Small Girl's Pretty Answer to Stupid
Question of Inquisitive
Busybody.
She was a pretty little tot, and ev-
erybody who knew her took pleasure
in pausing to ask her some kind of &
question, merely to show an interest
musical cadence of her voice. Some
of the questions were what might be
ably had some kind of an answer.
from an intrusive busybody who was
belonged to a class of persons who
never learn. Knowing that the little
girl had only recently become the pos
sessor of a young and attractive step
mother, with a curiosity inborn she
asked her very frankly:
“Well, Pollykins, how do you
your stepmother?”
The child raised her blue eyes grave-
ly, and with her face glowing with
happiness replied
“Oh, very much, indeed, Mrs. Skil
lington. We fit very nicely, consider
ing that she got us ready made.”
Judge.
like
Millions for Anti-Tuberculosis Work,
Money to the amount of over $14,
500,000 was spent in anti-tuberculosis
work during the year 1911, according
to the third annual statement of ex
penditures in the war against con
sumption issued by the National Asso
ciation for the Study and Prevention
of Tuberculofis The statement ls
based largely on reports received from
anti-tuberculosis agencies in all parts
of the United States .
By far the largest item of
was that for treatment in sanatoria
and hospitals, and for the erection of
institutions of this kind, over $11,800,
000 being spent for this purpose alone
Dispensaries for the examination and
treatment E50,
committees
expense
of tuberculosis spent
and
in thelr educational campaign against
tuberculosis $500,000. The re
maining $1,300,000 for
treatment open-air schools, prisons
and hospit
for the work
of
000, and associations
spent
was spent
for the insane, and also
of state and loeal boards
Ith against tuberc
hos cs} at
neail Ui08is
Felt He Had Known the Worst
Pat had been told by
bem - that 4 fv $a .
the docto he could iy ut a few
O'Shaune
51 .
ibled rel
atives and
whether
ar 4
would
there was one last wish he like
to have gre “There said
Pat, “I'd like to hear the village band
play once again” Accordingly the
village band gatl h at last
it had +d, “Say 1 Revoir But Not
Good by, 3 ow
kneelfg
asked:
x * $88 acd c *
tified is,
erad
de
partunre,
at her
“Can
replied Pat
has nothing
ye
Was Testing the Baby.
Little Phil Warriner, of
road, was
ing out
1
frantic
explan
storage 3 3
the way J nt chic if the
feathers the chicken
has
baby
been
Needle
ance York Times
Woman's Way.
“A womans
know
the a
convention, eh? What
do
Now at
enthusiasm
convention
for
about
national
cheered our candidates
women
at
we men
hour.”
“That's all ri
“We threw kiss
seven minutes by
an
sald his wife
Craw
for
es ours for sixty
at
the
clock.”
“Lost
amond
for it is gon
A golden hon
minute There
forever”
IN MATCHTOWN.
Fortunately no Faith Was
For She Had None.
Required,
“1 had no faith whatever, but on the
advice of a hale, hearty old gentleman
who spoke from experience, I began to
use Grape-Nuts years ago,”
writes an Ohio woman, who says she
is 40, is known to be fair, and admits
that she is growing plump on the new
diet.
“1 shall not try to tell you how I suf.
fered for years from a deranged stom
ach that rejected almost all sorts of
tood, and digested what little was fore-
ed upon it only at the cost of great
distress and pain.
“I was treated by many different
doctors and they gave me many differ.
ent medicines, and | even spent seve.
al years In exile from my home, think
ing change of scene might do me good,
You may judge of the gravity of my
condition when I tell you I was some
AVUUL 2
weeks at a time.
“For two years | have eaten Grape
can now say that 1
health. I have taken no medicine in
that time—Grape-Nuts has done It all.
1 ean eat absolutely anything I wish,
without stomach distress,
walk my 2 or 3 miles, a day and feel
better for doing so. '! have to use
bralpe in my work, and it is remark
able how quick, alert and tireless my
mental powers have become.” Nauie
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich, :
“There's a reason,” and it is explain.
ed in the little bobk, “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
wane appears from time (0 time
nre genuine, true, and full of human
interest, :
Pears Grown on Tree Which Came Up
as Sprout From Stump Long Dead
Proves Big Puzzle,
In Ohio there are exhibited at the
state fair some pears which were
gald to have grown on a tree which
came up as a sprout from the stump
of an old tree long dead and gone.
