The l.nllshy l.suil,
Thi t.ullnhy I.bikI In womlnrful land
Not funnel on the mat of mni
For thn illmilcil hiiml of thn I.ullnhy banil
Know nothing nl pi'm'll iir pen.
Ami Din only ijr yen ran reach thin html
Is to Inkn up thn thread of jrnnrs
Ami follow II lm'k llfn's win. linn traek
To a mnlhnr's nmllnn ami tcarn.
Anil tlmrnynu will flml thn l.ullnhy t.nml,
Willi It lloi-k-ii-lly rlvnr of mirth
Plowlnir on to thn iinp of Klnnp, llntiy, Hlnep,
Thn sunniest m-nan of earth.
Anil up liy thn Inkn tlmy nail Wl.lr-Awnkn
Is many n gohlln nml fiiy i
Anil fHlrlin nml elves Unit nwnllow them
selves To frighten Ihn pnoph sway.
Oh, n womlnrful html In thn l.ullnliy ,nn'l,
Where llttln wnn folks nni fouml
Who only mm wlmn tlmy tnlk to you,
Anil HiikIi with it lisping noiiinl.
Their hnlr nanny, th'lr eyes nrn lilun
A Ihn ili'pth of lh Hiinimnr sky,
Ami thi-lr liri'iitli no soft n thn wimls aloft
Whnn a spirit gnus Mnutliiir ly.
Ami these llltln wnn folk havo thn funniest
chip,
Thntliknn pi'iiiliilum swing
In perfeel time to Dm worillrss rhymn
Of u wiiii) tlmlr mother sing.
Ami tlic-i' llllli' w.ii f.ilk iri-t Into tlint ship
An. I go snllng nml nailing nwny,
I'xplorlnu thn hi minis of Ihn l.xlnl of lip-am
All night, till Ihn lirnnk of ilny.
Ami wlmn ih.'v get tlrml nml long fur ti rl.ln.
No nmlilln or lirhlln hnvn tlmy
tint tln'y mount In glw on tlmlr lulli -r'n knnn,
An I go rn-lng nml ehnsliig nwny;
IViumlng nml iIiiiii'Iiik with nwny mi l swing
Of fnnr tlmy hum imvnr n onn. '
For wlmn tlmlr toni limn-oses his spisul
ll only lii"r'iiin llmlr fun.
Oh, Isn't It niwy nml rosy nml rum
'T.l llvn In thn l.ullnliy I, mil
Where slilin am a lilun a Urn nun nlilnnn
through
Ami llfn Is no lovely mi l Kruml!
If I noul l hut take my own holnn to-night
Of nil Urn ountrliw of nmn
I wnulil tnkn up my nt,ui, t, i,ulnliy
I, nml
Ami 1 imvnr woulil leave It again!
- .lfnil Kllhon, In Chlnniro ItP'ioril,
ON THIS ROCK.
KV W. J, I.AMPTOH,
Bridal couplcn urn nupposcd to Iinvo
a monopoly of Niagara Fulls, mi l
there nru few to dinputo it witli them,
Imt now ntul thou Cupid unfettered
hies ti i in thence, nuil pni'iiiH are writ-
ten in tho lives of youths and maidens,
net to tho rhythm if tho riiHtiin wn
tern. Such ft poem wiim (Imt which Ralph
Jteedcr nml Anno Martin inscribed one
1ay before tho rourin rapids, thn
towering cliffa nml thn great over
hanging trees ns witnesses to their
troth. They stood out on nn impend
ing rock, fur above tho torrtnt, nml in
this temple of nature gavo tho wonl
to each other that limy imvcr lio gain
said. "Dear Anno," ho said, for ho win n
eorious mini, not Riven to lino speech,
"on this rock wo plight our troth.
Horc, with no lminnii witnesses, Imt n
thoiiHuml cym to kco iih, wo piomiho to
love ouch other nlwnyB."
"On tliin rock?" nho echoed, an she
clunff to him.
"On thi rock," ho went on, "if tho
evil tinio hlioulil eoino when that love
has grown cold nml liitternesH lms
imi) into ita place, wo munt meet to
.break tho tiea, in tho prcHcnco of tho
naino witiiRHHen which have neon u
aoal them thin lny."
"On this rock," nhe whinperoil,
clinging doner, aa bo bont ami kinned
her.
