St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 12, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 October 1892 — Page 2

HE HAD HIS WAY. My shaving brush is missing and my shoe horn can't be found. My comb and brush I cannot see.my cane is nowhere round. My tall silk hat is ruffled up, my pens have gone astray— But all this woe is naught to me, for baby’s had his way. What though mv shoes are minus strings, my manuscripts awry? I know th: t this betokens babe’s been spared a heartfelt cry. What though the floor is ever strewn with toys by night and day? Is there not pleasure in the thought that baby’s had his way? It hurts to have my mustache pulled,and games at 4 am Ar« not just suited to my mind; but John is fond of them, And. after all, It seems to me, no man can well gainsay That there is lots and lots of fun when baby has his way. So, son and heir, continue on thy happy blest career; Ne'er shall thy daddy interpose to raise the scalding tear. Whate’er discomfort comes to me, cease not thy joyous play; As far as Im concerned, my boy, go on and ha^e thy way. —Harper’s Young People. WHISKERS. The facts about the man we called “Whiskers” linger in ray mind, asking to be recorded, and, though they to not make much of a story, lam tempted to unburden myself by putting them on paper. It was mentally noted as a sure thing by everybody who saw him go into the managing editor’s room to ask for a position on the staff of the paper that if he should obtain a place and become a fixture in the office he would be generally known as '‘Whiskers” within twenty-four hours after his installment. What tale he told the managing editor no one knew, but every one in the editorial rooms deduced later that it must have been something a trifle out of the common, for the managing editor, who had gone through the form of taxing the names of three previous applicants that afternoon and telling them that he would let them know when a vacancy should occuron thestaff, told the man,, whom we eventually christened “Whiskers,” that he might come around the next day and write whatever he n ight choose to. in the way of Sunday “specials,” comic verses or editorial paragraphs, on the chance of their being accepted. The next day the hairy-faced man took pdssession of a desk in the room occupied by the exchange editor and one of the editorial writers, and be- i gan to grind out “copy,” He was a slim figure, with what is commonly denominated a “slight stoop.” His trousers were none too long for his thin legs, his tightly-fit-ting frock coat, threadbare, shiny, and unduly creased, was hardly of a fit length for his slender body and his long arms. It was his face, however, that most individualized his appear-; : ance. r The face was jpale,. - the outlinea, symmetrical but rather feeble, and^ the countenance would have seemedi quite lamblike but for the fact thaw ft was framed by thick, long hair and a luxuriant beard which caressed his waistcoat. These made him impressive at first sight Ou the first day of his presence he said little to the men with whom he j shared his room in the office. On the second day he grew communicative, and talked rather pompously to the exchange editor, He prated of his past achievements as a newspaper j man in other cities. He had a cheer-! ful way of talking, in a voice that | was high but not loud. His un- j daunted manner of uttering self- ■ praise caused the exchange editor to । wink at the editorial writer. It an- . gendered, too, a small degree of dislike on the parts of these worthies; ' and the exchange editor made it a point to watch for some of the new man’s work in the paper, that he■ | might be certain whether the new ' man’s ability was equal to the new . man’s opinion of it. The exchange editor found that it was not. The new man had been in the office four days before any of his contributions had gone through the process of creation, acceptance and publicartion. Some verses and some alleged jokes were his first matter printed. They were below mediocrity. The exchange editor ceased to dislike the whiskered man and therekm lifter regarded him as quite harmless and mildly amusing. Tais view of him was eventually accepted by every one who came to know him: and he was made the objectof agood deal of gentle chaffing. He earned probably fifteen or twenty dollars a week at space rates, a lamentably small amount for so intellectual looking a man, but a very large amount considering the quality of work turned out by him. Doubtless he would not have made nearly as much, had not the manM aging editor whispered something in the ears of the assistant editor in k chief, whose duty it was to judge of I the acceptability of editorial matter ■ I offered, the editor of the Sunday sup- ■ F plement and other members of the staff who might have occasion to “turn down” the new man’s contributions or to wink at the deficiencies in his work. One day “Whiskers,” with many apologies and much embarrassment, asked the exchange editor to lend him a quarter, which request having been complied with he put on his much rubbed high hat and hurried from the room. “It’s funny the old man’s hard up so soon,” said the exchange editor to the editorial writer at the next desk. “It’s only two days since pay day.” “Where does he sink his money?” asked the editorial writer. “His sleeping-room costs him only $3 a week, and eating the way he does, at the cheapest bash-houses, his whole expense can’t be more than 48. No

