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The Brussels Post, 1898-8-26, Page 2THF BRUSSELS PO T. AUGURT 26, 1995. YOUNG FOLKS. GRANDMOTHER'S STORY, "Te1] me a story, grandma," said lit - 1,10 -Bess, as sho clituhed upon her grandruother's lap, 'Well, what shall 11 ba about 1" said the old lady. smiling, as she laic) her work en the table anti baker) at her little granddaughter. "About schen you were a little girl," was the answer, "Let me think. Oh, yea, I remenlb- er," she said as she stroked Bessie' golden hair and kissed her on the fore- head. "When 1 was 'cheat, twelve years old 1 went to spend the summer with some friends. 'There were two children, both a little younger Than myself. The older one was eland and the younger one Alary. "I had not been there long before w -e planned to have a spread some night, after we had gone to tied. We set the night and began to coaeet all the candy and good things we could find and put them in a basket, which we kept un- der the bed, "That night we went to our ro"tu and smdresaed, then we waited for their mother to come and say good night. We waited but she did not conte and so we turned out the lamp and pretended to go to sleep. In a few minutes we were up and had the bask- et, The feast eotsisted of three crack- ers apiece, about half a dozen candies, a few peanuts and some cookies. We all sat down on oue bed and began to talk softly. Suddenly I heard a foot- step on the attire, and knew what it was. 1 pushed ltaud back into her place in the bed and jumped in myself. 'Sir -r -r -r I She is coming; I said. But Mary just sat there and looked at us. Suddenly she looked al us and realized what was the matter, then made a rush for her bed, "She had just reached it when 1 caw a figure in the doorway. Their moth- er entered and kissed us, then went out again. We were about to get up again when we heard her say, Don't talk.' They were the words we had dreaded, and what was anything without talk- ing? 1 lag down again and began to groan, when I saw Mary beside me, 'Mamma didn't say we must not whis- per,' she said under her breath. In a few minutes we were out of bed and eating. Then what a good time we had and we talked until we had eaten ev- erything and it was long after time for us to be asleep. ".fte that w'e had a great many more feasts, but noxa of them was as u ueh fun as the first was." LITTLE BRIDES IN INDIA. Have you all heard that the little girls in India are married when so young that they ought to he playing with dolls and learning to read? It is a sad state of things which makes this possible, but because the fa- thers and mothers have for many. many years sent their daughters away at this early age, the fathers and mothers of this day think they must do the same. We have seen a picture that shows a bride of the merchant caste. counted as "high caste," Her father Is pro- bably wealthy. and they have dressed her in beautiful silks. And she has jewels upon her amts and hands and neck. She also has a beautiful jewel on her forehead, perhaps that is the most precious of them ail. And if lea could see her little bare feet we could see toe -rings and tinkling ankle -hands upon these. All through the days of the wedding feast she displays these fine things. Then she is carried to her husband's home, and in the dark, secluded rooms in which women live she will pass the test of her Life. Itlany a little bride never sees the. bright sky, flowers, trees and friends after she is married. Have you ever read about the "child widows" of In- dia? 1f this girl's husband should soon die his family would think she had brought evil to th) house and ca11.- ed his death. They would take from her all her pretty elr,.thes and jewels, and give her in return (me coat's,. dress, They would make her do the hardest work and -eat the poorest of food. A few years ago it was found that there were seventy-nine widow's in In- dia under nine years of age. Do you not think w -e ought to be thankful to have melt good fathers and mothers 1 Think of thoee poorlittle girls, MILK IN THE COcOANtr. Every boy knows the three eyes to be found in one end of a cocoanut, earl many a, boy bas bored these eyes out, or ane or two of them, wird the small blade of a pocket knife so as to get at the intik in the cocoanut, which he has then drained out in a cup or drunk direct from the rocoanut itself. But there is a more fascinating way atilt of gelling at the milk in the caroanut, By (hie other method the cureanut is opened at the other end from the eyes. The cot'ottnut is struck rill around gently and repeatedly with a hem- mer, or a stone will do, al a distance of about one-third of the way clown from the t.op, about where the Are - tic circles world be on a globe. A continual gentle tapping will fin- ally emelt: the elan]] of the net all tr end; not: in a line pxn:etly on the irde perhaps, but pretty near to it. nomot.irues it erarks shell and meat of the nut. ten, so that both ane h,• lift - td off together; sometimes it crardts out only a shell rap at the top, whirls is ittet1 orf, and the cap of meat ttn- h'rn,nth is then molt out around with a. knife And then there you are with the white -lined ('OlOantit.