The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, March 14, 1890, Image 2
Wy iVr c ""I fr. &' r I m V LIVING OVER AGAIN. Talmaara DtoootuaM oa Praoiouaoaaa of UM. the Not MUM WHk Mm HkkkN ef Mi fatt-A aeeeed Trial WhM Uketjr Prove a raltaroPref Him Mr the fast 1m a mftniiL Ufmnn i llorwilrf an Sua) L ..:... JL." . V . -IT' ." 1- . lltt 'I'flllMBiMk ,.W.1 IM .! Bllh. mt: "Would You Like to Live Your wv fi AiviiunKv ..un iin u.a ftim- i, mgurernninr ma loxt w uou ii 14.. .. 1-.UHII ti . t 11 ii i "All that a mat hath will he five for V. Ullfe" Una!,. S .T.. ." "",w. r -.. , . ,' uinrim. inv iiuniuiunuvnir L" . . . . .... .. . . . - t out bih saia it to ino ijora wnon fj V IB TU IIIIO ITBVTO IIUD Mill IHgiQ M ' toted. Tho record Is: "80 went Satan ."$' rth from tho presence of the Lorn and ?-t - note Job with aora holla.' And Satan ;, aa been tho author of all eruptlvo dla-a,'- ansa alnco thon, and he hopes by pol f A. tnlao thn hlnntl In nnlann Itin anul. Ittii K,i he rmult of tho diabolical experiment 'Blob left Job vlotor prated tho faulty f tho Satanic remark: "All that a nan atk will hn glvo for hla life." Many a iptain who has stood on tho hrldgo of te steamer till hla passengers (rot off d ho drowned; many an engineer who M kept hla hand on tho throttle valvo I hla foot on tho brake until tho moat t tho train win saved while ho wont jwn to death through tho open draw rldgo; many a fireman who plunged ito a biasing houao to got a nlooplng lltd out sacrificing hla life in tho at- Bmpt, and thousands of marlyra who bmltted to fiory atako and knlfo of assacro and headman'a axo and gulllo 0 rather than surrender prlnolplo, ovlng that In many a cane my text J is not truo, when It says: "All that a an hath will he glvn for hla life." Hut Satan'a falaebood waa built on a uth. Life In very precious, and if wo buld not glvo up all there are many lings wo would surrender rathor than Irrcndor It Wo see bow precious lira from tho fact that wo do ovcry thing prolong It. Hence all sanitary regit tlons, all study of hyglone, all fear of aughls, all waterproofs, all d 00 tors, H medicines, all strugglos In crisis of cluont An Admiral of tho llrltlah navy was urt-martlalod for turning his ship pund in time of dangor and so damag gtlio ship. It waa proved against u. Hut when bis time camo to lie rd he said: "Gentlemen, I did turn b ship around and admit that it was nagod, but do you want to know why iirnnd it? Tlioro was a man overboard n I wanted to save him and I did save I considered the life of one aalor Hh an tho vossels of tho llrltlah No wondor bo was vindicated. !' 0 is Indoed very precious. Yoa, thoro tnoso wbo doom it so precious thev ' ild like to repeat It; thoy would like t ry It again. They would like to go ' k from eevonty to alxty, from alxty Ifty, from fifty to forty, from forty to -ty, from thirty to twenty. I pro i s for very practical and useful pur- ', Mi m will appear before I got '',' tUfrh. to dlamia thanuAMllna mIum B? 'V A nt Kl.kL .-. kW.. . i raw. uiunia, anu hot- again naat-a is would you like to live your life ; regain? the faot ia that no intelligent and it fearing man ia aatlsded with hla . Ufo. We have all made so many .Hakes, stumbled Into no many blun 1. aatd so many things that ought to have been said and done ao many igs that ought not to have been done ; wo can suggest at Icaat W per cent mprovement Now would It not be id It the good Lord would aay to 1 "You can go book and try It over , n. I will by a -word turn your hair rows or black or golden, and smooth he wrinkles out of your temple and rtt, and take the bend out of your t ildora, and extirpate the stiffness 1 the Joint and the rheumatto twinge I the foot, and you shall be twenty years of age and Just what you were II you reached that point before." le proposition were, made I think y tbousanda would accept it. ai tooling caused the anclont search what was called the fountain of h, tho waters of whloh Uken would the hair or the ootoareaarlan Into urlylock of a hoy, and, however person who drank at that fountain. ould bo young again. Tho Island said to belong to tho group of tho kmss, but lay far out In the ocean. kreat Spanish explorer, Juan Ponoo lion, fellow voyager of Columbus, 1 no uouiit fen mat If bo could dls- r that fountain of youth ho would w much us hla friend had done In vorlng America. No ho nut uut In Strom l'orto Rico and cruised about g tho llahamas In search of that tain. I am vlad he did not And IL 0 Is no such fountain. Hut It there and 1U waters were bottled un ftont abroad at 9l,oa a bottle, the ind