The vigorous, upright tree which bore
the fruit, was five or six inches ip
fameter, and about 18 feet high
It was difficult to determine wheth.
er it sprang from above or
the point at which the original union
below
by experts
at the bearing tre
resented the «
nDrevious
gee
: i
e as the Ja
TT PR § Ee
The smaller fr
r obla nanese
get pear its ©
pear al ape
G. B. Ree
ent bureau of plant
of the
Prof rkett of
ed the
variety
RABBIT TRAP HAS OPEN END
Scheme Devised to Capture Pestifer
ous Little Animals in Groups of
Two or More.
make a rabbit trap that
one animal with
8 writer In the Kansas City 8
ti following instructi
than
Make box 4xixd
it in the ground so the
trapdox extend
fide will co
of the grou
rs which
me level w
nd. Make these trapdoors
Fi
as a £7 >
: Cyt
' t
i
¥
v
. ~~ 2 »
em
Open-End Rabbit
11
Wiki
don
so the inner ends
tiited. lang
they
have otter ends a
inner end 80 when the rabbi
board will sawing back to i
position again,
Sides must be nalled to ed of
door inside the box go rabbit will have
to pass off at the ends, the inner end
being entirely open so when rabbit
comes along and sees bait
hung under center of
box) it also sees straight through box
and thinking it can pass through and
eat of bait, it tips the trap and falls
into box.
I have known as high as 15 to be
caught at one time, Use an apple or
corn for bait and set trap somewhere
in a rabbit trail, and it is to
place the box about six weeks before
using it so things will look familiar.
Use stick fastened to underside of
door in top of box to fasten balt to.
We have splendid results from the use
of this trap.
those
where cross side
144d
itilie
ges
best
Protect Against Rabbits and Mice.
These animals may be kept from in-
juring the trunks of trees by boxing,
or by placing a plece of galvanized
wire screen around the tree trunk and
This will also prevent sun-
replace the trees after the rabbits
trees to prevent mice from injuring
the bark under the snow crust
er
Pruning Apple Trees.
Apple trees im properly pruned make
goud nesting places for woodpeckers.
The birds dig eut the decayed wood
where stubs of branches have rotted
in to the heart and there start house
keeping.
If to Be Made Profitable Trees Should
Receive as Good Care as Other
Crops—Kill Weeds.
H BAILEY, Cornell Experiment
Station.)
If orchards are to be made profita-
(By IL.
i
i
i
as other crops.
is essential to success.
patient of wet feet,
Trees are im.
other lands. They can be worked
earlier in spring.
Good tillage increases the avalla-
ble food supply of the soil and also
conserves its molsture.
Trees should be made to send thelr
roots deep into the soil, in order to
fortify themselves against drought
This {8 done by draining the soll and
by plowing the orchard rather deep.
This deep plowing should begin the
very year trees are set, and
should be continued every spring un
til the habit of the tree is established
Moisture is retained in upper
go!l by very frequent but ghallow till
age, by means of which the surface of
the land becomes a mulch for th
beneath,
Tillage should be begun just as soon
as the ground Is dry enough in spring
This tillage should be repeated as
often as once in ten days throughout
growing which extends
until July or August
Tillage should not exist for the pur
of killing Weeds
the most important le
agriculture, to be sure, bu
mas should be able
may be
growth
the it
the
e soil
Season,
have
in
t the schoo!
weads,
gOns
ler now
Late cultivation
by Inducing a
events it can be of
to retire
injurious
At all
{lity when
late
small ut
mature and rains
This season
grower the opport
fo ty
frequent.
guite gives the
of raising a green manure a
pense and with no harm to his
Any Number of Little Stoves May Bo
Ignited by Electricity—Prevents
Frost Damage.
In many
Ignited by Electricity.
ot for such i
be conned
Popular
fire
act points
t a wire will fuse and trip
: the
urpose, any
tend
Mechanics.
are
each are
ch may
says
the
pots covered,
in 80
cover down
» COVErs,
it they wil
tripped
the
pote In orca.
——————— A ————————
<a oa Net
ye o% NOTES
eaves are fine for lining the stor
nge pits
Prepare land for a small fruit planta
tion next spring.
Do not neglect to provide ample ven-
tilation for the cellar.
Apples keep best in a cold cellar;
just above freezing point.
need to bd severely cut back,
A peach tree will stand a heavier
heading back than an apple tree.
Do not allow stock to run In the
orchard during the winter months.
