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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
THE SCIENCE OF COOKING.

Omaha Herald.

| Omaha Herald.
Mrs. Emma p. Ewing, who is to give
series of lessons in cookery at Miss
Wyman's school, addressed a number
of ladies on that subject at Falconer's
hall, preparatory to opening the course.
She said that the art of cookery is the
most important of all arts. 1t is the
foundation stone that supports the
structure of humanity. Only upon the
basis of well-ordered diet can individ-
uals or nations achieve a permanent
success; and no man or woman, unless
properly fed in the best sense of the
term, is fully equipped to go forth and
fight in the battle of life. A clergyman
of rare knowledge has said that "a loaf
of bred touches every single quality
that goes to make up life and power
and success" and if this be true of
loaf of bread, who can estimate the po-
tency for good or evil that lies within
the limits of the cooks domain? From
birth till death we are dependent upon
the products of the culinary depart
ment, and the health and happiness of
millions may with trufulness be said to
hang upon the kitchen crane, or gravi-
tate about the kitchen range. Bad cook
cry is the unsupported cause of many
an aching heart, the insidious destroy
er of many happy home. 1t incites
domestic discord, induces Incorporate
habits, and ruins its victims physically,
mentally and morally. 1t is friend
to whatever degrades and debases-a
foe to whatever elevates and enobles,
and is one of the most formidable evils
with which civilization and Christianity
have to contend. Many of the sins
and crimes of the world are due to i'm
proper food. 1t is almost impossible
for human beings with tastes and ap-
petites Initiated and depraved by mis-
cradle dietary, to lead clean, pure
lives. Drunkenness often has its origin
in what we eat, and large proportion
of the 10000 drunkards who die an
nually in this country have the appetite
for intoxicating liquors aggravated, if
not implanted, by the food which con-
stitutes their daily diet. Most of the
dishes comprising the regular bill of
fare of private families, as well as of
hotels and boarding houses, are so
wretchedly cooked, they are indigesti-
BILE, unsatisfying and nutritious; and
people compelled to subsist on such
fare become physically demoralized,
and often resort to stimulants as a tenn
porary relief from the discomforts and
ailments engendered by heavy pan
cakes, half-baked bread, grease-soaked
meats, watery vegetables and sloppy
coffee A deranged stomach bankers
after stimulants, and for many
feet the kitchen paves path
way to the saloon. The average
individual is a tolerably correct reflex
of his mental, moral and physical
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
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DIFFERENT PATHS.

lately talked with one who strove
To show that all my ways was dim,
That his alone-the road to Heaven,
And thus it was | answered.:
Strike not the staff / hold away,
You cannot give me yours, dear friend,
Up the steep hill our paths are set
In different ways to one sure end.
What though with eagle glance upfixed
On heights beyond our mortal ken,
You tread the broad sure stones of Faith
More firmly than do weaker men.
To each according to his strength;
But as we leave the plains below
let us carve out Il wider stair,
A broader pathway through the snow.
And when upon the golden crest
We stand at last together freed
From mists that circle round the base,
And clouds that but obscure our creed.
We shall perceive that though our steps
Have wandered wide apart, dear friend,
No pathway can be wholly wrong
That leads unto one perfect end"
livery Other Saturday
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
He Understood the Subject.


Reporter What are your views on
the tariff, Mr.. ClevelandP"
Cleveland-"Thet tar what?"
THE tariff-t-a-r-i-f-f."
"Well, the fact is don't know much
about zoology; never had no time to
look into it, you see. Been too busy
with public duties.
s'You are in favor of extending
American commerce, | SUPPOSED"
Eyes stree; but I'd veto any bill to
lower tolls on the Erie canal"
''Do you think American manufac-
lures need projections"
''Well, / don't know aboat that.
Seems to me most of 'em are pretty
well insured now, but still don't mind
signing bills for new fire companies if
the people want EN-"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
The Grotcing Stout,i ess Of american Wone'a
New York Letter to Boston Advertiser.