-mop to drink fmm Plfe'rnl1RAPIIING TN THE DARIC. Sulphate of quinine has some very euri•sus properties, one of thein being 1Le leaver to .impress an image of it- self on a sheet of sensitive paper in 1 C 15' dirk, if a d('nien he drawn on a sheet ,f paler with sulphate of quite - drawing will be found impressed as the sheet of paper. Writing rutty be cooled on sensitive paper in this way, but it must be reversed or the write ing• will be reversed on the sensitive paper. RAPID TRANSIT IN PARIS. '4'eeai6 er the Y•1 0111et ittetwl'ell the rime rainy Brut the verporalrint. The law outherizin; the eiLy of Paris to e erfy.1 11. syetem of metropolitan railways hnvin'1-ir:•en pi'omulgtdedthe ntuoieipality have published the terms of the convention concluded in July last with the General Traclinii Coim- ptiny, which undertitites to form with- in six menthe a special company for warkin,^_' the lines when eonstrueted,, with a capital of not less than 20,0110,- 001) treats ($5,000.000). The total length of the system of lines is forty !English miles, but only twenty-five miles will he t aken in hand at first, the city 110- dcrtaking to construct the rivet por- tion in eight years, As this is perhaps the first example of such is considerable work being un- dertaken by a munisipelity, details of the working convention may he of in- terest, stays The London Economist. It has already been stated that the amount of the loan to be raised for the execution of the first portion of the lines is 105,000,000 francs ($53,000)- 000), The 'Traction Company, which has obtained the working concession, undertakes to employ duly French- men, and to have all its plant and role ling stock made in France. The board of directors of the working company mast be exclusively French; the com- pany will be permitted to have Be icle- pots and work outside the city, but they must lay octroi duties on the materials employed, as if the buildings were within the city walls; the names of the stutiona must be of a uniform color and must be so placel that they may not he confounded with advertise- ments. THE MINIMUM WAGES or any salary to be paid to any of the company's servants or employes will he 151) cranes per month, or for workmen engaged temporarily 5 Cranes per day; the weave must he paid in full during the period of military insrructiou; the day's employment must. not exceed tin hours, with a w•ho'.e :lay or two half day's rest weekly, an 1 ten day's holiday annually vithont (Iglu/tem ai wages; in rave of .1.'.:se8.; wtgit must be paid in full tor at lets[ a ;;ear; Ln case of accident. until eometete re- covery, without prejudice to the in- demnity, to be paid if permanently disabled,' wholly or Partially, The fares are fixed at. "1 centimes (5 cents) first chum and 15 centimes e3 cents) second class for any dietanue. P,utsc'neers before nine in the nioreing may have for °0 centimes el cents) a return ticket, available tet any hour.in the day. Children of the municipal schools are to pay a fare of 5eentime.s (1 cent) only when tr'svellin (nlleci- ivety, accompanied by a master, 'rhe working company wilt pity to the city far the use or the tines 10 sent;n''c 02 cents) per first class paeseeger and 5 eentitnes (1 cent) eeeeet r It .a', in- creased ',regressively steal.) the num. her of pas..cneers care 1 during the year ea, e:'1 1efentn,1150, Children travellins far 5 emir:awe are not tee l,e- tuken tutu accouni for the payment or the number. The etalinns and nutans nC access to the elm forme to be at the charge of the tun,::«ny, but (he plate forme are roti wt ('e l in the work exe- cuted by the ntlna ipnlity. The (mimes - elan is for IMO y -fire years, but the city reserves a right of l.ureliase from the year 1910, PICTURED GRAVES. Fashion Among Some Folks to 5064:1 It Yhoigti;raple 1n i11,' 1 e khsla,ne. Every one who hes visited Prods and the famous Pere Is Chaise cemetery is familiar with the withered wren thee of immurtelles tthioh hang there month after month; the tiny chapels, the renin; plate•, for the living who come to pray for their dead; the reliquaries of the departed, and the tunny hund- reds of portraits of the :lead which de - curate the different tombstones. The custom of placing portraits of deed relatives un their 1(era atones has not until very