l i I I I. £. / 'II FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.‘ ' ——A dish of water placed in a hot oven where pies, cakes or puddings are. Le' 11g baked will prevent them from scozching. ——..‘m excellent and simple remedy for a sprain is, made by mixing the well-Lenten whites of six eggs and a half cupful of table salt together. Apply between thin muslin cloths. ——l?.iee Pudding—To be eaten cold. One large spoonful of rice, one quart of milk, a pinch of salt, four table- spocnfuls of sugar. Bake very slowly four hours, and flavor with va-nil‘la.——~ : Home and Farm. -—A French method of cleaning kid _2_~loves is to put on the gloves and wash them well in spirits of turpentine, ex- actly, as if washing the hands. The fingers and soiled parts must be well rubbed, and when the gloves are taken ‘ off they must be stretched and allowed tp dry hanging in a strong current. of air. , ——Beaten Biscuit—Sift a. quart of flour, add a teaspoonful of salt and a tables poonful .of lard; add sweet milk to make a. stiff dough. Knead well, and beat for half an hour until light and elastic. COYOTES AMONG THE CATTLE. Western Ranchers Wrestling with the Problem of Extermination. A novel scheme for saving his cattle from the droves of coyotes that infest the region has been hit upon by a rancher of Glen Rock, Wash. He has placed a. number of bells on the necks of a great number of cattle' In his herds, and the result has been to scare the coyotes away. In the two months since he belled his heids he has not lost a single animal, while prev iouslvr his loss averaged at least one steer a day. (0- y otes are becoming more of a pest ev .31 y season in many palts of Washington and Oregon, despite all the efforts of the cattlemen and farmels to exteiniinate them. Thousands of dollars are spent cv ery year in waging war on the beasts but with little result. Poison availed for a time, but. now the coyotes refuse to touch the poisoned carcasses of steers strewn about for their consump- tion. The only way of killing them is ‘ by shooting them. and this is a feeble mix well, and; ).011 thin, out ; ‘ out with a biscuit-cutter, put in a pan. 1 and set in a moderate oven to balre until brown.—Ladles’ Companion. - —-Croquettes.——Two cupfuls of warm mashed potatoes, one-quarter cupful of hot milk, beaten together until light. Add one tablespoonful of melt- ed butter, one-half teaspoonful of salt, a pinch of mace or nutmeg, and enough beaten egg to handle easily. Shape, dip into beaten egg and roll in sifted cracker crumbs. Fry in hot lard until nicely browned. Garnish with parsley. —Good Housekeeping. —Sunsh.ine Cake—:Whites of, ten eggs and the yolks of seven, 11/2 cups of granulated sugar, measured after sifting, one cupful of flour, after-'sit‘t- ing four times, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar and one of orange ex— tract. Beat: the whites to a froth and add the sugar. Beat the yolks thOI- cuglily, and add to them the whites, the sugar and the flavoring. Last of all, 5 Cir in the flour. Mix quickly and no.1 Bake in a slow oven—N. Y. Ledg er. FASHIONABLE RIBBONS. The Correct Thing for Trimmings of the Coming Season. The new ribbons are gay and fascin- ating, with colors put on as delicately as if done with the brush of an artIst. And as they me five inches to six inches and a halt wide, importers thereof take :"reat plea Ru: e in announcing that next sunin e1 :le inng in a "ribbon season. This, 1rte.p~ eted. means that summe1 ats will be trimmed with Iibbons In rec. t pait rather than with bias veIV et Crisp taffeta ribbon is the correct thing, and is shown in a. variety so great that it defies description. li’arppaint- ing giving chine blurred effects 1s a feature of taffeta ribbons, as it is of many of the fabrics of the near future, and is very attractive in its soft, low- toned blossoms on clear grounds of this glistening silk. Sharp contrasts with the grounds are liked. The designs are ' larger than those of last season—mam- N ‘I .h moth clor er heads. large flowered vines in- stripes, marigolds, poppies, earnations and roses; always roses, and yet again roses. Plain colored taflctas with satin edge, or perhaps faintly shot with white, will be used in great widths on fancy straw hats. Onibre taffeta ribbons of very French coloring me the novelty 1n shad ed ribbons, as they change acmss their width from moss green to Parma violet, from red to turquoise, from rose pink to yellow, from blue to morodore, and from blue to green, a favorite blending of which fic1 dc fashion does not tire. Louis Seize flower stripes are in many lovely colors on white of delicate grounds, sometime: accentuated by line stripes of black. A special novelty is the large checks or plaids of gay colors on white grounds, which