A Cheap Sleigh -Ride. BY THE "OLD UN." Tom Bllvins and Ellas Sharp were townles;" that Is to say, they were both born and raised In the town of GUmanton, New Hampshire, the noble old Granite state. They came to Bo?' ton In search of fortune. Tom got a clerkship In a wholesale house on Cen tral wharf, and plodded along the road that leads to success, living on a trllle and making: a weekly deposit In the avlnga bank. Ellas Sharp was in the employ of a Erocer In North Market street His name belled his character, for, though he thought himself the "Smartest fellow in all creation," the fact Is, that his paternal parent sent him to Boston, because, as he stated to his wife. "Ellas was so allflred green that he was afenred, if the grass run short, the cattle'd eat him." He was always getting Into scrapes and trusting to Bllvins to pull him through, though whenever he was cornered in consequence of his own blundering, he always protested: "I done It for the best I done It for the best." The young man boarded at a cheap but respectable lodging house In Han over street. One winter a genuine old-fashioned New England snowstorm, lasting for two days, cleared off, leaving splendid lelghlng, and, of course, all the Bos tonians went mad, as they always do with the first snow. It Is their carnl- val. Nothing was talked or thought Df but sleighing. Tom Bllvins was unaffected by the mania, but Ellas Sharp caught the Infection, and it "struck Innards to bis gizzard," as he phrased It "Tom," said he, one morning to his room-mate,. "I can't stand it no longer. Everybody's on the road. Get a half holiday, and jlne me In a slelgh-rlde." "It's too expensive," replied the Brer-prudent Bllvins. "You're allers throwlnn" cold water onto a feller's aspirations," rejoined Biles. "I tell yer It 'taln't no such thing. I know a feller In Portland street Nathan Parker that'll let me her a horse and sleigh for the arter Boon to go to Brighton for five dollars that's only two and a half apiece, ft's cheaper than stayln' to hum. Now's your chance. Speak quick or rou'll lose it Two and a half and a half and a half quick, or you'll lose It going going going." "Yes I'm going," said Bllvins, se duced by the economy of the project. "Bully for you, old boy!" said Ellas. "I've bespoke the team already. You Eet leave of old Gubblns & Chaff lean & Mixem say they'll let me off and Jlne me at Parker's stable, Port land street at sharp two don't for ret" "I'll Le there." At half-past one, such was his Impa tience, Ellas was on the spot, attired In a heavy ulster, a foxskin cap, buck mittens and a flaming necktie, con vinced that his appearance was not only stunning, but killing. "Fetch out your sleigh and your Uer," he called out with as much dig nity as Richard No. 3 said: "Saddle White Surrey for the field tomorrow!" The Blelgh and robes were passable, but when Ellas looked on the "fiery, un tamed steed" his countenance became longated. We shall have to take a liberty when we euote Byron: -Bring forth the horse the horse was brought In truth he wasn't a noble steed." or, at least he was only one of the "might have beens," which Whlttier tells us are very sad things in the lives of men. "Remove that 'ere animal and fetch sb another horse," shouted Ellas. Alas! the cry was as useless as that Of Richard No. 3 on Bosworth field. "I can't fetch on no other horse, be cause," remarked the one-eyed hostler, logically but ungrammatically, "there ain't no other horse in the stable. What's the matter with this un? Look at his p'ints." "I see 'em too darned well," an swered Ellas, ruefully. He didn't know much, but raised In New Hamp shire, he couldn't help knowing a borse, "I can't help setn' his p'ints, my respectable friend, for they stick out all over him. He's a mere rack o' bones. Where I came from they used that style of animal for crow-bait' "Oh, sir," said the hostler. "You dost know what's into him. He's a rum un to look it that I admit but a good un to go. Only wake him up." "Well give me a good, big, long carver to wake htm up with," said Ellas, making up his mind to Hobson's choice. "Ah, sir," said the hostler, as he was harnessing the beast, "this 'ere's the most val'able horse in our stable. Old as he Is, he's fit to run for a man's life. If they bad him over in England and trained him he'd be first favorite for the Derby and Oaks, carrying weight tor age." "Doubted," was Mr. Sharp's laconio comment When Bllvins made his appearance, Ellas had got over his disappointment aid called out cheerfully: "All aboard! Jump in, Tom don't Iceep the horse fretting. Gim'me the lines, there! Let go his head! All right now for it" When they were out of Bight of the Btable, Ellas took the "carver" out of the socket and proceeded