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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19
FRYING FOODS,

Foods like oysters, CHICKEN and fish
need to be covered with a proof
coating before putting into the fat This
coating is made by adding to one egg a
tablespoonful of water and beating. II
used for slcn foods as oysters that one
wishes to brown quickly, use milk or
cream in place of the water. For chicken
or fish use water. When the batter is
made, if you wish to fry chicken,
sprinkle the pieces with salt and pepper,
dip them in the batter aud then rol! them
in fine cracker crumbs aud drop them
into the fat. If this preparation Of
chicken is to be given to person with
a very delicate stomach, the skin and
fried crust may be stripped off before
eating. Most kinds Of fish are treated
in the sane way before frying. Oysters,
however, need what is called "double
breading," aud are delicious if thor.
ouyhly drained, and dipped first into
seasoned bread crumbs, then into the
egg batter, then into cracker dust or
flour. The object of using bread crumbs
for the first coating is to make the sur.
face lightly rousa 50 that greater
quantity Of the egg will cling. The oys.
tiers are also more delicate aud less dry
than when crackers are used for both
coatiugs.
A plattcrful of white cornmeal mush,
if properly frlel in deep fat, is a tempt
lns breakfast or lunc icon dish. Cool
the mush in a shallow dish, and when
cold cut it into pieces, wnic, should be
about / inches tnici and finger long.
Fry rich brown AMI serve in folded
napkin. Ho niny is very nice fried in
the some way.-St. LOUIS Republic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19

Did you ever think of your pet
economy? Nearly everyone has one.
For instance, there is the man, the
very reverse Of niggardly, who will
race from library to hall and from
hall to drawing-room, to get the full
value of sulphur match. A singed
finger, or smutch on the carpet, is
minor matter compared to the ma,
jor economy Of one match to three
burners. Then we all know woman
caught in a shower will ruin SIC
worth of feathers rather than indulge
in 50-cCnt cab. 1t is these little
pin-pick economies which contrast sc
oddly with lavish expenditures
Boston Traveller.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19

A dispatch from Augusta, Ill.,, says
that four miles northwest of that
place, II few days ago, William Allen
bored well on his farm, going TO q
depth Of sevcnty-seven feet. At that
depth suddenly the entire bottom fell
out, carrying all but about five feet OF
the walls with it. At the bottom OF
the deep hole thus formed could be
seen swift rushing stream. All
efforts to fill up this hole have proved
futile, the rushing current carrying
away everything thrown into it.
TSccnlitic American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the need, of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; etfectually cleansing the system,
dspclling colds, headaches and fcvers
and permanently curing constipation,
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts ON the Kid
ncys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
cning them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance,
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
ACCEPT any substitute il offered.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19

The Marquis of Qucensberry has
always held high place as authority
on the manly art of "slugging." But
no one ever expected to see him enter
the ring against society, and make a
desperate attempt to knock out in
one round the venerable institution
Of marriage to one wife only. Yet
this is precisely what he has just done
in London, by giving Il lecture in
which he boldly advocates a plurality
of wives. The shrek which Mrs.
Grundy uttered when she heard of
the preaching of such questionable
sentiments was audible in most parts
of Great Britain. But the MARQUIS
holds firm, and says that he is merely
a century ahead Of the times. Can
it be that this eccentric missionary Is
in the right, and that the coming
man will be kind Of wholesale Nor.
mon, with wives of every size, hue
and temperament which may please
his fancy? Away with the idea
Think Of inviting dozen mothers.
in-law to dinner at oncel
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19

village will evidently soon be deserted
and the remnants OF the tribe will go
across the mountains where the acorn
crop is more bountiful. In accordance
with their custom they will, on leaving,
burn their houses. They will return
next season if the acorn crop is better,
but they will build more "wickiaps, -
San Francisco Examiner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19
Total Length of the Nile.

The total length of the Nile is 327O
miles. 1t drains country as extern
sive as Russia, and Tor the last 1900
miles of its course receives no surface
ullluent, large or small. The fall
from Assouun to Cairo is from two to
three inches in mile, and throughout
the Delta this slight slope diminishcs
to less than one inch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19
SALADS.

