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WITH IHKE.
If I eoo!3 know that after all
Ttafte heavy bonds have itjln to tfcrttll,
W whum ia li'ip th fctrts divide
Should sweetly itiusiUf side br iid
That one groeu spray mould drop its dew
Softly alike above ob two.
All would be well: for I should be
At hut, dear loving hei t with tho
Bow eweel to know this duet of ot m,
liujfthng, with fr-d the seli-eanie Uowtb---The
ftfeat of leave, t&e song bird's ton
At (!"e acro our rest be biowu.
One breadth of sun. one sheet of jrnin
Mate Rreen the earth above u twain;
Ah, sweet and strange, for 1 should be
Atlast, dear tender heart, with thee.
But half the earth may intervene ,
Thy place of rest and mine between
And leagues of land and wastes of waves
May stretch and toss between our graves
Thy bed with summer light be warm.
While snow drifts heap, iu wind and storm,
My pillow, whose one thorn will be,
Beloved, that I am not with the.
But if there be a blissful sphere
Where homesick souls, divided here.
And wandering wide in useless quest,
Hhall find their longed for haven of rest,
If in that higher, happier birth
We meet the jovs we missed on earth,
All will be well, for I shall be.
At last, dear loving heart, with thee.
Elizabeth Akttts Alles.
"MISS ANNA"
Coffee bad just been served and the
room was filled with smoke and that
genial afterglow of pleasant, renmis
cent talk that always follows a good
dinner, and especially a dinner where
old friends have met, old friendships
been revived and old stories told.
These men had been comrades in war
and served under the same flag, held
the same political opinions and suf
fered the same losses. All but one
had told his story, when our host
turned towards him and said:
"Well, Harrison, we are waiting
Vir your story."
Harrison smiled deprecatingly,
gazed into the fire, and then began the
following in his soft, Southern drawl:
- Well, my story happened when we
were in Georgia, just outside of Ma
rietta, and our mess consisted of six
men two Georgians, one Alabamian,
a Virginian, myself and a Creole with
a beautiful face and a tenor voice
that would charm the birds from the
trees, named, singularly enough,
Orphee. We became a very tuneful
est under his inspiration, and ex
changed musical information with
much generosity. Our favorite air
was that famous camp song, "Tent
ing on the Old Camp Ground." You
should have heard us sing it. Or
phees tenor, my baritone, and the
three other fellows chiming in softly,
until the very pine trees stopped
whispering to listen, and the fire
burned softly in admiration, and war
somehow did not seem so hard and
cruel. Well, one dark night we were
sitting around the fire, discussing
with unwearied enthusiasm the pros
pects of the cause, when we heard ir
regular footsteps outside, and paused
in our talk to listen.
"You can turn in here until further
orders," said our Lieutenant's cheery
voice, and a minute afterwards a
short thick-set man entered. He
made an apologetic little bow, shook
himself like a dog, and, takingoff his
large wideawake, disclosed a dark,
square face, with shy, dark eyes,
blue-black hair, and "a wide, firm
mouth. He smiled tenderly, giving
an air of great sweetness to another
wise sombre face. He sat down on a
blanket, Turkish fashion, quietly
hoped he wae not disturbing us. and
then dropped his eyes meditatively
on the ground. Silence reigned. We
were too disconsolate to be polite,
and so listened uneasily to the slow,
indefinite stirrings of the wind
through the trees, when suddenly a
new sound arose, as of stealthy, un
certain footsteps coming nearer and
nearer. The newcomer pricked up
his ears, and his face wore an expres
sion almost approaching guilt. "A
spy," was my first illogical conclusion,
as I rose to my feet and waited ex
pectantly. The fla p of the tent stirred slightly,
cautiously; the wind rose and swept
the darkened landscape; the rain
poured down with a rush, as if to
give a tragic significance to what was
about to happen, for something did
happen the flap was suddenly push
ed aside, and a goat walked ia and
went straight to the stranger, who
received her with an indescribable
tenderness of look and gesture. "A
rum go," said the Virginian under his
breath.
