The railroads of the United State
re capiulljtod at $11,000,000, or
103,000 per mile.
For over 1,000 of population, Cali
fornia ha twenty-eight criminals,
Massachusetts twouty-throc.and Texas
twenty-one.
L - J
Determined women baveJnvaded an
other educational citadul. The U ni
ter nity of Edinburgh bus granted thn
degree of M. A. to Misses Uoddes mid
MacGregor.
i . j;
Hereafter in California nil flues im
posed for crimes against children,
where tlio offender Ih prosecuted tjr n
ooiely organised under tlto laws pro
Tiding for such society, will Ite pnid
over to such society to enable it to
carry ou its hoiictlcoiit labors.
A man must accept what his em
ployer pays liim, ny out what othnr
men charge bim, put on tlin under
wear his wifo puis out for him, ent
what she spreads before dim and "loop
on the bed the way she makes iU Htill
occasionally there is talk of a uiau be
ing free and independent.
In a broach of promise unit, rolatcs
the Buffalo Express, nn Indiana court
has decided that it is not so liad to
tlamago tho affection of a widow as it
is to trifle with the heart of a young
woman who line never known true
love. A Daniel cmiie to judgment!
The courts are gutting more practical
every day.
A Heidelberg doctor bus a some
what grotusque solution for tho Cretan
troubles, lie proposes that the intend
ehonld be made into a German hydro
patbio establishment, v. hero all the
victims of cbrouio rhcumntism, ner
vous ailments and asthma in tho fath
erland could be treated by Uormnu
doctors. He might have added that
the first pntient upon whom the water
treatment bo tried should bo I ho
"Sick Man of the East."
The Now York Mail and Express
eaye: The War Correspondents' Mem
orial, just erected at (inland, Mil., is
a monument too long delayed to a
baud of men equaling in heroism any
enlisted upon either Hide in tho Civil
War. It etanila on the hol der lino
between what were once North and
Booth, nu.il its tublots bear the names
of scores who served journalism on
opposite aides in tho great struggle.
Few dedications of memorial shafts ou
the fluid have boon more interesting
than the dedication of this one.
Edison's fellow wizard, Nikola Tcs
la of New York, is said by tho Elec
trical Review to have produced an
electric light of wonderful brilliancy,
by menus of vacuum tubes which are
not in mechanical contact with the
electrio aourco. That is to say, Mr.
Testa sits between the tubos and the
exciting coil, and tho light glows in
the tubes without interruption. Ilia
device produces about 100 millions of
electrical vibrations in a second, ao
. cording to hie calculations, thereby
making an exceedingly brilliant light,
i i
A hostile critio of Joan of Aro bas
arison in Paris. Joau was, M. Louis
Martin say, moved by a narrow and
almost blamublo fooling of patriotism.
She arose when the pooplos of Europe,
weary of fuudalhim, were trying to
'weld themselves, provinae by prov
ince, into great States. She found
France and England united under the
eocptre of Hunri IV., oud broke the
bond that held them together. Had
they continued under the same soeptre
they would have formed the one great
absorbing, over-ruling, and grsudi
ose State of modern Europe.
The railroad of the United States
are mortgaged to the extent of about
$6,000,000,000 and they have other
indebtedness ( wuicn it costs tbem a
mnoh or more to carry, and which
must soouer or later be ooverod by
bond) to the extent of nearly $1,000,
000,000 more. It mast cost them at
least $300,000,000 a year to pay inter
at on their indebtedness, There is
no way to escape any of this burden
of debt, exoept through tin. door of
bankruptcy, with the sequel of reoeiv
' erehips and reorganizations. Already
within a few years, a great part of the
railway systems of the United States
have got rid of portions of their in
debtedness by this very proooss. Oth'
rwise, the total volume of railway
, bond mentioned above would be con
siderably greater than it now stands.
At present, the railroad oompsnies ol
the United State are obliged to make
each mile of the road in the whole
country earn and pty interest on un
average fixed debt of about $10,000
wage and other operating expense
i . . . 1. M il (
caving ueou mm uei i re any mi
thtug can
r 'fen to I'jk stooliboJdurs,
THE FARMER'S THAN KSCH VINO.
."homrth Is brown, and skim are gray,
And the winrijr woods are bare,
And the first white flakes of the coming
snow
Are afloat In the frosty alrt
But the sparks fly up from the hlekory log
On the homestead's broad stons hearth,
And the windows slinke, and the raftors
ring,
To Hie lads' and the hisses' mirth.
