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AP ainst Corrupti
rotest Against Corruption
By President Harris at A mherst.
‘. =@AT comes to this to every man: Shall my anxi:cty, ,that is, my effort
.53 E : and striving, be for a measure of wealth and what it can buy for
{5 3 § myself, or shall my anxiety be for the bettermment of the world
Smestexmmnd in higher than material values? lln the ideal republic we see
% }é.:@ good and righteous laws, geod and able men to administer laws.
S In contrast, we se2 political corruption. Office is bought b.y
i money or by favors which have a money vaiue. Legislation is
shaved by corporations which give millions of dollars to carry elections to the
hlgh@st.offices. But we do not despair of the republic. There is protest againss
‘cor:xf‘.flgnon growing louder.
vi xf_..‘}f? fashionable society of cur cities is a society of the wealithy. The rich
e With one another in the expensiveness of focd, drinks, clethes and decora
tlrczrls. ineir morgl standards are low. Divorce does not read a rich man or
wdrman cut of fgshmnablq society. They are the degenerates of the cities. But
'%%;?élflt;‘-e Weaxvthy .rus‘n m‘to this silly scramb“:o of w;ulgarity and sensuousness.
& 8 e many who use wealth to sscure higher values. How otherwise could
ciflirr«ih oe" cuiture, science, art, music, philanthropy, volleges, schools and
i cnes ¢
_’}l‘he‘pmb}ems‘ that ar.ise wi}l ba selved by the intelligence and moral sense
of educated men influencing opinion.
The National
Recl ion A
eclamation Act,
By Gifford Pinchot's «The New Hope For
Ihe West''in the June Centtuiry.
pameoeesme [0 passange of the Naticnal Reclamation Act marked a new era
q i for the West. Its effect upon actual settlement may not unfairiy
: § Dbe compared to that of the Homestead Law, signed by President
s Lincoln in 1862. It devotes the proceeds from the disposal of
?{3’ f"{‘\’vfi\g { public lands to the construction “of irrigation works by the na
e g ticnal government, and provides that the cost of these works
: shall be repaid by the s:ttlers who take up the land reclaimed.
What it will eventually mean I scarcely dare to predict, but some of its imme
diate results are obvious. In scuthern California, if we count the urban and
'ruyal populations together, one and one ‘half acrcs of irrigated land are re
quired to support one person, and it is more tkan probably reasonable to
expect that this area will ultimately be reduced to a single acre. But if two
acres are required to support cne person, the expenditure of the twenty mil
lion doilars already in the reclamation fund will in the end make homes for
haif a million people, the average cost of reclamation being about twenty doilars
an acre. After the first cxpenditure the money will be repaid by the settlers,
will return to the Treasury, and will then bz available again for repeated use
until the irrigation of all reclaimable land is achieved.
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ow to Lave to 100.
Senator Wark, of Canada.
= TIND that the informaticn usually sought from me is as ¢to my
: 3 d {ood and habits of life, that may show why my life has been
; extended beyond the usual span. As to food, I have been accus
ecsituaamg tomed, to eat oatmeal porridge and milk fromm my childhood,
@@ and I still use it for the principal part of my breakfast, with a
. single cup of black tea and a slice of plain bread after it. I con-
T sider it both wholesome and nutritious. Tiil quite iate in life I
ate butchers’ meat, I did not care how fat, but the fat began to disagree with
me, and I tave made it a rule to eat nothing that disagrees with my digest;on,
no matter how palatable. I have, therefore, for many years, eaten neither
beef or muttca or pork in any form. I take instead a little fowl or fish with
my cup of tea at mid-day for dinncr, and at six o’clock I find. a cup of tea
and a slice of bread is all that I need.. My cup of tea is my only dessert; I
eat no pie or pudding, drink nothing stronger than tea, eat no suppers, g 0 to
bed at or before ten o’clock and rise these dark mornings about half past
seven, !
I now ask my young r2aders to open their Bibles at the 25th chapter of
Matthew, and read from the 31st verse to the end, and learn that, whether life
is long or short, the important point iz to be prcpared for its end.
A Troublesome Diner.
“Seo that man coming in?” said the
head waitsr, beckoning to one cf his
men. “Get him in tow quick, and
‘lead him to a seat near the window.
Don’t let him come up here into the
centre of thhe room. Give him a chair
facing the street.” The unsuspecting
customer followed the waiter who
met him without an idea that he was
baing led, and was seated as direct
ed. The head waiter breathed a sigh
-of relief.