New York Letter to Boston Advertiser.
Ny recent visit to some of the noted
watering places, and my observation of
several large audiences since my re-
turn, has impressed me once more that
the thinness and angularity of Ameri-
can women, so much commented on by
Europeans in the past, is fast becoming
traditional. They seem to be Compel
ing for fullness, not to say stoutness,
with. their old world sisters, who almost
universally acquire an excess of flesh
with the passage of their youth. 1t is
remarkable how few native women, out
of girlhood, one meets nowadays in the
large cities that have preserved their
slenderness. Twenty years ago a
round, plump figure was almost the ex-
ception. Now the exception seems to
be the other way. The increasing
avoirdupois of the daughters of the ma
ton is too conspicuous to.be ignored.
1t is probably due to the growth of
wealth, and, therefore, of ease and lux
trious habits in the community.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
Waiting for a Shortage.

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
'And will you really be married in
September, Louisa, dear?"
"Why, Lilly, sweet, it is not definitely
arranged yet. You know Alfred has
been in the position of cashier with the
present firm for only two years"
$50 you were telling me, darling, but
do you think you will have long to
waltz"
81 cannot say definitely, Lilly, but
Alfred is very energetic, and he says
that if business continues to improve he
hopes within the next three months to
accumulate shortage upon which we
can live comfortable.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31

The league of peace and liberty OF
Geneva has received pillow forged
from sabres carried by American officers
in the Mexican war and the late civil
war in America.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31

AS Providence has now won the
league pennant and the laural wreath
of victory in the base ball field, it be-
hooves Boston to let up on that Hub
of the Universe Drag, and to admit
that it has been pitched into back
seat.-FaU River Advance.
Lace overgarments, lace dresses and
lace CONNECTIONS of all kinds are trim
med with knots, flots, bows, loops and
caacades of satin velvet ribbon.
New York sells annually about 10O,-
600, 900 pounds of butter, of which the
commissioner of agriculture claims
over one-half is bogus.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21
A Oueen With birtr Linen.

Queen Isabella, daughter of Phillip
IL, who fiourished in the twelfth CEN
fury, vowed not to exchange her linen
till the City of Ostend had been taken
by her soldiers. The difficulties that
sometimes interfere with military enter
prises evidently did not occur to the
lady at the time she made her VOW, but
unfortunately the siege lasted three
years, and so singularly truthful was
her Majesty's character that she kept
her oath to the last. To testify their
regard for her persistency the ladies of
the court adopted a dingy yellow color
for their ruffs and stockings. which they
christened T. ISebcau. This was the
origin of the tint known as ecru,
which comes up to the top wave in
fashions occasionally, and would per-
haps be less in favor were it remem-
bered that it was originally made to
resemble, as far as possible, very dirty
Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21
Women in Russian Prisons,

Unjust nail to the pillory of European
opinion characteristic example of the
position of women in Siberia. 1t hap
pened to Olga Lioubatovitch, one of the
heroines of the trial of the fifty at
Moscow, where the socialist propaganda
lists gained to so remarkable an extent
the sympathy of the public. On the
30th of August, 1888, on passing
through Krasnoirarsk on the way to her
destination in Eastern Siberia, she was
called before the ''ispravnik' (chief of
the police of an arrondissement), who
told her she must exchange her own
clothes for convict dress. But as she
was condemned to transportation by
administrative order, and not to hard
labor, she had right to wear her own
clothes. This she tried to explain to
the ispravnik. At her first words, how
ever, he became furious, and repeated
that she must not only change her dress,
but do it there and then in the bureau
before everybody.
To this unheard-Of intimatiOn Olga
Lioubatovitch answered bv a categorical
refusal. Then at sign from the police
officer his subordinates sliced hold of
the prisoner in order to undress her BY
force. A barbarous struggle ensued.
This crowd of men began to beat this
woman, to pull her hair and tear off her
clothes. So long as she kept her feet
he defended herself as best she could,
but the chief of police by violent kick
felled her to the earth. This is how she
herself describes this infamy: Il fell
into kind of stupor. remember con-
fusedly how the heavy boot of the
ispravnik struck my chest. Some one
was pulling my hair, another was strik-
ing my face with his fist; the rest were
tearing off my clothes, and at last,
naked, crucified on the floor, in the
presence of crowd of men. Brighten
ed of their own deed, the towards fled,
and when l recovered consciousness l
saw around me only my companions,
pale as death, while Fanny Moriness
was writing in historical commissions.
London Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21
The Want Of Farmers.

