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Tfie Vfide ^forld Qver. WAS recuperating w a New Mexican hacienda. At the death of bi father I had been left qoltt a com fortable little mp, and I luiu mc once started o?t to mc the ssorld, being at last able to satisfy my era vine for travel to Its fall extent and having no parental ties to bold' me to any one particular spot of the World's circumference. ' But 1 bsd somewbat overdone the thing, not being possessed of a consti tution that would stsnd much of s ?train. 80 I bsd settled down st IiO? tVegas to tske things quietly for s (while, before going further. It was oh the evening of October 12. 180(f. that the news was circulated in the town that there had been an aw ful \vreok on the Santa Fe Just below tWatrous. A special was rapidly made | up of an engine and two coaches, aud the call made for volunteers to assist In any way that their services could be of value. I made one of the num ber tiiat promptly responded, and has tily clambering aboard, we started for the scene. I shall never forget that distressing sight, ns, reaching the spot, we leaped to the ground almost before the train bad slackened speed sufficiently to make it wife to human life and limb to ?light. There lay a tangled mass of ?wood and iron plied in heaps, from .which came moans and cries from the imprisoned passengers and crews. One of the forward coaches, together with the mail and express car, was in flames. While part of the impro vised wrecking crews gave their atten tion to helping the poor unfortunates In the passenger coaches, others of us started in to save what part of the mall and express car's valuable con tents still remained out of the reach of the tongues of the flames rapidly drawing nearer the end of the car farthest from the engine. I was one of those who started to work on this car. and lustily I began to pull out the sacks of mail and what merchandise could be reached through the tremen dous boat from the burning end of the csr. The last sack of mall was not Snatched away in time to prevent hair Its length being burned away entire. I had hold of the leather handles and gave a fearful tug. for the lirat was now unbearable. For a minute the bag feeld to some object that weighted it down, then gave suddenly, landing me backwards, while a shower of letters and small packages completely cov ered me. After we had done all we could to save the contents of the car. and taken the last man from the twisted coaches, we started back to I.as Vegas with our mangled, suffering human freight. It was after one o'clock wheu we ar rived, and had tenderly carried the suf ferers to the nearest point where they could receive mcdicnl and surgical at tention, and. being quite fatigued with my unusual exertion. I crawled into bed and slept soundly until thr sun bad arisen high In tlie heavens the next day. Being nearly dressed. I reached for my Vfst, when something fluttered to the floor. .Picking It up I was sur prised to find a half burned photo graph. Kvhleutly It had been caught In my clothing in some way when the mall bag scattered Its contents over me *as 1 lay upon the ground; and. when 1 arose to my fert. had slipped between my vest and shirt.- I said It was a half burned photograph, but that does not tell much. It was the photograph of a beautiful young lady, perhaps eighteen years of age. Beau tiful? The most beautirul, I think, I bad ever seen. I sat down In my half dressed state aud staYed at It for many long min utes. And before I bad finished star ing at that beautiful Image I had to confess to myself that I was helplessly In love with the pretty, rounded face, with its smiling eyes looking up so confidently into mine, that shapely, tempting mouth with Its saucy, curling lips, that wealth of tastily arranged hair thrown back over the high fore bead. Who was she? I cursed the flames that bad totally eaten away the part of the card that might have given some clue as to whom the photograph er had been, or In what place the pho touraph had been taken. If I could only know what town or city It would be enongh. I would go at once to the place and search every artist's estab lishment until I bad found some trace of my ideal. I p to this time I had bothered but little about women. But here was a dear little girl whose eyes looked up Into mine so smilingly, so confidingly, . *0 pleadingly,, that my heart ached to have them something more than im ages on paper, tc have those !