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A correspondent of tlio Chicago . r
alt urges thV tho ordinary doctrines of
law be (aught in public schools.
Tho peoplo of France havo $'.'00,000,.
K)0 invested in tho Panama Canal, nnd
4ho chances ore they will never got back
cent.
"Pino straw barring," jayg tho Flori
jit Djtpa'rh, "is pronounced, nftnr a
thorough test, to bo superior to juto in
every respect."
The Argpatino Republics is forging
ahead at a tremendous pace. The only
purallol I to to found in tho history of
the I'njicii states. '
'"fcero are about 3'i,000 deaf and dumb
fple in this country, and they increase,
- af onurso, as tho 'ipulation increases.
"The'greatest educational ccntro for them
is in low York city.
Tho French chemist who discovered
olcomurgeriuo has now invented a pro
6css for treating steol by which steel
bronzo and bell metal can bo made at
fabulously low prices.
j ( Tho now public library building in
Boston is, designed to accommodate tho
most co.nploto collection of books in tho
L'nitqri States. It will have shelf room
for f., 000,1)00 volumes.
' A new phrase. .waWttJOHlaU
Comnton, a liadicul peer, who rrvre
cently a Parliamentary candidate in Lon
don. "Three rooms and a cat" was, ho
said, the existing stundurd of comfort for
the working clusscs.
Tbf"t Mil tb city population of
tU'j country hud inereu.ud iioin four per
s ent, for tho wholo in 1S00 to twelve
and ahalf percent, in 130, nndtwenty
t aro and ahalf per coot, in 180, wag
irnadu the basis for gloomy prophecies of
'discaso, poverty and anarchy.
Telegraph operators, it seems, aro de
veloping adiseaso of their own. due or
two eases have recently occurred in
which the fiugcr nails have dropped otT,
lino uftor another. This affection is sup
posed to bo duo to tho constant hammer
ing and pushing with tho finger ends re
quired, by tbo working of tho Morse sys
tem of telegraphy.
! Indianapolis is to have a soldiers'
TJionumont that will bo '205 feet high,
and is expected to cost $;)r0,00(. It
will bo constructed of limestone from
IncUaua quarries, and, if the hopes of
its designers and builders aro carried
out, will be the finest and costliest sol
diers' monument in America. The work
will take three or four years to complete
Tho little town of Brooklinc, Mass.,
" which is nourly surrounded by Boston,
is valued for purpnsej of taxation at
l107,'-l.-l,llS, which is moro than ouo
nnd a half times as much as tho valuation
of tho wholo Stato of New Hampshire
It is tho wealthiest town of its size in
America, and ma nly becauso it has tho
reputation of being a taxpayer's para
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
J'ress writes from Washington: "The
question of puro lard would appear to
' be interesting tho country just now to
an unusual extent, as about two hun
dred petitions have been presented in
Congress asking for the passago of a law
to tax adulterated lard, as was dono in
the case of oleomargariuc. Tho petitions
are being sent from tho granges in
various States.-
Bcffium,' Austria, Italy, Denmark,
Germany, and several Swiss cantons,
have prohibited the public exhibition of
hypnotic or mesmerio performance.''.
France will probably soon follow, as the!
moastiro is recommended by tho French
association for the advancement of sci
euce. There is a growing conviction
tht tho practice of abnormal phenomena
tends to make them normal or permanent
characteristics of tho patient.
There is much that is picturesque,
doubtless, in the war now in progress
in Egypt, observes the Washington
Stur, but not a great deal that is of in
terest to Americans, except as the results
may eifect tho fortunes of Kiuin aud
btauley. o ug is tho influence of
propinquity and kiudrud that the siuk
ing of a tug on the Potomac with two
laborers on board would stir moro deeply
die hearts of tho newspaper readers of
Washington 'than tho brilliant tight at
Kuakin in which -100 Arabs wero killed.
Pays tho New York Herald: "It is
one of Jho oddest of geographical ca
pricoj that in tho course of nature tho
strip of land in Central America, ouly
about one huudred aud lifty miles wide,
. sh nild scpaiato the two oceans. You
would naturally suppose that either tho
Atlantic would Iiavu worked its way to
the Pacific or the Pacific tt tho Atlantic.
Tho early explorers, believed that this
inut be the case, for they sailed on and
ou to find the expected outlet, but were
at last compelled ' to go round Cape
lloni. nai nuiurp leuism to do we
must do for ourselves. Since the Panama
i.mr.ii. ..Mr ..1......1. 1
1 J - " v -l
tbe moro necessity tor undertaking to
' rce the Isthmus by the Nitarauan
of survey."
MARTHYS KIS3,
When I went sveonrtln' Mnrthy,
I was poor as poor could be,
But that didn't set her ag'in me,
For she had faith in me;
She knMv I had grit an' courage,
An' wasn't the kind to shirk,
An' sho was ready an' wlllin'
To do hor sharo of work.
