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Year: 1878

Cream B3Scuats.-IO each quart Of flour
sft inone heapings steaspoonful of pure cream
tartar I buy mine at thetlruggists, and then
it is albright. as nearly all the cream tartar
elsewhere sold for cooking purposes is
worthless), and the same amount of good
soda Tor saleratlls will COY, dissolvedin in a lit
tie hot water, a teaspoonful of salt, and mix
ed with equal Quantities Of thick sour cream
and good butternlik. Mix them as soft as
can be handled easily, roll out nearly an
inch thick, and cut out with good sized tin
biscuit cutter, as large as tumbler. Do 7
not crowd them too closely in the tins, and
they will be light and large. II the cream
and buttermilk are very sour, by giving
good measure to the soda the biscuits will
be all the better. | often use for biscuits
any cream that accidentally gets too sour to
churn. The above crust makes very nice
potpies, and, if mixed nearly all with cream,
the best possible crust for chicken or veal
pies. Rolled out quite thin and baked, it
makes very nice strawberry shortcakes.
Split them open as soon as done; butter each
half; spread well with berries and sprinkle
plentitully with sugar. Put on the top crust
with the split side up, and serve in the same
way; eat with cream and sugar.


Potato Rolls.-TalSe pint.of mashed po-
tatoes, and while theysare hot stir into them
piece of butter the size of an egg. When
cool add two pnts Of flour, enough milk to
max 4 aisoft dough, and about three table,
spoonfnls of liquid yeast. Knead a few
minutes. When this lightens, make into
rolls and set them in warm place till very
| light. Bake from twenty to thirty minutes.
| You may use the potatoes left from dinner;
then the rolls will beready to mold ut night,
| cover them over carefully and set in not too
warm place, and they will be just right
for the oven in the morning. The dough
AUST be made very soft to insure success.


10 Fry FISH spit the fSh down the
back, season. with pepper and salt. and dtss
it with flour, then fry it in a little salt pork
drippings and butter, in dripping pan or
Il cake griddle; or cut the fish into squares,
season well. and dip each one into egg. then
in fine cracker crumbs, and immerse the
pieces in boiling drippings, which should be
very hot to prevent the fish from absorbing



the grease.


Graham, Bread. ITO one qtlarto of Graham
/ flour add teaspoonful of salt, a small half
cuptul of sugar, the same of yeast, and mix
with milk into a batter that will drop from
spoon, bnt not run. Let it rise over night
and in the morning beat well together and
put it in baking tin. A cake.tin, with tun-'
mel in the centre, is best. PUTT at once in
to an oven rather shotter' than for white
bread, and bake three-quartcrs Of an hour.
Baked i'll gem pans, it makes very nice hot
bread for breakfast or ten. If you do not
wish the pure Graham, make in the same
way, using half flour and half Graham flour,
but in the morning add flour enough to
knead slightly, and let it rise in. the pans be-,
! fore bakingss.
Year: 1878

\ good deal has been lately said in
the pulpit aad by the press of the
land. abuu, the existence Of a hell
and endless of future Punishment


Independent of the plain teachings
of holy writ. and the common belief
of all Eaiions in every age, we do
not see how any well balance mind
can for moment he in doubt on
these matters. How could there bc
heaven for the just, the pure and
The good. if thieves, murdrrrr~. :av-
ishers and the like, were not excluded
from II I Such characters would make
hell Of heaven, if admitted TO is
society or if they could moi d" this
the holy atmosphere Of the place. and
the presence Of God aud the good,
would be more intolerab'e ~ them
than the lake of fire aud bo,tomless
pit.


1t would not need material fire to
constitute a bell, if all the vile beings
on earth were brought together in one
place. and left to themselves without
restraint. TO work uui their own de-
vices Nerv often, indeed, they or
ganiZe such IA state of affairs iu this
world, in spite Of all opposing indu-
cnces, that nothing less than bell will
serve for comparison.


la almost every populous commu-
nifty, there is TO he found enough of
depravity aud viliaiuy to make the
argument for the existence OF hell
and endless puniSbmenls therein en-
,irely Irresistible. 1t any human
mind could see all the open and hidden
ra>caities and crimes OF any one hour
of the day or night. as the Infinite
beholds them, that mind, if sound
one, would p-unounce bell a necessity
To the well being Of the universe, if
not an actual fact Southern Ij0tch-
man.
Year: 1878

