COURAGE. tTiere are iom hopes to long deferred, Which resell SO Ir saown nm years, hut ditnlv through our tears IVith viaion tnl u i.rangeiy uiureu ft W'm anawa ran apnnmte IT We scarce can aeparate from fears, There are some patient lives that wait Their promne yet luinnea 10 ne, A hnnn vouchinfed. perhaps to thee. And watch the phantom nails of fute lileam near, men arm iar out 10 ea. T I MM A FLATTER 8KABURT. There are aome heart) that throb In vain For aome loat song of joy they've heard, Home melody, their chorda have atirred, Live o'er in memory'i refrain - Like carols of a vanished bird. O hope deferred! O soul that waital O aching heart! in life all one, Thy apirit's march is but begun; The storm that rends and devastates Heveals the glory of the sun. Youth's Companion, THE DELEGATE. I J By SUSIC BOLICHCLLE WIGHT. J Although grandmothers may be at a discount In some homes, they cer tainly were not at Alice Mason's, and they did not reside upon a shelf, either. The sunniest room In that beautiful new house, the coziest cor ner by the Are and the most inviting chair belonged by right of love and reverence to Grandmother Parker, and when that dear old white-haired Buy spune lier genua ijiiuu, nu h sure of affectionate attention. So when young Mrs. Mason came in, flushed and excited, from a gay after noon at a friend's reception, she paused with a smile at hearing Grand mother Parker's call from the library. "Come here a minute, my dear, be fore you go up to change your dress. I have such lovely news for you! Soon after you went out the minister came in, all worried and anxious. He said things about the decline of hospitality in the city, and asked if we would not take delegates. You know the conference convenes to morrow night, and although the list has been published in the paper, some of the people are making excuses, and he is sadly put to it to find homes for the preachers. He seemed timid about asking, because we were new comers, but I told him that I was sure that It was nothing but inadvertence that had kept you from asking for delegates, and that he might send you two, provided they were two of a kind, as you have only the one guest-chamber. Won't it be nice to have delegates, deary?" "I don't know, grandma," faltered Alice, a little aghast. "I've never had the experience." "To be sure to be sure. I am al ways forgetting that you don't know anything about real home-life, spend ing all your days wandering about over the world with parents that by rights should have been Gipsies. But when your mother was a little girl, and we lived in Brooksvllle, we used to have such exciting times when con Tentlons and conferences would come our way. There is something so fas cinating about entertaining any one whom the authorities may send you quite like opening a prize box. Your dear grandpa and I have enter tained as many as a dozen for more than a week at a time. We of the family would sleep upon pallets made of quilts on the floor, giving up our rooms to the visitors. And such preparations in the kitchen! Why, we would bake cakes and pies by the core, grandpa would kill beeves and porkers, and the turkeys would be gobbling in my coops for weeks ahead of the time! 'Oh, I am so glad we are to have a little peep at old times again! " Mrs. Parker sighed so happily that Alice Mason bent down and kissed her, compelling smoothness into a brow that was troubled. Then she lipped away to her husband's study to pour out her misgivings. uiea, sne cried, "I never would have taken them in all the world! I don't see how I am ever to manage' Just an afternoon tea makes Jane so cross that I am afraid to give her an order for a week afterward, and if my dearest friend drops In to dinner I feel like making the most abject apologies and to think of two stran gers for a whole week! Grandmother forgot the grocery bill, too, Ted, and It makes me faint and sick to think of It. for we must not let her feel that we don't do her justice. "With our pretty new house and our carriage," she added, "they are ure to send us the bishop or some other important person, and I simply must rise to the occasion but oh I do hope grandma won't revert to old times this way again! " "The bishop or some other lm portant person!" repeated Ted Ma on vacantly. "Well, I love your grandmother, my dear, and I know that next to somebody else, she Is the sweetest of women, but if they are going to quarter dignitaries upon us I am called out of town I can't rise to occasions like that!" "O hush. Ted! You are going to do exactly as I shall make the very best of it, and grandma is not golna to be made uncomfortable. I am go