a ——————————— k SEVERE STORM MARINE DISASTERS ON THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. VESSELS ASHORE AND LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED-A FURIOUS BLOW ON THE HUDSON. NANTUCKET, Mass., Oct.—A severe storm 18 raging here, attended by some gerions disaster, as the body of a man was washed ashore on the south side of ihe island. The Coskaly Lile-Saving Station reports seeing two vessels in collision on Saturday in Nantucket Sound. One sank. The vessels are unknown. A quantity of bedding, ete. , has been picked up at the station, posToN, Oct. 14.—Captain Whalen, of the fishing schooner William Emer. gon. of Boston, and Patrick Jennings, one of the crew, were washed overs board apd drowned in the bay this afternoon | sudden squall, Both leave families in Boston. viNEYARD ITAVEN, Mass, Oct. 14 — A violent gale prevailed here to-day. At poou e schooner Richard 8, of Tisbury, paried and went ashore al the Lead of the harbor. A small fleet of schooneis 1s harbored here. The schooner Nellle Clark, of Eastport, Me, , St. John for New York, loaded with Jumber, parted both chains 1 the harbor afternoon, and ran ashore near the steamboat wharf at the head of the harbor, where she now lies bilged, The schooner Benj. Eng- lish. of Elizabvethport, N. J.. is also ashore, and well up on the beach at the head of the harbor, GLOUCESTER, Mass, Octcber 14.— Schooner Eurostas, Captain Holt, Bangor Newark, lumber laden, sprung a lesk about 8 o'clock last night off Boon Island, and, becoming un- manageable, of distress, She was boarded by Ceptain Woodbury of the schooner Charles Dyer, with a volunteer crew. who, after a dangerous experience, 1esoued all on board. The Eurostas is now ashore back of Lai ville Breakwater and Is gong pleces. NEw LoNpon, Ci, Oct. 14 —Cap- tain M. L. Phillips, commanding the levenue Cutter Dexter, received a telegram yesterday from Keeper Chareb. of the Life Saving Station at Point Judith, that a schooner, appar- ently abandored, was tix miles south- west of the Point drifiing to sea, Captain Phillips immediately proceeded in the Dexter in search of her and fell in with her at 4 p. m. She proved to be the schooner Adela, of Plymouth, with pine cordwood. Her sails had been blown away and her rudder was gone. Her crew had evidently been taken off, as her boat was at the davits. The Dexter towed her to New London and turned her over to the Collector of Customs. CHATHAM, Mass, Oct. 14.—The ter- rife northeast gale continues, with increasing force. The weather is very thick, and rain is falling. The sea outside is terribly rough, and immense breakers are smashing on the bars at high tide, dashing in many places, completely over the beach, and con- siderably shortening the life-saving patrol. No wreckers are reported, but puthing can be seen al any distance, po, If any vessels are stranded on the shoals, the fact will not be known until the weather clears or wreckage comes ashore, This will be a wild night at sea, and if any vessels are in distress outside, no kelp can get to them from the shore until the sea goes down, NYACK. N. Y., Uct. 14.—A terrible storm prevailed along the lower Hud- son this afterncon, A valuable steam yacht bLslonging to Commodore Voor- his was driven on lhe rocks, and ether small crafis were swamped, DY « 1} chalns this 101 get Signals rif. to A RAILROAD WRECK. FIFTY PERSONS INJURED, ONE FA- TALLY. Iwo OTHERS IN A CRITICAL CONDI~ TION — MANY BADLY BURNED, Osmano, Neb, Oci 16.— A terrible wreck occurred on the B, & M., at Sibson a few miles trom Omaha, at 3.45 last evening. About 50 passen- gers were injured. Two engines were sompletely demolished, and a chair car and combination car were thrown from the track and reduced to atoms, Train No. 6, the local between Lincoln and Chicago, ran into No. 9. The former sust, aud the latter west bound. Gib son 18 the meeting point, and the slace where the crew on No. 9, which 's stub train that makes connections with the Kansas City express, stops Lo register, Both trains are due at Gibion at 6.45 P. M., bot last pight No. 9 was slightly sehind. Woen the accident occurred ‘he latter had just crossed the spur, and the engine on No. 6 struck the sther train, hurling both