Evening gazette, Tuesday, January 5, 1897 · page 2

 

 

 

 

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$394“; .9536"

Asbestos Mats.

Table mats, on- which to place hot
dishes, are no longer used, as the
heavy felt undercloth is intended to
be sufiicient protection for the table:
but many housewives have found the
top of their handsomely polished ta.-
bles defaced by the marks made by
the hot dishes. If' a sheet Of asbestos
paper is put under the felt cloth the
table will not be injured in the least
from this cause. At teas or luncheons,
when the polished table is used with
doylies instead of a cloth, asbestos
mats may be covered with prettily em-
broide1ed doylies fo1 the hot dishes.
One of these mats co%ve1ed with a doy-
lie, 11 hich should be la1ger than the
mat, is much prettier to use than any
teapot stand that can be purchased.

 

Castor Oil Biscuits.

Give castor oil, if it must be given,
in the form of castor oil biscuit or gin-
gerbread, and the difficulties are easily
overcome. Take 174 lb of flour, 2 oz of
moist sugar, a small quantity of spice
and 11/; oz Of castor oil. Mix all to-
gether, roll it out and cut it in 10
cakes. Bake them quickly in a hot
oven. Each cake will contain a dose
of castor oil, pleasantly disguised. One
or more of the cakes may be given at
a time, according to the age of the
child. Bv adding ginger and using
molasses instead of sugar castor oil
ginger nuts may be made, and the chil-
dren 111ll eat them readily without
perceiving the taste of the oil.

Old Silk Handkerchiefs.

Save all old silk handkerchiefs. Ya-
rious are the uses they can be put to.
They make better dusters for polished
Wood than anything one can buy. An
old white silk handkerchief, folded
smoothly and laid over a sore caused
by lying in bed has been known to
give relief and heal it when nothing
else would. An English ladies’ maid
always uses a soft silk handkerchief
for stroking her mistress’s hair, using
it night and morning in place of a
brush, and with excellent results.

 

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Beef Marrow.

It will be of interest to housewives
to know that celebrated foreign physi-
cians are recommending the marrow
bone for a strengthening diet and
tonic. The marrow bone is served
upon a piece of hot dry toast. When
it is to be eaten the marrow is taken
out and spread uan the toast. It is
also served in small portions of fillet
of beef, and in this manner is consid-
ered a desirable course for luncheon
parties.

 

To Test Black Silk.

The best and most simple way of
doing this is to cut a small piece of
the silk and burn -it. If it burns out
quicklv. leaving a clear, crisp, gray
ash, the silk is pme , but if it smold-
ers and leaves a heavy red or reddish-
brown ash, it has been treated with
chemicals and will not wear well.

A Good Use for Pipes.

Fancy pipes with large bowls can be
made very ornamental by filling the
bowls with good earth and setting in
them plants like the little Wandering
Jew, or some easily growing, graceful
vines. Hang the pipes by cords or
ribbons f1om brackets, or on window
frames.

An Oven Thermometer. -

A thermometer intended to be fas-
tened upon the oven door is one of the
most useful articles to the cook. With
this the heat of the oven can be deter-
mined without opening the,door, and
the baking of cakes, puddings and
soufiies can be accomplished much
more successfully.

as-
“‘ Low Heels in Favor.

The high, unsightly heels on ladies’
hoes are being abandoned for the more
sensible and more comfortable low
heel. The demand for low-heeled foot-
wear is increasing every day, accord-
ing to the reports of shoe dealers.

 

HELPFUL HINTS.

It is claimed that the white rubber
nipples sold for babies’ nursing bottles
are very-injurious .if not slowly poi-
sonous, and that the plain black rub-
ber one is by far the better and safer.

Andirons, lamps. candle 1anterns,.or
anything made Of the wrought iron
now so much used can be freed from
dirt by wiping the iron with a cotton
cloth slightly dampened with kerosene
oil. '

In all cases of infantile convulsions
’ the hot bath is one of the best reme-
dial measures. The child may be im-
mersed up to its arms in water as hot
as the tender flesh will bear in safety;
at the same time its head and face
should be sponged with cold water. If
this treatment does not relieve, send
at once for a physician.

