UOW LONG THE ROAD, ' Tilt woman-need is gone that made thy kiss My manna, and n heaven of thine even; J The patience-preaching yeura have made nie wiae. Till, in the woods and fields, the sturdy bliss , Of fellowship and work, I cene to miss The ihrohnincoche of thoseold ecstasies, fc-ave to remember with a wnn surprise, Eunietinies, how long the road that led to this. But to he sure that somewhere, strong and whole. Thou livent, striving, nolilo though beset, ilaster anniii of the essential soul, I doubted when my cruel wounds were wet This long my deepest, direst need of thee, O, once beloved! it is granted me. Charlotte Wilson, in Metropolitan Mag azine. fcVXM A CHARACTER SKETCH. By S. L. BENSUSAN. "I'm going to see Father William about repairs to his cottage, " said the agent, checking his dogcart. "Can I give you a lift?" I agreed that he could, and wo drove together. Father William met us by the gate. Ia one hand he ex hibited a rat that he had Just taken from the spring trap at the garden's end; the other hand nursed two fine lettuces. He responded to the agent's greeting, but Ignored mine, for I am in disgrace. "I've come about the repairs," said the agent, cheerfully. "An' well ye might," replied Fath er William, in acid and reproachful tone. "Sixty-five years I've lived 'ere an' pide me rent reg'lar, an' th' place tumbling" to pieces. I'm shamed on ye, an' no mistake. Do ye make . th' ole place fit f'r a man what's In years 'fore we gits another winter, f'r I feels th' cold, nn' that's a fact." "Well," said the agent, cheerfully, "we'll soon make things right for you, anyway." He took out his notebook. "To begin with, we'd better have the thatch stripped and put tiles or slates on," he suggested. "It's very ragged up there." "Do ye leave th' patch to bide where it be!" Interrupted Father William, sharply. "It ain't 'armed ye, as I'm aware. An' don't ye come brlngin' y'r nasty old tiles nor slates either, for I never couldn't abide they. Th' roof'll do, an' It's me what lives under it, an' pies for 'ut reg'lar." "Certainly, if you wish," replied the agent, crossing through the note In his book. "I don't want to ar rangetfor anything you don't want done. May I come inside? The pony Will stand quiet." "Do ye both come in," said Father William, depositing the rat on the top of the close-clipped hedge, that all who passed down the road might 6ee it. "I was jest a-comin' from plckin" up th' gre't ole rat out o' me trap, an' it's wery many on 'em I catches, an' notccly can't d3ny ut. There's fo!k3," he continued, after a brief pause to recover wind, "'there's folks what says, 'Do yo don't leave they traps 'bout y'r garden, Father William, 'cos they catches rr.e cogs. An' I say to sic'a ns they, 'It's the fault o' y'r doss, cr y'r gvc't fool of a boy what don't look tutor "em; it ain't no concern o' mine, an' I'll get me traps so Ions as there's a tasty gre't rat left.' " j.JThe old gsntleman's fierce little we're t?nt against we, but I made no sign. "Come in, both o' ye," he repeated. ?'l ain't got nothin' to 'ide an' nothin' to be shamed on. I'm open most all th' time to rlghtfor'ard men, an' wimmin, too, though I don't take much count o' they, an' that's the truth. Ye can look into me parlor an' into me garden an' see me wege bles growln', same as these lettuces what I've just cut and fine 'uns tbey be. There ain't no concealment 'bout me, an' never was." We entered the cottage. Certain ly the ceiling was black, and Father William had put hooks in every raft er and ' had hung household treas ures from them. Here was the frame of a butterfly-net, there was a piece of waterproof, and I saw scissors and gardening tools and a crook that looked twin brother to the one that brought the old man's shepherding staff to an end. The wall was deco rated with pictures from various il lustrated journals presented by me Ire m time to time and pasted over the piper. "Ceiling whitewashed?" queried the agent. " 'Taint likely'" snapped the right- forwar man. "I ain't goin' to 'aye all me things covered wi' lime-wash. I couldn't never abide that, an' I ain't goin' to." "Walls r papered?" said my com panion, successfully hiding a smile from the lawful tenant. "Ye shan't touch they walls, an' don't ye try ut," said Father William. "Like to scrape away all me pictures, I doubt, an' gi'e me suthln' what ain't as pretty. I'm s'prised on yo. Do ye leave me walls alone, an' see to th' t'other things what wants doin' up." "Well, let's go into the scullery and upstairs," suggested the agent; but before he could move more than a couple of steps in that direction Father William's hand anticipated him with surprising energy and barred the way. "Don't ye try ut!" he cried; and 'went on, with outsretched