TnE SCRAXTO TRIBUXE SATURDAY 3rORXTNTG, XOVEMBEIt 3, 1894.
OF THE
BY HA1U1N
A
LYNCHING
IN M05INEE
(These short serial stories are copy
righted by Bacheller, Johnson & Baclicl
Jer, and aro printed In The Tribune by
special arrangement, simultaneous with
their appearanoe In tho leading dully
Journals of the large cities).
Five hundred men within a minuto
xissed tho word down the street:
"Frank Willcy's shotl"
All order disappeared. Tho parade
broke into a disordered mass, hastening
toward tho band. Tho boys' bricrude,
the center of tho mass, illumined with
their flaring torches tho wash and rest
less surge of humanity.
From every direction streams of men
debouched into tho main street like a
spring overflow. Women and children
lined the sidewalks.
"Who dono it?" shouted furious
voices. '
"Some damn Dimblebat, of course."
"Where is he?"
"Clark run 'im into the jail."
"Where's Willcy? Is he livin'?" '
"Yes. lie's iu tho drug1 store."
Then a sort of silence fell oh tho
crowd. They stood in denso groups
surrounding some eyewitness of tho
shooting1. From time to time news
ernunatcd from the drug store.
"He's bad. They've sent for his
wife." Then the talk would go back
to the prisoner.
"What in God's heavens any man hus
against Frank Willey I don't see."
A carriage drove up through tho
crowd with a white-faced woman in it.
The' moaning hysterical sobs went to
tho heurt like tho thrust of a jagged
knife. They stood nsido in awe of her
grief as she was hurried into the store
by two men.
' "MyUodt Just think what's on to.'"
. was the universal comment of tho
crowd surged against the door.
"Stand back there! Don't crowd"
There camo a piercing shriek that
made every man shiver as if an icy
blast had blown on his naked heart.
Then the word came out and was flung
from lip to lip. .
' "Ile'sdeud!"
"What? Ko!"
"Willcy's dead! lie didn't know
her."
Few questioned it, coming after the
wife's cry. Men stood staring into
each others' faces and swearing great
oaths,' helplessly.
"Frank Willcy dead!" sobbed one
great bearded fellow, his voice high
and broken. "Why, my God, gentle
men, he stood right here ten minutes
ago I had my hund on his shoulder."
Nobody laughed at his crying there
were too many with tears on their
cheeks. Everybody knew the captain;
everybody had felt tho pressure of his
hand. Some had been his comrades in
the war. Some of the young fellows
were in tho militia which ho com
mandedall loved him.
Tho street grew darker as the torches
went out The crowd again broke
into knots. "Ho ought to hung to
morrow morning," was a remark mado
here and there.
"We ought to 'a' lynched him when
we had him."
Mrs. Willey, in that utter despair
which is like the surrender of life, was
carried out to tho hack and taken
away. The men silently looked on.
IJut as the carriage disappeared up
the street, a crowd of men came out of
a saloon, and there arose a strident,
overtopping, ferocious voice in a far
reaching howl.
"Every man that's got any sand, fol
lcr mo."
"Where to?"
"To the jail to hang that"
Scores of voices replying cut off his
terrible oaths.
"That's right Tho jaiL Smash it
In!"
"Come on, you cowards!"
Like a mass of logs let looso in a
6wift current, tho "pack" of men be
gan to move down the street toward
the jail. As they moved they gathered
strength. Eacli man seeing his neigh
bor moving moved with less fear.. A
sort of inhuman joy and elation camo
into their. souls; many of them felt like
singing as they merehed.
Dan and Annio were standing on tho
steps of tho jail, listening.
"There's no telling what they'll do,"
he was saying as he heard somo of the
wild voices. They heard a new sound
a chorus of savage shouts. " Tho
tramplo of feet grew plainer and more
rapid, beating tho frozen ground and
the hollow sidewalk till an ominouB
roar nrose.
"They're comln", Dan." Annio turnod
her resolute face to her husband.
"They're after Aim."
"They won't get 'im. I won't open
up Listen to that, will ye?"
The roar came nearer, and the shouts
now took shape.
"Bring a rope a rope!"
"Wo'll hang 'im right now."
That terrible voice seemed to inflame
the whole mob, as a raucous snarl of a
tiger rouses tho beasts of a managcrie
to primitive ferocity.
