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membered that her anger against the
prospective pranks of the boys had
blotted out her memory of Christ's
proven immortality. She came back to
the present with a start. There lay
the bundle.
why don't open it?" she querIed.
"Of course, it's all nonsense. AS likely
as not another hit at my being an old
maid
Upon removing the paper she found
u pdsteboard box. Taking off the cover
she held her breath in establishment.
There, on n ned of softest moss, lay
great clusters of Easter lines. The
woman felt her anger slipping from
her, and an uneXpIainable hush seemed
to settle down upon her. Reverently
lifting the card tici to the lilies, she
read: In loving remembrance of the
joyful morrow" Joyful? All. not to
her. And why not? Could there he
any reason save that she had shut out OF
her life the influence of the risen
Saviour? What if she had been lonely
and misunderstood? Had she always
been Just to others? And had not He,
the divine One. been misunderstood?
Her tears were dripping on the waNen
metals of the flowers. Burying her face
in their cool depths. fervent prayer
rose from her heart
The next morning was bright and
sunny. The little church was gay with
flowers, and TO Miss Sarah the very air
seemed alive with loving memories of
the first Easter morning. % day of
lov and giadness!" sang the choir, and
the heart of the spinster repeated the
words over and over. At the close of
.hs service she FASTENED to her broth
er'S pew
How is your mamma. dear? she
asked Sadie in so sympathetic tone
that the girls eyes opened wide.
What a little woman you are, Sadie,
to keep the children so quiet through
church. Here's a note for your father.
You can tell him | will come over and
talk to him after dinner. Ill bring your
mamma some of my ounce jelly. Poor
thing. | wish she could get out these
nice days"
John Grant was discouraged and dis
beartened. yet for his wife's sake he had
tried to be cheerful that Easter morn
ing. When Sadie laid the little note in
his hand he opened IT and read, while
happy tears coursed down his cheeks:
''Dear Brother: | will let you have
the money to pay that mortgage. You
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BOTTLED BACTERIA.
Fears Hitherto Expressed Abou,
Them Are Passing Away.

Years Hitherto Expressed AborI
Them Are Passing Away.
The average layman has long beer,
sustained by a secret belief that the
vast majority of bacteria are harmless,
and, considering that he daily consumes
millions of them in eating, drinking
and sleeping, it is consoling to find the
belief confirmed by an eminent author.
ity.
Another scientist contributing to an
English review does something toward
relieving bacteria of their evil name by
explaining how much they have to do
with successful buttermaking. But
ter. as everyone knows, is best made
from sour cream and does not keep
well unless the cream is soured before
churning. The result is usually at
tanned by letting the cream stand till
it sours of its own accord. But a series
of experiments carried on in Schles-
wig-Holstein have proved that the sour.
ing of cream is produced by the pres
cree of certain bacteria, which can be
cultivated and introduced in such way
as to cause artifcially the necessary
souring.
A doctor named HlCIeT mas studied
the subject and $50 skillfully blended
certain cultures together that when
the mixture was added in due proper
ton to sterilized cream to effect sour
ing the butter made therefrom was OF
most delicious flavor, pure and of great
commercial value, inasmuch as it kept
admirably"
The dried seed or powder of the bac-
terra used in this process can now be
bought put up in bottles A proportion
is added to small quantity of SKINNED
milk, which is subjected to moderate
continuous heat till the bacteria have
developed. The fermentation starter"
is then added to the cream. The pure
culture is only used occasionally,
enough of the starter being left over
every day to begin operations with on
the next. The excellence of Danish but
ter is attributed to the care taken in
choosing the fermentation starter
Popular Science Monthly.
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PITH AND PolNr.

