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Jtl I./ A called me to her day be fore yesterday and sed sho wanted me to help her do something. She had a peece of pen cil in her hand that was about a inch long and looked as if she had chewed it to barpen It, and she had a lot of notes tuade on the back of a bill from the dressmaker. Henry, she said, I am puzzled to deth to kno what to give your pa and your Unkel Willyum for Chrlsmus. ' I do wish you would kind of pump them and see whac they would like to hav, and then tell me, without giving it away to them what you are trying to find out. i All right, ma, 1 told her, and tried & to get a peek at her list to see if she A had me down for the maggiezine re ^ volver i want. But she folded up the. paper and put It away. So that niaiit when pa and Unkel Bill was sitting in the librarey talkin about the way senator Tillman had better look out or he will be playing In a drama that has a press agent, or else he will be crackin a black snake whip around in Unkel Toms Cabben, i ast pa what he thot was the right kind of a Chrisinus present. You otto be satisfide with what you get, my young man, he sed, without coining around and hintin. \ THE CALL OF CHRISTMAS Inspiration of Time Should Bring Us Deeper Sense of Personal Re sponsibility. It is Christmas time, and at this moment the-call is to lift up our hearts and welcome the Light of the World, to rest for a while in the glory of that light; not, indeed, forgetting the lessons he would have us learn, nor those great servants of his who taught us to know and love and work, and have passed away; but in thank fulness and adoration seeking to learn more and more how he would have us serve him. The inspiration of this blessed time should bring us a deeper sense of personal responsibility, and of our duty to our neighbor in regard * - ? A J rrnn or n 1 Txrfcs 1 _ r.o qu^siiuus luuuamg tuc fare; and, beyond all, a deeper faith? that faith by v.hlch mountains can be removed?and a truer love, a devotion that can bear even the reproach of the cross, if permission may but be grant ed to share in bearing a part of that burden. The advpnt of Christ makes us debt ttn MiTTim I ViX i \\The tree was all a-twinkle witK it V\Ajid witk a merry tinkle swayed t And all was now completed for tk< JWitk joyous welcome greeted by tl Wkcn?I may have dreamed |? But tke grace of long ago ame tkrougk the husk of midnight -li I \ 11 91 ghed, as does a sleeper when dr< The shadows grew the deeper ttll t Frjica |;aarvelously\^glowing as of all WitH a beauty pa^t all knowing, -w . / Stood a cross of jewel-flame / / Wk 'ck (mm hnf tli* ^liadniv Ia. nd softly came a chanting^ "To f Strange glory held the trifles that 1 The marveling that stifles, all speeel I felt '^the impulse olden thkt led th To cqnle with treasures golden and In thatyfu^t gray Christmas f the centuries agone, \ ng?hut rcNgleami ng vision si i^it^had h^? (Copyright, 1011). W. D. Kesbit.) I aint hintin, i told him. I just won dered what your idee would be about one for yourself. Grate Scott! he sed. Has it come to this? It is bad entiff to hafto fork over for the fool things yure ma buys for me without havin to pay for some thing you get for me. I dont want to get you anything, i sed. I just want to get yure idee about what you want. Unkel Bill spoke up and sed most men could tell what they wanted bet ter by tellin what they dont want. What would you like to hav, unke*. Bill? I ast him. Well, now, he sed, thare is lots of things i would be glad to see in my stockin on Christmus morning. If I v was a woman of course i would yern for dimund bracelets and necklaces and rings and gold wotches that i could pin on me somewhare whare a pickpocket could get them without pickin my pocket. Thare never was a pickpocket that could pick a wom an's pocket, xcept one that lived in Noo York, and he had been marrid forty times, and he confessed that the reeson he got marrid so menny times was just becos he wanted to lurn whare a woman keeps her pock j et. It was a matter of profeshnul ' pride with him, becos he sed thare j ! was no profit in pickin a womans j j pocket when all you got was a bunch 1 I of samples and a button hook and a ! | powder rag and betwene thirty and ! foHy sents. But i dont see what pickin pockets ; | has to do with Chrismus presents, I , sed. ! You wate till you get marrid, pa j spoko up reel quick. Finelly pa and Unkle Sill thay got i me to tell them about ma astin me to | j find out what they wanted, and then i j they laffed and laffed, and Unkel bin sed it was a refreshin indication of j ' i ors to God and man. It is therefore | not for us to question whether others i are kind to us, as whether there is j love, gentleness, meekness, sympathy j and helpfulness in our own lives, or ; ' not. With this spirit of the season j reflected and perpetuated in the life, I Christmas giving will resolve itself j into Christ-like giving every day from 1 Christmastide to Christmastide of ev ery