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'Sylvia's' •
ret Burglar
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"Listen to me," said Sylvia. "You
night, hoWever, 110, Went to Bane
J11$, and carried otI eione of the
coal, and took Vendee:T.0 milk, T
heard Penclerby Wearing Settly as he
caught the City tintin the next =corn-
ing,
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II. •
Personally, there Was nothing In
Mr. Thribsi our lairglar, to excite an-,
tiPatnY. He Was, a, short, at, Otte -
id -faced old gentleman,' with a fringe
of silver hair and the most innocent
know I can never 'be mere than sta. blue eyes iniagiftable. Qn two differ -
ter to you I have a (i,reat regard ent mornings I saw his wife cheerfel-
fete you, Percy, And have at times Al- lY returning the fruits of his night's
work, and learned later that she had
insisted on paying for the coal and
milk. Then he came to me. I was
awakened by a loud noise dowaetairS,
and gained the first floor just in tune
to see hine tugging away at a saddle-
bag chair.
Let me carry your basket and
lantern and give you a lift," I offered
politely.
He smiled cheerily, and patiently
waited till I slipped on some clothes.
"Won't you come back?" I invited,
when we had got the chair over to
his house. '
"I can't to -night," he said sorrow-
fully. “I've got to go to Randall's
and get a bicycle, and I've hair -prom-
ised to call for Penderby's baby to-
night. So, you see, I have my hands
full." Then he added fretfully: "So
much to do, and so little time to do
it in. I ought to have an assistant.
If my wife wasn't so economical I'd
have one. Busiest time of the year
for me, and no one to aid me."
I bat him, after expressing my re-
grets, but took care to go after the
chair in the morning: Mrs. Timbs
thanked me for my forethought. She
had just carried over a small sack
of coal to Sylvia's home.
"But he's getting better fast, she
declared enthusiastically. "I can re-
member when 1 ha.d to carry things
back on the sly, or it would break
his heart."
"If it would soothe him at all to
keep the chair—" I began.
"Oh, no! In the morning he
doesn't remember anything about it.
He would know it wasn't his pro-
perty, and would worry ,as to how
it came here. But I thank you for
your kind offer."
In the afternoon I called on Sylvia
and found her admiring some lace.
"Sc!" she cried. "He t000k this,
and must have rumpled it dreadfully,
for he had a lot of potatoes in the
same b,asket. But dear Mrs. Timbs
washed and ironed it all out."
"How do you arrange for his vis-
its?" I asked.
"Oh', we let .hira leave the lower
floor, and lock the doors at the head
of the stairs. He is so used to our
house that he seldom disturbs us
now. I had an awful tinie prevailing
on papa to let him come in. But you
know pane always does as I want
him to."
"But doesn't it displease him to
find doors locked?" I asked.,
"No; he May 'feel grieved, and rap
on the doors and ask kir the keys.
Then we tell him we can't find them
in the dark. Oh, it's such fun! You
see, we never know when we get up
what we will nnd missing. The oth-
er morning he cleared out the kitchen
and pantry, and papa -had to get his
breakfast in town. And, would you
believe- it, Mrs. Timbs wanted to pay
for the breakfast?" .
"She certainly is a generous wo-
man, and has a great deal to worry
her," I assured her. But after this
conversation I kept the upper part of
the house locked.
Then passed a lucky week with no
visits. It was a great relief, as, -it
spared me from calling on Mrs.
Timbs every morning to cart back
my belongings. , ITer husband had
stolen the saddle -bag chair on four
consecutive nights, and on each oc-
casion I was forced to help him car-
ry it home. I told Sylvia, that I
could not stand it much longer; that
she could not now acuset me of being
indolent:
"Don't begrudge a good deed," she
said. ,
"I don't," I replied. "Only he
might take something less heavy."
"I remember it was on a Friday
most loved you. But you are so in-
dolent, so lacking- in spirit, that I can
never be your Wife, Our teniperae
=lite aro so different,. Let us re-
main frieiiids, then, and ucvoi recur to
this topic again. If you do, I shall
excuse myself when you call. Now,
what I wished to see you about is
one of .c.iur new neighbors.''
