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c .. .m.law-own...“4..n.....................a. .w A...” . .....~..... wry-“M... a .. . n, “mum... .... . British and N“ l reign. The congress of the labor party in Brussels has resolved that “wealth and the means of producing it are the patrimony of the entire human race, and must. be restored to mankind collectively." Great success has been obtained in Bel- gium with the ammonia process for sinking shafts through quicksand. The principle is that of freezing the quicksand by an ammonia freezer similar to that used in making artificial ice Real estate businessiu London can be estimated from the record of a week's doings at Tokenhonoe Yard. Of fifty-two auctioneers who conducted 'sales twenty- two had to retire without selling a single "lot," and only five sold all they had in hand. It is a rather remarkable coincidence that the name of the first criminal pardoned by M. Casimirâ€"Perier. the new President of France, bears the name of Perier. He had robbed with two friends his father's house, and aided in killing the old man There is great consternation among the lovers of bull-fighting in Spain because Guerrita, the only remaining great fighter, has declared his one. terable decision to retire from the ring. The reason given is that he is worth over $200,000, and that his wife suffers terrible anxiety every time he fights. By special command of the Queen, Mr. Downey has taken the first portrait of the infant son of the Duchess of York, at White Lodge. This portrait shows the Queen nursing the baby, and the father and grandfather, the Duke of York and the 1‘. s I Prince of Wales, standing on either side. Civilization must have fallen very low at Ecclefechan, the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle. A Presbyterian minister there upon being asked recently by his superi- ors why he did not send in his usual re- port on the moral and religious condition of the place, responded that there was neither morality our religion in the district. The young Kheuive of Egypt seems to be a more enlightened monarch than his pre- decessors. On his large model farm he has established a model village, with school, club, and mosque, and a fire-engine of modern manufacture, for he believes in the Occidental way of extinguishing blazes. He rises at- 5 o'clock and works hard, for a sovereign, all day. He is fond of riding, driving, and outdoor sports and is an ex- cellent shot. A Frenchman, M. Bersier, has devised a plan by which the compass performs the part of the helmsman. When the vessel gets off the course for which the instrument is set,an electric current starts a motor and moves the rudder until the vessel returns to her proper course. A two months’ trial of the apparatus is reported to have resulted very successfully. Among the advantages are greater accuracy and no loss of distance in a run of twenty-four hours. as is usually, the “31331 army allowed. Cicyling for women is even more fash- ionable abroad than it is here. Two Roman elecantes, the Duchess Grazioli Lante and Donna Giula Lavaggi, headed the other day a group of bicyclists on a trip from Naples to Fusaro and Hale and back. The Roman ladies of rank who indulge in this amuse“- ment do not appear in the public promen- ades, but in the early morning they may be seen in the grounds of a villa outside the walls of the city, flying round a prepared ti:st on their cycles. There is a theatre in Paris for every ' 32,000 thousand inhabitants, one in Ber- lin for 31,000, one in Bordeaux for 84,000, one in Buda'Pesth for 85,000, one in Ham- burg for 113,000, and one in London for 145,000. There are more theatres. pro- portionately to population, in Italy than in any other country, there being one to 9,800 inhabitants in Catania, one to 15,000 in Florence, one to 20,000 in Bologna, one ' to 24,000 in Venice, one to 30,000 in Milan and Turin, and one to 31,000 in Rome. Ten members of the minority of the Enrica Schosl Beard have addressed the " Christians of London ” to say that there is a dangerous coalition between thel Roman Catholic clergy and the English l Church Union to get rid of undenomina: tional religious. teaching, and that the Bible is likely to be driven from the Public schools. T'e'n members of the majority, which consists of thirty members, replied that there was only one Catholic member of the board; that of the majority only five are members of the English Church Union; and that the charge is outrageous nonsense) A train was recently stopped in France on the line between Bellegarde and Geneva under the following curious circumstances. A freight-train had in one of its cars some cod-liver oil, which began to leak away from the containing vessel. By chance, the escaping stream struck exactly in the middle of the rail. The train that bore the oil was not affected, but the track was thus well greased for