"'lb ladder of fame" in out of
dole. The .young fellow of today can
pet there quicker by taking the ele
vator. Statistics published by the gootog
io.il survey show thnt the output of
coal la 1800 was nn increase of 17 or
cent over thnt of the preceding yenr,
or about 'inn, 000, 000 short ton. Along
with this increased production was a
rise In price which In unusual.
With the aid of liquid atr and
Tii'unin pump l'rofessor Dewar of
t'je ltoyal Institution, London, a few
diys ago succeeded in solidifying by
drogen gas, which was until recently
counted among the elements that
were thought to be hopelessly gase
ous. m
The English people think thnt the
proposed new tiluopcnny coin will
nnble them to get the bottor of the
French, who, it is assumed, will ac
cept it as the equivalent of a franc.
At present British tiavelora iu France
frequently bnve to pay a shilling iu
exchange for au article valued at a
franc.
llorcbgrevluk, who had charge of the
Antarctic expedition outfitted by Hir
George Newnes, has attained the far
thest point made by any explorer in
the southern hemisphere. He reached
78 degrees and CO minutes south lati
tude, which is 40 minutes south ol
the lowest latitude reached by Sir
James Clark ltoss iu 1842.
The necessities of modern times
Lave no respect for sentiment or tradi
tion. As an illustration of this fact
the great chalk headland at Dover
known as Shakespeare's cliff, one ol
the landmarks of the English chan
nel. is to be levered to broadeu
the field of the rapid-tire gnus mount
ed on the batteries erected for the de
fense of Dover harbor.
An effort is made to introduce the
American sweet potato in Europe. It
would seem there ought not to be much
difficulty in doing so. It is the most
easily grown of American vegetables,
and iu the matter of cooking, does
cot require an expert, and the indi
vidual who would not considor a well-
baked sweot potato, buttered and
seasoned with pepper and salt, just to
poiut, a delicate morsel, surely de
s ji ves to be tnrnud out to starve.
The venerable Judge Jackson of
the United States circuit court at
Wheeling, W. Va., expressed a pessi
mistlo view of the state of the public
morals in chargiug the jury the other
day. "My experience on the bench,"
be said, "has not been a limited one,
and I regret to say that crime in this
country is on the increase. I am nu
able to determine whether it is a re
suit of increasing population or of the
lowering of the staudard of pnblio
morality."
l'enologists universally recognize
that the use of violence as a punish
ment is neither a deterrent nor a cor
rective of crime, and nearly all forms
of punishment for offenders against
law are now intended ti be reforma
tory. In the face of all this it is as
tonishing that such an influential pa
per as the London Times should be
rate Parliament for not returning to
the barbarous methods of the past in
the treatment of any class of crimi
nals. No doubt that many offenders
against society richly deserve the ap
plication of the cat, but its use is
against the spirit of the age and would
have the old-time effect if administered
of making criminals worse instead of
better. The civilized world cannot
afford to reform back ward.
The disappearance of the birds
would be au irreparable loss to agrl
culture. Professor Forbes, state en
tomologist of Illinois, estimates that
at the end of 12 years, w;;hout the
birds, the farm lauds of that state
would be carpeted with inseots at the
rate of one for every square inch
of ground. Professor Beal of the
United States department of agricul
tore calculates that in the state of
Iowa alone the birds of a single spe
cies, the tree sparrow, destroy 875
tons of noxious weeds every year.
Hawks aud owls help to keep the
wheat and corn free of rodents. In
many Southern communities the buz-
rsrds do more efficient work as scar
engers than the men who get paid for
it. The woodpeoker rids trees of in
sects that would ' otherwise destroy
them, and many a peach orchard would
be unproductive but for the protection
of its growing fruit by insectivoroa
birds. So that, even if it has acooui
plished nothing beyond reminding ns
that the birds have a definite aud im
port ant function to perform in the
economy of agriculture, the agltatioi
agaiust their de.traetiou has served
useful purpose.
PACES IN THE STREET.