Thon thoy punned tinder the viuen
nd through tho low hanging branches
into tho open groumlH, away from the
brink of the great ehanm, and strolled
back to their hotel w ith the newly
made munio in their hearts and its
otter notes murmuring iu the words
they spoke.
Three months later, when the leaves
were crimson and gold in all the for
cats, and the air was touched with tho
grateful crinpness of tho flrnt frosts,
these two became one in the old
church where Anne's mother had
been married and whore Annio had
been christened, and it seemod as if
no cloud could ever shadow the blue
of their sky.
But the clouds will come, and to
some they show no rifts through
which the sun may shine, and to these,
ere the year had gone, the clouds
came.
For threo years more they thick
ened, and then the evil time came
when they thought it was not
possible for them to live the life their
married life was, and they resolved to
under the tie which had bound them.
Why they had grown apurt in this
terrible fashion neither could say.
She had been frivolous, as most
young women are whose lives are
passed in plenty, and he had grown
cold and hard as men do who devote
themselves to their ambitions.
He had not thought enough of her,
nd ahe bad thought too much of her
elf.v With this as a promise there
con be bnt one conclusion, and
that conclusion they had reached.
And more in sorrow than In aiiKcr,
for each of thorn, but with that calm
rnliltics which nothing can mell.
"You remember, Annie," he said to
bvr gently, when they hnd ended thn
conference which was the flnlnh thair
dremn of love and hope, "wo pnim
Innd each other, if tliero should ever
oomo such a time as this, that on the
rock whore we stood above the tumult
uous waters and made our vows,
there wo should nluinl again to break
them."
"I romember," nho replied coldly.
"Wo lenvo for Niagara at 7 o'clock
this evening," ho nnid to her iu that
firm tone, which chafed her npirit,
though it compelled her obidietice.
Mho tioiMiul merrily ami went to
her mom as ho went to liin.
Him thought of many thing as nho
Hindu ready for thin unexpected jour
ney, and when they met unniii at din
ner, her eyes were red and his voice
trembled ss ho npoke to the si rviuil,
fur between them, as for mouths past,
there was a silence Hint shivered,
The next ilny at noon they were nt
Hie hotel, where four years before they
had been, but the harp strings were
broken, and the music was ileml in
their h ni t n.
1 liev liml nenrcelv spoken of their
journey, and now nho nuked no ques
linns, but followed him as if nho were
walking in a nightmare.
As they left the carriage near where
the little pnth led out to tho rock of
their troth, he stopped iu the nhailow
of a tree mid she stood by his side
waiting.
"In a few moments, Anne," ho said
with quivering lips, "the tie that we
made for ourselves w ill bo by ourselves
broken. When wo have retracted the
vows on that rock where we made
them you will return in the carriage
nlone. I slntll not return until the
sun has set."
Hhe tried to spe.ik, but her wori's
were only a great sub, and hIid fol
lowed him as he moved on toward the
rock. At the Inst turn in the pnth,
where tho rock first ennui into view,
was a rough place, which hu remem
bered to have helped her ur runs on
that other ilny four years ago by giv
ing her his hand. He remembered,
too, how it trembled in his and wlmt a
thrill this reliiiucn of hers upon him
sent through every nerve of his body,
and, unconsciously, when ho eniiie to
this place lie held out his haml to her,
and she as unconsciously took it.
Then, hand iu hand, they stopped out
toward tho rock, but it was tliero no
longer.
Tho never-ceaniiig power of the
rushing waters had swept out its foun
dntions ami it lay sunken iu tho dark
current below.
For one instant standing there on
tho brink of the chasm, they looked
into each others eyes, and then he
opened his arms aud with a littlu cry
of joy she went to them.
"Thank Ood!" ho exclaimed, and
smiling they turned from tho chasm to
tho open beyond, where the sun was
shining, ami thoy drove back together
before the sun had set. ffutroit Froo
Press.
Whaling oirthe Puclllc Coast.
There is a shore whnlo fishery off
tho southern coast of California, be
tween Monterey and Poiut Conception,
which for many yiars has boon a very
productive industry. It may booiu
an odd thing, but tho California gray
whale is very fond of huuiriuir tha
shore. He has been known even to
enter San Francisco Bay. Huu Him-
oon Bay noar Tort Hartford, is the '
favorite place for catching shore seek
ing whales. Thure is much less ox-
citcmuut and a groat dual loss romance
iu going after the shore whale, but
when he is ouce got he is about as
profitable on ocean bird as can be
found oven in the Arctic. The coast
industry is conducted mostly by Por
tuguese and wholly from the shore.
