if
0 Moon, Don't Tell.
O monn, did you set
Jly lover ami me
In tbo vnllry he n rath tlio syesmoro tr:cr
Whatever bf fell,
O moon! don't Irll:
Tws iioiIiIiik amiss, you know very well.
O moon 1 you know,
Long years sro,
You Irfl the ky and descended below.
Of a tiinmrr night,
Hy your own sweet light
You met your Kmly mloii on fatmoi height,
And tlicr. , U uioon!
You give him a boon
You wouldn't. I'm iiro,!me granted at noon.
Twas nothing ami",
Itoing only the Llixs
Of giving nnd taking an Innocent kin.
Homo churlMi lout
Who wan spying about
V cut on" and babbled, and 90 It git out
Hur for all the gold
The si-.i would bold,
O moon! I wouldn't have gono and told.
flo, moon, don t tell
Whatever Me 1
My lover ami me In the leafy do!I.
Ho Is honent and true,
And remember, too,
He only behaved like your lover and you.
THE KAROO BOKADAMS.
UY W. A. ITUTIS.
A bronzed young missionary latoly
returned from Sinm told Iho following
lory :
I was a member of tho boot ciew
while nt colli'go ami when I started
for Simn us n missionary immediately
after graduating, I took with mo tlio
Ingle-rowing shell In which I linl
do no my individual training for the
crew.
Tho missionary station to which I
was assigned was in tho largo town
of Ashonnm on tho Monnm Uivcr,
omo milaa above Bangkok, tlio cap
ital and chief city of tlio country.
Tho town was not at nil Important ex
cept (lint tlicro was a eclebratod loin
plo there in which wore kept ecTcrul
acred whiio clophants. It was a
(stronghold of heathendom, and tho
little chapol of tlio missionary si at ion
looking across tho river at tlio liugo
pngodu of whlto elephants was quite
largo enough for its humble congre
gation. Tho river wns nearly a hnlf mile
wide mid ntlbrdcd a lino opportunity
for exorclso in my slioll. Every after
noon at ntout four o'clock I took a
row, and I often hovered near the
bank upon which tlio whlto elephant
pngodu stood, wiilching tho sacrod
creatures as they took thoir daily bath
in tlio river. 1 never dared v'onture
very near, for the priosts of the pago
da boro no lovo toward tho mission
aries and c?uld easily do mo some
barm; they would justify themselves
to (ho town authorities by saying that
they were preventing me from work
ing spoils ngninst the elephants.
As it wns SMcrllego for a human be
ing to mount tho bucks of the white
elephants ouch one was driven to the
river between two common elephants.
A sort of collar wont around tho ele
phant's neck. To tho sides of this
collar were fastened two chains, and
vthe other onds of those chains wore
fastened to similar collars about tlio
Becks of tlio attendant elephants.
Priests sat upon tho backs of the com
mon elephants, and by driving them
tor ward or stopping them could lead
or bold back tho white elephant. The
chains were very long, lu order to
give tho wliilo elephant plenly of
freedom whon taking his bath.
In genera! tlioy walked between
thoir attendants docile enough, and
the drivers held the slack of the chaius
coilod In their laps.
Among iho few European residents
of the town was a young English mer
chant who, having boon a mombor of
the boat crew at Oxford, and owning
sholl, felt bouud to show England's
superiority over tho Uuited States by
beating mo in a boat race on the
llonam.
He Issued a challcngo and I ac
cepted. The appointed day camo.
Tho course was to be a two-mile
tretch np river, starting two utiles
below tho missionary station.
The race was a close one, but my
constant training told, and I left my
adversary behind several hundred
yards before reaching the goal. But
for tho honor of America, I wished to
make the defeat as severe a possible
and I relaxed nothing of my efforts
ud shot past the buoy far ahead of
the Englishman. Tho momentum the
boat bad gathered carried It along in
the placid water and I lay upon my
oars scarcely able to more. I was
completely exhausted.
All at onoe a tremeudous bellowing
caused me to look up in alarm. Un
awares, I bod floated quite near the
batbing-plaoe of the white elephants.