would 1m greater than tho sup- fgl nu mini man WHO iu comn : a life of usoleMnesa. and nor- aln, to old age would bo shakier e potent liquid, and It he were dl- to Uko only a teaamontul after ineal would be ao anxious to make one be would take a tablesnoonf al directed to take a, tableapoenful Uke a glassful. Hut some of you have to go back further than to ;y-ono years of age a make a fair for there are many who man- to get all wrong before that Yea, in order to get fair some would have to go back to er and mother and get them ! yea, to the grandfather and other and have their life cor for some of you are suffering hereditary influences which a hundred years ago. Well, it grandfather lived hla life over and your father lived hla life over nd you lived your Ufo over again, a clutter up place tula world he, a place filled with miserable pta at repairs. I begin to think U Mlttr tor eacn generation to ly one usance and then for them off nad give another generation thai If we were uemtltted to Me ov igain, it would be a state M expenenee. -1 ae ast ana spur Hhiiilstn of life comes from tho st we kate never keen along this road before, and every thing Is new, and we are alert for what may appear at the next turn of the road. Suppose you, a nan In mid life or old age, were, with your present feelings and large attain ments, put back Into the thirties, or the twenties, or Into the (eons, what a nuts anco you would be to others and what an unhapptnoss to yourself. Your con temporaries would not want you and you would not want them. Things that In your previous Journey of life stirred your healthful ambition, or gave you pleaauroablo surprise, or lod you Into happy Interrogation, would only call forth from you a disgusted "O, pshawl" You would be blaso at thirty and a mlsanthropo at forty and unon uuranio at miy. j nn most inane ana stupid thing Imaginable would be a sec ond Journoy of Ufo. It Is amusing to hoar people say: "I would like to live my life ovor again, If I could take my present experience and knowlodgo of things back with mo and begin under those improved auspices." Why, what an uninteresting boy you would bo with thoso present attainments In a child's mind. No one would want such a boy around tho house. A philosopher at twenty, a scientist at fifteen, an arohm ologlst at ton and a domestic nuisance all tho time. An oak crowded Into an acorn. A Kooky mountain oaglo thrust Into thn egg shell from which it was hatched. llosldcs that. If vnu fnnV llfn nir again, you would have to Uko Its deep -aanoHsovcr again, wouia you want to try again the grlofs and tho heartbreak and tho bereavements through which you have gone? What a mercy that wo shall never be called to suffer them again! We may bavo others bad enough, but thoso old ones never again. Would you want to go through tho process of losing your father again or your mother again or your companion In Ufo again or your child again? JloHldcs that would you want to risk the temptations of life ovor again? From tho faot that vou are born I unit- oludo that thoiiith In manv rosneets your Ufo may have been unfortunate and unconsccratod you have got on so far tolerably well, It nothing morn than tolerable. As for myself, my llfn has boon far from being as consecrated as 1 would Uko to have had It. I would not want to try It over again, lost next time 1 would do worse. Why, Just look at thn temptations wo have all panned through, and Just look at tho multitude who have gone com- tilotolv Undor. Just call nvnr thn mil of your school mates and college mates. mo cionc who woro with you In tho aamo store or bank, or tho operatives In the samo faotorv. with lust as iroml prospects as you, who Imvecomo to com plete mishap. Soma young man that told you that he waa going to ho a mil lionaire and own tho fastest trotters on Westchester turnplko and retire by tho tlmo ho was thlrtv-ftvn viora nf ut you do not hear from him for many years, ana Know nothing about him un til some dav ho comes into vour tnm and asks for five cents to got a mug of beer. You, the good mother of tho household and all your children rising Un to call VOU hlnnaml. nn MmamU. when you were qui to Jealous of the belle 01 .no yiiiagn wno was so transoondont ly fair and popular. Hut while you have thoso two honorahlo and quoonly namea or wiro ana mother, she became a poor waif of tho street, and went Into tho bleakness of darkness foravnr. Ltvn life ovor again? Why, if many of thoso who are now respectable were permitted to exoerlment the noxt luurnnv wnulil bo demolition. Healdea all this, do you