to "wake op" the old "plug." "By Jolly!" he cried, as the veteran struck a prettygood gait, "there is ome fire in the 'old flint. He must nave been a wonder in Glnerel Wash ington's airly daVs. We'll astonish the natives, arter all, and take the Starch outer some of the cracks. I say. z t i Tom isn't this gay? G'lang there yer old three-legged crab!" And down came the whip again. "Jest look at him, Tom. It's blood that tells, after all. Go it, old boy! Go it!" They had now left the narrower part of Washington street, and were on the "Neck," the sidewalks lined by Lthousands of spectators, the track cov ered with vehicles of all descriptions, lumbering vehicles on runners, stage sleighs, forty-pound cutters, "Jumpers" (dry-goods boxes nailed on hickory saplings, which served at once for shafts and runner), butchers' and countrymen's "pungs." Ellas was in the highest spirits. He flapped his arms like wings, and crowed like a chanticleer; he shouted, he yelled, he sang. In short, he be haved like an escaped lunatic from Somervllle, to the horror of his sedate companion. But there was no occa sion for mortification, for everybody else was as crazy as Ellas Sharp, it not quite so demonstrative. "I'm all right, old feller,'' he said, in a lucid lutervnl. "How are you? By Jove! this beats Fourth of July as fur as chain lightnln' bents an ox team. Look a-there, old boy. There's lots of flyers on the road. Jerusalem!" he cried, as a cutter whizzed by hira like a bullet. "There goes 'Acorn' Jim Oakes behind Polly Ogden. Might as well try to chose greased lightnln' 'ez to go fur him." "Do vou know the road to Brigh ton?" asked Bllvins. "Reckon I do, old boss. Vp the hill past Dr. Porter's meeting house bend to the left then to the right ag'In, down the hill into the square and pull up at the old Cattle Fair hotel. Hie 'way, there old Methusaleh!" They pulled up at the Cattle Fair hotel. "Might as well bait the horse," said Ellas, as he surrendered the team to a hostler." He's done nobly and de serves It. Walk In." They entered the huge bar room, big enough for the manoeuvres of a regi ment, but now choked to repletion. Ellas was lmmednately surrounded by group of North Enders, whose ac quaintance he had made in North Mar ket street mostly retired sea cap tains. Bllvins, who was of a shy dis position, took a chair In an out-of-the way corner, and watched the buzzing multitude. After about an hour Ellas rejoined him. "Enjoying yourself, old feller?" he asked. x "Not particularly. Isn't It time to be Jogging back to town?" "Pshaw! what's the use of bein' In a hurry. 'Taln't often we have a frolic and the fact is. I've agreed to take supper here with my friends. Every man pays his scot. This house is fa mous for venison suppers." "How much will it cost?" asked Bllv ins, anxiously. "Oh! about two dollars and half apiece. That ain't nothin' and if you're short or think you can't afford it, I'll pay for both." "I thought this was to be a cheap excursion to cost five dollars at the outside." "Well, you, see, I got roped in for the supper. But don't fret old fellow; I'll pay for you." "No, you won't. Since I'm in for It, I'll stand my hand, but mind, no fur ther extravagance." "Honor bright, old feller. How much money have you got about your trousers?" "Twenty-five dollars." "I can match you. It's all right, old boy. And now come upstairs. I'll in troduce you to my friends Jolly old fellows from the North End." "I'd rather not" said Bllvins, hold ing back. "Pshaw! you're going to dine with 'em. They won't bite your heard off." So Bllvins wss dragged up into a private parlor, and introduced to Capt Hardcastle, Capt Bower, Capt Brown, Capt. Jessup, Capt. Jenkins and Capt Cumpers, and there was much scrap ing and handshaking. Capt. Hardcastle counted noses. "There's eight of us," he said. "Just make up two tables. We'll have a game of whist." "I beg pardon, captain," Bald Bllvins, timidly, "but I am no card player scarcely know one card from another." "D'ye mean to say, young gentle man," said the captain, fiercely, "that you're going to make a marplot of yourself 1- sheer off like a land lub ber when your mates are going into ac tion? Shiver my topsails, if I thought so" and he looked very red and apop lectic, and the other sea captains be gan to mutter and growl in a very ominous manner. "Well, gentlemen," said Bllvins, "if, after my avowal of Ignorance, any one of you is willing to accept me as a partner, I'll Join you." "I'll take you," said Capt Bower but mind you keep your eye peeled, youngster. I shall watch your game like a shark watching for a funeral at sea." After which ominous warning the party sat down to cards. Bllvins thought they were playing for fun, but be was deceived; a