To .'Make Mont Tender.
It must Iiavo been a coiihcIciioo
ttrlckcn lionrdlng housi'-ke'cpor who
trail the other day granted a pa (nil
for a machine to
renelor meat ton
dei1. DouhthfM aim
lind tired of hear
Ing (lie complaint
and tin- polnlleM
A lol.-nu iT lint hrinril-
'
era concerning her
stenkH. and proba
bly fdie had lost
her n(ar boarder,
who, having broken
all IiIh front teeth
In effortM to tnnati-
miiat tkndkiihh. t.Ji t; the meat net
keforo him, left her In sheer doapa.tr
to Join for all time the patrons of
the dairy lunch rooms, where hot
wups nro procurable, and do not neces
iltale tho use of the molar. At any
tain, auch a patent was granted, and
Jhe accompanying picture Bltows not
toily lta extreme simplicity, but alRo
teems to iikdleate that. It can ami will
lo Its work well. Toothoel wlmeila, cur
ried In a handle, are run backward and
forth over the toughest meat until It
laB l)eon brought to such a state that
& can readily 'bo mlaUiken for tho moat
tender and the moat toothsome venl-Win.
JmW
Checnc Honlllc.
Pnt two level teuspoonfuls.of butler
in a frying pan and atlr in a heaping
lablespouful of Hour. Gradually add
.in If a cupful of milk, and boll one
minute. Then add a seasoning of half
I touHpoonful of salt and one-tenth
f a teaspoonful of cayenne. Stir In
Hie cupful of soft-grated cheese and
tho yolks of three oggn. well beaten,
four Into a bowl and set away to cool.
When cold, add tho whites of three
ggs, whipped to a light froth. Turn
Into a bur.tr red baking dish, or Into In
dividual custard cups. Hake from ten
to twelve minutes, and serve hot.
Corn Diuuplliitcn.
Make a nice light biscuit dough and
form it Into small, thin rounds, just
targe enough to hold a heaping ten.
spoonful of corn, seasoned to taste;
add a lump of butler and form into
round dumplings. Corn previously
cooked on the ear Is easier to uso than
fresh, unless tho latter Is well drained,
us the "nlUc ot Uio corn makes tha
"Closing of tho UuinpllngM (llQicult,
Steam for about twenty minutes and
nerve as a. garnish to stewed chicken.
Good Layer dike.
Orcam a pint of powdered supn
with a cup of butter, add the well-beat
on yollcs of nine eggs and ImnU stead
ily for live minutes. Stir In a tea
spoonful of baking soda, dissolved in
a. tublcspoonful of boiling water, add
the grated rind of an orange and the
strained Juice of two lemons. Last ol
all, fold In lightly two cups of Hour oi
enough to make a good bailer. Hake
in four layer tins.
Chocolate Wafer.
On cupful of brown sugar, one cup
ul of granulated sugar, one cupful ol
puttier, one egg, one cupful of grated
ichocolatc, one teaspoonful of vanilln
extract and sifted Hour to make still'
about one and a half eupfuls. I toll
.very thin, cut with a little square cut
tor, and bake very quickly. The
should only bo In Uie oven a few mln
,utes.
lNitntoeH mi l Cliccnc. .
Boll enough potatoes In salted watei
to measure a pint when peeled and
;ut Into dice. Make a white sauco of q
tablespoonful of butter and onoof Houi
liloitded with a cup of hot milk; put tin
potatoes la a pretty baking dish, neh
A half cup of grated cheoso ami tin
joauco. Cover with cracker crumht
moistened with a spoonful of melteej
rbutter and bake until brown.
Short StivKcntions.
To scale fish easily, dip them
tolling water.
Bollexl cabbage Is much sweotei
(when tho water is changed in boiling.
' In baking bread or rolls put a sauce
pan of boiling water into the oven. Tin
'fitwun will keep the crust smooth am
.tender.
Much of tho heavy cake and Invar
Is the result of tho oven doors belli,
!augcd in closing. It Bhouhl be closet
,as gently as possible.
Boforo leglnnlng to seed raisins cpv
cr thorn with hot water and let the
stand fifteen minutes. The seeds i n
1 then be removed easily.
v' Boiling' 'liquids, Jollies or fruits rr
too turned Into glass without break!'
Itlio vessel If you press the howl t
6poon ou tho bottom while tilling.
. Glaas which has grown dull can
restored lo a fairly bright coiu'lt o.t
washing Avlth diluted hyelrocli! ;.
knd afterward rubbing wlch m:it.;i...
