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Peach and Plum Recipes
Formulas for the Housewife Who Likes to Dc
Her Preserving by Degrees.

add the peaches and the bIanched kernels
Let all boil for ten minutes or until ten
der. Put the peaches into the ster1hzed
jars Let the syrup boil for ten minutes
longer and then pour 1t over the fr1ir and
seal.
IL the housewife wants 10 take little
more trouble here are two more recipes f0g
preserving peaches that she might try
Peach Butter-Select ripe peaches II noe
very soft boil them in little water til
slightly cooked: then press them through a
colander. and TO every pound OF pulp add
three-quarters OF q pound OF sugar In q
tiny bag place some. spices. such as ctnpa-
mon. cloves and alspice- Tie the bag up
and drop # into the boiling fruit mixture.
or else drop II into 4 little hot water and
boil it until the water is well spiced. and
then add the spiced water to the ''butter."
Let the butter cook until Il Is thoroughly
done and ready to seal up II the peaches
are very ripe and soft they can be pressed
together through the colander without boil
ing beforehand. This recipe. which Is an
old family one. comes from an experienced
upstate housewife, who has found II ex-
cellent.
Peach Leather-Weigh. after peeiing and
stoning. some fine, tart peaches. For every
pound weigh out half as much sugar and
lay IT aside. Boil the peaches with the
stones In n little water till quite tender.
remove the stones and pass the pulp
through a sieve. Let the mixture boil gent
Iy. for one hour, stirring II frequently to
prevent burning. Then add the sugar. Boa
one minute and pour the mixture into shall
low eartheu plates. Spread the paste out
so that 1t is not over a quarter OF an inch
in thickness Let the mixture dry slowly
In an oven \ board. well CREASED. may
be used instead Of the plates Sometimes
the board with the peach leather Is put
outdoors in the sunshine TO dry IN not dry
enough In one day 10 Is taken in at night
and the next day put back into the sun
shine again. 1t should be allowed TO dry
until Ii has ceased to be sticky, when II
can be rolled up like leather. IL put in q.
cool. dry place il is said 20 keep perfectly
from one season 10 another quarter OF
pound OF graduated sugar instead OF
half pound Is sometimes used for every
pound of fruit When desired for luncheon
or tea II is cut in thin slices from the end
OF the roll Ounce leather may De made
In the same manner. These fruit feathers
are said TO be popular throughout virglniI
and Maryland. They are used as accom-
paniments 10 waters for lvnehsoa e. isaA
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THE WOOD FAIRIES.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: One
day was picking flowers in the woods and
L heard some one speak.
Il shall have it
mo, you shan't!' said another.
I looked all around me, but could not see
anybody. Then / brushed aside some
flowers and saw two fairies. They were
quarrelling about who should have pretty
rose leaf ball gown that lay spread on the
ground.
1 was very much shocked to find fairies
quarrelling, for Isupposed they never quar-
relied They did not see me, for which 1
vas very glad. AT last one Of them said:
We will go down and ask the queen
about it. Whoever she says may have 1t
that one shall have it,
"All right" said the other fairy. and
away they few
ran after them. regardless of my
flowers, which dropped in my haste. They
led me to little alcove IN the woods, and
there, seated on a throne of gold, l beheld
the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
There was carpet of moss on the floor
and the walls were made Of pearls. The
queen had dress made of piece of sun
set. Her hair was golden. She had little
gold slippers on her feet, and the crown
on her head was made Of gold, with a pearl
il front In her hand was a golden wand
with pearl on top Of it. On either side of
her was a fairy to keep guard over her.
After a little I found out that her name
was Pearl.
The other fairies whom 1 had seen In the
woods laid the case before Queen Pearl.
Now. Queen Pearl was very wise. and when
she once said a thing was to be done it was
done. Just then she saw me and asked me
what 1 wanted. l told her l was lost in the
woods, which was true, as l had followed
the fairies SO far that I could not tell where
I was. She said she would provide me with
room for the night. 1t was only early in
the afternoon. so | thanked the queen and
told her l would take a walk. l walked
along looking all around me. l looked up
at the clouds. then looked down and found
that l was at the edge of a great cliff 1t
was so far down that it made me dizzy. l
lost my balance and fell l felt a bump
and awakened to find I had fallen out of
bed. for had been dreaming. Hoping this
will interest YOU. l am, your interested
reader. CLARA CHENEY aged 10J.
Fort Edward, n. Y.
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Letters TO the Editor

