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7/ 1' J -r - -- WINSBRO SC.JU-198ESASHD184 THE FOURTH-OF-JU,.Y BOY. "They:ve got a new boy % up at Brown's," _ ~I read in the paper to day. "A baby was born there Of late" I suppose that is what they would say. I object to their calling him new; Fcr if be's not legless or blind You may. wager a bun dred cigars He is always the very same kind ihe biff-in-the-eye boy. 5.$ the out-on-the-fly bov, the cunning and-sly boy you most always Ond. He inherits the knowledge of years, But begins where his father began; His pathway is moistened with tears In climbing his way up to man. With the string and the club and bent pin He invents just the same kind of pain That the boys in the dark ages knew, Or that Abel complained of in Cain The fourth-of-July boy, the last-one-to cry boy, the never-say-die boy who drives you insane. And in fact we don't want any change; He's a very good sort of a boy. He has a long way yet to range Through a country that yields little joy, And we wouldn't give much for the man Who never had risked a sharp pang For the pleasure that all through him ran When he set something off with a bang he pepper-box-high boy, the dirt-in-his -eye boy-in fact, your or my boy who loves a loud bang. -A. T Worden, in Puck. FIRING THE SHIP. g A Fourth of July Celebration in C?? 1776. At the very time, -late on July 4, 1776, the continental congress at Philadelphia was . struggling with the Declaration of Independence, another assembly at Elizabethtown Point was also struggling with the men who had planned to invade their homes. The action of the former is well-known to day, but the deeds of the others are forgotten, although the early records inform us that theirs was the first cel ebration of the new nation. On July 2d Howe began to land his forces on Staten Island. This already was a refuga of the tories and when t .. Howe's men began to arrive.from Hali fax, whither they had gone when they evacuated. Boston, the alarm had t read along the Jersey shore, for all feared.an invasion. Men and -boys- had answered the -call,and now on the evening of this =amous Fourth were stationed behind A k the cover, which hastily had been ' brown up near- the Point, and were n ed Fm a fierce - contest with one . ia. enemy's ~m-t anhor there l " h the i-de intention of destroy =: "ing the'defense and scattering the minute men.' Nor- did the- task ap pear to be a difficult one, for the rude earth works were weak and the men were - raw and inexperienced. A all body of Captain Neil's artillery with two twelve-pound cannon, how ever, were present, and on these the 500 men placed their main reliance. The contest had been going on for a half hour now, and so skillfully had the cannon been - handled that the n- ast and rigging of the sloop had been shot away, and shc was unable to withdraw. Many of her men had fal len, while but few of the continentals had been harmed. But Captain Neil -fully realized how desperate ihe con ditions were, however, for at any me ~'-~"~.~.Lsonme of Howe's war vessels, hearing the sounds of. the engage --ment, might come around from the other side of the island and if they did the contest would soon be brought to a close. "Captsin Neil wants to see yen," - said an orderly to John Shotwell and Joseph Swan, two boys of seventeen, who had taken their places with the men. "What does he want?" inquired John. "I don't know. Come and he'll tell you himself." The boys took their guns and fol -iowing the orderly soon stood before Captain Neil, whose grimy appearance - resembled their own. 'Are you the boys who went over, Lto Staten Island yestirday and fired at the regulars?" asked the captain. 'Yes," replied Joseph. "We were Sout in our skiff and fired- just to let them know all the Jerseymen were Snot asleep. But when a lot of regu lars came running ont of the woods wie made off in a hurry." "'Tiras a foolish piece of work. Don't try it again. And yet it showed you had some qualities I want to use right away. I want to set fire to this sloop. If :ve don't help will come to them from the island." The boys were silent, waiting for him to explain. It certainly would be TiHE BLAzIN sHIP. adesperate venture. Even while lhe T as speaking a cannon belched anid tereports of many muskets followed. How could.they set fire to the sloop in te face of such dangers? John's heart was beating rapidly and Joseph was trembling in his excitement. 