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Candle superstitions.

So far as number is concerned, the
most numerous class Of superstitionsis
composed of those which, cluster round
the family candles. The origin of these
probably dates far back in antiquity,
when the world was full of superstitious
fancies about Light in general and can.
die light in particular. When We CON
down to the early days Of the Christian
Church, however, we fndthat not a few
of the ordinances of religion were &C.
e%ompanied by ceremonies borrowed from
paganism, in which lighted candles
played an important part. Candles were
lighted at birth to keep off evil spirits,
at marriage to prevent the evil eye from
affecting the happy pair, and at death
TO drive away the demons who were
Thought to be always on the look
ont for the sortl of the dying man.
Naturally then, s candles splayed
SO important q pert in the ceremonies
OF religion, men Became accustomed to
regard them with something Of a super
stltious eye and to look to signs and
wonders which We're not TO be elsewhere
found. Soapecnliar appearance in the
candle, for which ma reason could be
given, was always regarded as some.
thing Indicative Of some Remarkable !
thing aboutto happen. A collectionof,
tallow round the wick is still known as a
swindingsheet, ddsfsbelieved toforetell
the death Of one of the family, while a
bright spark is @ sign Of the future re-.
aceDtlOn of letter Inv tha ,,oroS,r c,rrs;Eo
whom the spark as. situated, and the way-
ingof the fame without any apparent
cause is supposed TO demonstrate the
presence Of aspiritin the room. In al ss |.
sdltlon q these fanciful notions there are q
some others which are founded OH natu.
raj tactstoo well known to admit of dis
pputte, such as the refusal of the candle to
light readily, which indicates d state
OF atmosphere favorable to coming
storm 7St.I LOUISE Globe DEMOCRAT. ID
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Row q qrsst ] aooa Hofs.

Budd Dobble of hicago, who used to.
b the driver of Dexter and Goldsmith,
Maid, visited the Mnid recently at her
home. Mr.. Fl. N Smith's place in Tren-
ton When asked if the Maid knew him
he replied: Bless your soul, the
minute I entered her stall she came up
to me and rubbed her head against my
arm and face. She neighcd, and frisk-
ed around her stallslike colt, and did
everything but speak. / used some
times to give her an apple, and I had
n this time. cut it in quarters, and
put the pieces in different pockets, and
she managed to get them all out. It
did my heart good to see her. You re-
member she had an unusuallYslong tail.
l used to teach her to lie down SO that
her tail would be clear Of everythingl
L asked her to lie down this time, and
you would have laughed to see her turn
round and round and switch her tail
about until it was just so, and thenslie
down with it extended on the clean
straw. "tA fsfsg 81 IN
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Row to Make nice soup.

In order to make relishing soups. q
condenser or soup steamer should be
purchased, and all the bones and scraps
taken from the table should be thrown
into it-bits Of chicken, beef, mutton.
and lamb. The greater variety Of meat
the nicer will be your sonp. and bits Of
ham and bacon will add to its flavor.
also potatoes and onions and turnips
and bits Of bread. Pour in cold water.
SO as to extract all the juices Of the
meat from the bones. Place the kettle
on the back of the stove and do not let
it boil, but keep it on the simmer, add
ing q little cold water. if it boils IN
rapidly. Let it cook on the back of the
range all day. At night remove the
bones and meat aud strain the SOUP
through a sieve and set away Next,
morning take off all the grease, and an
hour before dinner you can make the
stock into q carrot soup, with six small
freshly grated carrots and one small
chopped onion; or into a yermiceli
soup, by adding three tablespoonful Of
it and two tablespoonfuls of catsup; or
into tomato soup, by chopping finely
eight skinned tomatoes andboiline them
one hour in the soup. Strain it beforel
serving, to take out the seeds. II de-
sired thickened wet up in cold wstarga,
dessertspoonful of cornstarcla, and stir
h. ten minutes before serving.
10y ~ ~ v EE4EA NIL 30
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though til elaaning had been well and
tho,ouchlx f}ene witkinsBix weekBiDnr

