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THOR .7 ADAMS PROPRIETOR.1 FDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 189T. VOL. LXI. NO. 51 ROTES IUD COMMENT. Millions of men in India live, maro and rear apparently happy children upon an inecme which, even when the vile works, is rarely above fifty cents ft week._ A Chicago clerk recently threw a book i>;jent forcibly ont of bia office, after re using io take the man's cardin io his employer, and was justified by the judge before whom he was tried for assault, who established as Chicago law the theory that such forcible measures in dealing with book agenta Tero justifiable. . Tao Boston Herald says : The lates? agitation in English Bociety through out Her Majesty's empire has been caused by the sad truth that dancing is going out of fashion. It may be said that the terpisohoreau art is dying a natural death, and in its last throes now oalls upon the world to know the ?eason of its decay. Hero is a great truth poetically ex reseed in Profitable Advertising : The wheels ot true love never raa Along a rougher course Than does the business of the man "Who would suoceed perforce - And sever to his aid does call That most successful plan Of advertising spring and fall And ever when be can. Spain, once a proud conqueror, has suffered, and yet suffers discomfiture. Once the richest country in the world, abe is now impoverished. Once the ruler of Amerioa from Florida to the furthest south, she fights for the only remnant left to her, an outlying isl land. She sows the wind and reaps the whirlwind. She went up like a rocket and come down like tho stick. Says Harper's Weekly: Pursuant to a resolution of the last Congress, tho Philadelphia mint is to begin ta make experiments with new metale and combinations of metals to deter? mine whether any improvement cali be made in our present copper and Dickel coinage. It may give us alu minn m cents in place of the copper pieces now in uso, and possibly a new specie? of five-cent p?***", - tirely of nickel, or j nickol and hr li oi coppt i a suggestion of at fiv?'cent piece i that se five per cont, niokel. cent contains nine ty-fi vt copper, two per cent, of 'per cent, of zino. Thc -j.,--J ia made to it that it is hard to distin guish by feeling between a cent and a silve:: ten cent piece. There are many new things in the bicycle line offered for 1897? Every up-to-date manufacturer will intro duce new attachments and alleged im provements in the details of his ma ohino, while the freak inventor has been more than busy with his strange and wondrous devices. In the greut mass of inventions there are some few things of real val ne. The construction of bicycles to order ie y?t in its in fancy, but it is a growing industry, and thousands of devices which will never become general will be utilized by individuals. Th 3 most radical de parture in 1897 will be an increase in the dimensions of pneumatio tires. The average tires aro now from one and a ball to one and three-quarters inches wide. Tires in 1897 will reach a width of two and a half inchee. Wheels thus equipped will look awk ward at first, but the safety itself was ungainly in its day, when contrasted with the high wheel. The wide tire is safer than those now in use. It re duces the likelihood of side slips on damp roads, which is really the causo of four out of five cycling occident*. j A bombshell has been thrown into European politics in the form of a statement in Prince Bismarck's of ficial paper, the Hamburger Nachrich ten, to tho effect that within a year site:: the organization of the Triple Alliance he arranged a secret treaty with Bttssia by which Germany was to hold aloof if Russia was attacked by Austria, and Russia was to hold aloof if Germany was attacked by France. The abrogation of the treaty was coin cident with Prince Bismarck's sudden retirement from office, and Count Cnprivi, who succeeded him, refused to indorse it. Alexander III, indig nant over this, immeliatoly turned to France, and the result was the present Franco-Russian alliance. These gon ai facts aro not new, at least to .the omatic bodies, but tho publishing m just now has created a great stir. How serious a stir ia from the fact that immediately as talk of bringing the news to trial for publishing Stato ts. Tho Nachrichten retorted if they pushed too hard it would ll all that it knew, especially in con nection with the Frinco's d?gradation from office. Tho talk of trial ceased immediately, and Emperor William thought beat to write a personal lotter to Emperor Francis Joeseph in regard tc the matter, .assuring him of Ger many's loyalty to Austria, and Count Herbert Bismarck made haste to de clare that the matter appeared without [feta kOTrlcdj? 