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THE UNCONQUERABLE SOUL. ]
By 'William Ernest Henloy.
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1 Black as the pit from pole to pole, >
I Uiank whatever gods may be
? ! For my unconquerable soul
In the fell clutch of circumstance
! I hive not winced'or cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance I
! My head is bloody but unbowed.
JSevond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the 6hade.
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the
r scroll;
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
jJ\N0JHER *
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Jgj9BBieK*ETTY RAWLINS had a t
w Sr* PI** bank account, and a huge j
R * one at that. Bat Betty had f
*1; a S1'eater fortune lu her b
/ IK&MCICfc* face, for she was as pretty s
' as a spring beauty, and though she
,was perverse and pouty when she c
panted to be she was ordinarily as s
iweet as a violet. j
Betty lived in the summer time at 0
(Lowland Glen, not many miles re- j
moved from Fort Sherman, a big gar- f
rison with enough young officers on e
fluty to fill the ranks of a company had t
they been forced to drop the sword g
f and shoulder the Krag-Jorgensen.
Betty loved the military ? what girl j
'doesn't??and if the truth be told Bet- i
ty's heart was set on marrying into the <j
Soldiery, but she had made up her mind y
Becretly that she couldn't think of look- q
ing at anything less than a colonel, and s
iwhen she thought of it she sighed, for a
jthe colonels in Uncle Sam's regulars n
."were all so dreadfully old, and Betty i
rwas only nineteen, mind you. b
There was young Roy Lanyard sta
ttioned at .tort snermaa. rie was e
mighty good looking, Betty admitted r<
r this to herself, and it wouldn't be a bit a
hard to love him. but Roy was only a ti
icaptain, and nothing but a colonel ri
;would do. Captain Lanyard, to get h
Unto the middle of things at once, was c
SJust as desperately in love with Betty 0
as a young soldier just old enough to 0
know his own mind can be. He didn't g
cure a rap about Betty's bank account:
In fact, he nover gave it a thought. It t
rwns just pretty Betty herself that he c
[wanted, but he didu't dare say so. a
: Now Betty had another failing, not n
uncommon among American girls not t
old enough to thoroughly understand t
that Yankee husbands are the best in y
the world, and that was a firm belief
that the ideal condition in married life
would be that which would come from tl
a nusoana wno was a comuiuauun ui i.
Englishman and English army officer, v
"The colonels are younger over there." ^
Baid Betty to herself, "and they are all b
of aristocratic family, and, oh, -well, a
r (Englishmen are just too lovely for
anything." I
The summer colony at Lowland Glen
,"Was unsually large that season. There
. were bunches of swell doings, as the
Blangy Yale cousin of Betty would* put A
it. The army officers from Fort Sher- o
man were much in evidence, and one 'I
young captain In particular was very s
much in evidence in the vicinity of s
^ Miss Betty Rawlins. Betty saw the
evidence clearly, and how she did wish "
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HUUl lilt; ncoiuviii nuuiu uiut ovun.
tew hundreds of superior officers so t!
4bat Roy Lanyard could tack the ab- u
forevlation "Col." to the front part of s<
his name. , t
One day there "was excitement at l<
(Lpwland Glen. Mrs. Calumet had in- s
ivlted two Englishmen, one of them an
iarmy officer, to spend the month with g
them at their summer home. The news "
reached Betty the morning after the t
arriva? of the Calumet's two guests, c
JTwenty young women had told her t
about It. Let the girls alone for e
^ ^ spreading news of this kind. "And li
! ^ Betty," said one of her informants, f
4'o.ne cf the Englishmen is a colonel in v
His Majesty's service, and young and t
good looking at that." a
Betty's heart gave a thump. "At e
last." she murmured to herself. a
& The next afternoon Betty met the t
| Englishman at the Dexter Country t
ft Club. Her heart fluttered a little as E
tithe younger of the two men?the other fc
!Was old and out of the running?was e
Introduced to her. Colonel Reginald
Boutheote was his name. It fairly
rang of aristocracy and militarism.
