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Quick Breads.

If there Is one thing the normal
man dotes on it is hot breads of all
kinds, and it is hard for him to realize
that hot bread at every meal Is not
good for the stomach.
Cereal Breads.-Gems and breads
made from cereals are very satisfying
and nutritious. They are not expen-
sfve and with or without fruit and
nuts are good foods.
Corn Bread.-Take a pint Of sour
milk, one tablespoonful Of melted lard,
one egg well beaten, one teaspoonful
of salt, one teaspoonful of soda and
cornmeal enough to make a drop bat
ter. Pour into a creased dripping pan
and bake for half an hour. This same
mixture may be used In muffin pans.
A mixture Of equal parts of corn
meal and -four is better liked by
many. When using sweet milk use
two teaspoonfuls Of baking powder IN
place of the soda.
Maryland Biscuit.-Sift half a tea
spoonful of salt with a quart Of flour,
then cut into it two tablespoonful OF
butter. Make a stiff dough with a cup
Of ice water; turn the mixture out on
the molding board and beat with the
rolling pin for 20 minutes, turning
frequently; cut into rounds and bake
In a moderate oven. The pounding OF
the dough incloses air In 1t and
makes it light when expanded by the
heat.
Cream Scones.-Mix and sift togeth-
er two cups of -four and two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, two teaspoon
fuls of sugar and half a teaspoonful
Of salt Rub into the mixture four
tablespoonful of butter; add two we'll
beaten eggs and a third Of a cup OF
cream. Toss on a Toured board and
roll to ~three-fourths of an inch In
thickness. Cut in squares, brush with
the white Of egg, sprinkle with sugar
and bake in a hot oven Is minutes.
Hominy Gems.-Add a fourth cup OF
hominy to a half cup of boiling water
and stand until the water Is absorbed.
Add a cup Of hot milk, a half tea
spoonful Of salt to a cup of cornmeal,
three tablespoonfuls of butter and
three of sugar. Combine mixtures,
cool, add two eggs and the two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder sifted In.
Beat we'll and bake in buttered gem
pans.
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VeHAEN ase~<A
Really "Precious" Books.

The dukes of Burgundy were re-
nowned for their libraries. The boo,
cacio" of Charles the Bold was u
in red velvet set with five large rubles;
another Burgundian book was VelVe'
bound. set with So pearls OF great
size. with a small silver" instrument
for turning the pages. Pipes were
also attaches to some OF these costly
tones: they were little bars Of silver
or gold, forming supports for mark
ers," some times the "pippe' was sci
with rubies, while he numerous mark
nrs were adorned with pearls.
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Kitchen Utensils,

