Men so mounted can get about better than cavalry, and have rendered valuable service as scouts.

After both sides had brought to life the centuries-old grenade for use in the trenches, the French adopted the old cross

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OLD TABLE HELPS IN CLEAN-
ING STAIR-WALLS

HERE is an idea that came to a house

wife partly through accident. One of the legs of her small kitchen table had been broken, and she was about to discard the table when she thought that if the broken leg and the other one nearest to it were sawed off at the right height to make the table rest exactly level on the stairs, she could stand on it when cleaning the walls beside the stairs. This had always been a dangerous place to reach from a step ladder, but the new device made it perfectly easy and safe. The table affords plenty of room upon which to stand without any danger, and also offers a place for a pail of water, if it is a painted wall that is to be cleaned. The table may be moved without exertion.

B. Gallogher, Berkeley, California.

HELPS IN CLEANING STAIR WALLS

An old table serves very well for the purpose.