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WINNING HER WAY
CHAPTER U.
Moritz glanced at hie •mother n sur
prise as she knitted calmly on ;he pac
ea the room several times, his land
behind, his baok.
"Did yeu know., Moritz, that Ilege
back is going to retire?" she asked al
te,r a pause.
"That is the best thing he can do,'
replied her son, "for he quarrels wit
all, his reepertors."
"How aboue the small pension?"
"Oh, he can live on it, =other."
"He? Yes—but tee child?" she a:eke
impatiently.
"Oh. mother!"
"You. Mini: z, talk of roarriage Wber
you have balf a dozen chilaren, whin
do you thiek I shall get the mone
from for so many?" She uttered te
words in jest and. they both laughte
"You dear little mother, he eried
kissing her lips.
"No. all joking aside." said she, "I
will provide for Elsie. You need not
think I shall do things by halves. Sin
must learn something; I think she
should lie a governess, and, as soot:
es she is ten years old. I shall take
he,r to D—. Is not that the best thing
to do, Moritz?"
.At that moment the door opened
softly and a tiny head with golden hair
was thrust in, a pair of large, brown
eyes sparkled in the rosy, smiling face,
and a sweet, bird -like voice aeked:
"Moritz, Moritz, will you come into
the garden? equirrel is in the chest-
naletree."
"Come here, Elsie!" cried the young
man, and wben the child hastened to
him, he took her in hi •s arms like a doll
and carried her to h•is mother.
"just took at ber, mother." besaid
In a etra.ngely gentle voiree. The
lady glaneed at the lure, 1.like faoe
said then inquiringly at her on.
"Now run along, lesie, I will cerue
after you." and the young man care-
fully opened th,e door for the tiny ere,a,
ture to pass through.
ebe um." he aeked, returning
"as fresh as a rostehul? And. you pro-
pose to ehut her up in a dismal school-
room far into the year, of her maiden-
bood, and to make her miserable by ov-
ertaxing ber brain. "Mother, you have
wade me uneasy. 'What a, world of
tease and wakenai nigets, of buried
hopes and bitter denials lie in those
words: She must become a governess!
Ale mother, do not force her to it,
the poor little thing I"
"Why, 'Moritz," sale Frau. von Rate -
now imintiently, "ycm. talk ae if I
were about to do the (quild a grievous
wrong. (live her an allowance, if you
can! Do you know that she has noth-
ing but three hundred dollars of her
mother's.? When lit geba.ch dies, he
will leave at the most, debts; and
what then? However, matters have
not gene so far yet, and you need not
pity your 'roe -bud!' As you are be love,
my son, I wilt forgive the comparison;
she is, no doubt, a rosebud too."
With those words she laid her knit-
ting in the basket, and. left the room;
shortly after, her son ueard her reson-
ant voisze saying, belong:tears:
"I will won now you. that. it can be
done. One can do anything, if one
events to."
Lees that evening Moritz von Rate -
new knocked at his mothex'e door.
"I surely heard you ride into the
court," see said to him as he entered.
"Come ; where .have you been'!"
He seated himself upon the side of
her bed and said; "Guess! 13ut no, you
cannot -1 have been to my lather -in -
lag -elect's. It was on accuurtt of the
/pension, mother. I told him that I
loved Frieda, that sive loved me, and
that if he had no objection we would
eet married. and—"
"Of course he had no objection!" she
exclabned proudly.
"No. he had tune! And Frieda is com-
ing home."
"How old is she, Moritz?"
"Sixteen and a half. beau von Tess-
feld thinks we should wait four years."
"That is very sensible, Moritz."
"Are you satisfied. mother?" he ask-
ed softly.
"What can I do? f3he is from a fa.m-
ily as good as ours, and if she takes!
atter her father, she will make a fine
woman." She paused 'thoughtfully. "I '
breve not been observant enough,. Had
I suspected that dm was to be my
daughter-in-law—but," she continued,
"it seems to me that her father onee
said. to me: 'Frieda is as capricious as
Ler mother.' Yee, I remember it dise
tieertly. Now, lister* if teat is son
you must held the reins somewhat
tightly."
He laughed."Her charm lies, mo-
ther, in her being suola an elf."
"Teat is notheig to laugh about.
Moritz," she onteured. "But now go
to bed. I shall drive to Tessfeld to-
monnw 1 As your mother, 1 must do
so out of compliment to you." And she
stroked his fair hair caressingly. "Go !
to bed now, and do not gaze at tb,e
moon any longer."
When he ev-as gone she sat up in
bed for a long time with folded hands.
"I am glad be is so resolute," she said !
at length half-alaine "When his fa- I
Cher was courting me, the very birds I
sang of it from the tree -tops. Tthe ,
boy knows his own mind—that he in -1
herits from rae 1"
The door of an old house, the win-
dows of white overlooked a, narrow
street, was softly pushed open and the e
geareeful form of a girl barely ten "
years of age passed through it. The
ethild wore a simple gray dress and a te
brown straw hat. from beneath which '
fell two heavy braids of flaxen hair,
In her hand she carried a small bask-
et containing pears and grapes; she
hastily ascended the stairs and knocked
at a door.