year of grace. Christ came not to i be ministered unto, but to minister, to ! suffer, and to die for others, even his ' enemies. Rising far above the lower aim of getting and gaining solely for self, the grateful heart will ask: "What can I give to my Redeemer who gave himself for me, and what I can I do for others, for his sake, and | the gospel's?" That is the reincarna I tion of the Christ spirit, and exalts 1 him who said: "And I, if I be lifted yn, ! will draw all xnen unto me." If the average man had his way h< I would only work on the days whcr. he did not have to. On those days a man always leels that he can do hi. very best. s candles here and there he gifts it Lad to bear, : morrow that should be ae children round the tree, 1 it so, and hided there with me. rams hold the heart of him: he tree was blurred and dim the stars and suns irith the majesty that stun?? a came ? these, the little ones!** the change that was takin place when a woman even thought of thinkin about what you wanted. He sed they usually went ahed and got what they wanted you to want. You tell your ma, pa sed, that as neer as you can lern what i want is more hair on my-hed. my wisdum tooth filled, and rockkin chares that i wont bump into with my legs when i get up in the mornin. And if she asts you what i want, unkel Bill sed, you tell her that i am noncommittal to a degree, but that you think i would prefer a tobaclco pouch that has sashay powder Inside the lining, a collar and cuff box with pink satin inside of it, a cigar cutter that i can hang on my watch chane whenever i want to feel pertickerly ashamed of myself, a silver handled pensil that she can borrow frum me the day after Chrlsmus and never giv back to me, and a smokin set made out of hammered brass that 1 can sell to somebuddy for finger bowls. That's rite, pa sed. But the best Chrismus present for a man, unkel Bill sed, is to pick out a fifty dollar present for him, that he would hafto pay for when the bill comes in, and then not get it. (Copyright. 1910. W. D. Nesbit.) DARK OUTLOOK DEFOREHAND. "Mamma," asks the little boy, "how can Santa Claus get Into our flat, when we haven't any chimney?noth ing but a steam radiator?" "He will probably slip in by the basement, door, darling." "It's all off then," says the lad, with a surprising vigor in the use of slang "That janitor will put him out of busi ness before he can unpack his sack.' # # A mistletoe berry Had caught in her hair I She wasn't to blame, She had not put it there, That mistletoe berry A-tilt in her hair. Lips red as a cherry, It hardly was fair,? Yet he wasn't to blame, Forit's clear that the same Was the fault of the berry That caught in her hair. V,. i V V CARPENTER? He'll have to start In as a carpenter's helper of the crud '?t sort, and his pay will be *mall, but in the end he may be taming his thousands a year as ? tulldlng foreman or building superintendent?Also he may be getting a comfortable living as a builder on his' own hook? How he may advance up the lad der of carpentry, and what are his chances of doing this, to gether with the pay for each step taken. BY. C. W. JENNINGS. S you watched some young fellow working In the cold on some half-finished build ing, driving nails with numbed fingers and ban dling frozen, rough boards, and you heard that he was getting only about $2 a day and was a car penter's helper, there was every evi dence to you that there was little more to carpentry than driving nails and putting boards together, eh, what? For you know that the plans of the building w^re prepared by an archi tect, and therefore, supposed that all the carpenter had to do was to follow them, which "anybody could do that knew enough to handle a hammer and a saw." As for brain work being re quired in carpentry, you never imag ined such a thing. It would be one of the last occupations, possibly, that you would choose for your boy. But it is never safe to generalize, in this, instance particularly; for that same carpenter's helper, if he pos sessed average intelligence and ambi tion would in all likelihood be fore man of carpenters within a very few years, and would have a big career in front of him. It all would depend upon his application. Given grit and ambition, a boy can work up through the carpenter's trade to comparative eminence, as well as through most better known lines of work.. It re quires hard work; but what occupa tion does not require hard work to renrh success? v After you have thought over It for a while and learned a few things about It, you might do worse than start your boy In this trade. How to go about It and the requirements? Well, there are few preliminary re quirements to speak of further than that the applicant should be a reason ably healthy boy of about 16 or more, and have had some rudimentary schooling. Go to a boss carpenter at work somewhere and ask him for a Job. If you are successful, as you will be after seeing a few bosses, your boy will be put to work as helper at somewhere round $5 a week. This work will not be carpentering. The boy knows nothing about it yet, you know, except that he can probably tell a hammer from a square, and he has to learn before he can become one. And so, for the first year, he will be nothing more than the crudest kind of assistant to one of the carpenters? carrying boards and running errands, and after a while, probably sawing off the ends of rough lumber and nailing on joists and scantling. The work will be generally the same If the boy goes into a factory and does what is gen erally known as Inside work, and in the latter he will be advanced at the end of the first year to prabably $7 a week, and be set at bench work, nailing moldings, putting window frames together, etc. At the end of the second year there will.be another promotion to probably $1.50 a day (pretty good pay for a boy of 18 who Is learning a trade), whpn hp will be a sort of first assist ant to one of the master carpenters and be doing pretty advanced things, practically the same work, except the most particular, that a master does, though, of course, under the latter's direct supervision. His pay will go up a little, probably to $1.75 a day. Having served tliese three years he will be obliged to go into the carpen ters' union. The union will be hold ing out persuasions before this; but, generally speaking, in most cities it is not necessary to join the union till after three years' preparatory work. Your boy's standing in the union will be that of apprentice, which will con tinue for two years. His pay will be $2 a day, and his work, if inside, wiJ' be making doors, sash and blinds, mantels, wainscoting, etc., and, out side, the general work of carpentry on buildings. acmv fViocn fivo vpars nf nrenara tion, your boy will have finished bis | course of training and be known as a full-fledged master carpenter, able to do any of the work that any carpen ter of that stage is capable of, and his pay will be around $4 a day or eight hours for inside work, and $1 more when employed on the outside. And all this by the time he comes of age at 21. There are few occupations that offer returns as large as this to young men. Advancement from here on to high er positions depends, as a rule, on much more than has been learned in the routine work your boy has fol lowed during his apprenticeship. He will have realized long before the end of his first five years that he must de vote his time to outside study and practice if he expected to get into higher positions, and will have been burning midnight oil for a-long while. There is a wide difference between a mere carpentcr and a carpenters' foreman?so great a difference that one cannot become a foreman, except in most exceptional cases, without having acquired a fair working knowl edge of mechanical drawing; and in be a regular building foreman, in charea of the workmen on large build sj'sjp^ork Shall It Be,?.'# ings, much more is necessary. A regular inside carpenters' foreman is paid from $6 to $8 a day; and after a very few years, if an opening occurs, he is apt . to be made superintendent of the particular plant he works for at a regular salary of $2,000 to $2,500, or even $3,000 annually. This position, however, is about the end of possible advancement at insido work, except he should become a member of the firm. A building foreman who occupies a still higher position should have a good working acquaintance with ge ometry and mensuration, excavating, shoring and piling, footings and foundations, the mechanics of carpen try, Joinery, stair building, builders' hardware, roofing, mill design and also know something of building stone, stone masonry, concrete construction, lathing, plastering, tiling, brickwork, roofing, sheet metal work, flreprool ing, etc. All this sounds like a formidable list?reads like taking a college course, you may think, but will not be so difficult for an ambitious boy; for evening study and practical applica tion of what he has learned at every opportunity during Ws work, if per sisted in for years, will enable him to acquire it all and to be fully compe tent to take the responsible position when it is offered to him. You can see the advancement from here on as straight and clear as can be; for the building foreman on large and important work, who is paid $3,000 or $4,000 a year, is too responsi ble a man to be lost sight of and will be given the first opening as superin tendent that happens along, and be fore many year's will find himself In a sort of general superintendent over other superintendents in charge of the construction of numerous establish menas. He can take a specialty If he wishes and become a constructing en gineer; for there are numerous routes to high success from responsible fore manships, and the pay is ample to satisfy anybody. If he chooses your boy can get him self into business for himself; for a .skilled carpenter Is quite competent to take the erection of a small frame house, and this will give him his In dependent