New York by
Pea and Pencil.
SahtfMisii Detags la Holiday Time A New
ffesc ef the Uppteg Nuisance.
SL Jefe's Mov
kg Pictures.
Pfrom Our New York Correspondent.)
OR some cause
which Is not yet
apparent the re
cent holiday sea
son was marked
by a flamboyan
cy of expression
unusual to Go
tham. This year
the swagger set
seems to hare
relapsed Into the
primitive, four
footed way of
manifesting 1 1 s
Joy over the re
turn of the bless
ed season, con
ducting itself nft
cr nn lde.illr.cd
quadrumnnous
fashion.
What I i
am actually trying to sny Is that some
of the holiday doings of our Idle rich
have been of a nature which might
have called a blush to the cheek of I
well. Sardalinpalus. I
One of the most novel and least ob-,
1wittitnnl iln csinlnl cflinta nf I Ii t a .1 i-k-
scriptlon was n "pajauia party." Yes,
they did tho guests all appeared clad
In this sure enough "evening dret-s."
The company Included n score of men
and women who r,ce daylight through
Fifth avenue windows when they Fee
It at nil, and the other guests well.
iuu h un iul) itijuuiitn ill i'iufiii I
couldn't have been an out and out
hardship for them. One of the Litter ,
was an Interesting young person who ,
was arrested recently while attempt
ing to do a remarkable pas soul in ,
"The Queen of the Moulin House" 1
Now, this play Itself Is a literary j
there exists n wide difference of opin
ion. To Illustrate this in a homely
fashion, let me state that Jacobus
rinmtn finilo if nniMnllT' ntliinnrl til
hi-a Rnncn ctt nrtnrmMnHnTV wliile T pt.
perience wie neeu 01 iresii nir ueiure
111 lirai ni-i is til it. i .liiiiui 111:11 :in
11IS 111L1V K t'.YIIlHUllMl lit 111C 111UL
nil. .1 ::i-(iiius i,:iiiiiii if, it'iiuit-ii ill in-
TiTnpminioii wiiii ivmrirpriior-irer 11 fino
nil innr i mil miiiniiii-ii uiiii 1111 hi.
prefer to look elsewhere. Of one
nmg, nowever, l am quite certain
he vmini? nerson was permitted to do
lie dance at tho nalama nartv with-
I am not a believer In the innate
am obliged to admit that the theory
s supported by some strenuous evl
lence. llecontly I was lunching at a
tmi.Llll.lll1. Ill IUU 1IIVNIU l .1.1 "UtLU
ins a reputation for pacifying a max-
mum appetite at a minimum price.
Vt an adjacent table two young men
i-riT-ri llciiaclii- t wrt nlntoc n "linnf
Vltbout any special effort on my part
fllllll UJ III Ult-V UL'll! bill 1IIU 1111UI1L.
he matter of tipping.
"Yes, I believe iu the system," one
f them declared without any visible
licrrupiion oi me Dusmess ol uie
luiiieui. i aiwii.in ill mtr uuuci
1111 1?. llt'.Lll. . MUilia. 1L IIL'LlUa LU
10k as If I should have to break mv
lie Tniinv '
"I'm not exactly on," tho other man
ged to get in ahead of a fresh con-
gnment of the luscious legumes.
"Why, it's just this way," came the
;iNiii';ii(irv li.iii i. it ijl'ii i iri:u a
KH IT II IH11T1T III SPi . IIlVMflt I1K1I1U.
de somebody "who Is just about
rriiiirfi wii ii nis iiiivti. - u w . unit:
nies out of ten restaurant patrons
loir plate and leave the place. Often-
Uiail IIML ililT VVillH-i. 10 all. UUiiU
. .. i 1
II lltll" Illil. ISt-l III If lillHlt" U1IL11 lid
'turns to remove the debris. Well,
UCil I .1111 tuiric vuu.-5ii t. r. 4b
ien. Wlicn lie does find It, tucked
TirPINO.
rejoiced thereat and when I see
m again I am greeted with a smile.
perfection. Yes, I almost alwaya
the waiter."
