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DAINTY CHARLOTTE RUssE.

Every housewife knows wha
dainty and delicious dessert g
lotte russo makes or any dish tha
made with whipped cream, but
realize how easily this may be Nd
and with how little time and expe1
Cream should be thoroughly chi
before it is whipped, if the whipp
is to be done quickly. If the ere
is too thick it will not whip well,
little milk should be added. As
froth rises to the top of the cream
move it and place on q fine sieve o
q dish to drain ; the cream that dff
into the dish return to the whipp1
bowl to be churned again. In wal
weather add a tiny pinch of soda
the cream before whipping. The b!
ehurn for whipping cream is a I
cylinder without q bottom. 1t is thu
and half inches across and abo
nine inches high. There should
two rows of holes around the low
edge, and the dssher should have ty
circles of tin filed with holes. Ho
the churn so it slants a little duril
the whipping. There are many Wa
of lining molds for charlottes, al
they may be made very ornament
and elaborate if desired. Perhaps Il
most general mode is the using
lady fingers or sponge cake. Line t
bottom and sides of the mold wi
oiled paper cut to fit. Split the Ia
fingers and place them close togeth
around the sides and the mold is rea
for the filling. When turned out
serve, remove the paper and split t.
lady fingers in halves and lay over t
top. Thin sheets of sponge cake m
be srlit and fitted round mold. G
piece of the cake the size of the b.
tom and decorate it with row
white icing around the edge and Sol
figures in icing in the centre. Aft
the mold has been turned on dish
serve, and the paper removed, pla
the ornamental cake on the top. &C.
csgo Times. Herald.
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The Sun'S Distance.

"The sun is about ninety.three mill
ions of miles distant from the earth, J"
writes Alden W. Quimby in the Ladies'
Homo Journal. "It varies through
the year because the earth's orbit is
elliptical, and the sun is at one focus
of the ellipse. The earth is more than
three millions of miles nearer the sun
in December than in June, at which
time the latitudes south of the equa.
tor receive his direct rays and expert
ence the great heat of their summer.
"Let us try to comprehend the fig.
ures stated. The other day two racers
of the sea proudly lowered the record
of transatlantic passage. Could they
turn their prows to the sun, and drive
their great engines day and night in
the crossing OF the ether main, it
would be 500 years before they could
reach harbor.
"Most persons have noticed the ap-
preciable interval of time between the
stroke of an axe at distance and the
resultant sound; could we. hear the
sound of solar explosion we would
know that the explosion had occurred
fourteen years before. Perhaps the
most striking illustration is that
which imagines little child to have
an arm long enough to reach the sun.
The child might thrust its fingers into
the seething fires but it would grow
ur to maturity, and calmly descend
into the valley of extreme old age,
blissfully unconscious OF any pain
from the burning; in fact, it would re-
quire another such lifetime to bring
the news to the brain"
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eyes. There were ten of them