The average farmer has for the past
few years been very progressive and
great advance has b en- made in many
respects, but it now seems that tenn
porary halt has been made, and that
! there must be new impulse given be-
fore another start forward will again
be made. The great gain has been
made, not so much in greater results
per acre, but in the extension of terri
tory devoted to grazing, crops and
special farming. made possible by the
introduction of the <lOSt expensive and
slullfully devised machinery. The newt
step forward must be made in the di-
rection of better crops, and this adj
vance will of necessity have to be the
result of mental activity.
The census report places the average
production of crops at a very low yield
per acre. The average wheat yield of
Ohio will not possibly exceed sixteen
bushels per acre. which is hardly re-
turn that compensates for the total cost
of production, and what is true of wheat
is quite as true of the run" of other
crAps. Now and then one finds a
farmer succeeding in raising crops of
nearly double the average Weld, show
ing that there is possibility that soil
can be protitably titled when the re-
quirements of the case are understood
and then acted upon. Some writer has
aptly said that failure is often made
of a wheat crop on land especially
adapted to potato culture; barley is
grown at a loss on land that would pro-
duce magnificent aud paving crops of
cats. The cause of all this is simply
lack of the knowledge of the constitu-
ents of the soil, their adoption to diff
ferent plant growths; to a lack of suffi-
cient thought on these matters. The
owners plod along year after year with
bare subsistence, with little more
thought than the teams they drive,
finding fault with the soil. weather,
Providence. their business, everything
but the right one-their own ignorance.
The buying of improved machinery,
olooded stock and all the other modern
aids to farming. will not pay unless
there is a purpose to work and use
them TO an advance point in keeping
with their capabilities. To use them
as labor savers. simply to do the same
work upon the farm that was done be-
fore, is not really an advance step in
farming, but when they are used in
proportion to their possibilities then
heir true worth is seen, and a 90 ahead
farmer is discovered emerging the
from '.rutS" that hide many an other
wise splendid ability. The farmers who
read are the lucky Gnes. 1t is this class
Just mentioned whe are members of
farmers clubs, take the best journals !
buy each year dozen or so (
et the best books that are issued, and |
who are not always basing their expe, :
tations of becoming rich and prosper
Gus upon the adoption of free trade. |
and the consequent cheaPening of every
thing they buy, but does see that his
prosperity and protection of American
labor are co-dependent upon each other.
There is a want of more thought and a
wider range of knowledge inthis coun-
try, and the prosperity of the future will
be dependent upon it, and needing it,
will finally obtain the end sought
Cleveland Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21
The Medieval Market Place.

The medieval market-place, whether
of England, or France, or Germany, or
Belgium. or Holland, or Italy, or
Spain, appears to have played very
mnch the same part in the daily life of
the citizen that the newspaper press
plays to-day. The news which stirred
mems blood, which stung them to
action, which delighted or appalled, or
interested, emanated from the market
place. The. special correspondent was
there in the shape of the herald Or mes
senger with news from home or abroad;
the society man" was there with his
last bit of back-stair news or ale-house
gossip, or his tale of the last great crime
or disaster. If man wanted sitUa-
ton, or a servant, or a house, he went
to the market-place: if ne wanted to
show of new suit of clothes, he went
there; if he wanted to hear the last
musical piece or the last theatrical
news, he went there: if he wished to
advertise. he went there; printed books
were rare and costly, so that popular
lotion was to be heard at the stall of
the public stOry-tcller; finally, the
market-place was the exchange, the
counting-house, and the shop combined.
The popular hero received his triumph
there, the criminal received his deserts
there; in short, whatever interested the
public mind radiated from the market
place; and when the public voice was
raised. it was from there. The doges,
the secret tribunals. the despots, them
quisitOrs, feared plots that were Matched
on the public place far more than those
which were concerted privily in out-of-
the-wav hooks and corners; and the
tyrant, who turned a deaf ear to the APP
peal or remonstrance which came from
a single house or a single street, found
it true policy to face forbearingly the
clamOr of market-place crowd. A
sudden, well-directed swoop might
crush the plot of the back room, but to
defy the market place meant to defy tho
peopie.-L0ndOn Globe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21
An Egyptian City.

