THE OMAHA DAILY BEELiiLONDAY , AUGUST 5 , 1889 ,
Nowfl and Qooslp ot the Tourists or
the Woat.
THE MAN WHO WON THE RACE.
A. Traveling Man's Llttlo Adventure
In the AVildi of Arknnsa * Illo-
graphical nml Personal Gos
siped at the Hotel * ,
Tho-BIan Who boat the Ilncc.
I win hooflng It along a highway in Ar-
linnsas , my horse having pone dead lame and
being left with a farmer , when a man driv
ing n horse and bupgy overtook ino and In-
vjtod mo to ride , sayn a writer In thu Now
York Sun. 1 wai only too thankful for the
oflor , nnd when I Kot | n behind him I liked
his looks. Ho offered mo n cigar. Wo ex
changed names. Ho was Informed on poll-
tics and current event" ) . It win a Btmiiklng
liorso ho had , and ho kept n steady Kit It for
nillo nftor mile. The only thine about the
man that puzzled mo was the way ho tmd of
looking behind every few minutes , nnd I
finally Inquired :
"At o you expecting sotno friend to over
take yout"
"Well , no not a frlond , " ho replied.
"Euemlesl"
"It may bo tbat the sheriff and his posio
will bo fools enough to try and overt ako
mo. "
"My frlond , " I said , after swallowing the
lump which suddenly gathered In my throat ,
"Is there any good reason why thn sherlft
nuould want to overtake you ? This is rather
blunt , I'll admit , but if I hurt your feelings I
nm ready to bop pardon. "
"O , no harm done , " ho laughed. "I bor
rowed his horsa and riff about two hours ngo
without the formality of asking , and the
owner may hope to recover It. Don't ' glvo
yourself any uneasiness , however. I run to
horses nnd not to highway robbery. "
Thrco miles further on , ai wo rose a hill ,
ho looked back and then nulled up and said :
"Wo must part hero. The sheriff and half
A dozen others aro'm pursuit , aud every
pound of weight will now tell. " *
- "I nm much obliged for your kindness. "
"O , not at all. Your society has boon re
ward enough. I would suggest that you enter
that thicket and lie close until the party gets
by. When an Arkansas sheriff gets after a
. stolen horse ho means to hurt somebody , and
his crowd Isn't particular who it shoot * nt.
And , nay , you needn't make any special ef
fort to report that you liuvo seen me. Savoy 1"
"I won't. "
"Then good-by. "
Ho put the horse on a dead run and was out
of sight in two minutes. I accreted myself as
directed and in a faw minutes the POSHO thun
dered ny in a cloud of dust. I followed at a
leisurely gait , nnd at the end of two nours
came upon them grouped around a tree.
Hanging from a limb waa the lifeless body of
ray frlond of the road , and they were now
waiting for the blown and exhausted horses
to reouporuto.
A Closd Buyer.
A traveling man's experience would make
a racy story if ho had the time and disposi
tion to wrlto it out , says the St. Louis
Globo-Democrai. For instance I will men
tion an advcnturo I had so mo yours ago
down In the Indian Territory. It was late
in the fall season when I had finished work
ing Texas that I met u fellow-travolor In
Dcnlsou who told mo that a curtain party In
the territory hod been making unxkma in
quiries about mo , that ho wanted a niuo bill
of holiday goodd , and thut I should bo sure
end call on my way north. With this
pointer I checked mv trunk to the town
where mv anxious friend was located. I
arrived Sunday nftornoon , nnd uftcr
supper dropped in. as it woro. by chancn , and
greeted my woulu-bo customer pleasantly.
After setting up the cigurs wo talked pleas
antly for au hour or so without any mention
of business. I loft , saying 1 would BCD him
next morning. After an early breakfast I
called and stated that I had a big line of
goods and would bo glud to show him my lay
out. Ho replied that he was going to market
soon , and it would bo time wasted on him.
This was a damper on mo. but I thought ho
was playing to see if I had received his mes
sage , so I changed the subject and acted as
though I believed his statement that he was
going to the city. The t rain wus to leave at
10 o'clock. Nine o'clock canto and i wus bo-
glnnln ? to pet fldgoty. Again I referred to ray
line line of simple- , but still ho insisted that
ho did not wish to place an order. As the
clock utruclc 0:30 : I shook hands all round
and started for the train. Ho said good-bye
coolly , and feeling very much disguttod I
sought the depot. Just us I was chocklntr
my baggaeo my customer came .puffing and
blowing up and asked what I meant. I ex
plained that as ho wa the only customer in
the town and ho wanted no goods there was
no uno for me to stay longer. "Semi vour
trunks baeic , " said ho ; "I only didn't want
you to sco I was anxious to buy. " He was
afraid I wouldn't give him close prices.
Some men are built that way , you soo.
