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A Triumphant Combination.

A pushcart peddler called Jerry
Cippolario, a familiar figure in upper
First avenue, was arrested OF Satur-
day night by an inspector of the Blu
reau of Weights and Measures, who
found that one Of Jerry's scales
marked just one and one-half pounds
short weight. On arriving before
Magistrate Corrigan the prisoner
found no difficulty" in giving 500
bail, since it is stated that he is worth
$4,000.
Some persons professed great sur
prise at a pushcart peddler being so
rich. Why should anybody be sur
prised? Is not the explanation easy
to see? Patience, industry, frugality
and very short weights are a lucra-
tive combination.-New York Sun.
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Indian Runner Ducks.

A more profitable kind of poultry
than the Indian Runner Ducks would
be hard to find. They were supposed
to have been imported from India to
England, where they are great favor
ties with the poultry raisers; they
were first bred in the United States
about fifteen years ago, and have be-
come such a ~favorite with the poultry
raisers that for the past few years
eggs and stock are in such demand
that the BREEDERS can't fill the demands
made on them for stock and eggs.
They are not large, weighing from
four to five pounds. But such a sight,
to see a flock of well fed Indian Run
ners, their fawn and white markings,
erect carriage, make them admired by
all. But best of all their egg pro-
ducing qualities, laying every month
in the year. By culling and keeping
best layers we have now a strain that
are great egg producers. In the year
Of 1909 ours laid eggs every month;
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Great Cathedral Dedicated.

The exercises in connection with
the dedication of the new Catholic
Cathedral of Westminster continued
several days. About thirty Archbish.
ops and Bishops, many abbots and
800 priests participated in the cere'
monies, which were Of the most SOL
emn character. Archbishop Bourne
presided.
The new cathedral was begun IN
1895 by Cardinal Vaughan. 1t is the
first Catholic cathedral built in Eng
land since the Reformation and the
only example of Christian byzantine
architecture in London. 1t has beel?
designated by architects as the great
est architectural triumph of the last
seven centuries.
Though the structure vas finished
in the early part Of 1908, many years
will elapse before the interior decora-
tons are complete. The nave IS the
widest of any church in England, and
owing to the fact that the sanctuary
is seven and one-half feet above the
level of the nave, every part com.
mands an uninterrupted view of the
high altar, with its imposing marble
and mosaic baldacchino, on which
light is cleverly concentrated. The
gilt crucifx that hangs from the chan
eel arch is thirty feet in length. The
dominating external feature is the
great %canpanile, which to the top of
it's browning cross is 2S4 feet. Apart
from the cost of the site, over $780,
600 was spent on the cathedral.
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tending from the handle, and a brush
with a hollow handle. To make the
combination all that is necessary is to
thrust the handle of the comb into
the handle of the brush and one i'm
plement is formed. Instead, then, of
raking a horse with the currycomb
and going over him again with the
brush, the whole operation can be
performed with one stroke by passing
the brush portion of the new imple-
ment over the path left by the preced-
ing stroke of the comb when the next
sweep Of the comb is made. In this
way two horses can be cleaned in the
time it used to take to groom one.
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0HinfsD
Ir HousewtpeR
-

Sugar Is a valuable foodstuf for
children, but it should be eaten with
moderation.
The infection of whooping-cough
can be conveyed before the child has
begun to "whoop."
The infection of measles does not
cling to furniture and clothing with
the same tenacity as in scarlet fever.
When a tailored collar is just
ironed curve in the hands, pressing
the turned edge, and place in a cup
or bowl to dry.
Fat is a valuable article of diet for
the prevention of constipation. Bacon
fat is more easily digested than the
fat of butchers meat.
For the proper development OK
children's bones and teeth lime and
fat are both absolutely necessary.
You will find both of these in milk.
A child who has had mumps should
not return to school for four weeks
from the beginning of the illness, and
hen only if all swelling has SUBJ
sided.
Endive is a little known vegetable
that is an excellent hot-weather SUBJ
stitute for lettuce. 1t should he
planted every two weeks for a sue
eession.
When you are ironing any dark
material do not put q linen cloth un-
derneath, as the lint will come off on
to the stuff, and you will have great
difficulty in brushing it off again.
The following is a good fly poison:
Buy five cents worth of quassia chips
from the druggist and place a layer
of them on a plate. Pour hot water
aver them and sprinkle with brown
sugar.
1t is a mistake to %accuston chill
dren to be sung or rocked to sleep.
All this soothing and singing, and the
occasional sudden starts, which are
almost unavoidable, have a bad effect
on the child's nerves. 1t is like
osium-eating, the more you have the
more you want. The nerves refuse
to do their own work if you do it for
yhem.-Home Notes.
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A Weak Appeal.