I remember our weddin' mornin',
An' how she said to me:
"You're poor an' I'm poor, Robert,
That's easy enough to see;
That is, as some folks reckon;
But onr hrarts are rich in love,
An' we two'll pull together,
An' trust In the Lord above."
Then she reached up an' kissod me,
An' said, as she did this,
"There's always more whore that come from'
An' there's help sometimes in a kiss."
I toll you what It Is, sir,
I felt as strong ag'ln,
After that kiss she give ma,
An' I jest h i 1 out to win.
An' I did It. We've money a plenty,
An' the comforts it can give;
We've a home, an' we've got each other,
An1 a few more years to live. .
Whenever my hands got weary
I'd think of the woman at bom?,
An' somi'how 't would moke work easy
An' light, till nlght'd come.
I toll you that kiss of Marthy'j
Was better than bags of gold.
There's riches some folks can't reckon
An' things that don't grow old. '
I shouldn't lipj been without it, .
The man that I've got to be, " . "
An' Marthv shall hn va f Via OMIif.
mo.
'JWi mi on matte.
IN BORROWED FEATHERS.
It was a rnloy evening, and Ilatt'e
Murray's well-worn blue merino cown
was liberally besnrinkled with bright
drops as sho came into Daphne Walters'
room at the "Old Pcd House."
That was the name by which it went,
although the red paint was long ago
washed otf its crumbling shingles.
It had beea a hotel once in tho old
post-revolutiouary days, when four horse
stages went rumbling by, and cock
hatted travelers trotted past with saddle
bags strapped behind them.
It was now a cheap boarding-house,
kept by Mrs. Sandison, where most of
tho girls boarded w ho worked in I.is
combe's Silk Millshult a mile down tho
river.
X Hattio Murray did not live there, be
causo her lather owned a dreary sheep
farm on the Hats beyond, and she helped
with the housework morning and even
ing in lieu of her board, aud she had run
over in tho rain for an evening chat with
tlio girl who stood at the next loom to
hers.
Sho was a blue cved, yellow-haired
girl, like a French "doll, with pretty
teeth and a simpering way of showing
them; and slender as wero the wnges
she earned, she always contrived to be
showily attired. She worshipped dress
as a Parfco worships the sun.
Daphno Walters was quite a different
sort of person olive complcxioned,
with sombre, glittoring eyes, and a dim
ple nestling close to the corner of her
lips.
She wore a brown serirc pown. which
llattie was quito sure must havo be
longed to ".Mrs. Noah;" nnd in place of
tho cheap imitation jewelry which
sparkled all over Hattie's trim person,
her pla.u linen collar was fastened by
a bow of narrow brown ribbon.
She looked up with a smile, and
pointed to a wooden chair closo to tho
table Leside which she was working.
"Why, JIattie," said she, "vou are all
dripping with rain!"
"Oh, it's nothing!" cried Hattio,
flinging olt her hood and shawl. "What
are you working atTha old thingr"
with a contemptuous' upward tilt bf her
pretty little noso.
Duphne looked down at the garnet
cashmere dress, which sho was re-trimming
with bows of fresh red ribbon, and
smiled a little.
"It may bo old," said sho, "but it is
the best I have got."
"Y'ou are not going to wear that to tho
husking dance?"
"It's that or nothing, Hattie," Daphne
answi red, composedly. "Do you sup
pose I can arTord white silk toilettes or
wine colored plushes out of my ten dol
lars a week?''
Hattie's face clouded over.
"It's a shame that old Liscombe pays
us-such starvation wages!" pouted sho.
"liut that's just what I've come over to
talk to yon about. Daphne. I've been
to New York to day, in the cheap ex
cursiou steamboat."
"I noticed that you wereu't at tho
room." said Daphue. "ia Buck nor
took it."
"Such a time as I have had!" cried
eager Hattio. "And such a lot of new
ideas as I've picked up! Put away that
dowdy - old cashmere, Daphno. You
won't took twice at it when you hear
what I vo seen. I've been to the
Holton Street Bazar."
"Well, what of that?" calmly ques
tioned Daphno.
"Have you never heard of it?"
"o."
Hatt'o lifted her hands and eyes in a
protesting manuer toward the ceiling.
"To think," said she, '-that any one
can be so ignorant of what is going on !
Well, my dear, it's a place where you
can buy or hire, if you like that better
tho prettiest, most stylish dresses you
ever saw for a mere song."
"You must have been into the do
mains of the 'Arabian Nights,'" said
Daphne, drily.
"it's a second-hand place," explained
Hattio, "where tine ladies dispose of the
things they have worn only a fow times,
and one can get superb bargains."
Daphne shrugged her shoulders.
"Wo .should look line, hhouidu't we,"
said she, "in dresses that had been worn
by line Indies."
"Wo cou!,l alter them over."
