Show OUR SCRAP BASIR THE WEEK IN HISTORY ORY monday dec 20 south carolina seceded in 1860 tuesday dec 21 savannah captured 1864 wednesday dec 22 embargo on U S ships 1807 thursday dec 23 washington Washing tou resigned commission 1783 friday dec 24 fort fisher stormed 1864 saturday dec 26 tho childrens day every year sunday dec 26 major andorson anderson occupied sumpter 1860 OLD SONGS tho the melancholy days have come the saddest ot of tho the year but wo we may help conditions some dy by smiling atwould appear AND ALONG CAME RUTH heres a hat I 1 must throw away lamented ruths father as ho he hold held up last years derby why asbed ruth because it looka worn and will not brush clean he answered lot let me try my hand at it coaxed ruth and her father put the hat into her hands she took a clean piece of old muslin musin wet it with household ammonia started at tho the top of the hat and worked it round in a circle until the tha tat and binding had boon been covered when tho the father came homo home sho she show allow cd it to him and ho he exclaimed all ah that the same hat ruthl ruth yes it Is sho she answered and ill always make the old ines new tor for you in tho the same man ler LEARN A LITTLE EVERY DAY the first steel pen was made in 1830 the first newspaper was published in england in 1688 1588 and the first advertisement verti appeared in ili 1652 1662 the sahara desert contains twenty oasis inhabited by wandering tribes who live chiefly by plundering india st sl larger than all ali tho the states and contains about tour four times as many inhabitants as the united states the great alre ahro in london colmone cd ad on sept 2 1866 and burned three days destroying houses bouses the longest verse in the bible Is th ath verse of the esth chapter of esther the shortest shortest the thirty fifth verse of the alth chapter of john lion mako blake a solution of baking soda and water I 1 I 1 in a glass or some receptacle in ili which the fange irs may be dipped readily this will alleviate pain lory cry quickly to lighten tho the beav bag dean bean bags that are arc such an amusement to children it if tilled with dried cherry seeds instead ot of beans are much lighter in weight impossible to hurt tile the small child when throwing them when seeding your fruit tor for canning dry the seeds thoroughly in the tha sun ODDS ani to roast quails the approved method st sl to wrap the tiny bird in a thin slice ot of tat fat bacon taBt ta stoned ened with skewers pat fat egyptian quails are dainty and acceptable morsels at this time of tile the atar salad a IAn lanvers vers antwerp salad Is made of lettuce with shreds ot of chic ken ham and capsicums jn in mayonnaise sauco sauce garnished with slices ot of pota potatoes toos the suggestion Is made t that a fowl for or reaal ig Is much improved by rubbing it with lemon julep and then basting frequently with cream or milk fillets of beef a la Gra grande ittle bretagne Bre are arc larded split and buffell with macaroni and 0 orse radish sauce nd are sora wl th a brown sauca bauc and potato chips caper sauce with roast mutton may seem incongruous but itis it Is excellent nevertheless with boiled boiled mutton ot of course the piquant caper Is a recognized adjunct how jong your naim nails grow rom 1 I tho the growth ot of an ave average rage finger nail is about one thirty second ot of an inch a week or nearly one and one halt inches a year so those aristocratic chinese who proudly exhibit nails six to eight inches 1 in I length must have retrained refrained from cutting i them nt at least tour four to six years finger nalla nails grow taster faster in tile tho summer than in the winter the nail on the middle finger grows grow taster faster than any or of the others and that 0 of tile the thumb is slowest in ili growth the nalla nails ot of the right hand band grow faster than those of oc the left A nail Is supposed sed to reach its full growth in about four and a halt half months and at this rate a man seventy years old would have ro hla his nalla nails times on each finger ho he would leave liac grown nine feet of nail st louis republic |