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THE EAGLE, BURNSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. The Lure of Moca By Osborn Jones Amon^ the students—and the fac- Blty. too, for that matter—Professor Gray had the reputation of being the bost^ooking proiossor nt Morton and the most confirmed old bachelor. On tie score of his old-bachelorhood— tboogh he was not past redemption at forty—they excused various little quips a»d quirks In his disposition. Not only was Professor Gray tiie head of the Greek department of the college but, M son of one of the leading benefac tor* of the college, he was one of the trustees as well. It was as a trustee that Ms objection on general prin cipals to domestic science and house hold arts, as part of a college curlou- loro bad thus far successfully blocked tie bonding of the new domestic Bcfeoce extension. The money had been raised for the building, but because the site was part of the original Gray bequest. Professor Gray’s objection made progress on the building Impos sible. Wo wonder, then, that Jean Prescott, the attractive young head of such hoasehold arts department as there was at Morton, was filled with a sentl- meat toward Professor Gray that was as near to that of hatred as any thal had ever entered into her spacious heart. Like most household arts in- stnictors, Jean Pre.scott can-led Into her classe.s and laboratory an air of mre geniality. Professor Gray seldom carried much geniality Into his Greek Raises and perhaps that was the fault of bis boarding-house keeper, for Gray had got to the point where having tastcles-s coffee and cold fried eggs for breaftfast was getting on his nerves. If he took real satisfaction In any thing. however, It was that so fur the He Walked Slowly Away. deparfinont of domc.stic science, had been limited to Jean Prescott and that ahe had but two moms—one for a lee- lurw room and another for a laboratory —^jerely a glortfical kitchen” Jean told her students—In a seuiihnsement secthw of one of the rollege buildings. One day Professor Gray was correct- Ing lest papers In hi.s private office be side an open window that let In a flood of .sunshiny, air that warmed, rather than chilled, the room, At first he miffed subconsciously and then he dropped his fountain pen on his desk, laid down llic t.e.st hook and snlfTed definitely. Ills tliouglits look the form of “My. but that smells like good cof fee.” He fried to go liack to work n-lten something that smelled like the Ti.sp browned edges of eorn cakes baked to a turn—an aroma redollent with recollections of his youth and cheerful thoughts of a Southern mamniy—tempted him again. lie triok In loug draughts of tlie fragrance and then, rising, followed It to the window whence it entered his room. He looked down ns if expecting to see e table set with coffee and corn cake in the court below, but he saw nothing save the wall of the building and numerous win dows. After that Gray made It a point to Unger in his office every afternoon nt nbout that time and he never failed to tenre the window open even when the air became chill. Sometimes there came the fragrance of broiling bacon, sometimes the luscious odor of boiling sugar and chocolate. Once It was the mingled fragrance of beef and onions and caiTot.s that spelled In his mind Gie Wnd of stew the old Southern mammy used to make. ■11100 one day when the smell liad proTod too tantalizing Professor Gniv walked stealthily downstairs to the Betnlbasement section of the building and. following the luscious flavors that now positively smote him with their rivldness, he oame upon an open door from whence Issued the sounds of femi nine voices and flie occasional clatter of tins and crockery. It was .lean Prescott’s domestic science lalxiratory and a laboratory session was In prog- rew. Afraid of being observed, he walked slowly away and, ns he walked through the end of the corridor, his ejes caught sight of a little card tacked up on u bulletin hoard. ' “for sale for the benefit of the Red ' OrosR,” rend the sign. "Products of i the cooker.v laboratory will be an sale ' ts Miss Preseotl’o ofilce from .5 to 5:15 | every afternoon ' I Professor Wviiy made,an excuse to I himself to lemaln in his olfioe until , J«te that ii'tornoon and at just 4 :.59 he I riipped down to Miss Prescott’s office I and, with a mumbled sort of remark I about wanting to help the Red Cross, III' spent a dollar on dainties that had been made under Jean’s careful direc- nnn. It was then that he first really looked Into the new Instructor’s face and he admitted to himself that there was more good cheer and vivacity In It than in the faces of the other woman Instructors. "Perhaps cookery has a better effect on women,” he reflected, “than calculous or quadratics or the Iliad or the Odyssey.’’ Then one day Jean and her first class In cookery gave a luncheon for certain chosen members of the faculty and, strangely enough, Jean had the temerity to invite as guest of honor tlie man who was the most confirmed old bachelor In the faculty. He did especial honor to the feast and went away wondering why It would not be feasible for some person of wealth to endow a special domestic science school for boarding-house keepers, with a scholarship for his own remiss landlady. That evening, instead of donning his dressing gown and reading in the aura of his student lamp, or sallying forth to play chess with some bachelor crony of his he took a half hour adding fine points to his toilet and sallied forth in the direction of the glrl’.s dormitory. Could It be that he went to see Jean Prescott who made her home there? The next day Professor Gray went to his safe deposit to take out of their dark hiding place some fine old gems of Ills mother’s and later he was seen in the Inner offices of one of the lead ing jeweler's. On his way back to his boarding house he stopped before sev eral furniture-store windows and ac tually went into one fine furniture shop to price a replica of an old ma hogany dining room set he had seen displayed. He stopped nt a florist shop when he neared home and ordered some orchids, though in his confusion at doing any- ; thing so unusual for him, he forgot to leave his card to be inclosed in them. But the one who received them gues.sed the sender without a card. A few weeks later there was an Im portant meeting of the trustees of the college, called specially by the presi dent to discuss pressing business. All were present save Professor Gray, who sent his proxy. The most important announcement to be made was that tlie ab.sent trustee hud withdrawn his ob jection against building the domestic science extension on the old Gray prop erty. It was also casually remarked among those trustees who were most Intimate with the details of the uni- : verslty administration that the presi- \ dent was looking for a new head cf ! the domestic .science department. Miss j Prescott would not rolurii the next au- ■ liinin. She was to be married. “How- j ever,” commented the trustee, “other , good instructors cun be found. Tlie important thing Is to have removed Gniy's objection. I wonder wlio per- i suaded him to give In?” I TEMPORARY QUARTERS FOR WAR WORKERS HSSiOPFRAT First Exclude Rodents From Place Where They Find Food. Considerable vacant space owned by Uncle Sam’in Washington is be ing rapidly covered with immense temporary structures to house the rapidly extending war machinery of the various government departments. The pic- ture shows a building being erected for the ordnance bureau of the war de partment. Cantonment construction, regarded as maiprelous, was no more speedy than the erection of these buildings in Washington. In one case a pleasure park has been denuded of many splendid trees in order to furnish convenient quarters for government workers. There are more than a doaen of these temporary structures. POSTAL SERVICE GROWS RAPIDLY Uncle Sam’s Business Has Shown Great Increase in Recent Years. NEW METHODS AR^ REQUIRED MADE NOTES OF HER ORDERS Absent-Minded Beggar Even Promised to Think of Wifey Every Day While Absent. The nbfeot-miiuiea beggar, booked for a two wcek.s’ visit to his rich aunt, .stood upon the doorstep receiving his wife’s final inatructloos. “Now. James,” she suld, “do please renioniber to put on your tie should you be called on to wear evening dress. Last time you went, you re member, you went down without it.” “I'll make a note of It,” said the for getful one. “Also,” continued the wife, “remem- ' her that Aunt Tabltho’s brother Rill j Is a sore point wltli all of them. Don t I mention him 1” | “I'll put that down, too!” murmured ' the liusband. | “Then, too, dear, do be careful about getting In draughts. You caught an awful cold last lime.” i “I’ll try to remeiiilier,” he returned. She Imprinted a farewell kiss upon his brow. j “I hope, dear." she said, a catch In her