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PiInrin4s and Puritans

The pilgrims. or. as they are oftei called, the pilgrim fathers,' wer' the seventy-four men and the twenty eight women, members of the Jc:;' Robinson's church, who sailed in t't May6ower from Leyden to Nolt America and landed at Plymouth Roc'. where they founded a colony Dec. 2; 1920. The Puritans were the Englisi nonconformists who came over later count of their supposed great rurit ; of doctrine, life and dIscipline.-NeE Y York American.
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Cochineal.

Cochineal, so much used for colorins table jellies and also given to infant as domestic remedy for whoop:a cough, is the whole insect of clas called coccus. but only the females arc used. Why? Because the Insects arc captured by suffocating them with th; smoke of fires below the trees on whic. they live, and as the males have wings while the females have none, the gel uemen take to flight when the atmos phere becomes unpleasantly warm leaving their ladies to their fate
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Quadrupeds That Lay Eggs.

The salesman as he wrapped np the eggs conversed politely.
 "There are quaATupeds that lay. ma'am." he said.
 "That lay eggs:'
 "Yes. They are mammals. ma'am too. Their home is in South America their names are the ornitho:hynchUs. or duck billed platypus, and the echid na or porcupine ant eater. They are the lowest mammals known
 Really"
 "Oh, yes! The duck billed platypus lays two eggs at time. But the echidna lays but one egg, which it car ries in a natural pouch beneath it's stomach-there's an idea for the hen there-unti the kid echidna, so te speak, is matched out."-Los Angeles Times.
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Warnings.

Mrs. Stubb-I notice so many ma. ried men save the receipted milline' bills. What use do they make of then. . MT. Stubb--Charity. Mrs. Stubb-Char lty? MT. stabeYes; they are se,.i around to the bachelor clubs to war any reckless member who might Ee th irE!ng about plunging into the se: of matrimony.-Chicago News.
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Mot Worth . Curae."

Curse, anything worthless. Corrup ton of the old English word kersc. q small, sour wild cherry; French. cerisc German, kirsch. "Vision of Piers Flow. man."
 Wisdom and witt nowe is not worth a
 kerse.
 But If it be carded with cootis as clothers kembe their woole.
 The expression mot worth curse used frequently nowadays is therefore not properly profane, though it is ire quently intensified by a profane ex- pletive.
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Performed a Miracle,

Ter Husband (angrilyl-I was a fooI en married you. ps Wife-Aren't you a fool stilli Ho: l nm not Then you should congratulate me
 P my success as a reformer.'-
 fe Moments.
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Good Advice.

Do on in all simplicity. Do not hs anxious to win quiet mind. and |will be all the quieter. Do not ex. P1ne so closely into the progress ot pr own soul. Do not crave so much
 be perfect, but let your spiritual 3 be formed by your duties and h! actions which are called forth b, fumstaDces.-Francis de Sales.
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He Told Her,

IA good highland minister WAS e. |eavorlns to steer a boat load of ci,.. pung ladies to a landing place. A 8uall was bursting. The steering w::s yficult. One of the girls annoyed him II Jumping up and calling anxiously Dh, where are we going to?' 'If yo1
 not sit down and keep still, ny N1ung leddy,' said the minister pilot
 ccinctly, "that Will verra greatly de
 nd on how you were brought up.'-
 ndee Advertiser.
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Her Postscript.

"Why does a woman always add - postscript to her letter?'
 "Well." answered the ungallGnt wretch, "sAe probably figures out |, her own mind what her lettec b., made yoa think and then tries ( have the last word''
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An Egq In a Bottle.

A chemist has discovered a simple |neans of getting an egg (with un broken shelD into a bottle of. say. t;t ordinary kind, used for ginger ale MI you have to do is to soak boiled lgg in vinegar for three days. The )hell becomes so soft that 1t can easil, >e forced through the narrow aperture 5f the bottle. And once 1t Is inside if
 he eggshell resumes it's original hard
 ess-and there you are.
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A Little In Doubt.

Hostess-I hope we shall see you again next Wednesday. I'm giving t-Ance. MT. Young-I'm awfully sorry. bat I'm going to wedding. Hostess Oh, indeed! Pm sure you'll enjoy your self far more. Mr. Young-I'm not so sure. You see. it's my own wedding
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Tho Soft Answer.