One old fellow was in the river, bel
lowing with rage, while on the baulc
were bis two attendant elphanta tug.
flag and straining at the chains In the
vain attempt to mako him come out ot
the water. The elephants of Slam at
tain n larger size than the olophants of
nny other country, and tills whlto ele
phant was even larger than most
Slnmeso elephants. Observing how
th inly tho old fellow was planted in
tho river sand, ami that the other ele
phants labored under tho disadvantage
of standing on tho sloping bank, I
concluded that ho would protract his
bath as long as ho chose.
All nt onco tlio attendant elephants
ceased their struggles and a cry of
terror burst from the lips of otio ot
tlio priest, and whatever I had bo
lioved before I am now certain that
thoio white elephant pilosis love aud
venerate their charges.
'Seel the karoo bokadams!" crlod
the priest, "tho white king's lifo is in
danger!"
Floating down tlio river, directly
toward tho white elephant, was a piece
of wreckage, part of a broken bamboo
raft, and lying coiled upon it .were
two of that hideous, terribly vonomus
variety of water snakes, the karoo
bokadanv.
If iho wreckage kept Its course it
would float against thu elephant's side.
If' ho moved he might excite tlio vin.
dicitlvo snukes and receive a fatal
blow.
Tho priests nn nttendaut clophauts
halted them, but still tho whito clc.
pliant hollowed and swayed from sido
(aside. Truly, tho white king's life
was lu danger.
I grasped my oars and forced thn
stern of tho shall about, And backing
water, I enmo up to the raft with its
futal frolglit, amling plac tho point of
tho bout against it gently pushed it
before mo out into tho current of tlio
river.
A shout of thanksgiving roso be
hind me as I drifted along down streuni
wutching the serpents on tlio raft at thu
stem. Tho creatures moved uneasily
and started ut mo witli their unwink
ing eyes, nnd nt last ono dropped over
board nnd ssmk beneath tho quiet sur
face. I thought of tho stories I had heard
of tlio quarrelsome nnd revengeful
Imposition of the karoo bokudam, how
if disturbed It would follow boats for
miles, watching for a chance to leap
over tho thwarts nnd attack tlio row
ers; how swift, how lirelois and how
terrible it wns. Even the books at the
station corroborated tlio stories of the
natives; from quaint old Motillguy's
Voyage em .shun," to tho latest
natural history from Loudon, nil
agreed in their stories of the malignant,
dreadful karoo boka lam. And yet I
did not believo tlicio stories.
I decidod to anger the serpent and
see what he would do.
I picked up a heavy pioco of wood
Hint was floating in tho river aud
thrv it at him, striking him full on
tho neck. With an angry hiss he
raised his head and then dolibaratoly
cast himself into tho water and started
to swim along tho sido of the boat
toward me.
The shell sat low down lu the
water and he could easily roach me,
so 1 seized the oars and took a strong
pull.
The boat shot ahead, but on came
the snako, swifter than before, and
i took another pull, hardly believing
that tho reptile was really followlug
mo. But my doubt was soon laid
at rest, for ho dartod along ou the sur-
faco, straight in my wane.
I beut to tho oars and mado tho sholl
go as fust as my weary muscles
would allow. Aud yet the snake
seemed to gain, and as I know that in
my tired condition I could not long
keep up the race, I decidod to run
ashore. But tho shore 11 no was be
hind a forest of tall reeds growing far
out into the river and tlio snuke could
kill mo at his leisure while my boat
stuck in them.
I thought of striking him with an
oar, but there lio was a few feet be
hind the boat, aud before I could get
an oar out of its cumbrous fastening
ho would bo upon me, and even could
I get the oar out In time it would bo
too long and unwioldy at closo quar
ters.
My only hope was to make for the
first practicable landing ,and tlicro was
none nearer than the bathing place of
the white elephants.
It was my second race that day, and
the vlotory mount more than glory. I
put forth all my remaining strength,
thinking with chsgrin bow easily I
could leave tbo snake behind if I were
not so utterly exhausted.
On, on, tirelessly follows the wrigg
ling, hideous death, and I see the hor
rible bead got nearer the stern. It
passes the stern-posts, aud I mark its
progress by tho copper rivets iu the
side of the boat. Ills uose Is opposite
the first rivet, the second, the third ; I
give a mighty pull at the oari, aud It
falls back behind the boat once more.
I I bear tba splashing of water. I
glance up. 1 am nearly opposite tho
elephant's bathing place. Tlio old
white elephant Is still iu tho water,
tho attendant olephauts by his sido. I
must make a turn to pass them and
roach tho shore, and as I loso headway
In the turn the suako will orertnko
me.
