THIS discourse of Dr. Taluiage
w-uis to open all the doors of
home life aud rouses appreciation
of work not ordinarily recognized; if it,
ike x, 40: "Ixird, dost Thou not care
that my sister hath left meto nerve alone?
Bid her therefore that she bel me."
Yonder is a beautiful villus homestead.
The man of the house is dead and his
widow has charge of the premises. It is
Widow Martha of Bethany. Yen, I will
how you also the pel of the household.
It is Mary, the younger sifter, with a
book under her arm. and in her fare no
sign of cure or anxiety aiiout anything.
Company has come, Christ apiearing at
the outside of the door make soiueexcite
ment inside the door. The sisters set hack
the disarranged furniture, arrange their
hair and in a Hash prepare to open the
door. They do not keep Christ waiting
outside until they have newly appareled
themselves or elaborately arranged their
tresses, and then with affected surprise
come out and pretending not to have
heard the two or three previous knocking
ay, "Why, is that yon?" No, they were
ladies and always presentable, although
perhaps they had not on their best. None
of us always have on our best. Other
wise very soon our best would not be
worth having on. They throw oreu the
door and greet Christ. They say: "Good
morning. Master. Come in and be seat
ed." Christ brought a company of friends
with him. and the influx of so ninny city
visitors, you do not wonder, threw the
country honie into some perturbation. I
appose the walk from the city had been
a keen appetizer. The kitchen depart
ment that day was a very important de
partment, and I think as loon as Martha
had greeted her guest she went to that
room. Mary had no anxiety about the
inner. She had full confidence that her
ister Martha could get up the best din
ner in Bethany, and she practically said:
"Now. let us have a division of labor.
Msnhii, you cook, and I'll sit down and
learn."
Two Sisters Differ.
i The same difference you now sometimes
tee between sisters. There is Martha,
Industrious, painstaking, a good manager,
ever inventive of some new pastry, dis
eoverin;: something in household affairs.
Here is Mary, fond of conversation, liter
ary, so full of questions of ethics she has
Bo time to disenss questions of household
welfare. It is noon. Mary ia in the par
lor. Martha ia in the kitchen. It would
have been better for Ujeiu to have divided
the toil, ami then they could have divided
the opportunity of listening to Cbriat. But
Mary monopolizes Christ while Martha
welters lie fore the fire. It waa very im
portant that they bare a good dinner
that day, for Christ was hungry, and he
did not often have luxurious entertain
Bent. Alas, me! if all the responsibility
f that entertainment had rested with
Mary, what a repast they would have
had! But something went wrong in the
kitchen. Either the fire would not burn,
or the bread would not bstke. or some
thing was turned black that ought to
have been' only turned brown, or Martha
scalded herself and, forgetting all the
proprieties of the occasion, with besweat
d brow she rushed out of the kitchen
Into the parlor, per Imp with tongs in
one hand and pitcher in the other, and
he cried oat: "Iord, dost Tbou not care
that my sister has left me to serve alone?
Bid her therefore that she help uu."
Christ scolded not a word. If it were
scolding. I would rather have him w-olil
sue than anybody else bless me. There
was nothing acerb in the Savior's reply.
He knew that Martha had been working
herself almost to death to get him some
thing to eat, and he appreciated her kind
Bess, and he practically said: "My dear
woman, do not worry. Let the dinner go.
Bit down here on this couch beside your
younger sister Mary. Let us talk about
something else. Martha. Martha, tli.in
art careful and troubled aiiout. tnauy
things, but one thing is need f til."
As Martha throws open the door I look
In to-day, and I see a great many house
hold anxieties, perplexities, fatigues and
trials, and about them 1 am going to
peak if the I-ord of Mary and Martha
and La suras will help me by his grace.
Annoyance of Home Life.
A I look into that door, in the first
place. I see the trial of non appreciation.
