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fc--JS. GERALDINE BANKS. J ""widow, of Chicago, and her 7f?dughtsr Dosotfcy were f Ry Beach. Mrs. Banks bad eiiough money rViilCLUlU J1C micr; "'' aiake her last uame eminently fitting. Uer father, who had made a fortune p, transforming rank Chicago fat into lellcate French soap, had given her (he millions outright at her marriage irlth John Banks, now deceased. Father and daughter didn't see each other often in the later days. They moved ;:t different social c.eles. Mr. Banks had a great gray stone palace within sound of the lashing lake wat ers, while the father preferred to live in something little bigger than a cottage on the Southwest Side un der the very shad ow of the chimneys and within smell ing range, so f speak, of the fac tory that had brought him his fortune, wag delightfully DOROTHY. ' Dorothy Banks pretty, aristocratic looking withal, and Is sweetly disposed toward humanity hi general as a girl possibly could be whose mother was constantly remind ing her of her station in life and that the hol-pollol were interesting chiefly It a distance. Mrs. Banks wished her daughter to parry, as she put It, a gentleman and ) man of lineage. "I want you to mar ry a 'Mayflower man if you can, Dor thy," she said, "a man whose ances try has been college bred for genera tions. But, of course,' my dear, he must be all right himself." There came to Rye Beach that sum mer young Peabody Standlsh of Bos ton. He was "Mayflower" all right. 1 Harvard man and one whose ances tors' names had been borne on the rolls ef that- school ever since John Har vard's day. Now, Peabody Standish rag a fine young fellow, athletic, hand- tome and with a manner which New England fogs and frosts bad failed to thill. Peabody Standish and Dorothy tanks met The Boston man liked the beauty and the breezlness of the western girl, and Dorothy, with never i thought of what her mother had said about aristocracy and. Mayflower line age, liked the eastern man for himself. T t f iwrhnns nMMHnaa tn on v that sirs. Banks looked on approvingly. She took pains to And out all about Pea body Standish. and tho finding out was satisfactory. '- The young fellow from Boston lin gered longer at Rye Beach that sum mer than he bad intended. He knew in a general way who Mrs. Banks of Chicago was, for be bad a bit of law business with a 'Chicago client In which some of the B a n k s' holdings had figured. He didn't make any In quiries. Had he momentarily felt an, inclined a look at Dorothy would have checked him, for she was sweet and winsome enough to make op for a family skele ton In every closet MRS. BASKS. of a Chicago mansion. Dorothy Backs and Peabody Stand ish were engaged. Mrs. Banks and ber daughter were back In Chicago nr.d the marriage wag sot for the spring. Once in a while through the winter a shadow would come Into Dor othy's face. "Mamma," she would say, "we ought to have told Peabody about grandpa. I know he's what you call vnlgar, but he's good and kind-henrted and would be affectionate if you'd only Jet him." "Your grandfather and Mr. Standish will have to meet some day, Dorothy, but there's no particular hurry about It. I want you to get married first. Your grandfather Is going to California In February, and be won't be back till after the wedding, about which, by the way, be doesn't know anything. Ev erything will be all light If you do as I tell you." And Dorothy, though secretly trou bled, did what long custom bad inured her to do, to abide by what ber mother Mid. They wen married la April. Pea fcody Standish, yielding te bis mother fcvlaw'a request, agreed to make Chi ago bit home, and te look after ber flop arty Interest. With Dorothy lav , Basil toly after too wadding be went tad remained there sight Warn they retnraed to Chi rr ; ao aaeored aa eflce aad hackled 1 baataem It M ftaadlea' aaeead day at Ma ' 'Tjfc C aad Dorothy war trrlasj ' JCl Caaia. At I e'etoek ta af -.rotates " daakM-Ad BydaSaafe i 1 1. v . ,t r KX tt $& k He oar - riago and started homeward. At a street corner he saw the bent but sturdy figure of an old man, who was plodding along with bis eyes on the ground. Standish looked at the bowed figure for a moment, then a pleased look came into bis eyes and he shout ed a rather peremptory "Stop" to the coachman. Standish Jumped from the carriage and In an instant was by the side of the old fellow on the sidewalk, and was grasping htm by the band. Mr. Chandler, Is it really you?" said Standish, with a ring of genuine pleas ure in his voice and his eyes fairly dancing. Well, bless me, If it ain't young Standish. Yes, it's me, Jabez Chand ler, all right, but I didn't suppose you'd remember me." "Remember you. Do you suppose I'd forget the man who came to my father's rescue and made it possible for me to go through