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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Cookery n eglected In the south.

ATLANTA Cor Chicago Inter Ocean
A lady told me that she advertised for a
good cook, and it took her months to find
one. Think of that, in Atlanta,
The truth is that the art of cookery is a
eolored girls who seek service as housemaids
have only the crudest methods of perform
ing housework. The cottage system for
girls in large school Is a most important
sduca tional discovery and must come into
prominence in the future.
l have had a chance to verify in nv
own experience the greatest need of good
cooks in the south. Even where the hotels
attempt to provide an elaborate bill of far O.,
she dishes are ill-cooked, and not appetiz
tngly served; especially in the small towns
hot" biscuits are furnished at all meals;
but often they are raw at the bottom, and
sither as yellow as a sunfower with soda, or
as heavy as the Egyptian pyramids. As all
through the Orient, meats are served SWIM
ming in grease, usually favored with onion,
or perhaps it would be more accurate to say
that sort of onion soup is served which
contains accidental islands of fried SOLE
leather. Irish potatoes are most often con-
spicuous by their absence, and rice or hom-
my as impertinently ubiquitous
Good cooks are so scarce in Atlanta that
heard one man suggest to another that the
latter be good enough to loan him bis for a
certain and important occasion. VIII some
moneyed philanthropist devote himself to
the task Of developing this embryo cottage
system!
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
The Telephone in Business.

Said prominent business man who
is resident of Staten Island: ''The tel
ephone is used in the metropolis almost
exclusively for business purposes; but
it is amazing as well as amusing to OBJ
serve how it enters into the social and do
mestic life of suburban residents. Al
most every house is connected by the
wires, and conversation is carried on
among families, and particularly the
younger members of them, with great
freedom and convenience. In the SUBJ
urbs the housekeeper not only dickers
with the butcher and baker and candle
stick maker, but the bellies and beaux
make engagements; the girls talk to
each other of past and anticipated pleas
ures; friends invite each other to hast
lily improvised parties; they call each
other to the fires which happen in their
neighborhoods, and l have known the
whole immediate neighborhood to be
summoned by telephone to the house
before which stro. ing band of musi-
clans had stopped to play. The use is
almost universal in the villages which
cluster about the north shore of Staten
Island"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Round and Square Mallets.
New York Sun.1

The reason why carpenters use
square wooden mallets and stone
masons round wooden mallets is not
generally known, even by the workmen
themselves, said a mechanical engin-
eer. The handles of carpenters chisels
are made Of wood, and II they should
strike them with . metal hammer the
handles would crack. This necessitates
the use Of wooden mallets, and they
must be large in order to have the
proper weight. They are made square,
so that they may be used in corners
where round mallet would not 20.
'Stone-masons use wooden mallets
because they are less likely than iron
hammers to injure hands by missing the
chisel. Their chisels are of iron
throughout, and the mallet is made
round SO that q different part may
strike on the chisel at each blow. The
mason turns his hammer as he works,
otherwise the iron tool would soon bore
q hole in it.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
THY TRUE MONUMENT.


lwalt Whitman in Philadelphia Press.l
Ah, not this granite, dead and cold,
Far rom its base and shaft expanding the
round Zones circling comprehen ling;
Thou, Washington art all the worlds, the
continents entire-not yours alone
America;
Europe's as well, in every part, castle Of
lord or lsbDrers cot
Or frozen North, or suitry South-the Arabs
in his tent-the Africans;
Old Asia's there with venerable smile, seated
amid her ruins;
Greets the antique the hero nowl It's but
the same-the heir legitimate, contin-
ued ever
The indomitable heart and arm-proofs of
the never broken line.
Courage. alertness. patience. faith, the same
-e'en in defeat defeated not. the
samel:
Wherever sails a ship. or house is built on
land. or day or night.
Through teeming cities streets, indoors or
out, factories or farms,
Now. or to come. or past where patriot
wills evi,ted or exist.
Wherever Freedom poised by liberation,
swaye1 by Law.
Stanis or is rising Thy true monument
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
INro SPACE.