Carlo is $50 miles from Alexandria.
1t is the largest city in Africa, and Sec
ond largest in the Turkish Empire,
Constantinople leading it. It's present
population numbers about half mil
lion. The old town is oriental through
and through. The average Yankee is
more interested in the street scenes in
the old town than the many wonderful
monuments to the greatness Of the DIV
nastieS with which the city is sur
rounded. The streets are narrow,
crooked and dirty, filled with camels,
donkeys, dogs that never get out of
your way, noisy boys and swearing
men, and lined with shops, or bazaars,
as they are called, where all sorts of
odd things are sold by the lazy Turk
who sits crosS-legged in the midst
them. l can easily imagine that the
Cairo of to-day is not that of fifty years
ago. The present Khedive has been a
progressive man. Many western ideas
and inventions have been introduced
in the country by him. The common
mode of threshing wheat is by treading
It out with cattle, as in Scripture times;
but | saw steam threshing machine at
work on my way here from Alexandria;
numerous steam engines at work pump
ing water, and several wheat drills.
The railway trains look very odd, but
they have the Westinghouse air brake
on them. Telephones are in use in this
city. The bridge over the Nile here is
massive modern iron structure New
Cairo, the work of the Khedive, is well
laid off with broad streets, well paved,
lined with Well-built houses, and orna-
mented witty shade trees and numerous
fountains, and better lighted by gas
than the streets of indianapolis. Cor.
Indianapolis Journal
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Try a piece of lemon inste.i of
SOAP for removing dirt from the hands.
his is particularly good for hands
which chap in winter. Detroit Post.
To remove ink stains dip sponge
in milk and rub the spot as soon after
the ink is spilled as possible; continue
the operation until the ink is out
Cleveland Leader.
Cream cake: Break one egg in
tumbler, fill with sour cream, then add
one cup of sugar, one teaspoonful Of
soda, and flour to make thick as for
jelly cake. bake in layers.-THe House
hold
An old fashioned warm-weather
drink which might once in a while be
given to the children. is made of one
quart of water. one tablespoonful of
ginger, four tablespoonfuls of sugar,
and nearly half pint of vinegar.
Y. Post.
Zephyr shawls and hoods may be
cleaned by putting them into a pan
with some -four: rub the articles as you
would wash anything if they were in
water, shake well and hang on the line,
and they will look as fresh as new
Boston Post.
Many farmers are very careless in
sowing buckwheat. 1t is often the case
that old and worn out fields are
ploughed up for this crop If well
ploughed and thoroughly narrowed
such fields might produce a good crop
but one narrowing is not sufficient
n. Y. Herald.
"A delicious pudding is made in this
way: Chop pineapple quite fine; take
some cake which is little dry, rub it fine
in your hands or crush it on kneading
board; put it into a pudding dish in
alternate layers with the pineapple,
sweeten abundantly, moisten with cold
water and bake in a moderate oven for
an hour and three-quarters.- albany
Journal
How to avoid cutting a warm short
cake is difficult question. 1t is solved
by cutting the unbaked dough into two
equal parts. Roll one out; put it into
the baking tin, spread it with butter as
If it were already baked, then roll out
the other part and lay over it. When
baked these parts separate readily
without the aid of a knife. A thin
coating of butter is all that is needed.
N. y Post.
1t is stated in French agricultural
journals that French cheese makers
are not satisfied unless they get from
$50 to $500 per annum from each COW.
This is owing to their eXpertness and
thoroughneSs in the manufacture of
cheese, and each particular agricultural
district of Fance has attained celebri
ty for the making of some particular
variety of cheese, developing into
special and important Industry.
1t is time for our farmers TO I'M
derStand, says an Iowa experimenter,
that the days of the small horses are
over, except to drive to town and for
light livery work. They can not afford
either to raise them or own them. If
they will observe carefully they will
discover that it costs no more to keep
a colt two wears than calf,
and that during these two years on
stock keep the cot will increa &c in val
ne a great deal faster than the caf.
We do not advise farmers to go alto
gether into horse farming or into any
other specially, but along with the
calves and pigs, raise few good, large
colts. 1t is unsafe to devote a farm to
any one kind of stock. The true wis
dom is to raise some of each, bat what
ever you do, raise the best.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21
Jewish and English History Compared.

