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ANGER BEGINS WITH FOLLY AND ENDS WITH REPENTENCE EVERY WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY. The Bufletin wants good home letters, good busineas’'etters; good help- ful letters of any kind the migd may Wednesday of sach week. Write on but one slde of the paper. Addrees, SOCIAL CORNER EDITOR, Builetin Office, Ncrwick, Conn THREE PRIZES MONTRLY: third. Awerd made the last Saturday 80CI~L CORNER POEM. The Life That Counts. The life that counts must tofl and fight Must hate the wrong and love the right; Afust stand for truth by day, by night— This is the life that counts, e that counts must hopeful be; mght e melody; ; ait the daw} on bended knee— . This is the life that counts, Hife that counts must atm to rive the earth to sunlit skies; fix M= gaze on Paradige— This is tho life that counts. Bfs that counts must helpful be; cares and needs of others see; [ust seek the slaves of gin to free— This is the Iife that counts, Hfe that counts is inked with God; turns not from the cross—the rod: walks with joy where Jesus trod— This 8 the life that counts. ~¥From “Heart Throbs.” AND INQUIRIES, —Cards received amd as you directed. MARRIED AND HAPPY—Thanks \#0'you for starting a purse for Diana B ing in a sitver quarter, If } y whe feels the spirit move fwhat they can afford the total G i likely 1o be ample. We will &re receipts and forward the -memey. 4 IBABEL, OF PLLINGTON: The er- | 'or has been corrétted and the check led to you. BALSAM FTR—The old songs, “Kiss e, Mother—XKiss Your Darling,” and Se Moon Behind The Hill” received. | il appear in their order. ey AN EXPERIENCE. SDeAPR Sisters of the Soclal Corner: 10 teil you a story: Just Petock struck four I put on my cloak®and hood, also my mittens, for she night was cold and the air full of and I started for the barn, tak- glonz the milk pails, for 1 had the to do. The good man was a tton, and there was no Sre could hire not know the iirst thing about , except that vou sat on the 8ide of a cow. The cow in ques- Was a large biack and white Hol- § having a calf just a few hours She was not very gentle and had rticular Hking for a woman, ally when I tied her calf up to Sitting on the stool, reaching as poesible, and expecting her every minute, 1 began rk? Oh, how 1 worked to get milk! T tried and tried before I & drop, and just as I got it started . resenting such usage, stepped over as far as possible. Moving up again, when all of a sudden the mili"pail rolling on the £ did not waste much milk, Bdn't got it. Picking up the $ed it over, with the same re- JI'then got a Tope, tied it around BF left leg, then around her right, @nd started over again. How she did try to kick; but all she could do was to keep stepping first one foot up and then the other, whils I expected each minute she would fall down, or over, on to me. By this time 1 no longer neoded my oat for the temperature had risen uptll #t seemed as if no air was stir- ng I should roast. Sweat ran kR mny face in streams, and into my B8¥Ss umtll they smarted. My arms Wrist besan to ache worse than Moothache il 1 kept on, determined to get r milk. 1 talked, I petted I tried 1o be as gentle as possible, but after frying for hoursy as it seemed to me, 1 only had about three quarts. Removing the rope I let her calf finish. He at least knew how to get roflk from an anery, stepping cow that tFied hard to get out of the stanchions. How quickly she bocame quiet. Then “and there 1 determined to master the art of milking, which 1 did after many just such attempts. What 1 suffered from sore hands and arms no tongue can_tell. Bouth Canterbury. 8. E W, NOT A FISH STORY. BEditor of the Social Corner: On a pleasant morning, early in September, many years ago, a young gentleman and his wife, of one of the best fami- in Norwich, drove out to Gard- her's Lake to spend the day in fishing. had good luck, the catch being a handsome string of the gamey black " Late in the afternoon the sky be- mé overcast with dark and heavy flowds, and it commenced to rain. At mflx o'clock, when they started thers was a steady down- $280 to first; $1.50 to secona: $100 to NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1912 suggest. They should be in hand by In each moat near-by and - far-distant