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'S? ^ ; v j . . _,_-.- ~- ? - ? ---------- Tf???.T AT) A MS PROPRIETOR1 " EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1891 VOL. LXL NO. 51 SOTES AND COMMENT, Millions of men in India live, marr) and rear apparently happy children npon an ince me which, even when the wife works, is rarely above fifty cents *wec-t A Chicago clerk recently threw a boak agent forcibly ont of bis office, ' after re using to take the man's card in to his employer, and was justified by thc judge before whom he was tried for assault, who established as Chicago law the theory that such foroiblo measures in dealing with book agents .vero justifiable. The Boston Herald says : The latest agitation in English society through out Her Majesty's empire ha3 been caused by the sad truth that dancing is going out of fashion. It may be slid that the terpisohorean art is dying a natural death, and in its last throes now oalls upon the world to know tho ~eason of its decay. Here is a great trnth poetically ex . pressed in Profitable Advertising: The wheels ot true love never ran Along a rougher course Than docs the business of the man Who would succeed perforce " And never to his aid does call That most successful plan 0/ advertising spring and fall And ever when he can. Spain, once a proud coe quer 01, has suffered, and yet suffers discomfiture. Once the richest country in the world, she is now impoverished. Once the ruler of America from Florida to the furthest south, sho fights for the only remnant left to her, an outlying isl land. Sha sows the wind and reaps the whirlwind. She went up like a rocket and come down like tho stick. Says Harper's Weekly: Pnrsuant to a resolution of the last Congress, tho Philadelphia mint is to begin to make experiments with new metals and combinations of metals to deter* mine whether any improvement can be made in our present copper and - nickel coinage. It may give us alu minum cents in place of the coppei pieces now in uso, and possibly a new spocie? of five-cent p*4*****, .-->- - tirely of nickel, or p nickel and half of coppc slight a suggestion of pr?tent five-cent pieoe i prise io read that se "?..viper an< five per cent, niokel. cent contains ninety-fiv? copper, two per cent, of per cent, of zinc. Thc -j*.._ is made to it that it is hard to distin guish by feeling between a cent and a silver ten cent piece. There are many new things in the bicycle line oflered for 1897? Every up-to-date manufacturer will intro duce new attachments and alleged im provements in the details of his ma* chine, while the freak inventor hos been more than busy with his strange and wondrous devices. In the great mass of inventions there are some few things of real value. The construction of bicycles to order ie yet in its in fancy, but it is a growing industry, and thousands of devices which will sever become general will be utilized by individuals. The most radical de parture in 1897 will be an increase in the dimensions of pneumatic tires. The average tires aro now from one and a half to ono and three-quarters inches wide. Tires in 1837 will reaoh a width of two and a half inches. .Wheels thus equipped will look awk ward at first, but the safety itself was ungainly in its day, when contrasted with the high wheel. Tho wide tire is safer than those now in use. It re duces the likelihood of side slips on damp roads, which is really the causo of four out of five cyclirig accidente. ? A bombshell has been thrown into European politics in thc form of a statement in Prince Bismarck's of ficial paper, the Hamburger Nachrich ten, to the effect that within a year after the organization of the Triple Alliance he arranged a secret treaty with Bussia by which Germany was to hold aloof if Busoia was attacked by Austria, and Bussia was to hold aloof if Germany was attacked by France. S The abrogation of the treaty was coin cident with Prince Bismarck's sudden retirement from office, and Count Caprivi, who succeeded him, refused to indorse it. Alexander III, indig nant over this, im me ii at cly turned to France, and the result was the present ^Franco-Bus.