Something flashes past my eyes as
I pull hard on the left oar to muko
tlio turn, and the snako disappears.
Tho head priest of tho temple stands
erect ou ills oiephant.
As my boat grates tho shore, tho
severed body of tlio karoo bokudam
and a bamboo spear rise to tho sur
face and float down tho river.
Ono good turn deserves auotlior,
nnd tlio white elephant priest had
saved my life.
Tho Siamese huro n curious moihod
of rewarding a person who discovers
a wild whito ctophatit or saves tho lifo
of one, and so I was taken to the tem
ple nnd my mouth ami cars wore tilled
with gold. For tho first time lit my
life I regretted that 1 hud small oars.
Note, Tho karoo bokadam of
Sium Is a vary thick-bodied snako,
sumo four feet long, coverod with Im
bricated scales. It is of a gray color
nbovo and yellow bcuoalii. Its head
is marked by a maze of criss-crossed
lines that give It a very strange nnd
lorriblo appearance. -St. Louis P.o
public. The Fishing l!oil.
A rod to the angler Is what a gun is
to tlio huntsman ; or tho nxo to the
vfoodsman. Tlio angler can fish witli
a "polo" cut from the alders fringing
tho stream; tho huntsman can shoot
witli tlio bow and (lint-headed arrow,
used by the Ameilcau aborigine, nnd
the woodsman can tut with tho nxo of
tlio '-stone age;" but tlio success of
tho user of these primitive implements,
and tho picasnro experienced In tho
uso thereof, will bo in a degree ns far
from perfection as the rudo tools em
plored. Wno Invented, or first used the Ash
ing rod is a problem not yet solved.
If tlio inventor's name had becu
handed down to postority he would
have been sainted centuries ago by the
unanimous vote of a respectable and
cultivated minority of men who have
treasured and wielded this pleasure
giving scepter.
While Ashing and fishers are often
mentioned in both sacred and profane
history of ancient days, there is little,
If anything, to be found relating to
rods. Evou Izank Walton writos but
little concerning them. In his Afth
day discourse witli Venator, ho gives
instructions for painting the rods:
"Which mum bo in oil; you must
first mako a size of glue and water
boiled together until the glue be dis
solved, and thosi.o of a lye color; thou
strlko your size upon tho wood with a
bristlo, or a brush or pencil, while it
is hot. That being quito dry, take a
littlo whlto lead and a littlo red loud
and a little coal black so much as alto
gether will mako an ash color; grind
the so together with linseed oil; let it
be thick; and lay it thin upon tho rod
with brush or pencil ; this will do for
any color to be upou tlio wood.!'
In the fourth day talk, in which ho
treats of fly Ashing, ho says:
"First, let your rod bo light and
very gentlo; I take tho best to bo in
two pieces."
Wlille I am unable to give nn au
thority for it, I have no doubt Walton
meant by tho words "very gentle,"
pliant or limber. Tlio flrst master of
the art thus, in one line, gives us the
three most important qualities of a fly
rod. American Angler.
Remnrkulfo Training of the Eye.
The capacity of tho human eye for
special training is evou grcalor than
that of the hand. A young lady em
ployed iu one of tho clipping bureaus
in New York city can see cortain
namos and subjects at a glauco ut the
page of a newspaper. They are the
names and subjects she is puld to look
up through hundreds of newspapers
every duy. What tho ordiuary reader
would buvo to loud column aftor
columu to find and thon might miss
she soes at what seems the merest
casual glance at tho sheet as Soou as It
is spread out before hor.
"They stand right out," said she,
iuughlugly, "Just as if they were
printed in bold black typo and all the
rest was small print I couldn't help
seeing them if I wuntod to. Whon I
begiu to look up a new matter and
drop an old one it bothors me a little
the latter by being in my mental
way all the time and the former to be
hunted; but in a few days one disap
pears and the other appears in some
mysterious way, I can't tell bow. I
used to think bauk cashiers and tellors
wore a remarkable set of people, but
I now find that the-eye is much
quicker than tbo baud aud Is susoeptl
ble to a hlgtior training." Pittsburg
Dispatch.
FOB FARM AXD GARDE.V.
THE BEST kij of rws.
