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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

hickory nut so that it would ge. inside the
hole in the square iron nut He never
learned to lift up the iron nut and get at his
hickory nut, but would struggle vai1ly to
get it cut with his fingers.
He learned, however, that Mr.. Gamers
marvellous intelligence could solve the
problem of rescuing the hickory nut, and
he soon got into the habit of yelling for Mr..
Gamers assistance. Mr.. Garner could al
ways tell by Old Jokes words when the
hickory nut accident had happened. Mr.. Gar
ner never knew monkey that threw things
or caught them of his own accord. He does
not believe that monkeys ever threw cocoa
nuts at travellers. He also doubts the story
which describes monkeys as building
bridges by hanging to each others tails.
The monkey will not let any one touch his
tail You cannot become so intimate with
monkey as to overcome that objection of
his. Mr.. Garner knew one little monkey
that would allow a man to seize his tail, but
the monkey would always hold the hand
that held his tail until it was released.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

angles in it are an incongruity. The oval
forms are subtle and beautiful. They can't
be novelty, but they are joy forever,
which is much better. The oval shapes may
be supplemented by circular ones. The
circle is not as beautiful as the oval, but it
is not inconsistent with the quality of china
and it has utility.
What the Latest Styles Are.
The gravy dish of recent sets is a dimin-
utive tureen. Flat stands are under the
soup tureen of English ware, but are COM
monty omitted from the French. All new
plates have q waved outline of alternating
curves, instead of All unbroken circum-
ference. The teapot, sugar bowl and cream
pitcher are not in the set, as they used to
be: handles on French dishes are not knobs
but loops; bread and butter plates are much
in vogue, but barely come with the set
When used the small butter plate is dis
pensed with
Colored china is used, but with more dis
cretion than formerly. The craze for nat
uralistic patterns, which was at its height
when Mrs Hayes had the famous set
painted for the White House, is happily of
the past. We no longer pick at our meat
from off a boquet of flowers, where it bears
company with butterflies and other insects
as natural as life. In the conventional fish
course alone this vulgar fad remains.
Among English colored ware is much that
is charming One of the most acceptable
designs is blue hawthorn border, treated
fatty and with great taste. Blue and white
always holds its own. Such set costs S1OO,
but the price may be lessened by omitting
some of the pieces, and new pieces may be
added at any time.
The New Ideas In Co1oring.
Another design has tiny sprays in pink
scattered over it, and an embossed border of
gold Still another has border of dark
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
MONKEYS CAN LAUGH.

Old Jokes Thoroughly Enjoys Seeing His
Enemy Get q Thrashing.
Mr.. Garner, the monkey expert, says
monkeys laugh; he has seen them do it. He
has experimental thus: Old Jokes hated
certain man who had whipped him. Mr..
Garner would make-believe thrash this
man, and Old Jokes would laugh until he
was faint. Mr.. Garner does not believe in
many stories that are told of the monkeys
intelligence. He has never seen monkey
that would crack nut between two stones
until he was taught. Old Jokes used to
crack his nuts with very big iron
nut, with large hole in the center.
Occasionally he would strike the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
Every Man Has Some Evil.

Russell Sage's dynamiter, thoroughly
identified, turns out to be a man who did
did not smoke, drink or gamble. The usual
moralizing is done on both sides. 1t is a
little late in the history of the world to call
attention to the fact that man with no ap-
parent outlets for human folly is nonenti-
ty, hypocrite, dangerous citizen, or a
saint.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

terra Gotta color, with here and there a
CLINT of gold. The cloth is handsome and
takes really excellent folds without being
extravagant in price, and the hanging is
sure to win the approval of all color-loving
souls. The decoration is all done in outline
with heavy floss and now and again line is
couched with gold. The result is that bits
of brightness are scattered here and there,
and can honestly be recommended as giving
certain satisfaction.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
THE TABLE, THE b0UD0R, HOME DECORATIONS AND HYGIENE.