waters. | Numerous star records of achievement | in the piscatorial art may be found | under his name in the archives of a club house on the banks of the Restl- ochee river, and his namg and fame e not unknown on Loch Lbmond and other favorite waters in the native land of Robert Burn At the pres time the gentleman | and his sife are happy grandparents. The lively stories of the gentleman with all ‘the flavor of the tales- of{ Munchausen never sound fishy, as they always include the fact mentioned in | that old adage, “Truth is stranger than | fietion.” A F.W. Norwich, At A SMART WOMAN OF HER YEARS. Dear Editor: 1 was ever 8o pleased | to note that some one was apprecia- | tive of the words of the song entitled: | ded Flowers,” and wishes for more | of those old, but ever new, songs. I| have so many 1 don’t know which to | send in, but think the twc I send| herewith are good. Perhaps another may suit Yetter. Would be glad-te have address of the person interested, 1 could send her more at a time than »u_could print in the column of the rner. | Mrs. Sarah Atkinson of South Wind- as yet appeared in the Corner. To Make a Pretty Frame for souvenir photographs take a ribbon long enough to"accommodate as many photos as you wish. The longer the panel, of course, -the wider 1t must be to look well. Cut:openings in the ribbon.with beart, round, square and diamond- shaped patterns, and finish these with narrow ribbon of the same or pretty contrasting shade of the wide ribhon panel. Line with stiff canvas, leaving spaces to slip in the photos. The panel may be fringed at the bottom and hemmed st the top, and hung with narrow ribbon fastened at: the sideg with ribbon bows. Nothing could bé more appropriate for the high school girl or boy, who collect more photos than they really kmow what to do with. It s also a pretty way for a mother to give her friends the children's photos, especially if you have the small cards taken. - A simple device which Is sure to meet with hearty appreciation from the friend who travels, whether man or mai6 is a case made from white or tan lindn and is just the right size to accommodate the clean Shirts- or freshly-laundered waists for the jour- ney. This should be shaped after the fashion of a large envelope, consisting of an oblong piece of linen. cut just a little larger than the size of a folded garment, which is surrounded by four large flaps made to fold over the con- tents of the case and thus protect them. BInd the edges with a bias fold of linen, or wash ribbon In the favorite color of the owner to be, or if a stu- dent or graduate of college bind with college A monogram, or bit of embroid will be an adornmeent to the’ outer flap. A Pretty Book-mark is always ap- ted by the book-loving friend. This is made &rom four ribbons, each a pretty color and harmonizing. They may be all of the same length, but look better made in diffeerent lengths with Tong and the others gradually longer. Fusten all four together at one end to a_brass ring that has been previous- ly filled with erochet silk in single crochets. _ Half-inch - ribbens looks very well for these.markers; but one may use wider ribbon if pref®rred. Trim the free ends of ribbon to a point, hem gnd attach a tiny bell To finish' this marker write in gold or silver paint on each ribbon a line of either of these rhym “Then read fromhe treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And-lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.” “I_cannot tell wheré™ Your place may be; But I'll keep the pl If you'll place me” | hym, a woman who reached her 7ist | bfrthday on the 9th of last June, has | just completed what seems a remark- | le feat Philadelphia | firm invited to s one of their saleswomen, and she commenced work on the 26th day of April. In exactly | | six mon from that ti ¢ she b 1d and delivered 1302 pa of stock g5, going from house to house in| this ce and ot parts of the town and soometimes taki trips to | Westbrook and Yarmouth. TALSAM FIR. | South Windham RECIPES FOR CHRISTMAS CANDIES. Dear Sisters of the Soctal Corner: | Here are the recipes of some dainty | Chiristmas sweets that aré much prized | by chi ren. Parisian Paste.