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Helpful Hints.

Don't throw away the beautifully
embroidered or handmade shirt-waist.
Set In new cloth and insertion In the
waist and have another new waist, as
the trent will out wear the sleeves
and back of two. Some ingenious per-
son has made her fancy waists over
into corset covers. but experience
proves that they do not last long In
that capacity.
Another thing to make is a dainty
little fancy apron of the embroidered
front that n hates to throw away
There are SO many pretty styles of
making little dressy aprons that one
a surely cut one to advantage.
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Hints.

Use hot, unsalted fat, lard or olive
oil that is too old to use for food for
blacking the gas stove. Put 1t on with
a brush inside and out, to keep out
the moisture In the gas. A good way
to keep the moisture from running
down into the hinges OF the door is TO
open 1t and leave 1t open two or three
minutes after lighting the oven burn
ers.
A newspaper folded and laid in the
pan under the upper burners will save
washing it so often, as the paper may
be quickly changed If anything boils
over Or Is spilled.
A granite pitcher is the best Of all
utensils to put the knives, forks and
spoons in. before washing the dishes.
Hot water may be poured over them
to rinse well before putting into the
dishpan.
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Fall Game.

The game season is the harvest
time for the hunter, the wild ducks
and partridges are the first of the fall
game to be gathered in, later comes
the yenison. A wild duck should be
cleaned and trussed, then place IN a
rack In a dripping pan, sprinkle with
salt and pepper and cover the breasts
with thin strips of salt pork.
Bake 20 or 80 minutes in a very hot
oven. basting every FIVE minutes with
lat In the pan. Serve with orange
sauce Currant jelly should accom-
pany the duck. A few stalks of celery
or a small onion put into each duck
removes the strong wild flavor to
some extent, and adds to the flavor.
Orange salad with French dressing
Is an appropriate salad to serve with
duck.
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HEALTH in VARIETY
THIS is THE DAY OF SCIENCE IN
THE KITCHEN.
Modern Cook Realizes That a Well.
Planned Menu Is Not Only Attrac-
tive, but HeaithfuI. and Serves
Meals Accordingly.

None of us likes the digestibility OF
our food dinned into our ears. To tell
Maria that milk and fish should not
be eaten together or that a menu OF
meat three times a day is injurious.
serves but to irritate her without at
fecting her habits.
The intelligent housewife makes 1t
a business to study cooking in rela-
ton to health and serves her meals
accordingly, while commenting not
She knows that intelligent cooking
depends largely upon proportions. that
a well-planned menu offers contrasts
that are not only attractive but
h%ealthful.
Realizing that the body demands its
daily quota of protein, starch. fat,
mineral. water, she plans her meals
to give them to her family and at the
same time afford an agreeable vari-
ETY..
The old-time housekeeper knew not
the meaning of such words, much less
could apply them to her marketing.
She served meat and potatoes to-
gether because her grandmother had
done so and would have shifted at the
idea that meat furnishes the protein
that is absent from potatoes. while
the latter supply the carbohydrates in
which meat is wanting.
II makes small difference TO her
that eggs have no carbohydrates, but
supply more protein and fat and less
water than most foods. Eggs is
eggs" and are served ad nauseam
when they are cheap and stinted when
prices o
She perhaps does not know what
foods come under the class "starchy."
much less realizes that they are more
digestible by thorough cooking; while
albumenoids and fatty foods are less
digestible when cooked.
There is much fun poked at the
scientific cook, but the up-to-date
housewife. u%ndaunted by ridicule.
makes a point to know food combina-
tons from the health standpoint. as
we'll as from that OF fashion or long
custom.
She is sensible. however, not to pa
rade her theories. She skillfully takes
in consideration in preparation Of a
dish or the planning of a meal food
principles. but her family only knows
that they enjoy those meals hugely
and seem to thrive upon them as they
never would under the old order of
hodge-podge. unintelligent cooking.
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Garden Hints.

