THE COUNYV BOY.
Sappy tb buy "h wbiniaa town tht
glen,
Aad shrilly calls his cows t l' them
borne;
Or loitering by the cool swift-tWIng
brook.
Dips in bis feet to plash the walr-.'og
Datr boy, thy voire is ever sweet to m.
Thy cries bring back the spring again
Of ay young hfe I hoar the cuckoo cry,
Ajd reedy rail of whistles down the
winding lane.
n cry of darting jay, the hum of bees.
Bring to my mind the set.se of boyhood
dais;
Once mure I roam the fields where blue
bells hide.
Or lie 'ueath shading trees from the
sun's fierce rays.
I see the dew upon the waring grass.
The banks where coarse sedge-rushes
grow,
Aad watch the waters kiss the bending
flags.
As Bowing on they murmur soft and
low.
I hear again the wind's low niiustrelsy.
As through the pines they cbsnt in sol
emn tones,
Jost as in boyhood when they softly
lulled
Me to the slumber which is now un
known. Eing then, my lad. and let thy jovial cry.
Tby w histle, carol, all sound on the air;
Here I can sit and fancying be again
Happy like thee, and like thee, free from
csre.
Hartford Times.
7.
IN direct opposition to every one
else's advice, Stella Lawson bad
chosen a poor man for a husband
when ghe might have married Henry
Lakeman and a fortune. To be sure,
she loved Clarence Henshaw, but that
was no reason for throwing herself
away. He had been a head bookkeeper
for many years, and bad the promise
f something better yet the coming sea
son. They rented a house In a pleasant
part of the city, kept a servant, and
Btella wore the handsome clothes which
had been provided at the time of her
marriage. -
But toward the end of the first year
f their wedded life his firm was said
to be under heavy liabilities, and the
anniversary of their marriage found
the house bankrupt and Clarence out
of a situation. They moved out of
tbelr house and took a cheaper place
hi another part of the city. By this
time their funds began to run low and
Stella wanted something new for her
wardrobe.
"I shall find something by-and-by,"
the husband said bravely.
It was at this trying time that a little
peck of humanity was put Into Stella's
arms, and Its feeble cry told that the
responsibility of motherhood was hers.
"I'm the happiest man alive," Clar
ence said, caressing wife and baby
boy. "Let pride go to the dogs. Stella,"
he added, remembering that now his
responsibility was greater than before.
"They are in want of workmen on the
new city hall. I'll take my hammer
It will give us bread."
She ought to have been contented
ought to have thought with pride of the
man who would thus brave the world's
opinion. He went out In the early
morning and came home late at night,
bis handsome face glowing with love.
But the very thought that her husband
was brought down to the level of a
common laliorer hurt her.
"How can you expect me to live
among such surroundings?" was her
appeal, when he begged her to cheer
p. "It Is cruel In you," she sobbed. "I
want to go home to my own friends."
The warm glow came to her face, and
he drew her tenderly toward him with
out a word, but there was a look pite
ous to see In his handsome eyes. Then
eanie a day a little later when It did
teem that matters had come to a crisis.
The city hall was finished, and Clarence
must look for something new. Jennie,
who had been Freddy's nurse, had to
go and the household cares fell upon
Stella. Tbey bad moved about a great
deal, hoping to find a place In which
uie ireuuig gin-wire wouiu tie con
tented.
i riese people are an alike, rou
know, and I may as well lie In one place
as another," was her reply to Clarence
wiie.i he suggested that they move.
v ,is unwomanly in Der to say
this, site knew, and she thought to run
after hT husband and beg his forgive
ness, lust then Freddy caught her by
the i'"ess, causing her to spill the water
the . -ts pouring Into the kettle, which
L.' wised her vexaiion.
"' cr- 1'ttle thing!" she e:;cla!n
d. ntatlently. "Take that!" laying
er ' iiid heavily on the little bare
b","!fra.
T' en she sat down and fell to bys-
terl 'V weeping. Freddy, with the
prl if her Angers still on bis neck,
trtt ' to climb Into her tap, bnt she
pui .! him away roughly.