—Pick over and re- move stems from one pound of figs. Pick over.and remove stones from one | pound of dates. Mix fruits -with one pound of sh walnut meats_and put all through meat chopper. Work, using the hands, on a hoard dredged | with confectioner's sugar untit thoroughly blended. . Roll to a quarter of an inch in thickness and cut in inch squares. Roll cach piece in' confec- | toner's sugar, pack in layers in tin box, putting parafin paper between each layer. Purity Wafers—Put 2-3 cup of pea- nut buiter into a lerge bowl. Stir in as much cold water .as will give it the consistency of thick cream To | this erulsion add one teaspdon pul- zed sugar and 2-3 teaspoon salt.! ir well, then add whole wheat flour, time, as much as can be | d in, after which place upon the | ading hoard, using only part of | dough at a time, add enough flour ‘ent roll very thin, put in pans, pri shly with a ‘fork. Bake in a slow oven, Mexican Sugar Candy—Shell suffi- | cient pecans to make half a pint of |meats, Put a cupful of granulated sugar into a saucepan, stir until melts, but do not let it burn, nke from ‘the fire, and when slightly cooled 2dd a cupful of milk, then add another cup su and stir the whole unti when dropped inte cold water, the syrup forms a_soft ball. Take from the fire and add the nuts, stir until it | eranulates, and turn into,a shallow | pan that has been gréased. Quickly | flatten it oui, and When cold break in es. N JANBETTE, THINGS GOOD TO EAT. 3 ers: 1\ feel like | terbury, that good things | as important as any good , for it is the well-fed stomach ins a painless head and ap active mind and body. I am going to €ive you an old cake recipe I do not know whether Martha Washing- ton fed the General upon it -or not, but it is good enough to see the White House, 1 Corner Si: of C to eat are things, wh Martha Washington Cake—Oné-half pound butter, one and a half pounds | sugar creaméd together, yolks of five el well beaten, one pint sour cream with one teaspoonful soda dissolved in it, grated rind of twe lemons and | juice & oye, one teaspdbnful ground | nutmeg, one’ of mace, add one and| three-quarters pounds flour, the whites | of eggs beaten stiflly; Jast of all, add | one pound raisins, one pound curtants | and one-half pound finely chopped cit- | ron. Have fruit well floured. Bake slowly about two hours, [ They found the road quite soft and was slow. After driving jo miles their carriage sud- te down. The accident was the loss of a carriage wheel. ortt forced them to stop and standing in fthe rain- muddy road they began “How shall we ever got puring rain on an unfrequented :‘ and peveral miles Witk @ brokon-down buge, 3 nt predicament. i what to do, and ten minutes after the acol- h the sound of some veificle coming nesr. The ich drove up proved to be | which had been out e THREE HOME-MADE CHRISTMAS , the night was dark, and thelr o be out in the evening in, ‘road, at & long distance from | foro, they are ripe, peel and put a from | clové in the A these years Creamed Oysters—Two-thirds cup of butter and the same of flour creamed | together and stirred into two cups of | ‘ot milk. Cook ten or more minutes in | double boiler till the flour loses its raw taste. Butter 'f\ baking dish and put| in a quart of Oysters and pour- the sauce over all, season with salt and Depper, cover with buttered crumbs and bake in a moderate oven till the crumbs are browned, Apple Pickles—Take aples just be- blossom end of each. Place fn steamer and steam until they can be ple d by a straw.. Put in jars and cover with a bofling syrup made of two cupfuls of sugar to one cupful of vinegar and a drop or two of ollof cinnamon, Stick cinnamon may be used, but will not the’ so- clear, Seal, HANNAH ‘Willimantic, Ao GIFTS, Bditor and Sisters of the Social Corner family;- During the last few weeks I have eagerly scanned the col- umns of the social corner, but. failed to see a letter of suggestions for Christ- mas gifts sent in by a rural housewife, It is not too late to win the fourth e, 1 will send in directions for mak- . three ifts that are A marker like this will keep several places in a book and looks very pretty laying on the t bells hanging over the edge. will begin to A wl. RAL HOUSEWIFE. T BY A HORSE. A FE Sisters: T have ¢ time a silent but an ter er of the Corner. . A good many years ago—in the spring of 18——there had been a good deal of snow. When it was over, the snow