Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I A SONNET TOR THE "CITY; Th U day into the fields my steps are led. 1 cannot heal me there! Row after row Thousands oi daisies radiantly blow; They have not. drought irom Heaven my daily bread But they are like a prayer too often said. I have forgot their meaning, and I go From the colt" rubric of their gold and snow. 'And the calm ritual, all uncomforted. Ijrant the faces! faces! remote and pale. TMat surge along the city streets; the flood ^Sf reckless ones haggard and spent and frail, 'Excited, hungry! Tn this other mood 'Tis not the words of the faith for which But to plunge in the fountain of its living blood. ?Anna Hemps.tea?.l Branch, in Atlantic Monthly. wool . "jjJATIVE" JUjy 1 IttlH. *iertriide, won't you lielp ]cf lsl| iutt peel these peaches? It's Ira I I I most train time and supper isn't any where near ready." W The voice came -with a la pleasantly suggestive clink of dishes ithrough the screen door to where Ger itrude Woodford stood under a large "I think the train is in," she anagi swered. entering the cool, pleasant SB liouse in answer to her mother's call. [S "For the land's sakes!" Mrs. WoodPi ford turned to her handmaid and gave an order with some asperity. Keeping summer boarders was really the one excitement of her dull life, eagerly looked forward to during the long winBE$ ter months when her daughter pursued ..<-lier musical career in the city and she ST / llved-alone on the rugged cape. if j "Small this year, aren't they?" she g| f said, watching-her daughter's pretty I 1 bent*head and referring to the fruit. I "Not more so than usual," the girl I laughed. I "Well, I don't care," Mrs. Woodford ? declared. "Mr. Garst says he never |S tasted sweeter peaches, and as to Mr. | Clifford " "Who's trifling with ray august appellation.'' called a gay voice as a young fellow swung himself on to the | piazza. ' Miss Woodford. I don't know (which I shall devour first, you or the peaches, I am so ravenous." "1 was just going to say that your iappetite is all right, anyhow," Mrs. iWoodford laughed. "Did your cousin come down with you':" she added. ' Yes, Uarst got as far as the hammock and'collapsed." "Go and cail'liitn, uertrucie. supper 1? ready," her mother said. The girl rose and wont through the hall. Inside the door she paused, looked with darkening eyes at .he man iwho lay at full length in the hammock. The slight clash of the screen as she .stepped outside caused him to turn. He sprang up at once aud came toward Ler, showing a strong, clean-shaven face end a figure singularly muscular, in spite of the fact that te walked with a slight limp, "It is heavenly he*o after even a day fin town," he said. "I have just been thinking that the most marvelous changes in our lives come when we least expect them. I wonder if you ^ know ,whi.t this summer has beei to me?" He was looking gravely into her eyes and the color mounted to her temples. "Stephen, the.-fish is getting cold," his cousin called,' impatiently, and Gertrude went Quickly into the house. In compliance with a previous promise to Jack Clifford she went with him after supper to see the sunset from a f hill near by. "When they were seated on a bowlder, watching the vast sweep of ocean and crimsoning sky, she ^turned suddenly to her companion. "Why is Mr. Garst lame?" she asked gently. "Well, I suppose it wont do any liflrm to tell you," Jack hesitated, "though we never speak of it when he is present. His leg way crushed in a railway accident, trying to save the girl to wr.om he was engaged." . "Did he save her?" ?