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Creaking Doors. â€" The unpleasant creaking of closet. doors and bureau drawers can be remedied by rubbing the edges with soap. Home Made 'I-‘unnol.â€"Top of a long« necked bottle makes a good funnel. Tie an oiled string around the bottle, bum Oatmeal Bread.â€"Two cups of oatmeal, one-half cup of light brown sugar, one~ half cup of Molasses, two teaspoons salt, on to this pul two cups of boiling water. When cool add one compressed yeast dissolved in a little lukewarm water, one cup of seeded raisins (floured), three cups of wheat flour; mix well. Let rise over night. In the morning add just enough wheat flour to collect together: do not make loo siifi. Make into two loavm; put. in pans. Lei rbe until light. Bake in moderate oven about forty-five min- ulcs. Home Made Marshumllows.â€"Dellclous home made marshmallows are made as follows: One package prepared gelatin. four cups granulated sugar, dissolve the sugar in twelve tablespoonfuls 0! cold water and boil until it strings, pour on to the gelatin that has been moistened with sixteen tablespoontuls of cold wa- ter and beat vigorously until stilt. Flavor with vanilla and pour on butter tins. Cut. into squares when cold with a heated knife, and turn in powdered sugar mixed with a little cornstarch. Coat these by dippingrln melted choco- late, without turning in powdered sugar. Crust for One l’ie. â€" lnexperienced housekeepers often find it. annoying to stop and divide up, or reduce receipts where the proportions are given in large quantities. So for these folks is given this recipe. with exact quantities of ma- terials to make the crust for one pie. Take threequurters of a pint of pastry flour. half a teaspoonful of baking-pow- der. one-halt teaspoontul of salt; sitt these twice; then rub in three large table- spoontuls of sweet lard; when well blended moisten with ice water. only sufficient to roll out. Do not make pie crust soft or wet. it you do it will be hard and tough, and not flaky as it should be. This must be rolled thin, and is ample for an under and upper crust. Sweet Potato Pineapple. â€" BoiL and scrape six mediumâ€"sized sweet. potatoes; mash. adding one large tablespoon of butter. one tablespoon light brown sugar" twd tablespoons thin cream. or rich milk, one good pinch grated nut-i meg, two shakes red pepper. .Mould into 1 shape of pineapple; with sharp pointed teaspoon make little depressions around 11:. and in each put a tiny bit of butter.t P co on buttered pan in hot oven.§ W en the butter bits have made lighti brown specks like the eyes in real pine-t apples. remove from oven, put green; sprig in top and serve. Individual pine-1 apples are as pretty as can be. 1 Delicious Duck Dressingâ€"Pare. core and slice thin five good-sized apples; sprinkle each with cracker (lust to keep them while. Pour boiling water over one pound of French prunes, and when iliey arp swollen, remove the seeds. Seed half a cup of raisins and mix with them and half a cup of cracker l‘l‘Ullle mixed wiLh a leaspoonful of sugar. Then last. add a snllspoonful of salt and a beeten egg. This will illl {our goodâ€"sized ducks. but do not pack too closely, as It swells. cold johnnycake, three or four pieces cold dry toust; scak in sour milk over night or until perfectly soil. To this mixture add two gs, teaspoon salt, loa- spoon soda, and our (lo which a little baking powder has been added), sum- cicnt for pancake halter. Only a little flour is required. Nuts with Rice.â€"Two cups cooked rice, one cup chopped almonds or pea- nuts, two tablespoons grated cheese, season to taste with salt. Mix together wih n beaten egg and shape into bulls. Fry (1 golden brown in deep boiling lard, and gumish with watercress or lettuce. Blended Fruitâ€"Remove seeds from one-liult‘ pound of white grapes and {our oranges, one-half can of pineapple; cut oranges and pineapples in small pieces. Make a thick syrup 0! one. cup sugar and a little water, pour over fruit, and serve. Johnny Pancakesâ€"Five or six pieces RW+H+HWM ;+++++++++.+++++++o+++++ t About the House i '¢¢¢¢¢@@#¢¢w¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢©¢¢% RECIPES FOR NEW’ DISHES And most of these consumptives might be living now if they had not neglected the warning cough. Statistics show that in New Yorkâ€"City alone over 200 people die every week from consumption. fi¢¢¢¢¢¢©$©¢$¢¢é6é6§¢¢§é USEFUL HINTS You“ know how quickly Scott'J EmuIJion enables you to throw off a cough or cold. Don’t neglect your cough. Au. naucmsrs; soc; AND 31.00. “You mortified me‘ terribly," com- plained Mrs. Richley. “How?” demand- ed her siok husband. “Why did. you tell the new doctor you were in Uie habit of eating corned beef and gab. bage? We never have such common food as that.” “Well, I want him to fix his charges on a corned beef and cabbage basis.