We all agreed, but contented our
selves with staring at the strange
spectacle of a man and a goat fond
ling each other with uncouth marks
of affection. After a while we resumed
our old lazy positions and silently
awaited further developments. The
little man signed the goat to a re
mote spot, where she lay down, and
then, turning towards us, said as if
taking up an unrepressed thought:
"You boys, I could not help it if
Nannie would follow me. I have
been good to her, and she remembers
it. 1 had to leave home secretly to
escape her, and all through the jour
ney I felt like a scoundrel, and now
well, here sh is."
He stopped abruptly without wait
ing for comment, and lav down with
short good night. I lay awake
several hoars after the others, wonder
ing idly as to the probably tie which
bound toe new-comer to the goat,
bt arrived at no solution. From
that night Parsons and his goat be-
s subject of never ending spec
x2oa to the nam. He was very
rtL"tri nobtrarit-f. at rT resent
: L3 Chbk wmtrtfks to evade,
impertmeut questions, and bearing
everything with a good nature
amounting to stupidity. As for the
goat, tihe became the hapless butt of
the whole division. We called her
derisively "Miss Anna," treating her
with an amount of mock considera
tion that made Parsons' eyes fairly
glisten with appreciation. The
second night after their arrival we
began to sing, as usual, when the
Virginian rose, and in a speech, the
delicate humor of which I shall not
nttempt to reproduce, begged that
"Miss Anna's rest should not be
broken by our rude chanting-
I shall never forget the broken,
tender, deprecating little reply that
came from l'arsons, and how we con
sented at last to sing. His face was
so rapt as he sat lieating time with
his forefinger and occasionally quav
ering out an effective"l)3-ingTo-night,
Dying To-night," we sang as if our
very life blood was ebbing away,
that 1 began to realize the absolute
cowardice of ridiculing a perfectly
innocent, unconscious man. I began
to try and shield him from the fun
rnakers, and was finally joined by
Orphee, who became and eloquent
partisan. As for Parsons, he grew
almost to worship the handsome,
sweet-voiced ad.
One luckless afternoon, Parsons,
Orphee and I strolled off together,
leaving "Miss Anna" to the mercies
of our mess; but tormented by some
vague presentment of evil, I induced
my companions to return a little
earlier than they intended. As we
neared the tent my ear caught the
sound of derision thatcame first from
our Virginian, and were then finally
caught up bv the others and then
ended in peal after peal of laughter.
We pushed eagerly in. Alas! "Miss
Anna," decked out in the most ridic
ulous toggery, had been tied between
four stakes driven into the ground
and the men were engaged in prick
ing her with pine burrs until the poor
animal fairly writhed with agony.
In a minute we had freed herand Par
sons held the poor bleeding creature
close to his breast. Hissnmll, square
figure seemed to rise and dilate with
a certain sense of superior power, an
he turned his blanched face and blaz
ing eyes upon the crowd.
"You call 'yourselves gentlemen,"
he said harshly, "you who have tor
tured a poor, dumb, defenseless
creature left in your care. Thank
God, my meaning of the word is dif
ferent! You have no excuse. You
are all supposed to be men and hon
orable men, men who are fighting
for the right of their country, and
yet you can amuse yourself with
such senseless cruelty as you have
practiced this afternoon. You have
branded yourselves as cowards
and liars, for" and here his voice
broke suddenly "I trusted you."
There was an ominous, threaten
ing stir in the little tent, and several
men stepped out towards the speak
er, picturesque in his very unpictur
esqueness, whose grotesque figure
stood out sharply against the bit of
landscape showing through the open
ing in the tent. But his face awed
them back. The goat turned and
moaned pitifully, rubbing his nose
against Parson's coat with mute in
sistence. His face softened wonder
fully, he seemed to forget the men,
his anger, everything, and -he whis
pered to her in soft, caressing tones.
