THK BENEFIT OP DOUBT. Thjy' subtle fascination In the things that nre not known- The mysteries tre may no understand. And we very seldom manage to let "Well enough alons.' Wc loee our chance by calling" Fortune' hand It ian t that 10 much depend upon the net reault. Or that we really care no much about It: Jt'a simple curiosity that leada tn to exult Jn finding out It's pleaaanter to doubt it. A dream may be as tempting aa "the sparkle in the cup;" But you can not eat your cake and kop it. too. And when you taate, you alwaya run the risk of waking up. Investigation ipoila your chance (or you. For whether, when you teat the thing, you find it ian't o, Or juat that your idea waa wrong alwut It: It's too late when it'a over with to wih you didn't know. You dodge the disappointment when you doubt it. When o mniden poaea, penaive, aa to attitude and eaae. With a captivating curve or two betrayed: And a tantalizing twinkle templing you to what you pleaaa, There ia danger in the contradiction made. You atrike a aafer medium to real the matter ao. You'd like to know the truth, but do without it. You're not "for keepa," and yet you'd hate to have bar The niceat thing to do, then, ia to doubt it. In a little tilt of talent between n man and you, Fight ahy of anything that would impel A settled understanding. You can ec the game clear through And eiimv the situation iuat aa well. "here's little left of interest if you drop ihe question max' It a all so common when we know about it The pleasure of conjecture ia Knjoymcnt's vital spark The spicy poaaibifity to doubt it. -Ruth Huntoon, in Th? Reader. ISi A Child of Belial. I rt By Lottie Brown. ,.J " 'And they removed from Tarah and pitched In MLthcah; and they went from Mllhcah and pitched In Hashmonah; and they departed from Hashmonah and encamped at Mose roth.' Uncle Levi Swain paused here to take breath, and a sweet voice, with the clear, distinct ring of a laugh In It, called out: "How funny! From some places they 'went,' and from others they 'removed,' and from others they 'de parted,' and In some they 'pitched,' and In others they 'encamped,' and so on. I suppose they encamped where the country was level, and 'pitched' where It wasn't; and I sup pose " 'They shouldered arms and marched, marched away. From Baxter street to Avenue A. The drums and fifes did sweetly, sweetly play As they marched, marched, marched In the Mulligan Guards.' " And the voice rang out the odd, rweet melody and a pair of smart little boots clicked out the time, in a inarch, across the uncarpeted kitchen floor. Uncle Levi let the Holy Book fall back, and over his round glasses peered reprovingly at the trim little figure. "Vashta Osborne, you are a child of Belial!" "Who is he?" and she paused, and , iuokcu wiiii wuuuur iti me severe uiu man. "If you llvod as you ought, you'd know." "But would T hi n child nf Ttellal If I lived as I ought?" "Certainly not." "But being his child' I say, uncle, is he a she?" "Uncle Levi looked down at the Good Book, and was very silent. "Well, as I was saying, being a child of this person I suppose I can call my own parent a person, If I choose how can I be any better? Are children of Belial ever good?" "Never!" "Then it isn't my fault, it's Belial's. Look here! Here's a conundrum: If Belial is my father or mother, and I'm a child of the same, how much " "Vashti Osborne, go out of the room! " thundered Uncle Levi. Vashti went like a shot out of a gun, and climbed, with shocking dexterity, over the fenco at the lower part of .the garden, and went gallop ing over the field, with her hair fly ing in a tow-cloud behind her, her hat hanging by one string down over her back, and her voice ringing out like a hunting cry: "Hello, John! Jo hn!" A stalwart fellow, with a face dark as a Moor's, steppod out from behind a group of dwarf pear trees, and showed a line of snow-white teeth, in a broad smile, as he asked: "What is all this row about?" "I am a child of Belial! Do tell me something about this parent of mine? It quite bothers me." "Who says so?" "Uncle Levi, and he knows. Now what are we like we children of this same Belial?" "Pretty, I should say. Sweet, bright, lovely, womanly. Oh. Vashti, as far as I know, tbey are altogether beautiful and perfect!" John dropped his pruning knife, and would have kissed her then and there, but for the sudden surprise that for a moment filled the blue eyes. "What a