'Bobbing Peter to pay Paul, Isn't it?"
okml the other, but not with evident
nnnmvfll.
i -
I1UL ab aia awc ti . i-- ttvw - - j
ins that's coming to blm. It is only
. A M 1 11
mpkln pie and two glosses of but-
Ilk. With two such consciences
d two such digestions what will the
treat be?
two whole days Gotham was
. m . a- m HI A. Ita
was a cruel one. If the mayor
Issued an order to close the hun-
of places of public worship In
greater city there could have been
cijf teas luuiguaui pniun, itw
, . i . i . ,. n.i
ring picture habit Is so prevalent
ns and balds Its Ttetias la so
I I j-iMii-r 7V I . TM
" "SEX .
!IL J-- III X7 I II
II i-JbS ' 1 ' ,1 I I
Mm I II ft WV I 111!
' I8MT
drm a grip that no mayor who la am
bltlons to serve another term would ta
brave enough to discourage It. After
bis recent action It will be unnecessary
for Mayor McClellan to disavow his in
tention of becoming a candidate for re-
TUB HO VINO riCTUBS HABIT.
election. The picture show Is not al
ways exactly what it should be. The
camera does not always discriminate
in its choice of a subject for exploita
tion and beneath the manipulation of
a hand devoid of Judgment is apt to re
veal matters which better might be
concealed, but that the picture show is
educative in a profitable way who will
deny?
It is not to be affirmed that the mov
ing picture show as it is conducted In
Gotham is free from blemishes. At
the present time the best pictures lire
pared for these exhibitions arc made In I
Paris, and the subjects seem to In? left
to those who make tbcni. Now, with I
..ill nnr lnlAti(li.n nrltlnlen 1 . I .. I
photographer. It may 1 said Out the
pictorial taste of the gay capital Is n il
precisely that of, say, Mr. Anthony ,
Conistock. The latter gentleman's
n
ilons of what constitutes art have licet
formed iu a climate whose variable
temperature makes Imperative the u-o
of dranorv. and nlentv of It. In Pari..'
one soon heroine-? I
less acutely noli-1
tiillve to tlies' j
sudden charses j
and in time an !
j;els wllhout dr;--!
peryarenlmoston
u par Willi tho.-e'
nil clad In
tho i
regulation nn
sell
Barb.
Then there I
nnot her niistaU'
which Ihofu v,i. i
have been sup
plying the Ami-r-lean
market with
moving picture
subjects h a v c
fallen Into they
have failed t
dlscrimliuitc be
tween the some
what elastic mor
al perception o"
the native Pari
A"(ii:l.S WITHOUT
miArrnv.
I j ft " w
Man and the ethereal code which pre- fool out
vails on Cotham's east side. It Is thli j When the doctor called he was told
failure which has made all of the trou that bis services were no longer re
lile. So in future, Mr. Photographer quired and the reason given. He hur
fur the moving picture show, nleaso be rled home and questioned the servant
cure that your subjects are clad com-1
fort ably and do not reveal them in sit
nations which conflict with the Amer
ican legal taste. In a word, avoid real
ism and nil will be well.
Oue of the real grievances of the :
Cotham general public Is that It can-1
r.ot assist Trinity church in the man-1
agement of its business affairs. It bus
I bean protesting its willingness to do so
for about a century, but its proffers
have met vtlth
the silence that
Is a feature of the
business policy of
the beneficiaries
of old Anneke
.fans, xuus lar
the corporation tfftP
known as the
vestry of Trinity
church parish has
managed to con
duct its affairs
without any spe
cial reference to
the remainder of
Gothani.and there
is extant a suspi
cion that it has
not beggared it
self by so doing.
The recent an
nouncement that
the corporation had made up Its mind
to sacrifice old St. John's chapel. In
Vnrlt-k street on the altar of the mam
mon of trade brought forth a storm of
disapproval.
