Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1883, Page 7

HOME MATTE! ‘SHOW To MAKe PasTR— BROW IDEAL 1Cz CREAM —SVM- DRINKS, ALS AND ALL THAT soRT HING—VARIOCS WAYS OF PREPARING CU- ERS. Crevper ara € Peel and eut into | mlices (lengthwise) seme fine cucumbers. Boil ntil soft, salt to taste, and servg with | cream sauce. | IxsrEap of carrying china or other plates in | pienic b the litth wes of wood used | for butter-plates. take up less | d keep other plates from being nicked Hasceny’ pa only differs from « thoronzhly boiled. bat af glue in the proportion ¢ awainut to each S use yur and water which | n belng very e they add | a S spoonful of | uit doush | in the form of a larg squares. Spread ever with bert erust. and put close tr he Serve with dripping-p t int pan ake them. ling sauces. ny oF the Lavine Terr ix Henderson says: “I find that tr successfully lald down, if necessur ary and hot smnmer iz it when finished, | ta quarter of zh a half inch rough the sol | ANTS z AISINS cookedand canned to-4 gether make is sauce. They should be re putting the sugar in. the currants with the | ; edd bet ou stir them er to let the scape. should be used: the ponnd f This makes an excellent meat | id ples made with it are Mnxnrions, i P ORANGEADE.—Squeeze the juice from six oranges and two lemons into a quart of boil- | ing water in which the peel of erated. | nr the Ti one pitcher to i strain upon poun stand ten minut Wu of | molasses, half | In aon- it of | eone cup of gcup of water. threecups 1 of soda, a little sait. Berries. Boil for thr tered basin u you do cake, with Warin, may well take the place of more expe: sive cake. One one enp of mo one third of a cup of butt half enpy sweet milk, one teaspoontul spoonful of gi flour. and a little y little hot wat: e-half enps of | p the soda in aj e in a buttered ter made of fonr pounds of ts. eight ounees of ginzer- of bitter and 2 lemons. sli Y. Mash the currants, ent mall pieces, crack and split the nuts, ponr the w over these ing Gient:and let it for ten days: then pour it efully. add fous pounds of loaf sugar and | bottie it. CrerMpen Toast.—Pee! fresh crisp cucumbers of medinm size, ent length i ta col water for a tew minute: in, and dip each slice into flour: then fry quickly, until of a | Nght brown color. in butter or beef dri Plac lice of battered cneumber hi es of butt slices. place | sided SrerrepT: ound tomatoes, cut a silee from the stem end, pour ont the seed ag. . chop flaely two or three thin slices of baron, se: finely chopped onion, salt. cayenne anda table- | gpoontat of ehoppad pr A i pulp taken from Tolled crackers t Sift eracker crnmbs me and bake one hour ina over the top of eac Moderate oven. How To Parsr 4 Pate to fix a ome ultra-1 A pretty Iuy-leaf fan is to paint it. Mi ne or Prussian bloe with alittle | paint. and make it quite thin. with ed oll. Paint the fan on both sides, Hall, with it. Ifyou choose to deco- int a. poppy ox some buds and stems ablue ribbon around the handle and it in a convenient place. If vou prefer to it pink. use crimson or madder lake and white in the same way Tur Ipear [ee CreaM.—The ideal and almost unattainable ice cream made by following this recipe: Two quarts of cream (not milk). one Pound of pulverized sugar, two egrs. Beat the then beat the sugar with tiem: then the Let this just come to a boil; then re- move from the fire. flavor with vanilla. strain it throuzh a verv fine sieve, or. if von have none. aclean. new piece of cheese-cloth will answer in place of one. When cool, put in the freezer and ze. stirring wntit it istoo hard to turn any Tonger. ¥. Post. Goosenerntes For Pres —Select frnit that is fail grown, but not foo ripe, and wash and clean carefntly. Then let them dry in and put them into wide-moathed ork them tightly. and place in a Tora kettle over Inelted t the heated ¥ ntor fifteen ~Take four of both, and t a | onze it, toa stiff froth, | r itis put tnte the eat it into the water, whites of th and add te the mix freezer. The ¢ and it will free: AN Arpetizixe cumb, Asiiee the ca- mm stand in cold salted i are a plain salad dre i with letty i ors in, untli the boy top. or you may put all} eninbers in in the bowl, the sliced tomatoes over the top, just as you prefer.—N. Y_ Post. sipiake Tes-Creay wrrit Minx axn Foes.—Take two quart: of new toilk and scald upon the fire ina in a kettle of boiling water. nls of white five cold milk. A and milk into the t for five ininute: stantly th deate: 3 ir ng milk, and stir rapidly then add the yelksand ree minntes stir t sree teaspoonfuls x atset on ice. When cool, | freeze. This imitates cream much better than then more es are used. It is improv 7 the ad dition of 2 pint of cream. ae Sttr —Pare a cucumber and With a sharp knife remoye a pleee two inches and # half in length and aninch and a half wide. With 2 spoon seoop ont the seeds, and fill the Cucumber with a stuffing of bread-crambs and butter and a little chopped onion. On the bot tom of a stewpan place some very thin slices of m. and cover them with some cold chopped veal or lamb, well seasoned with pepper and salt. Put the cucumbers upon it, and lay two it and some carrots cut Poursome stock broth over cepan stand on a slow fire | fan hour or tii a fork will easily pierce the cucumber and itis perfectly soft. Take out the mixture carefully upon a heated platter, and the gravy le(t inthe pan and thicken it witha teaspoontul of browned flour. Let it boil up five minutes. Then tarn over ihe plat- andserve. Keep the encumber and meat ot én the oven until the sauce is ready. thin slices of bacon over it in very thin slices. | remainder of his iife. | they did not take Kindly to the idea of an in- a | come large enough and strong enough to creep stand upon his feet, the two brothers, large and nds; one-haif | fh | and the un ‘on with some | # fresh from the |, | tute. | the bonds should be sent to his address at New WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE. | A TRUE STORY. Solomon Speed was a builder by occupation, # hard-working, caleulating, saving man, who had come to Belmont when the town was new, attracted thither by Promise of much eccupa- tion in the line of his calling. He was a good mechanic, a yery fair architect, competent to superintend the erection ofany ordinary building, and able to do much of the better class of work with his own hands. He was alsoa shrewd man. When