log to cok up everything nice I can think of. I'll put an extra shine on the silver and cut glass, and the house will be spick and span by to morrow night you'll see! " Soon the house was full of pleasant excitement. Mrs. Parker found things for her feeble hands to do, Alice flitted about busily. Jane was molll fled by gifts and flattery, and soon the night came, and thejamily waited In the library for the bishop. There were American Beauty roses bending on their tall stems on the library table, there were violets scenting the entrance ball, and Alice felt a pleas urable glow of self-satisfaction. "I believe, after all. that I am rather glad grandma took tho dele gates, i am not very much of a church woman, but I maiiia thK these men are doing a great deal of suua ana t He bishops and the other leaders are always dalivhtrni man i hail drive them In the carriage to the church, and 1 11 have James wait there to bring them home after the fusions - The looked-for ring at the door cut hort her hospitable plans, and In uoioer moment she was looking pon her delegates but not upon a bishop, i They very evidently were from the country, a tall, lank, white-bearded patriarch entered, and upon his aria was a chubby-raced young woed. OOOQe hardly as old as Alice herself. The old man's clothes revealed the signs of long service and many careful brushings and sponglngs. The wife was evidently a bride, for her ill made, ill-ftttlng frock was of pearly gray with pink trimmings, and her hat was white, with a wealth of white flowers wandering over and under it. There was not a perceptible pause be tween Alice's frightened taking in of the situation and her greeting of her guests. Mrs. Parker rose from her chair to hold out her little wrinkled hands with her old-fashioned cour tesy, and Ted Mason did his share of welcoming. "You must be tired," said Alice, hospitably, after a moment, and then she led the way to the guest-chamber, and left them alone. Her husband intercepted her on her return, and grinned as he shook her affectionately. "Don't you worry, Alice," he whispered. "I am so re lieved! A bride and groom will talk to each other, and my brilliant con versational powers will not be needed." "That is true," agreed his wife, with flaming cheeks. "They will en tertain each other, and I'll not need to go round with them. O Ted, Isn't she awful! She looks like a pillow with a string tied about It and he Why did they send us such people?" The old minister, Mr. Harvey, had a certain dignity which kept him from seeming embarrassed In the new splendors of Alice's dining room, but the poor little bride was evidently ill a.t ease. Mrs. Parker devoted herself to them, and Alice was not far be- and they tell me you pay your pas tor two thousand dollars a year! I guess I was born fifty years too soon, Nannie," he said, Jocularly, to the little bride. "The younger preachers don't have the struggles we older men had. Why, I have been preach ing now for forty years, and my high est salary was five hundred dollars a year that was when the boys and girls were young, and you know you have eight stepchildren, Nannie. Still, It Is all right, and I am not the one to grumble. The rewards always did go to the deserving men, and I know I am not much of a preacher, so I am Just grateful to be remembered by my old conference in the way I am." It sounded strange to Alice Mason five hundred dollars a year, for a whole family to live on! How could they do It? Her own little perplexi ties over ways and means seemed silly in comparison. She led the visitors to the very forefront in the" church. Mr. Harvey had said that he did not want to miss a word of the proceedings. The conference was about to open. Alice had never seen the bishop, but she did not need to have him pointed out. A tall, fine-looking man, with keen eyes looking out from under a wide brow she had already recog nized him, even before he took his chair. Oh, if he could have been her delegate! Alice had never cared much for the old-fashioned church hymns; they had a sore of dolefulness to her, but the familiar lines had a different sound as he repeated them before the organ pealed out: "Come ye that love the Lord, And let your joys be known; Join in a song with sweet accord. And thus surround the throne." The country bride sang clearly, and the quavering voice of the old preach er rose triumphantly, Alice joined In. For the first time the sense of strangeness between her and Mrs. Harvey seemed to disappear, and as Alice sat through the morning ses sion, she watched the little woman by her side, looked at the shabby dress, and came to a conclusion. She