"Come in!" eried a man's voice, and. ft
the next moment Elsie von Hegehach
stood before lin father, in a room 1111-
d with clouds of tobaccotemoke. The
man looked very old and very untidy
in his threadbare dressing -gown; his
skin lied eirown sallow and. the Iretiful
expressior upon his faoe hed. changed
to a domineering one. Notwithstand-
/mg that, the rosy, youthful face was
pressed confidingly against his cheek.
"Papa, how are you?" asked theeltild,
and. placing her basket on the table.
she threw beth arms around her fa-
ther's neck.
"Do not always ask nee that the first.
thing." was the irritable reply.
A shadow of pain flitted across the
child's smiling countenance.
"Papa, mayI stay with you awhile.
or are you going to the club?" she ask-
ed shyly.
"You know I am going to the club.
but Siethmann is in the next room."
"Dear papa."—the ttny, rosy mouth
quivered, but the tears were bravely
reser:tined. "I will not stay long: you
know I must bid you "Good-bye' to -day
—to'morrow, I am to go to ,D—e'
"Already to -morrow he asked, look -
ng up from his paper. "What time do
you go ?"
"Frau Cramm said I sheedd be et her
'louse at seven o'clock. Aunt Ratenow
liked Frau Cra,mna to take me with her,
•ir Annie is going to 0— too; and as
•roritz gets married. to -day, and they
ge all at Teesfield, there is no one at
tome to take me—"
"Yes. yes," he laterrupted impatient-
'.. , "all right. The term probably be -
ens the day after to -morrow."
"Yes! Shall I read. the paper to you
.wicale, papa ?"
"No, thank you. A safe journey,
elsie, and be diligent."
Be held out his hand to her and turn -
Ind again to his wee. The child. for a
moment stood beanie him motionlessly;
ior pallid lips moved, but not a word
escaped them; then she turned to leave
the room.
"Elsie!" her Lather called out.
She started.
"Give that stuff to Siethmann; 1 d
not eat it," and he pointed to the dainty
basket. Suddenly she fell upon he
knees before him.
"Papa, male elle cried ,"why do you
not lov.e ? 'Why do you not epeek
kindly to me, as Annie's father dues to
herr
lier delicate form trembled; in her
agitation she laid her fair head upon
his knee and burst into convulsive sobs
"Good Lord, child, get epl" eriedoli
Sietlartanza, who, on hearing the girl's
sobs, bed entered tbe room. She raised
THE EXETER TIMES
inn to a close, dark clouds were gath
ering in the west and the evening
breezes fanned the cbild's Hustled
cheeks,
"Mother I" she whispered. There
was an indescribable accent of anguish
in her voice as she uttered that word.
She erouclaed down and laid her cheek
earessingly against the simple iron
cross. She remained in that position
until the sexton's wife, accidentally
passing by, kindly warned her to re-
turn home as the cemetery was about
to be -closed. She gathered a few ivy
leaves before she left the grave. On
arriving home she stood at the window
in Aunt Lott's room ane listened to
the singing of the ment-servants, and
of the maids, who were celebrating
their master's wedding -day by drinking
punch in the servant's hall.
On the following morning at eight
onloct, evhee the sue with difficulty
pierced the clouds, it shone upon a
pale, childish face which peered. with
large, wondering eyes out of th.e win-
dow of a carriage tv,hich rolled along
the highway. In the carnage sat a
plump, blooming woman, wrapped. in a
black velvet mantle, and a cerpulen
man; between that couple sat their
little daughter with straw-colored hair
and a snub nose; they were taking her
to the well-known institute at D— for
a couple of years. Each parent he1d.
one of the small hands, and one vouid
tell by the mother's eyes that she had.
wept bitterly.
Elsie sat alone on the battik seat with
the bundles, arze before the child
stretched, dark and uncertain, that un-
known life in which her tiny feet had
taken their first steps that day.
About the House.
CARE OF THE BABY,
The Batlh—As 'widely as this sub-
jeot in and has been discateed tbere
is yet considerable to learn. Parental
responsibility extends over both the
physical and moral being of a olaild,
and proper precautions as to its healthi
are just as essential, for some time at
least, as the training of the ethical na-
ture. A mother's duties are many and
varied; they embrace not only food. and
olothisag, but an =idea:emitting of the
Physical requirements of her infant,
and the acquiirement of a.11 theknow-
ledge on the subject that she min ob-
tain from books and physicians.
The question of greatest importance
is cleanliness. The little one should own
a batb-tub a,nd every morning receiv
from the mother's own bands a thor
ough waslung. The baby's bath shout
be regular. Midway between tw
feedings is the best time. Never when
he is hungry or immediately after
meal. His second bath is usually giv
en the third day after his initial toilet
There should be in a warm room tw
tubs of water at a temperature of 10
degrees as indicated by a there:tome
tee White castile sotto is best for the
baby, and then it is not necessare to
use muell every deo' on that soft skin
A little borax added to the water is
cleansing and softening if rain water
is not abtainable. The ba.by weapped in
a soft warm blanket in the nurse's lap
is then waelhed, beginning at the head
and bathing and drying one part at is.
time. Great care should be taken that
no soap entexte bis eyes. lie is tlext
dipped to the neck in tee clean water,
and allowed to remain for half a min-
ute, tben dried with soft, warm towels
under a cover. If he happens to have
a cold tide bath should not be omitted.
