“’•S':' Sr

BEAUTY FOR ASHES.

B>wwt with a moll •am* Mom llh of a

U «M | • ‘ '

ol U>«

i dmnF* { portab thai a poarl majr

Sitl0Kutah»J. Id lu purplasaro, from prtaoa wall aaa warm, Fa ruin wlaa a *llu«ni« wfavr. . flu. Ilka a daw Jrop coot and '•laan, Baflobad In ll«bi, a s-m »eron= Adoraa Vba boaom o( a qoaan.

0 Ufa UM ellmba from powar lo power! Eaoh darcnaaa broods a brlrtiUT aour.

Each radlnx sows a fairer flower. a C

—Tharoa Brown.

Akd ad tba broiefu Fia.1 aj|plr«' For Ood dtaearna with punetua'. ayes Th» codilka wbare tba carnal dlaa, aud olotbaa with 11*1.1 me ranaomad pH •• 1 make my |»w«la ao.*" Ha saltb. i "Of torruwVlaar*. of aupp lanu - braart

round iko dust of daalb.*'

r

i

L

Career of His Father's Son.

foil. }

thnn n jmr be had been "walkln* our with a young woman—only a servant.

was fond their wall

plain to feer _

remote pomdblltty. _ _ orders taxed bis resources and were not on any account to be stopped. "So it mayn't be worth your while to be wnitta*." he bad *ald. -JJksJjL It would be a wtlfflsh time " ** "Then you don't really lore meT"

sighed the maid.

“I lovee you rt«ht enouRh.' raid Johnnie. ‘I wasn't speaking 111, of my lore." 1 ' "If yon lore me. how can you dpubt me being willing to wait a bit for ydhl

You're willing.

aren't yon?"

By L. PARRY TRUSCOTT

Mrs. Hayce was undeniably a widow,. opinion of t msiir would hare Interbut she was very tar from the state cited a good many people by this time, known as lone and lorn." for her bus- but his silence remained unbroken on band, ol whom she bad plainly Mood In that point as on so many others,

ronsldsrablo awe. before oyll

A i You r

• • spoke with tear*.

# , "Mighty wllUng.'' raid Johnnie.

drew her head upon hi* si

rately bequea nage In a s

ageable form. Like mo« women, Mrs. Hayes was prone to concentration.

i matters of the heart.

There followed the usual little dim-

city in fltUng the village genius with a m-ians of earning a livelihood. Mrs. Hayes refnseU to ooaumplate anything n, ee- v.-hereby ' honest sweat'! might be , and 1 t-aitEo l to flow tro.u her son's low. hair

- - - - • -- :st p r -

petb .

two so exactly alike might have proved , thatched brow. esse. But loft with | her worked out or door*

small one, she re- • bumble trade, and nothing of that

an etnbarras do rlcbesse. But lot

only one, and that

established herself In her native village and contentedly applied herself to the washtub and the Ironing board for tbe maintenance of herself and the tUUe Johnnie until be should be of an age to realize her great expectations of him and prove himself the man his

father was

'•Just about a clever scholard, too." explained Mrs. Hayes to any one who cared to lt«en. None of her friends and relations had seen this wonderful man of hers In the flesh; she had met him in London while in the service there, and had only returned \o the country at' his death. But they were not allowed to forget him. and the tale of his numerous attainments was told and told again. He had left only a very few pouads' worth of furniture behind him, but. according to his wife, he had been "most too clever” for money makingone of those men so topheavy with brains that they cannot conveniently

i great difficulty

stoop to pick up a mere weekly wage. And. then, he had died quite young, before he had been given Ms "chance."

;borer, a fi > the time

from school, but it is notorious that men of talent take longer to start themselves in Independence: some times the twentiesVee them still only thinking of doing it. the thlrtit prise them with the task ' — -

develop

—or at any rate, all Mi tlmates knew It, having had th( set forth to them many times. "And he never had his

ebanc«.*aoo

iyes'8 1 ie theo:

kind, she had • do for Johnnli

and some

ployment a: the village grocer's—Just while he looked about him. He was to "keep the books" as his chief occupation. and she made a great deal conversationally of the glory of those books. Johnnie made very little of them except to blot them freely. He seemed all the while he eat over them to be struggling hard to do something requiring great expenditure of noisy breath, but the nsult failed to satisfy

the grocer.

