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CHAPTER XVI. I 1
ELSrE FEItrETKATES A JEST.
HEY say." remarked
Elsie, "that people
pJ 1ZcP always feel particuJPl
I Vy larly well just beH\
I JLSj fore they die. Do
m J'ou remember Rerntt/3^5^C3f
^art^t In 'Camille.'
*^^v-vy the very last words
before she dies In Armand's arms: T |
shall live! Ah. how well I feel!' How
I cried when she said that! And then i ,
Gaston says. 'She sleeps.' Isu't that a j
lovely scene?"
"As it came to your mind at this mo- i'
ment." said Brenda. "I joyfully iufer 1
that you are foelius very much better." !
"You must think 1 am silly to talk
so much about dying." said Elsie. "i
am soggy with sentimentality." ! ,
"You have mentioned it on just four
occasions," said Brenda. "including
this, but it seeins often to us because
we don't wish to lose you and to your- ,
self because really and truly you don't ;
wish to die. On the whole, you have j
been as cheerful as any girl could possibly
be under the circumstances, and
as for your sentimentality, my dear,
I'd give the world to have some of it
myself."
. "I was going to say." continued El'
sic. "that my motive for continually ,
harping on it is that you may know I
^, am not afraid, and afterward you may
tell II r. Alden."
This exchange of pleasantries upon a
cheerful subject occurred during the
time when Kendall was experimenting
with the white mice.
"I must have been pretty near it the
last time," said Elsie. "It was double.
I scarcely knew what was the matter
* "in thnncli I'd fainted
n 1 III 1 4 4 L'V^Uii, V . v?. ?..VW{Sw - ?
such a little while before. It was like
drifting, drifting away. You are surprised.
You think you must stop, and
before you really have time to be
frightened you are gone. But I waked
jnst for a second?just long enough to
remember and realize; then down,
down. down, sideways to tbe left there,
slipping away from the room and the
light. The last was a sensation that
they wore lowering me into the ground.
But I'm going to be cremated. You've
promised me that, Brenda."
Then catching the expression of
amused horror ? if that can be ? on
Brenda's face, she laughed with the
most lelieious and clear sound, like
the singing of birds.
"Oh. but it hurts to laugh." she said.
"You mustn't make me do it."
"IV" cried Brenda. "You're the first
that ever accused me of being amus,
lug"
"Do you know," said Elsie, "that of
the two of us you're the blue one? It's
much more cheerful to talk about
dying ban to "roast' oneself as you
L do"
m "Roasting Is popularly supposed to
w be oue step beyond dying." replied
r Brenda. "But I suppose the roasting
[ you moan is the saying of uncomplii
mentary things. My child. I can't help
^ jj.; I suffer by contrast."
V "With uieV" cried Elsie. "Now you |
really are amusing. If 1 had your hair ]
and eyes! Web. that's absurd, of i
course. But do you know I lie here |
He came hitck with a titmbler.
Imitating your ways, your calm, gentle,
sweet way of doing things? I'm
studying you. lJronda. and if 1 were to
nl*iv i> sooiftv nnrt airain vou'd see'
This is the way you say: 'Good morning.
Dr. Kendall. * 0 * Ah. thank you
so muc h. ? * ? Shall we see you again
) soon? ? ? Goodby.' Vou make all
the little things mean something. That's
dignity, personality. 1 haven't any tuoro
than a blade of grass, but I'm gaining
on it. If I live another week. I shall
die and go to Daniel Frohnian's No. 1
company instead of to heaven. I'd
rather."
"Do I sn?ak like that when I address
Dr. Kendall?" said Brenda. with a
slight, access of color. "Well, it may
be so. You are very clever, my dear."
"This Is the way you hold your
arms when you walk." said Elsie.
"Isn't that pretty? Of course 1 can't
do it very well lying down, but see the
fingers and the ease of the wrist.
"Were you taught to do that?"
"I used to have a governess who was
crazy on Delsarte." replied Brenda.
"But she presently went crazy on all
other subjects also, and we had to send
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the i>oor thine to an Institntk>u. I was
not aware of my debt to her."
"You owe her a great deal." said Elsie.