An editor was talking in San Fran.
cisco about Jim Jeffries.
Jim was a little crusty when he
started training said the editor
He hated the idea, you know, Of re-
moving all that fat. He hated the
idea of weeks of self-denial and alb.
stinence that lay before him.
Jim was grumbling to me about
this one day at the Seal Rock House
al hate the prospect of training,
he said. Training appeals to me just
about as strongly as the charity souI
appealed to the old apple woman.
"'Charity soup!' said she. 'Bosh.
I'll tell you how they concoct that
They just take a quart of water. and
boil it down to a pint to make il
strong "-Washington Star,
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BOOK BANE
OF STORES
He Cuts Pictures and Chapters
From Rare Volumes, Destroying
Their Value.

~
do you see that mar with the
glasses and the anxious, nervous
movement of his hands as he
searches among the books?" asked
the proprietor of a New York street
book store as he glanced at the curl
GUS crowd of book lovers fumbling
the secondhand books on the coun-
ter outside.
Every craft has it's criminals. He
is the criminal of the secondhand
book trade. No, he is not a thief.
He is a murderer. That term is a
definite, exact one.
II can tell a murderer as soon as
he stops in front of my stand. He
makes a hurried glance along the
tables, picks out a certain kind of a
book, generally an encyclopaedia or
a book of famous men, or a compila-
ton, and buys it. Sometimes he will
pay exorbitant prices. You can tell
what to charge by the glance of his
eye as in triumph it lights on the book
he covets.
"A murderer is a man or woman
who is interested in a certain sort
of picture or clippings from books
about certain people. The most COM
mon murderer of the old days was the
Napoleon Bonaparte murderer. The
collector of pictures of Napoleon
would search the secondhand book
stores till he found a book with a
picture of Napoleon and buy it, care
fully cut out the picture, thus muir
dering' the book as a perfect specimen
of a special edition, and then sell the
book to some other store. In time
that book might prove to be the val
liable only copy of a first edition. 1t
might be quoted at $500. The book
seller offers it for sale. The expert
looks it over and says, But the pic
ture of Napoleon, made by the famous
etcher Spookums, is missing. 1t IS
practically worthless Then it is that
the book dealer curses the murderer.
Nowadays in America the muir
derer is apt to be a man interested in
the Battle of Gettysburg or Of the
Wilderness, or in the exodus of the
Mormons or some other special OBJ
ject. I have seen men pick up books
on the fifteen cent stand, look through
them, find some picture missing, and
urge me to find them a copy with the
picture intact. They have offered me
hundreds of dollars sometimes for a
book I have marked at fifteen cents
if I can replace a picture or chapter
that has been cut out by a murderer"
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A Careless Pedestrian.

Even the Oldest inhabitant will lose
his bearings if he tries to find his way
through that dim country which lies
over against the north side OF the
Union station. Last week an old resi-
dent Of the city, who is employed in
the new Senate building, tried a short
cut across the tracks north of the sta
ton to his home on North Capitol
street. He was walking with gaze
bent upon the ground before him
when a gruff voice called:
Here, come down of there.
What're you doing on that roof"
The old resident lifted his eyes to
find himself looking down over the
brink Of a precipice at a man stand
ing in a street twenty feet below.
r. ~ though I was going home" he
said co%nfusedly, but I don't seem 10
be on my way"
Come on down through the trap
door," interrupted the man in the
street. I'VE don't allow trespassers
on that roof"
well, you ought to have a sign
to tell a man when he's on the ground
and when he's on a roof" retorted the
old resident. "All dirt looks alike to
me-"
He found, on descending, that he
had 1nconsciously walked from the
tracks onto a fiat glavel roof flush
with the track level. 1t covered one
of the many warehouses built up
against the retaining wall of the great
causeway that carries the tracks
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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Clear Vegetable Soup.

