THE M1DDLEJJUKGII TOST.
T. H. HAUTE R, Edito aud Pjto'n.
MWDLEM'IIO, I'A. h t:n. U, 18 0.
Hanmhal Haaim said re
fontly on presenting a flag to a Hnngoe
(Me.) hr...; "Perhaps n littlo his
tory of this llug v.-ill not lo out ff
place. 1'ir.st, consider tlm lenitiful
rod sti ipc.i, r.:i emblem of valor; thd
white, nn endoeti if purity; tho Lino;
field, tho broad tii-eli of heaven, ami
tlm st.us M hi. li Lestild it. tho freest
government it cp.'U
A NPWsi-Ai'i'ii limn went to interview
tlm superintendent (if one of tlm ele
vated roads in New Yolk, ft few days
ago, V it ll II lot of letters complaining
tliiil thioui s on the toad were too eoU.
"You'll save tue a lot of trouble if
you'll let ine h:ne those letters." sid
the mi ei int. iiilent, reaching into lii.
desk and taking out n ncl.iigc of doc
uments. "11. ,w ii that V" "Why, here
is a bundle nf coin l.ii ;i! wo have re
coivid nlxnit the ear being Kept too
wivm. If you'll let me linve yours I
ran mthI tin-cold letters to the hot writ
crs imd the ll it letters to the cold
writ. r. mid no make nil the, growler.'
tk 1 1 s v. f ciich oilier."
Tur last I.eil itifo of Dclawnra
sboli - he 1 n moil' of punishment in that
Ntu'e .vliich, though legal, had not,
liee:i ni' I nine,' 1'iTo. It was tlio
)i'inis!iiii. :it by w l,i pping n:-coiiipcllir,g
tlietn tn nr. id in tin1 pillory of women
v ho h t 1 l.i o:i lo:md eiiilty of counter
feit i i g. horse slc.ili.ig. burglary, arson,
Mi.-otiii, perjury, foi-gnry, receiving
stolen good;, miaul' with intent to
kill conjir.it ion, witcheraft, fortune
tclli'ig, or ('., ding i:!i hi i:it -t. Tin
lm jieiMin pu.,i -led by this means ami
a colored woman, who in 170 was
whipped at Ihe public o,t. The last
white woman to lm whipped Went
thror.eh li j.ei.ition in ls.'iil, her of
feii.se havii,;; lieeii larceny.
Two VofMj Australian cyclists hav
just completed u t weh! limntlM' jour
ney on their machines. Their iou;o
vii.h through a portion of Australia,
thence to .ln u. whe'-e they rode liT )
miles. Taking .steamer to Singapore,
they iodi to renting. Again nailing
to Priti.-di p.iirtnah, they Avont over
land to Calcutta: thence to Itnmhay
ia Delhi, a ti in of '.'.nnti miles, From
J ml in they shipped to F.gvpt mid did
Palestine. Filtering Furnpc ut Sicily
they rude across F.uropo, and ciinio out
nt Itottcidum. In England nnd Scot
laud they nddi'd the distance of l.Tiilil
miles. The whole jo.irney Avas dm e
on ordinary bicycles, and, marvelous
to relate, they did i;ot have u t-tnli!
tall. Their avIi i'c lugg.igo wu.s a p.uv
shirt and w ater proofs.
II !v llrvN n.i.s, of t'adillae, Mich ,
ha- atriik hor- e which iials the fa-moM-;
1 'an llic i or.-e or I'ote a.ih's
til'ht rope walki v. lie is master ol
tveutyone tncL.i, and anions them
will o eu his li or, wall out on an ele
vated plank twenty feet a::d lmck into
his stall; climb upon a M-at't'ohl and
"teeter," nnd do it a-, nicely as a school
gill; f.ro to the wat. r tank, wash Iim
face, and wipe it on a towel; climli up
htairs and i!"W u ; open and shut tlm
ham door, ami hack the litiy out
without a hitch or miss, etc. Hank is
Hot mi lnol looking I nit that the horse
will w ah, u to him and imprint a lov
iK ki-.s ujmiii hiilnow tint so ta-,te-fu'.lv,
p rhaji-, Hi u Cadillac (.'ill would
do it, hut still a Kis, and he does nu
merous other thiigs a horse ii. sup
posed to know nothing about. He is
ii tine, powerful iron (ray, and his
muster Avould trade him for tin- rest of
t'adillae, may be, but for no! much
less.
