U WEEKLY
.N U R W A L K
GAZETTE
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'THE ORIGIN OF ICE CREAM.
nude Its Appearance Near the Close of tho
Last Century.
. The New York Post Boy of June 8,
17875. makes this announcement:
”Ladies and gentlemen may be sup-
plied with ice cream every day at the
City tavern by their humble servant,
Joseph Cowe.” At a ball given by
.Mrs. Johnson in New York, on Dec. 12.
i789. there were “served pyramids of
red and white ice cream, with punch
and liquors. rose cinnamon and par-
lfai-t amour.” Ice cream was first in-
troduced at the national capitol by
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, who had
had it in her home in New York. Shu
used to tell with amusement of the.
delight with which President Jackson
first tasted it. and how he promptly
decided to have ices at the executive
Accordingly guests at Ill:
mansion.
next reception were treated to the
frozen mystery, and afforded con-
siderable fun to the initiated by the
reluctance with which they tasted it.
Those from the rural districts espcc
tally first eyed it suspiciously, then
melted each spoonful with breath be-
fore consuming it. Their distrust-was.
soon removed, however, and plates
.Were emptied with great rapidity.
The man who made the cream was.
oddly enough. a negro by the name of
Jackson, who in the early part of the
present century kept a small confec-
tionary store in W'ashington. Cold
custards. which were cooled after be-
ing made by setting them on a cake
of ice, were very fashionable, and
Jackson, at Mrs. Hamilton’s sugges-
tion, froze them by placing the in.
gredients in a tin bucket and war
pletely covering it with ice. Each
bucket contained a quart, and was.
sold for $1. It immediately became
popular. and the inventor soon en-
larged his store, and when he died
left a considerable fortune—Harper's.
Bazar.
EARS IN SCOOLROOMS.
Children are Often Deaf and Not- Stupid,
As Is Soxnetinles Thought.
Defective hearing is a symptom fre-
quently seen in the sch-001 room about
which teachers should know some-
thing. Pupils are sometimes consid-
ered backward and stupid. whose
Worst fault is their deafness. This is
not as common, probably, as defect
ive sight. but. it is quite as apt to be
neglected and to lead to disastrous rc-
Sultls. Ilcad colds, diseased cozidl
tions of the pharynx and tonsils. and
discharges from the external car are
all common with children in this cli-I
~mate, and are all prolific sources of
permanent deafness.
The teacher is in a position to do-
tect this symptom early, and should
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investigate every case of {apparent m»
attention and stupidity, {specially 21
:it is noticed that this is accompanied
with persistent mouth br. at‘siizig. Th-
t£ache1' can easily inform herself
about a child’s hearing, and quite ac-
curately: thus, a child should be able
rfo hear words spoken in a clear, low
.voice twenty feet away, and should
lie able to hear a watch tick three feet
from either ear. Children with de-
fective hearing, should, of course. be
seated near the teacher's desk. Par-
ents’ attention should always be called
to this symptom, for it is usually pos-
sible to cure it when early treatment
is instituted. Neglected. it is very
sure to become permanent—Snnita-
rian.
Food and Drink in One.
According to tradition the discovery
and uSe of pulque in Mexico dates
from the eleventh century.
Pulque is both a food and a drink.
and among the poor it forms a very
important addition to the frijoles.
tortillas and chile, making up their
limited fare. In employing a Mexican
servant, a few cents a day for the
purchase of pilque is generally allow-
ed by the mistress of the house. A
Mexican can do with little clothing
and scanty fare. but life is a thirst-
p'angcd desert if the usual allowance
of pulque is interfered with. It pos-
sesses largo medicinal properties, act-
ing in a beneficial way upon tha-
digestion, blood, nerves and system
in general; but if used to cxccss it
finally dulls the intellect and makes.
one drowsy and stupid.
One hundred thousand quarts a day
is the avcrago consumption of pul-
que in the City of Mexico alone. and
special trains are regularly employed
in the carrying trade between the
m‘uu plantations and the. city 2.29.1."-
kets-Uodfrcy’s Magazine. ‘
A I’cnitent Dog.
Walking along a residence street of
Susquehanna a citizen noticed a little
child at play with an immense New-
foundland dog on a lawn. In the
rough and tumble Sport of the two
the child hurt his dumb playmate. who
snapped rather angrily at the child.
A woman who stood watching on the
porch, cried out: “Nero, aren’t you
ashamed of yourself to frighten the
baby? Go away, you had dog!” The
dog slunk away, whining. Suddenlv
he sprang toward a flowering giant
bit off one of the fragrant blossoms
and with many extra-ordinary capers
laid it at the feet of the little child.
and then bounded toward the woman
to receive a caress of forgiveness:-
Rittsburg ChroniClo-Telegraph.
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A Man of Resources.