college? Forget you? I should think not." "Well, Mr. Standish, your grand father did me a turn In the past, when I was a boy, that I ain't forgot yet, and ain't likely to." I looked you up as soon as I reach ed Chicago, Mr. Chandler, and found you were In California." The old man smiled a little. Standish beckoned to the coachman. The man drove up alongside the curb end Standish. turning to the old man. said: "You're coming home to dinner with me to-night. I won't take no for an answer, lou must meet my wire, and Standish fairly forced the old man Into the carriage. They drove along in silence for a few minutes, and then Jabez Chandler said: "I've kept track of you, Mr. Standish, but I guess you didn't know It There is some things that even you college fellows can't see through." The old man had a queer expression on his face as he mounted the steps of the Banks mansion, arm in arm with the younger man. Standish led him into the great room off the hall. The younger man was as exuberant as u schoolboy. "Dorothy," he called, "Dorothy!" Dorothy came from a recess in a dim corner of the room. "Iiorothy, I've brought home the best friend, barring my parents, I ever had in my life. This is Mr. Chandler, dear." Dorothy came forward, ber face showing white In the half light of the room, and with a frightened look In her eyes. Then the look fled, she went forward. "Grandpa," she said, and held out both hands. The old man kissed her quickly with something of yearning In his look. There was something stern In Stan dish's face. "Dorothy." he said, "why did I not know this?" Dorothy turned, and the old man quickly left the room. "You ought to have known, dear," she said. "I don't know what to tell you. We thought " "I think I see it, but I don't believe you thought it. You told me something once of your mother's Ideas of birth and education and refinement. Thftnk Cod, Dorothy, those things don't make a man forget his friends nor make him ashamed of his relatives. I know you're not ashamed, dear; I think I know all about it," and he kissed her softly. Standish turned from his wife and went straight to the room of Mrs Banks. He was there about fifteen minutes. That night in a box at the opera an old man In a business suit sat at the very front by the side of his daughter. Two young people in evening dress and looking happy, sat Just behind. A daughter is a daughter, come what will, and there was actually a soft light that night in the eyet of Mrs. Gerald I ne Banks, for that day her mind bad learned a lesson and her hart had lost a burden. Chicago Rec ord-Herald. Unlucky Little Charms. Unlucky charms! The Partslenne has an Idea that when all else falls these must bring ber good fortune. and so she collects these curious little emblems with an eagerness not often displayed. A round tablet of gold on which the number 13 Is largely mark ed serves a one; a similar little plagu has a large eye upon It, assuredly an evil eye; a peacock's tail feather In enamel; a little bunch of bright green ribbons; a tiny pair of crowned knives suspended from a ring; a mirror charm. cracked right across the center all these and many others are used worn hanging on to a ring of gold, says Home Cbat. By day they are caught In the corner of a handkerchief bag or purse; at night, If not secreted In the folds of a corsage, they will bang con spicuously In mlladl's boudoir. aiaa Llterallced. First Crook Wha tcher been a-doin' In amongst de side-ahow freaks? Second Crook-1 Just sold the pair of dwarf a gold brick. First Crook Humph! Been i-doln stunt, eh ? Baltimore American. It la a wonder tbat aomo one ha never placed advertising circular la tbo hyaa racks at church; thoy would bo road tarothjh forward aad back ward. if a BMW BOW If BMUTlafo, a w-CJ tt. INJUSTICE TO ANIMALS. UsdmrTtd Critlclaaaa laTolvad la Popalar Adiin, "Aa stupid aa a donkey." When on boy tella another not to make "an of himself, or aaya that the other la aa stupid as "a donkey" or aa obstinate as "a mule," he does not mean tho re mark for a compliment, and tho other boy never accepts It for one. But la the donkey really a stupid animal, la the ass anything like ao great a fool as the human being who la supposed to behave like an ass, and is the mule only obstinate or has be a "firm char acter?" Ask any one who associates with ihe donkey beast. He will toil you at once that rbe little animal Is as intelligent a creature of its class as you can find. There are donkeys that seem to show a contempt for the hu man understanding by not always car ing to do what a human being asks of them, but make a donkey love you and you will find him docile enough. There are stupid donkeys and Intelli gent donkeys, as there are stupid and intelligent horses, dogs, and persons. An ass has never been known to do anything so absolutely silly as to make It