The Soft Answer. 1. Benham-You couldn't look me E tace when you came in last benham-That was because beauty daxxied mo, my dear.- forf rress.
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His View of Nature.

a4ley was once talking to Sir Vii Gull about the healing power of Fe. Stuff said Gull. Nine times
 T ten nature does not want to cure
 nan. She wants to put him in his
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Recipe For kappiness.

To watch the corn grow or the bios soms set, to dra V hard breath ove, plowshare or spade, to read, to think, to love, to pray-these are the things that make men happy.-John Ruskin.
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The Trouble.

Jcnes-I understand there is troub," between Mrs. Poet and her husba2,t Smith - Yes. He couldn't sell h!'; poems, and she couldn't eat them. s., che left him.
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The man who gambles is deIude fool. but the man who gambles wlie. he continues to lose Is colossal fool. ~ Henry Sutphin.
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Business Creed

believe in the Stuff am handing out,
 1n the Firm am working for, and in my ! ability to get results. ] believe that honest Stuff can be hand l ed out to honest men by honest methods l believe in working, not weepina: in l boos ting, not knocking: and in the pleasure ! of my job.
 ] believe that man gets what he goes
 after. that one deed done today is worth two ! deeds tomorrow. and that no man is down and
 out until he has lost faith in himself. l believe in today and the work am do- ing, in tomorrow and the work | am to do ! and in the sure reward which the future holds. ] believe in courtesy, in kindness, in aen- ! erosity. in good cheer. in friendship in honest ] competition.
 ! believe there is something doing sorne- \ where for every man ready to do it. ! believe am ready ri !ht now ! -Worker.
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Animals to the number of 10000, ,O0D arc Killed yearly for the sake of thet fur.
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Greater than the Nation.

