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An esta good rain fell here good Fri;
day aad tho .grass and every thing is
starting to grow.
The family of Veraer Fetereoo of
Bradia, Boone oounty were visiting at
Theodor Baleotrom's home Sunday.
Oarl aad Elmer Dahlberg who spend
siost ef their time at Peirce, Neb., in the
telephone business are at home visiting
their parents.
Miss Esther Beceland who is now
giving masks lessons has quite a few
pupil. Among those that take lessons
on the organ are Misses Minnie Swanson
and lids Gibson.
A program was Sunday afternoon at
the Salem church to the memory of Miss
Sopia Ostling a school teacher in the
Swedish language, who died a short
time ago in the state of Washington.
Mist Oetling taught school in the Swed
ish language in Platte and Boone county
for twenty years previous to her going
to the state oi Washington.
leal JrtaU TraBsfen.
Beoher, Hookenberger k. Chambers
real estate agents, report the following
real estate transfers filed for record in
the oamoe of the county clerk duajng the
week eading April 25, 1906.
K M Cam to First National Bank, Ham-
pbiej. aoBth X lota 1 and 2 blk 3,
Locknar's latadd to Humphrey, ud...S 1300 00
G W Phillips to Andrew Kazak. ne
nw88-17H,wd 4800 00,
M J Lander to P J Hart, lot 2 and 4
blk t. Phillips add, Colamboa, d.... 1730 00
Gas O Becber, referee, to Sam Imhof, jr.
lotin9-17-Sw .' 1400 00
J WMrlettoMLCroin,ne, s ew 14.18.
2w.qed 300 00
E A Gerrard to Jnlia Slayton. lots 9 and
H) blk "E", Gemrd's add. Monroe. d 150 00
Fm Bars'"" to Gas G Becber, jr. lots
4, ft. blk 15. Gemrd's add, Colambas r.2i 00
Gay D Clark to S F Fleming, lots C and
7 blk 1, Creates, wd 500 00
EAte M White to Geo L Farasnorth, pt
swli.17-le.wd 2500 00
Advertised Letters.
Following is a list of unclaimed mail
matter remaining in the post office at
Columbus, Nebr., for the period ending
April 29, 1906: Letters Miss Lucille
Bayne, Henry Ealmony, W J Stevenson,
Tom Scsphszin. Cards Miss Gertrude
Adamson, Norma Mowery, Miss Henri
etta Newman, Clide Smith. Parties
calling for any of the above will please
say advertised.
Oarii Kramer, P. M.
Yotice To Farmers.
We are now ready to place contracts
for sweet corn, white and yellow dent
aad .flint field corn, cucumber, musk and
water melon, pumpkin and squash to be
grown for seed purposes. Write or call
and see us for prices, stating number of
acres of each kind you wish to grow, and
we will name prices promptly.
Western Seed & Irrigation Co.
Fremont, Nebraska.
Marriage Licoases .
John J. Donoghue, Columbus 25
Maude E. Barnes, Columbus 19
John . Leibig, Platte Center 24
Less A. Ebner, Platte Center 18
Emil G. Behrens, Columbus 25
Hannah K. Michelson, Columbus. . . . 20
John Coupons, Plstte Center 23
Kate M. Biley, Platte Center 20
Baptist Church
Revl D. W. Beinhart, pastor. Snndsy
school 10 a. m.; preaching by the pastor
11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Bible class Tues
day 8 p.m.; prayer meeting Thursday 8
p. m. Subject Sunday morning, "The
Work of the Holy Spirit"; subject Sun
day evening, "A False Cooering.n
Farm For Sale.
The Kerr estate, se 1-4 1-18-3 west, six
miles due north of Monroe. Call on or
address Mrs. a R. Watts, Monroe, Neb.
NOVEL USE FOR WOODEN EGGS.
Mass te Darn Stockings On, They Fin
ally Serves as Knobs for Hatpins.
One of the innumerable things that
the manufacturers of turned-wood
goods make Is the darning egg, for use
as aa aid in darning stockings.
These eggs are commonly provided
each with a handle of the same kind
of wood, which screws into one end. A
while ago there was received at the
New York office of a turned goods
manufacturing concern an order for a
couple of cases, some thousands in
umber, of darning eggs to be sup
plied without handles and of a size
somewhat smaller than the standard;
aad then for some reason his special
lot of egga was left on the manufac
turer's hands. But they were not
.wasted.