"Ny, thank you I" saul composed
Daphne. "I prefer the old garnet cash
mere, with tho knots of new ribbon."
"Oh, but," pleaded Hattie. "you
don't know! There's the loveliest yellow
moirc-nutiqiio perfect, only for a wine
stuiu on the fi out breadlh, aud that
could be covered up by changing the
draperies at the back. You are such a
brunette, Daphuo, you'd look superb in
yellow ! And it coot a hundred and
twenty dollars when it was now ; and you
can buy it now for thirty-five, pnld ia in
stallments of live dollnrs a week."
"Why don't you say thirty-five hun
drcd"snid Daphne. "I am as able to
pay one price as another."
"Or you can hire it for one night, with
boots and gloves to match, for ten dol
lars, and you to pay the expressago both
ways," added llattie.
Daphne shook her head resolutory.
"How should I look," said sho "I, a
poor factory girl wearing yellow moire
antique? Did you over read tho fable of
'The Daw in Borrowed Feathers ' Hat
tie!" "I've hired a dross to wear!" defiantly
cried Hattio "a beauty 1"
"Tho moro goose you!"
'Pale blue," said ecstatic Hattie,
"trimmed with crystal fringe and loops
of crystal cord. Kudolph Tuxford likes
blue. I heard him say so once."
Daphne colored a little, but said noth
ing. 'And I supposod,of course, you would
send for the yellow moire, ' went on Hat
tio. "Thcro wouldn't a girl there be
dressed like us."
"No, 1 should think not!" said
Dnphno.
"Ton dollars isn't much for a party
dress!"' urged Hattie.
"But you owe tho jeweler for that sot
of cameos yet," reminded Daphne.
"And you haven't paid tho last install
ment on that imitation sealskin jacket
that you wore all last winter."
"There's no hurry about that," said
Hattie, wi'thatos of hor head. "No
girl can expect to get settled in life if
she has no enterprise at all."
Daphne was silent. She sewed busily
on.
"You won't take the moire dress?"
"No."
"It would make you look like an
Eastern (jneca!"
"I would a great deal rather look like
an American factory-girl '." said Daphno.
And no amount of persuasion could
induce her to abandon th's position.
llattie went home, almost crying with
vexation.
"And Madam Lcroux was going to let
mo have the blue Bilk a dollar cheaper,
if I got a customer for the yellow moire, "
pondered she. "Daphne is too mean
for anything!"
.i
"You aro really going to this country
husking ball, liudolphi" cried Miss Tux
ford, scornfully.
"I am really going, Adele!"
Miss Tuxford raised her pretty blondo
eyebrows, as sho stirred, the chocolate in
her decorated china cup.
"Is there any especial attraction?" sho
asked, archly.
"If you'll come with me, Dell, I'll
show you plenty of pretty girls," laugh
ingly retorted Mr. Tuxford.
"Am I to have a sister-in-law from the
country?" asked Adele.
' "I haven't quite made up my mind
yet, Dell," composedly answered her
brother. "Upon the whole, however, I
am rather inclined to fancy the idea of
settling down in this quaint old red
brick house that Cousin Arial Tuxford
has left mo. The girls around here are
charming and original, even If they,
haven't had boarding school educat
ions and, you see, they have not been
brought up to expect seasons at Newport
and summers at liar Harbor."
"To me," said Adele, "tho place is
inexpressibly dreary."
" V ou had better come with ras to tho
busking-ball," said Hudolph, laughing.
"lhere s a young mill-owner, tnat re
minds one of Edgar Havenswood, in a
modern-cut suit of clothes, and "
"Nonsense 1" said, Adele.
But she made up hor mind to go, all
tho same.
She was flirting, in a pretty, dignified
way, with Harry Liscombe, tho son of
tho silk mill owner, and the original of
tho "Edgar Knveuswood" idea at tho
husking-ball, when suddenly she lifted
up her eyes from behind her jewclod
fan.
"Who is that littlo creature in the
bluo dress, Mr. Liscomboi" said she.
"Aud tho incomprehensible satin boots
that don't fit her? nnd the blue gloves
that aro not a match for her gown;"
Harry Liscombe looked around.
"Oh," said he, "I sco whom you mean !
She is ono of our mill-girls. Isu't sho
pretty?"
"-di, she's pretty enough; but that
dress;" Adele burst into a soft, well
modulated fit of laughter. "It's one of
my old toilettes that I gave to my maid
Lisette a month ago. And I suppose
Lisette has sold it to one of those second
hand harpies that are always preying
upon society, and this poor creature has
by some chance stumbled upon it. Upon
my word, this is too ridiculous!"
Old Mrs. I'ottswho sat against tho
wall with her two stilT.elderly daughters,
who i:evcr got any invitations to dance,
heard It all.
