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The bee., 1897-11-25
night ridiculously short OF change.
The bishop glowered at him in i'm
potent wrath, but Edwards preserved

HE fbMbIED lHE tOMbiNAllON.
his imperturbable smile Four $40 bills
and couple of dollars in silver were
the result of search through the bish-
ops clothes
HUM said the guest of the even
ing "Is that all you have?"
The bishop nodded.
Then said Edwards, with gravity,
II fear will have to ask you to open
the safe am certain you have not
banked today's collection yet Let me
see--you announced il at nearly 5000.
tidy sum.
The bishop attempted to expostulate.
The money belongs TO the church.
not to me -
All, that may be, but | am only
ly on your goodness of heart to repay IL
to the church yourself in case forget
20 Time is flying Hurry"
Unable to stand up. the unfortunate
clergyman crawled over ON his hands
and knees and fumbled at the combina-
ton. His hands shook so that he could
hardly open it, while the Chicagoan,
revolver in hand. stood guard over him.
Once opened, it was the work of mo-
ment to transfer the packages Of money
TO the capacious pockets of the visitor,
who politely assisted the bishop back to
his armchair
Now" said Edwards, II think am
perfectly satisfied. You have behaved
beautifully, dear bishop, and am de-
lighted to find that was perfectly right
in relying upon your goodness of heart.
have only two more things to say,
that your sermon this morning was ex-
cellent and your dinner this evening
equally so. AS to that deal, why, we
will talk il over next time we meet,
which may not be, alas. for a long
time -
A chloroformed handkerchief did the
rest, and soon the old bishop was sleep
ing soundly ON the floor of his library.
Edwards drew a long breath as he
walked into the hall He could hear
conversation in the drawing room, and
at once concluded all was safe. So, re-
locking the library door, he put the key
in his pocket and walked boldly into
the drawing room.
Ladies', said he. 81 will bid you
good night now, with many thanks for
your kind hospitality. By the way, the
bishop does not wish to be disturbed for
at least an hour He is busy in the H.
brary studying some information have
just given him in regard to little
deal. Tomorrow evening may call
again. Thank you both.
Polite as ever, he bowed himself out
Of the house gracefully. Strange to say,
cab was waiting for him.
Jim" said he to the driver. Ego
slow till you get round the corner Then
to the station like hell. I've COPIED the
pile Wen divvy later. J."
Then the cab started.
II. ADDINGToN BRUCE.
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The recipes for fancy drinks were in
tolerably long and full of all the spices
in their shops and all the herbs of their
gardens. Their simpler ones were rath-
er messy things, one would think Here
is Landlord Mays recipe for flip:
Mix four pounds of sugar, four eggs
and pint of cream, and let it stand for
two days. Fill quart mug o-thirds
full of beer, put therein four great
spoonfuls of the compound. Then thrust
into the mixture hot loggerhead and
add "a gill of rum"
A popular drink in Salem was "whis-
tlebelly nce"-charming name |
1t was made of sour household beer
simmered i'll a kettle, sweetened with
molasses, filled with brown bread
crumbs and drunk hot
For medicines the old Puritans had
the awfulest messes Sow bugs and
roses, and pounded coral and toads
caught in March and burned to char,
and ambergris were some of the drugs
OF course they were bled and physicked
to the last degree. They used to make
up parties or classes and 20 to a retreat
where they would all be inoculated for
smallpox-not vaccinated, but inOcu-
lated with the real disease. There they
broke OUT together. had the fever to-
gether, sweat together, scaled off to-
gether, and many love affair sprang
up amid such highly unromantic cir
cumstances.
The greatest of all trials, one would
think, was the way the neighbors all
got into the sickroom and prayed all
day long. 1t was no good the poor
badgered creature telling them to hold
their tongues and to let him alone.
They kept at him till he told them to
pray, and they fairly hectored him into
heaven.
But they had glorious times at flu.
nerals. They must have all got tight as
drums from the amount of liquor they
drank. Funeral odes were about the only
punning poetry the Puritans wrote
They had no prayers or sermons-just
put the man into the ground with great
pomp. Everybody had to have gloves,
and rings were often given away by the
family of the deceased They had such
lovely things on them as
Prepared be
To follow me.
DIR. Buxton of Salem left when he
died quart mug full of rings he had
made, as the thrifty phrase was, by
going to funerals.
Strongest of all, in New England, the
land of rocks, where they plant fields
with shotguns and the sleeps noses
have to be ground so that they can nib
BILE the grass between the pebbles, they
used to import the gravestones from old
England
And these were the folks who invent
ed Thanksgiving day
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most convenient for a bathroom, and
punches of vegetables, such as carrots,
radishes, beets or the like, are quite
ornamental to hang beside the dressing
case. These are made of linen or satin,
stuffed in the shape of the vegetable it
initiates and then colored with water
color paint. Threads of coarse linen are
drawn through irregularly to initiate
the roots, and the bunch of six or seven
cushions is suspended by baby ribbons
of uneven lengths.
The large ornamental pincushions
are made as deliberately as possible, and
one of the handsomest examples is satin,
covered with a top of embroidered tin
sci net and frill of tinsel lace put
around to round off the corners Bunch
es Of taste" ribbon are placed here
and there Another large cushion in
yellow satin has a centerpiece of oriental
embroidery, bordered with ring tassel
fringe in yellow, under which is placed
o ruffie of fine oriental lace. This cen
terpiece is put ON reversely to the square
of the cushion, and the corners are filled
in with ribbon bows which require
three-quarters of yard of ribbon for
each how
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Souvenirs For Christmas Gifts.

