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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
FIG. 2.-sHADE FASTENED AT ENDS.

will not scorch easily as they are so
 roomy at the top. give the shape in
 the figures. The size must be regulated
 by size of lamp. For large piano or parlor lamp, 24 inches diameter at the
 bottom is about correct with about 15 for depth between top and bottom of shade. The diameter of the upper edge should not be much less than that of the bottom. If anyone has an old-fashioned ,candelabrum with two or more sockets for candles, tiny tub" shades can easily be made to fit them. Make them of "water color" paper, if you paint, pow .dered with small Dresden flowers. A yard and half will make several small or one good-sized lamp shade. If you cannot paint, cut out leaf and flower design from gold or silver paper, and paste on.-Ohio Farmer.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Tulle Plaltings.

Pillows of tulle crown the majority o. dressy millinery-one color over the other very often, to produce the shot effect so much desired, or maybe to en able greater display of color-greer tulle under rose color or blue, yellow under green, black over white or vice versa. The word "billow" is used ad. visedly in relation to tulle as manipu. lated by the milliner. These tulle plait. ings are now sold by the yard in all colors and combinations, plain, ribbon. edged, f1uted, lowered and silk-em. broidered; and if the May queen style of headwear offered does not suit your taste you have only to purchase a be. coming straw shape and then select as much or as little tulle and other garnitures as you desire.-Detroit Free Press
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
PREPARATION OF BEEF.
Some Practical Suggestions Regarding tho
 Selection of Meat.

Some Practical Suggestions Regarding the
 Selection of Meat.
 Beef is not oEly the most wholesome, but the most economical meat for a family. In choosing good meat it is well to be sure that the grain is smooth rather than open, and that the lean is of fresh, bright red color. The fat should look white rather than yellow, and in young beef, which is the more tender, the fiber is elastic and rises when pressed with the finger.
 The prime pieces of beef are the sir loin, the ribs and the round. The two first are usually roasted; the brisket and the shoulder are best for boiling or stewing. A delicate and tender steak is sometimes made from the inside or fillet of the sirloin. It should never be pounded, which is a vain attempt to make tough meat tender by bruising it's fbers. If beef is intended for boiling, 1t is usually rubbed over with little salt. A tablespoonful of vinegar add ed to the water will render it quite tender.
 The loss of weight in cooking meat is from one-fifth to one-third, which is chiefly water, and beef shrinks con- siderably less than some other kinds of meat. Lean beef contains 72 per cent. of water, and fat beef 51 per cent.
 Roast beef is digested in three hours; salt beef requires four and quarter to four and a half hours.
 The great point in cooking meat is to render it tender without extracting the juices, and it is better to cook it slowly, so that the loss shall be only water. But it should first be subjected to a high heat, thus coagulating the surface albumen so as to retain the juices.
 The usual time for roasting is calcu- lated at quarter of an hour for each pound of meat, and it should be ire quently pasted. When serving, the dish should be handsomely garnished. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Unique Room Decoration.

A curious room, welt worth describ ing, was recently undertaken by an up town resident of New York. The idea applied simply to the walls, which were covered in dark, deadish green ingrain paper, and at various points around these walls were simple shelves, upon which were deep green jardinieres con. taining artificial flowers arranged after the style of the Japanese, appearing to be in natural growth, each pot contain. ing but one kind of flower. Vines were arranged upon the walls, and presented thus were the only designs or colorings anywhere upon the four sides of the room. Artificial flowers are plentiful, and at certain periods are cheap enough.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
A RemIuder,

Down the post office steps Rev. Dr. Fyfthly carefully picked his way. and then his feet suddenly shot out, and he went down right in the midst of a group of stockholders.
 "Ah, good morning, doctor" laughed the stockholders, recognizing the min. ister, "you remind us of the wicked man, whose foot slippeth."
 "Nay," retorted the good ministef "but rather do seem like the man who went down to Jericho"
 "How is that?" chorused the brokers.
 "Because he fell among thieves,' murmured the doctor as he got up and moved decorously away.-N. Y. Record
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
FOR CLEANING BRASS.
The Ashes Which Accumulate In Stove
 Are Excellent.


