The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, March 29, 1889 Page: 2 of 4
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The Chicago Timet f ays that firming
land of Illinois has decreased twenty per-
cent in value since 1SS0
There ne nearly 200 patients in the
Nevada Etato Insane Asylum In view of
tlivjiffiall population of the State this
large number is looked upon as a public
Calamity
Reports from nearly 100 Consuls agree
that the United Stales is receiving the
scum of foreign population and that
the steamship owners are largely re-
sponsible for it-
t Protection for American actors is
the last development cf the movement
which has taxed foreign picturesbanned
foreign clergymen and stopped the im-
portation of skUed artisans
The small but intolerable pest to fann
ers the English sparrow has been out
Jawed in Csrtda the President of the
Ontario Agricultural Department having
given public notice that this destructive
bird is no longer under the protection of
the law and that every person was at
liberty to assist in its destruction
West Virginians were never entirely
pleased with the name of their State
alleges the New York Telegram and a
movement to change it to Kanawha is
ifoot InrrJuudwheresomanymusical
Indian designations may be found it
shows a lack of taste the Telegram
declares to repeat the name of another
Etato with any modification
Great m were the predictions made of
the usefulcsss of the Brooklyn bridge
the realif far surpasses the most san
guuicstiBites During the year end
jocetr x 1 188 thirtythree mil-
lion paste tr crossed the bridge and
Jhe total receipts were 191225482
The bndjrs paid 150000 to the two
cities ami xso made many extensive
changes an i improvements out of its net
receipts
Recent reports represent King Otho
of Bavaria as sinking deeper and deeper
in his religious maoia lie remains so
long in a kneeling posture as to be un-
able to rise without n itlaace lie fre-
quently summons uu jagsv to his bed
side at night in order to confess and
exclaims to those about him You do
cot know what sins I was guilty of yes-
terday I dare not close sry eyes until I
have received absolution
The attempt by a Norwegian named
Sonren to explore Greenland has re-
sulted in failure The interior of that
continent a found to be very high land
sine thousand leet elevation on an aver-
age and the home of inteniely cold
storms at all seasons of the year Only
very small section of Greenland near
the coast is habitable by man and even
this were better left to desolation until
more desirable parts of the earths sur-
face have been brought under mans
dominion
The preponderence of foreignborn
teamen in the American navy was made
the special subject of discussion in Ad
light of a mehancc to the nation In-
quiry among officers at the navy yard
set on foot by the New York Timet in-
dicate that the Admirals report caused
much leas sensation in the service than
amosglandsmen and civilians Hardly
nnolEEcer could lw lound to agree with
the statement that the predominencc of
foreignborn sailors was a menace to the
navy and few seemed to think it a dis
advantaie
A despatch from Washington to the
Pittsburg Camtaercial Gazette gives the
following highly interesting information
The Cnited States Fish Commission is
engaged in ths greatest speculation on
record From an investment of 118 in
four years it produces the equivalent of
4000 This is how it is done Thus
far this season for example 80 jars of
whitefish eggs have been taken on Lake
Brie The average cost to the Govern-
ment is 118 per jar Each jar holds
100000 eggs In a good season 90 per
sent of this take could be hatched out
Tint allowing for a loss of go per cent
which would be phenomenal the re
claming 20 per centwill produce in four
years 60000 pounds of fish worth at a
low estimate five cents per pound or
Jteiooa
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Medical science now aims at the pre-
vention of diseases by a study of its
causes and the removal of them There
can be no doubt remarks a metropolitan
paper that the worst of infections dis-
eases can be prevented The truth of
v this is a matter of common history If
yellow fever Asiatic cholera and other
virulent diseases can be averted by due
sanitary precautions and sporadic cases
kept within their limits by preventing
favorable opportunities for their spread
who can doubt that Infectious diseases
ToTcattlc fa not btTe ttairytonHOlled
They cannot clearly until the requisite
means are taken Hence along with the
slaughter of infected herds some meas-
ures looking to the causes direct and
indirect must be taken and slaughter
alone considered only as a temporary
relief
There are eight well known institu-
tions for the blind in New York city
and a visit to any one of them is suro to
be full of surprise and interest to the
calier For one thing he will beshocked
to sec how many blind children there
are People who have studied the mat-
ter say that about one in every 1000 of
the countrys population is a icted with
blindness In mining regions where
accident abound in extreme northern
latitudes where the glare of the sun re-
flected from the ice and snow dazlct the
eyes or in desert regions where the
sand gives off a terrible reflection the
ratio is higher but one to 1000 is about
the general average The proportion of
blind under ten years old is seven per-
cent of the whole number of blind be
tweentheagesof ten and twentyfive
the ratio is about fourteen per cent and
between twentyfive and fifty about
thirty per cent The rest are over fifty
years old Only a smalt proportion are
actually born blind The disease gen-
erally comes on slowly or is suddenly
brought about by accident The work
of educating the blind it has been
found by experience in New York insti-
tutions can be carried on most profitably
with the young
AT SUNSET
Below the worlds dark forehead now
The sun inchangafol glory sinks
The jouny moon dips ker silver prow
In that cold wava lo dimly blinks
The herald olths quiet oral
And through tho rhythmic silence falls
The throb of vesper hymns that leave
Ton distant wood which night enthralls
And while the solemn trees at prayer
Chant low their mystic litanies
An awful majesty they wear
Like prophets of eternitiesi
