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"PUNKIN" PIE is BEST OF ALL
Mans Mouth Still Waters When He
Thinks of the Kind That Mother
Used to Make.

To a man still young enough to re-
member sufficiently far back into his
bOyhOod years to the time when he
had never had enough dessert in his
life, there is no word in the English
language so suggestive of toothsome
lickerish joy as pie, plain pie-par
ticularly 'punkin."
You can't spell punkin pie with an
'm" and a "p," declares q writer in the
Milwaukee Journal. Pumpkin pie is
the kind one gets in restaurants, fla
vored with cloves and allspice. "Pun-
kin" pie has cinnamon and ginger in
1T, and sometimes a hint of an unmen-
tionable heady fluid about which one
would not dare ask mother. And of
all the smacking, ambrosial delicacies
catalogued under the genus "pie," the
best is 'punkin."
There are other kinds, of course
apple, peach, cherry, squash, BURBERRY,
custard, lemon, mince-and every one
probably has it's value in the world.
Some people even may prefer them
One never can account for different
persons tastes. But for boys, young
men and elderly men whose stomachs
have not yet grown old, there is none
that will approach "punkin," the
khaki-colored queen of pastries.
One grows hungry at the thought of
"punkin" pie-the crisp, crinkly crust !;
the thick, rich pungent filling, with the
dust of cinnamon furnishing it's tawny
top; the creamy, dreamy, velvety, far
away taste as ones mouth closes on
its prize. Some appetizing joys there
are, but none that exceeds capturing
a piece of punkin pie, getting it into
ones hands, contrary to all social
usage, biting into it, until one almost
mires up to ones nose, until one can
scarce see over the top of the up
standing crust, and beginning the I'M
equaled delight Of devouring the first
mouthful. To taste it is to love it,
love it and love forever.
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death Of al those little children Cverse
salem and a visit to HerOd became
more real to them for time than the
wonderful heavenly light and led them
out of the way, for when they saw the
star again they rejOiced with exceed
ing great joy (verse 10). Any kind Of
an earthly glare may cause US to lose
sight of the heavenly light and make
trouble for ourselves and others. The
chief priests and scribes knew the
Micah prediction concerning their Mes
siah, but, like many today, were not
specially interested III it. These wise
men when they found the child and
his mother worshiped him (not the
mother) and, opening their treasures,
presented unto him (the child) gold
and frankincense and myrrh.
We think of the queen CT Sheba and
all the kings who brought gifts to the
king of Israel Oh Chron. III, %, 24)
and of the coming time, which may be
near, when all the wealth of the ma
lions shall be brought to Israel because
of the glory of their King Elsa. 60 i, 3, 5,
II. margin). At this time of giving and
receiving gifts what is your gift to
him? Notice the fu!fllings of Scrip
ture and the revelations of God in
dreams in chapters 1 20, %; IS, 6, 13,
Is, II, 10, o. %. 1t was after the visit of
these men that Joseph and Mary were
ordered to Egypt, and no doubt their
gold paid expenses. 1t is the Lords
method to provide the wherewithal for
all that he desires to accomplish, and
believe that he who owns the silver
and the gold desires us to look to him
alone for the supply of all the need.
What he does not provide for, it is not
tor us to take part in.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
Lesson 12.-F0urth Quarter, for
December %, 1917.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Text Of the Lesson, Matt. II, ftp
Memory Verses, 1, 2-GoIden Text,
Luke ii, 11-Commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns.

We choose the Christmas lesson in
may well be considered together, for,
while Malachi tells of the great King
whose name shall be great among all
nations, Matthew tells of his lOwly
birth according to lisa. Z, IA Mic. 5, 2
(Mal. I, II, IA; Matt. II, 1, p. Weth-
er it be in Malachi or Matthew their
treat ment of him is the same. They
will not lay it to heart to give glory
to his name, but they despise him and
call his service a WEAKNESS and offer
him their poorest instead of their best
(Mal. I, 6, Z, 8, 10; II, 1, 2, 10. Yet
he begs of them to return to him that
he may bless them and make them
delightsome land (Mal. III, 7:12). He
speaks of the great and dreadful day
of the Lord which shall precede his
kingdom and says that he will send
Elijah before that day (Mal. 3:1-3;
4 :1-6). John the Baptist came in the
spirit and power of Elijah, but they
would not receive him, so the real Eli
jah must yet come according to our
Lords own testimony (Matt. II lib !;
Luke 10.
John the Baptist was to the first
coming Of Christ what the real Elijah
will be to his second coming in glory to
reign. Nal. 4 :16, II, are most COM
forting words for all who think Or
speak Of him. The years pass, men
come and go, but he says, 81 am the
Lord; I change not" (Mal. 1863. Sew
eraI hundred years intervene between
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An appropriate Xmas present for
the whole family-the Watertown
News.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-21
Hailstorr Insurance in Germany.

