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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-09

An Invalids Dinner-Broll daIntlly
tender French chop, and serve 1t on a
small and very hot platter with a spr1g
or two of parsley. Serve with it on
pretty little dish, also hot, some tomato
cooked in this way: Peel two large, fresh
ripe tomatoes, cat up in quarters, ana
simmer for at least an hour on the PACK
of the stove in porcelain-lined, no. TIN,
stewpan. Let it cook over rather than
under an hour Add when nearly done,
and all in a soft mass, large piece OF
the best, and freshest bntter, pepper and
salt to taste, and large handful of soda
or snowflake" waters broken into bits.
Then let it cook until the crackers are
thoroughly soft and partly mingled with
the tomato. Put in no water, and before
YOU take it off the stove be sure that it
is properly and deliciously seasoned.
Another nice way to serve chop Tor an
invalid is to stew it in its own gravy
with a tablespoonful of stock and a
small piece of. butter. Place the chop IN
a small saucepan on cool corner OF the
stove; the meat must be constantly turn
ed for an hour or more, taking care to
have the lid on the saucepan to keep
the steam in. Serve on plate with some
delicate potato croquettes, and few new
carrots stewed until quite tender in some
stock. The breast of cold roast chick
en- can be warmed up in some delicate
brown gravy and served with some
potato snow and little caalitiower
dressed with cream sauce. An invalid
food should always be served very hot,
and should be previously and perfectly
seasoned. The first mouthfu' if slightly
fiat from lack of seasoning is apt to de
stroy ones caprieious appetite altogeth'
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-09
Something About Bananas.

1t is astonishing how little is known
of bananas, considering the extont to
which they are eaten. New York gets
every week an average of $4,000
punches. From Florida? Not single
one. Why, Florida only raises enough
bananas for home consumption. All
these yellow ones we get from Central
America, principally from Aspinwall.
Those big, fat. red fellows are from
Cuba. Plantains? On, no, that's a
general mistake. Plaintains are only
edible when cooked; they are more
vegetable than fruit. You didn't know
there were $50 distinct varieties OF ban
anas, did youP The fruit comes to us
quite green, but in the Summer will
ripen In one or two days. Cool weather
eompels US to use artificial treatment,
and we hang them in close room and
apply heat. Now, that green bunch
viii not be ripe under four days. With
the bananas, we import, duty free. a
good many foreign inhabitants. See
that (exhibiting q snake yard long).
l took him alive from a bunch. And
this spider came in another, bringing
her nest with her. 1t contains hun
dred eggs. She has come to cold
climate to hatch. found a tarantula
the other day-horrible thing, too. -
N. Y Tribune.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-09
Bod Thlngs.


The best theology A pure and Denen-
The best philosophy A eOntented
m best law-The golden rule.
The best education Self-knowledge
The best statesmanship Self,govern-
ment.
q The best art-Painting smile upon
the brow Of childhood.
The best science Extraeting sunshine
from cloudy way.
The best war-To war against one, !
weakness
m TIsa best naasic-The laughter Of an
innocent child.
The hest journalism Printing sne
true and the:.beautiful only on memory :
me best telRraphing Flashing Z Fag
6f sisnsiiue into the gloomy heart.
T'se hesk bioafap1y be lie WnAet
.ssses = sharifv n the largest letters.
The best maihemat That Nnlel
doubles tie most joys and de{ades p
i most sorrows.
Tss hest narIgai lion Steering elea
i of ffe lacsrnEfns fosz e pefzosl consen
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9 ssr $500 viii enc own couselsnse
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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-09

II ven 10. believe thoroughly N one
self: not much IS 70 be accomplished
Otherwise. Bnt It IS also ven to bear ir
mind that not aspiration, but perform
ance Is thc thing that counts Oxford
Falcon
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-09

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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-09

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11
Canada and Africa.

For the second time IN history
England has drawn upon her the
great American dependency for
military aid beyond the seas. The
regiment known before the terri
torial assignment of British corps
as the one hundreth or Prince
of Wales Own Royal Canadians,
was raised IN Canada and recruited
from residents of the provinces. And
now we are Informed by telegraph
that the English government has
called upon the Canadians to supply
body of men, 600 strong, accustom-
to the life of the trackless regions
where they gather the petals that
adorn the fair of other cllmes. 1t is
singular request to have made. The
men are going, there being apparently
no difficulty in finding volunteers
among a class accustomed to adven-
ture and insured to hardship. But
would 1t not have been wiser to dra W
them from India, where chimes similar
to that which would supply men upon
whom the desert heat of Egypt would
have produced little if any effect?
Two more positive extremes than
the region including the lakes of
America and the vast network of
streams north of them, and the dry,
arid sands of an African desert, can
not well be amagined. It may be
that some sentiment was involved in
the selection made. Lord Wolsey had
employed the voyagers in Canada it
self, and, Witnessing the skill with
which they max portages, concluded
that they alone can perform the task,
But we fear that the sons of the north,
sent SO suddenly to battle with the
heat and the wet of tropical CLINE
and an obstructed stream, will find
the duty the most fatal they ever
undertook.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11

