The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1895 Page: 3 of 8
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CLAIM S TWOLOYETIS.
KNOW I'M PRKT-
ty/’ said Clare
Wlntrlngham to
herself, gazing com-
posedly Into the
depths of-her mir-
ror, "hut I don't
think I'm sutttclent-
ly1 beautiful to send
all the young men
of my acquaintance
Intoi ecstasies over
me.'/
It Is not atways
vpry easy for a girl to judge of h/?r own
looks, but Clare tried to be u.t Impar-
tial as possible on this special occasion.
“yes,” said-Clare, nodding her .head
so that certain spirals of golden brown
hair which .always hung over her fore-
head danced coquettlshly up and down,
"I am pretty.* And then that $1,200 a
year that Uncle Bruce's will secured to
me Isn't altogether a disagreeable pin
for some of my lovers to swallow. I
don't think I was hiade for an heiress.
I’vo always had an Idea* that I should
make a splendid poor man’ri wife."
She took from her belt a withered
re<-o- An$L1>linch of faded violets as slic
spoke*, art# arched her pretty eyebrows
•ver them In a puzzled -fashion.
"Harvey Gehette gave me the rose.”
she soliloquized, "He's* very hand-
some, and I always did have a weak-
ness for handsonle people and he’s a
rising young man In his profession,
people say. I like talented people, too.
I'll keep the rose. Ju^t a little while.”
And she laid It away In a certain satin
lined box where she l^as wont to treas-
ure souvenirs of these, her girlish days.
"And Frank Hood’s violets—poor Frank
Hoodl He's so silent and so awkward,
and yot there's something about him
that won’t let you despise him. Well.
1 won't throw away the violets elttter,
not Just j^et.” ,
And Clare wenf composedly to bed.
For why shouid she lie awake and
lose the roses of her complexion and
»llm the sparkle of those glorious velvet
eyes, thinking about the respective
elaims of the various lovers who hov-
ered, mother-like, about the torchlight
of her charmB? There was time enough
to make up her * mind—quite time
enough.
So. In the very middle- of the sea-
** son, when balls, operas and dejeunes
dancasftes were at their hejght, and
when old Aunt Dalmayne wrote h pit-
eous letter up to her brother In town,
setting forth that "she had the rheuma-
tlz dn idptM bad. and that there wasn't
no reliable help to be had, and she was
that lonesome' that she. couldn't stand
It any longer al^d wouldn't one of her
three nieces cpm^ down apd stay with
her a spell?” Clare astonished the fam-
ily circle by vblunteerlng to of
"My dear," said Mrs. Wlntrlngjiam.
"you don't know what you are under-
taking. It Is a common farmhouse, not
•veil painted, among the hills."
“And Alantha,Ann Is as full of Whims
as ap egg can be of meat,” said Papa
Wtntgingham, rubbing his nose. ‘jBut I
supitoS* She la lonesome.”
"Welly' said Clare, “Jdirlam's busy
with her conservatory lessons and her
Germaij Wlass and Laura belongs to
those" sbqfSfiles, and 1 seem to be the
•nly oriel, disengaged. Besides, I -am
getting fired of btflls and dandes ajvd
suppers. ] should. Uke to try the other
extreme! JUst for fun."
The sopao looked Indescribably beau-
tiful to <p«.re Wlntrlngham that frosty
Decern Isa- flight, as the Jolting old wa-
gon, wltp la Buffalo robe spread over
the seat, and a sleepy old horse trot-
ting In front, turned Into, tho valley
rofed. and she could see the ancient
farmhouse.! steep-roofed' and brown
with half alcenttfrjt of suns and rains,
with the mdple boughs wrestling over-
head-in tlie galo, and the wooded hills
rising up on.t-very side, while one ruddy
beam of light glowed from the tiny
window undet the edves, casting, as it
might be. a Javelin of brightness ath-
wart the roadj In front of the door.
“I guess-shew expectin' of you.” said
the rough character who had been sent
to the depot tr» meet Mrs. Dabnayne'B
elty niece, "but I'm afraid you'll find
U desput lonesoVne.”