-Yes." v "Then wliy were they not married?" "Oh, .she threw liim over for a man liis nj'ft rinil tho. frtflinc ndinnnt of ^.000,000." " Gertrude "Woodford drew her breath sharply. "She tried to stuff it down Stephen's throat that she was sacrificing herself to save her father from financial ruin, and I think he believed her," Jack ^ - .went on. "Then she attempted a plam tonic correspondence with him after K fier marriage, but he would have none P of it. All the same, 1 don't believe he r lias ever quite forgotten her. Anyway, lie could not do so now, even if he ;wouid." , "What do you mean?" " 'For she is come; she is here.' as Jean Ingelow says in 'The Letter L.'" "Here?" "Yes; at the Ocean View. I saw her on the piazza to-night as I came up from the train. Handsomer than ever, by Jove! Tali woman, with bronze hair." "Bronzed, you mean. I saw her arrive this morning," Gertrude said coldly. "The old man very considerately 'shuttled off this mortal foil' two years ago. leaving her complete mistress of liis millions," Jack rambled on. "My own opinion is that thiS alighting next door to where Stephen was staying, in the subdued attractiveness of second mourning, is the beginning of the end. You should have seen him start when ihe saw her ou the hotej piazza tonight." (.'ortrude rose quickly. '"How cold it is up here," she said, with a shiver. "Let us get back to the f house." \ A group frcm the summer hotels and * cottages was standing near Mbs. Wood4lw? mlw?. ium o iiviiov, nuiui uiu .^uuaui ? u*_ n , they descended. Gertrude would ha"0 ! passed on, hut Jack Clifford detained her. Unwilling as she was, she had to submit to an introduction to Mrs. Armitage, Stephen Garst's fovmer fiancee, i The latter turned to her at once with a scrutinizing look. The girl was too pretty not to be dangerous. "It is beautiful here in these late summer weeks," she drawled. "i think it beautiful at ail time?. The capc is my home," Gertrude answered quietly. "Indeed! Then you are n?native. I should hardly have though if." 'IL: \ X.j-.--. .i. ' *>, .!. A fain*- coIjv rose under the girl's skin at the superci+ious ione. "Mis? Woodford's forefathers settled here over 2CO years ago " Garst broke in quietly. "I believe her ancestors foi six generations back are buried^in the little cemetery at Plum Cove. Nol many us can go as far back as that.' Mrs. Armitdg" looked quickly from Garst to the girl beyond him. But Gertrude had left the group with her head : eld high. She wanted none of Garst's vindication of her f.'-mily. She had almost reached the house when he overtook her "One moment," he pleaded. "I want so much to speak ".o you to-night." "I am afraid I must ask you to excuse me." she said, icily. Had Garst known thai the cold, direct look which she sen1, into his eyes was really the outcome of burning jealousy, he would not have turned away with so heavy a heart. Jack Clifford had hard work to persuade her to accompany them on the yachting party arranged for the next morning. "You forget that l am a 'native.' The summer people might object,' she said, with a bitter little smile, and Garsl set his heel ;ntu the ground as he listened. When they reached the wharf Gertrude turned to Jack Clifford. "Old Captain Lufkin is sick and can't go. the boy tells me," she said quickly. "I think we had better give up the trip." ' Miss Woodford"?Jack looked at hei with mock reproach?"I am pained thai you should thus undervalue my yachtsmauship. Nothing but patriotic feeling prevented my offering my expert services to Sir Thomas for Shamrock III Step on board the Widgeon, ladies, and fear nothing." But fear entered Gertrude's heart more than once when'they had left the little harbor and she noted the darken ing horizon. Mrs. Armitage was sitting neai finrst- beautiful in her soft white flun^ nel yachting suit. After half an hour'i sailing Gertrude crossed to where Jact Clifford sat at the helm, thus bringing herself on Garst's other side. "Do put back," she whispered t( Clifford. "We are going to have s squall, and a bad one." After a critical glance at the skj Jack put tLc boat's head around. Bu even as he did so a cola blast, whicl was as the foreboding of coming ill shivered over them. Gertrude dre^ htm hronth hard. Slip alone knew wha the wind would be when it struci them. Suddenly, as if she had received i mortal blow, the Widgeon went'overover until her mainsail lay almost leve on the water. With a horrible hungry suggestive hiss the sea rose over th< combingsrfof the hatchway. Too terrified