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I have thrown the mrott'e open and m
tearing down Min track;
1 Ija'e thrown it out to fuil-tpeed and no
hand ran hold me back!
'Tia my arm controls the engine, though
another own* the rail,
But for once I’m in the open and the yard
light* pan* and pale!
Green light*! lied light*! He ha* hung
Hi* signal* out!
Caution here! Danger ho! And what.*
the man about:
'Ti* true he own* the engine, to do a* he
ha* done.
But llbw about the (inn! word—when he
end* the run?
x SYMPATHY
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Dy FLORENCE WARDEN.
EsjssHOM Kitty Hope, the mul
igne, the esplegle, the aga
canto (which your admirer*
could hare expressed Just
as well In English) io Kath
erine Ducre, and sympathy and soul!
What a transformation! Will marriage
change me as much, I wonder?”
"No, dear; a beauty Is ,a beauty al
ways. Your metier. Hose, will always
be the same, to be respectfully wor
shiped."
I,ady liose laughed, but there was a
sting In her friend’s words, and she
felt It, This little, thin, fair, artisti
cally dressed woman before her bad
married the man whom Lady Hose
loved; but her Idea of womanly love
was a gracious acceptance of mascu
line devotion, tempered by snubs; and
Colonel I more had grown tired of “re
spectfully worshiping,” when little
Kate Hope had stepped in with soft
words aiul kind glances, and stolen
away the heart of the handsome sol
dier. Finding that sympathy been me
her, Mrs. Ha ere lmd become a priestess
of the Ideal, and In tier dimly lighted
drawing-room gathered around tier
those disciples of the higher culture
who stopped short of the ridiculous.
“Don't go yet. Hose. 1 am expecting
a man whom I want you to know. 1
call him a heaven-born artist; I believe
his patients call him an indifferent doc
tor.”
Lady ttosc found Julian King more
Interesting tlmn ;no had expected.
When Ids sympathetic hostess led the
talk to music, his eyes kindled and Ids
voice softened. “Here Is another en
thusiast," sum Mrs. (mere, turning to
Eh dy Hose, who spoke eloquently about
Schubert; hut there was no enthusiasm
in her handsome face, and Julian
King turned, as men will, from the wo.
man who talked to the woman who
listened.
"Don’t genius ever sil still, or let one
finish a sentence without Interrup
tion?” Body Hose asked, when lie had
gone. But she went home thinking
that sympathy was a very pretty
game, and resolving that she would
play it, too. Her father, who tilled an
idle life by the occupation of invalid,
had just quarreled with Ids doctor, and
sin* persuaded him to take Julian King
In Ids stead. "Ite is quite a young
man. pupa, but very clever.” said she.
She understood tile nature of tier fath
er's til health, and thought It Immate
rial In what (Urect'oti Ids physician’s
cleverness lay.
Julian King had a theoretic contempt
for beauties, hut when tie brought his
violin one evening, at Lady Hose’s In
vitation, and fomd Hint she was a bet
tor accompanist than Mrs. lucre, amt
bad a voice • ■ ! -’t was Inspiration, Ids
feeling changed.
' "You must come again. Mr. King. If
you will. .Music Is my greatest pleas
ure, and 1 get so little of It. Neither ,
my father nor my aunt cares for It.”
And how could Julian King reflect,
while her long dark eyes looked
plaintively down upon him. that In
pleasing one person he must bore two,
and one of those Ids patient? During
these performances l.ord Yarrow and
bis sister sat by the tire at the other
end of the room.
"I suppose lose likes It,” said the in
valid one evening, dismally. "But
the scraping of that little fellow’s Ad
dle at niglit quite destroys the effect
of his medicines In the morning. l>o
you think Herbert would approve of
this?” he went on. nervously.
•'Mr. Herbert duos not dare to inter
fere wilt) her amusements. Gordon.
Hesldes, ho would nover oondosoond
to ho jealous of your little doctor."
*'l don't think you quite understand
rtorhoi't. However, you know host."
l.ady Hose had the shrewdest of |
chaperons in her aunt, who was majes
tic tn appearance, constant in attend
ance. ami knew how much easier life
was when ltose had all her own way.
