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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13

That sunless day no living shadow swept

That sunless day no living shadow swept
Across the hills feet shadow chasing light
Twin of the sailing cloud; but mists, wool
white,
Slow stealing mists, on those heaved shout
ders cTept,
And wrought about the strong hills while they
slept
In witches wise. and rapt their forms from
sight.
Dreams were they-less than dream the no
blest height
And farthest; and the chilly woodland wept
sunless day and sad; yet all the while
Within the grave green twilight of the wood.
Inscrutable, immutable, apart
Hearkening the brook. whose song she under
stood,
The secret birch tree kept her silver SMILE
Strange as the peace that CLEANS at sorrow =
heart
Helen Gray Cone in Century
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13
HOW TO LIVE LONG,
Oliver Wendell Holmes Unique Prescrip-
tion for Longevity.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Unique Prescrip-
tion for Longevity.
One of my prescriptions for longevity
may startle you somewhat. 1t is this:
Become the subject of mortal disease.
Let half a dozen doctors thump you, and
knead you, and test you in every posi-
BILE way, and render their verdict that
you have an internal complaint; they
don't know exactly what it is, BUTT will
certainly kill you by and by. Then bid
farewell to the world and shut Yourself
up for an invalid. If you are three-score
years old when you begin this mode of
life, you may very probably last twenty
years, and there you are-an octoge-
marian. In the mean time, your friends
outside have been dropping off, one
after another, until you find yourself
almost alone, nursing your mortal
complaint as if it were your baby, hug
ging it and kept alive by tiff to exist
is to live. Who has not seen cases like
this-a man or woman shutting him
self or herself up, visited by doctor or
a succession of doctors Il remember
that once, in my earlier experience, 1
was the twenty-seventh physician who
had been consulted), always taking
medicine, until every body was
reminded of that impatient speech
of relative of one of those
invalid vampires who live on the
blood of tired-out attendants: II do
wish she would get well--Or someth5ngF"
Persons who are shut up in that way,
confined to their chambers, sometimes
to their beds, have very small amount
OF vital expenditure, and wear out very
little OF their living substance. They
are like lamps with half their wicks
picked down, and will continue to burn
when other lamps have used up all their
oil. An insurance Office might make
money by taking no risks except on
lives of persons suffering from mortal
disease. Wendell Holmes. in
Atlantic
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13
California Snakes

The eastern boom. | mean the boom mads
by eastern people with money, has started uu
some OF the old dead industries of California
with the easy progress of civilization the
good Old industry of lying had almost died
out 1t gotdlscouraged, and SO many wonder
full things had happened elsewhere that if was
hard for the Californian imagination to meet
the necessities. 1t was easier to give I'D living
TO strangers altogether, for even the most nm.
Travelled easterner could ring the bell ON the
California guide or stage driver These
gentry are now awakening from their
lethargy and beginning to make the Yosemite
and other trips lively. A friend of mine
from the east has just come back from the
Yosemite and he relates his experience The
stage driver found out that he was seriously
afraid of snakes and Immediately proceeded
to make his hair stand on end.
"Venomous reptiles! You bet. | don't
know what reptiles is, but them snakes. Won
can just bet your life, is venomous WHY.
one day was acomin' down here drivin, a
wagon, when catches sight of a snake in
the brush, all ready for spring. Ny horses
starts an I whips 'em up fast to clear the
snake, don't you see, afore he could spring.
He makes one clear spring, the snake does,
an he misses the horses"
@That was lucky-but you-you"-
"Lncky! You bet your life it was lucky.
He missed the horses, the snake did, but he
stuck his fangs clean through the wagon"
"You don't sayl"
81 do say, and mebbe you won't believe it;
but it's fact. He stuck his fangs clean
through that wagon, an it swelled up so
bad that we had to leave it by the wayside
and take the horses home. San Francisco
Chronicle
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13
To Obtain sleep.

