Freeland Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY. Limited OFFICE: MAIS STBEET ABOVE CEXTHE. FREELAND, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year ©1.50 Htx Months 75 Four Months : .50 Two Months 25 Tho date which the subscription Is paid to la on tho address label ot each paper, the change of which to a subsequent date ue comes a receipt for remittance. Keep tho figures in advance of the present date, lie port promptly to tills office whenever paper Is not received. Arrearages must be puid wheu subscription is discontinued. Male all money orders, checks, tic,,payable lo the Tribune Printinj Company, Limited. Poor China! She is on the operation table, and when the European sur geons are through with her there won't be enough left of her for meaus of self identification. Spain's exports for 1898 —covering the period of war aiul threatened war —showed a decrease of $28,990,500 as compared with 1897, aud her imports adecrease of $18,441,500. It is signifi cant, however, that her total exports amounted to $132,401,0118, and her total imports to $91,772,450; thus in dicating the peninsula's natural wealth and the possibility of general rehabil itation under a stable and progressive government—could such a commodity be secured. Hanover, Germany, is to establish a series of lectures aud demonstra tions for the instruction of artisaus and apprentices in all trades, and if they are found successful they will be instituted throughout the empire. There are to be model workshops, and exhibitions of tools aud machinery, together with instruction ill bookkeep ing and in making estimates. The first course of lectures will be to cab inet makers, locksmiths, shoemakers and tailors, other trades being taken up one after another, the intention be ing that higher instruction in all shall be placed within reach of every learn er or operative. One of the most striking philan thropies conducted iu this country is carried on amovj the insane women patients in the Philadelphia hospital. The work has beeu carried ou for a period of about five years, and has been remarkably successful—as suc cessful as it is unique. It teaches the poor uufortuuate the fine arts of nee dle-work, embroidery, aud similar feminine occupations. The psycholog ical explanation of the thing is diffi cult to understand, but it is a fact that they do acquire remarkable skill without any perceptible improvement in their mental condition, but with considerable moral advantage, siuce they are the quieter and happier for it. At first it was applied to tho wards for the weak-minded. Later it crept into the other wards, and has finally reached the violently insaue. Women's work in bookbinding has risen to the dignity of an exhibition of its own in London. Book designing for covers, illustrating, and even bind ing to a certain extent are not un known to many women iu our own land, but this Loudon exhibit marks an advance in at least one sphere of woman's work. Within recent years women's interest iu clubs has caused a large increase in those social aud beneficial organizations, anil the field is still open for a Woman's Book binders' club. Under the name of the Guild of Women Binders, such uu as sociation is already in existence in Eng land, and the recent exhibit was com posed of specimens of its members' work. This guild was the outcome of a small exhibition held a year ago. It was an experiment, but the idea, com bined with the artistic beauty of the bindings, met with wide approval. Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, and other members of the royal family were glad to become patrons of this branch of women's work and gave it both personal and pecuniary encour agement. Its membership is now somewhat over sixty, aud includes several women whose names have be come well known us artists iu book binding. The Safety of steel Ralls. In England micro-photography Is ap plied to the study of the composition of steel rails in order to determine what changes arc produced by use, and what the causes of breaking are. It has been found, among other things, that a rail begins to deteriorate at the top Instead of at the bottom, as heretofore sup posed. The first Indication of deterio ration is a hardening of the surface of the rail under constant pressure from the wheels of trains. This hardening Is followed by minute cracks, which gradually deepen and cause breakage unless tne rail is removed in time. IF. If we notleed little pleasures As we notice little pains; If we quite forpot our losses And remembered all our pains; If we looked for peoplo's virtues Aud their faults refused to see. What a comfortable, happy, Cheerful place this world would bo! —Adele It. IngersolL oimoK wsm lefese^ 1 The New ALoit t Planchette, s " > "" § By Albert LC. Lowrence. HERE was no cpSL'XO (fh one au " aggßs swer the bell, so Mrs. went herself. YLtIA. Cela Beth- C?C- : ® une! I'm so tjriffl) glad!" she cried, in greeting her visitor. "Yes! I wanted to see you!" the girl returned fervently, as