The position assumed by the oppo.


nents Of constitutional convention,
that economy forbid the calling Of a
convention. is false one. One of
the strongest reasons we bad for al.
vocating a convention was based upon
the hope that it would give us such a
constitution as would greatly reduce
the expenses Of our State government.
Year: 1878

The climate of Richland parish,
aud of all N"rth Louisiana, it appears
to Us is everything that could be de-
sired. for We are never exposed tu
either extreme heat Or cold, the
mercury in the thermometer rarely
ever rising above So degrees in the
shade in summer, or falling below
zero in the winter. The mean temper
ature being about SO degrees. here
is always a refreshing breeze stirring,
which renders our summer months
very pleasant. especially Of nights,
which are delightfully."- cool as gen.
eral thing. and one never is oppressed
with that close. suItry weather ey-
perienced at night by those who
dwell in the regions far away from
the seashore. Our winter weather is
balmy and spring-like, with just
enough frost to kill tho foliage and
keep the sap down. but not always
enough 20 prevent the growth OF
some of the harder plants. Snow is
a rarity and We have but lille ice;
ard as we write, ia the middle Of
February. the birds are singing a
cheerily and the sun shining "a
bright and warm as May morning.
The red-buds have been in bloom for
more than O week.
Year: 1878

The death Of Michael Reese has
furnished fruitful topic to the
papers to morallze upon this trite
apothegm. The San Jose Mercury
consoles itself for its modest sue.
cess In amassing riches by the old
idea that poverty gets even on
wealth when death knocks at the
door. Rich men while living may
grind the face of the poor, oppress
the widow and the fatherless,
eyade their just payment of taxes,
purchase of the servants of the
people special immunities whereby
their Golfers may be extended, aud
take every advantage which the
possession of wealth gives to them
but there comes time when, as
far as they are concerned, it all
goes for nought. 1t is then that
the vanity of riches becomes espe.
clalIy apparent. Take a man like
James Lick or Michael Reese, for
instance, whose whole stock in
trade of character consists of those
artlfices of disordered genius
whereby one man eircumvents an
other and gets the best of a bar
gaip,-when Death gathers his icy
fingers around the heartstrings of
such man, and. compelling him
to surrender all his earthly adv an
tages, leads him out into the Un-
known; If he should awaken there
to u conscious existence, how lean,
lank and absolutely poverty
stricken he will be apt to find HIM
self. The least that such men can
do for the world is to give back to
society the gains they have, by
their superior aptnesa, acquired
from 1t; and, IN thus giving, per-
haps they may pave the way to a
start on the road of spiritual pro.
gress to a higher and better life.
We don't know. We can only
hope that such may be the case.
Thus when Michael Reese, who,
when living, never paid out dol.
lar that he could possibly avoid,
bequeathes half q million dollars
to noble charities and then dies,
we realize that his life has been
fruitful of good in its termina-
tion. May the lesson be not with.
out It's beneficial results upon 9TH
orc
Year: 1878

and far more injurious than that OF
tobacco. The use Of tobacco among
boys aud females Is rare, and
among men far from universal,
willie tea and coffee are found at
every table In the land. Not very
long ago an English factory In
spector officially reported the in
crsasiDg use OF tes among the en-
pfoyes, and the resulting decadence
in the physical condition Of the
children. Coffee is recognized as
the usual cause of dyspepsia. Be-
fore meddling with tobacco, Miss
Shepard and her colleagues should
look nearer home-to the greater
evil of tea and coffee drinking.
Year: 1878

1t is not little remarkable, and We
might philosophize for sometime about
it, that while the diamond is made up
of pure carbon, or simply blank and
opaque charcoal, the ruby, the next in
value and beauty, is nearly made up of
pure alumina or common clEy-98.5 per


ent-the coloring matter, iron, making
up the rest of it, the mere trace of lime
found in it being unappreeiable. Moth
ing, we may venture to say, in natures
chemistry is more wonderful than this
fact of the dull, colorless and lifeless
clay becoming metamorphosed by seme
hidden and almost miraculous way into
the transparently clear, red colored,
and almost living gem. Imagination
itself fails to find theory to account
for all this, and no progress in chemis-
try can invent a theory to fit it. 1t is a
somewhat curious coincidence that the
ruby, as well as the diamond and other
precious stones, is SO often found asso-
ciated with gold. Where they are, there
is gold almost sure to be present. Ma
ture produces these, her riches, together
and it afterwards is the province of art
to keep them together and to exhibit
them as one object.
Year: 1878

