Freeland Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. BY THE fRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited OFFICE: MAI:* STHKET ABOVE CENTBE. FREELAND, PA. SUliat'lllfTlOK KATES: One Year fI.SO Six Mouths 75 Your Months 50 Iwo Mouths 25 The date which the subscription is paid to Is on tna address label of each paper, the change of which to u subsequent date be comes a receipt for remittance. Keep tb figures in advance of th present date. Re port promptly to this office whenever papc/ Is not received. Arrearages must be puli When subscription is discontinued. Male all money orders, check*, etc,,payable to the Tribune printing Company, Limited. The board of education of Louis ville, Ky., lias forbidden women teach ers to wear short skirts while in the practice of their profession. The ex act length of skirt required is not stated, but presumably not only bicy cling costumes but those designed for use on rainy days are banned. The downward tendency in street car fares is illustrated by the propo sition of a syndicate to Columbus, Ohio, to take ull the franchises at the disposal of the city aud make a three cent fare. The fact is very good evi dence that there is money in the busi ness with a charge as low as three zeuts. A tidal wuve on one of the Molucca Islands has killed its thousands, and the news occupies a paragraph in the papers. The oast is prodigal of life; its thousands d?e and hardly a ripple marks their engulfnieut. If ever the development of the individual comes in China what a power it will be. But the very supernbuudauce of life seems assurance that the unit there will al ways keep his place of unimportant atom. The tourist will now be afforded an opportunity to penetrate well toward the interior of Africa, the new Sou danese railway being open as far Khar toum. To roll through the Dark Con tinent in sleeping cars will soon be au achievement of the average globe trotter, aud in a few years it will be as commonplace a performance as it now is to traverse the "Great Ameri can desert. ' Science, enterprise and adventuresomeness will cause the darkness of Africa to vauish as rapid ly as they converted the so-called des ert of the Uuited States into a highly productive region. Money is an excellent thing in so far us it enable i one to command health and power and eilucatiou and opportunity, and promotes one's use fulness, but children are a power and an unceasing entertainment, and con stitute usefulness immediate and pros pective, writes E. S. Maston in Har per's Weekly. While money tempts to idleness, children are au incentive to industry; where money makes for self-indulgence, children make for self-denial; where money is an aid to vagrancy, children necessitate a home and some adherence to it. Money in Biiperfluo.is quantities is a recognize 1 demoralizer, but e\ery good child is a moralizer to its jmrents. The London school beard, by a de cisive majority, twenty-seven votes to | Ave, has refused to entertain the proposition to provide dinners for huugry school children, ou the ground that the scheme is far too Socialistic in its character, and would only Vie a prelude to feeding all children in the public schools as well as educating tiiera. The original proposition came from a special committee which re ported that many of the poorer chil dren tame to school too huugry to learn, and that although some of them were fed by voluntary charity, this was but an uncertain resource, and that the matter was one that called for official supervision. The te nptations which lead young men to leave farms aud go to cities should be resisted and combattel by every influen e that can be brought to bear against it,states the Atlunra Jour nal. For one such youth who makes a hit in town, who gets a good grip on the skirts of liappy fo tune, ten dis cover too late their fatal mistake and go to wreck. There is no substantial encouragement to the country to be drawn from the rapid growth of its cities, but rather the reverse. The average boy who io making a good living in the country, who is becom ing a better farmer every j*ear and therefore a larger and more econom ical producer takes his big chances when he leaves the old homestead and goes to town to make a name and a fortune. He is far more apt to make a failure. | A VICTIM OF STRATEGY. I nn L-/J /-.