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belonging to my children, all they pos
sess, lies in Virginia. They viii be ruin
ed if they do not go with their State.
I cannot raise my hand against my chill
dren.
General Scott then signifed that he
had nothing furthur to say, and Colonel
Lee withdrew. The next day, April 20,
1861, he rendered his resignation, and it
was accepted the 25th. General Scott
made no remark upon the subject, but
he was evidently much grieved at thus
parting with man of whom he had been
Justly proud, and for whom he had cher
ished the highest personal regard. It
was probably near the same day as the
interview with General Scott that the
following incident, related to me by the
late Colonel Shiras, occurred. Shiras was
in the Office of Adjutant General L.
Thomas when Colonel Lee camein there.
Standing on the side of the table opposite
where Thomas was sitting, Lee said:
General Thomas, / am told you have
said I was a traitor" Thomas arose, and
looking him in the eye. replied: 81 have
said so; do you wish to know on what
authority" EYES," said Lee. "Well, on
the authority of General Scott" Lee NUT
tered, "There must be some mistake"
and left the room.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Hints That the Farmer and His Family
VIII Find Useful.

Hints That the Farmer and His Family
VIII Find Useful.
A delicate dish for dessert is made of
one pint of thick, sweet cream, and one
ounce of gelatine dissolved and naked
with it. Stir in any fruit you please, but
do not put the Juice in. Save that for
pudding sauce or to flavor jelly. Sweet
en- to your taste; add glassful of sweet
wine. Pour into mold, and let it be-
come hard and cold before serving.
When this is served at the table pass
powdered sugar in a glass sitter, so that
each one may dust little over it.
Procure a vial of oil Of vitriol (sul-
phuric acid) which will cost about five
cents. Use a. glass rod and put one drop
on the article to- be tested. Pure, fresh,
yellow butter Will turn almost White,
while tallow changes to deep crimson
red. Lard gives diversified Colors, show
ing all the colors- of the rainbow. The
second method is to melt very small
quantity in shallow dish, that should
only be large enough to hold the guam
tity, and put a piece of wick in the fluid;
now light the protruded end of the wick
above the surface of the liquid, and after
it burns few minutes extinguish it.
By inhaling the ascending smoke. of the
wick the odor of fried butter will desig-
nate pure butter, but if the odor is SIM
! liar to that of burnt candlestick you may
rest assured it is oleomargaEine.-Pbi tG-
GdelpkiG Grocer.
Ginger candy, which may be given to
children with colds, is made by boiling
one pound of clarified sugar with a very
little water until it is brittler when cool
/ stir in one teaspoonful of powdered gin
ger; or beat the white of an egg very
light, and add this to the sugar with
twenty drops of Jamaica ginger. POul
upon buttered plates and mark before il
is too stiff in the form of blocks; when
cold you have to chip them apart with g
cold, sharp knife.
Welsh cookies are made of two cup
fuls of sugar, one cupful of butter and
two-thirds of cupfuI of sweet milk with
one teaspoonful of bi-carbonate of soda
dissolved in it. Beat two eggs quite
light and add them; mix two teaspoon
fuls of cream of tartar with a quart o
-four; mix this in, then add more -four
if needed, to form a smooth dough
which can be easily rolled. Flavor viii
cinnamon, cut In fancy shapes and bake
in quick oven.
An appetizing salad is made of cucum
!; bers and tomatoes. Peel and slice thu
cucumbers and let them stand in cold
sailed water, while you prepare a plan
salad dressing. Line the salad bowl witt
lettuce, If possible, and slice the tomatoe
T and put layer in the bowl; season witt
salt, sugar and pepper; then Put a laye
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-29
A Prize Y enture.
BY J. H. KENNEDY.