They were poor, and in mourning: and
Mr. Herbert. Hose's rich, middle-aged
fiancee, was away. These musical
evenings amused and occupied the girl,
and her aunt reflected that if their
charm should grow too strong, it was
not her niece w ho would he the stiffer
or. Rose was for.d of music, foud of
the flattery which she could read iu
flashing eyes and softened voice, fotul
of the new pleasure of playing patron
ess to a genius, and proud, above all.
of having the greater success lit the
game of sympathy than her friend
Mrs. Pa ere, whose heaven-horn arti't
she had draw a from the dimly-lighted
salon.
But long dark eyes with black lashes
say more than they mean, and l.ady
Hose's smiles, arising from the pleased
vanity of a spoilt girl, tired the young
man's heart mid brain. Then he spoke
little to her. lost his voice should ireiu
hie: he scarcely dared look at-her. led
a passion stronger hail that for mu
sic should shine from his eyes iuto hers
Lady Hose saw this, and at first eu
Joyeuit with a girl's shallow cruelty.
IN THE OPEN.
Ho from Killing on to Junction-point now 1
*hail have my day;
I have *topi>ed to read no order*, but 1
take the right-of-way.
Down the open grade I thunder and around
the curve I swing,
For my hand in on the throttle and my
heart shall have its fling!
Eight !o*t! Life lost! Flag, O flag the
other* back!
Switch the wreck 1 Ditch the wreck! Dare
any block His track?
There creep* into the terminal the man
who had bis day,
But 1 wonder, O my aoul, just what hi*
i God will say!
Arthur Stringer, in McClure’*.
But bis passion hid worse than this; it
clouded his professional eyes. Lord
Yarrow's former doctor, a shrewd old
man, had listened to his patient's ac
count of his fancied maladies, and pre
scribed to suit the fancy; Julian King
prescribed for the maladies. Under
this treatment the patient became real
ly 111.
At last one evening, as Julian King,
violin In hand, turned to Lade Itose, be
found that for the first, time he was
alone with her. Neither had heard
Lord Yarrow and his sister leave Ujp
room. They had been playing Beeth
oven’s Adelaide. Still under the spell
of the passionate music, which he had
ployed with Hie fervor of fever, lie
looked down Into Hi- beautiful fate and
stammered;
"Do you like that?”
girl had been moved In spite of
herself. A delicate rose flush was on
her cheeks, and her eyes were glisten
ing ns she raised them to tils.
“Who could help liking It?”
The words were said in coquetry;
her heart was waking. Her look broke
down the young man’s silence.
“Then It speaks to you, too—more
plainly than words could speak? You
feel that It is the very breath and
pulse of love, or adoration, as 1 do. üb,
Lady Rose, as t do!”
He seized her Im.ul In hi*, and the
girl, startled out if Tier proud self-pos
session. left It there. For one moment
there shone In her eyes a feeling such
as no man had ever called up In them
before. Julian was In the middle of
another Incoherent sentence, when a
grave voice sounded behind them:
•'Pardon my Interruption ”
Lady Hose started up, white and
trembling.
"Mr. Herbert!” stio gasped.
Julian King bad the advantage over
her of never having heard of Mr. Her
bert, and he fared the tall, elderly man,
confused but not guilty.
“Lord Yarrow has been taken sud
denly, seriously 111. You are wanted
upstairs, Mr. King, I think?”
Julian tiowed.
“You must e: use my want of re: •-
motiy, Bose, but 1 will see you again
before long,” continued Mr. Herbert,
gravely.
Julian glanced quickly from this man.
with bis air of quiet proprietorship, to
the girl standing in unwonted, guilty
submission before him; and the giancc
brought revelation.
Drawing Ills breath s tnrpiy through
his teeth he turned and followed Mr.
Herbert.
‘One moment. Mr. King.” said the
grave man, stopping at the head of the
staircase. “Your patient was seized
with this attack shortly after taking
anew medicine, prescribed lty you this
morning. Here Is your prescription.
I know a little about medicine. Will
you tell me If this is really the dose
you meant him to t-.k*.?"
Julian glanced at the prescription.
He had written it hurriedly, with Lady
Hose standing by bis side. Good heav
ens, no! it is a mistake, a ghastly mis
take!"
“Perhaps, then, you can prescribe a
remedy or shall l send for a physi
cian?"