lately been noticed in this country, but one day Boat sleek I was rather startled at whet Item in an east side undertaker's shop, says a Paris letter. One of the monuments displayed in thin shop had a photograph of the per- son whom t he slune commemorates, covered over with glass and framed with a black bordering, imbedded in the white surface over the name, age, date, and place of birth, etc. A bride, in wedding finery, looks from another temhstann that is recommended as most sui11,51(1 to coliutemo.rud.e such a calamitous taking off. Infants in all stages of babyhood—long frocked,.short frocked, just toddling—are pictured on diminutive little marbles meant for children's graves, and photographs of soldiers and of civilians, young and olds of mothers with (heir children be- side them in a group, end of wives with nude husbands, or young girls with their sweethearts, or wheel - mates clamed hand in hand, are fixed in sample marbles to show the appro- printen1145 of. such n type. of memorial, "Nearly everybody over this way who b +s t.r I 1 DM, nv.. Lly a ern 1,5 11( ldiFya haS t:he photograph of the tread parson pal+ mv- er the date; it's the fetsltImn," said an elderly woman to her mope/don, as tbay stopped to look over the collec- tion. PLACING 1I1S SY1MPATITY. I see the Spaniards at Matanzas aro compelled to eat their mules to keep front starving, rernerkacl the short man as he laid aside the paper, Yes, 1 was just reading about it, ei,l the mon with the chin whiskers, t fa too bad, I actually feel sorry for em. Who, the Spaniardal Na, the mules, (x• seed for n. few matures to the I sun, 1I: •t flared on a sheet of sensir to r pal , r, put in n kook. and left for 0, few heirs, a- perfect image of the CROWNING OF A GIRL AS QUEEN. It is surely woman's era when three que5n8 rule as many nations of Eur- ope. says an Amsterdam letter, This swill be the case when the next great event of the year will have passed. into history by the installation as Queen of the Netherlands of Wilhelmina, dau- ghter of the late Ring William 111„ and his second wire, Prineees )Emma. The ceremony of Drowning the girl Qneen of the Netherlands will take place in the New church, Amsterdam on Sept, 0. To grow up with the eyes of a na- tion watching for the girl to develop and rejoicing as she changes from a pretty child into an unusually attrac- tive woman is a lot that anyone might envy. ,Such bus been the life of Wil- helm/Ina. Her budding beauty has been raved over and written about as few other young women's looks here bean; her mental qualities have been praised in the way to turn the heat) of a less vein young person, and, in a word, she has been the idol of the na- Lion and the pride of every, Dutchman since she first woo their hearts as a cute little child of 7 riding a pretty little Shetland pony, Now that the time has coma when she is to ••leave childhood' behind and became the wo- man and the queen the picture she presents is one that the nation re- spects as well as loves, For Wilhelmina is a. dignified miss, who knows how to deport berself when the public eye is upon her and great functionaries of state are )paying her homage. She will hive need of all her self- possession 011 Sept 0, however, for the ordeal will he a trying one, W]lhel- minnis supposed to come of age on that (tate. As a usual thing boys and girls of- the Netherlands do not come of age until they are 23, but in this case Wilhelmina being u queen, is al- lowed to come of age on her eighteenth birthday. On Aug. 31, therefore, the queen regent will cease to rule and Wilhelmina will )eaten,; Queen of the Netherlands, although her coronation mill not take plata until Sold. 6. The programme is already arrang- ed.•The queen and the queen regent are to Mum the league, twmere the birthday 01 the former will have been suitably eclebratcd a 1010 days pre- viously, 00 Sept, 5, early in the aft- ernoon, Arriving at the \Veesperpout station at Amster,lttm they will be met by the leading. elle lens end re1>re- semativcs of the government,. and ae- cOrnpenied by an esrnrt of hussars trill be driven to the palace by croute sufficiently eit'auii0us to enable a vast concourse of spectators re witness the prose -sine. Io every street to hp tra- versed the decorations will ha of the meet ornate desceipl'unl, tend loyal greetings will meet her majesty's aye at every turn, white a portion of the route, it is expeeted, will bo lined by renresanl.atives of ° "labor corpora- tions" carrying their respective ban- ners, Between the hours of 7 and 8 un the following morning, Sept, 11, curious mu- st(' will fail upon the ears of cilieens, for from. '1.115 steeples of the different churches trumpeters are to play ex- cerpts from sacred storks— surely