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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1889)
THE FRENCH CREOLES. Berne of the I'ecnllarltle of This Simple Minded People. The French Creoles of tho lower class are a hand-tc-mo::tb class of peo p', purchasing the stick of wood to ri. ard the handful of herbs that are to cook and season their potato, filling their small market baskets with in numerable pinches of this, that and the other, laying in a few sous of sugar and coffee at a time, and going next day, for three hundred and sixty fire day in tho year, and doing iden tically tho same thing, in sa?cula Eseculonim. Dislike to the accumula tion of household goods, to well-stored cellars anu pantries, to generous i abundance, to picturesque profusion, to the essentials of a large-handed hospitality even within the narrow ; limits of their neighborhood acquaint ances, an ant-lil:e economy and ab stemiousness, a curious juxtaposition of eternal self-restraint and a passion for sensations, colors, sounds, jr fumos, fantastic Msnsualilies, an in stinct for microscopic money-getting wedded to an instinct that has filled New Oilcans with noble institution? for the poor," the blind, the sick, the world weary; a passion for novols and for splendid churches, a fond on durance of rigors of co'.d and hunger for the brilliant efflorescence of care meprenant and carnival, a voluntary exile from all laughter and joy that their feet may twinkle a night cr two on the mirrored floors ot the masque balls down in Chartres and"1 Royal streets; such are the fragments of sweet and bitter herbs that go to make up part of tho paradox of Creole character and communicate to it an indefinable piquancy and strangeness by their thick bars of light and Bbndow. The chief charm of the character is a touching gentleness and benignity that blends all other characteristics and per meates tho whole constitution of the native Creole. Thero is something elegiac, tender, dreamy about the race, a remnant or recollection of earlier and better days, an aroma of exile coming from old colonial times, when so many emigrated from tho gay fatherland to tho trackless wilderness of Louisiana, seeking Jhcir fortunes. Disappointment seems to have im pressed it3t'lf as a trait of heredity on their spiritual make up; a brooding languor has spread from tho luxurious climate through tho limbs and consti tution of the immigrants, tho advent urous spirit of the marvelous brothers Bienville. Iberville and Sauvalle. laid under perpetual embargo by a Chinese wall of swamp, bayou and boguc, has sunk into a ctnious psychological numbness and content with surround ings; geography, exploration, litera ture, research, travel (beyond tho in evitable transit to b ranee once in a lifetime) aro unknown luxuries to these lotus-eating folk, and in tholr way thoy arc as still in tholr sunny corner as the sun-loving ailigator that haunts their streams. Tho customs, gamos and sports of these exiles aro full of reminiscences of tho fatherland, mingled with odd accretions and aftergrowths, a clinging conservatism, a poetic susceptibility. Thero aro songs and Christmas customs smacking of Gascony. Provence, Cham pagne San Domlng i. Franche-Comte, such n linger in Canada and form touching links with the folk over the Bca. J. A Harriion, "ip. Autrefois. STRANG i MISTAKES. Some or tlm I.iuijIi.iIiIb Ktperleticet of an I'x.lrro llookcller. . Says a Portland booksellor: "At ono ttmo wo wore carrying u largo stock of roliglous works, and ono day 1 called out to ono of my clorks, hold ing up a book which ho had wrappod up for somo ono; 'Is this "Tho City of God?"' 'No, 1 guoi not,' ho said, without looking round, 'at least I nover heard it called that before. It is generally called tho Foro3t City. Porhups It is Brooklyn.' Ho aftorward explained that he thought I had found a reference In somo book to a place called tho City of God and wanted to know what city it meant "On another occasion a woman with a valiso In her hand rushed in and asked a now boy if ho had ' That Husband of Mine' in our store? lie camo rushing out to mo In tho back shop and said a woman wanted to know if her husband was in our store. 