That waa what made Martha so vexed at
Mary. Mary, the younger sister, had no
proper estimate of the elder sister's fa
tigue, jnat as now men having annoyances
' of store and factory and slt.ip or at the
Stock Kxchnnge come home at night and
hear of some household annoyance, aud
they say: "Oh, that's nothing! Yon
ugbt to be ia a factory a day and have
ten or fifteen or twenty or 1U0 subordi
aates. Then you would know something
bout annoyance and trouble." O man,
let me tell you that a wife and a mother
has to conduct at the same time a univer
sity, a clothing establishment, a restau
rant, laundry, a library, and has to be
health officer, police and president of the
whole realm! She has to do a thousand
things, and to do (hem well, ia order to
take things go smoothly, and that is what
pwts the awfnl tai on a woman's nerves
a ad a woman's brain. I know then are
exceptions to the rule. Home times you
will lad a woman who can ait in the arm
leir of the Uhrary all day without any
aauiety or tarry oa the belated pillow,
assi-all 4tv can of the household are
thrown aps the srrvasfs who bare large
' wages auM great experience, hot that hi
- CtMlfi' afwak of the great saassea
of jjajains .m U wfcoss Hfe ht a strug
r e-d yd P J of ag look
l i" i t f 0. The fallea at Chal
V icTJ2 mad Gettysburg aad
v it CastS washer ta essnpsH-
if J-HtaMns1"
I - rf Cm artefcea. owt
J IXisWSt KM easMBM
ou the tombstones. They are all beautiful
and poetic, but if the tombstones could tell
the troth thousands of tbeui would say,
"Here lies a woman who was killed by
too mach mending and sewing and baking
and scouring and scrubbing." aud the
weapon with which she waa killed was a
broom or a sewing machine or a ladle.
The housewife rises iiMhr wonting half
rested. At an irrevocable hour she must
have the morning repast ready. What if
the tire will not burn? What if the clock
stop? What if the marketing has not
been sent in? No matter that; it must be
ready at the irrevocable hour. Then the
children must lv got ready for school. But
what if the garments Is- torn? What if
they do not know their lessons? What if
the hat or sash is lost? They must be
ready. Then you have the duty of the
day or perhaps several days to plan out.
But what if the butcher sends meat tin
masticable? What if the grocer furnishes
you articles of food adulterated? What if
the piev of silver be lost, or a favirite
chalice be broken, or the roof leak, or the
plumbing fail, or any one of a thousand
things occur? No matter. Everything
must lie ready. The spring ia coining, and
there must le revolution in the family
wardrobe, or the autumn is at hand, and
you must shut out the northern blast. But
how if the moth has preceded you to the
chest? How if the garments' of the last
year do not fit the children now? What if
all the fashions have changed?
Trials Appreciated,
The house must be an extemporized
apothecary's shop or dispensary. There
must 1m- relief for all styles of ailmeuts
something to loosen the croup, something
to cool the burn, something to poultice
the inflammation, something silence the
jumping tooth, something to soothe the
earache. O man of business, if you had
as many cares aa that, you would be a fit
candidate for an insane asylum! If Mar
tha make under such circumstances an
impatient rush on the library or the draw
ing room, lie patient, 1m lenient. Oh, my
sister, though in v words may not arouse
In many souls any appreciation of your
toil, let me assure you from the kindliness
with which Jesus Christ met Martha that
he appreciates all your trials from garret
to cellar, am! the God of Deborah and
Miriam aud Abigail is the God of the
housekeepers! Christ never married, that
be might I the especial friend and confi
dant of a whole world of troubled woman
hood. I blundered. Christ was married.
The Bible says the church is "the Bride,
the Lamb's wife," and that makes me
know that a woman has a right to go to
Christ with all her annoyances aud per
plexities and fatigues, for by his oath of
conjugal lideiily he hath sworn to sym
pathize. George Herbert put the thought
in three or four verses, quaint and pecu
liar, but strong, and in one verse saying:
The servant by this clause makes drudg
ery divine;
Who sweep a room as for thy laws makes
this and the action fine.