a novel deptu'Lnr0 in reveilles, At 11 O'clock on the same day, ac- cording to present arrangements, the coronation services will take plane in the Nieuvc •perk, but the details of the ceremonial baro yet to be *is- (v+sed rind brought to completion, In time afternoon the queen will again drive through Ibe town, and will visit, among other districts, the Joann, this being the Te(c•isls quarter, With the fell of night: Lhe city is to be il- luminated, 0 brilliant display being an- t.]cieated, while it is also expected that. the (queen herself will be driven through the streets, in aider that sire may see the bright and redianh devis- es trrepererl in her honor. the following morning, like the dn1' previous, will be ushered in with simi- lar strains, while tit 10 am. Queen Wilhelmina is to he serenaded by the Netherlands Choral Society, The af- ternoon will witness the great popu- lar festival, near that wondrous mu- seum which enatnins lbembranrlt's mas- terpiece. h'rom the square the queen, accompanied by her mother, will wits Mee; a11 allegorical and historical pro- cession, which is being organized on au elaborate settle, to illustrate in pictnresrtue fashion the principal epi- teodes and stirring events, from the period of the eighty years' war clown Le the nineteenth century, that have :narked the history of it nation which, despite its many and strange vicis- situdes, has attained. such solid glory. After• this interesting pageant has 111081.) before the eyes of the people, the men, women and children of Am- sto'(him are premised an occur( un- ity or making mer'c'y over a "water carnival," in connect Iso with svhieh the craft in the harbor and canaIs will bo gayly and tastefully Illumin- ated. From a pavilion. to he erect.- ed on the \Vest Indian pier the queen will view this festival, and on the next day Sept, 8, a ;he will, it is believ- ed, pay a visit in company with her mother to that section of the 'Styx Museum which is devoted to objects of interest connected with the house' of Orange. Another exhibition will probably be visited during the after - 110o1, 411111e their majesties have alio arranged to attend a "matinee =si- re loto be given , g e by the Dntnb Must - Mens' Association in the concert hall, At night there will be a gala per- formanee in the town theater, which will be beautifully decorated for the occasion, 'On the following morning, Sept 0, the departure of the queen and the queen -mother will be made from the .Central elation, and there will be an end to revelries and rejoicing( that bid fair iso he memorable in the annals of the country of ilelyniteer Van !ninth, It remains to be seen to what extent Englishman and other foreign- ers will make an incursion into TIol- 1anc1 on the occasion or the apprOaoh- ing festivities, but certain it is that no one who etnhrcuels this Opportunity QUEEN WILIIELMINA, OF HOLLAND. of becoming acquainted with that in teresliug country will leave it wit) the words employed by Voltaire t express his cynical indifference to it un.htr( ::haft , , How theyeare ever going to ae00111m0 date 1:he people who will fleet; to thi town on the occasion of the ooronati is a mystery. The statement is um put forward in various quarters t.ha ever since the beginning of the yea the space at the dlspnsal of every ho tel or repute ]las been hespoken fo the period. of the cooling festivities This circumstance, remarkable anoug] in itself, suggests the probability o et very knotty, problem having to b solved, while it also hrings to mind in cidentally the anomaly of a city' o half a million inhabitants, and "moving population" too large to b satisfactorily estimated being possess ed of not snore than half a doze hotels of the first class. Those that d not belong to this order are excellen enough, to be sure,, but the lack o suitable aecommodation in Amster dam has brought about in connection with the impending ceremonies a curious state of things, in that it ha precluded the issuing of invitations by the government to the heads and representatives of other countries Ncw, it. is a foot that need scarcely bn insisted upon that you cannot, ver, well invite, say, a crowned head to the capital of your kingdom upon an creation of the utmost: slate and then Mice', that illustrious parsonage to run an;' risk in respect of the conditions of comfort under which the visit le likely to be paid, The plain truth of the matter, as an influential resident here has explained to me, is this—that, although, as might not un -naturally be supposed, there are enough suit- able buildings in Amsterdam to house a certain number of royal and other distinguished guests, and t:he mem- bers of their suites, the number is in- sufficient, to enable all those to be in• vtted