A clever criticism of Americans I
Hint nf nil AiiNtrlmi nrrhdnke, who re
cently traveled in tlin United Slates,
Hi) snys wit nro disposed to he luuro
tbnu lifu-slxcd.
Tim Toronto Canada Globe ex
claims: Tlio Americans have rid Hiem
Solves of the hitlcnios nf ono of tin)
grouti-st wars In history In n way Hint
slums iu marked cunl r n-t to itinn.r lin
gering nlilii(iiiiNiiin inherited from
earlier centuries.
Ona grent murnl inlliicnon nut ynl
credited to tits birynlo is Indienled,
chronicles tlio Now York Hnn, in tin)
(net Hint horses are now no cheap in
tho Went Hint horso stealing in no
longer worth while, mid Hint species
of oritno linn practically disappeared.
Lovers of afternoon ton will linrdly
ppreelnto tlio growsomo rminlur
Hint tun lonvos urn mneli used in China
for preserving corpses. Well-to-do
Celestials often embalm tlio mortal re
main of a specially loved rutntiru in
client of ten, which preserves the
body for ninny yours,
Tlio Htnto of New York has boon
building n iiewcnpitol nt Allmuy, un
dertaking to do tlio work itself with
out the intervention of coiitrnctors,
but the joli linn cost no linieh Unit tho
work linn been suspended mid run
trnetors nro invited to niiiku bid for
the completion of the Htmeture.
George W. Hninlley, correspondent
in the United Slides for tho London
Tinien, told tlio Ynhi students tlntt
neither wealth, fnmo, honor nor rank
lone conld givo n person admission
to English "society." It needs n
oomliinntion mid Mr. Gladstone, lie
toys, is decidedly on tlio outside.
Frenchmen from tho south of
Frnnoo nro not onsily bluffed. When
President Fnure stopped nt Aries on
bin recent tour nnd said ho would in
spect tho hospital thero tho authorities
ere in n Hz, ns thero lmppouod to lio
no patients. They uont out n onll for
volunteers, however, mid when tlio
president appeared ho found nil tho
bods occupied by convalescents.
Tho uicoty of tho plutis for tho fro-,
quont trnvels of tho Qnocn of Kng
lund in shown in thochulk murk drawn
toross tho platforms of stations whero
tho royal trnvelor will nlight for nuy
purposb. This brond white mnrk in
readily seeu by the engine driver, nnd
he rigidly toes the liue, thus bringing
the door of his sovereign's carriage
directly opposite tho enrpet spread for
ber royal and rhoumntio foot.
It is ono of tho facts which roust
mnko Frenchmen fear for future
'of tholr country that France has re
mained almost stationary in popula
tion for ten years, tbo actual increase
being only 67,000. Ia tho snnio de
cade Russia's population has swolled
by 12,610,000, oqual to tho inoreaso
of all the remainder of Europe. This
shows that tho Slav will be a grent
power by the tniddlo of tho next cen
tury unless some scourge chooks its
growth.
A statistician hns given some inter
esting figures relative to thontros.
Between. 1751 and 1895 no fowor than
750 Enropoan playhouses were de
stroyed by tire Tho average life of
theatre is found to be twenty-two
and a half years. In striking contrast
to tho comparative short lifo of a
theatre is that of the actor. In spite
of late hours, hard work and n Bo
hemian ntiuosphoro, the average dura'
tion of lifo iu tho theatrical profes
sion is high.
Wolf yon Bchierbraud writos from
Berlin to tho Chicngo llocord: The
nationality question plays a most iiu
portuut part, not alouo in Amoriou,
but in Prussia as well. Tho 2,000,
000 Polish apcakiug subjects of tho
orown, the several hundreds of thou
sauds of French and Dauish speak
ing pooplo iu Lorraiue, AUace and
Schleswig, respeotivcly, give the gov.
ernmeut an immense deal of trouble.
All those people of foroign raoe.
tongue and thought, though annexed
to Prussia, refuse to be awnllowod up
nd amalgamated. Ia the Polish
provinces tho resistance is most streii'
nous and bitter, and every reourring
session of the Prustiau diet this ques
tion is hoatedly discussed by the dele
gates from theso proviuooi. But more
than that tho Poles refuse to Gorman
ize even when they have gone away
, from home and reside in the very
midst of a wholly German population.
Hero in Berlin, for iustanoc, there
are 40,000 sonls in the Polish oolony
and they persist in educating tbeic
childron as Poles, not as Germans.