melted, and there waas a freshet which «did_a good deal of damage to roads, ' bridges, ete, Oné dark night soon after the freshet a gentleman was traveling from Hart- ford to Providence, and as he ap- proached the bridgze which crosses the Quinnebaug river the water was roar- ing and making a loud noise. His alked_across the bridge very arefully, and he at last wass over afely, and_drove on till he reached ern about two miles from the sked for supper and lodgings, and while supper was being prepared was asked which way he came. 3 He said: “Over the bridge” The landlord said: “That bridge is gone.” y The gentleman said_he came over it with his horse, and the next day they went back to the river and found that all the bridge was gone except one stringer, and the horse had crossed on that. This tavern was owned at that time by my step-mother’s father, and after- wards was purchased by my grand- ther and my father, and occupled v them until their deaths. It was taken down and a new house built in 1874, It has since been sold and the mily ed away. I was born in the old house, and it my home for many vears, metimes I'll give the Corner a recipe for pork apple pie, which is very nice. SALLY SYCAMORE. wi Jewett Cfy SHE DOES NOT:GREE WITH BUDGE. sditer Social Cormer: T want to tell ludze that my boy learns to spell and write in the new school, and he has not been_a year yet. I think some of the new ways are better than the old. I have also been a tacher. There is o difference in teachers and also in children. If parents visited schools oftener and made friends with the t TS, would be a great help. Many thanks to Biddy for including me in her “anniversary” It is my first invitation; and in spite of lame horses and bad roads the trip was de- lightful. I am a great horse doctor, and a firm believer in Witch Hazel. ETTA BARBER, Plainfleld. WHAT SAM ANTHA OBJECTS TO. Dear Sisters of the, Soclal Cérner: T hdve been so busy with Thanksgiv- ing and my golden wedding coming all at once ('hat I haven’t found time to write, I never rate fri of presents I rec But T never cared'for presents which ship by the value | are given “Indian fashion,” and then taken away again, as that one hun- dred dollars in gold must have been. 1 have looked everywhere and havent heen able to find it since Biddy left. We did have a “really truly” wed- ding at our house last week. I know some one will ask: “Was it No, neither she nor the Aunty, Theoda and I are getting quite vell acquainted through our visits over the 'phon. @Vhet are vou comine me as you promised to do? 1 like soclal affairs; but I went Biddy to unde and right here and now that che can’t have .any more parties at ovr house and leave Joslak out, as such doings will not be tolerated by SAMANTHA. BUDGE. Soclal Corner: with ne - little interest the letter of . Budge calling on the Leb- banon mothers of children to protest against’ the educational advancement now on foot in that town. In other words, “Budge” who is an ex-school ma’am, turns alarmist and advises the mothers of her time not to budse, but to stick to the uncertificated teacher. There. is nothing about a _certificate that is suspicious, for it is only an official ‘endorsement, or evidence of ac- quired skill in the art of pedagogy. Neither the certificate nor the training malke ‘tédching a complete success, for that is something wihich calls for ood judgment, sharp discrimination, broad sympathy. and a love for the work and for the pupil. - These last three quali- fi s are mot, the least important. A and fast rule for the certifi- s A | Editor 1 read useful and inexpensive, and have not | the shortest ribbon eight or nine inches | ble with the gay little | 1 must | ring off or our kind and patient editor | 3 I've often wished that I eould feol Jo Jones, but it's simply impossible. 1 believe she eould see threugh any- ‘thing. Zovy Well, perhaps that's a pretty strong statement, but we giris can't feaze her. She can fool us fast emough, too. I did wish I could pay her back. I was talking to mother about it that April Fool's Day when I came home from school. would give mest anything,” I said, “if I—well, if anybody ceuld April Fool Jo. She's teo quick, and today she's right on guard. T wonder where she is, anyway. She promised to come up this afternoen. Her mother's away. Mean chump.” “Perhaps Isabel wanted her,” said mother. “She will probably be around soon. She doesn't often fail you. Suppose you ask her to stay to sup- per, Barbara. 