Republican news item. (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, August 11, 1898, Image 6
THE REO CROSS. They too have heard the drum-beat, They follow the bugle's call, These who are swift with pity On the Held where brave men fall. When the battle-boom is silent, And the echoing thunder dies. They haste to the plain red sodden With the blood of saoriflce. The flag that floats above them Is marked with a crimson sign, Pledge of a great compassion And the rifted heart Divine. That once for man's redemption Knew earth's completest loss. These to the Held of valor Briug love's immortal cross. And so they follow the bugle, And heed the drum-beat's call, But their errand is on-3 of pity— They succor the men who fall. —Harper's Bazar. • Oli Gimerti Jllorofenn. • j BT SIANTIE L. HUNTED. j "I guess before the season's over," said Farmer Jones, "I'll have to shoot old Ginger; he's nigh unto twelve years old and so crippled up that he ain't good for shucks." Ginger, when he heard his name mentioned,thumped the floor with his stumpy tail in lazy recognition; but when the shooting part came he rose to a sitting posture and his battle fringed ears pointed "attention." Shoot him! Ginger! The dog that for ten years had barked the rats and weasles away from the chicken coops and treed the corn-thieving coons for the farmer and his |boys? It was in credible! His age-dulled hearing must have played him false. "It seems too bad to shoot the poor old fellow," said Mrs. Joues. "If there ever was a faithful dog he's been one. But he's so crippled up I sup pose it would be a mercy to put him out of the way; but if I were you, I'd chloroform him instead of shooting him." •'I expect that would be a better way to get rid of him," replied her husband. "When Igo to town in the morning Til get the chloroform and put him out of his misery tomorrow." Ginger got onto his feet with un usual uimbleness aud slunk off into a corner behind the stove, where he could meditate unseen. Put him out of his misery indeed! Did Farmer Jones think because a dog was old and had a few rheumatic twinges he didn't eujoy sleeping on a piece of old car pet beside the warm stove, where he could blink at people and sniff the savory dinner odors? Would he want some one to put him out 'of the way when he got so old that he couldu't chop wood or milk the cows? And then to be chloroformed! What the awful thing was he hadn't the faintest idea, but he was sure it was some in genious, newfangled way of executing criminals. He had heard the children read out of their histories about the French guillo tine, aud Mr. Jones often read aloud about men being hauged on the gal lows, and electrocuted iu a terrible chair; but chloroform was a new con trivance. He wouldn't mind so much goiug out atnid the flash and thunder of a gun,surrounded by the smell and smoke of powder,as he had seen mauy n brave coon and timid rabbit do; but to leave this pleasant earth by some awful unknown route—the very thought sickened him with terror. He crouched down on the floor too utterly miserable to notice the chil dren when they romped in, or to sniff the blue smoke from the frvingpan. as lie usually did, to see whether it was beefsteak or pork that was on the fire for supper. When Mrs. Joues gave liiui his plate of scraps—and they Were unusually good because it happened to be chicken that she had been frying—he hadn't the heart to taste them. Mrs. Jones noticed this, find said: '"Poor old dog' I guess it's time he was chloroformed; his teeth have got BO poor that he can't eat a bite." Thereupon Ginger fell to with such voracity to vindicate his teeth that he choked aud came near ending his troubles by the strangulation route, which caused Mrs. Jones to say: "Just see, he's trying to swallow his food without chewing it. Father, doc't you forget the chloroform in the morning." That night as Ginger lay on his piece of carpet in the darkened kitchen his heart was sore trouble.!. Only that night in which to listen to the tick.tock of the big old wooden clock; only that night iu which to watch, through the round, mica-covered holes in the front of the stove, the glowing embers die down to little specks of light and then flicker out; only the coming morning in which to listen for the first cheep Jof the cauary in its cage-over by the east window; only one noon more to watch for the chil dren and to greet them when they came from school. Surely he could count on life until some time in the afternoon; Farmer Jones always had a little gossiping to do around the store stove, so it would be quite noon before he got back home with that awful thing. Think ing thus, the tears creeping from tinder the lids of his bleary old eyes, sometime after midnight he dozed off into a troubled sleep. Even