1 PUPPETS fuppet" ""d manikins! Torn ttiat- are with a thumbscrew, a cord, or a keyl w" ilintfl on th ball that la noatlng around In the blue of a vapory sea,. iinnfts and manikin wonnd by the hand That stays not to wind us aRain; Dinra we. and finally fall to the strand 0' which all our glancing waa vain. Punnets and manikins! Made to obey 'fhp turn of fate's wonderful whel D,n. inn and whirling about for a day a'o drop at theend of our reel. mnoets and manlktnst Slaves to the will 61 something we never can know; unnlng our time then Inert, prone, and l toy tbat no longer can go. vnpnets and manikins floating In space (ArUt on a world-driven ball; Duiclng with awkwardness, lamanesa or gi ace Running about til we fall. turana W. Sheldon, In the New Tork Times. ' Ue UNNECESSARY SACRIFICE By Marion Porter. Bundles and all Molly had reached her own front door. By a great ef fort she shifted her burdens In to one arm and tugged at ber purse for her latchkey. It was only then that the saw that the front door was al ready ajar and marvelled greatly thereat. Could it be possible that jYed had co rue home so early? He didn't get an hour off very often. Could be be sick? The last thought frightened Molly so much that she Hipped into the front hall as quietly as though it had already assumed real llty. Fred did not sound sick, though and tie was evidently not alone. "I only did what I did to eave you from being the good-for-nothing you promised to be," said a strange voice; an old, sharp voice. "I should think by the appearance that I'd partially accomplished my end." "You're wrong," Fred said very quietly. "It took someone else to do that" There seemed to be an elo quent silence. Then Fred spoke again "Sit down," he said. "We'll agree to bear each other no ill will if you want to." "Fred, you've struck It," said the other voice eagerly. "I tell you I did what I did for the best. I may have been wrong and now I want you back. It's a hard thing tor an old man not to have his son to gladden his old age. I want you to come home. I've crossed the water to look you up myself and tell you. Will you come back with me?" Fred waa silent again for a moment. "Things have changed for me in more ways than one since we parted," he said. "I'm married, father. I'd have to ask what my wife thinks of your proposition." "Married!" echoed the voice, this time in dismay. "It was like this,' sad Fred. "After that lttle scrape of mine which led you to turn me out, I drifted over here in search of adventure and change. I hadn't had a great deal of. discipline you know, father, you always in dulged me in every way, until that time when I displeased you and I was pretty wild. I wasted what money I had. I wasn't prepared for any work and I Idled my time away. I got shabby and a little ragged your on ragged, father and sometimes I was hungry. And then I got to thlnk- tng I didn't amount to anything any ray and I lost what ambition I had. I don't know what would have become of me If, one day as I was sprawling on a bench in a strip of parkway near here, a girl hadn't seen me and taken pity on me. She knew I was hungry and she shared a little lunch m that would have been pretty scant for her self. And then she told me how she worked in a dry goods store, early and late, to take care of herself. She told me to brace up and try. And some bow, when I saw the brave little thing and heard her talk, I got courage to put my pride in my pocket and go look for honest work. And I got it and by hard labor I bettered myself little by little until I -was making enough money to take care of two. Then I made her leave the store and I hired tills little place and she and I started life together. That's all. What's the matter?" "Some provision can be made," gasp ed the voice, "a girl from a store your wife! Something must be done. We must settle with money " "None of that," Fred said, sternly. "Don't ever say a thing like that in connection with her again." Someone rose hurriedly. "You must give her up or I'm through with you. You'll never get a penny of my money. The old place will go to my nephews. Think it over, Fred. I'm going now. When you get your senses back and con come and tell me that you will make some arrangement, I'll see you again, not before." - He was evidently about to come out of the room. In a panic, Molly drop ped the bundles confesedly, and fled. She did not know where to go, but sWe walked rapidly, her mind in a whirl. She saw everything at once now. Why bad she never suspected, when she bad admired Fred's handsome per son and his gay, gallant ways, so dif . ferent from those of the men tfhe had