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OuTRAGnsG SCHOOL TKAcHER.-At TayloryiIle.
Ill, Miss Bond, school teacher, belonging TO q
good family, was yesterday brutality assaulted by
two trampS, and then tied In chair In the garnet
OF the school house. A large band Of nefghbors
are securing the country for the scoundrels, who
win be lynched q caught s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-01
LITERARY NOTES.

HISTORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE CON.
STITUTlON OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. By GEORGE BANCROFT. In Two Vol
nmes- New York; ID. Appleton Co. Washington:
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Another style Of "Coney Island" dress is made
in two shades of sateen fawn and crimson, dark
grey and green. two shades of china blue or any
other combination preferred. The short plain
skirt is made of the darker shade mounted with
pleatings and papnierea basque of the lighter
A straight cape Of the darker completes the suit.
which is often trimmed with lace or embroidery
upon the basque the cape. and across the apron
part of the skirt. = -
The wearing of a bunch of the flowers that
happen TO be in season is an almost universal
fashion with young girls of all classes this sea-
son. and it a charming caprice of the moment.
The streets are filed first with lilacs, then with
field daisies and buttercups, then with roses and
pansies By and by it will be golden rod and the
purple aster antili is indeed ioy that for ten
cents any one may inhale the sweetness of the
woods and fields, if they are deharred from their
full enjoyment.
BATHING DRESSES
There Is less change, perhaps, in bathing
dresses than In any form of costume worn by
women and there ought not to be any at all
1t should be easy to make dress suited to SO
simple purpose, and then it should be adhered
to without attempting change or alteration.
The attempt is usually made to bring American
ideas in regard to bathing dresses nearer the
European standard, and this may well be done
in regard to the good cut and shapliness of the
garments, but the absence in this country OF
bathing machines which run down into the water
and enable the bather at the seaside resort
abroad to step from her box into the water is
sufficient reason why the sleeves and trowsers OF
our women's bathing dresses should maintain
their standard of length. The parade before
hundreds Of eyes and opera-gla of men,
women and girls marching from bathing houses
DOWN to the beach or along the sand and into
he water is sufficiently trying with legs and
arms partly covered. and really prevents thou
lands from bathing who would gladly do il il
they could without this vulgar II not indecent
exposure g .<sz &
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Efeminate luxury.

"No," the old man from Yellowstone
Spring replied, shaking his head at the
proffered cigar and with his blunt Sec
ond finger tapping the damp plug to-
bacco into pipe SO black you couldn't
tell whether it was cob, porcelain or
briar-root "No, thankee, don't smoke
no cigars. I used to when they made
real cigars out Of real tobacco, but
they've got to be so they don't have any
comfort now for me. Jest used to make
'em like cigars, n when you bought a
cigar you jest got cigar n you didn't
get no assortment of things. Then by
n by they got TO putin a red paper
collar on to 'em, n cigar looked like a
cut finger. N then some teller began
to paste paper label On the side O. the
cigar, anywhere close to the end. N the
cigar burned crooked N ye smoked pa
per n tobacco together. N then when
after that they got to maxim EN- weth
a piece of string to save Teller the
trouble of bitin' the end off. N then
they made 'em with kind of a match
like on the other eend, so asst, a cigar
'ud light itself when ye pulled it out O.
the box. N then / quit smokin' ci-
gars. It's got to be too lazy work for
me. When things has come to such a
pass asst man can't bite the eerd off'n
his cigar, and hain't got time n patience
n git up in him to light a match, quit
encouragin' any man in encouragin' any
other man in such laziness. -I}urLS,1o-
ION Hd1UEeUe.
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The Reef SnnnIH.