Egg Salad Gut three large stalks OF
celery into pieces, anl put in salad.
bowl. Chop the Whites of five hard
boilei eggs an add to the celery, with
u little salt and pepper; silica toe yotks
OF the eggs in thin rounds, lay carefully
over the salad, pour over plain salad
dressing, and garnish with celery leaves.
Lent Salad Fill the botto n OF salad
dish with crisp lettuce-ltaves. Cut cold
boiled or baked lisa into pieces, and fill
the dish with it; pour over a pint OF
mayonnaso dressing. Clop the coral of
lobs;cr very tiue; sprinkle it over the
salad. Glrlisi with rings of hard
boiled eggs, and serve very cold.
Oyster Salad Boil two dozol oysters
in their own liquor for five minutes,
drain, and stand GA ice until very cold.
Arrange crisp lestu,e leaves in salad
bowl, put the oysters on them, pour
over u telcup of mayonnalso dressing,
and serve very cold.
Herring Smoked Salad-Put the crisp
leaves of head Of lettuce in salad
bowl; skin and remove the bone from
two smoked herrings; caop them and
mix with the lettuce; pour over plain
salad dressing to which have been aided
the chopped whites of two hard.boiled
eggs.
Shrimp Salad-Tear the leaves Of two
heads of lettuce apart, put in a salad
bowl, open can of shrimos, put on the
lettuce leaves, pour over half cup Of
mayonnaisc dressing, and garnish with
hard boiled eggs cut in rings.
Anchovy Salad-Wash, skin, and
bone two anchovles, put in water to soak
halt an hour, drain and dry them. Cut
three hari.boiled eggs into slices. Ar.
range the leaves OF head of lettuce in
salad.bowl. Add the anciovies aud
sliced eggs, pour over a plain salad
dressing, aud send to the table very cold.
Salmon Salad-Takc two pounds of
cold boiled salmon, remove the skin aud
bone, break the fish in pieces, and put
into bowl with little salt, cayenne,
vinegar, the juice of lemon, and a
tablespoonful of oil. Let stand on ice
one hour. Put crisp lettuce leaves in a
salad bowl, add the salmon, pour over
a mayonnaise dressing, garnish with
olives, and serve very cold. Canned
salmon may be used in making this salad.
-Harper's Bazlr.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
HONEY VINEGAR.

Honey may be used for making win.
cgar as we'll as syrups or other sweets.
To make i've gallons of honey vinegar,
put five pounds of strained honey into
the empty cask; then pour in five gal.
Ions of warm, pure rain water and pint
of good yeast, or few sheets of mother
of vinegar if they can be had. Set the
cask in warm place, covering the
bunghole with mosquito netting to keep
out flies aud other insects, until fermen.
tation has ceased and the vinegar is in
the proper condition for use. - New
York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19
Artificial Gum Arabic.

The decline in the supply of gum
arabic, and the consequent increase
in price of the product has led to the
manufacture of an artificial substi.
tute Ten kilogrammes of linseed
oil are boiled with SO kilogrammes of
sulphuric acid and 100 lterS of wa
ter, for three or four hours. The
quid is then filtered and four times
its volume of alcohol is added. The
precipitate is collected washed and
dried. The product is amorphous,
colorleSs, and insipid, and gives, when
mixed with water, a thick and eff
lectiyc mucilage.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19

The United States torpedo boat
Gushing has been painted Il bottle
green.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19

The one that does not shrink wOOlcns -
SAVENA. A present In every package
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac ThOmp-
sons Eyc.wutcr. Druggists sell 2jC,pcr bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19

SAVENA- the one that cleans the clothes
md mnkcs lhem smell sweet. Try It.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-14
Plowed Up a Meteor In California.