eyes. There were ten of them
presented by Mrs. Millar, of Mel.
bourne, and we were commissioned to
execute the work. Each bell is named
after some member of the Royal
Family, the tenor bell bearing the
inscription, Victoria. r. I. 1897
1897 while the others are named
respectively, albert Edward,' 'Alex-
andra,' 'Alfred,' Arthur ALBERT,
Victor George Louise Victoria
ani Maud Then round the shoulder
of each is cast: Elizabeth Millar
gave me; the Loughborough Taylors
made me-
"It is On old bellfounder's fancy to
have line or two OF rough verse on
his bells; and if you we're to go
through any history of bells you would
find medieval couplets which record
the names of the donors and the foun-
ders in much the same style as the
Imperial Institute bells do.
"Then we cast the sixteen bells for
Worcester Cathedral, which we regard
as one Of our triumphs. Lord Grim
thorpe, who you know is one Of the
highest authorities on bells and bell
ringing, has stated that the Worcester
peal is equal, if not su perior, to the
famous peal at Bow. Then our work
may be seen, or, perhaps, from its
position, I ought to say heard, at Man
chester. In the Town Hall an almost
chromatic scale of bells was hung by
US. Ten of them are hung as ring
ing peal, and are of the same weight
as Bow Bells.
"Fhe largest bell weighs eight tons,
and the total weight of the peal is
about thirty-four tons.
Each of them bears the name or
initials of some member of the City
Council or Corporation official, and
each has line from Tennyson's Ring
Out, Wild Bells The towers of the
cathedrals of Edinburgh and New
castle-on-Tyne also contain fine peals.
At present we are just beginning work
upon q new ring of ten bells, which
Lord Iveagh is presenting to St. Pat.
rick's Cathedral, Dublin"
Avisit to the foundry of the ''Lough.
borough Taylors" is striking expert.
ence.
From the great yard, where bells Of
all sorts and all sizes lie around, one
passes to the smiths shop, fitted with
steam hammers, forges and all the
latest appliances of the founders art.
Then, though the carpenters shop
and the fitting shop, one reaches the
tuning shop, where some of the most
delicate operations are conducted.
Here as to great assize of bells come
the children of the furnace and the
mold, "tried by fire" and purged OF
all earthly dress, to be tested by
skilled hands.
Here is, perhaps, the most complete
and accurate set of tuning forks in the
three kingdoms; not the little feeble
toned forks that one sees in the music
shops, but big fellows that weigh
nearly two pounds each, which are
produced by the aid of specially-de.
signed and costly machinery, and can
tune to degree of accuracy hitherto
unknown.
But the foundry itself is the most
interesting of all to De seen at Messrs.
Taylors', especially if one is fortunate
enough to be able to witness casting.
The furnaces, glowing with white heat
and the molten metal, stand just above
a deep pit, into which the mold with
its core of clay has been carefully
lowered.
At the foreman's word the doors
open with q blaze of light, almost
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Cinders make very hot fire and one
particularly good for ironing days.
Milk keeps from souring longer in
shallow pan than in milk pitcher.
Deep pans make an equal amount OF
cream.
German country women boil in
milk the yarn for their home-knlt
black stocking, so they will not
"crock." If black under wear, eques.
trian tights, or stocking that stain are
treated in like manner, the result will
be found very satisfactory.
Flies dislike the oil from bay leaves.
It is not an expensive drug, and If q
very little is kept in a dish on the
window ledge, or if the doors and
window castings are coated with any
color of fresh paint to which four per
cent. of oil of bay has been added, In
sects will shun them.
=, Carpet moths do not like to make
their nests where salt has been, and
one may often get rid of them by
scrubbing the floor with strong, hot
salt and water before laying the car
pet. Sprinkle the carpet lightly with
salt every week before sweeping; this
not only destroys moths, but bright
ems the colors in the carpet.
The marble of table or bureau
which has become discolored may be
cleaned and polished by rubbing with
emery powder. Fasten piece OF felt
cloth over small fatiron, leaving the
handle exposed Cover the felt with
emery powder and rub the marble; /;
then polish with damp soft cloth
dipped in pulverized pumice stone and
emery powder.
The best way to prepare new iron
kettle for use is to fill it with clean
potato peelings and water, boil them
for an hour or more, then wash the
kettle with hot water, wipe it dry,
and rub it with little lard. Repeat
the rubbing several times after using:
In this way you will prevent rust and
all the annoyances likely to occur In
the use OF new KeVtle.
The following is excellent for polish
ing nickel and steel articles: To one
tablespoonful of turpentine add one
of sweet oil, mix them together with
emery powder enough to make it a
pasty mass that will just pour. Put
it on the article to be cleaned with q
piece of soft cloth and rub off quickly
with bit of flannel, and use little
dry emery powder for the last rub
bing.
To remove ink that has been spilled
on mahogany, rosewood or black wal
nut furniture, put half a dozen drops
of spirits of nitre into a spoonful OF
water, and touch the stain with
feather wet in this. As soon as the
ink disappears, rub the place imme-
diately with cloth wet in cold water,
or the nitre will leave a white spot
difficult to remove. If, after washing
off the nitre, the ink stain still shows,
repeat second time.
Ii it is necessary to wash corsets
take out the steels in front and sides,
then lay them on a flat surface, and
with small brush scrub them thor
oughly with a tepid or cold lather of
white CASTLE soap. When quite clean
let cold water run on them by holding
them under running faucet until the
soap is all rinsed off. Pull them
lengthwise until they are straight and
shapely and let them dry in cool
place, pulling them again when partly.
dry. II
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Funerals on the Installment Plan.

