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Things Made Made With Honey, and, if not kept too long, can be used
Honey Ice Cream.—Mix one quart
thin cream with three-quarters cupful
delicately flavored honey. Freeze.
Honey Mousse. --Beat four eggs
slightly and slowly pour over them one
cupful hot delicately flavored honey.
Cook until the mixture thickens. When
it is cool add one pint cream whipped.
Putthe mixture intoa mold, pack in ice
and salt and let it stand three or four
hours,
Honey Bran Cookies.—Mix one-half
eupful sugar, one-quarter teaspoonful
cinnamon, one-quarter teaspoonful
ginger and one-half teaspoonful soda
with three cupfuls bran one-half cup-
ful honey, one-half cupful milk and
one-half cupful melted butter. Drop
from a spoon on a buttered pan and
bake fifteen minutes.
Baked Honey Custard.—Beat five
eggs sufficiently to unite the yolks
and whites, but not enough to make
them foamy. Add four cupfuls scald-
ed milk, one-half cupful honey, one-
eighth teaspoonful powdered cinna-
mon and one-quarter tablespoonful
salt. Bake in cups or in a large pan
set in water in a moderate oven.
Orange Frosting for Honey Cake,—
Mix grated rind of one orange, one
teaspoonful lemon juice, one table-
spoonful orange juice and one egg yolk
together, and allow the mixture to
stand for an hour. Strain and add
confectioner's sugar until the frosting
is sufficiently thick to be spread on
the cake,
Honey Sponge Cake.—Mix one-half
cupful sugar and one-half cupful
honey and boil until the syrup will
spin a thread when dropped from a
spoon. Pour the syrup over the yolks
of four eggs which have been beaten
until light. Beat the mixtme until
cold; then add one cupful sifted flour
and cut and fold the beaten whites of
the eggs into the mixture. Bake for
forty or fifty minutes in a pan lined
with buttered paper in a slow oven.
Honey Pudding.—One-half cupful
honey, six ounces bread crumbs, one-
half cupful milk, one-half teaspoonful
ginger, two eggs, two tablespoonfuls
butter, rind of one-half lemon. Mix
the honey and the bread crumbs and
add the milk, seasonings and the yolks
of the eggs, Beat the mixture thor-
oughlyaand then add the butter and
the whites eif the eggs, well beaten.
Steam for about two hours in a pud-
ding mold which is not more than
three-quarters full.
Butter Honey Cake.—Rub together
one and a half cupfuls of honey and
one-half cupful butter; add the un-
beaten yolks of three eggs and beat
thoroughly. Add five cupfuls flour
sifted with two teaspoonfuls of ground
cinnamon and one-half teaspoonful
salt; one and a half teaspoonfuls
soda dissolved in one tablespoonful
orange -flower water. Beat the mix-
ture thoroughly and add the well -beat-
en whites of three eggs, Bake in
shallow tins and cover with frosting.
Salad Dressing.—Four egg yolks,
two tablespoonfuls of vinegar or lem-
on juice, two tablespoonfuls of butter,
two tablespoonfuls of honey, one tea-
spoonful of mustard, one teaspoonful
of salt, paprika to taste and one cup-
ful of imam. Heat the cream in a
double boiler. Beat the eggs and
add to them all the other ingredients
hut the cream, Pour the cream
slowly over the mixture, beating con-
stantly. Pour it into the double boil-
er and cook until it thickens or mix
all the ingredients but the cream and
cook in a dohble boiler until the mix-
ture thickens. As the dressing is
needed, combine this mixture with
whipped cream. This dressing is
particularly suitable for fruit salads.
'Preserving Eggs.
Recommendations for preserving
eggs by the water glass method.
Selecting Eggs.—The eggs should
be collected daily from clean nests
only, and from healthy flocks. It is
preferable to use infertile eggs and
thereby elimate the possibilities for
embryonic development and sub-
sequent bpoiling. In no case should
old, sunbaked, cracked or thin -shelled
eggs be used. Cracks are usually de-
tected by gently tapping the eggs or
candling them.
Container,—Generally, glazed earth-
enware jars, galvanized tubs or buck-
ets and wooden tuba or kegs are used.
