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Syllyisms. Read the following quickly '2 y-ur friends will be amused Simple Simpkins sung a song of sixpence as the sun shone silently on the shoe shop sign. Sarah sells sea -!ells sewn up in a sheet. The sick sinner's sixth sheep is sick. Silent Sanbo sumbered safely on the shifting sea sand. Break the hands that binds you blindly before breakfast. A peack of pealedi pears put into a pale pink pitcher. Peter Plump, the pessimist, pester ed portly Pat Perkins. HER WHEREABOUTS. Jinks--Hov;'s your wife. Binkis-My w:fe is Icst to sight, to memory dear. Jinks-Why, my (Mar fellow. I never heard your wife was dead! Binks-She isn't. I'm paying her $50 a week alimony.-Life. COMPLETEST BUSINESS BUILDING Features of W. L. Douglas' Adminis tration and Jobbiig House. The dedication of the new adminis tration :nd jobbing house building erected at Brckton, Mass., by the W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. as a part of its mammoth manufacturting plant at Mon tello was marked by the thoroughness and attention to lezail characteristic of the tirm in all its undertakings. As the new building is said to be the most complete and convenient of any ever built for a connercial house in the United States. so were the expres sions of appreciation by the many per sons who visited it for inspection sin cere and of a highly congratulatory nature. The dedicatory program included open house fron 11 a. m. to S p. in. with concert by the Mace Gay orches tra and the presence of a Boston caterer to attend to the wishes of all. The building itself afforded a feast for the eye, espetcially the offices, which are marvels in niany ways. Fifteen thousbnd invitations were-sent out. in eluding over 11.000 to tle retail dealers in the United States. who handle the W. L. Douglas Co. shoes. the others golg, to shoe nianifzacturers and all allied inidustries in Brockton and vi cinity. Mr. Douglts will be glad to have anybody who is interested call The new building is situatcd just north of the No. 1 faczory on Spark street. facin-g the Moutello railroad station. Its compledon marks the es tablishment of a modern up-to-date wholesale jobi~ing house and office building. Mr. Douglas has long con sidered the advisal-ity of a jobbing house, not only for the purpose of sup plying his own retali stores more read ily, but that the 11.000 dealers through ,out the United States handling the W. L. Douglas shoe m2ight be able to ob tain shoes for immnediate use with greater f::cility. Under the present system all shoes are manufactured to order, and eus tomners sometimes 1os5 sales waiting for shoes to arrlve. With the new job bing hou~se they will be enabled to have th-ir hurry ordiers sipped the same day thxey are received, which will be far more satisfac-tory to the cus toiner- m i!"'esuit in a largely-in erdsed business to Uhe W. L. D~ouglas Shoe Co. -The new building is 260 feet long and GO feet wide and two stories in height. The jobbing department will occupy the entire lower fioor, while the oflices will occ:upy the second dloor. Leaving the nev.- jobbing house on the first fioor, the umin staircase as eends to the second tloor level in two di visions separaiting on the first land ing and meeting again ur 'n the fourth. where the lhir-ge P'alidian window is situated, which aI.pealrs over the en trance. At the head of the staircase i:n the lu-jsoui- floor- apmears the wordi "Atr-ium,'' the name of the inner hail. planurcd :md (decorated after the man tier of the' central apasrtnment of the P'ompIeiail house. This room is direet ly ini the center of the main building. being '2:3 and 1t feet in heigtht. and is lighted b~y three large ceiling sky lights cf 'ehissir de.Ken. Around the atrium are placed the private eoes, where the heads of the departments are lo:-ated, with their assistants. Begimring at the right of the main entrance. in order, are those of the C. F. Iichmtond. buyei-; H. T. D)rake, general superintendent ; Hion. WV. L~. Douglas, presideat: and H. L. Tinkhamu. treasurer. Theyv are finished and furnished in mahogany and are ensuite. Mr. D~ouglas' own room oe cupies the southwest corner of the building, :nd is a very handsome apartment. To the left of these comes the room of C. D). Nevins. assistant treasurer. Mrs. Mariion Shields, cor respondence clerL, and the store de pa rtmuen t. O3n the- east o.f the atriu.n and open ing into this hail are two alcoves sep arated by nmlhagany~ counters, the e.fronts of whichl are Ilate giass and( gr-illes