A bright girl is connecting a square
dozen of souvenirs for Christmas gifts.
Last summer there was jolly party
of friends camping together in the Blue
mountains, and this young woman,
with her camera outfit, was an enthu-
siastic participant in the delights of the
out of door life. OF course series of
views and groups was the result. She
is now busy evolving from these views
dozen effective little volumes to be
used as tokens on the 25th of the month.
The leaves of the books are cut from
heavy cardboard, into which the photos
are set as in an album. The leaves are
not sewed or pasted, but tied together
with inch wide ribbon at the points
where bound book is caught with
thread or wire.
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sion and holy ana Exemplary Lives OF
Several Young Children, The Life of
Mary Paddock, Who Died at the Age of
Nine, Praise Out of the Mouths of
Babes, and the likes of them!
They went to school and froze there
when they weren't warmed up with
tanning and with whipping and such
benefits of nature" Besides, the teach
er bad devilish devices, such as a split
branch into whose cleft the bad child's
nose was put and pinched They had
leather paddles, and the whole commu-
nifty didn't rise up III horror at it,
though little children were blistered,
not grown up young men.
Bachelors and clone men" had the
worst of it very decidedly. The tithing-
man kept his eye on them all the time.
In Hartford they had to pay 20 shil-
lings a week to the town for living
without wife. Widowers hardly wait
ed till their wives We're good and cold
before they married again. The father
and mother of Governor Winslow had
been widower and widow 2 and ~
weeks respectively when they were
married. The governor of New Hamp-
shire married a woman whose first hus-
band was put in the grave just ten day.
before the wedding A single woman
was IAN antiont maid" at 25 years, and
a spinster of 80 years was "thorn-
back -
Judge Sewall wrote in his diary uuit-
e long story of his various attempts to
remarry when his first wife died, leav-
ing him widower 66 years old. He
had dreadful time of it, for he was
close listed in the matter of settlements,
but finally he drove bargain.
In the early days of New England
almost everybody of dignity performed
the marriage except the parson, and the
whole company of guests used to invade
the bridal chamber and make long pray
ers there. Young fellows who were not
invited to the wedding had the pleasing
custom of stealing the bride after the
marriage ceremony, carrying her off
and releasing her only when the bride
groom bought a supper for them.
They had good things to eat, though,
if two people did have to eat off the
same plate. For instance, one New
England way to cook cells was to stuff
them with nutmeg and cloves, stick
them with cloves cook in wine, place
ON a chatting dish and garnish with lem
ons. Indian pudding, hominy, suppawn,
pone, samp and succotash they learned
how TO cook from the Indians. Pump
kins they didn't think much of for the
reason that they had such an overdose
of them. And here is a recipe for "pum-
pion pye" which housewives may copy
and use-if they can make head or tail
of it:
Take about half pound of Pun
pion and slice it, handful of Tyne, a
little Rosemary, Parsley and Sweet
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Marjoram, slipped off the Stakes, and
chop them small and beat them, then
mix them and beat them altogether and
put in as much Sugar as you think fit,
then fry them like froiz. After it is
fryed, let it stand til it be cold, then
fill your Pye. Take sliced Apples, thinne
rounde-ways, and lay row of the Froiz
and layer of Apples, with Currans be-
twixt the layer while your Pye is fitted
and put in good deal of sweet butter
before you close it, when the Pye is
baked take sixteen yelks of Eggs, some
White Wine or Vergis, and make a
Caudle of this but not too Thicke, cut
up the Lid and put it in, stir them well
together whilst the Eggs and Pumpions
be not perceived and so serve it up"
Probably it was good, but there was
mighty little "pumpion" to the "pye"
and good deal of everything else in
the shop. Sixteen eggs III a pie when
they are selling at eight for quarter
will scare out good many thrifty
housewives OF today.
They were pretty heavy drinkers at
first, but very early it began to be hard
lines for habitual drunkards. They had
to sit in the stocks, lost their votes and
had great I'D" made of "redd' cloth
hung around their necks or sewed ON
their clothes
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Sending Christmas Presents.

