The Clinton News-Record, 1898-09-15, Page 6q
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PEANUTS IN MANY DISRE$.
Few housekeepers realize how much
nutrition is contained in the peanut.
so generally knower, but so seldom
found on the table. A prominent phy-
sician is credited with saying that one
pound of peanuts is more nutritious
than two pounds of beefsteak and half
e pound of butter. While this may
be an exaggeration, it is true that
many dainty and appetizing dishes can
be made with them, as people are just housekeeper tries out all strong -flavor -
be innin to realize. The results will ed fats, like mutton, turkey or any
t3' g other fats which are not of value for
be found pleasing if the following re- cooking, and strains them from time
eipes are carefully followed: to time into a five -pound lard pall.
Peanut Cookies- One-half cupful of When the pail is full of clean, strain-
ed, white fat, procure from the nearest
butter, one cupful of granulated su- trustworthy grocer a one -pound can
gar. one-half cupful of milk, one egg, of pure potash. Put this in a kettle
white and yolk beaten separately, one holding about four quarts. Pour a
pint no more, of flour, two teaspoon- tat nu. of wm tever the potash
anci stir
art
it
arwa
with a wooderon clothes stick
furs of baking powder, one heaping 1 until it is dissolved. Let it boil fif-
eupful of chopped peanuts. Cream, I teen minutes, then add the five pounds
butter and sugar, add milk and egg, 1 of clean grease and let the soap boil
part of the flour and baking powder,' slowly au hour longer, stirring it of -
and, lastly, peanuts mixed with the Pour the mixture into a stout wood -
to leach the lye from the ashes that
tsad gathered during the twelve
smiths sauce the last soap -making. A
gigantic iron cauldron was necessary
* �' to boil the lye and redeem the soap to
the Proper consistency. The work was
onerous, says an exchange. Its only
redeeming feature was that it was per-
formed in the open air, amid the per-
fumes of adjacent apple orchards,
which usually were in full bloom at
eoapmaking time, and in the season
of singing birds.
Modern soapmaking has no season.
It is gelnerally accomplished once in
about two or three months, or when-
ever five pounds of soap fat has been
gath sed for the purpose. The modern
rest of the flour. ila.ndle as little as
possible, and do not roll very thin, and
they will be very delicate and soft.
Peanut Sandwiches.—Shell peanuts,
chop fine, mix with dressing. and spread
between bread with a lettuce leaf be-
tween. Brown bread is very nice to
use when the lettuce may be omitted.
Peanut Biscuit. --One quart of flour,
en soap keg holding at least ten gal-
lons, and add at once two gallons of
boiling water and stir well. In a quar-
ter of an hour add two gallons more
of boiling water and stir the soap re-
peatedly. In half an hour more add
four and a half gallons of warm water.
When this is well stirred in let the
soap rest for fifteen minutes, then stir
it thoroughly without adding any more
water. Repeat the stirring every
one quarter cupful of melted butter. quarter of an hour for o hours and
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one then let it stand until he next morn-
teaspoonfud of salt, one-half cupful of ing. It should then be a firm, white
chopped nuts, sweet milk enough to Jelly, and it is ready for use. It is
wet up so as to roll out soft. Stir salt, better than any other soap we have for
nuts and baking powder into flour dry, cleaning board floors and many oth-
then add part of the milk, stirring er purposes, but it is too strong a soap
well with a knife, then all the but- to use in the laundry.
ter, and then the rest of the milk.
Roll out with as little kneading as
possible and bake immediately in a
hot oven.
Peanut Buns.—One cupful of milk,
one-half cupful of yeast, flour en-
ough to make a batter ; set warm at
night. In the morning mix one cup-
ful of sugar, one tablespoonful of ruined or pulled and stretched out of
melted butter, one of lard, two eggs, shape in the ironing. Pure white
and add to the butter. Let it riseuun- work is mach less difficult to launder
til quite light, then add flour to roll
on onehcupful of currants, and one-half colors to fade and all depends on care -
cupful of peanuts; moisten with the fol pressing. In colored work, when
slightly beaten white of an egg; roll the embroidery Is complete, put the
up, and cut off an inch in thickness.
Put in pans to rise before baking in
a slow even.
Peanut Crust for Apple Dumplings,
--Crush two-thirds of a cupful of shell-
ed peanuts in mortar, and mix with
one pint of flour, in which has been
sifted one even, teaspoonful of baking
powder; rub into this tablespoonful
l
u n o h s a t al les con u
of shortening; moisten with ice wa-
ter, knead thoroughly and roll to the
thickness of any pie crust. Shape and
fill with one large apple. Bake as usual.
