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For the Cry OF . Little Child.

I dreamed of a legion of women, who
waited with eyes aglow
In the shadow of Loves Forgotten, by tho
Ports of Long Ago:
I dreamed of a legion OF women whose
faces were tenderly mild
And bark: In the night l heard 1.-THE cry
of a little child.
I looked at the waiting women through
the mist of q thousand years:
And some of their eyes were smiling. and
some were suffused with tears.
Yet they sang as a choir in training. and
the song of the waiting throng
Was the old. old cry of Heaven: "Iow
long, 0 Lord. how long?"
I dreamed of a legion of women who stood
in a driving rain:
Who raised their voices singing, yet SANG
l looked on the waiting women, and their
faces were white and wild
And bark! In the night L heard 1.-THE
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Farm Notes
NO U FoR HOGS.


There are some farmers who are i'm
pressed with the belief that hogs do not
require mud wallows i'll summer and then
there are others who declare that q hog
that does not have access to a mudhole
cannot thrive. There is no doubt that a
hog is a hog In his habits largely be-
cause he does not have a nance to be de-
cent.
He needs a great deal of water In hot
! weather, and if he cannot get it he will
take mud as the next best thing. A hog
PUSHES TO a mudhole to cool off. He comes
out ana the mud dries on his skin.
The next mud bath he takes adds anoth-
! er layer to tina already dried on and in a
! short time the pores of his skin are COM
plctely clogged up with mud.
Now, a hog cannot thrive With his pores
all closed any better than a man.
II n hog has access to a deep pool or
water. as he should in hot weather. he
will keep clean and thrive much more than
it he lies around in a mudhole made filthy
supply a bathing place for their hogs make
them so shallow that they are soon con-
verted into mudholes.
On our home farm we usually kept from
70 to 50 pigs, and they had a pool OF water
fed by a stream. and it was deep enough
for them to swim In. The sides were dug
down sharply and were laid with cobble-
stones for a distance of four or 1--WE 1eet
from the waters edge.
The pool was always reasonably clean:
we never had trouble with mango or lice.
and when on tWo occasions cholera swept
through the ountry our hogs were not az
fected.
The hogs never used the pool unless the
weather was extremely hot. We do not
believe in the mud idea for hogs or fltl,
of any kind for other anilnals.-J. B. Mill
Ter, Illinois,
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SOME A poN,1s.

Don't fail to provide for ample inocu-
iation; soil from an old alfalfa field Il.
best.
Don't SOW poor or weedy seed.
Don't SOW OH a weedy soil.
lined soil. ~
Don't SOW on a poorly drained soil.
Don't SOW on any but a finely prena roa
well settled seed bed.
Don't pasture the first or second ve.r
Don't lose the leaves: they constit,t.
the best part of the hay.
Don't seed q large acreage to bes,,
with. Experiment on = small area first
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a Square Deal.

HT0In tN6 BOUtUH IEHNBCFIpI.
II I only had a million bucks
/ know what I would do:
I'd take out all ] wanted and
I'd give the rest to you.
But IL you don't think that's rs fair
As anything could be.
you can do the wishing and
Divide the pot witch me-.
Boston Transcript
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plies were Allied in one by one in the
blank n1aces:
Court Of the First Instance Of the Depart
ment of the Seine:
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UP TO ALL THE TRICKS

Ut TO ALI n TR1CkS.
summer resort hotel"
"How 10 you known"
BY his methods l wa. skating there yesterday an I fell through tho. ic.-
What has that tt d With I"
He tded to charge me- for bath"-
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We,
Georges Ginory. ex-
aiming magistrate
of the court OF the
first instance Of the
department OF the
Seine. command and
enjoin all offers and
guards of the public
force to d to
the prison Of deten-
ton, called the
Mazas, in conform
ity to the law, Pra-
des Charles Henri)
aged 2s years. COM
mission merchant
from Sydney. Accus-
ed of completely in
the murder OF Louis
Pierre Revere. We
direct the director of
said house of deten-
tion to hold him till
further orders. We
command every man
in the public to lend
assistance in order
to execute the pres
ent order. In case
such necessity arises
TO which we attach
our name and seal.
