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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09
Nearly all of the candidates fer scrub

Nearly all of the candidates fer scrub
bling come from the Kindergarten or in
FAINT class. Thus far the system has
worked to a charm. There are fewer alb
sences because of sickness and one men
ace to the more fortunate children which
| has been a source of anxious solicitation
to he school board has been removed.
| In n pleasant chat about her work,
| Mrs. Quinlan said: 81 have little or NO
trouble with the children. The boys are
admitted to the room at certain hours.
and the same is true of the girls. Many
of them are III deplorable condition
and require vigorous exercise on my
part. Dirt is not the only thing I have
to contend with. Sometimes I have to
exercise mE talents as entomologist. l
have scrubbed some children who had
never seen running water until they
entered this room. The poor tots, sup
pose, sleep in their clothing and come to
school in the same condition as that in
which they go to bed cold, unwashed
and hungry. There are any numb Der of
bad cases, can tell you, but so grateful
are the children that they do not stand
on pride but willingly plunge into the
tub before the eyes of their comrades"
slow many do you scrub day."
"Seldom less than twenty and often as
high as thirty. One day had thirty
five girls in the tub. They will keep
clean for while, but neglect at home
is responsible for their return. 1t keeps
me pretty busy and sometimes the work
is frightfully disagreeable. Nearly all
the children returned from their holiday
vacation in fairly good condition. But
that will not last long. Three or four
nights in slovenly home will veneer
any scru bbing that may give, but the
results from sanitary standpoint are so
gratifying that don't mind the disa-
greeable features. Some of the children
have been taught to take care of them
selves and this lesson if well learned is,
/ think, as important as anything they
could cquire up stairs. But new faces
and dirty ones, too, are coming all the
time, and SO my work keeps up morning
and afternoon"
A proposition to extend the bathroom
system to schools in the densely p0pu-
lated districts of the city is now being
considered by the board of education.
In view of the successful experiments
made at the Jones school it is not i'm |
probable that this branch of sanitary re- |
form will be extended before the close of |
the school year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09
THE LAST TUDOR.

One whosaw, Queen EliZabeth%in her las
day says she sat for hours gazing at thu
ioor without speaking. She held in he
hand gold cup, which she oGen put TO he
lips, but heryKea1t and mind seemed too
full. in truth. to need more ffling.'
The richest garments round her careless
The rarest Jewels flashing on her hands.
-And.yet with nothing she dares Call hel
This woman-soEereign of all English
lands.
For by her side the lord of earth waits
He notes her wasting pulse. her failing
Queens have, no power to charm or curb his
will,
Kings yield their crowns, at last. she
knows, to Death.
"A barren Stock she moars. without a
Shall Scottish lad my England's scertre
bear?''
Then cries., The queen still livesl'' in
Poor queen, with Death in waiting by
her chairl
''Bring me my cups They place it in her
Wondering if this nay be a dying within.
All day the weary maids in-waiting stand
rim.
What saw she in that vase of fretted gold2
Did masque and pageant rise and fade in
the splendors OF the playwright's verse un-
fold?
Or saw she Amy Robsart weeping there?
e'sweet Robins craven face. with passion
pale.
The axe and block where Essex lifeless
Or did her huttering breath blow back the
veil .s
Times gentle hand had dropped at Foth-
eringay?
Did slbyl in its depths to her reveal
What awestruck eyes in England cane
That royal blood must Englands freedom
And England's kings but subjects learn to
be?
We know no more than knew the little
who at the threshold humrned stihed
An marvel1ed that the queen at her great
age
Should keep Death'lingering in her count
so long.
Within the abbey walls the dead queen
Nor heeds if English heart or weeps or
Her harsh voice hushed. forgot her oaths
; FraiI remnant of faded line of kings.
Yet still, o virgin queen. Elizabeth.
: Ny query's answer never has been told:
with death.
5 What phantoms rose from out that cup
of gold?
ANNIE NJ. L. HAYES in N. E. journal
Of Education.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09
WASHING SCHOOL CHILDREN.
One of the Results of Having a Woman on
the School Board in Chicago.-The Dirti-
est of the Scholars are Soaked in a Tub.

