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IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS J Friday, Mny 'JO, Washlngon, Mny 2fi Tito Mutate- to lny paml lint itur luulttirnt nppronrla- lion lilll, carrying nil H)irnprlntlriii of 7,HOO,l)l)l), nnil, without n woiilnl debate or nn objection Iroin any somen, added to It nn nn mnonilmttnt tltu bill providing (or mi lnso'tlnii of fresh tiirnin Intended (or domestic consuinp Hon. A number of other 11 1 In vero passed. TIio sea lovul I'anmii canal Mil m imtilu tho unfinished business. Tim iiiPHrago o( tlin house, declining to Accept tlto amtntq ninmulmtmtii to tlin railroad rnto bill man received, but tltu oiiimlo conferees woro not limned. TIio senate Adjourned until Monday. Washington, May 2ft. In tlin house ol reprnmintatlvt-s today tint question of veracity was raited between Cooper, of Wlttooiisln, nnil Hepburn, ol lows, ovor n lonvtirratlnn In which tlin latter Is alleged to bnvn partclpated with n member of tltu tenato hiiiI In which, Coopor nitortttd, tlin member of tint houso nnil tho senator referred to nKrooil that tlin so-called oxpress com pany amendment to tlin railroad rate lilll iboulil not remain In tbti bill. Tint houso was turbulent during tlin consideration of tint niln rending tlin rittn bill lo oonlerence, tlin frnrof inntiy members being that tint rule, which disagreed to tint lenatu amendments en bloo, mlKbt bavo nu Inllunncii on tl o cnufoross nnil ulva them mi npportu nlty, If they ro desired, to votn out tbo tiprt'itii company Amendment, tbo amendment relating to pipe lines mill tint sloep'ug-rar mtiftiilinuiit, Thursday, May 24. Washington, Mny 24. TIio itenatn entered totbiy upon tlincantiUlttriitlon of I hit agricultural appropriation bill. Halo criticism! tbo provision permit ting tlin secretary of agriculture to ex tend to 110 ilnya tlin fortnight's leave now allowed to employes otiinldo tho city of Washington, expressing tint opinion that tltu practice li growing rapidly, nml tlini It wilt ttooii rxUnd to nil tltu postolllces of tlin country If not checked. Mo toko of tbo general ! maud for government employment, say ing that audi employe became "a hun gry, persistent band ol mendicants," mnl that congress la dragooned, Impor t tin i'tl mul browbeaten by tbo demands of t lilt organized band of subordinates. lUIn referred to tbo itotalhlllty of pen sinning government riniiloyes, Tbo fri'fl alcohol bill wai patsed by the senate practically ita it caino from tbo huuso, Washington, May 2-1. Speaker Can imn, with tbo memory of yesterday's proceedings In bla mind, look n now tark tolr.y when tho house of represen tatives mot, by sending word lo Curtli, if Katiras, lo raise tbo point of "no quorum" when n dvllalon was demand ui by Wllllatm, of Mitalmlppl, on tbo voto to rcauuio coimlilcrntlon of tbo illplouintlc mul. roneular bill. Mr. illptla Itlailu lllitttnl.li ,lf "tinnllniilln tt InkliiK (ho wind out of William' aalla, tbo "rnll of tbo bouao" proci'sllni un ltr ItopulillcAti dt'iiinnd Inaltud of on tho dciimnd of tbo lender of tho minor ity. A tUorutn waa prct-ent, tho voto behiK, Ayoa 222, noeo 21, proaont 11), Wednesday, May 23, WnihliiKtoii, Mny 23. In nddlllou to patiMliiK n half tloxon billa to which no objmitlon waa nintlp, tho renatti do votixl Ha t'titlro eomlon todny to tho lm inlurnllon bill, which wn pAiiml jutt boforo tho hour of adjournment. Tho majur portion of tbo tllacuralon wan ilr voted to tbo provialon for nupplylnu In formation coiiceriiliin tho dlflerent cc tlona of tho country to newly arrived ImmlKrmita. Tbo bill oonelttta of n anrloiof Amend- inontK to tho exIatltiK Iaw, nil of tlioui Intended to pormlt atrlcler rouulAtlotii for keilnir out tho defectlvo danacs of nllens. Tho bend tax la Incrcatod from 2 to f5. An mnoiidmont rcqulrlnx nn ml now tloiiAl test for ImmlKfAnta and nlao ro Mulrlnit that no Imni'KrHiit currying less than f25 abould bo admitted war pro eonlvd by HiminonR, who apoko In sup port of it. l.odtfo ofTurod a Riibatl'.ulo oonllnluK tbo test to ah vducntlounl ro qulromont mid providing that no nllon moro than 1(1 yoara of aro who cannot road In somo lanuunRo shall bo ndmlt tod except mouibora of tho lamlllea of iiiaIo ndulta now roatdliiR In tho United Htutos. Blmmoiio accepted tho eubatl tute mid it waa adjpted. hotiRit mot today mi iiniiRtinl rcono oc currish Wlllltium, tbo minority lend er, iluiiiAiiditd tbo nyt'R mid