I had known Sylvia from boyhood.
In the suburbs where we lived life
was as quiet as in a ceuntry village.
Living alone with an old housekeeper,
my books and collections, I depended
eutlrely upon Sylvia for woman's so-
(Actg. But I had failed to win her
law& Her people thought a great deal
of w—in fact, had always treated
me es a son and I was positive that
my entrance into the family would
nieve been hailed with satisfaction.
Bet I was a boolcy, indolent young
anan, with no desires for a strenuous
life, and Sylvia was very strenuous. I
believed even as I sat there disconso-
late in their little drawing -room that
should T Join a fire brigade, put up
for Parliament, or be arrested for
scOrehing in rner motor-c,ar, the coals
of love would burst into flame. But
I simply could not do those things,
and so Sylvia remained a, sister to
' One point was in my favor. I had
, the entree to Sylvia's home at all
' times, and thus far no rival had pre-
4sentec1 himself. My only hope was
-to tire her out. Although, placed
above the need of earning my own
living, I was not weak, merely too
Indolent- to make an effort.
" "Your neighbor?" I prompted.
our new neighbcir. He's a
e tiirglar, you know," she explained,
e -with much, animation. ,
"Don't you find that inconvenient?"
I suggested, .trying to conceal my
amazement.
"Oh, no! What's more, he is going
•to call on us," she replied.
"Do you tell Inc, this to make me
Jealous?" I demanded.
"Don't be a goose, Percy! I want
ayon to know him and have him call
.on you. I told his wife that I would
- ,get your consent to have him call
i lsome night when you ' were out, when
:t it wjestldn't annoy you," she con.;
. tinuM.
- ."To commit burglary iu my house?"
'.I gasped.
"Yes." And she nodded her sweet
head eagerly. • . . .
- • "Sylvia," I scild :sorroWfully, "I
eeouldn't mind being Vaccinated for
;your dear sake. You know, darling,
- how I've always loved—"
"Nteifore of that, Percy," she in-
terrup - sternly, "or I shall leave
the robin. I had supposed myself safe
/ ein promising a friend your hearty co-
-operation in anything I desired. If
! I have made a mistake we'll say no
more about It."
I was crushed.
"I apologize, my clear-- Beg par-
don; don't go. Of course, Sylvia, if
you have given your word, and are
set on being burglarized, why, let
your friend conie. I presume he is a
stranger here, and has had bad • luck
In business. If I can help him I
shall be pleased to do so. Is he
young?"
"Oh, no!" And she laughed glee-
fully at my obvious jealousy. "Let
Inc explain. His wife is the dearest,
sweetest little old lady in the world.
*They have always lived happily to-
gether but he is now suffering in his
Old age with a mild Mental affliction.
He is, ,perfeetly'rationar except at
night, when he is seized with an Jr-
ristible desire"' to commit burglary.
Barring that, he is a perfect dear of a
A
man."
'Oh' e is not a self-made burglar, morning when I was aroused from a
deep sleep by someone hanamering on
my front door. I looked out of the
window, and, to my great astonish-
ment, behold Sylvia's father.
"No one ill, is there?" I cried.
"I am," he said hoarsely. "I am
sick at heart for being an idiot. Syl-
via's burglar took off 23,000 ' in
banknotes from my libr,ary safe last
night. I've been over to his house,
and there's no one at home—at least,
I can't arouse anyone."
hustlefl into ray clothes and join-
ed him.
"I3ut I thought Timbs was almost
cured?" I expostulated.