Till: Kev. lr. Howard Cinsby, in
tint I it'll I'll Jt ui, holds up for oiii
scorn "the boi;u:i preach"!-, ll e charla
tan, w ho makes a para le of rhetoric,
and si rks admiration fiom his i lo
(iieini', who courts notoriety, and sub
si lies the press. The true iireaclier,'"
continues tlio !o,-tor, "is auiacd by
unv notoriety, lie wishes to hide him
si If In-hind hi message. He finds his
joy, not iu the vent world, but in his
conscience and liis ( iod. If tin1 world
praises him li feel tint he uiusi havo
been indiscreet or m.l'ai'.hlul. Such a
man wishes no triumph that is denot
ed by tht wawnn ol tlais and tin.)
blow in;,' of trumpets, but tiiat which is!
recorded by tin- penitent tear, tlm
prayer of faith, th renewed life, llai
happy Inart." This ideal of the true
pleat her is so lofty thai we miht sus
pect it to be only iniaimiry if lr.
I'roaby and many other iderj,'ynieu did
not bo perfectly illustrate it. Yes,
tliero are such men, whom we have all
known and loved. Hut would it be
heresy to confess, just between our
nelves, you know, that there are many
great preachers who fall furbelow lr.
Cio-iby's standard' Who are they?
Oh. well you do:.'t expect that I mn
K'liuK aiinA.'cr that iiuestion. Jlay
bo I don't know.
A BONO.
A gno1 hi txint
Frnm it nnMrn nhors
A hundrixl hnf fnnn lunil.
Hut a mad utorm (1tr
Otit tlm ixfun blun
Anil th p-mxl ship it rowed thestraml;
Ami the humlrixl hopi that nailrs) from land
Wore tlioiiHAinl wns kisl n that fort-inn
utruinl.
A youth with liop-j
Net out to i
III lifV'n iini-nrMin sli ire,
lint his plnns w ore criso
tie hiinseif was lost,
AVith flip thiiiisnn.l ainm of life;
For shun well sailml and plan well plan'il
Will eft be wrwk'il on Ihe IoiikoiI fnr-lfiml.
.Vihv.
CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD.
The trfuii-:iditu liunir iiieof snow-and
Avind Avhi'-h swept over our ureal, level
Nor'.'nw est in .binuary, 1SSS, was aecoiii
piiiiii d by iticideiits tragic, thrillimr and
heroic, that will no doubt heconie n part
of he history of the vast region over
A hieli t le siorin swep! .
It was ia connection with hi) -hauling
in one i.( the marsiiy, unsettled town
sliips of Iowa that lli"ic occurred nil in
eident of extreme peril, of fortitude ainl
intelli'i Dt exercise of the faculties amid
'icat d-nc'cr, which, at the time it eanii
to I iirlif , was almost lost silil of in our
iniitiNt to the widespread ciiamit ies
Aviii' h fell up ,u oui uuprepiired neii;h-bor-
on t'ue more newly s'-t'led prairie
of the North and West.
The little railway station of Dupoiit,
in one the thinly settled districts, was
built entirely in the interests of the hay
pli'iiiliir bil-iness, for which the unin
habited flats of l.iiwlrmd and (iilll Lake
townships furnished thousands of tons of
!.rta-s.
Over this tract, a do.en mile-, in vx
b a:, ms far hack Iroui the riihvay us hav
can be haule I with proiil, are scattered
every summer 'he camps of the h-iymak-es-,
and the low ticks or ".stacks" "row
ami accumulate until they dot I he pntiri"
so thii kly as to hero. in- for the time th"
ili.tinuisliin; feature of th- landsc tpe.
Tlit le are at the station larire hay iiarns,
rout ii n im.' steam presses, In which, Irom
September until April, the hav is hauled,
stowed and baled, leiuly for .shipment.
Anion:; those who were hauling hav at
till- time of the urcit storm wire Kick
.Inrdan an I his small brother Orr, a little
fellow, too mmiii In attend school rcLfii
larly, w ho went, iiloii on pleasant days
to tramp i'.owii the h.iy in the frame of
the bii: rih k.
It had been pleasant enough for On
to o on every trip thai week up to the
lii'ht of the bli.ard. and the day was so
warm ami line thai llii k's sisters, .b-anie
and i "arrie, yoiineer than himself hut ohler
than Orr, olitaim-d the permission of their
teacher to -.'o hiiini- at. recess, in order
that they miudit o with their brothers
for a ride to the hay Meld. Their mother
hail promised that they should o upon
the !irst warm day after sleihinj; rami'.
