Third-class railway fares iii India
are less than a farthing ( half a cciit )
a. mile.
Tea seeds resemble small hazel nuts.
They are sown in beds to grow thickly
together like cabbage.
Bats and their parasites are held re
sponsible , by an Italian expert , for
the transmission of plague in some
cases.
Mrs. Mary A. Kidder , eighty-two
years old , and one of the oldest au
thors In New England , continues to
write poetry.
A Masonic medal has been struck to
commemorate the Duke of Con-
naught's induction as grand master of
English Free Masonry.
Matilda I think that Frank was
wholly disinterested In asking me to
be his wife. Uncle George Disinter
ested ? He was positively reckless.
Canadian governmental reports show
that , at the present rate of consump
tion of timber for paper , the forests
of the Dominion would supply the
world with pulp for 8-10 years to come.
Nidah , Ga.f has a population of 2,000
people , all of whom live in tram cars.
The town hall consists of two cars
knocked into one , and a church has
also been provided by the same de
vice.
In a Berlin insane asylum is a pa
tient , it is said , whose hair changes
color with her temperature. When
she is cool and'quiet her hair is a
light yellow , but when she Is restless
and excited it becomes auburn.
Sir William Gordon MacGregor ,
fourth baronet of his line , is an in
mate of the workhouse at Leytonstone ,
a London suburb. The first baronet
was sergeant surgeon to George IV.
The fourth is suffering from locomo-
tor ataxia.
Napkins became popular in France
sooner than in England. At one time
it was customary at great French din
ners to change the napkins at every
course , to perfume them with rose-
water and to have them folded a dif
ferent way for each guest.
The Arabic used in the Koran dif
fers as much from the Arabic used
In ordinary conversation and inter
course in the East as the Latin differs
from the Italian. The Koran Arabic
is that of the literary classes ; the col
loquial is that of the common people.
President G. Stanley Hall , of Clark
University , has been studying the al
most total absence of insanity among
negroes. He believes It Is because ,
being newer to civilization , the race
has not run through so many differ
ent and crucial experiences as the
white race.
The one poem most often translated
into every language of the civilized
and uncivilized world was written by
a woman "The Ode to Aphrodite , " by
Sappho. Shakespeare's works have
borne the test of but three centuries ;
Sappho's have stood through twenty-
five centuries.
Don Emllio de Ojeda , the new Span- :
ish minister , is almost certain to be
a great favorite in Washington. He
has a distinguished appearance , speaks
English fluently , has a wide knowledge
of literature and as a painter easily
might have made a career. Senor de
Ojeda Is , besides , a man of ample for
tune.
Congressman Robert W. Davis , of
Florida , was out hunting south of St.
Augustine when" large black bear
took to hunting him. The Congress
man took a shot at Bruin and then
fled , but the bear was gaining and the
fugitive climbed a tree just in time
to save himself. He remained there
several hours before help came and
scared away his pursuer.
. Nikola Tesla , the student of elec
tricity , was drawn for jury duty in New
tork City , but was excused from ser
vice because he is opposed to capital
punishment , and could not agree to u
yerdist of guilty , when by doing so he
would endanger a prisoner's life. Mr.
lesla does not agree with those who
would return a verdict of guilty in a
murder case while disbelieving in the
death penalty , holding that they are
not responsible for the law as it stands.
