THE SI0L1 COUNTY JOURN AL
IABRISON.
NEBRASKA
The Philadelphia Press wants to
know if there are "no conservative Cu
bans." Beyond question there re a
few; but they are all dead.
The cable says that Prince Ranjit
slnighl, the cricket player, has landed
In Australia. He evidently has landed
very heavily on the English alphabet
An Iowa man has Invaded Chicago
with a new "voting machine." We j
fear It will not meet the exigencies of j
the situation completely unless it in
cludes an arsenal.
Weyler's idea seems to be that the
dead woman or child counts as much
In the death list as a dead soldier. To
a soldier who relies on his pen for
victories only the figures are important.
A St. Louis woman caught a burglar
in her room. locked the door, talked re
formation to him for two hours, and
then turned him over to a isjliceman.
Do they propose to punish him further?
Another epidemic of crime is about
due in Chicago and nightly bold-tips
are worrying the police and the peo
ple. The test cure for this is perfora
tion, applied where it will furnish in
stant relief.
In Windsor, Canada, the other day, s
magistrate lined a prisoner ?4.13 for
kissing a pretty French girl. The odd
ity of that fine indicates an expert
knowledge on the part of the court as
to the exact value of the stolen goods.
The London Lyceum Theater was
closed the other night because Kir Hen
ry Irving had sprained his leg; but
Americans who are familiar with Sir
Henry's famous walk will be surprised
to learn that the sprain is of recent
occurrence.
Boss Croker never drew a larger sal
ary than the average, clerk receives,
and yet he Is so rich that he regards
losses of $500,000 on the turf as incon
sequential trifles. All of which goes
to show that the New York reform gun
is shotted for rabbits.
The Detroit Tribune is receiving de
signs for a figure which shall le used
to impersonate Michigan's metropolis.
"The design which seems to have met
with the most general approval is that
of a handsome young Indian brave,
who, we are told, typifies the red man
"before he became debased by coming
Into contact with the white man." Thin
is a doubtful compliment to civilization,
but the pity is that there is truth in it.
Clarence F. Foster, who was charged
with bigamy in a New York court, frit
pretty confident, as he expected only
one wife would appear. But while the
Jury was being Impaneled, he happen
ed to glance behind him and saw a
bench filled with young women whom
he had married. There were five of
them in a row, each armed with her
marriage certificate. Foster wilted at
once. "You needn't go on. Judge," he
said: "I'll plead guilty."
The Long Island railroad company
has purchased a snow plow which Is
described as being as big as a four
story house. The recent blockade on
the company's lines made It necessary
to reinforce Its appliances for clearing
the tracks. There is a cupola on top
of the plow where the conductor sits,
while inside there Is a room big enough
to accommodate a number of laborers.
The plow weighs 47.2w pounds, and
its builders say that it will go through
any snow-drift that ever buried a rail
road track.
Italy, though groaning under foreign
and domestic debt, has begun a system
of subsidies which must largely in
crease the burden of the people. It
will take the form of maritime bonuses
to encourage ship-building. Every
Italian who build a wooden vessel Is
to receive $3.50 a too, and $15.40 a
ton will be paid to the builder of Iron
or steel ships, of which three-quarters
of the material Is Italian make. Ex
tra bounties will be given for the boiler
work, and engines if made in Italy.
In addition 16 cents a ton gross will
be paid for every 1.0)0 miles navi
gated for the first three years.
The "proof coins" of the mint are
thus described in the Philadelphia Rec
ord: "They are made In gold, silver,
nickel, and bronze, and a complete set
of these "proof coins' costs ?41. There
re three sets of coins that can be
bought at the mint for this purpose.
They are the gold, the silver, and the
minor ones. , Each coin is struck by
hand on a screw press from a specially
polished die, and only polished blanks
re used. There is not a flaw In them,
Every portion or me ate is brought
out, and when such a collection Is nice
ly arranged 1n a frame no prettier
sight can be Imagined.' The gold coins
can be bought for $38.50. They In
clude the $20. f 10, $5, and $2.50 pieces.
The silver coins, $1, 50 cents, 25 cents,
and 10 cents, are sold wltb tbe nickel
8 cents and die bronae cent for 12.90,
bat If yon only want the nickel and
cent you can get them for 8 cents."
