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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-08-18
HOUSEKEEPERS, HELPS.

CREAM PANCAKES. III Take the yelks of
two eggs, mix them with half pint of
good cream and two ounces of sugar
fry as thin as possible in lard, CRATE
sugar over them and serve hot.
70 DRESS CELERY. Beat up well one
yelk Of an egg add two table-spoonfuls
of cream, one of white sugar, three OF
vinegar, a teaspoonful of olive oil, one of
made mustard and a pinch of salt; cut
the celery into bits and pour over it the
sauce.
Mock nince pies are sometimes rel
ished at this season of the year. Roll
six milk-crackers very fine mix them
with half cup OF melted butter, two
cups of cold water, one cup of brown
sugar, one cup OF sour cider, two eggs
the whites and yelks beaten separately
and very light-one tablespoonful of
cinnamon, one teaspoonful each of
cloves, allspice, nutmeg and salt, half a
teaspoonful of mace, half wine glass of
brandy; bake with fl ky upper and I'M
der crusts.
RICE waf1es, which are simply deli
cious for bre akfast, must be started the
day before you wish to eat them that
is, the rice must be boiled. A good way
to accomplish this is to make rice pud-
ding to-day and reserve half a cupful Of
cooked rice for to-morrow's wafies. To
this quantity add piut of sweet milk,
the yelks of three eggs, two ounces of
butter Cor good-sized lump, and lit
tie salt. Mix half a teaspoonful of soda
with one pint of flour, beat these all to-
gether, and bake in wafds-irons In
hot oven.
HOMEMADE peppermint drops are
harmless delight to children. With a
little direction they can make them
Take two cups of sugar and half cup Of
water let this boil for five minutes !;
take from the fire; favor with the
essence of peppermint; the quantity
must depend upon the strength Of the
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Under the Rose.

This expression took its origin from
the wars between the British houses of
York and Lancaster. The parties re-
spectively swore by the red or the white
rose, and these opposite emblems were
displayed as the signs of the two
tayerns, one of which was by the side of,
and the other opposite to, the Parlia-
ment House in Old Palace Yard, West
minister. Here the retainers and serv-
ants of the noblemen attached to the
Duke of York and Henry VI used to
meet. Here, also, as disturbances were
frequent, measures, either of defense or
annoyance, were taken, and every trans
action was said to be done "under the
rose," by which expression the most
profound secrecy was implied. Accord
ing to others this term originated in the
fable Of Cupid giving the rose to Har-
pocrates, the god of silence, as bride
to prevent him betraying the amours of
Venus, and was hence adopted as the
emblem of silence. The rose was, for
this reason, frequently sculptured on the
ceilings of drinking and feasting rooms,
as warning to the guests that what was
said In moments of conviviality should
not be repeated from which, what was
intended to be kept secret was said TO
be held under the rose. Roses were
consecrated as presents from the Pope.
In 1926 they were placed over confess
ionals as the symbols of secrecy. Hence,
according to some, the origin of the
phrase.
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essence few drops is usually suf-
ticlent. STIR with a stiff silver spoon
until it is quite thick. then Law a but-
tered paper on o platter and dron tha
mixture on it. A little practice will an
able one to make them respectable in
appearance.
a NOVELTY to many cooks is called
white truit cake. The recipe calls for
one cup of butter, two cups of sugar,
two cups and half of -four, the whites
of seven eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder (not heaping, but evenly full,
one pound each of raisins, figs, dates
and blanched almonds, quarter of a
pound of citron; cut or, better still, chop
these all fine, sift flour over and through
them, and, after mixing the cake. put
the fruit in last. This makes large
cake, and takes long time to bake It;
it should be baked slowly, so that the
center may he baked as well done as the
outside.
IokD tea vail soon be offered at supper
and lunch. II you wish to have it per-
feet, and without the least trace of bitter,
put the tea in cold water hours before il
Is to be used; the delicate favor of the
tea and abundant strength will be ex-
tracted. and there will not be trace-if
ones taste is the judge-of the tannic
acid which renders tea so often disagree
able and undrinkable. You need not
use more than the usual quantity of tea.
If it is to be served at a l o'clock meal,
put it in water soon after breakfast, and
ice few minutes before serving. The
best way is to have ice broken in a
pitcher, and put one lump in each glass.
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Mania for Marking Clothes.

