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ll . ' ' -0 jAf X | f Wj ^WS^VW , I ) HAPPENINGS , jf General Interest <[ ? il Parts of the State. S>DIST CONTERENCE. ~"iual Session Opens at Abberilla. 'Me. Special.?The 124th an n to the South Carolina of the Methoilist RpiscoSoutb. met with the First .... church of Abbeville Wedmcrning at 10 o'clock, and 'K ne-1 wan the administration Sacrament conductd by the seph B. Tray wick, who was b. (he Revs. J. W. Walling, ley. J. L. Stokes, S. J. Beth' 'onUer and A. J. Stafford, t' the Sacrament Bishop i who came in Tuesday snoro, Georga, took the lied the Conference to and ic Rev. E. 0. Watson, <etar of the last Conference, toe roll of ministers and lay v s, the usual larjre number rei ; to the roll call. The Rev. Watson was re-elected secretary lie nominated W. L. Wait, A. E. I r, S. B. Harper and W. C. Kirk- ! as assistants, and R. E. Tunii{>- j statistical secrctnrv, who nomi?'d J. II. Nloand, Marvin Auld, R. ! sSharp, F.. A. Wayne and W. A. all f whom were uuanini? ^Hy elect e<l. \udubon Society Elect Ofiicera. 'olumbin, Special.?At their an?al meeting last week the Audubon eiety of the State elected the fol:ing officers: President?M. 0| Dantzler, Orangeburg. Vice President?W. II. Gibbes, Columbia. Secretary?James Henry Rice, Jr., $ Summerville. | Treasurer?A. R. Hey ward, Jr., Co: intnbia. ' The directors are: B. F. Taylor, CoVnipbifjl Edward L. Wells, Cliarles^ * ' "* Cliristensen. Beaufort; Stoney, Charleston: Paul Ritter; W. II. Andrews, nn; W. G. Sirrine, GreenD. Jennings, Sumter; R. ('. ciasley; A. L. White, Spartanl). Sam Cox, Columbia; Geo. roft, Aiken; W. H. Wallace, ry; J. F. Perrin, Abbeville; 'amcr, Hair.cr. .ext meeting will be held in ubia during Fair week. ore Conscience Money Paid. umbin, Special.?Troeger, who usiness with the old State dis** *y, has fonvarded. through Col. - . of Atlanta, $0,000. to he added to the "conscience fund." This places the amount received from valious firms past the $50,000 mark, being $54,000 in all. The largest con^ tributor was the Bemheim firm. 1 which nannea across !p.?i,uuu. Then \ came Weiskopf with $7,500 and other firms with smaller amounts. The present contributor is from Cincini nati. Of this amount the State received $4,500 as half of the "conscience money" goes to the Atlanta firm. New Depot Assured Greenville. Greenville, Special.? Superinlendt it A. W. Anderson, of the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad, was in the city last week and made statements to the effect that a new depot building will be constructed at this place at once and other extensive improvements made at this terminal station. These improvements will cost in the neighborhood of $150,000. The swoik is to begin within the next thirty or sixty days nd buildings will be completed by e 1st of Tuly. The lot is in the . sighborhoo 1 of the present station end was purchased two years ago for this purpose. Law and Order League Formed at Greenville. Greenville, Special.?A law and orJ der league for the prosecution of crime in Greenville was organized in Greenville Tuesday night, J. J. McSwain of the local bor was made president. The organization of the league is the outcome of a series of sermons preached recently by the Rev. T. WJ Sloan on local conditions. The citizens of O'Neall township Tuesday organized a similar league. $9,500 For Gaffney Lot. G&ffney, Special.?Clerk of the United Sates Circuit Court C. J. Murphy has forwarded a check for $9,500 to A. N. Wood and J. Q. Little in payment of a lot of land taken by the ftflvprnm?nt "i"'"- ?'? J l! ? ^?i uiiuciuuui ion proceedings, on and upon which the Government proposes to erect a ^ostoffice building here. Judge BrawIcv ordered the moaey to be paid over. The Government now owns a site for a postoffiee at Gaffney, and the work preliminary to the erection of the building will be begun as soon as poesible. Annual Meeting f Baptists. Anderson, Special.?The South Carolina Baptist State convention, with^devotk>nal^e*ercises by ftp. J. jjafl I vur.illiuiiu III I I'llllR'l mill III' ami i steam as soon as i>ossible to Colon. The importance anil significance of these onlers arc minimized at the State Department, where it is said the Tacoma has been instructed to look out for American interests at Bluctields. A dispatch of Saturday says: This city of Bluelleids. the koadquarteers of the provisional government. ! has been thrown into alarm by a sudden realization of the strength of the government army against which General Estrada, the leader of the insurgents, had been supposed to have been making irresistible headway. Estrada apparently has been hoodwinked by Zelaya and no one would