goose! I'll go straight up to Uncle Levi and tell him." "Don't! For that would not at all agree with his Idea of Belial's chil dren." "Then, if you please," and Vashtl's eyes drooped and her mouth grew grave, "let us say no more about It." All at once she became a dainty, lady-like young person, who had come down from the city to spend her summer, and who really hadn't an idea of flirting with her Uncle Levi's tep-son, even though he was big, strong and handsome, and knew a thousand times as much as she did. It did not matter very much whom Vashti fell In love with, for she al ways fell right out again; and every body who knew her minded no more about her infatuations than they did for a puff of wind, unless the victims resented and made themselves disa greeable. But this John Madison was a little different from Vashtl's former lovers. Thay had been young men, with no Particular reason for loving her, be yond the fact that she was pretty and Jlly, and who were easily consoled lth somebody else; or they had been 1 'd fellows with plenty ot money, who wanted a wife to reflect credit upon "uuiiseives, and to gracefully hold the Ignition as mistress of a fine house. When Vashtl's mother brought her !ld young daughter down to the Urn House, and caw the splendid young man for the first time, she said: "My little girl, don't mnke love to John Madison. Ha is too good a man, and it would grieve me when I come for you to see a shadow in those hon est eyes, and to know that my naughty daughter had placed It there. For where this man's heart fixes it self, there it will stay forever." So Vashti never tried at all to cap tivate him. That Is, she did not woar her French dresses, or do her hair fashionably, or quote poetry, or put on any pretty airs, but was her own laughing, rollicking self, and treated John as she would have treat ed a brother. And yet on that bright morning she came out, and heard enough with her own ears, and saw enough with her own eyes, to assure her that, In spite of all her naturalness, John Madison was In love with her. What could she do about itt She wouldn't hurt him for the world, for ho was the best, the very best fellow she had ever known; and she liked blm, and thought him hand some very handsome and well, she must say something, so she sat down at the foot of one of the trees, and began: "I don't wonder Uncle Levi thinks me awful! I suppose I am. I have got a furious temper. Nobody ever he would come back again, and spttiw flown to comfort thatn In their old ago. He was a very clerer man, and had been making successful scientific re searches for many years, and was making a name for himself, though he lived quietly among the New Eng land hlllr; but now he had started up all at once, and must go to France. He conld not do anything hero, he must go awar, and all the earnest en treaties ot his mother, and the kind suggestions of the on'y father he had ever known, availed nothing. If he ever made a name he must go away, he said must have wider re sources, broader fields, more perfect material, or he would never succeed; and all the while, his honest eyes wore In them a deeper meaning, and the shadow of which VaBhtl's mother had spoken. Yes, go he must, and stay until this simoon had passed In his life; and he must go whore there was much to do, and where he would bo far away from the sharp, quick eyes of those who loved him. But wicked Vashti knew It all. He had been very silent, but she was clever and could read him, and knew in her sinful heart that sho could keep lilm. In the midst of all her mother came, and saw John's faco saw the shadow and the pale, heard his aged mother's cry for him to stay, and un derstood that gloom that had Bottled on the dear old home. Then, In Vashtl's words, that limb of BataD had "to take it." First, John was pictured; then tht poor old mother and Uncle Levi growing old and lonely, and mourn ing for the son that could bless theii lives by his presence, were portrayed in such sadness that Vashtl's heart nearly broke. Vashti could stand no more, but cried and wrung her hands, and wished she was dead, or that there were no men, or that she had red hair, green eyes, or a snub nose, or was anything disagreeable; and finally, In desperation, she kissed her mother, and rushed away, climbed the fence and went out under the pear trees, nnd cried and cried, until she was as hoarse as a crow, and her eyes and nose