Wren him up in a large blanket, Put
a little cool water on his head and
bathe the body with warm or tepid
water under a cover. Sponge tile
skin, 'before drying, with equal parts
Of with -hazel and alcohol. Before
dressing warm the clothes by the fire.
Many mothers use alcohol and water
throughout the entire winter for the
baby's skip, as it is an astringent, los-
ing the pore, and thus preventing
i cold. He should be carefully dried witk
soft towels, as too much powdering is
unwise. If used, however, procure good,
mineral powder, such as talc. Keep
the scalp perfectly clean, using a soft
brush in ,preference to a comb. Cleanse
the gnme several times a day withi a
soft cloth over the finger and dipped
in cool water. Later on, a soft camel's
hair tooth bruzeh may be used. .
Exerciee—The baby should have plen-
ty of freesia, pure air. Not Iese than
two 'mum after leis bath must he be
taken out of doors. If born during
the warm season he may be taken out
every nice day after tyre weeks of age.
Fresh air wall never make a baby sick,
but the warmest room xnay be infested
with disease germs of the worst kind
if not well ventilated and plenty ot
sun admitted. Outdoor life is as essen-
tial to the mother as the child. An
o
a
CHAPTER III.
tinEleight. years had passed sheet> that
In les stuffy room on the "Rosen-
°. gasse," still smoking and. reading, sat
r major eon eleventh, while old Siette
mann still prepared ber abominable cof-
fee. The major did not, however, go
to the elub as regularly as he once had
done, for walking was difficult, with
him. Gout had deprived him of his only
diversion, and. his dispositon was not
improved by it. Siethmann had a
harder time of it than ever; but she
did not realize the situation, for she
1 had grown duller; ant nothing. with
Elsie from the floor. at the sante time
elieting a severe glanee the Lunen
He had risen and in his excitement was
pacing to and fro.
\\ nu Lae mule anytleng to you?" he
asked, half -anxious, half -provoked
"Have you been el:ceded? What ails
you? Tell nie! .If yeti are ill, Sieth-
mann shall go with you and put you to
bed?"
"I am not ill," was the gentle reply,
"Good-bye, papal" and hastily wiping
bier eyes. she paesed from that room
I into the ene tvnichad formerly been
her inuther's and in which eietemann
'h
:lived
since le kept bouse for the mej-
m
; e The ehi d. seated herself at the
; window and gazed Ligon the neglected
!garden; for several wee,,ks she had been
, very eel.
One day Aunt. Ratenow had sunamon-
! ed tier to her room a.nd had said to
I her,
as she stroked her soft, fair hair:
'Eleie. you are now ten years old. and
beuseee girl; it is thee to talk seri-
ously with you. You know that every -
ane in order to be happy inuet be of
' some uee in the mixed, and you wish
to be useful too, do you note! Many
' are born, so to speak, with silver nations
, in than: mouths, and. during their en-
, tire iivet they need not tvorre- nor ask:
What !tee t we eat, what shall we drink,
. what we wear? Others have no -
thin, else to du but. to as thos:e
ques-
tjcxii.. Your father, Elsie, is a sickly,
lonely man, who has had many crosses
to bear; he is, tee ,a poor man; he can-
not give you a silver spoon. But in
place of that, the Almighty has endow-
ed you with an intelligent mind and
a healthy body, and it will be easy
for you, if you so desire, to answer the
questions I just mentioned to you. 1
wish to impress upon you to be dili-
gent and studious, so that you may ob-
tain your governesscertificate. That
is the only means a young lady of good
birth has of making her own way in
the world."
It seemed to the (Atari as if a dank
visil had been suddenly east over her
entire life. The gray School -room with
its oppressive atmesphere—with its
walls wiech seemed to crusb her, e it h
its windows through whittle a sunbeam
:seldom gleamed—rose before her eyes.
She was to be walled In—she who loved
flowers, air and sunlight!—walled in,
net alone until she was a woman, but
forever. forever! it could not be
"Well, Elsie, do you not like the
idea ?"
Olei shook her head.
"Then remain a little dunce, and you
will be like Siethmann some day! An
ignorant person receives treatment. ac-
cordingly."
-Why should. I have to do that?" El-
sie exclaimed. "'Other girls do not!"
And she raised her doe -like eyes to the
stately lady's grave fate, as it awaiting
the solution of an incom,prehensible
problem.
"Many have to, Elsie, and you are
one of the many. L. is my duty to ed-
ucate you so that some day you may be
independent- Now go; you know you
should be ubedient, Elsie, even if you
do not see why you should be. -
Elsie then flew to Aunt. Lott tvith
pallid cheeks and panting breath.
"I am to go away. aunt."
She could not utter another word, but
her eyes roved about, the oozy room
and finally res•ted on the kind. old face;
she saw two tears trickle down the
wrinkled cheeks and fall upon the old
lady's cap -strings. She could not weep.
She was to go away for so long a time
—away from the home of her childhood,
from the shady garden, from Moritz,
and from all!