to scream the womei held their breath, cling for dear life tx whatever they could hold on by. Mrs Armitage flung herself on Garst'; shoulder. "Stephen! Save me!" But in that moment when deatl seemed upon them he was not evei aware of her presence. His arm wen around the girl at his side and drev her close, his lips brushing her cheek while her damp hair blew against hh face. Gertrude scarcely cared wheth er it was-life or death. Then she suddenly wrenched hersel! free and flung'her Weight upon the til ler, put it hard to port, for Jack's aiaa teur skill seemed to have desert?l him The Widgeon came round, shuddering into the wind, and lay like a frightenec thing with flapping sails while th< squall raced by. "I think we owe our lives to you Miss Woodford." One of the woinei from the Ocean Vie\^ approached Ger trude when they were safely landed 01 the wharf, but Garst drew J.er aside. "Sweetheart!" His voice vibrated as he bent over her. Mrs. Armitage turned to look aftei them, lifting au end of her bedragglec flannel skirt. "Well," slie said slowly, "for nerv< give me a native!"?M. Louise Cum mins in San Francisco ( all. Sign TVa? Not Needed, "The one thins most resented Americans," observed Senator Bever idge recently, "is the dictatorial arti 1 tmle which some men attempt to as sumo. Much of the bitinc satire whicl wc hear is ti.e result of luch arrogan presumption.^ "A congregation in eastern Illinois had decided to erect a rew churel edifice, and temporary accommodation; were obtained in an abandoned thea tie. 'The clergyman, with folded arms and pompons bearing, directed the ef forts of his sexton, who was busilj engaged in cleaning up the accumu la ted rubbish. Pieces of scenery wrecked stage furniture, programmes lithographs, and musty draperies wen thrust into the flames. ' 'Let nothing be wasted, William, warned the preacher, imperiously "Whatever may be utilized, lay it aside and I will dispose of it later.' "A few moments later the clergy man saw the sexton draw near the tin with a massive, easel-like arrange mont. " 'William,' he called, 'don't destroj that:'it may be of service.' " Hardly,' grunted the perspirinf sexton, as he tossed the affair into th< flames; 'it's an old sign, "Standing Room Only." ' "?Harper's Weekly. Five Million* For a Fence. The Government of New Soutl Wales has spent over ?4,000,000 for a! kinds of means to prevent the gl'owt! of the rabbit plague, and it l as nov been dociih'd to fence in tbe who!< country with an immense wire net. The expense for this wire net is es timated ot exceed $.">,000,000, and i is thought that the wire required foi this purpose can be imported lion abroad at the cost of about $150 pe mile, delivered at Sydney. The rabbit plague is increasing fron year to year, which is best shown b: the fact that such an etiM'iuous amouu as .55,000,000, or nearly ten per cent of tlie annual revenue of the country is to be spent for this purpose.?St Louis Post-Dispatch. Where Firearms Are IVfaile. The Bosnian is celebrated in Europi for Iho firearms, sabers and linive which he manufactures, as the inhabit ants of Spanish Toledo are for thei liue-edged blades. . ; NORWAY'S NEW 1 King Haakon the Seventh of r?orw ^ standing more than six feet high. On six years old. She is three years olde " ' ? - * rr. nj -.J : uaugmer 01 ivmg auwaiu uj. rju^iimu, personally, a daring driver and exce! cycling are also numbered among her [ HOW TO SCALE A HIGH FENGE. L , Perhaps it is impolitic to teach boys aew tricks, but it is really too bad to . have to walk a mile when it is so easy j. to get over the fence and go cross-lots. . Some years ago a man thought out iln ; P IB M ! || I f' iirini * i new way of making a fence. He 3 lust sawed a thirteen-foot board in half diagonally and produced the result shown in this picture of a seven-. 