‘ is tucked in big plaiis so as to cover all the skirts and waists. The bottom of the muslin is finished with a drawstring, so that. it may be pulled light to keep out dust. An old lady met a neighbor in the street one day, and was telling her about. a recent bereavement. “Yes_" sfie said, “our Bill died last week. That‘s five out at seven gone. and now lhere's only me and old Joe left." Then she added, pathetically, “Only two left; I suppose I shall be the next 10 go.‘ S‘Ah: saidl ithe neighbor.“l suppose you will. At any rate, cheer up; if you ain't, youll be the next but one." is usually small and sometier~ even en- tirely lacking, is helpful, Such a hanger may be easily and quickly made from a round piece of wood a hall or three quarters of an inch in thickness and eight. inches in diameter. To the one side of the wood small brass hooks are attached. on which the waists and skirts are to be hung. On 1he other side one large hook is screwed in the centre, to be used fcr fastening on closet nails or door knobs. Around the outer edge of the board, mluslin (an old sheet will do) To Clean Feather Bedsâ€"Large feather 1beds can he renovated by emptying the i feathers from the tick into a tub of warm 1soap-sudsâ€"scft water is preferable. Stir land wash thoroughly, then run them through a wringer into another suds. [When cleaned run through a tight iwringer and place between two sheets in the sun to dry. Turn occasionally, and when dry enough to be. scattered by the breeze return to tick. Shake and beat the feathers until light and fluffy. Cheesocloth a Friendâ€"Every house- keeper knows the value of cheesecloth as a duster, but perhaps not its invaluable use in everything in the household men- age where a cloth is necessary. There is nothing like it for a floor rag, it, washes and dries the floors and woodwork readily and wings out easily. As a dish- cloth it is par excellence, as stains and grease do not stay in it. It cleans the; windows easily and is splendid for pol-‘ ishing mirrors. It can be bought for 5 cents to 8 cents a yard. ish'mg mirmrs. It can be bought for 5 cents to 8 cents a yard. Skirt. Plowmanâ€"«A skirt protector and hunger that may be conveninntly carried away to the country where closet room Be Careful of Pursoâ€"To prevent los- ing pocketbook while shopping, tie a rib- bon or cord to handle of purse, fasten to inside of jacket sleeve with a safety pin; your purse cannot than be slipped off your arm without. your knowledge nor left on the counter, as is the case in many instances. Erect Pillow Shamsâ€"T0 keep pillow Shams erect and neat on an iron bed. stretch about one and oneâ€"half yards of cotton elastic" one inch wide, from post. to post and fasten with pins or sew it. Pin slmms to this. They can easily be thrown ox‘er head of bed at night with- out unfasleuing. Tie a bow of ribbon on each tic. cnsily and, unlike oilcloth, require no washing. Likmvise they protect any place where thv carpet or hardwood floor is much used, and are Clean, easily lifted and no trouble. Mend Your Own Pipes.-Mend leaks in your gas or water pipes by winding with long strips of cloth dipped in hot melted paraffin. Work quickly before it burdens. lapping edges about half over, smoothing strips with your left hand while you wind with your right. You can “ward off" the plumber for; some time if you follow these directions. Newspaper Notationâ€"Two sheds of newspaper before the \vashstunds pro- tect the carpeLs. They can_ be lifted easily and. unlike oilcloth, require no washing. Likmvise they protect any Shoe Comfortâ€"A shoe that is unccm- i(.rtable from pinching may be eased by laying a cloth wet in hot water across place where it pinches, changing as it grows cool a number oi times. This will cause the leather to shape itself ho the (cot. Brighten Up Picture Framesâ€"If you have an old picture frame that does not lcok well, gather redur nuts or acorns and glue them on in an artistic way. then varnish. This will look like curved walnut. and plunge instantly in cold water; it makes an even cut where¢lring was tied. ~> side if shims do not cover the e155: lion. It depends upon tin Those of a certain pal‘son c of whom Bishop Potter tel grip. His vocation lies mining camps, where he room over the local grogvsk up the boys,‘ and talk than and penitence. After one mans he ran his eye over congregation. and, picking congregation. and, picking out the greatest. desperado of the lot, announc- ed. "Billy the Kid will now take the collection." The gambler called upon sprang to his feet. seized his hat as ottertory plate, and began his round. The first. man he approached offered a ‘25-cent piece. Quick as lightning out came Billy‘s revolver. “Young man," he said, quite politely. as he pointed the weapon at. him. “take that back. This is a dollar show." And with hat in one hand and six-shooter in the other he put. the finishing touch to the mile sermon they had heard. He got as many dollars as there were people pre- The Mayor of Plymouth is forced