of b'ronze. TIhese are the ofliees of Wa~rren WYeeks. paymaster, and Harry L Thompson. the bookkeeper. IiThe next in order to the left are two rooms devoted to the credit depart nment, oneC the private otlice of A. T. Sweetser and the other occupied by his clerk~s. The next two offices are those .of F. L~. Er-skine. advertising manager. aind his asshstants. The three other rooms completing the outer- wail line of thle atrium are the recepltilon room to the left of the staircase- hall. directzors' room and h.:; :ory mnti the~ sample room. Here arie hwatied the- telegraph instruments, telelihonie switchboard and booths for use of :'uests. The dlire--tors' room is a fie cham ber or(-upyinig the space in the north wvest corner of the building. This room is fi .'shedl and furnished in am hogany and all appointments are in keeping. Here hangs a portrit in oil of Mr. D~ouglas5. tihe pre.=iden!t. The last roomi in this series is the sampleL room, also in ma:hogany. On ce'nter with the entrance and be tween the bookkeeper's aleove and the credit department is a hall lcadinat to ethe generail bookkeep;ing r~ooml. wshere 's lorated th~e host of cierks which this huge busituess emrploys. A sappars Forest. The Nitional Hardwood Lumber As soci.-ion a: its recent meeting in Memphis adopzed a report that pre ;entcd the dire possibilities of the de ;tructio.n of the forests in the short )eriod of thirty-five years. It was es :lmated iat there now stood in the Unitari S:aa-s in the neighborhood of l75.000.00'.00) feet of lumber, but :ha: 45.(:::0,000,0900 fect of lumber was Deing cut every year. The report re ommended the immediate prohibition of log exports and exemption from .xes of tree plantations. Attention was called to the desirabi!ity of State legal enactments along the last line. I and some constitutincral provision by 'he .:eneral Government of like effect. ueantioln was made of the custom pre vairg in France of requiring a tree .o b? plan:ed for every tree cut down. -From Dally Consular and Trade Re. ports. PLENTY OF MATERIAL. "Why is that strange blond so'popt Iar wi't-' the college girls?" "Sh! She assists them to arrange their 'cozy corners.'" "Ah, she has an artistic tempera ment?" "No, but her father owns four junk shcps."-Chicago New's. AGGRAVATING ECZEMA. Trotbled Badly For Several Years With Eczema on Limbs-Another Won derful Cure by Cuticura. "For several years I was troubled bad ly with an eczema on my limbs and wrists. Physicians in several towns had pre scribed for me without giving me any re sults. I had often used Cuticura Oint merit and received relief tnmoorarily. In the spring of 1904 1 took the Cuticura Re so:vent Pills and used the Cuticura Oint ment for about five weeks, and at the end of that time there was not a blotch on me anywhere. This spring I took a few via:s of the Cut:cura Resovent Pinis as a precautionary mcasure. and will con tinue to do so every spripg simply as a spring tonie. as they are so easy to carry with you, and they certainly fix your b:ood for the ensuing : ea:. I now rse only Cuticura Soap. 'he Cuticura Oint ment -nd Pilss (-ertain:y cured me of an aggravated case of (ezena. St. Clair Me Vicar, San Antonio. Tea., July 6., 1905.'' When a man lets a collar button fall and brap that it didn't roll under the bureau. it's a sign he is a pur jurer. So. 2S-'06. Call at the Drug Store To Day, Get a bottle of Dr. Biggers Huckleberry Cordial for Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Cbildren Teething, etc. At Druggists 25c and 50c. FOOD FOR KITTENS. A woman who loves animals gives the following advice in regard to the] care of young kittens. Do not leave the b-ed of newborn kittens in the dark too long else on coming into the light they will be afflicted with sore eyes. Dampness will also cause this trouble. The bed must not be a cold one. It is better to give only warm food to the kittens' mother for the first two days Any water given her must have the chill removed. Also give her plenty of warm milk, and as the kittens in crease in sire the amount of food giv en her sheild be incieased. CRASH IN THE DINING-ROOM. Simplicity in the dining-room is se cured by the use of doylies and nap kins, in the place of tablecloths. Very artistic table strips of coarse linen crash may be made at small cost. The crash costs about 25 cents a yard, and one long- and two shorter strips will do for an oblong table. For a round table two equally long strips are better. Hemstitch the ends and stencil or block print designs above the hems in dull old blues, reds, or yellows.