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-HBhita iafe?2 rV r '-ru' -it t-.v ' I -i SfeV1- - v; " jl - v - -" - U ' V "X J jjH- i-Sfl"-. ijlliyM'l ! HOUSEKEEPERS N0TS00K Cookie Witkoat Fire Dow to Make a Norwedlaa t T - Cooker. - 1 (Copyright, by: Joseph B.' Bowles.) FIrelcss cooking is the latest, and "Fireless Cooked Sunday Dinners" ap pears on some menu cards. Some of our 'Norwegian friends are smiling at this and saying they bare used these cookiBg boxes in .the old (country for about 200 years, and that our govern ment hasadopied them at their ad vice, but this Is only; added proof of the efficiency or the method, and like most old-new.thingsthe fireless cook er ia a decided success in this country. TJiis fireless cooker has three recep tacles, the box' is packed with asbes tos paper and the pad resting by its side Is stuffed with the, same. This padiis placed over the kettles before the lid of the box is closed. Many of our stores carry these fire less cooking boxes, which come In varioss sizes. The one in the illus tration is home made, has granite ket tles and is about 15 inches square for each kettle, or 45 to 50 inches long. The box rests on the floor, and when closed is ornamental. So grew is the rage for these cookers that in 'apart ments or restricted quarters it is dan gerous to sit on a couch for fear cook ing is going on inside. These Norwe gian cooking boxes are simply a plan to save fuel. . It is a scientific fact that it is impossible to raise the tem perature of boiling food above 212 de grees Fahrenheit, except in her metically sealed vessels. The tireless cooker retains this heat, which the food' has attained before being re moved from the fire. iIn other words, a kettle of food is raised to the boiling point, and then packed in a box filled with non-conducting material. The result is a fire less stove, which will save 75 per cent. of the family fuel. The principle upon which t4ese stoves are constructed is the scientific retention of heat, the cooker being to retain the heat first generated on the cooking stove. This process is excellent for many things that require slow cooking and the comfort of preparing a dinner and at tending church or being gone for a half day or more with the knowledge the food will be well cooked and not hurned is a boon to many house keepers. " All kinds of material are employed In the cabiaets that are for sale. Some are artistic arts and crafts creations, and others are elaborately covered with plush. However, it is entirely un necessary .to buy an expensive fireless heater, as- many housewives have proved. The accompanying picture gives an idea of how the box should be constructed. One of the best home made fireless cookers was made by tbeman of the house out of a large wooden box, whose cover fitted snug ly after iL.was placed on hinges. This he lined with asbestos paper, which cost only a fetf cents. A large two qiiart'granite kettle completed the out fit When the kettle was placed in the box it was completely surrounded with small pieces of newspaper, which fitted in all the chinks and corners. After the food was brought to the boil ing point-it was placed in the kettle, securely covered, and the result has ;been perfectly cooked food, at a small outlay. Rolled newspapers were first used In this experimentbut did not prove a success,' as the air could get around theav.and-they could not be packed as tightly -as the paper clip- . atngs.'. till another family has construct ed a 'fireless cooker out of an old trank. The trunk holds three large covered granite kettles and around them is securely packed as much .hay as the track will hold. A cleatf piece of flaaael is placed on top of the ves sels after they are filled and covered. When the trank lid is fastened down. It Is left undisturbed all day. This woman is employed down town all day. She pares her potatoes and other vege tables after breakfast and puts them pat oaoii. As soon as r they reach ofllay--"PoteV she places' them In the receptacles in the Norwegian stove foaee a trank), and whea she re tares at six o'clock her dinner is com pletely; cooked and ready for her. In this war meat and two or more vege tables are easily prepared. By using doable T boilers, such as are used to cook, oatmeal, this woman manages to snake one .receptacle hold two kinds of flatotaad ca'? ebb- as many as eight differeat articles. This weaaaa's .experiment was so saccessf al that another a china paint er tried using a large tin cracker box,. Ia this she placed a tin kettle and. covered it closely with J excelsior which came around her china. A piece of -carpet was laid oh, top and the box closed. -' The result, after leaving the 'food for a, day and first boiling it for 20 minutes,- was entirely satisfac tory '.When she wants to take the i - ijjjijpijjTjj-u-ijjinjinjLrtjirnc - - THE HAMPERING, POWDER RAG. ,. - n ' : Fair woman Jaay. some day succeed Ib claiming all the precious rights That urc denied her now: indeed With roan she may ascend the heights; Her banner may in splendid style Be sot upon the tallest crap: , But can tMs be expected .while 8he lias to use a powder rag?., . - Xte shameful that she occupies A humble, secondary place. Denied the sacred right to rise T stations she might sweetly grace! Tte wrong, 'tis pitifully wrong. -" That after man she has to lag. nmu inm 'Si 7-WL'. .