"Jjot Us Hnvo I'cacp. "
To the Editor of TUB OMAHA. Buu I hnve
been requested by a number of Omaha trav
eling men to sav something through your
columns about lite object of what wo call
Drummers' day , of Mercnanls1 Weak. The
Idea seems to have gene abroad , spread un
doubtedly by a few not well posted individ
uals , that Drummers' day wan gotten no by
the Omaha traveling inirn for their own ben
efit. This is decidedly un error. While to
Omahu traveling men belongs the exclusive
right to the term "Drummers1 day , " they
being the first to muko a successful iwu ot
it , yet nil who attended the meetings to ar
range for the RQUIO know that It was not
intended to have it an Omuha day , but a
day for the entire- fraternity of traveling
mtn. Omaha wus not muutlonoJ in connec
tion with Drummers' day oxccptluga * to the
point where the traveling men were
to meet. At the second mectinc , when thu
coinmiUeo on badges .reported , different col
ored biWgtis for Omaha traveling men and
visitors iiad been selected , the meeting unan
imously voted that there should bo no dis
tinguishing badge for Omaha traveling men ,
but thai all should have the samu bailee and
all bo treated aliKe. So particular were the
Omaha traveling * men that this decision
thou'.d DO carried out to the letter , mid no
distinguishing mark allowed for any of the
local firms , that they were compnlleu'upon
the day of the purado to refuse to allow the
representatives of ono ot Omiilm's loading
.firms to participate In the first division of
the procoaMon because they had , through
error , arranged a fuaturn which might have
given local coloring to the parties partici
pating In It. > ,
The Omaha traveling men are now arrang-
i 'Inst to ropeut their lost year's success , and
Drummers' day this year will be interesting
and agrocnblo to all who attend ,
Tim arrangements which wilt tcna to muko
"MorchanU1 Week" attractive to the mer
chants In the west on account ot the extra
amusements that thu citizens aru preparing
will also make Omaha a very desirable point
for all clrumtuurK traveling In the west
ern country to bo in tiitcndnnco at that
time , and Drummers' dny should bu attended
and eelooriitod by doublu the traveling men
that wvro present last year. Watch the
jm | > crs aud prepare to bo present on thut
clay.
clay.Wo under itand that ROIIIU of the craft rep
resenting houses located at Lincoln think
that tlio boys want to load the merchants to
think that Omaha turns out all the men In
Hue. Gentlemen , that is a mistake. Wo
don't mean anything of the kind , and should
Lincoln uJvertlsufor'J'ruvellngnien'B iluy , all
that could iwsslbly come would do BO , Ol
course , wo don't want you to lost ) your posi
tion on the road for ono day's amusement ,
but would llko to ueo you present that day.
ijomo in u body und tuko snacu by yourselves ,
wo will guurantuu jou will have more men
in your parade from Omaha than you have
iu your city. Como , bury the hatchet nnd
don't have any fouling between the two cit
tea , 03 far us the traveling uicn'i ) friendship
U concerned1 , Let ua have peace ,
X'oun , respectfully ,
A Uiti'MMun INTIULSTKD.
II. A , llnuulitoii.
One of the Jolllost and most successful
traveling men that iimkt-s wostera territory
U H. A. Houghtou , representing the liugi
paper and stationery houio of the Wabust
Manufacturing company , of Chicago. Harry
wrtftbornln Kenscller county , Now York ,
Mnrch 24 , 1957. Hli father was engaged In
the general nterchandfso business in North
HooMck , nnd in his early youth ho nttondcd
the village schools. Ho afterwards attended
the city schools of Troy nnd Albany , grad
uating from the Aloatiy high school with
honors In 1S74. Ho cnrrlcs with him a gold
medal which ho prize * very highly , which ho
won at two successive contests in oratory In
in 1871 aud 13J3. His subject was "Edu
cation" In the last contest , which was de
livered to n packed house In the old Twed-
dlohull. After his graduation ho took a
place In the book nnd stationery storu ot S.
It. Gray , In Albany. A year later his health
failed him and ho wout onto n farm with his
uncle , remaining two years , Ho then went
on the road for a Job printing establishment.
In 1831 ho canto west , locating at Omuha ,
whcro ho traveled n year for the wholesale
grocery houno of EU. . Morirnn. Uut ho
longed for bis old line , und in 1883 ho ac
cepted a position In the stationery dcpurt-
mont ot the State Journal company , of Lin
coln , wharo , by patient und Industrious work
ho built up nn immense trndo. On January
1 , 1883 , ho left that company and enpaood
with the Wabnsli Manufacturing company.
His territory comprises Nebraska , Colorado ,
Utah , Wyoming , Idaho nnd Montana , where
ho soils to the best pcoplo. In ISM ) ho was
married to Miss frank Kogcra , In Qroton ,
Tompklns county. ' Now York. Ills family ,
which comprises nls wife nnd thrco Interest
ing daughters , resides In Denver , where ho
spends as much of histlmo as possible.
Just Common Clny.
Chicago Mall : The clerk said there was
ono small vacant room on the fifth floor.
Hill Wyo said that would do.
Thu clerk , still suspicious , said the eleva
tor was not running ,
N ye said he didn't caro. Ho could climb.
Tbo clerk had ono moro show to turn him
out. Ho sprung It , "You will have to pay
In advance , " ho said.
Nyu said that was nil right , and was told
n reply to his question that the tariff would
bo fcJ.GO.
Nye reached for a roll nnd throw out a
$100 bill. The clerk stammered , seeing that
he had mndo the mistake so often fatal in
this country. Then he said ho had no
change. Nvo pulled back the 100 bill and
threw out a $50. The cler t managed to
Drualc that one , nnd , as ho did BO , the lines
of good nature expanded all over his face and
tickled thu roots of Ills hair. Ho had been
entertaining an angel unawares. Nye K < ucd
at this auroral display of humor on the
clerk's face , and said :
"You remind mo of clay. "
The display of vanity and good nature on
the clerk's front would have bean worth a
good Price as au attraction in a window at
that moment.
"Indeed , " ho said , "Henry Clny ! "
No , " replied Nye , "Just the common ,
every day man , yaller clay , out of which
they make bowls and platters in a country
pottery. "
And then ho sought his couch.
Prohibition on the Cam.
