Two 

ameter, with a strip of galvanized iron 
wide 
The under side 
of the lid was padded with circular 
pieces of newspaper and one layer of 
nailed to the lid with small 
nails placed near the edges. A hole was 
made in the bottom of the cooker for a 
bolt to fasten it to the running board 
of my car. Two pieces of one-inch thick 
soapstone, intended for foot-warmers, 
furnished material for two heat disks 
nine and one-half inches in diameter 
cut out with a hack saw. A one-eighth 
inch hole was drilled in the center of 
each stone, and countersunk on one side 
to the depth of half an inch. A large 
two and three-fourths inches 
nailed around the edge. 
canvas, 
cotter pin, with the 
eye in the counter- 
sunk space, served 
as a catch for a 
wire hook with 
which to handle the 
stones when hot. 
aluminum 
_ Stew pans, of ap- 
' propriate size, were 
_deprived of their 
handles and _ pro- 
_ vided with covers 
consisting of small 
pie tins. One of 
these dishes was eight inches deep, the 
other about five. 



Using the Cooker 
_ Usually while eating breakfast the 
_ heating stones were left on the camp 
stove until a sprinkle of flour quickly 
_ turned brown on them—the test of suf- 
ficient heat. A two pound*meat roast, 
or a chicken, slightly: pre-cooked in a 
hot skillet, was placed in’the deeper 
dish and placed in the cooker above one 
of the heat stones. Above this the 
other dish containing potatoes with 
their jackets on, and above this the 
other stone. 
When we are notified by a keen ap- 
_ Petite that it is noon, we pull out at the 
Side of the road and our hot dinner is 
ready to eat—a delicious meat with 
tender meat, brown gravy and such 
potatoes. Or,’for supper, soda biscuit 
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baked in the lower dish, and creamed 
salmon in the upper, made us think of 
home. After supper a dish of cereal 
left in the cooker all night furnished a 
delicious breakfast dish. 
Used as a Cooler 
By placing a small piece of ice in the 
larger dish, milk, eggs, meat and butter 
are kept cool all day, or three milk 
bottles of drinking water may be car- 
ried to good advantage. When used as 
a cooler the stones need not be placed 
in the cooker. 
A. D. Harp, 
Long Beach, Cal. 
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Zo/dih 4 Tent-Bed fav Two 
The bed complete. 
Skinning Eels 
AY the tail of the eel upon a flat 
stone or brick. Then with another 
stone or brick, rub the tail back and 
forth three or four times. This will 
split the thin skin, causing it to pod up 
in halves. Now, all one has to do is to 
grasp a half in each hand, and the skin 
will be stript in one quick easy opera- 
tion, from tail to head; with the added 
advantage that it will take the fin with 
it. It is an extremely quick and easy 
method, vastly superior to the old 
method. R. B. GoETSCHIUS, 
Downsville, Del. Co., N. Y. 
Heating the Tent 
A GOOD way to heat the tent, par- 
ticularly valuable if one is to be on 
an extended trip (as to time) and en- 
sure utility even in wet weather, is as 
follows: Take along in the auto, or if 
deep in the wilderness on buckhboard, a 
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few lengths of stove pipe, including an 
elbow. On pitching your tent, dig a hole 
about two-thirds back in tent, and a 
trench from the hole to outside of wall 
of tent. Put in the trench sufficient 
stove-pipe to carry to the outside, and 
there connect the elbow and put on the 
rest of the lengths, sticking the up- 
right pipe at ’most any angle, only so 
it will be away from the wall of the 
tent. Cover the lengths inside of tent 
with soil, and keep fire in the pit at 
the mouth of the intake. The draft 
will be sufficient to take care of the com- 
bustion of ’most any forest fuel, for 
either cooking or heating. 
(REv.) A. L. BYRoN-CuRTIssS, 
Willard, N. Y. 

v7 ig 
ies s) Indications 
When objects at 
a distance, usually 
indistinct, loom out 
clear and distinct, 
bad weather and 
changes of wind 
are coming. Green- 
colored sky means 
unsettled _ bad 
weather with wind. 
Wherever the wind 
is at the vernal equinox (March 21 and 
thereabouts) there the wind will prevail 
for the next three months. Crows, be- 
fore gales, tumble and pitch in the air 
and croak instead of the usual “caw.” 
Red tinged clouds high up at evening 
are followed by wind. 
! 




Fair Weather Indications 
If at night there are few stars, and 
those very bright and sparkling in a 
pale, steely sky. If swallows fly high. 
If just before sunrise the sky is dull 
gray and the sun rises clear, gradually 
dispersing the vapors. If, after a rainy 
day, the sunset sky is suffused with a 
magnificent streak of crimson (not cop- 
per color). If there is a rainbow at 
night. If there are mists at evening 
over low-lying ground or near a river. 
If a mist in the morning clears off as 
the sun gets higher. If there is a heavy 
dew in the evening. 
