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wanderlust. ' Beyond the Fast the sunrise, beyond tie West the sea, ? And Ka<t and West the wanderlust that \yili not let nie be; ^ < \ It works in ir.e like madness, dear, to bid ( me say good-by! IVr the seas call and the stars call, and oh! the call ox the sky! I know not where the white road rui.s, nor ( R what the blue hills are. But a man can have the sun for frieni, and for his guide a star; And there's no end of voyaging when once V the voice is heard. For the river calls and the road calls, and oh! the call of a bird! Yonder the Ion? horizon lies, and there by night and day The old ships draw to jome again, the young ships sail away: And come I may. hut go I must, and if < men ask von why. You may put the blame on the stars and the sun and the white road and the ?ky! ?Herald Gould, in The Spectator. tt MRS. ADMINGTOn' | BUTTS IN. I ! I ? ptt >U years Mrs. Admington had wanted a telephone in II 111 F 1,10 !lous0' l)Ut i'er husband |M had not seen his way cle^r ] to have one till recently. It was a day of joy and triumph for the little lady when, finally. the instrument was fastened to the > wall over the Admington's front stair 1 landing. It was on a circuit with other i 'phones and when the hell rang in one 1 house it rang in ten others. The Ad- ' miugtons, like every other family on < the line, had a certain number of rings : for their own particular call, hut it took them some time to get over being ' startled when auj other number was ' sounded. It bothered Mrs. Admington less than 1 other members of the family, ?ud it < gave her pleasure to talk about "ring- i ing up" her friends, which she did t with an accustomed air that seemed to 1 indicate there had been a telephone in t every room in the Admington house for t years. 1 It was different with her husband, i He didn't like telephones any too well c in the office, and he was sure one in f the house would be an abomination. 1 He was confirmed in this belief the ( first night their 'phone was in commission by being awakened from a sound t sloop by the jangling of the boil and be- I ing asked by an impatient inquirer: "Say. are you the undertaker?" * r The morning aftei the "phone was <1 installed Mrs. Admington started to i put it to most practical use. that of t ordering things for dinner from the ? market. She was thinking how pleas- C ant it was just to ring a bell and tell the grocer what to send. She took down the receiver and put It to her ear. but was somewhat vexed to hear a man's voice and discover that the line was busy. "I'll have to wait, and I'm in such a hurry," she pouted, but remembering an errand in another part of the house, s she busied herself for a few moments. Her next try at the 'phone found the r line still busy. Mrs. Admington was tempted for a second to listens, but I didn't think that would be quite fair, so again she hung up the receiver and t sat down to wait till the line should be disengaged. She fidgeted in a littla flmir far <1 minnte tbnt seempd ten and then went to the 'phone again, saying li to herself: "Those people must be through talk- f I Jng by this time." o * But they were not. ami as >Ir=. Ad< . mington took down the receiver for ii 11'e third time to call up centra! she v Tioard the emphatic declaration of a very decided young woman: li "Well. 1 don't care. I'm going to f marry him anyway." Mrs. Atimington knew that she ought j r to drop the receiver, but she couldn't s let go. It was glued to her ear. And, atiyway. the ne\t instant she Irani s the voice of the man she had heard v twice before, and he had been monopolizing that wire long enough. t "But how long did you say you have j i: known him?" he was asking the young , woman. 1J "Why, I've known him only two J weeks," was the reply, "but I've seen j c hini an awful lot 111 mat time. i i "Well, don't you think two weeks a t pretty, short acquaintance to marry on?" urged the man. "It would l>c in most ons"-s," admitted the young woman, "but with us i-'s dif- 1 ferei:t. lie's awfully nice, and ho likes i me, and I like him, and he doesn't < want to wait, lie doesn't believe in 1 long engagements, and neither do I." t "Well, you're a simpleton.'' was Mrs. 1 Adniington's mental comment, as she < shifted from one foot to the other 1 and moved a little nearer to the 'phone > just as the man's voice was asking: t "Isn't he willing to give you i little 1 time to get ready? A woman can't < be married conveniently on a day's notice. If be likes you so much I 1 should think lie would give you a 1 chance to get a few clothes together? i a trousseau, you know. Won't he give 1 you a month or six weeks for th.it?" s "No." was the answer. "He's going ; away within a month, and he wants to ? I T rrn w 111, Vlim " i I>t" Uiilki.ru o?' a v .in ,^w *?