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THE
JOURNAL.
VOLUME XXI.
WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE, FEBRUARY 21, 1883.
NUMBER 48
HOME
NEWS GLEANINGS.
There are 60,000 colored Baptists iu
Tennessee, with 150 churches.
Wffct Virginia contains 52,000 persona
over ten years of age who cannot read.
According to the official statistics
then were in Arkansas on June 30,
188 J, 1,415 chool-houee.
The new city hall at Rome, Oa., lias
just been completed at a coat of (15,000.
The street car companies of New Or
leans altogether collect about 70,000
fares daily.
Ex-Got. Warmotb, of Louisiana, has
been in Maine buying machinery 'or a
beet-root factory on his plantation.
Two years ago Wc'son, Minn., was on
ly a pine forest. It has now a cotton
mill em ploying; 1,000 hands, and nearly
3,000 inhabitants.
The Texas cattle drive for the coining
spring is eitimated at 220,000 head. Of
these not more than 120,000 will reach
the open market. The rest will be re
served for ranch purposes.
Convict labor is bring utilized upon
plantations in Arkamss. One hundred
are now employed upon the plantation
of Mr. Nell, below Little Rock. They
profess to like working there better than
staying in prison.
The question of a canning factory is
beginning to be agitated in Greenville,
8. C. Practical men are figuring fin the
subject, and have demonstrated that
such a factory will pay large profits on
the small capital required.
Northern manufacturers arc exploring
the Virginia mineral lands. Recently a
purchase of 13,000 acres was made by a
Pennsylvania company. A superior
quality of ore has been found, and it
will be shipped to Pennsylvania fur
naces. In the seven months of this hVcal year
the public debt has been reduced a tri
fle over ninety five millions. This gives
promise of a total reduction in a year of
fully 150 millions. We still owe nearly
1,600 millions, about one half of which
ameunt is now redeemable, but one half
of the redeemable dobt does not bear
interest.
Memphis Avalanche : The Atlanta
Constitution states that the Marietta
and North Georgia road is the great
route for quail hunters. The other day
there was (2,000 worth of dogs (cash
. raluation) in the baggage car on that
road, attended by $6,000 worth of ne
groes (old valuation.) On the return
trip they had $5.80 worth of birds, which
they counted while eating $20 worth of
lunch.
Jim Chang, a Chincfe merchant who
recently established in Waynesboro,
Burke county, Ga., was visited by a
party of men who proceeded to break up
his shew caces and otherwise abure hi
property. They then ordered him to
shut up his store and leave at once,
which he did. Tho indignation seems
due to the fact that a Burke county
white girl had sometime before married
a Chinaman, and indiscriminate ven
gence was considered in order.
There are 40,0(0 square miie3 of al
most unbroken forests in North Caroh
nt, comprising pine, chestnut, oak, ma
ple, beach and hickory timber in their
finest growth. It is estimated that in
ten years the timberjalone in North Car
olina will exceed in value the present
total valuation of all the property in the
8tate, including land. The State grows
nineteen varieties of oak, and its pine
forests are of the heaviest. The build
ing of new railroads will rapidly open
this region to the Northern and Eastern
lumber markets
An inebriated citizen of B utts county,
Ga., got in front of an approaching
train on the new road not long since, and
by wildly waving the tattered remains
of a sanguinary-looking kerchief suc
ceeded in. stopping it. The conductor
alighted and inquired the object of the
danger signal, when tho inebriated citi
ten solemnly drew a bottle from the
depths of his inner pocket and remarked
that he merely wanted to "set 'em up."
It is recorded of the ungrateful official
that he acknowledged the kind invita
tlon by the vigorous application of a
box-toed number 10.
There was a new departure a few
eights since at McMinnville, Tenn., to
raise money to buy a church organ. The
plan devised was a sale of the young la
dies to the highest bidder. The young
men were out en masse, and one by one
the fair ladies were knocked down by
he auctioneer to the highest bidder.
. Manjtof the belles brought fabulous
prices, ' one ecstatic bachelor bidding
''heaven and earth" for the girl of his
choice. As barter was not taken, he was
required to make his bid In dollars and
cents, which he-did In a handsome price
nd got hlspfu. The sale resulted in
plenty of money and lota of fun.
At a ball-Matoh-maUng mamma to
Aw marriageable daughter; "Virginia,
TOPICS OF THE DAT.
Tnn French army is reported not to
like the expulsion bill adopted by the
cabinet, and an intimation to that effect
has been carried to President Grevy.
Tim United States Government pays
foreign steamers an average of two centy
por lottor for postago. During the past
forty years tho maila have cost S.')0,201,
407. Gbw. Ciiahlbs P. Stonr, who has for
years bcon an officer in high command
in tho Khedive's army, 1ms loft Egypt,
and will roturn to livo iu the United
States.
