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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-10
THE IDEAL oATAE4L PoRRIDGE.
Prom The Eaglish Mechanic.


Clean, aromatic, coarse dry meal must ne got from
some shop where they know what Is good in the
fully as tea in covered dry jar 50 that neither
must. moe nor beetles defle il. The saucepan
must bc the pink of Cleanliness AMI must not have
been used for anything Other than milk and bread
stuiis Saucepans IN winch POTATOES, greens OF
meats have been cooked are yer pure enough for
milk and breadstutis- With such materials the
making OF delicious porrlGge is easy. but without
Them II Is impossible. Bearing IN mind the princi-
PIE on winch Drea'lstuis and mix are TO b. COM
bined IN food, we perceive tina; the meal must be
cooked in water. Therefore, having clean boiling
NalSr IN the saucepan, wo take small teacUpiui II
meal two 10 three ounces for each pint of water in
the saucepan. Draw the saucepan of boiling water
on the IRE ana then sift an the meal through the
fingers. The meal must be sifted into the water 80
rs TO be evenly spread over the surface aud 10
SINK free from Jumps. Then push the saucepan
fully on the ere and boil briskly for a minute or
two, so as 10 thoroughly mix the meal up with the
water before ii be gins TO thicken Next boil slowly
for three four quarters OF an hour according 10
the coarseness of the meal. Care must be taken
that the porridge is lust kep; on the move and n
must be stirred II, necessary, burn. aud
not To get lumpy. Smoke and must bc carefully
Kept from concentrating IL. The poITidge j.
cooked SO far thai all the starcn-zranuI - are fly
burst and the meal IS properly disintcgrated. Now
pour out the porr1dge like a thin cnsTaTd into
vegetable DISH and leave II 10 cool uncovered. Ii
successful. the porridgc ON cooling will set or
geiaiinise brownish skin forms over the surface,
round from the dish at its edge. Ii becomes soft
tremaious jelly. perfectly cooAed, sweet IN flavor
uniform IN consisience, and free from lasnination
by dirty saucepans by burning. Or by the deesnent
Of SCOT or smoke Ii should be easel at the end of
breakfast with cold milk, and it niaAes iaosr ex-
cellcnt supper.
A saucerful of snch porridge put into a soap-plate
ana a half pint mug OF good rich milk is in
deed, lunch or supper, a finish to breakfast
which Is AT for king. Ii is "A food on which any
man can do anything of which he is capable la the
way OF labor, mental physical. For growing
children, and youths who are Stunted ma height OF
unsound IN structure, this is exactly the food that
Is wanted. Ii rs like Observation-Disclosures for the
growing frsmc of infants, schools hildron and over
grown youths: For nursing mothers il is equally
Valuable, supplying them with the earthly phos-
phates and other materials out of which good milk
Is made, without drawing uDon the mothers own
structures, as As often exempliiied by the rapid
softening and decay of teeth in women who nurse
their children largely upon meat aud upon beer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-10
RONDEAU: SLEEP.

o happy Sleep that bear'st upon thy breast
The blood-red poppy of enchanting rest,
Draw near me through the stiffness of this place
And let thy low breath move across my face;
AS faint winds move above poplar's crest.
The broad seas darlken slowly in the west;
The wheeling sea-birds call from nest to nest
Draw near and touch me, leaning out of space,
. happy Sleep!
There is sorrow hidden or confessed
There IL no passion uttered or Suppressed.
Thou canst not for little while eflace;
ksIfo3d NE in thy mystical embrace,
Thou sovereign gift of God most sweet most blest,
On happy Sleep!
ADA LOUISE MARTIN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-10

CAUSES OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
Inquiries conducted by Professor Hermann Cohn, Of
Bresa for some sixteen years past he ventures
serton that Observation-Disclosures rs rarely or never born
with those subject 70 it, and almost always tho result
OF strains sustained by the eye during study In early
youth Myopa, as this aInent IL cale is said Of
rare occurrence among pupils OF rural village schools
It's frequency increasing In proportion tho demand
made upon tho eye, rs In higher schools and colleges
better construction OF school improved typog-
raphy Of textbooks, and sufficient lighting OF oiass-
malAdy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-10