Notwithstanding the enormous ad-
vance made in cattle raising during tine
past twenty years or so, the increased
supply, even in favorable seasons, has
not been at all commensurate with the
increase in the demand for beef. The
ratio of increase in cattle is less than
that in population, so that even with no
change in dietetic habits the demand
for beef would tend steadily to outrun
the supply. But our appetite for beef
increases much more rapidly than our
numbers. The marketman makes his
daily rounds with fresh beef in hun.
dreds of communities where salt pork
was eaten almost exclusively twenty
five years ago; and generally through
out the country beef has largely dis
placed pork on the tables of farmers,
mechanics and well. TODD people. This
partly because of the universal improve
ment in the scale of popular living due
to general prosperity, but more, per-
haps, to the influence of an active school
Of would be health 1eformers who have
persistently decried pork as an article
of food and created widespread and
unreasonable prejudice against it.
Leaving out of consideration any posi-
BILE increase in the demand for beef for
expectation, we may reasonably antici-
pate that the home demand for beef will
continue to increase as fast, if not faster,
than the population does and there can
be no marked decline from the present
excessive prices until the supply of beef
cattle is brought up to the level of the
popular requirements. It is not the
prime cost of beef cattle in the field. or
their necessary cost at the shambles
after being driven or carried half across
the continent, that chiefly determines
the price of the meat to the consumer,
but the single fact that the supply is
relatively SO meager that cattle raisers
can ask and readily get prices which en-
able them to make 20, 30, even 30 per
cent profit per annum on the money
invested-selling for 6 cents pound,
live weight, cattle which cost cents a
pound to raise.-Scientifc american.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-08

A wounded Arab officer states that hardly
had the British cavalry swept through the
Arab ranks recently when a horde of Bedouins
poured in and began to strip and rob the
dead and wounded of both sides killing any
of the wounded who were unable to resist.
Dispatches of the 4th inst. state that the
Bedouins continued to intrench on the
Aboukir side of Alexandria. in close
proximity TO the British 0utposts The
KhediTe had given permission to cut the
dykes at Meks preventing an attack nv the
enemy from Meriout lake. The populace at
Cairo continued to menace the few Europe
ans remaining and there were fears that the
Project of Police would be unable to main
tain order. The British man-of-war Mino-
taur shelled a force of Egyptian infantry and
cavalry between Ranleh and Aboukir The
KhediYe's ENJOYS at Ismailia arranged with
Bedouin chiefs to bring over considerable
number Of their people. Gen. Wolseiey
has telegTaphed the Government at home
that it would not be necessary to mobilize
third army corps for Egyptian service. as.
with a few reinforcements to fill up gaps. his
present force was ample for all purposes
De Lesseps declares that Arab PaSha has the
whole of Egypt at his back, with force of
., eco to 30OU0 Arabs, and arms for 100000
The Khediye, he says, is a prisoner, and will
never be able to govern the country.
The British War Office has determined to
strengthen Gen. Wolseley's forces in Egypt
by sending him three additional battalions
of infantry. Alexandria dispatches of the
5th inst state that sensational rumors
were afioat in the city, creating ex-
element among the Europeans The
British authorities have divided the
city into telephone districts. The Khedive
has forbidden the importation of petroleum
English agents have arrived in Odessa to
purchase q, 900 head of sheep and cattle for
the army in Egypt. The Khedive has sent an
Aide to the Red sea ports TO encourage oper-
ations against Arab Pasha. England has
given. her consent to the landing of 1900 or
1900 Turkish troops at Port Said.
The Anglo-Turkish military convention
has been signed and the Sultan has issued
his proclamation declaring Arab Pasha a
rebel for disobeying the orders of the Khe-
dive, and causing British Intervention.
Four thousand additional troops have
been ordered to proceed from Wool
witch to Egypt Alexandria dispatches
of the 9th inst state that 5000 Arabs
We're fortifying Salihiyeh, and numbers of
Bedouins We're prowling on the banks of
the canals between Ismailia and Port Said
Victor De Lesseps reports that Gen Wolse-
ley accepted for the British Government the
responsibility for damage to the traffic of
the SueZ canal
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-08
A Wonderful Fact.

The earth is one of the smaller planets
in our system, and seems of little ac-
count compared with such giant masses
as Jupiter and Saturn. It lost a huge
slice of territory when it parted with the
moon, faring better, however, than the
unknown planet between Mars and Ju-
piter, which was broken up by some
great convHlsion into many parts, 1870
of which our busy astronomers have al
ready discovered.
But the earth may some day make up
for its great loss, for it has not reached
its full growth. It is gaining in mass
slowly and by small accretions, but as
the old proverb runs, tevery little
helps" The nebulous matter diffused
through space, or compacted into innu
merable minute bodies moving round
the sun, is constantly gathered by the
earth in its annual sweep, and becomes
a part of its own material.
Some astronomers compute that 49,
600 metears fall every day upon the
earth, while others place the number
still higher. Prof. Proctor SAYS. 81
have shown by very moderate compu-
tation that the eartn increases in mass
each year by more than. 10000 tons.
Since she was first formed, then. she
must have increased by millions of mill
ions of tons.
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THE WAR I'm EGYPT.

