The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-11-14
The Hsppy Household.
A PRETTY RUG.

A PRETTY RUG.
DEAR n. H.: Forthe foun daion, take striped bed
tickinE-the kind having blue stripes about one
For thr pieces take any kind, although wooden
pieces the best. aud the brighter they the
better. Cut The pieces and one-haif by one
inch; double them up 50 there will be four thick
nesscs one inch wide, ;heu sew 10 the blue
stripe OF ,he cloth through the middle Of The piece
that Is doubled. Sew the next piece in the same
way. aud so GA. By taking pains in putting the
pieces, having them come IA stripes and borders.
one can lave very pretty rug.
inches WAS hit-Or- miss border around this was
OF black one and onehalf inches wide. then three
rows 81 red and gray. The size OF the rug when
completed "a by % inches. They may, of course,
be made as large as one wishes
CREAM CAKE
DEAR II. H.: send recipe for nice cream cake:
One cup sugar. onefourth cup butter. ouo-ilsf cup
sweet milk, and teHspoonful of baking powder,
mixed with one and one half cups of -four. Bake
in layers. aud put frosting between and on top
Annie shaw.
Conversation Club.
Rules offhc Cub. Write briefly 2 Write only
Ca side Of the paper. 8. Write 60 tiie point. &.
Write one subject. 5. Write your best. 6.
Send answers 10 ali puzzles for OF Editor. Each
week the names Of those writing Tie best letters
style composition spelling. penmanship aud gen.
erRl merit considered-vill he named al the head
oi THIS column on The Honor Roll. First honor
viii include all Of these requirements. Second
honor viii include a deficiency in some ono point
No Cthers viii be named
First HOnOr-Hat,ie Lou MOulder Cave Pump,
second Honor-Luella Livingston
SEARCHES AND soLvERs.
THE letters VS.. mean veterans son. v.d veter-
ans daughter and Wv. Veterans widow; members
Of associations viii be mark ed :. V and D.N.l
Mrs. J. @. Burgess, Norfolk = o., Va I; Louis
Staring, Valley Junction, Wis, &; Addie Toles
SienTood iowa 81 Elmer f. Ciothier DIN, Iowa
.; Edgar G. PhtRpy, j; Mrs III. "A. Ltttieheld, East
Boston, Mass s; w. T. Wisehart, Newton o.. / /;
Walter T. Russell, 2 ". Il Powell Saunders Neb i;
Inca 0nstead, owego. n. Y, /; A. 5. Clark. StsTke
Fla, 3; n. s. Livingstone. Elk Prairie Mo. ]; J.
Lula Melsee. Farragut, Iowa 2; Mrs HannRh NJ.
Hail. sctuaie. Mass. Il Ada Huis, Paris, III. +;
Mary White, WinnebagO City, Mimi. 4; NJ. Joy
GOodel Mansfield. H., s; James II. Carter Pres
ton, o.. 2 Jane z. Rouse. New Era. Mich. 5; En-
ma =. Packard. Cameron, HE. 8; Josie Blair Card
ingtOn, o.. 1; Lille Randall Eiwood Heb., /; Mira
l. A scDTille. Norfolk, Conn. 4; Lotiie d. MRx-
neid' Cambridge, Va, 7; Clyde Lyle, Humboldt
Iowa 2; Charles Richie. Garden City, = Oak, z;
George w. Bnker, Elsie Saunders, Newark. Eeb..
q kima Armstrong, Atwood. Ind, ii: Lee X.
Dewey Valley Junction Wis 3; Bessie house Oh.
tRwa Lake. Mich, Car Carr, Clear Greek n "
2; Eta l. Lane, Newton. Kan. =; Fred u. Gard
ner, 2 w ID Huston, Grand Pass. Me. 3; NJ. Lo-
ensllA Toledo, o., l. 7. &. Curry. MAniosroc Wis,
i: Ensna M. New, Higginsport o. 2: Maud Ap.
gar, Charleston, IA. ]; e. W Bayne, Waynesburx
Pa !; y =. Grant, South Hancock. Me- 3. Udell
hedderhuFn. Lake View, Mich, 2; Florence Ac-
Atna, Lovcllon. Pa. 3; VIII III. Murphy, Mscon
No. ]; Florence a. Emerson, Plymouth. Ind I
@ W. Castle Evansville, w Va l. Il. H. sheldon.
AissOuia, Mont, g.
OuR ROLL cALL-SEw MEkBERs
Charles W. Gillespie, vs., Red Lion, o.. Mira J.
q Burgess. Norfolk Il. o., Va; o. w. Hocoulh,
Northboro, Iowa; Prank c. Jones, VS., Wsynes-
vile. Ind, Maggie Palmer Granville Ind: Ida b
Wright, Nd. Alice ID. johnson. y.d., Evansville
Ind; JOHN A MeAyeal. Gibson City. III; Dora K
Cray, v.d-s Il Lena Leach. y-d, SwaIton' VI; Ed
win D. Iongwel Pulaski, o.; Ella Harden. y.d..
Clinton, Wiz Mary Ward Meade. Hnntersviile
Ill: Willie n. Iced, Vs. DE Grasse. n. Y; Matte
T. Young v-a-, Railroad. Pa y. III. Goodwin. Rail
road. Pa Pred oleara. Va. Clinton, Iowa Edgar
9. Bhsapy. Galveston. Ind: Chas. J.. Snider, va
FudA. Nina; Aaron S. Clark " Starke Fla:
Waiter r. Russell. MEMO. Iowa: Grace v, Perktn'
y.d-, AOElhH0od Iowa; Elsie Shanger, " d.. Bryan
o. Loves Boston. Garrett. Ind; J. Wadda Thotnp.
son ", Richmond, BIO; Amelia Holden, y.d.,
Mary T. Holden, vd., Iuclzey, o.; Sol T. smith
lincoln. i'll; Myrtle DIXON. Lima o.: Fred d.
