Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1886, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON.: D. C.. SATURDAY, HOME MATTERS. 43 EXCELLENT 84LAD—ZICH YELLOW DECO- RATIONS PRETTY SHADES—ACTDS FOR REME- DIES—STAMPED LEATHER WORK, ETC. Pretry SHADES for lamps and candles are made of pink silk covered with lace of thesaze int. BuiGut Onaxcr Drapenies for windows are mueb used, their rich tints giving brightness to ‘the rooms. Fw Tarxos Loox Ricner than a colored marble vase, mounted in gilt bronze, on @ rare Marble siab. How To take the rust out of a teakettle. Grease it thoroughly with lard or suet and let Mt stand three or four days. Then wash it, MvctLaGe.—Put an ounce of glue into a bo tle and cover it with good cider vinegar. Add alcobol if you wish to Use for somé length of ti IN MAKING a Ham SANDWICH, grate the am or mince it fine before spreading the Dread. A sandwich shouid never require the teeth to be used as aknife, or leave the person @ating it at the inconvenience of a large slice of meat in the mouth. Rich Yeitow Decorarroxs are farnished by the new calenduias in plenty for table adornments. This is a florist’s tnumph—an evolution of the old-fashioned marigold out of ep the mucilage tor y years ago. Miss Edge- worth's by who flavored her motuers Drotus wi marigold, never dreame that this common family name of flowers ‘would go on the table in auy other way.—Phii- ddelphia Ledger. Foraro Fatrrexs.—One pint of boiled and mashed, haifa cup{ul of bot milk, three table- spooniuis of butter, three of sugur, twoeggs, a Kittle nutineg, one teaspoonful of salt, Add the mlik, butter, sugar and the seasoning of the Mastied potato, and then add the eggs well Beaten. Stir until very smooth and light. Spread about half an inch de: buttered dish, and set to cool. into aquares. Dip in beaten ¢; in bread ¢rumbs, and fry brown in voiling fat, Serve immedlace!: Vey Nice ALMonpCaxes for coffee or after- noon tea are made by this recipe: Halt a pound f butter, half a pound of sifted flour, half a of blanched almonds beaten fine in a of grated; two egus and the grated rind @f haif a iemon. Beat the butter to a cream Snd mix it to w paste with the other ingredi- ents, saving balf the sugar and grated almonds to sprinkle over the cases. When the paste is le roll it out nearly balf an inch in thick ness; cut it in lozenge-suaped pieces; glaze with Beaten white of exe; sprinkle them with the mixed almond and sugar and bake in a moder- ate oven until th ellow. VENTILATING BEDROOMS.—It is sometimes a ifficult matter to ventliate bedrooms properl$. Opening a window often causes a draught that may be more injurious than air less pure. Very simple ventilator, which allows a iree cur- Fent of air, without producing a draught, may be made one. Have a piece of inch board, four inches or more in width, cut to fitin the window casing. It shouid be long enough to preclude any druught entering on either side. Raise the window and rest iton the top of the Board, so that no air may pass between the sash and the board. A tree current of air will then between the upper and lower sash to com- ly ventilate the room, AN EXCELLENT SALAD is made of red cab- Dage and cvieriac (knub celery), Boil the cel- ery until done in salt and water; it must not be too soft. Pee! itand cut it in pieces, being eareful to reject any woody portions. While still warm, mix with ir and salt, and pper to taste. Tu +, and, after remo ter it, wash it well and tet it ¢ staik$ ang all the ribs, and shee fine; mix with oil, vine Put the celery in the cen’ and form a ring of tue it to taste. salad dish, ed eal about it. Celery leaves or fine endive may be Used to garnish the center. Acips Fox REMEDIES.—Good cidar vinegar is recommended for diarrhea, two ounces for an adult, and one — teaspoontul, moderately diluted, for a child of one year. An excelient remedy for hiceough for young and oid is granulated sugur moisteued with pure vinegar. For an i ve from afew rains to a teaspooniul. Beat in mind that mons are the wisi useful fruit in domestic economy. The juice of bait lemon in a teacup Of strong black cotive, without sug often cure a sick headache. Lemon juice and salt Will remove ordinary iron rust. If the bands are stained, there is nothing that will remove the stains so well as lemou. Cut a lemon in ba! agnd apply the cut surface as li it were soaj Mon juice is also a remeds @nd for so-caiied biliousness of spring. In the latter case. take the juice of a lemon before breakfast. “Tue pulp misty also be eaten, avoi img every particle of siin. Lemon wih sugar mixed very thick, and taten at intervais, Felieves coughs. It must be very acid as weil sweet. How To Treat Corxs.—Some corns are so Painful that neither paint nor plaster ean be en- dured, something of the nature of a shield alone wing relief. For such cases as these the fol- wing wrinkle may be appreciated: Take a corn shield, enlarge the diameter of the hole to Samal extent by means of a knife or scissors, ‘and apply in the usual way. Then place in the holiow thus formed over the corn a small quan- tity of any of the following soiutions: seid and ‘ext. cannabis ind. dissolved in ether, or ext. cannabis indica 4y dracum, dissolved in 2 drachins of liquor potasse, or a ‘saturated so- Jution of iodine or iodide of potash in strong alcohol. The shield does the doubie service of | taking the pressure of the boot off the corn, and atthe same time preventing the liquid being Fabbed off by the sock, while all of these solu- dons penetrate tue skin much more rapidly than the usual coliodion preparation, aud ure gonsequenily more effective in their operation. Saturated solution of iodine often suc ceeds in removing corus aud indurated epider- mis wher other remedies have failed, and the well-known solvent action o: liquor potasse is @sufficient credential to induce for it at least a ‘Wial.