Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 05, 1902, Image 5
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I have a story for the women's rights
advocates to weave into their argument
when they go to Albany this winter to
\ argue for those privileges which the
sex can have whenever it wants them,
but which it does not possess because
only a few women desire them. This
is the best story I ever heard for a
woman's rights argument, because it
shows how a woman forsook her own
affairs, invaded the man's field of prac
tical affairs, and made him rich against
his will.
The curtain rises in Minnesota. The
scene is a view of a small tract of land
-hali farm and half garden-with a
modest frame dwelling ia the fore
ground. The principal characters are
a man and his wife; type ordinary,
age 40, means $500 in bank and the
cotage and grounds; aim in life, io
work a little longer, to save a little
harder and then to rest-to loaf along
to the cemetery.
Ur.i>iiO: n to this couple some expert
prospectors in the pay of the men.who
were then about to form the great steel
combiiic have been spying out the land
in that section, which is known to
show sir,ns of rich deposits of iron
ore. These experts have all agreed that
the lillie piece of land owned by this
couple-together with the land on
either side of their plot-promises a
greater yieiu in quantity and a richer
yield in quality than any other land
in that part of the state!
E,Tt, as I have said, the married pair"
are wholly ignorant of ail this.
Enter the hired girl. She speaks:
Hirec Girl-A letther, sir.
The Kan-Ah!/ What have we here?
The Wife-Why not read it and see?
The Man (keeping up the pretense of
being the superior person and lording
it over the wife yet a little longer be
fore the exposure of his wretched con
ceit)-Kow dull you are! How you
would botch everything in your life
were it not for me. A letter is not a
morsel to- ed to a hungry cur, to be
flown at and cho'-.d down st a gulp.
A letter is in a way the embodiment of
mystery and the chrysalis of fate, lt
may break to us the chilling news of
death-it may convey the tidings of
a marriage, a birth-"
She-Oh, it may be Thompson's bill
for the fertilizer; but, for heaven's
sake, read it
He (looking at her scornfully, but
reading the envelope, takes out the let
ter and reads):
"Chicago, Feb. -, 1900: Dear Sir
Some parties in this city whom I rep
resent are desirous of meeting you to
talk over the business outlook in your
section and desire me to invite you to
come to Chicago for that purpose. They
hope that you will bring your wife and
have placed at your disposal a suite of
rooms in the Auditorium Hotel, which
will be at your disposal from Wednes
day morning next
She-They want to buy our place and
I am to go with you so as-"
He (reading)-"A reply by wire will
greatly o?iige. YT&rs truiy,
"T. Jenkinson, Sec'y."
She-I am td" go with you in order
that I may sign the deed."
He (taken off his guard, begins to
reveal his inferiority)-Wny, I Delieve
you are right. I never should have
thought of it.
The curtain falls, and between the
acts the railroad transports the wedded
pair to Chicago; which, to their west
ern minds, is a genuine and magnifi
cent metropolis, its toul river, its
searching winds, its easily avoidable
dirt and dust and the troops of hag
gard, dyspeptic men, rushing along the
streets and talking to themselves,
seem tb them necessary to and insep
arable from a world's capital. "Even
the noise and bustle in the hotel and
the combined efforts of all within its
walls to destroy all sense of repose and
comfort are, in their eyes proofs of
the perfection of the place. Once shut
in their splendidly appointed suite of
rooms they feel deserted and lonely,
and both are seized with an irresistible
desire to drop down the elevator shaft,
to squeeze through the crowds in the
office and to fit themselves in the hu
man hurly burly of the street and
chase madly along the pavements.
He-I suppose if we should stay here
a week we would both mutter to our
selves like true Chicagoans, saying
over and over again, "Wabash 961-4.
Consolidated condensed milk 102, Ar
gonaut preferred 77 1-8." Would it not
be glorious! How like being in heaven
it must be to be a Chicagoan, dreaming
stock quot?tions, eating stock quota
tions and breathing the air oi the ex
change.
She-And actually seeing the cos
tumes of the ladies, which are bought
with these same quotations-instead of
merely reading about them in the pa
pers.
Again the curtain falls, and when it
rises they are still in Chicago, but now
find themselves in the top of a 30-story
office building, whose windows com
mand an unbroken view of the lake
on one side and of the city on the
other-the latter resembling a squat
body with numberless curving legs
reaching to the horizon from a dozen
directions. The city, or body, per
spires steam and smoke as if it were
a creature infernal, while the speed
ing trains make the legs of the octo
pus quiver as with life and movement.