| one ever sees nun spend a cent. He j i munt soak it away in a bank.” “Hasn’t he any relatives?” ‘He never spoke of any, and he s lives alone. Witherspoon, who lodges j where he does, says no one ever comes to see him.” v “He certainly doesn’t spend money on clothes.” * “No; and he never drinks at his g own exnense. ” t “He is probably leading a double life,” said the exchange editor, jesg i tingly, as he plunged his scissors into i a Western paper to cut out a poem by 3 James Whitcomb Riley. u | Without making many acquaint--9 ances, “Whiskers,” by reason of his hirsute peculiarity, became known throughout the building, from the business office on the ground floor to • the composing room on the top. z When he went into the latter one day and passed down the long aisle between tiie rows of cases and typesetting machines, with a corrected proof in his ’and, a certain printer who was “setting up” a clothinghouse advertisement, could not resist the temptation to give labia! 1 imitation of the blowing of wind. - The bygone joke concerning whiskers y ! and the wind was then current, and i 1 a score of compositors took up the - I whistle, so that all varities of breeze I were soon being simulated simulta--3 j neously. “Whiskers” colored slightly, ) 1 but, save a dignified straightening of j i his shoulders, he showed no other 3 j sigh that he was conscious of the 3! rude allusion to his copious beard. 3 • “Whiskers” chose Tuesday for his - day off. It was on a certain Tuesday r evening that one of the reporters came into the exchange editor’s room and , casually remarked: । “I saw your anti-shaving friend, ; who sits at that desk, riding out to > the suburbs on a car tc-day. He was . I all brushed up and carried a bouquet . of roses. ” . “That settles it,” cried theeditorial writer to the exchange editor, with , mock jubilation. “There can be no doubt the old man was leading a double life. The bouquet means a woman in the case.” ; “And his money goes for dowers ■ , and presents,” added the exchange - editor. “Some of it, of course,” went on ■ the editorial writer, “and the rest he’s saving to get married on. Who'd have thought it, at his age.” “Why. he’s not over 40. It’s only his whiskers make him look so oid. ■ One can easily detect a sentimental vein in his composition.” . “That accounts for his fits of ab- , straction, too. So he’s found favor , in some fair one’s eyes. I wonder . what she’s like!” “Young and pretty, Til bet,” said the exchange editor. “He’s impressed , her by his dignified aspect. No doubt she thinks he’s nothing less than an ■ editor-in-chief.” The next day “Whiskers” was tac- ( day off. ” Doubtless In's tHoS^hts r ell upon his visit to his divinity. Rhc did not lespond to their efforts to involve him in conversation. He was observed upon his next “day off” to take a car for the sub- i url s, and to have a bouquet in his j hand and a package under his arm. The theory originated by the edi- j I torial writer had general acceptance. ; It was passed from man toman in the ■ office. “Have you heard about the queer ! old duck with the whiskers, who ; writes in the exchange room? He’s । engaged to a young and pretty girl ' j up-town, and eats at 15 cent soup- । I shop-; so that he can buy her flowers > ' and wine and things.” I “What! Oid Whiskers in love! ’ | That’s a good one!” j One day. while Whiskers’ pen was I busily gliding acoss his paper, the ex- ;. change editor broke the silence by ! asking him, in a careless tone: '' “How was she yesterday, Mr. Croy- ' don?” ' i Whiskers looked up quickly, an expression of almost painful surprise on 1 his face. 1 “Who?” he inquired. 1 “Ah, you thought because you ! didn't tell us it wouldn’t out. But ! j you’ve been caught. I mean the lady 1 to Whom you take roses every week. | of course.” Whiskers simply stared at the ex- ■ change editor, as if quite bewildered. ; “Oh, pardon me,” said the ex- ; ’ change editor, somewhat abashed. i “I didn’t mean to offend you. One's • ’ affairs of the heart are sacred, I • know. But we all guy each other ■ about each other’s amours here. We’re hardened to that sort of pleas- ' antrics. ” A look of enlightment, a blush, a I deep sigh, and an “Oh, I’m not of- : fended, ” were the only manifestations f. made by Whiskers after the exchange I editor’s apology. ) I It was inferred from his manner -1 that he did not wish to make confii I dences or receive jests about his love i affairs. fi A time came when Whiskers seemed rj to have something on his mind. Not -' content with one day’s vacation each 3 I week, he would go off for periods of ) ! three or four hours on other days. - i “Do you notice how queerly the s 1 old man behaves?” said the editorial I writer to the exchange editor therey upon. “Things are coming to a , crisis.” 1 “What do you‘mean by that?” j “Why, the wedding, of course.” a This inference received a show of 1 confirmation shortly afterward, when Whiskers had a private interview p with the managing editor, received o an order on the cashier for all the . money due him and for a part of the managing editor’s salary as a loan, ” and quietly said to the exchange edi--3 tor that he would be away fora week a or so. The editorial writer happened t to be at the cashier’s window when e Whiskers had his orders cashed. So o i when the editorial write’’ and the ex-

