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The Washington times., 1894-04-27
A Business W omau's Dress.

The brisk, successful business woman
hardly has to be reminded that she should
dress suitably for her daily vocation. This
knowledge somehowcomes by instinct to her.
but the novice frequently makes mistake
which in years afterward brings blush to
her cheek even in thought. Silk frocks. lace
trimmed gowns. bead ornaments. AMI jinc!ey
langley bangles and chaielainc ornaments are
not the correct thing III an Office d. shop. no
matter how lovely and essentially feminine
they may be in the secus;on OF home or away
on that blissful period dubbed ''the two
weeks vacation" Neat. perfect lifting dar!;
colored, quiet irocks OF clcth are the thing for
business women. Ii life calls you forth to DO
battle for bread AMI butter ana IN occasional
piece of cake or dish of strawberries. remem-
Der that your arms must lose those little femi-
nine accompaniments that are quite in keep
ing along the ssques;ered paths OF life. but
make woman conspicuous and subject TO
unkind criticism and suspicion that she is
not altogether fitted for Practical work II she
brings these delightfully."- wolranly but wholly
inappropriate facts into business life.-Nan.
The Washington times., 1894-04-27
Here Is a Handy
Little Woman Surely

There Is an independent little housewife OF
my acquaintance who declares that when she
can't buy what she wants she makes 1t. She
has Just moved from a city fiat to q country
house. and she says there wasn't enough fur
niture to 20 around. Any one who has ever
lived in fiat knows that the less furniture
you have the better of you are, consequently
there was among other things. great lack OF
small tables.
The first thing noticed in her parlor was
white and gold corner table. Each Of the
two shelves was cut in kidney shape; there
were three legs about twelve inches long, one
screwed at the back and one at each end OF
the lower shelf; over these three more OF the
same length were screwed, and the top shelf
rested on them. The legs were turned nicely
and cost, with the shelves, 81 at a carpenter
shop, whese they were cut to order. The
little woman had put them together herself,
then enameled it white. giided the edges,
touched up the legs with gilt. and filled both
shelves with some of her choicest bric-a-brac.
In her guest room, furnished in cool giay
green, with touches of pink, was a small
table with round top resting on single,
slender central pillar with four claw feet.
The latter were only small carved brackets
screwed to the central leg. The whole was
enameled pale green, and held glass vase
filled with pink roses. Later, when the wild
flowers bloom, she will always keep this vase
filled with flowers in white or pink-wiid
roses, clover blooms, or daisies, or with
feathered ferns.
In her own room is work table-low, and
made of an oblong board resting on four
legs two at each end, crossed like the legs OF
bucksaw The board at the top is hinged,
and may be raised to admit OF getting at the
La - e;ll In Inc
cream, that is fastened with ribbons at the
four legs just under the top of the table The
hinges are OF brass, and the table is enameie1
pale blue to match the furnishings OF the
ROOM A dainty little affair, very little. II any,
prettier than this, sells for $50 at the
Woman's Exchange.
In the hall is Il small table with legs curved
in the bow shape like that so much affected
by makers of French furniture. 1t is of pine.
and, unpainted. cost 81. 1t has been enam-
eled in terra Gotta. which is the predominant.
ing tone Of the hall, and holds pretty card
racaiyer
The Washington times., 1894-04-27
SOMETHING EVERY
WOMAN OUGHT TO KNOW

There is one positive rule for cooking all
vegetables, they should be put in toiiins
water when set on the stove to cook. The
stronger favored varieties, such as carrots.
cabbage onions. and dahdelions. should be
well covered with a generous quantity ot
boiling water, but the more delicate species,
as, for instance, peas, asparagus. and potatoes.
need only to be Just covered with water. All
green vegetables should cooked with the
cover partially off the stewpan, as 1t gives
them a more delicate flavor and better color.
The actual time necessary to cook even a
potato properly is as much an item to be
learned as any other detail in the great sys-
tom of food preparation. Potatoes should
cook well and thoroughly in thirty minutes.
prov ided they are covered with boiling water
and placed on an even fire. They should be
kept boiling after they begin. but not iuri-
ouslv as that is apt TO break the surface be-
fore the center is done. The time OF cooking
must be calculated from the moment the boil
ing water is poured over them. When the
potatoes are done the water should be poured
off and the steam allowed to escape. Baked
potatoes take about forty-five minutes to
cook.
Turnips. If sliced will take about thirty
minutes: if put in whole. forty minutes time
Peas and asparagus. if fresh, require from
twenty to thirty-five minutes. Onions should
be covered with plenty of boiling water and
cooked for one hour. Beets. when young and
fresh, will cook in forty minutes, but as they
grow larger they require longer cooking.
Cauliflower should be put head down into
n stewpan filed with three quarts OF boiling
water. Cover and cook gently for thirty min
utes. String beans require two hours. At
the end of the first hour teaspoonful OF salt
to each quart of beans should be added.
After they are done all the water should be
poured of and to the beans should be added
one teaspoonful Of butter and four teaspoon
fuls of boiling water. Return to the fire for
three minutes and serve.
Fresh lima beans need one hours cooking.
Dried ones must be put to soak over night in
one quart of cold water and cooked in q
quart of boiling water for an hour and fifty
minutes, the cold water, of course. having
been drained off. These are the commonest
vegetables and the commonest ways of cook
ing them. but unless attention is given 10
even these small details the ordinary meal
will be robbed of much of its flavor. for the
vegetable stand-bys are unpalatable and in
digestible unless cooked as long and in the
manner that they should be.
The Washington times., 1894-04-27
SUGAR GOES sKYLARKINc.
Washington Rumors Again Favorably Al
feet the Stock Of the Trust.

