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EUsabath aattf tho word ahonld al vsya to writtan with a capital F Uartto Socialod that erery letter that Mo the maklas of ao preclon. a I ■ tools to a capital, whereupon Kltxabeth faiaaed her aaecUonately. 1 * tbay faotfa Secured that no mailer > yoaaa misfat fartns them they kaap their tie of frlendihlp ad tra*. and lofty. ■AaS.- aald Martha, who waa the more ardent and ImacinaUre of th« two. "there are to be no eecreta be vweea na; not area tboujht eecreu.To which Elia hath agreed In an ah atraned manner which did not tjulte aatlafy tor friend. So Martha ang«ested that they dia^ np an asreement of eternal lore and loyalty to to solemnly signed by each of theaa. and when Elizabeth aald ahe ■Udot aee tha nae of anch a thing, htr friend bum into a atom of grief that unite took the leu Utenae girt off hei

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“Why. yon darling Martha." comforted Elizabeth. “Of courae, well write the row, and algn it I only meut that all the row» in the world couldn't make me truer to car friend •hlP. or more certain that I ahall always lore yon Jnat aa I do now." Whereupon Martha dried her tears, aad spent many weeka In the compoaitior of a vow of friendahJp which

I heard much of Martha and Elizabeth, ■at Quietly by white the former ex preeeed It ea her belief that friendahlp U the great eat thing In the world. The eon that will mend the test of setual self-denial U very me." aald The Wise Women. .^3 0DR FR1ESD TODAT IS OFTEN TOOK ENEMY TOMORROW. THERE FORE, NEVER TELL YOCR FRIEND WHAT YCU WOULD NOT WANT TOUR ENEMY TO KNOW." Martha Uttened ea one might Hat at

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Then, remembering Elizabeth, she abrnptly left the room. “She U young." remarked The Wise I'oman. “She will learn."

It came to pass that the personal intercats of the friends conflicted for the first time since. In that far away yesterday, they each signed the row of eternal krea and loyalty. They fall In leva with the same i For a time The Man. knowing the oaeneas of the tie which boned the two young women, was vary nice to both of them. Then It became apparent that he waa more interested in Martha, and after a little he asked her hand in

marriage.

And for the first time In her Ufa the girt. Martha, found It difficult to open the deepest chamber In her heart her friend. Instinctively, hugged her secret. It waa eo precious

would hare tract of the relluqutshmeet of all personal liberty than a promise of uady lag lore to *n outsider. But the document qut:e Mttiafled the friend* who considered It a masterpiece In its own way.

In the weeka and months that fol lowed confidences became almost an obsession with the flrL Martha. An Dtcrconsctons little eoul. ebo spent a deal of her time lr aelf-ezamlnatlon for fear that she would depart from the letter of her promise and hold back the admission of aome thought or action from Elizabeth. i The row waa taken less seriously by Elizabeth, upon whom friendship sat with lighter meaning•Zariba. In her frank and gfrilrt *'■ dor. would bare called her friend a traitor, had the known ttotatodld not share the deeper l-fa of Lllzabetb. FUaabetb would have aald lhat ahr merely protected a God giren right, an' »bvt the matter oi the vow was a silly thing, to which ah* xsteely to humor her friend.

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a thing—this matter of loving and being loved—that ahe did ao want to cherish It ter )ua' a little while against the buowledge of all tha world- But she remembered the vow the letter of which ahe bad kept for years, ao shyly ahe told Elizabeth that ahe and The Man were to be married. “and you have the audacity to tell is this, you sly mini!" hissed the life time friend of the girl. Martha. 'You're a perfect little aneak. that's what you are! You've enGccd him Into thla with your confiding little ways. Bat be doesn't know you as 1 He doesn't know you!" ahe cried, beside herself with rage and disappointment for the girl. Elizabeth, also loved The Man and wanted to be bla wife more than ahe wanted anything else In all the world.