are also strewn with flowers—Harper’s Bazar. o USES OF BORAX. Every Day It Grows More Indispensable to Housewives. Borax has become almost as indis- pensable an article in every household as salt and pepper. Nothingwill so suc- cessfully soften hard water as hora}; U se it in the propOI tion of a large hand- ful to ten gallons of w ater. The textule ol' the finest linen and cotton will not be injured by its use. Stains upon tablecloths and napkins can be readily w ashed out if borax is put in the water. A little borax water boiled in the coffee pot twice. a week for 15 minutes sweet- ens a'nd purifies it. To cleanse winder. gla ss simply u so \\ arm w ater and borra 4, no soap. “1pc d1y and polish with crumpled new spapers. F or the shampoo use one teaspoonfui to two quarts of warm water. It acts direct-1y on the scalp, keeping it in 2 healthy condition. As a dentrifiee and mouth wash borax is unexcelled. It cleanses the mouth, hardens the gums and relieves cankers. 0n using it for the teeth make a powder of one ounce each of powdered borax and pulverized castile soap and two ounces of precipi- tated chalk. Bags made of cheese cloth, about eight inches square, filled with oatmeal, some powdered borax, and a little powdered orris root and used in . the bath are delightfully refreshing. A box of powdered borax is indispensa- ble at the toilet table and as a disin~ fectant, will prove a valuable aid in. procuring cleanliness at the kitchen sink. And if it were more frequently used a great amount of waste might be prevented in the larder.——Chicago Inter Ocean. Perfectly Audacious: Assistant—Here is a complaint by a. ’bus lady against the conductor of 290, 467. lllanager~What is the trouble? “She says he expressed a doubt whether her six children were all under u five years of a.ge."--London Tit-Bits. and wholly inadequate. means. Oc- casionally the residents of a. district combine and have a grand round-up hunt, driving the coyotes toward the center of a. circle and slaughtering them there, and this is the only means of appleciably thinning them out. oze~ casionalls. In some regions the packs of gray wolves are as numerous and troublesome as the coyotes. The coyotes are particularly adept chicken thieves, and, indeed, are a general pest around the farmyards. RESULT OF ENVIRONMENT. Three French Ducks That Had Come to Hate the Water. Hydrophobic ducks may seem a bit strange, but a writer in the Revue Scientifique tells of such. These were not mad ducks, but merely ducks that hated what people have come to con- sider their natural element. There were three of them, and they had lived some years in Paris, where they had a small basin and their daily bath. Their owner finally took them to the country to live beside a fine lake, thinking it the ideal place for the amphibious. What was his surprise on putting them into the lake to see them instantly scramble ashore and waddle, Indian-file, to a neighboring stable, whence they never Came out' save for feed. Never could they be induced to re— main in the water save by force or fear, and there they always drew close together, so as to occupy no more space than that of their bath basin in Paris. They were thoroughly afraid of the lake and they never became used to it. In l’icardy, it seems, young ducks are often kept from the water in order To protect them from the water rats and prevent them from eating things that might injure their flavor when they appear upon the table. Ducks thus brought. up until their full growth of feathers is acquired refuse to entei the water, and if forced in sometimes d1 own SOLVED IN A DREAM. Elias Howe and the Eye of the Sewing Machine Needle. Elias Howe almost beggared himself before he discovered where the eye of the needle of a sewmg machine should be located. His original idea. was to follow the model of the eye at the heel. It never occurred to him that it should be placed near the point, and he might have failed altogether, says the Phila- delphia Times, if he had not dreamed he was building a sewing machine for a savage king in a strange country. J ust as in his actual waking experience, he was rather perplexed about the needle’s eye. He tho .zght the king gave him 24 hours 'to complete a machine and make It sew. If not finished in that time, death was to be the punishment. Howe worked and worked and puzzled and puzzled, and finally gave it up Then he thought he was taken out to be executed. He noticed that the war— riors carried spears that were pierced near the head. Instantly came the so- lution .of the difficulty, and while the inventor was begging for time he awoke. It was foul o‘clock in the morrmg. He jumped out of bed, ran to his workshop, and by nine a needle with an eye at the pOInt had been rudely modeled. After