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juice, and sugar to boil, add gelatine
and when cool add lemon juice and 3
slices pineapple shredded. When ready
to set, sold in pint of whipped cream.
Arrange whole slices of pineapple
about we'll criscoed mold and pack
in ice and salt for four hours. Dip
mold in warm water to unmold.
Bride Cake (L0af).
2-3 cupful crisco, 1 cupful water,
3 cupfuls flour cupfuls sugar, 1
teaspoonful salt, teaspoonfuls bak-
ing powder, 1 teaspoonful orange ex-
tract, eggs (whites), IA teaspoon
full cream tartar.
Sift dry ingredients 6 times. Cream
sugar and crisco, all water and foul,
and beat we'll. Add cream tartar to
whites of eggs and beat stiff-fold in
whites of eggs. and orange extract
very gently. Bake in stem pan 60
minutes. Invert pan and allow cake
to fall out.
Cooking School Notes.
The music furnished by the HOllen-
berg Music Co. was an additional at
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SOCIETY,".
Postpone Ladies'
Aid Meeting.

The meeting Of the Ladies' Aid
society Of the Alexander Memorial
church to have been held today with
Mrs ]. A. Buskirk, has been post
poned for one week, according to an
nouncement made last night
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QUAKER NlEDITATIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
It's hard to get the best Of man who
hasn't any best.
Many fellow puts his foot in 1t when
he asks for girls hand.
Love is blind. Even platonic love can't
always see its own finish.
You can't always tell from a family tree
how badly it needs pruning.
Quite naturally the pugilist's face il apt
to wear an injured expression.
Size doesn't count for. anything. Many
a big man acts mighty small.
Time IL money. and some people act as
though they had mighty little Of either.
The actress who complains Of overstudy
will admit that even that Ii better than
being an understudy.
Talk is cheap" quoted the Wise Guy.
That probably accounts for the fact that
silence is golden added the Simple Mug.
Wigg-"Poor old Guzzler seems to be
down and OUT Wagg-'I notice he can
always raise the wind when 1t is necessary
to blow the froth from glass OF beer
The Judge was engaging butler. How
long were you in your last placer he ask
ed. six months. your Honor replied
the applicant. You ought to know. sir.
You sent me there yourself"
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Journal Entries

Trouble is the antithesis Of the
needle in the haystack
=
The real surprise in the Christmas
present line il something you really
wanted.
= = =
Many Of the new brooms that are
bent on sweeping clean only stir up g.
lot Of annoying dust.
= -
Another unfortunate class of men
are those who have sufficient leisure
to shovel snow off their sidewalks.
Most of those. who shed tears at
weddings have ~hadsSa more or less
extended + experiences in the a5natri-
mOIiial arena.
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Globe Sights
Whisky talks.
By THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

Whisky talks.
Adventure and trouble are near kin.
There are some men you can't treat
right.
Theories won't fill a stomach like gro
ceries.
Some reporters see signs Of incendiarism
in every fire.
A proud grandfather might as well adj
init that he is aging q .ittle.s
We once knew a, Perfectly Good man
and he wasn't worth DAMN
"A woman doesn't mind being called in
consistent II she can have her way.
What has become OF the old-fashioned
person who said: 'I'n 60 IL you wiIl''
No boy would be named Algernon un-
less he has a suitable income to go with 1t.
While he doesn't mind running, q boy
viii go to considerable pains to avoid
walking.
The letters q man forgets to mail, how
ever. are less serious than those he
neglects to burn.
Neither can a man greatly enjoy q
period OF leisure Il he has to devote 1t to
searching for another job.
BY the time slippers become more of an
asset than neckwear, q man isn't ~
young as he used to be.
A mans idea Of an appreciative woman
il sone who will harken to an@Axtendod
recital OF his autobiography. =
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On the Spur
of the Moment
BIZ ROY K. MOULTOlG.