"I wish I'd had a lunatic of that
kind in my family. I couldn't afford to
have much teaching. Of course I had
some, but when 1 found what my 1
mother was enduring in order to pay
for it?well. I took an engagement with
the first thing that came along. And it
was a barnstorming crew! We gave 1
six plays a week, and I had to learn a
long part iu every one ot uiem. j.ue
second Monday, in the afternoon, the '
leading lady came into my room and
found me huddled up on the tloor in
the corner gibbering?just gibbering,
that was all?words out of all the
plays, as she told me afterward, all
jumbled together, and I was cross eyed j
with sitting up all night studying un- j
dor little flickering gas Jets. Yes, that's i
the way she found me, and the room '
was as cold as a barn too. I had the |
bed quilt wrapped around my shoul- :
ders and my arm through a hole in it. I
"The leading lady yelled to the ju- j
venile man. and he really was juvenile ;
?about 18, as I remember. She said, j
'Go get a glass of braudy!' The ju- i
venile man went down to the bar and \
came back with a tumbler solid full.
He had to carry it carefully in order to
keep from spilling any. The leading
lady was a temperance woman. She j
never touched a drop of wine, and, iu j
fact, she was a regular straitlaced |
New England pilgrim, but somebody , 1
had told her once that brandy was :
good for the thing that I had?'white i
brain.' we call it. The juvenile man i '
didn't know how much brandy a per- ! 1
son ought to take, and I?well. 1 didn't j
know anything. So 1 drank it all. and j
then 1 lay down on the bed, and the
leading lady covered tne wua every- |
thing she couhl find, and pretty soon
the bed got up and stood on the ceiling. |
and 1 didn't care at all.
"When it came time to go to the the- ;
atcr (Brenda. it's disgraceful, but 1
Was so?so drunk that I couldn't walk
straight) the leading lady got me up
and told the juvenile man to walk me J
around the block, and he walked me
around about fifty times in the snow.
We were in a little .Minnesota town,
and it had snowed for a week. When
he took me to the theater. I was per- '
fectly sober, and I didn't care for any- |
thing. I had no troubles whatever. 1
walked nn to the stasre manacer. and 1 i
said cheerfully, 'Well, what do we play
tonight?* He told me, and I couldn't
remember ever to have heard of it, but
I got out my part aud studied it while ,
I was making up.
"When I went on, I knew about half
of my first scene, which was the Ion- J
gest one I had in the play. Hut I didn't
care. I'd always been troubled with
stage fright more or less, but not this i
time?not a fright. When 1 forgot, I ;
waited calmly for the prompter, who !
was off left, having a fit. By and by 1
had to go across right and sit down by
a table. I knew 1 couldn't hear th?
prompter there, so I walked over and
got the table and dragged it clear across
the stage, and the audience applauded
because I did it so naturally.
"Then I went crazy, aud what h^>- |
pened afterward I scarcely know. But
when 1 came off after the thrilling cli-'
max of the scene I fell into the lead- j
Jng lady's arms, and she hugged me up
tight. She said: 'You never played so
well as that before. You were like
Julia Marlowe.' And she kissed me on '
both cheeks. Julia Marlowe was my!
idol then, and 1 cried with heavenly i
joy on the leading lady's neck. That's
all true, just as it happened, Brenda.
and I never had stage fright afterward."
'Toor little Elsie!" said Brenda, kissing
her. "It was a bard school where
you were taught."
"It was." said Elsie. "Yet I think I
wouldn't have amounted to tnuch anyway.
How could any mortal man fail
to see the difference between you and
me?"
"My child." said Rrenda. "no man
can. Why. the brass knobs on the
posts of this bed know the difference between
you and tne?the vital, essential
difference. They love you in their little
brass hearts. Everybody^ loves yon.
l>r. Kendall, for a cold blooded sawyer
of hones who eould amputate my bead
without a trace of emotion, takes your
hand with the eternal reverence of
man for woman, and when he gives
you pain 1 can see Ids own heart
shrink. Rut he treats me as if I were
a gentleman whom he bad met at the
club."
hisie opened her eyes so wide that
they seenn d to light the room as she
stared at Rreudn. whose cheeks were
Hushed by tier unusual earnestness.
