be carefully trained and developed; a full, clear, flexible voice is ono of tho surest in dications of good breeding; it falls like music on the ear, and while it pleases tho listener, it adds to the confidence of its possessor, be he ever so timid. Ono may be witty without being popular; voluble without being agree able; a great talker and yet a great bore. It is wise, then, to note carefully the following suggestions: Bo sincere; ho who habitually sneers at everything, will not only render himself dis agreeable to others, but will soon cease to find pleasure in life. Bo frank; a frank, open countenance and a clear, cheery laugh aro worth far more, even socially, than “pedantry in a stiff cravat.” Bo amiable; you may hide a vindictive nature under a polite exterior for a time, as a cat masks its sharp claws in velvet fur, ou«. the least provocation brings out one us quickly as the other; ill Matured persons are always disliked. Bo sensible; society never lacks for fools. If you want elbow room, “go up higher.” Bo cheerful; if you have no great trouble on your mind, you have no right to render other people miserable by your long face and dolorous tones. If you do you will be gener ally avoided. But above all, lie cordial; true cordiality unites all the qualities we have enumerated. —American Agriculturist. dear, the ladies (?) of the half world have gone in for the excessively polite and really courteous women are afraid of being misun derstood. A great amount of thanksgiving comes from tho half women when u man put* their fares in the stage box, and as for giving one* of them a seat, the sighs and exclama tions and protestations are almost as over whelming as tho perfume of pachouli or white rose that is all over every place. It is really very funny, and when there are no men about—for instance, in an elevator at a large shop—they are equally effervescing to women. “My dear madam, I trust I am not crushing you,” and “My dear madam, will you kindly allow mu to pass?” said like honey tastes, sc overwhelms the ordinary woman, who has found “Excuse mo” sufficient for most times, that she is absolutely driven to silence tc defend herself. But tho reason for scowling is found in the continued impertinence of men—at least men by courtesy. From Fifth avenue and Thirty fourth street down to Broadway and Nine teenth street one is never certain if one smiles that a man may not smile back, and in a very offensive way. A minute’s stop to buy u flower, a minute to look in a window, und woe betide you, if one of those horrid creatures be near. Really, the police might put a stop to them, for no woman, indeed no school girl of tho most frivolous type, could be anything but displeased at their glances, presumably of ad miration. The stolid dude is so much greater comfort that one longs for him, oven if he commits such a betiso as sucking his cane. Out of town people will conclude tho Now York woman is ferocious, but, indeed, she has the best reason for it—self protection.—“Bub” in New York Star. How to Dust a Room. The proper way to dust a room is to begin with the walls. Pin several thicknesses of cloth over a broom and sweep the walls town thoroughly, leaving at tho same time all the doors and windows open. This matter of sweeping the walls is important and should be dono once a week in rooms that are much used. Then with a damp cloth wipe off the picture cords or wires, tho backs of all the picture frames and the tops of the door and window frames. If there is any danger of injuring pictures or frames with a damp cloth use a dry one, but wipe them all off carefully. As often ¿us you can get a good draft which will carry tho dust out of the window, shake and beat the curtains, whether they be Holland, laco, scrim or what not, for they are prime sinners in the matter of har boring dust. The window—sash, sill and gluss—should also receive attention. Use a large cloth, with half of it well dampened for dusting, tho dry end being useful to wipe off small articles that might be injured by dampness— and be careful that you manipulate the cloth so as to wipe the dust into it and keep it there. If it gets dirty have a clean one, and always wash them out and scald them after using. Jf there are insido shutters to tho windows they need to be cared for almost as tenderly as a baby. A thorough cleaning every week, carefully wiping both upper and under sides of the slats, is the only thing that will keep them in decent order. A room is not thor oughly dusted until all the furniture and woodwork and gas fixtures havo been cleaned with the damp duster. Upholstered furni ture should be taken out, brushed all over and then wiped with tho damp cloth, not for getting tho under side.