Unheedf nl of the clamorous world
Or mindful thus of its dark stain
With reverent hands of peace upheld
In pleadings for its heavy pain
Bwlft stalks devourlnj Darkness forth
In giant shapes and Twilight pale
Yields her meek reign mld dying mirth
While heaven begins her starry tale
And through the tender evensong
The last low accents of tin day
Blend with the farreceding throng
Of joys that passed us on the way
Lulu Curran in loutis Companion
A DME W DISGUISE
BY BOItATIO ALOEE JB
Philip the Good Duke of Bur rundy
was in the habit of throwing oil his
court costume at times and in various
disguises going forth to seek such ad-
ventures as wight present themselves
On one occasion being overtaken by a
storm he took refugo in a small house
ust on the outskirts ot the ctty of
f J rugevTho house was neatly furnished
but still in a plain inexpensive manner
The doorwas opened by a matronly look-
ing woman to whom the Duke ad-
dressed his petition
My good dame I have been suddenly
ovettaken by the storm will you in
your kindness allow mo to tarry with
you until it is over
With pleasuro was the reply
Yet as there are those who go about
with evil designs I should feel the more
willing ir I knew your name and condi-
tion
You may judge from my drcss said
the Puke evasively that I am a merch-
ant and for ray name you may call mo
Philip Frendrau
Do you do business here in Bruges
Methinks I have never heard of that
name Here and elsewhere My business
calls me to different parts of the King
dom
Ton should carry on an extensive
business then
So so said the Duke At any
rate I manage to gain a comfortable
support You are a widow
Alaslyes sir Sly husband died a
year or more since
Have you any children
One a son of twentyone
What business doc3 he folIowP
I fear he will never follow any
And wherefore noti
Because sir he is at this moment
violently in love and his suit does not
prosper
The lady does not Bmile upon him
thenNot
Not so said the widow a little
proudly She must indeed be blind
not to love my Henry but it is the
father who objects
And what is the ground of his ob
objection
He is wealthy and we are not
Perhaps he thinks your son a fortune
hunter
He knows better but the worst of
it is that but for his evil practices my
son would be as rich as himself
Hal said the duke growing more
attentive let me know how that is
if you have no ob ection
died They were engaged in a proi
rcrous trade and were both thought to-
e rich equally so for both began with
the same capital and ho expended as
much for living as we But when my
poor husband died suddenly and left M
Gaspar to settle up his affairs it was
found that only onetenth of the whole
establishment belonged to him while 3L
Gaspar claimed the rest
And did he give no explanation of
this great difference
None
Humph this must be looked into
And now he declines your sons suit
Yes
On the score of his poverty
That is what he says
And is the daughter really worthy of
his love
Richly sir
Then she cannot tako after her
father
She is in all respects like her mother
who was a lovely woman but M Gasper
treated her harshly so it is said and she
dled at length of neglect
door through which there presently
I am your sovereign said the Duke
in a dignified tone
What Philip of Burgundy ex-
claimed Henry dropping upon ona
knee
Even so but arise I call for no
homage whle in disguise and you must
still address ne as if I were a merchant
Tbll me do yon now consider your case
as so hopelessi
I do not doubt your power my Lord
Duke
Sparetitles Call me only sir With-
out detailing my plan I will merely say
that it will require you to go back with
me to court and as soon as the storm is
over we will start You can render
some excuse to your mother but tako
care not to tell her the truth
You shall be obeyed said the youth
bowing
The merchant Gaspar was seated in
his warehouse his mind intent upon a
contemplated venture which promised
to be lucrative when his attention was
attracted by tho entrance of a page
richly dressed in court livery who ad-
vanced toward him and said inquir-
ingly
Is this Jr Gaspar
It is replied the merchant
Thcnl have a missive for you said
tho page
From whom do you come
From the court
And your missive said the mer-
chant surprised
Is from the Duke
Herewith he presented a missive di-
recting the merchant to accompany tho
messenger as the Duke desired an inter-
view with him Gaspar was surprised
and perplexed hardly knowing whether
to leel gratified or apprehensive at the
sudden summons
Know you why I am summoned he
asked of the page
My master is not in the habit of
communicating to mo his secrets was
the brief and unsatisfactory reply
At length they reached the audience
chamber of the Duke and the merchant
was announced Philip was seated upon
a throne at one end of the apartment
Gaspar bent his knee
I suppose you are surprised at my
summons said Philip abruptly
Gaspar acknowledged that such was
the case
I am told that you havo a beautiful
daughter said the Duke after a brief
pause
I am willing to leave you to decide
upon that point said the proud and
ambitious father in whose breast a wild
hope arose that tho Duke might seek her
for himself
I am willing to trust to testimony
responded Philip I have to tell you
then Gaspar thatayoung man in whom
I am interested has conceived a passion
for your daughter and would fain re
ceive her hand in marriage
A court gallant thought Gaspar <
proudly It is the very thing I have
been longing for
Have you any objection to the alli-
ance queried tho Duke or are her af-
fections engaged
Nay my Lord
But methinks I havo heard of an at
tachment between herself and a certain
young man
It is quite broken up said Gaspar
hastily He was unworthy of her
Then you have nothing to object to
the alliance I propose
May I inquire who is the young gen-
tleman
Is it not enough said the Duke
haughtily that it is one in whom I
take an interest
Tomorrow 1 So soorTP repeated
Gasper I fear me you know young
girls are full of whims that my daugh-
ter may ob ect She may fancy that she
loves the other young man
Send her immediately to the palace
and the ladies of the court shall so pre-
sent unto her tho advantages of this
union that I warrant me all her scruples
will vanish as the morning dew
It shall be done said Gasper bow