0/ eonsenl. AK electric light is never ss orna ment to a man's nose. AT THE BARRACKS, A DAY IN TT?fl L1KK OF A UNITED STATES SOLDIER. Visit to nn Artillery Post -From ' First Call lor ltovellle to Lights and Taps-Tout? of Duty. IT SOLDIER ia the army of jf\ Uncle Sam, be he "buck" private or colonel of a regi ment, is obliged to soldier ap to the handle wherever he may bo stationed. The daily roi.tine aa prac ticed by the three main arms ol tho service -artillery, cavalry and in A VIET? OF THE QUARTERS. fan!ry-is precisely the samo in the cbain'ot posts around New York Har bor as it is in Fort Yuma -or in Van couver barracks, Oregon. For each firm, iu every po3t, the milkury day is essentially the same from r?veille? to taps. In one post as well as the other the soldier has to have his ears cocked for the calls of the trumpeter, ha? toj do his share of fatigue duty, bas io "hump" bis post when on guard and has exactly the fame intervals of rest in which to "hit his bnuk"-the pas sive act of reclining known in the army vernacular as "bunk fatigue." A Washington Star reporter recent ly spent an entire milinry day at the barracks, under the protecting guard ianship of the soldierly looking adju F. Si StroDg.t The repurtet "-... quest for. information, gained at first hand though actual observation, as to how soldiers soldiered. He eaw and heard the whole grind, from first call in the morning to "lights out" at night. It was a revelation in human alertness, disciplino, order and organ ization. First call for reveille is sounded during autumn and winter months just when the Eastern sky begins to flame with orange. It is a signal to the men sleeping in the long rows of comfortable bunks in tho second-story barrack rooms of the "double-decker" quarters that they have got to get ap. ' Assembly goes within five minutes after first call, and the men of each battery fall in in front of their re spective quarters and answer to their name os oalled by tho first serg eant who, at the conclusion of the roll eal!, reports to the officer of the day, who olanks along the lines, "Battery E present or accounted tor," or "Pri vates So and-So absent fcom reveille," as the case may be. If it is tho latter case there is nn immediate investiga tion as to what has prevented the ab sentees from standing reveille-an investigation which very frequently lands the laggards in the "Clink." While the men are yet standiag in line the bang of tho morning sunrise gun comes thundering over the pa rade ground, the star? and stripes, under the manipulation of one of the corporals of the guard, fluttered from the top of the flagstaff, and the mili tary day is begun. The men barely have time to get their heads under the cold water spig gotsinthe wash rooms, and to dry themselves with crash towels before the flitting will-o'-the-wisp of a trum peter of the guard blares out the mess call. It should be explained that at Washington barracks there are bat tery messes-that is, the batteries have each a separate dining room and kitchen, presided over by a permanent cook chosen from each outfit. The cook of each battery, together with the two men detailed each day to assist him-they arro known as "kitchen police"-is uwakened every morning about an hour before the reveille by one of the nembers of tho guard, in order to give him plenty of time to prepare the battery's break fast. In the battery messes the men are fed with good, substantial food, served on white pine tables and without any frills. The most co tr. mon breakfast dish of the army, next to beans is a not unappetizing compound, like Irish ttew, briefly called "slum" by the sol diers. The men drink two or three big boris of good coffee without milk, and eat several slabs of unbuttered bread, moistened by the "slum" gravy, and they get through the meal with phenomenal quickness. They do not bolt their breakfasts from preference, but because the cook, if they appear to linger a tulle over the meal, glares in fron the kitchen and tells them that "there's g}ing to be a dinner in this shack to-day, as usua'." Thtxs ad jured, they do not was.te muoh time in ?bowing tho cook th i backs. Anyhow, there are duties to be per formed immediately after breakfast. The mattresses on the bunks and the blankets must be rolled up and the quarters arranged for the inspection of the battery commander, who, in the dejection of dirt or slovenliness, ?as e. us of tho strength of a hawk's. Beside B, fatigue call is sounded by the unrelenting "wind pusher" about half au hour alter breakfast. A large por* tion of eaoh battery reports to the provost sergeant at fatigue c xii There is "old guard" fatigue for men who