engines and wo comehes from Lhe track. The com- binut isn coach aud the chair car were potl crowded with passengers, all of who were more or less injured, while Peter Rouland, proprietor of the Tre- mout House, Sixteenth and Dart streels, was injured so that he died shortly after being taken to the los pital. ‘The chair car, after basing over turned, caught fire, and many of the jassengers were bally burned, in ad- dition to other jijuries, but those who escaped comparatively safe aided in the work of rei ving their pain. The exact number of injured has not yet been ascertained. The following thus far have been re orted: Engineer Gillespie, on No. 6, residing at Platts mouth, badly bruised about the body tarry 8. Weller, of the Richardson Drug Company, Omaha, badly cut aud braised about tue head and shoulders; Miry Butler, South Omaha, Land crushed and body badly brul«wed: she is in a precarious condition; Charles Laure, resident of Craig, Mo., ear ent off and body and lower Im" ladly bruised; be Is also in an almost con- luo. The following inj E. Mix, of New York, pe Muth Company, braised and thoneht to have ect ived internal injuries; Fred shultze, New York, slightly cat about the head and face; J. Falkenberg, Chicago, lower hmbs bruised und shoulder dislocated, The following are at the Murray: G. W. Chaffee, Boston, shghtly bruised about the body: Isase Labold, Cincinnati, in- jured about the shoulder and head, but not serionsly; J. Kalisher, New York, shoulder sprained and bruised about the body; 8. Kemper, Buffalo. N. Y.. bruised about the body, head slightly cut and lower limbs bruised. The following are at Paxton: Isaac W. Books, Hartford, Conn, In- jured about the body. Of the train men, Conductor Loverin, on Ne. 9, had his right leg badly brulrel and amputation may be necessary, Engire:r McCoy, of No, 9, was slightly bruised about the body: the two firemen, Haskins and Martin, escaped with but slight injuries, - a> THE CABLES SNAPPED, AN ACCIDENT ON AN INCLINED PLANE IN CINCINNATL PERSONS KILLED AND THE OTHERS BADLY INJURED. CINCINNATI, Oct, 15.—The most appalling accident ever Know on the [uciined Plane Railways of this city happened to-day Db:lween 12 and | o'clock. It was on the Mount Auburn ined Plane, which lies at the head of Main street, and reaches to a height of Letween 250 and 300 feet in a space of perhaps 2000 feet or less. ‘Two cars ure employed, on each track. They are diawn by two steel wire cables, that are wound upon a drum at fie ole there, Nine passengers had entered the car at ihe foot of the plane, and a num- ber were on the other car at ihe top. The passenger of the ascending car was all right until ic had reached when to his unspeakable borror faithful engineer found that the wa- ehinery would not respond, and that he could pot stop the engine. Only one result was possible, The car was ar- rested by the strong bumper which the top, ¥ the Dy stops Its progress, and, as the engine continued, all its force was expended on the two cables, and they snapped like wrapping thread unJer ils enorm- ous power. Then the ear, with its nine inmates locked within, bagan the de- scent of that frightful slope. What were the feelings and thoughts of the fated nine may hardly De imagined, The crash at the foot of Lhe plane Was frightful. A cloud of dust arose that Lil the wreck from view for a mo- ment. but when it was dispelled the: scene was horrible. The iron gate that formed the lower end of the truck on which the car street. The top of the car was lying almost as far io the gutter. The truck iteelf and the floor and seals of the ear formed a shapeless wreck, mingled wiih the bleeding and mangled bodies ot the pine passengers, Two were taken out dead—one a middie-ased lady with gray hair, recognized as Mra, Ives; the other, a young lady of 20, Miss Lilian Oscamp, daughter of Mre, Henry Oscamp. Another, Mr, N. Kneiss, teacher, living at 14 kuclid svenue, died soon afterwards, Five others were injured, perhaps fatally, and one man escaped miraculously with but a slight lonjury. The names of the injured are not yet fully ascer- tained. Hcp, J. B. Hollister and a Mr. McFadden ate said to be two of them. Judge Holhster is nearly 70 years old, and can hardly