WELCOME VISITORS.
They come to me in dreams, betimes,
1 ue dear ones gone before,
Tin y sit beside me at the hearth,
(o out and in my door:
They rarely speak, but flit about
In each accustomed place.
The while it gives me joy to view
Each well-remembered face.
1 waken with a sob of pain
That it is but a dream,
And yet they're near me all the day,
So real does it seem.
They comfort me through all the hours
Of labor, and of rest.
1 feel that 1 have touched the hem
Of garments of the blest.
Dear dwellers on the distant shore;
Come near me when you may.
h®t memories of my happy dreams
sw eet the waking dav.
With joys and griefs, and loving toil*
{he years draw on apace.
\V hen dreams shall be realities.
And meetings face to face.
Alary A. Simpson, in Michigan Parmer.
ITHE HfiRPODNER.I
?!<. IX- ~ . , . . X
p X silence the ship
moved on through
Jk the tranquil
Bwnth. waves of tho North
l'acilic, the old Arc
tic, the lucky ship
of the whaling fleet.
speed, with her blult
bows, and could lay away more oil in
her hold than most ships of her class.
She was noted on all sides as a ves
sel which could find and strike whales
when others were unlucky.
The sailors used to say that they
would sooner be before the mast in the
old Arctic than mate of another whal
er, because they could make more
money.
A man was standing near the fore
castle, shading his eyes with his hand
and peering out ahead. lie was tall
and strongly built, his face marked
by the tattooing Instruments in use in
the north sens. Yet he was an Ameri
can and had tho air of a model sailor,
as indeed lie was—nat Myers, lam
pooner in tlie captain's boat and king
of the forecastle. Xo man of all the
crew had more influence, but it was
not the influence of fear, for the men
loved him. \\ ith the strength of an
ox. he had the calm, even temper so of
ten seen in men of giant build, ns If,
knowing his strength, lie would not
Use It against ids weaker brethren.
Standing upon the forecastle by his
side was a hoy about twelve years of
age—a beautiful lad, with brown, curl
ing hair, sunny blue eyes, and delicate
face. "How do you feel since you
have been in the Pacific?" said Xat.
"I get stronger every day."
"You've been coddled too much, and
swallercd so much candy, and seeh
truck. Once let mo git you so you can
eat salt horse like a man, and you are
all right."
Georgie Botts was tho captain's
nephew, and the doctors had said that
the only tiling which would save his
life wa; a sea voyage, and they gave
him iu charge of Captain Jacobs.
That worthy passed him over to Xat
Myers.
"Take care of him, Xat," he said.
At first Georgie fairly hated the old
salt, who forced him to eat salt pork
and bolt tough corned beef, dignified
by tlie names of "salt horse" and "ma
hogany," when it was almost Impossi
ble for him to eat. He complained to
bis uncle, who grimly said that he had
nothing to do with the matter.
"But he'll kill me, uncle."
"Xo, he won't, my boy. Ile'll make
a man of you."
As the days went on and Georgie
grew more accustomed to life on board
ship, he really began to like Ids tor
mentor. He had gained so much
strength Hat he could run up the rig
ging like n cat, and the smartest men
on the ship could not catch him when
he was once upon the ratlins. And by
the time they had passed the Sand
wich Islands, although a dclicate-loolc
lng hoy, lie was stronger than he had
ever been in Ills life.
"Lookee hero—we are going to have
the biggest storm you ever see."
"Pshaw! There never was a fairer
day."
"Lookee, my son," said Nat, in a
threatening manner. " 'Member what
I told ye about eonterdic'ting me?"
Three hours later, when the first
mate had the deck, Xat was standing
on tlie topgallant forecastle, with
Georgie by his side, the squall burst
upon them with sudden fury. The first
wave which came aboard crushed in
tho rail and swept the decks, and
Georgia Bel ts was carried out into the
boiling ocean.
It was broad daylight, end Xat, with
a cry like that of a wild beast robbed
of her young, hurled himself over tlie
rail, holding in his hand a light plank,
the only thing which he could seize.
They saw him rising upon tho top of a
great wave, and then Georgie Bctts
came into view beyond him, struggling
for his life.