They arrived at the hoiiso just iim Dick
mid Orr drove up for a lunch, before ;o
int( after their last load fur the day, and,
as it would be dark before they eould
'el back, tlm tfirls, too, jot each a slice
of bread a id cold meat to munch on the
load.
Dick spread two heavy horse-blankets,
which were always i .irrted in winter to
throw- over his horses when standim;,
upon one i' the boUom boards of the
lack, and e.-itd .leuiie and Carrie unoii
them. Then, little ill-earning whit, was
befoie lli. in. the brothers and sisters
drove sw!ily cut upon t new sleigh road,
which . 1 them loi-seeral miles over a
piairie almost as level as a him llo i.
'flu- h ivsiaeks were reached, and
while the boys workeil at. their loadim:,
the little uitls raeed about, tumhleil in
the hav, or rolled .-.now lulls as they
pleased".
The load of hay was taken from lie
boUom of a sink aioiiiul which the
snow had drifted, thawed and tro.en
until mm '.i of the outside hay had to In
cut loose with an ac or freed with a
shovel, bo.h ot which implements Dick
carried for that purpose. It took much
longer than usual to load upon this
occasion, rind evenim; Was already draw
iliir on w hen finally the little yirls were
heipeil up hi the load ami the team wits
turned toward home.
ll had Is en mild and thaw-in;; all day,
so milil, indeed, thai Dick had feared
this would be their last trip with a sh ich
until snow should come aain; but as he
climhrd npon the load to stait for home,
he notii' -d that a heivy fjray bank had
lorine I ai loss the western sky, and that
it seemed to be iirowin thick overhead.
The air had suddenly become rather
( hilly.
lie told ids brothers and sisters that it
would snow befora I hey ;:ot home, and
that they had heller "cuddle down" in
the hay and throw the horse blankets
over their laps. He drove foi ward for
a lew ii. mules, iirin the horses to a
ha!f-;ro, and uneasily lancini; t , , wit rl
the dens- ray bank, winch rapidly
overcast ihe west and north, and threw a
irlooni nml cold iu advance, as it ap
proached. The il irkncss came on rapidly, and
soon the roar of a hih wind broke upon
1 Hek's ears.
'It's a bli.ard I" he thought, with
alarm, for he had been born upon the
Northwest prairies and knew the dinner
of IniiiLT caught out upon that mowed
llat, so t..r from any house, for the near
est dwelling was that of a farmer across
(lull Lake, two miles ami u half to the
houlheas'.
He ha i not much time to think or to
exercise his fears liefuro tin) great storm
was upon them.
It was nothing less than a hurricane
fi i the ln'ciiminKi andntthu tlrst tleri'e
jjust the bit; unwieldy nifk. careeue l with
its load so that the littlo girls screemed
with friirht, and the horses stopped and
stood turning their heads away from tlio
pelting sleet which drove down ut the
iirst burst of the siorin.
The air whs tilled instantly with thin
drivini; ice.
Dick shouted at the animals nnd
slapped ut them with thu lines, bat the-
aototd not l induced in torn their headi
against tha storm. Thry atood aa if
jiaralyzcd by the flrrra blaat of wind and
sleet. Another and more furious awrep
of thp hurricane came almost immediately,
and this time the rack waa lifted com
pletely olT the sled and overturned with
hay nnd riders.
Fortunately, there wan a considerable
drift of snow beside tlio road, and
neither Dick nor the yountrer children
were hurt by the full. They had all,
with a common impulse, jumped fiom
the top of the load as it careened over,
nml o fell, or rather tumbled, outside
the sweep of the rack.
A they scrambled to their feet the
stiff wind was so filled with hay and
snow that they could scarcely distinguish
each other. The rack turned bottom
side up, and. .is it was built Iu the shape
of a "figure four" (piail-trnp, held most
of the hay securely beneath its frame.
Dick ''till held to one of the linns, and
the horses stood shivering with fear and
cold, for t'uy temperaturij had suddenly
dropped far below tiie frer.iuir point.
'let behind the rack out of the
wind!-' he screamed to tho younger ones,
who were elinttinsr to each other in the
endeavor to stand up before the racing
wind. They obeyed him, and, hugging
close against the framework, found them
selves protected from the cutting blast,
but snow nnd sleet whirled over the top
and about the ends in blinding scurries.