survive such a shock, it was Judge W. M. Dickson and pot Judge Hollister who was on the car. Judge Dickson, Jike Judge Hollister, was too old to escape from such a terrible shock and he was one of the first of the wounded to die. He 1s a well-know attorney, retired fora number of years, The list of dead now stan Judge W. M. Dickson, Mrs, Caleb Ives, Miss Lilian Oskamp, Michael Kneise, Joseph Hochstetler, The wounded are: Charles McFadden, both legs broken. Mrs. Hochstetter, cuts aud internal injuries, Mrs. Joseph McFadden. Joseph McFadden, aged OU, years, a stone cutter, of Mount Aubunp, had his leg crushed, his scalp cut, and he was suffering severe internal pain, Hedied at 2 o'clock. His son, a young man was taken from the wreck with a crushed foot, and was removed to his home, The wounded were taken to the Cin- cinnati Hospital, Charles Goebel, who was the man at the lever who had the unspeakable horror to flad himself un- able to stop the engine, s:ys that he complained that the cut-off was not working properly. “I told the engineer about it tiis morning,’ he said, *‘and the engineer told me he had repaired it. But it was evident y still out of order, and this must have been what was the cause of the accident.”’ —————————— I A, Confectioner's Colors, No confectioner will admit that he uses anything but the yolks of eggs to in the beautiful yellow of some of his wandiwork; but according to Druggist, turmeric is used and is not only innoeu- pus but healthful. Green is gonerally a color looked upon with suspicion, sug- is the thing now most extensively used in the trade, sap-green having been ruled out of court. Druggists might repare and profitably sell a green color or confectionery by beating one pound of spinach into a stone mortar and after- wards rubbing it through a fine sieve. Une pound of fine sugar is then to be with it. The quantities to be used for coloring will depend entire- on the shade of green required. A late color may be produced by burnt onions are i for soups and ‘ power of saffron known to every but the flavor oT GHioh required. —Two murder. were repried in Loulsvill, Kentucky. on the 14:h, from the mouutains in Bell county. John Cawood was killed near the Harlan Court House by an nuknewn persou, and Mit Jones shot and killed his cousin, James Jones, at Vi: home on Greasy Creek, They quarrelled about a debt, —~Judge 3MMcKlipney, of Tompkins county, New York, was fatally injured by a runaway accident on the evening of the 14th. He was thrown from his carriage and the horse kicked him In the head, fracturing his skull in many places, Ex-Congressman Steele, of Marion, Indiana, whose name has been mentioned in connection wich the Pen- sion Commissionership, bad bis arm broken on the 14th by bis carriage breaking down. Mrs, Steele also had her arm broken, A steam radiator in the office of the American Strawboard Company in Boston exploded on the worning of the 15th, Much damage was done to the office and stock in the basement, and two teamsters standing outside the partition were injured, one severely. —James Dawson, a well-known sporting man, was found dead in a gutter on Market street, in Patlerson, New Jersey, about 8 o'clock on the worning of the 15th, There was a large wound over the left eye, caused by a fall or a blow from & club, Ina diffi- culty at Dothen, Alabama, on the 14th, seven men were shot. Two are dead and another is dying. The troubs arose between the Town Coun- eil and the draymen of the farmers’ warehouse, the latter refusing lo pay the license required by the town au- thorities, They were several Limes arrested for violating the ordinance nnd and this caused the troubie the farmers of the Lown 3th Marshals were shot, and one will I'wo draymen defying the law, ined, —The schooner Laura, laden with iron, was upset In the East Hiver, New York, on the morning of the 15th, and went adrift, bottom up. Her captain and a deck hand, James Lawler. were saved. The rest of the crew, William Jackson, Jas, Hughes and Alexander Christie, are supposed to be drowned, The two rescued men are severely Injured, — Anthony Helfrich, a miner, and his two laborers, Thomas Quinn and Patrick Judge, were burned on the 16th by au explosion of gas in the Stanlon