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ElRESlDE FRAGMENTS.

"A little alcohol will do wonders in
frightening glass. Turpentine Is ex-
cellent for washing sinks which have
become dull and dirty.
Chicken and Peas.-Simmer jointed
chicken with one quart of peas, one
dessert-spoonful of butter, one onion,
pepper, salt, parsley and one-half pint
of gravy. When gravy is nearly gone,
add one teaspoonful of braided flour;
shake up we'll and serve.-Good House
keeping.
Baked Yellow Squash.-Pare the
the pieces and cook in boiling water
until they may be pierced by a fork.
Drain through a colander, mash finely,
season with salt, pepper and plenty of
butter. Put into baking-dish and
bake in hot oven for about twenty
minutes-Ladies' Home Journal.
Baked Mutton Chops.-A nice way
to cook mutton and tomatoes is to place
the chops in a baking pan with one
tomato and one small green pepper
laid on each. Add a small cup of water
and salt to taste. Put in oven and
bake till the meat is tender, basting
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Free Press.
Baked Farina.-Put a quart OF
milk into a double boiler, add few
pieces of stick cinnamon. Wnen the
milk boils. take out the cinnamon and
add teaspoonful of salt, and stir in
very gradually four tablespoonfuls of
dry farina; beat out the Jumps and stir
it often during the first ten minutes;
let it boil half an hour or more, STIR
ring it frequently. When done put it
into dish, add piece of butter and
set it in the oven to brown. This makes
very nice dish for tea.-Boston Budget.
-Stewed Wild Duck.-Joint the duck
after parboiling, and pepper, salt and
flour them. Have butter ready in a
frying pan and cook light brown
Put them into a saucepan and cover
with gravy made of the giblets, neck
and some pieces of lean veal Add
more salt and pepper, if needed, and a
little fnely-chopped parsley; cover
closely and boil gently until tender.
Take out the duck, strain the gravy,
put in half a cupful of cream or rich
milk, thicken with Drowned -four, and
in so gradually as not to curdle the
cream; boil up and pour over the duck.
-Housekeeper.
Fruit Cake.-One cup butter, two
cups sugar, beat together to cream.
Add five we'll beaten eggs and sti1
well. One cup molasses one and one
half pound raisins, one and one-hal1
pound currants, one-fourth pound cit,
ron, one tablespoon each of cinnamon
nutmeg and cloves. Roll the fruit
which should be dry, with five cups ot
flour before putting with the other in
gradients. Line cake tins with wei
oiled paper and bake in two or three
cakes for two hours or longer, taking
great care that it does not scorch
Take from tins without removing
paper and cover tightly in stone jar
Should not be cut for at least twt
months and will keep for year. Re
quires no milk, baking powder or soda
Farm, Field and Fireside.
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THE WORD TROLLEY"
How 1t Happened to Be Applied to 1t,
Present Popular Use.

How 1t Happened to Be Applied to It's
Present Popular Use.
Most persons who use the word ''trol.
ley'' probably do not know the origit
of this term, or why this name was
given to that apparatus by which ths
electricity is conveyed from an aerias
wire. Twenty years ago, the word was
used to designate "a form of truck
which can be tilted, for carrying rail-
road materials or the like This il
the only definition of the word in Web
ster's dictionary of the edition of 1S4S-
In the edition of 1892 of the same work,
three other definitions are added. ~
GA narrow cart that is pushed by hand
or drawn by an animal" 1t is noted
that this meaning of the word is in use
in England, not in the United States
(2) "a truck from which the load is
suspended on some kinds of trains
This meaning is technical, according
to Webster, and employed only in
speaking of machinery. (3) Electric
railway.) A truck which travels along
the fixed conductors, and forms u
means of connection between them and
a railway car" 1t is easy to see how
the primitive form of the electric troll.
ley, which travels upon the wires,
came to receive its name from its re-
semblance to other types of trolley;
and tae name, having been Immediate
ly given to this primitive form, was
naturally retained when the method of
connection was changed from little
ing at its end wheel pressing on the
lower surfaes OF the wire. ~ Else'
sriesan.
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A FEW WORDS ON Innings.
just What to Buy to Have Your Dresses
Hang Like Poem.