met, that he belonged to a different olass than she represented? Why had he ever let him marry her? Her one collected thought at last was that on no account would she hold him down. She must get away somewhere some where that he would not think to look and keep hersolf there until be ceased to feel any obligation to ber. "Of course be'd stay with me," she thought proudly. "He wouldn't be the Fred I love and am so proud of. If be wasn't as loyal as be could be. But I won't let him saorlnce himself." The thought that she had no money to make a journey did not trouble ber. Already she bad formed a plan of go ing t New York; she bad soma rela . tires there of whom she was sure Yed knew nothing. She could get the Uttle money required for tbs trip from some friends at tbe other aids of the cKy. ghs took ber way toward their bouse, still revolving her trouble In ber mind. It i seemed a long time before the reached the bouse and then to ber fear and disappointment, there) was no e at home. "There'll be someone here, soon there, must be," ehe'snld to herself. She sat down on the piazza to wait. Her heaj ached. She wished she could cry and relieve that dull, ach ing pain She wondered when there was a train to New York Finally she was wondering a number of things together and then nothing. When Molly awoke, she thought she bad had a very bad dream, for though the ahce was still In her heart she was lying on the familiar couch in the sitting-room at home. Fred was the ache was still in her heart she would have smiled In a moment, con vlnced of the dream, when that other voice spoke. "You must reconsider Fred, you must!" it said pleadingly. "Don't say anything more about it!" commanded Fred. "I told you yester day what I would do and I haven't reconsidered. Why the old place and your money don't amount to a rap" Molly opened her eyes and looked at blm. "Fred," she murmured, "Don't you let any mistaken sense of duty to me hold you back I know I heard that other time he came, and I don't want you to stick to me through gratitude or anything " "I never thought of that," said Fred. He looked a little amazed to think he had not. "I only thought of my own part. I love you so, that I couldn't go where you didn't." "That," said Molly, dreamy with happiness "makes It different." ' Somebody else spoke then. "Well," said the sharp old voice, not un kindly, "I've got to have my son any way, so I may as well make up my mind to have his wife." "That," Molly heard Fred say, un conscious that he was repeating her, "makes everything different." Boston Post. WHEN DOGS POINT GAME. EROM A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT They Do Not All Behave Alike One , Extraordinary Case. The wonderful intelligence of the well broken bird dog Is often strik ingly shown at field trials. The field trial, which Is becoming more popu lar in this country, gives a good chance to study the psychology of the dogs, the instinct to point game affecting them In various ways. A litter brother to the consistent and high class field trial winner Uncle B. at times did a most unusual thing when he found birds. If the conditions were such as to make the finding very difficult and he was obliged to search far and wide for them, constantly getting a good dis tance from hlB handler, when he found a covey he did not break his point, retrace his steps and look up his handler as many dogs do and then by actions lead back to birds. ' But he would draw off a suitable distance at his own Judgment where he knew he would not flush the birds and would sit down on his haunches and bark, bark, bark short, sharp, loud barks until his handler -came to him, then he would go right straight back to the birds, assuming a long-drawn out pointing position of the cautious style. Many dogs whine and squeal while on point, many drool and snap their Jaws during the excitement of point ing, but very few draw off and bark a good, resounding, locating bark. Oq a cold perfect winter day Mr. Tonillnson was handling the noted field trial winner Uncle Sam. He was In normal health and very keeu. Af ter hunting about two hours his handler cast him over Into a patch of low growth sedge and the party watching him run came up near a fence to get a better view of his work. Just as all eyes were turned upon blm they saw him tumble to the ground fiat and limp, Just as though he had struck an obscure stump or stone. Mr. Clemson, his owner and a party of friends went cautiously up' to blm; there he lay, stretched list lessly on his side, not a muscle mov ing, his eyes dull and glazed. Con solation 'was offered Mr. Clemson by the gentlemen witnessing