—Florence Finch Kelly in New York Mail and Express. Mr. Thompson and the Fainting Bride. Assistant Secretary Thompson, of the treasury department is said to be an expert in reviving swooning persons, but not until last week did he havo an opportunity to dis play his skill in that lino for the benefit of his official associates. A party of New England excursionists were passing through tho de partment, among them being n newly mar ried couple. In consequence of tho overexer tion or the poor sanitary condition of tbo treasury, the young bride fell in a faint im mediately in front of Afir. Thompson’s office. Hearing the commotion in tho corridor, Mr. Thompson opened his door, and, taking in the situation at a glance, directed that the fainting lady bo laid upon tho sofu in his room. Tho young husband was almost fran tic, and with an utter disregard for the pres ence of strangers ho endeavored to restore his wife to consciousness by pressing her to his bosom and caressing her extravaguntly. Mr. Thompson suggested his infalliblo remedy of stretching the patient upon her back, with her head downward, so as to allow tho blood to circulate to the brain. The young husband at first remonstrated against what seemed to him to be treatment too heroic for his better half, but he finally consented, and in a fow minutes tho young lady was restored, and the happy couple rejoined their friends and con tinued their sight seeing expedition. Mr. Thompson says ho obtained his experi ence in fainting cases ¿t orn Dr. Gittings, of Columbia, S. C. The doctor was called upon to administer to a lady who had fainted. Upon his arrival ho fouud tho jiatient stretched out upon a sofa, with a high pillow under her head. Tho doctor’s first instruc tions were to “take that pillow from under her head and place tbo family Biblo under her heels, and sho will be all right in a min ute.” Mr. Thompson never forgot this remedy, and he has practised it repeatedly with great success.—Baltimore Sun. A Hint to the Thoughtful. A recently published pamphlet on “Wed lock,” by an anonymous author, undertakes to show that matrimony is not so bad as is represented by many who make un their picture from tlio scandals of divorce courts, tho quarrels of uncongenial partners, and tho disease and wretchedness that follow excess and ignorance as inevitable consequences. Ho assures tho candidates for conjugal hap piness that there is a golden secret by which lovo may l>o made perpetual. Tho great error, ho thinks, is tho traditional fiction that husband and wife are ono, and the husband is that one. They should both preserve their individuality as they possessed it before mar- , riage. They should maintain reserve tbo 1 same as in the days of courtship; they should respect, as then, each other’s personality; they should each preserve a sphere apart from tho other in which to excrciso good tastes, judg ment, will and activities with which nature has endowed every |*erson, and which are i essential to tho normal development, health and continued enjoyment of existence. In a i single word, his remedy for tho evils and abuses of the institution is, live under the same roof but apart.—Home Journal. Little Tot’s I.ogle. Bright and early the other day—so early that it seemed to tho bead of tho bouse that he had just fallen asleep—he was awakened by a vision of a white flannel nightgown, a Helps In tlie Kitchen. The head of tho family has all kinds of la fair face above it, with fairest hair encircling bor saving machinery in his field of action, that, big blue eyes and a rosy mouth, with hut too often it is the case that the woman of one white finger thrust falteringly between the house ha* to get along without tho assis the lips standing by his l>edside. “What is it, Margherita?” he asked. tance of such lalior saving devices as are ap “It's—it's -it's morning in my room, papa’” propriati' to her sphere, and the work sho liar, It war. morning throughout the bouse after to do. Tli is is not ns it should be. Tho man who seeks to save labor in the field by the use that.-Boston Transcript of machinery, ought to bave in mind the fact The Import invitee of Men. that bis wife has to work quite as hard in the Any stranger coming to New York just kitchen as lie has been in tho habit of doing out of doors, and that it is his duty to pro now has a perfect right to think that all the cure for her such helps as will lighten tier toil well dressed women are in a rage. A scowl, and do away as much as possible with the or at least a look of indignation, is deemed drudgery and housework. Xu buying ma* very good fonu. And why? Because, uiy Woman’s Suffrage Societies. Ladies in New York interested in ’‘suffrage for women” are, by means of different local societies, educating themselves in the ques tion of the day as involved in politics und constitutional rights. One reason, and a very excellent one, assigned for such a course of study is tho ignorance among women of the theory of government and tho necessity for a knowledge of tho fundamental rules of jxjliti- cal economy, whether the lights of suffrage bo ever accorded to them or not. Of these societies, one is tho “New York City Woman Suffrage league,” of which Mi’s. L D. Blake, as successor to Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is president. Another is the “Woman’s Suf frage committee,” presided over by Mi’s. Kate Palmer Stearns. A third is tho “Society for Political Study,” at which city and stute gov ernments are discussed. Mrs. Emily Wake man is president.