be surprised if the hitter's troops should appear before the city at any hour. Estrada is hoping for timely aid from the United States. A staff correspondent of The Assocated l'ress who recently arrived here has canvassed the situation and finds it less hopeful for tlie insurgents than has been believed. A verv recent, ilisnnti-li Imivovor I says, it is I lie opinion of I'anamans , that l'residcnt Zelaya of Nicaragua is riditiff for a fall, that he is <le liberately working to brine about in- ] tervent ion by the tinted States, hav- ( injf chosen this form of humiliation ^ in preference to the jrrcat one of j suffering defeat at the hands of revolut ionists. For the past sixteen years, during which time Zelaya has been in power, nceordimr to the statements of men ] now on tjie isthmus who are conversant with affairs in that republic. N incara^ua has been ruled by a jrroup of ear lit darinsr, clever and conseenceless men. who have looked upon the country as their own personal proper' y. This jrroup has mown enormously rich by a systematized pilluuc of the s revenues of the States and of indivi- < duals. It is estimated that Zelaya is I worth about $20,000,000 arold, most of 1 which lie has invested in Brussels I and Loudon. It is said tlint when these men t wanted a piece of property they of- | fered about one tenth of its value 1 and forced tliem to take their offer by threats of charge of treason he fnro nuol.'Oi) onm't^ *?*.! - ? 1 > 1 ' . . ,..v r,.. ? win i r? 4UMI jui ir?> ami mui tliem sliot as traitors. A break was I made when Zelaya refused to be fair 1 in the distribution of the spoils. 1 Citizenship For Porto Ricans. Washington. Special.?Citizen- i ship, without serious inconvenience to the individual, should be extended to ' those who desire it in Porto Rico, according: to General Clarence H. I'M- 1 wards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs, in his annual report Sunday to the Secretary of War. As to whether this is to be done as a whole or by individual merit is n matter of detail. Trees For the Yuletide. Washington, Special.?Does the Yuletide with its demand for OliristI mas trees prove a menace to the I American forests? This question is asked of the United States forestry service. The subject has received the serious consideration of the forestry i bureau and the reply lias been sent out that there need be no danger of destruction if the cutting of young evergreens for Christmas trees is done with discrimination. Mrs. Reids Cause Advocated. TXT?L: *.? ? m a.Humjrion, special.?The Biltrnore postoffice affair has evidenlv i reached 'the White House and made some sort of an impression on the President. The appointment of Luther, Representative Grant's man, should have been sent to the Senate Monday, but it did not appear. Evidently somebody at Asheville is putting up a bitter fight for Mrs. Reid, the wlioman who held the job. Senator Overman will hold up Uie confirmation should the name go iu, until the real state of affairs ran be ascertained. Should Not Hurry Homo. Washington, Special.?Appropriation legislation will be undertaken by Congress before the adjournment for the holidays. There has been a general supposition that all measures of any ehareater would be postponed until after the first of January. Chairman Tawney of the committee on appropriations has upset this scheme by declaring that van appropriation hill could be prepared and i passed before the Christmas adjourn- | ment as easily sa not. 1 [ NICARAGUANCRISIS News Storm Center of The i Day. VARYING ESTIMATES SITUTION News That Zelaya Would Avoid au t Engagement at Rama and, Making a Detour, Would Strike Blueflelds, Washington, Sjiecial. ? reputing I news received from Nicaragua at { the State Department from otlicial t ami uuotlieial sources to the effect j that there is danger of an attack bv J * President Zelaya's forces being made , t on Bluetields, where there are lot) s Americans, resulted in orders being j sent by wirless to the protected cruiser Tacotna with ten guns 011 * board and a full complement of blue ' jackets, to proceed under full steam i to Bluefields, there to join the Des f Moines and await further orders. j. The Prarie, now at Philadelphia, has been ordered to take 011 board * se\eii Hundred marines under thei * I < <>?...%->..4' n?i .1 D! i 11 _ i 1 * "W- &&***> V'v- ' ^ TMT .*>; ! \ .