they kissed each other. "I was out for a spin and came this way. * • How do you like my new suit?" "I like it! It looks just lovely on you!" "Isn't tho skirt too short?" "Not a bit. You want it short." "But not too short," insistod the girl. "I was so afraid it would be too short. Some look perfectly shock ing." "I know. Butyour's isn't a bit too short. Oomo in this way where we can sit down." "Oh, but I mustn't stay!" "I thought you wanted to see me?" Cela's exercise had heightened the color iu her pretty face, but a blusli increased it still more as Mrs. Cassidy recalled those first words. Cela covered her confusion with more talk in regard to her new gown and the trials she had undergone iu having it cut and fitted. Even as she spoke Mrs. Cassidy seemed forced to take the girl's measure in a certain other light. "How ok: are you, Cela?" she asked, abruptly. "Why, Laura Cassidyl What a question! Do you think I'm going to tell? * • Nineteen. Why?" "You'll bo getting marriod before loug." "Oh, my goodness! I'm never going to marry. But I've had u proposal," blushing furiously. "And you've said 'Yes.' I'm so glad. How lovely of you to come and tell me all about it." Mrs. Cassidy was about to fold the girl iu her arms again, but Cela waved Uer off. "Oh, dear, no! And what's more, I'm not going to Bay 'yes.' Oh, I don't know what I'm going to say. How do you decide about such things? You've had to once, not long ago. Tell me. That's what I came for." A note tremulous of despair hovered about her voice. "It's easy, You must kuow whether you love Norman Ford or not." "Norman Fordl How did you guess him?" "Why, who else could it be?" "He isn't the only young man!" Cela retorted, with a touch of resent ment. Mrs. Cassidy gave tone to a rich laugh. Sho was in love with the mo ment. Cela was mindful only of tho main question. "You see, I would have to leave papa aud go and live with N—Mr. Ford. I've only known him,'a few months—a year or two at most—and I've known papa all my life." Mrs. Cassidy's laugh was very pro voking. Cela was vexed. "Oh, you know what I mean. What makes you behave so? I thought you would help me." "Audso I will. You muststay with mo a week. Bond for your things. You must think it over. A matter"of this kind can't be decided at onoe." "That's just what I told Norm'!" said tho girl, flashing joyously. "It's so kind of you to help me. I know you would. I want to talk it all over with you. You see, I don't want to make any mistake." And talk it over they did every day, almost every hour, for a week. "It will he better for yon not to see Mr. Ford until you can give him a definite answer," her friend had said, and Cela acquiesced in the wisdom of this. "Of course I can't choose for you. I can only help you to know your own mind." "How did you ever choose?" Cela asked, envious of lier friend's ability. "It was easy. I just knew." "That's it; you always know every thing, and 1 never know anything." Later, when Mrs. Cassidy questioned her, Cela said:—"ln the morning I'm all for papa. Then it seems just as clear as can be what I shall do. Bat toward evening, about the timo Nor— Mr. Ford—usually comes"—the red poured into Cela's cheeks—"why, I'm nil at sea again." "But you don't really have to choose between them. You just " "Oh, yes, I do!" interrupted Cela very positively. "It can never be the same. It will all be different. I should have to give up papa, and I shall most certainly say 'No."' This was in the morning. In the afternoon Mrs. Cassidy and Cela wont for a spin through the parks on their wheels. "Oh. Mr. Fonialtid I have had suoh lovely rides on a tandem that he hast" Celn said rapturously. "I wish I had written him a note telling where I am staying. I really don't think there would be any harm in his coming, and he might help me to a decision. It really seems as if it would be heart less to say 'No,' for he says he thinks everything of me. You just ought to hear him ouee! And, as you say, I haven't really got to give papa up. He might come and live with us. Any way, 51 could see him every day— almost as much as I do now, for he's only home a few hours in the even ing. But it did seem so terrible at first!" In the morning the terror of it all returned, made worse by a feeling that a decision must be reached that day, for it was the last of her Btay with her friend. But wheu Mrs. Cas sidy joined Cola her face was beaming with a plan which she had thought out. "I've away, Cela, for you to kuow your own mind." "Oh, what is it?" "Listen! Tom says that every even ing Mr. Ford and your father walk down Columbia avenue together on their way from town. At Madison street they separate; your father goes west to take the Third street cars. Now this is my plan; this afternoon 011 your way home you ride your wheel slowly down tne avenue just back of the two men. But don't let them see you. All the way you must just think that you must make up your mind be tween them, and at the corner where they part that you will follow the one