The Clarksville Times. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, June 12, 1908 Page: 7 of 8
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When years feeling blue
And the aledding* herd with jrouj
When your schemes go up the spout,
And you're feeUn down und out; •
When you've shot end scored n miss—
Brnoe up end remember this:
Those who win ere those who try,
Bo brace up and don't any die.
■well your chest and try aguln;
Orlt your teeth sad smile si pels.
Tackle trouble with a laugh.
And you’ll cut the dose In half,
look the world square In the eye;
Buck the line and don't any die.
laying down Is all the shame—
Bit straight up and play the game.
Don't dodge trouble—If you do
It will surely trouble you.
Meet each task with grit and vim;
Do the square thing, sink or swim.
If you see hard luck draw nigh,
laugh again and don't say die.
Keep your face turned to the light—
Do your best and you're all right.
—Commoner.
SOIL WASTAGE.
A Tople of Special Import to the South-
ern Farmer.
Prof. Thomas C. Chamberlain of the
University of Chicago read a paper
before the White House Conference
of Governors on "Soil Wastage." He
aald in part:
It Is familiar geologic doctrine that
for years rains have fallen on the
surface and soils have been produced
by the rock decay, while the surface
has been washed away. Soil produc-
tion and soil removal have run hand
In hand, and yet so controlled by na-
ture’s adjustments that no large part
of the surface has been swept bare
enough to altogether exclude vegeta-
tion. More than this, It appears that
the usual adjustments of nature make
rather for Increased fertility of the
soil than depletion. Thus has come
our Inheritance of land suitable for
vegetation, of a soil mantle of great
fertility, of a precipitation conductive
to productiveness, of a system of
streams endowed with great posaibll
ltlea of water foods, of water power
and of steam navigation.
We have no accurate measure of the
rate of soli production, but it is clear-
ly very slow. If we allow forty thou-
sand years for the four feet of soil
next tq the rock. It is probably none
to conservative. In the Orient there
are large tracts almost absolutely bare
of soil now which formerly bore flour-
ishing populations. Much more than
simple loss of fertility is here men-
aced; It Is the loss of the soil body
itself, a loss almost beyond repair.
From a study of soils it becomes clear
that the key to the problem lie-s In
the control of the water which falls
on each acre. This waterfall Is an
asset of great possible value; saved
If turned where It will do good; lost
If permitted to run away—doubly lost
if It carries away also soil that on the
average In 'our domain crops can use
to profit all the rainfall during the
growing season, and much or all of
whirj can be carried over from the
non-growing seasons. This greatly
simplifies the complex problem, for
the highest crop values will usually
be gained when the soil Is made to
absorb the largest part of the rain-
fall and snowfall. In securing this
there will be the least run-off and
surface waste. Obviously then the
the highest solution of the problem
by the tiller of the soil essentially
solve the whole train of problems.
Farmers.
1. We were talking to a prominent
merchant of Falrburn, Georgia. He
said: "The farmers In our section are
improving. And six cent cotton proved
a great blessing to them In disguise.
It forced them to raise their corn. In
1902 I sold 28 carloads of corn, and
nearly all of It on credit. For the last
four years I have not averaged a car-
load per year.” This Is Indeed a hope-
ful sign and we think a like condition
of affairs exist all over the South. We
know It does In all thrifty sections. If
your section Is an exception to this
rule begin to fall Into line.
2. In former years It was customary
to hear farmers bragging about how
few furrows they ran In making a
crop. And It was almost the custom to
"run off and plant" without any break-
Ihg or thorough preparation of the soil.
Now we hear the farmers tell with
pride how long It took them to prepare
their land. This week a near neighbor
told us how he had prepared his land
for corn. He said: “I spent a week
with two large mules, breaking my six
acres for corn. I am going to try 'the
Williamson plan?' Will use 800 pounds
guano per acre. I am tired going over
so much land for my Corn." We re-
joice that the day has changed, and
that our farmers are beginning to ap-
preciate the vast difference between
thorough preparation and good work,
and scratching the soil.—Southern Cul-
tivator.
Warts on Udder.