As with oilier things, tho best pig is
that which is most suitable for tho
special purposo doslrod. Thus, thore
are bacon pigs, pork pigs, aud market
pigs. For the ordinary use of tlio
farm, perhaps tho Borkshlro is tho
most profltublo kind, as it makes tho
best bacon, good hams and shoulders,
nnd Is a quick, thrifty foodor, matur
ing nt an early ago. For small pork
for use fresh or ealtod, tho Suffolk or
the small Yorkshire is popular, and
for packers' uso tho largo breeds, us
tho t'lieshlro, Poland-China, and large
Yorkshire, aio largely used. Now
York Times.
Lt:.fuit:s Tim farmer snort.u have.
How many farmers aro thore who
never tasto of cauliflower, colory, okra,
egg plant, salsify, kale, brussels
sprouts or Lima beans, ami who sel
dom eat lettuce, spinach or any dande
lions excepting thoso that spring up
wild lu tho pasturo? And pears,
peaches and tho other small fruits are
almost unknown upon their tables, as
are molons. Yot a littlo labor would
furnish them in abundanco, and at a
trifling cost, whilo thoso who have no
laud will spend no small part of their
day's toll in procuring theso things.
If any mm ought to bo nblo to afford
to indulgo in tlio luxuries of lifo It
should bo tho ono who can get tlictn at
flrst cost. Ilostou Cultivator.
LIVE POSTS OF i.oct sr.
Whenever a farm fenco hai n de
cided permanent location, and where
wiro is tho mitorial to bo used, it will
pay well to sot usoful trees along tho
lino to which tlio wires may bo
stnplcd a strip of board intervening
after tlio flrst light posts or stakes
begin to glvo way. And, for this
purpose, a good croct-growing strain
of tho yellow locust troo, as nearly
tliornloss as can bo hud. Is certainly
llrst choice for usefulness and adapta
tion. Its shade Injures nothing
grass grows well up to the huso of It;
Its small leaves smother no blades,
and it carries its growth woll aloft;
and tho stem does not dry up in sum
mer bout or iu winter winds
when trimmed high tlio top
grows just us woll is just
as woll Hiippliod. Locust wood ex
cels iu durability for silis, posts nnd
similar uses nnd makes strong, endur
ing flies. As to soil it Is not nt nil
particular. Tho borer that attacks It
looms to succumb to somo enemy of it
In two or three years aftor its advent.
Once a tori or hero, we have soon
nothing of It for over twenty year.
Tho tree is easily increased, aud best
by suckors from tlio roots, as the
plants oro thou all of tlio sumo habit
Hint of tho parent trco. Whon a
troe is cut down suckors spring up
numerously, ami in two or tliroo years
are up far enough to be out of the
reach of cattle, which cat all tlio leafy
prouls thoy can roacli and so keep
sprouts down. Now York Tribune.
HEFORMIXO THR HORSE'S HOOP.
Tlio solo of thn horse's hoof Is so
crottd by tlio volvoly tissue depend
ent from the moiubrane which invests
the pedal buo, tho minute, hollow,
flbrous procosses of which ponotrate
it and minister to lis support. Iu tho
mutilatod, shrunken sola thoso deli
cate flhros aro pinched in the lessoned
caliber of tho pores; tho source of
supply Is cut off, and the process of
repair rotardod If not absolutely ar
retted. Thore seonw to bo a fasolna
tlon about this work of dosu-uailoii ,
and tlio incompetent workman next
addretsos hlimelt to tlio solf-imposod
task of improving upou nature by
removing tho bars and what ho calls,
on tho lustis a uon luooudo principle,
"oponlng" tho heels, a process which
in plain language moans opouiug a
road for them to closo ovor.
On this poor, maimed foot a shoo,
often many sizs too small, is tacked,
and the rasp is ino.t likely called into
requisition to roduco the foot to fit tho
shoo; for although it is apparently of
little moment whothor tho shoe fits tho
foot, it is indispensably nocossnry that
thu foot should somohow or other bo
got to fit tho shoe, nnd horseshoeing,
like other arts, must uoods sacrifice on
the altar of appoarancos. It Is sad that
art and nature should so often be at
variance and that what satisflos the one
should outrage the domands of tho
othor.