the sad death of so capital a field performer as Uncle Sam and the very remark able manner in which be had died. Presently his handler came up, and saw him lying there Just as the others had with glazed, dull eyes and no perceptible breathing. . Jta Tomllnson said "Poor Sam!" he thought he noticed just the slight tat movement of his tail; he spoke again and was sure of it. Turning to Mr. Clemson and his friends, he said: "Gentlemen, there are birds here. Though I cannot explain the actions of the dog, I am positive of It; be Is very close to them." At that be kicked the tufts of sedge directly In front of the dog's nose, who all this time bad never moved nor regained his animated - expres sion.. Suddenly Tomllnson flushed three close lying birds. To the sur prise of all the dog was Instantly on bis feet eager again to be cast off. Country Life In America. A Snob. Paul A. 8org, who recently drovs four-ln-hand from. New York to At lantic' City, a distance of 134 miles, has, like so many rich young society men, a hatred of snobbishness. "Sorg ," said a member of the Knickerbocker Club, "called one aft ernoon t the bouse of a ' nouveau rlche. A card tray stood in the draw ing room and on top was the card of an English duke. Sorg, waiting for bis hostess to descend, took this card and quietly stuck It under the carpet. "A week or two later be called again. The duke's card was back in Its place. It bad been carefully scraped and cleaned. Sorg put It be hind a mirror. "But It was found again, and though afterward be bid It la flower pots and vases and coal scuttles It always turned up, scrubbed clean and carefully dried, on the top of the card tray. "So at last Sorg hid It In the fami ly Bible, and that was the end cf It Mrs. Nouveau Rlche went into mourn. Ing. Washington Star. Puppy Love In Marriage. The hopelessness of it all in the marriage of extreme youth is that nine times out of ten love, which is the only thing that can possibly coun teract poverty, proves in such cases to be a virulent attack of the "pup py" variety, and soon develops into a condition to be relieved only by the divorce courts. Woman's Lite. Short 8klrta at English Levea. I hear through an official who was present at both courts that the style of dress displayed on these occasions was for the most part astonishing. The younger ladles especially affected the quaintest of quite short skirts, off the ground all round and displaying In many cases wonderful shoes of gold or sliver tissue or morocco, with high heels. When their trains were spread out these young ladies looked rather like belles of the late Regency period, an epoch which up to now we have not been wont to think of as famous for good dressing. The Queen keeps so rigorously to the conventional cut of court dress that she can hardly have regarded with a favorable eye such very curious innovations. Gentlewoman. The first sulphur matches appeared la m. Refuse. to Pay, She Says. Mrs. Dora Monteflore, the English suffragette who for three years re fused to pay ber taxes and had her goods sold by the bailiff in conse quence, recommended similar meth ods to the New York Legislative League at the Waldorf-Astoria, says the New York Tribune. "If you are willing to sacrifice your selves," she said, "to endure even the degradation of going to prison, you will be able before long to help not only yourselves but the human race." Mrs. Lillle Devereux Blake, the president, was re-elected, "probably for the last time," she told the wom en. "I am now seventy-six years old," she said, "and I don't believe I'll serve again. I am getting to the point where I feel that younger wom en should take the helm." Nurses Now Want Votes. The trained nurses are tne latest body of professional women to Join the suffrage movement. Dr. Mary Halton is taking the lead in getting them together. All the nurses of the other registries have been Invited to Join. Dr. Halton admits tbat the major ity of the nurses, while not pro nounced "antls," are not as yet very keen on the subject of votes, but she says that most physicians are in fav or of woman suffrage, and she thinks that their opinion will have weight with the nurses. Of the ninety doc tors In the Sydenham Building, Madi son avenue- and 57th street, she found that nearly all wanted women to vote. The reason for the compar ative indifference of the nurses, Bhe says, is that they haven't time to think of things outside their work. New York Tribune. Legal to Hold Up Husband. A wife has a right to rob her hus band, according to Judge Oemmell, of the Municipal Court, Chicago. Gus tavo H. DeKolkey had his wife ar rested for