Washington Rumors Again Favorably AT.
feet the Stock Of the Trust.
New York, April 26.-The share specula-
tion to-day, except for the trading In sugar.
was dull and uninteresting. The shares Of the
American Sugar Refining Company the deal
ings were very heavy, purchasing move
ment having been developed at the opening,
which was continued In force to the close, the
last sale made being Is within the best prices
recorded. The influences at work In Sugar
were cOnflrmatory reports OF the oft-repeated
rumors that the tariff bill as it passes the
Senate will afford ample protection to the re-
filming interests. The buying was to large
extent by houses with Washington connec-
tion; and resulted with an advance Of per
cent, to lOON. Thiswas followed by reac-
ton to 991S, but In the final dealings the stock
recovered to par, closing at an improvement
Of IL on the day. The preferred shares
gained y per cent.
st. Paul led the railway list in point Of ae-
tivity, being in fact the only stock of this
group in which the transaction exceeded
5000 shares. 1t was sold by London during
the morning. and local bear made small
drive at it in the afternoon, but succeeded
only in sending it down q per cent, OF which
Il was recovered. Burlington and. Quincy
loses and Northwest and Rock Island each
9s.
Distilling was bought on favorable Wash
ington advices. it being stated that the reye-
nue. bill would be modified so as to increase
the duty on spirits. As result the shares
moved up q per cent, then Oh realizing sales
reaction of y took place, with a final re-
coyery of ". Chicago Gas was remarkably
steady in view OF yesterdays furry, fuc;uat-
ing within a limit of y per cent. A gain Of
y was made in the opening dealings, which
was quickly followed by drop of H. q rally
Of = was made in the afternoon, the closing
being at Il reaction OF 4 which is, Is below
yesterdays final sale.
The trading in the rest of the list was very
light, and except for n few OF the sperialties
the changes in prices were insignificant
Manhattan rose 2sS on buying, induced by
the belief that the amendments placed in the
rapid transit bill will result in its failure to
become n law. There was u reaction ot per
cent. In the late dealings. New Jersey Central
and Wheeling and Lake preferred each
made a gain of per cent, and interior con-
duit rose 254 on a sale OF 100 shares. Cord
age preferred broke at 3 per cent, Mime
ri oil ! and 81. Louis declined at las. and
Louisville and Nashville l u per cent. Ameri-
can Express sold at 11liz against 1l6. the
last previous sale The rest of the list shows
only fractional differences from yesterdays
closing figures. In the late trading the mar
ketswas generally weak on a small business
ana closed heavy. The bond market was
depressed during the greater portion OF
the day and closed rather weak.
The Washington times., 1894-04-27
They are Delightful.


Real ld-fashioned SOFAS. with deep seats
and rolling arms. are again seen, and are a
genuine delight to those who are looking for
rest. The pretty little divars and settees that
are just big enough to hold two have had
their place, and are charming in their way;
but these delightful. hospitable sofas suggest
a long rest and the Possibility of curling up
for protracted hours reading that is fasci-
mating, The hair cloth that has so justly
fallen into disrepute is happily not seen. In
its place are rich corduroys and delightful
velours, that have all the advantage of wa rm
colCr and agreeable surface. Like many an
other thing that our grandmcthers used, the
sofa needed only to become slightly modern
lied to become II most desirable piece of furni-
ture. Our ancestors may not have talked
decoration, nor used that unfortunate word
artistic so freely as We do, but they under
stood comfort ana true worth, and built their
furniture to endure.
The Washington times., 1894-04-27