excusable to give the poor creature the bad name he has borne for ages. He la patient He is long suffering. Much abuse makes htm appear Indiffer ent to the treatment he receives. It Is, however, a little too unjust to sup pose that he Is originally stupid be cause his Inhuman master is cruel. As silly as a goose." What is there particularly silly about a goose? Does it follow its animal instincts In caring for itself and its young? Before you accept the adage about a goose's silli ness watch It for yourself. The com mon barnyard geese need not be ashamed to be studied with the ducks and the chickens of the poultry house; they bear the comparison very well Indeed. The wild geese, however. which never associate with human be ings In or about a barnyard are re markably Intelligent birds. No one Is called "as silly as a wild goose," while to lead one "a wild-goose chase" is to lead him one knows not where, so cunning is the bird in Its strong, un- rrapped fight. "As wise iis an owl." If ever the ap pearance of wisdom was mistaken foi1 the quality it Is In the extraordinary intelligence attributed to the owl. Why is it, do you suppose, that the owl looks so much wiser than other birds, not to particularize some other ani mals? Science can tell you the reason. In the frontal bones over the brain nf the owl is an immense number of air cells. They give the forehead that' Imposing appearance which has com manded the respect of human beings from the days of the worship of Miner va down to the more prosaic present. To look wise when one makes as little fuss and noise as the owl is no mean accomplishment. Looking wise and being generally silent, is one way to make yourself respected. It may make you rather tiresome in general com pany, but think how much more tire some you are If too noisy! The quiet: of the owl is an example some boister ous young people might do well to Imi tate. It has a wisdom quite Its own. We have not a word to say against It. Our Animal Friends. LIGHTING SWINDLE. la Being Worked In Ohio by Smooth Electrical Fakers. A new swindle it Is reported Is be ing worked on the rural population it Northern unto. A man Dearing me card of an electric lighting company, supposed to lie located In New York City, calls on the farmer. He lias a email box bearing on the top a closed lamp with a frosted globe of the eii act appearance of a large size Incan descent electric light. The turning of a button serves to light the lamp, which burns brilliantly. The solicitor goes on to tell the farmer that bis company Is the proprietor of a patent electric light plant occupying a very small space and which they will In stall at the small cost of $2 per light The lighting of the average sized farm house will cost but little at this rating and the farmer Is oidy too willing to make the purchase. A contract Is pro duced ami signed. This is Beali.nl up In an envelope and left with the fanner until anotlnr representative shall comn and Install Ihe plant. A few days latiT this inn it appears. The contract Is produced and read. To the farmer's surprise and consternation It calls for $'A per light. Of course a refusal lo have the plant Installed follows, the agent threati-ns suit, and In order to avoid trouble the matter Is compro mised by the farmer giving his note fi.r ?3. which the agent takes to the nearest town and sells. The light ex: hlbited Is an acetylene one, and i clever substitution of contracts com plies the deception, at which so many are biting, It is said. Electrical World. -zkflwuofl'ljm vbgk vbgkq vbgkq vbg Meekeat Man of All. McJIgger Chicken hearted? Well. I should say; he's the limit. Thingumbob Is that so? McJIgger Nothing can make him tight Why, I've seen b!m lot a man civ at hlra out of his turn In the barber shop and be neve said a word. Phila delphia Press. Keeping Her Good Ear on Watch. "You should sleep on your right side madam." "1 really can't do it, doctor; my bus- band talks In hi sleep, aad I can't boar a thtng with my left oar." Town Topic. To aomo people there come do prom I near w hater or Is Ufa; not oraa tbat la stgnlng thatr aaatos to a can for a mooting. very groat talker Uuaka oChor poo pu talk too Science A invention Coffee berries are understood to con tain about one per cent of caffeine, to which the stimulating properties are due. In a late analysis of nine kinas at the Pasteur Institute, SI. Bertrand has found that Coffea Cauephora con tains as much as 1.97 per cent of caf feine, but that two species C. II um boltlana and C. Mauritlana are prac tically free from the stimulating alka loid, not more than 0.07 per cent ap pearing in either. It Is known that radio-active sub stances, like radium, Impart radio-activity to other substances, and R. Gel gel has attempted to show whether the absorption of energy Is accompanied by any increase