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J Bavaria Is using American loeomo
tlves. No part of the earth Is now un-
Invaded by American enterprise. And
It Is still marching on.
A Missouri naturalist has discovered
that every toad is worth sl9 to the
farmer on whose place it operates. He
might get the women to believe It if
he would go on now and discover that
the price was marked down from S2O.
f The paper and pulp Industries of
Russia appear to he expanding very
rapidly. At present imprinted paper
Is exported to Great Britain to the
amount of $370,000 annually, while
pulp is also shipped in heavy quanti
ties.
• Before fifty the most healthful occu
pation is that of the clergyman. The
doctors and the lawyers are close to
gether. After fifty years, according
to the figures. It is more healthful to
practice mediciue or the law than it
is to preach.
The great value of the cattle indus
try is aptly Illustrated iu tho Argen
tine Republic, where, It is estimated,
the herds number 10,000,000 animals,
all descended from eight cows anil one
hull brought to Brazil in tho middle of
the sixteenth century.
A peculiar favorable industrial smyp
tom of the tines Is tie buying up and
tojurca*tir.E tf til end chltLltetS
fjgitsfj' flian'ca. Tala ggnursllj
lows periods of nmisual activity, and !
is the result of the iuerensed demands
for space for manufacturing purposes.
In Great Britain and Germany there
are societies organized to promote the
emigration of women, and in both
countries the business is said to be
brisk. They have, therefore, one ex
port trade in which the United States i
is not likely to compete with them fo, j
a long time.
The longevity of women—and of pen
sioners—finds conclusive illustration in
the fact that four widows of Revolu- i
tionftry soldiers are still on the rolls,
their ages ranging from eighty-five to
eighty-nine. Needless to say, they
Were young girls when they married
the Revolutionary veterans, one of j
these interesting weddings having oc- |
curred as late as 1811.
The general impression conveyed ny j
the report of the British Inspector- j
General of Recruiting is thnt so long
as the conditions of the service remain
what they are Great Britain will not I
have a strong and efficient army. The ,
infantry regiments received fewer re
cruits last year than in 1899, and it is j
clear that if the country cannot obtain |
the requisite number of recruits with !
the war still in progress, recruiting in '
time of peace will be far from satis
factory.
Recent census bureau reports show
n marked increase in the tenant sys- j
tem, a change which has been going I
on for the past twenty years, with a 1
decided rise of percentage since IS9O. j
The report proves that such farms j
have increased twice as fast ns the 1
number of farms worked by owners !
and four times as fast as tlie agricul
tural population. This percentage of
advance depends largely upon South
ern and Eastern conditions, though the i
middle West contributes to it in lesser
degree; the extreme West but very lit
tle.
More gallons of toffee are consum
ed in this country than other drink
or stimulant, amounting in 1009 to
1,237.983,290 gallons, compared with
1,221.500,100 gallons of beer, the next
most popular beverage. In 1900 we
also consumed $37,312,008 worth of
tea and $0,000,000 of cocoa, bringing
■the total for alcoholic and non-alcohol
ic drinks to $1,228,074,923, au increase
over 1899 of $81,777,103.
$ A SINNER UNREPENT. j
| 0 BY sophij: UATES kebr.
ti '.: k -Q,
"My, but your mornin'glories do look
nice, Miss Phemey! Wish you'd save
me some seed often that white one."
It was Mrs. ltidley coming up the
walk.
"I will. Mis' Ridley. Come In and
set down. There's a pa'm leaf on the
lounge, an' mebbe you'll take a glass
of cool water. It's a scorchin' morn
ing." said Miss Phemey.
"I would like a drink, thank you,"
responded Mrs. Ridley. "Seems like
when anybody's fat as 1 am, they just
get he't' up like & coal stove. My, that
tastes good. You got a grand well.
Miss Phemey."
The hostess smiled a flattered smile,
but before she could speak Mrs. Ridley
went on: "I brought over three of Mr.