One of the performing elephants in
the Great London Circus, known as
Ned, has been suffering with sore
throat, which although not so bad in
his case as in that of a giraffe or con-
ger-eel, is still sufficiently annoying to
disturb elephantine equanimity. 1t
appears that his keeper, George Ang-
stingstall, has been obliged to force his
food down his throat, and the opera
tion, being both painful and unpleasant
proved too much for the great beasts
affection, philosophy or sense of duty.
He therefore twined his trunk around
the operator and playfully flung him
distance of about forty feet. Fortunate
ly this improvised aerial excursion end
ed in a canvas screen, and Mr.. Ang-
stingstall was more startled than
hurt. If he had met brick wall in his
flight, he would probably have been
killed.


This incident has been made a text
for discourse upon the ingratitude Of
elephants, but it is putting rather high
estimate on the intelligence of even the
most intelligent brutes to expect them
to understand that their keepers must
sometimes "be cruel only to be kind"
or to ask an elephant not to resent what
must have appeared to him a most un-
warrantable liberty. 1t is, however, a
Year: 1878

weil-known fact that these huge crea-
lures preserve very lively memory
Of injuries, and are wont to repay them
with Interest whenever they have an
opportunity. Some years ago there was
an elephant of uncommon size and in
telligence in the London Geological
Gardens, who was the original hero of
an incident which has since been relat
ed in different ways. He was as well
known to the frequenters of the Gar
dens as the bear-pit Itself, and was a
great favorite with children, to whom
he behaved with gentleness that was
almost pathetic. At word from his
keeper he would tenderly wrap his
trunk around the body of any child
bold enough to make the experiment,
and lift it gently to his own broad back
and was evidently delighted at the trust
reposed in him. The nursemaids and
the babies always brought cakes for this
elephant, and sometimes gingerbread
nuts, of which he was particularly fond.
Among his regular visitors was a young
man, who always gave him bag of
these nuts, and the elephant soon learn
ed to know his benefactOr. One day
this young gentleman offered to the
elephant bag of nuts strongly season.
ed with Cayenne pepper, and the big
beast unsuspectingly opened his mouth,
dropped the nuts into il, and began to
munich them up. His throat was of
course badly burned, and he trumpeted
aloud in his rage and pain. Near him
stood bucket, which he picked up and
handed to his keeper, thereby signifying
his desire for water. He drained pail
full after pailful, while his tormentor
stood near laughing at The success of
his pitiful trick. The keeper of the
had occurred, warned the young man to
depart, but ne refused to go. Suddenly
the elephant, having slaked his thirst,
seized the bucket BY its handle and
hurled it with terrific force at the head
of the practical joker, and with so true
an aim that the missile missed its mark
by few inches only, The pail was
shivered to atoms against tree. Had
it struck the man it would have killed
him instantly.


The same elephant, we tell the story
as told by his keeper, dropped an apple
which rolled into the adjoining stable
of = rhinOceros. By inserting his trunk
between the bars of the partition be-
tween the two structures, he was able
to touch, but not to grasp the coveted
fruit. He made repeated efforts to OBJ
tain it, but in vain, and at last appar-
emily abandoned the enterprise. Sud-
denly he again thrust his trunk through
the bars, and with a mighty snort,
blew the apple violently against the
opposite wall. On its rebound it came
easily within his reach, and he ate it
with every token of satisfaction.
Whether his act was the result of reason
or chance our readers may decide for
themselves.
Year: 1878

The other day, during a thunder
storm, man came into Milwaukee
saloon, and hurrying up to the bar he


aid excitedly:


"Give me glass of the best brandy
in the house. l need it."


When the glass was filed he held it
between his fingers and said;


Stranger, don't drink ; but this is a
fearful storm, and and man is liable
to be struck by lightning; brandy is a
non-cOnductor, and have never been
struck by lightning, from the fact that
/ always drink brandy before a storm" "


After he had drained the glass he
rolled his eyes round the room once or
twice.


