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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-08-12
Free Ballot and Fair Count

There 10 not an honest mau in
America who 10 not In favor Of
free ballot and q fair count In our
elections; but when the Republ'
cans formulate their idea Of this
into . mere party machine like
the Lodge Force Bin, 10 where the
great contention comes In. In oil
our history. the State govern.
nsnts have been appointing judg'
%, clerks aud SHERIFF. Of elections
and designating what onicers
should count and compare the
polls. The Democrats want this
to remain exactly - Ut present,
because II Ia right, and because
the people have been used TO II
oil their lives. The Republican
party, no matter what . few Re.
publican individuals may cay, de-
sire to change this and place our
Federal elections under the con.
troll Of Federal supervisors, sc.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-08-12

We are anik~vised 10 announce NJ. N. T.
SHELBOURNE. Of Carlisle county, 40 .
eaadidste for CommoW wealth Attorney
IL he First Judicial District.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-08-12

THE Democrats in Alabama
elect their ticket by ll,2t4 major.
ity Official. Kolb, the Iudepend.
eli will contest.
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A DAINTY VEAL CoLLoP.
How to Cut, Cook and Serve . Delicacy
From the Butcher Shop.


WRITTEN FOR THE pIsPArcH.I
A collop is any small slice of meat. The
term anciently was often used as one of
homely tenderness for q child. Shakes
peare makes Henry VI say to his soni
''Thou art collop of my flesh, +" and the
Jealous Leontes in "a Winters Tale" also
calls his child "collop."
But it is not of cannibalistic morsels that
my recipes treat My collops are from the
leg of the sportive calf; and when well
cooked and daintily served they make a
delicious dish, which may be Furnished
forth" on q variety Of occasions, to the
housewives eminent credit. They take
their place charmingly as an entree in an
elaborate dinner; or as the piece de resistance
capable also of forming the mainstay of q
simple, hearty home dinner.
Do not merely order of the butcher "two
or three pounds of veal cut very thin. +"
Stand over him. See that the very thinnest
slices possible are shaved from the large end
of nice fresh leg; and as each slice is cut
have it laid upon the block and made into
coIlops then and there-pieces about the
size Of your palm-the butcher to follow the
natural divisions of the slice as far as pos
sible. Each slice will weigh about pound
and will look something like the diagram,
with the exception of the dotted lines
The plain lines represent the divisions Of
delicate satiny membrane which separates
the various sized muscles of the leg; these
muscles constituting the delicious lean part
of the meat. The tiny inclosing bits of fat
should be trimmed off The dotted lines in
the diagram represent the places of cutting;
each slice makes six collops, numbered re-
spectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 6, In the diagram.
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Washington, and nowhere will you find such
q variety of ideas q to how . house ought
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH. ]

Washington, and nowhere will you find such
a variety of ideas as to how house ought
to be furnished.
One of the finest homes in the United
States is that of Dr. Hammond, who was for
years Surgeon-General of the army and who
is noted as q scientist and q iterateur as
well as a ply sician. This is an immense
brick and stoHe structure on Columola
Heights, back of Mrs Logan's Inc house
exterior, as well as interior, is sui generis
as to its makeup, and I found that Mrs.
Hammond had her own ideas as to house.
furnishing and home-making.
'The most important thing" said she to
me when speaking of the subject yesterday
afternoon, lis to preserve harmony in design
and color throughout the whole house. 1t
I Jars upon me to enter room and nave one
color or one object at once strike the eye.
don't care for the rooms in which every
thing is of the same tone of color, neither
do I like Japanese rooms. The change from
japanese to colonial room is SO startling
that it is disagreeable to me. But can
show you, better than can tell you, what
mean BY harmony. The general tone OF my
drawing room is yellow, you see, out stlll
there are other colors in il. The greater
part of the furniture Is gilt; but there Is
some ebony, and some of the chairs are COW
cred in dull shades of old pink, and there is
q vase of turquoise blue.
Wonders From Inside . Convent.
"Those," said Mrs Hammond, "are two
pieces of tapestry I picked up In Paris.
The work is not old and done on canvas, but
the figures and every detail of the picture
is appliqued on background of heavy silk,
and it stands out like cameo. Yes, it was
made in convent"
The full-length figure Of poor ophelia,
with garland of flowers on her head and
blossoms of rosemary and rue in her hands,
looked as if she were about to step out OF
the frame.
"What 1 aim at is . certain harmonious
unity" said Mrs. Hammond.
From the drawing foom we entered
smaller room in tones of cream, and then
the superb dining room in browns, russets
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NEW FOODS FOE BREAKFAST
Many Cereal Products That Can Be Served
Ecouomically With Cream.