4 "'I want to fill a skill' with stuff that wil bun and c-ome up to the sloop imoff Yo ca ot wi,ca' "Ys"reid John Butth Hwt toul they apperoc the.Mae stoo rkifthu t eing th see? and they rere',fit woud can the deni ato yoth.ad h apan "es atan relidiJng thei ths 'bupt wl hordghei ttetnn.hi ide anddo'tn they 'lacbte sooth >othout foredngse? from the sound weboyeut,r it, wudeantedet lyou bothene? "My mnowte tooksdeernottebe shod ithe acki," seaidg Joeph thaht] angte'l choiglnd throat.to "If tits tse doe we may' asin whell try inthase lyoone.tWha doe yo say, on". "Wme'll s try it, aJon, qily..u bet Iows?wneigwhte"h i the hak, sa osephbi wthi a stretter hakng an ski.-s triht. upf it ~~' eushoe hee, wada welld ty in a e wter ado u i at would b! "t i oshe oythner sid. wthe the John letd h r t the s and thent w :o seipedrfo the percoutsaai i es was" pied upo it. a t the rspect as frgotftnoh ho wer ol twiy outwith ithe Throop agtside theirchng,e?Adi theyoc used ot wnol ~ the deer atn os bra oth. e ndte he ea "It' knwiak desperatne," said the captain," reig the thougts, "but we'l hd t ei onion ona tis sidark and dn'tthn ey'lle ton worke looout for aneto fom the sopnd. Lssidy,"s try it, haned back yo beaenetebyswr?"imn n"quky otheod te notrangbe craft eforhe bahem. Thysaid sphrted at uite ae chokingeinbhis theoop andi ute oone, tie maas wgelltr srice, "Tyre Watmidg yupsy on?oe" "Wse'l r tad Jo h nlitl qelatr .s Bte nois odergnincreter.h "es andttre' thanasife Iso right head,"orephere, aon wse odsay ind 'he' a u and puling Tat lher "he guierdthie atod the apain quickly. "owy wereaemot bratis.". Johld thbe wayend the raft onath oop? equppe thoughe ofehils oter tp.n A ctur of c omusbe mer ialwa Wpuled hepoers it, aseal Toere as artcnto teosc houghrtsweier ast th wete Tright inode thei otinw. Jhya clmed pushed ou the atnd gradied the eav casosble, anTheshng tie beade hato swngaoudunimhrstr Is ais tesrae chncf si thep.I ordterly eitonyhe dsesired. n "ut faith had edne. been gldis to holde ttenrt ft the loople tLa siden,o" H and heinder. ac t is hands ebe othth cre Meanhldue them Again werd swgin and striek phed lithe butrnge caks abeor telme Tel hamlred Wat quitea ditnaoe th'etobe slopdb "ear waummoing allo hscorae, the ns of the gustr asd.itm The Don had his will with the "Maine," He set off his mine with a roar. He quaffed to our dead his champagne, And laughed till his sides they were sore: And now he must settle his score, And pay for his sport, as is right, Our navy is brave as of yore, And Yankee blue-jackets can fight. Perhaps we are not in the voin We pigs, as be's called us before To laugh at our sailor-boys slain, And so his brave joke we deplore. But flashing a bolt from the shore And sinking a ship in the night Was murder, our blue-jackets swore And Yankee blue-jackets can fight. Our guns at Manila spoke plain, And sharp was the message they bore, As swift through the squadron -f -Spain Our death-dealing hurricane tore; As, riddled and rent to the core, Each cruiser plunged down out of sight, "One more for our sailors! one more!" And Yankee blue-jackets can fight. the spark fell and caught. Quickly then the boys slid from the raft and with strong, yet quick strokes,. swam >ff. As soon as the cover of the dark aess had been gained they paused and waited for the blaze. But the flash >f the guns was the only light that ippeared. Another minute passed, md another, and still no blaze was meen. Was something wrong? "You wait. I'm going back," whis ered John. and before his friend ,ou1d remonstrate he was gone. Joseph waited in a fever of excitement, not nowiug what to do. Meanwhile John had safely re ained the raft and found, as he had. 'eared, that the fire was out. Again ie took the flint and tinder and was ejoiced when the first spark fell he iaw a little tongue of flame appear. iatisfied that this time there would ;e no failure, he hurriedly, slid into ke-ater- and started toward his com >anion. He had gone but a few yards vhen he turned to look at the sloop. Yhat was that he saw? The face of man peering over the rail. He had een discovered. He quickly sank IE RAFT. ud swam under the water as long as is breath would permit, and when he rose .again to the surface the face 1ad disappeared. "It'll go this time," he said, as he -ejoined his friend, and they started 'or the shore. Quickly putting on heir clothing as soon as they arrived hey ran toivard their cover, and just s they arrived, a shout went up that ounded above the noise of the uns. They turned