know if you could have your wish and live life over again It would put you ao much farther irom reunion wun your inenaa In Heaven? If you are In thn noon of life or the evening of life you are not very far from the golden gate at whloh you are to meet your transported and em naradlsed loved ones. You arti now. Int ua aay, twenty years or ten yearn or one year on irom ooiesuai conjunction, how suppose you wont back In your earthly life thirty years or forty years or Ifty years, what an awful postponement of the time of reunion! It would bo aa tholUfh VOU Wor mini tn Han Wannlann to a groat banquet and you got to Oak isna, muror uvo roues this aide of It, and then camo back to llobokon or Har lem to got a better start; as though you went going to Kngland to bo crowned and having come In sight of the mount ains of Wales you put Iwck to Sandy Hook In order to make a better voyage. Tho further on you get In life, If a Chris tian, tho nearer you am to tho renewal of broken up companionships. And It wo, deploring our past life and with tho Idea of Improvement, long for an opportunity to try It over again, yet go on making the samo mistakes and committing tho samo sins, we only demonstrate that tho repetition of our existence would afford no Improvement. It waa green apples before and It would be green apples over again. Aa soon aa a shin cantaln strikes a mkIc In tti ul. or sea he reports It and a buoy la awuag over mat reel ana marines henceforth stand off from that rock. And all our mistakes In tho past ought to be buoys warning us to keep in the rlghtohannol. There Is no excuse for ua It we apllton the aamo rock wham nniu kui. Wag along the sidewalk at night where excavations are being made, we frequently aee a lantern on a frame work and wo turn aside, for that lantern aaya keep out of this hole. And all along thu pathway of life lantema are aetaa warnings, and by the time wo ooine to mid Ufo wo ought to know where It Is safe to walk and where It Is unsafe. My brother, you glvo nine-tenths of your Ufo to sin and SaUa and then got converted and thon rest awhile in sano titled lailness and then go up to get your heavenly reward, and 1 warrant It will uvk mu too casmur 01 tne royal bank ing house a great while to count out to you all your dues. He will not ask you If you will bavo it la bills of largo de nomination or small. I would Uko to put one sentence of my sermon In italics and have It underscored and three ex. clamatton points at tho end of the sen tence, and that sentence Is this: As we can not live our lives over again, the nearest wo can come to atone for the past is by redoubled holiness and Indus try in the future. As I supposed It would be, thore art multitudes of young people listening to this sermon on whom this subject has acted with the force of a galvanic bat tery, Without saying a word to them they have soliloquized, saying: "As one can not live his Ufo ovor again, and I can make only one trip, I must look onl and make no mistakes; I bavo but on chance and I must make tho most of It, " My young friends, I am glad you made this application of thn sermon yourself. When a minister toward tho close of hla sermon says: "Now a fow words by way of application," pcoplo begin to look around for tholr bats and get ono arm through their overcoats, and thu ser mon lo application Is a failure, f am glad you have mado your own applica tion and that you are resolved, Hko a Quaker of whom I road years ago, who, in substance, Hald: "I shall be along this pathway of Ufo but onco and so I must do all tho kindness I can." My hearers, tho mistakes of youth can never bo cor rected. Tlmo gone Is gono forever. In tho autumn when the birds migrate you look up and see tho sky block with wings and tho docks stretching out Into msny leagues of air, and no to-day I look up and sen two largo wings In full swoop. They are tho wings of thn flying year. That Is followed by a flock of MA, and they am the flVlng days. Ksch of thu flying days Is followed by twenty four and they are flying hours, and each of these is followed by sixty and these am tho flying minutes. Where did this flock start from? Eternity past Where am they hound? Ktornlty to comn. You might us well go a-gunnlng for the quails that whistled last year In the meadows or the robins that last year caroled In the sky as to try to febihdown and bag ono of thn past opportunities of your life. Do not ssy, "I will loungo now and mnkn It up afterward." Young men and boys, you can't mnko It up. My observation Is that thoso who In youth sowed wild oats, to tho end of their