The farmer's faen Is turrownd and worn,
And his locks are thin and whltni
Hut his hand Is steady, his voice I olenr,
And his nyn Is Hue and lirluht,
As he turns to look at his swnut old wife,
Who sits In hnr gown of gray,
With tho cobweb 'korohlnf, and creamy
frills
Rite worn on her wedding dny.
flu hows Ms head to the laden hoard.
ind tlin Rii"Kt they are silent all.
'Thnnkstflvlai. I,ord. for the sun and rain.
And tli fruit on the orchard will.
P.ir tlin silver wheat, and the inililen corn.
And tliA erowa of a nnneefnl tin,
Tlin Rrentest blessing thnt Thou mint give
A Irun aii'l a loving wire!"
This while. haired lovnr he bnds to kles
Her hand In Its (rill of Inee,
And the faded row on her wrinkled cheek,
With a proud snd .1 courtly grnnni
And the snnwiluko click on tho wlndow-
pnnn.
And the rafters ring nhnvn,
And the amtols sing at tlinRiites of (lod
The winds ut tho farmer's lovo.
Minnie Irving.
1I0MK AMAIN.
A TnANKHOIVIMI RVIOItr.
ATfTEU a very sin
gular name, Jane,
such a very singu
lar name. Oh, if
it should bet"
The words were
a wail, in accents
of such utter mis
ery, thnt tho strong
woman who heard
them felt her eyes
grow misty. She
bent over the
lounge where the
speaker, a silver
haired old lady,
helpless for years
with paralysis', was lifting beseeohiug
eyes to her fane.
".Don t take on, so, deary, sue said,
soothingly. "There' many one, the
more the pity, driven to suintdo by
hunger and cold. Wby should this
one be "
Then she choked, nor nursling,
her baby, tho child she worshiped,
drived by hunger aud cold to suicide.
"Bnt, Jane," tho invalid persisted,
"it is suah a strauge name. See," anil
sho pointed to one seutenoo in tho
paper before her; "the only clue to
the identity of the would-be suicide
is a wedding ring marked 'John to
Dolphiue.'"
"I Hue," sail tho nurse, "but
but-"
And again the wishod-for word of
comfort failed her. Tho paragraph
was no uncommon one, merely the
reoord of a woman' attompt at self
destruotion. She bad thrown herself
off a bridgo, clasping a babe close in
her arms, and bad been rescued and
taken, quite unoonsoions, to a hospital,
Her dree was described and the in
scription on the ring given; that was
all.
But tho paralyzed woman roading
tho newspaper was journeying over
memory' plain, book baok twenty
five years, whon a baby lay upon her
breast, the only one Uod ever gavo
her. A blue eyed bnbe, nnrsed ten
derly, reared in every luxury, petted,
indulged for twenty long years, tho
idol of two loving hearts. Then oh,
tho bitter rook on the plain ono day
this child of so much lovo left bcr
home to follow the fortune of a man
who was bo unilt for the care of her
tweet girlhood, that her father had
forbidden him to enter the house
where hi child dwelt.
The lover it the very name is not
a desecration, where on one ide was
mercenary calculations, on the other
blind worship met at the bonse of
friend and planned an elopement.
When Delphine waa gone, when no
donbt of her treaohery to her parents
remained, her father, a stern, hot
tempered man, enried her, and for
bade her name to be mentioned in hi
house. And her moibor, even tbon
helpless, shivered and moaned, and
silently prayod for the obild whose
deceit could not destroy her mother's
love.
And for five years no line oame to
tell them of repentance, no prayer for
pardon.
One letter from John Hoi lis, tho
man who had so basely stolen a young,
trusting girl from a happy home to
follow hi evil fortunes, the father
answered, crushing forever the hope
of fortune that had prompted the
villain.
Such a letter a he read, grinding
01 teeth with impotent rage, effec
tually prevented a seoond demand
upon hi father-in-law' purse, and
Delphine knew in that hour what
misery lay before her.
Bat she made no appeal.
The future she had deliberately
ohoien she aooepted as her punish
ment, seeing at last how wiokedly she
had requited the love of years,
"Mrs. Bernard, dear, Jane said,
softly, caressing the haggard faoe, at
last buried in the pillows of the lounge,
"don't don't take on so."