were swlllen and red, and she was utterly miserable. "What Is the matter?" John said this In the coolest, smoothest voice, and Vashti turned her disfigured visago up to meet his quiet gaze. "Nothing," she said. t "Then don't cry, little girl! I don't want to carry away an unpleasant memory of you." "Don't carry away anyl" "Then I cannot go." "Don't go! " she said. John looked down at her, with a strange look in his eyes, and asked, softly: "Why should I stay?" French Wife's Money. In French families of the humbler class the living expenses in many instances are met only by the wife contributing to the common fund out of her marriage portion. Often this portion or "dot" of a French girl Is used In part to establish the husband in business. Washington Star. Quicker at. Twenty.flvr. When a man asks a sixteen-year-old girl to go to a party with him she will look doubtful and say she doesn't know whether she wants to go or not. Sometimes she wilt look down at his feet while she hesitates, and he will imagine that she is wondering If he uses those big feet to stop on his partner's toes In the dances. After she has deliberated long enough to make him feel that she Is a princess and ho an Impudent beggar to ask such a favor at her royal hands, she accepts In such a half hearted way that ho feels ashamed of himself that he Imposed upon her by asking. But a girl of twenty-five will accept the invitation quicker. Atchison Olobe. Entered a Nunnery. The Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia, sister of the Czarina and widow of the Grand Duke Serglus, who was assassinated in Moscow, en tered a nunnery in that city. The Grand Duchess, who Is a granddaugh ter of the late Queen Victoria, after her marriage with the Grand Duka Serglus, resided In Moscow. She be came Increasingly popular with the people of Moscow, says the Paris Journal, as her husband's arbitrary methods as Governor of the city roused against him a hate that grow ever fiercer, and received a warning not to accompany her husband on the day when ho and his carriage were blown to pieces. London Globe. A man's clothing costs loss than a woman's, and many women would chauge thofr present garments but tot fear of criticism and ridicule." THE SUCCESSFUL FARMER OF THE FUTURE. ForRct-Me-Xot Eyes. There is hardly nny color or shade that a girl with blue eyes cannot wear in the day time. Brown haired girls have a wide range of colors, provld- FolU l)snrs For Children. The work was done quietly and un obstrnslvely ; sometimes tho newspa pers noticed that there was a move ment on foot to teach dancing In the public schools, but outsldo of those directly Interested In tho progress of this movement, few people under stood what It meant or the extent to which It had been carried out until there appeared at Van Cortlandt Park, on the afternon of September 12, one of the prettiest sights 'ever seen against a background of sloping greensward, quiet lako and shady troos. Four or five hundred children, representing nearly every nation In cosmopolitan New York City, were dancing upon the grass as their grandfathers and grandmothers danced at home upon the vlllago green the folk dance of Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Russia, Italy, Poland, T'ohemla, Sweden and Hungary, and dancing them with a spirit, precision and verve that showed the most complete compre hension and whole hearted enjoy ment on the part of the dancers. So far as was poslble" each one of tho national dances was given by the children of that nationality, and tho little oneB wore over their simple white dresses some distinguishing feature of the national costume. And how these children did dance! The leader of the orchestra was thorough ly In sympathy with them and helped them all ho could, for he stood clear of his men and devoted his baton to the guldnnco of the little dancers, as group followed group In quick suc cession. The spectators too shared In the fun, nodding delighted heads and tapping responsive feet to the familiar rhythms, nnd rapturoti9 comments In nearly every language In Europe mingled with the frequent applause, in fact, tho spirit of the whole thing wns genuine. It1 was not in any sense a spectacle, but the The day is coming whan the small farm, nthe II- -saving machinery, the knowledge of seasons and soils and rotations, and the careful but intense cultivation, shall constitute the equipment