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BUY THE NEW
Economist Oil Stove.
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It In the BENT, CHEAPEST and SAFEST
In use. No homo complete without it. Also
COOKING STOVES, TIN WARE AND HOUSE
KEEPING ARTICLES,
Sale Cheap at
WM. GLUCK’S,
Cor. tiny and Harrison Sis.. Baltimore.
J. C. PUN D,
Confectioner and Fruit Dealer,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Number 232 North Gay street,
Near Bel Air Market, Baltimore, Md.
A Large Assortment of Confectionery,
all of his own manufacture, to which tho atten
tion of the trade and tho public in
general la Invited. Jyls
0E0..H, BUCHHEIMER,
Late with J. Pletachor, successor to S. Jackson,
Manufacturing Cutler,
183 N. GAY STREET,
opposite No. 6 Engine House, BALTIMORE
SCISSORS, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY.
Jobbing of all kinds done in the best manner.
Grlndingof Tailor Shears and Scissors a specialty.
Razors Ground and Put In Order.
Trusses and Supporters in groat variety.
FOB THE
BEST HARNESS, SADDLES,
BKIOLKS, COLLARS,
ROBES, BLANKETS, &c.,
—GOTO—
John T. Kauffman’s,
No. 132 N. Gay St„ Baltimore.
THE BEST WORK AT LOWEST PRICES.
A FULL STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.
TRUNKS, SATCHELS, VALISES, Ae.
dec?
JOHN F. PLUMMErT
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
No. 130 North Gay Street,
BALTIMORE.
Fine Jewelry of the Latest Styles, Watches and
Clocks of a great variety of styles,
at all prices, and warranted t keep correct time,
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
of the newest designs,
SPECTACLES* KITE GLASSES
Suited to all eyes.
HAIR JEWELRY made to order in the most
shlonable stylos.
Watches and Jewelry REPAIRED
at tho shortest notice, and warranted to give satls
f notion ■
WALL PAPER. WALL PAPES.
Window Shades, Window Shades.
FLOOR AND TABLE OILCLOTH.
No. 39 North Gay Street,
opposite to Odd Follows' Hall,
BALTIMORE. Md.
J ACOB~M YE RS,
THE OLD AND RELIABLE
Wall Paper and Window Shade Store
OF BALTIMORE CITY.
Now prepared to show his spring styles of Wall
Paper, and send samples to any part of tho coun
try when application la mado to him. Will send
tho best workmen to put uptho same when want
ed. Will sell Wall Paper and Window Shades at
factory prices. Call on or send to him and see
bis beautiful linos.
JACOB MYERN, No. 39 N. tiny street.
tar-Has no branch bouse, or any connection
with any other house In the olty.
Free tickets by Omnibus given to Customers to
returu to M. C. Depot.
Dngdale & Emmart,
Commission Merchants
—IN—
Country Mel Camel Cools,
19 S. Gay St, Baltimore, Mil.
MAKE LIUBRAL
CASH ADVANCES,
FURNISH
Cans, Cases, Labels & Solder
GUARANTEE ALL SALES.
* . a/s ;
to Merchant*’ National Bank, Balti
more, and Manufacturers’ National Bank, Balti
more. .
GKO. W. EVANS, Agent,
Haply Aberdeen, Ifarford Go., Md.
8. M. RANKIN. K. J. KANE.
RANKIN & KANE
WHOLESALE AND KETAJL
GEO GEES.
AND DEALERS IN
Flour, Feed & Fertilizers,
Corner Gay and High Streets,
BALTIMORE, Md.
&r~K full lino of Choice Family Grocerlep,
Te m, Wlnez. Liquors, Ac., at Loweat I’rloe*. Par
ticular attention paid to order, by Mary landCon
tral railroad. Order, by mall from responsi
ble partio, promptly attended ta. 21dJ0ly
ite ISgfe and Sufelltgnicro
(s<ty §>tvcct (Column.
IF YOU WANT
-THE
■ Very Best Gook Stove in the World
Buy
“THE BLOCK COOK.”
It has more Improvements and good qualities
than any stove ever invented. To mention all its
features would fill a whole page of this paper, and
as I make only a very small profit on them I
must economize, so in order to know what it fs it
will be best for you to call and examine It, or bet
ter still to semi for one, andyou won’t regret It, if
you want the most perfect baker ever made.
For sale by
WM. J.H. CLUCK,
06, 98 AND 100, NOKTII GAY STREET,
Bet. tho Bridge and Eront St, Baho., Md.,
{STAND NOWHERE RLSE.tST
Send for Descriptive Circular. 23ja
WALL DECORAfIONS;
W. H. 8, Fusselbaugh, of i.
PLAIN AND ARTISTIC
PAPEMAIGINGS
AND
WINDOW SHADES.
No. 172 North Gay Street,
BALTIMORE, Md.
Order, by mall promptly attended to. 21decly
E. SCOTT PAYNE & BRO.
CARRIAGE and BUILDERS'
HARDWARE.
IPO N. GAY St, inn
lUUwHITE FHONTIUU
BALTIMORE.
We Invite the attention of our friends and tho
public wanting to purchase, to our largo and
carefully selected stock of
BUILDERS' HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
KDtiE TOOLS.