GROWTH AND WEIGHT OF CRnDRES.-So.ne
interesting ssdies with reference To the health
growth OF children have been made by Dr. Boulten Of
tho Samaritan Hospital London; and instead OF taking
the average of u large number OF children neasured
once lie adopted the plan OF measuring number II
children OF normal growth, brought up under
circumstances, times Thus their rate
OF increase: BY thus ineans, the annual growth
Nsse iouad TO bvtwcen two aud three for
each child per year. DIR. BoufOn believes thai when q
child varies more than quarter of inch annually.
when ms weight does correspond with weight
within margin of safotyput at seven poundsthen T.
Is safe Ia conclude the chiid diet is good pos
bly, disease Is lurking in his systen The curtous
fact appears that loss OF weight always preooes IN
development OF consumption
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-10
LEFT IN TRUST.
THE STORY OF A LADY AND HER LOVER.
CHAPTER XXXI-CoNrrNUrD,

BY MRS OLIPHANT
lusor OF" Pao6e Junior" The Carato tn Cnurge" ete
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-10

Soup-Bisque OF Lobster.
Spanish Mackcrel boiled Cucumber.
Chicken CroQaettes Peas
Veal Outlet Spinsoh: Mashed Potato.
snipe Jelly ; Saratoga Potatoes.
Lettuce Salad.
Cheese ; Waters.
lee Cream sponge Cakes.
Easpocrrlvs and Cream.
Coffee
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
Collegiate Walters.

THE fact that students at leading New
England colleges during their summer
vacations earn money to continue their
education by serving as walters in
White Mountain hotels is sometimes no
ticed by the newspapers with derision
and rarely with an appreciation of the
fact that these gentlemen are proving
themselves possessed of the noblest char
acteristics by being SO ambitious for
mental cultivation as to be willing to
make so great sacrifice of false pride
to earn the means to procure it. l honor
them for it. Their manners, according
to my observation, are perfect and
stamp them Enthusiastically as gentlemen.
They do not risk q snub by any self-as-
sertion, but are as attentive to ones
wants at table as the best trained wait
not see why it is not just IS romantic,
too, for o graduate of Harvard, now
student at its Divinity School, to be dis
covered in head waiter st hotel, as
for an Italian nobleman to be found out
serving as waiter ut Delmonico's. The
story OF one of the latter, SO discovered
by New York society few years ago, is
still fresh in the memories of all.
''ktIutIS VI pOOh uiHl upS dhNl ut
finally married the daughter of q
wealthy resident physician in New York.
But then society considered his serving
in what is usually thought menial sit
uation an interesting eccentrieity of for
eign nobleman, ,and some of the same peo-
pie who petted him would be loftily in
different to, if not contemptuous of, the
American who proves his innate nobility
by accepting such service not incognito
but openly, not one bit ashamed that he
does it from necessity, not choice. !
think the comparison Is in favor of our
own countrymen so far rs can Judge
Of the motives of the two. / have seen
at one of the hotels have visited this
week Harvard graduate and divinity
studen. in the position named above.
His refined and intellectual face and his
graceful manners go unmistakably indi.
Gated that he was superior to those
usually seen in like employment that
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
Longfellow's L Home.

NAHANT, about an hours ride from
Boston, is quiet, sequestered, and per-
fecily charming-so writes corre-
spondent of the Parisi0n. Here the
favored few live. and no sound of the
worlds busy motion corrupts the lazy,
delightful hours. OF course the most
dist guished inhabitant of Nahant is
Professor Henry w. Longfellow. A
roomy, old-laShioned house serves as
abode to the great poet and his brother
in law, Mr.. T. G. Appleton. The house
is usually filed first with Longfellow's
immediate family, next Mr. Nathan APP
pleton, whom you all will remember in
Paris, and the invited guest or guests
and there is always some one to share
the Appletons' hospitality. In the hour
that precedes dinner there is much con-
versation, and what literary feast
The Professor tells the best stories Of
any one know. He is entertaining,
gracious, and perfect courtier. Then
end is called "Juliet's Balcony )" here
the sun rises in mid day heavens, here il
sets, and on one little corner the wooine
moonlight throws its silver glances
The beautiful yacht, the Alice, dance;
Uu IlC WubCIbs huh huhAnOA VA 5AAAACi
vessels dot the sea far and near. The
house stands back from the shore and
the grounds run down TO the water'i
edge. The wealth of shrubs, vines ant
wild flowers Is excessive, and rarely
does one see 80 much verdure near 81
rocky o coast. The view Is indescriba
bly, beautiful at all times, and can no
wonder that the romantic nature o
Longfellew should choose such sum
mer hOme.-Home journal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
NATIONAL BANKING SECURITY