b.. BY j. II. KENNEDY.
When one is newly married, and
has commenced life in small rooms on
the second floor, there are no long halls
nor high stairways to traverse between
the cooking and the sleeping apartments.
Therefore when 1 heard Mary fill the
kettle and stir the fire and the next in
slant saw her beside my bed, 1 took her
sudden advent as a matter of course.
But it is confessed that her opening
salutation came weighted with an atom
of surprise.
"You know that vacant bedroom,
dear2 Well, we can furnish it now"
"Can we?" 1 asked meekly. "Have you
been taking a risk in stOcks?"
Here it is" she said, with a sudden
tremor in her voice and futter in her
hands. "a thousand dollars for forty
three stories. A hundred dollars for one,
fifty for another, and so on down. And
newspaper men are especially invited to
try. You must take day off, and when
you get the 800 we can fit up the spare
room. Let me see-$4O for a chamber
set, $50 for a carpet, SO for pictures
and then we will send $40 more to
father and mother to pay their fare here
and make us that Compromised visit
Only 500, Jack, and see what happiness
it brings!" And the dear girl threw her
arms about my neck and gave me a rous-
ing kiss,
Well, when she settled down to cold
facts, produced a copy of the paper, and
showed me the tempting offer in plain
black and white, 1 grew interested. 1
knew that newspaper men, and espec-
tally young reporters, had little time for
true literary work, but imagined that
with an incentive to spur me on, could
! hoIF y IN
two weeks, and write out some of the
fragmentary ideas which had hoated
through my mind for several years, in
patient waiting for clothing and hab-
itation. We had no difficulty in agree
ing that the attempt should be made,
and none whatever as to the use to
which the prize money should be put.
Mary had disposed of that without aid
from me. The only question that con-
fronted us was the character of the story,
its location, tone and treatment. We
gave the whole hour to its discus
sion.
"You must be careful" said Mary
with the air OF one who for years had
filled a professorship. in College for the
Education of Fiction Writers, ito give Il
a CONVERSATIONAL form. Long paragraphs
don't look we'll, and readers are tempted
to skip. Put in a little ove-making-'
"Thatsa trite," I said.
els it? Well people never grow tired
of it. Make it end happily, whatevel
you do. Bret Harte's school may sui
the Bret Hartes, but one doesn't like tt
be sent away from a story with a suicide
or hanging as the finale; and above al
things, Jack, choose a subject abou
which you know something. Dom
founder around in a mystic or far-away
region on which you may never set eyes.
allow would Alaska do ?'' asked sol
EMMY.
nWhat do. you know about Alaska
Or the district of SaharaP Or Patago
mia2 Keep inside of Ohio. Make
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-29
war Stories and sketches.
THEIR LAsT TNTERYIEW.

In Anecdotes of the Civil War IN the
United States" by ex-Adjutant General
E. D. Townsend, many interesting things
are said of Lincoln, Scott, Buchanan, Nc
Clellan Halleck, Stanton, and scores of
others all of which have not been as well
said before:
In the fall of 1860 Townsend was one
of party of twelve or fourteen who din
ed with President Buchanan at the Sol
diers' Home. Conversation turned on the
probable secession of the Southern States
Mr.. Buchanan said little until Massachu-
sets was mentioned, when he remarked,
with considerable warmth: 81 wish
Massachusetts, would secede; she is prac-
ticallv already out of the Union by her
action in the fugitive slave matter" Gen
eral Townsend does not give much space
to Buchanan, though acknowledging his
kindly social impulses. The unfiinching
Iayalty and high-minded patriotism OF
General Winfield Scott were perfectly
well known to General Townsend, who
was on SCOTS staff until the venerable
soldier was succeeded by Mcclellan. Gen
eneral Townsend was present when Col
onel Robert E. Lee had his final inter
view with Scott, April 49, 1861. Scott had
written to Lee that he wished to see him.
When Lee came in writes Townsend),
and the door to the aides room was
closed. I quietly arose, keeping my eye
on the General, for it seemed probable
he might wish to be alone with Lee. He,
however, secretly motioned me to keep
my seat, aRd sat down without Lee hav-
ing a chance to notice that I had risen
The General having invited Lee to be
seated, the following conversation, as
nearly as I can remember, took place:
General Scott-You are at present on
! leave of absence, Colonel Lee?
! Colonel Lee-Yes, General; am stay
ing with my family at Arlington.
/ General Scott-These are times wheT
I every officer in the United States should
+ fully determine what course he will pur
sue, and frankly declare it. Noone should
| continue In Government employ with
out being actively engaged. No respOnsc
from Lee.
General Scott Seeing evidently tina
Lee showed no disposition to declare
himself loyal ON even In dOubt)-I sup
pose you viii go with the rest. If you
PURPOSE TO RESIGN. -
it is proper you should do so at once
1 your present attitude is an equivocal one
Colonel Lee-General, the property
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PLUCK AND PRAYER.
BY JOSEPHINE POLLARD.