There arc many parents who seen to
appose that their chief work In tbe
tralnlnir of child it to be Incessantly
eeosBMliKnnjf or prohibiting; telling the
ttild to do this or to do that, and not
V . this, that, or the other. Bat this
?rrlB a child Is sot training. child.
, ,ri4 eoatno, ft Is destructive of all
j fhe nrt U Ws who to d-
diiled to it. it is not the driver who is
traiuing a horse, but one who neither
is trained nor can train, who is all the !
time "yanking" at the reins or "thrap
piujf tbenj up and down. Neither par
ed cor driver, in such a cae, can do
as murh lu the direction of training,
by doing incessantly, as by letting
alone judiciously.
France's Foreign Legion Is the last
refuge for adventurers of all nations.
In one company there were serving re- j
cently a Ftouuiatiiau prince, who was
suspected of having murdered his
brother; a German count, who had been
a lieutenant of the Guards and on the i
emperor's staff; an Italian lieutenant ,
colonel of cavalry, dismissed for cheat-1
iug at cards; a Russian nihilist escaped j
from Siberia; a former captain In the j
English Kitle Brigade; and an ex-canon from ,,ie Wo-,,,,,,', Christian Temper
of Notre Dame, suspended for immor-, ance union of Aulort Hamilton county,
ality. The Legion is always used ! one afking for an amendment to the
dangerous service In which the govern-; nt fllffrage aw giving women the
ment does not wish to employ regular ; miinl elections, and
troops, as the men have no care for i
their lives. i
The Boston Glolie says: "It will sur
prise a good many people to know that
a sugar belt runs through the heart of
New York State and it will surprise
them still further to know that the op
portunities which it offers have until
now been almost wholly neglected. The , jzation : also setaie file No. 225, to regu
cultivation of beet sugar near Rome, ! j,u Miaries of county judges, county
N. ., is about to be undertaken on a ;
targe scale, it may oe rainy assumeu ;
that the example set by the company, t
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wh ch is planning the establishment of i
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tn n rt Lt mitmp fiwfnt-v In the r.ni-
pire State will find many eager emula
tors. There's money In lieet sugar le
yond a doubt, wherever conditions are
propitious for the crop, and scientific
methods are employed In Its cultiva
tion." . a -
Is' it true that when a person Is think
ing the words that pass through bis
mind are made up by letters? Prof.
McGee, who read a paper before the
Advancement of Science people last
week, declared that such is the case.
The statement Is one calculated to ex
cite a good deal of doubt. If not of in
credulity, for not a little thinking has
been done In the jwist by folks who
couldn't have thought by means of
words so constructed, for the simple
and sufficient reason that they were not
acqualuted with any alphabet. It is
lmioKible, or at least extremely diffi
cult, to Itelleve that, aa regards method,
the mental processes of a wholly un
educated person are different from
those of his more fortunate brother.
Amateur psychologist are more likely
to doubt that word are used at all In
thought than to admit that letters form
a part of them. Amateurs are usually
wrong, however, so perhaps I'rof. Me-j
Gee's theory Is quite right.
The first white child born tu the vas:
Northwestern Territory, now compris
ed in the States of Minnesota. Wiscon
sin, Michigan. Illinois ami Iowa, Is now
an aged, bright-eyed. clear-headed old
lady living in the city of Minneapolis,
Mrs. Charlotte OuUcotisin Van Clevc.
Mre. Van Cleve was bora at Fort Craw
ford, a xilnt at the Junction of the Wis
consin anil Mississippi rivers, seventy
eight years ago the .'With of next June.
The second of her Christian name was
he Indian .amie of the river near which
she was Urri. now changed to "Wis
cousin." l;er father was a young army
officer, en loute to the ost at the head
of uavigatUn on the Mississippi river.
flow kuowr. as r ort Mieiimg. .v soon
as the moUJer was strong enough the
small family moved on to the fori,
where the little girl grew to young
womanhood amidwt many thrilling and
Interesting scenes. She was married
at the post headquarter, and her bus
baud, who out recently died. Gen. H.
P. Van CU-ve, was closely IdeiitUifd
with the clrle and military life of the
Northwest. Leslie's Weekly stays she
Is still In excellent health, will' a mind
clear mid unimpaired and keen ap
preciation of the affairs of the day.