the pass- enger train that followed, which came to a standstill when it reached the oily rails. Nearly three-quarters of an hour were consumed in running the ‘2 1-2 miles to the nextstation, and this rate was only attain- ed by diligent sanding of the track. â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"*â€"'â€"‘â€"‘â€"‘ A Coin of the Value of One Mill. Which is at the same time the smallest coin and the coin of least value at present current in Europe? In the absence of a knowledge of any smaller and more worth- less, I should be inclined, writes a corre- spondent, to award the palm to the Greek lepton, a specimen of which has recently come into my hands. The lepton is, ac- cording to the decimal monetary system, current in ecuntrics belonging to the Latin union. the hundredth part of the drachma. Now the Greek draclima is, while nominal- ly the equivalent of the franc or the lira, at present worth less than 63., the rate of exchange about a fortnight ago l‘eiug 42.60 drachmas to an English sovereign. The lepton is, therefore, approximately worth about one-fifth of an English farthiug. m..â€" The People Stared. Mrs. Spendcasii (the possessor of a new W3th cdstumc)-â€"“Did you notice how people stared at us last evening 3" Husband imeeklyla‘fi-e-s: I made a mistake and had mended my old dress-coat with whim: thread." ’CIUELTI OF THE BLACK FLAGS. THE BRITISH IN AFRICA. Bones“ About the Chinese Tribe-amen. Whom the French Fought. The French campaign in Tonqnin in 1883' and 1884 showed the bloodthirstiness of theChinese. There the French encountered the Black I" lags, a tribe of predatory- Chincse, who are noted for their daring bravery and their ferocious cruelty. They’ inhabit a region so wild and broken as to; be practially impenetrable to any who are not familiar with its precipitous mountains and its tortuensand narrow valleys. The tribe numbers all told about 150,000 to 200,000, and abontd5,000 were mustered as fighting men during the Franco-Chinese contest. Though they were mostly armed with old-fashioned muzzle-loading guns of comparatively short range, and some had only spears, they fought with the energy labor In l‘nhealllsy Central Africa. raiding and trading tribes, The "Ill": llan Cannot l'nderialre Outdoor Quite seventy-five per cent. of the natives of the eastern half of British Central Africa are the friends and supporters of the Brit- ish administration, writes H. K. Johnston, the British commissioner in Nyasaland. Were it not so we would not be there. But it is useless to disguise the fact that our presencein the country is eminently dis- tasteful to the Arabs and to certain slave- like the Yaos of South-Eastern Nyasaland and the Awemba-of the Nyasa-Tanganyika Plateau. The back of the Yao resistance has been broken by the defeat of Makanjira, but there are still a few recalcitrant smaller chieftaius on our eastern border who may seek to renew their raids on our territory, of fiends, and seemed to be almost ,without fear. roocnr um: DEMONS. A French officer who went through the campaign in Tonquin speaks of the Black “ Their favorite form of at, Flags thus : tack was the charge, and when the order was given, they would rush forward with an impetuosity that was often irresistible, at the same time yelling like devils from Musket fire seemed to the bottom of hell. have no power to check them, no matter how great the mortality in their ranks. It usually required a dose of shrapnel to settle A body of them was almost annihi- lated once when charging against a heavy them. fire of shrapnel, and I was one of those de- tailed to go over the field and through lVe found that their only supplies of any kind to amount to anything were quantities of their camp after the repulse. rice.” NO QUARTER To run VANQUisnED. All Chinese soldiers are merciless to the The Black Flags invariably go over the field after a victory, and cut off the heads of their wounded and prostrate enemies, and vanquished, showing no quarter. they always treat prisoners in the same barberous fashion. This is one reason why soldiers who are pitted against Black Flags come to so speedily hate and fear them as opponents are rarely hated and feared, and to fight them with unparallel- ed fury. JAPAN 18 MERCILESS WHEN AROUSED. Japan has not been at war for the last 50 years, or since she adopted modern ion The Japanese are fight' ers, however. They have shown that within a very few years. The stern methods with which a half dozen rebel- ! lions have been put down demonstrate that the Jap will be a foe not to be despised. In the final battle of the rebellion of 1877 was almost annihilated. Out of a total force of 600 but 30 escaped alive. In this uprising, which lasted about nine months, 12,000 lives were destroyed. The cost of the war to the Government was between 35 and 40 million dollars. Both the Government troops and the rebels were equipped with modern guns, and were otficered by modern European soldiers. plements of war. â€"____.