Ridley's vests, Miss Phemey, to get
you to mend 'em. He's bu'sted 'em
ever' one right down the back, f'r all
the world like a seven-year locust, 1
tell 'im, an't seems like I got no time
to fix 'em, with Emma May gittin'
married next week. We're just livin'
in a regular whirlwind, an' sorry as
I'll be to see Emma May go—not that
1 don't like Charlie Foote, but you
know what I mean —I cert'ney shall be
glad when all this fuss is over."
"1 expect it is trying," sympathized
Miss Phemey. "But Emma May's al
ways been a good daughter, au' she
deserves a fine weddin'."
" 'Taln't that I don't want her to
have it," said Mrs. Ridley, hastily.
"But I'm just dog-tired this mornin' —
for the land sakes, it's half-past ten
o'clock a'ready; I got to go. You
bring them vests over when they're
done, Miss Phemey, an' I'll pay you
f'r 'em. I'd send one o' the boys over,
but Emma May wants you to come
pertlcular an' see her presents, so 't'll
be killin' two birds with one stone."
She chuckled comfortably as she
stepped outside the door.
Miss Phemey looked after her de
parting form with resentful stare.
"Yes," she muttered, "she can get
Miss Maxwell to make Emma May's
weddin' clothes, but I'm good enough
to mend up Jim Ridley's old vests. I'll
charge her 13 cents apiece, see 'f 1
don't: that'll be 45 cents. Does seem
a good bit to charge f'r mendin' three
vests."
Miss Phemey went in and shut out
the glare of the summer day. As she
picked up the package of vests her
thin little hands trembled. Tears
sprang to her eyes and she burst out
fiercely: " 'Tain't right! I made Emma
May Ridley's dresss to be christened
in, little teenty baby as she was, an' I
made her a dress to be confirmed in,
an' I made her a dress when she
gragwated at the high school, an' she'd
always said I should make her wed
diu dues, Thit flaunUa' city tiling's
get il! my fjasVi! I've aeffßl hero all
blj lilt m.t iSJIt Votest by sU, is It's
not fair." The tears rolled down her
withered cheeks and fell unheeded
upon Mr. Ridley's second best pepper
and-salt vest. Presently her wrath
flamed anew.
"Emma May wants you to come per
t-ckler to see her presents! 'Tain't no
hint; oh, no? Sally Ridley needn't
'a' troubled herself to say that. I got a
1 resent for Emma May, au' I'm going
ti give it to her. I'd like to get even
with them, the whole kit of 'em. Jest
as if I couldn't 'a' made Emma May's
weddin' clo's. They tell me Miss Max
well uses a chain-stitch machine. 1
always did say chainstitch machines
was made for the careless, an' I don't
see no reason to change my mind.
Well, 'pon my word, this vest ain't
on'y bu'sted, hut frayed int' the bar
gain." Miss Phemey fell briskly to
sewing.
The next day, despite the threaten
ing rumble of a distant storm, Miss
Phemey dressed in her best and started
toward the Ridleys, carrying two pack
ages. She was graciously received by
Emma May, a fat, fair girl of pleas
ant mien and placid disposition.
"I brought home them vests," ex
plained Miss Phemey; "and here, Em
ma May, is a little present I brought
for you. It'll be nice f'r your dining
room table, I thought." She held out
a small white pasteboard box, with an
expression of the heaping-coals-of-ilre
kind.
"Ma," called Emma May, "come
here; Miss Phemcy's brought me a
butter knife; Wisht you'd look. That
cert'ney is beautiful."
"It's solid silver," said the donor,
proudly. "My neico down to New
York got it for mo." She received the
thanks, delivered a trifle embarrass
edly, of mother and daughter, with
polite coolness.
When the bride-elect Invited her to
an Inspection of the presents, Mlbs
Phemey looked them over and
made few comments. She turned the
set of silver spoons, "presented by the
groom's parents," so that the plate
mark was visible, and she tapped the
globe of a gaudy china lamp with the
remark that tlicy were just $2.35 cents
down to Baedham's When she had
looked at all, she said, cheerfully:
"Now I want to see your clothes,
Emma May."