Remember that your orchard, espe-
cially the young trees, need good culti-
vation
Walnut trees thrive under
any condition and do well in
siates,
Keep all rubbish from about your
fruit plants so that mice cannot har
bor there 4
almost
many
STIMULATING DISH SHOULD PRE-
CEDE ALL DINNERS.
So —————
Freshest Meat Should Be Used and
With a Reasonable Amount of
Care the Result Will Be
Satisfying.
Soup is the prelude of the dinner.
is light, healthy, stimulating food
that gently prepares the diner for
heavier food to come,
The earliest mention of soup
occurs to me is the dish
for which Esau sold his
There can be little doubt
that
of pottage
that Re
which he inheritance. Ten-
der pieces of fresh-killed kid
geethed in milk and seasoned
herbs and thickened with meal
makes a most excellent ste
these enlightened days
proved upon.
gave his
have not
if it
The thick,
cream
The
soup, thick and thin, or
you better, fat and lean.
fat soups comprise
soups,
bisques,
mixed
“soup malgres”
purees and BOUps.
hin soups, or
Frent
2
or bouillon and cla
h designate
rifled broths,
meat ob‘ainable. Split the
1
to cook in cold, salted wat
permits the albumen
— ut —
Medicinal as Well as Culin-
ary Value,
Balt on the fingers when cleaning
fowls, meat or flash will prevent slip-
1hrown on a coal fire when broil
ing steak it will prevent blazing from
the dripping fat,
Salt as a gargle will cure soreness
of the throat,
Salt in water Is thing to
clean willow ware and matting
In the oven under baking
it will prevent thelr scorching
the bottom,
Salt puts out a
ney.
Balt
the best
tins
on
chim-
fire in the
and vinegar will remove stains
from discolored teacups
Salt and soda are excellent for bee
spider bites,
on soot
aa rpat
all
and
Thrown
en on the
stain
1
ait put
on ink when
on a carpet will
Bpot.
salt in
Salt thrown «
whitewash
nm i gal fire which
low will revive it
3 fii Es . 1 w@
sweeping carpets it Keeps
Never salt meat that is
d, as it hardens ibers of the
and tends tc 5 act i
on the
to be grill-
1UICes,
¢
befors
id
iQ
table plat ist
bl y meat shot
after the
+d the
and
ana
the naint
old
last year. Place t
oil
soap
a can the and
Warm
wash
dl &
gUGE,
tt! SEIT
A ire mn
which
wal
rs. gpoils their
against this
bind
He
are torn away. To insure
bought
ith stout
wi
a rug is
Hand
soiled d
ard
ress - ghields |
bo or table, soiled
thorough scrubbing
and any good laun
with plenty of lukewarm
1 under a faucet unttl com
ly rinsed. Do not squeeze, but
until dry.
The
lengthened
of varnish
nighed surface
with a damp cloth.
old
somewhat by
When dried the var
easily kept
Where there
life of
Coal
in clean
is
a good plan to cut the linoleum
through the middle and bring the two
outer edges together before varnish-
ing.
Stawed Liver.
Cut up In slices hall a pound of
ealf’s liver and the same quantity of
fat bacon: put first a layer of bacon
at the bottom of a ple dish, then one
the orchard and burn it
weed seeds, .
planted in blocks or groves rather
than in single rows,
Ascertain the varieties of fruits and
gired to be patronized.
If there are Any limbs dead or out
of shape on the young trees now is a
good time to look after them.
Grow trees for post timber, lumber,
nuts, frults, as well as evergreens and
Bend all young and tender frudt
bushes and vines carefully to the
ground, place a layer of straw on them,
and cover lightly with dirt,
5 %:
per; add a medium sized onlon and
one apple, both cut up; cover down
and let it stew gently in the oven for
about an hour and a quarter. No
water is required.
“ ho ——_o
Carrot Salad.
Wash and gerape tender rich colored
carrots; throw them into fast boiling
water wand boil until soft; cut them
into very thin slices; put them into a
glass bowl and sprinkle with sifted
foaf sugar; add the juice of a large
jemon and a wineglassful of olive oil;
garnish the dish with very thin slices
of lemon and any kind of green salad
leaves,
Pineapple Tapioca.
To make this, take one quart of
water, one cup of instantaneous taplo-
ea, one cup of sugar and whites of
four eggs. When water is boiling stir
the tapioca and sugar into it quickly.