added as one desires. Ifthese pieces are of
French china it will afford charming variety
to have q course or two of English lowered
ware; or a set of plates Of blue hawthorn
for the entire and for desert an old fashioned
rose pattern of pink.
One may, if purse permits, buy course
plates of enormous value, and give ones
guest with every round rare and splendid
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

tions for ''her boys
During the cold of winter her hospital
boys did very we'll; but in March, as storms
drenched the trees and earth about the
camp, they sickened, and many died. Some
were furloughed and sent North; but many
were left behind. Eighty thousand Union
soldiers in blue uniforms had come tramp
ing over these Tennessee mountains, but
now only a few remained except the
wounded and sick. Mother Bickerdyke
took with her to Huntsville all who were
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
HOW GARNER WILL KILL

Arrow Heads Filled With Deadly Poison to
BE Shrt From Blowguns.
In his proposed experiments on gorillas
in Africa Mr.. R. L. Garner has arranged
what seems very effectual series of safe
guards against the dangers that will
threaten in gorilla land, even in the event
of telephone communication with the rear
guard being cut off He has invented some
arrows, of which sample is shown in the
cut The arrows are hollow and will be
filled with prussic acid The shaft will
keep the we'll in the arrow closed, but
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

nsthetlc surprise. Few are able to do this;
and, after all, the taste is more than gues-
tionable that put fragile objects of great
cost to homely use. A Dresden plate is
only fit to hang on the wall, in the protec-
tion of frame. Moreover the exquisite
picture upon it is work of fine and not
decorative art, and is only in place when
treated as a picture.
ADA BACHE-CoNE
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

BROOKLYN Life.

Brooklyn Life.l
Judge-So you want divorce simply be-
cause your wife won't speak to you when
she gets angry?
Mr. Growler-Yes, that's it.
Judge (severely)-This is positively the
most frivolous complaint ever listened to.
Don't you know when you're well Off
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
DoRorHY's GOWN OF WOOL

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArCH.I
For little daughter Dorothy, home
gown is made like the cut, of wool, heavy
Irish lace, and velvet ribbon. The straight
full skirt is gathered into the waist,
which is full and round and set on to
yoke of Irish lace. Across the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

on striking the shaft will fall out, and the
arrow will open in the wound. These ar
rows will be sent out of a blowgun, and
Mr. Garner will blow one at any gorilla
or other animal that cuts up in any way
autagonistic to science In addition to the
blowguns Mr. Garner will have in the cage
with him two revolvers, magazine rifle
and an air gun. The bottom of the cage
will be covered with gum mating to keep
African things from crawling up through
the wires
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
A DISH FOB LUNCHEON.
Crackers Split and Toasted and Then
-eprinkled With Grated Cheese.


The best toasted crackers are either the
thin, square wafer that used to be known as
soda crackers or the Boston cracker or
Albert biscuit. The latter, if used, should
be split before being laid in tin and put
in an oven warm enough to brown them
nicely but not scorch them.
As soon as they are brown they should be
taken out and buttered literally with sweet
butter Then over the tops of each one
sprinkle a thin layer of grated cheese, of
any kind that is preferred. Serve very hot.
This is delicious dish for luncheon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
HEALTH VALUE OF PICKLES.
How Mother Bickerdyke and General Grant
Saved Many SoIdiers-Tho Boys We're
Wounded End Needed Fruit and Cucum-
bers-Eow They Got Both.

o many women and to
very many men all over
the country ever since
the awful years of the
war the name of Mother
Bickerdyks has been
the name of the modern
Madonna, the mother
of man, the mother of
the whole world, the
woman whose breast has
pillowed more stricken
heads and closed more
dying eyes than any
other in all the world,
perhaps. When Mother
Bickerdyke reigned in
her big hospital kitchen
at Chattanooga she
made frequent visits in
an army wagon, drawn
by mules, to the coun-
try homes and farms
across the mountains,
over terribly rough
roads and through deep
mud. tn rather in "a
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
He Knew It Was q RobDery.