BY JOSEPHINE POLLARD.
There want any use O. fretting,
An told Obadiah SO,
For eff we couldn't hold on to things,
We'd Jest got to let 'em go.
There were lots of folks thatd suffer
Along with the rest OF us,
An it DIDN'T seem to be worth our while
To make such drethe fuss.
To be sure, the barn was most empty,
An corn an pertaters scace,
An not much of anything plenty an cheap
But waterman apple-sass
But then-as told Obadiah
1t want any use to grOan,
For flesh an blood couldn't stan it, an he
Was nothing but skin an bone.
But, laws eff you'd only heerd him,
At any hour of the night,
A-prayin' out in that closet there,
'TWould have set you crazy quite.
I patched the knees of those trousers
With cloth that was noWays thin,
But it seemed as eff the piece wore out
AS fast as set EN- in.
To me he said mighty little
Of the thorny way we trod,
But at least a dozen times a day
He talked it over with God.
Down on his knees in that closet
The most of his time was passed.
For Obadiah knew how to pray
e Much better than how to fast.
But I am that way contrary
That eff things don't go jest right,
/ feel like rOlin' my sleeves up high
An gittin' ready to fight.
An the giants L slew that Winter
L amt gOin TO talk about
An didn't even complain to God,
Though 1 think that He found it out.
With point of cambria needle
druv the wolf from the door,
For knew that we needn't starVe to death
Or be lazy because we are poor.
An Obadiah he wondered,
An kept me patchfn' his knees
An thought it strange how the meal held out,
An stranger we didn't freeze,
But 1 said to myself in whispers:
GOD knows where His gift descends:
An tisnt always that faith gifts down
AS far as the tinger-ends."
An wouldn't have no one reckon
My Obadiah a shirk,
For some, you know, have the gift to pray,
And others the gift to work.
-Hdrpe'S Weekly
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WHEN TIE SUN Is SHINING.

Pouting my darling, because it rains,
And the flowers droOp and the rain is tallng,
And drops are blurring the window-panes, ,
And the moaning wind through the lanels call
ing.
CRYING, and wishing the sky was clear:
And the roses again on the lattice twlnlng!
All well remember, my foolish dear,
"iTis easy to laugh when the sun Is shining
When the world is bright and fair and gay,
And glad birds sing In the fair June weather,
And Summers gathering, night and day,
Her golden chalice of sweets together,
When blue seas answer the sky above,
And bright stars follow the days declining
Why then, tits no merit to smile, my love; 80
'HIis easy to laugh when the sun Is Shlnlng!
But this is the time the heart to test,
When Winter is here and storms are hoW1ng,
And the earth from under her frozen vest
- Looks up at the sad sky, mute ana Sowing
The brave little spirit should rise 70 meet
The seasons gloom and the days rep1n1ng
And this Is the time to be glad; for sweet, -,
otis easy to laugh when the sun Is SHINING
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WAITING.

IT'S midnight and weary vigils hold,
Half hopeful waiting news the dawn may bring
The night has, like some pleasure-loving King
Frightened his brow with gems while, gently
The moon. his Queen, makes round his breast &
ring
Ofshining arms; and unseen hours hold
About them silver draperies fold on fold.
So from q Voman's presence minist ring
Brightness joys my solitude, till feel
There is destiny, and she to me
Will not be oVerhard-and love Will heal
Long as there's silver light on land or sea
o Fate! They call thee woman. Here kneel
Bring me thy blessing, and day OF veal.
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Cora Fodder as GOOD a. Hav..

