e than es? | yair Bro- es four low. d to sub- clong to NG! . “Great 1taloons. > patrons ebrated ie Fam=- m prices. ng. Bring in NeW, nall cost. ully S iture rooms, rs, Window rything per 1e-made and ck of nes ever knowin. ints to make the list—the ts. very. dollar's 266 red tick« arge. Tick- rtunity of a Gr. alto. St, d., and Pa, ED. all kinds of #+8en Foam’ Igo handle ought in car- Store in WEEE, y to send refs responsibility r el a 8. Thanking ir! i : f NEAT PROTECTION HAS DONE TO PRO MOTE AMERICAN INDUSTRIES— {Tn REPUBLICAN PLATFORM VINDICATED. : / The tariff question as now presented for the decision of the American people next November is more ‘clearly defined than it has been since the war. It did _ mot enter into the campaigns of 1868 and 1872. It was hardly discussed in 1876. Xt was brought in during the closing weeks of the campaign in certain lo- calities in 1880, but the appointment of ~ the Tariff Commission in 1882 shows that the Republican leaders wanted ‘more light on the subject. The report of that Commission did much to strengthen the protection sentiment of the country, and had the Tarif Com. - mission bill then passed withoat amend: ment the tin plate industry would now have been as firmly established and as gratifying an illustration of the benefits of protection as the wire nail industry. In the instance referred to the Tariff . Comission rate of duty of four ceats per pound was allowed to'stay on wire nails, but Congress defeated the recom- mendation to increase the duty on tin plate. Although the duty on nals was increased in 1883 from one to four cents per pound, the price of nails went steadily down from 8.35 cents = per pound in 1883 to 2.25 cents per pound in 1892, and the production of nails increased from less than 100,000 kegs to nearly 5,000,000 kegs in 1891, The knowledge of these and similar facts, together with revelations to how European workmen were paid and live as compared with American workmen, still further strengthened protectionists, and the campaign of 1884 was more de- _ the Democrats in strong protection dis- tricts and States kept the question inthe background to a considerable extent, and the record of the late Samuel J. Randall was extollea and pointed to asa shining example of a tarif Democrat. The message of Mr. Cleveland, the Mills bill and; the overthrow of the little band of tariff Democrats in the House of Rep- resentatives, brought the real issue to the front in 1888, and the fight was a square one, though the Republicans were - not as well equipped for it as they are at the present time. On that issue the Republicans won, and unless all signs fail they will score another victory for the cause of American industry and labor Jin 1892. ; y | THE TARIFF AGAIN THE ISSUE. + The question of a tariff for revenus or * a tariff for protection is clearly drawn, "both in the platforms and the candidates * of the two parties. In the McKinley .. bill the Repu blican Party has taken the ‘stand on the tariff question, which its leaders failed to do in’1883, when a Re- - publican Congress modified the Tariff ‘ _ Commission bill. In the Watterson plat- form the ‘Democrats ‘have takén the stand which its leaders failed to do in 1884 and 1888 in the National plat- form. Both parties at least seem to have the courage of their convictions, and are ready to win "or lose on this issue. At last it may be truthfully said that economic questions divide the two great dolitical partiei. Another good sign is that both parties are getting nearer than ever to the point of agreeing . as to the facts. The figures of the Eleventh Census stand unquestioned. They have been prepared by experts of all shades of political faith, and dre ac- “cepted as the most complete and accu- rate returns thus far obtained. The elaborate investigation conducted by the Senate Finance Committee into prices of commodities and wages before and after the of the McKinley bill come to the Senate signed by Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, and Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky; by Senator Hiscock, of New - York, and Senator Harris, of Tennessee; by Senator Allison of Iowa, and Senator Blackburn, of Xentucky. , THE FACTS OF THE QUESTION. / A substantial agreement as to facts. What are those facts? I shall in this series of articles endeavor to point out the most important facts broughtto light by the Eleventh Census and by this Sen- ate investigation, which appears to bear directly on the present phase of the tarifl question. This question will undoubt- edly be debated with more vigor and more ability during this campaign than ever before in the history of the country. TLe keenest minds have been at work on - the question. The facts will be analyzed more thoroughly than ever before. There