WASHING EMBROTDERY.
Almost every woman prefers to wash
and press her own pieces of embroid-
ery, for unless the work is done by a
skilful laundress they are apt to be
out 'o the thickness of a finger ; spread than the colored, since there are no
JUST PLAIN POTATOES.
Baked Potato Dice.—Pare and cut 6
large potatoes into dice or strips 1-2
inch thick and leave in cold water 1-2
hour. Wipe and turn, over and over
in melted butter until each piece is
coated. Pour what remains of the but-
ter in a bake dish, lay in the. potatoes
irregularly that the heat may reach
all, sprikle them with salt, pepper and
a few drops of lemon and the same of Fringes should be brushed after they
onion juice. rCover the dish and bake are dry
covered for 45 minutes or until the dice
are tender. Serve dry on a hot dish.
Potato Ribbons.—Wash and pare the
pieces into a suds formed of tepid wa-
ter and the purest white soap, and
wash carefully, rubbing between the
fingers. Soap well the parts where
the design still remains, and work it
with the fingers until all trace of the
pattern is gone from the linen. The
water must not be more than luke-
warm, as the best colors are apt to
run if washed in too hot water.
Rinse thoroughly, wring out well,
stretch into shape, fold evenly and loll
up for pressing, which should be done
at once before it has time to dry, as if
ironed when wet the dressing of the
linen is preserved and the stitches are
set in place.
The embroidery mu.st be spread on
a thin flannel, wrong side up, and with
an iron as' hot as may be used with-
out fear of scorching, begin the press-
ing from the centre outward, between
the iron and the work, until partly
dried. Never press the embroidery on
the right side, though the iron should
be run over the right side of the plain
linen and over the hemstitched edge.
potatoes, taking out the eyes and
specks. Peel the potatoes as you would
an apple, very thinly Into ribbons, and
place them in a frying basket. Fry. in
boiling hot lard for about 6 minutes,
sprinkle with salt and serve them in
a pyramid on a napkin.
Parmesan Potatoes.—Bake some large
potatoes and cut a sound piece off the
top of each. Scoop out the potato, mash
it with pepper and saltand grated Par-
mesan cheese. Refill the skins and
heat them to a light brown on top in
the oven.
Potato Scallops—Mash 2 lbs cold po-
tatoes with milk and pass through a
sieve, add 3 oz. butter melted, 2 oz.
grated Parmesan cheese, pepper and
salt to taste. Fill some scallop shells
with this mixture and brown them in
the oven. While bot glaze each over
with melted butter and 1 oz. grated
cheese. Hold the hot salamander over
to brown them.
Swedish Baked Potatoes.—Bake large
potatoes whole, cut a cap from the
top of each and scoop out as much of
the mealy potato as you can. without
breaking the skins. Fill with a hot
mince of boiled fish, whipped light with
cream and butter and highly seasoned.
Put on the caps and place in. the oven
to reheat for 3 minutes or until very
bot.
Potato Turnovers.—Chop a few slices
of yesterday's roast fine and season
well. Have ready mashed potato mix
1 or 2 raw eggs with it until it is like
paste and can spread out. Sprinkle with
flour and cut out round cakes; put a
tablespoonful or more of the meat up-
on one cake, lay andther over it, and
press the edges together. Fry in hot
cottolene to a delicate brown.
PLANT BATHING.
Sometimes plants are over -watered;
many tiny things aro killed in this
way; still in a well -drained pot such a
thing can hardly happen.
At the bottom of the pot there should
be a layer of potsherds, the coarser
ones carefully laid to overlap somewhat
finiehing with the finer bits at the
top.
On the potsherds place a layer of
sphagnum or fine hay to keep the soil
from passing into and clogging the
drainage below. In all plant -potting
operations,the work should be finished
no as to have an inch of space below
the top of the pot in which to receive
water.
A dirty plant. or a dirty pot is dis- so helpless I could not dress
creditable to any plant grower. A bath myrcI1 without aid, 14venlually the
tub, should, 1 herefore, he ac part of trouble spread to my hands and arms,
every plant grower's equipment. Any and at times these would lose all 'feel -
small tub, with an inclining draining ing and become useless. In November
board, answers the purpose. The dry 1 bngen using lir. Williams' Pink Pills,
plants May he stood in the tub until and after taking four hoxee began to
the hall is thoroughly soaked.