uora on n motion of AdmnR, of I'minaylvnuln, to KO Into commltUfl of tho whole for tlin further consideration of tbo diplomatic mid consular bill, This wns refused, tho speaker holding that onoWlfth of tho mouibora protout bad not risen to demand tho ayoa mid noea, "I demand that tbo oiler able bo taken," called out Williams. Tbo apeak ir refused lo takn tho nK tlvn on a rlsliiK voto, stAtlitf that but a short time bafora it IiaiI boon demon. strntcd tliAt n tUorum war present, IDS. Tuesday, May 22. Washington, May 22. The sonata today dovotd thft urfatnr part of tho soislon to consideration of tbo Immi gration bill, but before It was taken up .McCumbor mado a personal statement, contradicting an artlcbt printed In the Now York Tribune that the railroad rate bill had been ro amended at his Instance as lo render It lutffitctlve. Previous to that time alto tho senate adopted a resolution directing the com mittee on privileges and elections to consider tho course to bo pursued In tbo caso of Ilurtou. Hprccbos on thelmmlut atlou bill woro made by Dillingham, McUreary, lliciin, Hcott, Patterson and others, Tho bill was still under consideration when tbo senate adjourned, Washington, May 22. For an hour or mora today tbo house of reprvsona tivoa could not decide whether to go Into committee of tho whole on tho diplomatic and consular bill, or to follow tbo Ivail of Gardner of Massa chusetts to tsko up consideration of tbo Immigration bill. Assisted by Williams, tho minority leader, Gardner led a mild filibuster against taking up tho diplomatic bill, mul endeavored to delay matters by railing a number of parliamentary points. Tho Republicans, however, liad a quorum presant, and eventually tlin diplomatic bill was taken up and general debate began and continued tilt ft o'clock. The sonata bill authorising tho eon sttirctlott of a dam acroia the I'ond d'Orollln river in tho statu of Washing ton war passed, Monday, Mry 21. Washington, May 21. The legisla tive, vxrcutlvo and judicial appropria tion bill was passed by the senate to day within three hours from Its read ing. It carries Appropriations aggro gating I2),816,2&U, mi increase of ISO,. 3-16 over the amount reported to the senate. A number of unimportant measures were passed and at 3 MO o'clock consldorAtlon was given to pen sion bills. WILL ADJOURN EAnLY. Congress Not Likely to Continue In Session After Juno IS. Washington, MAy 22. Preseril Indl cations point to nn adjournment of con gress About tbo IGtb of Juno. The great dttlmto of tltu session has been brought to n close, tho railroad rate bill hns beon pnsscd by tbo senate, nnd the way la now clear for tho regular ap propriation hills And other Important legislation that demands consideration. In tho house of representatives tne work is up to dalo. All of tho big ap propriation bills, oxcopt the sundry civil bill, bavo beon passed by that body, And this last bill will bo reported to tho house Just as soon as tho houso Is ready to rocelvo tt. At tbo outside two weeks la ample to pass this bill and two unimportant appropriation bills ynt to bo considered, tbo general deficiency and tbo diplomatic. In tbo senate appropriation bills bavo lagged behind on account of the dobs to on tbo rati bill, yot in splto of this protracted discussion the senate has found opportunity to pass the urgen cy deficiency, pension, fortifications, army nnd Indian appropriation bills, and will make short work of those.jiow awaiting consldoratlon, namely, the postofllco, agricultural, leglrlatlvo, Dis trict of Columbia and military academy bills. Tbo flcnato, in splto of ita repu tation for long debatoi, can dlsposo of Appropriation bills in remarkably short periods when tho tlaio for adjournment approaches. It always docs. Bo the leglrlatlvo program, so far ns the ap propriation bills Is concerned, may be considered in such shape as to itermlt adjournment by" the mlddlo of June. It la tbo appropriation bills that deter mine the length of tho session after all, for when the last of these bills is agreed to congress always adjourns, unless it happens to bo In extra session, called for some steclal purjtose. Tbo conference committee having the rate bill In charge Is not likely to ro port Inside of two weeks, but in the end tho houso will probably orcopt the essential senate amendments, including that offered by Senator Allison. The fsct that th president approves this amendmsnt will be ample justification for the houso to give its assent, and the further fact that practically all ths other amendments meet with the ap proval of tho president will insure their final adoption. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Busy Readers, Our DEVIL DIRD OF FAR CEYLON. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS Washington, Mayjr21. Decided op position developed today in tho house of representatives against tbo passago of tho bill to extend tbo tlmo for tho completion of tbo Alaskan Central mil way. Williams, of Mississippi, Insisted that tho bill was obnoxious because It exempted tbo property from license tax snd tnx nn Its railway during tho per iod of construction and for llvu years thereafter. Ho believed that every Individual ns well as every corporation should pay his proportionate eharw of tho tax burden. Saturday, May 10. Washington, MAy It), Tbo houso arose today In its wrath and put to eternal sleep a measure that it bad pre viously passed, making it n peniten tiary offense for any olllolnl or em ploy o of tho government, Including senators And congressmen, to ninko public Any secret information that would bavo an effect upon the market value of any American products. Tho bill original ly passod the homo somo weeks ago without discussion, and was Intended to remedy n defect in the law as expos od by tho recent cotton scandal In the department of agriculture. It was amended by tho senate, and tbo report of the conferees brought the matter to the attention of the houso Unlay. Aftor a heated debate in which the nioAsuro was attacked as vicious legis lation by McCall of Massachusetts, Qrosvenor, of Ohio, and Crumnackor. of Indiana, Republicans, and dofondod by Ilurleson, Democrat, of Texas, its author, and Chairman Jenkins, of tho Judiciary committee, the houso, by a record voto of 107 to 00, tabled tho bill, having refusod In tho first Instance EXPENSES CUT IN ZION. Washington, May 23. When tha to qgroo to tho ropott of tho confereoa. Should Continue Filibuster. Washington, May 21. Democratic mouibora of tbo houso of representatives today woro signing an indorsement of an action of Williams, tho minority leador, In filibustering in tho houso for tho purpose of hurrying action on tho etatoliood bill. Tho indorsomont wns drawn by Henry, of Texas, and war circulated by Ileall, of that state. It naka Williams to continue to demand roll calls on overy motion which can bo mado in tbo paesago of bills or tho adop tion of resolutions and raise tho ques tion of no quorum when possible. Salaries of Overseers Reduced From S300 to S0O Per Month. Chicago, May 22. W. G. Vollva, tho present head of tho Christian Cath olic Church, announced to his followers In Zion City Sunday that between Jan uary 16 and May 10 ho bad reductd the expenses In tho financial department of tbo church from $0,800 per month to 13,832 per mouth. Tbla saving, he aid, hail been brought about by a re duction of tbo working fo'ce and n cut in tbo salaries of those retained. In tho snmo manner, said Vollva, a saving had beon made in tbo ecclesias tical department that would amount to $70,000 annually. Oversera who had beon receiving 300 per month were reduced to $00. Tho pay of others was cut in proportion. Ills own com pensation under tho now Adjustment, Vollva said, was $100 por month. These facts, he said, woro some of tho details of a report which ho mado Sat urday to n committee appointed by Federal Judge Landis to investigate tbo condition of the industries in 'Aon City. Vollva announced the resignation of John O. Kxcell, from tho ofllce of gen eral ecclesiastical secretary, owing to lock of sympathy with some of tho doctrines of tho ckurcb. Tho condition of John Alexander Dowio today was said to bo practically unchanged. Resume) of tho Less Important but Not Leas) Interesting Events of tho Past Woek. A gor oral strike threatens Russia. Gnft exposures nro Injuring Ameri can trado abroad. Tbo Russian premier will refuse the 'onands of parliament. A number of aged Chlntf e made des titute by tho Ban Francisco fire will bo sent homo by their countrymen. A severe wind and rain storm which has awept Texas resulted in soven deaths and great loss to wheat, oats, corn and other crops. Tho Standard Oil Investigation at Clevolsnd, Ohio, shows that Independ ent oil companies were driven to tba wall with tho help of railroads. Cold rain at San Francisco baa mode cim.i