| CHILDREN'S COLUMN, j Tommy'* Dream. Little Tommy was a hero, and tiio fairies ; thought him good; He felt as brave as twenty Jack-tbe-Giant- Killers could. One day. as he was dozing, he was sum moned to the fray, "You shall have,'* a fairy cried, "an opf>or- I tunity today ! The Princess Painty Darling i 3 a prisoner in yo<n tower, And a lowering Giant guards her—oh, how darkly he can lower !" "Let me have some wings," said Tommy, "and a sword that goes thwack, thwack, And I'll make a few things happen at that tower ere I come back !" So they flew away together and the Giant soon was seen, Low'ring at them with a visage that wae wicked and unclean. The Giant waved his spikey club,but Tommy killed him dead, One blow sulTiced to separate his body and his bead. And the Princess Dainty Darling he pro- i ceeded to unchain; v To the King and Queen, her parents, then, he brought her back again. The good King said, "Sir Thomas, you shall have her for your own. And when I get too old for work,l'll let you bnvo my throne. 'Tou shall have a royal palace, filled with knights and serving folk, And your pockets full of gold, nmd—" Twns at this point Tommy woke ! —Cincinnati Enquirer. Betty's Birthday Bnc. Butty Ellis hud hud a birthday party every year she lived, until the year of her seventh birthday. At that time her mamma was very sick, so all thought of a party had to be g . en up. Betty was dreadfully dlsai p dated, but bravely tried to make the L it. Now Betty had a dear, den: e, who lived at their house, a:.d was || always thinking and doing the most delightful things. So when *-..<■ ; w how bad Betty felt, she put on . - ivst thinking-cap, and soon had made up a clever plan for a birthday surprise without any party. For several days bufote the party, Butty noticed that auntie looked very funny aud mysterious, and she just knew something nice was going to happen. When she opened her eyes on the morning of her birthday, she saw lean ing up against the side of her bed, a large bag. It looked like the bags that ragmen use to gather rags in, and seemed to he full of something very odd in shape. Betty jumped out of bed to look at It, and there, tied to the draw-string was a card with her name on it Of course she knew it was a birthday present "But what a funny way to yr, l?lve one!" she thought as she pulled < it open. Inside was just what she had longed for, a new doll-carriage for her Christmas doll. At breakfast-time she found under her plate a tiny bag made of pink silk. Inside, wrapped in cotton, was a ring with the tiniest speck o.f a diamond in it. How she danced about and hug ged papa and auntie! When she got ready to start for school, she found, in place of her old book-satchel, a new school-bag, with a story-book in it. It was hard to have to leave that at home, and put her school-books in its place, .lane, the eook, gave lier a calico bag to keep buttons In. She found this at noon, up in her room; also a pretty laundry-bag from auntie, with six new handker chiefs in it. And when papa came home at night, he brought. Instead or a box of candy, a big bag full of candles and uuts. But the nicest birthday bag of all, so Betty thouglrt, was the one Tom gave her. Tom was the gardener's m son, and a very good friend of hers. > He had two of the dearest little pup pies that ever were seen, and Betty had been teasing for one ever since they were bom. How surprised she was when, on her birthday, Tom came in with a horse's feed-bag in his hand, carrying it very carefully, and begged her to accept it. It sepimnl a queer present, but she thanked him, and peeped in, and there was the prettiest puppy, the one with the white nose! When Betty went to lxd that night, with the ring on her finger, the doll carriage at the foot of the LxhL and the puppy in her arms, she told anntie, in their bedtime talk, that she thought birthday bags wore just exactly as nice as Christmas stockings.