—New York Cor. Chicago Journal. Woman Versus Man. ’ “There is a growing tendency nowadays for women to unsex themselves—that is, to crowd into occupations which have up to late years been occupied exclusively by man. If women usurp occupations originally intended for tho other sex, what about the men who are thrown out? for it is very certain there is not room for both.” This is a fallacious popular idea. The question is misunderstood; women have not become manly, but men liave be come effeminate. In consequence of all their timo immemorial employments having been gradually token from them, women in this Nineteenth century are absolutely driven to seek somo outlet for their energies, or neces sities, in new lines of work.—National Re view. Just Looked at Him. Sometimes an impudent ruffian gets his due ut the hands of a woman. Not long ago a modest, well bred girl paused for a moment on a street corner to await the coming of a friend whom she had left indool’s. A man saw tho stationary feminine figure, and. ap proaching, began with confidence to talk about the weather and inquire the young woman’s destination. He was met with a stony stare. Ho braved it for a moment and talked on, but presently his words began to fail, ho repeated himself, he stammered, he stuttered, he even blushed under the cool, surprised eyes, and in tho end he turned and almost ran away from tbo woman ho was in sulting.—Chicago Herald. The Value of a Helpmeet. When a man tieeonies a widower bo soon learns what the financial worth of his wife was to him. When ho is compelled to hire tho food cooked, tho garments made, tho washing and ironing done, he finds that about one-half of Ids incomo u required to meet theso outgoes. Who saved this expense be fore? Let the cold fingers and the silent lips in tho graveyard bear testimony.—New Eng land Farmer. A Girls' Fire Brigade. In a Liverpool cigar factory, where 1,000 girls are employed, a fire brigade, composed of the operatives, has been organised. The girls arc well officered and drilled, and at a recent blaze in the factory did efficient ser- vico in subduing the flames. Mrs. Jackson, a misrionarv recently re turned from India, says that during ten year« sho never saw a Hindoo child receive a caress from its mother. A “premature wrinkle” is ono that conics in a woman's face before she is married. How Monotypes Are Slade. Monotypes are attracting considerable at tention at Boston just note among artist«, and many of them are experimenting in tbo pro cess. Tho design is drawn in printer'^ ink on a smooth plate, ami ono taspreseio«* h taken by means of a:i etching press. WHITE HOUSE DINNERS. HOW THEY ARE PREPARED BY THE “STEWARD OF THE HOUSEHOLD." Management ot an Entertainment Out* .ide ot tlie E.tabll.lieil Routine ot tho Freeldeutlal Household—Uow the Vert, ou. 11111. Are Paid. The original organic act of tho executive establishment, dating back almost a century, in designating tbo personnel of what was known us the “official household of the presi dent,'’ created the office of "steward of the household.” The officer holding that place was by law intrusted with the custody ot the plate and rare of the furniture and effects of the United States kept iu tho executive man sion for tho use of the president. Ho was re quired to give bonds for the faithful per formance of his trust. He also had charge of the [wraonal servants of the president, made all purchases for the president’s table, aud performed such other duties within tho circle of the domestic life of the president us might be assigned him. When Washington inaugurated his “official household” in New York under the act ot 1789, he made Samuel Faunce, a local celeb rity as a landlord and caterer, tho “steward of his household.” Faunce during a portion ot the period of the Revolutionary war had been landlord of tho City tavern, a favorite resort for officers of tho English forces during their occupancy of the city, and of the Amer ican officers when the city passed into their hands after peace. It was at the City tavern, when Faunce was still its landlord, that Washington and the officers of bis disbanded army met, ami where tho gcneral in-cliief of tbo continental forces took an affecting leave before hit departure for bis home at Mount Vernon. There has been a “steward of the president's household” ever since, but tho in cumbent of the office has been changed os often as there have been presidents. It is natural that every president should desire so important and close a position in his own per sonal household to be filled by somo one pre viously known to him. GROVER CLEVELAND’S STEWARD. When Grover Cleveland established