"Bear up, my lad," they hoard him
cry through the roar of the tempest.
"Old Xat is coming."
The hoy, who, slight as he was, was
, strong swimmer, tossed his hand in
the idr as a signal that he heard.
The crew of the Arctic could do
nothing, for It required all their
Strength and skill to save the ship. A
dozen voices together volunteered to
man a boat.
"Xo, lads," said the captain, sadly.
"Xo man can love his nephew better
tuan I do mine. I will not risk half a
dozen lives for two. Besides, the ship
would run a boat out of slgot In half
an hour, even if we could lower one.
Bear a hand nt the braces--meet her,
meet nor, you at the wheel; don't let
her fall off!"
And the Arctic sped 011 before the
awful gale, leaving Xat Myers and
Georgie Betts at tho mercy of the an
gry sen. The old sailor struggled on,
and at last, with a cry of joy, ho saw
the boy clutch the end of the board.
"That's right, my son," he said.
"Cheerily, cheerily, lad!"
"The ship is away," said Georgie,
sadly, as lie saw the Arctic rush on be
fore the wind.
"Never you mind, sonny," and he
passed his arm about the lad, and,
stripping oft his belt, raised tho boy,
so that he lay upon the board, and
then bound him to It, face down, hut
iu such a position that he could raise
his head a foot or more from tho
boaru. He was swimming beside the
board, pushing It before liirn.
"Why don't you got on the board,
Xat?" said Georgie. uneasily.
"Xover mind me," replied Xat, "I'm
all right, you see."
But, although he spoke so bravely,
he felt in -as heart that he had made
his last voyage. The weight of his
heavy sea clothing was dragging him i
down, and he knew that the hoard j
would not bear them both.
"I'll die for him," he thought. "It
may not save him, but I can do that."
He shifted his hold on the board and j
moved up until his face was close to
that of Georgie Betvs.
"Kiss me, lad," he said, "and if you
escape, don't forget old Nat Myers."
The boy raised his head and pressed
his lips to those of the old sailor.
"I love you, Nat," he said.
Then Nat Myers, with a smile upon j
his tnce, fell back to his old position.
Once Georgie spoke to liiiu, and he an- j
swered. The storm had ceased, but j
the waves wer running high, and an j
hour passed on. Then a league distant j
Georgie Betts saw the white sails of
tlie Arctic returning in search of those
she had lost. With a glad cry the boy j
turned his head to look back at Nat, ]
but the sea was a blank. That brave
man had died in silence sooner than
bear down the frail support of the boy
Jie loved. And the children of Georgie
Betts love the memory of that brave I
old sailor who died for their father's
sake.
"ninl'rjr" and lliuiiel Ilooilo.
Tiie scholar told some strong stories
—now that wo were in a region of his- i
torlcal Interest—where Boone planted |
his first fort, and where Boonesbor- j
ough once stood, lint lie always pre- j
faced Ills tale with tho overwhelming j
authority that—
"Hist'ry says!"
Ho declared that history said that a j
bull, seeing some cows across the river,
jumped from tho point of a high cliff
straight down into tho river; had
swum across and fallen dead as he |
was climbing the bank.
"lie busted bis heart," said the
scholar.
Oddly enough, solemn Tim, who had j
never cracked a smile, was the first to
rebel.
"You see that cliff yander?" said the
scholar. "V\'cll, hist'ry says that Dau'l J
Boone druv throe Injuns once straight |
over that cliff down into the river."
I could sec that Tim was loath to
cast discredit on the facts of history. I
If tho scholar had said one or even two
Indians, I don't think Tim would have I
called a halt, but for Daniel, with only j
one load In Ills gun—and It was not a
Winchester—to drive three—it was too j
much. And yet Tim never smiled, and I
it was the first time ! heard him vol- |
untarlly open his lips.
"Well, hist'ry mought a' said that,"
he said, "but I reckon Dan'l was in the
load!" Tlie yell tliat went up routed
the scholar and sti!!ed him.—Scribncr's
Magazine.
Wlitm tho NeHtllnga Come.