And she entered the low-celled kitch-
en. all aglow with the -roaring fire of
pine logs op thef hearth. Aunt Dalmayn*
had evidently bestirred herself, for the
table was spread, and the bill lady her
■elf "hobbled forjward on a crutch to wel-
cortie her nice
"“WelL my dear," cried Aunt Da!
mayne, stepplxig back to take a second
survey, “you'rp as pretty as a picture."
"Am IT" said Clare, laughing. "Hut,
aunty, what q glorious Are you've got,
rling old urn, and how
"k»*t smell!"
ire slept that night
Dalmayne’s heart
TJu»l ehorutKglrl has had the cab lum
llgfit of attention thrown upon her for.
ages, but the poor chorus man has been
neglected. Hw goes through life care-
fully concealed behind a double row'of
chorus girls, singing his little life away,
and no ope gives his future a single
whkrcan ‘you posMbly“be“doing lp such j ^ys the Boston Globe. W II
*a place as this?"* •• MacDonald of the Bostonians has lifted
"Didn’t Moses .tell you?" she asked1 the ve» which screens the chorus man
demurely. "I am doing the house-
work herfl.”
".Miss—Miss Wlntrlngham?" •
"Well, why t\o\T'
Mr. Gillette had po reply ready; he
only rubbed his hands, smiled feebly
and advanced toward the blaze, while
Mr. Hood was exchanging In turn Ids
greeting with the Jxairmef;,heiress.
"It Is a surprise, Miss Wlntrlngham,
he flpf
uriyns
iifla lr
“Of ccivrse they may co-.ue In," she
said. "I wouldn t turn even a dog frorr
the do6r on. such a night as this.
i And she threw a fresh log on the
What was her amazement, on tu
to welcome the strangers, to beliv
them no strangers at all, but Hurvej
Gollette and his friend. Frank Hood!
Powdered liberally with snow, theli
noses reddened by the wind, their fea-
tures rendered unnaturally rigid by tht
cold, they stood blankly regarding her,
but Clare camd forward with the grac<
of a young duchess.
“Good evening, gentleman. Pray
come a little nearer the Are. I hardly
supposed that In the storm-bound
strangers who sought shelter here I wqi
to welcome old acquaintances."
"But. Miss Wlntrlngham—exceeding-
ly glad to see you. I’m sure,” stam.
me red Mr. Gellette, awkwardly—*VbUt
—J --
ABOUT CHORUS MEN.
LACEMAKING.
THEY ARE PAID.JOST LIKE THE
CHORUS GIRL.
But a* They Bee a Ureal Deal of the
World They ConskqucxiUr Ponsider
Themaelvea Amply Cowpeniated for
Their Services.
In obscurity, and speaks of Jils genesis
in this way: "Of course, I will have to
begin with the dfiorus man's advent In
opera,” said he, "and I will state at the
start tdfffi the chofus man collectively
possesses more than avera'ge Intelli-
gence. He Is not, aa*a rule, however, a
,man who has devoted his early life to
a Btudy of music, with a detei-mlr^itlon
of entering upon an Operatic caraef.