BLACKSMITHS’ AND WAGON MAKERS’
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS,
SPRINGS AND AXLES,
Steel Tire. Iron and Steel, Carriage Bolts, Enam
eled Canvass, and a full line of Carriage
Hardware and Trimmings. ofeb
“EXCELSIOR””
Boot and Shoe Go.,
WO. 217 W. GAY STREET,
Four Doors below the Market, Baltimore. Md.,
—OFFER—
GREAT INDUCEMENTS
IN BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS,
From Now Until January Ist, 1885.
This is do Humbug. We mean Business. Call
and see us. Wo are determined to please you,
and sell you what you need. Special induce
ments to country buyers. 28nov
Dr. Richard Sappington,
No. 132 North Gay St.,
Between Front and High Street.,
BALTIMORE, Md.
DAYS FOR OFFICE CONSULTATION l
Monday from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M.
Tuesday from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M.
•Wednesday from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Thursday from 9 A. M. to 9.30 P. M.
Friday from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M.
Saturday from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M.
•Sunday from 10 A. M. to I P. M.
&T Absent on tho First Sunday of each mont
decglh
(Commission 3slcvchants.
WM. H. MICHAEL & SONS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOR THE SALE OF
GRAIN, FLOUE, SEEDS
BALED HAY AND STRAW,
OTAND COUNTRY PRODUCE,
No. 91 McELDEKRY’H WHARF,
BALTIMORE, Md.
Brands of Flour always on hand.—
Mill Feed, Corn Meal, Chop, clover and Timothy
Seed for sale. Agents for the sale of
Kirwan & Tyler’s Hand-Made Cans
AND AGENTS FOR
Hubbard’s CHESTERTOWN PHOSPHATES.
We have reduced commissions on Grain re
ceived by Kail and Steamboat to same rate as
vessel grain, viz., 1 cent per bushel.
our firm from this date.
WM. H. MICHAEL & SONS.
Jan, Ut, 1886. Gjanlra*
SEEDS BOUGHT
CANS. roH
cases, FARMERS
SOLDER, AN ”
LABELS, See. Packers.
|3f Consignments of GRAIN AND CANNED
GOODS handled to best advantage by
Ciesey
BROKER & COMMISSION
OFFICE,
Chamber of Commerce Building,
ROOM 27,
BALTIMORE, Md.
[Member of the Baltimore Com and Flour Ex
change. First-class references furnished upon
application.! 32fobly
GEO. K. MoGAW,
—GENERA Lr-
I Commission Merchant,
—AND—
Wholesale & Retail Grocer,
N. W. Cor. Lexington A- Pacn H1..,
BALTIMORE, Md.
, Makes a specialty of
OOTOTEY PACKED CANNED GOODS.
CANS, CASES AND CANNEKB’ SUPPLIES.
solicited. Advances mado.
SALES GUARANTEED.
- Reference.—Franklin Rank, Baltimore; Peo
- pie’s Bank, Baltimore: Harford National Bank.
Bkel Air. 30myly
W. SMITHSON FORWOOD,
!MI. O- DEPOT,
BEL AIK, d.
J <3- IR IST El R AL
, Commission Merchant
for the salo of
G-rain, Baled Hay,
3 and all kinds of
I COUNTRY PRODUCE.
[
1 Cirwill pay the Highest Cash Prices for any
: of the above named articles, or sell the same on
r commission. The beet market prices obtained
for consignments and liberal advances made on
them, when desired. Prompt returns and full
statements made-
IWPURK ANIMAL BONE, S. C. BONE and
all other Standard Fertilizers for salo at the
lowest Cash Prices, trade or time. au3
’ B. F. Minnick. Edward Pehbv.
Minnick & Ferry,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AND DEALERS IN—
, Lumber. Coal, Fertilizers,
Grain and Farm Implements.
WAREHOUSE ON
Main St., Opposite M. C. Depot,
BIEL AIB, MD.
larLUMBEH of all kinds. SASH, DOORS and
FRAMES, of Standard Sizes, CHESTNUT
PENCE POSTS. COAL, CORN, OATS, MILL
PEED, HAY, Ac., by the quantity or retail.—
COARSE, FINE and HOCK SALT, KAINIT,
PLASTER, and all the other loading Fertilizers
always on hand and for salo on easy terms
NAI LSbv the keg. Twohundred bushels PRIME
SEED OATS. 7mh
WE ASK ALL INTERESTED
—IN—
Hides, Furs, fool, Rools, Fealtos,
BEESWAX,
BUTTER, CHEESE, EGGS, DRIED FRUIT,
POULTRY, HAY
AND PRODUCE GENERAL,
To send for our Price Currents. Prompt returns
on all Consignments. Trial shipments
solicited.
R. L. WILLIAMS & Co.,
General Commission Merchants,
Office, 169 'Williain Street,
NEW YORK. octlO
WM. D. BARTLESON. M. B. AMBLER.
Bartleson & Ambler,
Commission Merchants,
AND DEALERS IN
Grain and Other Produce,
DRESHKD lIOUS.
POULTRY, BUTTER, and EGGS, Specialties.
Solicited and Prompt Re
turns Made.
No. 131 Franklin St., near Eutaw,
BALTIMORE, Md.
References by Permission.—Ts. H. Webster,
Collector: E. G. Hlpsley, President Old Town
Bank; Hon. 8. Archer, Bel Air; P. T. George
& Co., Baltimore; W. H Waters, President Mary
land Central Railroad; Darlington Hoopes
Sons, Hickory. dec2l
janney & Andrews;
119, 121 and 123 Market Street,
and 112 Church St.,
PHILADELPHIA,
Commission Merchants
FOR THE SALE OF
Canned Goods
AND
Evaporated Fruits.