|ps open and sprak to me. to have those dalntv little ears capable of listening while I poured my story of complete slavery Inlo them; ah, I was hopelessly In love, and I did not know with whom! Wltli a photograph! a photograph, tossed si my very feet, coming to me bv such a strange channel, to tease me. to agonize me. to craae me! And then the thought came to me that to every photograph there must necessarily be two sides. Perhaps the reverse side would tell me something a new hope! I held the photograph, and my lingers trembled and my heart beat furiously, fearing to turn It that I might be disappointed. At la?t my shaking fingers moved of their own volition. Writing! Feminine writing. In a neat, small band. And then my first love dream re ceived its rude shock of awakening?a mighty death blow. A sickening sen sation overcame me. I turned sick, and niy eyes blurred as | read the words tWhlch had evidently preceded a sig. nature, of which the flames had r?> ?ovcd all trace. 1 "Yours, the wide world over.** Mine? Perhaps by right of the pis Session of this bit of cardboard; but ffl heart, had I that? llad I ?vsa the ? < "... rl*ht to the bit at ?m((M msnI and enuMplsd by On dimrlii flames? MYoars**?aaother'sl I dropped the pkot?tnph to the floor and. start tfc>n> ay llttlo lore affair had lired, It* death hart no much, aad with tsafal eyss I sadly cased acraas the ^mthi plains lying be fore my window and felt for the first tiaee all the emptiness and barrenness of a loveless world. Tea years kavt pamd. I am no loageff ? wcltlMi scapegrace of a fel low. The passing years hare some what sobered me Into a recognition of the fact that the world requires more of a man than simply looking to bis own pleasures snd chasing sfter mir ages that but lead him a merry dance and lea re him worn out and dissp polnted at the first point his maturing mind shows him the uselessness and folly of his coarse. Howerer. much ? of the credit fot jny chsnge of nstnre should be girea to snother party, a sweet, charming little, womsn whom I met here at Ver sailles snd who bad quite captured my heart. And to-night, as we snt close to gether under the flowerlug tree*, with a fair moon casting pale shadows about us, I felt how happy I was In having won such a prize, for we wore soon to wed. There came a little lull In our con versation and my mind was Tunning back to my previous little love affair, the remembrance of which incident had never quite left me. Then I made a resolution. Turning to uy fair com panion, I said: "Vera, I must confess to a little de ception practiced upon you. Oh. don't start. It was quite harmless. You re member the other evening you *?.sked me If I had ever loved before? A woman's natural question, ami such a foolish one. And I answered, as most wicked men will, and as the question Justly deserves, perhaps, that I never had. I liav ? thought uport it since, and feel that truth is best, whatever be the consequences. I have loved be fore." Vera save her breath a little inward hiss and turned her flashing eyes upon nte in surprise, but said nothing. She apparently awaited my further conCcs sion. "Some ten years ago I came by the photograph of a young lady in a pe culiar way. It was such a dear little face that. I frankly confess now. I fell in love with It. Rut my love did not live long, for a few words on the re verse side of the card told me much. She loved another. I have carried this card with me until now. and to-night, after having confessed to you. I shall properly destroy it." I drew the card from my Inner pocket where I had carefully guarded it ever since the night I so strangely came by it. and not without some slight feeling of the old passion, placed my lingers in position to rend it asunder. Then Vera asked to see it. I promptly handed it to her.' She guve a cry of surprise, and turn. Ing to me, asked hastily? "Where did you get that?" "I found the photograph in a rail road wreck in New Mexico. The flames from the burning inaH car had re moved all trace of the name of the photographer, or I should have?eh that is. I " Or you should have gone In search of your Ideal. Am I not right?" "I?I?think so; but?but you see I had not met you then," I stammered in my confusion. "It seems we are old friends. You would have gone in search of your idea]! how long It has taken you to tliut her!' And, to my utter amaze ment, instead of being angry, as I had supposed, Vera burst into a hearty laugh. "Ah, but Vera, you know as the tirue t;?es on our ideal changes." "Oh," pettishly, "docs