-jH T, pap a, I favor ite of '^ ara * rea^y believe you are cv.-*- -( would try the patieuce of Job. It's a pretty how do you Jo if a man of my time of life must be catechised by his own chil dren. I've told you before that I ! have no fault to find with Fanny. 1 I've known her from chillhood, and 11 think her a sweet, gentle girl; but j that doesu't help the case any. Al- ' fred can never marry Fanny, for Gcorgo Wilbur aud I promised, years I ago, that Alfred and Belle should marry when they became of proper age. Now, my dear, it's no use of your saying anything else about it. Hush, that will do," said Mrs. Austin, as Clara was about to speak. "Run along now, and see that supper is served a little earlier this evening, as I wish to go out on business." Clara rose to obey her father's com mand with a pout. * 4 Come back here this instant! What are von pouting about? Now, Clera, I wish to give you a final warn ing. There is to be none of this pouting, or acting like a lioydeu, as you usually do, before Belle. Re member, alio has spent the last year and a half in Europe, and I wish you to mark how she couducts herself and ! try to follow her example." Poor Clara Austin was a hoyden in her father's eyes, although a moro gentle, ladylike girl could not be found. The whole trouble was, Mr. Austin was a little irritable, excitable old gentleman, who always imagined all in his household were doing their best to annoy him. "Alfred," said Clara to her brother, next day, "Belle has auswered my letter, and it is just as I expected. She is in love with Alien Brinton, aud ho with her. Allen accompanied them to Europe, you know, and stands in high favor with her mother, but she says she must humor her father's whim aud accept papa's invitation- Bhe says also for mo to tell you aud Fanny not to bo alarmed, that with a little assistance from you she can mauago it so that papa will be very glad to get rid of her before u fort- I uight is at an cud." "Clara, you're au angel! I wonder how Belle is going to manage it? Does she mention how she wishes mo to assist her?" "Yos; she says Alfred must protend to be satisfied with thu arrangements made by our far-seeing parents, ages ago, and he must be all attention to me, even in the presence of his be loved Fanny.'" "Clara, Clara, I aav! Whore are you? Come here! Do hurry; the carriage is oomiug up the road!" shouted Mr. Austin, as he stood, on the following day,gazing out of the parlor window. "Why, what's the matter, papa?" said Clara, hurrying in from the hall. "Now, my dear, Belle is coming, and don't disgrace me by rushing at her as if you wore a wild animal and ready to devour her. Wait and sec how nicely and quietly she does every thing. That is one thing I admire nbonfc New York giris; they take every thing as a matter of course, and never set one nervous by getting excited over trifles," said Mr. Austin, who was all excitement himself. The carriago stopped before the 1 gate; Alfred Austin stepped out and assisted a young lndy to alight. "Is Papa Austin in here?" said a ! voice in the hall in a very loud key, I and a young girl, with sloe-black eyes ' uud cheeks and lips of coral tint,burst \ into the room, and before Mr. Austin was aware of it threw lier arms around his neck and kissed him. "Why, bless mo, Isabella, you've taken my breath away," cried Mr. Austin, struggling to regain com posure. "Taken yonr breath away? I beg pardon, sir; I really didn't mean to do it." "Poor child! she's very glad to aee me," thought Mr. Austin. "Sit down here, my child, and let me look at you," said the old gentle man. Belle opened her English walking jacket, Rat down, eidewise, on the chair indicated, threw one arm over the back of it,and with the other hand pushed back her jaunty hat, with the scarlet wing, and revealed her jet black hair, parted on the side and combed in waves low over her fore head. "Why, lsabelle, what a woman you've grown in the last two years! I would scarcely know yon. How aro all the folks at home, my doar?" "Oh, they're all lovely. Clara, you little angel, just run upstairs aud Hee that my trunks are unpacked, will you?" Mr. Austin's red faco grow a shade redder as Clara rose to obey Belle. 