**?? "Isn't he t-oiiiinsr back?" s "Yes. lie's coining back, but be i doesn't want to wait till then." j "\Y< II. if lie likes you so much, don't i you tliink that's a little unreasonable?" t suggested the man. Unreasonable!" thought Mrs. Admington. "The fellow's a perfect pig." Kut the young woman at the other ( end of the wire tvidcntiy had a differ- ' ont opinion. 1 "I might think he was unreasonable ' ' if things were different." she sai 1. "but ; I can get ready and I d.-n't miml il' it < is a little sudden." 1 "Well. 1 don't want you to think me ' too much of a meddler," came b ick the ' voi-e of the man. "I only want to sug- < gest things that seem to l>e for your ' good. Now.you say you've known this 1 man for tw* weeks. Are you sure you 1 will care for him at the end of two ; months? Wouldn't it be welt to wait 1 that long and sep?" "We haven't the least bit of fear of < that," responds! the young lady in i tones of perfect assurance. "He says 1 we were made for each other." "Made'for the madhouse." muttered < Mrs. Adinington to herself, losing all < patience. .*% flnpgK!^. ?? shuk "And how old did you say he vras?1 resumed the old man. "Forty." "And you are twenty?" "Well, I'll be twenty-one in a couple of months." "And how old are his children?" "The boy is lifteen and the girl only ton." spoke up the young lady, evidently without fear of tackling so tough a job as looking after the youngsters. The man was silent for an instant, trying to think of something else to switch the young woman off the matrimonial track. .Mrs. Admington was hoping he would be successful, but he wasn't, so he tired a weak parting shot. "Well." he began, hopelessly, "all I can say to you is that if you marry that man after having known him only two weeks vou will be doing a very foolish thins:, and in looking after those two children you will certainiy have your work cut out for you." "I don't care if I do," came the voice of the young woman snappishly. "I've thought it all over and I'm going to marry him anyway." Mrs. Admiugton wasn't able to contain herself any longer. She had no sooner heard the young lady's ultimatum than she broke into the conversation with: "Don't you do it. If you do you're a perfect goose and you ought to know it." Mrs. Admington heard gasps of surprise from the other two, and then the voice of the man: "Well, who in thunder are you?" "I'm not in thr.n ler anybody.'^ snapped Mrs. Admington. "but I'm* considerably older than the young lady fit the other end of the wire, and I've learned a few things she ought to know before she marries a man twice as ihl as herself and with two children is big as she is." "Pity you didn't learn not to listen to private conversations." snapped the voice of the young woman. "And another pity you didn't know j better than to discuss such matters I >ver a telephone," retorted Mrs. Ad- i fuington. spicily. "But I'm glad you 1 lid. for it gives me a chance to tell you j rou're a little simpleton if you marry | hat man. and you'll regret it before J lie year Is out. He's old enough to >e your father, and he wants you to narry him before you've prepared >nough clothes to get you decently out >f town. He ought to be ashamed of limself. and you ought to be spanked. ; 3oodl>v." And tlion Mrs. Admington hung up he receiver with 11 rap that almost >roke the hook. "I've given that young woman a >ieee of my mind, and I hope it will lo her some pood. But I don't suppose ! t will. Next time I catch her on my elophone she will probably bo asking 1 ome lawyer tb get her a divorce."? J Chicago Record-Herald. Loral ?vr*. (From the Mount Olympus Journal.) By Franklin P. Adams. Diana has gone hunting this week. Mercury is sporting a new cane. Cheer up. Niobo. It might be worse. , (Jalatea has given Pygmalion the tony stare. Daedalus has got a new buggy. (Jet ead.v, girls. C^et your horses shod at Vulcan's.? Ldv. Looks like we would have a late fall his year. Drink Nectarine. Looks like Nectar nd costs less.?Adv. Venus has a new way of wearing her iair. Ah there, Adonis! Somebody has been purloining apples rom the Hesperidcs orchard. Cut it ut. boys. Leander swam the Hellespont to see i lis best girl last night. What a lover ron't do is a caution. A most regrettable incident happened ere last night. Narcissus of this place oil into the pool. Don't forget Pan's recital on the nount to-night. A pleasant time as- j urod to all.?Adv. As we go to press, tlie