Sho told Miss Maurice, who made a
funny story of it to amuse tho doctor's
daughters, and in less than fifteen
minutes it was through the ballroom
like an electric current. People were
looking, smiliug, whispering.
"Come away, Hattie," whispered Dor
co, her elder sister. "Every ono is
laughing at your second-hand dress."
llattie colored to tho very roots of her
fri zed yellow hair.
".My second hand dress!" sho faltered.
"And how do they know it is second
hand !"
"It used to be Miss Tuxford's," said
Dorcas. "She gave it to her maid. Her
maid sold it to your Madam Leroux
aud Oh, do come away, llattie! I feel
so ashamed ! See how people are star
ing I"
So ended Hattie Murray's evening of
pleasure ; and as she slipped like a guilty
creaturo out of the room, she saw
Daphne Walters' being led to the head
of the second cotillion by Mr. Tuxford
himself.
"In that old red gown, tool" she said
to herself, as she burst into hysterical
tears and sobs out iu the dressing room.
That evening was the turning point of
Daphne's destiny. Hudolph Tuxford's
heart somehow became entanglvd uuder
the dark meshes of her long eyelashes
in the loops of the garnet ribbon which
brightened up her last year's cashmere
dress aud tho haughty Adele had "a
mill-girl" for a sitter-in law after all.
And u sister-in-law, too. of whom it whs
not necessary to be ashamed. For, as
she admitted herself, Daphne had tho
dignity of a Mine ess.
"She would be a true lady," acknowl
edged Adule, "whatever her station in
life!"
hut poor, pink-cheeked, f. axon haired
llattie I She stand still before her
loom, watching the whirring wheels, the
revolving banjJs, but her restless little
heart is ever chafing at her destiny.
"Daphne rolls by in her carriage,"
thought sho, "whilo I Oh, if it hadn't
been for that hateful second-hand dress
for the mocking laughter of those fine
ladies !"
Hut llattie Murray wa, wrong.
Daphne had conquered through her own
noble nature, which spurned aught like
deceit or false appraranrcs. It was not
Daphn9 that had conqucrod; it war
Truth. Saturday Night.
WISE WORDS.
Women teach us repose.
Silcnco is the rest of mind.
The world itself is too small for the
covetous.
Nothing great was ever achioved with
out enthusiasm.
All is not lost when anything goes
contrary to you.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty
soon overtakes him.
Some people only understand enough
of truth to rejoct it.
What we ought not to do we should
never think of doing.
Silence is the wit of fools and one of
tho virtues of the wise
The saddest thing under tho Bky is a
soul incapable of sadness.
Few persons live to-day, but are pro
paring to do so to-morrow.
In youth, one has tears without grief,
in old age, grief without tears.
The barren tig-tree was not cursed be
cause it bore bitter fruit, but because it
bore no fruit.
A man who is always forgetting his
best intentions, may be said to be a thor
oughfare of good resolutions.
A cynical Frenchman once said there
are two parties to lovo affairs the party
who loves, and the party who consents to
be so treated.
Others proclaim the infirmities of a
great man with satisfaction aud com
placence, if they discover none of the
like in themselves.
Writlnir Famous rooms.
Gray's immortal "Elegy" occupied
him for seven years.
Bryant wrote "Thanatopsis" in tho
shade of a grand old forest a fitting
spot lor such a theme.
Cowper wrote ono of tho drollest nnd
quaintest English ballads, "John Gil
pin's Hide," when ho was under one of
those terrible tits of depression so com
mon to h'm.
Genoral Lyle wrote his beautiful com
position, "Antony and Cleopatra,"
which begins, "I am dying, Egypt,
dying," on tho night before liis death.
He had a premonition that ho was going
to die the next day.
The noted poem, "The Falls of Ni
agara," was written by its author, J. G.
C. Brainard, the editor of a small paper
in Connecticut, in fifteen minutes. He
wrote it under pressure in response to a
call for "more copy."
"Aftsr the Ball," tho little poem
which has made the name of Nora Perry
known in the world of letters, was jotted
down on the back of an old letter, with
no idea of the popularity it was to
achieve in the pugos of a noted maga
zine. Thomas Mooro, while writing "Lalla
liookh," spent so many months in read
ing up Greek aud Persian works that he
became an accomplished Oriontnl
scholar, and people found it dillicult to
believe that its scenes wero not penned
on tho spot instead of in a retired
dwelling in Devonshire.
Poe first thought of "The Bells" when
walking the streets of Baltimore on a
winter's niuht. He rang the bell of a
lawyer's house a stranger to him
walked into the gentleman's library, shut
himself up and the next morning pre
sented the lawyer with a copy ol his
celebrated poem.
The "Old Oaken Bucket" was first
suggested to the author, Samuel Wood
worth, in a barroom. A friend with
whom lie was drinking said that when
they wero boys tho old oaken bucket
that hung in his father's well was good
enough for them to drink from. Wood
worth immediately went home and wrote
the famous poem.