- . s '-i ? food ovt sooner she 'reheats It aad replaces It after It Is thoroosmly warm. Ia fact, there are coentless ways la jrhich thJg fireless cooking cm ha tried: The' basic rules,' and without 1 -adherence tethsae oaewffl tiH,iW;to iiseaaefe4lta4Ued with-a nea conductor of heat, and to have the food steaming and at boilingpoint when it Is placed inside. TALKS TO SALESPEOPLE By Miss Diana Hirachlcr, Ll B. (Expert Trainer ia Salesmanship.) "AT HOME" TO YOUR CUSTOMER. A lady approaches a glove counter. One saleswoman is fixing up stock in a big box, the other talks to her meanwhile. The lady hears Miss One say: "You wait on her," whereat Miss Other turns on her heel and walks away.. Miss., One then takes plenty ot time putting away .her box before she begins to show her customer attention, .while' the lady struggles between a desire to run. off and a desire to save time by staying. ' She must have gloves. So she stays. ; Here was a case where the or dinary decencies of life were violated. The customer, a person for whom the store is run, was practically told that she was not wanted. - i What is the difference between that case and the following? ,A caller was met at the door with the message from the maid that her mistress was not at home. "Are you sure?" said the caller. '"Oh, yes, mum; Missus said if a fat lady called with a wart on her nose she was sure not at home." There is only one difference between these two cases and that is that in the latter the party had the privilege of deciding whether she was at home or not, whereas in the former the sales-person was paid to be at home. Plainly, these two sales-people were "not at home" to this customer but, being unable to furnish" a proxy, they told her so 'themselves. Is it too much for a customer to ex pect that when she pays for service it shall be rendered her willingly and with courtesy? Why not be "at home" every mo ment that you are in your depart ment? I mean, why not have on your company manners? Why not have your department glowing, with hos pitality? Don't you know that the frostiest of customers wilLmelt in. the sunshine of a smile? This idea that there is sunstiine In a smile is not all poetry, it is bard fact Try it No, no, not like that, such a stingy ghost of a smile! But smile, smile from the in side out Aren't you glad, genuinely glad to have a customer to handle? Do you want your pay to be in the na ture of a pension, or do you want to work for it? Now, courtesy sells goods; discourt esy is certainly the best sale-squelcher that could be invented, and yet how many seem to take a patent out on it And why? Because a sales-person does not always realize to the brim, after he comes into his department that he belongs fully to the stranger who enters his gates. I 3 must concen trate upon his customer's whims and needs. That is what the sales-person is paid for. Yes, he is paid to concen trate and if there are whims to un derstand, he must accommodate him self to them. If there is irritability to be met, he must wind out and in so as not to set it buzzing. But the public is mostly good-natured if you will give it a little chance. I haven't seen that most peo ple are going about with chips on their shoulders unless they happen to see one en yours, then they begin to chop wood and the chips do fly. It is so easy to forget the good-natured 99 and to remember the irritable one. Courtesy is the spirit of helpfulness as shown in manners. The kind that counts from within. I remember a smartly dressed fellow who once stepped on my toe in the street car and said, with showy accent "I heg your pahdon," and then proceeded to step on the other toe. Here was the counterfeit for the real, but none the less does the real count Manners do not always make the man, but the man does make his man ners, and good ' manners are the out ward signs of courtesy. The public must judge by the signs. Had the man stepped on my two and only feet In succession without the outward signs of courtesy I should have been even more indignant Deeper than courtesy is patience. Patience is courtesy continued under trying conditions. Here the real test of the seller comes in. The courtesy that holds out when the other fellow is riddling it with shot is the kind that is based upon a genuine desire to be of service to him In spite of his particularisms. The salesman Is there for a purpose. This purpose