Nestlings grow rapidly under tho
Incessant and assiduous care of one
and sometimes both parents, who
bring them soft food, and the number
of insects and worms they consume is
prodigious. Each day's ration is far
more than their own weight—a thing
made possible by the exceedingly
rapid digestion which characterizes
birds. This function, ns well as res
piration, is more expeditious in young
than in old birds, and how a tiny tit
mouse can keep full the ever ravenous
mouths of such a brood as appears
in that family of nine bluetits passes
comprehension. An even more diffi
cult thing to understand is how all
seem to thrive equally. Our American
titmouse's nest is an old woodpecker's
hole or some such cranny, often where
the room is so small that the young
are packed in layers, almost literally
like sardines in a box; and the Euro
pean tits have quarters nearly as con
lined at the bottom of deep, purselike
nests woven of cotton materials.—
Ernest Ingersoll, in Harper's Bazar.
_____ People's Ways.
A woman is losing confidence in
hcr.Tjlf when she lias a supply of pic
tures finished from an old negative in
stead of asking for a new sitting.
The rose gives its perfume without
demanding a price; therefore tlie true
artist should produce for the pleasure
of it. But some artists have wives
and children.
When a man is in love the homeliest
old witch can make him believe in her
charms.
The world lias never been set back
very far by tlie cracking of anyone's
brain in a steeplechase.
Many a man who Is fined for con
tempt of court would not dare to talk
back nt home.—Chicago Times-llerald.
In ISOS the British Museum stored
away 222.074 numners of 3,437 Eng
lish, Scotch, and Irish periodicals, and
00,702 numbers of 202 foreign and
colonial periodicals.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
BEING ISSUED FROM WASHING
TON DEPARTMENTS.
All the Strength of tlio Government
Munt lie I'sod In Order to Perpetuate
the Kcigu of the Money Power ami
Other Trusts.
(Washington Democratic Letter.)
Washington, D. C., Juno 16, 1900.
There is no doubt but what Mark
Hanna runs the government. There
isn't a department in Washington
which is not being operated for the
main purpose of re-electing McKinley
next November.
A particularly flagrant instance is
just now engaging public attention.
There is a bureau of the treasury de
partment known as the bureau of sta
tistics. Its function is to compile sta
tistics relative to commerce, imports
and exports, the movement of coin and
similar matters. For many years it
: was under the control of Worthington
C. Ford, recognized as one of the prin
cipal statisticians in the United States,
j a man of fine character and excellent
ability.
I The position came under the civil
' service law, and by law could be filled
only by an expert statistician.
After Secretary Gage took office,
' with great pretenses as a civil service
: reformer, he gave Mr. Ford assurance
of his high esteem and of his strong
desire that he should remain at the
] head of the bureau of statistics. With
in a few months, however, Mr. Ford
was forced to resign and a newspaper
man named O. P. Austin, without any
standing whatever as a statistician,
was appointed to the place in clear vio
lation of the law. Mr. Austin was ex
tremely unpopular with his fellow
newspaper men in Washington for
having run for a number of years a
"scab" newspaper syndicate and for
having tried to get newspapers away
from his fellow journalists by what
they considered unfair methods. But
he had been of service to Hanna
around Republican headquarters in the
campaign of 1896 and that gave him
| his appointment.
From the time he entered office the
J bureau of statistics was run for the
sole purpose of getting up Republican
statistics. In every way that human
ingenuity can devise, figures have been
twisted, warped, distorted and garbled
In order to back up the Republican
position in favor of protection of trusts
and of the gold standard.
| Now Mr. Austin is crowning his ser
vice by employing the whole bureau,
with its staff of highly paid experts,
in getting up a campaign text book for
the Republicans, filled with pages of
statistics and diagrams to prove that
I the McKinley administration is the
| greatest three-ring circus that ever
, crossed the continent.
I His use of figures is such as to make
the nine digits blush to look the multi
plication table in the face. The book
| will be printed in the government
printing office at government expense
and circulated through the mails at
government expense.