Many Cereal Products That Can Be Scr we'd
economically With Cream.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.l
This is certainly the age Of cereals The
best energies of American man appear to
have been devoted, during the past five
years, to exhausting the possibilities of
grain. Formerly the average citizen had
his choice between cracked wheat and oat-
meal Now he may almost have cereal
food for every day in the month without
repetition. And what list it isl Most
people, wedded to their old idols of cracked
wheat and oatmeal, do not consider the vast
extent and the many charms of the field!
My thoughtless friend, take grooer's list
and merely glance over the columns Of
''ce, eals" You will find multitude Of
names that are strange to you. Permit me
to introduce some of the worthiest.
Our old friend, wheat, has quantity Of
new forms The California cracked wheat
is in the familiar shape, only more refined
and delightful. But it is ten to one that you
have never tasted either wheat germ or
wheatina or wheatlst. You will not be able,
by the way, to tell them apart without their
labels All three are fne, mushy meal
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THE DECORATION OF HOMES.
Variety OF Styles In the Mansions Of wash
inyton-Harmony tho Great Idea-Nov-
elites From the Orient-Peeps Into Two
Drawing Rooms Suggestions.

ington-Harmony the Great Idea-Nov-
elites From the Orient-Peeps Into Two
Drawing Rooms Suggestions
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.1
Washington is city of individual tastes
Its streets cross one another at all sorts of
angles, and with its circles and avenues it
has houses of all shapes and of every i'm
aginable form of architecture. The differ
ences of the interiors are Is remarkable as
the houses themselves, and there is no
better place in the world to study house.
hold decoration than here. It used to be
that all Washington houses were furnished
much the same. Now everyone aims to
have q home different from his neighbors,
and YOU cannot find two houses on Massa-
chusetts avenue whose interiors at all re-
semble each other.
The noted women of Washington come
from every part of the country. Many OF
them have spent years in foreign travel and
some have lived the greater part OF their
lives in Europe and the far East.
You NAV find in one honse, such as that OF
Mrs. S, S Cox, the widow of our late Minister
at the court of the Sultan, taste of Turkey,
and the bazaars of Constantinople have been
sacked to aid in beautifying it Near this
YOU will get some of the most beautiful
things of Spain in the residence OF the
Bacheller family, who have lived in Porsu-
gal and who have travelled throughout
Europe; and another house will have Rus
sian cast which comes from a fondness tor
the memories of St. Petersburg.
Washington City Of Variety.
Besides nowhere in this country are there
such materials for house decoration as IN
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and metallic copper tints, all so beautifully
blended that absolutely there was no one
thing that attracted special attention; and
that is true of the whole house. As we
stood in the ball room, which occupies the
center OF the house, there, in one corner,
stood a statue of Buddha with that strange
smile SO often seen upon the countenance of
Oriental gods
"Above all" continued Mrs Hammond,
II like plenty of light, and that homelike
air every where, so that when you come in
you feel that you can sit down in any room,
and on any chair, and enjoy q chat or q
book. 1t is such . mistake to keep ones
house SO darkl In the first place it is un-
