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Bellefonte, Pa., Feb., 2I,1896.
GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS
HATCHET.
George once cut down a favorite tree,
His father’s; to detach it—
He said he could not tell a lie—
He used his little hatchet.
Through mountain woods he blazed a path:
Till Allegheny ’s flood he met
Then built a raft and pressed night on;
He did it with his hatchet.
He crossed the Delaware one night
Through ice—how they did catch it— 1
The merry-making Hessian troops!
He did it with his hatchet.
He cut the cords that bound us fast
To mother Englands latchet;
He carved a nation in the rough ;
He did it with his hatchet.
In deathless fame he crossed the styx—
Ne other’s fame can match it—
In war, peace and country’s love the first ;
He did it with his hatchet. .
George A. Thatcher.
RESCUED FROM OBLIVION.
Splendid Shaft to Mark the Lonely Spot of
Washington's Birth.— White Monument to Rise
on Potomac’s Shores.—~Task of Landing the
Big Stone.
Another monument in honor of
George Washington will, in a few days,
point towards the skies which smiled
upon his cradle. Many of the places
made famous by his distinguished foot-
steps have been marked by this or that
testimonial of public affection, but this
monument bes a peculiar touching
interest in that it will dignify the lone-
Jv waste «pot in Westmoreland county,
Va., where the Father of His Country
first saw the light. Probably no man
of such wide fame ot modern times
had a more deserted spot for a birth-
place. The march of civilization had
swept by it on every side, and itis even
now more desolate than it was on the
day when wag first heard the little
voice, which, in years to come, was to
summon legions to “battle and echo
through the palace bails of England.
But the spot will now be lifted from
oblivion by the tardy appropriation of
$11,000 bv Congress for the necessary
monument which was voted last year.
Thirty-three of the most prominent
firme in the United States submitted
designs, and the choice of the late
Secretary of State, W.Q. Gresham,
fell upon that submitted by John
Crawford & Son, of Buffalo, whose
work on the shaft erected to the mem-
ory of Mary Washington at Fredericke-
burg, Va., in 1894, was alluded to by
the directors of the Memorial Associa-
tion as *‘perfect—artistically, in mater-
ial and workmanship.”
No one who has not been there can
imagine the dreary isolation of the
place. It is very difficult to reach,
either by land or water. The writer in
October last visited the site, and had
to drive forty-two miles overland from
Fredericksburg, Va., the nearest rail
road station, remaining over night and
driving over the 3ame road and dis-
tance on returning. The sight of the
house in which Washington was born,
which is determined now only by a
scattering pile of broken bricks and
mortar from the chimney, is about one
mile and a balf from the Potomac at a
poict where that river is about seven
miles wide and about six or seven hun-
dred feet from Pope's creek formerly
Bridge creek.
This “creek” at this point is about
three-quarters of a mile wide and very
shallow, not more than four feet deep
at high tide, and separated from the
Potomac by a sandbar across the
mouth of it, through which there is a
passage about thirty feetin width and
eighteen inches in depth at low tide.
The Government has built a wharf
1080 feet long out into the Potomac, |
and when the grounds are beautified it
is intended that the river steamers;
shall stop here. The nearest point
now to be reached is Colonial beech,
some ten or twelve miles distant; from
which point one bas the choice only ot
driving or sailing to the spot.
The transportation of the huge mar-
ble bas been an interesting problem.
The plan has been to take it by rail to
Washington and then ship it on flat-
boats, drawing very little water, to
Wakefield, near the birthplace. It is
then to be landed on the beach at low
tide aiter floating the boats in at high
tide. There being no roads and the
‘weight of each piece being from twelve
to thirty five toms each it wlll be neces:
sary to roll the whole monument some
-9000 feet or more. The stone for this
notable land mark was quarried in
Barre, Vt. Wakefield without the
distinction of being Washington's birth
place would otherwise be one of the all
but lost “villages of America.” It lies
about seventy miles below the Nation-
al .Capitol. The historic Rappahan-
nook, the scene of several sanguicary
battles of the Civil War, rises from the
Potomac in the Allegheny mountains
and pear Wakefield the two great
streams are only six miles apart. Col-
onial beach, a popular summer resort,
is a dozen miles away, and after the
erection of the monument a good road
‘will probably be built to bring the
place within the reach of sightseers.
