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By Kvlyn 'Wood Lovejoy.
DICK Garish ought to have bean
supremely content and happy, a
he eat down to his well-laden din
ner table, facing one of the tidiest
and sweetest little housewives
that ever graced a man's home. His
bachelor friend, Rrnetst Btraton. who "tat
on the right of Mrs. Garish, would glad
ly have surrendered all the luxury of
his rich apartments, lor a cosy home like
tli is tme, could he have been sure of
capturing; a matrimonial prire such as
Dick had won. For a year he had
been swinging between "I'll venture"
and "I won't risk It,", as he was enter
tained b one and another of his old
chums, some of whom haJ drawn
blanks that staggered him, and ethers,
priaes that lured him to test his fate.
Today he wu dangerously near the
venture point, as he looks across Ihe
table at the pretty sinter of Mrs. Gar
ish.. He Is wondering how it would
seem to have her lay her soft hand on
his arm, and look up roguishly into
his face, as she Is looking now into
JIo.
"Hang It, is his mental ejaculation.
"There ought to be a law against girl
belne Bo free with their brothers-in-law.
"Save ra a drumstick, please," this
charming sister-in-law, Itorion Hunt,
was snylng to Dick.
"Getting read for another century
. spin? I guess you'll need both of these
drumstick If you expect to feed mus-
rle. Thin turkey is cooked to death,
lH)lly. It is as much overdone as the
' last one was underdone.
A shadow crinm-d the smile from the
face of Mrs. Oarish, and the red blood
dyed her cheeks.
'I'm sorry, Welt. I tried to' have it
Just right this time," she answered de-
. precatingly. '
"Oh, it'll do. I trues v You'll do it
better next time, perhaps: I tell you
what it is. Ernest, nobody ever cooks
turkey quit so well as mother. We
expected hor this ' Christmas, but she
wrote that she couldn't gtft away for
a day Or two
"Verr wry.'' said' Mr. Stratton. po
litely, though he felt like choking his
friend. 1 have hctard that "mother's
rooking always seems the1 beet to her
I boya, specially, after they leave
home. ''After they are married'' Is
what be started out to but checked
I himself In time. "I don't Know how
that is myself, an my mother died when
I was quite 'young. '
'Marion looked at him with, consider
ably more- approval than she had here-
tofore done.' There would be no
' "mothers cooking" as a bugbear to his
wife.
Shs was bit startled at the fault
finding of Dick. She had visited her
sister but once before since her mar
riage, and that was soon after the
; honeymoon, when Iick was too happy
to see any faults In IJoIly. Now, she
had observed that at every meal there
Was something which did not-Just suit
Ms taste, but she did not think he
would be so thouhthss as to criticise
the food when company was present,
even though the company was an in
timate friend. Such a kind indulgent
- husband, and. great-hearted fellow
must not become a weakAypetttc'anTi
wife-worrier for' lack of a little disci
pline. She meant to take the matter
in hand herself. She praised the dlf-
' ferent wishes extravagantly, and called
- on Krnest to second her. He readily
took the cue; and heartily Joined in
laudation of the dinner, which would
have done honor to any housewife.
Aftcp the meal -was enaes. warion
helped- Holly about washing the fine
china, which could not be trusted to
the young girl, who was the only maid
Mrs. Oarish could afford.
"Yen were so good. Marion, to praise
my dinner, but I know why you did It,"
said Doily, nervously wringing out her
dishcloth. "The turkey was a little
overdone on one side.. I-know, but
hut " then the tears she had before
heroically kept back rolled down threat
eningly toward the dish pan.
In an instant Marion had dropped her
dlshwlper, and had her arms about her
sister. " , '
START RIGHT AND KEEP GOING
. v- By Josiah Rogers.
"O TOU wish to attain com
t m . success? To triumph over
II obstacles and limitations? I
" 1 ' in. for fverv one of us to
f. SevlmT frnm a condition of ut-
N ( develop, from a condition or ut
ler weBueu u nciinnniiwi w
relative power, wealth and Influence.
The methods
nave been used
less oompletety.
!' risen from obscurity
era ot commerce or of thought, those
who bare 'been termed the advance
, . .hnintinn
... ..
? " v ' I. a
All WnO UVf IUU riO-U
L - i .1 Ih.lr nmrn hfl-
Ities. They have triumphed by the ex-
ercise of an unbounded faith in them-
T J,. Inj1l.t.