is vio Iated if he allows himself to be swayed from serviceability when he doesn't adapt himself to the person for whom he is placed there. - ". Mold your customer; do not let him mold you. The way to do It Is to keep sweet. Radiate good-will and you will thaw, anybody.' If,you Sad it hard to do this continuously Just think it over and see. that first., last and al, ways the customer ," is"" your support He can afford "to balk a sale, bat yon cannot- Truelf beeaaae he needs you that y'outlVsut he" pays for this nein:1iaia:cash five. cents on the dollar? -31" J" Good-will blesses twice him that gives and him that takes. It Is a jolly good spirit' in which to do one's work, f k iiiia.dj uuc mat lasiae., limns DOW body and soul This adds ' to one's radiating power. ' ' A slice of bread sweetened with good-will slips down more easily than a sweetmeat grudgingly bestowed. . fCopyrIr:hr.T3CS. by Joseph B. BowleaJ JJ....... ... pL JlfL--Lrj-JJiruJVX But can she scale the heights as long As &.he must iiis a powder tag? Man boasts of honors he has won. And will not let the world forget The great things.' he has- nobly clone'- ' "' Uponthe heisht )ibs goal Js set: I : But would. he have the right to be . , TufftA up with 'prideTor could he bras,. About the things he does if he ' Were forced to use a powder rag? " v I. S. E. Riser, in Chicago Record-Herald, ih She' Owps It All Right 1 "Is that all her own hair?" "I guess' so. She paid cash for most of it." Detroit Free Press. -r w 5-1 PILLOW GASES r.4gfns? of JCrocbeted Lace-Is Just Nov ibe Feature Pillow cases edged with old-fashioned crocheted lace are taking the place, to some extent, of the hem stitched finish. When the lace is made of fairly strong thread and the pattern a substantial one the edging will out wear the. linen or muslin cover. An .effective .two-Inch edging '-is made in the following jway, beginning with a row of wheels -which form the center pattern of the trimming: Take medium size cotton thread, which, comes espe cially for "this purpose,- and make rings by winding the cotton 15 times around a large wooden knitting needle or pencil, then crochet. 28 double stitches in the ring;. join and make three chains' and crochet-a treble chain into each of the ring double crochets; 'then, crochet six chains and catch the sixth with a double crochet stitch into the second treble. stitch; continue this around the ring. This makes 14 chain loops around each ring. After a sufficient number of wheels are made In this manner they should be Joined together by fas tening the middle stitch of each of "two chain, loops to two adjacent loops of another wheel, and so on. This will leave four chain loops of each wheel attached to other wheels and ten chain loops loose. - Now when a yard and a half or more of the wheels are joined together, enough to trim the edge of a pillow case, fasten the thread into the fourth loop from the end and make three chains and a double chain into the next chain loop, five chains and one treble chain into the next chain loop, one long treble chain (putting the thread. twice over the needle) Into the next, one triple chain (three times over the needle) into the two chains joining the two wheels; then one long chain into the first chain loop on the next wheel and one treble into the next loop. Three chains and a double crochet into the next loop and three chains and a double crochet into the next bring the thread to the top again. This makes the top of the edging almost straight. Then comes a row of double crochets, with twb chains be tween, a row above this of two treble crochets into the space between the divisions of the previous row, then two treble crochets and miss one for the next row and the top row is two treble crochets into each space of that row. For the edge make two double chains, four chains and two double chains into the first space, then two double chains, four chains and two double chains into the next space, and so on around the scallops joining the wheels. In many costumes the tunic is sug gested by insertion or by braiding in soutache. jFdDetoeit fsaKISP?DkaWKlXSCB2fi Qbbp B0Kw49HEasaawdaaV9Tw9ahs4laC This collar is worked with No. 100 linen thread and a very fine hook. Be gin with the solid trefoil forms. Make 13 ch, turn, catch into 7th ch; 7 ch, 1 d c in 2d-8t of the ring thus formed, 7 ch, miss 2'ch, 1 d c, 7 ch, miss 2 ch, 1 d c. Now into each of the three spaces work 1- d c, 7 tre. 1 d c, then 1 d c into each of the ch left over; this forms a stem; 7 ch, 1 d c in center of first scallop, 12 ch, 1 d c in center of next scallop, twice, 12 ch, catch into the end of the stem. Into the circle thus formed around the trefoil work 5 ch, 1 d c into every third st, then 5 ch, 1 d c into center l every 5 ch in previous row; fasten off. Work each succeeding wheel In the same way, catching them together, so as to leave fourioops