weather is imply Klysiau. We are touching j rood, so as to ward off Nemesis. The Cyclops boys are treating with j he oculist, but we regret to state not j nuch improvement is being made. Atalanta has entered for the hundred- j anl dash Field Day. Midas was a pleasant caller at this fllce Wednesday, and left us the ' vhorewithal for a year's subscription, i ,'oiue again. Mid?.?New York Tribune, j Capt. Skinner's Goose. Captain Skinner was in Easton the | atter part of last week and related a j oinnrkable storj concerning a goose, j m his farm. He states that he is in lie liabit of counting his geese and pnting them in the stable every night. >ut on the night of the great blizzard >ne goose was missing and could not >e accounted for until a few days ago, vhen be was shoveling a.pile of snow ?ut of his stable yard at the *oar of lis barn. As lie reached the bottom )f the drift his shovel struck against something soft. Upon investigation le located ills missiug goose, which lad been covered up in the snow for nore than six weeks without anything :o eat or drink. He states that the ;oo*e was still alive, but very gaunt uid weak from the exposure and abstinence from food. He took the goose ;o the bouse and cared for it a day or ?o, feeding judiciously. 'It thrived and lecaiue very hearty, and was able to ioin the balance of the tiock, from Aiiicli it had boon separates ior ncariy :wo moutlis.?Easton <Md.) Ledger. Flies Through a Glass. That a prairie ehieken tlies with sufficient speed to propel itself through leavy plate glass was proven by a ecent incident at the little town of IVelsey, Beadle County. ITcf. Sliepird. of tlie village school, in the ?lis harge of h's duty rang the school H'll. when a couple of prairie chickens hat had taken refuge in the school louse tower from a storm were fright nod from their place of refuge. They .-???.7 euMi't s?c? on ovrnu' liCM **;> MlUI^Ul *41iU OHUl UO *11* ?*****?? for the i?late-jrlasS front of a business liouso. The glass was five-eighths of in inch in thickness, but one of the prairie chickens went straight through it as though it was paper, ami dropped [lead on the fioor inside the building it a distance of aliout twenty feet from the window. The prairie chicken went through the plate-glass with sufiic-ient force to cut a hole six inches in diameter in the heavy glass.?Sioux Falls special to Minneapolis Tribune. _ _ / J ? w T .T- 'I > llinployinj; Convict* a* Koadmakeri, ARDEX PATRICK HAYES, I i ___ j| of the Kiugs County P011o \A/ O itentllry, believes that the ^V idle prisoners in the va^0>C rious prisons and penitentiaries in the State could be employed to great benefit to the State and to themselves in the building of public reads. If the convicts were thus put at work, the Warden believes, the State would in time have the finest system of highways in the country. To demonstrate the practicability of his theory, the Warden is just now engaged in experimental work along these lines, lie is employing the idle prisoners in the Kings County I'eni- ! I tcatiary to lay out a street near the ! prison. This street is being laid through a | large plot of land owned by the county ; to the south of the penitentiary. The 1 street will be an extension of MontI goniery street. It is being cut through a sandhill, and about 100 convicts are ] being employed in the work. The prisoners seem to enjoy the work, as there is nothing for them to do in tic penitentiary. and the road-building tills in uheir time and occupies their minds. "I think." said Warden Hayes, tiifi hissing his theory as to the employ! ment of convicts, "that the State might : well take up the question of roadi building by convicts. It would be a 1 most excellent thing for both the State \ and tlie convicts themselves. It would j keep prisoners from going insane for want of employment, for one thing, i and yet would place them in no direct competition with other workers. By ! tiie employment of inmates of penal I institutions many miles of good roads ( might be laid out in the State at very little cost. "The only expense the city will be , asked to stand in the laying out of i the street we are cutting through here ! will be for the curbing. The roatl will : be about 7.~>0 feet long and 70 feet in i width. When we have cut down to i the grade level we will la3 a good : macadam roadbed, most of the stone ! for which we are taking out right here, j When this street is completed it will | be every bit as good a piece of road- ' way as there is in Brooklyn, and its | cost will represent but very little more I than the expense of keeping the pris- I oners, which would have to be borne j by the county, anyhow, whether the prisoners were at work or idle."