; This little job will cost the taxpay
ers first and last not over $20,000, a
mere drop in the bucket of Republican
i extravagance and misappropriation of
; public funds, but when any Democrat
j hears a Republican orator quote from
O. P. Austin's book a set of figures to
sustain any argument he may advance,
| the aforesaid Democrat may call to
mind the illuminating fact of its or
igin and rest content.
I Hanna is occasionally brutal even to
his own slaves. He recently informed
Chairman Babcock of the Republican
congressional committee that that or-
J ganization would have to raise its own
campaign funds, as the national com
| mittee would need all it could get for
| its own purposes.
j Hanna hasn't much use for congress
anyway, particularly the house of rep-
I resentatives. It wouldn't pass the
: llanna-Payno ship subsidy bill and the
I army reorganization bill, both of which
he wnnted, and it did pass the Nica
ragua canal bill, the anti-trust bill and
the eight-hour labor bill, which he bll
| terly opposed.
So when Babcock was told to hunt
up his own funds he found himself in
the midst of an arid desert with Mark
! Hanna standing guard over every
j water hole in sight.
! There was but a single prickly eac
i tus from which to squeeze a few re
luctant drops —the employes of the
house of representatives, Republican to
a man. Babcock had these voted an
extra month's salary all around just
i before congress adjourned, and then
! set a smooth and skillful agent at
work to make each employe give up 50
per cent of that bonus. This would
j have yielded about SIO,OOO despite the
fact that it was a flagrant violation of
! the law against political assessments.
! But there is nothing so ungrateful as
a government employe with an elec
tion pending, especially when he fig
ures that the election is going against
his party. The employes are refusing
to give up. They are saving their
| money against a rainy day. Almost to
a man they figure that the next house
will be Democratic and that they will
| lose their jobs. So Mr. Babcock's com
mittee has had to call on each Re
publican member of congress as well
as each Republican candidate for con
gress for a special assessment. There
may be an occasional crumb of con
tribution fall from Mark Hanna's
trust-fed table, but it will not do Bab
cock much good. This business of be
ing Jackal to the Mark Hanna lion is
a thankless task.
! The government has spent SIOO,OOO
in transporting troops and bands to
Rochester, N. Y., to give Gen. Otis a
j big military reception, celebrating his
return from the Philippines. Gen.
Otis' Philippine campaign is the most
humiliating military failure ill the his
tory of the government, but the ad
ministration has to stand for Otis be
cause Otis stands for the administra
tion.
But there are ample signs that the
country has had about all it wants of
militarism. Military heroes are at a
discount. The Republicans do not find
it wise to put a military man on the
ticket with McKinley any more than
the Democrats will at Kansas City.
Dewey has announced that he is out of
the presidential race and Admiral
Schley declines to be considered as a
candidate. There are too many mili
tary scandals to be investigated right
now. The Cuban scandal is not all
postal.
It is recalled now that some six
months ago when a certain Cuban
newspaper began charging American
officials with corruption, Gen. Ludlow,
then in command at Havana, prompt
ly threw the whole staff of the news
paper into jail and practically sup
pressed the offending paper. That
effective way of proving the purity of
the military service couldn't be im
proved on even in Turkey.
It is well to note that five of the
inspectors in the Cuban postal service
who conveniently looked the other
way when Neely and his confederates
were stealing postal funds, have been
"permitted to resign." One of them is
the man who wrote such a laudatory
report of Neely's management as to
make the latter shed tears of grati
tude as he grabbed for five thousand
dollars more a month than he hac
been accustomed to taking.
JACKSON DAY.
BRYAN-BLAINE.
In the corridor of the Hoffman
House, in New York, a prosperous
looking citizen was heard to remark
to a friend the other evening: "I am
a Republican and always have been
but I want to tell you that this man
Bryan is the greatest political leader
this country has had in 25 years, with
the possible exception of Blaine." This
was the recognition of a representative
of New York's commercial interests of
the foremost Democrat of the age—
and its foremost Democrat is always
the greatest man in any country or of
any age.
This declaration suggested the
points of similarity and difference in
the personality and character and
statesmanship of Bryan and Blaine.
