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The Republican., 1899-06-29
CHICKEN TAMALES.
How to Prepare Dish Which IL
Esteemed Quite Highly in Some
Parts of the West.

To make chicken tamales, boil two
pounds of corn and handful of lime
in water enough to cover until the skins
of the corn will slip off; then wash the
corn and grind it very fine. Boil a
large chicken, and mix the liquor in
which the chicken was boiled with the
ground corn, adding a pound of firm
lard and salt to taste. Having boiled a
pound of red peppers until soft, remove
the seeds and mash the peppers to
pulp; add garlic button (chopped)
and one-half pound of ground chillies
Mix this preparation with the chicken
Fill wet corn husks Gnner husks) with
the mixture, alternately with the meal
and chicken, tie up, and boil from AZ
minutes to an hour in gallon of water
When all are half done turn the top ones
over. This mixture will make dozen
hot tamales.' Serve hot, with the
husks opened, and the tamales piled on
a napkin.
A more simple process is to use Q
quart of scalded corn meal instead OF
the hulled corn, and lump of butter
the size of walnut instead of the lard
In this case take a lump of the dough
pat it out into a thin, fiat cake, put one
spoonful of the above chicken mixture
on it, roll them together, then roll the
tamale tightly in the corn shucks; tie
the ends of the shuclls together in a
knot to keep the tamales from coming
open; these need to boil only about 2t
minutes.-Mrs. w. L. Tabor, i1 Farm
and Fireside.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
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MISTRESS AND MAID.
The Servant Trouble Is in "A Large
Measure Due to the Inemciency
of Housewives.

Il have always believed thoroughly
that at the bottom of much of the serv-
ant trouble lies the inefficiency of the
average housewife" writes Helen Wat
terson Moody, in the Ladies' Home
Journal. How is it possible that an
ignorant servant, though willing,
should become capable, except through
such training as a skilled mistress can
give her, or how can a most efficient
maid live up to her own ideals under a
mistress who, having no training, and
therefore no standards of her own,
must be lacking in understanding and
appreciation of the work of others?
And yet if you ask almost any house
keeper to define good servant she will
tell you it is one who relieves her from
care and responsibility. What would
be thought of the head of a banking
house who estimated his employees sole
ly accordingly to their ability to relieve
him of the duties that properly belong
to himself? The banker values clerk
who is able to obey orders intelligently,
and upon whose fidelity he can rely,
but he does not expect him to do his
thinking for him. You see, the trouble
with us, as mistresses, is largely that
we want to be relieved of the response
bility that comes with home making,
instead of accepting it as our chief con-
Germ in life, studying it as we would
any other profession, meeting all its
requirements with skill and knowl-
edge, and seeing, back of all the trying
and petty details, the dignity and value
of the work we are doing. I do not
wish to seem to undervalue the diff
culties of the profession. 1t is not an
easy one; it is the hardest one know,
and it is often filed with details that
are neither pleasant nor dignified. But
so are the professions of medicine, of
journalism, of law, and even the min
istry."
The Republican., 1899-06-29
Courtesy Wins Many FrIenns,

81 know young girl who is so pune.
tilious, it is pleasure to invite her any
where" said a lady not long since. "She
always keeps her appointments to the
minute, never forgets her engagements,
and is always to be depended upon
She is very popular with young and old,
and there is little doubt that she owes
much to this praiseworthy attribute,
In the matter of invitations the least
one can do to show their appreciation
of the courtesy extended them is to BE-
prompt"
The Republican., 1899-06-29
A PROFESSIONAL "FLoGGER. ~
He Is an Englishman and He Says He
Never Punished the Same
Man Twice.

The writer was the other day intro
duced to a stalwart warder of one of
our great convict establishments, a by
no means unkindly looking man, who
for many years has been the official
wielder of the cato -nine-tails at the
prison where he serves, says Answers.
Il scarcely know how the new prison
bill will affect me, but have in the past
fogged some scores of men with the
cat, receiving an extra sum on my pay
of five shillings for each one operated
upon. | never fiogged one yet that
didn't deserve good deal more than
he got; but, of course, this is my point
of view. OF perhaps 60 men to whom l
have applied the cat-men ranging in
weight from eight to fifteen stone-I
The Republican., 1899-06-29
The Case in a Nutshell.