Household appliances have been in
vented in most cases to sell. Many
utensils which are invaluable in a
large family are poor investments for
a small one. Any appliance should
save more time and labor than it
takes to adjust and clean it after
using.
A vacuum cleaner which may cost
a small sum saves the housekeeper
much hard labor and gives time for
recreation and reading Is a good In
vestment. 1t is better than putting
that amount into doctors bills. p
A washing machine, a bread mixer,
a food chopper, a mop wringer and a
mangle are all great strength savers.
The freless cookers are savers Of
time, heat and labor. One need not
buy an expensive one; as the home
made ones are very satisfactory. The
steam cooker Is another valuable ap-
pliance, especially on the farm or
when cooking for a large family.
A uncovered table is the greatest
comfort to a busy housewife, as 1t Is
easy to clean; hot pans and kettles
may be placed on it without injury.
The soap shaker is always ready
to use In the dish pan and uses the
bits Of soap that might otherwise be
wasted.
The up-to-date home is using the
gasoline engine to III the washing
machine, the wringer and the man.
gle. When much sewing is done the
power is applied to the sewing ma
chine. In many homes they are using
the electric motor for this purpose
and to run the vacuum cleaner. The
electric and alcohol irons are becom-
ing more and more common.
The spatula or timber knife is in.
valuable in the kitchen, and the small
wooden spoon Is so easy to stir with
and never gets hot when using around
the stove. The potato ricer and sink
strainer are other useful utensils.
The dustless buster. which may be
bought for a quarter Of a dollar, is
something which every housewife
should have. 1t is simply a piece or
cheese cloth treated with oil which
holds the dust. The cloth may be
washed and it's property of holding
the dust is not lost. The cloth is not
greasy, but it gives a good polish 10
woodwork. =,
A small wheeled table with a she'll
below and the top covered with zinc
Is an addition to the comfort OF any
housewife. 1t may be wheeled 10
and from the dining room, thus an
swering for a tray and stand near the
stove when cooking to hold the neeo'
ed utensils. Such a table IS lnVaiu'
able when once used.
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about a inch long n
looked as if she had chewed it to
charpen it, and she had a lot of notes
made on the back Of a bill from the
d~ressmaker.
Henry, she said, I am puzzled to
deth to kno what to give your pa and
your Unkel Willyum for Chrismus. |
do wish you would kind Of pump them
and see what they would like to hav,
and then tell me, without giving 1t
away to them what you are trying to
6nd out.
All right, ma, l told her, and tried
to get a peek at her list to see If she
had me down for the maggiezine re-
yolver I want.
But she folded up the. paper and put
It away.
So that night when pa and Unkel
Bill was sitting in the librarey talkin
about the way senator Tillman had
better look out or he will be playing
in a drama that has a press agent, or
else he will be crackin a black snake
whip around in Unkel Toms Cabben, /
sst pa what he thot was the right
kind OF a Chrismus present.
You otto be satisfde with what you
get, my young man, he sed, without
coming around and hintin.
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4 90. sss,s sss. g ass ! Thompson's Eye Water
TAKE A DOSE OF
DI O'S
~. THE BEST MEDICINE
for COUC HIS e G0G0S
Time to Think Over Suicide.

-.L|L<
He took paris green to comfAt sui
eide. Too big a dose to kill him. Emil
nent specialist happened to be called
In, and started to fix him up. mo
use," said paris green performer, "Pll
do it anyhow after you have done with
me-" Doctor got mad. IF that's the
way you feel about it, you fool" he
said, "Ill not waste my time on you"
Paris green performer much aston.
ished and grieved. We'll" he said,
give me "a hours to think 1t over"
Doctor gave him "a hours and went
away. At the end of the time paris
green performer telephoned: I've
thought 1t over and want to get well;
come and see me some more"
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l amt hintin, i told him. l just won
dered what your idee would be about
one for yourself.
Crate Scott! he sed. Has it come
to this? 1t is bad enIff to hafto fork
over for the fool things yure ma buys
for me without havin to pay for some
thing you get for me.
| don't want to get you anything. i
sed. I just want to get yure idee
about what you want.
Unkel Bill spoke up and sed most
men could tell what they wanted bet
ter by tellin what they don't want.
What would you like to hav, unket,
Bill? l asst him.
Well, now, he sed, thare is lots OF
things / would be glad to see In my
stockin on Christmas morning. II l
was a woman Of course / would yern
for dimund bracelets and necklaces
and rings and gold wotches that l
could pin on me somewhere WHARF a
pickpocket could get them without
pickin my pocket. Thare never was
a pickpocket that could pick a wom-
ans pocket, kept one that lived IN
Moo York, and he had been marrid
forty times, and he confessed that
the reeson he got marrid so menny
/ times was just becos he wanted to
lurn WHARF a woman keeps her peck
ct. It was a matter Of profeshnul
pride with him, becos he sed thare
was no profit in pickin a womans
pocket when all you got was a bunch
Of samples and a button hook and a
powder rag and betwene thirty and
forty sents.
But / don't see what pickin pockets
has to do with Chrismus presents, |
sed.
You waite till you get marrid. pa
spoke up reel quick.
FINELY pa and Unkle Bill thay got
me to tell them about ma astin me to
find out what they wanted, and then
they LATED and LATED, and Unkel Bill
sed it was a refreshin indication of
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CARPENTER?