Let cook until it thickens, then add
pineap) cut fine. « Pour while hot
over white of eggs beaten tiff. Turn
| fe moulds and serve with cream.
: OE id
and Furnished With
End in View,
That
tuffed Dates
dates “ogeth-
er and dust red Sugar.
Stewed Cucumbers.
the irumbers fully hal
want
pint of good path with a tea.
n, and
wWETm drop in the cucum-
ith a little salt
cook five minutes, shak-
all the t and
just as delicate as
very dish, in
1 of butter in & sauce;
when
bers; season Ww and
ing
serve
the saucepan
hot It is
asparagus and a
ine,
nice
Whipped Cream Fudge.
Four cups granulated sugar, 1 pint
milk, % teaspoon of cream of tartar
Place in pan and boil to a very hard
ball or dry snap when tested in water,
in the meantime have the whites of
2 fresh eggs beaten real stiff. Now
when your syrup is cooked have some
one pour it on in a fine stream over
the eggs and beat continually until
all is mixed through, then add
ounce of vanilla flavor and 3% cup of
walouts. Pour out on wax paper and
let set for a few hours.
——— OTS
Cabbage Pudding.
Chop fine a small white cabbage
and put enough into a large, deep
baking pan to All it up when the cab-
bage is done. Put it into a pint of
salted, boiling” water and boll until
er.
half an hour.
Orange Ice,
Phar cups water, Lwo cups sugar,
two cups orange juice, one-quarter cup
lemon julee, grated rind two oranges;
make a syrup by boliing sugar and
wator 20 minutes; add’/grated rind;
cobl; add fruit Juice; strain and
freeze, using three measures ice to
§
one of sult. a
| HOW TO SUGGEED
i ———
During the last few years, condi
| tions In all lines of business, evel Pro.
fessional ite, have changed 80 COW
pletely that every man is waking up
to the facet that in order to win suc
cess he must specialize and learn to
do some one thing and do it well
! 80 it 18 with any article that is sold
to the people. It must have genuine
merit or no amount of advertising will
maintain the demand for the article.
For many years we have watched
with much interest the remarkable re
cord maintained by Dr. Kilmers
Swamp-Root, the great Kidney, Liver
and Bladder Remedy. From the very
beginning the proprietors had so much
confidence in it that they invited every
one to test it, free of cost, before pur-
chasing
It is a physician's prescription.
They have on file thousands of let
ters received sullerers
who are now beallh as
a result of its
However, if
sample bottle,
Co., Binghamton,
this paper. They
you a sample
lutely free
Regular
gists—NiIty
former
eying good
pe
you wish first
address Dr
from
fo try a
Kilmer &
and mention
forward
mail, abso-
for at
sizes
cents
sale all drug-
and one dolar.
SHE KNEW.
i"
Visit
Troon » is
masters”
Hostess
ir ©
PITIFUL SIGHT WITH ECZEMA
i ed
yntil
came ala
cura Soa
“Not
cura S
hat
what he
wash him
application
removing
utting one
hair cs
bald
waa,
§
ging
Soap
hair
hegan 1
after we gan Cuticura
Soap and Ointment entirely
cured I don’t bell » anyone could
have ur baby
“Before we us ticura Rem-
edies we could hardly look at him, he
was such a He
fuss until him, they
gemed much. Cut
cura Soap stand by
themselves : r quick.
ly and surely bring is their own rec
ommendation.” Mrs. T. B.
Rosser. Mill Hall, . 24, 1911
Although Cuticu Soap Oint-
ment bs d deal
ers evervwhe gample of each
with 32-page box ill be mailed free
on application uticura,” Dept
29 K. Boston.
efrema worse
1
woul
to rel!
ana
and
gold
are 3
ngRists an
Speaking Airily,
First Aviator--NHow far
next gasoline reservoir?
Second Aviator—Two
and 8 spiral glide to your
man -~Life
is it to the
graveyards
left, old
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put
up 40 years ago. They regulate and invig
orate stomach. Jiver and bowels. Sugsg
coated tiny granules.
Blessed is the season which en
gages the whole world in a conspiracy
of love!—Hamilton Wright Mable,
ONLY ONE “RROMO QUININE."
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUISING. Logk foi
the wignafure of EW. GROVE, Used the W ord
over te Cure a Uold in Une Day. He
Nothing pleases some people more
than the opportunity to spread bad
news, #bhout thelr neighbors
Hale's Honey
Of Horehound and Yar