New York Tribune: England ranks o Park 'P -T . ...
u a tolentblv hard-drinking country. Kenale file ho'4' 'n"-o?uced at the
and has done bo since It took its place in request of the charitable organisations
history, carrying its liquor, however, i ot Omaha, providing a law defining
with a (Steadiness which one has to go cruelty to children, r rescribing punish
to Holland or Kentucky to see paralleled. nient therefor and for the guardianship
Still legislation for the control ami reg- i of children in certain cafes.
elation of Its drinkers Is constantly re -
quired, and Invites frequent amplifies-
tion and revision, leaving, after all. the
statistlcs of intemperance much ns tln-y
were. In the classification of the Intern-
perate a certain proportion are recog
nized as insane drinkers, for whom ape.
clal statutory restraints are provided,
and these are again divided into ub
claAses: flint, those who Inherit the pro
pensity; second, those who evince It as
the chief manifestation of some form of
cerebral disease; third, those who are
afflicted with It aa a result of Injury to
the head, severe fever or other wasting
bodily ailment, mental shock, heavy
grief, reverse of fortune, and indeed,
causes similar to those antedating some
other Insanities; and, fourth, those who
acquire It through a vicious course of
Indulgence in stimulants. Cases of this
j vlnd rmll,re medical rather than nun!
tive treatment, and In the opinion of the
British Medleul Association should be
discriminated from those of tb crim
inal drunkards who require the appli
cation of ordinary penal and reforma
tory agenees. The doctors oneht to
know more about this subject tha.ii any
body else, and it is discouraging that
In the main they are obliged to admit
the Inadequacy of all expedients to the
correction and remedy of the evil.
Whatever form the disease or vice as
sume, it Is obstinate and refractory,
and there, as here, the only thltu that
soTiey can do Is to battle constantly
with all Its manifestations, emptying
statutory, hortatory, educational and
all other means against it wlinout look
lmr for It extirpation, snd r.ccessarily
being content with a moderate measure
of amelioration. ;
WUlilv
A lew Bills are Pasted and Many Mors
are Reported for Passage.
WORLD INVITED TO THE EXPOSITION
uttn Inquire Coueerniag Em ploy of
State Instit tiou. Public I'linting
Mill llln'l I p -M.k'DS Mora
Once to b Killed
The senate put in a hard working day
Wednesday, the leading features being
the reception ol the governor's message
and the unusuaily lsre number of bills
passed.
Mr j0hnSon presented two petitions
the other asking that the law of dece-
dents be amended so as to give the
widow or widower her or bis share in
absolute t lie.
From the committee on revenue Mr.
Beal r ported favorably on senate file
No. 200, a bill to amend the revenue
laws relating to county boards of equal
cerkgi county treasurers and clerks ol
lhfj dietrict and tl)eir deputies.
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From the committee on educa' ion Mr.
. . .,
Canaday presented favorable reports on
J
the following bills: Senate file No. 204,
providing that graduates of the Univer
sity of Nebraska for three years imme
diately 'following graduation without
first having secured a certificate from
the county superintendent; also tena.e
file No. 1!U9, providing that in school
districts having four children of school
age, or less, the annual levy shall not
exceed 1400.
From the committee on libraiy, Mr.
Canaday teported favorably on senate
file 231, providing that reports of the
Nebraska supreme court shall be sold
for $1.25 per volume.
The consideration of senate file No.
132, introduced by Mr. Grothan by re
quest, and providing for the appoint
ment of a state printer and stationer,
having been made a special order for 11
o'clock, and that hour having arrived,
the senate went into committee of the
whole, with Mr. Watson of Saline in the
chair. The consideration of the bill was
interrupted by the appearance of the
i governor's private secretary with a spe
cial message from the chief executive.
After the message had been received,
confederation ol the public printer bill
was resumed.
The bill provides that the governor
shall appoint a state printer and sta
tioner, who shall hold his office for the
teim of two years. He is to have gen
eral su)rvision over all state printing,
binding and stationery and office sup
plies used by state officers and in state
inttitutions, is authorized to advertise
for bids and to let contracts.