will be less personality and more politi. cal economy; less fustian and more sensible argument; less theory and more solid facts. It has been truly said that among honest and intellignent men a long approach is made to the end of a controversy when the facts underlying the issue are placed beyond dispute. And for all this let us be truly thank- ful. : i It is not worth while to waste time and space’in comparing the growth and prosperity of the Nation during periods . of low tariff, of revenue tariff and periods of high tariff. I have heard that grand old protectionist, Judge Kelley, argue these points with free traders and floor them every time. The chapter giving ‘he history of the tariff in Mr. Blaine’. book demonstrates heyond question thai Industrial depressions, low wages and ‘general distress have invariab ly followed Periods of revenue tarim. ivis aamite on all sides to-day that a day's wages will buy much more food, much more clothing and much more of the uther ne- ‘cessities of life than before the war. | HIGH WAGES UNDER PROTECTION. It is not necessary for me to produce a broad-side of tabulated = is to convince the average American wage-earner that with a ctive tariff this country offers him r than any other country in these increased wages, LOWER PRICES, HIGHER WAGH!| * cidedly fought out on tariff lines, though ia” San In that year the aver- age rate of duty was twenty-seven cent, Since thon it has bys hed McKinley law reduced the average to twenty-five per cent., the When it is remembered that the war tariff reached forty-seven per cent. it is easy to realize the large additions to the free list and reductions in duty made by the Republican Party during this twenty years. ; The protection theory is that by en- couraging such home industries as may fairly be expected to take root and grow here it is possible in the end, not only to firmly establish such manufactures, but ultimately to produce articles as good and as cheap as our foreign rivals. The free trader will be met this campaign on every hand with uncontrovertible facts proving this to be true. Inthe iron and steel industry it will be shown that we have distanced England and are now _the greatest iron and steel producing Nation in the world. he - Even the recent strike at Homestead will prove a strong argument for protec- tion. The men were receiving high wages, lived in comfortable homes and had money in the bank—twice and three times as much as similar workmen are paid in England. A comparison of strike statistics shows-that the number of strikes and persons involved are far greaterin free trade England than pro- tection . America—aboyt three times as great in proportion to the number em- ployed. The fact likewise remains that we are paying double the wages paid for same class ot work in England, and, in spite of the talk about higher cost of living, the Senate Finance Committee figures will prove that for a family buy- ing the same quantity and quality of ar. ticles at retail in the two countries that the cost of living would not be higher in America. OUR TEXTILE INDUSTRIES. | : The condition, however, of the Amerl- can workman is infinitely superior to ‘that of any other people in the world. Under this protective tariff we have built up a vast textile industry, employ- ing in the aggregate nearly 500,000 per- sons, and turning out annually product to the value of about $700,000,000. It will be shown 1a the great branehes of the manufacture of wool, of cotton, of silk, that we have steadily improved the quality and lessened the cost £o the con- sumer. including lace curtains, woolen cloth and dress goods, blankets, wool hats, knit goods (cotton and woolen), carpets of all grades, silks and ribbons from Amer- ican: mills will be exhibited this cam- paign—better in quality, more taste in design and lower in price than hereto- fore. And the fact that every housewife kncws this to be true, without reading this article in the Press or studying a column of gensus figures make these facts hard nuts for the free traders to crack. Buf he will have others. Wages in all these industries have gone up con- siderably in the last decade. ; The census shows that the number of employes in the wool manufacture in- creased thirty-seven per cent. in the ten years from 1880 to 1890, and their aver. age annual wages increased eighteen per cent. in that ten years. This is, wages paid to all help. Men, women and children in all branches of the business . average $293 annually in 1880 and $347 in 1890—an increase of eighteen per cent. WAGES TENDING UPWARD. The tendency of wages in all our pro- tected industries is steadily upward— not always perceptibly from year to year, but very marked when measured by ten year periods. No less marked is the steady downward movement in the