Warts may be removed from the ud-
der by clipping them close to the sur-
face with an old ragor. Then dip a
piece of cotton In butter of antimony
and rub It over the wound. Care should
be taken not to get any of this'mate-
rial on the hands or on the skin of the
udder not covered with the wart. This
drug burns out the roots of the growth.
Another remedy Is to use a little acetic
acid on the growth till it can be
■quested out, then bathe the part In
castor oil.
error
mating of mares to heavy
Haas to about all that la
thaere Similar
whan the time arrives to offer them
upon the market. The abeurdlty of
this Idea dally la proved to the loss
of the breeder. He ahewld beer In mind
that the modern breeds of heavy draft
horses are not merely the pro dec ts of
•election and continued breeding in n
right line, but of feed end ahelter,
good onto nnd careful handling, The
improved eetasal tends te degenerate
toward the old type of the native
horse. If any marked change la made
In the eondltlona and circumstances in
whleh he Is placed. He was produced
In a genial, favorable environment, end
U placed In one providing directly op-
posite conditions he apeedlly will show
the effects. Great weight has come
both from selection and oomplete nu-
trition. By complete nutrition la
meant the feeding of food* In combina-
tion or abundance to supply at all
times, from foalhood to adult maturity,
all of the requirements of the growing
animal. Given such feeding good re-
sults will follow providing the animal
la protected against Influences tending
to offset the good effects of full nutri-
tion. The best gains are made while
the animal Is growing so that the draft
colt from heavy parents, Inheriting ns
he does the predisposition to beoome
equally heavy In bone and muacle and
largo In frame when given a chance,
will weigh 1,600 pounds and up at from
two to three years of age If fully fed
from birth until that time. Yet many
men try to economize by roughing
their colts through on hay, straw and
coarse fodder during their first and
second winters. The colts appear to
thrive fairly well, but they do not at-
tain the maximum weight poealble.
They fall short of It at least two hun-
dred pounds and arrive at marketable
age not real drafters bqt mere
“chunks" which are bought up by the
professional feeder and fattened like
hogs for a later market. Such fattened
horses soon become thin when bard
worked and then are too light to be
true drafters. They have disappointed
their buyers who imagined they were
real draft horses by reason of their
round, fat bodies and also must of
necessity lessen the reputation of the
breed they represent. Had they been
fully fed while suckling and from
weaning time forward they would have
sold as drafters rather than chunks
and It Is a fact known to everyone that
the high prices are being paid for the
heaviest horses of quality rather than
for the chunks that have missed ma-
terialization of the possibilities of
their breeding. The man. then, who
breeds draft stock and feeds It in such
a way as to develop It Into something
other than draft stock Is fooling uway
his time and missing good money that
would belong to him if he had sense
enough to earn It. It is a ruinous policy
to rough colts through the winter on
coarse, innutrltlous straw and hay.
Theg should be generously fed at all
times so that they may be kept steadi-
ly growing and It they stop growing
In winter time or lost part Of the gain
made while suckling, that loss never
can wholly be regained. The bones,
sinews and muscles have been stunted
for all time and the dwarred animal
pan only be made a make-believe draft-
er by the fattening process Which Is
detrimental to the work horse. In addi-
tion to bay, fodder and straw, oats and
bran should be fed in winter along
with a sufficient amount of corn to
maintain heat and furnish some of the
vim and vigor. Dried blood meal also
is excellent as a small addition to the
ration to bring up the percentage of
digestible protein, or flaxseed meal or
cake may be used with the same ob-
ject while roots, such as carrots, are
a fine adjunct as they regulate the
bowels and act beneficially upon the
skin.—Dr. A. S. Alexander, In Journal
of Agriculture.
IN THE NEGLIGEES
•AINTY MATERIALS EFFECTIVE-
LY MADE UP,
Far Occasions Not Requiring Formal-
ity Thaao Garments Ara tndispene-
- able—Laaao Sack of FlovsoMd
* - Dimity aa an Eaampla.
Perhaps there Is nothing moss Im-
portant in -a bride's trousseau than
the negligees, those fascinating gar-
ments that dainty brides may wear
about their rooms when receiving
Try a 8mall Flock.