Plowcd Up Meteor In CaIifornin.
About a year ago a great meteor fell
at or near Table mountain. The fall OF
the visitor from unknown spheres and
the CONSERVATION it caused among those
who were witnesses were told in graphic
manner to a reporter of this paper by
Professor George Fl. Stout, superintend-
ent of schools, and created wide interest.
Searching parties were organized, and
several scientific gentlemen came hers to
get if possible piece of the meteor. Mr..
Stout received letters from all over tn
United States and even from Europe.
But despite strenuous efforts no trace of
the mysterious mass could be found.
The other day, however, CHARLES 2
Bloomfield, who resides some miles to
the west of where this meteor was sup
posed to have struck, discovered what Is
undoubtedly fragment Of the same.
He was blowing his field when the i'm
plement turned rlya mineral mass which
Mr.. Bloomfield Immediately recognized
as not being of the ordinary character.
He brought the same to Oroville, and !,
is now on exhibition. The fragmen
weighs so pounds, is of flint or brown
ish color on the surface, and for it's size
is remarkably heavy.-Oroville (Pa.)
Mercury.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-14

i'll winds blow over wide wilderness of
desolation, the sands of the desert driving
across the place which once bloomed
like the, garden of God. And Abraham
mourns' for Sarah at the cave OF Mach
pelah. Going along your path in life,
suddenly, right before you was an open
grave. :.
People looked down, and they saw it
was only few feet deep and few feet
wide, but to you it was chasm down
which went all your hopes and all your
expectations.
But cheer up in the name Of the Lord
Jesus Christ, the comforter. He is not
going to forsake you. Did the Lord take
that child out of your arms? Why, he
is going to shelter it better than you
could. He is going to array it in white
robe and give it palm branch and have
it all ready to greet you at your coming
home. Blessed the broken heart that
Jesus heals. Blessed the importunate
cry that Jesus compassionates Blessed
the weeping eye from which the soft hand
Of Jesus wipes away the tear.
Some years ago was sailing down the
St. John river, which is the Rhine and
the Hudson commingled in one scene OF
beauty and grandeur, and while was
on the deck of the steamer gentleman
pointed out to me the places of interest,
and he said, ''All this is interval land,
and it is the richest land in all the prov
inces Of New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia"
..What," said I, "do you mean by in
terval landP' sWell," he said, "this land
is submerged for part of the year.
Spring freshets come down, and all these
plains are overlooked with the water,
and the water leaves rich deposit, and
when the waters are gone the harvest
springs up, and there is the grandest
harvest that was ever reaped." And l
instantly thought, ''It is not the heights
Of the church end 1t Is not the heights OF
this world that are the scenes of the
greatest prosperity, but the soul over
which the foods of sorrow have gone,
the soul over which the freshets OF tribu,
lation have torn their way, that yields
the greatest fruits of Righteousness, and
the largest harvest for time, and the
richest harvest for eternity" Bless God
that your soul is interval land.
THE LAST HOUR.
But these "reminiscences reach only to
this morning. There is one more point
OF tremendous "Reminiscences, and that is
the last hour of life, when we have TO
look over all our past existence. What
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-14
An1mproved Wood Pavement.
sternity.

The jarrah and the karri, two hard
woods native to Australia, are being
largely used for paving carriage ways in
England, and especially in London,
where the heavy traffic is most trying to
the lasting qualities of pavements. The
whole breadth of the road is first COW
cred with layer of cement concrete in
stead of sand inches deep and arched
to the necessary oonvexity. On the top
of this the wooden blocks are laid. The
slipperiness after showers which tho
hardness of the wood entails is remedied
by sprinl1ling of sand, and in dry wealth
er the horse shod with a fiat shoe finds
as good footing as on other pavements.
The Australian woods are bound to
last four times as long as the wood here
tofore used. The first cost of paving a
street with these blocks in Melbourne
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-14