"You have followed me through
thick and thin, Miss Anna. When
the overflow came and we were starv
ing, it wa,s you who struggled bacK
to us through the water, and it was
your milk that kept us alive. Every
thing then depended on your
strength. We called our baby after
you and when the poor little one
died it cut me cruelly, cruelly. Ican
not forgive this day's work. Be
brave, Miss Anna, be brave," and
putting his cheek on Miss Anna's
head the tears fairly rolled out of
his eyes.
He stopped a minute, drawing in
his breath in short, quick little sobs
and threw out both hands with a for
lorn gesture of a bandonment.
"Oh! great God! I was so lonely
when wile and babies all were dead,
and I loved Miss Anna then; I love
her now as the one relic loft me of
that beautiful, vanished past. Then
the war came ajid I tried to leave
you, thinking it would be best, but
you followed me to be ridiculed, de
spised and even tortured . AM the con
duct of the past week breaks over
me and I see what a blind fool I have
been."
"Parsons, you're to go on picket
duty to-night, and you had better
start now," called in the voice of our
lieutenant. The men, now thoroughly
ashamed of themselves, came nearer
and were about to offer some heart
felt words of apology, but Parsons
turned away, and delivering "Miss
Anna" over to Orphee, said plead
ingly: "If anything should happen to me,
you will take care of her?"
Orphee's eyes filled with tears as he
pressed the extended hand.
Without another word or look
Parsons strode out into the dark.
"We're brutes, cowardly brutes!"
said our Virginian, disgustedly.
"I would rather face a million Yan
kees than hear that man's story told
in that voice again," said another.
That night was a weary one. We
could not forget the solemn figure,
the dark, patient face, the broken,
harsh, tender voice, and the pines
above the river far away seemed to
mingle their grief at our cowardice
and brutality. Meanwhile "Miss
Anna" slept peacefully on the best
blanket of the mess, while we lay
there sleepless, thoughtful, unhappy,
even the greater issue of the war
momentarily forgotten.
With the dawn came action. Tha
Yankees wars upon us, and we fought
hks wildcats. As evening came on
the Ight was sospesded, and when
our mm net srit7bodv was tiara.
"Miss Anna" included, except Par
sons. We had made up a scheme to
beg his forgiveness and to swear
to be gentlemen, at least.
Each of us had a separate speech of
apology to make expressive of
shame and contrition. When night
settled down and Parsons did not
appear we grew anxious, and sat
silently around, not daringto breathe
the great fear uppermost in our
minds. "Miss Anna." too, walked
up and down uneasily, sniffing the
air and rubbing her nose against any
convenient shoulder. As we 6at thus
our lieutenant called in to me:
"Harrison, step here a minute."
I arose and went out a little un
steadily. "Parsons was hurt last night on
guard, and has asked to see you.
Go now; there isn't much time I'm
afraid."
He turned to lead the way.
"I may tell them?" I said.
"No use,' he answered shortly, as
Orphee's stricken face appeared in
the doorway.
Well, I followed him to the rude hut
selected for our hospital. It was
lighted by torches, and the surgeons
were busy with the men who hud fal
len in the day's fight. In the farthest
corner of the room lay Parsons. I
knelt down b v him and took his hand.
He smiled faintly, reassuringly and
whispered:
"It's not so hard it was so qnick,
you know just a flash, a burn, and
then a dull pain. Only I lay thereso
long, Harrison, that 1 thought, every
thing very clearly out, and I'm sorry.
How could those fellows know! Iam
afraid I lost my temper. I'm such a
devil of a fellow when I lose my tem
per," he said pathetically, "and Har
rison, I beg pardon, old fellow but,
Miss Anna!"
His eyes apologized amply for t his
inquiry, and I went in search of the
men and their charge.
They followed me eagerly, and we
unconsciously fell into a procession
and moved through the door with
"Miss Anna" in our midst. It must
have been a strange sight, a half-
dozen men and a goat marching sol
emnly up the nisle of the rude cabin,
but to the credit of human nature, be
it said, nobodv lautrhed or seemed to
observe the humorous side of tho
situation.
"Miss Anna!"