4 Wait a momout, Clara, I think I'll go with you; I wish to select a dress to wear this evening. Am I to have my dear old room onco more?" 4 'Certainly, dear," said Clara. "By-bye, for a while, Papa Aus tin!" cried Belle, hurrying after Clara. k "Well, to be sure! Did anyone*, ever see such a strange creature? She is half crazy with delight for being with us once more," thought Mr. Austin. Belle came down to supper, look ing charming in a rose-oolored silk that swept the carpet for two yards behind her. During the meal Belle chatted away about New York people, aud Now York fashions, until Mr. Austiu, who was somewhat of a gourmand, aud en joyed nothing so well as a quiet meal, was unable to swallow a mouthful. "Oh, by the way, Clara, are you and Fanny Ives us good friends as ever?" "Oh, yes; Fanny comes he: f e very often. I've no doubt you'll see her to-morrow." "Rather a nice girl, isn't she, Mr. Austin? She is the fairest blonde I've ever known. I never cared for blondes, though. Now, you mustn't think I'm jealous of their pink and white faces, for I am not, but I do like to see some life about a person, and they are such half-dead-and-alive creaturts—milk and-water to their finger-tips. Now, Clara, I think a girl of your compiex - ion ought to bo of a very lively dispo - sition; in fact, I've never seen a girl with brown hair and blue eyes BO de mure as you." "Ahem!" said Mr. Austin; "I think Fanny Ives is a quiet, geutle girl, whose example any young lady would do well to follow." Clara glanced across the table at Alfred, who had his napkin to his mouth to conceal a smile. "Well, what are we going to do to morrow?" asked Belle, without taking any notice of Mr. Austin's remark. "You know what a bore a quiet coun try place is to a girl liko me, so please make out your programme according ly." "Ira afraid that visit to Europe did Belle a good deal of harm," said Mr. Austin to himself that night as be sat alone in his own chamber. Next day came, and with it FanLy Ives. After dinner Mr. Austin, Clara and Fanny were sitting in the parlor, when Belle entered, dressed for a drive. "Is Alfred here? Oh, dear! I hur ried so, I was afraid he would be wait ing for me. Alfred is grc'iig to take me for a drive, Papa Austin; he wants to show me all the improve ments that have been made here since my last visit. I suppose they are prec ious few, though; you are dreadfully slow here in the country. "Ugh!" exclaimed Belle, glauciug out of the window as Alfred drove up to the gate. "What is it, Belle?" asked Clara, rising and crossing over to the win dow, followed by Fanny. "Ugh!" repeated Belle; "did any one ever see such a team? Why, Papa Austin, those are the same old, detestable nags that you have had ever since I cau remember." Now, if there was one thing in this world thai raised Mr. Austin's "dander" quicker tliau another it was to speak deprecatiugly of that team, aud he said in a sharp voice: "What did you remark about my horses, miss?" "Oh. nothing o? any consequenco," said Belle, carelessly, as Alfred entered. "Clara, you must bring Fanny down to the city the first time you come, and I will drive you both out four-iu-haud. You never saw mo drive four-iu-haiul, did you, Papa Austin?" "No, miss; it is something I would not care about seeing nuy young lady doing," said Mr. Austin, sevorely. "Oh, what an antediluvian idea, to be sure! But those nags out there. I can't help looking at them. I wonder what any ol my fashionable friends would say, Alfred, to see mo driving behind such a team. Now, I'll tell you what it is, Papa Austiu, without ioking, if you don't sell those horses you'll lose on them." Clan: and Fanny could not suppress a titter. Alfred tried to keep fr?m laughing, aud, glancing over at his father, ho saw indications of a storm aid he said, tenderly: "Come, Belle, my love, or wo won't get over half the ground to-day." AH soon as Belle and Alfred dis appeared, Mr. Austin, who was chok ing with rage, rushed from the room and out into t'ho open air. I "My horses ore old nags! What an [ outrageous girl, to be sure. No I wonder her father wauts to get rid of I her; hut he won't put her over on me. | No, sir! Those who don't like my ; horses, don't like me. And Alfred, j what a fool he is making of himself; I ; believe he is in love wifch the girl al | ready ; and only last week he wfas rav i ing about Fanny. But it's just like