Nc hneW II W W2S fsouuerys
Boston News.1
"Help! Murder! Firel"
Policeman-Harkl Someone must be rob.
ing the woman.
Friend-How do you know its's robbery7
She is crying everything else.
That's just why think so.'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

any mischief there was
Here is another good dinner and it Is my
suggestion for New Years Day.
Tomato Biscue.
Boiled Fish. Drawn Butter Parisienns
Potatoes.
sweet-Bread. Croquettes Green Pcaa
Sage.
Roast Duck. Stuffing. Apple Sauce.
Creamed Onions. Lima Beans. Baked
Macaroni.
Celery Salad.
WATERS Cheese.
Yruft Pudding. Lemon Custard-
Nuts. Raisins. Fruits.
Coffee.
Tomato Bisuue.
Stew slowly for 30 minutes q quart OF TO.
matoes: stir in half teaspoonful of soda
and strain through a sieve. Re-heat, add a
quart OF hot milk. large tablespoonful OF
butter, salt and pepper to taste. When
about to stew stir in two heaping table
spoonsful of finely sifted.cracker crumbs
sag. stuffing.
Moisten one pint of stale bread crumbs
with two tablespoonsful of melted butter,
season with salt pepper, one tablespoonful
of minced parsley, one teaspoonfull of sweet
marjoram Of powdered sage. mix tho
roughly.
Parisie1ne Potatoes.
Scoop out the potatoes and drop the balls
into cold wa ter. At the end of an half hour
dry them and cook in hot fat until tender
and lightly Drowned. Place some brown
paper on O sieve and turn in the potatoes to
drain.
Crcaned Onions.
Select tho white silver skins, remove the
outside. and cut off the ends. Let them lie
for some moments in warm water drain,
and boil in salted water and milk until
tender. Pour OFF the water, add cupful OF
hot cream to the onions, a lump of butter
rolled in flour, and salt and pepper to taste
Toss about until the butter is melted, and
serve.
Lima Beans.
If the dried beans are used, put them in
cover with fresh, cold water and boil them
until tender and mealy, adding salt when
about half done. season with butter and
pepper. A thin strip OF sweet bacon cooked
able to most tastes.
Baked Macnroni.
Take one-quarter pound of imported mac.
aroni, break into pieces and cover with
plenty of boiling water, well salted. Add a
small lump of butter and cook rapidly for
bottom of the pan with fork. Arrange in
q baking dish with butter, bread crumbs,
salt and pepper. Strew the top thfckly with
grated cheese and place in the oven justlong
enough to color it. Too long baking renders
the cheese leathery and indigestible.
Fruit Pudding.
Cream large tablespoonful Of butter with
four level tablespoonfuls of sugar Add the
beaten yolks of two eggs and two teacup-
fuls of sweet milk. Mix well and stir in
gradually ~ pints of flour, silted, with two
heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Flavor with nutmeE-about a saltspoonful
full, add one-half pint of well-foured raisins
and currants mixed-the raisins to be seed
less. At the last moment gently fold in the
whipped whites of the eggs. Have some
coffee cups lightly CREASED, fill each of them
with two ta ablespoonfuls of the mixture and
steam Is minutes. Loosen the edges with a
round with custard sauce. This is an excel
lent family pudding and may be eaten with
impunity by young or old.
ELLIcE SHRENA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

HE stomach Is per
haps a little the worse
for the over-indulgence
of Thanksgiving and
Christmas, but the good
housewives have one
more treat for us. And
we must remember that
it was the over-indul-
,ence, not the character
of the dinners, that did
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
TEE NEW YEAR MENU.

stomachs Tried by the Thanksgiving
and Christmas Festivities-How to Mako
and Serve the Various Dishes.
WRITTEN FOR TIE p1sPArcH,I
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
A
FACT

true fruit free from ethers poisonous oils and strong
rank taste They are natural favors obtained by
new process which gives the delicate and CRATE
full Insist upon having DR.. Prices. Substitutes
are often recommended because they afford better
profit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
Few Cooks Have Any Idea Of the Good and
Evil Influences Of Air in the Cul.
mary Art.
ELLIcE sERENA'S NEW YEAR MENU.
How General Grant and Mother Bickerdyke Saved the
Soldiers With Pickles
TvEITTFN FOR THE pIsrkrcM.I