—The Chemist and Druyyist London.) Parreess ts StaureD LeatHen.—Draw a pattern, say of twelve inches by twelve, leaving always a margin o: from two to four inches or more, This is indispensable, for in making up all of this is frequeutly required. For a be- gtuner, the design should be entirely in outline With no inside tenes, stich as are required by feathers in a bird, fins ina fish, etc. Neither should a leaf lap or lie upon a leaf or stem if it can be avoided. Shun ail “picture-makinz” details. Draw the pattern on thin but tough paper. There is a kind of cheap note paper jed parchment bank paper which is perie adapted to the purpose. Then shape th and soak it for a quarter of an hour in he warm, or cold water. The harder and ti the leather, the long and the hotter the must be. can experiment with waste bits to tain the proper degree of softness. Then ge Doard; a bread or kneading board or drawi beard made in th'ee Bot warp when wet. ring the le: dry it between towels, lay it on the board and {atk It down with drawing pins or tacks to the edges. Do not draw it very tight, nor let it be at all loose. Wipe it dry again, lay the paperon it, and mark the pattern through on the heather With @ wheel, a smooth agate, or an ivory point.” A" tracer with u point ike aserew=iriver Tay aleo be used lor this, as well as for cutting a the leather. When it is ail marked out re- move the paper.— From the Art Journal. CUIR-BOUILLI, ok STAMPED LEATHER WorK. The leather work which I descrive is very dit ferent from the manufacture of fowers aud iruit from scraps, geaeraily applied to picture frames and on whieh severa! works have been itten, The kind now in qu ion belongs to what is it becomes so suit that it may be moulded or Worked in the muss, or stamped in sheets. When dry it wili be as bu bardness may be grea: ry ing alcm, and, ts a lewer degree, salt In the Water. “Itcan also be ctifteued with sizeduids or varnisi. Hats subjected to pre= Gairames may oc Stamped in patterus, plain or teed "to ‘cover the” seats, and chairs, tables, the panels of doors, boxes, books, alboms; in short, flat surtaces which require ornament. profitable 1 i labor aad fable tn propertion, to the time, labor and Expense involved. ‘The material to begsed by beginner is the leather known as basil, or rus set. A gvod skin, costing about four shillings, Wilt do for a beginning. There is skiver, or split sheep skin (much thinner and cheaper) Whicd is used for certain work, thick Fuseet aad thin sole leather (much more expensive) for more advanced artists; also scrap-leaither and ‘Waste, all of whieh bave their uses. in select- ing pn out with great care those with- @ut holes, fuws, or disevlorations, since a trifl- ing detect wili greatly injure any but the coars (88 work.—#rom the Art Journal. leces Is best, s colored, is backs of dados, It is of My Sailor. ‘He lay at my side on that eastern bill, ty brave sweet lad with the golden hate, Abd gazed af the vewels which seeme! to All ‘The rippling breadth of the harbor tere: ‘The diack-null’d veweis from over the sea, ‘The whiveqailed Vewels that come aud went, “Tam going to sail away,” sali he, ‘To anil some day to my beart's content! “shal! see he waving of south-iand palms Hie dark Herce oct eels Aind gutver tae grapes. asa a From vines oa soise Spanisn convents wall” 3 Al for rbeumstism, | ¢ | that th ‘any | ninor arts periiaps the easiest and most | EBRIETY AN EDITY. Dr. T. D. Crothers Tells of the Ultimate Effeet of Intemperance. From the New York World, 8th. A well-attended meeting was held last night at the Thirteenth-Street church ander the auspices of the Presbyterian Temperance Insti- tute. The address of the evening was delivered by T. D.Crothers, M. D., of Hartford, Conn., superintendent of Walnut lodge. Dr. Crothers is a recognized authority upon the treatment of inebriety, and gave his audience last night a synopsis of the result of nis scientific researches into the subject of drunkenness as an heredi- tary failing, and the diseases of mind and body transmitted by intemperate parents to thelr children, Premising that inebriety 1s a disease, one of a group comprising consumption, Insanity, bo lepsy, hysteria, the speaker declared that causes of the latter are often to be found in ex- cessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors, while - infrequently the intemperate habits are the result of the other diseases; that improper treatment of the one too often sows the of The disease once developed moves iy from one stage to another as con- sumption or typhoid fever. It is only neces- sary for the expert to know when the case started and its present stage of development to know how far it may be chgnged by treatment, Alcohol in any form destYoys the healthy ac- ti, ity of blood and brain, and the advisability of its moderate use as a beverage, or even as @ medicine, is still an unsettled question among scientists. “Alcoholic heredity, or the transmis- special tendency to use spirits, or any he said, “is much more common than is