him self in tlie executive mansion in March, 1885, he apiiointed William T. Sinclair, of Buffalo, “steward of the household.” Sinclair began life by assisting his father in tbo care of pub lic buildings in the Queen City of tho Lakes. It was in this capacity twenty years ago, whilo having tlie care of the Western Union building, in which were tho law offices of the Cleveland linn, that lie first met that member of it who is now president of the United States. Since that time Sinclair tried tho hotel business at Niagara Falls, which was not a success. He spent some time on the lakes and in hotels, connected with the stew ard's department. Later he was poi-ter for tho United States Express company, and last in the same capacity for the Bank of Com merce. Tho fidelity and trustworthiness of Sinclair had come under Mr. Cleveland’s notice. W lien elected to the governorship of New York he secured his services and niude him steward of tho executive mansion at Al bany. In March, 1885, ho brought him to Washington. When tho president proposes to give a state dinner or any other entertainment outside of the established routine of tho household he in dicates the fact, designating the number of guests to be invited and the hour for the din ner. A menu suitable to tho occasion is pre pared by the steward in consultation with the chef, the latter arranging the courses, of what to consist and tlie quantity of tho raw material required. From this list tho steward makes his purchases. The articles aro deliv ered to the chef and the menu prepared. Tho table is spread in the samo way. The steward, with his assistants, arranges tho plates and glasses for the number of guests to be enter tained. The chef indicates the position of bis decorative pieces. Tho florist is then called in to add the filial touches of floral decoration. To arrange a table for a state occasion and to give it novelty is a work ot genius. Tbo great feature of the official din ing, next to the menus, of the past season was the variety, taste and elegance of the table equipment and decoration. The social lunches given by Mix Cloveland to her lady friends were also chef d'oeuvers in their way. ROUTINE OF THE HOUSEHOLD. The usual daily routine of the household is breakfast at'J, luncheon at 1:30, and dinner at 7. State dinners uro usually announced for 7:30 p.m. The serving of a state dinner is in courses by ten to twelve experienced colored waiters in full dress. Tho additional number not permanently in tho mansion are taken from outside, but are regularly em ployed for such occasions on account of their training in this special service. There is a mistaken notion that a large share of tbo official entertaining is paid for out of a contingency fund provided for the purpose. This is a mistake. Only the “steward of the household,” the florist, door keepers, ushers, waiters, laborers and metro politans, the furnishing, beating and lighting of the mansion and maintenance of the con servatories are paid for out of funds appro priated. Out of his salary of $50,000 a year the president pays for bis chef mid assistants, for all his official and unofficial table and the female domestics in the private ¡iarts of the mansion. He also pays out of his own pocket for his private coachman, footmen and stable men and the care of bis private horses. It is a small business for a great nation, but such are the drains upon the annual stipend al lowed the president out of the public trea sury. The state dinners are as much a part of the proprieties of his high public station as are his i-eremonial receptions to the diplomatic eoi-ps, the congress, the judiciary, the army and the navy, and the sovereign public. And direliction on his part in this respect would bo heralded far and wido as an official mis- lemeanor. Even as it is murmurs are often neanl among those not reached in the order of precedency or importance for a chance to poke their legs under the presidential mahog any and show their familiarity with polite dining by putting sugar and cream in the bouillon, diving into tho celery, and lieing ac cused by their vis a vis of eating the bouquet or drinking tho water in tho linger bowls for lemonade and offending politeness by pro nouncing it, in the i>arliamentary language of the house, “d----- d weak.” The executive mansion is not an official hiHtelry, and as tho president pays for his own dinners, official and otherwise, ho is entitled to the inalienable right of any other citizen in selecting bis own guests, even re st rained ns be is by the proprieties of supreme rank.