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> ^ P-.l | ? ????? | household I ^ patters it ! Cluardins: Matches. , Always keep matches in boxes well out of reach of little fingers, and many a fearful death and bad burn will then be avoided. Chain Bottle Cleaner. ! r>v: I The really ideal bottle cleaner is undoubtedly of chain. By shaking the chain around inside the bottle anything adhering to its sides must be removed. I ? Attached to the chain is a brush to be used in cleaning the stopper. ft -' A Kitchen Apron. An excellent kitchen apron is made of unbleached muslin. This is superior to the ginghams and seersuckers more generally used, for the reason that it ? can be thoroughly boiled and thus disinfected of all possible microbes. A few washings give it a snowy whiteness. which adds very much to the daintiness of the cook's appearance. Bed Comfortables. The down and cotton comfortables, which it is wise to keep ''handy" for cool nights, should be provided with a slip cover, which can be buttoned or tied together. Made of plain white muslin it looks delightfully cool, and " can be washed every week as readily as a sheet. This simplifies the problem I p; of having the comfortable always fresh and sweet without laborious cleaning at home or an expensive visit to the fife ""dry-cleaner's." ly Row to Make Tea. Tea s*hould be bought in small quantitles and kept in an air-tight tea ; caddie. '1110 waier useu iui iuumji* ic? j should be freshly boiled, because below the boiling point the stimulating property (theine) is not. extracted. Tea I should always be infused, and never permitted to boil. Long steeping extracts the bitter principles,(tannie acid) destroying entirely the delicate flavor ?, and aroma. First scald the teapot, dry it, then add the proportions of one level tea-spoon of tea to one cup of boiling ; "Water; let infuse four or live minutes. If too strong, add m#re boiling water; if not of sufficient strength, add more tea; do not attempt to get the strength by longer steeping.?Men and Women. Getting Kid of Pests. Rats and Mice?Peppermint sprigs laid around shelves and places these pests frequent will drive them away. Chloride of lime sprinkled about is also effective. Ants and Roaches?Powdered borax scattered in their haunts is a "sure cure." Que teaspoouful of tartar emetic mixed with one teaspoouful of sugar, and put where ants are trouDiesome, will drive them away in a day. Fleas?These may be driven away by scattering either lime or cayenne pepper in the places which they frequent. Oil of pennyroyal is also good. ?Tlinea mov 1\? nrovDnto/1 hv I'Zj *UUlUO 1 ucot H/V, yi * v?vvv? the use of-moth-balls, or bags made of -crushed lavender and lemon-verbena "with clover and other pungent spice. Powdered borax, camphor and cedar -dust are all effective. Flies and Mosquitoes?The best preventive is tight screens and constant vigilance. Mosquitoes dislike lavender an? green walnut. Fly paper is made as follows: Take equal parts of n elted resin .and castor oil, and spread while warm on strong, thick paper. Or use 'four ounces of quassia chips boiled in one pint of water. When cold strain, then add water to make one pint, and two ounces of alcohol. Sweeten with sugar, and pour in saucer.?Woman's Home Companion. Stewed Mushrooms?Flood the chafing dish with really good olive oil. Put in a teaspoonful of paprika and a pinch, of salt. Drop in the mushrooms after having stalked and peeled them, black part uppermost. Cover up and listen to the appetizing sizzling for seven minutes. They should then be done to a tqm. Stewed Mutton With Macaroni?Cut j B|/ a lialf to one pound of mutton into small pieces. Put a layer of carrots,, turnips and celery into a saucepan, ||j&> then a layer of meat, then seasoning p and more vegetables. Add two quarts gg^ of water, bring to the boil, then simmer gently for one hour. Tut in half a ip". pound of macaroni and simmer till all is tender. Add seasoning to taste and j0.-f; serve in a deep dish. Savory Rice?A very good dish for Era? supper. Wash three ounces of rice gjif" and boil in half a pint of milk till tender, add pepper and salt to taste. Ip Butter a piedisb, spread half the rice j if;: ' in it, sprinkle one ounce of grated | !?;' - cheese tParmesan, if possible) 011 it. P * add the rest of the rice, scatter over it some more cheese, put butter on the top in small pieces, and brown in a ! quick oven. Planked White Fish?Clean, split and J season a three-pound fish: have ready . an oakplank about an inch thick, and Kp a little longer and wider than the fi^u; luuiuugui^ li^ai iue puuiK. lay on xne & . fish, skin side down, brush with melted jgr* fcutter and bake in a hot oven about U twenty-five minutes. The fish may HI also be cooked under the flame in the gas range. When done, brush with melted butter, garnish with parsley m and lemon, and send to the table on tte P^nk. THEIR MOTHER'S EXAMPLE.' "Lost, Strayed or stolen, ? <hn Prodi?