"Now, Annie," said Dan, "you go in
and-"
, "But you're goin' to ncod mo out
here, Dan. I'd rather be out here with
you."
"Annie," said Dan, quietly, "go in
side. Lock all the doors. Lock this
door behind me and hide the keys. I'll
stand right here alone."
"All right, Dan," she replied without
a quaver. "But I'm afraid" .
"Don't open the doors for anything
or anybody till morning not even to
me." His voice had a peculiar inflexi
ble quality. "I don't need any help."
She knew him in these moods. "All
right, Dan. It's your duty."
After she went In and shut the door be
hind her, Dan put his ear to tho door till
ho heard tho bolt slido to with a click,
and the chain rattle into plaeo. Then
ho took out his revolvers, examined
them as well as he could in the shadow,
and calmly waited tho approaching
' crowd.
Suddonly tho city marshal dashed up.
. "Dan, they're comlo'I"
PINERIES
GARLAND.
"Let 'em" come, Joe. We're hero
first."
"They're goin' to lynch "im."
"Not while I stand here."
"But we can't stand out against tho
whole county, Dan."
'The whole county ain't hero."
"Yes, they are. They've telephoned
the news all over tho county and
teams are pouring in. Some o' the bent
men in this town are in that mob,
Dan lawyers and"
"Can't help it. You Btand right
here"
"0, I can't do that. I dasm't do
that."
"All right, I'll do it alone."
; "But, Dan, they'll"
"What?" asked Dan, coldly.
"They're wild. j You better open the
door"
"Open nawthin'. Get out o' here,
you white-livered skunk."
Tho crowd turned in at tho gate,
hooting like demons, and Joe flittered
along the shadow of tho jail wall and
disappeared, to be seen no more that
night. As those in advance came up,
they saw Dan standing in the shadow
grimly.
"That you, Dan?"
"Its mo. What y' want?"
"Want that man," burst from soveral
throats, as if they already smellcd op
position from Dan.
"Open the door, Mr. Sheriff."
"I won't do it."
"Then we'll smash it down."
"That's the talk. Smash it down!"
"What y' think y'r doin'?" asked
Dan.
"We're co'nff to hang that damn
Dimblebat, that killed Willcy."
"Xot to-night." v-- . .
'Right low. Open that door!"
"Now just hold on a half-a-second,"
said Dan, coolly.
"Smash 'im in the lip," yelled a voice
farther back in tho throng, which was
packing denser each minute.
Dun's blood began to stir. '
"I'm the sheriff of this county. That
man was put into my hands for safe
keeping, and, by the Great Eternal! he's
goin' to stay there."
"Don't bo a fool. Yon can't stand
out against this mob."
"I don't know the man's guilty "
"I do! I saw him shoot!" shouted a
score of voices In reply.
"I don't care 'if the man had killed
ten men, it's my duty to keep the door
of this jail shut."
"You'd better open "
Again that strident, far-reaching, In
flaming voice arose:
"Throw him out of the way."
A small section of the advancing line
made a movement upon the sheriff.
"Halt! stop right there. I give you
notice I mean business. I'll let the
moonlight through tho first man that
"halt! stop wanT tuere!"
raises his hand. Now you hear mc!"
They halted abruptly.- Dan continued:
"This lynchin'has got to stop, in this
county, anyway. Tho whole state
iu disgraced by 'cm. This man has got
to bo tried"
The dim moon slanted down tho roof
and fell upon tho steady barrel of tho
revolver. Dan npoko from tho shadow,
but thoso nearest caught glimpses of
his glowing eyes.
The mob numbered thousands now,
a wild sight but in tho soul, of tho
sheriff was blind, unreasoning courage.
He set his teeth so tight his muscles
quivered. Ho felt -dimly a massive joy
in holding that vast fjood of men at
arm's length alone. Ho represented
law and order.
Those nearest him plead:
"Stand out o' the way, Dan. Don't
Do a tool they'll kill ye, sure!"
"I take some of 'em with mo" was
his grim reply.
to bt continued. J
GOLDENROD.
Here's Ooldenrnd!
Filling the corners of the zigzag rails,
Ulldlng tho borders of the dreamy way,
Spreud In profusion over hills and dalex,
ueur to the sight as to glad earth tho
Uuy!
Hrlght, yellow Goldenrod!