whose rank or position entitles them to such a compliment, and in- asmuch as to make exceptions would be to .offer a serious affront to ):hose who remained nnhiddeu, it has been wisely divided by the high officials in Whose hands the arraugemcuts for the ceremony are placed to extend no invitations oL the kind indicated. On the other band it is hardly' neces- sary to point. ant that persons of an exalted el tion, represenla.lIves of states, chiefs oe governments, and others of high degree, who desire to show their good will ,oward I he youth- ful sovereign by at.iendteg the enr- onation service will be made heartily welcome and accorded an official re- ception rutty in cons0nitnce with their positions and ]he honor that is due to them, - service 'on Sept, 6, the date of. the t "installation," some important inter - o nal alterations are now being carried s out, notably the removal of the, wood- en seats immediately' fronting the _ brass screen which divides the "court s of marriages" from the body of the on church. A site will then be provided tv for the dais upon which the queen t will sit, surrounded by the members or the government and the high off)- _ eials of her court, during the servtoe. t• thpon this Occasion will he unveiled. on the south side of the edifice the stain - 1 ed glass commemorative window de - 1 probing the queen's illustrious antes- o tors of the house of Orange, which is to _ be 'awed in the thumb by public sub- _ scription as a mark of the oity's loya.l- a ty and affection. O On the side 'facing the exqulsitely - carved, chalice -shaped pulpit are the 1 pews which will be occupied respe(- o Lively by the queen regent, with her t maids of honor, the members of the f queens court, and I.he mayor, with the - civic officials accompanying him, Es- corted by the highest dignitaries of state and preceded by the officials to s whom falls the honor of carrying the crown, the tempter, the cross -surmount: ed golden bull and the other glitter- . ing symbols of authority, her modesty ,entering by thttdoors reached fronithe Y Nieusrezigds Voorhnrgwal, will walk up the center of the fane, and then tape her place on rho dais, Here, after a sermon has been preached probably by the oldest of the four ministers at- tached to the lterk, Queen Wilhelmina will take the oath in the words pre- , scribed by custom, swearing bo "defend - and preserve with all her power the independence and territory Of the kingdom, to protect the general and individual liberties of her subjects and to employ all the means planed within her power by the constitution to main- tain and promote the welfare of her people." This and other formalities over, the first knight -at -arms, will duly proclaim Wilhelmina Ifelena Pau- line. Maria to he Queen of the Nether- lands, and a flourish of trumpets, a roll of- military drums and the clang- ing or church bells trill announce to the inhabitants or the city that the ' greet and eventful ceremony has reach - 0d its close, "What is the use of getting anxi- ous?" said a citizen to ,me with an apparent unconcern typical of his race when I referred. to the incon- venience that might arise from the universal desire to honor Queen Wil- helmina. "What is the use!" he re- peated with a shrug of his should- ers, and added, "All I know is that I shall be there and meter l -o see 1t alt." At the same- time, as will he observed, l.hore are many residents in the "Dyke of the Amstel" who manifestly have, a less touching truthfulness in their own Powers of over-riding obstacles when the long looked for day arrives, So it happens that a brisk teaile is being curried on by townsfolk who have the good fortune to occupy buildings at convenient, sites to the disposal of rooms from which to view the slate procession, which is Lo form an im- portant feature in the approaching festivities, In tate principal at•teu'ies I find ghat two -window rooms have been bespoken for auras varying front 500 to 1,000> guilders (roughly speaking, from $201 to 1p400), while in the arse of a sartorial establishment in tate Dam, overlookieg the frotnt of the roy- al palace, accommodation has brought as lima as 81,000 for the' chief day of the celebration. It is worthy of :iota, by the sway, that in certain streets grand stands are to be erected, by the Zonal author- ities for the benefit of "the people," and for these scats a fixed and nointe nn] sane will, it is understood, be charged. The Nieuve Rork, in which the cor- onation ceremonies will tape place, is uncompromising in its plainness, but possesses, apart from e. simple dignity that at once impresses the visitor, not a few memorials beautiful in themsel- ves and also interesting as illustra- tive of deeds of glorious valor - in the