short llfn sowed wild oats, and that thoHo who stsrt sowing (lenosoe wheat always sow (leneseo wheat. And then thn reaping of tho harvest Is so different. Them In grandfather, now. Un has lived to old ago because bis habits have Immiii good. Ills eyesight for this world has grown somewhat dim, but bis eyesight for Heaven Is radiant lllHhonrlngis not so acute as It once was, and ho luitnt bend clear over to hear what his little grand child says when she asks him what bo has brought for her. Hut be enslly cutehes the music rslsed from supernal spheres. Men passing In the streets take off their hats In reverence and women say: "What a good old man ho Is," Seventy or eighty years all for (lod and for mak ing this world happy. Splendid! Glor ious! Magnificent He will have hard work getting Into Heaven, becnuso thosn he helped to got there will 1111 up and crowd the gates id toll him how glad they am at bis coming, until ha says: "I'leaso to stand buck a little till I pass through and cast my crown at the foot of Him whom having not seen 1 love." I do not know what you call that I call it tho harvest of (leneseo wheat Out yonder is a man very old at forty years of age, at a time when he ought to tie buoyant as thn morning. He got bad habits on him very early, and those habits have become worse. Ho Is a man on fire, on tiro with alcoholism, on fire with all ovll habits, out with the world and tho world out with him. Down and falling deeper. His swollen hands In his threadbare pockets and his eyea fixed on thn ground, ho passes through tho street and the quick step of an In nocent child or the strong step of n young man or the roll of a prosper ous carriage maddens him, and he curses society and ho curses (lod. Fallen sick, with no resources, he Is carried to tho almshouse. A loath some spectacle he lies all day long wait ing for dissolution, or In tho night rises on his cot and fights apparitions of what he might have been and of what ho will be. lie started lite with as good a pros pent aa any man on tho American conti nent hut there he la a bloated carcaas, waiting for the shovels of public charity to put him five feet under. Ho haaonly reaped what he sowed. Harvest of wild oats! "There Is a way that eovmoth right to a man, but the end thereof ia death." Young man, as you can not Uvo llfn over again, however you may long to do so, bo sum to have your one life right Them Is In this august assembly I wot not for wo am mado up of all sections of this land, and from many lands, some young man who has gone away from home and pcrhsps un der some little splto or evil persuasion of another, and hlaparontakuowuot whom ho is. My son, go home! Do not go to soa! Don't go to-night whom you may bo tempted to go. Oo homo! Your father will bo glad to see you and your mothor, 1 need not tell you how she feels. How 1 would like to make your parents a present of their wayward boy, repentant and In his right mind. 1 would Uko to wrlto them a letter and you to carry) the loiter, saying: "Hy the blessing of (lod ontniy sermon I In troduce to you ono whom you havo nover seen oorom, ror no naa Decome a new erratum In Christ Jesus." My boy, ge home and put your tired head on the bosom that nursed you ao tenderly In your childhood years. A young Scotch man waa In battle taken captive by n band of Indiana, and be learned their language and adopted their habits. Years passed on, but the old Indian chieftain never forgot that he had in his possession a young man who did not belong to him. Well, one day this tribe et Indians camo In eight of the Scotch regiments from' whom the young man had been captured and the old Indian chief said: "I lost my son in battle and I know how n father feels at the loss of a son. Do you think your father Is yet alive?" The young man saldt "I am the only eon of my father and I hope Is still alive," Then said the Indian chieftain: "Be cause ot the loss of my son this world ia a debort You go free. Return to your countrymen. Ilevlslt your father that he may rejoice when he ares the aun rise In tho morning and the trees blos som in tho spring." So 1 aay to yoa, young man, captive of waywardness and aln. Your father la waiting for yon. Your mother is waiting for you. Your sisters am waiting for you. (lod la wait lag tor vou. Uo homel (Jo home! HOWLING AS AN ABT. out Points About tk Maalv ud atiolaw Chunn. tastraetleaa That t tke CaJalMateal Bam UIm ftaasrrlt - fteta af ( Very Qaaer Pestaras That Xfavtess easetlmaa Asanas. w iuu Howl? That is ono of n number of questions that will bo put by athletic VOIlnfftnon