Liberal advances mado on consignments. Stor
age Capacity for 100,000 Cases.
Represented by
JOHN A. OSBORN,
Sseply BOOTH BY HILL, HP.
J. Q. Allewalt & Co.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 62 NORTH St., ISA I/Tl MORE, IK<I
FORTHE SALE OF
: Grain, Fleur, flay, Straw, Seeds,
AND ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE.
1 We keep constantly on hand and will furnish at
lowest market price, FLOUR, MILL FEED and
SEEDS of all kinds. Wo have tho best facilities
for receiving Grain and Produce from tho Mary
1 land Central, (Balto. and Delta K. H.,)and wll
endeavor to give perfect satisfaction to all whe
will favor us with consignments or orders.
We refer to Messrs. Henry Kockord & Pons,
Messrs. Wm. H. Waters and Win. M. Edelln, of
. Harford county, Q. D. Klinefelter, of Hanover
Pa.. Messrs. P. A. A S. Small, of York, Pa., and J.
8. Norris, President of the First National Bank
of Baltimore. SOoctly
URIAH JOHNSON,
OF HARFORD CO.,
Commission Merchant,
i PACKER AND DEALER IN
CANNED GOODS
204 N. CAY STREET,
( Near Bel Air Market.
18oct BALTIMORE^MD.
C. R. SCARFF & C 0.,”
I Commission Merchants,
FOR THE BALE OF
CANNED GOODS,
’ GRAIN, FLOUR, NEEDS, BALED HAY,
(STRAW, HUNK and GENERAL
PRODUCE.
IWReceived by tho Northern Central, the Ma
’ ryland Central or the P., W. and B. Railroads.—
3 Special attention given to consignments from
Harford and Baltimore counties.
Office N. E. Corner Exchange Place and
Holliday si., ilaltimore. Usoply
ESTABLISHED .... issn.
i GEO. W. MYERS Sc Co.,
WHOLESALE PRODUCE
, Commission Merchants,
IB—
BUTTER, EGGS. CHEESE, POULTRY
AND GAME,
I. 223 WEST TRAIT ST„ BALTIMORE.
make a specialty of Dressed Poultry
and Game In season, and have every facility for
’• handling this class of perishable goods to very
best advantage. We have a special trade' for
Harford county dressed poultry, and can place
>- such at top market prices, and wo guarantee
t, promptness excelled by none. Write for Price
Current, Tags, Ac. lOoctSm
BEL AIR, MD., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY B, 1885.
178. NORTH GAY STREET 178.
Samuel S. Ely’s
BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS!
Closing out our Winter Stock at greatly re
duced prices. Now is the time to buy.
LA DIRS’ BOOTS AND SHOES at all prices.
Heavy Boots reduced to $2.00; Men’s Fine Calf
Boots reduced to $3 50; my own make of Gents’
Shoes and Gaiters reduced to $2 50. Every pair
W arrantod. A new pair given for every pair that
does not turn out as represented at
S- ELT’S,
178 N. GAY NTHEKT, BALTIMORE. Md.
MARTIN <£ Go.
No. S 3 S. FREDERICK St., Baltimore,
Commission Merchants
FOR THE SALE OP
Grain, Hay and all Country Produce.
DEALERS IN
Crain, Feed and Field Seeds.
myßo
A. M. Hancock,
PACKERS’ AGENT
AND DEALER IN
( C asiaed Goods
CHURCHVILLE. Md.
•Sole A Kent for the
Jones’ Capping Machine,
and tho
BEST OUTSIDE SOLDERED CANS
Ever offered in the county. Sold on tho most
reasonable terras.
Labels Furnished at Lowest Prices
|3ff”Orders always 1h hand for futures and
spot goods.
Cash Advances Made to Canners.
3u20
R. Courtney & Bro.
Cor. Charles St. & North Ave.
and Charles & Fayette Sts,,
BALTIMORE, Md.
FAMILY GROCERIES,
—IMPORTERS—
Wines, Brandies, Liquors
Flue Teas and Choice Groceries.
f3f“Gooda carefully packed and delivered free
of charge at any of the Railroad Depots or Steam
boats. Being only one square from the Union
and Central H. 11. Depots, persons shopping will
find it convenient to have their packages sent to
our care. julß
NOTICE TOJARMERS I
CONSIGNMENTS OF
Pork & Poultry
respectfully solicited.
|2f HIGHEST PRICESOBTAINEDund prompt
returns made by
BAY & GETTY,
39 and 41 SOUTH FItEDEKIt'K ST.,
BALTIMORE, Md. nov!4
R. N. HANNA & Co.
—GENERAL PRODUCE—
Commission Merchants,
186 West Pratt Street,
Between Light and UlmrleN Street*,
BALTIMORE, Md.
RxFKnKNCKa.—CoI, E. H. Webster, Collector of
Port of Ilaltimore; Geo. K. McGaw A Co., Gro
cers, Baltimore, Md.; Hon. Stevenson Archer,
Bel Air, Md.: Daniel O. Emory, Washington Life
Insurance Co., Baltimore Md. 27J0
HARRY BATEMAN & Co.,
Successors to J.M. rIERHMAN,
MAIN STREET, BEL AIR
Having refitted the above named store, wo re
spectfully solicit the patronage of the neighbor
hood, being determined to keep a good assort
ment of the best goods, and sell themat fair
prices, such as
Choice Family Groceries,
PROVISIONS,
BACON, FISH, SALT, POTATOES,
FUESH VEGETABLES in season,
Confectionery, Cakes, Florida and other Oranges,
Bananosand Domestic Fruits In season.