Hang Like Poem.
Your dress will never ''wobble" if
you have it made on silk lining. Yes,
it is expensive; it adds at the very low
est calculation five dollars to the cost,
but is that SO very much to pay for
grace of motion and the poetry of
dress? Fabrics are remarkably cheap.
The ffty-cent mixtures, stripes, fan
nels, fiannelettes, diagonals and prints
are bewildering. Eight yards will
make a pretty frock; there's four dol.
lars and two dollars for findings. Now,
instead of velvet sleeves, galoon rib
bons, lace frills and passementerie,
why not substitute five dollars worth
of silk for the skirt? Line the waist
and sleeves with grass linen or sateen
and you will get lots of satisfaction out
of that eleven-dollar dress. Wash silks
may be bought for fifty cents yard.
They are light weight, dainty and dur
able, but not as good as the taffeta or
old-fashioned soil boiled and summer
silks, that respond to every movement
and slide away, even in a tangle of
underskirts.
The next best thing is glossy linen
lining and one good silk petticoat,
which can be worn with every dress
and with care will last half year.
1.-THE leading lady," that criterion of
taste, will always sacrifice material
and trimming for silk lining. If she
can afford only a thirty-two-cent ba-
tiste or thirty-cent tennis flannel
she will have it made on silk. And the
effect? Better and more artistic than
crepon over cambric-N. Y. Post.
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SWINE NOTES.

Cleanliness in the pig pen is espe'
cially desirable in hot weather.
Hogs prefer running water as mucn
as any other kind of live stock
If you want to fit them for market
at eight or ten months, fine boned
swine must be selected.
Young pigs should be taught toeaf
as soon as possible and given all the
skim milk they will take
With little grain and grass, hogs
can be made ready at any time to mees
the demand for lean meat.u
The more comfortable you keep
feeding hogs the more flesh they VIII
put on for given amount OF feed.
If the falling apples are picked up
by the pigs many of the destructive IN
sects of the orchard will be destroyed.
The farmer who does not see MS
hogs from one weeks end to anotneI'
does not deserve to have good lues
with them.
You can get some idea of the valus
of wheat for hoge by the way yoai
IL
stock thrives when turned into tno
wheat stubble.
Young pigs can be stunted oy pc
ing overfed, especially on corn nla
mistake is often made by those mex
pcrienced in feeding.
Hog cholera and other diseases Wi0n
swine will cut very little figure Wnen
it is generally understood how shes
need to be fed and treated.
"A good way to experiment IN Pig
feeding is to divide good-sized ilessa ,.a
into few lots and then see what ~.
ferent rations will do for each. 1h',
may be little trouble, but some goo1
ideas may be obtained.
If you would have the boar TUG
most serviceable and his iitters OF pissa
strong and hearty, give him coca
bran and oat ration, and few rogsa
and other green stuff, Nor Should q
DO kept In toe close eonfnemeRs
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
PASTuRAGE FOR SWINE.
The hey to Profitable Pork Making by the
Farmer.

The Eey to Profitable Pork Making by the
Farmer.
Pasturage is the key to profitable
pork making. Saying this implies no
disparagement or belittling of any
others of the various essential items
entering into the rearing and matur-
ing of swine. 1t is the green stuff,
raised with little cultivation and har-
vested in the seasons of dew and warm
sunshine by the pigs themselves, which.
in connection with other appropriate
eatables and drinkables, comes near
est to giving the farmer what large
share of humanity covets, viz, some
thing for nothing. 1t is strong
statement to make in the
face of conditions as they
exist, but no less trt1e. that no man is
rightly equipped for hog-raising who
has not arrangements whereby the
growing animals can have the range
Of ground where there is grass, clover
Or other succulent herbage.
Other methods of keep may be, and
too frequently are, substituted for this,
not more or less unhealthful, while
this is natural, inexpensive and con-
fessedly healthful. A weak point in a
great deal of the general farming is in
giving too great a proportion of time
and attention to the corn field and
the increasing of its acreage,
when if greater effort was
made in the direction of having
more ground seeded to variety of
the best grasses, more and better pork
would be made with less outlay. Men
of scientific attainment who have been
in position to make careful tests along
these lines have invariably reached the
same conclusions as the more observant
farmers and feeders, to the effect that
corn, however cheap, is by no means
the cheapest material for meat making.
As applied to pork making, writes F.
D. Coburn to an exchange, fair aver
age of their experiments is seen in the
following table. The estimate of six
tons as the product (green) of an acre
of clover is quite low, as with any
thing like q favorable season and
fair stand the crop would weigh more.
Alfalfa and it's capacity for pork pro-
duction is not represented in the table
but it is well known that of all green
food for hogs alfalfa is the best. It will
also produce twice or three times the
amount of green food to the acre thai
is credited to clover, the production Of
dry hay not unfrequently amounting
to six tons. The table is on the basi:
of four pounds of grain or fifteer
pounds of green clover making pound
of pork, and probably most of us would
consider the former a little high-no
higher than has been reached, but
higher than the average of US go:
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The Theory of Fine Tilth.