There is certain congressman who,
whatever authority he may hold in the
councils of state, is Of comparatively
minor Importance In his own house
hold. Indeed, it has been unkindly In
timated that his wife is ''the whole
thing" In their establishment Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Blank had been to
Baltimore one Afternoon. When they
left the train at Washington on their
return Mrs. Blank discovered that her
umbrella, which had been intrusted to
the care Of her husband, was missing.
where's my umbrellaT' she de-
manded.
"I'm afraid I've forgotten 1t, my
dear" meekly answered the congress-
man. 'sIt must still be In the train"
"In the train!" snorted the lady.
"And to think that the affairs Of the
nation are intrusted to a. man who
doesn't know enough to take care OF q
woman's umbrella r. Success.
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The problem and the peril Of the
Colorado river are not difficult to nm.
derstand. A great river running slow.
ly on ridge of its own creating. run
ming In broad and tortuous channel
choked with islands Of mud and bars
of sediment, running with fall Of only
one foot to the mile, while to the north
and west lay a vast depression below
sea level and inviting the sluggish river
to swifter flow; between this sunken
area and the uncertain course OF the
river great garden of Eden in prom
ise and potency, needing only to be
watered and kept, then a canal tappine
the river, flood gathering at the far
away sources, a breach IN the unpro-
tected bank and the whole volume OF
the river, forsaking it's ancient and ont.
grown bed and rushing into that nit IN
the desert, sweeping in Its course
through miles Of fertile farms and cut.
ting canyons where canals had been
this is an outline Of the situation and
hint Of the peril ]. Wells In Sum
set Magazine.
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years as it has in the past, the equal
suffrage demands of women should be
complete in many lands.
Professionally, women have achieved
their emancipation. Women in the pro-
LESSONS are familiar enough now in
the United States; and in Europe the
woman doctor and lawyer are met
with. France granted to women the
right of becoming lawyers in Deem
Der, 1900, and since then women have
been competing with men for honors
in that honorable calling.
The latest accession In Paris to the
ranks of women lawyers is Mile. Miro
polsky. belonging to race which has
given to the world many women of
noted beauty and noted talents. She
Is Pole and is beautiful as well as
talented. Had she embraced the stage
instead Of the legal profession, Miss
Miropolsky would long ago have been
famous, for she has a beautiful voice
and charm OF manner which Ia most
captivating. But like her country
woman, Madame Curie, the co-discoy-
erer Of radium, she goes in for the
serious things of-life. The intricacies
OF law appealed to her bright and
analytical mind and Paris predicts for
her at the bar brilliant and success
ful career.
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when his man pointed out that the
evening clothes had not been worn.
And then he remarked to himself, II
know what I'll do" That evening he
put on his dress clothes, went to the
lady's house at the appointed time and
walked in as If it were the day upon
which he had been invited. The host
ess, much too polite to tell him that he
had mistaken the evening and that the
party had taken place on the previous
night, sent to her friends asking them
to come in to play rubber again.
They did so. In the course of the even
ing the conversation turned on absent
mindedness, and Bunsen began to tell
them what had happened to him a
long time ago-how that he had for
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SUSPECTING ALL MEN.
~~~~~

The habit Of suspicion is one Of the
session of the mind. Yet it is the trait
most conspicuous in the Russian char.
acter, according to Thomas Stevens.
How can 1T be avoided" he asks In
his book, Through Russia on Mus
tang" when mutual distrust is the
legitimate legacy which an autocratic
government transmits to the pe0plel
The government has to be suspicious in
order to exist"
The usefulness Of the Cars chief OF
police depends on his amount Of suspi-
cion and his alertness in putting it into
active use., In the humble peasant of a
squalid hamlet suspicion Is inherent.
For several weeks I was thrown in
daily, intimate contact with Sascha,
my travelling companion. He was a
transparent, warm-hearted young fell
low, but from first to last he never
ceased to regard me with suspicion.
At one village he lost his passport
Ten hours later, after had bribed an
official to let him proceed, he confessed
in a burst Of confidence that he had
believed l had destroyed the passport
in order to get rid Of him. All day he
had nursed his suspicion, unsupported
by me, until had unwittingly cleared
myself by my bride to the police.
Among the peasants suspicion takes
x,vS{~ Tn vol
was always under the ban Of dfstrust
By the men 1 was regarded as a secret
agent of the government; by the wom-
en- as a wizard. The host Of an inn
always watched me closely, to see that
1 did not clear out and leave him I'M
paid. He would even give sly peeps
into my room at night.
1 was always being suspected Of try.
ing to pass counterfeit money.
what makes them so long with the
changer I asked Sascha once.
"They are afraid the money bad'
"Well, the change is only thirty CO.
pecks; we will not wait any longer"