Improve. After using six boxes the
Sometimes pot planta seem to be well- pestle and soreness had all gone and I
watered when it is only the surface was able to do a hard day's work. 1
that ie wet, and perhaps the center is intend using a few boxes more as
dust dry. Planta in rapid growth need a precationary measure, and I would
much water. So usually do blooming earnestly advise those suffering from
plants. t.h[s painful trouble to give Dr. Wil -
To bathe a pot plant incline it on ltstms' Pink Pills a fair trial and be
the draining board, and water in the made well,
tub, wash all parts well with a sponge. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills euro by
The task is more delightful as plant going to the root of the disease. They
after plant comes from the water clean renew and build up the blood, and
and beautiful. strengthen the nerves, thus driving
di'eaec from the system. Avoid imi-
tatinni by insisting that every box
you purchase is enclosed in a wrap-
per Learing the full trade mark, Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
WELL SUGGESTED.
If the busy housekeeper who has oth-
er work to do while her fruit or jelly
is cooking, will place four or five com-
mon pismires in. •the mixtrire, she will
not have to watch It closely or stir so
often, as the heat will keep the mar-
bles in motion and thus prevent the
fruits from scorching.
A paste that will glue and mend
anything, we hand on for the benefit
of other housekeepers; To two ounces
of clear gum arabic take one and one-
half ounces of fine starch and one-
half ounce of white sugar, granulat-
ed. Dissolve the gum arabic in a cup-
ful of water, and mix the starch and
sugar in this mucilage. Add at least
half a cupful of water, put all into a
dish that can be suspended in a ket-
tle of boiling water, and cook until the
starch becomes clear. If too thick for
good mucilage, add hot water until of
the consistency that suits. The ce-
ment should be as thick as tar for
mending dishes, etc., but to use where
"store" mucilage is usually used, this
will be too thick. it can be divided
into two parts, one part to be kept
for mending, and be left thick, as in-
dicated, while another part can be thin-
ned for mucilage uses: The addition
of camphor or cloves prevents the paste
from spoiling. Keep covered tight.
COULD NOT DRESS ALONE.
A Nova Scotian Farmer Tells ofllts Intense
Suffering From Rhenulatlsm and Blow
He Found Relief.
From the Bridgewater, N.S., Enterprise
Such suffering as rheumatism causes
the victim upon wham it fastens itself
is almost unendurable. Only those
who writhe under its pangs can
imagine the joy of one who has been
freed from its terrors. Mr. J. W. Fol-
kenham. of New Elm, N.S., is one of
those who have been released from
pain and who believes it his duty to
let others know how a cure can be
found. Mr. Folkenham is a farmer,
and like all who follow this arduous
but honorable calling, is subject to
much exposure. It was this exposure
that brought on his trouble and caus-
ed him so much suffering before he
was rid of it.. Ile says:—"In the spring
of 1897 I contracted rh(umatism.
Throughout the whole summer I suf-
fered from it, and about the first
of October it became so bad that'll
could not get out of the house. The
pains wore lovated in my hip and
hack, and what 1 suffered ran
hardly be expressed, 1 became
SOFT SOAP.
ftoapm'aking in olden times was a for-
midable task, when it was necessary
a
A Bacflelor's Mistake
Harris Clark, the hero of this sketch,
was neither wise, useful nor agreeable,
lived fifty years alone, when
he might have been blessed with "God's
best gift to man—woman."
Still, as Clark was decidedly a weal-
thy man, his friend Arthur Gould
thought he would make an excellent
husband for his sister, who was slight-
ly on the shady side of 90. So one ev-
ening, finding him in his solitary apart-
ments, looking downcast and miserable
Gould said:
"Clark, I know what ails you."
" What makes you think anything
ails me?" gruffly inquired Clark.
" Because you are not lively and hap-
py. You are lonely and want society.
No one can enjoy life without com-
panionship. In short, you need awife."
"I've got along all these years with-
out one, and I guess I can finish the
same way."
"Because you have been a fool all
these years is no reason why you should
continue one."
"True!" said Clark. " Had I taken
a wife twenty years ago I should have
been happier to -day. But who would
marry an old fellow like me now ?"
"Many a nice girl would jump at
the chance."
" I don't wont an old maid," said
this particular old bachelor, "Some
pretty, brightgirl might tempt me.
But then, this courting business, I
know nothing about you see, and taking
it on the whole I might pay too dearly
in advance."
" Well, said Gould, impatiently, "on
the whole, if the truth was known, I
think you are a trifle too lazy to live."
"Why, I'm all ready for a bargain.'
Show me some of these nice girls you
seem to think are so plenty."
" If you please to visit my family
you will have an opportunity of meet-
ing many ladies. I will introduce you
to my sister, for one; she. will intro-
duce you to others, and--"
" Good 1 I'll spend to-nrorrow evening
with you."
"We'll be glad to see you."