healthy and depressing to the spirits, and
then one can never see and appreciate all
the lovely things don't like glare of
light-in house decoration as in everything
else In life there must be moderation
nothing extreme. The other day went to
see friend and was ushered into the draw.
ing room, which was so dark that dared
not move . step until the maid returned and
drew up curtain. I was afraid should
sit down on the floor or on some Of the best
bric-a-brac. So you see my three rules are
harmony, light, homelikenesa
French Style Plsascs Madame Romero.
'Oh, I prefer the French style above Ill
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Prepare thin batter of raw egg and
wheat -four, or raw egg with cracker OF
| bread crumbs (the first Is the best); sea-
son this with fine dry table salt and fra
grant white Tellicherry pepper, and into
it dip each collop before frying. Veal
must be thoroughly cooked in order to be
wholesome and palatable, but as the slices
are so thin it requires only five or six min
utes to cook them. Have your butter
collops richly on both sides and serve at
once on q medium-sized platter with q
mound of mashed potatoes in the center;
this mound or loaf may be oval, square,
round or oblong, but must follow the form
of the platter. Ornament this mound with
q sprig of celery or branches of fern-pars-
ley A smooth brown gravy may be made
in the pan after the veal Is fried, and this
may be poured over the collops-neatly, II
at all-or served in q gravy boat.
The collops can be served In variety Of
ways. For instance, place them in the
middle of the platter with bank around
them of well-seasoned, thoroughly cooked
green peas; or have the collops alone on the
platter, and pour over them plentiful
tomato sauce.
To prepare this sauce strain the tomato
Gan ordinary can fully through a sieve,
rubbing the meaty part Of the tomato
through with the juice, but keeping back
the seeds and hard Jumps; thicken with
little -four and water to the consistency Of
thick gravy and season with pepper and
salt and butter. Cook this sauce about Is
minutes; some let it simmer an hour. The
butter should be added at the moment it is
taken from the stove.
Although veal cut from the leg costs .
good deal it is an advantageous form n
meat to buy, since every atom of it, save Q
tiny dot OF bone in the center of the slic is
still edible. Still it is rather as a dainty
than an economical dish that 1t is recon-
mended
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ranged as to perfectly shield the face in
every possible position, it makes a really
striking feature of the room.
The block and the arms can be made of
cherry, ash or any fine grained wood by the
boy carpenter of the family, and the banner
itself of silk, either embroidered or painted
A block is cut to fit over the edge of the
mantel board and is held in place by
thumb screw. A movable arm fits into the
block where it is held by a wooden pin;
the arm has a double joint, made fast
with q wooden pin on which each moves
freely. The screen proper is in banner
form, hung upon brass rod and attached
with chains or cords to the end of the arm.
The banner shown in the picture is
daisy and spider-web pattern made of old
red art satin. The web is outlined with
gold thread, the conventionalized flowers
with old pink and the centers are darned
with gold. The edge is finished with
suitable fringe and the banner is lined
throughout with India silk over an inter-
lining of ordinary white sheet wadding.
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MRS. MILLER's DRAWING ROOM.