Sentiment arrayed itself
against the nllesed sordidncss. and all
at once the doomed chapel took on an
architectural and historical value that
had never been suspected during its
long years of practical neglect by
the innRii nubile. All the old stories
of the mediaeval business policy of the
corporation were resurrected and the
charge that It regarded humanity sole
ly from a commercial viewpoint was
reiterated.
Xow, without going Into the matter
exhaustively, if is the fact that old St.
John's Isn't worth so much attention.
It is the product of an age when Amer
ican architecture was remarkable for
nothing save Its unllkcness to all ex
isting models, and the rubberneck wag
ons have never included It in "seeing
New York." StllL were I the Trinity
corporation I shouldn't removo It just
now. By the same token, were I the
general public I shouldn't vorry a
great deal If It were removed. The
Salvation Army has proposed an easy
way out of the difficulty by offering to
take the chapel and make it popular
after the army's own peculiar fashion.
This offer may not appeal to Trinity
la a theological way, but Its acceptance
would go for toward confounding those
who charge tho corporation with Illib
erally. 8TUYVESANT BBOWN.
No Romanoe. '
"Kiss anybody under the mistletoe
this year?"
"No; I didn't try."
"Don't care for such things?"
"Under the nose is good enough for
me."
p4
FOR THE CHILDREN
Tho Black Cockatoo.
There Is a wonderful cockatoo la
one of the Islands of the Indian ocean
near New Guinea. It Is as large as a
full grown pheasant and. Is of a jet
black color. The bird Is remarkable
for Its Immensely strong bill and tho
clever manner In which It la used. Tho
bill ts as hard as steel, and the upper
part has a deep notch.
Now, the favorite food of this cock
atoo Is the canary nut, but there Is
wonderful Ingenuity required to get at
It, for the nut Is something like a Bra
zil nut, but It Is ten times as bard. In
fact. It requires the blow of a heavy
hammer to crack It It is quite smooth
and somewhat triangular In shape.
Nature appears to have given the
possession of the wonderful bill some
Intelligence to direct Its powers, for
the cockatoo takes one of the nuts
edgewise In its bill and by a carving
motion of Its sharp lower beak makes
a small notch on It This done, the
bird takes bold of the nut with Its
claws and, biting off a piece of leaf,
retains It In the deep notch of the up
per part of the bill. Then the nut Is
sclccd between the upper and lower
parts of the bill and is prevented from
slipping by the peculiar texture of the
leaf.
ft 1 I n t.Mt- (!
piece of the shell of the nut The I
bird then seizes the nut In Its claws
and pokes the long, sharp point of Its
shar
pick
bill Into the hole and picks out the ker-
nel bit bv bit
His Reason Why.
Once upon a time n learned doctor
had a foolish servant, who always
went with him to visit the sick. One
day ho was called to the bedside of a
very ill patient and after examining
the man the doctor said that he had
been eating oysters and that he must
stop or he would die. When they left
the house the servant asked the doctor
how he knew that the sick man had
been eating oysters.
"Because," said the learned man, "I
saw the empty shells under the bed."
Some time after this the doctor was
very busy, and a call came for his im
mediate service. In bis stress he sent
the servant to visit the patient who
was very bad, just to tell him that he
would come as soon as possible. The
servant arrived, and, as he had fre-
quently beard his master do, he asked i
numerous questions; then, as bis eyes
wandered about the room, he said,
"Sir, you may die, for you have eaten
a horse."
"How dare you?" exclaimed the
man's wife, and In anger she drove the
"Why were you such a fool?" he
asucd.
I To which the servant replied, "I
knew be bad eaten a horse, because I
saw the harness under the bed."
