The Brussels Post, 1898-3-4, Page 31/fAiton 4, 19.98,
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BRUSSELS PQ$T.
YOUNG FOLKS.
NAL011-Teele MAY, '
just ',act away to to buttercup lot,
When mamma told me I'd better not;
And a little brown birdie up in 0, tree
Ae sure as you live kept a -saying to
"Naugh-tee May ran away I"
n11 didn't know what to do.
Now, how S you altos° ho knew'?
And onoa we went to the meadow
, brook,
Taste end me, with a flabine hook,
And the Very same latrine sangeigain,
Over and over, and just ilee Vial%
"Naughetee May I ran away te
And Josie ebeheard him too ;
Now how do you s'post he know 1
Josle, she gueeses what I heard
Was just my conscience 'stead of a
• bird;
But the water looked so scowls and
bl ache
We took hold of hands and ran right
, baolc,
And all the way we heard it say,
" That Is the best thing to do,"
Acid enannua-she said so Loo.
GOOD ADVICE FOR ,GIRLS.
ft is but too striking a fact that a
knowledge of the world, as far as eti-
quette is concerned, is most commonly
acquired in a very humiliating way,
and at the expense of much injury to
real delicatoy of character. The votar-
ies of fashion muse, to ee-Certain de-
gree, pay the usual penalty of ignor-
ance, but still, the more they can bene.
fit by the experience of older and wis-
er heads, the more free from annoy-
ance will be their patb.
Attention to the following hints to
young ladies on their entrance into
society will spare them from encoun-
tering many modifications, for, we re-
gret to add., they must always expeet
to meet more of ill-natured criticism
than otChriation charity.
id young lady begins her career of
womanhood without the chances of any
allowance far bier mistakes and mis-
deeds, and the same nicety of criticism
is applied to the sex throughout life,
Bow carefully then, ought every ate
Lion, every expression, every thought,
to be watched! In conversation, per-
haps, she is most likely to blunder. It
is wiser and safer in general to ob-
serve the good. old-fashioned rule of
being addressed first; but then the
young lady should reoeive the address
readily -meeting it half way -repaying
it by enlarging a. little upon the top -
lo thus seleeted. and not by sinking
into a dull silence the moment after
a reply is given. It is in general a
much Lo insure comfort through life,
to avoid. disclosures Lo others of fem-
ily affairs. On the same prinuiple, let
the concerns of others be touched ae-
on with delicacy, or, if possible, be
passed over in silence ; more especially
those details which relate to pecunie
'try mattere, faults of temperament,
or family differences. To be able to
listen well, stranee as it may sound,
is one of the chief secrets, of the art
of conversing; to do this, without ien-
patience, contradiction, or too eager a
wish fur giving adviee, is a gift not
easily aoqu i red.
A dearth of words a woman need not
fear;
But 'Lis a task indeed to learn to hear;
In that the art of conversation lies,
That shows or Makes you both polite
and wise,
The choice of acquaintance is another
most important step in life. Where
there is little decorum there is little
real delicacy. Never make a flirt, mar-
ried or single, your friend, Rumor will
Seldom venture to assail a prudent wo-
man. If you have the happiness of be-
ing guided by a mother, remember she
is your beat friend on snob points; but
do not forget he your anxiety to do
well, that you are not to take the
reins of government in your own hands
nor, presuming on her maternal love,
to overrule her better judgment, and
persuade her to follow rather than to
lead. Some precaution may ee hinted
et in the selection of male acquaint-
ances. The class of men usually most
first introduction to society, is gener-
ally that of lively, irresponsible pleas-
ure seekers, skilful in the donee and
delightful to small talk, who, the max-
ims of the experienced would teeth,
Mould be kept at a certain distance.
Let the young lady be moat careful in
permitting the partner to become the
ecquainlanee; she will not then en-
tangle herself in embarrassing rola-
Lioas with men who have no other ob-
ject in view than that of pleasantly
passing the time. A. genuine senti-
inent may induce her to disregard the
clistincLions of social caste, but it is
a dahgero- a experiment. At the same
time beware of over fastidiousness, and
suspioion. A correct and simple girl,
has, in good soeiety, little to fear from
the freedom of the other sex or the
ill nature of her own, if she maintains
an easy, courteous, not forward, and
not repelling cleportmene, Forwent.
ness disgusts; a repelling woman af-
fronts. Important, indeed, is it to
walk circumspectly, and keep that hap-
py medium which will prevent the
young pilgrim from loving, where no
esteem can be felt.