like plenty of sunlight and was going to
say gaslight, but I mean lamp light. My
idea Of q cozy, honey room, is one where
there are little tables scattered here and
| there, with lamp upon each and plenty OF
easy chairs and fur rugs. I prefer water
colors and etchings to oil paintings, for oils
need Just the right light, and that is almost
impossible to arrange unless In gallery.
For me curtains, lamps and pictures are the
chief articles in the catalogue which 60 to
make home attractive"
Mrs. Senator Cullom, Of Illinois, said
ct have never formulated my ideas of home
decoration. I am quite sure l have no
theories on the subject. There is so much
room tor exercising individual taste that
there can be no fixed rule. I like plenty OF
light. light colors in papers, light eoiors In
carpets and curtains"
A Drawing Room In Light Colors.
A glance around the drawing room re-
yealed at once her preferences A carpet
of light shades of terra Gotta, paper OF the
same color in very delicate tints, white lace
curtains at the windows and pale tinted
portieres. Chippendale furniture uphol-
stored in the lightest colors and harmonic
Ing with carpets and paper, etchings and
engravings framed in woods light in color
and artistic in design, carried out her ideas
of lightness and brightness :,
"a lady," continued Mrs. Cullom, said
to me the other day, 4 think the walls Of a
ballroom ought always to be dark. It
throws out the brilliant costumes OF the
ladies 30 much better I cannot agree
with her 1 don't think 1t makes any
special difference for most people look well
in evening dress against any background,
and prefer the light walls.
Mrs. Attorney General Miller said: II
think people have to be guided entirely by
what they spend. The depths Of the purse
have a great deal to do with household
decoration. But some women bya touch
here and there can give an air which others
cannot give, try hard as they may. To be
able to give those touches is gift az much
as to sing or to paint
The coziest nook in the house of Madame
Mendonca, the wife Of the Brazilian Min.
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others in household decorations," said the
mistress of the Mexican legation as We
walked through her beautiful home. II
love bright colors, and gilt and glass,
when blended with the exquisite taste OF
the Tbs rrsaHn; sail room Carries out Madame Rom
eros taste exactly It is psnelled on three
sides with mirrors reaching from the ceiling
to the floor. The ceiling is decorated with
rarlands of flowers and cupids, and when
lighted and filled with gaily dressed people
the effect is charming.
IT love Paris, you know" she said, ..and
T like a house bright. NY only idea about
decorating q house il to make my home
attractive. That is woma9's duty
think. Things need not necessarily DO
expensive to be artistic.
fsWhat lovely cornerP'
"I am glad YOU like it," said Madame
Guzman, wife Of the Nicaraguan Minister
sI think it pretty myself" d..
It was low divan covered with heavy
material of that peculiar shade. known as
old-blue. Pillows of every shape and size
in the same color were heaped at one end,
and on the wall at the head and back OF the
diyan hung q curtain of silk of the same
hue from small brass adjustable rod, and
on the floor beside it lay a large rug Of thick
white fur.
"I have no rules, no theories. I arrange
and change my things until they suit me.
This is my way" said madame.
How Mrs. Rusk Furnishes.
"No house nowadays needs lack pretti-
ness for want Of pretty things, SAID mrs.
Rusk, wife of the Secretary Of Agriculture.
saThe chief difficulty is to decide what to
get. I think draperies do more toward
making house pretty than any other one
thing. At windows like double sets Of
curtains, but the under ones must be white;
There is a lightness and Brightness about
white draperies which no other color has,
and it possesses the great advantage that /
can ALWAYS have them clean and fresh. 1
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ts5 il the the, soHve q; room s on; E., side Of
filled windows, its divan with pillows and
cushions of every size and color and few
beautiful paintings. The house is filed
with paintings. for Senior Mendonca's pas
time and delight are pictures, and in his
collection are many treasurers known to art
lovers.
"Do you see that seat half way up the
stairway? That we call our Romeo and
Juliet balcony, and we have still another
one higher up"
Household decoration ID, after all, mat
ter of taste and money. Taste first and
money after T. G. c.
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for the little boy has in the late past shown
positive opinions as to legs, and Jack
blunderbuss trousers are evidently not all to
his taste, and the only nautical feature
wholly popular and indispensable is the
blouse. Trousers just covering the knee,
loose and easy, is his preference, and all
suits have them.
Light Cottons for the Boys.
But it is in light cottons that the sum-
mer boy of this year will bloom in perfec-
tion. Imagine trousers and sailor
blouse of white drilling striped with hair
lines of red, or blue, or pink; large, loose
rolling sailor collar of the plain color, and
the space above the collar in front of plain
white. About the throat is an adjustable
white linen, turned-over collar tied with
bias silk of the color. Add to this dress
black legs, q straw sailor hat-atop, wind
swept curls-only the curls must be short,
braided cord slip-noosed under the collar,
ending in . strident whistle. and Ariel him
self from such model might take points
In q less neglige moment the elegant
youngster who was born with a golden
spoon, will be suited thus. Coat, trousers
and vest of white cotton Bedford cord. The
coat is double breasted, with provision to
button over on either side or fall apart and
disclose the vest, which Is double-pointed
at the bottom, and moderately high and
without collar at the neck, opening there
over an inner waist or shirt of drilling,
plain blue, or red, or pink. Over the roll
ing collar of the coat may be adjusted for
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An Indians shoe Always Fits,