supposed.” Dividing the cases into classes, Dr. Crothers explained that among the direct heredities— those persons whose parents or grand-parents used spirits to excess—the line of the inberit- ance will from father to daughter and from mother to son. “About one in every three “continued the speaker, “may be traced to inebriate ancestors.” Quite a large propor- tion of these parents are moderate or only ex- sive users of spirits. Ifthe father is a mod- erate drinker, and the mother a nervous, con- sumptive woman, or one with a weak, nervous organization, inebriety very often follows In the children. If both parenis use wine or beer on the table continuously, temperate, sober children will be the exception tothe rule. It the mother uses various forms of alcoholic medicines or nareotic di for real or imaginary purposes, the inebriety of the ebildren is very common. Many cases have been noted of ‘mothers using wine, beer, or some form of alcoholic drinks for lung trouble or other affections, and the children born dur ing this period have been inebriates, while others born before and after this drink period have been temperate. This heredity is often seen in the early strange cravings of caildren for food and fluids; also in the peculiar tastes and impulsive and rly digestive troubles, |L wine, cider, and still stronger drinks are ekitions to the organism in the rest and re- lief they bring. In other cases a precocious, nervous and mental development is seen in ‘hese children, when suddenly from the appli- cation of some peculiar, exciting cause the alcoholic heredity bursis into great promi- nence.” Dr, Crothers maintained that many diseases prevalent in certain families, such as minor iorms of insanity, consumption and various nerve defects, a the result of the excesses of some intemperate ancestors. Where such is the case, the speaker explained, a return to in- ebriety may be expected in the third genera- the opinion of the speaker a third eredities is to be found among the progeny of insane or consumptive people or of paupers and criminals, “In these cases there seems to ve in certain families a regular cycle of degenerative diseases. Thus in one genera- great eccentricity, genius and a bigh order motional development. Extreme religious e: r unreasons bie scepticism, ploneers or martyrs foran idea and extremists in all mat- | ters. In the next —— insanity, ine- briety, feeble-minded or tdiots, In the third neration pauipers, criminals, tramps, epilep- s, Idiots, insanity, consumption, and ine- In ‘the fourth generation they die out, ¥ swing back to great genius, pioneers, and beroes or leaders of extreme movements. el, the Canadian rebel, was an example of In these farnilies there ts in all prob- a vital element stronger than the stream neration, whieh is strengthened by mar- th better blood, but still this degenera- sis and comes to the surtace in these | | | | iy and mind. There can be no | doubtof the possibility that the moderate or | excessive use of spirits in parents will build up | this very | ease. eri | the fon heredity and carry a stream of dis- inaiity and pauperism down through oming generations.” physical deiormities or an inharmon- ‘are indications, Dr. Crothers editary curse of alcoholism. ity, in the opinion of speaker, diminishes longevity and renders per- sons with such a taint more Ukely to succumb Uo the attacks of disease. As « correction of the existing evil the doctor recommends, primarily, total abstinence, in- tauriage With persons free from the curse and @ more bamane and practicable method of dealing with drunkards than by confining them in the jails and penitentiaries of the country to herd With criminals, while the craving fordrink grows tor want of proper treatment of the dis- ease. Educational advantages tor those at flicted with this hereditary taint intensifies the development of the malady, owing to the ab- aithy brain and herve force, resuit- | al impulses. Education and mar , in the speaker's opinion, should be gov- erued by a knowledge of heredity. ee | The Red Snow Alge. From Chambers’ Journal. Atfirst the alza of red snow was looked upon as the sole inhabitant of the ice-lands of the polar regions; but in 1870 Dr. Berggren, botanist of Nordenskjold’s expedition, dis- covered a second or reddish-brown alga, It is allied to the “snow-blossom,” but has this peculiarity, that it is never found on snow, but, combined with the kyrokonit, it covers enormous tracts of ice, giving to them a _beau- Uful purple brown tint, which greatly adds to | ir beauty, Besides growing on the surface this red-brown alga was also found oles one or two feet deep, and three or { across, in some parts’so numerous that there was scarcely tween them. A close ex- that this very alga was the s wherever it spreads. It-| t favors the meiting of the lee. The dark-brown body absorbs more heat than | either the gray dust or the snow, therefore it sinks ever deeper into the holiows, until the | slanting rays of the sun can no longer reach [it Thus these microscopic alge play the art on the fee-flelds ot Greenland that | small stones do on Ej ropean glaciers. By ples they give the warm summer urfuce to take hold of, and thus materiuily assist the meiting of the ice. Per- hapsitis to these microscopic atoms that we owe some of tue vast changes that our globe has experienced; it may be by their agency Vast wastes of snow that iu the glacial fered covered great tracts both of | the | European