Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THANKSGIVING. How ^racloun |il<>ni.y rules lllf board. And 111 the U K?>ld j}y multitude*, in nmmJ, Thy ul vlii^ Is ??* lulled. Ah, huffof /ii< io thank Tlift- l.ord, Kor wbm i'liuu dye* withhold J thank Tln'?' that howi-Vr iltnih Then* yet U goiuilliinj; higher I'll at though through ail ?>ur n-a^h of lime \Ve to the liiarx n?|>h?\ btlll. ft 111, iK'yoiwl tiiirij# vubltiui; Tliu pure hldi'ti al tiit'. ' 1 It'M- ?..( J Tli . v. ,U' ' . ' v!' <<?iy 1 1. i>.t w-'k*. 1 ii., f ' ' ? UlorltJ ?' ""ink I'lft-,. fur[ uffclDt-U - ? '??* w |i'r I Jliuiik 'rii?. (?,,] v? Umt ?lu^? ' " Jlilti j <1< |,| if i,< ll" litr 'it wtnji*, I' It'Ui t-nnjiiv JlHjf . I "t IIIIMITJ "ujt'ilOf our p.) ofrtuj; ?'IIch (?<u(? sLiuf'i * SOBERING OF TH PUP. "The mire-enough kee-rect name of thit* hoy was Illicit Stuyvesant Liv ingston Something-or-other. Anyhow, i ho fum-end of his signature belonged <o Home Now York family that was a ir.ill heap to)>j?y," observed th? t>vui <lried man from New Mexico. "lJut all i??f |i? vvorkiii;' on the old 3-Trluuglc railed him llurv, or llarv Pup, or Jusi tpirp; affording to how mmli Urea th \\<; had 10 Hpure. On the day thai ho tit rayed out to the 3-triangle-Z ami (struck the boas ? himself a Harvard alumnus ? for work, and got -It, the foreman convoyed him over to the hunk house and introduced him to us a Jot neat. "'You fellers,' says the foreman to ua, 'don't want t' be none rude or rough with thia yore fragile piece o* work,' pushing (he new hand to the front, 'because, from th' way hlni an' th' boss was a-talkin' t 'get her, I on* derstand he's been t' Harvard, an' they tell^mc that them Harvard boys is Mire handled (incomiuoii tender an' pampered a plenty.' fV'Anrl frotn that minntp oti we only | l/new the new hand asr llarv, or Harv Ifop. "Tim humorof thef'oreiuan's introduc tory cracks consisted in the fact that > lu: new hand, although he hadn't hoen shaving more than a few years, niood sdx'fool four in his moccasins and had a pair of shoulders oil hi id, that forced liini to nudge ids way through the hunk house-door on the oblique plan. 1 never ?a\v a new ranch hand that, looked better able to Hike care of hini s-df. "There- wasn't mnc'a to teach him i except roping, branding. throwing and j J he details of the round-up. for lie knew how to sit a cay use like a sixth j ca valry man. "One evening, after the finish of a roundup, when the Pup had been on the ranch for about eight months, the boss strolled over to the bunk house, where we were all stretched out, smok ing^flind dished out money, telling us rhat we might as well streak to Uar stow for a week, if we thought wp fould behave. The old man always wort of grinned when he got that in about our 'behaving,' for he'd spent in a hunk house himself for quite some years before he acquired title to the o-Vriangle-Z. It whs a thirty-mile jog to Barstow, and we saddled u|? before sunrise by the next morning so's to get there by uqon and dodge the afternoon heat. In Jess than two hours after we got 'here Harv Pup was trying to jump his cay use over the Golden (Jem hotik ;i?onk, which was about fourteen foot high and fully as wide. That, of course, wus too much of a jump for any kind of a horse a.nH-lhe best, that the ?:axusc could do Was to try, landing with all four hoofs against the weath erboards, and then scientifically drop ping bach on his feet again, witJuUie Pup hanging around his netfi andv whooping like u Moq\il snake dancer at tin achlf Keating fiesta, "Then the Pup, who for a sure thing had hiH horse educated up a hull lot, would gat. behind the cayuae and ho 1.1 np hl? watch? the watch hud the Pup'.s initials studded In diamonds on the ? and then make tho cayuae kick n t It with his hoela and see how near he could come to converting it into ( .junk gold and chip gems. "Well, these cayuse stunts palled on ft he Pup long before dusk, and so he rode down to Lew Patten's red-eye ?wlckleup to play with Lew's bear, j Lew bad a pet cinnamon bear thai | ?.t<#od about teven foot when ho raced \ :ui) on his hind paws, and the Pup liked ! 