S5Ardner 49, Lotus Ind Allen Cooper. w., Gross
Pains lad Elia Sherd, Hampton. Mimi, E.d.;
Edilh *. Huron. DaHvilie. Ind.s Katie Green yd.,
sumner. Iowa: Birdie :. WaZgener. Va. Kocks
PLANES. Ark; EaEeRe Brough, vs.. Ferguson,
Iowa. = -. Brown. vs.. kifiswo Ill. Herbert
Sliis. Va Tobias Seb; Bertha W Giliespls ID-.v-
enlEoTth1 Kian-; A TennysOn Home Va; Ella
Oldakcr. faroEviie, Eeb. v.d- bertha T. Nor.
gan, v.d iiilsdnie. Mich: r. A. Haskell, Coopcrs-
toHn, y. DaEs VS.. Total. 1872.
MEMBERS DESIRING CORRESPONDENCE.
Charles " Gillespie BED Lion D.; Minnie g
Moon, South Salem. o.: q. g Maynard d. d. de
Arcy. Box p EeW Hartford. H.; Clara soden Boz
90 5e!iersoi'. o. Maggie Palmer. Evansville Ind;
ida b HTiglit, Alice u. Johnson, Evansville Ind ;
Ella Harden, Clinton, Via; Smith II. Stafford vs.
PeErysyiae. y y Mary Ward Meade. Hunters
vile. His Willie y Reed. DE Grasse n. "; r. II
Goodwin, railroad, Pa; Fred oleaFa 1903 Eight
GefItb aFrtitD. Citation, Iowa: j. MnddR ThuDp.
son. Box &c. Richmond No. Sol X smith BOY
go, Lincoln. H. Allen Cooper Cross PiHifls Ind
Edith X Huron, Danviile. lad; Katie Green Sum
neF, iDUai Ulysses 8. Jones. Pheasant Pigias Ark .
=. Ii Ef0gn. kifkyOOd H.: w. A Ohara, va
I7O5 South Fifsh street. Ciinion Iowa; Minnie
IhDrHbuTg, 1902 South Fifth street Clinton Iowa,
Fred oiiara, 100 south Fifth street. Clint0n Iowa
1hAfles p Hnghes. Oran. o. A Il. Hancock. va.
Fort Dodge. Iowa George A. Lerch, Erie Pa.
Ear Sclleib. SioniEgton III, TRIEUEE lover Of IS
Letters contributed: X. Enlind, Lawrence Mass
Alice }. Blake. South Royalton, W.; Cooper Mll
Ter Rock Spring. Pa Alice Stone. SaIinA City
SLarile. fla Oliver l. Bales. Vanderbilt Soutt
OAK George =. Boutwell, Monte Vista Colo.
Nora Rivers. Bristol, W; J. I Griggie, chsrdon
- kaie hagsfnAn' Milford Eebi IL a. Clark
Huuiersviiie, Pa.
SHALL WE ALL cor
DEAR EDFTOE AsD q. O. FRIgzBs: By kind tn
vitstion - Mamie L. Bes; went 70 sEsnd the eai,
70 drive over aud call on Annis l. Williams. The
Cay NAs glorious one aud ride Of about u v.
miles WHs quickly passed Ia pleasant conversation
@ild ENJOY I4fi Of The beautiful hutumnal SCENERY
We easily found the cosy home u Mira Williams
eno were warmly welcomed by mine host Rns
hostess" Imagine our unbOunded sunrise an,
pleasure or being introduced % Mrs. Nina BallOu
whom Annie had invited 20 meet us there
Oh, 20 many Of the dear familiar Nance wer,
called n we turned page nfler page Of her albums
or looked ~ her large and choice collections O
postal autographs and Lae1senLoss. an hour O
more passtl very hWilAF. ana We were Obliged q
depart. feeling that the g. q. IL one OF the mobiles
and dearest 81 clubs and that Mesdagses William
and BHiioa well deserve the high esteem in ghicl
they held by all
Veal hope ~ zee grand q. g. Reunion 80 Bos
Ton next year al the Time 81 tbs q. A. Encnunu
Lnsnt Would u mol be well 10 discuss il now =
that AL may look forward 70 il a settled factf-
Ennns :. Perkins.
WHAT TO READ.
FETEsDs THE c. C.. Master "a few good books
soL a few vel chosen, well read and studied ar
better tllGt whole library Of books that will no
Improve our mlndss but GA the contrary turn GU
tendencies toward eva.
Addison says: Those who are in the flower q
Their gOniii should laOT nj those accom- plisrns,nt
winch may eel Oh their person when their bloom
is gone nHa lay Ia timely provisions for naAnhOo
and old Ege-"
Life Il siloEt and books are many sbakspers
Longteiiow. Whittier, Bryant Carlet,n and HaT
net BeecheE stowe are iavoriLe authors Of mine
Lives % snch men ne Washington Grant CarligI
and others examples for as But lie BlIle /
the " book % books. and Is the only one tbrouoi
which we may safely reach our hone-IIeayen
F" Lives % great men al remind us
We may make cur lives sublime;
And departing, leave behind ua
Footprints On the sands Of time"
-LueilA Livingston.
THE LovER's LEAP.
FRIEsDs or THE @. C.: AZ the eonfuenoe of IA
Big Niangua and Usage Rivers the latter flow