Our Battle.
Let cannon boom and siege guns roar,
BUT those things worry me no more
have some troubles Of my own.
Far. far aw&y from conflicts zone.
If fools must show that might is right
Well. let them fight.
do not know why should pine.
It really Is no war Of mine.
TO solve my troubles I must try,
For Christmas time IL drawing nigh,
And must make one dollar do
The work Of two.
A soldier who is at the front
Need not pull on his Christmas stunt.
He has not got the worry that
Is pulling on my extra fat
He doesn't have to buy. you see.
Like you and me.
He doesn't have to lose his hair
By figuring in grim despair
How he can manage 1t to buy
The junk. He doesn't even try.
He merely fights to change the map.
He's got a snap.
He hears the voice of stern command:
His but to do. not understand.
It's true the soldier must obey,
But We get ours in that same way.
We hear our wife's voice. That's
enough.
go buy that stuff''
No Christmas list must haunt his
dreams:
No Kringles with their reindeer teams.
He lodges bullets. that Is true;
A thing that's not for me and you.
But while he lodges 1eaden pills
We dodge the bills.
shopping Made Easy.
There is no use in spending a lot OF
valuable time shopping. II the aver
age man sticks to this list he can dc
his Christmas buying with neatness
and dispatch and satisfy every men,
Der Of his family:
Mother-Pearl necklace and electric
coupe.
Observation-Disclosures piano, sealslkin
coat and Princess diamond ring.
Aunt Martha-Silk dress. set of err
mine furs and wrist watch.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES roadster. mo-
tor boat, fur-lined overcoat.
Housemafd = Diamond ring, piano.
rama camera. victrola, grand piano.
electric coupelet, otter furs, rope OF
pearls. diamond pendant. sapphire
bracelet.
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Kansas CosisI1,ert
HOW CITIES ARE MADE.

k4OW CITIES AXE 0AVGi.
A station IL q point ON any railroad
where there is q cinder platform on
one side Of the track and an elevator
on the other. The inhabitan- OF the
station operates the platform twice q
day and the elevator three months In
the year. The remainder Of his
time il spent In an effort to make q
two generations and continued good
crops to attract general store. news
paper and a cemetery. The opera
house, church, school and. politician
follow in their order. after which the
station has only to await the next CEN
sus enumeration to get ON the map in
lower case letters and be referred to
in the marginal index az a village. The
village stage in municipal life ID that
era in which the postomce box numbers
do not run higher than z76, and where
the residents point out telephone, pole
with more than one cr0es-arm as evil
dence of their right to recognition In
the commercial world. Another twen-
STATIONS, generally develop such a feel
ing OF unrest that something more than
matrimonial ties IL needed to hold the
population together and keep the mu-
nicipal metamorphosis headed In the
right direction The village board then
meets and orders a city charter and
hands Of its first mayor. This dignitary
either starts q reform" Of some kind
and kills the town forever, or he in
augurates an annual chautauQua, en-
courages clean sports, harmless aInuse-
ments and even. perhaps permits Sun
day baseball, all to keep the young
Fellows interested in their new city and
grow faster than a politicians appe-
tite for poWer.-Summerfle Sun
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.1
to prove it.
It's usually hard to keep up appear
ances without an effort
Samantha Ann goes to church every
time she gets q new dress.
Cold cash has melted many a girls
heart that warm love couldn't touch
The chap who borrows trouble doesn't
have to pay 1t back, but he pays heavy
interest on the loan.
Since old Pete Judlkins married the Sec
ond time he has begun to regard homo AZ
q place to take his meals
Love sometimes induces a woman to be
miserable with the wrong man rather
than be happy with the right one.
A married wnman.s idea OF an. uusatfs-
factory novel 10 one in which the heroine
turns down the rich villain and marr1es
the poor hero
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Jayhawker Jots