flected upon the fate OF the gray cat and tried
to be glad that the gray cats slayer was in
her hand.
Retreating into the room, Miss Sarah made
clicking sound with her lips This note of
invitation Bose responded to at once in the
liveliest fashion by leaping into the kitchen
and about Miss Sarah's gaunt figure.
But his frisking only deepened Miss Sarah's
resentment. The dog seemed to partake of
the traits she attributed to his master. and
those frolicsome impulses suggested repre-
hensible unconcern for past faults.
The elder Miss Slosson, standing stiff and
straight In the middle of the kitchen, recalled
yividly the evenings when, at precisely 73O
o'clock, Mr.. Corners step had been wont to
sound on her front porch. In those times
there was always fire in the parlor on Friday
nights, and while Mr.. Conner's voice and
Matties mingled in the gayest talk and laugh
ter Miss Sarah. sitting by herself over the
kitchen stove, had been used to mediate upon
the times when her loneliness should be per-
manent instead of transitory. They were only
half sisters, the two "Slosson glrls," and the
difference in their ages had given an almost
maternal character to Sarahs regard for Mat
tie, She had felt that, when Matte married,
life would be singularly empty, but she had
reconciled herself to Hiram Conner because
there was really no objection to be raised
against him. He was the only son of WE'LL
to-do family, and Sarah rejoiced that, since
Matte must be marry at all, her choice was
upon 80 reasonable basis.
"Your sisters going to do right we'll
hear her and Hiram Corners going to make
a match of it." said neighbor to Sarah.
81 d. know as it's anything of match for
Matte" proudly protested Sarah. She's
been raised to everything -organ-playin' and
ALL"
.sHe's well-nxed young man. Miss Sarah" ="
ct reckon he'll do. But / reckon Matte
could do better. d. know as he's Jest the
man I'd pick out for her,"
After all this arrangement of the young
peoples affairs, 1t began to be noted in the
village that Hiram Conner had suddenly
ceased visiting the peaked white cottage Of
the Slossons. Speculation was rife. Every
one wondered what had happened. 1t was
ueele6s TO question Miss Sarah. In the first
The Washington times., 1894-04-27
Wood, Harmon & Co.,
SIS 18th St. N. w.

OF one thing however, she was certain,
though Bose deserved his fate. she wished
another hand than hers had meted it out to
him. She was less Spartan than she had
fancied.
Il reckon I'll feel all right as soon as he's
gone" she meditated. He better go home, "
she said aloud. Il d know but he has tieas,
anyway. Here, Bose!" she opened the door,
and Bose dejectedly departed.
The next morning she looked out with a
sense of apprehension. No inert furry heap,
however, lay at her door. Justice, no doubt.
was by this time satisfied, but the victory was
not in sight, and Miss Sarah breathed again.
Il wish Bose ID come over for those chicken
bones" said Matte that night after supper.
She went to the door. The little path Bose
had made through the intervening garden
space by his frequent trips between his own
and the Slosson's abode could be seen in the
twilight. But though the girl softly called
him. no Bose responded.
.You sent him hor ast night" she said
to Sarah. maybe L ceilings we're hurt"
She laughed as she spok..
"Well, hope he'll stay where he belongs"
said Sarah sharply; 'trackin' the porch up
with his muddy paws" Her voice sounded
strange. and she made q great clatter with
the tea things.
A day or two passed on. Though it had, Of
course, been necessary that Bose or Justice
SuOulu HISS oofnu unu SIoWAuS IclHoiSo
at having meddled with the forces of life and
death. She looked into the almanac and
found that a dogs tenure Of life was fifteen
years. 81
'He was only one" she unused. "Ive took
fourteen years Of chicken bones ID rabbit
huhtin' and dog pleasures generly IN that
pore creature. II he he'd a hei after I
wouldn't feel so. But he only he'd life, and
that's what took. / most wish / hedn't
done it. d. know but a dog 8 higher n o
cat. anyway"
She gave a small groan.
"Don't you feel just right?" asked Matte.
She was so used to being tho one whose symp-
toms were matters Of interest that, for a
moment, Sarah's possible headache rather
surprised her.
you'd better so and get little fresh air, :"
she advised. you've been cooped up in the
The Washington times., 1894-04-27