In the course of time there came
In Jt hatpin manufacturer who wanted
to leave an order for a few thousand
hatpin knobs, to be made in specified
shape and dimensions. Besides making
regularly a great variety of things the
turned goods makers also turn wood in
any shape ghat may be required to
order.
And thexfjfoaalesman recalled that
little lot of .undersized handleless
darning eggs, which proved to be ex
actly what the hatpin wanted and he
took the lot Aad so finally they came
to bo made up,, not as darning eggs,
with fancy handles, but as the knobs
of hatpins.
One of Britain's "Little Wars."
Trouble la expected in India, where
the moat troublesome and pugnacious
f the Afridi tribes, the Zakka Khels,
tall, powerful, fierce and cunning, have
worm out the patience of the govern
ment, and a punitive expeditionary
fores had been dispatched against
them. Seven thousand carefully se
lected ssea- compose " the force and
they will be pitted against 30,000 war
riors. The present expedition was
ealy- decided apoa after a number of
the most aerious raids, in which
treachery, pluadervand murder flg
red la great degree: On account of
the inherent treachery and natural
wickedness of the warlike tribes Great
Britain la' called apoa to engage in a
war with thorn about once la. every tea
COULD NOT DECEIVE MOTHER.
Fond Parent Saw Unmistakably the
Sad Pliant ef Her Sen.
The famous son was coming home
to pay his mother a visit He was a
pianist; had been sent abroad by
wealthy friends for a four years'
course in his chosen fine art; had
thereafter spent a year on the concert
stage there and behind a vanguard of
newspaper reports of his success
abroad, both musically aad fiaaaclally.
he was now coming home.
When his train drew Into the depot
at Plattsviile and came to a stop, the
pianist evincing the artistic tempera
ment in his hair, aa well as in his
manner, descended to the platform.
At the same time the crowd of en
thusiastic townspeople drew aside to
allow bis proud but modest mother
to be the first to welcome her son.
When she had reached him,' how
ever, she suddenly gave a gasp and
stood stock still staring at him. The
next moment she burst into sobs and
fell on his neck.
"Henry, my poor Henry!" the-poor
woman cried. "They told me you
were doing so well over there, and
vmakin' money plentiful. My poor,
poor boy!"
"What's the matter, mother?" OS
claimed the bewildered son. "What
makes you doubt what they told jomV
"Ob, Henry," she cried, unappeased,
"I kin see how you've suffered. Ton
haven't been' able to scrape enough
money together to get your hair cut!"
Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Mark Twain aa a Treat"
In the North American review Mark
Twain tells the story of the Atlantic
Monthly dinner to Whittler. December
17, 1877, at which he spoke and bad
the frostiest reception over known
even in Boston: "I didn't know
enough to give it up and sit down. I
was too new to public speaking, aad
so I went on with this awful perform
ance and carried it clear through to
the end, in front of a body of people
who seemed turned to atone with hor
ror." The trouble was that he made
profane use of .the names of Boston's
literary idols told a story of three
western men who would be kings, aad
in the stony meantime passed them
selves oft as Emerson, Holmes aad
Longfellow, all of whom, of course,
were present at the dinner. Mark
Twain says he will never be so mis
erable again as he was then, aad the
misery lasted a year or two. Lately
he has had the courage to hunt up his
speech in the newspaper files, and he
now prints the stenographer's report
of it It would not nowadays ahock
Boston, but then Mark Twain has him
self since then become a literary
idol; in 1877 he was .still a "hu
morist" Wagner a True Prophet
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
death of Richard Wagner brought
Wagner stories old and new, true and
false, in great numbers into the Ger
man papers. One of these, published
in a Vienna paper, entitled "Jean Paul
As a Wagner Prophet" is to the ef
fect that in the second decade of the
last century he wrote an introduction
to one of the works of C. T. A. Hoff
mann. "Before this was finished," so
goes the story, "Jean Paul heard that
Hoffmann was not only a poet but a
musician of no mean order, and he
added to his introduction: 'So much
the better, so much more seldom.