'causes of failure. The first great cause
Is poverty of mlnO It operates in the
individual by making him barren of
mA l.nnilnr Indifferent to
imorovctnents. snd mistrustful of his
n .htlirtML The next cause Is fear.
w 4 A In trtla nrflriA w ' jui uwn i in ut huu hkmiiihi uutuirr lu rtnitlin poor, ana II ------ - - - -
embodied in this article oplnionB 8trlctlyl to youraelf' frtr no this article demonstrates to you that rrt cornice, which was, cast in sec-
and followed, more or one can Bfce them with vour eyes, and there Is no real necessity for you if V"ns' 8Pecla11 ornamental window caps
by all those who have it is not wise unnecessarily to invite you are anything like a normal indi- LtT.TJ nk Biie i Wtrhi1 SJni
lves. an by recognising, knowingly buythat they mUBt and will have if choose the wav of least resistance. If
or unknowingly, the great fact that all you will (iell it and give value either Yn" PPpr to haie no special abil-
wLlth la aa to its actualization, In the goods, or knowledge, or labor. What- employ all your energies in the
' mind of man ev,'r 11 ,s ,hat have to dispose of wprk vu arc already engaged In. But
YUT i,- t,ktnat some of the leading you must push! PuhIi it for all It is constantly examine ourself for new tal-
A man of a fearful disposition not
'only doubts his own powers, but antioi-
pates trouble, and usually Rets it. Here
' let me say that expectation Is a potent
. ' 1 . a nH WA rnnu frnoA It In
our own lives, continually bringing to
k ,.t-r thln w have most
" feared or hoped for.
The man who has steady, constant,
unwavering faith in himself, is the
" man who Will inspire confidence in
others. Htywever hopeless the outlook,
' however limited your range of action.
have faith In yourself! Consider that
tne rac.v or ywur nii i"""''
have a right to exist; that you have
' your own appotnjea piace in im n rr
. or creauoa. wmi-ri nw -j
thst you i are rraVy necessary In the
. -world. There is ne particular work
that you rcao do better than any one
' else, and nine times out of ten It is,
for the immediate present, the work
you are already engaged in doing. I
repeat, you an do better than others,
but it does not follow that you have
'j sdready been doing so. No two minds
In the Whole creation are exactly alike.
Therefore, you can give to your work
en individuality and quality that no
.one else can duplicate.
Many are always searching for bet
ter materials than those they have at
hand. The bum-k or a maaier mino is
that It setses and converts to its uses
the eimpieax aiia fkiiilc"l imiuwi
hat are reaaiiy muinm. ie mu
Vninea toe late' Alwavs be' doing
Hm?r.inV do It well, arid keer ,., ,io-
Km ii ind make vour own oi nor-
?.ililT
tunnies. . . ,
If von really wish to make -of vour
wholu life a splendid success, vou must
first gt-t In love w in your work h-
spect your wora naroire u owen ioy-
Inirlv on It. let It be
i.ur iirm inoug.ir.
at an times. , l.y"u' i'f--' i' ';cup-
tfon is dtSjtasteful "to you. yon will i on- mj
...... . , . , . , .
.i,iiiid-.abor is In greater demand than
use Of the means arouna you, ann you ouvijf mu .wu ue paying us pur- ". nj.'.,cu i-ncudi luuiiurd hub in. inline iui nu hihihh Ltru , uis- win appeal to congress tnis winter ror to ins permanent ricnca or aihiko. iuii okhhibi r-ai-u vi.iir, too ruu.i-
will soon acouire better tools. When chase price annually in the red metal J "hH"rve the wonderful development course at the hotel last evening: more aid, and I trust that the Oregon big concern has acquired coal lands W to move. Ward, however, managed
vou have entirely outgrown your pres- ,.mtt n. , VT m"al' ' progress. Another fact givinghis "We want roads, first. Money spent delegation will familiarize itself with near the mouth of the river and will to Pull himself together a little in tho
in, urroundings. no powr on earth Uty-one miles of railway have been words emphasis is, he was one of the in road-building - will never yield such the necessities of the situation and the no doubt lit time smelt their ores . In tftith round and won.
except vourself will keen ,-ou in thera completed from Cordova up the Copper original owners of the Kennacott cop- returns as in Alaska today. In addition enormous increase in gold production that district. In the meantime, the ores Although the stakes were small In
lnneer than oo hooe. ' river, at enormous expense Two stern- per mlne His experience in the cop- to openfng their big copper mine, the that will follow any road work In will be sent to Tacoma or Everett where the old days of prlseflglltlng, the bets
rfon't watt f or opportunities, for if , ', .mh",! . per properties was a rather melar.- men building up Copper river will open Alaska. there are big smelters. A smelter here. Were large. The Duke of Cumberland, is
hiV eome your way at all tliev will W,,, 'T,9,,,!en puJ on ch.oly0 repetition of the old 'Trospeet- for heavy operations a number of rich 'Ventral Alaska, as we style the dis- forced upon the big mining -magnates said to have" lost 119,000 wMen Slack
"me and I find you .sleeping. Kvery- "55 tE vf,0 lf 'i 1 'f, Tt h '.T , a",a i"m5 ero'.1 diit.riet";, Kn". "L.80.m2 tl0?' trlcts on the coast slopes. Is the most and competing, for all business, would beat Jack, Broughton In 1750. while
linue in ' iins- ne iui into tne vjopper ttiver-r wortn- men couifl never get the metal out. nor
either your mind tor, your work: but tern railway. Unlike the otliet rail- market It After It was mined The
take rare to riiange your mind fttst. or wav enterprise planned to open the to- HavemeyerS, Of Kew York, finally ae-
von-will change for worse. If there is tertor of Alaeka on an ail-American oulred the eroub. for a email rU
nnv nna - n lib 1 e t VOU have a special rourj, iUm fomw..- r1v.v .nnr. .rnrl. t. n,l tlin cnu ii.lf Inlnr., r '
J'klorfor or Ptltnde In, wljph ce no flnaneU! difficulties, brooks limlnarv work, for ta.OOCLOOO t the -Work that is monumental In, thorougha" that,cfm'talns one tenth as much gold understand that the NorthwetU steam. .'- ' - - . tvU,(eLi
ecl. nce or.ontttmorrff, learn all there is no delay snd hesitates at no impediment, Guggenhetms of the' Amerldan melt!n- hoea. This shot road reduce 20 net- tiU,. mum h nn th T.nsnn Th wi,in nn i. wiinl ibr h in-.nh.ini - 1 pfloIstcfPn.
