Belletonte, Pa., July 17, 1914. THE SCARECROW AND THE SNOW MAN. ‘The scarecrow was chasing the snow man— No, it wasn’t a dream at all, For I saw them as plain as daylight, From the top of our garden-wall. There were miles and miles between them. Or months, perhaps I should say, For the snow man passed in December, And the scarecrow passed in May. The chase was very exciting, As on and on they whirled, But they came no nearer together, For I followed them round the world. But the winds blew hard on the scarecrow. And he found no place to hide; They tore him to rags and tatters, And scattered him far and wide. And the sun beat down on the snow man, In his garments of dingy white; I saw him grow smaller and smaller, Till he vanished quite out of sight. But each year the chase is repeated; You can see it as well as I, If you live near my father’s garden And watch while they're passing by. Harriet Hunting Pierson in St. Nicholas. FROM INDIA. By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern Country.» Writing Home Under Difficulties. Strike on the Railroad, and Contemplated Visit of Traveling Missionary. JHANSI, JUNE 5th, 1913. Dear Home Folk: The same hot, hot days, the same food> the same everything; how am I to find something new and interesting to write about, and yet I know a good writer ought to be able, with just those things, to make over and tell in a new way, a most interesting letter. So here goes for a try. To start with, I have put on for the first time a white dress I brought with me and was so pleased with myself for having energy enough to hunt crochet buttons long buried in my trunk, that] | made a second search and brought to | light a light blue sash, sloppy enough to | suit any one. It also was an American product and was made for a tiny waist, but mine has increased, from the morn- ing going without stays, and the after- noon wearing a make-believe one, that only touches in spots, so truly, I muchly resembled a nice fat feather pillow, with a blue silk ribbon to indicate where the middle line was intended to be. After having had tea (ice-water, toast and cake) I started out on the search for a cool spot from whence this wonderful product might be produced. “Punkahs,” after being under them for four hours at a stretch, make me weary with their ceaseless swinging to and fro; and the “kuskus,” unless thoroughly wetted and a good breeze blowing from their side, are a delusion and a snare, and as the breeze was from the other side I ‘heard the creak of our palms, which I had put on the eastern side of the veranda so the “loo” would not burn them up entirely. The suggestion’ of the wind among the palms and ferns made me perch my- self on the end of the “punkah coolie’s” box, and here I am, with a fierce wind, which is fortunately fairly cool, rustling the plants all around me, twisting my hair into what will look like stringlets, but still, drying the perspiration so quick- ly that I feel delightfully cool. All out- side is the bare earth, too thoroughly loved by the sun to have energy to pro- duce a blade of grass or even a weed; the trees, “paugl” (crazy) things, are just coming into leaf, and these tender little green things look, in the even- ing, as though you had poured hot water over them, and you might eat them for spinach. But the night nurses them and kisses them with nice cool breezes and next morning they look as fresh as yours | know my long suit is not house-keeping, i wanted for a story; when they have that might, with plenty of rain and dew. The repetition goes on and how they ever be- come big, full-grown leaves, I haven’t fathomed; but they do, and just now they make 2 beautiful, pale green layer between the blue sky and the yellow earth. It is curious how much one owes to these nice, cool, dark nights. You go to bed here tired and hot, scarcely car- ing whether you ever wake up, you feel so exhausted, but when the first streak of light frets the eastern sky, your eyes pop open and you realize that, although you expected to lie awake and have to count the stars, or try to invent music from the various dog’s barks, you have been | lulled to sleep and up you get, with re- | newed energy, and off you go to another fray with those irritating, uneducated, + smelly native people. Don’t think I am a raving, crazy thing, for I warned you in the beginning, so what would you ex- pect. I have been alone since Monday—that is in the bungalow. Miss McL., who, as I told you, has had a mild attack of eu- teric fever (typhoid) after a month had recovered far enough to send her off to the hills and in so doing I ran into anoth- er experience. We drove down to the station, a