Make a stock Of three pounds veaA
knuckle cut in small pieces, two
quarts cold water, n tablespoonful
salt, one onion, one-half teaspoonful
pepper, two celery stalks. Heat SLOW
ly and simmer four hours, skinming
frequently. Prepare two carrots, two
turnips and two potatoes by cutting
into even strips or dicing, then sim
mering twenty minutes. Drain the
water from these and after straining,
seasoning and clearing the stock, add
the vegetables.
To clear soup stock, remove the
meat and fat; add to each quart OF
liquor the white and shell of n egg.
The white should be lightly beaten
and the shell. broken into small
pieces. Boil the stock two minutes,
stirring constantly, then allow it to
simmer twenty minutes and, after re-
moving the scum, season and strain
through two thicknesses of cheese
cloth.-Everyday Housekeeping.
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Reaping His Reward.

The wise farmer who went along
about his business, raising hogs and
corn to feed them, is reaping his re-
ward, while the foolish farmer Is
crashing his teeth-with corn around
sixty cents per bushel at the farm, and
hogs around 50 per 100 pounds at the
home market, it is easy to figure the
profits in the business. The farmer
who sticks to his chosen line of farm
ing, seeking to improve his methods
andisturbed by the temporary ups and
downs of the markets, will, in the
long run, make larger gain than the
man who is constantly being lured
by promises of quicker and larger
profits into other felds.-Farm
World.
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Chicken Rissoles.

Take the remains of a cold chicken
and chop rather fine with a little lean,
cold ham. Make a sauce of two table
s~poonfuls of sifted -four mixed with
one-half cup warm butter, one-half
pint milk, salt and pepper to taste.
Boil the milk. pepper and salt, stir in
the -four and butter and boil until
it becomes thick. Mix with the meat.
Roll out a light paste o~ne-quarter
inch thick, cut into squares and put
a little meat on one square laying an
other oyer it and pressing the edges
together. Fry in hot lard until
brown.-Mrs. P. C. Milliken, in the
Boston Post.
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The Pope!s Tiara.

Till the time of Bonifaee VIII, in
1900, the tiara of the Roman Pontif
had but one crown. Bonifaee added
q second, probably, by the crown over
the Crowd, to signify his sovereignty
over kings. A French Pope, Benedict
VII, added the third. He is generally
supposed to have meant that the first
crown signifed the church militant,
the second the church suffering and
the third the church triumphant. The
tiara designates the temporal empire,
and the mitre the episcopal power
New York American.
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SKINNED Milk.

Pigs fed on skinned milk, either
sweet or sour, give good satisfaction,
although care should be taken not to
change from n to the other. Pigs
seem inclined to the sour rather than
to the sweet, and in either case grain
foods should be fed with it in order
to make a balanced ration. Skinned
milk as a food for all young animals
is an aid to the digestive organs, as
there is not a particle of it but is di-
gestible.-Farmers' Home Journal.
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not so many eggs were laid through
July and August, while Iaoulting, as
other months, but in months of De-
cember and when from five to ten
below zero our laid well. Just think
of going out and picking up eggs of
mornings out of snow. And for
standard requirements We now have
them, duck and drake, with only fawn
and white markings, no bro gn or pen
Cling on duck or green or black head
markings on drake. Ours last year
made US an average of 81 per head
for eggs alone from breeding stock,
not counting stock sole. The eggs are
very fertile. We have made ship
ments and have had reports Of every
egg Matching. Several breeders re-
port their flock laying an average Of
more than 200 eggs and a few $50
eggs each. The eggs are fine for
table use; do not have the strong
favor common to o~ld-fashioned duck
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Stolen FurS Found in Wilds,

Fishermen, following a stream near
Long Lake West, N. Y, came upon
Eeveral bags containing expensive
furs secreted in brush piles not far
from the bank. The furs had not
been tanned, but what first looked
like a case of smuggling developed
into a robbery.
The furs were traced to a point
been stolen from a railway train en-
route. They were valued at $500,
and the railway company had already
paid the claim upon them.
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Haunt of the Ptarmi8an.
By SETON GORDON.