—Youtli's Companion. The Soup-Bubbler*. Some extraordinary performances are described in St. Nicholas In Mere dith Nugent's article on "The 'Soitp- Bublilevs' First Reception." The *•' Soap-Bubblers—hot recently organized, with our old friend Phil as Head Bub bler, Harry Baker as Chief Cornucopia, • the minor Bubblers occupying minor * odd-titled positions, as well as nil Bub blers occupying no positions at nil bad resolved that the ancient and hon orable amusement of blowing soap bubbles was sadly in need of refor mation; and, further, that it was their mission to reform it. Thus it caine to pass that on the evening for the por fotflhance the interior of .Masonic Hall presented such a scene of hrllianey as had rarely lieen equalled within its historic walls. After a few words explanatory of the evolution of the soap-bubble from the clay-pipe stage to its present one, Phil dipped a wire ring into the soliffion. and gently sweeping it before him. cast off a bubble fully twice the size of his head. Every Bubbler boy gave a cry of satisfaction at tills, and it looked as though all the Bubblers might fling their golden cornucopias on to the stage, when the master of the soap and water tossed off five large bubbles in succession, not only from .the same ring, hut from the same film: \ Almost immediately Phil's assistants —tliore were five of them—followed ' his exahiple, mid from that time on the 1 stage was continually aglow Wltli tha brilliant spheres. Harry Bakcrr.uw came forward with | the club's two kittens, and set them 011 a dry block of wood rusting in the ! center of one of the large nine foot pan* j —now filletl with soupy water. Before | club's two kittens, and set them on a [ dry block of wood resting in the center of one of the large nine-foot i*ins— now filled with soapy water. Berore j the animals could move, Phil quickly ; lifted a lioop frofn the pan. and in a twinkling covered both kittens over j with a glorious bubble. "First kittens j ever inside a soap-bubble!" Harry { Baker announced, just as the little | kittens started to wade about within i the Iridescent dome. Phil sphered them over a second and even a third j time, when the pussies, excited by 1 their uproarious surroundings, offered deckled objections to being imprisoned | any more. Then Bubblers and audience 1 were treated to an exhibition of what I were perhaps the largest bubbles that | have over been made. Harry Baker I was especially fortunate, and. at the I end of a very exciting contest with j Phil, succeeded in sphering the pan j over from brim to briml Realize, 11 j you please, that this bubble measured | over nine feet in circumference! I'nil I followed np this feat of Harry's by I launching from the large hoop a round i bubble measuring fully six feet in cir- J cuniferencc! Compare this giant in I size with the bubbles you have been ! used to blowing from clay pipes. As j one Bubbler hilariously remarked, this j was "more like a balloon show titan a j bubble show." Not the least noticeable ■ fact was that the bubbles often meas- j urcd twice the diameter of the rings j from which they were thrown. Be- ! mailable, too, was the east; with which 1 both lioys picked up the lilins with ! their Ikhijis. These hoops, measuring from 30 to 34 inches iu 01- am< irr, when thus filmed over dashed like disks of waving gold, lliil slowly . revolved one of these golden disks up ' on the tips of his fingers, and a mo ment later the audience were enthus iastically applauding another of out magicians' startling surprise. Here | were two large elongated bubbles, ! springing from the same film, attached • to each other in tin? center, and yet traveling in opposite directions. Iflill took a large hoop, and dipping It in one of the great pans, withdrew it covered by a film. Then he held the i lustrous disk well up in front of him, j and started to blow. Starting from the lioop. first slowly, and then almost shooting forth, was an ever moving, ever-lengthening, ever-vurying, twisting, writhing shape —such a form, in fact, as might have found existence In the imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. When Phil and Harry, together with tlielr assistants, gave themselves up fully to this ex hibition of monsters, the stage looked as though peopled by one of tlio bob goblin races. Sometimes great bun bles. live feet hi circumference, wotiln snap off the end of these sonp-tmtihle dragons, and sometimes n number ot very small ones. Inlengththey varied from two to eight feet—that Is measure ment in a straight line. Could all the windings and twlstings have been taken into eousldertlon. they would have been found far longer. PHILIPPINE MOUNTAIN TRIBE, A IfllMlniiHry Describe* tlie IgiKTottes; Who Cook and Eat Dogs, The Rev. C. 11. Carlisle, a mission ary, formerly of Warsaw, N. *., writes from Dagupun. In the Philippines; to a friend, and in Ids letter describes the Igarottes, a mountain tribe. He says: "Cp in tlie mountains of the nortl> east there is a tribe of half savage, people called I garottes. They live in the mountains, hardly ever cotnlng out into the valleys, except when hun ger compels