whom you decide upon. Bide your wheel just as slow as you can, but you mustn't stop or fall off." "Yes," said Cela. "And if at the very last you cau't decide leave it all to the wheel." "Leave it to the wheel?" Cela did not understand. "Yes. Haven't you ever noticed your wheel act independent of your self? That is, turn this way or that without your consciously making it?" "It did that when I was learning to ride." "But siuce?" "Yes—sometimes." "Well, that's the way planchette works," said the other mysteriously "It's really one's subconsciousness that does it, I suppose. You know subconsciousness is like clairvoyance and second sight and hypnotism and all those things which know all about the past and future." Cela shuddered. "I am afraid of such things." "Bnt not of subconsciousness. To be afraid of that would be like being afraid of one's own soul." "Well, what then?" eagerly. "Why, if it is best that you should accept Mr. Ford your wheel will keep straight ahead down Columbia ave nue after him. But if you really ought to refuse him it will turn with out your really making it, down the street that your father takes." "lteally?" "Yes." "I have read that the wheel taught one decision," Cela said, "but I never knew just how." "Well, that's how," said Mrs. Cas sidy, slowly and thoughtfully. The sun had disappeared behind the tall brick blocks to the west, and left the street, canyonlike, in soft shadows. Cela darted among the car riages, dodging heavily laden trucks, the while keeping a sharp eye upon the walk for two men. "Oh, there he is!" she said softly, with a little thrill of delight. "Norm has a new suit of gray ; that's why I didn't kuow him sooner. What would he think if he knew I was so near, watching him? He said he should be under torture till I gave him my an swer. He doesn't act like it. What can papa and he be talking so ngroo ably about? Papa, the dear old soul! But I must be thinking—l must choose between them!" Cela's face paled a little. "Papa wouldn't come and live with us. He just couldn't! Whenever wo'vo talked of boarding ho has said he could not bear to give up his home. It's a wonder Norm doesn't look this way. Ho has said again and again that he knew when I was in the same room with him—that he could feel my eyes." Thpy crossed Jefferson street. "It's at the next corner, now!" she gasped, "and I haven't decided yet. I am all that papa has in this world. How can I leave him alone? Would it be right? Other daughters do. Laura seemed to think it would. Norm says he can never love any one else—he'd rather die than live without me. Oh, here is the earner. And they are separating. Papa is looking this way. What shall I do? I just cau't decide. Laura said leave it to the wheel. What will the wheel do?" There was a breathless moment. Cela's wheel was going very slow; then slower, slower, but straight ahead. Upon it 3 movements hung her fate. Would it decido for Norm? Her heart had almost ceased to beat. One more turn of the pedals would carry her by. Slowor, slower. Sud denly her wheel turned sharply to the right. "Oh, it's for papa," she said with breath that came like a kuife in her side. "Poor Norm." In another moment Cela had over taken her father, and together they turned down the stieet, which ran parallel to Columbia avenue. "You're not looking well," Mr. Bethune said. "I've been doing some very hard riding," Cela replied, avoiding his eyes, for there were tears in her own. "Why, there is Nor , Mr. Ford." she exclaimed, as that young man came up the side street toward them. Ford was surprised to find Cela with her father, but delighted withal. Her reception was such as one might give the ghost of a dear dead friend. "Here are some papers I meant to give you. but forgot them." "Oh, yes," replied Bethune, taking the paokage. "You'll be up this even ing?" he inquired with a look toward his daughter whioh seemed to add, "now that Cela is home." "Yes," Oela answered quickly for him, and Ford felt he Waß to know his fate that night, and feared what it would be. Cela was very pale; her manner was unmistakable. After tea Mr. Bethune sat in his library. Cela had taken a stool and drawn it near him in the dusk, "Daughter, I'm going to take Mr. Ford into partnership in my busi ness." "Oh, papa, he—he has asked mo to be his wife, too!" "Too? "I'm not going to bo his wife; you needn't be so frightened." "Oh, you horrid papa! Y'ou know what I mean. There's his bell now," she added springing to her feet. "Well, I half expected it," sighed the old man, "but he'll have to come here to live. I can't have him carry ing you away." "Come here to live," Cola repeated to herself as she flow to answer the ring. "Why, of course—that's what it meaDt his coming up that other street to join us. My wheel knew how it was to be." "Well, which is it?" said Ford, like one asking his doom. "It's yes. But, oh, it came awfully near being no! I must tell you about it. Now, don't act silly."—New York Herald. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Oil to calm the waves was used on an unusually large scale during the recent gales in the English Channel. Tho waves broke over Folkstonc pier, making it difficult for steamers to enter tho port until n considerable quantity of the oil was poured into tho harbor, when tho seas immediate ly became smooth. The shells found on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Central Africa, are unlike the usual forms found in other lakes, though they can not bo directly associated with any living oceanic species, and it is argued that they were survivors of the marino fauna of some more ancient times, when the lake was connected with the ocean. Tho water of tho lake is known to be brackish. Electrio heaters have been intro duced into the cloth presses used in French textile works, aud take the place of an awkward system of heat ing cast-iron plates in a furnace and then placing them in the press be tween the various layers of cloth. In the new arrangement electric heaters enclosed in sheet-iron cases are used, and they are not only much less cum brous, but possess the advantage of being adjustable to different degrees of temperature. The origin of the Hessian fly in the United States is stated to be due to the presence of that insect in tho bed ding and fodder of the Hessian troops when they landed on Long Island in 1776. The fly was first observed in this locality two years later, and from Long Island it has proceeded in all directions at the rate of about twenty miles each year. It is now found throughout the Eastern half of the United States, except in some South ern and Southeastern States, and al so in California. Its original habita tion is not known, but it occurs in Europe, particularly in the eastern countries. In the west of Europe and England it is rarely destructive, and its presence seems to be of recent oc currence. The insect was also found in New Zealand two years after it wns located in England by the entomolo gists. "Wheat, rye and barley are the plants most affected by the Hessian fly, aud the method of attack is to al low tho grub to take up its home in tho stalk, resulting in its breaking down. In Bhip-building an extensive use is now made of pneumatic tools for drilling, riveting, and similar opera tions, and to obviate the necessity of a more or less complex system of pip ing portable air-compressor's have re cently beon introduced, which can be set up in the immediate vicinity of the pnenmatio tools. Those air-compres sors are driven by gasoline engines of the same pattern as those used in sta tionary plants, and the gaßolino and the water for cooling the cylinders are carried in tanks connected with the apparatus. There are two heavy fly wheels to control the speed and length of stroke, aud the engine is directly connected to the compressor. The whole apparatus can bo moved readily from placo to place, and, should it be desired to go a considerable distance, horses may be attached. In addition to its application in ship-building, compressed air is being used for rivet ing in bridge-building aud other structural steel work, and it is be lieved that the portable compressor will prove quite useful in such in stances. Ideal Work For Women. The journals that devote themselves to the affairs of women publish fre quently articles on tho number of pur suits which are open to progressive members of the fair sex, but we don't remember to have seen any reference to tho splendid field which country journalism offers. It is true that there are already large numbers of women editors and that most of them are successful, but a wide experience shows that most of them took up the work because their husbands or some relative had died and left the business in their charge. In other words, few women as a re sult of deliberate choice have started papers of their own; those now in the profession seem to have drifted there. This fact is remarkable when one con siders how easy it is to begin a pub lication. I TALES OF FLOCK | ; AND ADTENTOEE. § His Hide on an Avalanche. George D. Williamsou, now en- I gaged in mining near Lake City, tells | a thrilling story of his experience in a snowslide in the mountains of Hins dale County, in Colorado. Mr. "Williamson and a companion had been to look at a mining claim in which they were interested and were I returning along the trail when they i came to a point at which there wero I evidences of a movement of the heavy j mass of snow lying on the mountain side. "I saw that it was liable to move j again at any time," said Mr. William- J son, "and started back with the re mark that it was as much as a man's life was worth to attempt to cross the snow that had poured across the j trail. From where we stood to the bottom of the gulch was about 1000 | feet, and we could see that the move ment of the snow had stopped about fifty feet below the trail on which wo wore standing. I thought that by go- I ing around the snow carefully we could escape and save ourselves a long trip. I began clambering down