> - *?? V ' 'i > V r j? FEDERAL CONIROl Corporations Should* be Forced io Report. SECRETARY NAGAL'S REPORT. A. Federal Sy3tem of Statutory Publicity, the Secretary Believos, is the ' Prime Need W ash i i isrt on, S peri al.?Legislation o create a department of the governuent which would do for the whoie country what the bureau of corporaions lias been doing in specific initances, and compel complete pubicitv in the management of interitate corporations, is one of the ending recommendations contained n the annual report of the Secretary ?f Commerce and Labor made public Sunday. Newer and tighter laws to itarnp out the white slave trade, vliich the secretary says is an organized and extensive business, is the it her. The secretarv recommends the furher development of the bureau of orporations. At the end of this fist.I year, the department still has in hand investigations of the lumler and steel industries, the Interlational Harvester Company, eoncenratiou of watcrpowcr ownership, ransporiation by water in tlic Cnited States. It \va'. stili continuing its uvestigations of the tobacco indusrv. the operation of cot I on exchanges md State systems of eorpurote laxit ion. On J In- subject of government 0011rol of the fiscal and industrial forces. Secretary Xagel says sonic ersc things and makes some importmt recoinuiendat ions. The prime need if two things is emphasized. First, reliable information upon which the rovernnient may take legislative and ldniinistrative action and second, reliable information in a concise and ivailable form to serve for the basis if public opinion. The first step to lie taken he savs is an advance toivard a complete system for obtaining and making public this information. The bureau of corporations has demonstrated the value of this beyond loubt, in the limited way which its force and money available would allaw. NINE FROZEN TO DEATH. Fish Boat Commodore Perry Picks Up Yawl Containing Nine Dead and Frozen Bodies of the Crew of the Bessemer and Marquette Ferry No. 2, Which Left Port Tuesday Morning. Erie. I'a., Special.?Witli her ilajr it half-mast tin* State liisbcrics boat Commodore commanding, brought to this port late Sunday tho -lead ami Frozen bodies of nine of th^erew of the Bessemer and Marquette IVrrv So. 'J. which left Coneaut, ().. Tuesday morning. carving '.V2 men and which lii'obably foundered in the middle of . Lake Erie. For the past 48 hours the Corauiolore Perry has been semiring the waters of eastern Lake Erie for the traces of the ear ferry but until a tiny ten-man yawl was slighted lb miles off this port at 11 o'clock Sunday had almost given up hppe of being able to ever tell a portion of the story of the fate of the big ear ferry. As the Perry inline abreast of the drifting and half water-logged yaw! the <tnen gathered at the side of the fish boat saw that they had arivcd too late. The nine occupants of the boat, which was marked "Bessemer and M am not to X II. -1 -'' wnrp frnrnn I stiff in death. Taking the yawl in tow the Perry made all steam for this port. Ellis Pleads Guilty. Kittle Iloek. Ark.. Special.?W. V. Ellis of Pine Bluff. Ark., whose trial on a charge of murder in connection with the killing of N. !\ Willis of ludianapolis, Iml., resulted in a mistrial, late Saturday afternoon entered a plea of guilty of voluntary manslaughter, appealing to the mercy of the court for a minimum prison term. The case was reopened before Judge Lea in circuit court at tho instance of the attorneys for Ellis Sues Father-in-Law<4fcgr $50,000. Charlotte, N. C., Special.?Summonses have been issued by Mr. E. T. Stenerson against his father-in-law, a weathey citizen of Baltimore, Md., and it is understood that in the civil suit which will follow in the courts of Mo'.UUnK.i.-' ' ?. ?.:u _?u U1 muiiui,iiifui^ iiiv j'luiiiiuiwill BVfK damges in the sum of $'>0,000, alleging the alienation of his wife'a affect ions, she being a daughter of the defendant, Mr. Stcucrson lias employed Mr. T. C. Cuthrie, and ia determined lo have his ease properly presented to the courts. Seta His Sister on Fire. Luray, Special.?Miss Lillie Gochenour, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. Daniel Oochenour. of this county, was horribly burned all over her body Tuesday morning The Oochenour family arose early and the young girl was assisting her mother in the preparation of the morning meal. A little brother playfully remarked: "I'll burn you up," and, suiting the action to the word, applied a lighted match to the lower part of her clothes I" I 111 ; 1 j i NEWS FROM WASHINGTON I I The marking of the graves of the Confederate dead who died in Northern prisons probably will occupy all of next year, and Secretary of 'War Dickinson Monday asked for LI an extension of time for performing this work after February 26, when the legislative authority will expire. * Gen. William C. Oates is the commissioner charged with the duty of marking these graves and Secretary; Dickinson says that while Gen. Oates has been diligently at work the task is still incomplete. He thinks, how- ?t ever, that it can be finished within w; the next calendar year. j Ti The crop reporting board Tuesday di estimated that the newly seeded area ct of winter wheat is 7.9 per cent, great-1 jjj er than revised estimated area shown in the fall of 1908, equivalent to an g( increase of 2,449,000 acres, the indi-1 cated total aiea being 33,483,000 a acres. The condition of winter wheat on December 1 was 95.8 against 83.3 on that day last year. With total resources of $50.19 pei >?, capita of population, the banking in- p< stitutions of the Eastern or Middle of Atlantic States lead the country. The ni New England States come next with se $433.