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eearch, tscrap of paper wes not
to be fonnd; and Nvhen she left tbe
sharebroker wencleree what could be
ne, I the meaning er her axixiety,
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to
brighter color. Lettuce becomes
ELECTRIC LIGHT AS AS..1.33- marketable four to ten days earlier,
STITUTE FOR, sejnesnrentR. thriving best when the artificial light.
is °lily used half the eright, but some
Fruits Ripen and Flowers Bien- other plants run to seed under its in-
fluence instead of developing weight
som More Speedily Den and euccelceme, and still others 18,S4 -
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e nee those shares be those about Which -
tie luta reau vemetnetig in tee Dews- •
I . their - h . considered by the scientific. section 01
the Roeal Horticulturel Society, As S'IIII a ii I .t' I 1 . t'f' "
I, tpapers—something about al- , . • i c s pal ice ar v gni e u or
the electrie beam, but i t
does pot clamor for epinancsh osu°te.eoYf
ling been abstrated from the drawers
liceeseary funds can be
I was Lo IttY old frier"' Stvjeant 1 in the room of the man O'Connor, IS,ac.:nt thea'!.'
t3allantine's cbambers one day ti
it is dproposed . to establish at Season the game is not worth the
711".., for whose murderers the police wet ie new ear ens at Wislera near Wey- nelden peas grow more quickly end •
rummaging In a drawer, be siectieng4
1scouring the country? The stoc - bridge, ineglettd, a scientilic staticia are lareer in the pad. Endive 'does
produced something which he tossed, , k • sh 1 off to the p)11 stn- or botainea eboratois end one of . `*. .
to me. . , oetter without the electric light.
tion to inform them of his strange thd special studies to . be 'undertaaen INVES'I'IGATXON NEEDED
"What do you think of that?" he -visitant, and in less than an VOW be the growth of plants lin elec- .... • , - '
asked. the head of the F,dinburgh police will -
trio light as a subetitute for sun- Many points remain , for eweetiga-
11; tiler wore to d i Mrs Smith's room
was a, -woman s 1 8 S o n . •
black silk glove, with four little She received him with frigid polite- .
pearl buttons at the wrist—a glove ness. As his keen eyes uoted now gloomy climate, and to Produce the
s,
so slira that I could eusilY pass it i strangely Mrs. Smith agreed with most beautifut flowerand even rile -
en
through my signet ring. The fingers' with the description he had received strawberries and other delicious
of its weever bad. been long and tap- of the sought -for Mrs, Manning, his traits in winter, is one of the gar -
e '
(ring. o , growing conviction that the woman dener's most herished dreams, The
a ,
"It is a relic of one of my early he wanted stood before him was rfact that rtificial light will enablee- plants to grow and fruits to ripen
eases," he observed, "The hand buffed by her marvellous coolness. has long been known to ecientists.
filled that glove bad a terrible his- "The reason of this visit is—
tory connected with it," what?" she asked, standing before More than 40 years ago M. Berve
it had belonged to the notorious him calmly and dignMangan found tnat the electric raysified. would enable plants to form the
Maria Manning. "I have reason to believe, Mrs.
A tall, dark, fashionably dressed Smith," be replied "that you are one green chlorophyl or coloring matter
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lady was standing 0110 August after- Men. Menning, suspected of the neer-01 their eaves, and that Dowers
turned toward the electric lain') just
noon rie the door of a houso in Green der of a gentleman named O'Connor.'
as
wood Street, London, With her deli- I must ask you to allow me to they turn towards the sun.
cately gloved hand she knocked ancl search yom' luggage." In 1s,79 and 1880 the late Sir
shi I b d t f our t on at tbe proposed experirnen a
station of the Royal Horticultural,
Society. We want to know just
what kind of light and how much of
it is needed by each' plant. It should
be remembered that a plant five feet
from the lamp gets ten times as
much light as one 16 feet, away.
Then the "ultra -violet" rays of the
arc lanip, of such immense value to
the scientist, are not good for most
plants.