voice, “you'll think of me every day while you're gone.” “Yes, dear, I wHl,”'responded the hubby absently. “I’ll make a memo randum of it.” Don’t Think of Yourself, Ill an article about iuiuginary trou- liles in the American Magazine, Dr. James .T. AValsh says: “Indeed it seems, after .a while, us though, If people have no real sources of worry to occupy them, they create some. If a man has occupation of mind enough to keep him from thinking about him self. then lie Is saved a great ninny, of the solicitudes that less occupied [leople fake so much to heart that they worry themselves nearly sick over ' them, and sometimes actually do so. ' David Harum uttered a very profound ; truth when he said, ‘It’s a mighty, good thing for a dog to have fleas, because ! it keejis him from thinking too much ; nbout the fact that he is a dog.’ Man- > kind actually seems to need some real ; •CCS of,worry, or it will make them : up, and the worst Is that the made-up worries are almost Insoluhle. You van push through the real difficulties that cause the other sort of worries, and get them behind you for a while, . an Imaginary worry stays by In- minahiy, unless you can throw it off.” Flying Fish. Off southern California, tourists sometimes find themselves sarround- ■d by swarms of flying fl.sh, which spring out of the sen and soar like birds, says the American Roy. Their species Is, Exocoelns Califoniie.sls, The flsh attains a length of 18 Inches, anil a weight of more than a pound. The natural liydroptanes live in schools. The aviation Is made I'ossi- ble by the propeller-Uke motion oT the powerful tall and by fins whioh siiread out rigid like monoplane wings. The flights are very swift and souierlmes a quarter of a mile long, Chicken Mystery. Pearl an{l Stanley, six and four. rt>- spectlvely. had burled a dead chicken In their garden. A week later out of curiosity they went to dig It up. In the wrong iilace, and did not find It. I'lxelted, they ran together to mother and cried. "Ma, that chicken must have gone to heaven, because It l.sn’t there any more." ire General Use of Vehicles, Espe cially Automobiles, Made Neces sary by the Parcel Post. Almost everyone realizes that the mull service of the country Increases rapidly, but few perhaps really real ize the full extent of this growth. It i.s staled by olllcials of the post olfice department that during the past four years free delivery of mail by letter carriers has been established in more lliun 250 additional cities, and the free delivery territory of other cities has been so greatly extended that the ad ditional mmiber of patrons served by Uncle S.im is conservatively estimated at 5,000,000. In 1912, for instance, four pounds was, the lipiit weight |for a single piece of nuill of any classi and postiigo rates discouraged the mailing of par cels. The average weight of parcels at that time was less than six ounc'es. Nearly all mail In cities was delivered by letter carriers on foot, who also made collections from letter boxes. Vehicles were used on delivery routes In outlying sections and In some cities need for vehicles had arisen In this service. Parcel Post Changes Conditions. The parcel post, which was estab lished in 1913. has brought about a different condition. The average weight of parcels now exceeds one pound eleven dunces, and the number of parcels carried In the nuiiks annu ally lias Increased more than fourfold since 1912. It is said that approxi mately one-third of these are received for d“Uvery at city carrier post offices, 011(1 it has be.en necessary to provide facilities at every office for delivering parcels too large and bulky to be car ried by a iiinii on foot. In other words, during the past four years or so the post office department has had to deal with a period of transi tion in the omploynient of vehicles at post offices. Therefore, while con stantly endeavoring to standardize the pqulimients In use and to perfect the procedure ifollowed In securing them, the department has In.stltuied compari sons between the several kinds of equipment and the .several methods of rental and purchase. Autos Supersede Other Vehicles. For the present It seems wisest to officials of the department to be guid ed In the administration of vehicle service by the practical conditions in each city. Horse-drawn vehicles are preferred where the volume of mall for delivery Is small and a greater ex pense cannot be Justified; or In sections