The best brands of Flour, Including tho unri
valled OumbrlU’s Superlative Family, by the
sack or barrel; Com Meal, Mill Feed, Corn, Oats
, Ac.
JOHN P. FLOWERS,
BOOT & SHOE MAKER
BEL AIE,
Office Street In the House formerly
Occupied by Ben. Wann.
I v||! Having removed from Chnrchvllle to
rVt tho above place I respectfully solicit pa
* being determined to give satis
faction, The boat hand-made work.—
Men’s Fine Boots and Shoes a specialty. Repair
ing neatly and promptly done. Prices moderate
SETTLED
r That Grover Cleveland is to be tho next President
and that 100,000 office holders will surrender
r their positions to the party coming into power.
> Full Information how to proceed to obtain an
i office or position in Government employ. Sent
> post-paid on receipt of 28 cents.
19dec4t WADBftGO., AUGUSTA, MB.
Good Boots!
Good Shoes !
—AT—
ELY’S OLD STAND,
No. 170 N. Gay Street,
1 Corner Exeter Street, I! \LTIMOHE, Md.
Gents’ Heavy Boots,
Gents’ Fine Boots,
Gents’ Heavy Shoes,
Gents’ Fine Shoes,
Boys’ Heavy Boots,
Boys’ Fine Boots,
Youths’ Heavy Boots,
Youths’ Fine Boots.
LAIUEN’ HEAVY KIITTWSEI) AND
EACED SHOES,
LADIES' 1,1 OUT IIUTTONED AND
LAVED SHOES.
BfCnll unit see my MEN’S HAND-MADE
HEAVY BOOT, all Kip Leather, back and front,
which I sell for $3.50, and guarantee them equal
to any $5.00 boot In the market.
Also MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S BUTTONED
AND LACED SHOES of all kinds. A complete
supply of GUM AND ARCTIC BOOTS AND
SHOES in all stylos. These goods have been
manufactured and selected with great care, and
every article sold will bo warranted ns represent
ed.
J. BENJ. ELY
SnoecNHOr o HAH LON . ELY.
170 N. Gay St., Corner Exeter,
BALTIMORE. Md. aplS
LtM. FASHIONABLE
CARPETINGS.
I. & M.
I. & M. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
I- k M ' LOW PllH ES ! LOW 1> 11 IVES I
I.&M.
"mIMWOLD&MEHRING,
I. & M.
320 aii<l 32 H W . Haiti more St.,
I. & M. ’
I. & M. Cor. Howard, and 3 N. Howard Street.
I. & M.
I.&M. New, Choice, Handsome Patterns in
L & M. imported and DOMESTIC CAR-
L& M. PETJNGS, CORTICINB, &c.
I.&M.
I.&M.
Our Five Double Floors are heavily
I. & M. stocked with the
I& M- LARGEST AND BEST VARIETY
I. & M.
r g. embracing every description of FLOOR
COVERING, from the hlßhost to the
I & M lowest standard, all of wnteh have been
' ' selected will! great care, and will be sold
I. & M. at
i. & m. EXTREMELY LOW PRICES.
I. &M. {37”An examination Solicited.
I. & M. ;j2 & as \V. lUltimohe,con. Howard
I. & M. and No. 2 North Howard St.
OUR SEMI-ANNUAL
Mark Down
AND DISCOUNT SALE OF FINE
CLOTHING,
For MEN, BOYS & CHILDREN.
This sale eclipses anything ever seen in Balti
more or elsewhere.
Discount from 10 to 50 por cent.
Goods sold at and below cost of manufacture.
Every garment new and elegant, our own and
this season’s make.
Wo make these reductions because wo need the
money.
|3f“our guarantee goes with every sale. If
not satisfied with your purchase, come back and
got your money.
-THE—
FINEST CLOTHING,
209 W. Baltimore St.
BALTIMORE.
PiStei 111 i
111 i i
BEST TONIC. ?
This medicine, combining Iron with puro
vegetable tonics, quickly and conijiletely
(’uri'H I).vhih‘pnlii, IndiKCMlion* Wchuucmn,
Impure Blood, .>lulariu,l lilllMmi cl Feverm,
and Neuralgia.
It is an unfailing remedy for Diseases of the
Kidneys and Liver.
It Is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to
Women, and all who lead sedentary lives.
It docs not injure the teeth, cause hcadache.or
produce constipation— other Iron medicine* do.
It enriches and purifies the blood, stimulates
the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re
lieves Heartburn and Belching, and strength
ens the muscles and nerves.
For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of
Energy, Ac., it bos no equal.
The Pennine has above trade mark and
crossed rea lines on wrapper. Take no other.
■*l<ljrb7 DROWN CHEMICAL CO.. BALTIMORE, MD.
C. W. BAKER. W. E. M ROAN.
BAKER & MORGAN,
CANNED GOODS BROKERS
ABERDEEN, Md.
—manufacturers' aoenth fob—
Fruit and Vegetable Cans.