which will yield handsome returns. The farmer of the future who shall win success will be an educated mau. He will know his fields like the potter knows his clay, and his mind will be as skilled as the hand of the t.tlsan who fashions the vase. He will be able to plan a campaign upon his plats with the same precision that Lee planned at Cold Harbor, and execute it with the success of Jackson at Antletam. As the lawyer knows his Code, he will be acquainted with soils and strata; and as the practitioner Is drilled in the art of civil pro cedure, ho will know the rotations. He must be familiar with precedent, and his evenings shall be spent by the fireside with text books and farm journal, and the experiences of his fellow soilsmen In other countries shall be in his mind always. He must be a student, but his knowledge shall not all come from books. Personal experienoe, experimentation, test plats, visits to other model farms, the constant imbibition of new Ideas t I'M 11 ofioll ...-.I- . hi. 1 .., .... J ILL n . n m .uwwv oimii waao u,a uiuii-'i j in v ac u iu. uann irv aaiumar I m ! Of M ex. o o CD a. OS, 2 D O 2 V Urn eg 3 a- Light Muffins. Depend upon the way In which tho in gredients are put together as well as on the recipe Itself. A housekeeper who Is known for her fluffy breakfast muffins, which are always as light as the proverbial feather, uses sour milk In making them, but decries the old-time way of using it. According to traditional processes tho soda Is mixed with sour milk beforo the flour Is added. This method, argues the housewife In question, allows the effer vescence to be over before the flour goes in. Her way is to mix with the sour milk the flour, salt and sugar, and then to add soda dissolved In a little hot water. By this means the entire maBS rises. Tho last thing before the batter Is turned Into the pans a beaten egg is folded In. This Is her recipe: Two cupfuls of flour, one cupful of sour milk, a half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of sugar, a half tea spoonful of salt and one egg. H&e HOUSE a HOME YJ Good as Overcoating. After sewing np the seams in a gar ment stitch about a quarter of an Inch from the seam and then trim near the last stitching. This will hold as well as overcasting and is much quicker for the busy sewer. New York World. A Neat Booklet. Soloct a pretty piece ot white mo rocco paper and cut it to form a booklet cover. Fill It with woolen white leaves and fasten at the back with a brown silken cord and tassels. With the pyrography needle burn the edges of the cover and the tiny woolen leaves, Juot enough to give a pretty outline against the white. On the front page outline a brown spinning wheel in the centre, almost overshadowed with a large cobweb. This can be daintily fashioned and will be very handsome If properly mado. Pittsburg Dispatch. Pleat It Loosely nt Night. At night a little girl's hair should never be tightly curled or pleated If you want It to grow thick and long, but be very loosely done In two pleats, so that In the morning thero are practically no tangles to be combed out. What does It matter If they don't look particularly pretty, so long as children are healthy and happy? That Is the great point; and it Is far better for a girl to have straight hair in nursery days than to have no hair kt all, or only very skimpy locks, when she grows to womanhood a quite possible result of over-much crimping and curling. Do all you can to make It grow, and don't bother about kinks, and you will earn your child's gratitude, not only while she Is in tho nursery, but all her life long. Home Chat. -w Home-Made Firclcss Cooker. My flreless cooker Is made from a common box In which canned toma toes were packed. The box Is twenty Inches long, twelve Inches deep and fourteen Inches wide. The bottom and sides were lined with Boston PoBts and ground cork was put on tho bottom to make a layer two inches deep. Two ten-pound tin lard palls wero set In and around each one was placed a pasteboard cylinder a little larger and higher than the palls. The box was then filled up with the cork, which waB packed down firmly. Moat Is boiled ten minutes in a ten-pound maple sugar pall. It la then covered tightly and set Into the larger pall, which Is filled with boiling water and then covered. A feather cushion Is put over it, and over all Is thrown an old wool blanket. It 1b a crude affair, but It works as