One woman washes, scrubs and scrapes
twenty-five or thirty children every day
she is on duty attic Jones school in
Chicago, says the Herald of that city.
This seat of primary school education
stands in the smoke and grim at Van
Buren, street and thoroughfare which
used to be known as Third avenue. The
environment does not suggest refine
ment. The old brick building, black
ened by the smoke of countless CHM
neys, is hemmed in by pawnshops.
| saloons and dens of even more evil
repute. But the Jones school, despite
repeated efforts to remove it to a more
respectable neighborhood, is performing
a noble work, for it is there that hum
dreds of children of wretched and de-
graded foreigners are kept away from
evil associations in the streets and given
a substantial boost in intellectual adj
vancement. The school is as cosmopoli-
tan as Chicago itself. It's pupils come
from every walk in life and represent
the nationalities of two hemispheres.
The dark, filthy alleys contribute troops
of ragged and bright eyed Italians and
Sicilians, State and Dearborn streets and
Third and Fourth avenues, send their
pickanninnies, while the tum ble-down
houses and congested fats of a score of
neigh boring thoroughfares are represent
ed by little tots, bundled up in the pic
turesque garb Of thepeopIe of the Balkan
States, the Orient and the great empire
of Russia.
The gathering together OF SO many
children, drawn for the most part from
neighborhood particularly susceptible
to contagious diseases, suggested to Mrs.
Flower, a member of the newly elected
State board of education the ACCESSIBILITY
of introducing free bathroom in the
school and compelling pupils whose
cleanliness was neglected at home to be |
washed and scrubbed before beginning
their studies for the day This sanitary |
precautioD met with encouraging recog-
milton by the local school board. A |
large, well lighted and steam heated |
room in the basement was fitted up with
a stationary bath tub and wash stand
and the shelves of closet packed high |
with towels. The moro unfortunate
children or those whose parents, either
through lack Of facilities or inherent
slovenliness, failed to scrub their faces
and bodies hailed the innovation with
every evidence of delight. They gladly
accepted the privileges Of the barroom
and the motherly attentions of Mrs.
Quinlan. a slender woman with black
hair and cheeks as red as ripe peppers.
The bathroom has now been in operation
six weeks or more. Twice day the
teachers in the rooms above send the
grilny tots down the broad stairs to good
Mrs. Quinlan. The boys have their
hours Tor soaking in the tub, and then
me room is cleaned up for the girls.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09

assuming that they are well cooked
than in the eating of cheese, pure and
simple.
OF course the imported cbeeses are to
be preferred for the following dishes.
The red Edam cheese, or the pineapple
will be found very nice. But in default
OF these, or if economy be an object, a
sixteen cent slice of good sample of
our own manufacture will serve for sew
eral palatable dishes for the country sup
per table.
Cheese Pudding. For this put 1 1-2
cupfuls of milk into saucepan with a
large Tablespoonful of butter; let it re-
main till the butter is dissolved, then
pour it over teacupful of fine bread
crumbs. Let these soak for an hour,
then beat very thoroughly and add a
quarter of pound of grated cheese, a
little salt and three well beaten eggs.
Pour into a buttered dish and bake for
half an hour in hot oven. Serve i'm
mediately.
italian Omelet.-1s another excellent
dish. Beat four eggs, whites and yolks
together, and pour into a hot, buttered
spider. Have in readiness the following
mixture, hot and highly seasoned: Two
tablespoonful of macaroni, cooked and
cut in small pieces. the same quantity of
strained tomato, and one heaping table,
spoonful grated cheese (more if it is mild
favored.) AS soon as the omelet is
cooked through spread the mixture over
it, roll up, ana serve on hot platter,
garnished with parsley.
Cheese Puffs. Line patty pans with
puff taste, and fill three parts full with
the following mixture: Put a gill of
cream in le-boiler, with two
ounces of cheese, grated, a saltspoonful
of salt, a pinch of pepper, pinch of
sugar, and large reaspoonful of butter.
When all is melted to a thick custard,
add two we'll beaten eggs. Do not let it
boil. Bake long enough to cook the
pastry and serve hot.
Fish Macaroni. Flake the fish, and
mix it with an equal quantity OF cold
boiled macaroni, half the quantity of
grated cheese, pepper and salt. Put in an
earthern dish, dot with bits of butter, |
moisten with a little cream or milk, and |
bake fifteen minutes, or until nicely |
Drowned.
If your family be fond Of eggs indiffer-
emit forms, they will be fond of novelty |
in their preparation.
Swiss Eggs. Break the eggs into a
shallow earthern dish, buttered. Put a |
thin slice Of cheese under each. sprinkle |
with bread or cracker crumbs and grated |
cheese, and bake until the white is set.
Cheese Salad-Take one cupful of |
minced chicken, half pound of cheese.
half cupful picked cauliflower, chopped |
coarsely together. Rub the yolks of two
hard boiled eggs fine, add one teaspoon
full French mustard, three tablespoofuls
four tablespoonful oil or melted
butter. salt and cayenne to taste. Pour
over the salad and garnish with rings of
white of egg and picked red peppers.
Cheese and Celery Sandwiches. Whip
gill Of thick, sweet cream, and add
enough grated cheese to make a stiff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09
It4E LsSsEAN POETS.