In case of wooden receptacles it is
desirable to let them stand several
days full of water, then empty and
scald before using.
A gallon stone jar will hold 40
average eggs. Ono pint of water
glass syrup 'mixed with 10 pints of
Water will cover 120 eggs la a three
gallon stone jar.
Water,—Td ix the water glass with
Water that has been boiled. The mix-
ture should be kept covered at all,
theca in order to prevent evaporation.
When cold It is ready for use,
Water Glase.—Water glass can bo
patchased either in liquid or dry form,
Most drug atoree, however, carry in
stock only the !timid form,
Strength of Solution.—Different
oportions of water glass to water,
ave been succesefully used, bat the
gher strengths as for example; one
plat of water glass to 9 or 10 pints of
water have given better results,
Utes.—Egge preserved in water
glass can be need in plate of fresh
ones for frying, ecranibling, cooking)
for meringues, icinge, angel cake, etc.
A pin hole opening made on the blunt
end of the shell makes it possible to
boil the eggs without any danger of
their bursting,
Commercial Packing.—A, large
number of persons have packed eggs
in water glass successfully for com-
mercial purposes. They should be
labeled as water glass eggs when be-
ing offered for sale.—Agr. Exp. Sta-
tion, Washington.
With Oysters.
Oyster Cutlets.—Drain off the
liquor and wash the oysters well. Put
into a saucepan over the fire and heat
until the edges curl; take care to stir
all the time. Strain the liquor and
chop the oysters fine. Rub together
one tablespoonful of butter and one
rounded tableispoonful of flour for
every pint of chopped oysters. Add
the oysters and liquor and cook until
thick. Add the yolk of one egg beat-
en well. After taking from the fire,
stir in one teaspoonful salt, one of
minced parsley and the juice of one-
half lemon, Let all stand until cold.
Shape into cutlets, dip into egg, then
into breadcrumbs and fry into hot fat.
Deviled Oysters.—Wipe the oysters
dry and lay in a flat dish; cover with
o mixture of melted butter, cayenne
pepper and lemon juice. Let them
lie in this for ten minutes, turning
frequently. Take out, roll in cracker
crumbs, then in beaten egg, then in
cracker crumbs again, and fry in hot
lard and butter, half and half,
Creamed Oysterla.—Parboil one pint
of prepared oysters, that is oysters
freed from bits of shell and rinsed if
gritty. Drain and use the liquor with
enough cream to make one and one-
half cups in making a thick, white
sauce. Season with salt, pepper,
mace or nutmeg, add the oysters, us-
ing only the soft parts if large nnfi
serve them in fancy shells. Sprinkle
fine minced green pepper over the top
and serve hob. Serve each shell on
a fancy dolly laid on medium-sized
potatoes.
Household Hints.
A piece of alum kept in the silver
drawer will prevent the silver from
tarnishing.
To fasten lose handles in chests
of drawers apply some powdered alum
warmed in an iron spoon.
A tablespoonful of turpentine boil-
ed with clothes will greatly help to
whiten and disinfect them.
Put a few drops of ammonia on a
rag to rub finger marks from your
looging-glasses or windows.
The worn and greasy collars and
cuffs of a coat can be .cleaned with
benzine and an old clean brush.
Keep tin vessels free from rust by
placing them near the fire after they
have been washed and dryed.
To soften water in which flannels
are to be washed allow two table-
spoonfuls of glycerine to a tub of
water.
If silk handkerchiefs and ribbons
are washed in salt and ironed wet the
best results will be obtained.
To remove a rusty screw first ap-
ply a very hot iron to the head for a
short time, then use the screwdriver,
To render boots and shoes soft and
waterproof wash them once a month
with warm water and then rub in
castor oil.
Only freshly boiled water Should be
used for making hob beverages, and
only freshly drawn water for mak-
ing cold beverages.
Don't throw away old stockings.
Fold them and put them in a con-
venient place. They make good fill-
ings for holders.
Before ,pouring hot fruit in a glass
dish or jar, place the receptacle on a
cloth wet with cold water. This
prevents the glass from breaking.