"Old Grimes," that familiar "little
felicity in verse," which caught tho
popular fancy as far back as lH.';t, was a
sudden inspiration of the late Judge
Albert G. Greene, of Providence, It. L,
who found tho first verse in a collection
of old English ballads, and, enjoying
its humor, built up the remainder of the
poem iu the same conceit. Tin Library,
Forgery By Tracing.
Young Mr. Tinkler, of Cincinnati,
made a fatal mistake when he forged his
employer's name by tracing his signature
over a piece of carbonated paper. An
expert says: "If a mau writes his signa
ture, however trembliug or even para
lytic his hand may be, there is a definite
continuity of the stroke. If one attempt!
to write with a pen over a traced signa
ture there is a hesitation iu tho progrcst
of the en, which muy not be observa-
I blc to the naked eye, but is always to bt
detected under powerful magnifying. In
tho great Boston will case the first oc
cassion where forgery by tracing wai
brought to public attention the traced
siguaiure was photographed upon a luss
plate, and then, by means of a camera,
thrown in greatly magnified proportions
upon a screen for tho benefit of the jury.
Thus tho erratic, rail fence progress ol
the pen work was cleirly exposed."
Tinkler's forgery was detected in this
way after he had secured several thou
sand dollars. The forger went to Lou-
I don and pluycd the fool. He lodgod at
a first class hotel anil patronieU a fash
ionable tailor. The detectives found him
and brought him back. His case is hope
less. Atlanta t'oiiiti'utivik
Planls and Pianos.
A piano tuner who says that pianot
frequently deteriorate because they art
allowed to become too dry, prescribe!
this remedy : ".eep a growing plant iu
the room, aud so long as your plant
thrives your piano ought to, or els(
there's something wrong with it. Just
try it, aud see how much more water
you'll have to put in the flower pot iu
the room where your plant is than in
any other room. Some people keen I
huge vase or urn with u sopping wet
sponge in it, near or under the piauo,
and keep it moistened just as a cigai
dealer keeps his block. They keep th I
up all the time the fires are cu,"
FROM RANCH TO TABLE.
THE TRANSPORTATION, SALE AND
SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE.
Carrying Mvo Stock in "Stable"
Car Methods or Killing Dis
tribution of tlio Dressed Heef.
It was formerly the custom to ship all
grades of cattle in the old square boxes
called cattle cars, into which the animals
were crowded without any regard to
bruise, breakage, or death. This system
has been changed to one of shipment iu
"palace" and "stable" cars, and now all
the best grades of cattle are brought
from tho great Western ranches to Chi
cago in this manner.
These stable cars are TO feet long and
8 feet 4 inches wide on tho inside, with
portablo partitions, dividing the cars
into three compartments. Each car is
furnisSJd with hay racks and water
troughs. Thcro is no crowding, and the
car usually contains from 1 to 20 steers.
On being unlouded, the cattle aro han
dled with the utmost care and are driven
to the pens in the division yards, where
the commission merchant orders them to
be watered and fed and places them on
sale under tho most advantageous con
ditions. Each of the great dressed-becf
firms of Chicago employs a number of
buyers, on each of whom there is invari
ably a weigher in attendance. After
being purchased, the cattle are weighed
and then driven to the viaduct or
slaughter house Under the authority
of the Chicago Health Department, tho
inspection at the stock yards is very
rigid. The Illinois Humane society also
has an otlicer stationed in tho stock
yards, who takes every precaution to
prevent cruelty to the animals.
When tho cattle are brought into the
slaughter house they aro treated to a
cold-water bath by means of a hose.
This has been found to be a very
eilectual means of reducing the tempera
ture of the animals and getting them in
the ben possible condition for killing.
In rotation and by sure stages, through
along lino of pens, the cattle approach
tho fatal felling pen, where they aro
rapidly dispatched by a man who
handles the ritle with the unerring aim
of an Indian scout, or the spear with the
dexterity of a Cossack lancer. Aftei
being killed, each steer is hauled from
tlio felling pen to the "skinning bed,"
where he is bled, tho head being severed
from tho body and the carcass hoisted
by tho hind legs to iron runs or rails
overhead. Then it is allowed to hang
for 10 or IS minutes, so as to give tba
blood every chance to drain from the
body. Coagulation in the veins, which
was so common under the old system of
bleeding, is thus avoided. After tho
bleeding, the carcass is lowered to the
floor, tho entrails are removed, the
bullock is "sided," and then the body is
once more hoisted to the runs. Here the
skin is dropped and the flesh inside and
out is caiefuily wiped down with a clean
cloth. The next step is to cleave the
carcass in twain and to run it into the
cooling room, whero it remains from yd
to 48 hours if heavy and 24 hours if
light.