Don't fail to rake up the leaves Of
he maple and oak. Pile them where
they will rot, and next year or the
following year you will have the fin.
est kind Of leaf mold for the house
plants and flower beds.
Take up the peonies in the fall If
they are to be changed.
Put dahlia and gladiola bulbs in a
dry, dark. cool place. Some uccess
ful gardeners put them in dirt, then
sprinkle them toward spring and
when planting time comes they srn
sprouted ready to begin growing In
the soil at once.
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Cheap Chicken Broth.

Order your butcher or provision
merchant to send home the heads.
necks and feet of the fowls you buy
from him, They make rich, good
broth. Scald and scrape the legs. and
scald the feathers from the heads,
Then cook slowly until all the gela-
tinous strength is extracted. Let them
get colo In the water; take off the
fat; strip the meat from the bones
and squeeze out all the moisture. Then
throw the bones away. BY adding
rice to the liquor. seasoning with
onion Juice. pepper and salt. with a
dash OF minced parsley. and. just be-
fore serving. stirring in a cupful of
milk ~thickened a little with a roux Of
butter and -four cooked together, you
have a nourishing, savory broth.
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important phase. of forest conserva-
ton in the United States. To length.
en- the life of wood will lessen the
drain on the forests and consequent
ly postpone the exhaustion of the
country's timber supply. In speaking
of the progress and the value of the
work, w. F. Sherfesee in a new bull.
letin published by the United States
forest service says:
Not only does the preservatiye
treatment of timber bring about a d.
rect saving to the individual timber
user, but the general adoption of
such measures means a very great
saving to the timber sourc of the
nation as a whole. At the present
rate OF consumption the exhaustion of
the supply of the better class of struc-
tural timbers In the United States ia
a thing of the very near future. Even
the cost of fence posts is becoming
an ever-increasing burden upon the
farmer and stockman.
The principal agents which de-
stroy structural timber are decay
IRE, insects, marine borers and me.
chanical abrasion. OF these the first
Is far more important thar RI. .the.
others put together.
Wood preservation, while impor-
tant in its broad national aspect. n
OF direct personal Importance to ey.
cry user OF timber which is exposed
to decay or insect attack; for by
lessening the cost OF maintaining his
fences, ms telephone Mne OF his track.
1t means q direct saving In dollars
and csntA"
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been successful in protecting the
greater part of the plantations, but
OF the mountains on the border Of the
territory the trees are eaten bare. Aca-
cias apparently withstand the attacks
Of the insects better than any other
species and the SUBMITS of the
mountains are now being planted
with these trees in an effort to check
future destruction. In addition to
these enemies, Chinese thieves are
another source of difficulty, and on
one occasion a band of Sc thieves was
captured in the act of stealing wood.
In spite of these drawbacks, how
ever, the work has been so successful
that the Chinese government is now
undertaking forestry schemes in a
number of places under advice from
German experts. This work centers
about Mukden, Manchuria, where sue
cess has already been obtained with
acacias and experiments are now be-
ing made with other trees.
Next to checking the waste from
forest fires, wood preservation
through chemical treatment has come
to be considered perhaps the most
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The UnseIfish Mother.

There is nothing more beautiful
than the devotion and ~self-denying
love of motherhood; but is there not
danger in too much devotion? The
child that Is never out from under the
watchful eye of the mother because
she fears something may happen to
1t, has no chance to grow In It's own
way or develop its individuality. If
one analyses that watchfulness isn't
there an element of selishness In it.
fear of some accident Is not so strong
as fear of the inconvenience, II some
thing did happen. AS the child grows
older the same mother who watches
his play, fears to have him fish. or
swim, or hunt, and he Is denied those
pleasures or half enjoys them. know.
ing that his mother Is worrying all
the time about his welfare. If a boy
or girl develops any originality of
character, they must be left some
what to themselves, of course, with a
reasonable amount Of direction and
watchfulDess, otherwise they are only
parrot like, or echoes Of the older
mind.
To achieve these results there must
be a much higher form of unselfsh-
ness than that which We commonly
call such.
-
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Whipned Cream Cakes.