'Jo box and rasslc with this bear. They j Hassled and boxed for the drinks and | .a ft or every fall or round the Pup and j the cinnamon 'ud stroll up to the bar, j ??arms linked, and have one? the Pup ' taking a straight hortter of the mes- j ?iuite fluid and the hear a water bucket i rfu 11 of beer. It cost $:J to lill the bear's ! bucket full of beer every time they J glided up to the counter, but Harv and 1 tho bear were always great pals on These trips, and' the Pup didn't know tanythlng about the meaning of money, never having stacked up against the I need of it. "In such ealm nn<l soothing employ ments the Pup spent all the rest of the ? lay ami all of the night, so that when daylight peeked over the edce of th*> wnrlH lhf> nov I morning 1 ho Pud su was quite a few corned up. Nearly <i tho rest, of the outlh hn<l grabbed o ihree or- four hours sftvmher after \v h i tling off our change at the faro ai r;^tui poker layouts, so that when tl tilluu jiot uroundVthat morning all of tl jc.l-Triangle-Z's Vere in ilinpe for aj >r^>th<^^y of rio / cxcept the Pup. f, ml toward sun-up the Pup hi; to down tho Bars to w d|! ''ymo re, hoard by hoard. But tho sl<) j net>s of the work wearied him, and he had pulled himself up to the f ?of the drug stor* and had axrottfl himself out on tlrtfroof for a nap. fc aaw him there when we turned M j for a couple of stayers ?nd breast- 1 j tynuui), lOOKkl&Ct Uf j I l'lQ Atom, r|f<'Uj) to the roof oinl I utrcteheri a fto over i lie l'm> ho' a | to l< ????)) n,f. ?j|t of li 4 k face "A coiipif jluui'H after bVeakf&at, when aH of i )m* still sluuiber 'Hfc I'np W<j)?inninK i<> busy with the again, the station | .V'leKJ'Jtph (itpr hi rolled into Lew 1 Patten's w! we were anchoret! j JiKiiiutsi the, # | ' "'Hay, l'v* A wire for the Pup,' ' the opWiVtlJiid <<j Tim Ma lion, the'J lUSBtatant loan. 41 "'The I'i replied Tin), 'Is all I an* asleep ponder mansard,' poln in? to iliois store over the wa; 'An' I recliie ain't due t' be Jarre awake uoi|Qt- Any thin' that wait in thffre message*' " 'I i 'ft ntirt1 Important. I gnat *?id the ttrupher, with a grin, * lift hiiudciK' telegram over to T> who brok?e envelope ami read e deeped, fly and with great t? " 'OmbiY said Tim, after he'd absorbed (contents of the telepn> clearing hliroat and looking ^<e',,f,. 'it Kiue ioi ?' ni<* like this yereGR* ent drunlgol t" be laid nsifi,n post poned lew/ and pa.ss?",e j telegram Kind for till of v\s tMd. "The addressed Vo t ''"P ' was dateft'om tlin overland0- 4 train weinind, and due to M> at HarstoW three o'clock th;^'101'* noon. lij?ad this way. " "Shallrri ve at Haratow 1' Ag nos and ihircd, on way to's An- ; geles. u$ o'clock thi^ #rnoon. -Meet tr;( and aci-ompany^^WliiJ *i?J wav. mUkh "The leg t am hail been ?eted to <he 1*11 |>l the ranch, but (Operator, kn>?vjn<H;ii i he j>ul) wa}<ing with the .Vfianglc-Z outfit in-'stow, of ' oius?.J(ln'i hike tlje \f boy. out j there tii ii. " It ;?|>farinY said ? Mallon, ! after n-h of us had J 'he tele gram, hat this yere P< niaw. an', like amoi, his two si?