he had thoroughly inspected the town and its surroundings, he saw that its possibill- ties were great, and all the money he could raise and all the credit he cared to ask were in- sted inland. And he did not mistake. He lwed to see land that he had bought at the rate of lity dollars per acre, sold for one dollar per sqnare foot. He built for himselfa large and comfortable dwelling, in the new town, feeling ll assured that he was settled down for the Solomon Speed had three _children—three sons—Nathan, Thomas, and Peter, aged re- spectively, eighteen, ten and four. This four ars Old Son Was the child ot a second wife, | married after Mr. Speed had built his new house mont; and we may say here that the two sos Were never quite reconciled to their or "1 marriage. They had Inherited it his shrewdness, and, having seen that wealth was likely to flow in upon their father, rs. The step- treated—that they dared er liked her, nor were they After little Peter had be- x r but they nm heartily kind to around upon his hands and knees, and anon to strong, sometimes spoke pleasantly to him, and | would pick him up when he fell; but they never hissed him; they never gave hii brotherly love. Id was not witho mate of Inthe family, adopted by selo- mon Speed, was a boy named Robert Ashworth, ly child of his—Speed’s—only His father had dled when Kobert was t, aud his mother had survived her A but a few years. On her deathbed she alled her brother to her side, and begged lim that he would take care of her boy; and he had promised that he would do so. Robert Was at that time five years old, just the age of Thomas, and time he had been one of the fa enjos all the advantages of life | and e ion that his two cousins enjoyed. vith the dawning of better times—as the pect of wealth opened upon the famil Robert's situation changed some- | non Speed began to gain 1more : could spend, he beeame more dd niore inclined io saye;and he came, in tine, 0 look upon his childas a burden which he ought not to be the same feelings aad life in the bosoms of Nathan and Thomas. ts grew brizhter and. righ’ ar that they mi ‘ay, to share wit uiper cousin,” as they ha han once. loved the _bright-eyed, nd never tired of carrying nd playing with him in all the tin it had story — smother were the poor is—the only ones who loved rd to his happiness. At the a; en Robert concluded that he had beea a burden upon his uncle long enough, and he suggested that it might be well for him out into the world and seek his Unele Sclomon thought the h coincided: boy should hould never appeal | d to mone The lad had thought i: but this indignation, and he He had ten dol t As thei they be h id never trouble him more— tohim for mon hundred dottars im: his unele would sive iition weak, wept with bi id his hand © last rhe was forced to tear z) M the Rocky oth. Ta the y weak, with ar passed, at the end of which his last letter to Sus. Speed was returned to him. She was dead! and the wanderer wrote no more letters to his old home, Ten years more passed, when Robert t-and-twenty—met 2 man who had come from Belmont within a year. From this man he learned that Solomon Speed was dead. and that the two older sons were carrying @n the business. They were both married, and had fa: and were looked upon as being v wealthy. At all events, aristocratic. pert again heard from they were proud and Five years more, and the old home —this time meeting with a man whom hehad known in tie days of his boy- hood. 4 fourishi looking aiter their real Tt) as i sa being simply the tate and personal and in spi he glitter of their pre the world. Their half-brother, Peter. bad grown to be a man of one-and- twenty. and was hard at work in one ot the belonging to them, By some sort ofhocus. pocus Tbeen leit poor at his fi : lent entirely upon hy formant could n | v | thing to Nathan and / joi ans to Peter, ving been only nine year When he erected was not another hu- of him, At nz upon the ted his simple h-bark thateh- a town of four thousand mayor and its chief man in me spot whi cabin of logs. ing, le was fa inhabitants every way. F nd-thirty years had now elapsed since Robert Ashv, h left the eastern home to seek his fortune, and the fickle dame had never, fn all that time, played him false. Only, he ‘had found no society in which he cared to spend the calm evening of his days. His heart turned longingly back upon the old home. Inall the years of his wanderings he had seen no woman whom le could iove well enough to make her his wife; and he prayed that he might yet find a faithful bosom which he could rest his ‘y trustful contidence and love. 80 his Dorado property for sale and zh people were pained to see him leaving yet they gladly bid for his vyaluabie es- When all his business had been settied, and the balance-sheet brought to him by his private secretary for inspection, he was truly sur- prised. “At first he couid not believe it. He had known that his property was extensive and valuable; and he had known, also, that his bank account was large, seeing that he owned the bulk of the bank himself; but when he looked at the foot of the column of totals, and saw the sum total of all—saw it running away into the millions—over three millions—when he Was assured that he read aright, and that the tigures did not lie, he was astonished. Government bonds fad then come Into the market, and had already reached a premium. His first movement, on reaching San Francisco, was to lock three million dollars sal yup in registered bonds. The money was deposited with the sub-treasurer there, with orders that thou, t York. After paying for the bonds he had left between one and two hundred thousand dollars In gold, of which he reserved sufficient to pay his expenses o1 the road, placing the rest in banks, and taking a draft on New York in ex- change, which draft for security's sake, he gave Into the hands of a reliable ex compapy. And it was well that he did so, for, between the Great Sait Lake and Cheyenne, his pockets were picked of every dollar he had with him. Arriving in New York, Robert first looked after his bonds and his draft. The bonds were safe and awaiting his call, while the draft ar- rived on the very day of his own arrival, having come on the same train. And now tor his visit to Belmont. If he could not find a loving heart there, then he knew not where to look. But If hg was to find true love it must