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VOL. XIV. LAKE PROVIDENCE. EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA., SATURDAY. AUGUST 17, 1901
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(At the foot ao the Hill of Endeavor, U the stepe of the fill of 1Edeave .
O .o One, look upward and sa Yo battle and toil and keep on
he hine of the prim or th e Bitering prim
That dazzles our eyes dhat drl
With the gleam of the glory to be. At eve as it did at the dawn.
War up ii th lds like a beaon, Its brilliance is always before you
Its luster illamines the world. To lighten the arduous way
And yo tu t tart yourway That leads to sueees.
Att the dwn of te day Through struggle and stress,
With the flag of your purpose unfurled. And crown you with laurel and bay
F~auth, Hope and Ambition attend you, At the top of the Hill of Endeavor,
And the line of your march is betrewn 0 Old One, look downward and cal
With the roses that bring To the brave and the true
You the fragrance of Spring, Who are following you,
While the fulness of earth seemsyourown God speed and ro cheer to them all.
- New York Independent.
MONSIEUR VOTRE.
EBY ELIA W. PrAT'TFiR.
ARIE RAGNIER brought
out a little register.
"You may write your
name here, if you will be
good enough, monsieur," she said.
Her new lodger did so, slowly, writ
Ing like one in whom sickness had de
stroyed a bold chirographer.
They talked together about the rates
of the lodging, and the man arranged
with her to give him breakfast In his 1
room.
"I am a student, madame. I study
late. It would be a great favor if I
might have coffee in my apartment."
'"That is simple. I will do it with
pleasure." They agreed upon the
terms, and he stooped to carry up his
alise.
"Pardon, monsieur, but I have no
porter."
"It is Immaterial, thank you."
But his breath came hard as he
tolled up the stairs, and by the time he
bad reached his room there were beads
of perspiration on his brow. He sat
down and panted, and his lips grew
blue. Marieo Ragnler ran down to the
dining room and brought up a little
glass of water.
"You are ill," she protested in a com
miserating voice. "I ought not to have
allowed you to carry a burden."
He drank gratefully and bowed with
grace as he sat the glass back on the
tray.
d "You are itanding, madame,"he said,
arising from his chair. To simplify
matters Marie took another chair.
"I am not married," she said, in her
hearty way. "Mother and I-we have
this house and nothing else. It is the
legacy my dear father left us. I know
S no way in which to earn my living In
the world; so we take lodgers. But
because we are two women together,
and have friends whose regard is of
Importance to us, we must be very par.
ticular about whom we admit to our
house. You will pardon me, monsieur,
but something In your face looked so
sad-I could see you were ill-that I
neglected to take my usual precau
tions; and now I see-oh, a thousand
pardons, monsieur, and it strikes me to
the heart to see you looking so pale
I see that the name you wrote in my
little register is not the same as that
upon your valise."
The man looked at her stupidly.
"It is true," he said at length, and
wiped the moisture from his blue lips.
"Which is your true name, mon
sleur'? she asked gently.
He smiled slowly and arose.
"Mademoiselle," he said, "neither is
my name. If you will allow me I will
go. I am not used to deceive-so I
blundered." He lifted the heavy va
lise and started for the stairs, but be
fore he reached them he fell prone.
Marie Ragnler rushed to him and
turned him over. He was in a dead
taint. She called her maid at the top
of her lungs.
"Lucie! Lucie! Put something on
your head and go for the chemist. We
have a sick man here. Ask Monsieur
du Bols also. He must be put to bad,
this lodger."
She ran back to the bedroom and
prepared the bed with warmed sheets,
and in a moment her neighbors were
with her.
"You are to get him safe in bed,"
she told the chemist and her other
good friend-both had known her for
many years. "You are to make him
comfortable. No doubt his night
clothes"-she blushed-"are within
that valise. I shall be without the
door, and you can call upon me for
anything."
"But, mademoiselle, it is, impossible
that you should take him. He should
go to the hospital. You may have a
sick man to attend for weeks and in
the end he may die. You are too poor
to run such a risk, mademoiselle. Very
likely this man is penniless."
Marie Ragnier lifted her head with a
hint of hauteur.
"You are mistaken in thinking me
too poor to do this," she said.
So the sick man was made comforta
ble in a soft and white bed; the shades
were lowered to protect his eyes from
the light; a Bfire was built in the grate.
When all was done the chemist took
Made Ranlier aside.
'Thls man is going to die very soon,"
he warned her.
"In a week?'
"In a month."
S'I will pray for his soul," said Marie
devoutly.
"These women are always sentlmen
tal when one least expects it," mant
S tered the chemist. But for all that be
made up his mind, if it should come to
a pinch, he would help Marie oat with
the precriptions.