That James G. Blaine had a personal
ity so engaging and commanding as to
inspire immediate admiration and to
win lasting respect is the admission of
his bitterest foe. He was magnetic. In
wit, ready, in speech, eloquent, in am
bition, great, in manners, affable, In
learning, not profound nor accurate,
nor yet superficial, but well informed
and always able to make the best pos
sible use of what he knew and of what
he had, James G. Blaine was gifted
by nature for parliamentary leader
ship. Not since William Pitt has he
had a superior, if, indeed, a peer, iD
that respect.
In all these elements of greatness
Bryan resembles Blaine, except in the
greater accuracy of the former's learn
ing and the profounder quality of his
mind. But where Blaine was weak,
Bryan is strong. Blaine represents
the statesmanship of expediency, Bry
an that of principles. In the quality
of moral courage and devotion to
ideals Bryan is ideal. Bryan has all
the substantial elements of character
which Blaine possessed and happily
for his party and his fame he has
none of those temperamental weak
nesses which injured the party and
which compromise the fame of Blaine.
—Buffalo Times.
HOW THE PEOPLE PAY.
While the trusts have here and there
increased the wages of their employes,
which had previously been reduced
from the 1892 scales.they have in every
instance not ccily added several times
as much to their own profits and made
the people foot the bill, but they have
failed also to restore wages to the old
standard before what has been called
hard times reductions. The Emporia
Times has taken the trouble to obtain
from the merchants of that city the
increase in price of articles of neces
sity as compared with the selling price
one year ago. Here are the figures it
gives:
Stoves have increased 50 per cent.
Wagons have increased from four to
five dollars.
Copper has doubled in price.
Fourteen-inch plows that sold for
$lO now sell for sl4.
Ropes that sold for 5 cents a pound
now sell for 12 cents.
A common stove pipe sold for 10
cents; now it goes at 20 cents.
Bolts and rods have gone up 75 per
cent.
Tin has increased from $1.50 to $2 a
box.
Cultivators have increased from $3
to $4.
Hoes, forks, rakes, shovels, spades,
and all such articles have gone up to
the consumer 45 per cent.
Nails, per keg, from $2.20 to $4.10.
Barbed wire, galvanized, from $2.40
a hundred pounds to S4.GO.
Binder twine, which cost 7 cents a
pound, now costs from 11 cents to 1314
cents.
Glass has increased 40 per cent
Other articles of general use snow a
like increase in cost to the consumer.
In every instance the trust has added
enormous profits, every cent of which
must come out of the people who have
heard so much and seen so little of the
boasted "McKinley prosperity."—Ft.
Madison Democrat.
THE COMING ACE OF ALUMINUM.
Death of Copper Iniliumy Foreshadowed
uiid Ultimate Downfall of Iron.
The coming age will be the age ot
aluminum. It is only 70 years since
this wonderful metal was discovered
by Woehlcr, and the aluminum indus
try, scarcely 40 years old, commands
already the attention of the entire
world. Such rapid growth lias not
been recorded in the history of civil
ization before. Not long ago aluminum
was sold at the fanciful price of SOO
or S4O per pound; today it can be had
in any desired amount for as many
cents. What is more, the time is not
far oft when this price, too, will be
considered fanciful, for great improve
ments are possible in the methods ot
its manufacture.
The absolutely unavoidable conse
quence of the advance of the alumi
num industry will be the annihilation
of the copper industry . They cannot
exist and prosper together, and the lat
ter is doomed beyond any hope of re
covery. Even now it is cheaper to con
vey an electric current through alu
minum wires than through copper
wires; aluminum castings cost less,
and in many domestic and other uses
copper has no chance of successfully
competing. A further material reduc
tion of the price of aluminum cannot
but be fatal to copper. But the prog
ress of the former will not go on un
checked, for, as it ever happens in such
cases, the larger industry will absorb
the smaller one; the giant copper in
terests will control the pigmy alumi
num interests, and the slow-pacing
copper will reduce the lively gait ot
aluminum. This will only delay,
not avoid, the impending catastrophe.
Aluminum, however, will not stop at
downing copper. Before many years
have passed it will bo engaged in a
fierce struggle with iron, and in the
latter it will find an adversary not
easy to conquer. The issue of the con
test will largely depend on whether
iron shall be indispensable in electric
machinery. This the future alone can
decide.