Walcott, tho thirty-day quail cater,
finished his task, said ho never folt bet
tor in his life, and pockoted the $.",00,
besides winning any number of bctn
from ailly people.
MoNTdOMERY Blair is reported to bo
seriously ill at his country place, Silver
Spring, a few miles from Washington.
Mr. Herndon, the Alabama Congress
man, is now on the road to full recovery.
The scandal about the failuro of Mr.
Julian Uawthorno to finish "Foiliino's
Fool," is increased by the announce
ment that ho had received pay in full in
advance. Mr. Hawthorne is thus fur si
lent on the subject.
William Galloway, tho oldest loco
motive engineer in this country, recent
ly guided a train at tho speed of a mile
a minute ovci a portion of tho Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. Mr. Gullowuy is
soventy-four years old.
Mb. W. C. Cabwngto, a Richmond
(Va.) attorney, has received from Lou
don the certificate of marriage of Mr,
and Mrs. Pigeon (Labourchcre). It was
iutcuded to bo used in tho divorce suit
of Mrs. Pigeon vs. Mr. Pigeon.
A nf.w protesnon, tint of accompany,
lug young girls to and from bulls, is re
ported to hato boen recently started.
Hairdressers advertise thnt they will
ress the hair of ladies and then escort
thorn to their place of destination.
Is some parts of Gorruany tho pMico
have lately had tho now duty instructed
to them of prohibiting boys under six
teen from smoking in tho streets or
from entering alono establishments
where intoxicating liquors are sold.
Mb, IIolmam Hunt spout five years in
the Holy Land iu painting "Tho Flight
into Egypt," and, when ho had finished
it, found that tho Syriai canvas, which
be had used, was too rotten to beur tho
strain of travel. The picturo fell to
pieces aud was patched, but is now an
irretrievable ruin.
Capt. R. B. Forbkr, of Boston, multca
the sensible suggestion Unit there is al
together too much signaling iu naviga
tion rnlos, which leads to confusion. He
soys "on the ocean it iB enough to indi
oato northerly, southerly, easterly and
westerly. Ia narrow waters whero many
steamers are apt to congregato the less
tooting the better."
Tns Emperor of Anstro-IInngary has
decorated Hon. CharL ; (ribsou, of bt.
Louis, bis ooansol in th. case against
Baron Von Beohtolsheim, lute Ansl.ro-
Hungary consul at St, Louis, who cm
bezzledfunds of his office, as Knight
Commander of tho Order of Franz
Josoph. The order itself is as high as
any in the empire or m Europe.
Tot practicability of photographing
landscapes from the windows of traius
running at a rate of forty miles an hour,
has bcon recently proved by Dr. Can
dize, who uses what iie calls a gyrograph
for the purpose. An exposure oi oniy
one one-hnndredth of a second was
needed, and after a little practieo won.
derfully distinct views wero obtained.
' Ross, the shotgun messenger of Wells,
Farg & Co.'s Express, who saved tlio
treasure when the recent etTurt was mado
to rob tho east-bound express of tho
Central Paciflo, in California, stands six
feet four in hia atockiugs, aud began
life as a gamblor. This is the fourth
time that he has beaten off tho road
agents. Edwin Forrest's costumes and silver
ware, left by him to the Forest Hqmo,
Philadelphia, are soon to be Bold at pub
lic auction. Among the costumes aro
those worn by tho characters ol Coriola
nus, Lear, Tell and Spartaous, and the
ailverware includes fifteen pieces besidos
a dozen knives, four dozon forka, and
four dozen spoons.
What is claimed to bo the largest pen
sion paid to one person in the United
States haa been settled in St. Louis.
The pensioner was honorably discharged
from the army in 1804 on acoonnt of
ininriea. and in four days thereafter ho
became totally blind, and has so remain-
ed ever since. His case has been pent
intr for sixteen years. The aggregate
sum aooruiBg to date, and which ho re
oeived. was $9. 0f53.47. lie will hereafter
! receive doling hia life $72 per month.
Tire Metropolitan Horse Car Com
pany, of Boston, has recently introduced
the registering clock for recording fares.
The other day an elderly lady desired to
cet off the car. She roae energetically
1 mA vnC the strap whioh rang in tho
tier desist she bad not only been carried
a couple of blocks beyond her destina
tion, but had registered not less than
tweuty faros, for which, according to tho
company's rules, tho conductor was re
sponsible. TnR robust health of the English in
general is said to be duo to their diei
They are good and substantial eaters.
They like plain, solid food, woll cooked,
and do not, as a rule, demand variety!
.neat, vegetables, and puddings are
thoir staple dishes, and thin soups and
foreign kickshaws find no favor in their
eyes. They despise aliko French dishes
as rich and unwholesome, 'and German
cookery as coarse and unpalatable. Tho
roust beef of Old England is thoir staff
of life, and bam and eggs come next In
their good graces. Ico water is a rarity
among the mass of the population, who
look on it almost as poison.