"That would never do. Then they
twill be sure it is bad"
The length of time was kept wait
ing for change or RECEIPT depended on
the denomination of the bill. For q two
ruble note the host would be satisfied
with the verdict Of two or three other
capable financiers. A five-ruble note
meant extraordinary precautions, and
consultations with half the experts OF
the village.
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,sI ! 1''i8I8j}!,,.

jest say 50 an I'll telephone to R,rA
for 'em. Do You understand n. :
make it plainY' ~ !
That's the STUFF ~ said the o,oo
man, gleefully. Keep 1t up Eva,,a
It's what like" 'Da@
Il bet you git what you like ev.u
where you go. then," said the nre,t.
cook with a toss of her head,
mo, I don't" said the grocervm.,
mot If the frosty face is what ra'
mean. It's only you give me that ~ ~,
I'm glad Of 1t. If there was anotha.
kitchen on my route where | got an,
thin but sunny smiles O. welcome ~,
an occasional piece O. pie I'd begin :.
think right away that there must h.
some reason for it. But there oir,,
none o. the ladies l know that has ~.
to that stage yet. l don't give them NJ
encouragement. I'm perlite, O. cours.
an agreeable, an I have a little ~
sherble conversation with 'em now on,
then, but that's us far as l 20. With.
out maxim any raw cracks | give ,em
to understand that my affections is on
gagged elsewhere. don't honestly tbint
any one o. them has even got hopesn
II amt, l know that" said the cook
II amt no hopes that you'll ever Learn
to have any sense. Say, git them ia.
tiers over now. amt foolin'.'
"Tell me that you amt got no use 70,
me an that the Eaters is jest an excuse
to git red o. me an I'll have 'em here
inside O. five minutes, sure" said The
groceryman.
''If you git out Of here an quit both.
erin me I don't even care whether dt
the Eaters or not" said the cook. I'D
sooner 60 out an git 'em myself than
have you around another minute"
The groceryman grinned happily and
took up his basket. Good enough!
I'll bring 'em right over" he said
when you talk to me that way know
YOU love me."-Chicago Daily News.
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"You make me awful weary" re-
marked the pretty cook, turning away
to peep into simmering pot. "Honest,
I wish you'd get some job that would
take you clear away out Of the city an
keep you there for good"
"If you didn't say things like that to
me might" returned the groceryman.
"I'd git desprit enough to do anythin'.
There's been one Or two times sence
I've knowed you that you've acted as If
you was fond of me-"
''That must ha' bin jest afore your
alarm clock went off," said the pretty
cook uncompromisingly.
''Nacherly you didn't know It," said
the grOceryman. II know you didn't
mean to give yourself away, but now
an then it gifts out an then 1 git the
idee that you are just stringfn' me. I
don't know but what you mean to keep
it up right along, an then o. course
go away feelin' blue an discouraged
But the mex mornin' when i come
around here you are as sassy as ever,
wrinklin' up that cute little nose o.
yours an drorin' down the corners o.
your rosebud mouth at me and then,
Evelina, I feel just right as happy as
a clam does at high water, same's I'm
feelin' now"
would it make you feel any happier
If threw some hot water over your
asked the cook.
"It's the cold water that you're
THROWN that's maxim my heart sing
with JOY" said the groceryman. II
know that you're a-goin' to keep it up
for Jest about SO long an then it won't
be nothin' else but pure Vermont maple
syrup an white clover honey for the
rest O. my life. I can afford to wait
for that"
II can't afford to wait for them TIA
ters," said the cook. IF you don't in
tend to 60 an hustle 'em over here you
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school for walters.

It Is often a matter Of wonder WHY
foreign walters are preferred to Eng.
lish ones, even In English hotels. The
reason Is very simple one. The for
eigner il a Tar better waiter. His ain
is not always to remain q waiter, but
to rise in the hotel business to highe1
position. In Lausanne there Is school
for walters. They are taught there for.
eign languages, and not only to wait
well, but everything else connected with
the working Of q hOtel. London Truth
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WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE.

Brilliant Polish Portfa Recently Ad-
mitted to tho French Bar.
Women are now In increasing num-
bers entering the various professions,
formerly restricted to men, and engag-
ing in the field Of actual and practical
politics In four States of the Union
they possess suffrage on equal terms
with men. In Australia and New Zea-
land they enjoy full suffrage rights,
and in the ancient duchy of Finland
nineteen of them have seats in the ma
tional parliament The day of woman
in politics. has dawned, and II the
same agitation for full political rights
is kept up for the next twenty-five
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flannel suit, a little dinky cap and rex

stockings.
When the first ordinary came Wo.
bling down the village street pa call0u
ma to look, and you trailed it, hurllns
sod and clods at 1t. After while cah'
the bicycle tournament, where darius
individuals whizzed round the nal
mile track for prizes hung up by w
local club. Then came the trick NV
ers, who showed that the freaky ma
chine could be ridden without the niD.
wheel. Finally there was feeling '.
disappointment at the introduction "