little of the circu lating medium was involved. "Just to make the game interesting" as Capt. Bower remarked. When supper was announced, poor Bllvins found he was out five dollars. Moreover he had been "playing for money," a thing abhorrent to his prin ciples. He Sat down with very little appetite, and bad a wretched time gen erally. ' After supper he took Ellas aside. "Lias," said he, "did you lose or win?" , "LoBt, old fellow, lost" "How much?" "No matter. But, by Jove! I'll be even with 'em. If there's any game I do understand. It's whist I'll show 'em I do, by hookey!" "You don't mean to say you're going to risk more money? "Certain sure, old fellow. Come along." "Then you may count me out," said Bllvins, firmly. "Come, 'Lias come, Mr. What's Your Name your friend, there? All hands on deck! Tumble up; tumble up!" roared Capt. Hardcastle. "He won't come," said Ellaa, "Thunder!" roared Hardcastle. "Let him alone." said Capt. Bower, glaring savagely at Bllvins. "I can't abide a lubber that leads trumps after my kicking his shins under the table. I'd rather have an out-and-out dum my." "AH right, then," roared the captain. "All hands on deck except the skulk er." Bllvins was left alone in the now de serted bar-room, watching the hands of the clock drag themselves slowly over the dial plate. At ten Ellas came down looking very much flurried. "My luck's sure to turn, old fellow. Lend me ten dollars." Mechanically Bllvins drew out the required sum, placed It In his friend's hand, and Ellas darted upstairs again. At eleven he reappeared with an other requisition for the same amount. "Not a cent," said Bllvins, resolute ly. "Come, old friend," remonstrated Ellas. "Nary red," said Bllvins. "Now I've ordered the horse and sleigh." "Is that your last word?" "Final," "I never thought you'd go back on me a towny," said Ellas. Bllvins made no rejoinder. His face was set like a marble monument. The sleigh bells were heard at the door. Ellas skulked upstairs. He might have continued to play with I. O. U.'s, but reason stepped in and saved him from further folly. He took leave of the "Jolly dogs" up stairs, who were now engaged in sing ing "We Won't Go Home Till Morn ing," stepped into the sleigh, handed a tip" to the hostler, took up the lines, and drove for a couple of miles in si lence. Then he said, rather sheepishly: , "I done it for the best, old feller I done it for the best." t His attention was next directed to the actions of the horse; that unfor tunate animal evidently preferred walking to trotting, though he was now heading homeward, and the ut most the "carver" could accomplish was to rouse him into an intermittent scuffle. When they were within one mile of Boston statehouse, the horse stumbled and fell. All efforts to rouse him were in vain. "By Jove!" cried Ellas, after an ex amination of the prostrate creature; "the critter's as dead as a doornail." "Dead!" cried Bllvins, Jumping out of the sleigh. "He's lost his chance for the Derby and Oaks." said Ellas. "He's had his last sleigh-ride, and, by Jerusalem! I reckon I've had mine. What's to be done, now?" "Foot it to Hanover street an swered Bllvins. "And the horse? Leave him here the most valuable animal In Nat Par ker's stable? No. slree! That ain't to be thought of. They'll want to stuff him and set htm up in a nona tomtcal museum. Help me to boost him into the sleigh, and we two'll tote him into town. Don't think I'm loony or romantic," said the wretched youth, grasping his friend's arm. "I simply go in for Justice and and re morse!" i He covered his face with his hands and wept. Then the two friends went to work, and by the aid of some loose rails managed to get the inanimate animal Into the sleigh. After that they seized the shafts and tugged away at their self-imposed task. The ascent of Bea con Hill was a trial, but they accom plished it Down Park street they went at a run;, it was easy sledding along Tremont street, down Hanover street, and so on to the stable. The one-eyed hostler received the remains. "Here's a rum go!" said he, gloom ily, if not sadly. "Mr. Parker's been dreadful oneasy since he heard how you druv that 'ere horse ' over the Neck. He's got a peck of evidence ag'ln ye." 'I done It for the best I done it for the best," muttered Ellas, hoarsely. "Take keer of the remains I'll make it all right In the morning. That dreadful night! that horrible morning! For with the morning came Nemesis In the shape of Mr. Nathan Parker. His bill read: 'Ellas Sharp, Esq., to Nathan Par ker, Dr.: To hire of horse and sleigh. . . .