-ian alliance. These gen Brad facts aro not new, nt least to the ?loraatie bodio*, but tho publishing Bern just now has created n great Bt stir. How serious a stir is H^K from the fact that immodiatoly U^as talk of bringing tho news U to trial for publishing State Bets. Thc Nachrichten retorted Ht if they pushed too hard it would Bell all that it knew, especially in con nection with the Princo's degradation from office. Tho talk of trial ceased immediately, and Emperor William thought best to write a personal lotter to Emperor Francis Joeseph in regard to the matter, assuring him ol Ger many's loyalty to Austria, and Count Herbert Bismarck made haste to de ?clara that the matter appeared without [tris mW^As?s? o? consent? AN electric light is never an oma- . meat to a man's nose. AT THE BARRACKS. A DAY IN TTIK LIKE OF A UNITED STATES SOLDIER. Visit to an Artillery Post - From First Call ior Reveille to Lights and Taps-Tour of Duly. SOLDIER in the army of Uncle Sam, be he "buck" private or colonel of a regi ment, is obliged to soldier up to the handle wherever he may bo stationed. Tho daily routine as prac ticed by the three main arms ol tho service-artillery, cavalry and in A VIEW OF THE QUARTERS. f ant ry-is precisely tho same in tho cbain'ot posts around New York Har bor as it is in Fort Yuma -or in Van couver barracks, Oregon. For each arm, ia every po3t, the military day is essentially tl J same from reveille to tap?. In one post as well as the other the soldier has to have his ears cocked for the calls of the trumpeter, has to? do his share of fatigue duty, has to "hump" his post when on guard and has exactly the fame intervals of rret in which to "hit his bnnk:'-the pas sive act of reclining known in the army vernacular as "bunk fatigue." A Washington Star reporter recent ly spent an entire military day at tue barracks, under the protecting guard ianship of the soldierly looking adju F. S. Strong., The repoitei ?~. . quest for information, gained at first hand though actual observation, as to how soldiers soldiered. He saw and heard the whole grind, from first call in the morning to "lights out" at night. It was a rovelation in human alertness, discipline, order and organ ization. First call for reveille is sounded during autumn and winter months just when the Eastern sky begins to flame with orange. It is a signal to the tuen sleeping in the lonpf rows of comfortable bunks in tho second-story barrack rooms of the "double-decker" quarters that they have got to get up. * Assembly goes within five minutes after first call, and the nen of each battery fall in in front of their re spective quarters and answer to their name as called by tho first sergeant who, at the conclusion of tho roll call, reports to the officer of the day, who clanks along the lines, "Battery E present or accounted for," or "Pri vates So and-Soabsent from reveille," as the case may bc. If it is tho latter cuse there is nu immediate investiga tion as to what has prevented tho ab sentees from standing reveille-an investigation which very frequently lends the laggards in the "Clink." "While the men are yet standing in line the bang of tho morning sunrise gun conies thundering over the pa rade ground, the stars and stripes, under the manipulation of one of the corporals of the guard, fluttered from the top of the flagstaff, and the mili tary doy is begun. The men barely have time to get their beads under the cold water spig gots in tho wash rooms, and to dry themselves with crash towels before the flitting will-o'-the-wisp of a trum peter of the guard blares oat the mess call. It should bc explained that at Washington barracks there are bat tery messes-that is, the batteries have each a separate dining room and kitchen, presided over by a permanent cook chosen from each outfit. The cook of each battery, together with the two men detailed each day to assist him-they aro known as "kitchen police"-is awakened every morning about an hour before the reveille by one of the members of tho guard, in order to give him plenty of time to prepare the battery's break fast. In the battery messes the men are fed with good, substantial food, served on white pine tables and without any frill?. The most common breakfast dish of the army, next to beans is a not unappetizing compound, like Irish ttew, briefly called "slum" by the sol diers. The men drink two or three big bowls of good coffee without milk, and cat r.everal slaos ot unbuttered bread, moistened by the "slum" gravy, and they get through the meal with phenomenal quickness. They do not bolt their breakfasts from preference, but because the cook-, if they appear to linger a tune over the meal, glares in from the kitchen and tells them that "there's gjing to be a dinner in this 8hack to-day, as nsuu1." Thus ad jured, they do not waste much time in ?bowing tho cook their back?. Anyhow, there are duties to be per formed immediately after breakfast. The mattresses on the bunks and the blankets must be rolled up and the quarters arranged for the iuspootion of the battery commander, who, in 1he defection of dirt or slovenliness, hm e. es of tho strength of a hawk's. Besides, fatigue call is sounded by the unrelenting "wind pusher" about half an hour after breakfast. ? large por* tion