They lie, the men who toll us In a load, de
cisive tone
That want Is horn a etrangor, and thnt
tulsnrv's unknowni
For whre the nearest suburb aod the oltv
proper nw't
My windowslll Is level with the fnos In the
strew
Drifting past, drifting past
To tho bent of wenrv feet
While I sorrow for the owner of those fanes
In the street.
And cause t have to sorrow, In a land so
young and fair,
To sen upon those fanes stamped the look of
n am anil ;arei
look In vain for traces of tHo fresh and fair
and imM
la sallow, sunken fanes that are drifting
through the stroet
Drifting on, drifting on,
To the snrnos of roritleM feeti
1 oan sorrow for the owners of the fanes In
the street.
Henry Lnwton.
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THE SOLDIER.
One dreamy, drowsy afternoon to
ward the end of June, having nothing
Particular t do, I sauntered in the
direction of the Chelsea College gar
dens. This shady little nook holds
the home of some of our old soldiers.
There they sat iu nolemn rows of fonrs
end fives on the wooden benches in the
cool, greeu avenuo, dreaming away
the toug summer afternoons, while
they watched the ohitdreu play on the
grass before tbem.
A great longing entne over me to
learn something of their lives.
If I could come across one alone, I
thought, there might be a chance of
it; so, with a lingering, backward look
at the old fellows, I walked ou till I
came to a more secluded part of the
gardens, where the pensioners culti
vated little plots of ground, and sold
flowers and ferns to the nnrses and
children, the proceeds of which en
abled them to buy tobacco aud rum
and other small luxurios.
It had been intensely hot, but now
a refreshing breeze was tossiug the
lilac and laburnum trees, aud in the
cool of the day the old meuwere hard
at work, watering, weeding and rak
ing away, while they smoked and
changed opinions as to their respec
tive nurseries.
Crossing the gravel path, I came
upou a lied composed entirely of
mignonette. Its fragrauue was delight
ful, and I paused a moment to enjoy
the scent.
This little garden excited my curi
osity and I looked with iuterost at the
gardener. His face was thin aud
lined, with au expression of settled
molaucholy on it, but there was some'
thing in the large, dark eyes aud sen
sitive mouth that took my fancy.
"Here is au opportunity, I thought.
"He looks a nice, approachable old
man, and I daresay would be glad to
have a chat,"
At that mouiont, as if by some sud
den transition of miud, he glanced np
and fixed his speaking orbs on me.
What lovoly miguonotte! I ex
claimed, by way of opouiug fire.
He smiled, but it was such a sad
smile, I wished he hadn't it some
how made me fool sick aud sorry.
Let me out you some, madam," he
said, gravely. "1 will iu a moment,
if you can wait."
"i'lease, oh, I should like nothing
better," I answered, seating myself
and looking coutentedty, while my
new friend went to work with a long
pair of rusty scissors.
His face Interested me, strangely.
none the less when I noticed that the
Victoria Cross adorned his breast.
How could I get him to talk?"
"May I ask why you cultivate only
one (tower?" I iuquired with suddeu
inspiration.
lie looked at me again, in that in
tense way of his, for at least a minute,
without speaking, thon said irrele
vantly: "lou have a good, kind face. lady.
and
He paused.
"Thank you for saying so." I re
joined, somewhat tamely, feeling
ba tied and wondering what was com
ing next
"xou asked me just now why I only
grew one flower. I will tell you if
you care to listen."
"les," I replied, eagerly, "I am
all atteution."
"It happened so long r.go, yet it
seems only like yesterday. Miguon,
Mignonl" he half-murmured to him
self. I coughed softly, to remind him of
my presence.
"Lady, did you ever love anyone
very dearly?" he asked abruptly.
"Have I?" I returned, somewhat
taken aback by this unexpected ques
tion. "Well yes, I have been foud of
several people I have met at different
times of my life," was my disoreet
rejoinder.
"Those two were the only ones I
eared for in the world Mignon and
Kalpb Stanley."
"Who was Mignon?" I queried,
gently, for the old man's face was full
of emotion when he spoke her name.
"I always calls 1 her Miguou, aud
so did he," he continued, without
heeding me; "the name suited her so
well. She was never without a slip
of this," touching the flowers iu my
lap, "in her belt or gown. She had a
passion for mignonette, that is why
we called ber Mignou, aud she was as
aweet as the flower itself, with her
blue-bell eyes nu-1 nut-brown hair."