ing
handsDo
Do then as you are bidden Send
your daughter to me forthwith and be
in attendance yourself tomorrow at
twelve to witness tho marriage
Gasper bowed profoundly and hastened
home his heart swelling with exulta
he considered the
Do you know whetherM Gaspar has t tion at what prospec
any pirticular alliance in prospect for tive greatness of his family
his daughter 1or who knows he thought but
1 dS not know but I hear he has tliat the I1ke will ennoble me when my
sworn in fact ho told my son so the daughter is wedded to
other day that he meant to teeure one court
entered a young man of fine form and sirable said Constance thoughtfully
handsome features but the last were tut I will at least obey tho summons
ovcrcist by a gloomy expression lie i ood thought the father well sat
entered the room with a downcast air isficd I would give something to
and did not even glance at the stranger know whether tho Duke will be success
but threw himself wearily upon a settle j ful in accomplishing what I have not
in one corner and buried his face in his i been able to do reconcile her to giving
hands J up Henry Duniont
Henry said his mother do you The nest day mindful of his engage
not see our guest ment Gaspar took his way to the palace
He iookea up slightly and nodded i to his daughters wedding
saying i I wish I knew nho is to be thebride
Ho would find me but poorcompany groom he said to himself It may be
mother I had best leave him to you De Courcy or again young Beaumont
But he is interested in you and Entering the palace he was again ush
thinks he might he p you in your suit crcd into the long audience room A
Have you told him the story I curtain concealed from view the lower
yes I end There were present beside him
The n he will see that it is hopeless I self many noble lords and ladies at
unless he shows me how I can multiply tached to the court and his heart
onr present wealth by ten swelled when he considered that aU this
Perhaps M Caspar can bo brought pageant was assembled for his daughters
to terms otherwise suggested the Duke bridal
composedly As t e clock sounded the curtain
There is no hope of that said ro e and displayed upon a raised dais
jrenry i the bridal party Gaspar glanced anx
iously at the bridegroom What washis
Po ssibly I may bring some argument
to bear upon him that you know not of dismay when ho ret ognized Henry Du
dressed The
You do not know him as I do He mont richly ceremony
is a hard man and cares only for money
He has cheated me out of my right and
because I am poor he would reject my
suit
Yes I understand all that but still
I am not dif couraged
commenced but such was Gaspars be
wilderment that he did not think to
interfere and tho twain were declared
husband and wife
Letthe bride s father comeforward
i have thought proclaimed the herald
wish discuss Gaspar advanced mechanically to a
of a plan which I could to
with yon in private JIv good lady table whereon he found awaiting his
hs continued turning to the mother signature an instrument conveying one
conld you furn sh mo with a private half hu goods to Henry Puraont
apartment for an interview with your J < > sign it he said hastily
ton It may bo that we can devise a Would you rather have it wrested
plan I fro > n jouj
bless i
Willingly and may heaven your
But is that justice said Gasper
ily
Ushered into a private room the Duke I It is just that he who defrauds
fnl services Rightly id ht attribute
all his prosperiyto vine lnclty chance
which led to his meeting a Duke in Dis-
guise Yankei Blade
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS
Crvstallzed PopCorn
An easilyprepared and wholesome
dainty to make for the children is crys
talized popcorn Boil one cupful of
white sugar with three tablespoonfuls of
water and one of butter until itshotvs
threads when dropped from the spoon
Then pour in three quarts of freshly
popped cora stir until the sugar is thor-
oughly stributed and then set away to
cool Nutmeats can be used in place of
popped corn and are delicious But I
think thm too rich for children to eat
Praiiie Farmer
A Cnp of Solacing Tea
A comfortable cup of tea says
Marion Harland never comes amiss to
a fagged housewife be it served at
breakfast luncheon or dinner The
best way to insure its goodness that is
that it be hot strong and fnssh is to
have the tea urn or kettle on the table
with a spiritlamp burning under it
Scald tho teapot put in the tea coTer
it with boiling water put a cosy or
a thick napkin about it and let it stand
five minutes before filling with more
boiling water Wait a minute longer
and pour out
Easily Made Sourkrotit
Bourkrout is made very easily and
cheaply Take either white or red cab
bage cut it fine and lay it in a tin tubcj
jar cover the bottom with
sprinkling of fine saltthen a layer
cabbage then salt in alternate layer
till the tub is full having salt on the
top then with a potatomasher crowd
it down solid cover up tighty and in a
few weeks it will be ready for use It is
nice to cook in pork drip or to eat wilh
meats of all kinds in late fall and win-
ter and there is no trouble in keeping
it if the air is excluded It is strictly a
German dish but Americans can enjoy
and appreciate it just as well as if it
originated in the United States Pic
calilly is made hero almost precisely
like the receipt in a recent World
Pickled apples plums and apricots are
made after the same rules as sweet
pickles and not only look very pretty
on the table but really are very tooth-
some and are a delightful condiment to
accompany meat or use a a nice relish
with bread and butter for tea 2fea
York WorUl
Care or Ijamps
Whatever abcut tho house is dull
dont let it bo the scissors or shears used
for trimming the lamp wicks Some
women appear to attach no importance
to this point not thinking that n order
to have a smooth cut the instrument
must be sharp I have tried both round
and square ends for wicks and favor
square ones The flame is much broader
but the corners must be perfectly even
and smooth else when the wick is
turned np high it will smoke The
person lighting a lamp should be careful
not to touch the wick with the match
as it has a tendency to roughen or
spread it Hold the match over the
wick very close to it and wait until the
