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W ell to Know.

IF more women knew how quickly
and thoroughly coal oil acts as clean
ing agent there would be fewer tired
backs and aching bones on cleaning
day" said little woman. whose apart
ment is always as fieckless as the
streets of certain town celebrated for
it's immaculate condition.
Ever since the hint was given to me
by practical friend, a fifty-years'
housekeeper," she continued, I've been
. learning to use the oil for more and
more purposes each week-in fact. l
am a coal oil crank. l wipe up my
stained wood floors with rag moist.
ened with the oil, and find that in addi-
ton to removing every scrap of dust. 1t
darkens the boards little every time,
which is a deSideratum in my case, rs
the floor is soft wood and wears easily.
"All the woodwork l wipe with all
other rag on which l sprinkle few
drops of oil. Anything of porcelain,
like a bath tub. it cleans most beautl-
fully; also the bath room, wash stand
and closet. only taking the precautions
of changing your cloths. The wall
back of my range 1 painted deep red.
When it becomes greasy and dusty
find that the oiled cloth makes a splen'
did cleanser. although l confess tried
it in the first instance with fear and
mblipg."-Eartford Post.
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AstIgInatism.

Nearly everyone's eyes are more or
less afflicted with aStigmatism, says
DR.. G. NJ. Gould, q Philadelphia spec
ialist, and he then proceeds to define
this defect as follows:
The front portion of the eye should
be round, or equally curved in all di-
rections, like the central portion of the
end of an egg. 1t is usually, however,
more or less inaccurate and shaped
approximately like the side Of the egg.
That is, its vertical curve is not the
same as that drawn around the sur
face horizontally.
The image produced by such an eye
is not only blurred, but distorted, so
that it is somewhat like that seen
when looking into one Of those freak
museum mirrors which change a fat
man into a giraffe like creature, or
vice vlrsa.
The chief cause Of this difference in
the curves is the pressure of the up
per lid on the eyeball.
This is continuous Gnl, acting
month after month at exactly the same
point, finally results in ''hattenins out
the eye e-dways.'
In order to correct the resulting de-
fective vision Gll that is necessary is
to have fitted pair of glasses which,
by their opposite wrongness' outside,
counteract the inward wrorgneSs. -
New York Globe.
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The Power Of the VIII.