Dr. Siemens thought if the bare
light were used the benent to the
plant would increase, but the oppo-
site has proved to be the case, and
laxeps with glass coverings or jackets
of liquid ° to shut off the invisible
rays have been found better. The in-
candescent or glow lamp and incan-
descent gas have also been tried at
'V
West irginia with success. M. De,
berein, at Paris, found that the in-
visible xa,ys were most injurious from
a 2000 candle power lamp unless
shut oft by glass. His conclusion
was that the electric light will main-
tain a fully grown plant for two and
a half months, but is too feeble to
support a plant from infancy up•
-
wards. At the Winter Palace of St.
Petersburg some ornamental plants
placed under the electric light turned
yellow and died in a single night.
Professor Bailey considers that it
is well established that maturity
and ripening can be greatIn hastened
by artificial light, an.:3 that plants
are not injured by "want of rest,"
but considerers that there are many
problems to be settled as to the pro-
duction of plants from too much
light, and the prevention of too rap-
id seeding and early maturity.
In short, it remains for the ;mien-
tific investigator to observe the exact
effect at each stage of growth of the
artificial illuminant on the formation
of chlorophyl, of starch, sugar, glu-
ten, alkaloids and the plant's own
essential oils, and to determine when
and how long the imitation sun
should be made to shine.
DISCOVERING FORGERY.
By Study of Minute Details of the
Writing in Question.
rang impatiently. "-
orte' lyI With leasurel You William Siemens maile , some remark --
"Is Mx. O'Connor in?" she asked,
as the door was opened,
Mr. O'Connor NraS OUT.• The lady
turned away as if disappointed; and Ten minute& search in Mrs. ing the sunbght clay with electric
then said she would enter and wait Smith's boxes amboth. in the open
ply revealed her 'lamps at night,
bis return in his sitting -room, to identity as the lady they were hunt- air and in green -houses, he caasee
which she was shown. The lady's ing, and very soon the now white- roses and arunis to Inborn long be-.
name was Maria Manning, and, she faced, dark -eyed, yet still perfectly
and her husband were intimate composed woman was being carried
friends of Mr. O'Connor, a some- in a Cab to the police-station—a prise
what wealthy officer in the Customs, oner, charged with the 1vilful mur- stimulus of the added light. The
and Mrs. Manning often waited in der of that man discovered in the sunlight of millions of years ago,
the sitting -room when on calling , grave beneath the kitchen flag -stones; stored up M plants -which afterwards
she found O'Connor out, She re- The sleuthhounds of justice had run became coaln was thus disinterred
ruained there now for nearly an hour: down Mrs, Manning, in spite of her and made to do its work over again
but O'Connor did not return, and clever trick of the boxes labelled to In ripening freits and. causing flow -
5118 left, expressing her disappoint-- Paris. Would they be able to hunt era to bloom. Although electricity
ment. down Manning? , then cost three times as much as
ba.d 1 ft Miniver Place so the now, Dr. Siemens, as he then was,
are quite welcome!" answered the able experiments at Tunbridge Wells,
imperturable Mrs. Smith, handing the results of which he showed to
him it bunch of keys. the Royal. Society, By eupplement-
fore their usual tune, melons and cu-
cumbers, vines and strawberries also
responding- most gratefully to the
Seven days pasece, and nothing
was men of the Customs House
His landlady, becoming alarra-
ed, sought tha aid of the police, and
a couple of detectives were despatch-
ed from Scotland Yard to search his
rOnbaS to seek a clue to his myster-
ious disappearance.
"Mr. O'Connor was a most careful
and tidy man—most tidy!" declared
his landlady, in answer to a ques-
tion put to her hy one of the detec-
tives.
"Then how is it his papers are like
this?" asked the officer, pointing to
an open drawer in which lay a mass
of documents scattered in cenineion.
The landlady ebook her head.
"It looks as if some stranger had
been rummaging," went on the de-
tective. "Who has been in the room
since Mr. O'Connor left?"
The landlady could remeber no one
save his visitor, the,Swiss lady—Mrs.
Manning. in a few minutes the de-
tectives were an their way to Mr.