ing pangs Would God 1t were morn
ing, would God it were night, were your
frequent cry. But you are better-per-
haps even we'll. Have you thanked God
that today you can come out in the fresh
air: that you are in this place to hear
Gods name, and to sing Gods praise,
and to ilnplore Gods help, and to ask
Gods forgiveness? Bless the Lord who
healeth all our diseases and redeemeth
our lives from destruction.
Perhaps your last sorrow was finan-
cial embarrassment. I congratulate
some of you on your lucrative profession
or occupation, on ornate apparel, on
commodious residence-everything you
put your hand to seems to turn to gold
But there are others Of you who are like
the ship on which Paul sailed where two
seas met, and you are broken by the vio-
lence of the waves. By an unadvised
Endorsement, or by conjunction of I'M
foreseen events, OF by fire or storm, or a
senseless panic, you have been flung
headlong, and where you once dispensed
great charities now you have hard work
to make the two ends meeJ.
THANK GOD FOR PROSPERITY.
Have you forgotten to thank God for
your days of prosperity, and that through
YOUR trials some of you have made in
yestments which will continue after the
last bank Of this world has exploded and
the silver and gold are molten in fires of
a burning world? Have you, amid all
your losses and discouragements, forgot
that there was bread on your table this
morning and that there shall be shell
ter for YOUR head from the storm, and
there is air for your lungs and blood fof
your heart andslight for your eye and u
glad and glorious and triumphant reli
gion for your soul?
Perhaps your last trouble was be-
reayement. That heart which in child
hood was your refuge, the parental
heart, and which has been a source Of
the quickest sympathy ever since, has
suddenly become silent forever. And
now sometimes whenever in sudden an
noyance and without deliberation you
say, II will go and tell mother" the
thought flashes on you, II have no MOTH
er." Or the father, with voice less ten
der, but at heart as earnest and loving
watchful Of all your ways, exultant over
your success without saying much, al
though the old people do talk it over by
themselves-is taken away forever.
Or there was your companion IN afe'
sharer of your joys and SORROWS, taken,
leaving the heart an old ruin. where tne
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-14
hand, have wrencned the cn.4d from the

hand. have wrenched the child from the
destroyer!
You went 10 your room, and you said:
'God, save my child! God, save my
child!' Tho world seemed going out in
darkness. You said, 81 cannot bear 1T,
cannot bear it!' You felt as if you
could not put the lashes over the bright
eyes never to see them again sparkle
Oh, if you could have taken that little
one in your arms and with it leaped into
the grave, how gladly you would have
done it! Oh, if You could let your prop
erty go, your houses, your land and Your
storehouse go, how gladly you would
have allowed them to depart It you
could only have kept that one treasure:
But one day there arose from the
heavens chill blast that swept over the
bedroom, and instantly all the light
went out, and there was darkness
thick, murky. impenetrable, shuddering
darkness. But God did not leave you
there. Mercy spoke. AS you were about
to put that cup to your lips God said,
LET it pass" and forthwith, as by the
hand of angels, another cup was put into
your hands. It was the cup of Gods
consolation. And as you have some
times lifted the head of wounded SOL
der and poured wine into his lips. SO
God puts his left arm under your head,
and with his right hand he pours into
your lips the wine Of his comfort and
his consolation, and you looked at the
empty cradle and looked at your broken
heart, and you looked at the Lords chas-
tisement, and you said, Gwen SO, Fa-
Their, for SO it seemeth good in thy
sight"
All, it is your first trouble. How did
you get over it? God comforted you.
You have been better man ever since.
You have been a better woman evel
since. In TIE jar of the closing gate OF
the sepulcher you heard the changing of
the opening gate of heaven, and you felt
an irresistible drawing heavenward.
You have been purer and holier OF heart
ever since at night when the little one
for the las time put it's arms around
your neck AID said: "Good night, para
Good night, lamma. Meet me Ill heaV
en-
But I must come on down to your iabef
sorrow. Witt was it? Perhaps IL W;
sickness. TIE child's tread on the sGfair
or the tick of the watch on the stand DIS
turbs YOU. Through the long, weary days
you counted the figures on the carpeV or
the flowers in the wall paper. On, IT,
WEAKNESS ard e1haustion!- Oh, the burn
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J. r. LIBBY j. r. LIBBY j. r. LIBBYJ r. LIBBY j. r. LIBBY.

a moment that will be! | place Napo-
Icons diving rerniniscence on St. Helena
beside Mrs. Judson's diving "Reminiscences
in the harbor of St. Helena-the same
island-ao years after. Napoleon's dy-
ING "Reminiscences was one Of delirium
as he exclaimed, "Head of the ARMY"
Mrs. Judson's diving Renaissance, as she
came home from her missionary toll and
her life Of self sacrifice for God, dying
in the cabin of the ship in the harbor Of
St. Helena. was. "I always did love the
Lord .Tesus Christ" And then, the his
4: - fol1 ;,+o a So,,nd sloay,
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ranges from s2.16 per square yard for
karri to $24O for jarrah, which does
not include the concrete or the cost Of
excavation, laying and grouting. II
transportation were cheap enough, the
same pavements could be laid down IN
this country for not much more, and it
is suggested that most Of vessels taking
American product to Australia wox.d
be glad to get cargoes of karri or jarrah
to bring back and would be willing to
do it at low rate.-New York Tele-
gram
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-14
The rerm "Eayesdropper."