tliem. None of them wear any clothing except a strip of loin clotli. They have a speech of tlsdr own. The Filipinos cannot un derstand tliem. They are fond of dog meat; so two days ago fonr of them eame down here and in an hour had captured 18 dogs, tied them wlta ropes and started away. The Filipi nos did not disturb them, letting them have all the dogs they could catch. They came right past my tent In the evening, stopped 011 the hank of the river n tittle way from the centre ot tlie town, killed a dog, cooked and ate him. They skinned it, cleaned the body, ran a Stick of green bamboo tlwough it lengthwise, then two of them spitted the meat over the fire until it was brown. Then they laid it in the grass, and these four ate every bit of that dog, even picked the bones clean. They had no other foo<l with the meat: no knives or rorks or plntcs. They Just took the llesh in their hands, tore it Into hits nnd de voured it. Borne of our men offered them a hit of cooked beef and they re fused it, hut ate the meat raw. Then they sang some sort of a chant, heat ing on their stomachs the while. H sounded to me like: " 'We like dog All sane bog, flaked dog. fried doc, dog soap, Bow-wow mueho good.' '•They are rather taller than the Filipinos, black as night nnd have kinky hair. As the sun went down they moved awayout of ttietown,lead ing 15 dogs and carrying one they had to kill in order to get him. The sight made me sick and I lost nil ap petlte for my supper. We could spare the dogs out of the double score that mnde things howl here In uagupan, but I hope I may never see that sort of feast again, too dogoned beastly for me." Ileal Hardftliip. Polly—What an awful, awful time the pioneers must have had! Polly—Yes. Just think, the poor things didn't have chafing dishes! DEMOCRATIC LETTER. THE REIGN OF CORRUPTION TAKES A RECESS. STnvmckvai Profligacy of the lteptihllcsMi Ailmtritrtt.ru tCui —Starving the People to Fatten the Purees of Political Heeler, eg High and later l>egree. Congress has adjourned, and the Is sues upon which the presidential elec tion Is to be fought la November have been Joined. Three years of Mclvln ley's administration have proven that the Republican leaders arc drunk with Imperialism, mad with militarism, profligate wtth government funds, reckless In foreign relations, and cor rupt In their dealings with corpora tions. True only tb the trusts, the Republican party has abandoned the constitution and the principles on which this government was founded. The Democratic party will appeal to the country to bring the government back to the paths of truth and sober ness, to stop the radical and reckless expenditure of public funds, to give an honest and impartial enforcement of the law, to bring the nation out of Its entangling foreign alliances and wars of conquest Into a condition of peace and open-handed friendship with all the world, to take steps toward remov ing the dangerous control of the na tion's finances from the national banks, to pass laws that will curb the trusts and take from them the special privileges whereby they have grown so great, and last, but not least, to "turn the rascals out." On such a platform, and under the leadership of Bryan, the Republican party can be swept from power in every branch of the government by a combined, united and harmonious opposition. The most Important and patriotic duty of the Democratic party will be to defeat the Republican ticket nest November. The details of reform In administration can safely be trusted to Bryan and of reform In the laws of the congress which shall bo elected with him. Tie country Is more concerned fp bringing tie government back to safe and sound principles of administration than in any single law which might be enacted, however Important such law may be to the welfare of the country. Honest administration of the govern ment on constitutional lines Is the foundation upon which reform of the law must be erected. Nc law, however good and salutary, can be of avail un less It is honestly administered. There arc good 13W3 on the statute books now which have become dead letters at the hands of the present administra tion. The Kansas City convention will give earnest of Its purpose to meet the demands of the country. Every honest and patriotic citizen wants a clean government, whether he be a Republican, Democrat or Popu list He wants an Impartial applica tion of the law. He wants an econom ical expenditure of public funds. He wants the public service to be free from scandal and corruption. He