Tho foot is now shod aud protected
from undue wear, to bo suro, but at
what a sacrifice I Robbod of Its
cushion, its natural expaador; Its
lateral braces romoved; Us sole
mangled and its natural repair ar
rested ; the hairllke fibres which make
up the horny wall crushed, deflected,
aud thoir nutritive funotlon impeded
by an unnecessary uumbor of nails;
robbed by the rasp of Its cortical
layer of natural varnish, which re
tains tho moisture socretod by the
economy, the strong walls become
desslcatcd and weakened, and the foot
Is in a vory sorry plight Indeed. To
somo this picturo may seem over,
drawn, but It is nevertheless a matter
of dully occurrence. American
Farmer.
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EXERCISE -OR rjAIRTf COWS.
All animal lifo requires a certain
amount of exerclso to kocp in health
and vigor of constitution, to enable
thorn to perform nil the functions of
labor and productive rosotircos to a
profitable degree. A writer in the
Michigan Farmor says that there Is
considerable good-natured controversy
in the agricultural press regarding tho
wisdom of turning cattle out-doors for
exercise versus the keeping of them in
warm, well-venttlatod stables, with
plenty of grooming or currying. Each
sido is woll represented, nnd extremes
are reached, ono writer claiming that
you "mako prlsonors of your cows at
your peril;" another equally positivo
and thoroughly believing in tho
grounds of his opinion, thinks that
"turn your cows out at your peril,"
should bo the motto of every bords
man. """J
Wliilo wo fully appreciate and
recognizo tlio humanitarian principle
iu tlio troatraont of our cows, we con
sider them as so many milk machines
to bo worked to their fullest capacity,
with duo regard for wear nnd tear
nnd profl:ablo returns. In order to do
this an account is kept of what goes
into tho "machine," nn accurate record
of each milking of every cow every
day Is carefully kept, nnd ns far as
wo aro able, every Influence in the
production of our milk is carefully
noted. Turn the cows out every duy
that is not too incloment, leaving them
out only so long as they are busy
walking about or rubbing themselves.
Wo believo we obtain as results re
newed vigor, increased appetite and
larger milk returns.
Our cows nro warmly housod, thor
oughly curried and cleaned every day,
have water with the chill off constant
ly within their reach; yot after boing
confined to their stable for thrco or
four days by unfavorable weather,
thoy will play like calves whon lot out,
will rub themsoivos against trees and
posts with manifest eujoymont, and
with but one exception during the
winter, every timo let out has resulted
la Improved appetite and Incrcaso in
the yiold of milk, .amounting at times
to thirt; -eight pounds for twenty-two
cows iu December and January, and
sixty pounds for thirty-eight cows in
February and March.
After four months' observation my
plan would be to turn tho cows oat
every day that is at all favorable,
watching thorn ns closely In their en
joyment of outdoors aud exercise as
we do their appotito for feod, and as
in tho latter a littlo short of enough is
bettor than an over food, in tlio former
getting them out doors a little before
thoy nro quite ready to come Is hotter
than leaving tliom out till they foel the
need of warmth aud vest. Western
Rural.
FAltM AND (iARPEX NOTES
Food regularly three times a day.
Do you think a horso should b
groomed these days?
Keep iho lantern in ordor these
days and In a handy placo.
Americans are the greatest moat
eating peoplo in the world.
Animals fed on dry fodder should
buvo access to plenty of water.
Abuse may dovolop endurance,
but It is at the loss of othor qualities.
Givon good care any of tho best
broods of hogs can bo made prod ta
ble. Do not lot ttio horse stable go from
one week's end to the othor without
being clcauod out ' " "
If you think sheep should bo wmliod
before boing sheard, do tho work luas
huraano a way us possiblo.
Old, sound hay. and a liberal ration
of oats, with a vory little corn, is hard
to beat for the farm w rk team.
If the colt you havo was so uufortu
nate us to havo a scrub sire, do not
add Insult to injury by glviug it scrub
care.
A good handful of oil-moal dally
will help to sleek up the team or the
cows. Will help them to shed thoir
winter coats.
If you have no pasture for the
hogs, sow some peas aud oats, cut
them greou and feed tho swluo before
com Is roady.
The people upon the two continents
of North and South America, without
the arctlo regions, are less than 122,
000,000 in u umbers, or only eight to
the squuro utile.
t OB THE HOUSEWIFH.
BEEFSTEAK "SPAXtStl."