thorouehlM dk0nes watt1n SB1x &We0kB DAfi
house was Han 81 them. Tie house is
old with o}td1fasfliensAA hlsieK shesEtAs,
shrunkenn biase bonrds and wood work
Ed ssias sr ss 'ssag 8|Is'sEl .G e Is a Is, +
the druggists and bought corrosive
sublimate in whisES and insect Powder
The powder NE sNrinkled in bureau
drawers, piece bags, boxes and on
closet shelves, after everything had;
been looked over and ill moths DEF
stroyed. The poison put with astif
quill feather intoseve crack OF floor.
hearth, woodwork md p1asterssandl,
round the edge Of eNesyecarpet.h n.
took Two years to- get rid them en-
tirely, but for the last threda years We
have occasionally found one. The
poison should b~easearefully used and
taken care Of; but;it is not so dangerous
as naptha and benzine. IL the tackss
are destroyed or washed and scaldeds
before being used q second time, there
can be very little danger. Wescontinue
to use these remedies spring and fall
round the carpets and in closets where
bedding Is stored and feel q safety from
moths we have never had before, AIhis-
letter answers the question of II. M. s.,
How to keep moths out Of carpets N,
Y. Tribune.
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wasseen 10 emerge from the house.;
She was followed. Arriving within a
k4pckxofs1e letter GslldMeils saloon, inssae
et6H1df Lae aAh6 looked abound fer a;
S6ys bbke had no dfhidhlty lin tindinsa
him, for he was furnished by the detec-
FNNsesasSd shstsspt HIM 18th message
&6the hloonsasHe s6ohS came out, ia
lowed BY Texas lpan,n and before the
etterf1n1EibeguN to suspect sanything
wrong ne fodhdffinself staring iihto tie
mnzzless pfrtwo revoiyers, and knew
7 4tSSit GALL mp with him. He vas
cladsin the rough garments Of a Western;
sstockmnn, with ~ belt encircling his
body bsnesahSs HI coat, in which were
two revolyers. He wore the broad
slgi4raed soMbrera gpeculiar tor gthe
sSGA1westyand1ooke Ike Tie despsr-
ate character he is said to be. When
sseenSdJsSf repnrtsrsfor tho Times, short
" AfteTshis arrest, hesseemed cool and.
unconcerned,.
ssHpwdoAg hays yaa beensi Chica-
was nskeds
ssAboutstwelve days. he replied.
s.Whath AsassegJal tosasy to the charge
on which .yon were nrrestedw
Well, i shot Doc. Bowen, but 1
aidastf rob him. Doc. and had sorae
trouble onee about n horse trade, in
Which he SAID ( got the best. Of him, and
sheaa&de his tlfAatAathat he'd get even.
When 1 met him that day / rather ex-
pectedstaAt4hesd pull ON me- and. Iswas
resdsy forhini The first word lie said
was Look ont, Texas I've got the
drop On yon.gkHo wasiHistaken. though.
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Cooking cheese.

A scientific writer IN a foreign mag
azine gives two receipts for cooking
cheese, which he considers vaiuable;y
as he believes from experiments and OBJ
servations, the cheese which is cooked is
more easily .digested than that which is
raw. The first dish is much like omelee.
Fresh eggs are well beaten and then are
mixed with grated cheese; thisis moist
ened with sweet milk it is then cooked
in a little pan like a flower pot saucer;
it is cooked gently. The other method
of preparing the dish is to take some
slices Of buttered bread, soaksthem in a
batter made of milk and eggs, without
-four. Put the bread in q pudding dish.ss
covering each layer with a layer OF
grated cheese. The butter that is left
may be poured over the top. This,
when gently baked, the writer says is as
nutritious dish. 1t is, he says, both easily
digested and has great sustaining pow
~ " -E5FrstH H1tHefH Et9ATsNY 10y EN
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Manufacturing Rivals ofthe South.
Atlanta Constitution. az

The two leading ottonmanufaeturing
States in the South are Georgia and
North Carolina. In 1880 Georgia had
forty mills, containing 200, 974 spindles;
North Carolina had forty-nine mills com
tanning lO2 1857 spindles. Three years,
and . half elapse and the account stands
asfollows: Georgia has sixty-two mills,
containing $40, 100 spinadles; North Car
Dina has sninety-two mills,s containing
ola, 1862 spindles. The activity and am.
bition Of the two Statasin the direction
Of cotton manufacturing do not grently.
AIRY. Georgia has more capital, but
North Carolina has more water power.
It is . snug race, and Georgia should
'lookito her ~laurels, for the excess Of,
mills In North Carolina is o menace ito
Georgias position at the head of the
List. No other Southern State is istrug- !
Cling for first place, although South
Carolina and Maryland are no laggayds.
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Freaks Of Fashion.