Marie went back to her lodger.
"Would you like me to stew you a
thlker she asked, shyly.
"Mademoisellel I-I am thrust by
S my misfortunes upon your goodness.
\ How cearn I-my ame- -"
Marie broke nlato a youthful mile
'\ and betrayed an unsmpaected dimple.
t "I have decided about your name,"
S abe said. "I shall eall you Mske
NVotrel Whenm y are webl----"
"I shall never be wel---"
Very well. theam. e will naver e
iwell I shall tS t-ne e eIa
take i as It ema --iae m not mM
t oe sent. I 8hepi"
"Yewk le a l as aS eh&
i n. Ast aw a l.** . ts senseb-m
"Now, it is a solemn stream-it is
dark and swift-it menaces. The rap
ids of death are beyond, and I can see
the white foam that leaps from them.
In a little while I shall be engulfed."
"Monsieur Votre, it is but for a mo
ment. A swirl, a confusion, a frantic
moment, then peace! I understand
that death, like life, Is tempered to
him who must endure it. It is peace,
believe me."
"Mademoiselle, you are singularly
wise. Life and death are as one to me
because I have ceased to hope."
"Fortunately, it is not necessary to
hope for immortality. With that you
have nothing to do. It Is bestowed."
"You are a poet, mademoiselle-a
kind poet."
"I am a cook, monsieur. I will pre
pare the chicken."
She went out and then came back
suddenly. She looked at her lodger
for a few seconds with pitying and
tender eyes.
"You are safe here," she said almost
in a whisper. "When you go down into
the rapids I shall stand upon the bank,
and though I cannot help you, I shall
say: 'Monsieur Votre, he is brave! I
shall put my decoration upon you. I
shall say: 'This is my Chevalier of the
Legion of Honor.' "
The sick man raised himself on his
elbow and looked at her.
"All my life," he said, slowly, "I
have been a vessel without a destina
tion. The open sea has been mine, and
I have been blown from shore to shore,
but never known an anchorage. Can
you explain to me by what miracle I
find myself at last in harbor?"
"'There are no miracles," she
qiuoted. 'There are only .ignor
ances.' "
His eyes brightened.
"Ahr' he cried; "you know the phi
losophers!"
"I am but a woman, and I have lived
alone. But some of the great have
been my friends, though they have not
known It."
"I salute your friends, mademoiselle."
Marie Ragnier bowed gravely and
went out to direct the preparation of
the chicken broth. There was a deli
cate fush on each cheek, and her eyes
were humid with emotion, though one
looking at hek would have had trouble
to decide whether it was sorrow or
joy that lifted her face above its usual
expression.
Three weeks later the chemist said:
"He will not live a week."
"After that he will live always," she
responded.
"You are a good woman," said the
chemist. "I once knew another also."
"You are unfortunate if you have
known but two," she answered re
proachfully.
"I have known women who have
broken no law-I have known many
buch. But that is little. You have at
tained to goodness."
"You honor me too much," she said
With ail accent of perfect sincerity.
"I, who look into my own heart, know
that I am making no sacrifice in-in
caring for this man."
"I do not understand."
"You are a man. Only a woman
could understand."
She went back to her lodger.
"In a little while it will be over," she
said to him gently. "The rapids will
soon be In sight."
"Yesr
"I thought that while you were still
stroqg and clear in your mind it might
be well to give me your messages-to
whom shall I send word?"
"To no one. I desire an obliteration.
It was because I desired that; because
I had not done what I set out to do;
because I could not reflect upon oth
ers the honor they expected, that I-I
laid aside the name to which I was
born. I have worked for the gods, and
they are old and heathen. Their eyes,
blinded with much beauty, no longel
behold."
"I understand. You should have
worked for God. Then He would have
seen-also men would have loved you.n
"It is true. I am afraid I have nol
won the decoration you would bestow
upon me. I am not to be honored
mademoiselle. Obliteration - oblivior
"I shall always remember you!"
'"There are those who wish thel
might forget mE."
"I am not of those."
"I hardly understand. I have bees
only a burden to you."
"No, no. It is something I couai
tell-only to,a woman.'"
He took one of her hands gently i
his.
"But I, mademoiselle, am no longel
man or woman. The soul has no sex
anI md I am but a spirit This body-thi
accident of flesh, this hindrance to t]
best development, this achinFag matte
which clogs me-will be gone in a ta
hours. If you can tell me anythin
Sthat proves you to be my frlmad, let a
bear It for the love of mercyl I hav
heabrd no very kind things from
Bwoman's lips in all my life."