Hailstorm insurance is more extern
sively carried on in Germany than in
any other country. During the last
As years 1he German hail insurance
companies have collected the enormous
sum of 1,144,799,O0O marks (mark-
23.S cents), in premiums, and have
paid out 9O2 100000 marks in indemni-
ties. During the year 1915 the com
panies realized a profit of 7,999,975
marks, which was much in excess of
their average earnings, and the bust
ness of the year showed an increase
in insured values of 4O4,OOO,OO0 marks
Scientific American
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COLT REQUIRES GOOD CARE
Ms Efficiency When Mature Is Deter.
mined Largely on Attention Civ
en- First Summer.

The colt is the work horse Of to-
morrow and the care he receives dur
ing his first summer and fall deter
mines to a large degree his efficiency
when mature. 1t is during the first
summer that the colt is most subject
to scOurs. This disease can easily
be checked if treated Immediately but
if allowed to run it's course it may
prove serious and even fatal.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTER
South,

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
South.
chicago senger-------- SIT a. m.
Chicago enger-------11:O7 a. NJ
Chicago paSsenger--------1 1880 p. 10
aneSville paSSenger------- 7:l5 p. IN.
$50 a. M train makes close con-
ections for the west at Jefferson
JUNCTION and also for Milwaukee.
Both 11:O7 a. N. and 7:15 p. m.
rains make close connections at JET
erson Junction for Madison and all
oints west.
North.
Green Bay enger------7:55 a. M
Green Bay, Sundays only----S:10 a. M
Green Bay nger------2:4O p. m.
Northern higan---------S:25 p. NJ.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertown at $40 a. M. and goes no
farther.
The 1856 a. 10. train makes connec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The 100 train south makes connec-
items at Jefferson Junction for points
east
A tran goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. m.
*These trains leave daily except
Sunday.
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An ENGLISH BLIZZARD.
d Took . Regiment OF Soldiers b
Clear the Roads In 1885.

There was certain Hercules en-.
CINE, which c It noble figure in tho
English bliz1 ard of 1886.
To sppref ate the role played BY
Che HSc,ies some idea must b.
oven Of the effect of the storm OF
gther methods of travel. Fourteen
mail coaches wers abandoned on a
many roads. Another was dug .su'
Of drifts five times between Excite
md London.
Another was buried so deep tha'
Il took 800 men, principally sapper
and miners. several hours to make
passage to the coach and rescue til,
mails an1 passengers, while neal
Chatham the snow lay to a depth Of
thirty or forty feet, the military be
ing turned out to the number o.
600 to clear the way.
In London The drifts were ter
feet deep, and hundreds of men ane
carts were employed hauling snow
cut to the fields in the suburbs. The
0arkets were in bad way. One
day only four stall holders were
able to reach main market. Greens
which q few davs before the storm
were being sold for threepence ;
bunch at market now fetched flom
tenpence % n shilling. turnips, car
rots end caeey becoming equal,
dear. Wi rauny handfuls of pars
lev reaizc 81. and the happ,
posse So, II e9nel which he haC
previously purchased for ninepenc'
realized for his prize no less a sun
than fl -. Sd.
Amd ~ this confusion the pio
neer railyrys o>c:ca themseIve
with glory by running trains almos
without interruption. There was
deep cutt,rr on one line where tn,
snow had drifted badly, and grea
numbers of people turned out t
see how the Hercules engine woul'
get along. They imagined, of course
that she would be stopped, but t.
their astonishment the engine dash
ed right. into the drift. "clearin,
her way through apparently with
out the slightest difficulty, the snov
at the same time flying over the to-
Of the engine chimney like foam
from the broken waves Of violen
sea, and Notwithstanding obstruc
tions the train came down from
Greenhead twenty miles) in on
hour and a quarter" - Londo'
Queen
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ambarrsssine For ths lsoeuvse,