wants an equitable adjustment of taxation. He stlU believes In the constitution. He la opposed to a huge standing army and to entangling foreign alliances. He Is opposed to trusts and the spe cial privileges which have create! them. McKlmley has not given a clean ad ministration. Hnnna's political hench men have filled the public offices, have openly and flagrantly violated the civil service law and have stolen public funds. The Cuban scandals in the pos tal servlae, In the customs service and in the army are merely the surface in dications of a corruption as wide spread as the government itself. Millions have been taken from the public treasury under the flimsiest gloss of regularity and legal form. No one who know 3 will attempt to denj that political favorites were permitted to make contracts for army and navy supplies at prices out of all propor tion to the value of the articles fur nished. Scores of vessels were sold to the government at three times their actual value, with commissions to po litical favorites quite equal to the price which went to the actual owners of the vessels. Worse yet. legislation was forced through congress, like the ar mor trust grab, for the sole purpose of furnishing Mark Hanna with a Re publican campaign corruption fund of millions. This notorious and flagrant misuse of legislative power is alone enough to condemn to political de struction the party which has permit ted it. Taxation has been so adjusted as to fall almost entirely upon the shoulders of the laboring and producing masses of the country, while wealth is prac tically exempt from sharing in the burden of government A general demand that taxation should be reduced to a safe and con servative basis has been refused, and all signs indicate tbat expenditures even in a time of peace will equal the enormously heavy revenue now pro duced. The appropriations for the coming fiscal year are more than $709,- 300,000. Had not certain important appropriations been deferred, and had not even the heavy appropriations made been pared so much below the actual requirements of the Republican program that a heavy deficiency bill will be necessary next winter, the ap propriations would have been over $800,000,000. Did these huge appro priations return to the people in pub lic benefits some fair share of the money taken from them in the form of taxes there might be less reason for complaint, but the unfortunate fact re mains that not one dollar in five is so expended as to actually benefit the taxpayer who contributed it. Take for instance the $90,030,000 in crease in army appropriations over the ' figures for ISDG. That is all to be j thrown into the Philippine rat hole, ! where the entire trade of the United \ States for the current fiscal year is j less than $2,000,000. The in the naval expenditure will benefit a few ship-bulldlng firms, who will di vide with the armor plate trust enor mous profits on their political con tracts. There is a $32,000,008 increase in the sundry civil bill. That goes entirely to feed taxeaters of high and low degree. A smaller indication, but a charac teristic one, is found in the bill now reposing on the Senate calendar with a favorable report from tbe Republic an majority of the Judiciary commit tee to Increase the pay of all federal judges from the chief justice of ths Supreme Court down. The chief Jus tice now gets $10,500. It is proposed to give him $21,000 a year. The other justices of the Supreme Court are to have their pay doubled. Taking the whole list, an increase of salary amounting to half a million dollars annually is to be put through. The army reorganization bill, which is hung up to see whether McKlnley is to be re-elected or not. Involves an increase of the standing army to 65,- 000, with a trebling of the expense of Its maintenance. These are a few briel samples of what a continuation of Re publican control means to the taxpay ers. The Democratic party will put the issue squarely before the people. JACKSON DAY. DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION. The Republican newspapers have been doing the people a real service by publication of a map sent out by some one of the imperialist committee®— very likely the Cuban annexation Jun ta of Washington—which map shows how the United States has grown and enlarged by Democratic expansion. Louisiana Is marked 'Democratic ex pansion," and so is all of California, Texas. Oregon, the Gadsden purchase and Florida. Cuba Is also Included in the list. It Is an instructive map. If we had one of