They parted, and Clark's thick head
was full of new ideas. At 6 o'clock the
next night he stood before his mirror
trying necktie after necktie, and care-
fully parting what remained of his
hair. At last he was fully equipped
and started.
On bis arrival he found none but the
family present, and being introduced
to the ladies, passed a pleasant even-
ing. Ile watched every movement. of
Lhe younger lady, and before leaving
had concluded to seek no further for
a wife, providing the charming Miss
Gould could be persuaded to become
Mrs. Clark. She was attractive, pleas-
ing in conversation, and graceful in
manner
t4he is the woman for me," thought
Harris as he said " Good night," prom-
ising to call soon again.
IIe went home from his second visit
happier than from the first, for, in
addition to his increasing admiration
for the lady, he felt assured, by her
evident exertions to entertain him,
that his feelings were reciprocated.
One unfortunate circumstance must
be explained before proceeding. Owing
partly to Mr. Gould's carelessness in
presenting the. ladies as his wife and
sister merely, and partly Clark's con-
fusion in confronting two women at
once, he had mistaken one for the oth-
er, antj.fa,li nin love with Mrs, Gould,
decidedly the prettier of 'the two, and
who, perfectly innocent of his error;
strove to make matters pleasant in be-
half of her sister-in-law. She noticed
once or twice .Tats he addressed her as
Miss Gould, hut knowing him to be a
scnnewhnt illiterate man, let it pass
for a slip of the tongue.
Time passed, and Harris determined
to speak. One evening he found Mrs.
Gould alone, and was informed that
" Arthur and sister" had' gone to
make a call, but would soon return.
Harris expressed a little sorrow at
their a :sence ; now was his time, he
thought; so summoning all his courage,
he commenced:
" My dear lady, forgive me for
speaking my mind frankly when I as-
sure you that the happiest hours of
my life have been passed in your so-
ciety.'
' Why, thank you for the compli-
ment," said Mrs. Gould. "It gives me
great pleasure to welcome you here,
and you will enjoy life better than
in the solitary existence you have hith-
erto led. Arthur has a deep interest
in you, and 1 shall always be pleased
to entertain you to the best of my
abilities"
Thank you," said Clark. "1 feel
that a single life is an unhappy one,
and if not too late I propose to amend."
" Indeed! Then you think of marry-
ing. I congratulate you. May I ask
who is to be the honored lady?"
' That depends upon you. These nev-
er met with one who inspired met with
such esteem such love, as yourself.
All I have I lay at your feet. Will
you be my wife?"
He paused and wiped the perspira-
tion from his forehead. Mrs. Gould, ut-
terly confounded, sprang to her feet
exclaiming:
Me your wife! Why, Mr. Clark, ex-
plain yourself!"
Her husband, just entering, caught
the last words.
" What. is the matter I" asked he, gaz-
ing alternately from his wife to Clark.
That matter!" replied the astonish-
ed suitor. " You know as well ms r
do, Your sister appears to have tak-
en fright at something—I don't under-
stencl what."
"My sislerl Why that is my wife,"
"Your wife!" screamed Clerk, "Why
have you deceived me in this matter?'
" No one has deceived you, my dear
Pi mpies
Are the danger signals of impure blood.
They show that the vital fluid is in
bad condition, that health is in danger of
wreck. Clear the track by taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla and the blood will be made
pure, complexion fair and healthy, and
life's journey pleasant and successful.
HOO,i 9 SaparrsIla
Ie Canada's Greatest Medicine. $i; six for 96.
Hood's Pills ourelndigestlon, biliousness.
ONCE AN ALABAMA SLAVE.
NOW SUPPOSED TO BE THE RICHEST
MAN IN GUATEMALA.
The Romance of Don Juan Knight --Ile Is
Now North 87,600,000 and Ills Former
Mistress of Slavery Days and Iter Hou
Are Now Recipients of His Bounty.
Don Juan Khight is popularly sup-
posed to he the richest man in Gua-
temala. He is said to be worth $7;
500,000. And yet, previous to the
American civil war, Don Juan Knight
was a negro slave, the property of
Knight never knew hin father. Hin par-
Tallapoosa county, Alabama.
Born in the bondage of slavery, John
Knight never knew his father. His par-
ents were separated at a sale of slaves
before he was born. At the close of
the war, when the slaves were declared
free, he walked to New Orleans. He
was twenty years old and hadn't a dol-
lar to his name, Now his anual in-
come from his vast tracts of coffee
finoas, his gold mines, his enormous
banana plantations and his farms of
vanilla beans, his banking and steam-
boat stocks, besides the debts' inter-
est on money that Guatemala bor-
rowed from him, is over $400.000. IIe
lives in a beautiful home In the sub-
urbs of Guatemala City, and is cease-
lessly busy looking after his immense
estates.