The warring feather-fronds on Btalks of
TilHH Hilt Ckt mtaflla n wl fnwlil.l.llina II .
. u. ,.,V,D tmv. IVIUIUUIUH HUII ,
As, with the Bwcetest heart and purest
iim.ii,
Unsullied grows some child of Bin and
toll,
Fair as the Goldenrod!
Tho untold treasures earth" holds hid
Are fur surpassed whon, with lavish
nanil.
She ducks her generous breast with fcar-
That early autumn sees spread o'er tho
land
A wealth of Goldenrod!
Glad Goldenrod!
When some poor maiden, copying Mother
r.urth, ,
Above her spotless bosom lots thee rest.
Culled thouKh thy art what pain la it
not worth,
A brief hour there to lie? Thou'rt truly
blest,
Contented Ooldenrodl
Bad Goldenrod! " ,..!
Leaning storm-beaten o'er a lonely grave.
With heart as Bear and dead at 'his who
walks
Beside It vainly trying to be bravo.
While cold blasts whlntJo 'niongst the
rattling stalks;
Heart-broken Goldenrod I
Pittsburg Dispatch
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Health flints and
Riiles of Hygiene
Suggestions That May Save You Many
a Doctor's Bill.
WISDOM FOR THE HOUSEHOLD
These Hints Don't Cost .Much, Aro Not
Copyrighted, and If They Don't Do
You Any Good, They'll Not '
Do You Any Harm.
A writer in the Medical Record thud
comes to the defense of the custom of
wearing Dlack clothes when one la in
mourning: "The poison of grief Is more
man a name. To urge work, atudv,
travel, the vain search for amusement,
is both useless and dangerous. For a
time the whole organism is overthrown.
and temporary seclusion Is imperative
for proper adjustment. After some be
reavement the custom of wearing
mourning nas a distinct moral value.
Hut Its period of use must be brief;
a few weeks, months, perhaps a year;
otherwise dense black draperies become
a burden, an aesthetic blunder, and a
source of depresion in themselves. For
a time they have a place, securing con
sideration from strangers and silence
from mere acquaintance, since sorrow
is one of the touches of nature that
makes the whole world kin. When there
is nearness of relationship to nature,
rambles In the open air, days alone with
the sea, alone in the forest, console as
nothing else can. Quiet, silent drives,
or even short Journeys by rail, will re
veal a new heaven and a new earth to
one fatigued and worn by sorrow. Mu
sic, when it can be borne, has a soothing
power beyond words. Books, too, have
their place, those gentle companions
without .speech, whose calm, society
helps annihilate time and space, and
who always receive us with the same
kindness. The familiar faces of newB
papers and Journals bring a stray com
fort that even the tenderest heart is
powerless to bestow. The care and com
panionship of children Is another source
of strength. Children are not watching
to see how the alllicted are bearing up
under sorrow, nor are they waiting for
some expression of ' sentiment or the
overthrow of self-control. A child Is
always the best comforter, uttering no
word of sympathy, yet arousing Interest
In life because its nature Is sweetness
and light. Sorrow, grief and all great
mlsrortunes should be regarded as con
ditions slmllur to acute Infectious dls
eases, which they resemble in result
and later, as convalescence from such
diseases. Seclusion, rest, sleep, appro
priate food, fresh air, sunshine, Inter
ests that tax neither mind nor body,
these are requirements in this class of
illness. The care of the condition fol
lowing depressing emotion calls for the
same treatment in greater or less de
gree."
Treat the body not as a mere machine,
which wearsNjut In any case after a cer
tain number of years or months of wnrk
but as a vital organism having the
power or reviving itseir capable of be
ing hard worked, but demanding, too,
muei or recuperation.
The cupboard, so long the cherished
object of the housewife, and so evident
ly necessary to a well-ordered house,
has at last, says the New York Tribune,
found an enemy In the modern hyglen
1st, who condemns all such stowaway
places as receptucles of close, foul air.
While it would be Impossible to do
away with such household conveni
ences, there Is reason for this com
plaint. When clothing Is taken off the
body and Is not at once put In the wash,
It should be hung across a chair or In
some other place where It will be open
to tho air, and. If possible, to the nun.
Not only should every care be taken to
avoid any sources of dampness and
mould In the clothes closet, but the
closet should be frequently ventlluted,
so that It will not have the close, un-
pleasunt odor that such receptacles so
often have.