Alabastine is permanent coating
for walls and ceilings, designed to take
he place of kalsomines and wall pa
per. Alabastine sets with the wall. 1t,
practically a stone cement, as hard
md smooth as paint, but much less ex-
oensive, and is applied just as easily by
anyone. 1t can be mixed with either
:old or hot water and applied with a
talsomine brush. 1t is clean, healthful,
Ind economical. Every one of the
Itrong points of Alabastine, proved to
'e such by the test of twenty years,
S picked up by every new manufac-
'urer of ordinary kalsomine and claimed
or his goods. These claims are abb
yurd on their face. Alabastine alone
AN prove its durability by the test Of
lime. 1t is sold by paint dealers, in
lib. packages, properly labeled.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
MAKES HAIR CROW.
Kerosene, So Some Women Claim
Is the Best Scalp Tonic That
Can BE Applied.

1t has been given out for some time
by hair specialists that kerosene pro-
NOTED the growth of the hair and pre-
vented its falling out. Women as a
rule have been 10th to try the expert.
ment unless preparation of deOdorized
oil could be found.
A woman was found recently who as
tonished her friends, upon being COM
plimented upon the fine appearance OF
her hair, by telling them that it was
due entirely to a persistent and thor.
ough treatment with the familiar kero-
sene of corner grocery commerce.
81 have applied it regularly once
fortnight in the following manner"
she said: "a little is poured into
saucer and rubbed with the fingers into
the roots of the hair. The application
is slow and thorough, the gentle mas.
sage of the finger tips keeping the
pores open for the absorption of the oil,
"The treatment is 1nrde at night, and
my hair is afttCward tied up in a silk
handkerchief. A silk handkerchief is
recommended by hairdressers as most
useful in retaining the natural electrici.
ty of the hair. By noon the following
day the odor of the kerosene mas dissp-
peared, and in another 12 hours the oili-
ness that followed its use is gone.
"The effect of this treatment is
promptly noticeable. l have used nc
kerosene for two years. The present
condition of my hair is due to six
months faithful treatment.-N. I,
Herald
The Republican., 1899-06-29
EXTREMELY POLITE.
A Feat of Courtesy Such as Is Very
Rarely Exhibited in This
Country.

Many of us have heard of that polite
Partisan cocher-driver-w during
a long afternoon in which he drove AN
American lady about the gay capital to
see the sights, responded quite un-
RULED and without as much as a mus
Gle twitching, to her constantly re-
peated orders to cochon-pig-to drive
her here or there. Indeed, foreigners
receive our mistakes in their language
much more courteously than we re-
ceive theirs in ours. Two ladies in Italy,
we are told by a correspondent of the
Companion, had this fact recently
borne in upon Them" as the Friends
say, with especial directness.
In the morning their Italian teacher
made a slip in her English, and in reply
to an inquiry concerning the oddly
twinbling fire embers in her little brass
stove, informed them that the fuel she
employed was small wigs"
They laughed heartily at the mis-
take, and presently the lady herself
corrected it to twigs, and was amiable
enough to laugh also. But that SANE
day they went to see the homeless cats
Of the city fed in the cloister of San
Gallo, and were not sure that they had
come at the right time. One of them
turned to the custode and inquired in
Italian, as she supposed: when will
the cats eat?" but what was really
asked was:
''When shall we eat the cats?"
There is no systematic hour, sig
NORMA" he replied to this surprising
query, in manner as politely matter
of-course as if it were quite the GUS
tom there to serve kittens on toast to
foreign ladies'! Not a flicker of ex-
preston showed that he perceived the
mistake.
Such a steady countenance under
such circumstances, they agreed when
they discovered it themselves, was a
feat of courtesy very rarely exhibited
by an American.-Youth's Companion.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN.
She Got Away with the Oysters But
Not in the Usual Man
ner.

A young girl from the state of Washing.
ton VINO came east to visit western SEN
ator,s family last winter, had an experience
she hasn't forgotten yet. The first few days
OF her stay IN the capital were spent there,
and her meals were sent to her room On
the very first evening she ordered oysters
tor dinner. Now, she knew nothing of
real, Ilte-slzed oyster, having spent all her
days on the Pacific coast, where oysters are
not oysters at all, but something altogether
different. She was young and exceedingly
inexperienced, and she said to the waiter:
Bring me so oysters"
The waiter gasped.
as that all?' he said.
On, no, she answered, cheerfully. Bring
newell, dinner, too"
She says herself that she had to shut her
eyelids tight to keep her eyes from pop
ping clear out of her head when she saw the
so oysters.
Isn't that more than 50?" she asked.
No, miss" answered the waiter. Shall
l take some away" and he grinned. 1t
was the grin that did it. Her western
blood rose at it.
No." she said, coolly. Its not too
many. I'm hungry"
She locked the door after the astonished
waiter, and opened the window. 1t was a
dark night, but she could see the roofs Of
the adjoining houses almost within arms
reach beneath her window. Only narrow
alley separated the buildings. She took
fork, and deity and dexterously, one by
one, she flung the oysters as far as she could.
She could hear them fall MOSTLY, softly, fab.
billy upon the roof opposite When the
waiter returned, two oysters lay on her
plate. His eyes rolled wonderingly at her.
'Was-was the oysters good?" he asked,
and he did not grin.
Fairly good" she made answer, calmly;
but | wasn't really hungry, after all. -
WASHINGTON Pest
The Republican., 1899-06-29
HE MUST LIVE.
A Patient who Was Bound to Last
Long Enough to Draw His
Pension.

