A MOTHER'S LOVE.
When a hcj is fnr awny from home,
Wlint pienct him the most?
Why. it'g when n letter comes to him
From mother thru" the post!
No matter if the silver hairs
Appear upon his head,
lie's still his mother's hojr as when
His hair was carrot red!
Thn' thirty years have set their marks
Ami seared his careworn face.
In mother' eyes he's yet a lad
Without Time's telltale trace!
Hit loiter thus begins: "Dear boy";
It sits his heart it t li rill
To think Mint mother knows him as
A little li a ver still!
A mother's love is as a charm
The sesame of youth!
One feels that age has naught to do
With Love or Life or Truth,
Whene'er he gets a letter from
His mother far away.
Who sees naiiKht hut the Ruileless child,
Behind the ninn grown gray.
Boston Journal.
A Woman's Way
r? ACK WETMO
qJj cd the long lin
2TMOUE ruefully check-
ine of figures before
him.
"It Is a smash utterly and absolute
ly n smash. Well. It's no good whining
I'm done for."
Jack gave a slsh, for tliere was
something more than financial loss Im
pending, and ho knew It.
Throughout the seven and twenty
years of his life, he had been accus
tomed to regard himself, and had been
regarded by others, as a rich man's son.
Wetuiore & Wetniore had always been
held above suspicion. As he sat In
Ms comfortably furnished rooms be
could bear the cries of the newsboys
with the speciul edition of the evening
pa iters:
"Further details of the Wetmore fail
ure." He rose from the table and pushed
the papers wearily from him. Stroll
ing Into the dressing room adjoining
he exchanged bis smoking jacket for a
dress coat and arranged his tie with a
critical air.
"If It Is to be my last appearance,"
bo said, "at least I'll make It as out
wardly respectable as I can."
Then he frowned and looked
thoughtfully at the fire, his hands un
consciously moving toward the mantle
piece till It touched a massive silver
frame containing a portrait, a recent
one evidently, of a particularly hand
some girl.
"It's no good, Resale no good, my
dear. I dare not speak to you now.
I'm done for."
" Twenty minutes later the butler at
Hlansford's announced Mr. Wetmore,
and after a few words with Mrs.
Blannford, his hostess, be passed Into
the ballroom. In all the brilliant crowd
there was only one face be looked for,
one well-known figure for the sigh of
which he yearned.
At last, after wandering through
several rooms, he saw her. She was
Hitting under a shaded lamp, appar
ently paying but little attention to the
man who was talking to her. But the
Instant Mr. Wetmore passed through
the door she beckoned to bhn.
"Come and sit here, Jack," said she,
pointing to the vacant seat just left
by the other man.
She regarded him with an amused
little smile and a nod of approval. She
was a young woman with Ideas of her
own, and she appreciated the light,
careless manner with which he seemed
to carry his misfortune.
"You don't look very doleful, Jack,
under the circumstances."
He laughed a little.
"My dear Miss Itlansford, do you
think It would help matters If I went
about looking like a mute at a fu
neral '!"
"And pray, my dear Jack," Rlie re
torted mockingly, "since when have I
become 'Miss Hlansford?" "
"Since I heard the news last night,"
be answered grimly.
"Oh, very well, If you are going to
go and quarrel with your friends Just
because you've lost a little money "
"It may be a little, but unfortunate
ly It happens to be all I've got. I owe
a good deal besides."
Wetmore rose and bejd out bis hand,
lie was fast losing his self-control.
"I must be off. 1 came only to say
good-by to you."
Miss Itluusford closed her fan with
a snap-
"Sit down, Jack, at once, and don't
be an Idiot."
Taken aback at this sudden and per
emptory command, be obeyed.
"Now, then, what was It you really
came to say to me?"
"To say good-by, and ask you to
wish me good luck," he answered.
"What would you have said If things
had bad been different? Shall I tell
you?" she whispered. "You would
have said, 'Bessie, I love you.' And
now, Just because you're a goose and
an Idiot, and I happen to possess more
money than I know what to do with,
you would rather die than say four
lmple little words like that."
"Oh, Bessie."
"Yea. 'Ob, Bessie,' " she continued,
SAPPING METHODS
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HOW THE JArS APPROACHED DEADLY FORTRESSES AROUND
PORT ARTHUR.
A correspondent of the London Sphere has attempted to visualize here
the appearance of one of the later attacks on Tort Arthur by means of
the sapping trenches. The drawing shows Japanese troops marching for
ward to the deadly fighting angle of tiie trench, beyond which Is the Rus
sian fort. Hand grenades of a very explosive character were extensively
used, and in fact Mie capture of some of Mie forts was effected by their use.
mockingly. "It's always, 'Oh, Bessie.'