"Cure be hanged! Looks more as
if his wife had the same ailment, Did
he vieit vou last night?"
hurried into the house, and' on
beholding the ,saddle -bag chair was
about to answer in the negative, when
I thought of my collectione. On open -
nig the cabinet I SON/ that 2400
worth of pearls was missing. I told
Sylvia's father, and we then hastened
to Ilandrill's house, Randall was a
jeweller. His loses he estimated at
about L1,000. Penderby was minus
a gold watch and 2100 in money. ,
"I should say he was cured," grin.-
necl Randall sardoeically, after he had
rushed to the police.
found Sylvia in tears, but could
not stop to comfort her, fer her ga-
ther and I had determined to try to
find clues. A milkman told us that
he had met a silver -haired courile
di iviitg a foaming horse towards Row -
berry, an adjoining town. We got a
horse and trap and gave chase, Just
tWo miles this side of Bowborry tve
sighted our quat•ry. Tiinbs was in
the Middle of the rad, frantically
tugging at the harness. As we drove
up he sprang into his carriage and
whipped up the horse, ilut the liar -
/less broke again, and befoee he could
repair it Nve Wei'13 upon him. I grap-
pled with hini, and found to my Sur -
pieta that he had Ineseles hard as
eteel. Peek 'tied ferth we sweved
eh? Not a professional yet? Well,
who else is he to practise upon?"
inquired, relieved to know he was not
,a dashing Claude Duval.
"Well," said Sylvia, checking off
,on lier pink ,fingers, "he is coming
If here—to your place—"
"T/mm
hank you!" I urured.
"To Randall's," she continued
.,frowning, "and to Penderby's. There
are four good places booked already."
4. "Is he fussy?" I asked. "Does he
insist on calling at a different house
'every eight in the week?"
"Not at all. Some nights he
wen't even go out. The doctors say
lue will be cured within six months.
I Why, lie used to use a dark -lantern
t and take the most valuable things in
.the house. Now he goes out witli a
tornmon lantern, with a big market
basket on his arm just like any hon -
.est man, and takes anything he conies
CS
"Bot I will not have to sit up for
' will I?" I inquired, feeling that
.the old Man would prove to be a
"That's the best part of it!" she
ried. "Just leave the side doer un-
elgcl, and don't pay any attention
to life corning and .going. Then on
the next morning his Wife will re-
turn everything he has taketl."
'"*e`Stolen, ' Corrected.
• "NO, taken," She insisted.
".Jtist as ,you 'Sylvia. But,
elliethber, if ariecene makes a coin -
taint yeti and r will go to gaol to
melt up a confession setting forth
in fact that We are innocent," X
Oath:Med, for I did not like the idea
f Syltdatinixing Up in Such schemes.
pikely a farnily affair," she
fd "Besides, he hardly over takes
ything of valuo."
etentaieto doubt a, lit,tlet but
s Offended' heti*, and hestenecl to
o her pardon. Somehow wag al:-
ye begging her parden, Then I
ant hoMe mid seeletted several rare
see, tied -retired with the side door
eked, IV: did no viatt irat that ,while Sylvia's father held Mrs. Titnbe.
TEE FAMINES OF INDIA
WHEY 'WILL ALWAYS DEPSND
UPON TiE MONSOON,
Efforts Made to Anticipate and
Mitigate the Sufferings of
tho Stricken.
Famine is chronic in India. It has
occurred at intervals for centuries
past, as long as man remembers, as
long as records have been kept, and
Undoubtedly will recur for ceuturiea
to come, although the authorities
who are responsible for the well-being
of the empire are gradually organiz-
ing to counteract the forces of na-
ture which they cannot control—by in-
creasing the food supply and Provid-
ing for its dietribution, But there
must be hunger and starvation in
India so Deng as the population re-
mains as deuse as it is. The reason
is not because the earth refuses to
support so many people, writes a cor-
respondent. There is yet a vast area
system whieh promotes eeonenner ae
well as alcieney.