*a. j Keturn<u* to t!ie Fold. There is a club woman with two ; pretty daughters who deserted lier family last Sunday night to go take tea with a couple of girls whom she ' knew. Now, having these giddy daugh- ! ters. she had sort of grown to be re- ; garded as "mother." but she is really j uncommonly attractive, and the girls ! whom she wont to see and the young i man who was taking tea with them j had 110 idea of relegating their guest j to any background of niatronliood. So I they laughed at her intention of going I to "mooting" after supper, aiul a jolly i evening sped all too quickly. Meanwhile mother" was being j missed at home. The girls, going duti- j fully to church with their beaux, were , ! amazed not to see their revered parent occupying her usuai place in the pew. The boys came home with theiu after church and stayed until 11 o'clock, and still 110 sign of the feminine head of the house. At TI."0 their falimr descended from the library to inquire where 011 earth their mother was, and a counsel of anxiety was held as to what could possibly have become of the vanished lady. The father's proposition to make inanities at the res: rlonce where his wife had taken ten ! wns vetoed by his daughters. who said J the young ladies must be asleep in j their beds, and his sanity" would be questioned should lie'arrive on such# au errand. At 11.4."?of a Sunday night?"moth- i er's" light footfall was heard on the steps, and she bustled cheerfully in. "Wliy. where are all the boys who are usually here Sunday night':"'she inquired. "Didn't, any of tlieni callV" She was assured that they had called. "Well, was there any trouble?' Did any of them get mad that they left so early?' she continued, with a glance at hot husband, who was not prone to honor the Sunday evening gatherings with his presence. "Early!" her aghast family exclaimed in chorus, "do you call ten minutes to 12 o'clock early?" And "mother." who had had a real good time, and thought it was about 9.45 o'clock, has not recovered yet.? Baltimore Sun. WORDS OF WISDOM. Floating capital is a good thing when attached to a solid anchor. Some men seem to believe that money was only made to make. The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not langhffd.?Chamfort. Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back.?Charles Ivingsley. Whatever our darkness. Coil is in it; and. through faith in Him, if we have not light at once, we have peace.?William Mountford. ' Don't march in every parade. Sometimes take a comfortable seat in the j reviewing stand and let your feliow i men march past you. The sun can shine on but or.e side of a wall. If you have been living on the shady side and are too lazy to climb over, don't blame the sun. A great sermon was preached in these words: Take your happiness as you go along. Make the most of small pleasures and the least of small annoyances. If we do not cultivate our spiritual nature it lies dormant within us. and we are dead to a whole realm of the highest pleasures, the noblest possibilities vouchsafed to humanity. Suicide in Japan. The ancient custom of disposing of one's troubles by suicide does not prevail in Japan as much as formerly, but compared with other countries the number of those who annually take J their own lives seems very large. Fifty years ago, when a man was in- j in* L-iiio/i himself instead of the i OUU^U UV. U4WVM offender:*, and the supreme vengeance against an enemy was to commit suicide uron his doorstep, because that placed a curse upon him and his family and his home forever that couid not be removed. Suicide was considered an honorable death, much more honorable than fighting a duel. It was also a sublime method of showing j gratitude and affection. Many a serj vant voluntarily followed his master, i as many a knight followed his daimio ! I to the Japanese heaven. When ?iis- j | graced or convicted or accused of (iis- j j houoratle conduct, particularly among j j the military element, suicide was a i means of atonement and a penance j I that sufficed for any crime. Officers in ! J the army were given a choice between | suicide and court martial. Many of j j these ideas still cling to the old-fash- J j ionod part of the population, particularly in the interior of the country, j I The number of suicides is actually i ! very large, and increasing. " ' I A Gay Old ISirJ. ! Excluding Marquette. Mich., which j city boasts of a man 103 years old, ! Baric River, Delta County, is the home | of the only centenarian in the upper j j peninsula of Michigan. He is still in good heaith and believes he will live j T T ?.-? ?A IV* A Jc ! | for twenty year? more. m.> iunwc .o , j Levi Rivers, and. like the Marquette j I centenarian, lie is of French descent, I liis father having fought with Lafay! ette in the Revolution. He has been j twice married and is twice a widower, i He has eleven children, three grand| children and live great-grandchildren. | He may easily be taken for a man of i seventy or less. Ilis mind is clear and his memory is good. Questioned as to , the secret of his longevity, the old mail replied that he had observed 110 particular rule of health; in fact, for the PiSt eighty years he has violated about every injunction laid down by medical j men.?Detroit News. j POWER BEHINI I 3 SERGE JUL1EY The assassination of liis strongest op questionably, the leader among Russ>a to avert wrecks! A student of railway and railroad accidents and their causes comes forward with an invention which is designed to avert the so frequently rei ,1 ..11iii!ini THE AUTOMATIC WRECK AYERTER. curring horrors which have stained with blood the history of railroading in this and other countries. When, from any cause or other, it is desired to stop a train of ears due at an^v point, the custom is now to send a flagman