1 surmised what tho troublo was and attended to her myself. "Somo of thu most amusing mis takes, however, aro thosu mado by people who get the titles of books wrong. They read about thorn in somo catalogue or newspaper, but don't more than half remember tho name, and tho result is, to say tho least, peculiar. Ono woman camo in tho other day and asked for 'Tho Rhinestone,' mid went out mud be cause ono of tho clerks told hor wu didn't soil Jowelry. Another wanted Tho Cardinal's Lottor,' by Haw thorne It took our whole force about fifteen minutes to got at what slin really wanted, "The Scarlet Letter.' She said sho knew thoro was some thing rod about it somewhere and thought it must bo cardinal." Port land Advertiser, Tho Proper Placo for Hor. Wild-oyod paront I want to bring my daughter, aged fifteen, to this in stitution and havu her closely guarded and given your best treatment for about throo years. Monoy Is no ob ject. Koopor oi prlvato lunatio asylum la sho violent? WJld-oyod paront Sho is ungovern able. Sho writes pooms of passion. Keeper Stuto itoform School is just, across tho way. Chicago Trlbuuo. UNJUST DISCRIMINATION. Deliberate Crneltr nt Which Many ra ther Are Ciollijr. Is woman the equal of man? The question has been asked many thou sands of times and answered with fierce negatives, which, however, have been growing fainter and fainter as civilization has progressed. Generally speaking, tho greater the degree of civilization of tho individual man the more willingly does he concede that woman was created tho equal of tho other sex, though with different quali ties. Hut there arc few believers in the equality of tho sexes who carry their opinions into practice even in the'.r own families. Theoretically the gli .s of a family aro entitled to have a- much spent on their education as is spo.it on that of tho boys; to havo tho 6iunecaro bestowed upon fitting them to fight this world's battle as is be stowed upon tho boys; to havo a busi ness or profession chosen for them and to bo fitted for it; to be furnished with capital to the same extent with the b -ys, and, finally, to share alike with :Ui boys in the partition of the family property on the death of the parents. In how many Canadian homes is tlrii equitable treatment of the daughters carried out? In few, we opine, and the better off tho parents are in this world's goods the worse aro the girk likely to faro. It is too much tho habit of fathers to sjHmd all their moans in pushing along their ons, leaving thedaughtoM to taku the chances in the matrimonial ioiiery. iienco we ouen see i son launched into tho world with abundant capital, the benefit of his father's finan cial backing, and what is better still, tho incalculable advantage of the experience of men and affairs gained by the father in a long and successful bu-dnejs career. What does tho father do for tho sistor of this young man? If the father is lucky enough to possess a managing wife, ho marries her off early to somo young fellow with ap parently good prospects. He givoi her a dowry not at all proportioned to what ho has given the son, and then ho is gathered to his fathers. Twenty years afterward tho son has made his mark in tho world. He is a well-off man with a growing and expensivo family around him. Ho can see wnys for all tho money ho has, and more, in settin? up his own sons, and ho ha? nothing to spare or, which comes to tho same thing, thinks ho has nothing to sparo for his sister. She, poor woman, nns no; oecn so nicKy. nor husband has not been successful, or perhaps ho has died after providing her with nothing but a family of chll drcn. Sho finds hersolf at forty al ready old and looked upon as a failure, though perhaps sho has moro of her father's business tact than fell to the lot of hor brother. Hut thero sho is, as poor as a church mouse, while her brother, having taken tho major part of tho possessions of tho family, has plenty. II tho brother does as much for hor ns to tako hor boys Into his of fice tho world will applaud his gon- oroslty. Discrimination like this is being practiced ovory day in thousands of homes. If there is to bo discrimina tion among childron, should it noc be In favor of tho girls Instead of ngainat them? What is tho good of admitting tho equality of tho soxes If tho pooplo who admit it act towards tholr own off spring as though they did not bollovo It? And whoro do thoso pooplo stand who, maintaining that womon aro tho weaker vossols, rob their daughters in order to bettor oqulp their sons? If tho sons, In consideration of having the major part of tho family money spent upon them, undertook to caro for tholr sisters in tho event of tho lat ter requiring help, thoro would bo somo element oi lalrnoss in tno ar