change editor compared notes a row minutes later the latter complimented the former upon the correctness of his prediction that Whiskers’ marriage was imminent. “He didn’t invite us,” said the exchange editor: “but then I suppose I the affair is to be a very quiet one, and we can’t take offense at that. The old man’s not a bad lot, by any means. Let’s do something to please ■ him and to flatter his bride. What ■do you say to raising a fund to buy , them something in the name of the staff?” I “I’m in for it,” said the editorial i writer, producing a halt dollar. They canvassed the office and found everybody willing to contribute. The managing editor and the assistant editor in chief had gone home, but as they had shown kindness to Whiskers, and were, in fact, the only two men on the staff who knew anything about । his private affairs, the exchange edi- | tor took his chances and put in a dol--1 lar for each of them. “And now what shall we get—and I by the way, where shall we send it?” j asked the exchange editor. “Not to h : s lodging house certainly. He'll probably be ‘married at the res- । idence of the bride’s parents,’ as the ; notices say. We’d better get it quick and rush it up there, wherever that is—somewhere up-town.” “But say,” int rposed the city editor, who was present at this consultation, “maybe the ceremony has already come off. I saw the old man giving in a notice for advertisement across the count r at the business office an hour ago. “Well, we maybe able to learn from that where the bride lives, anyhow, and some one can go there and find out something definite about the ‘happv pair’s’ present and future । whereabouts,” suggested the editorial writer. •‘That’s so,” said the city editor. “The notice is in the composing room by this time. I’ll run up and find it.” The city editor left the editorial writerand the exchange editor alone. in their room, each sitting at his owm desk. . t “What shall we get with this money?” queried the former, touching the bills and silver dumped upon his desk. “Something to please the woman. ! That’ll give Whiskers himself the I most pleasure. He evidently loves j her deeply. Those constant visitsand I gifts speak the greatest devotion.” “Os course, but what shall ft be?” I The two were battling with this question when the city editor re- I turned. He came in and said quietly; “1 found the notice. At least I suppose this is it. What is the old man’s full name?” “Horace W. Crovdon.” “This is it then,” said the city ed- ' itor,” standing with his back to the ! door. “The notice reads: On March ! '3, at the Arlington Hospital for In- ; | enrabies, Rachel, wid^w_of Lh c .. lute : Wiiifth y.-ar - 'Funerat service atr**. residence of Charles” ’— T: “Why,” interrupted the editorial [ writer in a hushed voice, “that is p ; ■ deaf h notice.” j “His mother,” said the exchange, editor. “The Hospital for Incurables! I —that is where the flowers went ” j The editorial writer’s glance dropl ped to the desk, where lay the monei for the intended gift. The. exchange ! editor sat perfectly still, gazing , ; straight in front of him. The city ■ editor walked softly to the window and looked out. —Philadelphia Press. Hardship. It is said that people are always i prone to regard their o«vn peculiar i i trials as more severe than those i which afflict any one else. An old “North Shore” sea captain, when he hears people “fussin’ over nuthin’,” j always tells them the story of the , Gloucester schooner Dart. The schooner was making her way into Boston Harbor in a heavy fog ‘ which had shut down unexpectedly, and had caused a great deal of grumI bling on board. The pilot, especially, i was anxious and unhappy. Suddenly, at an early hour in the morning, the fog lifted a little, and the Dart’s pilot saw, right ahead of him, a large I East Indiaman The Dart’s helm was quickly put ’ down, and the schooner slid under i the stern of the large vessel. Then the pilot's voice, husky with । fog, rose from the D”rt: “Ship ahoy! What ship is that?” “Ship Reindeer from Calcutta,” . came the answer promptly. “How long out?”. “One hundred and fourteen days.” : There was a moment’s silence; i then the voice sang out from the j Reindeer, “What ship is that?” “Schooner Dart from Gloucester,” : replied the husky pilot “How long out?” “Out all night,” came the plaintive answer; and as a derisive chuckle from the deck of the Reindeer reached I the listening ears on board the little i schooner Dart, its pilot suddenly became aware of what a good joke he ' had afforded their big neighbor from , Calcutta. The Nile. Egypt has been rightly called “the gift of the Nile,” which not only ir,l rigates the soil, but manures it at i the same time with the deposit of I fertilizing mud which it leaves bej hind, and without which Egypt would ' be as barren as the Sahara. For the i 1 Nile mud rests on a bed of sea sand, ; the whole valley between the first I cataract and the sea having been in ; prehistoric times a narrow estuary, s The soil thus formed by the Nile is , chemically unique. It contains 63 ■ percent of water and sand, 18 per : ■ cent of carbonate of lime, 9 per cent [ of quartz, silca, felspar, hornblende, i and epidote, 6 per cent of oxide ol > iron, and 4 per cent of carbonate ot - j magnesia.