“That man is a good customer,” he
said. “I wouldn‘t like to offerd him
for the wold. But he has fallen into
bad habits that work injury to the
house if I let him sit wnere other
guassts can sce him. Oh, no. He does
nct put his knife in his mouth or any
thing of that scrt. He just makes
faces. He grins and snarls at the
menu card as a cat shows its teeth to
a hostile dog. The trouble is he can’t
maka up his mind what to order.
«Out of fifty-six different dishes on
the card it would seem something
micht sfrike his fancy. But, no. He'll
pull at his mustache and scowl for
ten minutes, giving everybcdy the im
pression that the whole outfit is bad.
Then he'll call me over, tell me he
hasn’t any apptite, and ask me to
pick a dinner for him. He’'ll eat all I
send him, too, and perhaps call for
more. It’s all halit. There he is
beckening to me now.”—New Ycrk
Press.
A Valuable Emigrant.
According to a recent British Con
sular report the most valuable export
of Swatow, cne of the Chinese poris
under the treaty of Tientsin, is the
Swatow emigrant. The adverse finan
cial balance cf the port is more than
adjusted by the remittances of the
natives who have gone to British and
Dutch East Indian cclonies and Siam,
It is estimated that no less than
$30,000,000 is annually remitted by
them. In addition to thesz remit
tances a sum of probably not less than
$2,000,600 in cash and notes is brcught
hack each year by refurning emi
grants
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| GLASS TEA POTS NOW.
| The glass {eapot is a novélty that
finds considerable favor among expert
tea makers. These pots come from
England. They are of stout tempered
glass and are delicately trimmed with
i bands of silver, says the Kansas City
Journal.
- Inside the pot itself a hollow ball
~of silver rolls about, and by its prompt
acceptance of the heat of the boiliag
water prevents the glass from crack
ing.
( The charm of the crystal pot lies
'not wholly in its noveity or beauty,
- but in the fact that through its trans
gpar'ent sides the tea maker can see
- just what amount of brew she has
;on hand and the strengta thereof.
i TO IRON SILK.
| Smooth the silk out well on the
ironing table, place an old handker
' chief or a piece of thin muslin cver it
-and iron with a moderately hot iron.
' When partly dry remove the covering,
' iron the silk with a bare iren, and in
:}the case of a scarf or handkerchief,
first on one side and then on the other
'to produce a gloss. If the silk should
feel in the least stiff or hard, shake
it out, rub it botween the hands and
iron again. When finisjed it should
. be smooth and as scft as when new,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Some silks, such as ribbons and
corded silks, are better kept covered
| all the time, as the iron gives them
| a glaze which is nct suitable; discre
ition must be used in this matter.
| When ironing bright colored silks put
!a piece Qf muslin or old linen over
| the ironing sheet to prevent its being
| stained..—Mirror and Farmer.
l WINDOW BOXES I'OR FLLOWERS.
Window boxes filled with growing
‘flowers add greatly to the attractive
'appearance of a country house and
| can very easily be made. Buy planed
half-inch boards of the right length,
with pieces for the ends about eight
inches wide. Nail the front boards
over the edges of the side pieces, un
less the boxes are mitred at the cor
ners, which would make them more
expensive by requiring the services
of a carpenter, says the New York
Tribune. When the becards are neatly
nailed together, tack marrow mould
ing along the edges and over the cor
mer to give them a finished appear
ance. Then paint the boxes tne color
of the trim of the windows. Secure
them with iron brackets and fill them
first with one inch of broken ash coal
‘ and then well prepared earth. Bore
' three small auger holes in each box
! for drainage. It is fascinating to see
l a brilliant array of flowers above the
| sill in a bedroom window aad refresh
ing to smell the sweet odor of mignon
ette, etc. |
CARE OF THE DINING-ROOM.
“Do you air your dining-room before
breakfast?” asked Miss Johnson. “If
not, you certainly cannot enjoy your
breakfast, eaten in the vitiated air of
I the night before. You cannot digest
| your food without oxygen, and oxy
gen is just as necessary as food to
life and health.
“Do you dust your dining-room be
fore breakfast?”
