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The cups and saucers, the nuts, fruit, cream. sugar, etc., which are not ser- ved uuul the last, should also find a pm‘ce on the small side table. In Ul‘uel‘ LhaL the dining table should not al'lk‘ar wercrowded, as few things are placed on it as necessary. A pretty linen centerpiece adds much to the appearance of the table. Then a gummg pant, preferably one in glgum. should be placed in the center. manger; clay" pot. may be concealed expanded white tlssue paper, and the cum: will be almost as pretty asa tongue: of cut flowers. The plates 311112;”; forks, soup and teasppons. salt ea . Pflâ€"lper receplacles, drlnkmg glass- . and nlpklns should be arranged in Heat: oralpz- nr Clank “1...... o_-L LL"- "cu-ordered Waty of 1m Que b Wuouum ,. H t5 556 IV 1): G PREPARATIONS. :t seems that Thanksgiving, Day. of ., CL-,1,,.',:ations of the year 18 the time .,. tered members of every famâ€" 11-: shjum gather in the old home. it"h'fi more genial picture of cheer and p in is there than the dear old "lair and father welcoming home :Zr Sturdy sons and daughters, ‘ and maps sisters and brothers and con- 9:. besides? For several days before 5” ~ gay the old house has been permeated vith delicious odors from the kitchen and pantry. FFhere has been unusual bustle in putting every- . mug in order for the expected guests, some at whom probably arrive a day or two before and do justice to “moth- er‘S” pies and Cakes. The fate of. the chc‘sen gobbler has been sealed. He is in prime condition, and visions of him. rich brown and juicy, occasionally flit across the imaginations of the youngsters who have come to spend Imnksgiving at “grandma’s.” Be- sites this essential a plump chicken has been selected for that best-of-all dishesâ€"the chicken pie. For to have a genuine oil-time Thanksgiving dinner the chicken pie must not be omitted. 'Ihe pantry shelves groan beneath their we'ght of tempting mince and pumpkins pies, cakesand other good-. ies. :‘towed away in a corner are found oysters and tart cranberry jelly, delicious home-made pickles, and pre~ serves. in the cellar are cider, nuts, apples and Corn for the children to pp in the afternoon; and evening. It is with considerable pride that the little woman, who has made all these preparations, gives the finishing touchâ€"- es here and there and takes a last sur- vey to make sure nothing has been forgotten. Her guests arrive early Thaiihsgwlng morning, in wagon or curriige, and with jingle of sleigh tels if Nature has donned her white mantle for the occasion, Once more the old house rings with childish laughter and the patter of restless lit- tle lest, the beaming faces of beard- ei sons and matronly daughters show not for the time, at least, care and worry has been banished. In the dining room the great table his been drawn out to its fullest lellgitl. 1119 best linen and china bite been brought out; the room is Cece-rated with the last autumn leaves auu the windows are filled with pretty gmving plants. If there is no side- cuurd in the room a small table will be It and convenient. On it may be placed the dishes which are to be used during dinner, but which cannot all be put on the-table at once. The dessert and various other things, if .placed there betore the guests are seated, avoid a Eiving “1% CU cream. Fed uu place L” bA ‘ery decorative lamp shade may he made of four Japanese fans The find]; ' . 50 as to have the edges touching. This bright light gives a very pret- " the fans have been well this autumn, if you would or eventually, remember that , wi Lh rugs. should cover the 33“? lab loaning a0:119 of “'hom ] or No before at er’S” pies and c ””990” 0009”. “no. 0'” o 3 About :2: House. u: rtunate that ThanEsé once a year after all, pars, but few ornaments, pictures and little drapery or furniture are needed. Only clean a thing when it is apparâ€" ently necessaryâ€"for instance, wash off :iirty marks on paint, but do not of necessity wash all the paint. This does not apply to cleaning sinks and such Lhings. Do not soak clothes over night. It sets the dirt when the water gets cold. Look over the soiled pieces and rub soap on ,the worst spots and put them in the tub with hot water to cover. Let them soak until the black stock- ings and woolens are washed and out of the way. Then wash the white clothes next and then the colored ones. by saving the cleaning and polishing thgit would otherwise be a weekly .10 - ' fI every three days, much depends on the use and