of large cities where truffle Is congest ed and frequent stops are necessary. The use of automobiles Is prefi*rred In all other instances, and with the growth of the service they are rapidly superseding the horse-drawn type of equipment. Automobiles are secured in various ways. Allowaoces are made to post masters for the compen.satlon of car riers who fLirni.sli motor trucks in con nection with their work and for hiring machines from local garages. Com bined contracts have been made for I he performanci* of automobiles of screen-wagon service and collection- und-delivery servire. In a number of cities government-owned machines have been used to supersede rented : nd loa.ieil equipment for carrying the mall. Useful Palm. In the lowlands of the delta of the Orinoco river the natives build huts suspended between trunks of Mauritia flexuosn, a palm. They also eat Us fruits. Its farinaceous pith, Its sac charine Juice, and use the libers of its h'lif stems for making ropes, ham mocks, etc. Naturally. “I hear that .Taggers Is feeling very badly over the result of his recent sur gical operation.” “■\’es. I understand, he Is very much cut up about It.” BOXING AIDS SOLDIERS Makes Thernjjjfietter Bayonet Fighters, Itals Been Found. Men in Trainin'!; Camps Will Receive Instructions in Groups From Well-Known Battlers. The commission on training camp ac tivities. througlf'Dr. Jo.seph E. Ray- croft of Princeton university, has ar ranged for expert boxers to teach groups of men in Uncle Sam’s training camps, who will in turn Instruct other groups. Thus everyone will receive some certain amount of training, which will teach them confidence, aggres siveness, shiftines.s on their feet, nnd the boxer's co-ordination of eye and hand. This will make these men better bayonet fighters. That Is the real pur pose of the boxing work. Exhibition matches are strictly secondary. Deal ing with boxing promoters outside or inside the camp Is to be entirely avoid ed. The training will be principally shadow boxing. Matches will take possibly ten minutes of the hour’s training. Classes will be from 75 to 100 men. The plan of instruction is based on a scheme worked out by Sergeant Billy Arm.strong of the Cana dian. array, 'nds scheme wns found to he not only^Tnifficahle, Wit highly, successful. The men are placed in lines or flle.s, three or four paces apart, facing the Instructor’s platform. The motions taught are very nearly the same motions used in actual bayonet fighting. In addition to the regular lessons in boxing, the recruits will he shown the relation hetween boxing and bayonet lighting, by motion pictures, in which the fundamental movements in the two methods of fighting will be dis played. A film has been made show ing Kid McCoy, .Tim Corbett, Johnny Kllbane, and Bennie Leonard going through these blows for ediicatiolial purposes nnd more rapidly for match ork. Tenhroeck and Lamurche In a bayonet duel show the similarity in the loads and the foot work between boxing and actual bayonet fighting. Some of the men appointed instruct- are Bennie Leonard, Kid McCoy. Battling Levinsky, Johnny Schiff, Richie Mitchell nnd Packy McFar land. The athletic trainers of the Ameri can troops are teaching that initia tive and daring must be tempered with caution and self-control. Boxing con tests will be use(J ns an object lesson to illustrate this, f BEST PLAN TO USE CEMENT Granaries, Corncribs, Poultry Houses Etc., May Be Made Rat-Proof by Liberal Use of That Material in Foundations. I (Prepared by the United States Depart- I ment of Agriculture.) r First in Importance, as a measure of rat repression, is the exclusion of the I animals from places where they find food and safe retreats for rearing their young. The best way to keep rats from buildings, whether In city or in coun- , try. Is to use cement In construction. A.S the advantagi's of this material are coming to be generally understood, Its use is rapidly extending to all kinds of buildings. The processes of mixing I and laying this material require little skill or special knowleiige, and work men of ordinary intelligence can suc cessfully follow the plain directions contained in handbooks of cement con struction. Many modern public buildings are so constructed that rats can find no lodg ment in the walls or foundations, and yet in a few years, through negligence, such buildings often become infested with the pests. Sometimes drain pipes are left