Marie aReglar pushed her hair bee
frm her bow Ipatplently with bot
s he u4ds, ad as she did as ab
5 s~msel to bash trom that tfac the "
SliatUas et th peas ILas years, T
apes ware mosest, bet hela at; th
S thra', t he birwda lnd -a
! kt .-l ! -hStl w~va ai at a ~
S *1 sR st a ewars. ahe ssL , -le.
p.; ' ; n t as e- T ' M, a r', -
S*1 s . t sm potsi,' ut $
knowh t seran would ha basse
more gtlant than this patimne."
"No me is more ganat tha you!
You are a omrade In a mna's most
desperate bor. Better than that yeO
canot be."
"I wil tell you, then. I am a woman
without a romanpe."
She paused, and the two were silent,
their hands clasped. A cold wind was
shaking the window, and the Are was
ftful.
"In a little while Itwill be dusk with.
in the room. Then I shall tell you bet
ter," whispered Marie Bagnier.
The gusty twilight came, and the
room seemed filled with spectres.
"Speak," said the dying man, "for I
have trouble to keep my mind on one
thing. This room seems to me to be
crowded with those who have jeered
at me, who have betrayed me-those
from whom I must concecl this igno
minious end!"
"There is one person in this room. It
Is the woman who had no romance
till now."
"You mean---?'
"That from the moment I saw your
face I felt that you belonged to me--or
had belonged to me. If you were t
live I would never tell you-"
"That is like a woman," he said with
some bitterness. "But I am dying, and
I may have a Barmecidlan feast!"
"Is it no more to you than that? You
will die and be compensated for all
losses. I shall live-and remember
what I have lost."
"Forgive me. I will accept my com
pensations. Living-I was scorned!
My work-It was held ridiculous! I
am dying-and I am given a boon. It
is the love ofa woman, good as the an
gels, who has loved no other man!
And I-I have never loved a woman.
I will not ask you to kiss the fever
stricken lips. My spirit kisses yours,
Marie."
Neither of them moved. They sat
silent, with their hands clasped.
Lucie, the maid, came in with the
lights.
"Turn them low," said the sick man.
"I have a notion that I may sleep."
Marie Ragnier sat by him while he
slept. Presently there came a convul
sive tightening upon her hand.
"The rapids!* The rapids!" The
words struggled up from a restricted
throat.
"I am on the shore, my chevalier!
Monsieur Votre, I behold you. I know
you are brave. I have decorated you."
There were. five minutes of strugle,
and she dinned her words into his
ears.
"It is as nothing, this death! In a
moment you will be at peace. The
waters are not so black as,they seem,
nor so cruel. In a little while they wil
give you comfort."
"Those who jeered--
"Are gone. Here is one who loves."
"Thank God! The boon--"
The hand relaxed. The body was In
ert, but in the eyes was still a gleam
of comprehension.
Marie Ragnier spoke so she might be
heard.
"Bravo! Bravo!" she said, and her
voice rang through the chamber of
death.
She folded his hands and closed his
eyes.
"It would be foolish to kiss him,"
she said. "The spirit is within ne
more." Yet she longed to. but she re
membered that he had forbidden her.
After a time she arose.
"I am no longer a woman without a
romance," she said to herself.
And she went to summon the chem
ist.-Boston Transcript.
A Benevolent Trout.
In "Wild Life in Hampshire Highn
lands" George A. B. Dewar gives this
incident of philanthropy among fish:
"I was fishing one day, some twelve
seasons ago, at Testcombe, where the
IAnton joins the Test, when I sa
swimming slowly along the side of the
stream jlust below me a large black
trouat of about two pounds. It was
year when there were many fish suf
fering from fungold disease, and th!
I trout had the fungus all over its head,
and was evidently quite blind.
Behind this sick trout was a fne
healthy trout of about one and one
Shalf pounds. Both swam slowly alon:
close to the side, so that I was able
to watch them for about ten minutes
SThe healthy trout was watching ove
t the sick one. Whenever the sick fis
,got too near the edge of the strean
the healthy one would swim Ilnide
and gently push the former in the aid
with its nose, and so get it out nt
deeper water.
This was done repeatedly, until
Sput my landing net under the disease
fish and took it out of the water
Swhen the healthy one left the spot
I have not the slightest doubt tha
Sthe healthy fish had taken charge o
the sick one.
S Creative Ability.
The young man in demand every
t where to-day Is the one who can creat
rsomething, the man of productiv
I, power. There are many who can d
n routine work, follow prescribed linen
carry out in detail a program mappe
out by others, but the man of origins
Sforce, of constructive energy, who ca
start out in untrodden paths and bias
the way for others, is as rare as he 1
n valuable.