position of the room, of course, the floor of a room is run over with a carpet sweeper, dust at the corners collect, and the room he quietly dusted it will not require the thorough housecleaning so frequently given by housewives. Arrange your housekeeping so that you will have lighter work, turn your leisure into time for outdoor life rath- er than for. sewing; learn to live in the air and the passion for new things, perfect things, more things will take its proper place. Always wash woolens separately from cottons. Wash in quite warm water, add a tablespoonful of borax to each pail of water, rub soap into the waterâ€"not on the woolensâ€"and rinse in two quite hot waters. Iron before dry, and they will look like new un- til worn out. If the kitchen floor is of hard wood and the polish is of the right kind it is only necessary to use clean, warm water and a woolen cloth and dry thoroughly; ‘Fried Cakesâ€"Three eggs.lcup SUE- ar, 1 cup sour milk, 1 tablesp/ on but- ter, 2 tablespoons cream tartar and 1 of soda. Roll soft and fry in hot lard. Potato Souffleâ€"Select for baking potatoes as near of a size as pos- sible, cut off each end; when baked, scoop ou‘t inside with a spoon, being careful! not to break the skin. Ado to the potato buttter, salt and suffi- cient hot milk to make quite soft, beat till very light and smooth fill the skins with this and piace on end in a buttered pan on the oven grate till browned on top. The potatms will puff up if sufficiently beaten. Nice for breakfast or tea. Seasoningâ€"It is a great mlstake when you do not cook your season- ing into any vegetable when it is pos- sible to do so. Sprinkling it on the outside does not have the same good- effect: Many a good dish is spoued by the omission. Spice Cakeâ€"Three coffee cups flour. 2 cups sugar. 1 cup butter, 1 cup sour milk, 1 cup raisin-s, 1 tablespoon cin- namon, l of cloves, 2 eggs, add more fruit if desired. Very nice when fresh. and grows better if kept a week. Keeping Eggsâ€"A simple way to keep eggs for winter use is to grease them with fresh lard and stand on the small end in a box .of bran or fine sawdust. I have never had any spoil if put down when fresh. Quince Honeyâ€"Three pts sugar, 1-1-2 pts of water and 1 pt of grated quince. about four good-sized ones. Let sugar and water come to 'a boil, add the quxnc-e and boil 20 minutes, 110 more. Cream Pieâ€"Line a pie plate with paste. On this spread butter thick as a Penny. flour thick as a penny, sugar thick 'as a penny. Over this |pcu1r enough thin sweet cream to fill the crust. Add any flavoring desired. Perhapé you don’t us'e enough cof- fee. Nonsense! I put in a whole half cupful, and everybody says that’s plenty. Did you measure the water? Hub! \Vho ever heard of measuring water? All cooks pour it right out o“ the tea-kettle; I’ve seen ’em oftenâ€"â€" so there! Mr. Newweddedâ€"This coffee is weak as_ :Natel: agam. - . . A Mrs N.â€"'I can’t account for it, my dear. No matter how careful I am, it’§ always the s_a.m_e way. Jiggsâ€"I tell you what it is, it takes a baby to bijighfcetq qp a h_ouse_._ Newpopâ€"That’s right. Our first ar- rived three months ago, and we've burning gas at all hours of the night ever since. A copy of a curious newspaper has been found in the French national archives. It is dated January 4,1808 ind is called “L’ Athenee des Dames.“ The articles are entirely written by women. and the object of the paper seems to have been an attempt to place women on an equal footing with men» COOKING BY OBSERVATION. FIRST VVOMEN’S PAPER. SOME GOOD RECIPES. MADE LIGHT OF IT. F EW’E‘R ACRES. In almost all departments of indus- try the modern tendency is to do ev- erything on a large scale, and ,at Ypro- portionably less expense. Farming appears to be the only exception L0 this rule. In the farmer’s business it is found that the large wholesale way of doing things costs generally more and often does not pay expensesa If there seems to be profit for a time it is more than balanced by decrease of soil fertility and lack of thorough cul- tivation, one or both of which are al- most inevitable on farms that great- ly exceed the average. Ihe general tendency among farmers is to reduce the size of farms, and make each acre and it is this capital than the acreage cultivated that makes the profit. ing the advantage from putting the crude products or’ their land into bet- ter forms [or selling. '1 hey combine the profits of the manufacturer with those 01‘ the grower. Ihis is an ex- pedient Which some farmers have dis- covered, and which saves them the ne- cessity or marketing most that they grow in its unmanwwu.