by an old custom to visit at least once during his year of office the Lake of Burnator. When he journeys to the lake he is followed by all the members of the corporation. Reaching the banks the procession forms up in two lines and a couple of ancient gohlets are filled with water from the lake and passed; round from mouth to mouth. The Mayor and corporation drink to the memory of Sir Francis Drake, who when Mayor of Plymouth in 1581 brought water to the town by means of a canal some twenty miles in length. After each person has tasted the water the goblels are filled with wine and the Mayor. holding one at arm's length. says: “May the descendants of him who gave us. water never want wine ." l The election of the Mayor of High Wyoombe would not, the considered com- plete unless he were “weighed in.’ His worship. as well as every member 0! the corporation, is placed on a pair of gigantic scales and the result is en‘ tered in a big book kept for ihe pur- pose. This custom is said to date back to the reign of Edward I. Another old custom in association with London's Mayorality is the pre- senting of fruit by the Fruiters Com- pany to the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress. The ceremony appears to have originated in the fourteenth cen- tury and at one time was a very pic- turesque affair. Now-a-days, however, the presentation of the fruit is taken as a matter of course and without cere- mony. In days gone by the master, ward-ens and clerk of the Fruitcrs Comâ€" pany attended at. the end of November at the Guildhall and apprised the Lord Mayor of the presentation, informing him that twelve bushels of apples of various kinds were on the way from Farringdon Market. Twelve men. car- rying on their heads panniers contain- ing the apples, headed by the company's beadle in official attire, then marched up to the Guildhall and laid their 0f- terings before the [/er Mayor and Lady Mayoress, each receiving in return a bottle of wine. Gifts 0! Fruit for Lord Mayor’nrinking to Sir Francis Drake's Mmmry. son war Mayor 01 mand 0f alely and mix at home. Tnk serlspoonful in a lltllc wal meals and at bedtime. A ft will drive out the trouble. i you endless pain and money long a dy tha vor is Hon: one ( Alter having tried all vortised patent medicine are turnlng Lo the old Clpes for treatment of incl of the kidneys, liver, bln‘ nary organs, which, if long are almost incurable dy that. has come back L vor is the following sin 1e ounce compound vimosa, one mce swoel. spirits of nitre. Any drug- st will flll this at a moderate cost. ' you can buy the ingredients separ- ely and mix at home. Take a des- rtspoonful in a little water after 0:113 and at bedtime. A few doses ill drive out the trouble, and save A SERMON \\'[IICH GRIPPISD (ZURIOI 3% MA YORK]. (ZUS'I‘OI‘JS. BACK TO MOT! 1 En sermons grip?" is now the ques- It depends upon the preacher. of a certain pai‘son of the wilds 3m Bishop Potter tells certainly His vocation lies among ~the 'OUI' OUII‘ hi in 31 tried all the well ad medicines, the publk the old household re nt of incipient diseases liver, bladder and uri ryina ack to [)0 g simple syrup of will lake :1 shop, “1'o_und ?m into tears 3T RECIPE his rough my Or my left | _\' 1‘11 u l. 11181 \V n - 11. :rip- arb, one 11K" The woman on a hot stone iron frame, a Street-writer masters. swarthy Itali- ans; and the stuffing of the Christmas goose are, in the mind of the New Eng- lander. the associates of the chestnut. Up in the mountains of the Apenntnes. however. live a people who regard the nut as a much more essential element of existence. Mr. Leander Sooth de- scribes in “A Watk in the Apennines" the necessary part the chestnut plays fir the peasants’ bill of fare: Chestnut flour is. here, the staff of life. The natives live nearly all the year on necci. or chestnut-flour cakes. Every housewife makes in the morning a supply for the day. In summer there are fresh vegetables to vary the fare, but never meat. I saw the baking of the necci. ln the middle of a kitchen, which was one uniform ttnt of shining black. stood an iron frame beside a square fineplaee built of upright tricks. Be- side an old woman, who held a pair Nothing is ever ooélied. It, is doubted whetlier’the strange man has ever tasted cooked meat. In lime of a severe frost, he will make a hole in the ice covering the rivers and the brooks and 11: by it till flsli come up to breathe, and then grab them one by one. In the win- ter, too, he will slink into the gardens at night and grub into the potato and carrot pits, and carry off some of the contents. Part They Play in the Italian Peasants' Bill of Fare. adept in the art of catching things, he prefers to cater for himself. Far and wide might you search before coming across one more skillful in poaching fish and game than this old white-haired man. He will spear salmon with a spiked pole, catch pheasants and par- tridges when the birds are