1t would be in vain to attempt to
describe the sympathy for the poor and
suffering which William Stokes could
throw into his voice, says his biogra-
pher. One of the stories he used to tell
is of peculiar interest, not only for its
revelation of human kindness, but as a
proof of the power of the will in pro-
longing life.
An old pensioner was a patient of
Stokes in the Meath hospital. His life
was despaired of, and in fact his death
was hourly expected. One morning.
having the patients to care for, and
believing that the pensioner was un-
conscious and past help, DR.. Stokes
passed his bed without stopping. The
patient was greatly distressed and cried
out:
Don't pass me by, docther; you
must keep me alive for four days"
1--WE will keep you as long as we can,
my poor fellow" answered Stokes;
''but why for four days particularly ?'
Because" was the reply, my PEN
sion will be due then, and [ want the
money for my wife and children. Don't
give me anything to make me sleep, for
if L sleep l shall die"
On the third day after this, to the
amazement of Stokes and the others,
the patient was still breathing. On
the morning of the fourth day he was
alive and conscious, and on entering
the ward, Stokes saw him holding in
his hand the certificate which required
signature. AS the doctor drew near the
dying man gasped:
Sign, sign!"
The doctor quickly complied, and the
man sank back exhausted, and within
a few minutes crossed his hands over
his breast and said: "The Lord have
mercy on my SOUL" and quietly
breathed his last.-Youth's Companion.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
A DEAF-MUTE GIRLS CURSE.
Scientific Value Attached to Its Al
legged Fulfllment-Paralys Follows
RInxu

Blow.
The right foot of Edwin Parker
Trent, of Frankfort, Mo-, has become
paralyzed as a result of tumor on the
brain. The tumor was caused by a
blow with a hatehet, struck by Bertha
Trent, his deaf and dumb niece. The
girl was sent subsequently to an insane
asylum. Before starting she wrote the
following on her tablet:
Il wanted to kill him, but failed. 1
hate him, and l hope he will die by
inches from creeping paralysis, begin
ming at his feet and working up to his
head"
Specialists who have studied the case
declare that Mr.. Trent has unwillingly
been of great benefit to science, as the
tumor has located beyond question the
exact spot where the sensor nerves from
the right foot connect with the brain.
While the doctors account for the pa
ralysis on scientific grounds, people in
the village believe that Mr.. Trent's NAL
ady is the beginning of creeping pa
ralysis, which has come to him through
the curse of his niece.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
SERIOUS HINTS ON DRESS.
Accompanied by Some FIippant Com
ments by a Boston
Man.

We have received a little pamhlet
which we hope has been distributed
widely among our readers, observes the
Boston Journal. The careful study of
1t may put an end to doubts that have
emblttered households and poisoned
the wells of domestic happiness.
This little book-we dislike the term
'booklet"-tells in simple language
how to dress your coachman, groom,
butler, doorman and page.
Thus, for instance, the coachman
should wear six buttons on his coat
two on the back at waist and two at
the bottom of skirt. He should also
have flaps on his pockets. Otherwise
he might be mistaken for the groom,
who has no flaps On his pockets and
The Republican., 1899-06-29
for Brain workers.