well as the expensive manu- I factured ones. Food placed In It In the morning Is "piping" hot for out 6 o'clock dinner. The tin palls I had in the house, so my cooker did not cost me a cent. Boston Post. had a worse one, or did worse things than I do, unless, of course, it was some murderer." John did not look at all shocked, but showed his teeth in one of his beautiful smiles, and went on com posedly pruning. "I am terribly selfish, too! I never care anything about other people or their feelings, add really shouldn't care if all the folks In the world were miserable, If I was all right. I sup pose all children of my parent are so?" "Children of Belial? I suppose so," said John. "I am the laziest person In the world. Mamma says so. I hate work. I think I should rather be hungry than to work and cook. How can Aunt Mary cook and work so hard ? " John pushed his hat back, and looked over toward the house. "Bless your heart, Vashti! my mother was born sixty years ago, and women lived differently In those days. Why, mother could not trust her work to any girl. She thinks she must look after everything. But as for you you little white, soft, dainty thing who would think ot making you work?" "What a fool he is!" thought Vashll, and In desperation she went slowly toward the house, and thought she had better go home and stay there. Uncle Levi had put up his Bible, and now was coming out to his work, and at sight of her paused, and looked travely at her. "What shall I do, uncle? Am I such a wicked creature?" she asked him. "Very! I suppose you might be worse, however," he replied. "I'd like to do something to show you that I mean to do right. I would like to read a chapter every night about these departures, and about the tribes ot Asher, and Naphthali, and Zebulou, and all those, just tor a punishment Just to mortify tho flesh, aa the minister said last Sun day." Uncle Levi groaned audibly. "You'd better try to settle down and b a woman, Vashti," he said. "Going away?" It maant a great deal to those who were saying it ever and over In the little house where John Madison had bean so long the light. He had been away many times, before, and had been In college, had been to Havana, and had been to South America; but they had always had the proulse that us, you "Because I we all of know, want : ou to stay." "You don't care! " She sprang up. "I do -I do! Don't go, John stay ! " "For what? To see the woman I love always before my eyes, or to be able to turn no way but what I see something which her presence has hallowed, or to " "John, don't go! and don't talk In that melancholy way! I like ou; I" "Goon!" . 1 "I like you" "Well, I won't stay for that:" "Well, then, I like you very much." "You love can't you say that?" "Yes, I think so." A half hour later. Vashti and John came Into the sitting-room, where Uncle Levi was roaring to Aunt Mary aDd Vashtl's mother something about nations and tribes, and at the first lull, Vashteame forward crying: "John has forgiven me, and if yon will, -uncle, and will adopt me as your own child, I'm sure Belial will give me up." "And John " "John will stay at home," said the young man himself, putting his arm about her. And John did stay at home, and Vashti with him as his wife. Satur day Night. Two Fog Stories. Justice Harlan told a story to Judge Taft of how he went out to play golf In a tog. He thought he would drive tho ball and send It off at a "haxard." He came to the cad die and asked him to find the ball, looking within a radluB of 300 yards. The enddtd's eyes stuck out. "I done found dat ball, judge. It am in de hole sure 'uougb. M jest wiggled tn like." It was certainly remarkable that a drive through the fog should place a ball where the mojt earnest effort ot two to twenty strokes may fall la broad daylight. Judge Taft responded with a fish ing story, also about a fog. He went out one day in a wagon to Ash and the fog came down thick. He drew up where he thought the utream ought to be, cast his line, feK a pull and hauled In a fine trout another, bite and another, until tho wagon was filled. Tho fog lifted and the wagon was 300 yards from the rlvprl There was a silence which might be felt wheu Judge Taft concluded, and Justice Harlan told no more fog sto ries. National Magata. lng their skin Is clear, but. the gamut of browns Is precisely suited to them. This is particularly good just now, when browno are so fashionable