THE PLACE CALLED EASY STREET, Oh! what is the way to Easy street—which | turning shall I go? t For many a day I've sought the way that no one seems to know, | How do you turn?—lo you keep straight on and get there just the same, find the chance and happy luck? Some say this and some Or is it the case that you ny that, one I meet, Going it blind or ing for Easy Easy street! E hard to { No sign boards show the route the ways that lie behind, Dut fortune’s smile is worth the never know def mn the t irn { Wh vary n Xt t Easy stroet he way to | ‘ : x RIUMPH. JEAN'S H( | — JUR OF T ranged himself on the side of those | who called her impractic WHS the should ei Jack's folks | taken ¢ rooms un to house Le ng. Jean gave the firs I her woman's impractical “No,” god housekee ried.” “So do 1.” sai we to manage keeping means into a kitch **No, I den't makeshift hou Jean. “I m furnishing it, housekeepers « Jack laugh “It's all ve ing,” he well, Jean, 1 furnishing a haven't.” “Well, Id eaid Jean 4 1 J BRL 1 you've g IL a8 mu furnish the fla “You? “Yes, sir, 1 and with 8100 I'll { rooms—parlor, bed: and kitechen—and I'll furnish it so nicely that we'll neither ns be ashamed to ask our friends to visit us in it." At this Jack burst out langhing, and thought it was so good a joke that he told the old folks, aud they had great sport at Jean's expense “Tuat's all right,” said Jean. “I don't read the newspaper advertise ments and jook into store windows and visit bargain counters for nothing. I want to tell you folks that right here in New York you ean furnish four rooms comfortably, nicely and neatly for 8100, “Yes,” said her mother, “with a lot of second-hand stuff.” “No,” replied Jean, “I mean with all new, good material; and withont especially hunting for bargains, either." “Well, now, look here, my girl," said her father, “maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong. Certain it is that things are wonderfully cheap nowadays, but 8$100~my, bat that's n small sum to do anything with in| Now York. Now, see here, Joan, I'll tell you what I'l! do. You go ahead, pick out your four-room flat with Jack, and then if you furnish it for | $100 so that it looks neither poor nor cheap, why, I'll give you Ruother hun | dred dollars, just to enltivate home | talent, on the presentation of a re : aining room of ] i “and, | worth { {J ack, Jean, di 83.48. The blankets (Saxony) I picked Barbarie Splen ! apartment.” “I'll do it,” said Jean, stoutly, more than that, I'll do it in threo days, and I won't ask a cent’s advice from "” of assistance or any of yon—not even of Jack. That was on Sunday, Tho flat was found by Wednesday afternoon, and they saw very littlo of Jean for the! Sho was very quiet | aud very tired each evening, but her | next three days. mother took charge of her simple troussean so as to Rive her some rest ing time, and on when they had all sat down to tea Jean gaid very quietly that she should be very glad if they would go over with her to Fiftieth street to see her house They saw that she was rather ner- vous, and so spoke of other things as they walked over from Sixth avenue. When they reached the flat house, Jean, who knew the value of effect, | asked the janitor if he would not light up for her before she took her people up stairs, apd the janitor, who had | been taken largely into her confidence, and was not a bit like wil ud to most attend janitors, | lingly ran ali to the illnmination. It had been a week's hard work of finding and fitting for Jean, but she was amply repaid when she saw the look of surprise which the folks wore whem they walked into her parlor grow into one of wonder as they passed into the bedroom, and deepen into one of zement as they saw the dining room and kitchen. “Well, I must say it beats me,” said Jean's mother, while her hard at his cigar and fel pocket he Jack Ama sthor pulled in his vest As gave her said h an 1 Ri from old ¢ table in the work bs to smaller two an of course, be mother three Are fram thirty-nine larger sonts, polished o y three roc) ng in, one pl cobbler's seat, and the other a Shaker pattern, cost just 87, and the draper- jes are my fichus, The two-cane bot- tom chairs cost ninety-eig cents The ornamer tab Ke } A ia Lhe cabined overed a good which with these got at a hearthrag, ’ oO 8 : Onrse, 1 cost me rtieres between the lor cost $3.25. al & pair with father withont s n i 9 Y Your leave, Te we her anotl YING I said Awing asid the portie res I thought I would get an oak when I saw there was running water here and that the washstand would not be ded I very gladly changed my mind and bought this white iron bed with brass trimmings for 85.98, which included the spring mattress. The fibre mattress bedroom,” “First set, buat ne cost | up for 98 cents. The sheets and pil low oases —and see, mother, there are | four mora of each in the closet here I bought for $3.62 for the hall dozen of each. My towels, one dozen, cost | £1.10, These two chairs cost 60 cents | apiece, The bureau cost 86.065, and | the mirror is good Ameriean French plate, with real antique rings to the drawers of the very latest design. These two rags cost 84 cents, and this table with the sprawly legs cost 69 cents. Oh, the coanuterpane cost 95 | cents, and you know Aant Frane prom- | ised me her erazy quilt for ‘dress-up.’ | “My dining room nearly broke my heart,” said Jean, leading the way to that apartment. “I thought sure I should have to go beyond my limit, However, by dint of following up cer. tain newspaper leads, running my feet off, and by a happy thonght I man. | aged it." The clever young woman had had the table set with » light luncheon, and it was while sitting down to this that the rest of the inventory was gone over. “This tabie, which has three other leaves to it, 1 would have you know," said Jean, ‘cost me 87.80, The four ceipted bill for ‘every article in tho | [| Saturday evening | { proudly. | elnded Jean, with a the words, “Ma sacree | haste to his erez tour! { thousands | bayoneted in consequence, | dulged himself in an chairs in which we are seated cost me 22.10, real Cordova leather from Philadelphia, and all. These tum- dozen, and there are plenty that are cheaper, only I do like a thin glass to | drink out of, and I know you all do. {I got two damask table cloths for 81.40, and one dozen napking, quite fair ones, only they're a little stiff, you know, for ninety-nine cents, one of those cunning prices where you just miss the dollar, Spoons I had. For crockery I bought a very neat porcelain tea set for 85.46, and I added six dinner plates, six soup plates, two platters and two vegetable dishes for 84.48, I was in despair over a sideboard till I recollected that there was enother eabinet mantel piece nere, so I determined to make that do, together with a plain table, which cost me $1.25—that over there with the red cloth on it I mean, the cloth, I should tell just thirty cents.” “*Bythe way, Jean," laid your matting?’ “The and 1,” said Jean, “1 paid him a dollar for and gave his wife an old dress to pay for the tacks, My kit- chen, as you see, is very simply fur- nished, aud I intend to keep it so. The stove cost 84, utensils 85.54, and the table and chair just Fortun- ately, there are stationary washtubs, and, as the 1s painted, I don't need wer it, and,” con- whimsical smile, “I don't know that I should have been able to, even if I had wanted to. And 4 $100; now where's 80, lad, there's m a 1 one you, costing said Jack, “who janitor helping me, - =2 v=. floor to ¢ £6e any said ders, ho said, y has put At that nt Mt in a ref: Jo tarned y tremble a little, 34] oh dear," . 1 rgot the refrigerator if ! before ar,” she eried ¢ iajiure wrecked in Jack's y ut Was 16 her head on Ider q father distressfully her bravely to her res. enn. “Hold you're came hard a all tev} all right, he cried, on've made only spent minute,” J BALD. Y re You've intake | { Ef | A Congh That Slew Thousands, Recent history proves to us thal it h th responsi. } vant of blood- ended the coup d'etat eon III obtained his The field marshal in charge Mi Was manly ense Ain operations was nnwil direct responsibility : ps to fire upon the Pp ' 0, : d n { moment of tion arrive gus of rals ur RC 1 1 began to weeping the tro Ps, the i sent an of at headquarters for in- Just as the field marshal was about to re spon i was seized with a violent fit of coughing, which lasted several mon When at wed, he managed to gasp touz!” (“My officer waited y, bat retarned post superiors with the news Saint-Arnand had said, ‘Massa: I" (“Massacre everywhere?) hese commands being earried out, of people were shot and HOW 8 gon« ficer to him frroti sirnctiona, orders he ents if ngth he cf cursed cough!” I'he to hear no more that I — — dor of a Modern Prince, The appointment of Prince Loban- off as Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Rassis has occasioned new stories of the barbaric splendor of his life, With a lineage prouder than that of the Czar himself, the Prince has in- independence that once led to the snubbing of a grand duke. He is a man of vast wonlth. His horses are the finest in Rossin, aod are shod with silver (though that is no longer a prerogative of princes), and the numerous pages in attendance in his palace are