j the men nowadays, such a depravod ; taste. Well, it's all iny own doings; j I've got myself into a pretty moss | and how under heaveu am I going to 1 get out of it?" and Mr. Austin walked i up aud down tho garden path like a I madman. | A week passed away, and Mr. ' Austin hoped against hope; but no change for the better came over ! Belle. Friday morning of the second week I came. i "Where are you going to-day, I Alfred?" asked Belle, when they had I all assembled at breakfast. "I'm going fishing, my dear." j "Fishing? Oh, may Clara, Fanny | and I go along?" "Yes, if you can get ready within i an hour." "Of course wo can. Clara and Fanny, you must make haste and we | will have an awfully jolly time." %, "No; Clara shall not go. Ido not ! approve of young ladies going with a fishing party of youngmeu. Anyway, to-morrow will bo Saturday, audClora has her household affairß to attend to," said Mr. Austin, his face purple with suppressed paioiou. •'Household affairst Fudge! Clara, take my advice, the soouer you get over attending to household affairs the better for yourself. That's the way women nre made slaves of. Now, I never attended to household duties in my life; and, what's more, I never shall. Well, I'm sorry, Clara; Fanny and I will have to go without you." Mr. Austin, his face livid with pas siou, rose from the table and left the room without a word. "By Jove, Belle!" said Alfred, "you've put your foot in it this time." "I know it, and, take my word for it, before many hours I'll receive my conge." Belle was right. Before dinner sho received a summons from Mr. Austin in his cozy little library. "Belle," said the old gentleman, as that young lady entered the room, "be seated, my dear. There has been something in my mind since you came here wliieh Ithiuk it is my duty to tell you." "I am ready to hear what you have to say, sir." "Well, my dear, I think it is right that you should know that Alfred is in love with Fanny Ives. Now, my dear, don't feel bad about it, and you know Alfred is not to blame; he has been Fanny's companion from childhood." "What! Alfred in love with that milk-and-water blonde. Humph 1 ! There's no accounting for some peo ple's taste. Well, I don't care. You know 'there's as good tish in the soa as ever was caught;' but what will father say? I know he'll blame me; aud you know I'm not to blame, Mr. j Austin." "Now, my dear, don't let that I troublo you. I'll write a letter to j your father aud tell him Alfred is to blame." So Bello .it.iTtod for New York next day, leaviug happy hearts behind her, especially Mr. Austin, who was con gratulating himself for having hit upou such a good plan to get rid of i that outrageous girl. About three months after Mr. Aus- i tin and family were invited to attend | the marriage of Miss Belle Wilbur. "Heaven help the man that takes that girl for better or for worse; with out a doubt it will be for worse," groaued Mr. Austin. But before the year was at an end ; Belle, accompanied by her husbaud, i paid another visit to Mr. Austin's. "My dear, did you ever know of marriage making such a change in anyone?" said Mr. Austin to Fanny, who was now Alfred's wife, the day after Belle's arrival. "She makes an exemplary wife, I can tell you." Of course, Fanny didn't tell him j how he had been victimized by Belle's ! strategy. Old Army Mule ICxecuted. Through an order of the War De- j partment Jack, the old army mule, known to every visitor at the army post at Willets Point, L. 1., for some i years, has been executed. Jack was about thirty-livo years old I and had a good record. For many ! years be was used iu the service, and I was linally turned over to the engi neers who had charge of the work of removing the rocks in the Hell Gate Channel. For three years Jack worked ' underground, drawing in and out the cars of stono and powder. When Hell Gate was blown up lie was turned over to the post here, and it was almost a year before anybody ! could drive him. Jack could not got used to the light, and many a private who thought lie kuew how to conquer him came to grief aftor a short trial. At last tho mule became accustomed to daylight and performed his labor faithfully until three years ago, when aga showed itself and ho had to bo t retired. The Government finally got ! tired of feeding Jack, after