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coin left tho Boston cooking school
one Of her pupils succeeded her as
principal and so on down to the pres
ent time, which fact led some one to
say OF Mrs. Lincoln: "She was not
only its first principal but its princi-
plo," for her works has always been
used there, and from this school
teachers have gone out oil over tho
country.
In the field Of cooking now the de-
mand is for teachers for the public
schools, and these teachers receive the
regular public school salary; good
teacher can now be fairly certain of
obtaining o situation. A high school
education Is necessary and In some
cases o teacher Is required to have
normal school training. Cooking is o
study that embraces much Of great
many sciences-chemistry, physiology,
botany, physics and natural history
So little attention has as yet been paid
to the science of cooking that there is
in this art wide field for original
work. The schools and some of the
colleges are beginning to see the needs
Of the time, and courses In physiology,
sanitary science and hygiene are being
established with especial reference to
the requirements of teachers of cook
ing.
There are not now enough paying
posi- ions in this country for the wom-
en- who look TO teaching as their only
means Of support. Our young women
ought to realize what splendid OPP
portunity there is for them in this
field, for ut present It is somewhat diff
Acult to find teachers fully and thor
6ughly equipped for carrying out an
ideal course in cookery. On the i'm
portance Of this same art, John Ruslkin
says: Cookery means carefulness, In
ventiveness, watchfulness, willingness
and readiness Of appliance. 1t means
the economy OF our OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and the science OF modern chemistry.
It means much tasting and no vast
ing"
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rnbby Lives on Vegetables.

There is q cat In the eeclusion OF
Hampton Court, England, which has
become a strict vegetarian, certainly
on principle, since there is plenty OF
meat to be had. This eccentric crea-
ture, black from nose to tail, has taken
for her chief diet scarlet runner beans.
Cucumbers she also likes, and carrots,
If they are boiled, while she occasion
ally nibbles away at other vegetables.
But, for some inscrutable reason, this
singular cat will not touch fruit, and,
although she will drink milk, she re-
iects the bread that may be mixed with
1t. Altogether, there is some talk OF
taking this queer animal to London to
have the philosophers talk over her.
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In Japan, where tea making is popu-
larly supposed to be n fine art, 1t is
never intrusted to servants. Either
host or hostess prepares the liquid in
the presence of the guests. The tea
leaves, which are finer than any ex-
ported, are scooped up with au ivory
shovel, put into teapot and covered
with hot water. The water has
scarcely passed through the leaves be-
fore the maker begins to pour the ie'
coction into the cups. 1t is pale, deli.
cate, fragrant, delicious and strong
enough to keep the drinker awake
twelve hours.
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
FATHER KINcFIsHER.

Hvw He Builds Hh Nest and Provides for
His Family.
"It is getting towards spring" says
Father Kingfsher. "Timc to think Of
another nest"
Father Kinglshcr is handsome fell
low. He is Of dull blue back and breast
marked with black. His under parts
are white and he has black tail feath-
ers with curious white lines across
them. His pretty blue head is long
and adorned with tuft OF feathers.
His nest is not little affair, woven
Of sticks and grasses, like the majority
OF birds.
II like to live near quiet mill pond"
says Father Kingfsher, land there I
dig q good tunnel, perhaps six or eight
feet long, in the side Of the sandy bank.
At the end of this tunnel let Mother
Kingfsher arrange the nursery. I
bring her plenty Of good, clean fish
bones to make the cradles for the lit
tic ones. They make the most COM
Portable beds in the world-for little
Kingfishcrs."
It is on account Of meals that Father
Kingfsher finds the sand bank good
place for o home. He sits for hours on
dry limb or high post overlooking
the water. When his sharp eyes spy q
Ash swimming below him he darts
down and seldom misses striking his
prey. Then, with the fish in his beak,
he mounts again to his perch and beats
the fish against the tree or post until
its spine is broken.
Father Kingfsher does not look as
II he enjoyed his dinner. He swallows
II in great gulps, dislocating his neck
and Jerking his body and wings during
the process. But he Is a good pro-
wider, although 1t is to be hoped that
the little kingflshers do not tire of q
Ash diet, for they get little else.
The kingfshers are large, noisy and
asscrtive birds. They dash across the
winter, looking like long blue streak
in their swift flight. When they spy
the fish for which they have been
watching they dart down, plunging
into the water with sudden dash.
The little kingfishers lie warm and
snug in their dry, sandy hole. No
doubt they think it far pleasantcr
than the most daintily woven nest In
the top Of the tallest tree'-N. Y.
| World
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WIN She Didn't Run Away.