between each at the top. taking care that the stems point downward. When enough wheels are made to fit the size of the neck make some more, fastening each one between the wheels already connected, as shown in the drawing. A third row of wheels is then caught to the top row, and to those on either side, leaving one clear loop between each two loops that are connected. Next begin at the upper right hand corner with 4 ch, 1 s st into the center of each loop along the top, making 7 ch instead of 4, between each wheel. Continue with 5 ch, 1 s st In course of each loop, around the sides and-lower edge of the collar, making 3 ch only between the wheels. This completed, continue along, the top only with 2 ch, 1 tre In each third' stitch. For the last row continue .with 3 ch, 1 tre In center of next loop. 5 ch, 1 d c into first st of ch, 7'ch,' 1 d c, 5 ch, 1 d c, all Into same stitch, 3 ch, 1 d c Into center of next loop; repeat from all around the collar. A ribbon run along the top makes a pretty finish and insures a close fit t "a- . . - jaW . eW Fllligree" silver butterflies are quite in style forcbiffure adornment. Vying withthe net waist Is a sheer fine mousseline, nmca like cloth. Embroideries ate rich, but are spar ingly used on the finest costumes. Pointed fox is a craze and white fox ,48 lovely for dress and evening wear. l- Woolen gloves that reach to the el--,bow are an echo of the short sleeve reign. . . J The popularity of satin has brought in its train many new and exquisite weaves. . Shoe tops may be of goods to match .the dress or of suede to match the tfacings of the suit with the vamp of , patent leather or brown calf. New Hair Ornaments. . To be worn with the new spangled robes and the 'fine messaline, chiffon J.and soft satin gowns are beautiful. hair THE FASHIONS GJjatty-Letter TcUs of Jode? of tbc to-rrymi-in PaHir l - ' . 1 " In the first place,'-' and speaking broadly, rough- tweeds are quite de mode, says a Paris letter. " They are all very well for the moantain or the moor but they wont do at all for the town. All the fashionable tweeds are smooth-faced surface, and' are very fine in texture, with rich, dark effects of color and stripe. Stripes are as popular as ever, some diagonal, some chevron, but, most of. them two-toned and ombre. Very few tartans 'are to be seen, though 1 hear they are still very fashionable. The color and cloth of a dress is, however, not of so mnch importance as that it should be supple and soft That is the most important thing; because of the soft drapings of the directoire style of gown. All dress es are clinging and supple, whether they are made 'of tweed or cashmere. Striped winceys are very popular, too, and so serviceable; they' stand all sorts of rough wear, and come np smil ing after being out in the heaviest rains. I was going to say being soaked with rain, but most of them are water proof and can't get soaked; And there is a lovely fabric for "party frocks," which is a new pale mirror velveteen, a perfectly Inimitable Imitation of mir ror velvet; but, of coarse, not nearly so costly, and you don't need to be told how splendidly it will make up in to any of the modern styles. Equal la beauty' and usefulness with this is the "Charmeuse satin," which is so very limp and clinging, and has been in vented on purpose to suit the present day dress-satin. Directoire is another of the same texture. Those who wish to be very smart, have skin-tight un derskirts, made of one or other of these satins, over which is a veiling of some transparent gauze or chiffon fabric. The "nett result" of which be ing, that very little of the figure is left to the imagination! Some of the new bordered ninons are a perfect dream! especially those with crepe de chine borders; they drape so beautifully and wear really very well, considering their delicate texture. The newest soft satins have velvet borders, of oriental patterns, and some of the face cloths are ornamented with silk' borderings,' which give .a very dressy' effect; but I found, on closely examin ing them, that these borders were sometimes insertion of colored silk or chenelle embroidery on a net ground, laid on to the edge of the delaine or cashmere with which they were worn. The Little Girl Comes Into Her Own. The reign of the tall girl is not over, but the liitle woman is coming into her own again. There Is a growing re quest for her, because the fashion of the moment in hats tends to give her a diminutive appearance which is posi tively fascinating. Lady's Pictorial. Mlfflip ornaments In odd shapes. Many are gauze butterflies covered with span gles, which nestle on the hair and glit ter under the electric lights. -They come -In bronze, steel, sliver and. gold effects and often match the tint of the gown. Wedding Invitations. It is not obligator' to answer wed ding Invitations to a church-wedding, nor is it necessary, to