I'm sorry I done it. I ben sorry ever
since. have so. And the thing that haunrs
me worst is the feelin' that didn't poison
him for killin' the cat so much as for belong
in to you. There, now, I've said 1t" She
stood with shaking hand upon the fence
rail.
Hiram Connor's face wore a bewildered e1-
preston.
Il don't seem to get your meaning right"
he owned. ''What I'm blaming you for Is
for saying to folks that was no match for
her-for Matte. II you felt like that-you
and her-you oughtn't to have encouraged
me. All hope is that whoever she marrtes
will be rs good to her as I'd Of been. Why
Miss Sarahl' His exclamation was due to
the fact that Miss Sarah had stumbled weakly
against the fence. with her face working.
.It's mo, them" she murmured. "Its mo
that's been causing her all this sorrow. l.
o Hiraml 1 said it, yes, said them very
things. But twas out'n pride. didn't
mean 'em like they was told you. And,
Hiraml she's missed you-Mattie has-shes
missed you"
The young fellows face fired
'Honest?" he asked sternly. Don't you
tell me that unless-O, Miss Sarah! has she
missed me?"
TIE woman nodded.
'I'm going right down to see her" he
burst out throwing the gate open. But Miss
Sarah caught at his sleeve.
"You don't bear NE any hard feelin's, then,
Hiram?''
Hard feelings?"
.'For killin' Bose"
They were hurrying along under the
beeches, and he turned and gave her Won
dering look.
'Killing Bose! Why, he's out in my barn
yard. That's him barking right now. I've
kept him tied since he killed the cat"
"But p'isoned him." gasped Miss Sarah.
with toothache medicine. 1t had u skull
and crossbones on to the label."
'Maybe the strength was lost, conjectured
Conner; but the matter stirred only surface
portion OF his mind. for they he'd neared the
Slosson cottage. and at the sitting-room win
dow he caught sight OF u little far face that
flushed and them turned very whits.-EyA
Wilder McGlasson.
The Washington times., 1894-04-27
DEMOCRATIC SENATE ouoRUMs
RepublicansWiI Insist UpOn 1t If the Tarif
RiIl Ia pushcd

RepublicansWiI Insist UpOn 1t If the Tariff
Bill Is Pushed.
The Democratic leaders Of the Senate real
ize that the time is approaching when it will
be necessary for them to maintain quorum
in the Senate and be prepared to transact
business with but little assistance from the
Republican side of the chamber, and have re-
inforced the official letter OF notification to
their members sent out by Senator German,
chairman Of the Democratic caucus, with per-
sonal appeals to Democratic Senators. Re
publican Senators do not admit in so many
words that they will resort to dilatory tactics,
and they say that all they will ask at any
stage OF the proceedings will be that they
shall be allowed to discuss the merits OF the
bill and its various provisions as the general
Importance OF the subject may render proper,
and that this may be done within reasonable
hours. They admit generally that II the
Democrats attempt to enforce unusual hours
or to precipitate test Of physical endurance
they will resist such an effort in any way tn at
the rules may justify.
The Washington times., 1894-04-27

house too much lately. To please me, Sarah,
take little walk, won't you?"
.'Mebbe it d do me good" said Sarah. 'I'll
go down and get some fresh eggs from old
lady Winston. You always relish 'em for
breakfast"
was sending low shafts OF yellow through the
wayside trees. Blue jays were calling shrilly,
| and canary in a cage outside a cottage
window lifted up sweet note of reply.
Sarah, with basket on her arm and with n
checked sunbonnet over her gray head
walked down the paveless street. Hiram
Corners square brick house lifted import
antly into view. Sarah, giving it furtive,
unwilling glance, decided that it wore
rather an unkept air since his mothers
DEATH Chickens were straying about the
front yard.
''If Bose was round" thought Miss Sarah,
'them hens wouldn't dast to scratch up the
garden" But Bose was not around. Some
one had been turning UP the sod In q corner
OF the yard, and Miss Sarah had q sharp
qualm. Perhaps Bose was buried there?
She drew nearer the fence. and as she did so q
man came round corner OF the house. He
was young fellow with a straw hat over
his eyes, and as he saw Miss Sarah peeping
over the pickets he started and drew up
short.
She looked up, and he said rather stifiy:
"Good day!' Sarah did not reply to this. but
he stepped something closer and said: 'Why,
Miss Slosson. II just thought I'd tell you
how sorry am about Bose killing your cat.
Mrs. Gray told me. I'd Of felt bad about 1t,
anyhow, but happening like it did--your sis
ter's cat-I can't tell you how sorry am. )"
Miss Sarah took this coldly.
II don't reckon bein' sorry ever quite
squares things" she said.
He flushed angrily.
NO." he cut in with heat, at don't. No
one ought to feel that more than you, Miss
Sarah. When you've spoiled a mans hap.
piness. being sorry don't help him. And 1
don't know as you've said anything about
regretting-all that"
Miss Sarah drew quick breath.
Il didn't know you set so much store onto
him as all that" she said. "But
will say this: I'm sorry I done It.
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The girl by the stove turned glance Of sad

