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1 Mara American fEOMorops LTHOUUH home ra- f ft 3 if r X HA J w fAtt most prominent IH m n I I I I IWiJ track, in America ha. U I II' 1 f I ' V - in recent year, gone huge purse, of day. I If. lr's N 11 If T ; 1 I -J . I I i,.:::v:..',. ...,(:. I -i-., I ; - " I' iV'f .' ' '' I If5 fci:; sii-s- : j'ij:;: SUMSaiOOL Lesson tf BT. W"IIm Vrnt. IV D.. fMmrnr Bible Oon Mutiny muim luauiaMt i.BKt. LESSON FOR JANUARY THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. 21 -: , U U I b I.EOSON TPXT-! iki 1:1-20. MKMORY VFKSKS-10, II. OOl.llf'V Tl. v-r !.. i. barn this dHV In (h ritv r n.vi.i . ML lu Ii.iik tha for thme (Ifli of thine; iut when nhall 1 attain to thli, o thank the for the thln I mlu. -K. W. Hisglnaon. HOUSEHOLD SANITATION. LTIIOUGH home ra cing on many of the most prominent track. In America ha. In recent year, gone Into eclipse and the huge purse, of day. gone by are, to a Wit great extent, a thing ffvL f the past, the breed- W Ing of thoroughbreds tr continues and thrives. The market nowaday, i. not found so much among the own er, of racing .tables a. among that Jarge and Increasing percentage of the public that has means and Inclina tion ot keep fine riding horses. Not even the vogue of the automobilo Mem. to have dampened the enthusi asm of these cross-country riders and hunter, and polo player, who demand and are willing to pay for special qualification, in horse-flesh. The reader will, of course, under stand that the term thoroughbred, as here used, refers to running horses. There are persons who are under the Impression that the high-class Amer ican trotter ha. as much right as the running horse to designation as a thoroughbred, but hi strictly correct usage horsemen refer to the fine trotter, a. "stan dard bred" and re serve the first mentioned term for the runners the hunter, and -1 I J7 Frrrp PTirrnTP n 3r.IJF CrPSrtl M SIMS JSXBMPH of the "timber-toppers," as the jumping horse, requi site for cross-country riding are designated. The modern American thoroughbred, a. we see him at our present day race meetings and horse shows, I. the product of four centuries of breed ing, training and experimenting. The ancestors of the present numerous equine family were . brought to Virginia by the early English settlers and Virginia and adjacent parts of the South have always been famous as the breeding ground of thoroughbreds. .However, much of the breed ing of thoroughbreds which is and has been done In this favored region has been carried on for love of the task rather than for financial returns. There Is a wide difference between American ' thoroughbreds and those bred In other notable horse-raising sections (for instance, Ireland), but It would be difficult to find an American horse man who will not argue up and down that the Yankee .teed, are a. fine example, of all-around training a. may be found anywhere on the globe. The American thoroughbred is admittedly shorter than his English prototype, but It is claimed that this lack of stature is more than counterbalanced by soundness and superior constitution. Horsemen in the United States and in the United Kingdom hold to different Ideal, in breed ing that are bound to be reflected by certain dis similarities in the animals produced. In America the tendency has been to develop thoroughbreds that will run comparatively short distance, at maximum .peed, whereas in England greater at- ' tention i. bestowed upon the problem of breeding . horses that will run long distance and will carry weight It I. to be expected that with the pass ing ot racing as the supreme Held of usefulness for the American thoronghbred there will be a tendency on the part of Yankee breeder, to more nearly approach the English standard, which I. upposed to produce horse. Ideal for private use. The breeding of thoroughbred. In America has been carried on most extensively in the State. Of Virginia, Kentucky, California, Montana, Penn sylvania, Tennessee, New York and New Jersey. The principal requisite, are an equable climate. good sou with a foundation or limestone, plentiful water and an abundance of sweet grass. There are yet In existence many breeding farm, of mod est pretension., but the tendency ot recent year, appears to be to create vast estate, where wealthy men specialize In the breeding of thoroughbred. by aid of every facility that money and thought can provide. In Kentucky a few year, ago' eight old-fashioned stock farm, were merged by a millionaire into one vast breeding estate of fully . two thousand acres. Experienced breeder, figure that it coat, not less than $125 to raise a thoroughbred yearling ' at aa up-to-date stock farm and this sum merely covers cost of feed and labor and takes no account of the Investment repre sented by the stock farm visually a heavy one. There are breeders who declare that unless they can sell each of their yearlings for a price close to $500 they do not make a reasonable profit, but in the South, where labor is cheap and where the Initial cost of much of the land was fairly low, It is possible for breeders to make money from sales at lower figures than that mentioned. The organization and management of an up-to-date breeding farm is In teresting from the manner In which It Insures attention to detail. The own er of the farm Is usually his own man ager, but In some instances there Is also a resident manager to handle matters when the owner Is absent as he must be much of the time If he atetnds the fairs, horse shows and horse sale.. Under the manager are a number of skilled trainers, each of whom is responsible for the education of a certain number of horses, and has the assistance of several helpers In his work. In addition to this staff there Is a boss or foreman for each barn and under " each barn boss is enrolled a number of grooms, exercise boys, etc. At some of the costly farms In Vir ginia and Kentucky we find every modern facil ity from a private electric light and power plant to feed cutters that not only take the grain from the private elevator and crash It, but mix the feed In any desired proportions. The education of a thoroughbred at a modern stocK farm- begins very early in life and is very thorough. However, care ful handling i. requisite, for a major ity or the foals are decidedly shy. hen the age of seven or eight month. l. attained the average young thor oughbred 1. sufficiently broken to un uergo a preliminary trial. A. a year ling be 1. subjected to further teats, but It i. not until the animal i. well Into the second year that the breeder determines whether the youg ter give, promise of a turf career or is better adapted to service as a roadster or a mount for the huntsman. Sales of yearlings are usually held in midsummer and there is seldom any dearth ot bidders for the equlnes from breeding Almost twenty centuries ago. in an obscure village In Palestine, an event occurred which has bad more In fluence upon the history of the human race than any other event since time began. A chlldd was born not an unusual event surely. He was no ohlld of distinguished parents, nor a prospective ruler of a world', emplrs. He was born in a stable, and cradled In a manger. And yet around that lowly crib and humble birth, the life. thought., and love of million, have from that day to thl. been centered. During these two thousand years many noble birth, have been regis, tered, but none so great as this. Em perors, monarchs, and mlKhtv men have lived and died, and are forgot ten; nations have risen and waned; but the birth of the Christ child is more influential in this day than on the first birthday of our age twenty centuries ago. The announcement of Christ's birth ws made by angel. What more flt. ting accompaniment could there be to such an august event! How Inter ested angels are in the welfare of mankind! How gladly thev told the Christmas story to a handful of poof floors snepneras: How free from pride they were! They were not content that one of their number should tell the story they all broke out in that great Christmas anthem. Do we believe in angei. anv more? We used to. We used to sing "there are angels hovering round." If we believe the Bible, we still believe In" th ministry of angels. We near much ot the dust enemy ind we should bear and heed the re peated warnings given us in regard to the evils of dust The children in ur schools today will know much bet ter bow , to keep clean, sanitary nouses than did' our grandmothers, providing they follow the teaching. A (rain ot dust too small to be noticed by the unaided eye may be the abode of hundreds of microbes which can cause us trouble. The vacuum clean er is doing good work to wipe out lust and keep us free from such ex posure to disease, but where one may fat. if Pt have the advantage of a cleaner nun to le. All housekeepers who have to ount the pennies in their household, pense. have to use up the remnant., d the manner of .0 doing . mark 1 a. artist, or otherwise. Often ilsh may be made over and be more y and attractive than it was on rst appearance. few tableapoonfuls of canned or prelrved fruit, too little to be used on e table, may be combined with orank or lemon, molded bv adding and served as a de.sert or .rlA. Such a dish may be made especlliy dainty with a little care, and