The Apple as Food.
The apple is the most valuable of
all our native fruits, being richest in
sugar and albumen. The juiciest are
the most digestible, abut the mealiest
are the more nutritious. Thoroughly
masticated, digestion begins imme-.-
diately, but some people cannot eat
them uncooked as a dessert. The ap-
pie contains more phosplioius than
any other fruit or vegetable._ A
Brooklyn phySician, translating 1'0111
a Germ man writer, sthus Qliscourses
apples as iood and medicine: “The
apple is such a common fruit that few
persons are familiar with its remark-
ably efficacious medicinal properties.
Everybody ought to know that the
"very best thing they can do is to eat
apples just before going to bed. The
apple is excellent brain food because
it has more phosphoric acid, in an eas-
ily digestible shape, than any other
_ fruit known. It excites the action of
the liver, promotes sound and healthy
sleep, and thmoughly disinfects the
mouth. It also agglutinates the sur-
plus acids of the stomach, helps the
kidney secretions and prevents calcu.
3.11s growth, while it obviates indiges
men, and is one of the best prevent-
ive‘s of diseases of the throat. ’Next
to ilemon and orange, it is also the
beast antidote for the thirst and crav-
ing of persons addicted-to the alcohol
and opium habit.”
TVinter Feed for Bowls.
Vlhile variety is unquestionably the
spice of life, it is equally true, variety
in food for your chickens during win-
ter is absolutely necessary if you keep
them in good health, and working i
e, filling the eg basket. Boiled
mashed potatoes in which corn and
oats ground is mixed until it crumbles
and fed wa11n,is all my chickens re
ceive for breakfast during winter
\Vhole grains of various kinds of feed
for supper and for the midday meal,
they must scratch out millet seed or
other grains from oat straw scattered
over the floor of their scratch pen.
Pure water and sweet skimmed milk
form all liquid food required. Shel-
ter and feed your poultry in the'same
careful, methodical way you do other
tarm animals and you will be con-
vuinced that they give you as good
profits on the money invested as any
.other farm product.
~aVacant: Lot Farmers Win.
At the American Institute Fair New
filork, several of the vacant lot farm
planters “competed for cash prizes ag.
gregating $100. The fact that one of
the women carried off eight first
‘ prizes, three second prizes and two
special prizes, amounting to $55, and
that others planters took prizes
amounting to $45, is a tribute to the
success of the movement. The ex-
penses of the farms for 1896 amounted
to $4,500. The receipts of the planters
Twere $9.500. In addition the Associa-
tion for Improving the Condition of
the Poor, under whose management
the farms were conducted, received
.‘several hundred bushels of potatoes,
meets and cabbages" for distribution
among its beneficiaries. The exces-
sive wet weather of the early season,
followed by the extreme heat, proved
disadvantageous.
"The Value of Roots as Food.
‘The feeding value of roots is much
higher than the average farmer
thinks. The best American shepherds
recognize that the English practice is
:a. wise one of feeding roots as neces-
sary to the best profit with sheep.
Comparing roots with corn meal at
about $20 per ton, potatoes show an
average feeding value of $3.08, man-
gel-wurzels 1.52, turnips 2.71,.rutaba~
gas 2.02, carrots 1.82, but their real
value is considered greater' than this
by many careful feeders. Roots are
excellent for all stock, including
horses and hogs, as well as poultry
and cows.
Next Year’s Apples.
The apple crop next year will doubt-
less be quite short in the sections
where it is so large this season. That
is almost invariably the rule. A good
crop may be looked for in' other sec-
tions, unless next season is unfavor-
able. It is plain, therefore, why the
best-informed cdmmercial orchardists
are by no means discouraged at pres-
ent ~low prices.
orchards better care than ever, and
runny new orchards are being planned
for, especially in the newer sections.
Another Remedy for Clicked Cattle.