taking his money by force. "My wife robbed me right In my own home," said DeKolkey.. "She got a boarder and her brother to help hold me. Then she went tbruugn my pockets and got $11." Mrs. De Kolkey was led up in front of the court's desk. "Did you rob him?" asked the Judge. "Yes, I did," she said. "There was no other way to get ftioney out of blm. He hasn't given me a cent for over a year. So I decided to. rob him. I called my brother and we held blm, and I got what was In his pockets." "This Is a plain case of robbery, but it was perfectly Justifiable under the circumstances," said the court. "The defendant Is discharged. A wife has the right to hold up her hus band when he squanders his wages and does not give her enough for her support." The Husband's Title. - How should a woman refer to her husband? H. S. O. . There is an unwritten law that to domestics and new acquaintances and 'In business dealings Mrs. Smith should refer to her husband as Mr. Smith; but to friends and older ac quaintances of ber own circle she mentions blm by his Christian name. Just where she should draw tne line among acquaintances is hard .to de termine. The well bred acquaintance would never speak of blm otherwise than as "Mr. Smith" or "your hus band," nor do all Intimate friends extend their intimacy to the point of dropping the Mr. and calling the man John or Jack, as his' wife does. There is an intangible barrier to the adop tlon of this custom that Is still re pected. Any woman of refined in stlncts who has seen even a little of society can soon make up her mind as to' when and where she may properly discontinue mentioning her John as Mr. Smith, but the one without a natural sense of fitness . cannot be saved from blundering by written rules.-rNw York Press. i Outings Are Important "Yea, ! am Just back from my an nual spring flight, and feeling as light hearted as the proverbial bird, too," said the Woman Philosopher la the New York Tribune. '.'There Is mors than whim or bablt In this springtime desire to be on the move whether to transport one's house hold belongings or ono'g self to new scenes," she continued. "Why, bark ing back to oldtlme Chaucer, they wanted to go on spring pilgrimages even In Us Cngland of the fswrteenth century- ast eonvjaos that It Is a practically Imperative demand of our human nature to make a change at that time to feel a change, to do something different And lucky is the Indlvldul who can obey the in stinct. The cost and the bother of the spring flight are nothing in com parison with ts value. Just as our winter clothing grows shabby to us, and our appetites grow peevish, so our minds need the stimulus of some thing new, after the ordeal of win ter. I always plan at least a few days' absence somewhere about this time. If I don't take 'the children I send them away, earlier or later. I even carry my theory so far as to give each of the servants two days off between April 1 and the middle of May. By the way, such a plan helps one to hold one's servants through the next six months. Mrs. J., who keeps up an establishment with eight servants, deliberately arranges for "them to have their spring vaca tions, Just as regularly as her eon and daughters have their school va cations. "Mark my words: Your bit of out ing at this season of the year Is quite os Important to you as your new gowns and hats." Luncheons for Brides. Every hostess takes pride in Invent ing novel and pretty decorations for her luncheons, teas and dinners, and she takes special pride when the guest of honor Is a young bride or bride-to-be. It is never a difficult matter to evolve something attrac tive for a festivity connected with marriage, for there are so many charming designs that can be used cuplds, hearts, wedding bells, wedding rings and the like. At a luncheon given last week for an engaged girl the color scheme was pink and white, pink being the fav orite color of the bride-elect. The hostess was the latter's closest friend, and all the guests were inti mates of the two, which made the luncheon a very Jolly affair. The chandelier, above the table, was festooned with pink and white tulle, and suspended from it was a large golden hoop simulating a wed ding ring. From the hoop streamers of pink and white ribbon stretched to each cover, held in place there by tiny cuplds, each cupid bearing a card with the name of the guest to whom the place had been assigned. Bride roses filled a cut glass bowl ini the centre of the table, were clustered In vases and bowls on sideboard and mantel, and nodded in banks from the low window seats. Yellow luncheons are very approp riate when the guest of