"William K. Vanderbilt and Grover
Cleveland received , respectively , the
largest and smallest checks ever Issued
to Individuals by the United States Gov
ernment. At one time Mr. Vanderbilt
owned $50,000,000 worth of Govern
ment bonds , and on this amount drew
annual Interest of ? 2,000,000. At the
close of Mr. Clereland's second admin of
istration It was discovered , in settling of
up his accounts for salary , that the o
h
Government owed him one cent. A
check for that amount was forwarded
to him. and as It has never been pre eiJ
J
sented for payment It is probable that eig
the recipient preserves it as a curiosity. g
I
The famous Frencli geographer , fi
Elisce Reclus , who is now in his seven fia fiI
ty-third year , lives at Brussels in great a
seclusion , the only place where a S
Arranger can meet him being at'a vege b
tarian restaurant where he takes his
meals. He has been a vegetarian all
C (
his life , and declares that the time will L
come when Europeans will look on
beef-eating with the same horror that
We do on cannibalism. One day he camo
io a friend pale and agitated. "My wife n
is deceiving me , " he exclaimed ; and he
when his friend looked at him in aston
ishment he added : "I have surprised C (
her when she was boiling my spinach
In-bouillon. " ha
a
The town of Grojetzki , Russia , Is con-
pected with the outer world by a rail
way , which derives the major part of a
Its revenue from Jews traveling to seek
! preternatural aid from the rabbi of
j Grojetzki , a reputed miracle worker
I and divine healer , who , by the way , as
spiritual shareholder of the railway ,
has recommended his followers to use
it. At the last shareholders' meeting ,
however , a conflict of opinion arose be
tween those present , which resulted in
the sale by the rabbi of his stock. At
the same time he strictly prohibited his
followers from using the road , owing to
which the trains are now running en
tirely empty.
PROFIT SHARING.
Experiment Tried on a Canadian
Street Kailway.
The adoption of a practical system of
profit sharing by the street railway
company of Vancouver is an experiment
that will be of interest to all who watch
the development of our industrial sys
tem. The Independent , a weekly pub
lished in the interests of organized la
bor in Vancouver , B. C. , gives a report
of an address by Manager IJuntzen , of
the street railway company , to a mass
meeting of workmen , which was also
addressed by President Mahon , of the
Street Railway Men's Union of Ameri
ca. The meeting shows the harmonious
relations existing between the street
railway company and its employes.
The company has voluntarily decided
that the regular employes shall re
ceive as their share of its profits one-
third of the amount available for divi
dends after the ordinary shareholders
have received 4 per cent. This means ,
as estimated , that at the end of the
first year each employe will receive
about $30 ; at the end of the second
year the share will be about $50 , and
in five years it will be $100. The men
will receive the standard union wages.
Manager Buntzen says that , in his opin
ion , the increased interest in the com
pany's welfare on the part of the em
ployes created by the new system will
add so much to the company's success
that the shareholders , as well as the
men , will gain by the innovation.
The employes' proportion of the
profits will be divided equally among
them , all being considered as units in
making the company's business a suc S
cess. In addition to this voluntary
concession the company pays as high
wages for every class of work as are
paid by other local employers , and ,
tid
generally speaking , higher wages. The d
company also makes certain conces u
sions in the way of uniforms , light and Ci
transportation , that employers in other Ciei
lines of business are not in a position is
istl
to grant. It is customary to look foi tl
rocks in the way of all such industrial tl
experiments. Men do not work for it
low wages , nor under unfavorable con Iii
ditions , voluntarily , but because they tl
are forced to do so by the conditions if
ifol
of the labor market. The model em ol
old
ployer , the man who voluntarily does d
more than he is forced to do , because C
he sees that there is something wrong tl
tlOl
and that the men are entitled to more , is Ol
worthy of all honor. One of the diffi
culties of such a scheme is that employ as
ment with him acquires an economic asPi
Pi ;
value which the workmen may be Pia
forced to pay to middlemen or inter bs
mediaries. But it is time
enough to look tr :
for such trouble when it begins to de trm
velop. A good relationship and a feel- d
lug of mutual interest have a value that
re
cannot be accurately estimated in dol
lars , and these have been secured al in
ready by the Vancouver Street Rail inH
way Company. We may learn some day se :
that honest desire to do
an right can te
cure most of the industrial evils of mod
ern society. Toronto Globe. di
diU
Gentleness of Seals.