of each battery reports to the provost sergeant at fatigue call. There is "old guard" fatigue for men who havo come off guard on the day pre vious, "quartermasterV fatigue and "commissary's" fatigue for all hands, and there is never any lack of work in a military post to keep the fatigue parties busy. Provost sergeants, who, are the directors of military chores, like to stand well with their commanding offioers, and they have an unerring instinct in picking out jobs for the men, the successful performance of which is likely to catch the ey o of the post commander. No chicken coop that needs a coat of whitewash will escape the provost sergeant's oye, no brush wood that needs clearing away, no sewers to be flushed, no coal to be, carted, no wood to be sawed and split, no roads to be patched, no weeds to be picked, that he does not see. For ob vious reasons, provost sergeants aro net popular with the "buck" privates, the only meu who do any actual work in these fatigut parties, the non-com missionod officers, down to tho acting "lance jaoke," only doing tho direct ing and the heavy standing around. Immediately after breakfast the men whose names have been read out at retreat tho previous night for a tour of guard duty begin their elaborate preparations for going on guard. It is necessary that they should aiako elaborate preparations, for woe betide the soldier who mounts guard with a pinhead of dirt, dust, ru -t or tarnish on the most trilling item of his trap pings. As guard duty is the most im portant duty of tho soldier, he is expected to get ready for each tour o? it with about tho same amount of care and attontion to detail that be might be supposed to exert in preparing for his wedding. From the crown of his forage cap to the soles of his "Government straight" shoes, he has got to look as if ho had just ?urnng from a bandbox or else i o "turned down" by the in specting odjutunt by being displaced by one of tho supernumaries of the guard, a number of whom are always mounted with tho regular guard de tail for just 6uch cases. It is exceed ingly rare, however, that the super numaries are called upon, for it is a matter of pride with the men lo go on tho buckle BUIUIU4 ... . cleaning that they labor over, for the adjutant, in mounting the new guard, selects the "cleanest" man-that is, the soldier whose uniform fits him best, and whose accouterments aro of the most dazzling glisten-to act as orderly tor the commanding officer. The orderly for the commanding of ficer simply follows that dignified gen tleman around during o iL'co hours, and does not, like the other men of the guard, have to walk his "two hours on and four off" post during the weary length of twenty-four hours. He gets the night in bis bunk. The struggle for the prize of orderly isa fierce con test between tho men known as "or derly backers," on account of tho frantic desperation with which they begin days in advance of going on guard to clean up in order to capture the plum. Each battery has ono or two conspicuously successful "orderly buckers," and when ono nf these goes upon guard, pitted against the "buck ers" of the other batteries, all hands take a tremendous interest in the out come of the battle of cleanliness, and, around pay days, bets aro often mide as to who is to bc the winner. The whole battery will often help to "work up" the kit-belt, cartridgo box and rifle-of the "orderly buck er" in whom it takes the most pride, and when, after all these voluntary etforts, their man loses, tho adjutant is pronounced "partial"and "unfair." The adjutant is himself often at a loss as to which man o' tho guard to piok for orderly, for it occasionally hap pens that several men are equally well gotten up. In such cases, these few best men are drilled for tho prize. If this, manner of selection only narrows tho thiog down to two men. who de cline to obey wrong "trick" com mands given by the adjutant in drill ing them, and aro both equally profi cient iu the manual of arms, then the two draw straws for tho orderly'a billet. Meanwhile, by tho timo tho guard has been mounted, recall from fatigue is sounded, in order to give tho men of the working parties time to shift their uniform? for drill with their re spective batteries. It is a laborious drill that calls for tho donning of the brown canvas fatigue uniforms. There are aUo separate days for "instrumentation," learning the uses of the numerous in etrumonte employed iu range-finding, "charting," gauging the strength of the wind and the density of the at mosphere, etc. A eoldier must possess a well-developed scientific tempera ment, in order to enter understand ingly into "instrument drill.