Heretofore the sun god has always
bestowed the gift of poetry with his
right and the gift of music with his
left hand upon men so far apart that
we are still waiting for the man who
can write and compose an opera.' The
introduction is dated Bayreuth, No
vember 24, 1813, the year of Wagner's
birth, and, strangest of all, it was
written in the place where the wish
was later realized."
Animals in the British Courts.
The Irish terrier which exhibited its
tricks' the other day at the West
minster police court Is by no means
the first animal which has relieved the
tedium of an English court of law
by its antics.
In a Manchester police court a ba
boon which appeared in the dock with
its owner on a charge of breaking
into a fowlhouse showed Its contempt
of the court by stealing and chewing
up pens under the very nose of the
magistrate.
At a London court .109 frogs were
produced in evidence; In another case
a porcupine was exhibited on the wit
ness table of a county court to show
whether or not it was worth the
money claimed for it; while among
other animals which have made sim
ilar unconventional appearances in re
cent years have been cats, donkeys
(not however, allowed within the pre
cincts of the court) and a baby Hon.
Westminster Gazette.
Something About Calendars. .
"Free calendars are scarce this
year," remarked the pedant, referring
to his notebook, "but if you happen
to have one of 1812, 1840, 1868 or 1896
about the house it will do just as well
as a 1908 calendar. And here's a hint
to the thrifty If you will savo this
year's calendar it can bo used again
in 1936 and .1964. If you would' keep
one 28 years you might have some
fun with it then." Kansas City Times.
Where She Caught It
"What's the matter with. you -this
morning, Delia?" asked Mrs. Wise..
"Oh, ma'am,", replied the domestic.
"'tis the terrible earache. I have this
mornin''
"Ah, you should .bo careful. Delia.
All the keyholes la this house are very
drafty."
Nutmegs Have Medicinal Qualities.
Nutmegs have medicinal qualities
which make them mootaoeful la the
treatment of -various illnesses,
'in cases of colic and dysentery, for
Instance, nutmeg, very finely powdered
and. mixed with a little milk, often, has
a most beneficial effect. For children,
one-sixth to one-third of a teaspoon-,
ful. according, tb age, should be given,
and for older people from one. to two
teaspoonfuls every two hours.
Sleeplessness is often relieved lathe
same manner, for autmegs have Tory
soothing qualitlea.
REAL
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CAKE
BOSTON GIRL MADE OWN WED
DING CONFECTION.
Used Same Recipe as That Her Moth
er Had Uaed Forty Years Be
fore Directions for Mix
ing and Cooking.
Any girl can have a caterer at her
wedding, but not every girl can make
the wedding cake with her own hands,
as one well-known Boston girl did re
cently. People are getting a bit
bored at having to carry home the in
variable little box of baker's cake that
the bride never saw. So there's a re
action toward the home cooked wed
ding feast, cake and all.
This Boston girl who surprised all
her friends by having a bona fide wed
ding cake in the middle of the table,
says she used the same recipe that
her mother had at her wedding 40
years ago.
It takes six cups of currants,
washed, dried and picked. Three cups
of raisins, three cups of citron cut in
fine strips, one-Half cup of candied
lemon peel, two cups of almonds,
blanched and cut in shreds.
In a warm bowl mix four cups of but
ter and four cups of sugar, granulated
or confectioner's; beat these together
until light Break ten eggs into an
other bowl, but do not beat them.
Cover a waiter with a big sheet of
paper; sift four pints of flour over
this; add the fruit and the following
spices: Two teaspoons each of nut
meg, mace and cinnamon, one table
spoon each of cloves and allspice. Mix
these together and stand aside ready
for use.
Have ready in a little pitcher half
pint of best brandy. Select a deep
cake tin and grease with butter, line
it inside with white paper and on the
outside and bottom four or five thick
nesses of coarse wrapping paper,
which you must tie on. Have your
oven hot and the fire banked so it will
not burn out qufckly.
Now beat the butter and sugar once
more, add the eggs two at a time,
beating the mixture with each addi
tion. When this is done turn in the
flour and fruit with brandy. Mix thor
oughly, pour into the cake tin, cover
with several thicknesses of brown pa
per and bake eight hours in a steady
oven. Ice with thin coating made
with the whites of eggs, a few drops
of cold water and confectioner's
sugar.
Good Cake Fillings.