the | rocks on the edge of the slide. When I reached a point near the end of the slide I lookodbackto where my friend j stood at a safe distance and oalled to : him that it was all right. A big dead j tree had been brought down by the slide and rested ou about threo feet of snow, packed quite solid. The top of the tree projected about jtweuty feet beyond the end of the slide. Instead of going around the tree I sprang upon the trunk, intending to leap from it to tho ground on the other side. "Tho momont I touohed the log I knew I was gone. Whether the slide started of its own weight or whether my weight started it I will never know, but in an instant I was flying down the mountain. As the log began to move I dropped and fell astride it, : grasping a limb in front of me with both hands. I heard the scream of my friend as I began to move and then heard nothing more except the terrible roar of tho avalanche behind me. There were no trees in the way, and ! the log went as straight as a die down the mountainside, fortunately for me keeping on top of the snow. "I don't know what I thought. There was no time to do much think ing, and all my energies were devoted to the maintenance of my position. We passed some dead bushes, the broken twigs from which were dashed into my face, cutting the skin, and the wind almost stopped my breath. At the bottom of the narrow gulch the tree stopped for an instant, but before I I could get off the pressure of the snow behind started it again, and it Bhot up the side of the opposite hill with scarcely nuy diminution of force. "Gradually the avalanche spent its energy, and (when the log came to a standstill I was sitting on it holding the limb tightly more than 200 feet up the mountainside, while behind mo the snow, timbers and rocks filled the gulch to tho levol of my position,form tng a bridge fully 150 feet high. "The whole thing was over in half a minute, and except for the scratches on my face I was unhurt. As I shook ! the snow off and looked around I saw my friend tearing down the mountain on the other side of the gulch with the expectation that he would find my mangled body under the debris. Noedless to say, he was astonished when he heatd of my remarkable ride on the hack of Death." One of tliu Bravest Deeds of tho War. The same day that the Winslow, tho Hudson and the Wilmington were haviug thoir notion at Cardenas, far away on the southern coast oi Cuba another fight was taking place, in the progress of the work of separ ating the great island from the rest of tho world. On tho night of May 10, Captain McCalla, of the Marblehend, : called for voluuteers to protect the cable-cutters in their work. The roll was soon filled, and the next morning the steam-launches of the Marblchead and Nashville, towing the two sailing-lnunches under command of Lieutenants Winslow and Ander son, started into the harbor of Cien fuegos about quarter before seven. Tho carried a squad of marines picked for profioiency as marksmen, and a machine-gun in the bow of each boat. The Nashville and Marblehead then opened fire on the Spanish batteries, and under cover of this, and that of the steam-launches, the crews of the other boats went to work. It was a ; perilous business, but the sailors grappled and out successfully the two j cables they had been ordered to de stroy. Thos also found a small cable, i but tho grapnel fouled the bottom aud was lost. Meantime tho Spanish lire grew hotter and hotter, pouring out from the batteries aud machine-guns, and the boats began to suffer. The well-directed fire from tho rifles of the marines and from the one j pounders kept the Spaniards from reaching the switch-house which con [ trolled the submarine torpedoes, but launches could not couteud with bat teries at close range, and when the work for which they came, and ryhioh all had been performed under a heavy fire, was done, they withdraw to the ■ ships. Nine men, including Lieu tenant Winslow, had been wounded, some seriously, and three, as was re ported later, mortally. It was a very i gallant exploit, coolly and thoroughly | carried through, under a galling fire, I and it succeeded in its purpose of hampering and blocking in the enemy | at the important port of Cienfuegos, which was the road from Havana to j the southern ooaafs It was another twist in the coil which the Uuited States was tightening about' Cuba— . ''The Spanish-American War," by Henry Cabot Lodge, in Harper's Magazine. Close Quarters* A thrilling question, What to do on unexpectedly meeting a grizzly boar? is very happily answered in the fol lowing extract from "Four-Footed Americans and Their Kin:" An American mining engineer was taking a little exercise one morning in the Rookies, and as ho paused a mo ment to look about, a few bones caught his eye. The meat was picked from them, but the gristle was quite fresh. "Aha!" hethought, "abear must hove been enjoying spring lamb!" Ho thought bear, uud instantly he saw bear! Lurching down the steep, and stopping directly in his