to see you here,’ ho said; franklyt "but Most of them are young men who have
a very agreeable one.”.^v
And Clare wondered "In her TfftKft
what new mood of gallantry had taken
away all Frank Hood's awkwardness
“It Is as good as a tableaux," she
thought, gleefully, when. Hood had cx
studied mnstc In a perfunctory wajy,
andjifethe possessors of good. If not
developed, voices,- which tnelr friends
tell them should be he&rd upon the
stage. The majority of them have brien
engaged In clerical work, and have tired
plained to her that unexpected business of a life of commercial routine. If their1
had taken them ac£9g^*the country in salary is a small one, say $6 or $8 per
the dead of winter, tjius bringing al^out, week, the $20 a week or more they cfin
so /rntWely unanticipated a meeting 1 get doing chorus work ldoks as big ,to
arftl she lmd gone Into the outer kitchen them as a Himalayan mountain., But
\o get some cream for* the table. And avert when this Impression has been
„as she stood there skimming "oft the djsslpated by* a whole lot of unconi-
golden accumulation. wW<-h followed fortably real conditions, the chances are
her spoon In thick, leathery folds, she that tht-se" men will continue In the|r
heard GpHette's voice speaking. j new work rather than turn their facAs
s “Of course the father has failed, and toward a business life again, and no
they’ve lost' everything-. A great i>ity, doubt most of them are more or less
for with that face she might have.roar- tainted with Bohemiahlsm, and are not
rled well.” , } fitted for commercial pursuits. Doubt-
“And what Is to prevent her marrytn’K less a desire to see Ihk country, as the
well now?” Frank Hood's slow, dellb- j phrase goes, is responsible for a num-
erate tones answered. , her of them Joining ujn opera company,
"My dear fellow, we must all look out and most of these arxj there to-day., see-
for the main chance. In fact, I Was lng It over and .oven again.”
once a little smitten myhelf but of j "But what does ^he future hold In
"CfQurse It's quite ouj of the question
now.” . >
Mr. Hood did not reply; and Clare,
as she stood there with burning cheeks,
was glad that he did not
But when she' came back to preside at
the tea table, with Moses Pecjtham
democratically seated at the lower end,
she was as composed as eCer.
The storm continued In unabated vlo-
store fqr these merf when their voices
are gone? Isn't their outlook rather
hopeless?” was asked. .
"It depends upori the man himself to
provide against the inevitable While
most of them are Improvident, I -know
ot conspicuous instances of individual
thrift. ,With proper egre the*chorus
man can keep ljls voice—his wage-
earner—for a great number of years,
fence for two days, during which dime i We have-, men In the Bostonians who
Mr.’ Gellette yawned over the week’s have been with .us for nearly fifteen
old newspapers, smoked his cigar beside years, sober, thrifty men, good, I hope,
»ful what
goo<$vthat b
Anl^ before
she had taj
fairly by si"
She had been an Inmate of the farm
house for/ about a week, when one of
those grand ante-Chrlstmas snow
storms mme on which veil the w|xole
counti-T M1 spotless white and hang the
woods In’royal robes of ermine. Aunt
DalmAjme's rheumatism greW worse
nuiV She kept her room, but Clare wont
jriPAut as light-hearted as ever, doing
lh# whole work of the bouse, with such
assistance as Moses. Peck ham. the hired
aian. wa« aKe to render
The snow had fallen steadily all day,
Mown Into drifts by the wind- that
howled lugubriously Uvrou'gh the gor-
ges of the hills, and at last the-twilight
deepened over the stormy earth. .Clare
was sitting thoughtfully before the
flrelight, peeling apples f.tr a pudding,
which was^jear to Aunt Dalmaync’k
soul, when Moses ettme In
"Miss Clare," said he, There's two
gentleipert-got steirm lxVund outside, and
tlysrr horse is clean..vied <>ut. and they
wanted to know If we'd drive 'em «
night's shelter- t told ’em Mrs Dal-
mayns was slek, end I wasn't boss, but
I'd Ask lh*. young woman that doe* the
work."
Clare winched, a, little and then
Isugbed outright atlMoscni' unpolished
the Are and systematically Ignored Miss
Wlntrtngham's presence.
"A fellow musn’t let himself get en-
tangled.” was his mental reAectlon. >
Frank Hood, however, reasoned Oth-
erwise. He haunted Clare's footsteps
with persistency; he helped her clean
the windows, wiped the dishes, even as-
sayed to sweep the Aoors. And Clare,
though she declared .he was more of a
hindrance than a help, seemed to like IK
On .the third day the weather cleared
gloriously, and Moses Beckham brought
round the strangers' horses.
"Come, Horio," said Frank Gollette,
Impatiently, "are you going to stand
there all day, muking adieus?"
"Be off as quick as you like," sakl
Hood, calmly; 'I am riot going."