cost of commodities consumed by wage workers. This downward trend has been more conspicuous in woolen goods than in any other line of manufactured articles. The net result to labor has been, from the two causes, an increase in the purchasing power of wages of near- ly fifty per centum in the last ten years. This is not a result to make workingmen hostile to the protective tariff on manu- factured wool, and more especially is this true if the fact is established, and it will be, that wages abroad during the same period have been reduced. Steadily, but surely, the free trader has been driven from the positions he has occupied, and in his rapid and in- glorious retreat#here is little left but the cry of ¢“fraud and’ robbery” and the ¢tlack of constitutional power.” Wages and cost of living at home and abroad are established beyond question. Steady reduction in cost of profected commodi. ties to consumers cannot be denied, Poor old Trust went down to avoid the pun. ishment provided by Republican legisla- lation, and general prosperity makes peoq ple extremely indifferent to a change, es pecially such a radical one as propose by the Democratic platform. SOMETHING ABOUT TIN. To upset these industries now adjust. Jing themselves to the new tariff; to de- stroy the millions which have gone into new industries like tin plate, pearl but- tons and a score of articles; to change a business policy which works so satis. factorily; to throw hundreds of thou. sandd out of employment and reduce the wages of others; to do all this is a dan. gerous experiment and one the American people are not likely to give their con. sent to on that cry of the back number statesman, ¢‘It's unconstitutional.” The business interests of the country demand that the law in regard to tio plate, for example, be carried out in good faith. Prior to the passage of the tariff law of 1890 there was no tin plate industry in the Umted States. Yet we consume more tin plate than any other Nation in the world, 1871-91, foreinne ite of the capaci t rate. Every variety of cotton goods, In twenty years, | “we paid for tin plate tao oreigners'the enormous sym of $307,- utter! Incapable of sppeoacliing's. plain question like the W ’s Fair appropri-' ation without a disgraceful Li of demagogism. ol A FEW QUESTIONS. : ‘Who have put the farmers’ wool on the free list and increased the duty on clothing? Who have passed laws strik- ing down at one blow importantAmerican industries without even giving those in- terested an opportunity to be heard? Who have in the last decade made four attempts to get at the throats of our greatest industries, to throttle and dis- rupt them for the benefit of our foreign rivals! To trust such a party would simply mean industrial ‘suicide for the Nation.—Hon. Robert P. Porter, is Chicago News. An Accurate Analysis of the ¥res Trade Demagogues. There is no maa in this country, we . venture to say, who is better posted on the subject of the wor 's de- mands, or has a better right to speak for | the great body of organized laborers, than Terence V. Powderly, Grand Mas- ter Workman of the Kaights of Labor. When, therefore, Mr.Powderly expresses 80 noteworthy an opinion as the one reprinted below from the Knights of Labor Journal on the Homestead trouble and its possible connection with our protective system, we may well consider this opinion importani as well as inter- esting and valuable: ‘Partisan papers are endeavoring to make political capital out of the terrible scenes which took place at Homestead the other day. The Democratic papers sre vehement in thelr denunciation of the Republican Party for enacting a tariff law under which protection was sforded to manufacturers.’ There is no love for workmen in the hearts of these | aditors; a desire to serve party interests slone actuates them. «The McKinley bill reduced the duty in the articles manufactured at Home- itead, and the Democratic papers in swserting that the trouble at that point ls due to the McKinley bill are but con- demning the very thing that they them- telves advocate, and on which they base their claim to power—a reduction of the tariff.” There is no encouragement here for the free trade demagogues, who, feigning friendship for the workingmau, as the wolf feigns friendship for the lamb he is about to devour, have used the Home- stead strike in order to make political capital for themselves, while at the same time helping along their own nefarious schemes to lower the American rate of wages. Far less able men than Mr. Powderly have before this accurately analyzed the machinations of free trade tireformers,” who have used the old stratagem of: the pickpocket, crying ‘Bop thief” in order to draw the public eye from their own crime. After this sharp and clean-cut expression of opinion from the leader of organized labor, there is absolutely no reason why any one, much less a workingman, should be mis- led any longer.