I
pretty good sort
sorrow we meet,
:7"oveWeandei'-opeS to
make
situation
KNOWING.
Useful and should
put a bag on the
the blacking brush.
M or the stove, and
The hand. Use bags
.he cleaned lamp chim
in the lamp is wanted
TTl be bright and shin
over a bowl or pitcher of
° away, or when used
A paper bag slipped
howl when beating
place cut at the bot
handle of the beat
■ough, will save spatter
id the table.
I good soil in your cel
;he spring you will have
your seeds.
_... . - oourl in
tovei wiuiuui. --
jva. Then if you or your
«Js a cinder in the eye,
|e and drop it in. The gel
wring of the seed will
,ther up the foreign body
is imbedded in the eyeball,
the first things to try with
tag child is to take him by
ni shake him. When he
mouth to cry, the foreign
fall out. A smart blow on
will often help to dislodge
% the throat.
Hbstance cannot be reached
Unger and drawn up, never
#it down, for the vocal or
thus be injured.
framing velvet, put a fun
|e spout of the tea kettle,
spread the steam over a
[face and the work is more
i may be taught by means
oils the polite way of intro
Hoi to send and accep. in
to teas and dinners, the
Ktisgs and adieux and many
Hal customs of the day. It
t game for them, but the
I will be ftivaluable all
ft. One may easily tell the
i child has had by the tone
fed in play.
led Is a little seed
mth unseen,
tan none do look there on,
flprtn&eth green.
—Alexander Japp.
IFOR CHILDREN’S PAR
TIES.
I difficult problem to find
of a sweet to serve at
iarty, where the food
i, attractive and whole
cake is something that
ay look back upon as
ierful of all cakes. It
ia baked, frosted and
id for the life candle,
*rs around it number
the edge finished with
iny colored candles, it
mch work or expense,
f the little people will
id fpr the effort,
imonide—This is a de
anjoyed by young and
For each person allow
Stated pineapple, the
non, two tablespoonfuls
half cup of boiling wa
11 add a cup of cold wa
itson. Strain and chill
K Be,~Soak a package of
J'nt of cold Wnt.P.r fnr
j'thllcompensation
% fa]Hnf,raklnE ofr
»elghbo“ ° trees °f
1Ve any leaves of your
°-!ny *eft hand neigh
Dealer,
they, about
just dye
Between Girls.
"Algernon held ray hand last night.”
"Talking love?”
“Well, under those circumstances
he would hardly be discussing ihe
steel schedule.”—Louisville Courier
Journal.
In the Spotlight.
Mrs. Gramercy—I thought your di
vorce case was coming up this month?
Mrs. Park—I had my lawyers get a
postponement, because my new gowns
wouldn’t be finished in time.—Judge.
a small, gift in the shell of a waiaut,
from which the meat has been re
moved. Glue or tie the halves togther.
There is no child, however fortun
ate in gifts, who is not delighted to
have something to carry home. This
makes the party complete and long
remembered.
From the sunlit heights of life the deep
vales and hollows of its necessities look
darkest: but to the faithful whose part
lies there, there is still light enough to
show the way, and to no oilier eyes dc
the everlasting hills and blue heaven
seem so brilliant.—James Bartineau.
WHEN COMPANY COMES.
There is an old saying handed down'
from some remote ancestor which tells
us that “the ornaments of a house are
the friends who frequent it.” There
are few housekeepers who do not en
joy very keenly the entertainment of
friends, and there are fewer with the
means to entertain as they like, yet
true hospitality does not consist in
the things with which you furnish
your table; better a dinner of herbs
where there is hominess, than an
eight course dinner with the feeling
that it is to be paid for later by hard
skimping.
In this day and age we are looking
for and expecting originality from our
educated women; anybody may copy
the rich neighbor, provided one's cred
it is good, but the woman who serves
her friends with food and entertain
ment within her means is hound tc
be respected by all who know’ her. A
simple meal, dainty and well served,
is so much more acceptable than the
elaborate one which shows it is too
great a strain.