ALSO AGENTS FOB THE FOLLOWING
High Grade Fertilizers:
STAR BONE PHOSPHATE,
SHARPLESS & CARPENTER'S PHOSPHATE.
HUBBARD’S PHOSPHATE,
PACIFIC GUANO,
i R. J. BAKER & Co’S BONE,
And other Leading Brands of Fertilizers,
febl
D I YOKE EH.—ABSOLUTE DIVOUCEB FOR
persons residing throughout the United
States and Canada for desertion, non-support, in
i temperance, cruelty, Incompatibility, etc. Ad
i vice free. State your case and address Attor
ney Ward, World Building, lUO7 Broadway, New
York. lljulv
IB PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY BY
IF - W . BAKEB.
Terms—Sl.so a Year, In Advance.
Transient Advertisements. —-One Square, 3
insertions or less $1.50. Each subsequent insertion,
25 cents Longer advertisements in the same pro
portion. A space equal to six lines makesasqua. *e.
Figure-work double price.
[Obituaries and Personal Communications will
be inserted at ten cents per line.]
Yearly advertisements at special rates.
poetical.
WEBSTER.
The moss upon thy memory ! No
Not while one note Is rung
Of those divine. Immortal songs
Milton and Shakspeare sung;
Not till the night of years enshrouds
The Anglo Haxon tongue.
No! lot the flood of time roll on
And men and empires die,
Genius, enthroned on lofty heights
Can its dread course defy.
And hereon earth can claim the gift
Of immortality.
Can save from that Lethean tide.
That sweeps so dark along,
A people’s name, a people’s fame
To future time prolong.
As Troy still lives, and only lives
In Homer’s deathless song.
What though to buried Nineveh
The traveler may come.
And roll away the stone that hides
That long forgotten tomb!
He questions Its muto past in vain ;
Its oracles are dumb.
What though he stand where Balbcc stood
Olgantlc In its pride I
No voice comes o’er that silent waste.
Lone, desolate, and wide;
They had no bard, no orator.
No statesman—and they died.
They lived their little span of life.
They lived and died in vain,
They sank ingloriously beneath
Oblivion’s silent reign.
As sank beneath the Dead Sea wave
The cities of the plain.
But for those famed immortal lands,
Greece and Imperial Home,
Where Genius left its shining mark
And found its chosen home.
All eloquent with mind they speak,
Wood, wave and crumbling dome.
The honeyed words of Plato still
Float on the echoing air.
The thunders of Demosthenes
yEgean waters bear.
And the pilgrim to the Forum hears
The volco of Tully there.
And thus thy memory shall live.
And thus thy fame resound.
While tar-off future ages roll
Their solemn cycle round.
And make this wide, this fair, new world
An ancient classic ground.
Then with our country’s gloiious name,
Thine own shall bo entwined;
Within the senate’s pillared hall
Thine image shall be shrined,
And on the nations low shall gleam
Light from thy giant mind.
Our proudest monuments no more
May rise to meet the sky;
The stately Capitol o’erthrown
Low in the dust may lio;
But mind, sublime above the wreck,
Immortal—cannot die. —Annie C, Lynch .
IXXiscclUiucmts.
LETTUK FROM UALTINOKE.
lloilkc—Podge.
As so many county people take either a
daily or weekly Baltimore paper, it would
hardly be possible to send you a very newsy
letter from here, but sometime a hash of the
scraps left is quite a good dish, if well sea
soned. Just now the city is in a pot-pourri
coudiliou of slush, snow, parties, weddings,
lectures and cooking schools, mixed up with
Bell robberies, dynamite and earthquakes, and
we can only hope to escape being blown up
or shaken down, for from present threatening
appearances we are sure to be married or
cooked. Some of my companions are talk
ing seriously of going West to escape conta
gion, hut I never was afraid of “taking”
things and am going to slay at home and
watch the march of improvement. No doubt
you have read all about the cooking school
which has been established in the western
section of the city, by some kind gentlemen,
and I need not expatiate upon it, except to
express our thanks to them for their be
nevolence in trying to educate our prospec
tive wives, so that we poor Benedicts need
not die of dyspepsia or starvation itself, as I
am sure weshoulddo if left to the tender mer
cies of the majority of girlsofthe period. That
is one reason why we do not get married, be
cause if our wives could cook and our Irish
servants take to blowing us up with dynamite,
if we blow them up for any of their small
misdemeanors, where should we be?
Depend upon it if it were known that the
Coras and Carries could "with their dainty
fingers dash off a creamy omelet, scientific
croqueltet, delicious salads, marvelous sauces,
and the hundred and one dishes so necessary
for the comfort of a husband and his friends,
the number of weddings would increase mar
velously.”
1 copied Hint sentence from my mother’s
favorite cook-book and 1 think it is very
pretty, don’t you V
A little daucing, a little playing, a little
china painting, a little embroidery, a great
deal of dressing all put together make a
mighty nice girl, but for the life of me I can
not see that any oue of those accomplishments
is very necessary for a wife. Give me the
girl who can darn stockings, sew on buttons,
cook a good dinner if necessary, with com
mon sense and intelligence, and I will be sat
isfied if she cannot shine at a “German" or
absorb all the Johns liupkius lectures.
