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The Barren Soil
Be Made
of the Soul rlay
Fruitful
Sow for yurself in justice and reap
In the mouth of mercy; break up your
fallow ground, for it is time to seek the
Lord -Hosea x. 12.
The teaching of the holy scripture
takes it for granted that an .intimate re-
lationship exists between the laws of
the natural and of the scriptural world.
The various sacred writers read the
eternal will of the Father in the simp-
lest laws of nature. The prophet Hos-
ea is no exception to the rule. FIe also,
ori this analogy, frames his advise as
given in the text, which harmonizes so
beautifully with the harvest time.
The soil upon which God's husbandry
is always working is the heart and con-
science of men. The divine messages,
the efforts, the means of grace, are so
many showers of heavenly dew to soften
and penetrate hardened hearts. The
prophets tell us that if we desire to reap
a harvest of joy and peace the great
laws of Gods kingdom must be sub -
served. He emphasizes the fallow
ground as that upon which the fertil-
izing dews 01 divine grace have.
MANY TIMES RESTED,
and, where the good seed of his word
is scattered daily.
We must not mistake the prophet's
Meaning whenhe speaks of "fallow
ground." He does not intend to say
that a harvest of evil is reaped orthat
the ground was already pre-oceupled.
He means that the soil has produced no-
thing. God's messages, warnings and
providences have been sent in vain. The
seed scattered broadcast by prophets,
wise men and scribes has fallen where
it could take no root. It had not been
given a chance even to germinate, for
the soil was hard, untitled, barren. The
work of God is always developing, and
His continual action must be co-operated
in, helped forward and welcomed by us.
While the dews of grace are His, and the
seeds aiso,,.and His also the power that
can make it take root downward and
bear fruit upward, yet it is our dui to
labor with flim and to surrender our
hearts to His gentle influence.
Hence the prophet's story appears lo
us to break up the fallow ground. The
labor may be difficult, 11 may cause toil
and anguish, especially to- those who
have long neglected the work; but it
must be plowed up and harrowed -if we
are to sow to ourselves in righteous-
ness that we
MAY REAP IN MERCY.
No matter haw long we may have
permitted the soil of the soul to lie fol,
low and barren, the task of breaking it
Up is not impossible if we remember
that "it is God who. worketh in us bath
to will and to do." It is certainly 'com-
mon sense to work at it now. with di:"
vine assistance than later on "tofall
into the hands of the living God."
When the work is left. to God expert
ence shows that toheal lovingly He
strikes heavily. The departing sinner
knows too well how frightful and wear-
isome is God's process of breaking up
the fallow ground.., of a' hardened heart,
In tle'last.moments of life the dreadful
effects of God's work is often noted, and
the dying soul realizes "it is indeed time
to seek the Lord."
It is the part of wisdom to take the
time now. The past may have been
careless, lukewarm or indifferent, but
the time is now at hand to reap In
mercy. "Seek Him while 1 -Ie may be
found; work with Him; help to. harvest
the seed he has sown, and then in the,
great granaries of eternal life the fruit
at our labors will rest with the harvest-
ing of all work with God."
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HOME.
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SOME DAINTY DISHES.
Boiled red cabbage makes a delicious
Vegetable course. Procure a good red
cabbage, such as is generally used for.
pickling, boil it in milk, strain it and
mash up with some butter, pepper, and
salt, also a little vinegar. Serve
this very hot with fried croutons of
bread, and you will have a delicious.
vegetable course.
Cheese Savory.—Trim off the crust
from two slices of a stale tin loaf, cut
each slice into four squares and fry
will cut in nice slices.
Blackberry Sponge Pudding—Bake a
thin • sponge cake and "cut in squares.
Beat whilesg
of 2 eggs stiff with one-
quarter
b
quarter cup powdered sugar. Spread•this
over half the cake, placing large black-
berries thickly in this frosting. Lay on
the other half, then cover the top with
berries and cover them with powdered
sugar. Serve with, cream on whipped
cream or milk.
Blueberry Gingerbread—Stir together
1 tablespoon' butter, 1 egg and one -halt
cup sugar. Mix in 1 cup good molas-
ses and one-half cup sweet milk. Sift
together 1 pint flour, 1 teaspoon baking
powder or- soda and pinch of salt. Mix
this and 1 pint of berries with the first
ingredients.. Shallow pans are best and
a sauce may be served with squares of
the cake, if desired.