(50 per capita; the Pacific States are third with $347.78; the Middle M Western fourth with $190.(55; the Fai s\ Western fifth with $1(51.35; the Sou- tl thpm sivlll Willi ifcTI HI mill iulmii fl possessions tnil off with $5.22 per ol capita. The I'nited States as a whole c; shows hanking resources per capita ft of $2X7.24, with the island posses- it sions included the rate is lowered to tl $215.37. f tl There will he introduced in the Senate early in the present session | a bill to place Chinese immigrants o: upon the same basis as other imaii- r grants to the I'nited States. It is now being prepared by Senator Dil- y, lingham, of Vermont, chairman of lt the Immigration Commission. The tl measure will not give to Chinese the ai riffllt of nntnrnli?iHnn ' "> -- v ..x.v. ?..v eg Chinese Exe'usion act coolie labor G: is not admitted to the I'nited States t( from China. Merchants, students, teachers, travelers lor information or Ci pleasure ar exempt from this law. ^ It is the plan of the new measure to tj practically repeal the provisions of p] the exclusion act. Puzzling as ever is the problem f< confronting tlie local authorities re- i( lativc to the case of John R. Early, the alleged leper, now detained here on the charge of going about in public while aillieted with a contagious A disease and ilie complications in this now famous ease continue to multiply. Early wants to go on the stand at the trial. This tlie court will not allow unless it is shown that Early has not a contagious disease. He may 0 be kept indefinitely. h In caucus Thursday afternoon the tl Democratic Senators elected Senator a H. I). Money of Mississippi as minor- ^ ity leader of the Senate; to succeed Senator Culberson of Texas whose S resignation was presented last week. o The Supreme Court of the United 1' Stales Monday granted the petition P for the writ of certiorari in the con- T tempt cases of Samuel Gompers. ^ Frank Morrison and John Mitchell, o ollicers of the American Federation n of Labor. The effect of l?! decision ei will he to bring the entire record i- n the Buck's stove and range case ? against these men to the Supreme h Court for review. r' f( Senator Rayner, of Maryland, will , tl in all probability introduce a resolu- U tion in the Senate during the coming week with reference to the Nicara- a guan controversy and will address the Senate upon it. His point will 8' be the apprqjiension and trial of f Zelaya, the dictatorirl President of e' Nicaragua, whose rule is drawing to 8' an end rapidly, for what Senator n Rayner considers the murder of two P' American citizens, soldiers in the w revolutionary army of Estrada. e At the first conference of the Democratic members of the Senate in the coming session of Congress, Senator ^ Culberson sumitted his resignation as tl chairman of the Democratic caucus, u This determination on the part of the ri Texan has been reached because of C his serious illness, which probably g| will prevent him from attending the bi sessions of the Senate for at ieast ir two or three weeks. m The Central American junta, composed of diplomats and patriots from the five turbulent little republics on c< the neck of land between Yucatan h< and South America, is one of the l&t- ui est acquisitions of the Capital of the ?e United States. It is unofficial, but vociferous, and its sessions are held i? lU -O _ I 1! L-i.i ? " - n ... IUC caic U1 a irauillg noiei. 