People generally seem to be doing
their Christmas shopping early. oh
serves the Clay Center Times, except
the fellows who have been urging them
to do 1t in that way.
There is more than one way of
gaining distinction. says the Erie Rec
ord. A local young lady claims that
she has an uncle who has a friend who
is fighting In the German army.
AS a general rule, says the Downs
Times: 1t is the coolest night when
the fire fails to keep Youth and
beauty can make almost any old style
attractive. The thinner the veneer
of the gold brick the brighter it gilt
tiers. .Mistle-ptomaine poisoning
has few terrors for the good looking
girl. The least efficient man is the
one that drops from the payroll when
retrenchment is required.
Meditations. by John N. Barnes, the
Selma correspondent OF the Blue
Mound Sun: Some people come to grief
while others are SO everlastingly slow
1t Overtakes them. The amount Of
hustle we put behind our prayers often
determines the efficacy Of our petit
lions. Some people who borrow
everything else. never borrow trouble.
A woman is nearly always a
clothes observer, If not a close OBJ
server.
Musings of the Village Deacon. in
the Osborne County Farmer: We don't
have to mind our own business SO all
fired much that we forget our worthy
neighbor in distress. Not always.
but most of the time reform takes a
vacation when the door receipts begin
to run low. What shall it profit a
man if he spend his whole life time
convincing himself that he is honest
If he can't convince his neighbors.
Still you will have to admit this fact:
The people who insist on staying three
or four miles behind the procession
get lots of sleep. q. Anybody can get
married. It's the getting loose that
requires brains and money. Note
Here is where the women will snort
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Euenin.e-.Chat
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A Christmas QuAndaFy.
A point Of Christmas etiquette is both
ering one Of my letter friends, and she
wants me to help her settle it.
1t seems that 4 friend with whom she
has hitherto exchanged Christmas gifts
has written her a. little note. telling her
that she is obliged to curtail her Christ
ing that her friend will help her out by
emitting her gift this time. My letter
friends quandary l. this: ~ don't like
the idea that Christmas gifts are just an
9oe s9e tbs a9
look as IL It had Always been a kind Of
barter to. me- ne; L, weald rather give her
know beforehand that + am going to do
1t and drop the thing next year. It
seems less calculating to me: Don't you
think this is the best way out?"
Frankly. my friend, don't. ~
Put yourself in her place. She wants
you to relieve, her from the embaYrass-
ment OF having nothing to give you by
something you force that embarrassment
upon her. WIN the pleasure Of receiving
what you have to give cancel the pain
Probably not. Then, IL it generous, Is 1t
worthy Of the spirit Of Christmas to put
your dislike Of the thousht Of barter
Ing without giving?
Perhaps it might show a finer spirit
in her to be above that sense OF humilia-
ton. but few of US have reached the
happy height where we can give or re-
ceive according to the position in which
we happen to be placed, ana be equally
dignified and gracious and content in
either position.
And If you really dislike that sense Of
barter and not merely the appearance OF
barter. and really want to give your friend
some material symbol OF your affection.
why not give it just the same. even IL
you do not give it at Christmas which
has come 50 emphatically the day OF re-
ciprocal gift giving?
Why not send your gift Easter St.
special day? There are three hundred and
sixty-five days every year when the spon-
taneously offered gifts of friend are well
come. Indeed, think the gifts that come
Unexpectedly are rather more delightful
than the formal kind. To have the post
man bring some totally unexpected little
package lights up a whole day with the
pleasure Of the surprise ana the warm
sense Of kindly feeling behind 1t.
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THE BELGIAN LAD.

said Il ON the mountain stA1ras
On hillside and In Meadow dew
That Jeouo knows and sees and cares
For the little Belgians, too:
Cause when put my arms around.
Where our dear papa used to ies
can hear . whiopeFin' sound,
That says. Nov Banie, don't you cfy."
Mama says. it's our jesus way.
O. talk1n' % soft and % low,
To good little boys every day.
Just because he loves them, you know;
So when l kneel down by my bed,
Each evening to sing ana to pray,
I say Lord, give mama my bread.
Cause, papa's with you, any way.
GEORGE BICK1EY CONES.
Meade, Kan.
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From, OtherePen
A REAL spy ROMANCE.