A commercial man writing to a contempo
rary says :
"Wo uovor experience any trouble in got
tincr all we want to drink In Kansas or
Iowa , except on the cars , whcro the law is
strictly enforced. Directly a train crosses
the state line the bullet is closed , and for the
uninitiated ono there is nothing to bo hud
stronger than Icn water. The obvious rem
edy is to watch out for the fatal hour and
secure sufUciont supplies ahead to supply all
needs. Hut the business has been got down
to a line point now. Each man gives his or
ders and his cash to the steward , who takes
charge of what is ordered and brings it nut
in installments as wanted , and thus the law
is observed and no ono suffers the slightest
inconvenience. "
Is it not about tuna tnat laws which so Inad
equately lulfill their function should either be
streucthcncd or abolished altogether ! What
practical gain to temperance is there when a
man. if only hu divides up his stock of lire
water into smaller parcels , can gut all ho
wants to drink at whatever time ho feels
like it. 'I ho difference between getting a
light drink at the car buffet , and swigging
away at a bottle previously planted , is not
in favor of the rabid enforcers of sumptuary
laws. They only bring themselves and the
legislatures which they control into con
tempt. . Surely the authorities can Und
moan" to enforce the laws. If not they
should repeal them.
Thrv dot 111" Chickens.
MADISON , Neb. , August 4. [ Special to
Tun BEii. I Last Friday quito a number of
prominent business men oC this place , think
ing to wtiilo awa/tho time and perchance
catch a few ' 'snipo , " hired a team ana drove
to the country. The party was soon as they
(
drove away and a practical Joker raised a
purse among the "boys" to send spotters
after them. Accordingly a couple of Omaha
drummers wcro induced to go , and they
shndoived the would-be sports. In a few
hours of successful work a largo sack was
filled with "chickens , " and when all the
hunters were away from the team the spot
ters swooped down upon them. An exciting
nice ensued , but the now uesporato huntcra
won , but xvoro followed so closely that , tak
ing a roundabout route homo , they reached
the outskirts of the city about midnight ,
whon. alas , they were mot by supposed
friends , who advised them to give up the
team und game and walk home. This the
now thoroughly disgusted hunters readily
agreed to , and the Jolrora breakfasted on
their ill-goUun gains. " The unfortunate
hunters aru around town trying to Und the
"upottors , ' but us yet without success.
Thn 151 inlinii T\vlnn HUB ness.
S. L. Willurd is a portly , good looking
Now York traveling man , who said yester
day that if his city should suceeeil Iu getting
the Americas exposition It would ho a great
tizzlo. Between the various political and
business factions there could bo no harmony ,
couseciuontly the enterprise would fall into
incompetent hands , receive no support a'nd
result in disgrace.
Mr.Vlllurd represents Traves Bros. ,
manufacturers of hammocks and twines. In
speaking of the business ho said : "Wo made
a smull amount of binding twlno this year
from juU ) , which proved so much of a suc
cess that prices may before another harvest
comes on bo brought down from 20 to 25 per
cant. Juta Is so much moro plentiful and
cheaper than sisal or manilla that It can be
used to bolter advantage and prevent any
possible chance of a trust being organized to
ueep the price of binding twine up. Sisal Is
a product of Mexico and Central America
nnd Is used chiefly in the manufacture of
hammocks , of which this flrot makes a
speamlty. "
Mr. Willnrd reports business good every
where. Tbo best sign to him that such is
so is the fact that hundreds of business men
are away from homo enjoying themselves ut
some summer resort.
\Vlin Is thn Author ?
N , Nob. , August 3. To the Editor
of Tnu HIE : Tnu Him of July 29 contained
a poem , "Tho Female Drummer , " I dcsiro
to use this poum In the way of publishing
muslo with it The music Is composed , but
I will not use it without permission from the
author. Kindly give mo the nanio of the
author , If you have no objection to my using
it. Thn ono who wrotn that plocu Is nblo to
write a libratto for comlo opora. I want his
address also. Probably I am now addressing
the writur. If bo , let us make a bargain ,
J. 61. HLOSB ,
A DruminiT Scarecrow
A merchant in Florida has adopted a novel
way of cooping tbo traveling men from
"annoying" him , He has purchased asmall _
grip , a sample case , and a silk hat Thesa
ho piles upon his counter , the hut on top , of
course. Traveling men coiue In , see the
grip and hat , und , supiwslng the fluid to bo
already occupied , withdraw ,
Oninha'H Sunilny GueatH ,
Among the traveling men who Sundaycd
In the city yesterday were the following : F.
E. Chapman , Chicago ; C. E. Hraslau , Min
neapolis ; Q , H. Attwood , Chicago ; M , H.
Fresh , Chicago ; A. L. Motzel , Now York ;
H. O. Knos , JJoston ; J. Lyons , Chicago ;
W. H. Hayea , Cincinnati ; George HoMun ,
Chicago ; H. Curler , Now York ; O. H. UIU ,
Chicago ; E. Pomeroy , Newark , N. J. ; A.
Loldcsdorf , Now York ; P. J. McKlnnoy , St.
LoilH ; H. H. UuMi , Chicago ; H. J.
Haydcn , Milwaukee : S. L. Wllliml ,
Now York ; Oeorgo W. I'arker. New York ;
C. Dobrlnor , St. Joseph : M. U , Plko , Chicago
cage ; Frank Williams , Now York ! George
Spangonborg. Uoston ; E. M , McGillon ,
Cleveland ; C , . L. Marston , Chicago ; F. S.
