MEMORIES.
Th hours I've passed nwnv from tsta
Bfftm lika ao many daye to mo,
All fraught with discontent.
But in each tender shimmering atar
I count n record from it r
Of hour I've with thee spent.
--A. Mary William, in Lippinrott'l.
I I I I
i wiiiimii mm nam ,
jsjereditij or
ii
By Kate Gannett Wells. I
Marcella had never forgotten the
day ahe discovered ahe was only an
"adopted." She rould atlll hear the
acornful tone with which Jimmy
Jonei, In shoving her sled down the
Long Path on Boston Common, had
announced the fact to a group of
boys. She remembered alao that a
tall, handsome lad had offered to
drag her aled up the hill, and had
told her she'd como out all right In
the end, which ever since ahe had
been trying to do.
On that day ahe had gone home
sorrowfully, and asked what it meant,
to be adopted, only to be petted In
reply, and made happy for the . co
ntent. Yet she had lain awake at
night wondering and vowing to her
little aelt that never again would ahe
go roasting, and she never did.
Marcella had a long memory, a hot
temper and an Investigating turn cf
mind. So she looked up the word
"adopted" In the dictionary, and de
clared to herself that Jimmy Jones
had told her such an awful He he
ought always to be punished for It.
Then she began to fancy that people
pitied her Instead of loving her as
they did other glrU; and she felt
"riled," to use her own expression.
Everything seemed to grow worse
and worse for her, until one spring
day on account of her carelessness
at school she was sent upstairs to
the aub-master for admonition.
"Poor child," she overheard the
teacher say, "she may not be wholly
to blame; for no one knows what are
her Inheritances."
"My mamma will give me Just as
much money as other girls have," de
clared the child, indignant at misap
plied compassion. "The sub-master,
an excellent man without Imagina
tion, was shocked, and passed her
on to the master, who had no time
for little things, and sent her home
until he should have leisure. As
Marcella left the office, she turned
on him, with all the latent wlldness
of her nature, and the pent up woes
of her heart bursting from her child
ish control, exclaiming: "I hope you
never will have time, for I shall pray
God to get you drowned In vacation.
You don't know how to keep school."
Before the master could summon
Ms wits to reply, she had rushed
downstairs and out into the street,
hatless, to run home. But a police
officer espied her, and caught her by
the arm. As she tried to escape, her
boy protector of the winter seized
the hand, which she had thrust for
ward for a pull at the officer's sleeve
strap, saying, "Let her alone, Cop:
she's a neighbor of mine and all
right."
As the lad was rather a favorite
of the ' policeman, who knew boys
better than often did their fathers,
he consented, after a few words, to
leava the frightened child in the
boy'a care. She refused to go home.
So Hal took her to a vacant lot, and
In a place dear fo all children's
hearts they sat down, Marcella find
ing comfort in stubbing her boots
Into the sand and refuse. Hal. how
ever, was embarrassed, and fervently
hoped that no one would discover
him with a pretty, hatiess girl. The
alienee between them had lasted long
enough for him to Insist on speech.
"What'a up?" he asked
"I don't know," answered Mar
cella, recklessly. "Things always
have to begin; and It began, you
know, that day last winter!" Hal
nodded. "Well, It's spread. I'm not
popular. I'm an adopted. The dic
tionary and mamma and papa don't
agree. When I used to get mad I
lust got marked like anybody else.
Now they take to excusing me, be
cause of what they call heredity.
Everybody has got that, only mine is
different. Miss Smith said I could
not help being careless, and called
me 'poor child.' I told her I could
help It, but I wouldn't. So she sent
me upstairs to the sub-master. and
he sent me along to the master; and
I Just up and at him. That's all."
And she swallowed hard, for ahe did
not want to cry before a boy.