life diragrecablo. It la feared throat and lung troublo may develop among tho less robust as a result. Two men have been convicted In Kansas City of giving freight relates, Georg II. Crosby, traffic manager of tho Bur li gttn, tried at the same time, wai acquitted. The Interetato Commerce commission Investigation at Philadelphia i ito al leged discriminations by railroads shows that tboso companies refusing to give stock to tho railway officials had been practically ruined. Rival factions in Russia are brewing a revolution. Many Chinese are being smuggled onto tbo canal zone. Russia la sending hundreds of polit ical prisoners to Siberia. An American woman will climb tbe highest peak in tho Andea. Tbe Denver city election contest may be cirrlcd to tho federal courts. Opponents of Smoot are Reeking to drag Roosevelt into this quarrel. The union of the Cumberland and Presbyterian churches baa been com pleted. Many gain day festivities have been arranged in Spain in connection with tbe wedding of King Alfonso. Great Britain denies that an agree merit exists with Russia affecting Per sia, Ttiibet and Afghanistan. Two young natives of India have entered the Oregon Agricultural col lege to study American scientific farm ing. Chairman Tawney of tbe house ap propriation committee, believes a large majority of tho house favors a lock canal. Thoro is a rumored alliance of Rus sia, Austria and Germany. Forest reserve states aro to get a share of tho timber rovenne. Tho movement to tho senate has beon session. expel Smoot from abandoned for this It AwnUlntt Crr lteemlil Tlmt ill it Milium, lleltiK Turliirril. Most jK'OpIo who linvo visited tlio Isltind of Ceylon nnd ix'iietrnted Into Km Jungle fnntueft bavo hoard tbo try of tbo devil bird. TIiU nwo-lnsplr- lug Mtiind resemble nothing m much ii m tbo Kcream of a humiiu being under going tbo most torrlblo torture. Nnt urnllstR hnvo Identified It with tbo ayr ilium Indrnnl, a brown wood owl found In Illudoosturi. Hut tho dovll bird, or "tilnmii," na tho Clngiiktio en 1 1 It, la nn elusive crcnturo nnd no one hna bud tbo good fortuno to kill or cntch n siccltiicn. Tbo Cingalese, naturally a auiterstl tlous rnco, regard tbo cry of this bird with tbo utmost horror; they lielteve tlmt lttt Keren in heard nt night presage tbe most dire misfortune and they ure In tbo hnblt of offering sacrifice to avert tbe npproacblng disaster. The Huperstltlon la probably of very great antiquity, but Robert Knox, who wa u prisoner In CVylon for twenty ycora about tbo middle of the seventeenth century, give an Interesting account of It, nltbougb In common wltb tbo na tives bo believed tbo cry proceeded from the devil h!inslf. This I enn confirm," he writes. "that oftentimes tbo dovll doth cry wltb nudlblo voice In tbe night; 'tis very shrill, almost like tho barking of n ilog. This I hnvo often heard my self. Only tbla observation tbo Inbiitt ItnntA of tbe land have mndo of tbla voice, nnd I made It, also, that either Just before or very suddenly after thN voice nlwnys tbo king cuts off people. To believe, tbnt this fa tbe voice of the devil these reason urge: Itecnumt there la no creature known to the Inhabitant that erica llko It and because It will on a sudden depart from one place nnd make n noise In another quicker than nny fowl can fly nnd because tbo very dogs will tremble and shake when they bear It. nnd 'tis so accounted by all the people." A modern account, however, Is given by Mr. Mltford of the Ceylon civil ser vice, who nlllrmed that be had often heard tho cry while at Kurunegala, where tho bird haunted the rocky bill behind tho government house, lie had ovliicntiy 'studied tie mysterious bird with great IntcresL "Ita ordlnnry note." bo write. "Is n magnificent clear about like that of n human being, which enn be beard nt n great distance nnd hna n fine effect In tho alienee of the closing night. Rut the sounds which I have heard but once to tierfcctlon ore hide scrlbable. the most njijtnlllng tbnt enn (o Imagined nnd scarcely to bo heard without shuddering. I can only com tuirn It to a bov in torture xvhmx acrenma nro being stopped by being strangled SQUIRRELS ARE CRIMINALS. b !? i'lS?f)nfwlav Roll HomaM I'le. nnd drain n nunrter nound of mncnronl; R will tnko nbout twenty minutes. Put half of It In ii well buttered plo dish; take four or flvo tomatoes, fresh or tinned; two ounce of grated cheese, two hnrd-bollcd egg. wiiicij must