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round and extremely fat, her slow pace
begets that corpulencie; few of them
weigh less than fifty pound; better to
the eye than stomach; greasie appe-
titles may perhaps commend them,
but to the indifferently curious,
nourishment but prove offensive.
Lets take her picture; her yisage
darts forth melancholy, as sensible as
natures injurie in framing so great
and .massie a body to be directed by
such small and complementall wings
as are unable to hoise her from the
ground, serving only to prove her a
bird; which otherwise might be
doubted of; her head is variously
drest, the one half hooded with
downy blackish feathers; the other
perfectly naked; of a whitish hue, as
if a transparent lawne had covered
it; her bill is very howked, and bends
~downwards, the thrill or breathing
place is in the midst of it; from which
part to the end, the colour is a light
greene MKT with a pale yellow; her
eyes be round and small, and bright
as diamonds; her cloathing is OF
finest downe, such as you see in COS
Inns; her trayne is like a Chynese
beard) of three or foure short feath-
ers; her legs thick, and black, and
strong; her tallons sharp, her stom-
ack fiery hot, so as stones and iron
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The Real Test.

The kitchen is where the real test
comes. Here is more prose thar poe
try. and it takes the best efforts OF all
concerned to keep order and harmony
in this domain. System is the key to
the situation. Plan your work a day
ahead-see that wood, water, and
food are all at hand before you sleep.
Then know at what hour you need to
Wise; set your alarm clock, and obey
it's earliest summons.
In summer there is no better
breakfast than coffee, fruits, melons
Gutter, eggs and cream, with good
~old-fashioned buttermilk and honey
in the comb. All these are available
too, on a weli-regulated farm.
Dish-washing is an item, so pre-
pare for it. Have a big boiler of hot
water, and an abundance OF. cold
plenty Of clean cloths and drying
towels. If you have no sink, use
ten-gallon pan or basin set into
hole to fit it, on the kitchen table
Some really good soap and a willing
mind are all that is needed to make
dish-washing endurable. - Progress
Bive Farmer.
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linen Closet.

To one house with large rooms and
plenty of closets there are a hundred
apartments so cramped for space that
a good-sized linen closet Is an I'M
heard-of luxury. But, since linen
closets are a necessity to the careful
housekeeper, there Is nothing to dc
but to make one.
A practical closet may be made OF
packing cases, one, two, or three, as
needs them and has room for
them. Fasten the lids with hinges
and line the sides and bottoms with
unbleached calico, in which, If de-
sired, might be stitched pockets to
hold sachets or sweet lavender. The
lids should be padded outside With
horsehair and a permanent rough
cover stitched on. Over all is fitted
a neat cretonne cover, with a founce
hanging around the sides. II posi-
BILE. it is best to have three boxes, one
for the sheets, one for the table
cloths, napkins. doilies, etc., and the
other for pillow cases, bolster cases.
and towels. 4
Shirt-waist boxes may be con-
structed in the same manner.-Phila-
delphia Telegram.
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SOAP P~INCUSHIONS
How and Why They Were Intro.
dUced Into Hospitals.

