I Forest Grove Ad \ TAKING HORSE’S PULSE. Farm, Home, Garden and Dairy Timely Hints Upon Matters of Interest to the House wife, Farmer, Gardner and Dairyman. L__________________ _______ i HANDY MEDICINE CASE. CLEANING CHINA AND GLASS. ^ow to Make One a t Home O ut of Linen or Canvaa. For th e friend who c a n n o t travel vlthout her pet rem edies a hom em ade uedlclne case would m ake an accept- ible gift. It la easily m ade to hold me’s special bottles and has th e ad- an ta g e o f a d d in g little w eight to the atcbel o r su it case. C ut an oblong piece of heavy card- ioard nnd stitc h it betw een tw o pieces f heavy ta n colored or d a rk red linen r canvas. T h e covering Is c u t longer han th e card b o ard on the ends to a l ow for seam s and stitching. The Ides of th e linen a re enough longer ban th e board on both sides to perm it t to be folded over In envelope fasb- >n when th e case Is closed. When th e card b o ard Is In place the over Is stitch ed close to Its edge all round. T hese edges may have fo u r or ve row s o f stitc h in g or can be bound rlth w hite linen braid or a braid o f a o n trastln g color. T he sam e braid Is ewed to eneh end of the case to stra p he daps Into place when folded over. T he Inside o f th e case is finished rlth tw o bands o f th e m aterial, one bove the other, nnd divided Into pock- ta to hold th e various bottles of medl- lne. T he com partm ents a re divided y machine stitch in g or close brier tltchlng. T hey should be deep enough ) bold a bottle up to Its shoulder. Tw o oblong envelopes and u long, arrow one of th e linen ure added to old ab so rb en t cotton, gauze bandages, ourt plaster nnd n few sim ple uten- ls. such as a medicine dropper, hypo- erralc syringe case and n clinical lerm om eter. Between the case two nen strn p s a re arranged to hold a air of scissors. On th e ou ter flnp o f th e case should e em broidered Initials or monogram i tones to m atch the braid. Several ilcknesaea o f cottou b atting should e cut to Ju st (It Inside th e case over te bottle. T hey can be buttonholed losely In colored cotton to hold to other. T his covering or one o f elder- >wn Is slipped over the buttles when avellng to keep them from spilling. W hile It Is not necessary to till this ise. It Is ns well to p u t In bottles ut nst. Buy them first, so th e com part- .ents cau be mnde to (It. T hose with- it paten t stoppers a re best. How to W eigh an Automobile. To obtain the ex act weight o f an au- ,mobile and the weight carried on tch pair of wheels It Is necessary to to a platform scale—th a t Is. any scale mt has a p latfo rm suttlclently wide take the e n tire length of the ma* line—then proceed In this m anner: '-s t weigh th e whole car. Next weigh ic back of the car. To do th is the tddle o f the c a r should be o v er the Ige of th e platform . The fro n t of le c a r should be weighed In th e sam e anner. If th is hus been carefully me the last tw o w eights when add- l to g eth er should give w ithin tw enty minis o f th e e n tire w eight of th e car. How to Freshen Up Old Linen. W hen table linen becomes worn nnd lows an open m esh It may be mnde ore presentable if the pieces a re iron- 1 while wet. Som e recom m end using little weak sta rc h , but good linen has certain firm te x tu re w hich, when M ed ns above m entioned, resto res uoh of Its original b eauty a n d firm xture. W hile th e pieces m u st be ex- edlngly dam p, every artic le should » Ironed until perfectly dry. d se a o. 0 Iron for th e purpose. I t Is large, tains the heat nnd presses quickly. How to Cook a Coon. In preparing to cook n coon see th a t • kernels have been thoroughly cu t it of the arm pits, groins an d from uler th e root of th e tall a fte r It has ■on skinned. Cooua' kernels a re slml- r to musk glands. T he c a rcass should > hung up In th e frost fo r tw o or ree days to freeze by n ig h t nud aw by day until properly tendered id then parboiled and talked. Some i a dressing o f bread, sage nud dons; o thers use oysters and crack- si still o thers use sw eet potatoes or irslm mons All use a basting rich In itter. red pepper and vinegar. A o n beyond all o th er flesh ab so rb s ty other flavor put w ith him, so veet herbs a re occasionally used, ot too fa t n or too lean, he m akes a *e rep ast for a h u n ter’s supper. Haw ta Paek Blouaaa. W han carry in g several blouses In a (it case place them all on a padded a t b an g er eo th a t th e w idth of the -« u ses will run along the length of caae. In th is way the crease folding will not come at the w alat ltue and will not be aeeu when th e bto«ae u w orn. The hanger will " " " * ■ useful a t th e JonroeV a end *>“ “ * O“ «t ^during th e sign. wU1 ' r How to Care For Fine Dlshee and Delicate G lassw are. O rdinary everyday china tnay be w ashed tirst In hot soapsuds, then In a cle a r rinsing w ater, and dried with soft, clean dish towels. A housekeeper should w atch her maid carefully