If convulsions occur from overload-
ing the stomach, anemetic of syrup
Of ipecac will relieve the child, and a
tepid hath given to soothe its irritabil-
ity. Dyspepsia is fastened on even
small infants by too frequent nursing.
Many mothers feed a baby, or try to.
every time it cries, night and .day, and
so injure its stomach.

’An embroidered center-piece, or even
a plainsquare of linen with" a small
growing plant placed in the centre, is
possible in any home where there is a
love for the beautiful, and such a de-
coration glorifies even coarse linen and
coarser dishes. Refinement is never a
question of money. The linen may not
'be fine, but it will never shcw‘ the need
9f..darning. . .

 

 

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THE TARIFF HEARINGS.

A Tobacco Grower Explains the Demlndc
0 His Association.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. —- The tobacco

' schedule was the subject of the hearing be-

fcre the ways and means committee today.
Michael Tobin of Baldwinsville, N. Y.,
representing the New York State Tobacco
Growers’ association, of which he has been
president nine years, was the first speak 1.
He said the tobacco grOWers were badly in
need of relief. They had ex ended vast
sums in warehouses, etc, an had been,
until the importation of Sumatra began,
f 1y prosperous. Tobacco farms were

on worth $125 an acre. Such farm's now
were generally mortgaged and would not
today liquidate their incumbrances. He
did not think it fair that the Holland syn-
dicate, which employed cooly labor at 12
cents a day, should be allowed to annihi-
late the great leaf tobacco industry in this
country. He denied that American leaf
was not suitable for wrappers. Sumatra,
he said, had' no merit except its appear-
ance. -

He complained of the elastic language
in the act of 1894. The schedule in the

~ act of 1890, for which he claimed credit,

he said, would be satisfactory. The duty
should be enough to relieve the tobacco
growers. The consumer, he said, would
not be injured by an adequate duty. He
could get his 0 gars at the same pride at
retail. The on y way the Ame can grow-
ers could be relieved would 0 to give
them an opportunity to furnish a fair pro-
portion of the wrappers. He was not pre-
pared to suggest a schedule until he had
further consultation with his association,
but he did not hesitate to say that. $2 on

. unstemmed wrappers was not enough.

In reply to a question from Mr. Payne
(Rep, N. Y.) Mr. Tobin said that; 1/
pounds of Sumatra would wrap 1, 000 ci-
gars, while it would take 16 pounds of

1 American to wrap the same number. He
-, said the quality of the American wrapper

leaf had not improved of recent years be-

- cause there had been no inducement to
‘ growers to care for their leaves Speak-

ing of the equality of tobacco, he said of
course Cuban tobacco ranked first. Su-
matra, he said, was decidedly the worst.

. He had no doubt that any importer of Su-
. matra would rather have Sumatra exclud-
ed than smoke a cigar made wholly of Su-

matra, because if he‘smoked it he would
probably lose his breakfast.

He said the growers cared nothing about
They were interested primarily in
wrappers. Chairman Dingley called atten-
tion to the fact that under the reduction
Of duty of 50 cents per pound on wrappers
in the act of 1894 the increase of imports

5 of Sumatra had been over 40 per cent.

Moreover, he said, it was a remarkable fact
that the price of Sumatra tobacco increased
50 cents a. pound as soon as the duty was
reduced 50 cents. Mr. Tobin confirmed
this, but had no explanation to offer.

ELECTION DECLARED vow.

Result of the Case W'here Clerical Intim-
idation Was Charged.

MONTRIEAL, Jan. 5.—The election in
Champlain county, in which clerical in-
timidation was charged, has been declared
void. Bishop Lafleche and the clergy who
were summoned to appear refused to give
testimony, and the sitting member, Dr.