Mother. Johnny. how often have
I told you that you mustn't bolt your
food" Johnny--..Gness Z isn't no
worse to bolt my food than il L. for you
to turn the key on it when it's in the
cupboard. Boston Transcript
-Rescued.-They had been drifting
about In the open boat for seven days,
and had almost given up hope, when the
lookout cried, wildly: "a sail. a saiI!"
The only woman passenger looked up,
and asked. anxiously: 'NOh, is It bar
gain sale ?'-P Philadelphia North Amer
lean
"A Natural Request.-sThis new
soap" said the barber, ''is very nice.
1t is made largely of cream. with just
a dash of alcohol in it well, remem-
Der I'm temperance man." returned
Dobbers, land don't put any more OF it
In my mouth than you can help."-Har-
lem Life.
1T was Napoleon, you know, who
said that Heaven was on the side of the
army with the heaviest artillery"
YES, Napoleon was all right in his
day, but he is back number. Heaven
nowadays is on the side of the country
that has most bonds outstanding in
foreign lands. "-Indianapo Journal.
The whale spouted in triumph.
'sNever you mind!" shouted Jonah, vim
dictively; you've given me good deal
of trouble, I'll admit. but you just wait
till the latter-day theologians tackle
you!" With a hoarse chuclxle he struck
out over the sanddunes toward Nine
veh.-N. Y. Press.
What He Desired.-"You know"
she said. with little asperity, that
women have the reputation of being
able to make money go further than
men, That's true" replied the man
of small economies, sand it's just what
1 object to. What want them to do is
to let it keep still where it is and rest
q little now and then. "-Washingt
Star
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EASTER.
How It's Wonderful Deep Meaning
May Be Incorporated Into the Life
of Every Day.

How Its Wonderful Deep Meaning
May BE Incorporated Into the Life
of Every Day.
1t seems clear that a pure spirit will
arise from the seed of a pure body, and
a loving spirit from the seed Of low
ing body. If the body we sorrowfully
put aside has been one full of charity,
helpful, kindly and eager to speak ten
r,pitying words-one that has thought
nc evil and has believed all things, and
hoped all things, and endured all things
can anyone doubt what should come
of such a seed planting? The natural
comes first, and after that the spirit
ual. But "as is the natural, so is the
spiritual 1t is far more glorious, but,
after all, the same!
So we may bring Easter. with its won
derful deep meaning, into the life of
every day. How? By teaching our
selves to comprehend the truth that
while we live this human life, and devel-
cp this natural body, it is not alone the
natural body we are creating, but the
seed of the spiritual body which is to
come after.
This is not a mystical doctrine. All
those who in this life have attained
some knowledge of their spiritual ma
lures will testify to its truth. The
change from natural 10 a spiritual liv-
ing is like the growing of plant whose
seed we have sown. The right plant
surely grows in man who has sown the
right seed.
As the spiritual nature of a man be-
gins to develop. the purer, higher ele-
ments IN him grow stronger. and one
by one the baser sort die Hate dies,
and revenge and anger. Cruelty dies,
and all unkindness. Narrowness OF
mind dies, and contempt for the frail-
ties of others.
The part that lives and grows strong
er is love. Purity and truth and cour-
age are but parts of love, and, as it
grows greater, by and by comes the
sureness of knowledge, and faith it.
self is swallowed up in fruition.
This is the daily burial of the old
man who was earthly" and the daily
rising of the new. who is the Lord
from Heaven" To such heart Easter
comes every day.-Harper's Bazaar.
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HER IDOL SHATTERED.
But the Porter Came In and Soon
Patched 1t Up.