^~,h" same bein' k* .voting la?Jies^tioned In this ifssage ? are due. "lope "long ; ihls-avay in Homotlt teafj^l ni* j hoursvom now, I'm a*"*' Utal Ibis 1 yere /esenl drunk ij^iti-tted, side- | tl'acM, an' temp'rui-iP**8**^ np 011 til thte yere lady vel.;ps th' Pup's ! I git.s i an" out o' ??ow ag'in, an', I furllu more, I'm nnmrndin' that all Ijnds immejilh't sure-enough busyin helpin* f ?r'Mh' Pup up, |so tj?t w'en those kins-ladies o' { hls'ijhike along ttf1 ,lini lit t" be s/ien an' heard' a honor t* old 3-Tfangle-Z. HovO?? it?' Tin's suggcstioi#nt with a whoop, amjall hands ti<(' their tin cups dowi as a sign ' token that they we^ stringing ?f with Tim in his seimuent#. 'fcbe Pup was M>und asleep on top of He drug stor/?f that Tim Malion a in) Joe Tanned to pound on the sol* of his ho<,R'ith their gun hints ' for ten minute?'0!*? opened his i ey0. And w' h? did open ihem qui mumblml fl?thlng It was right okf that twenty straight hou'i of klttrfhueas li submerged hlD a plenty i'He's sorr^<'o. "H right.' remark* ed'TIm an l*nd Joe Tanner picked ihj Pup up n the roof and handed hin down ?ome of us below, 'but efhe hain'^ookln' peart and purty wfn N'o. 4. nibs 'long this-a-way at 3 o'clock won't be because his bmk-mate'aln 1 done no work over | hto,' and??". t'owKof us packing ! ?iiiiying*e all/in Pup, and the rest I filling iuhind/we made for the back ! rom of ?w Patten's place, j " First, P?P was stripped and ; tnderlyretched out on a poncho on oe floo>f Lew's back room. Then ?e forn 11 bucket brigade and passed ; ;long i??old water from a deep spring bom hundred yards from I^ew's, ivhile 11 Malion doused the Pup with t ! "..\f Tiro hud (hrown about a doz Mi r.i ets of spring water upon him hie P began to wriggle on the pon [?l,o ri sat up. As lie sat up Tim Klun mound behind him and put a bott of hartshorn beneath hia noso. The'up gav? a Navajo whoop and Kto< up straight but swaying like a Col# do aspen in a cyclone. ?oen from behind three or four of rousfith bu.kets full of water threw l)f t/ifi Oil T n r riitn- rVr jr iill it njUogradnally became clear enough to (jl.e'ablo '?? see out of his eyes and to heap rubby around the neckband. J 'This pleased Tim and .loo ho much It hat cich of them picked up a long I bui'iol stave ami began to give the Tup a Mexican massage? you could have Leard those slap-Micks a-working half a mile away. "The l'up started to cus>s thickly and more or less unintelligibly, but he wus Improving right along, and he was able to stand up stralghter every minute. Then Tim back-heeled him, threw him on the ponoho, pried his teeth open and poured Into him a powerful dove of fcplrttB o' ammonia in water ?fcat one of u. h;< got at the drug store) on the ?4vice | the druggist. . "Then Tanner sat oihwIio Pup, while Tiuiflckled the bottom* ot the Harvard ky'a fee*, with a straw for about tenuinutes, That appeared to be about ?* bent stltnl Of Ihr Wit, fof from ih<' beginning of It the Pup 1 started i to cuss connectedly and in . sequence Then ihe exrermlJ w;iter j cute, bifel-etave nia*rta|t??i HMtnitiiiiu I I'ocktajfend all the rest of It were gone of two or three times more, the IN bucking, tilde-wheeling and tossing!* matsr uselessly about all 1 he wle, f-i? that a little afier the Mionr noon, when the outfit let tip I on hi. the boy was looking out of eyes ut were quite middling sensible. "Hi imagining that be was tb* \j1<* tim a ha/ing at the hands of bis buniates, he was dead sore all the wujtbrough, and gatn? enough, at thii Jt> kIvw his soreness a tongue. You're h buncA of tin-horn cur intfeonrt,' h^ told ur as*. he sal shiver intt it hoilt any clothes on on a stool In corner of Lew l'atten's back room, u / then Tim, panting a little after h two hours of hard exertion, i|)ped forward. ''Son.' said Tim iu n kindly tone the Pup 'I hey ain't no ombrey ftttnj in this .yere tltour wlmt's ry thing ag'in you all? you ought t' now that. Wen we don t keer none r a man we can lind other ways o' ttin* him know it without goin' ut hirst y an' spendhv iwo ?