not be known that he was wealthy. No, the love his heart yearned fer was a pure, lo: love for phor Bobby Ashworth, just as lie was when he set torth to seek his fortune. So he went to a Ketote | store where second-hand garments were seld, and purchased a full suit a6 sadly worn and faded as he could feel com- | fused to let the poor fellow have money on the | at the aristocratic residence 1 her husba ; You could find work here and live with us. You fortable in, clad in whieh he’ set forth on his trial trip. Arrived at Belmont—and the steam-cars took him to the very center of the town—he found the place wonderfully grown. Where he had left green fields and tangled hedges, were now broad streets, flanked with stores and dwellings. In short, the place had grown to full six times its size five-and-thirty years before. At the smallest and poorest public house he stopped and ordered supper; and, while it was being | prepared, he asked atter the Speeds. Did any | one present know them? Y aman was sit- ting there, in the barroom, who had formerly | ed for them. Said he: “Well, stranger, it would be very difficult totell | you just how they stand, If you could take ‘em for what they think of themselves, they'd be two. of the biggest men in creation. That’s Nathan and Thomas, About a score of years ago they fot to feelin’ above work and took to playin’ the big-bug entirely. They let out the mills, and went to livin’ on the interest of their money; and it's my opinion ‘at they've come to dippin’ pretty deep into their principal. Howsumever, they're proud enough.” nd Peter Speed—what has become of , he is here—the same poor, hard-workin’, unfort’nit man he always was. He did, one spell, drink aleetle too mnch; but he finally married a woman that made asayed man of him.” But didn’t his father leaye him anything?” ot outright. The old man, somehow, got set against the boy—thought he was wild’ and frolicsome, and unsafe to be trusted with money; so he left himin the care of his two older brothers.” ell,” pursued Robert, ‘and what have they done for him?” “Really, stranger, I don't like to say any- thing against them two men; but if the truth stold1 think it would come out ‘at they meant, from the first, to have the whole prop- erty in'their own hands. For a time they re— plea that he wouid drink It all up; and then, when he fell in love with Kitty Moore, they told liu if he married her tiat they would cast him olf forever. You see, Kitty, bless her sweet face! aye, and bless her noble heart, too! Kitty was a poor girl—an orphan—workin' In one of the mills: and the big-feelin’ men thought it wouid be a stain on thein If thelr brother should marry her. Howsumever, Peter took his own He married the dear girl, and he's the fativer of five as pretty children as’ you ever set eyes on, and as happy as can be, not-with- ndin’ he has to dig pretty hard to keep the wolf from the door.” It was Just in the edge of the eyening--a chill autumnal evening—that the door-bell was rung of the Hon, Nathan “is a servant an- Speed, and shortly afterw nounced that a maa wished to speak with the master. i Nathan Speed had grown to be a man of four- and-tift: ed-faced and obese; dr in a satl robe; pride stainped in every feature. Hf iting near by, was the saine. Her face betrayed the use of the wize-cup, while the sparkle of many diamonds told where much of ‘y had gone. What a sight for the proud man to meet in his own front hall! A stout-broad-shouldered man; brown-visaged and full-bearded; habited in a poverty strickened garb, and evidently very nour. Pe’Nathan! don’t yon know me?—your consin, Robert? Ah, (ve had hard luck on the road. Beyond Cheyenne I was robbed of every dollar Thad with me, and— Ad on!” The proud man’ raised his hand. 1 to hear no more. He knew of no claims which his cousin could have on him. And, tarther: ** You promised your uacle you would | never again apply tor heli oH 0; but it was cor Nathan; you mistake, I only ask a Then you'd better go and hunt up your cousin Peter. He would make a boon compan- ion for vou, T doubt not.” Robert got away hext to call upon He tound Thos i at home, and clearly under the influence of wine—not tntoxicated, but his blood unduly heated thereby. And Thomas was even more harsh and unkind than Nathan had been; and he, too, tauntingly ady ed the poor wanderer toro and seck his P T. a8 one who would be a fitting on for him And to Peter made his yeed’s poor cottage Robert even a poor roof to cover wealthy brothers given to thelr half Lrothe The cottage, really belonging to | Nathan, hired of an agent; and more than ; once the poor man had come very near being turned out for non-payment of rent. “What!” cried Peter, when the wayfarer had made himself known. “Is it Bobby?" Don't deceive me. Come in where it is light.” And he led the new-comer into the little kitchen, where the supper table stood, with the remains of the evening meal upon it. By the lamp- light Robert saw a woman—the sweetest-faced woman, he thought, he had ever seen—standing near th ble; and near by—two of them at the table, two sitting by the stove, while one cluug to its mother’s dress—were fiye children, the oldest not more than twelve. “Ah! T know you! Yes I can see the dear old face, notwithstanding the years, and the brown tan. and the beard. Robert! old fellow! bless your dear, true heart! how are you?” They shook hands; a few more words, and then Peter exclaimed: : Kitty! in all the days of my early child- hood, saving only my sainted mother, this was the only true and loving friend I had—tny cousin Robert. 