Beefsteak "Spanish" Is cooked
the following way : Broil the stoak
until fairly well done, servo It in a
bot dish with tho following sauce:
Put Into a frying pan an ounce of bat
ter, and, while it Is gradually melting
cut up a clove of garlio aud a small
onion and fry slightly yollow; put In
either four peeled tomatoes or two
spoonfuls from a can, and ono-half
pod of red pepper, minced, aud a lit
tle salt. Lot It stow down until near
ly dry and thon place in tho dish.
Now York World.
;trrOX IV SWEDISH STTI.E.
Homove all the fat from a loin of
mutton, and tho outsldo nlso, if too '
fat; romova tlio skin; joint it at
every bone. Mix half a sma'.l nut
meg with a littlo pepper, salt nnd
broad crumbs; dip tho steaks into the
yolks of three well-beaten eggs, and
spriuklo tho crum mlxturo all ovor
them. Then placo them together as
they were before cut apart, tie them
and fasten them on a small spit and
placo them on a piato in a deep baking
pan. IJasto woll with butter and the
drippings in tho pan. Whon done
placo on a hot dish; add half a pint
of water or gravy to that In the pan,
ono tablospeonftil of tomato katsup,
ono tablespoon ful of dropped capers;
thicken with flour. After skimming
off tho fat, let it boil up onco aftor the
thickening is added, and pour ovor
meat; servo vory hoi. New York
Recorder.
?!Al:S!IMAM.OWS MAIE TO OnDER.
"I toll you," said tlio pretty school
girl, "it Is hartlor to mako good
marshmallows than to trim a bonnet,
but when you do It right, they're Just
'num.' At school thoy allowed u to
mako them Saturday afternoons. Miss
P had a special receipt which 1
copied, aud here It It:
Tako two ounces ot lino whito pow
dered gum arable, covor it with eight
tablcspoonfuls of water, stand it aside
for ono hour; thou stand tho vessol in
boiling water, and stir until the gum
is dissolved; strain through a choose
cloth into a double boiler and add
sovon ounces of powdered sugar.
Stir this over tho Are until tlio mix
ture is white and stiff. This will take
at least forty. Avo minutes. Then stir
in hastily tho well-boateu whites ot
four eggs; tako it from tho Aro, beat
rapidly for about two minutes, add a
tcaspoonfui of vanilla. Dust a square
tin pan wiih corn starch, pour iu Iho
mixture and stand in a cool, dry
place. Whon cold cut into squares,
roll each quaro a littlo In corn starch,
put them awuy in a tin box, "aud,"
sho continued, "thou sond thorn to
your frionds" at least that was Miss
I 's sdvlso. rNew York Mail and
Expross.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
For weak eyes, a wusli of woak salt
and water will prove of much benefit.
To remove groate stains from
children's clothing, wash it out .whilo
fresh with alcohol.
To clean willow furniture use salt
and water. Apply with a nail brush
aud scrub thoroughly. , ,
Dump salt will remove the discolor
ation of cups and saucars caused by
tea and careless washing.
As a useful and simplo oiutmont
for sunburn, nothing has been found
better than roso water and glycerine.
A strong solution of alum, to which
has boeu added a Utile glycerine and
vinegar, is a euro for mosquito bites.
To koop nickel silver ornaments'
and mounts bright rub thorn with
woolen cloths lhatliuvo boon saturated
iu spirits of ammonia.
According to Mrs. Ewlng of culin
ary fumo, hot lemonade is the proper
drink for hot weather, beiug both
cooling aud wholesome.
It may interest the every-duy cook
to know that there are olive corors.by
the uso of which that relish can be
stjued for sauce or garnishing.
Salt as a tooth powder is hotter
than almost anythiug olse that can be
bought It keeps tlio teoth brilliantly
whlto, the gums hard and rosy.
A simplo cenieut for broken china
oreurlbeuware is made of powdered
quicklime, sifted through a coarso
muslin bag over the white of an egg.
A remedy for creaklug bluges is
mutton tallow rubbed ou the joiut. .
A great many locks that refuse to do
their work are simply rusted aud will
be all right If carefully oiled.
Instead of putting fond In the oven,
to keep bot for late comers, try oover
lug it with a tin aud sotting it over a
basin of hot water. This plan will
keep the food hot, and at the sama
time prevent It from drying.