The following account is given of the
origin of the term ''eavesdropper:" At
the revival of Masonry in TIT a curious
punishment was inflicted ON man who
listened at the door of Masonic meet
ing in order to hear its secrets. He was
summarily sentenced ''to be placed un.
der the caves of an clubhouse while it was
raining hard till the water ran in under
the collar of his coat and out at his
Shoes The penalty was inflicted on the
spot, and the name has continued evel
since.-Chums.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-14

But must not spend any more OF my
time in going over the advantages of
your life. just put them all in one
great sheaf, and bind them up in your
memory with one loud harvest song,
such as reapers sing. Praise the Lord,
We blood bought mortals on earth! Praise
the Lord, We crowned spirits of heaveni
TRIBULATIONs.
But some of you have not always had
a smooth life. Some of you are now in
the shadow. Others had their troubles
years ago; you are mere wreck OF what
Won once were. I must gather up the
sorrows of your past life, but how shall
lido it? You say that is impossible, as
you have had so many troubles and ad-
versities. Then will just take two, the
first trouble and the last trouble.
As when you are walking along the
street and there has been music IN tine
distance you unconsciously find your
selves keeping step to the music, so when
you started life your very life was mu-
steal timebeat. The air was full of JOY
and hilarity. With the bright, clear oar,
you made the boat skip. You went on,
and life grew brighter, until after
awhile suddenly voice from heaven
said, "Haltw And you halted You
grew pale. You confronted your first sor
row. You had no idea that the flush Oh
your child's cheek was an unhealthy
flush. You id it cannot be anything
serious Death in slippered feet walked
round about the cradle. You did not
hear the tread, but after awhile the truth
flashed on you. You walked the floor.
Oh, If you could, with your strong, stout
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Doyou want to know what is going on In tho
world-Take the PRESS.
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GARMENT !" DEPARTMENT
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One lot Wonen's Blouse Waists.

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10 volumes in set, we'll bound and
illustrated for $1.90. Publishers
price is $1,000.
The above are the greatest bar
gains ever offered in books in this
city.
The record-union., 1893-09-06
FREE LIBRARY.
Business Transacted at Last Night,
Meeting of the Trustees.

Business Transacted at Lust Nights
Meeting of the Trustees.
The Board of Trustees of the Public liz
brary met at their Office in the Library
building last evening. Present-W. c.
Fitch (President), S. II. Gerrish (Secre-
tary) and E. B. Willis.
The report of the Librarian for the
month of August was read, as follows:
Number of books issued during the
month, 2,l65, classified thus: Fiction,
1,199; history, ll5; literature, SO; fine art,
20; useful art, IS; science, 81; philology.
4; sociology, 9; religion, Y; philosophy.
a; general works, rs. Percentage of
fiction, so. Average number issued per
day, $50. Number of patrons registered.
10, 766. Amount of fines collected, 81 IL.
The Library was closed for nineteen days
for cleaning and repairs.
The following bills were ordered paid ::
Capital Gas Company, 50; Hessling &
Spielmeyer, g 20; w. +. Purnell, Sl70 90;
]. J. Laracy, So; w. B. Dunlap, S17 %;
Henry D. Hayes & Co., S502 43; f. w.
Bruening, $40 IS; Baker & Hamilton, 81;
w. Ii. H. Thompson IL Co.. $40; w. H.
Hlgbie, SIS 20; J. q. Davis, S12 10; Philip
May, $50; Union Ice Company, 50 60; l..
w. Ripley, $50.
After ordering 1l6 new books pur-
chased the board adjourned.