""-ft do anything you'll be aorry
for dla." her hnsbaod remarked.
oop ' Into the room Jost then.
"1 " ngbt you'd gone to town," she
erV narply. "Oh, dear! If I had
to. nod advice I would not hare
la poor manr
iWrh ft
' i n r in i i hi '.it .r--o
t m I ' n i'. . .:.i
"Vu are ut yourself this inorutiig.
Stella." and his eye were fall of on- I
shed tear as be saw the red marks on '
the baby's neck. j
"Do you think I can endure erery- j
thing T' she cried, spitefully.
"You are nervous and tired, my dear;
come here "
He put out his hand to clasp ber, but
she turned away from him and left the
room. Something wet fell on the baby's
.ead, and he pressed him closely to bis
b.'som as he caught the sound of ber
aofc'-dng.
I . ave heard of something new thl
morning. Stella, and I'm going to Sew
York by the next train."
"You are always bearing of some
thing new," was her quick reply, "but
what does It amount to?"
"I am hoping for something 'better,
and think I've found it now."
He rocked Freddy to sleep, put him
Into his crib, then went to the door of
his wife's room.
"Are you going to kiss me good-by,
Stella?" he asked. "I may be gone a
day or two."
"No," she replied coldly; "you'll be
back soon enough."
"Hut I might never return, you
know."
See If you are not back in a day or
two, with the same old story."
Clarence turned quickly and left her.
She heard him crows the room, and
knew he bent over Freddy's crib and
kissed the little sleeper again and agin.
"He'll come back ln-fore he's really
gone, whispered she to nerseir. going
toward the door, but a turn In the
street hid him from sight He had gone
without bidding her good-by. "Well,
we have been married long enough to
be done with such nonsense." she said,
by way of consolation, yet there was a
terrible pain at ber heart.
She sat still till Freddy awoke, then
with a cry of anguish she ran across
the hall to the nearest neighbor with
Please come, Mrs. Wilson! My baby
Is dying!"
Mrs. Wilson came, for, though rough
In niannur, she was kind In heart.
He Is In a fit," she said.- the mo
ment she saw the child. "Bring me
some water and help me get off bis
clothes."
Stella obeyed.
"Hold him so till I run home and get
some medicine." she added, putting him
In the bath. "Such women as you ain't
fit to be mothers!" she continued, re
turning with her hands full of bot
tles. I have so many trials to bear," Stella
moaned plteously.
"Nonsense!" replied Mrs. Wilson.
You have a pretty borne. If It was put
in order."
The woman said it In good faltb.
wrapping Freddy In soft flannels and
administering a quieting potion. She
had been watching the movements of
the people ever since they came to live
In the house.
My baby will get well, won't he?"
was said, pieaamgiy, ana tne poor
thing sobbed again as if her heart
would break.
Tes, Indeed."
And you will stay with me through
the night?" forgetting that she was one
of "those people."
"I'd stay with you a whoie blessed
week," replied true-hearted Mrs. Wil
son, "ir 1 coma mage yon a wire wor
thy of your husband."
Tell me what I shall do and I'll do
It willingly and without complaining."
All through the long night, while
Freddy lay between life and death,
Mrs. Wilson worked over him bravely.
and told the girl-mother chapters In her
own life experlepce. There were pas
sages over which Stella wept bitterly,
and when morning dawned, giving
back the child from danger, In place
of the fickle, unreasonable woman there
was one ready to meet life's work with
firm purpose and strong heart
She tidied up each apartment, and in
stead of going about !u a dowdy wrap
per put on a fresh dress, arranged her
hair becomingly, and changed the puck
er about her mouth for her own rosy
lips.
"You're a pretty little thing," Mrs.
Wilson told her when she had fastened
a knot of blue ribbon in her hair. "See
after baby now. I'll look In every now
and then through the day, and to-nlgbt
will come back to you. Your hus
band will be here to-morrow morning?"
Y'es," Stella replied, with a bright
look in her eyes. "He'll be here by JO
o'clock."
After all. It was a long time to wait.
she thought She wag so Impatient to
tell him and she would kiss him as
many times as he wished.
