PMW 10 CROOK COCNTT JOTONAIj The Hidden Treasure Br PHYLLIS M ABBOTT (Age. Fifteen Yean) Once upon a time, many, ninny years ago, there lived la the palace of Jupiter a beautiful goddess whose name was Mercl; Every evening as the mm went down. Mere! would go to the the world below. She loved the earth One day, as Mercl watched over one city; men were polishing long nm. In a neighboring city men were marching out of the gates with a great banner at their head. Mercl was puzzled. She had never seen anything like this before, and because she was Immortal and knew nothing of the pas sions of men, she did not understand. Intently she watched as on the plain below two great bodies of men came together with a clash and smote each other with those shining things they carried. Above, Mercl watched In amazement and sorrow. Oh ! she must Vivian A. Brown, What could she do? What was It they went to Jupiter and told him what was happening to the earth people, and asked him where she could find the thing that would help them. Wise old Jupiter only shook his head sagely and replied : "Mercl, I cannot tell you where the treasure is that will help your earth children. Only you can find It." Then Mercl wandered about the sky palace, asking everyone she met if ithey knew where the treasure was, but no one knew. She searched the treas ure houses in vain, but the wise men could not tell her where it could be found. At last she went back to the walls of the city, and as she stood looking down on her suffering earth people she exclaimed: "Oh! where Is the hidden treasure? What can I do for the earth people?" Suddenly, forgetting her helplessness, forgetting the treasure she sought, forgetting herself, she flew down Into the planet below. She gave the dying water and bound up the wounds of the Injured, giving help and bringing back happiness to the hearts of the men 6he loved. Then, Just at the end of the day, as the men watched her standing on the blood-red battlefield, she van ished and among the glorious colors of the sunset a tiny scarlet cross appeared ; Mercl had found the hidden treasure in her own heart. And all those who wear that scarlet cross and carry It in their hearts have found a precious treasure, the Spirit of Mercy. Find Markets for Canned Goods By the U. S. Department or Agriculture Housewives and members of can ning clubs are urged to study their market at the beginning of the season and pack according to the local de mands for different products. They are advised by the bureau of markets of the department to secure orders for canned goods before putting them up. Small lots of nonstandardized prod ucts are difficult to sell except among local buyers and are not purchased by the army, navy, commercial dealers or any department of the government. Many appeals to the department of agriculture to find a market for home canned goods have been made during the past year and often the canners believed that the government was in the market for such goods. Subject to whatever regulations may be made by the federal government, the mar keting of food products will proceed In the usual manner and the bureau of markets points out that proper grad ing, standardizing and careful prepa ration for market are especially nec essary In handling canned goods, Jams, jellies and preserves. Home-canned products can be kept over from one season to the next and those who have not sold their goods have reserves to draw from for their liome table. It is good policy, say the specialists, for the housewife to pro vide a reasonable surplus beyond the probable home consumption for the next crop year. I While the bureau of markets is giv ing aid to producers on marketing problems It says that it is difficult to place producers of small quantities of different kinds of products In touch ;wlth buyers and urges home and club canners to learn the marketing end of 'their business just the same as pro ducers in other lines of industry. ' More than 190 canal boats are reg ularly navigating the creeks and tribu taries of the Thames. Among them 56 carry families which aggregate 256 children. walls of the sky city to look down to people and watched over them. the wall, she saw great excitement In bright pieces of metal that shone In the help those men who were suffering so, Age Five Years. needed? She must find It! So she Magazine Writer's Close-Up of Our General Pershing, as . a Man and American Soldier. What of General Pershing, who may one day have as great an army as any? The question is asked as often In Eu rope as In America. It Is not, I