"That was a vivid flash, just now" p"
he said; !" lightning is dangerous ele-
ment, but to NE il is a glorious thing.
Stranger, love the lightning; it lulls ;
me to sleep at night; it cheers Inc when
l wake. Give me another glass of
brandy"


As the barkeeper poured out the Ii
quor he said:


Benjamin Franklin solved the mys-
terry of lightning, but before he flew his
kite he drank pint of old cOgnac.
Sometimes think am old Ben, draw
ing the lightning from the clouds and
botrling it up. That was magnificent
peal" he said. as the thunder resOund-
ed with a fearful crash. 81 came from
a scientific family. Partner l can post
you little on lightning" he said,
with a knowing look. Whenever a
thunderstorm comes up, drink two
or three glasses of brandy, and you
have a better protector than lightning
rod. Better take glass now."


He smiled as the barkeeper took q
drink, and went or:


Lightning is produced in the follow
ng manner: When two clouds charg-
ed with different kinds of electricity,
approach each other, they exchange
fluids, and give us the flash of lightning
the shock makes big noise we call it
tbunser."


He looked around the room and saw
the back door was open. He knew if
ne unlocked the front door the wind
would blow it shut, and he smiled, this
lover of lightning did, and he was
happy.


"Now," said he, 81 will illustrate
my last remark"


He stepped out and as he passed the
door it was unlocked.


"There, away 10 the south, are two
big black clouds approaching each
other"


The door was slowly and surely blow
ing shut.


"Soon they will meet, and l will see
another display of my beloved element.
Oh, let the rain pour in torrents; let the
lightning flash its erial splendor; let
the thunder


There was a slam as the door flew
shut, and the barkeeper heard no more.
He saw that bis scientific customer was
in no hurry about returning, and as he
opened the door the truth dawned upon
him. AS lie looked up the street and
saw no one he realized that the man
who loved lightning had gone from his
shop forever.
Year: 1878

When Washington was called to the
Presidency in 1888 there were no regu-
larly organized parties, and there was
no room for patronage in pai tisan
sense, and nothing could exceed the
justice of the rules by which he was
even against his wishes, he said he
would go to it under no Encouragement
of any Kind or nature whatever, but
would hold himself absolutely at liberty
to act while in Office with sole reference
to justice and the public good. So
much depended on wisdom and Impair
tiality in this matter that, in case of in
judicious or unpopular measures with
regard to appointments, the Govern
m ent itself would be in the utmost dam
ger of being utterly subverted. my
political conduct" he said, Gin making
nominations must be exceedingly cir
cumspect." Again: :" do not intend
to be swayed in the disposal of places
by motives arising from the ties of
friendship and blood" All this time it
is not to be supposed there was nobody
to present his claims" Even before
his first Inauguration, Washington was
greatly annoyed by applications for
appointments, ana invariably represen-
ted to such persons the delicacy of his
situation and the impropriety of bring
ing such matters before him, He ap-
p: ehended what afterwards proved tue
that there would be hundred CON-
petitors for every office of any impor-
tance; but for long time he would
give no decisive answer TO the applica-
tions OF any candidates whatever, and
would only nominate such persons as in
his judgment were best qualified to dis
charge the duties of the departments to
which they were appointed, AS be-
tween an intimate friend and deter
mined opponent he gave lucrative
office, which both had applied for, to
the latter. with the following explana-
ton: "My friend receive with cordi-
al welcome. He is welcome to my
house and welcome to my heart; but
with all his good qualities he is not a
man of business. His opponent with
all his politics so hostile to me is man
of business. My private feelings have
nothing to do in the case. i am not
George Washington, but President of
the United States. As George Wash
ington, 1 would do this man any kind
ness in my power. AS President of the
United States, can do nothing.
Year: 1878

Everything beautiful, darling must fade;
The rose and the lily. the pride of the field
And myrtl4, which hides the rude mark of the


spade,


Where loved o. es are sleeping. viii all have


to WELD
To Times busy cleaner, who gathers the


leaves


And unopened buds in the forest and plain,
To carefully bind them in bund es and sheaves,
AID carry them off to return not again
Everything beautiful. darling, must change;
The woodland. the meadow and course of


the stream;
Those scenes now familiar ere long will seem


strange.