Then Hal did just what he had
had no notion of doing three mo
ments before; he put his arms round
her, and she laid her head down on
his knees and cried, just what she
did not mean to have done. But both
of them started up as they heard the
well-known whoop of boys coming
round the corner, and each nooded lo
the other, comrade-fashion, and dis
appeared at opposite ends of the
parkway. Marcella went home, and
said nothing. Hal went down town,
and called on Marcellu's father at his
office, "it's none of my business,"
he began in belter-skelter fashion.
"What Isn't?" asked Mr. Lord,
with whom Hal was on friendly
terms.
"Why, whether she is adopted, or
Bt. 1 am Itnlnir tn marrv hnr 1nar
a, same aa soon as I'm In business
the
but you ought to tell her she's an
adopted, and not let the story sneak
out the way It doeB and have her
Pitied when Bhe gets mad juat aa If
ahe couldn't help It, for of course
ahe can."
"What are you talking about?"
jwked Mr. Lord, so sternly that the
boy quickly recovered bla aenaea and
manners, and begged pardon, but
with grim Inalatence told what he
know how Jimmy Jonea hated Mar
je'la, becauae ahe anubbed him and
(Would not take hla apruce gum, and
Kbat somehow he had found out from
je aunt with whom he boarded, who
ad once lived In a boapltal and had
jUkeu care of babies, that Marcella
aad been one of them. So Bob wh la
yered it all round, Juat to aplte Mar
cella. Mr ALory 1t1I'v tne ld
"Yea and Marcella believes It, too,
because, when she aaked yon and
Mrs. Lord, you did not do anything
hut hug her and give her candy.
That's Juat the same as saying It was
true. Then, lately, you are always
excusing her when she Is naughty--I
guess she Is most of the time
and saying ahe can't help It: and
once she overheard you say you were
afraid of heredity."
"How do you know this?" de
manded the man.
"Because Marcella told me herself;
because sir promise me you won't
tell, never" (Mr. Lord nodded)
(the boy stood on tiptoe and whis
pered Into Mr. Lord's ear), "because
I'm one of those babies, too, nnd I
know how It feels. Only," and he
spoke louder, "the folks that took
me always told me what I am, and
that It depended on me what I got
to be, because heredity needn't count.
Most folks don't know It, and. II
they do, they can't surprise me. You
see Marcella didn't know, and she
didn't like being surprised."
Mr. Lord looked searrhlngly at
the lad, and then out of the window
Turning, he laid his arm on the
boy's shoulder, saying: "Don't speak
of this. I trust you. Come here
to-morrow."
"I beg your pardon, sir. I was
hot-headed." And. taking up his
cap, he left the office. In vain did
Mr Lord try to balance his accounts.
Across them ran the great mistake
he and his wife had made. Hal waf
right. Marcella ought to know, hard
as it would be now to tell her.
Years ago he and his wife, In theli
childless loneliness, had adopted the
child. His logic had wanted het
early to know the truth; but hi
wife's selfish craving for childish
affection had kept them silent, lest
Marcella might not love them ai
much, If she knew she were not their
own daughter. Now the Nemesif
had come through the girl's suffer
ing, and Mr. Lord Insisted that she
should be told.
"Tell her then yourself, ' yielded
his wife, at last. "It will be the
saddest day of her life."
"It will be the beginning of the
best years of her life. One can't gc
on living a He," be replied.
He went upstairs lo find the child
curled up in the broad window-seat,
looking at the moon. He drew hei
towards him; for he loved her more,
if possible, than did tils wife, and
understood her far better. "Papa."
she asked before he spoke, "am I au
adopted?"
He held her close with kisses on
forehead, eyes and lips as he an
swered, "Yea." The silence seemed
long and cruel to them both. She
shrank in his embrace as If she were
Ir. pain, but he would not let her go.
When quieted by his tenderness, he
told her how her own parents had
died, and how he and his wife had
taken her from the hospital to be
their own blessed little girl, and that
there had never been a day since she
came to them that they had not re
joiced she was theirs.
"Are you sure you don't want tq
get. rid of me, when they poke fun at
me at school?" she questioned.
"Never," he answered; "but why
didn't you tell me they did so?"