honor Is a bride, since yellow suggests sun shine. At one such luncheon in early summer last year a wedding bell covered with flotd daisies with yellow hearts and black-eyed Susans with yellow petals hung above the table. A big flat dish of old brass, filled with yellow lady's slippers, stood In the centre of the table, and a wreath of dntstes and smilax followed the curve of the table, Just inside of the plates. Daisy festoons stretcl;d from the chandelier to the four corners of the room, and daisies and black-eyed Sus ans and tall feathery grasses were banked on the mantelpiece and massed in earthenware pots of quaint and unusual shapes. The place cards at this luncheon were tiny yellow satin slippers filled with rice, the Uttle card witl the name on It half hidden in thn rice. Other pretty place cards for engage ment or bridal luncheons are hand painted designs showing a girl's head framed In a wedding ring, cupids peeping through a heart design, or twin hearts pierced with arrows. A woman with some skill in water col ors and a certain amount of Inven tion, can easily paint the carets tur a luncheou and, knowing the fads and fancies of her guests, can get In lit tle personal touches that will enliven the luncheon Immensely. New York Tribune. ';: THE FARMERS HOME AND'ACRES I Silage For Cows. Silage provides a succulent food, and milk cows fed on sllago will pro duce as much milk In midwinter as they will In June, other conditions be ing similar. Silage and cotton seed, either whole or ground, will make the best possible feed for beef cattle, and and thousands of cattle in the north ern states are fattening on these ra tions. Silage solves the feed prob lems of winter or a dry fall, and with silage but little hay or roughness Is needed for either milk stock or beef stook. Farmers' Home Journal. Rid the Pasture of Weeds. The cheapest way to rid the pasture of weeds, as well as other parts of the farm where sheep can be allowed to run, Is to keep some sheep grazing upon It I believe It Is also the best way to keep down weeds as the sheep wander over the same land day after day and keep the weeds closely picked down all the time, while If you depend on mowing the weeds, It can only be done occasionaljy and not very often at best. A goodslzed bunch of sheep wiH do more weed killing than a man, and do It at a profit to the owner, while the man would be quits an Item of expense. Farmers' Home Journal. Profitable Stock. We are daily coming In contact with the products of the dairy cow In one form or another, thus It Is to the Inter est of the owner of the dairy breed of cattle to carefully select animals when laying a foundation for his herd, which will yield hira the best profit, not only selecting animals which are from a good healthy stock but animals which are good profit producers, or in other words, that yield a flow of milk, containing sufficient butter fat, to war rant the animal worth the while of keeping upon the premises. While it is always essential that anl raals be well fed and tared for, it is oftentimes found that the animal pro ducing the largest amount of milk Is not necessarily the animal which de vours the most feed and for this rea son the owner should learn the tem perament of . each individual animal and feed It accordingly, in t,his way realizing profits which might otherwise be wasted. Farmers' Home Journal, The Best Ration for Hogs. In a recent bulletin the College of Agriculture of the University of Mis souri has published the results of a number of swine feeding experiments, by E. B. Forbes. These experiments prove that corn good corn is a good feed for any animal and that thero is no reason for withholding It from any animal needing food. At the same time, it Is shown that corn alone is not nearly so good or so profitable a feed as corn supplemented by some proteld food such as tankage, linseed ollmeal, or soy beans. If hogs fed exclusively on corn the animal becomes very fat and chubby and does not develop properly; the bones are brittle- and easily broken. 81xy-flve hogs were used in this experiment and they were divided into lots of five each. Twelve different ra tions were used with corn alone In two of them and corn supplemented with some other feed In the others. The hogs fed on corn and linseed ollmeal and those fed on corn and tankage gained the most; those re ceiving corn alone were most unsatisfactory. Fashion Notes. AI lover embroidery In colors t match the suits Is good. ' Pearls In many colors are used fo embroider taffeta suits Instead ot braid. Coarse blue linen frocks, embroid ered with blue and coral silk, are made for young girls. These are worn with lace gulmpes, and are collar less. On many of the lingerie dresses English eyelet embroidery is used. It is combined with voile de cotton, much In demand now, because it does not crumple easily. A separate blouse must be In every one's possession. The newest model Is formed of ribbon the same color as the material of the skirt, and Is worn over a lace undersllp. Lace and more lace. It perches in huge bowg on - bats; it covers silk evening gowns; It forms beautiful wraps, either in separate glory or combined with gold tulle. 