start. All building trades are pretty much alike In general features and pay and hours, and will bring the young work to about the same position as su perintendent. Some of the other trades are different, however, and will be taken up in future articles. (Copyright, 1910", by the Associated Lit erary Press.) Unique Old French Village. Lying so much off the beaten track, the village of Port Lesne in the Jura, department of France is visited by but few from the outside world, and consequently this tiny community of men and women of color is but little known. It is not a large village, for its inhabitants number but little more than a hundred, but every one is either black, or of copper color or palish yellow. It owes Its origin to the fact that about a century ago the famous negro chief, Toussaint-L'Ouv erture, was brought from Hayti and imprisoned in Fort de Joux. Many of his friends, all negroes, followed him and encamped near his prison on the bank of the little river Loue. From that encampment grew the vil lage of Port Lesne, and when Tous saint-L'Ouverture died more than a hundred years igo his friends decided to remain in France. The passing of years and intermarriages have trans formed the settlement into a French village of colored folk, all of whom have the vote. Port Lesne is thus probably the most unique spot in all France. Making Salt Lake Fresh. A remarkable engineering feat is be ing considered in Utah, the aim being to convert a portion of Salt lake into a body of fresh water. This is an an cient dream long deemed impossible of fulfilment, but the present plan gives promise of proving successful. If it is, then will be witnessed a trans formation as complete as has ever been seen upon the wastes of the west, where irrigation has converted barren deserts into fruitful gardens. The plan of the engineers is to build a dam across the eastern extremity of the lake where the principal streams that feed the body flow in. This dam * - * e--t. fVia IS lO oe severa-i leet. ui^uci tna.ii two present water level and the design is to divide the lake into two parts. The theory is that the water will flow into the first lake, rise to a level with the dam, and then tumble into the other section. The water in the first division will retain its freshness, while that in the lower lake will continue to be briny as at present. If the plan proves successful it is believed that the terri tory adjacent to the lake can be made highly attractive, giving it infinite pos sibilities as a summer resort. Government Dam In the Hudson. The dam which the United States government is planning to construct at Troy across the Hudson river will wipe out a number of factories and mills in that region by using water power. The hertd furnished by the dam will be utilized to generate aDoui 6,000-horse power, and this will be sold to the mills and factories at cost However, the companies will be re quired to pay the cost of building the power house. It is estimated that the amount of power utilized will be three times as much as has heretofore been employed.?Scientific American. Boston's Good Sense. "Boston wants Walter Wellman to fiy from that city." "I should think it would." sary to produce a certain quantity of good of any kind whatever. If you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if food, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you i must toil for it. ?KUSKin. Quick Breads. If there is one thing the normal man dotes on it is hot breads of all kinds, and it is hard for him to realize that hot bread at every meal is not good for the stomach. Cereal Breads.?Gems and breads made from cereals are very satisfying and nutritious. They are not expen sive and with or without fruit and nuts are good foods. Corn Bread.?Take a pint of sour milk, one tablespoonful of melted lard, one egg well beaten, one teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of soda and cornmeal enough to make a drop bat ter. Pour into a greased dripping pan and bake for half an hour. This same mixture may be used in muffin pans. A mixture of equal parts of corn meal and flour is better liked by many. When using sweet milk use two teaspoonfuls of baking powder in place of the soda. Maryland Biscuit.?Sift half a tea spoonful of salt with a quart of flour, then cut into it two tablespoonfuls of butter. Make a stiff dough with a cup of ice water; turn the mixture out on the molding board and beat with the rolling pin for 20 minutes, turning frequently; cut into rounds and bake In a moderate oven. The pounding of the dough incloses air in it and makes it light when expanded by the heat / Cream Scones.?Mix and sift togeth er two cups of flour and two teaspoon fuls of baking powder, two teaspoon fuls of sugar and half a teaspoonful of salt Rub into the mixture four tablespoonfuls of butter; add two well beaten eggs and a third of a cup of cream. Toss on a floured board and roll to three-fourths of an inch in thickness. Cut In squares, brush with the white