"Next *oHfg? But business-”
"Hang busb-iess!" was the unaccount-
able reply. "What do I care-for busi-
ness? MisS Wlntr-lagham has promised
to be my- wife, and my business is her*
Jilst at present.”
And when Harry Gellette was gone
Clare told her lover the truth. At this
Frank was half inclined-to be vexed.
for many years more. It is very com-
mon for a chorus man to marry a chorus
girl, and by a little care'ln their domes-
tic economy and a small emergency
fund, be provided agalns tthe proverb-
ial "rainy day." - *
BLIND ,CYCLERS.
"GOOD EVl^NIhfo. GENTLEMEN."
"But you want me. Frank, don't you?"
said Clare, with the prettiest coaxing
way In. the world
“Of course/T do." said Frank. "But
darling, I ha<4 such a
of love in a cottage.
Strange sight on the . Boulevards Of
, Paris*.
"In one of the most aristocratic quar-
ters of the city, where the gilded dpme
of Napoleon’s tomb and the twin
tow’ers of St. Francois Xavier are sen-
tinels over historic associations, lies
the beautiful Boulevard des Invalides,
a long, ' tree-shaped avenue, where
sounds march. In list slippers "and the
perfume of dowering shrubs envelopes
the senses, says Outing. One plump
shoulder of this charming drive 1« made
Interesting by a-little grouped commo-
tion every Thyrsday afternoon.
Through an Imposing Iron gateway
into the center of the, stre> t. Is rolled
g curious looking machine 6f th* ve-
locipede order It donslsts of nine
largest sized Kb sglcS Joined together
In a clinln h^meniprof nlcfcerhars, the
guide, the seijorfcTTln front. In Its wake
fbllpv? eight young men, of shout is
dressed In a uniform of dark blue, with
gilt buttons, Aat caps and heetaT lKe
pantaloons neatly caught around the
ankle by damps. Neat cuffs aWd col-
lars and well trlnrisied hair, show care-
ful attention to the person. The 'ex-
pression of the faces Is cheerful,, almosf
gay, the carriage straight and manly,
but gentle and unforceful. This, with
a certain timidity of bearing, makes
one glance again to see that t|ie party
Is entirely blind1. They have walked
through the gateway, crossed the
sward. aAd reached the queer machine
without guide or dlrerXlon. and e.«n-
mence at once that masonic trteit of ad-
justing the wheel and handle known to
the bicycle ITaternlty. Chatting and
smiling, each of the eight flnds his spe-
cial steed and stands beside It.”
How the Different Kinds of Aar 1-Wade
, l.aoe Are Woven.
Guipure Is a term applied th desig-
nate a thick cord effect, over which a
silk, gold or silver thread Is twisted.
Originally slips of parchment were
used, but as these wen* moreeor less
Injured by atmospheric changes, a cot-
ton material called canetllle was sub-
stituted. During the seventeenth een-
tury, when gimps, braids, and laces
were made of linen thread to Imitate
the high relief of the / needle-made
thick cord, worked -over w/ith thread or
gulpe, was Introduced to j more clearly
define the salient points In fbe pattern.
Tb its^the teHn guipure win1 applied to
the thread laces. with g(ilv;ure reliefs.
This designation has slncte remained In
use In reference to .all laces without
grounds -In which the valrloua patterns
are united bjk''bridges.” The term gui-
pure is also applied $o those bold.
Aowlng patterns, united by a coarse
reseau ground, which are noticeable In
the products of Flanders and Italy.
Lace consists of two parts—the pat-
tern jvnd the ground upon which It.Is
wrought.
■ The older laces, sucli as point ahd
gnlpure, according to tho Dity Goods
Economist, are net worked upon a net-
work ground, the Aowe.s are connected
by irregular threads, overcast with
buttonhole stitches, and are sometimes
fringed with loops, or knots, known as
"'thorns*' or "brides." '
To designate the honeycomb or net-
Work ground, the termB reseau, champ,
trellle
e Economy In Baying,
There Is little advantage anywhere
to tho family of average size in buy-
ing largo quantities of groceries UkA
sugar, cereals. sjiTCes, writes Anna Bar-
rows In Good Housekeeping.