~ Use oil paints very thin, with turpentine. It is better to experiment on bits of the crash be fore venturing on the table strips. Use little colcr, an-d avoid the heavy effects. The world will not be saved by ar uments about God in heaven, with out tbe evidencee of a God in the! heart. In order to advance the price of sugar, weakened by general overpro duction, a systematic reduction of the cultivatedI area has ibeen encour-aged in Franca. DOC7TOR-S SHIFT Now Gets Along Withlott It. A physic'an says: '"ntil last fall I used to eat meat for my breakfast and sufferecd with indigesition untiI the meat had passed from the stom ach. "Last fell I began the use of Gae-Nats for breakfast and very soon found I coutld do without meat, for my body got all the nourishment n~ecessary from the Grape-Nuts. and since then I have not had any indi ge-stion and am feeling better and have iner-cased in weight. "Since inding the benelt I der:ived fom Gr-ap:-Nats I have prtescribed the food for all of my patients suf fering from indigestion or over-feed ing and also for those recovering fronm disease where I want a food easy 10 take and certain to digtst and which will not overt~ax the stom "I always find the results I look for when I pre'scribe Grape-Nuts. For ethical r-easons pleadse omit my name." Name given by mail by Pos tum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich. The rea-on for ihe wonderful amount of nutr-ime-nt, and the easy digesion of Crantc-Nars is not hard to find. In the first piace the sar-hy pit of the~ whe'at and barley goe~s thrcough various processes of cooking to per fecty, change the starch into Dex trose or Post asugar. in which state it it ready to be easily absorbed by the blood. The parts in the wheat and rley whic-h Nature can make use of for rebhuilding brin and nerve c-eres are rectained in this remark bli food, and thus :lhe human botly is supplied with i tepowerfutlstrength 'roucers so easily noticed after one has eten Grapc-Nutr each day for a wek~ or 10 da-ys. "-There's a ra Get the little book, "The Road to TH ULT1T. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY T-=E EV. WILLIAM %. RICHARDS. Subse-"Folow,'ing jesus.' NEW YORK CITY.-In the Brick Presbytzrian Church. Sunday morn ing. the pastor. the Rev. William R. Richards, preached to a large congre gation on "Following Jesus." He took for his text Matthew ix:19. "And Jesus arose and followed him and so did his disciples," and said: The question comes to us. What it meant to be a Christian at the tim.'? when Jesus was living on the earth? Of course, the word "Christian" had not then come into use, but the fact is the Christian life existed, and our question is. "What was it like. how it began, how it showed itself, by what upward step would a man prove that he had made the great choice and had become what we would now call a Christian? If we want to know we have to look into the gospel of history, and, looking there, we find a plain and emnDhatic answer in one word. the word "follow." For the common way of announcing that any man had made the great choice for Jesus was to say. "He rose and fol lowed Him." There are sixty-nine plhes where we read of one and an other and of many at once who fol lowed Jesus. That is the historic pic ture of the Uhristian life in those days. It is the leader walking here and there about the country and his disciples following Him. In the beau tiful parable Jesus is described as the shenherd goe- on ahead and his sheep, who proved they were his sheep because they knew His voice. follow ing him That is the rezular order of the sacred history: Jesus going before and the others following. But there is one singular marked exceD tion to that order. It is all the more striking because it stands alone. Just once in the gospel of history this term is used in the other order. Some one else is leading. it is Jesus that is following. Who can this other leader he who sDoke with such authority that Jesus followed him? You might think it was some great teacher and lead er exnsrienced in the things of God. But it was not so. because after .Tesus had once claimed the oosition as teacher He never consented to fol low another teacher. Or perhaps some sunremne eclesastic. who, he cause of his scred office could take nrecedence of Jesus. But it was not so. for if you look into the history you -finq that our Lord never. for a moment rendered such supremacy to any church official. His word was a! ways "Follow me." Or you mieht think it was some civil ruler, like