(Betty knew that he was a simon-pure v
Englishman all right enough because c
of his name, his accent and his clothes t
?which didn't fit. I
For the next week Colonel Reginald t
Bouthcote was Betty Rawlin's shadow, j
Captain Roy Lanyard looked on and t
.was miserable.- Betty gave hi'm two *
dances and about three words during d
the entire week. t
"No show for one of Uncle Sam's I
poor artillerymen when there's one of (
King Edward's men with a drawl and 1
a monocle about." sighed poor Captain c
(Rnv. 4
Colonel Reginald Southeote was not ^
long in finding out that Betty Rawlins 1
2<ad a pot of money and that she (
adored the military. Betty asked him 1
one day what his regimeut was. and i
he replied promptly: "I am the colonel i
Ot the Royal Yoriekshire Regiment," 1
he said. x j
Betty had heard tales about English- ]
men pretending to be what they were ]
not, but the colonel looked honest 1
enough, and the girl was half ashamed ;
of herself when she went to a library 1
In the city and took down a British ]
military gazette from the shelf and ;
^ looked for Royal Yoriekshire Regiment. I
She found it all right, and the name of
Heginald Southeote set down as the
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ItVlVUVJ IMV4V-V*.
j ' From that time Betty was very eor- ]
I dial to the colonel. She turned the con- i
f .versation occasionally on the Boer war, 1
( expecting to hear some deeds of daring 1
modestly told, but the colonel "was ]
Strangely silent on the subject of field
service, and Betty put it down to a
;brave man's reticence when it came to
speaking of h's own acts on the field 1
Of battle. Becty might not have liked
it had she known that when she was
Jookinsr ud the colonel's regiment he
tvas making inquiries in certain financial
circles about the extent of hot
bank account. The report seemed to
please him. and he proceeded to make
hay while the sun shone, and it was a
particularly cloudiess month at Lowand
Glen.
Betty knew with a girl's Intuition
that an offer was not far away. She
felt a pang. however, every time she
saw Captain Lanyard and saw how
niserably he looked, though he tried to
[>ut a brave face on the matter. If the
:ruth be told, Betty cried a little in the
privacy of her room when she looked
it the glorious old flag floating in the
sunshine at the flagstaff peak in the
'ort beyond, and sighed and sighed
igain.
One day Lawyer Coke, who looked
ifter Betty Rawlins' estate, heard
Tom a close friend that a certain Englshman
had been inquiring about Bety's
financial standing. "Fortune hunt>r,
if not a fraud." said old Coke to
ilmself, and then, as luck would have
i tn nir-k- ud a cony of
I, lit? uappcugu bv I ? ^ _
he Broad Arrow, the journal of the
inited services of Great Britain. Law*er
Coke looked at it. His eyes fell on
i paragraph and he chuckled. He
olded the paper up. put it in his pockt
and took the first train for Lowland
Jlen. He marked the paragraph in
he paper, and put it where he knew
Jetty would be sure to pick it up, and
rom the nature of the publication he
new she would be sure to read it from
tart to finish.
Betty Rawlins felt that the hour was
oming when she would have to anwer
a question put to her by Colonel
teginald Southcote. She was thinking
f this when she picked up the Broad
otow. She knew what the paper was,
or she had heard of it. She read it
agerly. The date of the paper was
hree months back. The marked pj/ra"
4.V. 7a
raph caught tier eye. one icau iu?.
"General Powell-Baden inspected the
toyal Yorlckshire Regiment last
Thursday. Jt was the first training
ay of this mil'tla organization for a
ear. The men were in poor trim, and
lolonel Reginald Southeote. who has
een no foreign service and very little
t home, had hard work to give comlands
and to sit his horse properly,
'lie regiment will need overhauling to
ring it up to even militia standards."
The paper dropped from Betty's fingrs.
"Militiaman; never saw a day's
eal service; couldn't sit on his horse,"
nd tfcen Betty gasped. Her thoughts
arned to another paragraph that she
sad in an American journal. It told
ow one Captain Roy Lanyard had reeived
the Congressional medal of i?onr
for personal gallantry in the saving
f the life of a comrade under fierce
re in the Philippine Islands.