It is a positive joy to the dinner
goer to be entertained at an old-fash
ioned dinner table, where each has
a share in the serving. Trying to out
do our neighbor is too common a per
formance. The popular hostess is she
who starts something original. The
pity is that there are so many who
could entertain shimply, and should
return hospitality, who hesitate for
fear of the expense. Let the enter
tainment be within the means, make
it simple and then go calmly along,
envying nobody, setting a wholesome
example which will be followed with
gratitude by the rest of the sensible
members of society, wTho are fortunate
enough to have such a friend.
Great people have always been in
favor of simple food, and it is usually
Mrs. Newly Rich who attempts to out
do others and serve up impossible
messes whose only recommendation
is the employment they give our long
suffering physicians.
Love is not getting, but giving; not a
wiki dream of pleasure, and a madness
or desire—oh. no, love is not that—it is
goodness and honor, and peace and pure
living—yes, love is that, and is the best
tiling in the world, and the thing that
lives longest.—Henry Van Dyke.
GOOD EATS FOR “SPREADS.” '
Sandwiches, a salad and a hot anna
are considered indispensables for a
"spread.” Of the making of sand
wiches there is no end, but perhaps
somebody has not yet tried brown
bread spread with butter, then a filling
of chopped almonds and cucumber,
mixed with a small amount of mayon
naise dressing.
For saiads, too, there is a host to
choose from; there is none which is
more delicious than the fruit salad
which may be made of almost any
combination of fruit in season which
blends well, mixed with a little salad
dressing and much whipped cream and
a few chopped marshmallows.
English Monkey.—This is a cheese
dish which is a great favorite and
warranted to originate all kinds of
dreams. Soak a cupful of bread
crumbs in a cup of milk for fifteen
minutes. Add a tablespoonfui of but
ter to half a cup of crumbled cheese;
stir them in a sauce pan or chafing
dish until well melted. To this add
the soaked bread and one egg well
beaten; salt and cayenne to taste.
Cook until creamy. Serve on toast.
Another Nice Sandwich.—Chop two
dozen olives, add a teaspwonful of to
mato catsup, a pinch of mustard, half
a cup of finely cut celery and a hall
a cup of mayonnaise.
Ham in Jelly—Put half a glass of
currant jelly into a chafing dish with
a tablespoonful of butter. When it is
hot, lay in thinly feliced cold boiled
ham; simmer five minutes and serve
with crisp buttered toast.
Peanut Brittle.—Melt two cupfuls of
sugar in a saucepan, stirring con
stantly; when a golden brown, pour
over a half pound of finely rolled pea
nuts. Put into a buttered pan and
mark cff at once. The finer the pea
nuts are rolled the nicer the candy.
ooooooooooooooooo
H WHS THIS m
By FRANK FILSON.
"Yes, Mister, Coyote's Despair sure
is a bit slow, and 1 don't blame you for
thinking so. You see. this town hasn't
quite recovered from the shock we
had last month. It cleaned us out,
too, especially Abe Finkel and Sam
Corbett, and all through the scheming
of Cy Holmes, a Yankee trader who
happened to be born about an hour
earlier than the rest of us.
“You see. it was this way. When Cy
Holmes opened his store on Main
street nobody thought he would last
long. There was Abe Finkel and Sam
Corbett holding the trade, and nobody
kicking at their goods. So Cy Holmes
just languished.
"That is. until Miss Mabel come into
the game. Miss Mabel got down off
the stage about live o'clock one after
noon. The word had been passed, and
she hadn't hardly descended before
there was a respectful and admiring
group around her.
“ ‘Can any gentleman tell me where
I can get accommodations in Coyote's
Despair?’ she asked, turning up her in
nocent blue eyes.
“ ‘Yes, Miss,' answers a hundred
voices, and two hundred lees forms in
procession and escorts her to Bill
Flannigan’s.
“It wasn’t long before we learned
her story. She had been a school
marm back east, and the doctor had
ordered her to Arizona for her health.
She’d had enough money to get to
Coyote’s Despair, and there she had
stopped.