The demand for sheep was never
better than at present, and we need
not look for better prices. If there
is any change, the market may be
weaker another year. I think it will
pay any farmer to have a few sheep,
as I have never experienced a year
when they have not paid me.
I prefer Cotswolds, because they are
strong, hardy sheep, good wool and
good mutton. The last few years we
could not get enough good rams to
meet the demands of the rachmen,
who want them to cross on the finer
bred ewes, so as to produce more wool
and mutton.
I would not advise keeptug over
twenty breeding ewes on a 100-acre
farm. If the farm is low and Inclined
to be wet. 10 will be plenty. -I kould
not advice a beginner to buy show
senep or high-priced animals. Buy
from a reliable firm and get a few
ewes at reasonable prices, and with
good care you will meet success.—
James Underhill, In Farm and Home.
Shied Up Just Right.
A good farming community Is a
community where all farm on an In-
telligent plan, where they tell each oth
er of their failures and successes,
where they work together for good
schools, good churches, for nil kinds
of co-operation that makes for tbs
comfort of life and for a bettor sys-
tem of agriculture.—Home nnd Farm.
"I wouldn’t sfoop to hit a man who
Is down.’’ "No; it la eaaler to kick
him.”
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Sulphur for Rata and Mica.
A farmar’a‘method of ridding hie
premises of rata and mice la given ds
follows: If you sprinkle sulphur • on
your bnm floor nnd through your corn
ns you gather It there will not ba a
vat or mouse to bother. I have dona
< this for years and have never be^t
bothered with rate or mice. 1 have
some old corn in my crib at present
nnd not n rat or mouse can be found,
la stacking bay or oats sprinkle on
the ground nnd n little through each
load and, my word for It rate <"• mice
can't stay there. A pound of sulphur
will be sufficient to preserve a large
barn of corn, nnd is good for stock
and will not hurt the corn or bread.
Why Lawn Better Than People f
What la the use to have n constitu-
tional provision forbidding usurious
rates of Interest If the whole banking
world and Individuals, too, are allowed
to charge what they please? The In-
terests of all the people are affected
by tills wholesale violation od n law
that Is Intended to protect them from
the greed ot the miserly men of means.
Jacket In Two Piecee.
their most Intimate friends—those
who need not be entertained In state.
But a negligee to be proper and at-
tractive must not be lacking In shape
and must not look as though it was
just flung on any way.
A loose sacque Is made of flowered
edged all around with
lace. U b cut
pls»ec the pattern being n» buH of
completed - sacque. The material
tor this includes two and
one-half yards of dimity, fit 1» penja
n yard—SI cents; nnd six yards of vaj-
•notennes lace, at tea cents. white A
yard qt ribbon Is plenty to fasten the
sacque at the- neck. This will make
the entire garment cost loss than
•l.|fi. Such n Jacket Is Just what one
needs to slip on when dressing the
hair or while arranging the Uttle
things around the room; and mot the
least of Its beauties Is that It may
he dropped Into the' tub when nailed.
Bar n little rent on n warm day
madams slips Into a long, loose wrap-
per. which must hot be too ornate,
but which moat be becoming to kar-
oo that she may sever find hcrscU at
a disadvantage because she Is not
•dressed up. This would be pretty
made of ring-dotted lawn, of which
the average slse woman naada sis
and- a half yards. The kimono Is
faoSd with a lawn of solid color, while
a hew of ribbon fastens It la {root
It la very easy to make, aqd In sum-
mer one Monetarily needs light, cool
garments.
- When friends come In unexpectedly
nnd the bride Is busy with that new
toy. her house, she may slip Into the
UtUe lounging gown. This Is charm-
ing In its simplicity of cut, whleh sug-
gests the fascinating drapery of
Marie Antoinette In her fairy tale
dairy of Petit Trianon. - The goWn Is
most attractive when made of dotted
swtes; the cost of that malarial la
well worth while because of the length
Of time It wears. Ten and one-half
yards of dotted awlss will be required,
three and three-quarter yards of Val-
enciennes Insertion and flee and three-
quarter yards of edging. The gown Is
so pretty and so summery that the
most particular bride may feel no
hesitancy In being seen around the
house In It—In spite Of the perfectly
reasonable rule that women who know
never appear In public unless dressed
In a street suit, a house frock or an
evening gown.