In enteringa drawing room the lady
of the house is the first objeet of at-
tention. The elabotoAo courtesy of the
woman of faebion, of a former genera-
tion Is now a dost ad, but there is a
good dead to be learned in the way of
a graceful inclination 'of the body, an
appropriate carriage of the terms and
head, especially on an introduction to
any lady your superior in age no dis-
Unction. Do not attempt to recognize
wise rule, and one which will tend
all you may know. It is better, unless
it be a very email party, to seat your-
self, and then, looping round, to re-
cognize with a bow, without rising,
those whore you know alightly. Should
a lady oross the room' to speak to yocz
before dinner, rise and stand while she
stands ; but if she bids you sit down
de so, es she Will feet more at her
(Mao- Should at gentleman come to
speak to yen, custom authorises you
to keel) YOM.8eat,eVelliVer0 bo a duke
and you a roillcmaid, Ip due time you
will go down to dinner, and then ou
must be guided. in your isonvereat on,
by Lhs People around you. Never talk
of yourself, or your dog, or your
borse, or quote "papa," or enter Into
family histories; keep your mind up
or down as the case may be to the
Level of those about you, But do not
be discouraged if you find that you
have nothing to say. Conversatioe le
the growth of ease; and be consoled
with the refleation that the little arts
of lively gossip are only acquired with
practice, and are but the small obange
01 emietY, highly useful, but el smell
Intrinsic value, Attain the requisites
of pleasing and attracting the cultiv-
ated and refined, and you will never
be hoeelessly compelled to share tbe
communion of the unlettered and the
weak. You will find your own level,
whatever that may he.
The ballroom is a plane replete with
many allurements for the young, and
it 15 10 the nature of things that youth
should dance, even as that maturity
ehould pay the piper. But there is
nothing wrong M dancing; It is just
the expeession of the joy of life in
action, but if ever gayety degenerates
into o. love of dissipatipn', then certain-
ly it may become harmful. And with
regard to waltzing, if there is a ser-
ious objection to it, on the part of
those whose minion you value, that
objection should be respected, even et
the close of some sacrifice of present en-
joyment. There can be no true sat-
isfaction in amusements of any kind
unless they can be enjoyed with an
easy mind and a conscience void of of-
fense.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A Few Paragraphs 'Mitch Will be Found
'Sinai' Rending.
The parchment on the best banjos is
made of wolf -skin'.
The pouch of a pelican is large en-
ough to hold seven quarts of water.
Laplanders are swift and graceful
skaters, They often skate 160 miles a
day.
In the United States and Canada
there are 960,094 Oddfellows and 857,-
395 Freentaeons.
A hill to tax bachelors one dollar
a year has been' introduced in the Vir-
ginia Legislature.
- All the flowers of Arctic) regions
are either white or yellow, and there
are 782 varieties.
Female apothecaries are legalized. in
Russia; but only one can be employed.
in one drug store.
The "elephant beetle" of Venezuela
is the largest insect in the world: A
ftill-grown tele weighs about half a
pound.
Coins bearing the names of emperors
who existed over two thousand years
ago are still ire daily circulation in
China.
Only, seventy eggs of the great mule,
a now extinct bird, are known to be in
existence, and fifty of them are in
England.
It is a noteworthy fact that :cheep
thrive best in a restore infested, with
moles. TIM is because of the better
drainage of the land.
Cute little shoes, intended for clogs,
aro made and sold in London. They are
of chamoiewith light leather soles, They
are only worn indoors; and are to pro-
tect polished floors from scratehes.
The largest railroad passenger sta-
tion in the United. States is the Un-
ion Station in St. Louis. It is 600 feet
in width teed 630 feet in length, with
80 tracks.
To acquire tbe right to vote in North
Dakota, a man must have been a resi-
dent of the State for at least one year;
to sue for a divorce., he needs only to
have been there ninety ;lays,
Twenty -on e went murders in Paris,
committed for purposes of plunder,
yielded an average profit of only etas
57 to each assassin. In most cases the
murderers ware naught and forfeited
their lives.
The peasantry of Spain have learned
to make roosters hatch eggs and look
after the chickens, while the hens, be-
ing at liberty, can and do lay more
eggs than they would if hampered by
maternal &dies.
A French law gives any person who
is offensively mentioned, in a periodi-
oal publication the right to reply in
the next issue at the publication, pro-
vided that he does not use more than
twine tete space of the original artiMe.
A strange Parisian fad, in the way
of female ornamentation, 15 11 tiny liv-
ing turtle, in gold and silver harness,
It is attached to the boeoni of a lady's
dress by a slender golden chain, and
is permitted to wander over her neck
and shoulders.
