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concerning fried chicken, beaten bis
7cuits and what not will be induced by
reading Jane Hamilton's Recipes"
which is published by a. c. McClurg &
Co. Handed down through four genera
lions of the Mason family Of F'redericks-
burg Va. and collected by Jane POin-
dexter. a grandnice Of the Jane Hamil-
ton who originated the collection, and
wife of Lieut. T. L. POindeXter u. 5.
A. these recipes have stood the test
OF time and received the approval of
other days and of the army circles
where Mrs. PoindeXter has shared them
with her friends. They include standard
recipes as well as many culinary novel
ties, and will be a welcome addition
TO the repertoire of the most accom-
pished housewife.
Literary Notice
How to Tell the Children the Origin
of Life" a reprint from What a Young
Boy Ought to KNOW" by Sylvanus
Stall, D. D., for free circulation, by the
Vir Publishing Company, 204 North
Fifteenth street. Philadelphia. This
pamphlet will be sent upon request Of
parents, pastors or teachers If accom-
panied by return envelope, stamped
and addressed.
A Book of Witches.
The witch is perhaps the oldest
woman in the world; she is certainly
among the most outstanding. If It be
too much to say that every woman
is at heart a witch, it is at least true
that up to a very recent period, any
woman who so far triumphed over her
environment as to evolve an individ-
uality Of her own, ran grave risk of
being so regarded.
Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Queen Eliza
beth (by her enemies at any rate. were
all regarded as witches in their time,
and it would be easy to compile a
lengthy list of contemporary women Of
our day who. had they been born few
centuries back, would certainly have
persisted ar the stake as practicers of
black magic.
In his new volume, "a Book of
Witches" Oliver MADDOX Hueffer traces
the descent of the witch from the first
the reasons upon which her ubiquitous
influence has been based. Without
claiming to be in any sense exhaustive,
the author traces the ups and downs OF
the witch from the earliest times TO the
present day, sketching the great perse-
centuries in Europe and New England,
and elsewhere attempts to reconstruct
the life Of the medieval witch as pic
tuTed BY her contemporaries.
Chapters are devoted to the spells,
charms. and incantatiOns which formed
/ SO large a part OF the witchs stock IN
trade, and the careers of some repre-
sentative witches and witch-nnders are
! considered The reader is given an op-
poTtunItY of spending a night on thu
I Puy du Dome, with a select company OF
/ distinguished witches, demons and dew
| ilkins.
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New Howells Book.

1.-THE Mother and the Father" by Will
liam Dean Howells, which has just been
published, Is a dramatic poem taken
from the great epic OF life Ia a few
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-19
Like Mother Used to Make.

It may be that the most delicious
coffee is made by going back to the
wisdom of four generations ago. and
that Sally Lunns. stuffed mangoes, and
phortleberrv cake are not what they
used T. be. These and other reflections
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The July Argosy-

Twelve Good Men a new seIlaL
story beginning in the July Argosy, is
an out-of-the-ordinary departure in fic-
ltion writing. II deals with the jury
system in a manner that viii not only
claim the attention OF the laymen be
cause of its unique plot, but is bound
10 impress itself on the members OF
the LEGAL profession as well. The ques-
ton Is one OF growing Importance ana
this story IS the first work OF fiction
10 take I'D the manifold issues that
have risen in discussions on the jury
system. Another great serial story be-
ginning I'm this issue is The Secret on
an Island" a tale Of adventure that
novel is called His Dash to Frisco"
which details a thrilling automobile
race from New York 10 the Golden
Gate.
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A Crawford Story.

