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The Spectator., 1915-02-23
WOVEN TABLE MATS POPULAR
For Use Under Hot Dishes Nothing More Satisfactory Has Ever Been
 Put on Market.

Nothing has ever been found more satisfactory to put under hot dishes than the old-fashioned woven table mats, and of late there has been quite a revival in their favor especially as it does not require any great amount of ingenuity to learn how to manipu- late the frames upon which they are woven.
 These frames come in box contain ing several sizes, so that a set for meat dishes and several sizes in vege- table dishes may be made.
 After being woven on the frame crosswise, the points where the crossed threads pass each other are caught and knotted with either white or light -colored twist. In cutting the finished mat of from the frame, a fringed edge is formed and the mat not only launders we'll, but literally lasts forever. The writer has a set of these mats made quite ten years ago by delft old lady. These have been in constant use, some of them washed each week and they have scarcely yet begun to show signs of wear.-Exchange.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
SYRUP 0F FIGS FOR
 4 CH|LD'S BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating, harsh physic into a
 sick child.

Look back at your childhood days. Remember the dose" mother insisted on castor oil, calomel, cathartics. How you hated them, how you fought against taking them.
 With our children it's different. Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don't realize what they do. The childrens revolt is well.found- ed. Their tender little "insides" are injured by them.
 If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing. give only deli cious California Syrup of Figs" It's action is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless "frus laxative" handy; they know children love- to take it; that 1t never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweet en the stomach, and that teaspoonful' given today saves sick child tomor- row.
 Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle. Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
POINTS ON RAISING CALVES
Good Shelter Should Be Provided Furnish Abundance of Alfalfa
 Hay-Give Some Grain.

Give the calves shelter, but this need not be too tightly built A shed open on the south with yard so they can go in and out as they please is about the thing. Bed this down nice- ly with some straw.
 Fix rack so they can pull the hay through the slats and not waste it, and keep this full of the finest, green est alfalfa you can get A mixture of crushed oats and crushed wheat or of oats and bran will be good for them.
 If you are buying young calves not yet ready to wean. feed them twice a day on sweet skim milk, warmed up to the temperature of fresh milk. If they are very young, feed them three times day, a quart or three pints at time. After they are a month or so old you can give them a gallon each twice day.
 Calf meal or similar preparations are very satisfactory to replace milk. Keep mixture of dry cornmeal bran or other ground grains where the calves can get 1t as they wish. Keep the pens clean and let the calves have plenty of air. light, sunshine and pure water.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
ICED COFFEE OR CHOCOLATE
Ideal Beverages to Be Served at Card Party or Other Informal En-
 tertainment.

To serve between games at a card party, try iced coffee or chocolate. For the coffee, make enough of what Is known as clear black after-dinner coffee to fill at least two wine or sherbet glasses for each guest. Sweet en this while it is hot and set aside to cool. Then pour 1t into a large bottle or pitcher and set in pail or deep kettle, packing ice around 1t. When ready to serve pour into glasses three-quarters full and heap on top either sweetened and whipped cream, or a tablespoonful of ice cream.
 Iced Chocolate.-Melt two squares of chocolate in a double boiler and add a cupful of granulated sugar and a cupful of water. Let this mixture cook from the fire, add teaspoonful of vanilla and set away to chill in a pitcher. When ready to serve half fill a large mixing glass with chopped ice, add two tablespoonfuls of the choco- late sirup, fill up the glass with good sweet milk, cover with shaker and shake thoroughly, strain into glasses and put whipped cream on top of each. Do not mix more than a large glass of this at time. It will make three small glasses. This method is much better than boiling the chocolate and milk and then chilling. which usually forms a sediment.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23

were never known to get stalled but once in nine years, and they were never driven with whip.
 At twenty-five years of age each they were serviceably sound and were full of life.
 Think of it, Twenty-one years of hard regular service and still able to earn their feed. They were of the weight, size and breeding and, besides, had been we'll taken care of all their lives.
 l know a young farmer this year who is starting out and who bought two heavy, awkward drafters and also 1000 pound mare of good breeding. He worked the mare in the team with the two big fellows and whenever he had occasion to take a trip in his buggy, always drove the mare, letting the others rest, and still she held her own and kept in good order.
 Too much has been written and said advising the average farmer to use heavy drafters. Let him sell them at big prices and use a more medium sized horse on the farm.
 One years experience will show him that he is right.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Creamed Apple Tart.