think, known in America how deep a first im pression his character as man and sol dier have made on the British and, in deed, the French, writes W. Beach Thomas in Harper's Magazine. When he landed in England in June, 1916, one of the British newspapers, whose correspondent had been for a long while in his presence, compared him with Moltke, who was "silent in Seventeen languages." What General Pershing, the master of several Philip pine dialects, said was little and good. When General Joffre shook his hand In Paris a few weeks later a scene wor thy of a great historical memorial he said to one of his staff, "General Per shing will think first and act after wards." At all Junctures the general has been cool and prompt and deter mined. His colonel in Cuba wrote of him, "He is the bravest and coolest man under fire I ever saw in my life." His own recorded maxims are few ; but at the most worrying crisis in France when news of the arrival of American troops was published while some of those troops were still In tle danger zone at sea he said, "I do not worry, and when the day's work is over I go to sleep." I Notes of Interest. In the schools of the Philip pine Islands there are 11,000 native teachers and 500 Ameri can Instructors. Within the foreign conces sions of Hankow there are 2, 357 licensed jlnrikshas, 67 pub lic carriages, and 83 private mo torcars. The reason why opals are of ten lost from their settings Is that they expand with heat more than any other precious stones, and consequently force open the gold which holds them in place, with the result that they ultimately fall out. Underground Railroad and Useless Caucus Room, Two Extravagances at Capitol. One of the curiosities of the cupttol is the miniature railroad that connects the senate, via underground passage, with the senate office building, relates a Washington correspondent. The cars of this railroad operate on a uiouorall by electricity. The road is about ISO yards In length anil has a double track. When one car Is at one end of the track the other car is at the other end, and vice versa. The railroad was Intended originally to aid senators in making speed from their offices to the senate chamber. Roll calls do not require much time In the senate and there Is danger that If a roll call Is asked when a senator Is In his office he will miss the roll call tin? less he uses the electric car. That saves him about ten or fifteen seconds' time. The road is open to the public and it costs nothing to ride. As a conse quence messenger boys, clerks and Janitors use the railroad freely, while senators, except on days when the weather Is Inclement, prefer to walk In the open air between their offices and the senate chamber. Besides the Initial equipment, the road entails an expense of about $50 weekly for the employ of two opera tors and probably half that amount for electricity. This would make a yearly expense of $3,900 as a very conserva tive estimate. As a matter of fact the railroad probably costs more like $6,009 or $7,000 a year. The senate has another extravagance that Is almost an eyesore. This is the palatial caucus room that cost no one knows how many thousands of dollars when the senate office building was constructed. The room Is finished throughout In marble and has Immense crystal chandeliers. It has the largest seating capacity of any room in the capitol except the hall of the house and the senate chamber. Yet the acoustic properties of the room are so bad that it Is never used, and it stands there as an expensive monument to some one's mistake In planning the senate office building. Of course a person would ordinarily pay no attention to such a thing as bad acoustic properties, but In this room it cannot help but be noticed. Those Amateur Musicians. Professor, how s my little daugh ter?" "Fine, Mr. Sprechelnltz ; she can play the scale without sticking out her tongue." Different Mab I hear that you are going to marry Jack Swift. Congratu. latlons. Ethel But Tm not going to mar ry him. Mab Oh, then, my sincere con gratulations. Its Class. That rare feat you mention is a paradoxical one." "In what way?" "It is also well done." Murphy's Odd Idea. An officer on board a warship was drilling his men, "I want every man to He on his back, put his legs in the air, and move them os if he were riding a bicycle," he ex plained. "Nw commence." After a short effort one of the men stopped. "Why have you stopped, Murphy?" asked the officer. "If ye plaze, sir," was the answer, ' Ol m coasting." A Successful Student. "Will you give me a crust of bread