Civilized people when they listen
10 Q lecture on some abstxuso sc3en-
ifc subject applaud even II thV do
not understand. But there Il svi'
d4ntly more frankness among saS.
es, according to q story toldtby
Captain Guy Burrows, A white man
one evenil6 tYied to explain TO
some. members bi an African tribe,
the Mobunghi. the wonders Of the
steam 'eng1n and steamship. H
drew diaggdnls on the sand; and hl
audience listened and locked with
apparently intense interest AT last
he asked his hearers whether they
understood. "Yes," they replied
they thought they did.
"There was a deep silence," Cap
tain Burrows said, "for Soma time
and then a voice in the center Of
the crowd expressed the unspoker
sentiments of the whole assembly in
ono emphatic word, uttered in q
tone of the deepest conviction
LIAR
Embarrassing for the lecturer
Westminster Gazette.
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DUMAS AUOAClTY.
4 Unique Literary Scheme Of In
Great French Writer.

American readers are accustomc
to surprises in their newspaPer
but imagine their astonishmen
should some favorite. journal pul
lish In good faith, in daily instal
ments and adapted aecordingto IL
notions of some staff writer,
classic such as for examp
Dante's @Inferno." Yet the astol
ishment so excited would not |
without a parallel in the annals
newspaper management, inasmuc
as Homer once figured as fcuiii'
toniste for Partisan newspaper.
When Dumas the elder was edi
ing his journal, lie Mousquetair
Urbain FACES, one of his assistan'
who was an exceptionally fine Gree
scholar, was one day enthusiast
ally expatiating upon the beauti
of the "1liad" and the "edysse,
Dumas grew most interested.
of only you could read them /
the original" sighed FACES.
"Why not?" asked Dumas.
'But," exclaimed FACES, "m'
dear fellow, you don't know alph
frorn omegaW
"Will you translate for me? ?
asked Dumas eagerly.
Accordingly Fages undertook tn
task. Beginning with the frs
book of the 'Iliad," he would read {
line Of the Greek and then give I
literal translation. Dumas quick,
caught the spirit of the epic. A.
FACES read he wrote a translation
and signed it.
Tn the name of all the sncients
IN. Dumas" exclaimed FACES, "bu
!, you are signing your name to tn,
shadp"
!; "Certainly," responded Dumas
~that is, to my version of it. l
will appear as feuilleton in l.
Mousquetaire."
FACES was filed with dismay, 8
be afterward related, but befor
such audacity and naivete he fel
helpless. How was he to convinc
q writer accustomed to every tri
! umph that he was too bold?
And 50 the next day an install
ment of the '1liad," as rendered !
half an hour or so by a man vi
!, could not read the Greek alphabe
appeared at the bottom of the pag
Of lie Mousquetaire, with the nots
'Continued in our next"
This enterPrising bit Of journal
.. Ism raised such storm OF criticisr
that Dumas was persuaded to dii
continue it after the third install
: ment, though it was doubted tina
he quite understood what was tn
. tsouble.-St. PAD Pioneer Press,
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DEVICES OF TRE BODY.
The Cough. 6neess and Sigh A.
Measures Of Sslf Protection.

One OF the most interesting face
sbout the human body Is its powe
Of self preseryat.on--its power q
evsding or overcoming the thou
sand and one conditions which. un
less corrected. would be injurious
or destructive.
Among the most common NJ
these acts OF self preservation are
che cough, tine snesze and the sigh
Every one Is familiar with these
acts, yet few people ever ask them.
selves the cause. and fewer still
could explain them.
One OF the simplest of the body's
devices for self protection Is the
cough. The cough is merely q blast
of air propelled from the lungs il
such a manner as to forcibly dis
lodge some foreign substance whic b
has been drawn into the throat, The
windpipe or the tubes leading tc
the lungs.
~ W"v'o oe' Cs~.
aft he's Il good ~ he ooiss," said
Lord Archie. "le'li do.
"rhry him, yer honor, thry him"
said Delaney confidently "Tve .
grand fed ami, pi"ntv o. jumps"
The colt was saddled, and Lord
Archia mounted lie first galloped
around the felA. about twenty acrel
In extent, and then took him over a
ccuple Of hurdles, Il wide turf fence
and finally a stone wall quite five
feet high. King Brian jumped like
. stag, he could 20 good pace, and
bis mouth was perfection.
~How about water?" asked his
tordship.
"Wather, IN it," said Delaney,
With supreme disdain. Sure, if ye
puL him at the RIVER Shannon ne
wouldn't baI,"
eDo Won think he'd clear it"
"Wll, no. yer honor" replied
Delaney thorehtfullv 81 wouldn''
20 as far as that; But. bedad," he
added, with an air of conviction
~hat he didn't Jump he'd ssiu r
-Lon6on iaswers.
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Washing Embroidefies.