Because of tha vow which Martha bad always kept to the letter, and which the wiser girl had Qjwavs set aside a* a mighty foolish sort of thing Elisabeth waa aa familiar with the weakneaaee of her friend aa ato waa with her own. 8be knew her aa ahe knew herself, lor in her interprets lion of the word friendship Martha uad always uncovered her very soul lor the other girl's Inspection. And. ao It waa that the confidences which the girl. Martha, had given in the sacicd name of friendship were made the property of all who cared bear them, and bounded back like omerangs to hurt her a ihauaard times with a hurt ec poignant that sometimes tbe injuries done tor scctnca more ihan she ccuid bear And Tbe Wise Woman snook her head gravely and remaned again that. „ loeg a* human nature U human nature. U wia never be ante to tell yoM dearest friend anything that you would nut want yew bitierent enemy “

nugar. Always lemon extract with a pinch of nutmeg for tha delicate cun tard. It kllla the egg flavor. Now. here U your secret, place it la a pan of boiling water in the oven, cover your baking dlah. bake it Just one kail hour in a warm but not toe hot oven Insert a silver knife in the middle at the cub lard. It U cornea out clean, the custard la done, otherwise the in gsedlenta stick to the knife. Of all the professional secrets hardest to obtain for the delicious mayonnaise this was the hardest. That unmistakable “tang." the tasty snap, though hidden with other condiments was found to be nothing else but cucumber. No, you oonlo not taste it tor it was blended with the mayonnaise. The encumber is grated for the purpose. Then, think ot It, the vinegar used. Ordinary vinegar? Yea, bn prepared with brown sugar, balled with spices and churned Into a wbltu foam with one-half its bnlk of cbve oil- For potato salad thla mayon-

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Have you seen the cucumber siloed, but in bait and deca nted with slices ot red radish? Very pretty. Score the rounded sides of the cucumber iatn one-clghih Inch sections, but do not ccl through the cucumber. Place the flat or cut aide of the cucumber on the dish, slice the red rad'shes, leaving in the red rim. Insert these slices ot radlebos between the silos of cu-

considered by best tor canning U not perfectly ripe they can be easily mellowed by wrapping them up in a woolen blanket, but they must be a little under rather than over-ripe for canning. To every quart Jar allow seven or eight medlum-eUed pears, a pint of water and one-fourth pound of sugar. Cut tbe fruit in halves, pare, core and threw at once water to prevent disco loratloi. Put the sugar and water first into a praeerv kettle and let heat slowly; whan remove It carefully, the sirup bolls tard add tha fruit and ooll all together from three to ten minutes. Put a cloth wet la cold water, around the Jsr when putting in tbe hot fruit. order to prevent breakage, aad further make cure against this by putting in a couple of pears and a little Juice a time. When tbe Jar Is full run a ver knife down tha sides of It to let out the air bubbles, and seal tightly while the fruit Is still hoc Canned pears should be kept la a cool, dark

Beckal pears, which may ba cat the same way, are best wben picked directly from the tree and canned at once. If too hard both they aad the Bartletts may be boiled for ten minor lees before putting them In the sirup.

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TO PREPARE -SPICED PLUMS

Dent Lose tha Pie juice. To keep the Juice !n tbe pie. Instead of using tbe cloth strips, which spoils tha edge of the pla anyway, have the bottom crust larger than the pan. Cut the apples into sections. Before ting them In, cover the bottom of the pastry with half the sugar. One cup ful of sugar to a good-elzed pie will not he too much If tbe applaa are sour. Lay sections of apples all around tbs •Jgo. Then fill In the middle Add the rest of the sugar. Roll out top crust to fit and My os. Wet edge al' around and turn np over top crust the surplus of the undei crust Press down with the fingers, then mark all around with a fork. Make a. bole in the top of the pie and wet sll over with cold water. The oven should be fairly hot tor the first It or SO minutes Then tho bsat may be reduced so that the apples may took thoroughly. It will take about 40 minutes to bake a goodelzed pie.

Marshmallow Pudding. Take two dozen marshmallow drops —•tale or fresh—and put them In tha bottom of a baking dlah. I'cur over itch cocoa, made as for bruakfnst ex cept for a thickening of corns larch; tut the dish on tbe atnve and bake for half an nour Then take It out. add a meringue and brown thU Serve cold Tbe cooking melts the marsh mallows, which glva tbe cocoa pud ding a moat delectable last*

Indian Huckleberry Pudding. Boil one quart of milk, remote from the stove and stir into it a small cup ful of Indian meui Wben cool add two well beaten eggs, two tableapooafuls of finely-chopped snet. one tablespoon ful of molasses, a pinch of salt and one ciart of huckleberries. FU1 a mold two-thirds fufi and steam three hours, a a five-pound lard pail. Use any e you care to make—Exchange.

Put a layer ot white bread crumbs In a baking dlah and then a layer of sliced cooking apples, and so on until the dlah la almost full Sprinkle each layer of apples with sugar and a little spire. If the taste is liked, and also mix small nuts of butter through the Uyaru. being sure to have some of the saaoning on top of the dlah Bake light bro-rn.