the sons of chieftains of the Caucasus, The Prince is a bachelor and about seventy years old. He is a student and a historian, and the only woman he has ever devouted loved, it is said, is Mary, Queen of Scots. Frank Los. lie's Weekly. Helme! of Jerasalom’s Conqueror, In the Docter Abbott ease of Egyp- tian antiquities, in the museum of the New York Historical Society, is pre- served the iron helmot of Shishak, who took Jerusalem from Rehoboam 000 years B, C, -.Chiosgo ‘limes blers only cost seventy-five cents a Herald, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, YOR SOILED CARPETS, For soiled carpets at the time of spring cles ving salt is a wonderful re- storer of faded color ; the coarsest kind is the best and should be spread with- out stint. Let it lie on the carpet for a fow hours, then brush it off with hard broom ; the result is most factory. A pinch of salt dropped the receiver of a lamp where kerose is burned gives the light brillisney. -~-New York mn Biutis- in ne n wonderful Telegram, LUNCH Once upon fg toward thi panion, sn hngs very demoralized fore the SiX day lunch box i d the Rocky Monuntains, but load has not sinee con BAC Crosse iw isted principally of rich enkes and other sweet to pall the appetite and erd: other articles of food nD iy spicy g h for a luneh, { tart, or fresh, 1 slices « eof loaf Pr y does boiled fham, but avoi ; Hard if pro make wiches, salty meats asthey create thirst boiled eggs, bottled earry a bottle of | for lemonads of ten may and this f this in a I giughams, cha and lawns are some of the fab- Chintz, suitable ya, rics, velours make those cushions that will see hard service, while grass-cloth vial! lapted eretoune and f coverings for stir in the bake twenty Hickory-nnu half cups, nut iw of tartar s be a son, two « ips fo Fritters ilk, one quart boiled Rol 11 Hominy half cup of sweet of flour, one pinch of salt. with floured hands; dip in a beaten egg, then in dried erumbs; fry in hot lard. Crimped Fish-—Soak of any firm white fish in strongly saited water, with two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, and boil for about ten minutes. Drain the fish, arrange on a platter and re move the skin and bones. Serve hot with oyster or lobster sauce, or cold with mayonnaise or tarlar sauce poured into the space left by the bones, Gar- nish with water cress, Coffee Cake One-half eup of butter, one cup brown sugar, one cup molas- ses, one cup strong coffee (boiled), one beaten egg, four cups flour, one heaping teaspoonful baking powder, one tablespoonful cinnamon, one tea spoonful cloves, two pounds seodless raisins, one-quarter of a pound of ghioed citron. Dredge the frait and add last, Bake one hour, Oyster Potato Balls— Peel and boil twelve medium-sized potatoes, mash fine, salt, snd add a piece of hutter the size of an egg, aud four table- spoonfals of cream, Beat well, and when cold work into pats, putting two ood-sized oysters inside of each pat. Jip in beaten egg and roll in eracker- meal, Put a tiny bit of butter on each ball and bake a light-brown in a quick oven, tablespoon hominy, = balls well bread into oval BilC0s | & | head, legs, nor tail, | server, 1 | that any | of eon | black currant | the bright | from | bl | than the | soven | emall pieces Absolutely Pure black and with to the Ct fact, he ir smo h currant * one may sguast finge ] Hi , Bure earmine his body ood an 1 u It was the ple wsant little than a scord t 4 A — Japanese Composine Boom, taint counections, of He ip bis copy a goes r It Catarrh Cannot Be Cured The pert ents is : : i Tvs ts in ur Kend for test CHexey & by du : fr nals free Props. Toledo, O. The Skill and Knewiecdge to the production of the most oerfect nd popular laxative remedy knows have en abled the California Fig Syrup ( 1} achie great success in the reputation of its remedy Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded to be the uni. ’ » versal Inxative For sale by all droggists, One Packagy Mikes One Quart, and if you follow the directions Heved of that “tired feeling.’ Dyspepsia, Co wiipation, Headache is removed at once if your liver is torpid or your system requires a thorough clennsing, Guirk’s Irish Tea will act immed) ately, and i given a fair trial, will effect a cure itis a combloation of herbs, pleasant to the taste, and never falls for 2 Elliott & Rogers, 201 West New York Oiry it will be re Mllousness Indigesti or Sick 1st “A Fresh English Complexion.” That healthy pink and white might just as well be the typloal American complexion, if people would fake reasonable care of their health. 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