There is always a premium on th
d thinker, the man of original ideas an
methods and real productive fore
SInsurance companies are scouring th
country for such men; merchants a.
Sin need of them, great combination
, are looking for them as leaders; the
Sare wanted in law, in the busines
Sworld, In the field of science, in a
Swalks of life.--Success.
Steel railway bridges, weighing pe
Shaps 10,0h00 tons apiece, and sold i.
b. Chicago at thre ad a quar5t~r
thsee and threequarter cents a puan
Ssare e of the anomalls lb -
I as the Chicago MTbne Bat it
I by the pound, dlvered in Che
a that the BseSagm read qstenao
- a h a brd 5 a 5dp.r tlr et ~~U
a e- Tai rse al hMtet k ehamttt mS
rytaagt~bh ~ s~l
r I bIhu· ~te st
"Nitrogen Gatherers.'
The advantage of plowing pease,
clover and Other nitrogenous plants
under is that nitrogen is added to the
soil because such plants arn"nitrogen
gateerers." When oats, rye, or buck
wheat are turned under there is no
gain in nitrogen though such plants
assist in form: .g humus.
A Way to Get lRid of Potato RBgs.
A good way to get rid of the potato
bugs that are so troublesome and do
so much damage each year is to take
about a pound of what is known as
"trash" tobacco and about four pounds
cedar twigs. Place these in a large
kettle and pour on about 10 gallons of
,vater into which about a quarter of a
pound of lye soap has been dissolved,
and let the whole business boil for 20
ninutes or so. When this is cool it
lay be sprinkled 'on the vines with a
room or small brush as often as re
uired. It would be a good idea at
irst to apply it every other day.
To Avoid Soft Shell Eggs.
Study your hens, keep them warm in
:Inter and cool in summer, and above
11 have no filth or lice. Do not buy
ens from a flock that has at any time
een afflicted with this disease. Al
ays separate the layers from the
on-layers if it can be done. The lay
eg hens will have larger and redder
ombs than the others, but a hen that
vants to lay and is too fat also has
red comb.
Soft-shelled or misshapen eggs are
sure indication that the hens are too
at. The fat has crowded the repro
luctive organs out of proper shape,
:-nce the misshapen eggs. Not feed
ng enough bone or shell making ma
srial is the cause of soft-shelled eggs.
'.ake your hens hunt for their feed
:nd you will have no trouble in this
-espect.
Cattle and Water.
It is not at all unusual to see cattle
pastured in a field in which the only
water supply is a small, stagnant pond
ar two, covered with green scum, and
filled with animalculae and water in
cects; and to see other cattle watered
from barrels that have collected the
rain water from the roofs of the barns
and outbuildings, and which frequent
y swarm with larvae of the mosquito,
Jesides being impure and stagnant;
zo see cattle driven quite a distance
)nly once a day for water when if at
hat time some of them do not feel
ike drinking they must endure their
thirst another 24 hours.
Water plays one of the most impqr
tant parts in the make up of every
.ving being. Life can be sustained
luite a time on water alone. How im
)ortant it is then to see that the cows
.vhose milk we drink and whose flesh
we eat have their water fresh and pure
nstead of being contaminated by the
tbsorption, of that which is impure.
The Epitomist.
Cabbages as a Proftable Crop.
The cabbage crop can be made a
profitable one on the farm, as all heads
not sold in market may be used as
green food In winter for cattle, sheep,
,wine and poultry. Beginning with
the early varieties, and following with
intermediate and late kinds, one crop
may mature after another, while the
ground from which the early heads
are sold may be planted to turnips.
it is possible to have cabbage nearly
all the year round by proper methods
of growing and storage. The very ear
ly heads are grown in cold frames.
Cabbages thrive oz rich soil that has
been heavily manured, and as the
crop is one that draws largely on the
soil, and the plants are also gross
feeders, there is no risk of giving too
much manure. It is a crop that thrives
with frequent hoeing or cultivation,
every working of the soil seeming to
benefit the plants. To make them
start off in growth rapidly scatter a
tablespoonful of nitrate of soda around
each plant and hoe it into the soil.
A little later, just as the plants are
beginning to head, repeat the applica
ton of nitrate of soda.
Utilliia 8ppae LIa the are Loft.
There are too many barns with un
used space overhead. Generally the
Sspace over the barn floor is open from
the floor to the root Sometimes there
is a small scaffold overhead at each
end of the barn floor that usually
holds a load or two, with the gareal
central space open to the root.