Evipenob of tho extent of the busi
ness done by Fleming and Meriam and
other professional grain brokers at Chi
cago, the duliTcry of money letters to
whom was stopped by the Postal De
partment a few days ago, accumulates
from day to day. It appears they not
only received money froni farms, towns
and villages all over the country, hot
also from Canada, and even from some
points in Eugland and Scotland. The
turns transmitted to them, for invest
ment in graia futures, are estimated to
reach into the millions, and it is inti
mated that certain respected aud highly
conneotcd persons joined hauds with tho
recognized gambling eleineut in working
the scheme.
rnrLApr.i.rmAawyers have a question
which stumps them at last. Tho Cou-
trollerabip of that city became vacaut
by resignation. Tho Common Council
elected a new man. Tho person left iu
charge by tho resigning Controller re-
f u?es to give up tho office, and the Court
sustains him. Lawyers aro divided npou
the point whether tho ollieo is a county
or a city ouo, to bo filled by the Stato
Governor or eity govormcnt in case of
vacancy. Tho most serious featuro ol
tho whole troiihlo is that all the police
men, school teachers, d"partuicnt clerks
and laborers are kept out of their pay,
becauso uo bills can bo cashed In fore
they are approved by tho Controller,
and there ia no recognized Controller to
do it.
Jons W. B.mto;, Treasurer of the
Dexter (Me.) Swings Bank, was found
iu tho vault of tho bank on February 2'2,
1878, dying from wounds u uioli he re
ceived dming tho night. Many will
recall tho thrill of admiration that swept
over the country when llio news whs
published of Barron's heroin death in
defense of tho treasure in his keeping,
aud the painful reaction when tho
charge was mudo that the wounds wero
gulf-inflicted to hide a defalcation. Suit
brought by tho bank against Barron's
estate led to an examination. For four
years tho trial has been postponed, and
in now about to bo resumed. ..now evi
dence is said to have been found to
prove that Cashier Barron was really
murdered at his post of duty. It is
worth much to have this almost solitary
instance of fidelity in a wido waste of
banking treachery and criminality.
t?i:rRi'.TAKY Fomier has sent alc.ttcr to
Congress recommending the consoli
dation of customs districts in many in
stances, iu ordor to effect a saving iu the
salaries of ofiicors at ports where the
business is very small and does not in-
crease from year to year. The Secre
tary's recommendations would in effect
not lessen tho number of collection dis
tricts, but iu somo cases reduce the
number of officers at tho port which,
after the reorganization, would comprise
all tho consolidated ports, and reduce the
aggregate cost for Balaries $101,205. Tho
Western ports which would be affected
by the proposed consolidations are the
following: It is proposed to consolidate
with the district of Chicago, tho districts
of Galena, Omaha, Dubuque, and Bur
lington; to increase the number of officers
lund employes from seventy-six to ninety-
one, and the cost for salaries' from 894,
418 to 8111,880. It is proposed to con
solidate with the Minnesota District,
at St. Paul, the districts of Duluth,
Montana and Idaho, to increase the
number ol officers and employes
from twenty-flvo to thirty-two, and
tho cost for salaries from S32.302 to
ris win. The greatest reduction of
Dfficcrs and employes will take plaoe at
the chief eastern ports.
Not a few of tho thinking farmers of
Illinois and tho States adjoining, express
tho conviction that ho who woidd raise
cattle in tho future without positive loss,
must raise those which will at an early
agodovulope into ripe, heavy animids
of good stylo and in every way suited to
tho needs of tho best and most exacting
markets, there and abroad.
The following process is recommended
for cleaning white Shetland shawls. Put
the soiled article into a largo ivi;
throw over it half a teacupful of Hour,
Jr " nib tlioroiirrhlv. as if washing,
then thoroughly shake ot the Hour. II
the article is not clean repeat tho pro
In lBan flour. Articles cleaned by
this twocess will retain a new look as
long u there ia a thread left
Tirs man who nto his dinner with the
fork of a river Iiuh boon trywg to bjrin
fair urn1 cox,
Br cWk'a a wintry In adranca,
A inonn lint makoa tha rtarknaai darl
Hit atature la Ilka any lanca,
Aud Ilka a waving read dth away.
Hit ayra an arer wlda awaka,
Thcudh dnuiny aa a fawn'a to am.
Ton niiHiii la hlurrrd for hnr awant aakai
Ilia branch la dron)lug ou the trea.
Th fawn Wfnre in (Ilea fnr ahama
Toward th dwert. far and wlda j
Ho pwr haa aim, and nona can claim
To ba regarded by bar aide.
Tha fawn that In (be glada doth atray-.