rangement. Hut sons do not uiulor tako any such thing. Kven If thoy did undertake it they might fail to carry out tholr engagements. It would bo bettor all around If nil tho childron of a family woro treated allko rather than that tho seed of future bickerings should bo sown by unfair preference of ono beforo another. This is a sido of tho woman quostion which can not bo reached by law. It is tho outgrowth and survival of tho tlmo when women woro chattels, and wero bought und sold like so many shcop. Custom sanctions tho delib erate cruolty of which tho father Is guilt' who sacrifices his daughter's earthly future in order that his son may carry on tho business nnd tho homo in tho old stylo. Every ono of tho political disabilities of womon can nnd will bo soon removed. Hut the removal of this social wrong will bo a work of many yoars. Tho soxos will bo equal in tho eyes of tho law for a long tlmo before public opinion can make thoin equal in tho eyes of fa thers. Toronto Globe. Tho Dog Was Innocent. A sanitary officer who was sent to a house on Catharine street to see about a savage dog who had bitten a neigh bor was met by tho allegation: "Dot dog vhas not so dangerous at I vhas myself.'1 " Hut ho bit a man." "Of course ho did, but dot vhas a mistake. " "How?" "Vholl, ho pellofs dot man vhas going to blto him, und so ho got In dor II rat blto. Iots of times If I poliof somo man's vhas going to hit mo I ahump in uud knock him first. Dot man vhas to blame, und you should go oop und kill him." Detroit Free Press. ii m President Cartor, of Williams Cob lego, has raised $600,000 for that in ill. lutiou during his management. LEGEND OF MARCOLINI. A Curious Venetian Custom That Keep V4i c m m. mil a.' cr x m In tho couits of Venice a curious custom has been observed for five hundred years. When the Council of len, a body of men acting as a jury, brings in a sentence of death, beforo tho presiding Judge puts on the black cap the venerable crier advances and cries three times in a loud voice, " Hecordatevi del povera Marcolini." Near the grand landing place of tho gondolas am tho columns of Saint Mark and Saint Theodore. Nearly uu m ,ijpie passin- uie granu lanu- , gtcculorum. Dislike to the accumula ing place pass around the columns. tion or household goods, to well-stored Only foreigners and strangers pass be-' collar3 and pnntries, to pener0Us tweentho two slender pillars. It is ( nb.mdnni. tn ni,.t.v, rr.,ai 1 I. ...,..! . i : 1 mo uiiwuiik jiiiitu ui wtxuuuu, ujju tnere .Marcounl met nis death Many years ago Marcolini, a young Venetian noble, paid court to the beautiful Giulietta, whose family oc-, cupied a palace on the same square- ' Ono night as the dial on the clock towor marked the early morning hour no was returning Home from a visit to nis inamorata, soiuy singing in mo exuberance of his spirits, for he had been accepted, and the parents of his fiancee had given consent to their nuptials. Passing across a small campo he picked up an embroidered bolt, with an empty jeweled scabbard. and fastening the girdle around him. ho continued his course, still humming his tune. When he came to the steps of the Rial to ho was seized by the guard and accused of murder. Ho was takon to tho snot wheio Senator Hinaldi lay dead with a dagger in his heart. It was found that the stiletto exactly fitted tho sheath which Mar colini carried. He was speedily tried, condemned and beheaded. Giulietta went mad and was confined on the little island devoted to tbo insane. Many years after a bandit on his death-bod confessed to a priest that ho 1 .11 i 1 .i. i r- i had boen hired to murder the Senator. Tho sentence against Marcolini was reversed and his confiscated estites wero restored to his family. But poor Giulietta's reason could not bo ro stored by an edict of law. When tho judge who condemned Marcolini camo to die ho provided in his will that a mass should bo sung every night for ever in a chapel of tho ducal church, St. Mark's, for the soul of Marcolini and others who had suffered from un just judgments. Such is tho story of tho Twilight Mass and the words of tho court crier: "Kcmomber poor Marcolini." Every night tho bell U rung and a ray of light Is seen to issuo from tho littlo Gothic window that looks upon tho ancient placo of execu tion. N. Y. Star. A ONE-ACT TRAGEDY. Hon- He Won unci Lost n llrlrici All Account f ii" Uncle' Dentil. "Then this is your final answer, Miss Stubbles?" "My final answer." " Nothing can movo