The cooling rooms, devoted to the ex
clusive use of shipping beef, are four in
number. Each measures r.20 feet
square, and has a capacity of U00 car
casses, or a total of yoOO for the four
rooms. The temperature of the cooling
rooms and the refrigerator cars is kept
as nearly equal as possible at from HIS
negroes to ;io degrees, ana by this uni
form temperature the best results are
attained. Between tho coolinir n-cm.
and tho platform where the refriperator
cars are drawn up is a shipping-room
The beef that is ready for shipping is
run out into this apartment, where it is
weighed, quartered nnd inspected. The
inspection is very rigid, aud nothing
blemished is permitted to go out.
The refrigerator car is feet long
and 8 feet 2 inches wide on the irsido.
It is 7 feet '2 inches from the floor to the
cross beams ou which the hooks are
fastened, aud 1 foot 2 inches from the
cross beams to the roof. This latter
space admits nn uninterrupted current of
air. The cur is supplied with galvun
ized iron tanks at eai h end, and they are
filled with a mixture of pounded ice and
coarse salt. This produces a temperature
of from a J degrees to H8 degrees in the
closed car. The chilling influence of
tho tanks forces a circulation and rarities
the nir. When loaded, the refrigerator
car contains from thirty to thirty-three
carcasses, averaging about UoO pounds.
All tho hind quarters are hung
in one end of the car, and
tho foicquarters in tho other.
The cars aro iced tho day before ship
ping, are re illed just before loading,
and are iced agaiu every twenty-four
hours at regular stations ou the journey
East. Experiments have proved that iu
this way beef can be kept sweet for two
or three weeks and will tasto quito as
well at tho expiration of that time as
meat killed and eaten uithin two or
three days. When the cars return empty
they are Eiue tracked at the packing
house and there undergo a scrubbing
and cleaning with boiling water, the
hooks are washed and polished, and the
car is allowed to stand twenty-four hours
with open doors before it is again loaded
for the Eastern market.
The distribution of tho dressed beef
throughout tho East is by agencies or
depots at numerous points aud including
all tho largo cities. These depots aro
constructed and run on principles dupli
cated from the Chicago establishment.
The beef is sold and distributed through
out the surrounding country until every
town or viliugu that is accessible iu tho
district is supplied. The business is
already enormous and is still increasing.
There aro ninety-one fully-orgauied
commission firms doing business at tho
Chicago I nion Stock Yards, iu the re
ceiving, handling, and selling of live
btock. L'iianjo irurir' Journal.
Drink .Made From Iho Kata-Uoot.
The kuva-root of tho Society and
South Sea Islands is the buds of the in
toxicating driuk of those regious. Wo
men uud girls are employed to ( hew Iho
root, and when well masticated and
mixed with saliva, it is ejected into
bowls, mixed With coca-juice, and
left to ferment. BotU natives und whites
of the lower classes are tcry fund of it.
Tho natives use it as tome among us do
wine, uuder the idea that it will help
them along iu importuut undertakings,
J'fjjutar .Vieitv Muntlil.j.
Arkansas has l,N00,QO0 acres of pruirie
ia nU
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Carvers' Secret Service Motto.
It cannot be denied that there is a
smack of selfishness in the "secret ser
vice motto for the carver" recently con
tfocted by an epicure of this city who
entertains much company at his table,
nnd who always carves the mcBts served
to each or his guests, it is lounciea on
a principal that no solid saint would.
practice. Here it is:
Secret Pervice Motto for the Carver
Socnrvethnt every guest at the tablo
shnll think he gets the choicest piece,
which, however, you reserve lor your
self. Aew York Hun.
A Dainty Dlnh of Apples.
A dainty and unusual dish with apples
is the following: Stew half a dozen large
apples as tor sauce, nnd while still warm
stir in a bit of butter and sugar to taste
flay one cupiui. l et mis get com,
then stir in three eggs well beaten nnd a
littlo lemon juice. Put a little butter
intn a frvintr nnn. and when it is hot add
a cupful of bread crumbs and stir until
they color toanice brown. J hen sprinKie
a part of these bread crumbs upon tho
bottom and sides of a buttered pudding
mold, fill the mold with the stewed
apple, Bprinkle tho remainder of Tho
bread crumbs on top ana uane twenty
mlnntna Turn out nf the mold and servo
with a sweet sauco if liked. Sew lork
World.
Goslings in TetnptliiK Form.
Goslings prepnred in this way aro ex
cellent. Put ono ounce of salt pork in
dice in a saucepan, aud set it on the
fire. When the pork is molted put it in
the gosling, cleaned and trussed in the
same manner as a chicken, und brown
it. Put one ounco of butter in a sauce
pan; thoroughly mix with it one table
sDoonful of Hour aud set it on the tiro.
As soon as the butter is melted put the.
gosling in it, with one quart ol peas
that have been blanched for two min
utesthat is, boiled lor two minutes;
then plunge in cold water or broth a
bunch of seasoning, composed of four
stalks of Tiarslcv. one of thyme, one
clove and one of bay leaf, with salt and
nenncr. Simmer until cooked. Uomove
the fat and tho seasouingand servo hot.