Did your readers all see the recipe for cook
ing a husband in Saturday's ifun? If not
they ought to read it and I send you a copy
of it. “Cooking husbands so as to make
them tender and good." It is as follows : "A
good many husbands are utterly spoiled by
mismauagement. Some women go about it
us if their husbands were bladders, and blow
them up. Others keep them constantly in
hot water; others let them freeze by their
carelessness and indifference. Some keep
them in pickle all their lives- It cannot he
supposed that any husband will be tender and
good managed in this way, but they are really
delicious when properly treated. lu select
ing your husband you should not be guided
by the silvery appearance, as in buying
mackerel, nor by the golden lint, as if you
wanted salmon. Be sure to select him your
self, as tastes differ. Do not go to market
for him, as the best are always brought to
your door. It is far belter to have none un
less you will patiently learn how to cook him,
A preserving kettle of the finest porcelain is
best, but if you have nothing but an earthen
ware pipkin, it will do with care. See that
the linen in which you wrap him is nicely
washed and mended with the required num
ber of buttons and strings tightly sewed on.
Tie him in the kettle by a strong silk cord
called comfort, as the one called duty is apt
to be weak. They are apt to fly out of the
kettle and be burned and crusty on the edges,
since, like crabs and lobsters, you have to
cook them while alive. Make a clear steady
fire out of love, neatness and cheerfulness.
Set him ns near this as seems to agree with
him. If lie sputters and fizzes, do not be anx
ious, some husbands do this till they are quite
done. Add a little sugar in the form of what
confectioners call kisses; put no vinegar or
pepper on any account. A little spice im
proves them, but it must be used witli judg
ment. Do not stick any sharp instrument
into him to sec if ho is becoming tender. Stir
him gently, wate'-ing the while lest he lie too
flat and close to the kettle and so become
useless. You cannot fail to know when he is
done. If thus treated you will find him very
digestible, agreeing nicely with you and the
children, and he will keep as long as you
want, unless you become careless and set him
in too cold a place.”
I will finish this Hodge Podge of mine by
giving you, very bashfully and blushingly, a
few ot my own Ideas about cooking a' wife,
and if I make a mess ot it you must excuse
me, as, like many of the authors of cook
books, 1 have never tried any of my receipts
yet, but lam anxiously lookiug around fur
some one to practise them on.
Unlike the directions for getting a husband,
you should go out and hunt for a wife and
not lake those that come to your door. The
best are rather backward and after you have
found one to suit you, she must be cultivated
with great attention for some time, before
you can secure her, for of all thiugs you must
not buy her! “Get trusted,” steal her, run
away with her in preference. Now to cook
her. Wives must nearly always be confided
to totally inexperienced male cooks and the
poor unfortunates are often stewed, pickled,
hashed, mashed, frosted, iced, deviled and fi
nally canned, before the stupid cook learns
exactly the best way of treating them. Hap
py is she who falls into experienced hands, as
occasionally happens. Now wives arc such
wonderful things, that they may be cooked
in various ways according to their disposi
tions. Some are always "game” as ducks,
deer, geese (1) and reed-birds, and must be shot
with one of Cupid’s arrows. They are rare
and served more tender if served with cur
rency jelly and rich dressing, except the reed
birds, which require only plain dressing and
must not be served with “spoons" or they
will fly. Never serve any of these with caper
sauce or they will put you in a pickle.
Some men prefer mint sauce with any kind
of wife be she a lamb or an oyster but it is
too rich for my taste. The less sauce about
them the better for my taste, unless it be a
very little “sauce piquante.”
She cau be a delicious tongue sandwich but
be very careful about the quntity of tongue,
too much is ruinous. Some are good cook
ies, and more can be used for scraps.
Of course she is well bred, sweet bread and
good for “pap,” but after all I think the best
way of cooking any kind of a wife, except a
very tough one, is to preserve her, and
this is how I am going to do mine—when I
get her. 1 shall preserve her whole in the
nicest, prettiest kettle that I can afford, and
noteat her up with the knife of criticism,
although I shall have to pare her I suppose.
I shall not keep “hauling her over the coals,"
but cook her by the steady heat of affec
tion in a very sweet syrup of love, tenderness,
consideration, patience and comfort, often
throwing in kisses and “taffy” to prevent her
becoming too candied and unlike other pre
serves. I think thyme will improve her, for
me at least. If she gels too sweet (she won’t
though !) I will mix in a few sour looks and
spicy remarks, but not too many, for then
she will he sweet pickles, of which I am very
fond of too, but I prefer preserves for con
stancy.
If, after reading these few receipts of mine,
any of your young lady readers would like
to employ me as cook they can drop a line
to that effect to, Juventus.
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A Husband’s Trick.
“You see Martha got in thehabit of silting
up for me at an early age, and she can’t break
it off. I couldn’t persuade her to go to bed
and mind her own business, so I studied on
the matter. We live in one of the centre
houses of a block of five-story-and-attic build
ings. There’s scuttles in the roofs of all of
them, and I persuaded Mr. Greenup, who
lives in the adjoining house, to let me in his
house about 1 o’clock last night, and I went
up through his scuttle and over to mine, and
so down into our bed-room. I could see
Martha from the head of the stairs, sitting in
the front room eyeing the clock with a look
that was a very tart chromo. But I undress
ed and quietly got in bed, and there I lay
waiting developments. Every now and then
I’d hear Martha give a short, fidgetty cough.
Then I’d hear her get up and prance around
the room a little, and by and by go to the
window and slam the shutters.