them we would publish IL Every voter ought to see a copy and study It carefully. By this map It Is shown that the present great area of the United States of America is due entirely to "Democratic expansion" save and alone the original thirteen Btates and Alaska. This is a record which the Republican party dare not "point to with pride." There was no "Repub- j lican expansion" known until McKln- J ley got in his work. The growth of J the United States so as to cover a large part of the continent and include homogeneous states working togeth er in harmony has been due to the Democratic party. We are glad that the Republicans have called attention to the fact that j the expansion we have known before has practically all been "Democratic expansion." This is a point we have been making all along, but the Re publicans refuse to acknowledge it President Schurman of the first Phil ippine peace commission, acknowl edged it He was among the first Republicans to declare that the expan sion under this administration differs in every essential from the expansion of the Louisiana purchase. Then Sec retary Root stated the distinction plainly. ( Since then the administration hail acted entirely upon the theory that expansion which includes islands In distant seas Is entirely unlike the ex pansion which the Democratic party brought about. In fact, every thing has been dons to make It evident to nil that the "Republican expansion" of 1899 is entirely different from the "Democratic expansion" which has made ours a great and glorious nation, j The truth is that "Democratic ex pansion" is in accord with the spirit of our institutions, while "Republican expansion," or imperialism, is along the lines of European colonization.- Sioux Fails Press. "There's the Rub," The war in the Philippines, again says Gen. Otis, "is practically ended," and, "as soon as the natives In general gain confidence in the friendly offices of the Americans, there will be little J difficulty in bringing them to terms." I Aye, there's the rub. The experiment of shooting "confidence" into the Fili pinos, however, has not proved and will not prove a success. Human na ture is not constituted that way. Men must reap the deeds they sow, Force from force must ever flow; And deeds of blood, though done be neath Pretense of good, are Dragon's teeth From which must spring, as fixed by Fate, Their harvest—denth, revenge and hate. —Grand Rapids Democrat. The March of Umpire. The Rev. Rockwell Ciancey, a mis sionary who has Ju3t returned from India, sayß that he "saw girls In one town sold for thirty cents apiece. They were bought up by the Mohammedans, j Boys were unsaleable." This traffic in human flesh Is due to the great ' famine in gold-ridden India. This Is | but one phase of the terrible condition lhat the people of the United States. I as well as the people of other coun- J tries, are called upon to relieve. And j can the rest of the world escape Its j responsibility because Great Britain ! Is not doing her full duty?— Milwaukee j News. Careful measurments prove that the average curvature of the earth is C.99 inches to the statute mile. "ENGLISH AS SHE IS MURDERED." Violent Assault, on Our Lnuj-unj-o by Chicago Aldermen. "Clilcagoese" is the name a witty Alderman recently applied to the jar gon often heard in the Couucil cham ber when city fathers wax eloquent. While the Council has been trans formed from what it used to lie in that a far greater percentage of cultured business men are included in its mem bership, there are yet several Alder men of tbe "Old School," whose fear ful and wonderful grammar and pro nunciation furnish amusement to the galleries. Here are a few samples se lected at random from the debate of recent evenings: "I ain't a-goin' to stand fer depriv iti' the police of no necessitaries of life." "All men In accordance to our doc trine is free." ''My gentlemen to the left is all mis taken, every one of them." "I don't believe that Aid. Powers has never brought anything into this Council only in good faith and I won't." "I vote 'No' on that 'Aye.'" "Mr. Mayor is cramming his heel down the people's throat that tliey don't want and they will spurn him with their foot. "This advice that is being attempted to give to-night is a Jouali." "You're a jay and a cucumber if you so.V I'm a lamb In wolf's clothes." "Taxes is increased to the extent of SLOOO.OOO than it has been." "The press has been hollerin'! Lot her yell; they can't corrupt me." "The whole city will ndvocate what I done." "Me and my colleague