you?" "Nothing." "Then my life will bo a lonely ono nnd my fato a harsh ono, for my uncle, with whom I lived, has just died and left me" "Just died?" " Yes, and left me " "That fact somewhat alters tho case. Henry. I can not bo harsh to ono who has sustained such rocont be reavemont If I could beliovo that you aro sincere " "Slncoro? Oh, Miss Stubbles!" "You havo certainly mado an im pression on my heart Give mo timo to think of it" "How long?" "After all. why think of it? Henry, 1 am yours." " Oh, Gcnoviovo!" " Do not squeeze mo so hard, Hen ry. Your poor uuclo! Was ho long ill?" "Throo days." " It Is too bad! You say ho has left you ?' "os, ho has loft mo." " How much?" "How much? I said ho had loft me. Ho hail nothing olso to leave, I am alono In tho world now, homeless, pon nlloss, but with you by my side-Gracious, who's fainted!" Curtain. Hoston Courier. Tho Extent of Illiteracy. A census of tho illiterates in tho various countrlos of tho world, recent ly published In tho Statlstischo Mon- atlsschrlft, placos tho three Slavio States of Houmania, Servla and ltus sla at tho head of tho list, with about 80 per cent of the population unablo to read nnd writo. Of tho Latiu-spoak-Ing races, Spain heads tho list with G3 per cont. followed by Italy with 48 per cent, Franco and Belgium having about 15 per cont Tho illiterates in Hungary number 43 por cont, in Aus tria 39, and in Ireland 21. la England thoy are 13 por cout In Holland 10 por cont, in tho United States (white population) 8 por cent and in bcotland 7 icr cent Among tho purely Teu tonic States thoro is a marked reduc tion in the percentage of illiterates. Tho highest is in Switzerland. t.5; m tho whole Gorman Empire it is but 1 percent; while in Sweden, Denmark, Havana, Haden and Wurtemburg thero is practically no ono who can not read and write. "Hod-headed girls don't tan, oh?" said Poots, scornfully, as ho laid down tho newspaper In which ho had boon rending ti statonmnt to Unit effect " ell, when I was n boy thoro was a red-lmadod girl teaching our district school, and sho tanned so much that I haven't forgotten It to this day," nnd to rubbed his shouldor ruufuuy with tho thought. Texas Sifting. THE FRENCH CREOLES. Come of the ienllarltles of ThU Simple- Minded I'eople. The French Creoles of tho lower , Dle nurchasinP th stink of wood to day ard the handful of herbs that aro I to cook and season their potage. filling their small market baskets with in- ' numerable pinches of this, that and I the other, laying in a few sous of sugar and coffee at a time, and going next day, for three hundred and slxty- i five days in the year, and doing iden tically the same thing, in sorcula i 1 J 1 ' . G tne essouti&Is Of a Jarge-handed hospitality even within the narrow limits of their neighborhood acquaint ances, an ant-like economy and ab stemiousness, a curious juxtaposition of eternal self-restraint and a passion for sensations, colors, sounds, ner- fumes, fantastic sensualities, an in- , stinct for microscopic money-getting wedded to an instinct that has filled New Orleans wilh noble institutions for the poor, the blind, the sick, the world weary; a passion for no-rels and for splendid churches, a fond en durance of rigors of cold and hunger for the brilliant efflorescence of care meprenant and carnival, a voluntary xile from all laughter and joy that their feet may twinkle a night cr two on the mirrorod floors ot the masque balls down in Charves and Koyal streets; such are the fragments of sweet and bitter herbs that go to make up part of tho paradox of Creole character and communicate to it an indefinable piquancy and strangeness by their thick bars of light and shadow. The chief charm of the character is a touching gentleness and benignity that . blends all other characteristics and per- meates the whole constitution of the native Creole. There is something elegiac, tender, dreamy about the race, a remnant or recollection of earlier and better days, an aroma of exile coming from old colonial times, whonso many emigrated from the gay fatherland to tho trackless wilderness of Louisiana, seeking their fortunes. Disappointment seems to have im pressed itself as a trait of heredity on their spiritual make up; a brooding languor has spread from the luxurious climate through the limbs and consti tution of tho immigrants, the advent 1 ur0U3 spirit of tho marvelous brothers Hienvillo. Iberville and Sauvalle, laid under perpetual embargo by a Chinese wall of swamp, bayou