-Chalk or whiting.
H)WNS FOR GALLING.
C0STUME8 FOR WEAR BETWEEN
NOW AND SPRING.
Woolen Drenn Good Kmlaraed for Vnr
Onrltitf Hcmon Arc nn DlYernlfled u
They llnvc llocn All Wlntr-Oold
Trlfiiiii iiiKn Popular.
York ''orrpHpondctiPc
rcr""f woolen dren
r1 I K00('" displayed for
I spring wear show
jv 1 the siunc diversity
.?. h Unit ItftH prevailed
In such fnhricH elur
lug the winter.
There is n bout of
novelty weaves, la
which roughness of
surface Is the chief
point of timiMinl
ncss, arid smooth
surfaced stuffs are
galore. It Ih a fact
that will he wel
comed by most
women that the hit
ter weaves norm in
better standing thnn
they did in the win
ter lists, whose heMt
places were reserved, practically without
exception, for tho hairy and nobby goods.
(iold trimming nro making steady
headway. They nro appearing every
where, and nowhere do thoy take forms
that could offend anyone. Objectors
cxcllo the bite r t i f htyllflli dresners at
thin time, thorr is n.ut'ir of more urgent
concern in calling and reception gowns
to ho worn hotwoen now and spring.
HtyliRh folk arc making much of these
costumes this year. Reception dresses
nro the extreme of dressiness and elab
oration, If the wearer ml m Iron that sort
of thing, nnd little thnt Is ronlly slmplo
is in good standing. Calling gowns are
plainer. Not that there's much In them
that Is severe, hut they pnrtnko of few
of the fanciful embellishments that ap
pear almost a freely on reception gowns
as on evening dresses. In use these call
ing Kiiit.v may ho re-enforced by fine 8ota
of the i-ostlieii furs, so they enn mnk
ipilic h grand an appearance as If they
were of more complex coniitnictlon. It
wax among calling gowns for the Lonten
period that the artist sketched for these
pictures. Her first selection wnR fuchsia
voile handed wllh silk of the same color,
tho bands fringnd, and with white silk
yoke extending over the arms. In her
next picture are n brown broadcloth trim
med with hroun utin, nnd a gray voile
nelf-triin. - i. lli'th these suits depended
much on accompanying furs. In the next
picture are a purple Venetian cloth trim
med with sable and embroidery of white
pnssementerie. and a royal blue wtamlne
trimmed with ilk cording of tho same
shade, and with collar and vest of pnnne
velvet to ma tcli.
('oHtuincs of this grade aro not very
useful to a innjority of women, except a
they give insight into approaching fash
ions, for of course the ordinary woman
isn't going to get up n fine gown for uc
other purpose than for Lenten cnlls. But
considered as intermediates between win'
ter nnd spring, these drcssea are of gen-
THE BATTLE-FIELDS.
OLD
80LDIER8 TALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES.
The nine nnd the Gray Itevlew IncI
denta of the Late War, and In a
Graphic and Interesting Manner
Tell of Camp, March and Battle.
SWAGGER CALLING GHT-Ul'S.
prophesy that they soon will he massed
in tiuantlties suggcstlvo of barbaric splen
dor, and this may lie true before tho
fashion for them is cxhnustcd, but as yet
tho criticism isn't warranted, so why
shouldn't women wear them? Traces ot
this glint are found in millinery, as well
as un gowns, but these are mostly In fine
oral Intorest. They are marked by much
elaboration of skirts, and by continuance
of shoulder slope. Some spring materialt
are put into them, as If to put the goodi
on trinl a bit before their time. Appear
ing thus nrc a host of voiles, though
more than half the time tho crafty weav
er has devised a new name for the ma-
TWO MOKE STYLISH CALLERS
lines or (leeks put on color that ia far
from outshone by tho gold. For dresses
the chief mediums for displaying gold
v.rp braids, passementeries nnd buttons.
Whjlo fashions for spring nud summer
terial. Hut by any name they nr
voiles, a hit conrsor of weave and mort
wiry of texture than recent sorts were.
Patronize thoso who adrertU,
The late Rear Admiral Daniel Am
nion, who as a boy. was a schoolmate
with Gen. Grant In Ohio, nnd who was
appointed to the naval academy on the
satno day that young Grant was ap
pointed an army cadet, was known
among his fellows In the fctvIco aa
"the Indefatigable student of sclou-co."
