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SOUTH AMBOY ___ I ___ _ DtnnT UltS fKUIVI RESULT OF INJURIES. Tree Fell on Him Last Thursday Working in Sand Bank v Rooert Berry, Jr., of Bergau Hill, • (lied last night from tho effect of the injury received from being struck by a falling tree at the Smith Sand and , Gravel banks at Choeaequake creek, last Tlmrsdav. Mr. Berrv was ahont thirty-fonr years of age. He worked as laborer fonrteen years for the P. R. R. company under Mr. Stults, who laid him off aboot two months ago, but was expecting to put him at work again a9 soon as possible. Mr. Stults felt very badly about liis sudden death. SPLINTER IN FLOT. Mi,8 Nellie Thomas Meets With Painful Accident at Normal School. Miss Nellie Thomas ran a largo splinter in her foot while at Normal school Friday. She was wnlking through the hall and supposed I ho splinter only entered the sole of the shoe, but when walking she found it caused.her pain and on taking off the shoe discovered the splinter was in her foot and the foot had begun to turn black around it. Tho teacher of physical cnlture in the school, and who attends to scholars who meet with accidents, took ont the splinter and treated tho foot. It is still pain ful, but after two days rest Miss Thomas was t.blo to attend school Mrt irlnv EMPLOYES GET TURKEY S. 'i'ho International Powder and Dyna mite Company will piesent tlieir em ployees with tnrkevs for Christmas, Two hundred will be given out to them on Wednesday. Onu of (lie em ployes who resides in this borough, says they are a fine firm to work for and always treat their men well. HORRIBLE WALKING. ' The walking whore there were no pavements or sidewalks of any thing bnt dirt, was something awfnl in the borough Sunday. In some places the feet of pedestians would sink over their shoe tops. On John street a short distance from the M. E. church to the corner of Stevens avenne, the sidewalk is a disgrace to the place and whoever owns tho open lots tlierr, ought to have pride enough to at least make them so people could step with out going into pools of water or sink ing into mud every time there is a thaw. GLADDENING A HUMORIST. When Mark Ttvnln Was In Trouble Dan Beard l/wed to Cheer Him Lp. The financial burden which Mark Twain can led some years ago weighed on hts mind heavily. In these moments of desnondency. there was one tactful friend who could make the humorist forget his troubles. This was Dan Reard, the artist, who illus trated some of Twain’s books, relates an exchange. “Dan Beard, there is no tonic that can equal the company of a cheerful man," said the humorist, as he en tered the artist’s studio. “Ah, but I have such a pleasant sub ject to work upon, that I am not in need of either man or tonic for my cheerfulness.” retorted the artist. “Beg pardon, it is I that need the tonic, and that is why I am here,” said Twain, forlornly. “Then allow me to prescribe a dose of your own medicine,” and Mark was handed a copy of his book which Beard had been studying. “I thank you,” replied the humor ist, “it took me a year to get that medicine out of my system, and I do not propose to imbibe it again.” A discussion of the book was fol lowed by a hearty dinner, and Twain left his friend having received the cheer that lie needed. Queered Himself Forever, “Why is it?” he asked, “that beauti ful women are always the most stupid?” “Sir,” she replied, "am I to understand that you desire to cast reflections upon my mental capacity?” “Oh, no," he hurridly returned; “I have always said that you were one of the cleverest girls I ever—” But he didn’t finish. Before he could do so he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and could never make it right.—Tit-Bits. Unlike Moat Olliers. “He’s a most extraordinary man.” “In what way?” “Why, lie’s an avowed candidate for office just because he wants the office, and not because he feels the necessity of responding to public clamor that he has spent money ami time trying to ex cite. There aren’t many like him—in politics.”