"Who was this other?" I ventured
to ask, after a pause.
Again the veteran seemed to forget
my existence, as he sighed, and said,
musingly:
"To tliiuk that I never guessed it,
and tbev were such a bouny pair, too.
She could not help loving him, the
genial, handsome lad. lie men and
officers alike iu our regiment simply
dored him.''
"He served with you then?"
"Yes, but I was ouly In the roaks,
while he held a commission."
"Vet yon were friends?"
"Friend aye I that we were; from
our schoolboy days we were chum si
When Kalpb was sent to the Crimean
war I threw everything tJ the winds,
enlisted in the regiment aud went,
too, and we fought in many a fierce
battle together, but one thought kept
ns np through all, dear little Mignon,
the vicar's daughter. Ah, what happy
old times they were at the vlcsrage I
"Mignon was an only child; her
father, our cosch, Ralph's and mine.
What merry little tea parties we bad
just we four; the scent of mignonette
everywhere; the garden, the windows
and the rooms of the old bouse were
full of mignonette, all mignonette!"
My glance wandered to the flowers
blooming at my feet, as I tried to pic
ture the little scene put before me.
"And llalph loved Mignon as well
as I," he pursued, "though neither of
us knew the other's secret. Well,
those happy days came to an end.
Young Stanley left us to stndy for the
army, while I romnined to stagnate in
my father's ofllce in town.
"How I envied Italph's luck. Not
that I grudged him any good luck, but
my lot in lire did seoin hard in com
parison to his. As the time passed
my restlessness and discontent in
creased. Dospito my attachment to
Mignon, my humdrum, monotonous
existence was so hateful to me. Ho,
when the war broke out and llalph
was ordered abroad I made np my
mind to go, too, in the ranks of the
same regiment Here was an oppor
tunity not to be lost of leading a more
glorious life; to fight for my country,
my people and for the love of 'old
England,'
"How I dreamt of the home-coming
after the work was done. Death had
no place iu my mini. How I antic
ipated the meeting with Mignon, with
tho love light that I poor fool im
agined she felt for me, shining in her
soft blue eyes. I thought I would
pour out my heart and tell her I had
come back to claim her, never to part
any more. Ahl if I had bnt known!"
He smiled again in his melancholy
way, and continued:
"les, if I had ouly known that she
cared for Balph I should have been
spared many a heartache in after
years. "
The old soldier gazed abstractedly at
his mignonette, and, donbtloss, livod
over again that memorable campaign,
while I wondered if the cross on his
breast had anything to do with his
tory. He answered iny glance.
"I am coining to that now, lady.
One bitter November night, or rather
morning, we awoke to find the enemy
bearing down on us in overwhelming
numbers before our camp was astir.
The men, however, soon roused and
fought shoulder to shoulder amid tho
roar and dm of cannon, which mud
dened alike mnn and beast. After
awhile I became conscloiisonly of one
thing a figure a fow yards ahead of
me fighting for dear life. I can sea
the look ou his face now! It was
traustlgiired, shining with dauntless
courage that nunilod not bo fore the
outslniight of tho Russians. I be
lieve, at that moment, Italpli lived in
every lib or of his boiug. He gloried
in a tight no one more. He was sur
rounded aud cut off from the rest of
us by six or seven of the enemy,
double bis size. Suddenly he stag
gered aud fell; then I found myself
struggling aud crushing through
countless forms aud brandishing steel,
until I roachod the stricken figure.
There he lay, so white and still, with
his brave youug face upturned to the
leadeu sky. Jly arms weut lustlno
tively round him, and as I turned and
faced the lot of them perhaps it was
fancy but a change seemed to come
into their eager, glittering eyos, as
they involuntarily fell back a space or
two. It was only fer a niomeut They
i;i n pressed forward, and no doubt
the pair of ns would have been quick'
Iy cut into mincemeat, but for au un
expected diversion created just thon
by the arrival of the Inmskilling Dra
goons. With their aid the Hussions
were completely routed, and in the
confusion of their retreat and flight I
managed to carry Halph back safely
to camp.
