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fore they take the work we find for them
and start to redeem the past"
Mrs Booth and her associates have won
derful success in inducing employers 10
give work to the graduates"
DO you find it easy TO get Christian men
TO give these poor fellows a chance?" one
of her lieutenants was asked.
work made for them. ard they have been
Il don't think the majority OF the good
people who help US in this way are profess
ing Christians at ALL" he replied. Many
of them are not bit in sympathy with the
religious work of the volunteers but they
believe in Mrs. Booth, and Ieieve also in
helping lame dogs over stiles"
The Little Mother" as she is called by
her thousands OF boys" receives many let
tiers from them daily. telling how they have
reS2iEed their former position in life and
become respectable citizens. One man who
served long term in Sing Sing for abusing
a position of trust was given that position
BACK again by the employers who sent him
to jail He has held il for over two years
ana is now thoroughly trusted handling
many thousands of dollars weekly.
Ex-Burglar in Bank
Another man, a notorious burglar who
served many terms in prison. is now ac-
tualiy employed as a night Waterman in a
bank. The bank officers Were Informed by
Mrs. Booth of his history. Many other hard
ened criminals have been restored TO their
wives and families. and are now leading
honest and respectable lives. An important
branch of Mrs. Booths work. by the way. is
looking after tie wives and families while
the men in Jail.
The Little Mother" seems able to In
fiuence the ''two-striper who is just finish
ing his twenty-ye2r term quite as easily as
the young lad who is doing time for his first
forgery. Even more remarkable. she can re-
claim the highly educated criminal a well
as the ignorant. One Of her boys" No sos
in Sing Sing, wrote her a beautiful sonnet
in Italian the otker day. basing 1t upon a
passage in Dante's Divine Comedy"
If the Volunteers movement had resulted
in nothing but Mrs. Booths prison work,
the Volunteers would have made good"
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William C.. Whitney. The work was al
ways non-sectarian. prominent rectors.
rabbis priests and pastors combining their
forces to bring the church and stage nearer
together.
The funds collected, Aunt Louisa consign-
ed one of her helpers to seek out every
Child employed in stage work. together with
the children Of poor actors and actresses
whose families were usually as large as
their pocket books were small. Another
envoy searched the shops for bargains in
children's clothes, while still another pur-
chased the Christmas dinner and toys.
Dressed in Advance.
Sunday being the actors free day, as
Christmas like all holidays has two per-
for mances, on the Sunday following Christ
mas several hundred little folk were gath
cred at Tony Pastors Theater, which this
manager and owner threw open each year
for the great feast Every child came
warm and comfortably dressed, their needs
having been ascertained the previous week.
And no easy matter it was to find out what
these children really needed, for the sham
splendor and unreallty of their surround
ings tended to make them proud and Sc
cretive.
Tammany Hall adjoints Pastors Theater.
and in its great meeting room was served
had eaten to their hearts content with
their arms full of gifts and goodies, they
docked back to the theater where the wee
actors took turns entertaining their little
friends.
Aunt Louisa finds that Christmas customs
have changed among stage children as
among their elders. The day when a net
stocking filled with candy and some simple
toy or comforting hood or pair of mittens
sufficed for a Christmas gift has passed
The twentieth century stage child Is a
young parsonage of luxurious tastes and
nothing short of a fur set or a jeweled
hanglp anpealS TO her eytraN3 CANT fdeaS.
But this part Is not responsible for Aunt
Louisa's retirement from active service. The
busy hands have grown tired though the
kindly heart Is still young.
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Capers in Georgia.

From the Cleveland (Ga.) Bugle.
"a certain young lady will give another
candy pulling soon. CThe dear, sweet girlD
I'VE learn that many of our relations will
fetch fat turkeys, and Christmas with us
this year.
1--WE return thanks for a load of sugar
cane and six gallons of syrup. Brethren,
we live in great countryD
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What He Did.

From the Chicago News
Brown-"Still troubled with rheumatism?"
Green-"Yes.
"Why don't you go to that doctor who
acvertises to heal by touch?"
II did"
Ibid he DO you any eood?"
''Oh. yes; he did me-and ne did me good.
He touched me for So and thereby hceled
himself
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The Dog and the Atomizer.