John, vii, II: "If' any man willeth."
We are in danger to-day Of overlook
ing the power Of the individual will.
We are just now fascinated by ag-
gregations, consultations and fedora
tions. The individual becomes less and
less, the corporation and the union De-
come more and more. We explain lie
by reference to heredity, complex OF
forces in the blood; or to environment,
a complex of forces known as society.
We use these words until they take
the snap out of US, and we sink down
feeling that we are victims Of forces
which cannot be controlled, mere pup
pets manipulated by powers which are
Irresistible. How frequently we talk
about our dispositions and our circum-
stances, our nature" and our "fate,"
and how seldom We think about the
possibilities of our will!
In this day, when much is said of
great world powers, it is well to remind
ourselves that the greatest OF all these
powers is that of the human Will. IL
is a memorable day when the little
child says for the first time II will!'
or 81 will notr' The mothers heart
is awed by it. The child has some
times felt and sometimes thought, but
now his personality for the first time
stands erect and registers itself In q
decision.
A new will has been introduced into
the home, and the home will never be
quite the same again. 1t will oe Det-
ter OF worse. The danger and glory OF
home life lies in the play and inter-
play of free and independent wills.
The world is changed by the action
Of human wills. What is great man
but a human will incarnate? The
leaders and cOnquerors and redeemers
of history have all been men OF glgantlc
tenacity of will. They made certain
choices. decided that definite things
should come to pass, and the stream
of history was thereupon turned into
a new channel.
We are amazed at the prodlglous
force of radium, an ounce OF Whlch IS
able. science says, to lift ten thousand
tons of water mile; but what is the
force of radium compared With the
power of a soul? Has not Washington
lifted a republic. and John wesley
kingdom, and Martin Luther halr
continent; and is not Jesus OF Naza-
reth lifting the world?
What great men have done they nave
done through their wills, and whatever
we shall accomplish must flow from
the decisive acts of our own soul. We
create our own world. We choose our
food. our books and companions. We
do more than this. We choose our
thoughts and our feelings, our mem
cries and our hopes. BY deciding the
kind of thoughts we will entertain and
the sort of feelings We will feed and
cherish we determine our disposition
and character and the whole tone and
tendency of our life.
No matter what our innate tenden-
cies may be we can curb them If we
will. And no matter how turbulent
and adverse our circumstances, we can
conquer them by the forthputting OF
the energies Of the soul.-Charles b.
Jefferson. Pastor Broadway Tabernacle
Church, New York City, in the Sunday
Herald.
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Bombay Toast-Melt one ounce OF
butter, add two we'll beaten eggs, one
teaspoonful of finely chopped cooked
lean ham, one teaspoonful Of chopped
parsley, salt, pepper and cayenne to
taste. Stir over q slow fire till the
eggs begin to set, then spread the mix.
ture on pieces of hot buttered toast.
Yorkshire Cake-Make good biscuit
dough with baking powder and pat out
in large cake about half an inch thick
and place Oh 4 Well-greased Sriddle.
Cover with q pan, place over moder'
ate fire and bake about ten minutes;
then turn and bake ten minutes on the
other side. Split open and butter Willie
hot and serve.
Cheese Fritters-Cheese fritters can
be concocted with chafing dish, and
they are very toothsome to any cheese
lover. Mix four tablespoons of Par
mesan cheese with two tablespoons OF
stale bread crumbs. Beat four eggs
we'll and add the first mixture. Sea.
son with salt and paprica. Drop from
tip of spoon in small cakes OIL hot,
buttered blazer. Brown on one side,
then turn and brown OH the other side
Walnut Pudding-Half q pound OF
shelled walnuts, one-quarter pound
baked bread crumbs, one quart milk.
seasoning. Pass the nuts through Il
nut mill, mix the nutmeal and the
bread crumbs in equal proportions and
add sufficient of the milk to make Il
soft mixture: dessert spoonful of the
best oil, a little salt; little finely
chopped onion or celery may he added
Put in a dish and bake in a moderate
oven until firm and of rich brown
color.
Fruit Salad-Half 4 tin pineapple
chunks. four oranges, four ripe bana-
mas, two lemons, two ounces nutmeaI.
q few almonds. Cut up all the fruit
small, CRATE little of the Fnd of the
lemons, chCS the almonds and mix all
together with quarter Of a pint OF
water excepting the nutmeaD, and al
low to stand for six hours in Il coo!
place. Add caster sugar according to
need before serving, sprinkle over it
the nutmeal and garnish with crystal
lized cherries and cream.
Nut andwich-Barcelonas, Brazils,
walnuts or almonds put through nut
mill. Put the nutmeal between thin
slices of bread and butter and cut into
sandwich shape. If little orange
flower honey be mixed with the nut
meal, or if cracknel biscuits he used
instead Of bread, very dainty sweet
sandwich is obtained. If preferred, q
little salt may be mixed with the nut
meal, and a little mustard spread on
the buttered bread, and sprig Of
watercress Dut IN each sandwich.
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CHAPTER XVI.
TOMS RETURN.

