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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23
HOME MANAGEMENT.
The Successful Housewife Is Gentle an
Uniformly Courteous.


The Successful Housewife Is Gentle and
Uniformly Courteous.
A managing woman is quite term
Of reproach; but still it ought not to
be so, for every wife and mother should
try to be this. The fact is that women
feel this pretty generally, but a good
many have not the tact and wisdom
they need to help them in their work.
Management when recognized, is al
ways rather resented both by children
and grown-up people as an indignity,
but a tactful woman never lets it be
seen, and peace and happiness are as
sured under her reign.
She keeps her servants for years, and
carries out her plans, smoothing away
all obstacles, and yet people do not con-
slider her a despot She studies the dis
positions of her husband, children and
dependents, and wins rather than
drives. She is gentle and courteous,
and requests and suggests far more than
she commands.
The great secret of successful man
agement at home is to keep your own
temper and to take care not to upset
anyone else's.
In the control of her servants the
good mistress gives praise where 1t IS
deserved and gives credit for good inten-
tions even where the performance has
not been wholly satisfactory. If some
times it is necessary to administer re
proof she chooses a time when she can
do so pleasantly.-Home Notes.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23
NEW LIFE PREsERvER.
Made BY Initiating the Cellular Tissue Be
meath the Skin.


Made BY Initiating the Cellular Tissue Be
meath the Skin.
A novel means of saving life in ma
rine accidents has been discovered,
which, II generally used, viii probably
lessen greatly the number of lives lost
by such accidents. The invention has
been pronounced very important by
the French Academy of Sciences,
which at one Of their last meetings
listened very attentively to a lecture
by DR.. Laveraux upon the new inven-
ton. The inventor does away with all
artificial belts and other floating APP
pliances; he proposes to initiate the
cellular texture beneath the human
skin on the breast, which, if filled with
air, forms a natural pneumatic belt.
by the aid of which ono may not only
hoat himself, but even support another
body.
The idea is said to be perfectly prac-
ticable. It has been proved that man
weighing 100 pounds, whose specific
weight is between LOS and Ito. whose
head may weigh pounds, needs only
about 200 cubic inches Of air within
his body in order to float with his head
out Of the water. This amount Of air
Is easily inserted into the hollow space
beneath the skin with DR.. Schneider's
aaeptic syringes, which viii in one in
lection initiate from 20 to IS cubic
inches Of air. The introduction Of the
point, which Is only two millimeters
thick, win hardly be felt Such q
pump is not even necessary.
Il is much simpler to use a little APP
paratus, which consists Of a hollow
needle. a thin rubber hose IS inches
long, into which this needle is inserted.
A little aseptic cotton placed in the
open end Of the rubber hose is all that
is necessary. The skin is simply raised,
the hollow needle introduced into il,
and then the other end Of the rubber
hose is taken into the mouth and the
mans own breath blown into it. Two
deep respirations. whichare blown into
each side of the breast. will be sufi-
cient to float a man, however heavy
Philadelphia Record
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23
THEFARMING WORLD.