He Invented many Improvements of
more or less value to the service. IIo
also attained as much prominence as
any man whose name haa been con
nected with the? trans-istbmlnn crnal
question, for ho was commander of
one of t.ho naval surveying expedi
tions In iSiid, and personally plotted
'io course for f.ie proposed canal from
Greytown to ..ake Nicaragua. He also
deigned the Katahdin. known as tho
Amnion ram, but 'vci has not set
shown nav value as a war vessel, says
the New YorV Tribune,
hn amusKg story Is told of him In
-onneetloif with one of his fads of
keeping it record with a pedometer of
tho dlcrance'he would tra verso, wheth
er oil duty on bonrd khlp or on shore
tot exercise. While only n lieutenant
iiid a watch officer on one of the wood
en ships of the early days, he had a
young midshipman, George Bigelow,
as a Junior watch officer, whose duty
It was to look after tho forward part
of the ship. Ills slack attention to
duty caused Amnion to suspect him of
going to sleep on watch or sitting
down on tho gun carriage. Instead of
keeping his eye on the crew on deck
and below.
So one night Ainmru said to the
middy as ho displayed the pedometer,
"Did you ever try one of these Instru
ments?" Bigelow had not only never tried
one, but had never before eecn a pe
dometer, which fact he admitted. Then
Atu men continued:
"It Is an instrument thnt notes tho
number of movements of the ship,
either rolling r pitching, in a given
time. Put It Into your pocket and test
it."
At the end of the four-hour watch
Amnion asked for the pedometer, and
as he looked at It, he savagely re
marked: '.Mr. Bigelow, yon are not an ef
licient officer, sir; you've neglected
your duties, sir, for I find that you've
not walked so much as half a mile.
You should not have spent so much
tlmo In sitting down on the gun car
riage. 8ir. I've a mind to report iu
to the captain, sir. but I'll be lenient
with you this time, sir."
The next time the two officers w-n-on
watch together Ammen gave I'.ici
low the pedometer for another u -.t.
But Bigelow was determined ni to
be fooled again, so he went forward,
took a seat under the forecastle, and
then, with the little lell-tale inMni-
ment in his hand, he waved it quickly
back and forth, after the motion of
walking, but at a swifter pace. At
the end of four hours he renortid to
Ammen. and as the latter took the
pedometer in his hand and glanced at
it he said in a most serious tone:
"I see you nre improvinir. vou're
improving, sir; .vou've walkrd just
hventy-four miles and Hfteen feet, a
&ost remarkable distance In four
Wirs on tho deck of a shin with n
rn at less than Hfty feet each time."
Col. KllHvrnrt h'n Zoiiiivch.
31'MWorth's zouaves were recalled a
fon- ."toys ago to the minds of all who
remember the incidents of the early
days of the civil war, when It was an
nounced In a Washington dispatch that
the War Department had received from
William Clausen, of New York, the old
flag of tho First New York Zouaves,
the regiment raised and commanded by
Colonel Kphraim Elmer Hllsworth at
the beginning of the war, says tho New
York Tribune, it was tho same Hag
that Ellsworth hoisted on the staff of
the Marshall House at Alexandria, Va.,
on May 21, JSdl, after he had torn
down the rebel Hag, which Incident
cost Colonel Ellsworth his life. Mr.
Clausen came Into possession of the
Hag as a gift from Andrew Govnn, who
was quartermaster of Ellsworth Post,
G. A. It., and he asserts he has docu
ments to prove that It is tho Hag repre
sented. The gift to the War Depart
ment was made on condition that the
Hag should be added to the war collec
tion In Cullum Memorial Hall at West
Point
The original Ellsworth zouaves were
a company of military men under E. E.
Ellsworth, who were drilled in aero
batlc feats and who distinguished
themselves nil the May from Chicago
to Washington in 1SC.0. When the civil
war broke out Ellsworth and his com
pany offered their sen-Ices, whereupon
Ellsworth was commissioned a Colonel
and authorized to raise a regiment,
which he did in April, 18(11, by recruit
ing from the tlremen of this city. They
at once proceeded to Washington, anil
hnd been there about twenty days only
when they received marching orders. '
"' -i ' ' '
RcBiBTnnco or any invas n V
"sacred soil" of Virginia Has -i . 'rnt
ly expected. Late in the til'tei !, ,C
May 24 the zouave regiment landed on
tho Virginia side of the Potomac, and
a little later Ellsworth detailed n wnall
squad of men from his oommnnd, rncl,
with Sergeant Browncll at the Aend
nnd accompanied by a eorre.ondit
of tho Tribune and Chaplain Dothje,
they inarched rapidly up vne of tho
quiet street? of Alexandra, and when
about tuiflng a eornvj' In the direc
tion of n telegraph eilloo Ellsworth saw
Haunting from the top of the Marshall
House a rebel ilag, which had offojj
been observed rTom the balconies ejhe
President's house In Washington. Ells
worth scut Brownell back to brinjr up
his cofniMuiy, but, not waiting for it to
join him, ho rashly passed on to tho
hotel and demanded of tho first man
no met: "What sort of a flag is that
flying over the roof of this houso?"'