Game should always, where possible,
be roasted in front of a clear fire. Its
flavor is then incomparably better
than when baked in an oven.
Oil from the sewing machine may
be removed from material by tacking
a piece of cotton wool on each side
of the stain. The cotton. will soon
absorb the oil.
For a good comfort lining when
making a comfort for baby's cradle
use soft, fleecy padding, the kind that
is under the linen cloths of a
dining table. It will prove most sat -
%factory.
A tasty breakfast dish is to take
a dozen herring, fillet and wash, and
then roll them, Place a small piece
of butter or dripping on each with
popper and a. touch of vinegar. Bake
slowly for half an hour,
To prevent the juice of pies from
running over, spread a thin aim of
butter around the under crust ab the
edge before putting on the top cruet,
Tho juice will not escape, and the
flavor of the pie will be improved.
A simple dessert is made by grating
apples into a mixture of white of egg
ancl powdered sugar. Then drop by
tublespoonfuls into a largo dish part-
ly filled with plain cream and dot with
candied cherries,
A good earth for tInwere ran he
obtained by malting into a paste with
water about, cue wineglassful of fine-
ly -powdered whiting and one-quarter
of a pound of ordinary soap, shredded.
Apply with a piece of flennel, polish
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Rounding Up Slackers at an English Race Track.
.A. military "round -up" of raoogoers at Newmarket, England, An of-
ficer, and special constable are shown examining a man's papers on the
course,
with a dry cloth and powdered whit-
ing,
If you intend leaving home for a
few days and wish to keep your palms
and other plants well watered during
your absence set in a tub and get as
many bricks as you have pots to place
in the tub. Cover the bricks with
water, and the plants placed on them
will draw all the moisture they re-
quire.
Every housewife knows the value of
kerosene at housecleaning time, and
every other time that there is clean-
ing to be done. It chases ants, too.
Saturate a cloth with kerosene and
leave it near the ant hills. They soon
disappear. For cleaning painted
and varnished floors, bathtubs and
marble wash stands it is unsurpassed.
For tubs and marble, apply with a
woolen cloth, then wash with soap and
water. For woodwork and walls use
clean cloths, changing as soon as they
get soiled. Afew drops in the wa-
ter when washing windows and mir-
rors will give them a beautiful polish.
QUEEN MARIE'S HOBBY.
She Has a Collection of Some 8,000
Scent Bottles.
The Queen of Rumania is a daugh-
ter of the late Duke of Edinburgh, fa-
vorite niece of King Edward, and a
first cousin to King George, and it is
only natural that her sympathies are
with the English. As a child, Queen
Marie was the pet of Queen Victoria,
who had her portrait painted by Mil-
lais when she was about aye or six.
Queen Marie introduced a distinct-
ly English tone into .court circles
when she arrived in Bucharest as
Crown Princess, and so strong has I
been her influence in the Rumanian
capital that English is now practical-
ly the language of the aristocracy.
It has become almost a proverb in
Bucharest that it is only the "women
who wear kerchiefs"—that is, the
laboring classes—who cannot speak
English.
There is a story told of Princess
Ileana, the third and seven-year-old
daughter of Queen Marie and King
Ferdinand, which illustrates the feel-
ing of the Rumanian Royal Family.
When teased by a foreign diplomat
about her nationality, the little girl
replied with dignity: "I am a little
Rumanian, a little German, but most-
ly English."
Queen Marie, by the way, has a
queer hobby. It is the collection of
scent bottles, and she now has some
8,000. I hear, too, that she is head
of the Society of Goddesses of Ru-
mania, not because of her beauty,
which is remarkable, but because she
has promised to play fairy godmother
to at least one poor child. The 50 -
Clay, I understand, has done much
good work in this fanciful way.
CAVALRY NOW PLAYING l'ART.
Older Army Mounts Take No Notice
of Shells.
Although opportunities for cavalry
work in the western area of war have
been few and little has been recorded
about the doings of the indispensable
horses, they are, according to an of-
ficer who has had a good deal of ex-
perience with the mounts of the allied
armies, playing a much greater part
in the war than people imagine, espe-
cially when voad traction is almost an
'impossibility.