Manning's residence, a little house in
/41in1ver Place, Berreondscen
The place was empty. The most
lIgorous knocks at thn door failed
to bring any answer. And at last
one of the neighborS informed the
cietectives that Mr. and Mrs. Mann-
ing had left the house some days la a-
viously, having sole their furniture
"all in a hurry." It was it strange
coincidence which made the officers
keen to enter and see whether in the
deserted house there lay some, clue,
to the reasou of ler. O'Counor's dis-
- appearance.
Nothing. They had searched from
top to bottom. If those STilont walls
those empty, bare roma held a sec-
ret it was well concealed. The de-)
tectives turned their attention to the'
little back garclen, and dug it foot
by foot. Nothing! The house in
Miniver Place would apparently fur-
nisli no evidence against its occu-
pants. Rather, it testified in their
favor. It was marvellously clean.
The flagged kitchen floor had been
recently besirthstemed t411 it was as
Netlike as snow. One of the detec-
tives gazed at it admiringly, and
started. Then he went down on his
knees, and, taking his penknife from
his pocket, dug it into the cement
between two of the flags.
"New. Hurdle-- set!" he exclaimed
excit edly, examining, his knife. "The
flags have only been recently laid.
What lies beneath them?"
The house in Miniver Place was
about to give up its ghastly secret.
Beneath the flags, buried under a
foot or two of soil, the detectives
crtrue upon the corpse of n mao, into
whose sinister grave a quantity of
quicklime had been pouree. The
body was that of Ur. O'Connor, and
he had been killed by it bullet dis-
charged into his temple. Eighteen
terrible wounds on the head, inflict-
ed wit h a hammer or some such in-
etrument, showed that his murderer
had resolved to make doubly certain
of his awful purpose.
A terible crime bad been committ-
ed. Who were its perpetrators?
Where were the Mannings ? For mane
'days the acutest detectives in Lon-
don hunted in vain to discover a
trace of them', lied any ea len au
carried a tali, dark, handsome lady,
speaking Sogi isb with a. bewitching
French accent, to any of the rail-
way stations? Every driver was ex-
amined, and at last a 'man was
found who remembered such a fare.
He had driven her to the South -
Eastern Raining station at London
Bridge, and she had two boxes with
her, labelled "Mrs. Smith, passenger
10 Intrls. To be left till called
for." The boxes were still in the
left-luggage office).
"Mrs. Smith, sir!"
A tall, handsome, Wen -dressed,
dark lady was ushered by a. elerk in-
to the &nee of an Edinburgh share -
broker on the Royal Exchange. She
liad. a few shares in the Amiens and
73eulogne Railway, she explained. oi
which 8]1 e wished to dispose. The
broker promieed to do what he conici
to frad a, perehaser, and Mis Stai 131
wrote down hex name e U1 eddrees,
police learnt, two days later tban his was enthusiastically convinced of the
wife. By all accounts,, he was a value of the electric light for the
man of mean ability; but it is a garden,
fact, confirmed by the experience of As usual, there were many objec-
the best Englieb. and French detec- tors to the new proposal. A sort
tives, that the meanest intellects are of humanitarian outcry was started
very often those which display the on behalf of the poor plants there -
moat baffling cunning in committing selves. To make them grow night
criminal deeds and cleverness in elud-
ing capture.
Every clue followed by the 'cletec-
end day would give them no rest.