OF all our mountain birds the ptar"
nigan alone remains on the mountain
:ops in winter as we'll as in summer,
and when all other bird life has been
compelled by the severity OF the
weather to descend to more sheltered
quarters the hardy ptarmigan seems
almost to revel in the Arctic cond!-
lions and scorns to leave his storm
swept strongholds.
For this reason he is Of special in
.erest to the ornithologlst and a day
at his haunts is always worth tie Ia
bors of an arduous climb, for the
ptarmigan rarely descends even dur
ing the heaviest snowstorms below
The level of $500 feet. AS the writer,
accompanied by a mountaineering
friend. set out at daybreaI for a IA
vorite haunt of the ptarmigan, a hard
frost held the whole countryside firm
" in its grip, and the snow partly
thawed by a mild westerly wind on
the preceding day was frozen as hard
as iron.
On the lower grounds the covering
was not continuous, but on the shell
tered sides of the hill were deep
wreaths and to our west the snow lay
deep and unbroken. Passing a small
lochan nesting in a birch wood we
found it thickly covered with a beau
tiful sheet of smoothest ice, suggest
ing to our minds the national game
of curling, for many ideal Kinks could
have been marked out on the lochan's
surface. Soon we passed a noun
tain quarry, where ample evidence
pointed to the fact that a kestrei
used the spot as a. roosting site and
the hillside also yielded a good many
grouse, some already paired, but the
majority in ooveys and packs.
Loeb Davan far beneath us was
! partially ice bound, but large waves
were rolling across the exposed sur
face Of the water, showing that a
strong wind was blowing on the low
grounds. We put up many mountain
hares, which seemed to- rival the snow
in their snowwhite fur, but shortly
after leaving the 2000-foot level the
grouse flushed were now few and far
between, and at length we entered
the domain of the n white ptar.
migan.
We first became aware Of the close
proximity of these birds by a deep
cultural croaking proceeding from
some rocky ground on our left, and
careful stalking enabled US to get
within a few yards of the bird and &c
; obtain a snapshot of him. He was
crouching low on the ground and
harmonized with his surroundings in
a truly remarkable manner:
When he took wing the great beau
ty of his plumage was very obvious, a
few black feathers in the tail setting
off the spotless white of his wings and
breast. We obtained a pretty photo
graph, of a ptarmigan's footmarks
! leading through the wet snow to q
small pool of water, and ample traces
we found that the fresh" Of the pre-.
vious day had been felt even at this
altitude of close on 5000 feet, fol
there was practically no snow on the
summit plateau, and numerous frozer
pools of water showed how the snow
had melted.-The Field.
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Prefers Newspaper Advertising.

II never in my life" says John
Wanamaker. used such a thing as a
poster, a dodger, or a handful. My
plan for twenty-five years has been
to buy so much space in a newspaper
and fill it up with what I wanted. ]
would not give an advertisement in
a newspaper of four hundred circula-
ton for five thousand posters and
dodgers. If l wanted to sell cheap
jewelry or run a lottery scheme I
might use posters, but I wouldn't,in-
suit a decent reading public with
handbills."
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virtues and values of Munyon's Paw
Paw tonic and are made from the
juice of the Paw-Paw fruit. I unhes-
itatingly recommend these pills as be-
ing the best laxative and cathart1c
ever compounded. Send us postal or
letter, requesting a free package OF
Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Daxa-
tive Pills, and we will mail same free
of charge. MUNYON'S HOMOE0-
PATHIC HOME REMEQ. CO., 63d
and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia. Pa.
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BroiIed Forequarter of Lamb.