"I am glad to hear you speak like
that." she said.
Rrenda rose and walked across to
the window. Then she returned to the
bed and took Elsie's baud.
"I am going to open my heart to
you." she said. "It was not because
Clarence Ahlcn preferred you to me
that 1 lost uiy self control that last
day. 1 cared nothing for you. despised
you: I admitted no comparison. It
was because, though the iuteusity of
his own nature for a time deceived
him. he never really loved me at all.
Nobody ever loved me. I an> ealled
good looking, even a beauty. ,ln the
society columns of the papers, "and I
am bo rich that I hare attracted many
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meu. But not one of them was able to
present even a creditable counterfeit
of love (though some of them could
counterfeit almost anything else, from
good breeding to the uational currency)
until Mr. Alden entered the
lists. That's hardly fair to him: he
was sincere, but mistaken."
"Yet 1 didn't have at all the feeling
that I have now," she continued. "It
was only that last day that I became
enraged, mostly at myself. It is sinec
I have come here, fitn-e I have known
you. the most womanly of God's creaitiresj
thnr 1 have had some true com
prehension of my own lack, some honest
sorrow for it."
"Only since you have been here."
said Elsie. "IIow remarkable! But.
Brenda, it is sweet of you to talk this
way to rae. and I am so glad, so very
glad! How long have you known Dr.
Kendall?"
"What a queer question!" said Brenda.
"About two years, but we haven't
met a dozen times. By the way, be is
going to be married."
"He is going to be married!" exclaimed
Elsie. "To whom?"
"1 don't know," Brenda replied.
"From something he said the other
clay. I judge there's a difficulty. I don't
know the lady's name."
"Well." said Elsie, letting her head (
sink back on the pillow as one relieved,
"you will when it happens."
"If you mean that he cares anything
for me, you are quite mistaken." said
Brenda. "His manner when he is in
ttils room suouiu snow mat. i ?ui
nothing?a piece of furniture. Do you
know, it has inspired me with something
like jealousy?jealousy merely of
the difference between you and me,
which is the theme we started with."
"I'll show you what Dr. Kendall I
thinks of that difference." said Elsie.
"Wait till he comes in here again. I'll
suggest that j'ou're going away, and
then you watch him. He'll know that
I'm going to stay till I'm carted away.
But watch him."
"You must not do it," said Brenda.
But Elsie insisted that she should, and
they were 6till having a cheerful little
quarrel about it when tbey were inter- j
rupted by Kendall's familiar rap.
The doctor entered, looking very seri- |
ous. but bis brow cleared at the sight :
of Elsie.
"Upon ray word." he said, approach- !
lag the bed, "yon are the miracle of our .
species."
"1 am so well" replied Elsie, "that
Breoda is thinking of deserting me."
Kendall had been holding Elsie's
hand. lie dropped it and slowly
straightened his tall figure till be stood ;
erect. The dead white mice seemed to :
be dancing before his eyes.
"You can't mean it." he said, and his
face was bluish pray as be thought of
the certaiD inference that Elmendorf
would draw from Brenda's departure
at this time. "Brenda"? be began, "1
truly beg your pardon"?
"That is tny name," she said, "and 1
6ball always answer when you speak
it."
"I thank you from my heart." said
be. "And?Brenda. you mustn't go?
not now. I can't explain. I was taken
unaware and may have said too much
already. Upon my soul. I don't know
what 1 have said. But don't leave us
now"?
In his excitement his voice broke in a
queer little sob.
"! had no idea," said Breada, "that
my presence was so important."
"1 can't think of anything earthly
that is more important than your pros- j
euee here," he said, with such impressive
earnestness as would have carried
conviction to any woman's heart.
jXhis must seem strange to you. this .
sudden outburst, but I am nervous, !
overstrained. You must pardon me. I j
cannot tell you all I mean"?
"(Jo on." said Elsie. "Don't mind
me."
And she put her fingers into her ears, j
Then for the first time Kendall com- ;
prehended the preposterous construe- ;
tion of which his words were susceptible.
His face suddenly blazed with color.