Dear Editor: I wish to thank you for the
pretty sterling silver Tribune badge you so
kindly sent me. The Tribune has been In
our family for over fifty years and this Is
my first prize. SO you see why 1 am SO
proud of II. Yours truly,
JEAN HUNT HOLMES.
No. Is Elizabeth street, Port Jervis. N. Y.
Dear Editor: I received your check for
81 yesterday and thank you very much for
1t. Yours sincerely.
WILLIAM r. PEMBLE.
Saltwater, n. Y.
Dear Editor: I received your book this
morning and I want to thank you very
much for It. / am sure 1 shall enjoy IL
With many thanks i am. your reader.
HELMUT ELSASSER.
No. 3oa West 1Osth street, New York.
Dear Editor: Thank you very much
fcr the beautiful badge. which I received
this afternoon. This is the second prize I
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HONOR LIST.

1, Beulah E. Bartlett; 2, Harold Bush; 8,
Grace l. Bitz, T. Mildred Balch; 5, Annie
Elizabeth Bell: 6. Philip Coe; z, Helen u
Calhoun; s, Walter Comb: 9, Rose Dobrin;
10. Margaret Davis: II, Luciano Frazza; IL
Katharine Goodridge; 13. Hubert b. Geist;
IA, Marion D. Howard; Is, Olive HaVehs'
Is. Allen Keith; II. Anna Kelly; 49, A
Kogge; 49, Kathleen Kelly: 90 Jennie
Lowenhaupt; q, Marion Murray; u Mar
garet Miller. %, Mona Mackay; "a, Milo
R. Mayer; ., Margaret Mahon; 20, Eliza
beth o. Newton: q, Florence E. often
helm; %, Harriet B. Pratt; q. Agnes Far
ry: 90. Herbert Pratt: 81. Dorothy Rogers;
g. Elizabeth Roberts; %. Thekla Ranscht;
81, Edward King Root: IS. Helen e. Ridley;
s. Henry Reinitz; 81, Edna Stroh; 81
Elizabeth Stevens; 80, Cantine Tremper;
10. Florence Tyler; Il. Paul G. Tarbox; A.
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Paris, July 19.
American tourists who have visited
Versailles will remember the delightful
little blue library of Marie Antoinette
The room is only 10 feet high and
Il feet wide The pearl-blue carved
wood panelling is set off with pale blue
faded curtains. The chiselled bronzf
ornaments have the patina Of age. Marie
Anto!nette, in order to obtain rehe'
from the stately, cold. splendor or the
palace Of the Roy Soleil,' constructed
her Advancement Bas," or suite of living
rooms. with comfortable. cosey furniture
and low ceilings, where she passed most
Of her time with her personal friends
and where needless etiquette was put
aside
few days ago Marie Antoinette's IA
vorite musical clock, which was found
last year in lumber room in the attic
OF the palace by M de Nolhac the curator
OF the Versailles Museum, was placed
On the beautiful marble mantel piece OF
the blue library" where il had stood IN
1857. This clock was made for Mare
Antoinette in that year by LIE Roy the
famous clockmalIer and great-great-
grandfather Of NJ LIE Roy, the present
Partisan clockmaker and official "horo-
logger" Of the Ministry of the Marine
This musical clock. which has been re-
paired by N. LIE Roy. is of itself sur
hcient inducement TO visit Versailles.
Near the clock is an old key. chained
70 which Is a meal tag bearing the in
scrip1ion "Clef de Ia Pendule Musique
DC 81. a" The initials M. A" stand
Tor Marie AntOirette, Queen 81 France
and Archduchess- Of Austria
II took NJ. LIE Roy three months 10 put
ue delicate tin,epiece in working or
DER Naturally. 10 took great personal
PRIDE in the task which was conf1ded
10 him by the Minister of Fine Arts
1cr The dial plate bears the name OF
MS ancestor. lie Roy Paris" The clock
contains very complicated musical
movement that played ten favorite tunes
VI Marie Antoinette. Each hour. from
O'Clock in the morning until In the
e'eigng-this discreet clock was silent
al n'ght-one Of these tunes Was played
automatically. 81. LIE Roy made IL =
S'aat Of professional honor simply 10
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Figure I.