The monument will stand fifty-one
feet above the cement foundation, the
mouolitk shaft rising forty feet four
inches above the base. The shaft will
~apring from a fountain fourteen feet
2quare and eight feet high. Dressed
down, the shaft will weigh about thir
ty-eix tone. Above this will rise the
. stone of the first base, twelve feet
square and one foot eight inches high.
On this will rest the second base, nine
feet three inches equare and three feet
high. Above this will be the die npon
which the ioscription will be cut, and
this will be six feet five inches square
and four feet ten inches high. The
plinth just above it will be four feet
five inches square and one foot two
inches high. The shaft that will
spring from this will be three feet eight
inchee eguare and will rise forty feet
four inches above the plinth.
Oo the dieof the monument is cut
_er launched out on dancing. Again
the inscription :—
Sgn /
o>
BIRTHPLACE |
OF |
GEORGE WASHINGTON ;
On the lowest foundation stone will |
be the following : —
“Erected by the Tuited States, A. D.
1895.”
The sbaft will bé visible from pass-
ing steamers, and will divide with
Mount Vernon the interest of the Po
tomac tourist.
The entry in bis mother’s Bible,
which is now preserved at Mount Ver-
non, tells the simple story of Washing:
ton’s birth : “George Washington, son
1o Augustine and Mary, his wife, was
born the 11th day of February, 1732,
abont 10 in the morning, and was bap-
tised the 3rd of April following.” This
date by another method of reckoning
became the 220d. ~ Of the scene that
his eyes opened on a recent writer said:
“The homestead stood upon a green
and gentle slope that fell away at but
a little distance to the waters of the
Potomac, and from it could be seen the
broad reaches of the stream stretching
wide to the Maryland shore beyond :
and flowing with slowful tide to the
great bay below.”
The house was one of the primitive
farm bouses of Virginia. The roof
was steep and eloped down into low
projecting eaves. It had four rooms
on the ground floor, and an immense
chimney at each end. Not a vestige
of the habitation remains. “Two or
three decayed fig trees, with shrubs
and vines, “finger about the place,’ |
wrote Washington Irving, “and here
and there a flower grown wild serves
to mark where a garden has been.” A
stone placed there by George W. P. |
Custus marks the site of the house.
George was still in short clothes when |
the family moved to an-estate in Staf
|
ford county, opposite Fredericksburg.
This became the home of George's boy- !
hood, and the scene of his early
athletic sports, but this home, like the |
first that sheltered him, has disappear- |
ed. Fragments of bricks, china and!
earthenware are the only traces Irving |
could find of its old-time splendor and
hospitality.
Washington's mother was the sec |
ond wife of his father. Her toaiden |
nam: was Mary Ball. She was tbe |
young and beautiful daughter of Col.
Ball, and was called the belle of the |
Northern Neck. She was married !
March 6, 1730, and George was her |
first child. She had three other sous
and three daughters. The days im-
mediately preceding the birth of Wash-
ington are thus described by one who
has made a study eof the Colonial
period : “Seveaty-gix years had gone
by since John Washington came out
ot Bedfordshire and took up lands on
Bridge's Creek, in Westmoreland, in
Virginia, and still his children were to
be found in the old seats he had chosen
at the first. They had become thorough
Virginiaus with the rest, woven into
the close fiber of the new life. There
the Washingtons had become country
gentlemen of comfortable estate upon
the accepted model. John had begot-
ten Lawrence and Lawrence had be-
gotten Augustine. John had thrittily
taken care to see his offspring put in a
way to prosper from the very first. He
had acquired a substantial property of
bis own, where the land lay very fer-
tile upon the banks .of the Potomac,
and he had, besides, by three marriages
made good a very close convection
with several families that had thriven
thereabouts before him. He had be-
come a notable figure, indeed, amongst
hie neighbors ere he had been many
years in the colony. Wars came and
went without a disturbing incident for
them, as the French moved upon the
borders by impulse of politics from
over the cea; and then long peace set
in, equally without incident, to stay.
a whole generation, while the good
farming went quietly forward, and poli-
ticians at home and in the colonies
planned another move in their game.
It was in the midseason of this time
of poise, preparation and expectation
that George Washington was born.”