Tom did not cover the ground be-
tween Suakim nd London in the short
est time on record. The story Of his
captivity and escape of course reached
home before he did in scrappy frag-
ments, which made everybody talk Of
the two prisoners. So that they were
the men Of the moment. 1t is a great
thing in ones life to have been. if
only for once, The Man of the Mo-
ment; the honor is one which is be-
slowed upon people variously diStin-
guished, and may be shared with Mr..
Gladstone or with Charles Peace. But
Tom neglected his opportunity, and re-
fused even so much as to read paper
at the Royal Geographical.
1t was one morning at the beginning
Of November. about fortnight after
that awful fog. that Tom arrived at
Victoria He had sent kilograms from
Suakim. from Cairo, from Brindisi, and
from Paris. al, addressed to Harley
House. He would not burst upon the
poor girl without warning. She would
hear of his safety from the papers: she
should hear of his return from his tele
grams. Poor girl Poor Katharine.
His eyes filed when he thought of her
trouble and sorrow on his account.
But now all the trouble was over. She
knew that he was safe. She was
happy again-poor. friendless Kath-
arine! Six O'Clock in the morning, and
not yet quite light You can not call
at a house. even to see your sweet
heart, who has supposed that you are
dead, at six o'clock in the morning.
The lazy maids are not up at six in
a London house; they are only turn
ing round in the sheets, uneasy be-
cause they are possessed by that pleas
ant, teasing. winning, maSterful, per-
suasive, coaxing devil Il know not his
name) who haunts the bedrooms of
young people at times when they ought
to be getting up. and when the clocks
are striking with I'll their might, and
holds them as if by strong arms i'll
bed, and weighs down their eyelids,
and makes them helpless with sleep
as by enchantment, in so much that
for the sake of another hour in bed
they are ready to brave everything,
even 4 months notice. 1t is recorded
of a certain medieval hOusemaid-l
thing the story is the autobiography
of Guibert de Nogent-that one day,
under the malign influence of this
devil, she actually sold her soul for
one more hours roll in the sheets.
This was duly granted 10 her. She
is now punished-la-b -bas-by having no
sheets at all to roll in.
? Six O'Clock in the morning. Tom put
his kit into 4 cab. and drove to hotel,
the only place where Il welcome awaits
the returning traveller at six in the
morning. Then he made up his mind
not TO hurry things. Katharine must
Have time to get up. He would re-
strain himself and call ut nine. He
would have tub after his long jour-
ney. get into 4 change Of clothes, and
take breakfast first 1t was only
eight o'clock when he mad quite fin
p,,3 +
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Temperance Notes.

If you wish to keep out Of debt Keep
out of the saloon.
The way to prevent drunkenness is
to destroy the cause.
Public sentiment, if it become strong
enough, can crush the saloon. Liquor
dealers have recognized this fact by
uniting in self-defense.
Every true patriot will hit the drink
evil whenever he gets chance.
If we had million tongues, we
would cry: Save the children from lie
curse of alcohol
When the churches tackle the drink
problem in real earnest it will soon
find solution.
Drinking whisky never helped man
on the road TO heaven, nor added 10 TIE
comforts of his home.
Men are drunkards because boys are
tempted TO drink.
Are YOU satisfied that temperance
work is Gods work? Then 20 ahead
and do il. leaving the result to Him.
No tolerance Of the rum liend or any
of his agents. AS good :tZens you
can do better work by helping to de-
plete the prisons than by paying taxes
to enlarge them.
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TIE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
The VICE OF lNTEMPERANCE.

Startling REPRESENTATION Which a
Phiiadelphia Saloonkeeper Sent to the
Judges of the License Court-Terrible
consequences of Doctored Liquor.
A few days ago a Philadelphia sa'
loonkeeper startled the judges Of the
License Court by pr2 iting the fol-
lowing petition:
Your petitioner respectfully repre-
sents that he is licensed liquor deal
er, having been granted wholesale
liquor license. The license fee was
not paid by your petitioner, and the
rent and expenses incident to the ht'
ting up of the place and conduct OF the
business have all been paid by firm
who have had sole charge and manage.
ment of the business and have received
the profits and paid all the bills and
expenses.
The liquor trade has so degenerated
that it is almost impossible to purchase
pure liquors, and it is a crime to fur
nish cologne spirits and fusel oil to a
man or a woman who asks for whisky,
and yet it is done. / can no longer per-
nit my name to be connected with a
business which distributes such pois-
onous potions, as there can be no doubt
that many of the cases where men and
women have been found dead have
come to their death through patroniz'
ing saloons selling the vile connections
under the guise of liquor.
Again. I further object to having
my name connected with business
which takes from human beings not
only their money. but their will power
and their reason. and leaves them
abandoned or ruined wrecks for ali
time and eternity.
l further object to being party to a
business which causes so much suffer-
ing and misery in the homes Of this
city. 1t is q fact which must be taken
as verify that more crimes are trace
able to the rum business and more sor'
rowing, heartbroken wives and chill.
dren, mothers and fathers are due tc
vile drinks than to any or all other
causes.
Your said petitioner, therefore. prays
that the said liquor license granted tc
him for the year beginning June l,
1905, be revoked. Your petitioners
sense of Justice and common honesty
and his conscience will not permit him
to longer be party to a business SC
surrounded with trouble, deception and
corruption.
My experience with the said business
has presented to me so many views of
the terrible consequences cf the doc
tored liquor so largely dispensed in
Philadelphia that l now am fully de-
cided and determined to obey the die.
tates of my conscience and the appeals
of my good old mother and try to make
a living in a business not so intimately
connected with the ruin of all that is
good and pure in human life and its re-
lations.-Matthew NJ. Farrell.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Continued.