string Is looseped a trfe by letting the
right hand go bit lower toward the foot.
You can judge, by practising this a few
times, just how much to allow for each
movement you want the box to make.
Now make the other box, but don't put
any stick inside. String 1t simply on a
string, but make 1t look exactly like the
re al trick box.
Now put one box In your pocket-the
trick box. Show the other box and tell
the spectator that you would like to show
him a trick. Let him look at the box, and
then put 1t into your pocket while you take
Out the real trick box. Then work this for
him and let him give the commands, IL he
wishes. You can easily make the trick box
obey them. you see.
AS long as you hold your string tight the
box cannot move downward on the string.
Only when you let your hand down with the
end OF the string in it will the box move.
and 1t will depend upon the way you hold
your string whether the motion is rapid or
slow. The observer may guess this, but
he cannot tell why 1t Is SO, especially r he
is baffled with the other little box that is
not trick box at all
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BY PATTEN BEARD.

It really is most unusual box Tell 1t
TO do what you command. 1t will obey in
stantly! In appearance there is nothing
unusual about the box: 1t is just an or
binary affair such as safety matches come
packed in. There Is the usual drawer which
pulls out, and string is passed through
each end of this. so that the box is really
threaded on the long piece Of string. One
end Of this is held under the foot, the
other Is held in the right hand and the
box will slide down the string and stop
exactly where you tell 1t to stop.
GO fast!'' you cry; the little box slips
rapidly down the string at brisk pace.
Go more slowly you say, and the
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sTARFlsH ATTACKING AN OYSTER

TO their troubles Now they kill all the star
fish that come UP in the dredge by steam
ing them. The starfish has red eye spot
in the end of each arm. He walks stand
ing on the ends of his arms, SO he looks
like stool with five legs marching straight
ahead"
Just then the oyster boat whistled a
shril note. The dredge came up for the
last time and the boat swung sharply
around and steamed away. with full
cargo. Through the clear water, looking
down, We could see hundreds of oysters
still lying on the bottom. waiting to be
harvested, and slowly making his way over
the crusty shells came a starfSh, rolling
idly along IN the tide, full with feasting
and waiting for the pangs of hunger to
move him to seize his easy prey.
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Dear Little Men and Little Women: Hav-
ing sailed a little last summer in a friend s
boat, l was very anxious to have one OF
my own this season. After renting light,
easy going rowboat, l had a galvanized
iron keel made, which I nailed to the bot
tom of the boat For mast l went to
large department store and bought one of
the poles they wrap carpets around. The
hardest of all TO make was the sail. With
the aid of a sewing machine 1 finished 1t
after weeks work. Rigging IL up and
making the rudder took another two or
three days. and then came the trial trip.
The boat certainly was a success. L sailed
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LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Initial Puzzle.-The objects beginning
with the letter III were hoop. hand
handle, hat, head. hill, hole Gin sign),- hoe,
bod. house. hose and hair The neatest
and best three lists of words came from
Frances McElroy. twelve years old, No.
1872 State street, Schenectady. n. Y. who
wishes an interesting book; Rose Weston.
ten years old. No. 451 Ridgewood avenue,
Brooklyn. sterling silver Tribune badge,
and Cyril Kinnier. eleven years old, No.
276 East 16fst street. New York City.
sterling silver Tribune badge
Our Letter Box--For prize winners seS
letters on this page
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il in book" said the Boy. 1T has a
long. sharp tongue and drills hole In
the oysters shell ana sucks him out"
You're right again. young Mr. zoolo-
sist, but you haven't guessed what 1 was
thinking about, so the answers wrong.
What 90 you know about starfsh, with all
the rest OF your info7nation?"
I've seen them rolling along on the bot
tom when we've been rowing. and 1 tried TO
drag enc up the other day, but he got
away ! know they're something like a
sea urchin and somehow related TO the
sea lilies and cucuinbers and-weI, that's
all ! renieTnbe
You're right again, as far as You go,
but there are one or two things You
Ia ven't mentioned about Mr.. Starfsh- He
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have won in The Tribune. Thanking you
again. remain, your constant reader,
Dunont n. J. MARGARET MILLER
Dear Editor: received my book yeste--
day and thank you very much. hope II
win another prize soon. Yours truly,
HOWARD NICHOLS.
No. zoo Ravine avenue, YOnkers, ". Z.
Dear Editor: I wish TO thank you for tho
prize of 81 which I received a week ago.
This is the second dollar which have won.
Thanking you again, 1 remain, your con-
slant reader, KATHARINE HEATH.
Catskill. n. z.
Dear Editor: I received the paints. which,
you sent me, In fine condition. and was
very much pleased with them. Thanking
you for favoring me with one OF yoEF
prizes, remain, your friend,
JEAN z. BLACK
No. 40 wyckon avenue. Richmond HILL
Long Island
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enough to allow the drawer to slide oacH
and forth easily upon the string
Next take the Dit of stick or toothpics'
III piece of 1t into the centre OF the oox
across the narrower width. allowing 'he
string to go under it. Be sure to fit this into
the centre OF the drawer. with the strihg
under it. for on this all successful opera
ton Of your trick box will depend. tF1s'
~ When all this is done put the drawer
o. your box In again, making your trick
box complete. Gig. p
Take one end of the string in your right
hand Hold the other under the toe OF your
left foot. Start your box ct the top OF thu
string and see what happens when the
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A cATBIRD'S NEST.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: one
morning, about the middle of May, / looked
cut of the window and saw catbird with
a piece of tissue paper in his bill. watched
him, and he flew into a clump of bushes
by our house. l saw him do this many
times that day. The next day I went and
looked for the nest in the bushes. 1t was
in the top of the bush, and was hidden SO
much by the leaves that it took me long
time to find it. The nest was MADE OF
twigs. tissue paper, leaves. rags and other
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such things. The inside was softly lined
with small, dry twigs and bark of grape
vines The first egg was laid On May a.
Five eggs, which were all they had, were
laid four days later. The color of the eggs
was dark greenish-blue and very pretty.
All the eggs were Matched by June IL The
parent birds were very busy feeding their
young ones. Among other things they fed
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Our Letter Box