“1 don‘t know that I need
work done about. the house.
call! 2“,“. do, my good fellow?”_ . .
IS“. in my day I’ve been a. carpen-
ter, a barber and a school teacher. I
can Shingle your house, your hair or
70“? bolt-"‘Chicago Tribune.
331V
\Vhat
The thin one—A, feller’s wife never
believes more than half he tells her.
The fat one—I would not mind that
if. she’d only believe the right half.—
Cmclnnati Enquirer.
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Suggestions? Housekeeper-g.
Next to having? lean range and a
good fire it is mojtilportant that all
pots, pans, saucepan
lng utenuus
clean. It is
mistress of the hf
something of sculh‘l'
trained servants in?!“
any idea of the vael‘ methods of
cleaning even wheilhey Can cook a
little. '
1 cannot but thinkhat a few practi-
'im1rtant that the
so should know
work, for un-
cal directions may 1““? useful to my
I readers, so I shall he"? give some notes
I on the subject. -
Whether in scullei fVOl‘k or cookery
the first thing to (1.18 to collect all
Be required. It is ost annoying to
have to stop in the LidSt of making a
are fioury, in order trio and search for
)aking powder, peups finding the
supp]; run short, till then waiting
while a messenger . deSpatched for
It. to that little stomround the cor-
oer, thus losing timezlld patience.
To clean an iron slicepan a pail of
not vater, soda, flaml, and sand are
requi'ed. If there‘heémy soot adher-
Ing p the exterior grape it off, with
m on knife, then‘putihe saucepan In"
,0 th: water, soapltheflannel, sprinkle
a. litté fine sand 0n 1, and wash the
itensl both inside al out, removmg
9.11 gease and remnazis of food; rinse
in clean, cold water, ad dry thorough-
ly Wih a dry dishclozz. as if put away
lam; the saucepan w. rust. The out-
aide, )ut not the hand, may be black-
;eadel, putting onfitl. blacklead with
I. sm:ll brush, rubbingit in with a sec.
9nd,‘1nd polishing; we a third. The
saucepan may now :4 dusted inside.
1nd. ilaced upsidegfjdlvn on the pot—
boarc, so that the air at no dust may
entei
S019 people whenzhey desire to
clear a saucepan put: on the fire to
boil Evith soda and. uzer, but this is
unWSe, as the bottoms liable to burn
If an vegetable, &c.has adhered to
It. -
Tc clean the lid, fii-t wash it in a
simiar manner to P"tl: saucepan with
303.} soda, and a little 1nd, then apply
Whining mixed Wll water to the
:onsstency of cream; let this dry on
the in, then polish Ol taking out the
Whiming from. the 'evices
wouen skewer if necsary.
Tn saucepans are leaned in the
I 53.11” manner as the 1.2:, namely, first
waned and dried, and lien brightened
wit: whitening.
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The ()yclist’s while.
'he beginner almo- always com—
plex. of her saddle ometimr: be—
ica e if is not. adjuS! properly. but
I ll] 3 ironically beca. she does not
3 ighr. She uses .1
ch upon which 9 places her
W’ 9 weight, and th: tomplains be~
car: the vibration the machine
jolt. The principal (Zrficulty lies in
the fact that she do; not depend
enogh on her pedals; he should car—
ry Ler weight very largely on them,
andiot hang upon the=add1e. If she
does this, and gets th right adjust-
men all discomfort wl be removed,
and he can suit her facy as to style
and-,ize, the latter pant being the
mOSI important, as t1;~ majority of
rider suffer from using: saddle much
too lirrow at the back. A wide back
Is esmtial for all but try small rid—
51's.
Brandied Quin es.
Pee two pounds (
quinc,
Puthem into a clean war), with just
enqug water to cover tl -m.
BYOilgently hilf. an llur,.and then
drain ft" the water-~—buido not throw
it 3W2, and leave then. till cold.
Put all a pound of llaf sugar into
a samaan with half a} at of the wa—
ter thlquinces were mood in.
quickl, for five minute:~ then put in
the fit again and b0? fifteen min-
utes.
Taknut the fruit, draa it well, and
put the in clean, dry jars.
Boilie syrup till itj1 :4 as thick as
cream. Strain it. into a basin and
leave 1 cold. Mi): in milk an equal
quanti: of'brandy.
OVEI‘ t1. quinces.
the jaltlghtly.
small ripe
Cove. and tie down
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Ellll‘rimming for Illuso Gown.
Chillllilla in narrow: :ands finishes
the br em and outlims panels of
handbag; reception hnd evening
gowns. and with eminent effect,
”10118.11 ome people object always to
fur 0:11 )use gowns. liothing, how-
eventis tore charming thin chinch‘llla.