The room in which He ?nd She find
themselves is furnished in the costli
est manner. The mantelpiece is exqui
sitely carved marble, supported upon
columns of onyx Thc electroliers are
golden. The furniture is carved mas
sy rosewood, upholstered with rich vel
vet The 24 spittoons on the floor ap
pear to be bowlp cut out of solid gold,
and the heavy silk rugs are from th9
royal looms of Persia.
She-Ask them ?F0.000, and do not
take a cent less, if they want our prop
erty.
He (unconsciously abasing himself
hy surrendering to her shrewd guid
ance)-Would you? Perhaps we might
not get so much. We only paid $11,000,
you know. But, Martha, I almost feel
as you do. This is a palace. These
people would not be scared if I asked
$50,000, would they?
She-Fifty, sure; may be more, but
never a cent less.
A door leading into the room opens,
and-enter four gentlemen. They are
not especially portly. They wear no
jewels, and their raiment is not noisy.
But they-bring w'th them an atmos
phere of great worldly solidity, of lux
ury and confidence, and peace of mind.
Though their dress is'sober, it is made
of the softest cloths, and fits them as
maidenly modesty fits a girl child's
face. They are white-haired, yet rosy
faced. They eat and drink the best.
Their shoes carry them with a stately,
proud gait, and sink deep in the noise
less pile upon the floor.
He sees nothing of all this. She sees
and feels it completely. He is won
dering whether he dares to ask $50,000
for his $11,000 place. She feels that for
the first time in her life she is in the
very presence of some of the fabulous
fortunes of which she had read so
much.
Remember that though I am writing
this great comedy in dramatic form it
is a true story of what really happened
at the close of last winter. I had the
facts from a very sober man of great
affairs in Wall street-a man who
knows and has accomplished whatever
he wishes. If I told his name no
American would qnpfitfnn a word of
the story. I am sorrji 1 have not per
mission to add to his story the con
vincing hall mark of his identity.
The spokesman of the quartet of
great millionaires speaks:
The Spokesman-You are Mr.-,
I presume? And I think we have also
the pleasure of meeting your wife, Mrs.
He-Yes, I am the man you sent for
to come here.
The Spokesman-Well, Mr. -, I
do not see why we should beat about
thc bush. We have been buying land
here and there in the neighborhood of
your little place and have taken a
fancy to your piece of ground. We
would like to make you an offer for it.
At this point the wife reaches over
and plucks at her husband's coaf
sleeve. He has been about to reply
by asking the sum he and she had
agreed upon as their price. But she
pulls his sleeve so hard that he pauses
and leans toward her. She whispers
something in his ear.
He shakes his head as if her remark
was a foolish interruption. He pulls
away from her and clears his throat
to speak.
Again she plucks at his sleeve. Her
face is strained with excitement and
anxiety, her eyes shine with eager
ness and earnestness. He pulls himself
farther away ana she says out loud:
She-Yes; yes; I tell you, yes.
He-Oh, you are crazy.
? The Spokesman-May we hear from
you, sir, what price you set upon your
little place?
She (whispering)-Henry, do as I
say. I tell you I am right.
He (disdaining even to look at her)
Well, gentlemen, the truth is I am not
parti lilarly anxious to sell. We bought
that little place to cud our days in.
Of course, if money were made an ob
ject to me, I would part v.ith it, but
? would not take less than-"
She-Gentlemen, will you excuse us
a minute? I want to take my husband
aside. I want to go into another room
and say something to him privately.
The Spokesman-Why, certainly,
madam; you can go into that room
(points to a door). We are in no hur
ry and if wc buy we want all hands
to be satisfied.
He-I do not want to talk thc thing
over any more than I have. Martha,
you are acting crazy. Gentlemen, if
we sell our little nest we shall want
fifty thou-"
She (rising vith great excitement
and speaking sharply and loudly)-We
want one million dollars. Wc will not
take a cent less. I will not sign that
deed for a cent under a million. We
know you want it and you have got
the money. A million is our first and
last figure.
He, about to disclaim any share in
this wild and senseless dream, is about
to speak, but is interrupted.