After I’d lain there ’bout an hour I heard her
get up and go stand out on the front steps
lor a good five minutes. Then she came in
and slammed the door and locked it and com
menced coming up stairs. Every other step
she’d say: ‘Oh, the wretch won’t I give it
him 1 I know where he is! 1 know where he
is! He needn’t think to deceive me 1’ ’Bout
the time she had nearly got to the landing I
think she must have seen the light stream
ing out of the door I'd left open. I could
hear her stop, and then I commenced to
snore. I was afraid to look, you know, but
1 could hear her cautiously come up to the
door and look in. Well, sir, I'd have given
my peusion from the war of 177 G to have
seen her about the lime she saw it was me.
I’ll bet it was fun. But 1 was afraid to do
anything but snore. Then she came into the
room, I knew by the way she breathed and
stood around. I had to nearly bile my
tongue off to keep a straight face on me. I
could feel that she sat down in a chair and
was dumbfounded. I never let on but kept
on snoring like thunder ; but when she kick
ed over a chair I turned and pretended to
wake up, kind of dazed like, and says;
‘Why, Martha dear, ain't you come to bed
yeti"
“ ‘Jarphly,’ said she awful slow and solemn
like, ‘when did you come in ?’
"Why, must bo four or five hours ago.
Don’t you remember when I told you not to
go to sleep again in the rocker, but to come
to bed?’ and I turned over and professed to
go to sleep again.’’
“She never made any reply, but acted in a
dazed, bewildered sort of way, and when she
got to bed I could tell she didn’t sleep a wink
for three hours.
"This morning it was fun to watch Martha,
I could hardly keep a straight face. At the
breakfast table, and all the time 1 was about
the house, she’d eye me when she thought I
wasn’t looking; then, when I’d notice her,
she’d turn away and be awfully busy at some
thing. She caught me kind of grinning once,
and, by George, I thought the explosion was
about to come. But it didn’t, though the
took of blank, unfathomable suspicion she
wore on her face all the lime was the great
est show on earth. It nearly broke me up,
and I’ve laughed till my ribs ache ever since.
I know it won’t last. I know there’s a day
of repenting a coming, and the thermometer
is going up clear out of sight in the Jarphly
family. But who’s goiug after trouble?
It’ll come soon enough without hunting it,
and I’m goiug to enjoy that scuttle in the
roof until the explosion comes."
Never too Late to Learn.
Socrates, at au extreme old age, learned to
play on musical instruments.
Cato, at eighty years of age, began to study
the Greek language.
Plutarch, when between seventy and
eighty, commenced to study Latin.
Boccacio was thirty years of age when he
commenced his studies in light literature;
yet he became one of the greatest masters of
the Tuscan dialect, Dante and Plutarch being
the other two.
Sir Henry Spellman neglected the sciences
in his youth, but commenced the study of
them when he was between fifty and sixty
years of age. After this time he became a
most learned antiquarian and lawyer.
Dr. Johnson applied himself to the Dutch
language but a few years before his death.
Ludovico Mondaldesco, at the great age of
115 years, wrote the memoirs of his own
times.
Ogilby, the translator of Homer and Vir
gil, was unacquainted with Latin and Greek,
till he was past fifty.
Franklin did not commence his philos
ophical results till he reached his fiftieth
year.
Dryden, in his sixty-eighth year, commenc
ed the translation ol the Hineid, his most
pleasing production.
Thousands of examples of men who com
menced a new study either for a livelihood
or amusement, at an advanced age, could be
cited, but every one familiar with the bio
graphy of distinguished men will recollect
individual cases enough to convince him
that none but the sick and idolcut will ever
say, “I am too old to learn.”
—“The most agreeable companion,” says
Lessing, “is a simple, Irank man without any
high pretensions to an oppressive greatness,
one who loves life and understands the use of
It, obliging alike at all hours; above all, of a
f olden temper, and steadfast ns an anchor,
'or such an one wo gladly exchange the
greatest genius, the most brilliant wit.
YOL. XXX—NO. 6.
I VARIETIES.
B —Plutarch; To do an evil action is base ;
to do a good one without incurring danger is
II common enough ; but is is the part of a good
L ‘ man to do great and noble deeds, though
he risks everything,
k —“Something happened to me yesterday
that will never happen to me again it I
„ live to be a thousand years old,” remarked
I Gilhooly to Qua De Smith, “What's that ?”
p “I was forty years old.”
s —First passenger to fellow-traveller—“You
i- came from Leipsic. Anything new in that
s quarter ?” Second ditto—“ Napoleon lost a
h great battle there in 1813. There has noth
d ing happened since then.”
I- —“Look here. This piece of meat don't
J suit me. It’s from the back of the animals
II neck,” said a man to a German butcher.—
e “Mine frien’, all dot beef vat I sell is back of
■- dot neck. Dcre was nodding but horns in
I - front of dot neck.”
—A Bedford avenue lady whose avoirdu
' pois is something like eighty-six pounds,
r wants to know how to get fat. Well, Miss
, Midget, most any butcher could accommo
“ dale you, or you might sent a card to the
B oleomargarine factory.
—A drunken Irishman fell down a second
story flight of stairs and landed bruised and
t battered at the top of the first flight. Look
, ing down the stairs in drunken astonish
’ menthesaid; "Be jabbers, I believe that’s
the first (hie) toime that a mon iver fell up a
j floight of stairs.”
t —Smith (to a young physician hurrying
i along the street)—"What’s yourhaste.doc
i tor, somebody hurt ?”