King Herod or Pilate. or the great Caesar himself at Rome. But it was not so: He never consented to follow any great man on earth. He did say. "Rendier unto Caesar the tbinzs that ar Caesar's," but He was talking about taxes. not His personnl allegi ance: that was not one of the things that were Ceesar's. It was not at the summons of any person that .Tesus rose up arnd followed,. What was It, then? Tc-2 remem>r the story. The man was named Jairus. He was, It is true, a ruler of the synagogue, hut t:at meanti little more than the leader of a pra-yer meeting, It would have been .iust the same had he been a teraar. He was a beggar on this oc cacion: "While Jesus spake these things. behold, there came a certain rule:-. saying. My daughter is even now dead, but come, and lay thy hands upon her and she shal! live. And Jesus rose up and followed him," The secret is out. There was a man who could speak for a momest in a tone of authority, then. to .T ..us. because he spake through more immediate contact with the world's sorrow and and pain and need: that was what gave him his precedence. Lead on, man! Jesus follows. How strange! It secmed to me that we might take this as one of the passages that re mind us of the Lord's humanity, show ing how He was shut out by limita tion of knowledge. how He must wait until some one csme and showed Him the home where the shadow of death was. I suppose it is true in some sense, but as you muse upon, you feel it was also an illustration of His Godhood, What kind of message is it that comes with authority to the ears of the Creator? Some story of His creature's need. It is cur weak ness that moves God, our humility, emptiness- It is our cry of emptiness our cry of need, that moves God. If it were possible to conceive of such a thing as the limitation of the knowl edge of God-if you could conceive of yourself as goin'g into the presence f God and informing Him that some where in some forgotten corner of His universe there was some unknowh creature, unknown to Him, that was perishing for want of Him, and you were the only ggde .euflied to show the way to tiial caaire, we may say, with all reverence that you could exect Cod Himself to rise up and folow you. And Jesus r-cse up and followed Jairus to the house of sor row. My friends, let us comfort our selves with the a.ssprance that a~ny such message as that will move the Lrd today just as in the days of .aius. Whatever pain or sorrow there is in your own house or the house of your friend, you may go to Him straightway and tell Him, and when you return you may be sure that you are taking His presence with ou. Be sure a man of that kind is privileged character: he takes pre cdence of ail. When Jariu's nas. ha ished speaking, Jesus rises up and olows him. Now that is only the first part of our text. This is the secornd part: "And so did His disciples." As diS cinies it was their business to follow Jesus, anid now Jesus was following Jairus. is not this a most excellent example for any loyal church? The question that ought to come to us is the question of leadership, human leadership of a Christian church, and, of course, I shall often expect to find that kind of leadership in the church itself. Men and women experienced in the things of God who can serve s leaders for their younger brethren. t was so in the days of the apostles. ien like Paul who charged the younger members that they should follow him as he was following Christ and it was safe counsel. There are leaders in the church. but the ques tion which our text suggests is wheth er there may ever be any kind of safe leadership inside the church from outside the chur-ch. If any man from outside appears and says "come." would it ever 're safo for us to fol ow? Certainly rot aiv::yz. If CThris in people ere to rerdy to walk af they are likely to wander away from the Master. There comes some new teacher with great pretonsions of 1rs dcm who says, "Come, I will lead you into higher reeions than your master has been ab'e to show you." Any church that follows such may make up their mind that ther will soon lose the Maeter. Or. azoin. it may he some high church offirial who sars he will lead you to regions of religious assurance that you have not found in following your Master. In the old days it would have boen the Hrh Priest: in our day it mi--ht be the ancient and sperndid hierarchy of the army of Rome, but you and I are per suaded that it is more blessed to fol low the Master "who not having seen we love." Christ has never consent ed that we should