A young woman of brilliant education
and prosperous surroundings was called
down stairs to help in the absence of the
servant, and there was a ring at the boll,
and she went to the door, and an admirer
entered. He said, "I thought I heard
music in the house. Was it on the piano
or the barp?" She said: "Neither; It waa
a frying pan accompaniment to a gridiron!
In other words, 1 was called down stairs
to help. I suppose some time I shall have
to learn, and I have begun now." When
will the world learu that every kind of
work that ia right is honorable?
Horn: F.conosale.
As Martha neii the door I look in,
and I also see the trial of severe economy.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine households
out of a thousand are subjected to it either
under the greater or less stress of circum
stances. It is especially so when a uiau
smokes exricnsive cigars and dines at cost
ly restaurants. He will be very apt to
enjoin severe economy at home. That is
what kills thousands of women- the at
tempt to make $5 do the work of $7. It
is ama.ing how some men dole out money
to the household. If you bare not gut the
nn.uey, say so. If you have, be cheerful
in the expenditure. Your wife will be
reasonable. "How long does the honey
moon last?" said a young woman about
to enter the married state to her mother.
The mother answered, "The honeymoon
lasts until you ask your husband for
money." "Ilow mnch do you want 7" "A
dollar." "A dollar! Can't you get along
with SO cents? You are always wanting
1." This thirty years' war against high
prices, this everlasting attempt to bring
the outgo within the Income, has exhaust
ed multitudes of housekeepers. It me
say to such it is a part of the divine disci
pline. If it were best for you. all you
would hare to do would he Just to open
the front windows, and the ravens would
fly in with food, and after you had baked
fifty times from the barrel in the pantry,
like the barrel of Zarepbath. the barrel
would be full, and the children's shoes
would last as long as the shoes of the
Israelites in the wildernessforty yesrs.
Period of Preparation.
Ob. my friends, all these trials and fa
tigues of borne life ire to prepare you for
heaven, for they will make that the bright
er in the contrast! A dying soldier was
asked by a friend, "Have you any mes
sage to send to yoor father?" "Yes,"
said be. "Tell him I have gone home."
"Well," said the friend, "have you any
message to send to your wife?" "Yes.
Tell her I bave gone home." "You have
other friend. Would you like to send a
message to them?" "Yes. Give them
the same message; they will all under
stand it. Tell them I hare gone home."
And that heavenly home will compensate,
will fully atone, for ail the hardships and
the trials and the annoyances and the
vexations of the earthly home. In that
land they never hunger, and consequently
there will be no nuisance of catering for
appetite. In that land of the white robes
they have no mending to do, and the air
of that hilly country make them all well.
No rent to pay there; every man owns bis
own bouse, and a maaaioa at that. It
will not be so great a change to step into
the chariot of the skies if on earth you
rode. It will not be so great change if
oa earth yoa had all luxuries and sstis
f actions. It will not be so great a change
for yoa to ait down on the basks of the
rtrer of Ufa if oa earth yoa had a country
oat.
Bat, oh, the joy for the weary feat when
(hoy sup lata the celestial equipage, and,
oh, the pay ef those to whom boss waa a
martyrdom on earth when they go Into
that home where they will never bave to
do anything they do uot want to do!