send,, ajgift One can do so, however, and it is probably always best to write a letter of con gratulation and send a small gift, pro viding the friendship is of long stand ing. There are no hard and fast rules I governing such cases, since many church weddings are partially private, with the understanding that interested friends and acquaintances can be pres ent, if they so desire. Invitations to a home wedding, if not including a re ception card, do not. necessarily need to be answered, although most per sons do answer them. When the in vitation to the wedding and reception is extended, the recipient should send a gift on the day of the wedding and be present or send regrets. ) 1V07FS. Sana YAUM Jmnr , Plan your work now for next sea son. Grade your flock carefully. Keep only the best A good mule sells, for a higher price' than a horse. Raise mules. Do a good turn for your neighbor and you will find that it will do you good, too. The sheep need plenty of yard room into which they can be turned oa pleasant days. A little oil meal for the sheep oc casionally will prevent constipation and will keep them in thrifty condi tion. The farmer Is not looking for pro tection or charity, but he does want his rights, and he has a right to ex pect that he will get them. The calf's, first winter may make or mar the futuro cow. If she Is only half fed and insufficiently sheltered you cannot expect she will develop. Many a horse has been permanently injured by slipping on the frozen road because smooth shod. See that his shoes are changed to correspond with the season. Do something worth doins and do I" H r apaaPaslBammaBaraBByBIWa3aBM :?' JetkBeitaaaWvi?-'". Jv iJAt eeaVsHnijL2'lSSi::i "nSHF saeieeeeeejMBBweK rv wtNIaaV.3 it well and then feel proud of your I ter than to try and bring him into con achievement, but don't get chesty and i dition next spring after the pull down oig-neaaed over propose to do. the big things you "Stretches" in sheep are caused by too. much dry feed. When the sheep are seen to spread their legs out and stretch give a bran mash and an ounce of raw linseed oil. Red ants, it is said, can be easily trapped by means of sponges soaked in sweetened water. And then,- when the ants collect thereon, the sponges can be occasionally dropped into boil ing water. Roupy conditions in the poultry must not be dallied with. Either en ter upon a vigorous course of treat ment or kill the affected birds at once. The disease is contagious, so that the sick fowls should be separated from the rest of the flock at once. There are profitable and unprofitable cows. .Have you any of the latter class on your farm, and can you pick them out? 'According, to Massachusetts dairy experts a cow to be profitable should produce 6,000 pounds (2,800 quarts) of 3.5-4 per cent milk yearly, without being forced. A cow ought to produce 300 pounds., of butter yearly. If she docs not do it she is not helping. The Michigan experiment station after tests found that when whole corn was fed to cows 22 per cent, was unmasticated, when fed to heifers ten per cent., when fed to calves six per cent. Chemical analysis showed no change in composition of the unmas ticated parts, so it is a safe assump tion that the animal derives no bene fit from grain that passes through the digestive tract unaltered. Use the wagon for tightening the fence wire by the following method. One of the rear wheels is raised? from the ground and the wire is passed once around the hub and fastened to a spoke of the wheel. The wagon is then braced by any suitable means, and the wheel turned in the manner of the mariner's wheel. In this way a pull of 100 pounds on the tire will ex ert a force of 400 .or 500 pounds on the wire. The cattle to be healthy must have exercise. Turn them out into lot or pasture every day which is not blus tery or storm. No animal can remain perfectly healthy and stand or lie in one place all the time without change. A cow constantly confined in a stall may be able to give a good flow of milk for a long time, but the confine ment is bound by natural laws, to weaken her physically and to reduce the vitality of the calves to which she gives birth. Do you know how much it costs you to raise a calf? Prof. R. S. Shaw of Michigan kept track of the. first year's expenses of a Holstein calf. Here Is the record: The amounts of feeds used in that time were 381 pounds whole milk, 2,568 pounds skim milk, 1,262 pounds silage, 219 pounds beet pulp, 1,254 pounds hay, 1,247 pounds grain, 147 pounds roots, 14 pounds alfalfa meal and 50 pounds green corn. At the end of the year the calf weighed 800 pounds at a cost of $28.55 for feed. According to a story in the eastern press the experiments In fighting chinch bugs and some other insect "pests by infecting them with parasitic diseases have been so encouraging that the agricultural department has under consideration the