WELCOME VISITORS.
Tlioy come to me in dreams, betimes,
Tac dear ones gone beiore.
They sli beside me at the hearth,
Go out and in my door:
They rarely speak, but flit about
In each accustomed place,
The while it gives mc joy to view
Each well-remembered face.
I waken with a sob of pain
That it is hut 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.
I feel that 1 have touched the hem
Of garments of the blest.
Dear dwellers on the distant shore;
Come near me when you may.
Let memories of my happy dreams
sweet the waking dav.
v r , j°* vs an 4 B pie f ß am * loving toil,
-the years draw on apace.
\\ hen dreams shall be realitier.
And meetings face to face.
"-Mary A. .Simpson, in Michigan Parmer.
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[THE HARPOON ER!
<—p N silence the ship
moved on through
tk tli e tranquil
waves of the North
Pacific, the old Arc-
K tic, the lucky ship
of tlie wlml,us fleet
isiio was l.ullt more
speed, with lior bluff
bows, ami could lay away more oil iu
her hold than most ships of her class.
She was noted 011 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 he before the mast in the
old Arctic than mate of another wind
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. He was tall
and strongly built, his face marked
by the tattooing instruments in use in
the north seas. Yet he was an Ameri
can and had the air of a model sailor,
as Indeed he was -.sat Myers, har
pooner in the captain's boat and king
of the forecastle. N'o man of nil the
crew had more influence, but it was
not the influence of fear, for the men
loved him. With the strength of an
ox, he had the calm, even temper so of
ten seen in men of giant build, as If,
knowing ids strength, he would not
Use it against ills weaker brethren.
Standing upon the forecastle by his
side was a boy about twelve years of
age—a beautiful lad, with brown, curl
ing hair, sunny blue eyes, and delicate
face. "How do you feci since you
have boon in the PacificV" said Nat.
"I get stronger every day."
"You've been coddled too much, and
swallered so much candy, and secli
truck. Once let me git you so you can
eat salt horse like a man, and you are
all right."
Georgie Pitts was the captain's
nephew, and the doctors had said that
tho only thing which would save his
life was a sea voyage, and they gave
him in charge of Captain Jacobs.
That worthy passed him over to Nat
Myers.
"Take care of him, Nat," he said.
At first Georgie fairly hated tho old
salt, who forced him to eat salt pork
and holt tough corned beef, dignified
by the names of "salt horse" and "ma
hogany," when it was almost impossi
ble for him to eat. He complained to
his uncle, who grimly said that he had
nothing to do with the matter.
"But he'll kill me, uncle."
"No, he won't, my boy. He'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 bis tor
mentor. He had gained so much
strength L. at he could run up the rig
ging like a cat, anil the smartest men
on the ship could not catch liim when
he was once upon the ratlins. And by
the time they had passed the Sand
wich Islands, although a delicate-look
ing boy, he was stronger than he had
ever been in ids life.
"Lookee here—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 conterdicting me?"
Three hours later, when the first
mute had the deck, Nat was standing
on the topgallant forecastle, with
Georgie by his side, the squall hurst
upon them with sudden fury. Tho first
wave which came aboard crushed in
the rail and swept the decks, and
Georgie Betts was carried out into the
boiling ocean.
It was broad daylight, anil Nat, with
a cry like that of a wild beast robbed
of her young, hurled himself over the
rail, holding In his hand a light plank,
tho only tiling which he could seize.
They saw him rising upon tho top of a
great wave, and thou Georgie Betts
came into view beyond him, struggling
for ills life
"Bear up, my 1ml," they heard him
cry through tho roar of the tempest
"Old Nat is coming."
The boy, who, slight as he was, was
3 strong swimmer, tossed his hand in
tho air as a signal that he hoard.
The crew of the Arctic could do
nothing, for It required all their
strength and skill to rave the ship. A
dozen voices together volunteered to
man a boat
"No, lads," said the captain, sadly.
"No man can love his nephew hotter
tunn Ido mine. I will not risk half a
dozen lives for two. Besides, the ship
would run a boat out of slgTTt in half
on hour, even if we could lower one.
Bear a hand at the braces--meet her-
moot nor, you at the wheel; don't let
her fall ofL"."