band and Cashing eyes, "Do ye keep where ye we, or go outside 'fore I makes ye." Ha sparred for wind. "Sixty yean an' more I've lived 'ere,' he cried, "an' pide trie rent,' mi' well ye knows ut. An' now ye oomi ere, an' want to walk .11 Jo'er 1 jw Vw,'nae as it b'lcBg to yti aa' 2 REPAIRS 2 Into me scullery an up Into me Bed room, an' that ye shan't. Do ye go y'r ways now, 'fore I takes me crook stick to ye. There ain't been no body in me bedroom this forty years, an' shan't be, nor in me scullery nei ther." "Cut, my good fellow, bow can I see to repairs if I don't see your rooms?" cried the agent. "Do ye don't call mo a good feller o' yourn," snapped Father William, "for I pies me rent an' b'longs to meself. An' don't ye ast mo to teach ye y'r business, for I 'on't do ut; I never come to ye to ast ye to teach me shepherdin'. An' ye couldn't ha' taught me if I 'ad, I doubt. I sent f'r ye to make me place fit an' right, not to rob me o' me thatch, an' spile me walls an' mess me ceilin', an' go a-spyin' in me scullery 'an we bed room. An' I'm telllu' ye to go quick, 'fore I " "Don't get excited, Father Will lam," said the agent, closing his book with a bang and picking np his hat. "I'm not going to stay. Good day." So saying, he turned to the door, mounted the dogcart and drove away. "An right glad I am ye're goin'," remarked Father William, following him into the road. 'Th' fool," he added, as the agent drove off. "Fan cy slch as 'e earnin' a good Hvln'! Lord," he concluded, turning to me, "seems now I'm In me nineties there ain't nothin' but fools ia th' parish. 'Copt rogues," he added, as an after thought, glancing to where my hedge screened the garden. London Sketch. MARKETING WESTERN FIUTT. Shipments Directed by Wire to Point of Greatest Demand. Until 1893 California fruits were sold through commission merchants, to whom the Individual growers con signed their entire crop. The ex pense for transportation and the keen competition, as well as the immense outlay for commissions, resulted in a number of the large growers of, Cali fornia organizing the Southern Cali fornia Fruit Growers' Exchange. Since 1893 this ha3 been reorgan ized several times, but it is still In existence under the title of the Cali fornia Fruit Exchange. It Is co-operative and has only a nominal capital stock. According to Moody's Maga zine, it performs every duty for the growers belonging to it from the time they bring their harvest to the packing house until they get their crop money. It takes complete control, grading, packing, stripping, finding buyers and selling, so that Its members do nothing but the agricultural part. Its representatives throughout the dis tricts raceive and receipt for the wagon loads, and the horticulturist goes home to attend to his orchards and wait for his check. The chief competitor cf theCaliforniaExchange is California Citrus Union. Ey the present method of market ing fruit daily wire reports on the condition and whereabouts of every shipment are sent tp Lcs Angele3. Like a train despatcher the manager at headquarters guides every car from the side tracks in the orchards over the branch lines and the trunk lines. He has the power to divert shipments into the most available markets. Hundreds of cars leave California daily with only a general destination, and these cars must be sent to the point of greatest demand. It through his wire reports the manager finds that New York is receiving too much fruit, that there Is danger of a break in the pric, he diverts a p,art of the New York shipment to Philadelphia or Ealtimore or Pittsburg. He must see to it that every dis trict has enough fruit, but not toe much. He must keep the market even. He must get the top prices and yet sell all his fruit. He mart figure against changes in the weath er in each district and agalnLt compe tition frccn Florida, Europe and other California shippers. Fisherman's Luck. "Perhaps my most amusing flailing experience in Italy was during a week In Naples," says the author, of "The Salt of My Life," end gives the story ia these words: "Toward Bunset one afternoon I was strolling toward my hotel along the parade, when I came across a ragged sportsman angling with a very long bamboo from the pavement. He looked a merry Bight, and I seated myself on the parapet beside him. We were soon deep in as comfortable a conversation as is attainable be tween broken Tuscan and pure Nea politan. We discussed rods, and I asked him to let me feel the weight of his, which must have been thirty feet long. With native courtesy he handed it to m? as' If it were mine, and no sooner was it in my. hands than down went the top, and I was in a good fish, which circled in vain ou the unyielding line, and I soon raised a Wack