foliow ary human priesf. Then. again, the church might consent to follow Caesar or some representative rf nolitical ocwer in the world. In following Caesar we rrn the risk of losing the more important guidance of Jesus. No po litical power. no human prestige. no wisdom of the human understanding is a safe guide for any church of Christ. Then can you conceive of any hu man leadership that it would be safe for the church or disciples to follow? Yes. Here is this man. Jairus, who comes from outside with this pitiful story, and Jesus rises and follows him, and so do His disciples. Any man who knowns the way to any kind of human sorrow or need or wrong may claim a hearing from any church of Jesus Christ. and if in the hearing they find he knows the way better than we, be may claim not only a hearing, but the following from the church of Jesus Christ. It Is direct imitation of His examnle. The church has often been too slow; sometimes because we did not like the man who called. The personal character of the leader does not come into the ques tion at all. We want all those in sorrow, to know that the best ulace to come is always the church of .Tesus Christ. That the message will re cieve the promptest attention. and no poor Jairus need ever zo home along. Once his story was finished, Jesus got un and followed him, and so did His disciples. If we are disciples. it is our business to be following Christ. But how to follow Him? Who will lead us? I have no doubt that sometimes our Lord shows us the way by those older and wiser-in the church and sometimes He exercises His Lead ership through those without the church. messengers telling us of some one who needs help, and our business as Christians. not only as churches, but as individuals, is to be listening always for that appeal, looking only to the oath that leads to the house where they need us. We cannot see the face of Jesus. we cannot hear His voice; it may even seem to some o? us that we have lost the comforting sense of Jesus in our hearts. We sk why He did not leave some guide whom we could see and follow and who would lead us back to Him and before the words are out of our lip3 here stands this Jairus. "Come" he says. and you listen and you rise up and follow him, and as soon as you do something tells you that you are not any longer walking alone. That lost companionship you were mourning for has been restored to you. This was His guide. and you have done well to follow him. This is not my fancy. Let me read ou the plain words of the historyt 'While he spake, behold! there came a certain rler. and when he saw Jesus be tell at his feet and besought him. saying, 'My little daughter leth at the point of death. I pray thee come and lay thy hand upon her and she shall jive, and Jesus arose and followed him, and so did his dis cipes." Doers of the Word. To be simply a 'hearer of God's Word is not only to deceive oneself, but to increase one's responsibility. "~Inasmuch as ye did it not" is a sharp sntence which Jesus one day passed upon His unfaithful followers. It is a great thing to remember that God's' Word may be translated into Chris tian living. If for each day we shoiuld be guided by one single precept. in the process of time we would come to know our Bibles as thoroughly as we iknow our own names. but we would also come to the place where the revelation of Jesus Christ would be very'attractively presented to one who might not read God's Word, but who would study our lives. "Be ye therefore doers of the 'Word, and no. hearrs only." Look Upward. I cannot understand why those who have given themselves up to God and His goodness are not always cheer J ..ul; for w'hat possible happiness can be equal to 'that? No accidents or imperfections which may happen ought to have power to trouble them, ' to hinder their looking upward. St. Francis de Sales. Mk Our Pilot. Our Fathers hand is at the helni of the universe, not ours. Do not try to carry the labors of the deck hand and the responsibilities of the Pilot. "Truet in the Lord with all th heart. * * *In all thy wvays acknwledge Him, and He shall di reet .thy paths." - God We Can Trust. Help us to reach out past things we cannot understand to the God we can trust. We thar.k Thee for the pasirg of what changes andJ the changessness of that which passes not.