In the operating rooms Of hospi-
tails and on the surgical carriages in
the wards may be seen a piece OF
soap stuck with the varieties of pins
which it pleases the doctor and the
head nurse to most affect.
The black headed pin long associ-
ated with crineline dressings, retains
still an honored place, says the AL
umnae Magazine of Johns Hopkins
Hospital. The history of the intro
duction of the soap into the hospital
is Interesting.
Three years ago Dr.. R. Fl. Follis
operated upon & patient at the
Church Home. The patient was a
tailor by profession and CHANGED to
reside at Annapolis. When dressings
were made he observed the difficulty
with which the safety pins were put
through the binder and suggested
trying the method the cadets at the
Naval Academy had evolved to help
in pinning through their stiff ducks.
This simple but most effective de-
vice was a piece Of soap as a pin
| cushion, and he further remarked
that carpenters applied the same prin-
ciple to screws. DR.. Follis immedi-
ately tried the plan, with such sue
cess that it has been generally adopt
ed in the surgical service.
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Polenta Dabs.-Scald a pint of In.
dian meal in boiling water. Mix to-
gether one tablespoon of butter, two
beaten eggs, two tablespoons OF
cream and a pinch of salt. Stir this
into the cornmeal and drop from a
spoon into a buttered pan. Bake in
q moderate oven.
Boiled Black Beans. - Let the
beans soak in a basin of water for
three hours. Drain and boil in fresh
water for three hours. Drain again
and put into another saucepan with a
little stock, a tablespoonful of chut-
ney and a teaspoonful of mushroom
catsup. Cook for another half hour
|. and turn onto a dish garnished with
boiled rice.
Bread Omelet.-Soak a ~teacupful
of bread crumbs in a cupful OF hot
milk. Break six eggs into a bowl,
stir gently until mixed. then add the
bread and milk. Season with salt and
pepper and turn into a hot frying pan
containing a spoonful of melted but
ter. Fry the omelet slowly, and when
brown on the bottom cut in half, turn
and brown on top.
Tapioca Jelly.-Let half a cupful
of tapioca soak for two hours in q
cupful of cold water, standing the
dish in a basin Of warm water and
keeping it in a warm place. Pour
two more cupfuls Of water into a
saucepan, add a cupful of sugar and
the rind of half q lemon cut into
shreds. Squeeze in the juice of a
lemon. Boil for five minutes until
the sugar is dissolved, pour in the
tapioca and water and cook gently
for twenty minutes. Pour into a
mould and serve when cold with
whipped cream.
Turkish Rice.-Put into a sauce
pan a cupful of stewed and strained
tomatoes. Add half a pint of stock,
one chopped onion and salt and pep
per to taste. When the mixture
comes to a boil. stir in a cupful of
we'll washed rice. Stir lightly until
the liquor is absorbed; then put in
a cupful of butter. Steam over a
slow fire for twenty minutes. Re-
move the top, stir gently and Y
with a cloth until the steam has es-
capped. Add a cupful of cold chopped
meat. Cook for another three min
utes and servo very hot.
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Birds of Literature.

The world emits a Shakespeare, Z:
Shelley or Goethe but seldom We
cannot expect every decade to produces
a poetic genius. But what we are
hearing in our literary world to-daJ
is perhaps just as remarkable az;
though there came a gush OF exquisite
melody from some master singer II
is a chorus Of expert rhymsters, many
of them worthy Of a fame they will
not achieve, but which would surely
have been theirs had they lived fifty
or a hundred years ago. These arr
the poets who chant or chirp in thu
magazines or the columns of the daily
paper. They may not be nightin-;
gales, or gifted with the divine sweet
ness of Shelley's skylark, but they
are songsters all the same.-Phila
delphia Press.
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Advantages of Soiling.

In his recent address on the advan-
tages of soiling in the dairy business,
Mason Knox said to a farmers club:
Land has increased in value, labor
Is higher and more remunerative re-
turns are necessary to the dairy
iarmer. To-day we must bring the
}uxuriant grasses to u animals the
Whole year. In the winter we use
silage and root crops. In the summer
we must soil our animals. We have
an Intense interest in u business,
and who keep the lazy cattle, the
blacks and whites, must fetch the
food to them. We keep these animals
20 produce milk, not to wander for
food. And the Holstein-Friesian is
aot a good forager. When you put
the food before her as you should,
she will consume it and give you a
large net profit. The Importance of
soiling then too depends upon the
breed of animals you keep. 1t is not
so important to the Ayrshire to prac-
tice soiling as it is to the Holstein-
Friesian man. They can be kept on
the moss of rocky pastures and, do
we'll, so they say. However, l would
not advocate any such treatment of
any dairy animal. The Ayrshire is a
wonderfully good little forager and
for pasture farming has no equal;
but to dairy farmers of this genera.
ton who have the land that they can
devote to raising rotating crops such
animals have no place in III intensi.
Ged business.
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Lining Land.