A. hustling kid dwells in Iola, Kanas,
At the age of Lour years, Room Coffee,
the son of parents in comfortable cir-
cumstances, began to sell popcorn, an5
now, at the age of thirteen, he owns
forty acmes oC good land, and is about
to stare a grocery.
Thirty-six years ago, Samuel Lord, of
Northfield, N.H., deposited 82,000 in the
Sumorsworth Bank. The bank recent-
ly advertised for his heirs, and Mrs.
Lucy S. TowM, his granddaughter will
receive the money, which now amounts
to 48,667.87.
A messenger boy in Wall street, New
York, received a valuable package to
convey to a broker's office. Ile dropped
it one the street, and =ethos' boy pick -
18 tipand carried it to the address
on the package. The honest boy re-
eeived ten dollarfor this service, and
the other boy was reprimanded. When
both boys met they divided the inward,
Iehey were well acquainted, and had
planned the triele.
A alFilefOltr AID.
Goodfello-Here's your health, old
fel. By the way, what ie that knot
in your haatlicerablef for?
Tbat is' to remind
Me that I've Wore off.
Geocifeeloe-But you just this minute
took a drink.
iThalirelld-IZO-S. Fact ia, I never
see the knee till 5 take out my hand-
kerceief to wipe My Mouth,
'An Inconsecipent Episode.
There was a big oeu- sb ail Mrs. Sin-
elalsee "at home," and people were mak-
ing slow progress through the rooms,
looking eynleal or boxed., or interested,
as the case Might be.
For vivid, frank enjoyment, there
were Mw fame to compare with one
girlish one -a little fluebed, with shin-
ing blew eyes, and soft curly brown
hair clustering about it,
She was a little et:sentry Moues, hav-
ing a peep at the enchanted fairyland
of London, and at her pleasure the
grave face of her companion relax-
ed, and he forgot for the' moment,
to find. It all a, weariness to the flesh
and vanity and vexation to the
eplrit,
The girl wanted to know who every
ono was and all about theml she
thought them charming, and re-
gretted, that she did not live in Lon-
don,
"Father bates it Bo," she said.
"Your father had a long spell of it,"
the man said, "But" -and he smiled
very pleasantly -"we shall very soon
have you among us, I hope, for more
than a flying visit"
The girl blushed, and grew shy, and
then uttered an exclamation.
'. "Who is that?" she asked eagerly.
"Look at her, there! That woman
with the beautiful fano and dark
hair."
"That is Miss St. Quentin. She
writes, you know: Writes, well, too;
her new book is an immense success,
being neither oheap nor nasty."
"Ohl I've read it," Hilda, Carson said,
thepinkflush deepening in her cheeks.
"And I liked it ever so much. I read it
out of doors, too, end it interestedi me
all the time."
"Do you consider that a severe
teat?"
"Veryl And I am glad to have seen
her. She is wonderful, with that clear,
colorless skin, and thosegreat eyes.
think -I think--" She hesitated a
lietle,
"Well?"
"L think she is a woman nobody could
help loving, if they knew, her."
He laughed, Her fresh enthusiasm
was amusing, and Inc rather enjoyed
it forachange, but before be could
speak again, two or three people join-
ed them, and he lost sight of Hilda for
a little.
A good ninny people admired Miss
St Quentin, but very few even dim-
ly guessed that, while writing the
stories of others, Iter own. life hid one
away in an inner and, very sacred
chamber.
They said she Was "not a bit impres-
sionable," and,for all her beauty, very
unlikely to break her own heart or any
one else's.
There were just two or three people
-of whom Mr. Sinclair was one -who
doubted this dictum, and wondered if
the delicate coldness of her manner did
not bide at least as much of her nature
as it revealed.
But even those who had. so ranch dis-
cernment did not know -nobody knew
-of that Summer, eight years ago,
when she and Jack Tremain had; met
in the, old Suffolk mansion. Nobody
knew of the long, long mornings in the
orchard, talking over everything and
anything, or sometimes sitting in the
silence that is only possible between
friends.
And nobody knew of the afternoons
on the river, or the evenings in the
moonlit garden, or the sudden, sharp
ending to it ale
Hewes wrong, and. she was right, and
they were Loth.very proud, so she let
him go, forgetting how hard a thing
11 18 to be Torgiven.
And, there had been times when
success had seemed a small thing to
her, and life a very desert! of lone-
line,ss, because she missed one voice
in the chorus of praise that greeted
her, and one face in the many friend-
ly ones that smiled upon her. For
Mare St. Quentin had the virtue of
her defects, and she was terribly faith-
ful.