"The most quiet, unobtrusive man I
ever knew" said Buck Bramel to a
Boomerang man, "was young fellow
who went into North Park in an early
day from the Salmon river. He WIS al
ways reserved and taciturn among the
miners and never made any suggestions
if he could avoid it. He was also the
most thoughtful man about other peo-
pies comfort I ever knew.
81 went into the cabin one day where
he was lying on the bed, and told him [
had decided to go into Laramie for a
couple of weeks to do some trading.
put my valise down on the floor and was
going out, when he asked me if my
clothes were marked. I told him I
never marked my clothes. If the wash
erman wanted to mix up my wardrobe
with that of female seminary, would
have to stand it, [ supposed.
"He thought [ ought to mark my
clothes before I went away, and said he
would attend to it for me. So he took
down his revolver and put three shots
through the yalise.
CATER that d GOODNESS sprang up be-
tween us and the warm friendship that
had existed so long was more or less
busted. After that he marked a mans
clothes over in Leadville in the same
way, only the man had them on at the
time. He seemed to have a mania on
that subject, and, as they had no insan-
ity experts at Leadville in those days,
they thought the most economical way
to examine his brain would be to hang
him and then send the brain to the
Michigan University in a baking pow
der can.
$50 they hung him one night to the
Dough of signing mountain pine.
"The autopsy was, of course, crude,
but they sawed open his head and
scooped out the brain with a long
handled spoon and sent it on to the Uni
versity. By some mistake or other it
got mixed up with some sample speci-
mems of ore from 'The Brindle Tom
Cat discovery and was sent to the as
sayer in New York instead of the Insan-
ity Shelter and Refner at Ann Arbcr,
as was intended.
"The result was that the assayer
wrote very touching and grieved letter
to the boys, saying that he was an old
man any way and he wished they would
consider his gray hairs and not try to
palm off their old groceries on him. He
might have made errors in his assays,
perhaps, all men were more or less liable
to mistakes, but he fattered himself
that he could distinguish between a
piece of blossom rock and can of de-
composed lobster salad, even if it was in
baking powder can. He hoped they
would not try to be facetious at his ex-
pense any more. but use him as they
would be treated themselves when they
got old and began to totter down
toward the silent tomb" 81
That is why we never knew to dead
moral certainty whether he was o. X. in
the upper story or not. -Nye'S Boom
erGng.
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unsupported POisOns.

It seems as though we are bound to
undergo certain amount of poisoning,
eat what we will, and it is upon the
whole, perhaps, a happy thing that we
are, as rule, able to SUBMIT to it with so
little interference with our mental COM
posture. The Pharmaceutical Journal
quotes the opinion Of an eminent ana
lyst, from which it appears that decided
symptoms of poisoning result more FREE
quently than we are aware of from any
considerable consumption of potatoes.
Among the poorer classes, who live
largely on potatoes, such symptoms are
said to be common, more particularly
when the tubers are very young or very
old. Such potatoes, we are told, con-
tain considerable quantities of solanine.
This poison was found in very unmis-
taxable quantities in the stomach of a
man who had been for two or three DAYS
previous to his death living on nothing
but raw, unripe potatoes, and there
seems to have been no room for doubt
that his diet accounted for the presence
of the poison.
It is said to be found chiefly, If not
entirely, in the skin of the potato, and
is soluble in boiling water, and we may,
we suppose, assume therefore that very
young or very old potato boiled in its
skin must be to some extent permeated
by solanine, and must be unwholesome
to an extent that may become serious if
partaken of In large quantities. An
other unsupported source OF poison is
said to be maize, OF Indian corn. A dis
ease as fatal IN Italy as consumption is
in this country is attributed entirely to
the exclusive use of this cereal, which is
thought to be especially dangerous if
ground in a damaged condition dam
aged, we suppose, by incipient decay,
though that is not stated. There is
said to be one remarkable fact connect
ed with the disease which is thought to
have its origin in this source-the dis
ease known as pellagra. Sufferers from
it who commit suicide always 10 so by
drowning, fact explained by the pleas
ure afforded by the sight or touch of
water, which constitutes symptom of
this disorder.
A PHILADELPHIA stock broker blew
out his brains over decline of seven
eighths in a particular stock, He couldn't
stand fractions.
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Killing the Rnffaln.