an' a cup of water, mum?" "Certainly, I'll fix you up a nice lunch. But why didn't you ask for something sub stantial?" . "I'm a student of human nature. It's mighty sel dom I strikes any body what's mean me just a crust ter." . enough to give an' a cup of wa- No Self-Healer. "Whot has become of that hypno tlst?" "Had to quit hypnotizing. Putting people to sleep wore down his nerves and gave him Insomnia." Law Forbids Hoardfng. Persons who have sought to excuse their violations of rules and regula tions of the United States food ad ministration on the assertion that "there is no law requiring it," are warned that there is a law governing such cases. According to the law, persons who willfully hoard any nec essaries shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding $5,000 or be im prisoned for not more than two years, or both. The statute sets out just what "hoarding" is and includes, not only the act of hoarding, but the with- holding of necessaries to gain a high er price for them. Hoarders will be prosecuted in the federal courts. j HUMOROUS j 1U --r----ft-r--r--l-- t A Song For Marching Men. O who will civ us a aont for them. The silent marching menf A martial one with a swlnr In It, With nmiuml rhythm and ring In It, The breath of a deathless tliliif In It, A on fur marching men. O who will live us a, ion for them, The illent marching men? A gallant sons with a cheer In It,, A tender aon( with a tear In It, And never a taint of fear In It, A long for marching men. O who wltl give ua a aong for them, The silent marching menT Trumpet and bugle and nfe In It, The passion and pride of life In It, And the old mad Joy of atrlfe In It, A aong for marching men. O who will give us a aong far them,- The silent marching men? With Iron and blood and ruth in It, Vision and beauty and truth In It, Terrible pathos of youth In It, A aong for marching men. O who will give ua a aong for them,- The silent marching menT With a sacred wordless space In It, With a clinging last embrace In It, A aong with a woman's fucs In It, A aong for marching men. O who will give us a aong for them, The silent marching men? A acorn for the tyrant's rod In It. A thought of the crimsoned sod In It, A faith In the Living Ond In It, A aong for marching men. Theresa Virginia Beard. In th Bellman. Immigration Fromises to Set New Record Smallest Since the Colonial Days When the present fiscal year ends, June 30, It is highly probable that a new Immigration record will be set the smallest "since colonial days, says the Washington Herald. Immigration statistics of the first six .months Indicate that the year's total may bo less than 100,000 persons. For the half-year ending January 1, 1918, only 57,715 came to America, and since then the monthly totals havo dwindled to a few thousands. The war, of course, is responsible. The real dwindling begun when the United States entered the war. Since that day only one country has sent anything like the normal number of Immigrants. That Is Japan, which country now leads all nations In send ing Immigrants to America. Japanese Immigration this year will reach 12,000 as against 8,95 In 1917, 8,711 In 1910 and 8,009 in 1915. During the first half of this fiscal year C.OIIS Japanese ived ond they've been coming over at the rate of more than a thousand a month. Italy, which before the war sent over seven times as many immigrants us Japan then did, this year will send less than a third as .many. Mexico, which sent 16,433 Imml grunts In 1917, will send less than three thousand this year. .1 i n n i moiner s look book s Those who live on the mountain have a longer day than those who live In the valley. Sometimes all we need to do to brighten our day Is to rise a little. A Few Cooling Drinks. Prinks that are cooling always find a place any time of day and the house wife who keeps a well-stocked Ice chest will always be popular with her friends. Ever-Ready Lemonade. Boll together a cupful of sugar, a cupful of water and a half cupful of lemon Juice; multiply this any number of times and keep in a cold place, lidding iced water and using a table spoonful of the sirup to a glass of water. Boll the mixture for five min utes before bottling. Almond Drink. Blnnch three dozen sweet almonds Ond pound to a pulp; boll them in two quarts of milk, adding a vanilla bean, which may be removed in a short time; sweeten with half a pound of sugar or a cupful of honey, cool and strain. Serve in lemonade glasses. Barley Water. Wash two ounces of pearl barley and add to two quurts of water; heat slowly and boll until reduced