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CIIICKEN,
From a Fat :SOIL -Cut up the
fowl and waali thoroughly. Tut on
. to boil -with plenty, of water; i£ it
boils away add mote to it, When
it beopmes tender season with salt
and napper, Stir up dumplings in
the following manner: One Dint o£
hour, twe teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, pinch salt, all sifted to-
gether; stir in enough milk so you
can drop the dough from a spoon,
Item the chicken boiling and drop
thedazntilings around on topof it.
Cover tightly and boil twenty °nein-.
utes without removing cover ; at the
end of that time you will find you
have the lighteso of duinplings.
Never use shortening unless you
want thein heavy. After removing,
the dumplings and chicken horn,
the kettle one can pour off the most
of the liquid and save for soup
stook. Add milk to what is left in
the kettle and thicken for gravy.
For the soup if too much fat' arises
on.it when it is mold, skim -off and
save for beings. Put the stack on
fire and a.dd more water if it is
necessary. When boiling . add a
little 'rice end broken spaghetti
and macaroni and you will find it
delicious.
chicken Timbales.—Line .the
bottom and -sides of slightly but-
tered popover cups with long strips
of boiled maroon', coiled .around the
inside, then fill with chicken tint
bele" mixture. Chicken Timbale
Mixture—Two tablespoons butter,
one-quarter stale bread crumbs,
two-thirds cup milk, one -cup chop-
ped cooked ehicken, one-half
tablespoon chopped parsley, tion
eggs, popper and salt. Melt but-
ter, 'add, breadcrumbs and milk;
an+f' than cook five minutes, stir -
rine toitstantly, add eggs well bea-
ten, then -thicken acid parsley. Sea.
son, place iu macaroni molds and
steam twenty to thirty minutes,
thou turn ou a plate and remove
cups after a minute or two, serve
with touuato sauce. Tomato Sauce.
One -Half can tontat'oes or oneand
three-quarters cups fresh stewed to-
.matioes, one slice onion, dash of red
pepper, three tablespoons butter,
three tablespoons flour, one-quarter
teaspoon salt, one-third teaspoon
pepper. Fry onion in butter til
crisp, then add fluor, then add to-
matoes and seasoning, and cook fif-
teen minutes. Pour two tablespoons
over the individual timbale with
too a'r tfu•ce olives for a garnish.
Strain the sauce before serving.
PIO1 LINGHELPS.
Sweet Spiced '`iokles.— Soak cu-
cumbers in coldwater containing
a handful of salt over night. After
thoroughly washing theist in the
morning, drain and acute/ in vine-
gar and water, half and half, then
drain off and put pickles in cans.
Put one and one-half teaspoonfuls
of mixed whop spices, also small
pieoes of horseradish in tops of
cans and one4half eupfnl sugar to
each quart of vinegar.Cover
with scaldingvinegar and seal.
Clinger Pears. 'To make this de-
licious sweetmeat use hard pears,
peel, core, anti cut into cubes. For
eight hounds of fruit use the same
quantity of sugar, one pint of wa-
ter, the juice of lourlemons, one
fourth pound of green- ginger root
~-cut in thin slices. Put all into a
ltorcelaiu preserving kettle and boil
slowly one hour. Pour into glasses
and seal. A most delicious sweet-
meat.
Pickled Yellow Cucumber. —
Peel and seoo1i all seeds out of cu-
eu nberse, then wash theta thorough-
ly. Out them in pieties, boil them
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Moisture oft: Then put ane cup-
id of 'sugar, one cupful of 'white
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ultote cloves and cinnamon tied in
Moth over the fire to boil about
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embers; let cucumbers boil in this
ntil fonder, then put them in fruit
ars the sante as fruit, have ready
the cloths filled with mustaa l
rad tied on top about' the sire of-
haelenut; put one of these bags in
ach jar when • it is filled to keep the
encumbers in the pickle, then 1
cal while hot, The encumbers have
fine flavor and keep. Arrange the
inkling liquid according to the t
meet of etteumbera you have.
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.Seedleas Sttili+ell Tomatoes ---Peal 1
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to expose cells, Remove seeds y
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ore :palateb'e this way.
Tomato Pickles,—Secure sme
green egg or plum tomatoes; th
smaller the better—and piolcie thes
whole according to the usual r.
Mee for cucumber l>icklos. Th
result will be pickles that are jus
55 dainty as good..