—American . Economist, Sern RR rs. No Dodging the Tariff Issue. In some respects Mr. Cleveland is pro- pably the best candidate that the Damo- crats could have chosen, but in one, the great essential, he i the weakest, 4 and all we could do was to walk about There can be no dodging ‘the tariff issue with Cleveland as the Democratic candi- date. ‘The Democratic platform is the nearest approach to free trade that this country has ever seen except the out- and-out declaration of free trade in the Confederate Constitution.’ By a vote of 564 the Democratic Convention openly refused to protect American labor by levying a tariff on imported goods, even to the extent of the difference between the price of labor in this country and the price of labor in Europe. By this same vote they also refuse any protec. tion to American labor and to the manu. facturing interests of the country. There is no escaping that record, as if was deliberately made after a contest,— Secretary Elkins. ie The Czar is Weak and Fat. A near kinsman of the czar, whe visits Russia frequently, and who is well-known for his frankness as well as fairness, told a writer for Harper's Magazine recently that many of the things done by the alleged order of the czar were repugnant to that ruler’s feelings. The prince’s conver: sation might be summarized in this way: > ‘Alexander has no idea of doing wrong to any one. His heart is full of kindness. He is happy only when surrounded by his family circle. I is true that the foulest maladminis- tration and persecution are going on all about him, but he, poor feilow, is incapable of seeing them. He hears only the reports of ministers, who know that he does not like to be worried. The poor man is so burd- ened with fat that he can scarcely do any work; his temperament is - slug- gish, he lacks intelligence; when he signs papers he has no idea that he'is doing more than an exercise in pen- manship. He is physically and men. tally incapable of supervising any de- partment of the government — not even the military, and asa conse: quence the country is left entirely to officials, who divide up power among themselves and do what ther can to remain in office.” IT has been sala oftentimes that a green Christmas makes a fat church- yard, but a wet Fourth of July is the underwriter’s joy. i You atten hear men say, “I'll tell De at ins of aman 1 am,” but companies, WAR REMINISCENGES. Battle Was Fought in Febru- ary, 1865. Regarding the controversy as to the date of the fight at Arm- strong’s Mills, which some of the Second Corps boys claim took place in October, 1864, while Com- rade Schraum, of - ='New York City, claims it was fought in Janu: * ary or February, “MS before me as I write a record of that fight that was written a few days after it occurred, which gives the date as Feb. 6 and 7, 1865. I belonged to the 156th Pa. Third Brigade, Bartlett's (First) Di- vision, Fifth Corps. My record reads: “Feb. 4, 1865.— This evening we received orders to be ready to march at 6 o'clock next morn- ing, and were also notified that. those on picket would remain, as also the camp guards. - “At daylight Sabbath morning,Feb. 5, the corps was in line. Appearances indicating that we might return here, we took nothing but our blankets. We marched to the Yellow House, three miles away, then south down the Wel- don railroad about ‘four miles; then southwest to Rowanty Creek, two miles. The rebels had rifle-pits on the = New -t | opposite bank and had slashed the creek full of timber, making it diffi: cult to cross, but we got over some: how, routing and capturing most of them, ; : “After this we marched possibly six miles until we struck the Vaugh road. Here Gen. Warren had a narrow es- cape from being killed or captured. He was so close to a squad of about 30 rebels that he asked where they be: longed. (They were mostly dressed in our uniform.) They replied with a volley, one bullet going through the General's coat. They captured a few of our men, when a squad from my regiment was sent after them, who killed two and captured others. It had been freezing all day. About suu- down we went into camp on a large plantation, the owner of which told me that we were the first Yankees that had camped on his place. He was a perfect type of the old Virginia gent- leman; “afo’ de wah, sah,” stove-pipe hat, blue swallow-tailed coat, brass buttons, etc. A big Irishman in the regiment wanted to trade coats with him, which he took as a deadly insult; and Pat innocently added to his wrath by asking him if a little darky boy that was running around there was his son. As the man was .very dark- skinned, Pat’s question drove him crazy mad. “About 11 