1 was but a wee bit of an urehin when he went away, but, [ can remember how my mother had to tear my arms from his neck as it had been but yesterday.” Kitty greeted the man cordially, though at ‘st inclined to be shy. At length she said, ha sintle that captured Cousin Bob forever: Really, cousin Robert, I oucht not to feel you are a stranger. Peter has talked of you » much and so often, and with so much of. warmth in his heart, that I have. regarded you mere in the character of a true brother than anything else.” A few more words, and then Peter bethought himself that his cousin might be hungry. Rut no. He had eaten a hearty supper just be- fore dark. J eat at the little tavern at the lower end ie villaze, and s! apend the night there.” You’ will, eh? Kk Wg: can make him comfortable,” the wife id. “Well, I think so, too, Robert.” By any by, atter three of the children—the younge: beer kissed all around and put to bed, and, by the way, the little four-years-old Robert, named after the elder of the ilk, cried lustily when they tore him away from “Uncle ‘Obert"—he was to be uncle to them—atter this sald Peter, in his frank, hearty, off-hand way Say, old fellow, I suppose you have come home somewhat under the weather, eh?” Robert told him that he had ieft San Francisco with between two and three hundred dollars in his pocket, but he had been robbed between Great Salt Lake and Cheyenne of every dollar of it. “I went to sleep in the car.” he ex- plained, “‘at night, and must have been chloro- formed on top of that,” “Well, well,” cried Peter, giving hima friendly pat on the knee, and speaking from the heart, “don't you worry. Thank God, you have health andstrength. We'll 1x you up a good comfort- able shake-down here; old fellow, and we'll look around and see what can be done. I wish shan’t pay’ a penny more than it costs us. Any- how, here's your home for now, Rotert. Robert said he would think of it. And he told the story of his visit to the mansions of Nathan and Thomas. Peter's brow cun!racted and his face ew dark. He sald but little. “For my Kitty's sake,” he whispered, “I never speak the names of those men when I can and frankly gavelthenn S statement of his wealth. At first Peter could hardly believe that he had heard aright : white, as for Kitty, ahe could not comprehend theywasturss of the sum; but they Qnaily knew this: They were to be Robert's chosen compat neeforth; to fear the wolf—they and their jittles ones—no more for- ever. Robert went to New, York, where he engaged an agent—who was to'work in his own name— to come to Belmont ant purchase every piece of Beopseey, that the Speed Brothers had to sell. There was great wonderment when it was known that a sty ger had purchased all the Speed property ‘and ‘that wonderment was in- creased tenfold a week later, it became known that Rober’ orth was the purchaser, and that the palatial mansion ot Nathan Speed had been deeded fo his halt-brother, Peter. Aye, and anne atlll; to Peter Speed, and to Peter's wife and’ childten, had been duly made over all the mills;amd touses, and lands, clear of all encumbrange, formerly belonging to the brothers aforesaid. But who shall tell the feelings of Nathan and Thomas when it cameto them that the poor way- tarer—the brown-faced cousin—whom they had so harshly turned from their doors, was the Bighibe behind the throne” that had furnished all the money? 0! the torture of their vain re- gret and deep chagrin was terrible. But that was not the worst. The worst came when Na- than’s wife was brofight to the need of applying to cousin Robert for help. The crowning joy was yet to come 10 OF which Robert Ashworth had often dreamed, but which he had never dared to promise himself. Atter Peterand Kitty had moved into the great house, Kitty’s sister Mary came to visit them. Polly was the name by which she was always called. She was two years older than her sis- ter, possessing the same sweet face, and loving, honest heart. Robert tell desperately in love at sight, and she very soon loved him in return. When she came to wind her arms around his neck, and nestle fondly and confidingly upon his bosom, he knew that it was himself she loved, and his cup of joy was fuil to the brim. ae pat nat = A Cheap Greenery. From the Ameriean Queen, People who cannot afford to have foliage plants about their houses are apt to think the cheering aspect of a little greenery beyond their means; but that is really not so. Get from your country friends some sprays of variegated laurel, holly, arbor vite, box, laurestinus, etc,, arrange these nicely, tying them loosely to- gether, getting the taller pieces in the center, and then place the bunch Inan empty salt jar, which should be placed in one of the common blue and gray cache-pots, which are very cheap to buy. By changing the water and dipping the sprays every few days bodily Ina pall of water, these pieces will be found to last a long time fresh,and some sprigs of variegated laurel, stuck in the earth ot the pots, containing a plant of the same kind, which is not looking so Tobust as it should, improve its appearance. This kind of arrangement at the foot of the in a stair window, or in various 'y well, takes the place of ve plants, and is within the reach of al- y one. Wheat growing in water in little upright blue spill yases makes a pretty green ornament on mantelpiece or on brackets. Empty tamarind Jars of red ware can be made decorative objects and usefal for flowers by painting the surface in oil colors, with a wreath round of pink and white may, of any othegsinall fiower that may be thought suitable. No house looks Hike a home without some sort of greenery about, and it is well to know what plants are the most enduring.and succeed best in the strugzte to'live in a city room. Of all inexpensive ferns, the best adapted to the center of a tabléis the Lomaria. It gr al- ways of a nice round éhape, and is seldom more than 20 or 30 cents in price. The secret of | preserving it in good condition ig to set it in a pail of water in the hall every night after din- ner, which affords a little change oi air. It will not stand being put out of doors. Take it out of the pail in the tnorning and replace in its cache-pot on the table, which should contain no and it will retain a nice appearance for | ul months, continually throwing up fronds, Ifa plant of spirea is treated in the same way the deaves will not be found to curl up and turn brown for a month at least; only, as it always grows bushy and large, the | pot should be set in a pan instead ofa pail, with | ater a good way over the top of the earth A spirea does not remain a table ornainent for anything like the time that a Lo- maria does; but it hasithe adyant f it iseut down wher shabby, of sprouting ‘up again, | either outside a window or if planted in the open border. A little fernery or window garden | can have Its appearance refreshed and made to look agreeably verdant, by planting some fronds of common large ferns’ in moss, in an empty clotted-cream Jar, and leaning ‘the leaves up against the plants growing in pots. - ae: Clock Manufacture in Connecticut. From the Now Hayen Palladium. The invention ot the clock was of gradual growth. First a wheel and