"Grevfriars Bobby,
An interestlntr monument has been
erected near Greyfrlars cemetery, Ed-
lnbureh. bv the late Baroness Burdett-
Coutts, in memory of a dog's devotion. ' you have never sprayed, begin by writ
Thls dog followed its master's remains 1 ing to your state experimental sta
to the cemetery in 1S5S; from that day tion for Its spraying bulletins. Don't
and night after night for thirteen j spray feebly, but do the job thor
years It guarded the grave and only , oughly. ,
left it to visit a restaurant near at "Trees may be healthy and blossom,
hand for Its dluner. At the fire of the j year after year and no fruit be form- j
1 o'clock gun from the castle Bobby ed. This condition can be remedied
, left the grave and returned immedi
ately after a hasty meal at the restau
rant On Sundays he dined from
scraps laid In a certain place by him
on Fridays and Saturdays.
Ho died in 1872. The facts are well
authenticated and were reported proni-
( iuently In the newspapers during the
dog's lifetime.
A Phosphorous Lamp.
Get a small vial of clear glass and
Into it put a piece of phosphorus
about the size of a pea. Then pour in
"r ,
cork
cork
until one-third full some pure ollv
heated to the boiling point and
the vial tightly. To get light at any
time you have only to remove tho cork
and let some air get Into the vial and
then put in the cork again. This will
cause the whole empty space In the
, vlal t0 become luminous, the light be
Ing strong enough to enable you to see
' the tlme uy a watch or a clock. When
i tue lis1 grows dim take out the cork
again and then replace it as before. In
I eold weather it may be necessary to
i warm the vial between the hands to
take the chill out of the oil. Chicago
News.
The Riddler.
What Is the largest room to the 1
world? The room for Improvement i
Why is the street car like the heart '
of a mother? Because there Is always
room for one more to be taken In.
Why arc teeth like verbs? Because
they are regular, Irregular and defec
tive. Why la a man just imprisoned like a
boat full of water? Because he re
quires balling out
A Cube Defined.
At a village school examination, says
the Youth's Companion, the pupils
wero asked to define a cube. On one
of the papers the teacher found the
following definition; "A cube Is a fig
ure that Is a square wide and a square
long and the same on the top and bot
tom also."
Bring the Brush.
Oh, hrta tie brash and brlns the comb.
For here la little Frowilehead,
And father soon Is oomlnx homo
And most not see a towzleheadl
So well brush, brush, brush.
And we'll comb, comb, comb)
Around the finger twirl the hair
And brush and comb and curl the hair
Till goae is Uttle Prowslehead
And Curlylocki Is here Instead.
Emlle Poulsea In Baby Ffapa.
MONEY IN OLD ORCHARDS.
Profitable
Fruit Croo From
Run
Down Farms.
A woman who ownsnml manages
large orchards in the centra' part ol
New York state furnishes Interesting
Information which will be of interest
In all states where fruit Is raised. She
says:
'Within the last two months I've
had as many as twenty letters from
women asking for advice nbout in
vesting in fruit trees. Most of these
women are thinking of Investing in
farms or small country places where
there are already what they term old.
run down orchards. They-como to me
to find out If they can ever make
those old trees bear.
"According to my experience, an
apple tree In this climate has to b.s
pretty far gone to be ready for the ax
I mean, of course, when It is a gooj
variety. The trouble with the apple
trees which we see on these old placer.
Is that they need care and attention.
"They have been allowed to stand
year after year with their roots cov
ered by sod. They are actually dying
of thirst and starvation. If one will
only study the difference in the color
or me leaves or trees growing iu n
,!IU,, orchard and In one allowed to!
un hi trass in iiimxiiiiiim'r lie win
or starvation nna uiirsi.
1 " "rst "ns ' ao wim such
nn
I in in. u n is in jiioiv it il I . ii it nas
been In sort for a number of years
there will be many roots near Iho sur
face. Do not be afraid of hurting the
, trees by cutting these roots with the
plow.
"This plowing should be done early
in 1 lie spring and should bo repeated
several times during the first rens"!i.
If the roots are so thick that you an
' not plow, then chop up the sod with
a disk harrow. If the land Is Iro
rough even for that turn In begs,
rirop a few grains of com here and
there In crowbar holes and leave the
, rest for the hogs. .