—Brooklyn Eagle. ntnO I I LMi). Mr. and Mrs' Charles Stratton, of Broadway, will spenp Christmas with their grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. George Lowndes of Now York city. Mrs. Thomas Baker and Miss Ethel Ferguson, of Broadway, will spend Christmas with friends at Yonkers, N. Y. The light was out on Stovens ave nue and .First street part of Sunday oveniug. Mrs. Samuel Hamilton, of Second street was a Perth Amboy visitor Saturday. Amozi McLain Dominick, of Mata wan, spout Saturday with his cousin, Mrs. J. Whitworth, of Goorge street. It is said that Charlos Clunipp, of Broadway, has acoeptecl a position wth Linzormyjr. butcher at Mutawnn. Mrs. Edward Whitworth, of Broad way, spent Thursday at Sayreville. Miss Ella Slover, rf First street, has retnrncd home from an extended visit with friends at Brooklyn Frank Applegate, of Eu you, and Thomas Mablv, of Jersey Ci ty, were the gnosts of Wood Applegate, of Morgan, Saturday. Miss Nellie Thomas, ot Second street, will spend Thursday at New aik. Frank Disbrow, of Main street, spent Saturday in New York. Charles Compton, of Broadway, who was formerly with Elias Mason, furn iture dealer, has accepted a position with Mahoney, grocer, on Broadway. Mrs. Peter Slover and daughter, of Bordeutown avenue, werePirth Am I oy visitors Saturday. iu IriB tJUCIVHUiJ ICllillHlII home from a few weeks visit with fr ends at Yonkers. Mrs. Jolin Tavlor, of Broadway, is visiting her danghtnr, Mrs. Gi orge Lowndes, of New York City. George Schank, of Hasbroock Heights, ipaut Friday and Saturday at Morgan. Mrs. Emma Learned and daughter, of Railway, will spend Christmas with her parents iu Second street. Miss Florence Whitworth speutj'the pist week with her sister, Mrs. Gil ford Cramer, of Perth Amboy. Mrs. John Whitford, of George street, spent Saturday evening witli Mrs. Hilford Cramer, of Perth Am boy. Miss Miller, or Augusta street, was an out of town visitor Saturday. Mr. Edward Whitwortli,of Broad way, spent Sunday at Perth Amboy. Mrs.Samuel Greenleaf, of George street, was a Perth Amboy visitor Saturday. Miss Wilhelmina Hoff, of First street, will spend Christmas with riends at New York and the ronain ler of the holiday season with friends it Iunwood on tiie Hudson. SCHOOLS FOR OYSTERS. London Dealer* Teach lJivnlve* t Keep Their Shell* ( lotted TIy,ht When Out of the Water. “A school for oysters,” said a dealer h fish in London’s great market for thf tinny and crustacean tribes, “is an insti tution that you would be positive couU not exist, for oysters are notorious foi tiieir stupidity. It is, however, a facl that there arc many oyster schools icais af-yj lci iui:i wise uou ucaiiTS uis covered that if you take an oyster sud denly from its subaqueous bed it open; Its shell, whereupon the life-giving wa ter inside it all escapes and the oystei dies. "But if you expose an oyster to the ail gradually, lifting it out of the water foi a few minutes and then returning il again, it gradually icarns that to keej its shell closed when out of the watei Is the best thing for its health. These investigators found that they could take two oysters, one trained and one untrained, and the trained oyster, keep ing Its shell closed while out cf the wa ter. would live a long time, while the un trained one, opening its shell, would di in a few hours. Therefore training schools are in appearance nothing mor than reservoirs full of water. Oyster are put in them and the water is drained off and then returned again. It is kept off for a few minutes at first then for ten minutes, then for half an hour, and so one. Oysters in these schools learn that they will live longest and keep healthiest out of water if they ;eep the shells tight shut. As soon as they learn this their education is fin ished.” la the Ilnuii’.N of Science. “Where’s your 1'alHcr, hoy?” a3kod the gentlemanly agent “Sweepin’ the horizon,” replied the astronomer’s son. "And your mother, where is 3he?" "Sho’s out sweepiu’ the back porch.” —Chicago Record-Herald. No Harm Done, Fuller—I understand you said I looked like a monMpy. What do you mean by such tails as that? Waller—Oh, it's .all right; no ham done, you know. There wasn’t any monkey within hiring when I said it —Boston Trans«'/fpt. _ DISTURB LAST RITES Chicago Livery Drivers on Strike Warned by Police. PICKETING OE FUNERALS MUST STOP Chief O'Neil issues General Order to Guuril All Funerals From Any lUuluus Aet of the Strikers. CHICAGO, Dec. 22. — Picketing of houses from which funerals are to start, whether peaceful or violent, by union livery drivers who went on strike four days ago is to be prevented by the police under direct orders issued by Chief of Police O’Neil. .1. B. Wads worth, secretary, and Charles Stevens, business agent, iff the Liverymen’s un ion, were summoned beforeChief O’Neil last night and told in plain language that any differences tile union might have would have to be settled away from houses of mourning. “This picketing of the homes from