What a change from the time she put
down the rolling pin to the time abe took
up the scepter! If Chatsworth I'ark and
the Yanderbilt mansion were lifted into
the celestial city, they would be looked at
aa uninhabitable rookeries, and Lazarus
himself would be ashamed to be seen going
in or out of them, so great are the palaces
awaiting all God's dear children, and so
much grauder the heavenly architecture
than the earthly. It ia often not only the
toil of the housekeeping, but it is tbe sick
ness and the sorrow that go along. It is
a simple fact that one-half of the women
of the land are invalids. Tbe mountain
lass who has never bad an ache or a pain
may consider household work of no very
great weariness, aud at the eventide may
skip out to the fields and drive the cattle
home, and until 10 o'clock at night may
fill tbe cabin with laughing racket, but,
oh, to tfb tbe hard work of the household
with a shattered constitution after six
weeks' whooping cough fans raged in the
household, making the nights as sleepless
as the day, then it is uot so easy. And
then this work of tbe house has often to
be undertaken when the nerves are shat
tered with some bereavement that has put
desolation in every room of the houae and
sent the crib into the garret because its
occupant bad been hushed into a slumber
that needs Uo mother's lullaby. Oh, it
was a great deal easier for her to brood
the whole flock than to brood a part of
them, now that the rest have gone! You
may tell her that her departed children
are in the bosom of a loving God, but,
mother-like, she will brood both flocks,
putting one wing of care over the floclsiu
the house, putting the other wing of care
over the Hock in the grave. Nothing but
the old-fashioned religion of Ji-sus Christ
can take a woman happily through home
trials. All these modern religious amount
to nothing. They do not help. They do
not comfort when there is a dead babe in
the house. Away wilb them and give us
the old-fashioned religion of Jesus Christ
that has comforted so many in tbe days
of sorrow and trouble!
Domestic Happiness.
lmance and novelty may for a little
while seem to lie a substitute. TRe mar
riage day has only gone by, just gone by,
and all household cares are atoned for by
the jy of being together aud by the fact
that when it is late at night it is not nec
essary to discuss whether it la time to go.
All the mishaps of the newly married
couple in the w ay of household affairs are
not matters of anxiety or reprehension,
but merriment. The loaf of bread turned
into a geological specimen, the slushy cus
tards aud jaundiced and measly biscuits!
Oh, it is very bright sunlight that falls
upon the cutlery and mantel ornaments of
a new home! Ilotnnnec and novelty will
do for a little while, but after awhile tbe
romance is all gone, and there is a loaf to
lie made, a loaf that cannot lie sweetened
by any earthly condiments, aud cauuot be
flavored with any earthly flavors, and can
not be baked in any ordinary oveu. It la
the loaf of domestic happiness. All the
ingredients from heaven. Fruit from the
tree of life and sweetened with the new
wine of the kingdom and baked in the
oven of home trial. God only can make
that loaf. You cau cut it, but it takes
God to male It.
Solomon wrote out of Lis own miserable
experience lie had a wretched home; no
man can !' happy with two wives, much
less with "iK, and out of his wretched
experience he wrote "Better is a diuuaV
of herbs w here love is than a stalled ox I
and hatred therewith." Oh, the respon
sibilities of housekeepers! Kings by their
indigestion have lost empires, and gen
erals through indigestion have lost battles.
One of the great statisticians says that
out of 1.X unmarried men thirty were
criminals, aud out of 1,000 married men
only eighteen were criminals, showing the
power of borne. And, oh, the responsibil
ity resting upon houekeewrs! By the
food they provide, by the conch they
spread, by the books they introduce, by
the Influence they bring around the home,
they are helping to decide the physical, tbe
intellectual, the moral, the eternal, wel
fare of the human race. Oh, the respon
sibility! True Happiness.
That woman aits in the bouse of God
to-day perhaps entirely unappreciated. She
is the banker of her home, the president,
tbe cashier, the teller, the discount clerk,
and ever aud anon there ia a panic. God
knows the anxieties and the cares, and he
that this is not a useless sermon, but that
there are multitudes of hearts waitiug for
the distillation of the divine mercy and so
luce in their hour of trials and their borne
duties aud their own fatigues. The world
hears nothing about tbem. Tbey never
sficak about tbem. Yoa could not with
the ugouies of an inquisition bring the
truth out of them. They keep it still.