index were attached to the clepsydra. Then weights were substi- tuted for running water, and 1,000 years after the opening of the Christian era a crude escape- ment movement was invented. Froin this sim- ple arrangement the simple, yet accurate move- ments of the present day have been developed. In 1807 Ell Terry, of Plymouth, in this state, who was manufacturing clocks in a small way, set himself about the herculean task of making 200 clocks. People deemed him crazy, and de- clared that he would never live to finish the task, and if he did he could never dispose ot such a large number of clocks. Last year the New Haven Clock company delivered from their factory more than 500,000 finished clocks. Chauncey Jerome, who may fairly be regarded as the father of the clock manufacture in this state, was a pupil of Terry, and of him learned | the busi In those days a good clock, in- | cluding case, could be bought for $40. To-day a very excellent clock, a reliable timekeeper, can be purchased for @5, and for even a less sum. : Eli Terry at first made only wooden clocks, and these by hand, laboriously cutting out the wheels and teeth with a saw and jackknite. He would make two or three trips a year to New York city and state, carrying with him three or four clocks on each trip, which he would sell and return. He received tor these | about $25 each, without cases. Eater he pur- chased a sinall building end introduced ma- | chinery, which was regarded as a great innova- tion and ot doubtful expediency. It was at this time that he started upon his plan of making 200 clocks, which excited so much ridicule. A few years later Mr. Terry disposed of his busi- nessto Seth Thomas and Silas Hoadley, who were formerly in his employ. Other manu- factories sprang up, and competition soon re- Guced the cost of clocks, and resulted also in the making of valuable improvements. In 1814 Eli Terry made the first shelf clock, which pro- duced a revolution in the manufacture of clocks, and the old-fashioned “hang up” clocks fell into disuse, _A little later the circular saw was in- troduced into the clock. manufactories and was regarded as a great curiosity, Chauncey Jerome, when his time of service with Eil Terry expired, commenced the manufacture of clocks in a small way. He had been discour- aged from attempting to learn the business at the outset by an elderly man who ex- pressed the opinion that there were so many clocks making that the country would soon be flooded with them, and that the business would be good for nothing in two or three-years. To- day the New Haven Clock company, which is the outcome of My. Jerome's enterprise, is semd- ing clocks to every quarter of the globe not ex- cepting Australia, Indiaand Japan. The young man, for such he was then, was diligent at his business, and consequently prosperous. He avoid it.” It was very near the hour of midnight when the trio began to think of bed. As they arose from their seats Robert took a hand of Peter's and one of Kitty’s, and so held them while he spoke. His volce was tremulous, and his eyes were brimming. “Peter!—Kitty!—True hearts !—I don't want you to be spending the night in speculations upon the future. I came back to the old iome resolved that I would put my three cousins into the balance and weigh them. I have-done it, and you know the result. I told you I was robbed on the road. SoI was, but—I had taken the precaution to send my furtune on ahead of me; so I only lost the trifle I had reserved for expenses on my journey. ‘Dear hearts! “When I came to reckon up my ons, six months ago, and found myself he owner of more moncy than I could ever spend, I felt the need of the one thing that was not mine—a trae heart to love—a heart to love me in return—and somebody to help me toenjoy my wealth. There! Now to bed and on the morrow we will consider. One thing, my dear Har 0G toned days of digging and delving are gone, Kitty—' towards him, and she He drew her gent Kissed him—a ew ly kiss,,warmed with she could beg’ Set, and a loving smile, not S On the following morning Robert learned for the first time that the grand realdences of Nathan and Thomas Speed were for eale. The! reached the end of their financial m and wished to sell out and leave the p! lace. Then Robert sat down, with Peter and Kitty, soon invented aynew style of clock, which was attractive in appearance and commanded a | hat. “£HE UNRIVALED EXPRESS DRIVER.” Incidents in the Life of the Late G: “ jinery In 1840 Maj. Houghton, proprietor of the Boston Avas newspaper, engaged Mr. Twichell to collect the votes ofthe state on the day of election, 80 that they could be published in his paper on the following morning. This feat, which was regarded by many as impossible, Mr. “Twichell accomplished by haying the returns brought by assistants, with relays ot horses, trom every town ofthe state to a central route. This was yearly done for 10 years. On one oc- casion, after voting in Worcester and riding to Greentleld, a distance of 55 miles, where he was to reoeive returns in person, he found that his messengers from Williamstown, Adams and the northwestern part of the state, delayed by the bad weather and traveling, had been unable to leave Greenfield until two hours after the ap- pointed time. Mr. Twichell rode to Worcester in the face of an easterly storm, but arrived 10 minutes after the engine, which started at the honr appointed, had left. He pushed forward on horseback 45 miles farther, and reached Boston in season for his dispatches to or in the morning Atias. Another remarkable feat was performed by Mr. Twitchell In 1846. The leading newspapers of New York were eager to secure dispatches expected to arrive at Boston. by the foreign steamers in January of that year. The Herald made arrangements to carry its own dispatches from Boston to Norwich bv Tallroad. thence by boat to Long Island, and across the island by mail to New York ‘cite. The Trivune and other papers of New York and Philadelphia being excluded by the Herald from particlpating In its arrangements with the rail- road and steamboat companies on this route, employed Mr. Twichell, who was obliged to use horses for most of the distance. He could ob- tain an engine to run from Boston to Worcester only on condition of its being 15 minutes behind the Herald’s train. From Worcester to Hart- tord, a distance of 66 miles, he rode on horse- back through