it? That Is too bad. I referred to the particular ideal of ten years ago. not only the one of to-day." Her words mystified me. She saw my wonderment, and again broke into a hearty laugh. "You foolish dunce! Yet how strange. Have the passing footprints of time stamped out all semblance and erased the beauty In the original, the substance, that you admired in tint shadow? That Is a photograph I had taken twelve years ago in San Fran cisco." At this revelation of the strange workings of destiny. I could only sit and stare like a man bereft of bis senses. Then I remembered the rude shock I had received upon turning thv card. Again torments began to rack my soul. ' back?" 1the wording on the "You foolish. Jealous boy! I h id mailed this very card to my mother, then in New York City, and that scrawl was only for her. I had often wondered why she failed to receive "And now. darling, you are mine truly, 'the wide world over'?" For answer she nestled closer to me ? Wuverley Magazine. Turklati Rnok?elleri, A writer who spent much of his enrlr life in Turkey observed that Turkish books and booksellers were among thv curious features of the country VTlie Turkish bookseller." he snld. "has a soul above trade. He rarely or never attempts to push bis wares, and treas* urcs some of his more valuable hook* so greatly that bo can hardly be ln? duced to sell them, although they form part of his stock In trade. Many of (lit* books displayed by the bookseller are In manuscript, which the old-fash ioiml Turks esteem more highly than print.'* The Koran he may not sell lie gives It away?In return for a pres. cut of Its value In money. Rnbbrr on th? Want*. With au ever Increasing use of rub? ber in manufacturing, it Is disappoint* lijg to have to record a gradual dimlntw 1 tlon in the supply. Sonic figures have barn published purporting to show the total production of rubber In different parts of tke world, and according to these the production In the two year* from 10<>0 to 100'J decreased by some tons?that Is to say. whereas tho total output In 1000 was 57.700 tons, that of UH>2 was only M.000 tons. This decrease Is certainly not a large one, i but It Is Importnnt ns showing the ten. dvuey of the rubber supuU' to diminish. New York City.?Nothing shown thla mmd is more charmlag than the iralitt of plain white net made rery full and lace trimmed. T Is one In* | :ludes a tlwji yoke of tucking, that is I I Inset with lace medal'ons, ami a j Uiirred bel t ha tiiat is both novel and i becoming aiul al!.nvs a choice of plbow >r long sieeves. The bertha with the Jeep yoke give the 18IU) effect so niucli witi;lit, ami with the frilled sleeves | nxl draped belt of soft silk, are chartQ ' '.tiuly suggestive of those old-tiino por I :raits froui which the season's tie j dgns ha e been obtained. All soft | materials that can be made full and ? dilrred wth success are appropriate | jiul wh^n liked the yok- can be made ! transparent by cutting the llulng away j beneath. The waist Is made with a fitt?Ml II11 ? lug on which the full front, backs. ; ?j>ke and bertha are arranged and is the new beery tend that looks llko wool and (wlf Ilka silk, and her atocka are taffeta, ptala and plalded. and tied with a daahlng white bow exactly un der the chin. Bar hats are trim, boy ish felts with hnga pom-pona and aoft silk acarfa. Tift* BpMUt. The epaulet effect Is much In evi dence ou many of the new blouaa waists, and the deep collar la also to be neen on them. Detached collara and yokes are much used, and add an effect of distinction to a dark blouse. Rod m f??or?Kj Col nr. Red is anions the fashionable colors. One must hare Ju*t the becoming shade, precisely enough of It and no more, and wear It only with accessor ies that harmonise. Stole*. A summery accessory is a lace stole having at the back a shawl point, the ends of which are adarued with either a large single rose or with little clus ters of colored flowers. PUaaC* Hutu. Hnnvn. red. violet and most of the mixed-color fabrics require black or self color hats. Tbe plumage hats nre extremely goou with black, dark blue or green cloths. . TheN?w Skirt*. The new skirts are to be of two lengths, either just touching all around or escaping the grouud l?y two Inches. Fancy YokM or Yoke Collar*. Xothii.g bo coiupl ?Iy tra-isforim a waist as the addition of a fancy yoke collar of lace o- other effective material. This season they are more than commonly fashionable and are used both as Integral parts of the waist and as separate garnitures. The