Erewhile they flashed Loves galaxy among,
Strewn gems, soul shrined, scarce saved from
Times wan pyre
OF regal Sappho's rainbow robed Desire
Where those iEnpassiened wRrblers, vainls
strong,
Eolian art awaited not to prolong?
Tho nightingaaes who knew Terpander's Tyre,
Who glowed with Aphrodite's arduous fire,
Who throbbed responsive te Alcaeus' song?
Their splendor glirnmers still DER wave and
height,
Dream imaged in the veiled voluptueus all.
Though now no eager Eros exquisite
Cleans through the grove, ecstatically fair.
And quenched the Lesbians' luminous delight.
Their amorous hope and eloquent despair.
&C. A. Kelly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09
Early Vegetables.

1T is time to sow beds of lettuce, ons
ions, tomatoes and caulifiowers for an
early start. Started under glass now and
placed in the open ground soon as prac.
teal, a big gain will be made over sow.
ing the seed in open ground. Concern
ing varieties Gardening says:
Improved Boston Market or Big Bos-
ton is fine lettuce for early use. Gel
Prizetaler onion. 1t grows to very
large size and speedily. Lorillard has
proved the best tomato with us for this
early work. Although not the earliest
variety, wellike it better than the other
sorts, either dwarf Or running, for this
purpose. Snowfall or Extra Early Err.
furt is a fine cauliflower to SOW at this
time Of wee.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09
THE HOME.
A Pound of Cheese.

There are, think, many. housekeepers
: who make practice of serving cheese
almostsdaily with the dessert or upon the
tea table, who seldom think of using it
in preparing the many delicious dishes.
both hot and cold, which are so greatly
improved by its use. Some, perhaps,
refrain from ditetic reasons, but in my
own opinion there is less occasion for
this in the case of made dishes always
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09

paste. Spread thin slices OF bread with
this. and sprinkle thickly-with very fine,
ly minced white stalks of celery. These
must be made just before serving, and
the cheese, which should be sharp and
well favored must be freshly grated
Lima Dalton in Country Gentleman.
An Appendicitis Fad.
A prominent doctor who has per-
| formed score of successful operations
for the removal of that trou biesome and
| inexplicable part of the human anatomy,
the vermiform appendix, says that the
general impression that appendicitis is
| caused by the presence in the appendix
of cherry stone or currant seed, or
seed of any kind, is entirely erroneous.
Il have not found a seed in the appendix
of single one of my cases." he said. "A
small bit of digested matter gets into the
little sack if the neck of it is open far
enough to receive it. 1t may remain
there for years and cause no trouble, and
then again it may bring on appendicitis
almost Immediately. Where the patient
is in good health in four cases out of five
the operation for removing the appendix
is successful.
doctors who have allowed the appen-
dicitis fad to carry them away have per-
formed the operation upon great many
people whose vermiform appendices,were
in good condition, and in some cases
patients having weak constitutions have
died because of the needless slit in their
abdomens. l am very glad to explode
that story about the grape seeds and
other seeds. People who have heard
about appendicitis have given up the
luxury of small fruit in fear of appen-
dicitis-which is among the rarest of
diseases.
Inviting Guests.
An invitation should always be given
for definite time. and in this there is
no breach of courtesy whatever. 1t is
far more convenient for hostess and
guest if the latter is invited to "come
and spend week" or g month" or from
Saturday to Monday" as the case may
be, than as often happens. to be asked
to come and stay little while,n or to
come and make visit" The Jenness
Miller Monthly says: "Most people |
have to make their visits fit on with an
other, and this is impossible unless you
have given your guest some idea OF the |
length of time you expect him to remain |
with you.
Another draw back to this uncomforta- |
bic vagueness is that you may also wish |
to invite other guests, and SO cannot ar
range for their visits.
Your visitor too may lie able to regu- |
late his or her baggage by the length of |
the invitation.
Should you desire to lengthen the stay
of your guest it is easy to press him to
remain; but in the first instance name a
definite time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09