The day before, Aunt Lott. had tear-
fully packed. her trunk; she had bid-
den her, Aunt Ratenow and dear Mor-
itz farewell, for they all went to Tees-
feld for the wedding. Elsie would have
liked to have gone too, but Aunt Rate -
now would not, h,ear of it.
"What could you do Opera, Mete?"
she had asked. "Children are always
he the way."
She was alone all day, for even the
cat, took a walk. 'What. difference did
t make that the maid gave her a glass
of wiee and apiece of cake for dessert?
"Els:e, master bade me give you•
his," she had said.
For the first: thee she was lenescaue,
nd she felt a passionate yea.rning, for
heart which was solely hers; thee, she
had hastened to her father, wtlb what
esults we have already seen.
Suddenly Elsie sprang up; she could
o longer remain in the stifling room.
t smelt of stale coffee; there were
Xesseespots on the floor; on the wall
ung Siethmann's entire wardrobe; the
urniture was moth-eaten and worn
lareadoare by bard usage.
The young girt descended the stairs,
alked hastily through several streets,
nd fi.nally reethed the (cemetery,
hich she entered she sought out end
eased before the ivycovered resting -
lace M. the mother she had. never
mown. The September day was draw -
the exception rrhaps of Elsie a,nd her
in b.er.
• Regularly every four weeks a letter
, lay upon the old man's desk, the hand-
writiag at first the laborious effort of
thild's pen, and later on, the deli-
• nee but not characterless writing of
a woman. He had only written to his
daughter once, and that was when
Elsie was confirmed; the letter was
treasured up in a box with a necklace
of garnets, the only ornament her mo-
th bad. • e
A tender, grateful reply was for-
warded to him with the childish promise
to always remain an obedient. daught-
er. On the day of which we are writ-
ing a. letter again lay before him.
"111.e. dear beloved papa:
You are the first to be inforzned that
1 pessed my examination No. 1! The
prineipal has just told me so. I am. so
rejoiced that all the trouble is forgot-
ten. I shall come home now in a Lew ;
days. my dear papa, and I am delight- ,
ed at the thought of seeing you. again. I
"Your affeetionate daughter,
ELSIE. I
; He read the letter and his face grew ,
grave. While be was thinking it over,
e pair of hands at the castle were busy
preparieg the room for the loved one
who was about to return, Aunt. Lott
and Aunt Ra.tenow had received the
same joyful news, by the second post, '
and Aunt Lott. had at once begun to I
set to rights (he young girl's former I
nursery. It was of course understood ,
coffee -can cou awaken any interest
fn •
•
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that she would (wimpy that room.
Frau von Ratenow's sitting -room had "
not changed with time; she herself had
grown somewhat stouter, and her firm
will was perhaps more strongly marked
on her features; and yet there had
been a ehenge which lent the cozy
room, with its soft carpet and its heavy
blue hangings, a more domestic char t-
er 1 Before the fire -place in•
! fire crackled three chi,ldren were play -
lug a—boy and two girle—the latter,
fair, blue-eyed and rosy-cheeked,
. their father; the b • a la k 1 •
. rated rogue , the household pet, the
baby. These little ones were frolicking,
romping and making a din generally,
which would have disturbed anyone but
a grandmother.
Frau von Ratenow was reading a
letter, which she let fall upon her lap
: and then took up again.
. "Lulu!" -he cried at length, "fetch
your papa."
• The eldest, a girl of five, sprang up '
and hastened out of the ruom.
, in a fee- moments a short, but grace-
ful wCiMan„ inan elegant Week dress,
entered. The children greeted her with:
' "Itiamma ! Mamma I"
"You little darlings!" said she, kiss-
ing them; and turning to Frau von Rat-
' enow. she said, with a show of curiosity:
; -Moritz will be here directly, mamma;
, what 15
; "Ie your name Moritz, sauciness?"
asked t he old lady, not unkindly.
But the dainty lade creature was not
to be frightened off. With a laugh she
threw her arms around her mother-in-
law's neck.
".0h. mamma, you know I am ter-
ribly curious; surely it is. no state sec-
ret I Please, please, let me stay I"
"Wilt you ever be sensible, Frieda?
Will you alves.ye remain a child? it is
because Moritz has spoiled you so!"
She seemed created to be spoiled—
thatcharming little person with the
perfeet form, delicate oval face, large,
deep -blue eves with lung. dark lashes
and blue-blaok, glassy hair, which
simply dressed., showed ta advantage
the finely -shaped head. ft was no
wonder that. the "toy," as his moth-
er called him, was as deeply in love as
upon the first day of his married. life.
"Of course," said he, an entering the
room, pretending to be vexed while his
eyes glowed with the light of affection;
"here she le again. in order to hear
what is going on!"
"I know nothing yet, Moritz I"
"That, is very sad, little wife," he
cried. eBe quiet. good-for-nothingsl" he
continued, stopping u phis ears, "who
can say a word here? Go over to
Caroline I"
The mother banded:her son a letter,
('o Be Continued.)
DESTRUCTIVE BUtE,LETS.
Lee-Metford bullets were made ef-
fective during the recent Beein expe-
dition through the soldiers shaving off
the tops. This caused the case to drop
off when the rifle was discharged, and
enabled the leaden inner part to in-
flict a wo,und severe enough to stop
the, onset of attacking parties.