which funerals are holding is beyond the toleration of a civilized communi ty,” said Chief O'Neil. “Your zeal has carried you beyond the pale of endur - ance, and such an unheard of perform ance as tlie carrying of labor troubles to the houses of the dead will not bo allowed by the police. “Under no cireumstunees will I per mit picketing of *iny kind around a house whence a funeral is to proceed. And I must say that it ought not to be necessary for me to take this step. “Law or no law, picketing of every kind around these houses will have to stop. I shall take my chances with the courts on the question if my conduct is questioned in any court.” Chief O'N'oil then issued a general order to all inspectors of police on the line of Iris conversation with tire two muon uuu t'is. no lusuucieu cuiiiukiiui ing officers to accompany funerals in carriages, if circumstances seemed to require it, and to see that tlie last rites of tlie dead be in 110 way interfered with. While the courts hare inclined to the permitting of peaceful picketing, Chief O'Neil’s order prohibits picketing of any kind around houses of mourning, lie declares that, in his opinion, no court could he found which would fail to sustain an net of such evident ne cessity and propriety as that contem plated by the police department. On top of Chief O'Neil's order came the announcement that peace plans looking to a settlement of the strike had been launched. Through the ef forts of the Chicago board of arbitra tion a committee was appointed at a meeting of tlie liverymen and the un dertaker’s association to meet with a committee from the drivers’ union to endeavor to bring about an amicable adjustment of tlie trouble. The committee got together and agreed upon a basis of arbitrating tlie difficulty. The proposition will lie sub mitted to a vote of the men on both sides today, and it is said that tlie re sult probably will he an agreement. Officer A>nunlted and CLINTON, Mass., I)ci\ l-U.-James S. Scanlon, second lieutenant and clerk of Company K, Ninth infantry, M. V. M., was found lying unconscious in tlie company office here with two se vere wounds on the head, ids watch gone and the entire office in tlie great est confusion. An investigation show ed Unit ail the drawers and closets of the office laid been ransacked and that two of tlie pockets in Lieutenant Scan lon's clothes had been turned inside out. O11 file desk in Lieutenant Scan lon’s handwriting was a note which by a strange man from Worcester, anil I feel that he is after my watch,” fol lowed by a blot, as if the writer had been suddenly interrupted. Taylor Got* Five Yearn In Prtfton. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 22.—Wal tor L. Taylor utter being acquitted on four indictments last week charging him with assault on Congressman La mar lias been convicted of assault with intent to murder. Judge Malone sen tenced him to live years in the state orison. Suit Against Mitellt-ll For $200,000. BINGHAMTON. N. Y„ Dec. 22.—A. D. Wales, an attorney of this city, has brought suit against John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers’ Union of America, to recover $200,000 for legal services in settling the recent coal strike. Snnln'N Young King tu Weil, MADRID, Dec. 22.—King Alfonso XIII. is reported to be about to marry ids cousin, the daughter of the Infanta Maria do In Pnz, wife of l’rince Lud wig of Bavaria. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Senator Wnkelee of Bergen county will be made president of the New Jer sey senate. Tlie Dominion government is consid ering the questions of uniting New foundland with Canada and buying Greenland from Denmark. Governor Taft will leave the Philip pines for the United States on Wednes day, visiting the mikado of Japan en route ut the latter's request. The passengers of the Red Star steamer Finland, which is ashore near Flushing, Holland, have been landed safely. The cargo Is being discharged. The United States supreme court has granted a motion to advance the case of A1 Adams, New York policy man, and sets the case for a hearing on Jan. 25 next. The secretary of the treasury has is Rucd a circular letter of instructions declaring that the Cuban reciprocity treaty will go into efTect one minute after midnight of Dec. 27. The Evening News is on sale at Ost burgs’ 44 Main street, and at John Boss' Hotel, formerly John Kail’s stand. Extra conies of the News and all NewYork papers can always be se cured. LOT FOR FIRE HOUSE. The members of Vigilant Hose