and looked to ard the sloop. A long tongue of lame was shooting up over the bow. [t ran along the bowsprit, it spread ver the rigging and climbed the >roken mast. Again a shout arose ~rom the men on shore. The crew of :he sloop were taking their wounded mad dead, and in their yawls were starting for Staten Island. Not a gu was firing now, for none rould harm the wounded, but scarcely iad they disappeared before, with a -eport like thunder, the blazing sloop was blown into a thousand fragments, md then an unbroken stillness came :ver the sound. "That's the best bonfire we ever. and," said Joseph, as he and John| were walking up the quaint old street :oward their homes, but his friend :aade no reply. Just before the time when the sloop was set on fire the congress at Phila :lelphia was a new nation in the world. Bells were ringing, guns were fired und bonfires lighted throughout the ity. News traveled slowly in those Lays, but on the 8th the report reached Trenton. There the provincial con ress, the committee and the people assembled, and guns again were heard ad bonfives rekindled. On the 9th the tidings reached Elizabethtown, and the same scenes were enacted. On the 10th New York was all ablaze, and parades and bonfires were the order of the day. "I've looked the matter up," said Joseph Swan to his friend, "and from all I can learn, our celebration at the point when we fired the British sloop was just thirty minutes ahead oi the celebration at Philadelphia. We didn't know it, but we had the first one in America-hurrah for the Fourth of July and the United Colonies of America! Likewise, hurrah for the bys that hadl the first celebration in all the land!"-Everett T. Tomlinsc,n, in Atlanta Constitution. One Beneath Old Glory. Don't you hear the tramp of soldiera? Don't you hear the bugles play? Don't you .ree the muskets flashing In the sunlight far away? Don't you feel the ground all trembling 'Neath the tread of many feet? They are coming. tens of thousands, To the army and the fleet. They are Yankees. they are Johnnies, They're for North and South no more; They are one, and glad to follow When Old Glory goes before. From Atlantic to Pacilie, From the Pine Tree to Lone Star. They are gath'ring round Old Glory,' And they're marching to the war. Don't you see the harbors guarded By those bristling dcgs of war? Don't you hear them growling, barking At the fleet beyond the bar? I Don't you bear the Jack Tars cheering, Brave as sailor lads can be? Don't you see the water boiling Where the squadron put to sea? They are Yankees, they are Johnnies, They're for North and South no more;,. They are one, and glad to follow . When Old Glory goes before. From Atlantic to Pacific, From the Pine Tree.to Lone Star, They have gathered round.Old Glory, And they're sailing to the war. Don't you hear the horses prancing? Don't you hear the sabres clash? D on't you hear the eannon roaring? Don't you hear the muskets crash? Don't you smell the smoke of battle? Oh, you'll wish that you had gone, When you hear the shouts and cheering For the boys who whipped the Don! There'll be Yankees, there'll beJohnnies, There'll be North and$outh no more, When the boys come marching homeward 'With Old Glory borne before. From Atlantie to Pacific, From the Pine Tree tqLone Star, They'll be one beneath Old Glory After coming from the war. -Boston Journatt' First Flag Hero-Sergeant Jasper. When the British attacked Charles ton in 1776, they met with a reception no less bloody than that given the:i by Jackson, at New Orleans in 1815 The advance guard of the harbor and the hope of the city was Fort Sullivan, SERGEANT JASPER RESCUES THE FLAG. a low structure, with ramparts made of palmetto logs and sand.. Behind the fragile walls were thirty-one can non and behind them 450 stanch American patriots. A fleet of eight British ships drew up befoi'e the fort, with the muzzles of '300 guns showing at the portholes. The battle opened and raged all clay. Over 1200 shots were fired at the fort. On the flagstaff Colonel Moultrie had nailed the nlrst Revolutionar'y.banner unfurled in South Carolina. It waved defiantly until a shot cut the staff, then fell outward uponi the beach. It was the first fall taken out of the Stars and Stripes, and that first crisis of the flag had its hero. Sergeant William Jasper, of Marion's South Carolina regiment, acting on his own hook, leaped the wall and ran along the beach, under fire, the whole length of the fort. Cutting the flag