Which is betterto use on land, caus-
tic lime or ground limstone?
The former is much quicker in ac-
ton, and if put on in excess may "eat
up" much of the humus. But in
quantities of two to four tons per
acre it is considered safe.
The ground limestone is much
cheaper, but is slower in its action.
The coarser grains will gradually
yield lime for several years. 1t is
perfectly safe and should be used as
freely as four tons per acre. If one
does not feel able to put on so much
try two tons. The whole question
Of lining land is not we'll understood.
On some land crops, especially
tegumes, respond wonderfully to its
use, while on other land it's effect is
not noticeable and both tracts may
lie close together. 1t is a good plan
10 lime one acre or ten acres, leaving
wide strips without it. On land need
ing it badly it will pay to lime heav-
tly. Sometimes alfalfa will grow into
4 wilderness Of luxuriance on lined
soil. Lime is best applied on plowed
land and narrowed in.
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Improying the Pig Crop.

Many farmers have started out this
spring with the intention Of doing
better by their coming crop of pigs
than they have in the past.
BY doing better, 1 mean giving
closer attention to the feed problem,
and the care problem, so that the
pigs, when mature, will have made a
favorable growth at a low cost, and
at the same time have developed
strong frames, especially in the case
of those pigs which are intended to be
kept for breeding purposes.
1t will be we'll for every man who
desires to bring his pigs through the
season in good form and condition to
calculate to supply some Of those
foods which are known to have a
favorable influence on the develop
ment of the framework of the pig.
1t is needless to say that corn alone
will not serve the purpose. While 1t
is true that corn in conjunction with
good pasture makes a diet for the
growing pigs which can hardly be i'm
proved on, it often happens that the
pasture contains little to attract the
pigs.
In that case they are sure to lie
around the yards and stuff themselves
with grain in preference to seeking
the grass and the exercise which they
so greatly need in conjunction, which
is so essential to the health and thrift
of the animal.
The best BODYBUILDING foods are
those rich in protein and mineral mat
ter. Skim milk, perhaps, stands at
the head of the list, and it will pay
to lay in some tankage, shortage, and
possibly some bone meal, IS we'll as
pure mineral matter.
It cannot be expected. however,
that the feeding of feeds bearing
large amounts CT mineral matter,
such as have been mentioned, will
change the conformation of any part
of the skeleton, or, for example, make
a pig stand straight, if he is other
wise. The Improvement will have to
be made through selection, using no
male or female that is faulty
1t might, too, be urged that If care
full selection we're practiced, it would
be unnecessary to consider the diet,
since strong boned breeding stock
would naturally impress these good
points on their progeny.
On the contrary, it might be said
that men have been trying for years
to breed poor hogs out Of their herds
without giving attention to a balanced
food ration problem, and they are
practically where they started.
We generally find that when men
feed little or no grain and do not care
to hasten the growth of their pigs,
the quality of the bone is generally
very satisfactory.
But there is a good deal Of time re-
| quired in growing pigs in this man
ner, and while time is nothing to the
hog, it is to the owner, and when he
! proposes to force growth, he should
| plan to force it evenly; that is, that
the pig is not made fat at the ex-
| pense of his growth and health
R. B. R., in Inland Farmer.
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living down, and are by no means the
cruel appliances some narrow-minded
people are inclined to consider them.
We even believe that COW chains give
the COWS a little too much freedom.
We have seer COWS tied with chains
almost turn completely around IN
their stalls. We have known of other
instances where they have choked
themselves to death when fastened in
this The stanchion prohlD-
it's both of these troubles. There are
some stanchions made so that every
COW may be fastened or loosened at
once by throwing a single lever. Ihls
is a time-saving invention which the
dairy farmer appreciates. Every min
ute must be made to count on the
dairy farm, so that labor-saVlng de-
vices of this sort are also none
savers as we'll as a protection for the
cattle themselves. We know OF an
instance where an attendant had an
eye put out by a COW throwing her
head when he was about to put the
chain about her neck. The COW
stanchion does away with this danger.
All things considered, we believe that
the stanchions are far superior to the
chain ties and every practical dairy
man is quick to realize the advan-
tages of this modern convenience for
the dairy farm.-Weekly Witness.
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The average student of geography
knows that the Island Of Mauritius
lies in the Indian Ocean, about 900
miles east of Madagascar, and that 1t
belongs to England, but he might not
be able to tell whether Mauritius is
notably distinguished from a score OF
other islands lying in the southern
hemisphere, although the name Maui
ritius calls up before two classes of
minds pictures almost as vivid as
does the fateful names of Elba or st.
Helena.
One of these classes consists of the
lovers of romantic literature all over
the world, to whom the name Mauri-
thus suggests the tender and pathetic
idyl of Paul and Virginia." Of which
this island was the theatre.
The second, and much smaller
class, are the psychologists, or stu
dents of extinct animal forms, to
whom Mauritius is memorable as the
last home Of the dodo, a g%rotesque
and clumsy bird, with only rudimen-
tary wings, which appears to have
been eztirpated about the year 1850.
In an elaborate and costly work on
the dodo, published in London in
1848, under the patronage Of Prince
Albert, is found the following quaint
description of the dodo, taken from
Sir Thomas Herbert's journal Of his
visit to Mauritius in 1926:
1.-The dodo comes first to our de-
scription.. Here (and nowhere else
that ever I could see or heare of is
generated the dodo "a Portuguize
name it is, and has references to her
simplenes), a bird which for shape
and rarenesse might be called a Phoe-
nix overt in Arabia): her body is
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downward so as to engage the upper
end of the neck of the jar or bottle.
The handle, which is connected
with the cover, has its lower ends
extending downward so as to form
lock-buttons, which keep the top
from sliding off the jar laterally. The
device can be adjusted in a tWinkling,
but it will not. come off unless the
handle is turned at right angles with
the jar. When a bottle of milk is
being carried by this means it can be
swung around with no fear of the
top coming off--if anybody wants to
swing it around. The improvement
of this device over the paper tops
used on milk jars is readily apparent.
1t costs more in the beginning, but
in the long run it will outwear. thou
sands of paper tops and has the addi-
tional advantage Of pro viding a han
dle.-Boston Post.
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A Prosaic Remark.