The voice broke like a sob across
the stillness, and the faithful friend
pressed close to her master's side.
The strong men who had faced death
so unflinchingly all day quivered and
shrank before this new phrase. Orp
hee looked longingly into the dying
face as the white lips murmured of
bygone days, of baby hands and ten
der, wifely kisses.
"Miss Anna," the voice began
again, weakly, "the boys all know
and love her," and then suddenly rec
ollecting, he turned his eves on the
manly bearded face around him, mid '
noted theirmoist eyes, then with the
old frank smile of appreciation he
muttered: "Dying to-night, dying
to-night. Sing it, Orphee."
The river rushed and saiy, tht
wind sighed airily through tlV sor
rowful pines, but ' distinct and clear
rose the voice of Orphee, that sweet
high tenor, thrilling with tears and
pathos. It quivered and fell as it
reached the chorus, and the "dying
to-night" was sobbed out on his
knees as he held the poor, cold hands
close to his breast. The wounded
men turned on the rough floor, the
surgeons desisted from their work,
and one little fellow, his breast shot
to pieces, crossed himself involunta
rily, stirred by the sorrowful sweet
ness. Again Parsons spoke:
"Be good, boys, to 'Miss Anna.'
No better, truer sweetheart could
you find. Say with me now, God
bless 'Miss Anna,' "
And we said it with him. ,
"Amen," he answered solemnly,
and with a spasm of pain he was ly
ing there quite still, smiling tenderly
as of old, with "Miss Anna" close to
his breast.
"And 'Miss Anna?" "asked the host.
"Was shot down the next morning
in the first charge."
There was silence for a few minutes,
and then Harrison raised his glass
and looked wistfully around. In an
instant the classes were refilled, and
with reverently bowed heads and
hushed tones the whole room drank
to the memory of "Miss Anna."
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
i What It Electricity!
As the use of electirieity becomes
more general there is increased curi
osity to learn what it is, snys The
Electric Power. It is considered a
mysterious force, because in its nor
mal condition it cannot beseen. Tho
wire which conveys tho current gives
no manifestation of the energy which
is passing; through it- Just ns the
poet said, "We take no note of time
save from its loss." So with electri
city, it must be measured at it flies.
It is true, however, that its laws are
perfectly understood. Isitnecessary
that we should know what it is?
Nothing is more familiar to us than
the action of gravitation. We know
that it is the attraction of the earth.
It holds the atoms of the earth to
gether and enables ns to perform all
of the operations which make up our
daily life. It is, however, a mystery,
bnt its laws are as well known, and
if we violate them by jumping off a
precipice should we consider the force
of gravity necessarily dangerous?
Steam is also something of a mys
tery. It hm been familiar to man
kind tince the dawn of otrilisntion,
Ct how many people know that It
transparent and thartforeioTiaibit
on til it mmm ia con toot with tht air?
VACATION WARDROBES.
How to Dress on Nothing and Lay
Up Money.
POINTS FOR WOMEN WHO
Are Going on an Outing but Have Little
to Spend -Waj3 and Means of Gown
ing One's Self f)r August at a
Very Small Outlay.
It costs a Tiix-Uv penny to 'Jrcss now
adays when Kedfern will not put scis
sors into a gingham short of fGTi, nor
build you a simple wool gown to travel
in for less than t'JO l 1X, and yet
there is many a sweet girl who cannot
say to the ladies' tailor, flood, sir;
here Ls my Saratoga trunk; fill it and
let mv war J robe blossom as the rose,"
but whose small bush, if it buds at all.
must do so as the result of her own
troweling and sprinkling, and who goes
forth on her summer vacation, never
theless, decked with her bonny breast
knot, that is to say becomingly clothed
and iu her happiest frame of mind.
SrVTT'io.-ii
SIMPLY J1AHE WASH COW 'NS.