The Idol of the fane ia aha I
Thou who dldnt bid ma twin. I pray
That I may ne'er deapalr of the I
To ma, thmi art ao eoy and cold
To othara, aver kind and nnar.
Onr iiarre like tha ware of old,
D0U1 linger on from year to yoar.
Ah I that la
'hy thy young cheek glowa
With yonder mi
idily hue ao fair,
Aa thouRh It were a dlataut roae
lliou takeat for a veil to wear.
Zaunilam Windmills.
Zaandam Is rather an important
place Many ships nnil boats aro built
thoro, many windmills thresh tho air
with thoir whlto arms. And grind ovory
sort of tiling that can bo ground, and
when thoy don't do that thoy saw wood
and pump water. Its inhabitants aro
fearfully ricbt at etery jaunty villa we
camo to our guide stoppod us to impress
on us somo notion of its owner's
wealth. "AH these rich pcopo aro wind
millers;" he could speak tolerable En
glish, so wo wero spared tho wild panto
mime which, when cxpressivo of four
hundred windmills, takes some consid
erable room in a vilbigo street. Wo
wero ferried over the watery nvenuo
which seems to bo really the main thor
nughfaro of the town. Thcro wero tho
mills, sure enough, milos of them somo
four, I think on each sido of tho way,
as far into tho dim distanco as tho eyo
could roach. It looked liko a lesson in
perspective to try for the evact vanish
ing point.
If any ono desires to seo Holland from
Its windniillv side, let that person by all
moans come to Zaandam, and be, sur
feited forever after, ihey nil soemod
to I o thriving and nourishing, too; and
when a windniillv town does flourish, it
is (from a Nourishing point of view) a
tliinar to remember. It scorns to lack
rcposofulnoss. if ono cares for it, but for
ono of an netivo temperament it is lilgn-
ly stimulating. It is not tho placo lor a
moony or absent-minded person, n
thiTo is always a ehance of being brained
by tho morry wind-sail, unless ono is
somowhat alert. 1 hero seems to lie an
unfathomable variety of individual tasto
tho matter of adorning and duo-
orating somo of theso mills. Thoy were
nearly all as bright as pa nt or wash
of overy known hue could make thm.
IN one ot tho ii'stnetio, lailoil-leal tones
oro either, but good, riotous, roaring
oils, croons and Idiios, that seemed to
sit at once on any mild talk of "broken
ints or "melting combinations.
Somehow they seemed to get the rh'ht
tone under that delicious gray-blue ha.o
that hangs so often over tho" landscape
in Holland. Many mills had thoir litllo
owor-gardens running down to tho
river's edge, nml tho liltlo summer
house ovoi hanging tho walor, with its
novitablo little motto expressive of tho
owner's sweet content, liko "l.ust in
lust, which at tirst sight looks liko
bad and improper English. It only
means Uuslio felicity. Hero sit Van
Dunk mid friends in the shades of even-
in"-, smoking their pipes, sipping their
bevcrairos, and listening to tho frogs.
Ocone II. Houghton, m Harper's
Maaaztne.
Arrllc Ice.
The unlucky prisoner in tho immense
licit 1 loo dunno: tho lmposinir, unoroK.cn
loneliness of the loner Arctionieht. when
.tho wind is calm, can hear the craeklo
if tho snow under the stealthy tread ol
the polar bear at an astonishing distance,
and hear what a man, speaking loud,
says nt 1,000 motrcs distance. It can,
therefore, be woll nudorstootl now tno
sound of ice-pressures must travel to
hia ear from enormous distances.
" Sometimes," tho author writes, "the
noise of tho ice movementa was scarcely
to bo heard a mere murmur and came
to our ears oa does tho nay of the waves
on n steep coast from the far distanco.
Sometimes it hummed and roared closer
to us, as it a whole column of heavily-
laden wagons wero being drawn over tno
uneven ice surface." In tho sound was
combined all manner of noises-caused
by crackling, grinding, falling of blocks,
crushing and many other phenomena oi
it'i) life. " It is astonishinp; how far and
liow clearly evory noise is conducted in
tho ice. Tho noise at tho very margin
of tho field on which wo were seemt'd to
occur immediately at our feet. Ii wo
placed our ears to the ico, tho sound was
heard so loudly that we might nave ex
ncctod the ico too pen under our feet tin
next momout The whole dry ice-covering
wa a vast ronnduig-board.
Whenever, aa I lay down to sloop, I
placed my ear against the dry, wooden
u.l,,a ai.L. T knnfl tl lilimtTI ItlO llTld bllZ-
zing which waa no tiling olso but tho
sum of all the noises which occurred in
tho ice at a great distance from tho
ship."
The surface of an expanse ox young
salt-watrr ice on which no snon has yet
lullon is sott, so that Uie ioowtcp is im
pressed nnon ita white covering aa in
melting snow. This is to be observed
even at a temperature of 40 dog. C.