Bran water baths are good for
worsted and cotton embroideries.
They should be Tade by. adding, .
quart of fresh brah to three quarts
of water. Boil this for half an hour,
strain and then pour into q couple
of bowls, add cold water until it IL
lukewaxn. put in the embroidery
and rub till cEean, riDss in clean
water and then place in the second
basin OF bran water, drying the AZ.
ticle as quickly as posSbis. Away
iron on the wrong side.
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Before engage you l must tell yov
my husband Is vsry particular and
very cross"
Don't fear Bet Seen us we'll mar
aSs htm "-Fiiegepls Blattss
Mr.. Meanly--It's something dreadful
Ey wife IS always asking me for mon
81. It's money. money. money. all the
ame.
SIR. Japsor-w Why, whatever does sbs
o. with ali thls money.
NJ Neanly-EA? Oh. don't knsv
sSvsn't givea Il - anv ret
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0utternllk q Life Saver.

A French medical man adviser
people to drink buttermilk for long
life. He says that the lactie acid
dissolves every sort of earthly depos-
it in the blood vessels, keeping the
veins and arteries SO supple and free
running that there can be no clog.
ging up, and hence there is no de-
posit of chalky matter sc2und the
joints or of poisonous waste in the
muscles. 1t is the suffening and
hardening OF the blood vesself
which bring on old age. Butter
milk is likely to postpone it ten o,
twenty years Il freely drunk. 4
quart day should be the mini
mum, the mayimu according ts
taste and oubostunitv.
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GOLDEN NEEDLES



During the old regime in France
about which so much glamour re-
mains to us, the very men who were
living and making the history of the
empire of Louis passed their leisure
time in a way that seems To US oi
today utteply ridiculous. In all he
fancy WORK on which ladies EMPLOY.
ed Themselves tire men seem to hav.
taken part.
Poinsinet in one Of his comedies
represents q young marquis enter
ing a room where two fair damse.S
are embroiderne. One Is working
G piece Of dress trimming. The other
q Marly founce. The beau examines
the embroidery with the eve OF
connoisseur. points cut here and
there the specially good touches and
y too polite 10 notice any defects.
Fe takes q little gold tube out o.
the pocket OF his richly decorated
waisteoat and selects a dainty gold
needle. He goes to the frame al
which Cidalise is working and fin
ishes the flower which she had be
gun. From her be moves to the
sofa and, selling ono end OF the
founce, assists lsmcne, TO whom he
pays sDecial attention, to complete
her task.
At this time it was the custom OF
the ladies invariably to carry their
workbags with then to TIE evening
receptions, in which they had no,
only their embroidery materials, but
the last novel, the popular songe,
their patch boxes and rouge pots.
Gentlemen also carried deftly en-
broidered little bags into COMPANY.
which held "a whole arsenal of GU.
lery and fancy articles, such
boxes OF different shapes filed "
lozenges, bonbons, snuff and see, =.
At another period the fashion OF
the day was to cut out drawings
from books and pamphlets and to
paste them on screens, lamp shades.
boxes and vases. The skill In this
was to so arrange the drawings or
parts Of different drawings as to
produce a curious or amusing o.
feet. Then there came a season
when all the rage was for charades
and riddles, which gave a peculiarly
good opportunity to exercise the
light and rapid wit so conspicuous
in the French. Every evening the
drawing rooms were converted into
impromptu charades. Some lady
would suggest word or phrase, and
forthwith it would be converted into
the subject of sprightly little play.
Many Of the word games now cur
rent with Us in America had their
origin in the necessity the French
salons were under IN the last CEN
tury to divert themselves. In some
Of the salons the fashion of keep
D ing daily chronicle of news, which
I was too often a mere chronicle q
E scandal, was adopted Nine Doa.
blet de Persan issued bulletins
S which she called "nou7elles j.
| main" In her apartments two re-.
+ listers were kept, one Of the anthem
: tic news received mere and there by
her guests, the other Of floating n
: nors and or dts, and from thess
0 the budget Of her chronicle vas
: made up and circulated throughout
Frsnce.-Appleton's Magazine.
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ENaLAND'S SACRED BEAST.