waiting j three years for him to die a natural death. Jack was placed in charge of some i privates, who formed in lino and | marched slowly to tho beach. Once ! there, Private Mason spoke a few en- | ! couraging words and then led the mule to a pile of wood. Plaeing a rifle to the animal's head, Masoii pulled tho trigger, and the career of the mule was ended. The body fell on the wood. A match was applied and wood aud Jack burned together. Down Went Mr. (ioililiird. Harold Goddard, of East Harps well, bad a very narrow escape from death recently while taking up his lobster traps, which had become badly water soaked. He bad four traps in his dory and was taking in tho fifth when the traps slid into the water, taking Harold with them with a turn of tho rope around his anklo. He ws curriod to the bottom, but after a severe straggle managed to kick himself free; but when he' Came to the surface his boat was some five or six rods away. Mr. Goddard is an expert swimmer, and although very much chilled and exhausted he man aged to reach the boat, climb iuto it and reach the shore.—Portland tile.) Daily Press. 'i'lie Girl lie Married. There are many Joneses in this world, but perhaps not <[uito so many as people think. Not long ago two friends met who had not seen each other for ten years, since their school days. "Whom did you marry, Billy?" asked one. "A Miss Jones, of Philadelphia," replied Billy, who was a trifle sensi tive. "You always did take to the name of' Jones.' I can remember when wo went to school together you tised to tug around after a little snnbnosed Jones girl." "I remeinbor it, too," said Billy. "She's the girl I married." —Youth's Companion. What Sometime* Follow* llevenge. The sweetness of revenge is not in frequently followed by a dyspeptic acidity of the conscience.—Puck. | NEWS AND NOTES! I FOR WOMEN. I Our Mrs. Ma la prop. Two new stories of a well-known lady whose daughter occupies the highest social position of any Ameri can woman abroad. She wrote to lier gardener the other day to pay special attention to her prize "incarnations." A sculptor was praising the beauty of her daughter. "Yes, Mary is hand some," said Mary's mother. "An art ist admired her so much that, he made a bust of her arm and hand." When Two Are Mutlo One. Ennmakers are needed at some wed ding breakfasts. A tearful mother-of the-bride, asolemu famity-in-lnw aud tho other dampers of such festivities need "livening." On the sideboard or in the hall have little meal-bags of white satin, each one containing a handful of rice. Each guest me,' take one as he takes his box of weeding cake, and is, therefore, prepare 1 to contribute to the shower of rice wnen the happy pair leaves the house. White satin slippers filled with rice, queer little shoes and china orange blossoms make dainty table favorß. Foe the Oily Skill. A woman whose skin is oily should wash it with a toilet brush dipped in warm suds of olive-oil soap or of pure castile soap; rinse the face with clear warm water, dry it, aud apply first cream then toilet powder. An oily skin generally means that its owner is not always fastidiously carofn! in her attention to it. Soap does not cleanse the face as does an applica tion of cream rubbed off with a fine cloth. Hot water on a cloth gives an impromptu steaming, and a slight one which is often preferable to tho more relaxing tub steamiug.—Harper's Bazar. Men Who "Buna" Millinery. Hat trimming has been believed to bo an accomplishment exclusively possessod by women, but New York City boasts of several men who make a basiness of "building" millinery. One of these innovators is a house to house milliner, and charges 84 a day for his services in trimming and reno vating hats. He is said to be espec ially clover in making over old mater ial. One of the best designers in a cer tain Fifth avenue shop is a young man, and anothor shop on the avenue is owned and managed by a man. He is his own head trimmer, and in the beginning of his career was tho only trimmer as well as the only salesman. Patrons of theHO men milliners aver that not only are their designs atrrac tive and their work satisfactory, but their judgment as to the becomiugness of a hat is extraordinarily good. Tlio Distinctive Flower Fad. The fad of employing only a dis tinctive flower for decoration by fash