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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-04-02
Queries Answered.
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS.


Will you kindlygive me recipe fer
the celebrated Parker-house rolls?
ANs.-To one pint of boiled milk,
which has been allowed to get almost
cold, add two teaspoonluls of white
sugar, one-half cup Of lively bone made
yeast, or quarter of a cake of COM
pressed yeast dissolved in two teas
pooninls ofwarm water Str in sifted
flour to make n stiff batter cover
warmly and let rise; then when light.
mix in one beaten egg, Tablespoonful
of sugar. one tablespoonful each of soft
butter and lard, little salt and -four to
make a dough which will not stick TO
the hands; knead well for one-half
hour, if you haye the patience, return to
the pan. cover tightly and let rise
again; flour the board and turn the
dough into it; roll out one inch thick,
using as little -four as possible, and cut
with a cake or biscuit cutter; put little
melted butter on one-half and lap
nearly over on the other half; place in
order in the pan, about three quarters
OF an inch apart; again let rise until very
light and bake in quick oven. The
rolls may be rubbed with little beaten
egg and milk Just before baking if one
so iancies. or a little powdered sugar
and cinnamon may be busted over as
they are taken from the oven.
LEMONS.
Can lemons be kept fresh for any
length of time so that they may be
used for pies, lemonade. ETC.?
ANs.-They may be, by covering
with cold water and changing the water
every second day.
CURRY POWDER.
So many dishes now-a-days are
seasoned with curry powder, a season
ing of which L know nothing, should
be pleased if you would furnish me with
a recipe.
ANs.-Two ounces of coriander seed:
three-quarters Of an ounce of cardamon
seed; two ounces Of cumin seed; three
quarters of an ounce of caraway seed;
thrse-quarlers of an ounce of cayenne
pepper; halfos an ounce of fenugreek
seed; one-fourth ounce of cinnamon,
one-fourth ounce Of mace; half of an
ounce of cloves; and ten ounces of
turmeric. Each Of the above should be
powdered fine and set before the fire
to dry, then sifl, put in glass bottles
and cork tightly. One small teaspoon
ful of the above is sufficient 10 season
anything for most persons. 1t gives
a very nice flavor to boiled meats,
graves and stews.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-04-02

Can lemons be kept fresh for any
length of time so that they may be
used for pies, lemonade, etc.?
ANs.-They may be, by covering
with cold water and changing the water
every second day.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
A Strange Story.

A lady of rank In Paris died some
weeks ago, in the fashionable quarter of
the Arc de Triomphe, of whom an inter-
esting story is told. She was famous
card-player, and was credited with kno r
ing every game there was to know.
When travelling in foreign land she
met, one day in a hotel, Russian lady
with that passion for gambling said to be
inherent in the Russian nation. Anxious
to play with the lady from Paris, she
wrote requesting to play a few games.
Her request was granted, and the ladies
played all night, the Russian losing at
every hand, until her opponent had won
from her more n oney than the mines in
the Ural had produced for her revenues
in twenty five years. At last the Russian
lady made despairing effort to regain
her fortune, but without avail. Rising
from the table, she told the French lady
how she had lost more than she possessed,
but that in her desire to pay debt of
honor she would instruct her steward to
convey to her the title-deeds Of all the
mines and estates she owned. At this the
victorious antagonist smiled and request
ed that she might have her own way in
the mater, since she had won A priest
and lawyer were sent for. When they
arrived, the Russian lady was asked to
bind herself by solemn oath never again
to touch card or risk money at any
game of chance. She did so, and then
signed an engagement to pay her antag-
onist the, annual sum of $4,000. The
vow never to play cards for money again
she faithfully kept, and the $4,000 was
punctually paid every year, the French
lady gave it the name OF the "Queen of
Spades Bounty" and invariably giving it
to the DOOR of Paris.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
Related.

A sable son of Ham presented himsel1
at the desk of the marriage license clerk
of the Probate Court, the other day, and
asked for license to marry his dusky
Dulcinea. Among other problems pro.
pounded him was, care you and the lady
related?"
Eyes, sah!" was the answer.
"What relation are you to each other?'
was the next query
"saha" CALCULATED the applicant fol
matrimonial honors.
II mean what kin are you to each
othera" exclaimed the handsome Harry.
"We isn't any kin to each other: ne kin
at all, sah!'' responded the American ci.i-
zen of Ethiopian descent.
'But you said you were related" an
swered Reichten.
II thought you deluded to de tender
relashuns Of luv what prevails between
us at de present moment" said Scipio; SO
he got his license. C:ncinnass Enqu;rer.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
Emperor and Boy.