But the Porter Came in and Soon
Patched 1t Up.
He had Just returned from New York,
where he had been called three days be-
fore upon urgent business. The honey
moon was scarcely over, and, besides, it
was his first absence since they were
united. The three days had seemed tc
both like three long years. But now he
had returned and she was in his arms
once more. Promise after promise had
been renewed and vows of eternal fideli-
ty exchanged.
"And you will never, never, drink
.dear?" she murmured.
Dearest, you know have never done
So" he replied, in injured tones.
"And you will never gamble either,
dear, will you?" she asked.
Precious, I have never gambled."
"And you will never, never use to-
bacco again, my idol?"
Never, never again, my dear, since
YOU wish it so.'
And she believed him in her woman's
way, and "all was merry as a marriage
hell" But he mentioned his valise, and
a little struggle ensued.
He would go and get his valise, he
said.
No, no, he was tired; she would get it.
"No, no"
But yes, yes. Was she going to let
him walk across the room for a nasty
old valise, and he so tired? No, indeed.
She would go and get it herself and open
it for him, too, and so there.
When she said $50 there" he knew
there was nothing left for him but to
submit gracefully, and he submitted
But alas, what followed
She opened the valisei
What was in It?
One large empty flask. One pack
playing cards-new. Three packs ditto
old. One meerschaum pipe. A few
poker chips. Sundries.
That was all. One of those scenes
which "baffie all description" followed.
But finally the porter came and eX-
planned that he had sent up the wrong
valise.
Both are slowly recovering.-Up-to-
Date.
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"a regular Grant," Miss Sarah said
to herself. I'D take her and do well
By her. But / won't soon forget Mad
am Amy's almost Indignation at my
proposal Give away one of my chill
dreD? o, / couldn't think of such a
thing she said. Then there is her
ridiculous name. She was christened
Sarah Catherine, but it's too plain and
cld-fashioned. so she's Sadie now"
The shadow of evening had gathered
while Miss Grant sat over her untasted
supper. She pushed her plate away
and was about to rise when a gentle ia o
sounded on the door. Without waiting
to light a lamp she opened the door.
and peered out in the fast falling dark
ness. No one was there. Her foot
struck against something lying on the
doorsilL It was a long, narrow pack
age, apparently box. A great wave of
anger rolled over the spinster's heart.
How dare those boys try fool tricks
On mel" she muttered. IF | had 'em
here I'd teach 'em a lesson. right
quick" and with one sturdy kick she
sent the obnoxious box half way to the
street.
20. Miss Sarahi" cried out child's
piping voice. What air you doing
that to your Easter present for?"
What are you doing here, Maggie
Smith?' Miss Grant demanded, sharp
ly. Are you concerned in this dis
graceful affair? Come here this min
ute and tell me all about it,
Frightened by the sternness of the
voice, Maggie came whimpering and
trembling.
81 Jest don't know nothin'," she de-
clared. II was comm down the street
with this ere loaf of bread ma sent
me after when / seed Miss Eff1e Dean
come up your walk. She laid down that
bundle. knocked on the door and
skipped. Hope to die, Miss Sarah,
that's everything know"
Miss Grant was puzzled. She vainly
tried, in the dim light, to scan Maggie's
face.
Bring me that package" she said.
sternly.
Maggie obeyed.
''Now go straight home. i'll find you
have deceived me in any way shall see
that you are severely punished"
1remDllng Win rear. maggie started
Upon reaching the street, she broke
into run. AS for Miss Sarah, she car
ried the mysterious package into the
dining-room, lighted a lamp, pulled
down the window shades, locked the
door and sat down to think. Effie
Dean-the sweet, refined daughter of
Miss Sarah's pastor! Would she insult
the old woman to whom she had always
been so kind? Surely not. What had
Maggie meant about Easter? A mo
ment's thought-yes. the morrow was
Easter as well as All Fools day. She
felt a twinge of conscience as she re-
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day, next ting we know dey'H make us
cuIIud folk all white"

day, next ting we know dey'll make us
cullud folk all white"
Tbs old darby only expressed the SEN
timents of many of his fellows who
have seen the results of a wonderful
new invention which will mean so much
to the colored race, aud especially the
proud and handsome feminine mem
Eers of it.
This machine is nothing but an in
strument for Strengthening out the
kinks in coiored persons hair. There
are hundreds and thousands of colored
men and women who could not be told
from the ar;stocratic Cubans or South
Americans il it were not for that kinky
hair.
The machine has two parts; one, a
steel comb, and the other brass CYL
iDder. There are between so and GO
teeth to the comb, the ends of which
are rounded carefully. so that thev
will not injure the hair. The comb is
fastened to the cylinder, which in turn
is filled with heated brass rod. The
comb and the cylinder act like pair of
shears.
The comb gathers up a mass of
kinky hair. the hand presses the comb
and cylinder together. when 10. be-
hind the progress of the machine is
left not the twisted, knotted, kinky hair
of the African negro, but plain. straight
locks. The colored bellies of Atlanta are
Fastening to buy the machine, and the
inventor. Robert f. Rhodes, is likely to
make fortune out of it.
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4 Crow That Ate CLANS.