"If I only knew, if I only knew,"
the mother moaned ; "and, ob, Jane I
it is Thanksgiuing Day. How can 1
pray thankfully if my darling lies to'
day in a hospital dying by her own
act? Jane, 1 must see Mr. Bernard."
Jane wen t willingly upon this errand,
bnt returned slowly,
"Mr. Bernard has gone out, ma'am. "
AN INTERRUPTED THANKSGIVING SERVICE.
"Oone ont? Why, he never goos
till after 10."
Down in the cosy library, where
.Tamoe Bernard enjoyod the lolmiro
well earned by years of mercantile
toil, the morning's nowspnper hnd
been opened deliberately, the money
article scanned, the foreign news eu
joyed, aud the reader was idly looking
over other columns, when a sentence
seemed to spring out of tho psgo be
fore bim, so clearly it stood dullnod
agniust the mas of print.
"Tho only clew to the identity of
the would-be suicide is a wedding
ring, marked 'John to 1'olphine.'"
Eagerly every line of the tragedy was
road, the sweat standing in great beads
upon James ilernnrd's face.
"Shabby woeds I" ho muttered, "a
widow, starving I"
Then in his heart arose a great ory,
breakiug through the stern rcprossiou
of year.
"Delphine, my girl, my treasure I"
He could read no more. Only that
onn pitiful record could ho see npon
tho whole broad printed sheet, and the
yearning bitterness of hishoart would
not be stilled.
"I must be snro," he thought, at
length. "I hope Delia will not eo
this. Shall I see? No, my lace would
betray me. I will not see her until I
oan tell her it in not our child, or"
What? He would oonsidur no fur
ther, but put on his ovcrooat and hat,
and hurried out into the bleak
November air. It was Thanksgiv
ing Day, and the city wore its holiday
air.
Stores were closod, and groups woro
going to and fro with the expression
expected pleasure bring upon faces
worn with the world's oares.
Tho butchers' carts rattled about
noisily and hurriedly, that turkeys
might be delivered in time to seoure
longer holiday for the carriers.
Children with "going to grandma's"
logtbly printed ou their faces skipped
lightly over the oold pavements.
Nobody noticed the handsomoly
dressed old man who strode rapidly in
the dircotion of the city hospital, for
getting carriages, horse our, every
thing but the necessity of satisfying
that dreadful doubt in his heart.
Now be siolfcned for fear this des
perato wretch was hi oiiild; now he
prayod it mi.crht bo, that ho OouU
olaim her for bis own again.
"Hero yes, sir," said tho phvsi
oian, in answer to his inquiries; "liv
ing? oh, yes, sho'll get over it; needs
food as much aa anything. Can yon
too her? Certainly Sarah," calling
a nurse, "take this gentleman t j 3D
pauper ward."
"39 pauper," ly npon a cot
that was sorupalously oleaa, perfeotly
comfortable, yot sent a ohill to James
Bernard's heart.
Her babo, a lovely' hoy of soma six
month, pale, but with large, dark
eyes full of intelligence, was seated be
side her, and the mother's eyes rested
npon bis faoe mournfully, but without
auy delirious tire.
James Bernard staggered baok a
little, and the nurse whispered :
"She's quite herself tuts ntornin?,
though she will tell us nothing of her
self. Shall I speak to her ?"
"No, I I will speak to her."
The voice was hoarse, ohoked, bnt
the woman upon the bed hoard it, aud
looked up.
Many a cry of anguish, of dying
agony, of piteous appeal had run,'
through that "pauper ward, but
never one of more passionate entreaty
than the one word, "Father 1" tha't
burst from the lips of the woman
suatohed from death by a policeman's
rough grasp not twenty-four hours be
fore.
The morning was dragging wearily
along in the room where every luxury
wealth could command waa heaped
about Mrs. Bernard's invalid lounge.
Trembling with exoitement, mingled
hope and fear, the mother watohed the
hands of the elook travel slowly over
the face. Again and again Jane had
gone to the library, only to return to
make the same report.
"He's not ooue ic yet, ma'am."
It was past noon when the long
trained patienoe gave way.
"Jane yon must go to the hosvital.
I shall die in this agony of doubt.
Yon oan see if if thins a stranger,
and if not ob, Jaue, surely surely
her father will forgive her now,"
As U in answer to the ory Jams
THE MORAL WARFARE.