“If Abe Finkel and Sam Corbett had
had an ounce of sense—but what’s the
use of talking? Inside of a week Miss
Mabel was the pride of Holmes’ store
and the envy of them two. Cy
Holmes found trade was booming. As
for Coyote’s Despair, there wasn’t a
man between the age of eight and
ninety that wasn’t in love with Miss
Mabel.
“I guess three-quarters of the town
proposed marriage to her during the
first two weeks. And Miss Mabel was
1 nHMinnnilAAflMnMiinfiHMiiiAnAniuinMiunnAiMIl
They Stood Glaring st Each Other.
a kind-hearted girl; she didn’t want to
hurt the feelings of the rest by ma
king her choice.
“ ‘I tell you what we'll do, boys,’she
said one evening, blushing prettily. ’I
love you all, and when Mr. Holmes
goes back east next month I’d like to
get married. But I can't choose. That
wouldn’t he fair, when you're all so
good to me.’ And then she outlined
her plan, which was nothing less than
this: Mr. Holmes was to give coupons
with all his sales, and the purchaser
that had bought the most by six
o'clock cn the night before he clgised
up and left town, which would be ir.
just a month, was to have Miss Ma
bel.
“You can guess what a sensation
this made in Coyote’s Despair. Old
Jim Weatherbee, eighty-nine last bfrth
day, packed his kit on his old mule
and hiked out to find the lost gold
mine that everybody's been looking
for these fifty years and more. As for
the rest of us, we soon saw’ that it
would simmer down to Abe Finkel
and Sam, who were the richest men in
town. However. Miss Mabel wanted
it that way. and after a while we got
iort of reconciled.
“That was the busiest week that Cy
Holmes had ever known, but the next
three were busier. As for Sam and
Finkel, they didn't do ten cents’ worth
of business a day. and didn't seem to
care. Morning, afternoon and eve
ning, they were in Cy Holmes’ store
buying out his stock. Everything was
marked at its price, according to
agi eeiftent, so that there could be no
crooked business, and every purchase
was marked on a slate and hung in
the middle of the store.
“Of course, there was a few who
tried to win Miss Mabel as well as
Sam and Abe, but they soon give up
when, at the end of the first week,
Abe had a total of $1,265.19 to his ac
count, while Sam was running him
close with $1,242. Then Sam made
a. spurt, and at the end of the second
week had gone up about $50 ahead of
Abe. By the middle of the third week
it was a neck and neck race, along in
the two thousands, and Abe and Sam
had got so that they wouldn’t speak to
each other when they met.
“As for Miss Mabel she Just sat
there behind the counter, when she
wasn’t buoy getting down things,
which wasu’t often, and smiled on all
lha boys impartial like.
“We had a sweepstakes on the re
i .V -
suit, as well as a little money out. and
the general opinion was that, although
Abe had a little more money than
Sam, Sam would win out by dogged
ness. Try as hard as he would. Abe
couldn't get away from Sam. lly the
end of the third week they were run
ning neck and neck. Abe with $3,000.20
and Sam with $2,999.75. And when
the end of the fourth week come, and
it was within a couple of hours of
closing time. Abe was $4,817.09 anc
Sam was $4 814 even.
“They stood glaring at each other in
side Cy's store, which Lad been pretty
well divested of everything. The
shelves was bare, and the show
cases was empty, and they was
looking around to see what could be
had.
“Til take that boiler!' shouts Sam.
pointing to an old, rusted-out boiler
in a corner, which nobody had thought
of buying. 'How much, Cy?’
“ ‘Fifty dollars.' says Cy. and away
goes Sam ahead ol Abe. Abe looks
round with a worse glare than evei
in his eye.
“Til take the fittings! he yells,
triumphant like. ‘How much for the
shelves and show cases. Cy’
“ ‘Two hundred and fifty,' answers
Cy, coolly, and Abe gets the lead once
more, and then there didn't seem to be
anything left to be bought. Abe sits
down and pulls out a fifty-cent cig.v.
and leers at Miss Mabel as though he
owned her.