__ THE FOREIGN ELEMENT. Chicago Compares Itself Wltli London on the Ground or Cosmopolltunlsm. It is contended on behalf of Chicago that while its foreign population is numerous enough to give the place the distinctively interesting character of a cosmopolitan city the native born element is two-thirds of the whole. 0f the total of 1,567,657 there are 949,092 classed as native Americans. This at the first glance would seem to fur- nish a pretty solid substratum of good citizens, because whatever faults the native American has he is not an anarchist or a bomb thrower. Butthefacti's that many native horn citizens are as much foreigners as if they wore born abroad. The immense German and Irish elements in Chicago for example, are not adequately represented in the figures 250,000 and 112,000 recorded as the number of those nationalities there. The children of these people are as intensely German and Irish as if they were in the land of their fathers. Despite the boasted power of assimilation claimed by the repub- lic, it is much to be feared that outward conformity to American institutions is not assimilation and that race and other prejudices are as deep in the rising native born generation as in the imported parental article. Chicago may pride itself by a comparison with London on the ground of cosmopoli- tanism, but the comparison is not advan- tageous to the city on Lake Michigan. London’s cosmopolitanism is accreditable to her. because there all classes obey the law. There is liberty for all. Every racial or religious element finds full scope, but there must be absolute respect for the laws of the community. A revolutionist who turns citizeii can rest as comfortably in London as in Chicago, but he cannot prac- tise his old profession. A cosmopolitanism that is based on agetting together of some of the worst classes of many nations is not al- ' together a source of joy. â€"â€"_â€"â€"-.â€"â€"â€"â€" Sea-Faring Becoming Safer. In spite of the increased speed of modern travel, sea-faring becomes safer year by year. A return issued by the British Board of Trade shows that the total number of sea casualties which occurred to ship. sai'ing under the British flag in 1892 3 was 6,317 : the total number of losses at sea was 031}, and the tonage 215,161. 'Both as regards vessels and tonnage this is lower than any previous year in the returns. The loss of life was l,‘JUl, as against 2,:"3‘2 the previous year and an average or 2,529 in the previous sixteen years. The advance is chiefly due to improved constzuction and strict-er regulations as to the loading and manning of ships sailing under the British flag : but part of it may also be se'. down :o‘better charts, improved lighthouse ar- rangements, and gre-iter precautions :or the saving of life in case 01 shipwreck. are gone. ilization. tween these two extremes. districts, to permanently colonize and cre- ate for himself a new home ; his role there, as in tropical Asia, is simply to DIRECT, GOVERN AND IXSTRUCT ; to take the lead in the organization of com- merce, and the utilization of the raw mater- ials of a neglected continent. The function of the black man is to news, for many generations yet, as the main d’oeuvre--the brute force (so to speak) which is the neces- sary complement of the directing will. The European cannot undertake outdoor physi- cal labor in the unhealthy climate of Central Africa; if he attempts to dig,plough, how, or quarry, as his regular avocation,he succumbs to the sun heat or to the strain on his physical powers. The negro can do all these things without harm to himself, but, on the contrary, to his own profit, and with distinct gain to his status as a man : only, left to himself, he would do little or nothing. He requires the stimulus of con- tact with a‘superior race, and, above all,he needs teaching, for his own arts and indus- tries are elementary and unprogressive. In fact, the surface of the greater part of Gen- tral Africa has been, through untold ages, scarcely more afl'ected by the presence of the negro variety of man, than by the ba- boons and the anthropoid apes. Yet it is found that (especially in un- healthy districts) there is much intelligent work to be done, which cannor be entrust- ed to the average negro (who would he too careless, stupid, ignorant, or clumsy). and yet where the employment of the white man is too costly, both in risk to health and life, and in eXpenditure of mono . Consequently, one seeks the solution in t e introduction of a yellow race able to stand a tropical climate, and intelligent enough to undertake those' special which in temperate climates would be filled by Europeans. avocations There can be little question as to the yellow race which is called upon to take a. share in the Tridominium of the eastern half of Africa ; it is the Indianâ€"the Sikh, the Parsi, th‘e‘" Hindu, the Hindi, the Khoja, the Mormon, the Kattshi (Cutchee), the Goanese, and the Tamul. is condemned as hopelessy lazy, arrogant, ignorant, vicious and unskilled. The Chi- nese is The Arab AN CNDESI‘RABllE IMMIGRANT for many reasons, which it is not necessary to specify, and besides does not appear to be well suited to the African climate. _ yellow race most successful hitherto in Eastern Africa is the native Hindustanâ€" that race in divers types and diverse religions which, under British or Portu- guese aegis has created and developed the commerce of the East African littoral. The The immigration of the docile, kindly, thrifty, industrious, clever-fingered, sharp- witted Indian into Central Africa well furnish us with the solid core of our armed forces in that continent, and will supply us with the telegraph clerks, the pretty shop- keepers, the skilled artisans, the cooks, the minor employes, the clerks and the railway officials needed in the civilized administra- tion of Tropical Africa. _ by both Black and \Vhite, Will serve as a link between these two divergent races. Moreover, Africa, in opening this vast field to the enterprise and overflow ofthe yellow races of the Indian Empire, will direct a large current of wealth to the impoverished peninsula, and afford space forthe reception, in not for distant homes, of the surplus populatian of Southern Asia. â€"-H. K. John- ston, Brit. Com. in Nyasaland. The Indian, liked POLITENESS. There is a politeness of the heart. This is closely allied to love. Those who possess this purest fountain of natural politeness find it easy to express the same in forms of outward propriety.â€"{(,loethe. Politeness is a sort of moss which intro rounds the usperities of our character, and prevents them from wounding anyone. This moss must never be torn off. cvsn in fighting with rough rude men.-â€"[Vi_net-.. There is no external expression oi polite- ness which has not its root in the moral nature of man. Forms of politeness, there- fore, should never be inculcsted on young persons without letting them understand the moral ground on which all such terms rest.â€"~[Lioe‘.he. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".Iâ€"-â€"-â€"â€"_ Useful But Not Ornamental. Tin can â€"“ I am not entirely useless." Dogâ€"" Of course not; you may potnt a moral, though you certainly do not adorn a tail.” and who may therefore force us to'fight out the struggletot-be bitter end. The Awemba will settle into friendliness when the Arabs As regards the Arabs, they must all goâ€"every one-4nd never be re-admitted. Some we may bribe to go, others we may have to expel by force -; but so long as there is one Arab left in South Central Africa, so long will there be a centre of the slave trade and a source of endless intrigue and stealthy opposition to the white man’s civ- That happy result will, however, be accomplished before many years are over ; but even then we cannot look to the white man and the black man only to ac- complish the regeneration of Central Africa; we want the yellow man in some shape or form to fill the intermediate function be- In tropical Africa, the white man cannot hope, except in a few isolated mountain HIDSUMMER MERRIMENT. Miss Brooksâ€"“Do you get Brooklyn!" Bridgesâ€"“Awfully.” Sheâ€""When will you call and see papa!" he be out?" Sheâ€"“\Vhat colored eyes do you admire -â€"brown or blue?” Heâ€"“I can't see well enough in this light." “Is Fraulein Sussmilch at home?" “No. sir.” “Please tell her that I called.” “I will tell her at once. " ~ Nearsighted Old Gentlemanâ€"“Little boy, how much does a bicycle like that one ofyouraâ€"" Young “’oman (in bloo‘mers) --"Siri" proposed?" Béssâ€""Indee engaged.” Judge-â€"“How old are you, miss!” El- derly Femaleâ€"“I amâ€"I amâ€"-â€"-” Judge ‘â€"“Better hurry up ; every moment makes it worse.” was poison. ” Mr. Beachâ€"“All you wantis nerve when you go into the water, Miss Bright.” Miss Brightâ€"“Well, you said you’d go in with me, didn’t you?” to pay thirty-five or forty cents per pound for steak. but it is a. great deal tougher when they pay only fifteen. "Why don’t you try to paddle your own canoe,” growled Brown as Jones struck him for ten. “I can’t," said Jones, “but I am trying to float a loan.” Mrs Brownâ€"“Since they have become engaged they just sit in the parlor and not a word passes between them.” Brownâ€"â€" “Perhaps there is no room for it to do so.” What’s yor name, sorr?” Visitorâ€"“Prof, Vandersplinkenheimer.” Servantâ€"“Och! Sure, ye’d better go right in and take it wid ye.” “You’re not in love, Bobbie. You only think you are.” “Well, how the dickens am I to find out my mistake if I’m mis- taken?” “0, marry the young woman, by all means.” Hazelâ€"“Did you find the hotel you stay- ed at while away on your vacation 1,000 feet above the sea, as advertised?” N utleâ€"“I