ntlil urnmnn tUI wwur. jMiwung this winter will bo anere popular than over. Many profess to know how to bowl, but very few are really graceful bowlers, says tho New York Mall and Express. It's easy enough to listen to a player when ho trlea to toll you obout tho gome, but it is entirely another to follow his instructions. "It you mako a strike," tho player will say, "thon anothor, then a spare, then a miss and so on, your first ball counts on tho next frame" You NOT OHACr.TVl, WAT. think you nro losing two bslls, but you aro not. This Is tho way the player ex plains thn method of scoring: Lot A represent a player in a match gamo. Ho marks a ten strlkn with his llrst ball, and marks a doublo cross on tho alatn, denoting 10 toward tho score of tho first division, or Inning, with two balls to spare. II takes his turn now, but as A's playing will sufllco to gain our point hla acorn will bo loft out A now plays tho first ball of his second Inning and makes another atrlko. An other doublo cross Is marked below tho first one. Ito la now ao to the good on his first Inning and 10 on tho second, with two balls to spam. Itaeemr.strange to onlookers that ho, while entitled to nix balls for tho two innings, should havo used only two and counted nothing. There must bo something wrong. He now plays tho first bsll ot his third inning, making another strike. At last he has reached the point here ho can fmt something down on tho slate. The ast ball he bowled completed the flrst innln, which nbw gets scored 80, leavlrlg him 90 points good toward his second Inning, 10 on tho third and start blmon his fourth with two balls to epare. ery simple If you understand orr Tata iuicr. Hut this ran not bo allowed to go on any longer. Ho plays the flrst hall on lib fourth Inning, knocking down eight pins. This finishes his second innln with 38, whloh, when added to the pre vious 30, aakea 6$ to score in hUseoon.l division on the slate. On tho thin! ill vision he baa IS points to iaViro!. With hla last ball ho knocks ewn one pin, whloh gets him IV. This, added to his previous acore, makes 77 to score his third division. There aro many funny Incidents In a game. Some mon play In such odd post .tlons, as the pictures show. Every one should bowl. It Is a healthy game and Interesting sport. Hero are a fow good points about the game: 1. Ten rolls constitute a game. 9. Each roll consists cf threo hall. f unices the pint are all down In less: a tea strike or a spare ends a roll, but does wm. an loss his tuuixrx? not have isr thin u ln itk ik -, of a dlvlsloa, which iadepoadent on sub- tequeatnlay. a In roJUag no player must advance beyond the line a the alley when de 'ajwrlng a hall. lltchtag tolls U not allowed. --A JA VI 4 1 - ""i j I JACKSON'S HERMITAGE. Bgh Alma of the Ladle tioa to Itaolalm It ll TtMMly lUaalra ta tka SM i-Binniis organisation to ao tkf Hsrssltac from Ttraa's Xavagos. General .Tankanii tnnvrwt tn M Ium estate, called tho Hermitage, about tho yoar 18M, says the New York Herald. Thn iwn nniiina i.ni.9 t....i,i. .... onco connected, and wore tho General's flrst dwclllnir on thn llormltairo farm Thn larger cabin formerly contained throe rooms, one on thn ground floor and two above. After the morn com modious Hermltago waa built this was eut down to a one-story cabin. It Is full of historic reminiscences. Whllo this cabin waa his homo ho won his military renown and fought tho bat tlo of Now Orleans, January 8, 1815. Hero ho revolted tho famous vlslta ol Aaron Hurr In May and August of 1805. Some of tho most hallowed memorlni of his career cling to these Httlo old log Cabins. TheV havn blltli Imnn Uinta renovated by tho Ladles' Ucrtnltaa-r. Association. In 1819 General Jackson began the amotion of a grand mansion, at that tlmo tho hand somi-st In the vicinity. He hadjustroturnod from tho Semi nolo war nick unto death, as ho believed. Ho said hlswlfohad chosen that spot and ho was building It for her, adding: "I dn tint vruw.