If the substance is so large that it
lodges in the throat, get some one with
7:1 small hand to take it out, but if it
gets Started .down the guzzle, throw a
large spoonful of powdered saltpeter
onto the roots of the tongue. As soon
as this had had time to dissolve, or_
in fifteen or twenty minutes, the sub-
stance will go down without any fur-
ther trouble, as the saltpeter causes
the guzzle to stretch so that anything
that will go down the throat will go
dear down—E. S. Dodge
To Dispose of Cheap Crops.
Farmers rarely ever gain by keep-
ing their crops after they are fit for
market. Wheat will shrink two quarts
to the bushel in six months. -It is
therefore more profitable to sell in the
fall at a market price than in Febru-
ary at a figure ten cents higher. Fifty
cents for corn as soon as husked is bet-
ter than 60 cents if kept until March,
and the general proposition is more or
less true of other crops—Jonah G.
Thomas.
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Which, when you take away two, only
one remains ?-—Stone.
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Attorney General McCormick Reluctantly
Concludes That. It Cannot. Be Attacked.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 4. —Attorney Gen-
eral Mch mick has announced' 1n a. formal
opinion that the commonwealth cannot
successfully attack the charter of the
Reading Railway company, which will
operate the Reading Railway company
and the Philadelphia. and Reading Coal
and Iron company He arrives at this coné
clusion after aecareful examination of the
charter of the Excelsior Enterprise com-
pany, which subsequently changed its
name to the National company, and which
is now the Reading Railway company.
The attorney general decides that the com-
pany held meetings and transacted busi-
ness previous to the adoption of the con-
.stitution of 1874 and that it has since
held meetings annually. '
In conclusion the attorney general says:
“After due consideration I reach the con-
clusion most. reluctantly that the common-
wealth of Pennsylvania cannot now suc-
cessfully attack‘the chartered rights of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway com-
pany, at least the rights of such a. nature
and character as had been exerciser! by the
corporation prior to Jan 1,1874. My
view of the whole matter is that the char-
ter of the company authorized it to do the
kind of business in which it engaged prior
to January, 1874, which business was of
the same general character as that in
which it proposes to engage for the pur-
pose of controlling the stocks of the rail-
way company and the coal and iron com-
pany.
“ The wisdom of the framers of the con-
stitution of 1874 in denying to the legisla-
ture the power to grant special charters
becomes painfully apparent in considera-
tion of the manifold powers granted by
the charter of the Reading company, and _
the only consolation of the present ques-
tion is that they are not responsible for it. ”
HER AGONY SCARED HIM.
Nellie Drank the Poison and Died. but Hers
Sweetheart Weakened.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4. —Because their parents
thought them too young to marry, Nellie
Uren, 19 years of age, and Obbie Health,
one year younger, decided to commit sui-
cide. The girl killed herself by drinking
carbolic acid, but the nerve Of the youth
failed him at the last minute, and he stood
by and watched his sweetheart die. The
young couple visited a down town thea-
ter, and after the performance they walk-
ed the streets discussing their troubles.
Late in the night they decided that the
time to die had come and entered the coal-
shed of Adolph Christensen, which is
fully 12 miles from the theater where they
had been earlier in the night. Here they
passed the bottle of acid back and forth
several times, neither having the courage
to drink.
Finally the girl drank half of it, and as »
soon as she felt; the effects of the acid she
begged young Health not to drink it, and
he began making efforts for her relief.
She died within a few hours, however.
Health said he. intended to drink, but the
sight; of the girl’s agony was too much for
him.
THE BANSHEB WAILED.
And Then the Bogsllde Started Toward
the Lakes of Killarney,
LONDON, Jan. 4. --The weirdness of the
bogslide into the lakes of Killarney, which
is the sensation of the day, is enhanced by
a. story that about a week ago uncanny
noises were heard in the valley at night-
time, which the peasants of that vicinity
describe as resembling the wailings of a
banshee.
- These sounds, it appears, aroused a feel-
ing of terror, and numbers of the peasants
consulted their priests, who endeavored to
reassure them. The subsequent calamity,
however, caused universal consternation
-among the peasantry, who are seemingly
convinced that there was some supernat-
ural connection between the two affairs.