flame reaches it Keep the wick turned
down below the top of tho burner except
when in use If this is done and there is
no leak about the fixture there is no
reason why if the lsmps are carefully
wiped every morning there should be
oil on the outside by evening By tho
way why is it that so many housekeep
Yes certainly responded Gaspar j era persist in keeping their common
hastily fearing to offend the Duke j lamps on the shelf behind the kitchen or
How much are you willing to give sittingroom stove the very dirtiest
ic feilL at Il that Jj cs 55ft said I boiling water etc and dust and smoke
salt stir together then add one cup of
flour into which has been well mixed a
teaspoonful of baking powder lastly
add three eggs that hae been well
beaten Cook immediately after raxing
Tapioca Jelly Tapioca jelly is one
of those simple but eicellent prepara-
tions which arc relished by invalids
and well people alike To make it soak
one cupful of tapioca in four cupfuls of
water for four five hours Sweeten it
I or
n0a ot and set it in of boiling water to
and he privately decided o urge cook about anour a pan > or until it looks
of the young lords of the court for her I uP ° n hls 4aSllt < r a proper season to Ue cear when Jt s nesrTy cooked
Ha he is ambitious and yet there is use what influence she might be able to tir jn the uice anJ a UtIe of the gratca
acre than one that would prove tut un bear UP risilip rind of
desirable result
worthy of herif she is really as beautiful this highly
and attractive as you say I
DoubtitnotslrshoisaU thatlhave My presence required at courtl cx
tsldyou claimed the beautiful Constance as her
Andyourson where is he I should father communicated the Dukes mes
liko to sec him and if I take a fancy to sageYes
him who knowj but I may advance his
suitHe
He is even now coming up the road
He will be here in a moment
The Duke kept his eye fixed upon the
Yes my daughter
And wherefore
That 1 know not but a3 Philip is
fond of beauty he has perhaps re-
solved to make you a lady of the court
I know not whether that be de
goodwisheVevcnifyoudonotsuccecd j sulkily
changed his manner and said in a dig should make restitution was the stern
i
reply
the and affixed his
My cood friend it is well that we Gaspar seized pen
should at the outset understand each signature The consciousness of guilt
other Would you know who I am made him a coward
A merchant I judge from vonr Need it bo said that Henry Durnont
attire an1 J falr ljrle TC ° Wy ani
It suits me to bo considered such but prosperously under the lavor and pro7
tection of the Duke Philip and the
I am not what I seem
Who then inouired the youth m io received in course of time a de
wonderment Srec oi nobihtjr in return for the faith
lemon and when done pour
into little molds Serve with sweetened
cream flavored to taste
Cottaoe Pcddixo One cup of sugar
one tablespoon of butter two eggs one
cup of sweet milk three cups of flour or
enough to make tolerably stiff batter
onehalf teaspoon of soda one teaspoon
of cream of tartar sifted with the flour
one teaspoon of salt Rub the butter
and sugar together beat in tho yolks
then the milk and soda the salt and the
beaten whites alternately with the flour
Bake in a buttered mold turn out upon
a dish cut in slices and eat with a
liquid sauce
Muttos BiiOTtr Mutton broth for an
invalid is made of one pound of lean
mutton cut in small pieces and put in
one quart of cold water cover closelv
and simmer until the meat is so tender
it falls to pieces Ifjouwish to add
rice or barley let it soak in warm water
while the mutton is boiling When it
is soft skim out the pieces of meat and
put in the rice or barley and let it sim-
mer for half an hour If thoroughly
soaked this will be long enough It
must be be cooked though until it is
done no matter how long it takes
Potato Yeast Tako two quarts of
water to one ounce of hops boil fifteen
minutes strain and add one half pound
of flour putting the latter into a basin
and pouring on water slowly to prevent
it getting lumpy onefourth pound
of brown sugar and a handful of fine
salt Let it stand three days stirring it
occasionally When it ferments well
add six potatoes which have been boiled
mashed and run through a colander
making them as smooth as possible This
yeast will keep a long while and has
the advantage of not requiring any yeast
to start it with It rises so quickly that
a less quantity of it must be put in than
of ordinary yeast
Snow White Hair In Youth
Three young men were out in a skiff
watching the yacht race between the
Enright and City of the Straits last
November when a puff of wind over-
turned the skiff and two of the occu-
pants named Young and Jacobs were
drowned The third William Iadue
was picked up by some fishermen and
after a hard battle his life was restored
Since the accident Ladue has been very
sick and yesterday he was out for the
first time He was a robust young fel-
low with jet black hair and was one of
the best glassblowers at the Toledo
WindowGlass Company His appear-
ance on ihe street since his narrow es-
cape has created quite a sensation for
his hair is now snowwhite Cincinnati
Enquirer
BUDGET OF FM
nUMOKOUS SKETCnES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES
A Suitable Reason It Certainly
was recnllar Getting Even
with IItin A Matter
of Location Etc
What is the meaning ot the throng
In yonder clotbingttorot
There surely must be something wrong
What are they gathered fori
The caus is plain it Seems to me
Replied the passing wit
Some person in there dont you see
Is taken with a nt
Ir Certainly was Peculiar
Mamma
Well my dear
What awfully queer ways
Gcttlnj Even
I dont likethat snob Brinkerson
said one medical student to another
Neither do I I would like to fix
him for his superciliousness
There is only one waythatwecan
get even with him
What is that asked the other
Wo will cut him dead was the
significant reply Merchant Traccler
j A Matter of Location
tiid at an evening entertainment
My dear what a charming manner
young Mrs de Couroy has I admire
temper and spirit in a woman
Wife Havent I temper and spirit
John
Husband Yes but I mean when
they are possessed by other mens
wives Epoch
How He Lost Time
Pedestrian Bbboy can you tt
tell me how fffar it is to the popo
postoflice
fvewsboy What dye say mister