THE WOBST FAMINE
ever known in India occurred in 1,770,
When Mr. Warren Hastings, the Gov-
ernor-General, reported that one-
third of the inhabitants of Bengal
perished from henger—ten milliens out
of thirty millione. The streets of
Calcutta and other towns were actu-
ally blocked ug with the bodies of
the dead,v1ijIi were thrown out of
doors and windows, because there
were no means or opportunity to
bury them. The enipire has been
stricken Wettest as hard during the
last ten years. The development of
civilization seems to xnake a little
difference, for the famine of 1900-
1901 was perhaps second in severity
to that of 1770. This, however, was
largely duo to the fact that the. popu-
lation had not had time to recover
from the famine of 1896-97, which
was almost as severe. And although
everything possible was done to re-
lieve distress and prevent the spread
of fertile land nntilled, and the fields
of plagues and pestilence that are
already cultivated would furnish food
the natural and unavoidable cense-
enough for a larger population when quences of insufficient nourishment,
normal conditions prevail. There is
always enough somewhere in India
for everybody in times of sorest ills
-
tress, but it is not distributed equ-
ally, and those who are short have
no motley to buy from those who have at 1,236,855, and this is declared to
a surplus. The export of grain and be the miuimum, In a country of
otlier products from India continues th° area of India, inhabited by a sup -
regularly in the lean as well as the orstitious, secretive and ignonant
fat years, but the country is so large; population, it is impossible to corn -
the distances are so great, so inade- pci the natives to report accidents
porting food to Europe because it
quate that one province may be ex- BanrdahnclieiantsheN,vipmarbtitelnliariliyistea,amdonogf •bmthe
has to spare, evhile another proviace their dead. Those who know best
may be receiving shiris loaded with assert that at least 15 per cent. of
charity from America because its the deaths are not reported in times
crops have failed and of
FAMINES AND EPIDEMICS.
ITS PEOPLE ABE HT_INGRY. And the enormous estimate I have
given does not include any of the
The health and happiness of 300,- native states, which have one-third of
000,000 human souls in India and the area and one-fourth of the popu-
that of their cattle, their oxen, their lation of the empire. In sonie of
sheep, their donkeys, their camels, them sanitary regulations are ob-
and their elephants are dependent up- served, and stat istics are accurately
on certain natural phenomena over reported. In others no attemot is
which neither rajah nor maharaja, no made to keep a registry of deaths,
viceroy, nor emperor, nor council of and there are no means of ascertain-.
state has contrel, and before which ing the mortality, particularly in
even the great mogul on his bejewel- times of excitethent. In these little
led throne stood powerless. It is principalities the peasants have, coin -
possible to ameliorate the conse- paratively speakina, no medical at-
quences, but it is not possible to pre- tendance; they arer'clependent upon ig-
vent them. norant medicine men and sourcerers,
Whether the crops shall be fat or and they die off like flies, without ev-
lean, whether the people, and the cat- en leaving a record of their disap-
tie' shall be well fed or hungry, de- pearance. Therefore, the only way
pends upon the "monsoons," as they
are called, the alternation of wind
currents, which bring ram in its sea-
son. All animal and vegetable life
is dependent upon them. In the early
summer the broad plains are baked'
by .the sun to a temPerature higher'
than that of the water of the great
seas which surround theta. In parts
of northern India. around Delhi ,and
Agra, the temperature in May and
June is higher than in any other part:
of the empire, and is probably exceed-
ed in no other part of the world. This
phenomenon remains unexplained. The
elevation. is about 2.100 feet above
the sea, the atmosphere is dry and the
soil is sandy. But for some reason
the rays of the sun are intensely hot
and are fatal to those who are ex-
posed to them without sufficient pro-
tection. But this extreme heat is the
salvation of the country, and by
its own action brings the relief with-
out which all animal and vegetable
life would perish. It draws from the
ocean a current of. wind laden with
moisture which blows steadily- for
two months toward the northwest and
causes what is called
THE RAINY SEASON.
Tlie quantity of ram that Sails de -
Vent's upon the configuration of the
land. Any cause which cools the
winds from the scae and leads to the INOCULATED POOR PAT/ENT.
condensation of the vapor they car-
ry; any obstacle which blocks their German Doctor 4,4eiind it Cheaper
course causes ' precipitation. Through' Than Buying Animals.
all the northern part of India there
is a,heany rainfall during APril, May,
and June, the earth is refreshed and,
quantities of water are drained into
reservoirs called "tants," from which
the fields are irrigated later in the
sumirter.
