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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1902 is wiiat you get in the Georgia Cracker. If you are not now a sub your name added to our list at once THE GEORGIA CRACKER GAINESVILLE, GA ALL OVER THE HOUSE, ture sketched in an 'English paper. A tall cheval glass has before it a low square seat and at one side a double tier wicker table with a wide arching handle, used often as a nee- dlework table, but in this instance holding the impedimenta of the dressing table, brushes, combs, mir rors, bottles and the like. The frame of the glass, the seat and the frill around the upper shelf of the table were of cretonne matching the hangings of the room. This ar rangement is to be recommended where space must be considered and is of value also in securing the best possible light for hairdressing, a3 the seat and table are easily shifted about the room when not in use. ' <C 1 might,” he conceded, “but I'm afraid to trust you."—Chicago Post. * How He Worked It. “I don’t see why they call you the star boarder," complained the fellow who always got the wing. “That’s easy," replied the other in his copyrighted superior style. “I just twinkle, twinkle, and the landlady doesn’t know what I am and lets me stay on blind faith."— Baltimore World. . A LITTLE NONSENSE. Game of Fish Pond. This is an amusing little parlor ime which needs no materials and warranted to create lots of fun id noise, which is almost the same How to Make a Delicious Salad Out of a Pineapple. Pew people are aware that owing to the cultivation of pineapples for medicine they may be found, ripe, high flavored and inexpensive, even during wintry weather. For 10 cents one was bought recently that be came the foundation for a salad “fit for the gods." When it is remem bered that invalids who crave meat and hitherto have been denied it on account of its bad effects in certain diseases are now allowed it if eaten in conjunction with this delightful fruit. It is not to be wondered at, as it takes a higher gastronomic place than every For the salad choose a tender, juicy pineapple.* Mind that it has bouquet. If not just ripe, keep it until satisfactory^ as every thing depends on due ripeness. Peel the fruit and cut in dice. Avoid sugar. Prepare a nice head of let tuce and spread fruit on the heart leaves in the center of the bowl. Add a little celery, also cut in dice, if liked. At the last cover with a thick mayonnaise and serve with saltine biscuits. Unless the fruit has a full pineapple aroma the salad will hot be a success,, and as it is when this fruit is too ripe to keep well that it may be bought cheap it is a luxury the home caterer who watches the market properly may allow, though she mast use strict economy. . • ' r ' The Decorative Plate Shelf. An attractive addition to dining room or den is a plate shelf eight or ten inches in width. In the dining room it may extend all around, if A Few Good Things From the Pen of a Yonkers Jester. ~ Mrs. Gotham-—Why, dear, you’re home very late from church this morning. Mr. Gotham — Yes; I overslept The pond is a portion of the table randed by a slipnoose, and the ;hes are the fingers of the players. The noose is fastened to a rod eld by the fisherman. At an unex- She—It’s actually so cold in my flat that it is impossible for me to play the piano^ He—Perhaps, the janitor knows you can’t play when it’s cold. Bacon—That fellow’s mother says that 'when he was a baby he was al ways putting his toe in his mouth. Egberij—Yes, and he’s been put ting his foot in it ever since. Mrs. Bacon—It’s surprising! John- nie went through that suit of clothes in two months ! Mr. Bacon—Well, dear, you know you go through mine in one night. Yeast—What is the matter with your wife? I see she’s got her arm in a sling.- Crimsonbeak—-Reckless driving. . “Horse?". . “No; nail.*—Yonkers Statesman. A News Average. Hustling Editor—How many mur ders did that man commit ? Assistant — One reporter says three, another says five and another says nine. Hustling Editor—Three^five,nine, eh ? Oh, well, we’ll have to strike an average. Make it 359.—Hew York Weekly. No Hypocrite? Farmer Prymm (in city theater) —-Better take off yer hat, Sary. All the other wimin folks has, theirs off. His Wife—Let them, the brazen things! Nobody’ll ever have a chance to say thet I’d do anything, in a show place thet I wouldn’t do in church.