what Prof wIng. OF Cornell University,
Thinks Of It.
Many think that the creamery but
ter is better than can be maize on the
farm.
Now. this Is entirely erroneous. Not
only IS it perfectly possible TO make as
good butter on the farm as can be made,
but IS q matter Of no great difficulty
and does not require an expensive OF
elaborate equipment. The principles
that govern the manufacture Of good
butter are the same IN either casei
their observance will result IN good but
ter on the farm just as surely as their
neglect will result in bad butter IN the
factory. That this Is SO Is seen IN the
fact that numerous private duirymen,
having recognized these principles, are
getting more for their butter made up
in small way in a private dairy than
il given for the very best grades Of
creamery butter. Indeed, from the fact
that the private dairymen can control
the cows, their feed and carc, and the
milk from the time IL leaves the cow
until the finished product goes on the
market, he should be able so make a
finer and more uniform product than
the factory man. who cannot control
these important conditions. Notwith-
standing the possibilities of the case.
the facts are that to-day the great mass
Of butter made on the farms Is sold for
a less price than that made in creamer-
les. Let Us look for a moment at some
Of the reasons for this condition Of af-
fairs.
In the first place. there Is a large
amount Of butter made on farms that
is not good to begin with, and justly
should not bring any more tlan it usu-
ally does. This sort Of butter is made
where the cows and butter making are
a sort Of side issue Of the farm, where
the milk and butter must await the de-
mands of all the other farm and house
work before they receive attention. II
Is made where the maker Is ignorant,
careless and dirty. The COWS IRE MIXED
at the convenience of the hired man,
and the milk is strained and put into
the creamery at some indefinite time
thereafter, when the hired girl gets
ready. Sometimes the cream is re-
moved in "a hours, and some times not
in four days. In hot weather the
cream gets too sour, and in cold, il
sometimes never gets sour at all. 1t is
ehurned at a temperature sometimes
too low, but oftener too high, and never
twice alike. The buttermilk is not
completely removed, salt is added by
guess, and it is worked by main
strength till the dairy maid gets tired
During the whole process 1t associates
uore or less intimately with the cooked
end uncooked food in the family PAN
try, and the wonder is, not that it is
bad, but that It is as good as is.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23

, thus exposed from accidental contact
~ b light wires Is therefore increasing
'l5try year.
great deal Of study has been de-
Igoted to the invention of devices which
would render such wires harmless in
case of breakage. Among these ap-
pliances is one designed by A. f.
Hutchins, of Detroit. At a public ex-
hibition Of its workings, few weeks
ago, he took in his bare hand and
placed in his mouth the end of fallen
wire, which, previous to its being cut
for the test was carrying a current
with an electromotive force OF 5000
volts. He then walked barefooted
into a shallow pool Of water, thus es-
tablishing about as perfect a contact
as was possible. Had the current still
been flowing through the extreme end
Of the wire II would have passed
through him TO the earth and killed
him "as quick as a wink" His escape
was due to the efficacy Of his invention.
This consists Of provision for switch
ing the current down to the earth by
a different route. On each pole carry
ing the wire and on each side Of the
supporting insulator, Mr.. Hutehins
places a Y-shaped piece of metal, con-
Meeting with ground wire" running
down the pole into the earth, and there
carefully attached to a water-pipe or
other good conductor.
The cline" wire is made to pass be
tween the branches of this fork. but
ordinarily is stretched so tight that it
does not touch. When, however, the
wire is broken, it falls down so as to
rest in the crotch. If there be any IN
sulative covering on the wire this is
scraped of for an inch OF two when the
line is being constructed, so as to leave
the copper bare where it is liable t.
touch the fork, thus insuring perfect
contact. And to prevent the wire from
4 getting outside of the Y, the upper ends
Aof the latter are bent over 50 as to close
TN opening overhead. When this de-
vice comes into action, in emergencies,
the current flows down the pole, and the
dangling end of the line wire ceases to
carry electricity. 1t is now no longer
'live," but dead" and harmless.
With the increasing use of electricity
which the future, the near future,
promises in all densely populated coun-
tries, the tendency will be toward higher
voltages than are now common. I'm
less lines carrying high potential cur
rents are put in conduits underground
therefore, some such device as that
here described will be needed. It will
add trihe TO the cost of line to use
appliances Of this sort; but public safe
~ win demand and legislation will re.
quire their adoption.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23