Over 80 per cent of the population
are engaged in farming. They live
from hand to mouth. They have no
reserve whatever, and if the monsoon
fails them, nothing will grow, and
they have no money to import food
for themselves and their cattle from
more fortuoate sections. As a: rule,
the monsoons are very reliable, but
every few years they fail, and a fam-
ine results. The government has a
meteorological -department, with ob-
servers stationed at several points in
Africa and Arabia. and in the islands
of the sea, to record and report the
actions of nature. Thus it has been
able of late years to anticipate the
fat and lean harvests. It is possible
to know almost precisely several
months in advance whether there will
be a failure of 'crops, and a perman-
ent famine commission has been or-
ganized to prepare measures of relief ernment for a grant to enable him
before they are needed. In other to prosecute his experiments, which
words, Lord Curzon and his suborclin- however, according to the authority
ates are reducing famine relief to a quoted above, has been refused Nvith-
colt auy reason being assigned.
even now people aro dying by thou-
sands every week.
The loss of human life by starva-
tion in British India alone during
the famine of 1900-1901 is estimated
of ascertaining the mortality of those
sections is to make deductions from1
the returns of 'the census, which is
taken with more or less accuracy ev-
ery ten years.
. "The famine of 1900-1.901:," says
Lord Curzon, speaking on the sub-
ject, "struck many who had never
before known what •calamity was
and who were cruelied by the sud-
denness and directness of the blow.
It .attacked native' states which' had
previously'never ictioivii the obligation
of famine relief. It laid its hand
upon the priniitive' inhabitants of the
hills unused to discipline or restraint,
imninsive, improvident, lazy, living in
an ahruest barbarous state, in wild
and inaccessible jungles. It sharpen-
ed the lurking nomadic instincts of
wandering tribes and sent them -drift-
ing about the country, 'a terror to
the relief officers For a year ,,it nev-
er left hold of its victims, and six
months had not elapsed before famine
had-- brought its fetailiar attendant
fin -los in its train, and cholera, dy-
sentry and fever fell upon an already
exhaustednnd enfeebled ziopulation. A
famine such as we have lately expeCel
enced cannot be met with a sigh nor
dismissed with aa shudder. It is an
abiding landmark in the history of
the Indian people."
4
Prof. Dr. Neisser, who has Charge
of a hospital forediseases of the
skin attached to the Breslau Uni-
versity, has been compelled to bow
before a public protest against his
practice of inoculating poor hospital
patients, without their knowledge
with various forms of virus for the
purpose of watching the ' effects on
the human system.
For several months past, however,
he has, according to the "Schleis-
sche Zeitung," been experimenting
with anthropoid apes by inoculating
them with particular diseases.
He now finds that this comes more
expensive than experimenting with
human Subjects, forthe apes cost
him from $200 to $375 each.
Moreover, they are very sensitive
to climatic influences, and in spite
of the utmost care and attention,
most of the 20 which he has pro-
cured have died,‚•
The apes succutb, the professor
announces, not to the poison which
he injects but to inflammation of
the lungs and intestinal disorders.
In view of these eircumstances,
Prof. Neisser appealed.to the Gov -
1 really believe xny Man would have
beaten me if he had not tried to
reach his side-pocloit. When he did
• LITTLE THOUGHTS,
Forgiveness is the sweetest re•
that he loosened his grip on my vellge.
After some A truthful enemy is better than a
throat, and I threw him.
farm laborere had come to our
aietance WO discovered at his pock-
as- 13111lie
illictiltAld
e
that s. are meant to rouse, not
discourege.
et contained an ugly -looking revolver.
Tdost of the thinge that seem too
On returning home we met some of •
ood to be true are not.
the police.