distance of two miles, through the heat and dust and were a bit late so fussed around, buying tickets and weigh- ing luggage, to find that the men had gone off on a strike and the train would be in sometime (run by officials.) ‘Well, we waited and asked and finally were told that it might be in at eleven o'clock that night, or two or four in the morn-| ing, and we might as well go home and have our dinner and come back at eight o'clock, and so we did. When we got there again—no absolute knowledge, and I smiled, knowing of such things at home. Along about 10.30 the train did come and we put our patient on board, and it was with a distinct feeling of thankfulness that we drove home. She is a trained nurse from Boston town and thinks poor folks from down Philadel- phia way don’t know “beans when the bag’s open,” so, that although I insisted she would not gain strength in this heat, and she had better try to be very still and not do too much packing, yet she, three days out of bed (after a month’s illness) went to work with a vim, and nearly had a relapse. Ithought if we ' could get her away to a new place she couldn’t work, for they wouldn’t let her. | The strike is still on and trains and mail are coming in at any time. Now it’s time to go to jolly those sick people | at the ‘“orspital.” Good afternoon.—Again, having con- | gratulated myself upon how nice it was | to be alone and to be master of part of | your time at least, fate shattered my | complacency to bits. I was up all night last night and was feeling rather grouchy so made up my mind to get to rest early | and perhaps sleep all afternoon, but after going around the hospital, then around the grounds to see whether the workmen had repaired the wall correctly, and was just ready to come to the bungalow, when a telegram was handed to me. An in- quisitive, traveling missionary lady in- formed me that she would give herself | the pleasure of stopping for a day and a night with me. To say that I was riled didn’t express it, for I must needs hasten to bake a cake, fix up a dismantled room, send a refusal to a dinner party that I was intending to attend, have our ser- vants get a dinner ready for two at home, besides various other meals, and also lose my muchly needed beauty sleep. And this all because said lady has not seen me as yet so wishes to know wheth- er I am up to her ideal. Fortunately her train is nine hours’ late, thanks to that strike, and I am writing this to you in that time. For once I thank the “strikers.” You and I do rebel when I have to show off an accomplishment I don’t possess. The fine east wind I told you of yes- terday is still blowing and now I am told that it will surely bring the rains, and that very early. If it does, this summer in India has not been any worse than some I have spent in Philadelphia. But I guess it will be a wise thing to wait and see what “the morrow holds.” (Continued next week.) Salaries of Moving Picture Directors. In the July Woman's Home Companion Daniel Frohman, the well known theat- rical manager, writes a practical article entitled “How to Write a Moving Picture Play”¥which contains many interesting stories and also suggestions of great value to authors who would like to take up the writing of moving picture scen- arios. On the importance of the moving picture director Mr. Frohman says: “There are not many people gifted with the ability to prepare a moving pic- ture scenario or outline of the episodes talent, their services are well paid for by the manufacturers. In fact, the different firms carry their official dramatists, or stage directors—men who draw salaries of ten thousand dollars or more—men of rare creative ability. One well known director draws fifty thousand dollars a year.” | | 1 Replacing Delusions. If the popular imagination is to be- come heated to a point where it dis- cerns an attempt at abduction in every “dizzy feeling” or momentary illness suffered by a young woman in a pub- lic place, it will be unsafe for a man to offer the slightest civility to any person of the other sex whom he does not happen to know. To assist a wom- an into a car will subject him to sus- picion, and to go to her aid if she faints in the street will render him li- able to arrest as a white-slaver. Anatole France says somewhere that one result of getting rid of old delusions is that they are often re- placed with others of worse aspect. This present phase of popular credul- ity on the subject would deserve to be regarded merely as silly if it were not for the tendency of an exaggera- tion of the fancied dangers of the evil to confuse the public mind about its real dangers. Why Parsons Might Not Hunt. An