Among the various remedies 10 I'M
Iessness lately advised is tha' = ;..oiis
the subject, after taking q aeep .fa6
ton, holds his breath until dlscon 49,
felt, then repeats the process :. : D
and a third time, this being, as i.. nj 4
enough to procure sleep a sn 20 q
gree of asphyxia is thus rellea Gu. Il d
sOpOrifc agent, but the theO ossaSs,o ;
rectness of this method is Soine"
TO question.-London Lancet
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13
Huntington,s Odd Aversion.

Coils P Huntington will never ride
up in an elevator in which there is a
colored man This does not arise from
antipathy to the colored brother, but
Is solely superstition.
Mr. Huntington has been known to
wait for several elevators in the Mills
building sooner than go up in a car
which carried a colored passenger.
Where the elevator conductor is a col
ored man Mr.. Huntington prefers to
walk up several flights of stairs. New
York Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13
The Contribution Box in Maine.

A story comes to US about wealthy
Maine lady who sat in Sabbath school
the other day when the contribution
boxes were passed. She pulled out her
pocketbook bullying with greenbacks
and looked carefully through it for a
copper or a nickel. Unable to discover
one, she closed her purse, remarking,
II haven't anything smaller than ten
cent piece and guess l won't put in
anything today. Lewiston Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13
A Natural Inference.

Mr.. Slowpay-Madam, l am a repu-
table drummer, and you need have no
anxiety about this bill.
Landlady You're drummer, and
suppose you take this house for drum.
Mr.. Slowpay-What do you mean?
Landlady-Well, you are trying to
beat NEW York World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13
what CIara's Caller Stole,

Bobby lat the breakfast tablet
Clara, did Mr.. Spooner take any of the
umbrellas or hats from the hall last
night?
Clara-Why, of course not; why
should he?
Bobby-That's what I'd like to know.
thought he did, COS heard him say
when he was going out: I'm going to
steal just one," and-why, what's the
matter, Clara?-Roston Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13

81 have here" said the peu. ~
patent window-shade, which, no
use," interrupted the house-ina.i ,dsrs
Boston; 1--WE have no patent si a.
here" and she slammed .Do .spcia
"Higher education of women = ~ De
this country to bankruptcy, s In u
peddler, as he went slowly az
steps. -Harper's Bazaar. lib
TO renovate scratched u..sipsh
sclve beeswax in turpentino' ,sss: assffS
of the consistency Of moiss S hssl
with a wooden cloth, then ru' fasig
with a dry piece of flannel
proYement is wonderful
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13
Reason Enough.

Beggs-I wonder why Mrs. Jaggs
won't let her husband employ female
typewriter operator?
Foggs-Don't you know? She was
his former typewriter operator.-Mung's
Weekly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13

"A ieweler is quoted by the Phila
delphia Record as emphasizing the fact
that watch should be wound every day
" the same heuy. oy near -
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13

WORKED out, MI. Latham, L wouldn't
take twenty-five thousand dollars for
the patent"
Daniel rubbed his head. 81 s'p'ose
not, sir. YOu-you won't mind accept.
Ing little money from me, Miss
Polly, for the time you couldn't work on
account of your hands? But I'm sorry
what are you doing?"
Polly was christening Jar of pickles
She turned around. sit is a cover ia.
ther fixed for me because it was such
hard work to unscrsw the others. You
press on this spring, you see, and it
slips right off. It's ever so much easier
than the old way. Why, what's the
| matter?"
She was hardly prepared for the ex-
element with which Mr.. Latham
sprang to his fe my landi my
landr' he exclaimed. Here you and
your father have been puttering along
for months, not knowing from one day
to another where the next meal was to
come from, and right here using an in
! vention worth whole fortune in itself.
Heavens and earth! want there any
body to tell you about it?''
MIR. Spriggs laid down the wrench he
had been using. do you mean the can
j Govern" he asked, calmly. II did think
OF it, but it wouldn't be good for any
/ thing you wanted to keep air tight.
/ You"
"Air tight?" interrupted the me-
chanic- Air tight? And do you mean
/ to say man who's got such taste for
inventing machines with one thousand
I've hundred parts to them didn't know
| enough TO pvt rubber. around and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13

Renew your subscription at once.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
Photograph Case.