The Indians method of killing buffalo
Is much more exciting and spectacular,
but much less destructive than the white
mans. A civil engineer engaged in the
railroad construction work, at whose
camp I stopped, gave me an account of
an Indian hunt he witnessed from the
door of his own log cabin one dav last
winter 1t was the great annual hunt of
the Grows. The Indians had their scouts
out for weeks in the region north of the
Yellowstone, massing small scattered
herds into one large one by method
similar to that used in rounding up cat
tie. Having got together herd of per-
haps 5000, they began to push them
forward into Yellowstone valley. not
stampedlng the animals but forming a
semi-circle of horsemen around nearly
twenty miles of country, and showing
themselves here and there to keep the
animals from straying off and TO move
them forward in the desired direction.
Couriers were sent to the Grow village.
and soon the whole tribe was in motion
for small piece of bottom land on the
river, half surrounded by an amphithe-
alter of hills. Beyond the hill-tops the
squaws, children, and old men were sta
toned. with some of the ponies and with
red blankets. The most skillful hunt
ers posted themselves, mounted. by the
river side. About: noon the great herd.
urged on by the scouts, came thunder
ing down the hills into the bottom.
Then the people on the hills closed up
their line behind them. and the hunters
dashed into the herd and began the
slaughter. Whenever the animals would
stampede toward the hills they would be
driven back by the squaws waving the
red blankets. The hunters rode to and
fro, with wonderful skill evading the
charges of wounded bulls, and carving
on the slaughter with little more trouble
than they would have had in drove of
cattle. When their ponies were ex-
hausted they rode up the hills and got
fresh ones from the squaws. After two
or three hours of this kind of work the
chief gave signal, the line on the hills
opened gap, and the survivors of the
herd were allowed to escape. About
800 animals were killed in all. The
tepees were set up and the village feast
ed for month, while the squaws
skinned the dead beasts, tanned the
hides, and dried the meat Exchange.
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Two Western Towns.

The two smart towns of Fargo and
Morehead look at each other across the
muddy Red river ditch with Jealous
eyes. They will not bridge the stream,
because each is afraid the other would
profit by convenient crossing. Vehi-
cles ferry over on q rude fat-boat,
worked by hand-power applied to rope
stretched from bank to bank, and pc
destrians are beholden to the railroad
company for the use of its bridge.
Morehead, the Minnesota town, has 3, 900
inhabitants Fargo, the Dakota town,
boasts of 5000, and styles itself the Red
river metropolis. Both welter in sea
of black mud in the season of thaws and
rains; both are largely devoted to spec
ulation in lots and lands, and both are
equally unattractive to the eye. They
are in reality single town, CONNER
cially speaking, and remarkably pros
porous one, too. The railroad system
has made them the business center and
distributing point for the entire Red
river valley, and out OF their present
tumble of muddy streets, cheap pine
cottages and shanties, vacant lots, sa-
looms, stores and lumber piles, will grow
up handsome city Of so, 900 inhabitants
within the present generation. Already
there is handsome hotel, rejoicing in
the architectural oddities of the Queen
Anne craze, street railway an electric
light company, water-works, half dozen
banks, daily newspaper, number of
creditable churches and school buildings,
and few pretty dwellings. Real estate
speculation runs wild. Visions of
second change have turned the heads of
the inhabitants. The talk is all about
lots and values-how much this or that
corner is worth, what Jones paid for his
strip of mud, or what Smith holds his
at The real. estate agents have their
offices in the hotels, in order to watch
the arrival of guests and seiz6 upon the
supposed capitalist seeking investments,
or the immigrant looking for farm.
No well-dressed stranger need wait long
for the offer of free ride about the fu-
ture city and a valuable guide to explain
the many choice openings waiting for
him and his money! Y. Snaaltey, in
fbo Ho9of9yo,1j
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CHAPTER III.