—Brooklyn Life. For a Cough. This homemade medicine will of ten loosen a hard cough: Pour one cup of cold water over two ounces of pulverized gum arabic and two- thirds of a cup of sugar. Put two heaping tablespoons of unbruised flaxseed to steep in three cups of cold water. Set in a hot place, but not where it will boil, says a writer in Good Housekeeping. When this grows thick, strain it over the sugar and gum arabic, which ought to be like a thin jelly. Add the juice of two lemons. Take a tablespoonful every half, hour till the cough be gins to loosen. Serving Grape Juice. Grape juice for a first course at luncheon may be served in a lemon cup. The top of the lemon is cut to form a cover, the meat of the shell being entirely removed. Into this is put the grape juice flavored with a little of the lemon juice, the top restored, a perforation made in it permitting two straws to be in-, serted, a tiny ribbon bow ,tied round them at the point of insertion. Through these without removing the cover the contents of the lemon cup are taken. j To Re-enamel a Bathtub. ' To re-enamel a bathtub buy prop er enamel. WAITING FOB A BITS. • Jcted moment the fisherman cries, 5ut of the pond!" and at the same start raises the rod quickly, thus rawing up the noose and catching Motive Suspected. “Isn’t your'father kind to take you riding on your new sled ?" “Huh," exclaimed the ..obtrusive child, “father has more fun than I have. You ought to see him laugh when he bumps me over a gutter and makes me toller.’’—Washing ton Star. Humorous to the Last. “So you’ve been through our big shoe manufactory, eh? What did you think of - all that modem ma chinery?” “Well," replied the old fashioned cobbler, “it certainly does beat awl." —Philadelphia Press. The Critic. Big Schoolgirl—Ain’t you got no grammar yet ? Little Schoolgirl—Nope; not till next year. | Big Girl—Why, gracious, I’ve took grammar two hull years a’ready! | atscoYerea « new n—ww. | The Professor—I have a new conun»| drum for you. Why is a moose like a* haystack T \ The Doctor—A new conundrum! That j had whiskers when I was a boy. A mouse is like a haystack because the pat'll eat it. New conundrum! Ho, ho! Ha, hal The Professor—That Isn't the an swer at alL The points of resemblance are these: You can't find a needle in A haystack, and you can't find a needle in a moose. Some people weary me exceedingly with their affectation of superior knowledge*—Chicago Tribur£ Indifferent. Mi fishes as have not been nimble plough to escape to dry land. The captured fishes must pay for- pts to be released, — New York lerald. When the Toys Went to Bed. ttpcra the nursery shelf they lay, , ine Whistle and the Drum; . *hey had no music now to play, For night and rest had come. l m rather glad,” the Whistle said wil ispers soft and low, Ahat John is safely tucked in bed; He blows so hard, you know.*’ "Oh, dear!” replied the solemn drum tones of grief and care, the way he beats his *rumpty turn* Is more than I can-bear. «ut now’s th§ time to rest,” it said, very glad are we, “d if he could be kept in bed How nice the world would be!" , It Puzzled Her. J: cail, t understand about this T eless telegraphy," said Mrs, Wun- it’s plain as day," said Mr. 5 de *i “They just send the mes- P 8 through the air instead of over Wash the tub thorough ly with hot soap water first and^ruh all over with sandpaper to make the surface smooth before using the -enamel. “Don’t you think it would look better if you’d work instead of beg ging?’’ “Oh, sir, hut I never wuz wot yer might call a stickler fer appear ances." He Had His Doubts. “You promised me a tip," sug gested the district messenger boy. “True," admitted the stingy man, “but I understand you’re not al lowed to accept tips." “Of course," said the boy, “but you might give me a chance to re fuse it." The stingy man fingered a dime for a minute and then shook his head. Heat the enamel slightly by standing the tin in a bowl of hot water before using. This thins it, and it is easier to apply it evenly. It will need two or three coats, and each must be allowed to thoroughly flry before the next is applied. Quiet Game. He—It is only a quiet little game. She—What do you mean by a quiet game ? 11 ****** Vf DdiU Oj » fasten the air U a ^niore American. ’ He—Oh, one in which money does pearly all the talking.—Judge. n lv£:~\AV f '■