have como off guard on the day pre vious, "quartermaster's" fatigue and "commissary's" fatigue for all hands, and there is never any lack of work in a military post to keep the fatigue parties busy. Provost sergeants, who, are the directors of military chores, liko to stand well with their commanding officers, and they have an unerring instinct in picking out jobs for the men, the successful performance of which is likely to catch the ero of the post commander. No chicken ooop that needs a coat of whitewash will escape the provost sergeant's oye, no brush wood that needs clearing away, no sewers to bo flushed, no coal to be carted, so wood to be saw*d and split, no roads to be patched, no weeds to be picked, ?hat he does not see. For ob vious reasons, provost sergeants aro not popular with the "buck" privates, the only men who do any actual work in these fatigue parties, the non-com missiorjed officer.-, down to the acting "lance jaoks," only doing the direct ing and the heavy standing around. Immediately after breakfast the men whose names have been read out at retreat the previous night for a toar of guard duty begin their elaborate preparations for going on guard. It is necessary that they should make elaborate preparations, for woe betide the soldier who mounts guard with a pinhead of dirt, dust, rust or tarnish on the most trilling item of his trap pings. As guard duty is the-most im portant duty of the soldier, he is expected to get ready for each tour of it with about tho same amount of care and attention to detail that be might be supposed to exert in preparing for his wedding. From the crown of his forage oap to the soles of his "Government straight" shoes, he has got to look as if he had just sprung from a bandbox or elso bo "turned down" by the in specting adjutant by being displaced by one of tho supernumaries of the guard, a number of whom ara always mounted with the regular guard de tail for just such cases. It is exceed ingly rare, however, that the super numaries are called upon, for it is a matter of pride with the mea to go on tho buckle BUIUIUA .... deaning that they labor over, for the adjutant, in mounting the new guard, selects the "cleanest" man-that is, the soldier whose uniform fits him best, and whose accouterments aro of the most dazzling glisten-to act as orderly tor the commanding, officer. The orderly for the commanding of ficer simply follows that dignified gen tleman around during office hours, and does not, liko the other men of the guard, have to walk his "two hours on and fonr o5" post during the weary length of twenty-four honrp. He gets the night in his bunk. The struggle for the prize of orderly is a fierce con test between the men known as "or derly buckers," on account of tho frantic desperation with which they begin days in advance of going cu guard to clean up in order to capturo the plum. Each battery has one or two conspicuously successful "orderly buckers," and when ono of these goes upon gaard, pitted against the "buck ers" of the other batteries, all hands take a tremendous interest in the out come of the battle of cleanliness, and, around pay days, bets are often mide as to who is to bo the winner. The whole battery will often help to "work up" the kit-belt, cartridge box and rifle-of the "orderly buck er" in whom it takes the most pride, and when, after all these voluntary efiorts, their man loses, the adjutant is pronounced "partial"and "unfair." The adjutant is himself often at a loss as to which man o' the guard to pick for orderly, for it occasionally hap pens that several men are equally well gotten up. In such cases, these few best men are drilled for the prize. If this, manner of selection only narrows tho thing down to two men. who de dine to obey wrong "trick" com mands given by the adjutant in drill ing them, and are both equally profi cient in the manual of arms, then the two draw straws for the orderly's billet. Meanwhile, by the timo the guard has been mounted, recall from fatigue is sounded, in order to give the men of the working parties time to shift their uniforms for drill with their re spective batteries. It is a laborious drill that calls for the donning of the brown canvas fatigue uniforms. There are also separate days for "instrumentation," learning the uses of the numerous in struments employed in range-finding, "charting," gauging the strength of the wind and the density of the at mosphere, etc A eoldier must possess a well-developed scientific tempera ment, in order to enter understand ingly into "instrument drill.