and bogue, has sunk into a cu ious psychological numbness and content with surround ings; geography, exploration, litera ture, research, travel (beyond tho in evitable transit to trance onco in n lifetime) aro unknown'luxuries to theso lotus-eating folk, and in their way they aro as still in their sunny corner as the sun-loving ailigator that haunts their streams. Tho customs, games and pports of theso exiles aro full of reminiscences of tKo fatherland, mingled with odd accretions and aftergrowths, a clinging conservatism, a poetic susceptibility. Thoro are songs and Christmas customs smacking of Gascony, Provence, Cham pagne San Domingo, Franche-Comte, such as linger in Canada and form touching links with tho folk over tho sea. J. A Harrison, in Autrefois. STRANGE MISTAKES." Somo of the I.!iui;liall Kxprrlencet of an Kaiteru Ilookst'ller. Says a Portland bookseller: "At ono timo wo wero carrying a largo stock of roligious works, and ono day I called out to ono of my clerks, hold ing up a book which he had wrapped up for somo ono; 'Is this "Tho City of God?'" 'No, I guos not' ho suid. without looking round, 'at least I nover heard it called that before. It is generally called tho Forest City. Perhaps it is Hrooklyn.' Ho afterward explained that ho thought I had found a reforenco in somo book to a place called tho City of God and wanted to know what city it meant "On another occasion a woman with a valiso in hor hand rushed in nnd asked a now boy if ho had 'That Husband of Mlno' in our store? Ho camo rushing out to mo in tho back shop nnd said a woman wanted to know if her husband was in our store. I surmised what tho trouble was and attended to hor myself. "Somo of tho most amusing mis takes, howovor, aro thoso mado by people who got the titles of books wrong. They read about them in somo cntaloguo or newspaper, but don't moro than half remember tho name, and tho result is, to say tho least, peculiar. Ono woman camo in tho other day and asked for 'Tho Hhlnestono,' nnd went out mad be cause ono of tho clerks told her wo didn't soil jowelry. Another wanted 'Tho Cardinal's Letter,' by Haw thorne. It took our whole forco about fifteen minutes to get at what sho really wanted, 'Tho Scarlet letter.' Sho said sho know thoro was some thing red about it somewhere and thought it must bo cardinal." Port land Advortlsor. The Proper Place for Her. Wlld-oyed paront I want to bring my daughter, aged fifteen, to this in stitution and havo her closely guarded and given your best treatment for about throo yoars. Monoy is no ob ject Kocpor ol prlvato lnnntlo asylum Is sho violent? Wlld-oy9d jy.ront Sho Is un,ivcrn able. Sho writus poems of passion. Kcopor Stato Hoform School Is just across tho way. Chicago Trlbuno. THE DOMESTIC COW. A Smart Yoant: Man Inretlgrate Her Unnmlable TralU. Tho poet ha3. from time immemo rial, eulogized tho domestic Cu (Sax on). Koo (Dutch), or Cow (Modem English). Ho has done so without having taken the troublo to investi gate those unamiable traits in her character which it is tho object of this article to criticise. Ho (the poet) scorns only to havo seen her in her Sunday c.othes, as it were, grazing in the fragrant meadows or standing at ease in the shadows of the babb ing brooklet Mv hired man firemen's picnic, well; and. aftvr recently attended a not wisely, but too repeateA drinks, ho locked horns with a erj imprudently larger man on the question of tariff re form. 2ecd I say more.-" Only tins: Thnt he was assisted home by friends, suffering from severe indisposition and with his feutures sadly out of re pair; so that, on tho following morn ing, from a sense of duty, I arose be times to milk the domestic Cu (Sax--n). 'n as the first pale streaks of lawn appeared in the eastern sky. Girding on some o:d clothes, I "tarod forth to seek tho Koe (Dutch). She had unhooked tho gate of tho pasture with hor horns, and was then in tho act of inspecting the flower garden. She had evidently been the- o .'or somo time, during which she had not been idle, and her manner was en tirely free from excitement Approaching with a smile which has seldom failed to win female re gard, I said, in soothing tones: "Soh, bossy! soh, bossy!" but, after eyeing me comprehensively for a few mo menta, she backed leisurely over a valuable ihododendron bush, and .ien startrj through the shrubbery at a swinging gait. It would be painful to recount tho Incidents of that exciting chase. I got her in tho barn at last, and. suc