Medicis collars are the fashion on
evening dresses.
Girls now e punches of ribbon on
their corsage when they cannot get
flowers.
The newest llandkerchiefs have just
the faintest suggestion of q hem, and
are made of plain white linen.
The high Greek couture, with several
hllets encircling the head, takes the
place with Parisians of the small coil
IN the nape Of the neck.
The few trained dresses lately brought
from the other side have the princess
back, under which disappear the high
pulled panier draperies.
Black ottoman and black velveteen in
the new London dye are to be much in
use as stylish walking costumes for Ell.
derby ladies this spring.
The new mutton-leg sleeves are full at
the top and very close below the elbow;
their beauty is increased by making
them long and pushing the upper part
far above the armholes of the dress.
The old-fashioned paste buttons con-
verified into brooches, fasten bonnet
strings close under one ear; diamond
arrows are placed lower down. and
large and handsomer ornaments quite
underline chin.
For evening toilettes paste and dia-
mond buckles fasten velvet round the
throat, loop up n sleeve on one arm,
hold the ribbon of a fan, secures spray
of flowers on Il bodice. lad appear on
one side or in front of the head, with a
strand of hair passing through and ar
ranged high, according to present fash
ion.
Muslin delaine, a fabric resembling
nuns yelling, will be very popular ma
terial the coming season, and beautiful
patterns are already shown, the delicate
grounds strewn with gay flowers and
foliage in exquisite tintings. These
figured materials are made up with plain
Ottomans or merveilleux, and form ex-
ceedingly stylish and becoming toilets.
A beautiful evening dress, as a model,
has an underskirt of cream-white Otto
man silk, with alternate wide rufles of
Oriental lace and shellpleated ones of
the silk.
Broad-striped materials worn under
tnnics of plain material will be in high
fashion again this spring. A pretty
model just received is as follows: The
skirt is Of cloth, with alternate stripes
of deep yellow and coffee-brown pleated
to show the golden stripe partially.
The tunic is Of brown Ottoman cloth
bordered with seal-brown plush. The
very short jacket of the plain cloth
opens over a gilet of the plush fastened
with gold and brown enamel buttons.
Very startling n some of the mixtures
Of colors in the new spring costumes;
for instance, a dress aud redingote of
ruby Indian cashmere with gloves,
feathers upon the cap bonnet, and muff
decoration all Of the brightest orange.
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FAMOUS GENERALS
Hlacinv Under one Table Hax rers That
Never Ran From q Foe.
Washington Letter ii the ST. LonislP ostDis.
= Ns5sek9 I,afrh

Placing Under One Table Hix LEGS That
Never Ian From q Foe.
Washington Letter ii the ST: Lonis Post-Dis
patch
At q leading hotel the other evening
thfee Of the most distinguished caval-
ny officers Of the late wal met and took
p social drink. They were Generals
Alfred B. Pleasonton, William H. Az
erlI and Thomas u. Rosser. The lat
ter is an ex-Confederate and issworth
probably half . million dollars. The
oiher5 two yer on the other side and
are both poor. They are now here ask
ing tOsbe put on the retired list. None
OF them have o service. sincet the a
AveriH and Pleasonton resigned soon
after peace wat declared and Rosser's
term Of service expired when he was
captured aar Richmond shortly after
the surrender Of Lee and Johnston.
Ihis meeting between the three was.
rather an interesting one. II isganot
Sssften that three such dashing cavalry
commanders OF o war that closed nearly
TWENTY years g come together now IN
social intercourse All held the rank
o. major general and all fought many
important engagements, and all were
brave and skillful soldiers, and all, / be.
lieye, seriously#wonnded. Rosser
acafries about with him scars-one
sabreScnt over the righte i one bayo-
net-gash on the forehead. assiot in the
foot, one in the knee, one III the left
arm, mi iii the left hip and others Of
less Importance. Averill was shot
through the MGsllls which has made him
confirmed sufferer from rheumatism,
and he got ascaip-wound that every now
and then becomes headquarters for q
painful attack OF neuralgia. All of them
graduated at Vest Point.
s5s p~leasonton is The Oldest Of the three.
There is no installing the education
and training he has had. They are
shown In every look and motion.
Though not large nor tall, lie is SO erect
and precise that he would be taken any
where for a soldier. and a commander.
Thegeneralt tells me he has lost SOM OF
his faith in his blue glass theory, but
believes it will yet be adopted BY the
scientific world. He is seventy-seyen
years old and has always been a sort OF
q book worm, though he held some
sort of Q command inthe Pennsylvania
militia at n time during the war.
AyeriH looks almost as old as Pleasant
on, having suffered q good deal from
his wounds. He is. d heavy. chunky
booking man with d soldierly mustache,
and eyes about very unpretentiously.
His military record is very familiar to
everybody. Averill and Rosser are
snow very fond Of each other, and it is a
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rhof4Arpet ,eoth