>
Hundreds of seals made Nelson Isl- th
and in the South Shetland group , look tr
black as night as we approached. They th
disported themselves in the water and fe
played upon the shore. In wonder , not fei i
alarm , they stared at us as we drew
near In a small boat. We leaped on
shore among them. Still they looked
on in dumb curiosity. I was as much
impressed as were the seals , and stared Cr
as hard at them in an answering won bo
bow
der. w
"Come , old fellow , " said Sobral , ap in
proaching one of the largest seals with in
outstretched hand. It edged away a po
few feet. "Move on then , " he said , un
smacking it on the back with his open an
hand. It edged a little further away , inj
looking over its shoulder with an in od
jured air. But it made no attempt to SCi
seek safety. A mere plunge Into the ex
water would have brought freedom bo
from any danger. Several leopard on
seals were shot by our party , and their nu
fellows gathered around them , won en
dering why they lay so motionless , and fr (
staring at us with wide , pathetic eyes. de
Lie
Evolution. tie
convinced of the
Being Impossibility otl
supporting his large family at any
the unskilled felonies , the man hit
ly
on the unusual expedient of seeking a.v\
honest employment. iia
"But , " he reflected , "if I seek such un
employment under uiy right name , Bill pe
Jones , nobody will hire me , while If I we
give name as Hank Smith
my , say , cu
shall be jailed for getting a job by
false pretenses. Dear me ! What shall JVfi
do ? Oh , I know. I'll just incorpor
ate , and seek employment as the Hank
Smith Corporation. Then It's nobody's I
business what I do. " tat
This shows how much better off ne ift
cessity Is by knowing a little law. in
Life.
Es
Producing an Opposite Effect.
Father of the Pastor ( after the ser- , .e
mon ) How Horace has changed 8lncl'r
l
was a baby !
The Mother What an Ideal Of , ie
course , he has changed. ' >
C
Father What I mean Is that when
was a baby he used to keep me "i
awake. Boston Transcript. f
ny ;
Some men try to get out of a dilem
ma by drinking both horns.
cience
Lead poisoning , affecting many per
sons , has been traced by a German
physician I to a curious source. Deep
holes 1 in the stones of an old mill were
found 1 to have been ignorantly filled
with lead , and flour ground by thise
stones showed as high as one part of
metal in four thousand. It was this
flour that produced the poisoning.
The ingenious apparatus of II. Galo-
pin records continuously at inU-rv.-iIs
of ten minutes or so the flow ol"anv
fluid , such as air or water , and it may
serve as a ship's log or for nn asur.ng
t-he velocity of a stream of water. It
depends upon the deflection ol"a pen
dulum by the moving liquid or gas.
The deflection is shown upon a dial ,
and the record is made by a suitable
mechanism driven by clockwork.
The chief of the fire department in
Rouen , France , has invented a tire-
pump which can be operated by tap
ping the current of any street-car or
electric-light system. The pump is
small enough to be drawn easily by
one horse , in a light , two-wheeled cart ,
but sufficiently powerful to throw a
stream of water 100 feet high. In a
trial the new pump developed its full
energy in three minutes , while a
steam-pump required fourteen minutes
to get up the same pressure.
The novel invention of Professor Ar-
temieff gives security to workers in
laboratories using uigh-teusiou electric
currents. It is a safety dress of fine ,
but closely woven wire gauze , weigh
ing 3.3 pounds , and completely enclos
ing the wearer , including hands , feet
and head. The cooling surface is so
great that a powerful current passed
for several seconds from one hand to
the other without perceptible heating.
tJC' in this armor , the inventor re
ceived ' discharges from currents of 75-
C'Oi
000 to 150.000 volts , and handled live
Oiv
wires at pleasure , all without any
sensation ( of electric shock.
Sea-level does not , as is generally
supposed , represent the mean figure of
the earth. The attraction of moun
tains and continents and variations of
density cause the water to be heaped
up in places , and Colonel Clarke has
calculated that tile diameter of the
equator ending in Singapore and Peru
two and one-half miles shorter than
the diameter ending in Rhodesia and
the Pacific. Major S. G. Burrard esti
mates that in the region of the Hima
layas actual sea-level is about eight
thousand feet higher than it would be
the shape were not deformed. An
other source of error in surveys is tne
deflection of the plumb line , and this
cause makes the position of India on
Hie globe uncertain to some seven sec
onds.