Line a small, deep pudding dish with a rich pastry, peel and slice in carefully one and one-half pints of tart apple, with just dust of nutmeg, three-fourths cupful brown sugar and grated rind and juice of one-half lem. on. Cover with crust and bake until done. Lift the crust and pour in pint of rich boiled custard Replace crust and serve cold. This is a very old fashioned Dutch dish and Is delicious. Whipped cream is very nice in place of the custard. but ifcream is used heap 1t up high and do not replace the upper crust.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
SIZE OF FARM HORSE
Farmer Wants Animal to Draw
 Flow and Buggy.
Team, We'll Built, With Snap and Spirit Is Desired-Huge Drafters Are Better Adapted to City
 Manufacturing Concern.
(By J. M. BELL.)

CBy J. M. BELL.)
 Neither the massive drafter nor the diminutive pony are what the average farmer needs Being an average man he wants a medium sized horse, one that will do farm and road work com bined. One that will draw a blow, harrow or wagon and possibly a car riage or buggy, for the average farmer these days goes to church, pays some social visit and likewise goes to the country town, courthouse or post office pretty regularly
 An 1900 or 2,OOO pound drafter won't fill the bill for these varied re- quirements neither will 700 or 800 pound scrub.
 The average farmer wants some- thing betwixt and between, as the saying is. I should say from 1900 to 1,400 pounds-a team we'll built with some snap and spirit, one that the owner or the hired man will hold the reins over with feeling of pride and pleasure. Let the large manufacturing concerns in the city use the huge drafters.
 I knew a team of HOO pound horses some years ago. One man drove them consecutively for nine years hauling cord-wood in the sum- mer and fall months. Both of these horses were by sires who had a lib eral strain of thoroughbred blood in their veins.
 They did farm work regularly until corn was laid by, then they were put to hauling on the road They were true and stanch draft horses,
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Celery FritterS,

Beat one egg until very light; add one-half cupfu of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of butter, one saltspoon- full of salt and enough flour to make almost drop batter. Beat it thor oughly and let it stand an hour or more to swell the flour. Beat again before using. Cut the celery into inch pieces and cook in boiling wated (salted) until tender. Drain and stir 1t into a fritter batter. Drop by spoonfuls into deep fat.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
CAREFUL SELECTION OF SEED
Everlasting Persistency in Applying Method and System That Achieves
 Success for Farmers.

The system of seed selection which has been taught by the seed experts of the agricultural colleges was es- pecially designed for the years when the germinating quality of seed is doubtful. but it applies with equal force when the best of seed quality prevails.
 The farmer who makes advance ment in his crop growing is the one who carefully selects his seed each year, who applies the seed tester to each ear of corn that he uses for seed It is the everlasting persistency in applying system and method to this work that achieves success and guar antees reliability, says Twentieth Gen. tury Farmer. The local seed grower is one of the very useful persons in
The Spectator., 1915-02-23

the community. He cannot maintain his position or hold his business if he is not systematic, careful, persevering and honest. He must of necessity be reliable. and so can take no chances in guessing the germinating quality of his seed.
 The germinating quality of seed measured by its per cent of properly developed germination is the selling standard that seed testing has estab. lished. These tests of seeds should be authoritative and made a basis of guaranty to the purchaser Seed growers and seed dealers in every community are engaged in a very re- sponsible work. Upon their represen- tation depends the planting of thou sands of acres of crop. involving tens of thousands of dollars in value, which means crops and money value pro- duced or lost. depending upon the re- liability of the seed used.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Smallpox Stamped Out.

Of 3,164 deaths in the great epi- demic in Montreal S5 per cent were of children under ten years. It is es- timated that 60,00O,00O persons died, of smallpox in Europe in the eight eenth century. The disease is prac- tically stamped out now in civilized countries. Doctor Rotch reports that in Boston in 15 years there has been no death from smallpox in children vaccinated
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
MEAT CLOGS KIDNEYS
 THEN YOUR BACK HURTS
Take a Glass of Salts to Flush Kid. neys f Bladder Bothers You
 Drink Lots of Water.

