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OPENS NEW OPPORTUNITIES
FOR COUNTRY MERCHANTS,
Parcels Post System, Which Soon Will
Become Effective, Will Do Away
With Rural Handicap.

Many country mert hans are already
planning to take advantage ~of tile
parcess post service III operation Jan,
], 1913. The object of the zone, .sys-
ten for parcels is to give an equal
chance to all. so far as possible. For
this reason the parcels post rate was
made very low Within, .the local area
served by each postotIice. This en-
ables the country dealer and local
merchant to- send parcels to their
customers by the rural carriers. The
merchant who is planning TO make
the most OF his new opportunities will
keep in stock. everything wanted by
The farmers and other people within
The territory covered by his store. The
dealer receiving his goods by freight
in bulk will have a much smaller
transportation charge to add to his
first cost than do the mail order
houses.
The improved service the country
merchant gives his patrons and the
fact that the local parcels post rate
keeps the customer and the merchant
in touch twice a day at almost M
expense are being seized by mp to date
dealers As giving them n distinct adj
vantage. say Orange Judd Farmer.
Again. the advertising done by
manufacturers of the goods which
the country merchant and dealer have
On sale creates n demand for them
without any expense whatever to the
local merchant. In some places. also,
country merchants are putting their
business on n cooperative basis.
whereby their profits are divided be
tween the store owner and its pa
irons. Here and there an enterpris-
Ing country merchant is graSping the
opportunity he possesses Of being the
center through which the produce of
the locality can be collected. shipped
to market, sold and the proceeds re-
turned to producers. also on a co
operative basis. instead of upon the
old grab 1t all produce In trade plan.
In these and other WAYS the coun-
try dealer and local store have before
them a larger usefulness than ever. Az
they improve their service their patron
age will enlarge. their profits will in
crease. they VIII become more and
more helpful and Indispensable. and
the local merchant will he able to meet
any and all forms Of competition from
outside his immediate territory. wheth-
er by mail. express or freight.
The new rule OF modern business ia
being grasped and put into effect by an
increasing number Of country dealers:
The better the service the better the
profit"
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HIS CHOICE
BY
MARGUERITE
BURROWS