A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
is reminded of the practice of Hon.
George F. Lord, of Elgin, ILL.,, as related
by President w. D. Hoard, Of the North
western Dairymens' Association "Mr.
Lord keeps one hundred COWS on three
hundred acres of land, and has not raised
a pound of hay for years. The corn is
sowed in drills three and a half feet
apart, and about the time it blossoms, it is
cut with a self-raking reaper, cutting one
row at at time, the machine throwing it
off in gravels. When sufficiently wilted,
it is bound and set in large stacks and al
lowed to cure, standing on the ground
until Winter sets in, when it is hauled to
the barn. He secures a yield of about
seven tons of cured fodder per acre,
worth as much as the best hay, and is
thus enabled to devote a large amount
of his land to pasture. Heis one of the
successful dairymen of Illinois"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-29

McLouth has had another elopement.
The parties were young and single this
time, however.
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Something About the Present and Former
Outbreaks in the Island-Talk of AnnexR-
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20

The Dismal Swamp IS not a vast bog
sunk low in the ground, into which the
drainage of the surrounding country
flows. On the contrary, it is above the
level ground some fifteen or twenty
feet, as was demonstrated by actual sur
veys. Instead of being a receptacle
into which rivers and streams enter and
flow, it is, in reality, an immense reser-
voir that, in its sponge-like bulk, gath
ers the water that falls from the heav-
ems and pours them into five different
rivers which flow onward to the sea.
Any one would imagine that the Dis
mall was a veritable charnel house that
spread it's miasma throughout the coun-
try, On the contrary it is the healthl-
est place upon the American continent
The swamp is formed entirely of green
timber. There is actually no decom-
posed wood n sees large trees lying
around IN the forests and swamps. The
two principal woods that grow in the
place are juniper and cypress, which
never rot. They fall prone to the
ground like other trees, but instead of
the wood decomposing it turns into
peat, and lies indissoluble by air and
water for ages-perfectly sound. There
Is nothing in the swamp to create MAS
ma {; no rising of the tides and decom-
position of rank vegetables no marshes
exposed to the burning rays of the sun.
All is fresh and sweet, and the air is
laden with as sweet Odors as the fra
grant woods in May, when the sweet
odors of the flowers mingle with the
pungent scent Of the pine and dogwood.
In the aate-bellHHl days all the planters
were anxious to hire their slaves to
shingle-makers in the swamps on ac-
count of its health. Mr.. ReIddick, a
well-knUwn contractor, says he worked
a gang of fifty hands fifteen years in
the Dismal getting shingles, and in all
that time there was not a single case Of
fever and ague. l have seen numerous
affadavits of oyerseers and contractors
who have lived in the swamp their life
| time, and they have never known of q
death caused by miasma, or a solitary
instance of ague and fever. The air is
pure and sweet, and the water, tinged
to a faint hue by the juniper, is as po-
tent a medical drink as are the famous
watering places Of the Virginia "moun-
tain passes" 1t is often used By naval
vessels going on long foreign cruise. on
account Of the healtbful properties, and
also because it keeps fresh and clear for
years. 1t is a strong and inyigoratiuE
! tonic, with a very pleasant taste.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20

Most people know the benefit of le-
monade before breakfast, but few know
how it is more than doubled by taking
it at night also. The way to get the
better of a bilious system without the
use Of pills or quinine is to take the
juice of one, two or three lemons, as the
appetite Graves, in as much ice-water
as makes it pleasant to drink, without
sugar, before going to bed. In the
morning on rising, or half an hour be-
fore breakfast, take the juice of one
lemon in a goblet of water. This will
clear the system of humors and bile
with mild efficacy, without any weak
ening effects of calomel and Congress
water. People should not irritate the
tomach by eating lemons clear. The
powerful acid Of the juice, which is
almost corrosive, infallibly produces in.
fammatlon after a while, but diluted
so that it does not burn the throat, it
does its full medicinal work without
harm, and when the stomach is clear Of
food has abundant opportunity to work
on the system thoroughly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20

The revival of brigandage in the
Roman province is beginning to excite
some concern in the capital. Another
daring robbery has been p~erpstrated
The victim is the steward of Prince
Torlonia's farm, near eri, the ancient
Care. He and a coachman on the es-
tate We're carried off by three ~brigands,
who compelled the former to write a
letter to his brother asking fora ransom
of 5000 fr., and the latter to be the
bearer of it. Recently, in the neigbor-
hood of Nepi. three b~rigands, in an en-
counter with as many carbineers, shot
one, seriously wounded another, and
then escaped into the woods. At Ac-
quapendente a landed proprietor, Count
Cozzi, was carried off the other day,
and only released on the payment If
2000 II.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20
Bothsrsome diamonds.

