BURIED THOUGHTS. How often does the chopper of soni stone, While toilirig at his task of heave and shock, Find in the heart-space of a severed rock The impress of some fern that once had grown, Full of aspiring life and color-tone, Deep in the forest where the shadows flock. Till, caught within the adamantine block, It lay for ages hidden and unknown! *>o many a bcautious thought blooms in the mind, But, unexpressed, droops down into the soul Anil lies unuttered in the silence there Until some opener of the soul shall find That fern-like, fossiled-dream, complete and whole. And marvel at its beauty past compare! —Alfred S. Donaldson in the Outlook. | A | |LOVER'S QUARREL.! 1 By Mabol QuiUer-Couch. t ♦ * Bob Jamieson stamped around his room, dropped his favorite pipe, said something untranslatable, and picked tip his cap. He paused for want of breath, hi 3 eyes flashing, his nostrils dilating— with calm contempt, It is to be sup posed. "No, my dear Dolly, I daresay you will be expecting me to come and apol ogize, and implore you to come out on the river with me, but you'll have to send for me first." With which noble display of inde pendence Robert Jamieson flung out of his room and down to the river, metaphorically patting himself on the way, and all the time dreading the blank in his life which he would feel as soon as his rage should cool down. Dolly Parsons put on her prettiest white frock and a picturesque sun hat. "If Mr. Jamieson calls, tell him I am out," she said to the maid. "I am going on the river." She told herself this last piece of in formation was for the benefit of the servant, in case she required to know. "When he comes and finds me gone, he will be furious. I wnl take my ca noe and stay out till quite late. I'd love to frighten him thoroughly." Miss Parsons' bright brown eyes flashed a little. A faint flush appeared on her pretty cheeks—it was a flush of anger, but it was eminently be coming. She looked maddeningly pret ty as she sat in her canoe and paddled away up stream. It was a glorious af ternoon, and the river was looking its best; but Dolly Parsons' eyes wore not filled with appreciation of the beamy around her. She repeated to herself again and again the horrid things Bob had said. "No, she would not forgive him for a long time; it would not do; the cir cumstances were too aggravated. He would be coming back expecting her to forgive everything—some girls might be so silly, but he would find she was made of different stuff." And all the time she knew that she dared not let her anger cool, for a horrid, absorbing pain would fill her heart at once, and a wretched feeling of loneliness and depression, and she hated to be unhappy. She paddled on and on, until tho oth er boats were all left behind. She Was very tired, but she would not stop. Her mind was made up on one point; she would frighten Bob Jamieson into an appreciation of her worth. It was almost twilight when she turned to go home; the river seemed to her to have suddenly become lonely and depressing; the sun had gone down and a chill wind had sprung up. Dolly paddled fast and splashed the water over her pretty frock, and grow cross and miserable. She had quite ex pected Boh would have followed her to "make it up"; she had decided how long she would keep him in suspense, and how, at last, to forgive him. A clock in the distance struck 7. Dolly paddled faster and faster, though she was so tired she hardly knew how to go on. She looked anxiously along, when swiftly around the bend she had just cleared shot another boat, close in her wake. It came so swiftly it was almost on her before the sound of the oars made her glance up; it came so close that her cry to "look ahead!" came too late. She screamed with alarm and missed her stroke. The man in the other boat looked around with annoyance written on every feature, and then, before he could back water, the impetus of his v last stroke brought the nose of his boat with a crash into the stern of her canoe, which filled and sank instantly. "Bob! Bob! Bob! Help!" But. before the cry was past her lips Dolly had r gone under. "Great Scott! It's Dolly!" In a second Bob had sprung into the water after her. A stupefied face rose above the surface and two hands strug gling wildly to clutch something; then she sank again. In desperation Bob made a wild plunge at the spot where she had gone down, and this time caught A bit of her sleeve. It was barely enough to support her by, but having got a hold he made the most of it, and managed to keep her up until he could grasp lier firmly, then by de grees he drew her to the bank, and in time managed to lift her into his boat, which fortunately had drifted to the bank. She was conscious again by that time, and he laid her in the boat and wrapped his coat about her. She was not