sweet potatoes, while those who have
tried them like very much. When
thus preserved, they are safe from
frost or other contingency, and al
though not in condition for being
baked, are excellent for stewing.
Evaporated peaches and apples are
now extensively shipped to European
ports, and are a great factor in our ex-
porting trade. Evaporated sweet
corn will also before long rank with
these as an important article of export,
on account of its superiority over the
canned article.
Almost any vegetable or fruit can
have It's surplus water driven off by
proper evaporation, and, by again
restoring that water when wanted for
use, makes highly welcome substi-
tute when the fruit article is not to he
had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11
Household Hints.

Common wheat flour made into
paste with cold water, applied dry,
will take out grease spots without in.
Whenever milk is used plentiful
ly, then the children grow into robust
men and women, Whenever the
place is usurped by tea. we have de,
generacy swift and sure
Whole cloves are now used to ex-
terminate the merciless and indus
trious moth. 1t is said they are more
effectual as destroying agent than
either tobacco, camphor or cedar shay
ings.
"A very simple and easily prepared
polish is made of two ounces of amo-
MIA, one quart of rainwater and three
ounces of precipitated chalk; keep
this in bottle, and shake well before
using.
1t is said that by the following
simple method almost instant elief of
earache is afforded: Put five drops of
chloroform on little cotton or wool
in the bowl of a clay pipe, then blow
the vapor through the stem in the
aching ear.
TO make Boston brown bread
One heapiDg coffee-cupful each of
corn, rye and graham meal. Sift the
the three kinds together as closely as
possible, and beat thoroughly VITA
one cupful of New Orleans or Porto
Rico molasses, two cupf,l of sweet
milk, one teaspoonful Of salt, and one
dessert spoonful of soda; pour into a
tin form, place in kettle of cold
water, and boil four hours. Put it on
TO cook as soon as mixed. 1t may ap-
pear to be too thin, but it is not, as
this receipt has never been known to
fail. The bread should not quite ELL
the form "a tin pail with cover will
answer) as if must have room to swell
See that the water does not boil up to
the top Of the form; also take care
that it does not entirely boil away, or
stop boiling. To serve it, remove the
lid and set it in the oven to dry the top
and it will then turn out in perfect
shape.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11
Avalanches of the Alps.
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.

The natives hereabouts know very
little about avalanches; on the north
ern slopes of the Alps and in the val
legs they know all about them. They
say that the drifting SHOWS, or poud-
reuses, though often bulk enough
when avalanched to cover a whole
village, seldom commit any great
havoc. The tread of a chamois is
sometimes enough to set them in mo
ton. Neither do the glacial avalanches
commit important damages. These
latter are formed by masses of ice de-
tached from the glaciers and falling
down precipltous places, which, of
course, are, for the most part, unin-
habited. The sliding avalanche is
another species of the phenomenon.
This is mass of snow descending
slowly down the sides of mountain.
Its march is irresistible, but it is rarely
destructive. It is the rolling avail
anche that invokes the terror of the
Swiss mountaineer. This consists of
a vast mass of packed snow, detached
from the sleeper mountain sides by
the action of the spring thaws. AS
such masses descend they increase in
bulk, hardness, and velocity, and &C
quire such an impetus as to cut away
the rocks, corrdgate the slopes of the
valley, and tear up or smash every
object they may encounter below.
"fhey are shrouded cars of Jugger-
naut," said .ny Rhatian friend and in
formant, land under their wheels
there is naught but death!'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11

From the American Garden we take
the following
In any process of evaporation the
great desideratum is the application
of intense heat in the first stage of
drying, except in the case Of grapes
and similar fruits, where extreme
heat would burst the skin and allow
the juice to flow eut-as the great
heat will. by affecting the outer sur
face of the substance, form an i'm
penetrable external coating, thus re-
tanning the flavor and other desirable
qualities of the fruit.
The best argument, and indeed the
only proper one, is to subject the
material to a continuous current of
hot air. This current cannot be made
hot enough to scorch or burn the fruit,
if it is kept in brisk motion; but let
it become stagnant for short time
and the product will undoubtedly be
ruined by the intense heat.
Raspberries we have found to be
very profitable, as three quarts of the
fresh fruit yield one pound of the
evaporated, and this has a ready sale
at 81 cents per pound. So, In case the
market price for fresh berries is down,
it is an easy matter to put them In
such shape that we can command
better figures.
Corn, properly evaporated, makes a
dish fully equal to that just cut from
the cob, at a cost of about ID cents per
pound. Half pound is sufficient for
a family meal.
Pumpkins also make good article,
when evaporated, fully equal to
fresh ones for making pies, thus ex-
tending the pie season throughout the
entire year.
Many other fruits and vegetables,
which can readily be dried, have not
yet taken place in the market, or
are not known in this condition to
commerce. Among those are dried
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11
TO-DAY is OURS.

