The Marriage Vow INTELLECT IN A WIFE BY LILLIE DEV (Authoress and Lecturer, Preside “My son," said the mission priest to the Spanish child, “define matri mony.” “Matrimony,” replied the boy, “is a state of torment to be endured in the blessed hope of purifying the soul for heaven.” “No, no!” gasped the horrified i atechist. “You have given the defini tion of purgatory.” “Hush, brother!” counseled the fa ther superior. “Perchance the child is right.” There may or may not be a modi cum of truth in the lad's blundering assertion and in the father's doubting indorsement. At any rate there can be no doubt that on two points hang all the difference between married happiness and married purgatory. These two requisites to happy con jugal life are mutual affection and un selfishness. *The former of course in cludes sympathy in tastes, and with this it is my intention to deal. A great source of misery is the drawing together through a brief at traction of two people who have noth ing in common on which to build a re gard and respect which shall endure when the ignis fatuus of mere infatua tion shall have burned itself out. In cases of this sort. If there are no children, it may be eminently proper that the husband and wife sep arate when the marriage bonds gall unbearably, but where there are chil dren this condition changes and for bearance must be practiced. The household must net be broken up. Bet ter live on together in mutual misery than to rob your children of the home ties that are inalienably theirs. Unhappiness in married life is most often due to lack of community of in terest between man and wife. The man of literary tastes cannot find an enduring companion in the mindless butterfly of fashion. The woman who keeps abreast of the times cannot long be interested in the society of the husband who shares none of her interests* and amusements. And this brings me to the oft-vexed, never quite-solved problem: “Does a man prefer a pretty wife or an intellectual one?” While the two qualities are by no means incompatible, I maintain that the chances of the intellectual woman far outclass those of her prettier but challower sister. EREAUX BLAKE nt National Legislative League.) Common sense is a strong factor in married happiness, and the intellectu al woman knows best when and how to yield in matters of real importance ! and does not magnify trivialities. Men are always attracted by a pret ty face, but the wiser among them do not want to marry a woman who will be too attractive to other men. "You admire Miss-I once said to a man of the world. "Why don't you marry her?” "My dear Mrs. Blake,” he laughed, “she is far too handsome. A diamond is fine to look on, but one would find far more safety and real companion ship with a collie dog.” Similarity of tastes and pursuits is the firmest foundation for that pre carious structure known as a matri monial alliance. Self-control, too, is a dominant factor in household peace, and this is found to a much greater degree among intellectual and highly educated people than among those of a lower order of mind. An intellectual couple defer to and value each other's opinions The happiest unions are found where both husband and wife have in tellect. Man and wife, by constantly living together, have such a strong ef fect each on the formation of the other's character that it is surprising this point of view is not oftener con sidered before alliances are entered upon. Each modifies the other's char acteristics and personality. After a few years this change in personality is often apparent to everyone. For instance, the man who marries a fool usually becomes lowered in ideals and mentality. The woman who marries a boor sinks to his level or else raises him nearer to hers. The question of marriage growrs yearly more complex. Society’s double standard of ethics for man and for woman are cruelly hard upon the lat ter. Were the same code made ap plicable to both the aspect of marital life would undergo a vast transforma tion for the better. In the meantime choice of helpmeets, guided by com munity of tastes, the uplifting of one's husband or wife, and constant refer ence to the good old maxim, “Bear and forbear,” will do much to save countless married couples a lifetime of misery. (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) “Long Live Apole Pie” BY G. F. WRIGHT, LL.D., F. G. S. A. There is a widespread but false pre judice against all pies, on the score of indigestibility. But it is related that, at one time, when Emerson and Car tyle met, they fell into a discussion concerning the reasons for their dif ferences in temperament. Whereas Carlyle was always morose and gloomy Emerson was always placid, serene and happy. Carlyle could see no reason why Emerson shoyld not be of like temperament with himself. But Emerson thought he saw the reason in their diet. “Why,” he said, “Car lyle, you eat nothing but horrid oat meal, while I keep serene on pie three times a day.” One cannot realize the goodness of Providence until he sets cut to enu merate the great variety of things, not only which satisfy his hunger, but which appeal to his taste, and make the table the chief center of social life. What is better than a .thick apple pie, with rich, tender crusts above and below, filled with tart, crisp apples, well cooked, seasoned with sugar and cinnamon? There is noth ing better, except it be a turnover, which as about half the size of a small pie, with the crust turned over, as its name signifies, upon ai. sides, so as to keep all the richness in, and to be eaten without being cut. What schoolboy in the country does not re member his mother’s turnover that he carried with him for his lunch. In this case, as in so many others, familiarity is in danger of breeding