Butternut Fruit Cake. Two egga. one cupful brown sugar, one cupful sour cream, two tablcspooofuls molaaaea. one-fourth cupful butler, one cupful rboppvd raisins, one cupful chopped butternuts, one-half pound citron, cut very fins. IV* cup tula Hour one t.aapoonful soda, one teaapoontul each cinnamon, cluvee

Mashed Potatoes With Onions. To four or five cupfuls maahco potato add one cunful boiled rc'.onz minced to a pulp, cm Ubleepoonful butter, one ubleepoonful milk, eomc tab and r pper Beat lightly together and before ewlag bromn the lop tor a omsMot in the oven.

>uld Be Put Up With Sugar ana Vinegar and Condiments of Varioue Kinds.

Select seven pounds of damson plums; wipe them with a napkin, then prick each plum several times with needle and put them Into atrne Jar* Place a kettle with three and a bait pounds of augur and one pint of vinegar over the fire. Break one ounce ol cinnamon Into small pieces, add one tablespoonful ot whole eleves, tour bUdea of mare and one tablespoonful ot whole allspice. Sew these up muslin or cheesecloth bags and drop them into the vinegar Boll five min utnr, then pour the boiling ho( sirup over the plume. Cover and let stand until the next day. then drain oti the (trap and place it with the spire bags in n kettle over the fire. Boil ten minutes and pour It again over the fruit' Repeat thla once more tho day following. then lay tbe s lice bags on top of the fruit, close the Jar ana My a piece of paper over tbe top. Although they will keep In Jam. yet they will keep their color better If scaled in can* Grapes can be spired in 'he same manner.—Mother'* Magazine.

Orange Filling. Boll three-fourths cupful milk with s pinch sail, three tablespoonluls sugar and one-half UUespoonfut butter; mix one tableenoonful flour with one fourth cupful milk and at'r Into boll Ing milk. Contlrue tbe boiling tor few minutes, and remove from fire; add the Juice and grated rind of one orange and juice of halt a lemon ano yolks of three eggs. When cold spread between the twe cake My ere and dust the top of the cake with pow dered sugar.

Best Cutlets. Pot the beef through the chopper (aa for bamburg aleak), season wttf sage and pepper, moisten v lib c ream then mold tn cutlet form and uroll Serve with a brown sauce made oi brown Inc a slice of onion in two (able spoonful* of butter, adding a littlr salt, pepper and two tablespoonfuls o: stock. Boll until smooth, then add i hard-boiled egg. chopped In amal,

Baked flatter Pudding. Four egga. rolka and whites beater separately, oi.r pint of sweet mil) and two cupfuM of flour with salt to taste sifted with It. Mix tbe egg yolk* with the flour, pour ‘n the milk alowl> and then turn In tbe bretru white* or the eggs Hake 4b minutes and serve with a hard butler and sugar sauce seasoned with nutmeg or lemon oi

Peach Custard. Fill sundae gMaae* shunt a quar.er •nil of chopped peach and then nearlv to the top with soft custard Wben ready to serve cool each portion with sweetened \ hipped cream and Invert half of a chilled peach in the renter

A Gead Way to Clean Pans To clean pant that have scorched food adhering to them, sprinkle dry baking sous In them ana <et them stand for a while They then can to quickly aad readily cleaned.

(By J. KASTUB aad K. OHARA Hog cholera M the greatest me to seceessful hog raising. It M by tar the moat contagious and fatal of any of the diseases of swine. The disease M due to an ultra-microscopic Tire* which M present In the blood, the excreta and in tbe carcasses of all Infected animal* The Infection may be carried from Infected to healthy herds by

A trap which has been known to catch the rodent* by the dozen* U called the barrel trap. Procure n watertight barrel, put a rock In the bottom that will reach up about a foot high and pour In sufficient i to nearly cover the rock, leaving Just* the upper point sticking out. and It should be about large enough to a single rat. In place of the upper head, stretch a piece of very thick wrapping-paper over the top of tbe barrel and fasten It securely by means of the top hoop

Dampen the paper slightly with a moist sponge, and It will become tight when dry. Feed the rata on this paper head, with cheese-oaring* and ottor

Bing water, bird* dog*, from Infected source* and also on the aboes of parsons who have walked ot*t Infected area* We can only hope to cootrei. and ultimately eradicate hog cholera by honest conacientloi and painstaking efforts on the part of all farmers and hog raisers looking to the effective laotetlon of all animal* haring the disease, scrupulous cleanliness In the handling and care of hogs, disinfection of infeced premises, the burning of all carcasses of bogs that hava died of thla disease, proper care in the selection of fresh tu>cfc and tbe careful and Intelligent nae of bog chol-

Successful Rat Trap.