a deep snow in the remarkable short time of 3 hours and 20 minutes; thence from Hartford to New Haven, by ratlroad, 36 miles; from New Haven to New York, 76 miles. by horses; and reached New York city in for the printing of the dispatches before the ar- rival of those of the Herald. Mr, Twichell’s re- markable feat of horsemanship excited so much interest that It was commemorated by a large and beautiful engraving, entitled “The Unri- valed Express Rider.” ———— Pinying It on the Old Man. ‘| From Peck's Sun. “What started your pa to drinking again ?” “Oh, ma thinks it was losing money on the Chicago races. He has beam steaming ever since. Pacan't stand adversity. But I guess we have got him now. He is the scartest man you ever saw.” “How did you bring him to his senses?” “Weil, we tried having the minister talk to pa, but pa talked Bible, about taking a little wine for the stomach’s sake, and gave illustra- tions about Noah getting tull, so the minister couldn't brace him up, and then ma had some of the sisters come and talk to him, but he broke them all up by talking about what an appetite they had for champagne punch when they were out in camp last summer, and they couldn't have any effect on him, and so ma said she guessed I would have to exercise iny ingenuity on pa again, so I told her that if she would do just as ['said, me and my chum would scare so he would swear off. She said she would, and we went to work. First I took pa’s spectacles down to an optician Satur- day night and had the glasses taken out and a pair put in their place that would magnify, and I took them home and put them in pa’s specta- cle case. Then I got a suit of clotnes from my chum’s uncle’s trunk, about half the size of pa’s clothes. My chum’s uncle is a very small man, and pais corpulent. I got a plug hat three sizes smaller than pa’s hat, and took the name out of pa’s hat and put it in the small I got a shirt about half big enough for pa and put his initials on the thing under the bosom, and got a number fourteen collar. Pa Wears seventeen. Pa had promised to brace up and go to church Sunday morning, and ma put these small clothes where pa could put them on. I told ma, when pa woke up, to tell him he iooked awfully bloated and excite his curiosity, and tien send for me. “You didn’t play such a trick as that ona poor old man, did you?” said the grocery man. “Youbet. Well, ma toid pa helooked awfully bloated. Pa sald he guessed he wasn’t bloated very inuch, but he got up and put on his-specta- eles and looked at himself in the glass. You'da dide to see him look at himself. His face looked as big as two faces, through the glasses, and his nose was a sight. Pa looked scared, and then he held up his hand and looked at that. His hand looked likeaham. Just then I came in, and I turned pale, with some chalk on my tace, and I begun to cry, and I said: ‘O, pa, what ails you? You are so swelled up I hardly knew you.’ Pa looked sick to his stomach,and then hetriedto get on the pants. Oh, my, it was all I could do to keep from laughing to see him pnil them pants on. He could just get his legs in, and when I got a shoe horn and gave It to him he was mad. He sald it was a mean boy that would give his pa a shoe horn to put his pants on with. The pants wouldn’t come around pa into tea inches and pa said he must have cat something that disagreed with him, and he lald it to watermelon. Ma stuffed her handkerchief in her mouth to keep trom laffing, when she see pa look at hisself. ‘The legs of the pants were so tight, pa couldn't hardly breathe, and he turned pale .nd sald: ‘Hennery, your paisa mighty sick man,’ and then ma and me both laughed, and he said we wanted him to die so we could spend his life insurance in riotous living. dow “But when put on that condensed shirt, ma she laid non the lounge and fairly j yelled, and I laughed till my side ached. Pa got it over his head, and got his hands in the sleeves, and couldn't get it either way, and he couldn't see us laugh, but he could hear us, and he said: ‘It’s darned funny, ain't it, to havea parent swelled up this way. If I bust you will both be sorry.’ Well, ma took hold of one side of the shirt and I took hold of the other, and we pulled it on, and when pa’s head came up through the collar his face was fairly blue. Ma told him she was afraid he would have a stroke of apoplexy before he got his clothes on, and [ guess pa thought so too. He tried to get the collar on. but it wouldn't go half way round his neck, and he lookod in the glass and cried, he looked so. He sat down in a chair and panted, he was so out of breath, and the shirt and pants ripped, and pa said there was no use living if he was going to be a rival to a fat woman in the side-show. Just then I put the plug hat on pa’s head, and it was so smallit was going to roll off, when pa tried to At it on his head, and then he took it off and looked inside of it to see if it was his hat, and when he found his name in it he said, ‘Take it away. My head is all wrong too.’ Then he told meto go for the doctor mighty quick. I got the doctor and told him what we were trying to do with pa, and he said he would fin- Ish the job. So the doc came in and pa was on the lounge, and when the doc saw him he said it was lucky he was called just as he was, or we would have called an undertaker. He put some pounded ice on pa’s head the first thing, ordered the shirt cut open, and we got the ts off, Then he gave paan emetic, and had his fect soaked, and pa sald, ‘Dog, If you will bring me out of this I will never’ drink another drop.’ The doc told pa that hie life was not worth a button if he ever drank again, and left about halt a pint of sugar pills to be fired into pa every five minutes. Ma and me sat up with pa all day Sunday, and Monday morning I changed the spectacles and took the clothes home, and along about noon said he felt as though he could get up. Well, you never see a tickleder man than he was when he fouud the sib ready eale, and in 1825 was selling them throughout the country, many going to the south. From this point the history of the manu- facture of clocks is one of daily increase. The demand soon came for a low-priced twenty-four hour clock. fAgretofore such clocks had been made of wood, while eight-day clocks had been made of brass. Mr. Jerome supplied the need with a brass twenty-four hour clock, which met the popular deniand, and of which mil- lions were sold. To follow the many improvements which have been made in time-pleces during the last seventy-five years would be a difficult task. We can only look back to the old wooden “hang-up” clock and comparé it with the mag- nificent pieces of workmanship which are seen in every house and every workshop to-day. psc di Ned Pe a ‘The Parasol. £rom the Hartford (Conn.) Post. Before Marriage: “Excuse me, George. Did my parasol hurt you?” “Oh, no, my dear. It would bea pleasure if It did.” After Marriage: *Great heavens! There was never 8 woman under the sun that knew how to cary & parasol without scratching @ fellow’s out. “and there never was a man that know enough to walk on the right side of a woman with a parasol.” i isn’t any right side to a woman with a parasol.” Z had gone down so he could get his pants shirt on, and he says that doctor is the best in this town. Masays I ama smart boy and pa has taken the pledge and we are all right.” —____.9. Wumoring the Public. The failure of a big Chicago lard house the other week, says the Wall Street News, brought out the information that Chicago lard was com- posed of tallow, cottonseed oil, old butter and everything else at hand when the kettles were hot. A Michigan retail grocer who was loaded up discovered that all his customers avoided All ofa sudden his tin peared and he exhibited tid; “etiad to rotumm that Chicago staf, By Tel asked fifty times perday. “Yes; people wouldn't touch it.” “And this is—yes—ah! well, thisis real, old- fashioned lard and no Tee eee Send Anew lighting appliance has been invented pnd ie Sis mecanppneen oxygen arrive at the point combustion separates pipes inclosed in the same tube, FORFEITED PLEDGES. ERR > Twill sell for F. Selinger, TST 7th street north: gz “5 SATURDAY, AUGUST FOURTH. P EE 7:30 p.m. Thin sale sist r Diamonds, Goid, + xs ‘Silver an‘ Brace'eta, Neck: fact, sit Finds ‘and Plated Ware: Cloth of all kinds, Be Carpeis, Teka Satchels Plows F Sot eo will be continued ntl ail ged sso. ve N. B~ Perrone holding @kets ou: which the timo has expired please take ee — » 2, ‘e ELINGER, Broker. SATUR- lection af nredeemed ‘end hunti Seweiry, Sou Reveieate Gane mseoane josdr Droessa ioveivers, Gunn musnieand teveth tos one Wheel of Fortune, Ladies trate Utne: Blankets and. Clocks, Cutlcry. Books, Gold iad ‘Ware, Mirrors and Flutes, HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, by increasing ‘Vital power, and rendering the physiosl functions reg- ular and active, Keeps tho system in good working N 3 00 “Tre STREET ‘ SORT k y order, and protects ft against disease. For constips- Xo. TH St IRTHWEST, tion, dyspepsiaand liver complaint, nervousness, kid- | _@Ul-4t ional Loan Often, ‘ney and rheumatic ailments, it is invaluable, and it affords a sure defense against malarial fevers, bosides removing ail traces of such disease from the aystem, FOLEY, Auctioneer. Twill oll the stock of Dry and Fancy Genta, con- tained in store No, 908 71h atreet northwest, mi action, sale Drugaists ana Dealers generally. commencing on TH DAY MORNING, AUGUS aaa SECOND, AT TEN O*CLOCK, and will continue from, - aay to day until all in disjowed of. he stock consists of Silke, Dress Goods, Velveta, Coshmeres, Table Linens, T Sapdine, Marsetien Spreads, White Goods, Hosiery, U-dersear. Com Laces and Enibroideries, Dross Rbirta, MM MM FEENN N OO NN NE ¥ ¥ | wi Dame iueres, wiestion of all it MMMME. NNN 9 ONN N YY = | Lawne'and other a MMMM ER NNN ONNA ¥Y Ladies are sie MMM NNN O ON NN Yow | goodsare fine and w Awitho t rescree. uMM NONN NNN Ye jy30 M. FOLE), Auctionear. IN BHOS., Auctioneers. MARE, KIND AND GENTL ARNESS, WARKANTED SOL ALI WORKS IN DR. CHFEVER'S ELECTRIC BELT, or Regenera- Papa col tor, is made expressly for the cure of derangements of the procreative organs. Whenever any debility of the geucrative organs occurs, from whatever cause, the continuous stream of ELECTRICITY permeating through the parts must restore them to healthy action. There is no mistake about this instrument. Years of ‘une have tested it, and thousands of cures are testified | to. Weakness from Indiscretion, Incapacity, Lack of Vigor, Sterihty—in fact, any trouble of these organs is | NG. 1. i. ou TUESDAY MORNING, AU) TEN CLO. K, ny above mare, to which the tention of buyers ts Can be soon at Fleming's stables, 426 Sth street west, before sale. ROOM FIXTURES FUR. wf AKE, MIRROK cured. Do not contound this with electric beits adver- Aen avieon. Bos re tised to cure all ills from hesd to toe. Thisis for the SEW YOu! ONE specified purpose, For circulars giving full] py sietno of a dent of information addrees— 1882, duly recorded in Ls Of the records for the Distr CHEEVER ELECTRIC BELT Co., 103 Washington street, Chicazo. der of the thereby I shall sell at public auction on W AUGUST EIGHTH. 1883, commencing at AM the Barroow Fixtures, Mirrors, ions, Chamber Seta, ‘fab rpets, Mi: -, Re. a bod to maid deed of t No. 337 Penusyvau'a aven WILLIA mb3-skw all deseript steads, Ne mar mpd fully described tn'eledule rust and coutained iu House York New Di IMPORTANT NOT! SANTAL MIDY Will curein 48 hours ell derangoments of tho arinaty organs it: either sex without inconvenience of any kin’ GRIMAULT & CO.,8,Rue Vivienne, Paria, ja22-w&sly SCOVERY IN ~Muenierse. Dy SALE OF Two. \G AND LOT ON SE G AND E SIRE STION, By virtue of w deed of trust, duly recorded tn, ber No. 1.024, folio 484, et weg. one of the land records for the District ‘of Colin written request of the party secure: public auction, on TUESDAY, NINETES OF JUNE, A.D. 1883,0t HALF-PAST FIVE C front of the Pprominon, all that certain jand and premises, situate ond bet hington, District of Colunit wished ax th iree (8), an and roventy-seven (87 ‘NPRECEDENTED: ‘The stetement that there is a Tife Insurance Associa- tion which hag been ir existence ouly two and one years, yet has written nearly sixty intilion dollars of re number echt contained in the insurence, and is now doing a monthly business of over ietont sixteen four milion, will ecarcely be believed—certainiy not by orth of the southeast cor. the old-time companies. ‘Yet they arefacts. ‘The verti ce north on madd Line of yihe Mutual Reserve Fund c to nearly four and a quarter zail- lion, and in the first thirteen days of this mouth over two milion | tuch a record is beyond everything over heard of in the history of Life Insurance the world over. Every unprejidiced man who han examined car pian, adnuts it e cimpicst, plainest and best he las ever Call at the office for paners, & thence tet roar line ) feet t Inches, eb (110) feat to the glace wildine, rights, eame- jon to'the same be- tone hundred of besinuing, tozeth: en, a seen, 0. 