The Spokesman-Very well, madam,
we are prepared to give a million. If
that is satisfactory we will have the
deed drawn up and will ask you both
to call again this afternoon or tomor
row and sign it.
(Last curtain.)
What kind of a figure docs the
"Woman Who Dared" (in fiction) cut
beside this one-Thc Woman Who Did?
There are plenty of men who boast
that they never consult their wives
upon matters of business. Seme say
they wish to spare their wives all un
necessary care. Others say that their
wives have not brains enough to be
of any assistance in the serious and
practical affairs of trade. Let all such
men ponder this story. This Minncsc
ta woman is not unique, is not without
thousands of counterparts among her
sisterhood. It stands to reason, then,
that a ^reat many men arc missing thc
r.hrewdcst assistance, and are looking
afar for counsel and for wealth while
missing better than they seek, because
it is so close at hand-at their fire
sides.
I am not a woman's rights man. 1
know that whatever rights that sex
wants it can have on tue day it de
cides to have them. But, all the same,
this story makes a better woman's
rights argument than any of which the
agitators have yet made use.-New
York Mail and Express.
PEARLS OT THO JCHT.
There is no rest for the idler.
He cannot know truth that has never
known error.
When men ask for advice they fre
quently desire approval.
The trifling man always disregards
the essential trifles of life.
The sense of eternity in the heart
makes the truly great life.
The generosity that flourishes at
home is seldom felt abroad.
The best way to help others is to
help ourselves to be our best.
The value of your like may depend
on your estimate of its leisure.
He wno would be great in the day
of trial must be great in that of tri
fles.
Men cannot see the good when the
mists of passion arc on the windows
of the soul.
The trouble with short-sighted peo
ple I?? that they expect every one to
wear their glasses.
It is nea hard to let your moderation
be known to all men so far as virtues
are concerned.-Ram's Horn.
Strone Juw* <>r FleBli<??ating l?onuts.
All flesh eating wild animals depend
almost entirely on their strength of
jaw to secure ' and hold their prey.
Consequently the power that thc jaws
of wild beasts possess is remarkable.
Archibald T. Montgomery, an English
traveler who has lived in the jungles
of India, has observed that a tiger
almost always seizes a man by the
shoulder and with one jaw on one
side and the other jaw on thc opposite
side, bites straight through the shoul
der or back, the eye teeth perhaps
meeting in the lungs.
This sort of attack is said to bo
characteristic of the cat family. It is
a fatal bite to any creature that re
ceives it, the lungs filling with blood
and strangling the victim. When the
common cat seizes a bird it is caught
in the breast under the wing and the
same fatal bite is given through the
lung.
The leopard, however, usually at
tacks the head of a smaller animal,
crushing It with a oingle bite and thus
ending the BtruggL. When attacking
man it makes for the lunga,
Twenty-seven hour trains are here
after to be the mle between New
York City and Chicago.
Compressed Air For Street Can.
Experts claim that compressed air will
eventually be tho power of thc futuro, sup
planting both tho cubic and tho trolley sys
tems, in all lines of industry wo sec con
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is founded on true merit, and will euro indi
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and nervousness, also prevent malaria, fever
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Out of 156,000 houses or fiats in Glasgow
36,000 were found to have but one room,
70,000 but two rooms.
In thc? Binn Grass Region.
"I take off my hat to a EOc bo:c of Tcttor
ine. It has cured mo of skin disease which
doctors in seven States failed to cure."-C.
W. Cantrell, Louisville. Ky. EOc. a box by
mail from .T. T. Shuptrino, Savannah, Ga.,
if your dny gist don't keep it.
The child that cries for thc moon may
grow up and want the earth.
Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Cures Sonr
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Some compliments fall flat, and others
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Thirty minutes is all the time required to
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Two hundred and fifty Trappist monks
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WSold by Druggists; price, 75c. per battle.
Hall's Family Tills are the best.
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u I had a bad cou^h for six
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To Eradicate Daisie*.
Sheep are fond of the oxeye daisy,
either as pasturage or hay, and will
eat them so closely as to kill them
out In some parts of England they
sow the seed of them tc make sheep
pasture. Those who .iave fields where
they prevail might do well to pasture
them with sneep one or two seasons,
then plow. We have eradicated them
by two seasons of liberal manuring,'
keeping the land in hoed crops and
then reseeding, but they would come in
again as soon as the land became
poor.-Wool Markets and Sheep.