had at home a beautiful new black gown, Just from the tailor. The cloth of It was smooth and shin ing, and the fashion of the coat was such that it would conceal the awk ward lines of Mrs. Harvey's figure. There was a black hat to match it. Clad In that, the young wife would look really dignified, and Alice deter mined that she should have It. But how to manage It without hurting her feelings! vjcl tu rarnung : i nere Never Was a Better Time ! TLL trend of thought In nearly every avocauon now is based on life in the country. People who have hitherto had an aversion to country life because of the trials, privations and almost hopeless efforts to succeed there, are now full of enthusiasm and becoming possessed of a strong desire to farm. This attraction is being aroused because of the fact that agriculture is once more getting on Its feet and will in the future demand and receive its Bhare in the profits made from the wealth it creates. Naturally there Is no place so attractive to the average human being as the country. " If the time has come, and we believe it has, when satis factory profits can be made once again by Southern farmers so that independence and righteous prosperity will be con spicuous in the country, the trend of thought and travel will be away from the towns and cities and back again to the farm. Discontent will be displaced by peaceful satisfac tion. We confidently believe that the tide has turned for hetter and happier days for the men who provide the food and raiment for the world's population, and that the cotton growers of the South especially for all the years to come will enjoy a degree of prosperity unknown on the farm for the past thirty years. The Cotton Journal. hind, so before the first meal was con cluded the conversation was general, if not very absorbing in its Interest. There followed an hour or two in the library, and then Mrs. Parker said to the minister: "I am not strong enough for late hours, Mr. Harvel. Will you not have prayers now?" 1 This was another unexpected turn, for Alice had not entertained a min ister before, and there ensued a flur ried hunting for a Bible. Finally she brought, from Mrs. Parker's own room", the big family Bible. Alice deposited it, with an effort, upon the table at the minister's side, and men tally resolved that the next day she would buy one of more convenient size. "The servant, sister?" asked Mr. Harvey. "Do you not have her come in for worship?" Then came a brief but energetic argument In the kitchen with Jane, who finally came In, with a sulky frown, to sit down by the library door. Things were taking a strange turn In the butterfly's nest, but Mrs. Parker lay back in her chair, and as Alice gazed at the sweet, placid old face, it seemed to her that she could see the golden light of past days dawning over It. The country bride sat still, regarding her hus band's countenance reverently, and as Alice's eyes wandered, she met her husband's glance. His eyes held no laugh In them, although he smiled at her understanding, and strangest of all, when the reading was finished, Jane's lowering face bad cleared, and he slipped quietly out of the room without even a shake of her expres lve shoulders. My granddaughter has made some pleasant plans for you, , my dear," ! ?vM?- Prker tne morning to the bride. "We are so glad that our delegate, are as they are. We had expectedMwo gentlemen, but I ah, b" !r equlnt01' y now. thJ ! ? U h9r ,,p' 8he ordered " had Intended put ting It at the disposal of her guests, but she certainly had no Idea of go- ing for tt but to acquiesce, however. 7f"r Pfr"er t0,d " H 'y that her hostess would take her to the church and remain there through the opening service with her. Alice considered that she would have to reason a little with her grandmother privately. Alice pointed out the pastor' house a they drove by, and Mr. Harver looked at It with interest. "Well! Well!" he .aid. "The church Is learning to take care of her ser vant, these days. Such a fin house She set her mind to puzzle it out, and almost forgot what was going on about her before she finally conclud ed that In order to be able to make the gift she must get on very friendly, almost affectionate, terms with Mrs. Harvey. Mrs. Harvey acepted the gift with perfect simplicity. She looked like a different creature In the new gar ments. Before noon of the next day Mr. Harvey assured Alice that In all his forty years he had never been treated so handsomely. Mrs. Harvey soon forgot her perplexity over the astounding number of spoons .and forks that surrounded her plate at table, and, was able to enter into a very quiet and demure