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Exeter Advocate, 1906-3-29, Page 6CURRENT TOPICS Tinee-honored custom, crystallized In. to the soeial code ot xxxost Civilized and barbaric) lands, limits tne privilege at making proposals of marriage to the male sex alone. It is a custom sane* tled by the practim of ages and so stereo- typed •that most people accept it as a matter of eourse. There seems to he in the social mind a sort of oonsciousness that this is a thing grounded either in human, nature or wowing out of moral necessity. But a. brief examination will suffice to show that this is not the case. The great doctrine of evolution, willeh now hos fought its way so far as to be generally accepted as a demonstrated conolusion and an established fact, ex- plains the development of organisms on the principle' of seleetion. And not the least important of the elements that make up what is called natural selection is the free operation of those mutual affi- nities which draw together individuals of opposite sexes. In the animal world there is the utmost freedom of mutual selection. This freedom, it has been shown, conduces to the highest interest of the type, for it begets the fullest and most harmornous relation between the individuals• thus brought together and transmits , to their progeny, through heredity, a blending of those constituent characteristics of the progenitors which are best calculated to prockete higher organisms. Here in the animal and plant world there is no cheek on natural selection. Animals and plants are constrained by no artificial notion of propriety—no subjection of one sex to the other—no prudish and finical conventions—no fear of social ostracism. The moral and tie natural are not warped and shrivelled by the conventional. When man passed from the nonhuman stage in his upward struggle, female slavery became an in- cident of his development. As the race passes from the barbaric to the oivilized stage this incident of subjection is gra- dually dropped; and the movement to- ward the "ever elusive perfeetibility" marked by the emancipation of woman. We have travelled but a little way on this road, and there yet survives, im- inured in custom, muck of the primitive.. Our hereditary ideas of social propri- ety are calculated to crash all true senti- ment out of the gentler sex—to make woman regard herselt .as a thing in the market rather than a free entity en- dowed with andividuality and respon- sibility. The average woman must se - let a life companion from a very small eirele—must choose from among two or three suitors, Or else seek consolation and companionship in the society of Maltese eats. am••••••••4 To man it is given to go forth and seek a mate. He may bait his hook for arty of the uncaught fish in the brook. He may rove at will among the shrines and seek out tho one who seems to hire ete moat titling goddess for his incense. Of course she may reject him, or give him only a sister's affection, or merely per- mit him to sit on the fence and watch her while she goes to marry another ; but he at least has the privilege of pleading his cause and of employing all the arts of wooing in his behalf. To woman this is denied. She must wait to be wooed. If elm meets her ideal, if the god of her idolatry whom she has seen in golden day dreams le made real in a mortal who walks the earth; if the man who could fill her life with love's sweet melody comes from those visions iiTt the clouds es the avatar ,tif an .entranced ,soul's Longing, she- must stand apart, must not betray by word or act the de *retie passion that consumes her heart. He drifts out of her life, and so may all wbo have the rare gift of touching the responsive chord. The custom that denies to woman the oppertunity to seek a mate is founded on no (MIMI basis. It is absurd in prin. ciple and vicious in its results. There is only need of a clear perception that this - convention has no secure foundation to inaugurate reform. The pathway of history is strewn with the shattered wrecks of beliefs and customs once held to be heaven born. Education of eve - man, woman's writing of books, wo. enates speaking before public audiences woman'e participating in public affairs— all these have been held by the social mind as SOCial sins, and it haa been 'within the last century that a change has been. wrought, Is there any reason to believe that other cluthges will not come through the stone processes? .....