English clergyman may shoot birds without outraging popular senti- ment, why not, then, ride after a fox? To find the answer we must prob- ably go back to those old days when hard riding meant hard drinking, and when spiritual life was at a low ebb. The “hunting parson” came to be a type of cleric who habitually neglect- ed his duties. It is a happy circum- stance that in these days foxhunting need no longer be a reproach because the greater reproach has been re- moved. A parson who does his work faithfully and well need not be grudged a few hours’ gallop in his leisure moments. Indeed, he can do it all the better for the exercise, and win respect for his spiritual teaching by gaining a reputation for manli- ness and pluck. Croesus Preferred. Two poets sat having a frugal glass. “lI wish Burns and Poe were with us tonight,” said one. “We could have a rollicking time.” “I'd rather have Croesus here,” said the other. “He could buy a few arinks. Those other fellows wouldn't have a cent.” ——They are all good enough, but the WATCHMAN is always the best. Cardinal Newman. He bore about him the perfect hu- mility of true greatness. His face had a strange wistfulness and his eyes seemed habitually to be gazing beyond and through the visible things of the world about him to some vision far distant and unsubstan- tial. There was always a sense of deep power behind his unruffled gen- tleness and urbanity. When he en- tered a room full of people, and these not undistinguished, every one else mstantly seemed to become by com- parsion insignificant and ordinary; and this before he had spoken a word. —From “Memories” by Stephen Cole- ridge, John Lane Company, pub- lishers. Did Not Keep Them. The dinner was given by a colored man named Ebenezer White, and the ; guest of the evening was George Wash- ington Green, chief deacon of the lit- tle church that White occasionally at- tended. Grace, of course, was elo- quently said, and at its conclusion Mr. White began to carve the chicken. Then Deacon Green became facetious. “Brudah White,” he smilingly re- marked, “do dat nex’ do’ neighbor ob you'n keep chickens?” “No, sah!” came the prompt response of Mr. ‘White, as he deftly pried loose a well- roasted wing, “but he try hard ’nuff to keep ’em.” New Werds. They have been inventing some new words and phrases in Australia lately. The principal of Wesley col- lege, Melbourne, in the course of a paper read before the Australian As- sociation for the Advancement of Sci- ence, said that Australian girls were too fond of giving the “look of en- couragement” to casual young fel- lows. This is somewhat like “glad eye.” The secretary of the Melbourne Y. M. C. A. appeals to the members to “confront our difficulties and prob- lems with undiscourageable opti- mism.” The Elephant’s Trunk. According to Mr. Kiplin, the ele- phant obtained his trunk because the crocodile in the Limpopo river gave his “bulgy nose” a mighty pull. The explanation given by Professor Wood- ward at the Royal Institution is that the elephant, originally a small ani- mal, found its legs gradually increas- ing in length, and as the neck did not, tt was forced to grow a trunk to reach its food. The scientific version may be correct, but we prefer that given in the “Just-so Stories.” Big Seating Capacity. Nearly 13,000 people could be ac- commodated in the ancient Roman theater at Dorchester, England. It was carefully designed to prevent the patrons having the sun in their eyes. There were in fact “good views from every seat in the house.” The the ater at Dorchester was used compara- tively recently for a public spectacle and in 1706 over 10,000 spectators gathered there to witness the burning alive of a woman who had pcisoned her husband. Vanity. ® #® ® There is a stirring of the body. People are breaking down un- der the tyranny of material posses- sions. There never was a time when women’s intelligence was so eager and inspirational; never a time when men were so weary of metal and meals and miles. It is all clear to a prophetic understanding that we are nearing the end of our lessons in three dimen- sions and five senses. Forecasts Death of Pope. There is a curious belief attaching to the tombstone of Pope Sylvester II., in Saint John Lateran, Rome. This stone is said to become covered with moisture like dew shortly before the death of every pope. It is reported that the marble, usually dry, is “sweat- ing” in this way now, and the popu- lace regard it as a sinister omen. The phenomenon is believed to have con- tinued through the past ten centuries. Rain Not Necessary. A farm expert in South Africa an. nounces he has perfected a variety of wheat which can be