G. s. b. writes; sAbont fye years
ago we found soon after our fall, clean
ing was done some Of these pests, and
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Polled Cattle.

Nh. james Hoyt, a recent convert to
hornless heads, tells The N. E. Farmer
that, after a few months experience in
the care and handling of aherd Of some
twenty polled cattle he is ready to in
dorse all that the admirers of this kind
of stockare likely to claim for it. He
thinks that, other things being equal,
the COWS viii do about one-ffth better
than those with the worse than useless
excrescence, "being SO much more quiet
and kindly in their dispositions, and he
adds this information about taurus in a
treadmill: "A fine, large polled bull.
is used when needed, in a two-horse
power stalk cutter and thresher, in COM
Pany with one horse. The bull works
by the side of the horse, and keeps his
side we'll up. The horse seems to
have formed quitea m attachment for the
bull and when the machine is stopped
will rest his head against the head Of the
bull, who shows no indications whatever
OF ~resenting the familiarity. Had the
bull q pair of sharp horns it.would hard
~ be safe to hitch up such a Southern
style of team"
r.sa -. s+,o,
The failuro Of tba>corn W. has1ost
many farmers short of grain, and many
will not buy. Thehay. in many places
is not as good quality as usual, and
stock do not do as well as they ought to
on it. In such cases it is economy to
buy some mill feed or grain to nut With
it, or at any rate it never will nav ia
let cattle run down in flesh this cold
weather. The cows need the most a.
tention just now, and because thew are.
perhaps giving no milk they must not
be neglected. AS the period of calyinp
approaches, the cows system becomes
much disturbed, and the circulation il
considerably increased. The animal is
taxed to the utmost to su,,ply the blood
needed for the DEVELOPMENT Of the calf
At this time overlooking or underfeed.
are equally harmful, but what is called
good feeding is sirable-gcod hav. !
little grain. a faw raa+
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-11
Fast Mail West from Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 10.-Postmaster General
Gresham, who arrived here last night on the
fast mail train from New York, to-day COM
pleted arrangements for the extension of the
fast mail service to Omaha. The details, as
obtained, are as follows: The new service
will be over the Chicago, Burlington 81 Quincy
railroad the first train leaving at 3 a. m. and
reaching Omaha at s o'clock in the evening
of the same day. This train will take the
mail brought by the fast train from New
York, which leaves there at $50 p. IN. and
arrives here at 2:30 a. IN. next day. The
new train will catch and deliver the mail at
all stations en- route. The result will be a
saving of twenty-four hours time between
New York and Omaha, and all points west
of Omaha to the Pacific coast, as the fast
train connects at Omaha with the west
bound Union Pacific train, one day earlier
than heretofore. Heretofore the Chicago
mail and morning papers have left the city
about noon, reaching Omaha at 10 o'clock
next forenoon. Now, by going to press half
an hour earlier, the papers will be put on the
fast train and reach Omaha fourteen hours
earlier, and intermediate towns in the same
proportion.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-11