Mr. Mutx offered an important amend
ment, which wss agreed to, requiring
the state printer to exercise the same
j supervision over all the printing for
j coun lies and county officers, and also
j directing the attorney general to prepare
; a set of forms to that all legal blanks
j used in the several counties shall be uni-
j form. The coon hour having arrived,
I the committee rose, reported progress
; and was given leave to s.t again.
j After the noon recess the regular or
! der was ret-umed. Several bills were
j introduced and read the first time
Seven bills having been reported as
having been correctly enrolled, they
were read the third time and parsed as
follow a :
Senate file No. 61, providing that
"cities and villages are empowered and
authorized to receive by gift or devise
real estate within their corporate limits,
I or within five miles there A, for purpose
1 Senate file No. 76, providing that no
j child under the age of 12 years shall be
j employed in any store, office, shop, fac-
; tTV or mine in Nebraska to exceed
j tnr(e months in any one year.
Senate file No. 117, providing that all
graduates of the University of Nebraska
holding the d gree of Bachelor of Arts
or Bachelor of Science f hall be accredit
ed a qualified teacher within the mean
ing of the school laws of this state; and
oil such graduates shall have equal priv
ileges, upon equal conditions, with grad
uates from anv and all other educational
institutions within the state.
Senate file No. 167, requiring school
district boardi to provideon every school
house site and keep in good repair and
in clean and healthful condition st least
two separate water closets.
Senate file No. J79, providing that all
legal advertisements shall bn set in solid
nonpareil type.
ISVITATIOM TO THE WORLD.
Joint resolution No. 7, introduced by
Mr. Howell, and relating to tbe Trans
Mississippi Exposition was passed. It
is as foliows :
Whereas, Tbe congress k:', the United
Stales did, by an act approved by the
president Jan 10, 1896, pled?e the gov
ernment to participate in a Trans-Mis
s'ssippl and International Exposition, to
be held in Omaha, Neb,, let ween June
I and november 1, lfW8, and did by said
act grant to said exposition all the right
and privileges heretofore granted to in
ternational expositions; tlierefors.be it
Resolved by the senile and house of
renreerMtiv.of the eol Nebraska.
Tt.it his exrelleney, tba. governor of the
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l -e. r. , U- i i r y
authorized auu requesieu w uu ui ;
by proclamation that Mid exposition is :
to be held at the time and place a:ore
said, and to extend to the people of the
I ititM mil territories of the
United fctatef, through the respective
governors of such states and territories,
a cordiil invitation on the part of the
ttate of Nebraska to participate in aaid
exposition; and be it further
Resolved, That his excellency, the
governor of the state ol Nebratka, be
and he is hereby requested to isue and
deliver to the secretary of state of th
United States inv.tations to the foreign
nations and goverments having repre
sentatives accredited to them in Wash
ington, inviting and requesting such
foreign nations and governments to par
ticipaie in in said Trans-miBi-issippi Ex
poilion, with a request to the secretary
of state that he deliver such invitations
to such representatives ot foreign na
tions and governments represented at
Washington.
The resolution was agreed to by a
vote ol 26 to 6.
INQUIRY CONCERNING EMPLOYES.
Mr. Dundis of Nemaha offered the
following:
Whereas, It is currently reported that
there are on the pay ro Is at the State
house and in many of our state institu
tions employe whose services could lie
dispense! with w ithout violence to good
government, or to the management of
the state institutionc, which taid report
has !een measureably confirmed by re
cent report? of state auditors; therefore
be it
1?na1.,a.l That Mia rammitteA on
finance, ways and means be instructed:
by the enale to ascertain and report !
the facts in the matter, at some time be-!
fore the senate shall be called on to vote
on meaiures appropriating money for
salaries and employes' wages.
Mr. Ransom objected to the present
consideration and the resolution went
over.
Mr. Ransom offered the following
resolution, which was agreed to:
Resolved, By the senate, the house
concurring. That the State Printing
Board be and is hereby instructs not
to contract for pay for printing iu the
journals of the senate and house biog
raphical tketchea of me nbers, or the
constitution of the state; and also that
said board be farther instructed not to
contract for or pay for printing the con
stitution in connection wiln the publi
cation of the tesssion law s.
Tba Horn.
When the house convened Hull
of Harlan moved that the trans-
Miseii-sippi exposition bill, house
roll No. 1)3, be advanced' to the head
of the list of bills on general file.
Mr. Hull made a few remarks on his
motion, during which be said no mem
ber ned commit himself for an appro
priation by voting to advance the bill.
Pollard of Cass favored the motion.