that it was easy. This is the true story of an important inci- dent in the invention of the sewing ma- chine. When Kruger Knows English. A correspondent who met President. Krueger when on a church union mis- sion to the Transvaal, gives some inter- esting ' particulars concerning 00m Paul’s linguistic abilities. During the interview Dr. Leyds interpreted and the correspondent was amazed to know how thoroughly an fait the president was with the ecclesiastical affairs of Europe. When outside the corre- spondent fixed his eyes as searchingly as he could on Dr. Leyds, who had ac- companied him, and asked: “Does President. Krueger really know no Eng- lish ?” VVit-h a meaning look Dr. Leyds replied: “If you are praising him or speaking well of "the Transvaal he knows no English, but if you are speak— ing ill of him. or saying anything against the Transvaal he knows every word you say.” Found the Yarn Factory. In the town of B , Connecticut, there is a. factory where yarn is made. A stranger, approaching the town one day in a buggy,- pulled up his horse and accosted a farmer who was digging po- tatoes on the other side of the fence. “Can you tell me where the yarn mill is?” inquired the stranger. “Certain- ly,” was the reply. “Keep straight on until you come to the drinking foun- tain. Right opposite is a wooden block with three doors. The middle door is the one you want. lf’l‘hank you,” said the stranger, and drove on. In due time he came to the fountain, and sought the middle door of the wooden block, and it let him upstairs to the office of the local newspaper. The other yarn factory, the one which he . was looking for, lay half a mile beyond. STRANGE ACCIDENTS T0 BIRDS. A poor little chaflin was found dead near Epsom with its lower mandible so firmly imbedded in the shell of a beechnut that it had been unable to extricate it and had died of starvation. A hen pheasant was observed by a sportsman to be flying around» and around in awild manner. On being shot it was discovered to have a large oak leaf impaled upon its beak in such a way as to totally obscure its vision. Herons. sometimes choke themselves by attempting to swallow large trout. An cider-duck has been killed by at- tempting to swallow a toad. A king- fisher was once found which could not fly on account of having a young pike stuck in its throat. Some hunters re— moved the fish and the bird flew away unhurt. An Irish naturalist once observed a dumlin acting in a very curious manner on the seashore. The bird would alight, then fly a short'dis‘rance and then alight again,_violently shaking its head. A round lump appeared fastened to its beak. It turned out- that the bird had innocently attempted to investi- gate a cockle which it had found open. The shell had closed on its bill; Birds that employ hair in the build- ing of their nests come to grief in strange ways. A gentleman who pos- sessed several colts one day noticed a small bird entangled in the tail of one of his colts. It had evidently been on a search for hair and had become en- snared. Cases of.birds getting their feet entangled in wool or string are well known, and death usually ensues if human help is not forthcoming. A WOMAN IN EACH. The medical school of Johns Hop- kins university is open to women as well as men. This is because the wom- en of Baltimore provided over $420,000 toward endowing the medical depart- ment on condition that women should be admitted. Miss Alice Balfour, sister of the new lord of the treasury and chief secretary for Ireland in the new British cabinet, is, in her way, as clever as her brothers. She has in process of publication .1 book called “Twelve Hundred Miles in an Ox Wagon.” Mrs. Grant is said to be happier in her Washington home with Mrs. Sartoris and her children about her than she has been since the death of Gen. Grant. She is kept- busy with household duties and with the preparation of a book of reminiscences. Last year Queen Victoria had to ap- pend her signature to some 50, 000 docu- ments. When at Buckingham or lVindsor she pratically never has a holiday. She rises at 7:30; at. eight she has prayers and half an hour later breakfast, after which she works with' her secretary until two o’clock. Poor relatives, even of royalty, have much to put up with. Countess Fedors Gleichen, one of the German descend- ants of the mother onueen Victoria, dabbles in sculpture and has been com- missioned by her majesty to make a bust of the late F. Clark, John Br0wn’s nephew and successor as highland at- tendant. - THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD. A Viennese scientist has succeeded in photographing through the body the calcareous deposits in various in- ternal organs of the human being. The use of argpn for high tempera- ture