* "Cordage drill" is another bete noir of artillerymen. Here is where the eoldier who has been to sea either as a marine or a bluejacket gets in his strong work. "Cordage drill" is for the purpose of teaching the men proficiency in tho tieing of the innumerable knots used in the moving of pieces of heavy and siege ordnance. It looks ?implo enough to see another man tie a "tim ber hitch," a "iiguro-of-eight knot," a "sheep's shank" or a "granny," butit is not easy by a whole lot. The sol dier who has had experience as a "deep-water mao," ho.vever, regards it as chilclV play. All of the soldiers of the heavy batteries axe giveu an ex amination every year as to their mastery of ttoso various drills, and, for respective degreed of proficiency. are given first, second and third gan* ners* medals, not unlike thoso worn by the "distinguished marksmen" of the infantry. The heavy artilleryman has to mas ter more different kinds of drill than tho soldiers of any other arm of the service. Besides the drill on the big guns he must bo quite as proficient in infantry tactics SB the "doughboy." He carries the same rifle and is re quired to learn the same evolutions as tho infantryman, in order to prepare himself for field and riot service at any time. There is any amount of battery and battalion drill in infantry movements at the barracks. Then there are certain days set aside for drilling in the hated "mechanical manenvers," which consists in the mounting and dismounting the heavy old guns by means of hy dr uilic jacks, "gins," gar rison slings and other appliances. The light battery at the barracks, like light batteries everywhere, with their "Napoleon" brass pieces of ord nance, hauled by horses, has a dis tinct drill of its own, not unlike that of the cavalry, and nearly all of the post calls for tho light battery aro different from those to which the heavy batteries respond. It would re quire a separate ohapter to treat of the superbiy organized light artillery of the United States army-indubitably the best in the world. Recall from drill is blared out in timo to give "he men a chance to clean up for dinner. Dinner mess call is sounded nt noon. After dinner the "one soldier, one bunk" idea predom inates. Except the men comprising the afternoon fatigue parties, and tho few detailed from each battery to bind the red crosses upon their arm? and take part in the hospital corps' drill, under the direction of one of the army surgeons or a hospital steward, all hands arc permitted to indulge after dinner in a geueral loaf. Tho banjo ists, tho violinists, the guitarists and .he mandolinists get out their instru ments. Many of them play welt Nearly all of the soldiers sing well. Sweetly, patheticolly, humorously and martially the majority of them take part in this midday musicale. In every outfit there are always two or three jig dancers of emiuonce. These are dragged to the centci of the quar ters to contribute their little act to the entertainment. Tho fun of this kind is a good deal more hilarious than ordinarily, a few days after pay day, when the canteen becomes for a time a veritable mint. About a week after pay day the quarters began to take on a gloomy atmosphere, and thero is a general complaint of "heads." A good many of the soldiers devote I a >. ~?re portion of their afternoons to letter writing. American soldiers are . . J nra a CICJC UOU! - ?uer. ;n tne aiter noou, when the men of the batteries begin to prepare for dress parade. Tho men have to jump into their full dress clothes for this evening parade and look their best. The inspiration of the band's music as they march in review gives an additional squareness to their shoulders and a dragooDish swing to their movement?. American soldiers are good to look upon. They must bo perfect men physically to get into the service at all, and as recruits they aro given much athletic training. During the autumn and winter, first call for retreat is sounded during the progress of dress parade, and assembly for retreat goes at the conclusion of the march in review. Then the men answer to their names for the last time of the military day, the cohoes of the evening gun reverberate through tho post, tho colors, while the band solemnly plays "The Star Spaogled Banner," are struck, and the men of each battery are marched to their quarters and dismissed, to re sume their everyday uniforms for supper. Thero is nothing in the way of duty to bo performed by tho soldiers after supper. If their names are not on the "black list," such of them as wish to visit the eily may discard thoir uni forms, don mufti, or civilian dress, and go--having handed in their ^1:'' CLEANING THE PIECES. for leave to tho "top," or first ser geant, during the afternoon. There is a find post library for tho readers. Then, there is always the canteen. It is not neglected. The card and checker players are numerous in the quarters during the long, cool evenings. At 9. 