Tbey say nothing. They endure and will
until God and tbe judgment right their
wrongs. "Oh." says some sister, "are you
uot trying to show that all a woman's life
at home is one of self-sacrifice?" Yes,
my sister, and that is the only kind of life
worth living. That bas been the life of
Florence Nightingale; thst was the life of
Fdward Pay son; that was the life of tbe
Lord Jesus Christ : that is tbe life of every
man or woman that Is happy a life of
self-sacrifice. Those people living for
themselves are they happy? Find me
one. I will give you all tbe nations of tbe
enrtb to find roe one. Not happy no, not
happy. U Is tbe self-sacrificing people
that are happy, for God pays so largely,
so gloriously, so magnificently, in the deep
and eternal satisfactions of tbe soul. Self
sacrifice! We all admire it in others. How
little we exercise of it! Ilow much
scourging, bow much chastisement, bow
much anguish, will you and I take for oth
ers? Ob, tbat we might bave something
of tbat boy's spirit! Aye, that we might
bave something of tbe spirit of Jesus
Christ, for in all our occupations and
trades and businesses, and all our life,
home life, foreign life, we are to remem
ber thst the sacrifice for others will soon
be over.
'opynght. taw.
Tbe Creeds. Tbe creed are out
grown; men's views bars so broadened
thai they ran no longer be bouud by
mysterious nod unreasonable atatc
ments, which answered very well for
tbe dark age, when people were under
antborlty and did not think for them
selves, but tbey hare no place In our
day of freedom and rationality. Ber.
D. V. Boaae, Swedeuborglan, Han ITan
eiaeo, CaL
Edward Lyttaa Bulwer, tbe Bngllsn
talesman and oorellst, married a girl
much bis Inferior Id position, ind gnf
a shrew for a wife. Of course, b was
ahappr.
"Hobson's kissing experience." said
the Major, "calls to mind a k1 many
incidents of the old time. At the close
of the civil war the country was full
of hero worshipers, aud there were he
roes by tbe hundred worthy of worship,
(rant was the first of the great Gener
als to pass through the I'liion States
after the close of the war, and the
greeting to hiui was like an uprising of
the Nation. The hearts of mn and
women were filled with thankfulness
and the multitude that gathered alout
Grant seemed Intent on taking the most
popular man of the time In their arms.
There were mothers by the thousand
who had lost sous, wives who hnd lost
husbands, children who had lost fa
thers, and old soldiers who bad served
with him, all turning with the wildest
demonstration of affection and pride
toward Grant.
"l-'p to I tut t time no such crowds had
ever beeu seen iu this country. Con
trolled by Htrottg emotion, they were
not easily managed. Grant, never a
showy mini, stood before these great
aggregation of demonstrative human
ity amazed almost abashed -by the
mnnifeKtntiotis. of affection ntid devo
tion. The fact that the people stood
In awe of the commauillng General of
all the armies restrained the great
crowds when the guards were power
less. There was nothing In Grant's
manner or look or conduct on such oc
casions to invite enthusiastic demon
stration, lie seemed rather to discour
age It. So far a his appearance went
he was unreiKinsive.
"When tbe enthusiasm raged In a
tumult aiiout him, when men cheered,
when women held out their arms and
called bis niime, when children scream
ed In delight, lie looked down on all
with an almost, distressed expression
ou his face, with an occasional look be
hind him hs though he contemplated
running away. His silent protest
against making so much of himself, the
absence of all dramatic or show quali
ties in his make-up or his conduct, took
him closer and closer to the hearts of
the people. In those times be never
said a word except "Thank you." When
the people bowled for a stwech be shook
his bead; When tliey sioyted liiti)
the most extravagant utterauces of
praise be simply looked nt them In
amazement; but be w:is not unre
sponsive. He was simply a modest
man saying in effect to the people, 'I
am not worth It.'
"There were times when the crowd
broke through tbe line of Major Gener
als und Brigadier Generals and Colonels
aiiout Grant and got bold of him. On
one occasion, after shaking hands with
thousands of people, the committee in
terfered and ,tbe General stepped back
a few paces so that tbe ople, hovlng
by in solid columns, would understand
that Ifo was not to shake hands. As be
stood there, wltb bis hands In his pock
ets, a little girl slipped through the
guard of honor about him, went up to
him In an awe-stricken, childish way,
took one hand out of his tweket, kissed
It, and put it back. She was going
away as quietly as she had come when
the General, with a trembling of tbe
lips, caught her up In his arms and
kissed her. Then the crowd poured
over the guard and on to him. and for
ten minutes the people hud their way.