The British cavalry are. highly praised for
their gallant behavior in the fight at Kassas-
SIM Alexandria dispatches of the LIST inst. re-
port that Arab was Strengthening his fortifca-
tons at Ramleh, while WoEseley and his entire
army were advancing. Europeans who arrived
from Cairo under escort, at Port Said. an
nounee that owing to the energy OF the Pref ect
of Police at Cairo Euroneaus are not molested
Orders have reached Woolwich arsenal to for
ward at once to Egypt light siege train. Its
weight will be 1900 TONS and it will require
], 1876 officers and men.
A report that Arab Pasha was suing for
peace, through the agency of the Governor OF
zigazag, and that he had asked for an eight
days armistice, was telegraphed from Is
MALTA on the 1st inst At meeting of the
Chamber of Notables, held at Cairo. Arab
was declared to be the supreme ruler of
Egypt The mutlliations by Egyptians of Brit
ish who fell into their hands at
the battle of Kassassin, caused great m
dlgnation in the army. A Madrid dispatch
says that all the powers, including England.
have replied favorably to the proposition OF
Italy that Holland and Spain be permitted to
take part in the collective protection of the
Suez canal. The British Government sent q
telegram to Gen Wolseley, laudatory of his
conduct of the campaign, and the galIantry
OF his officers and men.
Arab Pasha's chief engineer, who was re.
Gently captured by the British, has been
handed over to the Egyptian authorities at
Alexandria, the Khedive guaranteeing that
he should not be put to death without the
consent of Gen. Wolseley. Dispatches
of the I'd inst from Alexandria re-
ported that Arab was withdraw
ing his men to Tel-el-Kebir, and that
he was confscating the property of the Eu-
ropeans In the interior, and selling it to the
natives. Forty seamen from the ironclad
Mmotaur and company of the Fifty-third
regiment quietly approached the enemy IS
position opposite Ramleh, under cover of
darkness, and succeeded in blowing up with
gun-cotton house on the canal which had
long been point of vantage to the enemy's
sharp-shooters. 1t was daring deed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-08
HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS.

To make good liniment that should
be kept on hand ready for use in cases
of bruises or sprains, add one-half ounce
oil NORWOOD to three and half ounces
alcohtl.
SPIoED PLUMs.-Seven pounds of
plums; four pounds of sugar; one table
spoonful each of pure spices; one quart
of vinegar Boil twenty-five minutes,
or longer if necessary.
GREEN TOMATO PICKLES. -One-half
bushel green tomatoes; one dozen
onions; one large cabbage; thirteen
green peppers; one red pepper; FIVE
cents worth each of celery and mustard
seed; ten cents worth of ground cinna-
mon; one teaspoonfuI of black pepper;
one gallon of cider vinegar; few cloves.
Put on the stove aud let them come to a
boil, stirring occasionally.
PIoKIED PEACHES. = Seven pounds
Of fruit, three and one-half pounds of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-08
The Notwithstanding Process.