Dick knew instinctively that to nt-
tempt to vet those children nn the bare I
sled and to drive them to n place of safe
ty only inc ut certain death to them all.
In the first place, it would require all
their strenirth to dim on. .Moreover,
they could not endure a half-hour even
of such exposure to the storm. With
darkness coming on nnd tho air tilled
with driving snow, tiiero was tho barest
possibility of his being able to find a
house it could only be found by run
nin j- nniiist it or into a vard even if he
should be able to drive and keep the
children alive all niirht.
His plans were ijuickly made, and a!
m in of twice his age could not have
made them with greater good sense, or j
have shown a braver spirit iu their cxe-'
cutioii. j
He stripped the hnrnes from his J
horses and turned them loose. Then, I
without Availing even to see which diree- '
tiou the animals took, ho ran to his
brother and sist-rs. I
Althoil :'n it had been so warm when
they started from home, their mother had
insisted that Jennie and Carrie should !
drcv warmly, an 1 take cloaks and com- I
forters with them. These they had put
on before the storm came, mid Dick, I
after diguing in the hay for a few inin- '
ute between the boards of tho rack, dis
covered the horsc-blankcts upon which
the children had fortunately been sitting
when the load overturned. i
While digging for them he had pre- i
pared a "nest, as he termed it, for the
three small ones, and ho now ordered
them to get iu there while he tucked the
blankets around them. Frightened and
hushed by the terrific storm, they obeyed
without ii murmur, and the bravo young
fellow told them that they must "cuddlo
close togothcr ami never peep outside"
till they heard him call them..
lie said that he would go nnd bring
them something to cat as soon us he
;ould get back from Mr. Wuldimmn's
across t til 1 Lake, and then uftcr tho
hliva'-d was over they would u'.l go
home.
lie knew the snow avouII drift over
then-, m a very few minutes, and be
lieved that if they kept ipiiet their
lu-eaih would warm the "nest," ami no
doubt keep them alive for many hours.
I!at he knew also that such blizzards
have been known to lust with iiflabated
fury for t wo or three days, mid that there
was little likelihood of their being able
to outlast such a storm. Therefore, his
only hope was to reach help if possible,
and get it to them the moment it should
be possible to breast the bli.zard.
(iuli Lake lay user a mile distant, di
rectly to the southeast. It was one mile
and a half across it, and on the other side
lay W.ildcman's ranch, a large group of
buildings, dwellings, burns and shedding
for stork, enclosed by a large yard which
stretched along the lake shore for forty
rods or more.
Dick hoped that he might be ublo to
reach this ranch and to find it. ,
Hut toning his overcoat tightly about
him and pulling a "Norwegian cap"
w hich he wore tightly down over his ears,
he set out, goingdirectly with the storm,
which came from the northwest.
He started ut n stiff run. Tho wind j
nearly lifted him olT his feet at every ,
step, and cut the backs of his legs ami
the sides of his cheeks icily. j
11" soon loiind it impossible to tell
whether hi was going directly with the j
w ind or not, as it blow iu changeful gusts
and whirled violently about him. Hut
there was a mile of lake shore in front,
and he reached it at length and found
himself upon the ice.
It had now grown dark, and amidst
the pitchy blackness of night nnd the
thick drift of miow he could no louger
make use of his eyes. In fact, ho was
obliged to shut them and allow himself
t be carried over the ice by the wind. A
part of the time he was able to keep his
feet, but often ho was thrown forward
aud actually blown over thu rough ice
for rods. The skirt of his overcoat oc
casionally blew over his head, and the
bitter wind pierced every part of his
body.
It was a rough and terrible experience
getting across tho luke, uud ho wus glad
he lad not attempted to take his broth
ers and sisters w ilh him.
When ho at length reached the south
ern bank, he was so chilled and ex
hausted that he could scarcely koep his
feet at nil. Tho bank was high at the
point where he reuched it, uud ho knew
it could not be opposite tho ranch fence,
as tho high bank was west of that. So
iie turned, and alternately walked aud
crawled eastward, guided in that direc
tion by the wind.
For a long time ho forced - ' way
ulnng tho edge of the ice, w (eh was
swept bare, guided by tho sense of feol
iug uud tho direction of tho wind, but at
eugth ho stumbled against something
and joyfully discovered it to be a feliee. '
As it afterward proved, it was an ex
tension of the cattle-yard, a corner of
which was built down into the edgo of
tiie lake to afford water for tho stock,
and had he missed it by even a few feet
he would undoubtedly have perished.