"We?we really need you." he stammered.
"both of us. Tell me that you
will stay."
"I had no intention of going." said
Brenda in a strange and stifled voice.
"It was only Elsie's joke."
"Thank heaven!" exclaimed Kendall,
and he took both of Brenda's hands. "I
fl # m
"/ have your promise?'' said he.
can't be pure of what you think I mean,
but"?and be threw back bis bead with
a One. strong air?"whatever it is, I
mean it from the bottom of my soul"'
lie still held her hands, but not at all
in the society fashion which Brenda
had recently deprecated.
"I have your promise?" said he.
"I can't be sure of what you mean,"
she answered, smiling, "but whatever
it is you have It!"
They looked straight Into each other's
eyes for a moment. Then ttey
laughed together like bappy children.
Kendall's bands closed more
sL,
tightly upon hers. He released tbem
gently and inclined his head as be
turned and left the room.
"Well, considering that that was only T
a little joke." said Elsie, "I don't think
I ever saw so much for the money."
"What could the man have meant?"
exclaimed Breuda. u
"He probably meant." said Elsie, ci
"that you were nothing more to him t(
than a geotleraau whom he had met at C(
the club." j j
TO BE OOMTINCM). h
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PSOWIMTNT PEOPLE. g'
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President Koosevelt is forty-four a
years old.
Kinc Edward has been godfather n
to seveutv-tive persons.
U!
Premier Balfour is not only a fine
musician, but also a golfer and an au- ^
tomobilist.
For a country seat. Robert T. Lincoln,
of Chicago, has bought HoOO acres
of land at Manchester, Vt. n:
The Crown Prince of Germany is a t(
clever automobilist and understands 6<
how to repair all accidents to the ma- c<
chine.
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The Shall of Tersia owns the largest g(
diamond in the world, while the Sultan y
of Turkey is the possessor of the largest
ruby. jr
The German Emperor lias taken up a o:
new hobby. lie is very much fascia- b
ated just now with the collecting of p
book plates. a
The Hon. Maude Paincefote, daugh- P
ter of the late British Ambassador, Is b
compiling her father's papers for pub- ci
lication in memoir form. u
Nothing could prove more clearly
the complete restoration of King Ed- .
ward to health and strength than his j1
visit to the Newmarket races. ^
Senator Pcttus, of Alabama, declares tj
the secret of longevity to be: Work, jj
He says those who get rich and retire
early from business are apt to die. u
Lord Kitchener, when asked recent- w
ly for his autograph refused, saying: p
"Young man, make your own auto- H
"r.inh wnrtli snmethini? Mine's worth h
nothing." M
John Mcrloy has presented the li- J'
brary of the late Lord Acton, which tl
was given hint by Andrew Carnegie, a
to Cambridge University. There are n:
70,000 volumes. ti
Hedin Sven, the Asiatic explorer, ^
has been ennobled by Sweden, despite a
the protests of many friends that he
might better have received a money "
compensation for his discoveries to
atone for the fortune he has spent on ^
explorations.
NEWSY CLE ANINCS.
Massachusetts lias the largest apple
crop for several years. >i
A combine of American and Euro- C
nean linotype manufacturers is content- a
plated. ?
Large quantifies of chinnware are .
being shipped from fJermauy to Jo- tj
hannesburg. South Africa.
Sioux Indians have ordered a marble 0
monument to mark the battle of ^
Wounded Knee. S. I>. k
Timber is bping exported from T5o?- v
nia to South Africa to he used in re- t!
build ng farms destroyed during the k
war. c
The trustees of the National MeTvin- h
ley Memorial Association will not start n
construction until *(*>0,000 has been a
raised. ' a
Russian newspapers desiring to publish
only certain portions of tlie official
nun i xiv-a im * v n# r??....v .... .. .
viatod news to the Ministers of the J'
court.