A very easy way to protect photo
graphs from dust is to make a simple
case as follows: Take a quarter OF a
yard of blue or maroon plush, or OF any
color desired; line it with silk or satin
of the same or contrasting color, after
interlining it with crinoline, to stiffen it
somewhat. Fold the ends back on them
selves to Within an inch or less Of the
center; fasten the ends so as to form two
pockets for the photographs. Sew rib
bons on the sides to tie up the case, and
with few minutes work and very slight
expense large number OF cabinet pho
tographs can be preserved and easy of
access.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
Rest.

Because the tired, busy housekeeper
cannot have an hour, more or less, for
sleep during the day, she is very apt to
think that it is not worth while to lie
down for few minutes rest but that is
a serious mistake on her part, as she can
easily prove by experiment. Very often
the mere change of position and closing
OF the eyes, il only for five or ten min
utes, will remove the strain from muscle
and nerve, which, if continuous, means
exhaustion sooner or later Sleep is nota
necessity in the daytime rest, although
it is always a blessing if one has the time
the brief snatches of complete bodily
and mental relaxation in which, to make
the most of them, the mind should be
concentrated resOlutely on the thought
of rest. to the exclusion of everything
else; all cares and perpleXities must be
put aside for the time being, and the
thought of rest alone bekept uppermost.
1t can be done by persistence, and the re
suit is we'll worth the effort, for the bur
dens that have been laid down are won
derfully light ened by these brief resting
spells. Some people can rest in this way
without lying down, wherever they may
chance to be, simply by closing their eyes
and withdrawing their attention from all
surroundings; it is no doubt habit of
the greatest practical value, and is like
oiling machinery to prevent it from wear
ing out.-Exchange.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
How to Make a Pretty Lambrequin.

A piece of ticking the length of mantel
and about six inches wide, four or five
balls oftinsel, several skeins OF rope linen,
according to length OF lambrequin. 1t is
much prettier if several colors of tinsel
and rope linen are used. [ used two
blue and pink. The stripes in the ticking
must be very narrow, extending up and
down the lambrequin. Cut the tinsel in
to pieces the width of ticking, sew them
over the stripes; variegate the colors.
Then take the rope linen, cut it into
pieces twelve inches long. Take ten of
these and place them together evenly.
Next, make a hole in the bottom of lam
brequin with scissors, and placing alarge
bone hook through the whole from the
wrong side, put the linen over the hook,
and drawit through. This makes loop.
Take the rest of the rope linen, place it
on the hook and draw it through the
loop. Continue this all along the bot
tom for fringe. This makes pretty and
inexpensive lambrequin for a bedroom
Ladies Home Journal.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
Recipe for Snow Pudding.

Put into pail one large cupful of hot
water. two tablespoonful of corn starch
moistened in little cold water, the
whites of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth,
and pinch of salt. Set the pail into a
kettle of boiling water, and let it cook
ten minutes, stirring often. Wet four
cups with cold water, SO that the snow
will turn out easily. Divide it equally in
the cups, and let it get thoroughly cold,
When ready to serve, turn into saucers.
Have nice custard made with the yolk
and nicely favored to pour around it.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
How to Keep Pitcher of Ice Water.

"Fill the pitcher with ice and water and
set it on the centre of a piece Of paper;
then gather the paper up together at the
top and place the ends tightly together,
placing stI ong rubber band around the
coil to hold it close, so as to exclude the
air. A pitcher of ice .water treated in
this manner has been known to stand
over night with scarcely perceptible
melting of the ice."
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13

We might take lesson from Aunt
Dinah's recipe for her sweet potato pie :
"You puts in two eggs, one cupful of
milk, one-half cupful Of sugar, little
salt and little cinamon.'' *.s,
"But howmuch sweet potato, Aunty?"
"Just a little, honey, you must be care
full about dat"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
Where is the Fault?