'1 knew a man once" said a fisher
man, who had pet crow that used to
come down to meet him when he came
in from fishing. The crows owner was
a fisherman. His boat might be among
40 or SO other boats, all coming in to-
gether, but that crow never made any
mistake; he always knew his own boat.
He liked CLAIMS, and when he came
aboard his owner would knock couple
of CLAIMS together-that would break
one-and put the broken clar down for
the crow to eat; and then he would go
on rowing. and that's the way they al
ways came to shore, the fisherman pull
ing on the oars and the crow sitting
alongside of him eating clams."-N. Y.
Suu
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VIII send my way of making tapioca
cream, as it is different from any have
seen: Three heaping tablespoonsful
pearl tapioca soaked over night in a
pint of cold water, y quarts new milk,
one cupful sugar, yolks of four and
whites Of two eggs and pinch of SALT
drain all the water from the tapioca
and put the milk and tapioca on the
stove in a double boiler; when it is
scalding hot add the eggs and sugar
that have been well beaten together
and stir up all the time until it thick
ems; set away to get very cold. For
the frosting. take the whites of the
two eggs, one large grated apple and
one heaping cupful of granulated sugar
and beat in a large dish for 80 min
utes or until it is very light and white;
beat with a silver fork.-Philadelph
Press
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SOCIAL LEE IN INDIA


= Country without PauRers-The Ia
acr Aspect of Her Famine.
Civilized citizens accustomed to an
elaborate and expensive system of poor
relief have perhaps never asked them
selves what is the ordinary social and
civic manner in India of providing for
the pauper population. remember be
ing asked by a newly-appointed presi-
dent of the poor-law board in one of
Mr. Gladstone's cabinets to talk with
him about his new portfolio. why not
Begin 1 said, ''by examining the meth
DDS pursued in such land as India2
With subject population of 200, 000, 900
and 10000, 900 or 10000, 900 more prac-
ticalIy dependent on Britain, the lessons
of such a field ought to teach you
much!'' 'Bless my soul, yes!" he
calculated. ST must look into that!
What is the poor-law system of India?"
And nightly astonished was the able
minister when 1 replied: There is
none at ALI" Yet so, indeed, it is, and
the reasons of this, immeasurably cred
liable morally and socially to the Hindu
people, are well worth grasping by
such as would comprehend the inner
aspects of Indian famines. First of all,
India is the home of the ideal-re-
ligious, metaphysical and domestic
to an extent which makes those ridicu-
lous who speak of her creeds as ig-
norant or her inhabitants as heather.
You never see any but the most
wretched women begging for aims
there. Why? The explanation proves
how elevated, even if mistaken. the aver
age moral sense is of the people. Every
woman not deformed or an outcast or
insane-at least in the higher castles
has been betrothed at an early age to
a boy. whose household thence forward
adopts her entirely. If the little hus-
band dies before or during the marriage
the disaster is regarded universally as
the penalty for sins committed by the
female in a previous life. The widow
must submit and will submit, not mar
rying again, but hoping, by patience,
TO rejoin her lord after death, and his
family will, until her demise, Loyalty
support her for his sake. Practically
this view obtains all over the land, and
as every female child becomes be-
trothed all women are definitely pro-
crude reformers could have its will and
alter this so as to promote the remar-
rage of Hindoo widows all those who
became wives for a second time would
find neither of the two allied families
willing to sustain a wife belonging in
the next world to two husbands or to
none at all. Besides this the sentiment
of the bhao-bmnd or blood relationship
is all powerful in the land and never re-
pudiated. AS also in Japan, where
there are no poor-laws and no paupers,
the ties of kinship are everywhere ac-
knowledged, discharged and repaid;
and the household cakes will be distIib-
uted to all who put forth the claim OF
poverty, hunger and relationship. Add
to all this that charity is not so much
a virtue in India as a habit, religious
necessity, an indispensable passport
to further prosperous existences and ii
will be seen why India, in most tender
and effective manner, fulfills the law
which Christians only, or principally,
talk about.-Sir Edwin Arnold, in North
American Review.
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sunburxf skirts.