A number of feminine brain work
ers have come to the conclusion that
they can do better work by going with
out breakfast, eating only light lunch
con and making six o'clock dinner prac-
tically the only meal of the day. Many
of those who have tried it declare that
they have entirely overcome the faint
ness that they felt at first, and that
they are able to put their faculties to
better use than ever before.
The Republican., 1899-06-29

What a beauty!" and his companion
said: "For half cent ia speak to
her" Then the betting man began to
offer wagers that the other was afraid
to address a word to the young woman.
His bet of five dollars was taken and
the modest man hurried after the lady,
lifted his hat and walked beside her to
the next corner. When he returned and
pocketed the money the crestfallen
sport asked what she had said
"Oh, she asked why I wasn't home
last night. You see, she's my sister,
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
MARVEL IN SKIN GRATING.
Arm Burned TO the Bone is Saved by
Application of the Flesh of the Sui-
ferer.

arm burneu TO inc bOno Is saved 0Y
Application of the Flesh of the Sui-
ferer.
"A wonderful case of skin grating is
that of James Crowley, who was burn
ed some six weeks ago at Fond du. Lac,
Wis. By the upsetting of lamp his
father was burned to death and, in his
Efforts to save his father, the younger
Crowley had the flesh burned from one
of his arms. He was taken to the hos
pital, and as the means of saving the,
arm and perhaps his life, Dr. Conneu
informed his patient that he must take
skin from his lower limbs for grating
his arm. The patient was placed under
the influence of morphine, and for
nearly two hours the operation was in,
progress. Pieces of skin an eighth of
an inch in width and from foot to a
foot and a quarter in length were taken
from his legs and used on the arm.
After ten days the patient was declared. .
out of danger, and the arm, which was
burned to the bone, is almost we'll now;
The Republican., 1899-06-29
NEAT SUMMER BELT.

key, alligator and goat, while among
the metals will be enameled tin, gold,
silver and aluminium.
A white enameled belt striped with
black is quite the smartest thing among
the metal belts. The overlapping end
is finished in a sharp point and slipped
through a strap of enameled tin. The
buckle is of solid white enamel, or to
vary the design it may be of old gold,
bronze or other dark metal.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
SPORT WAS BEATEN.
HOW n Chicago KnOw-It-AH Young
Man Lost n Bet of Five Dollars
to Friend.

The individual who is ready to bet
on anything, who delights in being
thought sport and is ready to back
his opinion with money, is sometimes
treat to his friends.
One such man was walking along
State street yesterday with a friend.
The friend was modest and unassum-
ing fellow, and when a stylishly dressed
young woman passed them in the crowd
OF shoppers the betting man said:
The Republican., 1899-06-29
dress; for it is sad sight when the
groom is mistaken for the master.
Queen Victoria LiberaI-Minded.

Some one once asked frequent Wis
itor to the table of Queen Victoria:
''What do you talk to the queen about?''
Everything" was the reply. 'Ev-
erything and anything. There is no
topic on which ner majesty is ignorant.
She appears interested in everything
and accepts all new ideas and views
with a large-mindedness which is sim
ply astonishing in woman of her age
The Republican., 1899-06-29
For Early Spring FreckIes.

Take one teaspoonful of powdered
borax and dissolve it in one pint Of
rain water. Add one gill of butter
milk. Battle the face and hands at
night before retiring. Use clear cold
water next morning and your complex
ion will be like satin. This is to be
used at once as the mixture will not
keep. 1t is just enough for one appl-
cation, and is excellent for removing
freckles caused by the spring sun.
The Republican., 1899-06-29

station recently, owing to the railroad
officials having lost the waybill, was
opened, though it was consigned to a
Hamburg museum, and the body of a
young woman ana two skulls were
found inside. The young wsrnan was a
mumRied Peruvian and the skulls were
prehistoric, yet the coroner of the dis
trict insists on holding inquests on both
mummy and skulls unless the museum
people have them removed.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
Lakes or Killarney.

The Irish land Vourt will soon offer
the most admired portion of the Lakes
of Killarney for sale. The Muckross
estate has already been sold to the
tenants, and the mansion, deer park,
etc, will be offered with the lakes. The
sum mentioned as likely to be asked is
6 10000.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
England Best Lighted.

The English is the best lighted coast
in the world. Of the 335 lighthouses
in existence, 56 are scattered round
England's rocky coast, some of the
lights being so powerful that they are
visible 20 miles out at sea.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
BELTS FOR SUMMER.
They VIII Be Slightly Wider aud
More Elaborate Than Those
Worn Last Season.

Belts will be slightly wider this sum-
mer and in addition to the crushed silk
and ribbon effects there will be various
designs in skins, such as snake, mon
The Republican., 1899-06-29
Pickles We Consume.