••••••••-b• TIIE I.IGfff A.)1111TION True Happiness in Riches of Heart, Not in •Gold And the Lord said unto Aaron; fa their land shalt thou have no inheri- tance, and no portion shalt thou have among them. I an thy portion and thy inheritance among the children ot Israel.—Numbers „xviii, 20. Signs, emblems, symbols, examples, illustrations and, Matures are •the best, the most effective Means of instruction. The ardent biblical prophets reeeived and delivered divine messages by signs and syinbols. The power the influence of religious instruction by signs and symbols, is unspeakably great. The klea •of imparting religious les- sons by signs and symbols was first oonceived by the Prophet Moses, 110 was unquestionably the most praolical • pedagogue that the world has ever pro- duced. He undertook to educate reli- giously 600,000 ignorant slaves without LI e assistance of teachers and without the aid of text -books, but merely by signs and symbols. He also appointed his brother as high priest, who, by his mode of living and by his apparel, should serve Ws people as a model and living example. Hie white linen garments should teach them a lesson of purity, cleanliness and neat- ness. His mode of living, again, should enable them to ATTAIN TRUE HAPPINESS. e'In their land shalt thou have no in- heritance," etc. "I am thy portion and thy inheritance," Me From these words we plainly see that theettigh priest was strictly prohibited from owning any property, from possessing earthly goods. It seems to me that in our present day and more especially in this oountry, an office like that of the high priest of old could not so easily bo filled because it would debar its incumbent from the ac- quisition of riches. In this country it is generally conceded that a life without ambition to be wealthy is not worth living. But in order fully to appreciate the wisdom contained in our text we must ascertain the mean- ing of the word realms as understood by Ilia great men of all ages, In Goannon parlance, the term riches expresses an abuadanco of valuable properties and a large bank account, . The lack of all, these is called poverty. In the estimation of the great men of the biblical and post -biblical history riches consisted in spiritual treasures, in. the possession of a fertile imagina- tion, a clean conscience, a pure mind, a noble character and a heart overflowing with righteousness. These heaven -born qualities are productive of true haler+ ness; with thern the poorest man is rich', without them THE RICHEST MAN IS POOR. Hence the Lord said to the high .prieat nt in the words of our text, "I athy por- tion and thy inherinume," These words suggested to Aaron that godliness, holi- ness and idealism are superior to alt earthly possessions. King Midas, who was so happy and overjoyed in the. realization. of his wish to see everything he touched, trans- formed into gold,and whose happiness soon was marred when discoveteng also that the food wheen he would eat, and water and wine which lee would drink turned to lumps of gold, rnay-tbe looltee upon as a prototype of innumerable in- dividuals who in their greed for riches render their lives unhappy and miser- able. In vain, therefore, may we ask for true happiness in the mansions of mil- lionaires, itt the palaces of. kings and sovereigns. • There is, however, in the human body a little organ, the size of an orange, which everyone Wears in his bosom. mean the heart—wherein true happiness sometimes dwells. If the heart is faith- ful, devotional, God -loving; if the heart is free from selfishness, envy, jealousy and discontent, then it becomes an abode of true happiness. 3. FALK VIDAVER. THE SUNDAY SCIIOOL V - INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 1. Lesson I. The Two Foundations. ' Golden Text, lames 1. 22e EXPLANATION. 15. "False prophets"—Religious teach- ers false at heart and deceitful. "In sheep's clothing"—teccomplished hypo- crites wearing the appearance of guile- lessness and truth, while in reality seek- ing the destruction of those whose con- fidence they endeavor to win. Such in- deed are ravening wolves. 16. "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" --Note the cogency of the argument throughout this pas- sage, verses 15, 16, 17, 18, and 20. , 17. "Corrupt tree"—Decayed, dwarfed, '�r otherwise imperfect. "Evil fruit"— Imperfect fruit. • 19. "Is hewn down"—Orientals even to -clay value trees only as they bear fruit. 