M. Camescassp. a French Dhvslelnn
Is the authority for the statement thnt
soap is one of the most effectual ger
micides known. He says that the mouth
Is the receptacle for a multitude of
germs, many of which It Is most dim-
cult to sterilize. For this purpose every
won oi powuer and wash lias been re
commended ut one time nr another and
then abandoned. Hotter than the most
elaborate of preparations is plain soap,
with which the mouth should be washed
every day as thoroughly as are the
hands. Not only will the teeth be kent
clean and sound, but many mlcroblan
complaints of the mouth and throat,
such as pharyngitis and tonsllltls, will
be warded off by this practice. A wet
toothbrush should bo passed over the
soap and then be used In the mouth,
without any water. The saliva makes
an emulsion and the mouth Is filled with
suds as soon as the teeth nre briskly
bruBhed. The operation Is completed by
passing tne urusn over the inside of the
cheeks after all the accessible portions
of the teeth nnd gums have been gone
over.
In the course of mi IntnrAaflnn- iHMo
In the Popular Science Monthly upon
the care of the eyes, one writer presents
the followinc Ii1kh- "iv. i.,i,.-
eyesight by chewing of tobacco; by
the use of wine, spirits or beer; by the
Indiscriminate ndminlatrntinn r i
nine; by the use of cosmetics for height
ening wie lustre or the eye and mix
tures for dyeing the hair and eye
brows. Also, often hv riitKno- ..re .v,
beard or wearing the hair too short, so
ns to emu in cow weather the parts
arounu xne iace anu eyes. The wear
ing of tight neckwear, such ns collars
which are too small, or shirtbands or
neckties tightly drawn should be
avoided, as they prevent the downward
column of blood returning tn the heart
and Injure the eyes from a slow or hin
dered circulation of the blood. The
Bam rule holds good of constriction of
other parts of the body. It Is claimed by
some that a green disc or square of
BUfllcient size, suspended on a direct
line of vision at or against a wall, on
which the eyes can rest, glveB great
relief; but best of all to look upon Is a
green grass plat or green trees. It Is
claimed by some that It Injures the
eyes to read on the cars, but wo doubt
this, especially if the track Is smooth
so as to produce no Jarring motion on
the body. Reading In a bad light or
reading too long and tiring the eyes
Is the real cause of injury. Those who
are' obliged to use their eyes In oftiee
work for hours dully should rest them
by looking at the clouds, the trees, the
open fields, the ocean In summer, after
their work Is over. Still another tonic
for the eyes is to dip the face morning
and night Into a bowl of cold water,
open and shut them as long as one can
hojd the breath, and after removing
them to massage the eyeballs and
around the balls for a moment or two
to promote the circulation of the blood.
This may be done when the eyes are
weary three or four times a day."
HEALTH FOR THE MILLION:
Touch each wart with tho acid nitrate
of mercury, taking care that none of the
drug comes In contact with tho Bkln.
Wrinkles upon the forehead may some
times be removed by thoroughly rubbing
the forehead with glycerine and rose wa
ter for many nights.
Hunger Is often due to Insufficiency of
water on needs to drink two quarts of
wawr every day to keep the human, ma
chinery In good running order.
For that stuffy feeling In the head use
salt and watr frequently-one teaspoon-
ful of salt dissolved In one quart of warm
water snuffed up tho noso every hour or
so.
Ingrowing toenail Is an ulceration,
caused by tight shoes prettying the soft
part of the toe uguinst the edge of the
toenail. To remedy It, wear loose shoes
and pack absorbent cotton and Iodoform
between the soft purts and the nail.
When lying on the left sldo thero Is a
slight pressure upon the heart by the
thoruclc contents anything which Inter
feres with the normul movement of the
heart increases the work of the heart.
When lying upon the right side the heart
is In no way embarrassed, and one is apt
to have a more restful sleep.
If you have a "beginning" bunion you
may, says thePhlludelphla Record, pre
vent any further development of it by
wearing stockings and shoes which are two
sizes longer than you have been In the
habit of wearing. Place your bare foot
on the floor, take your hund and press
backward upon the great toe Just as the
shoe does. You then will see how the
Joint can be affected by short or too snug
coverings. Paint the Joint with tincture
of Iodine every night (one thin layer of
Iodine) until the skin begins to peel; dls
continue and begin after a new skin Is
formed.