No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make mistake by flush ing the kidneys occasionally, says . well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which excites the kidneys, they become overworked from the strain, get sluggish and fail to filter the waste and poisons from the blood. then we get sick. Nearly all rheu- matism. headaches. liver trouble. ner- vousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and urinary disorders come from sluggish kidneys.
 The moment you feel dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts or If the urine Is cloudy. offensive. full of sediment. irregular of passage or at- tended by a sensation of scalding. stop eating meat and get about four ounces of lad Salts from any pharmacy: take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast and in few days your kidneys will act hne. This far nous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate the kidneys. also to neutralize the acid6 in urine so 1t no longer causes irritar ton. thus ending bladder weakness.
 lad Salts is inexpensive and cannot inJure: makes a delightful efferves- cent Whitewater drink which everyone. should take now and then to keep tho, kidneys clean and active and the blood pure. thereby avoiding serious kidney cOmnlicati0ca Adv
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Coffee Mold,

Scala one pint of milk. dissolve two heaping tablespoonfuls cornstarch q prefer fiour) in little cold milk or water. add two tablespoonfuls sugar. pinch of salt, one-half cupful strong fresh coffee. Stir this into the scalded milk and cook until 1t thickens. Turn Into mold and set 1t aside to cool. Serve with cream and sugar.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Cheese Salad.

Rub the yolk of hard-boiled egg smooth with tablespoonful of olive oil and then add, one at time, mix Ing thoroughly. teaspoonful each of mustard, sugar. salt and bit of cayenne. Add half pound of grated cheese and tablespoonful of vinegar in which slice of onion has been standing for half an hour and serve on lettuce leaves.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Profitable Hay Crop.

Hay is crop that is usually profit able when 1t has an adequate market not too far from the farm. It is one or our most widely and generally dts. tributed crops. On some farms. how. ever. hay occupies the land for only one year of the rotation when 1t might profitably be continued a year longer.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23

discussing idea among congressman themselves to badges
 T don't policeman would men would ever be caught raidthe ana show who he The counterfeit sreman could at once be detected by badge was not there, in the
 Should the resolution
 
 ahe badge which office. - ~
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Yum Yum Puddlna.

One cupful of cooked cereal, one half cupful of molasses. one-half cup full of milk. one-half cupful of seeded raisins, two well-beaten eggs, one-half teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon. Mix all the ingredients together in n basin until perfectly smooth. Pour into buttered pudding dish and bake for 40 minutes.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23

OHICIaI Status. "A number or the men arrested are said to have claimed they were congressman, and some members have been subjected to in- ceSsant guying under the pretense that they were caught in the raid.
 Representative Carey of Wiscon- sin, who had heard that his name was thus ruthlessly used, introduced a resolution expressing his feelings on the subject. The resolution re- quired senators and representatives n ho
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
A Natural Fear,

Old Hound-Come. come! What are you shivering about?
 The Pup-Why, just heard the master say he'd have to put me through the mill
 Old Hound-Yes; he's going to train. you for the hunting.
 The Pup-Oh! I thought he meant the sausage mill. - Pittsburgh Dis patch.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
To Save auoar

When making cranberry jelly use . pinch of soda before straining the cranberries. l. will take only about half as much sugar and does not hurt the flavor or keep 1t from jeilying Stewed apricots. rhuharb. etc. may be handled the same way.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Feed Counts With Gown.