All the measures of the Prussian gov
' eminent to make them Germans are
skillfully frustrated by the leaders of
this large Polish colony.
TnE mvoiTAoor Tne MAD,s)iiSii
I ififr JrVof lWY The muffled drum's snd roll hns bent 'YwH IXVfJftjl M
lWw J$$w2& T,,fl ol,,i,,T'" ln'"1 ,nl,,m ' rmll I Hi
llHw &T7 k AttWV No more on life's pnrndo shnll moot "lCpl lill I mill
' 1 m'f II 'I T,,Bl ,,rTft n'' f,,ll,'u ol lYlll 1 111 'v
II Wan N,W T fJM On Fnme's olprnnl cnniplng-groun'l t"l VYtlP flflW'l
H III 'CfWrfvi Their nitntit tents nro spread i VJ1 I'lU III'
111 Hvl ftlWyLsVE3 And Glory guards, with soleum rotind, rU l I h
W wMllKT The bivouno of tho dend. l V N H
I VwS! I J No minor nf tho foe's ndvnnre fJfll
nTir'firVffltralMr Now ""ells upon the wind : I V (ftltk ' 1 ll.J
InkvL No troubb-d thought nt midnight hnunts Jj SWWiUl
ff Mjn Jm ' or "nim l,tft bnhlnd : -mK1Ji mW
W kW tNl No vision of the morrow's ntrifo X3S VV, U
Wim II il The wnrrior's drenm-nlnrms, ' ff V0 f
fll l lJLJ lH No lirnying horn or sernnming flfo ' 'nJ
III iPtv? At ,1"W" Hl",ll cn" tu rin"' W 1
UWliF ffl Hest on, oinlmlmod nnd sainted dend ! lliv Ik. VHii H
W M t (i Denr ns th.. Idood yo gave, '
Iff 'IS I li llfeTl No impious footstep hero nlmll tread ' '()) "I Mimlml
"-TTini' I AW Tho herl.ngo of y.mr grnvo. iWm V
mlki!,t Nor shall your glory Im forgot , M W , AMV
iJllllflLrsVl' ' Whil" ,''nl,,n h"r r,'n"', keeps, (fW IA JI
It wWiWv Afflflpi. r Hnor points the hnllowed spot Vi I'
i j fifiM Wl"'re v,,lor i,ro,,,1,-T Rk'ti'"-
ISf'lilfA5 'on "Brldi niinslrtl'n voiontess stono '"$Sim
sMWysfv4 denthless song shall toll. SvWllt
vSWm.ri. When mnny n vnnished yenr hnlh flown, V iiWhi '''
JIKSW Tho story how yo fell;
in vvNlwJvi '"r "reek. r chnngp, nor winter's flight, '(nHVV 1) r
1UNv TWO.SiW , N"r Time's remorsel.'ss doom,. v'!'7
iSSNS CflM ,,im "" tttf of ,,oly liK,,t fWMTy ,
V'WW -Theodore O'Unrn. ,WMWff''
ON MEMORIAL DAY.
Warm grow tlio nlrs with summer,
Hill ton nmcovurn 1 willi lilootn,
Voleo nt tliesoiiif lilr.l eoniiMli
Out from tint thleket's vlouiUi
Move wn In nil tills Klory
(imitly with lipmlml hen l,
Jlemnlrs llvs liefore ns
This Is Die ilnv or tlio item!,
Memorial D.iy.
By the low mmiii'l In tint graveynrd
Walk wo with reverent irenil,
Wliero n lirnvn soMler reposes
ileeilli' of lenrs wo sIkkI;
After the noise of bat 1 1,
Illoo I, an 1 the Hash of spean,
Hero is the ipiiot of rest-timu
Iu this soft beil of years
Memorial Bay.
Cover I hem over with frngrnneo
Of the sweet-hearted flowen,
L ulen with the dews of homaga
Ami lovlnu thoiiKhtsof ours;
Heroes! Goil Mom thum forever,
aivo them eternal penee
While from their life of hardship!
We Joy In their ulnd release,
Memorlnl Day.
Onward wo uiarota to tho future,
Braver for those limve men
Who fought nnd fell for freedom,
That I'nnoe might bo ruler ngalni
Tho flag that was blood-stMuotl Is
honored,
The rllte now rusts sway,
But In the midst of these blowing
Lot us not forget to pray,
Momorlal Day.
