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PvfeKST ( S-WV- -r-' JFSEw. ." ' -fr.yCV J C-i jfls - BSfeSSL- v f-- " trcj"""- p r- yv-g- 'u ww - vr SSSe- . c sj.,- r. " ' fc "xr .t -4 v- &jgatgyiy rs . . :.- m3 A. - fcnral. c i -, mt 3BKi? " v WHOLE NUMBER 137. VOLUME XXVII.-NUMBER 45. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. NESDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1897. K jroSroitiS;J-5 mm $ 'v ' 1 . o V " u . r :- - r . . . u n o o 1- - ' 1 " p "i ANOTHER FOOL. S OPENED ,fcis is J, is - prne Kver-'umi: looked much as ke i had imagined and hoped it would fttaJTSFaJ -uu-- . . .."Z -t ffiTi-S opposite, in a uiach. o y pictore or a snow- y stonn from the B- -sF iiTt rated Londao News of half a doz en years ago; by his hedside stood the table, with a tumbler of water and a howl of fresh flowers lilies-of-the-val-ley. On another table, by the window, burnt a dim light! here were a medicine 'bottle, some few articles always found in a sick-room, a couple of books, more flowers and a roll of white linen. In a low chair, near the dim light, a woman sat. He could only see her head , and a narrow outlineaf herface. Her head was thrown far Tjack against the pink cushion; her hair looked brown, streaked with sold where the light touchrd it. Ker dress was black; he 'could see the comer of a white apron and the curve of a white collar, and soft "white cuffs against small white hands. He wished he could see more of her; he was afraid to move lest she heard him. Evidently she was young; that was. good. "Was she also beautiful, or even pretty? Would she be soft and gpntlc and patient with him. or hard and stern and matter-of-fact? How peaceful it was in this little joom in the center of the great, silent .hospital! Such peace he had never felt before in his life, though he had often sought it. N'n one could come and worry him hers, or stare at him. or ask him stupid questions. He did not care now wheth er he grew better or worse so long as ,he could lie in the silent room with the 'picture of the snow-storm on the wall and the lilies by his side on the table. and the nurse asleep in the chair, and everywhere the calm and the peace. It "was even better than his room at home. There his mother or his father, his sister and his brothers, would have continually come and looked at him end asked him how he felt, and why he A-as so stupid, and why he was dif ftrent to other people. Here none could worry him. He was safe. What time vvas it? Evening, prob cbly, or perhaps night. No light came through the blind and the gray, drawn curtains. He could hear no sounds from the street, not even the distant roar of traffic which never ceases. Should he speak to the nurse and see what she was like? He very much wanted her to be pretty. He still clung .'to the stupid Idea that if she were pret ty she would be kind and forgiving. Did she know all about him all that other people knew or thought they knew? But he did not need forgiveness he had done nothing wrong; she -would only consider him like other r-en. Well, that would be better than thinking him "so different to every body else." He was quite tired of hear ing he was "different." He turned on his side again to sleep. The nurse heard him. She rose and came to the bedside and bent over him. "Are you comfortable? Do you want anything?" He opened a;s eyes gratefully. The voice was low and deep and soothing. The thought also came to him that it was a forgiving voice. "No. thank you nurse. I am all right. I was just thinking how how quiet and nice It was here. What time is it? Night-time, surely?" "It is early morning, nearly 3 o'clock. Ycu will hear the sparrows awake soon, and begin to chirp and chatter in the trees beneath your win- "dow. Will you drink this medicine now?" . He smiled. "Yes, if you like; but the .knowledge has come to me that medi- cine is no good. I don't suppose I shall live long. I don'-t want to live. I have nothing to live for. My ideals I have found only Ideals; my dreams will come to nothing. I only want to I seem to THE KISSED LIPS. want to make my peace, to come to nn understanding with seme one or some thing." "Hush! ycu must not talk. There, I will make your pillow comfortable, and smooth your sheet." "J must talk, Nurse; I will talk. Da yon know I havebeen awake a long time? I have been lying looking at you. I was wondering if, and hoping you were, pretty. I am so glad you are. 1 used to think, I believe I still think, that beautiful women have beautiful minds." "Hush! you must not talk; you will grow excited." "Nurse yoa know I cannot live long? Well, let me be happy" he gave a sort of sob-laugh "be happy for a few minutes; let me talk just for once. I iave been