If tho broth or water boils away, add a
littlo more. Iiroo'Jyn Citizen.
Cheap rood Is Itaih Economy.
It is false economy that induces pco
Dle to use cheat) butter, cheap meat.
chcan. flour and other cheap articles of
food. In nine cases out of ten cheap
articles of food are either damaged oi
adulterated, and aro dear at any price
They are seldom what they purport to
be, and if not really dangerous to use,
generally prove unsatisfactory to the
purchaser or consumer. Of all cheap
things, cheap articles of food should be
most carolully avoided. Bread that is
heavy or sour has passed the bonds ol
redemption. Butter that has become
rancid cannot be regenerated by the nd
dition of coloring. Meats that i.rc
tainted can by no chemical pro ess be
restored to their original condition, and
the secret of infusing freshness into stale
vesetables and decayed fruits remuins un
discovered. To use low-prii cd stull foi
food is not onlv cxtravniraut and foolish,
but criminal. It is a flagraut violat.on
of the laws of tdivsloloiry and hygiene,
nnd a reckless defiance of disenso and
death. Beware of low-priced articles ol
food. Aeio lor.'c Uraphu.
How to Make Itice Cake.
Wash a pint of rice and removo .nll
.-pecks nnd imperfect grains, boil it in
three quiutc of hot water twenty min
utes, drain, nnd as the water will be
found very nutritious use In soup m.-Kin,';.
Add to the rice a pint of wann milk,
half a teaspoonful of salt and two ounces
of melted butter. Bent up separately
the whites and yolks of two egg, udj
the yolks to the rice and stir thoroughly.
Sift into the mixture half a pint of llo.ir.
Next add the beaten whites of the etrs,
nnd if the batter is yet too thick, thin it
slightly with a little more milk. In
order to make the cakes light, beat the
batter thoroughly. Grease the griddle
slightly after each batch of cakes. Serve
them on hot plates and send hot plates
with them to the table.
If tho cakes are closely covered whec
sent to the tublo they will be somewhat
heavy from the steam that may rise
from'them and cannot escape. The cake
cover should, therefore, have a holo :a
its centre.
Household Hints.
To remove spots from marble uso a
paste of whiting and benzine.
If the cover is removed from soap
dishes the soap will not get soft.
A sty on the eye will sometimos yield
to uu application of very strong black
tea.
Try a wineglassful of strong borax
water in a pint of raw starch for collars
and culls.
When fiatirons become rusty, black
them with stovo polish, and rub well
with a dry brush.
After washing a wooden bowl placo it
where it w ill dry o pially on all sides,
away from the stove.
To make good whitewash use skim
in i) K with limo instead of water, and it
will be more durable.
Silver can be kept bright for month
by being placed iu an air-tight case w ith
a good-sized piece of camphor.
Fruit ftuius ou white goods can bo re
moved by pouring boiling water directly
from tho kettle over tho spots.
Hive syrup is good for croup or in
flammation of the luugs. It must be
kept iu a cool pla c, for if it sours it is
veiy poisonous.
Do not keej) ironed clothes on bars in
tho kitchen any longer than is necessary
for thoroughly diyiug. They gather
unpleasant odors.
If you want poached eggs to look par
ticularly nice cook each cIjlj in a uiu lin
itug placed in the bottom cf a sauce
pan of boiling water.
I so squares of dull colored felt
pinked at the edges, under statuary oi
any lunvy ornaments that aro liable tr.
mar a polished surface.
Eiputl parts of white shellac and al i
hoi are a permanent fixative for crayou
and ihareoul sketches. Spray it on
evenly w ith nn artist's aiomiei.
For cleaning brass use u ihin paste ol
plato powder, two tablespoonsl ul ul
inegar, four table.spoonslul cf aliohol
Bub with a piece of llauuel. polish with
chamois.
DETTEH THAN GOLU
Better than grandeur, better than gold.
Than rank and titles a thousand fold,
Is a healthy body and mind at ease.
And simple pleasures that always please;
A heart that can feel for another's woe,
And share its Joys with a geniol glow;
With sympathies large enough to enfold
All men as brothers, is bettor than gold.
fietter than gold is a conscience clear,
Though toiling for bread In an humble
sphere,
Doubly blessed with content and health,
Untried by the lust or the cares of wealth;
Lowly living nnd lotty thought
Adorn and ennoble a poor man's cot;
For mind and morals, in nature's plan, 1
Are the genuine tests of a gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet repose
Of the sons of toil when their labors close;
Better than gold is the poor man's sleep,
And the balm that drops on his slumber
deep.
Bring sleepy draughts to the downy bed,
Where luxury pillows its aching head,
But he his simple opiate deems
A shorter route to the land of dreams.