sounded, the trays were lowered and
the guests served.
have been much surprised at the
small amount of beer drunk by the bet
ter class of Germans. A German with
cut his beer had always seemed to me
rather a Hamletless Hamlet, but, / am
told, and observation bears out the
assertion, that the better class of Ger
mans do not drink beer. On the Rhine
boats beer is not served in the first
class saloons, and in the great garden
at Baden, where the open-air concerts
take place and which is the great place
of resort, very little beer is served, the
general order being for the popular
Rhine wines, while the Frenchman
takes his inevitable cognac and coffee,
a sip of the cognac, then one of the cof-
fee, then both poured together and
drunk being the approved method.
Somebody has called Scotland the
country of two jams" orange mar
malade and some other preserve max
ing their appearance at every meal
with startling regularity. Switzer-
land might be termed the country Of
honey. On every breakfast andlunch
table the little pot Of honey is laid out
land, If the sweetening process begun
in Scotland is continued in Italy and
France, my bad temper will no longer
be a source Of anxiety to my friends
and prayerful meditation to myself.
One can always tell the nationality
of ones neighbor at these tables d'hote
by what he takes to drink. The Amer
lean always has his ice water, the Ger
man his Rhine wine, the Englishman
his dark, heavy wine, when he can get
It, which tastes like half-fermented
vinegar, and the Frenchman his cham
payne or his cognac.
And the customs are so different in
the manner of eating and drinking.
There is a profound satisfaction in the
meal itself to the Germans and Swiss,
who eat, oblivious Of the rise and fall
sof empires, duels and death. The
Americans always act as il they were
in hurry to catch train, and they
usually are; the Frenchman eats more
slowly, with more attention to details,
attentive service, etiquette, etc, while
the Englishman resembles the German
in the solidity if his food and the way
he swallows it.-N. Y. Recorder.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23

lMpRovED CLOCK DIAL

Remarkable That It una Not neon
Thought Of Before The Hour Hand
Trarerses the Pace IN the Same Time
That the sun on the Average Traversoa
the Path Around the Earth.
The new dial represented herewith
Is such a simple and obvious improve
ment on the old patterns that it Is TO
be wondered that Il was not adopted
long since. The inventor. who has had
the dial patented. started out with the
idea Of making the hour hand traverse
the dial in the same time that the sun
on the average Vravcrses, or seems to
traverse, the path around the earth.
Il win be seen that the dial represents
the rising Of the sun, its progress 20
the zenith at noOhtide, and to its final
disappearance below the horizon at
nightful. But the disc, instead Of being
divided into IL spaces. Is divided into "a,
marked from one to twelve in two
series. The upper half Of the dial rep.
resents day, and the lower half night,
and the two are distinguished by the
very natural expedient Of making
day" white and might" black, with
the additional precaution Of printing
"day" and might" in conspicuous let
tiers on the respective hemispheres.
On the outer rim will be observed the
scale for the minute hand. This scale
is divided into 60 parts, every fifth part
being marked with It's appropriate hgi
ure. This, again, does away with
source Of ambiguity in the presents
tenn. People are accustomed to saE
quarter Of and "a quarter after" On
''25 minutes of, and so forth, all q
which expressions have a greater ~
less tendency to cause mistakes. By
the new dial there can be no errors.
Take, for instance, the position of the
hands as represented in the diagram.
They mean certain time. and no
other time. The small, or hour hand,
is between five and six, and as this
hour hand represents the sun, we see
that it is sinking toward the horizon,
In other words, il is between five and
six o'clock in the evening. The precise
time is known when we look at the
long, or minute hand This is pointing
directly at 55.. The time is, therefore
five hours and IS minutes in the even.
ing, or 5:55, as railroad men say. Ac-
eording to the common method Of tell.
ing time you would say that the dia'
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23
PATENT CLOCK DIAL.
gram shows five minutes of six o'clock

gram shows Ave minutes Of six o'clock
p. m.
Another improvement connected
with the day and night clock dial is
an invention to simplify the reading
of timetables by incasing the figures
that indicate the arrival and departigr
of the night trains in heavy blalY
Everybody who has had occasion
travel has suffered the fortunes Of
the timetable Most women are alb
solutely unable to fathom the myster-
les of train schedule. The trouble
is mainly because Of the little "a. m s"
and ''p ms" that are constantly
springing up in the most unexpected
places and in the most distressing man
ner. The new arrangement does away
with the difficulty at one blow. II all
railroads should adopt the new system
it would almost be pleasure to read
timetables. There is absolutely no
chance for error, and then not only
would the reading of the schedule be
an easy matter, but the traveller 'of the
long voyage" could see at a glance just
how much time his trip would occupy,
and what part of it would be performed
at night and what part in the day
time.
The most curious thing about this in
vention is that it has never been
thought of before. But in that respect
it resembles a great many other impor-
tant discoveries-Ne Ideas.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23
WOMAN AND HOME.