Wooster of Merrick failed to under
stand why the bill should be advanced
ont of its regu ar position. He said the
frienda of the measure were afraid to
let the bill come up in its regular crder
because of the recent disclosures in the
treasury. He charged them with de
siring to take snap judgment on the
house before the condition of the treas
ury was fully known. He said that up
wards cf f. 500,000 of refunding bonds
would come due and an appropriation
, ., , , , , , k , j i,;aiPys tuetn salaries mat are commen-
for them would have to be made at this J
.... . , , surate with their services. Ihere are
eeceion. tie inougui n wuuihdui
for snvone to come and ask a cen-, for!
any exposition in view of this condi
tion. Pollard of Cass raised the point of or
der that Mr. Wooster was not talking
to the question. The point was sus
tained. Winslow of Gosper moved to amend
the motion by deferring action till the
state institutions were provided for.
He thought that in view of the fact that
$500,GXM of deficiency claims were before
the committee on claims, it would be
injustice to make a large appropriation.
Horner of Dawson thought it was a
(air proposition to advance the bilL
Clark of Richardson favored it. He
conteded that tbe promoters of the ex
position should no longer be left on the
anxious teat and that the success ol
the exposition depended largeiy upon
early action by the bouse.
Gaylord of Buffalo spoke against ad
vancing the bill. He said that the par
ties who had been circulating a petition
at bis home at Kearney in tavor oi a
large appropriation wee not taxpayers.
Some of the business men who ba 1
signed the petition bad told him that
they did not know what they had been
signing. He favored mailing tbe sta e
appropriations first.
Fouke of Gage wanted to take up the
bill at the earliest possible date.
Jenkins of Jefferson opposed advance
ing the bill in view of the recent disclos
ures in ti e state treasury,
fcTKBIUN IIKAKD VHOM.
Stebbin of Lincoln said tbat from tbe
speeches of the morning be believed the
state was about bankrupt. That, he
sa d, had lonir been hit private opinion,
but he wanted to say that the populist
party was not responsible for it. Ji
favored considering the bill at once and
thought it was a courtesy that should be
extended to tbe friends of the measure
Hull of Harlan raid that postponing
the bill till tbe appropriation! were
made would in effect be equal to killin.
it.
Eager ol Seward moved tbe previous
question and ii was ordered. Tl e
amendment was then lost by a voteo(3
yeas to 7 nays.
More interesting events occurred in
ti e house. - In addition to the govern
or's message a Toporfuf a special com
mittee appointed to investigate stall
oflVts, arid particular y the treasury,
was submitted.
T e leriise was not in a uioixl to take
uin m ion worn i.w repn ui i
special investigating Committee had
beeu re-.l. The governor's tnestagt. and
the rei ort of tho inuiitte had been t
made special order for the same time,
and both were conpidere ! t"gether. The
couitnnt-e recommended that another
committee be appointed to investigate
more fully, tut the majority element
desired to hold a caucus on the matter
and so the whole matter was referred to
a committee temporality till a confer
ence could be held.
The republicans took a firm stand for
immediate action. Clark of Lanc&tter
moved tiiat the bouse appoint a com
mittee of five with full authority to act,
which should confer with a like com
mittee frsm the senate to go to work at
once. This was voted down aa the ma
jority freely said, because they wanted t
to caucus. The sentiment was strong
for investigation on both tides but the
populisls said they would get the blame,
if there was any, and they did not de
tire to go too fast.
FARM FIT FOR A KINO.
secretary Morton Adailrea Vander
bilt's Estate at Blltmore.
Win. E. Curtia writes as follow to
the Chicago Record: Secretary Mor
tua recently spent a week at Blltmore,
N. C. Investigating the famous estate
of George Vauderbllt, and he told his
colleagues at the Cabinet meeting the
othtfr day that there was nothing in the
world owned by sovereign or subject
that will compare with it either as a
residence or an object lesson ia the
.
arts.
It Is the grandest idea." said Mr.
Morton, "that young Mr. Vanderbilt is
trying to carry out. It la uuiiiue, and
none but a man of enormous wealth
could undertake It Few kings have
either funds or the good of their people
at heart sufficient to conceive and carry
out what Mr. Vanderbilt has success
fully demonstrated. I do not know
bow much money be has spent there,
nor how much more he lutenda to In
vest, btt tt Is one of the grandest un
dertakings that individual enterprise
ever attempted, and I understand that
It Is the owner's intention to leave It
a legacy to the public when he can
no longer enjoy It himself.