sea-bream of probably three pounds. "Of a certainty none of his other fish weighed more than as many ounces. He was too amazed to do more than stammer his thanks, and as I turned away I fancy that he crossed himself, regarding the blac': bream as the fruit of black magic." Change in Bill of Fare. - "The bill of fare for Sunday dinner will be shredded chicken, instead of baked chicken," announced the old farmer to the group of city boarders, "H'm!. grunted one pessimist. "what caused the change?" "What caused the change? Why, by heck, one of them thar racing eu-, tomobiiee just ran through my whole floalc cf poultry. Chicago Dall NWS, . :ouc:iicId flatten.: aieaiitilttiiliaoi Salads. The use cf salads prepared from tender plants nnd vegetables is to be encouraged, as tender vegetables are among the most healthful foods to be hnd. While they may not be very nourishing in themselves, they contain salts, which nro very excel lent correctives, and theso salts are, In many cases, changed or destroyed in cooking. Salads made of raw veg etables contain an alkaline Bait which is of the greatest value in all skin disease. Such foods are appetizing, and the oils used with them are nour ishing if not killed by too much vine gar, pepper, and like seasonings. Green foods are excellent for closged liver. The Commoner. Saving in the Kitchen. It has often been remarked that what is thrown into the garbage can in our rich country would feed all the poor. I have seen this proved many a time, and it is not the well-to-do, but those who ought to econo mlze who either know not how to utilize, instead of throwing away things or are too lazy to do so. There are half-loaves of white bread what a number of good dishes could be made from them if people knew how good this bread Is when dipped in water and put back into tho oven for a little while; and why do we have anything like cracker dust when we can have fine grated bread? Just a few creamed potatoes and a few peas left, "not worth saving" but they make a delicious saup. Harper's Bazar. Caring For Men's Clothes. ' There is no cleaning fluid that I have ever had any experience with that equals gasoline as a clothes cleaner, but it is very explosive and care should be taken not to use it near a fire or light. The Bafest way Is to use It in the open air. To avoid the unsightly circle that often ap pears when a grease Bpot has been removed, tho cloth should bo rubbed lengthwise and with tho weave, and the rubbing should be continued un til the cloth Is perfectly dry. Honey, molasse3 or any sticky substance may he removed by rubbing with slightly diluted alcohol. A coat, vest or pair of pants that are not much soiled, will come out of a good gasoline bath looking almost liko new. First, brush and shake the garment until It seems perfectly free of dust; then remove the spots and put tho gar ment In a bucket nnd pour enough gasoline over it to saturate It thor oughly, then cover the bucket to keep the fluid from evaporating, and leave it for two hours. Press and squeeze as much of the fluid out as possible, then haug tho garment over the line, and it will need no ironing. When a garment is much soiled, tho best way to get it clean ngala is to remove the spots nnd wash the garment through a strong suds to which a ttiblespoonful cf bora:: ha3 been add ed, and a little of the borax should be added to tho rinsing water, as It will not only Boften the water, but will brighten tho color of the goods. The buttons should bo removed and the buttonholes basted together be fore washing, and if the sleeves and pant legs are worn around the edges, rip out the homs and turn them up far enough to conceal the worn part, and run skirt bVald on the under neath side, and the garment will look much nicer when finished. Florida Agriculturist. Graham Pudding One heaping cup of graham flour, one-half cup of molasses, two-thirds cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one cup of chopped raisins, a littlo salt. Steam one hour and serve. Cheap Sponge Cake Threo eggs beaten lightly, ono cupful sugar, one cupful fiour.'one teaspoonful cream tartar, half teaspoonful soda . dis solved in one tablespoonf ul warn wa ter. Duchesses Take mashed potato, work into it a little butter, a gill of cream, the yolk of an egg, pepper, salt and chopped parsley; make Into small cakes, which should be lightly handled, rolled in flour and tried a delicate brown In hot butter. Grilled Muffins Put buttered muf fin ring3 on a hot greasad gridtile. Fill one-half lull with raised muilin mixture and cook clowly until well risen and browned underneath; turn mu!lins and rings and brown thu other side. This is a convenient way of cooking muffins when oven is not in condition for baking. Southern