to I'"r. rut that sunjecL waster it beciise,the great (iiiggenheirn intsrestar ft Refirtlng company. The OuggerKjeims cent the rout ol transportation to the is hut an instance of what hvdrnullo Interests, which 14 "doing' the heavv ' " rrom"the N
tonrougniy in T7 ': yr " are Mm ot it n tuw is being bave t tneir call capital ror any un-. Sitsftna placer strotip which I and Ra- equipment Will do, and f I'm safe in- work on Conner River. I If imlucements Knlcker -The
.-(.me a, Bprci.iiiaj in n '""" J rrmMrncien primarily; to tap a copper oertasing wmcn orrers surn-ient profit.-Ism' associates have been working for saving that l.undreds of Plch properties, had been offered to such a confern s figure Is like a
"I Won't say a mean thing about
Dick," site cried with commendable aelf
controL. "He's a dear old boy, just auch
a husband as I'd like, if he weren't so
crotchety about his food. If ever I
marry, the man will toe an orphan. I
won't have 'mother's cooking' forever
dinned into my ears.",
Dolly laughed in spite of herself.
"How would Ernest do?'" she asked,
wiping away the tears with one hand,
and patting Marlon's cheek with the
other. 4
"Oh, he's an-, inveterate old bachelor,
and bid bachelors are worse than moth
t-rs-in-la w." '
Marion did not know that the kitchen
door was ajar, and that Ernest in pass
im through the hall caught her last
words. He bit his lips, and then smiled,
as tne boys used to see him Bmile, when
he wus ready to start on one of the col
lege races.
The next day a letter eanie from
Mother Garish, saying she would surely
spend New Tear's with them, andliieic
wait to meet her at the station 'the
afternoon before. This set Marion in a
great flutter. She had never seen this
wonderful cook, but Dolly had, and had
learned to love her. Marion was deter
mined that everything about the house
keeping: should be above reproach. Hhe
had many consultations with Dolly,
which ended with calling In a first-class
eookto help them the day before Dick's
mother was expected. Of course, Dick
must not know about it. The cook
was spirited into the house after he had
gone to his business in the morning, and
was not seen when he came heme to his
dinner at night. The strangest part of
it was that Ernest brought her. He and
Marion were fast becoming good friends.
As he did not make love to her, and did
make himself useful, 'she. accepted his
comradeship, and called him Into serv
ice. He was Invited to dinner that night,
ami Dick insisted on his sharing their
New Year's feast also, "For," said he,,
"1 m going to have mother give us one
of her old-fashioned dinners, and you
shall eat roast turkey as is roast tur
key" this last emphatically.
Ernest smiled, and said nothing would
please him" more, looking straight at
Marlon, who smiled, too, and blushed be
comlnirly. "How did you ever learn to make
fcuch. delicious biscuits?" she asked her
sister. -yVoukln't they satisfy the most
perverse old epicure, Brother Dick?"
poking his elbow.
"They are fair, yes, pretty fair," he
owned, "but Just wait until you see
some of mother's cooking. Why. they
Just melt in your mouth! Dolly thinks
she cooks pretty well, hu1,bo she does,
but' I count a good deal on having
mother show her how to make things.
Mother always had a knack of fixing
veal cutlets better than anybody else."
"I don't see how these could bo im
proved," Ernest politely remarked.
"I'm sure I thank you," Mrs. Garish
said with some feeling. "It seems to
me it is the things which we don't have
that We imagine to be the best. I hope
1 shan't always be crying for last year's
sunshine."
'Dick dropped his fork and stared at
Dolly. . He had never seen her show so
much' spirit, and he wondered that he
had not noticed lvw much handsomer
she was growing. His friend seemed to
JiniiJier attractive, too, for he showed
her many more courteous attentions
than mere politeness demanded. He
had no time to think more about It.
for Marion had a fit of choking, and
when she was not choking and cough
ing, and he was very much afraid she
would have hysteria. She qulrkly ral
lied, however, and he began to ques
tion if Ernest had anything to do with
her attack, far he observed that, when
ever she caught. his eye, site would put
her handkerchief to her mouth, and a
queer little tremor would pass over her
face.