"Because first, I thought they did
it just to tease me; and, when I did
try to ask, you and mamma gave me
candy. I threw it away, though, just
as soon as I got upstairs. Then I
heurd mamma call me 'poor child' "
Mr. Lord shuddered as she spoke
"and you said you were afraid
heredity counted. 1 looked up the
word In the dictionary; but, when the
teacher talked to me about inheri
tances, l Just pretended she meant
money. I wouldn't let her know I
saw through her. O papa, I'm the
mlserablest little girl ever was adopt
ed. Iajlon't belong nowhere. I don't
see why I got born." And the child
sobbed as If her heart would break.
Very tenderly and slowly, so she
could understand each word, her
father explained to her that she was
truly their child, and that heredity
needn't count, It it held aught else
than final good for her.
The girl listened, at first stupidly,
then comprehendingly. "Papa, If I
can begin to-morrow and not go to
that horrid school any more, perhaps
heredity needn't count that's what
you said. Perhaps I needn't get mad
so often. Please don't give me any
more candy, not for a whole year;
and I'll try to get ahead on heredity,
If I've got it bad."
"You haven't. We three, you,
mumma and I, will try togethor for
a year, so that trying will make a
nice little Inheritance to hand over
to next year."
"That will be fun," she exclaimed,
clapping her hands, forgetful of her
sorrow for the next hour. But it re
turned to her as she woke In the
night, until she made up her mind to
begin at once, on the inheritance, and
so fell asleep.
The next afternoon Hal went lo
Mr. Lord's office. What the two
said to each other was never known
till years after, when Hal asked Mar
cella to be his Wife.
"It Isn't heredity, so much aa love
in the home and will-power lu one's
self that counts for good," said Mr.
Lord to his wife, as Marcella and
Hal dro o off on their wedding Jour
ney. The Boston Cooklug-Sehool
Magazine.
Spanish Women.
Spanish women are not the person
ification of southern passion, as we
have been taught by "Carmen" and
romance to believe; they are physlcal
ly and mentally superior to Spanish
men, capable of passion, but far
more difficult to woo than northern
vomen. Glasgow News.
A Coy Young Thing.
The following advertisement re
cently appeared: "Being aware that
It Is Indelicate to advertise for a hus
band, I refrain from doing so; but if
any gentleman should he Inclined to
advertise for a wife, I will answer
the advertisement without delay. I
am yoilng, am domesticated, and con
sidered ladylike. Apply," etc. Phil
ippines Gossip.
Tennessee's Stingiest Man.
Gallatin claims to have the stingi
est man In Tennessee, If not In the
world, and a premium Is offered for
his superior in closeflstedness. He
got married to a home girl to save
expenses. They walked around the
square for a bridal tour. He bought
her a nickel's worth of stick candy
for a wedding present and then sug
gested that they save the candy for
the children. Danville American.
"The Truth of the Mutter."
The publisher has not in years been
able to "manufacture" and sell a
newspaper for one cent. Some papers
should not be sold for less than three
cents. Nevertheless, the judgment
which passes on newspaper affairs has
been satisfied to load consequential
loaa on the advertiser. The only le
gitimate aud buslneas course la that
of providing a selling price which
will cover the coat of production and
provide a profit aa well. All of uh
are paying increased prlcea for meat
some of us are paying higher rentB.
And there Is not a single plausible
reason why newspaper circulation
should not find Its proper aud natural
level aa the result of an adjustment of
coat to the reader. Newipaperdoni.
Children's Hats.
This year little girls school and
everyday hats are In bright-colored
straws; those for more formal occa
sions in manilla, crin or chip; or
lawn embroidery hats In every degree
of elaborate and simple trimming are
usually trimmed with a bunch of gar
den flowers, or with a full ribbon bow
or scarf wound about them after the
manner of such drapery as arranged
on the hats of their elders. Harper's
Bazar.
Longer Skirts For Little Girls.