While the monument will be put in
place at once, the unveiling will not
take place until next Fourth of July,
when the President and the members
of the Cabinet will officiate at the cere-
mony.
In a Kentucky Church.
In a pleasant, social little Kentucky
town, not long ago, a new minister ar-
rived. Fervent in his mission against
the world, the flesh, and the evil one,
and not duly considering the points of
his compass, he delivered from his pul-
pit the first Sunday a tirade against
card playing. On Monday the wealth-
iest member of his flock called on him
and said :
“Ob, dear Brother Parker, your
sermon was very unwise. You will
oflend half your people if you talk
against cards. We are just a little
quiet community all by ourselves here,
and we play cards whenever we waut
to. Don’t say anything more about
card playing.”
So the next Sunday the new preach-
the wealthy member visited him to
say that his church people had always
danced all they wanted to. and he
must not say anything more against
dancing. The evil of horse racing was
his subject the following Sunday, and
thie brought the rich member to him
in great distress of mind.
“Great goodnees, Brother Parker!
this is one of the finest horse sections
in the State. You are beside yourself
when you try to put down horse rac-
ing.”
“Well,” said the despoadent preach-
er, *‘if you say 80 I'll have to let these
evils alone. Next Sunday I'll abuse
the Jews.” .
“All right,” remarked the wealthy
member, “but doa’t overlook the fact
that I’m the only Jew in your congre-
gation." — Louisville Courier-Journal.
—Tommy—Paw, what is the board
of education ?
Mr. Figgs--In the days when I went
to school it was a pine shingle.
Concluded from page 2 number 7.
HERE ANE THERE IN THE SOUTH.
PALM BEACH,
Two hundred and sixty-three miles
south of St. Augustine, east of the
Everglades, afd south of the great lake,
Okeechobea, is Lake Worth. Between
it and the Atlantic ocean is a narrow
strip of land which has been made into
a bower of beauty and named Palm
Beach. To try to describe it, is like
photographing a beautiful woman
whose chief charms are coloring and
magnetism. It is the atmosphere, the
scenery, the whole general effect that
pleases For ten or twelve years its
great advantages have been recognized
and three years ago H. M. Flagler built
the Royal Poinciana—the great white
Colonial hotel —which can comfortably
accommodate nine hundred guests. It
fronts the lake and over looks the ocean
and is right in the midst of the cozcanut
palme. From the entrance to the lake,
a distance of three hundred feet, a gar-
dener has added where nature stopped.
Green and variegated century plants,
flank broad white walks ; fountains play ;
and heart-red hybiscus, delicate, sweet
alyssum, marigolds, heliotrope and
japonicas bloom.
North and south of the hotel, facing
the lake, are substantial houses with
well kept grounds mostly owned by
northerners who occupy them during
the winter months. A few acres have
been cleared on each place—plantation
it is called in the South—for orange®
and vegetgbles and the rest is a wilder-
ness of tropical growth. There is no
| monotony in life or scenery at Palm
Beach ; the ocean, tempered by the
warm Gulf Stream, ever affords surf
bathing ; the lake, quiet and besutiful,
is a delightful place to sail or fish and
| the land, rich in foliage and sights, is
wonderful and satisfying.
Through the kindness ot Dr. Harry
Stites, of Harrishurg, one of the pioneers
of the Lake Worth country and one of the
prominent men of West Palm Beach—
the busy little metropolis across the
lake--the Pennsylvania delegation were
priveleged to see much that is missed by
the every-day tourist. The rich, choco-
late colored soil of the region produces
amazingly and down along tho lake are
some of the most productive vegetable
gardens of the State. Fields and fields
of tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers and
beans ripen for the northern markets.
On islands and mainland, green
orange groves show bushels of golden
fruit. The spikey leaves of the pine-
apple epread out over acres and acres of
ground. The long waving leaves of the
banana glisten in the perpetual sun-
shine and protect carefully their pecu-
liar, deep-garnet bloom. Lemons, limes,
guavas and mangoes thrive and bear
fruit. And cocoanuts, everywhere lift
their lofty, fern-like heads to ripple in
the breath that comes from the sea by
day, and from the lake by night. Some
years ago, a vessel loaded with cocoanuts
was wrecked off the coast of Florida.