The more progressive agricultural col
leges are having what is termed the
''short course" A single term during
the winter months is specially arranged
for farmer boys who cannot afford lon
ger conrse.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09

paste. Spread thin slices of bread with
this. and sprinkle thickly- with very fine
ly minced white stalks of celery. These
must be made just before serving, and
the cheese, which should be sharp and
well favored must be freshly grated
Lima Dalton in Country Gentleman.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-06-29
FOREIGN CLIPPINGS.


THE river Rhine flows at three times
tho rate Of the Thames.
THE crown worn by Queen Victoria
weighs forty ounces.
THE population of the German en-
pire is increasing at the rate Of 10000
q year.
THE heaviest Of the foreign woods are
the pomegranate and the lignum vit@,
and the lightest is cork.
UP to the present time the Metropolis
company, the biggest undertakes In
England, have buried 100. 900 bodies.
THE long-distance telephone between
Paris and London has over two hum
dred calls day. At the rate Of two
dollars for each call It pays.
In all, 1t has been estimated that over
two million acres arc devoted to the
maintenance of deer in Scotland, and
that about Ave thousand stays are an
nually killed.
Tx 1851 the cold was 80 severe in east
crn Europe that packs of starving
wolves entered Vienna, and all the
canals of Venice were frozen, and the
principal mouth of the Nile was blocked
with floating ice for week.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-06-29
FEMlNlNlTY.

MRs. N. NJ. RICHARDSON Is q practic-
ing attorney in Lincoln, Ncb.
Miss SUSANNA ADAMS is another
American girl who has just made a sue
cessful debut at the Grand Opera house,
Paris. :.
THE princess of Wales has a tea serv-
ice consisting of sixty pieces, and every
piece has upon it photograph taken
by the princess in Scotland.
Mrs. TALMAGE, wife of DR.. Tnlmaqe,
recently received bequest of s1s, 900
from woman who was stranger to
her, and to whom she gave seat In .
street car.
Mrs. Scorr, the widow of Judge Luz
Glen Scott. of Leavenworth, Kan, man.
ages her own ranch In Texas, where
shc owns 900, 900 acres Of land, all
fenced in, over which six or seven
thousand cattle are browsing.
III Bosnia the two women doctors APP
pointed by the Austrian government
few years ago, DIR. Theodore Krajew-
ska and Dr. Doluslava Keck, seem to
have overcome the prejudice of the Mo-
population against them.
They had over six hundred Moham-
medan patients between them last
year.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-06-29

Finely-bred, intelligent horses are
often very nervous They are quick te
take notice, quick to take alarm, quick
to do what seems to them, in moments
OF sudden terror, necessary to escape
from possible harm from something
they do not understand. This is why
they shy, bolt and run away. A
sheet of white paper in the road may
seem a>yawning chasm; the open front
of q baby carriage the jaws of dragon
ready to devour him, and man on .
bicycle some terrifying sort of a flying
devil without wings But we find that
the moment he becomes familiar with
those things, or any that alright him,
and knows what they are, BE grows
Indifferent to them Therefore, when
your horse shes at anyt.,iay, mxke
him acquainted with it; let bin smell
It, tcuch i with his sensitive upfsr Lis
And lock CLOSELY stik
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-06-29
THE ROSE JAR.