>r three hours to' good rum-vacgtion t iino u-tryin' i' y evaporaittT^^Junipor juice out o' his I frame. 1 fct+ehS tnehhft you all'd hot tor read litis/ yore? it come this inornin' w'en you was a-slt'opin' on top o' th' drug plant, an', not want in' t' disturb you. 1 took lh' liberty o' openiu* an' readln' It,' and Tint handed the tele gram over to the I'ttp. "The Pup read It at one swill glance, and there was a lump in his throat and Just a slight break in his voice as he got to his fret and hold out hi* hand to Tim Malum " All Hght, Tim. and tin.' rest, of yOU follows.' ho said as he took all hands in with his gaze. '1 won't for get this. 1 had it figured out wrong- - hut I'm not going t^> forgot this that I you follows have done for nto.' I "Then h? put on his cattle-punching I logs, hrusned himsi If off all ttoai and I tidy, and half au hour before tlio train was due he came out of the harbor shop looking ?k trig as a new prairie Mchooilet' with n swabbed canvas cover. "When the train got in -No. I made A half-hour stop at Mars tow at. that time ? a tall, handsome, white-haired and stately-looking old lady, followed by a pair of tall young women of the kind tliftt you see pictures of in the magazines Init that were it hull lot ! scarce around IVarstow, stopped from the train, and we knew that they were the Pup's women folk, for they <t?il looked like him. So we started to mosey around to the other side of the station so's to he out of the way. "Hut the Pup wouldn't stand for that, lie gave us the shout to come j back. Then'" he was in the arms of his i mot he)" and two sister's all at once, I while Tim Malloti. with a soil of wan I and entlous grin, growled in his mus | taehe, 'say, wluit would you onibreys 1 do t' dosarve i\ hug front such speoi i mens o' (lod Almighty's creation as | them three kinswomen o' that boy's?' I and 1 reckon Tim echoed the thougHt ! that was in the minds of all of us. I "We all got the next best thing to a hug, at tha^ ami that was a hand i shake, for the Pup introduced all of us ho his mother and sisters? and Tim j was so nervous that he dropped his ! hat twice trying to take it off. I " 'And you are pjl here on a week's leave from the ranch?" said one of^ther ' Pup's ftwagger hirers to Tim/ 'And j you are all so?so ~self oontrtlnCiL' fjhe went on, 1 had jjeard and read that lr ww* nil ho {tyrterqpt"- that you cow buys y?Te Pitch y dear, wild, reckless and?shall I fay ll~*oeh a noisy lot when you ?>me Into the towns on your vacation#.' " 'We have t' stand f'r a heap o' slanderin', miss,' solemnly replied Tim, while the Pup, who wao standin' right behind his Bister and listening, gave an awful wink thai came mighty near busting Tim tip in his business. 'You ean't pay no sort o* Mention t' what you hear 'bout us?us coyotes ? and then Tim had Gp scuttle for the far rside of the statlpn to give himself a chance. "The Pup went on to 1 />* Angeles with his mother and sisters, and when he got back he had a swell new saddle and a bang tip pair of fringed chaps for each of us. "He's been in the cattle business on a big ranch of his own for a good many ?*ars now, and he has tatifthi a lot of little Pups how 10 rope r? Ment or stop a stampeded cayuse. But lie has never raised a caetus-fllled tin cup to his face since the de.y that Tim Mallon and the rest of his bunk-mates called ofT a semi-annual tool for the purpose of fixing him up to meet, with out shame, old No. 4 on the Saute Ke line."? C. L. C., in Washington tStar. Iceberg Warnings. I One of the latest ui.i]izdi?nft??-- "Of j wireless telegraphy at sea feT'in send I ing from ship to ship warnings of the i presence of iceberg*. "A steamer (tth | covering n flee! of bergs lying in the ! transatlantic traffic lanes can Immo | diately transmit electric signals r<> a I distance of 50 to. 100 miles aheaii?