Trees In such neglected orchards
always need pruning. This shouM Lv
done when the trees are dormant.
February Is usually the best month.
"If the tree has not been pruned for
Kevcral years, do not tnfcc out all the
useless wood at one time. Let some
of It go over.
Now. pruning Is something that
should never be carelessly done. Th
primings should all be burned and the
ashes scattered about" the roots of the
trees.
"After this severe pruning you will
get a big crop of water sprouts In the
glimmer. Hub them off promptly.
After this first pruning it will be nec
essary to prune a little every season.
As n rule, there Is enough plant
food in the soli If it is only put in
shape so that the trees can use It. If.
However, mis suiium urn lk: iul- tuBi:. j
then a fertilizer containing nitrogen
Is the best tonic. A liberal dressing:
of barnyard manure Is the very best
way of supplying this nitrogen. Nl-
. I . ! , .. . 1 . . I . ...... ,
! trate of soda Is also good.
"I have found it impossible to raise
i cood fruit without a spray pump. If
lli two ways. One way is to graft '
about every third tree in every third j
row with a pollen Hearing arir-iy. ,
The other and sometimes the more'
convenient is to replant certain rows ,
with pollen bearers. When setting out ,
new orchards I always plant every j
fourth row with pollen bearers ,
"Fortunately it Is only In isolated j
orchards of a single variety that such j
conditions prevail. In fruit growing haJf ft me Qf Uje cnd of tu0 lsand mirkor moves up or down.
districts where several varieties are , Ucre W(J gw th(j great advautage of a mirror which can be readily adjust
ralsed and bees are kept a total fall- ,., .. vn,1P ,n,lrI.K cd to anv desired heicht Attached to
l ,10St t0 i'nPof'We- 11 n J
, "T" "CCf a,7 P Z'w ,
wm pay a fruit grower, especially in
a new
country, to be on the
Sale
side.
A Homemade Barrel Header.
A simple and handy device for the
farm Is that shown In the accompany
ing cut.- It is of special value where
the article contained In the barrel
should be safely secured either In ship-
HANDY BARBEXj HEADER.
ping or in storage. IU utility in other
respects will be recognized at a glance.
The barrel header is so simple In its
construction that any directions as to
bow to make it would be superfluous.
Rheumatism In Cows.
Cows are subject to rheumatism,
says n writer, and it affects them to
the legs between the knee and the hip.
The following treatment is recom
mended by the writer: First of all
provide a comfortable, warm, dry, well
ventilated stable and well lighted, but
protected from strong drafts. There
should be an abundance of clean, dry
bedding. The food should be soft
easily digestible, slightly laxative, and
the water clean, pure and cool. Give
half an ounce of saltpeter three times
a day. At the outset of the treatment
give one pound of epsom salts to half a
gallon of water and occasional smaller
doses afterward to keep the bowels
open. If you can locate the pain rub
flally wits camphorated spirits.
MY PUNKIN PIETY.
Race Tvo grown old I oft sit down
And shed repentant tear
Because I was a dreadful kid
Back in my early years.
Dear mother trusted me bo far.
But I was always near
'Where'er she put tho cooky Jar,
And, strange, they'd disappear.
The doughnuts, tarta and sugar cake,
Caka roosters. Jumbles, snaps
How quickly they would their leave
take!
It was the rats perhaps.
One day ma made a punkln pie
A bully pie, oh. myl
I watched her mix the eggs and thhun
And winked the other eye.
I cannot lie. I stole that pie.
And. nudging Brother Jack.
I hustled for the kitchen door.
But mother called me back.
I had the pie shoved up my back.
It slipped down on my chair.
It was my luck, alack, alack.
To sit down on It square!
My mother laughed until she cried.
I cried until I laughed.
They called me "Punklns" "Punkln
head." Oh, my, how I was chaffed)
I'm called a pious saint today.
Of names I've a variety.
But mother oft recalls to me
My early punkln piety.
C M. B.
FOR BONE CUTTER BUYERS.
When you buy a bone cutter, get It
onJa'
Probation may save tribulation.