HOME AND THU FARM. A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. Money for the Wife-How to Make Barb* Wire X isible—Durable Grindstone Frame —Live Stock Notes —Contrivance for Sortiny Potatoes, Etc. To Cut and Handle Silage Corn. When the ears begin to glaze cut the corn with a machine similar to the one shown in Fig. 1. A frame is made about six inches wider than the rows; to the hind end is fastened a pair of low wheels and to the forward end two knives. These are bolted at A A and the angle may be changed by moving the braces. The . knives should be | C/ | made thin and 1 o //*’ kept sharp. Sled runners may be used in place of ( ' the truck, but it draws harder. Two rows are cut at once and one man can cut and lay off in ' — bundles from six to ten acres per j R day. Lay the , , , bundles in rows u u® convenient for I ioading and let fig. 1. them lay for twenty-four to thirty-six hours to wilt and dry to some extent. Here is where a saving of labor comes in for fodder corn, if taken up at the right stage, will not weigh nearly as much as when grown, consequently is much easier handled and makes sweeter ensilage. Cut the corn onehalf or three-quarter inches in length and use as many teams as necessary to keep the machine busy. —pj .. ■— $ n h. i I n C Ji ... < a \\ // _ i' FIG. 2. Construct a platform at the machine to unload fodder on for con- j venience of feeder. A fodder rack! the wagoll with a wmle loading and 5 wQMi :. ' It can be attachy^ to back end of rails as seen in Fig 2 and will save both time and labor.—Farm and Home. Money for the Wife. The Montreal Witness in discussing the subject of the use of profits or any other money by man and wife, ' says among other sensible thing-: “1 never have 5 cents even for postage stamps, without asking for it. “The speaker was a young wife, who in her girlhood earned regular wages • as a seamstress, and when married found her financial position changed. Eben held the purse stringsand made plenty of money. But new machinery was often needed; improvements must be made; hired hands cost a good deal, and so no allowance was thought of for the wife, who had the position of “nurse, seamstress, housemaid, cook.” with the added duties of motherhood. ‘ ‘I always have a lump in my throat; when I ask fora dollar,” she said,! “and I used to go to his pocketbook for spare change, for at the marriage service he said: ‘With all my worldly goods I thee endow.' But when little Tom began to steal pennies because he wanted something and could not get it, I began to wonder if I had done wrong and the sin was visited on him.” It was a sad contrast, the little mother’s tender conscience, with a world of trickery and knavery. Nowhere is the lack of pocket money felt so much as among farmers’ wives and daughters. Many ot 1 them go from positions in the city, teachers, typewriters, saleswomen, with a regular salary— a good cook can earn her sl4 a month. She may marry a young farmer and with all her life before her, decide to be his helpmeet and money saver. How ! they work and struggle to pay off the ; farm, to get the necessary iraprove- । ment made! But when the fight is । partly over, sometimes the young ! wife has a feeling of envy on Saturday nights when her husband pays i the “hands” who have worked for him, and has not a dollar for her; for : she knows they have been fed while she has served; that they have slept while she lost hours of slumber with the precious babe in arms, and that they can buy clothe - that she would feel it extravagant to wear. Fitting; a Horse Collar. How to properly adjust the collar of a horse is a knowledge that all men do not possess, and many disagree on important matters. Some men keep j the inner surface of the collar soft | and pliable. Every time the collar is । put on it is pressed and pummeled ! until it is soft. Others, e jiially as I good farmers, never soften the wear- * ing surface of the horse's collar, but I simply rub off the accumulated hair i and dandruff. The latter plan is most practiced. The wearing surfaces of ! ox yok es are as hard as seasoned wood