The unfrozen fluid ia not water, but a
conocntrated solution of salt thrown out
by tho freezinir of the ice beneath.
'When summer begins the thawing
that occurs is very local and unequal,
Any dark body, auch as a heap of aafces.
or the dropping of bears, eats ita way
into the snow, absorbing the rays of
boat which are reflected off again ny
the general white surface. The bear
droppings eat their way into tho snow,
and then into tho ioe, and tho conical
hole thus formed fills itself with water,
It may at last eat its way right through
the ice where not very thick. Thus are
formed the greater part of those holes
In drift-ice which are usually ascrilxd
. , mi., -ii - 1 '..
io Bourn. Aiie autuor never saw
Uole in winter.
Wht fa paper money more valuable
than gold? When you put it in your
pocket you double it, and whoa you take
Money by Telephone.
"Bar. miss." said a rather haid-look-
Ing customer to the young lady in charge
of the central telophone offlco, one dov
last week, "say, miss, I'd like to talk
with Mr. Joseph Snooks a moment."
The lady culled Snooks aud turned tho
Instrument over to, tho guest.
"Hello, hcllol Mr. Snooks!"
Snooks answered, and iu the ensuing
colloquy the lady could of courso ouly
near the bard-looking customer.
"Snooks, old boy, I can t come up lor
that money to-day; I'm too busy,"
"Eh?"
"No, can't get away."
"I know, but I'm sorry; I've got to
meet Brace about your affair. "
"But I'd jeopardize all our interests.
I postively can t come. Can you send
the money down?"
"Down here."
"I don't believe she'll do it, rill she?"
"No, I don't know her. She's a hand
some girl with blue eyes and light hair. I
jiuow uerr
"I'll ask her about it Wait, keep
your ear there miss, Mr. Snooks wants
to pay mo four dollars, and savs for you
to let me have the money. I'll ask again
to make sure. Snooks, did you mean
for this fl.no young lady to pay me and
charge it to you?"
"Don't hear yon."
"Yes, yes, all right. IIo savs, miss,
for you to take my receipts and let mo
have the cash. You are to put it iu his
telephone bill. All right, Snooks, good
by, see you to-morrow," and hohiuig the
mouthpiece on the hook.
"Fine fellow, Snooks," ho continued,
looking pleasantly at the managress. "1
nover heard of sending money by telo
phone beforo, did you?
"No," responded tho lady.
"Perhaps you havou't tho change
handy?"
"lcs," said she.
"You'll trust Snooks, I porsumo," ho
went on in a faltoring manner.
"Certainly," she replied, "il ho says to
letyouhavo it"
"You don't think tho telcphouo would
He, do you?"
"Assuredly not I'll just ask Mr.
Snooks."
"No, no. IIo's a sensitivo man; ho
wouldn't like to have so much fuss over
a small amount Muko it two dollars
and I will give him a receipt ou ac
count.
"I'll pay anything Mr. Snooks says.
I'll call him."
"Rather than bother him again, I'll
make it a dollar. Give mo a dollar " 1
"But I pcrfer to call him."
"Miss," sijd tho man, "don't go near
tho wire now. There's a cloud comining
np. Yon'ro going to bo struck by light
ning, llather tlmu that, I'd take fifty
cents, a quarter,"
"Oh! I'm not afraid," and sho ap
proached tho instrument
"Koep away from that wire!" he
howlod, "don't call Snooks. He might
be struck. If yon don't care for yourself,
have some mercy ou his family. Yon
needn't pay tho amount at all. I wouldn't
risk Snooks for all tho money in Brixik
lyn." "I shall either call Snooks or a polico
man," said the trirl firmly.
"Make it a policeman and I'll go foi
him myself," shouted tho tramp, as ho
jumped over the rail.
And then she called Snooks, who had
been swearing nt his end of tho wire in
the hope ol making somo ouo hear him,
aud told him it was all right, she hadn't
quite paid the money.
How She Wen film.
I havo just heard the most remarka
ble story of tho evenness of tlio female
temper. It is a bountiful liltlo fairy
story, ami may appropriately bo culled
"How Who Won Him." It happonod
here in l'liiladclpliia, and is on this
wise:
Thoro was a beautiful dinner given
"many years ago," and sho sat oppo
site til m and looked ever so charming in
wino-colorcd silk with a square neck.
and othorwiso arrayed as nover wero
tlio lilies In any valley of this poor
earth.
Well, tho waiter in handing tho soup
upset tho entiro contents of a plate in
her lap. Just think of it, girls! Tlio
whole front bioadth ultorly ruined, and
it could not be matched!
Well, what did she do? 1 )id she faint T
Did sho say: "You horrid man!" Did
she scream? wot at an; sue passed i no
thine oft in somo witty remark about
tiery baptism, anu cairuiy rumuu m-i
.... .,,
iltiinnr.