Y'es. Indeed!" she exclaimed, joy
fully, bending over Freddy's c.lb; "we'll
kiss papa a hundred thousand times.
won't we, dear?"
"I do wish Clarence would come," she
kept saying next morning. "What de
tains him?" she continued when the
clock was on the stroke of 12. "What
If and her heart lay like lead In
her bosom as she recalled the look she
last saw on his face "what if he never
comes back?" she inarmured, going Into
ber own room. "Mrs. Wilson," she
called, ''where Is my husband?"
In an Instant the dear, good soul was
lieslde her, resting a hand tenderly on
the aching head. True-hearted woman!
She shrank from saying it had been a
dreadful night on the Sound, and that
a steamer had collided with the New
York boat "Her husband traveled by
boa',." had been her conclusion.
Stella en light at ftvr arm, the sound
of her voice answering Freddy, and
with a cry she fell. Poor, tired, inexpe
rienced wife .and mother! Was the
ordeal so ordered? With the help of a
neighbor Mrs. Wilson laid ber on the
bed.
"Run for the doctor," she said to Miss
Williams.
- "But you don't know "
"I do," she Interrupted. "Mrs. Hen
shaw will have a run of nervous fever,
and whether ber husband la dead or
alive I cannot say."
' When Btella opened ber eyes again It
was nearly night She knew no one
al.-ut the bed. but talked to Osteins
and r reddy, add Sister Belle. She as
going to help her husband now. She
could earn money by teaching music or
painting, or "might have a few pupils
lu dancing." she added. "But forgive
me for striking"--and ler anus were
put rj is !f to clasp something, when
she dozed again.
Late that evening Clarence came In
sight of home. Contrary to Mrs. Wil
son's conjecture, he came by a different
route. He had thought to telegraph,
but "Stella won't worry," he said, "if I
am late." The light faded from bis eyes
and his face turned ghastly white when
he looked Into the rooms.
"Both gone?" he groaned, walking
from the bed to the couch.
"No, no." Mrs. Wilson said, comfort
ingly. "Baby's better, and your wife
will come out of this. All she needs Is
good nursing, and that she shall have."
turning aside her head and drying her
eyes with the corner of her apron.
What could we do If such as she were
not stationed all along the walks of
life?
It was painful to listen to the wild
talk.
"If I might endure It" Clarence said
so many times.
When at last Stella awoke from the
terrible dreams her husband was bend
ing over her.
"Clarence." she said very softly at
first; "Clarence," she repeated, putting
her arms about his neck. "If yo, forgive
mo for striking Freddy, I'll kiss you, oh,
so many times!"
Foolish fellow! he cried like a baby.
"Listen, Stella," he said, as soon as
he could command his voice, "listen! I
did get the situation and you can have
everything you want" touching his lips
to cheek and forehead; "and you are go
ing to have such a pretty house In
Brooklyn."
"All I want is your love!" clasping
blm close, "and that Freddy get well.
I'm ready f be a poor man's wife."
Home Queen.
Talk In Cumberland.
"Whims" Is the local name In Cum
berland for furze, and appears to be the
tJaelic word quins, sharp points.
"Hear is a very peculiar word, (de
rived from the old Norse haefl, a share,)
and is applied to the part of a fellside
common allotted to a particular fl'k of
sheep. Each flock keeps to its own
"heaf." Some very quaint expressions
are "bride-loaf," a wedding cake; "sw
ing glass," a mirror; "clout-hat," a
womnri'ssuirtKiniiet; "rldlng-out keRtn,"
a hair-comb; "fireworks," a magic lan
tern display; "moleyman," a mole
catcher; "leg-weary," tired; "leg up," to
trip up; "sueck up," to wind (literally
to latch up) a clock.