what repre sents my ward wdl stand together like a man." "You say the police are dead-beats. Gentlemen. I don't blame tliom. I'd do it myself." "Stick, fellers; I won't never ask you to do notliln' fer me again." "That ward of his'n may l>e O. K„ and I'm not saying it ain't, but my war.l is the banner of the constella tion." "Gentlemen,our brave firemea braves the terror of the night and risks his life to save innocent women. Gentle men, our policemen is waylaid and slugged by thieves and robbers at all times he runs the risk of, and yet, gentlemen, he don't get as much as we. Gentlemen. I say, gentlemen, is wages half what the men are entitled to?" All the above gems were notod at the time they were spoken, and the exact language is given. Few even oc casioned a smile at the time.—Chi cago News. Gold In the Philippines. Gold is found at an endless number of points in the Philippines, almost every stream which cuts the older rocks carrying some dust, and aurifer ous quarz-veins also are known at several points in Luzon and in-Minda nao. I have been able to obtain no in formation warranting the belief that there is any highly important gold field in the archipelago. The natives are extremely skilful with the pan, and have tK>eu exploiting the gravels for centuries. They nlso understand "salting" a mine. I do not believe tliey have left any great prizes in the way of placers, nnd, to some extent, they have also worked the quartz. I consider the gold resources of the Philippines comparable with those of the Carolinas and Georgia, rather than with thoee of Colorado and California. fl'icTresources of jlindanao are not so unknown as many suppose. Competent experts made examinations, years ago, in each of the nnriferoifs provinces, Misamis and Surigao, and neither of them reported encouraging results. Great caution should lie exercised in seeking to develop gold mining in the Philippine Islands.—George F Beck er, in Scribner's. ~>ar - Modem War Is Not Picturesque A charge, such as the Boers make, is robbed of all story-book picturesque ness and glamor. The glitter of sword and bayonet, the smoke and flame, the bright uniforms, the inspiring cheers the precision of serried ranks, the gallantly carried battle flags to be presently planted on the earthworks of the enemy, are nil lacking. They belong to the war of the past. In their stead a crouching, creeping line of dirt-covered men, shuffled by the va rying chances of the tight out of all semblance of order; brown, bare, sun scorched, bowlder-flecked ridges, dot ted hare and there with stunted liusher, hazy with heat nnd alive with pro jectiles; the keen rattle of rifle fire, punctuated by the stuttering of ma chine guns, and broken into full per iods by the reverberating roar of heavy artillery, now nnd again seem ing to die only to break out afresh, and all this for hour after hour, each passing moment claiming a victim to sprawl agony on the superheated rooks. Such is modern war, as typi tied in Soutli Africa to-day.—Thomas I-'. Millard, in Scribner's. Common Delusion*. Pull nine out of ten persons plume themselves on being different from others, when tlielr very belief in the notion is its own contradiction. Wo complacently aver, "I have such a keen sense of the ridiculous," when a true sense of humor would have pro hibited the boast. But what we most pinme ourselves upon—if we are the average man or woman—is our power to read character. "I may not lie par ticularly clever," we observe, with that guileless braggadocio which masque rades as humility, "but of one thing I'm certain, and that is, I'm a good judge of human nature. I'm never deceived in a person," when, if such perspicacity were really jiossessed, we'd say nothing about it before those capable of scentiug cur limitations. (•OR THE HOUSEWIFE. To Make KaUeil JIIIISIII. For raised muffins scald a pint 01 milk and when lukewarm add one compressed yeast cake dissolved, halt a teaspoonful of salt and two cupfuls aud a half of flour. Bent thoroughly and stand aside until very light—about two hours. Then add the yokes of two eggs well beaten, and fold in the well beaten whites. Stand aside for 30 minutes and bake In greased muffin rings of gem pans.