Betty knew that night at the ball at
he hotel that Colonel Reginald Southote
was seeking her out, but she
voided him. Captain Roy Lanyard
let her and she smiled on him, and
here was a look in her eyes that made
he young soldier's heart leap. "Won't
ou go for a walk with meV" he said.
"Yes," she answered softly.
As they passed down the hotel steps
lie moonlight fell full upon them, and
.awyer Coke, who was standing on the
eranda, smiled, and, being a bit o? a
,-ag, he turned to a friend who had
een watching the course of events for
month past and said:
"Alas, poor Yorickshire!" ? Edward
5. Clark, in Chicago Record-Herald.
At the Gun Counter.
A seedy looking customer, with an
.rkansas mustache, a Wild West beard
f three days' growth and an Indian
'erritory look in his eye, was buying a
ix-siiooter in an up-town firearm
tore.
"This one is $4.75," said the clerk,
and it's a good gun for the money."
"Can't you come down a little on
~ VviiT~nr> l/\rvlHn<r lin
Li at; quaicu iuc wuju,
nder his shaggy eyebrows and rusty
jmbrero. Being answered in the negaive,
he paid the price, thrust the gun
Dosely into his trousers pocket, got a
upply of cartridges and went out.
"I don't care what he does with that
:un," carelessly remarked the clerk,
but I know very well he has no inention
of suicide. He wouldn't have
ared anything about the price, if he
iad. He says he boards on the BSwry;
place is tough looking, but the best
ie can afford, arid lie wants the gun to
>rotect himself. I'm quite sure, anyray,
there's no idea of suicide running
hrough his head. Folks of that sort
(??sv to niok out. Thev have an
ager, excited manner that gives them
way. and they are mostly women,
oo. I refused to sell a gun to one only
he other day. Oh, there's not so very
oany of them, but it's dead easy to
;now them when one has had a little
xperienee."?New York Press.
Inroad* of the Sea.
The facts of the inroads of the sea
ipon the British Isles, which are reited
in Revue Scientifique, are of inerest
to all coast-dwellers. Between
libble and Dee the walls of a castle
hat only fifty years ago stood 800
ards from the sea are now washed
>y the waves. Near Land's End a
vhole region of 227 square miles has
lisappeared with moi;e than a hundred
owns and villages. Since the time of
Sdward I. the area of the Dutchy of
Cornwall has been reduced by GOO,OOO
leetars. At Selsea, Sussex, ships now
?ast anchor along a line that is called
'the park." History tells us that here
vhere deep water now is, there was
formerly a park for deer. At Bexhill>n-Sea
a submersed forest is visible at
ow tide. In Suffolk and Yorkshire
nany towns have been overwhelmed
n comparatively recent times. Pour
nmdred houses were carried away in
i single year at Dunwich. In 133D
Henry IV. disembarked at the port of
Ravensburgh, but since 153S Itavens[)urgh
is no more. The thirty-three
rears from 1S07 to 11)00 were marked
l)y the reduction of the area of Greal
Britain from 50,004,200 to r)0.7S'2.0oc
ktcs. In a third of a century the loss
lias been 1S2.207 acres.
Moderation in Exercise.
Exercise which is well within tbf
powers of the body is salutary for al
and probably necessary for some, bui
exercise by which these powers an
overstrained is too often not only th(
precursor but quite unmistakably th<
cause of serious illness or of bodily oi
mental failure. "Why," inquired Sal
adin "should thp wpnk disnlnv his In
Ceriority in the presence of the strong?'
The question is as pertinent in our daj
as it was in that on which it waf
uttered.?London Hospital.
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SCENES IN KISY
WHERE THI
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mn AIMR E print some illustrations
Wlr in connection with one of
W| the most revolting massaI
cres in history and the
(mr m?re revolting because it
was the direct result of
seventeenth century superstition and
i racial hatred ? the Ivlshineff massacre
in Russia, which occurred on Easter
Sunday. While the Jews were celebrating
with their old-time fervor the
; rites of the Passover, the Russians
I rose en masse, and with one concerted
riot of fire and blood and death, slew
; the Jews right and left, pilfered their
belongings, sacked their homes and
scattered their hard earned wealth.