1 made some chocolate cake today.” Pretty soon I saw Jo tretting up the walk, 50 I waved to her, and she raced up the walk, into the house and up- stairs, llke a whole regiment, mother said. But mother doesn’t mind; she's used to it. Jo likes to stay to supper. and we like to have her. Father always has some new story to tell, and he just enjoys quizzing Jo. Tonight we had an especially nice supper—cold chick- en, and peaches and hot muffins, and| tapioca custard, and the chocolate cakes mother spoke of. They were lovely little cup cakes, with a thick soft frosting. Well, Jo and I sat together at the table, and there were just three cakes ‘on the plate when it reached me. I took one. It had a crack in the side, and I turned it over, and—there was a tiny bit of cotton sticking out. I do believe Jo would have been fooled that time if I had known enough to keep still. She was talking_about basket [ ball with father, and éhe'd forgotten about it's being April Fools’ Day. It's t00 bad I lost such a chance to fool | her, but I never thousht about that, and I piped up, “Oh, Jo, don’t take one, there's cot- ton in them. I saw #t" ©Of course, everyohe roared, every- one but mother. She had thought she was going to foel us.” “You ought not to have toM, Bar- bare, you silly child” she said, “T took particular pains with those. 1| think you really deserve going without | your good enes, but still, you might | as well have them to eat with your| pudding.” 1 think tapieca is the mieest kind of pudding there is, and this was inj pretty little cups, with a big meringue | on top. I was in the kitchem while| mother was fixing the tray, and she had_said, “This one in the rese cup is for you, Barbara.” I had hit ene of the ethers, and I told her to put that wheve T'd get -it, for the top was cracked. “Well, it really doesn't make any { great diffefence,” she said. “I thought | that one didn't look quite as well” Jo happened to get the ome that mother had said was for me. Jo likes tasinca custard, and this looked so 200 treat. “Too bad you couldn't have served cotton cakes with this said father. “They will think the pudding did as well, when they wake up in the might,” sald mother, with a funny little smile. “Does 1t taste good, girls?’ “Why, yes, it's delicious,” I satd Jo tasted of hers, critically. ‘T don't know,” she sald. “Seems to me | It has 2 kind of queer taste. Aha, you can't fool me, Mrs, Dodge, you've put something in that will make us sick. Can't you taste it, Bab? “Why, no,” I answered. Then T re- membered. “Oh, Jo, mother told me that one was for me, but I had hit this and_cracked it, so I took it. She has fixed up a dose of something for me, and you've got it. Mine tastes all right.” Mother had to stop eating, and she just sat back in her chair and laughed. “Am I the only victim?” asked Jo. She didn't enjoy getting a dose that was meant for someone else. “Mine tastes pretty mood” sald father. “How's yours, Fred?" “All right. I don’t see anything the | matter.” “It 15 all the same” sald Jeanie. “I saw mother put it in‘the cups.” “Perhaps she added the stuff after- wards,” said Jo, looking into her cup. “But mine certainly has & bitter taste. Don't you notice jt, Bab? Perhaps, cated teacher is & fool policy, and a "hard and fast prejudice against the normal graduate can only be founded upon_obstructive ideas which are irra- tional. Efficiency certified is not what makes a successful teacher, but effi- clency demonstrated in the schooiroom. The supervisor is necessary because the parents are too busy to give at- tention to the schools; not under competent surveillance are very likely to deteriorate. Bupervision is no trial to a teacher who is doing her work well; but the teacher who is conscloous of not doing her best, who is given to shirking and knows it, must be annoyed when the keen critic ap- pears to test the progress being made. How Josephine Was she was all ready for alstarch and van and schools | Fooled if they are all alike, she might have got more in mine than in the rest, but 41 should think you would notice it.” T kept t and tasting. Father and Fred sald theirs was alj right, and Jean never eats it. I never saw mother so amused; she. laughed continually. 