HAND SEWING ON WHITE GOODS.
The Beet and Easiest Methods of Fin-
ishing Off Seams.
It is essential In sewing on any light-
weight materials to finish off seams
and the wrong aide of garments neat-
ly. One of the most popular methods
of finishing off a seam is called the
French seam, and It Is quickly and
easily made and has a neat look when
finished. Run a plain seam on the
right side of the goods and trim it off
quite closely. Open the goods, crease
it, and then turn the garment, running
' ffcte
off a seam on the wrong side,
produces a sort of a double seam,
which Is delightfully neat to finish and
which is stronger by far than an or-
dinary seam.
The filled edge also Is the Ideal fin-
ish for white underwear. A seam of
ordinary depth Is taken on the wrong
side and one edge Is trimmed about an
eighth of an Inch and the other le left
to Its full depth. A slight fold Is
lapped over and felled down. This
makes a flat finish that has the appear-
ance of a band over the seam.
The daintiest and neatest way of let-
ting embroidery Into the material Is to
cut the .muslin off close to the em-
broidered edge and then roll the edge
of the material where It Is to be joined
to the Insortion. Now overhand the
embroidery edge to the rolled edge or
the material. The result of this will
be a dainty, neat, and also strong
finish.
The Note of Green.
Green remains In the lead among
the most chic wear, not as a whole
costume, for Instance, In a solid color,
but as a single piece—a silk coat or a
skirt—where the color perhaps Is
broken with white or those pale bis-
cuit and pongee Shades, also a parasol,
aa a hat or a hat trimming. When
turned into plnked-out green taffeta
ruchlngs for a hat trimming and
worn with a tailor-made, green la a
charming note of color for April and
May. Nets and mousselines of green
ruchlngs are used as well.—Vogue.
Home-Made Rugs.
The way that they used to make a
certain popular kind of rug In our
grandmothers’ day was to cut the tops
of old socks and stockings round and
round In a long strip hair an Inch
wide and then knit them together with
a crochet needle. This makes an ex-
cellent and appropriate rug for a bed-
room and Is a good way of using up
carpet rags, Instead of burning them
or throwing them away.
COOKING AFRON.
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This Is quite an easily-made apron;
It Is in white linen SC inches wldet the
waist Is set Into n small pointed band.
In which buttonholes are worked; the
bib le edged with straps, which am
continued over the shoulders to the
walet at back.
Materials required, 3% yard* SC
Inches wide. -
Rseamier Coiffure.
Undoubtedly for the pensive
“spirituelle” type of beauty the simple
mode adopted by Mm?. Recalmer la
particularly becoming and In striking
contrast to the empire poufs and colls
The straight parting, the hair with
Just a suspicion of a waves and the
plain bandeau of narrow ribbon encir-
cling the bead from which a few curia
escape on to the forehead lend n fresh
charm to a somewhat thoughtful cast
of countenance. The remainder of the
hair le draws lightly away from the
face, fastened, rather high at the back,
and arranged In little curls as fancy
leads, thus giving ample opportunity
for the introduction of the personal
not*.
•WBET GRASS CANDLE SHADES.
Satisfying and Economical for
Summer Cottage.
For the summer cottage straw can-
dle and lamp shades will be found sat-
isfactory and economical. They shed
a charming light through the woven
strands of sweet grass, of whleh they
are made, and they ara. both Inexpen-
sive and long-lived. The gram used
in weaving them la the same aeen In
the Canadian baskets, which possess
such a delicate and delicious odor.
The pieces of gram ara woven round
sad round the shade, which la shaped
alther with a circular base or one la
hexagonal form. From there the shade
slopes gradually, and it baa a narrow
upstanding finish at tha top. The
seams ara made by weaving la a
coarser gmm, and at the top and bot-
tom edge a thicker kind, and one of a
darker shade of green gives a pretty
and substantial rim.