Daylight found me at the place ap-
pointed, and under the arch of the wide
coach gate stood Henrique holding his
horse by the bride and bidding farewell
to Mathilda.
" Oh, Henrique," said the girl, envy
heart fails me; this constant anxiety, this
everlastng shedding of blood makes me
shudder. Be careful for my sake. If
duty calls you do not be rash. Remem-
her that in losing you will lose all.
Daily. at the altar, viii offer my pray
ers for your safety"
Henri5ue's knit brow showed how
hard it was for him to control his feel
ings; he seized the girl in his strong
arms, imprinted an imprisoned kiss on
her forehead, and vaulting in his saddle
he beckoned me to follow When / over
took him the traces of tears were still
on his face.
Our passports being duly vised, we
were soon beyond the causeway leading
to the capital, and on our way toward
the West of Mexico. Ny companion
was IN morose humor, and spoke but
little. At each post he showed his
passport with indifference, and as soon
as we were out Of hearing he would
anathematize the foreigners. Every
now and then paSser-by and he ex-
changed signs Of recognition, We
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"The Hired Girr'-A New View.


For several years " the hired girl has
been the chief obstacle to domestic hap
piness. She iseither inefficient, or lazy,
or saucy; or, if she is capable and trust
worthy, she won't stay. She is either
good for nothing, or she thinks herself
too good for the situation. Such, at
least, is the popular opinion, but the
Journal does not accept an inconsiderate
popular verdict.
Not long ago a good girl, having a
good situation IN a respectable family,
resigned the situation, hardly expecting
to get as much pay for as much work
elsewhere. A friend asked her why she
left the place. She answered: BE
cause they did not speak to me" From
morning till night, except to G We orders,
there was not one word for "the hired
girl" This is stated as sample of the
treatment of g the hired girl' in the av-
erage respectable Des Moines family.
Why is it so? Not because majority
of hired girls are foreigners, for natives
are treated no better. Not because of
moral inferiority, for "the hired girl is
frequently more truthful than her mis-
tress. Not because of intellectual infe-
riority, for frequently the hired girl
is more intelligent than her mistress had
been at the same age. This treatment
of hired girls is enioined by the unwrit-
ten law of caste, supposed to be founded
on wealth. 1t is largely regulated by
the e. ntler sex. and most effsctually
demonstrated in the treatment of the
hired girl"
In the working of the caste system
there are strange inconsistencies. The
high caste lady may be member of a
foreign missionary society and an advo-
cate of the rights of the degraded low
castles of India. She may be an active
home missionary, cheering with encour-
aging words and sympathetic prayers
many Of the poor and unfortunate with
in the reach of her presence. The fami-
ly cat is kindly noticed the family dog
is fed and praised the family horse is
caressed, and the canary is talked to and
sung for, but the "hired girl " does not
receive word, smile of recognition.
! She is treated as sewing machine or a
washtub. IL she is permitted to sit in
the family room after her work is done,
she must sitsilently, only answering such
questions as she may be asked, and that
in an humble tone. She must never
forget for moment that she is an infe-
rior person, that she is poor, and that
the people whom she serves are rich.
This inhuman and unchristian treat
ment of "the hired girl " is the principal
cause of the scarcity of help, and its
worthlessness. Labor, service for money,
is made degrading by those whose only
claim to distinction is theresuit of tickle
fortune. Hundreds of good, intelligent
and would-be useful girls and women
are excluded from house service by the
supposed degradation such service en-
tails, and thus the naughty, un- American,
unchristian, cruel upstairs, who would
degrade the house servant that they, by
contrast, may appear to be what they
are not, are constantly increasing the
dislike among young Americans for the
mental condition Of "hired girl. -
DeS Mo5neS Journal.
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CHAPTER vi.