A cup OF sugar and two tablespoon
fuls Of butter creamed together. Add
the beaten yolks OF two eggs, four ia
~blespoonfuls Of milk, a teaspoonful OF
vanilla. and. finally the whites OF the
eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Mix into
a cup Of flour a teaspoonful Of cream
OF tartar and a half teaspoonful OF
soda. SLIT the -four into the cake bat
ter and stir lightly. Bake in a shallow
pan. When the cake has cooled Off
spread owe II half a pint of cream
sweetened and whipped to a stiff
froth.
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How hard IL is TO magnify our
blessings and how easy to magnify
our discomforts.
II we might all have the mind OF
Sydney Smith when he wrote: IF 1t
be my lot 10 crawl, | will crawl con-
tentedly; If to fly, | will fly with alac'
rity; but as long as | can avoid 1t, |
will never be unhappy"
Some one has said that comfort is
only a matter of comparison.
There Is no business more wearing
or which calls for a greater display of
patience than the varied duties Of
a housewife.
Did you ever look through the large
end of the opera glasses and note the
far-away appearance of things and
people? Well, 1t is a good plan to try
the glasses turned that way on the
things that fret and worry, they will
fade away in the distance and soon
be forgotten.
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pine and weeds. Plans for reforesta-
ton were at once made, and about
1896 acres have already been plant
ed. About half of this is planted in
acacias. the balance in pine, larch,
walnut. oak, ash, naples and alders.
So successful has this planting been
that the point has already been
reached where the sale of timber can
be made. Small branches are sold
for firewood and some OF the timber
is used for mining purposes. The
sale and expectation of acacia Is ex-
pected to become a considerable
source of evenu during the next few
years.
1t is particularly remarkable that
this work should have been so sue
cessful in view Of the difficulties to
which the plantation was subjected.
The rainfall is light and lack of mois-
ture considerably retarded the devel-
opment of the trees. By far the
worst enemies, however. were in
sects. Various species Of caterpil-
lars and other insects have been so
destructive that thousands of Chi
nese boys and women are now en-
ssxxa6 .RD2uaiis'.to destroy theu.' Va
r:o.s 81 Of prevention Ia We
beer tried, such as placing girdles
Of glue on the trees. but these have
not been effective and II was found
necessary to resort to a systematic
destruction Of the insects by hand.
During 1908 over 100000 caterpil-
lars we're gathered by hand. smashed,
covered with lime and afterwards
used a. fertilizer. This method has
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Mexican Sugar Candy.

Have ready a half pint Of pecan
meats. Put a cup of graduated sugar
into an iron saucepan and stir until
It melts. Do not let 1t burn. Take
from the fire, and when slightly
cooled add a cup of milk, a cup OF
sugar and stir over the fire until the
mixture forms a ball when dropped
into cold water. Take from the fire,
add the nuts and stir until the mix
ture graduates. Turn into shallow
creased pans, and when cold break
into irregular pieces.
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When MAKING Douohnuts.

Doughnuts are much improved II
they are coated with a layer of sugar
as soon as they are taken from the
stove. The best way to powder them
ic to put a small amount of confec.
toners sugar in a paper bag and put
several d~oughnuts In the bag at ? time
and then shake the bag. holding the
top Of the bag closed. This will coat
them with sugar quickly and more
evenly than any other way.
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Butter TaHy,

Put into a granite saucepan a cup
and a half of light brown sugar. three
tablespoonful of molasses, a table
spoonful and a half each of hot water
and vinegar and a pinch Of salt. Cook
until brittle when dropped In cold
water Add three tablespoonfuls OF
butter. cook a moment. add a table
spoonful of vanilla and pour into a
shallow buttered pan. When cool
mark into squares.
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Luncheon Dish,

Fry bacon until II is crisp. then re.
move from frying pan and fry cold
diced potatoes until brown or raw
diced potatoes until well done. Just
before removing from the fire add
three or four eggs and scramble all
together. Serve on hot platter and
garnish with parsley.
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CAYENNE pepner VINEGAR.