The shock had aroused the best of
the man and of the doctor In Julian
King.
“It is not so serious ns that. Trust
me, sir. 1 can trust myself now. If
a physician should discover any blun
der 1 tun ruined.”
Mr. Herbert was satisfied, and they
entered Lord Yarrow's room. He was
suffering from narco - ie poisoning, but
Hie symptoms were slight. Julian,
more sober than he had been since bis
acquaintance with Lady Hose, applied
proper remedies, and stayed until they
took effect. Then be .aietly took up
the bottle of medicine and put it in his
pocket.
-laird Yarrow bad better not take
any more e'f this,” said he. gravely, to
his patient’s sister. “I will send hint
something which will suit him bet
ter.”
Mr. Herbert followed him to the bed
room door. Outside he said: ’Here is
the unlucky pres, riptUm. Mr. King. 1
j think you are wise enough * see that
i you have made another mistake here,
| tor w hich Lady Rose's pretty, girlish
J coquetry Is to blame. If I. her future
i husband, can forgive her, 1 think you
! may. 1 recommend ‘mere music and
| less tiled,cine, or more n\gdieine —and
less music!’ ”
: lie hold out his band. Without a
I word Julian wrung it in silent ac
■ know-lodgment of bis generosity, and
. went downstairs.
| Lady Rose appeared at the drawing
room door as he passed. Site was calm
and self-possessed as over, as site in
vited him Into the room and asked: “Is
!my father better? Is it anything seri-
U'tts, Mr. King?”
Kut Lady Hose had just passed
through the strongest coat iot of pr.s
-iitr.B that was ever t- disturb her life:
mortified pride and wo- tided vanity
struggling with remorse, and anew,
stronger feeling which brought the
quiekwblood to her face as she heard
Julian King’s footsteps on the stairs.
She had been expecting Mr. Herbert,
waiting eagerly to give him his dis
missal, or even to accept dismissal at
hi* hands; then she would be free
free to commit a wilder folly than any
one thought her capable of, to sacrifice
her pride and her amb’t.ou for the love
of tills struggling doctor.
If Julian had but looked at her with
one of the shy, passionate glances he
had so often stolen - bile they played
togeth r, she would have let him read
her secret in a moment; and if her
beauty had been less imperial tie might
have been prepared for the girlish in
consistency. But as it was, he had
gone from one extreme of passionate
injustice to the other, and could see in
her now only a beaut’ful, heartless si
ren, who had played with him, anil was
ready to let him go row tl at she was
no longer In want of -inusement. And
lio was colder and calmer than she
as he answered that her father was
much better—that tb re was no dan
ger.
"You will ttffer fr . o more dull
evenings now, I.ady Rose; Mr. Her
bert, will take care of hat. Fo If you
will allow rce, I will take away my vto.
Jin to-night.”
He did not notice that it had been
moved, nor if he had was he llkelv to
have guessed that Lady Rose had
pressed her beautiful lips to the dingy
old Instrument while he was cursing
her cruelty upstair*, lie did not uotlce
either that she grow pater and paler,
or guess bow nard it was for tier to re
main calm to the end.
“I hope you v.ill not giv- up your
violin," said site, politely.
He answered at once: “Ob, no: an
old friend of mine Is coming up to
town to-morrow, and his daughter, a
very charming girl, has promised to
accompany me as often as I please.”
A week ago Julian would have called
the charming girl lnsipiu.
Lady Rose was sufficient mistress of
herself to smile, and to congratulate
him, and he bad not the least idea of
the patu Ills words were causing Iter.
Indeed, she deserved it.
They never met again. Julian took
care to keep out of her way; and, in
his new disgust for brilliant women,
he sought consolation la the somewhat
tepid charms of Amy Norton, his old
friend's daugnter. and presently he
succeeded In thinking that lie had
found it.
When, two mentis later, he read the
announcement of Lady Hose’s mar
riage with Mr. Herbert. It-* railed at
fate for ha ring given Iter so much bet
ter a husband than she deserved.
“Poor fedow! I pity him when he
finds her out!” thought he.