For the woman immersed in that
must studied of all sciences, how to
dress us nicely ns the next on one-fourth
tho money, no greater benefactor than
the sash ha.s yet arisen. Jt is the sash
which makes over the wool dress which
had the place of honor in the wardrobe
last winter as the substantial basis of
an inexpensive clothes supply for
August at the seaside. Suppose that
that same wool gown, green or tan or
brown or blue, no matter what its color,
has a bodice, too short for beauty. A
wide sa--h of toft folds of harmonizing
or contrasting surah will lengthen the
waist us many inches as may be desired
and freshen it wonderful iy. Suppose
that this last season's standby was made
with one of those plain, untrimmcd
basque bodices which are relegated for
the present to tho background. A
little readjustment of its seams and of
those of tho upper part of the skirl will
give you, with a sash, twe gowns in
stead of one, for your outing, the con
ventional basque for rainy days and for
traveling, and, the skirt being fastened
above this and th silk or ribbon
lengths prettily knot tod, a modern iiccd
affair for email social occasions and
afternoons. Many an economical
woman has had one or more new
dresses purposely built on this adjusta
ble principle.
The detachable vest shares with the
sash the heart of the woman to whom a
dollar always means bJO cents and often
seems to mean YIU. in her rummaging
of the dry goods shops she is sure to
come on remnants of delicately colored
silk or bits of lace which can bo bought
for little money. One breadth of silk
will make a dressy vest, which should
have a collar of medium height, fitting
about the throat and hookiug behind.
The vest itself should he sloped to fit
the curve of the neck and then gathered
on full, shirred, smocked or laid in fine
side plaitiugs. f the plaits are chosen,
a pointed belt of ribbon makes a dainty
finish, drawing all down smoothly to
the waist line. If the silk is long
enough the loose vet makes the pret
tier finish, fulled at the waist line and
tho remainder drawn to tho right hip
and allowed to fall in a fringe, Tho
lace vest is cut on u silk foundation and
has a jabot collar with front of figured
lace fulled at tho throat and again at
the waist, where it is confined by rib
bons. In any cae tho vetit is adjusta
ble and may be worn with any gown,
turning the object of ull this considera-
FOU AKTEBNOON WEAR.
Won, that eerviceable wool drew, which
it is assumed has already been redraped
Mid provided with new facing, into
Jut tho costume wanted for the cool
dsys and chill evenings sure to diver.
Mfy a seashore or mountain sojourn.
A soft crowned fell hat of correspond
ing color, trimmed with a silk cord or
band ot ribbon, will make you preMnt
abte anywhere.
xMJV ,00 waitt or
shirt of silk or flannel and a ttralrht
ed."0!l or asrga skirt to ro
wtia It by all meant lake these fur
ptoMura partlu M um water, teeaU or
s i
camping. Xo material and cut of gown
is wi comfortable and so la-ting. If you
are not of the athletic order you may
proceed at onco to ginghams for wear
on the piazza of a morning. Irom f I
to at this time of year will buy you
ten or twelve y rk of the shade of old
blue china with tiny hairlines of white
running through it. and tuual sum
will procure i-s many more wilh a
ground of light Urn. sti ip.-d in indiao
red, mimrlod with white. Those two
made uc with entire simplicity, one
perhaps' with gathered skirt, round
waist, with broid collar embi-oidered
.viii, .-.wi turned nailorwi- from the
throat, and wida tan n inili fash falling
in one long loop and end, and the other
relieved by a littlo of the point de gene
lace recently imported to sell at I?J
cents a yard, which comes fully three
inches wide and is one of the most ef
fective of garnitures, will give you two
serviceable low cost gowns, to be worn
with a little rough straw white sailor
hat with smooth gros grain riblwu
Land and flat bow.
For the necessary afternoon or call
ing gown you can choose a s-iteen, a
;hallie-tho daintiest materia! ever
i.oven for poor folks who like pretty
t lings a linen law n, a wash silkor a
floriesa, which will give the fame
elfi;ct as poplin or silk warp henriet tji
at comparatively finall figures. This
season's sateens, especially the Japa
nese designs, are exquisite, and noth
ing can be prettier than one of them
made up with pointed vest of white
inull. The gloriosn is rather a why
fabric and makes up best in tho
direct iry style, in a soft gray or green
if you c u we ir the fashionable color
opening over an accordion-plaited
front of white glorio-a or white nun's
veiling. A long muslin liehu in pink
or pale or u-.rep yellow makes a pretty
throat finish loosely tied or looped to
one side.