she Makes study OF How Europeans Eat
Their Meals-Amcricans Always Can FOR
Ice Water. Erenchmcn Are stirklcrs for
styles Germans and Enriishmen Want
solid Food
The climate, the place, the people and
the language may change, but the table
sd'hote is ever the same. You Nave no
choice; you are literally "at the table
of the host" and you must take what
he gives you and be thankful that hum
ger has given you the necessary appe-
tite. There are two things almost in
.dispensable to the American tourist
which are rarely furnished unless a
special order is giyen-the first, butter;
the second, ice water. The butter,
when it is secured, Is always unsalted,
and the water uniced, which necessi-
tates a second order and another wait;
anything out Of the unusual taking
timc illimitable. II is said that the
American is distinguished by his
prompt demand for ice water, and, II
this is true. Of which have no doubt,
there is no adequate reason, consider
jng the great number Of American tour
lists why it should not be served more
promptly. / have tried everything to
.quench the thirst Of travel but nothing
hut water win satisfy.
The table d'hote dinner greatly sim
plifes the arrangements for service.
Having the same dinner to serve to each
guest, there is a system and order
maintained which is different from the
hurry and skurry Of q dinner a la carte.
At Neuhausen, where the Rhine .,ds
,FrtfdcJ 50 many visitors, was particu-
.larly struck by the silence and system
of the attendance. The Mattresses were
.attired in Swiss costume, the short Dor
adered skirt, the black bodice, with sill
yer chains. and filigree medalions on
shoulder and neck, and the spotless
white chemisette. At the beginning Of
each course the Mattresses formed a
line at the door, and then, at a signal,
took their respective places, either at
the head, foot or center of the long
tables They stood a few seconds, with
huge trays poised in air. then a bell
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23
ABOUT FILLED CHEESE.
The Practice Of Making It Is a Very Rep.
rehsnslble One.

The Practice Of Making Il IL a Very Rep
rehsnsibls One.
It is a fact that American cheese
makers have lost their prestige in the
markets of the old world on account Of
the character Of the product sent from
this country, and Canadians have, to
a great extent. taken the place thus left
vacant.
There is probably more filled cheese
made in Illinois than In any other state
in the union. though Wisconsinisa good
second. The practice Of making filled
cheese is a reprehensible one, and the
evil is a growing one, for Chicago con-
taina a long list Of sinners in this re-
spect.
If the cheese thus made could be sold
to the consumers for just what II is,
there would not be so much harm in it,
for he could buy it or let il alone, just
as best suited him. It is due the max
ers of filed cheese in Chicago to say
that they make no pretense that it is
full milk cheese, but make and sell it
for exactly what it is; but after il
leaves the hands of the maker it is
palmed off as pure cheese, regularly
made, and this is what gives American
cheese the reputation it has abroad,
and what has taken the trade away
from US and given it over into che hands
of Canadian cheese makers.
There should be laws to make this
state Of affairs impossible, but so far
there has been no effective movement
to check the making and sale Of hog-fat
cheese for full cream.-Farm and Fire
side
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23
oARpEN ANp oRoHARp.


All the dead plants should be re-
moved from the flower beds and gar
dens.
Grapes win grow usually without any
care. But that is not the way to get
good crops.
Large quantities of water are being
constantly eyaporated from leaves Of
trees in summer.
The Miller Queen raspberry is highly
spoken Of as vigorous and an early and
productive bearer.
Bordeaux mixture win not prevent
rust on strawberry vines, at least not
in all cases. That has been proved.
The fruit grower that prefers hardi-
ness In small fruits to quality is Affect
ed with laziness, whether he knows Il
or not
The reading on winter evenings
should include a good work on insects
A knowledge of insects and insecticides
is absolutely necessary to the fruit
grower and gardener.
II is the honest nurseryman who
sells stock true to name whose business
lasts. In our time we have known q
good many honest nurserymen to 60
to the wall. That does not mean. how
ever, that those who have failed have
been dishonest.-Farner'a Voice.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23