possessing and industrious people. Their
home is in the Everglades of Florida.
1 like it so much down here that 1 should
not like to live North again. although I
like to read The New-York Tribune Hop
ing this may interest you, l remain,
Your constant reader,
Kenneth MORTON (aged 40.
Alva Lee Co, Fla.
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Hotv TO 6g)i,1 q Prize.

No
and best three the page later
Bos>A prize Be give your choice OF pr1
81 Be o
August u CON
Men ana
and must be write
Of the eronY. tiers
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about a half mile in very short time
against q hight breeze and strong tide.
lacking all the way Since then have had
four races with boats my size and have
not been defeated yet. Sailing is fine,
healthy sport. and hope some of the Little
Men who have not already enjoyed 1t will
get to work and make q boat like mine.
GEORGE COOPER (aged 49,.
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them bread crumbs. The parent birds kept
very careful watch OF their little ones and
in cases of danger they initiated cat
call, from which the birds get their name.
On June "a / found that all the birds had
gone.
MAX IRWIN CARRUTH (ased 1S).
No. 123 North washington street, larry
town, n. Y.
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Marion c. White; e, William Walter WIZ
cox; A. Howard Waterman; IS. Mary
Louise Warden. 4s. Mary Louise WeikeTts
II. Sylvia White: as. Muriel Yarnold; ".
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Among the different sorts Of gardens that
a woman may have-the white garden, the
rose garden. the old-fashioned garden and
many others-none is more charming than
the perfume garden. And no perfume plant
is sweeter than the lavender the mere men
ton OF which brings visions OF those deli
cately scented linen rooms which were the
pride of our grandmothers.
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Dear Little Men and Little Women: One
day l was picking flowers in the woods and
l heard some one speak.
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MY SAIIBCAT

II L : - = 7 II =
Alva. Lee Co., Fla.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-16

Quotations furnished by Samuel Burma
! ir 61i New York Life building:
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-16
stock in sight,
Cotton Market,

NEW YORK, Feb. B-CoTTON-The
market opened steady at unchanged prices
to a decline Of Q points, and during the
first few minutes sold 4 to points net
lower on the active months under over
night selling orders and reports of a smaller
spot business in Liverpool. Spot interests
bought tho near positions on the decline
and the market Bteadied up on this sup
port and arbttrage buying, with prices dur
ing the middle of the morning ruling
about net unchanged to points higher.
Futures opened steady; March, l47Sc;
May, 14.ac; July, iAS5c; August, H0sc;
September 13 325d13 90c October, 12.SOc; No
vember, 136Sc; December, 126Sc
March, 14.72c; April, lt,7Oc; May, l4slc;
June, 1890; July, Il eSc; August, HOsc;
September "a. 26c October, Il. SIC; NoVem-
Der, 1267c; December, 12.65c.
Spot closed quiet, 15 points lower; mid
ding uplands, 1bc; middling gulf l6.25c;
no sales.
GALVESTON, Feb. 15.-CoTToN-steady
at 15ho.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15,--CoTToN-stead
middling 15hc; sales, none; receipts, 5o2
bales shipments, Sol bales; stock, 1856
bales.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-16
DISPOSITION.
Totals ..................6,4O7 1903 SO