Six months ago Major Tremain had
come home, but society had seen very
little of him so fen though it was
eager to lionize him and raved over
the deed that gained him that covet-
ed, V. 0.
Mies St. Quentin had not seen him
at all, though she knew he was, for the
.moment, in town, and scanned the
faces in, park and street, and party, in
the hope she was half ashamed /A-
ttlee of seeing his.
She was always a centre of attrac-
tion, and lead not been many minutes
in Mrs. Sinclair's rooms before she was
surrounded with a little crowd. She
resigned herself to the inevita,ble, and
was trying M forget her one insistent
desire when her hostess came up with
a bronzed, dignified man at her side.
"Miss St. Quentin, may I introduce.
Major Tremain to your" she said, and
• then eller° was a little exclamation. of
mutual recognition, and ton minutes'
ordinary ccho.t, and -that was all.
Ali, yet. not all. Who could say
where it might ead-tne story began in
the Suffolk garden, and, interrupted
there, resumed. in a London drawing-
royomeo; wertationagyo, on -perhaps? herlhear6
cried.. Fate could not be so cruel as to
mock her with a mere willeo'-the-wisp
of a. hope after all these years -these
lonely, lonely years!
A. man'e voice' broke in upon her
thoughts. He Was the some who had
been talking to Hilda Oarson in the
evening, an Miss St Quentin enter -
'Mined 11 very Emily feeling for; him,
She made room for him beside her,
and they began to talk.
Presently Hilda passed by, looking so
sunny and, animated that Mise St.
Quentin paused, in her teak tet look at
her.
"Whet a dear little girl 1' 'she said.
"Who is IncsIlbr. Cresswell?, 1 saw
yen talking to her just now."
"Little Mies Carson," he said, foliose -
Ing the little white figure with his
eyee. "She is General CarsOn's only
tiellebtee, ease a very nice girl. A
great adealrer of yours, by the way,
alias St. Quentin."
"You must introduce us, by and by,"
Mete St. Quentin said, amiling, "ehe
looks so froth and. Mee, I don't think
I ever saw her before."
"No; but X suppose the will bo more
lo town after her marriage.'
"Oh, is she eagaged 0"
"Why, yes. Dede't you know; Sbe
Inc engaged to Trot -nein -Major TreMain,
ft seem he went to stay with the
Clemons, and that it was a ease of love
at first sight, 411 the other fellows in
las regiment thought him a regular,
hardened old bathelor, SO it bas been
a good bit talked about"
Mies St. Quentin leaned bath and
fanned herself Slowly,
"rote know Tremain, I suppotte?" Mr.
Oreesevell continued, not looking at his
companion as he epoke, but watching
Illeda Carson as she stood talking to
same one, witb her sunny smile,
"Slightly," elm said. "I used Lo know
hem years ago, He is -or wee -vete
pleasan t."
"Oh, yes; he's generally popular.
Why," turning suddenly round, "I'M
afraid you're not very well. Can I get
you anything e"
"Nothhog thank you. It is only neu-
ralgia.," she said, quietly. "1 wan afraid
I must go. I am subject to it, and it is
very bad to -night."
"I'm awfully sorry I"
Ho was full of sympathy and eager
proffers of assistance, and when he put
her Into her carriage shook hands with
reiterated regrets,.
"I hope the pain will Inc gone in the
morning," she said.
She smiled et hem with white lips
and then drove away.
But the pain did not pass in the
morn ing.
HP STAIRS 01' GOLD.
George J. G0111111'5 New noun
Will Have n Marvelens•Stutrwity.
Gold has been used in house (Moore -
time but here is something which in
splendor exceeds anything over seen
en an American house -a. gold plated
railing. The railing of the spiral
stairway and the balcony in George J.
Gould's new house et Lakewood, New
Toney, will be plated with the most
precious of all metals.
Much has been written about the
splendors Of this palace which the
young millionnaine is building. The
foremost architects and artists have
contributed to it, but this stair rail
and balcony will surpass anything of
the kind ever attempted in tbe United
States. Tbere are legends of palaces
where the sett eight was reflected from
lamps at send gold and shades of 8,15 -
baster. This dwelling will equal in
splendor the palaces desoribed by the
romancers who wrote the "Arabian
Nights," Aladdin might have pictured
such a hallway as time which forms
the entrance of the house at Lakewood.
No slave of tbe lamp could have called
into being so splendid an apartment as
the hallway af this modern palace.
'There are many beautiful stair rails
of wrought and polished iron in the
houses of New York's millionnaires.