to a quart. Add two ounces of sugar and the juice of a lemon; strain and set aside to get cold. Fruit Sirup. Boil together a pint of Juicy fruit and a pint of water, stirring from time to time, then strain and add honey to sweeten ; boil for ten minutes and then bottle. When serving allow a table spoonful of the sirup to a glass of water. i . Tea Punch. Make a strong Infusion of English breakfast ten, using a teaspoonful to a cupful of boiling water. For a quart of tea add honey to sweeten, and the Juice of two lemons and nn orange. A few slices of the fruit may be served with the punch. Mint Julep. Boll a cupful of sugar with a pint of water 20 minutes. Crush six sprigs of pilnt and pour a cupful of boiling W'ater over it. Allow It to stand ton minutes, strain and pour Into the hirup. To this add strawberry, raspberry and lemon Juice; serve very cold. Save the whey from cottage cheese. chill it and serve with any desired fruit Juice flavor. A lemon with a slice of pineapple and a few cherries will serve two or three thirsty throuts, I arr Swallows Fight for Fanners " They Are the Light Cavalry of the Bird Army "The army of the birds" Is a familiar plinice, yet tint picture It palm In most liilmlH Is, perhaps, on tirtny on the niarelt mlher than an iirmy In commit; the birds In utiuiinl migration from zonu to zone rallirr than tho birds on dully duly faun Held to field. The latter ami re accurate idea comes only when special branehea of the service ore pointed out when, for instance, a bird experts says, "The awullona are the light cavulry of the ormy of birds, ever on the move, always on the ttklrmlNli line, foraging tint field of air, constantly on the alert to rut off strngglers from Insert cuiups und missing no opportunity lo destroy these enemies of the farmer." The phrases quoted are used In (he opening paragraph of a bulletin Issued by the United Slates department of agriculture. It In eiillllcd, 'Tond Habits of the Swallows, a Kaiully of Valuable Native Birds." It Is III.) last work done by one of the greatest economic ornithologist the world has pro. duced, Prof. K. K. L. Ileal, fur 25 years an assistant In the bureau of biological survey, and whose death occurred October 1. 191(1. The bulletin deals with the seven species of awullow that arc of wide distribution In the United States, the Purple Martin, the Cliff wallow, the Horn wallow, the Tree swallow, the VIoloMlreen swallow, the Bank wallow and tho Rough-Winged swallow. The food habits of nil the species are, of course, similar, but they vary In certain more or less Important details. It is shown, for Instance, (hat while tho other alt species eat practically no vegetable food except such OS Is Incidentally tukeu with Insect food, tho Tree wallow occasionally makes a full meal of berries or seeds. It Is dellultely shown, however, that no swallow consumes any vegetable food that Is of use to man, only worthless forms of wild berries nnd seeds being taken. And even this forms such a small part of tho totul diet as to be negligible. Kx cept for the Tree swallow, the vegetable element will Dot average onohulf of 1 per cent of the total diet. With few exceptions, the Insects eaten by wallows are Injurious. 8luce swaMowa take their food ou the wing, It follows that they must feed upon flying Insects, and, for tho most part, predacious beetles and other lieiienrlnl ground-frequenting forms escape. The biggest Inglo Item lu the swallow diet Is Plptera, the order of Insects to which belong files, gnats and mosquitoes. This Item constitutes nearly 27 per cent of tho total when averaged for tho seven species. The next largest Item Is Ilemlptera, the order of Insects Includ ing the chinch bug, plant lice und the like. It Is shown that, of the beetles eaten, a largo part Is made up of weevils, Including the cotton bull weevil, the clover weevil, the strawberry weevil, tho alfalfa weevil, which U a re cently Imported pest, and other highly destructive weevils. On the whole, the swallows ore shown -to be a highly beneficial bird family and deserving of all tho encouragement and protection that can bo given. Pitcher Jack Coombs Is to Retire This Year To Look After Business Interests. Jack Coombs nnnotuirrs that this will be his last year In baseball. At least he declares It to be his last year as an active player and perhaps noth ing short of a managerial job will tempt him to remain. Colby Jack's contract with the Brooklyn club expires this year, which Is the reason he Is making the an nouncement. He feels that he has Jack Coombs. served his time OS