Hut Mr. Herbert hail found out all
that he wanted to know. If he had
not implicit confidence In his wife, he
had it lu himself. He was the ideal
of “a most devoted husband,” but
kind friends whispered that proud Itose
had found her master, and that *tb
would willingly have exchanged aottu
of tits devotion for a little more lib
erty.
Mrs. Dacre came with soft voice am!
sympathetic eyes to see her when she
had been married rente months. “Mar
rlage has changed you. too, dear Hose,' 1
cooed she; “more than I expected. Mj
husband holds you up to me as thi
model cf a good wife. Very hard, istt'l
It ?"
It wa; for Lady Ro c >’ She had not
yet learned to show an unostentatlour
pride in the character of subuiissivi
wife, and the color rushed to her face.
ltut Mrs. Dacre was merciless. “And
you have even given up jour atnbi
tlmt. 1 was in daily dread of a salor
which should eellspe mine. But 1
suppose" *\vith a delightful touch ol
her early esplegle manner "Mr. Her
her, does not approve of ’sympathy."
-LondO" World.
Vhe Country N'ensparer.
The weekly country newspaper, ns
an Institution, is by no means declin
big. H one may judge by the evidence*
of the recent newspaper directories, it
never flourished so much as at pres
ent. declares the Boston Post. It hu*
a character of its own. Its place can
not be tilted by any metropolitan pub
lication. It is the Intimate friend of
its constituents. It has the atmosphere
of its locality. Its angle of vision is
that of its community, amt this it tru
ly reflects. Broad questions-State, na
tional, international—lt presents and
considers as a part of its work of in
formation; but these are subordinate
to its own peculiar mission. The up
rising in the Balkans, the breach i
the British ministry, the scandals ol
the postal service at Washington, art
dwarfed in actual, present importance
by the wash-out ott the State road oi
the project for anew trolley connec
tion. And these, indeed, arc tile real
living concerns of local life, it is the
home matters that make up existence
and with these the country ue vspane)'
deals.
Wo do not sufficiently recognize, per
haps. how great au influence for tin
preservation of that spirit of local self
government which is the foundatior
of our Institutions the country press ot
New England lias been and is to-day
It is unquestionably a power. And 1 !
holds the power and retains its inti a
cnee because of the sturdy honesty o:
the country editor. The country press
is the ideal of independence. It is. at
a rule, unpur.hasabla and incorrupt!
Ido. The country newspaper has it:
place from which nothing can dislodgi
it. tto quick delivery of metropoUtar
dailies, no fascinating pictorials. Am
we are glad to see indications of tin
growth and prosperity of this product
and aid of local enterprise and loca
pride.
It is said that there are from Sff.ooo,
000 to 10(1.000.000 people in the regior
of the Anglo-German mission in tin
.Soudan and only ten missionaries.
ARCTIC WHALERS,
Dreary Months in lcc>Bound
Harbors.
VtfSyV JIE loss of the whalers Ba-
J m l leana and Grampus calls
O 'T O attention to the fact that
A while some, but not much.
'XOtf' of the romance that in by
gone years surrounded a whaler's life
has disappeared, the loss in romance
has been more than balanced by the
increase in danger and hardship which
confront those who follow the indus
try at. the present time; at least, those
who seek the whale in bis far nor
thern fastnesses, over the bleak Arctic
seas, where the whiling fleet now
principally operates.
tt Is doubtful if this hazardous in
dustry is one-tenth as extensive Dow
ns it was forty, or even thirty, years
ago, but. such as it is, it divides with
1 the cod fisheries of the Newfoundland
banks the distinction of being a sea
faring pursuit most beset with hard
ship and peril.
The life of the whaler has long been
familiar, having been the theme of
many a song and story, but less is
heard of it now. whalers being so few.
Y'et in the remnant of the old fleets
ttiat formerly made New Bedford fa
mous the world over are to be found
grim survivals of the storied past and
reminders of new risks run, that com
merce may still have the whale oil
and whalebone tt demands.
Although some of the present
whalers are still owned in New Bed
ford and elsewhere, Sail Francisco
is nowadays their headquarters, from
which port they fit out for their long
voyages, and to It they return—when
they return at all—from their period
of exile tn the frozen North.