Onr fathers to their graves have gunn
Their strife Is past, their triumph won,
lint sterner trials wait ths rann
Which rises In thslr honored placet
A moral warfare with ths arlme
And folly of aa evil time.
Re let It he. In (tod's own tnlirhl
We Rlnl us for thn ooiiiIiir llithti
And, strotiR In Him whom naui Is ours,
In nonlllot with unholy powers
Wn Rrnsti thn weapons II" has Riven
The Light, tho truth, and Love of Heaven,
nniiii".
Bernard at this moment entered the
room. Upon bis fane there wi a
strange solemnity, and not seeminii to
see the quivering lips, the imploring
eyes lifted to his face, he kissod his
wifo tenderly.
"Delia," be said, gently, "did you
read the nowspaner this morning?"
"Yes, James I"
"You aw, porhaps, a paragraph do
soribing the attorn p tod suicido of a
woman named
"Delphine t James, yon read it?
Tamos James yon will see if it can be
our ohild. Jainos, you will forgive
her now I
And the poor.hulplnss figure writhed
as if the poor mother would have
thrown horsolf at her htteband' feet.
'You thought too," ho said huskily.
"Yes, ves, Jane was going to go,
but now you will go. Yon will soo if
our darling, onr Dnlphine, has been
driven to such mail misery as to try
and take the lifo we cherinhid so ten
derly. James, you will go?"
"Delia, you must try to bo oilm,
orlod her husband, frightened at tho
terriblo agitation, so much more piti
ful from her inability to move, exoept
above her waist. It was awful to see
tho white, thin flngors twisting and
working, the pale face so agonized.
Literally afraid to tell his tidings,
James Bernard took the little figure
in bis arms.
"If you will bo quiet, love," he said,
"I will tell yon pood now."
Sho was quiet enough then, lying
panting with exhaustion in bur hus
band' arms.
"Then you knowl" she gasped.
"I have beon to the hospital."
"And it is not our Dolphins?"
"Doha, it is our Delpoinel"
"Oh, James Jauios!" and here the
tear broke forth, and the invalid
shook with sobs.
"Our Dnlphino, Delia."
"Dying?"
"Thank Hoaven, not Rbn has had
hours of nnoonsaiousnoss, but is ra
tional again, aud she know me. Her
illnoss now i not dangerous, only the
eloot of" with a choking sob:
"Starvation I"
"Ob, James Jamosl"
".Sbo oan be nursod back to lifo."
'There?"
"Can yon bear it, Delia Sho is
horol"
".in 1 not with mo? On. how oan
you keep her from her mother?"
in answer to thoorr, James liornara
loft tho room, motioning Jane to fol
low bim. Only a few moments later
he roturned, half napporting, half
currying, a weak, trembling woman,
who sank, half fainting, Into Her
mothor's arms.
There waa a long silenoo, broken
only by the voice of Mrs. Bernard,
speaking low, oar ending words and
murmur in answer, faint and low, but
fnll of tenderness.
Then Jane appeared, asking:
"Is there no welcome for inybon
nie boy, the darling with grandpa,
eyes?"
And a glad greeting followed th
painful, yet joyful meeting between
the parents and the long lost ohild.
It was a sad story Delphine Hollir
told to sympathizing liiteners; but
the miseries, the trials of the unloved
wifo were softened in the widow's re
cital, and over the dead was spread a
mantle of gentle charity and forgive
ness. "Dinner, Mrs. Bernard," Jane taid,
at last, "and Thanksgiving."
And while she set the invalid's table,
James Bernard escorted Delphine to
the dining room to preside over the
bountiful repast provided there, with
a heart full of moat sincere and fervent
thanksgiving.
Their First Thanksgiving at Home.
Mr. Nowbryde (attempting to carve
the turkey) "Good heavens, Mary I
what have you stuffed this turkoy
with?"
Mrs. Newbryde (with dignity)
"Why, with oysters as yon told me."
Mr. Newbryde (again trying to foroe
bis knife through) "But it feels like
rooks or stoues."
Mrs. Newbryde "Ob, yon mean,
horrid, cruel brute! That is the oys
ter shells. Yon always told me the
only way you liked oysters was in the
shells. Boo I boo I hoo I" I'uok.
A funny way to make money
Thnnksfttvlnir Bccnrslloii.