Temporal uro In TCBMIIC Milk.
A difference in temperature when
testing cream of, say from 15 to 25
percent butter fat will make a differ
ence of one-fourth of 1 percent *n
reading; in cream of from 25 to 35 per
cent fat it will make a difference of
one-half of 1 percent. In cream of
from 35 to 45 percent the difference
will be close to 1 percent. In some
experiments recently I found that with
cream running from 45 to 55 percent
fat the difference ran from 1 1-2 per
cent up to 2 percent.
This is certainly a subject that
needs investigation. It is a matter af
dollars and cents to both shipper and
receiver of cream. It also mear.s that
all testers ought to bc filled with a
thermometer so that the temperature,
when testing, can be watched. Also,
some sort of damper arrangement and
steam inlet arc needed, so that the
temperature can bc regulated wh.ie
tho test is being run. This matter of
the regulation of temperature is one
to which sufficient attention is not
usually paid. '1 o prevent errors and
to get tests out accurately it must be
carefully attended to.-A. C. Beebe,
in Rancn and Range.
Spraying thc Poultry linn.CA.
Spraying ?...e poultry .houses with a
solution of sulphuric acid, one pound
to 20 gallons of water, is' an efficient
remedy for lice, mites and ali disease
germs, if it is put on so as to cover
walls, ceilings, floors, roosts and nests,
and forced into cracks and crevices.
It is better than some other sprays, as
it is not necessary to. keep thc fowl
out more than an hour or so, and it
will destroy the eggs as well as the
developed insects if it touches them.
Do this before the weauier reaches
down to zero, as the hens should not
be let out of doors wncn it is as cool
as that. The miuulc of a bright, pleas
ant day is the best time for such jvork,
as then the hens can be kept out. The
night before it is done, or before kero
sene is used to kill lice, v/e like to
go over every bird, and holding them
I by mc legs, put insect powder all
I through their feathers, taking par
I ticular pains to get it around the head
i and vent, and under thc wings, as that
j is wh^re they most frequently are
lound. This drives them off to the
roosts, where the spraying or painting
with kerosene will kill them the next
day.-The Cultivator.
Orazinjr on Wheat Fields.
A cattle grower o. Ellis county, Kan.,
says: 'There are thousands of cattle
now grazing on the wheat fields in that
county and are in first class condi
tion. However, I think tuc plan of leas
ing thc wheat fields to the stockmen
will hardly be so remunerative to theT,
as it will be to thc farmers. The latter
aro now getting 75 cents to ?1 a month
for a single steer. The cattle make
excellent gains and wax fat upon the
wheat, but the flesh is not hard as in
the case when they feed on straight
grass.
This causes them to shrink greatly
when taken off the wheat suddenly
and put on the markets. I have known
j 1000-pound steers shrinking as much
j as 100 pounds in the time between
; their leaving the wheat fields and go
ing on thc scales at the markets. If
? the animals would eat a little hay im
i mediately after leaving the wheat, this
! shrinkage would bc eliminated to a
[ great extent, but they will not go back
I to dry feeds alter having reveled in
I wheat for a few months. About all of
the wheat cattle in our county are now
; ready for market, and between the
middle of thc month and the holiday
? season shipments from our section will
: be heavy."-Indiana Farmer.
j Treatment ??f Fool and Month Disease
i Considerable interest attaches to a
! circular said lo have been issued by
thc Italian war office to the veterinary
surgeons of thc Italian army. The
circular recommends to their attention
a new treatment for thc so-called foot
and mouth disease of cattle. The treat
ment was announced some little time
ago by Professor Bacclli, and consists
in thc intravenous injection of a solu
tion of perchloride of mercury and
I sodium chloride. The intravenous in
I jection of powerful antiseptics for spe
i cific diseases is, of course, not new.
! Quite recently intravenous injections
of formic aldehyde were used, appar
ently with success, in the treatment of
human pulmonary tuberculosis. We
have not up to the present had access
to the actual communication either of
Professor Bacelli or of Dr. Guzzi, who
appears to have been the first to actu
ally use the remedy in question; but it
appears that the injected fluid consist
ed of 1 gramme of percnloride of mer
cury, 75 grammes of sodium chloride
and one litre of water, and that of this
solution first 30, then 50, then 70, and
? subsequently 100 cubic centimetres
were injecte;!.