The verbs "feel" In the sense of to
smell, and "lame" In the sense of to
Injure any part of the body, are pecu
liar. We may add "plpe-stopple," the
stem of a tobacco pljie; "buttock," a
footstool; "tinkler fo!k,"'the gypsies;
"last dress," a shroud, which children
are taught to work at school, and after
ward to present to tbelr grandparents
and other aged relatives a kindly act,
but one which betrays that lack of
humor and sense of the ludicrous which
Is characteristic of Northern folk. A
Cumbrian who goes to have his photo
graph taken announces that be has
come to be "struck." The Gentleman's
Magazine.
An Itemised Account.
"Another five dollars?" shrieked Mr.
Rtlngyman at the breakfast table, "and
It's less than a week slm-e I gave you
the last V. You must think I am made
of money, Mrs. Stingyman."
"I bought a new pair of shoes for
Willie," said his wife, meekly.
"Yes, that leaves $3.75. The shoes
were only f 1.25."
'There was 25 cents for a slate for
Charles, and 10 cetiU for a sponge, and
fifteen cents for car tickets, and"
But that leaves $:i una.-cou.ited for,
Mrs. Stingy man.
"I paid a bill at the drug store."
"Maria Stingyman! There hasn't
been a drop of medicine used in this
family for a year."
"I know it I didn't sjiend It for med
icine,"
Oh. I suppose you've been squander
ing money for perfumery, or fax pow
der, and other dopes?"
No, Mr. Stingyman; I paid $3 for
the hist box of cigars you bad charged
there. The druggist said "
"I don't care what the druggist said.
I'd like to eat my breakfast and 'get
down to the office some time to:day."
And handing his wife the money she
had asked for, Mr. Stingyman departed.
wishing he had let well enough alone.
Detroit Free Press.
The Eyes.
A medical Journal says that In the
continued use of the eyes In such work
as sewing, bookkeeping, reading and
studying, the saving point lies lu glanc
ing up from such work at short Inter
vals. Practiced every ten or fifteen
rrflnutes, it affords a relief to the mus
cular tension, rests the eyes and makes
tho blood supply much better.
A lonfr-Exlsting Imposture.
When an Egyptian mummy, supposed
to be that of a princess, was recently
unrolled a curious discovery took
place. The priests who did the em
balming probably spoiled or mislaid
the lmdy entrusted to them, and for It
subsiltnied that of a male negro.
Tin In IU.II(,
The Bolivian tin mines are very rich,
but they are generally situated at an
altitude of over 14.0UO feet above sea
level, so that between high freights,
lack of railroads, and Insufficient cap
ital tbey are hardly developed at all.
It la the height of Indelicacy for any
one but a grocer's boy to call on a
bride the morning after her marriage.
Nothing pleases a farmer better than
to bring an owl or a fox to town, and
have all the towi fallows look at It
HELPFUL FAP.M HINTS
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE AGRI
CULTURIST AND STOCKMAN.
A tMsaple and Thoroughly Effective
Btoaap Puller Fencing Haystacks
How to Arnnite Trees for Three
HorM Floin-Agriculturl Notes,
A New tttaiiip-pallcr.
The accompanying Illustration hardly
needs a verbal description to make It
understood. The puller has a w heel on
each of two legs to facilitate moving It
about; on the third leg is a swlvcled
shoe. When It Is to be used the lifting
shaft U secured to the slump, a horse.
or other draught animal. Is bitched to
the lever attached to the cap at the
head of the shaft and the revolution of
the cap turus the shaft ujton a strong
thread. It is said that a stump may be
raised four and a half Inches at every
revolution of the lever, or sweep, and
that the work Is always satisfactorily
done.
Era of the Small Farm.
The man with a small farm Is the
most Independent of the whole human
family. He produces all that his fami
ly requires, and supplies a sflrplus to
his neighbors In the adjoining cities
and towns. The market Is made bet
ter, says Joel Shoemaker, In the Con
necticut Farmer, because bo many
small farmers compete and vie with
each other for the honors In business.
Small farms are better cared for; the
health of the people living upon and
around small farms Is better because
of letter sanitary regulations. The
facilities for schools, society and other
moral and educational advantages are
doubled by the existence of small
farms. A new era has come and is rap
Idly gaining progress In the West and
Fast, and that Is the era of the small
farm.
Destroying Potato Beetle.