Ths otd question comes np agsn
and again as to how to devise some
thing novel for Thanksgiving decora
tion. The day is one pre-eminently
homely and simple in its spirit and
traditions a day set apart for return
ing thanks heoansn of the necessities
and every day comforts of life.
Nothing i so appropriate in com
memorating tho occasion as the em
bellishments from thn harvest HaliR
In drawing rooms nothing is more ef.
feetive than Indian corn and diminu
tive yellow pumpkins, the corn with
its long stalks and goldon enrs slacked
on either sido of tho wide door or
grouped in corners, the small pump
kins with more cars of ooru piled at
the base.
Vines of cranberry crowded with
the tiny red globes can trail across
mnntol shelves or twine up and down
columns, while garlands of rod and
green peppers, all sizes and shapes,
and grout bunches of wheat and oats
are rinh and beautiful in nfTent. Fruits
of all kinds grapes, late pears and
peaches, rosy apples and purple plums,
mingled with their own foliage aro
unique and highly typical of the har
vest home.
For dicing table ornamentation a
novel and most attractive modo is to
out from the ordinary garden vegeta
bles shapes simulating flowers from
the beet a deep rod rose ; from the
yellow turnip, a tiger lily; a white
lily or chrysanthemum fkom the pota
to, with lettuoe loaves for foliage,
while eabbsgn, celery, oauliflowor and
tho dozen other kitchen garden pro
ductions add blossom to this origttal
bouquet. One of the ornaments serves
at each plato as a favor, while a huge
gronp mingled with fruiti form a fine
centerpiece.
It is a very simple matter to shape
these mock flowors, a sharp knife and
a little skill is all that is required.
They may bs prepared the day before
Thanksgiving aud kopt fresh in a
bowl of water.
Itcvengp.
"What are yon doing lliat or?"
asked the old Uobbler of the young
Tom, as he obsorvod that fine looking
bird standing in a corner of the barn
yard on his loft leg, and drawing in
and shooting ont the right with
monotonous persistence.
"Hardening my mnsoles," repliod
the yon ng Tom, shifting to the right
leg and keeping up the performance
with his left.
"Aro yon entered for theThankHgiv
ing games?" iuqtiired the old Uobbler.
"Ho," responded the young Tom;
"I am entered for the Thanksgiving
dinner, and thnt boy who lives in the
big house has been coming ont bora
every day for a mouth to soe how I am
coming on. Well, ifI must be eaten,
I must, bnt that boy isn't going to
give many thanks whon he taokles my
drumsticks, that's all!" Harper's
Woekly.
A Tli'iiiirht for Thanksgiving.
"The only way to regenerate the
world i to do the duty which lies
nearest us, and not to hunt after
grand, far fetched ones for oursolves.
if each drop of rain ohose where it
should fall, God's shower would not
fall as they do now."
Tale of a Tough Turkey.
Illltht up to thn market stall strode be,
Aud bnuRht a bird that was tea puuudathreo,
Then quickly hornn to his wife lis Sped,
And told her all that the man bad sutd
Ol how to plok aud -luff aad o lt.
Anil so with lovini! hands alio took
'1 lint tough old Inr.i I hat was hard and fray.
And Into the ovou sba tiownu ulin away.
And then for their man led llfnwiisyouag
Wiib Joyous hearts thny sat and sun
Until, as arnuud the olook hands spun.
Hue said with a smile that tli bird was dons.
nd he Inuehnd aloud, and bis Joy was great,
Per his stowaeb told that ths hour was lata.
Kni be kiaoo l hts wife and be cried in glow
At tba tlna old bird tbat was ten pound
tbr.
And said, "I will cut bim now In two;"
And took his knife that was britn aud new
And haikad away for an hour or so.
Till bis blade got dull and bis movements
slowi
And then, with prayer ad a moment's rest,
Ho took off bis uoat aaa than bis vest,
Aad haeked away till twiligbt name.
And bis arms wars sore aud bis back was
lam.
An4 the boun wore on aad ths wsaks sped
hy,
And still, witB. a sunknn ebeok aad eye.
Ha worked aay, aud his wifo tt I hero,
With pattoni foes, lo lhaatme )id uliairj
Until oo day, iw his kails blade broke,
Aud his wUbarod frame suik dowa, t
spoke,
Aad said wuh a smlls, that was balf a sneer,
"i should thlok you would itwrn to earva,
ny daar."
Uall aat Exprss.
ron tiik iiot.iKwir.'H
DitonAUiti Mt;u.