Lemon Two small lemon rinds
grated and juice, one cupful sugar,
one-half cupful water; heat almost to
boiling, then add one egg well beaten
and let it boil. Add two tablespoonfuls
cornstarch with one-quarter cupful of
water.
Mock banana Apple sauce cooked
in usual way, sweetened and flavored
with banana flavoring. Add the white
of beaten egg. This makes a delicious
filling.
Caramel One cup sugar and one
cup sour cream boiled slowly till it
thickens. Whip till almost cold, then
spread on cake. '
Almond custard Whip one pint of
thick sour cream stiff; add the well
beaten yolk of one egg, one cupful of
powdered sugar, vanilla to taste, one
half pound shelled almonds blanched
and chopped, and, lastly, the well
beaten white of one egg.
Mock cream Wet one-quarter cup
flour with a little milk; let boil until
thick, stirring carefully. When cool
flavor with vanilla.
Apple Fritters. t
One pound and a quarter of flour,
four eggs, one pint and a half of milk.
Beat the yolks until light, add the
milk and flour. Whisk the whites and
stir them in gently.
Pare the apples, remove the cores
without dividing them.
Cut the fruit in thin round slices,
take a spoonful of batter, put a piece
in the center and drop it into hot lard
and fry a light brown.
Serve hot with butter and sugar
sauce, or whatever sauce is preferred.
Apple Florentine.
Take one dozen large apples, stir
them in as little water as possible;
when cooked mash through a colan
der and let them stand until cold.
Sweeten; add one-quarter of a
pound of butter, two gills of sherry
wine, a seasoning of nutmeg, foui
eggs, beaten until light
Bake one hour and serve hot
Cheese Pudding.
Cover bottom of pudding pan with
piecrust dough rolled thin, scatter
lumps of butter and cheese to make
thin layer, season with salt and pep
per, another layer of dough, cheese,
butter, seasoning, then another; beat
yolk of egg In cup of milk and pour
over, bake 30 minutes. Delicious. but
rich.
Oil Stains.
Sprinkle liberally with talcum pow
der and let it remain a short time.
Brush powder off and repeat several
times, after which brush every parti
cle of powder out thoroughly, and the
spot will disappear. This applies to
any cloth from muslin to satin.
To Clean a Comb.
Grasp a whisk broom firmly in right
hand near broom end, comb in left
hand; brush between teeth of comb
vigorously: You will have a perfectly
clean comb in a few seconds.
Toasting.
Trim off the crust before starting
bread to toast for the sick. Before
toasting, butter and put together as
for sandwiches. The butter will soak
la and the toast will not be hard.
The Ways of Counts.
"Isn't it strange' that foreign counts
never-see anything attractive about
poor. American girls?"
"No more strange than the fact that
counts with money don't see anything
attractive In any kind of American
girts." .
A Difficulty.
"My boy, marry a wife who can
give you a home.'
"I'd like to, but so few girls I know
own their owa houses." Baltimore
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they oannot be equalled for the
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exquisitely hand-tailored, fin
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worsteds, cheviots and tweeds.
When you come say: "Show me
those sack suits you are selling
special at $15."
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ALL AFTER THE BLUE RIBBON.
Remarkable Unanimity of Knowledge
in Sunday School Class.
"Now, children," said the teacher of
the infant class of a Sunday school, "I
told you last Sunday that each of you
who learned a verse from the Bible
and recited 11 to-day would receive a
large blue ribbon. Let me see how
many of you have learned a verse."
There were 20 or 30 boys and girls
from four to eight years of age r-nged
about her in a circle. For a moment
there was no response to her question.
Then a bright looking girl timidly
raised a hand.
"Ah! Julia has learned a verse," the
teacher said. "I am sorry that no
more hands are raised. I had hoped
that nearly all of you would get a blue
ribbon. But I suppose your mammas
and papas have been very busy and
some of you forgot Well, Julia, let us
hear your verse."
"Walk In the light," the little girl
repeated. Then a boy who sat near
Julia put up his hand.
"Oh!" exclaimed the teacher, "Char
He has a verse, too. What Is It my
boy?"
"Walk in the light" responded
Charlie.
"Well," said the teacher, "you
learned the same verse, didn't you?
It's a very good verse, too. 'Walk in
the light' I hope we may all do so.