The sunburst-piaited skirts are still
in demand and the last effect is 10 have
several lengths of the soleil plating
one over the other, and each a trifle
shorter than the one beneath it. The
effect is pretty in tulle or in any crisp,
thin stuff. II two colors alternate
say pink and green or rose and white
the impression is fiowerlike, and may
be carried out by trimming Of bios
SONS on the bodice.-Chicago Tribune
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1t was evident that the old gentleman
was in an ugly mood.
Didn't I see that young man with
his arm around your waisf?" he asked.
''Yes, papa" she replied, without the
slightest hesitation; tbut it's all right.
Hes a very deserving young man and 1
was simply trying to help him get a
start in business
Help him to get start in businessl"
"Yes, papa; he's just got chance to
travel for a corset house and he was
trying TO familiarize himself with the
business. ''-Chicago Post.
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A lesson for Ethel.

Don't you think you are letting
Ethel associate too much with the serv-
ants? You know a child so easily picks
up their incorrect ways of speech"
81 know that; but want her to get so
familiar with servants that she viii not
be afraid of them when she has house
of her wn."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Put layer of corned beef or chicken
into the pressing dish. Lay in, at equal
distances apart, three hard-boiled eggs
shelled; arrange the remaining meat
carefully around and over them and
press over night. Slice lengthwise to
show the three eggs. This is very nice
to eat and to look at. The eggs may be
sstuhed.-Good Housekeeping.
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The First Tcemnn.

The storage and sale OF ice as bust
ness did not commence until 1908, when
Frederick Tudor, of Boston. cut 800
tons from his own pond, bought
vessel, because no ship owner would
take the ice as cargo, and shipped q
lot to Martinique, West Indies, where
the yellow fever was raging. Boston
Budget.
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and yours may pay the interest in love-
Can you forget the past and take anew
to your heart the sister who has just
learned to follow the risen Lord? Low
ingly yours, Sarah Grant" - Anna
johnson, in n. Y. Observer.
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Night in zuIuIand.

In Zululand, when the moon Is at the
full. objects are distinctly visible at %
great distance as seven miles by star
light only one can see to read print with
ease.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Teacher-James, can you tell ma
what is meant by cubic yard2
james, don't know exactly, but I
suppose it's yard that the Cuban chill
dren play in.-Boston Traveller.
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At TWO sennIcher,.

He IS not here! behold He IS not here
he broke the narrow bonds of HIS sealed
prison;
Lol He hath conquered deathl'
For this the angel saith,
HE is not here! the Christ Is surely
riseuP'
A soul once dead hath found to-day new
life.
A buried heart hath broken Sins dark
prison.
And on this Easter day
I heard the angels say:
He is not herei He liyesl this soul Is
-chacIes II. Towne. in N Y Independent.
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Beetle as Tnderfaker.

There is species of beetle in Aus
tralia which acts the roll of energetic
undertakes that carefully bury car
casses left en- the soil. As soon as they
smell fieIdmouse, mole or fish in
a state of decomposition. they come by
troops, to bury it, getting under the
body, following out the ground with
their legs and projecting the rubbish
they dig out in all directions. Little
by little the carcass sinks, at the end
of "a hours the hole is several inches
deep. They then mount it, cast the earth
down into the grave so as to fill it and
hide the body from sight. The females
viii then lay their eggs in the tomb,
where the larvae viii afterward find an
abundance of food.-Manchester Guar.
dian
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The population of the earth at the
time of Emperor Augustus iH estI.
mated at 54,o00,0O0. II is estimated now
70 be about 1.4o0. 0o0. 900.
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Too Precious for Ordinary Use.
That is rare violin hear you play
ing so often-is it not?' asked the next
door neighbor.
at is indeed" replied the owner OF
the instrument. 1T cost over $780,"
Seems to me- rejoined the other,
YEARLY, 'tit's too valuable to be used
like an ordinary fiddle. If it was mine.
I wouldn't touch it more than once Q
Odds and Ends.
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[ S S S A r A II
GRANT stood at
the window of her
little dining-room
looking out at the
tiny yard that sep