! To make matters worse the local offi
A STREET IX KISHIXEFF'S JEW]
SACRE OF
The houses were battered as if by a b(
was broken and thrown out into the street.
| about; these are from pillows and mattress
I rioters in their search for money.
cials made but a perfunctory effort to
punish the murderers.
Much uneasiness was felt among
the Jews previous to the massacre, as
6undry threats had been made and the
anti-Semite papers maintained an em
inous auuuue.
On Saturday night, the night preceding
the outbreak, speciai guards were
1 placed at the turnpike at various enI
trances to the city, with orders not to
admit groups of men. The guardsmen
j later gave as an excuse that they lidj
mitted single peasants and that the
J night was so dark that they could not
j see if several came together. Between
j four and five o'clock in the eveniug
j the mob began to assemble on Cliup!
linski Place. They made a halt in front
I of the Cafe Moskva and there inaile
their plans and separated into various
| groups. The attack began simultaneI
ously in twenty-four different places,
i Intelligent Russians stood at the en
j jewish merchants in a typical busi |ness
street.
! trances to their own liomes smiling at
. | the rioters. One engineer stood at his
j own door calmly indicating to the at'
tacking parties which belonged to a
! Jew and which to a Christian. He ac
! cepted a cigarette from a shop wliid)
was pillaged, remarking that a cigarette
robbed from a Jew must taste
particularly well.
Tbe Russians at first only destroyed
things, and left the robbing to be done
by others. But soon all were helping
themselves to everything that came in
their hands. Well-to-do and learned
people took valuable papers and articles,
carrying home heavy burdens
of plunder. "It would have been lost
anyway," they later explained. "So
why should we not have the benefit
of enjoying what we saved from destruction?"
Two students were among
the rioters and many more nmong the
plunderers. Few murders were committed
on the first day. The most Uor
STREET SCENE IN
rifying brutalities were perpetrated ou
7 the second day. Some houses were
J visited four and five times. Laborers
killed their employers. In one place a
IINEFF, RUSSIA,
i MASSACRE \mTmm
S OCCURRED.
young gymuasist (high school boy),
heroically defended his beautiful
mother, whom his father's workingmen
wanted to assault. He saved her
honor, but the brutes pierced both of
her eyes and the young hero was
killed on the spot.
What impresses the Jewish press
most in connection with the Kishineff
atrocities is the fact that the nation
responsible for permitting what The
Jewish Chronicle (London) terms "a
murderous bout of maddened savages,"
prides itself upon its orthodox Christianity.;
The attempt of the Russian Government
to conceal the truth from the
world "is an example of moral turpi.
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imbardment of artillery, and furniture
The photograph shows feathers scattered
jes of the looted houses, torn open by the
tuile that excels. If possible, the cruelty
of the murderous assault itself," thinks
The Jewish Americau (Detroit). The
Russian Minister of the Interior has
been guilty of "an attempt to foist
upon the defenseless Jews the blame
for the horrible outrage perpetrated
against them:"
"it tiie Historian or nie murai ljhiiosopher
seeks for an illustration of thi
depths of cruelty "and utter shamelessness
to which religious bigotry can
CHILDREN OF THE GHETTO.
lead a people, he will find it in the
j attitude of. indifference assumed by
j Russia toward the atrocious antisemitic
outbreak that occurred the day
I following Easter at Kishineff, Bess!
arabia. The fact that hundreds of
! Jews were killed outright, or brutally
j injured, that tlnir homes wore looted
j and burned down over their heads,
I scarcely perturbed the placidity of the
Russian police officials. But now comec:
the official report ou the whole oc
currence. by the Minister of the Tn
A. CORNER IN THE JEWISH SLUMS.
terior, which shows ou the one hand
the miserable depths to which Russian
bigotry has sunk the empire, and on
the other the absolute consciencelessuess
of those in power. Attributing
as he must the animus for the attack
to the century-old lie that the Jew?