^i(lij : behind, thereby informing other ves*? i sels thai may be approaching the dan I gerous region. On a reccnf trip to New York th? Kaiser Wilhclm II. was thus warned of icebergs lying in her track from the Teutonic, which was sixty miles away. The Teutonic also ' repeated a warning received from the Caronia of the existence of another fleet o) bergs rather further along the course. Garden The Cow's Milk. When a cow is giving a pound of butter a day she Is subjecting her nor vt>u s system to h very severe si rain, for mm' gives besides i hat an t*i| uu 1 port ion <>f almost solid protein or nitro gen in ilit* form of casein, ami she has lo i-xt rati it with a very htmng uxor (. ise of nervous force. Doespts and Shrooshires. Doi'SCl fchCep produce lambs two 01 three Vt *???!<?* ^arliOr taut) other breeds. In tiome Australian t</sts j( wan shown that Shropshire* made more rapid growth and overtook tlm Dorsets l?y t ho i line i hoy were four months old. Dorsets, however, can bo used earlier and for very nice i ratio ai'o by many considered more proliiabh Protection Against Crows. for the benefit of all readers who raise corn, I will gladly send tV surf way of raising corn without the erows troubling It. To one-half bushel of corn, lake one pint of lias Tar, warmed and thinned with coal-oil. In ? clean place, mix ike (it?- ami coal-oil well through liie oorii, then now. We have planted acres of com every year and have never yet had any (rouble with crows. ? HOulah St (Mure Shepherd, in Tiie ICpitomli.it. Do Your Share of Improving. Improvements are daily taking place in every business and the farmer should by all means "keep up with the procession. '' We nil know that farm ing is a tailing that has Snefl sonic vast improvements dui inn the last few ! year::, and it is t hostfsKvho have taken I advantage of these improvements, as I hey have been offered, that are the ones who find (he "business of farm ing a successful one. It will pay any j farmer to keen his eyes open for things along this line and when he seiSi something that is good to take ] advantage of it'. ? Weekly Witness, If We Could Tell, It would he a valuable aid to ponl trymen and farmers if they could con trol the sex of their animals and birds, j and il would be a large saving if one could select ihe eggs thai produce pul lets instead of perhaps .saving a broofl j composed almost wholly of cockerels. Many theories have been advanced, such as selecting round and long eggs, j or those with the air bubble in the j center or at otto side; but as some hens lay all round eggs, and others eggs of different shapes, the shape of the egg can be "no guide. The differ ence lu the sexes is not great, but it is n problem. N't) one con tell in advance by examining the eggs, although occa sionally some one comes to the' front with a theory that is claimed to have been demonstrated. Wise men Jiave experimented and worked in that di rection for centuries, but nature has not divulged any of her secrets re garding sex. AH kinds' of matings have been made, and hundreds of methods tested, but the host policy to pursue is to take the same chances that have been presented to our an cestors, and which have not changed for us. ? Woman's Realm. Raising Horses for Market. The importance of selecting the best of stullions cannot be too much em phasized. It i? my conviction that the government- ?hwtld license anions, and only them up to ? bigl* aUndwrd : of quality find pedigree, Kvnry bi'oed- ! or to be successful must have hi? Ideal, j and work towards It by carefully mat- | Ing the characteristics of dam and | sire. There Is nothing against a mare's j being worked while pregnant ; in