"Another time, wheu school children
were passing In a long procexslon. the
committee, as an act of courtesy to the
General, bad him retire beyond the
reach of tbe little hands held out to
him, and men who had commanded
divisions In the army said brusquely to
tbe children, 'You can't sbuke bands
with the General; he Is tired." But as
tbe high-school girls came through one
little miss took off her glove and, look
ing straight Into the General's eyes,
held out her band. Iviklug Into the
girl's eyes, understanding the look,
and. In answer to the pleading, the
General stepped down and took her
band. Instantly, with screams of de
light, tbe girls were ujn him and the
guard of Generals retired, admitting
their defeat. This does not mean tbat
the girls kissed the General; they sim
ply caught bis band, touched his shoul
der straps, reached forward In ecstatic
delight to put their hands on his bead,
and then tbey went sway satisfied.
"When General Sherman came
through thexountry he was responsive
to all the manifestations of devotion
and affection. It was bis nature not
to bide bis feeling. When he disliked
a man be showed II. When he waa
pleased with the people the people
knew It; and so It bapsi-tied that wom
en who were content to touch Grant's
bands gave Sherman a kiss. After one
experience of this kind Sherman hesi
tated to depart from the precedent es
tablished. He knew what he whs ex-pet-ted
to do, and he did It.
"When Grant and Farragui came
through tbe country with President
Johnson and bis Cabinet the General
and tbe Admiral were tbe centers of
Interest. On one occasion Fsrrogut,
walking through tbe rotunda of tbe
State capltol at Columbus, was stopped
by a group of women. One of them
asked, 'Are yoa Mr. Seward? Fsria
gnt, with a twinkle In bis eyes, said
quickly, 'Ob, no; I am a much hand
somer man than Seward. My aarae Is
Farragnt.' Tbe elderly lady took bit
baud la both hers and said simply, 1
aa so glad of this. 1 want my little
daagbtar to aaaka aaads wltb f.'
The girl ram sp a tnoagh she were
approaching a saint and Farragut
stooped snd said, "She shall not only
shake hand, but I will glre her a kiss
to reruetuber me by,' snd then be went
ou.
"When General Sherldaa came
throngb tbe country after tbe war In &
hurried, informal way, ha UxAed upon
the projtosltlon to give b!sn a reception
as a great Joke. He left the car quietly
at Columbus wltb two military friend
ami started up the main street of the
city. As soon as Sheridan was recog
nised a great crowd gathered about
him. He w as forced to shake bands and
was greatly amused to see wltb what
orderliness the men. women and chil
dren arranged themselTes in a line; but
In five minutes he bolted. He could not
'escape, however, and was compiled to
take position and shake hands with the
crowd that bad pursued hitn with the
wild clamor of an army stampede.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Hogs of War in Fact.
Numerous testa aud experiment
have been made In Germany with the
Scotch collie dogs for military pur
poses, especially during times of war,
and It has been found that tliln dog la
the best ami most available among tbe
various breeds of dogs, and from now
on, according to the St. Louis Pisvt
IHspach, trained collies will be added
to the standing armies of Germany aJid
France. The servles to which tbe
Scotch colliiti will be trained are nu-
BUXTISO t:P WOUKDKI.
merotiK. They will serve a messengers
for carrying dUpathes and Important
communications to those army divis
ions statalonetl In the immediate vi
cinity of the enemy. During; the prog
ress of a fight, where the troops hap
pen to ! scattered over a vat area of
territory, they will le used for carrying
ammunition to the various divisions.