This fashion of putting little girls
! Into frocks that scarcely cover them
came Into vogue last year, and lit
' erally deformed thin children who be
came the victims of It. This year the
loose frockB are all about a full knee
in length, and some still longer. In
addition to the blouses and tunica
there are many apron, or pinafore
frock forms, a supply of which will
keep the healthy romper looking
fresh at all hours of the day, at a
comparatively small outlay of labor
or money. Harper's Bazar.
Explaining the- Huge Hat.
The plain, rather dark colored suit
was In vogue this winter, the simple
kilt skirt and severe three-quarter
coat! Obviously, something had to
be Introduced to soften the hard lines
are about the size of a small squirrel
and are found In the snowy expanses
of the sub-urrlle regions. The hunter
of ermine provides himself with a
number of knife-blades or pieces of
steel, which he covers with grease
and fnstens in places where he sus
pects the ermine are to be found.
The ermine may not be a very use
ful animal In the plan of nature, hut
when one sees so many of his pelts In
one collection and thinks what they
represent in the way of suffering. It
suggests a problem. Considering the
brain-power and the general useful
ness and value of the kind of women
ono usually sees wearing ermine. Is
this decoration they affect quite worth
what It entails In the way of cruelty?
Of course, the egrets and other birds
one sees are more beautiful on wom
en's hats than flying In the air or
singing among the trees, but the main
problem Is whether the results se
cured In the decoration of pin-headed
women are in proportion to what they
cost other members of the animal
kingdom? New York Life.
Household Matters.
Iturn the Rubbish.
Old rubbish Is more valuable In
the form of ashes to the gardener
than any other way. Wood ashes
make excellent garden fertilizer If
applied properly.
Kerosene Kmulfilon.
One-half pound soap, one gallon
water, two gallons kerosene. Dis
solve the soap In water over fire.
Remove from fire and add kerosene.
8tlr violently. Use one part of emul
lon to fifteen partB water.
Latitude in Fashions.
A fashion note from New YorR
tells us that a considerable amount
of latitude Is to be allowed to women
In the matter of new costumes. They
may wear any kind of sleeves that
they like. They may be long or shore,
depending upon whether the arms
are of thf kind that one wishes to
show or to conceal. But this apparent
generosity is intended only as a lubri
cant to an inflexible rigor elsewhere.
The edict against waists and against
hips is to bo enforced to the utter
most. Here there will be no latitude
and no concession. The devotee who
would fulfill the law to the uttermost
must, present the appearance of hav
ing been liquified and then poured
into the dress. And the dress is en
tirely without those undulations that
prove the presence of things unseen,
the waist and the hips.
The edict against waiat and hips
has been received with mingled emo
tions. In some Instances it meets
with easy and instant acquiescence,
but elsewhere there are protests and
maledictions. It Is easy to under
stand a compliance that means no
more than the discarding of those
useful appliances that aro prodigally
displayed at the bargain counter ard
plctorlally advertised In the dallv
newspapers. But how about the
ladles whose hips are fixtures and
who have received from mother na
ture without money and without
price what less favored ones must
purchase from art and mechanical
skill? Their lot is truly a hard one.
for to the mere male mind it seems
a bewildering impossibility thus to
Name the Farm.
Name the stock farm Is the advice
given by an exchange and we think
It la good advice. Nothing loaka
better In print or sounds better when
mentioned than "John Smith, pro
prietor of the Maplewood farm.''
Have your printer print your letter
heads with the name of your farm
thereon. Some few back numbers
may laugh at you, but remember that
this Is the twentieth century nnd peo
ple who laugh are always back numbers.
Pickled Onions. Peel small white onions and cover them
with one and o-ne-hnlf cups salt and two quarts of boiling
water and let atand two days. Drain and cover with fresh
brine the same as before; let stand two i ays again, and drain
again. Make more brine and heat to the boiling point. Put
In the onions and boll three minutes. Put In jars, Inter
spersed with bits of mace, white pepper corns, cloveB, bits of
bay leaf and slices of red pepper. Fill Jars to overflow with
vinegar scalded with Biigar, allowing one and one-quarter cups
of sugar to one gallon of vinegur. Cork while hot. Amer
ican Home Monthly.