TIIE IRONY OF FATE.
And more then this, by the strange
irony of fate, he has in clays of a£ -
fluence, befriended those who former-
ly claimed him as a part of their goods
and chattels. The son of his former
owner is in bis employ as superinten-
dent of his mines. Mrs. Upton, his
former mistress, is the recipent of his
bounty in her declining years. Thus
has the negro slave boy totally re-
versed the order of things.
Daniel Upton, Knight's former mas-
ter, was a scholarly man, and his wife
was a former school teacher. They
had half a dozen slaves, all of whom
had been treated well. Knight was
born on the plantation one spring
morning in 1845. Mrs. Upton gave
the negro child sufficient lessons to
get him started on childish studies by
bimself. Later Mr. Upton also became
interested in little " Black John" and
provided hiui with common school
Weiss. He became the most promising
negro in 'J'alhtpoosa county.
Mr. Itpten diad in 1860, and the smart
black boy was auctioned off to a new
master, who took him to a cotton
plantation in Central Alabama. The
master entered the Confederate army.
Young John became overseer of a part
of the plantation. For four years he
superinten,led the gathering of the
cotton and its shipments to New Or-
leans at the best market prices tin.-
til
n-til the close of the war.
MS FIltS7' STAILT.
Then he walked to New Orleans and
worked ,as. ;n \v[iai' Inlayer for 'a firm
which ' handled fruits from Central
America. Ile saved his money. In 18':6
he was sent by his employer to Yucatan,
in Central America, to live there, as
boss of the packing and shipping of
,fruits to New Orleans. That was
practically the beginning of John
Knight's millions, says the San Fran-
cisco Examiner.
A lively, wide aw'tIto person was some-
thing unique in those days of siestas
and tropical sunshine. A revolution
in Guatemala, in which Ramon Sanchez
had been deposed. was just at its close.
Knight saw what hard work and an op-
portunity to gain the favor of the new
adntinisteration would do for himself.
He proposed that for a concession of
some 60,000 acres of land suitable for
pineapples and banana growing he
would go to New Orleans and get the
wholesale dealers, wlo ruled the Ameri-
can markets thirty years ago, to agree
to buy $2,000,000 a year of Guatemala
fruits. The Guatemala government
gladly accepted the proposition. in
less than three months the deal was
consummated at New Orleans. 11 was
the beginning of the trade in millions
of dollars annually.
To Snake a long story short, Juan
Knight got other concessions, as he de-
monstrated the profit there is in grow-
ing fruit, for the United States market.
The shippingltusiness to New York and
San Francisco was started and enor-
mously enlarged. 13y 1871 the negro
was the largest employer of labor in
Northern Guatemala. Where a multi-
tude of white men had given up in de -
pair ever trying to get work out of
the lazy, improvident and careless
natives of the rural regions. Knight's
experience nmong the slaves stood bins,
in good stead. ire was famous for the
zeal he imparted to all who labored
for hien,
MARRIED AND HAPPY.
He married a native young woman
in Stapa\in 1873; and the union has been
a great help to his fortunes, About
twenty years ago he induced New Eng-.
land capital to embark extensively ing
coffee growing in Guatemala, and in-
vested his own capital in the industry.
The government gave hirn a very ad-.
vant'.ngeous shipping concession for hie
efforts in bringing ra.pit.al to the
country. Coffee growing proved won -
(fortuity remunerative for a dozen
fellow. You must have deceived your- ymare, The negro planter branehed out
self. That is my wife. This is my His- in ol.her directions, Ile went to Phil-
ter,' pointing to the ether lady now adelphia and contracted to furnish
entering the room, many thousands of feetof mahogany
Poor Burris was et ruck dumb. He yearly for len yen.rs.
rose, seized his hat, made a low bow, 'There is another side to this un -
and nnnihilnted sp,u'e between the
"
Gages and hie awn " bachelor's hall,common man. He hits been a liberal
where in a Acid. time he was Rented
before a fire built of fancy neckties,
Rachet. base, light. gloves and other
superfluous articles of nn aid bache-
lor's toilet,
As to whn1. he 1 hough(., said or did
after that time (here is no account,
but Mrs. Gould was his first love, and
without 'loubt she was his Inst.
TO PLEASE BiRDS.
A scllentist once put. an automatic
musical box an the lawn nnd spent
many hours watching the robins, blue-
birds, and other birds gathering about
it, A looking -glass put up where the
birds enn see Themselves In it is also
very attraetive, while a comhinatinn of
mustiest box and n looking -glean plen898
the *birds more than Anything else ono
could put out for their amusement.