path, was a iull-sizod grizzly, which was evi dently as muoh surprised as the man, but not so frightened. The bear rose on its hind legs, waving its paws, and looked at the man slantwise. The engineer returned the stare, glanc9 for glance, not knowing what else to do, half-expecting the beast to run, as most fourfoots will, and feel ing backward at the same time for a footing that would give him range enough to use his rifle. As he took a step backward the bear stepped forward, growling. Oh, for a tree! If there had been one in sight he would have risked running for it, as grizzlies are not good climbers, like the black bears; but there he was—he could neither run nor shoot. His enemy gave a grin and a growl, and took another step forward, clawing at him. The engineer dared not lift his rifle to his shoulder lest the bear should grab the muzzle, but he managed to grasp jthe barrel, and swinging it round, brought the butt down on tho grizzly's nose with a heavy blow. The boar was only enraged, not stunned, and gave a growl, gnashing its teeth with a terrible noise. For a moment the man expected no other fate than to becomo tho supper for the little bears! Something cold slipped along his shoulder and touched his cheek. For tunately he had sufficient nerve not to turn. There was a sharp report close to lis head that made him deaf, and kept his ears ringing for mouths nfter ward; but the bear pitched forward, just clearing him, and rolled down the rocks to a ledge below, • shot through its wicked eye. Lassoed. Robert Crawford, in describing cer tain experiences among the outlaws aud desperadoes of South America, tells one story so original that its cen tral incident might serve as motive for a fictitious sketch. One night a farmer wns roused from sleep by hearing unusual and stealthy noises about the place. He got quiet ly out of bed, aud after listening at tentively, discovered that somo people outside were cutting a hole through the door, close to the bolt, by which it was held. It did not require any great amount of detective talent to guess the object of the operation, and the best way to foil it was suggested by a thong of rawhide with a loop on it, which hung from a hook on the inside of the door. Noiselesssly removing the thong, he slipped the end of it through the loop, and there he stood armed with an im promptu lasso, ready for action. It was an anxious time while the farmer stood watching the hole in the door grow larger and larger, until, at last, it was of sufficient size to effect the purpose for which it was made. The supreme moment airived, and a hand was stealthily inserted, not only through the hole, but also through the loop of the little lasso wkioli hung skilfully around it. With a sudden jerk the loop was tightened around the wrist, and the hand dragged in as far us the aperture would allow, while tho thong was se curely fastened to the hook on tjio back of the door. The robbor was perfectly helpless. His companions came to his aid, and having ineffectually dragged at the im prisoned arm till they were tirod, gave up the struggle and? prepared to depart. But they were prudent men, and it ocourred to them that, to save himself, their companion might betray them. Dead men, they thought, tell no tales; so they killed him, and then ran away, An Außtr%lian l'ulplt SetiflatJon. The Rev. Mr. Davison had an nwk wardlexperience of bush life the other Sunday. During divine service at Runaj-mede, Victoria, a voice in sol emn tones pealed forth: "Do not move, Mr. Davison; there's a snake at your elbow." The minister glanced around and shuddered, for quite close v,-as a large tiger snake, quietly coiled up. One of the con gregation seized a walking-stick, and, after some confusion among those present, sucoeedod in despatching the reptile. A Young Executive. Earl Beauchamphas been appointed Governor of New South Wales, in succession to Viscount Hampden. He will be the youngest of colonial gov ernors. He succeeded to his title and eight years ago. Lord Beauchamp's mother visited and ! worked industriously in the slums long before slumming had been taken up as a fnshiouablo amusement. She was well known in the Ratclill High way neighborhood in connection with numberless deeds of help and kind ness. In the Congressional Library. The Congressional Library at Wash ington has a set of the London Times I from 1796. It is not strange that a file of this newspaper is now of great | value, for in 1800 only 1000 oopies were printed. The set in the Boston Public Library dates from 1808 and consists of two hundred and thirty two bound volumes. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS Veal Klops. Chop fin© sufficient cold veal to make one pint, add a cupful of white bread crumbs, a teaspoonful of salt, dash of pepper and whites of two eggs. Form into small balls and poach in milk or water for fifteen minutes. Have the poaching liquid just at the boiling point, but do not allow it to bubble or tho kioi3S will be liable to break, Devonshire Itoast. Get a largo flank steak and score it thoroughly. Fry half a dozen onions and spread them over the flank steak. Then >gfcll tho steak over and ovor, like a jelly roll, and tie it firmly with string to keep it in place. Place it in the dripping pan with a little water and place a sprig of parsley or celery on top. In a hot oven it will bo done in a half or three-quarters of an hour. A dish like this will cost only about tweuty-fivo cents aud will be sufficient meat for a family of four or five. Cheap Dlsli For Luncheon. Half a box of gelatin costs about six cents, a cau of tomatoes ten cents. These, with a fair-sized head of let tuce, furnish the foundation for one of the prettiest dishes ever sent to table. Pour off about half a cupful of j the liquid from a quart cau of toma toes aud soak the gelatin iu this for a I few minutes. Meanwhile wash the I remainder thoroughly and briug it to * boiling point iu an agalo saucepan, adding salt, pepper anil sugar, to taste; pour this boiling hot ou the soaked gelatin and stir until dis solved; pour into a melon-shaped crockery mold that has been standing for a few minutes full of very cold I water. Set in a cold place for several hours; then turn out 111 a salad bowl in tho centre of nioely-arranged let tuce. Mayonnaise sauce may be added to each (dice of this, served on : the lettuce, but it is very good with out. The sugar must not be per j ceptible, but a little to slightly de stroy the natural acidity of the toma toes adds richness. An Inexpensive I-'ruU Pudding, A very delicious and inexpensive i boiled fruit pudding is' made as fol i lows: Stem and stone a cup of ! raisins. Add a cup of well-prepared ' currants and a quarter of a pound of citron. Sift a teaspoonful of soda twice with three cups of flour. Rub through the flour a piece of butter the sizo of au egg. Add a cup of water and a cup of molasses, and beat well, j Put in the fruit, aud add enough extra flour to make a batter as stiff as i you can stir it. Put the pudding iu a two-quart tin pail, well buttered for the occasion, and let it boil steadily in a pot well filled with water for four hours. It is au improvement to the I pudding to coat the buttered surface of the pail with sugar before putting it in. Throw a tnblespoonful of granulated sugar into the pail after buttering it, and toss the sugar about, j allowing it to cling to the butter until j the surface is well coated. This | makes a shiny coat to this extremely j economical pudding. I The following hard sauce is an ex ) cellent one to serve with the pudding: Rub to a cream half a cup of softened butter anil a cup of granulated sugar. When the mass is creamy add a tea spoonful of lemon extract or orange extract and a little nutmeg. Pile the sauce in a light pyramid and set it in a cold place to harden. A tablespoon ful of sugar, mixed over the fire with a few drops of water in a frying-pan until it has turned a rich, dark brown, will give a caramel flavor. It cannot he used in a hard sauce, how ever, but must bo melted by adding a half cup of water, and stirring it un j til the caramel melts. When this is added to tho hard sauce with nutmeg alone for flavoring it makes a rich liquid sauce of flue flavor. Household Hint*. All "boiled meats should b& sarved the moment they are cooked. High-stemmed goblets are iu vogue again iu plaeo of tho less docorative tumblers. Crackers in damp weather often be come soft aud crumbly. To restore their crispness, put them in a hot oven for a few minutes. A cork that is steeped for a few mo ments in hot vaseline will, it is said, servo all tho purposes for which a glass stoppor is used. A tnblespoonful of ammonia to a quart of water is the best medium for cleaning windows, lamp chimneys or nuykind of glassware. Ivory that has been spotted or has grown yellow can be made as clear and fresh as new by rubbing with fine sandpaper, and then polishing with finely powdered pnmicestoue. Paint aud putty can be taken off glass by wotting the glass several times with a strong solution of soda. Wet the glass often with it till tho spots soften and cau bo washed off, and then polish with alcohol. Tlie flavor of the ordinary baked macaroni with cheese will ho much improved if to the water in which the sticks are boiled are added with salt, n small piece of butter aud a small onion stuck with two or three cloves. English chocolate-pots are usually provided with what is called a mud dler, a long paddle with a hauillo passing through the lid of the pot. When a cupful is to be sorved, tho muddler is turned to prevent the set tling that otherwise takes place. In purchasing paper for a dwelling, especially where there are children in the family;, it is an excellent plan to buy an extra roll, so that in case of aocident there will be paper ou hand to repair the damage. Very often an entire room must be repapered for need of a few pieces for repairs. Our potato crop annually is worth about $90,000,000.
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