“The boys had been so interested
inax nououy xiau uiougm xu gu uunu
to the coach office, but just then a
stranger, who had come in on the
stage, strolls into the store. He was a
sort of dude, built like Samson, six
feet five, or thereabouts in height and
with muscles like three trunks run
ning all over him.
“ ‘Can you oblige me with a package
of cigarettes?’ he asks of Cy, mild
like; and all the boys grins. The cig
arettes had gone in the first week,
when the offers were low.
“'Sorry I’m out of cigarettes just
now,’ Cy answers, winking at us.
“ ’Dear me!’ says the' stranger. ’How
unfortunate! Haven’t you got any
thing to sell at ail?’
“ ‘I’m closing up for gexod,’ Cy an
swers. ’Tonight’s the last. I sell out
and get out.’
“ ‘Well, I guess I’ll take the store,
then.’ answers the stranger. ’How
much?’
“ ‘Ten thousand,’ answers Cy. and
the fellow pulls out a wad and flings it
down.
‘‘There was a silence for about two
minutes, and then something hit the
floor, it was Abes cigar, and, what’s
strange, he never picked it up again.
“That's all, mister. The stranger
takes Miss Mabel by the arm and
leads her to the coach office, and some
how nobody didn’t feel like doing any
thing about it. I beard, though, that
Miss Mabel had left a husband back
east, and that Cy Holmes was a sort
of connection of his. But you hear
such lies nowadays you never know
what to believe. However, when Sam
and Abe gets their new stock in next
week 1 guess things will be booming
some.”
(Copyright, tP13. by W. G. Chapman.)
TRULY A GREAT PATHFINDER
Mungo Park the First to Plunge Fear
lessly into the Heart of
“Darkest Africa-”
Mungo Park started out on his Af
rican expedition—the first serious at
tempt that was ever made to explore
the “dark continent”—118 years ago,
October 24, 1795. The lion-hearted
Scotchman, with two negro servants,
set out from Gambia', cn the west
coast, and plunged fearlessly into the
task which, before him, no white man
had ever attempted.
It took a real man to plunge into
the unknown interior, filled with tales
of the monstrous and the terrible.
Huge serpents, roaring lions, great
black cannibals, scorching heat, dead
ly fevers—who would dare to chal
lenge these things. And so Africa re
mained “dark” until yesterday, as It
were, while Moses was battling with
his problem in the Arabian wilder
ness; while civilization was maturing
in Egypt and Greece; while Roman
republics and empires were rising and
falling; while the modern nations
were coming into being; while Cru
saders were fighting, and troubadore
were singing; while Columbus wa3
discovering the new world, and Wash
ington was founding the United States
of America.
But at last the mar, and the hour
met, and the son of the Selkirkshire
farmer took his brave leap into the
mystery. In the mystery he remained
a year and a half, when he reap
peared, .returned to England and
wrote “Travels in the Interior of Af
rica.” a book which is still one of the
most inteseeting in the libraries of
the world.
In the year 1805 Mungo Park start
ed on his second trip to the dark
continent—a trip from which he was
never to return. Resolved, with true
Scotch grit, to "discover the mouth
of the Niger or perish in an attempt,”
Park pushed on through the pathless
forests until he reached a point be
tween 9 and 10 north latitude, where,
in attempting to make his escape from
the natives who were about to kill
him, he was drowned in the mighty
stream, which should be accepted as
his most fitting monument.—Rev. T.
B. Gregory, In New York American.
Japa in Hawaii.
In Hawaii one-third of the total en
rollment of 30,000 school children is
Japanese, and the Japanese are in
creasing their attendance more rapid
ly than any other race Americans
and other Caucasian races, exclusive
of the Portuguese, constitute only 12
per cent, of the enrollment.
ALL SHALL REJOICE
“For the Good Things Are Abund
ant Which Our Father Hath
Sent Unto Us.”
“Ami thou slialt rejoice in every
good thing which the Lord tliy God
huth given unto thee, and unto thino
house, thou and the Invite, and tlio
stranger tliut is among you.' Deuter
onomy 26, Jl.