In defending the national banking
system Frye, Of Maine, said there nev-
er in the world had been a banking
system SO prolific of good and of safe
ty to the people; and warned its oppo-
nents that the people of the United
States would never consent to any sys-
tenn where their deposits were 40, safe
beyond preadven,ure. Unwittingly
he offered one of the strongest argu-
ments against the national banking
system. As the law now is it does not
reqrire the hanks to secure a dollar Of
deposits, and makes the share holders
responsible only to the extent of their
capital stock.
The amount of national bank capi
tai, all told, is s456. 100000 Theil
average aggregate deposits amount ir
round numbers to 5000, ,0OO,0 900. Tn,
law makes no provision for the secu
rity to depo'itors OF one dollar of thi
amount, and makes the bank share
holders personally responsible only t.
the extent of s456. 900, 900. In cas-,
the latter should prove insolvent Their
is no security. Their notes only ar
secured by deposit Of United State
bonds. National bank deposits sim
ply amount to a loan to the banks
without interest or security.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
Edwin Landseer's DeXterity.

But by far the most amazing instance
of the technical powers of our subject Is
that which is in itself, without regard to
Landgeer, q subject of extraordinary in
terest to psychologists and inquirers into
the nature of the action of the brain and
the distribution of nerve power. Our
| informant is Mr.. Solomon Hart, royal
academician remarkable for his accom-
| pliShment and acute observation. A
large party was assembled one evening
at the house of a gentleman in the upper
ranks of London "society," crowds OF
| ladies and gentlnroon of distinction were
present, ii.u..uing Lalld=eer, who was,
as usual, a lion; a large group gathered
about the sofa where he was lOunging;
the subject turned on dexterity and fa-
cility in feats of skill with the hand.
No doubt the talk was ingeniously led
in this direction by some who knew Sir
Edwin could do wonders of deXterous
draughtsmanship, and were not Twill
ing to see him df2.T, lat tila, G.I not
expect what followed.
| A lady, lolhng back on q settee, and
rather tired of the subject, as ladies are
apt to become when conversation does
not appeal to their feelings or their in
| terests, exclaimed, after many instances
OF manual dexterity had been cited ::
"Well, there's one thing nobody has
ever done, and that is draw two things
at once.n She had signaliz herself
by qua,hing a subject of conversation,
and was about to return to her most be-
coming attitude when Landseer said !:
"Oh, / can do that; lend me two pen
ellis, and / will show you!" The pencils
were got, a piece of paper was laid on
the table, and Sir Edwin, a pencil in
each hand. drew simultaneously and
without hesitation, with the one hand
the profile of a stag's head and all its
antlefs complete, aud with the Other
hand the perfe profile Of horses
head. Both drawings were full Of en-.
ergy and spirit, and although, as the
occasion compelled. not finished, they
were together and individually quite
as good as the master was accustomed
to produce with his right hand alone
the drawing by the left hand was mo-
inferior to that by the right.-F. c
| tSteDhenS
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
Some Types of Western Girls.