Made at the Palais
de Justice In Paris.
the 18th OF February,
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in the bottom of soup-kettle layer
of chopped clans, covering with sue
cessive layers of canned tomatoes,
minced onion, finely-chopped potatoes
and canned corn; continue alternating
the layers until the kettle is nearly full,
allowing two layers of clans TO each one
of the vegetables. Add only sufficient
water to we'll cover, and simmer slowly
for about two hours; then strain and
season highly with celery salt, salt and
paprika; meanwhile prepare quart of
rich milk by heating to the scalding
point and thickening with heaping
tablespoonful of white rouX, pouring the
soup liquor and the creamed milk stimuli
taneously into heated tureen, in which
a cupful of stiffly-whipped cream has
been placed. Serve Immediately, accom-
panied by toasted pilot biscuit
Massasoit Wild Turkey
AS genuine wild turkeys are some
times difficult to procure, an ordinary
bird treated after this given formula
can hardly be distinguished from the
real article. Procure the turkey at least
three days before Thanksgiving, and
after cleaning and washing it, stuff ii
with the following dressing Crate finely
a small loaf of stale graham bread, add
ing two finely minced onions, three
peeled and chopped tart apples, heap
ing teaspoonful of poultry seasoning
half a teaspoonful of paprika. one tea
spoonful of salt, three tablespoonfuls Of
melted butter, a pinch of sweet herbs
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sentiment regarding the latter as
truly Colonial dish, and more fitting to
commemorate the day, it is for the
housewife to determine which is to be
used.
Old-fashioned icc-cream should find a
place at this meal, and the Colonial
eornmeal pudding, baked to creamy
custard, plentifully sprinlsled with large,
plump raisins, is also delicious dish.
A surfeit Of desserts is not healthy, and
she is wise who will serve either pud-
ding and ice-creanl, or pic and a frozen
dessert, winding up with nuts and
raisins.
Boned Fresh Ham
Scrub the meat we'll in lukewarm
water and SINCE off any bristles Ii
the marketman cannot bone it, take the
longest, thinnest-bladed knife at hand
and insert at the large end close to the
bone; cut steadily and carefully as far
through as possible; then repeat the
process through the small end until the
bone can be turned about and with
drawn Cover the meat with boiling
water, to which add two tablespoonfuls
| of salt, and simmer six hours; remove,
and while hot fill the cavity with bread
dressing, set IN 4 dripplng-pan ana pour
over a pint Of cider; place in hot
oven and haste every five minutes for
one-half hour, AT the end of this time
remove and take the rind from the fat
sprinkle with graduated sugar, cracker
dust, and score with hot poker. Send
to the table hot
Dressing for Ham
| ~. r. r. 4 a.
with a tablespoonful of melted butter !;
season highly with salt, pepper, chopped
parsley, sage and onion juice; or put in
a saucepan tablespoonful of butter
and fry III it one minced onion; then
add one cupful Of soaked bread, the
water being pressed out, one-half cup
4 full of stock, one teaspoonful of salt,
one-half teaspoonful each Of pepper and
sage, one-half cupful of celery cut into
small pieces; stir until it leaves the
). sides of the pan.
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BRINGING UP THE BOY
Some Suggestions the Education and Develop
ment of Your Son

help toward the support of home, to
contribute by his labor toward the family
purse.
Cheerfully and with high resolves
good son begins to relieve his father
of burdens. He takes pride in being
able to buy his own clothing. He
takes pleasure in devoting some of his
earnings to making gifts to his mother,
father or sister. He enjoys the feeling
of responsibility, self-respect and self
reliance which his work brings and that
his parents can depend on him little.
During early boyhood he has beentaught
thrift, and now he saves something, lays
aside every month part of his earnings
he never runs in debt, never borrows; he
is generous, but never wasteful, reckless
or extravagant. He begins to under
stand values, to manage expenses, to
keep within an income and to realize
responsibility in money-spending
From fathers influence his son
learns that the secret of achievement is
in faithful work, honesty, good habits
concentration, tenacity of purpose, the
overcoming of obstacles; that the best
life is not one of ease but of effort, and
that happiness comes from the sense oil
having done difficult work that was
worth doing.