' Marcotte, to avoid their ‘committal for con- '

tempt 6f court, admitted corrupt practices
by agents, thus making the election void.
Judge Bourgeois, in delivering the judg-
ment of the court, said that election meant
_ choice—that is to say, that the electors are

called upon to make a choice of a candi-
date.
There is no liberty if the elector’s vote is
not free. No one may forcibly influence

a free vote by a free elector if imposed upon
him by a power which he fears to disobey.

Willimantic's 130111317. Tragedy.

WILLIMANTIC, Conn, Jan. 5. --A horri-
ble double tragedy was discovered today.
A tenement house was broken into by the
police, and it was found that Abraham
Ernestns, 40, had frightfully injured Mary
Cole, a colored woman, having pounded
her on the head with an ax, and then hung
himself. He was found dead, and the Wo-
man, it is thought, will die.

Archbishop Fabre’s Funeral.

MONTREAL, Jan. 5. —-The body of Arch-
bishop Fabre was :1. moved to St. James
cathedral today. The funeral service will
take place tomorrow, and it is expected
that eight biShops will take part in it.
Thousands Of people will be unable to ob-
tain admission to the church.

The Weather.

Cloudy; colder; southerly, shifting to
westerly, winds.

FINANCIAL, AND COMMERCIAL.

Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.—Money on call easy at
2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 314%
per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers’ bills at $4. 86%@4. 86%

' for demand and $4. 8W4. 83% for 60 days.

Posted rates. 84. 84% and $4. 87@4. 88. Commer-

' cial bills, 34.82%. Silver certificates, 65%c.: no

sales. Bar silver, 64%0. Mexican dollars, 50%0.
Government bonds firm. State bonds dull.
Railroad bonds firm. -

Closing prices.

Atchison .......... 14 New England..... —
Bur. & Quincy.. . . 69% N. J. Central ...... 100%

0., C., C. & St. L. . 20% North American. 4%
Chesapeake &O.. 16% Northern Pacific. 14

Chicago Gas ..... . 73% Do. pref" ... .. . .3291
Cordage...., ...... N. Y. Central”

Cotton Oil ........ 13 Omaha, ..... 47%
Del. 8; Hudson. .118 Ontario & W est.. 14%
Distillers’ Trust. . —— Pacific Mail.. .24%
Erie.... ........... 15 Reading” My. ... .2691

General Electric" 33 Rock Island. .66

1 Hocking Valley.. 17% Silver Bullion. .8694

Lackawanna......158 St. Paul ........... 72%
Lake Shore. . ..... 152 . Sugar Refinery. .113“
L138. .............. Texas Pacific ......
Louisville & Nash 47% Union Pacific ..... 9
Missouri Pacific” 20. Wabash pref ...... 15%
Northwestern. . .

.102% Western Union... 82%

Gonornl Mnrketl.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.— FLOUR—State and
western quiet, but firmly held: city mills pat-
cuts, $5..:20@545 winter patents, $4.95@5,20;
city mills clears. $4. 9W5. 05; winter straights.
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WHEAT—No. 2 red opened strong, prices
making a. new record on bullish foreign news,
but later declined under foreign selling;-
March, 94 3-16@94%c.: May, 90%@91%c.

CORN—NO. 2 quiet, but steady: May, 31%c.

OATS—No. 2 steady: track. white, state. 20
@3004 track, white, western. 20@300.
PORK—Firm; mess.$8.25@875: family, $9. 50
LARD—Dull; prime western steam, $4.10,
nominal.

BUTTER—Steady; state dairy,13@17c.; state
creamcry, 1

CHEESE.— Quiet; state. large. 7%@10%0.;
small, 7m10xc. ‘

EGGS—Firm, state and Pennsylvania. 17@

. 190.: western, l4@l9)éc.

SUGAR-Raw quiet: fair refining, 213-160.:
centrifugal, 96 test, 3 3-16c. ., refined quiet;
crushed, 50.; powdered. 4%0.

RICE—Quiet; domestic, 3%@6%c.:

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3 TALLOW—Steady; city, 3 5-160. ., country,
7-160.