fact, j she would be better working than otherwise, but in every case her shoes should be removed, because the foot has not (he sensitive feeling when tho shoe Is on. and after fooling she might tramp on her foal. She should be gently handled and liberally fed on nutritious food, but in no ease should it be of a very succulent nature. Much laxative food has a tendency to weak en the foal. A foal should not be allowed to run with Its dam while the latter is at work, but should remain in a roomy, well-lighted box stall, and taught to eat oats mixed with a little bran, water being within reach. In any ease the foal should be taught j to eat several weeks before weaning. It should be halter-broken and tied when ouite young. The foal has now* arrived at. the most critical stage of ite life. A roomy box-siall, with plen ty of exercise in the open air daily is necessary for the pi ope;- development of muscle and general health. A good ^grain ration for the winter would be cHtsbed oats and bran, three parts oatlS^o one part bran. An average get from five to six quarts of this' mature daily, with plenty "or good elover^urd a few roots. Salt -should he wlthTh\reach. In no ease should they be fed n?qre than is eaten up clean at each feed/j * The feet should h<? frequently ex amined, and pared wiuitK necessary. The young animal should l/o kept in a thrifty, growing condition/until ready for market. The education of horses, beginning at tho beginning as it should, may be summed up in three words: Gentleness, patience and firm ness. No animal should be offered for sale unless thoroughly finished. A finished horxe if a horse in .t high condition, presenting in unworn appeiWance. See that t ho feet it not broken. Haw i ho man<? pulh <1 aii<! ili>' m jai^hi oiiod. Trim nil Ion/, coarse hair* on ours and jaws. Have the noise fat. Then consult the market, and itsk for and stick ?" a uood. lair p? !<??>. \\ F. Kydd, in Miissai linsotts Ploughman. It Pays on the Farrin As a genera I i hint.; farmers are In elinod to give their ;t 1 1 < ? n i ion entirely to i 1 u?*y? of business from which ihoy expect fb gef lin' greater part of thoir income ami tin* tnfuof source of in come receives but lilt lo thought or at trillion Many farmers art* known to mo \s lio practice mixed farming, Init v. ''''M' tnl uiiihi I v upon tiio sale of hay and grmttr They Ui:pi only cliouiih stock to consume tin* roughage, t^uch as oat straw and l he coarBost hay. Ktlil were content to ,lmy cows that were mostly culls and would yield only from 75 to 126 pounds^# hut tor per year. Dairymen who in a lye the dairy profit able* consider mis ignorance or gross Indifferofjce or neglect ; hut as a gen eral tiling they keep poultry on l ho same plan, evidently more! for 'lie con venience which the eggs and poultry afford thai for the prollt they find in il. As a rule, farmers have reason (<> complain of hard times more because they fail to look after all (ho details of l heir business than from unjust loizislat -it;n. The one may be remedied by their own eiVorl, hut the. other is iV>l directly under (heir jiiri^dlctiou. It given a little well-directed attention, puulUy is i!><* of the most paying sources on the hfrn Youngi fowls only .should bo kepi. not of?*r two to four years old. according lo the biecd- J Food should h?