Everybody who takes an interest in
istronomy is aware that the outermost
lanets of the solar system , Uranus
; d Neptune , are believed to rotate
Backward , that is , in a direction con-
rary to the rotation of all the other
nembers of the system. But the evi-
lence that they do thus rotate is iudi- .
ect , such , for instance , as the fact
hat their satellites revolve backward
their orbits. Recently , however ,
lenri Deslaudres of the Meudon Ob-
ervatory has applied a method of de-
errnining the direction of rotation by
ipectroscopic observation , which gives
lirect evidence that in the case of ni
Jrauus : , at least , the rotation is really
ackward. The method is based on
he inclination of the lines in the spec-
rum of a rotating body , and resembles
hat by which , a few years ago , Pro-
essor Keeler demonstrated the rao-
ions of Saturn's rings. It is to be ap-
tlied next to Neptune.
Literary Thefts.
A curious incident in t.'ie history of a
ree < library where the rules forbid
looks to be taken from the building ,
ras : furnished by a man who had a
nania for . He read
; poetry. everything fe
that line , ; ood , bad , indifferent. His few
ga
ockets were always laden with vol- w
.mes of verse or clippings of rhyme , as
nd he was finally discovered purloin-
it. :
ug poetry by the most unusual meth- it.w
. For years the library has sub-
cribed to a periodical which at the
xpiration of each year is bound in
ps
ook form. There is always a poem
gr
the last page of each issr.e of the
ro
lagaziue. This man , it was discov-
i
red , was removing these last leaves
he
roui the bound volume by a unique ar
evice. He would lay a wet cord in
< book at the page he desired , then
st ;
lose the volume and sit reading some t-j
ther book. As soon as the water had „
nturated the leaf it could be noiseless-
drawn from its fellows and folded
way in his pocket. In this way he
ad mutilated twenty-four bound volfu
mes before the injury itself and the .JP
ersonality ; and method of the offender f > r
rere discovered. He escaped prose-
ution for the time being by leaving ej
city , and the last heard of him he e
fas in the Egyptian army.
pi. .
Carry the Lucky Box. ru
It Is a fad in London one of the Bh
itest to carry a "lucky box , " made be
fter the style of those worn by the th
nclent rulers of Egypt. The tiny iei
isket , made of ebony , 'contains an oil 1
Igyptian talisman , and there is a lit-
in
trick in opening it , reports the Pi
rooklyn Eagle. The wearing of the
lucky box" is supposed to safeguard
possessor from disaster of every
rt and bring about success in affairs
business or love. th
You read a good deal of the needs
women , but we have failed to see
mention of their greatest need pgr >
binding for their skirts. r UJ
Bacon Breeds of Hogs.
Several years ago considerable was
oeing t written aboiit the Tamworths as
the i only breed that would make good
bacon 1 hogs. It is doubtless true that
this particular strain is best suited for
the purpose , but , on the other hand , it
Is a question if it ever paid any farm
er i to raise them exclusively. True ,
there are specialists who have made
hioney in catering to the fancy bacon
market , but they found it profitable
only after long years of experimenting
and j1 fully learning the secret of feed-
Ing to produce certain results. With
Ihe average farmer , who raises what
tork he needs for home consumption
and perhaps a dozen head besides , it is
iloubtful if it pays him to experiment
much with breeds , beyond getting some
strain that will give him the best re
turns t in weight at the smallest expense
for f feed. If one is raising swine with
an idea of selling the progeny when
.
young to other farmers , then consid
erable care should be taken to secure a
EI
breed I : for which there is a demand , and
then to breed the animals on the plan
tfc that t will give strong , healthy and pure
bred young , and in this way work up a
fce reputation. It must be admitted , how
ever , that there is a demand for fancv
the United States Mve on farms , nn < J
more than a third of all the people en
gaged in gainful occupations work on
farms. In one 3ear the products ol
American farms have reached an ag
gregate value of nearly $5,000,000,000.