The important question of the soften
ing and purifying of hard water in bulk
has received satisfactory solution in
the Atkins process, which promises to
be of great public service in these re-
spects. The process is a modification of,
and an improvement upon, the Clark
system Of sottening water, which con-
sisted in adding lime to the water to be
softened, and allowing the mixture to
stand for twenty-four hours in large
reservoirs or precipitating tanks before
it could be used. In the Atkins process,
however, the precipitating tanks are
dispensed with and the water can be
used as it is softened, the process being
continuous and nc time being required
for it to stand and settle. The process
essentially consists in chemically purify
ing the water instead of mechanically as
in ordinary filtration. In practice a
small jet of lime water is introduced into
a portion of the water to be softened,
and the two are blended in a mixer,
whence they flow into a softening tank,
into which the bulk of the water is con-
Quoted. From this tank the water with
the lime in suspension flows into the
Atkins rotary disk filters, in which the
solid particles are all arrested by an
ingenious system of cloth covered disks
placed within tank, and which present
q very large area for filtration within q
very small compass. The purified and
softened water is conducted from the
filters to the storage reservoirs ready for
use. The effect of the lime water is not
only to purify and soften the water in
bulk, but to cause any clayey matters
that may be held in suspension to coag-
ulate, thus facilitating their removal.
The water passes from the outside to
the inside of the filters through the
cloth-covered disks. the surfaces of
which in time become coated with de-
post consisting of carbonate of lime
and impurities. These surfaces are
quickly cleaned by means of series of
brushes which are brought into contact
with the disks. The brushes, which are
fixed on a spindle, are rapidly revolved,
as are also the disks, but in opposite
directions, the result being that in a
few minutes the filters are cleansed and
ready for work again. The system has
been successfully applied to private
water supplies in several instances,
notably at the residence of the Duke Of
Richmond at Goodwood, and at that of
Mr.. W. Fl. Smith, member of Parlia-
ment, near Henley. The first applica-
ton of the system to a public water
supply is that of the Henley Thames
water-works, which were recently
opened. 1t was introduced there by the
engineer to the water company, Mr..
Jabez Church, in consequence of the
extreme hardness of the water, which is
to be obtained from the chalk. and is
normally of about nineteen degrees of
hardness. After treatment, however, by
the Atkins process the hardness is re-
duced to nearly four degrees, which
means beautifully-soft water. London
Times
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eHgar, one ounce of pure allspie5. one
ounce of pure cinnamon. one onnse of
pure cloves, one quart OF vinegar. Put
the fruit IN a jar, tie the spice and CHINA
mon in cloth nd put it in the -.neoar
Put two cloves in each peach, scald the
vinegar and sugar together and pour
upon the fruit while hot. This must be
repeated three mornings In succession.
TOMATO PICKLES. peck of green
tomatoes, sliced; six green peppers; four
onions, stewed; one cup of salt. Sprinkle
the salt over them and let them stand
over night. In the morning pour off
the liquid and put them in kettle with
vinegar enough to cover them; add one
cup OF sugar, one tablespoonful of
cloves, one of allspice and one of CHINA
mon; simmer it ill soft. Put in the
sliced onions and pepper in the morning
Just before simmer1ng.
CANNED PEACHES. Have one porce-
lain kettle with boiling water and an
other with strip made sweet enough
with white sugar for the peaches; pare,
naive and drop them into the boiling
water; let them remain until a silver
fork will pierce them, lift them out with
q wire spoon, fill the can, pour in all the
boiling strip the can will hold, and seal
Immediately. Continue in this way.
preparing and sealing only one can q. a
time until done. Boil down the water
in first kettle with the strip if any is left;
ifnot, add more sugar, and quite nice
marmalade will result.
PIcoALInLL-Take one peck of green
tomatoes, slice them; four large cab
bages, chopped fine; one tablespoonful
of salt: let it stand three hours then
drain off the brine and cover the whole
with weak vinegar and let it come to
boil. Then drain off this and add one
teaspoonful of mustard; one spoonful of
pure cinnamon; one spoonful of cloves;
one spoonful of allspice; one spoonful of
pepper; one cup horseradish, grated;
two pounds sugar; four green peppers,
chopped fine; cover all with strong vim
egar.
GREEN TOMATO Pickles. Slice thinly
one peck of green tomatoes; twelve
onions, sliced; sprinkle each layer with
salt, aud leave twenty-four hours to
drain; put it in kettle, with three large
sliced peppers, one-fourth pound white
mustard seed, one half ounce pure
cloves, one fourth ounce pure mace, one
fourth ounce pure pepper, little pure
allspice, one bottle Durham mustard, a
small head chopped celery. three-fourths
pound white sugar. few sliced cucum-
bers, little caulifower. Cover with
good cider vinegar, and cook until it
looks clear. Tie spices in a muslin bag.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-08
Ladies' Saddle Horses,