Then, without waiting to domnnd lti
removal, ho ran upstairs to the top
most story, and, clambering to the roof,
cut the halyards and pulled the flag
down. As he was descending from tho
roof the proprietor, J. W. Jackson,
stepped out from a dimly lighted pas
sage and fired a charge of buckshot
from his gun Into Ellsworth's body,
and ho died almost Instantly. Jackson
then tried to shoot Brownell, but tho
latter was too quick, and, grasping
tho gun, he fired at Jackson from hi
own rifle and killed him Instantly.
Wan No ItoiiMty Jumper.
During a recent social campflre, held
at tho big round table In the quarter
master's corner of a comrade's can
teen by several Grand Army survivor
of the strenuous "unpleasantness" be
tween Yankee Doodlo nnd Dixie, tha
Major was called upon to contrlbuto
his share of heroic and humorous rem
iniscence. "Well, boys," replied be, "you all
ought to know by this time that I can
draw a small pension much easier
than I can tell a funny story, and I
can just now recall but one, and In
thnt you'll be apt to Hnd more truth
than tickle.
"At the tlmo of the first draft I wa
stationed In Buffalo as a recruiting of
ficer for my regiment, and tho price
of substitutes to fill the allotted quotaa
often reached a bigger figure in green
backs than a common soldier could
earn in a couple of years. So univer
sal and overwhelming Avas the patri
otic desire to be huskily represented, by
somebody else in defending Old Glory
that oven 'Lo, the poor,' etc., was ac
cepted for that purpose. Buffalo, too,
was the biggest recruiting station In
the whole country, and, as such, a
golden field for a small army of boun
ty brokers, among whom one Cy Phil
lips was conspicuous.
"Under these conditions Phillip
waa approached ono day by an Individ-
llol -wl-fli Mm vcvwl' wi.l-fin-n oil r ItltM j
from his flapping straw hat to his tal
Irred' cowhide boots, who stated that
he had nn Indian, as sound as second
growth hickory, whom, for pressing
and plausible reasons, he was willing
to dispose of for the small um of $-100
ash on the nail.
'"Where Is he?' Inquired Phillips,
whose cupidity was blindly stimulated
by tho fact that substitutes were In ex
traordinary demand, prices away up
and soaring, and competition red-hot.
" 'I've got him locked up In a bnra
down on Canal street, an' here's the
key,' explained the rural bargainer.
"This apparently innocent and nfef
cere assurance was accepted by Pi?''
lips who paid over the amount de
rnniidcd. and hastened to take posses
sion of his aboriginal gold mine. On
opening the door ho was startled to
una ntmseir eonrrontod in uie dim ngnt
by a huge, ferocious mvage, holding n
tomahawk In his uplifted hand.
" 'Here, now. no nonsense!' cried
Phillips, ns he fell back. 'I've bought
you and paid for you, and neither u
dollar nor a drink do you get, unless
you behaves yourself.'
"But the big Indian stolidly and si
lently retained his thrciilctnltig atti
tude; nor could he well elo etherwlse,
for ns Phillips pulled himself together
and hLs eryes bee'anie aceustomcel to
the gloom, ho discovered that ho was
the unhappy purchaser of a wooden
cigar store chief, and one undoubtedly
ns sound as warranted."
"Well, Avhat did he do about It?"
asked one of tho party.
"Do?" echoed the Major. "Nothing,
except mnke thnt Innocent red man
look as if he'd run the gnuntlot of a
thousand sledge hammers." Now York
Times.
In the Old Parlor.
"I would like to do nway with all to
bacco," said the girl with the froBt
tlnted cheeks. u
"So would I," replied her preli?r
chum, "and I break up four or five cl- 4
gars every night." j
"You do, dear? How?"
"By leaning against them."
Kxperlinentinc Daya Oyer.
Visitor And what does your father
do?
Little Boy 0, father Is a doctor.
"Indeed! I suppose he practlcos ft
great deal, does he not?"
"0, no. lie doesn't practico wrr
more now he knows how." Strayj
Stories.