"Down in the country the other
day There was a village sensation In
which | was called upon to adjudi.
cate for the farmers assembled in
the parlor of the only village inn,'
writes tire London correspondent OF
Town and Country. zone of their
number had shot a fox which had
prowled about among the fowls fol-
so many nights that fowl keeping
was becoming a risky business.
'The ordinary farmer does not
mind losing an occasional hen, but
reynard is u greedy beast and kills
for the mere pleasure Of the thing
and the hunt does not always pay
up promptly. So hero was fine
point in sporting etiquette to b(
settled. Tie farmer had shot q fox
He did not aony it. In fact, he pre-
ferred to tltaENt his chest witt
pride, as if in defiance of al the un
written laws of British sport.
"Now, custom from time imme
morial has decreed that the fol
shall be as safe from gun and traI
as il he were sacred. He belongs t
the hounds and must be allowed t.
roam through the covers and farm
yards at will, devouring what ma,
happen in his way. Custom, too
demands that the hunt shall pa,
the damages. The hunt general.
pays, though in innumerable case
tho secretary Is we'll aware that h
is being swindled.
"But this particular farmer sai'
he had hunted for many years him
self and had never made claim fo
lost hens. 4 year or two ago, how
ever, fox had paid nocturna
sisi, to his fowl yard and had playe
havoc With the feathered denizeni
\ night or two after it happene
agpin. A third time the fox cam
round and made most deplorabl
mess of lot Of fine Wyandotte
, and some expensive Buff Orpina
tons
, "Then the farmer wrote to tn
,, ',unt secretary ana ash ed for dam
, ages. The reply was that the clair
, would lie attended to shortly, an
, at Christmas tae settlement cam
in the form ca ham. Thereupo
the farmer declared war on al foxe
, and killed them ruthlessly. An
E this vas the int which puzzled tn
D farmers on Saturday night.
"Jim Crawford shot a fox las
year. said one ot the men, and n
good has come to him since.
| amt lucky and II nint sportsman
like. Let 'em kill your hens. That
what they are tshcre for, and i on
hunt secretary ie mean there are
hundred who are generous
"Therc you have it. Sport
sport and its rules are adamant.
must, however, be put to the Cre1
of British hunt clubs that the
spend millons of pounds a year !
England, Y ies and Ireland for Il
upkeep of g sport.
Think cf the hunters that a.
bred and sold annually, the pacl
of hounds, he huntsmen, the stab
people, the dozens Of hangers G
Tho make a living c,t OF i'll Witt
out the hounds certain districts I
England would lie depopulate
Leicestershire and the indian
counties would be almost impove
q ished if a law were suddenly put
force to make an end to the rio
mans pasime. Country houses
nonhunting districts may be had q
= most for the price of cottage
Leicestershire, whereas in Il
Quorn and Pytchley country coul
try house is as expensive, if NJ
more so, than a London mansio
Instead of diminishing. hunting hI
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Industry is CT the peOT,e, ty the peo-
pie, for the peop,e. ist Us all get to
gether.
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h$sxs senninoles Bury Their Dead.

Eemin3es bury their dead on tor
ok the ground after wrapping them
b blankets, but always leave the TOP
Of the head exposed. They build g
pen over the body and usually chlnk
it with earth. When his squaw dies
the husband wears his shirt until j;
rots off, which is not strikingly dis
inctive. When the husband dies
the squaw doesn't comb her hair for
three months. LIE reverence Is
shown for the deOd When Tom
Tigers grave was robbed and hi.
bones taken for exhibition the out
CRY over the desecration was almo'
wholly a newspaper affair. Th'
nearest settlers were unalarmed ano
the Indians Indifferent. - Collier
Weakly.
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Necessary Ihen.
'Tt amt true" said the milkmGn,
"that we always put chalk in cur
milk"
"Do you mean to say" demanded
Mrs. Houskeen, "that y,u n er do
1t?"
"Well-.g--.nevsr except Ter a
heavy rair when the watey .gats
brown and muddy" Ohio State
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An Oh Story.

Once when Rrdyard Kipling was
a boy he ran out on the yardaryn Of
. ship.
"Mr. Kipling," yelled a sailor,
your boy IS on yardarm, and Il
be lets go he'll drown"
"Ah," responded Mr.. Kipling,
With a yawn, "but he won't let gop
This incident also happened to
John Burns, Horace Walpole, Ma
ooleon Bonaparte, Dick Turpin,
julius Caesar and the Ksid
McTooki. Presently it will "hap
pen" again.-London Answen
Il takes three forces to run busl-
aess or factory-labor, capital and ex-
ecutlve management
Men who betruy their country are
not the only traitors There are also
men who betray their employers. their
families and their friends.
Safety lrst-Incus, 7lal patriotism al
ways.