An only be thought Of as seen in dream.
Or pictures Of memory long hung away
And faded by age or dust of the past;
Each moment Of pleasure refuses TO stay.
The voice of the zephyr is lost in the blast
Everything beautiful. darling. must die,
And that which increases will surely de-


crease;
The sturdy old oak as q dust-heap will lie;
The song and the singer Will both have to
cease:
Yet there is hope that each beautiful thing
Though not in this Lfe-will have being


once more;
The heart, Ike the Ivy. to loved ones will


cling,


When fallen, and creep to Eternity's shore.
Everything beautiful. darling. must fade.
Must change and must die, be it never so


grand;
And nothing endureth that ever was made,
For time has the day in his own cunning


hand;
The spirit immortal he humbleth not;
He builds though, and crumbles its dwell


ing Of clay;
When everything earthly and Time is forgot
The spuit Will laugh at the thought of de-


cav.
Year: 1878

A ship on the broad, boisterous and
open ocean needeth no pilot, but it dare
not venture alone on the placid bosom
of little river, lest it be wrecked by
some hidden rocks. Thus it is with
life. '1is not in our open, exposed
deeds that we need the still voice of the
silent monitor, but nthe small, secret
everyday acts Of life, that conscience
warns us to beware of the hidden shoals
of what we deem too common to be
dangerous.
Year: 1878

The Boston COUTier, in speaking Of
the use of the diamond, says, the ser
vices of the diamond as an ornament,
are so conspicuous that few people ever
think of it as an article of usefulness.
With the one well known exception of
the glaZieT, no tradesman or mechanic
is supposed to put it to any practical
purpose, or to estimate it by any other
standard than that Of beauty and rari-
ty. A scientific gentleman, well ac-
quainted with mining operations, points
out a very important use which is made
Of the diamond in sinking shafts and
piercing rocks. Experience has shown
that the employment of an instrument
so costlyis amplyjustifed by the saving
in time effected by substituting it for a
cheaper and blunter weapon, and the
consequence is that in a great many
mines and tunnels it is already used for
boring the hardest rocks. The inVen-
tiOn is by no means new, but few peO-
pie know the exact nature Of the m0dus
operandi or its extreme simplicity. A
cylindrical tube Of steel is fitted at one
of its ends with a number Of stones set
at regular intervals round its rim, and
arranged to resemble a row Of teeth so
that when the tube is made to revOIve
on its axis these teeth act as a circular
saw, and rapidly cut their way into even
the hardest granite. At the end of the
tube first setin motion may be attached
by welding them firmly. any humber of
similar tubes, and the spinning move
ment is communicated to the whole of
the long gimlet by an engine applied to
its further extremity.


The perfOratOr travels with marvel
Gus rapidity, and the rock, as it is cut,
pushes its way into the tube, from
which it is afterward extracted, some
times in lengths Of as much as six feet.
At Bohmisch BoOd, in some difficult
workings through the quartz rock, a
passage of 40 feet in length was cut
with one of those instruments in q
hours, whereas, with any other tools,
it would have taken five or six times as
long, with little or no economy of eX-
pense. The diamonds do not, Of course,
last forever, and the loss of one gener-
ally destroys for the time the efficiency
of the machine. But they can be re-
placed, and thatmOre readily, inasmuch
as stones of an inferior kind seem TO
act as well as those of the first water.
Year: 1878

There isa wide spread belief amount
ing almost to a certainty, that when a
woman sees a mouse she will utter q
piercing Shrek, and either faint or
mount the nearest chair. A woman in
Sacramento, California, is endeavOring
to lead public opinion imam OppOsite.di-
reCtion. She sweeps out the NIechan-
ics' Exchange Hotel. She saw rat.
She saw him, went him one better, and
sailed after the vicious little rO-
dent in real earnest. Out the door he
went with the broomstick tapping the
pavement close behind him. Reaching
the sire, t, he lodged into a hole under
the sidewalk on the other side Of the
alley, and lOokers-On thought the sport
was ended. Not so, however; the
plucky woman ran her bare arm into
the hole and drew the rat forth in tTi-
umph, and dashed him forcibly to the
ground before he had chance to turn
and bite. Here she deliberately dis
patched him with the brOOmstick,