to see If her m ethods of dishw ashing a re approved. She should provide her maid w ith a hand mop. a half dozen good dishcloths, a soapsuds m aker— th a t Is. a sm all receptacle to hold the odds and ends of soap, which, when shaken In the hot w ater, will create a whole pallful of su d s—and tw o dish- pans. one for w ashing and one for rinsing. The maid m ust learn, and she usually does by b itter experience, th a t to put delicate glassw are Into scalding hot w uter m eans d eath and destruction to the glassw are. The sam e thing will happen if hot tea Is poured Into a cold nnd b rittle teacup. Tills causes sudden expansion, and th e piece cracks e ith e r under the glaze or quite through it. It Is a sim ple m a tte r eith er to w arm the cups by pouring In a little w arm w ater or by puttin g them In a w arm oven fo r a mom ent or. b e tte r still, by pouring the tea over a silv er spoon restin g on the cup. The heaviest cut glass cracks under a change of tem p eratu re. An Icecream dish o f this costly w are wns once split In h alf while the mold of Ice cream wns being helped. Inquiry a t the fac tory disclosed th e fa c t th a t th e sudden fall of tem p eratu re, com bined w ith the pressu re in cu ttin g th e lee cream , had caused the nccldent. H ad the dish been se t In the refrig e ra to r a little while before the Ice cream had been served It would never have split In half. In w ashing cu t glass, therefore, place It In w arm w a te r tirst before p u t ting It lu the hot soapsuds. W hen cleansing delicate nnd costly china strong soaps and soap pow ders should he avoided. They will surely e at Into the gilding and decorations. E ith e r nmmonln or borax Is safer. In arra n g in g handsom e china on th e shelves soft m ats should be placed be tw een the plates to avoid scratch es and nicks. T he cups should be hung by th e ir hnndles from hooks. T his Is much sa fe r than piling them up on th e shelves. P la tte rs should rest length w ise In a groove on th e back of th e shelf. In w ashing handsom e glass and ch i na th e re should alw ay s be an exceed ingly so ft cloth to be used for a polish e r a fte r the piece has been dried w ith the usual dishcloth. Iu w ash in g o r d in ary china It will be found th a t the h o tter th e w nter th e easier th e pieces a re to d ry nnd the sh in ier they will be. A rtery May Be Found by Placing Hand a t Underside of Jaw. T he pulse is due to ud autom atic expansion and relaxation lu the wall of an elastic tube—the a rte ry —caused by th e je ts of blood pumped Into those vessel! by m eans of a force pump—the heart. Each stroke of the h eart is equal to one pulsatio n —viz, a rising and fall ing o f th e a rte ria l wall. In health the av erag e numbei of pulse beats per m inute is about thirty-six to forty. T he larg er the horse the slow er or few er th e dum ber of beats per minute. A ccording to an e x p ert breeder, a very good place to ta k e th e pulse Is nt th e underside o f the jaw . By rolling the tips o f the fingers about a little they can be b rought on to the blood vessel. D on’t press too firmly nor yet too lightly. T he anim al m ust be kept still an d quiet. In point of im portance the “c h a ra c te r” o f th e pulse m ust be the best guide. T h a t is to say. the blood vessel may Im press us as feeling hard. soft. full, quick, small, w iry, reg u lar o r Irregular. T hese a re niceties which require p ractice before they can be fully ap preciated. lu disease — pleurisy — the pulse will be found beating about eighty tim es per m inute (depending upon th e sta g e of th e diseasei. hard, wiry an d Irregular. Iu pulm onary apoplexy it may be beating 120 tim es p er minute. W heu properly tak en it forms a v al uable m eans of assistan ce in ascer tain in g th e n a tu re and progress of dis ease. Homemade Feed Mixing Box. “T h e re ’s alw a y s plenty of work on th e fa rm ,” a s th e hired man said when his city cousin asked him how he m anaged to p ass his tim e iu w in ter when th e n o nfurm ing season w as on. T he hired man spoke gospel tru th , as every fa rm e r knows. But there are w ays o f m aking th e w ork easier, w in te r ns well ns sum m er. Some farm ers do m any th in g s in a haphazard, slip shod w ay. ju s t a s th e ir ancestors used to do them , and n ever tak e the trouble HOME . . BAKING wâ l i e l i ¿y COMPANY Finest of Bread and Pastro Baked Daily . We sell 6 loaves of Bread for 25 cents FOREST GROVE Pacific Avenue C. E. DIXON - - - F IN E B O O T A N D S H O E R E P A IR IN G Shoe Laces Shoe Dressing and Rubber Heels FOREST GROVE P A C IF IC AVE. J H. D. R O W E Painter and Paper Hanger All Work Guaranteed Inside Decorations a Specialty P R IC E S A N D ESTIM A TES FO R PA IN TIN G C H E E R FU LLY FU R N ISH ED IND. P H O N E 4 9 5 FOREST GROVE W . H . HOLLIS, Pres. E. J. M cA LEA R , Sec. FOREST GROVE ABSTRACT CO Successors to HOLLIS T IT L E & IN V E ST M E N T CO. Do a General Business of