enjoyment of the drollery of Mr. Mason and his young wife. Day after day Alice went with them to conference, and re mained through the sessions. One day she noticed how the old man's fuce always lighted up when the bishop began to apeak. But noth ing prepared her for what happened on a day when Mr. Harvey had been asked to conduct a devotional ser vice. He did not do it very well. He showed that be was a little flustered, and his old hands quivered as he held the Bible. Alice felt sorry for him, and for his wife, who looked at her husband so appeallngly; but after Mr. Harvey had taken his seat the bishop rose. "Brethren," he said, "It has been a long time since I have seen this old friend, before this conference. Forty years forty long yeari ago, he was just beginning his ministry, and. was serving a plney-woods circuit away off In an out-of-the-way place. I was a young lawyer Rent down to Florida upon a certain land case, and by ac cident, one hot summer day, I stopped at a brush arbor out in the woods, where he was preaching to a congregation that had gathered there in ox-carts, on horseback and afoot. I stopped, more to rest in the shade than because. I felt any Interest, but he had a message, and he delivered It from a full heart. It was for me for me! I don't know how many oth ers It came home to, but I went on my way thoughtful and more serious than I had ever been in my life be fore, only to come back and seek him out at night like Nlcodemus of old. And like Nlcodemus of old I was told the way the only way " The bishop paused a moment, and some one out In the congregation be gan to sing, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," as that congrega tion had a way of doing upon all sorts of occasions. The bishop bent down and clasped hands with Mr. Harvey, whose uplifted face was radiant. Alice, with downcast eyes, saw the little bride's hands trembling on her lap, and Bhe put her own soft Angers in between, and they sat there listen ing happily together through the rest of the service. "Ted, darling," Alice said that afternoon, "we are entertaining some thing bigger than the bishop we are taking care of the man who put him in the way of being what he is. Oh, wouldn't it have been awful if we had not been nice to them?" Youth's Companion. DJousehoId A fi ....Matters ' Alsatian Cheese. Take two small Neufchatel cheeses ind one small onion chopped fine, :wo tablespoons of sweet cream, salt and pepper to taste. Stir all together to a creamy paste, then stir the onion into It. Spread thin crackers of any sort and serve for luncheon. If pre ferred, a little appetizing sauce can be added. New York World. OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN. REPORTS OF PROGRESS OF THE BATTLE AGAINST HUM. No! No!" WORDS OF WISDOM. A fan is used to brush away warmth. Dust is mud with the Juice squeezed out. The stomach is the home of the swallow. Worry is trying to cross a mire be fore you reach It. Wealth is only part of life and It Is not the main part either. A monologue Is a conversation with the only child of one's own parents. There is a good deal In luck; Intel ligence and perseverence, for In stance. Do not envy those who seem more successful. You don't know the loads they are carrying. The best of us have faults. We can find them if we try, and we can oust them if we really want to. You may have both a legal right and a moral right to please yourself but It is not always policy to do so. Johnnie was puzzling about what he could give his little brother for Christmas. He said he gave him the measles last year. Language may be the vehicle of thought, but a good deal of the time It either runs empty or carries a very light load. A woman who knows what Bhe wants and won't take anything else is often a very tiresome customer to an Inexperienced clerk. Take advantage of the best oppor tunities that come your way, but do so with the full sense of responsibility which naturally follows. There is a great difference be tween being prepared and being ready. You may be prepared for heaven, but I doubt very much if you are ready to go. A woman of my acquaintance suf fers a great deal on account of her belief. She believes she can wear a number three shoe on a number five foot. From "Rusty's Philosophy," in the Epitomist. Oysters in Grape Fruit. Cut grape fruit so as to form a bandle basket. Scrape out the pulp and clip edges Into points with scis sors. Place eight small oysters In each basket and cover them with a ?auce made of equal portions of lemon Juice, grated horseradish, to mato catsup and Bneck mustard. Place on shaved ire on plate and i serve. New York