?New ' York Times. Construction and Kond*. In a serial article 011 American auto- j mobile construction The Automotor ! Journal of England says in relation to ! light steam vehicles: "The light and flexible frame of a runabout, which is all that is wanted on smooth town pavements, appears to be also almost the only thing which will stand the j had roads of the United States. It dees not follow that it is the best arrangement for English roads. Perhaps it will be found that a more sturdj build will be belter able to stand the more vibratory effect of a hard English road than would the jointed frame which is so well adapted to wriggle over a cruder and more earthy highway." If this is not strictly correct without some reservation it is at least very well put. In the same article other remarks of interest are made, such as the following: "The American likes to make a running gear, consisting of a frame and wheels, which he can treat as a complete thing. The hody can he added as a distinct part of itself, the motor either attached to the frame or fastened to the hody and joined to the driving axle by a radial link. For motor vehicles, in which the driving axle must he at . a tixed distance from the crank shaft. ' the former method has its merits, hut i it is usually preferred in practice to ; attach the motor to the nouy. i or rough roads and high speeds it is diflienlt to provide adequate separate attacdiment for tlie motor. "The use of reaches, or an equivalent, forming a framcwcrk with tin? two axles, has the advantage, without involving the body, of transmitting direct thrusts or pulls between the axles, the members being jointed in such a way as to allow vertical play. This arrangement direetlj prevents that hesitation of the front wheels to mount an obstacle which increases jolting, and it also makes the effect of braking one pair of vheelsless uncomfortable." Model Itonrfr. Westchester County's roads received the highest commendation at the recent National Good Iioads Convention. The highways running from New York City to the Connecticut line and to rutnam County were regarded by the lioad Commissioners as the most improved In the United States. One of the most praiseworthy features of the Westchester road system is that the same methods are not used throughout the whole system, but they are varied according to the soil, the traffic and the grades. Macadam is used for ordinary roads where the grada is not steep. This usually consists of a base of four inches of trap-rock broken into pieces a little smaller than a baseball. After this has been thoroughly rolled a three inch layer or uroKen u-ap-mcs. ui smaller size is placed on it and rolled. On this rock screenings are placed, and these also arc packed and rolled. Tile Westchester roads improve on this formula by placing by hand labor rows of stone on edge to tlie depth of six inches to make a foundation for the macadam. On the grades Ad whore heavy traffic is common Amite blocks laid 111 concrete and J#dded in sand are placed on the saafe foundation. Westchester Aunty lias also been trying this exiWtoent of vitrifiedbrick roads, which irands less expensive to build than granite and cheaper to keep in order than macadam.?New York World. There is a man of eighty-six in New York who has not tasted meat in thirty-eight years. 9 SOUTHERN F> <? p.? TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PL ANTE Fonltrj P?t*. : This is the season of the year when , liee are beginniug to be most troublesome to poultry. Without question. < lice and mites are the greatest liuis- ; ance of the poultry business and their ; raids on the fowls will do more to : destroy the prospects of a dividend j than anything else known. They are ] constantly at work, never allowing the fowls a minute's rest from the , everlasting torture. No wonder, then. , that the poor, suffering hen ,is not i laying her usual quota of eggs. The circumstances under which she is com- i polled to work are certainly the most ; discouraging any one could Imagine? trying to produce eggs and flesh from the food supplied her. while legions of lice and mites are sapping her very life blood. Very often a setting hen will leave the nest or die thereon. If the farmer, the owner, will blame the fowl and say she is no good, and if the latter, he will say the death was | caused by cholera.when nine times out ; of ten the cause was lice. ! If your liens are lousy you will find that, although the lice are almost in- | visible to the naked eye, they do an ! innnen.