And the Arctic spoil on before the
awful pile, leaving Nat Myers and
Georgie Betts at the mercy of the an
gry sea. The old sailor struggled on,
and at last, with a cry of joy, lie 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 he saw the Arctic rush on be
fore the wind.
"Never you mind, sonny," and he
passed his arm about the lad, and,
stripping off ills belt, raised tho boy,
so that he lay upon the board, and
then bound him to it, face down, but
in such a position that he could raise
his head a foot or more from tho
boara. He was swimming beside the
board, pushing it before him.
"Why don't you get 011 the board,
Nat?" said Georgie, uneasily.
"Never mind me," replied Nat, "I'm
all right, you see."
But, although 110 spoke so bravely,
be felt in -lis heart that he had made
his last voyage. The weight of ins
heavy sea clothing was dragging him
down, and he knew that the board
would not boar them both.
"I'll die for him," he thought. "It
may not save him, but I can do that."
He shifted Ids hold on the board and
moved up until Ids face was close to
that of Georgie Betts.
"Ivlss me, lad," he said, "and if you
escape, don't forget old Nat Myers."
The hoy raised his head and pressed
his lips to those of the old sailor.
"I love you, Nat," he said.
Then Nut Myers, with a sinile upon
his lace, fell 1 nick to his old position.
Once Georgie spoke to bim, and lie an
swered. The storm had ceased, but
the waves wer running high, and an
hour passed on. Then a league distant
Georgie Betts saw the white sails of
the Arctic returning in search of those
she had lost. With a glad cry the boy
turned ids head to look buck at Nat,
but the sea was a blank. That brave
man had died in silence sooner than
hear down the frail support of the boy
he loved. And the children of Georgie
Betts love the memory of that brave
old sailor who died for their lather's
sake.
"lllst'ry" ami Daniel Hoone,
The scholar told some strong stories
—now tlint we were In a region of his
torical interest—where Boone planted
his first fort, and where Boonesbor
ough once stood, but he always pre
faced his tale with the overwhelming
authority that—
"Hist'ry says!"
lie declared that history said that a
l)iill, seeing some cows across tho river,
jumped from the point of a high cliff
straight down into tho river; had
swum across and fallen dead as he
was climbing the bank.
"He busted his heart," said the
scholar.
Oddly enough, solemn Tim, who had
never cracked a smile, was the first to
rebel.
"You see that cliff yander?" said the
scholar. "Well, hist'ry says that Dan'l
Boone ilruv three Injuns once straight
over that cliff down into the river."
I could see that Tim was loath to
cast discredit on the facts of history.
If the scholar had said one or even two
Indians, I don't think Tim would have
called a halt, but for Daniel, with only
one load in his gun—and it was not a
Winchester—to drive three—it was too
much. And yet Tim never smiled, and
it was the first time ' heard him vol
untarily open his lips.
"Well, hist'ry mought a' said that,"
he said, "but I reckon Dan'l was in the
lead!" The yell that went up routed
the scholar and stilled him.—Scribner'fl
Magazine.
Wlipn tlui Nestling* Come.
Nestlings grow rapidly under the
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, as weL! 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 quartern nearly as con
fined 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
liercclf when she lias a supply of pic
tures finished from an old negative in
stead of asking for a now sitting.
The rose gives its perfume without
demanding a price; therefore the true
artist should produce for the pleasure
of it. But some artists have wives
and children.
When a man is in love tho homeliest
old witch can make him believe in her
charms.
The world has never been net back
very far by the 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 at home.—Chicago Times-Herald.
In 1898 the British Museum stored
away 222.(574 numbers of 3,437 Eng
lish, Scotch, and Irish periodicals, and
(5(5,702 numbers of 292 foreign and
colonial periodicals.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
BEING ISSUED FROM WASHING
TON DEPARTMENTS.
All tho Strength of the Government
Must lie L'sed in Order to l'crpctuute
the Reign of tho Money I'ower uud
Other Trusts.
(Washington Democratic Letter.)
Washington, D. C., June 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,
a man of fine character and excellent
ability.
The position came under the civil
Bervice law, and by law could be filled
only by an expert statistician.