30 the flourish of the trumoet er's tat;oo warns the men to prepare for bed, for tho lights go out ten min utes later. When tho blast is given for tho extinguishing of the lights there must be perfect silence in the quarters. Those of the soldiers whoso consciences are goo l are sound asleep by the time the sorrowful taps, the last call of the military day, is wailed by the "wind pusher." The deep sil ence of tho post is then unbroken for the remainder of tho night, except for the hourly calls of the sontriea on guard-"Number live 12 o'clock, and all-l-l's well-l"-that tell of trie eternal vigilance of tho toldier. School master- "len cents one dime ; now go on. AVb'it do ten dime-i make?" Boy-"They make ous very glad these times."-Boston Traveler, WINTER STYLES. NEW BASQUES AND WAISTS FOR WOMEN AND MISSES. Modish Basque in Which a New Color Scheine ls Exquisitely Blended-Simple and Stylish Waists. N the first large eng.aving a mod ish basque is delineated, intro ducing a dainty co!or scheme so exquisitely blended as to be pro nounced au fait. The materials select ed, writes May Manton, are a hand some novelty, the ground, gray, while tho stripe shows gray and green with the meieat thread of yellow inter woven. The revers are of velvet in a shade known as forest green, and tho full vest, deep girdle and collar are fashioned in canary-colored silk, one of the most popular colors of the sea ate fulness, are made over coat ntteu linings wi':h tho lower portions fitting snugly to the arm, after the prevailing fashion. The neok has a close standing band and stock of ribboD. The model is adapted to all seasonable fabrics, including silk, satin, velvet, novelty, etc. Made np in costly fabrics it may be worn on full dress oocasions or may do service as a theatre waist. To maka this basquo for a lady in tho medium size will require two and three-fourtha yards of forty-foar-inch .vide material. MISSE8' BLOUSE WAIST. Hussar blue mohair made the simple and stylish waist delineated in the second large illustration and described by May Manton, Tho collar, cuffs, plastrou and the wido revers being of MISSES' BLOUSE WAU ivory widte satin faced doth, trimmed with galloon in black and gold. Tho waist is arranged over smooth linings fitted by singlo bust darts and closes in the contre front. The front droops slightly over the be:t in blou<o style, rolling back in graduated revers to show the plastron vest of contrasting material. The seamless back is smooth across the shoulders, with the addi tional fulness drawn well to the con tle at the waist line. The fashionable sleeves aro provided with full short pulls and are completed at tiie wrists by round Haring cuffs. The close fitting collar of white cloth is decor ated to match the vest and revers, and closes on tho left side. A belt of tho material encircles tho waist, which may be substituted, however, for any one of tho pretty leather or metal belts now in vogue. Waists of this style are extremely becoming to youthful ligures, and may bo devel oped prettily in soft woolens or silk. When made of serviceable materials, \Mich as serge, camel's hair, cheviot, etc., velvet can bo used in combina tion with stylish effect. No better design can be suggested for every day or school wear. To make this wai=t fer a miss iii the medium size, it will require two and one-half yards of forty-four-inch wide material. STtLISH HAT AND BONNK7? A stylish hat is made of black vel vet. It has a sailor -crown and a flat brim wh;ch is slightly peaked up at one side. Tue trimming is of puffs and plantings of long pile plush. A large cluster of forget-me-nots is mingled with tho loops of the trimming, and a smaller cluster is attached to the un der side of the brim elote to the hair. A stylish bonnet is made of velvet closely shirred over a frame and left with a projecting edge, upon which is gathered a frill of fancy velvet ribbon in contrasting color. The trimming is of rosettes of velvet with bird of paradise feathers. A wide brimmed tED BASQUE. hat has tho cd;re covered with beaver. The brim is wider in the front than at the back, where it is rolled up against the crown. The trimming is of loops .? _-?