$ 5.00 To value of horse killed by overdriving 150.00 Total $155.00" Immediate settlement or leial ven geance were the terms offered. "What shall I do?" cried the wretch ed Ellas, when the stablekeeper had withdrawn. "You'll have to write home to your folks, who are able to help you, and will do so if you make a full and frank confession," said Bllvins. "Parker will take his pay by installments if he sees that you mean to. deal fairly by him. Meanwhile, I will assist you and advance you money, if you promise to be steadier in future, if you pledge yourself never to touch a card again, and never, under any clrcum&lances, sk me to Join you in a cheap slelgh rlde." New York Weekly. ..This.. ? Constitutes blbfkf By Hosmer BHE whole secret of the Japanese success may be said to lie In the fact that problem of the present war was studied In detail, instruments acquired fitted for the end In view, and lastly, in the war-readiness of the fleet. As soon as the government of Japan had decided to throw down the gage, the fleet held on the slenderest leash, was ready to spring forward and deal that first crushing blow which altered the whole aspect of the campaign afloat The events of the past three months have emphasized the fact that a fleet is not maintained in order to show the flag on foreign coasts, to provide local defence to distant coast towns, or to cruise ship by ship In a silly Isolation, but must be concentrated to meet the strategic needs of any probable war. By the masterly strokes which Admiral Togo dealt at Russian naval power, and by the subsequent blocking of the Port Arthur channel, he freed the Yellow Sea and the Gulf of Pe-chl-li to the transports carrying the Jap anese armies. Ho did more, even, than this. By "sealing up" Port Arthur be robbed Russia of a base whlcb the much-talked -of re-enforcements from the Baltic Russia to gain with the assistance of the squadron within, disabled though It were, and he gave a singularly vivid illustration of the truth that tbo mere possession of ships with crews inadequate In numbers and unskilled In warlike dutlesi is not equivalent to naval strength. Behind the fleet, even If well manned, and under a leader of courage, great strategical and tactical ability, and personal magnetism, must be a well-thought-out organization, and dockyards well equipped and with ample supplies of labor for repairs. Japan has supplied the world with object lessons in warfare and In the influence of the command of the sea, but, above all else, she has illustrated the effect of Intelligent careful organization, and the meaning of being ready for war. She has humbled a power against which even Napoleon could not prevail. Her manner of treating the war correspondents was a revelation to other nations. With a gentle firmness she promptly denied us the same free privi leges that were granted during the Spanish-American and tho Boer war. Old-time journalists who meet one another only when some great battle is in progress say that they never before saw such polite severity or such rigid censorship. It was a complete surprise. The Japanese claim that they can not afford to let the rest of the world gain even a remote idea of their plans, that it is a war in which they are fighting against heavy odds, and that they must fight it as their generals see fit Several newspapers have facetiously remarked that the war will be fought over again in the magazines. I simply want to say that my observations have enhanced the belief that there are a myriad interesting and Important matters connected with this war which' the world knows little or nothing about and will know little or nothing about until after peace has been declared. Success. rr 1 The Evils Walter JfM.U.y JLJ Wellman 0 F In our generation the powers cannot be Induced to disarm, If war cannot be made virtually Impossible by sweeping agreements to arbitrate, the danger of conflict may be greatly minimized by these agreements to settle all minor disputes amicably. With the machinery for such settlement at Band, it will be employed; there will be a world-opinion which de mands it; and the tendency will naturally be ever to make broader and broader the scope of the compacts, rising from the minor to the major. This Is progress. And there is a vast work to be done in mitigating the evils of war, if war there must be. With the true genius of a world-statesman, Mr. Hay took a long step forward when he made his memorable move toward delimiting the area of the Russo- Japanese conflict and toward preservation of the Integrity of China. , It is In dealing with the collateral issues of war, rather than with the dream of universal peace and disarmament, that The Hague conference, when It reassembles, promises to be of the highest service to mankind. There is the important question of the rights and immunity of property in transit in neutral ships. Mr. Roosevelt renewed to the congress last winter