1. That fnely-divided particles o,
plant food may be placed where the
first rootlets of the terminating seed
can not fail to reach them without eli
fort.
2. That it gives the air an opportuni-
ty to reach every particle of soil, and
decomposes its ;mineral and vegetable
constituents into plant food. ]
3. That rain sinks freely in mellow
soil, and is held there firmly against
evaporation.
4. That mellow, fnely-dfyided soils
operate like sponge to take up nitro'
gen for the feeding of plants.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12

until some definite policy is settled
upon by the government. So long as
there is dissatisfaction, there is bound
to be turmoil. The old school of econ
0mlsts taught us their ancient methods.
The country has been taught moth
ing new in money matters: we have
the two old methods Of gold and silver.
Twenty years ago one was set aside,
and the scarcer metal, gold, was taken
as the basis, and the people have, or
their representatives have been so
stubborn that they will not listen to any
other method, and while gold decreases
i'll quantity it increases in value, and
with the expansion Of business the
basis is narrowing. Ninety-nine
one-hundredths of the people are not
dealing in money at all. They deal in
lands, grain, cotton, iron, and other
commodities, and they only need money
to assist them in their business, and
they don't care if it is made out of gold
or silver. What the masses want
is plenty of money that will meet
the demands of their business,
and all that congress has to do
is to supply that want, and this will
settle the financial question. The rates
of interest will then have natural
basis, and people will not be compelled
to sacrifice their property to- secure
money"
Speaeing of the administration, he
said that it was no worse nor no better
than the Republican regime. He could
See no improvement nor no retrOgreS-
sion.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
THE DANCING SKULL.
a ST. Louis Man Relates an EX-
perience He Will Never Forget.

a St. Louis Man Relates an EX-
perience He Will Never Forget.
Fred Mayer, secretary of the A. B.
related to Globe-Democrat man the
following interesting episode, in which
he figured as frightened spectator:
"Several years ago we got carloard
of bones from Texas, in which we found
a human skull in good state of pre-
servation. thought it was great thing
to have a human skull in my possession,
and after Frightening it up a little took
1t home. 1t was kept about the
house until l was married. Short
ly afterward my wife told me
that there was only room for herself
and me in the house, and if lperssted
in keeping the skull in the house she
and threw it up on shelf, where it lay
for a year or more undisturbed. went
to the office pretty early one dark ana
cloudy morning. am usually the first
one there-and as | opened the door [
heard something drop and apparently
roll or move about the room. When |
went in | was horror-stricken to see that
skull circling around the office
floor at the rate of mile min
ute, apparently. | was paralyzed
for minute, and when | began
TO realize the situation | was back in
the middle OF the office and the skull
had got over between me and the door,
where it stopped, but was humping it
self on the floor in a spaSmodic way,
now and then rolling over or turning
up, so that the horried sockets glared at
me with the most internal look the
human imagination is capable of depict
ing. | was transfXed with horror. My
hair was standing on end. My hat fell
off and rolled toward the skull. wanted
to get out, but the skull kept between
me and the door, and kept up its thumpS
and Jerks, making the most uuearthly
sounds on the floor. | was trem-
bling from head to foot and thought
/ would fall in my tracks. [ thought
of all the ghost stories and supernatural
tales | had ever heard. | wondered why
the ghoStly pOssesSOr had not come
after his head at night, when l was
away or when some one else was there
or any time but that particular time.
Finally, as | neared the last stages of
distraction, | saw rat diSengage itself
from the skull and run out of the Office.
never was SO glad i'll my life to see a
rat. 1t might have stayed in the office
all day. l wouldn't have killed it for
800. The rat had attempted to
explore the vacant Uranium by way
of tha orifice through which the
spinal cord enters and got fast. When
l opened the door L suppose it was
scared, and in trying to get loose it
threw the skull off the shelf. In the
dim light of the Office l couldn't see the
rat, it being nearly the color of the
floor, but the skull, being white, was
frightfully visible. If l could have got
out uf that Office when | wanted TO. [
wouldn't have seen the rat, and l would
have sworn to this day that the original
owner of the skull, in all his ghoStly
horror. had come back after his head"
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
LUTHERAN DBACONEssEs.
Meetings Auspiciously Begun for
Their Benefit.