From Journal Anusant.
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| friends. She has some private means. and
| has never accepted cent in payment of her
WORK among the prisoners. She is assisted
by many devoted workers, but every one OF
them is eager to admit that he could do
nothing without Mrs. Booth.
Practical Methods.
, When the writer was at the headquarters
of the league, the other day, q letter arrived
from a man confined in a Texas prison
There are many good men and women in
Texas who want to help US, but they don't
know how" he wrote. They write US long
admonitory letters and send US tracts hold
Ing up the beauties of the Christian life but
their letters and tracts are wasted. They
are not practical
Mrs. Ballington Booth does know how,
and she is practical.
The result is that her boys" as she calls
them. very rarely go back on her Dur
ing the few years they have been in exis-
tence, the three Hope Halls" which she
has established TO give shelter to discharged
prisoners while they build up their shattered
health and wait until work can be found
for them, have dealt with over four thou
sand men. All these have been put in the
way of earning an honest livelihood, and,
according to Mrs Booths chief lieutenant,
the proportion of failures has been less than
per cent.
During the five years of its existence the
ilOpt nan at IGSillliS- L. l., HAS dlSsiylSCi
the good people of Flushing of their origi-
nal idea that it would be a hotbed of crime.
Not one single offense against property
the person has been committed by any man
at the home. Out of the last 500 men who
beer ''graduated' from it only three have
deliberately lapsed into crime.
The place, like its duplicates in Chicago
and Fort Dodge Is a real home, not an in
stitution. 1t is prettily and tastefully fur
anisEed. Its lace curtains and white beds
are appreciated more than words can tell
by men who have been used to the gloom
of the prison cell. The cheerful library and
sitting room, always decorated with flow
ers, do much to Danish the bitter memory
of the past. The place is not factory
where brushes and broOms are made, or the
men required to support themselves. 1t is
home for rest.
Willing to Work.
I'VE are not dealing with tramps, but
with men willing to work. said Mrs. Booth.
''They want to go forth soon as they
can and become citizens once more. They
are not men willing. to be supported by
making those broonls and brushes and
shoes in the state prison. We don't want
to remind them of that We only want to
give them the rest and help they need be-
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Willing to Work.
BACK TO THE LAND.

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The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
NOTES ABOUT NEEDLEWORK
Various Items of Lingerie That Are of Interest to Women
 Readers.

Taffeta, mohair and sateen continue to reign supreme among dark under skirts.
 Silk batiste and null in white or pale. delicate colors are used to make very dainty, filmy corset covers.
 The latest headings for the ribbons ef underwear display the ribbons to much greater advantage than those of former vogue.
 Drawers show a tendency toward greater smoothness over the hip and increased fullness above the knee Lace-trimmed ones are most popular
 Embroidery consisting of a mono gram initials or favorite flower enters into the decorative scheme of the most exclusive fashionable lingerie
 The use of lowered ribbons is mo- ticeable upon negligees and lace tuck CTS (often drawn up in old-time fash ion by ribbon run through beading).
 The new ehemises show a tendency to much greater fullness in the middle back especially where they are in tended to be worn as eorset-coyer and underskirt.
 French hand made garments wrought of fine handkerchief linen and ornamented with real lace and fine hand embroidery are the most desira- ble as well as the most expensive un- Germuslins now la mode
 White ribbon is considered smarter for underwear than colors. Pink and blue come next in favor, and few lavender ribbon-run garments are seen. Some extreme styles show the use of large ribbon bows of much wider width than is generally used on corset covers.
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
MAN AS A HAIRY ANIMAL.
That Coating of Hair Is by No Means Lacking Is a Physiolog-
 ical Fact.