The discovery of It gave him new life
nt once and aroused all his faculties, He
climbed o-er the fence so ns to get insido
tho yard, and then, by feeling, followed
it until he came to a connection with tho
cattle-shed.
Once in the shelter of these, he whiped
his numbed arms and stamped his chilled
feet until circulation pnrtly restored,
then felt his way along to tho barn, and
at length managed to reach the ranch
dwelling guided by tho glimmer of a light
which he could see through the storm.
Ho was welcomed nnd warmed and
fed, and promised that by every )Hssihe
effort that could be made the men should
help him to rescue his brother and sis
ters when daylight came.
Dick found that ho had escaped with
only a slight frosting of his faco and fin
gers, but his anguish on account of the
little ones he had left buried in the hay
was intense. lie did not sleep at all. but
walked tho floor of tho ranch kitchen,
where he vas allowed to keep a roaring
lire all night. Kvery few moments ho
would go to tho windows, scratch tho
frost, nnd endeavor to peer out into the
storm.
He could gather no encouragement un
til daylignt, whea he discovered that tho
snow was no longer falling, and that tlio
sky would soon be clear.
He roused the ranch hands at once, as
two of them had agreed to go with him.
In a short time the men were up. Some
hot coffee was drunk, a jug of it was
tilled from the pot, and a sharp-shod
team was harnessed. Tha horses were
blindfolded, their heads wr ipped in blan
kets to protect them from the blinding
urift which Avas still driving hard from
the northwest.
This team xvas hitched to a double
sleigh filled with rubes and wraps. Then,
mutlling themselves in the bottom of the
box, the party set out ncrosa tho lako in
the very teeth of the wind.
The horses were old and steady, and,
after some snorting and tossing of the
heads, as a protest against the novelty of
complete "blinds," took a steudy hard
trot, ever the corrugated ico.
On reaching thu farther shore of the
lake aud ascending to the prairie, Dick,
w ith his head completely mulllod to tho
eyes, took a standing position nnd,
bracing himself, directed the move
ments of the driver. The short distance
of a mile and the steady direction of tho
wind enabled him to hit tho hay-road at
a point so close to the overturned rack
that he caught sight of the top of it
us they were passing some rods distatit.
A moment later they had halted ami
tied thu team, and Dick had pointed
out tho spot w here his companions were,
to dig. Then, utterly overcome, ho
threw himself upon the drift aud buried
his face in his arms. His grief and sus
pense nt that moment were almost beyond
endurance. Ho had no idea that tho
children could have survived such a fear
ful night. Hut five minutes of silent
digging occupied his companions, and ut
tho end of that time both of them gave a
triumphant shout.
They had uncovered the nest, and a
cloud of steam rose up from the blankets.
Dick avus on his feet instantly. A
moment later tho three young Jordans
wera dragged forth, alive, but stupid
with cold ami a drowsimss which would
not have left them alive many hours
longer. Yet they had escaped any serious
frostbite, and n dexterous rubbing,
slinking and jouncing restored their cir
culation uud their senses. They were
bundled into tho sleigh amid robes and
conifoitcrs, and, despite the severity of
the weather mid tho drifting snow, were
taken immediately toward homo, where
their welcome must be imagined.
One of Dick's horses perished in the
storm, but the other turned up nlivo and
well the next day at n farmer's stables
twelve miles south of Gull Lake.
Youtli' Coiiijiaiiitin.
Four Sleepless Years.
Four years without sleeping a wink.
That sounds preposterous, but it is ex
actly the case of an old negro now living
in Athens, tla. Charley Harden is his
name, and the snows of age have settled
down upon him. In slavery times ho
belonged to John White, who lived at
that time iu the same place. Charley
was seen on tho streets recently talking
to several of his friends nnd telling them
of his curious condition. "For four
years," said he, "I have not slept a
wink. I hear continually a buz.iug
sound, and it seems as if several persons
were talking to me all tho time. At
night. I lie in my bed with my eyes wldo
open, and if I do sleep never close them,
and always hear the talking. It is an
awful thing to bo talked to for years, uud
through the long nights to havo tj listen
to this nonsense."
Charley has tried doctors for his sleep
lessness, and has found uo remedy, und
has given up ull hope ol ever sleeping
ugaiu. He, as a mutter of necessity,
sleeps, but his yes never close, and ull
his mental faculties remuiu ever uwukc
Atlanta Cuiittitution.
A Wnlk Around tho F.ar'li.