The next afternoon Mother Oarish.
the wonderful cook, came. Marlon liad
to own that she could believe any ex
cellence in her, for she was a sweet,
lovable woman. Her heart was large
enough for her son's wife and that
wife's sister, and they all had a very
happy time together the evening be
fore iNew Year's. As they separated
for the night, Dick said to his mother:
"I ..want you to cook our dinner to-
them. Study other people's methods
"d endeavor to improve upon them,
ArpIy ymjr own orlgtnal th0UKnt to
ivtry pruiimm mat comes oetore you,
for this way lies success. It is, as a
i,ut ue it all in the work close to vou!
and do that work today, for the past is
iifHn iin'i i nmirrntt.' nvn- nfimr.a "
""u ww tomorrow never conies.
Mhnov I. ...nt kv ..
, . ' ., K'""K ui niuna-
lent: SO YOU must firs have niimilhlns
to sen. We nil have something sale-
aide something that pp"Pl" want to
worth lt it
have to offer, i
stantlv to the
be known what vou
snd keep it steadily. c,m
1 front. You vnurseir ;, re
in tne market
market for brains, or labor
trading. Push yourself quietly, stead
"V. unobtrusively to the front In what
evpr you undertake. But don t lmrrv.
lon t strnln and strive unduly, don't
bo feverish. The violence of the storm
spends itself In a few hours; ihe slow.
Onward rolling ff tho ,,nnn n-,.-i ,-o
aw;,y tho solid rock. Re like that
ocean, soft and vlehilnc In outward n.
ture getting round your obstacles in-
stead of wasting your strength trying
'o beat them down; but still, like the
ocean irresistible in your silent, pcr-
petual. mighty onw;ird marching.
When things are prospering with
you. keep going ami don't' get slack.
r-onienimeni is istai to pro-
press. When a man loses desire for
for
rurtner progress and rests content with
aB aireany achieved, it Is
hke saying in effe-t: "1 have fought a
.hi ,K , . - , ,.,.. . ..... ed Jacks Tor raising the completed wall.
unskilled and the market for the for- good fight; I have finished my course." ,,, starting the building, a Dlatform of
plete " "h rnVnJ h, ,h1 V , readily gives assent to this two-Inch timber was laid across steel
all h, t V,V.inT.. ...i.k 1 r , j tyHw. in. ..,. a, c,i- hoams about four feet apart, these
others, but certainly weigh and Judge tion is unceasing, progressive develop- i,eam. unnorted bv iacks Trie nlat
t s them: you an ' a ways learn from ment. The man who rome to a stand- . IJ.I)0-D Wic?- - J?L
nd become lead- "";",""' w"3 I1" X a5' .K VTL mntfl' en.8f. positions Ion the ntatform The concrete
ALASKA WILL BECOME IMPORTANT FACTOR tN THE COPPER MARKET
Ratio Will Increase Until Territory "Will Soon Be Paying Purchase Price in Red Metal - -.
PEXT vesr Alaska will hesin
producing copper in earnest.
In a year following the ini
tial season, it will be an iiri-
nortant factor in the woil.l's
copper markets. This ratio of Increase
o mainid.neu until our nerthern
L .L .U ,i.f, ? " .1 ,th
JAe '" a i? 1 J T,mS fl.PPlnR
Pffi L if . ,niles.,of
fiLi bee"7yi.tv.'n "P""111""
net ween .Ibis mine end the permanent
'tlil0 e .?nm0rl?I!tl7iJI,0ri.,!'rficuIt
piece or railway engineering has ben
carried out in the far north than the
work now 'tinder way .on Copper river.
Millions of dollars have been spent el-
ready, but more is to follow. It Is esii-
dy but more is to follow It Is esii-
ted that more than Ill.OOO.OOO will
....... . . . - -w r - - -----
way has not done so much tor. perm,
I LOVE YOU AS AN OLD
morrow, mother. I've brought home
the plumpest turkey in the market, and
you must cook It, and show Dolly how
it must be done. You will, won't you?"
His mother looked at Dolly, as if she
feared the younger wife would be hurt
by Dick's words, but Dolly only smiled,
and said pleasantly:
still In the full height of his powers,
violates the great law of growth, and
pRVS the penalty by degeneracy and
ueenne. nvus we see that, although it
is no crime to be poor. It is a crime
choose, it will achieve its purpose and
your future progress will be more
ra i
rapid.
We have all heard the of .rente.1
i;..,. . 1.
truism that
source or wenitli.
"J your forces. 1
Be economical then
mitate nature, and
ents and new faculties that you have
pi-rliMps never before called Into opera
tion. .Vf.iJve a frequent mental valua
tion of yourself. Ascertain, for In
stance, whether you have a special tal
ent of constructlveness, or a gift for
drawing, painting, music, speaking, a
sood imagination or memory, or an ac
curate power of observation. Anv- or
all of these may he used to further
your great end in life, Genius mant-
t"'" usel B, thousand
ways, and few Indeed are
dlfferenl
hev who
have not a flash of the divine fire In
some corner of th4r mentality.
Concrete Construction.
A system of concrete building con
struction more extraordinary than Edi
son's proposed one-piece structure is
described with illustration In the De-
comber number of Popular Mechanics.