A word about the manner of sending
Christmas gift. A dainty wrapping
will give holiday air to the little re-
membrance that will add greatly to its
value. The prettiest way to dress a
Christmas gift and the one that savors
most of sleighbells and freshly fallen
snow is to wrap the parcel in glistening
white French tissue paper and tie with
silver cord or scarlet ribbon. slipping a
bit of crisp holly or mistletoe through
the knot and then fastening in bow.
Natural flowers are also used For ex-
ample, dainty box containing a gift
for tiny child is wrapped in snowy
paper and tied with white satin ribbon
of the narrowest width, through which
IS thrust bunch of tiny rosebuds, their
ends just turning pink. In using flow
ers their color should always follow the
color scheme Of the gift as far as posi-
BILE.
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AT THE BISHOPS.
A THANKSGIVING STORY.

Copyright. 1897. by II. Addington Bruce.l
The bishop turned into Madison
square from Twenty-third street with
that calm, dignified stride, almost half
waddle, cultivated by NO many church
dignitaries AS befitted u man with an
easy conscience, he walked with his head
we'll mp In the air and betrayed by his
whole appearance that he was well sat
isfied with himself Good reason for be-
ing so. with his prosperous living and
his fat income, waxing greater year
after year, 10 say nothing of his work
among the many poor souls-rich ones,
rather-whom he instructed every Sun.
day In the mysteries of the narrow path.
The bishops sermons were remark
able for their eloquence, and he had ex-
celled himself In the Thanksgiving SER
mon that morning. The result of his
preaching was practically seen in the
size Of the weekly collections, and he
had no reason to complain of the Thanks
giving day contributions Therefore il
was with the reflection of work well
done that the good bishop was ON his
way now to a quiet comfortable, little
family dinner. With pleasure he Thought
OF how excellent the menu would be-
for his chef, recently imported from
Paris. was no second rate one by any
means.
There was keen suggestion OF frost
In the air. with the prospect of "A snow.
fall before morning The bishop inyol-
unfairly FASTENED his pace little as he
felt the GOODNESS OF the atmosphere. IL
was almost 2 o'clock and past twilight
Near the corner Of East Twenty
fourth street, leaning carelessly against
the railing in front Of DIR. Parkhurst's
church, was tall, we'll built young
man, apparently fashionably dressed.
He probably was not more than 20 or
30 As the bishop passed where he was
standing he spoke 20 the divine. and the
latter halted, though the young man
was an utter stranger to him.
"a fine, cool evening, said the idler,
crossing quickly TO the bishops side
IA little too cool for me, responded
the bishop, but A glance of inqui-
ny was directed at the other
The young man smiled.
"Ah, yes, said he suavely. II for
got to introduce myself You must par.
don my rudeness. heard you preach
th.s morning. bishop, and seeing you
passing now thought you would not
take it amiss II ventured TO tell you
how impressed was with your SER
mon. ="
The bishop would have made some
acknowledgment of the compliment.
but the speaker did not give him time.
He continued hurriedly:
This is my very first visit to New
York. | only arrived last night and ex.
pect TO return TO my home in Chicago
in q very few days You do not know
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White, December 10th, 1920, vt six
o'clock morning. Next day we meet for
prayer and thanksgiving This, how
ever, is not generally accepted as the
first observance of that nature, since it
hardly partook of the character of q
general thanksgiving But 10 months
after the pilgrims sailed from Holland
they held u harvest festival which last
ed week. This is generally spoken of
as the first Thanksgiving in New Eng
land, but it was not a day set apart by
the governor, nor was it attended by
any religious observance.
A few years later precisely the same
thing occurred. Thereupon July 80,
1928, was appointed as q day of thanks
giving and before the second sunset a
relief ship arrived. Fast days and
Thanksgiving days came at irregular in
tervals for number of years, the latter
following some marked event Of a benef-
icent nature, such as getting rid of
Anne Hutchinson, whose preaching
caused such a turmoil in New Eng
land, for the termination of King Phil
ip's war and the close of the Revolution
and the triumph Of independence in
America. Then came the practice OF
the governor of each state naming day
for general thanksgiving. These at first
were not coincident, but the beautiful
custom has prevailed for considerable
time. and doubtless will prevail for ages
to come, of the president appointing
such day, generally the last Thursday
in November, to which the governor of
each state assents by naming the same
day Thus there is one day each year
when the As states and the territories
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
from British America to the gulf return
thanks to God for his manifold bless
ings and mercies
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WITH LOVING HANDS.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS THAT MAY BE
MADE AT HOME.