CATTLE-Receipts Of cattle this morning
were liberal, 249 cars being reported IN,
making the total for the two days OF over
1900 head, or almost 900 head short Of the
two days last week. 1t will be remem-
bered however, that the receipts last week
were above the average. AS compared with
a year ago there has been q gain OF over
1000 head this week in the two days. The
market as a whole was in very fair con-
There was very fair inquiry on the
part of shippers and such cattle as they
use generally commanded steady prices, as
compared with yesterday. On the other
hand, the trade on packers kinds was not
so active and a good share of the cattle
purchased by buyers for packing house ac-
count looked as much as 10c lower.
Cows and heifers sold about the same
way as beef steers, that is anywhere from
steady to 10c lower than yesterday. While
the trade as a whole was not particularly
active, the bulk of the cattle changed
hands in reasonable season.
Stockers and feeders were active sellers
at good strong prices and the offerings Of
anything desirable along that line met with
very ready SALE AS high as $50 was paid
for good cattle to go back into the country
on feed.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
beef steers. $6.O0GT00; fair to good beef
steers, S5.60Q600; common to fair beef
steers, $4.5096 50; good to choice cows and
heifers &76Q65o; fair to good cows and
heifers, A.00g4.76; common to fair cows
and heifers, 81. 756p4.00 good to choice stock
ers and feeders $4.50g560; fair to good
stockers and feeders, $4Oog4;5o; common to
bulls, stays, etc, t30Oq5.OO.
Representative sales:
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-16
LOWELL TO SPEAK AT LINCOLN
Noted AstrOnomcr WIN Discuss QueH-
tiOn of HRbitntion of Mars Before
Meeting of sigma Nj.

Prof Perclvsi Lowell OF the faculty OF
the Massachusetts, Institute of Technology
will lecture before the Sigma XI. an hon
orary scientific society Tuesday evening
in Lincoln. The address viii be on the
muchdisputed point OF whether the planet
Mars is inhabited or not The subject is
Of special interest at this time as Mars
Just now is It's nearest TO the earth,
Prof Lowell Is recognized as one OF the
greatest astronomers in America He has
made the study OF Mars his lifework
Many people interested in scientific work
in Nebraska and the neiRhboing states
are taking the opportunity 10 go to Lin
coin to hear this lecture by Prof Lowell.
Dr. II. A. Senter of the Omaha High
school faculty, president OF the Nebraska
section OF the American Chemical society.
will go from Omaha, He is member Of
Sigma XI and a professor OF astronomy.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-16
DR.. COOK AT SANTIAGO
Explorer il Disputed at Being Met
by Newspaper Repre-
acDtatfveH

SANTIAGO Chile, Feb. 15,-Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook arrived here tonight from
valdivia. He is accompanied by his wife.
The explorer seemed to be in perfect
health but disgusted at being met by the
representatives OF the newspapers. He
said that he wanted to be left in peace
and declined absolutely to be interviewed.
AS on the trip from Montevideo to Val
DIVA, DR.. Cook travelled under the name Of
Craig The woman who accompanied him
used persuasion to prevent him from speak
ing. They took rooms at the Oddo hotel,
where they left word that they would not
receive anybody. A detective accompanied
them to the place from Valdivih-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-16
LAWYER SHIFTS SIDE IN CASE
SIabaugh, who Was Defending
County, IL Now Suing for
Brewster,

Former Judge W. ". slabaugh can view
a suit in district court with the true judi
clal sttitudte-thst OF looking at both sides
OF case. For Mr., Slabaugh is appearing
as attorney for the plaintiff in thes uit Of
], w. Brewster against the county for
$2,24s
When Mr.. Slabaugh was county attorney,
Brewster began this action md the then
county attorney had charge OF the defense.
The case dragged more or less, time
worked It's mutations and now Mr.. Sla-
baugh is on the other side OF the table with
A. G. Elllck, defending. .. ..
Mr.. Brewster paid in &324s for a tax claim
against the old Yuong Mems Christian as
sociation building. Another man subse-
quently got the building and the county
still has the money Mr.. Brewster would
like IL back. ~