THE REO CROSS.
They too have heard the drum-beat,
They follow the bugle's call,
These who are swift with pity
On the Held where brave men fall.
When the battle-boom is silent,
And the echoing thunder dies.
They haste to the plain red sodden
With the blood of saoriflce.
The flag that floats above them
Is marked with a crimson sign,
Pledge of a great compassion
And the rifted heart Divine.
That once for man's redemption
Knew earth's completest loss.
These to the Held of valor
Briug love's immortal cross.
And so they follow the bugle,
And heed the drum-beat's call,
But their errand is on-3 of pity—
They succor the men who fall.
—Harper's Bazar.
• Oli Gimerti Jllorofenn. •
j BT SIANTIE L. HUNTED. j
"I guess before the season's over,"
said Farmer Jones, "I'll have to shoot
old Ginger; he's nigh unto twelve
years old and so crippled up that he
ain't good for shucks."
Ginger, when he heard his name
mentioned,thumped the floor with his
stumpy tail in lazy recognition; but
when the shooting part came he rose
to a sitting posture and his battle
fringed ears pointed "attention."
Shoot him! Ginger! The dog that
for ten years had barked the rats and
weasles away from the chicken coops
and treed the corn-thieving coons for
the farmer and his |boys? It was in
credible! His age-dulled hearing must
have played him false.
"It seems too bad to shoot the poor
old fellow," said Mrs. Joues. "If
there ever was a faithful dog he's been
one. But he's so crippled up I sup
pose it would be a mercy to put him
out of the way; but if I were you, I'd
chloroform him instead of shooting
him."
•'I expect that would be a better
way to get rid of him," replied her
husband. "When Igo to town in the
morning Til get the chloroform and
put him out of his misery tomorrow."
Ginger got onto his feet with un
usual uimbleness aud slunk off into a
corner behind the stove, where he
could meditate unseen. Put him out
of his misery indeed! Did Farmer
Jones think because a dog was old and
had a few rheumatic twinges he didn't
eujoy sleeping on a piece of old car
pet beside the warm stove, where he
could blink at people and sniff the
savory dinner odors? Would he want
some one to put him out 'of the way
when he got so old that he couldu't
chop wood or milk the cows? And
then to be chloroformed! What the
awful thing was he hadn't the faintest
idea, but he was sure it was some in
genious, newfangled way of executing
criminals.
He had heard the children read out of
their histories about the French guillo
tine, aud Mr. Jones often read aloud
about men being hauged on the gal
lows, and electrocuted iu a terrible
chair; but chloroform was a new con
trivance. He wouldn't mind so much
goiug out atnid the flash and thunder
of a gun,surrounded by the smell and
smoke of powder,as he had seen mauy
n brave coon and timid rabbit do; but
to leave this pleasant earth by some
awful unknown route—the very
thought sickened him with terror.
He crouched down on the floor too
utterly miserable to notice the chil
dren when they romped in, or to sniff
the blue smoke from the frvingpan. as
lie usually did, to see whether it was
beefsteak or pork that was on the fire
for supper. When Mrs. Joues gave
liiui his plate of scraps—and they
Were unusually good because it
happened to be chicken that she had
been frying—he hadn't the heart to
taste them. Mrs. Jones noticed this,
find said:
'"Poor old dog' I guess it's time he
was chloroformed; his teeth have got
BO poor that he can't eat a bite."
Thereupon Ginger fell to with such
voracity to vindicate his teeth that he
choked aud came near ending his
troubles by the strangulation route,
which caused Mrs. Jones to say:
"Just see, he's trying to swallow
his food without chewing it. Father,
doc't you forget the chloroform in the
morning."
That night as Ginger lay on his
piece of carpet in the darkened kitchen
his heart was sore trouble.!. Only
that night in which to listen to the
tick.tock of the big old wooden clock;
only that night iu which to watch,
through the round, mica-covered holes
in the front of the stove, the glowing
embers die down to little specks of
light and then flicker out; only the
coming morning in which to listen for
the first cheep Jof the cauary in its
cage-over by the east window; only
one noon more to watch for the chil
dren and to greet them when they
came from school.