really hurt, only overcome with the shock and weariness; hut she looked a very piteous and forlorn lit tle creature as she lay shivering in the bow while Bob pulled as quickly as he could to the boathouse. In spite, though, of her plight, her spoiled clothes and general discomfort, she did not feel as depressed as she had done before the plunge, nor did the world seem so utterly devoid of happiness. "Bob." she said, after silently watching him for some moments, "Bob—why were you up the river so late?" "Why were you?" answered Boh, not without embarrassment. "Will you tell me if I tell jou?" "Yes," he said, his color heighten ing. "Well, 1 was angry with you, and I wanted to —frighten you." "You carried your scheme to perfec tion, dear." "But Bob, I didn't —oh, Bob," in a great state of consternation, "you can't think I fell in on purpose?" "No, dear; I am quite convinced of that." Dolly looked at him thoughtfully for a moment. "Bob," she said severely, "what do you mean?" "Well," he answered with convic tion, "young women don't put on their prettiest dress when they contemplate a dive." Doily had the grace to blush. "My poor dress!" she said dolefully; "and I was looking so nice when I started," she added regretfully. "I must be a fearful fright now, though," with sud den consciousness. "Am I, Boh? Do I look very dreadful?" "I have seen you looking better, darling." Dolly's brow puckered again. "Now tell me why you were up hero so late." Bob did not answer; he seemed deeply intereseted in something on tho bank. —American Queen. THE TIME-HONORED BUCKWHEAT. I'aMinß of the l-'avorite Cake by Iteanon of Adulterated Flour. "The time-honored and historic buckwheat cake is not what it used to be, and each year the demand for the cake of our daddies is growing less," said the manager of one of Washington's busy lunch rooms to a Star reporter. "Most of the orders we receive for cakes are for wheat cakes. Once upon a time it was the buckwheat cake that had the call ten to one. Now the expressive order of 'one up' means three circular layers of wheat batter on the griddle. If the batter is to come out of the buckwheat pitcher it's 'one buckwheat.' "And it's going out of family use, too, very extensively. Why? Because of the discovery by unscrupulous mill ers that bran and the by-products of the mill, which are practically com mercially worthless as compared with the genuine flour make a good 'filler' and are rapid money makers to the dealers who practice the deception. "The result is that there Is com paratively little genuine buckwheat flour sold! that Is, absolutely pure, be cause it is so very easy to adulterate without detection. The public, how ever, after years of submission, found that there was something wrong with its buckwheat cakes as to the taste, and, once the discovers- was made, the flour was gradually discarded as a product of regular use. The demand falling ofT, the farmer lessened his acreage, the miller increased his pro portion of bran and the man who used to eat buckwheat cakes every morning for breakfast spread his maple syrup upon tho baked surface of some other kind of flour. "My observations on the adultora tion of buckwheat flour are called up by reason of the fight The Star has made in Washington for pure foods and breadstuiTs. Tho public, in pay ing full price demanded by producers, is entitled to purchase precisely what it asks for. Of course, all dealers are not dishonest, but in the case in point if one miller in 10 adulterates his flour all of his patrons are the sufferers. "It Is hut equitable that stringent laws be passed for the preservation of the purity of what we eat, and these acts should be as strictly enforced and the guilty made to make amends. There was a time when nearly every farmer liad his patch of buckwheat, but one rarely sees now fields of the beautiful white blossoms which this wheat produces when in flower. Pure buckwheat flour made into cakes has a peculiar and attractive flavor, which is destroyed by the addition of cheap, non-nutritive, tasteless bran." The first t llineso Regiment. The Ist Chinese regiment is doing well at Wei-Hai-Wei under Colonel Bow jr. There are now some 350 re cruits with the colors, and their pro gress in drill nnd discipline is emi nently satisfactory. They liad their first sham fight a week or two ago against marines and bluejackets, and surprised evervbody by their steadiness. The chief difficulties hitherto have been those of desertion and language. The pay is remarkably liberal for Chi na—sß a month —and as every cent is paid punctually without abatement (an unheard of tiling in the Chinese mili tary service) recruits have been so abundant that the officers were able to exercise rigid selection. The phy sique ol' the battalion is consequently very fine. Cliiefly Uneful to ImprvM the Neighbor.. She—Have you any strawberries? Dealer—Yes'm. Here they are, $1.50 per box. She Goodness! They're miseiable j looking, and so green. Dealer—l know, ma'am, hut there | ain't enough in a box to do you any I harm.