A lady who had reached the time OF
life when she began to resent every
birthday as personal affront was at
tending sewing circle ut the parson-
age one day when the cry went up that
there was mouse in the room. Every
lady in the room, except this one, fled,
screaming. She remained in her chair,
Ms pale as death. Hearing the uproar
the pastor, who was in his study, came
in to see what was the matter.
"It's m-m-mouse!' the pale lady
gasped.
"Indeedl And why didn't you run
with the rest? Aren't you afraid Of
mice?"
II am mortally afraid Of them!"
"Then why, please, did you stay in
the room?"
II was in hopes" the lady faltered,
shat might be scared out Of years
growth"
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unsppropriated syllab,es.

In the early days Of the gold excite
ment in California young German
from Michigan departed for California,
and, after prospecting for awhile,
settled there. His name was John 9.
Almondinger, and wishing to Amcri-
canize himself as much rs possible he
applied to the legislature Of California
and had his name changed to John G.
Almond. A few days later q man
named John Smith applied to the same
legislature, and after reciting a long
catalogue Of the ills to which he was
subject owing to his unfortunately
common name, he said in conclusion:
"And whereas I have noticed that you
curtailed the name Of j. G.. Amending
er to j. G. Almond and have not dis
posed Of the niger which sceIus to
be lying around loose, respectfully
request that the same may be added to
my NAME" The result Of this appeal
is not stated.-Youth's Companion.
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GLASS WHEN |
FIRST INVERTED

hand Is removed. The edges of the
handkerchief are to be firmly held
around the side of the glass, and when
the inversion is complete II will DO
found that not drop of water has
been spilled and that by the pressure
of the outer air the handkerchief re-
tains its concave form in the glass.
Now with the left hand slowly and
firmly draw up the handkerchief ends
so as to stretch 1t tightly over the
mouth Of the tumbler, when, OF course,
the water will follow it to the lowest
point, leaving vacuum above 1t.
This vacuum, being something al-
ways abhorrent to nature, as we are
taught at school, must be filed ut
once; hence tho outer air will force
itself through the handkerchief and up
through the water in a rapid success
sion of bubbles. So lively will this be
that the operator will clearly feel the
vibrations in his hand, the audience
will hear the bubbling as of boiling
water, and If the glass be long and the
handkerchief properly arranged, SO
tnat Jne glass il eNposco W Wow VIC
tween the four corners Of the hand
kerchief, the violent disturbance may
plainly be seen, an exact counterpart
of the steam bubbles in boiling water.
If this trick be introduced by appro-
pirate remarks and with the panto-
mime of rapidly rubbing the hands
together to generate Q high degree OF
animal heat, it is very effective. OF
course. it is well to practice few
times over basin until proficiency is
attained.-St. Louis Republic.
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Delicate Orange Cake.

Rub thoroughly 70 cream two cups
of sugar and two-thirds of cup OF
butter, add three eggs beaten separate
ly. Squeeze the Juice of two large or
snges Into cup, adding enough water
to All IL. Stir this into the mixture,
together with three and u half cups of
flour, two even tcaspoonfuls of cream
Of tartar, one of soda, and little of
the orange rind, grated. Bake in lay
or tins. For the filing, use one egg
yolls and white. Crate little Of the
orange rind into this and the juice OF
half an orange, adding sugar enough
to thiclxeu.
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CLEANLINESS.