It is useless to apply I'arls green to
the potato plants to kill the beetles.
One in a hundred may sometimes eat
but their chief business Is propagation.
In the attempts to destroy them with
jiolsons stronger and stronger prepara
tions of Paris green are used, and as
the young foliage Is very tender, It Is
often quite as much Injured by the
poison as it would be by the potato
larva. The potato beetles In sunny
weather are always on the upper or
sunny side of the leaf. It Is easier to
knock them into pans containing water
with a little kerosene oil on Its sur
face. This will prevent them from fly
ing away and escaping. It Is time to
begin using the poison when the first
crop of larva are ready to hatch.
Fencing f tacks.
Ideal farming does not require stacks
to be fenced to protect them from cat
tle, for It Is not considered good prac
tice as a rule to pasture meadows lu the
full. But It sometimes bappena that It
is most convenient 10 puice stacKs in
! fields where they are obliged to be pro-
i t,,.f,.,1 fmiii titrtfk bv n temtwirsrv fence
of arund ,., HUck. Were this
Is done, if the corners of the temiMirary
fence are cross-stacked or stacked and
capped when the stack Is made In the
winter, the stakes will be found frozen
In the ground, which generally necessi
tates breaking or chopping them off. A
better way of securing the corners of
such a fence Is to bind them by placing
a rail on each side of a corner, one end
resting on the ground close to the
fence and the other locking Into the cor
ner as shown in the Illustration. By
this means the fence Is well secured to
withstand severe winds and the crowd
ing of cattle, and when moved rarely
found frozen In. American Agricul
turist Profit in Hens.
Mr. Samuel Kyman Is a farmer who
lives a few miles from the office of
Farm News. He keeps chickens be
cause he finds them profitable. Last
year he had a flock of two hundred
hens, and from these be gol 2.2X5 dozens
of eggs, for when he receved over fcKNj
In the market at Springfield. Mr. By
man keeps mixed breeds and gives them
good care, and he keeps track of what
he receives In return for that care, and
knows that keeping a good sized flock
of poultry pays hlui. Ills hens averagn
f 1.50 each for the year, and counting
their feed at BO cents, the profit was $1
apiece. He feeds good, sound wheat in
the morning, ten quarts to two hundred
hens, and gives them all the milk they
want Wheat and milk are the principal
things the hens get and the number of
eggs they produce shows that these are
goods things for laying hens.
Thorona-h Farm Work Pays.
Thorough work from the first costs
something more, but It pays best when
the crop comes to be harvested, says
the Philadelphia Iedger. The mistake
1 of the poor farmer U often seen In aia
NKW STrMP-PlLLKB.
SECfKJK STACK FEXCE.
attempts to grow the crops that cost
the least lalor. It is such crops that
never pay very largely, because there
are too many farmers In th;it kind ol
competition. It I true in tanning, lu
ll Is In every other kind of 'jusiueas.
that the extra work, whi'ii is more
than most will attempt, pays the
, To Eradicate the Weeds.
For the complete eradication of weeds
Professor I.yster says, in the Ph!lu
delphia ledger: "The production of
si-eds must me prevented, and If the
plant is a biennial or perennial, the
root stock must be killed. The pro
cesses by which this may lie done are
comparatively simple, and lu no case
are they impractUable. But in the
case of weeds that are widely distribut
ed, the conditions under which many
of them occur are such that the farm
ing community regards their extermina
tion as Impossible, and we can only
hope for their reduction to comparative
harnilcssness. A species newly Intro
duced might doubtless tie eradicated
if taken in time. F.ach land
owner should be on the watch for new
plants and learn their character, If
possible, before they become estab
lished and asert themselves as aggres
sive weeds on his farm.
Shallow Cultivation of Corn.
Deep cultivation simply means root
pruning the corn. The Illinois Kx
perlment Station has mode a very ex
haustive study of this very question,
and the conclusions are, after years of
comparative experiment that shallow
cultivation has never failed to give
larger yield than deep cultivation, the
difference liclng for five years within
a fraction of six bushels per acre. Deep
cultivation often cause a loss of twenty-five
per cent in the crop. What a
difference in the corn crop of the coun
try it would make If general care waB
had not to root-prune the corn!