Hogs abould be fed a balanced ration consisting of such materlsl* as core sad varlons core producte. bran.

distillers' dried grains and. whenever posalUa, they should be supplied with forage crop* such as green alfalfa or alfalfa hay. Hogs should be supplied with an abundance of pore, clean water, plenty of shade In hot weather, dry bedding, and airy, light, well til*ted hog bouici. Great care should be exercised In tbe purchase of new stock lu order to ■ecure healthy, vigorous animals, free from disease. In this connection. It Is well tn bear In mind that bog cholera has ca incubation period lasting from 6 to 10 day* during which time the arlmal may appear normal to all tenta aad purposes. Separate quar^ ten abould be provided for the Isolation of all cewl r-purchased animals, wnere they may be kept from the rest of the be~d for a period of three week* and kept nnder observation for any symptom of the disease that may apIjmr. Following an outbreak of hog cholera in a herd, a thorough cleaning up and disinfection ot bog lots and quarters must be resorted to. Fire and fresh alr-ateked lime are the most efficient agent* for the destruction of

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bog cholera riras. Scatter fresh airslaked lime abundantly about the bog lou or disinfect with a I per cent solution of crvsol compound and whitewash (be bog houses and fence* Sick hogs abould not be sold: neither should they be driven along public highway* or transported In car* from pMce to pi sc* or pMced in public stock yards or pens. In other words, the only way to property control thla tae M to laoMte U. and thongh It may work a temporary hardship on Ms Individual owner to do thU. it M certainly. nltlmately. to hM Interest and to the Interest of the great body of hog roller*, to do all in bU power to establish and maintain a rigid and effective quarantine with respect to thla

SOME ECONOMIES IN HARVEST

thing* that they Ilk* for several nights In succession, ao aa to get the rate accustomed to coming without tear or suspicion. Attar you have gained their c dene* cut e crow silt In the middle of the paper and spread the feed si fere. The first rat that comet will drop through Into the water and get on the rock; the next one drops through and there M e fight for a foothold, and they argue the point with such equeate that all the rata In the neighborhood hasten In to find out what the tronbte U.

EARLY CORN BEST FOR SEED

Mora Apt to Be Well Cured Bafora Hare Freezes—Irregular Kernels fihould Always Be Rejected.

After tnc seed core M husked. It should be dried before bard freeze* though early corn M apt to be w< cured In the shock If the shock baa stood np well No seed should be saved from down shock* even wben the eart look good on the outside. The germ M next tbe oob. We nave 'earned from experience that grain* with dark petal* may sprout tn tb* tester, but they send up weak a pro', la and are not relMble. A simple way of drying and storing seed corn for home use M to fill coarse burlap aacks and suspend them In the barn by a single wire. Mice will some times det -end a double wire and take the germs-from your best kereeM. OI court*, core abould not be sacked wben at all damp and less than a bushel should not be placed In a tack, says a writer 1c an exchange. This method would aeera tedious to seen core growers, no doubL but It will be of use to many small farmers. The final selection of core for need abould be made next spring when the sacks ot ears are opened and tbe ears shelled. Some defects will likely appeal then which were not noticed this MU Irregular kernils should then be re Jected as they may lodge lu the pMntei and cause a poor stand For thla res son tips and butts should be rejected and nil doubtful ears should be tvsted

GUARDS PROTECT THE BIROS

Obstructions PMcad Around Treta In Which Nasts Hava Been Built to Kaap Away All Maraudara.

In order to Increase the number of birds In any are* they must be pro tocted. not only against ovary form of persecution by humau kind, but we murt defend them from various natural foea. Guardi should be placed about the tree* or poles which contain

BREEDING HENS FOR LAYERS

Bringing Up a Laying Btrel. Require* Much Patience r nd Worry of Several Kind*

Considerable Portion of Grain Crop Lost In Field by Help Neglecting to Pick Up Scattering}

(By A. D. WILSON l

H M possible ter careless help to losve a considerable portion of tbe grain crop In tbe field by neglecting to gather up scattering*, loos* bundle*. etc. and by hauling grain on

open-bottom rack*

From a few pounds to a few bushete , •jf grain may be saved every day. dur- j Ing necking, by using a tight bot'om ' rack, or a canvas over tbe rack that will catch all of the grain that U ab&ttered out of t'ue heads. seasons when the grain shatter* badly, i surprisingly large amount of grain can be saved in this way.