5 2 ai 3 street, | notes to boar six per cent interest, payable ie Sl! annually and to be eccured by deed of traction Pretuineg Re. W B Fish oralleseb at onion of Vache. A depoait of a . = require ay . Conweyaneing. ee. Ev. ENRY arp JDDECHER purchaser's cost. Terms to bs oouip lied with im eovem otherwise resale at risk defaniti pastes purchaser after five day’ wet oh resale. DR. TOWNSEND'S REMEDY sole LeWepaper published in Wasiingion, D.C. -. SORNSON, |e reusiooe, FOR feT-dkas THOS. H. CALLAN,§ Trusteos. HAY FEVER, ASTHMA AND CATARRH: cra S POSTPONED UNTIL ST DAY OF JUNE, A.D, x} Tenstoos. Brooxtrs, N. ¥ , Sept 24, 1831. ‘licve itwitl be sure in’ ninety’ cases in a hun- Brooxuyn, N. ¥., Oct. 17, 1882. “Tam happy to eay that your remedy hus served me @ second season fully as weil as the last year.” Pamphlets with Mr. Beecher's full letters 2nd other testimonials furnishe 1 on application. Prepared ont 183, sume hour end yes, 1. JOUNSON, Je19-dikeds THOS.M-CALL Ss? THE PURCHASER AT THE ABOVE SALE having failod to comply with the terms of said wale. property mentioned therein will be sold tu front of the t — on ae ae © Se eae 3 GUST, A.D. 1883, A4 CLOCK P.M, BeOS Fink aiid Cost of th} defaulting murchaser. For sale by SAMUEL ar 1.1. JOW 2 nia avenue, Ws ly jy31-d&ds THe bis wenerally. Notes OF SALE Derrant wet oy Merrorout: ax Pour Wasi D. ce, July 20, 1088, wotion county, Md., having an_extensive circul: tion in sald iu me under county’end throughout Southern Maryland, off nited States (pertain! Gial Indueen ents to the merchants of Wi ‘us.an I will. on the RIGH advertising mi dium. ; uci Literary end Political Journal it is admitted to be among the very best in Maryland. ven fo aa EPH K. ROBERTS, J i 2»? waitore 12-2 FRED. SASSCER. dz.) "”$ pe ee WALTER B. WILLIAMS & fi ©v., Auctioneers, AERZEN LAGER BEER—HAVING THE SOLE end icy for Bottling CHE. HEURICH'S SUPE: ——— — ion ‘Sarnzen LAGER BEER, Tam tofll| for Other Auctions Sce Sth Page. orders. Price. 90 5 di ‘, wis 5 aud am stil Doiting my CELEBRATED PREMIUSL a BEER kopt by allfirst-clans grocers, on HOUSEFURNISHINGS. 3 § ——— ee’ my12-s,3m. 1237 20th street northwest. EFRIGEKATOUS AND WATER COOLMRS AT REDUCED PRICES. PPS cOocUuUA jars, = Jolly Tumblers, v Os E BREAKFAST. Crockers ltewars. aud Aten Cteur, iiay"e Lace Stretoher. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING eeGEO. WATTS, a if 1 Us 4526-314 Tth strest, 5 doors above Penna. avenus, coca teameneny dered | Py Reren, = 5 f feation ne cs = ‘ ee se: | Euppy EXYRIGEKATORS lected Cocoa, Mr. our breakfast ta- bles with a’ delicately-flavored Leveraze, which nay eave us many heavy docters’ bills. Itis by’ the judicions hoe of euch articles of dict that a constitution iuay be radualiy built up until strong enough to resist. ey lendency to d'rease. Hunareds of subtle munladion ane Siceting: sround us, ready to attack wherever there ix a With Slate Stone Shelves. WALNUT AND ASH REFRIGERATORS. WATER COOLEUS AND FILTERS COMBINED, weal it. Wemay escape many a fatal shaft by keep- hug ourselves well fortified with prure blood. aid « prop= WHITE MOUNTAIN FREEZERS. enya 3c." — Civil Sereioe Gazette. SODA AND MINERAL TUMBLERS, ICE PITCHERS, CREAM AND BERRY ‘Made simply with boiling water or milk. ‘cus in tins, (ouly 4-Wb, and Ib. ), by Grovers, labe‘e’. JAMES EPPS & C0., Homerovathic Chemists, London, Eng. WAYNE'S PILLS. IMPORTANT TO THE SICK! ‘Symptoms indicate disease, a continuance, days of suffering, yerchance death Symptom are, impnre Di ppetiie, heads: PTS. M. W. BEVERIDGE. YLVANIA AVENUE, 16-m,tuks ood, Costivens regular a) tm sour | 2nd best quality of GASOLINE, as wet Al belching, eoreutssin back, Ureant snuftids, heart fato: | SIOVES, of diferent maxes and allpoices, omctente giddiness, bad color to stools and urine, ‘ho: ret ‘cold on baud. ‘Lhe most varied essoruueni in tse city . sensations, yellow skin, AY NF’S PILLs” REFRIGERATORS and WATEE COOLERS at re cure by gently paged all orn ;matter, oe epaine duced prices, Sons #0 at taorby mall Vil: | COOKING STOVES, RANGES. BRICK SETT ana SWAYNE&SON, | PORTABLE SLATE MANTILS, LATROLES, FURS my10-th, a, ta Philadelphia, Pa. ChB, & great varicty. W. 5. JENKS & 09. HE PUBLIC IS REQUESTED CAREFULLY 117 Tth strest nortawest. oy fo notice the new and enlarged Scheme to ve drawn | = ” GW-CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000.03 FINANCIAL. : (CKETS ONLY $5. SHARES IN PRUPORTION. soa = + ary ‘oman LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. Thin ya rave ot ar ea ‘ —— al ne vere oa 6 yd srWredo hereby certify that we supervine the arrange. TIFE ASSOCIATION this sereet. ule ments for all the Month Semt-Annuai Drawings | culty in the way of permanent and safe life iuurance Syn manage and ‘control the Bractrps hems, ag | Hohe mee. The anemubers ny other pian Ofice ‘cont rv Pup thet nts that cn any % that the same are conducted with honesty, Suirness, and | 1; Ht, rea ¥. KNIGHT. Manager. dyt tm good faith toward all qartics, and. we authorise the = a Company to une thin certificatr. with fac-nimilesus our | FUT AND SELL U_ 8. GOWT AND D, C, BONDS; signatures attached, tn tia advertiseniente.™ Also, WASH. C. GASLIGHT and ALL ‘thor City Terosits received subject to cheek. We ray SPECIAL attention to obtaining CORRRCE = an@ RELIABLE information regarding our various city : eecuritien ard are prepared at all t:iues to newer ingul- iite regarding same. HARRY ©. TOWERS & CO., BANKERS, BROKEKS AND INSURANCR, . Comamsioners, | ™531 * 1450 F £TREET NORTHWEST, Incorporated in 1868 for twenty-five years by the Lacia- —— Leo set OC toh iets yurrosee with = | Private Sroce Tewrorarn Wiees Orbe $860,000 bis sinos 5 WASHINGION, NEW YORK AND RICHMOKD, leaf anu State fre "Guey Giscte “Suwmzs Deawimos tke A iD OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FOR- ‘TUN! RAND DRAWIN ASS aT . H. DODG:! EW ORLEANS. ‘TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, ie, 189Tm Mowraty Dra’ "aL PRIZE $75,000. CaPIT: 200,000 Tickets at $Seach. Fractious, in fifths, in pro- i ui i i i | ! ! d it & Fy i ef te ‘ty, 16, 21, 25, 28, ual, & avenie