"And you escaped nnwonnded?"
"No, unluckily, lady, I received
some very bad cuts ou my head and
back, which brought about my (lis
charge from the army as being unfit
for active service. When I had some
what ; recovered Ralph told me that
Mignon had promised to become bis
wife, and six months later . they were
married."
"Did Mignon ever know that you
cared for her?" I asked rather huskily,
"Yes; many years after, when they
came to see me here, I thiuk, as they
carried away some of my mignonette,
they both guessed it for the first
time."
A bell near by clanged out the tea
hour as he finished speaking, so, with
a close clasp of the hand, my old man
aud I parted.
A OtsM of ffutr at Itedthne.
The human body is constantly un
dorgoing tissue changes. Water has
the power of increasing these changes,
which uinltiply the waste products.
but at the same time they are re
moved by its agency, giving rise to
increased appetite, which in turn pro
vides fresh nutriment If you do not
accustom yourself to drink water
regularly you are liable to have the
wasti) products form faster than they
are removsJ, Any obstruction to the
free working of natural laws at one
prodnees disease. Great weakness
and lauguor on rising in the morning
ate generally due to a large secretiou
of these waste products, and tbo
re nedy is to drluk a tumblerful of
water either hot or cold just befor
retiriug. This materially assists i
the process during the night an
leaves the tissues fresh and strong.
ready for the active work of he next
day.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
"svti
A Haln Song.
llon't you love to He end listen,
Listen to the ruin,
With Its little patter, palter,
Ami Its tiny clutter, clutter,
And Its silvery scatter, spatter.
Un the roof and on the pane
Yes, 1 1 ve to He and listen,
l.lKt.m to the rain.
It's fftli Irs Pert and Ducky,
Nip and N I nil. In-tons and Lucky,
Trip and Thlmble-noee and 'funky
Un the roof aud on the panel
That's my dream the while I listen,
I.leton to the rain,
I can see them running ran,
I ran watch their laughing fanes
At their gleeful games ami granes.
Un the roof snd on the pane!
Clinton Hcollnrd, Iu HI. Nicholas.
A Itnmtile ties on Wheel.
On an nptown cross street the other
morning appeared the tiniest of riders
on the most diminutive of wheels.
She was a chunky little creature of
perhaps three or four summers, just
the build and ago at which a tumble
nutkes no porceptibleimpression. The
wheal was so small as not to be worth
mentiouiug, but it was a genuine
bicyclo.
The little thing sat there, one foot
resting on the curb, until hor father
appeared. An immense throng gath
ered round her, but she heeded it not
the alightest. When he was ready
she shoved off and darted down the
street by the side of her big papa.
Whether by accident or otherwise the
colors of the midget's costume were
very like those of a bee. Her cap and
acket were a steely bine, and her
skirts, of a bright yellow, were divided
like a pair of wings. At a short dis
tance she looked as she flew along all
the world like a bnmble bee and she
was only a size larger. New York
Mail and Express.
A Clever IlanA True atnry.
One day in early autumn, when the
sunflower seeds were fully ripe,
pied our hen, Speckle, pecking away
on the brown stalk of one of the tallest
bushes. My curiosity being aroused,
I stood and watched her. To my sur
prise she pecked away with a will till
a number of seeds bad been shaken
from the seed disc. Then she picked
them from the ground until she had
eaten quite a good dinner. Day aftor
day I saw her do this.
f inally, the other chickens uis
covered that there would be scods on
the ground when Speckle went to the
bush, and thou she had a hard time of
it As soon as she would go to the
bnsb, the others would flock around
hor aud eat the seada as fast as she
could shake them down. Undaunted
though, she would work away until
the rest were illlod, aud then get a
paltry share from t hoi r leavings.
Though tho chickens knew perfoctlv
well that there would be seeds on the
ground when Speckle pecked the bush,
still none of them caught Speckle's
idea of shaking a bush for themselves
ami there were plenty of thorn so
I concluded that Speckle wus nn ex
ceptionally brilliant hen. Every
Other Sunday.