1118 " junta is the clearing house for all C; the information that leaks unofficial- n< ly from revolution-torn Nicaragua, while the diplomats have framed up h< a half-dozen new alignments of the u five republics, each with a view to th the equitable distribution of the ec "balance of power." A blizzard prevailed aljout Chica- a go Thursday that interfered with w traffic and communication and num- di bered human fatalities and great suf- in fering in its results. tl in President Taft, the members of the 0 Cabinet, the Governors of five States, tl members of Congress and other men f< prominent in national life attended ti the National Rivera and Harbors hi Congress, which began a thre-days a session in tkis city Wednesday. |n AIT ON WATERWAY i m { peaks (o Rivers and Harbors Congress. j REATES MUCH ENTHUSIASM, j Policy Bather Than Project a Wise Platform, But Projects Must Be Attempted. ? s Washington, Special.?Speaking in ' rong endorsement of the policy of 8< aterway improvement, Prsident a sft stirred up much enthusiasm 8 iring the opening hours of the sixth r' invention of the National Rivers id Harbors Congress hero Wednesty. Hundreds of delegates, reprentnlino I?HVM1^ V/f J ouvvivil VJL WU1VCU :atcs, were in attendance. Men and it ouien delegates gave the President a noisy reception. tt Upon being presented to the as- n mblage by Joseph E. Ransdell, a esident of the congress, President t< aft dwelt upon his interest in tho b iliey of waterway improvement, and n Tered advice to the delegates upon f, ethods for attaining the ends they t< ek. tl "I eongratnlate this congrss," said ,j [r. Taft, "on having brought the ibjeet of waterways to such a point ? lat the representatives of Congress, {) om one end of the country to the 0 '.her, recognize it as a subject that ^ ills for action. They have not come > a definite conclusion as to the pol- ^ y that ought to be adopted, but t( ?ey have come to the conclusion int some policy must be adopted ith reference to the development of lose instrumentalities which nature as furnished lor the transportation li ? poods and for the controlling of ii lilroad rates. b 44You in your deelaratiou say that t] ou are in favor of a poliev and not u i favor of any particular project. I tl link that a lvise pla*form to take; a nd yet when ii comes to the practi- fl il enforcement and accomplishment tl ? something, you have got to get in- u > projects. tl "Now I don't think I betray a se- s, ret wfleu I say that the gentleman u ho has most to do with the initio- n on of projects in Congress is fully j. liarged with the necessity for doing Dinething in the next Congress to g! oreshadow, or rather to begin a pol:y with respect to those rivers." n HER DEATH A MYSTERY. ? Irs. Martin, the Dead Girl's Mother, c Showin?: No Denrc to Visit Ken Jersey?Tf fhe is Found in the State She Will Be held Pending Investigation Into the Mystery. 3 New York. Kpc.ial.?The body of '' Icey Snead was buried Wednesday, ut an ur.iowproniising inquiry into 0 lie manner of her death goes on im- 31 bated at F.ast Orange, N. where 'irginiu Wardlaw, her spinster aunt, * ? hold a prisoner pending an investi- ^ ation by the grand jury. s "Sentiment aside," said the chief f police, "there remain the brute ll acts in this case, and nothing in exlunation of them has been offered. i'p have :l <*irl fn:nnl it, s u-lies of water in a bath tub on the b no hand, and 011 the other, the wo- h inn who last saw her alive hut fail- n d to report her death until 24 hours fter it must have been discovered, c Limt and niece lived in the same w ouse; it is incredible that the bath- a Doui could have remained unvisited a :>r that length of time or that in p aeir closely related life one of the ci svo could have been absent so long u rom the house without arousing the p nxiety of the other. "These two basic facts alone are efficient in themselves to warrant leir presentation to the grand jury, /en if there were no tangle of inirance to unravel, 110 diagnosis of lalnutration and hypnosis by a reutable physician, no duplication of ills and 110 attempted purchase of r bloroform to 'kill cats.' " h Rider G'aso. b Union City, Tenn., Special.?Anoth- b * failure met the efforts of the State a Wednesday to complete the jury in te case of Garrett Johnson ad Arthr Cloar, alleged leaders of the night- Q iders charged with the murder of apt. Qucntin Rankin. The venire immoned to appear in court was exausted without a single man qualify- c ig for jury seryice. A panel of 200 * len was ordered to report. g Eradication of Hookworm. u Atlanta, Ga., Special.?The first ? mfercnce for the eradication of the X>kworm. to tw> Imtl !? A fl-_i- T? , M>IU IU iVUIUHU t??n- g iry 18 and 19, will be largely at- c ndcd. The Atlanta chamber of g ramerce is in receipt of letters from ic Governors of Mississippi, South * arolina, Oeorgia and Florida, an)uncing that they will appoint dele- <, ites to the conference. The State ;olth officers of these States, as well i of Alabama, also, have signified y leir intention of participating in the * inference. Leading Young Girii Astray. Atlanta, Go., Special.?Cleo Evans, ^ strikingly handsome young Atlanta p oman, confessed to the police Tues- g ay afternoon that she was an agent r i the white slave