Celery' Cups. -Cook three -fourth'.
of a'ciup .•coarsely chopped celery
one-half tablespoon chopped onto
beaten eggs, twe tablespoons 'chop
peel cold chsieken, one -hall teaspoo
salt, one-eighth teaspoon peppez
Bake and serve it, Guttered -ups.
Tomato Rarebit. -To two table-
spoons melted butter add two table-
spoons of. floor, . one-half teaepeon
sett, one-eighth teaspoon each of
pepper and mustard. ].tub. till
smooth and make thick sauce with
one oqp, milk. Have ready one cult
cocked, strained tomatoes, into
which is stirred one-eighth teaspoon
soda. Add tomatoes. to. the sauce,
two eggs alightly beaten, and two
cups grated AmeriGas cheese.
Spinach, Toast.—Wash two quarts
spinach and cook in one-half .cup
water. Season with salt and pep-
per, drain- and chop fine, .Beat in
a spider.with ane tablespoon but-
ter, stirring it often. Place on
slices. of hot buttered toast and
garnish with hard boiled eggs.
CHEESE.
been washing it off with soapsnda.
Cleat is not wasted by opening the
windows for at /carat twenty min -
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azul sweetness can eteel itt snob
A few drops of tuvpns ii e sprit
led where mzelsroaches eopgrage
will exterminate them at once, wll
It will elan rid you of red a
lblaek ante;
11 The most hygienic duster <i
to damp fabrie that is aoft and ft
o front lint. Cheesecloth and chain
o, dampened are both goad for diff
e one purposes.
Stains iii table linen may be eas
removed by plunging the articles
puro bailing water. Seap and wet
would haven the, effect of fixing
fitaina. -
Cheesccleth makes a serviceab
and, sanitary dishcloth—lie absor
ent qualities andthefact that it
SO anally kept white and clean mai
it eepeoially desirable.
It is not wise to lay your wat
on a ahiu•a time or on anythin
cold, when you take it off at nigh
It is a very susceptible piece
mechanism, and changes of tompe
Mute affect it,
-There is nothing like a hot fo
bath, to ease oohing feet, with a 1'
the soda in it, bet to harden the
you need a bath of cool, iftnot co
water, with 'some salt in"st, to b
followed by a good, bziski rub.
• Simple, powdered chalk, or th
'mixed with champoral, is an : a
mirable tooth powder, and ,ofte
quite as efficacious as muoh iso
expensive powders and washes.
When the color, of a dress ha
faded, owing to., stains from '1
mon or other ,amid fruit juice,
good idea is to touch the spot wit
liquid ammonia, which_usually wi
restore the color.
Occasionally it happens that
creek appears in an otherwise pe
feet piece of furniture. Melt
little beeswax, color it to mate
the wood with aniline dye, and the
press it firmly into the cracks.
11 a glass stopper becomes fixed
warm the bottle tear the 'fire a
then put a few.droiis of sweet 0
round the stopper and again war
the bottle. Then knock the stop
per lightly against wood, and .
will easily be removed.
Cracks in walls may be filled i
with plaster of Paris. Mix this wit
vinegar -instead, of water. It wi
then. be like putty and can be use
with case. If mixed with water i
hardens so soon that it is very dif
ficult to use it quickly enough.
A housekeeper says that bofor
blacking the stove she rubs soap o
her hands just as if she was abou
to wash then' and lets it dry. Thi
seems to prevent the polish getting
into the pores, and after blaekin
the stove the hands .are easily. wash
eel clean.
A glycerine poultice will soften
and loosen a hard cern as much
that ib will easily 'come out. •• To
apply, saturate a piece of lint with
glycerine, lay this on the corn, tie
a piece -of oiled silk over, bandage
to keep in place, and if you apply. at
night keep on till the morning.
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Cheese Fonds.—To one cupful of
rolled cracked crumbs add a half
a pint of milk, a small cupful of
grated cheese, the beaten yolks of
two eggs and the whites beaten to
a stiff froth. Mix gently and bake
twenty ininutes in a quick oven.