Company No. 1 have received a lot, i free and clear, on Amboy avenue, near ! Fisher avenue. The person w ho help ed the fire laddies along is said to he a wealthy resident of Tottenville, who wishes his name withheld. The mem bers of Vigilant Hose Company are a fine looking body of men. They will be out for practice witli the new hose cart this afternoon. A fair or ball may be 1 oh J-l.oitly to secure funds for the erection of a building. WORK RESUMEO. Work on tlie new Carnegie Library Building, Ami oy avenue, was resumed yesterday after a few days delay. The recent rains have left consider able water in the cellar of the build ing. When the sewer is connected this will be remedied. BORROWED BIG ENGINE. The Rapid Transit Railroad has borrowed the old fashioned big hog hack engine No. iiilti from the Central Railroad of New Jersey and are nsing her in the Tottenville freight yard. The Rapid Transit Railroad engines seem to be getting out of order. DANCE AND RECEPTION. Tho members of Rossville Engine Company No. 1, of Rossville, will hold a dance and reception at Doty's pavilion, EKingvillo, on the night of December 31. They all expect to have a good time. Some friends have been i ivited to attend. GIFFORDS EUCHRE. Tho Gifford Enchro Club met at tho home of Mrs.*.Toseph O. McKee, Am boy avenue, Giffords, yestordny after noon. Three prizes and a loony prize were awarded the lucky winners. DEER IN CONNECTICUT. |T" ’ Tlioy Arc Dc^omiiiK Almost an An no>iuK- mm ilie ItaliliitM in AukI ralia. Dter are becoming almost as much of an annoyance to the farmers of Connec ticut as are the rabbits to those cf Aus ralia, with this difference, that in the 'attcr country they can employ means if self-protection to any limit they see 3t, says the Boston Transcript. But in Connecticut, 1f a farmer sses a herd of lieer feeding on Hi.- ccrn or trampling his cats or browsing upon his apple or leach trees he can only use moral sua ion. Were lie 10 shoot ar. alien cow thus en raged, he could probably settle for $30 or 3-i0, or whatever the market price of the jeast might be; but if he Elioots a deer, t means a $100 fine or 30 days in jail, or both. The deer seem to have caught, on to the situation, and highly appre ciate It. Tho close season Is continuous here until June, 1911, at the end cf cities are withdrawn, they would prob bly be more numerous than cattle. They are gentle and confiding creatures, ■nh of course they must eat. At the same line, the situation is becoming fortn dable. and it is receiving considerable Useussion by the press of the state, hough even that is hard put to it to suggest a practical remedy. The New London Day observes, with reference to the suggestion that there should be.an opsn seascr. during which hey might be hunted: “Deer may be a nuisanep. they may destroy some prop erty. but they are graccfu' and beautiful inimals. and they won’t hurt the least ihing thing. As much cannot he said >f the average fool with a gun. who fan cies he is a deer hunter. He may now and then shoot a deer, but he is much more likely to put one of his crazy bul lets through the small boy gathering chestnuts, or through a fellow-hunter.’ fresh meat of all kinds is high, and venison is gc.od. but in our sh-ter :hate it is venison, venison everywhere, but not a bit to oat. Coreun Su licrNt it ton. There is an ancient ceremony in connection with marriage in Corea that is fast passing away. Ii is called “Po-sam.” A week or two before-the wedding the parents of the biide con sult a fortune-teller to find what will be the future of their daughter. Should they learn that she will beiorne a widow within twelve months they will inveigle a boy into their house, a mock ceremony will be performed, after which the boy will be strangled. The bride, thus becoming a widow, deceives the spirits and will be mar ried to her betrothed husband with the assurance that he lias naught to fear. JtiM* tin* Man. The President—How can I give your friend an appointment? He is rude, un cultured, \ ulgur and unworthy of an office. The Cabinet Minister—Why, I thought you might make him a minister to some foreign country.