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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. !
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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| 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
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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
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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.
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. HUNTERS.
DOE.
ur honest opinion of this picture."
?"It's utterly "worthless."
it all the same."?Punch.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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