1 Scarlet cloth V used here for. ex tremely short coats, belted In with black patent leather. Black satin ro vers decorate these Jackets that are giving a touch of color to the lawns or porches. Little girls are wearing bats tht have departed from the simplicity so popular In America. A mass of lace and frills crowns each little one's head, no matter bow plain the coat or -dress may be. , ' The Hedebo embroidery in many respects Is suggestive of the sxqulalu Madeira embroidery. The designs, however, are distinctly different, be ing far more suggestive of filet net, than any other kind of handwork. Paisley effects are again with us. la chiffon, net, satin, foulards and pon gee, giving touches of rich colorings. Indeed, the Paisley printed pongee, Is used extensively as trlmlng tor frocks and suits of natural-colored pongee, shantung and tuaaore. Horse Distemper. It ia known that a horse with dls temper can communicate it to a heal thy horse, and the germs are found In the discharges of the nostrils. In most cases distemper appears before horses are five years old. The veterinary of the Colorado agricultural college says: The Constitutional disturbances caused by the shedding of the teeth, and cutting same, as well as Impure air in poorly ventilated stables, over worked and poorly fed animals, are factors that weaken the resistance and make Infection possible to produce the disease. The disease Is more common In the spring and fall of the year, particular ly the former, on account of the chill received as a result of the sudden changes at these seasons of the year. The disease can also be transmitted from dam to offspring through the milk. Young animals should not be brought In contact with those affected nor watered out of the same bucket, nor come In contact with any other property until It has been thoroughly disinfected. An animal should not be castrated while suffering with distem per. ' A vaccine made from the specific germ causing this disease Is prepared In the laboratory of the Veterinary Department of the Colorado Agricul tural College. ' This vaccine la very useful In com bating distemper, both as a preven tive and as a cure, and promises to be of as great value as the antisuppura tlon, vaccine made In the some labora tory from the germs which cause poll evil, nslula, and wound Infections. . like, the anttsuppuratlon vaccine, to get' the best result It must be used by one who Is trained In the diseases of the lower animals and understand the use ot vaccine on same. It Is therefore advisable to have It used by a competent graduate veterinarian. Breeding and Laying House. Tie question of bousing is one much discussed and one on which a treat many disagree, A successful poultry hcu' need not be a fancy affair nor a v-ry expensive bonding but It should bj well built and constructed so a not to allow any drafts whatever, us a draft Is th one urs road to the many annoying d; ,eaies common to poiil'.vy. ". All poultry buildings should be lo cated on a high, dry place sc to It that there Is no possibility of water standing near It Plenty of Yresb, pure air and sunshine is the most essential. All houses should face the south, for It is from that direction that they get the most of the sunshine, and In an open front house the sun's direct rays enter and penetrate into the dark corners and assist so materially in decreasing the vermin. Through many experiments it lias been taught that the open front house Is by far the most sensible, economi cal and practical of all houses a house built with the Eust, South and West walls thoroughly tight and draft proof, and with a good sized opening from one-third to one-half the entire front wall In the opening, and then a frame made and covered with domestic to cover the entire opening. This frame should be hinged at the top and a hook put at the tnottom to fasten it when closed, be hinged at the top and a hook put at the bottom to fasten It when closed. The frame can be opened by means of a rope run through a ring or pulley la the celling and tied to a hook in th wall, to keep It