And yet through sheer obstinacy you
are putting poor Bessie to the trouble
of making a formal proposal for the
honor of your band in marriage."
Wetmore sprang to bis feet.
"I won't listen," said he. "It Is not
fair of you, Bessie."
"Fair or not, do you think I am go
ing to have my whole life spoiled for a
few wretched conventions and a
charming dowager or two?"
"They'd laugh at you, Bessie, and
say I married you for your money."
"Let them lnugh. And as to your
marrying me, I would beg to remind
you that the positions are reversed
and that It Is I, Elizabeth Blansford,
commonly known as Bessie, who here
by asks you, Jack "
"I am no fortune hunter, and marry
you I won't."
"Do I not know It Is your pride that
prevents you from speaking? And that
Is why I have done what I have."
"I should be a cur If I took you at
your word," he said. "Bessie, have a
little mercy. "Don't tempt me."
"Jack, Is your love for me so small a
thing that you cannot sacrifice a little
of your pride for. it? Do you think
my part has been so easy?"
For a moment there was a pause.
Then Jack said:
"You've1 won, Bessie," drawing her
to himself, "and heaven give me the
power to make you happy."
"Well, then, there's one thing you
must not do, Jack."
"And that?"
"Yon mustn't make me fight so hard
to get my own way again." Indian
apolis Sun.
TRICKS TO GET DEER.
Sometimes Stop When You Call, and
Med Attrui U Them.
There are some tricks In woods
hunting that are common property.
For instance, most hunters who pot
partridges while the covey are sitting
on a pine or spruce tree know that Uie
lowest bird should be shot first. If
this Is done, nearly all of the covey
will sit still to be butchered, but if
the highest bird be shot the survivors
will fly Instantly. They are disturbed
not only by the noise of the dead bird
coming down through the branches,
but they see It fall and take warning.
Not many hunters know, however,
that a deer under full headway, speed
ing down a runway as If a legion of
hounds were after It, will often stop
still and Instantly If It hours a shrill
whistle. The whistle Is the deer's sig
nal of warning, of challenge, and of so
ciability, and It always attracts atten
tion from them.
Similarly a running deer will often
stop If It hears an unusual, but not ter
rifying, noise. A half-breed Chippewa
of the Flambeau Ueservauop named
Sam Pogon asserts Uiat deep under
stand the meaning of the English
word "Stop!" and always obey it
Whether thla Is true or not, and It
Isn't, Sam says always gays "Stop!" In
a clear, mild tone Instead of using the
whistle, and hli deer generally atop.
OF THE JAPANESE.
He does a good deal of guiding, and
it gives his patron rather an eerie
feeling to He hidden by a runway with
him and hear him give his brief com
mand. The brown deer of the woods Is as
much attracted by a red handkerchief
or any other bit of scarlet cloth as Is
the antelone. Red. sometimes angers
animals and sometimes arouses their
curiosity, but It 'never terrifies them.
That is one of the reasons why most
Indian hunters wear red cloth bound
around their foreheads; the other rea
son Is that It is a distinguishing mark
of a human being and brother Indians
or amateurs are less apt to mistake
them for game and pot them as they
move slowly through Mie trees.
It Is a fact not commonly within
the knowledge of sportsmen that a
wounded deer, shot while speeding by
a stand, will always come back to that
stand if it has strength enough. More
deer are finally bagged by men, who
simply inspect the bloodmarks and sit
down and wait than by men who take
up the blood trail.
Of course, It Is wise to follow the
blood for a half-mile on a chance that
the deer has gone down, but If It goes
beyond that distance It Is pretty much
of a certainty that It will continue for
some time longer, and in that case the
best place for another shot is at the
old stand. Why the deer does this is
not positively known, but it Is prob
ably because it is best acquainted with
that runway aud in its hurt condition
likes to be near Its haunts.
Some men In the woods will not
shoot a doe at any time of year, no
matter how tempting the shot, and
they earn credit as self-restrained
sportsmen. Others are not so con
sclenceful and take deer of either sex
as they come.
A few of these men are wise enough
to know that In case a buck and doe
are togeMier and It It wished to bag
both, the one to shoot first Is the doe.
If the buck be shot, the doe will flash
away, never to return; If the doe is
shot, the buck will probably make half
a dozen Jumps going out of sight, but
If no noise be made will always return
to sniff at the body of his companion.
This may be because the male has
more affection than the female, or
merely because his courage Is higher
and he has less caution. New Y'ork
Sun.
Good Knough Reason.
"Lillian Is not sure that she loves
Walter. Sometimes she thinks she
does and at other' Mines she's con
vinced she doesn't."
"And yet she Is going to marry
Mm?"