Ermine, beautiful with some shades
of dilkgi'een. A little of it; adds a
l‘iChHSiSSthat. nothing ehe can give,
and fl“? is a. shade of yellow with
greed-R115 in the ermine,which makes
it bléndadmirably with the green.
sableinpljfis an important part in mil-
linel‘Yfml gowns, 2111de particularly
wraps. ‘
The-bay Persian lamb is. to be found
as an;’eft;tive trimming of the bodices
of majnl'gowns. It is effeetive in giv-
ins Cllaragter to a gown of one of the
prettyl‘slades of brown.
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Elaborate Underwear-
thlecolumns could be written on
the subject of lingerie, 'so elaborate and
extenSIVels the display. The night-
robes re especially pretty, made from
the finéSlof white cambric, while some
of the’ihandiwork employed on these
daintyarEdes of femininity is certain-
1y Wonjdeifu ,
One {petty robe of fine white 0313‘
brlc, is mgde with a small square yoke
over whiny, are laid three overlapping
ruffles (I' :he cambric, edged with the
daintiest of white lace. The sleeves,
gathere-l 0!! the inside seam. have full
ruffles a: lace at the wrist.
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and other cook-
aboulibe scrupulously .
; dialects.
seem to have 5
cake, for instance, "len one’s hands .
' each corner,
I were at a talk in the lodge.
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with a z
; shc Would a"
Boil ,
Eff-Jr this syrup ;
I INDIAN SIGNAL TALKS-
How the Aborigines Overcame the Need
of the Telephone and Telegraph.
American Indians have a universal
Sign language without regard to tribal
Long-distance signals are
sent with lightning—like rapidity. and
messages go between distant point:
quicker than ordinary telegraph mes-
, sages with the messenger boy attach-
ment. The especial war signals are
' in six divisions—the pony, the blanket
the mirror, smoke, fire arrows, flint
and steel, and we might add drawings
and sketches. On a distant bluff a
pony and rider begin to run around in
a small circle or ring, racing for deal
= life. As if by magic, the plain be-
. . ' ' g-edients that m ' . .
.he utensds and m ay ' comes alive With red men, who seem
to come out of the ground with the
commotion of an army of ants; the
Signalman holds up his blanket by
meaning attention, then,
wig-wagging his blanket, he says,
“The enemy is discovered one thou
sand strong." At last he holds up his
blanket as a sign for the warriors to
disperse, and they at once melt into
the earth like falling snow in a lake.
Another Signalman, on a distant hi1:
overlooking the village, flashes the
news with a small mirror to the old
men, war women and wives, not for-
In the direction of the well-known
flash. T-wo straight . lines of blue
smoke going upward indicate a vic-
tory, two being the Indian lucky num-
ber, or, maybe, at night a tenderfool
notices some falling stars in pairs.
“Burning arrows,” said our guide.
Mon-g the red pipeclay beds and the
bluffs of the Big Muddy River strange
sketches of tomahawks and broken
in the soft and pliable clay, appear at
on.
in the night very quietly, the Indian
method of admitting an overwhelming
defeat.
In speaking of the mirror signals, an
Indian said: "Supposing a few of us
hungry; one said so—and-so had plenty
’ to eat. I go to his tepee and hint. thai
it might be well to cook something.
flash to each friend that it. is ready.
I They come in one by one. as if by ac-
cident. and. of course. are invited by
the host to oat.”-—Lcslic‘s “'cckly.
A. Sagacious Hen.
My sister lives on a farm in \Vood
bury, Conn, and raises a great many
fowls, stays a correspondent of the
Springfield Republican. One hen tur-
key was very unfortunate with he:
broods, losing.r them by taking them in
to the tall grass, some distance away.
She was an excellent mother, but lack-
ed judgment. She mourned sincerely
for them, and for comfort would coax
the broods of the other turkeys and
hens to follow her. One morning
about 4 o’clock my sister was awaken
ed by a pecking at her face. Spring-
ing up, she found a hen- on the bed.
of chickens. She pondered a moment
and then said to her husband: “I be-
lieve that old turkey is calling Biddy’s
chickens away.” Going to the door,
the hen in advance, there, indeed, was
the childless fowl clucking to the
, chickens. which were todd-ling along
, after her. The mot-her hen had given
the alarm. but the mystery was how
she had gained an entrance to the
getting, however, to flash it to the
tepee of his sweetheart, who suddenly
finds it imperative to go for firewood
pipes, drawn with the points of knives
intervals, letting us know that war is
Suddenly coming upon a village,
we find that the bucks have returned
and when all is done I go outside and .
It was the mother of the young brood '
We gel ,
lhouse. Upon looking about. it was
I found but a. window had been left
l open in an upper hall, just below!
I which was a she-d. It was not. vcryI
high. but the anxious mother had
flown upon the shed and from there!
to the window, then going down the
' across the room into the bedroom and
awakcncd my sister. She rescued the
Itru'anr brood. gave the oldturkcy a
sound molding, and rcstorcd them to
- their affectionate and natural parent.