free from the fallen staff, the gallant sergeant fastened it to the long handle of a cannon sponge that was handed out to him through an embrasure. A steady rain of shots swept over the beach and plunged into the sand banks which answered for walls. In the face of this fire Jasper carried the flag to the fi'ont slope of a bastion which looked out on the hos tile fleet and was in full view from all points in the harbor. There he mounted to the crest of the rampart and fixed the staff firmly in the sand. The flag waved on until the battle closed in an American victory. Onr Flag. On the 14th of June, 1777, the Con gress of the Uni*ed States made the following provision: The flag of the Thirteen States should have thirteen stripes alternately-red and white. The Union thirteen white stars in a blue field, representing a new con stellation. -On January 13, 1794, the form was altered by act of Congress, which provided that after May 1, 1795, the flag should consist of fifteen stripes., and stars arranged as before. By an act of April 4, 1818, the design was re established as thirteen horizontal stripes. In the Union were placed twenty stars, with one star to be ad ded for every State admitted to the Union. This actwent into effect on July 4,' 18fSt The new star is added on the Fourth of July next after the admis sion of the new State. Before the adoption of the str'ipes and stars, various devices were e:aployed. One Thing He Einen - "Benny," said Mr. Bloonunmper, "if George WYashington is the first in the hearts of his countrymen, who comes second?". "I don't know about that," replied Benny, "but Independence day is the Fourth. "-Harper's Bazar. Sigrbec avenue will soon take its Penn mn te strcI o2 'a- eheny, LFVY ARTILLERYMEN. THEIR DUTIES MAKE PRACTICAL SCIENTISTS OF THEM. This Branch of the Service is Now the Most Important in the Armny-Ma neuvers That Drive the Recruit to Desperation - Mastery of Big Guns. The heavy artillery is a great branch of the army, and so distinct in its studies as to make it independent of -he other branches of the service. Just now the heavy artillery branch i3 the most important in the army, and it is therefore pertinent to set fdrth the fact that some military critics hive for many years maintained that too much work and too many drills are saddled upon the heavy artillery man. The light artilleryman's drills are many and his duties are heavy, but he is consoled for this -in the refle; tion that he belongs to the crack branch in the whole military outfit. Foreign military critics of eminence have un hesitatingly pronounced the ten bat teries-of light artillery of the United States Army to be unsurpassed in the world for horsemanship and rapid and scientific handling of the pieces. But while the. American artilleryman has got to be as nimble as an acrobat, and ;n absolute master of horsemanship, he does not have tousehishead nearly as much as his comrade in the heavy artillery. An artillery recruit can be rapidly fashioned into an automatic carrier of ammunition, and in the course of a few drills, if he be quick-witted, he can master the duties demanded by his one particular number on a big gun's crew. But it takes years of alertness and attention and consider able study besides for the cleverest recruit to become a good heavy artil lerynan in the American Army. It is zommonly -known among artillery ,men that by the'ti"ne an artilleryman in the heavy branch has'pu-.in three years' -enlistment he has picked-up only. a smattering -of the small duties and drills imposed upon him'as the heavy artillery service is at present .organized. But men of late -years have been getting enough of it in three years' experience and if they re-enlist again a great many of them join the "dongh-boys" in the infantry regi ments, for the sake of the compara tively easy "one soldier, one gan," adnty required of the infantry. In the 'first place the heavy artilleryman has to become proficient in infantry drills. Up.to.within_ a few years ago the heavy artillery branch *as handi capped by the lack of modern guns upon which to drill. Even at the present time many artillerymen in the heavy batteries have had no oppor tunity to drill upon modern breech loading rifles such as are at Fort Point and will be at the Denver resurvey and Bolivar Point fortifications. Tihei e is all the difference in the world be tween a muzzle-loading and a breech loading great gun, and the drill upon each gun is entirely different. It