Ono disadvantage of buylngHin large
quantities lies in the tendency ,we have
of usln^ihore th8u Is actually nfeceesary
merely because there is an abundance;
For this reason a barrel of svgar may
ifet emptied sooner than if the same
'weight were dealt out in Weekly por-
tions.
It is often better economy to buy flour
by the bag than the barrel for all pur-
poses, we may have one hag for pastry,
another for bread, and another of en-
tire wheat flour. This Is by faV the
best plan where a part of the bread Is
bought instead of being made" In the
house, and the time is coming when
bread will be made outside In a better,
cheaper manner than It is now being
made at borne. Other cereal prepara-
tions should be purchased In small
quantities as they are prone to grow
oily and be attacked by vermin.
Fretting.
A A many women are more fa-
tlgued rfy the work they fall to accom-
plish than by what they do—that is,
they fret and worry over the thousand
and one Hilngs'whlch demand attention
.nd the hurrying to get through pres-
ent tasks", in order to turn to these
’ -others, added to a mental performance
which, even though it may never ma-
terialize, are as physically exhausting
to a nervously organized woman as
manual (abor. Fortunately there are
some women whd can see things in tbei^
rightful proportions, whose perception
of perspectives is accurate and to whom
small things do not assume the undue
proportions which^characterize Japan-
ese art. Such women can separate es-
sentials from nonessentials. They can
stand off a Uttlo way from the situation
and get its general effect or see it a3 it
really Is, -w^ich is the first and most
important step toward an adjustment
of themselves to it. But this practical
sense of perspective ^is a thing which
most women sadly need to develop and
cultivate. Its appILation t'o women's
work is no less Important than to ar-
tistic effort.
or entollage are all employed.
The floW^'r qr ornamental pattern Is
either made together with the ground,
as In Vnjencloflnes and- Mechlin, or sep-
arately. In the, form mt an applique,
Open-Work stitches Introduced Into the
patterq are known as- modes, Jours or
fillings. All lace 1s terminated by two
edges, the pearl, plcot />r copronnc—>a
rowj-of little points at equal distance—
and the footing, or e.ngrulu’S'C—a nar-
row lace which serves to keep the
stitches of the ground Arm and to sew
the lace to the garment on which It Is
to be worn. Lace is divided. Into two
distinct classes—point and,pillow. ThA
former 1b made by thq needle on 4,
parchment pattern, atul is termed
ncnslle point. Plllo.ut lace Is made, on a
cushion placed upon the knees of the
workwoman. On this pillow Is Axed a
htlff piece of parchment' with small
holes pricked through to mark the pat-
tern. Through these holes pins are In-
serted lqto the cushion. The threads
with which the Ince Is formdd are
wound upon bobbins'' having round
their upper' ends a de»qp. groove on
which the thread Is wound, a separate
ik'bbln being used for each thread.
The pattern *or Agure technically
known as gimp Is made by Interweav-
ing a thread much thicker than that
forming the groundwork according to
the design pricked Qut on the parch-
,i»ent. ,
SOLDIERS POOR COOK8.
HIS LITTLE GAL.'
KhpVx » Tender Klower. \V«) Farmer
Skinner*. Sally.
“It ain't everybody I'd trust iriy little
bright little dream, to," said old Farmer Skinner to the
love-lorn swain who In the far we6t had
* A Protected Telephone.
A sporinl mouthpiece for ptihlle tele-
phones has been Introduced In Germany
with, the object of avoiding the spread
of diseases carried by the condensed
moisture of the breath. pad or a
large number of disks of paper, with a
hole In the middle, Is Inserted In the
mouthpiece, snd the upper.disk of the
paper Is torn off after evfely Oonversae
tlon.