_..! ""A m'nrhr. or nine ostrich THREE BINGS IN ONE. The engagement ring, which is al most a fae simile of the one worn by the modern gin's great-grandmother, is, as the illustration shows, really three rings in one. Three slender bands must encircle the tiuger of the engaged maiden. And each band is studded with jewels of a different sort. The middle band is set with dia monds, which should bo 6moll but 3T OF BLUE MCHAII?. perfect gem", uniform in size. Tho lower band must be set with the gin's own birthstone and. tba upper ono with the birthstone of her fiance. That is to say. if abo chanced to be born in February and tho othor ia October, the diamond would bo sur rounded by opals and amethysts. AN UNUSUAL STTLE. Zonaves and boleros of every kind and shape aro still a conspicuous part of tho bo;??3C', but tho handkerchief zmave is perhaps tho most unusual f-lyle. Tho material is draped ia the de sire 1 form in >-omc indescribable man ner to give tin soft, full effect, and Persian silk ia especially j: ret ty for this purpose, au J may form buttorfly pulls at the top of tho sleevei. GLOVE*. Ttie gloves that enjoy the highest favor have only one battou apiece iu these days, and even tim makes thou almos; too loni for the sleev?i that must fall to tho knuckles. A ROU?E PLAST. It Lies in Wait for Flies and Other Insects. Here's the picture of a rogue of a plant that lies in wait like n highway robber for unwary flies Rnd other in sects and when they appear it swallows A BANDIT PLANT. them up and their friends never hear of them again. It has been given the botanical name cf sarracenia, bat it is commonly called the pitcher plant, from the fact that its leaves are rolled into the form of pitcher-3, in which many a- poor fly is caught. The flies aro attracted to the plant by a sweet liquid whioh it gives off, and in their greediness they go a little too far and aro killed. Botanists do not know ex actly why thc plant should wish a din ner of flies, but there mnst be somo goo 1 reason for it, elso its pitchers would not bo so attractive. By ex periment they have found that the plant will livo just as well whero tho flies cannot get at it at all. So all ibe evidence would indicate that it is just a rogue, killing flies because it really enjoys the sport. ODD AND MARVELOUS. Thc Colossal Recumbent Icock Fig ure ou K?ster lslaud. The accompauying picture is from a A MYSTERY OF TUE PACIFIC. feet across tho back aud fix feet through the body, its computed weight amounting to 233,000 tons. The usual height of theso wonderful busts is about twenty feet, having o*v.-ei^ht of seventy-six tons each, by far the great er portion being about this size. Yet these huge masses of stone were not univ moved considerable distances iruin the still existing quarries whero they were sculptured, but were placed in au upright position on vast plat forms O? stone prepared for their re ception, and were Anally decorated by haviug thc Illino cyliuder.*. of stone placed on their bea ls, thc whole in dicating n surprising cugiueering knowle ?ge and skill, recalling that ex hibited hy the ancient Peruvians in their mighty undertakings. Tho origin of these interesting antiquities is unknown.-Philadelphia Record. The Mom Robin. Herc is a story of au orthodox robin. Some time ago ? attended morning service in Ely Cathedral, where, dur ing the prayers, a robin kept flitting about the building, joining occasion ally in tho ser7ico with a mo !eet "chirrup." When tho clergyman as cended the pulpit and began to speak, the robin deliberately perched himself on ono of the pinnacles of the chancel* soreen, quite close to thc orator, and the louder did the robin biog, ranch to the amazement of tho congregation. have no recollection of what tho ser* non was about, but ttio robin's sing ncr made a deep impression upon me. -London Telegraph. ?TaUnaiicriiig by Machinery. Paper can now ha hun j by machin ery. The device has a. ro I on which a roll of paper U placed, au 1 a pasto reservoir with a feeler place 1 so as to engage tho wrong side of thc paper. The end of tho paper is fastened to tho bottom of tho wall and tho machine started up thew.i'J. being held in place by tho operator. A roller follows the paper ns it unwinds and presses it against thc wall. When the top of the wall is reached thu operator pulls n string, which cuts tlc paper off lroin the roi). Presence cf Mint!. Irate Father--"Didn't I tell youno! to go skating?" Quick-witted Sou-"dtay where you be, Pop. Tue ice ia awful thin," -Truth, MOTHERS READ THIS. The Best Remedy. 1 For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhea, Dyson ters7, Nausea, Congas, Cholera In fantum, Teething Children, Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Dntaa from the Bowels, Pains, Griping, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion and all Dis eases of tho Stomach and Bowels. PITTS CARMINATIVE * ? 