There is a suggestion of pathetic con-
trast in the fact that +. Marion Craw-
ford's last appearance as unquestioned
master among serial novelists should
be made with so happy and debonair a
story as ''The Undesirable GOEernesSs'
which begins in the Cavalier Tor July.
The story is laid in England Of today
and deals with a family of position and
wealth, who have had unfortunate eN-
periences with gOvernesses. The mother
inserts the following advertisement IN
a newspaper:
GOVERNESS WANTED-To take
charge of two girls of fourteen and
fifteen respectively family residing
in Yorkshire and London; must have
fIrst-rate degree and references;
charm of manner, symmetry of form,
and orilliancy of conversation eSpe-
cially not desired, as husband and
three gTOWn-up sons much at home.
Apply by letter TO J, F., 2. y. Han
ton, YOrks.
Judging from the first installment
this story must rank with the CleVeresl
and Wittiest Of his productions, while
his famous qualities OF plot cOnstruC-
ton and vivid characterization are in
splendid evidence. Further contents
OF the Cavalier include FIVE other
serials, complete 1.ovel, based
on a battling murder mystery, and
eleven short stories. Conspicuous
among the names of other au-
thOrs are Eden Phillpotts, s Carleton,
Stephen Chalmers, Theodore Roberts
James Francis Dwyer, and Thomas r
YbaTra-
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Taft AS a Boy.

The boyhood OF the President is anus
fngIy told in when Bill Taft Was
Boy" a prominent feature in the July
Scrap Book. Profuss Illustrations serve
20 increase the popular interest Ia the
ranks played by the Chief Magistrate
and his gang years ago. Mrs. Club
vvoman's Fulf Confession" takes the
reader behind the closed doors Of the
woman's club. There is a well Illus
fratAd article on THE Greatest Lion
Hunter" and another on The Eternal
Feminine on Broadway" The $50 pages
OF this number contain twenty-One spe-
eisi features. more than 100 Illustrations
IN color, three serial stories. six short
stories, and forty entertaining miscel-
laufeg
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News of Books and the Magazines

Marion Crawford I had known since
he was a lad of fourteen years. /, too
WAS a youngster in those days. We
were living in New Jersey town and
ne came there TO visit his aunt Mrs.
Adolphe Iailliard, a sister of Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe. Although he came
from Italy he dressed as an English
lad. with high hat, Elton Jacket, vice
collar and long trousers. You can im-
agine the sensation that he made IN
that quiet New Jersey town. We had
hal kings and princes as our netEhbors,
but a young boy in a high hat was un-
known 20 us, and therefore much more
of a novelty.
From those days, which were filled
with youthful eScapades, ! uld not sec
frank Crawford, as he was then called,
until he was fullgrown man and had
knocked about the world bit His
uncle. the Well-knOwn sam Ward.
brought HIM 20 the oiftce 81 the Cr1uc,
then consisting of a single small room
over Daniels drygc0dS store in Broad
way. This lad wants to be "a writer
said his uncle Sam Il wish that you
would give him chance TO learn the
business" We gave him the chance,
not only for old times sake, but because
we liked his looks. THAT fellow can
do anything he cares to- / remarked
after he left the office. So we let him
write. lie wrote book-reviews, editoTi-
ais. and even poetry; and after that he
wrote Mr.. 1saacs' You know the rest
From that on il was easy enough.
He won out. and we knew that, though
we had given him the chance he want
ed at the time that ne wanted IL, he
would have found il quick enough any
where else. But he never forgot what
he chose TO regard as d favor. He was
not the only young man who found his
chance on the Critic; but that is an
other story. ''-Jeannette L. Glider In
June Putnam S.
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psres. in words that are the simple
words OF our own everyday using Mr.
Howeus has told the story of wife
and husband IN three momentous hours
the hour of the birth of their child,
the hour OF her marriage, and the hour
of her death. The range of JOY and an
guish that these contain are etSIieo "S-
iicately. sharply. with intuition
First the young mother, with her new
horn babe on her arm, the father look
ing down upon them both, the rapture
and awe of their experience beating IN
the mans AID wOman's every WORD.
Later, the pair in middle lire, When the
bride, the daughter, has just gone from
them, and they are torn between the con-
seriousness of her happiness and their
own loss Last, the chamber OF the
dead with its bewilderment and pain
and again. as twice before. vision
coming to bOth-the curious sense ulal
life once given can never cease, but Is
eternal as love that gives life birth. The
deepest quality in this latest work OF
Mr.. Howells may be said TO DO lncon-
7r7rYrsfra l1la
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Irving Bachelors hero in The Hand
Made Gentleman" was brought up IN
der three commandments. Wrought by
his mother in colored yarn, they hung
in notices on the cottage wall; but al
though learned by heart oy tne ch!,a,
tbeN- vera ouiy understood when the
child became a man. The three We're:
slBe truthful. Be kind. Be happy.
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For the second
best discovery of the
hidden proverb,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-19

For the third best
discovery of the hid
den proverb,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-30
which Would You prefer?