Cheese Toast.—Cat a stale loaf
of bread in six slices about enc -half
inch thick.. Beat one egg into a
cupful of sweet• milk and add one-
half pound of good olteeae and a
tablespoonful of butter. Put this
mixture. in a clean saucepan, set
in a pah of boiling. water, and stir
until quite smooth. Place the toast
on a hot platter •and cover with the
dressing, to which should be added
a pinch of cayenne. For -a change
this dish may be placed in the oven
until a rich brown. This is exceI-
lent for luncheon or for a dinner
course.
PILE.
Pumpkin Pie;—For .the old time
rich and substantial delicacy that
Whittier celebrated try the follow-
ing recipe ; Choose a hard shelled
yellow meated pumpkin, peel, re-
move seeds. and stringy portions;
out in srnall caber, and steam un-
til tender and -put through :a eoI-
ander. To one pint of pumpkin add
one beaten egg, two tablespoonfuls
of flour, one cupful of sugar, one
teaspoonful of ginger, one-half tea-
spoon of 'salt. Tues quantity will
fila two.sznall crusts. Grate a little
nutmeg over ea'oh, and bake in .a
moderate oven melt firm to the
'center. -
Pie Crust.—Follow the following
recipe and pie crust will be della-
ions : One cup of lard, one-half sup
cold water, pinch el salt, and pinch
of baking powder. 'Sift in enough
flour to make. a Boit batter and beat
until white. Add sufficient flour to
roll easily. This is enough for two
pies..,
THINGS WORTH KNOWING..
Tan leather boots man be nicely
cleaned with turpentine. Pour a
few drops on a woollen cloth and
rub.
Here art' some of the things that
should never get into the drain
pip?: Lair, lint, shread and fruit
peelings.
To clean kind gloves, slightly
dampen a soft cloth with milk and
gently rub the soiled parts and af-
terwards dry with a cloths.
Silver will not need as match rub-
bing if before cleaning'it is washed
in hot soap and water witlz'a little
liquid. ammonia in - it.
It 15 said that if a little oil of
peppermint is dropped into mice
holes it will keep 1111e10 away; as the
odor is obnoxious to them.
Thin soles are conductive to -
met-
ing loot 4.a good, stoat, thought ,light
sole, ie necessary se you- li1tve mitolt
stvrnd]ng or walking to do.
Orange peel buent in a room will
destroy a close foul smell. Place
peel le a shallow pan and let
f• burn fax several minutes.
]Eminent niedical authorities as,
sero that the sudden immersion of
he body in cold water sone after
meals is extremely dangerous.
Too much salt her the gravy may
e .))'mediad by putting a pinch of
town sugar in it. This 'clues not
tort the.grievy in the least,
If yilu haven't a shoehorn, drop.
our handkerchief 11110 you stem be -
tire inserting the that, diet' pull
ight, and it will, slip en easily.
Sawdust and a chamois leather as
•',ushers, after cat glass lots been
ho1•oukhly cleaned in hot soapsuds,
ell make it glitter anti sparkle,
Itl;' 1i'ine :tains net silver spoons
lay Se 1 emeresh by le nlltbieg with
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Bad Nauheim, -fu Germany, on
- hit+ No Flies aro Ii'onnd.
Not the least -among the advant-
ages offered by Nauheim is the al -
meet complete absence of flies and
other insect pests. There are no
fly screens in' Bad Nauheim, Ac-
eording to a wrs(or in the Post -
Graduate they are not needed. The
well pa..S'ed streets are kept so clean
that the "typhoid fly" finds condi-
tons unfavorable for breeding and
an effective campaign also is tar-
ried on between seasons..
During the winter flies soek cor-
ners of collars and attics. The au-
thorities in Neitheim.have -a inttni-
deal ordinance winch enables them
to destroy the fly -pest by attacking
it at any tune, -Government em-
ployees arc sent into every build-
ing in the town to burn out all
corners in which 'ilies might tale
refuge. These measures are eery
successful.
The place likewise affords 11.11 in-
teresting proof that this dazlgeroes
nuisance does not move far from
its breeding grounds. In Fried-
berg, a typical ill paved, dirty Ru-
mmies town less than two miles
SNOW, ell- 'fly pest is everywhere in
evidence.