SITTiNG over there in corner of the
porch. says a Chautauqua Lake corre-
spondent, is the typical Pittsburgh girl.
She dresses well, but not so elaborately
rs some of her sisters from other places; ;
she goes in for brains, money, hand
some masculine admirers and personal
comfort; she is gOod-looking or pretty,
but is not beautiful, as rule; she has
carriage or buggy at home and knows
how to row and ride; she flirts with en-
thusiasm and has goodly following of
beaux, but she rarely marries until she
Is past twenty. Lazily rocking to and
fro in that big chair is the Cleveland
girl. She IS wonderfully vlvacious; her
piquancy is something marvellous and
electrical in its effect. She is exceed
ingly pretty, and frequently has the
rarest kind of American beauty. She is
quiet in dress, but has style and knack
in wearing her costumes that makes her
the envy of her sex here. This faculty
enables her to always appear fresh and
dainty without frequent changes in ap-
parel. She reads p great deal, talks
well, f1irts in dice far n,eate way, that
is as becoming to her as her cloth robes
She is independent in opinion, knows
something about politics from an Ohio
stand point. She deals frankly with the
men Of her acquaini ance, is shy about
making friends of strangers, and dance.
divinely. The girl who is laughing and
talking rapidly with the gentleman who
is promenading with her is from Colum
bus, o. She wears great many SNOWY
| dresses, knows every body, is goot
hearted, easy to become acquainted will
at this sort ei place, talks d great dea
about her school-llfe and her conqUests
and does not like the Cleveland girl
The Buffalo girl is pretty and interest
ing, and has ideas. She does not know
how to dress well, because she admire
obstreporous colors. She dances well
firts as though she enjoyed it hugely
and marries man with great deal o
money-if she can. The Indianapoli
girl is jolly, affable and kind-hearted
She is moderate in her ambitions, like
autograph albums, and wears nice
tasteful dresses. The Louisville girl
full of dash and vim, dresses nobility AN
has many marvellous suits. She has
pretty Southern accent, and is genera
favorite. One of the best types of Obi
womanhood is the Warren girl. She
modest, shy, extremely pretty, quiet bu
stylish in dress, exquisite in figure
charming in face and conversation, an
mows down the other sex without az
parent effort or desire. She is goo
and womanly, and 'knows heaps"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27

our party made the inquiries which led
to our receiving the information about
him have given.
I wanted to talk to him, bat felt the
same hesitation in seeking a conversa-
ton unintroduced that l would had l
met him among the invited gnests at
party, so only spoke to him regarding
seats at table. To have opened con-
versation would have implied al asser-
ton of superiority on my part which |
was far from feeling. l think man or
woman so situated has as much right to
snub those who attempt patronage as
any society swells, male or female, have
to keep intruders at distance. The
cold look OF weI-bred indifference to
my advances would pain me more from
the former than the glare of affected
disdain of the latter.
Landlords tell me that the college
walters are the most efficient they have
ever had and never give them any
trouble at all. They are fine-looking
young men, physically well-developed
as well as mentally. Hiss GrYadH, 5'
pG5IU1e7t L51 T',-7eaS
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
Mixed Metaphors.

A GERMAN author has made a collec-
ton of mixed metaphors, which he calls
pearls of thought. Some of them are
worth quoting, if only as warning to
high-flown orators not to allow their
magniloquence to fly away with them
altogether. ssWe WILL" cried an in
spired orator, ssburn all our ships, and
with every sail unfurled, steer boldly out
into the ocean OF freedom!" Even that
flights surpassed by an effort of Justice
Minister Hye, who, in 1913, in a speech
to the Vienna students, impress1vely de-
clared: stThe chariot of the Revolution
is rolling along and crashing its teeth
as it rolls" A pan-Germanist Mayor of
Rhineland corporation rose still higher
in an address TO the Emperor. He said:
ssNo Austria, no Prussia, one only Ger
many, such were the words the mouth
of your imperial Majesty has always had
in It's eye" But there are even literary
men who can not open their mouth
''without putting their foot in it." Prof.
Johannes Scherr is an example Of such.
In criticism on Lenau's Lyrics" he
writes: 1'Out of. the dark regions of
philo >ophical problems the poet sud-
denly lets swarns of songs dive up, car
IN lliI IdI-llttS Lilly pGttilo VI
their beaks" Songs and beaks are GER
tainly related to one another, but were
never seen in that incongruous connec-
ton before. A German preacher, speak
ing of a repentant girl, said: t'ohe knelt
in the temp OF her interior and prayed
fervently,'' feat no India rubber doll
could initiate. The German Parliamen-
tary orator of the present day affords
many examples of metaphor mixture,
but two must suffice. Count Franken-
| berg is the author Of them. A few years
ago he pointed out to his countrymen
the necessity of 'sseizing the stream OF
time by the forelock;'' and in the last
session he told the Minister of War that
if he really thought the French were Sc
riously attached to peace, he had better
resign office and ''return to his paternal
oxen" The Count had, no doubt, the
poets poter1a0 rasra in his mind at the
! lime. But none of these pearls OF
thought and expression in the Father.
land surpass the speech of the immorta
Joseph Prudhomme on being presented
with sword of honor by the company
he commanded in the National Guard o.
France. ''Gentlemen," said he, ''this
sword is the brightest day of my ifen
l-GaLig2s07sS' s Messenger.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
Rhymes OF Animals.