re quires about two-thirds of an entire battery to operate one of these big guns. The men are drilled upon them by numbers. The gunner gives his commands and each man has a cer tain work to perform, but each is re quired to master the duties of every member of the gun's crew, and for this purpose he is shifted about from one number to another. As there are a thousand and one or more movements to be executed in getting a great gun served and into firing position, the mastery of the big gun tactics is no small matter for a heavy artilleryman. But there are so many auxiliary drills besides the in fant-y formation and drills on the big pieces. The drills called mechauical maneuvres are the bane of soldiers in this branch of the service. Properly, mechanical maneuvers belong to the engineers. They consist of mounting tna dismounting the big guns, and the heavy artiiler-ynman is expected to iaster t.he uses of all the parapher nalia required in this work-almiost every style of gun, jack and tiekle. It is very hard labor, and besides it is dangerous. There have been some serious and a few fatal accidents in the army caused by the attempts of heavy artillerymen, unfamiliar with the work, to mount and dismount big! guns. Another maneuver that drives to desperation heavy artillery recruits and sometimes old timers, too, is the instrument drill. This is sprung after he has had time to become somewhat familiar with a few of the other drills. It is in this instrument drill that the heavy artilleryman is expected to de velop into a fair amateur scientific. Some of the artillerymen become in terested in the instrument drill, or, rather, the drills on instruments, and take to the study of mathematics for solutions. But the majority of them listen to the elaborate scientific ex planations of the officers as to the* uses of the instruments, their mnech anism-etc., and promptly forget all about them until the next instrument drill. The instruments are of all sorts-the aerometer, for example, which is used in heavy artillery for the purpose of ascertaining the strength of the wind in its possible deflection of projectiles; instruments for measuring the initial, muzzle and other velocities of projectiles; instru ments for measuring the power of powders; sighting instruments, range finders, searchlights, eieetric firing apparatus, and other numerous small gear of a scientific character too var ied to mention. When the heavy artiulerymen have g.t well into way svith the above sim ple labors and studies, wvhich appear to the average man as a life time study in themselves, they take up the block an-1 tackle drill. By this they are required to learn how to rig any ,.rt o pullnn uiHng or iftina an paratus, consisting of enough puhTe?J and ropes to puzzle the brains even of an old-time sailor. FACTS ABOUT TORPEDOES. Various Things Which Influence Their Action and Their Form. Torpedoes are divided into two gen eral classes-stationary and movable. The former consist of the buoyant and ground mine, while the latter class is sub-divided into the automobile and dirigible. These terms have been narrowed, until now the fixed class is generally known as the submarine mine, while the word torpedo is ap plied to the movable class. The buoy ant mines are exploded in contact with or very close to the bottom or sides of a vessel under water, while the ground mine acts at a much greater distance. All mines are divided into other classes, which depend for their nom enclature as to whether or not it is under the control of an-operator. In all cases the controlling agent is elec tricity. The depth of water in a harbor has much to t with the form of torpedo used, and in channels where there is less than thirty feet at high tide the mine case. which rests on the bottom, .has the shape of the seg.r:ent of a sphere with a flat bottom. The elec trical apparatus is attached to a buoy, anchored to the case and submerged four feet. The explosive charge is generally about 250 pounds of dyna mite or wet gun cotton. The buoyant mine is a hollow sphere, constructed of steel, having a ring at the top for handling, and directly opposite a hole for loading and inserting the electrical apparatus. Over thil is fitted a cap for attaching the mooring chain and cable. It is generally submerged about four feet below low water, and the explosive charge is 100 pounds of dynamite or wet gun cotton. A mush room anchor holds the mine in posi tion. Another form of sub-marine mine is one which will explode by contact with a ship's bottom; bat 'as these are dangerous both to friend or foe, they are now seldom used in ay - echeme for defense.