thiexpense is scarcely nothing. A pi of boiled custard left over wuui Qieraav uiuuur, m aauuvuu,- of cannei pears, an equal quantity ot other fru and a halt cup of cream, .weetenedand flavored, more If nec- essary, ma be froxen Into a delicious dessert. Many suc combination will suggest themselves i the thinking, saving womanr Scrip, left from frying out ugh the meat grinder, Or.ard we go for still we hear them singing; Angels sing on, your faithful watches keeping. Sing us sweet fragments of the song a Dove. farms which have been awarded blue ribbons in the past. At all times it is essential for the breeder or owner to keep a sharp watch regarding the health of bis blooded equlnes. Partlcualrly close watch must needs be kept as to tne condition of the mouth, lefcs and feet of each animal. It Is ob viou. mat a Dorse cannot eat properly and be adequately nourished if be lias a sore mouth just as he cannot run satisfactorily If hi. feet are in Dad condition or the shin, are "bucked" the bugbear of two-year-olds. Training a thor oughbred for racing Invoies, of course, special Instruction quite aside from anything Included in the animal's education at the breeding farm, but for that matter every step in the life of a young thoroughbred taxe. the temper of the nervous, high-strung animal. And the men in charge of one of these' equlnes must show Judgment and patience In introducing a four-footed charge to eacn new experience even though It be some thing so simple as Initiation into the mysteries of a box-stall or the donning of a blanket for the first time. Since the decadence of racing In the United States a number of American millionaires who breed thoroughbreds primarily in order to sup ply their own racing stables have transferred the scene of their activities to the Old World. There are several In England; quite a few In France and a number in Ireland, where Richard Croker, for mer Tammany leader, I. among those who have established Important breeding farms. With most of these wealthy men, however, breeding is a fad. The men who breed thoroughbreds for a livelihood continue to do business at the old stand in America and most of them obtain niiafiinn profits for their efforts. THE RUINATION OF SAM BUD STORY OF A MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE LIVED HAPPILY IF HE HADN'T HAD SO MANY RELATIVES. . I kin remember when th' only feller that bad a suit case wux some dude with two sets 0' scen ery that attended all th' out-o'-town dances. Now, ever one you meet, Hunyaks an" all. has a suit case an" is goin' some place er Jist gittln" back. Ever time I read about somebuddy returnln' home after "a delightful two weeks' visit," er see a ole battered up pasteboard suit case, I think o' Sam Bud's fate. . Sam Bud- got married long before he begun t' shave, an' he never seemed able t' find anything t' do at home that jlst suited him. He was alius talkin' about "acceptln' a position," an when he'd go "way f accept it he'd alius come back an' say, "Aw, they didn't want f pay nothln'. He didn't want a job with wages er he didn't even want a situation. He wanted a light position with a good salary. , Nobuddy knew what he wanted t' do fer he couldn't do nothln. His relatives got kind o tired o' him after he fooled around eight er nine years, an' I guess he noticed it. fer one day be took bis golden oak dresser an' four chairs, a plaid husk mattress an' a blue enamel bedstead up by th' livery stable an' sold 'em at auction an' him an' bis wife lit out Nothln' was heard o' em fer nearly ten years. When one day Pinky Kerr found a ole city paper in a empty egg case. Th' tost thing he read wux this: "While Samuel Bud, a wealthy an' prominent manufacturer, wus . crossin' Washln'ton street Tuesday evenln' be wus struck by a tourin car an' taken t' his borne at 10757 North Meridian street He wus not seriously injured. Sam Bud, wealthy manufacturer! Jlst think o' It! An' llvln' on th' North side, too. That wus enough fer his kin folks. So one evenln' Sam Bud went home ha fnnnrt hi. verandy covered with relative, an' th' hall full o' .uit cases. Weeks went on an' they kept comin' an' goin'. Ever' few day. a new family group appeared. Sometime. It wus Uncle Jim an' hi. family. He'd bring a 40-cent dressed ben an they'd all stay two week.; then Aunt Lide an' th' girl, would come with a pound er two o- pale butter an' say. "Now. Ellle. don't you go f no trouble on our account. Th' Lord knows we hain't used to much;' then Cousin Bill would jlst happen f be in th' city an' he'd say. "Now. Sam. remember, no didoes. I kin eat anything you kin;" then Sam's father would drop along with one side of his suit