—Philadelphia Press. §X f M VUJS'-y --i I'laln Tone Vrlonrs. Plain tone velours lined with silk, with a small silk ball fringe for an edge finish, are steadily growing i> favor for portieres. Care of tlie Tootli llrush. One's tooth brush should be steri lized after each of its daily usings. A solution of farntalin is said to be best, one-half of one pecent or even a bit stronger. Listerine and alcohol will answer and a solution of salt and water is better than nothing. The sol ution should be kept In a small, tight ly covered glass, and after the brush has been In some minutes It should be taken out and wiped with a towel and put in a dry, and, if possible, sunny place, to dry. Vlow to Wash Corsets. To keep a pair of corsets perfectly fresh and clean they should be washed every two or three weeks. The opera lon is simple and will not Injure the shape or cut. Make warm suds Into which a few drops of ammonia have been put. Spread the corset on a flat table, taking out the laces, but not the bones and steels. Scrub it with a clean brush and hot suds, then rinse quickly in clear, warm water. Lay flat on a hoard in the sun or near the fire so that it may dry quickly. Do not iron. The Care of tlie I.nnsps. The care and cleaning of lamps is a point that deserves great attention from every housewife. Besides the daily care, all lamps should be thor oughly cleaned at least once in three months; the reservoirs and burners must be boiled in soda and water; dry before the fire, and then carefully brush to free them from all dirt. The cloth used for the daily dusting and trimming of the lamps should be re newed frequently, and to insure a good and steady flame the wicks should never be cut, but rubbed with soft paper until all the charred part Is re moved. When the lamps are not in use the wick should be kept turned down, as if this 1b not done the oil is liable to ooze up between the collar and the burner, making the lamps greasy and causing an offensive smell. If lamps are put aside altogether the oil should be empted out and the wicks removed. A pinch of salt or camphor dropped into the body of a lamp will cause it to burn very brightly. The Way to Soften Hard Water. "When water is made hard by car bonate of lime It may be softened by the use of quick lime, sal-soda or am monia," writes Maria Parloa in the Ladies' Home Journal. "When there is time to allow the water to settle the lime Is the best agent. To soften with tho lime have the water in a large tank or hogshead. Pour enough water on the quick-lime to slake It. When it falls to powder add enough water to make a thin cream and then stir into the water In the tank. Use one ounce of lime for every 40 gal lons of water. Do not let any undis solved lime go into the water. Allow the water to stand for 12 hours. For softening with soda, dissolve a pound of sal-soda in one quart of boiling water and when cold bottle It. Add a gill of this liquid soda to about 20 gal lons of water. Water that is discol ored by the soli, as Is so often the case after a heavy rain or when the water pipes are being repaired, should bo strained through Canton flannel." JgkSfeC/SE/fC 49 Ginger Pudding—Mix together four ounces flnely-shred suet, half a pound of sifted flour, four ounces moist sugar, and a good teaspoonful of ground ginger; mix it all dry, then boil for three hours in a well-buttered basin, and serve with white wine sauce. Sweet Corn in Baskets—To a pint of corn and pulp add a quarter-cup of water and a half saltspoonful of salt and cook 10 minutes, stirring often; add two shakes of pepper, a table spoonful of butter and one-half cup of cream. Let boil and fill six shredded wheat biscuits which have been dug out to a basket shape. -Sot for one minute in a hot oven and serve. Apple Pancake—Make a plain, thin batter of eggs, flour and milk, and pour into a big buttered frying pan, hot enough to begin the baking at once. As soon as the batter spreads out, cover with a layer of stewed apples, not too juicy, and dredge with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Put the pan into a hot oven and hake for eight or 10 minutes, or until well done. Cut the cake into triangular pieces and serve hot. Rich Ice Cream—One quart of cream, four eggs, one cup of sugar, flavor. Heat the cream over hot water, beat the yolks of the eggs well, add the sugar, and beat again. Beat the whites stiff, add to the yolks and sugar, and beat all together. Pour into the .hot cream. Turn into the double boiler and cook, stirring con stantly. When the mixture is like cus tard and the foam has disappeared, strain, add the flavoring, and freeze] HELP FOR WOMEN WHO ABE ALWAYS TIRED. 