A LATE DEJIQN BY MAT MflNTON. I closed invisibly p.t the buck. The sleeves consist of sma.i puffs and frills that are uiouut<d on plain foun dations which are lei't full length and faced to forui cuffs when long sleeves are decired. The quantity of n.at lal required for the medium size Is eight yards twenty-one inches wld?. six yards twenty-seven inches wlue, or four and one-quarter yards forty-four inches wide, with one yard of tucking, seven and one-half yards of applique and one-half yard of silk for belt to make is illustrated. Variety in Milk*. iVevor were silks more lovely or more varjed. There are a dozen new weaves, some of the richest showing links and figures of velvet ombre of 'lie color of the ground or n contrast 'ug shade. Many of the light colored ?liks are woven with velvet figures, j lowers and leaves of the natural | ?olors. Mar tele velvets resemble em- j ?jossed velvets, but have gone through i slightly different process, giving the j >utteru a vague shadowy effect. Olil-Fimhlonrd, Miitfrliilii, The very newest thing-even In [ ?arls--ls the old merino uwd when we vere children. It enmep in exquisite '.hades and Is excellent for draping, t falls lu more graceful folds than my other material and Is destined to 'outluue in popularity. OAnother pop ilar fabric this season Is pongee. Pure vlilto can be bought this summer, and ran be made Into a pretty gown for ?veiling or a simple dainty one for day vear. Or??cli*t ?? a l>rr?? Trimming. ? 'rochet U a serviceable feature In lie trimming of handsome gowns tills leason. It is done III cotton, silk, wool ind linen, and used with any and tvery material. It Is always stylish md distinctive, esfM'da./y If of the mine color as the gown It is on. It is ised for yokes over white satin, and s an applloiie on cloths of heavier Material. Tit* N*w Cotton Mlilrt WnUtn. I The dainty girl's shirt waists are ildin. uiorf- often than not of cotton. four Illustrated offer a generous rang* of choice and are adapted to all yok lug materials, the various all-overs and bunding held by fancy stitches. They also can bo used lu conjunction with u low bodice, so making it high and available for a> greater cumber of oc casions. Ah illustrated, number one is made of white silk banding embroidered witb French I'??ots and lace insertion held together by fagotting; number two Is shown lu tine renaissance Ince braid combined with open work braid; num ber three Is of all-over lace with me dalllons finishing the edge; and uumbci four is shown in black and white, or two toned, bias silk bands held by fagotting and lined with chiffon, the collar Including a turn-over of th? darker silk edged with the lighter. Knell yoke Is fitted by means of shoul der darts and is finished to Close in visibly at the back. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is for No. 1. four yards of dark braiding, three and three-quarter yards of light: for No. i!, nine yards of lace braid: for No. 3, three-quarter yards of all-ovei 'ace and for No. -I. four yards of dark baud. Ing. three and one-half yards o? light FAJK'Y VOKK9. ?ind one eighth yard of Milk for turn over, or three-qunrtor yard* eighteen inches wide for any one vbea a single materia) U uaeil. IN WOMAN'S REALM M ?th*r aad Taachir. Many mothers watch the departure ?f the children every morning for school with a algh of relief, and a feeling that for the greater part of the day their responsibility In regard to ! them baa been transferred to another. There will be 110 childish disputes to settle, no hurt ling*? to bind up. no faults to correct. But the mother'a Influence is not confined tq the home, and If she has the best Interests of the children at heart she can help the teacher In her effort)* to drill and train them for future usefulness. *?ys the Ladies' World. . The child should l>c tnuvlit to obey the teacher without question. In no other way cau a teacher maintain tbe order that Is necessary to produce good results from her work. Some times Johnnie comes home telling how aeverely he has been punished for a .alight offense. Remember, when sttch a story comes front the schoolroom, that you hear only one side of It. and that even adults are likely to pass over their own wrongdoings when they are telling the story to others. If you are sure that the teacher has made a mistake in correcting a child, it would be tbe worst thing you could d< to let him know that you think so. If something must be done, go to the teacher kindly and ask her about It. Nine times