This period is an elastic one, depend
ing principally upon the season's
catch. If tills he a good one, the wha
ler, if she can get away south before
the winter's ico closes In upon her.
sails for Frisco in gratitude to lay up
for the winter, after discharging tier
cargo. In the soft mud of Oakland
Cheek or the Potrero, until the ap
proach of spring puts her in com mis
sion for another cruise.
if the catch lie not good, however,
the unhappy whaler makes for some
refuge on the northern coast of the
continent before the ice pack closes in
and the long Arctic nigtlt settles down,
there to await In darkness, cold and
dreariness for the dawn and the thaw
which will herald the second summer's
work. These refuges are inlets or
bays. In which the ship may He. fro
zen in. but protected by Intervening
land from the irresistible crushing
floes that, move in the open. The fa
vorite havens are at Herscbel Island.
Bailey Island and Franklin Hay, all
well to the eastward of Point Bar
row, in the Arctic Ocean. Here, from
October to May, sometimes less, some
times longer, the imprisoned wlmler
remains, her pimple condemned to an
exile more trying than that of con
victs.
There is a popular fallacy to the
effect that it is the glad cry from the
masthead of "There she blows!" which
thrills the whale ship's master and
crew when their prey is sighted. This
is not the cry. which, instead, is merely
the stentorian, prolonged jprescendo
i onosylltihle “Hlo-o-o-w!" preceded usu
ally by a long, audible Inhalation. The
magical efft-ct of this lias been too
often described, and the thrilling pur
suit of the whales in the ship's boats,
with its excising incidents and too
frequent tragedies, where the loss of
men is regarded ns far less moment
than the loss of a whale, as the oW
song says, is too familiar to be re
described. It Is the same now as of
old. save that explosives arc now gen
erally used, which quicken the mou
nter's death and usually briefen both
the chase and the conflict.
The steam whaler is a ress-l of
special design. She has full sail
power. Is generally bark rigged, and
only uses her steam power for enter
ing and leaving port or in picking her
way through the devious passages in
the ice or in other narrow waters. Un
like most other steamers, her engines
and boilers are well aft, the smoke
stack being placed between the main
and mizzen mast. By having the ma
chinery aft not only is the heat from
the boilers of greater use in warming
the living quarters, but more and bet
ter located stowage room for the car
go is secured.
The smokestack in its peculiar posi
tion. the huge wooden davits for the
boats. Instead of the usual slender
iron ones; the numerous long, slender
graceful boats, and many oilier char
acteristics. noticeable only to the eye
of the seaman, stamp her character at
once.
Whalers carry very large crews, ow
ing to the peculiar nature of their
work. A steam whaler includes in her
complement her master, or captain,
five or six mates, one for each whale
boat; the same number of boat-steor
ers; a cook, a steward, a cabin boy
and a steerage boy; a carpenter or
cooper, two engineers, two firemen,
and from twenty-five to thirty sea
men —between fifty and sixty all if-ld.
The crews of whalers receive no
wages. They work on what is termed
a “lay.” that is. ilieir remuneration is
in the form of a percentage of the
catch, on a sliding scale. The board
is. of course, furnished free, what, ver
is received at the end o: the voyage
being net profit. There is thus no
iwiubt of the zeal of the whaler’s
crew, for every whale caught puts so
lunch more iu the pocket of each man.
according to his rank. Iu the case of
two engineers, the senior Is guaranteed
5125 a month, and the junior. S9o:
their receive their “lay,” whatever it
is. but if it falls below the figure*
, named the lefioit is made good. No
guarantee is given to any of th< other*.
either officers or men.
With the whalebone at $2.50 a pouud
and oil at about twenty-five cents a
gallon, the value of the average whale
Is not far from SSOOO. It will thus be
seen that the gambling element is
prominent In whaling.
The northern whaling grounds con
sist. in general, of all the waters, both
American and Asiatic, north of the
fiftieth parallel of north latitude, al
though the sperm whale must be
sought further south, commonly off
the Japanese const; the “righ!" whale
is hunted in Bering Sea and the Sea
of Okhotsk, while the Arctic Ocean is
the habitat of the “bowhead."
The average whale will yield about
1500 pounds of bone and from fifty to
seventy five barrels of oil. An average
catch for one season is about ten
whales, although it is not rare for a
vessel to be so unsuccessful as to spend
the entire season without securing one.