The people of the United States con.
sumo about 100000 bottles of pickles
every week
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-12-27

My God!" bur,t out, 'shstsnJt issJr'
10y Cesare's orders"
Then Ccsarc Borgia will pay with his
life for this" ] exclaimed.
At this moment there was knock at the
door, and BURN entered, bearing a silver
~ .on, the stopper Of which was made Of
a quaintly-carved dragon.
Your emincnce ordered this with the
second service" he said, placing IL before
D'Ambose and retiring.
II pledge YOU my word, your exccllcncy,
that ! will not rest until full rcparation has
been made for this Outrage on an ally Of
France" said D'Amboisc. Il could almost
find IL in my heart to let loose open war for
this"
I'VE are not ready, your eminencc. Rest
assured Of my thanks, and will gladly &C.
oept your aid; but at present we can do
nothing This. however. has not decreased
my zeal for the measures We are planning.
and with your permission we will now dis.
cuss these. aud put aside my private
trouble"
For me, ! could hardly breathe. A hun.
dred feelings were tossing together within
me; all that ! could think OF was TO throw
aside everything. 20 gallop to rcruga, TO
save her at any cost The cardinals voice
came TO Inc az from a distance.
81 agrec-one glass each Of this all round.
and thcn- cavaliere. would you mind hand.
ing me those gllsscsg
Three peculiar shaped. straw-colored We.
nctian glasses were close TO me; these !
passed EDWARDS mechanically to D'Ambosc.
and he went on. filling the glasses to the
brim with wine from the flagon, as he spoke.
IL admired the rare workmanship Of this
fagon last night, and his holiness sent II
home with me. full 60 the brim with this
Falernidn, which Giulia Bella herself poured
into 1t. The wine is OF priceless brand.
and our lord was good enough TO say that II
| liked Il he would send me all in hrs eel.
lars Il only let him know"
we will drink this, then. with your emf.
nence's permission, to the success Of the un.
dertakng." SAID the secretary. posing his
glass m the air.
Right" said D'Amboise. Gentlemen.
success TO our venture!"
lie raised the wine to his lips. | silently
did the same.
Hold on"
We stopped in amaze, and Machiavelli.
who had spoken, quietly cmptied bis glass
into a bowl beside him
What does this mean :" said the cardinal.
This. your eminencc.' and Machiavolli
held out his hand, on which an opal was
flashing a moment before. The stone was
still there, in the gold band on his finger
but 1t VAS no longer an opal, but something
black as jet, devoid Of all luster.
Startled by the movement, DAmboiSc
bent over the extended fingers, and ] fel.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-12-27

lowed his example. The red on the cardi.
nails cheek went out. aud Lis lips paled as be
looked at the ring.
"Poison Heart OF Jesus" he muttered
through pale lips.
Yes" said Machavelli, slowly, with
drawing his hand. 1.-THE ring tells no lies.
Diavolol Was ever so grim Jest! Asking
you 20 tell him II your eminencc liked the
winel'
II was too near a matter TO be pleasant,
and the hldeous Jest, and the treachery Of
Alexander, filled me with a hot anger. IL
had the effect, however, Of pulling me to-
getheT at once, the sudden presence OF death,
ard the danger. recalling me TO myself, for
al my thoughts OF Angola. breathed n
prayer Of thanks for our escape. IL was a
good omen. My luck was not yet run out.
D'Amtoise sprang TO his feet. by CT"
he said, bringing his clenched fist into the
palm of his hand, "the Borgia will rue this
day; here, give me those glasses" lie seized
them, aud, drawing back the curtain. flung
them out OF the window, where they fell
into the court outside. breaking to splinters
with little tinkling crash. Then he
emptied out the contents OF the fagon, and
hurled 1t into the crate, where Il lay, its
Gnc work crushed and dented. the two en-
erald .ves If tho dragon IN the stoppay
b,nI;,g =, 49, ,,;otaJIv tn ,,h,,rs,
made D'Amboise calmer, and 1t was with
more composure that he struck a small gong
and res.a,ed himself M IN, table A Le
IA :, I,n,,n cnicreJ tho room
We want a clear table" said the cardi.
man"
10 IA. tim. nur;, hal dom. this his ou,;
rence Showed ma Sur,her tracc ~ oyc,,o.
,nent eYcont that bis I'm. v,ero ycr,, f,,oIv
so, and ,bero was n sI;eb, froyn an L;s forc.
LcsJ ms be smoo,bed o,,t The roII Of ,bo,nan
Dine corner Kent abst,nateIv turning nm and
"a NacbiayclIi onietlv nut bis hand on II 10
Leen il in nos,tIon. he saiJ. "Se., The
rinr ia as II was beioTc A."
NE Looked A the onaI and s,re enouoh
the poison.tipt was gone. and under he
male. scmiopaoue Lime of its surface lights