And hcns are tic-cusod of being the
most .~-lupld of creatures.
Lilliputian Pine Tree.
; One of the most remarkable features
of Japanese gardening is the way in
which every plant and tree in a in-
mous garden will be produced in min-
iature by a system of dwarfing which
has becn handed down from many
generations back. livery ch-aractcria
ltic of a. large tree will be preserved,
, the foliage, the color, and the texture
'of the branches, and yet the minia-
ture copy will often the not more than
from one to three feet high. Profes-
sor C. E. Bessey tells of a case in this
- country in which nature has eclipsed
(3010., Professor Bessey found grow-
lng from a crevice in one of the rocks
at. the summit a small' pine tree,
about five and three-quarter inches
high, and barely a quarter of an inch
in diameter. It was unbranched and
bore a single terminal tuft of leaves.
The tiny -t1'ec had made a good fight
for existence amid the inclemcncies of
its exposed situation, for when it was
carefully examined, twenty-five dis-
tinct annual rings were discovered;
Such a. case of natural dlwarfing is
almost unprecedented—St. Louis
Globe—Democrat.
He Was Wise.
She—There! I bought this hat at the
i first store I came to. You said a wo-
fman could not do anything of the
i kind.
Hie—That is, you came back after
you had been to all the other stor'é‘i.
:w; t the way or it? .
I “Y-y~es.”-fi-Indlanapolia‘ Journal,
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the art of the Japanese. While climb- '
stairs. which opened into the kitchen, I
i the door of which was open. had gone '
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CURRENT COMMENT.
Emperor William’s book about his
Oriental experiences, should contain a
chapter entitled “My Association With
an Assassin.”
Out in Missouri the other day a. man
who was fined $20 for beating his
male was fined $3 the next day for
beating his wife. Justice evidently
works on a sliding scale out there.
From the fact that the capital prize
in the last drawing of the Spanish
lottery was won by the Government,
it may be inferred that Spain's luck
is turning. It is certainly about
time.
Twelve rough riders have gone back
to Santiago to grow up with the
town. They remember some hard-
ships, but personal discomforts weigh
little against certain glorious memo-
ries that will be. lasting.
At the end of Spain‘s twelve years‘
war against England, Germany and
Holland. l’hilip was compelled to
cede Naples. Sardinia, Purina. Milan
and all the Netherlands. And not a
cent in cash went to Spain by way of
consolation.
Snafter is another of the exceptions
to the rule that fat men are inert and
slothful. .‘hafter's case is such :
Startling exception that it would seem
to be enough to upset the rule. By
the way. are fat men really slothful‘.‘
What. is your experience?
Medical treatment by music is the
system adopted by a woman practi-
tioner in New York. She claims that
the remedial influences of music are
important and that the nervous-organ-
ization can be stimulated or soothed,
and permanently braced up, by the
proper selection of compositions and
inslrunu-nts. That the nerves can be
irritated by music at unseemly hours
is a' fact lcgally established. The
other theory ought to have a chance.
p—r
After all. the best “school for the
soldier" is in the field when strenuous
(ll-n. Miles. the head
of the army. was a clerk in Boston
when he began his military career.
Gen. Shatter was a farmer when he
went into the army during the civil
war. 'l‘lu- best place to learn how to
light appears to be not in a military
school. though that has its advantages.
but: on the lines where real fighting is
in progress.
lighting is on.
A novc.‘ sensation to be soon ex-
perienced. will he that of lmying coffee
grown on American soil. No doubi
some differences of flavor will he
found in the product of Porto Rico.
Hawaii and the Philippines. "l‘horc
are ()\'('l' 1300 coffee plantations.— in Ila
waii. In 1896 l'orto Ilico exported
over 581100.000 pounds of coffee. val-
ued at alt-£33000. The most of the
Porto lllcan crop has hitherto been
consumed in Spain and Cuba.
Secretary of the Navy Lon-g an-
nounces that. in awarding the con-
tracts i'oi- um three new battleships.
preference will be given to bids offer-
ing to guarantee the greatest speed
and coal endurance, and each vessel
must be able to steam 5.432 knots at
a moderate pace. That. would carry
a. ship to Europe and back again, or
from Honolulu to the coast of China.
Events of the war with Spain have
induced all navy departments to pro-
vide a higher speed for battle—ships
about to be constructed. The new bat-
tle-ship Missouri will he at least two
knots faster than any vessel of her
class in commission in our navy.
’ vorine
. . asking Powder
but recommend some-
._ thing else... No thank
you I want “Ivorine ’.’
or nor/tingr and if you
don’t keep it I'll go to
some store that does?
Strong words but
fink/ones...” Ask for
what you want and set
what you ask for!
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You get a'cake of pure
. white .Glyccrine Toilet
i Soap. m every package.
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