One of the best catches of recent years
was that of the Beluga, in 18U8-DU.
which caught sixty-six whales in two
successive seasons. This record was
equalled several years previously by
the unfortunate Baluena.
Whether the whales la the Arctic are
growing scarcer is a question of sur
mise only, although it is probable, as
they are not very prolific and take lotijf
to grow to maturity, even with paren
tal care. Sometimes reports are re
ceived announcing a large number of
whales, while on the other hand, con
trary reports are made by returning
whalers. Asa matter of fact, such te
|x>rts arc of little value, as they are
based merely on the personal exper
iences of individual skippe-s at va
rious times and in various places.
Despite the steady inroads made no
on the whaling industry by different
vegetable and mineral substances for
whalebone and whale oil. there still re
main. for an indefinite period, a de
mand for these materials for certain
purposes, for which in substitntis yet
discovered are satisfactory, and there
ure undoubtedly whales enough to sup
ply tlm demand for long y urs to conic.
—San Francisco Chronicle.
Visiting * Str.fi! of tiuifil.
The residents of Thurman street arc
taking the lead !:i the matter of beau
tifying the city and earning Portland
the right to be entitled the City ol
Boses. Several hundred rose bushes
have been planted in the space between
the sidewalk and properly line, and
only one pzrsou has ye; objected to
this.
This scheme for beautifying the city
Ims been tried on a small senth on sev
eral street, bn. this movement on Thur
man street is the first concentrated
effort on a large scale In that line.
The practicability of the scheme has
been doubted by some, who imagine
that dog*, hors- -. occasional stray tat
tle and more especiitly gangs of stray
hoodlums, will be likely to wreck or
destroy the rose bodies, or. at least,
strip them of tie i • Wossoms. and pre
vent them from becoming the orna
ments intended.
According to Mr Ho ,'s statenic..;*.
there Is no da iy. of
have been engaged to foster and pro
tect the bushes. If they fulfill lids
promise the good effect of the work on
them in teaching them to respect the
right* and property of others or of the
public, and take a pride Ist beautifying
the city, will amply repay nil the e ■
of planting the bushes.—Portland Ore
gonian. ,
f old Sinil lilt Life.
Aubert Kumiss, a baker employed at
the Kegel establishment iu West Olios- ;
ter, Pa., cut himself almost to pieces
early this morning in in attempt to
commit suicide. The slashing was
done with keen penknife, and that
he is not dead is attributed to the low
temperature in his bedroom, which
was the means of dotting the blood
and thereby dosing the wounds.
He made a deep cut back of the
right car. stabbed himself in the right
temple, made deep incisions across
both wrist* and slashed his logs in a
1 ;t!f - dozen different places. When
fa utd he was in an unconscious con
diiion, hu, he was taken to the hos
pital and bid* fair to recover.
He hails front New Castle. Del., and
lately has been ranch wrapped tip in
religious work, wliic 1 '. hi* friends be
lieve. has affeded his mind, lie is
about twenty-seven years old. -Phila
delphia Record.
Mica Deposit* 5n ludid.
The peninsula of India is famous for
the excellence of its mica deposit*. On
account of its delicacy mica quickiy
suffers from the crashing effect of
earth movement s. and the superiority !
of the Indian deposits is ascribed to
the geologically long and perfect qui
escence that the great peninsula has
enjoyed. In the NVllore district crys
tals. or “books.” of muscovite mica
have been obtained mousing ten feet !
across the basal planes. Usually they
are mpeh smaller, and even in India
the stability of the earth l as not been 1
sufficiently continuous to prevent the j
destruction of large qttant'ties of this
delicate and valuable mineral.
TKp (‘argailor of Mexico.
The eargndvir. or carrier of Mexico
is a remarkable individual. Nothing
seen:a too bulky, nothing too heavy |
for him to carry, and it is quite won
derful how he manages not only to j
lift, bn, to balance his cumbersome
loads. It is nothing for n man to car
ry :! load weighing four hundred
pounds, this bi ins borne either on tile
top of the head or on the shoulders,
and kepi in pla - • by a flat braid pae-s
'os* the forehead.
HOUSEHOLD 9 * *
* * * * MATTERS
lt!pn For (be Cook*.