21. "Saith unto rne, Lord, Lord"— Verbally confesses nay name or goes through the outward formalities of worship. "Doeth the will" —Obeys, Wes a life in harmony with the recognized will of God. V. "Have we not prophesied?"—To prophesy here means to reveal truth, hence to preach or teach the truth. ft does 'not necessarily mean a revealing in advance or foretelling. 23 "I never knew you"—I never -re- cognized you. as .rny disciples. ,• -24. 'Thee -fore whtisoe-ver heaxeth theseseethe, es of mune., ante tateatisthem" —Both classes, the doers- and those who fail to do, hear the Word, and in so • far 'are alike. In like. manna' tha Iwo houses mentioned later have exter- nally the same appearance. The test lies not in the hearing,' but in the •man- ner of hearing, and in the application of that which has been heard in daily life. "A Pei rock"—The use of the de- finite article before rock indicates that the reference is to the general substrata of rock which lies underneath the sana on the surtace, and not to "a rock"' apart by itself. 26. "On the sand"—Without going to trouble of digging down under the sur- face to find a solid foundation. 29. "Having authority"--Himselt a lawgiver, his word of teaching, was not merely an expansion or amplification of the old law, nor yet simply an inter- pretation of such amplification made by any particular rabbi. "The scribM"— Sopherim. A Mass of literary men ori- ginating in the time of Ezra, who busied themselves with copying and teaching the sacred Scriptures. . QUESTIONS ON THE LESSON. To what portion of the Sermon on the Mount does our le.sson. belong? What is the theme of the sermen as a whole? Give its principal divisions at thought. Show the conneetion between this pas- sage and the portion preneding. Is the fruitage of a man's life always aoorrect indication of his charaMete Explain the intended teaching of meth of the two parables (v. 2420. Much of the blight on the meal body arises from commational social reetraint. In the weren't relation there is much bad mating because there ie so little free- dom of choice, Toe many 'marry for revenue only—too many merely for pro - Velem, There le little true' reciprocity. It is time to throw off the gyves of the prate: end walk into the mica air, Itut . as reform the calendar and put 100 letter: years Itilo ery century: 1'em Twaddlese—"Why aro you spank - hag Tourney?" Ma Twedleseteete needs leseon, and I'm impressing it on his ffieL" Pa letiaddleene"Well, you've got ;o queer:ides es to where. the Ian nand ee, se:naiad." and four more have taken up their abode in the house." In the cattle camps the mice proved an incessant worry. No matter where the pack bags were hung mice foued their way into them and riddled the bags. If stoppers were carelessly left out of the oanteeos at night, manta mice would no poured into the quart pots, in the morn- ing. At the homestead they took pos- session of almost everything. Annight the men retired to bed reluctantly, know- ing that the pest would accornpany than and would race up and doven inside blan- kets. •• They would knaw the ears a the sleepers, tug their hair, and use the nose as an obstacle over which to practice high jumping. Three hundred mice were poisoned in the kitchen at one sta- tion in a night, and within a few days the plague had been reduced to the ex- tent of 2,000. The mice, however, had their own way until a little grey visitor, which proved a skilled mouse catcher, put in an ap pearance. So thoroughly did he do his work that it would be difficult to fine a mouse at Goyder's Lagoon at present. Tee little animal, which is approximate- ly 9 inches from the point of the nose to the tip of the tail, stands 2ee inches in height, has an extremely sharp nose, a somewhat foxlike shaped head, and large, luminous black eyes. The tail is probably the most remark- able oharactertic of the animal, being 4 inches long. The tail for 2 inches is round and covered with gray fur, while the remaining 2 inches is quite flat aril jet black, resembling a jeather. It was- te stranger in 'these parts; no European spoken to having seen it before, but the elderly aborigines appear to be acquaint- ed with it, and call it Modockoora. It. belongs to the marsupial family, and