ionable women is growing in favor. It was, perhaps, suggosted by Mrs. Astor. who always uses the American Beauty rose for all her entertain ments. It wus said last summer that several of the florists approached Mrs. Astor with a viow of persuading her to change this flower, which they con sider, after a few seasons, a little old fashioned, for some other blossom more a la mode. Mrs. Aster's first dinner was notable for the Bame pro fuse use of the Americau Beauty. Last wintor, at the reception she gavo in her Fifth Avenue house, the prin cipal decorations were Americau Beauty roses in silver and other t vases, with a background of palms. Mrs. Astor introduced tho rose some years ago, aud is very much attached to it. Mis. Burke Koche and Mrs. j Stuyvesant Fish employed old fash ioned flowers, aiul among these the "Black-eyed Susan." Mrs. Burke Aoehe had tables arranged with those homely but striking flowers at her famous piazza diuuer, and Mrs. Fish had the rocks in front of her house planted with these blossoms.—Har per's Bazaar. Uliick anil White Fopnlur. The reason for black and white be ing so particularly in favor among I smart Euglish women is unfortunately only too evident. It really seems as if everywhere among the noblest fam ilies of the land death had been busy. Nearly everyone has, if not a near ' relative, at least some one who is oonnected by ties, however slight, of fflupdship or blood, with ono or more of the brave men who are fighting iu i South Africa. The extraordinary num ber of officers who hare perished seems to grow every day more appalling, and the prido of Englafcd would seem to bo mingled with its mourning. Viewed in a rather more frivolous I light, however, there certainly is no i more becouiiug costume, either for day or evening, than black or white. It is also tho virtue of ooouomy, for it is u safe rule for the woman of small incomo to follow that a black or white gown can never be as easily remem bered as one of some decided color. A black gown con be worn over and over again, and if you look well iu it it is admired. People don't think whether they have seen it before or not. If you wear a piuk gown twice, however, it is stamped upon the memory of most people who have seen it. "What a pretty gown, dear. You wore it last mouth at Mrs. Brown's dance, didn't you?" That is tho sort of thing that is always suro to greet a costumo that has a distinct note of color in it. No, blaok and white are always safe. Parisians linvo reoognized the fact, and now Englishwomen are in this point alone agreeing with them.--Chicago Times- Herald. UlKli Collars Spoil Beauty. Artists assert that the high collars now worn by young women Uavo de stroyed the pose of the bead and the lines of the neck. An artist who has studied the originals of the old masters for years says the human form has not only suffered by the use of unnatural collars, but that many of the most beautiful lines have beeu lost through their influence. Wearing a stiff, high neekbnnd will change the pose of the head to a marked degree, and this habit, con tinued through many years, causes important changes in the muscles of the neck, which soon become per manent. From an artistic standpoint there has been a considerable chauge iu tbe ideal of feminine beauty during recent years, aud a comparison of paintings of women by old masters and by modern artists shows a sur prising difference, as far as tho neck is concerned. In old paintings the pose of the head is perfectly natural aud in grace ful curves. Iu modern studies of woman's tiguro tho curves of the neck and shoulders have almost dis appeared. The effect of the high collar is fre quently hurtful from the health point of view. A very high band about the nock tends to strain the muscles aud, iucidentally. the cords of the neck aud shoulders. If the collar he very high in front it will impede tho cir culation, and iu time result in head aches and nervous strain. It is also thought that high and stiff neck bauds are responsible, by impeding circulation, for much of the bad sight of the present day. tiONllp. The number of women attending lectures at tho Berlin University is 372 this winter. At a school meeting in Stoughton, Wis., over one-half of the nine hun dred votes were cast by women. A woman, Signora Riva Mouti, has