'There are 95,000 acres In the estatu,
nd every lnc-h of It may be said to
be under sclenrlfic cultivation, embrac
ing every bru:; 'h of the vegetable king
dom. Oomlrined with this he has the
most perfect system of roadways Hiat
I have ever eeen, and you can drive 100
mile over macadamized pavement
without going off his estate. As an e.v
hibrtlou of landscape gardening It Is
without equal. Fred Law
0!ui6tad
baa bad charge of that branch of the
work, and the late Mr. Hunt was the
architect of all the buildings, which
for tbeir several uses surpass any that
exist on earth. There ia no palace in
Europe tmu can eiunl Mr. Vauderbllt'a
villa f-T elegance, comfort and conve
nience, and he la gathering there a col
lection of works of art that would make
It famous If It had no other attraction.
His stables, b1a barns, his dairies, b'l
propagating bouse, his henneries and
other features of his establishment are
11 on the same grand scale. He ha
undertaken to furnish the highest pos
sible examine otf the science of food cul
ture in every one erf its branches. Ha
has employed the beet men he can fln 1
to take charge of his experiments and
Germans and Frenchmen, Italians and
Englishmen, as well as Americans, em
ployed. The foreigners are usually
men of high professional reputation
who are attached to universities in tbe
old world and spend their vacations
Inrcc, four or six months on Mr. Vaa-
derbllt's estate looking after their re
spective departments. While the work
has not yet been carried far enough to
show results, the posw bi ties of im-
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fulness offered by Mr. Vanderbilt s en-
terprlse are unlimited.
I consider his work there Just ,
important to the agricultural interests
of this country a Hie Department of
Agrtou-lture at Washington. He em-
ploys more men than I have under my
charge, and I think be Is spending mors
money every year than Congress appro-
prlates for this department, although
1 do not know his figures. He has near
ly a thousand names on his pay roll
and we have about 700. His men are
promoted for efficiency according to the
tnowt practical civil service rules. If
n man who Is employed at a dollar &
day to shovel dirt shows that he is cap
able of something better his work and
bis wages are both advanced, and the
same rule applies to everytody on the
rtate.
"If there were nothing else to be
accomplished, Mr. Vanderbilt is at least
building up an educatlonnal Institution
that will furnish scientific farmers and
teachers for the instruction of tbe rest
of mankind, and 1 feel like thanking
old Commodore Vanderbilt for bavlnj
given us a grantson who luis the brain
nd the' benevolence to devote his
wealth to afford tbe puhMc such vain
ble object lessons in art, archltucturc,
ngricutture, forestry, vlticurrure, dairy,
ing, roadmeklng snd other useful sci
ences. "The people down there talk about
the enormous amount of money tint
Mr. VanderblK la investing to gratify
his taste and pride, to provide luxur
ies for his appetite and magnificent dis
play i flatter his vanity, hut the poor
creatures do not comprehend the first
letter In the alphabet of hl ambition. '
Their vision Is not broad enough, their
intelligence Is not sufficient to trrasp tt
single fragment of the Idea l. is d.
veloping. asd while they imagine that
tt Is all due to selfishness he is a great
Dcnefa"tor working for them. They
lalk alwtit the land being worn out
down there In North Carolina. It's the
people. The land is al! right If brains
mtd energy were applied to Its cultivation.'
The llou.-wlfe'e Rons.
Over the washtub bending.
Arms to the eltmw bare.
Of clothes to wash, no ending.
For must have thing to wear!
Cannot go nnclad-Iike;
Cannot go half-wsy clean.
But 'tis sort of sad-like,
That dirt's so easy seen!
Have to raise a pan of bread,
Have to brew tbe yeast.
Have to see the pot is fed.
Before the boil has ceased.
Seems as if 'twas all at once.
Things must have attention.
Can't sit down and le a dunce,
Unless some new invention;
Something so folks needn't cook,
Needu't haste mid hurry.
Just sit down bei re a Issik
Drop all care and worry!
If it must Is- the washtub.
Why. In iter laugh thnn sich
Soap 'em. rinse 'em, wring and rub.
And hang 'cm up to dry!
