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.
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|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.
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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
<f reat , er thttn that ot a °y living- pe
son. If you are sick, write and gel
her advioe; her address is Lnm. u.^
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fact no woman, man. boy or girl will fail to find in the list some article which wilt contribute to theTr, *7' ° 1
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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.