of egg, sprinkle with sugar and bake in a hot oven 15 minutes. Hominy Gems.?Add a fourth cup of hominy to a half cup of boiling water and stand until the water is absorbed. Add a cup of hot milk, a half tea spoonful of salt to a cup of cornmeal, three tablespoonfuls of butter and three of sugar. Gombine mixtures, cool, add two eggs and the two tea spoonfuls of baking powder sifted In. Beat well and bake in buttered gem pans. ffll Ha nr. men tuiu nuuicii miu uiv lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticise. ?Elizabeth Harrison. Kitchen Utensils. Household appliances have been In vented in most caseB to sell. Many utensils which are invaluable in a large family are poor Investments for a small one. Any appliance should save more time and labor than it takes to adjust and clean it after using. A vacuum cleaner which may cost a small sum savep the housekeeper much hard labor and gives time for recreation and reading is a good in vestment. It is better than DUtting that amount into doctor's bills. A washing machine, a bread mixer, a food chopper, a mop wringer and a manele are all great strength savers. The flreless cookers are savers of time, heat and labor. One need not buy an expensive one, as the home made ones are very satisfactory. The steam cooker Is another valuable ap pliance, especially on the farm or when cooking for a large family. A zinc-covered table is the greatest comfort to a busy housewife, as it is easy to clean; hot pans and kettles may be placed on it without injury. The soap shaker is always ready to use in the dish pan and uses the bits of soap that might otherwise be wasted. The up-to-date home is using the gasoline engine to run the washing machine, the wringer and the man gle. When much sewing is done the power is applied to the sewing ma chine. In many homes they are using the electric motor for this purpose and to run the vacum cleaner. The electric and alcohol irons are becom ing more and more common. The spatula or limber knife is in valuable in the kitchen, and the small wooden spoon is so easy to stir with and never gets hot when using around the stove. The potato ricer and sink strainer are other useful utensils. The dustlesa duster, which may be bought for a quarter of a dollar, is something which every housewife should have. It is simply a piece oi i cheese cloth treated with oil which holds the dust The cloth may be washed and its property of holding the dust is not lost. The cloth is not greasy, but it gives a good polish to I woodwork. A small wheeled table with a shelf ! below and the top covered with zinc is an addition to the comfort of any housewife. It may be wheeled to and from the dining room, thus an swering for a tray and stand near the stove when cooking to hold the need ed utensils. Such a table is invalu nhip when once used. Really "Precious" Books. The dukes of Burgundy were re nowned for their libraries. The "Boc cacio" of Charles the Bold was bound in red velvet set with five large rubies; another Burgundian book was velvet bound, set with 58 pearls of great size, with a small "silver" instrument' for turning the pages. "Pippes" were also attaches to some of these costly tomes: they were littl<? bars of silvei I or gold, forming "supports for mark srs," some times the "pippe" was set I with rubies, ulnu- ;tie numerous mark | ''is were adorned with pearls. I has snowed them all under! Snowdrift is mide of highly relined cotton seed oil and beel lat. It is the most ettnomical shortening you could select, goes one-third further than lard, and in contrast with heg grease, is absolutely healthiul in result and eiled. It produces the most beautilul pastries and delicacies, and is as rich as butter lor frying, It is sold hy lead ing progressive dealers everywhere. Be ?nre to call lor Snowdrift Hogless Snowdrift Hogless lard Its great success brought out many imitations, but CARTERS tITTLE. IV ER JLtCird, and emphasize the fad that you will not tolerate substitution. Made by The Southern Cotton Oil Co. New York New Orleans Smvinmh A.-1 Chicago Will stop and permanently cure that terrible itching. 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"Young Staylate got a delicate hint from the young lady he was calling ! on the other evening." \ "What was it?" "She found looking at the clock and other familiar devices useless, so she ordered some refreshments and her mother sent her a plate of breakfast i food." Was All Right. Howard?Did you telephone Mrs. Howard that I would be detained at fho nfflrp until midnicht? Office Boy?Yes, sir. "And what did she say?" "Said she didn't blame you?she had made an engagement to go to the the ater tonight herself."?Smart Set. Some women jump at conclusions, because they want to see bow the story is going to end. Fairy tales are made out of the dreams of the poor.?Lowell. With Cream Of With Milk t With Fruit. Savoury Wholesome Economical "The Memory Lingers" " - - *- ^ 1 /* - T tJ r'osium cereal v^u., jl*i< Battle Creek, Mich. j