.? apanee Toy Vrog,
The little folks iu Japan make some
very interesting toys, and none is more
interesting thau the frog manufactured
out of green paper. First out a piece
of paper into a s inure much larger
thau yon expect the frog to be. Draw
lines from the four corners of the
square and from the middle of the
sides.' First fold the paper along the
diagoninl lines, thon turn it over on
the other side and fold it along the
lines from the sides. It will then
form a kind of box which can be
pressed together along the folds in
the shape of an nueqnal diamond.
Now seizing the paper below the ends
of the cones, fold it bnckward so as to
have two more regular equal points.
When this has been done to each of
the eight cones the result will be a
perfect diamond with a smaller dia
mond in the centre. Then each one
of the cones must be folded again so
ns to got all the points around the
centre. Care must be taken to get
the points as even aud equal as pos
sible. To finish the frog (urn the upper
points out so that they spread and
form the forelegs, and the lower points
so that they form the hind legs. When
it is finished a fine thread may be at
tached to the frog's body, aud by care
ful jerks it almost seems to leap
around on the floor or table. The
paper used should be stiff enough to
retain the folds as given to it, bnt not
so brittle as to break nnder the hand
ling. Do not be discouraged if the
first frog you make is lame, for then
ic is certain that the points have not
been folded evenly.
The American Hoy.
In St Nicholas Governor Roose
velt of New York tolls "What We Can
expect of the American Boy." Of
course, he says, what we have a right
to expect of the American boy is that
he snail torn out to be a good Ameri
can man. Now, the chances are strong
that he won't be much of a man unless
he is a good deal of a boy. He mnst
not be a coward, or a weakling, a
bully, a shirk or a prig. He must
work bard and play hard. He must
be cleau-niiuded and clean-lived, and
able to hold bis own nnder all circum
stances aud aguiust alt comers. It is
only on these conditions thst he will
grow into the kind of American man
of whom America can be really promt
There are always in lite countless
tendencies for good and for evil, and
each succeeding generation sees some
of these tendencies strengthened and
some weakened, nor is it by any
means always, alas! bat the teuden
cies for evil are weakened, and those
for good strengthened. But daring
the last few decades there certainly
have been some notable changes for
good in boy life. The great growth
in the love of athletic sports, for in
stance, while fraught with danger if it
booomes one-sided and unhealthy, has
beyond all question hsd an excellent
effect in increased manliness. Forty
or fifty years ago the writer on Amer
ican morals was sure to deplore the
effeminacy and luxury of the young
Americans who were bom of ricli
parents. The boy who wss well off
then, especially in the big eastern
cities, lived too luxuriously, took to
billiards as his chief innocent recrea
tion, and felt small shame in his in
ability to take part in rongh pastimes
and field sports. Nowadays, whatever
other faults the son ol rich parents
may tend to develop, he is at least
forced by the opiniou of all his associ
ates of his own age to bear himself
well in manly exercise, and to develop
bis body and therefore, to a certain
extent, his character in the rongh
sports which call for pluck, endurance
and physical address.
K'liia's llawaril.
"Instead of one corner of my brain
for geography and one for arithmetic,
both of them must befor aiithmetic
Don't you think so, mamma?"
Mamma looked at Edna's first sixth
grade roport card and read, "Geog
raphy, (17; arithmetic, 05."
"This is worse than usual, Edna,"
she said. "Now I believe myself thst
you have a corner for geography, but
that it is, we might say, a vacant cor
ner lot We mnst build on it. If yon
can get 75 next week, we wilt go to
ee with our own eyes some fact of
geography. I think we will go to see
how the men quarry building stone."
Lessons went about as usual the first
day. Edna tried to remember how
Asia looked on the map page, bnt
there were so many scallops slung the
const she could not remomber where
they all belonged. The next dsy escb
member of the class was to bring five
original questions, the qnestrons and
their answers to be wiitten out to pass
in. Before she went to school Edna
read hers to her mother.
"What is the direction of Java from
Japan?" was the first.
Mamma was to answer.
"Southeast." she replied.
"No, southwest," said Edna, with
eves fairly dancing.