They would be old. and .enlia-ustee be-
fore their time, and would perish
-Lives failed, and at last a large re- miserably as the result of their arta-
ward was offered for . information. Ada' mode of life. Experience since
which would lead to his arrest. then has shown, 'however
,
that the
-Murder! Wanted, Frederick George plant does not need rest, like an
Manning!" anhnai. Iri Norway, Sweden and
The words in large type stood out Finland, during the short two
in the cobseins of the newspapers months of sunnier, while the stin
and on posters on the walls through- never goes down, vegetation flourislie
out the length and breadth of Bei- es with astounding luxiance roid rap-
tain. They met the eye of a young idity. Flowers take on the - most
lady who had known Manning, and gorgeous colors and have exquisite
who, strangely enough oely a few perfumes, 'vegetables grow like magic,
days previously, while travelling to and then comes the long winter, and
Guernsey, in the Channel Islands,
had seen Manning on the boat, and,
unsuspected by him, had learnt that
he was going to Jersey. She wrote, power of plants to do 'without a
stating these fects, to the Governor nightly res( is the great natural gas
of Guernsey, who telegraphed them fire, a steeple of flame, which has
to London; and in hot baste the burned for generations in the. Fitts -
keenest trackers from Scotland Yard burg district in America. MI around
were sent over to ,Icrsey to find if a.nd just outside the circle of its
Manning were therescorching heat is it ring or tropical
"-We'vo got a queer chap down here, vegetation, which tlie warmth' and
lodging near Ila.umont," confided one light have proluced, the plants seem -
of the publicans to a detective. "Hes ing all the richer and more luxuriant
staying at a cottage. Drinks brandy for living in a blase of light night
near enough to drown him. Stops in,- and day alike. Even if plants were
doors meet part of the day—and no really, exhausted by artificial light,
wonder, after the drink he's had. we grow them not for their own
"What is he like?" asked te officer sakes, but for our use. When a
ea gerly. green -house plant dies there .are plen-
ty of recruits to fill its place. The
objection to using up plant life is
not on the same footing as a pro-
test against using up, say Chinese
they heve a correspondingly long
rest.
An even stronger illustration of the
131.
The publican described him. In
some respects the description was
that of Manning, and the detective
resolved to take the reeponsibilitn
coolies on tbe Rand.
VEGETABLE IDIOSYNCRASIES.
Dr. Siemens found that all plants
upon himself of making an. unexpect-
ed descent upon the visitor. could not be treated alike. Fartieue
was it beautiful autumn even-
larly they varied in the amount . of
ing when the detective, with two stimulation they
could undergo. The
other officereemade hie way to relit- delicate lily of the valley, grown by
tlo thatched cottage... . , the aid of beat alone, and with 8. de -
"I am a detective," said the einem-
to the bent mail who opened the
ficiency of sunlight, was Sickly and
anaemic, flimsy in texture, and with
a its petelte thin , and colorlese. The
door to his knock. "You nave
lodger here. I believe he is 000 mane electric light gave the flowers their
ning, who ill -wanted for murder ot natural rich, white, creamy- color,
The old maia started, and nearly
dropped his candle. -Show inc his
room.' I must see hixn at once,"
The old man lee the way aleng
passage to a door. The detective
took the candle from his hand, lift-
ed tbe latch of the door, and eater -
'ed. In a corner of the room. 0 man
in bed raised himself -on his. 'elbow,
and turned towards the intruder a
white, startled face.
"Inho are you, and What do you
want?" he er'ed.
"I am a detective," replied the
stranger, 'stepping swiftly to his
bedside, and bolding the candle so
that its beams fell full upon the
awakened man's face," "And you
are George Frederick Manning. I ar-
rest you for the wilful murder of Mr.
Patrick O'Connor!"
A 'hangdog, pitiful villain, .Manning
appeared, pale and teembling, in the
dock at the Old Ballea. Ms wife,
in a black satin dress, with a color-
ed abate' round her shoulders, and it
and made the leaves strong, firm
-
and green. 'Generally the natural
colors of flowers were enriched bY
the light, and plants which would
wither in a high temperature without
the light, with its aid flourished ex-
ceedingly. The electric light, Dr.
Siemens ' pointed out, would almost
save Rs cost in stove fuel . by the
heat it supplied and the quicker ma-
turing of plants, -mid it might be
used in the orchard to counteract
the effects of night frosts.
But banana leaves too near the
lamp were -scorelied by its rens.
Melons, cucumbers. strawberries,
mustard, carrots, beans, tulips, pe-
largoniurns, all matured under the
electric lamp long before the same
plants under daylight alone, Sub-
sequent investigations have shown
that a great deal of caution must be
used in the application of artificial
Every plant has its own way
of reepondieg to the stimulus.