81 tried one of your recipes in your
department. of the AGRICULTURlsT,' said
a friend to me not long since, "and it
proved an entire failure
Now while we endeavOr to exercise the
greatest care in the selection OF recipes
that may be relied upon and are OF practi-
cal value, it is possible that now and
then some error may be found in therecipe.
How often such little matter as a COM
ma may convey a wrong idea in the most
carefully written recipe, Or perhaps the
types which often must bear SO much
blame, are at fault
But we are led to think that the failure
in well tested recipe, is far more often
to be found i'm the lack of little practi-
cal common sense. "Stir plenty OF Judge
mentinto your cake, Sarah" said q care
full mother to her daughter. Without
that necessary ingredient many a failure
is made. -....
There ore old housekeepers whose
cakes never fall, whose pies never run
over in the oven, and whose bread never
fails to rise in spite of Yeast and weather.
They are of themselves animated receipt
books, but it is not safe always to fol
low their "ways" and make things "by
guess" How often do we hear their ex
preston, "there's every thing in the bak-
ing" Temperature OF the oven is the
rock on which many q wreck is made
without knowing the cause OF the disas-
ter. Emerson once said: owe must
learn the homely details of fire and wa
ter
Then how much the weather has to do
with our failures or successes, tits needless
to say. Your pie crust was tough. The
day was warm, consequently the water
with which you mixed it was tepid. Pas
try to be flaky and nice should be mixed
with very cold water and not handled
much.
You say to yourself, 'Now will make
some of those nice, light boiled pot-pie
dumplings for dinner" You follow your
recipe. They come to the table sOggy,
sodden mass. = Is the recipe to blame?
Who left the cover off just few minutes
and let the fire go down?
Yourself and your neighbor made
cake after the same recipe. Hers was a
complete success, yours q complete fail
ure. The eggs in your cake were not
quite as fresh, therefore did not beat up
SO light; you rinsed out your cup, after
measuring which increased by O. spoon
full or two the quantity OF liquid, so that
the cake was too thin to "stay up'' when
cooled. Many such very little errors in
Judgment will put the best recipes UNI
Justly at fault. The fact is, there is too
much ''cook book" nowadays and too
little common sense.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
Unhandy Hands.

[NoTE.-The following excellent article was in
tended for the Young Folk Page, but owing to
rush of other matter was crowded out.-ED.]
cannot forbear giving ''our girls the
following little sketch from life [ am
sure they will see the importance OF train
ing their hands for any honorable useful
work. Do not think that white delicate
hands are so much to be priced. Any
sensible person will prefer the brown
ones.
They were beautiful hands, soft, white,
shapely, but they had not been trained.
They couldn't keep accounts, or use the
needle, Or the broom, or the dish-clOth,
or the mop, or the cooking utensils.
They had at one time glided skillFully
over the piano keys and welded the pen
Gil to some purpose. They were grace
full hands and made pretty gestures, or
folded themselves tremendously over the
soft draperies beneath them.
By and by the ample provision that
had been left to keep these hands in idle
ness was wasted because the hands
couldn't keep accounts; wicked men took
advantage of these helpless hands and
stole their treasuresfrom them, and then
days OF darkness and trouble came.
j., The owner of the hands had to board
because she didn't know how to cook,
and, Of course, she had to eat what was
set before her, and so her digestive ap-
paratus got all out OF order. She had to
hire her dresses made, and was bject to
the dishonesty practiced by some dress
makers, who charge good price for poor
work and appropriate portion to them
selves of the ample pattern they require
for dress. She couldn't manage her
business affairs, and sOhad to trust them
to lawyer, who, in her case, proved un-
trusty, and made exorbitant charges for
work which was poorly done. At every
point where she came in contact with the
world she lost and lost, until at last she
was glad to find refuge in the church
home which in the days of her prosperity
she had helped to found. Ii she had only
known how to take care OF inst her SIM
pie self, she might have lived on the
wreck of her fortune in modest comfort
and independence.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
Soft Ginger Snaps.