They were planted as they washed
ashore and now they grow as profitably
and prolifically in southern Florida as
in the West Indies, little claim to, but
it can well claim an ideal cl mate and
beauty that is incomparable.
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JACKSONVILLE.
The journey of three hundred and
some miles between Lake Worth and
Jacksonville was broken by a stop at
Rockledge, which will ever be remem-
bered as ihe place with the vile gater
and poor hotels. It may have cultured
people and palmetto surroundings but
it certainly has not common conforts or
generous landlords. The palmetto. al-
though not majestic like our oak or
graceful like our maple, is a stately tree.
In comparison its head is little or its
body is big, but its peculiarity gives
interest to many a view and of useful
trees it leads the list.
In Jacksonville, the largest city of
the State, one finds nothing distinctive-
ly southern but climate, hospitality and
foliage. In its public buildings, its
paved streets, union depot and general
enterprise itis much like any other
town of thirty thousand people ; but in
climate, water facilities and favorable
surroundings it is particularly blest. It
is the terminus of six railroads and is
the gateway for travel as well as for
trade. 1t is noted for good hotels and
nowhere in Fiorida are meals’ go pala-
table as at Lelard’s Windsor.
The shops of Jacksonville are mostly
from east 14th street, or other Jewish
centers of New York or Philadelphia.
Proprietors, clerks, goods, everything
from the North but the poor lone alli-
gators, which are sacrificed by the thou-
sands for the almighty dollar and sold
in every form. Alive and blinking
they are offered alone or by the dozen ;
tor bags or belts their skins are tanned ;
their teeth are sold as jewelry and their
babies are stuffed as toys. Poor things!
how soon they are destined to be of the
past.
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CHARLESTON,
‘Perhaps there are no two States
which stand more as representatives of
their two sections than Massachusetts
and South Carolina. In the history of
the country they-have never been silent
li
and they have spoken with no uncertain |
sound. Both have a glorious past
and a living present, such as in kind '
and intensity of personal life can scarce |
be found elsewhere in the original |
thirteen colonies. As Boston represents
the North, Charleston, ‘‘the city by the |
ses,’’ represents the South.
It is extremely pretty—well cared for
—and favorably-situated. It is like a
beautiful cld cameo in a modern setting;
all the fine old houses remain
with their stuccoed walls, wide verandas
and walled gardens ; its old historical |
churches are still well preserved and in-
teresting ;¥its St. Cecelia society thrives
and prospers at the remarkable age of
one hundred and thirty and three years
and its ““Battory” is more beautiful than
ever. But to use a common phrase ‘it
has joined the procession.” It has more
than $10,000,000 invested in manufac-
tories that are paying ; its schools are
exlellent and its trade in cotton, rice,
vegetables and phosphate is most grati-
fying.
Charleston is surrounded on three
sides by water and from the ‘Battery’
or any elevated place in the city, Fort
Sumpter, three miles to the southeast,
is in full view. In the distance it look-
ed very small and insignificant to have
started the‘commotion it did.
Up at Magnolia Gardens—a beautiful
spot-—the air was fragrant with violets,
the camelias were in full bloom and
the trees were as green as 88 in summer.
The ugly ungainly turkey buzzards are
as numerous in Charleston as they are
in Tampa. They are the scavengers of
the country and in both States are weil
protected by law. They are huge black
birds with white legs and bare brown
necks, which makes them both dingy
and repulsive looking. They are as
large as eagles and so tame that they
stalk about the markets, all hours of the
morning,; where they are called ‘“Char-
leston canaries.”
Trouble and anguish has visited the
city more than once; but it has lived
through them and is now rejoicing and
sharing in the general prosperity which
is rewarding at last, the enterprise of the
South. Charleston is the northern termi-
nal of the Plant System, H. B. Piant’s
successful organization. It controls
2,000 miles of railroads and 1,200 miles
of steamship lines by which it has help-
ed wonderfully in the development of
the Southern states and territory. .
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AN AFTER THOUGHT.