A l'OOK QUARTER.
commit 'ritual murder,' he wishes t(
{ make the world believe that the actun
i outbreak was caused by the mistreat
raent of a Christian woman by a Jew
And the remarkable part of tbe matter
is that many enlightened Christians
outside of Russia seem ready to accept
this version of the outrage without
questions or comment."
Caaae of Flat Wheels.
"Flat wheel." grov/led the old railroad
brakeraan, as the trolley car in
which he sat went thumping along at
twelve miles an hour, shaking the passengers
uncomfortably at every revoItit-inn
nf t-lio wlioola
"What makes flat wheels?" asked
the man sitting next the old bra"keman.
"Blame fools." said the brakeman.
"It's this way: If a man doesn't know
how to stop his car he makes a flat
wheel. On the steam roads some
brakemen flatten a wheel every time
they put on the brakes. When the
wheel suddenly stops revolving and the
momentum of the train carries it on,
the wheel slides along the track and a
flat Is started. Next stop, perhaps,
makes it worse, and so the thing goes
antil the wheel is no good. If a brakeman
knows his business he need never
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step suddenly to avoid an aceident. If
be keeps his wheels turning slowly
they don't flatten. Now these fellows
on the trolleys take no care at all. and
every other car in some places has a
flat wheel."?New York Times.
Good Point* of a Hoaw-Hnat.
Having passed four delightful summers
in a house-boat, our family is
still more enthusiastic than ever. For
several seasons it has been impossible
for us to take a vacation of a month
or two away from business, and consequently
we have been compelled to
have the Wali-ta-Wah anchored in
some convenient locality, where I could
get to busiuess every day.
There is no chance for bad drainage
on a house-boat. No matter how hot
it is on shore, yon can find a cool
spot on the water. One has the pleasures
of boating, bathing and fishing,
combined with perfect quiet, safety,
Ttrirnrw nnil indpnendence.?Countrv
Life iii America.
How to Fool the Bird*.
The birds are sometimes the most
serious enemies of the sweet cherry
crop, and their Incursions may be prevented
by the frequent use of blank
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HOW THE TREES
cartridges, which frighten them away.
In a commercial plantation the main
crop may .sometimes be protected by
planting a few trees of very early
sweet cherries throughout the orchard,
which seem to satisfy the voracious
appetites of the birds.?Country Life in
America. I
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A ? to Shingles.
Few persons have any idea of the exteut
of the shingle industry. There are
eight States which turn out an enormous
product each year. Last year's !
' figures were: Alabama, 207,273.000;
Arkansas. 349,542,000; California, 050,090.000;
Louisiana, 504,819,000; Maine,
405,802.000; Michigan, 1,920.110.000;
Minnesota, 498.800,000; Pennsylvania.
309.858,000; Washington, 4,337,992,000
and Wisconsin, 994,427,000.
Look* Like a Big; Drum,
Salvation Army workers in St. Louis,
says the Post-Dispatch of that city, expect
shortly to- receive for use in their
street meetings a phonographic novelty
invented by a member of the army
at Springfield, Mass. This is an. object
resembling, a big bass drum,
j salvation arsiy phonograph.
mounted on a carriage with pneumatictired
wheels. In the interior of the
drum is an improved phonograph,
which renders sacred songs, exhortations.
prayers and other services at
the will of the operator, who has simply
to put in and take out the different
record disks.
This machine lias been approved by |
Commander Booth-Tucker.
H^B36S|^n0t
Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania
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IS Gins Ml UNCLE SA1
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG TREES GIVEN
AWAY BY THE GOVERNMENT,
r?w?v?n?n?n?n?? 11 n?a?i1 * i
1 " ' ' " 11 " ? 1 i ft H It I
The Department of Agriculture Is
busily engaged in giving away trees,
distributing young seedlings broadcast
all over the country.