One of the commissioners from Brazil
to the Philadelphia exposition told q
pleasant story of the emperor. A lad Of
good family in Rio Janeiro found him.
self left by the death of his father friend.
less and penniless. One day. he saw q
middle-aged gentleman plainly dressed
and with singularly candid, kind coun-
tenance, walking alone in the street
The lads companion told him it was the
emperor, adding, "He chooses to be I'M
noticed, to go up and down as the father
of his people"
elf he is the father OF his people,
said the boy, The will take some interest
in me-" and approaching the emperor,
though trembling with fright, he told his
story in few direct words. Dom Pedro
listened attentively.
what is it that you want, then, my
boy?"
IAN education, your majesty. If !
had that could be Of some use to myself
and others. Now am of none"
"For what business did your father
design you?"
"Ihat of civil engineer. sir"
"Come to me at noon tomorrow
The emperor inquired concerning the
lad, ana then took upon himself the
whole expense of his support and educa-
ton, sending him to this country to re-
ceive the latter. The fact which gives
more significance to the story is that the
emperor is comparatively poor man,
his income being much less than that Of
many wealthy Brazilian gentlemen.
Even the education of this one boy in
volved certain amount of self-sacriice
on his part.
Dom Pedro cares nothing for luxury,
pomp, or evea the honors of the world !;
his whole aim is the elevation and i'm
provement of his subjects. For this
purpose he has visited almostYevery civ
ilized country. carrying home the best in
theory and practice, to experiment upon
In Brazil. He was accustomed on his
tours of investigation at the exposition,
to go about S',cognito, in shabby coat and
trousers, to the great disappointment of
the crowd. They did not recognize the
fact that no insignia of royalty could add
dignity to such real majesty of character.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
ViOlets.
TO TIE ARTIST lone.

From the N. Y. Home Journal
These tender violets, my friend,
That underneath my window grew,
Pure as your dreams are, dear, send
Across the many hills to you.
kissed them lightly, and I said,
"She cannot find the flowers, ween;
She cannot hear the warm winds tread.
Nor laughter from the leaflets green.
mo roses drape her garden wall,
No robin sings beside her door;
She cannot hear the brooklet's call,
Save in dream dreamed DER and DER.
For, wide and wild the swift storm goes
Across the land that holdeth her,
And, under coverlet of SHOWS,
Her violets cannot smile nor stir.
$50, darlings, take my love-" said,
And take my kisses, warm and true,
And bear them where her bright young hea6
Bends DER some fancy Keet and new.
'And say-One waits beside the sea,
Anear the sunset, warm and sweet.
Weaving a wOoing-song for thee.
And waiting for thy fair young feet"
Here are the violets! Let them find
Your artist hand-your poet heart
And haply, sometimes, bring to mind
The friend from whom Love hideth Art,
HESTER A. BENEDICT.
California, 1879.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
To-Day and Tomorrow,

SONG.
Let us sing while we may,
Let us all sing TODAY,
Giving up the wild strife of endeavor;
But to-day is our own,
For yesterdays flown,
And tomorrow may come to us never
And who knows if tomorrow bring sunlight
or shade?
If our buds ope in bloom, or in chill darkness
fade?
Our hearts beat with joy, or with sorrow?
Oh! tomorrow you say
Is a happier day,
But-who ever saw tom
Then to-day let us sing,
For tomorrow may bring
More to vex than to please or delight us;
Or some will. o'-wisp bright,
With ambitions vain light,
To still tiercer struggle incite us
To-day you will work, and to-day you vii
save,
And you'll Dy-and.by have all the pleasure
you crave?
So you dream, while new trouble you Dor
row.
Oh! tomorrow we'll may
Be a happier day!
But none ever saw tomorrow
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
l Warning to Girls Who Chew Gum.