mine, at Wilkesbarre, Pa. The latter two are thought to be fatally injured. Two trains on the Burlington and Mis- sour! Railroad ran into each other at Gibson Station, pear Omans, Neb, on the evening of the 15th, They were going in opposite directions, Both ec- gines and a chalr car and combination car were smashed up, and the chair car caught fire, badly burning many pas- sengers, in addition to those otherwise injured. About 5U persons altogetier One of them died goon alierwards, and two others are in a precarious condition. A tirain on the Indiana Midland Railway was wrecked pear Lebanon on the morning of the 16th by collision with a freight car standing on a side track. Sherman Moon, brakeman, was killed, and sev- eral others were injured, two severely. ~The Secretary of the company operating the Mount Auburn Inclined Piane in Cincinnati, where the disaster occurred on the 15th, says that a little piece of iron, not more than an iach wong, became lodged in the cut-off valve and rendered it impossible for the engineer to shut off steam. How it cawe there no one KNOW — At Santa Ana, California, on the morning of the 16th, Mrs. Efile L. Seholl eut her throat and the throats of her two children, a S-year-old boy and 3-year old girl, The cliliren are dead, but it is thought the mother will recover. Three years ago she was divorced from her husband, the Court giving her possession of the children. Recently Ssholl entered suit to obtain custody of the cuildren, and this caused the tragedy. A large number of farmers in Miner county, South Dakoto, are re- ported des i‘ue owing to the fallure of their crops through drought dering the past season. A relief commitles has been spprintel to solicit ai), Many towns shroughout the Stale are re- spouding. Michael Sade was cut in thirty places with a knife, and Anthony Lostei ter was shot dead, in a quarrel in Louisville, Kentucky, un the evening of tue 15th, Both were drunk, Sade had just drawn hus wages, and it is be- lieved that two men drew him into a quarrel on the street, and then pulled him into an alley with the intention of robbing him, Lostetlier was in some way drawn ioto the quarrel, The two men escaped. —A despatch from Helena, Mon- tana, says that the official returns from every county but one show that the Republicans have 58 members of the Legislature and the Democrats 32, with «ne doubtful with Madison county. The Republicans will have from five to nine majority on joint ballot, but, as the decision of the Convassing Board in Siiver Bow county is to be tested in the courts, there 1s no telling when the members from Silver Bow will get their certificates of election, Without that county the Senate would be eight Republicans and seven Democrats and tive House 25 Republicans and 20 Dem- ocrata. —Faul McBride, son of a well known lawyer of St. Louis, shot and killed Frank Loftus, a fireman, at a street corner in that eity on the even. jag of the 15th, McBride was drunk at the time and took offence at a slight and sccilental jostle from Loftus, Harvey Hodge, b8 years of age, mur. dered his wife by cutting herthroat at Cambridge, New York, on the morn. ing of the 16th. He been held to bail Yor abusing bis wife, An oll well, flowing 1000 barrels daily, was struck at Chartier, just out~ side the limits of Pittsburg, on the evening of the 16th. — Mayor Hunt, of Sanduskr, Obio, Health respecting ema l-pox ravages at Pelee 1slaud, the famous fishing re- sort in Lake Erie, The despatoh says the wildest excitement exists, over one hundred cases of small-pox having de veloped there withia the last four days. The island has about 1000 population, every one of whom iL is feared will contract the disease, All avenues of escape from the place have been closed by American and Canadian authorities, Every one of the entire group of Lake Erie islands, including Put-in-Bay. North Bass, Middle Bass, Kelleys and others have quarantined against Pelee, and the Canadian authorities have quarantined the mainland against the island, which has become @& vast isolated pest house, Dr, Probst, Sec- retary of the State Board, has gent in- structions and has taken vigorous steps to prevent the disease spreading. Three cases of small-pox, the first in Boston