This Is an enemy to microbes, and
has been sent to many of the soldiers
In the Philippines. The ingredients
called for are one pint cider vinegar,
one-half ounce cayenne pepper. two
teaspoonfuls walnut catsup, a Glove
of garlic and cochineal to color. Slice
the garlic and put the rest of the In
gradients in a large glass. can or bot.
tie. Allow 1t to infuse for a month.
strain, bottle and seal.
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Velvet Cream.

One pint cream. whipped stiff. add
one and one-half tablespoonfuls of gel
attn. Soak the gelatin In a little hot
water until dissolved. One teaspoon
full OF vanilla. sugar to taste. one-half
culful Of chopped pecans. one-half
slice OF candied pineapple cut up. one
half cupful candied cherries chopped
Stir all together and mold.
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Fifteen Minute PUDDING.

Moisten one cupful of -four sifted
with two teaspoonfuls of baking pow,
der and half a teaspoonful of salt with
rich milk to make a drop batter.
Grease the cups, add a little of the
batter, then a few tablespoonfuls OF
any fruit liked. and a little more bat
ter. Steam Is minutes without uncov-
ering the steamer. Serve with cream
and sugar.
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Household Hints

For the busy housewife who plans
her work for each day and seldom has
any spare time. a few recipes of small
cakes that viii keep gives one a feel.
ing of security. like a bank account,
that whoever comes there Is some
thing in the house to fall back on.
These may be served with a cur OF
tea to restore the tired nerves of the
friend who drops In or with a salad or
ice may serve as a dessert. Cookies
with fruit keep their freshness longer
than those without. 1t Is a good plan
to have two or three varieties on
hand at the same time.
One busy housekeeper when ma.
king spice. fruit or ginger cookies that
need to be rolled to be shaped, mixes
them the day before wanted. and
chills them over night on ice. They
roll with little flour and cut so nice
and smooth that 1t is a little trick
worth remembering. Another advan-
tage is gained as the seasoning has a
chance to penetrate the dough well
before baking. Here are a few favor
lite small cakes:
Oatmeal Cookies.
Cream three-fOurths OF a cupful of
lard or butter, add p cupful of sugar
gradually, two eggs well beaten, four
tablespoonfuls of milk, two cupfuls
each of -four, and oatmeal, one-half a
teaspoonful of soda and one teaspoon.
full of baking powder sifted with the
-four, one-fialf teaspoonful Of salt. and
one cupful each Of raisins and pecan
meats. Roll and cut with a. cooky cut
ter or drop by teaspoonfuls on a ba-
king sheet, the latter is easier and so
much more satisfactory.
German Chocolate Cookies.
Cream one-haif of a cupful of but
ter, add one cupful Of sugar. gradual.
ly, one egg well beaten and two
squares OF bitter chocolate. melted.
Beat well. add two cupfuls Of -four,
sifted with two teaspoonfuls Of ba.
king powder and one-fourth of a tea,
spoonful Of salt, add the -four alter
nateiy with one-fourth OF a cupful OF
milk. chill and roll very thin, usins
az attie aoas az possaS.e.r~.,~
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" N considering the progress Of the
almost worldwide movement
for protection Of forests, an in
teresting review has just been
Il made of the work In China
country which Is so often cited
as an example of the evil effects Of
deforestation.
In a portion of the Celestial King
dom earnest efforts are now being
made to re-establish a forest cover by
planting. Consul Wilbur T. Gracey
of Tsingtau, China, reports that the
Germans in that region are making
successful attempts at reforestation.
The success of the work was practi-
cally assured at the start, for TO Ger
many is given the credit for having
the highest developed system of for
estry. and it was natural to expect
that the long experience in forest
work in the Fatherland would lessen
preliminary experimentation and
hasten progress in China.
When Tsingtau was occupied by
the Germans about IL years ago the
hills were found bare and barren,
with only a sporadic growth of scrub
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Mock Olives.