and American continents for some distance from the poles, have melted gradually and given place to shady woods and | fields of grain. Itis indeed a remarkable in- Stance of the power and importance of even the smailest thing in nature; all the more interest- | ing In this case, that the sun creates tor itself in these tiny dark atoms, the instruments for | boring through the ice. ————— see ____ The Use and Abuse of the Mackintosh. | From the London Lancet. | Waterproof garments are Intended to keep out tie wet. It isa drawback of their use and @ serious discount on their value that they also, and in direet proportion, keepin the warm Vapor which ought to escape from the body, and, condensing it, saturates the ordinary clothing with moisture, which begins to evapo- | rate the moment the mackintosh is removed. | Endeavors to ventilate water-proot clothing by | cunniuly contrived slits and holes have been | persistently made, and with varying measures | of success.” For a time, and under certain pro- pitious conditions, ventilated mackintoshes | are less injurious tian those which are unven- Ulated; but we incline to the belief that it is in | the Jadictous wearing of these defences against | the “weather rather than In their construction | that salety must be sought. The mackin- tosh needs to be so loosely made that | there may be as free an escape for the per- spiration as can be secured consist- with keeping out the wet. Practi- | waterproor clothing ought always to take | the shape of a cape or cloak rather than a coat, | aud the smallest practieable parts of the body | should be enveloped by any single sheet of the | material. ‘Thus the shoulders and chest_ may be covered by a cape, the hips and front of the body by askirtorapron. The lower extrem! ties, if they must needs be covered at all in this way, should be separately provided, and by preterence with a very wide skirt, In’ place of those most pernicious leg wraps,” the con- ¥entioual overalls or trousers. It’ Is by no means surprising that the wearing of water: proot leggings or overalls is, sooner or later, In the majority of cases followed by rheumatism, or even worse troubles. Somethiug would be gained If it were more generally understood and borne in mind that the mackintosb, under ‘any and all of its forms, is usetul only in portion as It keeps out the wet, and that it ria; | ently nt i glways periious in proportion’as it unduly raises the heat of the skin and moistens {he ordinary clothing by Keeping in the perspir al An Ajax Whe Defied Death’s Bolt. From the San Francisco Chronicle, A very remarkable thing in connection with the frightful death ot George F. Tribon, who was killed by @ runaway team in Portland on ‘Thursday, was that on the day previous to his death be is reported to have said to an ac quaintance in a fit of despondency: “I hope every manin Portland will be struck dead be- fore 10 o'clock to-morrow.” “Do you make no exceptions?” was asked. “Come to think of it, I might except myselt,” was the reply. 10 o'clock the next ‘morning he was down himself, while the rest lived. +0 A Greenery-yallery Little Gal. From the Boston Transcript. A correspondent tells of a pretty picture seen recently at a children’s party in London. The little daughter of the house was dressed in brown plush, with a yellow silk, and Goll was a thlniatare ropsceuction, of beveake Not satisfied with, this, imissy petitioned for yw ribbons for her tiger kitten’s neck, and three made @ charming little group, WARFS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Ratmed Cities that Testify of Their Fermer Existence. ‘From the New York Tribune. Stories about diminutive people are found in many countries, not as of real beings, but shadows that come and go, and are called by various names, such as fairy, fay, elf, pixie, ete. Nowhere are such little people more talked about than in some parts of Central America, notably in British Honduras and Yucatan, where people little more than four feet high are Yery numerous even at the present time. ‘Whenever the natives are questioned abont the ancient temples found in their country they say: “The pygmies built them,” and although no importance is generally at- tached to that answer, it is a strange fact that on the " east coast of {Yucatan as well as on ‘adjacent islands, there are whole cities, in ruinous condition, of houses that could not possibly have served for le more than three feet high. I have measured Many of those houses, which are strongly con- structed of hewn stone, and found the door- ways not more than three feet high, and eighteen inches wide, while my head nearly touched the ceilings of the largest rooms. No one can dissuade the natives from the idea that the ghosts of those diminutive people Toam about at night. They say, “but we do see them; they are not bigger than achild four Years old, and they wear big hats, They throw stones at ‘us, shake our hammocks, and ham- mer on the bench where we grind corn.’ It ja affirmed that, very diminutive people still dwell among the hills in Honduras and Guatemala, bat no one seems able to put his fingers upon them, which wouid lead to the be- lef that If there are any still living, as so many assert, they must be very few, and successful In hiding. Nevertheless, it 1s credibly related that one day inthe year 1825, some woodeutters, wandering along the banks of the Moho river, in British Honduras, in search of mahogany tees, ‘were startled ‘upon teaching a place 2 called Meditation Fall by a strange little that suddenly emerged trom the bush, stare wildly at them, then turned to flee. The men pursued, overtook, aud brought the odd creature to theircamp. It was a dark-skinned girl, not quite three feet tall, and with no other covering than her hair, which fell in thick Diack masses to her fect, completely coverin; her. She was very wild, but not stupid, and finding that ‘no hatm was done to her, she talked to the wood-cutters in the Maya tongue that they also spoke, that being the lan- guage of the Indians in those parts. As the Weather was cool, one of them gave her a red flannel shirt, which clothed her from head to toot. Fora day or two she refused to eat, but afterward seemed contented. She said her people were all the same size as herself,and that they were then livin ‘near Meditation Fall, where they had planted a cornfield, but that they generally dwelt three or four miles away ina deep valley. After she had been in the camp about ten days, some of the men pro- posed to go and see her people. She manifested delight, and offered to guide them to the spot. Reaching the place where they first met her, she led them into the forest, then madeasign for them tostopand besilent, A hub-bub of voices,as of many people talking, reached their ears,and the girl wuispered to them that she would go and announce their coming, as other- wise her people would run’ away and hide on hearing footsteps. Away she went‘ and soon not a sound was heard. The men waited patiently, but their diminutive guide did not return. Convinced that she had very cunningly eluded them, they went forward.and in two minutes found theinselves in a cornfieid, There were embers in two or three places, and small piles of corn, as if prepared for transpor- tation. The ground was much trodden, but no living creature was in sight. They searched in vain, and remained some time in the field hop- ing that the owners would return for the corn, but they never saw the girl again, nor any of her people. One of those very wooden gave me this account, and similar stories have Ls told by others; but ali such stories might be doubted were it not for thecities of diminutive houses, which any traveiler may examne for himself, ALIcE D. LE PLONGEON, += A Pri Impressible? Perhaps Tn love? Well, hardiy thai T would indite ad epigram To one I never shail furge:. Handsome?, f have not seen her face. Her voice? Its tones are strange tome, Still I believe that every grace ‘Dwells in her in epitome. I base my faith upon one thing, And argue from analogs. ‘Her hat was smal: and thus I sing. ‘Tsat behind her at the play. +3. A. Warpnow. ——+es The Town Cow Diseussed. From the West Union (0.) People’s Defender. One of the most annoying things that the country people have to contend with Is the or- inary town cow. When the farmer leaves home he puts in the bottom of his sleigh or sled @ bountiful armful of hay. This answers the twofold purpose of a seat and to keep the feet of himself and the good wife warm. He arrives at town, unloads his wife in front of seme store, and. proceeds to hitch his team as some point about the public square, No sooner Is bis back turned than a dozen starved cows Immediatel surround his sled, and before he can say “Jacl Robinson, with his mouth open,” every straw in his sled has goue through the gastric orifices of the aforesaid cows. We noticed one particu- lary eareful fellow the other day, Aiter hitch- ing his team he took his hay and carried it into the court-house yard. He was going to have the dead-wood on that bunch of hay, and de- parted for a saloon with a grin on his face. We watched the proceeding with considerabie in- terest. He was not out of sight, until three or four long-horns opened the gate and proceeded to the pile and cuewed itup. Clubbing these Jean kind does no good. In fact, they rather enjoy the fun. You can take an ordinary stick of cordwoud and bounce {t from off their car- casses fifty feet high and they will turn around and smile at you. ‘They don't even grunt when you bave bit them hard enough to stave in their ribs, Such punishment seems only to act 48 a tonic; 1t whets their appetites and makes them enjoy the repast which the farmer has hauied to them from his home many miles dis- tant. And after it is all over, just notice the peculiar look they give the man who came to town sitting on a pile of hay, as he departs for home sitting on the bare boards! The town cow is @ nulsance, but at the same time a necessity in all rural villages. A “home with- out a mother” would not be a more lonesome spectacle than a raral village without its herd of lean, long-horned, stump-tailed cows, tee. War Between the Cat and Catfish. ‘From the Strictly Veracious Hoxawottamle Herald. Theophilus Skimper is generally sized up as the most incompetent man in Hoxawottamie, but Theophilus has knocked this town silly with bis cat story about the Tarn, Skimper hasn't but one shirt, aad always goes cut to the Tarn to wash It, Skimper had Just stretched his old shirt out to dry on the end of a sunny log, when he found he'd been followed all the way from Hoxawot- tamie by his old gray cat with the nine kittens, ‘The blamed thing monkeyed around hisankles awhile, then carried her kittens one by one to the end of alog hanging over the water, and sat down by ’em and began fishing with her tall, | She was having pretty fair luck when she spled a whole schoo! of young