Etholyn T. Abbott.
WOMEN 1NT1IE AMY,
BOM timo to time
stories are told of
women who served
ns soldiers during
the Civil War but
records of the de
partment at Wash
ington are silent
concerning most of
tnom. mere aro
two caeca woll nuthoutinatod, and
July two, of women, commissioned by
the Government who served disguised
is meu.
Iu "Michigan in the War," a histor
ical sketoh of the Michigan regiments
which served, carefully compiled by
the Adjutant-Goaeral, thore is an allu
sion to Frank Thompson, whiou says:
'In Company i second Michigan,
there enlisted at Flint, Franklin
Thompson (or Frank, as usually
called), aged twenty, ascertained af
terward and abont the time he left
the regiment to have been a female,
and a good looking one at that. Bhe
uooeeded in concealing her sex mott
admirably, serving in various cam
paigns aud battles of the regiment as
a soldier. Bhe remained with her com
mand nntil April, 1863, when, it is
supposed, she apprehended a disclos
ure of her sex and deseited."
Buou in brief is the history whioh is
attached to the record of Sarah E. E.
Heeloye (born Edmonds) in the war
department. Bhe was able to terve
two years s a man before she was
forced to desert in order to oonoeal
her tex. But she found her way baok
into tbo serviee in another oapaoity,
and served throughout the entire war.
She shared all the trials and priva
tion whioh befell ber regiment ; par
ticipated ia the first battle of Bull
Bun ; followed MoOlellan through the
Peninsula campaign, and was never
absent from duty whilo wearing tho
blue. Her captain said years nftor
the wnr thnt nhn wns driven from
homo by n stepmother when only nix
teen years old, nnd thnt she ndoptod
male nttiro nnd wm a publishing houso
canvasser. Ho also says she mnilo n
tour of Canada, renehiiig Flint, Mich.,
in timo to enlist. Her sex wns never
suspected nnd bur desertion wns tho
topio of evoty nnmp tire, for Frank
Iiu wns a great favorite. Hi Is deser
tion wns tiever satisfactorily noeonuted
for. Hlie claims she wns constrained
to dress ns n mnii and becomo n sol
dier through a strong Impulse whioh
sho could not resist.
Hhe says of thnt period : ''I had no
other motive iu eulistiug thnu love for
suffering humanity. I fait called to
go nnd do whnt I could for the de
fo'use of tho right ; if I could not fight
I could take the place of some one who
could and thus add one moro soldier
to the ranks. 1 had no dosire to be
promoted to any oflloe ; I went with no
other ambition than to nnrso the sick
and care for the wounded. I had in
herited from my mother the rare gift
of nursing, and when not too weary
and exhausted thero was a magnetic
power in my hands to soothe delirium."
Aatunted only by such motives, she
enlisted under the name of Franklin
Thompson as a private soldier in com
pany i, Hecouu Michigan infantry
Volunteers about the 25th of May,
1801, nud wns mustered into the ser
vice by Lieutenant-Colonel J. It.
Smith, U. 8. A. At first sho enlisted
for three months nnd afterward for
three yeais or during the war.
Uer firnt dnty was at Fort Wayne,
Detroit, Mich., where she drilled, did
fatigue dnty and performed All the
necessary duties of a soldier in camp.
When olf duty she assisted in cariug
for the siok aud she did this so well
that she was often detailed for hospi
tal service afterward. She oame with
hor regiment to Washington, stood
guard and picket duty and drilled with
he? company until the regimental
hospital became tillod with cases from
sunstroke and other causes, whon she
was detailed for hospital work. She
found, though, she could tight, and
when the sick were sent to city hospi
tuls and preparations made for tbo
maroh to Bull Hun sue joined her com
pany nnd wont along.
All during the fight sue rcmninod
with her comrades and did her duty
like the man the was supposed to be.
When the Union army retreated to
Centerville Heights, stacked arms, and
threw itself on the ground, as she sup
posed for the night, she went into the
stone cburob, whioh was nsed as a
hospital at Centerville, and became so
much engaged in doing what she oonld
for the wounded and dying that she
forgot everything outside the hospital.