I he duty of acktiolwedging God s
care of us is a sacred, sacramental
duly; an acknowledgment that lie
"ho has promised to give us all things
needful. Dotli lor our souls and bodies,
hath iuHilled tiis promise. Note the
sacramental teaching of this chapter
of tile scriptures- the ritual of the
harvest thanksgiving the basket of
lirst Emits in recognition of the full!I
ment of tlie promise made to their fa
thers in Hgypt which lias hud its part
in bringing about our recognition of
the fact that tile head of our family,
tlie ruler of our kingdom, lias not for
gotten to provide for us, liis children.
We exhibit (lie blessings of the held
a ; representing all the blessings given
to us, our country, our homes, our
selves. Tlie returns to tlie farmer lie
at the foundation of so many of our
comforts. Necessary as the harvest
undoubtedly is, the Day of Thanks
giving rei'ntniizPK all tomtwirui
blessings, the means of grace, the hope
of glory, and allows the fruits and
Powers to typify all the blessings of
lile. "Rejoice,” and let us remember
the words are addressed to us of to
day. 1 have no patience with those
who loudly profess their love for the
Bible, and yet coolly declare that most
ot the Pentateuch does not refer to,
nor have any bearing upon our life
now. Jesus said: "1 came not to
destroy, but to fulfill" the law of
Moses, and what has not been ful
filled, never lias been destroyed. If
Hod did not destroy it, the devil could
not, though the passover was fulfilled
by the events of Calvary and Master;
Pentecost by the divine outpouring of
the Holy Ghost—the Harvest festival,
as Hebrew writers declare, has had
no fulfilment yet!
"Rejoice." be happy and merry. God
is not anxious to receive only your
tearful, peniteutiul service. He bids
you rejoice. "Be merry now!" Re
joice in every good thing which the
1-ord thy God hath given unto thee.
Take them all as fresh proofs of his
favor to you. You may wonder at
his providence, but you cannot ques
tion his love. Cowering under a
sense of sin, you may acknowledge
your utiworthiness to ask for good,
but now with a barn filled by him,
a home blessed by him, friends, your
country, yourself protected and pre
served by v,1m, you dare not doubt
his loviug care for you, and his
willingness lo give you anything you
ask him for. "Every good thing” you
have to thank him for as you
"rejoice' before him. The talent he
gave, the place he gave you in the
quarter of the earth he set you in, the
strength—whether physical or mental
—by means of which you earn your
living, his church into which he ad
mitted you—even your negative bless
ings—such, for example, as freedom
from temptation to fall into evil liv
ing, lying, drunkenness; as well as
the deliverance of your families and
friends from sickness and death.
"Rejoice,” take every one of these
good things as a new reason for re
joicing. Remember “every good gift
and every perfect gift is from above.
. . .” Each is a proof of his love
and of your right to ask for further
1 think few of us realize the beauty
and glory of our life n this country.
Where is a people so wonderfully pre
served as we are? So uniformly—in
a grandly even way progressing.
The land is diversified in its climate,
in its scenery. Talk of the gardens
of other worlds! Where was ever
garden bedecked on such a grand
scale as our countryside is now. The
whole creation as we see it cries:
"Lift up your heart.” Rejoice in the
Lord who hath so blessed you and will
bless. Don't try to bear your burdens
on your own souls. Lay them down
for he will mercifully carry them and
cheer you on the way. Lay them
down with him, beside the cross; all
the anxiety about the future, the par
don you require, the money you need,
the help you want, l^eave all that
with him. “Rejoice,’ cast off your
care; be glad because of his merciful
care. It is his divine command. So
much has he given you already, what
can he refuse you after Bethlehem,
Calvary, and his gifts of your "life,
your health, your food,” and all jour
means of grace and hopes of glory?
Employ the Vacant Hours.
“Overcome evil with good."—Rom.
12:21.
Leisure misused, an idle hour wait
ing to be employed, idle hands with
no occupation, idle and empty minds
with nothing to think of—these are
the main temptations to evil. Fill up
that empty void, employ those vacant
hours, occupy those listless hands;
the evil will depart, because it has no
place to enter in, because it is con
quered by good. The best antidote
against evil of all kinds, against evil
thoughts that haunt the soul, againBt
the needless perplexities which dis
tract the conscience, is to keep hold of
the good we have. Impure thoughts
will not stand against pure words and
prayers and deeds. Little doubts will
not avail against great certainties.