Mrs. and Miss Ridley exchanged
glances of annoyance, but the latter
led the way to the spare room, where,
on the bed and chair, lay the creations
of Miss Maxwell, "City Modiste."
There was the white silk wedding
dress, the tan traveling dress, some
odd waists, a black Eatin. stiff with
jet, and a "tea gown." No girl In a
country town marries without these
last indlspensible garments: they are
the real backbone of the trousseau,
t Miss Phemey looked at the display,
! felt the quality of the material, and
; examined the despised chain-stltc.'ling, i
without a word. At last she said,
pleasantly conscious of paying old
scores:
"if I might persoom to criticise, I
really do think it's a pity you got your
wedding dress made with a p'inted
overskirt. All the latest fashion books
say they're not worn at all this sea
son; and box-pleats, too, is kind of
droppin' out. 1 was readin' only yes
terday that 'twas just the cheapest
goods was made up so any more. That
black satin's real pretty, though. Did
you see Lena Sullivan's black satin?
Hers was a beauty—finest piece of
satin I ever cut into, an' all made up
with these here pleated ruffles. Why,
Emma May, seems ii you'd be more
afraid to leave all these fine things in
here with the winder open, this room
on the ground floor like it is. It's been
a real treat to see such elegant clothes,
an' I hope your married life'll be hap
py. The Footes have all got terrible
onrcasouable tempers, they say; but
I hope you'll be able to manage Char
lie. Good-bye, all."
Miss Phemey walked home slowly.
Even the thought of the darts she had
planted in Mrs. Ridley's capacious
breast brought her no real comfort,
when the vision of the snowy wedding
dress rose before her.
"Things ain't edge even yet," she
mummured. A low growl of thunder
startled her and she hastened into the
house to shut out the cutting flare of
the lightning. When the kettle boiled
she set her lonely table and made tea.
The quick thump of heavy rain-drops
on the roof made her start nervously.
Night had come with the storm, and
after her supper was over, Miss Phem
ey sat in the dark and meditated.
About 10 o'clock the rain ceased, and
she flung the shutters open. The stars
were shining now." The air outside
was cool and damp and fragrant. She
looked over toward the Ridley house,
and as she did so their last light went
out. Miss Phemey strained her eyes
to no avail. All was darkness there.
"I'm a-going to do it," she said aloud,
determinedly. Rummaging over the
table, she found a pair of scissors. She
took a match from the box beside the
window and unlocked the door. The
moon was creeping up, a flat disk of
pale yellow. Miss Phemey looked down
at herself and saw that she still wore
her best dress. "It'll be all drabbled,"
she thought; then recklessly, "I don't
care, nohow."
She brushed against the dripping
flowers beside the garden path, and
held her breath as the gate gave a
whining cr-e-ak. Ou.. on the road,
walking noiselessly, she went. Once
she heard a team coming and crouched
in a corner of the worn fence, behind
a lillli snoit-Bia snout, till it was
iui. She leccg.titJii the dactar'a
rig and lwt> trait qssna up to htr
throat and beat there, with great
frightened leaps; but he passed by
safely and she crept on.
At last, after a seemingly unending
journey, she reached the Ridleys' gate.
The maples threw deep shadows, and,
so sheltered, she reached the house.
Itound to the left wing—slowly—slow-
ly—and the window was still open!
She stopped and looked in. The moon
light lay in patches on the floor, the
dresses spread upon the bed, and there,
within reach, it fell upon the wonder
ful pearl heading of the wedding dress
and made scintillating lights. Miss
Phemey saw all this and slowly—slowly
—her hand went out toward the glis
tening beads. A quick jerk, and the
waist of Emma May Ridley's wedding
dress lay across her knees. She sought
the seam in tho middle of the hack.