HARDEST ON THE FARMER.
It Is Ho Who Suffers .Most from So-Culled
Tariff Reform.
The farmers of the country should re
member, says the Boston Commercial
Bulletin, that at a- time when wheat
is unconscionably low their friends, the
tariff reformers, have caused the clos
ing to them of a market which took
800,000 barrels of American Hour per an
num. And it was not done In ignorance
either, for It was well enough under
stood what the Imposition of the cent
and a quarter would have on the Span'
ish West India trade. It was known
that Spain would retaliate and she has
done so. Not only Is the valuable trade
In Hour ruined, but that In provisions
and other farm products crippled by
the relmposltlon of the high duties
from which the reciprocity policy re
lieved us.
Under the new schedule the duties on
flour have been Increased from DO cents
or $1 to $1.75 per hundred kilns, and on
corn from 25 cents to $3.95. The follow
ing articles which were formerly free
when imported Into Cuba from the
United States are now dutiable per
nunured kilos; Lard $10, hams $7.50,
bacon $10, salt beef $5.40, fruits $3.25.
codfish $2, oysters and salmon $2.30, hay
U0 cents, beuns $3.25. potatoes $1.80. lum
ber (per 1,000) $1.25. The duties on coal,
machinery and manufactures of Iron,
wood and cotton have also been largely
increased.
The West Indian markets are at our
doors and we are the natural source of
supply, not only In natural but In man-
uiactured products. The tariff reform
ers claim to favor extending our trade
abroad. They talk unctuously of the
markets of the world, yet the first thing
they do Is to upset an arrangement by
which we had virtual possession of the
markets or Cuba and Porto Rico, on
many products of the farm and factory,
and under which our exports Increased
from $11.2!7.18 in 1SS9, to $23,604,094 In
1893. "British trade with Cuba has
almost become a thing of the past,"
notes tho English Consul General at Ha
vana In regard to the reciprocity treat v.
"The effect has been to throw nearly
the entire Cuban trade into the hands
or tne United .States traders."
More than this, the Brazilian Govern
ment has given notice of the termina
tion of the reciprocity arrangement
with that country under which our ex
ports of farm produce and manufac
tures under the favoring clauses of the
treaty, rose from $15,648,525 In 1889 to
more than twenty-three millions In
JS9Z. now that market which took in
Hour over 900.000 barrels In that venr.
and 837,000 barrels last year when trade
was disarranged by the civil war, Is
thrown to the Argentine Republic. Be
sides breadstuff a, Brazil admitted free
nay, salt pork, salt and canned fish,
machinery, tools and imoll ments nnd
articles of railroad construction. Amer
ican flour Is now subject to a duty of
per oarrei; corn, rye and barley
(grain or meal), three cents per pound;
pork and bacon three cents; cotton seed
oil, live cents; salt fish. iu cents.
Brazil also allowed a remission of 25
per cent, of duty on lard, bacon, butter
and cheese, lumber, manufactures of
conon, certain manufactures of leath
er, wood and rubber. Now these great
uuvamuges nave neen sacrificed
Wasn't It rather a high price to pav
the sacrifice of this trade, for the nue'r
lie purpose of showing spite at the Har
rison Administration and Illustrating
the tariff for revenue doctrine by levy
ing a tax of 1 Vi cents on raw sugar
""11 wauif was lieu.
TO REMOVE STAIXS.
Paste This in Your Scrapbook, for It Will
lie Often Wanted.
Here are several valuable recipes for
removing various kinds of stains:
Coffee, tea and wines If these stains
un me moie nnen are or long standing,
and have been washed with soap, it Is
rather difficult to get lid of them. But
Javelle water which can be made at
home or bought of a druggist la gen
erally most sucessful. Put about half a
pint of Javelle water and a quart of
clean water Into an earthen bowl; let
the stained article soak in this for sev
eral hours. Then rinse thorouirhlv In
three waters. It Is only white goodB
that can be treated In this manner, as
tne javelle water bleaches out the color.
Sewing machine oil stains To re
move these stnins rub the stain with
sweet oil or lard and let it stand for sev
eral hours. Then wash it In soap and
cold water.
Pitch and tar stains Rub hard on the
stain and lef It stand for a few hours.
Spoge with spirits of turpentine until
the stain Is removed. If the color of the
fabric Is changed sponge It with chloro
form and the color will be restored.