"Calls himself Timb8-0h? , "Ti wishes were horses, 'erg should of filing reouirecl tor a Six foot rug,
/Vitt" wish they were motor -cars. This blue material rauet be distributed
this is Tonally ISogere! Theee's a re- Afany a man RI unhappy only be throligh the rug eVenly, end a good
ward of Vi0 for hie capture, Better cause he believes himeelf to be so. way is to divide each eolor into three
call and get it . wheel the worst conies to the portions SO tiit`rt3 is an equal Share
"And his wife?" sobbed SYlvin• worst, it le hest to Mako the best of the blue in each third of the rug.
'She is WO1'SIC than he is, if pos- a
0****0•4kesoeintftentfoo
About th.
ilouse
oppolp
mach blue denim is worn the Mated.
al is oasily secured, In Any except ablue rug 0, stripe Of red the
der is effective. A red warp With a
white filling will make a pink rile; ,
if begen and fini.slied with a half inch
Weaving of the red used for en
war
with the red fringe a pretty border is
providee for, The rule is ,a light
warp with Serk filling, and dark warp
HOME MAD RUGS, with light or white filling'.
Mrs. Candace Wheeler, well known Larger rugs can be Made by sewing
breadths together and adding a bOre
aS a Promoter of women's induetries dor. Ain. yaleeier edvooatee the
and for her article, on and designs buying of cheap, coarse inieslins and
ror hone) decoration bee written a o
' caococe which can be bought at froia
book on "How to Make Rugs" in four tee five cents a yard. From eight
which she euggests that the weavieg
to teri yar
of rag 1.403 „nightsolye ,taiQ prob_ ds , according to fineness,
will make a yard of weaving. Very
lera of how to earn an independent Cheap unbletiehed cotton, that ap-
hinocnioMeso for some wolnen ,farm proaching the quality called cheese-
eloth, dyes well and makes a light.
Just at present, rag rugs are strong, elastie rug.
quite "the proper thing" for the A well made rag rug will sell for
floors of country and seaside cottages $2; if prettily made in colors, frorn
for piazzas, for bedrooms, and bath- e2„e0 to 83.50. Some on which ex -
rooms, and for general use. They have tra work is expended and which are
been found to be durable, suitable artistfc in color, will bring $4 to $3.
and economical, for such purpoees, and 'The average to be reckoned is about
have been seen on sale at the ware -
rooms of one of the largest decorat-
ing firms in this city. n'be rugs are
woven out of new rags; in two -yard
lengths, with border and fringe at
each end, and are not only useful but
salable.
Rag carpets have been. made for
ninny years and almost every coun-
try neighborhood has even got its
"weaver''—who is usually over-
crowded with work, and has no thne
for rug -weaving. It would be pos-
sible to sot up a new industry with-
out infringing upon the established
one. Few °id looms still exist, un-
fortunately; the era of cheap jute and
ingrain carpets nrouglit most of them
to the wood -pile, and the secret of
the only difficult part of weaving, the
warping, or placing the warp in the
loom, died with the women who years
ago, wrought upon them. There am
still !omits to be purchased, how-
ever, ancl wh.ere an old loom': still
stands the secret of warping may be
learned from the nearest weever..
-TFTF, FIRST NECESSITY,
Mrs. Wheeler says that her most
succeseful rag rug is a cardinal i•ed
woven on white warp. It was made
of white rags treated with cardinal
red diamond dye, and was purposely
made uueven—that is, painS Were
taken to let the rags shade in color
from dark to light. The border con-
sists of two four -inch stripes of "hit
er miss" green, white and red nage,
placed four inches from either end,
with an Lich stripe of red beta -ecu,
the ends finished with a white knotted
fringe.
CHOICE RECIPES.