Now, is there any one else who has
learned a verse? Why, I see five,
six, seven, eight hands raised. I will
hear from you, Arthur, first"
"Walk In the light." said Arthur.
. The teacher looked rather hard at
Arthur, and said:
"Gladys next What Is your verse?
Speak out loudly so that all the class
may hear."
"Walk in the light!" shouted
Gladys.
By this time all but two of the
children who had not been heard from
ware holding up9 their hands. The
teaoher looked at a boy whose name
she had forgotten and asked: "What
verse .have you learned?"
"Walk in the light" replied the
whole crowd In chorus, each little one
apparently fearing there would not
be another chance to win the blue
ribbon.
The Wizard.
Some years ago an expedition from
the University of Pennsylvania was
sent to one of our southern states for
the purpose of observing a solar
eclipse.
The day before the event one of the
professors said to an old darky be
longing to the household wherein the
scientist was quartered: ,
"Tom, if you will watch your chick
ens to-morrow morning; you'll find
that they'll all go to roost at 11
o'clock."
Tom was, of course, skeptical; but
at the appointed hour the heavens
were darkened, and the chickens re
tired -to roost At this the negro's,
'amazement showed no bounds, and he
sought out the scientist
''Professor," said, he "how long ago
did -you know dem chickens would go
to roostr
"About a year ago," said the pro
fessor, smiling.
"Well, ef dat don't beat all!" was
the darky's comment "Professor, a
year ago dem chickens wa'n't even
hatched!" Harper's Weekly.
CANARY CAN TALK
REMARKABLE BIRD OWNED BY
BOSTON MAN.
Sound ef a Bream Over the Floor In
cites Little Songster to Speech
Has a Comparatively
Large Vocabulary.
One day in August of last summer.
as Prof. Underwood was journeying
intb the interior of New Brunswick on
a 72-mlIe drive with Mrs. Underwood,
the native' driver who was with, him
told a tale of a canary who could talk,
says' the Boston Transcript This
amused Prof. Underwood, for he
thought It another of the stories of
the same nature which are found to
be untrue when traced to their
source.
The driver, however, was not re
peating Tumors that he had heard, but
stating facts, for the canary he re
ferred to was the property of his aunt.
To prove the truth of what he had
said he offered. to show the bird.
Prof. .Underwood says of his first
hearing the canary talk, that it was
while he was inside the house where
it was owned that he heard it say:
"Kiss me, sweet little Becky, dear."
The bird was hanging in its cage oat
side the door, aad for the time being
Prof. Underwood had forgotten about
the fact that he was to hear a talking
canary. Ho wondered what manner
of bird it was that was talking thus,
and went outside to escape the noise
of the sweeping which happened to" he
the occupation of his hostess for the
moment Of course, it dawned on him
immediately that what he had heard
was the canary of his driver friend.
And thea it said: "Sweet bird."
"Kiss me, Becky" and "Kiss me,
dear," and other combinations of the
words It had first used. It did not
speak, with the hard tone of a parrot,
but in a sweetly musical way that was
almost a part of its song.
The little fellow -learned to talk
quite by accident He was not bred
to it, and as far as anyone knows was
born and raised la this country, of
the usual common household variety
of canary antecedents, eight years
ago. it was while the woman who
owned him was sweeping about her
home one day that she first noticed
that he could talk. She had been in
the habit of speaking to him as she
did her, housework and probably had
spoken to him more often than a city
housewife would because of the isola
tion of the place, located aa it was In
the backwoods.
And because he has learned to talk
with the broom swishing about the
floor this little canary now refuses to
talk unless some one is sweeping. All
that is necessary to start him is the
sound of a broom over the floor. It
seems to arouse such thrills in his
little heart that he Just cannot help
talking. And he does so even under
the most trying conditions, as the
following will illustrate:
The New Brunswick owner of the
bird had brought him to Boston from
Plaster Rock, a long, hard trip for a
canary bird. Prof. Underwood "met
him shortly after his arrival, by ac
cident, and invited him to visit his of
fice in the Pierce building. Trinity
place. The man accepted. A broom
was secured and a vigorous sweeping
commenced. Even with the paper
btill covering the cage and notwith
standing the fatigue of a long Jour
ney from Plaster Rock, the little fel
low immediately started to talk in
bis musical voice.