—Town TopicB. SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS The following officers for the gnu lav school have been elected by the members of Woodrow M. E. church. For the new year, William Redell, superintendent; W. W. Houseman, ind Miss Rose Powell, assistant sup erintendents; Emily Mesorean, secre tary and treasurer; George Brown ind Harry Thomas librarians. FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Tbo Totteuville night school is now Closed for the holidays and tlie stud ents are happy. The pupils in the short hand department have been given home work to do in the holi days. NEWS ITEMS. Work at the shipyard of A. C. Brown & Sou is very brisk at the present time. The work on the new tug beat is getting along nicely. Sat urday morning the work of building a large car lloat was started. This alone will keep the men working for some time. Mrs. James Lnttroll, of Rossville, who has been dnugeronsly ill at the dome of her daughter, Mrs. E. Mc Namara, of Hnrt Heights. Tottonville, is improving. Alfred Finley, who is studying at Centc-niary Collegiate Institute, Hack ettstown. is home for the holidays. The work of improving Broadway is getting along nicely. The sewer which was connected with St. Paul's M. E. church, Amboy avenue, a few weeks ago, had its first test Sundny during the heavy rnin. It worked all right, all of the water be ing carried off. LAND OF OLD KIN. Where Centenarians Are n.i Thick ns Bluckherrie* unt! Half uml lit'.:; 1 j,. “I saw a let of queer things during my wandering through Morocco, Algeria and Tunis,” said a man whu, according to tho Washington Star, recently re turned from a long tour In tile r.orth of Africa, “but the queerest thing of all was the multitude of centenarians. They were as common as biaci berries here in .August, and a man or woman had to bo at least 150 to enjoy ary serf of local rsputation. "It is quaint and refreshing to step jsido for a moment from tho bustle o: modern life and make acquaintance with men whose fathers or grandfathers wcr.; Burbary corsairs; to drop ir.fo coffee houses where the public story tellers rivet the attention of a cro v.dsd autism -■ end where the- jars of Ali Baba are still in common use; to frequent public squares where snake charms r-c, barbaric musicians and other story-book delights are a commonplace; to meet a Kadi rid ing to court on a white mule; ar.u to mix with people who tell you stories of d jinr.s as if they were everyday occurrences. “All this and more you can cr.jcy ir. Morocco. Algeria ar.d Tunis—though th° French are doing their best to spoil tho old-world charm of the Iasi two coun tries. But of ali the strange things 1 saw there, the strangest were the old people. There were so many of titem. and they are so strenuous.” Every traveler in the "Barbary states,” as they used to be called, is im pressed by this remark.able abundance of centenarians. A gray-bearded old man of 70, who is trying to sell curios to i tourist for thrice their value, exclaims: ‘ • r> x- T Vi n l'.c.or/l ral* t Vi a nrrTi'ict PIS v rrv qrandfather die if what I tell you is cot true!” Looking at his gray beard you think he is quite safe in calling down that eurse upon himself, hut when you make in quiries you find that he really has a grandfather living, aged about 11b. anil that the old gentleman Is still going about doing business on market days. Life is not wearing in Moslem Afrira \ man never docs anything ill a hurry there. Naturally, he does not even grow old in a hurry. When he is 7b he Is just beginning to get ever the first hot (lush of youth; he is r.o longer ounted as one of the hove. Cut not un til he is at bast 9b docs he cxpirt peo ple to pay honor and reverence tc him is a veteran, and even then he mm" :alte a back seat a.r.d lis;. n deferentially when the hale and hearty centenarians ipproaeh. The Arabs and Moors of the Carbary states are strenuous only in th If religi •uis exercises. The excessive zeal of :ite various confraternities which give vigor to the Moslem faith In that part of the world must be very wearing. Cut even among these confraternities many very old men may he found, who go through the exhausting ritual just as 1 nsily as a mere boy of 110 or 10 can. Should Uc rnotioiJK. Daughter—Edwin says he wants a wife with good lungs. It shows how •onsiderato he is of her health. Mother—I wouldn’t be too sure. Ho night want her to blow the kit then lira ;.i the morning.—Chicago Daily News. A Hint for Her. “You're all run down,” said the doc or. "What you need is quiet and r,u. Tout ought not to be worried at all. ’ ••Will you pat that in the form of a prescription, doctor, and give it to my •ift?'' asked the man.