According to the New York Herald,
especial attention Is being paid to ant
trees, with a view to encouraging the
GRAFTING.
cultivation of improved varieties of
the pecan, the Persian walnut, certain
other kinds of valuable walnuts from
Japan and the hazel nut. As for the
last-named nut (otherwise known as
the filbert), which does not seem to be
fully appreciated in this country,
though greatly prized in Europe, no
grafted seedlings are yet ready for distribution,
though they are being propagated.
Uncle Sam employs the services of
half a dozen "agricultural explorers,"
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ARE SENT OUT.
as they are called, whose business It
is to ransack every corner of the world
for whatever seems desirable in the |
way of new or valuable plants. The
same man who secured the Jordan
almond, notwithstanding the obstacles
thrown his way by Spanish growers,
sent over, not long ago, "bud wood" o!'
some wonderful Persian walnut, which
are six times the size of ordinary ones
and deliciously flavored. The wood
has been used for grafts on common
walnut seedlings, and already some
thousands of the grafted trees are on
hand.
The LsKt Maori King;.
The acceptance of a seat in the legislative
council of New Zealand by Mahnfn
tlio nominal "\Tnnri Kinsr." mnrks i
jhe end of an interesting dynasty. It
is true that Mahuta never exercised
any real authority over his Maori countrymen.
His sovereignty -was of a
shadowy character, but at the same
time he never made any formal submission.
His father, Tawhiao, the second
Maoria king, was repeatedly offered
a seat in the upper house, but always
declined. Tawhiao's father, Potatau,
the founder of the dynasty, was
a famous fighting chief, and an intimate
friend of Sir John Gorst, whom
he saved from assassination on one occasion
by a timely warning. Tr.whiao
was the only one of the three to come
to England, and his tattooed Majesty
was the lion of a London season a
couple of decades ago. But he was |
very angry and indignant because he
was not afforded a personal interview
with the queen. He had to be content
with pouring his grievances into the
not particularly sympathetic ear of the
late Earl of Derby.?London Chronicle.
j Bloat Remarkable Money In the World.
I The most remarkable money in the
I world is used on the island of Yap. in
the Caroline group. Two pieces of it
are shown in the accompanying picture,*
each of them being a single coin.
| perforated through the middle. Coins
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vJl
of this kind are sometimes as mucli as
twelve feet in diameter, and vary iu
value according to their size.
They are circular slabs of limestone,
and form a most unwieldy medium or
exchange. A man who had extensive
business debts to meet would need n
whole fleet of canoes, or, perhaps, ten
youe or mi hocks aim a wagon, to imusport
his spccie. Generally speaking,
hpwever, this stone money is not
moved about to any great extent, the
great discs or wheels being kept outside
the house of the rich men.
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Household
^ patters
! Cleansing Oilcloths.
To freshen the oilcloth, WTlng a sort
cloth out of clear warm water, dip one
corner of It in kerosene, rub first witlfcthe
wet cloth, then with the oiled corner.
Use no* soap.?The Household
Ledger.
Sam* English Kltrhen Maxims. f
Not to wash plates and dishes soos.
after using makes work.
Spare neither soda nor . hot water
inwashing up greasy articles. t?
* Dirty saucepans filled with hot
water begin to cleanse themselves.
Wash a saucepan well, but clean a
frying pan with a piece of bread.
i Never put the handles of knives Into
hot water. '
Pour nothing but water down the . v^i
sink.
To P?U?arlM Milk. >
Any housewife can "pasteurize'*
milk, making it sterile, it she cares to
go to a little trouble. Place a pan of
cold water on the stove and put the
vessel containing the milk Into thi?
pan. Just as soon as the water cornea
to a boil take it off. Add a pinch of
-baking soda to the hot milk, the pro- ,
portion being a little less, than- half - tl|l
a teaspoonful to the quart. If the
milk is sweet It will remain so for
twenty-four hours even in the hottest . |
weather if put in a stoppered bottle.
Physicians recommend this method of
treating milk for the use of babies In ,
summer.?Wot York Press.
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A Summer Playroom.