Pedestrian IIreckon youyou
heard me How fflar is it to the po
postothce
Newsboy Only half a block mister
If you hadnt a stopped to ask me youjd
a been there aready Life
UN Method of Revenge
Woman to tramp Why do you
stand in that dejected pleading atti-
tude Aint the pie good I
Tramp Yes maam the pie is all
right but I used to be a waiter and I
got the habit of taking this pathetic pos-
ture while looking for a fee
Woman Well what did you do
when you didnt get any fee
Tramp What could I do I just
brushed a few crumbs ioto the customers
lap or let his hat drop and let him go
New York Sun
nis First Experience
The Anarchist had just como home
with a clean shirt on
Good heavens Barlowiski ex-
claimed his wife sinking into a chair
have you become a bloodsucking capi-
talist and aristocrat
No he said this shirt was a pres-
ent
How does it happen that you havent
traded it for whisky
It was the saloonkeeper who gave
it to me he replied bitterly Chicago
Tribune j
Honor In Defeat
your daughter as a dowry asked place to be found If in the kitchenLjwrwiuiiv iVTO ethep < tha
Philip they are covered with moisture from ii ly ir I
these
Western folks do have dont they I
have been reading an article in the
Brettleri Gazette that papa brought
rime and it says that cows should have
eir corn fed to them in the ear
boston Beacon
JLVna
3fay nskoTwnhl
ii sret
the victor
rri = i = 7 r implied
winter of course they should bo taken lnras U > thrashed
out and warmed before lighted
being < < L h fl ret d
lest the should ckYankce
chimneys c
Blade other > agJ of cham on3
Recipes
Crackeb Pie Six crackers piece of
butler size of an egg one cup sugar one
cup of boiling water one teaspoon lemon
flavoring
FEATnER CAKEOno cupf ulsugar one
teaspconful butter one cupful of milk
And mind you breathe no word to two cupfnls flour one teaspoonful cream
her of the purposo for which she is called tartar halfteaspoonful of soda dissolved
to court I in tablespoonful boiling water and
I will obey your Lordship in all re added last
spects said Gasper glad to havo the j u > mixt Ghiddle Cake Two cups
task of persuasion which he foresaw cold boiled hominy beaten smooth one
would be troublesome taken off his quart of milk and one teaspoonful of
hands
men of your kind are so scarce that it is
rather pleasant than otherwise lo bo
licked by one of them
nflasjclnc Intocst
What is the matter with youasked
a traveling man of a seedy looking fel-
low who was asking assistiinco You
look as if you are able to work
I am but I cant get it Host my
job about a month ago
Discharged for failure to attend to
your duties no doubt
I dont know about that The boss
said that I attended to them with un-
flagging interest
What wasyour occupation
I was station master at a small town
and let seventeen passengers get left
Merchant Traccler
Prepared for Ttiminess
First Tramp Whercd ycr sleep last
night
Second Tramp Had a hard night
Slept on a lot o hay
First Tramp Well whats the mat-
ter with hay <
Second Tramp It was baled hay
Whcred you sleep
First Tramp I had a bad night
Slept in a bed
tecond Tramp Feather bed
First Tramp Xo asparagus bed
Say lets go into business together
Second Tramp What kind of busi-
ness First Tramp Funny business
Detririt Free lress
He Would Forcet to Order the Meat
Miss Clara he began passionately
let mo open my heart to you let mo
tell you how long and deeply I havo
loved you how from the first moment
your sweet presence beamed upon me I
have
Just then a deafening noise outsido
disturbed them and they hastened to tho
window After resuming their seats he
went on
Oh er hm singular what was
the subject of our conversation when we
were interrupted Ah yes I remember
From tho moment your sweet presence
first dawned upon me I have longed to
make you my wife
That can never be Mr Chalk re-
plied the girl firmly You are too
absentminded The Epoch
Thoncht Him n Collector
Clerical Caller Is Mrs Paynothing
at home
Door Attendant Are you the man
whos come to collect on the wringer
C C I am not
D A Or the sewing machine
man f C No-
D A Do you come from the place
where she got her furniture
C C I did not
j A Did you sell her the Bible on
instalments
C C No I did not and cannot
understand thi3 questioning I am her
pastor Is she at home-
D A Faith I feared ycu were a
collector of some kind and I was towld
to tell any of thim that she was out
Step into the parlor sir and Ill tell her
yon are there Boston Budget
Tho Duel or tho Future
Scene At a telephone
Dingalingaling
First Citizen Hello exchange
give me seventeen thousand and ten
Hello is this seventeen thousand and
ten IsBlankyin Tell him to step to
telephone plea e Is this Blankyf Well
I called you up Mr Blanky to tell you
that I know what you have been saying
about me and I wish to remark right
face that a liar
hereto your you
Willyitaie Gatlmg guns as weapons and
w U request your attendance on the roof
of the club house at 130 this afternoon
I will add however that vou are much
mistaken I am not a liar
First citizen Will you give me your
word as a gentleman that you are not
Second citixen I will
First citizen Then of course I
cannot do otherwise than accept the ex-
planation and withdraw the challenge
Second citizen That will be entirely
satisfactory Call around and see mo
when you get time Goodbye
First citizen Goodbye
Dingaling aling Merchant Trav-
eler
A Slip Somewhere
We were humping along at the rate
of thirty miles an hour on a train bound
into Nashville when I spotted a couple
of threecard monto men in the car
They had made up to a farmerlike chap
and had things all their own way One
of them tossed the cards and the other
acted as a capper and made a hit of 20
the first thing This was to egg thJ
farmer on and he was willing to ba
eggedReckon
Reckon Ive got a lcetle money that
says I kin pick that yerekeerd ho said
and he slowly counted out thrco 10
billsYou
You pick the ace of hearts doyou
asked the thrower
Shes the one
And which is it
This arthe one
And vou bet 30 on it
I do
The card was turned over and lo it
was the ace of hearts and the old man
hadwon He pocketed the money and
the montc man retired in disgust Latct
on I asked the thrower how he came to
make such a mistake
Why I paid a feller 20 to learn me
the business the other day and this is