Thera la no striking color In theae
ahadee, the grasses blending pale yel-
low and Ugh} green tones In Mfoh a
way that the geneml effect Is neither
the one nor the other color. Fbr this
reason sweet gram shades caa be used
In any dining-room. Their freshness
makes them particularly attractive for
summer use. They are offered la sev-
eral si see ranging from the small can-
dle shade to the larger ones Intended
to covet an electric light
When soiled or dusty all they require
Is a careful wiping off with a damp
doth.
------^ shiH-Watet gait. ------
.For a white Uaen suit there ts
shown a good pattern In the Gibson
shirt-waist style, with one plait over
the shoulders sad a narrow buttoned
plait down the center of the waist
The front and back are severely plain
with a Uttle fullness at the waist Haa.
The skirt la u lS gored one, tha front
gore being finished down the entire
length of the left side with a row of
pearl buttons placed about thres
inches apart, or similar to those on
the waist A aeat hem of three
Inches Is the only decoration on the
skirt. Long sleeves, showing mod-
*#***' the enveloping
from the box. ’ fjlj
Matilda shook tha dust-pan. Into the
stove nnd put the broom Sway before
she began to untie tha package.
‘Well, she's done It up well enough,’
She aald, grudgingly, as she took ot
the layers of stiff paper.
Matilda slowly unwound tha last
paper and held up the gift. It was
an enormous orange-colored silk lgjnp-
shads, made over an umbrella-shaped
form, voluminously flounoefi with tum-
bled lace, with a huge bunch of yellow
anfi crimson roam with overblown pet-
als on oae aide. Its edges were a lit-
tle frayed and tha riba of tha frame
slightly soiled.
Badly clasped her hands nnd gasped
la shear delight.
"Oh. how beautiful, how beanUful!”
she whispered. “For us! For ns!"
Her sense of uaworthlnem of such a
gift overwhelmed her.
Matilda turned upon her fiercely.
"Yea. for us!" aha repeated, bitterly,
‘.‘for us! Miserable, mussed, faded old
thing, out of atyte, of course, too old
for her parlor, hut good enough for
her slaters-ln-law!" She laughed an-
grily.
Emily smoothed the flounces rever-
ently. "I think It’s lovely," the said,
with unwonted firmness. ''Perhaps It
la out of utyle, but, anyway, It’s beau-
tiful; all silk and lane flowers, and
such n color! Just like sunshine!"
She held her outspread hands over
the shade aa though to warm them.
The chill, stiff room with Its brown In-
grain carpet and horsehair furniture,
Its oval photographs and dingy wall
paper, all spoke of an existence sparse
nnd bare. ,
Suddenly Matilda snorted with con-
tempt both of gift and giver and
tossed the shade recklessly on the
table.
"Ot all the fool things she ever did,
this caps ’em!” she exclaimed vehe-
mently. "A lamp-shade, and for a
lamp aa big as that rocking-chair!
Where did she s’poee we’d gel a lamp
like that, and what In the name of
sense would we want with it, anyhow?
I s'pose she thought we'd like It I like
It!” She passed Into the kitchen and
shut the door with no uncertain sound.
Emily gently lifted the despised gift.
The flounces were n Uttle wrinkled.
It was true. She held the shade close
to her cheek. She could almost feel the
glowing warmth of Its Intense color.
“Lovely, lovely—and for us!” she mur-
mured. softly. Her cup of happiness
held but a thimbleful, and now It
overflowed.
When Matilda returned, the shade
was suspended uncertainly by tha
chimney of the small kerosene lamp
which stood on the table; Its flounces
lay sweeping tha marble top. Emily
stood contemplating it thoughtfully.
It certainly was very large. Matilda
snorted again.
"Got It on the lamp, have you?
Looks nice, don’t It? Did you ever see
such a fool aa Eleanor In your Ufa?
Well, there’s just one thing to do
with It, and that’s give U away,
won’t have It cluttering up the house
and we ain’t got any use for It, good-
ness knows."
Emily trembled; her hand* clasped
each other and held feat. “Give It
away?" she Inquired, faintly.
