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.