'ls the standard. It carries children over the critical period of teething, and is recommended hy physicians as the friend of Mothers, Adults and Children. It is pleasant to the tasto, and never fails to give satisfaction. A few doses will demonstrate its su perlative virtues. Price, 25 els. per A bottle. For sale by druggists. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIBS. TO 'HAXE HOBSEBADISH SAUCE. Horseradish sauce is invariably served in Germany with all forms of beef, either broiled, roasted or boiled. To make it boil grated horseradish in gravy or plain water, beat up the yo ks of one or two eggs with haifa pint of cream and some tarragon v:negc.r; stir into . the horseradish. Let (he whole remain on the fire a few min utes, stirring all the time, and before it comes to a boil cerve in aaauceboit. -Pittsburg Dispatoh. NEW USE FOB NAPKIN BINGS. While napkin rings are now gener ally banished from the home table, some persons do not want such handsome articles to lie forgot ten in some dark closet, and they have conceived the idea of converting them into receptacles for salt. By covering one end with a piece of sil ver, and patting on three tiny feet tho discarded ring is transformed into a pretty little dish. If a ring is very wide it may be cut in halves and two dishes made from it. A NOVEL FINE HEBB OABDEN. A careful housewife can keep gar nishings and seasonings always at hand by haviog a little window garden in her kitchen, and she needs nothing more elaborate than old cans and boxes Ko hold her plants, providing she puts a good deep layer of pebbles in the bottom to provide some sort of drainage. Here she can grow parsley ; chives-which are finer in flavor than onions; tapragon-which is a deli cious flavoring for vinegar for salads, thyme, sorrel, mint and whatever fine herbs find most favor in her house bold.-American Farmer. _ comfortable bath room. A cork OT rubber mat should be kept in every bath room. Woolen mats are useless ; they absorb the moisture and become unhygienic, A place should be found on the wall for a mirror-'-a plain one with a black frame will answer the purpose admirably; tho lon ?cr it is the better, and it should be;placed where there iii a good light. T\,'o wire trays should also be fastened t ? the wall beside the bath, and low enos?& to bit within easy reach of the person^ using it. These are to hold tho sponge and flannel and soap when not in use daring the bath. Also shelves should be made and placed upon the walls of every bath room ; these may be of plain deal, enameled any color that is liked. Upon them may be placed cold cream, shaving soap, a bottle of am monia, pumice stone and ail the little accessories U6ed in the toilet. Plenty of 6oap should always be provided aud towels in abundance, and with all theto little comforts the daily bath will be indeed an unmixed pleasure. London Morning. WINTER COOKEBV. DelioiousSweet Potato Croque ttes Take cold boiled sweet potatoes, put through a fruit press or sieve, form into cakes, dip in egg and roll in cracker crumbs ; fry in deep fat. Aunt Lydia's Gingerbread-Add to one well beaten egg one cup of molas ses, one cup of flour, one teaspoonful each of salt, ginger and soda, and one half cup of boiling water. Bake in a shallow pan. Apple Cream-Core largo tart ap ples, till holes with sugar and bake, into a pint of boiling milk stir half a cup of sugar and the beaten yelk of one ogg; when cold, flavor with va nilla and poor over apples. Steamed Graham Bread-One cup Indian meal, one graham flour, one sour milk, one warm water and one half oap of molasses; add one tea spoon soda and salt to taste. Steam three hours and then dry in oven. For Chocolate Pie-Scald ono and one-half pints milk, add one-half cup of sugar, one white and two yelks of eggs, and tablespoon corn starch, two dessert spoons of Hour, one tablespoon grated chocolate. Flavor with vanilla. An Original and Improved Way to Cook Squash-Cut a hubbard squash into pieces of a size suitable to serve one person and place in kettle, skin side up. Pour over it a cup of brown sugar and enough water to partly cov er. Cook slowly until the water is ab sorbed. Boast Grouse-Take a brace of care fully picked and cleaned grouse. Tie a piece of raw fat bacon over their breasts and then wrap them up in 8 piece of buttered paper. Boss: them in front of a brisk Are for about half an hour. For the last ten minutes remove tho bacon and paper. Kee), them frequently basted with e little butter all the time. Toast two neat slices of bread, place them on a wide gridiron under the birdj for the last ten minutes to catch the dripping gravy. Lay these on a hot dish with the birds on them. Put heaps c f fried crumbs around the dish. Serve with :ravy and bread sauce. Statisticians agree that lb j popula* tion of the world averages 103 worner to every man.