* given in a variety, avoiding too much oi ih<' fat forming substances. I have fed. a mixture, of two parts bran meal *o i of wheat, wheat screenings. < racked corn, oats, oatmeal, corntnoal, etc., varying (he mixture as much us possi ble from djt.v I" . A litile salt, red pepper, and elnvJPvil powdered line in tiiis feed will be greatly beneficial. About one gallon of this mixed feed will <10 for tiftern to eighteen fowls. In the winter feed more of it, serving the breakfast hot. Occasionally i give a head of cabbage and a frequent- tjtip ply of apples, pigmy of fresh water tit all times, some scraps, meat and ani mal meal, an occasional basket of grass s<*eds from the bain door, and have oyster shells always accessible. One hundred hens have been made to produce from $-0 io $2"> per month during <IU* Winter season, and a little over $2.25 for each during the year. I am confident. of the fact that anyone who argues that this att<?:ion j?< hot necessary, as they can 'get as many eggs with half the care, does not know what their Income is, nor what it costs to produce the eggu. Poult rvnien who have no warm place for their fowls in winter will find il best to keep some of the larger breeds which have a IToavy coat of feathers, and keep them out of snow and care for them proper ly when eggs are high, imd they will find better profits. A pure-bred White Plymouth Itock male makes a good cross for these con ditions, and they malum quickly. A brood of this cross hatched early in May began laying early in Of lobar, o>' from four to aix week's earlier than pujebroq ftusG?aonib White Leghorn# hatchfld the ?anu? day und Uopt under the^iftmo eojidftionn, Judging from ac count*, fowls which a ro Kept confined and huve to bo furnished everything, can he kepi aa cheaply as a cow, and produce In a year from 8125 to $175, or more, while ths cow may bring In $73 if ahe lu a choice animal. 1 ThefO fore, the farmers would bo better off in every respect if they would pay more attention to the smaller incomes which, if attended to in the* right man ner, often bring' in the moat clear profits. ? The Feather. The Eirds In the Moon. The instinct of migration is one of the most wonderful in the world. A young bobwhlte and a bobolink aro hatched in the same 'New England field. Thflflttrmer grows up and during the fall and winter forms one of the covey which is content to wander a mile or two hero and there, in seach of good feeding" grounds. Hardly has the bobolink donned his fi:>>t full dress before an irresistible impulse seizes him. One night ho rises up and up, ever higher on fluteiing wings, sets his course southward, gives you a glimpse of him athwart. t^? moon, and keeps on through Virginia to Vlorida, across seas, over tropical islands, far tnto South America, never content until he has put the great Amazon between him aiul his far-distant birth pmrr. ? rVy C. XV lllliLQl Ueebc. in Rcc reation. Coal Ashes and Fertilizers. The Chinese government is facing a problem difficult to solve. From time immemorial the cansils which abound In the country have supplied a fertiliz ing humus, which is dredged from their bottoms and sold to the peasants for their fields. Complaints are now mado that, the value of this fertilizing humus is greatly Impaired by the eo?J ashes dumped into the canals by the slecun boats. x Prune Sauce. fioaK l ho prunes over night : ill tllft' morning IhuI hi ii i I ihey will mI i p from (III1 stones easily WhttU USCil Slip t belli from tli?> stimca and *erve with rich **eaiu. To Dint pound of iirutK'H, whon pill OU ro stew, adil l ho juice unit thin yellow rim/ t*i an orange; whi'n done, (hat is, wh?Mi f it ? Moncs are h?ose, sweeten with ph*m^ of sugar. This* naueo is excellent with fithbil or v< ni j?on? ? Cakot' Mix thoroughly, two ciipluls of buck-* wheat Hour, a lltfto >?alt ami three tea spoon fills of halting powder; then <t <i(l milk ami water of equal parts, to mako the batjer the proper consUUniey. Add a llttfo molasses, which will improve their e?jtot'. fc'ry on a gt'Udlo (soap Atom* preferred1! u??d plane in tkc cen ter of the platter. Casseroled Kidneys. Cassf-rojed kidneys mako it very good luncheon