Take green plums before they begin
to change color, wash and place In
weak brine for "a hours. drain and
put In another brine, adding a small
teaspoonful OF soda to each gallon of
water. Bring to a boil, when the piums
will turn to an olive color Pack at
once In jars, and fill with the boiling
brine Drumming full. seal at once Let
stand several weeks before using.
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Corn Soup.

Open a a OF corn, empty into a
saucepan and cover with water Let
come TO a boil. add plenty OF sweet
milk and cream and let stand until
thoroughly heated. then pour through
a colander Il remove the coarse part
d me SNes- ReSiIA & sae Use Hes-
ann with salt. pepper and butter and
.erva with crackers or waters.
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GOOD Carpet Cisansr.

A rood carpet cleaner can be made
by shaving q pure white soap In q
xs,lon OF water and letting II boil nm
% MssosSeN. 20 this add an ounce
81 ether, and scrub the carpets thor.
oushly with the mixture. Later rinse
With frosA water.
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Te<z.M ~r.eN
Tact.

Dear me, Mrs, Smithers, what Is
that noise | heard yesterday over your
way? Was that bowling your dog in a
ft?"
NO, Mrs. Queerit. that was my
No, no. Mrs. Smithers. I was told II
was your daughter singing when |
asked what bird you had there %trilling
o beautifully than knew your
canary could"
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UNDREDS of stars In the beauti

W. ful sky,
Hundreds of shells on the shore to-
gether;
Hundreds OF birds that go singing by.
Hundreds of bees in the sunny weather.
Hundreds OF dew-drops to greet the
dawn,
Hundreds OF lambs In the purple clover;
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world
over"
ANONYMOUS.
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Ta.MsxNeo.IssysNe

Put 10 soak o-s. nigh: Il wa.e. 4.
which has been dissolved one tea
crcenfal -cS-craan of tartar to eyery
quart Of water. When ironed they
will be snow white.
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!. Ttckted.

vtckted.
WHAT In de aickens Is Dusty S6iHs.
Shawn an combin' his hair?" asked
the astonished wayfarer as he rose
from his nap In the haystack.
"Aw. Dusty's stuck on himself"
sneered q brother Of the ties. he read
In an old magazine an article headed,
'ANcAM0 VvamSS Axe Pretty. an ts
made him proud"
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Clean and trim slices Of yenison cut
from sthe iloin. Sprinkle with salt and
pepper and brush over with oil or but
ter, roll In soft bread crumbs. Place
In : broiler and broil for I'VE minutes,
* sRute tun butcers Serve sQiced grape
Jelly With v,nfsou-W znoiegu
Bow = few onion sesds this fall and
have early onions - row own garden
nu&no aprin1k n2N9 ISL
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HE poorest man may in his cot
- tage bid defiance 10 all the
lorCe Of the crown. 1t may be frail; its
FOOT may shake; the wind may blow
through IT; the storms may enter; the
RAIN may enter-but the king of England
tannot enter! All his forces dare not
cross the threshold Of the ruined tene-
ment"-Earl of Chatham.
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ironing elankets.

yse \ smAM wNSxx NscNm. NvusMsNs
when dry on the line. not too hard,
and In q direction. This raises the
nap ana they appear like new.
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Grape
~ usT cut the black serge and the

And the dirge
Whenever you chat with your chum.
whenever you're glum Just keep the
tongue
Mum
And ship all your troubles to kingdom
cOmah
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You can't tell nowadays whether
you are going to Be . martyr er mt.
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HERE is a good deal of helpful
philosophy I'm the course of the
good natured man who had a pile or
small cherries on his plate, and who
made them taste better by looking at
them through "a magnifying glass and
saying TO himself: These are the biggest
ana handsomest cherries ] ever saw"