The trying-pots and all of tho render
ing paraphernalia are, of course, lo
cated on tho shore. The whales are
captured by boats which go out from
the shore. A lookout on a bluff is usu
ally the first to dis over a whale in
the distance. The whales which fre
quent the coast have been so long and
constantly pursued that they are very
wary and it is impossible to approach
them with any hope of capture without
the aid of the dart gun. When the
gunner fires, if he hits the game, the
the next move is to haul up near
enough to sho ot a bomb lance into a
vital part. When this explodes the
whale usually turns "toes up." The
prize is then towed to the whale
station, where it is hauled up on the
beaoh and the work of cutting off the
blubber is performed. The blubber
is taken off in large oblong flitches or Pawtucket, B. L, baa been removed
square pieces, one or more men md aet up in a cemetery. It base
standing upon a whale nd cutting baara in big letters the tonohingly ap
with sharp apadea. I propriaU word. "Weloome."
Captain Hentnmon, mi old whaler,
thus describes tho scene at one of thn
shore whaling stations:
"Near by sro tho trying works,
sending forth volumes of thick, black
Binokn from thn scrap fire under thn
straining cauldrons of boiling oil. A
little to one sidn is thn primitive
storerooms, covered with cypress
boughs. Boats aro hanging from thn
il'ivitn, some renting on tlmipiny, while
others, fully equipped, swing at their
moorings in the bay. Heaward, .on the
crest of a cone-shaped hill, stands the
nignal Miln of the lookout station. Add
to this thn cutting of the nhnpelensnnd
half putrid mass of mutilated whale,
together with tho men shoving ami
heaving on the capstans, the scream
ing of the gulls mid other sea fowls,
mingled with the noise of the surf
about the shores, nml we have a pic
ture of the general life nt a California
coast whaling Ntiiti "Chicago Her-
nlit.
Minnie .'hells hi Chalk.
!id you ever microscopically exam
ine a liny bit of powder scraped Inmi
a piece of common chalk? "If yon
never did," as the philosopher told
the boatman iu the oft-repnated story,
"you have lost lit leant one-tliird ol
your life, "Not one permm in lll.Olll)
has the li nit ioVa of the number nml
curious forms of the minute shells that
can thus be brought into plain view.
The largest of these shells is not more:
than tho one three-thoiinamlths of an
inch iu length, yet they are as perfect
its the pearly titans of the beach that
are large enough to hold a half gallon
of water, and w hich, w hen empty, roar
like a cyclone. Some are shaped like
squids and cuttlefishes, others like
''sand dollars" or nea urchins, but by
far the larger majority will remind you
of seashells that you have s"cu at olio
time or another. One very common
form of theso infinitesimal Htructures
is shaped exactly liko tho common
couch shell, but it has been estimated
Hint at the least cnlciilati. hi it is 2,0110,-
01)11 times smaller I
A earxful examination of different
samples of any one specimen of chalk
will generally show that there are from
MOOto 500 specie of these minute shells
in every conceivable sliupe mid form,
the very minutest specks among them
being as ciiriounly and woiideroiihly
made as thonn of larger enliber.
Oeologists say that ltiehmond, Va.,
is built over a bed of clmlk that con
tains 10,000,000 uiiliut i extinct shells
to every cubic inch of the stratum.
HI. Louis liepublic.
Tile Sun fumes Mglitn nif.
Professor Klilni Thompson, the ex
pert electrician, in the course of a re
nt lecture oil tho luitiire ami charac
teristics of lightning ami electric
currents of high potentiality, said that
iu his opinion lightning is caused
by the action of the sun on tho clouds
through the ether, arguing that if the
sun can produce the aurora Imrealis in
the light, thin , air, which he repro
duced by electrical apparatus, thorn is
reason to think that in tho dense air
nearer tho earth it can produce a cur
rent of high pressure that will striko
through with brilliant discharges. Ho
showed a completely snfo protection
from thunderbolts in tho shape of a
cake of brass wires and declared that
an umbrella held open oscr tho head
with brass chains hanging from tho
uuds of tho ribs makes a complete
protection.
Killed u Whl:e Beer.
A short timo ago mention was made
that a white deer was seen by hunters
in the vicinity of President, this
ojunty, and afterward at dough's
Dam nur Marionville, Forest county.
What is thought to havo been the
same .ueer was snot near roxlmrg,
Forest county, on Wednesday morn
ing by H. A. Oilson of that village.