Washable silk in n irrow strip's of
gray-blue and while at ,V( cents a yard
makes a not expensive afternoon cos-,
tume. The waist is laid iu loose foldsl
from either shoulder over a pointed
yoke of white sural). The fullness of
the waist is confined by a wide surah
sash knotting atone side. The straight'
skirl is gathered very full and the half;
long sleeves are puffed at the shoulder.
then laid in accordion plaits and allow
ed to Hare at tho ellxjws. Ten yards of
wash silk nod two and ft half of surah
are tho required materials. A black
linen lawn, cut in directory fashion
over a blouse ot white India silk makes
a cool and fresh August rolx:.
With any one of these afternoon
dresses a black hat will bo in order,
and the girl w ho counts her pennies
must remember that it will oatwear
three in any light shade. One of the
new wide straws, with the crown raised
barely an Inch above the brim, i.nd a
hand of openwork insertion for effect,
of coolness, is much more durable than
the pretty but frail laco hats so much
in vogue. Black ribbons and gay held
(lowers make suitable trimmings. If
one does not wish to countenance ex
travagance a single parasol will answer
in a dark green or cool ecru pongee or
black with plain, but haudsomo wood
handle.
1.N11XI'EX.S1VK KVKXIXO DUKSSKS.
lor informal evening occasions, such
as a modest wardrobe can he made
equal to, a cool light India silk or a
challi are the best materials. The In
dia silk is a bit of a luxury, in deiicato
pink made in empire stylo with modest
ly open throat, the fullness of the short
waist disposed of ill very narrow side
phiitH. laid back and front and thou al
lowing the straight skirt to fall full to
the ground. Tho loose elbow sleeves
are finished with lace frills. Less ex
pensive and UMiful for daylight wear
as well as evening is a " cent or 5(5
cent challi with a creamy while ground
ligured with green or blue or old rose,
made in quaint old-fashioned style, two
deep flounces to the skirt, short waist
and tho oddest littlo apology for a silk
jacket laced across with ribbons.
You will wetir black stockings and
you will reduce the bill for glovo if
you make yourself comfortable with
black silk mitts. A white dress, if you
have one. is a comfort, but will prove
a bottomless pitof expense for washing.
An outfit of this description, either ex
panded or simplified acio:-ding to the
pocketboo'., would prove no serious
drain on the most modest resources and
would make a girl more than present
able almost any where. A taeo or cash
mere scarf to tie across tho bosom
makes a pretty wrap, especially if worn
Wv.. ua pHke bonnet of rough straw,
which need not cost above a quarter,
and Is trimmed adequately with white
lawn. nda pink rose or a couple of
-nij wings. iam , moro neC0Mar-
than
money In planning a summer
......... :
Kwurouc, so pacn your trunk,
well and have a good time.
look
Hew to Kcad neok.
Lord Macaulay, in recalling some In
stances 0f his childhood, said:
'When a boy I began to read vor
earnestly, but at the foot of each page
I read. I stopped and obliged myelfto
give an account of what 1 had read on
the page At first I had to read it three
or four times before I got mv mind
flrndy fixed. But I combed
to comply with the plan, until now,
after I have read a book through once.
I cao almost recite It from the begin
ning to the end."
The tad mmii b,r fcu
MUatoUkaiaaMha He wen, katiM
s'tc a ataMwIUtJoarail
Jli 111
THE HOUSEHOLD
XJroad cashes or the materf
the gown, especially in cottond
aow worn in colors and whi
voung girls.
As a dressing for ladies shoJ
serine renders the leather so!(
pliable without soiling gai
which come in contact.