Hloditett , St. Paul ; William aiticcutn , Jr. ,
Now York ; L. H. Shelly. Cblcairo ; EdCrott ,
St. Louis ; O. W. Townsend , Loulsvilla , K ; . ;
F. S. Unttle , Nr.w York ; H. Fuchs , Chicago ;
A. J. , Hnum , Now York ; A. J. Schnd , Now
York ; James Shcagrcon , Chicago ; J. A. S ,
Heed , Chicago ; J. T. Murphy , Do-
troll ; J. U. Church , St. Paul ;
O. U. Starkweather. Chicago : C. H. Tuttle ,
Kansas City ; J. J. Sandois , Now York ; IX
Y. Castcllo , St. Louis ; S. MUIIROII , St. Louis ;
M. H. Kilt , Now York ; E. Q. Qrimth , Now
York ; .lames Marshall , Chicago ; D. S. Hcr-
rlek , Pcoksklll , Now York ; 11.V. . Dally ,
Now York ; E. E. Hnldaway , St Louis ;
Hobert Uoouch , Now York : .Henry Huhn ,
Chicago ; J. H. Young , Salt Lnko ; H. D.
Food. Chicago ; W. D. Stockman , Chicago ;
C. H. Draper , Hoston ; N. Guottol , Chicago ;
E. H. Mudlitan , Now York.
* J. T. Andrus , who travels for D. M. Steclo
& Co. , was In two days last week , selling a
large opening stock , .loo is a worker.
George Savage has boon In town two days
doing his trade some good.
Jim Alkon. of D. M. Stcolo & Co. . Is in
town , laid up with two felons , ono on each
thumb , Hut maybe they arc piaasaut.
OUR FIGHTING CAPACITY.
Xho Comparative Vnlor of Northern
null Soul her Iroopa.
In bis lUldrcss nt Orange , N. J. , on
Memorial Day , General Horatio C.
Kinp. in speaking of the frequent asser
tion that tbo southern troops exceed ed
their northern brotltrou in valor , said :
"It is sometimes claimed that the
valor of the southern was superior to
that of tbo northern soldier. I do not
know upon wlmt grounds tbis claim is
based. Fighting on Interior lines ana
generally upon grounds of their own
choosing our opponents hud frequent
success. So long as they remained on
the soil where ninoty-nino-liundrodths
of tbo pcoplo were friendly to tttam ,
they necessarily posoossod superior fa
cilities for information , of which they
were quick to tuko advantage. But
when they came upon northern soil ,
whether in small or largo parties , the
tables were turned and they were in
variably defeated and compelled to re
tire. The gallunt charge of Pickott's
division was surpassed by the heroic
charge of the Sixth Corps on Mary's
Iloigltts ; and no braver or moro dcspbr-
nto righting was ever done by any troops
than by the Army of the Potomac
under Uurnsido in the unfortunate
first battle at Frodericksburg. The bat
tles of the Wilderness exhibited a
pluck and endurance unsurpassed in
history. The "Bloody Anglo" at
Spottsylvaniu Is immortalized in the
annals of war , for their the bullets fell
llko hail until the very trees were
mown down nnd hell itbolf socmod to
have usurped the fair fields of the
mother of presidents. Can the south
furnish a puralloll to the chatgos at
Vicksburg aud Port Hudson , or tbo
fierce assault at Wagner , when the gal
lant Shaw was buried deep under. the
bodies of his bravo nogrocs.of whom the
rebels , yea , and many northern men ,
declared that they could not bo in ado to
litrhtV It is said that General Hooker
early in the war insisted tbat ho bud
never seen a dead cavalryman , but ho
saw plenty of them at Brandy Station ,
and the reoKlcss daring of Colonel Kln-
loy , of the Pennsylvania oavalrj , at
Front , Royal , and Farnsworth at Gettys
burg-is as worthy of an epic as was the
charge of the Light brigade at Bulnk-
lava. r do not mean to underrate vho
valor of the men who contested the
ground with us for four long1
.years. They were Americans und
it goes without saying that they were
bravo and enduring. On the fields of
Mexico north and south won equal
honor , and should a foreign war overcome
como ( and God grant to avert all war
from this nation ! ) the united
north and south will bo invincible.
The southern soldier was moro
impulsive , moro excitable , moro fiery ,
if you please , but the northern com
batant , it always seemed to me , had
equal courage and bettor staying quali
ties. Was there ever another such ex
hibition of persistency us that exhib
ited by the indomitable and immortal
Grant' and the Army of the Potomac in
tbo inarch by the left flank from the
Rapldan to the James ? The attempt to
roach Richmond by the .direct route
met with daily repulse and with an un
precedented slaughter that would have
disheartened any other army in the
world. It is estimated that 90,000 men
wcro placed hors do combat in this
terrible march ( the returns were in
complete ) , and the officers whoso abil
ity was never questioned counselled a
withdrawal after SpotUylvania. But
the clarion notes of Grant's ' 'We'll
light it out on this line if it takes all
summer ! " revived the disheartened ,
and the army pushed its way to the
James river , depleted in numbers , but
unimpaired in morale and esprit du
corps as noble a body of men as overbore
bore arms in defense of liberty and
right. God bless tbo Army of the
Potomac ; yea , und all the armies of tbo
United States ; for there can bo no in
vidious compulsions in a struggle in
which all were inspired with the same
high purpose and did their whole duty
as men and patriots.
Their's not to reason why ,
Tholr's but to do and dio.
Into the Valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
A Divinity In White.