uncovered for ^ours at a time. Often outer doors, especially those opening on alleys, are left ajar. A common mistake is failure to screen basement windows which must be opened for ventilation. However the Intruders are admitted, when once in side they Intrench themselves behind furniture or stores, and are difficult to dislodge. The addition of inner doqrs to vestibules is an important precau tion against rats. The lower edge of outer doors to public buildings, espe cially markets, should be re-enforced with light metal plates to prevent the animals from gnawing through. Any- opening left around water, steam or the material Is too good a conductor pf heat, and the'health of the animals suffers from contact with these floors. In poultry houses, dry soil or sand may be used as a covering for the cement floor, nnd In stables a wooden floor resting on concrete is just as satisfac tory so far as the exclusion of rats Is concerned. The common practice of setting corn- cribs on posts with inverted pans at the tops often fails to exclude rats, be cause the posts are not high enough to place the lower cracks of the struc ture beyond reach of the animals. As rats are excellent jumpers, the posts should be tall enough to prevent the animals from obtaining a foothold at any place within three feet of the ground. A crib built In this way, how ever, Is not very satisfactory. For a rat-proof crib a well-drained site should be chosen. The outer walls, laid in cement, should be sunk about twenty inches Into the ground. ' The space within the walls should be grouted thoroughly with cement and broken stone and finished with rich concrete for a floor. Upon this the structure may be built. Even the walls of the crib may be con(;rete. Corn will not mold In coptact with them, pro vided there is good ventilation and the roof Is water-tight. However, there are cheaper ways of excluding rats from either new or old corncribs. Rats, mice and sparrows may be kept out effectually by the use of either an Inner or an outer covering of galvnnized-wire netting of half-inch mesh and heavy enough to resist the teeth of the rats. The netting In .com mon use in screening cellar windows Is suitable for covering or lining cribs. As rats can climb the netting, the en tire structure must be screened, or, if sparrows are not to be excluded, the •Wire netting may be carried up about three feet from the ground, nnd above this a belt of sheet metal about a foot in width may be tacked to the outside of the building. Complete working drawings for the practical rat-proof eorncrlb may be ob tained from the office of public roads and rural engineering of the depart ment. Buildings for Storing Foodstuffs. Whenever possible, stores of food for man or beast should be placed only In buildings of rat-proof construction, guarded against rodents by having all SWNHERS S. Gkletki Optical Co., RicliDOBd, Vs. However,, pride never brings one the humiliation of having a favor refused. _ Only One "BROMO QUININE” To Mt tba cenoine, call tor fall name LAXATIvn BROMO (yClMINH. Look for slgnatnre of U. W. Befcire- Wealth Came. No doubt there are a lot of rich men, too, M-ho thought they’d be dif ferent than they are when they got money In the (Jays before they got It. Plenty of Material. “Here’s an article says that they are using rags Instead of rubber to make automobile wheels In Germany with.” “Weil, they ought not to run out of, material with all the treaties and promises they make over there.” The Smart Retort. “She wanted to borrow a cup df sugar.” “Did you lend It t(> her?” “I sent back word that if I had a cup of sugar I wouldn’t speak to the likes of her.” NOTHING SO EFFECTIVE AS El.IXtB ISABEK For Malaria, Chilli & Fever. Chief ot Police, J. W. Reynolds, Newport Newn.Va-.snys: “Ills a pleasure to recommend HBbek for chlllsand fever. Have used It when necessary for 20 years and have found no remedy ae effective." Kllxir Bnbek 50ceDi s, nil dni^ gists, or by Parcel Post, prepaid, from Kloezew ski i C?., WiiMblngtOD, D. C. A Good More—JBabek Liver Pills, so pills . • . . 25 cents SCARED THE BRAVE RED MAN RAT-PROOFING BUILDiNG WITH CEMENT SIDE WALL. GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SHOES Sam’s Consular Reports Say. I Th; British government will go i^to the shoe manufacturing business In or- dCT to check the constantly rising price of civilian footwear, according to Un cle Sam’s consul at Huddersfield. It Is proposed that four classes shall be manufactured under government, control, two for men and two for boys and youths. Those for mim will cost from 13s. to IGs. 6d. (.?3.16 to $4) per pair, and those for boys and .vouths . 