, Hats are low crowned and tj
brimed. The brim may be pe
fiat, or it may turn up at the I
In spite of the fiat of fashioi
only puffy sleeves are permii
many women who have plumr
ty arms cling to the tight sled
Leather corsets nre among t
cent novelties. What else wi
mind of man invent with whi
i. . i . l
rrusii fjrrace nnu neuitn out ol
body of woman?
In picking cucumlxrs for ptl
down in brine it is iK-st to Id
small portion of the stem ad!
to prevent withering and insurl
lect Keeping.
The little red nuts, that
troublesome in the house, uJ
caught in sponges into which
i i , i t .i . ,
nun iiecn spniiKieu; tin n the sfl
siiouiu oe uroppcu into i;ot wad
To clean and whiten lmirbt
wash in tepid water in which i
so! veil a tea spoonful of borax
few drops of ammonia; rinse in
(old water, and stand fin the br
or hang in the sun to dry.
( ucumbcrs ore more health
silced three hours before servin;
in a drainer well sprinkled wit!
jn a cool place, oerve wit ha
cup of vinegar, half-teaspoon
oil and plenty of pepper.
a oset ueiica to colors in cmbroi
jianuKerclnels, soak 1 horn ten
utcs previous to washing in a
of tepid water in which a de
spoonful of turpentine has been
1 tirred.
israxs can to denned iv seoil
with nshes and soapsuds and
ward with vinegar mixed with
heated to a boiling point, then
thoroughly uud brighten w
newspaper.
iireen is itoginnmg to go on
fashion; that is to say, n lew j
consider it to be too generally p
far a color to be any longer in f;
with them. Notwithstanding II
many handsome dresses are nui
the quieter tones of green, oltliol
bright shades are quite out of stf
To clean enne-seut chairs
them utisiile down and with hot
tcr find a sponge wnshthccaiie s
soaking it thoroughly; if vrv d
use a little soup. I't it drvin
air and it will be as bright and
as when new, if the nine is not 1
en.
The high hut must go. The
is to be worn in a knot low on
neck, nnd flat huts wilh broad,
stretched front brims are the 1
of t lie future. Artificial flowers
worn in the greatest profusion
were never more natural and h
tiful, even the perfume is now exi
ly liuituted.
To keep knives and forks in;
condition wipe them as soon as
Bible after being used, ns the lot!
thev are left with stains on them
harder they will be to! lcan, A
cleaninrf. nut them into a vpsh
hot water nnd wipe dry vitlm
flannel cloth. It is a good pla
rub the steel parts with a flu
iliiiDed in oil. letting; it remain on
an hour or so, and then wipe dry.
Miss Jennie Slack, nged sis
veurt. residing in the blue-grass
gion oflown, near Villisco, has
season planted ondnnltivntedtli
five acres of corn, besides milkint.'
cows night and morning ami h''ii
in other work about the farm
household. The corn is in fine
dition, and the young lady
raised it has done so for her im
lather, who was unable to puj
hired hand or do it himself.
P.aked potatoes nre more n"
tious than thosecooked in nnyot
way, but they must be projx
bnked to be crood. Thev shoul
washed clean but not conked
baked as quickly as possiblewitli
burning. As soon ns they tiro (
each potato should lie pressed
cloth, tocrack thesktn and penm
escape of steam. This makes!
mealy. Served immediately, witl
kins on. in a napkin, and sen ho
as thev are eaten, with salt, per
and a bit of butter put into a hoi;
the top. they have u flavor that t
ose when otherwise prepared.
If rats enter the cellar, a littl" 1
dered potash thrown into their hi
or mixed with meal and scatters'
their runways never fails to d
them away. Cayenno pepper
keep the buttcrv and storeroom
from rata and cockroaches.
mouse makes and entrance into
part of your dwellings saturnl
rag with cayenne in solution,
sprinkle dry cayenne on some In
cnttsin anrl arnff It (ntr n. hole, wl
can be repaired with either wow!
mortar, no rat or mouse win
that raff for tha nnrnose of opH
sonununication with a depot of a
piM.
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