asleep in the night, and e'vcn grab fish from streams. Long before he reached the high road the photographer could hear the man laughing in the tree top. and whooping in chorus with the owls. It is said. thdugh probably no one knows for cer- tain, that the man cannot talk plainly. and that his vocabulary is limited to but A SCORE. OF WORDS 0R $0. In the more poverty-stricken and deso- late districts the man is familiar to most of the peasantry. who give him clothes from lime to time. The clothes are dropped on the ground, and when the givers have withdrawn to a distance he comes and picks them up. As a rule. no sooner has he got them in his hands than he runs oif as fast as his legs can carry him. Food he will accept from no one. An Lying along a broad branch and hid- ing his brown face on his arm and amongst his long hair, for two hours he remained as still and as silent as a sla- tue. He did not move so much as a muscle. At. last, wearying of waiting for the fugitive to move into a more favor- able position, the photographer contin- ued his way. peacefully meandering through a great, silent wood, with a bent. piece of wire fastened on to the end of a hazel stick. a roaming photographer happened to come upon him. But hardly had there been time to take a snapshot- of him than he was on his feet, running, though not without, a limp. toward a lofty tree. into the branches of ,which he eventually clztmbered with the nimbleness of a wild eat. And once in his lofty perch no words, no offer of money, food or clothes. would induce him to come down. W pretty chik mother of and that 1 since. fleeh though son and makin woods and anS tish and small qmu prehistoric savage. l a long snow-while l elated body. He (h scanty, tattered and has never had a hon his wretched three 5 c" thereabouts, haw open air; and that. ; he has no name. Tl by the peasantry is l on a desolate Irish :7 pretty child, by a ]( mother of gentle hi: and that alone he Du mpod on (IIII'IS'I‘NI'TS IN THE APENNINI‘IS \VILD M.\.\' “"0 LIVES LIKE PH! HISTORIC SAVAGHS. AN UNHAPPY OLD WIZARD 3red at that he lost his senses age, and is now regarded 01 ’lrlnless, roaming lunalic. When last seen the unhappy ‘d, as he is called locally. wa cods nenr the little village of FISHING IN A SMALL STR ‘cl‘l th 1nd was! at that h and is \VO( rinkish cr‘ flour and ash green ‘ing from his fell- me tinnd creature ng his home in d on the most 10 wastes. II is littl me, which and pc paste. 'J Child, "as Wandcrt‘d ‘ory :1 Dominic Irish 3 V liver Since m in Ireland at a wild mun thre (h am pa water. Theslory t i that he “'4 loal h )il‘th has 1 tom. ne: that vho hold a p wooden bowl little [0 HI n spent in the ,r as is known my told of him 118 was- dumped when a small, ome, vagabond and education, wondered ever BUOW men as re of the night, I the densest lonesome com- an necci. In which was ning black. 9 a square in IT] py 01d wiz was in th( of Kinnale Moor “'lmn jus only 1 an em gal-men iHflid l 5 whole . Len year a great, of wire ‘1 stick. a to come PAM be won 1nd lan ringn ho liv 11'] IFS take in Is Said to Promplly Relieve Backache ~~~ v things they say them. A woman can keep a secret, if it. is a mean story about herself. When a man knows his duty. Ire .puts off doing it, by asking advice. If all men are born equal, that, is the only time in life that. they are equal. The man who wants to sell is al- ways more polite than the man who is asked. to buy. Discretion is the art of being on the other side or a fence when you call a man a liar. ‘ Did you ever attend: a party without. feeling next. morning that. somehow you acted foolishly? IS INEXPENSIYE AND EASILY PRE- PARED BY ANYONE. Did you eu-r {llh'lld‘ a party without feeling next umrmng UmL sunwlmw )ou ur‘lcd fenlxshly? . _. _ .5--. . _ A HOME-MADE MIXTURE The chestnut harvest is a season of revel. The woods are full of life and laughter. The days from the middle of October through November are mer- ry dues. The chestnuts lie lhick on the ground, and the peasants pick them up as fast as they can. “We wear our oldest. clothee.’ said one of the natives. “for the woods are damp and dirty. Oh, we look like beg- gars in rags. but we don't. mind. It's the best time of the year." There is a. good de being shocked” H When some people ger‘s part to eat it results in disaster. Over the kitchen was the loft. in which chestnuts were dried. The place was filled with fresh nuts, and fires were kept burning for three days and nights. By that time the outer husk was dry and black, while the inside sweet and white, was ready to be ground. The flour is packed in huge presses, where it, hardens until it has to be cut. out. with a knife. ' and Overcome Kidney Trouble and Bladder Weakness THE PHILOSOPI {ER'S STONE QMomm SLIPpm HAND RIPPED 0pm good deal of pleasure in ants are all harm- bbtaincd at a small :1 prescription phar‘ we would be put up and filter Iron and wasie n1 can '43 no n1 hasty