or supper dish. S>V<c* ;? sin. ill onion ami fry it in butter UNtll a golden brown Add d generoftt spoonful of ehoppt'd parsley, a*d fry the kidneys for several minutes. Addi n cupful of stork. a little H?at>ou)ag? fluid extract and a teaspoonfill /enion juice. Mention with salt and tabasco sauce, cover the casserole tighily and took in a very mocVrato oven for two hours. .Mushrooms may be added If liked. This greatly Jm proves the dish. Home-Made Yeast. l>oil six large potatoes in three pints (if water. Tie a handful of liopu in a small muslin bag and boil with tlx- po O t a toes; whetl thoroughly cooked drain I he water on enough Hour to make a thin halter; set this on the stove or ran go and scald it enough to cook tho Hour (tills makes the yeast kvep lon ger) ; remove it from the life, aid whon cool enough, add the polatouw mashed, also half a cup of sugar, half a i ablespoon I'ul of ginger, Itfo of suit and a leaeiipful of yeast. - Let /' standi in a warm place until it baa t hoiYMHSfh* ly risen, then put it in a large-mout f)c*1 jug and cork tightly; set away In it cool place. The jflg should Is1 scalded before putting in the yeast. Two thirds of a eoffeecupful of thin yeast will mako four loaves. Hash. The ordinary beef hash, which i* hated by everyone living on boardins house fare, will change Its entire chiwr acter if bread crumbs instead of poti# toes are used in it.s mukoup. Tk& potatoes mi need together and inolflV efted become soggy and make this dish1 heavy and unpalatable. Use bread crnmbs grated from a. loaf that is too stale to serve on the table. The pro portion is a enp of these to every two cups of meal. Season thoroughly With salt and pepper. A tiny piueh of thyme or summer savory is a goot* * addition. Use milk as moistening, ban not too much. An egg, though un necessary, will make the hash richer Mix three cups of finely chopped ham with the same amount of toasted bread crumb*, add two eggs and one-half cup of milk, i'rtck in a baking pan, cover the top wit it cracker cmmbfi and bake for half ftn hour. This is nico aerved asia breakfast dish with a poached org Oil each aide, ' D?eful Hint#. Red cabba?t? In a vegetable which used rightly is very good. It la no longer the tyitfiion to ama oyjjters with lornon quartern, If you have a Jardiniere of feme, b* mire to glvo them plenty of water. Charlotte Russo Jh one of the ea?ie#t as well as ope of the best desserts ever invented. An applo and cress salad, which is ar, Norman preparation, may be welcome at this seauon. Plates decorated with Mother Goose pictures and nursery rhyfnes arc now made to please children. French dressing is much improved for some salads by tho addition of a tablespoonful or two of catsup. A good authority on Wilton and Ax* minster yarpets tells Us that they should nerPV be sweijJ- with a straw broom. ,? , > C A Krefjch cook recommends the use of a bit of butter when boiling fresh vegetables. It whitens tho water and makes the vegetables .more tender. Some housekeepers put a peeled onion inside a fowl that Is to be kept forSrny length of time. This absorb# germs that would otherwise infect the meat. Canaries are fond of green food, and when iettuco is scarce a substitute .Is offered in a little of their favorite seed planted In small flowerpots and a 1 TOWPTT "CO Riur, And if only one or two ruga can bo bought at first, choose aoft, rich tones, which will harmonize with everything, and patterns which are good, but not very striking, and you will ncvor tire of them. Sour oranges may bo utiMzcd In a delicious salad. Slice the oranges not too thja. and remove the akin, leaving the pulp in small triangular pieces. Serve on lettuce or crisped watercress, with French dressing, or white mayoq. ualM.