Undoubtedly it will be great advant-
age to ladies in town and country to be
good horseback riders, and have horses
trained to that service. The most desir-
able points in saddle horses are what are
known as saddle gaits, the most useful,
and therefore the important feature of
which is the walk. This gait, although
common to all horses, is one in which
there is wide range of excellence, as in
the faster gaits of trotting and running.
The average rate of speed ct which
horses walk in harness or under saddle
is probably no more than three miles an
hour, while really good walker can
cover five, and in rare cases six miles
under the saddle. Being the easiest gait
on both horse and rider, such horses
will make wonderful journeys without
distress. What is known as the fox trot
is also very desirable gait, and is easily
taught to most horses by urging them
slightly beyond a walk, and when they
strike the right gait hold them to it; it
is trife faster than the walk and a near
approach to the single foot. Nearly all
saddle horses will take few steps of
this gait when changing from walk to
trot, but will not keep it unless trained
to it. The speed differs from four to
seven or eight miles per hour horses
will learn to like the gait, and it is an
easy one for the rider, and, next to
walk, the best long distance gait. Single
footing is nearly the same as the fox
trot, and is an intermediate between the
walk and the trot, each foot appearing
to move in sort of go as you please
manner, and considering that is an ex-
ceptionally easy gait for the rider, and
that an average single footer wifi cover
nine or ten miles per hour, it is worthy
of cultivation. The rack and pace are
nearly alike, the only difference being
that III the former the hind foot reaches
the ground trife before the fore foot on
the same side, while at the latter gait
the feet on each side move exactly to-
gether, purely lateral motion. Either
the rack or pace is much more desirable
than the trot under the saddle, and the
pace is at least as fast if not faster gait
than the tot. In addition to possessing
all of the above saddle gaits, the model
saddle horse should be level. headed,
courageous and kind; and should be
active, an easy mover at any gait, have
a sensitive mouth, respond readily to the
touch on the bride rein, be surefooted,
able and willing to trot, gallop or run,
as required, and above all sound upon
his legs and perfect in the wind.-Iowo
City Press
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A Worm That Turned.

When Mrs. Davenport sued for di.
vorce IN Missouri court, says T. W.
Hlgginson, in facetious vein, she testi-
fled that her husband chad theory of
his own in regard to marriage. and
wanted bis own married life to be in ac-
cordance with it. That theory was that
the wife should have no will of her own
in any respect, and that she must obey
him In all things, and question nothing.
Being man of accurate and methodical
mind, he seems to have embodied the
application of these principles in certain
rules, to which he obliged her to sub
scribe. She was to wear what clothes
he babe her wear. She was to eat only
what he directed. She was to walk in
the streets only with those whom he
named. She must correspond only with
her near relatives. She must show MIN
all her letters. And finally she must
speak to no one about books or litera-
ture or Europe" Here was simple
and consistent basis for married life.
Here was the old principle Of baron
and feme put into practice. In theory
it should have prod iced a model house
hold, with which even DR.. Shattuck or
Mr.. Parkman would be quite content.
Alas for the uncertainty of human wish
es The actual working of events was
quite the other way. Mrs. Davenport
could not permanently endure such
condition of things-to be forbidden
even to mention Mont Blanc or Queen
Victoria !; and to have her dresses select
ed by one of that sex who are, as DIR.
Jetfries assures us, very generally color
blind. In the brief abstract of the trial
which have seen, it does not appear
that the married pair actually came to
blows on a question OF ribbons but
Mrs. Davenport frankly admits that,
under certain circumstances, she 'talked
back" 1t ended in her leaving her hus-
band and returning to her mothers
home. Here it is that the Roman virtue
of Mr.. Davenport seems to have quailed.
Perhaps in his zeal to control his wife's
wardrobe he did not ask himself what,
in her absence, would become of his
own? Perhaps it was not till he found
himself buttonless and stockingless that
his courage yielded, andhe weakly wrote
to her as his "tomsy- womsy," called her
the best and sweetest of women, and i'm
plored her to return. She, not wishing
the sterner sex to have the monopoly Of
weakness, relented also; she returned;
the rules were again put in force, and
she sued for divorce. The court gave
it to her and now the one consistent and
old fashioned husband in America is
without tomsY-WomSy