silent all my life, I have thought all my life. I never found any one to talk to except Ruby, and she ran away with another man; that was because I was poor. Bring over your chair and sit beside me. Ah! that is Tight; I am glad you are kind and un derstand me. I suppose you know how I first became ill, and my quarrel with my relatives. Of coarse, it is my own fault; I ought not to have been different to my brothers. You see, I was a bit of a dreamer; I read too many books when a boy, and I preferred painting pictures . to studying law, and writing stories to sitting in a London office. I dreamed a good deal, and I never "went about town like my brothers did. I don't know why 1 did not My sisters noticed it. They were jolly girls, kind-hearted, and that sort of thing; but Ihey dian't tor kjt taciturn. uict wtyi. Xt aw Kl "" -ij! Q mmim mm fellow's rooms they used to let Uw J In and hela them to their rooms ant" j ray nothingaboat it- They thought it rather good, sport, and were annoye.l Tz'uh. xne because I didn't ever stop cut uu cae aecanso late, or Ret sized up in a row, or druu: too much "I never found any one who took at interest In things I "liked. Because J wouldn't go into the law or medicine or banking, I -was kicked cut from home. Give me something to drink. Nurse. This doesn't tire you? I am glad. J wanted to tell some one why I failed, and all that, before I died, and yon seem Well, I thought"! could "work arO live with my pen, and keep my dreamf and ideals to myself. By God, Nurse, 1 tried! 7 tri.-rl hard. I had money al first. Life seemed gay and jolly. But 1 kept straight. That was one of ray ideals, because I felt sorry I sort of felt all women were sacred, and unlesi I loved one so I kept straight. "But a London lodging is not inspir- Jng. I began to long for my .booki and flowers, and my comfortable room; I began to long to see my brothers ami sisters faces. I asked if I might conu home and work in my old rooms. I re ceived no answer. I got depressed. My ideals got mired. .Nothing seemed real except vice. "One night I got drunk with ttij lights and the noise of London. I supped at a big restaurant, principallj on champagne. I met her that night I never cared for her, and I had cared for others and passed them by. She loved only gold and jewels; she was a lump of ice well, I froze my ideals with that lump of ice! "I wandered about town, tired cf everything. I was ill. I grew worse. Then they found me and took me home. How they worried me! Hot. they plied me with questions! How they stared at me! 'Why was I so different from others?' "I, too, begaa to ask myself that question. Tne first time I slip, I break my neck; but my brothers make it their business to slip gracefully and care fully. "For a long time they kept me at home, always worrying me, trying to make me talk, trying to make me 'sensible. Then, at lost, I made them bring me here And at last I am hap py. "There! What have I been saying. Nurse? You must not think too badly of me; at the worst, I am only a fooL Hark! it is da57n. Do you hear the sparrows chattering? It reminds me of the country. I can see the faint light stealing thrcugh the gray curtains, and the wind is shaking the blind to and fro. "Would you read to me. Nurse? 1 don't suppose you have a 'Swinburne?' He used to be my favorite poet It wa3 he who made me dream. I think. Nurse, I wonder why I have never been able to talk to any woman, as I am talk ing to you?" Then he lay for some time silent, lis tening to the sparrows and the wind rustling the curtains together. The nurse had risen. She stood op posite the mirror and gazed at herself. She loosened the hair on her forehead a little, so that the wavy curls fell natu rally on either side. Then she crossed to the bed, and bathed his temples with some slightly perfumed water, and gave him a clean, cold pillow for his head, and sat again by his side. "I, too, used to read Swinburne once" he turned surprised "but that wrs long ago, when I used to dream. Dreams are bad and foolish. We were not meant to dream in this world." "No," he replied wearily, "I suppose not; but dreams are the only beautiful things in this world. Do you remem ber -Ah, God! Ah, God! that day should be so soon?' That is what I feel now. You won't leave me, will you. Nurse? Wait until it is quite day. I am afraid my mother might come to see me, and I never feel comfortable when she is near me I feel afraid it is so stupid." "All rlcht I won't leave you." She took his hand in hers. She knew his hours were few. And she wondered why God had al ways let him meet the wrong women. If she had met him before, perhaps His thoughts were similar. "Nurse, I wish I had met you before." She hesitated a moment "So do I."' She touched his forehead with her soft scanted handkerchief. "What do ycu mean?" "Perhaps we might have both been happier." "Then you are not happy? Poor lit tle JCurse!" His hands gripped hen harder. "Nurse, I wonder would you kiss me-d:rectly? It is not wrong or strange to ask you to kiss a dying man. is it?" "No, dear." She kissed his forehead. His eyes caught hers. She bent again and kissed his lips. "It must be 10 o'clock. Nurse. Hark, there is some one coming. Don't let asy one in, Nurse until . I am gone, and hold my hand tightly because it hurts a little, does death. Let me smell those lilies they remind me of Knby she was a wicked woman, Nurse, but I was fond of her, poor lit tle thing! because it wasn't her fault Hold me tighter, and kiss me aguia it is good to have some one to love. Nurse, don't let them in until I am gone; they will say I am so different Nurse?" "Yes, dear?" Yoa are there; that is right Give my love to everybody; tell them I wanted to help and Nurse, where is that picture of the snow-storm gone? I can't see it up there now and I can't see your pretty face: I onlrsee that wo man the lump of ice so cold "His voice slipped away, his eyes closed. Gsd gave him back his dream. Consist en:. "Who is the woman who sent word objecting to our boys practicing on the comet: "She's the mother of the boys whe celebrate every holiday by blowing tin horns bsfera daylight-' Washington Star. Chumpleigh (to Miss Bicwbud) The was a thoroughbred, bat come to find cut he's no "more a thoroughbred thar yea are. Er a oh I 1 Brr.Llyi j U.I&. Th ttftcfcere in. X'ac nubile s;hsslj at Fnift BVKbtr JM.15 .-----. YE GOOD ST. VALENTINE. Many years ago a Frenchman who visited London wrote this passage con cerning the English girl on the four teenth of February: "St Valentine's day Is the carnival of the young people here. English girls await the arrival of the postman with the utmost impatience. They open their letters in a state of delighted ex citement and instsntly give vent to their feelings in ci'es of rapture or bursts of laughter. The girl who re ceives no valentine has reason to feel mortified, as it is a proof positive that she will braid the tresses of St. Cather ine." The same condition of things exists to-day, as the postman whose work is doubled and trebled at that period will surely testify. In city and tillage, and in homes remote, the time is one of joy ous expectancy, and often there is more than the trivial following of a tradition in the exchange of those lace-bordered and decorated missives with their saucy, mischievous cupids, their hearts transfixed by arrows and their senti mental verses. "Hearts are broken, heads are turned By castles in the air." There are a few who take advantage of the time to send hateful comic val entines which illustrate some peculiar ity of the ones to whom they are ad dressed, but no one will envy the un kind spirit that could dictate such a proceeding. But there are comic valen tines that are employed as a pastime by persons who are not over-sensitive or refined. In the olden days when the world was mostly under pagan rule, the 14th day of February was one of carnival, and often misrule. The valentine lottery was one of the favorite amusements in England, when the lads and lasses had not the gilded opportunity of the pres ent time. They wrote billets with their names inscribed thereon, an equal number of each, and drew by lot the men taking the billets from the maids, and vice versa. The company being thus divided into couples who were each other's valentines, many happy marriages grew out of this lot tery. Writing wss not then cultivated, even in court circles, and the first written valentine of which sentimental history has kept any account, is the famous one cf the Duke of Orleans. This noble man, being a prisoner of the battle of Agincourt, could not draw his valentine so he wrote a quaint and chivalrous ad dress to an unknown divinity. Being a poet and a writer of songs, his verse had merit and is distinguished for its graceful simplicity. A stanza will give an idea of the poem: "Wilt thou be mine, dear love? Reply Sweetly consent, or else deny; Whisper softly, none shall know; Wilt thou be mine, love? aye or no. "Spite of fortune we may be Happy by one word from thee; Life flies swiftly ere it go. Wilt thou be my love? aye or no." Shakespeare, Draytcn. Gower, Chau cer and many others of the old writers have made allusions or sung poems to St Valentine's Day and its pretty cus toms. In "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Theosus, on discovering the quartet of lovers in the woods, says: "Good morrow, friends! Saint Valen tine is past: Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?" Among