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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."
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.