BICYCLE AILM:ENTS.
Brother elm has the bicycle face, Joe
as the bicycle back, and Sister Sue has
he bicycle leg.
Any other bioyele ailments in your
amity?
Well, papa says he has the bicycle
ocketbook and it's badly punctured
outdoor stroll with the baby twice a
day, and a drive occasionally will pro-
bably. do more far both teen many
mediemes and doctors. Children un-
der six months of age need the protec-
tion of the nurse's arms in cool weaLther
when taken out of doers a et should
not be bundled into a carriage. Young
Infants will get all the exercise they
need if placed once or twice it day on
their baelts and allowed to kick th .
limbs at will. Under no circemetances
should the little one be pertained to
stand or walk until at least a year
old.
Feeding the Baby—A baby xnust be
fed regularly. Every nee hours is con-
sidered correct, and by no means should
the little one be dozed with an anodyne
every time it cries or whimpers; neither
should it be fed. If bottles are used
too much care cannot be taken to keep
them immaculately clean and pure.
Rubber tubes should never be used, as
it is impossible to keep them clean. lf
they are teed they should he washed
every day, ineide as well as outside,
in hot soap suds, using a brush to
clean with. All milk used in bottles
should be sterilized. A. good home-
made sterilizer can be fashioned as
follows: Take a tin pail, perforate a
pie. plate and place bottom side np,
within the pail. Next tutees the bottle
tightly corked, containing the milk, in
this false bottom and fill in sufficient
water to reach the level of the surfaete
of the milk. Puneh a hole in the cover
of the pail, insert a cork and put
through a chemical thermometer, plac-
ing it so that the bulb dips in the wa-
ter. The temperature of the water
must realla 155 degrees Fahrenheit, and
by this method can be watched without
removing the cover. The pail can teen
be removed from the heat and kept
tightly covered for an hour. This
milk can be used any time within twen-
ty-four hours.
The baby's bed.—Give the child a
bed, not a oraille. The tiny baby ac-
quires bad habits as readily as an
older person, and the mother who puts
her infant to slee,p by rocking it
makes no small amount of extra.
trouble for hexself. If the baby is giv-
en its own little bed and placed there
whether sleeping or otherwise, it is
surprising how comfortably and sweet-
ly it will lie without the aid of sing-
ing, rocking, walking, or other unnec-
essary care. It is the management be-
stowed by parent or nurse on the tiny
bit of humanity tvhich m.akes of it of-
ten a veritable little tyrant, or it good,
sweet baby. But the baby's training
commences at its birth.
The best mattress for baby's bed is
one of hair. He sho.u.1.41 not sleep an
feather. If a hoer mattress is weal
made it will not be too hard; and there
is one advantage, it will always be flat
and smooth. The pillows must be flat
and quite small, in oeder that lois little
head may not be raised too high, thus
keeping his body straight and erect.
Small blankets can be nought or made
to fit the bed, and four at lea.et should
be secured, so that the little bed can
constantly be kept neat and sweet. As
the baby grows older, or if the weather
becomes wasen, dainty little sheets
may be substituted foe the blankets,
The bed may be en.ade as plain or
ela'borate as the mother's tixue and
puree permits. One recently made for
a little stranger was of iron enamelled
white, with braes trimmings. It was ehreatened to send fox, ney vnife's mo -
dinary bed, and large enough to exoem-
modate thelittle one for three or four
years. ',nee spring, of woven wire, was
very eatable. A hair mattress six
inches high exactly fitted the bed. One-
half dozen dainty white woolen blan-
kets with blue borders, as many lace -
trimmed muslin sbeets and pillow
cases, and three Belt cheesecloth tem-
forterts, completedethe outfit. A canopy
of vale blue sile,sia, over which was a
curtain of white dotted Winn with a
four -inch lace -trimmed ruffle, was
drawn down to the sides of the bed and
tied with pale blue ribbons. 'Three
baby Inatome., eovered with blue sil-
esia whieb peeped through the lace,
trimmed cases, looked so dainty and
inviting that one wondered if sweet
sleep could be long in combeg to the
tiny one whose head should rest there.
The three wadded cm:afore% one of
blue, one of pink, en.d one of oreem
cheesecloth, ware knotted and but-
tonhole !stitched around with yarn of
the same color as the cloth. There was
but one thicknests of the cotton, such
as is made for quilts, used, making
the little comforters light, soft and
dainty. When the little one is plated
in his bed care should be taken that
be is not always laid on the saraesidie.
If given suoh a habit he will not sleep
unless put Just as he has been accus-
tomed. Very often babies have be-.
come deformed by always sleeping in
the same position, so it is well to
guard against it
••••••••,14••••
ECONOMY IN THE SEWING ROOM.
In the home where every little
counts and there are many such
honaes even in this prosperous land, a
little economy exercised in the sewing -
room will go quite is. way toward mak-
ing both ends meet.
By careful cuttieg of both material
and linings, by preservation of "scraps"
for !needing, and turning, by neatly
folding and saving patterns intact for
future use, much can be saved.
Basting -thread, costing only two or
three cents a spool. will do its work
even better than the sewing sine, so
handy, to be sure, but costing ten cents
spool.