Ginger Snaps—Mix one-half pound
of butter with one and one-half cups
sugar, add one and a half teaspoon-
fuls of baking soda dissolved in hot
water, three eggs, season with ground
ginger, and add one CO of flout. Boll
ccjulck utasdesired, and bake in a
Cup Pudding—Take two eg-gs, ono
cup of meltal butter, one cup of
sweet milk and one cup raisins seedhcl
alter the loom, is the carpet warp, and chopped, two cups of flour, two
which can be bought at any comitrY teaspoons baking powder mixed with
storee-a fact which shows the preva- flour and a little salt. Half fill the
lence of home weaving. The warts rams and steam four minutes. Serve
can be bought in white or colors, the with sauce,
latter being not always reliable. One Chocolate Filing—Heat ono cup of
of the chief recommendations of these milk and two tablespoonfuls of grated
rugs is that they are washable, there- thocolate together, then add three -
fore the colors must be fast and not fourths of a cup of sugar and yolks
of three eggs beaten to a cream. FM. -
Mr Whccier recornmends the color- '.or with vanilla and bake with under
ing of warp and rags at home, by erust, with a meringe of the whites
the old-fashioned process, which pro- spread over the top.
duced fast colors. Some of the ani- A tempting pick-me-up for an inva-
line dyes fade, and rugs that,fade licl can be prepared by beating up the
would soon bring discredit on te en- white of a neealaid egg, add the yolk,
tire industry. A faded warp is es- together with a spoonful of wine or
pecially detrimental to the good looks brandy, a little castor sugar; nut -
of a rug. A good indigo blue will meg, and -vanilla essence to taste,
beat well, and , servo in a breakfast
cup with a few wafer biscuits.
Tea T3iscuit—Ta3-..e. one-half cup sue .
gar,' a piece of butter the eize (Veen: •
aCse- (melted), one egg not be,aten, then
i'd one cup of milk, a little nutmeg,
mix them together and stie into three
cupfuls sifted flour, into which yo -ii
have put two and one-lialf teaspoon-
fuls of baking powder.
A simple and most beneficial rem.-
edy for catarrh or cold in the head is
-lie mix about 15 drops of eucalyptus
oil in a teaspoonful of vaseline and -
rub a little inside the nostrils at
night before retiring to bed. In this
way the fumes of the oil are inhaled
nil night while the patient is asleeS),
Imperial Soup--Qeolc a sliced onion
and carrot in one teaspoonful of
Rugs intended for sale must be made butter three minutes, then add one
of new rags, and here the question quart stocre. Cook _fifteen minutes,
of economy must be considered. The strain: and add one pint of milk, one
waste from cotton mills Call be tablespoonful each of floor and butter
bought for from ten to twelve cents blend aeener and salt, then add four
per pound, and consists for the most t ablespoonfuls grated cheese, Cook
Part of piece ends,—the imperfect lie- te.n minutes.
ginnings and endings that must be
torn' off when the piece is made up.
This makes an ideal..
MATERIAL FOR WEAVING.
Cotton bought, by the yard is more
expensive, and it would be necessary
to fgere out the cost and see whether
rugs could be made at a profit by
using it. To many it would seem a
crime to bny 3101', goods to tear up
into. • carpet rage. Bought by the
piece, the goods would come cheaper.
The old fashieeed way of sewing
carpet rags will not answer in this
new departure. The filling must he
smooth, without lumps or ends. If
the pieces are large enough the edges
may be lapped and sewed on the ma-
chine; the lap should be from a quar-
ter to half an inch, and be sewed
twice. The cloth can then be. torn
the seams being cut with the scis-
sors; the work is expeditiously clone,
and a smooth finish secured. The rags
should be torn instead of cut, wher-
ever poseible, as uniform width is
neither run nor fade, and a number
of shades can be produced with indi-
go. Mrs. Wheeler says that orange
and a very 'deep red are the only two
colors in warp that she has found
reasonably fast, and the orange
"runs" so badly that it must be
steeped in warm water before using;
and she adds that she has used the
water in which it has been steeped to
dye cotton rags. which take a good
lernon yellow from it. Orange red,
and the crimson red linown as cardin-
al she excepts from the -usual com-
mercial dyes. 13y dipping orange
warp in indigo blue a fast, bright
green can be secured, and this with
the colorasmentioned; give a choice of
five colors—green, blue, orange, red
and white.