An odd and Useful Device For Sister or
Mother--A Novel Gift For the College
Student In which the College Colors
Are Employed.
Christmas gifts should not be too COST
ly. Expensive gifts upset the equilibri-
UNI Of things generally, for they necessi-
tate a return in kind and so degenerate
into commerce. Perhaps the most ac-
ceptable of all holiday presents are those
that bear the imprint of loving hands,
something homemade and handmade.
Gifts for intimate friends and members
of the family should not represent a
sum of money, but rather affection and
kind thoughtfulness.
One of the cutest things of homely
kind is device for keeping shoe but
tons, needles and thread together, and
it may be readily rugged up by any one
who has the least faculty for making
things" A clay pipe is the foundation,
and it is dressed up as an old lady in a
calico dress The back of the pipe forms
the face, with that sharp point for the
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inserted between the satin and card.
board Sew the covered pieces together
so as to make two double faced cards.
Cut an inch wide strip of timber card
board and cover it with satin. Then, be-
ginning at the indented place in the
bottom card, overland the narrow strip
to it and sew up the seam at the side.
Fasten the cover firmly to the box thus
formed and sew a tiny loop Of blue rib
bon to the pointed end to open the box
with
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Must Have Something More.

The church of God needs something
The church of God must have some
thing more than she has today. with all
her prestige and all her energy. She
needs the upper chamber, she needs the
tarrying at Jerusalem. she needs the
power of the Holy Ghost, she needs a
continued Pentecost aud nothing less
than this can bring to her the slightest
possible particle of power.-B. Fay
Mills.
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Better Than Purchased Presents.

Every woman cannot afford to give
handsome lamp for Christmas gift,
but any woman can concoct for her
friend set of those dainty feathery
shades which are always in order upon
table candelabra. Moreover, there are
all manner of inexpensive shades for
lamps which require womans deft
fingers, and which are made far more
charmingly at home in her boudoir than
they can be purchased in the shops.
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NO. At
PlNCUSHIONS.
Pretty Christmas Presents That Are Easy

fretty CHRISTMAS Presents That Are Easy
to Make.
A Christmas gift that will be appre-
ciated by almost any Of your friends ia
a doll pincushion. This is easily made
by taking a dolls head and building
about it cushion of lambs wool. An
empty cotton spool is used as a pedestal
for the head to rest upon, and the wool
Is laid about 1t. Over this is drawn q
covering of satin in any color, cut bias
and pasted over the edge of round
bottom Of cardboard. The seam in front
is concealed by strip of tinsel braid
The top Of the satin is gathered in
tightly about the neck of the head,
which is ornamented with fancy tur-
ban, having a soft crown of white satin,
with band Of the color like the cush-
ion. The band is decorated with rows
of pearl beads and has a gilt crescent
at the front. The lower edge of the cush-
ion is finished with fine silk cord, and
over the cardboard bottom is pasted a
piece of fancy paper, which is trimmed
off even with the card.
Other cushions have the heads orna.
mented with caps of different national
tiles, such as the Russian, Swiss or Ital-
ian peasant, or little monks hoods and
toboggan caps. Hanging pin balls are
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A Christmaa Hint.