Ho relates one curious fact — that
many of the horses sent out from
England take a very. long time to get
used to the altered vide of the read,
which on the Continent is "keep to the
right," and will persist in carrying
their riders, almost unconsciously, to
the ioft side of the road, in -accord-
ance with the English custom to
which they have been trained,
While the newer hones are alarm-
ed by the eholle, the older army
mounts take no notice of them, having
been apecially trained to face loud
explosions' and the like; This officer
said one of his horses marely tteed to
wink when a shell banal (1 • ai ina
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
OCTOBER 29.
Lesson V.—The Voyage—Acts 27.
1-38. Golden Text.—
Psa. 37. 5.
Verse 13. Their purpose—To reach
Phoenix (verse 12). There is a har-
bor still called Phineke, which does
"look southwest and northwest '—for
this, it must be admitted, is the only
possible rendering there. Ib is just
at the back of Lutro, which has usu-
ally been identified with Phcenix, and
has produced the strained interpreta-
tion in the Revised Version (see mar-
gin).
14. Down from it—From Mount Ida
in Crete. Tempestuous—The original
is the word from which we get our
typhoon, The wind thab sweeps down
from Ida is described as coming "in
heavy squalls and eddies.' Called
Euraquilo—A combination of Eurus—
east, and aquilo—northeast; it came,
accordingly, from east-northeast.
The called suggests that Luke repeats
the seaman's term; compare Kings-
ley's ode, "Welcome, wild northeast-
er!" .
15. Face the wind—She would have
had to run northward and then some-
what eastward to make Phineka; and
in such a gale it was impossible to
run so near the wind.
16. Under the lee—So as to get shel-
ter enough for these necessary pre-
cautions. Cauda—Still called Gelid°.
We were able—The we implies that
Luke lent a hand in a job which any
willing 'landlubber" could tackle. In
the next verse we have operations that
demanded the skill of sailors. Pre-
sumably all of them joined in pulling
the rope by which she was, trailing,
and as she was, of course, water-log-
ged, it took some pulling! The word
with difficulty is Luke's reminiscence
of the effort,
17. Undergirding—Passing thick
cables under the keel and fastening
them tightly on deck amidships, to
prevenb the timbers' starting with the
tremendous strain of the mast. This
operation, technically known as frap-
ping, is natufally unfiuniliar in our
time, when shipbuilders have learned
how to forestall such dangers, Syrtis
—The . dangerous sandbank to the
southwest. The gear—Almost cer-
tainly the mainsail, leaving one or
two small sails set to keep the ship
steady. It seems that the ship was
turned as near the wind as possible;
and while pointing nearly north, she
thus drifted a little north of west.
This is exactly the direction of Malta.
Furniture (margin)—The word is
gerieral; they collected all the equip-
ment thab could possibly be spared
and pitched it over. The addition of
with their own hands is intended to I
suggest what a desperate sacrifice
it was,
20, In the absence of sun and stars
they could, of course, have no know-
ledge where they were drifting. Tak-
en away—Moro exactly, "was being
stripped off"; one hope after another
vanishes.
21. Without food—Not absolutely;
the word describes "loss of appetite"
in the medical literature with which
Luke has so much in common. Paul
stood forth—Commentators well coin -
pare the splendid ode in which Horace
describes the "just man, unshakable,"
who remains unmoved amid the
sboams of "restless Hadrea." It does
not seem that the despairing men ac-
cepted Peas comfort yet. The turn-
ing pond apparently comes after verso
20, where, 'wing exhausted all pos.
eible action, the men take to prayer;
see margin, and note on Acts 26. 29
(October 2a). It is at least sugges-
tive that at that point Paul virtually
takes command, They "prayed for
the day," which no prayer would Mist -
en, and God instead sent Omni 1, man
with his wit' about hint. 'Have got-
-LitarallY, gained, The word has
irony in it -it was the "gain" of a
•
OULTRY
The Story of Spring Suspension.