1 began te find & queer little bitterness in mine. I certainly thought she had put in semething to make us a little bit sick. “Why, yes, # does taste mers, down in the bottom,” I sald. “Have acake, Jo-To ™ “I den’t know hut it's dangerous to,” said Jo, doubtfully Father looked at mother, and they both laughed again. Mother was fairly red in the face But I didn't want to offend Jo, so I set the example of eating a cake. “This is ,rather better than the other,” I said. “That pudding has a kind of queer taste. It isn't exactly bitter, but it doesn’t taste the way it usually does. Better try a cake, Jo.® Jo_was looking at the spoonful of pudding. “It has brown specks in it sho sald. “What did you put in it, Mrs. Dodge?’ “What do you suppose?’ asked mother. “I couldn't guess. I suppose I'll find out when it makes me sick.” “Nonsense, Jo,” Jean said. “It's all alike. Those specks are where the top browned a little, and mother stirred it in. There's nothing the matter with the pudding.” But when Jo is fooled, she is fooled in good earnest. BShe wasw't to be convinced that that pudding was all rizht, and she had an idea that mother was giving her medicated food, as father said. Jo didn't care about tak- ing medicine in that way. And I didn’t. Bhe was eating ome of the chocolate cakes, and pretty soon she began to imagine there was something the matter with that. “Is this health food, too? she asked. “Does that taste so t0o?” inquired father. “Why, #t—it has a sour taste. I do blieve. What d¢id you put in this, Mrs. Dodge?” “Jean can tell yon,” said mother, “that I put in just what I usually @o, There is nothing in the cake that will make you ill” “But you don't say there wasn't in the pudding,” sald Jo, wagging her head. “It has a very queer taste. No thank you, Mr. Dodge, I don't care for any more, I wish you would tell me what you put in it.” 3 *T didn’t put anything in it laughed father. Amy Welles and Jack Thompson came in after supper, and we forgot all about the medicated pudding. They stayed about an hour, and when they went mother asked Jo if she had be- gun to feel sick vet. v “Why, no, I hadn’t thought of #t* “Weil, I guess yon won't them. I must use more next time.” “More what?’ “Mare—well, I must put in something mere mext time, instead of talking about it.” “Why, what was there in the pud- ding?” demanded Jo. She was just aetually mystifted. “Eggs, sugar, milk, tapioca, corn- {ta,” said mother. * what kind of stuff to make us stcl “Nothing, 1 assure you" Jo couldr’t belfeve it. “But I tasted 1" she said. “It tasted bitter, didn't it, Bab?’ T “l thought # &d" I said. “But “Yon bardly any/”’ “Yes, that's 1t,” said mother. thought it did, but it must bave been your imagination. There was nothing in the pudding but the usual ingredi- ents. It was your imagination that supplied the rest!” y “But I haven't any imegination,” sald Jo. “I think you have a pretty good one* laughed father. “It's no use, Jo. You will_have to cry quits.” “Honestly, wasn’t, there anything ‘wrong with that pudding?” “Not a thing,” said mother. “I was afratd you might be sick, and might Dlame me for it. so I wented to tell s “How did you ever come to do it, though?” asked Jo. Father thrust a' big ealendar before ‘her face, and pointed to the date, April first, Jo ecollapsed on the stairs. “Well, that's one on me, Say, Bab, you won't tell the girls, will you?” But it was toe good to keep, and before the week was ended Jo had told them all herseif. as in any progressive movement, | whether it be civic or soctal. i It is natural to become so attached to old. forms as not to realize when they have become absolete, and this is the way well-meaning people. get to be regarded as back numbers. There are some people, as well as some things, who cannot be brought up-to- date—a pair of horses couldn’t pull them up abreast of the times. There is nothing to be eald against them except that it is not prudent to select them as leaders. Liking the is getting into a rut not easily gotten out of. go-as-you-please school know, when unity of actlon will give more uniform and mere satisfactory Lebano{. wants her schools to be as(j good as the best; and it is as neces- sary to be in