establishment of a station somewhere in the west for the purpose of growing and propa gating the natural enemies of insect pests. The work will probably be done along the line followed by the Kansas station in fighting chinch bugs. When the pest appears the farmer gathers up a can of healthy bugs and sends to the station and re ceives in return a can of bugs Infected with the disease. These sick iugs are distributed through the infested field, and transmit the disease to the bug3 there. The horse's feet should he oat every day. Get yoar manure out on the land as sooa'asyba caal- - -- - TJse'the hea manure on the gardes plot It will give you big returns there. ' Are yov willing to he estimated by the same standards as those by which yoaimeasare others? Generally the fellow who is always suspicious of the other man is the one who needs watching. r If possible provide swater in every stall. This saves crowding around the water trough In the yard. Too much guessing in dairying is sure to result in too little profits Know what you are doing. Watch the methods of the man who raises the most grain per acre. Per haps you can learn how does it. It is unreasonable to expect that the overworked and run-down mare will produce a colt of great strength or quality. A mixture of lime, carbolic acid and copperas is said to make a good wash to prevent rabbits from gnawing fruit trees. Have charcoal where the poultry can get at It Good plan to put some powdered charcoal in the mash occa sionally. Teach the heifers to stand and get them used to being handled. A little preliminary attention helps wonderful ly when the first calf comes. Warm the drinking water for the cows. The animal that fills up on ice cold water will slow up the milk-making machinery, and give less milk. Properly cared for and then prop erly fed, cornstalks are worth more to the farmer than they would be if sold tc- make paper by the alleged new process. You will find it will be cheaper to keep the horse in flesh during the win- caused by months. neglect during the winter When Pig Is Pork. Passer-by Is that your pork down there on the road, guv'nor?"' Farmer "Pork! What d'ye mean? There's a pig o'mine out there." Passer-by "Ah. but there's a motor-car just been by." Paint judiciously used on farm buildings and farm machinery is .a money saver. One farmer who paints his buildings every three years, and the farm implements every fall, fig ures that he saved about $100. Take an occasional walk through the orchard and keep an eye out for cocoons, egg clusters, etc. Pick them off and destroy them. You will find the insect pests next season will be greatly reduced if you follow this plan. Some one who has tried it says pine tar will drive away the rats. His method is to smear the holes all around, using plenty of it, so the ro dents will get their coats well smeared as they pass through. The first one to pass informs the others, it is said, and if all holes arc treated likewise they will socn desert the premises. i took out for the swill barrel. As commonly maintained it is not only a menace to the health of the family but of the hogs as well. A. better method is to keep a couple of good sized galvanized pails which can be easily emptied when full and then scalded before they are used again. In this way the danger of providing a breeding place for all kinds of germs will be done away with. The old-fashioned farmer still lin-1 gers, and declares that there Is no money in raising hogs. And this is why he thinks so: He keeps ten cows, sets the milk in open pans and feeds the hogs butter fat worth 25 to 30 cents per pound. He's losing the price of a good hand separator every year, and the discouraging feature is that he knows it, but is too set in his old ways to shake off the moss and make a change. Why says It does not pay to spray orchard trees? Read this report of re sults obtained by the Vermont experi ment station, and then resolve to try a little spraying yourself next sea son: "All the sprayed trees were eas ily recognized by the cleaner and brighter color of the bark. The buds started earlier and more vigorously. 'Trees were sprayed four or five times with results as follows: Ninety-nine per cent perfect scab-free fruit; only one scabby pear in six barrels where trees were sprayed five times, and but four in two barrels where the trees were sprayed four times. Practi cally every pear on unsprayed trees was scabby, 19 per cent worthless for marketing, and 81 per cent inferior to the sprayer fruit. The sprayed pears were valued in New York at $2.25, the hest of the unsprayed fruit at $1.75 a barrel." ,We visited one place last week where the litter about the farm build ings made it Jook as though the place had been struck by a cyclone. Ac cumulations of old posts, wire fencing, old boards, discarded machinery, old boxes, barrels, etc, and back of the big barn, which