There is not a farmer in the coun-
try who is not familiar with the effect I
that ruts, bumps, and uneven spots
have alien a buggy or wagon that is
being driven over the average coun-
try road, and so it seems unnecessary
for us to state that when hard -tired,
horse -driven vehicles strike any ob-
stacle, the force of the concussion is
taken up immediately, when the rig
has come out of or over any place not
perfectly level, bhe entire effect is
past and gone. This is not true,
however, of automobiles, for their
springs are built in compensation with
Pneumatic tires in order that the jolt
may not be communicated at once, but
rather spread over an appreciable dis-
tance. Before going any farther, it
might be well to state that many un-
comfortable jars have been given the
passengers of an automobile by not
pondering upon this. We must re-
member that a motor ear deals and re-
ceives a far greater blow. We must
bear in mind that a machine twice as
heavy as a carriage and travelling
twice as fast, strikes an object or de-
pression with four times as much pow-
er and destruction. If you should
drive your motor fifty miles an hour,
or five times as fast as trotting a
horse, the jolt, you can expect bo re-
ceive, upon hitting any obstacle, will
be twenty-five times as hard as one
obtained by an old-style vehicle. This
ratio, of course, is reduced when we
consider that the pneumatic tires bring
a large measure of ease, and that the
different types of springs tend to re-
duce forward and side action termend-
ously. Manufacturers have a num-
ber of points brought before them in
determining just what springs should
I be placed upon their cars. It can be
l safely stated that very flexible, easy-
! moving springs take small obstruc-
tions easily, and large ones without a
great deal of trouble. Rurthermore,
it is also an established fact that the
subdivision makes it possible to ab-
sorb the uneveness of the road by
spreading the back action over more
space than is possible by employing
solid material. A very popular cheap
car employs a cross spring, which,
while not as efficient as it might be,
it still durable and gives fairly sat-
!
isfact'ory service, Other types are
still full elliptic, three-quarter elliptic I
and semi-elliptis. Of the last three
mentioned the first and second are I
doubtless easier upon the passengers,1
but the third has advantages in the:
matter of installation which seem to
compensate for any loss of comfort. It
can be stated in favor of the elliptic
type that it takes far less space along
the side of the frame and gives easier'
starting and stopping facilities. The'
advocates of the semi -elliptic arrange-
ment maintain that their situation
and clips on the axle are so arranged
that the spring leaves aro not twisted,
and only one of the two wheels of a
pair is projected upward, ,
Must Carry Weight.
There is a new type of suspension
Shat seems to be meeting with a great•
deal of favor. It has been named
cantilever, The idea is to combine
a number of leaves of different
lengthThe preference seems to
be for thick leaves, but there are car
models with thin ones. Back of this
construction is an idea producing
great flexibility. Garage men will
tell you that cantilever takes up a
jolt and instead of communicating it
immediately to those riding in the ear,
spreads the impact a long distance.
Front springs are uniformly short-
er and stiffer than rear springs, be-
cause for saftey. Then, too. a car
sential for safety. Then, too, a car
body must be prevented from pitch-
ing forward disagreeably when a
short stop is made or upon striking
the base of a hill. In little road-
sters, of certain types, you will find
it an advantage to carry a hag of
sand or a piece of heavy material
under the deck at the rear, at times
when you are using your car alone. If
three passengers are riding, the ac-
tion of the springs will be as com-
fortable as the manufacturer intend -1
ed, with seven -passenger ears, and,
in some cases, with five -passenger
types, shock absorbers can be ern-
ployed successfully. Where only the
front seat is being used on a long
journey some owners have found it
wise to employ straps, Let us close
this article by stating that care with
maximum riding qualities are those
possessing the most harmonious re-
lations between springs and tires. If
the former are very flexible, the lat-
ter can be inflated harder and will
last longer, but if the springs are stiff
and rather unyielding, less air should
be used, although by following this
your milage for the casing may be
somewhat reduced. You should re -
1 member that each spring works co-
' operatively with the other three, and
that when they are in complete uni-
son the best results are being achiev-
ed. See that the body of your auto-
! mobile is perfectly level under all con-
ditions, because if one corner shows a
tendency to sag you cannot provide
yourself and your guests with that
measure of ease which is so much de-
sired. Constant inspection of the
springs should be made in order that
the least crack or break in any one
of the leaves may be immediately re-
medied. You may give your car a
heavy impact to -day and fracture one
of the leaves without immediately
noticing. any inconvenience, but sooner
or later this weakness will communi-
cate itself to the balance of the spring,
and you may find infinite trouble in
reaching a destination, Always look
well at the clips, for looseness fre-
quently results in accidents of a minor
nature.—Auto in The Farmer's Advo-
cate.
minus quantity. Injury—A, word
often denoting a criminal assault 071
the person, a combination of insult
and injury.