Rice I'.read Beat two eggs without separating u'hfil very light; add a pint and a half of milk; mix, add ono tablespoonful of melted butter, one pint cf white corn meal, half a pint of cold boiled rice, a tea spoonful cf salt, then beat thorough ly for about three minutes; add two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and beat quickly until thoroughly blended. Grease three jelly cake tins, turn In the mixture and bako in a quick oven for thirty minutes. There are within thirty miles oi New York City t about 8540 new dwellings under construction, in which resident of the city will live oa Uielr completion. Aiding Storage of Coal. At the solicitation of some western railroads the Interstate Commerce Commission sanctioned a reduction of 25 cents on coal shipped In certain parts of the west during the months of July and August. This action Is for the purpose of encouraging the shipment nnd storage of coal during the period when the greatest number of cars are available for the purpose, rather than later, when the demand fur cara Is greater than the sup ply. Many Species of Mosquito. Tho mosquito family is a Inrga one, as might be suspected. The department' experts have captured, Identl.led and classified no less thnn 125 different species. In addition to the slnion pure mosquito there are any number of counterfeits. Scores of them nre bo closely allied to the real thing in looks, buzz and other characteristics ns to be mistaken by tho amateur as a member of the original family. ' B7 THE "1KLL-OU" MAM And One of Ills Wuys. To call a man a liar seems rude, so we will let the reader select his own terra. Some time ago the Manager of "Collier's Weekly" got very cross with us because we would not con tinue to advertise In his paper. We have occasioually been at tacked by editors who have tried to force us to advertise In their papers at their own prices, and, on their own conditions, falling in which we were to be attacked through their editorial columns. Tho reader can fit a name to that tribe. We hnd understood that the editor of "Collier's" was a wild cat of the Sinclair "Jungle bungle" type, a per son with curdled gray matter, but It Beems strange that the owners would descend to using their editorial col umns, yellow as they are, for such rank out nnd out falsehoods as ap pear In their issue of July 27th, where the editor goes out of his way to attack us, and the reason will ap pear tolerably clear to any reader ivho understands the venom behind it. We quote in part as follows: "One vldely circulated paragraph labors to induce the impression that Grape-Nuts will obviate the necessity nf an operation in appendicitis. This is lying, nnd, potentially, deadly ly ing. Similarly, Postum continually makes reference to the endorsements of a 'distinguished physician' or 'a prominent health official,' persons as mythical, doubtless, as '.hey are mys terious." Wo do not hesitate to reproduce these mendacious falsehoods In order that it may be made clear to the pub lic what the tacts are, nnd to nail the liar up 30 that people may have a look at him. If this poor clown knew what produced appendicitis, ho might have some knowledge of why the UBe of Grape-NutB would prevent it. Let It be understood that appendicitis results from long continued disturb ance in the intestines, caused primar ily by undigested food, and chiefly by undigested starchy food, Buch as white bread, potatoes, rice, partly cooked cereals, and such. These lie In the warmth nnd moisture of the bowels In an undigested state, and decay, generating gases, and irritat ing the mucous surfaces until, under such conditions, the lower yp'rt of the colon and the appendix become in volved. Disease sets up, and fre quently, of a form knowu as appendi citis. Now then, Grape-Nuts food was made by Mr. C. W. Po3t. after he had an attack of appendicitis, and re quired some food in which the starch was predlgested. No such food ex isted; froni-lila knowledge of dietetics he perfected the food; made it pri marily for his own use, and after wards introduced it to tho public. In this food the starch is transformed by moisture nnd long-time cooking into a form of sugar, which Is easily digested and does not decay In the Intestlne3. It Is a practical certainty that when a man has approaching symptoms of appendicitis, the attack can be avoided by discontinuing all food except Grape-Nuts, and ty prop erly washing out. the intestines. Most physicians are now acquainted with the facts, and will verify the statement. Of course, this Is all news, and should be an education to the person who writes the editorials for "Col lier's," and who should take at least some training before ho undertakes to write for the public. Now as to the references