As .nc body weight of the animals in
question is unknown, an accurate esti
mation of the dose given is impossible.
The ultimate romidal agent is the al
buminatc of mercury. The addition to
the injecting fluid of the sodium chlo
ride renders this substance more solu
ble, and also tends to prevent thc pre
cipitation of proteids hy the perchlo
ride, and hence the formation cf em
boli. The animals treated all appear
to have been cured of thc disease.
From the general standpoint, these re
sults, if accurate, are of interest in
that they afford another instance of
t .e possibility, by the intravenous in
jection of of an antiseptic, of destroy
ing, or at any rate influencing, the ma
terias morbi without injuring the host
-Nature.
Keoninjj the Winter Ve?etn)>!es.
Whether for later markets or homo
use, it pays to store the winter vege
tables with due regard to their keep
ing so well that as little loss as possi
ble will be experienced in rotting or
shrinking. The hardest thing on win
ter vegetables or fruits is thc frequent
change in the temperature. The first
condition aimed at is, therefore, a uni
form temperature. It matters not if
this temperature ls very low, almost
to the freezing point, so long as It m
maintained. Alternate freezing anfl
thawing will spoil the best of vegeV
tables, Usually winter vegetables ase
i
stored in cellars, pits, barns or sheds,
and they keep somewhat indifferently
in any one, unless special attention te
given to them. Most cellars are too
damp and warm to suit vegetables. A
lower and dryer temperature is need
ed, and this can be obtained by giving
better ventilation. Cellars that have
no ventilation cannot have pure air.
The air becomes heavy with the moist
ure that evaporates from the vege
tables, and this in turn affects the
stored gooas. An outside ventilation
is absolutely necessary for a good vege
table cellar. When the weather is wet
this should be closed, or when the tem
perature 4s very low. In this way the
moisture and cold can he regulated
to suit the needs of thc goods.
Most root crops, except onions and
potatoes, should not only be kept in
such a dry cellar, but they will do bet
ter if packed in bins or barrels and
covered with dry sand. Turnips, car
rots, beets, parsnips and similar vege
tables will in this way retain their
plumpness and juiciness. Indeed, they
can be kept so that they will prac
tically be as good as when first dug
from the earth. Now all these vege
tables in the middle of winter are in
demand, and command good prices,
but most of them are so shrunk and
shriveled that they do not pass muster.
It is by storing them properly that wo
are able to meet the requirements of
the market at our own profit. Cab
bages In particular need to bc packed
away in dry sand or earth Immediately
after digging, so they will lose none of
their good qualities. They should be
kept where the temperature cannot
vary a degree until taken up for thc
market. In some respects onions are
the most generally small and shrunken
of all winter vegetables. This is due
to the fact that they arc kept in too
warm places, where they dry out and
even begin to sprout. They should be
stored away where they will slay al
most to the freezing point until ready
to sell. Then they will command win
ter prices for fancy onions, which are
the best and highest that can be ob
tained at any time of the year.-Wil
liam C. Bcliott in American Culti
vator.
Crowing M.-! i> II - Commercially.
For carly melons I plant seeds in
inverted sods, placed on horse manure
in a sort of hot-bod or cold frame.
This cold frame has a tight cover,
which I put on during cool days and at
night. When the weather is warm
enough I transplant by placing the
sods very carefully on a stone boat
and take them to thc field. They
are placed in hills, which arc prepared
as follows: I plow my cherry orchard
very carly in spring, turning thc fur
rows away from thc trees, thus form
ing a back furrow midway between
the rows. When it is about time to
transplant my melons, say the middle
of May in this latitude, I again plow,
turning thc furrows thc other way.
leaving an open or dead furrow where
the back furrow was located. I fill
this with manure, then cover by plow
ing two furrows in either side. The
ridge thus formed is rolled down very
firmly and gone over with a drag con
taining a large number of fine teeth.
My rows of cherry trees arc 20 feet
apart. I put only one row of melon
vines between two rows of trees. As
I have so much space on either side of
the row, I can plant melons close
together, say six feet.
The sods containing the young plant
are placed carefully in holes on this
ridge, and the ground is firmed about
them. They scarcely seem to mind the
change, but keep right on growing.
I hoe and cultivate often while the
vines are small, and continue to plow
and drag down the ground between
the rows of trees after the melon
vines begin to start their runners.