The walls are molded flat on the
ground, one at a time, then tilted into
nent development of Canadian districts
of the Yukon, as this new American
route win iio for our
bonanza mineral land of Alaska. 'r
t!o sav: Dan ? Kln. of Ralem. who
in Mtie in me greai
if now registered at the Perkins. Mr.
Kim recently came out of the central
of railway construction on Conner river,
(n? ?rMtvSt surface copper showinjf
'ft discovered. Huge, piles of copper
R anee ore "trewert the mountainside, a
f Bantlc vein havjng been stripped and
dlslnti - grated by erosion. C
They, ha1,.a PPfty clearly worth
several million dollars, (f tiiH metal
could be marketed
ISO miles from the
ir-u, ou r.ne mine was
ie "f8:"" Intervening
distance being one of
ding canyon and glacial reaches explored
in the land of untamed nature. Poor
me most Tortxo-
. w , t ..,
par this, developing Into one of the
BACHELOR LOVES BUT ONE
"Yes, mother, do. We are all expect
ing great things of you tomorrow. We
will eat 'roast turkey as is roast
turkey,' " quoting Dick's words.
Mot tier. Garish laughed.
"Dick, I'm learning something. I
never knew before that you thought
my cooking so wonderful, but 111 prom
position and made fast. The article
states:
"The principal feature In the equip
ment Is a series of especially construct-
,ile
,uU$i
? "ur ,
round, and lay inside the proposed
ing. Boards were set up on the
four sides to complete the form. .
'On this platform were placed the
wa" thP" Poured onto the platform in
lllr hnArt.r, lltr nrl?Sth
I said it in the meadow path.
I say It on the mountain stairs
The best things any mortal hath
Are those which every mortal shares.
ti, ir-i In ooftor to mv tprl
For rest it yields unnumbered feet
Sweeter to me tne wllo-rose rei
P.ccause it
sweet.
makes the whole world
Rich through my brothers' poverty?
Such wealth were hideous! I am blest
Only In what they share with me.
In what I share with all the rest!
And up the, radiant peopled way
That opens into worlds unknown.
It will bo life's delight to say,
"Heaven is not heaven for me1 alone.'
Lucy Larcom.
greatest copper producers of the Am-
erican continent, Is attested by the lav-
a railway to the mines. '
Mr. Knin boliAvr tha niaonlr, r,-r Orn.
isn iiiuiioiib now Deing spent to ouuu
gon have no conception of what Alaska
will soon be doing. Its permanent de-
cooperation with the northern miners,
ad as soon as the railway gets rea
sonably near. I and some associate!,
have one splendid placer group on Dan
creek, which we have held patiently for
trm. voarm until better transom taiinn
enables us 'to work it economically. The
J70.OO0 itimated as necessary for twuio-
mnnt nnrl onenlns- nas ueen lone sun-
scribed, but it would be folly to oper-
ate now. when- coats are so nin. bo
we are waiting for roads
"Malor Richardson of 1
are waiting ror roads.
Malor Richardson of the government
road commission is doing splendid work
in this line, -but he is not sufficiently
supported. He lias completed 80 miles,
of wagon road from the coast up
j m dui ,.j r ,i, tt tr--3ii nm. irr w
bring this road oafto Golcana, follow-
wus uui mints man iiiitrtr iwijiuhi
steel rods were placed In both dlrec- " " " -""". """"",,"1"l home, has a cnasteaing eneci. so tar vrnm rit vm
tlons. six Inches aparl. and the balance l'ke 'h?QJib"hV', "I eJ" Il3C?'?1? the right-thinking parent is con- Frm Tlt-BIU.
of the concrete poured on. The wall iCa!T ar', w,h ..'l1,, Pbe enll Prior to cern0l,. The old time champions Of the priz
was made four Inches thick and very ! aNt n,c50, 1 .l her anxetlM in- " Is true thst the childless couple ring had to fight hard snd undergo pun-
KffiaW anef?ve8rselVer 13 P-and 'tKUls.W."- Xy l -MMr
engine was connected with a shaft nn- mVsomethlnJ mo" han , iokf to "' themselves as they could not if ver SO years ago William
der the platform operating the Jack h-?' -,ln ln' Wv 1,- fanfilv from 'hpv had been blessed with one or two Thompson of Nottingham, best known
?"ew"'.?.nl? owly tIle Wal1 W" tilted chUaiood to roa url yTSnd the sfrain children: but It almost goes without tf) fam(, , the ttortin(( world as Ban-
. la very great; but one cannot shut , ,, " , VB, nlgo. fought
Each for AH. on eartV'fnr rtrf Inlte tliirmT 8 rt tral V"d Of love existed between Pagnellln B,
WOMAN. IN THIS WORLD '
ise you an old-fashioned dinner tomor
row, since Dolly wishes it. too." ,
On New Year's day Ernest Invited
Dick to go with him to see a pretty
suburban house which he had Just pur
chased, took It on an old debt, he said.