:Beautiful walks in great variety 1
are to be found leading in all di -
motions through the neighboring s
hills. From the mountains too the 1
Use, a lively little stream, runs
down through the town and ear -
ries off the waste water from the a
baths, No sewage or filth is al-
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lowed to defile it and consequently 1
it retains all the therm of a clean t
country brook, p
The town is well severed and sup, h
plied with excellent drinking water v
from the Vogelsberg Mountains,n
thirty miles away. The fuse clean t
gravel which is freshly applied each o
,vena' to the sidewalks and pathways d
keeps the piano prattieally free
of oust, and no billboards or simi- 11
lar' nuisances are permitted to de- b,
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Nee the beauty of the streets, The N
general note of strict cleanliness is
well exemplified in the town st
schools. : of
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strive to got into the blockhead, 'th
THE S. S. LESSON
:11';(:lli .l't'1ONAL LESSON,
NOV, 1%
Lessen 4111.—World's`l'i'uzaporan
Lesson, Malt, 24,.32-i1, Golds
041. Text, Malt. `26. 41.
Verse 33. lie is nigh - 'Tie • su
jest here, ar:ooreling to the transl
tors, is thaflcn of man, taken fro
verso; 30 and 31, Luke says in t1
snug place "that the kingdazn
God is nigh," Though it is imp()
Bible to say which is meant by Mant
thew, the sense is the sae, name'
that when the otitis of the world
beelike/ by the budding forth of tJ
leaves of the fig tree, has arrive
there will be plenty of signs whic
cannot be inistak, a,
34. This generation—'rhe only po
sible way of interpreting this is t
say that Jesus was speaking of th
generation of people then livin
Bence, the refezenee in all ties
things is to the destruction of Je
resalem and the accompanying to
roes. Doubtless the disciples be
lieved him to. be speaking of th
end of the world, which they undei
stood was to follow closely opo
the collapse of the temple. It Iva
the common belief of the early
Christians and clearly. influence
the form in which they roported the
sayings -of Jesus. But .there is n
word of Jeaes by which we can de
termine the length of time which i
to elapse between the fall of th
city and the end of the present dis
pensation. We do know that many
then living witnessed "the abomin
ation of desolation" and the ter
rible judgment upon Jerusalem.
35. Heaven and earth shall pass
away—This is a cosmological ex-
pression signifying the whole of the
created universe. In verse 29; to
which these words seem to refer
back, -a disintegration of sun, moon,
and stars is predicted.
My word shall not peas away -
There is a permanency about the
teaching of Jeaiis which is found in
none of the • philosophers, Hew
much, for example, of the Sermon
on the Mount has been superseded
What he .has to say concerning the
future, therefore, must be hcede
as a word sure of fulfillment.
3G. The day—The day of judge
meat. The fact that the exact time
of : this momentous event lies hid-
den in the secret wisdom of the
heavenly Father should make peo-
ple cautious about dogmatizing.
The Ting James version omits nei-
ther the Son, as in the margin. But
it is almost certain that our Lord
used the words, as they -occur .in
Mark, and, if Matthew really intend-
ed to omit them, it would be simply
because of his well-known unwil-
lingness to allow a confession of
weakness or ignorance to stand
against his Master. We heed. not
shrink from admitting this confes-
sion.
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r • Cloth' Cemented Together.
The gas bags of modern balloon
a are made of a eatenns fabrie swath India rubber in the most care
n ful moaner in order to assure per
8 feet impermeability "without saori
ficing lightness. 'hoe all large bal
el loons, and especially for dirigibles
two layers of cloth ave superpos
o and cemented together. The Bute
- skin is Covered with ladle, rubbe
s on one side only, but the inner ski
e is coated en both sides.
- In German balloons the inner -can
vas is cut straight and the mute
- canvas is cut bias. In this con
- struction gores with angles of
degrees are used wed the seams ar
Covered, which causes a slight in
oreaee in weight. FreneFrenchballon
makers prefer to out both canvase
straight. Experiments show the
the tensile strength of the 'envie
lopes thus made is approximate]
equal in all directions.
Each method of -construction ha
its advantages and its'defects. A
India rubber, even when vuloanis
ed, is altered by -exposure to light,
the canvas is colored yellow in order
to arrest the violet and ultra -vio-
let rays, which are the most active.
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The pigment used in France is
chromate of lead, which unfortu-
nately mast be applied to the can-
vas before it is coated with rubber,
and which -consequently prevents
the vulcanization of the rubber, be-
cause the chromate of lead is black-
euesl by heat.. Picric acid is free
from this objection,. but its em-
ployment is too dangerous.—Seien-
tific American.
ectly as he was bidden. (so), givi
the -titers food in due season,
47. Over all that lie hath• --Co
pare Matt. 2e. 21, 23, Our Lo
seems to teach here and elsewhe
that there will be degrees of b1e
sedncss in the other world.