For testa/ice, Professor I3ailey, at
Oprrtell 'University, arid the authori-
handsome white Ian) veil, was pale
-tees of the West Virginian Agricintur-
and calin--"a handsome tigress," as
al Station, have found that cann-
on() of the spectators described her.
eet was see who prompted the flowers will grow very tan, but have
crime! It was she 'Who need' the smaller heads, and radishes develop
sbot I It was she who brought nae extraordbiary profusion of "top" un-
der the influence of the lenip. But
as we do not prize the cauliflower her
its (nature, or the radish as a fol-
iage 'plant, these advent egos were
not worth Um cost of producing
to stand here! 1 esk your pity, told
that you will take, vengeance oh
her !"
Such, sbertly,.. , was the defence
Maneing matte by his counsel. The
eyes of the paleciark-haired woman
with the Iirm-set mouth beeide him.
ie tee dock fleshed as she lietened.
On her behalf Balleetlea made one
of the most eloquent Speeches , ever
hetircl at the Cid' 'Bailey. But whet
could avail her? What, could. avail
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See sl 0041 nolo, Hen , her , eves'
'and left lime wo (leen Inter Sim fferning before the judge en lie assume
called again, 'rho hnrs had xi et, ed 1110 ititt c k and, sdzing itI
heerc sold Mrs, Sin th wit% disci bunch 0 r (To WVI'S rY ing bOroni het' an
pointede rime 11 ho vv. all, elle showed the doeknedge, she }melee 11 ou 1. into
1116 great est 1110( 101 y 10 tenoyer the the body of 11 0. court,
0000 or paper on whieh she had -flaw, shameful elogiendk" 01)0
cried, "I aln 0 fOraign Cr ,* etel you
treat rne like a wild beast of the
forest!" ,
A few weeks later tkie two were
eir,ece Led. Ueda tinted to the I st
"I am Dot an expert in chiro-
graphy, but I bane at least made
enough of a study of handwriting to
tell wily it is often easy to detect
the forgery of a narcie, though even
the nian whose naane has been forged
man declare the haudwriting a. per-
fect replica of his own," Mr. Arnold
Keating. says.
"Of course, you know—everybody
knows, for that matter—that a man
or woman never %ernes his name
twice exactly in the same way. There
is always a slight difference, and
where two signatures of the same
name appear identically alike 'it is
safe to assume that one or both is a
forgery. But suppose the signature
has been forged but once, suppose the
handwriting of which it is an exact
copy has been destroyed or is not
obtainable, of what avail is the
comparative method then? The exact
comparison cannot be employed, but
other almost infallible comparisons
aro still available.
"When a child is taught how to
write at first its penmanship is sev-
erely stiff and cramped; then it bee
comes very much like that in the
copy book, but after this is discarded
the child's character begins to creep
into its handwriting. There are lit-
tle idiosyncrasies apparent that . are
not to be found in the enirogeaplasr
of other' cbildren, and. this manifesta-
tion of character in writing continues
to change it with development until
about the age of 25, when a person's
character is fixed; and the handwrit-
ing from that time on continues
about the same. The forger's copy
of the signature or writing will ap-
pear to be eitactly like that of the
man, but Mien examined under a
powerful microscope the tiny evidence
of cbara,cter that appear in every
loop and line will be found to be
largely missing, for the same charac-
ter 18 1101 behind the pen. It is in
the minute details that the forgery is
discovered.
"Then again, e man's mental con-
dition will impress itself upon his
writieg. 'If he is nervous, bubbling
over with joy or depressed, the fact
will be apparent to .the expert in
writing. If the alleged handwriting
doesn't show traces of the mental
condition the man was really in at
the time he was supposed to have
Written or signed a certaia letter, the
signature or the writing is a for-
gery. - These are some of the ways
by Which an expert detects even the
most successful forgery."