Vry Picked Capons.
Capons are always dry picked be
cause It would be impossible to scald
them and leave part of the feathers
In. They are killed by the braining
process. Feathers aro left on the
neck, legs, wings, rump and tall.
If dressed as ordinary fowls they will
not bring any higher price than other
fowls. The larger the birds the more
they will bring per pound. They are
in most demand from December to
April. Many of them are dressed
aa soft roasters and sold as such.
Their flesh Is more tender and de
licious than the ordinary fowl.
Farmers' Home Journal.
Early Cultivation of Corn.
This has been a season when the
ordinary steel tooth harrow has done
good work on the corn ground.
deep and round. Its shape gives tin
peculiar attraction of the breed and
ahould be carefully preserved In all
the varieties.
The rocks should weigh about eight
and one-hslf pounds The comb is
rose, lying close to the head, corru
gated or Indented with small spikes
at rear, curving back over the head.
The head Itself Is short and broad
with a short, well-curved beak.
The corks should weliih about eight
and one-half pounds and the hens'
six and one-half, while cokerels and
pullets are a pound lighter respect
ively. B. M. I., In the Southern Cultivator
Why riiMivnte an Orchard?
For the same reason that we culti
vate a hill of corn. We plant apple
trees thirty feet apart, while we plant
corn three nnd a half feet apart, for
the reason that the foliage of an ap
ple tree bears the same relation to
thirty feet that the foliage or a hill of
corn bears to three and a half feet.
Also, that the roots of the tree oc
cupy the en'lre thirty fee; of space as
Wfll as the roots of cor noccupy the
three and a half feet of space. Cul
tivation Is as absolutely necessary
for the one as for the other. Culti
vation will give thrift iO either and
imthrlft without it. To produce a
good chop of corn, break the ground
eight inches deep and pulverize a fine
seed bed. In cultivating the orchard
we break three inches deep only on
account of rootR, and make the same
finely pulverized surface.
This bed contains moisture to the
very surface in a dry season. By
this kind of preparation and a fine,
level cultivation, we retain moisture
to the tree-tops during a drouth, and
consequently thrift of trees and large,
smooth apples, fit, indeed, for any
market. A hill of corn half culti
vated produces small ears of corn.
An apple tree uncultivated, set In
pasture, for the same reason, pro
duces fruit hardly fit for worms. The
M tple Souffle.
Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter,
add three level tablespoonfuls of float
and when frothy, also, gradually, on
cupful of thin maple syrup. When
the mixture bolls remove from thf
' Are and slowly pour over the well
beaten yolka of four eggs, then folff
In the stiffly beaten whltea of four
eggs, and bake In a moderate overt
thirty minutes or until well puffed'
up and firm to the touch. Americas
I Home Monthly.
Steamed Beefsteak. w
Cut pieces of round ateak In ft Mn
venlent size for serving. Dip them
in egg, roll In cracker crumbs, and
brown quickly In butter In a very hot
frying pan. Place the meat In a deer
dish or baaln; make a brown gravY
of butter, flour and water, with ealf
to season, and pour It over the meat.
Then steam three hours or longer, If
there Is time. The meat will bo ten
der and delicious. Veal Ib nice cooked
in this way.
String Bean Salad.
Select young, tender beans, cut thf
strings from both sides, then cut each
bean In two lengthwise, then across.
Throw them In cold water aa faat a
cut. When ready to cook cover with
boiling salted water, cook twenty
minutes and drain, throw Into cold
water ten minutes, then cover again
with boiling water, to which two or
.three tablespoonfuls olive oil have
been added. Cook fifteen minute
or longer until tender. Season with
stilt and pepper and eerve hot for the
first day. Put the beana remaining
in the Ice box. When ready for th
salad, drain free from liquor, arrange
on lettuce leaves and cover with
Frbnch dressing or sauce tartare.