\wed condi- tion, when it always seiis at low prices. that is the misfortune of the tanner. What he grows is just as it is produced by nature, and his own 121- bor counts for but little. \ the manu- facturer, on the other hand, takes this cheap, raw product of nature, and by adding Labor to it enormously increas- es its value. câ€""'“""J ‘“ “V'V‘” of these kinds of manuiacture require the full time of one‘o'r more men to attend to thls business. But if farmers need such a factory in their neighborhood they can easily secure it by starting one on the co-operative plan, thus making a better market near their own farms than they ever had before. Lh FALL PLANUI'ING OF FRUIT TREES. The mere fact of one failure in fall planting is not conclusive. One ex- periment does n01; meet all the con- ditions. ln handling nursery stock in the fall there are obligations resting upon the nursery man in digging, pack- ing and shipping. After one or two killing frosts the vegetable kingdom sinks into a sound sleep or dormant condition and at this‘time a tree 01 plant may be dug and moved with im- punity. Nine seasons out of ten the ground is in bettel condition for dig- ging trees in the nursery, and in bet- ter condition for planting in the 01- chard in the fall than spring. The out roots have ample time to callous in fall planting and are ready to start the feedmg rootlets at the first ap- proach of spring. . The planter has first choice in the fall of that year’s grOWth in the nursery, the nursery- so that the branded juncture is three or tour inches under ground. When ready to place the tree in the hole re- move an mutilated roots to sound healthy wood, cutting from the under side up and out. t’lace the tree in position with the stalk leaning slightly to the south and west. First sprink'te well-pulverized soil on and through the r00ts, working fine dirt into the torks and crown of the roots with the lingers, until they are covered. if the ground is dry, your in a half pail of water and when this has been absorb- ed conclude the filling, tramping or firming the dirt so as to leave no air spaces about the roots. man has more time‘tu ’give to the se- lection and to advise wim Lhe cus- tomer in the fail. The orchardist has plenty of Lime to go atger the nursery stock, and better roads 1n gumg, ample tune for planting and Lo‘give 1n uner care. b‘or fail planting, dig the holes large enough LO rec-ewe the roots in .a na- Lurzu wsxtion, and with apples, deep enough to set the trees one or two inc-hw- deeper man they SLOOd in the nursery rows. Beach, cherry and pear should be placed suliiciemly deep File: the soil up around Lhe base of Lhe tree m or 15 inches above the sur- face, tramp solid and round off. Pro- Lect the trees against rats, mice and rabbits by leaving the soii in this condition until spring. After all dan- ger of-hard freezing has passed, level the ground around the trees. At least twice a year we like to Lhoroughly overhaul the stable and all its furniture, a general house cleaning as it were, writes L. W. Lighty. We prefer rather a windy day and open all windows and door: and completely sweep and brush 0:: all nooks and corners. Remove every- thing that is: mowablez ~ Cldan out. CARE OF COW STABLES. AT THE HEAD OF AFFAIRS manure, straw, hayseed, etc., and flush in gutters completely. Now disin- fect the stable thoroughly. Sulphate of copper or chloride of lime is what we generally use, though some of the .pmmercial dieinfeCLants are some- VMAA â€"â€" ' SOMETHING ABOUT THE LEADING MEN OF THE TRANSVAAL. Gen. Piet. J. Joubert, who will com- mand the 'l'ransvaal forces if war breaks out between that country and Great Britain, has been described as the ablest and most pepuilar Boer inl South Africa. When a young man! he took part in the Great 'l‘rek Irom‘ Natal and fought in wars with the natives under Kruger. Many years later, soon alter the latter was elect- ed President or the South African ite- public, Joubert was made Vice-Presi- dent. Joubert cares less for deplo- rnacy than does President Kruger, though among his own people he is regarded as quite as skilrul a (11910- mat as the cider man. He is espe- cially beloved by the Boers I‘or his vic- tories at Laing’s Nek, Bronkhorst bpruit and MaJuba Hill in the war With the English, and for the clever manner in which he balked Jameson’s plan and captured that bold raider and his comgmny. Gen. Joubert belongs LO the Liberal party in the South Afâ€" rican Republic and has twice narrow- ly missed being elected to the Brasi- dency. He is an especial faovrite ol’ the younger element among the boers and has come in contact with the progressive outside world, says a writer in the Burialo Express. w- v uvauvâ€" ezmes preferable. Common white- wash or quicklime is very. good to use -.or some parts of the stable. If there :3 nny suspicion that any disease is Lurking in the stable, such as abortion or any .oihjer,‘ this disinfection should k“ “A“- __-_, u..