the number of the young the fentale carries in Iter pouch varies- front two to five. -- - „ THE TEACHER'S RING. , Wore It In School Room and Ordered to Take It Oft. • The London Daily Mail asks an inteie esting question: Is the wearing of an en- gagement ring a sufficiently grave of- fence to warrant the dismissal of a pu- pil teacher?' The focal Educatien Com- mittee of Rotherham, near Sheffield, England, apears to think so. Miss Mabel Turner, an attractive- girl of eighteen, has for some time past been receiving instruction at the local Pupil Teachers' Centre. With the consent of her parents, she became engaged cn January 18 and attended class wearing her engagement ring. The next day she was called up by the headmistress, Miss liodge, an.d ordered to take off the ring. "I naturally protested," said Miss Turner. "As she insisted, I consulted my parents, wile upheld me. On Jan- uary 24 I was sent for by Mr. Howarth, the prinelpal of the teaching centre, and told that as 1 had disobeyed the orders cf the headmistress I must remain at home until the matter is settled. "Tho next step was to sumtnon my fa- ther and myself to a committee meet- ing, where he was not allowed to speak in my defence. 1 evaa then told hy thre Chairman of the °carmine() that I must apologize." • Her parents refueed to allow her tenpologize. Although the local officials dentine to give their view until • the matter has been considered by the central educa- tion authority, the principal of the centre 'said that, as, a considerable sem ef money is spent in training young teach- ers, pupils 'should not be allowed to flaunt engagement rings when nominal- ly studying for a scholastic career,' In 'London seta:tots the marriage of a pima teacher terminates her egreeMent. But While an engagoinent is disemunten- anced on the ground ot the youth of the pupil teachers and the fact that It is likely to cause them to abandon their profession after having received a sten cial training at tile public expetise, a teacher would riot be dismissed or is pended for that reason alone. Several London pupti, teaehete. aro at this nue Walt wearing cegagernent rings, • AUSTRALIAN MOUSE KILLEIL fettle Animal That Put ale End to the Plague in Queensland. A eorrespondent of the Advertiser, writing from Goyder's Lagoon, states that be was warned of the Approaching visit of a plague of Mice by the rnaniiger of Anandable station, ono of M. Kid. mares eattleaatteriing &pets, who wrote es follOwse-e"A wave of inlet, ie passing Imre in countless numbers, heading south in your directiop. Sleeken are hard :upon their ',Incke. liavo already. killed nine SitakeS ebbed the prentises TUE STORY OF NICKEL EARLE EFFORTS OF TRU CANADIAN COP14411 Two Great Problems, and llow Tatty Were Solved --- How to Seperate and Vse tlie Nickel. ; II. The Canadtan Copper Co. began min- ing in the fall of 1886 'at Copper Cliff. The ore was shipped to New,York for e while and was purchased there by the Orford Copper Co. of Constuble Hook, The Orton), Copper Co. Lound that the analyses of these ores made by their chemists did not agree, =Tit wits while seeking to account for this disagree- ment that the discovery was made that the ores con.tained a large percentage et nickel.,In emelting ter the copper this nickel ad been allowed to pass out with the slag. So it was Unit the sleg, the refuse from whieli the copper had been extracted, was actually mere valu- able than the ore itself had been preve cusly accounted, This was a eaoneen- us discovery, But two problems were still awaiting solution. 'First, how to separate the, nickel; second, how 10 turn it to commercial use. • Col. Robert M. Thompson, one of the owners, and the managing spirit of the Orford Copper Co,'set about with char. aeteristie 'energy the .solution of both problems. It .must be remembered that although what nickel had been pro - duped up to, this time haa been. held at a tame ;price, there was a very fimited niarket for it, for the reason that no commercial use had yet been found for it. It sometimes happens that a metal may, be rare and costly, and yet WITHOUT A COMMERCIAL USE. Calcium, for instance, is worth seven thousand dollars a pound; but there is little use for it and little demand for 11 So was it with nickel when Col Thongs. son took up the problem. He had heatel that the Vivian .