48. My load tari'lr3th- Unl ket
master of the house (43), this e
servant (who, by an odd wieenve
tionality of speech, has not 'Info
been mentioned) knew beyon
doubt that something was gain;
heppon for which lie should be pr
pared; that i», he knew hie 10
would come back. But he elide
know just when, So, like run
men,.' he acted in utter disrega
of the jedgzuent he must face,
if there were to be no,' such titin
lent 51, Shall out leasunder—TI
punishment, described only .in ge
oral terms, is to be for this ma
so unlimited as the reward for th
otlisr MAL Isis portion is to b
with the hypocrites because, on th
appearance of lea lord, he planned
to assume the role of faithful eve
sees.
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40. Watch therefore ; for ye know
not on what day your Lord cometh
—This is the practical .application
of the entire lesson. In the days
of Noah, natters stood about as they
have always stood with men, and
will stand until the judgment. Their
viciousness is not mentioned as the
reason for their undoing, but their
eating and drinking--theirentire
absorption lit things mundane.
Warning had. been given them, and
there was a' certainty about the
coating. of the flood that is. like the
inevitableness of the coming of the
Son of man. It all happened with
frightful suddenness, and they were
who11�- unprepiti•ecl. So niers, in
spite of the seinen warnings of the
sure approach of cleat' and jnclg-
mein, trade upon the uncettllinty dist/ince,
of the exact day when :their Lois]
cometh, and stand in the field or
et the mill oblivious, and in the Clay 8
of trouble are left to their own de-
si:•ruotie.n. On the outer haled, those
who, with uninterrupted vigilance, I
pay ]teed to the counsel of Gori shall
be. taken to a heavenly reward. No-- n,
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tice the frequency.with which this c
lesson was driven home 10 different a
ways by Je:nii (Matt. 25,' 13-15; t
Mork 13. 33-3r ; Luke 12. 35-d0; and y,
n- - 34 33)
TE_\CH CHINESE AT OXFORD.
Great Britain has begun to rea-
lize the possib.ihitzce of trade with.
China,' and the desieability of the
rapid 'increase of relations be-
tween the west and the people of
the Celestial Empire has been sin
gnlarly emphasized by the addition
of the Chinese language, to the cite
riculum of Icing's College.
"For. goodness sake, John, how
long did you boil these eggs?"
"Just as long as you told nae to,
sty dear' '•Impossible!` They're
hard ss bricks." "I bailed them
just twelve minutes." "Twelve?
Why-. S told you that three minutes
long enough for an egg." "Yes,
dear—but I hoikcd.four of then."
DEPTHS OF THE ATLANTle.
The variations of the depths of
the seas are remarkable. From re-
cent soundings we learn from a
Paris rantempoeary that in certain
eases on the Pacific ocean the depth
8,000 meters—that is, about the
depths recorded ace the North At -
antic, 8,391 melees.; South Pacific, 1
,300 ; South Atlantic, 7,400; Indian
mean, 6,300; C'aribbenn sea, 6,275.
The meter is 3.9 inches. On the other t
land, the Baltic is comparatively fi
hallow, not quite 400 meters. -In
ng, a diver can easily see to work r.r
rad that depth it is dark as eight,
--London Globe.
EDWARD AND GEORGE
KINDLY, TRAITS OF TILER
AND SON,
Xing George Inherits 'MOM
Ways With tailldren and
From widely separated Bottle
tame two recently published ane
dotes of King George V. and h
Neely an4.1 liking entertained
both for the yeung and the Jew'
The first is of a meeting betwee
the present King and two tana
&atoll Iads of five or six years,
the public road near Balmerai,
His Majesty stopped the boy
who xespectfully raised their cep
azed inquired whether they were o
their way fume from $ehool,
which they replied in the affirm
The King next asked if the
eoeld read, end being eagerly a
mired that they coulel, elected
lecite a passage which they ha
learned at school and knew Is
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the boys on their accomplishmeets,
remarking that he doubted if his
aowf.enbdoiytisoncoaulteittivreaggir.ia as pod
The King then asks:el the hour
they had -to be at school in the
morning, and received the eeply
"When do you get homer in-
quired his Majeaty.