 Are Excellent.
 "Throw it out" said one. "Give it away" said another. As it seems poor kind of giving to bestow that which is worthless to yourself, the last ad- vice was not followed. But the rose shade was so handsome, and the colored glass jewels and hanging drops all in. tact, it provoked sundry experiments; and the result is a restoration to beauty and usefulness of lamp that was an eyesore for it's verdigris-covered brass work, says Womankind.
 In most stoves very finc powder accumulates that is not ashes, yet has the essence of the wood in it. Part of this, in one saucer, was moistened well, and another saucer held the dry powder, pan of good soapsuds stood near, and piece of sheepskin was at hand.
 With a tooth brush all the brass was we'll secured, then washed in the suds and dried. At this point there was not much encouragement, but now the dry powder and sheepskin were vigorously applied, and, to the surprise of the skeptics, the brass shone with a soft luster very superior to even the hard brilliancy of newness.
 This powder will restore the brass rods when tarnished and .specked, end an occasional rub with a woolen cloth or piece of sheepskin dipped in the dry powder will keep them in good con- dition.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
HOW DEMOCRATS RUN THINGS.
Less Money, Less Employ mont, More
 Tramps, More Poverty.

Less Money, Less Employment, More Tramps, More Poverty.
 During the discussion of the general deficiency bill in the house few days ago Congressman Hopkins, of Illinois, made some interesting comparisons be. tween republican and democratic tariff reform. Touching the deficit of $s96,000
 ill the expense of collecting the customs revenue, he pointed out that in 1892,
 under the Mckinley law, the republican administration collected $1S9, ,452, ,964 at cost of $6,450,466. Four years later, | under the Wilson law and a democratic administration, $169,2SS,390 has been collected, but at an expense of S7, ,239, ,1s3, or S7j4, ,52O more than it cost the repub- licans to collect greater sum by $20,- OOO,0OO. Incidentally it appears that the democrats have employed 272 more men to carry on customs work than the re- publicans had and have increased the salaries of 16S.
 When President Harrison retired from office, at the end of a period of uncom- mon prosperity, his party was able to point with natural pride to the fact that, since 1888, the national debt had been reduced by $259,0OO,O00. Aside from this there was then in the treasury free balance of $125,0O0,OO0, over SlO0,OOO,OOO of which was in gold. Three years of Cleveland and the new tariff of "Grover and Clover" as the cam paign song went--reveal what condi- tion? Is there any of the industrial improvement which was promised? Witness the closed woolen mills. Any greater measure of employment for the masses? Instance 3,O0O,0OO of tramps. The reduction of the national debt has long since ceased and the government is spending S6,OOO,OOO per month more than it receives. As Congressman Hop kins puts it: "The democratic admin istration has issued bonds to tlre sum of $262,000,000, put mortgage for that amount to hang over us for 30 years and added $11,O0O,0O0 to the interest on the bonded indebtedness"
 Nor is this the full indictment which the Illinois representative presents. Knowing that the farmers of the coun- try would suffer most by a low tariff, there was a chance for the democracy, when it killed the Mckinley law, to leave the reciprocity clause in force. Reciprocity had opened rich market in Germany, France and the Latin American states for the products of the United States. But the democrats closed that market. AS a result the deficit has been increased and the agri- cultural classes have been deprived of d trade which was part of their live lihood.
 It was noticeable when these facts, concretely stated, were put before the house that the democrats in charge of the deficiency bill had nothing to say. The figures spoke for themselves. They will continue to do so until the end of the pending campaign. They are more eloquent than words and more inn pressive than mass meetings, and they point unmistakably to republican electoral triumph. - San Francisco Chronicle.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
How to Make Mince scaIlops,

A nice way to utilize cold meat is to cook one tablespoonful of onion cut fine in two tablespoonfuls of butter, until it turns golden yellow. Add one cup of fresh bread crumbs, one cup of cooked meat chopped fine, one saltspoon of salt, a half saltspoon of pepper, a quarter Saltspoon of nutmeg and one teaspoon of thin, yellow rind of lemon, and half cup of water or weak stock. Allow to simmer five minutes. To this add two "well-beaten eggs. Serve on thin slices of brown bread or between two square crackers
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
More Informst,oa Wanted

Lawyer (hotly)-Do you mean .. say, sir, that you do not consider Mr De Tyre man of his word? Witness-I do.
 "You do, eh? Do you mean to in,;n uate that he ever lies?"
 That's about it."
 "Now, sir, attention! Do you mean to say that you would not believe h;n, under oathY' u' No, have not said that"
 "Oh, ho! l thought I'd catch vor Then you don't say you would not ha lieve him under oath?"
 "No. I haven't heard him do ,ru talking under oath yet."-N. Y. WeekIy
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
To Measure for Wall Paper.