the Shakespearian valentines is one by the immortal William him self, which it is presumed was written to the valentine of his life, AnneHatha way. No doubt the spelling was good smc& LmLX 7vWcnx A MOST WELCOME VISITOR, for those days and the sentiments en deared it to the heart of the fair Anne. "Is there inne heavenne aaht more rare Than thou sweete nymphe of Avon fayre, Is there onne earthe a manne more trewe ! Than Willy Shakspeare is toe yen? "Though fickle fortune prove unkynde, Still doth she leave herre, wealth be- hynde; The ne'ere the heart canne forme anew, Nr Mki tkr Willy's lv asst rw. gJVALILNTINgS DS 18! "Though age with withered hand do strkye The form most fayre. the face most bryghte, Still doth she leave unnetouched ande trewe Thy Willy's love and freynshyppe too. "Though death with neverre faylinge blowe Doth manne and babe alyke brynge lowe, Yette doth he take naughte but his due. And strykes notte Willy's heart still trewe. "Synce thenne not fortune, death nor age Canne faythfulle Willy's lave asswage, Thenne doe I live and dye forre you. Thy Willy syncere and most trewe." Drayton also alludes touchingly to the custom which tradition gave to the birds, of pairing on St Valentine's day. Perhaps one of the most ancient verses is that written by Lydgate. he CUPID'S AIM IS TRUE. monk of Bury, in 1140, in praise of Queen Catherine, consort of Henry V.: "Saynt Valentine of custom yeere by yeere, Men have an usaunce in this regioun, To lock and serche Cupid's kalendere And chose theyr choyse by grete af- fecioun." Herrick, in his "Hesperides," speak ing of a bride, says: "She must no mere a-maying. Or by rosebuds divine Who'll be her Valentine." A modern valentine has all the marks of the old-time effusions. The writer really claimed that it was yel low with age, being found in the dressing-case of a lady cf the past, who had lived and died single. The valentine was wrapped in a bit of yellow lace, "faintly scented with vanilla bean." "This merry maiden, radiant, rare, With winsome ways and debonair. When sweet she smiles on me I swear That Eden's light is resting there Upon those lips so ripe, so fair! To look upon her face old Care Would cease to carp and court Despair, Would give up dole, his trade forswear, Don sunny locks, make Joy his heir, What wonder, then, that I should dare Her praise to sing, her colors wear, Her valentine myself declare? This merry maiden, radiant, rare!" Sending valentines has become a fa vorite method of amusement among children, who buy one-cent missives which contain a verse of poetry with a fat cupid or a transfixed heart entwined with lilies and forget-me-nots, the po etic sentiment being something like this: "Can pictured paper fondly prove My fixed devotion and my love?" Many years ago an English journal copied the following notice from the advertising columns of an American newspaper, the Wooster Democrat, showing the popularity of St-Valentine's day, and at the same time the peculiar form of advertising in vogue in this country: "The great increase of marriages throughout Wayne county during the past year is said to be occasioned by the superior excellence of the valen tines sold by George Howard. Indeed, so complete was his srocess ia this line that Cupid has again commis sioned him as great high priest of love, courtship and marriage, and has sup plied George with the most complete and perfect assortment of 'love's armor ever before offered to the eitizens of Wayne county. During the .past year the blind god has centered his thoughts on producing something in the lime far surpassing anything he has heretofore issued. And it is with -felinks of the greatest joy that he is able to announce that he has succeeded." Then fellows a description: "The turtle-dove kind, with its coo coc, the sensibly sentimental, ttie cat ting, the severe, andV in ehort, every-. thing that can be required, with all necessary fixings. Prices range from 5 cents to 53." A great number of valentines are on the market this year, and some d?ing innovations are made on the tradi tional Cupids, the loves and doves of ye olden times. For instance, a neat email folio of cardboard with raised vr i W W J:' which a bird in opaline colors is trill ing a love song, has the non-sentimental verse on its cover: "The turnpike road to people's hearts I find Lies through their mouths, or I mis take mankind." When the leaves are opened behold a real peppermint lozenge, and a ciga rette fastened to the inside page, with appropriate couplets to "My Valen tine." Cupid riding a bicycle and bearing a large bouquet to his lady love is de picted in outlines of gold and fancy paper, and a span of horses and a sleigh