history of the country, 'there is still to bo seen the laurel wreath, long since faded, which the Garman emper- or himself on the occasion of his last visit; placed on the monument of Ad- mire' de ltuyter, white anothee not- able memorial i$ that erected to per- petuate t heroism pe the lr o m oC Lioptonant Van dpeylt, who, as the Inscription in Dutch recalls, blew up his chip before Ant- werp to save the honor of his country's flag. The antieiitation of the sotainn PERSONAL POINTERS. Notes or Interest ,t beat Borne or Phe Great l'eoph' of the world, Sia' \Villiaul Henry Broadbent, M,1)., F.R.C.P., has been appointed one of Queen Victoria's physicians extraor- dinary in the room of the late Sir Rich- ard Quoin, M.D. - Mr, Stead says that the news which most cheered Gladstone in his last i11. nese was the report that his grand- daughter, a bright girl of 20, had de- cided to become a missionary. An interest ing series of letters, twen- ty-two !u number, from 501'. Gladstone to his friend, Mr. ;Parr, will soon be sold in London. They were written while Mr. Gladstone was at Eton, Ox- ford, and afterward, and dated from 1820 to 1882. ],da'in Austin Abbey, one of the few American artists who have been hon- ored eil.]t membership on the Royal Academy of .England, learned the be- ginning of his art: in the Academy of f itAMNINSWINighWill HOUSEHOLD. MAWM AAPIe MS gee EASY DESSERTS FOR 120T DAYS. The wise housekeeper will niches cookies, doughnuts, heavy puddings, el etiolate cakes stud many Mee Burin the long, 11ot'summer days which wit either require so much time in theta()theta()kitchen for the making, or else by thei riohuess and heaviness furnish mor [['each marmalade rs very good indeed if made according to this recipe: Peel the fruit and ;remove the pits, cutting the peaches in small pieces, Put over a slow fire and bring slowly to a boll, earring frequently, When hot, hell rapidly for 41 minutes. Add ,the seg til', allowing three fuurthe of a pound) for each pound of fruit, (Boil for five -minutes, skimming well, tut in the g Ijuiee of one lemon for every three ] pounds of t'ruit, and 1115 ]eater 10 which t one-fourth of the peach 15511)018 11(011 been steeped, Roil until thick and r =oath, when it le ready to put In e t glum( mine, A pineapple chopped en' grated gives a fine flavor, Lamb cutlets a la Dauphine are 0 0len meat dish for summer, This is a the recipe recommended by a famous t abet, Two pounds lamb cutlets, one t quarter pound butter, the yolks of three eggs, bread crumbs. Cut the cutlets from the best enc. of the neck, shape them neatly, trim off the fat and skin and leave one half ineh bone bare; heat the butter in a stewpan, let it get quite hot, then fry the cutlets in it, lint do not lot the butter get brown; drain them and let the butter cool, mix the beaten yolks of eggs with it, pass. the (satiate through it till they are thickly covered; strew bread crumbs over and fry ones more; dish in a cis. - tile with puree of peas In the center, I Crystal Palace Pudding.—One half' ounce gelatine, two ounces powdered sugar, one pint of milk, four eggs, four Savoy lawsuits, a few reburies, one quarter pint sherry. Soak the gela- tine in the milk for 20 minutes, then put in a lined saucepan, and stir over the fire till dissolved; add the yolks of the eggs well beaten, and the sugar; stir over the fire 1111 ihicsk, but on no account tet it bail ; add half the sherry, when the custard is nearly cold; break the biscuits in pieces, pour the remain- der 0f the eherry over, then stir into the mixture with the ratafitts; put ine to a mold, and stand aside to set. BLEST WAY TO CLEAN CARPETS. 3111e methods employed in the Brit- ish factories fur cleaning velvet, mo- quette, Aubiison, etc., carpets is the simplest, as to means, conceivable, It requires great faithfulness, but giv- en a good carpet to strut with, if done every six months should preserve the fabric in good order for twenty-five yen rs, 133 this passing of a quarter of a century the colors will be faded, but they will have fades] so beautifully as to be more grateful to the eye, and better than ever to fulfill the carpet's mission, s'll1ah is to be a back -ground to the furniture, Have two large pans of water, ano clear and tepid, and the other hot and s0•tpy, made s0 by shaving "white curd" soap, say, two ounces of. soap,. to two gallons of stater. Have plenty of perfectly clean white cotton rags, free from thread ends and -"lint.." Take a square of the carpet at ane time and wash the surface rluicltly with a clean rag anti the soapy water, "Take up as much of the //oiler) water ns possible then wring out this cloth into n third pan of tepid water. Take the other pan of tepid water nen( wipe the soaped and clean