for over a year, were reported on the 17th, Solomon Davie, aged 45 years, ac- companied by two nieces, visited the blooming department of a steel mill in | Scranton, Penna., on the evening of | the 16th. As they stood in front of the large engine which runs the rolls, several carriages with hot ingots ap- proached, Davis and the ladies step- ped back out of the way, but Davis went a little too far, and be was struck by the massive fly wheel, hurled to the top, snd then fell into the pit where the ponderous wheel erushed his body. A threshing machine boiler exploded on the farm of W. Hanson, pear St. Mary's, Ohio, on the 16th, killing Berry Sigler, fatally injuring Joseph Siivers snk badly scalding Jacob Hem- jern and another man whose name Was not learned. ~—General John F. Hartranft died on the 17th at his residence ut Noriis- town, He was 50 years of age. ~The scaffolding around the new standpipe at Detulehem, Pa , gave Way on the 17th and precipitated eizhi workmen, with their tools, to the iron flooring of the tank below, a distance of 45 feet, George Murphy, Louis Rayeur and John Kierman, died of their injuries In a short Lime, and the others, with one exception, were badly hurt, A carriage, containing Mrs Caarles Sipe and Mrs, Austin, Was struck by a train near Frankford, In- diana, on the 16th, and both women were fatally injured. Three youn men—John Lewls, Jerome Race and Thomas Cooney—were run over and killed by a train on the Hudson River tailroad, at Hudson, New York, on the morning of the 17th, ~ James Rickey was arrested on some minor charge in Lower Chilton county, Alabana, on tlhe 16th, His captors found that he was concerned 1p some brutal murders near Montevalio some weeks ago, after he had confessed he was swune toa limb of a tree and shot. Jobn Stabart, mine boss for the Charter Oak Coal Company, al Pomeroy, Ohio, was found mur- dered on the moerunig of the 17th, John Keiser and 8 man named Wyand have been arrested on scs- picion. —A washout on the Texas and Pacific Road, at Madden, about 60 miles east of El Paso, Texas, threw afreight train down an embankment on ue 16th, Engineer R. J. Bible, Fireman Chas, jones and Brakeman G. W. Mansfeld were killed, ——— HORSE NOTES, The Cosa, Elkton Fair wasa big suc- Maud 8, is at Mr. Bonner’s Tarry- town track. wT hie lLouls financial failure, —Tenny 1s getting a bad reputation for sulking. ~t. meeting Was a wd OHTY H. Phillips talks of spending the winter in California. ~ George Kinney has rounded into a very handsome horse, out — Jack easily beat J. B. Richardson at st. Louis in 2.21, 2.19, 2.17. — Dwyer Brothers’ horsesare running on three tracks-- Westchester, Jerome and Ivy City. — Keene Jim, record 2.194, owned by the late John Murphy, brought only $310 at public sale. — At San Jose, Cal, recently, the r Adonis, by Sidoey, beat Gold Leaf in 2.143, 2.144, 2.14 —C. F. Emery, of Cleveland, has traded the b, m. Annie W. for John D. Rockafeller’s br. f. Mattie Mentone. —1s Count, 2.20; Captain Lyons, 2,981, and Taylerson, 2.2034, are new 2.3) performers by Sweepstakes, — Reference, winner of the Southern Hotel stakes at St. Louis. will be jogged on the road at Chillicothe, O,, all winter. — Peter Pollard, of Baliimore, has become completely estranged from hs old Jove. the trotter, and has gone over to the bang-tails, —A California bookmaker on his way home stated that the jockey combi pations had been too much for him, and that be was nearly “broke.” — Judge Morrow, by Vagabond, for whom Green B. Morris paid $4500 at the Dryant & Sc an sale, won the total stakes, worth $14 000, -8ir Dixon, Red Dress, Houstan, Kingsbridge, Eon, Extra Dry, Flat bush, Last King and Blue Bird, of the Dwyer Bios, stable, have been taken out for training. FE. D. Wiggins, of Oak Hill Stud Farm, Boston, Mass,, has sold to Sam- vel Gamble for $3000 the yeatling ully Carlotta Wilkes, by Charley Wilkes, dam Aspasia, by Alcantara. — Robert Bonner says; “With the action of the Morgan, the lengthened stride of the Ham lan family and a thoroughbred foundation for stamina we have the essential elements for pro- ducing the fast trotter.” Hal Poluter got a record of 2.18 in the third heat at Terre Houte. He won the race (2.16 pacing class) in the