ease full V Early Rose peitatera an' th' other side full o' socks enough t run him a month. He alius mixed business with pleasure an' when he wasn't out f th' stock yards he'd set on th' verandy in his stockin' feet an waicn iq autos go by. Th relatives kept comin' till Sam had f sell his interest in th' factory an' go f bookkeepin". Then bis big home went next an' he rented a flat an' had t' put in foldin' furniture an' cots. KverTiuddy from th' ole town looked Sam up an' brought him hickory . puts an' sorghum an' pawpaws an' remained over. : One Saturday he returned home after puttln' a delegation 0' home folks on th' interurban an fell inf a easy chair an' picked up th' dally paper Purty soon hi. wife, who wus peelin some turnips in th' kitchen, heard a muffled report. : Rushin' int' th' room she found Sam layln' on tb floor. In his hand wus a cllppln' from th' paper say In'; "The State Grange will meet In this city next week." Abe Martin, in Indianapolis News. Man Arises With Protest Unfortunate Individual Thinks He Has . Grievance Against Society as t Present Orgsnlxed. The following Incident may be com mended to the attention of tne society t-r the promotion of equal r'rSts for r !. If tvere Is co p-ii li society there t to t o r ! :i .. A dejetted 1 1 1 : i 1 l a arms a ' ' 1 1 ea eastern ma- i glstrate for advice. He stated that bis wife was In the habit of leaving Mm tor many day. at a time lit the pursuit ot happiness, and the car of the baby consequently devolved upon him, to the ruin of his business. Would the law protect him? The magistrate ex plained that the law would not The government of the country In such matters was of women, for women, and by women. It made no mention or men. The husband asked If be might have a maintenance order on behalf of the child. , No, be might not. Maintenance order, would be Issued in favor of women only. Persons who bad been so ill-advised as to select the male sex at birth must take the con sequences, and it was to be hoped that the applicant had now learned a les son that would stand him in good stead next time. For this occasion only he might consider that be left the court without a stain upon bis character, but upon his next appear ance the court would deal less merci fully with him. Just at this moment the infant awoke and demanded nour ishment v- Finding that nature was unaware of the - new order of things and that its father was bnt ill-equipped for purposes of provender. It raised its voice in sturdy remonstrance and the applicant was bustled into the street by the Indignant usher and was Last seen matting his way disconsolately to the river. Exchange. Steel dies now electricity. are engraved bv The announcement wa. made to a small band of shepherd.. No ana-ello host went to the Sanhedrtn, or to the palace of Herod and broke the news of the birth of the Christ child. Is there not a lesson hereT Does not God have special regard for the low ly and the humble? Hath not' God chosen the weak things to confound the mighty? If angels were willing to preach to a few farmers, should the preacher be ashamed of ministering to a small and humble people, or the Sunday school teacher to a small class? The scholars of the land were also notified of Christ's birth. The Scrip ture doe. not say "not any wise men are called," but "not many." It Is a mistake to say that religion is good enough for women, and children, but not for strong, brainy men. The bralnest men of the age. have been Christian men: Gladstone, the great statesman; Blackstone, the great law yer; Herschel, tbe great scientist these and many others, too numerous' to name, have been Christians. So it has come to pa., that the wise men of tbe east Lave been followed by the wise men of the west, and they all have bowed at thl. manger. The rea son why every university must have it. chapel is because brainy men must have a place to worship. ' That the birth of Christ was my terious and miraculous need not dis turb us. How Christ's body wa. pre pared, bow the divine and human could become one who can tell? We do not even understand our own birth, let alone His. It ever anything of a miraculous nature should take place, when should It be if not now when the King of all law. 1. coming into the world? Let u. be careful lest in denying the virgin .birth, we chal lenge the purity of tbe Virgin's life. ' Tbe birth of Christ was the coming of God to and in man, not that God bad never come to man before, for ho had. But he had come only as a so journer. , In Christ he came to abide. His name 1. "Immanuel, God with us." Whatever else the Incarnation may mean, it certainly mean, that God took .our nature