How to Treat Heaves.
In answer to an inquiry as to th
treatment of heaves , a corresponden
of the National Stockman Avrites as
follows : "To answer you in relation to
what you particularly wish to know , 1
would have to know the age of youi
horse and manner of breathing , that 1
might locate the trouble which pro
duces his irregular breathing. I wil
say , however , that all forms of heave ?
are incurable. The best that can be
done is to alleviate. In old chronic
cases of so-called bilious heaves the
first thing to do will be to regulate the
feeding by feeding hay very sparinglj
and oats , plentifully. Wet all hay witt
lime water and give Fowler's solution
of arsenic In tablespoonful doses three
times per day. This is best given bj
mixing with a half pint of water anc
use to wet the grain feed. So-called
bronchial heaves can be relieved bj
feeding as above recommended and giv
ing in the grain feed a tablespoon of u
mixture of powdered elecampane rool
3 ounces , ginger 2 ounces , powdered
squills 2 ounces , powdered lobelia <
ounces , fenugrec 2 ounces , chlorate oj
potash 4 ounces.
How to Cond-ct a Stock Sale.
A brisk demand for well-bred stool )
of all kinds , particularly of the beel
breeds , has encouraged the sale ol
such stock by public auction , the prices
being quite satisfactory. These live
HOW CHICAGO BUTCHERS VALUE A CARCASS.
0
To fatten cattle profitably , the feeder should know the cuts of the'
carcass which sell for most money. A good 1,200-pound steer dresses !
about 800 pounds , and of this , 708 pounds are marketable meat. The'
best cuts are taken from the ribs , loin and hind quarters. These cuts !
weigh , in all , 34G pounds , and at the prices in the diagram sell for ? 44.58.
The less valuable cuts from the fore quarters , belly and flank , weigh
363 pounds , and bring only $10.48.
> acon , and if one is in a position to
isk quite a few dollars in the process
> f learning how to raise this bacon ,
ifter a while he will reap gratifying
eturns. Indianapolis News.
Why Don't the Boys Ride ?
Why is not something more being
.one to encourage horseback riding
moug the boys on the farm. Compar-
tively few farm boys can ride grace-
ully and with ease. They get astride
he old mare , and jag along to and from
lie stable and pasture , and call it rid-
ag a horse. It is as far from real gen-
iue horseback riding as day is from
ight. !
No class of horses sells better on a
(
jarket to-day than first class , well
roken saddle horses. There are deal-
rs , who make a business of training
tiese horses for the purchaser. Why j
ould not the farmer's boy do this
: ork instead. If he were given some in-
jrniation as to what the requirements
f a good saddle horse were , and how
) train such a horse for riding , it
ould mean money in the farmer's
ocket. Farm and Home.
Green Food for Poultry.
If you doubt the importance of green
sed for fowls in winter , hand them a
imple and see the voracity with
rhich it is devoured. When in doubt
s to chicken feed , ask the hens about
. They know what they want and
'hat they need. Everybody who raises
jwls should make provision for soaie
reen stuff for the winter. A little
atch of winter grain , alfalfa , rescue
rass , turnips , beets , cabbage or any
x > t or vegetable that fowls will eat
good for them and will encourage
ens to lay. Hens have no almanac ,
ad the only way they have for distin-
uishing the seasons is by the sort of
uff they have to eat. Feed spring
ictuals , and give physical comfort , and
ou will have eggs to eat if not to sell.
Oiling : Harness.
Unbuckle every strap , and wash care-
illy with water , castile soap , and
Donge or cloth. Allow to dry for fire
ten minutes. Then oil , rubbing every
irt of the harness , except the patent
ather , with a cloth well soaked in
jatsfoot oil , or pour out two or three
aarts of oil into a pan and draw each ]
iece through it slowly , bending and ,
ibbing the strap. The buckle holes
lould have a little extra oil , also the
jllybands , breeching and the straps
tat buckle to the bits. To give the
ather a new look , add to one pint of
a large teaspoonful of lampblack
id an ounce or two of beeswax.
ield and Farm.