A French savant has calculated tha
time required for a journey round thjj
earth, nnd bus obtained the following
results: A man, walking day and night,
without resting, would take 428 duys;
im express train, 41) days; sound, at a
medium temperature, Vi hours; a cannon-ball,
hours; light, a little ovct
one-tenth of a second, aud electricity,
passing over a copper wire, a littlo uudcf
ot)c-tentli of a second.
The Oldest Lawsuit.
The oldest lawsuit on record is now
being tried in the highest Russian court
ut St. Petersburg. It wus brought SOU
years ago against the city of Kctncnez
I'odolsk by the heirs of a dead nobleman
to recover many thousand ucres of his
cituto which had been confiscated by tho
municipality. The written testimony U
said to Avcigli forty-Uvo tuns.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
caring for rcjwrrcnR.
With care, furniture may be kept look
ing nice for years, but without this care
it soon become dingy and shabby. A
thorough cleansing, once a month, at
least, should lie given to upholstered fur
niture that Is in every-day use. Articles
covered with plush or any goods with a
pile may be brushed with a bristle brush,
but for hair-cloth a light switch works
best, wiping off tho surface afterward
with a damp cloth. Wipe tho wood
with a damp cloth, and if there are any
dents in it, it is said tho application ol
several thicknesses of wet blotting paer
held in place Mil dry by a warn fiat iron
will remove the dent, unless a very deep
one, when several applications may bo
necessary. When the wood-work is dry,
rub with warm linseed oil and polish
with chamois skin. White spots may be
removed by alcohol simply pressed on
the spot by a cloth that is not linty, and
not rubbed, as rubbing will take off the
varnish. A flannel cloth moistened with
kerosene is good to rub the furniture
with, and tho disagreeable odor of tho
oil soon disappears. Courier Journal.
IRONtNO SHIRT WAISTS.
First, be sure that the waist Is properly
starched in boiled starch and thoroughly
dried; then mako a weak, cold starch
and dip the collars and cuffs into it,
being careful not to wet into tho other
parts of the garment as it takes longer to
dry, and the starch in those parts is not
needed. Lay tho waist (wrong side out)
with the back to tho table, told nuo
sleeve upon it, then the other, lay over
those tho front!, sprinkling cacn part ac
cording to the thickness of the cloth, roll
tightly ami let lie the desired length of
time, then proceed ns follows: With
the sleeves still wrong sido out, rub
(piickly the wristbands; now turn, and
wo uro really commencing (what seems
to many) an arduous tusk. Wo will irou
first the outside of one Avristband, then
the inside, shaping it ns we dry it. Next
fold tho sleeve (at the opening) from
wrist to shoulder, and iron; the upper
half of the sleeve can be ironed better
with it folded that way. Now fold by
the under-arui seam nnd finish, und the
sleeve will have the same appearance as a
nicely laundered shirt. Follow with tho
second sleeve, and Ave nre ready for tho
other part. Uul over the part below
tho wristband, then press thu tucks in
the front into shapo with a moderately
warm iron ; now uso a hot one, and
thoroughly dry on the wrong side; in
this wuy the shoulder seams can be easily
dried. Next iron the back in the sumo
way, pressing the plaits into shape on
the right side, but doing tho greater
part of the ironing on the wrong side.
At lust the collar is reached, requiring
but a few moments' time, and the gar
ment which has been so much dreaded is
finished, and the result is satisfactory.
Sometimes it is dcsirablo to press a littlo
on tho right sido ut the last; in that case
do not iron as dry on tho wrong side
Good UuuukcqiitKj.
RECIPES.
Raisin Pie One lemon, juico and
rind, ono cupful of raisins, one
cupful of water, ono cupful of rolled
cruckers; stone the raisins und boil till
soft, grate thu lemon rind, mix well
together, and bako with two crusts.
Macaroni With Cheese Prepare mac
nroni with cream sauce, and pour into a
buttered scalloped dish. Have half a
cup of grated cheese ami hall a cup of
bread or cracker crumbs mixed, sprinkle,
over tho macaioni, ami place iu the oven
to brown; it will take about twenty
minutes.
Milk Toast Toast a goodly number
of slices, und arrange iu a deep dip.
Put into a saucepan one quart of sweet
milk, and stir into it two tahlcspnonfuH
sifted iloiir made into a smooth pasto
with a little milk. Mir constantly till it
boils; cook a moment or two; add a littlo
suit aud small piece of butter, uud pour
over the toasted bread.