Cup Puddings—Make a batter of one -
tali cup. sugar and 1 tablespoon butter,
then a light brown In good beef. drip- the berries vnll:-a. of ..bun "crus,
ping. Slew these very thickly
grated cheese, adding a little made mus-
tard and a dust of cayenne pepper.
Place in a hot oven till slightly brown.
Scatter chopped parsley over and
serve.
Liverpool Pie.—Line a shallow .dish
with a thin layer of pastry. Chop up
some cold meat coarsely, with a boiled
onion. Season with mixed herbs, pep-
per, and salt, mixing -all together thor-
oughly and moistening with a little
stock. Fill the dish, cover with nice
crust. Bake till the pastry Is cooked,
and serve hot or cold according to
taste.
Canary Cream—Dissolve half an ounce
of gelatine in half pint of water by first
soaking and then heating. Strain and
add the liquid of two sn:a11 oranges,
half the grated rind of one, half the
juice of a lemon, the yolks of two eggs
well beaten, and one and a half ounces
of white sugar. Mix all thoroughly and
etir in china -lined saucepan till it just
boils. Then put into a mould and serve
when cold.
Kedgeree can be made with any cold
fish, picked carefully froin the bones,
either salt or fresh. Take a teacupful
of boiled rice, one ounce of butter, a
teaspoonful of mustard, two lightly
boiled eggs, salt and cayenne to taste.
Mix all these ingredients together in a
saucepan, add the flaked fish, and heat.
Place in a dainty pile on a hot dish and
garnish with slices of hardboiled egg. A
seasoning of curry -powder. is an addi-
tion appreciated by most people.
A Donde—i's Savory.—Cut some thin
slices of bread into circles, spread them.
with butter and cover each with a thin
slice of cucumber seasoned with pepper
and salt. Remove the oil, skin, and
bones from some 'sardines, break the
fillets up freely with a silver fork, flav-
or with a squeeze of lemon juice, a drop
or two of ketchup, pepper and salt. Put
a layer of the sardine on the cucumber
and press the slices together to form
sandwiches. Garnish with slices of._cu-
cumber cite into fancy shapes and serve
on a folded nankin.
Haricot of Veal.—Take two and a half
pounds of the best end of a neck of veal,'
cut the bones quite short and 'leave the
neck whole. Put the meat into a stew -
pan and cover with stock, simmer gently
1111 nearly cooled, add one pinta of green
peas and a large cucumber peeled and
cut• into sates half an inch thick, sorra
each out
in
youn
carrots a
rpieces).All the vegetabltwo lettuces es should
previously hive 'been' stewed in a little
broth. Cook all together .with the meat
for ten minutes, season with pepper
and salt. Dish up the meat, put the
vegetables over, thicken the gravy and
color it a nice brown, stirring in solr•la
chopped parsley. Serve bot.
with cup milk and pinch of salt. Mix this
to a soft batter with flour in which 1
teaspoon baking Powder has been stir-
red and stir in the beaten whites of the
eggs. Butler some cups and fill one-
third full with berries, dropping on top
batter enough to make cups two-thirds
full. Steam or bake about twenty min-
utes. The puddings may be eaten from
the cups; or may be turned into other
dishes and served with cream.
Pudding—Place a layer of uncooked
blueberries in a glass dish. Cover with
powdered sugar, then with whipped
cream. Alternate in this way until the
dish is full, the last layer being of cream.
Chill thoroughly on ice and serve with
tiny hot biscuit or shortcake, if desired.
This is a very nice dish for lunch. The
cream may be flavored with lemon.
Blueberry Bread Pudding—Line a
pudding dish with pieces of buttered
bread. Stew 1 quart blueberries, sweet-
ening to taste, then pour into the dish
and cover while hot with more pieces
or butteredbread and let stand several
hours. It will turn out of the dish whole
and -an be served with milk or any pre-
ferred sauce.
HINTS FOR THE HOME. -
Cook acid fruits In earthenware
BERRY DAINTIES. -,
fllackberry Pyramid --Coote 1 teacup
rice until thoroughly done; try not to
br ak the grains or have them gummy.
While hot spread 'a thin layer on a
large plate and- cover With large ripe
berries. Put another layer of riot over.