in the same style form pretty Talentine toys for children. A bath ing house made of cardboard has for its foundation a sandpaper for matches. One would think the valen tine Inventive faculty had gone mad, to see such an attempt as this. A sweet face peers from a heart-shaped open-, ing in the dcor of the bathing estab lishment Half-way down the building a tiny iron screw is fastened. It forms a word in the poetry that is printed around it: "He said as he gazed In her eyes of blue, 'Give me a kiss, My darling, do. " 'I won't,' she said; 'You lazy elf. Screw up your lip3 And help yourself.' " A St. Valentine Dinner. The New York Herald offered a prize of 25 for the best design In table deco rations for a St. Valentine dinner of six. A large number of drawings were submitted, and the prize was awarded to the design herewith presented. The table is seven feet by four and a half. The cloth is white satin damask and the center-piece a diamond shaped, plate glass mirror, eighteen inches long by fourteen wide. Hearts fit about this outlined as solidly as possible in red carnations. Within the hearts stand five branched silver candelabra, with red candle-shades. Three small heart- shaped cut glass dishes filled with heart-shaped chocolates, peppermints and wintergreens, and one with salted almonds, are placed near the candel abra. At the corners of the table are flat looped bows of satin ribbon,five inches wide, with long ends reaching to the bottom of the table cloth. On each bow is placed a slender cut glass vase, eight een inches high, with twelve American Beauty roses arranged carelessly. The ribbon should match the roses. From the chandelier four ribbon streamers, four inches wide, of the same shade, are suspended and fastened on to a rose in each vase. In the center a carrier dove is hung, with a small white en velope attached to its neck by a silver cord. At each cover are four forks, four spoons, two knives and five glasses, for water, champagne, claret, sherry and cordial. On the napkin is placed a white linen picture frame, heart-shaped and embroidered with solid red hearts, outlined in gold. In them may be in serted either the dinner cards or a suit able valentine verse, but who knows if there might not one day be slipped into some of these pretty favors the present ment of that very face which maidens long to dream of on St Valentine's Eve? To .secure the vases to the table, a simple device may be employed. Sew a piece of kid the size of the standard of the vase, in the center of each-bow, then sew each in turn firmly to the tablecloth, and underneath, to the same THE DINNER TABLE, place, sew a piece of tape in the middle, leaving the ends to tie to the legs of the table or tack underneath. Mix plaster of paris with water to the consistency of cream, moisten the kid with, water and spread a thin layer of the plaster oxer it. If the vase is placed thereon and held firmly till the plaster sets, no unpleasant disaster like overturning it need he dreaded. DeeMedly Wromr- He Do yon think it wrong for a -nan to kiss a girl he is not engaged to? Sae I think it would be wrong for htm to fee engaged to all the girls ha kltt. Kw Yark Joiraaj, ! PLANETARY GOSSIP. HOROSCOPIC READINGS PROBABLE EVENTS. OF tMtractloM id AppttrtW m AMm, Tfnie iri Uent at ftlrtlt tm pertaat KriaUlt4. HE free readias' now being given to these dfllWM are so popular tfiat I will take some1 ! time before those n baad will be an swered. Every let ter sent in will fc answered in ltd regular order. Those who tW at wiaa to wait their turn can get their stamps. In all cases full name and address of applicants must accompany requests for free readings. Also place, date, hour and place of birth. If the hour is not known send two twtKcent stamps for special instructions. Address all communications to Prof. G. W. Cun ningham, Dept 4, 194 Souta Clinton street, Chicago, III. Following ara the readings for this week: Minnie W., JUtikata ttaa According to the data you have the Zodiacal sign Virgo which Mercury rules with a lingering indication of the sign Leo, which the Sua mtes ris ing at your birth, therefore. MercUry and the'sun are your ruling planets or significators. You are medium height; medium dark complexion; hair and eyes. You are rather of a studious nature and take delight in unravel ing some mystery and are easily inter ested in chemistry and electricity. You are very intuitive at times, but your Intuition works uneven or spas modically. You will not generally ue appreciated by people Until they are well acquainted with you. Love affairs and marriage will not be more than average fortunate. You are liable to accidents and injuries to yollr fect You will also be subject to some