can make them. In pure iaslng a horse collar take the animal with you and have the collar fitted. A short collar will choke the animal and cause distress. If a trifle too long it | will do no harm if raised up at the i bottom by putting a pad under at the । top. The hames should always be i buckled close and fitted snugly to the j collar. Using the collar on other i horses ruins the fit. Cheap and Durable Grindstone Frame. One great cause of trouble with grindstones is fitting them to rickety frames, and placing them out of doors uncovered, and with water in the । trough, according to the American ; Agriculturist. The portion of the i stone standing in the water becomes I soft and iseasily worn away, while that | exposed to the sun’s rays is contin-1 ually hardened, and soon wears out J HOMEMADE GRINDSTONE FRAME, of a true circle, upon which no tool can be pronerly ground. The frame shown in the illustration consists of a well-seasoned piece of timber, about one foot square and three feet or more in length, with a trough cut in the top eisrht or ten inches deep, and thoroughly coated with hot oil, or even with kerosene, several times before it is used. The legs are made • from three by four inch scantling, j beveled at the top end and firmly • nailed on, as shown in the engraving. ! The.shaft may be supported by wooden boxes attached, or friction wheels! that often come with the stone, i Make a good, solid cover, and keep it ■ on the stone when not in use. At « ; is a hole, with a plug, whichis drawn to let off the water each time after I using. If the bottom of the legs rest ■ upon brick or stone, the whole ap- i paratus may be left out of doors the , year round. The Butter Substitute Evil. The oleomargarine manufacturers and the makers of other butter frauds are making elaborate preparations to : push their villainous compounds during the continuance of the Colum- i bian Fair. Enormous as is the ex-; tent of the business, these frauds are ' owned and controlled byasmall number of men, who work as one man on a thoroughly systematized plan, with a trained army of unscrupulous agents, backed by millions of capital. The workers of honest goods,although outnumbering the frauds a th< usand to one, are without organization, and the little they do is done without system or concert, and consists chiefly of talk. If the conditions are not rad.pally changed very soon nothing short of a miracle will prevent the success <.f the villainous For Sorting; Potatoes. In the contrivance for sorting potatoes here shown, the laths are onehalf by one inch and six feet long, and should be about one and threefourths inches apart. It ihould be rai-ed one foot from the ground at the lower end, and it is fixed to the wagon in the manner shown. By means of this, two men can sort more potatoes in a day than half a dozen can by hand. Cut or diseased tubers can easily be picked out as they slowiy roll down. — Practical Farmer. Livo Stork Notes. By keeping different kinds of stock the pastures will not become patchy. Are your stables arranged tha: the horses could be rescued easily in ca>e of fire? Clear the bainyard well of stones and sticks before you turn the horses out for a romp. A man who does not take goo 1 care of a horse should not have the pleasure of owning one. Many farmers wear out fiftydollars worth of horse flesh trying to save buying a ten-dollar plow. Breed the be t to the best and you can count on something for your trouble. Otherwise you take great risks. So long as there is good pasturage it is rarely an economical plan toejnflne the hogs in a close pen, even , when fattening for market. Corn fodder, put in shocks and left in the field during a good part of the fall and winter, loses from one-thi d to one-half of its feeding value. So far at least as the work is concerned, it is just as easy to convert the food products into a first-class quality of beef as a second grade. The draft horse that has the happy faculty of putting his whole weight against his collar when occasion requires is the one that is valuable on the farm. Hogs, especially if fat, suffer severely from the heat and ot course cannot thrive well, hence care should be taken to keep them as comfortable as possible. It seems poor economy to feed, fatten and sell hogs in the fall and then buy meat to eat during the next spring and summer, yet this is just what many farmers do. Feeding Ducks and Geese. It should cost nothing at all now to feed ducks and geese. Both are excellent scavengers, and can find a meal on any location. On a field con-