1 '.'oot fence which looks.hnrd to get over. 1 There are many miles of this style of fence in New Jersey, and it seems esr pecially popular In Monmouth County. ? Long ago the boy with a jack-knife i solved the problem of getting over this * tind of a fence, and the picture shows qow easy it is to do it. It is just like f going up and down a ladder.?Newark * Sunday Call. LATEST IN TRONKS. * The latest idea in trunks is shown'in i die illustration below. This trunk has leveral advantages, the most important. * being the easy manner in which the 1 garments can be packed, without fear " )f creasing or mussing them, and as 1 jonveniently removed. It contains two .Tays, one being supported beneath. 5 iie other. The upper tray is supported, when the trunk is closed, r 'apon cleats secured to the sides of the * arnnk, but when the lid of the trunk is jpened the upper tray is pulled upJ ward and backward by pivoted braces * secured to the lid and fhe tray. Small swinging arms also add support to the tray. A second or supplemental tray is sup- f 7 ported beneath the upper tray, and is - picked up and lowered simultaneously - with the top tray. This supplemental - tray fits into ledges attached to the bot1 , t I Four Ways the Ch Could Have f .Little G. W.?Father, 1 cannot : \tcll a lie t Say, give j-* l us a lift, will you?. . \/ J. I " Why did' r " Why didr r Thix ts tough wood, but I've cot to break into tbe story books somehow *v; ..7 . . : > - >r .. A V. ' ' *. MaSOit--. , ,<Av .... __ ,v KINO AND OUEEN. ay is tall, blonde, and good-looking, . November 27, Queen Maud "was thirtyr than lier husband, and is the youngest She is described as being attractive lent huntswomau. Skating and biathletic accomplishments. torn of tlie top tray, ana is drawn out or returned similar to a bureau drawer. Fine clothes, if packed in these trays ;vjEC? \ fe N . ? Trays Readily Accessible. in a neat and careful manner, could be conveniently reached when oceasion demanded, and be ready for immediate use without'the necessity of pressing. ALUMINUM HONE. The ordinary hone, composed of natural stone, has always been objectionable for the reason that it is breakable and is not always of uniform texture throughout, the best of the natural hones being quite expensive. A Philadelphian has discovered the fact that 1 Aluminum ! Aluminum Whetstone. aluminum possesses qualities which -"" 'ai. ?f itroiinhia as a ohean and ef LCUUU AW u tu<.MW.v w fc. fective substitute for the usual natural lione, the metal being of close grain and of uniform texture. He claims, also, that i-t is better than the natural stone in the respect that it imparts a sharper and more lasting cutting edge and is practically unbreakable. In pr&. paring the metal for use as a hone or whetstone, it is cast in the form of a bloclc, such as is shown in the illustration, which can he used without mounting.?Philadelphia Record. , I erry Tree Incident i Happened. mI you cut do^my fa^tc cheiry i't you tell me it was ? I'd jist as soon tackled ] any oi f'Hil hold on, paw t This ain'5 2frJ |?> cordin" to history I t ' Ji? > 11 Ai .. ... >i. - i ? IIBIB A French botanical explorer has discovered in Central America a n*w coffee plant, with fruit of superior quality, to which he has ,?ivem the name coffea excelsa. A remarkable scientific paper on earth eating in India, by David Hooper and Dr. H. Mann, is published, which shows that this curious practice is not yet extinct, clay being still sold in the bazars in Calcutta for eating purposes. Not satisfied with the usual grafting adopted by horticulturists, a Frenchman, M. Molliardv of Paris, has started in to transform vegetables. Already he has succeeded in turning a radish into a potato-^accordius:. to a recent consular re;ort. Many observations have convinced Mabel S. Nelson, a Britisi. psycholo~!-i 1>aot? hoffar fhnn WATTIPTI. [ LLIU. I iiica ucaL vtuui ?