There seems to be no end of trouble
in store for those who are so unfor-
tunate as to be members of the human
race. A great many people continue
to live, not because they have any aim
in life or are of any particular service
to the world or themselves, but be-
cause they cannot afford the expense
of dying. An inventive genius in
Vermont recently devised plan which
seemed likely to supply the long.felt
want. It was nothing more or less
than q funeral insurance company.
You could join the company by pay
ing 50 and then continue to pay small
monthly installments until you had
paid S75.
OF course, the great speculation in
the thing would be to die right after
you had paid your 50 admission fee
and before you had blown in any OF
the monthly dues. Getting coffin
with a doorplate on the lid; brand
new shroud mo secondhand affsir),
clergyman at the funeral and grave on
a grassy knoll, is sometimes immense.
As soon as insured that would be what
you are entitled to. That made it
one of the neatest schemes on earth,
and if the company could continue
solvent, life would have no object and
everybody would want to die TO beat
the company. The insurance commits
s1oners of some of the other States,
evidently envious of the Vermont
patent on death, are refusing to allow
the company to do business in their
territory. It is feared that this limi-
tation will compel the Vermont Or
ganization to go into bankruptcy.-
Minneapolis Journal.
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binding in its intensity, and in the
twinkling of an eye the great mold is
full of metal and the furnace is empty.
When the metal is cool, the great
overhead cranes will lift it out of its
clayey adjuncts, and there remains a
bell. But a rough one, needing much
cleaning and smoothing and burnish.
ing before it may take its turn in the
tuning shop, and thence to the world.
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CHURCH BELLS.
A VISIT TO A FAMOUS FOUNDRY
WHERE THEY ARE MADE.
What a Halo Of Romance Clings
Around Their Chimes!-Some
of the Great Bells in
Europe.

vTTHAT halo of romance
\N/ clings around chur b
v v bells! The dramatist
has sometimes found in
their chimes his most striking Incl.
dent; the novelist has woven round
them the meshes of his plot; the poet
has sung of them. The bells, the bel
fry, the bellringers have all had their
share of literary attention; but, curl
ously enough, the bellfounder has
been almost forgotten. A chat which
I had recently with Mr.. J. ". Taylor,
the head of the famous Loughborough
England) firm of bellfounders, John
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How to Dodge the Lightning.

Those who are actually afraid OF
should place their chair in
the center of the room and get their
feet up off the floor, or place alumni.
um glass under their chair posts,
which is a sure protection from the
dangers of lightning stroke. Storms
and Signs.
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QUEEN FR1TTERs, PUREe OF ApRI

QUEEN FR1TTERs, PUREe OF APR1q
Put one tablespoon of butter
q gill of water, over the fire !
boiling, add a half cup of -four
rapidly until smooth, and 70
form the dough in q round loaf. /
it from the fire, and when o littl|
add one whole egg; beat, stir int
mixture; then add the second
beat again until perfectly en-,
Now drop this dough by tables.
fuls into smoking hot fat; allow
to cook slowly; they will turn
keep turning and bursting, until
are done. Remove carefully wit
skinner; put them for q momen
a colander. or on q soft piece of /
paper; turn into q serving dis
pour over.
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The British Admiralty proposes to
send six additional torpedo boat de-
stroyers to the Mediterranean, three
to be stationed at Malta and three at
Gibraltar.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTEH
STONE CREAM.