She could feel the dispised chain
stitching and she slipped her Angers
deftly along toward the collar. What
was this? A 1030 end of thread—a little
pull—r-i-i-i-lp it was done! In a
spasm of fear Miss Phemey hustled the
waist through the window, back into
place, and ran into the concealing
shadow. Out to the gate, down the
road again—she was almost home.
Suddenly she stopped and gave a little
chuckle.
"Them bastin's 'll hold it together
so nobody 'II s'spect—lucky she left
'em in. But when Emma May puts
it on, big an' fat as she is, It'll bu'st
square up the hack like a frog." She
couldn't help laughing at the idea; it
tickled her fancy so. She forgot her
wet feet, her draggled, muddy skirts,
and went to bed with a smile still
pulling at the corners of her mouth.
The next morning the exposure had
done its work. She was hoarse and
feverish, and there was a sharp pain
that stabbed her at every breath.
"Threatened with pneumonia," the
doctor said, and commanded her not
to stir from her bed, though she could
not have done so had she so wished.
The neighbors were very kind and at
tended her faithfully, and the tenth
day found her sitting up, very weak
and frail, hut with life in her eyes and
voice.
Mrs. Emerson, the town gossip, came
in and brought a bundle.
"Jest us soon as you git able, Miss
Pfcamey, I want you to make me a
dress. It's one Mr. Emerson got me
over to Bristol, an' ho showed real
good taste for a man, I must say.
Look-a-here, ain't that fern leaf real
pretty?"
"It's just beautiful," assented Miss
Phemey, "Seems if you'd have Miss
Maxwell make it up, bein' she's from
-he city and all."
She'll never cut into a piece of
goods f'r me, I c'n toll you," said Mrs.
Emerson, with emphasis. "Ain't no
body told you how she made Emma May
Ridley's weddin' dress and never
ce;v p d up the back, an' Emma May,
not suspicionin', put it on an' bu'sted
it clean wide open? O' course, you
was sick an' didn't git to the wedrlin';
but I was there, an* the weddin' party
| was nigh an hour late jest on that ac-
I count. Notbin' but a bastin' thread
to hold it together; such shif'lessness!
Course, bein' bad luck, Emma May
never tried on the dress after it come
home, like she did the others, an' I
c'n tell you she was hoppin*. People
at the church didn't know what on
earth was the matter. No 'ndeed,
Miss Maxwell makes no clo's fr me."
After her visitor was gone, Miss
Phemey lay back on her pillows and
looked,out of the window a long time.
" 'Twas an awful mean trick, I
know," she said at last. " 'Twas right;
but I got this spell o' sickness to pay
up fer it, an' that butter-knife was
solid silver and real expensive. I'm
evened up all 'round—an' somehow—
I jest can't care." —Ladies* World.
HOW CROKER FICHTS A FIRE.
In tli* Face of Flames lie Can't Stand
lSetng r.othered.
Croker's method af directing the
fight on a fire la typical, says Lindsay
Denison in Everybody's Magazine.
Bonner taught the fire-chiefs of the
world to take up a position command
ing the best possible view of the fire,
and to hold it; issuing orders to the
deputy commanders and receiving re
ports from them without moving from
the spot. Croker's first step on reach
ing a fire is to look over the building
thoroughly; then he selects his posi
tion commanding a view, hut he does
not stay in it; ho leaves Oswald there
and starts out on a dare-devil chase
through the fire. He goes to every
spot where there are men at work and
to many where there are not. Every
where he drives the men, encourages
them, warns them, and directs them.
From time to time he sends a messen
ger back to Oswald with an order for
a change in the disposition of the at
tacking force, or for a call for re-en
forcements. He may be traced around
the outskirts of the fire by the fever
ish ferocity with which the firemen
work where he has been. His very
presence seems to transform them
into jumping crews of devils, and the
spell does not pass from them until
they have seen him toss aside his hel
met, pull the crumpled brown hat
over his eyes, and stick a black cigar
slantwise in the corner of his mouth.