-” uLOLuLC'vLLULI :uuulu be particularly thorough. Close the stable quite tight and burn sulphur or, still better, generate chlorine gas by pouring hydrochloric acid on some cholride or lime. This forms a deadly gas, and you want ta.;use it with cau- tion, but it will do thorough work. All ihe mangers or troughs should be scoured with boiling water. By this semi-annual cleaning up we have thus far escaped all the troubles that.of- men, such as calf scours, abortion, etc., and at the same time Iit helps to pro- duce the best and cleanest milk from which to make first class banter- ORANGE PEEL DISINFECTANT. Dried orange peel, allowed to smol- der on a piece of red-hot iron or an old shovel, will kill any bad odor in existence an (1 leave a fragrant one behlnd Instead. i‘llc Persons “'hu Conduct the Republics Stale Businessâ€"Incidents in Their Careers. JOUBERI‘ AND KRUGER. An amusing story, which illustrates the dinerence or character between Joubert and Kruger is told by Howard L‘. Hillegas in his recent work, “Dom: Paul peeple.” Soon after Jameson and his otticers were taken to Ere- toria, President Kruger called ascore or Boer commanders to his house tor consultation. "i‘he President was deeply ai'fected by the serious events and counselled calmness, but several of the oii‘icers, including Gen. Joubert, were excited and advised that the raid- ers be sh0t. 1L was dawn when Gen. Joubert was won over by the Presi- dent and he immediately took up the case or Jameson and his men and ar- gued ior them. "1 Will tell you the story or the farm-er and the neigh- bor’s dog,” said he, to the listening Boers. “Suppose that near your farm lives a man whose valuable dogs at- tacks your sheep and kill many, Will you shoot the dogs as soon as you see them. and in that way make yourself liable for damages greater than the value 01 the sheep that were destroy- ed? r Will you catch the dogs When you are able to do so, and, carrying them to his neighbor, say to him, ‘1 have caught your dogs; now‘. pay? me ior the damage they have done me and they shall be returned to you,” Bren. Joubert waited a moment for his words to make an impression and then he remarked: “We have the neigh- bor’s dogs in the jail. Vi hat shall we do With them 2" 'l'he parable was efi‘eCLive and the commanders at once decided to deliver the prisoners to the British. Much has been said regarding the manner in which the Boers tight, and how they have learned through long training in striking the wild beasts of South Africa, to take advantage of every bush, bunch of grass or stone to crawl upon the enemy and still keep screened from his sight. it is sugges- tive or our lndian lighting, and is a dreadful thing to men untrained in the method, as the English know1 to their sorrow. One English correspondent, who went through the campaign of 1881, has given a brief and impressive description of the Boer as a foe. “We never are able to see the enemy,” he wrote. “Except before the fight at Maju‘ba Hill, I never saw but a hand- ful of them at anyt time. And when they thought we nOJced them they and .heir horses disappeared as if swallow- ed up by the earth. I think we all feel that they can shoot. Our losses ‘ at HOW IHE BOERS FIGHT. first class butter. Hatley and Haing’s Nek showed that. We were very much in the Open, but not a blessed Boer was to be seen. But every once in a while there was the .