ceeded in belaying her head to the manger, after which I said: "Stand jver," in a distinct tone of voice. Sho knew that I wanted her to movo to tho loft so that I cruld get room to milk her; but wilfully appearing to misun s!and the order, sho "stood over" to the right side, flattening mo against the stall. Did I swear? No, gentlo reader. I did not W.hy did I not swear? Be cause the weight of the Cu (Saxon) prevented respiration. Gathering myself together as ono man, I hurled her across the stall by a supremo ef fort, and standing tho hay-fork where she could see it, prepared to milk. Any one who has watched tho opera tion of milking a cow will maintain that it is a very simple thing to do. I used to think so myself, but it is a great mistake. I am ready to explain to any ono who will listen to mo for a few hours, that it is difficult, very dif ficult to milk a Koo (Dutch), unless thero is a mutual understanding a friendly feeling between the parties; which, in m case, thero was not. Having seated myself under tho star board quarter, I grasped tho pail firmly between my knees, as I had seen tho hireling do, and commenced to milk. No milk camo for five minutes, during which timo I worked on in silence, whilo tho Cu jerked angry mouthfuls of hay out of tho manger, ever and anon lashing hor tail against my hat, and looking around with a sarcastic smile; which, however, I protended not to notice; but at last a snowy jet shot straight into my left oyo, and, in a short timo, anothor imuarted an unnatural warmth to my lap. I had succeeded in bringing forth tho milk; all that re mained was to direct it into tho pail. This was not to bo so easily done as you would suppose. In fifteen minutos I had brought forth twonty-six squirts, distributed ns follows: Three in tho loft eye, ono in tho right, eloven on my trousers, two on Ivoe s tall, five on tho barn floor, and tho balance in the kettle. Just then tho hand-maiden appeared and asked if I had finished milking. Sho said that tho family woro waiting for breakfast, and thoro was no milk for tho coffoe. I told hor to wait a fow minutos that I had not quito finished. Leaning ono dimpled arm on an ad jacent hay cutter sho watched my efforts with increased amazemont, and atlengthsaid, eagerly: "Lord, Misthor Adam, lot mo milk tho cow! Why didn't yo ax mo befoaro? Shuro I used to milk threo cows down homo befoaro I wlnt out to sarvlco!" Recalling tho incident of Robert Hruco nnd tho historic spider, I felt strongly disposed to hold on nnd con quor tho difficulties of milking if it took all day; but breakfast would havo to bo indefinitely postponed, and the feelings of tho family woro entitled to consideration; thoroforo I roso up and allowed Gwendollno Mulcahoy to tako tho holm. This sho did with alacrity, and, ns tho milk flow into tho tin pail In thick, vigorous streams, tho recop taclo responded with a joyous " whing whong, whing whong," that seemed to say: " Go it, Gwondollno; you aro tho popular candidate, and you understand your biz." Tho Cu (Saxon) also gavo vont to a chucklo of ill-concealed tri umph ns I started for tho house. Adam Smith, in Texas Sittings. "Tho Pilgrim's Progress" has ben translated into tho language spokon In Zanzibar, a tonguo called Swahlli. It was found necossnry to inako an adaptation rather than a literal translation. A part of tho ver sion was prepared by tho lato Bishop Steoro. Young man aro respectfully in formed that whan tho young lady's fathar stamps his foot, ho Is preparing to sond it through the malL HOME-MADE RUGS. Why Tliey Are to Hn Preferred to Cheap liiilliitlons of IIiMcrn Work. Mats aro mich necessary articles of household furnishings, and, withal, so comfortable and useful, that It is not to ho thought Htr.mgo that thoy grow In popular favor each year. Few homes, nowadays, lack theso con veniences, for no matter how richly furnished, othorwlwe, a houso may bo, the absence of rugs detracts much from Its comfort, in looks, at least. Thoro aro few things will give a houso such a home-like appearance as :i number of rugs scattered about the floor. For those who can afford it, the deft hands of the Orient furnish models of luxur iance, but the majority of people aro con ont with imitation of the Eastern work, and the most of them very poor imitations at thu . and many of tho home-mado rug aro much to be pre ferred to them. These can bo made as artistic or plain a any ono desires, from tho pretty tufted rug for parlor or