“Of course,” returned her sister,
briskly, her pleasure In the happy
thought Increasing as she dwelt upon
It “You get some more string and
we'll do It up right again, and I’ll
think of somebody we can give It to.
8he snatched the shade from the
lamp, and began to twist the papers
about it again with growing cheerful-
ness. Emily stood looking mourn-
fully at its fast-vanlshlng beauty. Like
all the lovely thlqgi her soul desired
hungrily. It was not for her.
“There," she said, “there’s an end
of that! Nice present, wasn't It?
You put it up In the attic till I get
time to send It off somewhere. I don’t
know whether I’ll give It to Miss Jame-
son or not, but I’ll think of somebody
after awhile.”
Emily took the box In silence, and
went upstairs. That night after she
had locked hofr door she pulled It out
from the farthest corner under the
bed and took out the lamp shade,
handling It with the tenderest touches.
Her slender figure In Its scant gown
seemed to expand in Its light, and her
lined face softened to an almost
youthful contour end bloom. Every
night for weeks she held Innocent
revel with the lamp shade in her lay
chamber, while Matilda slept across
the hall In forgetfulness.
When the Invitation to Henrietta
Hudson’s wedding came late In March,
Emily experienced a sudden shock;
her heart throbbed In nervous proph-
lUrim
tgJR*
pride.
Tan just ought to saa her pres-
ents." ska said, exultlagty. "Hls folks
gave kar six tablespoons and six tea-
all solid, and hls married sla-
in forks. And she’s
got china and three tablecloths sad
two pictures and four of thorn
glass jelly dishes for jolly they've got
at Johnson'*. I think tour’s too many,
but she says shall probably break
some moving, and I don’t know but
she will. Wall, yon come oves early,
and I’m obliged tor tha eaka basket
Matilda shut the door after her and
returned with lipe tightly sat
"If that don’t bant meaha said,
vindictively. “Four green glass dishes
already, and she thinks that’s too
many! I wonder If she found out wa
got om? if I thought she had. I’d
sand U ovor anyhow. Just like tha
Hadsonst I could shake that Henriet-
ta, with bar weddings!"
Emily said nothing. She was gainer
lag herself together to meet the blow
she knew Intuitively was approaching.
Her hands trembled so that she could
scarcely hold her knitting. Presently
Matlida paused and looked reflective-
ly out of the window.
"Thera’s that lamp-shade,” she said,
musingly. “I almost forgot we had
It i'll Just give 'em that They’ll not
have four lamp-shades—not like that
one, that’s sure! That’ll ba Just tha
thing.”
Emily watched her disappear la
sllanoe. Then she crawled miserably
onto the bad and pulled the quilt over
her and shivered.
An Icy gust of wind rushed In with
Matlida when she returned, but she
herself was warm enough. 8he almost
stuttered in her wrath.
"What do you think!” she exclaimed
leaning over her sister and shaking a
long finger at her. "That old Mies
Grant was at the wedding, and, do you
know, she suspictoned right away
wh?re that lamp-shade came from.
'That your present ?* she said, kind of
turning up her ayes the way she does,
In the Ceuntry, Where Fhysleton
"Not Available far Immedii
Call, Supply of Drugs te
Frlme Requisite.
So she’s going to get married at
last,” commented Matilda. “Wall, I
should think It was about time; she’e
been keeping company with James
Headly nobody knows how long. I
s’pose wall have to go.”
“Will you send a present r* Inquired
Emily, trembling. Her sister looked
nt bar sharply.
“Yea, of course. I'm going to give
n present," she sold, emphatically. "I
don't think go much of Mrs. Hudson,
but n neighbor’s a neighbor, and 1
ain't going to do laaa than other peo-
ple 1 guess I’ll gat a glass dish tor
jelly- They’ve got some at Johnson’s
tor I* cents. I believe; they was green
with gilt on 'am, real handsome. If
she’s seen ’em and knows how much
states'* onrn m mlia " VmlU
Held Innocent Revel with tha
shade.
you know. 'Well, now that dees beat
all. I don't see where you got It
Looks like It came from the city.