Potuto Yeast (Irate four good-sized.
uncooked potatoes into a quart of hot
water, stir over the nre, and cook slowly
for five minutes. Turn into a jar, add a
half-cup of sugar uud a tablespoonful of
Milt, uud when lukewarm add a half-cup
of good yeast. Allow this to ferment for
six or seven hours, stirriug it down us it
comes to the top of tue jar. Keep iu u
cold place, well covered.
lleef Rissoles Chop lino sntno cold
roast beef, feasou it well with salt aud
pepper, aud to each half-pint of this add
u tablespoonful of chopped parsley und a
half-cup of bread crumbs, then add two
Avholo eggs, uud work the mixture to a
smooth paste. Form int J round bulls,
dip in egg nnd then in bread crumbs, uud
fry in smoking hot fat. Servo with u
nice, browu saiie-j ponied around them.
Light Dough Dumplings Mako very
light bread dough into small bulls tho
size of eggs. Have ready a pot of water,
boiling last. Drop iu the dumplings,
taking care to havo tlio Avater more than
cover them, (.'over the pot and boil for
twenty minutes steadily, without lifting
tho cover, if it stops boiling for a mo
ment the dumplings will bo heavy.
Servo hot with butter uud sugar for
dessert.
To Prepare Sweet-Rreads Veal sweet
breads uro best. They will not keep
long. Souk them' at once iu cold water
for about ono hour; then parboil them
(about fifteen minutes) in salted, boiling
water, uftcr which put them into cold
wuter ugain for a few minutes, 'j'his
will make them firm uud white. Re
move tho skin and littlo pipe, uud put
them iu a very cool plnco until ready to
cook them again.
Along tho valley of tho Nile from
Alexandria to tho first cataract uro 7U
mission stations uud 70 Sunday-schools
numbering 4017 scholars, while the day
aud boardiug schools have over 5000 pu
pils. Tho vuluo of the horses exported from
the Domiuion of Cuuudu iu 1889 was 2,
'.26,39, including V?, 109,792 worth
shipped to tho United Stutcs.
THE ANSWER.
MTrotto ymil Well, If forgstUnt '
K thtnlcinv thmmrti all
low tbs slow seconds drag ili j j I
Dars seem years now that t, ... ''t
If counting the moments with Ions
For the time when Til aeo ym,
If this is forgetting, you're right, dr
And I hava forgotten you tlwn. '
Forgotten you ! Well, If forg.ttin.
Be reading sach fac that I mw
With eyes that mark never a fntturs
But yours, as yon last look.) t m.
Or hearing, through all th strsnKB bsUita
Of volew, now grave and now rty
Only your vol., can this be forgottiiig;
Yet I hava forgotten, you aT
Forgotten you! Well, if forgottin
TI. I....!-.. lU .11 au. ... .
.',..,.,H,.,K n,i , vhhiuii nmrt,
With a yearning half pain and half raptum
For a time when we ne'er nmre t Mr7
With a wild wish to see you, to hear yoo
To be held in your arms once again
If this m forgetting, you're right, il,.,r
AnJ I have forgotten you then.
CWlnnftrf Vomtnrn inl f,,.,(?
PITH AN1)P01XT.
'A white lie" City milk.
A slip of the pen A young j,,
The sewing girl is never whs'
seems.
Think before you net very sain t u.
iiiiiii mini juiirscii,
A.. .-..I
sin rjinniii rpeilKS ol t r,,1,;.J
11! 1 .TM ... . '' !1U
on..arii. i ue most regular of tin
''"'iniftl
irregular. DnnnrilU Itrtar.
Poets are born, not made. Tlir-i.',(i,
rub: if ttiev were timiln u-., ......1.1 i ''I
tint tiiHtm iiff.trv mn up !,. I I
- ; -....-.--.j . in.,- iiuiMiirrtct
4 tine.
li:. i. .!.: i . ..
...,..ij -. u no..., ,ninK; oui ii you rr I
in me rear oi a nig crown ami wj., t
see l hp procession, dun t statu!
fo it. I
(Jet on a barrel. Purl.
"AV hat makes vou so limn- to ilit"!
"I've got nil accident policy f,ir s.7 I
wecK. Am t tliut enough to uukciat
uuujr limit:! .miHwyi OiVAfy.