They are furthermore trained tor re
connolterlng and for bunting tip the
wounded and carrying them on am
btllajice,' enjNi-l.ally constructed for
that puriKse, to the field hospitals. For
the latter purposes ihesc dogs are al
most Invaluable.
The Scotch collie's bump of locality
seems to be mon strongly developed
limn that of other canines. Besides this
the dog is quiet, faithful and unusual
ly Intelligent. For recotiuolteriiig pur
poses th dogs are iraim-d io run Ahead
of a division of soldiers, search the ter
ritory closely and announce suspicious
flrcunislances by standing still In their
tracks. Another field for hi actlvhy
is outpost duty. In this case the dog in
trained to scent the approach of
strangers and to return at once to his
master to announce this fact to him.
AU this must lie done very quietly, of
course, so as not to disturb the enemy.
As messengers dogs do better service
Chan the best bicycle corps, tor tcrri-
AS A MKSSEXflEH.
torlal obstacles do not exist for tbem
In the same degree as they do for the
cyclist. When doing duty as a messen
ger the dog wears a collar around his
neck, to which a leather pouch Is at
tached, In which the dispatches are
concealed. Tbe collar is numbered and
bears ako the name of the army di
vision to which the dog Is detailed. In
war time this name con be affixed In
cipher, so lliat the enemy umy not be
any the wiser as to the location of the
division In question, to which tbe dog
belongs, should the dispatch fall Into
his bands.
Some of tbe beitf and strongest doga
are detailed to the red cross division of
tbe army, where they do valuable ser
vice In bunting up the wounded In Um
bered and valley regions, where they
are likely to escape the eye of man,
especially after dark. When tbe dog
discovers a wounded soldier be place
bis two fore paws on the body of the
man and barks until assistance strive.
Wit this Is combined the ambulance
service. Small but well built wagons,
which can carry two men, arw wudly
drawn by a good strong collie. These
ambulances are low, have good springs
aud tihe tin are covered with rubber.
One of these, wagons, with two attend
ants aud a dog, oaii do twice as much
field work as has heretofore been done
by two Ked Orosm men with a Utter.
Ten United States Senators hare
passed tbe three-score-and-ten mark,
and Senator Pettus, of Alabama, who Is
78, Is Hie patriarch of tbat body, now
that Senator Morrill Is dead. Two Sen
ators are evidently uncertain aa to their
ages and decllife to state when tbey
were boru. The late Senator I!arrla, of
Tennessee, was sensitive about his age,
and alwsys hud It omitted from the
Congressional directory.
Milton married the daughter of a
country squire. He wss an austere re
cluse, while she was a rosy, romping
country lass that could not endure tbe
restraint Imposed upon ber; so tbey
separated. Subsequently, howsrer,
she returned, and tbey lived tolerably
happy together.
fi
Ra4linaT F.a.
The lmiling of an egg seems oss of
the most simple of all fulinary ' fea
tures, yet where there Is a member ef
the family who Is diires-d If his egg
Is not lioiled in such a manner, his an
guish I frequently so often repeated
as to become chronic. It is s direful
thing te aek for a soft-boiled egg and
receive one Just warmed through, r
for oisp "well doue," aud receive a
tfouc. The fault usually lies In tbs)
fact that the water Is not tniiHng when
the egg goes In. or that the time la
counted from the moment the egg go
lu, instead of from the lime It com
mences to boll. For a soft-boiled egg,
two minutes should be allowed; for a
medium egg, three minutes, and for a
hard boiled one, five minutes. Have
the water boiling when the eggs arw
Immersed. This will lower tbe tem
perature, aud a few seconds must
elapse Iwfore the boiling again com
mence. Then cover, nud watch tho
clock, removing the eggs the second tbe
allotted lime has expired.
Home-Made Horflloonil.