Carl Hans Lody, the German spy, who
was executed at London Tower, furnishes
the material for a real spy romance. In
fact he must have been q close reader of
some Of the fiction OF certain writer's of
international romance stories or have
been a close observer Of certain kinds OF
plot he did. Lody impersonated an Ameri-
can whom he seems to have resembled.
This American claims that his passport
disappeared in the German foreign office
and that he was otherwise provided for to
get out of the country. If tbs statement is
true 1t would seem as though Lody had
some Influential associate in his task OF
Stimulating the American. and then by APP
preparation Of his passport entered upon
his cheQuered career of q spy In England.
The record Of Lody and hio end make up
as vivid q narrative of adventure Of the
spy order as one would care to read and
proves that whether the facts OF his life
were or were not suggested by fiction.
they surpassed the efforts of the novel
wr1ter,-Baltimore American.
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One day a motherly-looking woman
called at the castle and she was en-
gagged to care for the princess.
The little princess became 30 fond Of
her new governess that she began to
wish she were her mother, and one day
she said. "Oh that you had been my
mother, dear governess! 1 have never
known a mothers care. but I am sure
a mother could not have been kinder
to me than you have been, and know
I could not love her better than 1 do
you.'
Then the governeas was struck with
the idea Of becoming queen.
my dear princess" she said, "if you
ideed love me SO much, I will confess
to you that 1t would give me the great
est Joy to possess such q daughter an
you. for love you as my own child.
Your father will deny you nothing. Go
to him and ask him to make me his
wife,
The little princess fastened to her
father and did as the governess had
told her. At first the king did not
take her request as serious. but when
he found the princess was very un-
happy because she did not have a
mother. he made the governess his
wife.
For q while the queen was all kind
ness to the little princess. and the
King felt he had done right in doing
az his daughter asked.
One day. however, the queen went
out alone for a walk, and when she
returned she had with her. five girls.
whom she presented to the King &c
her daughters She had NOT told: the
King she was a widow. but had kept
the daughters ot1t OF sight until she
was safely married to the king.
From that day the poor little prin-
cess was neglected. for the queen made
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withdrawn from the freight market.
and a very considerable British tom
mage Is engaged In transport work Tor
the British government, thus causing
a very important though temporary
curtailment in the supply OF shipping
facilities.
1.-The situation at home shows signs
OF Improvement. There is a decidedly
better sentiment in both financial and
commercial circles which must pre-
cede any material Improvement. Con-
fidence has improved perceptibly and
a partial resumption of industrial ac-
tivity is occasionally noted for the
first time. In the steel industry the
turn is apparently close at hand, It
it has not already taken place. Prices
are exceedingly low. so low that prof.
its have almost vanished, and either
higher prices must follow or reduc-
ton in the cost OF production. There
has been a better inquiry for pig iron.
which IL welcome proof OF better
things to come in this basic industry.
Low prices and cheap money ought
certainly to stimulate new construc-
ton work. A somewhat similar condi-
ton Of affairs exists in the great tex
tile industries. Prices have declined
to a point that seems likely to meter
tally encourage the demand for staple
fabrics. For some time past the dry
goods trade has been exceedingly
quiet, mainly owing to lessened public
consumption. Adjustment to new
tariff conditions and the extreme fluc-
tuations in cotton have also tended to
materially confuse this great industry.
Cheap cotton, though unwelcome to
the south, CO lie as q boon to the
manufacturer and materially aided
the pollution Of his many perplexities.
caused by being caught between high
costs Of production and low selling
prices.
Prom Washington. which for the
past two years has been such a de-
pressing factor in the stock market,
the advices are more encouraging. A
very decided change has taken ace
in the attitude toward big business.
and there is no longer any desire to
unduly harass legitimate enterprise.
but rather to aid the restoration of
business to normal activity. This was
evide ced f. the favorable decision Of
tn, Interstate commerce commits
sion"
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!. Experience teaches nothing to some
people. Along comes one OF the d.
.vorced women Of Illinois with a letter
Ito Santa Claus via the postmaster at
tChicago In which she asks that a six
foot husband be placed in her locking
SON Christmas eve. And strange, to say,
she il not a little woman, either. She
sconfesses to a height of feet inches
and q weight Of 172. - -.
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the conspiracy. and NO matter what
she vowed to do to get even with the
mink she kept It to herself and
btded her time. When q man Wants
to get even he goes out and punches
the other mans head and has 1t over
with. When = woman seeks revenge
sne has the patience to wait until her
opportunity comes.
Mr.. Burt Reddick and Miss Louise
Winchester were finally engaged. Some
people predicted that it would be
happy match: others that 1t would
bring about failure Of the corn crop
and other disasters. Miss Blake heard
the news. but made no comments. She
was simply alert.
It became necessary for Mr.. Red
dick to 60 to the city. fifty miles
away. The whole village heard that
he was going three days before he
started. Miss Blake was told Of 1t,
but she neither commented nor swore.
she simply smiled. It was not a joy
full smile. and neither was it q wan,
sad smile.
Miss Blake had an aunt living on
farm four miles from the village
She walked out there after 10 o'clock
on the evening before Mr.. Reddick was
to take the train. She was not met
on the street or the highway by any
one who knew her. Next morning she
The first telegram received by Miss
Louise Winchester the next day read:
'Mr. Reddick and Miss Blake have
safely arrived"
Miss Louise turned pale and breathed
hard.
Two hours later a second message
read: "They have gone to the house
Of a minister"
Miss Louise didn't faint away. She
kicked over chairs instead.
The third message read: "They have
come out of the house and look very
happy!"
Father, will you kill that scoun-
drel!" demanded the mink" as she
broke the news to him.
|. MOT quite, but mighty near it!'' was
the grim reply
And thus it happened that when the
happy lover returned from the city. on
an evening train he fastened with
joyful step to the home. Of his fiancee.
And after being kicked and cuffed and
sworn at in the presence Of the girl
he was going to cherish. he also hast
ened away with a step that was not
at all joyful.
But-in time the tangle was untangled
and Miss Louise Winchester became
Mrs. Reddick, Mr.. Winchester apol-
I:ogized for the kicking. Mas Fanny
Blake was married to Deacon Spencer,
I.Mf. Nash married a girl Of twenty and
she used to throw coffee pots and other
things at him, and frankie Blake got
over his calf-love and became head
bookkeeper for a sand and lime COM
1914, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate. New York City.)
eve are taking in boarders this sum-
mer.'' 'sHave they found It out tip
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by any means the worst experiences
that the soldiers in the great war, or
some Of them. have to suffer. In France,
for instance, a lack Of hospital supplies
is making it impossible to care proper
ly for the wounded.
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81 &A% BY MRl EHN4LfER