Our first bone cutter turned bard
enough to give a mule nervous prostra
tion. Wo kicked.
Flcre are pointers for your prollt
Buy a machine that stands perpen-1 and divide Into oblong cakes tbree
dlcular on legs. i fourths bv one-half bv three Inches:
j Tho cutter that is screwed to n bench
I la a nuisance.
1 The maehfne with part of knives not
I In play wastes time and muscle; but,
, worst of all and cursed by many, is the
bone cutter where one band must press
on a lever to control the feed while the
other turns the crank.
Therefore get a cutter with automat
ic feed that is so adjusted that it
makes the knives cut deep into a soft
bone and case up on a bard ouc and
thus never sta11. 'wnlle the follower falls
straight Into tho hopper, the hopper
having a hinged side for easy cleaning.
with tho cutter plate right underneath,
Tho follower should not rest on the
knives; tho knives should not require starch as usual, then open up the gar
sharpening often and should be easily I mcnt wen an(j alp down once Into
removed and replaced. clcar -water. When dry slightly damp-
The cutter should not require a man's cn i Warm water and roll up for a few
strength; it should cut tendons and '. minutes. Garments starched in this
gristle off slick, cut no chunks and
splinters, but shave fast or slow, line
or coarse as adjusted, with reasonable
exertion.
Order a heavy balance wheel to save
exertion: beware of lightweight ma-
chines and exposed cogs and lubricate
with machine suop oil.
A machine that cuts vegetables, corn.
! dr-r,and K,re bono n,"ce son P?0 'or
Itself and brings good profit, for the similar to the one shown in the accom
style described seldom needs repair. , panying illustration is used. There Is
a rack for towels, etc., a comb tray and
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS. I
Pigeons are at their best for racing I
when from two to five years old. Aft- f
er that their age tells, as It does with
"humans."
The turkey breeders of Indiana and
Illinois were puzzled over the late ar
rival of the grasshoppers. Tlicy didn't
get there till the middle of August
but to their sorrow found all the tur
keys lined up to receive them.
The largest incubator in the world
Is at the Atlantic Duck farm, Long
Talnl Tfa .i.mlt,- 1 ICt OAO illll.t. ..,
i fiO.OOO hen eggs, and the cost for run-
1:l it twenty-four hours Is CO cents.
Long Island, only 120 miles long and
f) lnes w,d0i oJ s f duck i
ram;hes 350000 UucWiKS :l year. At
Sneonk i3 U)ti iarKCht ,luc.!; faifra in te
wUh a capacIty of 70i000 duck.
Uags X(JW york consumcs oq per
. f d fe d ,a wIth,u
Tuo wlntcr i3 quietly and quickly
Posing. Don't push'your breeders for
; uoa arkct f , Tno Uatculug
, ,., . . ... ,
i season win ue iiere in a snort wuiie,
and then woruout layers will lay few
fertile eggs for hatching.
In the new year let us adopt and
n,..Hi. I. rnmllttlnn Vm rr.
,....vi.i. . . w
1 in' to be gooder and gooder and good
er!" 1 When you Dud a better method
1 adopt it and give the man who Intro
i duced it the credit If you have given
people your old method and they have
lr In lien nnrlfi- tlinm ir nnu ImiirnT-o-
it in use notify them of any improve
ment on the same or inform them of
the more profitable plan you have
adopted in its place. This wins re
spect. British egg wholesalers claim that
00 per cent of stale eggs are white,
wmie American storage men ciaim
that the brown shelled eggs, having
thicker and heavier shells, keep longer.
Is this all rot or not? Brethren, it's
the smell, not the shell, that's the sell
and keeps your eggs from tasting well.
A hen in Blslng Sun, Pa., laid an
egg with a letter "II" on it Wo ad
vise her in time to omit the letter "S,"
for it will put her owner under sus
picion of selling storage eggs, and
then her cackler will bo cut off.