then he was pursued by the threatened disas ter. He dreamed that he saw Mr. Jones coming into the kitchen carry ing that terrible chloroform in liis arms. It was a fearful affair com posed of ropes and knives aud wires. What should he do? He knew; he had never turned tail yet,and he never ■would; he would fight the thing. He would die game as he had seeu many a trapped coon do in the brave old days. Thereupon the grizzly bristles aloug his spine rose straight up, his lips curbed back from his few yellow teeth, and, growling and barking and" snapping, he flew at the monster. "For the laud's sakes," said Mrs. Jones' voice fro-n the bedroom, "whatever ails thit dog? Get up quick, father, ami let him out; some thing must be at the chickens." Before Ginger was fairly awake he found himself out in the chill air, with the farmer's "Sick 'em! Sick 'em, Ginger! ; ' ringing in his ears. He shivered and wbiued for a moment; then all at once a thought struck him. He'd "sic" himself! He would run away from the fate which awaited him on the morrow. Why hadn't he thought of that before? Warmed into supple ness by a glow of hope, and barking for joy, he loped across the yard and started up the road. Before he had gone very far he dis covered that something was running ahead of him. What it was his dim old eyes could not discern; but evi : dently fear of him was the cause of its I flight. The thought that anything on , earth was afraid of him aroused the [ old hunting spirit, and he leaped for ward in eager pursuit. He could feel that he was gaining on the fleeting object; he could hear labored breath ing ahead of him, and WHS sure that in the next two or three bounds he would fasten his teeth in whatever it was. But just then the pursued swerved to one side aud leaped onto a black object that stood beside the fence. Ginger heard the hiss of a whip through the air und a crack as it struck; then the tliudity-thud of iron shod hoofs on the frozen ground. He had lost his prey, and somehow he couldu't seem to breath—and the black road was lifting up—and the stars were coming down—and— "See that ear quiver; I believe he's alive," said a voice that souuded like Mrs. Joues'. "I hope so. I wouldn't take SSO for that dog," said auother voice. "Give him a little hot milk and put a warm blanket over him. I thought he was dead, sure, when I found him in the road. Hadn't he grit, though, to follow that thief a full mile? The scoundrel had the buggy out of the barn and gray Bess all harnessed, aud would have got away with her in live minutes more. They stole Ed Walker's horse and (arriage and Jim Bates' black saddle mare last night. I'd ad vise Bates aud Walker to invest in a dog." "Poor old Ginger," said the first voice, while somebody's hand patted his draggeld coat. "He must have heard them opeii the barn door. Only think how we had planned to put him out of the way today. He shall never be chloroformed now if he loses all his teeth and to feed him with a spoon." Could it be possible he had heard aright? Was that Mrs. Jones speak ing, or was it an angel's voice he heard? Was he on earth or had he been trauslated to a cozy nook in some beautiful dog heaven? He cautiously opened-a little slit iu one eye aud peeped out. No, it wasn't heaven,but it was the next thing to it; it was the dear familiar kitchen. He could see the bottom of the bird cage and a corner of the clock, and he recoguized the dotted blue calico sleeve that was fluttering over him. He closed his eye, wagged his feeble tail in approval, then settled back iuto blissful slumber. By evening he was almost himself again, was able to give a little skip ol delight when he found minced meat aud soft crumbled cake on his plate, and at bedtime he breathed a long sigh of contentment when he curled himself up on a feather cushion that bad been tucked under his carpet bed. But they never can understand why he sneaks off in a shamed way when ever any one refers to his acute hear iug, or why he trembles when chloro form is mentioned.—Chicago Record. About Flags. A nation's flau; represents its sover eignty, aud is promiuently displayed in alt army and navy battles. To "strike the flag" is to lower tht national colors in token of submis sion to the opposing forces. Dipping the flag is lowering it slightly and then hoisting it again to salute either a vessel or a fort. A flag of truce is a white flag dis played to the enemy to indicate a de sire for a parley or consultation. A black flag is a sign of piracy. The yellow flag shows a vessel to be ic quarantine, or is the sign of a conta gious disease. A flag at half-mast means mourning. Vessels come into a harbor with a flag at half-mast to aunouuce the loss 01 death of some of the crew. Flags are used as the symbol ol rank aud command, tue