Take off the shoulder, lay 1t upon
the gridiron with the breast; cut in
two parts to facilitate its cooking;
put a tin sheet on top of the meat and
a weight upon that, turn the meat
around frequently to prevent its burn
ing; turn over as soon as cooked on
one side, renew the Goals occasion.
ally that all parts may cook. alike;
when done, season with butter. pep
per and salt, exactly like beefsteak.
1t takes some time to broil it well,
but when done it will be found to be
equal to broiled chicken, the favor
being more delicate than when
cooked otherwise; serve with cream
sauce made as follows: Heat a table
spoonful of butter in a saucepan, add
a teaspoonful of -four and stir until
perfectly smooth, then add slowly,
stirring il a cupful of milk (cold),
let it boil up once, season to taste
with salt and pepper and a teaspoon
full of finely chopped fresh parsley.
Serve in gravy fish, all hot.-Boston
Post.
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General Draper left SG,35S,4S7.

An estate of ~$6,358,4S7 was left
by General William F. Draper, who
died in Washington, D. c., last Feb
ruary. The inventory Of the estate
was filed in the Probate Court at
Worcester, Mass, by the executors.
The will showed personal property of
the value of s~6,334,0S7 and real es-
tate worth S24,400.-New York
Times.
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Strawberry Tapioca.

Soak over night a largo teacuPful
of tapioca in water. In the morning
put half. of it in a buttered yellow
ware baking dish. Sprinkle sugar
over the tapioca. In this put a quart
of strawberries, sugar and the rest of
the tapioca. Fill the dish with
enough water to cover the tapioca
and bake in a moderately hot oven
until it looks clear. Eat cold with
cream. If, when baking, the tapiooa,
seems too dry add more water
New York Press.
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Good Currycomb and Brush.

The object of most inventions is a
saving of time or labor or both. The
man who succeeds in doing this u.s.
ually finds a market for his invention,
so it would seem that the California
man who designed the combination
currycomb and brush has made him
self solid with the rural vote. This
apparatus consists of an ordinary cur-
rycomb plate with a projection eX-
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Better Cows.

AS to better COWS. there is just one
way to get them. That is to get good
sires, to test the cows for dairy work,
20 get rid of the poor ones and save
calves only from those chat pay their
way. Doing this WI can soon have as
good dairy herds as are to be found
anywhere. We have a few of them
now, but all too few. - Farmers
Tome Journal.
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The KiIljoy.
why don't you like old Phones?

why don't you like old Phones? !
think he's a genial chap"
"Genial-yes. But he's this kind
Of a fellow: He'll sit down to dinner
with a bunch Of people and pass the
tomato ketchup to everybody. When
everybody has some, they'll pass it to
him and he'll refuse. Then they ask
him why, and he says, Not for me.
I've been through the factory where
they make it!'-CleYeland Leader.
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Shelter in the Pasture.

Have some shelter in the pasture
which the cattle can seek if storm
comes up. Young stock and dairy
cows especially suffer from exposure
to the cold rains which L common
at this season, and their discomfort
is a dead loss to their owner.-Farm-
erS' Home Journal.
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Strawberry Jam.

To each pound of berries allo'"
three-quarters of a pound Of sugar.
Put them into a preserving pan and
stir gently not to break the fruit. Let
them simmer for half an hour, and
then put into air-tight POTS and v
either with a round of paper or with
melted paraflne before using.-NeW
York Press.
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Middlincs Need Bnsilage.

In some feeding experiments it was
determined that middlings have about
twenty-five per cent. more value as
feed than bran, but they should be
fed with ensilage to produce a laXa-
tive effect. Never feed ground feed
slene, always with some roughage.
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The best StOmaCN duu
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A Garrett man, in his wife's abb
sence, ate a lot of canary seed, mis-
taking it for breakfast food, and ever
since he has been sleeping with his
head under his arm.-Kansas Notes
In Kansas City Star.
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Russia leads the way in planting
forests, and America in devastating
them. N. Y.-2S