Hi INTERESTING ITEMS. Visible Stars. The total number of stars one can sce will depend very largely upon the clenr- nese of the atmosphere and the keenness of the eye. There are in the whole celestial sphere abont 6,000 stars visible to an ordinarily good eye. (MM these, however, we ean never see more than a fraction at any one time, because a half of the sphere is always below the hori- zon. If we could see a star in the hori zon 88 easily as in the zenith, half of the whole number, or 5000, visible on any clear night. pear the horizon are seen through so great a thickness of atmosphere as greatly to obscure their light, and only the brightest can be seen. As a result of this obscuration, it is not like ly that more that 2,000 stars ca taken in at would be But stars Ones } ever be a Ki ordi- A be Ma HAry eve Yigg £65,000) + in our upp id SEVEY COLNE HOICKE We far exe made, they giars ol : ele, m probable that araders crease in Lhe in the eighth, tudes, | COERIVEe labor of of suck Been mitted beyond fatl CORE « f Wales, and been presents the Qu to Lond mem bersiun om Pouncet-box and Pomander. Most pre pie take 18 for mu-k is sold in wi . therefore il 18 ¢ DOCRLIS the truth of by the name ters who bring it int bly there are few things subject to adulteration, as one part of pure mus) will scent of parts of other powder mingled with it; and the pods sell for from fifteen to twenty lollars apiece, the adulteration has its profit. fs is indeed so pungent that when just fresh it has been known to prodnce violent bleeding at the and many people are so susceptible to it as to have sad headaches brought about by contact with the pure article; and while a suspicion it very agreeable to many persons, one atom too much becomes offensive, as the case is with patchouli and many other odor- ous substances. It was formerly laige- ly used in therapeutics, especially in the Orient, having become disused as much from the difficulty of obtaining it in a pure state as from snything else, and it is now seldom given except in hysteria and hiccough. Utilizing Bo Many useful and handy articles of furniture can be added to a room by utilizing the boxes which every family has more or less of. A box about three feet Jong and one foot wide, and not quite as wide as a chair, can be made to serve a double purpose by covering it neatly. The cover should be padded evenly with cotton, and covered over with ticking or cloth, then a pair o hinges should be put on about six or eight inches from the end, and the cover attached to the box. Any mater- ial that is used for covering furniture is suitable to cover the sides and top. 1t should be cut wide enough to cover the sides of the box, and fastened neat- ly over the top, and with small tacks. Cretonne is inex- pensive, also denim, such as is used for overalls. It ean be ornamented around the top, where the cover closes, with a strip of felting pinked on both edges and tacked to the box in the centre of each scallop, on the top edge, with brass headed eH When finished this makes a good seat, and having a cover with hinges, it is convenient to keep work in or clothing, or many things which one desires to put away from dust Small boxes, such as soap or starch oxes, make very convenient footstools. 1t is best to cover them with carpeting, yet denim can be used, as it is yer! strong and will wear a long time. the top with cotton or exeelsior. A band of felting pinked on the edge, or a strip of fringe tacked around the sides at the top, adds to their appearance. ie rai i ne thousands as { RO8e, of is Hemstitching. snd raffles now; jon's fancy is for hemstitehing everything. have hems hems one inch, or one and a half inches wide; the corners are outlined as before. Dainty little We must do ya with all the fringes gh hee and the average time was six 1.15 1-16, which ranks as the best on fringe as of old, At all the large stores are now found hemstitched hueck towels of very fine quality, Our pillow and sheet shams are no longer adorned with a ruffle, but have, instead, a homstiteh- ed hem three inches deep. Bplashers, linen table scarfs, and chair scaris are treated in the same way, aud to tell the truth, we will have nothing but hem- stitched work thisseason