i, Il ssure YOU mine beats the same
rs when ! parted from YOU"
Then why have you not come for
me before"
This was a home thrust. He p,eadad
absorption in business. a desire to &C
emulate a certain amount and other
excuses in which there was no warmth
Of love. And YOU he said. why did
you cease to write meEt
How could | continue TO write when
your letters came ut such long inter
walls as to Indicate that YOU were
changed?'
Never mind that, sweetheart. We
are united now, and We'll never part
again in life"
Had the young lady not held the
reins he would have taken her hand,
stolen an arm around her waist. posi-
bly, n kiss As it was. he was Obliged
to defer caresses till they reached
home. where he found her unwilling to
submit to them. He protested. and
she dropped q hint that she must lie
Won Indeed. she left a doubt In
his mind whether she could he won at
all. They dined together, and Seymour
was surprised that no one except Bar
bara was at the table. He asked if she
lived alone. which disconnected her.
but she stuck to the truth by telling
him that she lived with an aunt who
was an invalid.
That night Barbara confessed to
Miss Ward the part she was playing.
Her aunt after reflection told her to
continue the deception. Seymour was
made welcome at the house and show
ed no inclination to depart. The day
after hex arrival the invalid came
down for dinner, and Seymour was in
troduced by Barbara. 4 sadness came
over Miss Wards face when her for
me lover showed no recognition Of
her whatever. Indeed, he sat at table
with a bored look on his face that a
third person should have come to in
trlde upon their companionship.
There We're many conferences be-
tween aunt and niece. The elder Miss
Ward. fully realizing that she and
Seymour were not for each other. de-
sired Barbara to accept him in her
stead. Barbara would have been pleas
ed 10 do SO but for what she consider
ed diSloyalty to her aunt. One day af-
ter an agreement between the two wo-
men they met Seymour together and
told him the truth. Then Barbara
said:
ITO make amends for this deception
we are agreed that if you wish either
Of us you may moose between us
Seymour stood looking at both In
astonishment. Then the true man
spoke in him in no uncertain tones.
Advancing toward his old love, he took
her hand:
This is my choice"
Miss Ward placed his hand in that
of her niece. las AL
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his senior, but since he had
nothing except what he might carve
out OF the future a marriage be-
tween them was not to be considered.
Seymour went to q distant city to push
his way In the world, declaring that
when he had a competency he would
return and II he found Barbara still
unmarried would claim her.
Twenty years passed. Seymour had
prospered. but had not married. At
forty he was still very young looking,
young feeling and young acting, but he
was at that age when a man begins
to tire Of clubs and the laborious part
Of keeping in social life. He longed
for a home, and what was more natural
than to revert to his old sweetheart to
make that home for him? He wrote
her that he was intending to make
a trip and would call upon her.
Now, Barbara Ward had been a good
deal OF an invalid for many years.
Her face was creased and her hair was
almost white. She looked en- years
older than she was, while the likeness
she received looked ten years younger
than Seymour. Barbara was too senSi-
bic a woman to receive Russell Sey-
mour as a lover. Her sisters child.
now a oman Of twenty-seveu, had
the same nam as she. and pictures of
the two taken at the same age looked
like twins.
The Wards lived in a suburban town
near a city. Seymour sent word or
the day and hour Of his expected ar
rival and Miss Barbara drove to the
station for him. Seymour. who was
aware that a woman OF forty would
have passed the bloom OF youth.
looked forward to the meeting with
misCivings. When he saw what he
mistook for his old love II slightly
aged he was astonished and delighted.
Indeed. he began to Worry about q
few gray hairs that were creeping into
his beard.
Now. Miss Ward had instructed her
niece to entertain Mr.. Seymour ana
make excuses for her Own nonaprear-
ance. for she did not intend 70 snow
herself. II did not occur to Barbara to
play the part Of her aunt till she saw
that she had been mistaken Tor her;
then. the spirit OF mischief being rife IN
her. she played it to perfection.
How In the world he asked. "have
managed to retain your youthful
mo cares and a good conscience
"You don't look 4 day over thirty
Barbara WINGED at this. bur managed
to reply. And you don't look a day
over thirty either"
How fortunate that we have both
retained our youth! But the heart
that Y row Cd"
Sometimes it grows cod" She cast
aside her eyes.
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concerning the cure of his only child
called forth from Jesus an expression
OF disappointment ANA displeasure %
faithless generation" These words
were addressed to all present, inclad-
me- his disciples. : " " Bring him
unto me In spite of their mis-
placed confidence. Jesus would NOT
turn away from those in distress.
rs soon as the boy was brought to
Jesus he was seized with another at
tack. "Of a child" This malaGy had
afflicted him from early childhood, and
now re was a young man. Ii was sure
~ a hopeless case, beyond the cure Of
lAe physicians. TO destroy him"
Inc seizures We're often accompanied
by a tendency to suicidal mania"
tSWete>. Have compassion on us"
The father was speaking on behalf OF
himself ana family. We can see the
mother in the shadow. for on her the
burden must have rested very heavily.
~ h canSt believe The cure will
DEPEND on the faith of the father.
which must he exercised in behalf Of
his son Cried out It was n pas-
Slonate and piercing cry. out of the
depths. 1t expressed his trust in Jesus.
such as 1t was. with a PRAYER that
what was lacking in his faith might be
merclfully given him, so as to insure
the cure of his child.
Verses 300. An exhibition OF
power.
Inc conversation with the fathar
had taken place aside from the crowd.
i6nt when the people heard the cries
OF the eDileptic and of the father
'hey could not restrain their curiosity
ana so came running together" Jesus
ai' hot wish to stir up any popular
enthusiasm. 50 he promptly "rohuaed
the toul spirit "As one dead" This
last attack was terribly eyhauStinc. 4,
that the sufferer was exhausted unto
death. Took him by the hand" Jesus
helrcd him back to health and s.ren~tb
and gave him back to his father who
was overjoyed and grateful. Come
mo me house. AS soOn as Jesus
reached the privacy Of his led, ing
the h'ne disciples who had been pubic
~ defeated inquired as to the cause
or thelr failure. WHY could not we
cast him OUT They had LOST their
power because they had failed in
prayer.
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Farm Advice and SUGGESTION
MAKING LARD THAT WILL
KEEP FIRM ALL YEAR.
Detailed instructions That May Be
Useful In Hog Killing Time.
Product Never. Becomes Rancid.