And It shall all come true,'' «»hl |>econie enamored of Miss Sally Skinner
Olare.^ "In spite of the twelve hundred a an<j wished to carry her from the lov-
y'Af* care and shelter of the home nest
The "little gal." who wqs 5 feet 11 Inches
tall In her bare feet, as she whs at “that
moment, hid bft h&ppy, blushing face
on her dear. fqj)d old father's shoulder
and wvpt happy tears hs he said to
Sally’s ^ieeply-moved n*d sympathetic
young lover:
• ''You must take good keer of lby woe
hlrdling. Jack. Recollect that shea
been raised kind o’ tender like. Two
acres a day Is fill I ever asked her to
plow and an acre of coin h dity in all
she's used tri hoeing. She kin do light
work sleh as mukln rati fences and
digging post hoi *s and burning brush
and.all that, but ain't used to regular
farm work anil you_ mustn't ask too
much of her. It's hard lot her old rlad
to give Ms little sunshine up. Hell
have to spl!V,hls own card wood and dig
hts otyn laters now; But gj, birdie.•
and be happy!"
* A Regent.
"Are you the boss of this ranch?"
asked Mio tramp.
"Yes." said Mr TlmmlnsAthotfffht-
fnlly. 'T think, that at the present mo-'
ment l can truthfully say that I am th*
bow bare The hired girl Is taking an
afternoon off nnd mi wits ts out rldlptf
a Mcyol*" ^ ^
Some of the Makeshift. Resorted to Dur-
ing the Crimean War.
In those Crimean days dur soldiers
had no knowledge of cooking,, being In
this respect far behind the French and
Turks. But even had our men been
perfect coolts they would have had but
little opportunity of exercising their
skill. \Catnp kettles were issued at
KaltvmltU bay, when the troops landed,
ln.thp proportion of one to five men.
Now, the kettle would cook fresh, but
not salt meat for ffve men; an more
water Is required to extract the brine
from salt m<*at than the kettle could
hold; and, moreover, this number (flve)
represented nothing then, nor does It
now. In our regimental systems Most
of thA kettles had been dropped at the
Alma or In the subsequent march, and
the soldiers for all cooking purposes to
a mess tin which each man carried on
his back. Thtqtc were Inadequate The
lids, perhaps, were most prized, for
when fhe body Is, wet and cold there "is
a craving for a hV drink, and it took
.lsffs tins* and fuel to roast, the green
coffee berries In the lid than to boll the
salt meat In the body of the tin. If
had ftol occurred to any one In th£ de-
partment then responsible for our com-
missariat that to malfe a iqug of coffee
"out of green berrfew rri listing and
grinding apparatus was essential, and
ttll^anuiiry. when Some rousted coffee
was landed, our fnen .might, be seen
pounding with a stone dr round shot
the beyrleS ln a fragment of exploded
she!$. Fortnightly Review.
Quarrying In India.—At Bangalore,
in Southern' India, granite slabs os
large ps GO by 40 feet and half a foot
thick are quarried by means of wood
fires. A narrow line of Are, about seven
feet long, made of dry logs of light
wood, Is gradually lengthened and
mbved foc’Ward dVer an even surface of
solid'roqk.. Jt is left In position till
strokes with a hammer shbw that, the
rook in front of -the fife (has become
detached from the main mass beneath;
the burning wood Is then pushed on a
few' Inches. The rock keeps splitting
about five Inches below the surface. It
takes about eight hours and fifteen
hundred-weight of wood to set free a
slab measuring 740 square feet. After-
ward the piste Is easily cut with blunt
chisels Into strips 2% feet wid*.
Mto« Supor.tltion.. ,
When you buy A pair of new shoes
never put ihern on a shelf higher than
your head, unless you want to bring
bad luek; and If you blacken them be-
fore you biA’e had both shoes on you
may meet with an accident. W even
have a sudden* death. This Is an old
Irish superstition. The Scotch girls be-
lieve that If they drop .their shoes- be-
fore they are worn trouble will ensue,
while s French lady losing* her heel ts
sure of some disappointment In ldve,
and ii < iertnan mother in the same pre-
dicament feels That she will soon lose
one of her ehlldren. ’ You must not put
your Tight shoe on your left foot or
your left on your right, not must yarn
put your left shoe on before the right
unless you want bad luck. This super-
stition dates back tn one of the Em-
perors of Rome, who. tt Is recorded,
put An his left shoe one mdrnlng and
rame near being assasslpaled during
the day. j
The EITerls of a Sermoie.