Billions in Agriculture.
In the industrial progress made by
ie United States during recent years
tere has been no more conspicuous
flture than the growth of agriculture ,
he amount of fixed capital invested in
jriculture is about $20,000,000,000 , or
ur times that invested in manufac-
xes. More than half of the people of
stock sales first became popular in th <
West , but are now fairly common ev P
erywhere in the stock-growing sec PIe
tions. A cattle dealer of long experi Iew
ence lays great stress on preparing ani w
mals especially for the sale. Even il Ul
an animal is well bred , has a good out tu
line and other requirements , if its con til :
dition is unsatisfactory in any way , its 01
good qualities will be overlooked. Th < 01he
cattle must be fed into good flesh and he
must be well groomed and thoroughrj
cleaned. This expert believes in judi
cious advertising as a means of promot
iiitr a sale. lie advises that the sale b < ro
hold under cover , in order to be prepar ar
ed for any kind of weather. The con lie
struction of temporary sheds of a fevf in
ad
boards and props will make the buyer
comfortable. in
Before the sale begins ,
coffee , and sandwiches , or food of a sira
ilar kind , are passed around. Well
fed people make lively buyers. Finallj vi
provide a good auctioneer , one whc
knows all about stock and pedlgreej >
and how to describe them to the besi JO
advantage. Good assistants should b < fo
provided to handle the animals in th tai
ring. The sale is carried on briskly ]
no unnecessary pauses. These sugges i
tions apply to general public sales oi ei
any kind. American Cultivator.
'Oi
Farm Notes.
To have clean , smooth-barked trees ,
whitewash them.
or
A lighted lantern under the Iap-rob < 2ej
on a very cold day will help to keej oa
you warm.
If you did not cut out the boren
from peach , quince or apple in the
in
summer or fall , do It now. In
A woolen rag moistened with castoi Inol
oil rubbed over the harness will keej th
mice and rats from gnawing them.
Equal parts sifted coal-ashes , salf
and clay moistened with a very littl le (
water will cement cracks in stoves. : o
Do not let the apples freeze either In i.
bins , or on the way to market. They na
may tell you it will do no harm , bu1 r
it will.
Small apertures in the walls of build lo
loo
ings often admit draughts of air suffi o *
cient to cause great injury to stock , ne
especially the dairy cow. JOl
Give geese a dry shed from damp f
ness and drafts. They will stand al )
most any amount of cold If theii (
quarters are dry. Whole oats Jes
corn , some cabbage or boiled regeta car
bles and plenty of pure water makg
the best rations. he
It may be an advantage to change
the garden location every two yearr j
and sow clover on the plot. The rea * tne
son is that as the garden soil is sub- _ _ *
ject to leaching , like other portions ol " > r
the farm , the clover roots go down 5ke
and bring the fertilizing ingredients to i
the surface. As the garden is also i
made rich by extra applications of maen
nure a change of location enriches a x r
different plot every year or two , while rar
the close cultivation destroys th ? >
tlvt
weeds.
Excellent Pound Cake.
The ingredients for pound cake are.
One pound of butter , 10 eggs , 1 gill oi
brandy , 1 pound of powdered sugar , ]
pound of flour , and } 4 teaspoonful ol
foace. Beat the butter to a cream ,
add gradually the sugar , beating all
the while. Beat the eggs without sep
arating until very , very light ; add
them gradually to the butter ami su--
ar. and beat the whole vigorously.
Add the flour sifted ; beat well , and
add the mace and brandy. Line a
round cake pan with buttered paper ,
pour in the cake , and bake in a mod
erate oven one and a quarter hours.
Onions Baked in Paper Cases.