We find the following curious story in
st. Louis paper of late date: Late last
Saturday evening an accident occurred
on Portland avenue that may serve as q
warning to hundreds of young persons
who have entered upon career Of wax
chewing. A girl named Ida Smith had
been chewer for nearly year. She is
about eleven years old, rather bright and
intelligent, and chewed about the same
quantity of the material that was used
by neighboring girls along the avenue.
On Saturday evening she took her wax
from her mouth, stuck it under the edge
of the mantel until she could 90 to the
kitchen to get a swallow Of water, and on
her return her parents were Mortified to
see her jaws moving rapidly. She was
told to throw the wax from her mouth;
but on investigation it was found that
she was not chewing anything; still her
jaws kept moving at rapid rate. The
parents sent for a physician, who came
and attempted to hold the jaws in prop
er position. believing it to be only tenn
porary, but he could not stop the regular
movement. The child grew nervous, and
the excitement only increased the action
OF her jaws. The physician put a tight
bandage over her face, and this partially
relieved the movement, but then the
twitchings of the muscles extended all
over her face. As a last resort, a moder-
ate dose of morphine was administered,
and the little girl kept up incoherent
mutterings, accompanied by general
disturbance of the muscles Of the upper
portion of the body during the early por-
ton of the night, and toward morning
the little sufferer was restored to her nor
NAL condition. The physician says he
never heard Of such case before, and
thinks it was brought about by a spas
modic action of the muscles of the face
caused by overaction. The little cir
after enduring night of suffering, is now
restored, but nothing in the world could
induce her to again chew wax.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
A Funeral Psalm.
ge sat. within a darkened room.

Silent we sat, within a darkened room:
For in our midst, the lowering heart of gloom.
Stood low bier, with blossoms showered IN
vain
To hide the CHASTITY shape of loss and pain.
Still, still was all, save when one sobbing
breath
Paid stifed tribute to the conquer or Death;
When suddenly, outside the open door,
An oriole began his song to pour;
Sweet, liquid, clear, triumphant as the morn
That scasters all the mists from meads forlorn,
his MARBLE thrilled the sunshine and the air,
And made the emerald grasses show more
fair;
The budded elms swayed to that living sound,
ana some sweet sadness spread through all
around.
No more I heard the moan and plant of
No more the hymns low wailing held me
there;
NO death, no grave, but Heavens immortal
Did in that silver cadence reign and ring.
the 'fe es aeep grass; the buds on thickening
The newborn life and sweetness in the
breeze;
The nesting, nesting birds, that overhead
Their little hammocks in the branches spread;
Inc tender fragrance from the bending
The wayside blossoms lifting sunny brows;
The deep blue Heaven, the gentle south
winds sigh,
That like some happy, wandering child went
by,
Al sung accordant anthem in my ear
''The Lord is risen why do you seek him
\ here?
His werld, his way is life, not death and woe.
Look up where His departing footsteps 90!
The grave is empty save Of slumbering dust.
me LORD is risen; arise, oh faith and trust!
Swing wide, ye gates of never-fail1ng Spring:
Hear The swift footsteps of your coming
King!
Behold He cometh! Here is life and joy;
No winds shall scatter, and no frosts destroy.
Be glad for death, life's blind beguiIding
seed;
Thy dead shall rise, for Christ is risen in
| deed.'
So STILL above the weeping and the prayer,
The Springs divner message stirred the air:
AND l, as we escaped anew from prison,
Sung to my soul exulting, 'He has risenw
-ftose Terry Cooke, in Sunday afternoon
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23

now. little as may have done SO before,
put because you are good, generous
hearted woman, and I do not believe you
would refuse your pardon to anyone,
even your worst enemy, if he were dying
ana asked it of you as I do dow. When
| leave here shall be dead-to you.
Will you forgive it to me beforeI go2''
he was standing by her side, trying to
read an answer in her downcast face;
but she did not turn to speak, and after
minute he said, with little CULVER in
his strong voice:
AMI wrong to expect it," If am,
won't plague you any more; but-you
will shake hands with me, at least, won't
you9"
He put outhis hand and touched hers.
For moment she did not move. Then
she lifted her head so suddenly that the
soft, golden hair brushed his cheek.
Ihelr faces were quite close together,
| and her eyes were full Of tears-tears
which rolled down her cheeks aa she put
up her lips to his, and said his name.
Only that! and before it was uttered he
had put his arms around her, and was
holdln2g her to him, his face pressed up
on hers. ! don't think the forgiveness
was even spoken after all-neither was it
needed-but before they left the
chapel she said to him:
IF you must 60, you will take me
with you. I have loved you so long,
cannot lose you now. Promise, Hugh
and he answered:
II will never leave you again as LONG
as live. Heaven bless you, my love =
They were married three weeks later
and best man, and went down to South.
ampton to see them sail; but how it al
came about even did not know till
long afterward. All the same, Hugh
never writes to me but he says: II am
the happiest man in the world, and I owe
it all to you.''
And upon my word, fancy he il
right!-AN the Year Round.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
II.