In the bond vault of the Treasury is
a quantity Of diamonds and other pre-
cious stones which have a queer history.
Indeed, the facts relating to some OF
them are scarcely known, and their his
tory is largely a matter of tradition.
Their value is variously estimated at
from $50, 900 to $100, coo. There is a
bottle four or five inches long filled
with glistenlng diamonds, and besides
these a large number of separate stones
of various kinds. Some of them are
set in beautiful gold ornaments intended
for personal wear. Most Of them have
been in the custody of the Treasury
officials for forty-five years. These
were sent to President Van Buren, in
1889 by the Imam of Muscat, acountry
of Asia, as a testimonial in recognition
of some service to that country by his
administration. Just what it was no
body appears to know. Van Buren,
could not accept them for himself, al
though it was the desire of the donor
that he should do so, by reason OF the
clause in the Constitution which forbids
any person connected with the Govern
ment accepting any present or decora-
ton from any foreign power or poten-
tate. To have returned them would
have been an insult to the royal giver,
and what to do with them was a ques-
ton that puzzled the Presidential mind
They were finally turned over to the
Treasury, and there they remain unto
this day. The entire collection has ac-
cumulated IN a similar way. tOther
presents were sent TO Government OIL
GERS by kings and princes, who had not
read the Constitution of the United
States, and nothing could be done with
them except to stow them away in the
vault. They do not have any definite
owners, and they bear about the same
relation to the Government that I'M
claimed packages do to an express com
pany. The Treasury people have long
been in a quandaTy as to what dlsE28''
to make Of them. Two or three times
in years past the matter has been
brought to the attention of Congress,
but no action was ever taken. 1t would
be rather shabby to sell them and appro
pirate the proceeds, and it is likely that
/ these ''gems of purest ray serene" vii
/ continue to lie in the dark vault. The
man in charge of the bond room told
me a day or two ago that he was going
to make another effort to have Congress
do something with them, though he
has little hope that lie Will succeed. He
says they are ''sort of lying arounl
loose" aud are a nuisance.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-09-20
NUMBER Z
Tie B0a Dimes.

A large boa in the Brooklyn Museum
was recently fed. Ordinary boa eOn-
st]rictors get along comfortably and live
a century or more by eating a good
sized animal three or four times a year
and lying listless the rest Of the time.
Mr.. Holmes has been making this boa
A high liver, but he had eaten nothing
FOR about two weeks. Shortly after
eating his last meal he had an alterca-
lion with a South American anaconda,
ywelve feet long, who was kept in the
same case with him, and the anaconda,
after a dangerous struggle by Holmes,
was taken out dead and without an UNI
broken bone in his body. The anaconda
mad also been one of Reilly's snakes,
and was worth about $500
The boa lay coiled IN in M corner
Of his case yesterday when q fine 10
cent white rabbit was showed in. The
rabbit sat down quietly in n corner,
and the boa's tongue began to play in
and out with lightning rapidity. Then
she muscles of the looped body began
% move throughout It's entire length,
and the head was pushed slowly toward
the prey. The rabbit put its nose out
inquisitively toward the boa's head but
as the forked tongue glittered it drew
back and jumped to the other end of
the cage. The snake moved slowly
along as before, its eyes fixed upon the
rabbit.
He's looking to get a good hold"
said the proprietor.
The rabbit, after its m%omentary
fright, seemed unconscious of its dan
ger. 1t again put out its nose and
again jumped over the big coil to the
other side of the cage. The serpent
moved It's head about for a quarter of
an hour, its eyes always fixed on the
rabbit, its red tongue darting constantly
in and out. AT last the rabbit sat mo-
~tlonless in one corner, and the boa lay
still for a moment cycling it.
''He isn't very hungry, I guess. He
acts lazy" said the animal man.
Suddenly the b0a's head daIted for
ward. There was a slight squeal from
: he rabbit. The boa had both the white
feet IL its mouth, and a coil about the
body squeezing tignS-aadtighter. The
rabbit did not squeal. again. lte0uhfHG
1t kicked a few times, but the reptile
held it firmly, and in a minutes time
it uncoiled, and the beautiful rabbit
lay deformed and dead. The boa took
the head in its mouth, and, holding the
body in its coils, stretched it out. and
then very slowly swallowed it. After
ward it darted its tongue in and out,
and moved its head toward the outside
of the cage.
"He wants more said the keeper.
wen give him one more in an hour.
That will last him two weeks.