10s. Gd. ($2.55) and abdve. The.se standardized boots will be especially adapted to the needs of agricultural workers, quarrymeu. nnd miners, and ' for common ordiiiarj- town wear by ' artisans. If the shoes lack finish and style, | they will excel in durability. It Is claimed, for only a stout quality of ' leather will be used. As the govern- ' ■nt controls all leather supplies, | there will be no shortage of raw ran- i terlal. Probably “kips” will be u.sed t for the uppers, as this niaterlul*is not i stout enough for the regular array 1 boot. Later, ’atandardiziHl boots for j omen and girls may also be pro- j duced. I Feed Two Oceans. While making measurements of river flow In the upper Mississippi river bas ins and in the Hudson Bay recently, the United States geological survey discovered that some of the rivers un der investigation'empty Into the Arctic ocean during certain seasons and Into the Atlantic ocenn at other times.— Popular Science Monthly. A Reckless Waiter. “How will you have your egg, sir?” “What's the cheapest way tliey are served here?” 'Addled, air. Pm quitting tonight,' gas pipes, where they go through walls, should be closed carefully with con crete to the full depth of the wall. Dwellings. In constructing dwelling houses the additional cost of making the founda tions rat-proof Is slight compared with the advantages. The cellar walls should have concrete footings, and the walls themselves should be laid in cement mortar. The cellar floor should be of medium rather than lean concrete. Even old cellars may be made rat-proof at comparatively small expense. Rut holes may be permanently closed with a mixture of cement, sand and broken glass, or sharp bits of crockery or stone. On a foun3ation like the one de scribed above, the walls of a wooden dwelling also may be made rat-proof. The space between the sheathing nnd lath, to the height of about a foot, should be filled with concrete. Rats cannot then gain access to the wails, and can enter the dwelling, only through doors or windows. Screening all basemeat and cellar windows with wire netting is a most necessary pre caution. Old Buildings in Cities. Aside from old dwellings, the chief refuges for rats In cities are sewers, wharves, stables and outbuildings. Modern sewers are used by the ani mals merely as highways and not as abodes, but old-fashioned sewers often afford nesting crannies. Wharves, stables and outbuildings in cities should be so built as to ex clude rats. Cement is the chief means to this end. Old tumble-down build ings and wharves should not be tol erated in any city. In both city nnd country, wf'''dsii floors of sidewalks, areas and porches are commonly laid upon timbers rest ing on the ground. . Under, such floors rats have a safe retreat from nearly all enemies. The conditions can be remedied In towns by municipal action requiring that these floors be replaced by others made of cement. Arens or walks made of brick are often under mined by rats nnd may become as ob jectionable as those of wood. Wooden floors of porches should always be well above the ground. Farm Buildings. Granaries, corncribs - and poultry houses may be made rat-proof by a lib eral use of cement in the foundations and floors; or the floors may be of wqod resting upon concrete. Objection has been urged against concrete floors for horses, cattle and poultry, because Best Farm Product. Honey Is one of our best farm prod ucts. No other form of sugar Is better In the daily diet. The most delicate stomach can digest it. It will stimu late the appetite and in other ways has a wholesome effect. windows near the ground and nil other possible means of entrance screened with netting, made of Nm 18 or No. 20 wire and of one-fourth-lnch meshi En trance doors should fit closely, should have the lower edges protected by. wide strips of metal, and should have springs attached, to Insure that they shall not be left open. Before, being used for housing'Stores, the'building should be inspected as to the manner In which water, steam or gas pipes go through the walls, and any openings found around such pipes should be closed with concrete. If rat-proof buildings are not avail able, it is possible, by the use of con crete in