beeu appointed professor of compara tive anatomy in tho University of Favia. A young girl in tho Altooua silk mill prevented a strike of employes by con tinuing at her work when eight hun dred others rebelled. It is surprising the number of jour nalistic and literary women who are members of tho various patriotic or ganizations of women. Mrs. Libbie C. Baor, of Wisconsin, is a versatile woman, aud is known in literature. She not only writes prose, but is a poetess of note. Mrs. Emily Dow Young, who died recently, was one of Brigham Young's widows. She was an Ohio womau and beoame one of the wives of the "prophet" in 1844 at Nanroo, 111. Princess Naxleh, a member of tho Egyptian royal family, is an accom plished linguist. She iB said to have no sympathy with the Mohammedau idea that women should live iu practi cal seclusion. Ohsou 11. Sakurai, a Japaneso who has come to the United States to study the condition of American working women, says that it is only a matter ol time when Japanese women will be as progressive as Amoricau women aro. Tho Empress Frederick, of Ger many, possesses a curious little tea ser vice. Tho troy is made of an old Per sian halfpenny. The teapot was ones a German farthing, and all the tiuy cups arc made from coius of differeul German principalities. Women aro rapidly coming to the front in Indian Territory. Miss 80110 Flemmiugof Paul's Valley is only sev enteen years old, and yet she has beon admitted to practise law at the bar of tho United States court of the north ern district of the territory. A wonderful record in climbing line beon scored by Miss Dorothy Bowman of California, who recently climbed the Popocatepetl, oue of the highest and most perilous mountains iu Mexico. Miss Bowman is said to be the first woman that has reached the summit of this mountain. Tho American doctors aud nurses whose services have beeu engaged for the hospital ship Maine were prosented individually to the Queen, who said: "I am glad to see you. It is so good of you to come over to help my men." After visiting the State nnd private apartments, the party went to tea at Cumberland Lodge, as the guests of Princess Christian. Novelties Seen In the Shops. Manicure sets in silk-lined leathtr cases. Much white and tinted stationery iu fanoy boxes. , Pure silk, mittens for women's wear neatly boxed. Guard chains in repes, coils aud woven effects. Infants', carriage boots in fine felt trimmed with fur. Japanese pottery in the form of vase lamps prettily decorated. Silk handkerchiefs and mufflers in plain and brocade patterns. All sorts of leather boxes for stamps, odds and ends, pius and jewels. Driving coats of Bussiau and Hud son Bay sable, mink and other furs. French twilled flannel waists with plaited and tucked fronts, in all plain colors and polka-dotted varieties. Monkoy, seal and antelope pocket books mounted iu gilt, sterling or gun metal. Freneh novelties in garters made of ribbon, silk aud lace tastefully com bined. Traveling bags, exquisitely equipped with silver, celluloid, ebony and ivory toilet fittings. Children's lined and unlined gloves of fiue ribbed wool, kid and mocha in a complete range of shades. Hand-embroidered glove and hand kerchief cases, fancy boxes, picture frames and daintily lined baskets. Perfamod silk and satin ribbons in narrow widths for lingerie and trim ming various articles for infants' wear. —Dry Goods Economist. HOUSEHOLD AFFA IRS. To Clean Plaster Statue. Make a thin paste with cold wator and fuller's earth and spread it on the statue, using a soft brush. Fill a tub with soapsuds and wash the statue in this. Rinse quickly and dry with a sponge or a soft cloth. All tho work must be done speedily and carefully. A School Luncheon Sandwich. ' A spoonful of scrambled eggs or omelet left from breakfast nnd spread between slices of buttered bread or biscuit makes a school-luncheon sandwich that is usually found accept able. A spoonful of creamed codfish, also, is uot to be despised as a savory "filler" for the oiuuivorous sand wich. A Convenience In the Laundry. A dredging box tilled with powdered borax is a great convenience iu the laundry. Many stains sprinklod with borax and soaked in cold wator before being washed in the usual way are oasily removed. Even fresh tea stains can be thus done away with; though if