A commission of Mexican commor- n
cial experts ims started through South a
America to see what can bo done to a
open up trade between Mexico and r
South American countries. ^
Of the 47,0<)0 persons who were ex- t
nniiurd for employment by the (Jovern- g
ment in the period covered by the last v
published report of the Civil Service p
Commission ol.fXK) passed and 13,000 p
failed. s
Everything that was formerly eonsid- s
ered waste is now made use of in some ii
way. but a distinctly new idea comes j ii
from Jena. (lermnny. where a large 1 s
Cerman factory utilizes its surplus hot a
water in giviug 1000 baths to its workmen
a week. n
One of tho notable results of the long n
coal strike is the largely increased at- v
tention that is now given to the otlier f3
fuel supplies of the country. Never be- ''
fore has the usefulness of oil. gas. coke, b
soft coal, wood and peat been so much
considered as during the past month or
two, and it will be strange if important
discoveries touching substitute fuels do
not come out of the situation. 8
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Mothers Flog Their Boys in Court ^
A brand new whip made its appear- 8
ance in Juvenile Court and five offend- v
ers are willing to swear as to its sting- n
ing qualities. Four stout mothers, at j t
the order of the Court, whipped as ; e
1- eoul I
many smaii uu>s unm uc uunci
the punishment was satisfactory. The
new whip is mad3 of a select piece of
oak. to one end of which is attached
a haif-cozc-n small straps.
Four toys. Pat Hunt, Alva Piercefield.
Oncv P.arnott and Walter Worth c
who broke into a shed at the yard of ^
the Coburn Lumber Company on West 1
Maryland street several days ago. were E
before the court. The first three c
named are old offenders, and were v
given a good thrashing by their mo- t
thers in tee basement of the police d
station :r. the presence of an officer, ^
who reported to the judge that the (.
boys had been properly punished. The r
fourth. Walter Worth, nine years old, ^
was given a lecture only, as it was his
first off r.co.
Lloyd Cabbal. a colored newsboy,
who confessed to having stolen $2 fro
who confessed to having stolen $2 p
from a crtsk in the office of the Aetna v
Savings and Loan Company's build- v
ing, was allowed to go free after his p
'p.'her had administered a good, sound f(
thrashing.?Iudianapolis Sentinel. o
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The automooile seems destmed to *
supersede the horse; hut in establish- ^
ing its supremacy the automobile
should not be permitted to Indulge in v
massacre. c
THE STATE FAIR A SUCCESS
he Admissions Were Away Above
the Average.
The South Carolina State Fair, held
nder the auspices of the Fair Assoiation.
was the feature of general in'rost
last week. Columbia was c?ow;l1
with visitors all the week. It was
ir most largely attended fair in the
istory of the Association. The at acfions
were numerous, the racing
ood and, the display of agricultural
roducts, poultry and stock up to the
verage. Many prizes were awarded
) the successful exhibitors. The adlissions
were far more numerous than
sual, and financially the fair was a
reat success.
For Assistant Attorney General.
The announcement has just been
lade that Attorney General-elect Gun;r
has appointed William Hay Town?nd,
Esq., the present State code
Dmmissioner to be assistant attorney
eneral when the transfer of the office
i made in January. A prominent
outh Carolina journal in speaking of
[r. Townsend says:
"The subject of this sketch was born
1 the town of Barnwell on the 9th day
t January, 1868. Though he has seer,
ut 34 summers, he has filled several
laces of trust and honor, worthily
nd to the entire satisfaction of the
ublic?every position he has occupied
as been adorned by reason of his inumbency.
Mr. Townsend read law
nder that distinguished jurist, Hon.
ames Aldrich of Aiken. In May,
589, he was admitted to the bar. Durlg
the fall of the same year he went
) Beaufort to practice his profession,
he firm of Elliott & Townsend was
ig result, Congressman William Elott
being the senior member of the
rm. This copartnership continued
ntil Mr. Townsend's removal to Barnell
in 1894, when he formed a co- i
artnership with Hon. G. Duncan Belnger,
which still continues. In 1899
e was appointed solicitor by Governor
icSweeney to succeed Col. C. E. Sawer,
who resigned to go to the front in
le Spanish-American war. In Janury,
1901, he was elected code coralissioner
of the State by the legislate
over several worthy opponents,
rownsend's code.' as it has been charcterized.
stands as a legal monument.