* ?r and that both men and women hear farther -with* the right than the left ear. Men are clearly superior hi recognizing blue, and women are possibly superior in recognizing yellow. According to the London Graphic, the present year will witness a revival, on the part of French engineers and commercial men of the channel tunnel scheme. The engineers and their scientific friends in the Institute of France have just given the first symptom of it, in celebrating the memory of M. Portier, the engineer who initiated the project, now more than thirt-y years ago.. A Japanese scientist named Matsura has been studying, the effects of diseases and the varying physical state of the body upon the growth and thick ness of the hair. He nnas tnax nan-, especially in the case of persons -whose hair is of a coarse structure, is so sensitive to bodily condition that it contains a veritable history of the state of the individual to whom it belongs, for the period covered by its growth. A German authority on forestry announces the discovery in India of a tree having leaves so highly electrical that whoever touches one of tliem receives a severe electrical shock. Even upon the magnetic needle this tree, which has been given the name of philotcea-electrica/ lias^a strong influence, causing magnetic variations at a distance of seventy feet. The electrical strength of the'tree varies according to the time of day, being most powerful at noon. THRIFT AND WEALTH; **" * ? - *** In Hia TTnmn liio r renco x>&uuu o? ? and Its Kesalta. French housekeeping may be described, says the author of "Home Life in France," as the glorification of simplicity, a supreme economy of time, outlay and worry. In France the furnishing and fitting up of a house is done for once and for aJl. English and American households spend more upon their homes in a twelvemonth than French families of the same standing spend for that purpose during the whole of their wedded lives. Thrift is always and everywhere the first consideration. Fuel is economized in France to an ertent'to which even poor families in this country are not accustomed. When a Frenchwoman pays visits or goes abroad shopping she lets her fire go out, and relights it on her return. Mauy .-omen fairly ,well off make a woolen shawl and a footwarmer do duty for a fire, except, perhaps, when it is freezing indoors. Money in France on no account whatever to be lightly parted wi 'j; absolute necessity is the only excuse for outlay. But there is a shining .ilde to this j frugality., French men and women do , pot affect sumptuous style for the sake ; ?f outsiders, and their unpretentious[ ness imparts a dignity mere wealth I cannot bestow. The following iucij dent is. illustrative of French stand| ards: j The author, Miss Bethain-Edwards, had been spending a few days with a French friend, widow of an officer at Pornic. On returning to Nantes she took a third-class ticket, to the astonishment of her hostess. "I always travel first-class," she exclaimed, after a liitle chat about the matter of trains, adding, "but I do not travel often, and I am rich. I have an income of two hundred pounds a year." Probably she never spent two-thirds of ij:. In this supreme sense the vast majority of French folk are rich, "beyond the dreams of avarice." Minister* Late Itinera. "Ministers is the latest risers. Doctors come next," said the cook. She was entertaining the maids from next door. As she bustled about getting the tea and cake ready she talked incessantly, like a machine The maids listened, their eyes fixed on the collation that each moment grew more tempting under her hand. "Some ministers don't rise till 10." she said. "There's hardly one of them that you'll find up by 8. Nine or halfpast is their average hour. "You see, they don't have no office to go to at a certain time. They have no early appointments that must be kept. They have no clerks that they must look after. Consequence is, they become the latest rtsin' class of inen on earth. "I've worked around considerable in my time. I've had forty-seven places, all told. Some has been with doctors, some with business men and eleven with ministers. The ministers is the best to live with. Tliey are so considerate and generous and they have such perfect disposition. If they would only get quit of this lazy habit of loatin' away the morning in bed they'd be a class without a fault." l'nd Finish For Mere M:in. A lady clergyman tolls us that it twenty-five years