22. And now—Emphatic: he recalls
his previous neglected counsel, which
events had justified, only to induce
them to listen now.
23. An angel—To the pagans whom
Paul was addressing the word would
simply mean a messenger. The God
—Note Paul's delicate consideration
for the men's religious susceptibilities.
Another day he would plead• for his
God as the one God; now it is enough
to identify him as the God to whom
Ms own life and service were given
The order of the Greek is "of the God
whose I am . . . a messenger."
The whole stress is laid on the God;
the messenger is nothing.
24. Fear not—The form of the
Greek implies that even Paul's stout
spirit was not untouched by the fear-
ful peril. He had "spent a night and
a day in the deep," and he was not a
phlegmatic fool who can despise dang-
er. Must—The little word thab de-
termined all Paul's action is to de-
termine his human destiny, Granted
thee—God did not alter his will as to
the life or death of these two hundred
and seventy-six men because Paul ask-
ed him for their life as a "favor" to
himself His prayer was an "in -
wrought supplication" (so read James
5, 16), the unconscious reaction of the
divine upon the human spirit, which
is the very essence of the truest pray-
er, What, then, did Paul's prayer
do? Why, it was God's instrument
in achieving his purpose to save them.
Had not the centurion and the soldiers
cut away that hardly recovered boat
(verse 81) at Paul's instance, they
would not have been saved after all,
God saved them by the ascendancy
which that man won over aia
ship-
nustes—and his prayer won it.
25, I believe God --And therefore
"am of good cheer," exactly as in
Acts 16. 84. They needed a further
end stronger appeal before they
could follow his example (verse 86),
26, A certain island—Quite hide.
finite; the mime of Melita was Ito part
of the revelation,
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it the club uho knows Mai, to pro-
nounee the nameof 111.1' Ruaiane and
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FIRST PROHIBITION ACT.
Put Into Force in England by King
Edgar.
The first prohibitive measure in
Britain was that of the Saxon King
Edgar, who nearly a thousand years
ago, on the advice of Dunstan, put
down many alehouses, only allowing
one to exist in any village or small
town, and at the same time limiting
• the draughts of the drinkers, The
common drinking cup of that day
held about two quarts, and Edgar
had eight pegs placed at stated dis-
tances in each cup, heavy penalties
being imposed on those who drank
from one peg to another at each time.
Neither the working nor the result of
the Act encouraged Edgar's success-
ors to further action, and the next
prohibitive legislation on the sale of
liquor is due to Henry VII., who, by
an Act against vagabonds and beg-
gars in the year 1495, gave power to
any two justices of the peace to stop
the common selling of strong ale in
towns and any other places they
thought necessary.
Blind Watchmakers.
Blind people—thoae who have been
born blind --tire, as is well known, ex-
ceedingly clever with their fingers,
but it is not often we hear of a tvatch-
maker who was born blind, and yet
there have been instances of the kind.
A famous blind watch -maker lived at
Holbench, in Lincolnshire, England.
His tame was Rippin, and though
completely blind he could take to
Pieces and put together again Watches
of the most delicate constructioa with
the greatest ease apd in quicker time
than most watchmakers who have the
advahtage of good eyesight.
Crude Musical Sense,
"That boy of yours is constantly
Whistling,"
"'Yes. He carries a tune much bet -
tet than his faster, who is learning
to play the piano, and doeerit cost, me
a cent for lessons,'
In weather the wind mutiny fel-
lows the sun—that is, it blows front
the east in the morning, and front the
west in the evening.
Poul try Ta 1 k.