Washington Star.
of this costume, nnd the hat was the
only medium. The straight-cut suit
gave a perpendicular line, to elim
inate which a horizontal one was re
quired, hence the wide hat; and this,
by contrast with the rigidity of the
suit, had to be ornumented with trim
ming in broken HneB, so we had end
less irregular loops and all kinds of
fantastic feathers. Of course, then,
when the hat trimming was regular
and "set" the purpose of. this style of
bat was defeated. Harper's Bazar.
' Fraulelu Rlobter haa been appoint
ed lecturer on philology at Vienna
University, the first Instance of a
woman receiving such an appoint
ment. '
To Relish Wife's Cooking.
A doctor tells me of a note he re
ceived from a woman i Ing that her
husband, who waB about to make him
a professional call, tound constant
fault with the dinner ahe prepared
for him. She appealed to the physi
cian for aid.
The r.octor examined his patient,
who bad a slight attack of Indiges
tion, aud told him to cut out iunches,
to eat nothing but a Blice of toast and
a cup of tea.
The Bchemo worked excellently. OH
course hubby returns homo lu the
evening, eats everything In sight and
votes his wife's cooking even better
than mother used to make. Boston
Record.
put on and off a "garment of flosli"
that is periodically blessed and
banned by fickle fashion. Training
and diet may do something, but these
things take time, and the changin:;
styles are always In a hurry. Not
long ago a lady in a New York store
who asked for something in the latest
fashion was asked to take a seat for
a few minutes as the fashions were
then changing, What then must bo
the late of the fair ones who are In
vited to get rid of natural encum
brances between dusk and dawn with
the full assurance that they will have
to replace them with a similar rapid
ity? The Argonaut.
Mrs. Rose, of Melrose.
Mrs. Geraldine Farrar, the prima
donna, attended a luncheon of debu
tantes in New York. MIbs Farrar
told the debutantes that there was
happiness in work. 8he urged work
upon all of them. Work, she said,
would preserve them from degenera
tion Into such a type as Mrs. Rose, of
Melrose. "Mrs. Rose's type is too
familiar," she said. "To show you
the sort of type she is: Mr. Rose
came home from business. Mrs. Rose
lay on a couch. He aat down by her
aide and said: 'What did the doctor
aay, dear?' 'He asked me to put out
my tongue,' murmured Mrs. Rose.
'Yea?' 'And he looked at It and said,
'Overworked.' " Mr. Rose heaved a
long sigh of relief. 'Then, my dear,'
he said, firmly, 'you'll have to give it
a rest. 1 have perfect confidence In
that doctor.' " New York Tribune.
A Question of Values.
In the ahow window of a well
known furrier on Weat Thirty-fourth
atreet there were recently displayed
the beautiful skins of about fifteen
hundred little ermine. They are pure
white with the exception of ihe char
acterlatle black apot at the tip -of the
tall. They make an imposing dla
play, which arreata the atteutlon of
the many ahopplng women who pass
through that fashionable thorough
fare. The way in which these pretty little
animals are caught U ingenious. They
Crusade Against Plumes.
Whether the particular means he
hns adopted will achieve their object
or not, there will be cordial approval
of Lord Avebury'B crusade against
the wearing of the plumes of certain
wild or rare birds. It is Indeed
strange that women, who so often
lead the world In humanitarian sen
timent, seem to have absolutely no
feeling In this matter; what fashion
decrees they obey blindly even
j though their adornment Involves the
destruction of the parent bird during
the nesting season and the slaughter
of the young brood. At the plume
auctions held In London during the
last six months of 1907 there were
catalogued 15,7 42 skins of birds or
paradise, some ll&.OOO nesting
plumes or the heron, during the
whole year 190,000 egrets were sold
So much for the humanity of fashion;
and there la a regrettable tendency
to push the matter further, and to
wear hatpins of hare'B feet, und such
like horrible "ornaments." The pre
servation of a beautiful animal is
more Important titan the decoration
of a hat in a manner which a little
reflection would show to be repulBlve;
but we are not sure that legislation
will prove stronger than fashion. Wo
men generally contrive to make a law
look ridiculous when It suits their
purpose; and acts such us that of
Queen Alexandra, who refuses to
wear oapreys, and has made It known
that ahe objects to ladles wearing
them who are In her entourage, will
probably be of aa much effect aa a
dozen bills. Laws are useless against
the uneducated, and until thoae who
design and thoae who weekly follow
the dlctatea of fashion are educated
to a sense of the cruelty their con
duct Involves there Is little hope for
the birds, which are the unfortunate
victims of both. London Globe.