! A ripple of laughter ran around the
room. : .
f “I know,” said the speaker, serious
| ly, “thdt, in the present unsatisfactory
! condition of domestic service, it is im
l possible to get everything done that
| ought to be done. But we can at least
{ know what ought to he done.
| “Germs are in dust everywhere. But
| it is in the dining-room that they get
| into our food, and thence into our
' bodies. The dining-room of all rooms
| should be kept free from dust; should
| have nothing in it to catch and con
! ceal dust. It should be a plain room,
| as devoid as possible of frocks and
friils ”
Miss Johnson's idea of a breakfast
seems to be something bstween the
coffee and roll of Europe and the
heavy meat and mince pie breakfast of
old-time America. The climate, habit
and tasto of America call for scme
thing more than the former, and, as
a substitute for the latter she would
tave something nourishing, but light.
She would eliminate the most com
mon of all breakfast dishes, potatees.
She wou!d call a halt on the mad rage
for cerecals.’ She wouid recommend
fruit, hot bread and coifee, and for the
main dish would have eggs, chops or
one of the various dishes discussed in
her lscture.—Cooking Schaol Repoit.
BECIPES.
Breakfast Puffs—Mix half a cup of
water with half a cup of milk. Pour
this gradually over cne cupful of flour,
adding a pinch of salt. Beat until
smooth, then add one stifily whipped
egg. Fill hissing hot greased gem
nans two-thirds full of the batter and
bake 35 minutes in a quick oven.
Creamed Cabbage—One small cab
bage, cne cup cream sauce. Take off
the outside leaves of the cabbage; cut
it into four piececs, cut out the hard
core, and lay it in very cold salted wa
ter_half an hour. Then wipe it dry
and slice it, not too fine, and put it
in a saucepan; cover with boiling wa
ter with a teaspoon of salt, and beil
it hard for fifteen minutes. Do not
put a cever over it, but keep the water
well above it. While it is cooking
make a cup of cream sauce. Take up
the cabbage and press it with a plate
in tha cclander till all the water is
cut. Put it in a kot dish and pour the
sauce over it, This cabbage will have
no odor in cooking and will be so easy
to digest that even a little girl may
have two helpings. If you like the
cabbagze to locok green put in a bit of
soda as large &s a pea as it cooks.
‘ Creamed Sweet Potatoes—Boil the
rotatoes, skin t';{enl and cut into small
i slices. Make a cup of cream sauce—
. that Is, thick, white saucc—mix with
;them. sprinkle with =alt, and prt in
' the oven half an hour. _
l Walnut Meclasses Candy—Dßoii to
gether a cup of molasses and cne of
brown sugar, a tablespoonful of vine
gar and two tablespoconfuls of butter.
When a little dropped into cold water
is brittle add a cupful cf shelled and
chopped walauts, take from the fire,
add a half teaspoonful of baking soda
"and turn into a greased pan to harden.
~ Sandwiches—To prepare . cream
sandwiches get the best cheese, and
be cure it is fresn. Work it to a
smooth paste and add finely chopped
walnut cor ‘hickory nut meats, mixing
in a little mayonnais2. Spread on thin
slices cf bread, cut in fancy shapes, if
you like, but a £mall square sandwich
is better. For chicken sandwiches
chop fine the white meat of cold bolied
chicken and mix with hightly sea
soned mayonnaise; add a few olives
chopped very fine, and spread.
Another Cake Filling—Cne cup of
sugar, five teaspoonfuls of sweet milk;
put 3ugar into stewpan. Pour on the
miik; let a'l stand a few minutes until
the sugar dissolves. Set same con
range, watch carefully until it boils
up; then let boil by the clock five
minutes—no more, no less! Don't
vhake or touch with a aspoon until
taken from the fire; then beat rapidly
- with a silver spoon until almost cold.
Flavor with vanilla. Spread on quick
!ly, as it cocls very rapidly when it
' begins. Put pecans on top if you wish.
' This tastes very much like icinz.
i Iced Russian Tea—Take four tea
' spoonfuls of tea aand place in a pot
which fas just been scalded out with
' hot water; pour over the tea four cups
of boiling water; cover with the “co
' sey” and let it steep ttree or four
- minutz3; to serve, fill each glass three
quarters full of cracked ice; a slice of
' lemon is then placed on top and the
hot tea i 3 poured over the whole;
block sugar or meited sugar in a smhjl
' pitcher may be used to sweeten. ;
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l A Canadian trade commis;ione:’ in
South Africa recently boaelfed orders
'for over 48,000 plows.”