[ Young physician—“ Yes, Jones has just
3 broken his arm, and lamon my way to set
1 it.”
, Smith—“ You don’t say so 1 Jones broken
. au arm, and you on your way to set it I
> Poor Jones 1 I feel sorry for him.”
—“The world is full of deceit,” said old
, Mr. Squaggs, “and wimmin is mostly at the
i bottom of it." "I know it,” said old Mrs.
r Squaggs; it is after a man gets a wife that be
- begins to practice deceit. If he hadn’t a wife
r he wouldn’t need to lie so much about where
t he spends his evenings. You are perfectly
1 right. It’s the women that cause the deceit.”
i Old Mis. Squaggs became very thoughtful.
r —ln Northern Siberia, if a young native
■ desires to marry, he goes to the father of the
girl of his choice and a price is agreed upon,
; half of which is then paid down. The pros
' pective son-in-law at once takes up his
! residence with the family of his lady-love,
and resides with them a year. If, at the end
of the year, he still desires to marry the girl,
he can pay the other half and they are mar
. ried on the next visit of the priest. If he
• does not want to marry he need not, and sim
-1 ply loses the half he has paid at the start.
i ■—• ♦
i An Incurable Patient.
’ A renowned physician one day received
the visit of a stranger, well dressed and
1 choice in his language, but looking very
1 depressed. He complained that he was sub
' ject to an ailment against which all remedies
proved powerless.
1 “How do you feel ?” inquired the doctor.
"I feel very melancholy,”
“Melancholy often arises from blighted
’ hopes.”
“That is not my case,” answered the
patient
“From disappointment in love,” continu
ed the doctor.
The patient shook his head and adding,—
“I am dreadfully dull and low spirited.”
“In that case you should order the best
1 wine procurable, and use it in moderation.”
“Doctor, 1 have the best wines in my cel
lar ; they won’t avail against my complaint.”
“Then you should travel.”
“I have visited every country in Europe—
-1 all in vain; this depression follows mo wher
ever 1 go.”
“Dlautre, is a very serious case. You
must go and hear some good music.
“I hear it every day; it makes no differ
ence ; and my complaint grows worse at
night.
“Then, there is only one remedy I can
think of. You must go to the theatre and
hear the famous singer Velutti, whoso rollick
ing fun and humor are irresistible.”
“Alas!” said the poor patient, “I am
Velutti!”
Beauty of Good Manners.
Manners are the garments, of the spirit,
the eternal clothing of the being, in which
character ultimates itself. If the character
be simple and sincere, the manners will be
at one with it—will be the natural out-birth
of its traits and peculiarities. If it be com
plex and self-seeking, the manners will be
artificial, affected, or insincere. Some per
sons make up, put on, take off, alter, or
patch their manners to suit limes and seasons
i with as much facility, and as little apparent
i consciousness of duplicity, as if they were
i treating their clothes in like fashion. The
fine lady of this class may be polished to the
, last degree, when arrayed, in silks and laces,
■ she glides over the rich carpets of the draw
ing room—and yet with her servants at
home she is possibly less the lady than they;
or, worse still, the fine lady, married, per
; haps, to a fine gentleman of a character simi
lar to her own, in the privacy of domestic
life carries on a civil war with him, in which
all restraint of courtesy is set aside. The
best manners possible are the simple bringing
down of the perfect law of charily into the
i most external ultimates of social life. Until
i character tends at all times and in all places
i and towards all persons, to ultimate it
self, in manners of thorough courtesy, it is
not building itself upon a sure foundation.—
This is the golden rule of true manners.
To Become Good Housekeepers.
Minneapolis Housekeeper.
If you waul to be good housekeepers, girls,
begin with your own room, and your own
clothes. That is what your mother will pro
bably tell you if you rush to her with sudden
ly formed good intentions of relieving her of
half her housekeeping. Arrange your bureau
drawer, relieve your closet pegs of their bur
-1 deu of garments not in use. But your whole
room in clean and pleasant order, and learn
to keep it thus. Find out by studying ;it is
the best and easiest way of keeping all fresh
and dainty about you. Have your own dust
cloths and sponges for cleaning, a bottle of
1 sweet oil and turpentine, and a piece of flan
i nel to restore the polish where dark wood
f is spotted. When you have learned all this
: so that it is easier to do it than let it alone,
and no more trouble to you than to dress
1 yourself, then you have learned enough to
’ keep a whole house in clean order.
Embarrassing.
“I intended to tell Jane to bring a fresh
bucket of water,” said the wife of Professor
r Nottlehead, looking up from her sewing.
“You doubtless mean a bucket of fresh
water,” rejoined her husband. "I wish you
, would pay some little attention to rhetoric.
Your mistakes are embarrassing.”
A few moments later, the professor said:
“My dear, that picture would show to bet
ter advantage if you were to hang it over the
clock.”
“Ah,” she replied “you doubtless mean if I
were to hang it above the clock. If I were
to hang it over the clock, we couldn’t tell
what lime it is. 1 wish you would pay some
little attention to rhetoric. Your mistakes
! are embarrassing.”
A Moan Olal Oonornl Rnntod.
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i M. Allen Taylor and F. S. Pinchbeck respect
■ ively, write that they were all afflicted with
, general debility, and received solid benefit
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