—Chicago Cost. rooj>Bi<iDGE CONCERT TONIGHT. On Tuesday evening, December 22, one of the finest entertainments heard in Wood bridge will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church. “The Southern Jubilee Singers,’’ consisting of a colored quartette, will give a concert. NEWS ITEMS. Mis. Waldo K Beiry, of Sewaren, was in Rahway on Monday. Miss Bdna Brown and Miss Letty Runyon spent Saturday in New York. Mrs. Harry Eddy spent Saturday afternoon in town. Miss H. V. Harding visited friends in New Y’ork on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ware, of Bangor, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gotham Boyu ton. (arteRET NEWS ITEMS. Miss McCormick, ot Brooklyn, was tho guest of Mrs. Joseph J. Mullan last Week. George Sommers, of Newark, was in town on business Saturday. Miss Nellie A. Sexton entertained the Aristou Euchre Clnb Friday night. Vocal and instrumental music was well rendered by several of the mem liers. Refreshments were served at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Wnlter V. Quin won tho ladies first prize. Mr. Joseph J Malian won tiie gentleman’s. Mrs Ferrier and Mr. Leon A. Chase re turned home hp.npy with tho console tion prizes. Tie following wer present: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J Malian, Mr. and Mrs. Leon A. Chase Mr. and Mrs. Y.'alter V. Quin, Mrs Walter Ferrier, Miss Harriet McCor mick, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Miss Gath trine Glynn, Miss Maud E. Platt Miss Fauuie II. Johnston, Miss M Brazzell, Miss Alice Mara, Miss Flor nice Drake, Miss Nellie A. Sexton Miss N. Darcy, Miss M. T. Sexton Mr. James J. Mullan, Mr. John A Gain, Mr. Morris Slugg and Mr. M W. DeWilton, of Perth Amboy. Frank Glynn, of Elizabeth, spent Saturday visiting his sister, Miss 0. Glynn, of DeLatnar avenue. The Episcofial Sunday School enter tainment was held in the school house Saturday night. There was a large attendance. The program was as fol lows: Farce in one net entitled The Ob stanate Family by William Hoy as Mi. Harford; Lena Olsen as Mrs. Harford, his wife; Warren Win'ant as Mr. Har wood, Mrs. Harford’s father; and Maggie McCracken his wife. How ard Fulletfou the butler, and Agues Aluady as imcy, tlie maid. ihe tarce was well rendered and reflects much credit on the nmatears who took tho parts and show we do not need to look for outside talet. A piano solo by Miss Ada Murrey, vocal solo by Mr. Clark, of Metncheu, a violin end piano duet by Miss Ada Murrey and Miss Celia Nelson, a drill by eight girls; a lecture on dolls was delivered by Miss Annie Alden, of Metncheu, wlucli was very interest ing. Miss Alden and her dolls nre well known as she has exhibited them in a great many places and has a tine collection of them from all over the world. A neat sum wes realized which will be used to pay the Christ mas expenses. After the entertain ment a dance was held at Nelson’s Hal! and all expressed themselves well pleasod. Mrs. W. E. Wiuant and Corrie and Miss Annie Winnaut spent Saturday in Newark. The Fairfield and Keasbey schools will close Wednsday for the Christ mas holidays. Devotion. She fondly kissed tin- little face she loved. Tit n In the bed she placed rl. tlr> form, And to her husband tenderly Sheen'd: “Turn or. the heat, so l'ido can keep a arm." —Milwaukee Journal. lln re formed. “I was really surprised at tnc dinnnr last night,’’ said Mrs. Oldeasae. "Your husband is quite a raconteur.’’ "1 know it. The doctor told Josiab years ago that he’d stuff uimself to death, but he Just eats away as hear;? as ever."—Chicago Kecord-Heraid. Their Xnture. Friend—I 1 resume you receive from ;inie to time a good many anonymous letters criticising jour actions on vari ious questions? Statesman—Weil, some of them me anonymous, but a far greater number cf them ara unanimous.—Judge. iOLEYSillWsi^iAS r~.“ HOUSEHOLD ADVICE. Hits of t Ncful Wisdom and Small itcouomit’s for the Bnif lioosevrite. O’d stockings cut dp we the seam Bin..- «"Client t polishing fur i. ur. and hours, as will as soli iron holders. 