It was so far out that they did not
reach home until neorly time for din
CHILDREN AND THE' HOME
to Its arrival. One learns to be calm ones playing round one's knee In
T
Hk fMiniiv man or' woman will
family man or woman win
tell you with emphasis that a
home is noj complete If clill-
dren are not running about. Just
rs the spinster or bachelor will
affirm thnt children, viewed in the most
favorable light, are little less than a
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of money.
t ... -...I - -.krnrwlsnI orrlAnnt
Of course, it does cost a lot of money
to bring up children, and your ordl-
nary mother Is a person very- much
restricted and tied to the house. She
mother wltn a verv tolerant eve
n in ofnir tiHiid, there ran no no
?wo about" tee home refln?s 'a
and woman, and keeps them purer than
theyNvould ever be were the children
"P1 there. Thus, language is mod-r-
buso in ineir prenence, leinncr is Kepi
in check by Ae thoughtful father or
mother when a little one is looking on.
and this moderating of language and
keeping the temper In check develops
into habit In due course.
Jn Bn all-around way, therefore, a
child in the home makes for its bet-
terment end Improvement.
And. moreover, children teach one the
v., Mv. " e" ' i.M..i
more tolerant after the advent of a
little one. than he or she was prior
lna the old Valdex aovernment trial, and
when finished to that point, several 1m-
Dortant tilacer districts will be ODened
to more economical operation. The fund
Uau, uinh.. tm,-ir i,,.
derived from licenses, authorised by
act -of congress about three years ago,
nreentlv needed l n,nlertnd lht b
oped. Jn this region unfrosen ground
for the summer season's operations is
found, permitting hydraulic work, in-
etead of the old pick and shovel method,
it ii r,n.o.r tn d.t,n i r.. r
saving in mining when the hydraulic
tjunt nnerceries stralEbt man work "On
nor Huuiin nrnnprtr we nave enulnncii
with two giants. Miners are paid there
lie a dav. which naura will sueaest
the big saving a rtydrsulir plant effects...
In the nrlncinal Tanana districts errave!
that carries 60 cents or les.4 por Square
foot on bedrock is regarded, unproflt-
able, the ground being fresen and alt
gravel fs hoisted. Dn our newly-eguipped
ilif li-rillK ujl i I ur-u kiavci. will iro uuif
opened In the Central Alaska districts
in view of that fact, all the worries, them wmcn ninas tno msn ann woman ilourg f0l. f no a
troubles and anxieties connected with ". " "" ,','. ship belt. It
ner. When Dick ' came down stairs
after dressing, he saw Marion helping
his mother bring in the dishes prcpar-,
atory for the tablo.
"I'm hungry as a bear," he cried out,
"I can't stand the charm vt that odor
more than five minutes longer." -
"The bell will ring in two minutes,"
Marion called back. v'-Dolly Is in the.
parlor. I wish you'd tell her to come
here a minute."
When ho entered the parlor, he found
his friend already there, engaged in a
low confidential chat with Dolly. .Both
seemed n triflo embarrassed by. Ills ap
pearance, and the dimples in Dolly s
cheeks Suddenly straightened out
"Marlon would like to see yon, Mrs.
Garish." he said, in what he meant to
be a very freezing maimer.,
"Then Mr. Stratton will excuse me,
and finish his story some other time,"
she answered sweetly, passing out of
the room.-
A congealing silence followed, Ernest
went to the piano and struck a few
chords aimlessly. The awkward situa
tion a relieved by the ringing of the
dinner bell. As they entered the din--ing-room
Mother Garish stood at . the
head of the table. Dolly would have, .It
.so. she said. Excitement had tinged
her still fair cheeks with ft faint rosy
color, and the look of eager expectancy
In her brown .eyes, as she turned to
Dick.' was really bewitching. He put
his hand on her shoulder and bent ' his
handsome head until his lips touched
hers. Perhaps his heart was a lHtle
sore, and he was thinking of the con
stancy of . a mother's love. The saucy
smilb fled from Marlon's face, and ske
was almost ready to forgive Dicki If
he had kissed Dolly, too, she -would
have quite forgiven him. But. he didn't
and setting her lips firmly together,
she let-Nemesis take her -course.
Ernest .behaved very eclrcumspectly
during the meal. He gave -his hostess
no more of his attention than courtesy
resqulred. He and Marlon monopolized
the time, flinging witty Jibes at each
other across the table, ana did not give
. Dick any chance until the turkey was
brought in. Then Dick seemed to have
recovered his spirits, and began to as
sert himself.
"Isn't that a beauty!" he ejaculated.
"Didn't I tell you mother would give
' us roast turkey as is roast turkey,? Koe
how Juicy ami tender it is! I hope,
Dolly, you have learned how to cook
turkey todav."
"Yes. Dick, I. have, I watched It
every minute," replied Dolly demurely.
Marlon suppressed a giggle, and Dick
was afraid she was going to choke
again.
The rice pudding and pies which fol
lowed were all. lavishly extolled by
Dick, and if he didn't speak up
promptly, Marlon challenged his ardor
by praising the dishes more extravs
gantly than he did. Dolly and Mother
Garish said very little.. The one was
wearing the crown of success, and the
other it was not strange if she could
not enter so heartily into the merrymaking-
as the rest. did. When they
were eating the last course, Marion
called out to her sitter:
"Don't you wish you could make
such cranberry tarts as this.- Dolly! I
never tasted one so delirious."