This is the way we used to have out
t barn, but now we have It arranged sc
the entire overhead is in use eight feel
above the floor and stables. Along it
front of the horse stables, we had
strong girt framed in, eight feel
above the threshing floor. This was
done when the barn was first built
Then, after a few years, we were short
of storage room, and we framed i.
some temporary girts on the oppositte
side of the barn floor to corespon,
in height with those on the horse sta
1 ble side. These are light and strong
1 and can be easily taken out and lait
Sto one side. Then we have light Joist
!reaching across the barn floor, witl
ends resting on these girts.
e All this arrangement can be take
Sout in a short time and laid to one sid
Sout of the way. A floor Is laid on th
a joists-to within a few feet of the bar
Sflonor in which we draw hay. The ta
Scan go under the floor until the loa
V strikes the upper floor, and then w
s shift our hay fork so that we can tn
I load and fill nearly all the space ove
the barn floor full We feed from thi
erst, anj by the time cornstalks ar
ieady to draw. the hay in the othe
- mows will have settled so they wil
. hold all that is left over the bar
a floor, leaving the eantire space for e
I, earn todder, or ay other stuff we wia
, Ito puat up there. As we doa't sell h
l it is met often macsrg y to take o
4I, this lee. bt it renmaie tthere ya
Saftr year. It anot only smkes moa
Sroeam, but maius the barm sad stable
ScWarrinr . It is eamil reached b
ga shoet lader.
SSe to *aes ea atw clms b -
a beak bar doer, wham It tis
I-- We asse a t t bmutmdah
want very easily, and then it is handy
to cut and throw the stack down for
the live stock to work into manure. A
barn is larger than it looks when all
the space is occupied, and a little
thought along these lines may save
building more barn room. I know I
was surprised when I came to fill the
unoccupied space upon our barn floor.
-I. N. Cowdrey, in the Country Gen
tleman.
Feeding Value of Buttermilk&
A reader asks information regard
ing the feeding of buttermilk. In its
simplest terms the answer is that but
termilk and skim milk which has been
allowed to sour some are the same.
Cream is merely milk with an addi
tional proportion of butter fat. Aftet
this butter fat has been churned out,
the remainder ,is simply skim milk.
Skim milk and buttermilk both vary
in amount of butter tat retained, and
the amount of acid fermentation some
what controls the feeding value.
Because buttermilk has some acidity
it is not recommended for very young
animals, sweet skimmilk being prefer
able, but the Massachusetts experi
ment station, the only station which
has tested it, reports practically equal
results in feeding pigs with skim milk
and buttermilk and this is corrobo
rated by the experience of farmera
The same is true in regard to poul
try, while in regard to human food,
the stomach often takes kindly to but
termilk when other forms of mill
cause trouble. This is doubtless due
to the beneficial effects of the fermen.
tation, many invalids certifying thai
buttermilk '"will almost grow a new
liver." Both skimmilk and buttermill
can' profitably enter the human die,
tary to a far greater extent than ii
now common. Major Alvord has vert
strongly recommended an increase(
use of skimmilk in cookery, and ha:
published articles to that end, ana
as skimmilk and buttermilk are iden
tical in composition, the same hold:
true with both, remembering that but
termilk is usually a slightly fermentei
form of skimmilk. Dairy buttermill
is generally richer than creamery but
termilk, and for two reasons: The
small dairy churn does not churn on
the fat so extensively, and it is a gen
eral creamery practice to wash the
granulated butter and run the wasl
water into the buttermilk tank, there
by diluting it-American Agrcultur
ist.
Intensive Orchard Cultivation.
There is more need of intensiv
methods of orchard cultivation thai
ever, for if there is anything tha
modern experience teaches it is the
fine fruit raised in abundance pay
exceedingly well, while ordinary fruil
either in small quantity or in abund
auce, hardly returns profit enough t
represent interest on the investmenI
A great many people go into orchard
ing with the idea that they know I
all; but after they have tried it for
few years they drop it as unprofitable
or wisely learn that they knew nes
to nothing about the industry.
There is located near me an orchar
which pays the owner a handsome is
come. It occupies 50 acres of land the
has been brought to the highest stat
of fertility through persistent wor
for 10 years. Every acre of that lan
is capable of making any fruit tre
or vine produce their best. Thronug
careful selective methods the owna
has obtained the trees and vine
which he considers do the best in hi
locality, and the fruit of which has
high market value. Every variety pr(
duces the finest fruits-grapes, pear
apples, peaches and small fruits. Ei
ery modern scientific method of cu
ture, protection and stimulation of tt
plants and trees has been experimen
ed with, and after careful tests thof
found satisfactory adopted.