Someof these rakes have gold plated or-
naments. The stair rail in the Gould
house will surpass all these, for it is
gold platect from the first step of the
stairs to the last wreath of the balcony
front.
MODEL OF GRACE.
In design the staircase itself is a
model of graceful arthitecture. It
used to be said that stair building was
a lost Art. The stairway la Mr.
Gould's house Is a constant refutation
of Lies theory. The race of stair build-
ers has certainly not become extinct
if there are men, who can still design
and build sweh marvels of a,rt. Even
if the rail of this stairway were not
gold plated the light and airy struc-
ture which leads to the second floor
of the house at Lakewood woulcl at-
tract the eye of the artist.
Workmen, leave been busy upon the
stair rail for several months, and it
will be a uncial longer before the rail
will be ready for the plating process.
itt deign this remarkable ornament
?of the millionnaire's hallway closely
followsthe style of Louis XIV. There
are some variations which may be notic-
ed by the Mese student, of architecture.
Both the rail of the stairs and the
balcony ;lions the second floor are the
same in design. The belecony itself
rests Atone tour classic) pillars, and the
space between, these supports is filled
with the graceful railing. There are
four sections hi the bahouy, all of the
same design.. The panels curve grace-
fully outward, and they look not un-
like the fronts of opera boxes, and and
that the curve Is not so nutrleed, Gar -
lends and torches aro the principal
ornaments used.
ITS CLASSIC J3EAUTY.
There is ILO newel past at the bottom
of the stairs. The railing ends in a
ratines horn, after the manner of the
railings of the Louis XIV. period. The
general!, doeign is wonderfully chaste
and. simple. The gold plating will en -
benne its Massie beauty.
This splendid ornament will cost
thousands a dollars. A Queen Anne
cottage of nanny rooms could. he built
for the price of it. When it is placed
in position the haelway of the house
atLakewood will remind one of the de-
seriletion of the splendors of ancient
ImOnees.
THE DREADED COMES TO PASS.
Hush now; your sbooa squeak ? Take
them off.
De you think be is asleep?
Yes, but dotet breathe. Now wait.
Etow infernally dark the house is.
Can't I light up a 'tette?
Ib -h Certainly not, no would hear
the match. Come,
Hush now''your shoes squeak 1 Take
05op softly. Dee% stumble.
;Where are emu?
Map quiet. Desn't breathe so loud,
I -I can't help 51. I eau% hold it in,
Sh-h-ls 1
Hang that infernal Chair!
Now you've gone end eons it I The
baby is awake.
1111....ropor
The person Who thinks high thoughts
etennot live a, little life,
111E utorte
HOW TO MAKE 00011 PASTRY.
Good pastry is as hard to make as
good cakes and requires fully as much
care. Of course we all know that pies
are not, strickly speaking, as bealthful
for deserts as fruits or simple
pudeings, still, when properly made,
with the Lest of materials, any OEM
to be able to digest et least
one piece 0. day. Mea, particularly, are
very fond of pie, especially apple Pie.
Pastry Is either epasett paste" or "puff
paste," &wording to the amount of
butter worked Into le The plain
pad*. Is used for the antler crust of
pies, and the puff paste for the up -
Per crusts, for patties, tarts, cheese
bars, etc,
To make puff paste, take one rup of
butter and wash it well in cold water,
work it with a epoon or your hands.
Then take it into the palm of the hands
mad work it Lentil all of the water flies
from it. Take a piece off, equal to the
amount in a, tablespoon, and work it in-
to the flour, muleten with enough cold
water to mix. You will have quite a
dry dough one, that will leave the bowl
clean; when you take it out on the
board. Knead on the floured board
until it is well mixed, cover with a
clean towel and let it stand, for five
minutes. Then roll out, llgbtly, lay
the large piece of butter on one-half
the rollea-out dough, and fold the oth-
er hall over it. Cover and let it
stand seven minutes. This will seem
like a large piece of butter to enclose
to the dough, but with care in pat-
ting and. rolling, it will not come
through; by the time the seven. min-
utes have passed, the butter will have
softened a little, and. it can easily be
flattened put with the rolling pin.
Roll, fold and let it stand again; con-
tinue until paste bas been rolled five
teems. This may seem like a great
deal of work, but it will net be found
so, particularly if you make your
;dein paste at the same time. Tben
while one is resting the other can be
worked.
To make plain paste, work one-
fourth cup of lard in, one and one-
half cups of flour with the tips of tbe
fingers. Add one-half teaspoon salt;
moisten; to a dough with cold water.
Toss onto a floured board, pat and roll
out. Feld in one-fourth oup of \wished
butter; pat and roll out.