In weight He was unable to detect any such effect. With a much more sensitive apparatus Carl Forcbe has repeated the work, milking numerous weighings of fifty-six grams of lead, and has found that a large mass of active material half an inch below the lend Increased the weight of the Utter about one part in twenty-live million. On account of the frequent repaint required by the pneumatic tires of heavy automobiles and their great cost the experiment of substituting solid tire on the rear wheels has recently been made, and one of the results shown Is an increase of tractive power In climbing bills. It Is said that bills which could not be climbed by a vehi cle having a complete set of pneumatic tires were surmounted by the same machine after solid tires had been put on the rear wheels. At the same time the vibration was not Increased to an uncomfortable degTee. Prof. J. C. Bose recently presented to the I.lnnean Society in London the results of experiments which show that the peculiar movements of the leaflets of the so-called "telegraph plant" are due to an electric disturb ance traveling as a "current of ac tion" in the plant Each leaf consists of a large terminal baflet and two Smaller lateral ones. The lateral leaf lets spontaneously rise and fall like the arms of a semaphore, the period of a complete movement being about three and a half minutes. Hence tho name of the plant, which Is a species 'of desmodium. or tick-trefoil, native to the East Indies, but easily cultivable in conservatories. The problem of piercing a glacier by 'means of boring has at last been solv ed with results of real scientific Inter est experiment made last August on a glacier near Vent, In the Tyrol. At a distance of about one and one-quarter miles from the tip of the gla cier, where its breadth is 2,130 feet, and the height of its surface above sea level 8,530 feet, a boring In the middle reached rock at a depth of five hundred feet Taken along with measurements of rate of movement, 'surface melting and temperature the experiment enabled the following con Vlusions to be drawn: First, the tem perature of the Ice is at the melting point throughout the whole mass on the tongue of the glacier; second, the 'bed of the glacier is trough-shaped; 'third, the Ice moves more slowly at the Wtom than at the surface. The lsire holes were filled up with pieces of woou. wnicn win serve lor many years to come as Indexes of the rate of move ment and of surface melting. SCARS OF A WOMAN. World Regards Them Differently from Those of Men. The colonel always arouses my en thusiasm; yet I never see him with tbat black patch over his eye and that glove with Its empty fingers without wondering why It Is that the world regards so differently the wars of men Mnd women, even when those scars have been won in ah honorable serv ice. I have a clever friend from the south who, as a girl and when the war had closed, worked In her father's tobacco fields, over the horses and over the broken-down fences, until comfort reigned at home again, and she took to letters as a profession. I saw ber once bold up her toll-worn hands, full of scars, with each Joint out of shape, while she said to me laughingly: "It Is sometimes easier to escape the con sequences of our sins than to get away from the records of our virtue." That Is the trouble, I suppose. Tra dition has done nothing for her, and sij the records of a woman's virtues have to be explained. A man with an arm or a leg missing, especially If he Jbe an erect man. Instantly arouse a thought of heroism unless, of course, one ha lived lu the nelghliorbood of trolleys and a certain spontaneous enthusiasm for the innu, like tbat which the colonel Inspires, take pos session of the beholder. Such a quick ening of the pulse before the signs and tokens of sn unknown woman's inlaadventuro would be an Impossibil ity, and a silk patch over one of her eyes, like that which the colonel wears, would excite pity rather than ap plause. Then there are the manners of aomo successful women who by their own endeavors bare won a way in the world, continues Mrs. French In tbe Century. What scar these manners are oa aa ongaglng womanliness first ill graca tost In taa conflict, then a , . . m - m , i. geouooaai paa a maa auuvrva uw looso who would rockon thorn when the bob) af bl mcMiii wa told? And bow aaarlactac tbo vary braaqao ne aad energy and era the lack of offBeaa la kla Btaaaer would boi Wo woaid boiler In him at one. Bat la a woaaaa, aad porbapa, wlasly w eaa tout taoat ssgaa and tufcaaa af fed xl f72 an heroic struggle into which nocee slty alone may hare driven her are counted a disfigurement, and tha record of each of her virtue baa to be explained, like the trousers of Rom Bonheur, If their exercise has Involv ed the sacrifice of a single feminine habit The records of