For every one of those who had already
backed out of the peoples movement, ten
men would take their place. More attention
should be given to the causes Of mis-
government than TO the effects
of it, and the people should
go back to the caucuses and remove them.
The liquor business is the great evil of the
day, and its progress should be checked by
all good citizens.
Mr.. Holt retired amid enthusiastic plaudits
which we've not confined to the prohibitionists
alone, but came spontaneously from all parts
of the hall.
Rev. DR.. Van Anda was called upon and
declared he would support the nominee of
this meeting. He was followed by the Rev.
T. NJ Gossard. He said that two years ago
Mayor Ames was elected by majority of 700
OF 500 votes, over the Republicans and Pro-
hibitionists combined. He was therefore of
the opinion that no one party
could alone ameliorate the condition
of city politics and consequently he was glad
to see peoples movement inaugurated.
II Mayor Ames is elected in this campaign
the fault would be with the Republican party,
who thought more of their party than OF the
welfare of the city. He would do his utmost
to aid the nominee of this meeting.
After vociferous cheering for Chas. Evans
Holt as the peoples candidste, the meeting
slowly dispersed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-11
THE CITY LEGISLATORS.

They Meet IN Adjourned Session-The
Ordinance Regulating the Water FORKS
System Gire1e Second Reading--Fi
Department Improvements, Etc.
An adjourned meeting of the city council
was held last evening with President Pills
bury in the chair.
Changes in judges Of election were made
1pon the motion of Aid. Morse, as follows:
F. W. Booth in lieu of P. NJ. Woodman in
First precinct of the Fourth ward. Robert
Pratt in lieu of Thomas Fagen in First pre-
cinct of the Third ward. G. W. Dawson in
lieu of John Loffert in Second precinct of
Third ward. j. W. Anderson in lieu of
Chas. Lamp in Third precinct of Third ward
Fl. R. Rankin in lieu of George B. Cooley in
Second precinct of Eighth ward. R. L.
Stillman in lieu of George A. Pillsbury in
Second precinct of Fifth ward.
The ordinance regulating the supply and
rates of water from the water works, was
placed upon its second reading. The ordin-
ance fixed the rates in accordance with the
recommendations of the board of water com
missioners, and was amended in a few
minor particulars.
Quite debate ensued especially relative
to rates charged railroad companies, Aid
Pillsbury championing the railroads. On
motion of Aid. Glenn the ordinance was
ordered printed for information.
Upon motion of Aid. Morse, it was voted
that the Minneapolis & St. Louis and the st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway COM
panies place the crossing on Fifth street
north in such condition thatit cannot hazard
life andlimb of our citizens, nor inconveni-
ence public traffic, to the end that such rail-
way companies construct road ways beneath
their tracks, etc.
The committee on fire department and
chief engineer were instructed to supply the
engine houses with furniture on the best
terms possible.
The city engineer was ordered to advertise
for bids for street sprinkling.
Lots were ordered purchased in the First
aud Second wards for hose houses,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-11
THE STAR ROUTE CASES.
Gibson Again on the Stand and Gives
Some Startling Evidence.

WASHINGTON, March 10.-A. M. Gibson
continued his testimony before the Springer
committee to-day. He reiterated the state
ment that the government selected the most
complicated star route case for trial, and
rejected plain and simple one. The fore
man of the grand jury told witness
the government did not wish to proceed
with the case he considered so clear. He
could not tell why no indictment was found
against those whom it had been proposed to
proceed against by information.
Gibson asserted that Bliss said he was
going to run these cases his own way. The
ground of the witness difference of opinion
was, that simple case, "a case involving
one or two routes" should be tried and not
one involving one hundred and thirty-four
routes, as did the case in which Dorsey was
interested. Gibson gave his theory of the pros
cution thus: In the first place, in the investi-
cation which was begun, the main object
seemed to be to get as much as possible into
the newspapers. The result was to raise an
expectation in the public mind which was
never realized. Dorsey was the disturbing
element, owing to the fact that the gentle
man who succeeded President Garfield, had
made speech at banquet in New York, in
which he eulogized him. For political reasons,
l think, it was determined to proceed against
him without regard to the strength OF the
case.
els it your judgment that the government
felt compelled to proceed in that case be-
cause Dorsey was in it!'' was asked.
''The question of salary might have had
something to do with it, !" replied Gibson.
"When men get more than 5000 day it's
of human OatIlrp IN abhraViata ~
Ibid aany special counsel appear at the
same time they were employed by the gov
eminent for individuals in private cases?''
asked Springer.
''Bliss did for the National banks. He
appeared before the commissioner of inter
nal revenue. About $4,000 900 were in
volved." Cook will be examined to-mor-
row.