and became as one of us he came unto bis own. The birth of Christ brings to us good tidings of great Joy, ; It the an gels sang, should not we? He camo to save not angel., but men. , The first note ot this angelic song is a note of gladness, and song has character ized Christianity. ; x This birth in Bethlehem shows God's attitude toward men. God has good will toward men. He Is not the bard. severe judge that men so often wrong ly picture him to be. - Sinner, you have cursed God, but .. bo has , not cursed you back; you have lifted your bands against him, but be has not destroyed you. . He has thoughts of kindness, and of lovo toward you. If you have wrong thoughts of God, let them die away in the music ot that first Christian anthem, "good will to ward men.".' . Tbe Christian story brings to us also Savior. Jesus Christ was born with reference to sin. He was tho only man that' ever was born with reference to that great fact Other groat men were teachers and reform ers be alone 'could save men, from their sins. . His name shall be called Jesus and he shall save his people from their tin. This Is good tidings of great Joy to a sin-stricken world.' If Christ the Lord cannot save yon from your sins, no one else can. He Is a personal Savior onto yon be was born; be Is a mighty Savior he Is Christ the Anointed.. dreds of thousands -are obliged wield the broom and dustcloth. When sweeping. It Is best to bave a damp broom and something like dampened paper or tea leaves to keep tbe dust from flying. . One can by little planning keep and dry the tea leaves, moistening them as needed. In sweeping a carpet, a good plan Is to sweep and take up tbe dust from each breadth or two, Instead of spreading it all over tbe room. It is much ' more sanitary, besides much easier, to have rugs and bare The rpg. can be taken outside and cleaned and the floor, wiped, so that the room is free from dust The du.t cloth I. another useful ar ticle to consider; those patented af fairs that have some kind of oil in the weave are good because they hoid the dust and keep It from scattering back to the floor. When using an or dinary cloth. It may be dampened .lightly with furniture polish and it will hold tbe dust much better. Ventilation of the borne Is another Important matter. Cold air i. not necessarily pure, and our lung, need fre.h, pure oxygen In order to make and keep pure, good blood. Those who sleep in unaired, unventilated bedroom, to save the fuel bill are piling up a good fat bank account tor the family doctor as well as making future suffering for themselves. No body unfed by fresh air can wlthstr 1 disease, and the little busy microbes get In good work on such a host 8 PKKCI0U8 perfume tomes from close-crushed now. ers And fruits Rive out their win within the pvesa. So human souls shine out. In darkest hours And blossom In distress,' ' Above the tide of suffering and pain,' Their spirit's sons leaps upward, sweet and clear. Telling; of summer sunshine after rain, ' Of trust and hope and cheer. A FISH DINNER. The favors for a fish dinner may be especially attractive, and -one who is at all Ingenious can originate many new things. Pretty bon-bon' boxe. may be had of paper In the form of fish, and candies of fish form, may be pur chased for those small boxes. The lit tle Japanese water flowers In the form of fish may be dropped Into the finger bowls to unfold and dellRht young and old. Favors of fans decorated with fish and a place for the name may be made on them; Ideas will come as one plans for the event . The center piece may bo a low dish of fern, or .mall flower, with rushes. Fish Timbsles. For these choose a firm white-fleshed fish, free It from bones and chop fine, then pound to a pulp. Pres the pulp through a fine sieve, and to each cupful add a half tea.poonful of .alt, a dash of cay enne and the white of an egg. Stir In enough thick sweet cream, about a tablespoonful, to make of the right consistency; test by dropping a small bit Into boiling water and cook gently tor three minutes; break open, and It too dry add a little more cream. Have ready some buttered fish molds, fill and stand them In a pan of hot water to cook In the oven. Cover with but tered paper and cook from fifteen to twenty minutes. Turn out and gar nish with parsley. Grape lee, A delicious grape Ice la made by boiling together a pint ot water and a pound of sugar for five minutes. Cool and add a pint of grape Juice and the Juice ot a lemon. If the Juice Is sweet less sugar should bo used. . ' v cornmeal mush, and slices and fried. and makes a highly , splendid receptacle slta of preserves, or- such fruits, add- beat, they make a may