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Tomato Hance.
Add to one cupful of hot stewed
and strained tomato one tablespoon
ful of butter rubbed with a teaspoon
ful of rorn starch. Stir until smooth
and thickened, add one-half teaspoon
ful of salt, a few drops of onion Jules
, and a tablespoonful of piquant sauce.
If too thick dilute with a llttla
boiling water. A richer sauce il
made by putting a pint can of toma
toes Into a saucepan with a bunch of
seasoning herbs, salt and pepper to
taste, and add one-half cup of water,
Put over the fire, cook about three
quarters of an hour, Btlrrlng often.
Put a tablespoonful and a half of but
ter In a saucepan over the lire with
a scant tablespoonful of flour. Add
the strained pulp from the tomatoei
and a small cup rich broth, graduat
ing the amount to make the satin
I the consistency required. Washing
ton Star.
Egg Fritters.
Three eggs, hard boiled, one table
' spoonful chopped cooked chicken,
: pepper, one tablespoonful chopped
i cooked ham, one teaspoonful of an
chovy sauce.
Cut the eggs In halves, lengthways,
and remove the yolks. Pound to
gether the chicken, yolks and ham is
a mortar, add pinch of pepper, and
replace as much-of the mixture in ths
hollow of one of the whites aB till'
: it; put the other half in Its propet
place. Do this to the three eggs.
1 Make an additional egg with what of
! the mixture remains, and make the
following batter:
Batter. Put two tablespoonfuls of
, flour Into a basin, add a pinch of salt,
i mix well, add one tablespoonful of
salad oil, three tablespoonfuls ol
warm water and make Into a Binootb
batter. Beat up the white of one
egg stiffly and add It next. Dip one
of the eggs in the batter to completely
cover it, und put it Into smoking hot
fat and fry till brown. Repeat. Serve,
on a napkin with fried parsley to
garnish. Boston Cooking School
Magazine.
METHODS OF ORAFTAGE.
Other Implements have been tried
tn cleaning up the fields aud keeping
the top soil nice and mellow. But
the harrow beats all of them. Good
farmers have learned to slant the
teeth backward, so that they will
not catch hold ot trash or an old stalk
and tear up the hills of corn. Those
who commenced by using the harrow
this spring just as the weeds were
starting, and then kept on uslug it
until the corn was big enough to cul
tivate, have clean fields and mellow
fields.. This has been with the re
sult that those who have neglected
their fields now find them almost as
bard as a public road. Atter seeing
aeveral fine fields or corn this week
where the harrow was used two and
three times over. I say stick to the
smoothing harrow, aud you will have
to "show me" before I will believe
there' Is anything better. L. C.
Brown, in Tribune Fanner.
Triumph of Youth.
A certain lino of exercises is MB,
ommended to make children stronger
tbau their parents. This looks like
ft blow at the woodshed ceremony.
The Wyumlotfe.
Taking the country over, the two
breeds most largely represented at
the shows are the Plymouth Rocks
and the Wyandottes. There nre no
shows In which they are not repre
sented and the clnssea are usually
large and good. This prominence of
the two breeds Is not without reason.
They combine the utility aud fancy
points to as great an extant as any
breed, they have prestige and have
been bred long enough to a definite
standard to give the greatest play
to thn talent of the fancier.