9 Gasoline put on stains on a white silk A loilowwhU};®^ ipm tu lump mag i' a as the taiyp up, well * rubh-d .n, \VlTgtntraItf 'remove the When grease is spilled on the kitchen ‘ 'able or lioor. pour < cdtl wa^pr on it at oru e to piVyenifr sMYihglnto the wood. It will qidcklj-iriKicmnatbean be lifted with a knife. , . To remove soot from a carpet, sprin kle plenty of fine salt di'ef f^tfnl^weep a 'ine tie ;;ralr. of the carpet: Repeat until ovary trai n of the spot is ny^oved. J in raahing down pillows go over the wrong side of the case with an iron rubbed wei! with beeswax each time It is applied to the cloth, to prevent the down working through the cloth. Fiat irons should be washed every w ek and always kept in a clean, dry pla t Few housekeepers use sufficient wax in ironing. Do not allow your ironB to become red-hot, as they will never A again retain the heat. Wi.i n winds do blow and there is frost in the air. put handkerchiefs, collars, cuffs and a!! small articles ih the wash to dry in a pillow case. The fabric is spared whipping by the wind, they will freeze dry and he quickly gathered for ironing. Buy a strip of asbestos cloth at the hardware store, and use small squares to interline your iron holders. Keep a good-sized piece fastened to your iron ing board to save the sheet and lay a square under the table pad where the meat platter rests. Do not try to sweep an invalid's room, but wring a clean cloth out of cold water .... . . ... i iu. i.iui a icw umjjto ui am ultima nave been added, ar.d carefully wipe the car pet. matting nr floor, turning and rins ing the cloth and changing the water as it gets dirty. Cheese cloth or silkoline makes good dusters, arid windows or box draperies that are not longer fresh and attractive should be cut Into squares and neatly hemmed tor the purpose. There should bo a sufficient number cn hand that they may be washed as regularly as the face ■ towels, as they last longerand give more ■ c w,;h frequent wash ings. , . .A ! tro-tsw at> ini ludes the wear-^H a; nur.-l (except dresses) and all the^H ii'iurciiobi linen necessary- for two years. A s.mple list of the latter In ciu'ies . taidei Irjths. with tour or five dozen napkins of different sizes; 12 A siti ts. with a dozen and a halt pillow a-- c: > dc-en towels, with dish and doilies. eesterplecet^H a", and wash stand ir.*(t|S4 otljetj^B pie-res ne.e.ded aboujM Teach the bi i^TVn - ifti~Ur -or g, m ” the proper way to put ffie bddclOfties to air over two chairs in the morning, and also occasionally give the boy«a lesson in simple cooking by having them help ;irc-;.are breakfast. The lad who can make a good cup of coffee, broil arsteak and serve them will lose nothing of manliness, but may And the knowledge useful in after life. HINTS FOR THE LAUNDRY. How to Handle the Tahle Linen la the Procean of Reno v nt ion. Bv most housewives the ironing of tab.e linen is a much-dreaded task, but | by using the following plan it may be- :| come a real pleasure: We ail realize how easily lineu is drawn out of shape when wet. and how hard it is to regain if dried in that condition. All this trou ble and exertion of pulling and stretch ing may be avoided, if when the table cloths are being hung upon the.line the selvages are loided evenly together and 2 pinned to the Hue, corners first, then the J sag. says Woman's Home Companion. The edges must he stretched gently In j place, and held with pins not more than « Id or 15 inches apart, if pins and line arc- scarce, the napkins may 'be hung over the table-cloth, allowing the same pins to do service for both. Shake out all unnecessary folds and wrinkles that may remain. When possible, leave out until dampened by dew; if not, sprinkle and told in the usual manner. Let lay a- least an hour or so, then shake out, t>t«J iron tingle. Begin at a comer. Iron lengthways, then across, keeping the ' ;..-. .1 rr»i_ J _ • _ x. . • .... . a uc cv.ll d ui fcUL cess. Turpentine in the starch produce* gloss. Preserved I’ompklkl— **-*» . . . Allow one pound of sugar to every • pound of pumpkin; juice of two large lemons; peel of one. Pare off the rind anil pick out the seeds from a very ’. rtsh pumpkin, cut it into slice*, put into a deep dish with sugar between each two layers; strain Uie^ctnon juice over the slices, and let, j^ijBmaln fur tv* days, and then put into a A preserving pan with a quarter.pC^i pint of w ater to every „pound,.ao<l .* half ot sufar. and the peel oL^ large,lemon l.et it boil until. fUf ^liifes aije tender, and stand spvei^ (^yfivk^ys. Put the pumpkin inj'h JaWjl£fttl *P<I skim the sirup !ifn,ls.,,very. thick and • rich and pQur. jt ssJfeg.rte Breserves. Cover vith.hr*^^ . j^^r^yand tie closely.—Good. Ib^ipqkfy’pipgt Citron Melon nild Cranberries. Citron melon $oaf$i with cranberries/ , make a very agi^id)f|"gMce, attractive 4 it; appearance. Ctfck a quart of citron, peeled and cut into squares, in just wa ter enough to hcveV, uiftll tender; then j acd one and onc-half cupfuls of eran- j i rries ar.d two heaping cupfuls of su- I gar; cook 20 minutes longer, and set ’I aside tocool. It will keep well for some time without canning.—Rural New Worker. ■* i _