"We're gann hame th' tool" re.
plied one a the boys with amaze
InTtnlite. Ring Patted hoth "ado on the
head and departed smiling.'
dame Waddington. widow of Mon-
sieTuhre other stery is told by Ma -
Guillaume Waddington, *he
was ,a,mhassador from France to
England in the early days of the
present French republic. King Ed-
ward went to breakfast at
her house in Paris on his way te
Biarritz. •
"We were - -small party of
feiends, and my two little grand-
sons, aged five and three and a
half, were, of -course, much excit-
ed by the prespect of seeing a
Ring.
"The oldest one is -called Wil-
liam, after his grandfathee.
ALWAYS NOTICED CHILDREN.
"They were dressed in their white
sailor suits and were standing on
the woodbox in the anteroom, when
the King eame in. He noticed them
at once, asked Willie what his name
WAS, and said it was a very hon-
orable name to bear, and shook
hands with them both.
"The baby was a little shy and
did not speak, but Willie remarked
ca.sually. ''I take cold bath now
every mornin..' 'Quite right, my
boy,' said the*E-Ing, 'You could not
do a better thing,' I said, 'We
have & very good Engliah ,nurse;
sir, whe brings them up very hard-
ily and doesn't let them cry when
they are hurt.'
"Re turned at once to Nanna,
who was standing behind her beys,
and shook hands with her, saying,
'You are cmite right, nurse; that
is the way to make men of theme
It wa.s one ce these 'spontaneous,
kindly things he did that made peo-
ple loVe him.''
A RUSSIAN MONASTERY.
The Esiablishinent of Monks of We -
lam on Island of Lake Ladoga.
The monks of Walame have a
Russian monastery on 4 small is-
land in Lake Ledoge. It would ap-
pear that in some measure the mon-
asters- is regarded, like the well -
;mown monastery of Mars Saba in
Palestine, as a, penal znonasterv.
The establishment consists of
hirty prieste, who are not monks;
fteen deeming, who play an impose -
ant part in the services of the
Greek Church, and 250 monks.
host with the novices and laymen,
nake a total of from twelve to
hirteen hundred.
.At the present time norm of the
ineeks live alone, but formerly soli-
tary life was be no meras an ex -
over 50 years in retirement. Ile is
blueed near to his one -roomed hut,
and pions pilgrims ship bits eff the
weoclen 'covering to his grave to
core themselvea of toothache.
It is aintising to read that the
omed to women that if taken to
le mainland they run 1 ram them
fear, and will only allew them -
elves to be millesel by men. The
°nesters- is .entirely self-contained
1c.1 serf -supporting, and even in
ie way of lithe' navigation -- foe
ries in the Walamo Archipelage—
is indepeutleut of outside help or
41. Even the stokers and cegin-
monks, and it is a curious sight
era priests oiling an engem or
needling (male -Travel nue- Ex-
-13 -61 ---Two illustrations of the
leceasite for tveichfulnetee (1) The
coming of the thief at night ; (e) the
creates at the coming of theit
4:3. He would have watched —
vault' seem that a man oitp;lit to be
'Rowed the boon of test frine
hing in the hours al darkness
3ut mit in a place infested with
leevea. At any ride, one must
rovide against the enemy's tektite
11l1 lthilWareS. There is a. senee
,hich death is a corning of the See
1 man, and it will not do for es
o think we tan genible away a
urselves dust the evil day is in.
clinitely postponed.
46. Blessed is that servant A
multitude which is doebtless the
Mice that the qeestion asked in
ead of delineating the eliscracter
the wise servant Jesus merely
milieus his reward, But it it ap-
e man whose readiness 101' his lord
to return is evident in his doing ex -
LIFE SAVER ROBBED,
snot:belle London, England, jump -
d into the Thnines in the dark of
t the inquest Edwards told the
oroner "uhat he had done was
"hat any one elsc would do, but he
°pet! that atealieg his emit with
11 his money in it, \Mille he was in
se seater, ems what only a lew
iry gave Ishii ton shillings.
HEN TIME.
A
tl
Woman has to wait Milli 811P is
1)1(.1 before she can marry. She
is no voice in. the matter until
ter the teremony, Then she
lows hew to make up fee lost
Sinaliseed•--Listee to this, El.