The Dangers of Modern Life
Modern life is hard for boy. Their,
arc many degenerate ideas, wrong stand
ards. There are subtle ways in which
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butter, six well-beaten eggs, a table
spoonful of ground ginger, half of a
grated nutmeg, one teaspoonful OF
powdered cinnamon, the grated rind Of
one orange, pinch of salt and gill of
rose-water. Blend thoroughly (you will
notice that no milk is used) and sweeten
to taste, filling into very deep pie-plates
of earthenware, as shown in the illus
tration.
Bake in moderately quick oven to
a golden-brown, and when cold spread
the tops with strained honey, ornament
ing just previous to serving with stars
of sweetened whipped cream, pressed
through pastry tube, or in lieu of that
culinary utensil, a stiff cone of white
writing paper may be substituted, ex-
actly the same effect being easily OBJ
tainable.
Cider Cream Apple Sauce
Peel and cut into quarters a quart of
rather tart greetings, adding a cupful
of cider, and cook until the fruit is ten
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dainty bonbonnieres in the form of
Thanksgiving tavors, filled with confec-
tons, and place-cards appropriately
adorned with silhouettes of John Alden,
Priscilla or the renowned Indian chief,
Tis-quan-tu being careful to glue to
the latter the traditional five kernels"
of corn made famous by the story of
this Indian As in those days typical
Thanksgiving dinner was supposed to
embody all the chef-d'euvres of the
hostess in the line of pickles, spiced
fruits and sauces, small dishes contain
ing molds of cider apple-sauce, corn
relish, spiced stewed cranberry, and
various sweet and sour pickles, may be
added with admirable effect to the festal
board.
Planning the Menu
Fortunately in planning the menu, a
mental telescope directed towards the
food supplies of the early colonists re-
veals that they were rich in clans,
oysters, Holsters and other sea foods,
while wild turkey and duck, as well as a
choice assortment of vegetables and
fruits, formed some of the gastronomic
1ompensations of our early ancestors
with this end in view, the following
menu is suggested, the quaint titles Civ
ing an added zest to the dainties OF
which it is composed:
Mayfower Soup.
Cape Cod Devilled Lobster.
Massasoit Wild Turkey. Sweet Potato Croquettes
Standish Succotash. Dreamed Onions
Plymouth Game Pie.
Winslow Salad. Bradford Cheese Canapes.
Colonial Pie
Cider Cream Apple-Sauce.
To prepare the Mayhower soup, place
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nato or celery variety is usually liked
by most people, and these also eliminate
the necessity of having meat for the
foundation
Potatoes can be mashed, baked riced
or made into croquettes, or an easy
and one which will be attract
i've, is to serve the white variety after
the Melba fashion The sweet potato
can be added to the menu, and boiled,
baked, mashed or served in the Georgia
way.
The steamed, stuffed apples or plain
hot apple sauce, always an acconpani-
mcnt of pork, will substitute for the
second vegetable.
If spinach or salad is not desired, and
the cupboard boasts of picked peaches,
watermelon rind or musklnelon man
goes then one of these fruits should
be put on pretty dish and passed witt,
the meats. Cranberry sauce or jelly
will make just as good an accompani-
nent with pork as with the national
bird.
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin pie is within the reach of all
Thanks can be given that the price o
this yellow luscious vegetable has no
placed it in the list of forbidden lux
uries. A Hubbard squash, baked instea,
of boiled, makes a richer custard thai
the pumpkin, but as many people hay
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treasury is problem that consronts
more than one housewife this year.
The price of turkeys has scared higher
and higher, until what was considered a
necessity to the Thanksgiving or Christ
mas table has become a positive luxury.
In many homes turkeys at any time of
the year are out of the question, and
chickens are frequently substituted. But
even these in many places are so high
priced or poor that one would prefer to
do without than to spend much money
and receive little return.
Substitute for Turkey
Those who are fortunate enough to
have farmer friends who raise their own
porkers can purchase sucking pig,
which, roasted, will make delicious
substitute for the turkey.
A ham, smoked or fresh, will also
prove satisfactory, and is especially
attractive when boned, stuffed and
roasted
During this month game abounds in
most markets, and in the smaller villages
and country places one can secure at
least one variety of game Then there
are oysters. which by many are thought
to be indispensable to a proper Thanks
giving dinner table. An oyster pie has
from time immemorial been associated
with the holiday dinner.