iElla Wheeler wilcox1
II the sal old world should jump cog
Some time in its dizzy spinning,
And go oil the track with utien jog,
What an end would come to the sinningl
What a rest from strife and the burdens OF
life
For the millions of people in it;
What way out Of care and worry anG
wear,
Ali in beautiful minute.
As round the sun with curvins sweep
1t hurrie,, and runs. and races.
should IT iose ns balance. and go with n Leaf
Into the vast sea spaces;
What hlest relief 1t would bring to ID,
grief,
AMI the trouble and toll about Us,
To be So idenly hurled from the solar world
And let it go on without Us.
With never a sigh or a sad goodbye
To loved o,.,'s left behind US,
We would 80 with a lunge and mighty
plunge
Where WORMS nor graves could find us.
What wild, mad thrill our veins would FILL
AS the great Earth. like feather
Should float thro' the air TO God knows
whore
And carry US all together.
No dark, damp tomb and no mourner',
No tolling bell in the steeple.
But in one swift breath a painless death
For a million billion people
What greater bliss could we ask than this
To sweep with birds free motion
1hro' leagues of space to a resting place
In a vast ami vapory ocean
10 pas away from this life for aye,
W nth never a dear tie sundared
And world on fire for our funeral pyre,
While the stars looked on AMI wondered!
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
The Ari.ens Road-Runnsr.


The bird in which I was most inter-
ested in is known as the Arizona road
runner. It has q body perhaps twelve
inches long and tail about the same
length, and runs like q race-horse. Be-
fore knowing its habits, tried to shoot
one, but q knowledge Of its usefulness,
gives me profound admiration for the
road-runner. It is tho determined en-
smy of the rattlesnake Upon finding
his snakeship it gathers in its beak a
cactus leaf loaded with thorn. which
weighs about pound, and lowering
over the reptile drops it upon him. This
makes the snake coil for fight, when the
bird returns with another and another,
until the mad serpent either is killed by
his bed of thorns or dies by his own poi
son. The bird then proceeds to make
Q square mesl.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Chronic Ulcers and CaIarTn.

Mrs. Christian Z, le, aged sixty-tkree
years, of Carondclci, 81. Louis, Missouri,
had chronic ulcei n .:cf leg which had
been running for f-fs, ii,rre years. To
use her own la .,'i.,-.. ~ had tried all
the doctors" bu' ". ii.f.s. perceptible ben
cnt. Two o: tlf. r7ic-i acted OF this city
advised her, as 1 =. Only alternative from
death, to have the leg amputated below
I the knee. Sic was troubled with an
intolerable itching, sensation, which only
gave way 10 distracting pain, which
made death her daily wish. She could
not sleep or rest. On March II, this
year, she commenced using DR.. Hart
mans PERUNA, and to day the leg is
entirely healed, and the thankful old lady
saws she has slept more during the last
three months than she did in the previous
forty three years.
Miss Alice Brady, of East St. Louis,
Illinois, suffered from catarrh ophthalmia
for five years. On April 27 she began
treatment under DR.. Hartman. For a
year before she was patient OF two Of
the best known oculists of this city, but
they signally failed to help her. After
one month under Dr.. Hartman and his
PERUNA, her eyes have almost entirely
healed, and, according TO her own state
ment, he has done more for her in this
short space of time than the oculists did
in the previous whole year. PERUNA,
of course, did it.
Miss Annie Baker, First Avenue, Mil
waukee, writes =" / take great pleasure
in recommending PERUNA. For years
have suffered from Asthma. I was in
duced to try PERUNA. It promptly
relieved the paroxysms, and its continued
use renders thGr recurrence less and less
frequent. / am confident it will cure me
completely"
Walker Brothers, druggists, Batavia, O.,
write: "DR. S. B. HARTMAN. Columbus,
O., Dear Sir: Some two weeks ago hId
very peculiar case, and after few ques-
tions were answered, came to the con-
ciusion it was catarrh of the stomach Of
the worst kind, of ten years. standing.
The patient had consulted every ply
sician far and near. persuaded her to
try your PERUNA and MANALIN. She
had been having spasms every three or
four days, and the fifth dose kept them
off, and they have not returned since"
w. NJ. Griffith, Ashland, KY, writes:
"The large chronic ulcers of fifteen
months standing, are entirely healed.
The swelling, pain and itching have all
subsidized, the leg is healed, and am per-
fectly well. PERUNA is a wonderful rem
edy."
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