Surely he could count on life until
some time in the afternoon; Farmer
Jones always had a little gossiping to
do around the store stove, so it would
be quite noon before he got back
home with that awful thing. Think
ing thus, the tears creeping from
tinder the lids of his bleary old eyes,
sometime after midnight he dozed off
into a troubled sleep. Even then he
was pursued by the threatened disas
ter. He dreamed that he saw Mr.
Jones coming into the kitchen carry
ing that terrible chloroform in liis
arms. It was a fearful affair com
posed of ropes and knives aud wires.
What should he do? He knew; he
had never turned tail yet,and he never
■would; he would fight the thing. He
would die game as he had seeu many
a trapped coon do in the brave old
days. Thereupon the grizzly bristles
aloug his spine rose straight up, his
lips curbed back from his few yellow
teeth, and, growling and barking and"
snapping, he flew at the monster.
"For the laud's sakes," said Mrs.
Jones' voice fro-n the bedroom,
"whatever ails thit dog? Get up
quick, father, ami let him out; some
thing must be at the chickens."
Before Ginger was fairly awake he
found himself out in the chill air,
with the farmer's "Sick 'em! Sick
'em, Ginger! ; ' ringing in his ears. He
shivered and wbiued for a moment;
then all at once a thought struck him.
He'd "sic" himself! He would run
away from the fate which awaited him
on the morrow. Why hadn't he thought
of that before? Warmed into supple
ness by a glow of hope, and barking
for joy, he loped across the yard and
started up the road.
Before he had gone very far he dis
covered that something was running
ahead of him. What it was his dim
old eyes could not discern; but evi
: dently fear of him was the cause of its
I flight. The thought that anything on
, earth was afraid of him aroused the
[ old hunting spirit, and he leaped for
ward in eager pursuit. He could feel
that he was gaining on the fleeting
object; he could hear labored breath
ing ahead of him, and WHS sure that
in the next two or three bounds he
would fasten his teeth in whatever it
was.
But just then the pursued swerved
to one side aud leaped onto a black
object that stood beside the fence.
Ginger heard the hiss of a whip
through the air und a crack as it
struck; then the tliudity-thud of iron
shod hoofs on the frozen ground. He
had lost his prey, and somehow he
couldu't seem to breath—and the
black road was lifting up—and the
stars were coming down—and—
"See that ear quiver; I believe he's
alive," said a voice that souuded like
Mrs. Joues'.
"I hope so. I wouldn't take SSO
for that dog," said auother voice.
"Give him a little hot milk and put a
warm blanket over him. I thought he
was dead, sure, when I found him in
the road. Hadn't he grit, though, to
follow that thief a full mile? The
scoundrel had the buggy out of the
barn and gray Bess all harnessed, aud
would have got away with her in live
minutes more. They stole Ed Walker's
horse and (arriage and Jim Bates'
black saddle mare last night. I'd ad
vise Bates aud Walker to invest in a
dog."
"Poor old Ginger," said the first
voice, while somebody's hand patted
his draggeld coat. "He must have
heard them opeii the barn door. Only
think how we had planned to put him
out of the way today. He shall never
be chloroformed now if he loses all his
teeth and to feed him with a
spoon."
Could it be possible he had heard
aright? Was that Mrs. Jones speak
ing, or was it an angel's voice he
heard? Was he on earth or had he
been trauslated to a cozy nook in some
beautiful dog heaven? He cautiously
opened-a little slit iu one eye aud
peeped out. No, it wasn't heaven,but
it was the next thing to it; it was the
dear familiar kitchen. He could see
the bottom of the bird cage and a
corner of the clock, and he recoguized
the dotted blue calico sleeve that was
fluttering over him. He closed his
eye, wagged his feeble tail in approval,
then settled back iuto blissful
slumber.