"Oh, yes that's all settled."
"But If she Isn't sure she loves him
why doesn't she break the engage
ment?" "Because she's 27." Kansas City
Journal.
Australian Seaweeds.
No fewer Mian 1,132 different species
of seaweed are found on Australian
coasts.
Meat Pie.
An old way of making "English
meat pie" is to take finely chopped
cold beef, put In a deep taking dish a
layer of Mie meat, stew lightly with
breadcrumbs, season highly with salt,
pepper, butter and a few drops of
onion juice; repeat the process Mil the
dish is full or your meat used up.
Pour over it a cup of stock o gravy,
or, lacking these, hot water with a tea
spoonful of butter melted in It; on top
a good layer of breadcrumbs should be
put and seasoned and dotted with but
ter. Cover and bake half an hour; re
move Mie cover and brown.
Plum Pudding.
Cream half a cup of butter with a
cup of granulated sugar, add a half
pound of powdered suet, five beaten
eggs, a cup of milk and a teaspoonful
of orange juice. Mix together a cup,
each, of seeded and halved raisins and
cleaned currants, and half a cupful of
minced citron. Dredge Miose thorough;
ly with flour, add to the batter and'
sMr In a quarter teaspoonful, each, of
cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon all
powdered. Last of all, beat In a quart
of flour, turn into a laro mold and
steam for six hours.
O ranee Marmalade.
Slice and seed, without peeling, two
dozens oranges. Mix with them two
sliced lemons, cutting all very thin.
Measure the Juice and add enough wa
ter to make a quart and a pint of
liquid. Put Into a stone vessel, cover,
and stand all night. Put Into a pre
serving kettle, bring slowly to the boll,
and simmer until the peel is tender.
Stir In a pound of sugar for every pint
of Juice and boil unMl the skin looks
clear. Take from the fire aud, when
cool, put into glasses.
Old-Fashioned Jumbles,
naif a pound of butter, nine nnncM
of flour, one teaspoonful of vanilla, half
a pound of powdered sugar, and three
eggs. Heat Mie butter to a cream; ndd
tbe sugar gradually, beating until very
light. Now beat the eggs all together,
add the butter and sugar, and vanilla,
and then the flour, sifted'. Beat the
whole well. Drop in spoonfuls on a
lightly-buttered pan and bake in a
moderate oven.
Prune Marmalade.
Take six fine, large cooking apples,
pare, plunge In cold water, then put
over Mie Are together with Mie Juice
of two lemons and a half pound of su
gar. When stewed, split and stone
two and a half pounds of prunes and
stew wlMi the apples, takinir cni-e thnt
there is sufficient water to keep them
rroin Durning. When thoroughly cook-
ed, beat it Mirough a strainer and turn
Into Jars to keep for use.
Vassar Fudge.
Two cups of granulated Sllimr. nnn
tablespoonful of butter, one cup of
cream or milk, one-nunrter of n chL-o
of chocolate. Heat together the sugiir
and cream, then add the chocolate
broken into bits, stir vigorously and
constantly. When It begins to boll put
In Mie butter and stir until It creams,
when beaten on a saucer, take from
the fire and beat unMl quite cool, then
turn into buttered Mns.
Sweet Potato Biscuit.
Sweet potato biscuit require half a
pound of cooked potatoes peeled und
mashed and rubbed through a sieve to
get out all the fibers, a light quart of
flour, a large spoonful of lard, a ten-
spoonful of salt, and fresh milk enough
to mix up a rather soft dough. Mix
thoroughly, mold, roll and bake In a
quick oven, and eat hot, with plenty of
fresh butter, and of course good coffee.
Steamed Brown Bread.
Sift together a cup each of graham
and wheat flour and a half-cup of corn
meal. Add a half-cup of molasses, a
level teaspoonful of soda dissolved In
hot water and one and a half cups of
sweet milk. Pour into a buttered tin
and steam for one and a half hours.
Turn out and set in the oveu for five
minutes before cutting.
Corn Puns.
To the contents of one can of corn,
add separately the beaten yolks and
whites of four eggs and mix genMy;
add a little salt and cayenne pepper
and Just enough flour to mix well.
Drop In spoonfuls Into a buttered fry
ing pan and fry. Serve very hot
Squash Pie.
One and one-half cupfuls of squash,
two cupfuls of boiled milk, with butter
the size of a walnut melted in it, four
eggs beaten sllghMy, one cupful of su
gar, one-half teasponoful of extract of
almond. This makes two pies baked
on deep plates.
Household Hints.
To cool off a hot oven set a pan of
cold water in It.
Kitchen floors painted with boiled
Unneed oil are very easily cleaned.
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Mother will find Mrs. winilow's Soothing
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