-# amount of damage. So much j so thtifwe feel safe in asserting that the ?rson who is successful in raising poultry and makes money in the business is one who keeps down the j lice, one who will not tolerate them J about the premises. It is comparatively easy to rid fowls of lice, by the use of good insecticide and readers who are troubled with this pest are advised to keep a supply always on hand and use it early aud often, for lice breed very fast. There are many varieties of lice which infest poultry, the exact number being nine. These live and breed 011 fowls. They lay their eggs or nits on the down of the feathers; the nits hatch in ten days, so you see. if they are not kept down and continually warred against you will have three crops of them each month in warm weather. , The hen louse does not suck the , blood of the fowls, but eats the skin i ( and feathers: thus they are a source j j of much irritation and discomfort to i, the fowls. | By the introduction of a single , lousy bird among your fowls, this pest , is spread through the while flock. It | Is a good rule to look each new fowl over carefully, and as a precaution- < ary measure give it a good dusting | with insect powder before allowing it ( to run with the rest of your poultry, , HeiA are seldom free from lice en- , tirely, yet it should be the practice | of th? breeder to keep them as free 1 from them as possible. ( Another pest which is of no little . Importance is the mite. This is not a j , louse, but is a blood-sucking creature. ( There are several varieties of mites, j They live in the nests, cracks of the houses, old knot holes, etc. These vermin attack the fowls at night and suck ' the blood of their victims. Cracked roosts, dirty nests and cracks in the ! walls are favorite breeding places for them; in fact, they will stay and breed in any place which will afford them a hiding place by day and from which ' they can attack the fowls at night. In straws, tilth, or behind the sheath- ; ing of the poultry house these mites ' can be found, and they should bo avoided by careful methods of the 1 breeder, who should not allow such places to exist in his coops. These ' mites will live for a long time and : have been found in vacant poultry 1 houses long after the fowls have been 1 removed from them. Don't trv to fiml an excuse for the J existence of lice and mites on your ; premises; there are no valid ones. These 1 vermin can be overcome, and it is the : duty every poultry raiser owes to himself that his fowls be free from vermin of all kinds. Look for mites in nil cracks of the buildings. in the nests in the cracks of the roosts, and behind the sheathing boards. They are sometimes found on the fowls in the daytime, but not often, as it is uot their natural abiding place. Lice are always found on the birds, and sometimes they will leave the fowls and erawL over the hands of human beings when the birds are handled. but tlicy do not stay on or live on the human body. To prevent lice and other vermin, the poultry bouse should be whitewashed, all cracks be filled with plaster, and roost poles and nests painted with kerosene. And lastly, dust the birds with a good insect powder. To keep^own the lice and mite pest is a work that will pay a good dividend.?Charlotte Observer. Improving Enn-Down Land. Que lion: I have recently purchased lcO acres of red soil land, one-half in timber, in the South. This ground has not been under cultivation for fifteen rears. All land ifi that terri tory was formerly rented. I would like your advice as to what treatment ! Pointed Paragraphs. To be a success in the business world one must aim to master everything he lays his hands to; think nothing below your attention; do not be afraid cf drudgery. It was Horace Greely, we believe, who eaid the darkest hour in the life of any young man is when lie sits down to study how to get money without honestly earning it, and it might be added that this is equally true of the old men as well. Parents cannot expect to make useful itizens out of their sons and pure and dhaste women out of their daughters if th<~" allow them to run the streets at all t -rs of the day and until late at night !t is the giving of so much latitude : > so many of our young that has brouc. t so many to ruin. Son i women seem to tiink it a duty to-talk scandal because it pleases their friends. Generally you can tell by the way a girl appears to be looking down at her feet that she is really looking into some man's face. Better a live politician than a dead hero. / / f ARM fiOTES, ?]===?