To measure room in order to find out how many rolls of paper will be required to cover the walls, multiply the length by the height of each wall
 add together the number of square feet of the walls, getting total number oi square feet. Allow one-half roll ol paper for each door and window. Di. vide the whole amount by B, which will give you the number of rolls of paper required for the walls, including waste
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

DThat crop of "clover" which was promised as the sure result of a demo- cratic triumph in the presidential elec- tion of 1892 seems to have been exclu- sively reserved for export purposes. It is perfectly true that the manufacturers of Bradford and of Chemnitz and of a good many other foreign towns have been living in clover ever since the Gorman-Wilson tariff was passed, but with the mill people of America it is about the leanest season which they have ever experienced since the old shareholders upset the protective du- ties that gave "extrayagant wages" to free northern labor in 1s46.-Boston Journal.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
She IAid Him Out.

Williamson hear Jagman was SO drunk last night that several of you fellows had to take him home oi shutter. Did his wife think he Vas deads
 Hsndersohn-She must have. one was certainly laying hiE out wAsA w lef0.-Peck's Sun.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
A Safe Conclusion.

Mrs. Stingicuss-What does the doc tor say is the matter with my husband?
 Nurse-He says he has bicycled so much that something about the size ots mustard seed has logged down into hls vermiform appendix.
 Mrs. Stingicuss (revengefully) III must be his heart.-N. Y. World.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
THE ALL.IMPORTANT TARIFF,
An Issue That Must Not De Rclegated ts
 the Backyround,

the Background.
 The Mckinley sentiment that is car rying everything before it throughout the country has a plain enough mean ing, and that is that the peoples minds are fixed upon the tariff question as the predominant issue this year. It is taken for granted that Mckinley is all right on the financial question and that he will stand squarely on the finan- cial plank to be adopted at St. Louis. But the great charm of McKinley's candidacy is his identification with tar tiff protection.
 In advocating the nomination of Me- Kinley people want to emphasize their desire that the foremost place in the campaign be given to the tariff ques. tion. If there were no such popular feeling there would be no explanation for and no logic in the Mckinley move- ment. Personally, the Ohio candidate is not the most popular man in the re- publican party, and the movement never sprang out of his popularity, but out of the main question upon which the peo- pie are eager to record their reversal of the calamitous judgment of 1892.
 It will not do, therefore, to permit the tariff question to take a secondary place in the coming political campaign, or allow it to be obscured by the finan- 'cial question: The popular instinct turns to the existing tariff system as the source of the evils that Have so heavily oppressed the nation since the democratic party came into power in the national administration, and the popular instinct is right. Restore pro- lection to industry and wages, to labor by adequate duties on importations, give the national treasury enough rev. enue to balance its expenditures, carry out Mir. Blaine's system of reciprocity, encourage QUIT shipping by discriminat- ing duties and make ample appropria- tions for the national defenses; and for public works.
 Let congress do this andl the silver question can be left to the doetrinaires amt the silver mine owners to, trlk over. With restored prosperity among the people the silver craze will vanish like the mist of the night.-Newark Adver- tiser.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Hans Was Satisfied.

Hans had climbed up into the cherry tree to gather cherries. Meantime 2 storm came on, and the father caIlel out to the lad:
 Come down, Hans, it is beginning to thunder"
 There's no need, father" shouted the boy. T can hear it where am.n- \. Y. Recorder.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
A Poser.

'I guess I'm stuck" said the answers to-correspondents man.
 What is it?" asked the rest at tne force, in deep sympathy.
 "Girl writes to know which Of hef fiances should have the preference in going with her tochurchs-th@ first oH' or the second. d."--Cincinaa Enqulref.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Rejected.