-these and sl,, on, each layeit a„Iittie
smaller around, than the preceding one;,
Jia that, finished, you have, a pyramid.
nerve cold'with sugar and or'eam. It
pans
and Lhoy will have a lovely color and THE SUNDAY 801100
a needle's eye than fpr a rich man. to be
L saved. Imat?ina the smiling face of the
superior flavor.
Bacon rinds, after being scalded and Master as, looking up into the tree, he
scraped, should be saved for flavoring ii}vit•ee himself home to dinner with the
stocks and stews,. - despised publican, Zachaius, and then
Panes of glass may be easily remov- see the calm, sad, but majestic Jesus
edby being covered with soft soap for riding into his capital amidst the ac-
e few hours. This softens the putty, claims of the peasants, and then finally
which can then be scraped off, behold titin as he stands amid the temp -
Before applying furniture polish, ting doctors of the law, and puts them
wring out a cloth from very hot water one by one to shame as they seek to
and rub it over the furniture; quickly entangle hint in his talk. Timis we see
wipe dry. Then apply the furniture pot , that there is not one of these lessons
lisp in the usual way, and a very high that does not have a picture in it with
polish may be obtained which will not the colors of life—a *lure, too, full of
finger mark, feeling, intense with Human interest,
To Keep Flowers Fresh. --Place the do we fl d 11 y 1 tl y of Jabs fuc 'These pictures �Ity study and co inters a -
stalks in very hot water (roses will bean°
almost boiling water) and let them stand f tl tion we should strive to see, bringing
till the water Is ,-old. Then mix a. lit- thein out real and lifelike before our
tic carbonate of soda with the water f the quarter ai( classes with all their linos, Indeed, one
which flowers are arranged and they of the best ways to make men see the
will often keep fresh a fortnight. Christ is to make them see the men with
When Boiling either Beef or Ham, a t t f bl light?
whom Jesus talked and lived,
etc., to Serve Cold.—Immediately the quarter do 1L is very difficult to come to any clear
meat is done plunge into cold water and conception of the order in time, oriel
lel 'it remain for an hour. If pressed beef
goodness la 7 location in place. of the lessons of the
is to have this treatrrient, put the press quarter. Indeed, scholars are quite un -
and its contents in cold water as soon decided concerning the matter, and all
as possible after removing from the fire. d' k d by tl d schemes are merely provisional, The
When Preserving Fruits.—If. you wish ? harmony of the gospels in our Teachers'
your jams to be a good color and clear; Y Bibles' will give what light is accessible,
by tone fruit before adding the sugar, p g beat it .must be remembered that many
By long boiling both before and after t' fi y of the arangements for this period of
the addition of the sugar, but especial- ' p ( our Lord's ministry are made more or
ly More, a smaller quantity of sugar IL p less in the dark,
will be found sufficient to preserve the ) 1
fruit. To stir jams use a wooden.spoon,hesticken GIRL SMUGGLER IN BATTLE.
and for strawberries use the stick end G —
of the spoon, so as not to break the S d 1 ' Guards Passage of Her Sister Across
fruit.
On Cocoanut matting, when grease is € Italian Frontier.
spilt, clean it off as soon_as possible 1 • Two girls named Vachero, aged 17 and
with hot water and yellow soap, ushnr themselves IS years, have just accomplished a• dat-
a good stiff scrubbing brush. It is us ing feat: of smuggling. They belong
less to attack; the stained arts oxily,• as of the Gentile
p to a family whose ancestors have been
• the tv the surface must by -Scrubbed. smugglers for a century. Their hunting
After the matting is scrubbed evenly 1 t g grounds are in the mountains where the
011 over, fold it loosely, put it into a 11 1 3 Swiss, Italian and Austrian frontiers
large tub and pour' over it plenty of Cold ) ( nearly touch . at 'the Stelvio Pass.
and sun.
hang up to dry in the air instincts Many desperate fights with the Cus-
Plannin the Meals. ---Full half the. toms oftcints have taken place at this
g Y spot, until the Vacheros have been al -
drudgery of planning "twentyone meals b most wiped out. There now remain of
a week" may be saved by planning all the family only the father and mother
of them at once at the beginning of the h i i and the two daughters, who are the
week. Take advantage of a leisure heroines of this latest expoit.