'III tell my way Of rendering lard
which keeps firm and white the year
AROUND AND uerehGbecorles the least
rauai1, sAIa asseEEasponsoat ST Farm
aud Kanela 2Rrlaegye jha. skins from
the fat with q. sharp knife to insure Il
clean cut with no chunks Of meat left
on them, CIT up the leHf lard and
othar fat in small strips and pot il in
a tub Of cotd water to soak overnight
in order to draw out every particle of
blood TO keep the lard from being dark
Soak the gut fat in Il separate vessel
in soda water to take ont the disagree
able odor. Put the lard on in a large
kettle nhe wash boiler will doi, with
just enough water TO keep the meat
from sticking TO the vessel. Start Il
brisk fire and have q long handle wood
Ell paddle ready to stir the lard. After
the water has cooked out keep only Il
slow fire. rs the lard is easily scorched.
When the cracklings are thoroughly
brown and begin to sink to the bottom
the lard Is done. Draw every particle
of fire from around the kettle and let
the grease cool sufficiently to strain
into the lard cans. Dry up the gut fat
separately and strain by itself.
Wash the skins and put them on to
cook in the stove pans set in the oven
while cooking a meal. The grease will
cook ont clear and clean in 4 short
time and be good lard, although a lit
lie dark.
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Ten Years Potato Spray.

For ten successive years in the pres
ent series OF experiments the New York
agricultural experiment station has
tested potato spraying as a regular
operation in the culture Of this crOn.
On its grounds ut Geneva a profitable
increase has been secured in el.h wear
Of the en-, Spraying three times dur
ing the eaSon has resulted in an aver
age increase OF sixty-nine bushels to
the acre, and spraying every two
weeks five 10 sevCn tines Aas in
creased the yie.d of mc1chautahle tn
bers ninety-seyen and one-ilif bush
e.s to the acre. In the duplicate series
at Riyerhead, Loag Island. the gains
have not been 50 great, owing partly
to lighter soil and adverse climatic
conditions. In only two years Of the
ten, however. was there a failure to
secure Il nice profit trom the operation.
while the average for the ten Seasons
is an increase of twenty-five bushels
from three Sprarin@s aHl fort1-fye and
thrce-quarter bushels from the fort
nightly applications OF the bordeaux.
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II thou canst believe, al things are
possible to him that Observation-Disclosures
tx, %.
Verses 14-1S.-An acceptance of fail
urc.
The glory Of the TRANSPORTATION on
the mountain top vas followed by
scenes OF misery. distress and defeat
in the valley. The hours of ecstatic
devotion must be succeeded by periods
Of struggle with the worlds sin in an
effort to reduce the evil and increase
the good. When Jesus and the three
had spent a brief period of rest after
the TRANSPORTATION they descended TO
the plain. 1t was morning. and already
a crowd of people had gathered round
the nine disciples. "ScribeS question
ing with them" An epi'cptic had been
brought to the disciples. but they We're
unable to cure him. and these enemies
Of Jesus took advantage of it to dis
credit both the disciples and their
Master. The disciples could say moth
ing in explanation. and it seemed as
though the scribes had the better of
them. TIE situation was suddenly
changed by the arrival Of Jesus him
self. Greatly amazed" AS soon as
the people saw him they were sur
priSed and taken aback. , " "Sa-
luted him"-greeted him with the re-
spect shown to a reputable religious
teacher. lone of the multi
tude." The man most interested was
the father of the epileptic. and he
volunteered an explanation. Drought
unto thee" The man had come with
his sick boy. expecting to meet Jesus.
When he learned that the Master WAS
away he appealed to the disciples that
they should cast gu the evil spirit.
land they could not" = This
was all the more humi!iating as they
had been successful on other occasions
Mark vi, 49,. There was clearly ON
reason for this powerlessness. and they
were soon to find it out from the
Master.
Verses 1o-24-An appeal in despair.
The hclplesSness of his dis"iples. the
cowardly opposition of the srribes who
took advantage of his absence to speak
disDaragingly. the curious timidity and
superstition of. the mul,itudes and the
mingled faith and doubt Of the father
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Indicates Sour Soil.

