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Show walking around In tho pig-sty, eh?" she Interposed quickly. Mr. Townbred saw tho point all right and answered gruffly. "Woll, what's a pig-sty for, anyway7" Later that evening, after dinner, when tho Townbreds were out front John camo 'round to the sldo of the porch. "Scuso me, Missus Townbred," he said, "but ono of dom hawgs done almost al-most chewed do foot offon ernothcr one, en I wants to knew ef you got ony turpontino en lard." " "What!" exclaimed tho Townbreds simultaneously. "Yas'm," John continued, "ono ob do little ones stuck his foot froo do boards on a big ono done chewed on It on " "That settles it!" exclaimed Mr. Townbred, springing to his feot. There's your Poland China for youl If that black Berkshire dies or Is crippled crip-pled I'll I'll !" " 'En do llttlo ono done bit do blg-ono blg-ono on hl3 snoot," wont on John, placidly. pla-cidly. "There!" cried Mrs. Townbred, triumphantly. tri-umphantly. "Thoro now, Ruthvin, I guess you can seo that all pigs are Just pigs!" (Copyright, 1915, by Edward Riddle Padgett.) Z5HMZI THfM)USIKEEPEfi I I 1 " v I v J A I THAT if Irish potatoes, aftor they havo boon boiled, are poured into a collander and slipped Into tho oven for a few minutes they will be mealy and delightful, much moro so than when flnishod off in tho old fashion, on top of tho stovo. THAT boating tho yolk of an egg Into a cream sauoe intended for any purpose, makes it richer and more attractive at-tractive to tho eye. THAT colored frocks should bo soaked In water, heavily salted, before be-fore being washed for the flrst time, should not havo soap rubbed upon them, should not bo boiled, and should IJJr bo hung In the shado to dry. THAT an easy way to wash windows fi ji j la to add threo or four tablospoonfuls i t of coal oil to the water. This both Jj cleans and polishes the glass. It THAT tho foreign way of cooking ml peas is to put them In a double boiler I I with a great spoonful of butter and a ml couple of tiny onions, but with no t! water, and allow the water In tho bot- i torn part of tho kottlo to boll away merrily for two hours, or until tho j I peas are soft, II 'ff n 1 |