( in SUM. 1UXTKB. Hvo , u iy. elf." Ho, howover, recovered and llvi-d in It nlno years with his beloved I Ilochel boforo her death. In 1KM it was partially destroyed by Are, but waa rebuilt exactly as It had been. Tho tin preach to tho houtto in through a long avenue of Immense cedars. Tho housu is two stories, with u largo hall run ning through the center, with four very largo rooms on either side, two up nnd two down-stairs, Bnd a one-Mtory wing of two rooms on either side of tho house. A doublo gallery supported by six Cor inthian columns extends across tho front of tho house, and tho sauio at the back. Tho ball nanorlnir 1 nf tlm mn,i gorgeous description, reprenentlng tho i.vi!i in loicmacnu. it was pur chased in Franco and Is still rnmnrknlilv preserved. Tho devastating finger of time lias tieen at work upstairs, and its touches aro perceptible at every turn. Tine iiriiniTAna caiiin. Tho paper and plastering aro falling, tho roof leaks, and It la nrofnnmiiv An. pressing to seo tho homo of one of our g rvawH. men no ncgiectca. Tho room to tho right down-stairs waa the General'a bed-room and stands to-day exactly as hn loft It, with only tho difference mado by thn lapse ot forty-four years. Old Aunt Hannah, atlll living, aged etghty-alx years, waa Mrs. Jackson's maid and It waa In her arms she died. Tho domestlo life of the Jackaoru was ono of oxoeptional boauty and de votion. Just before hla departure for his In auguration in Washington Mrs. Jackson died. Two days after her funeral he set out a lonely, broken-hearted man, to accept the highest honor the Nation could bestow, but it could not lighten his dreadful sorrow, It wot while ho waa in Washington the fire oc curred which destroyed so many valu able relics, but the Hermltago la still s museum of ourlons and vnluablo gifts. Tho tomb Is In tho southwest cornet of the garden, about one hundred yardt from tho house. It Is of solid limestone. Tho domn over the tomb Is supported by eight Doric columns resting on a ban of threo steps. In tho center It the monument, on either side of which is a mantle slab beneath which Ho Gen eral and Mrs, Jackson. General Jsrkson bsd no children of bis own. so left all his property to hit adopted son, who sold the Hermitage In 18Mltotho State of Tennessee. Sine (hat time tho family of th -uinntn.! .... havo boon tenanU at will on the estate. Nuccesslvo Legislatures wore punted what disposition to make of the proper ty. At ono time It was offered to th United States Government for a branch of West Point and various scheme were spoken ot In connection with It Seeing this, and also that tho property waa fall ing Into decay, the Ladles' Hermits Association waa organised, duly char tered, and the State Legislature by act tn I), intrusted to their care the house, tomb and twenty-live surrounding acre. Their object la to purchase the valued furniture and precious relic of General Jackson now in the homestead, also to restore this historic mansion to tta orig inal beauty and grandeur, and ear to the nation a sacred spot where cluster memories of holy domestic llfn and un faltering patriotism. Aa Mount Vernon is saved, ao do they desire to eave the Hermitage, repudiating thereby tho oft. repeated aphorism, "Ue public, aro un grateful." The Hermitage Is Just twelve mile irviu iPTiu ice a., n4 can be reached either by the railroad or bv a t j. i .... . ia. a -iL. .. . ' T-a-. 1114 i-iiuiT vj iav iwiiroaa or ty a I drive over a magnificent pike, through I a beautiful country. Many persona visit Ik nnar mmA I la ..,! l.l . that it be. at aa earlr date, but l a wntuag tae memory 01 the irtu m i hero. ' " J . ..... .. - . &p -tM' 'JaMaParSMtain T3gj!Jiaaaariav jr" aaxBHV9EBaBjCiaX3iJejBKH FIRESIDE jrilAQMCNTt. Melted butter is a very good subatf tuto for olive oil In salad dressing. Maaj prefer the butter to oil. Delicious I'uddtng Sauce: Chop mixed fruits fine and boll till aoft Thin with water, sweeten, and lastly add a well beaten fgg. Serve hot or cold. Simple Dessert: Dolling water thick ened with graham flour to tho consisten cy of mush and eaten hot with cream and sugar, or mapln sirup, makes a slm- . tnd "ur' or m"Pln "P- , Pj Bd -ellcloua doasert Uural New I Yorker. Fowl should rest breast upward. Tho wings and logs should be removed without turning the fowl and before cut ting at tne breastbone. Tnen remove the second Joint from the leg and wing, thus making thorn better controlled ea tho plate. Detroit Tribune. Oysters can be Improved by being1 I kept In a sandy-floored cellar; a blanket Is spread over them, and this Is dally sprinkled with sea water and oatmeal. Then fish will live for a long time la mis way in cool weather and grow aloe and corpulent Quick Puff Pudding: Take" one pint of flour: stir in two tcaspooafuls of bak ing powdor, a small pinch of salt, and aweet milk enough to make a soft bat ter; take six teacups, drop a spoonfirl of batter Into eaoh, then a spoonful of fresh berries, then a spoonful of batter. Stuam twenty minutes. Kat with sugar and cream. Any kind of fresh fruit may bo used. Toledo lllsde. Mushroom Powder: Select the largest and thickest mushrooms, cut off thn root end nnd pool them; do not wash