A pretty blonde young woman who
dives and swims with fearless grace off
the long pier at Narragaiibott drosbos
herself for those water gymnastics in
white from top to too , says the Now York
World. Her golden locks are securely
tucked under u coquettish white oil silk
cap with a little white tassel bobbing on
the crown. A white twilled flannel
goods Interwoven with bilk forms the
blouse shirt und tunic skirt of the suit.
The trousers nro gathered at the knee
to cover the tops of the long white stock
ings , and finished by a strap and small
buckle , Where her wide sailor collar
turns away in front Is laid a flat vest of
'
flannel ba'rrod with bands of white wool
braid. No sleeves protect the round
white arms raised high ever the white
capped bond as their owner stands poised
a moment taking a header into the cold ,
clear water.
i\n IOi > Yj > ilnn Glrl'n Necklace.
"The Value of an Egyptian Girl's
Gold Neokluco , " is the title of un article
by Rov. Dp , Charles S. Robinson , con
tributed to the forthcoming August
number of St. Nicholas. In lecturing
on Egypt recently , Dr. Robinson ex
hibited a uooklucc taken from a mum my ,
and to help the boys and girls who were
urosont to realize what u grout while
ago thirty-six hundred years must bo ,
ho asked them to make this calculation :
IIow much would the money which
bought the golden chain , if it hid boon
American money , put out at compound
interest for thirty-six hundred years ut
six per cent amount to-day , if the
original price had boon $20y The arti
cle contains several answers to this
problem , but it may bo said they nro
oxproBsed in figures so great thut they
cannot bo road ,
Although Platt'ti Chlorides is an odor
less liquid its disinfecting power is
great , Try it.
HINTS FOR THE ; HOUSEWIFE
I U
How to Make Thostf Delicious Boston
OrcarrfPUCte.
. [
CAKES WHICH V\JON'T COLLAPSE
They Must Iln Cnrrfntly Handled null
You liist Wntolt ttiu Oven Sonic
I'alntnldo Hot' Weather
JlnllCH * NotOB.
Boston Crrnm Puff *
ConMlmtctL
Put ono-hnlf pint hot water and two-
thlr.ds of u cup of butler over the fire.
\Vhon boiling stir In ono and a half
cups Hour and "continue stirring till
mixture Is smooth and loaves side of
sauce pan. Ilotnovo from flro , cool and
boat thoroughly into it llvo well beaten
oggs. Drop on warm greased tins a
tablespoonful in n pluco , leaving a spueo
between to prevent touching , brush
over with whtto of an egg , and bake 10
or 15 minutes in a quick oven. When
cakes are done , they will bo hollow and
can bo kept on hand. When wanted'
slice off top , fill with cream ( fresh ) and
replace top. For the cream tnko ono
pint milk , place half in n tin dish.and
set in boiling water , reserve from other
half two teaspoons to mix : with eggs ,
and into the rest , while cold , mix ono
cup of flour till fetnooth ; when milk is
hot , pour in the flour and stir until
thicker than boiled custard , then boat
well together the two spoons milk , two
eggs , ono cup granulated sugar , ono
level teaspoonful butter , ono tenspoon-
ful lemon or vanilla , add gradually and
continue stirring briskly until so thick
that when cold it will drop , not pour ,
from the spoon. Cool and all hollows.
C kes.
Contributed ,
A cake will fall if it is too short and
if your shortening bo molted put skimk
measure. It will fall if not qulto still
enough. Bo sure your oven is in good
order , so the fire will not need replen
ishing while the cake is baking , for
putting frash coal or wood in the stove
will naturally decrease the heat for a
short time. Also bo careful In stirring
or punching the ilro. Do it gently ( if
it must bo done ) . Do not shake your
cake while turnlnir it , do not slam the
oven doors , but close baslly , see that no
draft blows over your cake while look
ing nt it. When the cake loaves the
edge or side of the tin all around it is
dono. Sponge cakes must bake much
longer and be tried with a splint. When
the splint comes out of the cake frco of
butter tor cake in any form it is dono.
Bo sure to bavo a good place ready to
turn your cake when dono. A good
cake can bo turned up-sido down to re
main till cool , on a thick cloth.
By sorinkling a little raw Hour upon
the bottom of tbo qyon , you can toll if
your oven is "just yjfjht. " If the Hour
*
quickly turns a , dark-drown or
black and smokes then the oven is too
hot. If the flour I'omaiuB ' white or as
sumes a dull grayibh" ' hue , the oven is
too cold. If the Hour be cornea a rich
golden brown , the even is just right.
Always butter your- tins , and line the
bottom of them with a thin sheet of
paper , also buttered , that it may not
stick to the caicQojnd , then place the
tins on hearth or where they will keep
warm. Fru cake , or oUiqr cake con
taining fruit , should bo baked from two
to four hours , according to > voight and
size of loaves. Any other cake will
bake in 30 or 40 minutes.
Bo careful not to slip a fresh cake
from the tin. Lot it cool for a few mo
ments before you attempt to > 'omovo it
or it will bo rendered heavy by the jar.
Rolled jolly cake Seven eggs , ono
cup sugar , four cups Hour , eift two toa-
spoonslul baking powder in flour three
times. Boat each thoroughly thirty
minutes ; bake in long , shallow pans.
A nice jolly for cakes or floating
islands may bo made very quickly from
gelatine and claret. Soak an ounce of
gelatine in half a pint of cold water un
til dissolved. Put it on to boil and add
a pint of claret , one-halt pint currant
jolly , three-quarters of a pound line
sugar ; stir until all is dissolved , stir in
the whites of three eggs beaten light ,
continue boiling two minutes. After
taking from the Ilro lot stand throe
minutes and pass through a bag.