and the shades are unlimited. There are charming "woods" for a day and for evening tans, cafe au lalt, creams and yellows. If the eyes have a hazel glint a girl will do well to go into grays, not the cold Bteel varie ties, but soft doves, pink and blue grays, some verging Into mauve, says Woman's Life. The exceptions lij this class come from the muddy skin. In those cases tans and cafo au lalts and grays should be rigidly avoided, for they will only accentuate all the 'i.' i-uess of the complexion. most complete social enjoyment In which everybody shared, old and young alike, and the question of na tionality never camo up save as an expression of whole hearted admira tion and goodwill. From "Teaching American Children to Play," In the Craftsman. Women Doctors. Generally speaking "lady doctors" are not greatly In demand. There IB admittedly a prejudice against them, and, curiously enough, it Is nowhere entertained more keenly than among women themselves. As a well known surgeon pointed out yesterday, "In the gynaecological and maternity branches of medical science thero Is certainly a wide and suitable field for fully qualified medical women, and yet the 'call' for thorn in ordinary pri vate practice Is practically non-existent. "Women generally do not seem to have accustomed themselves to the Idea of consulting their own sex, and It was not of course to be supposed, nor was it ever anticipated, that the services of medical women would be requlstloned by men. As time goes on I think that this prejudice on the part of women against women doctors will It ought to be greatly modi fied, for there is no reason why wom en, with the exceptional gifts that many of them have, should not bo useful tn ordinary medicinal admin istration. On the other hand, I can hardly think that women will ever achieve what I may perhaps call 'pop ularity' aa surgeons." London Telegraph. Wore Man's Clothes. "As there Is no law against women dressing as men, I fall to see why a woman who wore masculine attire was recently detained at Ellis Island by the Federal authorities," said Mrs. J. D. Grant, of Kansas City, In the New York Telegram. "The woman In question stated that she masqueraded as a man bo cause she could make a better living by doing so, and her explanation was a good one. Neither men nor women dress now as they did twenty-five years ago. Tho world changes dally, our habits and customs change and our attire undergoes a metamorphosis many times a year. If women are to do the work of men they must discard their skirts, particularly If their du ties require them to work about ma chinery. "The lives of hundreds of women are endangered dally when tbey wear long, awkward skirts near belting, .wheels and machlrery. Managers of factories will soon And it advisable to compel their fttmale employes to dou male attire waeu at work. "Women lu their present drees can not even walk with ease or grace. The lapel is seen on everything. " Flannel waists are to be much worn. Ottoman silk Is a favorite In mil linery. There will be aa unusual demand for satin. Skirts are narrow and trains posi tively skimpy. School girls will wear Immense flat hatB of plush. The rage for things Oriental Is quite as Ttrulent as ever. The modern muff consists of s.'ar Ing eyes and wagging talis. It Is a noticeable feature of the girdles that they all faston at tho side. Little neck pieces, composed of fur bands and ruffles, are the thing just now. It Is a fancy just now to line coats with brocade in the shade of tho skin. Single buttons at prices currept In Jewelry departments are not at all unusual. Sets of boa, muff and a fur toque to match are to be tho latest tiling for winter. Very long, full wraps for evening and afternoon are made of old-fush' loned brooade. A wreath of tiny pink ponpon rosea Is a charming head-dress for a young girl to wear at a school dance. All of the favorite forms of hair ornamentB come in Jet filets, combs, barrettes and ointments of all kinds Among the new trimmings thero are hund-rlveted metal effects, copied in work and pattern from Egyptian veils. Even debutantes will display a train, and malruus will think nothing of carrying one threo or four yards long. The best petticoat to wear with Directolre gowns Is the one made of wool or silk Jersey that clings tight as one's skin, and blossoms around the foot into silk ruffles and flounces. Muffs are square, ot bad form, and