o'clock ‘that night we were waked up, and started back on the Vaugh road in the direction of Petersburg to Hatcher's Run, about five miles. The Second Corps had captured the rebel works here during the day. When we came near Hatch- er’s Run we halted in an old tobacco- field, without fire, and did not know where to get anything to make a fire, and shiver until daylight—about two hours. This day was cold and we suffered very much on account of it. “About 8 o'clock p.m. the Second and Third Division of our corps ad- vanced and drove the rebels some dis- tance before we went 1n. “Our regiment was on the left of the line and our company on the left of the regiment, and instead of a line of bat- tle the regiment deployed like a skir- migh-line. We drove them a mile or more through the wooks, over fallen timber and tree tops, until we came to where there had once been a saw-mill and a large pile of sawdust. Some of our boys were on the sawdust when they made a charge on our line. The regiment on our right had fallen back, which let the rebsin on our flank. The bullets were coming from front and flank and it was getting both hot and close. The rear was the only open place, and we went back in u hurry, jumping over logs and brush, and all the while the rebs seemed to be un- necessarily close. We goon overtook part of our division, when we rallied and gave them a few volleys, which caused them to stop crowding us. “When we had gotten nearly back to where we started we found the Second Brigade of our division in line with fixed bayonets to prevent our going further, This brigade was composed of the 187th, 188th and 182th of N.Y. one-year rugiments, and were the same that fired into our men Oct. 27, 1864, at Hatcher's Run. Here in front of them were the men and officers of two divisions and one bri: gade of our division trying to form a line of battle. While formng the rebels bullets were coming thick, which excited our Second Brigade so that they began firing right among the mass of men in front of them, Men and officers fell all about, per- haps more than fell from the rebel fire. After they had fired, many of them threw away their guns, and the whole brigade started as fast as they could go for the rear and got behind the works, where some of those who still had their guns continued to fire at our men as they came back. Then they made another breuk for the bridge and the other side of the creek. “When we got back to the works we st ‘was the fourth set of houses that Win- .the future, but from this and other Scrip- ‘till he came to Ceesarea.” opped the rebels and began to form | regiments and brigades. | der 0 company b with two men, but by night we were all together again. We lay on the frozen ground that night, but before morning it began to sleet, rain, and freeze, and the next day was terribly bad, and will be long remembered by many a poor fellow that had the mis- fortune to be wounded that day. Our loss in the regiment was four killed. 84 wounded, and 14 missing, ’ Feb, 13 our camp guards and e - thing we had left behind were Srovehs to us, about eight miles from our for. mer camp, During this time the weather was cold and it was very hard on the men lying on the cold ground. Soon we began putting up *uts, which ter.” J. H. Hirr, in NATIONAL TRI BUNE. SUNDAY SCHOOL: LESSON FOR SUNDAY SEPT. 1: “Phillip and the Etheopians,” ‘Acts vil., - 27.40. Golden Text John 3,36. Commentary. - 26. ‘‘And theangel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise and go toward the south, unto the way that th down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.” What an honor to have a special heavenly messenger bring one a message right from | od, mpare Math. i.. 20; ii., 18, 19; Luke i., 11,19, 28; Acts xii., 7; xxvii., 28. When we read the Bible we must accept it as a message to our souls as real as if an angel or If spoke to us. 27. “And he arose and went—and behold a man of Ethopia.” From preaching to many he had come to speak to one person. Think of Jesus speaking to Nicodemus, and to the woman of Samaria, and count it not a small matter to be sent as the Lord's mes- senger to one soul.. Obedience and faithful- ness is our part; will see the results (sa, i., 19. 28. “Was returning, and sitting in his chariot, read Esaias the prophet.” He came from Egypt to Jerusalem to worship the true and on his journey home was reading the book of God. He was an earn- est er after light and truth and God ob- served , for eyes ran to and fro throughout the whole earth to find just such people (II Chron, xvi., 9). Compare Acts x, 30, 81, ber that God waits to re- veal Himself to all who seek Hira with the whole heart (Jer. xxix., 13). 