In a previous paragraph of these
notes on Florida and the South th,
writer said ‘I did not see a single flower
that had not been cultivated.” Unfor-
tunately it disagrees with some of
the other statements, and while it is
aot likely to affect the future of Florida
‘the helper” feels like taking exception
to it. The charms of Tampa Bay must
have been very enchanting to have
closed the eyes of any one to the lan-
tanas, coreopsis and oon vines that
were plucked by the dozen down along
the beach. Hypnotic influences evident-
ly were at work at Palm Beach for the
morning glories and oleanders - were as
wild and plenty there as daisies and
golden rod are at home. Violets were
to be had for the plucking at nearly
every place the train stopped and even
around Rockledge the modest little
Quaker lady grew.
The Cubans.
Alinost every Cuban on the island is
in sympathy with the insurrection ;
nothing is more false than to suppose
that only those who bave nothing to
lose favor the revolt. Rich and poor,
educated and uneducated, even the
children born in the island of Spanish
parenis—all are against Spain,
So, too, for the most part, the
American and English colonists, owa-
ers of plantations and managers of
mines, are the friends ot the insurgents,
and wish them well ; and passing free-
ly, as they do, from the country to the
towns, they assist the rebels in a hun-
dred ways, and always at great personal
risk to themselves.
The Spaniards know that the hand
of every man is against them. Ia the
town of Santiago every one is under
suspicion, and everywhere there are
apies ; for an American an unguarded
word means banishment, and tor a Cu-
ban transportation; the news of the
morning was who had been arrested
during the nighg, and crowds of sus-
pects were taking passage with every
ship leaving Cuba, no matter where it
was bound for, warned by some friend
that they had best leave quickly lest
worse should befall them.
I remember speaking to the son of
a very wealthy Spaniard; he had
much to say of the greatnees of Spain
and of their righteous cause, but it was
interrupted by the news that a Spanish
warship had been sunk with all hands
by an insurgent bomb. The youth
forgot that be was speaking to a stran-
ger, and all that he had -said ; be clap-
ped his sides and bellowed with de-
light, an indiscretion which he instant-
ly regretted.
So again, while I was making my
way into the country, I fell in with an
American. His business lay within
the Spanish troops all around. He
spoke with violence of the insurgents,
and together we lamented their ways
and praised the all-powérful Spaniard.
It was only afterward that I discov-
ered that far and near in “Free Cuba”
he was held in the greatest reverence; |
that he had helped the insurgents in |
every possible way, and that he was
everywhere known as Tommy.
SUNRISE,
“Dear heart,’’ they said, “the sun is high,
Noon came while you were sleeping.”
“Ah, no! the dawn creeps up the sky,”
He said, nor heard their weeping.
Again he asked the hour of day
hen dusk was slowly falling;
“It cannot be, for far away
I hear the robins calling.”
And last he said, “I must arise,
For now the morn is breaking,”
Then closed once more his weary eyes,
And knew no earthly waking.
“All through that day his mind was dim.”
hey sadly thought: unknowing
That while he lingered here, for him
Another dawn was glowing. .
—Mary Thacher Higginson, in “The Indepen-
dent.”
CEA ——
Bill Sander's Wife Had Never Seen a
Populist, but Thought—Bill Might
Have Shot One.
“During the last campaign one day,”
said Howard, the Populist member
from Alabama, “I went up to the top
of a considerable mountain to gee a hun-
ter of the name of Bill Sanders to se-
cure his vote.. Bill was not at home,
but his wife was, a tall, leap; bony
woman, with dusty black hair, hollow,
colorless cheeks; and sunken eyes, a
large mouth, large feet, and yellow
hands. In the one hand she held a box
of enuff, in the other a tooth brush, and
she was spitting amberique. :
* {Good morning, madam,’ said I.
« tHow are you, stranger ?’ said she.
tt «Js your husband at home, my good
woman ?’
“ ¢No, he hain’t. He went down in
Coon Holler this mornin’ before day,
and I hain’t lookin’ for him back until
towards midnight.’
¢ ¢ Well, madam,’ I continued, ‘I am
a candidate for Congress, and hope yon
will use your influence to get your hus-
band to vote for me. I know that a
woman of your intellect, your beautiful
eyes that shina like the dew drops on
the mountain top when the light of the
morning sun first strikes it ; your fresh,
rosy cheeks, which the gods would kiss
as nectar, and your entire charming
personality —I say & woman 20 endowed
by nature must have great influence
over her husband, for he was indeed
fortunate to secure you for a wife.’