He took his dismissal stolidly. If with a lingering shortness of breath. "Don't want to stay, sir.” he blurted out at last; "but could you sey—could you soy as—" 'Til say I thing you're a deal too clever for this job, my boy,” said the kindly grocer, “If that'll suit you?” And he winked. Jovially. "Thank ye. sir." said Johnnnle. simply. and very slowly and solemnly returned the wink with one prominent

the village ever received from clever Johnnie. For his mother did not try again to

e quit

shoulder, and

1 it, resting there, as he might of a favorite horse. Shortness

at an emergency, o managed to re- ’ beauty, steady” a

the bead of a favorit of breafh. as of old

And ly admitted postal ordei tance and before making this change In life. Johnnie, almost for the first time, took

lera to the mother at a dlathe pretty wife at home. But, iking this change in

a step on the Impulse of a momentfelt a longing to sec his mother's faco once again and acted on 1L

find Mm i himself b<

iletly put lllty. She

0 understand mi

Be,” she wot off like a b

down one morning to find him gone, with a little bundle of clothes, and apparently half a loaf and a couple

of turnips.

"Dere Ma" (he had written—be never called her anything but "Mother," fc "Ma" proved easier In the spelling) "i ham goln to loind som work

a dq Dere .Ma f wuU a«

But Johnnie. Incky boy. Joined his mother's robust constitution to Ms father's Intellect, so she averred, sad the constitution, at any rate, seemed quite in evidence. And If they look to what his father looked like, let , them look at Joknnle. said his mother, : “Ms living picture! , * ' b siuruy, stumpy figure, a round, blunt featured face, powerful white teeth, a shock of stubby. sen bleached hair and prominent light blue eyes that-were wont to stare unbllnklngly during a conversation at whatever object first met their gaze— all this added to a curious reluctance

e was actually pres-

lucky o'

necessary. A common enough type that neighborhood, yet not even that a of a

to ray t word more than the absolutely pe In neighborhood's preconceived idea •on of genius. But, If any smiled, they were kindly folk anil took care to do k only, behind the mother's back. During Johnnie's passage from a heavy baby Into a healthy, hearty boy.

about. He w owner- of thi

elng

(ng bis application for employment to the Great Man himself. Johnnie's breath again gave him trouble, but what he said was to the point— "I haven't had much to do with 'em, bnt I do leom to know something about 'em. and tin so mortal fond o' horses that nothlng-would be too much trouble

of motherhood. She gave**way the last of his petticoat* without, a sigh; with her own hands, lo an accompaniment of smiles Instead of tears, she cot dose the Aop of hair which had always refused to respond to Iter efforts to entice It Into curls. She was in such a

hurry tor 1

and to show forth to a

le heritage his fat

Mm. that ahe hurried him with

[ht thr

him to attain man's estate,

ring left

wonderin

world tbe heritage his father had

h all hei

might through his early years. John-

hls

-nle never grew out of hte clothes like other boys. He was forced to turn them

f to Ms knees, ■owe, before he

could more In them, and they were aleyond patching before his limbs overtook them. When be was five

1 her I

up, the trousers half way and the sleeve* to his elbo —*' —— in them, and t

d patching befi “m. When he a

old she publicly announced tlon of calling him "John." a

tatoo

as a weigh! But he was

Idle Jol

Inued to i i limit of n

ter and more fitting n

so unmistakably "Johnnie'’ that no one could remember to follow her example, and half her time she only managed to end a sentence started too nimt a "Johnnie” that had "slipped out' As soon as he could toddle Johm

went to school, and c dally until the extras

when schooling is compnlsory on the youth of England. Once laboriously established In a " standard," he showed a marked disinclination to leave it, and tbe utmost prodding never advanced him beyond the borderload of the "fourtti." But his mother blamed the school and her want of mesas to him to a bettor one, not Johnnli course, what any yokel learned would not be the learning to tempt her band's son. Johnnie received subtle flattery from bet Instead of Mows for his slow progress. He met It, as ha met moat things, with the Impenetrable stare of W« light bln* ey*»

dq Dere Ma p asjj reglar when 1

four iovln eon J, HAYES.’’

showed this letter to

Ills 1

send -gou som

1 gets It date Ma.—

HAYS

She never s

one. but she Industriously spun about the prosaic flight of Johnnie a veil of romance ail her own. And it so took up her time and thoughts that ehe grew accustomed to being alone before she

began to mind It.