In the meanwhile a great mass of hog,
covering 700 acres behind the portion
which has already slipped into the lakes,
has begun to slide, and people are in dread
of a still more terrible avalanche.
National Coast Defense.
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 4. —The meeting
called for Jan. 20 in. this city to organize
a national coast defense and naval reserve
association will be a very important one.
Replies from the governors of all states
and commercial organizations in every
important city to Governor Mitchell indi-
cate that there will be a large attendance.
Chicago will be well represented. At this
meeting two representatives from each
. state will be chosen as members of the as-
sociation, one prominent civilian and a.
member of the naval reserve. Secretary
Herbert has ordered a man of-war to Tam-
pa for the occasion.
The Assets Will Shrink.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.—-The Security Title
and Trust company, receiver for E. B.
Dreyer'& Co., bankers, who were involved
in the failure of the National Bank of Illi-
nois, has made a. report shov'ving resources
of $1,595,692 and liabilities of $1,484, 433.
It is certain, however, that. the assets will
shrink when an attempt is made to realize
and that the concern will not pay dollar
for dollar.
Fatal Fooling.
BOSTON, Jan. 4.—William Blanchard,
aged 16 years, was accidentally shot in the
woods about Chebacco lake while fooling
over a gun with Edward May, 17 years
old, yesterday. Blanchard died while be- .
ing taken to the hospital. The boys were
out hunting, and according to May‘ 5 story,
began to fool, the gun being discharged,
the ball piercing Blanchard’ s forehead.
Peace Assured In Peru.
LIMA. Peru, via “alveston. Jan. 4.—
The reviews by the Peruvian press of the
past year generally compliment the hon-
esty of the government of President Pierc-
la. It is asserted that peace has been firm-
ly secured and that plenty of capital can
now be obtained for the pin , oscs of legiti-
mate business.
Bram . Guilty .of Murder.
' BOSTON, Jan. 4.——After- more than 24
hours’ deliberation the jury in the case of
Thomas M. Bram, charged with the mur-
der of Captain Charles I. Nash of the
barkentine Herbert Fuller on the high seas.
July 13, 1896, returned a. verdict of guilty.
England's Growing Navy.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—It.is stated that the
British admiralty intends to introduce .a
new class of torpedo destroyers of a. mini-
’1 wenty vessels,
this class. 4
Sugar Thrown Overboard.
STETTIN, Jan. 4.—The British steamer
Lord Gough, which sailed yesterday for
Philadelphia, grounded outside of this
port. Several thousand bags of sugar Were
jettisoned, after which she proceeded on
'her voyage.
’ ‘J\-~1'.’-. «mm 1 "has
-a witness in supplementary proceed-
' sum, and have obtainedan order to
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
LEADING ACTRESSES.
One Thinks Senator Foraker a Great Man.
‘Ahother Drums Up the Mininery Busi-
ness for a. Cousin, a Third Has a. Griev-
ance Against the Horse Show Managers.
Miss Anna Held came to this coun-
try with a great reputation for good
looks and cleverness, both of which
appear to be deserved. In her vari-
ous roles she has, succeeded in pleas-
ing the public, and her portrait, pre-
sented herewith, shows that she has
no cause to avoid the mirror. She has
also shown that her cleverness is not
by any means confined to histrionic
lives, and that in skillful advertising
she is not easy to surpass. Soon after
she arrived in this country she was
the heroine of a rescue story located
- ill the Brooklyn boulevard; and if th/
MISS ANNA HELD.
historian was correct, the pretty and
vivacious actress stopped a runaway
team that she overtook on her bicycle.
Here then is cleverness whatever
view maybe taken of the story. If
she really did what was recounted.
she was clever; and if she didn’t she
was clever, too..
Then came the milk episode, which
fairly corruscated with, cleverness.