¢ ‘Law, now, stranger,’ exclaimed
the woman, ‘when you come talkin’
that away, and bein’ as how I likes
your looks anyways, I guess if Bill
Sanders don’t vote for you he needs
never expect to roost ‘round these dig-
gins no more. I tell you.’
“I was much pleased with the prog-
ress I was making, and I ventured to
put the question of most importance to
me . ‘Are thero any Populists in this
vicinity ?’
¢ *Dear me, stranger,’ she answered,
‘you sare a little mite too hard for me
this time. You see, I don’t pay much
attention to them things, but Bill is a
mighty peart hunter and bas killed and
skunt almost all kinds’ of varmints in
these mountains. But whether ho ever
kotch one o’ them air, what you call it,
stranger ?— Populist varmints—is more
nor I know. If you'll just walk ’round
the backside of the house, where he’s
got all his pelts bangin’ up a-dryin’,
you may find one o’ them things, for,
be yesterday mornin’ killed one of the
dolgastedest critters I ever see. It had
long lege, bandy shanks, long hair, and
was crosseyed, an’ I jest bet a pound o’
hoxie-made tobacker it was a Populist,
though I never heern tell o’ one afore.”
— Washington Post.
Where 100,000 Buffaloes Died
Driven Over a Precipice by a Furious Blizzard
— The Destructive Sand Storm.
From the Denver Field and Farm.
Near Cheyenne Wells is a long stretch
of level prairie, which suddenly ter-
minates in a precipice, makinga per-
pendicular descent of perhaps fifty feet
to another plain below. In the winter
of 1858 a great blizzard raged for sev-
eral days. The snow was driven ata
terrific rate before a hurricane of wind,
and the buffalo were obliged, in self-
preservation, to turn their backs and
run with the wind. The result was
that vast numbers of the buffalo were
carried over the precipice, and their
dead bodies were covered with 20 or 30
feet of snow. For many years people
visited the spot to look at the bones,
which lay in piles 10 &md 15 feet high
as far as the eye could reach along the
precipice, and it was commonly esti-
mated that 100,000 buffaloes found a
grave on that fatal spot.
Sand storms in those days were so
destructive that it was not unusual for
freighters to lose their entire outfit.
During the prevalence of a storm no
attempt wes made to move forward,
and the drivers cleared the sand out of
the nostrils of the horses and oxen, as
otherwise the animals were threatened
with death from suffocation. A sand
storm usually lasted only two or three
hours, but its effects were felt for days
by men and animals exposed to the fury
of the blast.
A curious phenomenon noticed in
different places on the plains was the
immense excavating power of the wind
in a sand storm. There were areas of
three or four acres where the wind
scooped out the sand 40 or 50 feet deep,
and whirled it away in theair. It
seemed &8 if the work bezan at a central
spot no larger than could be covered
with a man’s bat. In an incredibly
short time a round hole would be exca-
vated. The wind then took hold : in
real earnest, and the probabilities were
that an entire sand hill would be leveled
down in the next 30 wmirutes,
r———
Th Useless Question.
“Dis ting's got to go t'rough,” said
one of the aldermen at the committee
meeting. ‘“Dere’s money in it.”
“Fur de city ?" asked a member of
the council.
And the only reply he got was the
glassy stare.
re——
—— Little Girl to her Mamma-—-
«What is a dead letter, please ?”’
Mamma—*One that has been given
to your father to post.”
enc ——
——After a man sees how devotedly
a woman can Jove even a worthless lit-
tle dog, heis leds astonished to find her
ready to fall-in love with himself.
——Teacher—' What part of the Bi-
ble tells who were our first parents ?"’
Dick Hicks—‘The family record.”
For and About Women .
Fancy girdles will-figure conspicuous-
ly in the summer girl’s wardrobe.
The scent of lavender is just suffi-
ciently old-timey to be quite up to date.
Purple ink is faddish but unreliable
if you expect your communications read.
A feather boa out of curl is not lovely
even though its original cost was twenty
dollars.