Clinton Herald: II you were to be.
come stockholder in an immense
corporation would you prefer that the
management OF that corporation be
placed In the hands of men who
would give 1t but superficial atten-
ton. men who from the very nature
of their other interests could not de-
vote the time necessary to inform
themselves thoroughly in regard to
the affairs OF the corporation, and
men whom you asked to serve for prac.
tically nothing; or would you want
the affairs of that corporation placed
In the hands of men who were paid
commensurate with the services they
performed. men who would acquaint
themselves thoroughly with every de
tall of the business, and who would
act intelligently upon every matter
coming up, keeping you posted in re
gard to their act? We know your
answer.
/ You, as taxpayers. are stockhold
| ers in the corporation of the city Of
Clinton, and you should demand the
same careful and bnsinesslikc stew
ardship of the affairs of that cor
poration, as you would demand O
any other corporation. You. individ
nally. are vitality interested in hay
/ ing the very best possible administra
i tjc- ~ w~,,r c't--'7 rff-ivs
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Wt1A1 WAS HIS NAM q
What was his name? do not know
his name.
i only know he heard Gods voice and
came:
Brought all he loved across the sea.
To live and work for God and me;
Felled the ungracious oak
With horid toll
Dragged from the soil!
The thrice-gnarled roots and stub
born rock:
With plenty filled the haggard noun.
tain side,
And when his work was done. without
memorial died
No blaring trumpet sounded but his
fame;
He lived. he died. do not know his
name.
No form OF bronze and no memorial
stones
Show me the place where Hes his
moldering bones,
Only cheerful city stands,
Builded by his hardened hands,
Only ten thousand homes,
Where every day,
The cheerful play
OF love and hope and courage comes;
These are his monuments, and these
alone
There Is no form Of bronze and no
memorial OF stone.
T
And /?
Is there some desert or some bound
less sea
Where Thou. great God OF angels, Wilt
send me?
Some oak for me to rend, some sod
| For me to break,
Some handful Of Thy corn. to take,
And scatter far afield,
Till It in turn shall yield
Its hundredfold
or grains OF gold
To feed the happy children Of my God
| Show me the desert, Father, or the
sea.
Is It Thine enterprise? Great God
| send me;
And though this body lie where ocean
rolls,
Father, count me among all faithful
souls!
Edward Everett Hale.
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An Example.

Sioux City Journal: Talk about
your Christian forbearance! A pom
derous machine used in grading, called
the Little Giant, was being moved
from a point on upper Jackson street,
Sioux City, for shipment to some point
in Oklahoma. Rain had been falling
heavily, and night had fallen. Sixteen
horses were attached to the machine
which rested on heavy trucks. 1t was
late in the evening when the turn was
made from Jackson street to Ninth
heading east toward the railroad
yards. Ninth street is yet to be paved.
and the ground was soft and slippery.
But the drivers Fcpt their horses to-
gether, and they foundered along for
well nigh half block. The load sud
denly became too heavy, and things
came to dead halt, except for the
nervous lunges of the horses separated
| from their sense of harmony. The
street was black, and the thick foliage
of the overhanging trees conspired to
shut out the light from neighboring
\ I, i-z-< = - I,
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THE WASTE in POSTCARDS.