; After Secretary Gage took office,
with great pretenses as a civil service
I reformer, he gave Mr. Ford assurance
i of his high esteem and of his strong
J desire that ho 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-
I 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
j 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
bureau of statistics was run for the
sole purpose of getting up Republican
i 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.
I 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
I statistics and diagrams to prove that
the McKinley administration is the
greatest three-ring circus that ever
! crossed the continent.
| 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 tho government
printing office at government expense
and circulated through the mails at
government expense,
j This little job will cost the taxpay
ers first and last not over $20,000, a
mere drop in the bucket of Republican
extravagance and misappropriation of
public funds, but when any Democrat
■ hears a Republican orator quote from
! O. P. Austin's book a set of figures to
sustain any argument he may advance,
l tho aforesaid Democrat may call to
mind the illuminating fact of its or
| igin and rest content.
Hanna is occasionally brutal even to
his own slaves. He recently informed
Chairman Babcock of the Republican
i congressional committee that that or
j ganization would have to raise its own
campaign funds, as the national com
j mittee would need all it could get for
j its own purposes.
Hanna hasn't much use for congress
anyway, particularly the house of rep
resentatives. It wouldn't pass the
1 Hanna-Payne ship subsidy bill and the
! army reorganization bill, both of which
he wanted, and it did pass the Nica
ragua canal bill, the anti-trust bill and
the eight-hour labor bill, which he bil
, terly opposed.
j 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
I water hole in sight,
j There was but a single prickly cac
! tus from which to squeeze a few re
luctant drops—the employes of the
house of representatives. Republican to
j a man. Babcock had these voted an
! extra month's salary all around just
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
have yielded about $40,000 despite the
tact 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 flg-
I ures that the election is going against
his party. The employes are refusing
to give up. They are saving their
I money against a rainy day. Almost to
j 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 speeial assessment. There
I 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
I big military reception, celebrating his
1 return from the Philippines. Gen.
Otis' Philippine campaign is the most
humiliating military failure in 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 Necly's management as to
make the latter shed tears of grati
tude as he grabbed for five thousand
dollars more a month than he hat
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 1592 scales.they have in every
instance not omly 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 GO 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
coat.
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 $4.60.
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 show 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 nnd seen so little of the
boasted "McKinley prosperity."—FL
I Madison DemocraL
THE COMING ACE OF ALUMINUM.
Roatli of Copper lirliotrv Korertlmilnwed
uud Ultimate Downfall of Iron.
The coining ago will bo the age or
aluminum. It is only 70 years since
this wonderful metal was discovered
by Woehler, and the aluminum indus
try, scarcely 40 years old, commands
already the attention of the entire
world. Such rapid growth has not
been recorded in the history of civil
ization before. Not long ago aluminum
wus sold at the fanciful price of ¥OO
or S4O per pound; today it can bo had
In any desired amount for as many
cents. What is more, the time is not
far off when this price, too, will be
considered fanciful, for great improve
ments are possible in the methods of
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
eases, the larger industry will absorb
the smaller one; this giant copper in
terests will control the pigmy alumi
num interests, and the Slow-pacing
copper will reduce the lively gait of
aluminum. This will only delay,
not avoid, tlie impending catastrophe.
Aluminum, however, will not stop at
downing copper. Before many years
have passed it will be 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 of
any other metal. I 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 30 times
as much aluminum as iron in bulk
available for the uses of man. This in
itself offers great possibilities. Then,
again, tlie 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.
Honrs Aftor a flattie.
An American, who has recently re
turned from Soutli Africa, where he
saw some of the lighting, from the
Boer side, tells of the impression tlie
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 jus* gone through.
He recalled the reports of tlie cam
paingning in front of Santiago. When
tlie Boers get through with a skirmish
or a battle they seem to dismiss all
recollection of tlie matter. They go
about their cookiing, sit down to mend
their clothing, read their Bibles or en
gage in some other occupation. Their
manner indicates that lighting has
been dismissed from their minds Im
mediately after It is over. Within half
an hour after a battle tlie Boer soldiers
could be seen sitting about the lu
trcnchments, and when their conver
sation was noted it was fouud to have
nothing to do with the war. This fact
conveyed to tlie miiul of the observer
that with fighting made such a matter
of duty or business and continued de
void of enthusiasm the staying
quality of tlie Boers was likely to prove
a surprise to the world.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Or'u'n of tlie Term "BlueMocklng."