An Irishman was charged with a
petty offence. "J lave you anyone in
court who will vouch for your /mod
character?" queried the judge. "Yes,
sorr; there is the chief constable
yonder," answered Pat. The chief
constable was einazed. "Why, your
honor, I don't even know the man,n
protested he. "Now, sorr," broke
in Pat, "T have lived in the borough
for nearly twenty years, and if the
chief consteble doesen know me yet,
isn't that a charenter for yez?"
arid costumed It i th the gree t eet pos-
sible care, she stepped 'firmly to her
dem , iv h ile el aim frig t'a Itoect ly
equal 10 wtIlking to the crellows,
"A tigress! No other word des-
cribes hoe 80 fitly!" declared See-
jeant nalleethic, as he look the
glove hback Rom ine.—London A n -
heart. '
Inelit and Nut Coolciese-Oream One
cup ()Mutter and add gradually, one
and one-half cups of sugar end three
eggs well beaten; add (me, teaspoon-
ful soda dissolved I one and one,
half teaspoone hot water, and three
and ane -half cups of flour in which
has been sifted one-half teaspooe of
salt and one teaspoon cinnamon.
Then add ono cup chopped nut meats
(hickory or English walnuts), one-
half cup currants and one-half eup
raisins seeded and chopped. Drop
by spooefuls, one inch apart, on a
buttered pen and bake in a moderate
oven. Nine may be omitted.
Corn Crisps.—Pop some corn and
place in a large kettle, 13oil orie
cup of rnelasses, one cup of sugar
and half a cup of vinegar until it
crisps when dropped into cold water,
Pour this over two quarts of corn,
measured after ooppieg. Stir well
with a long handled, spoon. When
mixed pour into a shallow baking
Pan thet has been lined with waxed
paper. PrOSS it down firmly, lay a
piece of waxed Paper on top, and
over this a board, smaller than the
top of the pan, so it will lie upon
the mixture. On this place two or
three flatirons. The next day re-
move the weight, board and paper,
turn onto a clean board, remove
Paper from bottom and with a 'very
sharp knife cut into slices. nLay
thette to dry, then wrap in waxed
paper, Or pile as they are on a pret-
ty green plate'.
Eggs Stuffed with ,Sardines. --Have
ready twelve hard-boileh' eggs out in
two lengthwise and remove the yolks.
leem,ove the bones from twelve sar-
dines, rub to a paste and mix with
the finely mashed yolks. Season. to
taste with salt, paprika or cayemm
and lemon juice, and rub all through
a sieve. Eill the halves with this
mixture put together to look like
whole. eggs. Serve on lettuce leaves
with a spoonful of salad dressing as
a delicious appetizer, wrap in tissue
paper and use as a pleasing addition
to the picnic basket. Tile filling
may also be used for sandwiches. To
make deligtful cauapes spread the
tiling small thin rounds of fried
bread, in the centre put an English
walnut half or a round of sliced
pickle and encirclethe edge with the
finely chopped whites.
Fruit Salad.—Take one quart of
-
mixed fruit juice—red raspberry,
strawberry, clierry and pineapple.
Heat and stir hi two tablespoonfuls
of gelatine softened in two table -
Spoonfuls of cold water, sweeten to
suit, add one-half teaspoonful . of
mixed , spices—cinnamon, cloves,
mace; one tablespoonful vinegar;
pour into small cups lined with
pieces of blanched almonds ane chill
on ice. Unmould on plates, placing
lettuce leaves which are dressed with
Feench dressing, and two large cher-
ries at one side. -On top a teaspoon-
ful of whipped sweet cream; servo
this with nut wafers.
Stewed Irish Totatoes.—Peel and
cut eight potatoes into long thin
slices, and letthein simmer gently-.
for fleteen minutes in the following
gravy: Into e hot skillet put thine
ounces ef butter and stir into -it two
tablespoonfuls of flour, one -hall pint
of broth and two tablespoonfuls of
vinegar. Add salt and pepper to
taste., also a bay leaf.
Pineapple Filling For Layer Cake—
Fare a small pineapple, chop very
fine and sprinkle with sugar. Let
stand about four hours then drain
off the juice. MIS!: the whites of
two eggs to a very stiff froth with
one small cupful of sugar, and add
one cupful of the chopped pineapple.