Meetings Auspiciously Begun for
Their Benefit.
The special services held in the inter-
est of the Norwegian deaconesses' in
stitute at the Swedish tabernacle yester-
day afternoon were of unusual interest.
Prof. q. Sverdrup, who for years has
worked so hard III building up the insti-
tute on Fifteenth avenue and East
TWenty-third street, in this city. gave a
historical sketch Of this branch of the
work of the Lutheran church.
Prof. Boeckman preached on Proverb
xix. II: "He that hath pity upon the
poor lendeth unto the Lord: and that
which he hath given will he pay him
again."
The professor urged his hearers to
prove themselves the true followers and
servants of Jesus Christ by such works
of charity as aiding the Sisters of
Mercy, who have Staked everything,
even their lives, for the relief of the
suffering of their fellOwmen.
Rev. l.. M. Biorn, the vice president
of the United church. made very
touching appeal TO the audience in favor
of the cause. They responded by march
ing up to a table placed in front of the
pulpit aud depostting in all Sl67.86.
The next meeting of the United
church opens at o'clock this morning.
The question OF transferring Augsburg
seminary to the United church will be
discussed in the forenoon, and at 2
O'Clock in the afternoon the charges
preferred by Prof. Sverdrup against
President Hoyme Will be taken up.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
PEFFEK is WITH US.
The Bewhiskered Senator Talks
Like an Oracle.

The Bewhiskered Senator Talks
Like an Oracle.
Among the arrivals at the West hotel
Yesterday was tall man with long,
rangy beard of the dark brown variety,
who, by the way, has figured eX-
tensively in the cuts of certain
alleged humorous publications for
its wind propelling qualities.
The wearer OF this really remark
able growth of whiskers is William A.
PETER, the famous Populist, and mem
Kansas. He is chairman of the sub
committee appointed at the last session
of congress to investigate the CONNER
cial and agricultural interests of the
United States with reference to
their bearing OH the farming in
dustry, with the view of ascertain
ing if any depression exists, and if,so to
learn the causes and if possible point
out the remedy. The committee having,
the West in charge consists of Senators
PETER, of Kansas; WaShburn, of Min
nesota, and Roach, of North Dakota.
The committee met last week in Chi
cago, and it will convene in this city at
the postoflce building at 10 o'clock this
morning.
Senator PETER was seen by a GLOBE
reporter last night, and in reply to in
QuirieS he spoke III substance as fol-
lows: Our committee met in Chicago
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We
examined the packers to ascertain the
extent of their business, and the
different grades of cattle used,
and the range of prices for the
last twenty years. The stockyards
men were also examined as to the diff
ferent classes shipped and received, the
prices prevailing, etc. We also invests
gateed the board Of trade with regard to
its scope and functions and its general
business. Tomorrow the committee
meets in Minneapolis to look into the
milling and grain business. We will
inquire where the grain comes from, the
different grades, how much of it is put
into -four, where it goes to, the manner
of doing business, and its bearing in
connection with the interstate law. AS
an adjunct of agriculture we will learn
all we can regarding its relation or
bearing on the farmer, the object OF the
investigation being to ascertain the con-
dition of agricultural affairs in the
United States, and ii depression eX-
lists to learn its cause.
"How are things in Kansas ?i' was
asked.
MATTERS are all serene In my state
now. ! was not at home during the
trouble last winter, and only seen it
from atar Off as the horse smells the
battle. Were it not for this episode you
would not know that there had been a
change in the politics of the state, and
the new government is giving general
satisfaction.
SIS the Populist theory growing~
Eyes, but we are conservative. We
want some things that have been taken
from us and expect to get them in a
moderate and orderly way. We have
secured some Of these things already
and we will not blow up any houses OF
break into any banks to obtain our
rights. Kansas has been in the control of
the money changers and 1t must get
back into the hands of the people,"
"How about the financial and bust
ness outlook"
Business will. in my opinion, be un-
settled for year or two longer, and l
do not look for the agitation to cease
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
SUNDAY EPITOME.