hour and write down little menus for At present the father is suffering from
each one of the seven days-. You will a rifle shot through the elbow, which
find yourself getting more variety into be describes as an "accident." He was
the meals and unconsciously thinking
taught up new combinations.' unable to get a large cargo of tobacco
Furnish Carefully.—When furnishing across the Swiss frontier into Italy, and
don't get anything except what there is his daughters determined to smuggle
a positive need for, and test everything the contraband tbut nel•es-
you get to see 1f it 'fulfils that purpose They stacked, but near the summit of
discovers
were dtwo ass bycus-
.thee
perfectly. Make a point of having every toms officials. While the elder girl pro -
chair comfortable. There's mottling -ceded on the journey the younger one
more astonishing than the number of un- kept the officers at bay with a rifle from
comfortable chairs which are made
every year, so"that ordering chairs at a sheltered position. ,The men replied,
random is a mistake. Watch thegroup-and the Minute e continued until the sis-
int; of furniture as carefully you ter with the tobacco had got a good
watch the choice of it. Let your orna- half hours start. The younger sister
meats be as simple as possible, and then disappeared, and returned home by
making a long detour in the mountains,
don't crowd them. every path of which she knows.
HER FATE DECIDED BY CARDS.
Hearts, Her Lucky Color, Failed to
Turn Up.
"- Mlle. Nestle, of Soleure, Switzerland,
a handsome girl, gambled with death
the other day—and lost.
Fier father, who died recently by his
-.,
man. FIis only daughter was, however,.
left penniless owing to serious losses in
speculations. When -the house and fur-
niture were sold by public auction -to
Meet the father's liabilities, Mlle. Nesthe
went to live .with Some friends, and her
mind seems to have become unhinged
by her troubles.
"My Lucky day is Thursday," she
said to a girl friend, "but even my luck
seems to have deserted me, and 1 can-
not bear life any longer."
Thursday she asked her friend to conic
and see her play cards, and as her
manner seemed strange, her friend
humored her. "You will see that hearts,
my lucky color, will not turn up," Miss
Nesthe explained, and, true enough, no
matter how she cut and stained, a
black suit always appeared.
At last she announced to her unsu-
specting friend that the cards foretold
"a long and peaceful sleep," and went
up to her room without uttering an-
d.
The friend being used to M11e Nesthe's
eccentric humors, took no more notice
of .the affair, and went out shopping. On
her return, on entering her friend's
bedroom, she found Mlle Nesthe dead,
still holding in her hand a small phial
which had contained prussic acid.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
SEPT, 23.
Lesson XIII, Third Quarterly Review,
Golden Text; Luke 4. 32.
QUESTIONS FOI1 R1 SEAi1C1L
1. In how many lessons of the quarter
n tesmra t e.1
Um weak, helpless, and outcast members
of the Community emphasized?
2. in which lessons of e
the Pharisees and other religious re-
spectables of Jewish society exhibited in
m . u t avora e igh
3. In which lessons of the
we find especial emphasis upon the
goodness andgrace of God' •
4:. 'which . of the lessons of the term
have their geographical location plainly
indicated e the textand its surround-
ings?
5. Group together.briefl the teachings
of Jesus on prayer, thus far considered
noting first his.own example and habit
tis illustrated at his baptism tisrn Lule 3),
after his day of miracles (Mark 1), before
the sermon in the mount, (Luke 6. after
the feeding of the five thousand (Mark
6), before the Transfiguration (Luke 0).
Second.. his encouragements to prayer,
as illustrated in his graciousness to
suppliants in the case of those wino be-
caughthim for healing for themselves,
'pon and their friends
.iotabl � in the case
woman, !vlark 7.. 24-30), and also as il-
lustrated in his parables concerning
prayer, the -Importunate Friend (Luke
1-13), the Unjust Judge (Luke 18. 1ff)
and the comparison between the gener-
ous even of evil parents and
what might, be expected from the Good
Father in heaven. Third the teachings
of Jesus as to the true spirit of prayer,
as shown n the parable of the Pharisee
.and the Publican, and enforced in the
Beatitudes (Matt, 5. 1-16). Fourth. the
suggestions as to what we should pray
for, contained in the prayer which Jesus
his disciples.
GENERAL SUGGESTIONS.
The principal task before most of the
classes will be the• mastery of the story
f thes
0 lessons. Even the teacher'who
retains them all in mind will do well..