Probably no American city of its
number of inhabitants has so many of
its own citi ems with titles as San Fran
cisco. There is the Marquis Oliver, a
member Of an old Galway family, who
received his title from the pope; the
Baron Murphy, who received his title
from the same source; and Sir Claus
Spreckles, who was knighted by King
Kalakaua, whom he furnishes with
pocket money, and whose kingdom he
virtually owns A weakness with this
monarch is the receiving and distribut-
ing of decorations, and it is quite the
thing at reception in San Francisco to
see q dozen or more blue and white or
red and white buttons Of the order of
Kamehameha in the lapels of mild, in
offensive citizens who have at some
time or other done Kalakaua q favor.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

lChicago Herald 'Meddler.
@Times must be getting pretty hard with
the lawyers" remarked a travelling man.
"At least that's what it looks like. My wife
and live in a fat in town. You know in
these flats every body knows everybody else's
business. NV wife and have our little spats.
as spose all married folks do About three
months ago we had quite a little quarrel
and talked pretty loud at each other,
both bein' excited. While We We're at it
heard a slight noise at our door, turriei and
looked, and there came card sliding in
under the door, and on it was printed the
name and address of lawyer who lives in
the building, and on it he had penciled:
divorces promptly attended to- He was
soliciting our trade, you see, but he'll never
get it. When We saw that my wife and
made up and swore we would never quarrel
again. So even sneaking little lawyer is
tapable of doing some good in this world,
Won y
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

'-as cries both sides of her iacs now,
said the doctor "But she will laugh on
both sides of her face afterwards"
Il cut my ankle with an AZ eight years
| ago." said the next, as be laid down his
| crutches, "and there she is. With that he
stuck out his bare foot and leg. pallid,
wthered and apparently useless. When the
man lmped back to the room from which
he came. Dr. Maclean announced that he
was going to treat the ankle with the cauter.
This instrument is the white-hot iron that
became somewhat celebrated from the fact
that Clara Morris, the actress, was benefited
by its use in Paris some years ago. The
item went the rounds under the heading.
The Terrible Moxa,' and benefited Clara
also as a firstrate free advertisements
When the man next came in he lay un-
conscious on the table. The cauter Is a
strange instrument, whose working l must
admit do not understand. One man held a
bottle, another a seemingly compressable
green bulb. These, and the cauter which
the doctor held in his hand, were connected
by rubber tubes. The bottle contained naph-
tina, and by some means an intense flame
seemed to be directed along the pencil like
cauter, that speedily produced a white heat
at the point of the instrument As the doc
tor held it there was Kissing sound, and
then with z-z-z-z-z-z the point became dull
-ed, next bright red. and finally glowing
white. With this as with pen Of fire, the
ioctor wrote on the white ankle Of the un
conscious man. Doubtless he wrote "heal-
ing" Every touch Of the moxa was fol-
lowed by a black mark and . smell Of burn
ing flesh. Now and then the surgeon would
hold the dulling iron in the air for a moment
till the fame lashed it into Q white heat
again.
Although the students applauded the
pluck of those who stood the operations with
out the aid Of the anHsthetic, yet on all
otber occasions the utmost silence was main
tanned. There was nothing theatrical about
the clinic, yet some Of the situations were
certainly as dramatic as could be imagined.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Ancient sp nnins and Weaving.

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SPINNING anu weaving ls anJlen. h1
tMes Wele Priuolpaly perio,eu p ~
women; lnueeu, tne woros wool, weas s
iIs NY anu "eo are aiiieI W .ho molu WIZ. VIZ
nov however @' ~ aneient Egypt auu Ill pluh nnut"
men men aiso Mrougns az tne loom. % rr9o-
ANY nothing eould pe simpler OF ruuer
Inan 'ne iooilis useu oy ancient Nea'els.
"ere We W compare THESE VIII 'ne
100 ,1oils . anu o,ner % weaving apparatus VI
.ne present 9ay, anu reason tIerelroln
.iH.r .haiI s as 'le loo,I 80 must nase 9sel 'he
oio.n piouueeu piu. ' snereoh' VIZ "ou'o lnaAe
1Sry Th siea' f mistake. .n,
Ill ne,o ne, aie d iew .hlugs we can 10 ,l Wnien
@ Mele n1. oope oy tne anclen1S equally
mi;eoIE pua;eU. nuue las as "ere tnels iCons III
suuaeat san,ed sss sssip,, 'ney Ploouceo 'ne iar. :
sar;ntrnn Inc ona mn.h .ho ~ ,;.;a @ e',1neu ~
sIp'u'9 anu ,ue mri.inss vi other ha-
n"t ot % 10 - ,ouordad o.uSt ~ snom .Ia' .lls
, ot;ro ~ ta" Uu ,e s.,;e.h,a aS a erely coiaPar
a.tu M ,s.;i IT'LL ma appncaoie " ioanet age,
rssnsot;nn rs m ee qu''u rrUm VI ;othn hinson
inef 's hu ,ba no Iota NJ Thaunson .,U.ns lam "
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
SLEEP, BABv, SlEEPl