He'll have to start In as a
carpenters helper of the crud-
..sr sort, and his pay will be
small, but in the end he may be
szrning his thousands a year as
Il Guiding foreman or building
Observation-Disclosures he may be
getting a comfortable living as
a builder on his own hook
How he may advance up the lad
der of carpentry, and what are
his chances of doing this, to-
gether with the pay for each
step taken.
BY. c. w. JENNINGS.
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~ATBB0NA
DARK OUTLOOK BEFOREHAND

Mamma" asks the little boy, "hov
can Santa Claus get into our fiat,
when we haven't any chimney-noth
ing but a steam radiator?"
He will probably slip in by the
basement door. darling"
"It's all off then" says the lad, with
a surprising vigor in the use Of slang
That ~janitor will put him out of bust
ness before he can unpack his sack
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An Unmlstakable Hint.

Young Staylate got a delicate hint
from the young lady he was calling
on the other evening" "
What was it,"
"She found looking at the clock and
other familiar devices useless, so she
ordered some refreshments and her
mother sent her a plate Of breakfast
food"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-14
Government Dam In the Hudson.

The dam which the United States
government Is planning to construct
at Troy across the Hudson river will
wipe out a number Of factories and
mills in that region by using water
cover. The head furnished by the
dam will be utilized to generate about
6~OO0-horse power, and this will be sold
TO the mills and factories at cost.
However, the companies will be re-
ouired to pay the cost Of building the
power house. 1t Is estimated that the
mount of power utilized will be three
tines as much as has heretofore been
employed.-scientlic American.
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ors to God and a 1t is therefore
not for us to question whether others
are kind to us, as whether there Is
love, g%entleness, meekness, sympathy
and h%elpfulness in our W lives, or
not. With this spirit Of the season
reflected and perpetuated in the life,
Christmas giving will resolve itself
into Christ-like giving every day from
Christmastide to Christmastide of ev-
cry year Of grace. Christ came not 20
be ministered unto, but to minister, to
suffer, and to die for others, even his
enemies. Rising far above the lower
aim of getting and gaining solely for
self, the grateful heart will ask:
What can I give to my Redeemer
who gave himself for me, and what
can I do for others, for his sake, and
the gospers?" That is the %reincarna-
ton of the Christ spirit. and exalts
him who said: And I, If be lifted up,
will draw all men unto me-"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-14

HE men and women who are
A2A lifting the world upward and
onward are those who encourage more
thar criticise. Elizabeth Harrison.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-14

Fairy tales are made out Of the
dreams of the poor.-LowelI.
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Lille HetfU
Finds OK
BIZ Wilbur D. Nesbn

A called me to her day be-
fore yesterday and sed she
wanted me to help her do
something.
She had a peece Of pen
Gil in her hand that was
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-14
Was All Right.

Was All Right.
Howard-Did you telephone Mrs.
Howard that | would be detained at
the office until midnight?
Office Boy-Yes, sir.
And what did she say"
Said she didn't blame you-she had
made an engagement to go to the he
alter tonight berself."-Smart Set.
Some women jump at conclusions
because they want to see how the
story is going to end.
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&ITEJN&

If the average mar had his way he
would only work on the days wheT.
he did not have to. On those days &
man always feels that he can do h
very best.
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|WKTFGIMiEN


HE law of nature is that a Ger
sary to produce a certain quantity OF
good of any kind whatever. If you want
KNOWLEDGE, you must toll for 1t; II FOOD.
you must toll for It; Inc If pleasure. you
must toll for 1t. -RusHln-
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Eoston's Good Sense.
"Poston wants Walter Wellman to
fly from that city"
"I should think it would"
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S you watched some young
fellow working in the cold
on some half-fnished build
ing, driving nails with
numbed fingers and han
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The Forrest City times., 1910-08-26
ACorner in Ancestors
Manning Family
Copyright by Mcclure Syndicate,
By ELEANOR LEXINGTON