There la continuous advertising for
well equipped poultry managers. Good
Inducements are offered. The Ameri
can ben bos opened up an honorable
and well paying occupation for many
men and women. She'll be a political
issue yet
The Minnesota state fair housed its
poultry show to a magnificent new
building, with stoglo coops for all
fowls. Thafs the way to draw big
exhibits.
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Baked Orange Pudding.
One cup, of sugar, a large tablespooa
ful of butter, two eggs and one and a
half cups of milk, two cups of floor
and two teaBpoonfuls of baking pow
der; flavor with the grated rind of two
largo oranges. Bake until a go Idea
brown In a brisk oven. Serve with tbs
following sauce: Four large tablcspooB
fula of sugar, two of butter and one of
flour. Cream these three Ingredients
together until perfectly smooth. Best
the white of one egg to a troth sad
add It Ponr over the mixture half a
cup of boiling water, stirring the mix
ture until It Is creamy and allowlac
no lumps to form. Hare prepared, tws
large oranges from which all the pod
and skin hare been removed and chop
them In small pieces. Bemove t&
sauce from the fire and add these
oranges. Serve the pudding hot
Hand Lation.
One-half pint of rainwater, two
ounces of cologne, two ounces of al
cohol, two ounces of glycerin, two
ounces of rose water, one-eighth of
an ounce of gum tragacanth. Dissolve
the gum tntgacanth In the water, add
the other Ingredients, bottle, shake
well; ready for use; elegant for the
bands In cold weather or where job
have to use hard water.
Ouchette Potatoes.
Peel, slice and cook until tender In
just enough water to cover; let drip
and place in a warm saucepan; mash
with three yolks and a little flour; roll
out on a board sprinkled with flour
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try on both sides in nutter to a golden
brown and serve as garnish for roosts.
To Banish Rats and Mice.
It is claimed that rats or mice can
be compelled to vacate premises by
using a mixture of chloride of time and
water at the places frequented by these
animals. Some of the mixture ought
to be poured into the holes. Rats have
a great aversion to the odor of chloride
of lime and betake themselves at once
( aa far ns possible from it
Rinse Starch.
A method of starchinc infants' fine
dresses and all dainty fabrics: First
way Iron beautifully and are of the
proper stiffness.
An Adjustable Mirror.
In every household some member
finds fault with the nositlou of the
i mirror Intended for general use. For
Bome the mirror is too high, for others
too low. Unfortunately all cannot be
I Pleased unless an adjustable mirror
the wall Is the support which holds the
, cross arm, the latter carrying the mlr-
, ror, etc. This cross arm slides on a
tnnfhnil lnr ntirl iu lielil in nnsitlon bv
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a ratchet pinion. This ratchet pinion
, locd against rotation, but only
! n.n1c?tt to prevent accl-
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justed position. Thus tho mirror can
be quickly raised or lowered to the po
1 sitlon most suitable to the user.
A French Steak.
VMnin n tlilflr cirlnln ctnfilr In Vifilrln,.
, whch a few ms of BUCt nave
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been browned. Salt, pepper it and
add a few tiny bits of lemon and suet.
Cover with a thin layer of sliced on
ions and on this pour tomato catch
up. Bake about half an hour. Tho
onions should be brown, but the steak
rare
Experience will govern this.
Handy Stain Remover.
Spots can be removed from almost
any delicate material by rubbing for
five minutes with a piece of soft flan
nel. The wool absorbs whatever has
made the spot and docs not leave a
ring, as do cleansing fluids.
Potato Mucilage.
A good mucilage can be made from
potato peelings. ,Put as many peelings
as desired In a kettle, cover with wa
ter, boll an hour, strain, then add half
a teaspoonful of alum. This will keep
indefinitely.
To Freshen Stale Nuts.
When nuts have becomo. too dry to
be good remove the shells, let stand
overnight to equal parts of water and
milk, then dry in tho oven. They will
taste perfectly fresh.
Cur For Chilblains.
Chop raw onions fine, make a poul
tice and place next to the feet or parts
affected at night