odd nervous ailment of the heart, this will not be organic or at all dangerous. E. A. 1. X., 0enTille. lad. According to data furnished you have the zodiacal sign, Scorpio, which "Mars rules, rising at birth, therefore iiars is your ruling planet or significator. Saturn is on the ascendant, and is co significator. You ay medium height, with a well-set, strong, plump figure; medium to dark complexion; dark eyes; a luxuriant growth of dark hair. The face is rather full and broad. You are one of the stirring, energetic kind of people, and have the desire and ability to push your business, yet vou do this in such a quiet way that others will hardly know anything about it until it is all over. You are secret ive and deliberate in your actions, and lay your plans first and work them out afterward. You are fond of chemistry, soldiers, firemen, and all kinds of mili tary affairs. Love affairs never ran smooth with you long at a time. The last half of your life has been the most fortunate. You are under evil transits now, especially for health, and should be careful. MUs Marie If.. Detroit. According to data furnished the zo df.ip.il sien Anuarius. which Uranus . . f t .:,;nr at -cmiT hfrth thpre- .fore Uranus "is vour ruling planet or significator. The sign Pisces, which Jupiter rules, was intercepted, and Mars was on the ascendant, therefore Jupiter and liars are co-significators. You are of medium height, or slightly above; medium to light complexion, hair and eyes: when small your hair was flaxen. You are quite energetic and ambitious, and do not like to be opposed; anyone that undertakes to control your independent actions will, be likely to get the benefit of your opin-. Ion of them. You are very independent in your Ideas of dress, and will wear, anything you think is right and proper, no matter if it suits the four hundred or not. You have a good intellect, and should make a great effort to overcome th2 obstacles that are hin dering vour education. Your husband will be one of those bright, refined, kind and obliging men, with dark eyes, that have a peculiar sparkle and sharp sight; marriage will be far more than average fortunate. Note. Those who have sent in their stamps (26 cents) for readings by mail, will usually be promptly answered. In cases where there is an apparent de lay the astrologer should be notified at ence and the mistake will be rectified." The Number of Asteroid. In October las.t a small planet, or asteroid, discovered by photography in Berlin, was set down in the list of these bodies as No. 424. Since the applica tion of photography to the stars the discovery of asteroids has been very rapid, no less than one hundred hav ing been found between February, 1S92, and October, 1S96. Up to 1843 only four asteroids were known. Since, then not a year has passed without the discovery of one or more. A Care. Jones Sillibub has a medicine which he declares is a sure care for heart dis ease. Smith Did it cure him? Jones Yes; it gave him such a frightful at tack of indigestion that he forgot all about his heart. Harper's Bazar. 3facb More. She How do you account for the fact that a woman learns typewriting so much easier than a man? He Oh, she has so much more in prospect. India napolis Journal. A Trifling Affair. Cobwigger Look here, Freddie, the man next dcor says you fired a smT stcne-through a 2 pane of glass in his window. Freddie Pshaw! If that pane is worth $2 I broke about 10 cents' worth d it. New York World. . The -Light That FaUetf. Mabel So Mrs. Dovey has left her husband! I'm surprised; she used to say he was the ligat of her uxlitecce. JJay Yes, I Jcnax; but the light got galag out BlfMa, Va-U-Dtle; OBrll u OLD-TIME COOKfWC Ukf ef 1 Dan It Wa rkK tart 8trm It waa very AMTerent thr hundred Tam aro. There was n J'ce and vert Jktl fashion. The cnltwe f Ihe , age was wet! expressed ty sirloin, which aristocrat ward was colaed S" an inebriated monarch, who insisted upon knighting a loin of beef on ac count of Its excellene and Juiciness, says tfce Jtew Yark Mall rnd Express, fiaere were no forks. Ics.evl of plates weoden trenches, and aons were of 'wood and wre what we would call .ladles; and napkins, and table cloths w practically unknown. The coak ery twfa, what there were of them, were on a par with the rest of kitchen dom. Honey a largely used and recommended when ixd with spices, with fjk and crabs. Potatoes were not in Toga- and tomatoes if knowii were considered poiannous. Alniastall cooking consiated at Maps, stews, pie. - . . m t ml a, MY was rich liquid ar seni-liquid food. The old Eingllsh beef up had carrots, turnips, cabbage, and even apples thrown into the pot. and when cold could be cot with a knfe. The jhyme of "pease