Like the Plymouth Rocks the Wy
andottes are a made breed, but the
making Is now an accomplished fact
and while there Is always room for
Improvement the breeder knows what
to expect and will not find more than
the due proportion of culls from his
hatches.
The Shape of the Wyandotte.
There has been a tendency among
breeders to confuse Wyandotte and
Plymouth Rook form both by breed
ing the Wyandottes too long of body
and more especially by breeding the
cocks too blocky.
The Wyandotte, as the Standard
expresses it, is a bird of curves. The
back is short and broad, the body la
downfall of thousands of orchards
commences when their foolish owners
sow them to grass and turn their
stock in, and If possible tramp them
still harder than they were before.
A belt or grass around a tree Is about
as fatal as a rope around a crimi
nal's neck, especially if it be Timo
thy, the great robber of moisture.
Put ill Some Early Corn.
A few acres or early corn will come
In mighty nice arter the pastures
have been eateu down so that they
offer a scant living. An acre or two
of evergreen sweet corn is first rate
to start off the feeding season with,
and then, unless you have a very
early dent corn, plant a few acres
In some flint corn. This makes ideal
stuff tor August reeding and it will
tide over until the regular field crops
can be used. This la a mutter or
much importance this season, because
many have sold their last year's crop
down close and the pastures and the
early crops must be depended upou
to carry the stock up to tali. Mil
let la another crop which will fill h)
nicely after the pastures are gone.
After the fine feed the pastures are
now giving, stock will need plenty of
green food to keep them going up to
fall. L. C. Brown, lu the Tribune
1'aitner.
Durable Wood.
The most durable wood of which
we have evidence Is that ot whlrh
the wooden tombs discovered In
Egypt were built and which ProfeB
sor Petrle estimates to date from
4777 B C. They were most prob
ably constructed from timber yielded
by a apeclea of palm.
Oak wood when one It haa passed
a certain age becomee practically
everlasting. Evidence of this is
found in the roofs of Westminster
Hall and of the cathedral at Kirk
wall, which have lasted almost a
thousand years.
Hold Stone-Throwing Contests.
In parts of .Swn--. land aioiie
throwlng contests are held, handsome
prises being given to those who throw
a fair-sized rock faitbsst.
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n o u s e:k eepf.
Never break eggs on the edge of a
crock or pan. Use a knife instead;
'. it la much easier.
Watch your dish cloths and keep
1 them clean. Otherwise you will be
j supporting a microbe paradise,
j Keep a pumice stone by your sink.
When there are brown streaks in
your granite, porcelain lined or steel
1 kettles, rub them off with the stone.
After wushing children's frocks, a
hot Iron should never be pressed over
the colored embroidery Itself, as this
Is apt to fade the colors and spoil the
look of the garment.
When boiling cabbage, kraut, tur
nips or other loud smelling sub
stances, put a lump of charcoal or
rod pepper pod In the kettle to neu
tralize the odor therefrom.
The backs and handles of ebony
bruahes Bhould be rubbed over with a
very little boiled linseed oil after
washing, and then rubbed with a soft
duster until every vestige ot oil is re
moved. Egg Btaina can be removed from
silver by wiping them thoroughly
with fine salt and a dry, soft cloth.
Dip the cloth in tho salt and then
rub on the silver and the stain will
soon disappear, leaving the silver
bright and clean.
To remove the odor or oniona trout
fish kettles and saucepans in vhich
they have been cooked, put in wood
aahes or sal soda, potaah or lye; fill
with water and let It stand on the
atove until it bolla; then wash in hot
suds and rinse well.
If you will spread newspapera over
your bed or dining table when you
wish to cut out a dress or waist, you
will never cut your table cloth or
spread, and you will have a smooth
surface to pip, your pattern against
and save all scratches aud mars.
To clean ironware, take two table
spoonfuls ot concentrated lye to
three quarts of water It will make
pancake griddles like new and the
cake wilt not stick. Set the griddlta
or any veaael to be cleaned whare
they will keep hot, but not hail, lot
three or four hours.
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