her pleasure are other concerns ao long as fashion approve. Her hair may be sunburned. but It must not be because she ha chosen to deprive herself of a bonnet for the benefit of some pauper. And her hands may be large and muscular, but the muscles must be those develop ed by an outdoor sport, not those which any manual labor indoors hao strengthened, even when the iabor ha been undertaken of grim poverty. SAVE THE HARDWOOD TREE8. Thousand of Aim Caueiaar Great De traction Throughoat Country. Memphis is the largest hardwood lumber market in the world, but Mem phis and the entire hardwood produc ing section of the country have cause for alarm over the rapid and Indis criminate slaughter of hardwood trees that Is going on, says the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The waste is something startling. Giant trees are cut down and their trunks hauled to convenient sawmills to be cut up into boards or plunks or scantling or beams; or the logs are loaded on cars and shipped to the far north and east; or they are rafted on the streams and floated to tide water and shipped to foreign countries. In the mere matter of staves and stave gutting thousands of axes are kept going constantly and the destruction is great Much good )Um!er In the tops and branches that could be utiliz ed Is left to rot on the ground. Mil lions of feet of it are being sent abroad annually that are needed at home or which will be needed at home. This should be discouraged as much as possible. The south is unbuilt and bouses and homes of men must be built In town and country, on bill and valley, in Its cuddled coves and across the sweeps of Its vast prairies, mid much lumber will be required for this. This one item alone would strip many thousand acres annually. Then the question of railroad tiei must be considered. There are lu the south or soon will be about ano.OOO mllea of railroad. Including side tracks and switches and on these are nsi-d about S.Ooo ties to the mile. The average life of a tie Is about six years, which means that an average of 50.000 miles of roadbed must receive new ties every year, which will require in all l'iO,000.u ties and in the six years SKiO.oijO.tKiO ni-w ties must ) provided a sutllclent amount to de nude a fort of enormous pnrjKrtlons. This number of railroad cross tics at 50 cents each would aggregnte the vast sum of $450,000,000. which con sidered merely as one rtem, la worth looking after. The hardwood forests are expansive, but not inexhaustible and they should be protected. War should first be de clared on that arch enemy of the pub lic, the man who begins clearng off laud for agricultural purposes by first making a 'dindenln' " by first mur dering hundreds and hundreds of valu able trees by cutting a circle around them so that the sap cannot rise off In the spring and leaving tbem to rot away atul fall piecemeal, as though a Wicked with the liprocy. This wan ton dintrui'tloii of property is a crime that should be prohibited if possible and pun'.Sii"-u rvei-trly beu commit ted. It is leas common than formerly, but It Is yet committed. HOlDS DOWN HIS JOB. Patriot Go to Maracaibo to Bucceec Plumacher, hut Alwaya Return, Eugene II. riuinacher, of Tenlieesiv, has been c onsulur agent at Maracaibo, since 1878 und consul since 1883. Maui patriots who difcired to serve tbe! country for the '.!,M) salary Consul I'ltimaeber enjoys have gone to Mara culls), but none has remained. Plu. inacher attends to that, according tf the "Saturday Evening Post." At the State Department In Wash Ington they say when a ship arrlvn bringing a consul appointed to Mara calbo I'luniai Iit Is on deck with ef fualve greeting. ".My d-nr sir," says Plumacber, "I extend to jou the heartiest of wt-1 comes. I " Then, as if struck by t sudden thought, I'lurmicher withdraw! the hands he lias outstretched an fays: "Hut. no, I must not touch you, for 1 have just returned from olllclat Ing at the last sad rites for two deni friends who died of the yellow fever.'- The consul shudders. Later In th day, after he lias dined with Plu mncber. they take a stroll. The ih'W comer w-'tt a row of graves, cacb dec oratiil with an American flag. "Io they decorate the graves of sol dlers here, too'' ' "Oh, no." replies Plumacher. "Thosi are n it soldiers. There r't the renin Im of several fellow countrymen, each i whom came lu re to ls consul. Tbcj all died of the yellow fever and I strij to honor their memories." That Is enough. The nmtt ship takt tbe quaking patriot home, and Plu nischer settles down to the routine o; official life until another ambitious sue eeseor arrives. Home Itepatatloa. 