a suggestion which had already been made by President McKinley. that the executive be author izd to correspond with the governments of the leading maritime powers with a view to Incorporating Into the permanent law of civilized nations the princi ple of exemption of all private property at sea,-not contraband of war, from capture or destruction by belligerents. and the state department now awaits a favorable moment which cannot be regarded as at hand till the struggle between Russia and Japan will be brought to close for presenting the matter to the attention of the powers. During the summer, seizures at sea by Russian cruisers brought this prolific cause of vexatious and hazardous International disputes more acutely before the world, and It Is obvious that If the next Hague conference achieves nothing else than settlement In the International law of it will have Justified Its reassemblage. recommended such an agrement Other questions raised at that conference, or In the experience of mankind, and now pressing for adjustment, may be briefly summarized: A convention concerning the laws and customs of war on land; adaptation to naval warfare of the principles of the Geneva convention; the prohibition of throwing pro jectiles from balloons, of the diffusion of asphyxiating gases, and of the use of bullets which expand easily in the human body; the use of submarine and land mines, such as have worked such dreadful havoc in tte present conflict; the inviolability of all private property on land; the regulation of bombard ments of ports and towns by naval forces; the rights and duties of neutrals; the neutralization of certain territories and waters; the protection of weak states and native races; the condition of the Armenians and other subjects of the Turkish Empire, and the situation in the valley of the Congo. From "The United Btates and the World's Peace Movement" American Monthly Review of Reviews. Virtue of Cheerfulness J By Fannie THINK a great many and even avoided altogether, by the cultivation of a cheer ful spirit If one is environed with cares and unpleasant ness, 'tis wise to meet them as cheerfully as you can. The more cheerful, the better. There is nothing like cheerful ness to scatter the mists that constantly arise in this life; 'tis like the genial sun which disperses the clouds and fogs. There is nothing like It to brace one's self with and strength en one to meet the trials and vicissitudes of life. Have you TT TTTTTTT TTTTTTTi TTTTTTTTTl not observed how much easier one glides along life's pathway, who moves cheerfully? They seem to avoid many cares and actually win success where others fail. So, cheerfulness and a mild-tempered spirit will prove a bless ing that will live in other hearts as well as their own. If there is a duty to perform, do it cheerfully. The real cheerful person has more sunshine In his heart and will dispel more gloom, than a thousand that are aesclent In this respect They are a light to others; a light loses none of Its brilliancy by lighting and aiding others, but continues to shine and grow brighter and bet ter. I saw a person one time who was very sick; so sick he was not ex pected to get well; It seemed be would surely die very soon. When I reached over to him to raise his head to a more upright position my hand trem bled through excitement He observed It and asked, "Why do you tremble?" Though he was almost in a dying condition, he seemed cheerful and contented. These are traits that are more desirable than gold, for gold does not always bring true happiness. Happlnness must be cultivated and spring from with in. "Give m," says Carlyle, "the person who sings at his work; he will do more and with more ease than one who never hums a tune." The plowfroy is cheerful as he whistles his songs and then sings them while he follows his plow. The woodman's blows setera to have a clearer ring and are more frequent when a cheerful person Is behind the ax. The girl who is sweeping or cleaning the house may do it so much easier if she goes about it cheerfully, a disposition that all should strive to cultivate, and let it become a part of our actual being. God bless the cheerfuLperson, man, woman or child. We like to meet them, grasp their kindly hand, listen to their cheerful words, note tho pleasant address, pleasant smile. We feel we have been benefited by meeting such a person, and a shining example Is set before us that is worthy ur imitation and admiration. the Secret of Whitfield tJTtllrb of War 1 T i r r i n l . C Z- Z J O Z 1 1 Z SA, Congress authorized such negotiations, what Is regarded as contraband of war, The first Hague conference earnestly Hawkins cares and trials might be overcome, SCIENCE NOTES. A correspondent of the