A Dainty Bathroom Almost an useeat1aI
to Wcll Furnished House.
Between o room that is dainty and
one that is merely neat there Is . great
gulf fixed to an extent which you never
realize till you make it point to NO
tice your friends bathrooms In newer
houses the builder has usually risen "a
the occasion, and with thing, oak I'm
ish, porcelain and glimmering zinc
made the room thing of beauty and
cleanliness, Joy forever. But IN old.
fashioned houses, where the plumbing
arrangements are often enough an
afterthought, it is frequently gloomy.
comfortless barrack, where you won-
der how even grown people, let alone
that small race whose antipathy to
soap aud water is we'll known, can
battle from anything but the sternest
sense of duty.
Dark wood, dark paper. dark wallis
with whitc-painted window protected
by dismal-hued blind; scaly Tub,
which is undoubtedly clean, but
doesn't show it; in the corners and
slowing places all sorts of respectable
nubbish, from the rag-bag and the
shelves for infirm and INDECENT books,
to the rocking-horse which Bobby has
outgrown--this is composite picture
Of a good many bathrooms. Repapcr-
ing--pretty wall papers arc too cheap
in these days for ugly ones to have
shred Of excuse for being-with dado
In imitation Of thing, a dollars worth
of enam Ell for the tub, bright-fiowered
or white window curtains and rigorous
banishmcnt OF the households odds and
ends to more fitting quarters could
work moral reformation in that room.
An agreeable variation on the ever
lasting oilcloth, which the minute you
step on it after emergi ng from the tub
chills all your newly made resolutions
to battle more frequen thy, is one of the
white Turkish rugs which will wash.
A bright wire basket for sponges
effectively and much moro hygicnicaily
takes the place of the outwardly deco
rative but inwardly musty rubber
sponge bag. whose name should be
changed to that of microbc repository.
These little touches, with perhaps >
coat of the enamel for the bungling
J towel rack, which hangs over the tub
when it hasn't fallen in 1t, draw the
distinction between bathing In dun
geor and in CHEEKY, cleanliness-ers
couraging room.-Phaladelphis Pres
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VERY CLEVER TRICK.
How 10 Boil Watcr with tho Heat
Ones Hand.

How 10 Boil Watcr with tho Heat OF
Ones Hand.
A very clever trick whereby cold
water may be made to appear to boil
from the heat of the hand is easily
managed by the boy magician.
Take a tumbler and fill it three-quar-
tcrs full OF water. Show your audience
that is ordinary cold water. or ice
water, If YOU choose. Cover this with
q coarse linen handkerchief, allowing
It's center to fall to the surface OF the
water.
Place the palm of the hand tightly
over the top of the tumbler and gently
invert it with the right hand, which
will hold it in the air after the left
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The schoolmistress was showing off
her pupils to some visiting friends.
She had been over the same ground @
day or two before, and thought she
could trust them to do her credit.
"Who knows what useful article is
furnished to us by the elcphant?' she
asked.
Ivory" was the prompt reply of
three boys at once.
"very good. And what do you get
from the whale?"
"Whalebone."
"Right again. And what from the
sealP"
'sSealing-wax," answered Peter Sand,
whose inventiveness was better than
his memory.
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Queen victoria's wonderful set OF
table furniture is kept in two fireproof
chambers and is said to represent a
cash value of twenty million pounds.
Among it is the golden table service
made for George w., calculated for
one hundred and thirty guests and
containing the famous crystal cham
parne cooler, which is large enough
for bath tub. There are many pieces
in it that formerly belonged to Queen
Elizabeth, besides splendid solid gold
vessels from India, Siam and China.
The pride of the collection is a teacup
once owned by Charles NIL, and a
gold peacock made for George I'LL, d
cost of forty thousand pounds. Chi
IA ro Tribune
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and the square applied to the plush by
a row of very minute machine-stitch-
ing. The fringe entirely composed OF
leather, silvered, should be cut after
being folded double, after the fashion
of u ham-bonc frill, and the little tas-
sells, also of silvcrcd leather, have tho
tops formed of leather, plated. FL
nally, the bow, with long streamer, be-
meath which the ring for suspension 81
the pincushion is to be concealed,
should be made of moss green MORO
,.ihhOn
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Every one should know that hot wa
ter will restore cut flowers that are
faded, from wearing on the dress or
being carried in the hand. Cut half
an inch from the end of the stem and
put the latter directly into boiling
water; the petals will smooth and re.
sumo their beauty in few minutes.
Colored blossoms will revive the best,
for white flowers are inclined to curl
nnd turn yellow. The blooms will
keep fresh after this treatment
almost as long Us they would have
done il freshly gathered.
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IN A BuFFALo's HEAD.
4 Hunter Kills . Bull with . Charge II
small Change.