11b. of course was tloliEhiea, inougni
her a most remarkable woman, and, in-
docd, she was; boeamo attentive to ner.
and final v married her. Ono evening,
long after tho event, thoy wero silting
bnfnrn tho fire, the children having gone
to bod. and wero talking about old
times whnn he said:
Mv Hnnr. 1 never told von. I think,
how I first thought I would liko to mar-
rv von. did 1?
"Why, gracious goodnoss! no never!'
" Well." ho said. " do you remem
her that dinnor at. Mrs. Simpkins'
whero vour dress was spoilt by tho
.mini"'
" Indeed I do!" she rop'.ied. ' I shall
nevor forgot it aa long as I live."
"Well' he continued, "you behaved
so well about it that I thought you a
PYw!"ghe answered, "I roniombor
behaving vory woll about It at tho timo;
bnt, good land, you should havo soon
the marks of my tcoth on the bod post
that night!" Philadelphia Quiz.
Medloine was administered to a sick
olergvman on Long Island by several of
his kindly disposed pariBhiouera. in
stead of giving him pill s and plasters
they gave him some wood and coal, which
aheputin the cellar. To this they
added some money, which they pleas
antly placed in hiB hand as tbey shook
hands at his bedside. It was agreed by
all oonoerned that these remedies wero
the beet that could have beeu admiuis
tared to the suffering pastor. He is now
nonvttleaoent Y. Sun.
Tin only cooi thuyr hleh haa been
fertile tost weet it the fol-
r! .,i,n Ai into the office, smokes
some other fellow's pipe, uses some othor
fellow's desk, and uen asaa u you
not going to say Deer ociure uo uw w
The Sick Room.
From an Interesting paper on this
subject iu the Christian Union, by Misa
E. It. Soovil. of tho Massachusetts Gen
eral Hospital, wo cull the following hints
and recipes:
Tho puro juico may be oxtracted from
beof iu two ways: First, by cutting tho
meat in small pieces, putting them in a
tightly corked bottle, immersing it in
hot witter, and boiling fr several hours.
Second, by taking a thick piece of juicy
steak, broiling it on a gridiron over a
clear fire for a few moments, then cutting
it in strips and pressing it in a lemon
squeezer. The juico thus obtained may
bo given either cold or hot It may be
frozen, broken luto lumps, aud given
liko cracked ico. A little wilt should be
added before using it.
An invalid who is tired of hot beef tea
will sometimes drink it cold or iced with
great relish. Enough btiiigluss or gelatiuo
may be added to the juice to make a
jelly, which can be Havored with sherry,
essence of celery, or anything the patient
may fiuiey.
Haw meat is very nutritious, and may
bo prepared by shredding tho boot ex
tremely tine, removing every irorticlo of
skin or fut, and mixing it with cracker
crumbs. A little salt and pepper may be
added, and tho mixture rolled into tiny
balls.
In convalescence after typhoid fovcr
tho greatest care is necessary with regard
io the food, and no new article of (hi t
should be given without tho express per
mission of tho doctor. Even so slight an
imprudence aa eating a raw apple haa
boeu known to cause death.
While roast, boiled and broiled chicken,
mutton chop and beef steak havo long
held a recognized position in the invalid's
bill of faro, tho merits of a veal sweet
bread Lave boon sadly overlooked.
When properly cooked it ia a delicious
h, and may tempt a capricious ap-
petito that haa grown weary of other
viands, A sweetbread should bo par
boiled fur a short tiuio until quite soft,
and then fried iu a little butter to a
delicuto brown. It may be served with
gravy or white sauce.
1'ort wine jelly may sometimes bo
given where tho wine itself would excite
disgust Dissolve half an ounce of
gelatiuo in three tablospooiifuls of water;
ndd a little white sugar, and nutmeg or
cinnamon if tho taste is liked; let it melt
over a very gentle heat, put in live wine
glassfuls of port, and stir constantly for
ten minutes. Strain it into a mold
moistened with cold water. A piece as
largo aa an egg should be eatou two or
Uues times a day.
Delicious oatmeal gruel may bo made
by stirring a cupful of oatmeal into a
bowl of witter, allowing it to stand for a
few minutes until the coarsest particles
have fallen to tho I sit torn, pouring off tho
water, ana repeating tins once or twice.
Tho water must then bo boiled, stirring
it constantly until it is sullicieiit cooked.
Few persons understand projicrly tho
art of making lemonade. Tho lemon
should first be rolled between the hands
until it is quite soft, tho skin removed
with a sharp knife, and every pip ex
tracted, tho lemon being held over a
tumbler that no juico may be lost in the
operation. The pull) should then bo
divided into small pieces, and the sugar
thoroughly mixed with it Last of all
tho requisite amount of water should bo
added. Orangeade may bo mado in tho
samo way as lemonade, using less sugar.