the safety, which was considereu
very tame proposition indeed, lackms
as It did the hazard Of "headers Owe :.
the handle bars Though deemed !
only for girls and mollycoddles, ~
safety prevailed, and the oroina.
went to the junk heap. It is tne IT, !.
Of convenience, an example OF wnicn :.
the popularity Of the automoolis
compared with the bucking DroncD
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In the autobiography of Sir Henry
Roscoe there is a capital example az
the Observation-Disclosures Of Bunsen. the
great German scientist,
He had had his evening clothes mt
out that he might attend a card party
to which he had been invited. but for.
pot I'll about 1t until the next MORNING.
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Every Day with God.

Every Day with God.
He who connects God with his daily
life knows nothing Of the spiritual
meaning and uses Of life; nothing OF
the calm, strong patience with which
ills may be endured Of the gentle COM
fort which the Fathers love can COM
fort of the blessed rest to be realized
in His forgiving love, His tender Faith
erhood; Of the deep, peaceful sense OF
the infinite One ever near, a refuge and
strength Farrar.
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FADs OF THE PAST.

twenty-five years ago your definition
Of a dude was the fellow who rode a
bicycle, and it was the high wheeled
ordinary. A man never looked more
like the devil on wheels than when
mounted on one of these altitudinous
thingamajigs, but you were torn be-
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gotten an invitation and how he had
made up his mind to 60 the next night
and thus he told the party the whole
story, forgetting altogether that he was
giving them an account of what was
happening at the very moment.
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And Make Facea.

Mrs Gotham-Don't you think the
taking Of medicine should be srowned
upon?
Mrs. Flatbush Yes; why, even my
children frown ct it.-YonkeFp States
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HOME THE FINAL TEST OF HUMAN NATURE

ms his highest earthly development at home. Home
n nature. II, when Invested Of company manners"
and necessity for pretending, we are still lovable
still free from actual coarseness, still endeared to
the ennobling side of life, which so many people
only pretend to hold to, we are indeed fortunate
l am often struck with the indomitabe quail
ity of the homemaker who persists cheerfully and
patiently in her task of presenting attractive rooms
and good meals to family which takes them as
matter Of course, never stopping to consider what
a gigantic task it is
Not that the mere work of housekeeping is 80
hard though 1t is hard work In reality but that
so much Of the real homemaking is creative. 1t
comes out Of the vital force Of the woman. She
must furnish her family with spiritual essence
not religious training correct manners, or good
taste-none of these things In the abstract 30
much as a mere quality of lveableness which she
must bring to her home. For this reason wom-
ans tastes must be varied If she is to give to her
children the much be desired talent for living
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ABOARD
Kapferer the pilot of the Vile de throwing ballast
balloons OF
these arshps hardly Photographs balloons themselves
fight their hitherto e
flight taken
from the airship
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seeking smooth
that
alike ALL Home
moods
all nothing furnace coming
when business
mothers chord tuchingy
In an duet-Juiet " Strauss in Chicago Journal
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into the SIN. 1 may strike as HARD AZ
I please when denouncing the sin: but
when the thing am dealing with II q
sensitive human heart, my stroke must
have more than faithfulness In II. It
must have tenderness as well. For any
one who has fallen low, the way back
to uprightness Ii steep enough. / need
not, by hard reproaches, make It per.
pendicular. &c. H. Knight.
Reasons for studyinE Home Misslons
Because 30 little known.
1t produces an intelligent patriotism.
The history Of our civilization is the
history Of home missions.
Foreign missions will increase with
the evangelization OF this country.
Because home missions insure our fu-
ture safety.
The study Of home missions involves
the study of present day problems
Such knowledge Is essential to a
liberal education.
It's study makes us sensitive to the
needs Of others.
For the deepening Of our spiritual lie.
Evangelical Herald.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
EXPERT OPINION.

Some days is made foh n1ovin' quick; dars no 'A''
When de window is a rattlin' an de air IS fli'
frOS'. - =, ~,,-.ssiJ
made n, ..a5s
Foh slidin' quietly along an dreamin' IN ds "a
De DAYS when sunshine fingers Ike its uSN-
explain - r,.,rh .
Oar ain no call hurry. Ike you got TO Ae''1
train -, ~
rs looked de whole year over an de kind oa' -
my praise ,,v<
Is desc we're sort o Oily daily. shily shaly oas~
De BIRDS dey choose 'ern foh subj-ck WHEN
stahtS to sing. .-.-,sn
De frog he grunts contented bout 'eru. s"i'A-'-
i'm de spring. .. ,-t,l o
De honey bee keeps up a low cOmpainln AA-
buzz. -. n
Like he dasn't be no iele=. but he kind N's''
De waves dey CONS splasbin' an io"
round de sho' A.,
An murmurs when dey ripples back because -
hates to go. =, rrV
I understand deir fcelin's an dey understands -
WAYS. ..xA
We does enjoy lem dilly daily, shIly sha1S
Washington Star.