Ink stains Tear blotting paper In
pieces and hold the rough edge on the
Ink when It Is freshly spilled or cover
the spot with Indian meal, or the liquid
Ink may be absorbed by cotton batting.
tr ink be spiuea on a car
pet, cut a lemon In two, remove a part
of the lind and rub the lemon on the
stain. If the Ink-stained article be
washed Immediately In several waters
and then In milk, letting It soak In the
milk for several hours, the stain will
disappear. Washing the article Imme
diately In vinegar and water and then
in soap and water Is another remedy
which will remove all ordinary Ink
stains. No matter what substance be
used to remove Ink the stain must be
rubbed well. If the article stained be a
carpet on the floor use a brush.
Grass stains Rub the article stained
with alchohol, then wash In clean water.
POINTS FOR VOTERS.
The duty on tin plate was cut CO ter
cent.; workmen's wages 25 and 30 per
cent. The only question left for working
men to decide In making up their minds
how to vote Is whether they think pro
tection wages are higher than they de
serve to get.
Wages in the woods averaged about J2.1
a mouth and board last winter. This
winter they will be about the same. Two
years ago and prior to that time thoy
were $33 a month nnd board. There Is
no need to muke politicel speeches to the
lumbermen this fall.
Tho net Increase for the national 1M
for the last year was $80,000,000. When
the Republicans were In control thnv ile.
creased the debt on an average of J08.000,
000 per year, besides paying the running
expenses of the general government.
Thut'a the difference.
The American Economist has return.
from 320 extensive emnlovers of lnhnr
who state that In the first six months of
the present year they have employed
20,800 fewer workmen than In the same
period In 1892, and that the corresponding
reduction In payments for wages was
over $8,uon,000.
Two years ago the working-man vim
greatly wrought up because he was made
to believe he was paying 2 or II cents too
much for his dinner pall. For the last
year and a half he has not been concerned
about tho cost of his pull; his time has
been fully occupied In trying to find some
thing to put in It. New York Advertiser.
Clipped from Canada "Presbyterian"
under signature of C.- Blacken Robinson,
ProDrletor: I was cured of oft-recur
ring billoui headache by Burdock Blood
Bitter.
Stiggesfions fop
fh? floiisekeeper
Hints and 'Pointers That Will Facili
tate the Housewife's Progress
NOVEL KITCHEN ECONOMICS
You May Already Know Somo of the
Things Set Forth In This Column
but It Will Pay You to
Know Them All.
To freshen a stale loaf nf
it In a steamer over a pot of boiling
uier, anu steam rapidly for fifteen
minutes, and then tear finnrt find ant
while steaming hot. Serve from the
aieamer as wanted. It can be brought
to the table this way bv niacins- the
steamer over a chafing dish. Another
way is to aip the loaf In cold water and
put it In the oven, with a pan turn, vu
over it, till It is softened clear through-
then remove the pan and let the crust
crisp.
Creamed potatoes, snrlnkieri with
cracker dust and a little grated cheese
ana browned In the oven, are delicious.
The potatoes should be cold-boiled or
baked, and cut Into little dice of an
even size. For a quart of potatoes you
will need a pint of cream mump Tn
prepare that,, blend a tablespoonful of
uuuer ana an equal quantity of flour In
a saucepan, add a pint of milk, a level
teaspoonful of salt, a dash of white pep
per, and, if you like the flavor, n. verv
little grated nutmeg. Toss tho potatoes
In this sauce, and when hot put In a
buttered baking-dish and brown. If
cooked too long In the oven, the pota
toes will be dry. Without browning
they may be served as creamed pota
toes, and for variety a teaspoonful of
chopped parsley, or a little onion Juice
may sometimes be added. In that case
omit tne nutmeg.