eayCTv and luscious sounO Denttlng the
dainty that q pankake in its best estate
certainly IS.
The best pankakes that have ever ap-
pealed TO me were-and are-made of simple
and inexpensive ingredients. did not in
vent the recipe; I wish that had. It was,
10 the best of nv knowledge, invented by
one of the best professional cooks that I
have ever met in any country-Miss
Nathilde Petersea It is only fair to say in
the beginning that the table of ingredients
In this beautiful recipe is the smallest part
Of it. have seen it tried by a cook of good
capacity, and the results have been no more
like the snowy, puffy, golden crisp pam
kakes sent on bo. plate to the table of
Miss Petersen than a scarecrow is like the
Apollo Belviderel
brains Required to Make Pancakes.
More, 1 have gone out to the kitchen
where this same cook was beaming over her
lEkewarm griddle, taken the same batter,
whisked it . moment and sent in from the
hot gridiron cakes that, as the darkeys say,
understood themselves" There is no
greater mistake than to suppose that an e1-
act measuring of ingredients will compel
success; success is much too bashful 70
that The only invitation that it will am
swer is the invitation OF combined patience
s2d brains. Flour varies, eggs vary, baking
powder varies; the scales are better than
the measure, but the only sure diScourag er
Of hesitancy is the eve. When the cook is
ale to recognize the look of any dish
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

1t is an established fact that
the only natural favors in the
market are DR.. Prices De-
licious Flavoring Extracts.
Each flavor is made from the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

" ON Il Knows L0o Cdfo
of a house in all its de-
partments but one who
has tried 1t for years
No one can know the
weariness of selecting,
planning and knowing
just what will be served
(and better than anyone
else, too, just how II
will he served0 for the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
An EFFECTIVE HANGING.
Curtain and Portiere That Can Be Made
by Any Deft-Fingered Lady.

The curtain and portiere shown In the
illustration is strikingly good one, and,
better still, one which any deft-fngered
woman can make for herself. The mate
rial is old rose Bergarren cloth and the
decoration is done in silk of dark, rich,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

blue, with bank of gold, and sprinkled
pattern of light blue. This is not quite as
successful. The sprinkled patterns can be
had with gold borders, or without, which
make considerable difference in the price.
An English set with sprinkled pattern in
soft wood color, with gold border of $50
pieces, costs $3.50. Colored patterns are also
to be hand in French china. Naturalistic
designs and colorings are to be avoided.
With sets of English ware cups and
saucers of French china, to match in pattern,
are to be had at option. These greatly i'm
prove the delicacy of the set. 1t is the cup
alone, of all the dishes, that one admits to
confidential intimacy, and this is clear
reason for making it of more precious ma
terial.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

Mrs. Porter took charge of the boys, and
'the mother" started out for supplies She
spoke in public halli and churches, with di-
rect splendid appeals for her ''dying boys"
in Nashville; the little children sent her
barrels of potatoes, and the aid societies
gave her jellies and canned goods. She
stopped at the capital on her way North,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
Making Up q Crazy Set.

People of fashion do not buy set COM
plete throughout of the same design, but in
stead make up the set BY buying so something
different for each course. In making up
such a set it is recommended to buy as
foundation partial set of white and gold,
which harmonizes well with everything It
should consist of the services plates, the
roast platter, theavegetable dishes and the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

left to the large military hospital of which
she was given charge. But scurvv followed
upon the dreadful privations of winter. and
nothing could save them except vegetables,
fruits or pickles. These must be had at
any cost.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
TAKING LIFE EASY.
Hints for Tired Housekeepers That
Will Prolong Their Youth.
THE SHORTEST WAY 70 Rest
Work Should Be systematiZed, but Not Rs-
duced to Routine.

HOW 70 GET REST OF THE wORRY
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

wErrTBN FOR THE DrsPArcH.t
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
The Taste Impaired by Air.

Not one cook in hundred, fancy. rec
ognizes the figure that air, the atmosphere,
cuts in cooking. Why is not the steak
baked in the oven as good as the steak
hroiled over the Goals? The difference is an
airy one; but It is tremendousi L do not
enter into the chemical reasons, simply
cite the TACT air gives taste Of its own.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
Parfsie1ne Potatoes,

Scoop out the potatoes and drop the balls
into cold water. At the end of an half hour
dry them and cook in hot fat until tender
and lightly Drowned. Place some brown
paper on q sieve and turn in the potatoes to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
Tomato BisdUe.