"I hadn't noticed that they were un
usually good," she leplled a little dis
traught. Then seeing Dick's look of
surprise at --what he thought was her
Ill-temper, she turned to her mother
Garish and said, '.'Of course, no one
win make tarts quite so good as
'mother'." ' ,
"I'm glad to hear you own so much."
Dick said, his mouth full of the deli
cacy,., "I haven't cftleii a tart like tills
for a' year."
"I promise you shall eat many more
like ft the next year," volunteered
Dolly. "I shall keep mother until she
says that mine are as good as hers."
"1 hope you'll ask me to sample
them," broke In Krnest with unction.
"My tart has disappeared already. May
I have the last one. Mrs. Garish?"
She handed It to him, and ns the last
mouthful -disappeared. .Marlon cried out
gntly:
"There isn't a crumb of anything left
on the table. Oh, Jolly! Now we must
ail kiss the cook. Mr. Cook, stand up
and be ready for salutes."
Dolly arose with a very red face and
very bright eyes, hut she didn't look
towards Dick.
"It's the rule for the nearest one to
Hn" collected if one Is anion chil-
di(n Sornenow they soothe Is a mar-
velous way. A chubby little hand
stroking one's cheek has a peculiar
J'lfeet, and it is only the parent who
nol bp explained in print.
rtllt-'Tta V l - VAllV U.T
tl ,,njn.,hi,h.
nleaffurB
comes with the knowledge that you
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.arm 01 your very own. iimtb
,hpv f,ne he-aUhy voun(!S,er8i who
make a lot of noise, and keep on tor-
menting you all the time; but they are
yours, and you are responsible for their
young
And the knowledge which comes of
responsibility after enimren are m tne
dren pity those wno save, ana sppaK
nriy V1 . vw . ' , , t L. .al
think "of he . other side, about which
thejr knowV nothing. '
And the couples who have children
speak in pity of those who have no
young onee m iivrn 11 vn noun.- u.
an evening with shouts and laughter.
It may be that a child on occasion
proves a thorn In the parental flesh.
Here and there is to be found the lad
whose parents wish he had never been
.born, but, happily, such case are ex-
tremelv rare;
the great
majority of
boys, and girls
narents.
tort, prove blessings to
n,cf to.n!lv?
iiin -
a family around one if only for the
prospective pleasure of seeing little
whon mad wnrk annroaches within 100
or 200 mires. .
i Portland nas .missea a supero op-
prirtunity in not getting some connection
.m, lv Aimiint ic-vt
year when the Ouggenhelms begin ship-
ping out their copper ore. inaugurating
ulth th. n thn world will awaken
"I - believe that this Copper Rlvwr
railway will ultimately enter the Yukon .
basin and that the fanana traffic will
come that way. rather than vis, Sewrd.
ni, n, r.A t, n. . Mai..,!...! . rn
in the Copper River basin, wiving it ad-
vanlorea m a heavv traffic line, and
the. run. rnR lhr rilvlilA Tntn thn Yu-
kon basin is not high.; - For the" present
nn mirv.ru are announced tievonrt thn
Kennacott mine, which is the main ob-
iecilvo tnr the rallwav. If this Is du-
,!tlned io be the permanent ail-American
rouy llnto the Yukon, ilts value from a
commercial viewpoint Is great, and
Portland should study the situation with
in in, n
a,b wuum ii'iawii inr urvKUD I nwnpr wniie
salute first,"' boldly declared - Ernest,
making a move as it to kiss Dolly.
Dick was mails at his wife, half
stupeiled. When he saw. his friend
bending toward her, he thundered out,.
"Hold." ' Ernest turned " to him as If
amazed. - Marion putted his hand and
whispered: - . 1 - . - -
."Kiss her yourself if you don't want
. him to." ' , "
' "Why should I?" he asked, hardly
knowing what he said.
'Thhik of a husband asking' why he
should kiss his wife' Marion exclaimed
Ironically, ."if you must have a rea
son, sir, . because she lias cooked you
tbe, beat New Year's -dinner you ever
ate.v you said so yourself."
Dick turned to his mother. , She was
a ' tender-hearted woman, and the way
he looked at her made her think of the
times when he used to come toddling to
her to have his harts kissed away.
"Marion is right, DJck. Dolly, and
not 1, was the cook today. I prepared
the dinner day before yesterday, and
was so sorry to find that my biscuits
and veal cutlets didn't please you, that
I persuaded Dolly to cook .the dinner
today." s ' ,
"Hut you didn't come until yester
day, mother. Are you all crazy T asked
Dick, bewildered.
"No more than you are. I came the
'day -before; -and went back one station
in ' the evening. - Mr, ; Stratton kindly
looked after mo. Marion wrote me that
you had a chronic complaint, called
'mother's cooking,': and begged me to
come and help c-ure you. I m sure you
won't have another attack, after such a
fine dinner as Dolly has given us to
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"Yes. we had "roast turkey as is
roast turkey'," mimicked Marion heart
lessly. "And tarts such as I've not eaten in
a year." mercilessly continued Ernest.