Underskirts have hemstit fe 1 hems four and 81% inches deep, of course the mat rial used is alwavs linen, and eotton underwear is seen with linen ruffles that are hem stitched and edged with the nar rowest lace to be found, Its quite a pleasure to find the dear old work re turning to favor. The favorite decora- tion with hemstitched either drawn work or conventional designs of flowers. finest work 1s panes — Interior Decoration. The clover, new English perl the breath of mends scent with oy a Jong cool ; white ms quoise 1 harmoniz 2 i glass lilly with primrose, I les The most country houses are whit ciear wood bike hickory, creamy tint, made in of high flu h a bevel rit : Hilger Yer 11 12 14 furnishings with photographs 1s o and the last way of dis are ing them in th ng screen wh p or GI0EY VIeWwWs OF ong, pial 1 the middle Kize at oe, 10 iT ¢ each end INE SIA oid fashioned and FREE: i OT group frame,is for related scenes intelligent sentiment and value. % vid 4 seh iNSETeR, ¥ : A Flower With a History. i cakes hat will receive wember ruling i lity one of the wilhs Jur ice-creams an it witl it, wiih that we most interesting olf tropical gr i orci w other van ror ell $1 Aare a serial lized 116 O se wield no fr xoept bh ertilization is d © Gi by hand in an ar al process 1s flavor, a it to the as be said the flats a of that the orange, le are to be thing about this vanilla, in relation to its use as an extract, is that its quality, that which gives if perfume and savor, vanilline, can be produced artificially from the sap of pines. Vanilla bas a jong and poetical history in its use in Spanish and Oriental cookery, in choe- oiates and dressings, and in Various Mexican dishes, from the time v The odor of the vanilla, like iis own 10 ne, f« it belongs n« hing an interest f those of fanciful t full tones rose and the honeysuckle may i but to ad Arps the 0, and sf sharing chror Ty in which the trope, the fouzd. A : by saline scale felis mon, Curious essential before of the Montezumas, and the thought of it brings up the sce many a rich repast with picturesque adjuncts be- tween palace or monastery walls. It is not without significance in this con- nection that, used in excess, it develops poisonous qualities. It is obvious that the first step beyond the pure necessi- ties in the way of food is taken by ad- ding a flavor to the food, and such sim- ple additions as the rose and the vanilla must have preceded much costly cook- ery and ransacking of seas and forests for novel and stimulating substances. We read in the tales of the Thousand Nights and One Night of incessant marketing, flavoring, and feasting; but it is all made up of the same general line of articles—the lamb and the kid, rice, pomegranates, and quinces; much of the rest is in the added flavors, and the charm of the cookery seem* to be more in the flavors than in the food it- self. Among the varied extracts used now among ourselves in cookery most are absolutely harmiess, as the lemon and orange and other fruit flavors; the genuine almond, peach, and nut flavors are comparatively safe, but not alto- gether so; but the vanilla is to be used with care. For, whether justly or not, the vanilla has been made to bear the odinm of various cases of poisoning by means of ices flavored with it. But used with discretion and in small quant- ity, it is one of the choicest and most delicate additions that we have to our sweetmeats and sauces, having not only a pleasant piquaney, but leaving a cer tain tonic and cleansing effect upon the palate. Bazar. — This is probably Volante's last season on the turf. When he returns to Los A Cal, he will enter the famous Santa Anita Stud. During his four years racing he has won “Lucky” Baldwin over $10,000 in stakes and purses, ~The Kentucky Trotting-llorse Breelers' Assoclation decided on Oe- tober 8 that any purse race in which sixteen horses ¢r more horses are de- clare ss starters shall be divided and two purses of the original amount be given. [That is a good thought]. a Jaweetnm Bribes, of Kentucky, ve receutly purchased from Stanhope Brothers, South E khorn, weanling by Wilton, ti IE ne of a one be and the by Alexander price, $1000 each, om
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