By evening he was almost himself
again, was able to give a little skip ol
delight when he found minced meat
aud soft crumbled cake on his plate,
and at bedtime he breathed a long
sigh of contentment when he curled
himself up on a feather cushion that
bad been tucked under his carpet bed.
But they never can understand why
he sneaks off in a shamed way when
ever any one refers to his acute hear
iug, or why he trembles when chloro
form is mentioned.—Chicago Record.
About Flags.
A nation's flau; represents its sover
eignty, aud is promiuently displayed
in alt army and navy battles.
To "strike the flag" is to lower tht
national colors in token of submis
sion to the opposing forces.
Dipping the flag is lowering it
slightly and then hoisting it again to
salute either a vessel or a fort.
A flag of truce is a white flag dis
played to the enemy to indicate a de
sire for a parley or consultation.
A black flag is a sign of piracy. The
yellow flag shows a vessel to be ic
quarantine, or is the sign of a conta
gious disease.
A flag at half-mast means mourning.
Vessels come into a harbor with a flag
at half-mast to aunouuce the loss 01
death of some of the crew.
Flags are used as the symbol ol
rank aud command, tue officers using
them being called flag officers. Such
flags are square, to distinguish them
from other bauners.
The red flag is a sign of defiance,
and is often used by revolutionists.
In the American service it is a mark
of danger, and shows a vessel to be
receiving or discharging her powder.
The white flag with a red cross is a
sign of peace. After a battle parties
from both sides ofteu go out to the
field to rescue the wounded or bury
the dead under the protection of such
a flag.
Caught a Carp in a Stone Trap.
The largest fish ever caught around
Binghamton, N. Y., was taken in the
Chenango river by a boy named Ryan
13 years old recently. The lad was
fishing near the railroad bridge, when
he noticed a mammoth fish trying to
get over Noye's dam. Procuring
some large stones, he built a barrier
around it to prevent its escape, and
after hard work succeeded in landing
it. Tne fish was a German - carp and
weighed seventeen and three-quarters
pounds. This is the largest fish ever
taken out of the waters of the Che
nango. —New York Press.
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES
Mother'* Fruit Cake.
Cream together two cups sugar and
two cups butter, add four well-beaten
sggs, two cups molasses, one-half cup
jider or water, three teaspoonfuls
each kind spice, one teaspoonful soda;
beat into this two cups of flour; add
two cups each raisins and currants
and one-quarter pound chopped citron,
all well flavored; stir in two or three
more cups flour; using your own judg
ment, as there is often a difference in
tlour. This makes three loaves.
Iced Chocolate.
Iced chocolate is sometimes served
at bot weather luncheons instead of
bed tea or cotfee. A formula for it is
to make the cocoa in the proportion of
a heaping teaspoonful to each half
[>iut of boiling water. This is mixed
and cooked in a double boiler for live
minutes, and sweetened as it is taken
from the tire. When it is cold, about
a liatf-cup of cream is added. The
whole is then beaten until very light.
It should be served in tall thin glasses
half tilled with powdered ice.
Clii< ken Pilau.
Dress and cut up two chickens,
cover with boiling water and cook un
til tender. Take out the meat and
boil one pint of rice in the water in
which the chicken was cooked. But
ter a large pudding dish, put half the
. Dotted rice in the bottom, spread with
butter and cover with the chicken;
pour on the gravy, then the
rest of the rice and smooth it:
beat the yolks of two eggs and spread
)u top of the rice. Bake in a moder
ate oven three-fourths of an hour.
Homemade Cream Cheese.
Cream cheese may be made at home,
providing you follow carefully the
rules. Take four quarts of good,
thick milk, pour into it two quarts of
boiling water; turn into a bag and
Jraiu over night. Next morning rub
ihis cheese to a smooth pulp and press
;hrougli a tine sieve; add gradually a
tublespoonful of melted butter or two
tablespoonfuls of thick cream. Pack
:his into small cups and stand in a
jool place for about two or three
>veeks; at the end of that time the top
nay be removed and the cheese turned
! rom the cups for use.—Ladies' Home
Journal.