This world has an aliiitnlaiun
Of deeeitftilness anil pretenso;
Now what we stund in netsl nf '
Is squareness and eminnnn .,,
'll1'l ((,;,
ir.,,,.1.., nt
..lis. itt,i;i i niiiiti. y I
nlmost old enough now to tat liiins .'f.
Mrs. IMayuUiome "Mo, nnli-cii: y,,!
don t suppose lie is a cannibal, do ym!"
Lairrtner. Amrnmn.
She (hiughingly) "Why are vu l,k-
ing so intently into my eyes; At? ton I
looking for the mote? He iscriixi.lt, I
"o; for the beam. Tina ih
beamed. Itirrewe Amrnrmi.
"Did they treat yon cordially;" "tj.
deed, yes. Why, about midnight hr I
father came to the head of the stain uJ I
called down to know if I wouldn't uj I
to lireuKIust. .uniiaj Hte.k 'y.
1'tilieiit (to unsucccssiul paysinm)-!
"Doctor, you nro not experimenting nl
me, uro yon?" Physician "IVruiDljl
not, sir. "Well, then, doc-tor, won't I
you please experiment on me a little?" I
1 line.
"Ocorge," she said, "da a mi believe I
in tho old suylng: 'Out of sight, out il
mind?' " "Well, no, not altogether."!
sponded George, hesitatingly. "Fl
instance, take a boil on the ba k ofoat'i I
neck."
"How will you have it h"iii.ii;''a'W
the binder of a man who had l riihtb
a dictionary to have new covers pit oil
"I think it would be appropriatf t hinl
it spell bound," aviis the rcpl;.
bury (Jhronifle.
A Western politician who lu: Vi I
his eyes iu a railroad accident l.:hi!l
to recover damage because, m tin' jajil
mind, his present inability to mJhui
the iiewsnaners sav ol him i:m'. 11
viewed iu the light of cotiiirii.itii:i.
Old (icntleman (to little girl m u
horse car) "How old are vmi. litile I
Ldrll" Little Uirl "Are vmi tin' in
ductor?" Old Icntleman Why.tKl
I have nothing to do Avitli the nilni
"Then I mn seven years old." A' I
Courier.
I'OKTS AVIUTK WT.oN'ii.
When ptts w rite
Of "voiceless iiliit,"
We feel like saying "rat!"
because out-.liKir
We hear the rnurs
Of several lilliidrtsl eats.
.Vrie iir.-.'."'iw.
Politician (to inexperienced A --ail;
mimi "You're busv writing. I
That's Ko'.n.ithinir new for vnu." M
experienced Asseiiiblvinnn "Yi. !s
engaged iu writing my tir-t -t'-mper
sneech that 1 shall make t.v. stfdj
hence. So you'll excuse me frmtUI
tng."
She "Charlie. you ki ow viuiit":i
me something handsome mi ' ''"H
.!,. 11.. UV., I Liner." Nl
"Well, 1 saw a diamond luvatii rl
nitiujr ii n biii'ji iiiiiii"
!.. .. .1 1... I..... t)i'itWle
fectlv heavenlv. II'1
IVrM'
heaveulv. avus it? Sav, rV.'i.v.
you havo any eurthly wish . ;
think of nothing but heuveai.'
'in li f linn.
A (iliint i:im Over UM i'tf'('l
A monster ehu stands on the AviTJ
fee farm in Wayne County, N.Y.. I ''1
Palmyra und Marion. Two lei t h'j"1'
grouiid it meusures Xi feet 1"
circumference, utul live teet
irroniwl '20 fee' 10 inches. It e'i!'
t i, ii f ii...i. nn,.. i.,.ilv w.iiii'i""!
,iiii ilia, anuis. i nw
film 1'i.foot l.t.n. ,ii..rM"lli' .W '"I
tho total amount of lumber in tl" lk,il 1
l... -.... Iu lit )n t....t Ir in ntiiu'l
that there is sulHcient lumber a!-"'.'
sawloi to make four cords nf fur' I
wood. Taking one-hulf of the J'1
of tlm tppH f lireii feet from the P"-
which is forty-eight inches, nJ "'J
each inch to represent ten years 0
tho uge is found to bo 480 yean.
inch bourds the elm would "v,'r,J
art f t lid nf an iipm lf
nu-tisiin v tats w s' rf.
. s. i ,.4 in It
t)utaa u.'tlllil I iu filvltf firIi.
l.M.,1,.., ...,. nlom the I"'3 1
cleared, this tree was left ss s
It wus thou a giuut auoug tu i""
Aieto torb Sun.
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