& J R, STOCKMAN ANO TRUCK GROWER. I ^4 this soil should be given under the conditions named. Answer: Much of the so-called abandoned land in the South can be brought into condition to produce very good crops iu a comparatively short time, all things considered. The land in question should lirst lie broken deeply. Probably this land has not had a good plowing in twenty years; some of it perhaps never since it was reclaimed from the primeval forest. This may seem like an exaggerated statement, but in many sections tiie practice has been to simply break out the middles between the old corn rows, bed up and replant to corn, cotton or tobacco. Good plowing, therefore, is the tirst essential for reclaiming the soil. Of course, the land should not be broken too deeply in the beginning; say. commence with six inches, then nt the next plowing go to eight and I hen to ten, and aim eventually to turn the land at least twelve inches deep. If the sub-soil is very heavy and tenacious use a sub-soil in the fall. When the land has been thoroughly broken work down well with a disk and harrow until a good seed bed is prepared, ind then sow In cow peas, soy beans ~>r sucn onier leguminous crops as win enow to advantage in the vicinity of Richmond. It is best as a rule to sow cow peas and soy beans in drills twenty-four to thirty-six inches apart and cultivate sp as to destroy weeds and hasten growth. # Before planting the crops it would t)e advisable to use a complete fertilizer on the land, say at the rate of 150 [)oiinds of 1G per cent, acid phosphate ind 50 pounds of muriate of potash. .\s soon as the peas or beans come up t light application of nitrate of soda it the rate of 50 pounds per acre will l)e an advantage on land in this conlition. On land cultivated in pens Tor several years it would not be necessary to use the nitrate, but in this instance it will be an advantage. The :>eas and beans may be grazed down with hogs or made into hay. The hay will bring $10 to $15 a ton and you can obtain from 400 to GOO pounds of t>ork from each acre of land and have x great mass of vines and leaves left to turn under early in the fall. This will make an admirable seed bed for winter wheat or rye. which may then t>e seeded down to grass. In the section of the State mentioned ome of the stronger growing varieties may be used. For pasture, orchard grass, meadow fescue, red top ind red or alsike clover may be used o advantage. When the land is in jotter condition timothy may be used with fair success. Under present conlitions tail oat grass, orchard grass | in<l red top will be most likely to prove satisfactory for hay production. This combination will provide satisfactory hay. By this method of treatment the land \an be made to pay something on the nvestment from the beginning, and f green manures, as provided through eguminous crops, are used freely and ;lie crops raised feed on the land and :he manure put back on the soil It ivlll improve rapidly in a comparatively short time. As a rule these soils need phosphates and in many nstances potash as well, so that these 'orms of plant food should be supplied n liberal amounts. As a rule, persons who have farms of this kind to leal with attempt to reclaim too much it once, and the undertaking embarrasses them and proves unprofitable is well. Go slowly but do the work horoughly and remember that persistant cultivation, followed up with a :ood crop rotation means salvation n the long run.?Knoxviiic Journal mil Tribune. Spraying the Orchard. Hundreds of people who own small j )rchards would like to spray thoir ! :reos, but are deterred therefrom by j :he cost of a spraying outfit usually ecommended by writers. For spraying a few trees all the outfit this is necessary is a barrel to mix the poison n, and a small sled. One made of ;wo planks tour feet long will do. Lay them side by skle and fasten them semrely together by means of strips of >oard nailed across thorn. Chip off the under side of the front edges, set the barrel on it, mix the spraying mate*ials, and with one horse draw it into the orchard and wherever needed. A ;ood spray pump for a few trees does iot cost much; a piece of lmlf-inch rubber hose about eight feet long, having the spraying end attached to a light stick the same length, will raise the nozzle high enough to spray^ most irees. If the trees are very large, one ?an climb into them, draw up a bucketful of mixture, set it firmly among the branches and send the spray over the ?ntire tree.?Farm and Fireside. A buffalo bull recently slaughtered in Iowa brought its owner nearly 51000. Ouds and Ends. Hope springs eternal in the human breast. Every married man hopes to be able to do just as he pleases some day. A man