Plan to save the butchering refuse
and feed it to the hens, All the feet,
ears, snouts and boniest pieces of
head, and unused scraps may be saved,
then after lard is rendered dump all
in the iron kettle, cover with water,
cook until tender, adding a little salt
to keep it sweet, This will keep until
the contents of the stomach have been
used. The pieces may be lifted to a
trough, allowing the hens to pick at
the meat, or the meat may be mixed
with bran and fed as a mash. All
the liquor in which this meat was
cooked should be thickened with bran
and shorts, then fed as a mash,
Save the blood and thicken with
bran until it is crumbly. The waste,
thus used, will greatly promote egg
laying. A few cracklings are not ob-
jectionable when fed during cold
weather. They may be placed on
clean boards, pans or troughs allow-
ing the hens to help themselves, or
soaked in boiling water until setae -
what soft, then thicken with bran.
All this is good for the hen's health
and extra good for the egg basket.
Save all table scraps, have a kettle in
which to put them until there will be
a portion for each hen, add milk until
soft, not sloppy, stir well and feed
warm.
All the vegetable parings should be
saved, cooked tender, thickened with
part meal and part bran and fed
warm. Dry feeding is my hobby, but
one must make exceptions in order to
get all the good from such valuable
egg food as the above. When all the
kitchen waste is so used, the saving
French will have no room to crow over
us.
The Moulting. Season.
The fall of the year is the natural
moulting season. A hen s ability as
a winter egg producer depends large-
ly on how she passes this moulting
period,
While the moulting period can be
forced and shortened by the use of
stimulants, it is usually best to allow
it to take its natural course. As a
general rule the hens that moult late
and quick are the highest producers
and the early moulter is seldom a win-
ter layer.
To grow a new set of feather is a
severe drain on the birds, and the na-
ture of the feed at this time is of the
utmost. importance. The common
grains such as wheat, corn and oats,
fed in sufficient quantities will keep
the fowl warm and maintain the body
weight, but these grains alone are not
enough. The fowls need some real
feather making food, rich in portein
and mineral.
A mash composed of equal parts by
weight of wheat, bran, ground oats or
barley, shorts and meat scrap will
make a very good supplement to the
grain ration. The addition of one
half part each of oil meal and sunflow-
er seed to this mash will give the new
coat of feathers a very sleek appear-
ance.
Use Fine Wire to Cover Windows.
When making wire frames for a
poultry house, it is better to make
them of the inch mesh netting than
the two-inch kind. This will prevent
the sparrows from getting in and eat-
ing the food that is thrown on the
floor for the chickens. It is said that
the sparrows bring lice with them,
and if so, they have no place in the
chicken house. Some fanciers have
their runways entirely covered with
this kind of wire so that the sparrows
cannot get into the runways at all.
FORCED TO LISTEN TO BAND.
The Baker of Lille Sent to /ail When
He Covered His Ears.
The Prussian police regime in Lille,
Belgium, is ruthlessly enforced. The
following amazing episode is circum-
stantially vouched for, A bake in
one of the main streets of the city
was standing in front of his shop
when a German military band passed.
In order that "Deutschland, Deutsch-
land tiler Atlas" might not offend
his ears, he put his hands over them.
Instantly a policeman pounced upon
him, demanding to know the meaning
of this "insult."
The baker stammered that he suf-
fered from earache. Unimpressed by
this explanation the policeman drag-
ged him to gaol, where he was kept
for two clays as a punishment. Some
time afterwards the same policeman
again observed the same baker "do-
tnonstrating" when the band passed.
This time the baker stood absolutely
motionless and silent, "What about
that eerache?" marled the policeman,
and while the baker was expoatulat-
ing that ho had done "absolutely
nothing," he Was once more hauled
off and forthwith sentenced to six
Weeks' imprisonment,
Eaannas' Colds,
You have probably lupl many a ba -
Mum that has bon covered with
brown spots and streaks of brown and
is very "squeshy" inside, Mast peo-
ple think that Such a banana is mere-
ly overqlpo, Acip a matter of fatt,
that particular tuft IlaS caught a bad
cold, Any snoben change of heat, a
musk of cold nit, or n dratiglit, makes
the fruit spotted, And it quickly be-
comes sodden and. ulmatable,