Abstracting and Conveyancing Both Phones FO R EST GROVE P A C IF IC IN S U R A N C E HOME COM PANY MUTUAL FIRE PRINCIPAL OFFICE, FOREST GROVE. OREGON Will Save You More Than 25 Per Cent PRESERVING FERNS IN WINTER They Should Be Placed W here They Get Diffused Light. A lthough ferns a re g reatly adm ired fo r Indoor decom tlons. the p lan ts a re In general singularly u n fo rtu n a te In th e treatm en t they receive a t the hands of th eir ow ners. It being well understood th a t most varieties th riv e b e tte r w hen not exposed to stro n g sunshine, they are usually relegated to any shady and cold position th a t may bo otherw ise unoccupied In th e house. T his m ethod o f dealing w ith th e p la n ts Invariably ends In d isap pointm ent. A lthough It Is tru e th a t fern s do not like the direct ray s o f th e sun continually upon them , y et a c e r tain am o u n t of lig h t Is necessary fo r th e ir developm ent, and Instead o f sta n d in g them Iu corners an d o th er u n fav o rab le places It Is fa r b e tte r to give th em th e full benefit o f a window —a n o rth e rn asp ect will do—or. nt any ra te , th e y should be placed w here they get am p le diffused lig h t A n o th er freq u en t cau se of failure in fe rn s Is th e sem i-starv atio n to w hich th e y a re subjected. T he Idea Is very p re v a le n t th a t th ey do not re quire m anure, an d In consequence any poor soli w hich com es to hand is used for p o ttin g them up. C ertain ly a soil heavily m anured Is n o t su ita b le fo r them , nnd fresh m a n u re should on no nocount be used, b u t a reasonable a l low ance o f leaf mold Is, a s ■ rule, highly beneficial. To preserve th e d e lic a te g reenness f f th e fronds liquid m an u re m ay be given when the plants a re In g ro w th an d , th . e pots fairly - full o f roots. A gisx e r **'t- *»ch a s n itra te o f soda, VI * £ * ' ''? *he ^ ' tH' rtlon o f h a lf a n on nee to th e gallon and th e fern s w a to “«d th erew ith every ten or tw elv e day*. T his is especially good w here th e p la n ts a re old o r partly e x hausted. Soot w a te r Is also very use ful a s a stim u lan t. It should be per fectly c le a r and la beet applied alters nately w ith an artificial fertiliser. Llq- uld m a n a ra of anim al origli» should be w e d very sparingly or not a t all. MIXING STOCK FKFD. to th in k up m ore m odern m ethods. By th is neglect they cause them selves much e x tra work. A c e rta in fa rm e r In In d ian a w hose neighbors mix feed for th e stock In the old laborious way. sim ply pouring w ater from a bucket Into the m ixture and s tirrin g It. hus co ntrived a very sim ple b u t handy a rra n g em en t for m ixing feed. lie found an old flat box w hich had been used y e a rs before fo r m ixing m o rta r when the farm house w ns reb u ilt. R ain s o f sev eral seasons had w ashed o u t all v estiges of cling ing lime. F rom th e well in his back y ard he ran a flume o f tw o Inch wood en pipe w hich had been used form erly for d ra in in g a m arshy place. W ith his boy pum ping n t th e well th e fa rm e r has a c o n sta n t stream o f w ater flow ing Into his m ixing box w hile he stirs the feedstuff*. Into a sack n ear a t hand goes th e mixed an d m oistened feed, re ad y to serve, ar.d th is In d ian a m an say s th e cow s surely do like It p u t up th a t way. How to Bako W ith a G al Rang«. The oven of n gas ruuge is h o tter th a n the old fashioned coal range, w hich accounts fo r th e difficulty som e tim es encountered by beginners in th e ir use In successfully nnd evenly baking. To obtnln th e b e st resu lts for baking lo af cakes, etc., th e oven should no t be heated m ore th an five m inutes tie fore using, b u t It should be heated five m inutes, nnd w hen th e b ak in g Is begun a m oderate heat should be m aintained. A full realiza tion th a t th e heat In a gas range is d ire c t an d c ertain and easily controlled will b rin g success to th e user. Once you know how long It tn kes and w h at degree o f h eat to cook an artic le you will n ev er again m ak e a fa ilu re If you a re c a re fu l to w atch th e tim e. How to S sve th e Stickpin. If th e en d o f a stick pin Is u n d er a lapel o r Inside tb e opening o f tbe d re ss an y w h e re th a t you can easily get a t It. you will be iu no d a n g e r of lo elrg it tf you wlU w ind ligh tly a b o u t It a am ali stacd ru b b e r band PHONES INDEPENDENT 744 FAC. STATES 33 Fashion Stables G O RD O N & BR O W N . P, rops. First Class Rigs Careful Drivers Prices Right Pacific Avenue Forest Grove, Oregon SEE US B E F O R E B U Y IN G - ------------------------------------------------------ M E R TZ LATTA D E A L E R S IN Furniture, Carpets, Linoleum, Paints, Oils and Glass Both Phones Forest Grove SEE H. L. DECKERT For Sanitary Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating................................ Pacific Avenue Forest Grove, Oregon Subscribe for the PRESS, now