Cambridge. Mass; about the same time we find John and Thomas at lbs wich; another John and George at Boston. In 1862 Nicholas at Salem. Mass, and 1676 Jeffrey Manning in New Jersey. The story of forefa- ther who ran away" should come in right here. but details are lacking to make the story complete, and where he ran from or what he ran for must be left to the imagination.
 Samuel of Billerica, Mass. grandson of William of Cambridge, had become founders of families in Connecticut. Vermont and New York, and his grandsons were Ohio pioneers.
 In 1885 Thomas and John Manning. born in England. were living in Vir- ginia. stephen Mannering (not Man. ming, although this may have been the correct spelling), in 1677 confessed with others: We have bin notorious ly actors in ye late horrid rebellion, set on foot by Nathaniel Bacon" We confess ourselves traitors, and will never, no never, do so again. is the sum and substance of the confession, although not exactly thus worded.
 In Spotsylvania county, Virginia. Andrew and James Manning were liv- ing. about ITO, and in Princess Anne county, Henry K. Manning The fam, fly was prominent in South Carolina. where there is town, Manning. in Clarendon county. Thomas Manning was one of the council of safety, s. C., HTS.
 The family had its war record, and one to be proud of. Representatives are found in all colonial wars. Benja- min. Daniel David. Thomas and Sam uel were among the number Diah, (where did he pick up this name?) of Connecticut. was a drummer of Wash ington's Life Guards. Lieut. Law renee Manning of the continental army was father of Richard Irvine Manning Governor of South Carolina. where he was born at Hickory Hill. Clarendon county. Gov Manning en- tertained Lafayette upon his second visit, and his wife is recorded as the wife, sister, niece, aunt and mother. and foster-mother of governor.
 As scholars the Mannings have few equals, and many have been bright and shining literary lights The first popular" history of England was written by Robert Manning. in the time of Edward H., whom he calls l Edward of Inglond."
 The coat-of-arms illustrated is blaz. oned: Gules, cross fory. between four trefoils, slipped or
 Crest: An eagles head. sable. be- tween two ostrich feathers, Argent. is- suing from dueal coronet, or.
 Motto; Per Ardua Stabilis-steady in diff culties
The Forrest City times., 1910-08-26
Where Millions Are Entombed.

The catacombs at Rome were the burial places of the early Christians. They are about 5S0 miles fin extent and are said to have contained coco. GOO bodies. During the prosecutions of the Christians under Nero and other Ro- man emperors the cataeombs were used for hiding places. Under Diocle tian the catacombs were crowded with those for whom there was no safety in the face of the day. The art of the catacombs is unique and most inter esting. Simple designs are etched in the slabs which seal the tombs. Now and then are small chapels where paintings are to be found All are Bible Illustrations. so that the eata- combs may be said to be a pictorial Bible in effect.-The Christian Herald
The Forrest City times., 1910-08-26
Hume Family

The Saxon monarchs of England are responsible for the Humes, or the Homes, which is another orthography, and the more common one, centuries ago. Some one says it is indeed de- sirable thing to be we'll descended. but the glory belongs to our an cestors
 The story is this: Go back to 1884, or whereabouts, and you find clan whose official name was Cospatrick. corrupted to Gospatriek The name means father count Comptes or count abbreviated to "Co." and Pat. rick. meaning father The Copatricks or Cospatricks had large land hold ings, and the Hume branch, descend ed from the Saxon kings-so they say. Representative were at the battle of Hastings, in the Saxon ranks One Cospatrick fled to Scotland. He was earl of Northumberland, and in Scotland became earl of Dunbar. and Baron Hume of Home, and from him descend the present line of Humes The unreasonable person who wants more romance than this for back ground would want-well, he would probably want the earth.
 Is it not enough to say that the Iumes were at once time one of the most powerful of the Scottish nobil- ity?
 As to descent from kings and the like. We must ask. before growing tco proud. were the kings noble. and is drcp or two of their blood worth having?
 Hume Castle. Berwickshire, Scot and, is one seat of the family For long time the castle was held against Cromwell's forces. The gov erncr being summoned to surrender. replied that he knew not Cromwell, and as tor his castle. it was built upon rock It would be pleasanter 70 skip or ignore the sequel, that four days later the castle was surren- dered One of the greatest of his toFians, and most subtle of metaphysi- clans, David Hume, was the son of Joseph the laird Of Winewells, Der wickshire. and nephew of a Scottish peer. earl of Hume or Home. of the noble house of Douglas David's mother was daughter of Sir David Fal- ccner.
 George Hume. born in Berwick 1897. came 10 America in 179i and settled In CulpepGer county. Virginia. He was a surveyor. and the one who taught Washington the business. George Hume's eldest brother. Sir Francis Hcme. had come over previously with Gov SFotswood whose cousin he is called. George the pilgrim. had six sons, and his wife was Elizabeth Proc ter. George Jr., married Jane Stan. ton. ana they had eight olive branches
The Forrest City times., 1910-08-26