* "Cordage drill" is another bete noir of artillerymen. Here is where the soldier who has been to sea either as a marino or a bluejacket gets in his strong work. "Cordage drill" is for the purpose of teaohing the men proficiency in the ticing of the innumerable knots used in the moving of pieces of heavy and siege ordnance. It looks simple enough to see another man tie a "tim ber hitch," a "figure-of-eight knot," a "sheep's shank" or a "grainy," butit is not easy by a whole lot. The sol dier who has had experience as s "deep water man," however, regards it as child'? play. All of the soldiers of the heavy batteries are given an ex amination every year wi to their mastery of ttose various drills, and, for respective degrees cf proficiency, ?re given first, second and third gun ners' medals, not unlike those worn bj the "distinguished marksmen" of the infantry. The heavy artilleryman has to mas ter more different kinds of drill than tho soldiers of any other urta of the service. Besides the drill oa the big guns he most bo quite as proficient in infantry taotios as the "doughboy.'" He carries the same rifle and is re quired to learn the same evolutions as tho iofantryman, in order to prepare himself for field and riot eervioo at any time. There is any amount of battery and battalion drill ia infantry movements at the barracks. Then there are certain days set aside i'or drilling in the hated "mechanical maneuvers," which consists in the mounting and dismounting the heavy old guns by means of bydr uilio jacks, "gins," gar rison slings and other appliances. The light battery at thB barracks, like light batteries everywhere, with their "Napoleon" brass pieses bf ord nance, hauled by horses, has a dis tinct drill of its own, not unlike that of the cavalry, and nearly all of the post calls for tho light battery are diff?rent; from those to which the heavy batteries respond. It vrculd re quire a separate chapter to trea : of the superbly organized light artillery of the United States army-indubitably the best in the world. Becall from drill is blared out in timo 13 give the men a chauoe to clean up foi* dinner. Dinner mess call is sounded at noon. After dinner the "one soldier, one bunk" idea predom inates. Except the men comprising the ail er noon fatigue parties, a id the few detailed from eaoh battery Uo bind the red orosses upon their arms and take part ia the hospital oorps" drill, under the direotionof one of the army surgeons or a hospital steward, ail hands are permitted to indulge after dinner in a general loaf. The banjo ists, tho violinists, the guitarists and the mandolinists get out their instru ments. Many of them play weil. Nearly all of the soldiers sing well. Sweetly, pathetically, humorously and martially the majority of them take part in this midday musicale. In every outfit there are always two or three jig dancers of emiuonoe. These are dragged to the centoi of the quar ters to contribute their little act to the entertainment. Tho fun of this kind is a good deal more hilarious than ordinarily, a few days after pay day, wheo the canteen becomes for a time a veritable mint. About a week after pay day the quarters began to take on a gloomy atmosphere, and there is a general complaint of "heads." A good many of the soldiers devote "aS^-^e portion of their afternoons to letter writing. American soldiers are J ?re a close about * o'clock in tue aiter noon, when the men of the batteries begin to prepare for dress parade. Tho men have to jump into their fnll dress clothes for this evening parade and look their best. The inspiration of the band's music as they march in review gives au additional squareness to their shoulders and a dragoonish swing to their movements. American soldiers are good to look upon. They must bo perfect men physically to get into the service at all, and as recruits thoy are given much athletic training. During the autumn and winter, first call for retreat is sounded during the progress of dress parade, and assembly for retreat ?oes at tho conclusion of the march in review. Then the men answer to their names for the last time of the military day, the echoes of the evening gun reverberate through tho post, tho colors, while the band solemnly plays "The Star Spangled Banner," are struck, and the men of each battery are marched to their quarters and dismissed, to re sume their everyday uniforms for supper. There is nothing in the way of duty to be performed by tho soldiers after supp er. If their names are not on the "black list," such of them as wish to visit the city may discard their uni forms, don mufti, or civiliau dress, and go-having handed in their nctn?" CLEANING THE PIECES. for leave to the "top," or first ser geant, during the afternoon. There is a fine post library for the readers. Then, there is always the canteen. It is not neglected. The card and