"l L \
patron of educational measures. He is,
withal, a plaint, anodest man, who is not
known by sight far from home. Ho
is tall and slender, and shows the ef-
fects of hard work and constant care
and thought concerning his enor-
mous business.
There are noven children in Juan
Knight's home, and ell have been edu-
cated in the United Stales. Two of the
boys are in a military aeadomy in MiRRi-
sippl now. One daughter is an no-
oomplished portrait painter in Boston.
Ones a year t.1ip father and mother go
on a trip to igew Orleans, and from
there to New York. They were in
i urope 111 1894.
I11 LFA MR FOIi(m1% OWNERS.
The mtllionnairo planter and miner
of (Guatemala has several limos visited
the plantation in Tallapoosa county,
Ala., where he was born and raised
Hundreds of people there know all
about him and remembered his child-
hood. In 1888, 'when he was In Dade-
ville, he met the son of his first mas-
ter, Daniel Upton. He had not for-
gotten how Mass'r and Missiles Upton
taught him how to read and write, and
all the petty privileges they had
shown their chattel, little black John.
So what did the former slave boy do
but employ George Upton, a son of his
early master, to go down to Guatemala
and be a superintendent at the mines.
Not only that. The former slave found
that the widow of his old master was
sick and in financial distress in Mobjle
and he forthwith invested for her a
sum of his money sufficient to keep herr
comfortable during her remaining
days.
SMOCK MARRIAGES.
A Rummaging Legal Light Makes Homo
Quaint Discoveries.
A Bangor, (Maine), lawyer attending
court in the anoient town of Wiscasset
went rummaging recently in the Col-
onial Court rewords of the place and
in the course of his reading ran across
the official registration of a"smock
marriage." Not knowing what sort of
a marriage that was he looked furth-
er and got considerable light upon a
custom that prevailed in England a
century or two ago, and also to some
extent in the American colonies.
Smock marriages were weddings
where the bride appeared dressed in a
white sheet or chemise. The reason of
such a garb was thebelief that if a
man married a woman who was in
debt he could be held liable for her
indebtedness if he received her with
any of her property; and, also, that if
a woman married a man who was in
debt his creditors could not take her
property to satisfy their claimo if he
received nothing from her. In Eng-
land, says an antiquarian, there was
at least one case where the bride was
clothed purls naturalibus while the
ceremony was being performed at Bir-
mingham. The minister at :irat re-
fused to perform the ceremony, but
finding nothing in the rubric that
would excuse him, he married the pair.
To carry out the law fully, as the
people understood it, the ceremony
should always have been performed as
it was in the Birmingham church. But
modesty forbidding, various expedients
were used to accomplish the desired
purpose and yet avoid the undesirable
features, Sometimes the bride stood in
a closet and put her head through a.
hole in the door; sometimes she stood
behind a cloth screen, and put her
hand out at one side; a,gain,she wound
about her a white sheet furnished for
the bridegroom, purpose Y b the br' gn and
id
sometimes she stood in her chemise, or
smock. Eventually, in Essex County
at least, all immodesty was avoided
by the bridegroom's furnishing to the
bride all the clothes she wore, retain-
ing title to the same in himself. This
he did in the presence of w itneses,
that he might prove the fact in ease
he was sued for any debts she might
have contracted. A marriage of this
kind occurred in Bradford in 1733, •and
the following is a. true copy of the re-
cord of the same:
Bradford, Dec. ye 24, 1733.
This may certifie whomsoever it may
coneerne that James Bradford who was
married to the widow Mary Bacon Nov.
2.2 last past, by me ye subscriber th.'n
declared that he took the said person
without an) thing of estate and that
Lydia the wife of Eliazer Burbank &
Mary the wife of Thomas Stiekne.y &
Margaret. the wife of Caleb Burbank
ill of Bradford were witnesses that
the clothes she then had on were of
I)Ls providing & hentowing upon her.
William Balch, Minister of ye Gospel,
It is noted by the same writer that
in, all cases of smock marriages tliat
have come to his knowledge, the brides
have been w•idow•a.
It is thought that during the reign
of George 111. there were many smock
marriages in Maine, then a part of
the provim'e of Massachusetts Bay —
chiefly in Lincoln and York Counties,
or in the territory which is now no
known. There is nothing to show that
the practice outlived the Revolution.
In Maine, up to 1852, a husband was
liable for debts of his wife contracted
before marriaeae, and no such subter-
fuge as the smock marriage could re-
lieve him.
CHANGES.