The girl by the stove turned glance OF sad
questioning.
isis Sarah" she asked, gently, "do you
know whose dog it WASP" Miss Sarah's lips
| stiffened.
"Mebby do.'
"was it his-I mean was it Bose? kind
OF hate to think it was Bose" She flushed q
little under her sisters sharp glance.
mo matter what dog it was" promised
| Sarah, grimly, 'he'll get his dues when
ketch him, that's all. She tossed her head as
she left the room.
A candle in a pewter holder fiickered on
the table in the kitchen. Its tanning flame
touched the tins on the wall and made pool
of color on the yellow enamel-clotL table
cover. Through the small gray window
could be seen vague tree shapes and the dim
bulk and lighted panes OF neighboring houses.
One particular window glowing brightly just
across a garden space to the southwark
seemed to fix Sarah Slossom's regard. She
lifted a menacing finger.
''It was your dog" she whispered-'your
dog. 'Twasnt enough. Hiram Conner, that
you must treat my sister like you did-payin'
her attentions and wheedlIn' around her con-
stant and then quittin' off all Of suddent
without sayin so much as good-evenin'-that
wasn't enough. You must go to work and
keep a savage houn' dog to run her cat to
death-a'most the only thing she took any in
terest in!' She had paused, with her long
finger still uplifted. though now her attitude
suggested a grotesque conception Of retribu-
ton less than one of silence.
There was Lit tie, soft, padding sound on
the porch outside. Miss Sarah's eyes fired
She laid quick hand on the latch. A pair
of round, bright eyes, set between long, flap
ping ears Of yellowish brown, revealed them
selves in the outer gloom.
"Begone" said Miss Sarah, sternly. But
Bose, apparently accustomed to her tones
and to the fact that something to eat gener-
ally followed her worst threats, stood quite
still, with his red tongue lolling. That he
had been seen that very morning chasing q
masters house and the Slosson cottage did
not seem to weigh upon Bosses remembrance.
He thumped his tail on the porch floor with
the utmost goodwill, while Miss Sarah re-
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place. size would have resented question:
and, in the second place, she was herself in a
daze of bewilderment.

place. size would have resented a question:
and, in the second place, she was herself il a
daze of bewilderment.
Matte, too, though she said nothing, ap-
peared ignorant as to Mr.. Conner's motives
For month or so, of Friday nights, she
crimped her fair hair and tied a riband about
her slim throat. and lighted the parlor fire,
and played tunes on the organ far into the
evening Then she seemed to give over all
expectancy. She waxed pale and thin and
sat much at the window, looking with large,
hopeless eyes into the street.-The long village
street which was so empty because young
man with a wholesome but most unheroio
redness in his cheeks no longer fared up its
shady length to the Slosson's cottage.
All these things passed through Sarah's
mind as she frowEed upon Bose.
"a life fer life is Scripter," she said to
herself; and this oneness Of her intention
with the law and the prophets seemed to
nerve her.
She took a small bottle from q shelf, and
poured little of its contents into saucer Of
milk. Bose shifted at 1t warily. He tasted it
and shook his ears. His round, yellow eyes,
as he paused with an uplifted paw to glance
at Miss Sarah, gave her pang. She made as
il to snatch the saucer swiftly away, but
jerked her hand behind her.
81 reckon that pore kitten suffered more
than what you will, )" she said to Bose. observ-
ing that he had overcome his scruples and
was gulping down the mixture.
There was stepon the threshold. Matte
stood leaning wearily against the jamb.
'Why." she said, ''are you feeding Bose?
didn't know you'd forgive him so soon.
Bose! Bose! you didn't mean to hurt poor
pussle, did you?" She laid her hand on Bosses
head. "They say-Mr. Conner's real fond OF
Bose" she went ON. II suppose he's pretty
lonesome since his mother died last fall."
HE don't deserve no sympathy" said
Sarah, hardly conscious whether she meant
Bose or his master. Matte still fondled the
dogs silk ears. Sarah, with a sort Of guilty
trepidation. regarded the little group. Bose
was doomed. Miss Bose did not know In Just
what measure OF time toothache mixture,
supposed largely to consist Of laudanum, pro-
jects death upon the canine system.