ter and Thought only Of the queen's.
The poor little princess WAS put. in
the servants quarters OF the caatle ana
her beautiful rooms given to the use
of the daughters Of the queen.
One night while the lite princess
was crying herself to sleep she heard
a tapping on the window, and when
she opened it, a pigeon flew out, say
ing, as it flew, '"Plant that in the gar
den where no one will SEQ It,"
The next morning the princess was
up bright and early. and in corner
of the garden, hidden by trees, she
planted the sprig of green the pigeon
had dropped, and almost as soon as il
touched the earth 1t became a bush.
On the bush the princess saw one
small, pink bud. and when she looked
closer she saw something white in the
center.
She touched it with the tip Of her
finger. the bud flew open and a dainty
fairy flew out, waving her wings that
glistened as the suelight fell upon
them.
Weep no more she told the prin,
you follow my directions.
Your father IL deceived by the
queen as we'll as yourself, and you
can save him II you watch this bush
and water it each day. When you are
in trouble or wish for anything. come
|
Little bush, grow to a tree,
Grant the boon 1 ask Of thee"
One day not long after the king was
taken sick and the doctor said he had
not long to live.
When the little princess found that
her father was sick she went to his
bedside.
do not worry" said the princess.
Try to sleep. for am going to leave
you for q few minutes. and when ]
return am sure can make you
WELL"
Then the princess hurried to the
garden and stood before the bush and
said: -
Little bush, grow to a tree.
Grant the boon ask Of thee"
The bush began to grow and soon IL
was a tree, and On lower limb sat
the fairy.
make him WE'LL ..
Hold your apron" said the fairy,
touching a limb OF the tree with her
wand.
The princess held her apron and a
large apple fell into 1t.
"Cut the APPLE said the fairy. land
take out the seeds and put them into
a little silk bag that you will find
when you open the APPLE and keep
them until you find use for them; give
your father the apple to eat and he
will be wel1.''
The princess thanked the fairy and
hurried to her father. When the apple
was opened everything was just as the
fairy had said, and the king became
well as soon as he swallowed the last
bit of the apple.
The princess then led him to the
room where the queen and her daugh-
ters were feasting with their friends.
You wicked woman!.. said the King,
leave the castle and take your .daugh-
tiers with you."
AS the queen and her daughters
were going out Of the castle the fairy
appeared to the princess. 'Gfve each
daughter a seed and. the bag to the
[queeRss Il :. ~
The pFincess did -. the fairy to,a !
her. hntzthe queen threw the bag beck
ITO her: and the daughters 1id the same
with the seeds but no sooner had they
done 30 than their feet touched the
ground and the mother became a rock
and the I'VE daughters five small
stones beside it.-(Copyright, 1914, by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate, New
York Cty.1 ~