—Washington Cor. Philadelphia Times. THE “BOB VEAL” TRADE. How the Traffic 1» Conducted Viciulty of New York. In the March and April ure the busiest months of tho season in the bob veal and jerked beef traffic. During these months tbo cult butch ers, so called, swarm throughout the dairy districts, collecting of tho fanners their green calves, seldom more than twenty-four hours old, und their skinny, worn out aud tottering cows, thut are ¡last giving milk on aecouut of old age, or of the exhaustion und decrepitude brought ou by stimulating aud unwholeseme feeds. Green calves weigh forty to fifty pounds each, and cost the butcher $1 to $1.50 whilo for the bony wrecks of the dairy ho pays $5 to $10 apiece, according to tho ani mal's condition. In pursuing the traffic each calf butcher has his territory, through which he makes regulur semi weekly rounds during the calv ing season, or from February 1 to June 1. This part of the business is curried on in all of the dairy districts within 150 inilee of New York, without any attempt at concealment by the traffickers, or any interference by the local authorities. Concerning the extent of tbo traffic, it may be stated thut in the height of the season from seven to ten meat cai-s are run iuto Jersey City every night, each car loaded with several tons ot tho unwliolesomo meat. Occasionally a car load or a wagon load is seized and de stroyed by tho health officers, but the business pays so well in the long run that tho butcher or the city dealer can icse one shipment out of threo and still net a handsome profit from tho traffic. The principal customers for this class of moats aro the sausagemakers, the canning factories, the cheap restaurants and the butch- era in the poorer quarters of the city. Large quantities of the veal ure incited and sold us canned chicken, and it is also largely used in making Frankfurters. The beef linds its way ui>on the food liiurket in tbo form of canned corned beef and Bologna sausuge, and of the soups, rousts, and steaks of cheap restaurants. Most of the stuff thus palmed off upon the public is shockingly unfit for human food and certain to breed disease wherever freely con sumed.—New York Sun. Marrying au Heiress. When a young man marries an heiress the changes in his outward condition are subtle but none the less interesting. Very soon— miraculously soon indeed—he becomes a little stouter, and bis walk is slower, his feet being planted more solidly and more carefully than they were when they carried a bachelor. His clothes turn darker by one shade at least, and bis watch chain is certainly a thought heav ier. The handle of his umbrella, also, has become perceptibly bigger, whereas his scarf pins are undoubtedly more quiet in character, less fantastic and trivial. Observe him on his way to a church wedding, for example, and mark how different is his mode of pro gression from that of ail unattached and mis cellaneous youth. The rogue knows that a good seat will be reserved for him near the head of the aisle, and thut he has no occasion for hurry. When he drives out it is in a substantial dog cart or mail phaeton, and lie cscheweth— not, jierbaiw, altogether without regret—the sidebar buggy which he used to think the kind of vehiclo that he would have it he wore rich. He is now a substantial person in tho com munity—a family man, a capitalist by proxy —and he begins to have serious views on political and financial matters, which he is desirous of discussing with older men. In fact, bo is rather given to shunning his con temporaries, and is not altogether eusy in tho society of bis former companions. He has deserted their ranks, and although ho has gained in dignity he has lost in freedom. His chains aro golden, to be sure, but they bind with the force of a less costly metal. No longer for him are the delights of a midnight cigar or refreshing brandy and soda at the club. He is now the victim of times anil sea sons, and must go discreetly home when the proper hour arrives.—The Epoch. How Electricity Is Measured. An electric current has been well conqiared by Ampere to a stream of w’ater flowing in a pipe. Just as tho water must have a certain "head,” measured in feet, to raako it act, so a current of electricity flows in a “pressure,” or “tension,” or “electromotive force”—always written e. in. f.—which is expressed in volts. The liquid may havo a high head with but littlo water, as in tho mountain stream, while an electric current may havo great tension and yet contain but little electricity. Light ning is a good example ot enormous tension with only a littlo electricity. On tho other hand, a great river may have a low head, and an electric current may have a low tension, pressure, or e. m. f., while con taining a vast quantity of electricity. Or there may bo both u high head and a large supply ot water—a Niagara falls—and simil arly a high pressure and a large quantity of electricity. Electric currents, then, are prac tically of two kinds—of high and of low pressure. There is a distinction between the number of feet of fall and tho water itself, so also is there a distinction between the pressure —or number of volts—of electricity and the quantity or current itself, and the current ir measured in amperes.