In one of the narrow and ill-ighted
streets OF Sachsenhausen, in an attic of a
lofty and unsightly house, sat blonde,
about twenty years of age, busily en-
ployed with her needle. The furniture
of the room was clean and tasteful. The
girls whole dress would not have fetched
many kreutzers; but every article fitted
her as well, as fit had cost hundreds.
Her fair locks shaded face frightened
by pair of eyes of heavenly blue. The
| spirit of order, modesty and cleanliness
reigned in everything around her. Her
features were delicate, like those of one
noble born; her eyes betrayed sleepless-
ness and anxiety, and ever and anon a
deep sigh rose from the maiden's breast.
Suddenly, steps were heard on the stair
case, and her face lighted up with joy.
She listened, and doubt seemed to shadow
her brow. Then came knock at the
door, which made her tremble so much
that she almost wanted the courage to say
"Come in.'' A young man, shabbily
dressed, entered the room, and made a
low, awkward bow.
II beg pardon, MISS" said he; "does
Herr Schmidt live here2''
eyes, sir. What is your pleasure?'
care you his daughter, Bertha?"
| II am"
"Then it is you that seek. am from
your father"
."For Heavens sake, where is he? Some
thing must have happened--he has stayed
away all night"
'sThe misfortune is not very great"
ooh, my poor, poor father! what shall
I hear2"
The young man seemed to observe
these visible marks of anxiety with great
interest; he said-"Do not be frightened /;
it is nothing of great Importance. Your
father met last night an old acquaintance,
who invited him to tavern. They had
supper together; but when the landlord
came for his bill, your fathers friend had
decamped, and left him to pay the score.
He had not sufficient money for this; and
now the host will not let him go until he
is paid, and declares that unless he gets
his money, he will send him to prison.:
"To prison ~ exclaimed The girl. "Can
you tell me how much the bill comes to-"
'sThree forms and half.''
20 God!" sighed the girl, aall I have
does not amount to one form; but I will
go at once to Madame Berg, and beg of
her to advance me the money"
"Who is Madame Berg?''
s'The milliner for whom work.
"But if Madame Berg does not advance
the money-what then?''
The girl burst into tears,
II am much afraid she will refuse.
already owe her one form, and she is very
hard"
"For what purpose did you borrow the
money you owe herr"
''The girl hesitated to reply.
"You may trust me.'
"Well, my father is very weak, and re-
quires strengthening. ! borrowed that
money to get quarter of fowl for
him"
Under these circumstances, I tear
Madam Berg will not give you any more.
Here is one form, but that is all I DOS
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23

grave the sadness in her eyes ex-
changed for their old look of resolute
defiant pride; but Hugh had a purpose in
his mind, and was not to be baffled by
that.
"Miss Langton," he said, coming up to
her, II did not mean to intrude on YOU
but since have done so by accident,
will you let nae speak to you? am leav-
ing England this month, and I will not
keep you five minutes at most"
Cecil looked at him. Perhaps the
kind of repressed desperation in his
voice showed her he would have his say
whether she said yea or nay. Anyhow,
she just bowed her head in cold &C
quiescence, and stood still, one hand
resting on the silver .lectern, the other
grasping her roses. He came little
nearer, and said, very quietly:
IL am going to India because I cannot
forget you here. l kon't know if I shall
ever return, and I don't care; but before
l 60 / want to ask you one favor: want
you to forgive me, Miss Langton."
lie could not see her face, she had
turned it little from him; but he saw
her start, and one yellow rose fall with a
little rustic on the marble paven ent
snapped off IN the unconscious clenching
OF her fingers, He went on quickly:
"Please do not mistake me. only mean
what | say. I wronged you shamefully
and unjustly seven years ago, and l
make no excuses forI1t You were right
to listen to none for me; right in every
word you said. No man who ever really
loved you could have done as I did.
thought loved you, but was wrong in
that, too, and deserve your scorn for My
mistake. All the same, I ask you to for
give me to-day and don't think you
will refuse me-not because I love you
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
In His Stocking.