surface well, he- ing cnretut as possible to .rub over, not rub in. Then wipe this with ()lean cloths unt11 as dry as reasonable in so short a time, Premed with the rest of the carpet uut1l finished, guarding against any shadowy boundary lines by going hack of each square as you, eon - thine. Change the water at every third ur fourth square; more often if the carpet newels it. The very first, square will give your reward of merit within an hour. Not only will the carpet look clean enc1. - feel cleaner, hue it will be improved and have greater strength and pretti- ness, This washing is good for lila textile, if the rule is followed end you -do not get lazy over it, but rub faith- fully and let the dry sunny ale sweep over and raise each tuft of the, weav- ing until as good as new. It is safer after illness to sena a carpet tawny to the cleaner's, lira it is doubtful if the special places for doing this will employ any method so faithful and simple, so reasonable and so professi0ne1 as this, Clean soap, clean water and clean white cotton ,sfalothhs aro the phartntempoeia for the well-being of all beautiful textile e•ics, SAII) 0'P \VONtliN. Of alt mill/eds. cats, flies- and women take the longest time dressing, Mien are never consoled for their first love, nor women for their lest. Many would be quite amiable if they, would forget to be amiable. There is only one way to praise a woman; speak ill of her rival.. Who takes an eel by its tail and a woman at her word, holds nothing. Friendship between two women is usually a plot against a third, A noun «Limits he was in the wrong; a woman never; she is only mistaken, Women die twice; when they cease to please as well as when they cease to live. In going to ask a favor, a 111611 says Lo himself. 1 "What shall 1 s1( ?" lenta. 11010(01 asks herself ; "What shall 2 wear d" Alexoncler Demme said the woman' was the lust thing made, and shows signs of fatigue. Half the sorrows of women would he averted if they would .repress the speech they know• to be useless, Heine said that gvta'y man who mutt- rive is ]tkn the Doge wedding the Adria- tic Sea; he knows not, what he will find--(.rae.ere.s, pearls, monsters, un- knosvn storms. Women are nl( alike, When they're mends they're mild as milk; once make 'em WIve;t, and they Lean their backs against their marriage certificate -had daft' you, IC ,you would know a woman's fnults, praise her to her dearest feminine 1rieinile, )sof, 0thniel C, .Marsh, (urntnr of the Penbotly Museum at rale, hes just received no election ns n foreign mambo! of the Geological Society of London, "fuel" than our bodies need when the thermometer climbs upward from the 50's, - A11 admit tont fresh, ripe fruit 1 the beet and most stholesome dosser for warm weather as well (1s that mos easily prepared, but a little addition occasionally will be weleo(ne. For this a simple sponge sake is easily made am auswoi's every purpose enc[ is in foot nicer than a more elaborate cake to serve either with berries, custard, float or other summer desserts. Sponge Cake—['our eggs well beat- en, two pups pule/seized sugar, sifted and added to the eggs, two cups flour sifted two or three Limos, to which two teaspoons of baking powder are added before the last sif Ling, Stir all to- gether, then add a scant cup of boiling leafier. Beat until smooth and brake in one loaf in a moderate Oren. frost or not as preferred. Add flavoring after the hot water is put in. This is very nice indeed. If granulated sugar is used at least a heaping tablespoon less than the recipe calls for should be us- ed, for granulated sugar being heavier than powdered sugar makes a mike heavy or gives it a waxy -like upper crust when baked, if the same quantity ]s used, Tshhould use.e coarser the granules the less one Delicate Pudding,—In the bottom of a baking dish put a generous layer of rhubarb, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, sliced peaches or quickly cook ing apples into quarters: Over this spread a dough rand) from a cup of sweet cream, pinch of saltteaspoon balling powder eau f,eur to make a batter as for cake, )lake for about twenty minutes or until the crust is done and sorra hot in saucers, with the rich, orisp, crust under and the fruit dished on top. Serve with sweet- ened cream, as the fruit, if sweetened before cooking, would sctn'cn in the baking dish. This is easy and quickly prepared and is fine. One-fourth the amount used for sponge cake may be used instead of the receipt just given ie desired, and is by some thought to be superior Lo the plainer ()rust. lecoat—A quart of sweet milk, half cup sugar, teaspoon flavoring—lemon m' vanilla—and the well beaten yolks of six eggs. Please over a hot fire and stir almost constantly until