So with an oyster pie and fresi
ham, which is by far the best for bon,
ing, Thanksgiving day can be finely cele
brated.
Other Dishes
If a chicken pie is preferred to on,
made from oysters, use smoked ham
but do not use the chicken in conncc
ton with a young porker, as the flies!
is very similar
The dinner can be helped out wonder
fully by serving soup or vegetable
chowder. The cream of corn, pea, to
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CARING FOR ONES
PERSONAL APPEAR LANCE
Importance of Keeping Ones Self Always Attractive

haggard and old; not approaching the
fact that the tones of the complexion
change with the hair and that by such
artificiality the whole of natures color
scheme is thrown away
Folly of Artificial Ccloring
Artificial coloring Of hair or face de-
tracts from the appearance. Those who
detect it, and most generally it is ap-
parent, feel that the one who uses such
things is foolishly vain and silly, and
given to deceit. 1t has a counterfeit
ring. Those who do not recognize the
cause feel that something is not just
right with the person, but they cannot
tell what
Many are disturbed by few pimples
which come on the face. Imperfections
of the skin usually mean that some
thing is wrong with the digestion, and
attention should be paid to it, because
it is necessary to look after the health
but these exaggerate their trouble out
of all proportion. Others are silly when
wrinkles come in the face.
Nobility of Wrinkles
Generally such are lines of character
which come with the lapse of time. II
the character is right, lofty, generous
and noble, wrinkles add dignity to the
face, but if they come from i'll will, i'll
humor, fretfuiness and envy they are
ugly wrinkles that can only be gotter
rid of by a change of heart and DISPOSE
| tion, and no amount of cosmetics car
do any good
The silliest of all practices which
women employ in the hopes of improv-
ing the looks is that of tight lacing
One should always strive to appear nea
and tidy and not sloppy" but how car
one think that she. looks better by re
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ducing the waist-line an inch or two is
more than l can tell.
Danger of Lacing
The one who 1aces pays for her in
anity by bodily discomfort from the
pinching; by serious injury to her in
ternal organs, which after while are
pushed out of place; by indigestion be-
cannot exercise or walk properly. The
only wonder is that so many women
can endure the tightness of their cor
sets and keep as we'll as they do.
Women have an idea if they screw
or two smaller than what they should
wear that they are improving the looks
of their feet. Who knows or cares
what size Of shoes woman wears or
even gives it thought But the fact
that her shoes are tight is borne in
upon the wearer with a torturing insist
ence which half cripples her.
Equally silly is the woman who wears
the high heels, placed halfway under
her foot to give the appearance of a
short shoe or slipper. She cannot walk
properly, she topples along; her feet
are misshapen by bringing all the weight
to bear on the ball of the foot, spread
ing it at the joints and causing bunions
1t was thought that our grandmothers
were silly because of their dress many
years ago, but the fashions of to-day
are even more to be ridiculed, The
French century ago called these styles
which are in vogue to-day Incredible
Modern "Incroyables''
1t is indeed incredible that womer
will wear through the coolest winter
weather lace sleeves to cover the arms
and only thin covering over their bare
necks; that they will go in the streets
with pumps, mere slippers with higt
heels, and thin Isle or silk stocking:
covering their feet and legs; that they
will pile on their heads monstrositie;
of hats, with crowns so large that theJ
deprive the figure of any sense of pro
lportion. or brims SO broad that they can
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NOR the ambitious hostess on hos
ia pitable thoughts intent, who
81 wishes a novel innovation for
-A the time-honored Thanksgiving
dinner, Puritan feast will be found to
combine delightful possibilities both iii
the manner of artistic table decorations,
as well as an appetizing nenu contain
ing the old-fashioned dainties.
Indite the invitations in the quaint
phraseology of the seventeenth century,
besprinkling them plentifully with I'M
expected capitals, and i'll order that
everything may be in keeping, decorate
the living-room and dining-room with
grains of all varieties, interspersed with
boughs of brilliant autumn leaves in
place of the customary chrysanthcmuns
and dollhouse blooms. If the dinner is
to be given in the evening, although
high-noon is really the proper hour, use
in lighting the lower rooms green bay
berry candles that burn with faint
aromatic perfume, reminiscent of the
Puritan period.