A single large poppy with its leaves
placed on the skirt of a ball gown about
a foot from the hem is. considered ultra
modish. rn
A tested receipt for horehound candies
consists of a pound of dried horehound
leaves boiled in one quart of water,
cooled and then boiled again for five
minutes. After that strain off the liquid
through a cloth ; put it back on the fire
and let it simmer until the quantity is
reduced to four or five ounces. Add an
ounce of gum arabic and when dissolved
add enough fine sugar to make a dough
or paste, as for lozenges. Roll out and
cut in small pieces with a perfectly clean
thimble or a little cutter such as used
by confectioners.
A blue and white dining room is ar-
tistic and easily obtainable.
Cracker jars of silver keep the biscuits
fresher than those of china.
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The tall woman who does not stoop ie
very sure of her good looks.
Black moire ribbon takes second place
now. Gros grain is correct.
The much predicted bustle promises
to be only a little pad, after all.
Light-colored evening gloves may be
dry-cleaned easily at home ina very
short time. The gloves must be put on
the hands or on wooden dummy hands,
then rubbed all over with fine Fuller's
earth and next with a dry flannel, and
finally shaken to get rid of the powder.
Mix a little French chalk with sifted
bran and rub the gloves with this after
the former process.
Kerosene oil is in a house for many
purposes besides burning in lamps. It
is said it will take iron rust and fruit
stains from almost any kind of goods
without injuring the fabric. Wash the
stained part in kerosene as you would in
water. The spot must be washed in the
kerosene before they have been put in
soap and water, or it will dono good.
In washing windows or mirrors, if two
or three spoonfuls of kerosene be put in-
to the water the work will be done more
quickly and with better results.
Serious thought seems to be enter-
tained in Wyoming of running a woman
for Governor this year, or at least plac-
ing her name before the convention.
The woman is Miss Estelle Reed, the
state superintendent of education. She
has conducted the affairs of her impor-
tant department with great skill, tact
and business ability, and bas won the fa-
vor of the people of all parties. Before
smiling at this suggestion, itis worth
recalling that Wydting women have
full suffrage and vote for all officers, in-
cluding presidential electors. Miss
Reed also belongs to the dominant po-
litical party.
Candle grease is hard to remove, but
the stains can te taken out by holding a
red-hot poker over the mark, not close
enough to scorch it, and placing a piece
of blotting paper underneath to absorb
the wax it melts. When the ‘material
is not very delicate put a piece of blot-
ting paper over the spot and iron it un-
til all the grease is out. A’ few seconds
will suffice. Then rub the spot with
tissue paper. Grease spots on velvet or
cloth can be removed by dropping a
little turpentine over the place and rub-
bing it dry with a piece of clean flannel.
Continue this until the grease has van-
ished. If the nap of the velvet bas be-
come flattened raise it by damping the
wrong side, stretching it out and iron-
ing it.on the wrong side. This is best
done by standing the iron on end and
passing the velvet over it.
Blurred effects are the rule of all new
ribbons.
A touch ot black on any gown is
deemed Parisian and chic.
All the pew silks are striped and they
are stiffer than ever. That, too, would
presage big, full skirts. At least there
is no symptom cof a decrease in the ap-
parent width, though it is true that not
as much material is being put in them.
Tt really looks like “hoops.”
A French method of cleaning kid
gloves is to put on the gloves and wash
them well in spirits of turpentine ex-
actly as if washing the hands. The
fingers and soiled parts must be well
rubbed, and when the gloves are taken
off they must be stretched and allowed
to dry, hanging it in a strong current of
alr.
It is ruinous to velvet to brush it
with anything save the softest surface.
Yet velvet catches dust and all flying
particles with such wonderful tenacity
that it really is quite a problem to keep
it in wearing order. Some careful
women make their own whisks which
they employ for nothing else, and which
are constructed of a very tight roll of
any soft-threaded cloth frayed out for
two or three inches. A perfectly new
bare’s foot, such as sold for the applica-
tion of face powder, ought to serve the
same purpose, as itis very stout and
still very soft in touch.
One of the most invigorating, and at
the same time whitening and softening
bath, is of bran. Fill the tub two-thirds
full of warm water, into which throw
bran enough to make it a milky white-
ness—say, two quarts or £0, use no £0ap,
but rub the face, neck, arms and hands
with the bran. Indulged in weekly, &
bran bath is wonderfully refining to the
skin and complexion.