Before she knew it the eutire army
had retreated to Washington, bho es
coped under cover of the darkness and
made her way alone to W ashington,
reaching oamp twenty-fonr hours after
her oomnanv. Her coolness on this oc
casion and her general conduct as a
soldier led to her detail shortly after
as mail carrier to the Seoond Michi
gan, and subsequently postmaster and
mail earner for the brigade to wmon
the Seoond Michigan was attached. In
this oapaoity she went to the peninsula
with General MoOlellan a army ana re
mained there as postmaster and Liail
earner all through tne oampaign.
During this disastrons oampaign she
bore herself bravely and well. While
Yorktown was besieged she carried
tht mail on horseback for tho brigade
from Fortress Monroe loiters, papers
and packages nveraging from two to
three bushels cnoh trip the distance
being nhout twen'.y-flve or thirty
miles. Owing to the condition of the
ronds, she wns often compelled to
spend tho night along the roadside.
When sho first began ber trips it was
reported that the bushwhackers had
murdered a mail carrier on that road
shortly before and robbed the mail.
Tho report seemed to have somo foun
dation, for iu tlio most lonely part alio
found tho ground still strowu with
fragments of letters nnd tinpers. Hho
wns at the bnttlo of Williamsburg, but
was sick when the battle of Fair Oaks
occurred.
While the army lay in front of Rich
mond the floods frequently carried
away the bridges over the Cbiokahora
iny and the young mail onrrior was
more than ouoo obliged to swim her
horso across theswift, running stream.
Ofton she sot in the saddle drenched
for bonrs, sometimes rnmaing all night
by the roadside watohing for daylight
to pick hor way through the dnnger-
ous mudholes through which the mule
teams bad wallowed. She was in tho
seven days' tight crossing the penin
sula to the James Hiver and more than
onoe barely escaped with hor life.
At ono place sue was ordered to pro
cure some stores from a fnrmhouso,
aud while there was caught between
two fires, the enemy opening up and
hor comrades responding. She se
cured the provisions, though, and re
turned unhurt. Aftor the army went
into enmp at Harrison's Landing she
resumed hor old duties of postmaster,
and when the army left the peninsula
oame to Alexandria with her company.
The company was sent np the Shenan
doah Valley and sue wont to a hos
pital, bhe rejoined her command,
though, in time to take part in the
secoud battle of Bull linn. Hhe was at
Fredericksburg and at the battle acted
as ordorly to General O. M. l'oe.
About tbo middle of March, lnhi,
sho accompanied her oompany to Ken
tucky. Here she was debilitated by
tho chills and fever. She applied fcr
a furlough, but it was refused, and
fearing that her sex might be discov
ered, she deserted. She reached Ober-
lin, Ohio, some time in April, and for
four weeks wore the costume of a pri
vato soldier. Then she went baok to
petticoats again and has never been
in ilisguise since. Uivil lire bad too
tew attractions for her, and soon after
she returned to hospital duty once
more under the auspices of the Chris
tian Commission at Harper's Ferry.
She remained in the Department of
the Cumberland during the remainder
of the war. That she was able to so
long hide the secret of her sex his
been to soldiers a great wonder.
The seoond authentio case on the
reoords is not so interesting. The
heroine was only able to remain in the
service sixteen weeks. Her sex was
then discovered, she was sent to the
hospital and as soon as cured sent
home. She enlisted under the name
of Charles Freeman. When discov
ered she rofnsed to give her correot
name, and she left the hospital , mys
tery. Charles Freeman was a member of
the Fifty-second Ohio and was sent to
the general hospital at Louisville,
Ky., November 10, 1862. The diag
nosis set against bis name was "sexual
incompatibility and remittent fever."
December 3, 1862, Charles Freeman
was discharged "as a woman in dis
guise as soldier." In the war de
partment this diagnosis it regarded ss
the grm of the hospital reoords. Thnss
two are the only oases of women, dis
guised as men, entering the army thai
are known ou tho rooords. There may
be morn, but if an, the dopnrtmont
kuows them not. Chicago llocord.
They Are Nut Dend.
TTow bright nre tho honors which
await thoso who, with snored fortitude
nud patriotic pntlenoo, have endured
all things thnt tlioy might save their
nntivo land from division ami from
tho power of corruption I Tho hon
ored dend I They thnt died for a good
unuso nro redeemed from denth. Thnii
names nro gathered nnd gnrnod. Thnir
memory Is precious. Knoh plncegrowt
proud for thorn who were born thero.
Thnro in to be ere long in every vil
lage nnd in every neighborhood a
glowing pride in its mnrtyrod horoos.