This orchard never fails to produi
excellent fruit. So constantly doe
this happen year after year that tl
man's reputation for the finest tra
shipments has extended to all marke
within 100 miles. There are off se:
sons when the fruit is poorer than i
other years, and when the crop
small; but during years when othe
cannot sell their fruits because of po;
quality and glutted markets, th
neighbor of mine has orders for h
products at satisfactory prices. I:
deed, the commission men seek hi
out and try to induce him to sell; b
he has learned to value his produc
at their true worth, and no specul
tor can hope to come and buy him o
unless the cash is handed over fin
For five years now he has average
from 10 to 20 percent more for b
fancy fruits than the average mark
price paid.
His secret is not a difcult one. I
has made intensive culture his aim
life, and he has developed his orcha
to its utmost Iimts. In his early
forts he found his trees yielding po
fruit Time and again he was d
ceived by the recommendation of ot
ers in regard to varieties of vines a:
trees, and he had to cut out poor a1
inferior varieties. This severe met
od in time helped, for it enabled hi
to establish a fine orchard of tre
and plants that he personally knew 1
about It is the old story of a
learning for himself, but persisti
through failute and discouragemel
always having faith in the future. ]
believed some day he would make i
business pay. Today he does, and
is such a master of the whole indusi
that he is sure of his income.-8.
Chambers, in American Cultivator.
A Word of Encourageliment.
Great things have resulted from
word of encouragment. Down in 1
Sbottom of her heart Nathaniel Ha
Sthorne's wife may have felt a bit d
e couraged when her husband ca:
r home, all sad and depressed, aif
Shaving received word that he had l,
a his position in the custom house.
r did not then know where to turn
1 new employment, and said so. I
a his wife bade him cheer up and w~ri
r When the disheartened man told I
I he could nomt aord to labor with ia
e obl reselts mneertals she sheo
I him the litae store of gold that :
r had pt by, san told hbm to sit de
p amd write the hbkohhehad been
a ing ed wMetigto wrk ., Aed"
Sl li after.'that the woil hat "
ISriet Lettei," rbhk..t Ilt.il
SaiOeM i'. 4:2!
;i~
we Wash Vas Weasts.
To wash fine white waists, all lac
and embroidery, without damag%
Shake them well, wet them in clear
water, with a little ammonia added;
then lay them in an earthen vesl,
cover with strong white soapsuds and
set in the sun for three hours. No rub
bing is needeb-the sunlight takes eut
the dirt. Rinse in three waters, blue
lrel and starch. Iron on the wreak
ale, using a sleeve board eevered with
flannel.
.Is Rght way s Iron Siurts.
For,lning. fold the shirt straight
down the middle of the tack, and Iron
the body smooth, taking care to move
the iron mainly straight with the
warp. Next fold a sleeve fat along
the sloped seam, and iron it upon both
sides. Iron first through the middle.
then take held- of the wristband or
shoulder with the left hand and hold
taut till the iron goes quite to the jola.
Open the wristt;nd, lay it lat, and
iron hard upon Vt e wrong side, then
turn upon the right side. Next iron
yoke and neckband. Then comes the
tug of war-Ironing the bosom.
First fasten the neckband properly,
next slip the bosom board inside the
shirt and spread the bosom smooth
upon it, pressing it out simultaneously
with both hands. With a thin deas
cloth wet the *hole linen surface
lightly with weak raw starch. Rub 11
in well, and if any place ?eels stick)
wipe it off with a cloth dipped in tepid
water. Have the iron hot enough to
yellow dry cloth If left to stand on ii
ten seconds. Begin at the bottom of
.the bosom and Iron straight toward
the neck, up the middle, holding the
I neckband in the left hand and pullinl
: hard against the Iron. Here as muet
depends on the left hand as the right
i -the knack lies mainly in knowinl
t how to pull properly.
If the bosom wrinkles or forms one
e of the warps known to laundresses ai
i"cat-faces," wet the place with elea
water, stretch it smooth, and iron oven
- again. Rub the iron over the white
wax, also in the salt tray, to insure a
perfectly smooth surface. If the
starch is right-properly made and ap
B plied-it will not stick to the face. Bu
I if a yellowy crust forms upon the iros
t tip scratch it off with a blunt knilf
and be sure to wax and salt-polish the
iron again before settling it on th
shirt.