Last night, in Grace church. South Mime
apols. Mir. Wilkinson preached from the
text Songs in the Night"
The Hennepin Avenue NJ E. church was
filed Yesterday. Rev f o. Holman preached
OH 'Evolution, " and attracted many sister
churches. The text was Psalm cxxXix., l4-16.
MIXED Candies will be the subject of
farce lecture by Frank W. Smith tonight at
the Y NJ. C. A. building. Mr.. Smith has n
good reputation as a lecturer, and this is said
to be the funniest of funny lectures.
Rev. Dr. Sample spoke to large audience
at the Lyceum upon History and Origin of
His Satanic Majesty, the Devil" and gave an
interesting sketch of the journeyings of the
evil one, from his birth down through the
centuries.
President Northrop, of the state university,
preached at the Andrew Presbyterian church
yesterday morning i'll the absence of the pas
tor Rev. Kincaid, who is visiting in the
East His text was "As ye SOW so shall ye
also reap"
Rev. Mr. Shutter last evening, in the
Church of the Redeemer touched upon the
lights and shadows OF Edwin Booths early
struggles, the success of middle life, and the
reverses and deepening melancholy of his
latter years.
Francis Hustled, who was hurt in Hall &
Ducys mill last Friday, died at his boarding
place, All Second street north, early Sunday
morning. Coroner Spr ng was notified. he
will investigate the accident today An in
quest will probably not be held.
A large congregation gathered under the
large pavilion at the various religious serv-
fees of the Religious Liberty association yes
terday. That which attracted the most at
tention was the lessons upon "Reigious
Liberty" conducted by Elder w. A. Col
cord.
1t is a pretty scene of life and animation at
Lake Harriet on bright June Sunday. And
yesterday was a beautiful day for an outing
at the lake. and it was enjoyed to the full
bent by tired and weary humanity. The
Danz orchestra rendered a fine musical pro-
gramme.
Archbishop Ireland yesterday afternoon
confirmed a class of $50 young people at the
Ss Lawrence Catholic church, at Twelfth
avenue southeast and Seventh street The
archbishop explained tue significance of
confirmation its duties and privileges, and
characterized the occasion as one of the most
beautiful in the lives of the participants.
Frank w. Smith, formerly a secretary of
the Y. NJ. G. A. organization at Toledo, O.,
delivered an address before large number
of Young men at the I. Nj. c. A. building
Yesterday afternoon on the subject Paint
ing the Town Red" He is an earnest speak
er, and held the closest attention of his
hearers for an hour and a half.
Children's day was celebrated with appro-
pirate services in many of the churches yes
terday The exercises, for the most part in
the hands of the Sunday schools were OF an
especially interesting nature from the fact
that the children did the work. From them
it Is evident that much has been accom-
piished i'll the Sunday schools of the city
during the year.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
GAVE HIMSELF AWAY. "a
How a Deserter Was identified at
New Orleans


New ORLEANS, June s11.-Alfred A.
McCurdy, a deserter from the United
States army, has been arrested here,
after living here without any attempt at
concealment of his identity. He desert.
ed from Jefferson Barracks, st. Louis,
on Oct. 2S, 1883. McCurdy and another
soldier named Lynch were prisoners
in the guard house, from which they
broke out. McCurdy is said to have
used revolver to advantage, while
Lynch is credited with having cut off
colOred guards head with an ak. Before
McCurdy became one Of Uncle Sans
boys in blue ne was noted professional
bicycle rider and the winner Of
many long-distance races. For the
past two years McCurdy has
been moving in this city under his right
name, and plying his vocation of shoe
maker. His love for the wheel induced
him to seek admission to the Pelican
Cycling club. Some of the members of
that club. suspecting the applicants
identity with the professional, made
inquiries of his antecedents, and
discovered such information that
Supt. Caster put Detective Doranco on
his trial, with the result that he was
arrested, and confessed his being de
serter. but diSclaimS participating in
the Staying of the negro guard. He
does not deny that he is the man want
ed, and says that he went into the army
IN fit of despondency, having been
snubbed by woman for whom he had
formed a strong attachment. and with
whom he had entrusted all his money.