When; making pastry, work in a cool
roam -a pantry off from the kitchen
is a good place; it is. almost impos-
sible to make good paste in a warm
room. as the butter will melt and come
through the dough. Chickea, oyster
or lobster patties are very fine for
luncheon. Use lief paste, roll it one-
fourth of an inch thick. With a cookie
cutter cut out twice as many as you
need, then take half of them aucl out
out the centre by means of a smaller
cutter. This will leave only a ring
of paste. Moisten Um edge of the cir-
cular pieces with water, ani on each
fit one of the rings. These patties
will be only one-half an inch thick
when they go into the oven, but when ,
they come out, they will be nearly
three inches high. Fill the eentres
with creamed. chicken. You will find
these delicious. Oysters or lobsters
can be used for the filling equally as
When, making pies there is usuctely
some of the paste left. This may be '
k
ept for a day or two by rolling in it.
piece of linen or cheesecloth and. keep-
ing in a coal place. If you 4o not care
to keep it over you can use it for
cheese straws or tarts. To make cheese
straws, which are delicious roll the,
puff paste one-fourth of an inch thick;
sprinkle one-half of it with grated'
cheese to which has been added a few
grains of salt and cayenne; fold. over'
and roll out; repeat twice, adding
cheese each time, then cut in strips
seven inches long and one-third of an
-
little larger than a lead. pencil. Out
of some of the paste cut some rings,
by Means of two sizes of cookie cutters,
and bake same; serve the straws in
these rings.
Make tarts by cutting three-inch
squares out of the paste; brush over
with water and then bend the four
corners toward, but not quite to the
centre. Bake, and when oold drop a
spoonful of jelly in the centre of 1
eaoh.
GET RID OF INSECTS.
Insects flourisbonly on spindling,
time lbtt bulk or warm water and
sprayed on the plants, it will be found
very effective epeeist mealy -bug and
scale, but ithas Mee term' for the
&Phis.
The florists also eel/ 11 tobtteco soap,
from which a solution can be made
Wet is stronger in nicotine tban the
usual tobacco bath ; andif this is spray-
ed. on, plants infected witb aphis, the
tretects will be almost instantly
In the ease of the red. strider, it is
vain to talk of cure, for by the time ono
discovers his prosecute, Itis ravages
have been disastrous. Prevention le
tbIS orally treatment in his case and for-
tunately this is simple. The red spi-
der can live only.in a close, dry atmos-
Phere. By keeping the air =Wet and
spraying the leaves of the plants every
mornaog, especially their often -neglect-
ed wader side, this enemy can always Inc
kept et bey.
Beaides the insects that trouble the
plants above ground, not a few are
found in the aoll. Here, again, pre -
volution is the best way, Ie is a good
plan, to bake thoroughly in the oven all
00/1 to be used, for potting home -plants.
55 is well, too, to be careful about the
fertilizer used. If, inetead of ordi-
nary manure, only ground bone and a
fertilizer be used, the danger of worms
and slugs is almost overcome. If,
however, these are found in the pots,
It is be.st to repot, using good. soil
and carefully removing all the old soil
from the roots. This will give the
plant a check, but may save its life.
Ordinary earthworms may be dis-
lodged from the pots by soaking the
soil with a saturated solutioa of lime.
Take a lump of quicklime as big as
Your fist, put it into a pail and pour
a quart af water on it. When slacked,
fill the pail full, and after the water
has become perfectly clear, soak tbe
pots thoroughly with it, The worms
will come to the surface at once and
can be destroyed.
The only effective remedy for slugs,
Is to repot the plant and throw the
old soil away.
WITH PRUNES.
Soak prunes over night, after wash -
tag them. Boil them slowly for three or
four hours en the water they were
soaked in.
To make prune pie, line a pieplate
with pastry. Fill tho pieplate with
chopped, stewed prunes. Be sure to
take out the stoaes. Make a meringue
of the whites of two eggs beaten to a
Mere froth, with two heaping table-
spoonfuls of sugar, and seasoned with
the juice of half lemon. Use the
grated yellow peel of half r. lemon to
season the peunes used. to fill the pie.
Spread the merengue over the pie and
bake it tea minutes in an oven that
will just color it in that time.
Stewed prunes are nice moulded in
layerwith Wenn mange, and served
when cold as a, padding, with a soft
custard sauce.
• Another prune pudding calls for s.
meringue of five eggs ani half it cup
oe powdered sugar silted first with an
even ea.ltspoonful of cream of tartar.