Stewed Ilananas.
Stewed bananas are cooked till clear
'.u a syrup made of one cup of sugar,
me of water, a bay leaf and a stick
jf cinnamon. It has to be recorded
ihat though cooked bananas are rec-
Dguized as far more wholesome than
ancooked, children are apt to reject
;hem except in the latter form. Some
times stewed bananas poured around
justard cup molds of cornstarch or
rice tempt the small eaters, though
not always. They have to be coaxed
and encouraged—one mother encoun
tered recently confessed to bribery—
out after a few trials the taste seems
:o be acquired, and then stewed or
oaked bananas or banana fritters may
become a frequeut dish.
A Deli< ion* flreakfadt Dixit.
A dainty ami delicious breakfast or
luncheon dish is a chicken souffle. It
s made thus: Mince the white meat
Df a cold roasted or boiled fowl with
a little onion. To a pint of minced
meat add one teaspoonful of finely
minced parsley, salt and pepper in
sufficiency to season rather highly;
six tablespoonfuls of cream; mix all
together; stir in three tablespoonfuls
af Hour and the beaten yolks of four
3ggs. Place over the tire, and when
it begins to thicken remove and allow
to cool a little. Beat the whites of
the eggs to a stiff froth and stir in
lightly. Bake in a souffle pan twenty
five or thirty minutes and serve at
Duce with mushroom sauce. Salmon
souffle is made in the same manner,
substituting boiled salmon for the
fowl. Serve with slices of cut lemon
and pass a cucumber salad.
Household Hint*.
Old white Holland curtaine.with the
stiffening boiled out, make excellent
dishcloths.
Boiled ham wrapped in buttered
paper and baked for an hour is great
ly improved.
A piece of cloth dipped in spirits of
wiue and rubbed upon soiled leather
will remove every spot on it.
In making any orange desserts,they
will be found much improved in flavor
if some of the grated peel is used.
Cut flowers can be tinted almost any
desired color by means of aniline
dyes, which are absorbed with the
water.
A grained sugar is better in pud
dings, sauces and in all sweet pud
dings and spongelike desserts, which
depend on eggs to make them light.
As clothes are apt to mildew in
damp weather, it is well to know that
it can be easily removed by rubbing a
little soap on the garment and then a
little salt and starch; rub all well into
th« article, and lay in the sun.
Don't put slovenly looking dishes
on the table. Carefully rub from the
edges ail signs of sloppy tilling, and
above all things be sure that the but
ter dish is freshly tilled at eaoh meal.
Little things like this show the care
ful housekeeper.
In a new bread and pastry mould
ing board the top is covered with a
sheathing of thin sheet metal, with a
curved bead around three sides and a
headpiece at the back, which has a
9pring clip under which the rolling
pin slides when not in use.
Much has been said from time to
time about the unhygienic qualities of
heavy skirts, but a delicate woman
who has been experimenting finds
that wearing a light skirt will keep
her from many minor ills not usually
attributed to wearing apparel.
| THE REALM OF FASH,ON 112
A Patriotic Suit.
There is nothing little men want so
much at the present time as this suit,
and wise mothers take pride in foster
ing their patriotism. Made of real
BOX'S "DEWEY SUIT."
navy blue serge, with pure white col
lar and shield trimmed with blue or
red braid and appliqued stars, sailor
knotted ends of red corded silk and a
real middy cap, with the honored name
on front, every boy thus dressed feels
himself a hero. The construction of
this suit is simple, the trousers being
finished to button onto a smooth,
sleeveless body that closes in centre
oack. On the front of this waist the
shield is applied, and the blouse worn
Dver is adjusted at the waist with
elastic inserted in a hem at the lower
edge. The blouse is fitted with
shoulder and under-arm seams, and
the sleeves are laid in sha How tucks
at the wrists. Pocket are inserted in
the outside seams of trousers, and a
breast pocket is made in the left front
of blouse.
Suits in this style are made of white
and colored pique, duck, Galatea,
3rash and other washable fabrics, but
for practical purposes nothing will
give as much satisfaction nor is as
economical as a good blue serge, chev
iot finished.