Scientific American notes that an ordinary elec trie light bulb can be made to glow with a bluish light similar to an X-ray tube if it Is rubbed briskly with the hand In a dark room. In a certain kind of Wyoming coal It is found that gold is present in quan tities large enough to pay for ex tracting It from the ashes. The same curious occurrence of the yellow metal has also been noted in a South African coal vein. Count Zeppelin, the German aero naut has nearly completed another airship, with the aid of a fund of over $25,000 raised by popular subscription, and also with the help of the govern ment This craft will be large enough to carry 10 persons. A writer in Paris Co8mos,says that at the present time hypnotic influence must be considered almost the only method of reforming drunkards. In Russia this treatment is meeting with startling success; but the Russians are a tractable race and the system, pro duces fewer cures in France. An English concern is constructing a yacht which Is to be propelled by the Jet system. That is, water is pump ed in forward and ejected with force at the stern, the reaction tending to drive the boat ahead. This method ot propulsion has been experimented with at different times without much success; but improvements in median leal details are said to show a high degree of efficiency for it The discovery of a means ot metamorphosing radishes into potatoes has been made In so solemn a place as the academy of Sciences, Paris. M, Molllard takes a very young radish, "Pasteurizes" it in a certain way, and It grows up into a fine potato. More scientifically, the young radish is cm tivated in a gloss retort, after a pro cess invented by Pasteur, in a con centrated solution of glucose. Starch then develops plentifully in the cells of the radish, which swells out, loses Its pepperlness, and acquires practie ally the consistency, flavor and espeel ally the nutritive properties of the potato. LONDON'S GREAT FOG. Sir Oliver Lodge's Successful Attack Upon It. There was one man in Birmingham who was profoundly grateful for yes terday's (Dec. 23) fog. It was Sir Oliver Lodge, to whom the visitation presented a fresh opportunity to renew the steady war, which he commenced 20 years ago, against the fog fiend. Standing in a secluded courtyard of Birmingham university, his deerstalk er cap and long brown overcoat bead ed with moisture; Sir Oliver was to be seen absorbed in the contemplation of mysterious strands of barbed wire, which vanished a few feet above in Impenetrable vapors. From his research laboratory came the vicious crackle of a powerful elec tric discharge, and great jagged sparks vibrated between the sperlcal termin als of the apparatus with which his assistants were preparing to launch the tentative thunderbolts ot science against the British climate. Men pulled the terminals apart and as the discharge was transferred to the outside 'wires there proceeded from the hundreds of invisible barbs over head a fizzling noise, like the sound of raindrops on a hot plate. Then a wonderful thing happened. Through the opaque fog bank the outline of the tall university buildings were gradually developed, with the slow certainty of a photographic plate. Tho foe became a cloud and the cloud n mist. deDosItln itself in dank drops about the walls, writhing and spinning as though racked by tire violence oi ia discharge. Away up at the eaves, 80 feet high, there were visible the elaborate insu lators in which the barbed wires ter minated. Then the current was shut off, the noise ceased, and the acrid white fog crept back and enveloped the courtyard once more. When it was suggested that a score of installations similar to this would afford practical relief to the fog bound city, Sir Oliver said: "All that I can do is to erect this model apparatus for the benefit of engineers who are interested in such a project." Lon don Mail. Scientific Problem. It occurred while William Jennings Bryan was on a stumping tour of the Middle West during the last campaign. Mr. Bryan had Just closed a peroration with the phrase, "What, I ask again, is our country coming to? Echo an swers what?" It was not a large audience and the gentleman evidently of other political sympathies rose in his seat "Pardon me," he said, "but what was it the echo answered?" "The echo answers 'What?' " replied Mr. Bryan, good naturedly. "Well, all I have to say," said the mild mannered gentleman, "is that there is something radically wrong with the acoustics of this building." A Land of Mystery. The great American desert once so called, the wild solitudes of the west ern mountain ranges, and the snow wastes of the Yukon, have yielded up their inmost secrets; but the Ever glades, In the southermost Interior of