13uttonscut from old, gowns and gar-
ments of every sort, and put into the
but tonbag for future use, will not eorae
anaiee ween fashion swivels herself
around, or when other garments are
lententees. There is an old. saying
teat if e-ou keep a thing seven years
you will find a use for it, but ver-
ily one need not keep buttons that
length of time.
Dress -shields for tbe ordinery bodi-
abvnekirdu.leksill outwear leaeyes. andstft.weto gowns
These seem but small things, yet tbe
linings, etc., of a dress sometimes cost
nearly as much as the dress goods,
, When perchanc,e a waist -lining cut
, frcea some pattern has been basted and
tried on, and turns out to be a perfect
fit, it is economy to spare the time
to reopen the seams after trimming
the edges, and to cut a pattern by same
thus mabling you to alwa,ys aye a
,perfect lining or foundation pattern
for any waiet, fancy or plain, which
noia may desire to make.
All these are but little things yet a.
penny saved is a penny made, and pen-
nies make the dollars.
Strawberry Ice Cream.—Sprinkle
strawberries with sugar, wash well and
rub through a sieve; to a pint of
juice, add bait a pint of good cream;
make it very sweet; freeze artd when
beginning to set, stir lightly one pint
of cream whipped, and lastly it handful
of whole strawberries sweetened. It
may then be put in a mold and imbed-
ded in ice, or kept in the freezer, If
not in the strawberry season, use bot-
tled or canted berries.
A. MARVELLOUS INSTRUMENT.
Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todd, while in Ja-
pan, beca.me readily accustomed—as, in-
deed any good housekeeper would—to
putting off hex shoes before entering
palace or a terople wbexe the exquisite-
ly fine matting, or smooth, laequered
floor might be injured by contact with
anything so coarse and heavy as the
sole of a shoe, in which possibly, too,
there might be a loosened nail to tear
or scratch. But once, while traveling
in a portion of Japan beyond the route
of tourists, where she was the first for-
eign woman the iahabitants had eeen,
she had an odd experience.
She had just visited, in company with
a Japanese gentleman who understood
English, a temple of which the floor
was of the most delicate a.nd beautiful
gold -leaf lacquer, and had of course
discarded her European foot gear while
doing so,
On coming out, she sat down on the
top step of the temple stairs en,d pro-
ceeded to resume her boots, when she
found herself at once surrounded by a
large, carious but perfectly respectful
crowd, who cbattered eagerly to each
other, gesticulating, explaimng, look-
ing at hex, and then beck to each oth-
er with further rapid conversation,
which she did not understand.
At length she asked her 'companion,
who himself appeared interested, what
it was all about, and why the people
were so excited.
" It is 1 he marvellous way in which
you fasten your buttons rso quickly
with that curious steel instrument," he
explained; end he suggested. that she
should, allow it to circulate among the
crowd and be examined. Having her
boots completely buttoned by that tirae
she graciously consented., and had the
satisfaction of looking on while the
grateful Japanese—very polite and
greatly wondering—passed from hand
to hand, wieb. ejaculations of eurprise
and delight, that convenient implement
of civilization—a boot -buttoner.
. HOW THE CUBAN DRJNKS.
The no.axiner in which they quench
thirst is a Cuban art. Elevating the
clay bottle on his wrist until it is
slightly above the top of his head, the
native turns the water loose at a dis-
tance of 10 to 12 inches from his mouth.
The stream, about the size of a lead
pencil falls by a pretty curve in full
vtew until it passes between the lips.
Thus the Cub= quenches his thiest
mitt:hut spilling a drop. acome-
plishment has its utility. As the wa-
ter passes in. this continuous pouxing
from the bottle to the mouth it is be -
loan the eyes of the drinker, and any
foreign roa.tter is seen.
BETTER TH:AN MEDICINE.
Why, yen seem a. great deal better
t,his mornmg.
Yes dootor, Whispered the patient, but
don't let it affect yet= bill. They
as high, or, perhans highe;r, than an or- Leen
WIT AND WISDOM.
up
pTiothe baeethitowahlyngtopalsetad a fast life is
The evil that men do lives after
them, but it isn't reoorded on their
toralastones,
saThi;isdirooffetr,ence between it saint and
a sinner, is a sinner is found out, a
All the world's it stage, and all the
men and women, want to be stage man-
agers. _
He that dee* good. to another man
does also good to himself, for the con-
mecaierndee. of well -doing is an ample re-
Tthe man wee) spends his life belittling
air cacitle.s will probably never own so
muoh as a hut of his owe, to die in.
"What is the average life of a good
bicycle, Sprockets?" 'Well, some of
them 1.est until they are paid for."
"Don't look so glum, old ma,n, use,
(emery voards—they cost nothing."
"Cost soothing? If I speak ten cheery
words to my wife, ants me for
• some. money;"
"So you feel you cannot marry bent."
""es; am fully decided. le by ?
Don't you. like. him?' "Oh, 1 like him
11 g u can' getdam e
propose. I"
In a French paper the editor says
that his idea of a roan raight pass
for a Christiae, ie ane, who doesn't
laugb when it rain, on it 'Annie party
to which. was not invited.