When the chief does these things, the
fire is out. It may smoke and sput
ter for hours, but it is beaten, there
is no more fight left in it; all that re
mains is the "wetting down."
Once a man stood in front of Croker
and obstructed his view of a building
which was burning. Croker did not
rto stcn c=idc. neither did he
push him out of the way; he knocked j
him down. Afterwards he denied vio
lently that he had struck anybody; he
could not remember any incident of
the sort. But he could remember with
absolute accuracy every order that he
lis! jivou :) til Eieu, bo luvmi from
whit -ngiac crerr one of tfc® 2v linos
of hose had received; water. Another
time he struck a police captain in the
face for asking the question, "Fire al
most out, chief?" There was murder
in his eyes when he struck the blow,
hut in tho same second he was giving
orders to his aides in as calm and
coid tones as though he were asking
them the time of day. His own expres
sion for the feeling that comes over
him at such times as these is that he
"can't stand being bothered at fires."
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
By applying a prolonged pressure of
IS.UUO pounds to the square inch a
Montreal professor makes marbles
flow like molasses.
The censorship is a very real thing
in China. There, anyone who writes
an objectionable book is punished with
100 blows of the heavy bamboo and
banished for life.
The Danube flows through countries
in which 52 languages and dialects are
spoken, it is 2000 miles in length, and j
bears on its currents four-fifths of the
commerce of Europe.
An eel nearly nine feet long, two
feet and four inches in girth and
weighing 1-18 pounds was recently
caught on the beach at Snettisham,
near Huntstanton, England.
Red snow is frequently seen in the |
Arctic and Alpino regions. Chemical j
experiments have led to the conclu- |
sion that the red color is due to the
presence of vegetable substance.
An immense trade is done in China
in old English horseshoes, which are
considered the best iron in the world
for making small household articles,
such as bracelets, hooks and bolts.
The town of Nylstrorn, South Africa,
received its name 30 years ago. Dur
ing a trekking expedition the Boers, it
appears, came upon a river and at once
wrote to their friends saying that they
had just reached the Nie.
Some remarkable relics of the early
civilization in Egypt have recently
been unearthed and deposited in the
British Museum. Among them is a
beautiful impression of a royal seal
which represents tho king wrestling
with a hippopotamus and spearing a
crocodile. That must have been tho
kings busy day.
Surprised nt tbe Clock.
"What time is it?" asked his wife,
suspiciously, 33 he enme in.
"About one."
Just then the clock struck three.
"Gracious! When did the clock
commence to stutter?" he said, with a
feeble attempt at justification and a
joke.—Philadelphia Times.
POWDER,
What Ilappened to tho Man Who Found
It Out.
"it occurred to an alchemist one day
that it would be a fine thing to take
sulphur, saltpeter and dried toads,
pound them all to a powder and 'sub
lime' them together in an alembic,
which he carefully luted and set on the
furnace to heat. He poked up the fire
and waited around, thinking what he
would do with his money if this should
turn out to be the powder of reduction
that would turn base metals into gold,
when, bang! went the alembic and the
windows blew out, and the door ripped
off its hinges and fell down, blam! The
alchemist scuffled out from under the
ruins of the furnace, shook a red hot
coal or two out of his shoe and the
ashes off himself and wondered what
had struck him. He tried it again and
again, and each time with the same re
sult; and then it dawned upon him
that he had discovered a fair article of
blasting powder. Since then about all
that has been done to his recipe has
been to put In a little better article of
charcoal, say that of willow twigs, in
stead of toasted toads.