HAY—Quiet; shipping. 52%@57}éc.; goodéto

Japan, 4%

 

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This choice must be a free one..

the will of the pedple. A vote given is not ‘

~ for several hours;

happiness depends on the opinicn: of

THE GAME GRAY SQUIRREL.

A ,Description of a Fight Between 3 Snake
and a Belligerent Bushy-tail.

The gray squirrel is no "doubt the
gamiest quadruped that inhabits the
Pennsylvania forests. To lure the'gray
squirrel from-its haunts, or get within,
range of the animal, is a task that re-
quires the skill of an experienced
hunter; There is as much difference in
the nature of the gray squirrels Of- the
forests and gray squirrels of the parks
as theie is between the fierce wild
cats of the Rockies and the household
tabbies of New Yo1k. A gray squirrel
is 1arely seen on the ground. When
it wishes to change its position to a
neighbming tree it will hang to the
trunk within five feet of the ground,
then, surveying the surroundings, will
dart like lightning to the next tree and
Wu be lost in the laby iinth of bianch
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Although the gray Squirrel is Seem-
ingly the wildest and most timid of
game animals, it displays great cour-
age when its home is invaded bv an
enemv. -=

.A l\ew Yorker who has been hunting
1n the Nippenoss Valley, Lycoming
County, Pa., relates an interesting com-
bat between ‘a gray squirrel and a
black snake. “My attention,” he said,
“was drawn to a rumpus of' some sort
In a nearby oak tree. On making an
investigation I found a huge black
snake and a gray squirrel in a deadly
combat. The snake -1vas making an
attempt to gain access to the squirrel‘s
nest, but he had evidently undertaken
a more difiicult task than he had bar-
gained for. So ferociously and effec-
tually did the courageous little animal
attack the snake that the long body re-
laxed its hold on the limb and dropped
to the ground. All the fight was
knocked out of the snake by his dizzy
fall, but the squirrel was just getting
warmed 11p to his best fighting heat.
[—Ie darted down the tree and took after
his unwelcome intruder. He then made
another onslaught on the snake by
clawing and biting it with his sharp
claws and teeth. The squirrel cleverly
avoided the wicked strikes of his an-
tagonist. The combatants approached
to within a few feet of me before they
observed my presence, then they dis-
appeared as quick as lightning. Had
not the fight been interrupted there
would have been no doubt one less rep-
tile in Lycomlng County.”

 

A TIMELY SUGGESTION.

 
 

A GOLD NUGGE‘I‘ FROM THE DEEP.

 

It Came Up With .a Norwegian Captain' s
Sounding Lead.

. Captain J. Dahl, -master of the Nor- ,‘
wegian bark Handy, when discharg-
ing a timber c‘argo at Irvine the other

day, had with him a small nugget of

gold which he had found adhering to
,his sounding lead after taking sound-
ings off the coast of Newfoundland a
few Weeks ago, says “The Secttish
American.” Captain Dahl, who hails
from Fredrikshald, Norway, was at
the time on his way to Dalhousie, _
New-Brunswick, to load his cargo. The
lead had the usual thick coating of tal-
low on, the end which comes in c011-
tact with the bottom, and when hauled
in he found the tiny bit of gold, about
the size of a bean, sticking to the tal-
iow. 1:]

At Dalhousie Captain Dahl showed it
to the merchant with whom he was,
transacting business, and who, on hav-
ing it tested, found it to be pure gold.
Captain Dahl "States that before leav-
ing he had an offer of $3, 000 on con-
dition that he would furnish exclusive
information as to his precise bearings
at the time he cast the lead, but re—
fused. He was in British waters‘at
the time, and will first ascertain what
the Government authorities there have
to say to him on the subject. He has
reportedthe find to the Custom House
at Irvine, but refuses to give up the
bit of gold—Boston Journal. '

,.

TALK OF THE WHEEL.

Speculation on the Limit of Speed and En- I
durance—Devices for Best. ’

The recent six-day bicycle match in
New York, and the remarkable time
made by Hale, the Irish champion, has
set many to speculating on the possi-
bilities of speed by the steed of steel.