can get a very fair Idea of what spring feels like by subtracting ten from the thermometer and imagining he has fallen off a ferryboat in a linen duster. The woman who buys things has little time for shopping. It takes a lot of fortitude to be separated from a rich wife. A man isn't necessarily a sign painter because lie believes in signs. By buying tea in packets it is calculated that in 1903 the British public paid tea prices for 5,088,64S pounds of paper in twine. A woman who said she was Charlotta, the wife of Maximilian, former ' jiperor of Mexico, is said to have secured 140,000 from the members of the Italian colony in Boston on the pretense that she is the rightful climant to the Austrian throne. : About Enameled Ware. According to an authority on the subject, housewives cannot be too ( : particular in selecting enameled ware i that is quality insured against flaking, and other poisonous substances. Seri' - i - f . . 1 _ ?/s uus sicnnesses nave Deen ascnueu iw , such cause3. I 1 A Great Convenience. One of the greatest conveniences In ! the modern kitchen is the number of shelves made like the leaves of an old- 1 fashioned table, which hang flat against the wall when not in use, but are held up by a swinging bracket covered with white oilcloth tacked on by brass-headed tacks. They are invaluable when extra cooking and serving have to be done. Cooked Milk. < It is sometimes desirable to give children cooked milk, and as they usually dislike the taste, it is well to , know that the change in taste caused | by heating can be in a measure over- I come by quick chilling. The scum which rises to the top when milk is cooked contains much nutritive value which it is not desirable to lose. Beat the scalded milk with an egg beater to mingle the scum with the milk. -% Storing Silverware. Housekeepers experience trouble in storing silver so that it will not turn dark, or become tarnished. Some wrap each article in tissue paper and store it in tight boxes or closets; others use bags of unbleached cotton of suitable sizes for eachy article. Bleached cotton has been bleached by the use of sulphur fumes and this trace of sulphur in the cloth discolors the silver. If you place a rubber band in contact with a silver spoon over night it will make a black spot since there is sulphur in the rubber. j Recipes. j Sugar Cookies?One cup butter, t 1 1-2 cup sugar, mix to a cream, 1-2 ] cup sour cream. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon , soda, vanilla to flavor. Mix quite stiff, sprinkle with sugar when going in oven.. Squash Custard?Boil summer < squash until tender; draip,very thor- i oughly and press through a strainer; 1 add to it two eggs, well beaten, one- t fourth cupful of sugar and four table t spoonfuls of milk; flavor with lemon t rind or vanilla; line a pie dish with a i good, plain paste; pour in the custard, i and bake 30 minutes. i Hot Water Sponge Cake?One cup 1 of granulated sugar, .two whole eggs, ( (cream this); one cup of flour (cream ( this with the eggs and sugar, 1-2 cup * of hot water. Sprinkle 2 teaspoon- 1 fuls of baking powder over this then, add a pinch of salt. Bake in hot oven. Before putting in oven sprinkle granulated sugar over the top. t Maple Mousse?One cupful maple j syrup, 4 eggs, 1-2 pint cream; let yolks i j and syrup come to a boil, cool thor- J t oughly, whip cream and also whites of j ( eggs; add to the syrup, place in a i , mould and pack in ice to freeze: let ? stand in cool place 3 or 4 hours; serve , in glasses with or without whipped j cream. Chopped walnuts are very j nice frozen with this. " Strawberry Russe?Line a glass dish with stale sponge cake or lady fingers dipped in sweet wine; sprin- i klo with chopped almonds; now add < the strawberries mashed and well i sweetened; on the berries place an- 1 other layer of cake, the same as the 1 fiyst, and if not enough to fill the dish add another layer; for the top have whipped cream flavored with vanilla; ] Twins Are Light Weights. Twin daughters were born to Mrs. j James Taylor of Worcester recently j ^ and their small size has excited con- j c siderable comment. Together theyj r have difficulty in stirring the beam at | e t>0 ounces, one weighing exactly two i a pounds, while the other's weight is j j given as a scant pound and three- , c quarters. | i Review^] The more Magazines Indispensable is The 1 " Indispensable/"* The one mi^i world under a field-^Lss," "An < current literature,"?these are seme < people who read the Review of Reviews, more necessary is the Review of Reviews; I is in all the moit important monthlies c periodical literature that nowadays