% had been making nickel in Wales for many years; in- fact one ot the men working in the Orford Cop- per Refinery had formerly been in Viv- ian's employ, but knew nothing of what was done inside the secret place whore the nickel was refined. MI that anybody appeared to know, apart from 'Vivian himself was that somehow, "salynixon" was an important factor in the proems. Nov thls mysterious "Sally" on dieser investigation turned .out to be a term used by the old alcheinists—salenixion, meaning "salt washed out," which term the alchemists, who had spent their lives in the search for the Philosopher's Stone, had used to describe a eubstancie ehanwas wasbed,out In the manufacture ni muriatic acid: It was emely a crude comment -id or soda and sulphur. COL Thompson..erdered a'`eette,tons of "saly- mon" and tried melting down the ore - with it, with no better result than a \eagle" of time and energy'. • He triea again, Melting that material with some ore which' had" previously' been melted and concentrated so as to remove the rock and other impurities. Finally be secured a molten substance, which in cooling.' separated into two portions, which could readily be broken apart. The top was black and looked like slag. The bottom was whitish and looked more like metal. Analysis showed that this was a mixture of nickel and copper with most of the nickel at the bottom, and most of the copper on the top. But the problem of perfect separation was still to be solved. Do what he would, there was still too much nickel with tKe cop- per, or too much copper with tho nick- el to allow the product to be of any com- mercial value. At last the Idea occurred hi him that if one melting woula take out pert of the copper, another melting, might take out more of it. The expels'. ment proved successful. After repeated meltings it was found that the copper was almost entirely removed, and the nickel was left in combination • WITH.SODA AND SULPHUR, which could be removed by roasting and • washing in ways thee were familiar to him from his exeperience with copper. In this way the Word process became an important factor in the metallurgy' 'ni nickel, ,and' the Canadian mines; j. teed ;of being regarded ,aa eoppetammes became preducers .of metallic "nialcefe In 1888 the Unlade Copper Co. hired Dr. Peters, one of the best known ex- ponents of the melallurey of copper in the United States, to build a smelter at Copper Cliff for the petite] refining of the metal found there. Up to this time the mines had been shipping an ore which by picking and sorting had been brought upto ebout ten per cent, of nietal conterna, In 1888 Dr, Peters erect- ed a 1urna0e, by which in 1889 the Canadian Copper Co. was able to ship instead of the crude ore, a metal called teatime containing about forty per cent, nickel and copper, Matte, it may he explained, is to the are of nickel and copper what pig iron Is to iron ore. -The matte front the Sudbury clietrict con- atanicriiro lsurl.ually . copper, nickel, sulphur Ste far we haveseen the solution ef part of the nickel problem. Tee Cana - then mines were capable of supplying an almost unlimited quantity of ore. The. Ortord Copper Co., statring In 1886, were refining nickel on a small but en - tweet: satisfactory commercial basis, T,lie other part of the problem was -to find a use, and therefore a market for the nickel. So Inc there was a very limited demand for it for nickel -plating and for coinage. To understand the story of the further development of Woket is is necessary to touch again upou the uncanny and the miraculous. Some time ia the remote past two immense blocks of meteoric iron are said to have fallen in Northern Greenlantt. The Esquimaux, who went shipped thee mysterious visitors from the outset° world, are said to have dis- covered that the material made excel- lent arrow -heads and spear -points. Specimens were brought to Europa 1 y explorers, and examined by scientists, who found that the metal WC.S a com- bination ot • NICKEE, AND IRON. tt was known in a general way that nickel had a great influence in making hoe, tougher and eteongenand the Es- quimatie showeci considerabi wisdom in their choice. In 1880 Mr. .Tarnes Iloilley ca Glasgow made a number mf expette meats with this new alloy of nickel and Iran, and in a paper, which is noee ree- cgnized as a Massie in the history ef nickel, he "showed that this alloy could be easily made, and that in strength