World. Fricassee of Chicken. i Clean the chickens and cut in neat pieces. Heat a mixture of lard and ' butter In the frying pan and fry the pieces of chicken, dredged with flour, ! to a rich brown. Now place the shlcken in the cooker saucepan, add- j lng one quart tomatoes, one pint boll- ; ing water, one small onion minced and a little bunch parsley. Cook fif teen minutes, seasoning with salt and pepper, then put Into the cooker and cook from sis to eight hours accord ing to the-age of the chicken. Serve with rice. If prefrred rice may he added and cooked with the stew. The latter should be very moist. If rice Is not used the gravy may be thick ened with browned flour and the fric assee served on baking powder bis cuit split or on toast. New Haven Register. Irish Stew. j Cut about two pounds of mutton , from the neck or ribs Into neat pieces and put them into an iron saucepan with about half a cup hot water. As this bolls away brown the meat in Its own fat, together with four small onions sliced. Season with salt and pepper, then add three pints boiling water, put in the regular cooker saucepan, bring to a boll and put in the cooker. Let remain there about four hours, two hours before serving ; remove, bring to the boiling point, add a half cupful of celery, turnip and carrot cut In even slices. Cook , ten minutes, add two cupfuls pota toes sliced, then return to the cooker for an hour and a halt or two hours. Take up and thicken with flour to the desired consistency and ribbons of green or parsley minced fine, cook a moment, season to taste and serve. New Haven Register. England's Women Voters. A return of the number of women voters in England and Wales who are qualified to Tote for county coun cils and for councillors in municipal boroughs issued to-day shows that the women's franchise for county coun cils extends to 569,961 for England ami 41,945 for Wales, making a total of 605,906. For county borough councils In England and Wales the number is 265,862, and for non county borough councils there are 131,421 voters for England, 5903 for Wales, making a total of 137.321. Westminster Gazette. Scotch Short Bread. A real Scotch recipe for its making I Is this: Put two pounds of butter in j a basin, warm and beat to a cream with a wooden spoon. Add slowly a pound and a quarter of fine granu lated or sifted crushed loaf sugar, stirring well to obtain a white appear ance. Add a little grated yellow rind of lemon and a small quantity of milk with flour to make a short paste, taking pains not to have it too stiff. Divide into pieces, roll out about a quarter of an Inch in thickness, form ing them square or oval as desired. They should be about the size of a breakfast plate. Pinch the edges all around with the fingers, dock the surface with a biscuit docker, sprin kle a few caraway comfits on top and bake in a moderate oven. Some cooks dredge them with sugar be fore baking; in about twenty minutes dredge again, then bake ten minutes longer. New York Telegram. There's a very mill word, but some folks are so weak. That they find it a terrible hard one to fcpeak; Thounh one ayllable only, at times they are slow When anked, Will you just take a drink?" to say "No! " There's many a drunkard who reels through the street, With brnin all on file and with staggering feet, Who would never have looked such a pic ture of woo If, when first aked to drink, he had bnMly smu o. j Some say "No!" so faintly, we cannot but ' giies", That N, O, in their rase means V, E, S, yes; If we'd live sober lives, we decision should show. And reply in firm tones, unmistakably, "No!" Now, all who are here, heed the word, though so small. When invite'l to drink, you'll be safe from its thrall, And onward in health and prosperity go, Protected and saved by one syllable, "No! Inside Information. j Rev. M. C. Hawks, D. D.. dropped j into a car seat with a good looking, but flashily dressed man. He got into conversation with him, and final- j ly, discovering that he was a travel i ing man, asked: "What Is your line?" ' "Liquors." "Been West?" ; "Yes." ! "Travel any in prohibition States?" "Oh, yes." I "I presume the honest truth Is you j Bell about as much liquor in prohibi tion States as in any other?" "Not much, we don't." "Oh, come now you know better, j Of course, you do not want to give away your friends. The fellows are doing an illegitimate business, of course, and you ought not to tell of It, but you quite likely sell nearly as much liquor in Kansas and the prohi bition counties of other States as you do in license States." "Well, not on your life; I do not. I'll sell more whisky in three cities In Wisconsin