Apart from the hairy Ainos of Ja- | pan and few freaks in the museums
 mankind is generally regarded as a
 naturally naked creature, thereby diff fering from his simian and other an cient relatives, says the Chicago Daily News But a coating of hair on the human body is by no means lacking although it is useless as a protection against the weather Dr Walter Kidd of London, has written a book on the direction of the hair in animals and man and has some interesting things to say. The arrangement of the hair tracts has a definite and varied slope, as in other mammals. and 1t is possi- ble Dr Kidd thinks, to distinguish be- tween hair currents" inherited from antiquity and those due to dressing the hair. The whole matter of the lie of the hair is not by any means a new one Most persons are indeed acquaint- ed with the fact that the slope Of the hair on the monkeys arms is such as to allow rain to drip off when the an- imal puts those limbs in a particular position.
 Habits of a given animal can be traced in the variations of the hair currents. which bear very distinct re- lations to its habits of life The sloth, for example, which, as sydney Smith remarked, spends its life, like a young curate distantly related 10 a bishop, in a state of suspense, has uniform downward tendency of hair slope Then the complicated movements of ruminants have resulted in a more complex series of meetings and oppos- ing currents of hair
 In man himself the general practice of combing and tying up the hair has left it's undoubted traces. It is not without interest to learn that out of 100 persons l3 part their hair on the right, nine in the middle and IS on the left. As a consequence the infant. guiltless of partings. nevertheless shows indications of these three fash ions in corresponding proportions.
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
TILL NOON ,
The Simple Dish That Keeps One
 Vigorous and Well Fed.

When the Doctor takes his own med icine, and the grocer eats the food he recommends, some confidence comes to the observer.
 A Grocer of Ossian, Ind, had prac- tical experience with food worth any ones attention.
 He says: Six years ago I became so weaN from stomach and bowel trou- ble that 1 was finally compelled to give up all work in my store. and, in fact, all sorts of work, for about lour years. The last year 1 was confined to the bed nearly all of the time, and much of the time unable to retain food o1 any sort on my stomach. My bowels were bad ly constipated continually, and l lost in weight from 165 pounds down to SS pounds.
 When at the bottom oI the ladder changed treatment entirely, and start ed in on Grape-Nuts and cream for nourishment l used absolutely noth- ing but this for about three months. slowly improved until l got out of bed and began to move about.
 T have been improving regularly. and now in the past two years have been working about fifteen hours a day in the store, and never felt better in my life.
 During these two years l have never missed a breakfast of Grape-Nuts and cream, and often have it two meals a l day. but the entire breakfast is al ways made of Grape Nuts and cream alone.
 Since commencing the use of Grape Nuts l have never used anything 10 stimulate the action of the bowels a thing l had to do for years, but this food keeps me regular and in fine shape, and am growing stronger and heavier every day.
 My customers, naturally, have been interested, and am compelled 10 an swer a great many questions about Grape-Nuts.
 Some people would think that sim pie dish of Grape Nuts and cream would not carry one through to the monday meal but it will, and in the most vigorous fashion,
 Name given by Postum Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
 Look in each pkg. for the famous lit tie book. ".The Road to Melville"
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and the former, being encouraged to take active interest in the new methods taught, is helping towards reforms that shall aid us to throw off the reputation of being wasteful farmers.
 The west. especially. has shown favor to the adoption of women of some agri- cultural occupation. In California women have given practical demonstra- ton of their fitness to be ranked as az ricultursts, and have been successful in the management of vineyards, olive orchards. and dairies. and one woman has for years had sole control of stock farm near Fresno where are raised most of the Pereherons used by the city fire department.
 In the preservation and care of our threatened forests. there is now evi- denced widespread interest among women. A Pennsylvania girl, Miss Dock. of Harrisburg, through travels with her father in the woodland regions of her state, became sincere lover ot the forests. and presently set to work al serious study of botany and what for estry was offered at the University oi Michigan. On the completion of hei studies, she trayersed Pennsylvania back and forth to talk at teachers anC farmers institutes on the neglect of for est lands, the crying need for knowledge and practice of forestry. Her appeals before the National Federation of Womens clubs. augmented by those ol another Pennsylvania woman Mrs eff. ford led to the taking up of the subject of forestry by hundreds of clubs; anG to-day the question is generally agi tated; work in the interests of saving our trees is being pushed enthusiastieal- ly and systematically. Quite generally known is the victory obtained by some Minnesota women over protesting lum Der companies. the women through their efforts obtaining the passage oj a forestry bill that should secure per. manent forest reserve at the headwaters of the Mississippi.
 The master of the Minnesota state grange is woman
 Horticulture and Horticulture is work in which women find cOngenial occupa- ton and remunerative Miss Cutter. of Massachusetts. has made a peeuniary success of the business of raising orna- mental trees and shrubs and her small fruit department has provided her not only with Interesting study, but re warded her financially Mrs. Margaret Deland, the well-known writer, is all
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
RIGHT ON HER DIGNITY.
American Heiress Had Inherited Just as Easy Money as Any
 body.