Place between the layers of the cake.
For the !resting takeone half cupful
of the juice drained from the, pine-
apple and stir in one cupful of icing
sugar. .
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Fat her—' el ver,y much n f raid
that Millie will elope with that
young reecal," Mother—"I don't fat, in viui0h it few bits of 001011
think so, deo I reminded her last lb eve been brOWned
eveningthat girls Who eloped got solo white bree.d inveleable in
no wedding prestente, and I feel sure a tweet:hold where bonen cabbage is
moinowilatodoiemi vogotalle
m044,, will effeettfelly 4.1CIetren 4
treeee103nineenee ea far 45 the'
nootribil Chop lt14'
With' eltinntge (1,1101' 1tr4illiov, add on
tebleepooeful of bathe, pepper and;
tsi1t Iti Wine and ellew Che cabbage
10 atelin inicoVered a few moments(
lettere nerving, 11 you went to taste]
POW 00b go nt its best,
111AKE WINDOWS ATTinAcyrivE.
One woman'segeste that in plane
of a soap and water sliampop a dry
salt rub is a geed :ening for the hair
once in a while. `Loosen the hair,
then rub table salt thoroughly into
the roots. and brush it out again
carefully. The dust and dirt come
with it, just as they do when salt is
sprinkled over a carpet prior to
sweeping it. The effect of the salt
on the ecalp is described as not only,
highly cleaning, but ale() tonic.
Tomato salad is made of sliced to-
matoes, each of which has been sprin-
kled with a little paprika, salt and
just, a suspicion of powdered sugar.
Next comes a topclressing of minced
parsley. Lettuce leaves or sprigs
of green celery line the salad bowl,
and the sauce may be eitber a rich
mayonnaise or simple French dress -
DesliaPs there is nothing that adds,
ee littlett to the appearance of a 1.0Qnki
as Olean. Windowe and TATOU:y draper-
ies, and eheap eurtains that axe weln
laundered look ter better than fine
onesi that have become flimsy and full'
of (lest. The only way to keep the
curtains frorn becoming dusty is to
either cover them Well when the room
Is swept, or by lifting the bracket
from the poles and laying .the cur-
tains in another room. If jsour cur-
tains have become dusty, they can be
freshened considerably by taking
them out doors and shaking tbera
well; and if they nave become fiiinsy
they can be gone over with a soft
cloth dipped in thin starch water.
The earliest and best way to clean
the window glass is to wash with
ItIlarm water, to which a little kero-
sene oil has been added, and then,
without rinsing, rub dry with soft
cloths and polish with newspapeo
softened and eyeshotl in the hands le*
fore using. Another „method of mak-
ing the glass shining clean is to dust
with whiting, then rub it off with
a damp cloth and polish with cham-
ois leather.
Lace or muslin curtains should
never be put in with the general
wash, nor should they be rubbed on
tbe wash board, but they should be
put to soak over night in a light
suds and then in the morning be
washed through a strong pearline
sues prepared especially. for :them.
They, will need no boiling unieen they
have been allowed to become very
much' soiled.
When long curtains have become
partly worn they may be cut ;me ilia
best part used for sash curtains-.
Pretty and serviceable cur -Leine cant
()Rennie made from the best breadths'
of summer dresses.
To make the front of the house at,
tractive, the window shaded nhould
all be aline, the windows shining,
and the curtains clean. No matter,
how cheap the curtains may be,
they are always presentable if clean,
and it has been said that one can al-
most be sure of the housekeeping vir-
tues of the woman of the house by,)
the condition of her windows and)
curtains. Any woman ca,n mend her
shailes and leunder her curtains.
when she once learns how it should
be done.
BRITISH SHIPS SUPREME.