They should bo iced. Imperial drink is
niado by ndding u small tcaspoonfitl of
cream of tartar dissolved in boiling wutcr
to each pint of lemonade.
In some diseases it is impossiblo to
give anything containing acid, and then
the ingenuity ot the nurse is tested to
provide Homo beverage nt once cooling
mid pitlaiaDlo. iced lea and colleo aro
excellent when they are liked, and may
uo uotcu euuer wiui or wiiuotii num.
Barley water is mado by boiliuir two
ounces of pearl barley, previously well
washed, for twenty iiiuiutes in a pint and
u nun vi water, ji is ineu Riraiucu mid
flavored with lemon pool aud sugar to
taste. Tins may Do alternated with
flaxseed too. Steep half an oiiuoo of mi
bruised flaxseed in a pintof hoilintr water,
Let it stand in a covered jar near lire for
three or four hours; then strain and iluvor.
The Salt of the Oeean.
Even tlio primit ive sea must havo lwon
igldy charged with saline matters of all
kinds. When the earth was stdl uitenso-
ly heated, tho whole ol tho water now on
. . ... i i -
ltB SUriiiCO must, nave uceu yruncm, iw
aim iu its atmoapnero. at Urst no doubt
rimuniittiwMiiteii. nut aiierwarci n wiuw
oub vapor. Sinco, if tho sea-bottom and
continents were Binootneu uowu w uni
form level, the sea would still autllce to
tlin etdiro north to a depth of ovel
1.000 fathoms, aqueous vapour oqual to
a layer of water of that thickness must
havo existed ill tho atmosphero and have
produced a pressure of more than a toD
lm HntmrA inch at tlio earth's surface
To this pressuro must have boen added
that produced by on ine otner vaisin
with wbiuh the ivrimitive atmosphere
must liava boon filled. As the earth
.ln,l tl, nrnr.tr (VlllllnnHfid On til 8 OOol'
CBt spots from time to time, .boihxl, and
roso as vapor again. Mr. Mallet con,
joeturos that the first water tormod on
the earth's surface mar have been evoa
as hot as molten oast from At last per.
manent soaa wore established. iM
waters of theso boated to an intensely
liiKU tompcrature midor groat pressure,
must have dissolved salts in abundanoi
from the freshly aonsohdatod earth I
crust, and being constantly in a sUto o
-i. ..!:.: fl,n nresstire diminished at
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the surface with the growth ol .tho seas,
or the temperature of the earth a sur
face varied in different places, muBt have
taken up vast quantitioB ot rock matter
in atifmmiflion. and become thioklt
imnrni with voloanio mud. Intensely
w. niin must have fallen on tho land
nnd have waahod down more salts and
mini into tlio sea. The whole ocean
must have consisted of a vast mass ol
aoothintr mutL It must have required
protracted period for tho ocean to become
cloar. and lor its deposit which was per
haps somewhat like the present deep sea
red mud, to settle, and possibly the
deeper water long remained nrunnau"--bio,
being overcharged with varwue
gases aVUa BlUUi atfta auajWUUVU "fu.
There is an enrollment of 19(U574
are . "hbl e State hay
go. , " ----- . . .
HUMOROUS. !
"Selection." Brown (as he waa
leaving our art conversazione, after a
rattling scramble In the cloak room)
"Uontounu in uoi my own nat alter
all!" London Punch,
An ohscuro, butyot not wholly un
intelligible joke ih rogard to the mule
is that "though be cares very littlo for
precious stones in goneral, yet he gen
erally all'octs topaz' A; Jr. Graphic
Cuniil mulei do so? Doton rost,
Judge Tourgoe Is delivering a lect
ure on "A lamlly of Fools." We
havon't heard it but prcsumo ho refers
to tho girl who kindled a fire with
kerosene, the boy who " didn't know it
was loadod," and tho man who asks:
"hit cold enough for you?" if. 1.
JUvertuer.
High classic "Can you compre
hend me P" "I am, porhaps, a little
obtuse, but you may he lure that I
shall got at your moaning prosontly."
Low classic "Can you catch on?"
"Well, porhaps I don't drop as sud
denly as some, but you hot 1 11 tumble
aa quick as the avorago." 27ie Judge.
A magazlno writer has recontly
published a long articlo about " women's
noses." The best thing wo know about
a woman's noso is a mustache. Tho
best kind is a palo brown, and waxed at
tho ends, For sample, and instruction
in best method of application, apply at
this olDoc, after busiuoss hours. Bur
lingon llawkeyc.
So you havo got twins at your
houso?" said Mrs. Uoumbo to littlo
Tommy Samuolson. "Yes, ma'am, two
of 'em." "What are you going to call
them?" "Thunder and Lightning."