allowed to remaiu through a wash ing or two, they become too obstinato for this treatmeut. Cocoa and choco late stains, after being powdered with the borax and soaked in cold water, will usually disappear when cloar boiling water is poured over tbern. How to Keep the Cellar Sweet. Be lavish in the uso of liuio. Char coal, also, is an excellent disinfectant and puritier. An open box of it makes a good cellar ornament. Admit a draft of fresh air daily, whatever the weather. Do not let rubbish accumulate. If your desire for hoarding old things is irresistible, gratify it anywhere but in the cel lar. If you have a furnace iu the cellar, insist upon its having a cold-air box. The heated air which tills the up stairs rooms is more healthful if drawn from out-doors into the furnace, thau if supplied from the cellar, howeve** clean and well ventilated the latter may be. What an Aftnriioon Tea REALLY IK. Afternoon tea rts an cntertainmont is oDly an extension of the home funotions. More of everything must bo provided, but over-elaboration should be shunned. Sorve, if you wish, chocolate or coffee as well as tea. Let tho bread aud butter bo cut thin as a wafer, and either rolled or divided luto tiny squares or triangles. Have the sandwiches delicate ami appetizing, expending ingenuity in their tilling, aud skill in cutting them into fanciful shapes. Choose small or fancy cakes that are a triUe unusuul, and, if you wish, supplement them by bon-bons or salted nuts. Then stopl When bouillon and oysters, salads and ices, are served at an afternoon tea, it ceases to have any right to the name. It is no longer a kettle-drum, but an evening party given iu t he afternoon. Harper's Bazar. School Lunelle* That Nourish. The subject of luncheons for the little ones attending school is not gen erally given the thought aud care it deserves. In "putting up" the lunch aim at variety; use more fruit aul less meat, is a good rule for most lunches, espec ially for the children. The followiug, according to Good Housekeeping, is an arrangement for one week: Monday Cold touguo, "patty" cake 3, bread and butter, fresh fruit. Tuesday- -Cheese saudwich, cako, custard, bread and butter. Wednesday—Egg saudwich, canned fruit, wafers, tea cakes. Thursday—Meat sandwich, buttered crackers, Graham bread, fruit. Friday—Sliced 'meat, bread aud butter, pickles, cookies, custard. To each of the above add a small tlask of milk. Recipes. Oysterplant Balls—Cook until lou der iu unsaltod water oue piut oE sliced oysterplant; press through n sieve, aud work into the pulp one egg, one-half teaspoonful of salt aud one fourth of a teaspoonful of pepper; form into balls, roll in beaten egg, then iu bread orumbs and fry iu smoking-hot lard. Tongue on Toast—Put the beaten yolk of an egg iu milk or cream, a sufficient quantity of the latter to moisten the minced boiled touguo. Mix thoroughly. Let it simmer for five or six minutes. Meanwhile toast some bread, butter and place it ou. a hot platter. Pour over the tongue and garnish with thiu slices of lemon. Stuffed Eggplant.—Parboil the egg plant, out in halvos, scoop out the in side, not breaking the outer skin. Mix the outside of the egglaut with a slice of cold ham chopped fiue, broad crumbs, butter, salt, pepper aud shrimps if you have them; bind with yolk of an egg; fill tho skins, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, put lump of butter in each, hake. Celory Salad Wash aud scrape one good-sized bunch of celery aud lay iu cold water for an hour, then cut into small bits and put in a salad bowl. Mix half a teaspoonful of salt and a littlo cayenne together, slowly add two tablespooufuls of salad oil, then one tablespoonful of viuogar and stir thoroughly into the oelery. Gar nish with a few slices of hard-boiled egg and parsley. Serve with crackers aud cheese. Meat Cakes (Italian style).—Mince fine any kind of cold meat, add a quarter of its weight iu bread orumbs, a few drops of essence of anchovy, little parsley, pepper, salt aud egg to bind and moisten the whole; Hour the hands, roll meat into little balls size of half-orown pieoe, then flatten theiu with back of spoon, dip in egg and then in fine breadorumbs, fry in but ter until delicate tnowa. Garnish with boiled ftaliau paste.
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