The best bred COW in the country, If she is unsnpplied with good food, will prove a dismal failure, while the meanest scrub will do something to- ward paying her board bill if given plenty of suitable feed and care.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Feed for Qrx Cn.a.s

Dry cows should not be stuffed with expensive grain feeds, but coaxed to consume enough cheap. rough feeds to keep them in good. vigorous con- dition.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23

 was Sling He said he thought would make haven't President Wilson time a hands with i'm 0Rmmys father school Is in bed at D. m He does not
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
catarrh of Kidneys
 Cured By Peruaa
"l had Ca tarrh of the Kidneys and Bladder. l A Am Very Thankful
 For Peruna. l Feel Well, My tongue is clear, l

have no bitter taste in my mouth. l am glad to say l do not need Peruna any longer, l am perfectly well. ! have Peruna in the house all the time. When 1 have . cold or when l do not feel well l take Peruna. We were all sick with the grip last winter. We took Peru ma and it helped us. Peruna is the best medicine for grip or colds"
 Mrs. Gus. H. Carlson. Box eol. Or. tonvllles MlA1.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
More Window, Needed.

More windows are necessary in the dairy barns of this country. Prob. ably not half of the barns are fully equipped In this way
The Spectator., 1915-02-23

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The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Why Senator Stone Moved for Extra Session

chairman of the committee foreign relations Senator Stones
  behind
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Members of Congress May Have to Wear Badges

HE to caused by that of them
 a for and representatives
The Spectator., 1915-02-23

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The Spectator., 1915-02-23

hlm VAS about a month after ! started to serve papers at the White House. A man took me into great, big room and said. MT. President, this is your official newsboy.'
 Is that soT the president said.
 "'Yes; he's the young man who brings the papers, the man said.
 There were a lot of congress- raen and others in the room, but President Taft knew my time was valuable, and he made them. wait while he talked with me. He told me
The Spectator., 1915-02-23

When You Spill Paint. Should fresh paint be spilled on the floor. pour some vinegar on 1t at once and wipe up with . soft cloth.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
Sammy April Is "0fficiaI Presidential Newsboy"

AMMY APRIL describes presidential
 monthly Tart shook hands with me whenever met he
The Spectator., 1915-02-23

there was surplus Of oratory. The discussion was prolonged and Sena- tor John Sharp Williams of Missis- sippi grew tired.
 Walking into the Democratic cloakroom he found Senator Stone re- clining on lounge.
 Bill" he said, ''go in there and move for an executive session and stop this interminable debate. 1 want to go home."
The Spectator., 1915-02-23

one of the biggest in the Union.
 For thirty years there has been agitation within the Inland Empire" as the people of this aspiring region love to call their country, for the ere ation of a new state. Conditions of transportation and natural relation ships have long made an appeal to them.
 Consent of the older states to such a carving up of their domains has been assumed as impossible, but
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
New Star May Be Placed on the American Flag

ASHINGTON-A Washington joined
 stateof npton.
The Spectator., 1915-02-23
lts Accompanimsnt.

T have an eye for the stage" Then look out you don't get tho hook, too"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-28
Action Regarded as Pre-
liminary to Grave De-
cision by Government.
LOUIS NAPOLEON MAY
JOIN ITALIAN ARMY
Granddaughter Of Little Cor
poraI," Off for Rome, viii
Offer Services, II Is Said.

Rome, April 27.--The Italian ambas-
sailors at Paris. London. Vienna and
Berlin have been summoned to Rome
to confer with Foreign Minister Son
nino.
In Rome this action is regarded as
preliminary to the announcement OF
grave and important decision by the
Italian government
Signor Tittoni, the Ambassador to
France, reached Rome this morning
Marchese Carlotti, the Ambassador to
Petrograd, will not come back because
of the distance and the difficulties OF
travel. but messenger has been sent
to him with instructions.
Geneva, Switzerland. April 81
Prince Louis Napoleon, brother OF
Prince Victor, head of the house OF
Bonaparte, after a long residence near
Geneva left here yesterday for Rome.
II is declared that the prince intends
Offering his services to Italy In the
event of war.
Prince Louis Napoleon is grand.
nephew of Napoleon /. He has served
as major general in the Russian
army. and at one time was governor
OF the Caucasus. His mother was
Marie Clotilde, Princess OF Savoy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-28
RELIEVE GERMAN
SPY STOLE new GUN
Agents Miss Safety Auto
matte Revolver Designed
for the Allies.