open la the day an' on pretty clear nights. A frame of this sort will keep the wind and rain out of the house and at the same time will jonnlt the fresh air to enter the house diffused and thus avoid drafts. The size of house to build depends entirely upon the number of hens you care to keep. Five square feet of floor space Is really sufficient for each bird In the pen, but if you can allow eight or ten square feet, the results will easily pay you for the difference. Breeding stock to be kept In the best of condition need plenty of room to exercise. Fawners' Home Journal. fhOME IDEAS ECONOMirisJf- New Orleans Soup. Add to two cupfuls fresh or canned tomatoes a tcaspoonful of soda. Set over the fire and simmer gently white a quart of milk Is set to boll In anoth er vessel. When it reaches the boiling point add the tomatoes without straining, cook five minutes longer, add salt, red pepper and butter to sea ion and serve with croutons. Emma Paddock Telford In the New York Telegram. Sliced Oil Pickle. Slice thin about 60 cucumbers, four inches In length, and one cupful salt and let stand over night. In the morn ing, rinse with cold water and drain, thoroughly. Add six tablespoonfuls pure olive oil, one tablespoonful each celery seed and white and black mus tard seed. Mix the seedB and oil, then pour over the sliced cucumbers, blend ing thoroughly. Put In Jars, cover ! with cold cider vinegar and seal. Farm Notes. How many thousands of dollars ar farmers going to lose by letting the stock run down? With feed high the dairyman musrt get more for the butterfat. The price Is bound to advance. Cut off at any time, any sucker you may flind growing at the foot of fruit trees or on the trunk or main limbs where branches should not go. The alfalfa' grower does not get wor ried when mill feed goes up in price. His dairy herd Is provided for If th alfalfa crop is in the stack or barn Make free use of the straw In bed ding the cattle. You provide better foi the cow and at the same time increase the amount of good fertilizer for tha fields. , A pig is a money making machine and should be fed ail be will eat cleanly from the time he is able to nibble; then keep him going until be is on the block. The greatetf the capacity for food th better the milker. A cow cannot pro duce a large quantity of milk If she does not have the capacity for food tbat makes milk. Virginia Sweet Pickle. Mix together two quarts each sliced cucumbers, onions and green toma toes, two quarts butter beans that have been cooked 15 minutes, and two quarts chopped cabbage. Add one thiid cup salt iiml one pint vinegar and scald for five minutes. Add eight cupfuls sugar. Then mix three-fourths of an ounce of tumeric with a cupful ! of flour, and one-half ounce celery seed. Add a half pint vinegar and stir until It thickens. German Mustard Pickle. Have ready one quart each small whole (ilium.. eis, lnrge sliced cu cunibere. grei n tomatoes slio ed, small buiou onions and green peppers cut line. Make a brine with four quarts water and one pint salt, pour over the vegetables and let stand over night. Heat JtiBt enough to scald in the morning and turn into a colan der to drain. Mix together one cup ful flour, one cup sugar, six table spoonfuls mustard, one of tumeric, one-quarter cupful celery seed with cold vinegar to make a paste. Next add enough more cold vinegar to make two quarts in all. Cook until smooth, add the vegetables, cook un til heated through and turn Into Jars. . , . Spanish Catsup. Peel and slice one-half gallon green cucumbers, and slice enough cabbage to make one-half gallon. Sprinkle with alt and let all stand for six hours. Chop one dozen onions and let them stand in boiling water half an hour. Chop one quart green tomatoes, one pint string beans, one dozen ears preen corn. scaM and strain. Mix all the other ingredients together, then I add two small cupfuls white mustard seed, one small cupful ground mus ' jtard, one pound sugar, three table- spoonfuls tumeric, two tablespoonfuls grated horseradish, three tablespoon fills celery seed, two tablespoonfuls olive oil, one tablespoonful each mace, cayenne, and cinnamon. Place in a jar, mix well and cover with boiling vinegar. NEW YORK'S BIG GRANGE. It Has 90,000 Members, 8000 of Whom Joined Last Year. City folks who think that "tin. Grange" and "the Grangers' are obso lete expressions ought to have at tended the thirty-seventh annual cou vention of the New York State Grange recently held In Wr.tertown. Organized In 1873 with twenty-one subordinate granges and a small mem bership, the state grange has In this brief period Increased to 723 granges with