did, indeed. They gave me a room on the top floor.” Doetorâ€"“Ybur husband’s pulse is going at a terrific rate, madam. ldon’t know how to account for it.” Mrs. Springerâ€" “I know. I told him you might bring your bill with you.” - “Now,” said the young man, “take the, average womanâ€"” “But there is no aver- age woman,” interrupted the elder. "You just naturally have to consider each woman by herself.” Clerkâ€"“I would like to have my salary raised. Boggs gets $6 more than me, and he don’t do any more work. It’s unjust.” Employerâ€"“Yes; it is unjust. I’ll reduce Boggs’ salary $6.” “Papa” said a little boy, “ought the teacher to whip me for what I did not do?” "Certainly not, my boy,” replied the father. “\Vell,” replied the little fellow, “he did to-day when I didn’t do my sum.” Banks (from his berth, feebly)â€"-“I' say steward, do you think it’s all up with me '2” Steward (cheerfully)â€""Hevery‘think, for the present, sir ; but your happetite will be a-comin’ by an’ by.” lagson Tattsrsâ€"“Wot’s de matter, Rally? Wat yer shiverin’ fur '3" Rollingstone No- moss (reading paper)â€"“Here‘s a piece ’bout a man w’at died from drinkin’ ice-water. W’at a horrible death l” Chollieâ€"“I‘he idea of a man sending a business letter with a P. S.” Chappieâ€" “Doosid bad form, surely.” Chollieâ€"“But that isn’t the worst of it. In this case it means ‘Please Settle.’ ” Professor [(to medical student)â€"“Mr. Doselcts, will you please name the bones of the skull?” Student (perplexed)â€"-“I’ve got them all in my head, professor, but the names don’t strike me at the mom- cut." Lushleyâ€"“l hadn't been at my new( boarding house twenty-four hours before I i knew the landlady was opposed to strong drink.” Lashleyâ€"“How’d you tell; by her talk?" Luslileyâ€"“No; by her cof- fee.” He (looking at the water)â€"â€"“ Here's thei swell of the steamer,the boat will soon be here.” She (looking landwardlâ€"“Oh, he doesn’t belong to the steamboat; he’s a clerk at the dry goods store up town." She-“If I give you one kiss, are you sure you won’t want more?” He-â€"“I’n~ certain." She (indignantly)â€"“ Then I don’t think I’d care to kiss a man who did not know enough to appreciate my kisses.” Mrs. X. (observing her friend at work upon the-floor of the kitchen)â€"“ Why in the world don’t you get a servant to scour your floors '3” Mrs. Y.--“l3ecause, my dear, I'd have to scour the town to get a servant.” "I was astounded when I heard that Mr. Brown, who married Miss Schmidt last week, had given up his position. Does he think that love will support him i” “Oh, no; but he hopes that his father-indaw will.” Wifeâ€"” I mended the hole in your waistcoat pocket last night after you had gone to bed. am I not?” Husbandâ€"~“ Yes, but how didl you know there was a hole in my waistcoat pocket?" Mistress â€"" What in the world is the matter with the twins ’3” Nurse~” Sure I don’t know ; but from the way they’ve been frettin’ and cryin’ all day it's my opinion that they’ve mixed themselves up and can’t tell which is which.” " Deah me 1" said the bore, interrupting the conversation at a few minutes after l2, “ I believe it must be time to go.” “Oh, no it. can't be,” said the tired girl, empha- tically, “ that time won’t come around agazn till tomorrow evening.” â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€".nâ€"â€"--â€"-- Needless Fears. Dinah Elinnyâ€"“ Aunty. de papers say mehbyde lilo-ck phigue will come to dis country." Aunt Ebonyâ€"“Don‘t you worry 'bout dot, honey. It th’t show on us." bwd "1 lDellclous Ways of Preparing F . " People think it is tough when they have; Servantâ€"“Yis, sorr, Mrs Talker is in. ' (I ABOUT THE HOU‘ WW ‘ It is not generally known that fruit, He(nervously)â€"“l don’t know. When will according to its nature, demands a different preparation. Apples and peers ought to be both washed and rinsed after being peeled; i lums of all kinds well rubbed singly with a clean cloth, whilst smaller fruits, such as gooseberries, entrants, etc., are strewn on acloth spread on a flat surface, and lightly rubbed with a second cloth. All fruit that requires it ought to be stoned. Nothing is more objectionable than to work through Jessâ€".