women have in creased in stature two and one-half inches and men have decreased in the same degree, if the sexes are thus getting apart five inches in twentyfive years, it is not difficult to calculate how Ion;,' it will he before man will be utilized l)y voman as a lapdog or as a bangle for he<- hracelet.?Louisville Courier-Journal. r ' ' T '' - NEWS FOR THE WEEtfLr-' " mmm**" *? Giro the ltttderi What They Like Moat to Talk About. In defining, or,- rather, determining what is news for a country town the personality of the news gatherer must be lost, said W. R. Prewitt, of the Onawa (Iowa) Gazette, at the meeting of the Corn Belt editors at Sheldon. He or she must learn to bury "self." Tour readers and the public are entitled to be given any news that concerns alike both your personal friends and your bitterest enemies. However, country editors seldom have enemies. But, speaking seriously, no editor should have friends or enemies when defining what is news in a country toWn. It is a fact that usually the fellow with whom you like to converse is the one who will talk about the subjects which most interest you. This same thing applies more forcibly in the editing of a country newspaper.' ' If you woulTl please *the greatest number your opportunity to claim their attention through your.columns and to make them know they are getting their money's worth when they are induced to come around once a year and pay theirrlues is to find out what they want to talk about and give it to them **~ ? t?niir onnfavnnArqrtr <13 Jit? W 5. UCWUOC juui wuhv?uyv?M?j down the street captured an item last week which you failed to connect with is no reason why you should not recognize it as such in your next issue. Of , course this refers to real news items which every man with a nose for news will recognize. What is sometimes nol news is news. There are some happenings which everybody knows before your paper is issued, or at least il would seem that everybody was familiar with the matter. Yet every one ol these "people will look your columns through to see in what language you tell the story, if for no other reason than to disagree with your version. There is a wonderful advantage ir the determining'what'is news'by the acquaintance you have over your ter ritory. The editor of a country weeklj should be the best informed man in his locality on the geography of his county He should know, as far as possible every road, every school house anc every country church in the county, anc extend his acquaintance to the wides extent possible with its inhabitants Then when threads of news, whicl happens nearly eve*y week, come float ing to you, you will be the better pre pared to get at the required facts. It the handling of news from distant lo calities and from other towns one mus depend-very. largely?in fact, almos wholly?upon his correspondents, if hi has no knowledge of his people an< their euvironments. One on Bragg. Some years ago In Alabama one o the most talented lawyers practising ii the South was the late Colonel Bragg but he had a peppery temper. Not only did Colonel Bragg's dis position involve him from time to timi "* 1*1*,. ?r>1 10 serious cnuereuues \> nu im* w leagues, but it also led him to breal off amicable relations with, a Judg< Robinson, a most estimable jurist, who while presiding over a suit in whlcl Bragg was interested, had by his de cifion Incurred the-resentment of th< ad vocate. So. for a long time the Col onel declined even to speak to fh< Judge, save when it was absolutely uecessary in (he course of business. Finally, howpver, his better naturi getting the upper hand, Colonel Bragj determined to apologize to Judge Itob inson and endeavor to effect a renewa of their former comparatively plpasan relations. Meeting the Judge one af ternoon on the steps of the State Hous< be impulsively thrust out his hand anc said: "*See here, Judge, let's be friend.' again. This thing has gone on lonj enough." "Why?er, Bragg," asked the Judg< In the meekest and mildest way im aginable, "what's the matter?" "Simply ^his, Judge," continued th< fiery Bragg, "I admire you so im j mensely that I cannot for my life b< I content to remain on bad terms anj longer. I felt that I must speak t< you." "Why?er, Bragg," piped the Judg< in the thinnest of voices, a well-feignec look of astonishment on his face, "wlij ?er, Bragg, haven't you been speaking to me?" At this the lawyer wilted.?Edwii Tarrisse, in Lipplncott's. How (lie Eakimo Smoke*. "No man is fonder of tobacco than ar Eskimo," said the Arctic traveler al his club. -Tlw Eskimo depends foi his tobacco solely on the white man For a pound of it he would sell his oldest son. "It is odd to see an Eskimo smoke He chops his tobacco fine and mixes it with chopped willow twigs, so as to make it go further. Then he cleans out with a picker of bone the small stone bowl of his pipe, and then lie pkucks a lock of hair from his deer skin suit and rams it down in the bot torn of the pipe bowl, so as to prevent any of the finely chopped tobacco fron escaping into the stem. "Finally he lights the pipe and smokes it in a swift scries of long, strong puffs, so that there may be n< waste. Each puff is inlnled deep into the lungs, and the first puff's smoke is still streaming from the noS' trils long after another puff has beer started. There must be, you soo, nc waste. There must be none of thai vain combustion of tobacco without benefit to the smoker which goes ou continually among us. "Often the most experienced Eskimo ****'| ""ni-n <--rv imvii mill fjist that tear* will stream from Iiis eyes, lie will cough violently, and sometimes vertigo and nausea will seize him."?New York Press. Soiro Big OyaterH. The usual size of the shell of ar oyster is three to five inches, but awaj back ia Tertiary times there wort oysters in California that had shell; thirteen indies long and seven 01 eight inches wide. The animal anc shell doubtless weighed tifteen 01 ~r? ?i..? twenty fwunus, anicu niv siiviis n?n live inches thick. These oysters have Ions hecn extinct, but their fossi shells are abundant. If the oysici farmer could produce individuals ol 3uch enormous size now, and the ilavci were good in proportion to its size, w? would be most fortunate. In that ease n single oyster would he enough foi one stew at the church festival!?St Nicholas. - ?? . , |-|[ottsehold^T Matters b / v To Beiuove Mildew* Wet- the mildewed spots ,and rub ', In plenty of soap (soft, If you have it, but hard will do), then scrape in thick- J ly common white chalk: rub hard witlk the hands; lay in the sun. ' ,, ;v? How to Whin Cream. t When you have cream to whip pour it into a bowl, take a piece of brawm \'f paper a little larger than the bowl an# cut a round hole iu (Jie centre Just r- JJ large enough to pass your egg beater > through. The cream an be whipped rapidly as you like nud will not fly ail around and make 3'rcisy spatters ????? >1' . t* " To Clean a Tola o* Shunter. Make a suds of warm water- auQC . good white sohp. wash and tinse ffam o' Shanter. Take a barrel hoop and strong ttiread:'and sew the Tags'<?.' j.; Shanter to the hoop, drawing the thread tight to' keep from shrinking. ' Have threads funning from Tam o* Shanter to' hoop not more than one ; inch apart Hang hoop' in sun It) dry- *' -? > , ' . ' * ' ' ,, , ' yi How to T*ll a QooA v ; Hold an egg between you and the t light; a lamp or candle Is be^te* than (. strong sunshine. The' gcxxl' egj? "will : have a fresh look all oyer." Whesf the egg is old there will be a hollow space '/J i at cne end. Look out for a dark spot, ; and if you find one which does not disappear, the egg has been laid'toil * ; (long time and the yoik sticks to the \ y'-'J i shell. This is a sure and tried test. For Ttcnoratinj; Cftrpet*. Boll one large or two sH*all\bars of, L soup, shaving;it\flneJy *'in a gsthoto.'of } boiling water, v When all is'dlSgtfTv^ add four ounces of ho -ax and tight of ft r sal soda, stir well till all is dissolved* * j adding four gallons of soft water aatf a half-pint of alcohol. Let it stanA until thick and use with- a stiff brush. SB j This recipe