To-day is beautiful.
The yellow sun hangs low,
And earth is bathed in light;
Midsummer brings her flowers,
To blossom on the hours,
Winds wander 70 and fro
And spend their fragrant might,
And all the day is beautiful,
To-day is joy to us,
There is no cloud between.
The white birds of content
Poise on our calmer hours
Like butterflies on flow'rs,
And when delight is queen
There are no moments sent
To dim our day so beautiful.
Tomorrow may be dark
There is no power to cheat
Our lives of all the sun
That crept into their past.
Midsummer will not last,
Her days will not repeat.
Oh, let us. one by one,
Drink all the Sunbeams of to-day.
MEDORA CLAIR
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11

Curious wedding cards appeared at
Guadalaiara, Mexico recently. They
read: ''The rector of the Chatholic
Sagrario, Rev. DR.. Barbosa, acting
under authoity Of the Archbishop, has
refused to marry me to Irene Moreno.
| have married her according to the
civil code, and now have the honor to
offer you an invitation to our house
on Gale Carmen, No. 81. Gregoria
Saavedra."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11

troduced to Bessie. I thought I would
surprise her, but | seem to have got
the surprise myself instead If you
wait till | telegram to her, I will in
troduce you TO them. Had not our
surprise turned out so frightfully
badly to-day I would give them
greater one than any we nave had by
introducing you to them as my wife. !"
London Truth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11
Romance In Real Life.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Mr.. David Gentle, a farmer of
Fairfax County, Va, is visiting his
widowed mother, Mrs. Anna Gentle,
at Annapolis, after separation of
tllrty-one years, during which he
had lost an arm IN battle The meet
ing between mother and son was
quite affecting. Each had thought
the other dead until a short time ago.
when letter from the son brought
the gladstone tidings to the mother
that her only child was living, and
led to the happy reunion. The long
separation presents pleasant little
romance. Thirty-one years ago Mrs.
Gentle lost her husband David was
then an infant They lived in Wash
ington. When II years old the bow
was put to work on farm in Fair
fax County. the mother remaining in
Washington TO support herself as best
she could. David remained on the
farm six years. He then went to an
other farm Ia Loudoun County, In
the same State. and remained there
two years. He liked farming, and
his employers always spoke Of him as
an industrious youth. At the begin
ming of the civil war, at the age of 20
years, young GentlR threw down his
farming implements and entered a
Virginia regiment In the Confederate
army. He lost an arm at the battle
of Petersburg, after which he was dis
charged. Becoming married in 1866,
he settled down to farming in Fairfax
County and acquired a fair livelihood
and has been living in that locality
ever since Mr.. Gentle had believed
his mother dead, but his wife, he said.
had often remarked that he would
find her some time. He never ex-
pected to do so, however, and probab-
ly never would have known of her
existence but for the Intervention of
lady. Two years ago this lady, who
knew his mother, in travelling through
Virginia heard the name of Gentle
mentioned in a railroad car APP
preaching the party addressed she
questioned him about his parents,
and became satisfied that she had dis
covered the lost son, told him where
he would likely find his mother She
said a Mrs. Gentle. who had a son
David, lived in Washington a few
years previous, and promised to make
inquiries about her and to let the son
hear from her when she returned.
The lady went to Europe and
remained a year, and returning to
Washington, learned that Mrs. Gentle
had moved to Annapolis, and SO in
formed the son when she next met
him. David had recognized her on
the street on her second visit, and
going up to her asked if she had ascer-
tanned the definite whereabouts of his
parent. On learning that she was
living at Annapolis, without a mo-
naent's delay the son wrote to her,
propounding certain questions to
establish the relationship which he
knew only his mother could answer
satisfactorily. Tn few days the well
come answer came from the mother,
containing endearing messages of love
and requesting him to come to her,
which he did at the first opportunity.
Mrs Gentle is 65 years old and her
son A The mother has been invited
to spend the balance of her days on a
pleasant little farm in old Virginia
and share the inequalities of the
place with daughter-in-law and an
only grandchild, and she will probab
ly accept.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11