hat enough to cook the eggs and thicken, but watch closely and remove from the fire before it actually boils, else it 'trill have a curdled uppearanoo, four into a pretty glass dish. Beat Lie whites So a very stiff froth, add two tablespoons of sugar, it pinch of salt, and half teaspoon of same flavor used in the custard. Have. ready a pan of boiling water and on top al Ibis drop the beaten whites, a spoonful in a place. The steam will nook or "rut" it in a minute when it IS to be removed and lightly placed on top of the cus- tard. This makes a most beautiful dish which is as palatable as it is name - . A plain custard is made similar to the float; only the whites and yolks of eggs are not beaten separately, but all cooped together in the milk. ISEIIPING A MEAI, 110T. lq ivory household there are occa- sions when it is impossible for every member to be present when the meal is first served. When it is necessary to keep a meal hot for a belated comer, do not set the plate holding the fours in a hot oven, thus discoloring the. china as well at) drying the food; Instead, place the plate upon the ninon!' a pan of boiling wa- ter, covering the plate with a pan that will just fib over the edge of. the plate. The food will keep hot and there will be enough steam from the boiling wa- ter in the lower pan, to keep the plate moist and prevent the contents from becoming dried. --- SEASONABLE C001i1?RY, Peaches are now here, in all their blushing beauty and modesty, and with such it del'riuus fruit added to the larder, a chef let delighted beyond mea- sure. Really, it Dna wisely would fol- low nature's own teething, the huuse- wife would not think of doing up the luscious peach. in dough and entices, or Lha uatnrot fsvit. just as it drops rem Lhe lames is by rm.th p Music in Philadelphia. There aro Lev f healthful state. Still, while there are cooks, peaches will ho cooked and iced, and the 5'enius of the White cap and apron will continue to improvise new methods. A very palatable Frozen Peach. Pudding —Can be Made. Ilium: One pint of rich milk, one pint of title emelt, whipped; one pint of sot peaches, three yolks of eggs and one and one-half cupfuls or sugar, Beat Ute eggs well together with the sugar, Bring the milk to it cull and slit' '• seemed to 810,000 n year on elleining t ware) -color pclntere ]geld lit higher es- teetn then Mr. Abbey, it hes recently been learned In Eng- land that .Lord llettconsfield's coat -of- ar0.11, hits taken 1r0111 the gravestone of a 0.0w 1'1104 w118 buried in Dengue. The ;Cow had been ennobled for his valiant serve:es :luring the thirty years' svn.r. Mr, Gladstone is said to have man- aged the J.Tnwartlan estate, which was m1105 much 1flV0100(1, with en 10111011 thrift and segarily That the ehlnst Hot of W. TT, G]ndsltaw, will, it in believed, c his majority. Queen Victoria has given her con- sent to i;ho publication of a largo ool- lection .of private letters, avhich were written by her aunt., Princess Eliza- beth, the Lanclgrevine of Nesse-I:Iom- burg, who died in 1RIO. In Thackeroy's famous sketch of. George 2.f.l, there are some interesting allusions to the lanelgravine and her .rosidenee in Hom- burg, The young Queen of Holland is very enthusiastic about horticulture. Hes' fa- vorite flower is, nob unnaturally, the tuhp, The royal gardeners make etl- parhumltn efforts to keep these flow- ers in bloom all the year round, in view of the peculiar favoritism which - their mistress has for them.:T'here 18 one 1peetal variety of tulip called Queen Wilhelmina," of whish she is particularly fond', it is itrillianit orange with flame -colored stripes, awfully into the eggs ane sine ar, Re- am it to the kettle and. stir uvor the first until it thickens slightly ; do not let it boil, or it will curdle. Set the custard aside to cool, then freeze. When orally frozen, add the whipped cream. Turn a little longer, then air in the peaches, Pack in Et mold. Bottled peaches ore said to be fine and the requisites are here given. One pound loaf sugar, throe fourths pint water, ]?are, halve and stone the peaches; put them in perfectly dry, Wide-mouthed bottles, and (lover them entirely with a thick syrup mete by boiling the above proportions of sugar and water; aoi•tt the bottles and tie thele down ; boil them 111 water for 15 tninhtes after it has reached hofling 110111:, inn the same manner its directed o1greoi peas, letting the bottles re- main in the water till it 18 acid, As the farmers ")nape hay while the sun shines," the cools puts in some time of the summer days making marmalades and preserves. 0 t s a fi et ,e ai et b n 0' ty sit su aC11 leu bri ler mt tit thr the of gh 3r 17 and his As qua a,1 Mut tat qua not the are ohne tart pay arri in f ,T1 Min was of c