my first trip Theres i0 clean cash
gone to Goshen and Im going back
homo to farm itfor the old man at 13
a month Detroit Free Press
Gratitude
Good morning sir
I glanced from my desk at a tall ca-
daverous looking individual clad in a
faded brown ulster
I hope I dont disturb you
You havent yet I observed
Thank you very much If it isnt
troubling you would you bo kind
enough to permit me to show you the
advance sheets of ournew work on Art
in tho Middle Ages
I dont want it
Thank you but I dont ask you to
buy it but merely to look at it
Iam of a very obliging disposition I
trrncd over a few pages hastily without
giving him an opportunity to recite his
usual lecture
Yes I said as I handed the book
to him it seems to be a pretty good
book but Im not able to buy it
Im very much obliged to you for the
opportunity of showing it to you
Not at all I replied turning to my
balance sheet
Couldnt I offer you some induce-
ment in the way of easy terms
I cant afford it on any terms at
present
I am sorry he said as he started re
luctantly toward the door but asitis
I owe you a debt of gratitude for per-
mitting me to talk to you about it The
life of a book agent sir is hard and it
is like an oasis in a desert to meet a man
who will permit an agent to describe his
book Good morning sir
I was halfway down a column of
figures when he came back and re
marked over my shoulder insinuatingly
irtcd down the column of figures
again and had reached a total of 27
when a voice remarked apologetically
close to my car
Excuse me sir but would you ob-
ject to myinquiring when you think itis
possible that you will be likely to have
leisure to examine the work a little more
thoroughly
I could bear no more I arose from
my desk and calmly but firmly took my
visitor by the collar and led him out into
the liall and to the head of the stairs
Then with a skill derived from long
practice I kicked him downstairs
I stood and watched his abrupt and
somewhat undignified descent Tho
sound of breaking bones came up the
hallway A moment later tho book
agent picked himself up slowly and
painfully and called back to me in a
broken but grateful voice as he limped
awayThank
Thank you sir I am ever so much
obliged to you for letting me off alive
Pack
The Irriclcscent Sunbeam Treatment
It has long been known that a free
exposure to sunlight or diffused day
light is tranquilizing to the nerves and
the physicians at Alessandria acting
upon this have carried the test much
further and distinguished between the
effects of different colors in the light
The sashes of an asylum window were
filled with glass of various colors and
the walls and woodwork were painted to
match the glass A patient suffering
from melancholia who refused to eat
was placed in one of the rooms with
walls and windows of a bright red
Three hours exposure to this influence
produced cheerfulness and he asked for
foodThis
This seemed very important to physi-
cians who know that with the insane
whoso malady begins with melancholia
the refusal cf iood is the earliest the
most common as well as the most
dangerous symptom and is generally
persisted in until nourishment has to be
administered by force so that the re-
moval of that fancy and the restoration
of a healthy spontaneous desire for food
caused by only a few hours subjection
to light influence is an important fact in
the annals of medicine Another melan-
choly patient whoalways kept his hands
over his mouth so as to shut out food
and air was placed in the red room and
soon began to improve and the next
day had so far forgotten the hallucina-
tion that he ate with a hearty appetite
Still another paticat a violent maniac
was placed in a blue room and became
quiet in an hour while a fourth was
completely cured after passing a day in
a violet colored room A Yorklltrald
SlelghRidlng by Gaslight
From Alexandria Ind to Anderson
is twelve miles along the Anderson and
Alexandria turnpike This winter the
beaux of the two places have an oppor-
tunity to give the girls sleigh rides by
gaslight for that whole distance with
no extra chargo for the illumination
The pike runs through a wealthy and
thickly settled community and the
farmers are already well supplied with
gas from wells that they have drilled on
their farms They have for some time
kept fla jibeaux burning all night in front
of each house for the convenience ol
travelers and now they propose to re-
duce the thing to a system and establish
a regular lino of lights for the whole
twelve miles All that it will cost will
be the laying of a little tubing to get the
lights at regular intervals and the price
ot a few boxes of matches with which
to touch the torches off every evening
The gas comes free
The rule among the Indians of New
England when that country was first
Second Citizen at the other end of settled by the whites was to plant corn
the wiret Under those circumstances when the leaves of the white oak were < u
I will bo compelled to challenge you big as a mouse s ear
FLAX CULTURE
RAISING AX IJirORTANTriiANT
IS IRELAND
Plowing and Seeding Great Labor
and Care Ro quired in Weeding
Tho Steep Pond and
the Scutch Mill
The land used for flax growing in Ire-
land is plowed in the fall light or
loamy soils being preferred and is
worked in the spring to a mold with
harrows usually crosswise and diag-
onally but the soil is only pulverized
on top as curiously the flax which
grows as far from tho surface into the
ground as it does out of it with a
moderate soil resistance to a downward
growth seems to possess a tendency of
increase in length of stock The seed
is sown in April broadcast from a pouch
made by tying together two corners of a
linen sheet This is slun < j over the
right shoulder the left arm holding the
seedpouch open precisely as our own
good fathers used to sow wheat oats
and barley from the striped brown two
bushel bag The entire skill required
in Uaxsowing is in securing a uniform
distribution of the seed and a sufficiently
liberal amount for those two essentials
give even length of stalk and least
branching at the top largely increasing
the value to both the spinner and tho
farmer
To this point the tenant has required
no more help than perhaps his own fam-
ily could give him but now that
weedingtime has arrived additional