When they become well grown ail that
can be done for them is to pull the
weeds which may spring up and keep
the ground around thc trees well cul
tivated. Melons delight in hot weal li
er and seem to rather enjoy a drouth,
provided weeds are kept, down and the
ground not .covered with vines kept
well stirred.
Melons arc very easily prepared for
market. In fact they require no prep
aration. A little experience is neces
sary to know just when melons are
ripe, without opening them. To do
this it is necessary to have a fine
sense of sight, hearing and feeling. I
have found nearby towns the best
markets. Shipping to larger centres
has not proved very satisfactory. The
pnst season I began selling melons
August 9 and continued until Novem
ber 29. Of course, this was an ex
traordinary season, as thc frost held
ott giving plenty of time for ripen
ing of a second sotting, which started
after the rains in July. This second
lot grew large and ripened well after
the first crop was marketed. In our
northern latitudes quality is valued
more than size. It is impossible for
us to compete with southern melon
growers in producing a large speci
men, but we do not consider this de
sirable. There is more profit in a load
of uniform melons which will weigh
about 15 pounds each and which will
sell for $1 per dozen than there is in
a load of larger ones.-J. A. Symes, in
American Agriculturist
Theatre Amlionc^n.
Have you ever noticed that theatre
audience* always assemble in the re
verse order to the prices of admis
sion? The cheapest scats are occu
pied first and the most expensive
ones last.
Those who go to thc extreme hack
upper perches arc always on hand be
before the dors arc open and wait with
heroic patience to bc admitted. Those
who occupy the seats a little lower in
position and a little higher in price
come next. Then tho balcony begins
to fill from the buck downward-from
75 cents a Beat in the back rows,
through a dollar and a dollar and a half
to two dollars down in front.
On the. orchestra floor is the same
condition of affairs, those who occupy
thc most expensive seats entering just
before thc curtain rises, or shortly be
fore thc dcors arc open and wait with
it is up, while the boxes are usually
not occupied until the first act is well
ui-.lcr way.-New York Herald.
Shopper* n* Defectlven.
Professional shoppers are employed
by a large dry goods firm to test the
abilities of their clerks. This firm
owns over 30 large shops, and employs
nearly 1000 assistants. To find out
whether every customer is politely
served, a number of lady customers
are employed to call at the varions
shops. They are told to give as much
trouble as possible, and sometimes lo
leave without making a purchase after
looking at nearly everything in the
shop. Should the unfortunate assist
ant's temper not be equal to the
strain, or should a single word be
said that might offend, a report will
infallibly reach headquarters and lead
to the dismissal of the sorely trie?)
handler of silks and ribbons.
Fellows who travel on their fad
have miens of support
Kniter for tho Toa Table.
If you want your butter to look
really inviting, have it done in tiny
rolls, one for each person. You can
buy the corrugated boards for making
it up at any iron monger's. Scald
them thoroughly first and let them
lie in cold water till you are ready to
begin. Take a bit of butter about as
big as a walnut, put it on one board
and with the other pat it down till it
is about an eighth of an inch thick.
Then roll it, place it on the butter
dish and do tho next in the same man
ner.
Spots on Silk.
Grease spots, pure and simple, upon
delicately colored silks are best treated
with either French chalk or corn
starch. Powder the chalk fine and fill
two little cheese cloth bags loosely
with it. Lay one bag upon the board,
stretch the grease spot, right side
down, over it, and cover the spot with
the second bag, patting lt out flat. Thc
chalk ought to be only a quarter Of an
inch thick. Set a heavy hot iron upon
top of the upper bag, and leave it there
for several minutes-of course, taking
care that it does not scorch the un
covered silk. Remove the iron and the
chalk bags, then if the spot has not
wholly disappeared, shake up the bags,
so as to bring fresh chalk to the sur
face, and repeat thc whole process un
til thc last speck of grease has van
ished.
Tnhln Ornamentation.
It is a Viennese fancy to have the
flowers used on the dinner table match
thc prevailing color. Jasmine and
dab Has have been used recently with
artistic effect. Last season very little
silver was seen on the tables at fash
ionable dinners in Vienna. It has been
restored this season, but all the articles
are small and ornamental.