44 1 do not feel rery well, lam so tired all the time. Ido not know what U the matter with me." You hear these words every day; as often as you meet your friends just so often are these words repeated. More than likely you speak the same signifi cant words yourself, and no doubt you do feel far from well most of the time. Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis., whose portrait we publish, writes that she suffered for two years with bear ing-down pains, headache, backache, and had all kinds of miserable feelings, all of whieh was caused by falling and inflammation of the womb, and aftci doctoring with physicians and numer ous medicines she was entirely cured by Mas. Ella Ricb Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. If you are troubled with pains, fainting spells, depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere, headache backache, and always tired, please re member that there is an absolute remedy which will relieve you of your suffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Proof is monumental that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound is the greatest medicine for suffering women. Ao other medicine has made the cures that it has, and no other woman haa helped so many women by direct advice as has Mrs Pinkham ; her experience Ever troubles, gout and I ** Cures Constipation! 1 Take one-half glassful on arising in the morning and <£ you will feel the remarkable effects In half an hour. 9 V ASKS'-- I rook-"•, S At * A " liunyadi Janos." | ** Centre Panel. $ A LUXUKY WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL! | MY PICTURE—I HcWi'Vf i-iora Ooffee. Wmrni ~^rzrzr— £ '• - on every package before purchasing. I T!lat tesls you that if is g3niiiß3 ' and n3t a g,azsd coffeß " • V \ ( \jN / \\ If not at your grocer's try another store. I a. < Nt / I] All leading stores keep it. v JLJ) LIO Pi GCilbiF E§£ | Watch our next advertisement.' is now the leader of them all, ,';1 and is used in millions of homes. >! " —— —■© . & In every package of HON COFFEE you will find a fully illustrated and descriptive list No housel™ . *' fact no woman, man. boy or girl will fail to find in the list some article which wilt contribute to theTr, *7' ° 1 comfort and convenience, and which they may have by simply cutting out a certain numbed o/lL I S P T*' 1 tho wrappers of our ono pound sealed packages (which is the only form in which ttal"nfcofiee I WOOLSON EPICG CO.. TOLEDO, OHIO. Poultney Bigelow, when he lectured recently in London, says the Daily Mail, on "The Yankee as a Colonist" did not appear to think much of him in that ca pacity. He criticised the kind of man who was sent out to do the administra tive work. He did not think it followed that because a politician got votes foi his party in New York he was the best person to take charge of the postoffice at Havana. England had built up het greatness through sending out the very best men. who went to do nothing but their duty, and were rewarded for doing it. America was learning a lesson we learned some time ago. Mr. Bigelow opined that the Bible was the text book of colonization and missionaries were useful adjuncts. There Is a Clan of People Who aro injured by tho use of coffee. Recently thero haa been placed in aU tho grocery H torsi a new preparation callesl Gbain-O, made ol pnro grains, that takes tho place of coffoe The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee It does not cost over %as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 25 ots per package. Try it. Ask for Guain-O. In consequence of the increasing num ber of cases of chronic malaria in the neighborhood of Moscow, Professor Zograf made investigations of a most searching character, and he confirms the opinion of the English scientists that the disease is communicated by a cer tain kind of mosquito. Try firatu-OI Try crsln-ni Ask your grocer to-day to show you a pack age of Ghais-O, the now food drink that tokei tho plaoe of coffee. The children may drink it without injury ae well oa the adult. All who tr* it. like it. Qrain-0 has that rich Real blown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pur k rains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. % the price of coffee. lo and 25c. per package. Sold by all grocers. Electrocution has been violently at tacked by the Electric Review on the ground of cruelty. The Review holds that shooting, garroting, hanging, the guillotine, harikari and beheading by the sword are all humane compared with the mutilations and sickening prepara tions for an electrical execution. Nature's Itleilicine, Nature is the best physician : Take the great, herb euro for headaches and nervousness-- Garfield Headache