‘\veren,u you “grind when he ahelping of unstoned cherry pie, for in» n . f. I was; my re. stance. The fruit~stoner is quite accessible co ectiono it was that we were already to every one, and very little trouble. A strong, large, new pin is a good substitute for the above machine. Dried fruit requires thorough washing and drying. It must then be soaked over “Why don’t vou send your husband to nightand boiled in the water in which it the water cure‘.” Great goodness! What’slh‘Fh‘m‘ rhlslmpwvefi “18 35"01'. main- the use? Henever tastetit no more ’an if it n “m3 the “brine and Bhortens the time irequired for stewing. All fresh and juicy fruits, the various berries, plums, etc., turn out much better if the bottom of the pre- serving kettle is moistened with water, to prevent catching. then the cover is put natural juice producing more than enou h morsture. Dried fruit, however, must is well covered with water, and boiled slowly until tender. Do not pick the fruit with a I fork: as the slightest mark shows when the . fruit reserved. A flat strainer, or a wooden ladle With thin, smooth edges, are the beat implements for transferring fruit to the-jars. After this has been done the juice always needs “boiling down” to reduce it to the desired quantity and to thicken it, and it must not be poured all over the fruit. This being piled up can be slightly moistened With the syrup, whilst the bulk should be poured around the sides of the jar or dish containing the fruit. When the fruit is to be served at once, the juice must not be added until it is time to send it up to table, . otherwise the fruit becomes sodden and loses the fresh look which ought to be one of its characteristics. .The carrying out of the above directions will turn out a dainty and excellent dish instead of the unsightly and unpalatable} “mash” so often served under the name of stewed f :uit and preserves. Hints for the Household. \Vhen milk is used in tumblers wash them first in cold water ; afterwards rinse in hot water. Add two tablespoonfuls of kerosene to thepail of water with which you wash grained or other varnished furniture. The lap-board and arm-chair would be a means of grace to many an over-taxed wo- man, were it not that she is afraid that some one may think she is lazy. In cleaning japanned goods, never use warm water. Wet a cloth slightly in warm water and rub the article to be cleaned. Should any smear appear sprinkle With flour and wipe dry. An efficient fly-poison, which has the merit; of being poisonous only to files, is made of the yolk of an egg beaten up with a tablespoonful each of ground black pepper and molasses. It should be poured in shal- low plates and set about. An old housewife says that the toughest of beef or chicken can be made tender and palatable by putting a spoonful of good cider vinegar in the pot in which itjs boil- ing, or in the juices in which the same is basted when roasting. It does not injure the flavor in the least. Wash pongee in warm suds, and do not boil nor scald it; rinse thoroughly in several waters. Take down before quite dry and roll up without sprinkling ; in a half hour it may be pressed smoothly with a medium hot iron. Avoid extreme heat for all silk under-clothing, as it destroys the elasticity. Never put table linen into soapsuds un- til it has had all strains removed by pour- ing boiling water through them. This will remove all strains but iron rust ; for that sprinkle on oxalic acid, wetting the spot. with cold water. Rub gently between the hands and it will gradually disappear. If obstinate, repeat the process. Linen that has been scorched bycarcless. ironing may be treated as follows : Tie up an onion in a clean piece of muslin and beat it until all the juice is extracted ; mix thejziice with one ounce of fuller’s earth in powder, a little soap shaved fine, and half a tumbler of vinegar. Let it boil together for an hour, and when it gets cold spread on the stains and let it dry in ; then wash the linen as usual. Oil in a lamp should not be allowed to get down to less than one-half the depth of the reservoir. The wick should be soft and cornpletely fill the space for it, but without crowding. A lamp should be neither sud- denly cooled nor exposed to the draught. In extinguishing the flame the wick should first be turned for down and then a sharp, quick piitl‘blown across, and not straight down upon the flame. Ashoe drawer, divided into compart- I am a careful little woman. meats so that each pair of shoes may al- ways he found together without delay, is a convenience appreciated by a busy woman, A ton bureau drawer is also more convcn~ icnt and easily kept in order if partitioned off into compartments of varying sizes to hold laces. ribbons, veils etc., than it is when filled with pasteboard DOXCB holding the commodities. A pretty sponge. bag is made with white No. S. darning cotton. although macramc cord might be used, if preferred. legin at the bottom, widening as you go until you have four rows of open crochet: make one row of solid crochet, the five rows of open widening by making spaces larger in each row : finish With a row of open birs, through which ribbon wrrc ill to run in a casing of ribbon or sizesia, and above this A row of open-shell stitch. Hang up by a cord of the cotton and finish the bottom with aisssel. Take out the ribbon sure when this bag is to be sent to t:;': laundry. on. the stewing must proceed rapidly, the-- 1' r .1, w. g...,...,..mamazA-‘wnrfim-vhaw.. . ,. .. mpg . . mwa.;..;.,_-om ._ ‘ '. V g It A, . -“-€.,..?:W'S.L’Z§Tl,r{whoa-e . 3. 1'13: ‘ ‘ rm.‘ » flagâ€".m- " .01. fisd'. «A: .V’A