-Mattie D. Babecek. EXPERIENCED MIOTHERS KNOW. That very' few are just to children. That it is easier to be generous than just. That children need judicious praise, but not extravagant flattery. That many children become dis ouraged because their best efforts meet with no approval. That nothing causes a child to ease his efforts to please sooner than to find that everything he does is taken as a matter of course. That each child's disposition, as well as his constittion. should be studied conscientiously and carefully. That a child has a right to some consideration of his tastes in the mat ter of dress and food as well as his aausemenuts. That we are too often arbitrary with our lhttle people. and thought lessly trample on their rights; and they can read our motives more clear I'; than we think. Fruits of experience do not ripen THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSC'j' CCMMENTS FOR JULY 15. S1j.ect: Tne Good Samaritan, I.uke x., 35.3'7-Golden Text, M1att. Y.. 7-3Lema ory Verses, 33. 34- lop~c: Love to Our Fellow Men-Commetary. I. How ' zain eternal life (vs. 2~1 28). 25. "'A certain lawyer." A scribe: a professional intnrprvetr of the law of Moses. Usually a nozed scribe was a teacher and had a conpany of disciples about him. "Stood up." -e;is must have been in some building. dis coursing on some subject that su gested the question asked by the law yer. "Tempted Him." Or tested Him. The question was not asked from any desire to know his own duty, but for the purpose of testing the knowledge of Jesus. "Master." Or teacher, the same as rabbi. "To inherit eternal life." Eternal life is the true spiritual life of the soul-that which is natural to it in its highest state, and of all things in this world is most worthy the seeking. His question was, How can I become a child of God and a pbssessor of that true spiritual life that will en dure forever? 26. *What is written." As a teacher of the law he should be able to tell. and he was able. as his answer, shows. "How readest thou?" What we gain from the Bible depends upon how we read it. 27. "He answering said." He replied by quoting the great summary of man's duty toward God in -Deut; 6:-, and a statement of the law of love from Lev. 19:18. The lawyer proceeds to give a correct answer. one which Jesus approved. "Thou shalt love." The re ligion of the Bible does not consist in good external ncts, in prayers. in our zeal for Chrst, in performing the deeds of the law. or in being made happy. but in love to God and man. "All thy heart." This is supreme affec tion to God. The heart is the seat of the affections, desires, motives and will. "With all thy soul." He loves God with all his soul. or rather, with all his life. who is ready to give up life for His sake. "All thy strength." To the extent of giving all of our physical powers in His service. "All thy mind." The intellect belongs to God. This ex braces the whole man. "Thy neighbor as thyself." This love is the principle in the heart from which flows the "golden rule" (Matt. 7:12) in practice, and the perfect keeping of all the commandments which refer to our duties to our fellowmen. 2S. "This do, and thou shalt live." Shalt have already eternal life, the life of Heaven; for this heart of love is eternal life. II. Our duty to mankind- illustrated (vs. 29-27). 29. "Desiring to justify himself." R. V. The conscience of this learned lawyer was touched and he saw that he was destitute of the love he bad just declared to be neces sary in order to inherit eternal life. "Who is my neighbor?" The degree in which he had kept the law of love would depend on the answer to this question. How wide a circle does "neighbor" embrace? Unwind that word neighbor and it measures off the whole of our earthly life, it covers all our practical. every-day duties. 30. ".Tesus answering said." Here it was tnat Christ could, in a parable, show how far Judaism was from even a true understanding, much more from such perfect observance of the law, as would gain Heaven. "From .Terusalem to .Tericho." It was a very dangerous road, lying much of the way in a deep ravine through soft rocks in whic'h caves abounded, affording shelter to miscreants who sallied forth to prey upon travelers. It is still necessary to have an escort in passing over that road. 31. "Certain priest." Jericho was one of the residences of 'the priests who came up to the temple of Jerusalem in turn to offer the daily sacritices, burn incense, and pert'ormn the temple ceremonials. "He sawv him." And knew that a fellow 1i1:n was suffering and in need. "Onl the other side." He no doubt could frame many excuses for noc stopping. 