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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, JUNE 1, 1882,
When we got to the town we was aimin' for
and told our story, there was a big hurrahln
and jollification, for every one felt as if he'd
waked from a night mare, when he knowd
the terrible Boydon Band was used up.
I found owners for two of the horses, and
kept the other, as no one could be found
who had a better right to him, and a splen
did critter he was; full of life and that
knowin' that he mostskeercd me sometimes;
os wo got to know each other better, Selim,
his name was—but I’ll have more to tell you
of him and his doin's to-morrow night; we’ve
ended up the - Boyden Band, so now you
know all about ’em stranger.
Til* consummation most devoutly wished
for by all house keepers deserving that high
nml honorable title, is to attain und preserve
a certain brightness and whiteness of ar
ticles that are culinary and domestic, and
also decorative. And the experience of the
most notable women of ail time has been
that a great amount of scouring and rub
bing was necessary to the maintenance of
the desired appearance of things daily ex
posed for use. Much valuable time and
force lias always been expended upon the
metal ware of a house, keeping it presenta-
hly shining. At last a preparation has been
put upon the market that is receiving tiie
endorsement of thousands of people and
is warranted to be the best and quickest
cleaner of polished metals, plate glass and
plated ware in the world. Such is “Lustro”
a white liquid that will polish to a glitter
ing brilliancy glass and metal surfaces by
simply being applied with a piece of can
ton flannel, allowed to dry, then wiped
off with a dry piece of the same mate
rial. It restores nickle plates to their
original color when tarnished by heat,
and rubbing in any case is required.
Here is time, labor and strength saved
by this truly unapproachable prepara
tion. There is nothingin its composi
tion which will injure the clothing,
bands or metals, for it contains no acid
nor grit and is free from all injurious
substances. It should be kept instock
by grocers, and hardware dealers, and
sold with laundry soapatnl stove polish.
Ask yonrdealers for "Lustro,” test its
merits, and tell your friends and neigh
bors of its marvelous cleaning proper
ties.
FASHION FANt.'IF.N.
The wildest combinations of color are the
most popular.
The capote of medium size is the bonnet
of full dress.
New mown hay and putty arc two new
shades lately brought out.
Watteau bodices and panniers are much
worn by young girls.
. Lace frills are worn around the neck and
wristsfor house toilets.
Large sagging puffs form the panniers and
oftener the fronts of new costumes.
Very low embroidered slippers are worn
with embroidered stockings. The embroid
eries should match.
A new fancy in hosiery are in stockings of
green silk with a peacock’s feather in tinted
gold on the instep.
Parasols are very large and are bordered
with deep lace on the edges, and decorated
with landscapes, dowers and animals pain ted
upon them, and with knots of ribbon and
bunches of artificial flowers.
Some of the new hats and bonnets are as
large as parasols, others are no bigger than
saucers, while few are of medium size.
Pale rose and blue, and rose and cardinal
red, are beautifully combined in the guuzy
dresses made for midsummer watering-place
wear.
Straw and chip hats and bonnets of
myrtle green, mahogany red, maroon, terra
cotta and navy, sapphire and grey hound
blue will be much worn.
"The world, dear child, Is as we take it, and
l.lfe. lie sure, is what we make It."
••OFII «IP«Y.”
HY HISS 1m *. KIHII.
Two brown eyes full of mischief and fun,
Curls ull tangled and snarled Into one,
Sunburned face, merry,dimpled, and sweet,
Wee, restless, pattering, bare, brown feet,
Chubby hands grasping her bounet strings,
As back and forth on the gate she swings.
With wondering eyes she la trying her best
To learn how to fashion a pretty nest,
I.lke that the robin and busy mate
Are building, down by the garden gate;
Her voice full of music, clear and strong,
Trying to mimic the wild bird's song.
Now she Is off for a race with old l’omp I
Away they go in a scampering romp!
Her lion net forgotten, she Mings aside,
Mounting the shaggy old dog for a ride;
Careless, mischievous, thoughtless—and yet
A durling, a sunbeam, our household pet,
Tlio NnliiiiiniiUer Flail.