porridge nine days old" gtves a good notion of one style of cooking which constated of boiling animal or vegetable substances until tbey became a mere naste. There were fish soup3 and fish pastie?. but these on acconnt of the prejudice against Roman Catholics were never very popular. There were huge pies and puddings, of ffaich the Interior was made of chopped-up beef steak or mutton, kidneys, birds, squir rels, hares, rabbits, venison and, among the wealthy, oysters. These pasties were valud according to their size. Those served ia the rich merchants and goldsmiths were two f:et in diameter and a foot thick; those served at the tables Ct th great lords were three and four feet in diameter and a foot and a half thick, while those served to royalty were sometimes six feet in fUampter and two feet thick. The cooking was like the men of the period, coarse, brutal but strong, wholesome and refreshing. MANUAL FOR ARMY COOKS. C.p Cooklar : S Bad a Might Be Supposed In camp life the joys of dining are more precarious than in the barracks be cause of the inconveniences to proper cooking of the food, says Chautauquan. However, as an offset to this drawback tocamplife.theappetite is better in out door lift. For field use the cooking uten sil sare necessarily simple. The dishes are few and instead of the reliable bar rack range in the shelter of a tidy kitchen some rude cooking place must be improvised. Of thse cooking places the simplest and most economical as to fuel is in the form of a trench dug in the ground. With moderate weather. favorable soil and sufficient ssin suuu a stove can be made to answer every purpose. Field ovens, too, of primitive fashion are constructed for baking "soft bread," beans, meats, etc. This is done even when the army is on the march, provided the weather is not too stormy for the bread to rise. For in dividual cooking and eating on the field, necessitated by emergencies, the government furnishes each soldier with one meat can and plate combined, one three-pint canteen, one tin cup, one knife, fork and spoon. With all its hardships, camp cooking with the most primitive implements 'is not so fatal to good food as might be supposed. Per haps the chief reason or this is mat ... --- ..... nuiinoa tny cnnUnc mere are miuj "i '.meats, breads, vegetables soups, etc adapted to just such conditions of fire ana aisaes. Greatest Crime. Dismal Dawson This here paper says that the greatest crime is com mitted in the localities that goes pro hibition. Hungry Higgins Of course. Wot greater crime could they be than goin' prohibition? Indianapolis Jour nal. Hlftb-G emred. "Watson Those South Americans are bo high-strung that they want to fight on the smallest provocation. Crank shaft High-geared, I should judge, from the number of revolution; they make. Brooklyn Life. Cncle Ebeas Wisdom. "Hit am better," said Uncle Eben, "ter be er man dat changes 'is mind dan ter be one dat didn't hab no mind ter change in de fus place." Washing ton Star. MISSING LINKS. A kerosene lamp with an electrical attachment is something new. You press a button, and an electric flame lights he lamp. Complaint is made against the water of the Schuylkill by Philadelphians, on the ground that there is too much coal in it to drink and not enough to bum. A farmer of Durham, Mo., while on a follv snrce in Kansas Citr. boucht a block of city lots. A few days later, when sober, he sold them at an advance of $6,000. Charles T. Farrier of Poik county, Minn., has artificial legs. He rides a bicycle, can jump fifteen feet in three Jumps, and can kick a hat held eight feet above the floor. Some of the :arge life insurance com panies are considering the advisability it establishing a colossal sanitarium .or the care of consumptives who de velop the disease after insuring. A four-master iron ship, with provis ions for two years and 2,300 tons of coa) an board, wa3 lately sold at Yarmouth, England, for ?55. The vessel had run ashore three miles from the town. Three bandits drove up to the groc ery of Harry Cliff ia Taylor street, Chi ;ago, in a barouche, entered the store and deliberately robbed the proprietor of $23, all the money he had. They then re-entered the barouche and drove off In style. A haartless rogue in Louisville lashed excitedly into a doctor's office, proclaiming in alarmed tones that he Sad just accidentally swallowed a pint ! af cider in which he afterward learned his wife had unintentionally dropped a small quantity of arsenic. The doctor produced a stonaca pump and rushed uowastairs for warts water. While ha waa gon the rogue ta! the etcmaci oumi, THE OLD RELIABLE. ColumbtisSlateBank (Oldest Bank in the State.) 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