32. "Likewise a Levite." A Levite was one of the tribe of Levi; a priest was of the family of Aaron in that ti'ibe. The Levites performed the humble ser vices of the temple, as cleaning. carry ing fuel, and acting as c'horisters. The scribes and lawyers were frequently of this tribe, which, in fact, was set apart by Moses as the intellecinal body in the nati(;n. "Passed by." His conduct was the same as the p~riesL's had been. These two men would nat urally he expecte'd to befriend the man. 33. "A certain Samaritan." The Samaritains wvere a half-hea'then people. .reatly despised and hated by the .ews. "Had compa ssion." Although they had no right to expect any help from a San a~tayet he hastened to assist thie suffering mian. 34. "Bound up his wounds." He did the very best he could for the man with the remedies he had at hand. "On his own beast." This all took tihie and effort, but he did not hesitate nor make excuses. "To an inn." This was a public house where all comers were received. 35. "On the morrow." He evidently remained with him that night. "Two pence." A penny or Roman denarius is worth about sixteen cents, but it would be equivalent to eight or ten times as mucht in our day. 36. "Which-:hiinkest tnou'-" This question almost compelled the lawyer to speak highly of the Samaritan. "Was neighbor unto him':" The para ble implies not a mere enlar'gement ct Jewish Ideas. but a complete c'hange of them. It is truly a (lospel-parable. for the whole cld relationship of mere duty is changed into one of love. 37. "Do thou likewise." He to whom you og thus to show mercy in order to he:ome his neighbor is your neighbor. We should be ready to help every per son who needs our assistance. Th'O 1ti Cross Fomzidiz. . .. Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross movement, now seventy-sir years of age, lives in ill-health near Lake Constance, In Switzerland. He was first inspired by reading the story of Florence Nightingale, and It oc curred to him that some systematic arr rangemnent might be made to provide similar help to the wounde" in battle an arrangement which should be recog nized by both opposing forces. Ac cordingly he went to the battle at Sol ferino in order that be mIght see for himself what the results of..warfare were, and he was convinced tliat if the terrors wer' to be mIjga~t it would be by a properly recognized body. Then he spent sothe' years lecturing in various portions of En rope, attracting little attention at first and being generally regarded as a crank an~d no more. The first symnpa thetic help was fror.i Napoleon III., who at once determined that the ideas of the "mere civilian" should be put into effect as recgards his armies. Du nant lived to see his triumph, .when the natons of the world accepted his pro posals in the Genevan Conference of 1S6t.-h ico NeNs. Embroidered Pique Ccats. Embroidered pique coats are much worn by little children, and if you buy a good pique-with a rather fine cord it will launcer and wear very wel!. One charming little coat that I saw re cently hadi a wide shoulder cape wnti an embioidered scallop on t!e ed e, and with several rows of large round .lots worked above It. The tu-novcr collar and cuffs were emitroidere:' in the same manner. The best way to make the dots is to work :hem in the over and overstitch from side to skie, and then, using the same stitch. work them from top to bottom. This pad: them thoroughly, and makes them stan'i out most effectively. RAISING SWEET POTATOES. Prepare the ground. which shouMd be a well fertilized sandy loam. thor. oughly and throw it up into ridges as far apart as ordirary corn rows. Set the plants 18 inches apart in the cen ter of these ridges, pressing the soil firmly about the roots. Pour a cupful of water around each plant and as soon as it sinks into the soil cover the spot with dry dirt to prevent evapora tion. Run the cultivalor through be tween the rows once befure the vines commence to rnn, then mulch heavily and no more work is required until digging. time.-C. B. . Barrett, Thur man, Kan. FLOORS (TO STAIN Mix together 2 ounces cf potash crystals and one pint of boIling water; apply this to the floor, the way of the grain. with a pad made of flannel fas tened to a stickt or old broom handle, taking care to put it en evenly; leave to dry; then apply another coatin1g until !he desired shade is reached. Leave it for 24 hours, when ycu rub it up with linseed oil; then leave It for twenty-four hours; then pclis. with beeswax and turpentine. A man can mike a good deal of money in stocks by being careful not. to have a;nything to do with them. 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