‘Well, po It did,' I says, as short as
that; but I couldn’t stop her. She
kind of smiled to herself In a knowing
sort of way, and, ‘Looks as If Mrs.
Henry bought It for you,’ she says,
and laughed right out. She Is the
meanest! Well, blme by 1 heard her
saying something to Henrietta about
lamp-shades, and she just bristled
right up. and when I came away,
’Thank you for the lamp-shade,’ she
saya. *1 hear It came from the city!’
And I’m going to send for It back,
and give ’em the glass dish after all,
and plenty good enough, too. I’ll
write ’em a note that'll make 'em open
thalr. eyas for onoe!” ->
Emily lushed deeply. She sat up-
right on the sofa and threw off the
shawl. “Oh, Matilda, don’t do that!"
she begged. “Don't send for It beck
after you have given It to them!”
But her sister's face was set in gran-
ite lines. >
It was dreadful of Matilda to ask
for her present back again, yet after
all, the lamp-shade was worth the
price of the humiliation. Her heart
beat happily. Onoe more she would
have her treasure back.
She never asked what was In the
note sent by the grocer's boy with the
green glass dish, but he brought the
lamp-shade back with him and Ma-
tilda received It at the door In haugh
ty alienee and set the box on the
floor while ahe went to get supper. In
an Inatant Emily had the shade In
her arms and spread out the flounces.
She caressed the rose petals and laid
her pallid face against the brilliant
color and smiled at her good fortune.
That night she slept restfully With
the box hidden safely under her bed.
. Odd Lot fer Bale,
auctioneer read out the
next
Emily
erately deep cuffs, a high collar with
a neat embroidery bow, complete all
features of the stylish walking suit.
they are, I don't care a mite,
breathed again.
The glass dish was duly purchased
and brought home. Emily regarded It
admiringly; but tor It she might hare
been robbed of her hoarded wealth.
It was a beautiful dish. '*
The day before the wedding Mrs.
Hudson came over to borrow the
stiver plated cake basket. She aald
she oouldn’t stop a minute, hut after
The
lot:
A sea, consisting of 11 waves, the
11th much larger than the others, and
slightly frayed.
“A rainbow.
"Two dosen clouds, edged with black
and in good repair.
Battlements.damaged; a mill,torn;
U thunderbolts,' elephant, bad.
“Three bottles of lightning.
‘‘The clonk of chains—five yards
has! tin.
"A setting sun, a new moon.
“A complete repast.
"A beautiful snowstorm.”
The audience gasped, and the auc-
tioneer explained that this lot consist-
ed of properties that the deceased
had used la hls‘private theatricals.
Get tha "Automobile Stare."
The automobile stare Is becoming
noticeable In New York city. It Is tha
vacant, far-away, apparently unobaerv-
Ing look that comes Into tha fhee of a
chauffeur when he crosses the streets
regardless or the pedestrians, turns
the wrong corner or guides and
speeds hls vehicle regardless of the
rights of others.
Kaep pour medicine closet In order.
In every household, especially In ooun-
try homes, where doctors sad drag
stores are tor away, there should ho a
well-supplied aad well-kept mqdlolna
closet This should be locked or high
up out of roach of children.
Have everything labeled and plainly
marked, with the average done written
oa it Have drugs marked ‘'tor exter-
nal use’’ If used for that purpoed only.
It Is through carelessness and lack of
plain marking teat many cases of
poisoning have occurred.
It le the custom now, however, for
all poisonous drugs to be put In blue
bottles so as to help prevent mistaken
of this kind. Labels all prepared to be
stuck, with mucilage on the back, caa
be procured at drug stores or station-
ers, and are very convenient tor re-
marking medicine bottles If they need
It Is a good plan to go through your
medicine chest once or twice a year
and empty out old prescriptions, as
they become stagnant and worthless
after several months—that Is, some do
—and they undergo changes from
standing.
Keep a few empty clean bottles la
your medicine cloeet and clean corks,
also keep some soft clean old linen
cloths for cut fingers, etc. Have a
few bandages of different widths, a
spoon and a medicine glass (like a
small wine glass, only It Is marked
off In eight teaspoons, making one
ounce).