" "I hope voti are right, dear," said
maminaf "But let us look it np."
It was southwest, tliov found, both
looking carefully at the map; and
Edna went to school fooling sure her
I paper was all right
Htrange bow things happen: vvnen
the books were closed and the gong
rniihy class was ready to lecite, Miss
Johnson said:
Before we take np the advance
work, yon mny ask a few of the re
view questions you have prepared."
Edua was looking at ber intontly,
and wishing sho herself hud blue eyes
and wavy yellow hair. She had even
gone so fur ns to hope she would grow
np to look like Miss Johnson which
was nnlikely. as r.aua una uincx eyes
and black hair when she was sudden
ly called to attention by hearing Mary
Milliken ask:
'What is the direction of Java from
Japan?"
"Southeast," answered vvuue .uay-
nard.
"Bight!" said Miss Johnson, and a
second question was asked.
Edna could hardly believe bar ears.
She had never known Miss Johnson
to make a mistake, but there was the
fact that mamma had looked it up with
her only two hours before. Miss
Johnson mnst be wrong for once; no,
she must be wrong herself! Oh, dear!
it was so perplexing.
The papers bad not been passed in,
and Edna could easily change ber
answer to ".Southeast."
"I am, I'm going to change it, and
then I won't lose on my rank," de
cided Edna.
The pencil almost touched the
paper when Edna thought:
"Mamma wouldn't change it, and
Miss Johnson wouldn't, either. I
know I'm right, and I'd rather be
right" Edna hesitated a minute
"than have a hundred."
The next day, when Miss Johnson
returned the papers, Edna opened
hers slowly, with a d.smal feeling that
there won id be a blue pencil mark
against "southwest" Of course, she
could show Miss Johnson her mis
tnke; but Edna's devot'on to ber
teacher was such that she bad a qneer
idea that the mistake should be kept
from her. There was the mark!
What? It wasn't a cross! Instead,
in Miss Johnnon's pretty handwriting,
was an underlined "uood." Edna
feasted her eyes on the word.
"Java is southwest of Japan, chil
drennot southeast as recited yes
terdsy," said Miss Johnson. "I am
glad to say one of ns knew the right
answer yesterday." And she looked
straight at Edua.
Edna blnshed and smiled. Every
thing was all right What if she bad
changed the word? It wasn't a pleas
ant thonght, sud Edua peeped into
ber paper agtin to see the beantifal
"Good." iTondly she carried the
paper home at noon.
"Miss Johnson's own writing,
mamma!" Suuday School Timos.
Calaveras l'ln.
California has several groves of
mammoth pine trees, the most cele
brated of which is locate X in Calaveras
county. Some of tbem reach a height
of S'JO feet and are 30 feet in girth.
Their age is compute 1 to be 2300
years, aud they are a great object of
iuterest to tourists. , Cpugress do
nated this grove to the state of Cali
fornia, the ttipulntion being that it
should be le.aiued as pnblio do
main. . The state accepted the grau
aud a board of coinmisaiontra now
baa charge f it Mariposa ronuty
has a similar grove.which is also much
visited by tourist.
HINTS FPU HOUSEWIVES,
To Take lrea from Wall rener.
Lay a sheet of thick blotting paper
over the stain and then press a hot
iron over it A soon as the blotting
paper becomes greasy move It; bring
a clean part over the stain, and then
apply the iron again, ltepeat this un
til the stain has quite disappeared.
The ferfert Kitchen,
To provide perfect kitchen equip
ments requires a special Intelligence
gathered ouly by experience that shall
enable one to meet the exactions of
Individual conditions. If the yonng
wife lacks practical experience she
cannot do better than apply to the
elders of her acquaintance for advio
as to limitations, rather than abun
dance of supplies. At every bour.e-
furnisher s shop she will be resented
with a list of household vessels, in
cluding every essential for the kitchen,
closets and dresser, but not one of the
cntologiiea will tell her what she can
do without and not be incommoded.
I.lnen Couch Cavers.
We are bound to pause and bestow
a pleased glance upon the new linen
couch covers. Large enough to cover
entirely, not to mention reaching
fnirly to the floor, are the most gener
ously proportioned divans, these
covers are in the natural linen color
with a border of red, or blue or dull
green. They are fringed out all
aronnd the edge to the depth of
couple of inches.