Sta had determined to avail herself of leap years privileges, so she wrote this message on a postal card and mailed it to the man of her choice:
 "Kn0t?"
 But what was her modification when the return mail brought this compre' hensive reply: 'Nis.--Harper's Bazar.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
The Face of Boniface,

Inn Keeper (whose bill of fare is very neagre)-And so you two gents are titled aristocrats from across tie pond are you? You didn't register so, and here I've been entertaining angels una wares!
 The Two Gents-Yes-er-th is the angels are unaware of it.-Bay City Chat.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Where He Failed.

He had travelled through Sahara. br,v., the dangers of the Nile; Defeated enraged Mussulmans. and 6,n0s on crocodile; ea Knew everything of politics. religion and the law; 4 Could box and fence. and row a race. sra please his mother-in-law. H In short. had all the accomplishments o. men both great and wise; But he couldn't run a business. for wouldn't advertise.
 London Titpit.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
How to Prepare Baked Tomatoes.

Take six large ripe tomatoes, skin and cut into small pieces. Spread layer in the bottom of bake dish, season well, put layer of coarse bread crumbs over the tomatoes, with plenty of butter. Continue this until the dish is full, hay ing bread crumbs on top. Bake one hour.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Quite NaIura,.

Hoax-There was fellow in court to. day charged with stealing horse and leaving his bicycle in place of it.
 Joax-What did they do? Convict him?
 Hoax-No; the jury were all cyciers and they recommended that the pris. oner be sent to an insane asylum.-Phil. adelphia Record.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
THE YEARS DEFICIT.
Condition of tho Treasury Under Demo
 cratic MIsmanagement.

Condition of tho Treasury Under Demo-
 cratic Mismanagement.
 The treasury deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, will be ap. proximately $25,OOO,O0O. This is the opinion of officials and others best quail flied to make an intelligent estimate of the result of the fiscal operations of the year.
 In his annual estimates sent to con- gress at the beginning of the present session the secretary of the treasury estimated the receipts from customs during the fiscal year at S172,000, ,OO0. So far, with nearly ten months of the year gone, the customs receipts have reached about $137 100000, with fair prospect of increasing to $165, ,0OO, ,OOO by the close of the year.
 The estimates of the receipts from in- ternal revenue sources was $15S, S,OO0.- 900. Up to this time they have reached s12o, ,OOO, and it is expected that the figures for the completed year will be about $l46.OoO,OOO.
 The receipts from miscellaneous sources are expected to slightly exceed the estimates of $15.OOO, ,OOO, making the total receipts for the year about S327,- COG, ,O0O.
 The secretary's estimate of the years expenditures was 36s,0OO, ,OOO, which, according to his figures, would leave a deficiency of $17,0O0,00o.
 The actual expenditures, however, it is now thought, will aggregate about $352. .GO0,O or $1O,OOO,O00 less than MT, Carlisle's estimate in December last, so that the deficit at the close of the year, it is believed, win not show any nate rial change from S25.162.423 This makes the total deficit for the three fiscal years ending June 30, 1896. $780, S61 ,S12.-Chicago Tribune.
 UHundreds of thousands Of demo- crats who in 1899 wanted -'tariff re- form" have got enough of it to last a
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Cruel.

Masher-That was rather sensible
 observation of mine, don't you think Lady-Why, certainly. Didn't you
 notice the look of surprise on my face 2 --Das Neue Wiener Tagblatt.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Johnnie and the Apostles.

Johnnie Chaffie was in a Dallas candy store with his mother. She bought some little figures made of chocolate.
 Here, Johnnie," she said, "are the three graces for you"
 "Mother, dear, I'd rather have the 12 apostles. There are more of them" Texas Sitter.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
An Up-to-Dats View

Ethel-Do you approve of June OeiAS married to Decemberp a
 Gussie-Yes; if I am the June 1" the December is worth mlilioN' Town Topics.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Afraid of Himself.

Thought you. were going to run for alderman, Jaxon?"
 five been thinking it over, and I have come to the conclusion that I haven't the gall to be successful alderman. 1 guess I'll keer on peddling sewing ma chimes. Enquirer.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
A Confession,

Cumso-Snooper is very thought less man.
 Cawker-True, and he knows he is thoughtless.
 Cumso-Does he?
 Cawker-He does. When he answers a question negatively he always says: Yes, l don't think,"-tTown Topics.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Not the Right Word.