Only one other Instance of a canary
which has had the power of speech
is given much credence by naturalists
and that bird lived so many centu
ries ago that the facts are shrouded
in mystery. It is said that an early
king of England once made a royal
progress to the north of Scotland for
the purpose of hearing a canary say:
"Pretty Peter." It has never, how
ever been claimed for any other ca
nary that has been attributed with
speech that it spoke more than two
words, and this little fellow has a
comparatively largo vocabulary.
A Prisoner.
An army officer stationed at an Inac
cessible island post in Narragansett
bay recently engaged a young woman
of Hibernian extraction as a domestic.
Three days after her arrival at the
post she announced to the family her
intention of leaving.
"What Is the matter, Mary? Is
the work too hard?" Inquired Mrs.
Blank.
"No, indade, ma'am." replied the
maid; "the work is 'asy, and you're
a nice family to live with." v
"Then why don't you stay?"
"Faith, and it io so hard to get
away from here. When you told
me this place was on an island I did
not understand that it was ontlrely
surrounded by water." Harper's
Weekly.
No Come Back.
"Too say your sister was permitted
to ask questions of the spirit of her
departed husband at the seance last
night?"
"Yes, she asked the departed quite
a. number of questions."
"Were his replies convincing?"
"I don't know; she acted just like
she used to whea he was alive and
didn't give him a thance to reply."
Houston Post
Runs.
"Racing plays are remarkably suc
cessful, aren't they?" asked the In
qafsltive person.
"Yes." replied the playwright "they
usually have good runs."
What Yale Men Eat
Some statistics have been pub
lished by the Yale Dining club to show
.what the 1,068 members of that or
ganisation who eat. at the Yale com
mons manage to get away with in the
lino of food. Jn a week, for Instance,
6,500 pounds of meat 900 dozen eggs
and 9,100 rolls aad loaves of bread
disappear down the. Yale throat --
The dally consumption is about like
this: Nine hundred and twenty-nine
pounds of meat subdivided into 286
pounds of roast beef,' 284 pounds of
poultry, 144 pounds ef lamb, 143
pounds of pork aad 72 pounds of
steak: .109 loaves of bread. L2W rolls.
so pounds of oalmeal. 1,200 quarts of
milk. 129 quarts of cream, 129 pounds
of table .butter aad a like amount for
cooking purposes, 'and from three to
four bunches of bananas, as well as
20 bushels of potatoes.
Two hundred gallons of soup 4s pre
pared daily for the two meals. Sev
eral years ago, when the club had
1,950 members, the figures showed an.
equal preference for -meat but not so
decided a leaning toward eggs. Other,
wise the items were proportionately
the same.
What We Might Save.
Amount saved by the American peo
ple eating one-fourth less meat for
.a year, $228,900,000.
United States gold reserve, Decem
ber, 1, 1907 $173,000,000.
Amount saved by the American peo
ple drinking one-fourth less liquors
for a year, $110,000,000.
Net imports of gold. November 1,
to December 31. 1907. $106,000,000.
Amount saved by the American peo
ple smoking, one-fourth less cigars for
a year. $53,000,000.
Cost of, New York subway, $40,000,
000. Amount saved by the American peo
ple wearing clothes one-fourth long-,
er, $120,000,000.
Standard Oil Company fine,- $29,
000.000. Amount saved by the American peo-
pi
le wearing hats one-fourth longer.
$12,000,000.
Largest benefaction ever made la
one year by American philanthropist,
$12.000,000. Harper's Weekly.
A Miss,
Commissioner Bingham of New
York said the other day of a shrewd
western detective:
"He is very shrewd, but he likes to
show off overmuch. There is a good
deal of this Sherlock Holmes business
about him. A Scotch-Canadian wanted
to join the force the other day. To
make himself look respectable he
bought a suit of clothes from a friend
of his, a. stationary engineer. When
he presented himself at headquarters
our Mr. Sherlock Holmes was the first
person he had to see.
"Mr. Sherlock. looking up from his
desk, scanned the applicant shrewdly,
shot a quick' glance round the room to
see that he had everyone's attention,
and then said, in his deepest, most im
pressive voice:
"'Aha, a mechanic. I perceive.'