Stone cream is q very simpld
First dissolve half an ouncel
tine in q little water, then ad
one pint Of sweetened milk, vi
been boiled with lemon-peel.
as it is cold pour this slowly
layer of jam in q deep glas
When quite set, stick ST.
blanched almonds into the ere
serve.
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Gardeners to the number Of 30:
took part in the recent Gardeners Ez
position in Dresden, Germany.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-07-08

A hen in her lifetime rarely lays
more than 600 eggs.
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Iceberg Stranded OF New Hampshire.
An iceberg stranded neAr Hampton Beach,
N, a.. the other day. 1t was reported as
having been as big as a house and to have
had a marked effect on Inc temperature OF
the vicinity. -.
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remark. My dlSpOSlClOn ID Teally mosp
solemn. cry 80 easily that the slight
est effort will bring an ocean Of tears.
Then my nose gets red, my freckles
grow larger, and I'm sight generally.
So don't make me weep. If you are 60
ing to New York, Miss Margaret, envy
you. Cause why? Cause you've got
money and can aGve no end Of fun
there. It's different with US. We are
| poor, as Alice has no doubt told you,
and it's q nasty, mean, contemplate
| feeling. Poverty was the reason for
our moving to Philadelphia, nothing in
| the world else. Our friends were told
| that we liked Philadelphia; that the air
| agreed with us-wo are all so healthy
we'd thrive in g-pen-when the real,
unvarnished truth is the low rents agree
with our pocket-books. I tell you, you
| don't half know our tricks"
"Oh, Nell!"
Just hear Alice say oh, Nell" as
/ though she doesn't know as we'll as do
the tricks Of the guild. The guild
means poor people, you know. Not
poor washerwomen, ,needlewomen, scrub
! women, and such poverty stricken
wretches, but poor people like US, trying
to keep up appearances on nothing.
abominate thom, and I despise poverty
50 heartily that I'd rather be rich than
70 to heaven. Now it's Miss Margaret 3
turn to say oh, Nell!' and how shocked
she looks in the bargain. It's evident
she doesn know anything about scrap.
ing and scratching. II she'd lived in
cheap flats bet she'd agree with me,
They are simply horrible. And when il
comes to furnished fats-Lord, be meri.
full to me, sinner! We've had them,
and I know whereof I speak. remem-
Der one, especially. The greatest cheat
! On record, Handsomely furnished, the
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POLICE JURY.

POLICE JURY.
W P.Flower, Alexandria $500. President
l. = SANFORD, oioih
" p Ford. .Chencyville
B II Randolph. Spring Hill
II W hlte Observation-Disclosures I ,;:l4
: n ~ , To..,io C,t;,s
P H Davidson. .Rapides 2 0
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/ smith, 1r '''....':' '@'solel'e
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Ma.'s,AieA""'i." 'o"p' " ,,. ots
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spence enlth ..''.''''''','.' " e1i
Samuel Mallette.. .babos Brdse
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Ben Lcwis............. Nclchton
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE MD CON
STABLES:
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justices Peace" " Wilmington ana
A b RACIAL.
Constabes-M W Baltic and Chas S
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Du"o:
Cotlle Ware
1rst;crs peorc-John Dawson. Il d
Henderson r W sorr.lle and J y X
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Constables-J E Thomas, Z II James,
Eli Cleveland and J NJ Duiilho.
r.,oos;o, w,rd.
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Justices Peace-Johh DIXON anu F."
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Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe ThoRias, Of Junction City,
ILL., was told by her doctors she had Con
sumption and that there was no hope tor
her, but two bottles DR.. Kings New Dis
eovery completely cured her and she
oays it saved her lifel Mr.. 1hos- Eggers,
FLORIDA st. San FKancisc0, suffered
! dreadful cold, approaching Cons
! ,z.on, tried without results every.
sr,selse then bought one bottle OF Dr.
us New discovery and ia two week,
QUA Sn ,lred He is natrally thankful
nm ,:il results, of Which these ar
n n,sa, that prove TIE wonder ful ettica
Aa All ,w;pediciue IN Coughs and Colds
"a! WIN ,itles at Mrs, {. Geiger's
alpl't'''u aatiar size tQr ana 81 90.
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COUNClLMEN.
ALEXANDRIA POST OFFICE DlREC.
TORY.