A sneeial automotic revolver WIZ"
a new safety appliance, invented by the
Smith E. Wesson Company, was 70
have been shown to agents OF one Oh
tho allied governments yesterday IL
wa, an unfinished model OF novel de-
sign and chambered for the cartridges
used by the Allies. In places IL was
on, awav so as TO show its mechanism
and il was the only one in existence
II was stolen from the Smith & ives
SON agency on the tenth floor OF inc
BARCLAY Building, 299 Broadway, some
TINA between 2.30 o'clock Saturday
afternoon and 9.l5 o'clock Monday
morning. A finished automatic revoi-
YER made for another government OF
the Allies and for two European neu-
trsls and three revolvers made for
two Governments of the Allies were
also taken. They likewise were 10
have been shown to official agents.
The police and a private defective
agency are working on the case Dus
as vet nothing mas Dtcu 'S"i"NN
the missing weapons. The agent 1or
the Smith & Wesson Company believes
thew NAV have been taken by one OF the
many cranks and takers who represent
them selves as official agents for the
countries at war or by spy. =,
The automatic with the special
safety device was locked in roli-top
desk. There were dents about the lock
which showed it was pried with a
screwdriver.
German and Austrian troops are
equipped with automatics which have
rot proven successful, it is claimed,
as the danger OF unintentional dis
charge had not been eliminated. Many
accidents have occurred in the act of
hastily drawing the weapon from ITS
holster. This new safety invention
eliminated this risk, making it i'm
possible TO pull the trigger till the
revolver was aimed.
The appeal of the British Committee
for relief in Belgium has resulted in
the collection of 100000 in less than
twenty-four hours. New South Wales
contributed S143.750. The Lord Mayor
of Melbourne's Fund aggregated 500,
900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-28
Inspector Is Reduced.

Inspector Charles A. Formosa. who
has been in charge of the police in
Williamsburg and Greenpoint for the
last four years, has been reduced and
transferred to the Rockaway Beach
precinct as captain. He has had a
varied career in the department, hav-
ing served as head of The Bronx and
Brooklyn detectives twice, and once be-
fore for short time as an inspector.
II he had been permitted 70 serve one
year longer as an inspector he would
have received an inspectors salary. re-
CARELESS of reduction, and would have
retired in that rank.
Captain Frank A. Tierney, who
served under Inspector John DAILY as
captain of the Adams Street station
and cleaned up Brooklyn's Tenderioin,
has been made acting inspector and
sent to Formosa's place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-28
WOUNDED NURSED
BY MRS. DEPEW
Americans Get Thanks for Aid
from Wife of Ex.SenatOr's
Nephew.

Mrs. Julia c. Depew, whose husband
c. Mitchell Depew. I'd, is a nephew Of
the former Senator, in letter received
IN this city yesterday tells of the con-
ditions at her estate, Chateau d'Annel
near Compeigne, which was turned into
a hospital for the Allies at the begin
ming of the war. She also thanks the
many Americans who have helped with
donations.
I'VE have been able 70 provide each
patient with clothes when he leaves"
she writes. "For when they come out
Of the trenches they are generally so
grievously wounded that everything
they have on is fit only to be thrown
away. We have been able also to rem
der comparatively comfortable seven
field hospitals, besides providing the
men in the trenches, within a radius of
nifty kilometres. with blankets and
other necessities. And much to their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-28
BRITISH SHIP BLOWN
UP IN NORTH SEA
Two Lives Lost on RecOlo---
Swedish Steamer Sunk by
Mine Off Finland.

London, April 27.-The English
trawler, Recolo, has been blown up in
the North Sea, either by a mine or a
torpedo. and the Swedish steamer Cen
trio has been sunk by mine off tho
Aland Islands, near Finland.
There was no loss Of life on the
Centric, but two OF the Recolo's crew
of nine are missing. Seven survivors,
some of them terribly mutilated, were
picked up The engineer went down
with the ship. One of the injured men
died.
The Centric was of 900 tons net, and
was built at Port Glasgow in 1908.
She left Savannah March for Kirk
wall, where she arrived March q, SAIL
ing subsequently for Gothenburg.
Malmo. Sweden, April 27.-The Swed-
ish steamer Louise, bound from Eng
land for Sweden with coal, has been
stopped off Falsterbo by German tor
pedo boats and taken into Swinemunde.