out of ten she will meet you courteously and give you all the Information you desire. We often fall to understand our own children. How then, can we expect th-? teacher, who never saw them before this school term, perhaps, and who has from thirty to fifty restless, mischiev ous little ones In her care, to always do the besl and wisest thing for each on* Kr?p Yoanir. If a man's age is. as we Tiave been told, merely a matter of liis own feel ings, It should stand us all In hand to feel as young as we ean. Dr. Madi. son J. Taylor. In a reeeutly published article, goes Into detail somewhat and ventures the opinion that men do not stoop beeause they are old. but that they are old beeause they stoop. In other words, a proper system of exer cise. which keeps the upper truncal muscles and the muscles of the neck In good order, will also have a benefic ial effect upou the hearing, sight, and cerebration. iS!'** Applying the same rule to the other half of the old saying, which main tains that woman is as old as she looks, we tiiul a great deal to be said in fa vor of Judicious exercise as a beauti fying ageney. If woman will properly care for her health of body and mind, she. too, may avoid growing old; at any rate, she may postpone indefinite ly the fears of old age. To the woman who has preserved an attractive sere nity of eye and featur by right thoughts and correct living, old age has no" terrors any way, for what is usually so denominated is really the crowning glory of life. The main thing fur us all to remem ber is that we may keep young in heart and mind, if we will, and that we owe it to ourselvcb to keep not only our muscles, l?ut also our opinions and sympathies both pliable and healthful to the very last. In this way we shall he counted young, even in the "sear and yellow leaf" because we have not allowed our hearts to 'mcome crusted with ago Wake Up Naturally /lon't Jump up the Hint tiling your ?yes nre upon. Remember that whib* you sleep the vital orkhiih nre nt rest. The vitality is lowered anil the circu lation is not ho strong. A sudden spring out of bed is a shock to these organs, especially to the heart, as It starts to pumping the blood suddenly. ?tates the Philadelphia Inquirer. Take your time i:i getting up. Yawn mid stretch. Wake up slowly. (Jive the vital organs a chance to resume their work gradually. Notice how a baby wakes up. It stretches Its arms and legs, rubs Its eyes and yawns and wakes up slowly. Watch a kitten wake up. First it stretches out one leg. then another, rubs Its face, rolls over and stretches the whole body. The birds do not wnke up and fly as soon ns their eyes are open: they shake out their wings and stretch their legs?waking up slowly. This Is the natural way to wake up. Don't Jump up suddenly. I>on't be In such a hurry. Hut stretch and yawn, and yawn and stretch. Stretch the arms and the legs, stretch the whole body. A good yawn and stretch is better even than a cold bath. It will get you thoroughly awake, and then you will enjoy the bath nil the more. Wake up like the baby. like the kit ten. Stretch every muscle in your body. Roll over and yawn and stretch and stretch and yawn, and you will get up feeling wide awake ami the heart and the lungs and tlic stomach will re sume their work without shock or Jar. and the bodily functions start off in u normal, healthful manner.. ItuMtrr xtoii Itranhrll. Rubber complexion brushes nre being more'and more highly prized by women who. want to be beautiful, both because they are sanitary, being so easily cleansed, and also because they supply a very agreeable friction. A rubber mitt recently Introduced makes It possible for womea to en Joy the benefits of massage, even if they cannot afford the services of a professional masseuse. The mitt tit* snugly over the tltiger*, and with its nid all the various manipulations may be performed with much greater ease than by the so'? nil of the fingers. Wrinkles uu the fyroboad and around the eyes may be subdued and finally removed by what is called punctuat ing, pressure and release, with the finger tips encased In the mitt, while circular friction upon the neck and shouders will fill out hollows sud beautify the skin. Rubber brushes may also W had fitted with adjustable straps, so thnt they can be firmly strapped in the palm of the hand. Al?vt?lnlaa Women*! Dr**(. **For downright gorgeousness there Is little that can surpass a family party of Abyssinian women bound from one village to another lu festival time, uotabiy about 