WAIST.
To make this suit for a boy of six
years will require two and three-quar
ter yards of material twenty-seven
inches wide for the blouse and one
and three-quarter yards of same width
material for the trousers.
StylUh Plaid Walit.
No wash material can be relied upon
to do better service than genuine
Scotch gingham. The stylish waist
illustrated in the large engraving is
made of plaid, which has a ground of
deep cream that borders on tan color,
with lines of white and greeu. With it
are worn both tie and belt of black,
which accentuate the truly artistio
coloring.
The yoke is three-pointed, and ex
tends well over the shoulders onto the
fronts. The back portion of the waist
proper is laid in flat pleats at the cen
tre of the yoke and drawn down to the
waistline. The fronts are amply full
and show the slightest possible pouch.
Both the upper and lower edges are
arranged in gathers, the fulness of the
former being stitohed to the neckband
and yoke, while the latter are drawn
toward the front and stitohed to the
band. Smooth under-arm gores sepa
rate them from the back and aid in the
fitting. The dosing is effected by
buttons and buttonholes. The sleeves
are small, after the season's style, but
cut after the regulation shirt pattern.
A.t the wrists are straight cuffs, with
rounded points, and at the neck is a
high standing collar.
To make this waist for a woman of
the medium size will require three and
one-fourth yards of the thirty-six-inch
material.
The Uieful Boa.
Fluffy boas are much worn with thin
gowns. The handsomest are made of
fine black chenille dotted Brussels
net, and have long accordion-plaited
ends that reaoh to the bottom of the
skirt. Such a boa is worn with light
silks and wool gowns. Those made
of white, delicate yellow, pale pink,
blue or lilao net are used with organ
dies and muslins and also evening
gowns. This little accessory is
useful, for it is not only graceful and
becoming, but also warm about a bare
neck on a cool evening.
The Autnmn Suit.
For autumn suits rough surfaced
serges and cloths are shown in shades
of green, gray, blue and reddish-pur
ple. The smartest of these show a
dark color striped and crossed with
narrow lines of white for the skirt and
plain material of a solid color for the
bodice. Novelty reversible fabrics for
bicycle suits are of dark blue, gray
aud green, with one side of light check
r mixed pattern.
Indian Girl of Koyal Birth.
Miss Lois Minnie Cornelius, an
Oneida Indian girl of royal parentage,
was graduated recently with high
honors from Grafton Hall, an Episco
palian girls' school at Fond du Lac,
Wis. Miss Cornelius is a direct de
scendant of a long line of chiefs.
Women Dispensers,
Women dispensers are increasing in
number. They are now employed not
only in several mission hospitals in
London, but also at a number of local
hospitals in the Midlands. They are
trained at the school conducted by the
Council of the Pharmaceutical Society,
England.
The Children's Dresses.
Pique coats for little girls are in
blue, white, yellow, pale green and
pink, with hats or sun-bonnets to
match. Begin at eighteen months to
make a boy's dresses more boyish, but
keep him in real frocks until he is
quite two years old, when the kilt
skirt, gathered or plaited, and short
jacket with a white blouse may be
substituted.
A Dainty Little Dress.
White lawn, tucking, Valenciennes
lace aud insertion combined to make
this dainty little dress.
The pattern provides for a short
low yoke that is simply fitted by
shoulder seams, to the upper edge of
which the skirt portion is attached,
the fulness being collected in gathers.
The skirt falls freely fr<-.m joke to the
lower edge, which finishes with a wide
hem, over whieh two evenly spaced
rows of insertion are placed. An at
tractive feature is the Bertha shaped
with square corners at the lower edge,
which is also edged with lace headed
by insertion, the round top being
gathered and sewed on at round yoke
outline.
Plain or figured organdy, dimity,
nainsook, India silk, swiss, ch.illie,
cashmere or any soft becoming ma
terial in silk, wool or cotton, willm»ke
pretty dresses by the mode.