"O Brother Dick! Q Brother Dick!
The cook she is your Dolly.
We had to play you such a trick,
To cure you of your folly I"
sang Marion, who had risen, snd was
dancing benind his chair, and keeping
time by pulling his ears.
"I'll never open my mouth again at
the table," roared Dick, "and I'll stop
yours too, saucy maid," Jumping up
snd effectually doing what he had
threatened.
"If it's allowable to kiss sisters-in-law,
I'll kiss mine," said the audacious
Ernest, touching Dolly's cheek with his
lips.
"What! What!" cxclatmed Dick, quite
overcome by this fresh surprise, wbilu
Marion's cheeks were redder than tol
ly's, and her eyes were flashing indig
nantly. Dolly looked quesllonfngly at
her sister.. Ernest looked fraternally at
Dick, who said:
"Is -that what the prett- little home,
that we visited today means Ernest?"
"Ask your sister," he replied cooly.
"She told me yesterday that mothers-in-law
are Just lovely, and as she class
es me in the same category with them,
of course she thinks I'm Just lovely,
loo.'.'
"I don't!!" flung out Marlon. "I
think you're a horrid, egotistical
old"
She suddenly found herself alone
with Ernest. Dlk hud walked out
with one arm around Dollyvand the oth
er around hla mother. Ernest inter
cepted Marion before she could reach
the door. He held out his hand as a
mule sign of entreating forgiveness.
"Hoar;" she breathed, easier now,
that she had finished her Scut encti.
"Beauty." he retaliated.
"To think of your proposing right
before them all!"
"I didn't. I announced our engage
ment." !
"How dare you." she began in
Zenobia style, then something she saw
in his eyes made her stop and say
shyly, "but you've never never said
one word of love!"
"Then I'll make amends now. I
love you as Jacob loved Rachel! I
love you as Romeo lovod Juliet! 1
love you as Dick loves his mother's
cooking! I love
She turned her back upon him and
stopped up her ears. In an instant he
had Imprisoned her hands, ant went
on:
"I love you as an old bachelor loves
but one woman In this world. Come,
sweetheart, let's go and Invite the rest
to cat roast turkey with us next New
Years." "
They went.
old
age ones grandchildren.
Perhaps there is no other wav in
which children prove such a blessing
as In agd when happy little ones ikx
always popping out and In to ask how
pBltUUI( MSj 1 4X11U 'Cl ex. I s m VJUIIf, nr
day.
1 ne cnndiee couple. wmn brm.
nw 'n 01 una. i me, iney tn
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to soe them, but that extraordlnai v
tnlng, the close blood bond, is .lack
ing, and the young ones can never b
nVe" randchildron a,o
Stakes for J losers.
Ben Caunt at Newport
klnghamslilre, for two
side and the champlon-
waa for a similar purse
im rayers lougni nis memoraDie
"I"1 wmi uif 1 iprnn ciftavner on years
W. whll. Tom fiprlng-one of the
bravest, most honest Snd courteous men
who ever stepped InttJ a ling In 1821
fought Jack Dangham, who ultimately
hi1 K (g .. .nn ,
aled fSO.OOfl, for 600 guineas a
side st Chichester. Tom Spring won
nd he and Jack afterward became tho
best of friends.
John Oully
Pontefraet n'
who became M. P. for
rome
thn '80s. might have h-
cnamplon, out lie retired from
the ring after his fight with Hob Qreg-
mnn In Ifinfl Th fterVir 1 r .4 f,..- 1 -. . ,,.....
end at the finfsh neither man had
nun hi. in. rinisn neuner man nan
Brrns;th fnougrt to hold Up his hands
either to give a blow or to guard. But
uuny manageo to get tn a little tap on
Gregson's face, such an would' knock h
fly off, and that gave lilm the victory.
Ouliy then retired to 'carry on bis
business as a publican' and made so
much money by successful turf specu
lation that he was able to become the
owner of . race horses which thrice won
the derby for him.
. From 200 to IBOfl a side seems to
"' ' "
" Tom spring, Hnyers ami Crlbb. It
was for the Inrrer- Amount thst Jfm
Ward fought Tom Canpon, grand uncle
of Mornlngtrm Cannon, the Jockey, In
and at the finish of the ninth both men
man Jack beat Perrlns in a fight for
S0 guineas a side In 17 he won 20.-
"00 for cne of his backers, Bullock by
name. 11,006 for himself, as well as
i.r- tttia in t. n.nn.v
- The famous Captain" Barclay, the
father nf ,-ior,Hrie iralninr ami v
or th r-n 1 Ann mll In 1 Ann Kn,,.,1
match, who trained Tom Cribb when lie
was matrhAd tn fldit Mollnwmiv it,.
black, et the beginning of last century, '
stood to loan flrt niiii in the e
Cribb's defeat: ' -Ruf Crlbb won after 20
minutes' fighting, ultimately became a
coal merchant and publican, and died
SO years ago at the age of 7.
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fashionable woman's
slat - - . .
the mattress, hnlii.r
and' pillows are worn on the head. - - ,