officers using them being called flag officers. Such flags are square, to distinguish them from other bauners. The red flag is a sign of defiance, and is often used by revolutionists. In the American service it is a mark of danger, and shows a vessel to be receiving or discharging her powder. The white flag with a red cross is a sign of peace. After a battle parties from both sides ofteu go out to the field to rescue the wounded or bury the dead under the protection of such a flag. Caught a Carp in a Stone Trap. The largest fish ever caught around Binghamton, N. Y., was taken in the Chenango river by a boy named Ryan 13 years old recently. The lad was fishing near the railroad bridge, when he noticed a mammoth fish trying to get over Noye's dam. Procuring some large stones, he built a barrier around it to prevent its escape, and after hard work succeeded in landing it. Tne fish was a German - carp and weighed seventeen and three-quarters pounds. This is the largest fish ever taken out of the waters of the Che nango. —New York Press. HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES Mother'* Fruit Cake. Cream together two cups sugar and two cups butter, add four well-beaten sggs, two cups molasses, one-half cup jider or water, three teaspoonfuls each kind spice, one teaspoonful soda; beat into this two cups of flour; add two cups each raisins and currants and one-quarter pound chopped citron, all well flavored; stir in two or three more cups flour; using your own judg ment, as there is often a difference in tlour. This makes three loaves. Iced Chocolate. Iced chocolate is sometimes served at bot weather luncheons instead of bed tea or cotfee. A formula for it is to make the cocoa in the proportion of a heaping teaspoonful to each half [>iut of boiling water. This is mixed and cooked in a double boiler for live minutes, and sweetened as it is taken from the tire. When it is cold, about a liatf-cup of cream is added. The whole is then beaten until very light. It should be served in tall thin glasses half tilled with powdered ice. Clii< ken Pilau. Dress and cut up two chickens, cover with boiling water and cook un til tender. Take out the meat and boil one pint of rice in the water in which the chicken was cooked. But ter a large pudding dish, put half the . Dotted rice in the bottom, spread with butter and cover with the chicken; pour on the gravy, then the rest of the rice and smooth it: beat the yolks of two eggs and spread )u top of the rice. Bake in a moder ate oven three-fourths of an hour. Homemade Cream Cheese. Cream cheese may be made at home, providing you follow carefully the rules. Take four quarts of good, thick milk, pour into it two quarts of boiling water; turn into a bag and Jraiu over night. Next morning rub ihis cheese to a smooth pulp and press ;hrougli a tine sieve; add gradually a tublespoonful of melted butter or two tablespoonfuls of thick cream. Pack :his into small cups and stand in a jool place for about two or three >veeks; at the end of that time the top nay be removed and the cheese turned ! rom the cups for use.—Ladies' Home Journal. Stewed Ilananas. Stewed bananas are cooked till clear '.u a syrup made of one cup of sugar, me of water, a bay leaf and a stick jf cinnamon. It has to be recorded ihat though cooked bananas are rec- Dguized as far more wholesome than ancooked, children are apt to reject ;hem except in the latter form. Some times stewed bananas poured around justard cup molds of cornstarch or rice tempt the small eaters, though not always. They have to be coaxed and encouraged—one mother encoun tered recently confessed to bribery— out after a few trials the taste seems :o be acquired, and then stewed or oaked bananas or banana fritters may become a frequeut dish. A Deli< ion* flreakfadt Dixit. A dainty ami delicious breakfast or luncheon dish is a chicken souffle. It s made thus: Mince the white meat Df a cold roasted or boiled fowl with a little onion. To a pint of minced meat add one teaspoonful of finely minced parsley, salt and pepper in sufficiency to season rather highly; six tablespoonfuls of cream; mix all together; stir in three tablespoonfuls af Hour and the beaten yolks of four 3ggs. Place over the tire, and when it begins to thicken remove and allow to cool a little. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and stir in lightly. Bake in a souffle pan twenty five or thirty minutes and serve at Duce with mushroom sauce. Salmon souffle is made in the same manner, substituting boiled salmon for the fowl. Serve with slices of cut lemon and pass a cucumber salad. Household Hint*. Old white Holland curtaine.with the stiffening boiled out, make excellent dishcloths. Boiled ham wrapped in buttered paper and baked for an hour is great ly improved. A piece of cloth dipped in spirits of wiue and rubbed upon soiled leather will remove every spot on it. In making any orange desserts,they will be found much improved in flavor if some of the grated peel is used. Cut flowers can be tinted almost any desired color by means of aniline dyes, which are absorbed with the water. A grained sugar is better in pud dings, sauces and in all sweet pud dings and spongelike desserts, which depend on eggs to make them light. As clothes are apt to mildew in damp weather, it is well to know that it can be easily removed by rubbing a little soap on the garment and then a little salt and starch; rub all well into th« article, and lay in the sun. Don't put slovenly looking dishes on the table. Carefully rub from the edges ail signs of sloppy tilling, and above all things be sure that the but ter dish is freshly tilled at eaoh meal. Little things like this show the care ful housekeeper. In a new bread and pastry mould ing board the top is covered with a sheathing of thin sheet metal, with a curved bead around three sides and a headpiece at the back, which has a 9pring clip under which the rolling pin slides when not in use. Much has been said from time to time about the unhygienic qualities of heavy skirts, but a delicate woman who has been experimenting finds that wearing a light skirt will keep her from many minor ills not usually attributed to wearing apparel. | THE REALM OF FASH,ON 112 A Patriotic Suit. There is nothing little men want so much at the present time as this suit, and wise mothers take pride in foster ing their patriotism. Made of real BOX'S "DEWEY SUIT." navy blue serge, with pure white col lar and shield trimmed with blue or red braid and appliqued stars, sailor knotted ends of red corded silk and a real middy cap, with the honored name on front, every boy thus dressed feels himself a hero. The construction of this suit is simple, the trousers being finished to button onto a smooth, sleeveless body that closes in centre oack. On the front of this waist the shield is applied, and the blouse worn Dver is adjusted at the waist with elastic inserted in a hem at the lower edge. The blouse is fitted with shoulder and under-arm seams, and the sleeves are laid in sha How tucks at the wrists. Pocket are inserted in the outside seams of trousers, and a breast pocket is made in the left front of blouse. Suits in this style are made of white and colored pique, duck, Galatea, 3rash and other washable fabrics, but for practical purposes nothing will give as much satisfaction nor is as economical as a good blue serge, chev iot finished. WAIST. To make this suit for a boy of six years will require two and three-quar ter yards of material twenty-seven inches wide for the blouse and one and three-quarter yards of same width material for the trousers. StylUh Plaid Walit. No wash material can be relied upon to do better service than genuine Scotch gingham. The stylish waist illustrated in the large engraving is made of plaid, which has a ground of deep cream that borders on tan color, with lines of white and greeu. With it are worn both tie and belt of black, which accentuate the truly artistio coloring. The yoke is three-pointed, and ex tends well over the shoulders onto the fronts. The back portion of the waist proper is laid in flat pleats at the cen tre of the yoke and drawn down to the waistline. The fronts are amply full and show the slightest possible pouch. Both the upper and lower edges are arranged in gathers, the fulness of the former being stitohed to the neckband and yoke, while the latter are drawn toward the front and stitohed to the band. Smooth under-arm gores sepa rate them from the back and aid in the fitting. The dosing is effected by buttons and buttonholes. The sleeves are small, after the season's style, but cut after the regulation shirt pattern. A.t the wrists are straight cuffs, with rounded points, and at the neck is a high standing collar. To make this waist for a woman of the medium size will require three and one-fourth yards of the thirty-six-inch material. The Uieful Boa. Fluffy boas are much worn with thin gowns. The handsomest are made of fine black chenille dotted Brussels net, and have long accordion-plaited ends that reaoh to the bottom of the skirt. Such a boa is worn with light silks and wool gowns. Those made of white, delicate yellow, pale pink, blue or lilao net are used with organ dies and muslins and also evening gowns. This little accessory is useful, for it is not only graceful and becoming, but also warm about a bare neck on a cool evening. The Autnmn Suit. For autumn suits rough surfaced serges and cloths are shown in shades of green, gray, blue and reddish-pur ple. The smartest of these show a dark color striped and crossed