catfish swimming up into shoal water. The old catflsh was proba- bly somewhere out in deeper water, "uss made one spring and yanked a littlecat- fish out of the water. Then she ran out to the end of the log and gave it to one of the kittens, No sooner had she turned her back, however, to get another little catfish before the old cat: fish Jumped froma the deep water to the end of the log and yanked one of them kittens away as slick as wax, When puss came back with the second catfish the kitten which had been eating the first young catfish had disappeared and was feeding the old catish. This made puss mad, and she chewed the second young cattish up betore the eyes of the frantic parent. Tosane with rage, the old catfish jumped to the end of the log, and with a shrill shriek bita kitten square in two. ‘This internecine and fratricidal strife contin- ued until the cat had eaten up all the young catfish and the catfish had eaten up all the young kittens. The old catfish hadn't been able to chew all the kittens, but had just swal- lowed some whole. The’ consequence was they began mewing and set the mother cat pretty near wild. Thix seemed to afford the old catfish the most unalloyed delight, and sticking head out of the water with a broad grin, she e the mother cat iull benefit of the post- mortem concert, ‘The mother cat couldn't stand i rightatop the old catfish’s back. “0-0 h-h!” Went the catfish, and away she started across the Tarn, giving puss a bath every minute or two, and yelling with rage. a As Bad as the Congressional Record. From the Arkansaw Traveller. The editor of an Arkansaw newspaper published at Wiley’s Cove sent the following letter to the editor of the North Ameri can Review: “My Dear Sir-Ever since my paper has been started, I have, off snd on, copied from your publication, but you havo never copied a line from my paper, the Rooster. I have bought your publication, hoping to see if you from me, but ou never have. 1am aman who believes that jurn about is fair play. When s man treats me well i treat him well, aud now, sir, I desire to and jumped say that I am not going to copy anything more from ‘you. T Gon propose 8 edvertie your magazine for nothing. I will keep on, however, Judge: ‘Mind, I don't urge’you, but don be tate to say that if you fail it fs all over with New York Correspondence of Kansas City Journal, Imet atthe Lotus club the other evening Robert Garrett, in whose presence Vanderbilt tw live up to his patrimony. He is bright- looking mar‘and not a bit of a di ently—but he is very exquisite and fastidious about his clothes. I story about vy taloons ha: well. He on A FEBRUARY 20, 1886—DOUBLE SHEET. Which is Often Asked Fer. ‘From the New York Tribune. ‘The Tribune receives many inquiries like the following: “Can you tell me what is the best system of shorthand? Can it be mastered without @ teacher, and in what timet Some people ad- vertise to teach it in three months; can it be learned in that time? Iss knowledge of short- hand necessary toobtain a situation asa re- porter on a newspaper? How are stenographers paid? By answering these questions you will greatly oblige,” etc. ‘These questions have been submitted to a highly successful stenographer, who returns OTe ayslous most widely practioed here ere e systems. mi e “Bon.” Piuman's, ‘Munson's, Isaac Pitman’ and Graham's. They are all much alike; prac ically they all make use of the same material. le, however, who seem There are not a few peoy to spend most of their time in trying to demon- strate that any one of the above systems is vastly superior to ail the rest; but that sort of talk is in the main nonsense, and the student will do well to concern himself little about it, Bach of these systems has turned out first-class stenographers, an re are iy st Rographers who write other aystems fess gea- M ads On the man than erally known. on the syste! y the rapher does not adhere closely to any one sys- tem, but appropriates suggestions from all. ‘Short-hand can be learned by the aid of text- books without teacher, though, of course, a pupil {s likely to make’ better progress with competent instruction. If this cannot be ob- tained the student shonld endeavor to make the acquaintance of some practical stenogra- pher, who will give bim occasional hints and see that he keeps on the right track. Most of the text-books abound in too many refinements and contractions, whereby a few scratches ma; be made to represent a whole sentence, mucl to the del ght of the novice. The only practical objection to this sort of short hand is that such notes” are found to have halt a dozen different meaniugs when “cold,” and perhaps none of them the correct one. "Short- and is a compromise between speed and legi- bibility. The beginner is apt to pay too exclusiv attention to the former, and should therefor be warned not to bother with too many contrac- tions. th of time it will take a lad to teach ‘The lent himself shorthand depends, first, on the sort of lad he is, and second, on the amount of time he cau give toit, To master shorthand requires, above all things, patience and perseverance. A lad study:ng alone will generally bave to stick to ithard for couple of years betore he can make it pay. Afew may in half the time, People who advertise that they can teach shorthand thoroughly in three months should not be believed. A knowledge of shorthand is not necessary to obtain @ situation on a newspaper, though, other things being