Three Horse llraft for Plowing.
Make two pieces (a) from good tough
oak 1 inch thick. Then make two
pieces lb) from Vn inch similar oak.
I'se 1 foot chain In place as shown at
(c) and a huge clevis in the center made
to go over outside of Isilli top ami bot
tom and extending back to within 0
Inches of the wood to allow fri-c turning
or free play when one outside horc
gets ahead of the opposite horse. Whlf
fletrees (dl, 2 foot 4 Inches In length
TRRKS ARUANoKP VUB T1IKI.K KOKSKS.
are about right I'se Inch b ills at the
ends and a large washer placed at the
trip and bottom of equalizers w hen Ixilis
pass though prevents friction. Should
it spring together at the center, place a
1 inch block between the upper and
lower pieces of double tree back of the
large clevis pin. I'se extra cross lines
running over back of middle horse In
stead of tying the heads together.
Farm and Home.
Useless Farm Horses.
The worst tiling one can do Is to feed
horses for which he has no use. But
when the farmer only needs the two
horses, what kind should they be? This
depends a great deal upon the soil of his
farm, says the National Stockman. If
his soil Is loose and easy to farm, a pair
of horses weighing from l.KK) to 1.2KI
Is the kind he should keep, while on
the other hand. If bis soil Is not easy to
farm and it requires a big. strong,
steady team to do his plowing, this Is
the kind he should have.
Keep Cows and Hobs Together.
No animal fits it so well with the cow
as the hog, for no animal Is so well
adapted to utilize the by products of the
dairy. Where selling milk Is the only
object of the dairyman, says the Prac
tical Dairyman, there Is no need to
keep anything except cows, but where
making butter Is the aim. there Is more
or less sklm-mllk and buttermilk which.
must be utilized in some way.
Vegetable Fresh from the Garden.
Vegetables fresh from the garden pro
mote good health and are much better
than can lie bought half-wilted and
lacking flavor. Many a town lot could
lie made to produce enough for a small
family at the cost of a small amount of
labor. It Is surprising how much can
be grown on a very small plot If It Is
carefully managed.
Window Plants.
All plants growing lu the house
should have tbelr leaves washed occa
sionally with warm soapy water, using
a small soft sponge Only In this way
can they lie thoroughly cleansed of
dust and dirt, which otherwise stop
up the pores of the leaves and thus kill
or seriously Injure the plants.
MitklnK a Cow Clean.
To milk a cow "clean" has always
been the ambition of the milker, and
when that end was attained he was
wrfectly satisfied. But to milk a cow-
In a cleanly way, although of equal im
portance, does not, In a . large percent
age of cases, come within the scope of
my observation.
I n! Ifiilio to Soilds In Milk.
With regard to tlx relationship be
tween the different constituents of milk.
It would seem that there Is a clear re
lationship between the fat and the
solids not fat. Thus, It will be gen
erally found that a milk rich In fat Is
also rich In solids not fat and vice
versa.
YounK Tea Hoses. (
"In classifying young tea roses I
should say that a first-clnss plant In a
2tylnch plot should have not less than
twenty perfect healthy leaflets; a ac-ond-class
not less than fifteen; and a
third-class not leas than ten."
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Hardwood Hall Floors.
If possible, hall floors should b hard
wood or tiles, and when this Is nt
pracicable the board may be stained
and a rug or strip of can-et then laid
down, which should be held lu place
by slots of brass, if necessary. A floor
of natural wood should first be lightly
covered with linseed oil, and wh.-u dry
should be rubbed smooth and cleaned.
It should also lie polished once a month
with beeswax and tunn-ntine, or it may
receive a coat of shellac varnish. If the
wood is soft pine, several coats of col
ored varnish will be lest Constant
care Is necessary to keep a wood floor
looking well. It should be dusted dally
and wiped once a week with a soft
cloth and clean water When needful,
wash it thoroughly with s"ft suds
made from castile soap, adding a tea
sixionful of oil to every quart of suds.