29. “Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near and join thyself unto this chariot.” As sible for us even now to hear the voice of the Spirit and be guided by Him. : 30. ‘‘And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the rorhet and said, Understandest thou what thou read- est?” See what pains God will take to causa one to understand His word when He sees that desire in our hearts. Consider how Jesus opened the Scriptures to the two men with whom He walked, and how afterward in the midst of the eleven ‘‘He opened their understanding that they might understand the Scriptures” (Luke xxiv., 32, 45). 31. ‘And he said, how can I expect some man should guideme? And he desired Phili that he would come up and sit with him.” The ennuch was a greater man riding in his chariot; Philip probably had the Appearanos of a way worn traveler; yet see cordial reception. y messages are letters unwritten that the spirit ‘whis- pered because we have feared rebuke, We must obey and not be afraid (Mark v., 36). 32. ‘‘He was led as a sheep to the slaugh- ter, and like a lamp dumb before his shearer, so opened.’ He not His mouth.” This was the ipture which he read (Isa. liii,, 7), and refers to the suffering of Jesus when led bound to the high priest and to Pilate and to be crucified. There are similar words in der. xi., 19, for Jeremiah was a type of Jasus, and suffered all but death for His sake. There isa time to be silent even when suffer. ing (bs, xxxviii. 13, 14). 33. “In His humiliation His judgment was taken away; and who shall declare His gen- eration? His life is taken from the earth.” There was no justice done to Him, the Jews could prove nothing against Him; for none of the witnesses agreed; and Pilate, though testifying three times that he found no fault in Him, yet scourged Him and deliversd Him to be crucified. ? 34. “I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet ‘this—of himself, or some other man?’ This was the eunuch’s question to Philip, and one very much to the point. In reading II Sam. vii, 12, 13; Ps. viii, 4; xvi,, 10, 11; xxii, 8, 18; Isa. ix., 7, and hosts of other passages, does the question ever arise in your mind, ‘Of whom speak- eth the prophet this?” Do you care to un- derstand. Scripture, or do youread it as a religious duty? 35, “Then Philip opdned his mouth and began at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.” Philip did not waste time on the style of the prophet, nor on the possi- bility of another Isaiah being the author of this Scripture, neither did he drop a hing that a prophet could not se 700 years into ken and tures he made plain the truth concerning Jesus. That is what the Scriptures are for and that is the preacher's business (Luke xxiv. 27, 4; John v., 39, 46), 36. ‘‘See, here is water; what doth hinder me: to be baptized?’ ‘Thus spake the eunuch to Philip as they went on their way. The entrance of the word of God had enlightened him (Ps. cxix., 130), and having trecesived Jesus as revealed in the Scriptures, he was ready to confess it in baptism. He was probably attended by many servants, and in their presence he was ready to confess that he had received Jesus of Nazareth as his Saviour. 37. “And Philip said, if thou believest with all shine heart thou mayest, he an- swered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” Compare the confes- sions of Peter and Martha in Math. xvi., 16- John xi,, 27, and observe the root of such confession in I Cor. xii, 13; John iv., 15. Remember also that to believe is to receive, and that *‘with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth cons 1ession is made unto salvation” (John i,, 12; Rom, x,, 10) : 2 88, ‘And he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they went down both into tha water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.” Thus the eunucn fully obeyed (Mark xvi., 16), and Philip obeyed (Math. xxviii, 19), and there was joy in heaven over a sinner repeating (Luke xv., 7,10). From Bing Xo end it was the work of the Spirit of , but the Spirit is ciously pleased to work through human nstrumentality. He will use any one who is tully yielded to Him. : 39. “And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no morg; and he went on his way rejoicing.” The messenger had delivered his message, had done his work and was gone. No thanks, no reward, no praises mm but the approval of God, and suddenly an: supernaturally transferred to other oppor. tunities for labor. Some day as suddenly we may be caught to meet Jesus in the air, How glorious if we shall be found abiding in Him (I John ii., 28). 