Emlou OuhoBcs
The buffalo OF Ceylon carries his
head in q peculiar manner-the horns
thrown back and his nose projecting
on level with his forehead-thus SO.
curing him from . fatal front shot
This renders him dangerous enemy,
as he will receive any number Of balls
from a small gun in the throat and
chest without showing the least dis
tress. An account Of dangerous en-
counter with this animal Is given. The
writer had fred without killing the
buffalo and had not ball left With
a stealthy step and y short grunt the
bull advanced upon the man, seeming
ly aware of his helplessness.
Suddenly bright thought flashed
through my mind. without taking my
eyes off the animal l put b double
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Freddy. aged five, fell down the other
day and cut his lip SO badly that the
doctor was called and found it neces-
sary to take several stitches in it.
Mamma was much distressed. Il fear,
DOCTOR" she said, that it will leave
disfguring scar"
10, never mind, mamma" said Fred
1y brave,y, my mustache'll cover it."
IN. Y. Advertiser.
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"Well, Jimmie" said the visitor to
the small son of the cntomologist, "are
you going to be o lawyer when You
grow up, or what?"
"I'm goin' to be a bugwump like
papa" said Jimmie.
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PRETTY PINCUSHiON.
An Original Design Whose Execution Il
Not Worry Dimcult.

Not Worry Dimcult.
A very original and pretty pincush-
ion Is shown in the accompanying illus
trntion, the exact size of which, exclu.
sive OF the leather fringe, should
measure four and one-half inches
square, and be formed Of moss-green
plush. Upon this, as shown in the
sketch, should be appliqued two-inch
square formed of leather work, with
tho design fooled upon it, the back
ground being stamped over with small
discs or squares, and the whole subse-
quently colored with silver paint. Tho
flower and ienf on the leather should
be tinted with ruby and green gold,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-30
The Business Mans Statement.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. May ?. 1894.
Lyon Medicine Co.. indianapolis. md:
Gentlemen-It is with pleasure that
| can conscientiously say a good word
for Lyons Seven Wonders. For mora
than year | was troubled with Indi.
gestion and Stomach Disorders. Vari-
Gus remedies which Itried gave me no
relief, until one day last summer was
told by brother drummer of the vir.
tues of Lyons Seven Wonders"
concluded to try it, and am happy to
say one box, costing only 81, entirely
cured me To those who suffer as I
did l would strongly advise them to
use Lyons Seven Wonders" Yours
truly, JOHN r. SPENCER,
State Agent Royal Baking Powder Co.
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AN AMERICAN DISGRACE.
Appalling Extent of Lawlessness as
Shown by Cases OF Lynching-
Northwestern Christian Advocate

The Chicago Tribune has, for years. COM
piled all cases or lynchingS in the United
States and recorded the details Of every
case. such the date, locality, name OF
The record shows that the total number OF
lynchings in the United States since 1875
is 1,622. During this period 262 persons have
been lynched in the Northern and 1860 In
the Southern States. OF the 1,360 persons
lynched in the South 952 have been negroes
lynched in the North These fearful rec
ords show that the Northwestern has not
''slandered the South when IL has asked
white people in both North and South to
abate these revolving evidences OF savage
brutality, and for the sake alike Of white
and black men. The latest lynching is that
of an accused negro, who was literally
skinned alive, the victim dying IN agony
while alleged American citizens gloated
over their Victims agony. Granting that
the negro deserved his death, IL yet re-
mains that white men should have been
spared the spectacle OF cruelty that would
awaken the pity OF a Sioux Indian. The
Tribune says that white men are granted
the right Of trial by jury and are seldom
lynched i'm the South, while negroes are
in that part OF the Union. Miss Ida Wells
is in England telling about the social
wrongs of her race, and influential news
papers there are commenting upon tales Of
Southern injustice. Governor stone Of Mis-
SiSSlppi, has written 10 an English paper
calling in question Miss Weiss accounts
The Tribune offers 20 prove the cOrrect-
ness OF its figures IL the Governor will but
challenge them. AS that paper says. II
these outrages do not cease and the muir
pronounced by law before long the South
Will ind itself ostracised by capital and its
growth seriously retarded" We are sure
that even greater penalties will follow.
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the City Council and who was prominent
In G. A. r. circles, died here this evening.
Indiana Notes.