than I did In all the the prohibition States where I have been. It stands to reason that a cus tomer of ours Is not going to lay in a very large stock of our goods when a State officer can come in any day and take his goods and pour them Into the gutter. He'd be a fool to do it, and we don't expect It. If this pro hibition nonsense goes much further I'll be out of a Job. What's your line?" "I'm a Methodist preacher." "Well, elder, I'm not going to take It back now, because It Is true. If I had known you were a minister, of that church especially, I might have spoken with more caution, but it Is, nevertheless, true what I said. I will sell more whisky right here In Wisconsin In three cities than I could possibly sell In three of the prohibi tion States, with the exception of one city in the West, and that has gone gone dry lately, and will no longer be a promising field." American Issue. COHERCm COLOIffl ! Weekly Review of Trade and Latest Market Reoorts. Bradstreet's says: "Trade and Industrial develop ments have been slightly more far-' arable, the result being a better ton !n various lines of trade and som enlargement of activity in spring de mand from Jobbers and from retaiW ers. Helpful In this respect bare been the arrival of better weather conditions, the advance of the sea son's trade toward an early Easter, large shipments of grain to market attracted by high prices, the placing of some business in Iron and steel In duced by lower prices and the re sumption of building operations at many cities after tho winter shut down. "Where Jobbing demand ha im proved, however, conservatism In ying has ruled, trade at first hands has remained pretty quiet and the enlargement of retail buying has not been very marked. Still even collec tions show a slight gain. There are still many unsettled features and some Boft spots In the trade and in dutrlal situation. "Wheat, Including flour, exports from the I'nited States and Canada for the week aggregate 2.2S9.847 bushels, against L'. 679, 977 bushels last week and 2,3!5,902 bushels this week last yean. Corn exports for the week were 930, 84S bushels, agatnst 760,"."0 bushels last week and 1, 483,499 In 190S. Wholesale Markets. Now York. Wheat. Spot firm; No. 2 red. 1 22 123 Ho., elevator; No. 2 red, 123, f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 123V. f. o. b.. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 121 4. f. o. b.. afloat. Corn Spot easy; No. 2. 76c, ele vator, and 74 4, f. o. b.. afloat; No. 2 white, nominal, and No. 2 yellow, "4 , t. o. b., afloat. Oats Spot, easy; mixed. IB 32 lbs., itlVt ft 38V4c; natural white, 26 it 32 lbs., 0861V4; clipped white, 3240 lbs.. 5863. Butter Fancy creamery firm; oth er grades easier; process, common to special, 17g23; receipts, 3.69S pkgs. Eggs Easier; receipts, 16.099; state, Pennsylvania and nearby white, fair to choice. 2223Vac.; brown and mixed, fancy, 21Va5 22; do., fair to choice, 19i??21. Philadelphia. Wheat Steady; contract grade, March, 1 23 Ci 124c. Corn firm: March, 72fi72,ic7 Oats Dull and weak; No. 2 white, natural. 59 fi KOc. Uutter Firm: extra Western creamery, 30c; do., nearby prints. Eggs Steady; fair demand: Penn sylvania and other nearby firsts, free cases. 19c. at mnrk: do., current re ceipts, In returnable cases, 18 at mark; Western firms, free cases, 19 at mark: do., current receipts, fres rases, 1 7 Ti IS at mark. Cheese Firm: New York full creams, choice, 1 ." fi 15 U c. ; do., fair to good. 14 ft 14 to. Poultry Live, steady; fowls. 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 His Sign Down. A disheveled man, much the worse for liquor, staggered out of a Maino 'speak-easy" and laboriously propped j himself against the door. For a while he owlishly surveyed the passers-by. Suddenly his foot slipped and he col. lapsed in a heap on the sidewalk. A moment later and ho was snui'lnc A hurrying pedestrian paused, re flectively surveyed the fallen man for a few seconds, and then pokd hi head in th ' door. "Oh. Frank," he called. "Frank. Come out herp a minute." Preseii'lv the proprietor of tho joint, smoking a fat cigar, emerged. He blinked In the bright sunlight. "Hello, llucl," ha said, pleasautly. "What's iiD?" Hud Jerked his thumb toward the lumberer on the sidewalk. "Yer sign hns fell down." ho ex plain'..':!, and briskly resumed his wall; uptown. Evnrybod's Magazine. Convicts in Pajamas, The Floyd County commissioners, It is reported, "have ordered ten dozen Bults of pajamas for the coun ty's convicts." Is there another coun ty in Georgia or another penal insti tution in the United States that pro vides Its prisoners with the fashion able "nighties?" Who wouldn't rather be a pajamaed prisoner in the Floyd County chain gang than a no nightshirt freeman on the plains of windy Kansas? Savannah News. HATES THE PUNCTUAL PERSON Man Whose Life is Ordered by Clock the Dreariest Thing? Evolved by Civilization. "I hope that some day I'll pick up a book or a magazine or a paper that won't have the word 'punctual' in it," sighed a citizen who has given up his business for two automobiles. "I've just been reading that punctual ity In letter writing, answering cor respondence, is just as essential to gentlemanly deportment, longevity, correct habits and what not as is punctuality in keeping engagements. I've heard that refrain ever since I was old enough to sit up and sound an alarm because the bottle was be hind time; and, what's worse, there isn't a word of truth lu It. For one, I can't auide the punctual man who's always on the dot with a watch in his hand while you're always late. He's so smug-fuced and condescend ing and willing to make allowances for your tardiness. And ha never allows you to forget that an appoint ment with him is a sacred thing. He feels as If his word were Involved, and his word's his bond, you know, "I've noticed . that these people whose urd la their bond havt to put up fat collateral., like the rest of ns, thank heaven, or they can't borrow. Of all the dreary, colorless things that civilization has evolved, the dreariest, to my mind. Is the methodi cal man whose life is ordered by the clock. He may be pious good, but he's far from entertaining. There are no surprises la him. I happen to know, too, that men of that kind, who are constantly harping on punc tuality, tlrj their wives to death. Thuy never miss a meal, morning, noon or night. You can put out the milk by their tread In the evening and take It In when they get out of bed. They never have any excuses to offer. A wife with a husband like that would be tickled enough If he'd sprain an ankle and limp home tea minutes behind bis accustomed hour, but there's no such luck In store for her. Such men won't even die before their appointed time. I'd give boot any day In the week to wait for them rather than have them wait for me, but I never yet could catch one of them." Providence Journal. (HoVSEHdCpIj; Jrm y HINTS J' A little salt thrown Into water will hasten the boiling process. If the pastry Is slow In browning a little sugar on the oven shelf will expedite matters. Sugared tea does not stain; there fore people who like unsweetened tea will do well to put one lump of sugar in the teapot. Put your onions into water and peel them while under it, and you will not "weep" as you do when peel ing the usual way. If curtains are allowed to dry be fore being starched, they will remain clean quite a mouth longer. Cornmeal and salt sprinkled on the carpet before sweeping brightens the colors and lays the dust. Cold pies may be warmed by wring ing a cloth out of cold water and spreading on pie before placing in oven. It will not blister. When burning refuse in the stove, add a handful of salt. It will pre vent the unpleasant odor. Butter the kettle In which cereals are to be cooked to prevent them from sticking to the pan. Ink stains may be removed by rub bing with soap and covered with water to which half a cup of kero sene has been added and boiled. This will need repeating before all Ink stains disappear. When dusting put a tablespoonful of kerosene on tho cloth. It will ab sorb the dust, give the woodwork and furniture a beautiful gloss, and at the same time remove all dtrt. A few drops of kerosene on a cloth used for wiping windows will remove all dust and dirt. When anything is spilled on the range, sprinkle a little salt on It. This will cause It to quit smoking and make It come oft easily when cleaning the stove. When washing windows, put about a half cup of common coal oil la as much water and see how much easier It is. After frying doughnuts, fry a few slices of potato In the lard and this will make It clear so as to b fit I'.t tntr use. lleilin's I'.ooze. A dei-man physician. Dr. Hirsrh field, has been computing the quan tity o; alcoholic drink consumed In Berlin. Rerlln possessed three yeari ago 12,892 drinking shops one fori C10 Inhabitants in addition to 301 where wine only Is sold. During the period the Berliners consumed 438. 939,532 litres of beer. 24,704.52.ri litres of brandy and 19,956.062 litres i of wine. This works out an annual ! average consumption a head of tho . population of 286 4 litres of alco. I holic drink, at a cost of 100 marks, a mark being one shilling. As lli'i average income of the Borlinors. In. ; eluding women and children, is about ' 683 mark?. It may be said that til? Berliner spends a seventh part of his Income In intoxicating drinks. Lon. t. i Globe. (fttStoc; old roosters. lOto1"' spring chickens, 17 18; ducks, i 1 1; geese, I'i'n 14. Baltimore Wheat No. 2 red Western. 