Value of Coal Ashe* A Coal aahea. It M believed wAnany their favorablw^ effect many eolla. possess considerable fertilizing value. .Aa a matter of fact coal aabea contain only trace* of fertlllctag constituents Tbe good results from their use is due to their loosen tng or lightening effect on heavy or day eolla.

Studies Feed and ' and.

The dairy farmer sot only studies >w to feed hM cow but bow to feed his Mad He M not a soil robber, aa be realizes that the farmer whe reduces the fert'Uty of bis Mud robs wl'hout i-aao* since ha steals from

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•he bird*' neaU. These guards abould be pUceo six feet or more qbove the ground, and they should be made ol sheet metal. This will prevent cats and all such marauders from climbing

to the nest*

Man With Inside Track. In these dayr ot high prired Mud the call M for “high pressure" opera Uona: and the man that gets bit horses to work for him tbe earliest, without dwarfing them, ta the one who has the Inside track.

Damage to M!!k. Much of the damage tnal M done to milk tn thla country I* dur to car class handling of tha utetu * ta which the milk U topi

In breed'ng for layers yon will start with, we will say, a dozen hen* aad they should be of a laying breed aad purebred If you would make a ano ceaa of It. You trap-nest these and moat keep the record eloecly for that season, ana even if purebred and yon are breeding for a 150-egg record to* the year, you may possibly come oat srith three or four only ot the twelve that come up to the number ot egga wanted, and unless you have marked the eggs from each one of the trap nested hens you are likely to not know one chick hatched from there hena that are to form the start for tha laying strain. but if you do know tbe chicks from these hens' eggs—a difficult matter—then you will have a larger number to start with In nesl year's trial. Yon start in next year with yore four hens and any cf their ptogeny you know to put with them. Now, whether there were but four hens re more, for not all start with as low as a dozen, aome of these hena win

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not eome up to the record ta ths second year, and will not do to carry further, and eo must be sent back to tha general flock, or sold. And than the man or woman who builds a ■train goes on yea' after year vjqrtking to get a flock that Trtn-ettluesfc - to the number of eggs a year be hag for it tu produce and bring forth progeny dependable In the same Ma* Bring up a taring strain means much work and worry of several kind*

HINTS FOR FEEDING POULTRY

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<nr W. h. anjiERT.) Young onions chopped flna M n first rate dial for young chicken* and tnrxoy poult*. When possible, a Hole should be shredded ta ail the matte unlfl the blrda are six weeka old. Milk sprrxda Itself over all the goto feeding qualities, but like turnips ato potatoes u baa a very high percenteg* of water and n low one of orguxta matter. However, it ta the best «1gestive of all tbe foodj and the beet for ailing fowl* I have come to the conclusion, after a fairly long experience, that there Is no grain ao profitable for nlgot feeding a* corn (whole). It keepe the crop full and the heat of the body sp during the long winter better than other foods. If it U crushed It ta dV gested too fast.

TO DESTROY LICE ON FOWLS

Several Kind* of Powder Manutoa lured for Purpose—Whitewash Inaid* of Poultry House.

There are several kinds of good pow dera manufactured and sold to kill the lice ta the plumage of fowls. The fowl to be treated should to held by tbe shank* with its heto dow* and the powder worked Into It* plumage with the fingers until tbe Plumage Is full of It. If applied when the fowls are on the roost and they are carefidlr pui back after bring dusted, tho powder will be mere affective. To get nd of the little mite* all the rousts and near-by woodwork ebonM be frequently du«-u with Uce-kilitaB powder. Tbe tnfelde of the bonaa should to Weaned and whitewashed. The fowls should be dusted with tbe powder several times during the .am-

Keep on Culling Out. Continue the select km and culling on: processes with the early pullet* eo .•ha*, none but the very best ot the hatches will go Into >be taring booses. It Is often tbe case that pellots which at itree months old looked tu be drat cta*a will *t five montto took like entirely different fowl*

Pullets ‘or Layer* The beet looking poll-ns should I •elected for layers at one*. u>e und sirablr oner being sold early, mki the price u Man.

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