The next point is the fasteningin the
mind of some clear-cut point from each
of the twelve lessons. This should be
done if at all possible. Let the teacher
remember that a term's work which
cannot be reviewed has been a term's
work more or less disjointed and un -
workmanlike.
One is impressed as he reads the les-
sons of the quarter by the picturesque-
ness of our Master's preaching. There
are no formal lectures, no systematic
presentations of great doctrines. but
everything is connected with some hap-
pening in his life. There is always a
scene for the imagination to paint, and
the play of emotion as well as of
thought. Run through the lessons of
Jesus at —the begnitiir g Twit life lm'Il'1
child in his arms, then behold the miser-
able suplicant-begging for mercy of his
king—a mercy w. -,ch, when he receives
it, he is in no wise willing to bestow
upon his fellow ; then behold the scene
in some wild gorge between Jerusalem
and Jericho, where the Good Samaritan
finds the unconscious victim of the rob-
bers. Behold Jesus teaching how to
pray, and hear the knock of the friend
at midnight and the gruff and unwilling
response from within. Then see the
Master as he rebukes the vulgarity of the
Pharisees who choose the best scats at
the feast, and as he tells them whom
they shall bid to their banquets. Then
behold the servants of the rich man
compelling the ragged denizens of alley
and street to come to the great feast;
recall the scene in the far country
where the prodigal dreams of his
father's house ; behold the widow as she
pleads for justice before the fierce and
unprincipled judgewho fears not God,
neither regards man ; .]book again into
the eager face of the rich young man
who inquires, "What must I do to be
saved ?" and see the incredulous look an
Peter's Lace when. Jesus declares that it
is easier for a camel to enter in through
PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM.
Chinese Lady Devotes Large Fortune to
Service of Her Country. '
Miss Hsu, of Szechwan, is a young
lady of whom her native China may
well be proud. The only child of the
tftAiu?re€fLit,ti0A= 7:ialr - sbs.,reneived-_a
stun, where as a child she showed great
aptitude and promise. Her father's death
left her at the age of 20 the sole heir
tea fortune of 2500,000. Animated by
sincere patriotism and desirous of mak-
ing her fortune useful in the service of
her country, Miss Hsu called a family
council, and announced her intention to
devote $115,000 to the building and
maintenance of a high school for girls,
which should be a model establishment
in China; $10,000 to start a native pro-
gressive newspaper in her father's birth-
place, Tchengtchau in Henan, and $50,-
000 for a school in her own birthplace.
Miss lieu„ who speaks English fluently,
and has a knowleclge of German, has
recently visited Pekin, whence she has
started on an educational tour round
the world, beginning with Japan where
she is at present studying the system
of female education.
A DISCOUItAT.
"Why don't you write yourprescrip-
tions in plain English 7'
"What's the use? replied the physi-
cian. "I write my bills in plain Eng-
lish, and a lot of people don't seem to
make any sense of them."
ONE YEAR'S TOLL OF THE SEA -OVER A 1 FIOUSAND WRECKS,
Staattsttos prepared by the. Bureau are Rae, of £'anis, show that darin.
the year 1905 there were 14008 *lips lost by'rrhlpwxeek, 389 eteasnere, 649 sails
yeeseha
+ri`i}'4l+t *`ik" °tom - ,1+11 tk'i4
Fasli iort
Hints.
SOROIII'TY Oh b"BOCIf$,
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"Something that can be worn. thq
whole season mild not look shabby,"—
constantly. is repeated by the mother as
her aim in small frocks for wiuter.'Tltis
problem the .10 to 14 year old autocrat
has calve near . solving for herself i ';
the distinctive tailor-made skirts and
blouses which she dubs "sorority," The
seeming ambiguousness—to 1110 older,,
ones ---about sororities does not extend
to frocks, as the term infers a complete
shirtwaist dress,, carefully tailored and
worked with a numerous variety of in-
signia, These are put upon the well
fitting 010th collar bands and dickeys;
and on the ton(; sleeves.
A plaited blouse, faced clown with a
round yoke shaped piece, below a cloth
dickey or guirnpe, or else the round
piece laid over the outside of the blouse
to imitate this effect, is the popular cut,
together with some form of the kilt
skirt. Variations of the sailor suit also
are used, for sororities, a favorite form
for the older girl omitting the collar and
lacing the blouse part way down, or.
again within half an inch of the bot-
tom of the waist. One dress has a life "
tie band joining the waist and skirt,
and shaped belt, made with little up
and down stripes of narrow braid and
'finished with gold buttons to go with it.