a pitcher, but ho has also built up a number of business interests which are paying him good dividends, and this is probably the real reason w,hy he Intends to retire from the game. Coombs makes his home at Pales tine, Texas, where ho has a general merchandise store In addition to being Interested In two banks. His business has been growing with the boom times and he feels that there will no long er be any necessity of playing baseball for a living. Importance of a Tan Coat Depends on How Acquired. Tan Is the result of tho action of chemical rays or of the ultra-violet rays of the solar light on the pigment of the skin. It proves nothing, says an authority, but that the skin has been exposed to photographic rays of one kind or another. Tho skin Is also tanned by exposure td the rays of a mercury lamp, but such tan hns noth ing to do with health. Tan is important and of meaning according to the circumstances under which It is acquired. Acquired nt sea or by the sea lis a result of life and exercise In the open air, it Is a sign of health, because It accompanies general effects which are 'lacking in tho condi tions of electric tan. Electric tan is accompanied by no multiplication of red corpuscles In the blood, such as exercise produces, in suring a renewal of physical strength. Eggless Breakfast Soon. Pennsylvania, which has been taking n cnrc'iis of Its fowl population, finds Unit It has 4.000.000 less chickens than n yenr ago. Three-fourths of the de ereuKc Is In laying hens. . About 00 per cent of Norway's dent ists are graduates of American dental colleges or have taken post-graduate courses in the United States. f IS If Wiro POULTRY DON'TS Ion't allow your hens to eat de cayed flesh of any kind unless you want them to get down with limber neck and have ninny of them die from tho effect of It. Pon't allow flllh and dampness to abound- In nnd around your poultry roosting bouse; It will causo roup and Its various attending Ills. Don't let the mites ond lice get the upper hand ohont your place and cniiso you untold trouble and loss of both old and young stork. Pon't bo nfrabl to give your fowls an nhundnnre of green stuff at nil seasons and all times; It Is their sal vation, whether they are old or young. Don't bo afraid to Invest a few dol lars In good stock any more than yon would In Improved seeds nnd grain to Insure success. Don't keep any males with the fe males unless you Intend hatching the eggs. Kggs for market wjll keep much longer If they ore not fertile. Don't put nil slr.es, shapes nnd colors of eggs In one lot for nrirket; learn to grade them so they will look as much like one lien laid tliein nil as possible. Don't allow a dirty, stalo egg to go Into your market basket, no matter how high they are or how badly yon need (he money. Don't bo afraid to work with your poultry the yVar round, as It Is the only road to success, and one must stick to tho right track. Keep up In terest In your poultry both winter and summer. No matter what other duties you hove, they should not be neg lected. Pon't expect every egg to hntch when you buy eggs for that purposo from some good breeder. Your own eggs us a rule will not do that well. -oo-o-o-o-o-o-c Scientific Facts. S Tho Siamese government has i consolidated a civil service col- I lego nnd ft medical school Into n university to provide Instruc- s tlnn In all the higher branches of eduentlon. J A method for rebuilding worn- j out automobile tires nnd making V them puncture proof with fnbrlc C woven from thread nnd a vege- I table fiber has been Invented by T a Californium y Oils obtained from Antarctic C ea leopards, seals and penguins X ' have been tested by scientists In I London and found useful for t soap and leather making nnd 0 for heating purposes. X o-o-o-o-o-oo oo-o o-o-c Ants in the Kitchen. In regard to the question ob to how to get rid of small ants In a kitchen, the Indinnn slnte entomologist says: "One of the best remedies Is to make a sirup of four ounces of sugar to one half pint of water, ard after this sirup hos boiled add one ounce of sodium fluoride. Moisten a sponge with this and put it in a' can thnt hns some holes' punched In It; then plnce this where the ants are most numerous. The Idea is to get the nnts feeding on this and In thnt way carry some back to their nest. If they stop feeding, ' move the can back a short distance nnd they will ngaln start entlng. Tho can should be kept moist with this sirup and the ants will soon disap pear." Japan has superseded China as the chief source of supply for tea used In the United States.