basements and the other pre cautions just mentioned, to make an ordinary building practically safe for food storage. When it is necessary to erect tem porary wooden structures to hold for age, grain or food supplies for army camps, •’ the floors of such buildings should not be in contact with the ground, but elevated, the sills having a foot or more of clear space below them. Smooth posts rising two or three feet above the ground may be used for foundations, and the floor itself may be protected below by wire netting or sheet metal at all places where rats could gain a foothold. Care should be taken to have the floors as tight as pos sible, for It is chiefly scattered grain and fragments of food about a camp that attract rats. Rat-Proofing by Elevation. The United States public health serv ice reports that in its campaigns against bubonic plague in San Fran cisco (1907),and New Orleans (1914) many plague fats were found under the floors of wooden houses resting on the ground. These buildings were made rot-proof by elevation, and no case of either human or rodent .plague occurred in any house after the change. Placing them on smooth posts 18 Inches above the ground, with the space be neath the floor entirely open, left no hiding place for rats. This plan is adapted to small dwell ings throughout the South, and to small summer homes, temporary struc tures, and small farm buildings' every where. Wherever rats might obtain a foothold on the top of the post they may be prevented from gnawing the adjacent wood by tacking metal plates or pieces of wire netting to floor or sill. Farmer's Signal for Saying Grace at Supper Table Almost Brought Forth a War Whoop. The first impressions that the white man’s customs made upod the Indians were doulitless more startling tlian their stoical natures permitted them to reveal. In(hls book, “Prom the Deep Woods to Civilization,” Dr, Charles A. Eastman discloses something of their feelings by relating his experiences when» as a Sioux, he started on a 150,- mlle walk to the Indian mission .school at Santee agency, Nebraska. “All day I traveled,” says the au thor, “and late in the afternoon I came suddenly upop a solitary farmhouse of sod and met a white man who had much hair on his face. I was as hun gry and thirsty as a moose In biiriu'd timber. I had some money that my father had given me; so I showed the man all of ft and told him by signs that he might take what he pleased if only he would give me something to eat. “When, the family InviteiJ me to .sit down with them at the table, I felt un comfortable; but hunger was stronger tliim my fears, and.I took my seat on a rickety stool bp.tweeen the big, halry ihan and one .of his well-grown daugh ters. All at once, without warnihg, the man sthick the lable with the butt of his knife’with .such force that I jump ed and.nearly gave a war whoop. In spite of their taking a firm hold on the hotne-raude table'to keep it.steady, the dishes, were, .quivering and the young women were no .longer able to keep ffom laughing oulright. But glances from mother and ;father soon brought us calm, and It appeared that the blow on the table was merely a slgnal'for quiet before The fanner’ s’ald 'grace; I pullec) myself -jn .much, as a turtle would do, and p'oksilily if should bq credited to the; stoicism of my race gh'at I have never eaten a heartier meal.” . Keep Record of Fowls. Keeping a record of your fowls Is an intelligent way for finding out the truth of your poultry business, and it makes matters easy In figuring up your profits and losses. Tools and Sheds. ! Tool sheds haven’t risen in price nearly so fast as farm machinery. i Babcock Testing Outfit. i It is advisable to procure a small ; Babcock testing outfit, and learn to ! do your own testing, in order that a ! check may be kept on the creamery purchasing your produot; rather than resort to unjust accusations. . Proper Feeds for Layers. During the short days of winter the laying fowls should have plenty of the proper kinds of feed, as It Is a long time for them on the roosts be" fore the next day’s dawn. Six MIsiMt® Ptidding Hter.e’s a new one—a most delicious desert that can be made in a hurry. To one and one-half cups of miik add one cup of . Grape-Nuts and one level table spoonful of sugar, ' boil six minutes, cool ' and serve with milk or cream. Add rai sins if desired. Get a package of Grape- Nuts from your grocer and try this pleasing recipe.