Ed Plummer, who managed Hale, de-
‘clared his belief that certain French
riders can make 2,500 miles in a week,
although this is an average of more
than 17 miles an hour for every hour of
the twenty- four. '

 

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Rice, the second man in the race, of-
fers to bet $5,000 that he can make 2,000
, miles in 142 hours, and this is not im~
l probable; but that any man of any na-
’ tionality can go 2, 500 miles in a week,
with the present machine, not many
wheelmen will believe.

Different rid‘ers assume different posi-

IN RACING POSITION.

 

 

The Last of the Druids.
'Historians of the present day are
never tired of declaring that Druidism
disappeared from England many cen-

turies ago. The Duke of Buccleuch,
however, can prove that this is not cor-
rect. as the last of the Druids still ex-
ists in his own person, although he ap-
points a representative to ofiiciate in
a curious old ceremony which has been .1
preserved since long before the days
of IVilliam the Conqueror. It consists
of the payment of what is called
“Wroth money,” the principal house-
holders of the parish in which he is
lord of the manor being compelled to
pay him a certain sum in silver coins
every November. The money is thrown
into a hollow cross of Saxon design
and collected afterwards by the bailiff
of the estate; An amusing feature of.
this old-time ceremony is that any
parishioner failing to make the pay-
ment is liable to a forfeit of twenty
times the amount or is compelled to
procure a white bull with a pink nos:-
as a substitute. This curious custom
was witnessed a few days ago by a
large number of spectators. drawn to
the place not'so much, I think, by the
imposing event as by the sumptuous.
breakfast provided at the local inn by
the Duke of Buccleuch. —Philadelphia
Telegraph. 1

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Flowers Made of Bl earl.
One of the latest, and ce1tainly most
effective methods of making a1tifici :1]
flowers is the use‘of fresh br.ead
All that is required is a loaf of fresh

‘ tions for racing, the one shown in the
cut bei 110' about the average, but for
six days’ riding various devices for
resting the back, the stomach andthc
head are added to the regular equip-
ment, making the bicycle resemble
somewhat the ghost of a be-pillowed
divan on wheels.

 

Couldn’t Cook Epigrams.

The story is told, says the Youth’s
Companion, that a certain speculato’r,
wexceedingly unlearned, took a fancy to
the entertainment of a literary people,
when he had made his fortune and set
uIra house; and of course he wished
to have and do all the fine things that
other rich men had and did. After
dinner one day one of his “literary"
guests chanced to remark: —

“I dined at X’s, the poet’s, the other
night, and he gave us a capital cpl--
gram at dessert.”

The speculator was humiliated. He
had no epigram'sl After his guests
were gone he called hiSo cook.

"Didn’t I give you carty blanchy for
this dinner?” he demanded.

“Yes, sir; you did sir.”

“Yes! Well, now, it seems that at
X’s they have epigrams for dessert, and
good ones, too, and folks miss ’em'
when they come here. Now I want
to know if you don’t know how to
cook epigrams?” 1—

The unfortunate cook was compelled
to acknowledgethat he could not cook
epigrams, and was ‘ischarged on the .
spot.

DIDN'T SUIT HIM.

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bread, somewire, and a little color-
ing matter. According to a well-
known maker of artificial flowers in
the West End of London, this novel
method is likely to supersede all oth-
ers. Not’only do these “bread” flow-
ers look exactly like the real article
when freshly made, but, as the bread
grows stale, the flO11e1s assume a
slightly withered appe a1ance, which is
almost identical with that of a fl011 er
beginning to fade.

As a rule, ordinary artificial flowers
can at once be detected by '1719 unus-
ually bright and fresh app; 11' 1:ce1they
preseht‘after being in the heated at-~
mosphere of a ballroom 01' elsewhere
but the fading pow-
er of “bread” fiov. ers piacticaily in-

sures them against detection even
from the eyes of an expeit. ”

 

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The Beadle (to "new Minister)—A~
didna like the sermon for three rizzins-

first, ye read it; secbndly, ‘ye didna read

it weel; thirdly, it wisna. worth readin’l
--The Sketch. '

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