'"There would perhaps be fewer d.
vorces," said Mrs. F. S. Bangs, treas
urer Of the New York Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage. IF men
and women looked on mar sc N a
more romantic light.
1.-TWO business men were conVers-
ing over their luncheon Of coffee All
pie. The older man had just been
married. He was telling his friend
how happy he was. And he wound
up with the ecstatic cry:
"'And, George, what puts me IN
the seventh heaven is that : first
husbands clothes fit me Ike the
paper on the wall!'"-Washingtor
Star. N.Y.-19
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Alfalfa Seed.

Alfalfa seed is a difficult thing to
buy and make no mistake.
/. 1t must not come from a warm
er climate.
2. 1t must be fresh to be best.
8. 1t should contain very few small
or shrunken seeds.
4. 1t must be free from weed seed.
You will have to look sharp if you
catch the dodder seed in it. These
seeds are so small they suggest to-
bal Go seed.
Some farmers are so careful to Sc
cure good seed that they write weeks
before needed to Q dozen firms for
samples and sprout a hundred seeds
to study vitality. If e%ighty-fve or
ninety Of these 100 grow strong they
have fair seed. To watch for weeds
one should spread it on white paper
and examine with a glass.
On thin soils alfalfa should be pre-
coded by a crop of cowpeas or clover.
And if the ground is acid it will al
most insure a crop to SOW two to four
tons of lime per acre. In southern
counties below the drift alfalfa needs
fertilizing. But there are many sue
cessful fields south of the drift.
Break in the spring when damp
enough to plcw mellow. Plow deep.
Harrow often enough to keep down
weeds till the last of June, then SOW
twenty pounds per acre. 1t should
be covered with . harrow.
There is no use to waste seed and
work On ground not prepared for it,
1t requires intelligent effort to grow
elfalfa.-Indiana Farmer.
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PATENTS ;s:'s s:; e. ,ssSs e; ;i =iss;
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The Crick.