T understand" said the dignihed English matron, that your father made his money in-in trade
 What do you mean=' asked the Amer iean heiress.
 That he amassed his wealth by buying and selling commodities that the common people needed"
 He did nothing of the sort" retorteG the angry he!ress, relates Judge "I want you to understand that papa did not work lick for a cent of his He made t every bit by skinning people with watered stocks l guess that's just as easy money as the kind thss you inherit, isn't it."
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
Where Life Is the Most HeaIthfui
 and Long.

In Grand Isle county. Vermont there vas in 1901 a population of 4,462, and the deaths from tuberculosis numbered three. In 1902 the deaths from this cause were six and in 1903 only two. We wonder if there is so low death rate from tuberculosis anywhere else in the civilized world, and under any thing like similar conditions. In this county there are no villages except small ones, and not over loo people in any village The houses are all SeY- eral rods from each other. The popu- lation is almost entirely farmers and fruit growers. The county is literally an island, and strong winds continual ly blow over the water surrounding it. That such exceptional conditions have an influence upon the mortality is plain from that of Franklin county, lying next to Grand Isle, and not so sparsely settled, but otherwise sim ilarly circumstanced in which the death rate from tuberculosis was in 1901 0.179, as against 0.067 in Grand Isle. It might be a pity to raise the death rate of the citizens but what a place for 6 tuberculosis sanitarium! Perhaps the whole state of Vermont would not get the prize in state con test for health prize. There has been a steady decrease in the deaths from tuberculosis from 1886, when they numbered over TOO, in 1903. when they were only 439. In 1901 there were 415 dying of senile debility or general de cay, and 145 of these were over % years of age, and nine were over 100 years Cld.-American Medium.
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
WOMEN IN NEW WORK
THEY ARE FINDING FARMING A
 PROFITABLE OCCUPATION.
State Agricultural Schools Teaching Girls as Well as Boys Scientific Methods-Some Instances
 of Success.

The healthfulness Of outdoor work is wooing clerks and office men away from indoor. sedentary occupations; also it is attracting women, and gradually We are changing our attitude of pity for the women that toll in the fields to approval of her engaging in at least the lighter labors of agriculture.
 Little by little women are entering into the outside work of the farm. doing more than merely look after the chick ems and other barnyard fowls The growth of state agricultural schools is teaching the girl as well as the boy something of the science of agriculture.
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17

enthusiast on the subject of window gardening as a profitable and pleasant occupation for women, and her ONT jonQuiis are far famed,
 In England there is noticed a move ment towards encouraging women tt take part in certain lines of outdoor work. especially gardening. Lady War wick has established guild of girl gar denecs, called Daughters of Ceres, arc a year ago put 70 young women il charge of the grounds of Studley castle Recently garden party was held at the castle to show what had been accom- plished. and the visitors could give naught but the heartiest praise to tho excellent results obtained by the new set of workers.
 ,T,r-
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
G|RL- AND WOMAN
CARE NEEDED AT THE CHANGE
 FROM OHE TO THE OTHER.
Many Life Spent in Suffering Because
 Troubles Were Allowed to Develop At This Time.