much larger than those of last year, wheu there was a return cf favor to the smaller types. They are adorned with heads and tails, frequently in groups ot three. In all tho gowns and In all dresses for morning wear, or simple after noon wear, dark colors are those most In vogue, but there ore certain bright tints of qld rose and saffrou that are exceedingly fashionable. Ray State Crullers. Break three eggs Into a bowl, add one and throe-fourths teacupfuls ol f sugar and one teacupful of fresh milk; stir all together thoroughly, 'then add five even teaspoonfuls o lard and a drop or two of extract ol lemon, to one cupful of flour add on, and three-fourths teaBpoonfuls ol croam tartar and one of soda; stir in the bowl and add sufficient flour to make n firm dough; roll the dough out to a quarter of an inch in thick ness; flour the rolling board, ot course; cut with a "cooky cutter,' which has the centre ring, and drop carefully Into smoking hot fat; they should puff up at once and turn slightly brown; turn with a silver fork and when done remove by lift ing with the fork Inserted In the hole centre; lay them on a waiter covered with a Bheet of white paper and sprinkle with cinnamon and pulver ized sugar; when cool pack them In a stone crock and cover; this recipe makes a goodly number, but they will keep fresh for ten days if put away as advised, but remember the dough must be smooth and firm, the lard smoking hot and the cook thorough ly Interested. New Haven Register. 4 to Eevt ,xnv rrcs to prepamz mm Sour Milk Gems. Two cups sour milk, one egg, spoonful sugar, salt one-half teaspoon, small teaspoon of soda, two large cups flour. Bake fifteen minutes. Boiled Filet of Beef. Cut slices from the tenderloin, wipe the meat, grease the gridiron, broil over a clear fire, turnlug every ten counts for kthree or five minutes. Spread with Maltre d'Hotel butter. Illusion Sandwiches. Beat white of egg to stiff froth, stir In yolk, add slowly one tablespoonful melted but ter, two teaspoonfuls lemon juice or vinegar, cook until stiff as scrambled egg. Use with bread. Cafo Purfalt. One pint of cream, one cup of sugar, half a cup of strong coffee. Mix, chill and whip. Take the froth oft Into a freezer or Into a mould. Pack the mould in ice and salt and let it stand two hours with out stirring. I Blueberry Cake. Berry cake may be made very esslly by adding a cup ot blueberries, dredged lightly with flour, to a good biscuit duugh. A Bweet blueberry cake may be made by adding two tablespoons of sugar and one egg tu the shortened biscuit dohgh. Always dredge the berries with flour. Bake the same as bis cuit or breakfast cakes. Raspberry Charlotte.- Pick over and mash one quart of canned rasp berries, cook in a heavy sugar syrup until tender, pour over one dozsu lady-Augers arranged In a standard glass dish, covered with an Inverted china bowl, allowlug It to remain until cool. Place on top of raspber ries and syrup, when cool, one-half pint of cream, whipped and sweet ened, -flavored with vanilla. TMs tuakei a delicate dessert tor hot days. MEMORIES. A cottage near the murmur of the sea, A memory of aacrednesa to me, O childish prayer learnt at a mother' knee. A garden where the fairies scorned to dwell, In court of flowers, heartsease and asphodel, The sweet raoM roe, and nodding heather MK Long evenings, when we watched the sun set die. And vanish slowly from a rose-dipped ky, Whilst overhead we heard the sell-biro A crowd of face Ah! bad I but known The silence that would come to that hearthstone! The only voice that linger, mine alone. Colton Spencer, in London Sunday School Times. Christ In tlx- Home. The sweetest words In the English language are Jesus, Heaven, mother and home. One writer has said, "The star of motherhood dawns In the life of Eve; the tenderness in the word Father reveals Itself in the promise to Abraham, and the glory of the child shines In the prophecy of Isaiah." Ood created a mother, sanctioned marriage and established the home. The home Is a divine Institution and its sanctity necessary for the moral uplift of man. "It Is at once the bul wark and the glory of the nation." Lessen the sanctity of the home and you sap the foundations of the republic. If "national stability is considered the prime requisite of every good government," we shall have It In proportion as we maintain the stability of the home. The home being so Important In the