Sremember In my childhood. In n oua,n, IA
rose-Jar. flushed with crimson. Ii,re tb,
colors OF the dawn;
" STOOD upon little shelf, filed TO odorous
brlm,
with roses that h.d blossomcd IN the sum-
mers past and gone
Oh. what a charm swept DER me- whom sor,.-
times sitting there,
neid the jar In careful hands, and breatbed
It's fragrant SCENT
ineard the bees go humming and 1 fe II thu
breezes blow
saw the rivor flowing where the dropping
willow bent
Sweet friend, you say the roses that bloomes
for you are dead
You only have the withered leaves tn bo,d
within your heart;
Inc summers warmth has gone. and the golden
sunshine fed.
And the SHOWS Of cruel winter, their BLASTING
only know that now ana then, your heart has
stood sjar,
Ana thoughts like perfume sweet and rare
across your soul have swept:
Dear thoughts, like summer blossoms. sv,,,
h. thoughts. like eager birds
ony thoughts. like biue-cyed yiolets, where
summer showers have wept.
inen Keep tbe withered rose-iesves, preserve
them in your heart,
Their perfume biesses other lives with
thoughts Of summer hours;
ana friend dear friend, though winter snow
lies white md chill to-day,
iet, after winter comes the May, and spring.
time brings the flowers.
-snssie r Dubois, In Chicago Interior.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-06-29
a WAR ECHO.
Every Honorable Veteran De-
serves His Pension.
And the Lone Limb IL Not the Only
Rea~sn for . Governments Re-
ward Either.
prom Journal. Lewiston. he. ]

Ffom Journal. Lewiston. Mel
Samuel r Jordan has just given tho Jous.
nal an account of hfs life. which in view OF
bis extremely hard lot for the past few
years will be read with interest,"
am 45 years old and have always lived
in New Portland. Ienlisted In the army in
1852 as a private in Company A, 28th Me.
Volunteers. My army experience injured
my health osome extent, although worked
ct blacksmithing some part of the Tina,
when suddenly, several years ago, was
Frustrated with what able physicians pro-
nounced Locomotor Ataxia. AT first could
getaround somewhat yet the disease pro-
gressedquite rapidly until had hardly any
feeling in my legs and feet, they felt like
sticks Of wood and l grew so much worse
that could not move for three years with
out help, as my neighbors and friends could
testify. employed several physicians in
my vicinity, and elsewhere, and they all
told me that medicines would not help me-
that they could do nothing to effect cure
and that In time should become entirely
helpless. became discouraged. / was q
great care to my wife and friends. Shortly
after met an old army comrade Mr.. All.
Parlin, \ resident of Madison, Maine, and
he incidentally mentioned how he had tried
DR.. Williams' Pink Pills for severe ase Of
rheumatism and spinal and muIarial
trouble, that he had suffered with -conse-
quent Of his army life, and had been great
~ benefited by their use. By his earnest
recommendation / was induced to try the
pills. After taking them for time began
to feel prickly sensations in my legs and q
return Of strength so could move them .
little. After few weeks began to feel
marked Improvement In my condition. 1
soon was enabled to walk around q little
with the help of crutches. After taking
for some time can now walk without
crutches, my general health is much inn
proved and have regained my old-timed
vigor. can walk about and enjoy life
once more, for which feel very thankful,
and this happy result is due to the use of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are not patent medicine In the sense that
name implies They were first compounded
as prescription and used as such in gen.
eral practice by an eminent physician. So
great was their efficacy that It was deemed
wise to place them within the reach of all.
They are now manufactured by the Dr.
w illiams' Medicine Company, Schenectady,
n. ", and are sold in boxes (never in loose
form by the dozen or hundred, and the pub
lie arc cautioned against numerous imita-
lions sold in this shape, at SO cents a box, or
six boxes Tor SO 80, and may be had of ala
druggists or direct BY mail from DIR. Wiz
iams' Medicine Company.