Despite all that has been SAID ana
nrinted on the subject, people con.
time to mail tinseled and frosteo
nost- cards without enclosing them IN
sealed envelopes to prevent the escape
Of narticies Of tinsel, mica and the
l,ke as required by the postal regula-
tions. and in consequence from $4,000
to 10000 such cards are Withdrawn
from the mails every DAY and sent to
the dead letter Office at Washington
where they are destroyed.
Following the issuance of an order
by the department declaring cards OF
such character to be unavailable I'M
Hess enclosed in envelopes so treated
4 as to prevent injuries to employees.
most card dealers began supplying
their customers with flimsy transpar-
emit envelopes for enclosing the cards,
i which has resulted in much difficulty
to the department.
The postage stamp Is frequently
placed on the card inside the envelope
thereby preventing its cancellation
and the envelopes fall to prevent the
escape of particles, which fill the air
in postal cars, thereby causing infiam
nation Of the eyes of railway mai
clerks.
II should be understood, once for al
! by everybody, that tinseled and frost
ed cards are unavailable unless en-
closed in sealed envelopes, and tina
when SO enclosed and sealed thu
; postage is two cents for each ounce
! and fraction of an ounce. Failure t.
: understand and obey this requirement
. will inevitably result in CONTINUING
+ the great waste in postcards that 4
now going on. Many such cards ar
i quite expensive and deserve bette
e fate than so many of them encounter
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dropped into a sewer trench made
treacherous by the rain. The man in
the buggy got out. The tender wagon
was brought along side. The situation
was critically examined There was
no loud talking. Not cuss word was
uttered. The tender gave up a jack
screw and some plank. Men got down
low and said not word about the
mud. The horses were agreeably
spoken to couple OF times, and
jumped into their collars. The Little
Giant was stuck for sure. The tender
went away; the men with the horses
went away. and the man with the
buggy went away in a calm manner.
Early in the morning the crew was on
hand again, after a sound nights
sleep, as anyone may be sure. The
clouds had cleared, and the sun came
forth gloriously. and with its silyerly
broom 1t swept away all the shadows
from under the trees and left every.
l n -
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calmly and intelligently The men
had brought capstan and heavy
cable, and the Little Giant was soon
out OF the hole. 1t was expected to
have the machine loaded for It's Okla
homa journey the night before. In
daylight it was plain how the accident
might have been escaped. The man
in the buggy said it was too bad" He
had no censure to pass upon the
drivers. The name OF the street COM
missioner was not referred to- One is
tempted to believe, on the strength Of
evidence reported by the newspapers
that a crew gathered for heresy
trial, with no greater provocation.
would not do as we'll in the great task
or bringing flesh under subsection
to the spirit as did this crew in charge
of the Little Giant. 1t was great
sermon that was preached by the man
who got out Of the buggy into tns
mud, surrounded by his faithful disci-
lples, whom he called oboys, and the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-30

Frederick Adrian Delano, who was
offered the post OF minister to China
but has declined the honor, was born
in Hong Kong. China, forty-four years
ago. His life has been one of steady
advancement from one success to an
other Having been born in China he
had an unusual interest in the orient
and has kept firm grasp on all its
national AFFAIRS and its growth. Mr..
Delano would have been ably fitted
for the post had he seen at to accept
the position. He began at the bottom
of railroad work as an apprenticed ma
chinist and in twenty-four years has
advanced to the head OF one of the
great western railroads, the Wabash.
For q number Of years, before attain
ing his present position, he was the
popular and successful general man,
ager OF the Burlington and in that
capacity made a host OF friends
throughout southern Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-30

sc H.
Daughters Of the American Revolus
tipn, the United Daughters Of the Con.
federacy, the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, and every other
body Of Representative Georgia women.
The stamp Of illiteracy has acconpan-
led the growth Of the cotton mills.
and notably in Columbia, Ca which
sends the names OF 400 prominent per
sons signed to the petition Georgia
stands next to the lowest in the mat
ter Of illiteracy Of any state in the
union, there being thirty-four times as
many illiterate children between the
ages Of ten and fourteen as in Mas
sachusetts. and sixty-seven times 90
many as in Nebraska. !.
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Finding vocationaI FacuItles.