looked as though ready to tumble down because of lack of needed repairs, was a great mass of wreckage which we learned had orig inally been a feeding shed. Three years ago it had blown down and the boards and timbers were lying just where they had fallen. The farm er is going to rebuild the feeding shed some day, he says. He's going to pick up the place some day. He's going, to fin n thr chink?; in the barn some' . i - 'i day. He is of that cheerful frame of y mind which is ready to think hopeful- ly of that day coming when he will get around to these things, but he never will. At least he won't until he quits promising and gets to work. - I .ESCRIPTiON TaeCtaayL use of Toris",foT tame hack "aad. rheumatism i3 causing coaeideraMe' discassioa among the medical fraternity. It Is an almost in fallible care whea mixed with cer- tala other fagredleats and taken prop erly. The following formula is effec tive: "To one-half pint ot good whiskey add one ounce of Tori3 Com poaad and one oance Syrup Sarsapa rilla Compound. Take in tablespoon ful doses before each meal and be fore retiring." Toris compound is a product of the laboratories of the Globe Pharmaceu tical Co., Chicago, but it as well as the other Ingredients can be had from any good druggist WHY WELLS WAS WRATHY. All Things Considered, He Had Some Excuse for Anger. Charles E. Wells, who has beerr called the groundhog senator of West Virginia, because he once introduced ft bill advocating the changing ot groundhog day from February 2 to July 4, was staying over night at tho Grand hotel of a budding West Vir ginia village not long ago. He was awakened in the morning by heavy pounding on his door, and the coice of the old man night clerk say lag "Five o'clock! Better get up or you'll miss your train." Mr. Wells didn't intend to catch a morning train and hadn't given any instructions that he should be called at the unearthly hour of five o'clock. o he paid no attention to the old man's early morning greeting and was asleep again almost immediately. Ia about 15 minutes he was again awakened by the pounding on hi3 door and heard the voice of the old man Baying apologetically: "Don't get up. I rapped on the wrong door." Lippin cott's. HANDS RAW AND SCALY. Itched and Burned Terribly Could Not Move Thumbs Without Flesh Cracking Sleep Impossible. Cuticura Soon Cured His Eczema. "An Itching humor covered both my hands and got. up over my wrists and even up to the elbows. The itching and burning were terrible. My hands got all scaly and when I scratched, the surface would be covered with blis ters and then get raw. The eczema got so bad that I could not move my thumbs without deep cracks appearing. I went to my doctor, but his medicine could only stop the itching. At night I suffered so fearfully thatI could not sleep. I could not bear to touch my hands with water. This went on for three months and I was fairly worn out At last I got the Cuticura Reme dies and in a month I was. cured. Wal ter H. Cox, 16 Somerset St, Boston, Mass., Sept 25, 1908." Potter Drag & Chem. Corp, Solo Props, Bostoa "CALLING'' THE PITCHER. The captain See here, you've give seventeen men bases oa balls! Dis here's a ball game, not no six-day walkin match! Electricity's Beginnings. The term "elsctricity" was derived from the Grcekxword meaning amber Electricity itself Is earliest described by Theophrastus (C21 B. C.) and Pliny (70 A. D.), who mention the power ot amber to attract straw and dry leaves Dr. Gilbert of Colchester, physician tc Queen Elizabeth (1540-1G0::) may be considered the founder of the science, as he appears to have been the first philosopher who carefully repeated tha observations of the ancients and ap plied to them the principles of philo sophical investigation. Mean Insinuation. He was a brand-new milkman, and. tacking the wisdom of more experi enced members of the species, knew not that, on certain subjects he should at all times maintain a frigid silence. "It looks like rain this morning, mum." he said pleasantly, gazing skyward, a? he poured the milk into bis customer's jug. "It always does." was the curt reply. And the milkman was so dis satisfied with the remark that he strode away and savagely kicked a lamp post Fairly Warned. An old Quaker, not careful of the teachings of his faith, was discov ered by his wife kissing the cook be hind the door. But the Quaker was not disturbed. "Wife," said he, gently, "if thee doesn't quit thy spying, thee will make trouble In the family." THEN AND NOW Complete Recovery from Coffee Ills. "About nine years ago my daughter, from coffee drinking? ras on the verge of nervous prostration," writes a Louis ville lady. "She was confined for the most part to her home. "When she attempted a trip down town she was often brought home in a cab and would be prostrated for days afterwards. 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