When the whole bosom is smootl
and nearly dry, take one of the pol
i ishing Irons not quite so hot as the
others, rub the face of it with elthe
polishing wax or white soap and pres
a the bosom hard all over, bearing hard
est upon the rounded Iron point. Iro
:t and polish cuffs on a flannel-coveree
board. Wet them also with ra.
d starch, or more properly starch water
t press first upon the wrong side with i
very hot iron, and turn upon the righ
side only when nearly dry.-New Yorl
d Sun.
a RECIEPE
Rice Bread-Boll two cupfuls of rio
. till soft, mix It with two quarts of rle
a or wheat flour, a little salt, half a co
t aful of yeast, and lukewarm milk, t
s make it stiff enough to mold. Bake I
in small loaves when risen.
e Creamed Eggs - Remove the shell
e from hard-boiled eggs, cut them t
e halves lengthwise, arrange on a plal
it ter, yolk side uppermost, and poor int
t the platter, not over the eggs, a sauc
a- of cream and melted butter, seasonme
in with white pepper.
1 Drop Cakes - Two cupfuls of soi
a milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one sal
r spoonful of salt, one beaten egg, t
is tablespoonfuls of melted butter am
is enough aflour to roll into a thin lay
1- Cut into long, narrow strips, fry lii
n doughnuts in hot lard, sprinkle wli
it minced nut meats and sugar as
serve hot with maple syrup.
SWalnut Tea Cakes-Beat four egj
t to a froth, add one-half of a pound 4
t. powdered sugar and beat for five mi
ud tes; stir in three-quarters of a pour
isof flour and one-quarter of a pound a
et ground or very finely chopped wi
nuts; mix well, add two teaspoonf
* of blking powder and one teaspoont
n of vanilla and mix again; drop I
Sspoonfuls on battered pans, dust wi
Spowdered sugar and bake in a mod
r ate oven.
SScalloped Tomatoes-A variation
the usual canned tomatoes can
d made by preparing scalloped tomatoc
Pht a layer of the tomatoes in a be
im Ing dish, season with pepper, bott
mand then cover lightly with fine bre
or cracker crambs, then more ton
an toes and another layer of crumbs a
Sseasoning and so on, nishing the la
at, with the erambs. Bake twenty i
utes, then grate cheese over the t
he and brown In the oven. Boiled •
hecan be used instead of the crumabs,
Srequires more seasoning.
W Veal Roll - Purchue one large v
cutlet and have it cut as evenly as p
sible, so that it may be equl tb
at all purts. Sprikle with a layer
a inelf chopped parsley, then a layer
hefinely chopped almonds and a t
w- spoonl of salt sprnkled over
uis- ell ap and tie, so that it will keep
ne shapa Put in a stewing pan one sll
er Iee, a sliced carrot an, two -
st leaves. Steam the vesa rell in this I
.e ose hoear and hal. Suam away
loor el. Sies and serve 0old. This a
t. teuse t#.
e wn.. . . p..ets, *mb a.n
bueesmo -M a -
r'n' -~-~Is·rc.liltru5~
%I ~ i ?c C ~t~f ;~l(
NAME; P.LEASE?
The Golden Age has vanished and (.pe.
haps) the Age of Brass;
The Silver and the Iron ALe have like
wise come to pass:
But when the scholars name our time.
I wonder if they'll feel
It should be called the Novel Age. or
Just the Age of steeork l?
--Ne York LifL
I UMOROUSI
Sillicuse-Truth is mighty. Cy-icºs
-Yes; mighty seree.
Wigs-gBoroweli seems to know
everybody. Wagg-Yes; he mansae
to keep in touch with the pubac
Scribbl-Your friend, the poet
always selects suck grave subJects.
Scrawler-Tee, his speciaty is VI
taphs.
Maime--ack was saved by a bul
let striking my picture. Leay-Is that
so? Well. I guess your picture would
stop a canneon bll.
Blobb---Why don't the Frenchmen
.glgt their duels with fits? Slobbs
--Oh, that wouldn't do at all. Some
body might set hurt.
Hoax-That's Mr. Felts, the wealthy
hat manufacturer. Joax-Is that so?
"Yes. He began life as a bootblack."
"I see-he began at the foot and
worked up."
Tommy-Pop, why is Justice repro
sented as being blindfolded? Tom'
my's Pop-I suppose, my son. It is
because there are so many people
who manage to keep out of jaiL
"Paw," said the heir, "what is -
expert accountant?" "An expert as
countant," replied the father. "Is a
man who becomes famous by robbini
a bank for two years before he is di
covered.'
"Well, Ethel." said the caller, "what
are you going to do when you get bil
like your mamma?" "O!" replie(
Ethel, "I suppose I'll have to put m;
teeth in a glass of water, and pain
my face, too."
"Here is a coin" said the collector
"that I am sure s valuable, but it it
so old and worn that I cannot tel
just what it is." "Can't make head o
taill of it. eh?" remarked the man whi
wasn't much interested in antiques.