'Do you subscribe to tbe theory tha people's characters are made by wl.a they eat?" "No," answered the scientist; "but Judging from the adrertaamenta, hould say that In many case ther reputations are made by tho nsodlclur they take." Washington RUr. rnrf-Tai rials in lluopsui. He-My darting, whoa wfU too b aw-Nerer! Bat ru Mock Dack. Cut a veal cutlet an Inch thick, flat-. n It with a mallet and spread with a forcemeat of ham and bread crumbs. Seasoned well and bound with butter. koii the m-st up nver thlfc forcemeat Ind tie It In shape with strong string. Lay In s roasting psn and pour over It i pint of boiling stock. Put the cover tn the roaster and cook for an hour ind a half, basting several times dur ing tbe first hour. Transfer to a hot t!sh, thicken the gravy with browned lour, season well, boll up. and pour lome of It over the "mock duck." pass tug the rest, with the meat, In a gravy oat. Caaned Tomato. Pour boiling water over tomatoes and Ip from them the loosened skin. hen this has been done drain off the liquid, lay your tomatoes In a preserv ing kettle and beat them to a IsjIL When this 'point Is reached take them from the fire, rub them through a col ander and return them to the kettle, tooll for ten minutes, drain off what lulce yon do not want and put tho ;omatoes. boiling hot. Into self-sealing Jars. Fill to overflowing with the boll 'ng Juice and seal at once. Chocolate Iclao Place In a saucepan a quarter of a ound of Icing or caster sugar, one unce of grated chocolate and a table ipoonful of water, or a little more if hecessary. Stir over a moderate firo until the icing becomes as thick a cream. Iay this evenly on the cake with-a knife, which should occasional ly be dipped into boiling water. When finished set in a cool oven for a few minutes Just to harden the Icing. Whole Fried I'otataea. In no other way, except baking, is the whole flavor so retained. Boll whole potatoes, first removing a single strip of skin all around, about twenty minutes. Ira In, pour a cupful of cold water over them, drain again, ami wipe off the skins lu a clean cloth. Then drop Into a kettle of hot fat and brown nicely. Serve Immediately. Theso make a delicious breakfast dlrtt to serve with chops or cutlets. Cold Htrawberry Khorlcake. Hub to a cream a cup of sugar and S heaping tablespomif ul of butter, add tbe well-beaten yolks of three l-ggs, a quarter of a cup of milk, a heaping rup of prepared flour, and hist of all fold In the stiffened w hites of the eggs. Bake In layer cake tins, and when cold turn out. Put berries sprinkled with sngar between tbe layers of cake and serve with whipped cream. Cherry Tart and Tartlet. Prepare a light, flaky puff paste, and put Into a large pie plate and several inall ones. Flute tbe i-dgcs with a fork. Stone tbe cherries and stew In their own Juice, well s-weetencd. When done, take- off the fire, let them cool, then fill the pastry and sprinkle thick ly with white sugar. r they may 1 covered with pastry and served hot if preferred. Irian Colcannon. Peel and cut a large parsnip lnti small pieces, cook fur fifteen minutes in iKjillng water, then add jmi-Ii po tatoes and an onion. When the veg. etables are very tender drain and mush, adding milk or cream until you Uave a smooth mass. Season to tastu with salt and pepper. One Way of t'ain- Stale Bread. Soak a small loaf of bread In warir. water, then squeeze and mash to a vnl'i. Add a minced oul..n. a llttl.i i-age, pepper. Bait and uiliiccd parsley and a dash of red pepper. Put Into a greased pan and bake. F.at with roast beef, pouring a good gravy over It. Hoe.ehoM Uinta.' To take the stains out of knife ban dies, rub with lemon Juice uiwl suit: afterward polish with dry Hour. A black mark upon the celling, cnus sd by the lamp smoke, can be removed iy washing it with a little luke warm wda water. A heavy broom should always be He rctetl lu preference to a light one for ;horough sweeping, as the weight aids iA the process. Wlien making pea soup always ihrow In a slice of brwid, for It pre vent the peas sinking to the bottom bf (ho pan and burning. Cukes keep best In tin canisters; woislen boxes, unlxs well seasoned, are apt to give them disagreeable taste; brown paper should le avoided for the same reason. To render boots waterproof, melt to ?mher a little mutton ftit und b-xwnx, nd, when liquid, rub a little o over :he edges of the soles, wheto the ttltches are. This will render your Soots quite waterproof.- lon't keep the dauiM-rs open when you are not using the tire. It not only junis sway the coal, but ruins the Are Drlck as well, lhrn't stand brooms in Wie corner resting on rheir end. Hang them up by tbe handles, or turn tbem upside down, Ucooooiioul mince Die fllllna- an l made a follows: Procure of a pork butcher aame scraps from boiling down lard. Chop these ry finely, and ta very half-pound add ten ouncoa nf rurrant, the same quantity of chopped sppie ana sugar, a teaepoonfal of spice ad a Utile chopped lessen rlad. if repaired lo be kept, add tnaaaaaaafal affcaaadf.