Tlie 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 tlie
various academies were distinguished
by the color of their stockings, blue be
ing tlie prevailing color. The applica
tion of tlie term to women originated
with Miss Hannah Moore's descrip
tion of a "Bluestocking Club" in her
"Bas Bleu."
Go el Reason.
"What a happy dog you are! Don't
you ever borrow trouble?"
"Nope! Cnn't afford to: the interest
too high."—Brooklyn Life.
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Ventilation of Slopping 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, and
the air completely changed, no 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
be followed, but the great point is:
To change the air thoroughly first.
Cam of Rubber l'lanta.
A woman who has great success
witli her rubber plants sponges on
each leaf on the under as well as the
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
on the earth in which the roots are
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 For(jpt-Mo-Not Window Garden.
Forget-me-not is easily cultivated
and is one of tlie prettiest plants lor
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
branchlets bursting forth, fairy fash
ion, before one realizes that it is time
for tliem to appear. A shady window
is the best place for these flowers and
they are more ornamental than the
daintiest Dresden ever tinted by ar
tistic fingers. When tlie plants begin
to show signs of fading, fresh cuttings
may lie started, or the old plants may
be pulled to pieces, and the branches
already covered with roots formed
into new plants by putting them 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. Tlie glass can be
hung in the window—an east window
preferably—and makes an enchanting
bit of swinging greenery.
I-ann<lorii>g Fine Nnpery.
Hang your linen to dry, using two
lines comparatively close and paral
lel for your tablecloths. (Also for
sheets.) Throw one selvage side ot
your tablecloth over one line (toward
the other), allowing it to hang down
about a quarter of a yard, and being
careful to pin a short distance from
the ends. Take tlie opposite side oi
your cloth and throw it over the oth
er line, fncing the first line, and pin it
in the same manner. This will form a
sort of bag, and will prevent to a con
siderable extent tlie wild blowing of
tlie tablecloth in windy weather. Af
ter the table-linen is thoroughly dried
remove it from tlie line and prepare to
dampen it. A whisk-broom is excel
lent for tills purpose. Table-linen in
order to bring out tlie bright gloss that
makes it so attractive, should be damp
ened very considerably. Sprinkle
tlie tablecloths very freely, being sure
that the selvage ends or hemstitched
borders are thoroughly damp, ltoll up
tightly, patting the roll frequently,
to spread the dampness. The napkins
nnd doilies should lie arranged alter
nately one upon tlie other—first a 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 llowe,
In The Woman's Home Companion.
Recipes.
Rhubarb Jam Tart—Rhubarb jam
is particularly nice if a little
ginger lie added to tlie preserve. A
half portion of the chopped 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,
cut off with a hot, sharp knife, slices
about an inch thick. After they are
set in the pan sprinkle brown sugar
and cinnamon over them nnd bake.
Cold Tongue and Sounds.—Soak
(lieni the night previous ill 1
warm water nnd scrape well. In the
morning stew for ten minutes !n equal
parts of milk and water, using only
enough to cover. Remove tlie tongues
nnd sounds to a platter, tnen stir a lit.
tie butter rubbed smooth witli lloiu
Into the liquor and let it come to a
boil. Season and pour over the fish.
Ginger Boer.—For ginger beet
take one large spoonful of pulverized
ginger, one of cream of tartar, one
pint of yeast, one pint of West India
molasses nnd six quarts of water; stir
thoroughly and set in a warm place.
When it begins to ferment bottle and
cork tight. It will make a very nice
drink. If liked one can add two tea
spoonfuls of essence of sassafras or
whitergrecn flavoring.
Salad of Greens.—Select any suit
able green vegetable such as ro
niaine, chicory, escnrole, taking care
to have as many- different shades of
green as possible. Marinate each of
the vegetables separately in a French
dressing and arrange ou n salad dish,
lo make tlie French dressing: Mix
one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-quar
ter tenspoonfu! of pepper, -two table
spooufuls of olive oil and two of vine
gar, stir wi! together.