"You carved your own way to sue. cess, didn't you, Paddington?"
 "No; l didn't have much of anything to carve until after I achieved success.' ! Chicago Record. - .-
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
A Man of Letters.

He voted with the G. O. F., He bought his groceries c. O. D., He died member of the I. o. G. T., Was buried by the K. of F., And went to the better land, D. V.
 Indianapolis Journal.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Queer.

The room was dark; their favorite chair
 was fin it's wonted place. He stole up quietly and dropped kiss on
 some ones face; A light! It was her pa! And now he muses like to this Tn striving thus to kiss miss, surely kissed amiss." Richmond Dispatch.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Can't Be Found.

@Yoh nebber yet" said Uncle Eben, "could fin CT man so stingy dat he ain willin' ter share his loafin' time wifi somebody dat's really busy."-Wash- ington Star.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

"Yes, miss; it's bin very 'ard win ter. dunno what poor man would lave done for lis Twin if steamer or two 'adn't run on to the sands by the blessin' of Proyidence."-Sketc
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
A Soft Mark.

Though death may love shining n''' '' As we have heard full oft, ,.,,d Young Cupid much prefers the h'"N
 We designate as soft. o,. NeyA
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
No Wonder.

Maud-Mr. Bashfulle, I'm told, ex- pired just as he was trying to propose to Miss Oldgirl!. What do you suppose ailed him?
 Bella-Heart failure, l guess.-To Date.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Journal.

DThe two wings of the democratic party refuse to flap harmoniously. It begins to look more and more as If two presidential candidates will be named at Chicago.-Toledo Blade, '2-.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

Don't yoa cry, my little boy. Cry ing will mnke you ugly"
 "Didl yon cry very much when you were Q little girl?"-Judy.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

DHundreds of thousands Of demo- crats who in 1899 wanted -tariff re- form" have got enough of it to last a lifetime. and will in 1896 give bumper for protcction.-C Chicago Inter Ocean,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
WOMAN AND HOME.
EMPIRE LAMP SHADES.

They Arc All the Rage and, Thank Good.
 ness, Easily Made.
 Draped lamp shades are no longer the most fashionable things of their kind. "A more inexpensive, and at the same time a more easily made-at-home kind, is now to be used. Itis called the "Em- lpire," us most decorative house furnish ings are called now. The handsome lamp shades, tiaring very much at the
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-30
Revolving Brutality.
SCENE AT AN EXECUTION.

A scene of revolving brutality oc-
Cured at Constantine (Algeria) at
the execution OF an Arab, named
Ahmed, who was sentenced to death
for the murder of a small shop
keeper at Biskra. Just before arriv-
ing at the scaffold, the convict throw
himself on the ground, and then
struggled as violently as his bonds
would permit to prevent the exc
cutioners from raising him again.
At last with the help of several
soldiers, they lifted him up and
threw him on to the sliding panel,
aud fixed his neck with the collar
ready for the fall OF the knife. By
great effort, he wriggled himself
free, and shrieked with horror as the
attendants endeavored to force his
head into position again. He strug-
gled like a mailman to release his
body, but his strength soon gave
out, and he was rendered almost un-
conscious by violent blow in the
face. This stopped his resistance,
and his head was quickly got into
the collar by pulling at his ears.
The knife then fell, and he was be-
headed.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-30
A Cry for Free Bread.

The latest cry of the Partisan So
cialists is for free bread. The Mu-
nicipal Council of tho gay city has
already acquired reputation for
sham altruism and hair-brained col.
lectivism, and it is not safe, there
fore, to predict that this newest
socialistic chimera will not receive
its support. One Of the members
of this rapidly advanced" body has
initiated the "reform." He and his
followers demand that the State
should undertake to supply bread in
the same way as it supplies primary
education. A subsidized Workman's
Association is first to be formed, the
duty Of which will be to undertake
the supply and distribution Of the
necessary crust, and by and by,
when public opinion become edu-
Gated up to the Socialist level, the
business is to be conducted by a
regular Department of State. Such
is the scheme put forward by M.
Brousse, which will, in due course,
be discussed by the Municipal Coun-
Gil The result will be interesting.