-Collier's Weekly. Big it c;s of St-ing. The largest cabe-Qf modern time;s the manila hawser whi: was usec tow the dry dock to Havana. It is twenty-three inches in c nmfereuce, but it is by no means the larst that ever has been made, although i the reputation of breaking the records There are at least two others of a greater circumference. but both older. One of these had a circumference of twenty-three inches, and was used foi' the- purpose df aichoring 'the ship North Carolina in the Nay Yard'at Brooklyn, while the other was used as a sheet-anchor cable on the Ten nessee when she was stationed in the Mediterranean in the sixties. Such an enormous rope was natur ally found to be unwieldy, a fact which was abundantly demonstrated when the vessel encountered a storm in the Bay of Naples. When the Tennessee returned to her native home in America the hawser was sent to the oakum mills and made into oakum. -Boston Traveller. Klats Drafted Into Serice. Tom Maguire is a genius. He is ard foreman at the Laclede Gas Company's plant. A sewer pipe lead ing from one of the buildings to the river bank, 160 feet away, became clog;ed. The pipe was sixteen feet below the surface. Maguire had been thinking about a plan for several days. One night he caught two big gray rats, and these he determined to put into the sewer. They were taken to the mouth at the river bank and.re leased. Thme op3ning was then closed securely behind them, leaving the an imals with only one chance of life. That was to go straight ahead. And they did. Several more rats were caght and turned into the sewer, un til a dozeni were gnawing away in the pipe. The morning after the last de tachment joined the main army wvater began to trickle from the pipe. Iron rods and steam were applied. In ten minutes the sewer was clea5. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Gold Teeth Are Bad Form. Fashion's new fiat is that there sball be no more gold in teeth. Gold in the midst of a "row of pearls," the leaders say, is horribly conspicuous, and it is very bad form. None of the yellow metal shoald show when a society belle or beau laughs, and such a thing as half a front tooth of gold must no more be seen. It is still allowable to use gold where there is no possibility of its showing, but in any other case the new rule of fashiQn is exceedingly p)os itive. It is not proposed that where gold is already in place it shall be taken out, but the "orders" are to use other materials from nowv on, especially in the case of time upcoming generation. In the place of gold the fashion-tble dentists are now using a white metal that hardens very qu'ekly and when hard looks precisely like the tooth it self.-New York Herald. Great l5ritain's Steam 1'ower. It is estimated that the steam power of Great Britain is equal to the unitedI strength of 1,000,000.000) men. The number of persons employed in her coal mines is but 200.000. and of these fully two-thirds dig coal for other uses than for engines, leaving 66,666 men to mine the coal necessary to do the work of 1,000,000,000. The engines are made by 60,000 men, so that 126, 666 men furnish the means of doing the work of 1,000,000,000, the strength of each being thus multiplied nearly 800 times. This gives to each man, woman and child of a population of 35,000,000 some thirty willing slaves, born fully grown, exempt from sick ness, needing no clothes, eating only fire and water, and costing mecrely the work of one man in 8000. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. To (lean Tapestry and Cretonne. Clean tapestry with warm bran, rub bing it on with a piece of new flannel. Clean cretonne with warm flour, using a piece of new flannel on the hand. When clean, brush off the fiour with a cloth brush. Another method is to apply a thick paste of fuller's earth and water. Let it lie for five minutes and then brush of. Apropos of Greasy Soups. Strange as it may seem, observes Table Talk, women who claim to be good cooks still serve greasy soups, abominations to eye, palate and stomach. A remedy for this is the "soup digester," a kettle with a faucet near the bottom by which the clear liquid maybe drawn off without the fat. Without the convenience of this uten sil, grandmother's "good old way" is always available-to let the soup stand over night, when the grease