grown without a | drop of rain from the time it is plant. ed until the harvest, relying on the subsoil for moisture. He may be said to be the man who is taking the “rain” out of grain. As RAR Rh eel. Several Other Things. Worry is not he only thing that causes breakdowns. The nervousness due to the noises in our streets, the rush to get on and off cars, dazzling and harsh lights, the = bewildering whirl of amusements, all tend to shake the nerves and cause what we call a nervous breakdown. Primeval Research. Adam and Eve were leaving the Garden of Eden. “It’s all your fault,” said Adam. “It isn’t, either,” replied Eve. “It’s your fault. You ought to have had us put under civil service 80 we couldn’t be turned out.”—Wash- ington Star. I Terrible. Of all the terrible. things that can happen to a woman, the worst un- doubtedly is to be forced to drive past a store window full of new millinery when she has a stiff neck.—Florida Times-Union. East African Game. Portuguese East Africa contains the following game in abundance: Buf- falo, crocodile, eland, elephant, giraffe, Gnu, hartebeest, hippopotamus, hyena, koodoo, rhinoceros, antelope, water buck and zebra. \ A Dream Is an Enthusiasm. Even when a man’s efforts are to them by a sort of dream or illusion. If he could see the uselessness of the end he proposes to himself he could on unhesitatingly. Confidence is the unless it is already sick. You can- not weaken a vital instinct that has not already become anaemic, by anayzing it. If you have the vital in- stinct, the enthusiasm, the high hope of lige, which leads you to dream not be afraid of looking at them front and back. Why Lawn Is Called Lawn. Years ago the Dutch excelled all other peoples in the bleached linens they sent forth. That was in a time, of course, when bleached linen was considered a luxury. The Dutch gained their fame for this excellence because they had a wonderful sys- tem of treating the muslin to make it white. To begin with, they treated it to bleaches and acids of various sorts, and then they placed it on bleaching lawns, or greens, where it lay at intervals from March to Sep- tember. The white material thus produced took the name of the lawns whereon it was bleached—at least so goes the story. Shipping Young Chickens, One-day-old chickens are being sent from Ireland to Berlin, Germany. Many chicken-breeders are abandon-, ing the principle of selling eggs for hatching, but instead are supplying: cne-day-old chicks. One of the early experiments in dealing with the tiny birds was the sending of a batch in- volving a 36-hour journey with two cross sea shipments. All the birds ar- rived in strong, healthy condition. The boxes used are very simple, either of wood or cardboard, with holes for ven- tilation near the top. : Not An Easy Job. Rulers of Greece have not had an easy time since that country threw off the yoke of the sultan, ninety years ago. At the outset Greece tried a president—Capodistria — who was soon assassinated. Then Otho of Ba- varia was chosen king, but, after a stormy time, was forced to abdicate. After that the crown .went begging for a while. The duke of Edinburgh and the earl of Derby both refused it, and it was common talk that “Mr. Gladstone could have had it by the lifting of an eyelid.” Where Truth Pays. A little town in South Texas does 1ts lazy best to support three hotels. Each sends a negro porter to meet the diurnal train, where they vie with one another, as only darkies can, in their attempts to get the few traveling men who stop. At the present time one of the big, good-natured negroes, who seems to know human nature, is calling out: “Right dis way fo’ de State House, de bes’ second-class hotel in town.” Then, with a broad grin, he adds: “Dey ain’t no fust- class.”—Judge, A Woman Inventor. Miss Margaret E. Knight, the first woman to receive an American patent, is still busy with inventions, after 62 years. She produced her first bit of machinery when twelve years old. Some of her inventions have been in use for fifty years, and she is now working upon a sleeve-valve engine. Her portrait hangs on the walls of the patent office in Washington. Keeps First Tooth. In Suffolk a girl always keeps the first tooth she loses—in some districts the milk tooth, and in others the first “second tooth.” and has a child she wraps the tooth up in a dainty little silk bag, and sus- pends it from the infant’s neck while teething. It is said to bring instant relief. Sr ——— SE AAAS Self-Made, Son of the House (to caller)—*I wanted to see you ’cos father says you made yourself.” Caller—‘Yes, my lad, and I'm proud of it.”” Son of the House—“B-but why did you do it like that ?”