Better than gold is a thinking mind,
That in the realm of books can find
A treasure surpassing Australian ore,
And livo with the great and good of yore;
The sage's lore and the poet's lay,
The glories of empire pass away;
The world's great dream will thus unfold,
And yield a pleasure better than gold.
Better than gold is a peaceful home,
When all the fireside characters como;
The shriuo of love, the heaven of life.
Hallowed I y mother, or sister, or wife;
However humble the home may be,
Or tried with sorrow by heaven's decree,
The blessings that never were bought nor
sold,
And center there are better than gold.
1IU.HOK OF THE DAY.
A land of distrcsB Wald.
On strike A parlor match.
A shepherd's crook A sheep stealer.
The seaboard Salt pork aud hard
tack.
With tho buildor it's cither put up or
shut up.
In tho matter of fans tho Chinese take
tho palm.
The "nimble shilling" must be mado
out of quicksilver.
A beetle cn draw twenty times its
own weight, r o can a mustard plaster.
Now Fay tho bees after tho hive is
prepared for them: "We'll mako things
hum here."
A spirit thermometer is best for cold
weather purposes, because there is always
a drop iu it.
Shrewd inquiries are being made as to
whether the cup of sorrow has a saucer.
Can any one tell '
Jay Eye Sco will probably remain on
the turf instead ot going under it.
A'eio York lltral I,
When it comes to a question between
pies and piziu it is hard to decide
Hi'hmvnd JJeith.
Uncle Sam may laugh at Canada, but
ho can't cutch a nation by cachiuuation .
Detroit Free Fres .
If he who hesitates is lost, tho man
who stutters must have great dilliculty
in finding himself. HomercM: Journal.
'l is a human act to kill canines
By electric shocks, we own
But then it gives a wicked tasto
To the sausage ot Bologna.
Bobbv "What did you say, pa?" Ta
"Never mind." Bobbv "I don't of- a
tener ihaa 1 have ta, do IV'Binijhamp- 7
ton It'iMki:.
"So old Brown is dead, eh? Weir,
well! Did he leave anythingi" "Yes.
It broke his heart t j do it, but ho left
everything." Htryer'i i'auir.
A clergyman who married a couple ot
deaf mutes in Brooklyn the other day
made a bad break when he wished
them "uuspeakabio bliss." The Cartoon.
He who fights and runs away
May live to ttvtbt another day;
But he who never llgbts at all,
Yet swears he whips, hus lots of gall.
Tennyson compare men to trees, and
perhaps he is right about some men, who -aro
all limbs, whose boughs arc awkward,
aud who-o general reputation is some
what shady. jViio 3'cir Hun.
Little Boston Girl (us tho hair-brush
is reached for) ".Mamma, the consecu
t vcuess and tbo provaleucy of theso iu
tormiunble castigatious ure slowly sap
ping my very life!" Time.
The United States Post Office Depart
ment is pretty woll supplied with regula
tions, there is one more we should liko
to see adopted about this time "Post
no bills." Uurliiittoii Frta I'reti. y -He
said in tones of sorrow,
io "friends in ne i" (or me!
Tho friends that want to borrow
1 do not wish to w.
Hostn t'oiiri.T.
He Misunderstood. liobinson- -"How
does it come that you aro always in the
courts:" I a wyor "That's my busi
ness." liobinsou "Oh, well, 1 wouldn't
get so touchy about a littlo thing if I
wero you." l ime.
Baker "What is tlio price of flour
today:" Assistant "Somewhat high
er." "Well, go down and tell the fore
man to chuck iu more easl. Thank my
stars, c 1.1 Hutch can't get up a corner ou
wind."--VuWfy'i'f Uu-orJ.
"Why, Mrs. l'o aucey, what is the
matter with your daughter l lorencef
Mil- looks completely used up und dono
for." "i h, she's all riht, Mrs. uu
Tyke. She has just giaduuted from a
'shing school." SprtnijiieLl I nion.
Ik that she loved hlin, for nheu it was
.e
Alio uih over the earth stood the moon.
As ho took up his hat and strolled out, to the
t;ate,
She oske.L "Are you uouig so sjon.
Mtr emmt 'irave'tr.
When Chaplain McCabe was iu Kansas
on a tour endeavoring to raise fl,
(M)i,i)('t) for missious, a littlo boy heard
his appeal, aud thiuking of thu large
sum lie had to ruise, determined to help
bun Tlio tit tit chance he had curly in
tho week he gathered a basketful of
chestnuts, whith he sold for live icats.
Ho sent this to Mr. Mct'ahe with the
note: "It you want auy moro let me
know."-Clt'uaijj Jlrld.
St. Paul, Slinn., parties piedict a de
crease iu tho log crop on tho upper Mis
sissippi, the coming seasou, ol about
twenty per cent, from lust season's tut.
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