pcopl with it is to read the Review of Reviews, hut section, it has more original matter and fimcly and important articles prin !y the mo<t useful section of ail is i V/or!cJ," where public everts ai in every fesue. Many a subscril re than the price of the magazia current history in caricature, is covers live continents, and public life, the members of Cot f industry who must keep "up over America, have decided th, HE REVIEW OF RE1 13 As tor Place place whole berries In the makes a pretty and delicious Chocolate Dessert.?Create l-4l||^^H of butter and add gradually 1-2 <^up sugar; beat the yolks of 2 eggs untJ^^H thick and lemon colored; add gradu^^H ally 1-2 cup of sugar; combine mix* tures; add 1-2 cup of milk alternately with 1 1-4 cups of flour, mixed an^^^H TclfK 9 too annnn a hoHn? 0111V.U ?HU U (.Va.l^WViMi dor; then add whites or 2 eggs beaten stiff, 1 1-3 squares melted chocolate, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 1-4 teaspoon vanilku^^^J bake in angel cake pan; remove froo^^^H pan, cool, fill the centre with whipped?^^l cream, flavored and sweetened, and poured over and around it. Missed the Income. g Daniel Sully, the dethroned cotton king, made a trip through the south last winter, and when he came back he told a story of an old negro who had been working for a cotton planter /""** for many years. One mo>ning he * came to his employer and said: "Ise gwine to quit, boss." "What's the matter, Mose?" "Well, Sah, yer manager, Mistah Winter, ain't kicked me in the las' free mumfs." "I ordered him not to kick you any more. I don't want anything like that around my place. I don't want any one to hurt your feelings, Mose." "Ef I don't git any more kicks I'se gwine to quit. Every time Mistah Winter used to kick and cuff me when he done git mad, he always git 'shamed of hisse'l and gimme a quarter. I'se done los' enuff money a'ready wid dls heah foolishness 'bout hurtin' x mah feelin's."?Philadelphia Public Ledger. Making it Worse. James Whitcomb Riley says that he was summoned as a witness in a case tried in an Indiana court, where one of the witnesses before him evinced some disinclination to state her age. "Is it very necessary?" coyly asked the witness, a spinster of uncertain 1 age. "It is absolutely necessary, mad- . ime," Interposed the judge. "WeH," sighed the maiden, "if I must I suppose I must. I didn't see how it could possibly afreet the case, for ycu see" ?"Madame," observed the judge, with some asperity, "I must ask you not to further waste the time of this court. Kindly state your age." Whereupon lie spinster showed signs of hysterics. "I am, that is, I was"? "Madame, hurry up!" exclaimed the judge, now horoughly impatient, "Every minute makes it worse, you knew!"?Detroit Journal. Red Hair. When red hair makes its appearance in a human head all lukewarmness is it' an end. . It is either loved or oathed. Its admirers, with artists in he van, are almost hysterically enhusiastic. They call it golden, though he gold that comes out of the earth s not often exactly that shade. A ed-halred woman is sure of a success n some quarter, however plain her ace or insignificant her figure. The letractors of red hair say it is a sign >f bad temper or immirality or both, ind therefore to be scrupulously ivoided.?Queen. Not an Amble. It seems tnat an eiaeny man naa ^ aken a horse to a riding academy to )e broken to "an old gentleman's lace," an amble, which to the aged las always been an equestrian beatlude. As the riding-master, after several attempts, did not immediately succeed in his object, the old man jetulantly exclaimed: "Great Scott, nan, do you call this an am>le?" "No, sir," was the reply, "that s merely a preamble. 1 yr Small Armies. There are some small armies in Europe. Monaco's army consists of 75 ;arabiners, the same number of guards tnd 20 firemen. The army of Luxem30 rg has 135 gendarmes, 170 vol lingers and 39 musicians. It is calculated that $50,000,000 a rear is spent on golf. Pine Tree Shilling. "" * Xf o rlKyarrt \faeo Aiarsouu nicai uj. .uauuviv, ..moo. as a silver American coin which he '.aims is the oldest piece of money nade in this country, now in exist nee. The coin is what is known as , Pine Tree shilling, and is dated 652. The piece of money is in gooc ondition, the date and other mark ngs being easily made out. ^Monthly Reviews there are, the more Review of Reviews )i zine I feel I mast take.*' " The :duczt:on in public affairs and of the phrases one hears from nctrd The more magazines there ere, the lecausc it brings together the beet that B if the world. 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