Mammar-Tommy. the teacher tell
me that you db not behave well it
school and that you are sadly behind
'in your studies. Tommy-And yoi
:*at and llistened"to her! Mamma
d;n't you know it takes two person
'to gossip?
t Nell-I see the BJoneses are bac
from their wedding trip. I had ai
idea at the wedding that Mr. Bjone
was quite tall, but he isn't. Belle
Well it's to be expected that a man I
rather short when he returns fro,
his wedding trip.
A MATHEMATICAL PRODIGY.
1 Werderful Fests Attrlbuted to as Ind
ass 3Mas.
I The claim is now made that Arthe
Griffith, the Indiana mathematicI
i prodigy, excels in his work Buxto
the Englishman. Griffith now haseigb
i different methods of his own for add
t tion. 10 for division, and 64 for mu
tiplication. He can take any numbes
it is said, between 970 and 1000, an
raise it to the fifth power in 39 sei
onds without the use of either penc
or paper.
Griffith can add mentally three cc
umns at a time, it is asserted; divid
any set of figures or multiply any s"
of figures in from one to 40 second
and extract square and cube ropts 1
from three to 15 seconds. He remen
a bern every problem that he work
. The hardest test which he has yi
a been given, so he claims, is to star
t and see a freight train pass with I
or 30 cars, and'then tell the numbs
s of each car-in their orJer and specil
a to what road each belonged.
t. Besides being a wonder in math
Smatica, Orlifth is fairly well ead
Scated In the common school studi
SHe can read, write, and spell, andr
carry on an intelligent and Intev
r la conversation. He knows the nas
and length of every railroad- in tl
contry, and besides being about
Spercent ahead of Buxto n the line
mathematics he Is at least 90 pere
aheal of him in other studies.
Hses. lew the *eea mes.
A pair of intelligent horses a
tracted the attention of a large crow
n Nassau strt. They were a
tached to a heavily loaded ie wagt
cominhg down the step grade betwa
Cedar street rd Malden lane and wre
h boldtla bek the wagon with a n
ticeble etort. When they were h
way down the whistles blew for
o'clock. Suddenly the horses drew
toward the earve and began to pin
their hind feet well forward to a
the wagon
SThe driver made no effort to che
them and their bard work at once a
tracted notice. Pedestriaus looked
Sthe horses and then at the drive
kwhohad a broad grlan onhis face. I
hard work the wagon was stoppe
The drtiver sat still and watched t
Sanm. One of the Lmmediately 1
atd ga rbbing his head against the e
of the other and with nods and pst
naeedea in rbbl : his brieli( c
op Tha the other tool i trn 1at fl
bCne, ead hi rildha ese o.
Ft Pally e pearonas had watched t
aad when it was eompleted the dri
a t down from his set and sweua
'bg of eats rom over the on of
kas Tie stood there end a
their md-day meal. The drin*
of patient and pro ahis team.
tted tahem ad talked to them
whea they were throuih drove
n whinstlta.
S"Talk about the laboring maen drI
pla hias sbovel at the sond of 1
Dooma whistle eld ue ma. "TI
to besats saything I ever saw. No
q hemsftr need toy to onvisce ma
the ltss eSm a t he hors. m
lee wnas tumn asIdees R."--;
Tack alb
sh w I *
to ialett'er thSeir ipgU
Ls seleSat agWitor IP wast
q -i
State. GverIment of Loni~a
Governor-W. W. IH ard,
Lieutenant Oovernor -Albert EMhi
pinal.
SBeretary of Staite-John Michel.
Superintendent of Eduestion-John
V. Calhoun.
Auditor--W. 8. Frazee.
Treaurer--LedouX E. Smith.
U. S. SENATORs.
Don 0naerey and S. D. McEuery.
REPRESENTATIVES.
I District-- C. Davey.
R Districr-Ado .h Mryer.
a District--R I. r.oniPsard.
4 District-P J'rares.
5 Distriot-J. E. If!irdell.'
t District-S. M. Ro.bmson.
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er 7l+iapei alse ad
,e ebarlatoan icted.
Oelo 00(d sad S t.4t
atrl Raiploas afard
Cr t. Llor, ChicagoCin
On atig and ou i S atand
Sdretza oeateosd ith hr oa
Souh. We ow no oolle o
buldingi sd hve n equalOled
facilies ao N aew s slaoeild
Baltimore, Rchmond, 8bL Paul, ul.
Ie Mo hnatdian psm a o s aD ovw the
bipg aarte m saly and reputably known, we
I n sctai s do atacual bua saee with
teal geds ama actual moase, and they keep
he boobs in the latest labor sai nlg form.
SAlshe ter .t any ome. tngh, line
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