It is the first albino deer that has been
killed in this vicinity for the past quar
ter of a century, and visitors from all
parts of the oountry have called at the
Dubois house to get a sight of the
freak of nature. Oil City (Penn.),
Derrick.
Mast and Sail for Bicycle,
Charles D. White, of San Bernar
dino, Cat., has iuventod a must and
sail rig for his safety bicycle, which he
uses now in all his riding. His mast
is ten feet high and the boom eight
feet long ; and with it Mr, White says
that with good handling a speed of
twenty to thirty miles an hour can b)
obtained. "Beating" is almost im
possible, and the greatest speed is ob
tained while riding at Tight angles
with the direction of the wind.
A fountain that stood for many
years on the main street square in
roB rxnn ap uaiue?i.
tirn.ti a wooiisttp.n,
Kvery farmer should sen that thn
woodshed is put in proper shape. Iiet
neatness and order characterize it.
I'ilo tho wood nwny in such a manner
ss to econouiio spacn nnd make it
easy to get nt. A woiiinn who' has
housework to do appreciates few things
morn than good, dry wood, nml this
cannot bit had unless one has a good
plaeo for It. Bo sum to havo a wood
Iioiisii or shed. Let it bo near the
kitchen, but do not oblige thn women
of tho household to run to the shed
overytiniH a few sticks nro wanted.
Havo a neat woodbox nenr tho kitchen
stove, nnd let the children know Hint
you extort them to keep it filled.
Wood seasoned under cover Is Hilleb
preferable to that exposed to all kinds
of weather. American Agriculturist.
w iif.m to sow iiitkw nr.A r.
Buckwheat will not grow if sown
early in the spring, ns il is a semi-tropical
plant, native to Celitrnl Asia mid
India. 'I'll 1 1. it is sown late in the
n ring or early in the summer, gener
ally in Into June or early duly. It is
a branching plant, and as it bears its
needs on the side brunches, the seed is
sown quite thinly, not more Hum one
peck to nn acre. If sown more
thickly than this, it will bear a very
light crop of grain. When it is grown
for plowing under for immure, it is
sown in the first week of duly, and
then will be in the' bent condition for
turning under early in September or
late In August. It must Hot be ex
pected to mako a heavy growth on
poor laud, nltlioiigh it will iiinke
some growth on tho poorest soil.
New York Times.
nooT-pni'stso rnt'iT mans.
Itoot-primiiig nets likn inngio nuine
tinies in bringing barren trees into
bearing state, especially when uiifriiit
fulness is brought about by undue
luxuriance. When trees nru making
very strong shoots they are foluid on
exiiiiiiiistion to bo milking roots in
proportion, mid so long ns this goes
on fruit prospects are very much jeop
ardized. It is the small Illinois roots
which command tho for, nation of fruit
spurs, and in somn noils tliero is dill!-
o.ilty of maintaining a fruitful condi
tion. In gardens where the surface is
light mid open, with a clayey subsoil,
tliero is a great tendency for the roots
to go deep in search of moisture, espe
cislly if thn aspect is nt nil open or
windy. With soils of this description
mulching is of considerable value, of
no matter what kind, so long as it
creates ami maintains moisture.
Vick's Magazine.
WASIIINII 1IITTKII.
Those who say that unwashed but
ter will keep ns well and as long as
that which has had all caneous matter
taken out of it by washing, seem to
be oblivious to an el.-.':ncr.tiry fact iu
the laws of decomposition ami decay,
says J. P. Sheldon. The casein of
milk is an albuminoid, and is, there
fore, very liablo to early arid rapid do.
composition, if no preventive means
are taken.
Butter fat, on tho other hand, is a
carbonaceous compound, and will
keep sweet and iindecomposnd a much
longer timo than casein will, if only it is
in w hat may be called a pure condition
that is, free from casein, and con
taining no moro than the unavoidable
quantum of water. Unwashed butter
can bo made to keep, of course, but
only by the aid of a liberal supply of
salt ; carefully washed butter will keep
a considerable time without salt, at a
reasonable temperature, and in an at
mosphere which is what we terra pure
froo, that is, from unpleanaut odors.
The idea prevails iu some quarters
that the buttermilk can bo got out of
butter by squeezing, pressing and
working, and without washing. So,
no doubt, it may, in part ; but it is
the part left iu that does all the mis
chief to the butter later on. It is, in
fact, physically impossible to extract
from butter fat all the casein with
which it is incorporated in milk, save
by careful washing while it is in a
granular condition.