Meanwhile, with considerable dlrectJohnnle made him why oh foot to

ess. J

large r aunty t!

ucky in this, that the

ible was act!

t'when he Reached it. and

belni

Johnnie bis own luck—he might so easily have been too late. For she had not been so particulsrly young at the time of his birth, and ahe was quits an old woman now. Consistent always, she asked her son no questions concerning bis long absence; ahe.did the talking to the last. "A gentleman In a bank would have to know a dral." was oni of the things ahe said, and Johnnie understood that

wear & top hat and a black coat to business everr day. of course." She touched his rough tweed covered arm. “But you were right xot to oome anyways dressed up. as these folk might think—they're an envious lot. and wonderful ignorant with It." She gave him. with Increasing difficulty, the many details of his life one by one; It took her all her time, and. almost at the last, she remembered something of great Importance to them both. “I told 'em always. Johnnie, when the orders come, but I never changed 'em here—I waited till I could get into

I always i a living

had to wait

managed it. and I never told

soul how small they were, my dear. J knew how many expenses you’d. J)e having, dining out with the gentry and all; your old mother understood,.but others might have thought different, and I never told a aouL.Oh, they've kept me well doe* I'M been post work-, ing, and I’m not complaining, only I thought I’d just tell you os I under-

stood why they were so small." "That's right, mother," said Johnnie;

“you was always a good 'un at cx-

mle, and lined the

"I loved you. you see. Johm your father before you." explali

"Thai's right, mother," sold Johnnie, staring hard at the foot of the fipi-i '

was alwqys a When her wi

ever, Johnnie knelt at prayer : her. He prayed out loud, with catches in his breath. What be said Is, perhaps, worth recording. "Good Lord," he began. In orthodox fashion, "you know as I didn't mean to act untruthful, and that I wouldn't have left her If I hadn't aknown she'd be a deal happier alone. But if you must keep turning of the women <

If In hatnmerlnf In a nail you cj mistake hit your finger or thumb, bold the Injured member In water as hot at you can bear for a few minutes. This draws out the Inflsmmatlon and relieves the pain In a wonderful wa To Treot'a fipraln. Bathe In as hot water as can t* borne, tor from IB to SO minutes, renewing as It cools. Then wring » piece of flsnnel out of boiling water, bind round the sprained part, covet with a piece of oiled silk, and renew when It gets cool. To Clean Tinware.

i rubl

fresh lard, then thoroughly

It

If new tinware

i Is rubbed over with thoroughly heated Ip

the oven before it Is used. It will never rtfct afterward, no natter how mnch It* is put Into wafer. *IMlie teapot pi coffee pot is discolor*! on the Inside

for s

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boil it for a short time In a strong so lution of borax, and all Its brightness will return.—Woman’o Home Compan-

ion.

Watercress and Its Worth. There la always an appetizing ap pearance about a plate of fresh, green watercress, dainty and cool, tender and pungent. When made up Into

run

Garden

down through want <

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Cottages served with Choicest Wines, Liquor? and Beers J. J. RATTY, Proprietor

wiuia j. acncuBT.

acids and salts and needs t

them.

In watercress there Is s pleasant > of providing the blood with e

ural i

good supply of nature

salts, potashes

and adds. This quick growing water plant is more largely endowed with such matters than any other vegetable. excepting alone spinach, the nota-

ble mineral giver.

One would not consider the watercreee to be possessed of more salts and adds than the sour rhubarb, another of spring’s food medicines, yet It contains twice thi quantity. Rhubarb contains oxalic add and also malic add, the mixture giving its excessive eournesa The adds of watercress arc various. They are not, nearly so keen -os In rhubarb, and-their action ..Is somewhat covered by the sharp taste of the rotetile oil In watercress, such

itlroly absent In rhubarb, rk of Its adds Is not soft-

altered -nt all.

This oil In watercress Is In somewhat lair quantity though not m amount enough to make Its presence felt ru olL fscdlstributod about the

leaf and stalk

o^thewS? nett or altered "!

lit as olL ;it Is.dlstributed al mder leaf and stalk in the s Uny flavor bo^lta, each of oleaginous nature. Thi

ape of I mite

The pungency

owned by these flavor bodies Is derived the keen nature of the race lercress springs, it of the cross; hence which in one of Its reference to the cross the flowers of all the xtensive family of Cru-

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hardest"—Then his breath gave j.ing for the

my

out, and he stood

the

ant, the stare,of once fixed appropriatiry on the Great

Man’s face.