Stew slowly for 80 minutes q quart OF TO-
matoes: stir in a half teaspoonful Of soda
and strain through sieve. Re-heat add a
quart OF hot milk, large tablespoonful OF
about to stew stir in two heaping table
spoonsful of finely sifted-craclser crumbs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

Select tho white silver skins, remove the
outside. and cut off the ends. Let them lie
for some moments in warm water. drain,
and boil in salted water and milk until
tender. Pour OFF the water, add a cupful OF
hot cream to the onions, a lump of butter
rolled in flour, and salt and pepper to taste
Toss about until the butter is melted, and
serve.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27

If the dried beans are used, put them in
soak over night. When ready to cook them
cover with fresh, cold water and boil them
until tender and mealy, adding salt when
about half done. Season with butter and
pepper. A thin strip OF sweet bacon cooked
with the beans gives favor that is agree.
able to most tastes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-10
'.BLAINE, BLAINE, JAMES G. BLAINE"
Is the Cry That Goes Up From Pittsburg
Through the Entire Republican Press.

PITTsBURG, August S.-The newspa-
per press Of this city, with noteworthy
unanimity, has Joined the Blaine boom.
The Dispatch, Commercial Gazette, Times,
Chronicle Telegraph, Leader and Press
have all pronounced for Blaine.
The Dispatch says, under the head OF
politicians and the bbsos n,~,n1 1i Doom" IL
=, 10 iacS the most spontaneous and
honest expression for public Me-
from the people that has bee. -.,+nessed
in this country since the call In 1880
upon Mr.. Grant to go TO the Nnite
House. 1t has been foregone conclu-
sion ever since Blaine wrote his famous
reciprocity letter that II alive and well
,Slug could prevent his being the Re-
p pun candidate for President in
Inc COMMERCIAL Gazette, in leading
editorial, speaks OF Mr.. Blaine as the
one man above all othsts TO lead his
party to victory in the great battle of
1892. Men who once distrusted and op-
posed him are now his supporters, be-
cause to his conceded brillancy be has
added the proofs Of conservative and
dignifed craftsmanship that has made
the State Department of this admins
tration the pride OF his countrymen.
The ChrOnicle-Telegrdph says: "Itls
time for the Republican party Of this
State, and every other State, to speak
in unmistakable terms for the greatest
statesman, the brainiest leader and
most earnest exponent of Republican
doctrine in the Republic"
1t adds: at is an old cry, strong
cry and a cry ltogether-'Bla;ne,
Blaine, James G. Blaine"
The Times, speaking of the attitude
Of Quay and others, says of Blaine:
His nomination is so clea rly the party
desire that there will be no room in the
next convention for any name but his
except he declines absolutely in ad-
vance,"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-10
ST. CLAIRsvILLE.

ST. GAINESVILLE, Aug. S.-Miss Carrie
Morrison, of Cadiz, was the guest OF the
Misses Shannon this week.
George Troll has returned TO canton,
after a short visit at this place,
Joe Ault, an old resident Of this vicinity
died Thursday at his home south OF town.
He was buried to-day.
Albert Bumgarner has gone 10 Clncin-
natl to take special course in stenography.
Elmore c. Harris, of Flushing, who Is
attending the Institute is very sociable and
a favorite among young people OF this place.
The Institute has been in session Tor TWO
weeks. All visitors are well quartered'
The intruetors are Prof. +. E. Sparks, l..
II. Waters and W. r. Butcher.
A musical and literary entertainment was
given by the teachers at the Court House
Hall last night.
Several members Of the Gun CLUB OF
this CITY attended the shooting tournament.
The M. E. Sunday school will have q
picnic at Ridgeways Grove Thursday, Au'
gust 13.
E. L, McMillen has rented Jas. Whites
The 'iHarvest Home picnic'' takes place
at Stewards Grove August 20. Governor
Campbell will be there.
The A. NJ. e. church will hold camp
meeting on the Fair Grounds from Au
gust % to August 80.