Jonas Rosenthal. ........... Post Master
VIM Maddox, Asst /"
Office hours from = o'clock a IN to 7 m.
Money order business closes at p nj.
Registered Letters close at 5o'clock p m.
DISTRICT MAILS.
Hineston, six times week. Leaves
Alexandria at 1890 III; arrives at 6 n N,
Pineville, fourteen times a week.
Leaves Alexandria at 1l.30 nj and 6 y NJ.
Arrives at Alexandria 10 d IN and p IN i.
Poland, three times week. Leaves
Alexandria Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays at 6 III: returns sane days p III.
Iatt, once week. Leaves Alexandria
on Fridays at m and returns same
day at $3.50 p m.
Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf Railway
to Lake Charles and Intermediate pos,
offices, daily and return same day.
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TAX SALES.
City of Alexandria, La, VS. Delinquent
Tax Debtors.

10y VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY
ID vested in me by the Constitution
aud laws of the State of Louisiana and
ordinances of the City of Alexandria, Liz,
| will sell at the Mayors office in which
the Mayors Court is held, within legal
hours for judicial sales, beginning at IL
o'clock IA. M, on
SATURDAY, the 9th day of MAY, A. D,
1896,
and continuing on each succeeding day
until sales are completed, all movable
and immovable property on which taxes
are due to the City of Alexandria, La.
to enforce collection of taxes assessed in
the years 1894 and 1895, together with
interest thereon from the 3lst day of De
cember 1895, at the rate of one per cent.
per month uutil paid, together with all
costs:
CULLEN, Mrs. JEANETTE
Lots 2 and 5, square 80, and
improvements ..Sl6 w
HUNTER, Mrs. NJ. L.-Taxes 1924
and 1885, half square of gronnd
in the lower suburbs, river
front ............... 80 OC
HUN TER, ROBT. P.-Horse and
buggy .........'......... 10
JOHNSON, Mrs. Z. ID Lot and
Improvements on lower Front
street OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10 sc
JOHNSON, }. ". ~ sON-Lots
/, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and s, in -
square So. 10 sc
LEURCEl, LOUISA-Lot and i'm
provements in lower suburbs. 9 sc
WATERS, GEO. R.-Taxes 1894,
Lots / and 2, square SO, and
Improvements ............. 10 W
WEIGH, ED.-Half lot ground in
lower suburbs ............ Il
WEST, Elliot of ground in low
er suburbs. .................. OF
Two horses and buggy. ...... l Oil
WHITTINGTON, Mrs W. W.-Lot
and improvements in the lower
suburbs ................. II sc
Two horses and buggy ........ ! y;
ZIMMERMAN, MRs.-1hree-quar-
tiers square of ground in lower
suburbs .................... SO;
Lot near Watkins Railroad. 80. 2 "
On SAID day of sale will sell such por
lions of said property as each debtor vii
point out, and in case the debtor shall
not point out sufficient property, l vii
a. once and without delay sell tue least
quantity of said property of any debtor
which any bidder will buy tor he amount
| OF taxes, interest and costs due by sait
debtor.
The sale will be without appraisement
for cash, in legal tender money of til.
Uuite.l States JAMES Il. FLINT,
Tax Collector, City of Alexandria, La
Aurii &. lS96-30a