the swim In education results, PROGRESS. “Yes,” said the man in the smoking car, “there are drawbacks to raising chickens. Yet the buff cochins and Plymouth rocks with which we stocked one end of our suburban estate last spring showed marked symptoms of domesticity after the first few days and their addition to the establish- ment ‘would have proved an unquali- fled success but for the reprehensible behavior of Bundn’s dog. “Burkin is our neighbor on the Iéft and since early summer his place has been infested by & tall, rangy dog with high, intellectual hips and an alr of utter ennul. Some business assoclate of Burkin's who was going away ‘for the summer wished the dog on him and then remained away indefinitely, presumably hidden i{n some mountain fastnesses, so he wouldn't have to re- deem that overgrown pup. As the ‘weeks rolled by Burkin admitted to me from time to time that the high cost of living in his home had doubled since the dog was added to the outfit, as Hector ate more than he and Mrs. Burkin between them could stow away and was very finieky, “*I wouldn't like to have the deg leek run down when Jimpeds gets back home, he said when I asked him why he didn't make the brute forage for rations. “‘He might think I didn’t appreeciate his lesving his pet with me. And, you know, Hector is a good watehdog, he added. “‘Yes, I've seen him watehing you unwrap bundles of meat on the back porch,’ I admitted, ‘and I think he watches the clock so he'll always be around at mealtime. Beyond that I haven’t any line on his watching abili- g that would induce me to recommend im," “But within a week after THE BULLETIN'S SHORT STORY RAISING CHICKENS the taste of new laid eggs was still a refreshing noveRy, my wife decided that the hens were sounding false alarms in regard to their prowess In the line of duty. “Though they continued to register the laying of eggs in the usual vo ferous manner, leading to high expect- ations on the part of the maid in the Kitchen and my wife in the hammock an the front porch, painstaking search of the hennery failed to bring to light more than a third of the expected egg crop. If three hens cackled within an hour there was a slim chance of one egg beins discovered, and when a lonesome fowl raised her voice in ac- claim it was almost a certainty she was bearing false witness. “After 1 had been cheated of my morning egg for several days and had Listened for a similar period to the plaints of my household on the sub- Ject, 1 decided to do some detective work the next Sunday morning. “I rose early and went to guard, “The first hen had scarcely eut out the muffler when Burkin's long, lean, hun. gry dog crawled out fron: beneath the Burkin poreh and, after a luxurious stretch, preeeeded to insinuate himself under the femce between Burkin's lot and mine at a spot where a hollow in the ground was eoncealed by a heavy growth of grass. “Having thus, invaded my_ premises, Hector strolled 'over to the hen house | and let himself in_through the little gateway I had fashioned to admit the chickens. In a few moments ho came out smiling, and I suspected something nefarious ‘immediately. Without even a glance around him, Hector made his way to the secret hollow under the fence, wriggled through and ambled toward Burkin's porch. ©“ leared the fenge with a gradet e ‘;;m«m old forms best is natural, although it! “Budge” doesn’'t want the old | system, we | | as he started into his cave. ‘and he made for the street, reporting 0238 A GOOD SUGGESTION FOR A COMFORTABLE DRESS. Girl's Dress With Front Closing and to Be Made With a Leng Sleeve Having a Band Cuff or a Shorter Sleeve With Turnover Cuff. This model will commend itself to the busy mother as well as to her lit- tle daughter who likes to help by but-P: toning he own frocks, for the front cl is & convenlence that cannot be I« The design fs effective in chambrey, galatea o} percale, for gen- eral wear, while nainsook, lawn, chai- lie or linen may be used for making a more dressy s e of frock, The pat- tern is cut In four sizes: 6, 8§, 10 and 12 years. It requires 3 1-8 yards of 4d-inch material for the §-year size. A pattern of this illustration malled to any address on receipt of 10 cents in_silver or stamps. Order through The Bulletin Company, attern Dept, Norwich, Conn. 9259 A PRETTY EFFECTIVE LOUNGING OR HOUSE GOWN Ladles’ Kimono With Long or Sherter Sleeve and With or Without Collar in Ralsed or Normal Walstilne, Figured cotton crepe in blue and white was used for this design, with blue rep and lace for trimming. The design may be finished with long sleeve and stralght cuff or with shorter sleev and straight cuff. 