be added when cold This is scrappl nutritious dish. Mince meat is for saving little ange marmalade ed to the mince vast Improvement Oatmeal, rice aniffarlna whan arid ed to griddle, cakes nd gems or muf fins are always an improvement on the plain dish. Pieces of beef steak cut In small pieces and onion added, with water, make an acceptable stew, which may be pieced out with dumpling, and be sufficient for tbe ma!ndl.h of s meal. It is tho wise housewife wbc watches for the little watf.es, and Is able to make good thing, out ot food that others throw away. I 111 ETTER Xskaw than to be small and shin be great and cast a shadow. Everyone ought to be an enthusiast If his calling. -W. Gladden. CAKE MAKING. . , . .sSSt' Iter J 1 Hlf 1 V comes temptation man to meet V And master and make crouch beneath his feet . , . , And so be pedestaled In triumph? ' Browning. LEFT-OVERS OF ALL KINDS. There are many people who have a trong objection to have anything served to them that has appeared on tbe table before. Anything bashed or reheated seems especially objections- The making of cake. a. well as th, making of ..bread has passed througr period of evolution. For the bus housewife who finds It necessary do the bulk of the work and In most cases all of the household work, be side, sewing, It seems expedient that she use tbe utmost economy ot effort In accomplishing her duties. Th process of cake making ha. atwayi been one of much time. During re cent year, of experiment in our cook ing .chool laboratories, we find thai good cake, as good as tbe old moth od, may be made with much, less ex pense of time, and materials, Whet butter 1. 40 cent, a pound it is som comfort to know by actual test tha we may bave cake on our table, with out mortgaging the farm. - Except when used ' warm, cake, that . arc shortened with lard, snowdrift 01 other pure and odorless tats cannre be told from those made with butter . It Is always necessary to remembei that the required amount ot salt should be used, otherwise the taste ot the cake will bo flat, stale and unprot i table. The amount of shortening to bi used depends upon the cake, a hall to three-quarters of a cup is sufficient When using butter the old method was first to give tbe butter a goo creaming until soft and waxy "thet add the sugar gradually, a process ex ceedlngly slow. Now tbe up-to-dau cook when she Is extravagant enougt to use butter warms it by gentle bea. until it is melted, then adds powdered sugar which costs Just a cent mor for a cake, and .he baa a cake whlc can be compared favorably with ant ' creamed butter cake. The fact thai tbe butter can be melted and : tb sugar added saves much time In thi making. . :;' v'iv..-v- ,' A portion of cake In a -serving It . equal to a glass and a half of milk ot three eggs In food value, so that caki . ww cuuiii; m iwy avccaauia UV a real food In the menu. In melting butter for cake car should be taken that It does not get too hot as butter - fat : decomposei -when heated and Is thus less digest! bio. Devotion. 1 - 1., When th doctdr called to see Mm ' baby, Its mother, says the Baltimore ; Telegram, Informed him that tho med 1 Ictne left for the infant the day be , fore was all gone. ,;, ; "Impossible!" declared the surpris ed physician. "I told you to give bin s teaspoonful once an hour." ' "Yes, but John and mother and : and the nurse havo each bad to takt a teaspoonfui, too, In order to get babj ' to take if ' Tbe man who believes what God says can roll the mountains out of tho water wherever be goes. Mines of Meerschaum. ' Meerschaum (a silicate of ' magne sia) Is mined at Eskl-Chehlr, on the Anatolian railway. In th province of Brussa. Tbe deposits now being worked are In th vicinity of tbe vil lage of 8epetdJi,.KemIkIi and Sari son. around Eski-Cbehlr. The pits vary considerably in depth. Tbe first evidence of the presenoo of magn site Is a layer about three feet thick of Fuller's earth. Thl reddish-brown arth I met at depth varying from few yard to ordinarily 20 yards be- When Ho Quit' "Somebody really' ought to get ou. the society vote." "I once tried t campaign among the Four Hundred but I beard one woman tell her mail not to let any strange politicians kisi Fldo, and then I quit" - neath th surface, but suh depths ai jaras and more are not unknown Tbe meerschaum Is found In this lay r of earth In nodules, tho sis o which rarely exceed - IMS cubl. Inches, while the great majority art not larger than a walnut Th ontin output goes to Vienna, which I th. central market, and from thence It b redistributed all over tho world. -. In Praia of Frugality. "Men know not how great a revaa frugality Is." Cicero. . ..