—Punch, : A A a ——— CD GE, Lucky. Turkish women wear the same kind | of trousers that the men wear. It’s | lucky for Dr. Mary Walker that she wasn’t born in Turkey, observes a New Orleans paper. She would never have emerged from obscurity. Desire. Woman can make of man anything she will—by holding herself ture. light the world. Giving way to it ig- norantly, she destroys herself. A Face. . It was sun-darkened, storm- bitten, gaunt from suffering under the irons of self-repression, mystical in its manifestation of a cosmos within—the face of an exile—who has felt the hate of man, the distance of women and the presence of God. Shy on Both. “The golden eagle is very rare, isn’t it?” “But I don’t find it any more so than just the ordinary $10 bill.”—From Judge. : International Romance. . “Duke, she is a beautiful, modest girl.” “And her dowry? Zat is not so modest, I trust.”—Washington Star. prove vain he is sustained in doing | not go on, but his dream carries him mother of action, and whatever sus- tains it is as important as the action | itself. A dream is an enthusiasm. No analysis can murder an enthusiasm ' dreams that are realizable, you will | ‘When she marries | | FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN : DAILY THOUGHT. This is God’s day that He lent to me That I may use for good or ill; Fair and fresh as a day can be— This is God’s day that He lent to me, He tock a wave from eternity’s sea, Fashioned a day, all blemish-free, This is God's day that He lent to me, That I may use for good or ill. —Anneite Wynnein Youth's Companian. With bric-a-brac out of fashion, fire- places without the materiel shelves for- merly used for the bric-a-brac are being shown. The new fireplace without the usuai mantel! effect is simple and creates the impression of dignity and durability. The result will no doubt be effective when suitable ornamentation has been designed to fill in that part of the wall space usually taken by the mantel shelves, says the New Haven Journal . Courier. So far the new fireplace is a | simple mass of brick from floor to ceil- ing, broken only by the opening for the grate and the reversing of the position of . two layers of brick. There are several ways of utilizing the old Leghorn or Panama hat. One way is by making it over into a very attract- ive garden hat says the Newark News. | FARM NOTES. —Never use fresh, coarse manure. | —The presence of pigweed is a good | indication of richness of soil. — Preparing the soil as a good tilth before planting saves labor in cultivat- ing. —In gardening it is always best to plant in long rows. Cultivate after a rain. —Dark stables are frequent causes of weak-eyed horses. Let plenty of light into the stables. —Cuitivation does not add water to the soil, but it prevents that already there from getting away. —One does not know the nature of his soil until he digs into it and watches its action with different crops. —Be always on your guard around even the gentlest bull. He may be like the gun that wasn’t loaded. --Keep your hands soft with vaseline and you will not hurt the cow so much as with hard and horny ones, —When wooden or concrete floors are | used, sufficient bedding should be sup- plied so that the cows may rest in com- ' The crown may be removed and a cre- | fort and that surface dampness will be tonne, mull or lace crown substituted, absorbed. which is put in over fine wires. silk, which is becoming to every woman, as it throws a soft, rose-colored shadow over the face, making it look more youth- ful. Another good way to use the Panama brim may be draped with lace, or lined ra ‘underneath with rose colored mull or Ss —With oats as the basis of the colt’s tion, varied by the addition of bran, horts, wheat or a little corn and good hay, the youmg hc-se ought to make good growth through the fall and winter i months. i —Warts on cattle or horses may be re- hat that has become yellow or stained is | moved by applying castor oil well rubbed to have it stained black. The only trim- | in twice a day for a week or two. ming for a black Panama hat need be a | ing warts out with acids does not give small wreath of French fruit or flowers, | Satisfaction, and castor Eat- oil seems to de- finished with a small wired veivet bow. | Stroy them root and branch. Such a hat is very chic and may be had with small expense as the staining may be done by any woman. Gloves Cleaned. —White silk gloves cleaned by the following recipe I find most satisfactory, writes a contributor to | To a pint of warm | Los Angeles Express. | ~—To break a horse of kicking when | the line gets under its tail, wrap a cloth ground the crupper until it is three