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No less than three expeditions are now under way, or in preparation, with the object of making the Northeast passage, around the Arctic coasts of | Eurasia; a feat that has not been | accomplished since Nordenskjold's successful journey of 1878-79 in_the Vega. Two of them have already been reported, viz, that of the two Rus- sian ice breakers which were to sail from Viadivostok last summer, and the elaborate German expedition un- der ~ Lieutenant Schroeder-Strange, which is_to leave from the Buropean side in Jume, 1913, and spend\ about four years in explorations en route. It is now stated ini Petermann’s Mittel-- ungen that a Russian expedition un- der Lieut. George Brussilov left St. Petersburg in July in the St. Anna, which under the name Pandora was the vessel used by Sir Allen Young in his journey of 1875-76 in quest of traces of Sir John Franklin's expedl- tion. Brussilov will follow the route taken by Nordenskjold, and expects to reach Viadivostek in about a year and a half. The expedition proposes to winter at the mouth of the Siberian rivers; probably Khattanga, It is expected to defray part of the expenses of the expedition by Hunting and fish- “T. wouldn't be surprised, I replied, | ‘because that dog would eat anything | that wouldn't stick in his throat and | choke him. But he hasn't started in | on this egg yet—let's have a look un- der the porch.’ “Burkin got a lantern and we climb- | ed. Hector had twenty-seven eggs stowed away, most of them burled in the sand and a few wrecked in trans- mission. He was evidently preparing for a hard winter. “What do you suppose he did that | for? I asked Burkin later on when I| was filiing up the hole by means of | which Hector had made his incursions. | ‘I don't know,’ replied Burkin, thoughtfully, ‘but’ Jimpers told me that Hector was a bird dog.’"—Chica- | g0 News. Rude Forefathers. Newly found neolithic deposits near Lyons comprise remains hidden in an oval grotto seventeen feet long and ten feet wide. 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Cutlonrn fonp and Ofntment sold everyvhose Liveral samplo of esch Anthracite Coal Situation, The Merchants' Association of N York has just completed an investign- tion into the anthracite supply which indicates strongly the fletitious nature of the “scare”’ that herny raised over the possibility thracite coal famine in the oal regilons ha 3 fact that about 86 per cent tire production of anthracite controlied by the so-cajied raliroad coal companies and that no advanc has been made nor will be made fn the officlal price affecting 86 per cemt. of the supply. The remaining 14 per con is controlled by the so-called inde pendent opeators and it is this inde pendent produot which Is the subject of speculation. In general the out of the anthracite mines for mome months past has been grester than ever before and the targe deficit cansed by closing the mines In Apri May has already been covered. Dur ing the next three months the age gate production will react normei which case there will be sufficien on hand to meet every reasonab mand. * It might be pointed out connectioon that owing to the gr scarcity of the buckwheat thrache, the price has natural creased froom time to time 0 many central-station companies Bast noow use bituminous eos clusively,—The hea Justice After Seven Years. How slowly justice sometimes grinds even in enlightened Kansas, is shown by_this story: More than seven years ago, Wil fam_Stanley sued the Santa F's rafi- road for damages on sccount of e workmen lcaving & fence down aleng the right of way and letting his act tle out. The case has been tried four times in the district court and twice in the supreme court, At the first trial the jury disagreed. At the second trial the jury deck in favor of Staniey and Judge Giile set the verdict aside and rendere judgment for the raliroad. 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