Just before putting. the pudding in the
oven, add half a cup of prunes which
have been drained, stoned and chopped
fine. Whip them, into the meringue
and pour the pudding into an earthen
pudding dish buttered lightly. Bake it
twenty minutes in a moderate oven.
Serve it with a soft custard made of
the yolks of three of the eggs and a
pint of milk with sugar and season-
ing.
EVERGREENS LN WINTER.
Those who have handsome evergreens
will find much of the damage done by
heavy snows can he prevented by go-
ing about among them and dislodging
the snowwitb it long pole. This is to pre-
vent the breaking and spreading of
the branehos by the weight of the snow.
The greatest danger conies when the
enowe.by meson of sunshine or thaw,
becomes wet said freezes on. A wind-
stori then will often greatly injure
the beauty a a tree,
puny, sickly plants. Give the plants'
plenty of sun and air, use a fertilizer
on theta freely and don't water them
too emelt, then they will grow like
weeds and laugh at insects.
But if n prevention has been neglect-,
ed, or has provon ineffective, there is
nothing to do but wage a vigorous
warfare against the insects. For this,
the tobacco bath le good, but 11 is often
tot sufficiently deadly. When this
feels, try the following recipe for kero-
sene emulsive.
Take one cup of boiling water and'
dissolve in it a place of soap as large
as a butternut. Put tin a bottle and
add two caps of kerosene oil; cork and
shake vigorously until they are thorg
oughey ineorporated, Use !this as re-
quired, diluting with at least ton times
its bulk of warm water, and spray the!
plants thoroughly with it afterwards'
spraying )(leen with dean water.
An ordinary atomizer is excellent for 1
applying this eereelsioxi, which can by'
this xneane be. directed to every part
of thle plant. It is sure death to every
sort of partesiM.
Som people corapheat that they do
not stewed in making and applying
this emulsion, but it is very easily
Managed. StiLl, if they prefer to tty
eometleimg else, they may procure of
any florist, te small can of fir -tree oil.
If this is diluted with about fifteen
TO KEEP FLOWIeRS FRESH.
As soon as elowere are received, cut
their stems a hale inch or so before
arranging them in a raoe. At night
put them en. a coal place where there
are n.o draughts, In the morning cut
the stem,e anti place in fresh water.
Some flowers will keep better if
wrapped in damp tissue paper over
night, but carnations must be kept dry,
or their petals will curl up.
If flowers become touched by frost,
immerse them in cold water for a few
minutes, and they will revive unless
they have been severely frostbitten.
BACILLI IN BELK.
A New Method er Detecting the Presence of
xnbcrenlests.
A Russian has formulated a new p00-
0895 for the detection oe the bacilli of
tuberculosis in milk, which is founded
On the fact that tubercula i,aailli ‚sill
be precipitated by rapid centrifugal
motion. He uses a modified lactocrit,
which makes 8,000 revolutions per min-
ute. The milk is coagulated by means
of dilute citric acid, the whey is sep-
arated by filtration, and the amain
is dissolved by a phosphate of six culilo
centimeters of sulpha= ether, mixed
with water, in order that the emulsi-
fiecl fat corpuscles may be set free,
The action of the alley is hastened
ng in a glass oy
lender for fifteen minutes. The solution
is allowed to staud, and, after the fat
has been sepnrated, the remainder of
the liquid is allowed to run out. Dilute
acetic acid is adeleel to this With the
first stem of coagulation eppeaes. It is
then transferred to the lactocrit, auS
the machine set in motion for fifteen
atttosnnla, 413tYd:p±,2i
is then convoyed to two slides, stain-
acL and examined With an oil immer-
sion. If bacilli are present in the milk
they will be found in this precipitate.
no author consilers this mothocl Mao
certain than the inoottlation of an -
mills with the suspected milk.
'A PETTY SIN'.
Gereld-Do you think that suicide is
ein
Geraldine -Well, I think it would be
forgiven In your ease,
COLD BY TUE OLD OIROU$ MMT
Further Facts Aiming 0015 'Fluty Reneged
Mon the 5115 1,1I Nate Mind n Feld.
SA,L5 wthaSe oteldllicnigrena"Ilnlathn8, '°'/IlbOrtitdttw,"
our eigliteen-foot giraffe caught Of
eold whith settled In his neck, end gav#
him a atter neck, and bow we had to
heist his food up for him to a ring fixe
ed in the centre pole, and how we used
Lo put a strap around, his head ame
hook on a fall and have a man ride
down his neck in a bo'sun's chair aril
tub in liniment; but X did not tell you
atout how we managed to give hive
the medicine be had to eave at that
time. Feeding him and ru.bbing down
bis melt we did when we were in camp,
where we had some conveniences for
the work; tent up and eentre pole in
place, and ladders where we could get
at 'em handy; and of course it was elm.
pie enough to give him his medicine
there ; but on tbe road i1, was differ-
ent. There we had to manage the bat
way we weld.