This, I believe, is a proposition
which does not admit of refutation. If,
therefore, it is desirable that butter
should be free from cheesy matter
and who will venture to say it should
not? washing is the only way of ef
fectually getting rid of it. The hard-and-fast
advocates of unwashed butter
appear to be persona whose minds do
not possess the aoentifio instinct, or
the intuitfon of progress.
There are (or have been) men who
go on wearing top hata everywhere, in
season and out of season, at home and
away from it, in fine weather and foul,
until one fancies they sleep in them I
And so it is with the advocates' of un
washed bntbu! The whole thing
this cross, ennt-iron prejudice sgnlust
tho washing of butter Is the creature
and offspring of habit nnd of bins)
just ns when a mail deelnres hn has thn
Imnt wife In the world, though no one
can see it but himself.
It must, at the came time, bo ad
mitted that butter, lii the granular
state, may easily be Injured by wash
ing -,by overwnshing, or by rude or
careless washing, or by Impure water,
or by Rnler at a wrong temperature,
or by too violent oscillation, and so
on. In favor of washing butter in
brine there is much to be said, or
rather, iierlinps, of letting the butter
rent for a time, Hunting in brine, lifter
It has been w.lshed slowly oh I so
slowly) and gently oh t so very
gently I in pure water. Therein art
ill the washing of butter, a gentle art,
we may call it. It I Is such ileli-
eule, esreful, gentle mnnagemelit that
one feels tempted to say that only
woman nhoulil do it a man, never I
Wo may sympathize, iu fact, with
those who disagree with the washing
of butter, because they have seen
certilleated dairymaids in Ireland
"wash ami wash nnd wash the butter
until one would imagine there was
lioiio of it loft." list her than this, in
deed, I would almost prefer to wholly
dispense with washing nnd try to get
out all the buttermilk possible by work
ing tho butter.
All the same, however, we must not
discard a principle because somu of
the people who administer it lire rudo
ami careless. Taken at tho right mo
ment butter requires very little wash
ing, mid that little should be very
carefully and tenderly given, as if to a
very young child. Two rinsings iu
clean water an I one soaking in well
made brine as we:ik as you please
ought to bo enough, and for this thn
butter will certainly Im none the worse,
but all tho better.- New York World.
PAIlM ANIl OAlUiKN NOTTS.
Apples are healthful because of Hi 'J
acids contained in them.
Millet hi.v is mm the b.ist wintor .
grasses for the dairy cattle,
Pumpkins and squashes will stand
about as much frost as apples.
Do not always usecoriimeal alonu iu
making slop for fattening hogs.
In making butter consult thn tnstn
of your customers rather than your
own.
The pear treu depends altogether
upon insects for tho transfer of its
pollen.
('lean up all thn brush and rubbinh
which will afford hiding places for
vermin.
Oood breeding and good cam must
go hand iu hand if a good result is
expected.
Try to kn"p your sheep of uniform
quality and that will shear wool of
uniform grade.
It is b -ttj-r to feed life into a homo
than to whip it into him. Direct and
control tho spirit of your horse, but
don't try to break it.
There cannot bo a thoroughly good
firm unless there is a good water sup-
lr. If your farm is wanting in this,
spare no effort to correct it.
Do not think because your horso
drinks warm water with a relish that
he prefers it. Cool, fresh water is
always abundant. Let him have
it.
A light stable is more healthy than
a dark one, and will save the horse's
eyes from the injury done by taking
him from the dark into a blinding
glare.
This is the timo to make all your
repairs about the farm and to seo to it
that machinery is put away iu order, so
that all will be in readiness to begin
work at the earliest opportunity.
Husking gloves aud mittens will last
twice as long if rubbed with a little
pine tar, to which a little re:iu has
been added. This preparation is also
said to be good to apply to the hands.
Kerry cattle are very bsrdy and
easy to keep ; the cows are good milk
ers and the beeves fatten rapidly when
properly fed. Altogether the breed
have many points which would seem
to recommend them for certain parts
of the Uuited States.
A heavy clay soil will bold water
like a basin, and no crop can do its
best if the plants hive wet feet. A
subsoil plow that will break deeply
without lifting the under soil will
make the cropping of such land much
more profitable than it has been
before.