"Xa, na!' replied the Scotchman.
'A Mackenzie.'"
LIKE MEETING AN OLD FR!N.
Incident Brought Back Happy Mem
ories of "Ola Virginia."
AH the seats were taken in the car
which I entered one morning in early
April. An old colored man sat next
the door. It is not often in these days
that I see that type of black man. I
used to see fhat kind on the old Vir
ginia plantation, where he was "Ung
LIge" or "Ung Sambo" to all the
household. His days were devoted to
useful toil, and bis evenings to his
banjo and the old plantation melodies
that no one can ever sing again so
musically as they were sung then;
and never in bis wildest visions did he
dream of logarithms and Greek roots
for his race.'
"Take this seat, mlstis." he said, ris
ing promptly. "Mlstis" sounded very
"homey" and pleasant to me.- It had
been so long since I was "mistis" to
anybody.
"Thank you. uncle," said I. "Keep
your seat I would just as lief stand."
"Scuse me. please, mistis. But 'tain't
fltten fer you teh stan'; you mus sot,"
he admonished resoectfullv.
I took the seat, thanking him for
his courtesy. Soon a departing pas
senger left a vacancy.
"There Is a seat for you." I- said to
the old man.
"Between the ladies, ma'am?" He
hesitated.
"Yes," I said.
He bowed apologetically to right
and left and took the vacant place.
Just before leaving the car I slipped
a silver piece Into his hand, saying:
"Uncle, get you a nice luncheon with
this In memory of old Virginia."
"Thank you. my mistis," he said,
opening his hand to look at the little
gift, and then closing it. Then he
touched his hat and thanked me
again. I left the car with a sunnier
feeling in my heart because of the
chance meeting, but with no thought
that I should ever again hear of my
old Virginia.
That afternoon I received a bunch
of arbutus which had been left for me
by an old colored man "fur the tall
lady with a long blue coat an' white
hair In memory of ole Virginia .ah'
dem ole-time days." Lippincott's
Magazine.
Is Housekeeping a Lost Art?
Who taught the black mammy of
the south her culinary skill but tho
ladies of the "big" house?" Who
showed the New England mald-of-all-work
how to bake a "batch" of pies
and fill the pantry with the winter's
supplies? Who put lavender in the
linen presses aad made the sleeping
rooms of the old home redolent of
sweetness? Under whose direction
was the kitchen floor scoured like
the holystoned deck of a man-of-war and
kept "clean enough to eat from."
while the copper kettles shone like
burnished gold?
Two generations of "emancipation"
have wrought a radical change in
standards of American housekeeping,
says the New York World. It has be
come a delegated art, due to the de
mands of' bridge and the higher edu
cation, and Is now Intrusted to do
mestics who learned the rudiments in
Ireland or Sweden. The Iowa trial
of conclusions will be Important as
proving whether housekeeping la tru
ly, a lost art in the mistress or wheth
er it merely lies dormant and is still
capable of satisfactory demonstra
tion in an emergency.
In Wrong.
"Your husband is greatly la need of
exercise," said the doctor. "He's In
doors too much. He'll have to get oat
more."
"Oat more!" 'exclaimed the wife.
"He's been out every night this week.
That's what's the matter with him."
Realizlag that he was in the wrong,
tho doctor left a prescriptloa aad
nremiaad to call later.
WHEN SERVING ICES
ORANGE' BASKETS MAKE A FRET.
TY RECEPTACLE.
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Either That er Halved Oranges Hew
to Prepay Them Peacheo and
Oranges Make an Excellent
Dessert Dish.
Nothing Is prettier for the table
than Jeljy or Ices served la orange .
baskets or halved oranges with the
two sides tied together with ribbon.
One way to prepare those baskets is
to draw a circle around the orange,
cutting through save, for aa lach right
la the middle of each side for a haa
dle. Cut away the skin along each
side of this handle aad carefally re
move the pulp of the orange from the
spaces left Throw theriads iato ice
water so they will not dry out before
using. Wipe carefully aad fill with
any mixture desired. '
If one has a very sharp kalfe tho
top of the orange aad each aide of tho
handle can be cut late scallops with
a good-sized circle, cut la the center
of each. Or the handles caav be left
plain and twined with smtlax or tied
with a bow of paler yellow, '.violet or .
green ribbon. .