This is an old fashlomfl preparation
for coughs and that made at borne will
contain horchound, while tbe bougbten
candy haR the flavor given to it with
chicory. A manufacturing confection
er oiK-e said that he had never bad an
ounce of the genuine horehoiiiNl herb In
his factory. To make this candy, first
make a rather wrong tea of the herbs
and boiling water, then add 1 pound of
granulated or coffee C sugar to each
half pint of tbe lea and lsill until It will
crack when tried In iuld water. Pour
into shallow, well-buttered pans, and
w hen nearly cold mark Into squares or
biurs. One can ion tell how strong to
tuake the tea. Tho fresh berl are
preferable, but the dried packages one
get at a drug store will do nicely.
Mincemeat for I'lra.'
Four pounds of lean meat, boiled un
til tender and then choped tine, Ou
tablcpiHiti cinnamon, half ounce mace,
1 pounds suet chopped Hue, 8 iouiids
chopped apples, 2 touud currants, 2
pounds stoned rn!ifi"S one lemon seed
ed ami chopped sklu and pulp, one ta
blespoou allspice, 1 pound candled cit
ron, 0 jsHiwla brown sugar, 1 tablt
spoon ground cloves. 2 tablespoons salt.
Wet with Isillwl cider and cook togeth
er until apple ami stict are done. So mo
do no ikl, apples until ready to bake
the pie. This is stinVleut to cook the
apple
-ft
itoilrd t-'nua-Jiie,
I'm- the link sausage, piercing each
one with a fork to prevent their burn
ing. Place the sausages In a stewpnn
or chafing dfish, pour cold water over
tbeui. Just enough to cover, and add a
tableppooiiful of vinegar to the water.
l tbeiu simmer slowly about half an
hour, or until the water Is all evapo
rated. Serve a horsrnidlsh sauce with
them or freshly grated horseradish
moistened with lemon juice or vinegar.
Baked apples or warm apple sauce r
apiwtlzlng accompaniments to the sau
sage. To Waterproof Itouts.
Summer and winter this Is useful.
lress boots waterproofed would save
many a cold, for tin- wearers often
lave a warm room to trend ou damp
ground. Take Imlf a pint of linseed oil
and half a pint of uealsfoot nil and IkiII
them together. Bottle and keep ready
for use with a sponge on the cork. Ap
ply w hen the boots arc jx-rfectly clean.
Of course; only the soh-s of dress boots
are to be so treated, and the dl must
be allowed two or three, days lu which
to dry. Two successive applications
are best.
Scalloped jstfr.
In bolllug scallops select large firm
ones, wash and pat dry with a soft,
clean cloth. Season wlih jsqqier. but
omit (be suit until tbey are cooked, as
the salt tends to extract tbe juice. Flat
ten slightly, roll lu cracker dust or In
dian meal, lay on a One wire broiler,
well buttered, anil broil quickly over
bright coal fire or under tbe gas flame
In a gas range. Serve with thin strips
of broiled bacon, quarters of lemon aud
paisley.
To Kcnovate a Fur Garment.;
A disreputable-looking fur garment
can be coaxed back to Its prltrttne good
looks by dampening the fur thoroughly
wltb a wet brush, then combing out
carefully with a tww coarse comb,,
working always In tbe direction tbat
tbe for naturally takes. Shake well,
and hang up where It will not le
molested until quite dry. when It will
V found almost as good as new.
lionschold Hints.
Good forks should never be used for
toasting purposes.
I lamp salt removes stains of tea and
egg from china articles.
Nothing but ashes and dust should
ever be thrown Into a dust bin.
It Is bad to sleep so tbat the morning
light falls direct upon the eyelids.
Coal lu tbe cellar should never tie
damp, as It generates poisonous fumes.
Wash silk slot kings In lather of ens
tlle soap, rinse very thoroughly In clear
water, turn wrong side out, wring dry
Id a cloth; when nearly dry stretch snd
rub with hand to shape then; do not
Iron. .,,
Flaxseed syrup for colds I made by
bolllug flaxseed until water becomes
(limy, then strain, sweeten wltb pow
dered sugar and Juice of fresh lemons.
Dose, wlueglaasful when cougb la trou-Maaoaa.