Powders. A Lake Worlh Owning. J The lake of asphalt in Venezuela over which two American syndicates are a possession worth fight j ing for. The supply is inexhaustible, and the lake, as described by one who | has seen it. is a huge, black sea of wealth, stretching out as far as the eye can reach. The excavations fill up as iiapidly as the workmen leave them, and I no amount of reasonable work in tak ing out asphalt can produce a visible diminution of tile supply. It is a well of wealth that never overflows and is always filled to the brim. Its upcoming is wrapped in mystery, its birth time is unknown. It is impossible to estimate its actual value as a merchantable com modity.. and to say at hazard that it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars is not putting the figure too high.—Bal timore Sun. Waffle is from wafel, a word of Teu tonic origin, meaning honeycomb. I James J. Hill, Railroad King. The new "Railroad King" in Wall t street is Mr. James J. Hill, of St. Paul, and the continent at large, who came i over the Canadian frontier a friendless, moneyless boy 40 years ago, and is now I one of the unofficial sovereigns of his [ adopted country. Mr. Hill didn't try his prentice hand on building a pyramid I or making a dictionary; he constructed a trans-continental railway system, and he still bristles with hair and energy. The bearded strong men of the earlier generations who pierced forests, tunnel ed mountains and made flower gardens in deserts have almost disappeared. The constructive era is over in rail roads. But Mr. Hill, almost the last %>t the great railroad builders, now that Collis P. Huntington Is dead, is just as apt, it seems, at combination, as at con struction. A charming talker, this little 1 giant of the Northwest, when he find 9 1 the time. The magnificent farms along ' the Red river valley which contribute , a great grain traffic to Mr. Hill's Great , Northern road were originally stocked with blooded horses and cattle, which "Jim" Hill, as the people out there call him. imported at his own expense for their benefit. Now he is reaping his | reward, and the people there are glad ; of it.—Harper's Weekly. Mexico and Its Red Men. ► The Mexicans have treated their In ' dian problem much more broadly and generously than we have done. Not withstanding all the cruelty of the con querors, who red.ced the natives to pe onage in order to work their mines, the church made many heroic efforts to better their condition. One of the mas terpieces of modern art treasured at the Mexican capital is entitled "Las Casas Protecting the Indians." It was painted by a student of the Mexican School ol Art. There are but three figures of life size—Las Casas is standing over the j prostrate form of an Indian who has ; been slain; an Indian woman is cling ' ing to his knee for protection. The ; priest, who stands in front of an Azter temple, is menacing the assailants with 1 the cress.—Lippincoft's Magazine. Deaths of children, under 5 years of age in Boston last year were ,{2.14 per cent, of the total mortality. England has captured the major part f the trade of Ecuador. tane'i Family TOcdlclne tfoves tho bowels each clay. In ordor to >0 healthy this is necessary." Acts gently 011* ho liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. , I Pricvt 25 and 50 AAnia. We have in America two great States, the areas of which have probably neve, ; been traversed. These are Maine in the North and Texas in the South, when immense treasures in woods, minerals, game and other articles of substantial profit are worth all the sentiment in spired by practically valueless expedi' tions to frigid zones. [Congklnf liCail* to Consmnptlon* Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once, Qo to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottlo freo. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at onoe, delays are dangerous. The schools of Vienna are to have medical attention. There the board of education is considering the appoint ment of a staff of medical school inspect tors. It is proposed that the duties rt these officials shall include periodical j inspection of the schools, which shall ! be more frequent during contagious epi i demies. Dyeing Is as simple as washing when yoft use PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Bold by all druggists. i Cultivating ordinary honey bees in a modern apartment house has been ac complished in Chicago. One enterpris ing individual has found that the bees keep just as busy storing away nectar in a house on the third floor as in a hol low tree in the woods. Drugs have their use, but don't store them In your stomach. Beoman's Popsin Gum | aids naturo to perform its functions. The greatest waterfall is Niagara, which sends over 32,000,000 tons of I water an hour.