You should keep on hand In your
medicine closet some staple drugs,
such as calomel, In tablets or powders,
of one grain each; quinine, one grain;
brandy, codeine (for pain), one-quarter
grain; castor oil, Epsom salts, Rochelle
salts, carron oil, for burns; alcohol, for
external use; turpentine and vaseline,
for external use, especially for colds
In the chest and bronchial colds; mus-
tard leaves, so-called, which come aa
an already prepared mustard paste, for
external use.
Have your medicine closet beyond
the reach of small children, as fatal
accidents have occurred from children
having access to the medicine closet
It belongs to good housekeeping and
to the complete homemaker to have a
medicine closet up to the usual de-
mands of ordinary circumstances. If
you do not need the medicines, so
much the better.
When I say closet I do not mean, of
course, the usual large closet built In
all modern bedrooms. I allude more to
a wall cabinet or shelves Inclosed and
containing doors. These are provided
or built In all modern houses, gen-
erally In the bathroom, but In country
houses, especially In old-fashioned
houses, where there are none, one
could easily be made by a carpenter.
Chicken, Creole Style.
Heat three tablespoonfula of drip-
ping In a skillet and fry In It until
light brown three sliced onions. Dis-
joint a large tender chicken, roll It in
flour and fry It In the hot fat until
brown. Place the chicken In a large
heated casserole. Add to the fat in
the skillet two tablespoons of flour
and stir It until smqoth; 'then add
slowly one pint of strained tomatoes,
three or four minced green peppers,
one-half bay leaf, a sprig of parsley,
minced, and a teaspoonMil of salt.
Cook five minutes and then pour over
the chicken. Bake two hours.—Good
Housekeeping. >
1.1
German Rabbit Stew.
Soak two rabbits over night In
vinegar. In the morning drain and set
to boll with one quart of vinegar to
two parts of water, two bay leaves, a
teaspoon salt, pinch pepper and a few
whole pepper kernels. Boll for one
and one-half hours. In the meantime
soak five ginger snaps in one quarter
cup of water and then stir up to a
paste with a teaspoon of flour. Take
the rabbit out, put In a platter and
stir the flour and ginger-snap paste
In the Juice to form gravy. Pour over
the rabbits. Serve with potato dum-
plings.
A Pan Broil.
When It Is not convenient to open
the lid of a stove, as on Ironing day, a
beefsteak or chop can be given a pan
broil. This Is not frying, as many per-
sons think, since not a particle of
grease Is used. Have the pan very
hot. Put the meat In it and turn al-
most Immediately to the other side un-
til seared. Keep turning the meat oc-
casionally till It Is done, though this
need not be quite so often as when the
steak is over live coals.
Codfish Balls.
Use one-third dry salt cod and two-
thirds potatoes. The fish, merely
washed, le laid In the pot over the po-
tatoes and enough boiling water
poured over both to just cover them.
Cook for one-half hour, then the wa-
ter Is drained off and they are shaken
until dry and mashed with a potato
mashed. 8tlr In a well-beaten egg
and form Into round smooth balls, roll
In flour and fry In boiling hot tat until
a delicate brown.
Te Destroy Paint Odor.
Put a kettle full of lighted charcoal
in which has been thrown a handful
of juniper berries. In the room, and
carefully stop all openings, not forget'
ting the chimney. Leave the room
closed for It hours, by the end of
which time the smell will be gone.
Of course, no person or animal moot
remain In the room while the charcoal
burning.—“Country ■ Ufa In Amor-
Celenlal Cake.
|Take two cape of broad dough when
ready to make Into loaves, add halt
cup of butter, two cups of sugar, two
egga, one-quarter teaapoonful of cloves,
half teaspoonful of cinnamon, aad half
toaspoonful nutmeg, one cup seeded
raisins, one-quarter cup sliced citron,
half teaapoonful soda. Beat these In
thoroughly with the tips M
gers, then turn Into
when light bake In moderate oven.
tips of the fla-
cake* pea, aad
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