In addition to their comfort-giving
qualities, the frngsl housewife hss
the satisfaction of knowing that the
upholstery nndomeath them is being
well preserved from the plentiful sun
shine and the dust
' Knsalan (anrtleallrka.
In onr fervor to find out old thing
we fall with glee npon the reproduo-1 .
tions of candlesticks in Bnssiaa brass.
One tremendous thing, surely a
whole yard in height, with a pattern
engraved in quite the Bnssian ides,
suggests the poor subject of the grest
white Czar staggering to bed under
this mighty weight. And this also
leads one to think that all Bnssian
go to bed sober, nnless they have ap
pointed masters of the candles.
Seriously, however, there are smsller
caudles, which will donbtless serve
for carrying abont Say what yon
will, and even if the house is lit with
both gas and incandescent, it does
look fetchingly quaint to start off to.
one's bed chamber with an individual
lii(ht, for all the world like one of
those admired wise virgins. Candles
are nicer than lamps, so much so that
one can only hope the mnch-admired
ten had maids to handle the oil and
to rub off the wicks.
I.nnnilering Ta'tlc-Clorha.
Ttie beantiful laundering of table
cloths is the test of an ironer's skill.
They mnst have jist enough body not
to seem limp, the pattern mnst be
"brought out," and there should b.i a
eatin-tinixbed snrface. The right bod
may be given to table-linen by addisf
a onnrt of starch to the last riifte
water a good tnbfnl. Whether that
is done or not they mnst be made very
wet in the sprinkling, and ironed
until perfectly dry. No matter how
smoothly they are ironed, if they are
moist when bnng on the bars they
will acquire a "rough-dry" appet
ence. A special cloth for "best 0(
sions" may be dried after rinsing
without starch in the water.) then wet
entirely aud run through the wringer,
then laid on a sheet i or two run to
gether), snd rolled np tightly over
night. It will take a weary long time
to iron that cloth until perfectly dry,
but it will be like new, only hand
somer. Woman's Home Companion.
lire! pea.
Tripe rorboil till tender; then for
rtf.ntwi tint rwn la iintnnfin to la nniTi.
iii anncAtinn and a little chormail onion
way seeds, if liked. Lay tripe in,
covering it. Cook slowly 10 to 15
minutes, according to the time at dis
pose'. Sprinkle with salt and pepper
and serve on hot plates.
Baised Cake This is from a cook
book of "the good old times. " Tw:
curs light snonge. one cup nsar. one-
linlf nn ltnrtar tw.i well-heu'en acra
one cap stoued raisins, nomed, half
aoita QiRinnpu in a uiiia water, .ua
nt . a.I r.m ...I kn I n
bake in rathtr slow oveu,
scorches easily.
Chicken Livers Clean, remove
na rr boh irrMn uvr if tin ino :
anwll alinna T)r,1rtA with ault rati
and flour and saute in butter.
nif... a1.1 tnm l.Uun.u,nfi,1 I.mH..
ivtbi laoienpuuunii uuur. uua uai
tablespoonfnls msngo chutney,
pour it over the livers.
fotsto eorip iase six gooO
goodV
(or let.
potatoes and four odious (,i
strong flavor is disliked1, dice
aud put on to bo.l in two quarts
wa'er. lieu cooked soft put
through a sieve, add half a car
mils, sur in a tuu:esp oouiui of Vk
smoothed in milk just enong'J
"Liu a the puree add a tabUsp
ful of batter in small bits aud
'aud pepper to make palattb'.e.f
leaving opportunity for tudiiduJ
seasou at table.
Indian Baunock This is fr1
very old family recipe book
marked "A delicious breakfast dH
It is equally good for luncheon.
nice with milk for those who dJ
the beverage. One piut r orniueaM
quart milk. Boil half the milk
scald the meal with it: mix with
while hot a piece of butter the sit
auigr and a lijtle salt; b.ut tt
egg, add tittle aud thin off witl
cold uiiik. Bake in shallow pan
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