In place of the insertion can be used
ribbon in plain or gathered rows,
braid, gimp, embroidery or ruchings
of the material.
As illustrated the dress is worn with
CHILD'S DRESS.
a Ruimpe of white lawn, the yoke of
which is tucked.
To make this dress for a girl sis
years of age will require three and
one-half yards of material thirty-six
inches wide.
NO-7'O-BM for Fifty Cent*.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure- 60c. tl. Alt druggists.
The average marrying age of a French
man is thirty years.
You Can
Get Tired
By working hard, and then you can get
rested again. But if you are tired alt the
time it means that your blood is poor,
You need to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. th«
great cure for that tired feeling beoausa
it is the great enrlcher and vitalizer of the
blood. You will find appetite, nerve,
mental and digestive strength in
Hood's Sarsaparilla
America's Greatest Medicine.
Hood's Pills cure nausea, indigestion. 350
The Adjutant-General,
The latest authority on military mat
ters declares that the "adjutant-gen
eral is the priucipal orgau of the com
mander of an army in publishing
orders. The same orgau of the com
mander of a division, brigade, geo
graphical division or department is
styled assistant adjutant-general. The
laws of the United States, however,
provide for but one adjutant-general,
with the rank of brigadier-general,
made by regulations chief of a bureau
of the War Department, and charged,
under the general, with details affect
ing army discipline, with the recruit
ing service, records, returns, etc., two
assistant adjutaut-geuerals, with the
rank of colonel; four with the rank of
lieutenant-colonel, and ten with the
rank of major. The bureau duties of
adjutant-generals and assistants are:
Publishing orders in writing; making
up written instructions and transmit
ting them; reception of reports and
returns; disposing of them, forming
tables, showing the state and position
of corps;'regulating details ol service;
corresponding with the administrative
departments relative to the wants oi
troops; corresponding with the corps,
detachments, or individual officers
serving under the orders of the same
commander; aud the methodical ar
rangement and care of the records and
papers of his office. Tho active duties
of the adjutant-general consists ir
establishing camps, visiting guards
and outposts, mustering and inspect
ing troops; inspecting guards and do
tachments, forming parades and lines
of battle; the conduct aud control ol
deserters and prisoners; making re
ooanoisauces; and in general discharg
iug such other active duties as may b«
assigned them."—St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Wliat Locusts Will Not Eat.
It is said that the castor-oil plant
is abhorred by nearly all members ol
the aDimal world; that moles may ba
driven from a lawn by planting a few
castor-beans in it, and that neither
the terrible "army worm," nor the
all-destroying locust will eat it.
IVEEVOU 0 DEPRESSION"
[A TALK WITH ». ts. PINKIIAM-1
A woman with the blues is a very un
comfortable person. She is illogical,
unhappy and frequently hysterical.
The condition of the mind known as
" the blues," nearly always, with wo
men, results from diseased organs of
generation.
It is a source of wonder that in this
age of advanced medical science, any
person should still believe that mere
force of will and determination will
overcome depressed spirits and nerv
ousness in women. These troubles are
indications of disease.
Every woman who doesn't under
stand her condition should write to
Lynn, Mass., to Mrs. Pinkham for her
advice. Her advice is thorough com
mon sense, and is the counsel of a
learned woman of great experience
Read the story of Mrs. F. S. BENNETT,
Westphalia, Kansas, as told in the fol
lowing letter:
" DEAR MRS. FINKHAM:—I have suf
fered for over two years with falling,
enlargement and ulceration of the
womb, and this spring, being in such
a weakened condition, caused me to
flow for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, I wrote to you
for advice. After using the treatment
which you advised for a short time,
that terrible flow stopped.
"I am now gaining strength and
flesh, and have better health than 1
have had for the past ten years. 1
wish to say to all distressed, suffer
ing women, do not suffer longer, when
there is one so kind and willing to
aid you."
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a woman's remedy for wo
man's ills. More than a million wo
men have been benefited by it.
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to find these goods in your retail store we wiU
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