She was the defendant in a suit for
some hundreds of gallons of milk,
and there was a natural curiosity as
to the reason she had for dealing in
milk by the wholesale. It appears
that the lacteal fluid was used for her
bath, and she claimed that it was not
fresh enough to impart that velvety
rosiness which her charming enve-
Lope required. She talked as if she
believed the milkman was a bold, bad
person; but it is doubtful if .he in-
iured her very much by his suit. ‘An
actress who bathes in barrels of milk
is the object of some curiosity—and
it doesn’t harm an actress to be,
:alked about.
Miss Held does not claim an inti-
mate knowledge of our politics; but
she is convinced that we have at
least one great politician—Senator
Foraker. ' The Senator was on the
ship that brought Miss Held to Amer-
ica and she says of him. “You have
one great man here—Senator Foraker-
(with an accent on the ker).' He was
so nice. At the concert on board ship
[ asked him: ‘You will come and ap-
plaud me?’ He says: ‘I will bring my
umbrella. and pound the floor with it.’
And he did, too.”
It is assertedthat Miss Held‘s first
question on reaching her hotel in' New
York related to a famous mixed drink
whose reputation had impressed her
imagination in Paris. But possibly
this is a slander. .
Yvette Guilbert is said to have as ,
warm a heart as any woman on- the
stage. She is very well off, but, like
most well-to-do people, she ' has
swarms of poor relations. But she is
not ashamed of them. A good illus-
tration of this is theway she is con.
tinually trying to drum up trade for
one of her cousins, who is a millinex
in Paris. ‘Mlle. Guilbert set the young
woman up in business, and she takes
a constant interest in her welfare
Last summer two American women
whose. acquaintance she made during
her first visit to this country called
on her in Paris, and, as they were
going away, she said: '
“Now, let me ask you a favor. My
cousin makes hats that can’t be
beaten anywhere in [the city. If you
need a hat I want you to let her make
it for you. She is trying to build up
a good trade, and I am doing my best
to help her along by telling my
friends about her.” ' '
One of the latest actresses to have
a personal.concern in supplementary
proceedings is the beautiful Pauline
Hall. She has been required to show
cause why an order ‘should net be
made to punish her fer contempt of
court for falling to appear in the City
’Court to submit to an examination as
BRlEF SKETCHES "OF A FEW OF'OUR‘ '-
WASHiNeroN NEWS.
The opening of congress had one
event that George E. Nelson of Indian
Territory has not yet forgotten, nor
{have those who witnessed his discom-
fiture at the hands of Speaker Reed.
Mr.- Nelson is a gold Democrat, and
claims admission to the House as a
delegate to represent Indian Territory.
As, there is 110- Territorial government,
be secured a certificate of election
from the Indian agent. When Nelson,
in a. pompous way, presented this .cer-
tificate to Reed the Speaker said:
“If it was a certificate from your
grocer I might consider it.”
Senator Cameron, who introduced a
resolution for the recognition Of Ou-
ban independence by the United States
was asked whether the adoption of
such a resolution would lead to war.
“Not necessarily,” he answered. “.We
can extend our good offices in the mat-
ter and Spain will have to say whether
them is tb .be any serious trouble about
it 5, y
“In case your resolution is adopted,
and war with Spain should appear
probable, should our Government back
111) its declaration?”
“\Vell, ” he replied, with a laugh, “we
ought never to make a declaration of
any sort unless we intend to sustain
it, no matter what the outcome is.”-
Those who oppose the resolution say
war would be the certain consequence
of adopting it. 1
The greatest menace to the Treasury
in the coming Congress will be the de—
mands of the members who want pub—
lic buildings. Speaker Reed, exercis-
ing his influence as a member of the
Committee on Rules, of which he is
the Chairman, refused in the first ses«
sion to consent to a day for the consid«
eration of the long list Of public build-
ing _bills reperted by the Public Build-
ing Committee. , At that time there
was really greater anxiety on the part
' of members to secure the passage of
such bills than there should be now.
Public buildings are used just as pub-
lic documents are employed, to culti-
vate party activity and pride in the
man whose name happens to be con-
nected with the receipt of a document
or the construction of a new Post Of«
fice or Custom House. Something like
200 public-building bills were acted up-
on favorably by the committee. The
reports in each instance make out a
fairly plausible argument for allOwing
th expense to be incurred. But Mr.