IF any one OF the several kinds OF
sorreI is found growing on IA piece Of
land it is pretty safe TO assume that
th2 soil is OIL ana noe Is shortening
with an application Of lire. Besides
this, it may lie thgt the tract is not
properly Grained, in which ease it
should he tiled in addition to being
SWeete2od. Farm Progress.
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Survey OF the Worlds News

~iIE shooting Of Colonel Iioose-
welt has led to the report that
sNhen congress meets ali effort
will lie made to revive the
legislation proposed. aher'the. assassl-
nation of President Mckinley. provid-
ing the death penalty for an attempt.
v if unsuccessful, III the life Of the
president.
The legislation brought forward in
the conGtess following 'McfIinley's
death failed OF enactfHcnt mainly be
cause ths.'e, was great difference, Of,
opinion as to whether it was proper
to put the president IF tue E1ittejf
States dnsa different plaIfe from the
ordinary. citizen in regard TO. an at
tempt on his life and partly to an in
ability among those who ia Tored .spe4
cial legislation to agree as To tbs. cha
acter Of the punishment to be pro
vided. Some senators ana rep escnta-
tives held that The death penalty was
too severe a punishment for an at
tempt on a presidents life.
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a Stitch In Time.

Winter may be called a time of trace
on the farm. In a time of truce the
shrewd commander strengthens his pc
sition. arranges his batteries ana cleans
and repairs the tools upon which he
must depend for existence when the
truce is over and the battle begins
again. Why not apply the same
shrcwd tactics to the farm:-Farm and
FireSide.
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DEFENDERS OF THE WEAK

The american Humane association,
a federation of societies and individu-
ais which recently held its thirty
sixth annual meeting at Indianapolis,
was organized to help the weak in
every phase of life. Its duty is to
protect the animal kingdom from the
abuses Of man with zeal akin to the
ardOr with which it wars against the
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MEw ARMY DEPARTMENT

Acting Secretary of War Oliver has
eiyen his approval to the elaborate
scheme prepared by Quarternastcr
General Aleshi:c for the consolidation
With his department OF the comniissary
ma pay departments. The order took
S11ect iii the United States Nov. ! and
i,r,lies to the Phi ippines Jan. l.
rhe change removes from army
nnnienclnture the names Of two Off GERS
pure Of Il warm welcome ii any camp.
liz ronlafssary and the irynlaster-
ana puts In their places Glartern,nsters
VI yarious ranks, from captains to
~colonels. who will dispense money and
eood % the soldiers. Great economies
"a cxpectcd 10 follow this eonsolida-
1Sa1sr General AleahEe, the head
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Grown on Every Farm.

When laying in stores for the winter
don't overlook q good stock of ideas.
They are handy any time Of the year,
especially along about April.
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cruelties the human family INDUCES
found apart from the buster scenes Of
life. Where there are vice, sin, sor-
row and suffering there is work for
the humane officers to do, for there Is
cruelty there too. In the byways of life.
the haunts Of the wayward and where
the wages of sin are earned humane
officials find much to claim their at
tention.
President William o. Stillman has
described the underlying principles OF
the ~anti-cruelty cause as justice for
the helpless, succor for the suffering,
consideration for the weak, compass
sion for the unfortunate and kindness
as the cornerstone of character.
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8TRAUs GIFT TO HARVARD
Harvard university has received a
gift of $4,000 from Jesse l.. Straus,
Percy s. Straus and Herbert n. Straus
for the establishment of a fund. to be
known as the Straus fund, in memoir
Of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Isidor
Straus. who went down with the Ii
tanic.
The income accruing from the gift IS
TO be used for lectures on commercial
practice and business organization In
the Harvard graduate school Of bust
ness administration.
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PUBLIC BOON FOR MOTHERS
A group Of prominent women in
Paris have established a woman's rest
called the Cantine Maternelle, where
a woman with a baby in her arms
may get all she wants to eat without
any questions being asked.
PASSING or THE NiPSIc
The announcement that the United
States government intends to sell the
frlgate Nipsic recalls particularly the
Samoan Lurric. he disaster of 1889.
Few other navy ships have had a more
adventurous history on the seas than
this ship. The Nipsic, which was sal
ya9ed from the sands. was repaired
and put In commission and saw more
than q decade Of service after 1889
IL Pacific waters. Afterward she was
cent to Bremerton navy yard, where
che has been a prison ship for the past
nix years.
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AN ARMY