can be easily removed in a solid cake. Moral: Greasy soups are without ex cuse and in evidence of carelessness or ignorance! How to Clean Glass. For the annual work of the spring cleaning there is nothing more im portant to have properly done. than the washing an: polishing of the win dows. While bright weather is re garded as necessary in most branches of home cleaning, a dull, cloudy day should be selected for the windows, as experienced housekeepers say the cle-ining cannot be satisfactorily done when the sun is shining on the glass. When ready to begin, the windows . should be well wiped with a soft, dry cloth to free them from dust and smoke, then quickly washed with warm water to which a little powdered borax is added, and dried. To polish the glass: After' cleaning, a small muslin bag should be filled with whiting, to which a little borax is added, and the windows freely dusted with it, then rubbed off, and polished with old newspapers. Windows thus treated will be c,lean and bright, and will keep clean a long time.-Eliza B. Parker. New House Things. Japanese screens were never so popular. The black ones embr'oidered in gold are most appropriate for the dining room or library, 'while for the parlor very handsome -ones of white satin embroidered in colored silk are shown, the frame of a simple ,black - d gold brocade. Simpler ones wijh frames made of a thin band of plain woo '-ed ready for use come V* very reasona e p - enameled or :staned at hom-#'d>' -"'s then mounted with panelsa$o satin, burlap, ,denim or- einoi 1 -_ linen. Milady's dressing table, with its ,n numerable solid silver furnishings and trinkets, is the chief ornament in her room these days. The old-fash ioned mahogany tables of . our great grandmother's day, with the addition of severely plain brass handles and key plates are the most desirable. Failing this, muslin and dimity toilet toilet tables are always dainty and sweet and can be made .by a girl her self. Besides, they can be freshened by laundering. The small ornamental windows with broad sill between two rooms lend theiuselves well to decorative effects. A sash curtain is indispensa ble. Striped madras in flower effects or delicate yellow India silk are pret ty effects for these. A silk scarf draped gracefully over a gilt rod is uncommon and effective. A jardiniere with small plant put on the sill is good. A . figure in plaster, brass candlestick or a Moorish lamp are other suggestions that look well. An-' other artistic addition to these small places is to hang over the top of - them a small plaque, together with a half dozen peacock feathers loosely and carelessly grouped. 1Recipes. Beef Omelet.-Four pounds of raw beef, choppe.l fine; six well-beaten eggs, five or six soda crackers, rolled fine; a little butter and suet, pepper, sat and sage; make into two loaves, roll in cracker crumbs and bake about an hour; slice when cold. .'weet Breakfast Muffins.-Sift two teaponfuls of baking powder with one quart of flour; add one cup of sugar; rub into the flour a piece of butter the size of an egg, then stir in one pint of milk. Beat to a smooth batter, and bake in gem pans. Bacon Fraze.-Beat four eggs into a batter with one-half teacupful cream and teaspoonful flour; fry some thin slices of bacon and dip them in it; lay the bacon in a frying pan with heated lard, pour the batter over it, ar.d when both sides are well browned lay on a heated dish and serve hot. A good breakfast relish. Potato Soup.-Boil three potatoes in salted water until tender. Scald one pint of milk, with one tablespoon fu chopped onion. .Drain and mash the potatoes, add the hot milk andrub through a sieve. Melt half a (table spoonful of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper. Pour into the hot soup and cook ten minutes. Baed Cauliflower.-Boil uncovered until tender, but not until it breaks;. split clown the middle with a sharp knife; lay the cut sides down in bak ing dish and pour over and around it a large cupful of drawn . butter. Sift tine bread crumbs on top and set in the oven until it begins -to. brow~n. Seve in the baking dish, with vinegar or at lemon. Cornmeal Puffs. -Heat one quart of milk ini double boiler; stir in eight tabepoons Indian meal, four table spoon's granulated sugar, a tea spo grated nutmeg. Heat and stir until thickened and smooth. When coo, stir into it six b.eaten eggs -. med light, pour into buttered. c M. bake hair an hour in moderate ->ven, serve hot with lemon sauce.