anti toughness it far exceeded the beg steel that could be made without nickel. His experiments attracted the attention of the French Government, which promptly instituted, a series of tests to determine the fitness of this new material for ar- mor plates,. The British Admiralty et this Um was using a combined armor elate made by welding together an outer surface of hard steel, to deflect the points of the shells, and an inner lining of soft steel to furnish tho necessary strength. The tests made by the French. Govern- ment showed that the new nicleel metal was much stronger and tougher than the old steel plates, and nuich better suited for warships. The shell might pierce the new metal, but would not shatter it. Further experiments show- ed that the new metal could be hardened without losing its toughness. At lins point Mr. Whitney, Secretary of the American Navy, decided that the now nickel -steel niight be just the thing -he wanted for the since famous white squadron. He • wanted the best armor plate there was to be had; and if nickel - steel was the best, he wanted nickel - steel. -But Up to this time nearly; all the nickel that • had reached the world's market had been mined in New Cale- donia. New- Caledonia, which is an is- land lying south of the Philippines and northeast of Australia; had been usia as a French penal colony. Tho nickel - ore mined there had been taken to France and there refined and used for coinage purposes. As Mr. Whitney did not desire to be at the mercy of France he sought a &Tient/ at home. But the mine at Lancaster Gap, from which a small amount of American nickel liad teen made for years- had closed aown, and, in the length and breadth of the United Slates there was not a pound of nickel that could be obtained. Mr. Whitney's attention was therefore direct - ea to the Canadian mines, and meeting Col. Thompson, he asked hizn if he could guarantee to produce nickel enough to supply the American navy with the de. sired nickel -steel. Col. Thotnpson es- surecle him that he could make all the nickel the navy required; the °Wye:Ines- tion with him was whether the supply of Canadian ore would last or not. About this time a commission was ap- pointed to investigate the Sudbury dis- trict. The report of this commission was perhaps the first intimation the world receiyed, of . the_ immense Siore$ it eickel than Country t„passnsseci.."... From .this ..inve.etigatione the denelopment the nic.kel Mau -seer in Canada may 'be saiel to date. From tee copper •sinelter •-built by Dr: Peters •el Copper Curt' 1885 •the business there grew step ty step, conservatively enough, it May he stated, until in ten years the reduction rr Canadian nickel had grown from no- thing to fifty -per cent. of the -world's total. Mrs Ileti Peek—that? !Willie ' Peck -1 say what was your name before you married me? oorowotemoK*- HOME 1, 4 Wee ***********# SELECTED rtEcIPEs, For cneese custard, beat up two eats in a pint of mate add a little salt and two tablespoonfuls of grated cheese. Mix all well, pour into a greased, dish, and bake slowly till just set. Serve at once with litmus of thin, dry toast. Brown Meal Biscuits.—Oree pound a wheaten meal, tine teaspoonful of bak- ing powder, a teaspoonful of brown sa- ger, and a pinch of salt:- Mix thorough- ly into this ftve ounces of butter. Mahe it into a stiff paste, with a little milk. gRuoilcikoven.otttvey thin, and bake in rather a Parmesan Rice—Have ready a pint of Patna rice, well boiled so that each grata is separate; fry a thin &Hoed onion in butter With a teacupful of shellea shrimps or of lobster meat cut small: stir in a dessertspoonful of dry mustard, add the rice and two tablespoonfuls of grated Parmesan cheese; stir and cook for ft few minutes. Serve very hot To make prune mincemeat, mince thoroughly one pound of stewed prunes and the same quantity of acid cooking apples; add half a pound of finely chop- ped suet,- a flavoring of spice, and the juice of a lemon. Mix these ingredients thoroughly, plaee in a jar, and use as re- quired. 13esides tieing this filling for pies, try it in a, boiled rolly-poly pud- ding and you will be delighted with your dish. ' , Salt Mackerel.