Ite aliened nnd cut In sliced; n llttlo chopped onlona, anlt nnd pep per. Fill the plo dish with this, ndd Ing mushrooms, If In aensoii; If not a llttlo cold mashed itototo, lentils, rice, eta, mny bo ndded. Put a tnblc apoonful of butter In n small sauce pan, ndd n little tomato liquor, or sorn of tho rlp fruit Mix with a llttlo) water half a tensjioonful of flour, n. little mustard or ketchup; ndd this to tbo saucepan when It bolls, stir well nnd pour over the pie; cover with a thick layer of brendcrurnba nnd tho roat of the macaroni; put on a llttlo butter nnd bnko for nn hour. Crrnm of l'olnto Monp, Pare three good-sized potatoes; cov er tlicm with boiling wnter, boll flvo minutes, drain nnd throw nwny tho wnter. Cover them with one nlnt of boiling water; ndd n slice of onion, a bit of celery cut Into smnll pieces, or a quarter of n tenspoonful of celery seed, and a bny leaf. Cover and coolc slowly until tbo potatoe are tender. Press tbo whole through n colander. Add one quart of milk. Rub together two tablespoonfuls of butter nnd two of flour. Add to the mixture nnd cook carefully until smooth; ndd a tea spoonful of anlt, n dash of pepper and prewi through a very fine sieve. Re heat and serve nt once. Tho pope Is greatly improvod. Ho laughs at tho idea of his life being en dangered. Moro bodies aro bolng found by la borers clearing away the debris in San Francisco. been arrested on murdered Consul Back to the Houso, Washington, May 22. Tho railroad rata bill was consldorod for throo hours tonight by the bouse committee on In torttato nnd foreign commorco and tbe decision reached to recommend disa greement to all of tho senate amend ments nnd to eond the bill to confer once. The committee will not ask that Instructions of any character bo glvon to the houso conforoea, Thoro was no disposition to criticise tho amendment conferring jurisdiction on the courts to review ordora mado by the Interstate Oonmerco commission. Mission Kept a Secret. Washington, May 22. The cruiser Columbia, which la expected to leave Philadelphia tomorrow for West Indian waters with a detachment of marines, will make her first stop at the naval station at Guantannmo. On arriving there further orders will bo given to her commander. The officials of the navigation bureau of the Navy depart ment declined tonight to indicate the purpose for which the marines aro be ing Rent to tho Wost Indies, saying, however, that it hna no bearing on tho San Domingo situation. Turks Killing and Plundering. Vienna, May 22. Troublo in tho Balkans botween tho Turks and Bulgar ians is again very serious, and the lat est reports from Bariti and Prochterje districts (i re to the effect that continual fighting is in progrois. Turks are pres ent in force, and are burning and pil laging villages, ravishing women and murdering men and boys. Three Turks have anrplclon of having Btuart in Russia. San Francisco banks have opened for business ana are receiving more money man tiiey pay out. Tho injunction against the union of tho Cumberland with the old Presbyte rian church has been denied. Louisiana doctors claim to have found a cure for leprosy, having cured throe sufferers from tbe dread disease. Georso F. Baer, president of the Roadlrg road, says thoro is no grafting among the ofllclals of his line, as they are above such things. Miss Nanco O'Neill, the actress, has become bankrupt through the San Francisco disaster. She lost all her econory, costumes and stage offecU. Torrents of mud from Vesuvius aro causing death and panic. Marines aro being rushed to Panama to avert a revolution at the time of the general election, Juno 20, Estimates have boon mado for con tinuing work on the Panama canal to June 30, 1007. Tho total amount Is $20,348,231. S, A. D. Puter, wanted in Portland in connection with the Oregon land fraud casoi, has been captured in Ala caeda, a suburb of San Francisco. llcU nnd Ornjri Are Thleres, Mur derer a and Porrat Dralruyrra. Josef Ilrunner, who has devoted the later yean of his life to roaming the woods of Montana hi his nnturo study punmltM, makM a bitter attack on both tho red nnd gray squirrel In Country I.lfo In America. It Is backed by his hnlf-ccntury exitcrlenco nnd first-hand olttcrvntlun both hero nnd In tbo grvat forest tracts of Germnny. Mr. Ilrunner writes: "I wish to take away for nil tlmo tho character of the squirrel. Ho Is n thief nnd a murderer. Admired by Ignorant city