bacl; to signal to the engineer of the due train. At other times a lantern is set at the side of the track, and still at other times a torpedo is placed on the rail. But flagmen have gone to sleep, engineers have failed to see the lanterns and have not heard the torpedoes. The new invention requires the equipment of trains with automatic brake arrangements which are to be operated by means of a "shoe" fastened to the rail. One of these "shoes" having been put in place near the point at which it is desired to stop the train the railroad men can proceed c-a-idt: Artist (at work)?"Now give me yo Visitor (who fancies himself a critic)Artist (dreamily)?"Ye-e-s?but give J ) THE THRONE. \ ITCH WITTE. ponent, Yon Plehve, leaves him, un11 statesmen. with their duties without fear of the oncoming locomotive and its cars passing many feet beyond. As the train passes over the "shoe*' a lever on each set of trucks is thrown by the "shoe*' and the brakes immediately applied, so that when the whole train has passed every wheel has been set firmly and there is no possibility of the train going any farther. Carbide of Calcium. Ordinarilv the formation of calcium carbide requires a degree of beat which can only be secured in the electric furnace. At a recent meeting of the Academy of Sciences, in Paris, M. Henri Moissan stated that metallic calcinm, ,at a red heat, will combine with the finely divided carbon contained in smoke. The product is pure calcium carbide, crystalized and transparent. ? V, _ < i ANT ON I, CHIKr ox* xiiifi XoOXiOXx. xix-ao . HUNTERS. DOE. ur honest opinion of this picture." ?"It's utterly "worthless." it all the same."?Punch. ^)1533 Kepair the lools. Ilave you a workshop in which to repair tools? Whirtietrees. hoe handles and the like should be repaired rainy days and not left until the busy time when they 'are needed most. The Weed Seed. Now is the time to raise your erop of weed seed for nexb year. No great amount of care is needed to secure a large crop but you will have to bustle next year in order to keep down their progeny. Hints About the Sow. . Feed the sows that have summer pigs slops rather than too much grain, and don't encourage the pigs to eat much corn yet. Give them slop. But don't feed sour slop. We've told you that before. Setting Strawberries. Autumn is not considered as good a time for setting strawberries as the spring, but there is a word to be said. If the ground is ready and there is time to set them they will get established before cold weather. Next spring they wiii be ready to grow and will gpt a good start before the new beds are set. They will bear a small crop if allowed to do so, lnit it is J-- ~<V *l> ~ Mftc-nmL- <111/1 ueuei" IU picik UU luc uiusoumo Iiuu let the strength of the plant go to the new growth. A great difficulty is the fall drouth. If the ground is moist the plants should grow well enough.?National Fruit Grower. A Great Waste. "One of the most universal wastes 011 the farm," said the late Colonel J. H. Brigham, Assistaut Secretary of Agriculture, "arises from the practice of keeping scrub stock, which is likely to occasion loss rather than profit. Coincident with this is the common waste resulting from careless feeding and lack of proper shelter for and attention to farm stock. The neglect of probably the majority of farmers to keep close account of the various details of farm expense and production results in farmers continuing to raise this scrub stock whereas they would otherwise weed it out without delay." Pruning Currants. The fruit is borne on both old and new wood, but the best fruit is produced by one, two and three-year-old canes. After three years of age the old wood should be cut out, leafing from four to eight stems of varying ages not exceeding three years. No wood over three years of age should be kept, as it then becomes hollow and rough barked, and harbors, worms, insect eggs and fungous spores. To destroy these the old wood should always be cut out, gathered and burned immediately after removal, and not ivin?r around, as is sometimes done. The old idea of training the currant in the form of a tree is not now considered profitable, but rathenthe plant is allowed to sucker, and send up many stems, the number being limited as above described.?N. E. Homestead, in the Mirror and Farmer. i Clean Xestg. A filthy nest is an eyesore in many a hen house. To obviate this a movable box, one that is easy of access, but cannot be roosted upon, should be used. The cut gives such a one and lir- ue*n found by constant use for , - t I i tutti , years to be ahead of all others. They can be made in two sections, but in that case a solid partition should be in the centre to prevent hens fighting and breaking eggs.?W. B. German, in The Epilomist. A Good Ejtjt Preservative. In giving the readers of this department the benefit of the method most used for the preservation of eggs, it is done with the hope that the eggs thus preserved will be used at home, or, if sold, sold strictly on their merits. It is the selling of preserved eggs as "strictly fresh" that has ruined the poultry business of more than one man. If one has strictly fresh eggs that he can guarantee in midwinter, sell them as such and demand the highest price. t" ' * j ? ,1 ?