—bailies' Home Journal. Cream in Salad l)rea*inff*. Some people do not know that cream can be used in salad dressings. At the same time there is 110 question that the best salad is mudc of oil, but the whipped cream can he acceptably used in its place, and the taste is a little different from that of the regular mayonnaise. A recipe for this whipped cream dressing is: Take two eggs, throe tablospoonfuls of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of cream, one table spoonlul of sugar, a quarter of a table spoonful of mustard. The bowl In which these ingredients are mixed should he placed in a vessel of boiling water mid stirred until the consistency of rich cream, then lift the howl from the hot water, and, when cool, place in the refrigerator. Kxcellont Snuce for Meat. Honolulu sauce is excellent for meat and lish and is made thus: A small cocoanut, one quarter of an onion, one clove of garlic, one inch of root ginger, two large tablespoonfuls of curry pow der, one quart of milk, four table spoonfuls of butter, four tablespoon fuls of flour, salt and pepper to taste; grate the onion, garlic, ginger and co coanut into a double boiler and add the curry powder and milk; cook slow ly for an hour, beat the butter to a cream, add the flour and heat the mix ture until it is smooth and light; strain the curry mixture upon it gradually so as to prevent its becoming lumpy, add the meat and fish, which are to he served with this sauce, and cook until boiling hot—about u quarter of an hour. Ciilfu I'iver Honr(s(>l"*. Procure a nice liver from two and a half to three pounds. Cut one pound of larding-pork in strips two inencs long and not too thick. Season each strip with pepper and salt, then lard the liver. Tut in a bralsiere one table spoon ful of butter, and the remnants of the trimming and rind of pork. Place the liver In it, and leave it until nicely brown all over. Remove the liver from the saucepan. Add a desert spoonful of flour, cook five minutes, stirring all he time with a wooden spoon. Season with two pinches or salt, two of popper, half a pint of dry white wine, one and n halt of water; add a bouquet of three sprigs of pars ley, one branch of celery, one small bay-leaf, three onions and two cloves. Put the liver hack again in the sauce pan; cook one hour and a half over a slow Are. Add to it lastly one pint of small new enrrots and a half pint of small new onions; cook half an hour longer. Serve the liver on a warm platter; arrange the vegetables around; strain and ponr the gravy over. The white wine will give an excellent taste, and prevents the gravy from being greasy; but if no wine is at hand, the same quantity of rich good stock will an swer.—Harper's Bazar. -• -• —• ■ '-"A.f ( Household HMIIH. '• 4 To remove chocolate stains, put 111 cold water first, then boiling. When dressing fish that are slippery and difficult to hold, dip the fingers in salt. , —— If one can wear old, loose kid gloves while Ironing they will save many cal loused spots 011 the hands. „ •■<* In tea-making hard water is always to be preferred to soft sinoe it dis solves less of the tannin in the leaves. In adding milk or cream to tomatoes for a bisque, have both hot and then add a pinch of soda. This Will pre vent curdling. Milk is an excellent substitute for soap in washing dishes. A half cupful to a (lishpan half full of hot water is a good proportion to use. To soften hard water when you do not wish to boll it. drop a little piece of chalk into the pitcher nnd in a snort time the water will be quite sort. Eggs that it is desirable to keep fresh should be put in a cool, dark place. And it is always desirable to keep eggs fresh. One that isn't fresh is nothing short of an abomination. In a lobster salad, lettuce leaves torn in coarse bits, are used in place of celery, the lobster coral is sprinkled over the innslc of mayonnaise and the small lobster claws are used in the decoration. Bits of lirown broad, graham, etc., tnnke .Hist as good pancakes as do bits of white bread, which as most house keepers know, are very appetizing and quite unrecognizable when converted into pancakes. Soak up and make just as you do the white bread. It is a mistake to iron flannels, it pulled out evenly while on the line so that they dry in good shape, and if, when dry, they are folded and put in the bottom of the clot hog basket and the other clothes piled on them, they will be smooth enough to suit anybody but a crank. Hot irons take the lite out of flannels. Keep a small, stiff new toothbrush especially to clean your fancy glass ware. Dust, etc., accumulates in the pattern and the towel does not re move it. Glass that has held milk should ho well rinsed in cold water before being put in warm suds, and all glass should be rinsed in dear hot wa ter before wiping.
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