to four inches thick. The horse will not ‘notice the line if it does get under the tail, and therefore it will not kick. —Coughing does not necessarily mean water (not hot) add one teaspoonful of tuberculosis in cattle. Cattle cough from aqua ammonia, put on the gloves and rub | many different causes, but a chronic hands gently together as if washing them, using a very little soap, rinse and dry in shade. Take about one minute to a pair of gloves. A white wool waist and silk scarf cleaned with ammonia and water | were equally successful. Warm weather is a dangerous period for children, and all mothers dread the | summer for their little ones. As the weather grows warmer and warmer, fewer and lighter clothes should be worn by the baby. So many mothers have a mistaken idea that flannel bands must be kept around baby’s abdomen, next to ! the skin, no matter what the weather. This treatment is not only wrong, but ‘actually cruel. i To keep flannel next to the young . sensitive skin when the weather is so hot cough gives a reasonable suspicion of tuberculosis where there is no other cause apparent. Tuberculosis in cattle : cannot always be detected by the physical condition. A diseased animal may be i very fat or very thin. The tuberculin | test is the only reliable means of detect- ing tuberculosis, except in rare cases. —John A. Rankin, the biggest corn grower and stock feeder in the world, has a way of his own for disposing of dead | hogs. When cholera ravages the herd + he has the boys dig a shallow trench, lay iron bars across it, place the carcass on | the bars, pour coal oil on it, drop a light- . ed match and go about their business. | The burning oil will start the grease to : dropping, and the grease in turn will ; burn fiercely, with the result that the t hog is reduced to ashes by a fire fed by | that every turn of the little body against | its own fat. | the flannel causes severe irritation is al- | | most barbarous. Yet how many mothers | —The feeding of the dry cows and believe in it! There are fewer each year, | heifers that must build up the frames for which we should be grateful, but still | 2nd give constitutional vigor to the young there are left a large enough number of | calves, is the true foundation of improved rsuch deluded mothers to keepa great: dairy cows. Yet the average dairyman ‘many babies in comparative torture dur- feeds his pregnant cows and heifers the ing the summer time. | refuse of his farm. The best hay, wheat The little body should feel nothing but | Pran and linseed oil meal is fed to the the sheerest, softest materials next to jt. COWS that are giving milk. The very ele- When it is very hot the young baby may | ments that are needed by the cow at be totally undressed, except for his little | this period are withheld. Carbonaceous shirt. During the hottest hours of the ! foods, which give heat and fat, are but | day the little one should be placed on a | little needed to supply nourishment to ‘ wide bed dressed in this garb, or rather ; the foetus. Simply material to build up lack of garb, and allowed to play or sleep , until the sun is setting. | w= White promises to be as popular as ; ever this summer for beach wear, but all ia { white can not be pronounced as fashion- ‘able as white combined with color. ! color, however, must be rightly chosen | | and rightly placed. With a tailored white | linen or white serge suit are worn white | gloves and boots, but hat and parasol | : supply the proper touch of color, and of | course, match in shade. i | . wear, will be worn white buttoned buck- : skin boots and long wristed gloves of | white embroidered silk—for the coat has : short, loose sleeves. Hat and parasol are ‘of sweet pea purple, the deep purple with a shade of blue through it. reticule of moire silk matches hat and parasol. | To remove pitch, grease and tar stains _soak in turpentine. Scrape off carefully i with a knife all the loose surface dirt; . Sponge clean with turpentine. i To remove sewing machine oil rub | with lard and let stand for several hours, | then wash with soap and water. i To remove fruit stains stretch the - fabric containing the stain over the . mouth of a basin and on the stain. I Toremove scorch stains wet the scorch- | 3000 plants. | ed place, rub with soap and bleach in the : sun.