40. “But Philip was found at Azotus; und passing through he preached in all the cities, There we find him years afterward, with his four dauzhters who did prophecy, entertaining Paul and his companions many days (Acts xxi., 8-10). the eunuch saw him no more on earth, has met him long since in the glory you have saved meet you there ‘room to another, nor from up stairs to HOUSEHOLD MATTERS, i PRUNE JELLY, und of the best pruses, one , lemon juice, cinnamon, s Stew the prunes in oue quart of until they are in pieces, n stones. Soak the gelatine in one cold water, and when the prunes ar done, add the gelatine, which should soft. Bweeten fo taste. A little juice is indispensable, and a trace namon. Pour into a mould, and eat with sweetened, whipped cream.—- York Recorder. : One SPINACH MERINGUE. Wash and cook the spinach in sligh salted boiling water until it is tender, then drain and dress the leaves throu a hair sieve; to a quart of juice and a little grated rind’ of lemon, an ounce of butter, half a spoonful of grated nutmeg, a little pepper and a little salt, with a pih hot, freshly mashed potatoes. Mix well and fill a baking dish number of little individual ones, spri the top with grated cheese and cracker dust with bits of butter and until delicately browned. Serve as vegetable.—New York World. = © HASHED POTATOES. Hashed potatoes are never more cious than when the potatoes are A favorite way of preparing them follows: Take six cold boiled po mince them and season them wif and pepper, adding a little milk o: tle stock as you prefer. A. scant cupful of liquid is generally suffici Melt a tablespoonful of butter =n omelet pan, and when the pan is hot pour in the potatoes. Spread evenly, and set them a little back on stove or in the oven, well covered brown. When they are a golden br on the bottom, fold them over like omelet and serve. ‘I'he addition little parsley minced, or a teaspoonft onion, gives a new zest to this dis! New York Tribune. SAVORY BREAKFAST PATTIES. Try these savory patties for breal and see what you think of them: from the solid part of a stale loaf a of bread two inches thick; witha tin cutter two inches in diameter out four or five pieces, then press ter two inches smaller nearly th the rounds. Remove carefully the from the inner circle without pene the foundation. Have ready a sh stewpan half full of well heated fry the bread a light brown color, on a clean cloth and set aside unti wanted. Mince finely half a pound « lean ham; add to it a gill of mushro walnut and some table sauce comb stir over the fire for three minutes; son with a dash of cayenne pepper. York Commercial Advertiser. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. fa Buttermilk in nutrient qualities is-¢ a par with skim milk. da Artificial field flowers on a found tion of white lace make the newest lamp shades. Los The juice of ripe strawberries dropped into thick sweet cream is a genfle, cool= ing remedy for sunburn. as To purify the air of a newly painted room put several tubs of water in it aad it will absorb much of the odor. 3 To polish kitchen knives nicely mix a little bicarbonate of soda with the brick dust and rub them thoroughly. = For insomnia, pillows are filled with hop flowers and bulbs, or a mattress of pine needles will be found efficacious. Country house farniture includes bamboo arrangement for elevating the feet and legs of the lord of the mano If feather pillows have an unpleasant smell place them before a good fire an let them have a good, thorough drying. Slate floors should be polished, rub— bing first with a smooth, flat piece of pumice stone, and finally polish with rotten stone. : Circular thermometers of ivory and ifs imitations bound in perforated orna~ ments of silver have the central spaces used as a calendar. Sa Oper canned fruit a couple of hours before it is to be used. The oxygen will be restored to it, and it will bs greatly improved 1n flavor. z Never sweep dust and dirt from one the lower part of the house. Always take it up in each room. x An ounce of clove pink petals infused in three-quarters of a pint of pure alco- hol, with a few verbena leaves, 18 a ri freshing odor for the bath. : The best way when hot grease has been spilled on a floor is to ‘dash cold water over it so as to harden it quickly and prevent 1t striking into the boar To make rice milk, beat one-half cup of ground rice into milk enough to make a thin batter. Then add one-half of milk and let it boil slowly five min utes. It may be served hot or cold ani flavored as barley water. vi Toast water is made by pouring ‘bo: ing water on nicely browned toast no crust, until it is covered, and lett it steep until cold. It should then covered with a plate, or it may steep up= on the stove an hour or more. = Scorches may be removed from linen by spreading over them the juice of onions and half an ounce of white Lemon juice and salt will remove of rust and ink. The articles shoul exposed to the sunlight after being saturated in the mixture. i A special Governmental comm investiga
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