While it is impossible to tell when
this industrial revolution will be con
summated, there can be no doubt that
the future belongs to aluminum, and
that in times to come it will be the
chief means of increasing human per
formance. It lias in tills respect ca
pacities greater by far than those ot
any ether metal. 1 should estimate
its civilizing potency at fully one
hundred times that of iron. This esti
mate, though it may astonish, is not
at all exaggerated. First of all, we
must remember that there is U0 times
as much aluminum as iron in bulk
available for the uses of man. This in
itself offers great possibilities. Then,
again, tile new metal is much more
easily workable, which adds to its
value. In many of its properties it
partakes of the character of a precious
metal, which gives it additional worth.
Its electric conductivity, which, for a
a given weight, is greater than that
of any other metal, would be alone
sufficient to make it one of the most
important factors in future human
progress. Its extreme lightness makes
it far more easy to transport the objects
manufactured. By virtue of this prop
erty it will revolutionize naval con
struction, and in facilitating transport
and travel it will add enormously to
the useful performance of mankind.
But its greatest civilizing potency will
be, I believe, in aerial travel, which is
sure to be brought about by means of.
Telegraph instruments will slowly
enlighten the barbarian. Electric
motors and lamps will do it more
quickly, but quicker than anything else
the flying machine will do it. By
rendering travel ideally easy it will be
the best means for unifying the heter
ogeneous elements of humanity.—
Nicola Tesla, in the Century Magazine.
Doers After a liiiltle.
An American, who lias recently re
turned from South Africa, where he
saw some of the fighting, from the
Boer side, tells of the impression the
manner of these fighters made upon
him. American soldiers he said would
follow fighting with singing and cheer
ing and much talk about the details
of what they had just gone through.
He recalled the reports of the cam
paingning in front of Santiago. When
the Boers get through with a skirmish
or a battle they seem to dismiss all
recollection of the matter. They go
about their cookiing, sit down to mend
their clothing, read their Billies or en
gage in some other occupation. Their
manner indicates that fighting has
been dismissed from their minds Im
mediately after it is over. Within half
an hour after a battle the Boer soldiers
could be seen sitting about the lu
trenchnients, and when their conver
sation was noted it was found to have
nothing to do with the war. This fact
conveyed to the mind of the observer
that with lighting made such a matter
of duty or business and continued de
void of enthusiasm the staying
quality of the Boers was likely to prove
a surprise to the world.—St Eouls
Globe-Democrat.
Or'g'n nf the Term "Ulnndncklng."
The term "bluestocking" was origi
nally used in Venice about the year
14(H) to designate literary classes by
colors. In Mill's "History of Chival
ry" we are told that members of the
various academies were distinguished
by the color of their stockings, blue be
ing the prevailing color. The applica
tion of the term to women originated
with Miss Hannah Moore's descrip
tion of a "Bluestocking Club" in her
"Bas Bleu."
Go el Hi,anon.
"What a happy dog you are! Don't
you ever borrow trouble V"
"Nope! Cnn't afford to; the interest
too high."—Brooklyn Life.
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE,
V*nMlntln of Sleeping Rooms.
Rooms which are to be slept in,
after having been occupied during a
whole evening, must be thoroughly
ventilated before the occupant pre
pares for bed. Doors and windows
must be thrown open for several
minutes, the gas or lamp put out, anu
the air completely changed, 110 matter
how cold it may be outside. This is
the only way to obtain refreshing
sleep. On going to bed, the usual
ventilating arrangements should then
bo followed, but the great point is:
To change the air thoroughly first.
Cam of Rubber Plant*.
A woman who lias great success
witli her rubber plants sponges on
eaeli leaf on tin? under as well as tne
upper side at least three times a week;
more often still if the plant has been
exposed to street dust or that of room
cleaning. Only enough water is put
011 the earth in which the roots nre
planted to keep the soil from feeling
hard.
Once a week the earth about the
roots is loosened and two teaspoon
fills of castor oil are allowed to drip
all about the roots, after which opera
tion the earth is scratched back.