Tills mixture should be stirred well
every time the cloth is dipped Into It
and after it Is applied the floor should
be wiped dry with a soft cloth. The
same treatment should be applied to
the stairs.
To Hemove Ink Stain.
Ink siHits on polished woodwork can
be removed by the use of caustic soda
or oxalic add. When the statu is on
the surface of the polish It can taken
out by the use of a little water slightly
Impregnated with the soda. When the
stain has entered deeply Into the wood,
diluted oxalic add will erase It belter
than anything else. The wood will, In
such a case, require to be rellnlshed, as
the polish will be gone after this treat
incut. Any woodwork that has been
untouched by shellac or varnish, no
matter how stained or dirty It. may be,
can be made beautifully fr-h and
clean by an application of oxalic acid
dilution.
Two Custards.
One teacup of sugar, two eggs well
beaten, add a half tcHspooiiful of but
ter and a half teaxpoou of vanilla.
Have your plates lined with pastry;
pour lu I he mixture, baking slowly to
a rather dark brown. Another recipe
calls for the yelks of six eggs; add one
ciqi of sugar, half cup of butter; beat
well; pour Into custard pans, bake
slowly until light brown. Heat ths
whites to a stiff froth; add half a cirp
of white sugar, a little essence of lemon
or vanilla spread over, and brown light
ly.
Washing t'urtnln.
An Item of Interest for the house
keeper Is the assurance that for wash
Iiil' nniilriLs curtains bran water Is ex
cellent The proportions usd arenlmul
a pailful of bran to a wnshboller full
of water. Boll half an hour, strain part
of It and use to wash curtains, letting
what remains continue to boll. Then
strain and use for rinsing. Shake the
wrinkles out of the curtains as much
as possible when hanging them up to
dry.
To Brighten Hattan Furniture,
It is interesting to lie told that rattan
furniture, which holds a prominent
place In summer furnishing, ran, If un
varnished, be made as presentable ai
new. Oxalic acid dissolved In watei
and applied with a brush will do this.
It is a poison and should be used care
fully, but It Is a great dirt eraser. This
acid or the Juice of lemon will effectu
ally efface stains of Ink, etc., from ths
hands. After using rinso thoroughly
In clean water.
A lrticiotia Charlotte,
line a glass "charlotte" dish with
thin strips of sponge cake, sticking
them together with an king made of
the white of egg beaten stlllly with
sugar. This makes a firm mortar-llks
icing when It dries. Fill lu the
center with gooseberry Ice-cream
Chop up some stiff lemon Jelly
to scatter over the gooselierry Ice In
the middle of the dish, and you have a
delicious dessert for a hot day.
White Pound Csks.
One cup granulated sugar, Vicup but
ter; beat 2) minutes; whites of 2 eggs;
beat (J minutes more. Measure cups
flour and sift with 1 teaspoon baking
powder; add flour and cup sweet
milk to the-other Ingredients; flavor
with vanilla or almond. Heat all to
gether 15 minutes and bake about 50
minutes in a rather slow oven. This
cake is not good If hastily made.
A New Flannel Cake.
Work well together two tablcsioon-.
fuls of butter and one of sugar to a
cream; then add two whole eggs, one
by one, and after the eggs are well
beaten In put lu four ounces of flour
and one gill of milk. Make the paste
smooth, and when ready to use add
half a tablespooliful of baking powder
mixed with an equal quantity of flour;
then cook the same as any other griddle
cakes.
M InuU- JliHcnil:,
Oue pint of sour milk or buttermilk,
one teasixxmful of soda, two feuspoon
fuls of melted butter. Add sullicleut
flour to make a dough Just stiff enough
to handle. Mix well, cut rapidly and
bakp In a quick oven. -
A Pennsylvania house owner whoa
tenant would neither ,ny tmr vacat
took the novel plan of removing the
roof from the building occupied. Tula
scion obliged the tenant to vacato,
whereupon the roof was replaced.
The nearest approach to the north
pole was on May 13, 1S1J2, when Meut
Lock wood stood within 31X1 mllea of
that coveted spot