'Easter, for the Ahysslniuns are Christians." writes Mr. Rroughton Rra mien berg, describ ing the life of the womeu of Egypt In an article In Pearson's. "A brilliant, bangle-adorned .head dress is bound over the brow and drawn back to fall down the shoulders. The upper part of tin body is clad in a blouse of red and white literally covered with gold and silver orna ments. that are handed down from generation to generation. A short skirt In the same style comes below the knees, and the legs are encased in brilliant-colored strips wound tightly about like putters, often beaded and spangled. The feet, usually bare, are variously adorned with toe-rings, ankle bracelets and other ornaments." The CJIft of a Hoi Temper. One of the common complaints of parent against child is. "He has such a temper!" This is not meant to be a compliment and is not commonly re ceived as such. Rut isn't it? A child without a tem|H?r may be very sweet and satisfactory to its parents: but it can hardly he a child of any great force of character. Who ever saw or heard of a person with positive qualities, capable of being a strong influence, that did not have a high temper? A high temper gone be. yond control is an unruly servant and a hard master, but there are few more favorable abilities than the ability to get intclligintly angry for good and Just cause, says the Saturday Evening Post. Rut to be ill-natured?that's a vastly different matter. It proves that one has either a very small mind or a very I poor digestion?usually botb. NnrMng unit Matrimony. it appears from the report of tho Hoynl National Pension Fund for Nurses, says the London Graphic, that this way lies matrimony, and that, though nurses may not marry as early in life as some of their sisters, suitors are forthi-oniing in due course for most of them. This Is a right and proper state of things. No doubt their becoming uniforms are lesa effective than their solid qualities in captivat ing the male imagination; but that does not matter. The standard of solid qualities at the hospitals is high; ijnd a pretty nurse is. ceteris paribus, likely to make a better wife and mother than the pretty idler who en traps mankind by what the rude Auiui> leans call "parlor tricks." Inserted hands and motifs ore still ttie vogue for garniture. Even the simplest costumes this sen son show au elaboration of detail once considered consistent for only the dressiest occasions. Mitten cuffs formed of lace insertion and joined to large, puffed upper sleeves, around which run little frills or ruches edged witli lace are seen on other models. Inset laee is more difficult to manage than laee edgings or frilling*, and when inserted iu intricate designs such trimming requires much skill and patience. The summer models often show a prodigality of this Inset lace work, and the effect is charming If the work is well done. The up-to-date blouse is very full. but. drawn in by rows of corded shirring in the shape of a corselet or high gir dle. the lines being highest at the back and sloping down toward the front. The lowest cord comes Just at the waist line and an inch of the plain stuff is left below. Home skillful home dressmakers are producing some very pretty yoke ef fects by means of the pretty embroid ered handkerchiefs. The centre is cut out and a collar of embroidery titled to It, while one point is placed at the front, one on each shoulder, and one at ,the back, that at the back being cut open and faced for boaks and eyes. Linen collars are very much worn with tailor gowns. The most fashion, able of them are of the turnover styles to be worn with ribbons. Hemstitch ing. embroidered dots. i.nd even bor ders of hand embroidery are seen on stiff linen nowadays. (Mice or twice going to the laundry initially finishes them, so they must be regarded a., ex travagant. Few colored border# are worn at present. OruMotnM Violin, A violin owned by a resident of North Ix.mlon consists of the greater part of ! a human skull, over which I: stretched a piece of sheepskin acting as the ?ound board. The finger board i* [ formed of a human thigh bone, while I the pegr. were oin e the small lames of | the baud of a South African native. Cook asparagus In boiling mIM wit? until tender; drain and cool; when cool cut off all the tender part* In half-Inch pieces, place them on let* tuce leaves and serve cold. TlMlgratt* 8aat?. Three tablespoon fuls of otl, on* tabiespoonful of vinegar, one tea* spoonrul each of grated onion, chopped parsley and capers, one