Seaaonnblei Dishes.
This is the sort of weather for bouil
lon , which fashion servos in cups _ of
frosted crystal with a slender silver
spoon , says the Now York World. Im
mediately after pourintr the clear broth
into the cups an inch of shaved ice is
added and the guest Is expected to got
cool and refreshed. Not BO much as a
crust of bread is served with it.
Another cold delicacy is asparagus ,
bent straight from the icebox to the din
ner table on a platter covered with a
dolly. Cold butter gravy or a mayon
naise dressing is sorvad with the plant ,
which constitutes a course by itself ,
many ladies using it as a substitute for
salad. The manner in which the vege
table is taken in tbo linger and mouth
is something of a test in table manners ,
and , as a rule , stamps thu elegance of
the diner. All cutlery Is withheld from
the Bervico , and there is but ono alter
native to taking the cold sticks up in
your fingers total abstinence. The only
trouble IB that people try to oat too
much. Ono bite is all that should bo
expected of a stick. Then you escape
the string that dabbles your chin and
confirms your bad form. Fifteen sticks
uro considered a portion , and certainly
that number of mouthfiilo should sufllco
for every woman and an.y man who does
not consider himself ljarpv.
Fancy cakes are enrjyhod by the ad
dition of nmroona , jicundied cherries ,
and pineapple disks. . , ,
A very delicious fruit basket may bo
made with alternate 'layera ' of sliced
pineapple , peach , oriin'po , banana and
muskmelon crossed \wh a cup of wine
and powdered sugarpvor * ; the top of
the dish a mosaic In 'fresh berries is
laid. ; „
At the fruit shopsi bouquets of pouch
leaver are kept for itho customers who
like the flavor in toitund who line the
dish from which tho'cult is served.
Blackberries are sent1 to the table in
little blocks of ice Ifgll/fwod out to con
tain about a teaoupfufa of fruit. The
block may bo wrapped ground with a
folded napkin and Bat.o.n a dessert pluto
of sent to table iu ice eroara saucers
flufllciontly deep to hold the water If
there is gas light to Increase the heat.
Cantaloupes served in halves are deli
cious with punch or ice cream. Wined
melon is miido an individual dish , and
the servant goes round the table with a
tray of carutlos , and claret , sherry era
a white wine is dashed over the crushed
ice and allowed to flavor the fruit.
Sometimes the remnant of a olnrot or
champagne cup is used by the hostess
who dresses the fruit and uprmklos
powdered augur or candled cherries
over it.
The avordion to slicing bread is on
the increase. Ono little housekeeper
In Ninety-third street , who is au fait on
all such matters , uses a silver bread
plate on which is placed half a loaf.
The guest who abhors crust is allowed
to tear out a handful of "soft" from the
very heart of the loaf , while the Eng
lish lever of woH-dono-and-a-day-old
breaks oil whatever ho wishes.
Household Ilyijleno.
Every mother should nTako household
hygiene a study , "says Christine Tor-
huno Ilorrlclf In the Ilousowlfo. To do
this she need not bo obliged to Insti
tute exhaustive research in technical
treatises , but she should acquaint hor-
Bolf enough with the leading principles
of sanitation to preclude the llkllhood
of her children becoming poisoned by
defective drainngo or neglected gav-
bago through her Ignorance of the
deadly Influence those oxort. H may
bo sixfoly declared that whuro there nro
ovtl odors , perfect healthfulness cannot
exist. If the mother notices ollonsivo
smells proceeding from thu drain pipes
of sinks or basins , if an oflluviuin
arises from the collar , sha may bo sure
something IB wrong , and her Ural busi
ness must bo to Investigate the cause of
the troublo. In modern houses the sys
tem of traps used in waste pipes Is inuoh
moro perfect than In buildings oteotod
even ton years ago. Where there is any
doubt as to whether the traps nro In per
fect working order , no time should bo
lost In summoning u plumber. It is bet
tor to pay his bills than those of u physi
cian.
cian.Even
Even when there seems to bo nothing
radically wrong about the drains and
sewer connections , It is safe to use a few
simple precautions. One of the best of
these is to flush every pipe tlnlly with
hot water , if that is possible. To this
may bo added crushed washing-soda ,
household ammonia , potash , or some
good disinfectant. Chloride of llmo Is
BO disagreeable to most pcoplo that the
remedy gained by omyloying it scorns
to many almost worse than the disease
it is to counteract. Copperas water is
inolTonsivo , cheap and easily prepared.
It must bo handled with care , however ,
for it makes ugly spots and stains , even
upon white goods , that are almost Itn-
possible to olluco.
The accumulation of waste heaps in
the collar or yard should never bo por-
mltted. What cannot ha burned in t ho
kitchen stove with the aid of a hot flro ,
closed lids and open drafts , should be
sent off by a scavenger to n remote
dumping ground. Stores of fruit and
vegetables should bo picked ever at
regular intervals , that the rotting portions
tions may bo thrown away. This course
not only avoids risk from the decaying
matter , but helps to preserve that
which has not yet boon tainted. The
collar should never bo allowed to be
come a receptacle for garbage of any
kind , for it is too easily overlooked in
those underground recesses. If scraps
and remnants nro kept in sight , they
nro much loss likely to bo neglected
than if they are hidden in an out-of-tho-
way corner whore they may escape the
housekeeper's eye.