Reed knew from Mr. Cannon, the
Chairman of the Appropriations Com-
mittee, that the Government could not
spare the money to be appropriated for
the buildings and he saw that the ap-
propriations were not made. 'What
their fate will be in this session re-
mains to be seen.
One of the things which impresses
the visitor to Congress is the change in
the Senate Chamber by the introduc—
tion into the gallery of the new seating
system, with its folding orchestra
that the legs of each chair are part of
the"ventilating system of the chamber.
The dOorkeepers will not soon tire of
explaining that the tubes that emerge
through the fixtures of the seats carry
a current of fresh air brought into the
building from the slope at'the west of
the Capitol, that this supply is driven
ing fans in the basement, and that by2
he aid of other fans the vitiated air in
the gallt ry will be drawn out through
the ventilato1s in the ceiling of he
Chamber and a perfect exchange of-
bad air for good constantly maintained.
Observing visitors who have been fa-
miliar with the building will notice
‘at once that there is a complete elec-
trical lighting system installed, and
that many of the old and very elabo-
rate chandeliers have been rejected.
their places being taken by incandes-
cent lights in groups of small lanterns.
A matter of more than usual social
interest is the recent debut of Miss
Vivian Sartoris, eldest daughter of
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and grand«
daughter of Mrs. U. S. Grant. The com-
ing'out reception was given by, Mrs.
C. S. Grant at her Washington home
and this has been followed by a suc-
cession of brilliant entertainments in
honor of the debutante especially fitted
to shine by reason of her talents and
lovable qualities of heart and mind.
Miss Sartoris has lived a very quiet
life of study under private- tutors. Her
mother had decided that the daughter
.. should be educated under her own eye.
Her wisdom has been demonstrated in '
the result, and Miss Vivian Sartoris is
one of the most modest and well-in-
formed girls in her set. She is a bru—
nette. although her hair is a golden-
brown tint, as was her mother’s at the
same age. Her eyes and brows are
dark and her complexion is a rich
olive. She is of medium height and in;
clined to plumpness, and retiring in
disposition. With all who meet her
ings taken against her by her hus-.
band George: B. \IcLellan.
Lona Barrison, the naughtiest oi
the naughty Barrison Sisters, and her
husband, William Fleron, claim to
have been damaged to the'extent of
$3,000, because she was refusedperi
mission to make her appearance in
original costume, on her white steed.
at the last Horse Show in the Madi-
son Square Garden. They have sized
the National Horse Show ASsociation, ’
in the Supreme Court, to recover this
Show cause why' they should not be
examined beforeethe trial of the ac-
tion, as they are soon 'to hive for
Europe.
The defendants say Lona we s dis-
tinctly informed that she could only
appear in the contest for lady riders-
in an appropriate costume; and as her'
flesh colored tights did not seem in
the managers of 'the show to meet
thatdescription, they think they win-1
quite within their rights in excluding
her. ROSE FAI'IFHON.
she is a favorite. That her personality
will’ make an impression in the social
world is assured.
Born in London seventeen years ago.
Miss Sart01is will not be eighteen years
old until spring.
She speaks F rench almost like a na-
tive, but she lays no claim to being
a linguist.
made her portrait, has said that she
has the “most beautiful neck and
shoulders ever seen.” SENATOR.
A Clever Scot. . .
Two. sharp youths from London
while enjoying themselves among the
_heather in Argyllshire, met with a de-
cent-looking shepherd on the top'of a
hill. They accosted him by remark
ingz—“You have a fine view here
friend; you can see a great way?”
”011 ay, a ferry great way.” .
“ 411' will you see America frorr .
here?” .
“Further than that,” replied Donald
“just wait till the mist lifts an’ you’l
see the mune.”-—Scettish Nights.
A well-known artist, whc ,‘
chairs, which are made interesting to ,3,
all who visit the galleries by the fact
toward the Senate Chamber by whirl-f
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