with narrow lines of white for the skirt and plain material of a solid color for the bodice. Novelty reversible fabrics for bicycle suits are of dark blue, gray aud green, with one side of light check r mixed pattern. Indian Girl of Koyal Birth. Miss Lois Minnie Cornelius, an Oneida Indian girl of royal parentage, was graduated recently with high honors from Grafton Hall, an Episco palian girls' school at Fond du Lac, Wis. Miss Cornelius is a direct de scendant of a long line of chiefs. Women Dispensers, Women dispensers are increasing in number. They are now employed not only in several mission hospitals in London, but also at a number of local hospitals in the Midlands. They are trained at the school conducted by the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society, England. The Children's Dresses. Pique coats for little girls are in blue, white, yellow, pale green and pink, with hats or sun-bonnets to match. Begin at eighteen months to make a boy's dresses more boyish, but keep him in real frocks until he is quite two years old, when the kilt skirt, gathered or plaited, and short jacket with a white blouse may be substituted. A Dainty Little Dress. White lawn, tucking, Valenciennes lace aud insertion combined to make this dainty little dress. The pattern provides for a short low yoke that is simply fitted by shoulder seams, to the upper edge of which the skirt portion is attached, the fulness being collected in gathers. The skirt falls freely fr<-.m joke to the lower edge, which finishes with a wide hem, over whieh two evenly spaced rows of insertion are placed. An at tractive feature is the Bertha shaped with square corners at the lower edge, which is also edged with lace headed by insertion, the round top being gathered and sewed on at round yoke outline. Plain or figured organdy, dimity, nainsook, India silk, swiss, ch.illie, cashmere or any soft becoming ma terial in silk, wool or cotton, willm»ke pretty dresses by the mode. In place of the insertion can be used ribbon in plain or gathered rows, braid, gimp, embroidery or ruchings of the material. As illustrated the dress is worn with CHILD'S DRESS. a Ruimpe of white lawn, the yoke of which is tucked. To make this dress for a girl sis years of age will require three and one-half yards of material thirty-six inches wide. NO-7'O-BM for Fifty Cent*. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, blood pure- 60c. tl. Alt druggists. The average marrying age of a French man is thirty years. You Can Get Tired By working hard, and then you can get rested again. But if you are tired alt the time it means that your blood is poor, You need to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. th« great cure for that tired feeling beoausa it is the great enrlcher and vitalizer of the blood. 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The bureau duties of adjutant-generals and assistants are: Publishing orders in writing; making up written instructions and transmit ting them; reception of reports and returns; disposing of them, forming tables, showing the state and position of corps;'regulating details ol service; corresponding with the administrative departments relative to the wants oi troops; corresponding with the corps, detachments, or individual officers serving under the orders of the same commander; aud the methodical ar rangement and care of the records and papers of his office. Tho active duties of the adjutant-general consists ir establishing camps, visiting guards and outposts, mustering and inspect ing troops; inspecting guards and do tachments, forming parades and lines of battle; the conduct aud control ol deserters and prisoners; making re ooanoisauces; and in general discharg iug such other active duties as may b« assigned them."—St. Louis Globe Democrat. Wliat Locusts Will Not Eat. It is said that the castor-oil plant is abhorred by nearly all members ol the aDimal world; that moles may ba driven from a lawn by planting a few castor-beans in it, and that neither the terrible "army worm," nor the all-destroying locust will eat it. IVEEVOU 0 DEPRESSION" [A TALK WITH ». ts. PINKIIAM-1 A woman with the blues is a very un comfortable person. She is illogical, unhappy and frequently hysterical. The condition of the mind known as " the blues," nearly always, with wo men, results from diseased organs of generation. It is a source of wonder that in this age of advanced medical science, any person should still believe that mere force of will and determination will overcome depressed spirits and nerv ousness in women. These troubles are indications of disease. Every woman who doesn't under stand her condition should write to Lynn, Mass., to Mrs. Pinkham for her advice. 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