equal, a reporter ‘who cau write shorthand Is better equipped for general newspaper work than a reporter who cannot, Asa matter of fact, there are not more than a dozen shorthand writers regularly employed on all the great New York dailies together. In England @ reporter must know shorthand, Most of this work consists of verbatim report- ing. Here strictly verbatim work is not often required except for great meetings. The most Successful reporter is he who can best present the interesting points of a scene or speech in a readable, attractive shape. The American pub- lic does not cure much for mere verbiage. Expert stenographers who take testimony in court often earn handsome sums, But such expertness is attained only by years of practice and great natural aptitude for the work. “Halt- way” stenographers are abundant in New York who are glad to work for $15 a week, often less, A stenographer who is competent to attend to the correspondence of a railroad official or some man of large affairs usually gets trom $20 to $30 a week. Oi course if the stenographer is something more than a mere machine man and can do other things well besides writing short- hand, so much the better are bis chances of making good wages. ‘here Is no mystery about shorthand. It does not require any unusual amount of brains or any exiruordinary powers of memory toacquire it.” But it does require to be stuck to persist- ently. ‘There is no recreation in learning it. If only halt known it is treacherous and worse than useless. Nobody should take it up unless prepared to make great sacrifices of time and patience, ——_—+e+____ Picking Out Good Oranges. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Tovery many an orange is an orange, the only variation distinguishable being in size and corresponding price, while those who know the difference between “Florida,” “Sevil.e” and “Messina” oranges are considered experts, The “Florida Catechism” tells us better than that. We learn from it that there are “over thirty” varieties of sweet oranges, not to mention the “natural stock,” which 1$ alarger and hard- somer fruit than the sweet orange, and is excel- lent for orangeade and marmalade, but, being yery sour, is seldom shipped north. | The me- dium sizes are apt to the choicest, and “probably the very sweetest orange that is marketed isthe rusty coated and rather Ill ooking orange, which might be considered 11 ferior by an amateur.” ‘Furthermore: “The way to detect oranges {is to ‘heft’ them in your hands; pick out the thin-skinned heavy fruit and you are all right.” The light-weight fruit is apt to be juiceless, a condition caused either by a slight freezing while on the tree, or, more probably, by the poverty of the soil in’ which it grew. All this applies to the sweet oranges, The “kid glove” oranges are grown in Florida from two stocks brought, respectively, from China and Tangiers, Hence they are culled Mandarin and Tangerine oranges, Both are small; the skin is loose and easily removed, and the sec- tions fall apart so readily that a’ lady can eat one without soiling her gloves; hence the name, Some other interesting bits of information may be pickea out from this “Catechism.” It is not generally known, for insance, that “an orange that is entirely dead ripe in December will hang on the tree until March, and is ready at any time to be picked and shipped:” while, so far trom deteriorating, “the tonger they hang on the trees the sweeter they grow,” and Flor ida oranges purchased in February and March are therefore apt to be better than those pro- cured early in the season.. Again, the notion that to kuow what an orange is really like one must go where the oranges grow at ars be @ popular fallacy, as we are told that “the orange picked from the tree is no riper or better than the orange on the fruit stall in the north.” — see. ttle Feet. ‘Two little feet. so small that both may nestle ‘Two tender fest avon the untried border nder feet Upon the unt ‘Of Life's mysterious land. Dimpled and soft, and pink a« peach-tree blossoms In Aprils fragrant days,— ‘How can they walk among the briery tangles ‘Edging the world's rough ways? ‘These white-rose feet along the doubtful future ‘Must bear a woman's load: Alas! since woman has the heaviest burden, ‘And walks the uardest roud. Love, @r a while will make the path before them. ‘All dainty, smooth and talr— ‘Will cull away he brambles, letting only ‘The roses b.ossom there; But when the mother’s watc!:ful eyes are shrouded ana net Sak oP eT ae obey en enti, vibe atea car el. How will they be allured, betray laded,— oor ite uutaught feces oo Into what weary mazes will they wander, ‘What daugers will they meee” Will they go stumbling blindly in the darkness Of sorrow's tearful shares? oe Or find the upland slopes of Peace and a Whose sunlight never tudes? a ‘Will they go tolling up Ambition’s summit, “fre commion world nogvey Or in some nameless vale securely sheltered, Walk side by side with Lover Some feet there be which walk Life's track | some eat nace an MEG oan A round of bappy days, paty But they are few. Far more there are who wander Who find tnels your ng ti tetas and ‘And long to reach the! How shall it be with her, the tend Dehcs Cea eRe ee ‘Stretches so strange and wider. Ab! who may read the future? For We crave all blessin And pray that He who feeds able to master it tweet Aine ‘guide the baby’s fers” E Tavens "FLORENCE PERcr. Recollections of Jim Heene’s Wild Life. From