"Little did the old alchemist dream
what potency was in that 'powder of
reduction.' For such it is. Although It
never yet has turned lead into gold
by its mere touch, yet when a small,
round piece of lead is put with tho
powder into an iron tube of curious
workmanship, and fire laid thereto, it
Is possible to convert another man's
gold into the possession of him that
has the iron tube of curious workman
ship, and not gold only, but all manner
of goods and chattels, houses and
lands, messuages, easements and he
reditaments, even men's souls and bod
ies. Lay down the book for a moment
and bethink you what his powder par
excellence, this powder of powders,
has brought about since first the dried
toads charred in that alembic. How
has it put down the mighty from their
seat, and exalted them that are of low
degree! How has it been the helper of
men that struggle for their country's
freedom, believing that they had the
right, God-given and inborn, to gov
ern their own affairs and not to be
ruled from beyond the sea, a glorious
doctrine when the time is 1776, and the
sea the Atlantic, contemptible and re
bellious when the time is 1901, and the
sea the Pacific! This powder asks no
questions as to right or wrong, it pro
pels with equal violence the bullet
against the breast of him that fights
the foreign tyrant and him that resists
the benevolent assimilator." —Harvey
Sutherland in Ainslee's.
Huxley'* Vast Hemline.
Huxley, says John Flske in the At
lantic, seemed to read everything
worth reading, history, politics, meta
physics, poetry, novels, even books of
science; for perhaps it may not be
superfluous to point out to the general
world of readers that no great man of
science owes his scientific knowledge
to books. Huxley's colossal knowledge
of tho animal knigdom was not based
upon tho study of Cuvier. Baer, and
rfther predecessors, but upon direct
personal examination of thousands of
organisms living and extinct. He
cherished a wholesome contempt for
mere bookishness in matters of
science, and carried on war to the
knife against the stupid methods of
education in vogue 40 years ago, when
students wore expected to learn some
thing of chemistry or palaeontology
by reading about black oxide of man
ganese or the dentition of anoplother
uiin. A rash clergyman once, with
out further equipment in natural his
tory than some desultory reading, at
tacked tho Darwinian theory in some
sundry magazine articles in which he
made himself uncommonly merry at
Huxley's expense. This was intended
to draw the great man's fire, and as
the batteries remained silent the au
thor proceeded to write to Huxley call
ing his attention to the articles and at
the same time with mock modesty
asking advice as to the further study
of these deep questions. Huxley's ant
swer was brief and to the point:
"Take a cockroach and dissect it!"
Tho Rise or Auloa.
"The success of gasoline automobiles
in France brought about the revival
of steam automobiles in England and
America, and was immediately emu
lated in the United States by the con
struction of electric automobiles.
"It has been reserved for the 20th
century to witness the simultaneous
development of automobile construction
along all three lines at so rapid a rate
that it is impossible as yet to tell
which is in the ascendant. Whatever
the outcome, it is plain already that
the contest is to be decided in Ameri
ca, for in this country alone all the
different principles of construction
have found ready acceptance and are
pushed forward to their logical conclu
sion with youthful vigor. With accus
tomed conservatism, English automo
bile constructors cling to steam pro
pulsion; in France and Germany pro
gress is made chlefiy in the develop
ment of gasoline machines. To Amer
ica, naturally, fell the leadership in
the construction of electric automo
biles; but that leadership bids fair
tc be rivaled by American builders of
gasoline and steam automobiles as
well. Some firms in the United States
turn out all three classes in almost
equal perfection."—Edward Emerson,
Jr., in Ainslee's.
Incentive to Industry.
"That young man is one of the most
industrious people in the establish
ment," remarked the proprietor, "i
gevcr see him when ue is not working
lard."
"Yes," answered the manager. "He
to always in a hurry to get through so
that he can play golf."—Washington
Star.
A sofa Mirror.
A new fashion is to hang a long mir
ror, as long as tho sofa itself, directly
over a sofa.
A Handy Tking to Have.
Keep a little package of absorbent
cotton in one of the sideboard drawers.
If oil, milk or cream is spilled on a
woolen dress or coat, a bit of the cot
ton instantly applied will remove all
traces of the strains.
Kitchen Pepper.