—To prepare this fish, place a mackerel in a good sized pate, with just enough, cold milk to cover it. Let it remain all night. In the morning aparboil the ilsh for about fifteen mintace in water; thea drain it, and cook it for another five minutes in the milk M which it has soaked, at the end of which time it will be ready to be .served, after a due amount of seasoning, with meltol butter, paprika, and lemoa juice. Grated Apple Pudding.—To make it, grate seven large, tart apples very fine. Beat the yolks of eight eggs, and mix themwith two cupfuls of pulverized sugar, or enough sugar to make the mix- ture of the consistency of a batter. Add, then, the grated apples, one dozen well - dried lady ftugers that have already been grated, the grated peel of one lemon, and, at the last moment, when all these ingredients have been mixed -well to- gether, the whites of the eight eggs beat- en to a stiff froth. Turn the mixture bete a well -greased spring mould, sleety blanched almonds over the top, and bake in a rather quick oven. Tht., proportiow:. are sufficient tit Make two puddingrs, which are served °cold, deluged with whipped cream. Maple Apples.—Take eight, apples. These you cut in halves, removing the cores. Put them in a saucepan with ono • • cup of maple syrup, two tablespoons at butter, one and one-half cape of water. Bake until inc syrup is thick. Serve cold with. creant. Marmalade Apples.—Peel apples ani Core them; fill the space in the cortere with orange marmalade; cover the apples with sugar and plenty of lemon juice, and then bake thorn until thoroughly cooked. Serve with whipped cream, or without it, according to taste and other circumstances. Yorkshire Tea Cakes.—When you have completed the making of the dough for your bread, take as much of it as would 1111 a pint bowl and worlc into it a pieco of lard about the size of an egg. Roll the dough out very thin, place it in a shallow pan and put it aside to raise for an hour, when it is ready to be bakea for about twenty minutes. When those cakes have again become cold they are split through the centre, toasted thor- oughly, ;and are then served, spread . wiBtialtlbeurn.s.—Take a. pound of flour, a tablespoonful of yeast, and a cupful et milk. Mix 'them well together and bit ' the mixture rise for several hours neat the fire, after which add about six ounces of melted butter and four beaten. eggs. Knead all the ingredients well, nad etrhen the dough has -risen for tune another hourMould it, into bails the sine 01a ducies eggs. In the top Of -each butt:, place: some selected currants, and orta or two small piece., of eandied peel, sprinkle them lightly veith enter, and after they have risen for a few moments longer bake 'them in a moderate quick 'oven. HINDS FOR TIIE HOME. To clean a discolored sink, either zinc or earthenware, scour with paraffin and hearthstone, using a piece of coarse flannel. Rinse with hot soda water. Waterproofing for boots can be made by mixing a little mutton fat and bees- wax together. Rub this over the soles of the boots and lightly over the, edges where the stitches are. Frequent dusting saves seveeptrig. A room dusted often and thoroughly will not require such constant sweeping as - one that is dusted carelessly and seldom. To relieve rheumatism in the joints. dissolve some common washing soda iu boiling water till you have a strong solution. This rubbed into the affected parts greatly eases the pain. Sausages that are bought sometimes buret when being fried, even atter they have been pricked. Toprevent this they should be blanched for five minute in boiling water, to "which a little salt lute been added, and then fried, Inc Tired IteeL—Put a handful of common salt, into` our quarts of hot wa- ter, and, while it is as hot as Ono be borne, palm the feet itt it. Afterwards rub well with a rough towel, • For Stains on Wood,—If the tvoorl 18 Unpolished apply spirits of sans to tbe • tipot, then scrub well with soap and water. For polished wood drop a Poen little sweet spirits of nitro on the gain, using a fine Camel's hair brush for the purpose. Immediately afterwards rub - on a little Meet ell and Polish Vat a son duster. 'fo keep the bait' and scalp clean and healthy they should be shampooed G Vry four or five weeks and the- toilet belie used for three to five minutes night ante morning. This treatment rentlets the hair glossy and bright. I wmad reeetnt mend that ladies wash their, oevn Intir- brusbee in tepid ammonia woler at least once a fortnight. A email piece cie rope ammonia diesolveti by tot wato it all that 18 neceseary.