In preparing tiny candles for placing
on birthday cake, heat the eye end of
needler in a gas flame, and while hot
force, them into the lower end of the
candles. The little holders .supplied in
the shops are bulky affairs, and take
up so much room where many birth
day counts are needed that this idea of
an ingenious woman may well be rec
ommended. Tiny stars may be cut
from gilt or colored papers, or little
candies may bc used as o.aaments for
the base of thc candles.
The Japanese fern balls make pretty
centrepieces for occasional use, and
are suspended from a chandelier by an
invisible wire. They should hang to
within an inch of the table centre, and
if a circular mat of mirror glass is put
just underneath a very pretty effect
is secured.
Lavender AVnter.
Lavender water distilled from the
fragrant flowers of the lavender spica
is a delightful, refreshing toilet water,
'inc true lavender plant is seldom cul
tivated in America, It grows readily
in the moist climate of England, but
docs not oten survive the uncertain
winters of this country. Common lav
ender is a shrub from two to six feet
tall, with a woody stem and bark. The
flowers grow in whorls, and arc pale
purple, with a very strong, fragrant
odor, which they retain after drying.
The plant commonly called lavender in
this country in this land is a species of
balm.
As soon as the lavender plant begins
to bloom it is cut and dried. Lavender
Howers arc imported from England in
the fall and sold in the markets of our
great cities by itinerant venders at a
very low price. They are generally
purchased to lill sachets for the linen
closet, in the family lavender water
is generally prepared from the oil of
lavender, which is so cheap and so
easily extracted oy chemists that there
is little temptation to dilute it. To
two ounces of oil of lavender add a
pint of 90 percent alcohol and an
ounce cf essence of ambergris. Let
the mixture rest ? month, shaking thc
hoi tie often, and it is ready for use.
Sweet spirits of lavender is a mild
aromatic stimulant given in medicine
in certain cases of nervous debility.
New York Tribune.
Quick Coffee Cakes.-One cup of
sugar, two eggs, one-half cup of but
ter, one pint of milk, three teaspoon
fuls cf baking powder, sifted into
enough flour to make a batter as stiff
as cake batter. Pour into a well
grcacc.l baking pan, sprinkle melted
butter, sugar and cinnamon on the
top and bake for half an hour. Serve
hot.
Nut Patties.-Line patty pans with a
rich pie dough and bake. Fill them
with the following nut filling: One pint
of milk, two eggs, one ounce of finely
chopped nuts. Beat the eggs well and
add to the milk. Moisten the flour in
a little cold milk, add it with the sugar
to the mixture. Cook until it thickens,
then arni the chopped nuts. Fill the
patty shells, cover each with a me
ringue. Brown lightly u the oven.
This is sufficient for 12 patties.
Pot au Fen.-One and one-half
pounds of meat (beef or mutton ls
liest), one-half gallon of water, two
cloves, one onion, three stalks of cel
ery, a bunch of parsley, one leek, two
cloves of garlic, one parsnip, one car
rot, a generous dash of black pepper,
nutmeg thc size of a pea, three to
matoes and a saltspoon of salt. Put
the meat into thc half-gallon of cold
water and allow it to come to a boil
in an hour. Then add the other in- j
gradients: let all simmer, not boil, for
three hours. Strain and serve with j
t0O3tcd bread flicks. More water will
have to nc added from time to time.
This is thc Frenchman's favorite soup, ?
and is excellent.
Black Pudding.-This pudding may
he kept for an indefinite length of
lime, in a cold, dry place. It can be
sliced and healed in the steamer when
over desired. This is a particularly
Rood recipe: One cup of chopped suet,
one cup of molasses, one cup of sweet
milk, three and one-half cups of seeded
raisins, scant half teaspoon of salt,
half teaspoon soda and one teaspoon
baking powder. Mix the suet, mo
lasses, milk, salt and spices together;
add the baking powder to the flour
and the soda to the milk. Stir in the
milk, and lastly the flour. Steam for
three hours and serve with a hard
sauce made by rubbing a cup of white
powdered sugar with throe tablespoon
fuls of butter and one-half teaspoon of
vanilla. 1
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Young Treasurer of
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Lydia E. Pinkham's 1
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enter to induce you to try them
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Our 25c. Seed Offer.
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Gold pens were first made in 1840. Their
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Hie Seaboard Alr-Uno Hallway's
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plied with al. the delicacies the market affords,
rrlces aro leasonnble mid monis aro served
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ningham, the Popular
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