Wash and peel six large onions-
Cover with boiling water , add a tea-
spoonful of salt , boil for ten minutes
and drain ; add more boiling salted witt/
er and cook for twenty minutes longer ,
Have ready squares of thick brown p.-t
per. Dip each onion in melted bulterj
wrap it in the paper , bringing tho cor
ners together and tAvisting them snug
ly : then secure them with twine. When
all are done bake in a brisk oven fox
an hour. Remove the wrappers and
serve with a cream sauce to wine ! )
has been added a tablespoonftrl oi
chopped parsley.
Apricot Pmldins : .
The canning of apricots has made il
possible for a variety of desserts tc
) c made from this delicious fruit. Soak
one-half pint of granulated tapioca
over night in enough cold water to
cover it. In the morning drain the juice
from a can of apricots , stir it into Ihu
apioca , and add half a cupful of sugar
ind enough water to make it rather
thin. Let this boil until clear. Covot
the bottom of a pudding dish with tha
'ruit , sprinkle with sugar and pour ou
Ihe tapioca. Bake for half an hour an < ?
Ecrve cold with a cream or milk sauce.
Hoarhound Candy.
Put a teaspoonful of dried boar-
hound leaves in a cup and pour over
them half a cupful of boiling water ,
cover and let it steep until cold , strain
and pour it over a pound of granulat ?
txl sugar and a tablespoonful of vine- )
par. Boil without stirring , and if any
scum rises to the top remove it. Test
the candy In cold water , when brittle
remove from the fire and pour into a
buttered pan. Mark into squares be
fore it Is cold , or break into irregu
lar pieces.
Italian Cliee.se.
Mix with nearly half a pound oJ
ponmled < loaf sugar , the juice of threi
lemons , two tablespoonfuls of white
wine and a quart of cream ; beat it
tvith a whisk till quite thick , which
nay be in half an hour ; put a bit oj
uuslin into a hair sieve , and pour in.
he cream. In twelve hours turn it
ut , and garnish it with flowers , li
nay be put into a tin shape , with
loles in it.
Panned Oysters.
Put twenty-five nice oysters into a
olojider to drain for ten minutes. Pul
iron frying pan over a brisk fire tc
icat ; as soon as it is hissing hot throw
the oysters and stir until they boilj
.dd salt , pepper and butter the size ol
egg. Serve immediately.
Brief Hints.
Half a teaspoonful of sugar will re- ,
'ive a dying fire.
When baking a custard pudding or
ie , as soon as the custard becomes
olid remove the dish from the oven ,
or ; too long cooking will make the cus-
ard watery.
When flavoring has been forgotteu in
pudding or cake the fault may be
emedied by rubbing the desired ex-
ract over the outside of the cake ag
oon as it is taken from the oven.
Every scrap of the bread box's rem ?
ants should be dried , rolled and saved
use in frying or other culinary proi
esses. The crumbs
keep better in a
aper bag than in an air-tight glass
ir.
ir.To
To have fried oysters crisp , tendei
nd plump , they should be breaded ,
tieu dipped in beaten egg , and again
ailed in crumbs. After this allo\v
iem < to stand at least an hour becora
eying.
Smoked and dusty globes may ba
caused by soaking them in hot watej
which a little sal soda has been adoV
. Next scrub with a stiff brush in
mmonia and water , rinse In clear wafc
and wipe dry.
Varnish stains may be removed from
lothing by wetting the spots with al-i
jhol , letting the cloth lie for a mo7
lent and then sponging yain with al-
hol. If this should fade the color
the fabric It may oe restored by
onging lightly with chloroform.
Glass stoppers , whether In toilet bot-
or decanters , occasionally stick and
innot be removed.
A few drops of
Teet oil or glycerin dropped around
neck of the bottle will have th *
Eect of loosening the stopper. U may
necessary to wait some f'me befoci
desired effect is - reduced.
Fancy skewers a-e one of the dexncet
garnishing cold meats. U oose a.
ewer with a fancy head and thread" '
it alternately a button nr'shroom ,
olive or cranberry , a section of a
mon , another cranberry , an oiive aria
mushroom. The
decoration "
can b-
tried in many ways. Whole hard
iled eggs are sometimes used
rely.