My wife was rather worried when
I left her this morning." "What was
the. trouble?" "Well, elle bad been wor-
rying about something or other last
night, and this morning she couldn't
remember 'treat it was."
kiettorney—"What was there about
the deceased tbat led you to believe he
eves of. unsoend mind ?" Wit ness—"Well
or one thing, he abhorred bicycles.
When a Illan takes your hand with
a firm cardial grasp, it is a sure sign
that his heart is full or bis purse
etaipty.
Slae—"Have you any poor relations?"
He—"None that I know." She—"Mang
rich ones?" Fle—"None that know 211e."
Missionare Tenter— et bat, is the
leading doctrine of Chrielianity?"
Chineman—"Kid tbrow stone.--smasbee
giass—no one eatebee—forginam."
Mrs, Roe -die he her lueleand)—"It
strikes me, Charles, that you're 'going
to the dogs.'" Mr. Rewdie (airily)—
"No; eats! 1 ant just gob:1g to °all on
your mother and sister!"
PRISON STATISTICS.
Tie Nunawr or Male natl F031111.1 Prjgolle/r
le the Vatted Ohioan'.
return showing the number of Male>
and female prisoners, the euirtber pun-
ished an.d the number receiving oorpor-
al punishment in the local and convict.
prisons of the United Kingdom in each
of the six years ended on 1)eoexaber 31,
1896, has just been issued as a Parlia-
mentary paper. 'llac figures for Eng-
land and Wales are for the year ended.
on March 31, but it has been possible
to give the figures for the calendar -
years
for Scotland and Ireland. The
prisoners transferred fi•om one prisan.
to another during the year have been.
reekoned twice. A person committed
to prison on two or more occasions dur-
ing the year appears twice or oftener
in the "eumber of prisoners," and if
puniebed during more than one sen -
tome appears more than once in "the.
number of prisonera punished." Sub -
jetzt to this, the number of persons pun-
ished is given, riot the number of pun-
iseanents, and the number of persons
receiving corporal punishment. There
is no statutory power to inflict, cor-
poral puniebenent on female prisoners.
In 1896 there were 205,004 prisoners.
in local prisons in England and Wales,
of whom 155,55a were males, and, 49,440
females. Of these 16,390 males and 1,-
793 temalee were punished, and 88.
males recerfee
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.
The number of prisoners and of pun -
laments was greatest in 1894, when
the. totals were 207,702 and 23,071 re-
spectively. Tee greatest member re-
ceiving corporal punishment was 144,
in 1803. As regards conviet mons in.
.Engicted and Wales, the tote nu.mber
of prisoners in 1896 was 4,813, of whom
305 were females. Tthe number punish -
s4 was 1,02$, 52 bailee women, and It
received corporal punethonent. The
year 1891 tehowed the greatest totals
both at prizioners and of purtishments,
but the hightet number of prisoners.
• 1 b t 47
in 1893, 'The Scotcle local prisons cone
tabled 59,039 prisoners in 1890, 39,387
beine men, and 19,053 women; and the
member rani:heel was 3,430, of whom
41f1 were 'a When, Tthe .3'ear 1896 show-
ed tee higb ett nuxaber of prisoners, but
the. greatest number punished 'MIS 3,-
727 in 1893. %here is no power to in-
f.lict corporal punishment in Scotch
local prisons. There were 453 men in
tbecon.vint prisons of Scotland in 1890
WARS GROWING SHORTER. against 468 in 1895. The highest num-
miring me last Thirty 'Veers Wars !env
heated Only a Few :theallaq.
'With the exception of the Franco-
Pruesian wan, the greatest war whie
bee punished was 227, in 1893 and 1899.
Corpoial punishment was inflieted on
two men in 1896, and on three in 1895.
No more than three received this pun -
'element in any of the years. The num-
b be.r of men in the Irish local .prisons
wus 24,803 in 1866, the total being 36,-
- 411; or these 2,563 men: and 585 women
were pueished. The highest totals of
prisoners ane Mose punished was in
s 1891., 'ellen tbe totals were 43,200 end
e mem cannot be inflieted /rise local
p5r,0i5507ner,espectively . Corporal punish -
Europe hats seen since the days of Na,
poleon wan the Crimean nen wleoh took
place more tame forty years ago and
lasted about two gears. The campaign
of Napoleon, of course, 'while they wor
considered sheet, as compared with
some previous wiles in Europe, were
certainly long are omen -red with the
ware of the past few decades. A dis-
tinct movement in the direction of the
shorter duration of wars is to be mos
timecl in the past few centuries.
The campaign in the Spanish Neth-
erla.nde lasted forty-two years. Then
followed the thirty yetis' war in Eur-
ope, eliding in the peace of Westphalia.
Civil war in Englanil lasted from 1612
to in ple6.64reattlethalligttaliquileit.les
the Spanish Succession, of till'heelAvNeuNr.aSetrrSnia°4
Succeesion, the Swedish-Russia:Li war,
and the Seven Years' war followed, av-
eraging about tem years apiece. the
Frenchand. the American revolutions
averaged about, eeven years apiece. The
Napoleonic campaigtne covered nearly
fifteen yearn. The Crimean war last-
ed from 1854 to 1856. In the American
civil war, the world saw the latest war
which extended over four years of tirae.