Tablets shall preservo their names.
I'ious love shall renew their Inscrip
tions as time and tho nnfeellng ele
ments decay thorn. And tho Nntionnl
fostivnls shall givo multitudes ol
prenioiis names to tho orntor's lips.
Children shall grow under more sno
red inspirations whoso elder brothers,
dying nobly for thnir oountry, left a
name that honored nnd inspired all
who boro it. Orphan ohlldron shall
find thousands of fathers and mothers
to love nnd help thoso whom drina
herons loft ns n legacy to the gratitude
of tho public.
Ob, tell me not thnt they nre dead,
thnt generous Lost, thnt airy nrinv of
invisible heroes I They hover as a
cloud ol witnesses above this Nation.
Aro they dead that yet speak louder
than wo can speak, and n moro uni
versal Inngtiiige? Aro they dend thnt
yet net? Are they dend thnt yet movo
upon society and inspire the peoplo
with nobler motives and moro lieroio
patriotism?
Ye thnt mourn, let glmlnoss minglo
with your tenrs. Ho wns your son,
but now ho in tho Nation's. Ho mndo
your households bright. Now bis ex
nmplo inspires n thousnndhoiisoholds.
I!nr to his brothers nnd sisters, ho is
now brother to every generous youth
In tho land, Before ho was narrowed,
appropriated, shut np to you. Now
ho is nugiimnnted, set freo nnd given
to nil. Ho hns died from the family
thnt ho might live to the Nation, Not
one nnmo shall be forgotton or nog-
glooted, aud it shall by aud by be con
fessed, as or nn nnoiont hero, thnt tie
did more for bis country by his denth
than by his whole lifo. Henry Ward
llecoher.
Where Slieriilan Sleep.
Arlington Cemetery at Washington,
alwnys beautiful, in erpcninlly lovely
n the pleasant mouth of May. Jleio
rests General I'hillip II. Khoridnn and
maiiy another hero of the wnr.
Hheridnu's gravo is completely cov
ered with ivy, so carefully trimmed
thnt its shape is distinctly mnrkod in
tho short grass, nlthough thore is lit-
CIKNRRAb HFIEIIIDAN'S OtlAVB.
tie or no mound. At the head of the
grave stands tho monnment ereoted
by Mrs. Sheridan, a pyramidal piooe
of granite, bearing on its front in
bronze a medallion portrait of Sheri
dan's bust, showing his medals, the
fnoe looking south, the likeness re-
mnrknbly good, the medallion boing
super-imposod on a gf icefnl nag. .Be
low it in large, plain 4i tters is the sin
gle word "Mberidan." His monument
is always the center f attraction for
visitors on Doooratios Oay.
Memorial Bay OburTancci.
Momorial Day seemj to havo lost
many of its features of lorrow. ' Not
funeral dirges only do tht bands play,
but lively marches, ringing martial
tunes and patriotic airs a 'veil. Many
cf tbo thousand flags wlil ih float in
the soft May breeze wavo proudly
from the highest points of tkoir stalls
and not at half mast. A simple knot
of crape ou the nufurled banners is
the only ernblom of sorrow. There is
more of triumph, and joyful nope,
and holy peace than of sorrow in the
speeohes.
Time, which has effaced from the
bloodiest battlefields of the awful
fratrioidal contest all traces ol the
dreadful wave of war, with its flotsam
of sorrow and jetsam of corpses, has
soothed the troubled souls ol tne be
reaved. The sun of glory whioh shines
above the dead dries the tears shed for
them. Chicago Mail.
Uemorlul Bay.
Flutter nf Bait sad beat of drum
Aud the sound of marching feer,
Aud In long nroaeaslon tho aoldltrs
To the ouli of tha bugles sweot.
And ths marohtng soldiers stop at last
When tbair slonDimr oomrados 11b.
The men whoso battles have long been
fouKht, .
Who ilurad for the land to die.
Children, quiok with your (tattered flowers,
Scatter tnem rnr ana near;
They who wi tuttium and brothers onoe
Are peacefully resting hare.
Flutter of banner and beat of drum
Aad the buite'a,olma call,
Ia grand procession the soldiers corns
Aad God is over us all!
Harper's Bound Table.
The coliseum of Borne was built to
aocommodate 100,000 spectators, -
III 'SHCKHMMA
rou Till; IIOIBEWIFE.