"Mr. Townsend will enter upon the
ischarge of his duty as assistant atDrnev
eeneral with an exDerience
rhich covers every branch of the law.
minently fitting him to be the associte
of the brilliant, peerless Gunter."
Airs. Nation in Charleston.
Charleston, Special.? Mrs. Carrie
ration arrived here at midday from
Columbia, where she has been making
study of the operations of the disensary
law. She had not been in
'harleston 15 minutes before she was
a a blind tiger, almost opposite to
be St. John hotel, where she is stoping.
She made a close examination
f the place and then called for whisey
and beer. The proprietor knew
er to be the saloon-smasher and he
,'as fearful of trouble. He told her
hat he did not handle beer or whis:ey,
and the great temperance advoate
was not foolish enough to believe
im, and she told him that she did
ot accept his word. She pointed to
. beer sign which adorned the place
nd asked why the sign was in place
r beer was not sold and the keeper
eplied that it was an old sign, anteating
the dispensary law. Again she
it the blind tiger know that she knew
hat he was not telling her the truth.
Mrs. Nation said that she visited a
mmber of blind tigers at Columbia
na tnese places were or rne same sort,
s are found in parts of Kansas. She
eg retted the non-enforcement of the
ispensary law. although she believed
hat liquor should not be sold at all.
She commended upon the number of
rhiskey advertisements which she saw
n passing along the street on her way
o the St. John hotel. She will spend
everal days in Charleston, but she
aid that she will not do any smashrig
here. She has already paid $5,000
n fines this year for breaking up
aloons. She registered at the hotel
s "Carrie Nation. Home Defender."
Mrs. Nation delivered an address toJght
at the First Christian Taberacle,
under the auspices of the
.omen's temperance societies. She
ad a good audience, many preferring
t to the minstrel show which held the
oards at the academy of music.
Sliver worKers i lay smite.
New York, Special.?A meeting of
ilver workers, attended by 800 men,
epresenting the 3,000 of the craft
loyed in this city, Brooklyn and Newrk.
was held to discuss differences boween
the employers and workers. It
ras decided to go on strike at noon tomorrow
unless a 9-hour day instead of
he 10-hour day, now the rule, is grantd.
A Sti'l Hunt.
Blacksburg, Special.?State Contable
R. L. Scoggins of Hickory
Irove, and Chief of Police J. C. Dur.an
of this piace, made a raid Saturlay
night in the King's Creek section
n search of moonshiners and their
nanufaeture. Owing to the darkness
f the night they lost their way and
'ere delayed for several hours, an !
then they arrived at the place they
iiseovered that the parties they were
mnting had gotten warning of their
oming and had torn up and removed
heir still. However, they found 1.000
0 1.500 gallons cf ' mash" and beer
rhich they destroyed.
Educational Gifts.
New York, Special.?Franc is Asbury
'aimer, founder of the National Broadray
bank, died Sunday at the age of 90
ears. He spent the last days of his life
1 arranging for the distribution of a
ortune of $6,000,000 among various
ducational institutions. Which are
he institutions are net known. Th*
lerald will say tomorrow that from au
uthoritative source it was learned that
ittle or no provision has been made
or the relatives, although family serants
are to receive substantial laga
ies.
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|^ousehold
^ patters
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To n?lacqa?r Bnu Boda.
If your brass bed Is tarnished yon
can relnequer it yourself at small coat.
Buy ton cents' worth of gum shellac
dissolved In alcohol, and apply it with
a paint brush. Other household arti- ,
clos made of brass may be treated in
the same way.
Lavender-.See utcd Sheet*.
Lavender-scented sheets are the delight
of dainty housewives, and it i?
claimed that they induce sweet slumbers.
The odor Is exceedingly fresh,
clean and wholesome, and old-fashioned
housewives always scented their
linen and napery with sprigs of the
sweet flower.
Italian orris root is sometimes sub-'
stituted for the lavender if the latter
cannot be procured, but there is no reason
why the farmer's wife or any one
who has a plot of ground large enough
fo ra vegetable or flower garden should
not raise quantities of lavender- and
keep the liueus dellciously fragrant.
Kaths For Palma. \ .