Children seem to have n natural pro
clivity for unhealthy localities. If
there is a damp , heavily shaded corner
of the garden , they seek that in prefer
ence to the sunny open. If there is a
place where they can get their foot wet ,
thither they gravitate with unfailing
directness. The mother mubt exorcise
constant vigilance to prevent the seeds
of sere throats , rheumatism aud diph
theria being sown in the baby systems.
Childish ailments tnat cannot bo es
caped are only too plenty without in
curring the risk of those that care und
watchfulness may aid to avert.
A Picnic Drink.
If you are intorestcd in a picnic this
hot weather and uncertainty as to what
you ought to provide as your share of
the lunch , and if you wish to bo known
as doing always the right thing nt the
right time , take with you the mater
ials for making the following delicious
beverage , and receive the thanks of
your thirsty friends :
To five gallons of water add one quart
of lemon juice , ono pint of grated pine
apple , four oranges and four lemons
sliced. Sweeten to taste.
The Trained Nurse.
It is proposed that cooking associa
tions bo formed for turning out cooks ,
as nurses uro obtained from training
institutions , says the Housewife. But
the "trained" nurse is becoming a most
unsatisfactory quality ; very exponbivo ,
and sometimes more disagreeable than
skillful. Nothing has boon invented ,
us yet , that will begin to take the place
of the famous old aunt , sister or
mother , whoso gruel and hygienic
formulas were all written in her
head , or heart , whose patience was in-
oxhaustlblo , and requirements infinit
esimal.
JltniH.
To carve a loin of veal , begin at the
small end and cut the ribs apart.
Mill ? curdled with rennet mid served
in pretty cut glass dishes with bugar is
an easily prepared dessert in hot
weather.
An authority says that fish sauce
should always bo thick enough to adhere
to the lish. It is bettor to bo too thick
than too thin.
If you find that your stoves that are
put aside for the summer nro rusting ,
run them ever with a little kerosene.
Apply it with a flannel cloth. This will
prevent rust.
Cooking-holders of ticking are made
nearly as long as a towel , so that both
hands can bo used with them. Fully a
do/en should bo on hand , and they
should bo washed frequently.
The little rod ants , that are so
troublesome In the house , may bo
caught In sponges into which sugar has
boon sprinkled ; then the sponge should
bo dropped into hot wator.
If you have trouble to got your last
year's catsup bottles perfectly clean ,
after washing thorn thoroughly in suds
and rinsing in clear water , chop a potato
tate quite line , mix it with a little
warm water , put this in the bottle and
shako it well ; this will buroly remove
any foreign substance.
Cleaning rogs , with which metal may
quickly bo polished , consist of a woolen
rag Baluratod < Vith soap and trlpoli.
They are prepared in the following
manner : Four grains soap are dissolved
in water , twenty grains tripoll are
added to the solution. A piece of cloth *
of about twenty-four inches long by four
inches broad is soaked in this and left
to dry. ,
When washing windows dissolve a
small quantity of washing t > odu in the
water , if the glass is dimmed with
smoke or dirt. Do not lot the water
run on the sash , but wash each pane
with a piece of flannel ; dry qufcKly
with a sott clean towel ana wipe out the
corners carefully. Polish with a ploco
of common chamois skin or newspaper
that has boon softened by rubbing be
tween the hands.
Bonnet To George . ClillelH.
J. C , IJmcker , Jr. , in Ntw I'orli H'orW.
Were I a Phidias of these days
With potent menus to chisel out my praise
In nil enduring Rtono
Then would I carve , high In the sight of all ,
The face of one who waits the Master's call ,
And liatcim for ttio tone I
Wcro I a lark , I'd trill at Heaven's own gate ,
And mnkci the doep-bluo ether palpitate
Decnuso of lila peed deeds 1
I'd sing the roundelay of his great heart ,
And fling to earth the story of his part
In oemeiitltif all creeds.
How vain the reckoning oed acts from Ills
hands ,
The known are legions j unknown , countless
sunus ,
SOME BIQ THINGS.
In the I'ossnHsloii nr Which America
Tnkcn llio licnil ,
The Inrpost suspension brldpo In the
world Is the 0110 botwaoit Brooklyn nnil
Now VTork. The length of the iimtn
span la 1G)5 ! ) foot nntl U inches. The entire -
tire length of the briilpo is 0,08 ! ) foot.
Fortress Monroe is the largest single
fortitlcution in the world. It luis nl-
rcmly cost the Amorlctin govern niont
oi-or $3,000,000. The wntor buttery is
considered ono of the finest military
works in the world.
The loftiest active volcano is Popo-
catapotl ( smoking mountain ) , thlrty-
flvo miles south of Pueblo , Mo.xico. It
is 17,784 foot ubovo the sctx level , and
1ms a criitar three miles in circutnfroneo
and 1,000 foot deop.
The largest university is that of Ox
ford , England. It consists of twanty-
live eollojjos anil llvo halls.
The most exlanslvoparlciB Door park ,
in the environs of Copenhagen , Don-
mark. The onolosiu-0 contains 1VMU
acres and is divided by a small rlvor.
The largest pleasure ground In Amer
ica is Fairmont park , Philadelphia ,
which contains 3,740 noros.
The largostbody of fresh water on the
plebe Is Lake Superior. It 1 $ 400 miles
long , ICO mtlos wide at its greatest
breadth , and has an area of 312,000
square miles. Its mean depth is mild
to bo 200 feet , tmd its gruntost depth
about 900 fathoms. Its uurfuuo is ! ) U5
foot above the son.