124c; contract spot, 1.21: No. 3 red. 1.22 to: Meamer No. i red, 1.21 to I stenmer No. 2 red Wes -ern, 1.21 to. Corn Contract. 72 5ic: No. while, 7.'!?A; steamer mixed, 70'n. The closing was steadv. Spot and March, 721'ic bid; April, 72T ; Ma.. 73 . Oals White No. 2. fid'fitil: Na ::. SStouSto; No. 4, Sfi to S7 to. Mixed No. 2, 57 to if! S8 to; No. i. : ti fi .1 6 to : No. 4 . lit 5 .". to . Rye Western rye, upto'wn. 8$; bag lots, as to quality and condition. 76Ti 84. Hay No. 1 tlmothv, larse bales. $irT i:..:.0; No. 1 do., small block. $15 f 15.-.0; No. 2 do., as to lo cation $ 1 4 ft 14.50; No. 3 di., 8 11.. jo f 12.50. Choice c'over mix ed, $13; No. 1 clover mixed, $12. '.0; No. 2 clover mixed, $ 1 0.50 fi 1 1.50; No. 1 clover. $ 1 2 'a 12.50: No. 2 clo ver. $10ii n.50; no-grade hay. a to kind, quality and condition. $ii?i!t Butter Creamery. fancy, 30; creamery, choice, 28 to 29; creamery, good, 23 to 25; creamery, im.tatlon, 20 to 24. Cheese Market steady. Jobbing prices, per lb., It'.iilOtoc. Kggs Market steady and unchang ed, with fair demand for freBh stock. We quote, per dozen: Maryland. Pennsylvania and nearby first. 17 toe; Western firsts, 17 to; West Virginia firsts, 17 to: Southern firsts. It! to: guinea, 910; duck, 30; goose, 50 "if 60. i iv hloi- The Yotinu Mini Who Prinks. The time is coming fast, indeed has alrendy arrived, In our commer. clal life, when a young man who ha habits of Intemperance is narrow ing very rapidly the pobslble range of openings In which bo may make a i:vlng. Across the Yrnrs. There must be no bargains, no compromises, no trades. We musl I close up our ranks, keep step with ! the music or "Home, Sweet Home," and press forward to certain victory. John B. Finch, 1SS7. Train the Mural Sense. The victory for total abstinence can coma not by legislative enactment alone, but by the training of tho moral sense of Individuals, until they make un tbelr minds that, for their OWn Bake anil Ihn lllm nf nlhura they will resolutely abstain from j liquor. Th9 laws of mnn may close me noors or tne saloons; only a new heart, awske to the requirements of the Lord Jesus Christ, can drive out lust and appetite. Forward. A Hard Pair to Beat. The Liquor Dealers' Club of Chi cago, at a recent meeting, declared that to beat temperance reform. It will be Decenary to drive the minis ters and the women out of the fight. "It the minister preaches prohibition la the pulpit; It women, as In Phila delphia, will march the streets, sing lug 'Onward, Christian Soldiers,' there's no force that can beat a fight like that."' A wry face may be made cheaper than a rye face, and Is more easily tured. . - Chicago. Cattle Market steady. Steers. $517.40; cows. $3.60t 5.50: heifer. $3.25fj; bulls, $3.75 M.j.2,j; calves, $3.50 If S. 25; stock eri and feeders, $3.30 Tr 5.30. Hogs Market steady; choice heavy shipping. $6.80fi6.90; butch ers. $6.75 fit 6.83; light mixed, $6.45 'n 0.60; choice light, $0.60 ft 6.65 ; packing. $6.60 fi 6.75: pigs. $5.25(3) 0.25; bulk of sales, $6.656.80. Sheep Market steady to 10c. low er; sheep, 837i6.40; lambs, 868; yearlings, 86.601 7.25. Xi-w York. Dressed beef slow at 8 fi 10c. for common to choice native H des. Calve Market dull and unchang ed. Common to fair veals. 85 ft) 7.50; no barnyard calves. Drcrsjd calves weak; city dressed veals. 8 to !!l4; country dresied at 8W12Vi. Sheep and Lambs Feeling steady. Ordinary sheep. .84: ordinary to choice lambs at $7&8; culls at $ j.50. I'lttKburg, Pa. Cattle Supnly light; steady. Choice, $5.505.75, ;ir me. $6.30 6.50. Shtep Supply light; steady. Prime wethers. $5.80ff6; culls and com mon. $2.25 -ij 3.50; Iambi, $3.50 8; veal calves, $99.50. Hogs Receipts light; s'eady. Prime heavies, 87.25 i 7.30: medi ums. 87.15&7.20; hoavy Ycrker, $7.1 0 7.1 5; light Yorkers, $6.60 6.85; pigs, $6.106.30. KansaM City, Mo. -Market steed to 15c. lower. Top, $6.90; choice export and dressed beef s'eers, 86. Hi ft 6.90; fair to good. 85.25 4j .J0; Western steers. 81-80 It 6.60; Block ers and fee lers, 84 5.30; Fouthern iteors, 4.606.20; Southern cows, 8304.75; native oows, 82.75Q5.25; native heifers. 83.73?6; bulls, Z(J 4.75; calves. $4J7.50. Hogs Market 5o. lower. Top, $8.75; bulk or ealei, $6.40&'6.65: heavy. $6.60 iff 6 75; packers anl butchers, $6.400 6.63; light, $6. IS ffC.53; plus. $3.25 C 5.75.
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