Sailing Vessels Being Displaned by,
Steamships.
rot cheese, or cottage cheese, as
it is often called is very much im-
proved by beingneeasoned with chives,
a species of slender onion -like sprouts
obtainable at almost any of the
market stalls especially those kept
by Germans. It need simply be
chopped or shredded up fine, and -then
nineed through 103' cheese with it
ver fork. Spread upon rye bread,
It makes a most appetizing sand -
Equal part of cream cheese and
clesicated cocoanut will he found a
more generally relished filling foe
cheese tartlets than where 'the
cheese alone is used. The white of
an egg is optional, but is considered
to improve the flavor. Nutmeg and
lemon juite meet be extrefully blend-
ed with the resat of the mixture to
avert cutelling.
Fried turnips should be boiled wi-
th almost soft enceigb to eat, Then
slice Arid set away to cool. In the
meantime, an egg or two should be
beanie up with sufficient cracker
crumbs to 101'111 it better; the turnips
to be dipped in this and fried in deep
that !nee nerds sank idece into her often a, part of the niece. , A email
England's remarkable position a •
the world's carrier has seldom per-
haps been more conspicuously illus-
trate than during the present Ruse
so -Japanese var. Nearly sill the
vessels stopped by the Russian priv-
ateers have been British.
Those who still love tkie Old sail- •
ing whip will regret to learn ilia -ft -the
progress of elimination is still liebig
steadily carried out. In just e4er
Marco years; Jibe gures of the -sailing
ships owned by the 'United Kingdom
have decreased from 1,894 vesse/s of
1,727,687 tons to 1,537 of 1292,132
tons. .
According to "Lloyd's Register of.
Shipping," 1904-5, 7,699 steamers ofi
13,999,218 tons and :I.,537 sailing
vessels of 1,392,132 tons are 'owned
by the -United Kingdom. If to .these
we add those belonging to the cols
onies-1,088 steamers of 1467,309
tons and 926 sailing vessels of 322,-
186 tons—we obtain a grand total,
of 8,787 steamers of 14,866,527,
tons and 2463 sailing vessens of 1,-
714,318 tons as the sum 'formation
of the British' Empire's /need -lent,
navy—a pretty large cake for Russi-
an privateers to nibble. Of the'ether
countries Germany comes next as
steamship owners.
F0BEIGNe6H1PPING.
Germany owns 1,483 steamers of,
2,891 869 toils .and is followed bvt
thci United:States with le2673 steain-
ers of el":4.49,,794, tons. Norway Ras,
in retent .years displanted France,
from third place as far as nuniber of
ships goes, and now aggregates 1,-
038 steamships with a tonnage of,
1,017,248. Frnece, however, has
Mao greater tonnage of 1,252,4574
with 755 steamships. Fifth in ten-.
nage is Spain, and in order after her,
come -Japan, Holland, Russia, Aus-
tria, Sweden, Dem -nark and Italy. Al
great advance has been made in re-
cent years by Austria, and she haa
n.oW gone from twelftei place to
ninth. Italy ha. ing fallen from sixth
to twelfth.
Tbe world's shipping totals are
18467 stenniers of 28,639,684 tons
end 10,823 sailing vessels of 6,156,-
505 tons. Of these, 9,787 steamers
of 14,800,527 tons and 2,403 sailing
vessels of 1,714,318 tons are British'
—if the colonies are included,
TIME IS MONEY.
Clerk—"I would like a small bit
crease in my salary, sir."
Merchant—"I don't see My way
clear to that, but I can do the same
thing in another way. You known
that time is money?"
"Yes, air."
"Well, hereafter- you can Work un-
til six, instead of leaving nt
Mrs. Yeungbride—''I've come to
complain of that flour nem sent man
lea,ker—"What was the matter witYS
it?" Mrs, Youngbride—"It woe
tough. I made some pastry with it,
and ,it was as ratich as iny husband
could do to cut it."
The lady was Making soree 3.0111ttl'
t11)01%t the kind of clothing Some ot
ladies at churcki had on. "The at,
est garnient a woman can wear,"
said her hnsband, '"is the mantle,
charity ",'' , Yes,' ' she ST11, e'df
"aed it is rtbout the onla (IMO,
judging by the fuss they make eve(
the bine that eoine husbands Want
Plea! in the pot nt, which that tastY, their wives to wear. '