The largest tunnel In the world is
that of St. Gothard , on the line of rail
road botwocn Lucerne and Milan. The
summit of the tunnal Is 1)K ) ! ) foot bououth
the surface of Audornmttand O.WX ) foot
beneath the peak of the Kastolliorti of
the St. Gothard group.
The most oxtenHlvo cavern is the
Mammoth cave in Kdmonson county ,
Kentucky. It is near Grcon rivor. six
miles from Cave City and twonty-oight
miles from Bowling Groen.
The largest trees arc thu mammoth
trees of California. Ono of a grove in
Tularo county , according to measure
ment made by members of the Bttito go-
ologlcul survey , was shown to bo76
foot high. 105 foot in circumference at
the biiso and 70 foot at a point txvolvo
foot above the ground. So mo of the
trees are 370 foot high and 34 foot in di-
amotor. Some of the largest that have
boon foiled Indicate un ago from t,000 !
to 12,600 years.
The largest inland sea is tbo Caspian ,
lying between Europe and Asia. Its
greatest length is 7iO ( miles , its greatest
breadth 270 miles , and its urea 18,000
square miles.
The largest empire in the world ' is
that of Great Britain , comprising' 8,557-
C53 square miles ( more than a sixth part
of the land of the glebe ) and embracing
under its rule nearly a sixth part of the
population of the world. In territorial
extent the United Slates ranks third ,
containing 3,580.2412 square miles , in
cluding Alaska ; in population it ranks
fourth , with its 00,000,000 people. Rus
sia ranks second , 8'lol2,010 square inilos.
The highest monolith is the obelisk
at Kurimk , Egypt. Knrnak is on the
east side of the Nile , near Luxor , and
occupies a , part of the site of ancient
Thohes. Its whole length is 1S5J feet ;
its weight 400 tons. Its height , with
out pedestal , is 180 foot 10 inches.
The Chinese wall is the largest wall
in the world. It was built by the first
emperor of the Tain dynasty , about 1250
B.C. , as a protection against Tartars.
Its length is 1,250 miles. Including n
parapet qi live fuot , the tptiil height of
the wall is twenty feet ; thickness at the
bubo twenty-live feet , and at the top
lifteon feet. Towers or bastions occur
at intervals of about ono hundred yards.
The largest library is the Miblio-
thequo National in Paris , founded by
Louis XIV. 'It contains 1,100,000 vol
umes , 800,000 pamphlets , 175,000 manu
scripts , 300,000 maps and charts ,
and 150,000 coins and. medals.
The collection of engravings .oxc nds
1,300,000 , contained in sotno 10,0ou vol
umes.
The largest bell in the world is the
great boll of Moscow , at the foot of the
Kremlin. Its circumference at the bottom
tom is nearly sixty-eight feet , and its
height twonty-ono foot. In its stoutest
part it is twenty-three inches thickand
its weight is computed to bo 443,7712
pounds.
The largest cathedral in the world is
St. Peter's , in Homo.
Cushman's Menthol Innalcr , cures catarrh ,
headache , neuralgia , axthma , hay Fever.
Trial free at vour druggist. Price 50 cents.
*
Hail to Tan 'Km.
A few nights since , says the Sioux
City Tribune , a hack was called to n , sa
loon in Covington at u very late hour.
Three men were helped out of the sa
loon into the hack , all pretty much the
worse for liquor. It was correctly ex
plained to the driver that the one in
the front seat was to bo left at a certain
street number in Sioux City , the ono on
the off side of the back seat at another
'number , and the third man at another
address. So the hack bowled merrily
away down the incline to the bridtro , but
when it stopped for the tolls the driver
made a discovery , and , turning around ,
drove for the saloon. "See hero , " he
said to the suporinlcnuing chemist ,
' 'these three gents have tumbled down
In the hack and uro all mixed up. If
you want thorn , delivered you will have
to put tatrs on thorn. ' '
CALIFORNIA
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SANTA ; ABIE : AND ; CAT : R ; CURE
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mcwsrauc swwx in AMERC *
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( Unit Jilt ) s
nndLmeive t g
EMAICADI.E CASH.
I''orlHojrcMn \ liuct
rhriintftl lam to bail that
It dlMlilcil mo for work
ami conniuxl rno to tny
licil for wliols your ,
during \\hlch lima I
could not t un ral o my
Immlstiimjr lirad. nnd
for 3 luontliR could not
lnu\oiiiPcUlnbm1w.i
mlucrd In flesh from
ilinioBUllw.V stre t.
'cdby liwt pliyilrliDR ,
only to gravr wane.
Finally I took Bwlfl'n Spfcllle , ami noon bfcnn to
lmiiro\e. Aflrr anhllo .isnt myork , ami fortho
ims fl\o mnnllis liivo lucn niwell HS 1 UU-MMIJ all
from the cDVcta of S If I'D Sj > cclflc.
Jan. 8,1SSO. Ft.Vaync , Ini
Uooks on Wood and BUn Il < cn-c nintlcj frco.
Swirr Srrcinn Co.j\tl n , l
THE WM TIME TABLES.
OMAHA.
tSnminy
SUBURBAN TkNB ,
WcHtwnrd.
Banning between Council Bluffa and AW
brleht. In addition to thestulons mentioned ,
trains stop at Twentieth and Twenty.fouttt
streets , and at th Buramlt In Omaha.
Kuttwara.
COUNCIL
CHIOAUO , HOCK JflLANU PACIMa
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No. H 3:15 : pm No. 3 7:1) : am
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BIOUX CIl'V Sc PAOIKIU.
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