Three tablespoonful of melted lard,
half teacup of boiling water, one tea
spoonful each of salt, soda and ginger;
put in pint cup and fill up with molas-
SEES. Stir in -four to make dough; roll
and bake quickly.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
Tennyson's Latest Poem.


The poet has never given us anything
lovelier than this song of his old age,
which he calls
CROSSING THE BAR.
Sunset and evening star.
And one clear call for me! ,'-- .>.~
And may there be no moaning OF the BAR
When put out to sea.
But such q time as ocean seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless
deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When embark.
For though from out our bourne of Time and
Place
The food may bear me far.
hone to see my Pilot face to face
When have crossed the bar.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
7 He PUBLIC SPIRIT.

A progressive $1 weekly published at Cocoa,
Indian River. Fla, by r. N. Andrews. The lead
ing idea with this paper is to advertise and truth
fully set forth the many advantages and beauties
of this justly famous Indian River country, and
for he purpose of advancing their own interests
and improving the country. Sample copies sent
free to applicants. Send 2-cent stamp for a
'.Brevard County Pamphlet" to
r. V. ANDREWS, Ed. Cocoa Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-13
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.
BY MRS. j. Fl. FAIR.

To whom all correspondence for this Depart
ment should be addressed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-17
Crowded to the Doors.

The Seibert concert yesterday after
noon was we'll attended, the large hall
being filled from end to end. An adj
ditionally interesting feature of yester-
days programme was the introduction
commemoration of st. Patrick'S day of
several Irish numbers, selections known
and played the world over as distinct
lively representative of the Emerald
Isle. The programme opened with the
march "Zigeuner" by the orchestra.
The applause following the finale was
extremely tiattering to The players, and
in the Interpretation of the MendelSsohn
overture 'Athalia" there was degree
of perfection seldom found, Messrs.
Rodenkirchen and Blakeley won we'll
deserved approval for their pfccOlo duet
ode Beden Kleinen,' and responded
to all encore. Beethoven's Symphony
No. 8 was magnificently given by the
orchestra, followed by the auto-harp
solo ''valse Romantiqqe,", played in a
faultless manner by A. E. Merits. Hon.
John F. Gehan sang the bass solo
"Cruiskeen Lawn" in manner which
called forth the most vigorous and pro-
longed encore of the afterooOn. Lie
bold's beautiful fantiasie ''Gems of Ire
land" and 1.-The Irish Patrol" (Puerner)
were also well received, Eugene
Kaeuffer, as accompanies, deserves all
that can be said in praise of careful,
conscientious and thoroughly artistic
work. The programme for next Sun
days concert will contain several Scotch
and Irish numbers, as well as by re-
que st harp solo.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-17
TWO WERE DROWNED
A Couple Of Boys Drowned
While Skating on the
Mississippi.
To-Day's Celebration Of the
Festival Of Epin'S Patron
Saint.
Parades and Entertainments
to Be Held in Honor Of
the Event.
Sunday News Items Dished
Into Shape for Busy
Readers.

Two boys were drowned yesterday at
the foot of Chestnut street while skat-
ing on the Mississippi. One was the
son of A. Ii. Gielke, of 303 West Third
street, and the other the son of j. L.
Doherty, of 1876 Smith avenue. The
boys were seen skating on the river
about O'clock by young man named
Joseph Fifer. The latter warned them
against going too near the sewer, which
opens into the river near the foot OF
Chestnut street, as the ice at this point
was found to be very treacherous.
Fifer left them here, turning for
started up the river. He had not pro-
ceeded far when cries for help rung in
his ears, and looking around he quickly
took in the situation: One boy had dis
appeared and the other was struggling
in the water. With all expedition Fifer
returned and made a desperate and
heroic effort to rescue the drowning boy.
But he failed. the ice giving way under
him, and but for the manner in which
he threw himself back he, too, would
have been completely immersed. He
next secured plank, but, alasl it was
too late. The boy had gone under, and
nothing remained to be done but ac-
quaint the authorities and their parents
of the sad tragedy which had been en-
acted in the space of five minutes.