traffic and asked a te officers to detain two young wo>on who were leaving for Columbus, ., in the evening. The police found ]! te voting girls at the station, waiting >r Miss Evans. The latter hod two * ckets to Columbus, which she said sd been sent to her for the girlt' se by the keeper of a disorderly * ouse then. VEGETABLE SALAD. A very good salad can be made by sing a cupful of uncooked cabbage, reen pepper, celery, all to be hredded; apples cut in pieces, a few >eded white grapes cut in halves and few English walnuts. Mix allvto- j ether thoroughly and place ill the Ufrigerator. Serve with mayonnaise I: French dressing.?Fruit Grower. PANCAKES WITHOUT EGGS. Make a batter of a quart of sour liilk into which a teaspoonful of soda nd as much flour as will be required ) make the mixture of medium thickess. Beat until very light, then add tablespoonful each of lard and but?r melted, a dessert spoonful of rown sugar and a little grated nutleg if the flavor is liked. Have the eying pan or skillet hot. put in it a ?aspoonfuI of butter, and as soon aa lis melts, but before it has time to iscolor, pour in the pancake. When tie under side is brown turn by leans of a cake turner, giving a half dss tip to the skillet. Put the cake n a hot platter, butter and spread r$th powdered sugar, jelly or jam nd repeat until there are five in pile, rhen cut through all at one time su ir pie.?The Housewife. SWEET POTATO PANCAKES. Sweet potato pancakes have a deghtful flavor when fried a rich brown 1 butter. These are too delicate to e fried in other forms of fat. Mash liree cups of boiled sweet potatoes ntil they are smooth. Press them tirough a sieve to free from lumps nd add six large tablespoonfuls of our sifted carefully. Then mix tree-quarters of a cupful of sugar ith the yolks of three eggs. When i ate ucaicu iu a euiUUlll UPBIB Lir them into the dry ingredients, living in a little milk also to mnke a loderately thin batter. Fold through . the whites of the three eggs beaten lto a very stiff froth. The whites . tiould thin the batter enough for ancakes. but if more moisture is eeded add a little milk. TLe pan hould be hot, a broad pancake turnr used, and the cakes fried with are.?New Yorl: Tribune. V KOELE PALAXi ll The Hawaiians make a unique ^ weei potato dish and call it koele V. alan. Mash some fresh boiled sweet otatoes. reheat them in a cocoanut ream which is given below, and erve hot. For the cream grate a cocoanut. eat it slowly in half a pint of milk. Vhen the boiling point is reached train it through a bag. Squeeze the ag thoroughly to extract as much o" iie llavor and juice as possible, and : will be ready for use. The "cream,"' preferred, need not be strained, but m imply poured over the mashed po- f ota and mixed through it. Add a J| irge spoonful of butter and let the H fixture become very hot and tbea H erve. If the mixture is formed into akes and fried brown in butter it | ill make a novel and delicious dish j t luncheon or whenever croquets are [ ppropriate. Use the ingredients in I roportions to suit the taste. The / ccoanut cream just mentioned is also I sed by Hawaiians with bananas in a udding and in various other dishes. ?New York Tribune. To remove whitewash frqm paint, ub with a flannel saturated with ^ ird or any fresh oil. A piece of soap rubbed over a M rown paper attached to the ironing > card will often clean the iron from A. 11 starch. An economy In gas is, when potass are almost baked turn the gas fT, and the heat from the oven will nish baking them. To clean the corners of window asing, a bradawl with a damp clotl round around the point will aaaig reatly in cleaning. When carpets are not to be takei p while house cleaning, a thin cam nife will clean out the crevicea beween the wall and the carpet. An excellent furniture polish la uade from mixing equal parts of Uohol and sweet oil. Tnls gives a <^8 lossy polish to even the finest V id. Instead of basting the plgf .. of klrts, when packing them in artrunk, ry fastening each pleat at the bottom t the skirt with paper clips and foldsg smoothly. To remove old tea anj coffee stulns ret spots with cold water, cover with lycerine and let stand two or three v ours. _ Then wash with cold water nd hard soap. Repeat if necessary. Thick blotting paper under dailies rill keep hot dishes from marking, ollshed table. The blotting , hould be cut the same site as lous dollies. It takes the v of sbeatoa mats. Do not wash the fish iiyi f *t, but ;/ ripe thoroughly with c/' jp cloth, lave the fat smoking IT Roll eaeh lice of fish in coj eel nod try irown; turn It oves&TOK fry the ether ids brown. Ths^q a will be thoroughly dono end will not crumble. I*U te taste mm