aitheueh q Recent Importation "a mas
Done Much Harm.
This insect Is comparatively new TO
the farmers and fruit growers Of he
United States. having been known in
this country less than 90 years. II has
been a serious pest TO various kinds u
fruit trees inGermany for over 50 years.
aad was found working upon fruit
trees In the vicinity Of Elmira, n. E..
in 1877. Il has gradually spread IN al
directions. especially through the
south and central west. Il was Cb-
served IN large numbers in orchards in
South Carolina in 1855. and was very
destructive 10 fruit trees in Illinois in
1883. Two years later II was found in
Indiana. and Is now well established
throughout the central Mississippi
valley.
Ny attention has been called 70 u
many times during the present year.
in orchards throughout central and
southern illinois, Il is becomIng a
veryferious pest, and many orch rlists
and farmers are becoming greatly
alarmed. IL does not conhne ITS at
tacks to fruit trees. but IS found work.
ing On shade and orna1 Atal trees as
well; usually the maple. elm and noun
tain ash.
The beetle win attack perfectly
healthy trees, but has 8 Gee q q pref
erence for weak and siclkly ones a tree
infested with this insect can b.f-sasia|r
detected by a little careful obsefvatlilil.
The trunk and larger BRANCHES are
usually pcppered full Of little round
holes. about the size Of a pin head IS
shown in the accompanying iilustra-
ton at Fig 2. In many instances fhe
gummy eNerdation from these pane
lures is very conspicuous, standing out
in bead-lile masses or running down
the branches and trunk. I have seen
many trees, especially cherry, in this
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23

Many women do not like to use
naphtha in removing grease from their
clothing because Of the oder which
clings to the garment afterward. If the
fluid is properly refined it viii be with
out scent. But those who object to it
may try the following connection,
which is remarkably beneficial, in
stead; Dissolve two ounces of borax IN
three pints boiling water. Before it is
cold add one teaspoonful of camphor
and bottle. Rub the dirty place with a
cloth wet with this mixture and you
will be delighted with the result.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23

way. The illustration shows how a
corner has been utilized to give closet
space to a room without that conven-
fence. The work has been slilfully man
aged here to make the closet appear "a
be a natural part of the room and not
an after-thought.
To this end the frieze of the wall
paper is carried across the front part
of the closet, as is also the picture rail
thus forming a finish at the top Of the
open space. At the bottom the base
board has, in effect, been carried across
the front of the closet, though in reality
It has in it hinged panel, which is the
front Of a triangular drawer, or box
that can thus be brought out, disclosing
a place for boots, shoes, etc. The open
space above has curtain to conceal
and protect from dust the clothing
within.-WebbD onnell, in Country Gen.
tleman.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23

Gen. Roy Stone, government engineer
in charge Of the department Of road in
quiry, said at the National Good Roads
conference at Asbury Park last year
that there are about 5oO. 100000 tens Of
freight hauled over roads every year
on the United States, and 90 per cent.
Of the cost Of doing it was due to bad
roads. He believed that the loss from
poor roads in this country would ag-
gregate no less than 1923, OOO, 900 an
nually.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23

nth century, when embroidery took
possession Of everything textiles,
furniture, clothing and even equipages.
Nothing escaped the avalanche Of flow
ers in brilliant silks, conventional
forms, arabesques, etc, in gold and sill
yer and jewels, all so heavily wrought
that they almost appeared TO be carved
out of metal. A court dress Of the
period was a monument-and the ae-
companying sketch win give an idea
Of the elaborate work on the gown Of a
fashionable court belle.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1896-02-23

Chiffon may now be bought in va
riety Of designs. The newest is the
Dresden chiffon, which sells for S1.7i
q yard. 1t is stamped with a conven-
tional design in delicately colored
flowers. The changeable chiffon Is
also new and is used principally for
trimming purposes. 1t shows many
varying shades and is exquisite for q
full vest of a cloth bodice.