—Janesville Gazette. Sun-dried fruit, also corn, is best; but following method is fine for those who The i 1 With a very! smart tailleur of white mohair and wool | | weave, just completed for Atlantic City | pour boiling water | | there are many drawbacks to drying it i out of doors in this variable climate. The ! bone, muscle and blood during the rapid | growth and development is needed to | nourish the unborn calf. —Some farmers find it quite profitable nd certainly humane to give their horses | a bucket of water several times during the long mornings and afternoons of the summer. For this purpose they arrange a barrel on a small sled and each morn- ing take it with them to the field. Dur- ing the long mornings and afternoons it will be found to be profitable to give the teams a bucket of water. The horses do not drink much at a time but they relish ( it and it stimulates them and in no small ; measure averts the dangers of overheat- ling. Users of horses in cities know the { value of watering often and they do not i pass a drinking place without offering | their horses water. These teams are ‘ generally worked under high pressure rand under distressing conditions. Yet ‘| with fair treatment the horses stand up | well and do a great volume of work. —The land cannot be too rich for egg- plants. They are set out in rows of five | feet, and at three feet in the row. Gen- erally the plants are set out two or three : weeks after corn planting, but, this being {avery backward spring, planting has i been considerably delayed. Long spells | of dry weather have also made it neces- | sary to do much replanting. To cover an acre it will require about After the plants start to : bloom th= ends of the branches should be picked off, allowing only two or three | fruits to set. (A dozen plants will supply all the fruit | a large family can consume. The secret of success in growing egg- | plants is to use none but vigorous, thrifty : have a hotbed for early vegetables. And ] plants, and keep them growing. Any set- | all that is necessary is to lay a floor on | top of the dirt. The fruit or vegetables [iin be placed directly on this floor, if | tight and clean; or paper or cloth can be | spread over boards. to dry have been placed inside of hot- bed, put the sash back on, but be sure to anion. water. this will be a nice change. taste. After the eggs are cooked they are taken out and laid on slices of toast, then the milk is thickened slightly as for milk toast, well seasoned with butter and not only an appetizing dish, but a very attractive one. i back to growth makes it very difficult to overcome, and often causes failure. A | warm, sunny exposure is needed, and a ! soil that is rich and loamy and fairly dry. When the ‘aricles | Manure heavily. There must be thor- | ough cultivation throughout the season. —Pepper is a tropical plant and re- : raise both ends about two inches, to give | quires about the same culture and treat- free circulation of air, over fruit, which ment as does the eggplant. Hen or pig- from him. This is her power. Desire | carries off moisture and prevents burn- | eon manure, applied to the surface soil in man is all that electricity is to Na- |ing. Rain cannot reach it; insects can. ' When the plants are six to eight inches Mastering it a woman may | not stand the heat, and whatever article high, will increase the yield and make one puts in dries very quickly, and the larger and finer fruit. quality is fine.—Woman’s Home Com- | The plants should be set out about two | feet apart in rows three feet apart. { The mild, sweet varieties used for stuf- The next time the housewife poaches . fing or slicing are most in demand. The eggs let her drop a liberal tablespoon of Sweet kinds are the Bull Nose, Ruby salt into the water and see how it will A King, Chinese Giant, S make the eggs float and prevent them | €t¢. The hot pepper is the Long Red ifom sticking to the bottom of the dish. : Cayenne. ittle practise will enable cone to gauge £ the amount of salt for the size of dish ' tle more than half-grown, and shipments that is used for cooking them so that the continue until the fruit is ripe. eggs will be kept from sinking in th Bg pt rom BE . | Hhracpose and Tob gs If one has never ched eggs in ilk, as soft spots, which crack when open on poe The a Hd the surface of the fruit. In annother dropped in the hot milk the same as in ' form of the disease the spots turn black. water, but sc much salt cannot be used, While fungicides are of little help in this only enough to make it right for the disease, irrigation and mulchings are Sweet Mountain, Peppers are sent to market when a lit- The plant has few enemies, viz. an- Anthracnose appears beneficial. It is not too late to set out cabbage. Choose a cloudy day for the transplant- ing. There should be frequent shallow poured over the platter. This furnishes level cultivation until the crop matures. There need be no fear of giving too much cultivation.
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