The Indian who is persuaded to wear
shoes or boots is the easiest man to fit
imaginable. This is because nearly every
Indian is fat-footed, to use the favorite ex-
preston of athletic circles Hence in fitting
semi-civilized redskin all that is necessary
is to find shoe that will 60 on fairly easy,
whereas with white man 1t is necessary TO
take into confederation the expansion
caused when he presses down his foot or
raises either heel or toe
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Protecting Dried Fruit From Insects.

Dried fruit can be efectually protected
from the attacks of insects by being slightly
sprinkled with ether by means of an atom
izer and then shaken in a wide-mouthed
glass vessel that has been rinsed with ether
The fruit should then be put up In we'll
corked bottles and kept in q cool, dark
place. Raspberries thus treated are not
only safe from insects, but also preserve
their natural appearance and taste, as we'll
as the odor peculiar to them when dried,
that of the ether not being peroeptibl&
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COSTUME OF SUMNER BOYS.
Jolly Jack Tar Still the ModeI-Ths Rule OF
Light Eottons-NegliEs Dress for tho
Proper Lad-Top Coats and Hats.

Light Eottons-Negligs Dress for tho
Proper Lao-Top Coats and Hats.
WRITTEN FOR THE prsPATcH.i
Young America in the summer Of grace
now coming on may go to sea in bowl-on
some tide washed depression Of jersey
sands, or may ride Banbury Cross-wards,
but wherever he spends his outing it is Jack
Tar that will influence the cut of his ward
robe.
The yearning it seems for adventure biding
time for active expression in the breast of
the little boy dnds mute pictured speech
in the dress of the sailor. And so jack far
off in the lonely rigging has, if vicariously,
his social triumph and justification. Some
times when our newer character costumes,
the cowboys, for example, have melIowed
into generalized forms, they, too, should
furnish acceptable models for boy gsrb, to
add variety to the charming world of mimic
dress.
The corner stone--so to speak-of Bobby's
wardrobe is the dark blue sailor blouse,
perennial, OF serge, with its collar of red and
its simulated inner shirt, above the collar.
of red also, the red being embroidered with
blue anchor and, interchangealby,th the sleeves
worked with anchors of red. The long
trousers may be dispensed with if one likes,
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shawl collar faced with silk The suit IL
black throughout except for the shirt, and
the trousers may be long or short
The correct outside garment is an English
top coat of tan color, looking like a mans
summer coat, but shorter. Of lighter
weight, for a play coat on misty, moisty
mornings, is tan blazer, made similar to
the above coat, but finished without .
lining. There is also coat of dark blue
serge, shorter than the tan coat. buttoning
tight up like pea jacket, with the same
delicious tadpole effect of the winter REFER.
This gives choice as to color, and people
Of taste will be likely to feel that the blue
sounds note more in harmony with child
nature than tan, which is suggestive of all
the desolation and dissolution of the earth.
To be sure, tan is the color of mud pies,
which should, perhaps, be taken into
account.
After the certain indifnite period men,
toned yariously above and which may be
represented by ten, the boy arrives at the
prerogative of choosing his Derby like a
man, without references to the rest of his
costume, but before this time fashion makes
his headgear to match his suit or his top
coat. Both are shown in our drawing.
Later the straw sailor hat will harmonize
with the cottons. ADA CONE.
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variety deep sailor collar, of the color of
the shirt, as seen in our drawing. The eI-
pense of this dress is not in its first cost,
but in the certainty that it will spend 10
days out Of II throughout the season at the
cleanerA ...t-
Dressed Like q Zouave.
A modified zouave furnishes some variety
in forms, as seen in the drawing. 1t is Of
striped drilling with blouse of nainsook,
with hem-stitched ruf1ea Such blouses
cost from 81 to 81 apiece. The wash suits,
sailor or zouave, can be bought as low as 81
apiece. Striped drilling may be had with
black or dark blue grounds These look
effective combined with light blue, but are
not likely to wash well.
Wool suits for summer are of mixed
cheviots in pin head checks for common
wear, and for more elegance indefinite mix
lures Of white with color. They are also
in colored hair stripes on white grounds.
This last will make outing suits for boys
up to the age OF Is, the stripes being nearly
an inch apart for large boys Coats to these
suits for boys under 10, or thereabouts, are
either double breasted, as described for the
cotton model, and as shown in our drawing,
or are single fastened only at the neck, to
be worn over percale or seersucker blouses
of dark blue or brown, barred with red. The
blouse collar and cuffs are worn on the out
side. Unlaundered the percale blouses cost
45 cents, and the seersucker 95 cents. Wool
suits for boys little older have the same
coats with vest added. There is no def
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Strategy.

"How young Van Slymm drinksl It's
shocking to see man put an enemy In his
mouth to steal away his brains"
'.!n Van slymm's case it's an April fool
on the enemy"