There seems to be no eond reason
writes "H. H." In thn Kvnnlmr . Prist
why a woman should tro without the
comfort of bedroom closets, even If the
architect has forgotten them, provided
he has left some good-sized corners
Iu such a corner screw or null two
strips of wood, from four to six Inches
wide, and an inch or more thick and as
long as you wish. Fasten about six
feet from the floor, so that the boards
meet In the angle of the wall. Acrotis
the top, fit a triangular shelf, made
irom one or several boards, and cover it
with muslin, so that no dust can sift
through Into the closet. To the front
of the shelf fasten little brackets, like
those used for sash curtains, and Into
them fit n. tiriisfl rn.l nf tlm vlt.ltf l. mirth
Across the front of the closet have a
preuiy cutain or cretonne, or some
other cotton stuff, running the brass
rod through a wide hem or casing at the
top. On the sides of the wall, within
the three-cornered space thus enclosed,
fasten cleats with as many rows of
hooks as you choose. The tup of the
shelf may be used for brlc-a-brae. If
one wisnes 10 go to greater expense,
the frnnt nf tho .-Inuut muv l,a ,.,. I. uo.l
with boards, and a door, on the Inside
of wlch there may be extra nails, or
aiioe-uugs msieiieu. i ne outsiue wnen
painted to match the room, may be the
background for a picture or mirror, if
neuuieiy iiuutt
Rice cakes are good. A half a cup of
milk to a cup of boiled rice, two eggs,
salt to taste and a teaspoonful of sugar,
all mixed well and fried like batter
cakes, only a bit thicker, and eaten with
sweet butter and sirup, will almost
make a hungry man forget sirloin
steak. If eggs ure scarce, use but one,
and less. milk. The batter should be
a little thicker than pancake batter.
A pretty Idea has recently originated
with a bright, 'young hostess. On a
strip of white satin ribbon, which
hangs from a tiny brass rod In her
guest chamber, she has written the
hours for the meals In her house, the
hour for arrival and depurture of the
principal mulls, and on the back of it
there Is pasted a perpetual calendar.
It Is hotel-like, to be sure; but Isn't it
also convenient?
Excellent croquettes are made from
oysters so good, in fact, that one need
not hesitate to use them now and then,
instead of the nlways to be expected
croquette made from chicken. Take a
pint of the solid meats and put them
over tho lire with enough of their liquor
to cover. When they begin to simmer
drain them dry and cut Into good sized
dice. Heat a bit of butter the size of an
English walnut until It bubbles: add a
tablespoonful of flour, and when well
mixed a half cupful of rich milk, nnd a
half cupful of oyster liquor. Season to
taste with salt, cayenne pepper, a grat
ing of nutmeg, and If you like It, onion
Juice. Take from the 'flrej nddi the
oysters and cool. Then mould, coat
with egg and very fine dry bread
crumbs, and try In boiling deep fnt, as
you do other croquettes, herve wltn a
white cream sauce seasoned with chop
ped parsley and celery salt.
TOLD IM A PARAGRAPH:
Another plan Is to wet tea-leaves with a
little warm wnter, put into the decanters,
well shako till tho decanters are clean,
rinse In clear water, and drain.
Yet another way Is to cut a rnw potato
Intn ritirII snuare nieces, and put into the
decanters with a little water; well shake
till clean, and rinse in clear wnier.
When bolllnir cabbage put a plcco of
bread Into the water to prevent the un-
jleasant odor which win go through a
muse: keeo off the lid of the saucepan
and cook In plenty of boiling salted wuter.
To clean sewing machines Cover nil the
bearings with kerosene oil, wnrk the ma
chine quickly for a few minutes, then
thoroughly rub all the oil off with rngs,
and apply machine oil to the parts which
need oiling.
To removo rust from flat-irons Pour
some kerosene oil on to a plate or dish.
and stand the flat-irons in It for twenty
four hours, rub them with rag and polish
with very finely powdered bath-brick.
To remove fruit Btair.rf from linen Well
moisten the Btalns with kerosene oil, rub
thoroughly, cover the moist spots with
carbonate of soda, and leave In the sun
to bleach. If the first application Is un
successful try a Becond.
To clean windows and looking glasses
To a quart of lukewarm water add a des-RHrt-stionnful
of keroRene oil. din a leath
er Into the mixture and rub the glass; It
will be t:lean in nuir tne time it will take
to clean with water only; polish with a
dry leather.
To nreserve hoots or shoes To soften
and prevent leather from cracking, rub
castor oil Into It, and let It remain on
for about Iwelvo hours; this applied
about once a month will greotly prolong
the wear of boots. They will polish per
fectly with ordinary blacking after using
It.
To clean docantors and water bottles
rut washing soda, broken small, in the
proportion of a dessert-spoonful to a ta
blespoonful of vinegar, into the bottle;
shako well, but do not put In the stopper,
nor cover the ton of the bottle with the
hand, or you may burst It. This mixture
cleans perfectly and quickly; rinse with
clean water.