The Farm and Garden remarks
thus sentinaentally and sensibly on
the old Apple Orchard:
There may be much romance about
the 'Eold oaken bucket" but 1.-The old
apple orchard" of our childhood's
home is still more deserving of loving
remembrance in song and story.
There is a great deal left out of the
home remembraDces of those country
children who had no such possession,
and [ can not but think that there is
much wanting also in their moral
training. It would be hard TO i'm
press on them the command thou
shalt not covet" as they looked over
into their neighbor's laden trees, and
back to their own bare fields. 1t
might possible, also be hard to resist
the temptation to break another kind
red commandment. A fine orchard
makes a home attractive to the child
rem and is one of the ''spells" that
will bind them to the old spot in later
years; it is worth cultivating for this
if for nothing else There is scarcely
an investment the farmer can make
more sure than this. Every year the
trees increase in value, and may for
fifty years. There will be an interest
in watching their growth and develop
ment, season after season, which has
an elevating and cheering influence
upon the mind. The trees are beauti-
full in every season, and on ornament
to the place, of which the owner may
well be proud. A fine dish of choice
fruit set before friend is an mex
pensive but pleasing attention, which
any one can appreciate, and it tends
to cement friendliness among neigh
bors. Do net neglect to plant the APP
pie orchard, and let the fruit be of tie
best.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-09-11

a new railway car is thus described;
Instead Of births, the car is provided
with state rooms, each room having
window and being supplied win an
electric bell. At each end of the car
is toilet room, a sideboard, well sup
piled, and a library. Some of the
western roads will adopt this style of
cars as soon as they can be construct
ed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-16
Report from Kansas City.

KAraAs Cry, May 15.-There is no truth
IN the report Of the suspension Of the ban
of Kansas City or bsnkerr Of the city. They
met this morning and agreed TO pay 20 pei
checks for the balance. This agreement
includes all except Armour's bank, which
prefers IN psy dollar for dollar. Balances
ct he clearing house will be announced at
O'Clock. The olan Of settlement has been
agreed on and 4 H. thoueht the plan decided
There Was come excitement this morning,
but this has materially subsided.
The slight furry Of the morning has dig
appeared. A large number Of deposIts were
drawn cut this morning, hut nearly all
were small amounts. the larger deposItoss
cisi, aod concerted aofion OF the oanke.
coupled with the encouraging eastern I'D.
yics-, brought about IN eoely reaction and
the esoitsmsnt gradually subsadsds The
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-16
SCENES and Incidents.

NEW YoRK, May Is -[Press. THE Met
ropoliten bark posted notice that tie
bauk examiners. having made al iBveatiga.
tion, tho bank would resume business at ~
o'clock.
A, W, Dlmick & Co., brokers, have sus'
pended.
9:45 q. m. The scene on the street at
the hour is one of unwonted activity.
Since early this morning. in the brokers OIL
fees which opened, the clerks have been
busy getting their accounts settled up.
Many leading firms were kept employed
until midnight. A general over hauling OF
accounts were made on the opening OF the
exchange this morning. Affairs are In
better condition than for many months
past. New msrgins have been called for, to
prevent ras b sacrifioe OF good securities.
A representative OF the Associated Press
has lust talked with dnancier Of thirty.
frs yesrs' experience and he says the 40.
thin Of the banks In deciding to pool issues
hs decided the situation favorably, and he
doet rot anticipate further failures
r. rms although sl,Ser h. .dmi.s the possibility
that sorac weak stockholders may suspend
temporarily. The failure Of the latter he
does not regard as misfortuDe, es the
wedding out OF all dealers helps to give
a healthier tone TO the general situation.
Jay Gould states 10 the Tribune that this
disturbance isa senssless thing. ut comes
from the fear OF each other by both banks
aud brokers. | think, rather than anything
else. The general calling OF loans was
wholly uuncc .ssary aud foolish. l suppose
the banks were a iittle more eau ious than
uyuai on acclunt Of the loss accidentally
suffered by the First National bank last
week, but ! think the worst Is over and
poopls will regain their senses aud there
will be orders here from sll over the ccun.
try from persons eager 10 pics bargains.
The action Of the banks Is excellent and
every onc. will zee there can be no panic
Shilet he banks tt3nd together. am sure
all this excitement 10 at an end"
A. M. Dimick SAYS this trouble was
caused bv inability TO raise money on &C.
curities OF all cuttomers George Pot
m n emith, has been appointed assignee,
with preference TO customers.
Russell Sage 10 paying all demands on
privileges. The report that he had laid
down on contracts was started By somebody
ignorant OF the ways OF the street. The
only contracts he refused to take yesterday
were on those on which one days notice
va not Rivec.
A dispatch from Boston reports the sus-
pension OF +. A. Hswley q TO-, hrm,
which. although not heavy dealers, was ne
esried as 10 good standing. Hstchkiss d
Burnhaa ere. balancing accounts and ex.
meet 10 resume tomorrow.
Csrus w. Field said: "The worst ives
ovrr. and a rood thing this crash came
int ~ I. tid n would prove grsat benz
IA II the entire country. Not nan in
the United 5satss bat fssis beetsF