An aeroboat which the war depart
ment has ordered for the use of the
hydroaeroplane school In Washington
is a combination Of aeroplane and
speedy motorboat. The bottom planes
OF the machine rest directly across
the gunwales Of the hydros. II is
said to be capable Of developing a
speed Of fifty miles an hour on water
and sixty miles an hour in the air.
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Of the new consolidated department.
has laid his plans. after Il consultation
with tie comm!saary and pay officers,
to provide for ore general office in
Washington. with subdivisions known
as supply and finance, transportation.
construction and the like. This organ
ization will be duplicated in miniature
in each Of the great array divisions.
r. ~
SUBSTITUTE FORhCOAL- -" :
! ChlrloS @Edison. i.tveuty-two, years
old, sen Of Thomas \. Edison. is in
his. fourth ysear, ut the MASSACHUSETTS,
Institute OF Technology, fitting himself.
he says, 10 90 iut5 his fathers iaborar
tory. ana carry on the work which the
latter is doing for the public. !,
81 only want to be able to accom-
p,iSh something that Will benefit the
public" says young Edison. If | do
that | will he satisfied. My great aim.
It seems to me now. will he to discover
GONE substitute for coal. which fifty
or Il hundred years from now undoubt-
cdly will he beyond the reach Of work
in@ classes. To find that substitute.
which may be hidden now in some
cheap b%yproduct. will he my hobby"
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HEROIC WOMEN

Among the women Of title who early
responded to the call for the assistance
of their sex in the Balkan controversy
was Princess Alice. the wife Of Prince
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Princes Alice Of Greece, Who Voiun-
tcered as a Balkan Nurse.
George Of Greece. Her announcement
OF her intention OF going to the front
with a corps Of nurses did much to in
s,,ire other women OF rank in her coun-
try to volunteer their services.
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ROAD BUILDERS CONVENTION
The ninth annual convention Of the
American Road Builders association
will he held in Cincinnati Dec. 3. 1t
will include the features Of former con-
yeltions and exhibits by states show
ing road building materials and meth
oLs of administration.
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THE r N

The Mauvage tunnel. which IS 1850
meters (meter equals 3.2S feet long
and was constructed about sixty years
ago to take the canal from the Marine
to the Rhine through the hills separat-
ing the Marine and Meuse valleys. is
now being repaired and enlarged at a
cost Of about S1.675.OOO. This work.
which involves the complete renewal OF
the masonry. will give the tunnel a
section Of 80 meters radius at the in
trados, which will be connected with
two walls built on a curve of 10 ne
ters radius. The bottom is an inverted
arch.
The repairs and enlargement are es-
timated to involve the removal Of 49,
Q cubic meters tcubic meter equals
1913 cubic feet of earth. the laying of
$4,000 cubic meters of concrete. Of
which $500 cubic meters will be
above the water level. and the con
struction OF 1850 meters Of %ferrocon-
crete. 1t Is expected that the work
will be completed about 1917.
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The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR BEREAN, INT ERNATIONAL SERIES.

Golden TeXt.-Jesus said unto him,
II thou canst believe, AL things are
possible to him that Observation-Disclosures
tx, %.
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BOY SCOUT


Curtis Child, Jr., American ambas-
sador to st. Petersburg, writing to
James Il. West, chief scout executive
of the Boy Scouts Of America. urged
that the United States government
furnish ponies for boy scouts. give
them instruction in Craftsmanship and
train them in riding to develop hardi-
ness. The ambassador conceived this
idea after seeing seventy Cossack boys
drill before the ear last spring.
would it not be possible" he writes,
"out of the vast annual expenditures
to devote a very few dollars as a re-
ward to some small troop Of boy
scouts. to equip them temporarily with
til. few things needed by n troop OF
boys, to give them a trip to Washing
ton and let them see the president?
The horse and all that pertains thereto
are fast being forgotten by the people
Mt large. Is it not worth while to try
to raise once again some boys such
as their forefathers were. with the
love of the horse and the love Of rid
ing instilled in them? Starting with
the boys themselves, we build a roll
ing stone that will gather momentum
by itself. and perhaps once again we
may see In America that hard riding
spirit so difficult to acquire after boy
hood days are over"
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SSELI SEYMOUR at twenty
was desperately in love With
Barbara Ward, a few months
IL. ,n,,;.r hut c;nnn hn h1I