Theto wipers aes• that they
ee found in Italian prisons ale.
trifled remains of tome of the
isomers, Ills Wife—Do tell; that
ust be them hardened eripeitsale
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A COFFEE KING'S HOME
0,000 ACIIES 4N TUE
Once 'Hoed in the Fields Writer
Now Ile Groins 8,006,00
Coffee Trees,
The home of the coffee Vele back
among the rich melee lands Broi,
ell, where, eosording to writer
in the Bookkeeper, "the blood red
earth coloreeeverything it towhee
with a reddish hue,
"His plantation the Mrate Ale-
gre, is 300 Mies 'due -meet of ltie
Janeiro, but one teust tres-el twice
that distance en a roundabout. jour-
ney to reagh it, I rode seith the
coltee king foe home and hours
through a continuous succeasiou of
'coffee trees, with no end in sight,
"When one considers that there
are from two hundred and fifty te
three hundred trees to each aere
he will readily believe that on the
thirty-two plantesseins owned by,
this one man there are mare than
8,000,000 trees.
' "His name, Francisco Schezielf,
indicates his German origin. A half
eentury ago his parents tame te
BeaziI as poor emigrants and set-
tled in the coffee regions of the
State ef Sao Paulo, Brazil. The
youthful Francisco, who was thee
only 10 years of age, began week
by hoeing the coffee trees, which.
was &bout the only work he coted
do. He is now the owner of lands .
upon which he h,aell coffee when a,
"A roffee field is a beautiful sight
when the trees are in bloom in 0e-
tober, but this beauty is evaneseent.
THE PETALS SOON DROlt OFF,
and then the green berries begin to
appear in thick clusters whith re-
quire months to mature,
"At last their color changes to a
eherry red, and they a.re ready for
the pickers. This is the busy season
and the cotIce plantations aro
scenes of grenk activity ; thousands
of pickers flock to the coffee fields.
The 'cherries' when pieked are
sacked and run through pulping
machines, after which they are" -
spread upon greae paved yards for
dr'y'iHn:r.e they are turned and turn-
ed for days and sveeks • no artificial.
system of drying equal's that of the
sun, which seems to give the
'beans' the -desired flavor. They
are now run through cleaning ma-
chines, sorted and sacked and are
sent by train to the shipping ports.
"The production of the Schmidt
fazendas for last year amounted
to 250.000 sacks of 133 pounds each,
a total of more than 38,000,000
pounds of green coffee, This would
furnish al cup of coffee to 80017
man, woman and child in the Unit-
eideekStatee and Canada for one
"It requires more than 130 aerea
of drying yards, either made of
brick paving or of beaten earth, to
dry this great production of cof-
fee and foerteen mills run by steam
or water power to do the work of
the other processes. There are
e8,000 acres in the entire estates
although all of it is not under
coffee -cultivation.
"There are twenty-two railroad
atations on the lends of these vari-
ous plantations, besides a number
of other sidings.
TWELVE TIONDRED1TAMILFESS
numbering over 8,000 people, live
on the plantations rad make their
liven by cultivating the coffee
trees. One family will care, for 5,-
000 trees, bet each meniber of the
family assists in the work as 800/1
as eapable physically.
"Then there are blackszniths, wa-
gen makers, harness makers and '
men of mray other trades whe
spend all of their tune on the plan-
tation. Each one bee his et her
work to do and it is all systema-
tized jest as in our own great
industrial establishments. All the
oxeluts, wagons and haemess need-
ed are made oh the plantation, and
even private tailor is employed
to make the clothes of the peoprie-
tor and his sons.
"More than eighty miles of tele -
))110110 1015CS have- brae strung to
give this sierviee. Ten stores be-
longing to the estate supply the '
tenients with n-ecessities for eating,
chinking or wear. In maey
this vast esietblishment eeminds one
of the fenclal eetates of old."
TRITE COURAGE.
Man (to dentist)—"I svon't pay
°thin' extra for gas. Teat pull
• eut, if it does hurt."
Dentist --"You are plucky, sir.
et me see the tooth.'
Man --"Oh, taie't me that's got
le toothache; it's my son, He'll
o hose in a minute."
"No man ever obtained anything
orth having without working heed
✓ it," wed Mrs. Dickers to hor
usband, mho tuts in a 'discourag-
"Quite tette," replied Air, Blok-
e, s silectively ; "I rental -abet that
obtained you svithont the slight-