They showed along on window-sill in
the postofice, to give Wicked Jack room
to sit down, and then resumed their con
versation about Santa Claus gifts. One
boy got a knife, another pair Of skates,
and the third stammered little as he
stated that he received a diamond pin.
"And you traded it for dogs" inquired
one.
swell, no; I gave it to the baby to
play with, and he swallowed it,
Diamonds is good huff tor common
blacks" observed Jack, as he cleaned
his nails with a toothpick, shut you orter
seen the gold watch l got! I tell you
the fourteen diamonds and twenty -one
pearls IN the cases made me scream right
out when I hauled it from the stocking!
! was so weak in the knees 1 could hard
~ get down town."
And is it up home2" inquired boy
with trost-bitten ear.
"Up home! Do you think I'm lasses
candys" scornfully replied Jack, as he
got down. "Not much! I rented it to
member of the legislature at two dollars
day."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23

A Chicago girl lost her overshoe while
travelling through Virginia last year,
and now some newspapers are writing up
long articles about the discovery of
subterrapean cave in that State.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-06-05
RETURNING PROSPERITY.

Really, says the Bridgeport Far
mer, che signs of the times are very
hopeful. The iron manufacturing
centres are still crowded with orders;
the cotton market evinces nnmista>
kabIe signs of revival of trade,
leather is advancing in price under
the stimulus of confidence in the
stability Of values, building iu the
metropolis is sufficiently brisk to
warrant an advance of bicklaye rs'
wages and on almost every side may
be seen positive evidences of re-
turn of business prosperity. But
the day Of large profits has passed
by. The business that is being tran>
sacted is on a percentage of profit
that is small compared with the rates
previous to the panic. This, how
ever, is not matter for complaint,
for the dollar Of profit now will 60 as
far in the purchase of necessaries,
as, say, two of the dollars of 1873
and previous years. The country
may now safely be said to be ap
proximating very closely condition
of healthful prosperity.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-06-05
A BIG DOSE.

There has not been such an
election in Georgia since the
days OF secession as next year will
witness. 1t is going to be such a
combination, such a deep, wide,
far reaching political struggle as we
have rarely even seen. Every off
Ger from constable to president is to
be elected. ConstabIes, Justices of
the peace, county officers, members
of the legislature, comptroller gener'
al, attorney general, secretary of
State, treasurer, governor, members
of congress, and the president, all
are to be voted for. Elections have
always been a great disturbing ele-
ment. We have always had too
many. Next year we shall have
such dose, as will test our capaci
ty to its utmost Gainesville Eagle
Its going to be big dose, that
is fact, but it is not quite so large
dose as you have mixed up. The
election of county officers will not
take place next year" but in Jan
uary, 1881.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-06-05

OVER NIAGARA FALLS AT Nisg
ora Falls, Sunday afternoon, visitors
we're horrifed to see man in skiff
10 the rapids above the falls. he
was rowing for all he was worth, but
suddenly his oar fie~ out of the row
locks, his head went down and he
lay at length in the bottom of his
boat. The boat then turned its prov
down stream and began to descend
the rapids of the American falls, it's
pace growing more and more swift,
uutil finally it struck rock about
two inches from the surface and stop
ped, and began slow y to twist and
turn 10 the eddyiog current. A mos
inert later the boat struck another
rock, parted in twain, and the body
of the man was flung headlong into
the eddying maelstrom, sucked un
der for q moment, and then tossed
to the surface just above the bridge
which leads to Goat Island. He
threw his arms wildly into the air,
and those who were on the bridge
saw for an instant white and bag
gard face set 10 the agony of des'
pair then be was again drawn be-
low the surface and did not re ap>
pear. The victim was "Pi" Walker,
a noted river guide, who had been
on spree.