—Arkansaw Traveler. Ice No Longer Required. Science has come to the relief of the large consumers of ice who are no longer victims of the rapacious ice dealers. In fact ice is no longer required in refrigerators, which can bo kept ata pleasant or low temperature by an improvement on the amnioniaeal process Two two-inch pipes aro placed in tlie ice box with tho ends attached to a copper tank where the cold air is generated. The outfit resembles the soda water tanks that are sup plied drug stores from central factories, and the principle is the same. Once a week, or every day, if necessary, tho consumer re- ceives his charge of ammoniaeal air, anil by means of a gauge he can produce any temper ature lie desires. There is no dirt or waste water to look after, and the question of short weight in ice delivery is a thing of the past. —G lobe- Democrat. To Make News Copy •• Salable.” I asked James Gordon Bennett, the eldei, .nice how to makeniy copy “salable.” “Put news in it that I must buy for fear that you will sell it to some one else,” was his answer; md ho added, “Make yourself expensive to a newspaper as a seller of news and i. will pur chase your time for a salary; then you'll have a city editor and a managing editor suggest your stuff for you, instead of having to think it up or look it up for yourself.” He said that to more than one, and every one to whom ho said it has found that it contains the whole secret ot getting on in journalism. —Brooklyn Eagle. Itather Unruly Lately. Every foot wo travel in a railroad train K»v»e ns a greater danger in some other means of cotiveyanco which is less secure. Our hx-omotivo is not an animal that shies at iwh bion ing leaf, or that takes its bits in its teeth mid gets away from us. It is a piece of machinery, absolutely controllable, rolling O|> anil down on a smooth, sure foundation— tore except in ease of some extraordinary oc- curreiH-e less likely to occur in your case end aline than a stroke of lightning. Nobody is sba-lutely safe in this world, but wo are relatively safe in a car.—Boston Transcript. The Home of the Stars. Detroit claims to be the home and birth place ot a great many theatrical stars. Among these may be mentioned Lawrrnce Barrett, who was a cash bov in a dry goods itore in that city; Margaret Mather, who ■egan life as a news girl. M. B Curtis, who >gan life as a clerk; John T. SulUvun, Miss Mao Clark, Mias Minnie Maddern. Miss Kitty Malony, Miss Nellie Cross, George Tyler, tnown as “Signor Taglieri;” Charles BaseetL Scoville the tenor, and Miss May Fielding - Sew York Tribune. MARRIAGEABLE MAIDENS SOLD THE HIGHEST BIDDERS T< What . Du.ky H Young Klf, Houglu For-Indlan WUIUen 0 Klamath Absolutely SI,«M " 'fl oi tlie Law. I'“'u„.« I “I havo Ix-en teaching K.hool arri Indians,” said a pedagogy fl other day, “and qeok from wlmtOfl under my personal observation v "“fl aware tliut Ibero is a reservatu- i ““ fl tho mouth of tbo Klamath for ¿e fl dation of tribea living in norther« but very few of tbo Kiu,„atll h, ‘"'“"fl posetl to leave tho whit« s.-ttK-urente 2fl along tbo river and adjacent territ„H/ifl winsky is easily obtained for tbe on tbo borders of the ocean. 1 “Along the Klamath, therefore ber of clans, speaking different dialeci have their own laws and enforce tbek fl rording to their own idea ot ^litieal mestic economy. aofl “The straws or young women are vendii commodities, and aro put upon tbo mai-L-,. u price supfaised to correspond «itb n cbaruw. Her choice is not consulted in nJ mutter, and if a rivalry exists Ix-bveen bidl ( i dera lor her possession she is knocked down i J 1 tho most liberal offer. I “A maiden of comely uppearonce, and bar ing a talent for plaiting hats, basketoLl ■ other ornamental wicker ware, is of couro.l more merchantable article than her siX I without accomplishments mid win,’ J beauty. “■Tbo price paid for a girl of the desindj n kind is in tbo neighborhood of twelve red b: headed woodpeckers, a broncho and a breech ci lauding rifle, the woodpecker heads beintl valued at $2.50 apieco and the jiony and guu at about $20 each, making the price of the! ‘1' P girl $70. This amount varies, of course ac- fit cording to the financial standing of tbo’pur at chaser and tbe avarice oi the parents. ltoc-| sa curs occasionally that as much as |15(J b | sp given for a girl, but she would be possessed of bo unusual allurements and the purchaser a UM nabob. Of “The lazy and oleaginous bucks, when they on have purchased a nominal wife—for they do yo not consult the laws in respect to marriage- yoi at once require their lady loves to enter upon qui all the bard work obtainable. They, in fact doi are inquired to neglect nothing which might tou contribute to tbe comfort of her lord, who Joi confines himself to an occasional hunting or fishing expedition with the otiuin cuin digni- tat« for which the aboriginal American is celebrated. I “The women pack wood from the forests in baskets, which are carried on the back aud supported by a band which encircles the fore- head. They also collect gold dust from the exposed bed rock in