The l'lt;e-llon of Stop'e I dibtee.
Boiled rice will digest In one hour; If
boiled lu milk, however. It requires two
hours; if eaten with unlsiiled milk two
hours and flfJe-ii minutes. Haw egg
will dlgftft In alsut one hour and a half;
fried, three hours and a half; soft
hoilcd. three hours; hard llled. three
hours and a half. The white and yel
low should be served together as ono
assists lu the digestion of the other.
Salt Ix-ef requires four hours and fifteen
minutes. Beefsteak, broiled, three
hours. Stewed oysters, three Imurs and
a half. Oysters require a longer time
to digest than broiled meat. Roast veal
requires five hours for perfect digestion.
Pork the same. Suet pudding Is HU1
posed to take five hours and a half.
Indies Home Journal.
Hard r'oi.
A simple way to make a small amount
of hard aonp is to buy a can of pre
pared jsitasli and dissolve It In one
quart of cold water. The istash will
r-ase the water to boil like lime when
the mixture cools, and Just liefore It Is
cold stir In five poumix of melted grease.
Stir the soap for ten minutes over tbe
fire and then jxuir It into an old dripping
1 'mn r m""e h""ilar square-cornenxj
U1MU. All OIO wotMieil imp. n Mil? juium
are tight is the l-st thing to put it In to
harden. Where there are stationary
washtulm these may be utilized to cool
the soap. When It is soft cut It Into
suitable sized lmrs and let It become
hard. It cjui be used twenty-four hours
after It is made, but It Is better for ripen
ing a month. Rural World.
Waldorf Salad.
! Pare, core and cut into dice four large
tart apples, udd to them a quart of
celery, cut Into half-Inch pieces. lMist
over a teaspoouful of salt, a tensjsuiful
of paprika and then two tublctqoonful
of tarragon vinegar. Mix nil together,
and then silr In a cup and a half of
gosl stiff iuayoiinal.se dressing. Serve
i on lettuce leaves, or Just as it Is. gar
nished with celery tow. Ladles' Hume
Journal.
Hrlef Hint..
It Is positively asserted that to drink
a half pint of hot milk or hot waier
I will have the effect of producing sleep
In eight rases out of ten,
I Iniimkliiggreeuaplile sauce, pit a few
i dates, cut them into quarters, and add
' tliom tin. Mil in'. lout liiffir- t-(ttiivlmr
j . ., . . ,,.
i . . , ,
I proveiuent to the sauce,
i
1 m" 11 """- 1 ,r '"'w " m
1 brought Into the mark., last year's
r" ' n" ,lml ,M nvauawe. ,nnonus
all(1 aiiiuis may be imicli lu-
i 1'roved mid freshened by soaking them
iu luke-warni water for a few hours,
j In camping, or where one does not
wish to take extra bedding along, a
warm r-overing limy !e made by bast
ing together three thicknesses of news
paper and putting It under the spread.
It la very warm and light, and may be
thrown away when not m-cded.
It would be much more economical If
tbe supply of l.itindry soap for the com
ing winter Is purchased now, the bars
cut into short lengths and piled tisin
the storers)in or high pantry shelves,
leaving a space lietwecu each piece.
The mp will then harden so that when
used It will not waste as quickly,
j Tbe average mnld needs to ! taught
that the washing of china ami glass Is
more of an art than she realizes. The
dishes should be cleaned with a plin-e of
bread crust Instead of the usual knife,
which will scratch fine dishes. Neatly
pile them together before preparing 'he
water, and then the work doe not ap
pear to 1m? a burden.
To keep a Jacket In gH shape It
should be kept on a banger when not In
t use. If It Is hung by a loop at the back
of the neck, It will soou give the gar
ment a dragged apH-Hmn-e. If loops
are uid they should be nt the arm
hole, and the two cuds of tbe Isia
fastened together, not having a two
Inch space, as Is a common custom.
Then hung the Jackets Umui two hisiks.
A mediuiii-miicd ihmt pad with a
loud pencil attached hung over n kitchen
table will be found of great eonvenlcii'-e.
If articles needed ure written down
upon this pad they will not be over
looked. When tbe bouswlfe starts for
market the outside slip can be pulled off
and taken with her Instead of her trunt
Ing to her memory, with the danger of
forgetting some simple but most Im
portant article.