The Salamander fish, or Prolopterut attncc-
tens, is a native of Central Africa, where it
lives in swampy places, in the mud, near
tiie rivers, being very seldom found in run
ning water. Its length is a little over three
feet. The Salamander resembles the eel in
appearance, has a small mouth, and is cov
ered witli little scales. It subsists on frogs
and similar creatures
The Salamander has the peculiarity of be
ing very pugnacious and quarrelsome, at
tacking every other fish of the same kind
IIOUNKIIOM) RKCII'IW.
Dakku Tomatos.—Wash, wipe and cut
the tomatos in halves, and place them
in a baking pan with the skin down
ward; season with pepperand suit; bake
in a hot oven until tender; then take
up eurefully, ami serve on toast with a
bit of butter on each tomato.
Stbawiikkky Shokt Cake.—Take two
teacii|is of sour milk add a teaspoonful
of carbonate of soda; when dissolved
add one cup of butter or lard and
Hour enough to make a soft dough;
roll in thin cakes large enough to
fill the pan in which they are to be
baked. Dust a frying pan with flour,
place in the cake and bake over the fire,
turning as soon os the underside is done.
Split the cake while hot and butter well.
Lay on a plate one-half cake, and put on a
Inyer of well sugared strawberries, put on
another half, then more strawberries, and
so on, until there are six layers; then serve.
CiiiCkkn Salad.—Pick a pound of meat
quite free from boue, and thoroughly cleanse
a good head of celery; chop botli very fine
or better still, pass through a mincing ma
chine; put this in a large basin. Beat the
yolk of an egg until it is thick, mix with it
a teaspoonful of made mustard, a pinch of
salt, and a quurter of a teaspoonful of white
pepper, lleut well into the mixture half a
tcucupful of thick cream, and add the juice
of a small lemon, drop by drop, beating the
mixture with a fork all the time. Stir this
drcasing well among the minced chicken
and celery. Mould with a spoon in any
shape you like, and serve on a dish with
beet root cut into fanciful shapes. Some pre
fers teaspoonful of tarragon vinegar instead
of lemon juice, and salad oil can be used in
stead of the cream; but tho cream makes it
much whiter and daintier in appearance,
and gives a better flavor.
Kkostku Stbawbxrhiks.—Beat up the
white of an egg in two tablespoonsful of
water; take large ripe berries, dip each in
the mixture and then roll it lightly in crush
ed sugar which has been rolled flue; place
tiie sugared crust on a dish and let it stand
six hours before serving.
A syrup pie is made of syrup, eggs, butter,
flour and nutmeg,
THE SALAMANDER PISII.
large single flower patterns in rich nat
ural colors, on grounds delicately tinted on
pure white are the features of new mus
lins.
Low necked, short sleeved dresses'are re
vived for girls under nine years.
Shirred yoke dresses, with full skirts and
no whist band or shirring, arc much worn
by little girls.
New table linen of the finest grades, cor
ners in tinted grounds with damask designs
in white on one side, while on the other
the color is reversed.
Baby dresses without waists, the skirts
attached to the yokes or bauds around the
shoulders, will be popular summer garments
for little girls under ten years.
The European fashion of wearing no
jewels except in full dress, for evening en
tertainment, is sensibly being adopted by
American society.
The mull neck scarfs lately so popular are
now used os fichus tied or loosely knotted
on the bosom of the dress, while the neck
ribbon is placed above them around the
neck, inside the dress collar, but outside
the ruche or linen collar.
Dresses of fine lawn are made up with
trimmings of imitation lace edgings, falling
over pleated ruffles on the skirt. The dra
peries are lined with the same lace, while
the upper part of the coat sleeve is formed
of the bands of the lace sewed together,
The unlined waist lias a flehuy lawn trim
med with the lace.
which it may meet, and fighting so fero
ciously that one is seldom found which pos
sesses a whole tail; a greater or less part of
that appendage having usually been Inst in
some battle. It wilfalso attempt to defend
itself against a human captor, and hiss and
bite like a snake, which it somewhat resem
bles in its movements.
The negroes of Central Africa kill the Sal
amander with harpoons, mid regard its flesh
as a desirable article of food. During the
dry season it hides under a covering of mud
from which it does not emerge for several
months, or until the streams are replenished,
when it revives and comes forth again. Our
illustration represents a Salamander captur
ing and preparing to devour a frog.