our southern state, are today almost as little known of white men as when the earty navigators first charted the contour of the Cape of the End of April. Century. r - Bum H una Strange Use of Denim. Denim Is a popular material for floor coverings. It comes either plain or figured, the latter being In the form of plaids and squares. The plaid de signs are very smart, especially in the greens, blues, and reds. The Bedroom Couch. If possible every bedroom should contain a couch, if it be only ot wicker, and one is almost indispensa ble in the room of a guest who fre quently longs for a short nap, but re frains from taking it lest a beautifully-made or elaborately-decorated bed be disturbed. The couch, so that It may be easily moved when necessary, might be supplied with casters and Bet at the foot of the bed If the room be small and there is no other convenient place. In Buying Bed Linen. "Linen," as regards beds, is a com prehensive term covering cotton as well. Although the average American clings to cotton, particularly In cold weather, they are many who claim that from a hygienic standpoint linen is a necessity for beds. In summer, indeed, there is nothing so delightfully cool. Sheets for double beds should be three yards long before hemming. This al lows for a three-inch hem at the top, an inch and a half at the bottom and leaves the sheet two and three-quarters long even after shrinkage. Three inches is a good width for pillow case hems. Household Emergencies. A forehanded housekeeper learns to make provisions for emergencies. . She carries into other lines of housekeeping the principle of the old woman who when she lay dying beckoned her daughter to her and as the mourner bent above her for a parting message whispered her last breath, "Always keep hot water in the kettle." (I wonder what she would have done if she had known a gas stove!) The housekeeper with ' foresight is not taken by surprise when emergencies present themselves. Perhaps she Is like a clever woman I have heard1 of who keeps an "emergency cupboard." she lives at some distance from shops, and she has a. cupboard stored with dainties that are never to be used ex cept in an emergency. Sardines are here and potted chicken and biscuits of various sorts and a Jar or two of Jelly and jam and good preserves and a small pot of cheese and other things that will help to make out a meal in case of unexpected guests. As soon as one of the articles has been used it Is Immediately replaced, and the closet Is never invaded except for a real emergency. That is a systematic woman'. Harper's Bazar. Meat and Fish Garnishes. Parsley and celery tops are used for meat, poultry and fish, and for chops, cutlets, steaks and salads. Parsley is also used for roasts, and parsley or curled lettuce for escalloped oysters. Lemon is almost a universal gar nish. The same can be said of pars ley. Slices of jemon are cut very thin for sardines, raw oysters, boiled fowl, turkey, fish, roast veal, steaks, salads. Sheep sorrel may be used In place of lemon, and Is exceedingly pretty. Water cresses may be used for mock duck. Garden fennel for salmon or mack erel. Capers for salads. Currant jelly for game, cold tongue, etc. Gherkins or large pickles, cut cross wise, for cold corned beef sliced. Cold, hard-boiled eggs, sliced, for cold boiled ham, cut in thin slices. Link sausages for roast turkey, put around the edge of the platter. Boiled carrot sliced, for cold meat, boiled beef and salt fish. Potato croquettes or Saratoga pota toes may be used with a roast or sirloin of beef. Boiled rice may be used on the plat ter around a boiled leg of mutton, and boiled rice balls, dotted with bright Jelly, has a pretty effect around a plate of cold meat. . Anchovies may be used as- a gar nish for cold meats, and anchovies on toast for a relish. Boston Globe. Recipes. Celery Patties Stew some washed and diced celery in a little salted water until tender; have pattie shells ready, make a white sauce and heat the celery in It; fill the shells and add a little minced parsley. Farinose Custard Into one pint ot boiling milk stir slowly one table- spoonful farinose, add one and one half tablespoonfuls sugar and a pinch of salt; after removing from fire, stir in two lightly-beaten eggs; turn into wet moulds. Serve with any sauce desired. Peanut Cookies Remove skins from two cupfuls shelled peanuts and put them through a meat chopper; cream together three teaspoonfuls butter and one cupful Btigar; add three eggs, two tablespoonfuls milk, one saltspoonful salt, one teaspoonful baking powder, nuts and enough flour to make at soft dough; roll on floured board; cut with a small cutter; bake in a moderate oven.
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