Fix your attention on things above,
and then you will be less and less
troubled by the cares, the temptations,
the troubles of things on earth.—Ar
thur Penrhyn Stanley. j:,\
'*l'%4 ~
• * i- ; ■
rtOME
MODEL HOUSES; SMALL COST
Idea Evolved in New York That
Seems to Have Tremendous
Possibilities.
Ilonies that workingmen can pur
chase at a total cost of S3 cents a day
are about to lie built in Queens, saysi
the New York Sun Plans for 160 such
buildings have been prepared and for
them then an- already tiOO applicants.
The idea is that of Ur. Joseph Cacca
vujn. a civil engineer and authority onl
housing problems, who has the co-op
eration of several of the large indus
trial concerns recently located Ini
Long Island Pity. The scheme is notj
a philanthropic one, lint has for itst
object, the making of profits while sup-:
plying workingmen with livablo homes!
at low cost.
Doctor Paecavajo, discussing (hex
scheme, said that he proposes to con
struct two story brick, sjone or hollowj
tile houses of the type fimlliarlyl
known as Philadelphia houses, con,
taining six rooms and hath, which thoi
wage earner can purchase on the samei
basis as though he were paying rent.
These houses will be far superior toi
the best types of Kngland, Belgium:
-
and Germany, where ho much thought'
has been given to the proper housing
of the workingmen. Cottages will
range in price to meet the incomes o9
purchasers and it will be possible for
workingmen to buy homes for a price
as low us H8 cents a day, which with
taxes, water und fire insurance, wilt
bring the total cost up to 83 cents.
The only conditions to be exacted)
are that those purchasing the houses,
shall be of good moral character; that
they have been steadily employed for
a period of not less than five years;
that their present employers recom
mend them as men or women who can,
be depended upon to meet their obli
gations; thut there shall bo at least
one, and preferably more children to>
each family and that the general!
health of the members of the family
shall be good.
The first group of buildings will be.
built in Cong Island City, where tho>
growth of industrial plants has cre
ated a demand for homes for workers.
That group will contain about 150
houscB. They will be one family
houses with at least three bedrooms, a
living room, kitchen and bath. The
cheaper houses will be built in rows
and the more expensive will be of tho
semi-detached type, with gardens on
three sides. |
; ,
BEAUTY OF SMALL PARKS
Well for Growing Cities to Make Pro
vision for This Necessity of the
Future.
In cities the range of vision seldom
ascends beyond the first story of the
buildings aligning our streets. It Is
therefore evident that many people, If
confined night and day to commercial
centers, would not see even the little
smack of ituture afforded by a study of
or casual look at the Bky. We must,
then, create natural scenery in the
city or at least reproduce nature at*
far as lies in our power when circum
scribed by the demands of traffic and
influences, must be forced upon other
wise purely artificial city scenes. This
is possible only through small neigh
borhood parks, street treeH and
planted parkings, no matter how nar
row and ribbon-like the latter may
be.
Municipal Art Not Crochet Work.
Raymond Unwin, the greatest of
English architect-town planners,
hasn’t much time for a formerly com
mon conception of civic art. He nays:
"Bo long as art Is regarded as a
trimming, a species of crochet work
to be stitched in ever-increasing quan
tities to the garments of life, it is vain
to expect its true importance to be rec
ognized. Civic art is too often under
stood to consist of filling our streets
with marble fountains, dotting our
squares with groups of statuary, twin
ing our lampposts with wriggling
acanthus leaves or dolphin’s tails, and
our buildings with meaningless bunch
es of fruit and flowers tied up with im
possible stone ribbons.”
City to Honor Designers.
In order to honor suitably the mem
ory of Frederick Law Olmsted, tfre:
elder, and Calvert Vaux, who designed;
Central park, the New York City club,
is fostering a movement to erect mi
monument to them and their work.
i