A great, many housekepers do not
seem to know there are two kinds of
kitchen pepper besides cayenne. Black
pepper, which is generally used in
flavoring, is quite an inferior article to
white pepper. Black pepper is ground
from the entire pepper corn, including
the husk, while white pepper Is ground
from the inner portions of the berry
after the husk has been rejected.
To Keep Food Hot.
Wfcen it is necessary to keep food
hot for an hour or so, a far better plan
than placing it in the oven with the
door open is to set it in a deep covered
dish on a saucepan of boiling water
and place the saucepan on the back
of the range. To prevent the food
from becoming dry, plenty of gravy
should be added to it, or in lieu of
gravy a lump of butter will serve.
ClMiiini; Woolen Fabric*.
To clean dust or grime from light
cloths first brush thoroughly, then rub
with cornmeal, using a piece of light
sloth for the rubbing. By this simple
process I have known cream-tan
broadcloth coats and skirts, so much
worn now, entirely freshened and
cleaned.
Grease-spots must he removed by
solvents or absorbents. If the spot be
fresh, and the color of the fabric will
not be changed by the heat, the easiest
method of removal is to place white
blotting paper above and under the
spot, and then stand an iron on it —not
hot enough to color the paper. An
other effective measure is to cover the
spot with pulverized French chalk dry,
or with the same chalk or fuller's earth
moistened in benzine, to remain 24
hours, and then be renewed if neces
sary, always brushing It off, however,
with a soft brush.—Woman's Home
Companion.
A Wrznlng Closet for Hummer Stove,.
In the use of oil, gas or gasolene
stoves there often arises a necessity
for keeping something that has been
cooked warm. On these quick-heat
stoves it will dry up or burn If left on,
even with the burner turned low.
When one has so small a stove that
the different dishes must be cooked in
luccession the problem ofkeepingl'ood
warm is sometimes perplexing. An
effective but rather uncommon way to
meet the difficulty is by making a
warming closet which will retain tho
heat for a long time in the food that
Is already hot
Get a wooden box with tight cover
and several shoets of asbestos. The
asbestos wool, if it can be procured,
would be excellent. Line the box with
asbestos in some form and tack the
sheet asbestos over the outside. Slake
a heavy woolen bag—a sort of cozy on
a large scale —to cover the box.
If the kettle of food is set in this
lined box and tho cozy slipped over it,
the loss of heat by radiation will he
so nearly prevented that the food will
remain almost at the same tempera
ture for a long time. Such an arrange
ment standing in a convenient corner
near the stove will save much worry to
a doctor's wife or any other unfor
tunate woman who "never can tell
when her husband will be borne for his
dinner." It is not meant to encourage
til b bad practice of irregular meals,
but to prove a peace-maker when they
are unavoidable. —The Ladies' World.
Creese Toast —Slices of stale bread
are delicious spread with butter, put
in a pan and browned In a quick oven;
when brown remove and put a thin
slice of cheese on each slice, return
to oven long enough to melt cheese;
serve at once.
French Egg3—Boil hrrd, drop Into
cold water, remove the shells, roil in
bread or cracker crumbs and fry in
tweet lard, rolling them until well
browned. Take up and pour over a
gravy made by putting into the frying
pan a little butter and sweet cream.
Coeoanut Cakrs—Pr' psreac3kemix
ture with a cupful of butter, two cup
fuls of sugar, a cupful of milk, throe
cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of
cream of tartar, one level teaspoonful
of soda. Bake the cakes, cool and dip
in melted fuudant, flavored and tinted.
Decorate with blanched almonds and
candled fruit. Serve in paper cases.
Onion Soup—Peel and slice four
large onions, scald and drain. Cover
with cold water and simmer till very
soft. Mash through a vegetable
strainer, add one cup of milk and heat
again. Cook one tablespoon of flour
In one tablespoon of butter, and
gradually add the liquid from the
onion till smooth and thin enough to
pour into the Boup. Season with one
teaspoon of salt and one saltspoon of
black pepper. Beat one egg, add one
cup of cream, and stir In quickly as It
Is taken from the fire.