Bnort.iHo Finn,
When It Is not convenient to broil
fish over nn open fire it may bo tilcnly
broiled in a vory hot oven. Prepare as
for tho usual wny of broiling, nnd lny
with tho skin down over a fish rack or
on a piece of oiled paper In a rousting
pnn. Cook on tho upper grnte of tho
oven until browned, sensonlng it at
Hrst with snlt, pepper, melted butter,
ami dusting with flour. To be palata
ble broiled fish should always b
garnished with parsley nnd cresse
and nlinod lemon or a piquant sauce
Now York Post.
now to rootc crrpMnnns.
Apart from the service of encum
bers, sliced, raw, aud aonsonod with
snlt, peppor, and vinegnr, to serve as
a salad or, moro properly, with fish
few cooks use thotn i thoso few may
fry them, and rust thero. Not only
mny they bo fried plnin or rollod in
flour, scasonod with snlt and pepper,
but they may be stowed, broiled.
boiled, or buked, still retaining thoir
nppolizlng qualities. A delicious ad
dition to certain flsh sauces is grntod
cucumber, or just enough of tho juice
to flavor n salad drossiug. The juice
should bo sparingly usnd, because it
has n decided medicinal action, but
the grated pulp differs littlo from the
sliood vegetable iu its effect New
Vork Times.
A RPAMISI! DF.MOACT.
Homo very odd but dolicion cook
ing is done among Hifl Spanish families
of Sun Francisco. Here is a recipe
that will bo found piquant and appe
tizing: Heat an narthou dish ovor a
moderate ilro mid molt in it a good
sized picoo of butter ; add a small
onion mincod fine, salt, peppor, a ton
spoonful of mincod pnrsloy and as
much minced Chilo peppor.or a table-
spoonful of sweet peppor; bronk the
eggs ono by ono into tho boiling but
ter nnd turn thom as soon ns they aro
wot, using great enro not to breuk tho
yolks. Servo vory hot in' tho same
dish, which may bo plncod inside ono
of silver. Now York World.
TRMpTiMfi roNWirrioss) or KOt.
Kggs with llicn To 1 toscupful of
boiled rice add 1 teaoupful of milk.
tablespoon fill of butter, 3 beaten
eggs, 1 teaspoon fill (scant) of salt and
bako a light brown.
Croamed Kggs Romovo the sholls
from hard-boiled cgg-, halve thorn
lengthwise, arid arraugo them on a
platter cut si do down. Four sweet
cream around, not ovor them, ust.
with salt nnd popper. Hut the plntter
in tho oven to bent the oresm. Serve
hot.
Eggs with Cheese Slice hard-boiled
eggs, lay in a buttered dish sprinkled
with bread crumbs, on eaob piece lay
a thin slico of ohoeso corresponding in
tizo, scatter ovor bits of buttor, a
tnblospoonful or two of oream, dust
freely with pepper, sprinkle on bread
crumbs and bake Ave minutes.
Egg Gems Chop together equal
quantities of stslo bread and fragments
of cold moat or flsh, season with pep
por, salt aud a vory little minced
onion, moisten with oream or milk
snd a littlo buttor. Grease gem pans
very thoroughly, fill two-thirds full
with the mixture break an egg on
each, sprinklo with bread or cracker
crumbs, and bake 10 minutes.
nOCSEFTOLD HIXT8.
A littlo saltpetre added to the water
in which cut flowers are put will keep
the flowers fresh a long time.
To extract the juiou from an onion,
cut the onion in half and press it
against and move it slowly over a
grater. The juice will run off1 the
point of tha grater.
To bronzo a plaster of Paris figure,
cover it with a thick coating of shellao
varnish. When this is dry mix soma
bronze powder with the varnish and
apply to the figure, then cover with
another coat of clear varnish.
Palms, rubber plants, and all foli
age plants nsod in tho house should
have a weekly wash day. Using a
soft cloth or sponge, each leaf should
recoive light washing with luke
warm water, and the soil should be
loosened about the roots. Plants
breathe through their leaves, and can
not grow nnlesa they are kept froe
from dust.'
Ink may be taken out of paper in
the following way if the stain is not
too old : take a teaspoonf ul of chlo
rinated lime and pour over it jnst
enough water to cover it, Takif a
pieoe of old linen and moisteu it with
this mixture, and do not rnb, bud pat
the stain, aud it will alowly disappear.
If one application does not remove
the stain let the paper dry and Ihen
apply again.