Next morning I rode by day. deter
mined to assist at the execution Of the
prisoners, hoping [ might receive some
message from Henrique. When
reached the doomed place the bulk of
the prisoners had already been executed,
having been shot in squads of ten. The
remaining victims were being placed in
position ); Henrique was one of the
number.
A great many spectators were pres
ent nearly all natives of the low class,
men and women, and few foreigners.
Kneelng outside and on the front of the
idle lockers ION, was a lady almost en-
tirely covered with silk mantilla; her
subdued sobs had called enough of
sympathy from the surrounding crowd
to make them stand back, leaving her
isolated next to the line of the platoon,
who were the executioners of the day.
A shrek followed the voaley of mus
kerry, and Mathilda had cast herself on
the body of Henrique.
At word of command, the soldiers
formed square, surrounding Mathilda
and the corpses; the two pieces of artil-
lery, which formed part of the escort,
wheeling so as to face the spectators.
The officer of the day rode forward and
ordered the crowd to dispense. The
French were not prepared for such a
scene, and We're anxious to avoid every
sensation which might excite the popu-
lace.
DR.. Bertoli called on me that even
ing he grasped my hand: "I was just
looking for you. These are squally
times, aud the less we allow our minds
to prey on the events of each day. the
quieter will be our sleep, the more reg
ular our digestion. and the safer our
heads; therefore I have come for you to
come with me on an entertainment !:
from thence we will go and attend mid.
night mass. IF you are fond of music,
the Ursuline Convent will more than
satisfy the most exacting dilettante."
We entered the chapel just as the
organ was intoning the Introit Of the
mass, the grave notes Of the Gregorian
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How He Lost His Memory.

He had asked the man in the seat be-
hind him for a chew of fine cut, and,
after stufing half the contents of the
box into his mouth, he had put the box
itself into his pocket. When reminded
of this he replied:
"Bless me-bless me Why so did
Hope you won't take offense, sir, for 1
had entirely forgotten it. Dear me
but I find fresh evidence every day that
l am not what used to be. see that
l am losing my memory"
That's too bad y said the other.
SHOW long have you been thus af-
ficted? ?"
EXACTLY thirteen years ago to-day"
"Did some accident happen to you
them"
Accident? Bless you, my dear sir,
it was terrible thing. 1 was hung by
a mob.
sis that so? l don't want to be i'm
pertinent, but / should really like to
hear about it.
CertainIy-no impertinence about
that. 1 was in Denver. Ny business
there was to sell pianos and organs.
One night called at a house to see
about the sale of piano, and [ found
the lady murdered iii the hall. While 1
was standing there, -horror-struck and
terrified, several parties came up, ac-
cused me of the deed, and in ten min
utes mob had rope around my neck.
I was dragged to tree, given two min
utes to pray, and then pulled up"
Hung by the neck?"
"Yes--a regular hangman's moose,
and the end of the rope was made fast,
and was left swinging"
"Great Scott and-but you
didn't die?"
81 Dunno" softly answered the piano
man. 81 date my loss of memory from
the time they began pulling on the rope.
Perhaps was cut down and resuscitated
perhaps the corpse was taken out and
buried. As l told you before, my men,
DRY has sadly failed me. )"
The other puzzled over it, blew his
nose, got red in the face, and finally
blurted out; ~ -.
''SaY, mister, | believe you are gi-
gantic, consumed liar p
"Like as not-like as not r. blandly
replied the piano man. When a mans
memory begins to fail, he may hit the
truth or he may lie-lust as it happens.
Have you any good chewing tobacco
with you?"-Detroit Free Press.
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the morning she found beside her plate,
IN blue satin case, a lovely gold watch
and chain, birthday gift from her
father and MOTHER Youths Temper
0nce Banner.
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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Nursery Song.

Toss brown baby up over the treei
Up he goes Up he goesl
Up where the wind whistles loud in its glee;
Up where the robin shrieks gayly to see;
Where the sweet apple grows,
Up he goesi Up he goesi
Dance with the thistledoEn; buzz with the beei
Roll brown baby down deep in the flowers.
Down be gees Down he goes!
Down where the butterflies flsh in their bowers;
Down where the rose peta s pet them in showers;
Where the soft pansy grove,
Down he goesl Down he goes
Honey-bse food is this baby Of ours.
Our Little Ones.
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You never hear of strike among the
astronomers. Their business is always
looking up.