thorn but wipe clean with a dry cloth; spread them on pans and dry slowly In the oxen. Let the liquor dry up in tho mushrooms, as It will msko tho powdor much stronger. When thoroughly dry, beat fine In a mortar, and sift through a slovn with a little cayenne pepper and powdered mace. Ilottlo and cork tightly. Delicious for gravies and stews of all kinds. tiimd Housekeeping. Silk handkerchiefs am ruined by careless washing, such as they aro likely 10 get u put into the general wash. It Is tatter to do them up by themselves.. They should bo washed In lukewarm' water and rinsed two or three times In clear cold water without blueing. Wring them out, fold and roll them tightly In a cloth, but do not let them got dry bo torn Ironing, or they will nevor look smooth. Colored silk hand kerchiefs should be washed with line, whlto soap, novor with strong, yellow aoap. Clothier and FurnUtier. For moths, salt Is the lest extermi nator. Tho nuns In one of the hospital convents havo tried every thing else without success, and their oxpnrienoe lf valuable, as thoy have so much clothing of the sick who go thore; and strangers, when dying, often leave them quanti ties of clothing, etc. They had a room full of feathers which won, Kent tlmm for pillow making, and they were In do spalr, as they could not exterminate thn motha until they were advised to try common sslt They sprinkled It around, and In a week or ten days they were al together rid of the moths. A NOVELJNDUSTRY. .1 Woman' Nrhom for HprvaiUnc I'safwl KnuwUdga In fto-lt'. A comparatively now avonuo of em ployment for women, particularly for intelligent and educated women, Is that of purveyor of Information on topics of tho day. The plan originated with a bright woman who, at a dinner some months ago, when thn Samoan matter was first prominent, behold the con sternation into which tho entire com pany was thrown by tho Innocent ques tion ot one of them: "Whore Is Samoa, ' by tho way?" None of them, Including horself, know for a certainty, although several more or less haxlly correct sur mises Were fflven. Thn lirlaht a.-nrn. whose resources needed eking out saw her opportunity. Within a week she had sent out to various ladles of her acquaint ance Httlo written notices that on tha followlngTuesday afternoon an informal "talk" upon "Samoa and the Samoan matter" would bo delivered at the resi dence ot Mrs. . West Seventieth street a somewhat prominent society woman who lent her this aid. It waa further stated that tho purpose of the talk was to present In a concise and portable way the salient features of a subject at the moment on the popular tongue. Fully n score of ladles wnre present from which number a class of ten for a course of talks was evolved. The terms were a dollar apiece from every member for a lecture, uad una lecture per week was given during tha following three months, the class In croaslag to twenty in a very short time. Itefore she had conducted the enter prise a month the fair lecturer bad se cured classes In both llrooklyn and Jer sey City, and this year her scheme haa so enlarged upon her hsnds that four days In the week she Is at work morn ing and afternoon, for, In addition to the three cities, the haa classes several suburban communities Own lecture, ot course, serves for a weok'a work, and as she will uke no elaea of ess than ten paying members. It may bo readily seen that the work Is profit- ie , U lto N" ad not difficult The newspapers furnish her with topics and an afternoon at a public library affords the information needed. Occasionally, though not often, a fashion able book Is the subject of a talk; the gut of auch, however, la asaally readily obtained through any on of the Innum erable newspapers and periodical re tiewa that tho value of comment la not so obvloaa at In the case of other pope, lar topic. The success ot the pioneer la the work has been ot a nature to attract others to aou-competltlve'aeldt. Tvm charming woman In Seneca Falls have taken to the parlor platform, ktlnlaa forces la the uadertaklag. and bav flourishing rlas-n. not only in the vil lage named, but (a Waterloo anJ 'Syra cuse, with designs upon adjacent acls-n-borhoods. All of the talker made a speculty of complete and erearat an- "r" ,orB1UoB m 11 " "P" e top so 1 ru"'r haa voicing ttslr I P-n- upon II It la a grail! RIP tit DtMi iKann.iW.l . k. upoa the topie dJscutsasL ? Individ sal gratlriagcoai- t the f am. ! ? development Ja villa, communing. lop-meat la village communitlea 'inn lha lv.l..l - ..... .. u"r.. 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