A correspondent OF the Cincinnati
Gazette writes: | strung the following
rhymes together to tickle the ears ol
my little boys, four and six years old.
They tease their mamma to read it over
and over again and then fetch the big
illustrated dictionary to have her point
out the funny animals with such strange
names and tell what she can about
them. This fancy for rhyme and
rhythm is, suppose, characteristic oi
nearly all children and perhaps the pub.
1ication of this will amuse wider cir
Gle than my little household. The ain
has been, after euphony, to have the
most incongruous animals in juxtapo
sition:
Alligator, Beetle, Porcupine, Whale,
Bobolink, Panther, d agonhy. Snail,
Crocodile, Monkey, Buffa'o, Hare,
Dromedary, Leopard, Mudturtle, Bear,
Elephant, Badger, Pelican, OK,
Flyingfsh, Reindeer, Anaconda, Fox,
GuineaDig, Dolphin, Antelope, Goose,
Hummingbird, Weasel, Pickerel, Moose,
Ibex, Rninoceros, Owl, Kangaroo,
Jackal, Opossum, Toad, Cockatoo,
Kingfsher, Peacock, Anteater, Bat,
Lizard, lchneumon, Honeybec. Rat,
Mockingbird, Camel, Grasshopper, Mouse,
Nightingale. Spider, Cuttlefsh, Grouse,
Ocelot, Pheasant, Wolverine, AUX,
Periwinkle, Ermine, Katydid, Hawk,
Quail Hippopotamus, Arina Ill 20. Moth,
Rattiesnake, Lion, Woodpecker, Slotb,
Salamander, Goldfnch, Angleworm, Dog,
Tiger, Elamingo, scorpion, Frog,
Unicorn, Ostrich, Nautilus, Mole,
Viper, Gorilla, Basalisk Sole,
Whippoorwill, Beaver, Centipede, Fawr,
Xantho, Canary, Polliwog, Swan,
Yellowhammer, Eagle, Hyena. Lark,
Zebra, Chameleon, Butterfly, Shark.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
ENTERING on THE FIFTH YEAR.

The next number of The PRESS
will be the first number of the fifth
year under our control. When we
to,k charge of the paper its circula-
ton was small, but to-day its ciacula
ton is equal to that of any paper in
the county, and but few county papers
in the state outnumber its circulation.
Our business men should take more
interest in their home paper by pat.
ronizing its advertising columns. We
prefer to advertise for home institu-
tions in preference to those of our
neighboring towns, and sending trade
that belongs here away. We ask our
business men to hand in their adver-
tisements, and if you find that it does
not pay, then discontinue.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-27
Cut-of-DOOr Games.

ONE of the most significant signs of a
change in our social habits is the an
nouncements which meet us at every
turn of archery contests, croquet
matches and lawn tennis tournaments.
No summering place in the North is held
to be furnished this year unless it has a
tennis court and field for archery. In
the South the usual tournaments have
been held, but in these the exercise is
confined to men. The ladies watch the
gallant knights on fiery steeds dash
mainly at d ring with long stick, and
their only part in the pastime is to smile
and look pretty, and crown the victor
afterward, according to the old-fash-
ioned role OF women, which may be pic
turesque and romantic and emotional,
but which, assuredly does not strengthen
their legs, lungs or stomachs. Tennis,
croquet and archery are games for
women as for men, and they will do
much, we prophesy, to give us race OF
healthier women as wives and mothers
for the next generation.
A long step has been taken by mod
ern women in proper, physical develop
ment. Increasing familiarity with the
| models of beauty in sculpture and paint
| ing has done away with tight lacing; an
educated woman to whom the figure of
the Medioean Venus or Diana of the
Louvre is familiar as her own would be
ashamed to appear with the distorted,
wasp-llke waist of which her mother
was SO vain. City mothers know enough
of hygiene and physiology, too, TO teach
their girls gymnastics, rowing, riding,
skating, as well as dancing. Perhaps
the most perfect examples of physical
health in the country are to be found
among the children of the higher classes
in this city, Philadelphia and Boston,
to whose bodily development knowledge
and wealth have done all that is posi-.
BILE. Outdoor games are among the
most efficient aids in this physical edu,
cation. Presently our women will be
able to ride and walk with as much en-.
ergy and good results to their health as
their English cousins,-NeW York Tsi
bttps.