labor must be hired It comes trooping
down from the mountain districts in the
form of buxom shapely Irish lasses
Amazons in frame and strength they
are beings of a brave and sunny mood
who can exist on less food work harder
in the field for twelve hours of every day
and dance longer and with more vigor-
ous evolutions at night than any other
women or men that live Nor are these
picturesque folk all Women and
girls from near villages also hire to tho
Irish farmer in summer The mountain-
eers engage from two to threo months
tho villago girls by the dty or week
Both do mens labor or more and re-
ceive about one shilling per day Their
food is of tho mcageiest and plainest
character Oaten bread made from
coarse oatmeal with only salt and water
added occasionally a portion of the
commonest vegetables with a little of
the vilest purchasable tea and for a
great luxury a drop of milk are all
They scarcely know the taste of butter
meat or fowl And yet these girls have
eyes liquid with light teeth white and
gleaming as new frost complexions that
rival tints of tho rose and forms of
lovely symmetry
The weeding of flax in Ireland neces-
sitates great labor and care The foreign
seed used seems to engender a multipli-
city of weeds A 20acre field would
require about 200 days of one hand for
thorough work or ten days per single
acre When the flax is about six inches
high weeding is begun damp days be-
ing chosen so that the weeds may be
more easily extracted and the tender
shoots of flax bruised as little as possi-
ble In Belgium the weeders with
coarse cloths around their knees creep
along on allfours and among the thou-
sands that may be seen in a days journey
not one is out of this groveling position
and 10 to lo yards long it will be found
ia 6ome mcadowswail or hillside hol-
low where it is allowed to fill with the
surface water or where the water from
some tiny stream may be admitted for
the water used in flaxsteeping must be
soft r at least free from lime and iron
Flaxsheaves are laid in the Irish steep
pond butt to band weighed down
with sod and stone and allowed
to remain from eight ten days Millions
of dollars have been wasted in efforts to
that is well worth pondering
onehalf of the insane are p
foreign birthorparentage In >
city there is about one insane
every 30 of population wh
terior counties where the
lation is comparatively
as low as one in 1000
waste into what is commercially
called rescutched tow sellingthesamo
for about 100 per ton Tho fibre comes
fiom the breakers of the scutch mill
in strikes of one and onehalf pounds
weight and these are tied with a twist
of tlax into stone bundles and the
Irish faxfarmer with his little crop and
big family all piled one groaning
WORDS OF WIDOa
Memory is a net
Put a bother away OTer night
Woman is the Sunday of man
Growing isnt waiting fpr tho sun-
shine
Honor and virtue are the chief female
adornments
Woman is last at tho cross and earliest
at the grave
Woman is the most perfect when the
most womanly
If women lost us Eden such as she
alone restore it
To a gentleman every woman is a lady
in right of her sex
A handsome woman is a jewel agood
woman is a treasure
The birth of an affection is always the
birth of a life and the beginning of a
forever
Many people believe in the greatest
good to the greatest number and
their greatest number is No 1
Sometimes it is difficult to say who do
you the most mischief enemies with tho
worst intentions or fnend3 with the
best
Knowledge and wisdom have ofttiraes
no connection Knowledge dwells in
heads replete with thoughts of other
men wisdom in minds attentive to
their own
The man or woman that keens a sweet
spirit no matter how keenly the wrongs
of life are felt will have vastly more
power to correct the evil than those who
tall into a sour mood
What One Farmer Can Do
Tho farm of 31 L Grant has few
equals in Passadumkeag and when it
comes to talk of men who work there
are few in that burg or any other who
can follow Mr Grant himself writes a
Lewistoa Me correspondent Tho
farm is always to be found on a slight
eminence overlooking tho river and com-
manding a splendid view of the country
round about and the man is generally
found here too Seventyfour years of
age afflicted with bronchial trouble
chronic rheumatism and spinal com-
plaint necessitating the living almost
wholly upon oatmeal and milk this
laborer in the vineyard has performed in
the past nine months an almost incredi
ble amount of work
Living alone he performs his own
household duties such as cooking
beinjj very expert at it too washing
mending etc and runs a largo and
successful dairy turning out a splendid
article of butter which commands a
ready market
In the spring of 188S he put ma crop
of nearly four acres from which he
raised eightyeight bushels of oat3 and
seventy bushels of potatoes which ho
hoed and cultivated himself
In addition to this he had a small
garden of nearly half an acre which was
an example of good management and
neatness from which he raised over
seventy bushels of turnips of huge size
and superior quality two bushels of
wheat three bushels of parsnips five
bushels of beans three bushels of sweet
corn and fifty cabbages A pretty
profitable half acre During the time
the stain and vegetables were attaining
maturity Mr Grant was preparing for
winter being actively engaged in cut-
ting meadow hay some fifteen tons of
which ho cut and stacked without any
But the Irish weeders do their work help from either man or horse and as
barefooted and crouched in a halfsitting
posture A singular fact about this
work Is that it is all done toward the
wind This is in order that the breezes
maj assist in lifting the bent or bruised
shoots asain and a curious belief pre
Vould fifty cents Bjnojillubring it TaiIs tha t lhjg unav0id4bie treading and
rfn yourmeansl Z pertodof
rr Uhjg iaitsearly
2
teO I aid with > t0Uch oi vmP jr 0 JvS effect the
tje T cart buyV Jt Rny price Vrny
plating upon
rfind is vft sarn rude
two of the stacks contained over threo
tons each it will be easily perceived it
was no easy task for one man to perform
alone Indomitable pluck accomplished
so much
Mr Grant keeps sheep horses and
cattle and take it all in all his life is a
wonderful example of the power of
genius industry and pluck