The round yoke is cut with -two or three
square tabs, which run down in front
between groups and plaits of the blouse.
The ends of these are ornamented with
narrow strips of braid and buttons.
These are carried out in college colors.
Another has a. blouse with double box
plait, ending In a round yoke. A little
to one side of the middle plait is set a
watch pocket, cut deep for safety, and
with its opening cut in a fetching little
compound curve finished at the corners
with crows' feet. An anchor with little
branches crossed below it is put on the
collar band and deep cuffs. The most
of these dresses are. finished with em-
blems and there is great demand for.
new and original designs. as something
other than the hackneyed eagle is "the
thing" in school land. Stars, with many
lines radiating from
between the
points*,
flags crossed end
worked with natural
colors, and with yellow sticks, golf
sticks, tennis rackets and balls, pilot
wheels and oars, all arc used profusely.
These are wanted just as much an tho
smallest kind `of a gir'l's frock and ap-
pear on the fronts of all the little dress-
es cut like Buster Brown suits, except
that they open in the back.
Sailor suits will be popular for girl's
ul to 14 and the kilt skirts to these
are mounted on percaline linings. These
are cut with low necks and without
sleeves, so that they are not hot, while
holding the skirt in place in the back
better than any other arrangement. It
is better to try to mount the dickey on
this, as it is easier to fit when set in.
separately. A nice way is to put braid
"ties" on the corners to hold them down.
brown and wnrie ants -mai'
shepherd's check, with separate collars
set on in plain brown or blue cloth. This
is the only dark part about the,froek
except that there is a black silk tie and
the emblems are worked in white and
black.
All shapes of„ pinafore frocks' will
be much used for little children. The
sleeves of these almost invariably are
slashed on the outside, after kimono
fashion, and the most popular edge for
them as well as the rest of the frock
is velvet ribbon. Colored wool guimpes
are to be worn instead of white and are
supplied in contrasting colors. Brilli-
ant red or blue in fine thin wool is used
under Scotch plaid gowns, which would
suggest to the mother the buying of
summer veiling remnants in pretty col-
ors. These guimpes must really be
waists, for the skeleton is either cut
clear down V shape or is slashed up
from the bottom in little dart shaped
openings, faced around with braid or
velvet ribbon, and finished with but-
tons. There also are many slightly dif-
fering shapes in straps and bretel'cs.
The little touch of cream that appears
in most plaid dresses Is prettily brought
out by thick, creamy white buttons,
which are something other than pearl
and which are the shade of white kid,
and prettily emphasized if a white kid
belt is worn with them. Gold buttons
of good size are much used in dull fin-
ish.
Many women are wonderfully clever
at making pretty effects with a touch of
trimming on the darkest and most un-
promising bit of material, a fact sug-
gested by the way an ugly little black
and red checked flannel, touched with
a,dot of green, was worked up into 0
pretty frock. It was cut down with sur-
plice effect to the belt and was made
with deep open armholes instead of
sleeves. These and the edge of surplice
shoulder pieces were edged with inch
wide dull black braid.
Dark red is a favorite color and is
used in serge, flannel, canvas, and in-
visible plaid. Black and white mixed
braid. with block crochetbuttons, wakes
' pretty trimming for red; else sootttche
ir, two rows, a black and a white, laid
close together around ° cuffs and collar
and in little groups laid under and be-
tween the box plaits which farm the
gawn. Ono floes not realize how pret-
ty "dary red” can be until she.sees this
new shade, called "sherry brandy," be-
ing more - brilliant than the old wine
color. Dark blue and black in plain
serge, trimmed plainly in black braid,
are favorites in sailor suits of light col-
ored veihuges, cul pinafore shape and
worked with buttonlicle stitch, and
some.floral design in silk of same color
around edges of neck and arms.
_
HUGE SUM O1i RATS.
Owingtothe danger of plague infer:,
tion being spread by rats, the local au-
thorities in most parts of japan have,
for some t1nIO past, been in the habit of
paying three Cents for every dealt rat
lxoug}1t in, Enormous sums have, thus
been plaid out, the town council of Os -
aim 'the Manchester of Japan, buying
1.0.:2,886 rats in seveSteen Monlaas for a
total sunt of $60,731
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