< > t, it tue eggs ouereu are pieaci > cu, saj so. The best egg preservative now known is water glass, or, in other words, a solution of silicate of sodium procurable at any drug store. Put the solution in an earthen vessel, add nine times its bulk of water, and put in it as many eggs as the solution will cover. Then place a cover over the vessel and place it in a cool cellar. Eggs preserved now in the manner described will keep in good coadition for seven or eight months. It is necessary that the eggs be perfectly fresh when they are put in the preserving fluid, or they.will not keep as long as stated. Thrush In Horses. In nine cases out of ten when thrush ceurs it is due to the horse standing ' *?> ><*& \ f V_ " ?? . iii filth, so that the prevention of the trouble is plain to be seen. Investiga-/ > lion will prove that the majority of the horses afllicted with thrush are heavily fed and given little exercise, and, as stated, stand in filth.. While there are many honest differences of opinion as to what material constitutes ' * the best floor for a horse, it is certain that the floor must be kept reasonably, clean or the animal will contract disease of some kind. The best treatment for thrush is to cleanse the' foot i \ thoroughly, soaking it well in water as hot as the horse will stand, if neces- j sary. and then place calomel in all the crevices of the frog, covering it with oakum to hold it iu place; this dressing must be changed daily. Place the horse in a large box stall and provide a heavy bed of straw so that there will be a sort of cushion for the feet at all times. While the horse is in the stall and not fit to exercise a great deal, cut the rations down, being careful that the animal has sufficient variety to keep the bowels in good, condition. As soon as the animal can be given exercise it should be taken out of doors several times a day. The . dressing should be faithfully applied f until the discharge of matter ceases; * ^ A Grindstone Frame. S A correspondent has drawn an Qjntline of what he has done with an old wheel that had passed its usefulness nn iha rAQr? o ho eorc VU llic AVUUj UiiU UC. OU J O A iUVl v>~ fore made a grindstone frame of it* and it works so well that if I could not procure another money would not buy it. In construction it is very sim- ' '< pie. Anybody handy with tools caa wK A BICICLE GRINDSTONE. make it. The seat is two-inch chestnut plank. You will notice that'the seat plank has a neck (that is so the. legs can use foot pedals). The sprocket of the back bicycle wheel C is on the axle of the grindstone. A is the! sprocket as it belongs on the wheel chain to connect with the grindstone sprocket; B the frame inserted in the seat, a one-Inch hole being bored in the same; D a single leg to prevent it from being front heavy; E a foot ^ pedal, connected with the front leg to connection F to pedal bar G, both mnrlo nf lmrrl wnnrt ?tip hv twn inchp?L Oat Hay. Farmers who intend making oat hay should keep careful watch on the crop that it does not become too mature. For hay, oats should be harvested when the grain is in the dough stage, not when ripe enough to thresh. When cut at this time there will be no danger of losing any of the grain,' as it will not shell, and the quali./ of straw , will also be worth much more as a feed. The stems and leaves of "the * plant can all be saved and they will cure into very good feed for almost any class of stock. Of course if the crop , Is intended for seed or grain, it should not be harvested until thoroughly ma- . tured. It should be remembered, however, that a day or two of nice growing weather will make a great differ- . ence in the condition of any crop, es-< pecially when near maturity. For. this reason we say, keep close tab upon them, and no matter what.they are to be harvested for, endeavor to do the cutting at just the right period. Weather conditions may sometimes interfere with one's harvest, and that, of course, cannot very well be helped, but as far as possible every farmer > should make it a point to have all conditions under his control and then see that everything is done exactly on time. Every year there are many dol- , Iars' worth of crops lost by neglect in harvesting them at just the right titne. Overripe crops, especially grains, are always handled with crent toss, ever* at the best.. Be on time, and by so doing save pounds of roughage feed wbeij in prime condition and every bushel of grain when mature, and when it will cost the least to harvest?Farmer's < Guide. Farm Hintg. A cross-bred animal should never be chosen as a breeder. * There is 110 single breed that possesses only good qualities. Nothing so surely impoverishes the farm as the selling of hay. With improved stock, to insure success, must come improved treatment. ' Any kind of live stock will depre- , ciate in value when cut short in their rations. Always sift coal ashes before putting them in the dust box for the use of poultry. In |iot weather especially, horses subject to colic should be handled with great care. All things considered the best place to put manure is on a freshly plowed soil. Haul out as fast as made. A little care in the matter of watering and feeding horses will prevent much sickness and consequent loss. In breeding, other things being equal, the more vigorous animal tends to impress itself upon the progeny. It is much easier to tell how a thing should be done than it is to demonstrate the advantages of a plan by exDeriment ' ' ;Va^^8 S'