Continued.
NT don't know. That is the thing
which will save me. l don't know
where she is. Pretty ragged and
down on her luck she looked when I
saw her. 1t was then that 1 found
! out the truth"
"Jem," said Harriet, in the direct
manner peculiar to her sex, you are
= a scoundrel"
Her husband made no reply.
You have stolen all this trust
money. And as for the rest, we were
only part inheritors.'
Don't be a fool. Harriet. 1t was
for your sake. How else would you
have got that crimson velvet dress?
Don't call names, but see if you can't
help me out of this mess
How are We to live, I want to
know"
Lord knows! The first question is,
how will Tom take it? And how can
I put it to him."
when we so from here, where
mare we to go? What are we to do?
ESYou have deceived me again. You
S$ught to have told me everything.
lou ought to have behaved honest to
hat poor girl, whatever else hap
Sened. / never thought that I should
ssoe able to call my husband"
" "Oh! well-if you choose to be a
vixen, you may. Don't think, Harriet,
that I'm going to slave and worry on
account of she-devil If you've got
nothing better to do than to show tenn
per-as if I wanted Tom to come
back-I shall-go and have my pipe
by myself"
1t was a tame and impotent conclu-
sion, but she turned upon him and
looked so fierce that he collapsed.
In the small hours Of the morning
James woke up suddenly. The blinds
were up, and the moon was streaming
in at the windows. Harriet was stand
ing at the window III her nightdress.
Harriet" he cried, what are you
doing?"
"I've had a dream, Jem," she re-
piled. "a dreadful dream. thought
that you were tried by the Judge and
sent to a convict prison for robbery,
and 1 was left destitute. And I'd got
a knife in my hand''-she held up her
hand and showed dagger which
cleaned in the moonlight; it was only
a little ornamental paper knife, but
1t flashed like steel-"and 1 was going
to kill myself and have done with it.
You were a convict working at Port
land, Jem.'
, "Come back to bed this instant!' he
said, sternly. You and your dreams
come back and go to Sleep"
She obeyed, and went to sleep again
calmly and sweetly. But her hus-
bands teeth chattered, he trembled
and shook. because his action would,
me was conscious, bear such con-
struction. And Tom was on his way
home, doubtless having much wrath.
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EahY Like n InaIIIeleon.

Des MoiueS. Iowa. has Il curiosity in
a baby who changes color three times
in every twenty-four hours. 1t is Ell
Ram. the fourteen months old son of
Count Natho. who married an Ameri-
can girl in Quincy, H.. three years ago.
1t is the first baby of Hindoo parent
age ever born in America. Wlea the
little fellow awakcns ut sunrise he is 4
pretty pink fair complexioned boy: at
noon he changes color and within an
hour he is of the dark ginger color OF
his princely ancestor. At night he be-
comes an alabaster white. The mix
ture OF blood is said to be accountable,
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TkGGA
NVKad1y'
RrehkfAM
XI2unh1e IS
A MODERN PSALM.