Sioux City Tribune: Happy the
man whose work fits his faculties.
Fortunate the youth who finds early
work for which his faculties adapt
him. Unhappy both If they miss. When
the necessity of vocation is upon
every male. and most women, 1t would
seem as If mankind long ago would
have set itself to find out early the
special faculties OF children and given
to their training the education of their
schools That this has not been done
Is due, perhaps, to that life-wrecking
notion that anything wished may be
made Of a child.
Blindly, empirically, sensing dimly
the fact at last effort is striving to
correct the old educational errors. All
this training of hand and eye gives
evidence of this. AS far as It goes IL
Is good. But unaccompanied with any
intelligent effort to correIate special
faculty with training 1t fails Of prac-
tical results. If 1t results In directing
child to its natural vocation It is the
accident-not the intelligent result.
/ Last year we made note of the OPEN
Ing In Boston by Frank Parsons OF
what he termed "a vocation bureau, the
object Of which was to aid especially
young men, In getting into work for
which they had aptness. Parsons died
but not before he had shown both the
need and the usefulness Of his work.
Hundreds of men and women were
aided by him to find themselves, I.
to find what they could best do and
their proper vocation. So general was
the recognition OF his work and SO
wide the interest in 1t that the voca-
ton bureau was continued under Mr..
Wheeler Starting as an Individual
and private movement it has become
recognized as a public work related
to education. The school committee
, of that city recognized 1t and asked
1t to assist in aiding graduates OF the
/ public schools in the choosing wisel,
t the most appropriate employment and
: in securing the same for them"
r In conjunction with the superintend
n ent of schools the vocation bureau ha.
laid out plan OF work involving Thu
aid OF teachers, parents and business
i men, the whole aim o. which is to ali
a young people in getting into that vc
, cation for which their faculties espe
n cially fit them. Undoubtedly. within
E short time the vocation bureau will be
l. come a part OF the public school sys
It tenn Of that city. What it will mea
to the boys and girls, II the work
conducted on the lines and by til
method Of Mr.. Parsons, those OF adul
e. age who CROPPED for years before fint
'e ing themselves and the host OF other
le who have not yet found themselves
'es will appreciate. 1t will stop one of th
10 greatest wastes Of society
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WARD ELECTIONS.

In addition to voting on the commits
sion plan Of city government tomor-
row the voters in the Fourth and Sixth
wards will elect an alderman In
each. In the Fourth ward the Republic
can candidate is H. Henderson.
whose qualifications for the place are
known to everybody and whose de-
servingness will be admitted without
argument He Is q longtime resident
Of the ward. knows its condition and
needs and will represent 1t with
conspicuous ability and success.
In the Sixth ward James R.
Roberts is the Republican noni.
nee. He is representative
citizen OF Keokuk and will bring to
the discharge OF his duties as alder
man talents and training that will
make him valuable member Of the
city council. It is only occasionally
that men of the ability and standing
of Messrs. Henderson and Roberts
can be induced to stand as candidates
for unexpired terms. Now that these
gentlemen have consented to make
the race and to serve If elected, the
voters of their respective wards
should see to 1t that both are endors-
ed by handsome majorities. Their
triumph a. the polls tomorrow will
add greatly to the personnel OF the
council.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-30

Professor Foster Of the University
of Chicago, expelled from the Baptist
ministers conference, is member OF
the Hyde Park Baptist church and
pastor Of the Third Unitarian church.
If the Baptist and the Unitarian faith
can be held by single individual 1t
seems to the Dubuque Times-Journal
that the movement for consolidation OF
weak rural churches should go for.
ward rapidly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-30
BETTER EDUCATION.

The women of Georgia have secured
5000 names to their petition for a
compulsory education law, in that
state, and double row of pages. bear
ing strip of paper 205 feet long will
march next week into the hall of the
house Of representatives. The paper
demands that the children of Georgia
have bettey educations; that they be
relieved frofS work in the factories,
and be allowed chance to grow into
something mora than dull laboring
clods.
The bill has thu solid support of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-30

The Greek boys taken out Of the
shoe-shining shops in Des Moines,
where they were held practically in
slavery, have been deported to Greece
by the United States immigration
authorities. Investigation is to be
made OF such shops elsewhere and
also OF candy stores owned and operat
ed by Greeks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-30

The complaint is voiced by 9 MIS-.
souri, paper that there are lot OF
people who won't cast their bread up
on the water unless they are sure II
will come back pie
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-30

In order to make sure that the COM
mission plan proposition carries at the
special election tomorrow every
friend OF the plan should cast vote
in its favor. Elections are carried by
votes not talk, land the only votes
counted are those which have been de.
posted in the ballot boxes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-30

The New York Sun expresses the
opinion that 1t Is easier to provide
vehicles Of transportation suited to
the rivers than to deepen and widen
the rivers to adapt them to an arbi-
trary type OF vehicle. There may be
something in the idea.