A pretty hanging letter holder is use
full for the desk and is easily made. The
back is cut from cardboard. fancifully
shaded and covered with plain silk,
deliberately embroidered with flowers in
embroidery silk. To this section is at
tached pocket of bright figured silk,
gathered near tho top to form frill
and finished at the bottom with silk
tassels The holder is ornamented at
top and sides by rows Of wide satin or
silk ribbon.
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An Honor to He Tried.

When tie Christian soldier sees those
about him who are becoming hardened
in worldliness of various forms, living
in aflluence and luxury, receiving the
honors of the world and the attention
of society, while he himself is in ad-
versity, obscurity and want, he should
not murmur and think that the Lord Is
respecter of persons. 1t is not mark
of divine displeasure, but rather an
honor, to be tried. Helper.
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Fnilnr the Christmas stockInrs.

The filling Of the stockings should
not be intrusted to more than one per-
son and to be really satisfactory must
not be done until late. The delight of
opening them must come at an early
hour, because the children may be kept
waiting for their large gifts until after
breakfast, but the JOY and delight of
waking up and waiting until there is
light enough in the room to see what Is
in the stocking is just half the battle,
and old age must be advancing when
this keen excitement is quite done away
with
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For the Writing Desk.

A handsome case for a writing pad is
of white linen, mounted on pasteboard
foundation l2 by inches. The 'front.' is
daintily decorated with pink clover done
in water colors and pink MORE ribbon
holds the pad to the cover, which has
bow at the top to correspond. Attached
to the upper and under sides are loops
of leather for holding pen and pencil
and for binding the covers together.
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For a ChrIstmas Present.

A piece of satin 10 inches wide and
10 inches deep forms a charming sew
ing bag. This is to be folded in half and
sewed up the side and bottom. The por
ton forming the top is cut to fashion
four tabs 2J6 inches in depth. The bag
is lined throughout with silk or satin,
forming sort of binding at the top Of
the tabs, and Is drawn up by ribbon
run through a casing The sides are
trimmed by bows Of ribbon and frills of
lace, and on the front is embroidered
the initial of the person for whom the
bag is intended, surrounded by an en-
pire wreath. This bag develops prettily
In black and blue satin. with lace.
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box made of pale
blue satin. Cut
four heart shaped
pieces from thin
cardboard and
cover three of
them with satin.
The fourth piece,
for the cover,
should be en-
broidered with
forg ct me-nots,
and "a layer of
cotton wadding
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The difficulty of making suitable gifts
for brother or cousin who is away at
college has been greatly lessened by
bringing the college colors into requisi-
ton. This is especially pretty where
there are two colors combined or three,
as is the case with Johns Hopkins uni
versity.
A pretty present made on this plan is
brush broom case made in the shape
of shield. Those the writer has seen
were for Yale and Princeton. White
was combined with the Yale blue to re-
lieve it. The upper part of the shield,
which was made of pasteboard, was
covered with plain blue satin, and the
body of the shield was striped up and
down with the blue and white. On the
plain blue white flags are painted with
the sticks crossing in the middle and
having blue Y on the flag sheet, The
back is, of course, plain piec~ -overed
with satin, and the shield hangs up by
ribbon. Put o brush broom in it and
write Brush Up" or something on the
card and send it to the best college
friend you have whose colors you have
used.
Another present which can he made
in college colors is doll pincushion. A
jointed doll about ten inches long is
dressed in the colors desired-say yell
low with black trimmings for Prince
ton. 1t is then set on a circular piece of
cardboard seven or eight inches i'll diam
IA, 81 .I-s-k Lag
made large enough to admit of it, is
gathered together in the middle Of the
undCYside Of the cardboard. 1t has also
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The Origin OF Thanksgiving.

The first recorded in
stance of anything in
the nature of thanks
giving in the history of
our country is the fol-
lowing entry in an old
Bible belonging to one
Of the first pilgrims !;
l>o,,., a. G-,o,...
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FOR THE DRESSING TABLE.

Ring Box Makes Pretty and Accept
able Christmas Present.
A dainty addition to woman's dress
ing table is tiny heart shaped ring