abandoned mines, which is handed over to their consorts with religious regularity. “It is a fact that the Indian women on the I Kismath are absolute slaves, but they are I faithful and loving, no matter how harshly I treated. You can readily imagine, however, I that on account of the hard life they lead by tho time middle age is reached they lose all feminine charms and become hags. “I suppose it is generally known that white men here purchased squaws for matrimonial purposes, but it is not generally known how happy such unions are. White men who have espoused squaws almost invariably cling to them through every vicissitude of life. Tli Divorces are unknown among them, and othei ‘squaw men’ take a pride in boasting of the dcr o good qualities of their purchases. was i “So far as the California penal code is con his w cerned in its application to the Klamath Indi him ans it is a dead letter. When an injury is stunt supposed to have been committed the perpe son oi trator is by common consent considered the DOlllll proper prey of the party injured, including marr bis relations, and ambuscades and assassina break tions naturally ensue. Dead men tell no tales and the live ones won’t, so that investigation 'never amounts to anything. “Let me tell you an incident illustrative of the impotency of the law to reach the abo rigine in the mountain fastness of Del Norte deserv county. I was teaching school in Happy and th Camp, and one night a parcel of boys, princi pally half breeds, were making a troublesome T noise outside of my window. After several It if admonitions I sallied forth and laid about me should with a walkingstick. It was very dark, and their p not being able to distinguish forms I struck a exclud squaw on the ‘funny bone.’ She set upa fear prepar ful howl, but quieted down when I offered mothe i her $5, being ashamed to have hit a woman. tire.’’ “The next afternoon when school was dis allottci missed a big, burly Indian buck marched into «st an< the school room with a pistol in one coat should pocket and a club in the other. degrees “ ‘1 want that money,’ he said. will be “‘What money do you want, Bybee,’I tion is, asked. stormy “ ‘That money you owe my mother,’ he re adjoin ii plied. Herald. “He had bis hand on the handle of the pis tol, and I imagined that he was prepared to use it, but I was also satisfied that it would The v never do to show tho white feather, so, grasp cold wei ing a hatchet, I chased him from the room. and real “In turn he drew his weapon on a white if put c man and chased him home. He w as then ar thermo 1 rested, carried to Crescent City, and escaping breath c before trial, has ever since been lying around the veil, Happy Camp, protected by his friends from perhaps arrttit. just con “That is but one instance. The »Scott Bar way the tril>e and the lower river residents meet in to eithei joint session as often as circumstances require the face and settle disputes without recourse tola" to wash nnd in utter defiance of it.”—San Francisco out into Examiner. in tempt I 2 i J 1 1 1 ,JI I I I I 1 I I I I I I 1 I I I I I 1 I I I 1 I I I The Ohl Commoner's Penmanship* The Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, when in a hurry, wrote n hand that was almost also- lutely unintelligible. A gentleman whom I knew once received a letter from him of w hich ho could scarcely read a word, and ho liatl quite a gift at deciphering h\ro- glyphics. He knew it was from tbo old com moner because of tho printed letter head and the signature, which was simply a Th fol lowed by something that looked like a zigza» flash of lightning. Some six months after ward the recipient of the letter had busines» in Lancaster, and he took the epistle wit him. “Mr. Stevens,’’ he asked, “what is this letter about?’’ Mr. Stevens stared at it toi tome time, and I keep within the kiunds o truth when I declare that he wasn’t able to read it himself. “Hail you addressed any lD‘ quiry to me?” he asked. “Yes,” was the re ply. “Wbat about r He was informed: gave him the cue. His face brightened, he read his own letter aloud in a volub* maimer. It wasn't so hard for him to ‘N after he knew what it was about—Olwerver iu Philadelphia Cali. A Thrilling Story. I remember when 1 was young and not • conscientious as I am now, I was standing the Central station steps discussing a banq with another reporter. A man who b®'* 1 cently entered the profession endeavored hear the conversation. Well. I made up thrilling story, poured it into the ears friend, bat just load enough for tbe list to hour. After hearing all the rushed to the office of the p«I*r tented and—published it He » nlT to this day. ^' Obwrver’ in Philadelphia air.—Ne If coi tripped stem anc rubbed 1 board, tl gether much of ‘forters t A writer comfortc Hot wj to heil part shot be borne til ordiiu •ppear. well satui the injui America! The pn •few is qui of Profess Rblished Hoyed nfc described that on cl rarefi •tily pus, Wvier I k Thf I »tolode^ POUUd