thermometers has been proposed, as the new gas appears to offer advan- tages over hydrogen and nitrogen gen- erally employed. Pocket stoves for policemen are the latest. They weigh only a few ounces, and the firm that builds them says that they will make the force comfortable in winter weather. A recent development in the use of steel in the buildings is in the line of ceilings. Sheets of thin steel stamped with appropriate ornamental designs are Substituted for plaster. A French scientist has discovered how to solidify petroleum. It is cal- culated that a single ton of the new fuel is equivalent to 30 tons of coal. It is smokeless, non-odorous and cheap. ELECTRICAL . SPARKS. Electricity has been successfully em- ployed in checking hemorrhage caused by the extraction of teeth. The cur- rent instantly coagulated the blood, giving relief where the usual remedies had failed. The bicycle lamp problem has at last been solved by an electrical engi- neer. The new invention begins to burn the moment the biota-list. mounts his wheel, for the revel: "on of the latter generates the electricity, the rays of which are reflected by a pc- culiarly shaped reflector. An electric railway with a subma rine roadbed is now being built in England. _ The line is being built for pleasure purposes, only being designed to give passengers the benefits of’the sea’ air while riding over it. The rail; are laid on concrete blocks-mortised into the solid rock which forms the ccean’s bed. The road will be a four» rail track with a wide gauge to g1ve the necessary stability. WIELDERS OF THE PEN. Rider Haggard has been elected chairman of the Incorporated Society of English Authors for the current year. Sir John Robinson having resigned the editorship of the London Daily News, his place will be taken by Mr. E. T. Cook, 0f the Westminster Gazette. M. Jules Cambon, at present gov- ernor-general of Algeria, has accepted the position of editor in chief of the Journal des Debats, which has now be- come an’evening paper. The world doesn’t hear much of John Ruskin nowadays, but he still lives, and he has just celebraied his 77th birth _day in his rural home In England He is able to take long walks, play chess, read novels and scold occasionally. ' INSURANCE CO. I 0"" NEW YORK. RICHARD a. MCCURDY President. amen eYear ing Dealt 1895. Assets.‘ ' , . . $221,213,72133 Liabilities . y I . ‘ , 194,347,157 58 Surplus ,. . . $26,866,563 75 $48,597,430 51 $23,126,728 45 Total Income . Total Paid Policyholders in 1895, .. Insurance and Annuities in force, . $899 074, 453 78 Net gain in 1895 ' $61, 647, 645 36 NOTE—Insurance merely Im Itlen, ls_ dlscarded from this Statement as who“ mlsleadin , an actually issued and paid for in cash ls Included. y g d only insurance I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. . 5 . From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report. of the Examining Committee. ’tlilce III the llulualllle lnsuIance Company of New You, February 11, 1896. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18th day Cf December last, the undersigned. were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending December 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com- parison with the assets of the Company. The Committee have caIefully periormed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statementis in all particulars correct and that the assets specified ' s thereIn are In possessmn of the Company. the investments (‘f the Company and express their approval of the system, order dhd accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in general transacted. Robert C‘lyphant, Wm. P. Dixon, ' J. H. Herrick. H. C. Von Post, Charles R. Henderson, James C. Holden, Committee ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., Cor. Secy. ALBERT KLAMROTH, AIsst. Secy. l ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, WILLIAM "J. EASTON, Secretary, FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Tress EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier. - TOHN A. FON DA, Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier EMORY MCCLINTOCK LL.D., F. I. A., Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, J 1%., Asst. Actuary. WM. W. RICHARDS. Comptroller. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp. J OHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, ED WARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. MEDICAL DIRECTORS ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D. GRANVILLE M.'WHITE,‘ M. D.‘ ' IGUsTAvus s. WINSTON, M. D. J QEN W. N IQEQLQ, New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. Ac. HQ (DA-MP); Local Agent}? In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of ’
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