the Syracuse Standard. I see by the papers that James Keene, the author of more corners in grain than there are angles in geometry, has gone broke at last, Keene rode the high horse for a good many years, lavished his substance like a lord and never looked beyond the tip of his nose, Fora long time he maintained out of his private Bint $i hi Atala” aattuiaet sea told me that in all his club experiences he never sow things fly as they did in that house, carearainesd @ suugrraty Rees 1 @ the threshold, ‘The cigars wore of the finest brand, the wines of ‘and the reeks of the oldest, there a house. tutions were the (} Clara—Thavks, Charley, no more, Charley—Just one more, for my saket Clara—Well, for your sake, 1 will just takeone Unt MOST WONDERFUL Fash OF THs PRESENT ACEO res without medicine of any sort, will’be at 725 STHURSDAY aed FRID AP ES Will recetve and treat the sick om Rms 7108 h st new. Wi EDNESDAY. , where he 5 ans ‘hear thelecture on health by Prof W- to sce the wonderful healing. powers store the heating ior A teen deaf for fifty years, anid to a young man who lost ‘age of fur ‘Herald. ‘shove’ mentioned "is Ds. ‘of 1107 Girard-trert. Phila. Dr. ce ery neat vai th view of such marvellous results vestified to it local papers, his ‘services should be tn. great de- ‘wherever he g0e.—, ia paper, 1885. RURUMATION™POUR YEAR Wasnixotox, D.C, May 20. ‘To the Public: hereby certify that in ‘two treat- ments by Dr. B. F. BROWN, of lelphia, giveo in this. city, I was completely’ cured of {aflau muscular rheumatism. and Iam very happy togive this testimonial ‘The complaint was of nearly years’ standing. JAMES TAYLOR, nw. (Mr, Taylor has been for 34 yearsaresident of Washington, and had been, unable ta write a word for uF years Ubtil he signed the above, SPINAL DERANGEMENT. Wasninaton, D. C.. May 15, 1885, To THe Puszic at Lazor:’ This may certify that my granddaughter, Estelle Randull, who bed been for ‘several days confined to her bed with what was pre Bounced a disorder of the spinal oolumn of fong standing, entirely unable to walk or hold her head in an upright , Was visited om the evening of May levy Dr. BF. BROWN, of Philadciphia wie was temporarily at the Natlondl hotel, | No medicine was administered. nor was anything employed but the doctor's own lianda.” ‘The treatment was given at my realdence, 458 © street northwest, the child had been carried from ‘@ reclining chair and Pieced in her bed by her mother and myself, Dr. ‘work was performed. I accompanied bim to the door, and on my immediate return to the child, to m: Otter amazemen:, Hstelle wae siting upright. {a bed, and in s ‘ew minutes arose and walked across the Toom. This afternoon she was abieto and did walk from our home to the National hotel, Pennsylvania avenue and 6th street, and recetved s second treat ‘ment, after which, so far as we can judge, ahe is en- Urely cured. We' regard her recovery in so short time as little, if anything, less than a miracle, and gratefully give our testimony respecting her remark- able cure. “Kstel.e berseif, or any member of our family, will gladly tell her story to any one calling at the house. (signeay Mrs. A. P. Keercrmar. In a letter dated January 29, 1886, from the above lady she states the cure was permanent Child is all we STIFF KNEE CURED. WASHINGTON, D_G., May 15,1885, ‘To whom it may concern: I Have been for some three years a sufferer ‘@ stlif knee, making it exceed Togly painful for me to walk, and absolutely prevent- Ing my straightening the limb, DR. B. F. BROWN, ry lelphiia, treated my knee by the laying on of his hands, In the presence of a large audience, in G. A. R Hail, April 1 present year. Upon leaving the platform las teow minuten. the joint had become Quite flexible, and, notwithstanding the fact that my employment was for two subsequent weeks of 90m severely Lying to Joluts and tusc es, constant im provement has followed, and now, “mouth, experience no other discomfort than a comparatively Slight soreness, Just as mnight be expected it's person of my age—68 years, (Signed) HENRY M. HIGBEE, 502 RI. avenue h.w.. Ifs sufferer from any disease do not fail to the Doctor at the above address. ‘Mome office, 804 N. Sth st, Philadelphia, Pa, £16-177,19,20,22-5t Eerrazziowa OR SKIN CANCER For seven years I suffered witha cancer on my face. Hight, months ago a friend recommended the use of Swift's Specific and I determined to make an effort to procure it. In this I was successful, and be- gan ts use. ‘The influence of the medicine at first was to somewhat vate the sore; but soon the inflam- ation wae alluyed,and I began t9 improve ater the first few bottles, My general health has greatly im- Proved. I am stronger, and able t do auy kind of work. “The cancer on my face began to decrease and the ulcer to heal, unti) there is not a vestige of it left— only a ttle scar marksthe place, MES. JOICIE A. McDONALD. Atlanta, Ga,, August 11, 1885 Ihave had s cancer on my face for some years. e: tending from one cheek bone across the nise to the other. “It has given me a great deal of pain, at times burning and itching to such an extent that it was almost unbearable. I commenced using Swift's §) cific in May, 1885, and have used elght bottles. it given the greatest relief by removing the inflamma- on and restoring my general health. Knoxville, Iowa, Sept. 8,1895, W* BARNES ‘Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. 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