A curious mental experience some-
times c'omee to us. It is as if we
were taken up onto a high hill from
Which we can survey all the surround-
ing country. No longer down on the
road along which we have been walk-
ing, we are so far above it that we see
it in a changed light. Things assume
new proportions, and we discern their
relative value with wonderful clear-
ness in this purer atmosphere. How
small really aro some of the obstacles,
some of the barriers which troubled us
so long 1 And other landmarks,
which we have heretofore thought of
little value, we now see are of Rhe
greatest consequence.
It may be some great sorrow or some
great shock which has put us on this
mental elevation. It may be separa-
tion from one we love which hat' open-
ed our eyes; to this wonderful inward
seeing. Whatever was the cause, the
changed new aspect of the chances and
changes and conditio'he of lifo is some-
thing we can never forget or ignore.
We may go hack to the jog -trot of
everyday existence, but our whole
point of view of life and its; joys and
sorrows has changed. Our body per-
forms its daily functions—the eating,
r 1 drinking, and working, and mar-
rying and giving in marriage go on its
before. Our mind sits in its new con-
ditions, and wit h startled, opened eyes
reads the wonderful manning+ written
under the daily chow—sits and reads,
and marvels at its former blindness.
A WONDERFUL SIIAWL.
The shawl of shawls belongs to the
I)urhess of Northumberland. The Lon-
don Lady thus describes the article:
" It. formerly belonged to Charles X.,
of France, and was manufactured en-
tirely from tbo fur of Persian cats.
Many thousands of oats' skins were ut
nixed, and the weaving occupying sono
years. The shawl measures night fent
square, but is so fine It can be oom-
prossed Into the space of a large cof-
fee cup."
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. I Neuralgia Nenever Face-aohs,A
all eevern muscular halm
i lnetaatly reliered by Cr
cent Neuralgia Uuro. Pries 280. Enclose 30. tamps o
repeat jestingly which yet contains
trial package. The Hutohiugs Mediolae 00.,'rurouto.
a grain of very sound wisdom. We
say, laughingly, "11 is the unexpected
that always happens ;" but if we would
think of the things over whioh we
worry and fret as the "may be's" that
perhaps will come to us, and apply our
wise adage to them, we would cease to
worry. For how seldom has the ex-
pected sorrow come to any of us! It
has nearly always been the blow for
whish we did nut look that came. When
we have all day watched the cloud on
There is an adage that we generally ' s fd8
the horizon with dread forebodings of
the storm which would come from it,
the wind has changed and the cloud
has blown away from us, or else melted
into thin vapor and not come near us
at all. How foolish, then, to waste
what might. be happy hours in looking
for this or that trouble which may
never come, or, if it does arrive, will
Wheys, after all, prove to be a bless-
ing! No trouble was ever lessened
by going to meet it half -way ; and if
we are sometimes to have it to bear,
let us not weary our souls and weaken
our wills by ,dreading it beforehand.
The Far Reaohing
Perfume of a good name heralds the
claim that. Putnam's Painless Corn Ex-
tractor is a sure, certain, and painless
remedy for corns. Fifty imitations
prove It to be the hest. At druggists.
11 IS EXCUSE.
rather—Tommy, th•' teacher keeps (� it9
you in longer after h'hool than she W.C. IIARR13,Toronto
used to.
Tommy—Yes,
falling in love
INVITATION is hereby extended to all young
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practical education to write for the New Prospectus ofi
the OENTRALBUSINESS OOLLEOEoiTORONYt). Merp-•
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each term. Get particulars. Address W. H. SHAW,
Principal, Yonge and Gerrard Ste., Toronto.
AGENTS WANTED. Ladles or:awn:le:eau, to lutruduce
our goods. We pa. $ Ladles
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LAW
Mill., Mille & Hales
' Barrietere.eto.,remove4
to Wesley Bldgs., Rich,
mond 8t. W., Torontd.
PAINT
SO CHEAP y00 ca*
use ib o
old Shingle roofs or rid
of buildings. Used 2
years. Ask your dealer
for it. THE FINCH WOOD PRESERVATIVE & PAINT
COMPANY, 370 Qt eon West, Toronto.
PAINT
80 CHEAP yonoan use It on old shield,
roofs or sides of buildings, Used 22
years. With a good 'ware' you mg
iaint a barn in half a day. Write us for orreulars end
nformation about painting. The Finch Wood Preeertal
tire & Paint Company, 870 Queen West, Toronto.
(TORONTO CUTTING SCHOOL offers special
lndaoements to young men desirous of
taking up Cu'ttin Full particular on applt•
6ation. 113 YON(1B ST., TORONTO.
£ 0 0 F 1 N G and Sheet Metal Works.