"Why, thoso aro strango names to call
children." "Well, that's what pa
called them aa soon as ho heard thoy
wero in the house." Tcxu$ Sitings.
" Justico.your llonor!"oxclaimod a
legal comet in ono of his eccentric por
orations, "is not like tho fahulatetl
Brinrious of old, whoso eyes wero as
multipllcal as the sands of tho sea. nor
yet liko the famed Uyclops whoso vision
perforated only the arena of the coming
futurity, but liko tho sportivo tlomen
alratlon of 'blind man's buff.' She
pursues her way unseeing aud unseen,
holding tho steelyards that weigh with
coeval vicissitude tho carats of gold
and tho carrots of horticulture, and
knowing no Norlh.no South, no Kaat.no
West 1'' Home (Ar. 1'.) (ieiilinel.
A report comes from London thnt
thoro is a chango iu tho fashion in
dogs. Young ladies who have bcon
wearing Knglish pugs to match their
complexion, trimmed with plastrons
and things, or the Italian greyhound or
King Charles spaniel, cut entrain with
la! ot and Polonaise, will regret to learn
that thoy havo gono out of loshion, and
thoy might as well ho given to the poor
or sold to tho old rag-man. The now style
of dog is tho fluffy white 1'oraeranian,
with a noso in point appliquo and shir
red cars; or tho Mnltcso torrior, with a
silk jackot and velvet llngorio orsome
thing that way. A'orrislown Herald,
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Alahamahos 1,919 miles of railroad,
nnd tho rallronds furnish eleven por
cent, of all tho taxablo proporty iu the
State,
- Hrovard County, Fla-, lsthe largest
of tho 2,559 counties in the United
Slates. It has an area of over 5,000
square milos.
Tho first appearance of cotton as
an article of commerce was a shipment
of seven bales f romCharlostown in 1757.
In 1880-B1 tho crop wasG,(i(JO,O00balos.
According to a comprehensive sta-'
tlstlcal return lately publishod in Ger
many, thore aro in Kuropo nlnoty-two
cities with nioro than 100,000 inhabit
ants, out of which four capitals show
each over a million popu'ation, as fol
lows: London, 3,8!I2,4-I0i l'aris, 2.22.
910: Ilorlin. 1.122.600: Vienna, 1,10:1.110.
Out of tho nlnoty-two cities and towns
reforred to. England i hums 36, (iormany
in, Italy 11, France 10. nnd ltussias.
Tho othors aro divided among the
smaller States. Thoro wore in the Unit
ed States in 180 twenty citos having
each 100,000 inhabitants and upward.
Tho first annual roport of the State
Commissioner of Koilroad Taxation in
Now Jersey contains tho following par
agraph: "Now Jersey has m all some
l.KUi) mues oi roan, siunuing socwiu iu
the list ol Statos In the mutter oi run
way facilities. Tho onlybtate whlcn
claims to have more mllos ot road than
our own is Massachusetts. New Jersoy
has nearly a mile of track for overy lour
square miles ol area, which Is considered
tho maximum. Tho total capital In
vested in railroad proporty In this State
is $.'14,0118,349. Tho cost of railroads
and thoir oqulpmonts has boen fli)8,618,
855." Tho Industrial consus of Philadel
phia, as taken by the Police Dopartmont
under the direotlon of l.orln filodgett.
is substantially complote, and the re
turns are so fully compiled as to shovr
a lanre iooresse a compared Willi we
Mnstu of 180. From the fltfurw al
ready compiled over 10.000 estsblish
menTsnre shown, with WM opera
ai.. .Knrinr aft inorease of 2,000
establishments and of 50.000 persons
employed, and it is beiiovott tnai me
nrlr nomnlotlon ol the rovislon will
show 12,000 establishments, with 240,
000 persona employed. I'iilodcIphia
l'rm.
Various sioms ot tho unsat'sfactory
state ol Russian tlnancos are constantly
appearing in tho St. retorsourg press.
Aithougn ine genoiat wmmroi
1881 exoeedoa inoso oi mo prosoui, yum
by 3.871.408 rubles, nevertheless the
sronerai amount oi arreanj m
. 1-1 .. Vn 1MB1 fKoir
very largely iiiuiuttoau. j
were calcu latod at 31,263,629 rubles, and
for the year 1882 these figures rose
to 85,547,707 rublos, or 4.284.078 rubles
more, independently of 1,673,821 rubles
ot arrears excluded from Sri
sum on account o
tho hopelessness of any attempt at
tiivi- thm paid. T ,
" i.Wbit are yon" dolmr ,
Wi fattTWht dewf said the
ftidd eZi on the piaat,
reolv as she leaned over the woketstdl
orwdfully clow Va WU;
JiWa'a. -
mountain (op,