Wherever there is an available piece *
of ground^attached to a house, a temporary
room may be erected for hpt?
w?atherpiirposes. Fix into the.ground
four poles where the corners of the J|
room are to be; connect the tops by
pieces of scantling; the wa'.ls and roof
are made of India or Chinese matting;
Erect a pole in the centre of the room
extending two feet out of the top, ove*
which the matting is stretched, thus
giving to it a tent-like appearance;
The rough wood sides can be hidden
by cheap cotton draperies. The fnrnfc
ture of this summer house consists of
a tablp, a few lounging chairs and a
hammock. ' '
The occupant's taste and ingenuity
would dictate any further furnishing'
or decoration, but the simple room as
described Is a delightfully airy, comfortable
haven from the heat of stuffy
rooms and thick walls.?American*
Queen. - k
Whitening White Paint.
White paint is cool and clean and
fresh-looking and it is the most suitable
thing for summer cottage rooms, $
but it has its disadvantages. One of
them is that It must be constantly
looked after, as it shows up every ?
spot and speck. To clean paint that
has become dirty, procure a basin of
warm water, a saucerful of whitening,
and a flannel. Dip the flannel in the
water, squeeze it nearly dry, take up
| a5 iuuili wuiiciiiug as win auucic ivj
it. and apply to the painted surface.
Very gentle rubbing will remove any ?,
grease or dirt. Rinse over with clean
water, and dry with a soft chamois
leather. . Paint cleaned in this way
will look as well as the day it was
laid on. White stairs show up black In
the crevices In a most annoying manner
if not dusted very carefully. A little
whitening dipped on a rag and . _ . g
rubbed over, after all possible dust
has been got rid of, remedies this defect?New
York Commercial Advet*
tiser.
. . RECIPES .
Currant-and Raspberry Sherbet?Boil
a quart of water and a pint of sugar
twenty minutes. Add a teaspoonful of
gelatine, softened in cold water and
strain. When cold, add a cup and
a half of currant Juice and half a cop
of r<?d raspberry juice and freeze a*
usual.
Strawberry Cream?Mis half a cup
of sugar, a cup of strawberry pulp,
and a pint of double cream. Beat with
an egg-beater until solid to the
bottom of the bowl, or use a "whipchurn,"
and take off the froth as it
rises. Serve, thoroughly chilled, in
glasses or in meringue shells.
Rice and Cheese?Rice may be
cooked with cheese making a dish
equal to macaroni. Boil and drain
the rice and place it In a buttered baking
dish in alternative layers with
grated cheese. Sprinkle the top
thickly with bread crumbs, dot the
butter, moisten with milk and bake in
a quick oven.'
Mustard Cream Dressing?Stir together
one cupful of milk, yolks of
three eggs, one tablespoonful of mustard,
one tablespoonful of sugar, two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter and
two level tablespoonfuls of cornstarch;
add to this one cupful of hot vinegar;
cook in a double boiler untif it thickens;
if too thick when cold add coldh
milk or cream.
Vegetarian Cutlets?Prepare mashed
potatoes as for the table; grate a med- *
ium-sized .onion, and fry it brown in
just enough butter to brown. Mis
with the potatoes. Fo^ six potatoes
takes a dozen tiny new carrots and
five very small white turnips, boil separately
in salted water, chop line;
add ^o the potatoes with a few finely
shredded boiled string beans, a little
parsley and salt and pepper to taste.
Form into flat, oblong shapes, dip ir
beaten egg and bread crumbs and fry
in deep hot fat. Serve with brown or
tomato sauce.
Asparagus With Black Butter?
Wash the asparagus thoroughly. Cut
the stalks to uniform length, leaving
a little of the tough portion by which
the stalks may be handled. Scrape
the scales from the lower part of the
stalk or pare off the skin. Tie in small
bundles very compactly and cook
in boiling salted water until tender,
but not too sort, irom ntteeu to tnirtj
minutes. Remove with a skimmer and
drain. Then'dispose on a hot dish,
one with a perforated rack of some
sort being preferred. Serve at the
same time little dishes of "black bub
ter." into which the stalks may be
dipped while eating.
One factory lias marketed 60,000 electrical
fiatirons tbis season.