"Those whose palms persist in having
yellow and brown tips on their
fronds should try the expedient of glv
ing them a uany ana inorougu umu,
says a woman who has always been
most successful with her winter palms.
"A sponge dipped in warm water and
rinsed as often as it becomes dusty .
should be used to cleanse every crevice
and both the under and upper side oif
the leaves, as otherwise the plaDt cannot
breathe, and breathing is nc essential
for plants as for people. Then instead
of pouring water on the top of
the earth set the pot, if not too large to
handle, in a bucket or the bathtub over
night, two or three times a week. In
either case the water should not be
above the level of the pot, so that the
plant may drink the moisture up and
the porous earthenware vessel become
thoroughly saturated. In this way no
earth or sustenance is washed from the
roots."?New York Tribune.
Indian Rags Need Disinfection.
A woman who knows the West and
Its Indians gfces a word of caution to
those who are collecting Indian baskets
and rugs. Any one, she 6ays, who
has ever been among the Indians realizes
the unsanitary conditions prevailing
in their wick-i-ups or hogans. Filth
and disease of all sorts are mncb more
apt to be the rule than the exception.
Among the aborigines of the Southwest y
particularly water is almost an unknown
quantity. They have to depend
upon the irrigation ditches
through their reservations, and a "two ~
hours' run" of water every eight or ten
flays with no vessels to conserve the
precious fluid for use in the meantime,
gives small leeway for water to be
used for cleansing purposes. The beautiful
Pinea and Apache baskets will alt
bear a good scrubbing with some disinfectant
in the water. The Navajo
rugs, if new, may be disinfected with
sulphur or formaldehyde?but if they >
show signs of any wear?wash thoroughly.
The native wool blankets colored
with vegetable dyes are improved,
net injured, by washing. Those dyed
with mineral dyes are ape to shrink
and fade. The Navdjo rugs honestly
j made are not only practically inde|
struetible, but rarely beautiful iu de1
sign and coloring.?New York Comracr!
cial Advertiser.
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. . RECIPES ...
i ?->r?lro/l Knntich?Hnorttip tho cmiflfih
and remove the s>eds; place in a baking
pan; pour on It a few spoonfuls of
water, just enough to keep from uurning.
and bake In a very moderate oven
until tender and merely scrape the soft
portions from the shell; mash, season
well and serve very hot.
Egg Salad?Cut hard boiled eggs in
thick slices or into quarters; arrange
each portion on a leaf of lettuce partly
covered with mayonnaise; arrange in a
circle on a flat dish or platter, placing
the stem of the leaf toward the centre
of the platter; place a bunch of nasturtium
flowers in the centre.
Vanilla Sauce?Scald two cupfuls of ;
milk in the upper part of a double
boiler. Cream together two tablespoonfuls
of sugar and the yolks of
four eggs and stir them into the boil??g
milk. Stir the custard until It thickens.
Remove it from the fire, add a
teaspoonful of vanilla and stand away
to cool. ^
fMim finnn?Plmn fino ?i f-mifiil f\t
clams and add to them their own
liquor, strained. Put in one cupful of
water, one slice of onion, a blade of
mace, and simmer for thirty minutes.
Thicken two eupfuls of milk with tyro
tablespoonful* of flour and two tablespoonfuls
of butter. Strain the liquor
from the clams and stir it slowly with
milk. Season with salt and a dash of
paprika. Just before the 60up is sent
to the table, and as It is removed from
the lire, stir in the well-beaten yolks
of two eggs.
Stewed Celery?Scrape and wash the
green stalks of the celery; cut each
stalk into inch pieces; let them stand
in cold water ten minutes; put them in
a steam pan; cover with boiling water
and add one tablespoonful of salt;
cover the pan and let cook until celery
is tender: then drain off the water and
cover with cold water; put one level
tablespoonful of butter in a frying pan;
when melted add one tablespoonful of
flour; stir until smooth; add gradually
ore cupful of milk; stir over the Are
until boiling aud thickened; add half a
teaspoonful of salt, a little pepper and
the stewed celery; serve in a vegetable
'dish very hot.
Since 1S72 4000 miles of railroad* ,f.
have bees laid in the Japanese Empire.
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