FAIRY KTOIIY FOR MY UOYN.
Once upon a time there were three broth
ers, l’out, Sprinky and Brag—who lived in a
small house down in a valley. Pout was the
youngest of the three, but every one spoke
of him first, because lie was so large and
fat that lie looked older than he really was.
Sprinky was a little fellow, quick and bright
in all his motions, good natured and full of
fun. Brag was the eldest of the three ; he
was always talking about what he could do,
and thought no one else could equal him,
and was very quick tempered and cross.
Now there was a very high hill on one side
of the valley, and on top of the hill was a
Beautiful House, which hod been built by
old Qiant Helpall, and filled with all the
fine things he could gather from all parts of
the world.
He had said that he would give it to who
ever would find his way through the thick
woods which grew around the hill.
There was no path, and the wood was filled
with wicked fairies, who would be made ser
vants of whoever should live in the Beauti
ful House. As long as no one lived there,
they were free to do as they liked, and did
not have to work, so they tried hard to keep
any one from passing through the wood.
Now Brag was boasting to his brothers one
day that he intended to live in the Beautiful
House.
“I shall easily find a way up the hill. I
shall start in and go around and around,
each time getting higher, until, in a short
time, I shall reach tiie top, and then I shall
live there and enjoy all the fine things, while
you will have to stay here and work for your
living."
Bo be filled a paper bag with bread and
meat and started. He went around and
around, and around and around, but each
time found he was no further up the hill
than he was before. He grew very tired, but
did not like to give it up and go home, for
he had boasted so much what he could do,
that he was afraid they would laugh at him.
But at last his bread and meat gave out and
he grew very hungry, so he had to go home
and get something to eat.
“Aha!” said Sprinky, “yon did not go the
right way. To-morrow I shall try, and am
sure I shall find the road. I shall go on the
other side of the hill and go straight up;
and when I get to the top I will look
down and see you working here, while
I shall be riding around and enjoying
myself.”
So, in the morning, Sprinkey filled a
bag with cakes (of which he was very
fond) and started around to the other
side of the hill to see if lie could find
the top.
Now the fairies saw him coming and
heard him say that lie intended to go
straight to the top, without turning to
the right or the left, so they waited
until lie got a certain distance up the
hill, and then they caused the ground
to slide just enough to leave him about
where he started, but they did it in
sucli a manner that for a long time he
did not know it, but at last it occurred
to him to stop and look around and see
if lie were not almost there. You may
judge how surprised he was to -find
himself no further on his way than
when he started. He was very tired
and disgusted with his failure, so he
ate up his cakes and went home a very
sad boy.
“ Oh, ho!” said Pout, when Sprinky
trudged in with such a long face; “so
you are not going to live in the Beauti
ful House, either! Well, I see it is
left for me to get to the top. It is
plain that neither of you was made to
ride in carriages and live at your ease.
Brag has walked around and around
the hill, and Sprinky went to the other
side and walked straight up,and neither
of you got to the top. You did not
think that you might just as well ride. I
shall get on my horse and ride to the top, ns
I am sure the woods are open enough for a
horse to get through.”
Brag and Sprinky had nothing to say, so
in tiie morning Pout filled a large bag witli
different kinds of food, for he liked plenty
to eat, and mounted his horse and started
on his way to the Beautiful House.
"Now,” said he to himself, “1 shall start
in here and just any way that is easiest, and
shall be sure to strike some way to the top.”
So he rode on quite easily for a long dis
tance through the woods, but by-and-by the
trees seemed to grow larger and stand closer
together, so that sometimes they scraped his
legs, as the horse squeezed between them,
and he often had to stop to rest the poor beast,
as he had forgotten to bring Borne feed for
him—he had thought only of himself. Still
the trees seemed to stand thicker, and at
last the poor horse could go no further, and
Pout was in a very bad way, for it lmd
grown very dark, and his food had given out
and he could not see whether he was going
up or down. So he sat down and cried him
self to Bleep.
When he awoke in the morning, he found
himself on his door-atep, with Brag and
Sprinky just opening the door to see what
was there. While he slept the wicked fairies
had carried him back home.
That night the three boys sat down to talk
over their failures. Said Brag:
"It is no use to try to find a way up the
hill. We can’t do it, I am sure I”