nearly 90,000 members. The granges are now established In fifty four of the sixty-one counties of the state, including practically every agri cultural county. During the last year over 8000 new names were added to the roll. At the Watertown convention nearly 1500 out-of-town de'egatee were present for at least some sessions. The grunge Is uniquely democratic In Its organization," says the Survey. "Practically any farmer or farmer's wife, whether owning a farm or work ing on a farm, is eligible to member bershlp. About one-third of the dele gates at the state meeting were wom en, and not infrequently they brought their husbands as associate delegates, the women voting and the husband merely participating in the discus sions. Sometimes this was reversed, Among other activities the grange Is pre-eminently Interested in the Im provement of agricultural educatlou and urges the enlargement of the state agricultural college, and a liberal a p. proprlation therefore, as well for th maintenance of the agricultural schoools already established. . The grange has established six scholar ships at toO each at Cornell Unlver Ity. Washington Herald. Chow Chow. one head of cabling? cut fine, two j quarts of small string beans, one j quart of lima beans, one dozen cucum- I hers, one quart of small white onions, i eight peppers, cut tine, one-quarter of I a pound of mustard seed, one-half pound of ground mustard, two quarts of strong cider vinegar, one-half cup ful of palt. Peel and cut the cucum bers, mix wltli the cabbage and sprin kle over them the salt; let s'and one hour, then drain. Mix the ground mus lanl with a little of the vinegar, and scald the remainder of the vinegar; when hot, add the mixed mustard and L t It simmer ten minutes. Partly cook vegetables, with the exception of th cabbage, cucumbers and peppers. (W hen this Is done and the salted ve getables are drained, put all together In the hot vinegar and boil five minutes. A Prolific Bretd. The population of Southern Cali fornia, according to Colonel Drake, who Is the world's foremost I'atistl olan lu such matters, cannot fall, in a very short-time, to exceed 2D.000.04iO souls, for there Is a human - breei there which multiplies with the nr acu'.ous rapidity of Belg'an hares. When. Long Beach bad a opu'atlon of only a little more than a thousand there sprang up in a few months, from the smallest beginnings, more tvan 900 real estate agents. New York Pre. ' The Real Enemy, "Why didn't you come to the danes the ether night. Lieutenant-Colonel Fcbmldt? I believe you were afraid of all tha girls you have been engaged to" ' . Lieutenant "No, r.ot them; ctl.eri." FIleKcndo Blatter. Wild tVi-r t'iv l.n tHa mera) flints r'-ceMtly it UarrJsburg. Pa. Hint. A handful of flour bound on cut will stop the bleeding in a short time. Dip the luk Bpot in pure melted tal low; then wash out the tallow and the Ink will come out of linen with it. When the lamp chimney has been smoked put it under the faucet and ;the cold water takes it all off nice and clean. A flannel dipped into boiling water and sprinkled with turpentine and laid on the chest will relieve cold and hoarseness. Put onions In a deep dish and fill with cold water; peel from the water, this will prevent them from making: the eyes weep. ' When knocking the crusts off a' slice ot toast, try using a wooden po toto masher and see how much easier and better the work Is done. A tablespoonful of strong coffee put into the gravy of melted butter, pep per and salt to be poured over beef steak, Impart a delicious flavor to it A teaspoonful of vinegar put Into a lamp or oil stove tbat smells or moke, will cause it to burn with a clear light and prevent It from smok. Ing. For the busy housekeeper who wants to whip cream when It seems too thin or perverse, try, setting the dish of cream In a bowl of real cold water; then take from the cold water and put In hot water and the dis couraged house wife will find the' cream will whip like magic. , j To clean an oil painting rub a freshly cut slice of potato dampened In cold water over tbs picture. The lather should be wiped off with a soft, damp sponge and then ' the picture' should be washed with lukewarm wa-' tt r, dried ''and polished with a piece of soft, silk that ha been washed. , t Before washing, look over all linen, for spots. Tea and coffee stains usual-, ly yield to hot water when poured' steadily through them., Fruit status., or In fsct any stain, can always be removed by rubbing pure glycerin la to them before putting Into water., Af ter washing, dry In sunshine or opeu air.
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