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HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS,
To remoVe the white spote
einc-lined sinks, or from stove zincs,
rub witli a cloth wet with kerosene,
says a correspondent of the Pra.ctical
Farmer.
A cooking school teacher cautions
her pupils against stirring oatmeal
while it is cooking, as doing so •
makes it pasty. Oatmeal, to be at
best estate, ought to be cooked ,slow-
ly, three or four hours.
The always at hand selphur' match
IS the most cone-enient thing for re-
moving ink. stains from the firigers„
Moieten the sulphur end with cold
water and rub the stain until it dis-
appears.
Bake apples for breakfast. Bake
them the day before, if you. haven't
time to do it before the meal, and
if the family prefer them warm, jast
set nein in the warmer. Serre with
nice sweet cream and you have a
healthful, appetizing dish, which tends
thus. secured. ln ordinary cotton
cloth an inch is recommended as the to reduce the quantity of meat eaten.
After one is 80, the tendency of ibe
most suitable width, A pound and
a half of cotton rags will make a
ianliTgtebani.nidsivgicoholadi flosr th°iniel.ut 111T71.°e
yard of
The simplest weaving..
Yard -wide weavirige'aya arm baked apples supply the digestive
Acids, which aid ,die
'Wheeler, is warp of indigo bine and ti with iruit
oielgestion excl supply 11111111 11 salts also.
white filling. There must be an
Not always baked apples, but fried
lowance of live inches of warp
101: ripples and apple sauce—apple sauce
fringe foefore the weciving ie begun,
cooked slowly for some time till rich
and ten inches between the first and
second rugs, to make the fring,e for and jell3relike.
feet by six, without the fringe. The r r-
each. The rug should measure three • ,T1,04EN M
EAT TRAm.
latter is to bseuekr attreculg, solaxn tii:oreaadss
etaosialytlwwitts.hed as a counterpane,
when it is noted. that there are no
Some idea of the extensiveness of
or the frozen .meat trade Iney be gained
may be theown on the grass during a
heavy ehower aed be thus washed. fewer than fifty-eight freezing plants
a in Australemia Sad 'Argentina, Their
Variations on this are easily maw),
56 lb. carcasses (4,500 tone), arid
or-Ai/noted daily killing and freezing
One way is to Wel half a pound a
cnpacities are &teal to 180,000
blue rags to the two and a lialf re;
quired to make up the •three pounds they are eqUipped with inemee ' of
storing two or three weeks' killings,
'During tha past year the total ,ont-
put ,of Nam" Zealand, and
the River Plate for all markets was
equal to about 32,9,000 tons of
frozen nieat.
Sible," declared the officer. A Man ie never beateli till he has A TI"T')L1:''' AI LACII l'IND'
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"SY1V lit," X. suggepted meekly, caw° eald in his hectrt : "X inn beaten." neacV be Wade b,V weavliv; !.'1„ from
, .
We a -ere alone and I had eatisfiee her Virtue 11101" be itti own reward, but eight., to ten or even more threads ef
that I wee uninjuretie "den't eani ,1)10 P001510 ITIakd a teade-neark of
think I've been strenuous enough to
win you?" Next, to acquiring good iriencle the
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"Yee, dear," she WhiSpered.—Iainclon heet ttequadntance is that of good
AnsWers. books.
Wife t—"What, do vonh
tink of that
watesPrOof ? I bought it doWn at
blue or any clod/mil co or, ead Ot,1Ie0y Sa, tle1
01 At:atering
the reat "Sep:hazard" i11 short eount of the Site," Iletrebend
lasStils 1,1)1'0(40 tho body' t)r rug. it danifige(1 eneueli 1 nre ?”
L Id
1)0,1,1; 0-nd Ihrbt blue rugs on a vc1111., ail by 110 1110: 01111, 6,41110g...
'Warp make art effective tug, end Nt'iiei' odht, the