And he was glvemthe work he longed | last week's tor. The Great Man was “mortal fond" J attention to

of horses, too; there may hsve

Imes when, he even

heir method of earning their dall;

so fondllke and so deceiving, of them-

selrsa, what are we w

j.ing for I Sketch.

e men folk to be yloo' peace?"—The

b been s men

bread qbouf his stables. At any rate, realized that Johnnie was going to live an Ideal life—a life spent In Jolng the thing of all others he Would

rather do.

Johnnie's choice of occupation. Indeed, was such a wise one that he did not long Main the humble position in which he otarted. His fondness tor

horses taught him more about

than experience taught many of the others; he could always lead them by it. just as a woman who lores children can always make them love her, or a man who loves man can always man-

age them. And from the first, wages amounted to only a very shillings weakly and he was obUg go often very hungry to do

Johnnie was still growing and bis appetite with him), be regularly sent a monthly postal order to his widowed mother, and as time went on he never failed to make It larger to match every rise. He did not often writs, and, if be did, he never gave her his address, or any news beyond the state of his health; a thing that, having started propitiously, did not vary. Nor did he flver visit her, although * would have

An easy enough Journey to take.

his few

Uged to It (tor

a likely thing to do.' But. In refraining. Johnnie probably had Ms reoaous: be corerad them over with a wide reticence, but It waa known by now that he generally had them—tor other people to talk about If they eared to. And then at last Johnnie gotnad pro-

a rise so substantial that It

“DflWMfi" f] tt«r published 1*

Speaker, Lord r arrar calls i the mystery in which th*

time-honored cajllng ’cf the "dpwser" i is still enveloped The • "dow*fcr'f la. of course, s person endowed with the rare sense of being able to detect toe

<riffiSd* t&fSKS

tlons supplied -/ Lord Ferrer of the practical value of this accomplishment fully corroborate the mass of testimony that has been collected from

time to time.

The Inference to be drawn from Lord Farrer’a observations is that tba T5i*l twig usually employed as an index Is by no means a necessary pan of the dowser's equipment, and that

lowser's equl

a&jfcBBSt the birds and animals of the desort to their drinking pieces. . ' As a matter of fict, the basal twig-' has been tested as often as planchette, and will “dip” in the hands of'tha merest novica if persevered with for a time. The results, too. are usuallyas misleading as those obtained by too use of toe boon-shaped board. Bui the instinct'laf '

would appear to be a most valuable one. and capable of further develop-

level tahleepoonful of batter; add by degrees the yolks of tour eggs; then add alternately the flour and two cupfuls of milk, then the beaten whites of the eggs; fill buttered rarthen cup* -half full and bake 25 minutes; this

will make 16 putts.

Apple • Gingetj-Wlfo, quarter, pare k^fl chop ._Jwd snd 'a half pounds of •our apples; put them In a stewpan and add one and onehalf pounds of light brown sugar, rind and juice of one 4bd one-half lemons, half ounce of ginger root and enough water to prevent apples from burning; cover and Mock Asparagus Salad—Trim tender shoots of the poke berry and cook In bunches the some as asparagus, but not until soft or Ump. Drain and let

perfectly crld. Untie t

get perfectly cr 'which should 1

reoge them on a round dish v

outward and tance apart s

outward and thq bunches

at hfeToftM

h tips » dis-

til e interren«m«u lettuce hard boiled

£

S? butt ends of the Lefbac' Gfngbri &hrtibt—ifope eight lernbhfl'thorougTfty wlth'T'clean, soft cloth, and from two of them shave off the very thin yellow’ peel, wMch contains the nsvorlsg »U, Jmt be careful that you do not get any of the white, bitter part of toe rind. Then cut all the lemons la half aad jprres out the -ittfn; strain 1L Put four cups of granulated sugar in i saucepan with It forms; then add the lemon Juice and strain all through a piece of fr—rimh Befit tb* white of an egg until light and foamy, but cot atlff. and pour the strained syrup over this; mix well and turn Into a freezer. Turn IsfaSSHT* before serrlnr

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