By L. r. EARMAN.
Almighty Lord! how excellent is Thy
Name in all the earth!
Thou fllest the world with the glories OF
Morning and the splendors of evening.
Thou paintest the radiance of sky and
Landscape, of the flower and sparkling
dew.
Thou dost clothe the hills with verdure,
and the
Rivers with silver and blue and gold.
Thou fillesst the evening with fleece OF
clouds.
Thy censers swing in the far-of spaces,
And Thy stars light up the dome of night.
Oh, how excellent is Thy Name in Beauty!
Infinite Reason! how excellent is Thy
Name in all the earth!
Thou are the Mind and Thought of the
aeons.
Thou givest Thy thoughts to man, who
thinketh
Them over after Thee.
Thou dost put wisdom in the hidden parts.
The intelligence of the world is inspired
BY Thy Presence and Reason.
Life is an open book to Thy all-seeing Eye.
Thou knowest the thoughts of man per.
fectly.
Oh, how excellent art Thou in Wisdom!
Almighty Power! how excellent is Thy
Name in all the earth!
Thou didst lay the strong foundations Of
the world.
Thou didst plant the everlasting hills.
The deep sea Thou holdest in Thy Hand.
Thou guidest the stars in their courses,
And girdest the earth with Thy power.
Thy clouds move across the face Of the
world,
And Thy lightnings fame in the far.off
skies.
Thou dost break the heavy bonds of win.
ter,
And quench the thirsty drought of sum-
mer.
Oh, how excellent is Thy Name in Power!
Eternal Love! how excellent is Thy
Name in all the earth!
Thou lowest man with an everlasting love,
Thou dost set hin. .l high in Thy favor:
Thou fllest his days with Joy and his
nights
With peace.
According to Thy riches in Glory
Thou dost supply his needs. His cup run
meth
Over Thy mercy and loving kindness
Are his shield and strength. His life Is In
Thy -.
Hand, and his soul is Thy special care.
Oh, how excellent art Thou in Love-
christian Register
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LIQUOR Candles.

AS the result of investigations made
by the Custom House officers of New
York it appears that large importations
of foreign candies containing cordials,
wines and even whiskies are coming
into New York, and the duty on liquors
is thus being evaded. An examination
of the tariff law shows that there is no
provision covering the combination
candy liquor. Tie revenue laws alike
fail of remedy, being without regu-
lating powers. The attention OF the To-
cal Health Board has been called to
this defect, and the facts laid before
DR.. H. w. Wiley, chief Of the Bureau
of Chemistry in the Department OF
Agriculture, Washington.
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oeeoscosoeoe eossososeeeesee
!: Household Matters. !:
To Starch Black or Dark Blue.


Before making the starch, make the
water very blue by adding bluing to il
until it looks almost black in the dish.
Bluing made at home by dissolvins
one package of blue dye for cot
ton in a quart of boiling water. is
excellent for this purpose. as it never
spots nor streaks. Make the starch rs
usual. and if there is enough blcing
used it will be very dark nlue. This
will not show on either dark blue OIL
black goods, and will keep the black
from getting a rusty Look after several
washings. Such colors look much bet
ter when ironed OH the wrong side or
the cloth.-R. e. Merryman, in Progress
sive Farmer.
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Think About the First Thing First.

Keep religion in its place. and it will
lake you straight through life and
straight to your Father in Heaven
when life is over Religion out Of its
place in a human life is the most mlser-
able thing in the world There is moth
ng that requires so much to De Kept
II its place as religion, and its place is
Shat? Second? Third?-"FirSt"' First
he kingdom Of God. Make it so that
: will be natural for you to think
.5out that the very first thing.-Drum-
.Ond.
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Dirh License No Terror.

When Chicago recently increased the
saloon license fee from $500 to $1,000 a
year. it was expected that 2000 of the
1000 saloons in the city would 60 out
of business. City Collector Traeger
estimates that not more than 800 sa-
looms have quit He estimates that 1lOo
saloous are doing business in the city,
and that of this total 200 barrooms.
are operating without licenses. a
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Forecastine Earth quakes.

That it is possible to reduce earth
quakes and volcanoes to the level Of or.
dinary risks for insurance and to save
numberless human lives by a syste'
matte scientific study of earth physics
is the opinion of Professor Thomas A.
Ja@gar, Jr., the Harvard geologist,
who has just returned from Italy. AZ
a means of forecasting earthquakes,
Professor Jaggar said he would like ia
see at Harvard an endowed laboratory
for the study of earth movements, With
L view to the protection of human life.
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Oxen as Racers.

Attempts are being made in France
to train oxen for saddle riding, and
several races have lveen oragnized to
test their capacity. They have been
trained not only as rlcers Oh the
fat" but also as successful Jumpers.
The bride and saddle used are SINH
lar in general design to those for hunt.