checker players are numerous in the quarters during the long, cool evenings. At 9.30 tho flourish of the tr?umet er's tattoo warns the men to prepare for bed, for tho lights go out ten min utes later. When tho blast is given for thc extinguishing of the lights there must be perfect silence in the quarters. Those of the soldiers whose consciences are good are sound asleep by the time the sorrowful taps, the last call ot the military day,, is wailed by the "wind pusher." Th? deep sil ence of the post is thou, unbroken for tho remainder of tho night, except for the hourly calls of the sentries on guard-"Number five 12 o'clock, and all-l-l's well-1"-that tell of tile eternal vigilance of tho toldier. Schoolmaster-"Ten cents one dime ; now go on. What do ten dimes make':" Boy-"They make oue very glad these times."-Boston Traveler, WINTER STYLES. NEW BASQUES AND WAISTS FOR WOMEN AND MISSES. Modish Bisque In Which a New Color Scheme is Exquisitely Blended-Simple and Stylish Waists. ?N tho f rat large eng.aving a mod ish basque is delineated, intro ducing a dainty color scheme EO exquisitely blended as to be pro nounced aa fait. The materials select ed, writes May MantoD, are a hand some novelty, the ground, gray, while tho stripe fhows gray and green with the meiert thread of yellow inter woven.' The revers are of velvet in a shade known as forest green, and the fall yest, deep girdle and collar are fashioned io canary-colored silk, one of the most popular colors of the sea LADIES' SLAS1 son. Tho free edges of the basque, are decorated with sequins. The wrists are completed by a deep frill of dainty lace. The basque, of becoming length, ate fnlneue, are made over coat nuea linings with the lower portions titting Bcugly to the arm, after the prevailing fashion. The neck has a close standing band and stock of ribbon. The model is adapted to all seasonable fabrics, moluding silk, satin, velvet, novelty, etc. Made up in costly fabrics it may be worn on full dress occasions or may do service as a theatre waist. To mako this basquo for a lady in tho medium size will require two and three-fourths yards of forty-four-inch wide material. MISSES' BLOUSE WAIST. Hussar blue mohair made the simple aud stylish waist delineated in the second large illustration and described by May Manton, Tho collar, cuffs, plastron and the wide revers being of MISSES* BLOUSE WAI ivory w.?ite satin faced doth, trimmed with galloon in black and gold. The waist is arranged over smooth linings fitted by single bust darts and closes in the centre front. The front droops slightly over the belt in blouse style, rolling baok in graduated revers to ahow the plastron vest of contrasting material. The seamless back is smooth across the shoulders, with the addi tional fulness drawn well to the con ti e at the waist line. The fashionable sleeves are provided with full short pufla and aro completed at the wrists by ronna flaring cuffs. The close fitting collar of white cloth is decor ated to match the vest and revers, and closes on the left side. A belt of tho material encircle* tho waist, which may be substituted, however, for any one of the pretty leather or metal belts now in vogue. Waists of this style are extremely becoming to youthful figures, and may bo devel oped prettily in soft woolens or silk. When made of serviceable materials, ?.Mich as seree, carnell hair, cheviot, etc., velvet can bo used in combina? tion with stylish effect. No better design can be suggested for every day or school wear. To make this waist fer a miss in, the medium size, it will reqdire ' two and one-half yards of forty*four?inch wide material. ? STVXISH HAT AND BONNE?) ? stylish hat is made of black vel vet. It has a sailor ?crown and a flat brim which is slightly peaked np at one side. The trimming is of puffs and plaiting's of long pile plush. A large cluster of forget-me-nots is mingled with the loops of the trimming, and a smaller cluster is attached to the un der side of the brim close to the hair. A stylish bonnet is made of velvet closely shirred over a frame and left with a projecting edge, upon whioh is gathered a frill of fancy velvet ribbon in contrasting color. The trimming is of rosettes of velvet with bird of paradise feathers. A wide brimmed IED BASQUE. hat has tho edge covered with beaver. The brim is wider in the front than at the back, where it is rolled up against the crown. The trimming is of loops of "t\r.