Table Decorations
In arranging the table, cover the pol
ished board with a perfectly plain dam
ask cloth laid over heavy felt, select
ing for the centerpiece a miniature May
flower, with white sails spread and
heaped high with delicious homemade
Sweets comprising maple sugar nuts
candied sweet-hag and honey bars
while should the day prove dark and
dreary," the candles already mentioned
may be utilized without shades, fitted
into colonial candlesticks of silver Oh
brass and placed at the corners of the
table.
In addition to the flat silver necessi
tated by the menu, place at each cover
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Swapping Carrots
That is our merry name forth neigh
borly exchange which we instituted a
lew years ago at house-cleaning time.
1t was an inspiration due to the fact
that my neighbor was preparing to store
away a little crib which was Just the
right size for our little five-year-o and
concerning which | instantly broke the
tenth commandment A bright thought
came and / said, What do you say to
swapping that crib for my sewing chair
that you always liked SO nuch7 | had
to carry it up-garret yesterday because
it was in the way of the new bed lounge"
The trade was made Immediately, and
ever since we have made periodical
clearing out of Our respective "garrets,'.
to the saving of both our pocketbooks.
Even old things get sense of newness
and value in different environments.
The thing that is rubbish to the owner
often becomes a great convenience to
someone who has been longing for Just
that article of household furniture.
The Savings of Cnrefulness
You can't save where there's moth
ing to savel' said woman the other
day with gloomy petulance. Johns
wages just go round, and there's not a
cent left for the savings bank I"
longed to tell her how she might save
something every day of her life. That
day | had seen her wear fresh, dainty
muslin gown into the kitchen without
protective apron. Result: an unneces-
sary trip to the laundry, costing exactly
thirty-five cents (she had fabiIlously
cheap laundress), which might have
been spared to the savings box. A hasty
trip and tumble on the stairs that same
day tore off a yard of lace from the
ruftie Of Petticoat, to replace which
took a whole twenty-fve-cen piece,
which also--hard to spare or not
might have helped to swell the rainy-day
fund. The children were allowed tc
Istub out their best shoes when second.
best were the most appropriate footgear
4 nice hate were worn On dull days til
ribbons were stringv and faded.
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nav iilNiiSSIil sympathy lIOIll
his parents His father should not
insist that his son should take up a
business which he himself carries on, if
the boy has opposite tastes. AS far as
possible boy should have liberty of
choice in seeking an occupation or a
profession If he has his own definite
tastes he should be helped to carry them
out. If he prefers to have decisions
made for him he may be guided toward a
useful career.
This is often time of trial or dis
appointment to parents who may have
other wishes for their boy from those
he prefers to follow. 1t takes love,
wisdom, unselhshness to help a boy to
decide. He has to live his own life,
and to decide under what conditions
he will live it. He needs help, encour-
ageinent in choosing what he has bent
for. Then he must DO his best. If he is
of the material that makes a man of
character he is on the way to success.
A Good Son
A thoughtful son realizes and appre-
ciates that his parents have given their
best efforts, their best years in making
home and in providing for him, edu-
eating him, training him in character
and habits, and fitting him for life. Ii
may be that it is necessary for boy to
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otuH ca Apples
Pare tart apples and steam Until
tender but unbroken, Gore the fruit
and fill the centers with preserved
tomatoes, or gooseberries, and place
about the roast.
Melba Potatoes
Boil and mash the hot potatoes, season
with little salt and pepper; then whip
with fork until light place in hot
dish, making tall mound which score
with knife lengthwise; place lump
Of butter on top and dust the sides
lightly with paprika and finely chopped
parsley.
Georgia Sweet Potatoes
Boil four medium potatoes, pare and
cut into lengtlwise slices about one
half inch thick; fry in hot butter and
| sprinkle with four tablespoonfuls OF
graduated sugar while frying.
Cranberry Jelly
Stew two quarts berries in kettle,
using just enough water to cover when
soft rub through sieve. Allow one
4 pound Of sugar for every pint of juice;
boil and stir for ten minutes, pouring
into mold or dish to become cold
4 When cold, spoon into a glass dish and
decorate with sliced bananas dipped i'll
lemon Juice to prevent their becoming
!, discolored,