iChicago Herald ''Meidler"l
Lay You down an shut you eyelids-
Oars Bad Man in de meider-
Brack birds noddin' in de crows nest,
Dey is gone to sleep togedder.
Doan You wunk you eye at me, sab,
Look out dar. you is a-psepin'I
Better lull yoursef. my honey,
Better dat you go to seepin'.
Now you lay You down-jes' dat way
Ak de Good Man fob to watch
Oar you Is again, a-peekin';
Now you's sho' fob to be cotch.
Now YOU lay you -heah me say it
NV doan you wunk dat eve no NOAH
AK 2 Lem to come an meet you
spec, he's waitin' at de do.
Sleep, my little picaninny.
Mudder's singiu' by you side;
Doan' he skeerd hekase de wind blows,
Doan' You mind dat roar'n' tide
Rock-a-by. de tree tops swingin'.
Doan You stir until de dawnin',
Daddy gone out wii de coon dog.
Comm back tom 1rrer mlwnin'.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
A BOND OF SYMPATHY.
ne Trouble Which Arose on Account Of
an Over-Obtrusive Poodle.

ne Trouble Which Arose on Account Of
an Over-Obtrusive Poodle.
ISt. Louis Lantern.l
When the celebrated French poet,
Alfred De Musset, became an applicant
for seat in the academy, he had to
conform to the ancient custom of call
ing on each of the immortals in person
and asking for his vote.
1t was during the summer, and many
Of the members had left Paris for their
country seats. The poet was obliged to
travel all over the country and hunt
them up in their sylvan retreats.
One day he arrived at the country
house of one of the most influential of
the forty members. As he opened the
gate poodle dog of very unprepossess-
ing appearance rushed between his legs,
jumped up on him, and gave other in
ton. De Musset felt very much in
clined to elevate the ugly brute into the
blue vault above on the toe of his boot,
but he was restrained by the thought that
if he did so, he would everlastingly ruin
his prospects with the owner Instead
of repressing the zeal of the affection
ate animal by harsh measures, the poet
advanced into the house patting the
animal on the head, and otherwise ex-
pressing his satisfaction at having male
such an agreeable acquaintance
The member of the academy greeted
De Musset in friendly manner, but
there was a restraint in his manner
that the poet could not explain. He
ole ,r-avIara1 that hi. host cnaxrla6 ca
furiously at the demonstrative canine.
After passing the compliments of the
season, the host and the guest adjourned
to the dining where a COLLATION.
was set out. The dog considered him
self especially invited. He enlivened
the meal by vociferous barking, so as
to render conversation extremely disa-
greeable Just as the poet was lifting
the wing of a chicken to his mouth, the
dog snatched it away and proceeded to
deyour it with great satisfaction.
81 can't stand this sort of thing much
longer" murmured De Musset to him
self.
Having disposed of the chicken-bone,
the cheerful dog suddenly placed his
paws on the arm of the academician,
thereby causing him to spill a cup of
coffee on his pants.
'You love dogs very much, " remarked
De Musset
'Iove 'eml l love to see them run
through saw-mill. If there is one an
imal in the world detest, that animal
is dog"
"Then you made your poodle here an
exception
my poodle? That beast doesn't be-
long to me. The only reason allowed
the animal to be in the room was be-
cause l supposed it was your pet dog"
Il never saw the animal before. l
would have fractured his spine with
chair long ago if hadn't supposed that
you would have felt badly if the brute
had come to sudden end"
Both men burst out laughing and then,
much to the surprise of the dog, they
made frenzied efforts to see which of
them could kick the dog most fire.
quently before he could escape from the
room.
1t is unnecessary to add that the poet
got the vote of the academician. There
was bond of sympathy between them.
They both hated that dog.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

wingsi Wen. 1T does; it goes LII the twink
ling Of an eye sometimes and then your
father has to work, and you, if you have
anything in your composition and make
up which has the appearance Of a
man, will go to work to help out your
father. Now, if you had learned trade
you would not be obliged to search for 81
positions as clerk, but could step into places
that are waiting for just such men as you
might be, at fair salary.
Suppose you put on an old suit of clothes
and go down to the machine shop or the
factory or the printing office and commence
OF the bottom round and work up. There
will be boys there that will laugh at your
white skin and delicate looks and yet secretly
they will admire you for having the good
sense to do what you ought TO do.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Garmoyle and the Cobra