-rack of a rifle, and then one of our poor boys would go over, the line would close up and we would begin chasing again for the enemy we could never find.” Dr. F. W. Reitz, the Secretary of State for the South African Republic, whose insinuations regarding breacl: of faith in the negotiations on the port of England have been comment- ed upon in a note from; Mr. Chamber- lain, was formerly President of the Orange Free State. He comes of an old German family which settled in Holland 200 years ago. One of his uncles was a lieutenant in the Bri- tish navy. The first member of thc family to settle at the Cape was Dr. Reitz’s grandfather. The secretary’l father was a sheep raiser and a man of considerable learning. Dr. Belt: was born on October 5, 1844, and studied at the South African College and in England, being admitted to the Bar in 1868. He returned to the Cape and, after practising as an ad- vocate for six years in Cape Town, was appointed Chief Justice of the Orange Free State. After holding that position for fifteen years he was elected President in 1839. Secretary Reitz’s wife is a Dutch woman of high literary distinction. She founded at Bloemfontein a library and a club in which ladies discuss the latest liter- ary productions of Europe and Am erica. The same correspondent also has something to say as to the treatment of English prisoners taken by the Boers. While the field tactics of the Boers closely resemble those of the American Indians, the similarity in the method of warfare of the two peo- ples ceases at that point. “I was taken prisoner just after Gen. Colley was killed,” said the correspondent, “and Some people, said the boy, never thank ye, no matter what ye 'de fur ’em. A feller put a bent pin on the teacher’s chair th’ other day, an‘ when the teacher was about to set down I pulled the chair out from under him to save him frum the pin. An’, by George, he licked me fur it! I can say that I could nor have been treated better by any people. The? were kind to our wounded, did not molest the dead, nor insult us of the living.” It is thus seen that, while the Boer puts all his experience, skill and brains into his fighting, and prac- tically makes every shot tell, his en- mity ceases when his foe is helpless NO CREDIT FOR GOOD INTENTIONE The frequency with which the strange words of the Dutch farmers of South Africa are appearing in the despatches makes an explanation of their pronunciation appropriate. The double 0, for instance, which is most often used on account of the frequency of the eXpression “Oom Paul,” has the sound ofoin Rome, while the diph- thong oe has the soun \, of 00 in boot. The. latter sound gives to Bloemfontein the pronunciation of bloomfontine. The on has the sound of ow in owl, which in connection with 00, already eXpIain- ed, would make the pronunciation of 00m Paul o-me p-owl. There is no‘y in the Dutch language, its place being taken by ij, which has the sound of y in defy, and thus, remembering the sound of ou, the pronunciation of J ou- bert, for example, becomes yowbert. The sound of ur is nearly that of oy in boy, which makes the pronunciation Uitlander oytlonter. Boers, or, to :be accurate, “Boeren,” for the sâ€"form.‘ of the plural is an Anglicism, pronounct Boer as though it were of two sylla- blesâ€"boo-er. The double a has the same sound as a in war, which give; “0': Cause, each man. for his own proteCLion, wants his dog to have a private tattoo mark which cannot bi seen by the ordinary observer, so that when his dog- is stolen the mark can’t be destruyen, even if its place is dis- covered under the hair. The owner can then easily grove p’TOperty. “It is harder tb tatoo a dag than it is a man. It takes one man to hold the dog alone. For an easy mark un- der a long-cared dog 1 generally get a dollar; but my price runs up to 3: when the mark is big and in two colors, and takes time.” “I can take a long-haired, dog and put his owner’s initials on the under side of one of the ears with blue‘ :lndia ink, and that will be a mark which will never fail. It is not very painfuJ to the dog. On three I tattooed ring: about their tails, with certain privatc marks known only to the owners. Profession “'hlcll Caune Into Vogue Wit) the Fancy Canine. “You see,” said the dog tattooist, “s: many dogs are being stolen nowaday: that it is necessary to put an indeliblc mark upon them. Some thieves can take almost any kind of dog and dc him up in such’ a way that his best friend wont’ know him. They can dyt a dog, trim his ears or tail, and disfig. ure him in other ways. “Not long ago I read of a Woman who proved her ownership of a pet dog by showing some of his tricks tn the Magistrate. It struck me that ii she had had her dog marked in somt way she Would have had less difficulty TOOK THEIR OWN FORKS. Before the Revolution in France it was customary when a gentleman wax invited out to dinner, for him to send his servani with a knife, fork and spoon; or, if he had no servants, he carried them’ with him in his vest p00 THEIR STRANGE \VORDS BOER PRISONERS. DOG TATTOOING.