saltspoonful each of salt aud pepper, mix well and pour over asparagus salad. Trip* m la Creole. sxit two tablespoonfuls of 'outter lir a saucepan; add to tt ten peppereones* two cloves, blade of nuice aud on? small onion clioppcd tine; cook slowly until tbe onion Is a light-brown, then, add two tablespoonfuls of tlour. and let that brown; add one and one* quarter cupfuls of stewed tomatoes and stir until smooth; strain and re turn to the tire; season to taste with salt and pepper; add half a pound of well boiled tripe cut lr. strips: eover the pan aud let simmer tweuty minutes. Koufll?? of frarhm. /tomovc the kernels from half ? dozen ripe peachcs and press through a sieve; put what you have thus ob tained in a dish, adding one pound powdered sugar and whites of two eggs; beat for five minutes with egg beater; then take whites of five eggs and beat to a stiff froth; mix ail to* getlior well; put on a dish and put In a hot oven for five or six minutes be fore serving; sprinkle powdered sugar on top; plums, bananas, apricots aud other soft fruits can be served in ths same way; apple or other fruits to be cooked and then pressed through a sieve ' d then treated like peaches Chicken Pie. Clean and cut up your ehlekenf eover with boiling water and stevf. until tender; remove from the bone* and lay In bottom of dish; sprinkle with salt and pepper; set the dish where the chicken will keep warm. Now for crust and broth. Broth Four cups of water the chicken wa> stowed in. one cup milk; thicken with a tablespoonful of butter and two ot flour blended together: when tliicV and very hot pour over chicken, re serving bone for gravy boat. Crust ?Two cups flour, two tablespoonful* baking powder sifted together three times'; rub hi one tablespoonful butter and wet with cup" of iulik to which one beaten egg has been added and ? little" salt; co7oT~top" of baking dish with butter and bake In hot oven fifteen minutes. This is simple but very nice. . ' Pot Itonxt of Procure six pounds of the round of hoof. season with popper and salt and dredge thoroughly with tlour; melt one tablespoonful butter uiul one tnblespooiifui beef dripping In A Hat bottomed iron kettle: add one medium sized onion sliced nnd fry to a golden brown; skim out the onion, put in the meat and brown on all aides, adding more butter when necessary; when done add sufficient boiling water to half cover the meat; then add one small carrot and one small turnip finely sliced, half a cup shaved celery, the browned onions, three whole cloves, three whole allspice, six peppercorns, one bay leaf, a grating of nutmeg and one tablespoonfid mushroom catsup; simmer slowly for six hours, turning the moat occasion ally, nnd nddinK more water if It bolls away too much; put the meat on a hot plntter, strain the Ihpior. skim off the fat. thicken with tlour ar serve in a separate dish. til NX'S FOR, THE ! Housekeeper, fJrass stains muy be removed wltli alcohol. ? ISrecn and white striped awning* arc moHt used for porches or windows. Basswood furniture, stained mauve, with silver handles and mountings, is among the novelties offered for dainty country house bedrooms. Natural colored linen, ndnrned with Mexican drawn work patterns, make* exceedingly effective summer cushion covers, and launders nicely. Where space and means will per mit. a pergola Is one of the most effective lawn additions, and Is in high favor with fashionable folk. For sweetbread cutlets prepare a* for croquettes, adding a grating of nutmeg to the seasoning. Form Into cutlets, crumb, egg and crumb again, fry in boiling fat and serve with sauce Bechamel. Kerosene will take Iron rust and fruit stains from almost every kind of goods without Injuring the fabric. Wash the soiled spots In kerosene a? you would In water before any water lias torn-bed them. A Rood housewife Is equally familiar with the flower garden and the tlonr barrel. She prefers n yard of shrnb hery to a yard of nut in; while her hus band Is n sower of grain, she Is a sewer of garments; while he keeps his hoes bright she keeps the hose of tho whole family In order. A Rood way to restore white silk articles that have become yellow In washing is to ?lip them In tepid soff water containing to each quart a tablespoonful of anrnonia water and a few drops of blueing. Wring them out. and If still yellow add a little more blueing to the water until they nrs fully restored. IJnng in the shade to ? dry partially and pi?** with a hot Iron between folds of coitou while damp. FANCY WAISTS.