Lord Ga:moyle can appreciate a good
story-when he tells it him elf. His ad-
venture with cobra when in India shows
him to be man of nerve. a was awak-
,ned one night by severe pain in one Of
my toes Looking down in the dim light
cast by the moon was Mortified to discover
that was being bitten by cobra, the most
poisonous Of reptiles. To stop to kill the
snake would be to let the insidious poison do
its deadly work. l did not hesitate, how
ever, but, swiftly snatching my revolver
from beneath my pillow, with hasty aim
shot off the wounded toe, while another
empty chamber instantly told of dead
robra- have only four toes on my left foot
now, you know"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
GordOn's Fatal Halfpenny.

How did Gordon happen to go to Khar-
touma The first proposal to that effect ap-
peared in the Pail Mall Gazette, and it has
been supposed that the idea originated with
that paper; but the New York Evening Post
says it has good grounds for believing that
it originated in an entirely different manner
that Gordon telegraphed the editor Of the
Gazette suggesting himself as the man to
solve the Egyptian problem and asking
whether the editor would support him. An
affirmative answer was sent, the editor rep
resented" the paper in an interview at South
ampton, and the two or three articles which
were supposed to be expressing the demand
Of the people were written by Mr.. Stead in
Gordon's own study, and sub mitted to him
In manuscript before being seot to London.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
The Famous Storm-Bsan.

"This," remarked the collector, taking up
big pod at least foot and half long aud
An inch or two wide, lis the famous storm
bean of the East Indies. sent half way
around the world to get this specimen.
These pods, which contain a number Of
beans, when dry hang in great numbers
from the trees on which they grow. Tho
least breeze passing through the branches
sets the beans a-rattling in the pods. When
q tornado, such as frequently visits the
tropics, comes tearing through the forest
the noise of the rattling storm beans becomes
terrific. The natives are often frightened at
the unearthly sound, and believe themselves
in great danger from the spirits who are
said TO inhabit the jungles."
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Enbert's Palace.
Inter OceAp.1

Mr.. ". S Gilbert, the author of un-
perishing ''Pinafore," personally pre-
pared the plans and superintended the
construction of his fine new house in
Harrington gardens, and he is exceed
ingly well satisfied with it. Its interior
walls are faced with white glazed bricks,
and throughout the house is lighted by
electricity supplied by q dynamo and
steam engine in the cellar. In the din
ing-room the electric lamps are of cut
glass made in exact imitation of pine
apples. The drawing-room fireplace is
Of carved alabastor,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
A Strike In Russia,
Chicago Tribune.1

The Russian authorities have Q move. way
Of suppressing strikes. Recently 1900 work.
men employed in a large cloth mill near Mos
cow struck because the proprietors reduced
the six working days to four. They claimed
that they hal been engaged until Easter for
TX days work per week. Several quarrels
took place, and at last violence was threat
-ned to an Englishman, one Of the managers
The governor of Moscow sent strongly
armed force to the spot and arrested all the
ring-leaders and agitators nearly 200 in
number, and lodged them in prison. Then
ie notified the owners Of the mill that they
could only recommence work on fully
satisfying tn, legal demands Of the work
men This was eventually done All the
men returned and the mill started up afresh.
While on the strike the men received
,oidiers' rations and the women white bread
BY this policy the governor kept the ring
eaders away from the workmen, took care
If the strikers, and brought the owners to
erms
TIE ~, Norn e>, We, nass
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Didn't Know Which Was Which.
Burlington Free Press.l

A Now Hampshire editor was attacked
by tramp the other day, and in crying
out for help was delighted to see a man
running to the spot. The tramp, how
ever, continued to maltreat the editor,
while the stranger hovered near, but
failed to close in. "Why don't you help
me9" exclaimed the discounted editor.
Because l can't tell which of you is the
tramp and which ain't," was the candid
reply.