On each side of the fence there was little garden. There were red roses In the garden on the right and white roses in the garden on the left It seemed as if the owner of the white -ose garden might exchange blos- soms with the owner of the red rose garden. But there was no exchange. Bitterness and strife existed where there should have been harmony. and he man who owned the Ted rose gar. den never spoke to the woman in whose beds the white flowers bloomed
 IL was feud of such long standing. however, that the enemies had grown gray while fighting 1t out. and their children had waxed strong and tall. and had reached the age of loving even while their elders hated.
 Because of that hatred the boy and girl were forced into secrecy. They hid their good friendship. and when they walked in the red rose or the white rose garden only their eyes strayed across the fence. These glances and the trysts they kept in the little grove half mile away on the hill were the sole outlets for the emotions that were beginning to pos sess them deeply. In fact they were In love.
 Its no use trying to hide 1t from anybody" David said when he had kissed Elvira for the first time.
 n1 never let us marry, David" she said
 The boy clinched his fists. But we can run away" he told her def antly.
 Elvira shook her head Mother loves me too much for that"
 T know" The defiance left Day Ids voice. Father loves me. too but he hates your mother.'
 They talked over the feud after that. of the quarrel about the strip ol land that had made the first trouble
The Forrest City times., 1910-08-26

using nothing to aid hir in the climb but the projecting stones and creyices on the side. He would have gone on to the roof had he not been stopped by the police
 He climbed buildings in New York. Chicago, Pittsburg, New Orleans. Philadelphia, St. Louis and in fact every large city in the country. That was the way he made his living. While he scaled the side of the build Ing and performed dizzy stunts from the edge of the roof. a partner would pass the hat among the crowd below. and in this manner quite a respecta- ble sum could be picked up.
 None know the mans true name. He left home when he was fourteen years of age and took to climbing as a profession, and followed 1t all his life. Up to the time of his death he had never had fall. and it was his boast that he would die in bed, despite bis dangerous calling.
 On his last trip up the side of the Hamburger building, when he reached i the seventh floor he mistook a shadow Tor handhold and stepped confident ly forward to what appeared to be a fine hold. There was the scraping sound of flesh rubbing against the stone side of the building; a swift rush forward by the crowd. and then body swung outward and dropped. turning over and over in the air. At the third floor he struck a ledge, bounding from there to the street. where he lay. with every bone in his body broken. He died a few hours later
The Forrest City times., 1910-08-26
How He Disappeared.

'1 have been avfully worried ar day." said she as she pushed the larg est chair toward her caller. This morning man came to the door anf asked if he might oren the window and mend tho pire outside. said Certainly. ani left him at the orer window while I went to wash m, dishes, and when came back there was the orea window. bat TO man ! ran to it looked out and down in, area. seven flights and all over the adiaecpt window sills. but no. 2 sirr Of the man. looked up on the roal IS far as could see. but he wasn1 there He wasn't anywhere. What do yen suppose became ef hino If has worried me all day"
 "Fe mish' poSsihly have onenef the door while you were ir the kitch en and walked out." her caller srg gestod. quietly
 70 he might" cried she. Il nefy occurred to mel"