The Orloff, through his process of evo
lution, has been selected for sound
ness, shape, size and style as well at
speed. ' With our trotters all ex
cept the speed has been neglected.
Henoe, the Orloff, when crossed with
our harness horses, will give both sub
stance and quality.
I0K THE liOL'MKWirE.
fiARKi) Tunsitr.
Tatnn mid wild turkeys nrn prepared
and cooked alike The time for oook
liiK Is from fifteen to twenty minutes
to thn pound, but this depends much
upon the ago of tho bird. It must bo
well done to bo palatable. Success
lies In cooking it long enough, and
frequent basting.
Put the turkey Into a pan of cold
wnter rinse It Inside and out In three
or four waters j in thn last wabir but
one, dissolve a teaspoonful of soda.
Fill tho body with this water; shake it
well; pour it off mid rinse with fresh
water; wipe it dry iimido mid out; rub
the inside with pepper and salt. Pro
pari. a stufllng ss follows: Mix Into
enough grated bread to fill tho craw
and body of the turkey a half tea
spoonful of pepper, one teaspoonful
of salt, one teaspoonful of summer
savory, thyme or sage, four ounces of
lard, four ounces of butter, with
moiigh warm wat tr to urifco the mix
ture moist.
Mix all thoroughly aud stuff tho
craw ami body with it; tie a string
tightly about thn neck ; sew up tho in
cision ; tin down tho wings mid legs,
then lay it on its back in tho baking
pan ; wet the skin and neanon it with
pepper and milt and dredge it with
flour. Distribute on the upper side
mil ill I pieces of butter; put into thn
pan about a pint of boiling stock, or
a quarter of a pound of butter; have
a brisk fire ; put the psu into tho oven
and bake. Bast frequently, at least
nvery ton minutes; bake to a rich
brown. If it browns too rapidly lay
a sheet of white paper over it until th )
lower part is done. When the turkey
is browned on the breast, turn it over
iu the pan while iu the oven.
Pepper, salt, and dredge the back
with flour, nml bake until browned,
basting ss above. When baked re
move the strings from the neck and
body ; put it into a hot dinh and serve
with a gravy prepared as follows:
Cleanse the gizzard, liver, and heart
of tho turkey thoroughly iu cold
water; milieu them ; put them into a
pot with enough cold water to cover
them. Stow gently until tender, and
keep warm. When the turkey is
removed from th i pan add tho giblets
with tho water in which they were
stewed to tho dripping remaining in
tho pan; put tho pan on the tiro;
thicken with one or two tablespoon
fills of blended browned flour, stirring
it in gradually ; let it boil up once,
season with pepper and salt, pour it
into a separate dish, aud serve.
Prepare and bake ducks, geese, pig
coiis.gronne.partridgen, chickens, etc.,
lame or wild, as above, except that the
stiilling for ducks and geesu must bo
made of mashed potatoes instead o'
bread crumbs, with one or more par
boiled onions finely chopped and mixed
into the potato.
Homo prefer to omit tho stuflirg
from tho body in order that ttio bird
may bo moro thoroughly cooked. Tho
stiitling omitted from the body rusy lie
mailo into cakes and fried. Turkey
may bo stuffed with saunnge meat,
fresh oysters or roasted chestnuts.
American Farmer.
ROL'HKHOr.O HINTS.
Mend tho torn pages of books with
white tissue paper.
Oloves can be cleansed at home by
rubbing with gasoline.
Tooth powder is an excellent cleans
er of fiuo filigree jewelry.
Chlorido of lime put about rat boles
will drive away tho rodents.
Corks warmed in oil make excellent
suntitutes for glass stoppers. '
The fumes of a brimstone match
will remove berry stains from the fin
gers. Tinware may be brightened by dip
ping a damp cloth in common soda
and rubbing it well.
Ceilings that have become smoked
by kerosene lamps may be cleansed by
washing off with soda water.
Strong tepid soda water will make
glass very brillant, then rinse in cold
water, wipe dry with a linen cloth.
Boiled starch is much improved by
the addition of a little sperm or a lit
tle salt, or both, or a little gum arabio
dissolved.
Salt will curdle new milk ; hence in
preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc.
the salt should not be added until the
dish is prepared.
For cleaning oil paint before re
painting, use two ounces of water dis
solved in a quart of hot water, then
rinse off with clear water.
What He Was After.
Old Gentleman "So yoaareenxiooa
to become my daughter's husband?'
Young Man "No, sir; to become)
your sua in law." Truth.
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