Mat Ferguson. OF Charlottesville, was
sun struck Thursday while in the harvest
field He win recover.
The Rockport Milling Company and the
Cadfc Milling Company. of Grandview.
have erected the only grain elevators ever
put up In Spencer county.
Citizens of Morristown have perfected an
organiza ton to take the management or
the ball club. The grounds will be
inclosed with fourteen-foot fence and
otherwise improved.
At a meeting of the Madison County
Homeopathic Medical Society Dr. Huston
introduced q resolution, which was unan-
imously adopted, condemning the present
water supply of Anderson, which Is taken
from White river, and asking that the
city might be supplied with clear, pure,
wholesome water
William Raines, glass worker, and Will
liam Rosser an iron worker, at Muncie,
engaged in a bare-knuckle fight in large
field. A crowd of men and boys watched
the bloody battle until the participants
were both winded. They are rivals for
the same girl, and the fight was 10 settle
who should give the other fellow the
pole" Both claim the victory. and an
other mill will be arranged if they do not
decide to determine the victor in a foot
race.
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Ii. L. RITTER ELECTED
WILL BE AT THE HEAD of THE EP-
WORTH LEAGUE FOR A YEAR.
Anderson Wire Works Closed =. Max
Leckner Heads Music Teachers As
sociation-Western Writers.
,ecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind, June 29-The closing days
session Of the State Epworth League con-
vention in this city. to-day, opened with
devotional exercises. conducted by Rev. w.
Z. Grouse, followed by ten-minute papers
in the department of social work. Fra
ternalism' was the subject of paper by
Horace L. Burr, Of New Castle; "Undevel-
oped Resources" by Nellie Hancett, of Sui
Ivan, and Methods that Have Been
Used.'' by Nettie Littleton. of Noblesville.
The question box was conducted by Rev.
Horace l.. Burr, of New Castle. Following
this was the election of officers for the en-
suing year, as follows: State president, H.
L. Ritter, of Indianapolis; first vice presi-
dent, Rev. G. d. Wolf, of Evansville; sec
ond, Ella Caldwell, Of Aurora; third, Mrs.
Ciure, of CfawfordsviIIe; secretary, III. L.
Van Dorm, of Kokomo; treasurer, MISS
Nellie Harris of Peru The question or or the me
before next January, as the matter lies IN
the hands of the cabinet, and when the
State superintendent of the junior leagues.
The afternoon session embraced patri-
otto hour. from 2 to o'clock. which was
dresses were made by ]. E. Wiley, of An
derson. on Christian Citizenship; Ihe
Presidents Duties by Helen Muchmore.
OF SneiDyVllle; line Secretaiy Dut foIIoved
by a model cabinet and business meeting,
conducted by the Peru Chapter. The ses,
sion of the evening consisted of musical
programme and lecture by Hon. Frank
Hanly, of Williamsport
The meetings of the junior societies
which have been held in conjunction with
the seniors, and in the basement or the
church, have been very largely attended,
and, while the first in the history or the
State, more than exceeded the expectations
of the officers. The musical part or the
programme was unusually interesting
throughout, and one of the great features
of the convention. The Epworth JUNIOR
League of this city enjoys the distinction
of being one of the largest and one OF the
strongest in the United States. Dr. John
president of DePauw University, addressed
the convention this morning, and the retir-
ing president, Hon. James Watson, also
spoke to the convention on the great work
that has been accomplished during the past
year and the great good that was yet to