All through the history of the Jewish
people the haunting sense of great
idea of the divine mission of the
Nation-iS never absent from their
records. In the Genesis, the Exodus.
Deuteronomy, in the Chronicles of their
Judges, Kings and prophets, continual
ly we may hear the echo OF the words
the refrain, as it were. of a great ma
tional aathem-"We are Thy people, o
God"" But England has had also her
sacred mission in the world. Our
country las had her divine Genesis and
Exodus, her Chronicles of Kings and
prophets. And surely some of us. at
any rate. as we have lately read the
story anew ia the pages of Mr.. Green's
Making of England" and his His
tory of the Eaglish People," can not
but have felt that we, too, as well as
the Jews of old. have been a ''ehosen
people, that Milton was ri ght after all
when he spoke of ''God's Englishmen,
and that we, each one of US, are only
worthy of our great national heritage in
so far as we show ourselves conscious
of the divine sanctions which lies be-
hind it.-Good Words.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21
No. 10000.

This is the number actually reached
this week by the Mason & Hamlin Organ
snd Piano Company in the regular mum
bering of their world-renowned cabinet
organs. Having commenced business.
in 1854, the average number of organs
produced per annum has been 5000,
which is leo per week for the entire
1900 weeks of their business career. The
Mason & Hamlin organs have been sent
to every civilized country. and thei- sale
never was greater than at the present
time, averaging from 10000 TO lo,VOo
organs per annum. Boston Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21
Benefits Of Sunshine.

Sunshine! There is magic in the very
word 1t brightens alike the palace of
the king and the howell OF the poor man.
How gloomy would be our world were
we deprived of the cheering sunlight
On a bright, cloudless day, open the
doors and windows of your home and
let the glad light come in, and see how
''home-like'' the rooms will seem. We
could not have the luscious fruits, the
fields of waving grain, the green grass,
and the grand forests, were it not for
this golden sunshine. It's sunshine
that gives us the roses and violets in
the garden, and the sweet singing birds
which make the morning and evening
so merry. There is plenty of sunshine,
but some people rarely enjoy it; doors
are closed, windows are darkened,
while trees and shrubbery are encour-
aged to shade the entire house from the
cheerful, health-giving light. Enter a
room on a mid-winter afternoon, when
the sunshine is allowed to come in
through the unshaded south windows
why, is it not like bit of summer
land? And then, if the room contains
few blooming plants, can you not
almost imagine that you hear the sum-
mer birds singing and the gentle
zephyr rustling the leaves of the trees?
Yes, there is plenty of sunshine. there
fore enjoy it all you can. Walk and
talk in its glorious light; observe how
the trees and grass grow under its
cheering influence; see how it paints
the clouds in purple and crimson and
gOld--colors far more beautiful than
any ever dreamed of by our best artists.
Finally, all the medicines and protested
''cure-alls" eXtant cannot give one-haIf
the health and rest and comfort which
may be found by spending plenty of
time in the sunshine. Welcome its
glad light as you would the coming of
a valued friend. E1chanqe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-21
1t Ia No Wonder

that so many people sink into untimely
graves when we consider how they neg
lect their health. They have disordered
Liver, deranged Bowels, Constipation,
Piles or diseased Kidneys, but they let it
go and think they twill get over it." 1t
grows worse, ether and more serious COM
plications follow and soon it is too late to
save them. If such people would take
Kidney-WoTt it would preserve their
lives. 1t acts upon the most important or
gans purifying the blood and cleansing
the system, removes and prevents these
disorders and promotes health.