erUp strtan ng
i j6j0 4 t i are varied
ExSheriff Fredericks of Camden N
J in relating his experience said
I was only Sheriff two weeks when
I had my first hanging Of course I
knew I had to perform my duty and it
was constantly before me The day the
hanging took place I remember very
welL In the courtyard of the jail there
were a great many wellknown men and
as I glanced to the condemned man on
the scafold my heart failed me Lifting
inyejes to the window of my house I
steep flax artificially in vats but nature saw my wife standing there she was as
alone can properly attend to that The pale as a ghost By this time everything
steepwater invaluable for enriching j was in readiness the cap had been pulled
soils but wholly wasted here can be over the condemned mans head and all
used but once From it the sheaves are that was to be done was the severing of
carted to the spreadground of graz the rope that would cast the man into
ing or mownmeadow land Here the eternity I picked up the hatchet and
ru h bands ate removed and dried and then I felt as I never felt before great
the now sticky dirty flax held on the beads of perspiration rolled from my
left arm and spread from left to right foiehead though it was a cold day I
tho loaded carts following just outside took off my hat swung the hatchet
the rows When tho steeped flax is thus I heard a scream and knew no more until
drying whole flax regions are given tho 11 found some friend administering
appearance of being laid with mammoth whisky to me My friends afterward
carpeting in graybrown rows woven took me to a big supper and this per
upon a ground of emerald green Wet I haps helped to throw tho scene off toy
weather ruinous
endangers a secondary mind
fermentation but a drying wind
gives superb fiber The iiax is now
lifted with the same rush bands tied
again into beats or sheaves and is
then stooked and capped precisely
as grain is shocked in American
fields It is allowed to stand in the
stook a few days for further curing
and is finally stored in the cabin loft
stacked with wonderful precision and
symmetry or carted direct to the roar
ing scntch mill
Mrs Fredercks said When I saw
my husband lift the hatchet I screamed
and then fainted My husband after
this had several hemorrhages I never
witnessed another execution of a mur-
derer Brooklyn Standard Union
A Florida Kirer
The Sopychopy Is certainly one of the
wildestmost gloomy streams that I have
ever visited It is of great depth in pro
It is an interesting place around P ° tioQ t ° its width and winds and
a
scutch mill One will find from stit > to twsts ° at ln a m ° at perplexing man
400 diminutive flaxstacks with prettily ei A few miles above the canal tho
thatched roofs The clatter and rush i baks wcra star c0T thlrtT Jards 8Part
with the flying shives remind one of and ho tees npoccs actually met
the pleasant oldfashioned American I overhead in an arch Of course sails in
thtcshingtime while here and there f1 5 Pa were useless and we were
crowding the road ranged between the obllSed to pole our way laboriously
stacks or oversowing into near pad j
docks numbers The
are of carts
stillness was intense no sound of
here rai blrd or h efl disturbed the solemn
dragged
by ragsed donkeys or sj
gered humans awaiting their turn at Pf1 f the solitudes I do not think
the mill or room for storing and stack tbat T a a l g creature all
ing their loads The mill removesfrom J It 1
the flax the roots the branches and
withered bolls as the valuable seed is
all lost in Ireland the woody heart and
tho flinty outer sheath Twentyfour
cents per stone fourteen pounds of
marketable fibre is paid for the milling
divided beTwe milil
lence was really aweinspiring we
felt like explorers in an unknown land
and vague memories of Ponce de Leon
were awakened as we cleaved the dark
waters beneath the lowering srch of
trees Cypress with hydra roots rose
wh ich is equallv from the black surface like Dantes im
i
owner and laborers The scutcher deftly ag > ations of a lost race theu > coitorted
mannges to transform half of the farm forms writhed like lost souls ia agony
crs crop into waste For this tho 0D vme3 hung droopin from trees
farmer is paid but twenty four cents 1ke serpents to stay the > pi > roach to tho
per 112 poundi During the rest of the i recesses of theswamp Slight mysteri
scason the scutcher works over the
cart trundle off to the market where troduce a pjclty among palaces by
after great bullying by the flaxfactor or building 0p coaL In lt 7 12 imi i u
buyer he may receive six shillings per tons of < y weremined in the I mted
stone for his trifling product and when States tbl3 000000 tons ono
theseed farm labor and scutching are handled in Buffalo
paid for fate has been mo > t kind to him Here J0 nat al market for the
if he has enough remaining to pay his great coal fieIds in the country and
rent and keep the emergencymen the the r cial conditions all contribute to
1 I
batteringram and the horrible actuality
of eviction from his ever comfortless
door Washington Star
ous noises back in the dense woods made
the silence all the m > rc intense All
was sombre all was rk the very sun-
light was excludedr most of the dsy
by the solid mass foliage that made
the river lie in o almost continuous
shadow Fores fal Stream
Xjfbal Palace
It has beenWested that Buffalo in
incse importance The coal trade
j Separably bound up with the history
life of
commerce by lake and canal
traffic by raiL It more than any
rate is lake frontage of
UY Fj Ejarreu
The statistics relative to insanity injpier single influence has drawn to
New York State aro startling The in Jtlffal0 a large number of our railroads
stittitions for the insane are all crowder of which it has more miles within cor
to their utmost capacity the aggrega porate limits than any other city on the
number of mmntes being about 160 j globe
And here is a feature of tho statics If Buffalo would build a monument to
ly tell the story of her triumphs let her
of erect a splendid palace of coal Let it
ork bo the central and crowning feature of a
to fine south side park where it may domi
in nate with its lofty towers the great coal
popu trestles the railroad mazes and the noble
tho city Buffalo
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