To clean Batln shoes Tuke a piece of
new flannel and dip It In spirits of wlno,
rub tho Batln lengthwise of the grain,
change the soiled part of the flannel so us
not to rub the dirt upon the parts nlrf.-i.lv
cleaned. White satin shoes should bp kout
in uiue paper, u mm uy lur uny lengtn or
time cover the DftDer with wn.rtdlr.u- tn .
elude 'the air, and prevent them from
turning yeuow.
In the larder Chantre dishes imnn
which meat, poultry or fish Is kept, dallv
Wipe out the Urend pan everv morning
Hang meat In cold wathor for several
days before cooking: flour It before vou
han It up. Turkeys hocome much more
tender by hsnglmr. Pork Is said to be
rmicn mora oigestibie from being rubh4 i
over with salt for twenty-four hours be.. I
for routing It.. V
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330 Lacka. Ave., Scrnnton, Pa.
wauatia UD III U Itgltb I
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Most desirable for residents of N. R
Pennsylvania. All conveniences for
travelers to nnd from liroud Street
station and the Twelfth nnd Market
Street station. Desirable for visiting
Scruntonlans and people in tho Am
thracite Region.
T. J. VICTORY.
PROPRIETOR.
A. W. JURISCH, 405 SPRUCE ST.
BICYCLES AND SPORTING GOODS.
Victor, Gendron, Eclipse, Lovoll, Dia
mond and Other Wheels.
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MUSIC DEALER, WSi???
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PRICES SATISFACTORY.
DID YOU
That we WILL GIVE you beautiful new pat
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of your silver dollars. All elegantly en
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MERCEREAU& CONNELL
307 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
All Grades,. Sizes and Kinds kept in stock.
IRON
Of every description. Prompt shipments guaranteed.
Chains, Rivets, Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Turn-buckles,
Bolt Ends, Spikes and a full line of Carriage Hardware.
We have the following; supplies of lumber secured, at
prices uuu vvurrani
share of
Pacific Coast Red Cedar Shlnifleg.
"Victor" nnd other Michigan Brands of
White Pine and White Cedur Shingles,
Michigan Whltp and Norway Fine Lum
ber and Bill Timber.
North Carolina Short and Long Lear
Yellow Fine.
Miscellaneous stocks of Mine Rails, Mine Ties, Mine
Props and Mine Supplies in general.
THE RICHARDS LUMBER COMPANY
COMMONWEALTH BUILDING, SCRANTON, PA.
THIRD NATIONAL
BANK OF SCRMTOX.
ORGANIZED 1872. .
CAPITAL, - $200,000
SURPLGS, - $250,000
This bank offers to depositors every fa
cility warranted by their balances, busl
nesa and responsibility.
Special attention given to business ao
counts.
WILLIAM CONNF1LL, President.
UEO. H. CATL1N, Vice-President.
WILLIAM H. PECK, Cashleft
DIRECTORS:
William Connell, George II. Catlln, Al.
fred Hand, James Archbald, Henry Uelln.
Jr., Wllllum T. Smith, Luther Keller.
THE
TRADERS
National Bank of Scranfon.
ORGANIZED 1890.
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CAPITAL 250,000
SURPLUS $30,000
SAMUEL IITNES, President. ' '
W. W. WATSON, Vice-President, i'
A. B. WILLIAMS, Cashier. ,
DIRECTORS.
Snmuel Illnes, James M. Everhart, Irv
Ini? A. Finch, pierce P.. Finley, Joseph J,
Jc-rinyn, M. S. Kemerer, Charles P. MaU
thews, John T. Porter, W. W. Watson.
T F
I, LI1LIIUL
and LIBERAL
This bank Invites the patronage of but
Iness men and firms generaly.
"WELL, SIR"
"Spectacles T
Yes sir 1 We
have a specialist
here to Ct you who
does nothing else.
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and have your
eyes fitted in a
scientific manner.
LLOYD, JEWELER,
423 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
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us in expecting a large
the trade :
Juniata County, Pennsylvania. Whlt
Oak.
Sullivan County Hemlock Lumber and
Lath.
TloKa County Dry Hemlock Stock
Boards.
Elk County Dry Hemlock Joists and
Studding.