A Fortfot-Me-Xot Window Garden.
Forget-me-not is easily cultivated
and is one of tbe prettiest plants tor
a window garden. It is half aquatic
and will grow in vases of water as
well as in pots of earth. Secure a few
cuttings, root them in damp moss or
in water, then fill the vase or pot with
the young plants, which will grow
very rapidly, the flowering shoots and
branclilets bursting forth, fairy fash
ion, before one realizes that it is time
for them to appear. A shady window
is the best place for these flowers ana
tlioy are more ornamental than the
daintiest Dresden ever tinted by ar
tistic fingers. When the plants begin
to show signs of fading, fresh cuttings
may be started, or the old plants may
be pulled to pioces, and the branches
already covered with roots formed
into new plants by putting tliem into
a fresh vase or basket. Hyacinth
glasses make good forget-me-not re
ceptacles, the blue flowerets clamber
ing over the sides of the glass In
charming fashion. The glass can be
liung in. the window—an east window
preferably—and mnkes an enchanting
bit of swinging greenery.
Laundering Fine Napory,
nnng your linen to dry, using two
lines comparatively close and paral
lel for your tablecloths. (Also tor
sheets.) Throw one selvage side ot
your tablecloth over one line (toward
the other), allowing it to bang down
about a quarter of a yard, and being
careful to pin a short distance from
the ends. Take the opposite side oi
your cloth and throw it over the oth
er line, facing the first lino, and pin it
in the same manner. This will form a
sort of bag, and will prevent to a con
siderable extent the wild blowing ot
the tablecloth in windy weather. Ar
ter the table-linen is thoroughly dried
remove it from the line and prepare to
dampen it. A whisk-broom is excel
lent for tills purpose. Table-linen in
order to bring out the bright gloss thai
makes it so attractive, should lie damp
ened very considerably. Sprinkle
the tablecloths very freely, being sure
that tbe selvage ends or hemstitched
borders are thoroughly damp. Roil up
tightly, patting the roll frequently,
to spread the dampness. The napkins
and doilies should lie arranged alter
nately 0110 upon the other—first u nap
kin dry from the line, then one which
lias been wrung out in warm water,
then a dry. napkin, and following it
one that has been wrung out in Hot
water, and so on. Then roll tightly
together.—Emma Louise Hauck ltowe,
in The Woman's Home Companion.
Bliubarl) .Tam Tart—Rhubarb jam
Is particularly nice if a little
ginger lie added to the preserve. A
half portion of the choppeil pineapple,
giving its own flavor to the rhubarb.
But rhubarb Jam tart is superlatively
good eating, served with cream.
Cinnamon Rolls—Roll out the
biscuit dough into a thin sheet, spread
on it melted butter, and sprinkle with
brown sugar and cinnamon Roll up,
eut off with 11 hot, sharp knife, slices
about an inch thick. After they nre
set in the pan sprinkle brown sugar
and cinnamon over tbem and bake.
Cold Tongue and Sounds.—Soak
tliem the night previous In
warm water and scrape well. In tlie
morning stew for ten minutes )n equal
parts of milk and water, using only
enough to cover. Remove the tongues
and sounds to a platter, tnen stir a lit.
tie butter rubbed smooth with tloui
into the liquor mid let it come to a
boil. Season and pour over the fish.
Ginger Boer.—For ginger b 'Ol
take one large spoonful of pulverized
ginger, one of cream of tartar, one
pint of yeast, one pint of Weßt India
molasses nnd six quarts of water; stir
thoroughly nnd set in a warm place.
When it begins to ferment bottle nnd
cork tight. It will make a very nice
drink. If liked one can ndd two tea
spoonfuls of essence of sassafras or
wintergreen flavoring.
Salad of Greens.—Select any suit
able green vegetable such ns ro
niaine, chicory, esenrole, taking care
to linvc ns many different shades of
green ns possible. Marinate each of
the vegetables separately in a French
dressing nnd arrange on n salad dish.
To make the French dressing: Mix
one-half tenspoonful of salt, one-quar
ter teaspoonful of pepper, two table
spoonfuls of olive oil nnd two of vine
gar, stir well together.