Troubles Were Allowed to Develop
 At This Time.
 Every mother of growing girl should remember that there will come time when her daughter will bo a girl no longer but will share with her the bless ings of womanhood. Unless nourish- ment keeps pace with growth the founda- tions of a life of suffering are laid at that time. Mrs. John MacKinney, of No. 478 Thirteenth street, Detroit, Mich, writes a timely word. She says:
 "I did not get proper care at the first critical time ill my life and for seven- teen years I suffered as Q result. I had dizzy spells, felt a constant fear that something dreadful was about to happen and was afraid to go out alone. My breathing was very short and l had pal- pitation of the heart so badly that 1 could not go up stairs nor walk even moderately fast. l was so nervous that I could not sit still. At different times for years I was under the care of the best physicians i'll Detroit and tried q number of advertised medicines. Noth- ing helped me until, on the advice of neighbor, tried Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. 1 felt relieved before the first box was finished ard kept on taking them until was cured.
 "L Last winter my little girl had rheu- matism and gave her Dr. Williams Pink Pills and she got well right away. My niece was thought to be going into coll sumption and, upon my advice, she tried the pills They cured her cough and she is now well and strong. My entire fam fly are enthusiastic over Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and we ean- not say enough ill their praise"
 These pills effect such cures be- cause they go to the root of the disease. Other remedies act on the symptoms these marvellous vegetable pills remove the cause of the trouble. They have proved themselves to be an unfailing specific for all diseases arising from inn pure blood and weakened neryes-two fruitful causes of nearly all the ills to which humankind is heir. Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are sold i'll boxes at 90 cents box, or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of all druggists, or direct from Dr. Williams Medicine Co.,, Schenectady, NY.
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17

limbs were badly swollen. One doctor told me it would finally turn to Bright's disease. l was laid up at one time for three weeks. l had not taken Doan' $ Kidney Pills more than three days when the distressing aching across my back disappeared, and was soon en- tirely cured
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo Y Y.
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
..rhe. o.Gorman Mahon ct aI.

The last of the Irish duelists, the late 0'Gorman Mahon, was indignant at the gumber of his colleagues in the Irish party who claimed the prefix, and by way of ridieuling their pretensions to shieftainship assured the house there were only three personages properly entitled to 1.-the pope, the devil and The O'Gorman Mahon. The O'Connor Don, the MeDermott, the O'Donoghue, the MeGillicuddy of the Reeks, the o'Grady and the o'Sulliyan are regard
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
Seldom Ia tai.

"Say, doctor.' remarked the man who had just dropped into the office. lin very much alarmed about my son. N. D.
 He has had three peculiar attacks within week" continued the parent, and during each of them he was without sense or l,noweldge for nearly two hours '
 Oh don't be uneasy about little thing Ike that. replied the pill dis their lives in a similar condition. .'-Cin cInnatI Enquirer.
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
An Honest Opinion.

Mineral, Idaho, Nov l4th (Speeiar.-- That sure cure has been discovered for those seiatie pains that make so many lives miserable, Is the firm opinion ot Mir. D. <. Golson, wellknown resident of this place. and he does not hesitate to say that cure Is Dodd's Kidney Pills The reason Mir Colson IS so firm in his oEIuian Is that he had those terrible pains and IS cured. Speaking of the mat ter he says:
 .'l am only too happy to say Dodd's Kidney Pills have done me lots of good 1 had awful pains Tn my hip so 1 could hardly walk. Dodd's Kidney Pills stopped 1t entirely think they are a grand medicine.
 All Seiatic and Rheumatic pains are caused by Uric Acid in the blood Dodd s Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys and healthy kidneys strain all the Uric Acid out of the blood. With the cause re- moved there can be no Rheumatism or Sclatica.
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17

ed as old Irish families. clans or septs. There are also some in Scotland, mo- tably the McNab, whose ancestor had a boat of his own at the time of the flood, being too proud to accept the hospitality of Noah.-London Chronicle.
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
.u-Innnnrtnnt. Part.

She-What do you think of the legal profession for women2
 He-Oh, it's all right. I suppose; but hope they VIII never get on the judi cial bench.
 She-Why do you say that?
 He-Because they would be contin- ually adding postserfpts to their opin- ions. and we poor men would never know where We were ct.
The Monticellonian., 1904-11-17
How He Got Even

She had just worked the "Ill-be-a- sister-to-you" degree on him.
 Excuse me. Miss Chillinston," he said, but as am already well sup pled with elder sisters, would you mind being a grandmother to me in. stead t'-Chicago News.