sitting-room, to tho common braided or knit mat for the kitchen. A pretty rug for tho parlor or sitting-room is mado as follows: Take a piece of burlap canvas or coffeo sack ing the size required, and have stamped up n it a pretty pattern. After matching your yarn according to col or in tho pattern, tako a lead pencil or round stick about the thickness of a pencil, and with a darning needle draw tho yarn through the canvas, going over tho pencil or stick each timo, and. as the pencil fills, movo it along, and proceed as before, until tho wholo surface of tho canvas is filled. A vory littlo thought can arrange a rug of this kind ns a handsome affair, or, if a commoner ono is desired.it may bemado by using tho ravolings from old stock ings and working without a pattern, hit or miss. Another pretty rug is made by taking a piece of burlap canvas and bastinj over it a piece of coarse net canvas such as is used for slippers. Tako somo pretty tidy or table-spread pattern, and enlarging as you go, work through the canvas in cross stitch, using colors to match, or that will harmonize with tho carpet on tho room for which it is intended. When the pattern is done fill in tho groundwork, then removo tho net canvas thread by thread. Finish tho ends with a heavy fringe, tho color of the groundwork. This mat can be worked on the burlap with out tho net canvas, but it will not bo as soft and fluffy, and have as pretty a raised look, nor will it be as easy to work, for tho broad meshes of the not aro easily followed without anv strain ing of the eyes. Pieces of Brussels or tapestry used for rugs are much pret tier for the addition of a heavy fringe tho shade of tho prevailing color in tho carpet tied in each end. A pretty rug for a chamber or sit ting room is mado by taking a bright shado of yarn, and knitting a strip about five inches wide. Then dampen and press. With sharp shears cut it through tho center lengthwise, then ravel the cut sido of each strip to within half an inch of tho other side. Have a pieco of coffeo sacking as large as you wish your mat, and around this, beginning at tho outside edge, sew the knit strip with tho fringe side on the outside. Knit and fill the wholo sur face of tho mat in this way, always sowing each row of fringe near enough to tho previous row to conceal tho plain edgo of the former. Always sew around tho mat, and work toward the center. This makes a soft, pretty rug, and is very durable. Although rags aro so very common, nevertheless, somo vory pretty mats can ho mado of them. Horo is ono Cut tho rags same as for braided mats and sew together. Take, if conven ient, two pretty contrasting colors and cast on to a coarso wooden needle thirtj--fivo stitches, which is largo enough for a medium-sized mat. Knit first across, thon knit five, turn and go back. Knit ten, turn and go back, and so continue increasing five each timo and return until all havo been knit, then return. Tie on the other color, knit five, turn, and go back, and so continue same as previous row. This mat is knit in gorges and shaped liko a parasol. Knit until when laid on tho floor it will lie flat, thon join to gethor. In tho center will bo a small cirular holo, which fill in this way. Cast on tho same needle threo stitches, and in crease ono stitch each row until thero aro oight stitches on tho needle, then decreaso ono stitch each row until only threo remnin, which bind off. Insort this pieco in tho spaco in tho conter. This makes a unique mat and will last for years. A crocheted rag mat is mado by making a chain long enough for ono side of a square mat, thon turn and missing tho first stitch work to end of chain in doublo crochet; turn and work tho sumo as previous row, and 60 continue' until only ono stitch is on tho needle, which bind off. Mako four of theso triangular pieces and join in a square. Tho rag mats aro nico and comfort nblo for a kitchen, and though many do not liko thorn, claiming they retain tho smoll of cooldng, yet, when it comes to bare floor or oll-cloth versus mats, placo us on tho sido of mats ovory time. Hoston Budget Coffeo Cream. Heat ono quart of rich, sweet croam to a froth, liko the whlto of eggs for Icing; thon mix with ono-qunrtor pound of granulated sugar, and shortly beforo sorving, beat into It ono cup of cold coITqo extract, which has boon mado bv slowlTiltorlnL' two cups of boiling water through two ouncos of finely ground coffeo. Servo in a glass dish, with lady fingers or fresh spongo cake.