Onee, when Cardinal Manning was
preaching In Rome, he recognised John
Bright among his llstengfr* On the In-
stant he .determined to preach to him.
and dwelt with ns tnueji fofee snd ef-
fect SS he Could on the elslre® of the
Blessed Vlfgin to our veneration. Two
or*th!we y*'«r« later lie met hlrii. and
reminded him of this incident-- I no
member It perfectly," said John, and
I shall npvei; torsi I It 1 was delighted
with everything thgt morning a grati-
fied smile came on the cardinal s face
“excepting your sermon ''■■Memoirs of
an nuUwr.
, Not Up On Etiquette.—An amusing
story la told of the late Principal Pirie,
of Aberdeen, Scotland. Just aftwr “at
home” cards became fashionable one of
tho dryest specimens of tho old profes-
sional regime was surprised to receive*
a message which read ns follows:
“Principal and Mrs. Plrle present th_e!r
compliments to Professor T-, and
hope lie Is well. Principal and Mrs.
Pirie will be ‘at home' on Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock.” This wnq some-
thing which evidently required an an-
swer, but tho recipient of it was quite
equal to the occasion. He wrote: “Pro-
fessor T--returns the compliments
of Principal and Mrs. Pirie and informs
them that hh Is very well. Professor
T-r fc glad to hear that Principal and
Mrs. Plrle will be at hoipe on Thursday
evening at 8* o'clock. Professor T-----
will also be at home.” • ,
Becoming an.Island of Mutca. Of the
14b mnaDltants of the little town of
Chllmark, on the Island of Martha's
Vineyard, thirty-six. or almost one
quarter, are congenitally deaf and
dumb. The town records show that
two of the original settlers of the place,
away back In the seventeenth century,
were deaf and dumb and the infirmity
has thus been transmitted to onr own
day. This hereditary influence shows
no plan of uniformity in Its workings,
deaf and dumb pnrentr having chil
dren in full possession of all their
senses, and vice versa. This peculiar
community, shut In from the outstrip
world. Is, however, alive to all the so-
cial ana poiiucni mawnim of the time
and does not differ In great degree from
tho thousand and one secluded villages
which dot plir New England hills and
shpre UnS. It affords, however, ample
opportunity for the minute Invnstlga-
iion of both the sociologist and the stu
dent of evolution and physiological
heredity. Ildston Transcript.
upon opr
r t pW»p
is
vVliitewnahing With the Spraying1
Pump.—The use of boriteaux mixture
iih the spraying pump suggests that the
ipachlne can be used tc good purpose In
spraying whitewash upon green koum*
rOofR. barb basements and fences Wo
npw apply all the whitewash upon
larger glass roofs by means of
and nozzle. The whitewash __
In the ordinal^ planner, of lime arid
water, and Is diluted to about the con
dsteney of thin cream. If a largo stir
face Is to be covered, especially if H
Is difficult to reach, n direct delivery
nozzle Is used, and the elevator stands
iteveral feet away. But If It is desired
lo cover the surface evealy and neatly.
thq_tMeOow<ui*' nozzle is most aatlsi'ac
tory.'>C.orn«l) Bulletin.
YoMi.w Cake One teacupfui sugar
with half tho quantity of butter. «dd
tl^rTi^ks of four beaten eggs, hair a
l.e (cupful milk aip! two and a In If lea
• pfyls flour sifted with two teaap ion-
'iiJh Royal baking powdfr. Fhivot with
janUla.
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Lillard, L. D. The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1895, newspaper, April 19, 1895; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1119972/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.