sight of God, it is expected that In His plan of redemption He would touch hu manity through this channel and bo Christ came as a babe, born Into a home. Artists are fond of putting a circle of light about the head of the Infant Christ, but Henry Ward Beech er well said that "the bpst circle was His mother's arms holding Hirj close to a loving heart." Christ grew up in a home. He had godly training. The character of His mother Indicates It. One of the most beautiful sights In this world Is that of a mother with the little child at her knee receiving religious Instruction. We thank God for Christian motherhood. Our hearts go out tn pity and sympathy to that girl wife who Is learning through bit ter experience that the "way of the transgressor Is hard," and the thought will rise In the heart, would to God that every child might have the training of a ChrlBt-Alled home. Let Christ come into your lives and homes and your old age will be happy at the sight of God-fearing children. Christ loved the home. His mira cles for the benefit of the family cir cle prove it. His tenderness toward little children; His own loveliness as set Jor.th In the cry, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath not where to lay His head." His last act on the cross "Son, behold thy moth er" these and otbsr incidents in His life reveal a heart love for the home. Let us have more of Christ In the home; erect the family altar; let the child hear God thanked for the dally food, and we are sure there v111 be fewer divorces and less need for pleading the "unwritten law" and "emotional Insanity" in the halls of Justice. Washington Star. A Note of Triumph. v It Is well to meet the tendency to pessimist -n in religion with a though rv.l consideration of the evi dence ou the other Bide. The mis applied energy of opponents of the undiluted Christian faith is, after all. of little power when compared with the overwhelming force of the myri ads of the Master's servants who, day by day, are carrying forward the ensign of His Kingdom. The lnfiu ence of God must surely come from God. It has been truly said: "We discern, notwithstanding de nials, the steady, onward persuasive march of Christianity, as It perme ates our life and hallows culture. "We cannot estimate spiritual growth by scales and weights, but we may compare period with period, and one religious stage with another. And, judged in this way, the present time has nothing to fear. Its very faults and abuses give no uncertain testimony to the triumph of Christian truth. The gay world itself has be gun to see that we only possess what we possess not, what we consecrate to others, and therefore to Carist. " London Christian. Out ot Self Into Goo. It is only at the moment of the going out from ourselves that we are truly made a people to the Lord, al though until then we may have been always consecrated to Him by the life of His grace: since It is In this day that the soul, losing all proprie ty, finds Itself disposed to be received Into God. It becomes also peculiarly His In that, having gone out from lt Betf. it resists Him no longer: for every soul resists God just as much as It remains In Itself, and It becomes to Him so much the more supple the more it comes out. Mme. Guyon. I'm, ii. ss and Pleasantness. . It is not the sunshine, or aoy othr tangible why, that accounts for the pleasantness of old house corners. It is the purenoss and the pleasantness that have clustered there; the very walls have drunk these In. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. Why We Give Thnnks. "Help us to reach out past the things we cannot understand to the 'lod we trust. We thank Thee for 'ie passing of what changes and the changelessness ot that which passes not," Maltble Davenport Babcock. The Craving For Peace. ,, The deepest desire of mau Is not a desire for happiness, but a craving tot peace; uot a wish for gratification of every desire, but a craving for the re pose ot acquiescence In the will ot God. Uphani. Rabbi's Wife Burns to Death. Mrs. Sarah Pessin, thirty, wife ot Solomon Pesstn, rabbi ot Kexaer Is rael Synagogue, waB burned to death ia a Hi-, in her home In Springfield, Mass. Shah Sentenced to JDeath. Proclamations of tht si-t rcvo'tu tlcnary organization have hern pcrtod in Teheran, Persia, ooudeinfiing i.iiu Shah to death (or 1 lOlallus: th CoaH-c.ltutloo
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