Tut four tablesiioonfuls of butter
nd three of flour In a saiiconnn. nonf
on this throe gill of boiling water (
tio together a baylnaf, sprig parsley,
one of thymn, put in a saucepan,
with small si loo of carrot, half an
onion, tiny bit of in ace, eighteen per-
peroorus, generous tonspootifitl of salt
two lablesponnfiils of gravy or stock,
simmer gently balf an hour ) strain ;
add throo gills cream, let it come to
boiling point, and sorvo.
This is one of the most useful
sauces; it may bo used with fish, poul
try or vegetables. Chicago lleoord.
APPl.n- MRfllNOIIR.
One of tho most inexpensive of des
serts Is an npplo meringue. This is
not to bo confounded with an apple
meringue pin, which is made of a
strained apple sauce, flavored with
lemon peel, is spread, if you wish.
with apple jelly and a ineringii4 of tho
white of throe eggs, three tnblospoon
fuls of sugar and the juico of a quarter
of a lemon, tho wholo baked in a
or unt. An npplo meringue is not
baked in a cruat. To make it, select
six medium-sized rather tort npplos ;
oore and peel them and put them in a
porcolnin-lined sauoepan with half a
cup of oold water and half a cup
of sugar. Cover the apples closely,
turn them after they have
cooked three minutes, and baste
them thoroughly. Itepeat this proooss
in three minutes morn. When tho
spplesaro teiider.bnt before they break''
apart, take them tip vory carefully
with a large spoon, so as to keep thorn
wholo. The syrup on them will ba
nearly all absorbed ; pour tho littlo
that remain over them. It should
not be over a quarter of a cupful.
If it is more, reduoo it, Whon the
apples are oold fill the oores with jelly
sud pour a little melted j illy over each
one to glnzs it. Apricot and currant
jolly are both excellent, but nothing
is bettor than a jelly made of a pint of
apple skins and oores boiled in a cap '
of water until tender. It will take
about balf an hour. Thn juioo is then
prcssud out of tho pulp, measured
and sugar added in proportion of a
pint to a pound. Add four strips an
inch long of the yellow peel of
lemon, Kodiioe the liquid nntil a
jelly is formed. It is better to
prepare the apples and glaze them and
fill thorn with jolly thodayboforo thoy
are sol ved. They should be put on a
thick plate. Half an hour before ser
ving boat to a stiff froth tho white) oi .
throe eggs, throe tablcspoonfnl of
powdored sugar, and the juico of half
a lemon. Pour the meringue over the
apples on tho plato, drawing it down
to the edge, and allow a little to glaze
the edge. Dredge it thickly with
powdored sugar and lot the plate on
thick block of wood in a slow oven. Io
twenty minutes tho meringue will be a
very delicate brown. Serve the disit
at onco. The block of wood protect
tho applos from the heat, so that the
jelly in them doc not melt, but the
apples remain in glace. The tart ap
ples enclosed in this sugary meringue
are very nioc. Boston Cultivator.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Anything with a meringue over it
should be put in a cool ovou und al
lowed to brown slowly if yon wish it
light. A strong heat toughens merin
gues. If a bunob of grape loaves is pnt in
the brine in which oucurabcr are to
be soaked for pickling, it will help
keep the onounaber sound and firm,
and of a good color.
In blanching nut meats pour over
tbera boiling water and let it stand a
few momenta. Throw over them cold
water and rub tbem between the fin
gers and the skins will readily come
off.
When the whites of eggs are nsed,
and the yolks are not required at thn
same time, drop the yolks into a small
cup or glass, eover the surface with a
little oold wuter and keep in a cool
place.
Flat iron that have become rough
from rust or starch should be rubbed .
with yellow beeswax. Have a eake of
the wax tied in a piece of coarse"
cheese cloth. Heat the iron nntil it
is very warm, bnt not hot, rub the
iron briskly with tba beeswax, and
quickly rub with a olean, eoarse cloth,
until the surface is smooth.
Iced tea is refreshing certainly, but
it is notoonsidered entirely wholesome
for the regular use of any one, notably
children. A way to make it to insure
a minimum of taunia acid is p irtly to
fill a goblet with crooked ice; make
tba tea somewhat stronger than usuul;
then pour, boiling hot, over the ioe.
ialioe of lemou a... I alittla sugar may
oe added.
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