to "a dis tinguished physician" or "a promi nent health official" being "mythical persons." We are here to wager "Collier's Weekly," or any other skeptic or liar, any amount of money they care to name, nnd which they will cover, that we will produce proof to any Hoard of Investigators that we have never yet published un adver tisement announcing the opinion ol a prominent physiciau or health official on Tostum or Grape-Nuts, when we did not have the actual letter In nur possession. It can be easily understood Hint many prom inent physicians dislike to have tbelr names made public. In reference to any article whatsoever; they hava their own reasons, and we respect those reasons, but we never make mention of endorsements unless we have the actual endorsement, and that statement we will back with any amount of money called for. , When a Journal wilfully prostitute its columns, to try and harm a repu table manufacturer in an effort ' force him to advertise, it is time the public knew the fact. The owner or editor of Collier's Weekly can not force money from us by such method. POSTUM CEREAL CO., Ltd. Nov York City, Tho simple tail ored uhlrt walt 1111 u plnco In the v.ardrobo that nothing else supplies, and Is consequently always in de mand. Here Is one of the latest mod els that is smart in the extreme, and which allows a choice of two styles of collar and sleeves. In this Instance It Is made of white linen with large pearl buttons as finlHh and 13 worn with a separate turn-over collar. But it can be cut out slightly at the neck and finished with a collar of tho ma terial as shown in the small view, and it can be made with elbow sleeves so that there are practically two waists In one. Linen, mudras, and, indeed, all the washable walst Ings, and also such materials cs taf feta, pongee and light-weight wool- ous nro appropriate. Tho tucks are arranged to givo exceptionally be coming lines to the figuro and the double - breanted Oucct Is distinctly novol. Tho waist Is niado with fronts nnd bncic and Is laid In Iv.e'.iu that aro stitched for Its entire loasih. it enn bo closed by means of button and buttonholes or UivleiUly us Kku.l, but In either cane' the two rows of buttojis nro used on the front, Tho sleeves aro gathered ut upper and lowor edgeu and the long ones aro EnbVawl with regulation cuffs, the abort ono with cuffs of tho turn-ovor sort. Tho quantity of material required for the medium slzo Is three and Crowning Mudni'Ms, Hugs veils and feathers continue to bo choacn by ultra fashionables, A well-known octreaa in Paris, who now and then takes this town by storm with her smart arousing, ap peared recently in a hat bearing a plume nearly a yard long and a veil that not only oovercd head and shoul ders, but foil nearly to the bottom f the skirt 'In the back. A tell mutt bo fresh and wbol. Mm w ' ''" ' seveu-olghth yards twenty-soven, thrco and a hull yards thirty-two or two and a quarter yards forty-four Incho wide. Nine-Go-ed Skirt. The plain nfae-gored skirt Is al ways a desirable one. It never really goes out of style, the many seama mean satisfactory fit and good lines, while it Is nlways a desirable model for washable materials, as' it laun ders with Blngulnr success. Again, the very fact of its simplicity makes it possible to use trimming of many sorts. Here Is a very satisfactory model that, ns Illustrated, is made of dotted linen with trimming of linen, braid and whicfe is entirely satisfac tory. It could, however be utilized for every possible skirting material while the trimming can be varied ia nn indefinite number of ways. Straight bands of heavy lace inset are much used on washable fabrics, while for the pongees, silks, voile and the like bands of graduated width of con trasting material are much in vogue and there are countless bandings that can be applied to suit Individual taste. The skirt Is made in nine gores and is laid in Inverted pleats at the back. It Is perforated for walking; length and consequently suits both) tho street and Indoor gowns. The quantity of material required for the medium size is eleven yard3 twenty-seven, flvo and three-quarter yards forty-four or five yard3 fifty two inches wide if material has figure or nap; seven yards twenty-seven, four and a quarter yards forty-four or fifty-two inchca wldo if it ha3 not. bright Illuo in l'ai-K A groat many bright blue gowns are being worn in Paris now. Ouj of the new features of white blouses is a scarf of the same material as the skirt put carelessly around tho collar and knotted loosely. It la usually made of Liberty Batin. Veils Mny lie. .Washable. Unless reckless expenditure he n Order veils should be chosen with m view to washing. ' '
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