Twenty thousand different sorts of
articles is said to be a conservative es
timate of the contents of a single house
furnishing department. A large pro
portion of the wares are inventions for
lightening kitchen and dining room
work. No cook or laundress with or
dinary wit will do her work in an an
cient, laborious manner, when her
friends are furnished with “short cuts”
to the same ends. A rack for cooking
forks and spoons eould be easily home
made. It Is simply a strip of wood
perforated with round holes big enough
to admit the long handles. The back
has screw eyes with which to hang it.
An egg boiler alarm clock has a dial
marked with seven minutes and a tom
that would wake the cook if she were
asleep. It can be set at any minute
jj'ithiu the limit of the dial. By a
backward motion the hand points off
the seconds until the gong announces
“time up.” A little iron contrivance
' that screws to the kitchen table pares,
cores and slices an apple while a per
son with a knife could think about it.
With a more clumsy looking machine
peas arc shelled and “looked over.’*
A little bent and fluted instrument
draws the butter frpri the lump Into
an individual shell shape in a twink
ling. A “handy dish" of papier mache
has a division in the middle through
which is cut a clutch handle. This is
to accompany the scrubber with soap,
j hand soap and other needfuls. A
j screwdriver holds the bead of a screw
while it turns it to its place. For beut
j ing eggs, whipping cream and making
I mayonnaise dressing there is no end
I to inventions.
A I’le Cabinet.
To protect pies and other provisions
from the ants, make a swinging cab
inet. This is more satisfactory than a
; swing shelf, as it may be closed with
a door.
The original of the illustration is
about three feet long and about
eighteen inches in depth and width.
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At each end is a series of shelves made
, of thin hoards two inches apart to re
ceive the pies, either on plates or ill
; tin baking tin*. These shelves are
; narrower than the width of a pie, to
j admit of case in handling.
At the top 1* another shallow shelf
for similar use. Then there is a larger
open space in the centre to receive
deep dishes, jars or cakes, ns needed.
The front i* a door opening downward
and fastening at the top.
A strong wire passes down the cor
ner* inside, through the bottom board
. and up t il the opposite side, botn ends
terminating in a loop.
To hang the box, ceiling hooks are
Ins. rlcd so a* to enter the joists, and
the wire loops caught over them. Four
books make the box hang steadier, but
two will do. It should be hung within
easy reach, but must not touch the wall
or anything : it hangs.—American Ag
riculturist.
! Mints for the|
UtOU SEKEEPErJ
It saves time and strength when
beating up a spoil ;e to use a spoon
with a perforated bowl.
A wee hunch of cotton pressed firmly
into the tip of thumb and fingers of
kid gloves will prevent ripping and
postpone the day f shabbiness indef
initely.
Do not fail to save the best p.-.ris of
old mulct l.irt* for wash rags. Bound
with white braid o.- white ribbon they
may be dainty enough for even the
spare room.
A small scrubbing biush kept solely
for the purpose is eouv -nient for clean
ing spots from garments, it is also
useful on wash da; for articles which
are too stiff to rob on the washboard.
Such thing* as hes-y .'chcti holders
made of several pieces of cloth can
be laid on the board and scrubbed
clean with this brush and strong suds.
Sauerkraut is line citing with fresh
pork. However. It is well to remem
ber that kraut will no; keep well if
you remove too much of the juice; it
will not keep well in too arm place.
On the other hatffl, it is not injured by
freezing, a* i tie might suppose. We
have a German family in our town
who make a barrel of sauerkraut eeery
tall. which last* them all winter until
late in the spring.
A good soap for those who have rough
work to do with their hands, such as
tending fire-, silting ashes, etc., is
made by melting some good soap, as
castile, by cutting it .n small pieces,
moistening it w ith water and setting
it on the stove where it - ill gradually
melt. When it runnier*, z.n 1 there an
no lumps, stir in Indian meal until
it s thick and add one rcaspootifnl of
lieture of benzoin, beat until it is
cold: then pour into ; mold.—Farn*
Journal.
There were at die .line wf the last
statement fi9,555 stockholders in the
Steel Corporation
The numbir of an - in a urs: varies
from VJ.'JfKJ to fC.dtH. These figures
arc from r. reccnr coutii river nests.