-f oiffht or nine ostrich THREE BINGS IN ONE. The engagement ring, which is al most a fao eimile of the one worn by the modern gin's great-grandmother, is, as the illustration shows, really three rings in one. Three slender bands must encircle the finger of the engaged maiden. Ard each band is studded with jewels of a different sort. The middle band is set with dia monds, which should bo small but ST OF BLUE MOHAIR. perfcot gem-, uniform in size. Tbs lower band must be set with the gin's own birthstone and the upper ono wit i the birthstone of her fiance. That is to say, if she chanced to ba born in February and the other ia October, the diamond would be sur rounded by opals and amethysts. AN UNUSUAL STTLE. Zouaves and boleros of every kind and shape aro still a conspicuous part of tho bodice?, but tho handkerchief sonave is perhaps tho most unusual (?lyle. Tho material is draped in the de? eire 1 form in r-ome indescribable man ner to givo th3 soft, full effect, and Persian silk is especially rretty for this purpose, and may form butterfly puffs at the top of the sleeves OLOVJi<\ The gloves that oujoy the highest favor have only ono button apiece iu theso days, and even thu make* tha u almost too long for t he sleeve th lt must fall to the knuckles. A ROGUE PLANT, ft Ll? s In Wait for Flies and Other Insects. Here's the picture o? a rogue of a plant that lies in wait like a highway :robbor for unwary flies and other in sects and when they appear it swallows A BANDIT PL AXT. them up and their friends never hear of them again. It has been given the botanical name of sarracenia, but it is commonly called the pitcher plant, from the fact that its leaves are roiled into the form of pitchers, ia which many a poor fly is caught. The flies are attracted to the plant by a sweet liquid which it gives off, and in their greediness they go a little too far and aro killed. Botanists do not know ex actly why tho plant should wish a din ner of flies, but there must be some good reason for it, else its pitchers would not bo so attractive. By ex periment they have found that the plant will livo juat as well where tho flies cannot get at it at all. So all the evidence would indicate that it is just a rogue, killing flies because it really enjoys the sport. ODD AND MARVELOUS The Colossal Recumbent Kock Fig ure on I'Jaster Island. The accompanying picture is from a A MY3TEBT OF TEE PACIFIC. feet across tho back and pix feet through the body, its computed weight amounting to 23S,?00 tons. The usual height of theso wondernil busts is about twenty feet, having a'weight of seventy-six tons each, by far the feat er portion beiog about this t th sse huge masses of stone were not univ moved considerable distances ?rum the still existing quarries where they were sculptured, but were placed in an upright position on vast plat forms oe stone prepared for their re ception, and were finally decorated by haviug the hage cylinder* of stoue placed on their beads, thc whole in dicating a tturt>r!sing eugineering kiowie Ige and skill, recalling that ex hibited by the uucieut Peruvians in their mighty nudertakinga. Tho origin of these interesting antiquities is nnkuown.-Philadelphia Record. The Pinn Uobiu. Here is a story of an orthodox robin. Some time ago I attended morning service in Ely Cathedral, where, dnr ing the prayer*, a robin kept flitting about the building, joining occasion ally in tho service with a mo ?est "chirrup." When the clergyman as cended the pulpit and began to speak, the robin deliberately perched himself on one of the pinnacles of the chancel screen, quite close to tho orator, and the loader did the robin nog, ranch to the amusement of tho congregation. " have no recollection of what tho ser nou was about, but tuo robin's sing n<r made a deep impression upon me. -London Telegraph. Wallpapering by Machinery. Paper can now bc hun ; by machin ery. The device has a ro I o a wlrcb a roll of paper is placed, au I a pasto reservoir with a feeder place I 6o as to engage the wrong side of thc paper. The end of the paper is fastened to the bottom of tho wall au I tho machine started up thewa'i, being held in place by the operator. A roller follows the paper ns it unwinds and presses it ngainst the wall. Wheo tho lop of the wall is reached the operator pulls n string, which cuts thc paper oh' lrom thc roll. Presence cf .Mind. Irate Father-"Didn't I tell youno! to go skating?" Quick-witted Bon-"?tay wher? you be. Pop. The ice is awful thin." -Truth, f MOTHERS t MOTHERS READ THIS. The Best Remedy. 1 For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dysen tery. Nausea, Coughs, Cholera In fantum, Teething Callaren, Cholera < Horbas, Unnatural Drains ?rom^ the Bowels, fains, Chiping, Loss of. Appetite, Indigestion and all Dis eases of tho Stomach aaa Bowels.. PITTS CARMINATIVE e. Is the standard. It carries children over' the critical period of teething. aod( ? is recommended by physicians as, 5 the friend of Mothers, Adults and' O Children. It is pleasant to the tasto, ( end never fails to give satisfaction.. A few doses will demonstrate its su perlative virtues. Price, 25 eta. pei l A bottle. For aale by druggists. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TO MASS HOB8EBADISH SAUCE. Horseradish sance is invariably served in Germany with all forms of beef, either broiled, roasted or boiled. To make it boil grated horseradish m gravy or plain water, beat ap the yolks of one or two eggs with half a pint of cream and some tarragon v;negar; stir into . the horseradish. Let the whole remain on the fire a few min utes, stirring all the time, and before it comes to a boil serve in a sauceboat. -Pittsburg Dispatch. NEW USE FOB NAPKIN BINGS. While napkin rings are now gen or ally banished from the home table, some persons do not want sneh handsome articles to lie forgot ten in some dark doset, and they have conceived the idea of converting them into receptados for salt. By covering one end with a piece of sil ver, and patting on three tiny feet the discarded ring is transformed into a pretty little dish. If a ring is very ?vide it may be cat ia halves and two dishes made from it. A NOVEL FINE BEBB GARDEN. ? careful housewife caa keep fur nishings and seasonings always at hand by having a little window garden ia her kitchen, and she needs nothing more elaborate than old cans and boxes to hold her plants, providing she pats a good deep layer of pebbles in the bottom to provide some sort; of drainage. Here she can grow parsley ; chives-which are finer in flavor than onions; tapragon-which is a deli cious flavoring for vinegar for salads, thyme, sorrel, mint and whatever fine herbs lind most favor in her boase* bold.-American Farmer. t? ??uuT comfortable bath room. A cork or rubber mat should be kept ia every bath room. Woolen mats are useless ; they absorb the moisture and beco-ue unhygienic, A place should bo found on the wall for a mirror-'-a plain one with a black frame will ac'swer the parp?se admirably; tho lon/er it is the better, and it should be - placed where there in a good light. T\.?o wiro trays should also be fastened tr? the wall beside the bath, and low enough to ba within easy roach of the personS using it. These are to hold tho sponge sad dannel and soap when not in use during the bath. Also shelves should be made and placed upon the wails of every bath room; these may be of plain deal, enameled any color that is liked. Upon them may be placed cold cream, shaving soap, a bottle ol'am monia, pnmice stone and all the little accessorios used in the toilet. P.enty ot soap should always be providoci and towels in abundance, and with all thete little comforts tho daily bath will be indeed an unmixed pleasure. London Morning. WINTEB COOKEBV. Delioioue Sweet Potato Croquettes Take oold boiled sweet potatoes, put through a fruit press or sieve, form into cakes, dip in egg and roll in cracker crumbs ; fry in deep fat. Aunt Lydia's Giogerbroad-Add to one well beaten egg one cap of molas ses, one cap of Hour, one teaspoonful each of salt, ginger and eoda, and one half cap of boiling water. Bake in a shallow pan. Apple Cream-Core largo tart ap ples, fill holes with sugar and bake. Into a pint of boiling milk stir half a cup of sugar and the beaten yelk of one egg ; when cold, flavor with va nilla and pour over apples. Steamed Graham Bread-One cup Indian meal, one graham flour, one soar milk, oae warm water and one half oap of molasses; add one tea spoon soda and salt to taste. Steam three hours and then dry io oven. For Chocolate Pie-Scald ono and one-half pints milk, add one-half cup of sugar, one white and t?vo yelks of eggs, and tablespoon corn starch, two dessert spoons of floor, one tablespoon grated chocolate. Flavor with vanilla. An Original and Improved Way to Cook Squash-Cat a hubbard squash into pieces of a size suitable to serve one person and place ia kettle, skia side up. Pour over it a cup of brown sugar and enough water to partly cov er. Cook slowly until the water is ab sorbed. Boast Grouse-Take a brace of care fully picked and deaned grouse. Tie a piece of raw fat bacon over their breasts and then wrap them ap ia a piece of battered paper. Ronst them ia front of a brisk fire for about half au hour. For the last ten minutes remove the bacon and paper. Kee), them frequently basted with a little butter all the time. Toast two neat slices of bread, place them on a wide gridiron under the bird* for tho last ten minutes to catch the dripping gravy. Lay these on a hot dish with the birds on them. Put heaps cf fried crumbs around the dish. Sene with ;ravj and bread sauce. Statisticians agree that tho popula tion of the world averages 103 women to every man.