surpasses anything used |j j for cleaning of carpets, clothes an4 t tats- ' ' <: To W??h Delicate Colort. )^ - i * Wash them in water with the chill( i -:i just taken off (never wash them in hot; water). Put a good tablespoontul ofi y. turpeitine in every pailful of frater.; 'J . Make a Buds first of white castile . or ivory soap, than add turpentine.1 Let them soak for ten minute*, tbar ? rinse in cold water, to which a little' Aj turpentine nas been a<lded. Dry intbe r. y shade, and iron on wrong side. The terpentine keep? the colors from fading 3 f and running. ? I i&Mssli: i, ' Spanish Bun?One cupful of sugar,; i tour tablespoonfnls of melted buttery - half a cupfuLof New Orleans molasses,; z two eggs and one yolk of egg, one cop- >" - I'ul sour milk, two cupfols of floor, one' ? cupful of seeded raisins ;'pdd one lea- ' j spoonful of cinnamon and the same ofj ^ > allspice> soda, vanilla and a half tea-' ; spoonful of. cloves. Babe In a loaf.. ; \-S J ': Fo$m, Sauce?Dissolve a teblespoon* ful of cornstarch in two tablespoonJals ' 1 of cold .^yater, pour over it a cnp^af, v;< t boiling water and , cook until cPpar. * Cream together a half cup of butter . - and one of sugar and pour it over thej \3| 1 boiling starch, stirring rapidly, which. causes it to foam. Flavor with a tea- ' 3 spoonful of vanilla and two of.vinegar.1 . ; ' Rice Jelly?Cook six ounces of rice j| in a quart of milk until tender, thea-r i allow it to cool; whip this with * large cupful of cream, an ounce of: ' melted eelatine. a t^nsnoonfni of any. ' -'si i ' kind of fruit juice and powdered sugar " to sweeten; pour into a buttered mould, 1 f i which hat? been lightly strewn with 7 chopped almonds and candied fruits. * Serve cold. ' . Chieken and Nut Croquettes?Into * < ' ^ j cupful of ccld, minced chicken stir a t half cupful of blanched and chopped English walnuts. Make a white sance ' of butter, cornstarch and cream, and Stir the chicken arid nut mlxtare into 1 this; stir o,ver the fire until hot; add gradually the beaten yolks of two eggs, mix well and set aside to cool; form , into croquettes and proceed as witl* t J chicken fillets. liaisin Griddle Cakes?Into a cupful of sour milk awl the same amount of > sweet milk stir two cupfuls of wheat flour aud one-half cupful of cornmeal. . i a icaspwuiui ui fcuu, i>wu uiL-iespouui fills of melted butter, a teaspocmful of '? ; soda and one-half cupful of chopped ; raisins; lastly, beat in two eggs, and 1 have the griddle oil which the coke? :i' ? are to be cooked as hot as possible . without burning. , v Sea Cook's Molasses Tlnnks?Put t two coffee cupfuls of molasses in a paa > and warm it. Beat into it one teaspoonful of ground cloves, two teal spoonfuls of ginger and a pinch of salt. . Ihen add'one cupful of good "rippinfes" and butter mixed and melted, two tea? spoonfuls of soda dissolved in a tablei spoonful of boiling water, and sifted llour to make a very soft dough. Maka 1 into round cakes and bake in a qulcb i oven. ' ' 'XJ3 ; .Berries and Chocolate?Strawberries in chocolate ice cream is a good cona1 bination. Make a chocolate cream with; a pint each of milk and cream, scalded ' and mixed with three ounces of un' sweetened chocolate melted in a little1 i water until filossy, and one cnpful of [ I sugar. Flavor with vanilla and freeze. [ When frozen, remove the dasher and beat well for several minutes. Add a I r>intof nrcserved strawberries flavored. , Stir the berries ami all tlieir syrup into , the ice cream, and let stand for a good , hour. * i Codfish Souffle?With the fingers pick to pieecs one-half pound of salt [ eod aud wash well in <vkl water. Now? : cover with boiling wate.- and allow it ; to stand for half an hour, when the > water should be drained off and the 1 fish pressed ilry. Ilave ready two eupfuls of cold or warm mashed po[ tato. Beat tnis with a fork until it is : light aud stir in the codfish. Add oue ! saltspoonful of pepper, the yolks of > two e?gs, and lastly fold in the welf beaten whites. Bake ill a quick ovea . nutil a golden brown. J? N ' jriS