taining grass and young veeds, a flockjof geese will become fat. Such weeds as purslaine, pig-weeds and rag-weeds are luxuries to geese and i ducks, especially when the weeds are young and tender. Horticultural Hints. A low tree gives less purchase to । the wind. Never pile ashes around the stem of the tree. Don’t let your tomatoes grow too much vine. The curculio proof plum has not ! been found. The ideal red raspberry has not yet i been found. i Protect your trees by the use of j woven wire. Low-headed trees are less liable ! to sun-scald. An open-headed tree grows the : fairest fruit. Plant trees anywhere that they will be useful. Chance seedlings often produce very fine fruit. Remove all old wood from your raspberry bushes. The roots of a mature orchard cover the ground. Bleached fruit is not so wholesome as unbleached. The garden pays the best of any patch on the farm. f]SAVE some choice, well-rot -a*. I manure for the garden. Making Barb Wire Visiblq. If you have a lot of barb-wi;c fencs ! around your pasture and can t afford to take it up and put in a le#.s harmful variety, it will pay yon to tie scraps of tin or some other substance to the wires to prevent the animals from running against it without seeing it. One writer speaking of his success in this regard, savs: “The pieces were the trimmings left when cutting the bottoms of butter pails. It takeslittie time to attach them o the top wire of a large field—one to the yard. 1 believe the tin will give better satisfaction than boards, as > the latter are apt to warp loose or be pushed off by stock unless there is a center post to each length. If the scrap is not handy, probably two or three pieces to the rod would suffice^” A Hint to the Housewife. To make small ornamental table take two round boards, one about twice the size of the other, and nail them on the two ends of a standard, with

? braces, as shown in cut, representing an hour glass in shape, and about 2 feet, 4 inches in height. Tie a weight on the lower board to make the table stand firmly; then cover with cloth,

which may be inexpensive, or as deciiwhm i wood colors look well. “ik. room, white window lace is pretty. Cloth much worn can be used. Tack the covering in plaits about the top of table. Tie the fullness with suitable bow to the standard, then tack to bottom board. With a round or I square scarf, table is complete, and ! with a vase of flowers, album or ornament, makes a pretty corner in a room. Cleanliness in Milking. Men often go directly from the dirtiest operation of farming to the milking, not washing their hands, brushing their garments, nor properly cleaning the cow’s udder, and, to cap the climax, many moisten their hands and the teats with milk. Brushing the dry udder with the flat of the hand will remove mu h dirt. Filth should be washed oft' with clean water. Both teats and hands should be clean and dry during milking. The strainer will not remove all impuiities. Many are dissolved, and thus get into the butter and cheese. MisceUane >us Recipes. Blueueuky Pie.—Line the plate with paste and till it with one pir«t of berries, three tablespoonfuls of brown sugar, a little cinnamon, a little salt and sprinkle a heaping t- ispoonful of flour on top and cover with paste. Bake three-quarters of an hour. Cinnamon Buns.—Sift one pint, of flour, add one cup of milk, one rip of butter, four eggs beaten separately, one cup of sugar, half a teacup cf yeast, one grated nutmeg. Km ad well, roll out, cut in large biscuits, let 'raise and bake: when taken fjom the oven sprinkle with white sugar and ground cinnamon. Pickled Beans. — Prepare the ! beans as for cooking, except leave them whole. When boiled until tender, drain until quite dry in a colander, putthem in an earthen dish of some sort, cover with good cider vinegar, and you have a nice pickle. , , They are more crispy pickled raw, i the same as cucumbers. Omelet Cake for Breakfast. Beat the yolks and whites of three eggs separately. To the yolks add ■ one-half cup of milk, one-half cup of . tine bread crumbsand a pinch of salt, i Divide into two equal parts and bake • slowly in round tins. To the whites . add one cup of sugar and till the omelet with the mixture. Sprinkle . with sugar and set in the oven to dry. Cheat Oysters.—Take of tomatoes . one pint, canned, or fresh: take a i large teacup of white codfish, picked up tine; add to this three pints of : water and a small tablespoonful of good butter. When these have boiled twentv minutes, add one pint fresh milk, having ready one-half teaspoon- ) ful of baking powder. Use immediately. The taste is similar to oysters i or lobsters. All flavor of tomatoes - and tish is gone.