"We always used to give hire bis
medicine in muskmelous, of wbich he
was very fond. We would out a musk-
melon in two and put M medicine and
then stick it together again and give
hien the melon whole; there was no
trouble getting him be take medicine
in tbls way, because he'd eat musk-
melons all day long it you'd give 'esn
to bine tbe only trouble, now that he
couldn't bend his neck, was about how
to get 'era up to him. In camp that
was easy enough; we just Misted hit.
up a melon on the centre pole in a
bucket. After we'd struck the tents
and before we'd got everything load-
ed on the wagons, when his raedieine
time come, which was every half hour,
we just run up a ladder against him.
and a man went up and gave him a
melon. And it was easy enough on the
road, when we first started, hemlines
there was trees along, and all we had
to do was just throw a rope over the
limb of a tree at the right height and
haul him up a melon in a bueket. But
after a while we came to a long
TREELKSS STRETCH,
where something Moe had to be done.
We didn't any of us realize it until
Inc minute arrived, and then it strut*
us all cf a sudden that there wasn't
any way of getting it up to bine; and
then, as usual, we called on the old
man; and, as usual, he settled it in
about a minute, just as he did every-
thing, I never knew him to fail in any
einergency. The old man says:
"'Get Treeby.'
"And then Inc rode off just as thougb
that settled It, and. so it did; and we
all wondered we Jiadn't thought of it
ourselves. Treeby was our great stilt
walker, Treeblington; we always called
him. Treeby. I suppose Treeblington
Wail the greatest stilt walker that ever
stood on stilts. He was a down East
man, a young feller, more'n six feet
himself, and he walked with perfect
ease on stilts eleven feet high; so that
when he was up he stood something
more than seventeen feet above
the ground. Well, we got Treeby up
alongside the giraffe and, a man tossed
hien one of the melons and he handed
it up to the giraffe, whose mouth to
eolildr
easily reacch, Then Treeby was
going
right back, but we explained. to
hlni that he'd have to stay there, and
he did. But he didn't like it a bit,
Somehow it made hire feel foolish to
walk alongside the big giraffe on stilts
and every half hour hand him a musk-
melon, andhe kicked like a steer; Inc
saicl he didn't join the show to tend sick
giraffes, but to walk on stilts; and be
doggoned if he'd stand it. But NV6 got
him to worry through that, day and at
night we collared the old man again
and told him that Treeby was sure to
walk off in the morning if we called
hem up to the giraffe again, and, as
usual, the old man suggested an easy
way out of that. Ile said put a bead -
stall on Inc giraffe anl put a ring on
the throat latch and reeve a rope
through alit and hest his medicine up
to him that way.
"And next day that's what we did,
Oe course we kepb the rope in the ring
like you keep the halliards trove
through the truck on a liberty pole;
and we used to make the ends fast
round the upper pert of his nigh fore
where we could reach 'em When his
medicine time came, if we was in an
open country we'd just cast oft the
halliards and make a bucket fast to
one end and h'ist him up his melon,
Though his neck was MAO as a tree he
could bend his head all right, and h
could get the melon out of the buoke
without any difficulty; and we dean'
have to do this very long, anyway, be-
cause, as I told you, it wasn't more'
a week before be was all right again.
JUDGED BY WALKS.
You have seeni the woman who jerke
het head as she walks, we suppose? Tht
habit is not uncommon, and on close
acquaintance you will find that a WO-.
man so afflicted is given to fickleness.
She trifles a little too much with
love, and Is just Inc woman to nuss
%agd oohusband and be sorry after-
vaxcl.
The quiet man will never be happy
with the women who digs her heels
1.14ntiolatalsineaspa_vinera:noe,otinitd 0.!seturrilleks,;;ge
as it elle was running 0, Thee. She
wOMan to seemed in tend° e,
but her manner is one et those simple.
things that worry, the quiet mac to
tleat
leill.
c girl who cannot walk without
skipping is a very cheerful girl and
enjoys life with' much the same gusts
as the girl with an elastic step whc
tips on her; toes at every stride. But
Perhaps the glrl, we like mast is the
girl. with the brisk, misdeal walk, WIM
loves to peep for a moment into shop
windows, and then weak briskly en,
and who goes through life with the
fixed resolve ol getting tree Meet plea-
sure out of everything,