Rt Wav of Variety. When the fara-
I ilv rebels at having canned peacheo .
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served to them as dessert, try ine ex
periment of combining the peaches
with oranges. Drain off tho Juice
from the peaches aad sweeten it
slightly unless It is already very
sweet. Cut up a dozen oranges to
every quart of peaches and arrange
theni In a glass dish ia alternate rows.
Sprinkle each with powdered sugar
and pour over all the sweetened sirup
of the peaches. Serve very cold.
To Clarify Sugar. Put two pounds
of white sugar iato a 'saucepan and
pour over one pint of cold water.
When this has dissolved put the sauce
pan over a moderate fire. Boat tho
white of one egg aad before tho otrup
becomes hot stir' the egg thoroughly
through. Watch it carefully aad whea
commencing to boll remove the
; as it rises. Boll until the sou
j to rise, then remove from the fire aad
j either bottle it for future uee. or uao.
it at once. This will keep for a month
! or more If made airtight The above
is the old-fashioned method, but it .is .
the best.
A Pleasant Variety. Iastead of pass
ing plain crackers aad cheese with
salad, a pleasant 'change Is given by
having cheese straws or cheese crusts
instead. The latter are small squares
of bread covered with grated cheese,
either cream or Parmesan, seasoned :
highly with salt and pepper and -browned
in a hot oven. Round water
crackers can be substituted for the
bread. These should be buttered first .
before the cheese Is sprinkled .on
them.
Sauce for Boiled Celery. Celery is
a good nerve food. It should be boiled '
in salt water until it is .tender, but not
to the breaking stage. Drain it and
serve it neatly with a 'cream dress
ing. A hot lemon sauce Is delicious with
it. as it takes away the flat' taste. Melt
two tablespoonfuls of butter gradual
ly; beat up the yolk of an egg aad
add the melted butter to It, cooking
until it begins to thicken, whea it
must be removed from the stove at
once. Stir in the lemon juice, a half
saltspoonful of salt and a pinch of
cayenne pepper, and serve Immediate
ly. Pass it la a sauce boat if pre-'
ferred. rather than pour It over the .
celery.
He Knew Hew.
A telephone" company was erecting
a line of poles along a highway just
out of Haverhill, In Massachusetts.' .
One of the men engaged to fill In tb
dirt and clear up around the poles -Was
an Irishman, new both to the Job and
to America. "He had not got beyond
his first pole, but stood pondering how
to dispose of the dirt which had filled'
the space now occupied-by the pole. '
Just then a negro wayfarer stopped
for a match, and the Irishman asked
his advice.
The darky grinned, seeing aa oppor
tunity to work off the old Joke. "Ef
I was a-doin' dat Job," he said. '.'I'd
jest dig a hole 'bout wheah you la
standing an' shovel de dirt into It
Much 'blige."
As the colored person sauntered off,
the Celt murmured as he began to dig.
a deep bole about two feet away from
the other:
"Shure, it's not to be denied that
eddication'a doln' a gr-reat deal for-r .
th naygur!" Illustrated Sunday Mag- .-'.
azlne.
How Inventor Brush Started.
"As a 'boy were you Interested ia
science?" was asked of Charles Fran-'
cis Brush, Inventor of the arc light
"Yes, far more than anything else.
I read all the literature I could find
and took a special delight ia studying
chemistry, astronomy, and physics. I
made rough telescopes, microscopes
and voltaic batteries. I made a ve-.
Iocipede and every time the family
doctor would come to the house ho
would ask: 'Well, Charley, what aro
you making now? "
After a long course In trying to get
started ia chemical work this young
man wont into the commission busi
ness, selling Lake Superior ore. and
he and his partner cleaned up $16,909
the first year in spite of hard times.
He no sooner had got his share than
he threw the business over to work oa
bis dynamo electric machine.
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Making a Hit
"You have been staying with James
lately, haven't you, John?"
"Yes."
"They say his new wife has aa aw
ful temper. How did she strike
you?
With anything that came kaady."
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An attractive waist Is made entirely
sf strips of material either waves iato
a lattice work aad fasteaed at tho fa
tersectloas with medallions of lace or
else laid diagonally across the front
alternating with bands of lace or em
broidery. The pattern of tho walot-la
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