ROO8•TNO SLATE, In RLBlao}�,
Red or Green. ATOT;
BLABO RDS (We etppplf
Public, and High Schoo a Toronto). Roofing Felt, P1toN„
Coal Tar, etc. ROOFING TILE (See New City Bell .
itage, Toronto done bourarm). Metal Ceiling*, Cor,
iota, to, Estimates urnished for work complete or
starlets shipped to am part of the country. Phone l
. DUTNIE &SONS, Adelaide &Wl9msr Ste„Toron .
sir. I'm afraid she's Pays the
with me. Best
THE UNSUBSTANTIAL MELON.
Aunt Jane !severely)—I don't see why
you will eat 'watermelon every ,chance
you get, when it always gives you
,cramp.
['nide Hosea—It's the nearest to get-
ting something for nothing of any way
I know.
VERY SIMILAR.
Veterinary Surgeon -\'e11, sir, Ieut
open your t,OW'S stcr.uacli and what
do you think 1 foun 1 in it? Six ten-
p'mny nails. four to k•1, a Waterbury
wat•h, a piece of buried -wire fencing,
a tin whi',Lle, four clam rhe(L', a fish
hook, come broken gia,s, a lead sinker,
10 glass marbles, a tin can with mud
worms in it, a jack knife, two quarts
of pear h -tone.», a ruld,or ball and four
slatepencils.
Gentleman harmer (aghast) —
Great Stott! how do you suppose she
ever got hold of one of my boy's
pants pockets?
A plaster which relieves pain, heals
ruts, burns, scalds, or wounds, is made
by spreading "Quit lccure'' on cotton or
linen.. -,Cures most violent toothache
without injuring t he nerve. It should
be in 'every house and travelling sat-
chel. .
•
SFIE LOVES BIRDS.
The dowager empress of China is de-
voted to birds of all kinds, and inrr.+m-
erable bird pets are kept about the
palace. She is reported to have wept
copiously about the death of a favor-
ite nightingale not long ago. Upon be-
ing told of a Chinese girl who had com-
plained bitterly of the dreariness of
life, this exalted lady remarked sage-
ly that a woman ought to take so much
pride in her home t bat it could be a
heaven to her, adding: "There are al-
ways birds and Meyers.” She is a clev-
er artist and delights in painting from
nature.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by Iocal applications, as they cannot -each the
.11soa-1 d portion of the ear. There to only one
way to euro deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in-'
darned eon !Rion of the teueoue lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When th's tube gots Inflam•
ed sou have a rumbling •O Ind or imperfect
:rearing. and when it is t n: truly clo•ed U1.01110101
hi the roault,andunle.stl.eintl•rmrnation can be
taken out and this tube rester. d to its normal
acndliton, hearing will be do=lroyed forever;
none casae out of ten are canned by catarrh,
which is nothing bet an inflamed condition of
he mucous eurtat eI.
We wilt give nue 11nndrod Dollar+ for any
'iso of )m
Deafness used by catarrh) that can.
not be cured by Hell's ('a a-rh Cure,' Send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CIIENE CO,. Toledo, 0.
Sold b Druggletq, 75e.
Hall's Family Palle aro the beet.
A PITY.
Minnie—At any rate, Mr. Shore is
every inch a gentleman.
GVlnmio—That's why it is such a pity
there is not more of him,
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Hamilton, , Ont.
IF you want to either buy or sell Apple
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Toserora.'tro.
THE BIG DEM AND_,. —
Ludella Ceylon Tea
Lead Packages, PROVES THAT iT iS BY FAR THE
35C,40C, sod, and 6oc. BEST TBA PRODUCE.
SCRAP,
Price for
LEAD.
THE TRIUMPHS .,
ADJUSTABLE STOVE PIPES.
Easy put up and taken down. Can i' I
he cleaned, nested, and pu: away in ,t.a
a small apace. Ask tan dealers for
p
them. Manufactured by
C. B. BARCLAY, ky
168 Adelaide St. W., Toronto.
NESTED CLner:n
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Farms for Sale
Three Farms for Sale, on easy terms.
Property situated convenient to C. P.
Railway. Specially adapted for stock
raising, For further particulars apply
to
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Dominion Line Steamships.
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passage—First Cabin, $52.60; :mond cabin,
634; steerage 822.60 and npwatds accordl;ls; to
steamer and berth. For all lnfortnet.ion apply
to Local Agents or DAVID 'I'ORRANCE & CO.,
Geo'! Agents, 17 k b. Sacrament St., Montreal.
eat
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Many requirement 4,
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ante to suggest something of
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Steamers salt from Montreal every Thursday
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Cabin 852.50 and upwards; Second Cnhin
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A reduction of five per cont. le allowed on
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