Since 1865, with the general introduc-
tion of the telegraph, the electric cab-
le, and the modern system of railways,
war has become a matter of a few
menthe at most. In 1866 Prussia, de-
feated Austale in seven weeks. Prussia
defeated France en about two months.
The tear between Ruesia and Turkey
began in April, 1877, and wa,s practice
ally finisbed by the close of that year.
The war between China and japan be-
gan about mid:summer, 1891, and end-
ed in elaree, 1895. The present war
between Turkey and Gxeeee seems to
be practically ended in about four
weeks from the outbreak of formal hos-
tilities. It seems to be ehown by. ex-
perience that two important civilized
natione in thews clays of telegraph and
railway can 'not conduct wars for any
length. of time unless the contending
countries are separated by the ocean
or some other natural barrier.
LORD LANSDOWNE ON THE ARMY
Ile Speaks Very niehusinsticany et Its
resit bill at the Present Time.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary
of State for War, speaking in London
at the dinner for the Wiltshire Society
said: those responsible for the admin-
istration of the army were constant-
ly striving to render it more efficient,
but much remained to be done. Mean-
while they were correct in holding that
the British army was never better of-
ficerea, never better equkged end
armed, never had a larger reserve of
strength upon which to fall bade or
which could be more easily mobilized,
either for offence or defence, than at
the present time. With regard to the
reservists, last year's training, showing
that less than five per cent,. failed to
present. themselves, was an answer to
those who believed our reserve only ex-
isted upon paper. To meet, the need of
more extended training ground for our
troops, especially cavalry andi artilleey,
nee War ()aloe proposed to acqiure
about sixty square miles of Salisbury
Plain, by fax the greater. part of which
would be obtaatted by annoable negotia-
tions. Me had appointed a Depart-
mental Committee to consider the ques-
tion of private rights, and he had no
doubt that every one concerned would
be ultimately satisfied.
THF, VISIB1L1TY OF LIGHTS.
Experiments show that it light of 1
candle-power, is 'plainly visible at one
mile, and one of 3 candle-power at two
miles. 4. 10 candle-power light was
seen with a binocular at tour miles,
one of 29 at five miles, though faintly,
and one of 33 candle-power at tbe same
distance without difficulty. On an ex-
ceptionally clear night a white light of
3.2 candle-power can be distinguished
at three miles, one of 5.6 at four and
one of 12 at five miles.
RACE FOR NAVAL SUPREMACY.
41.1=w1011
England :tliad Remain lho entree et the
s
The tunoutnt efenaval construction,
now actually LA process in the cblef
nations of Europe is without precedent.
English supremacy upon the sea, is
nedothe3:etpecssonntile:taeedta, hlztttt
iaatiieniss. thEreearrateenr:
ly, it was a maxim of Englisb states-
manship that the English fleet must be.
as strong as all other fleets combined.
Later, it was held. that the Esaglish
fleet mut at least be superior to the
combined strength of 'the two next
strongest. Eight years ago, a parlia-
mentary paper required a superiority
of thirty-three per cent. over the com-
bined Frencb and Russian battle -ships.
But both Pranee and. Russia have push-
ed. the building of ships so rapidly that.
this standard is not now reached.
During the last three years England
has built seven battle -ships, while
France and. Russia together have built
eleven. Last summer France and. Rus-
sNiaveltvdeg.ether had. fourteen battle -ships
building, while England had but
t
Germany, another rival of England,
is also pushing naval construction
rapidly. She is spending now about
twice as much money annually in this
way as she did seven or eight years
ago, and the emperor recently astound-
ed the Reicilostag by presenting, through
his secretary of state for the navy, a
plain which contemplated an outlay of .
wbout eighty nrillion dollars for the
next three years. The Reichstag dis-
apieroved the plain, though it made pro-
vision for some new construction. Ger-
many bas now twenty-one battle -ships
Lund seven protected cruisers, and in
addition three battle -ships and seven
armored or protected cruisers are build-
ing.
case of war, England meet retain
vessels to defend herself against pos-
sible invasion, and she has scattered
colonies and a world-wide commerce to
protect. She cannot therefore rely up-
on all her fleet for active operations.
It is of vital importance to all the.
material interests of England that she
remain "the mistress of the seas." lie=
that reason, the bonniest burdens for
naval construction and equipment are
c!heerfully borne. This year's esti-
mates for new construction, for ex-
ample, amount to more than one hun-
dred million dollars, and the vessels
to be finished or to be under construc-
tion this year number one hundred and
sehigth, fourteen of which are battle-
s.MAXINIS OE' THE DAY..
Grasshoppers have dumb wives. The
female grasslicpper is client; that is
why the rnaleus always singing.
eVhat would women clo uf headaches
were abolished ? They are the uni-
versal feminine resource.
There, is nothing in the, world so sen-
sitive as 'affection. It fees its own
happiness too muf.M not to tretuble for
itsrealuly.pealirteyse
Thnt age has been defineci. as
the age .of uofctith; its great maxim,
distrust ; is great wisdom, suspicion.
Choose always the way that 'seems
Ike best, however rough it may be.
Custom will render it easy and agree -
°Dia' A BOARDE,R'S VIEI,V.
Frost hasn't any sense.
Why? •
11. never tape the canne.d fruit.