One need not take the crick too
seriously. Every Londoner has got
it: some badly, others only slightly.
One does not say. much about 1t be-
cause one pretends that it IS not
there. Of course, if aeronautics and
aviation were to remain long IN their
infancy, and the crick were to become
chronic. one would have to take steps
in the matter. But before very long
the news that an airship is to be aeen
moving over the metropolis will net
be received with more notice than
the information that a motor bus will
be seen in the Strand. At the mo-
ment, however, the airship and the
aeroplane are a sort Of mechanical
Halley's comet. A thing to be stared
at. even if one has to wait hours 10
do so. The crick means all that. And
more. With some people it means
climbing out of skylights at the top
of very high buildings, walking peril
ously along the dizzy leads n
mounting the ultimate chimney
stack. Before one gets the crick that
wav one has to become eligible for
tie Anime Club. With other PEOPLE
if means standing in Piccadilly or
Ludgate Circus, wheeling necessarily
this way and that like a spinning top.
With everybody the crick means the
complete dismissal of business for
the best part of a day. Whether you
geo The aerial object or not, you get
the crick and even then you do not
complain of the pain in your neck.
You glory in it.-London Globe.
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Save the Hands.

saw IlO y
Housekeepers can thus save the APP
pearance of their hands, so they need
net wish they could leave them at
home when they 60 visiting: Have
plainly of thick, soft holders near the
stove, with which to take hold of the
pets and pans. Keep a pair Of gloves
handy to use when putting wood in
the stove, or to work in the garden,
or pick over coal ashes, or to put on
when you sweep. Rub the hands at
night with a mixture made OF equal
parts Of %glycerine and rose-water to
which add one drop of carbolic acid.
After scrubbing or washing dishes
battle the hands in vinegar or rub
with a cut lemon; and when you sit
down to your sewing, If they feel like
a nutmeg-grater, rub them with cam
phor, which will make them soft and
pliable.-Farm Journal. ,
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a Palpable Hit.

Senator La Toilette said OF q no
torious fnancier the other day:
HE got rather a setback in a talk
he had last session with one Of our
men.
Money! he said. Bah. There
are thousands of ways of making
money
Eyes, but only one honest way
Dur man remarked.
"'What ways that?'
"T thought you wouldn't know
It, was the reply.
Star.
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How to Wash a Stable Blanket.

A stable blanket that has been in
use all winter is usually badly soiled
and heavy, as we'll as disagreeable
from a sanitary standpoint. To wash
the blanket is no small task, but by
wise means it may be cleansed with
little trouble and labor. Simply
spread the soiled and saturated
blanket on sod during a heavy spring
rain, and if one rain does not cleanse,
put it out during another. AS soon
as the Eain ceases and the blanket
can be raised, hang it up, dry it and
take it in.-Weekly Witness.
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Cow Stanchions or Chains.

We are often asked to give our idea
as to the best method of fastening
COWS in their stalls-whether stanch-
ions arc more satisfactory than
chains. This is largely a matter of
taste, although stanchions have adj
vantages over chain f~astenings. Per-
haps the stanchions are a little more
noisy, but they give perfect freedom
to the COWS. either while feeding or
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"For over nine years I suffered with chronic
constipation and during this time I had to take
m injection Of warm water once every - hours
before I could have an action on my bowels
Happily / tried cascarets, and today am q well
man. During the nine years before ! useo
cascsr.ts I suffered untold misery with internal
uiIes. Thanks to you, I am free from all that
this morning. You can use this In behalf OF
Suffering humanity. b F. Fisher. Roanoke III
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or Grpo-
lOc. Csc, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gen
zine tablet stamped CCC Guaranteed to
cara or your money back y"
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In the Dark.

A story is being told about a GER
tain European sovereign who paid a
visit to England two or three years
ago. He attended a bridge party one
afternoon, and, as darkness began to
fall, his hostess said to him: "Sir.
if you'll allow me I'll call for lights,
| can't distinguish the king from the
knave."-London Daily News.
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Benefited by Cement.

: The live stock industry has been
greatly benefited since the use of con-
crete in farm construction has gone
into general use. It's use in barn,
stable and pig house floors enables all
to secure cleanliness and the better
use of disinfectants for insuring the
health of domestic animals.
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From Singapore over 100000
worth of goods are annually shipped
to the United States, yet, Of the total
number Of 1924 vessels entered
there in 1908, only one small craft
was American.