pcoplo nnd by Journalist, bo devotes his lite to entlug the eggs nnd killing tbo young of harmless nnd useful birds which, If ItermlttiM to Ilvo nnd Increase, would protect tho forests from harmful In sects. Ry killing these birds tho squir rel takes rank ns n forest destroyer. Sforeover, the red squirrel Is not the only sinner. In my opinion, tbo gray Is almost. If not quite, ns bud. "I have killed ninny squirrels caught In tho net of eating eggs or young birds. Any bird that selects a nesting place which Is also adapted to tho uso of squirrels Is nlmost certain to bo eject ed. When n forest has been destroyed by tires, lumbermen or Insects It Is nl most Impossible for unturnl reforesting to take place If squirrels nro abundant In nn ndjotulng tract, becauso they ent the seeda. Fifty seeds er head each dny would bo a low estimate. Yet even this would ninko 18.2.V) In a year. And seeds nro not tbo only thing. "In winter tho ground Is often Btrewn with twigs which bavo Ixvn stripped of buds by squirrels. The trees attacked nro generally situated at the border of a dense forest and would, If let nlono, yield tho greatest seed crop, A Blnglo squirrel thus destroys In ouo dny thousands of seed In tbe germ. In Montana I bavo 6cen tho grays rob birds' nests." A tarred Haddock. Tnko a good-sized haddock, removo fins nnd tall, leaving the bend on, and thoroughly drying the fish. Preparo a shilling of two ounces of chopped Buct, two tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs, one dessert spoonful of paras ley (or mixed herbs), one egg, salt nnd Ioppcr. Mix well together, nnd pnclc It Into tho fish. Sew up tho silt with ueedlo nnd thread. Place In wcll grenscd bnstlng-tln, nnd brush It over with egg or milk. Sprinkle with ono tablespoonful of breadcrumbs nnd bnko three-quarters of an hour In n moder ate oven, basting It occasionally. sit-in. i5 jjrrod. Into fl Jilnt of scalding wnter stir two teaspoonfuls of salt nnd add enough flour to ninko a soft dough. Beat for ten minute, then act In a warm place for eight hours. Into a pint of lukewarm milk stir n tenspoon ful of salt, add enough flour to mnko a stiff batter, then work this Into tbo risen dough. Mix well, covor nnd set ngnln In a wnrm place to rise until very light. Turn Into n wooden bowl nnd work In enough flour to mnke nu ordlnnry bread dough. Kmxid well, mnko Into lonves nnd Fet to rise until light before baking. While Fruit Cake. PrAom n l,nl ..u A .. t.. v.,....,, u nu u tuii ui miner witn a cup of sugar, Dent In a half cup ot cold wnter nnd tho whites of six eggn beaten stiff. Add n pint of flour that has been well sifted with a heaping ten fpoonful of baking powder, then fold In lightly n quarter cup of minced crystallized cherries, n quarter cup of blanched almonds cut Into bits, beln sure that nil tho fruit Is plentifully dredged with flour. Flavor with rotto. wnter, If it is liked, nnd bako In u lonf tin In a steady oven. Cover wltU a white frosting. Green Apple l'le. Ono heaping cupful of pastry flour. ono saltspoonful of baking powder, ono snltspoonful of salt, nnd from one-third to ono-hnlf of a cunful of butter ami bird mixed. Mix tho baking powder nnd anlt with the flour nnd rub In tho lard. Mix quite stiff with cold water. Roll out, put tho butter on tho pasta In llttlo pieces, and sprluklo with flour. Fold over and roll out. Roll up like a Jelly roll. Dlvldo In two parts and roll to fit the plate. Cliauaed. She You used to say I wns tho pret tiest girl you knew before our mar riage. He So I did. "You nover any It now; you'va changed." "So hnvo you." Yonkcrs Stntesmnn. Rvor notice that as pcoplo grow old er they unfold ns many troubles as there were pictures In tho Mother Gooso book) Short Buittreatlona. Rnnmeled wore Is easily cleaned with powdered punilco stone. Cream may be prevented from drln- plng from tho spout of a pitcher by rubbing tho Insldo of tho spout with a llttlo butter. A small piece of candle may bo mnda to burn nil night by putting finely pow dered salt on It until It reaches tho blackest part of tho wick. Candles should bo atored for six or eight weeks before bolng used. thy will then burn moro brightly nnd moro slowly thnn when lighted nt once. If wlien Ironing a curtnln you dis cover n holo In It, tnko n piece of tho best part of nn old curtuln, a llttlo larger than the hole, and dip the edges In cold starch. Then place It over tb bole and afterward Iron over It