contempt. The apple fails to be ap preciated, because it is so common and so widespread. Its history is ob scure, but interesting. There are enumerated no less than 2,000 varie ties, and their number is still increas ing, under cultivation. In its wild state it is the crab apple, which is found growing in the fields throughout Europe and western Asia, seeming as much at home in northern Norway and in Siberia as anywhere. But the i-rab apple is small, hard and “crab bed,” and is only utilized where noth ing better is obtained. The best varieties of apples grow in the temperate zones, where the summer is hot and not too short, late frosts in the spring being peculiarly i destructive of the fruit. How these varieties originated is one of the mys teries of science, for no one can tell when he plants the seed cf an apple what the fruit will be. Apples have been cultivated from the very earliest times, the remains of them having been found in the ruins of the prehistoric lake dwellings of Switzerland, while, if we give the or dinary interpretation to the word, there was an apple tree in the Garden of Eden. But it is difficult to tell the exact meaning of the words applied to objects which existed in prehistoric times. Many commentators suppose that, in early times, the word “apple” was a designation of any fruit that emitted fragrant odors. But from all we know of the earliest varieties of apples, they would scarcely have been a temptation to Eve, for even as late as the times of Pliny, the only apple known was a crab, “a wilding,” upon which many a foul and shrewd curse was poured on account of its sour ness. The apple is a most valuable food, because of its abundance, its digesti bility when cooked, its variety of fla vors, and the readiness with which it can be preserved throughout the win ter season. Certain varieties of apples can be kept in cool cellars until spring, some of them, indexed, scarcely being good to eat until nearly the close of the season. In former generations dried apples were an essential element in every well-stocked larder. No social gath ering was more interesting in former times than the apple bee, when both the old folks and the young gathered to spend an evening in paring, quar tering, coring and stringing apples, these being the preliminary stages in those days to the process of drying. (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) HOW THEY CARRY BUNDLES - $4 Traits of Character Are to Be De duced from the Way it Is Done. Everybody carries bundles, and everybody, according to a philosopher who spends half his time in deducing traits of character from deeds per formed and the manner of their per formance, carries them in his own way. “A man of cautious disposition," he said, “carries a bundle clutched tight ly in his left hand. If it is too large to be carried that way he doesn’t carry it at all, but has it sent home in the delivery wagon. Such a man Is not only cautious, he is stubborn, md painfully slow of speech and thought; but he is home-abiding and □f unquestionable probity. The man who carries a bundle in his right tiand has all those qrialities, but in a modified degree. “A man who stumbles up the stairs of the elevated station with a pack age tucked under his arm inclining backward and downward at a decided angle is good-natured, but rather pes simistic, and he might, if things went against him too hard, take refuge in drink. If the bundle tilts up he takes a more optimistic view of life and likes to tell funny stories. “The man who carries a bundfe hugged up close to his coat front is jealous and inclined to be stingy. Still, he can be managed, and if his wife had the knack of winding him around her finger she can easily be the best dressed woman in the block, because he has the money to do it with. “The man who ties the bundle he has to take home with a heavy string and goes along swinging it by thfr loop made fcr that purpose is the most lovable chap of all, but he is also the most unreliable, because he is a spendthrift, and :.s so prodigal of his affections that the many women whom he is sure to make love to are apt to pass through sotae mightly un comfortable days and nights before they find out where they are at." - Pretty Millinery By JULIA BOTTOMLEY. THERE are three leading shapes, shown in many modifications and vari ations, upon which millinery for the fast-coming winter season is manly built. A single example of each one is shown in our illlustrations. There u ^re the side and the back roll styles of brim, and there is the smart and chic” small round hat or turban. The first style with brim much widened and crown more or less heightened becomes the picture hat. The back roll brim is shown in hats of medium size and the turban is developed by height ening the crown into the “Cossack” and even into the “drum major" styles. At the very first glance the hats pictured appeal to us as more beautiful and more becoming than anything we have had for several seasons past. A closer study convinces us that our first impression is correct. The shape, in the first place, fits the head as easily as a man's hat. They do no envelope us, fairly concealing the face, nor are they perched precariously on top of the head, as if about to take advantage of their wings to fly away. This good fit makes the wobbly hat a thing of the past, and once properly adjusted and pinned to place, we can be reasonably sure that they will not slip into an undignified if not rakish looking pose. The trimming for each of these hats is well chosen and substantial to begin with, elegant and beautiful to end with. In No. 1 the velvet covered hat has a brim upturned in the back and what is known as the "collar edge” in front and sides. The shape is of plain velvet. It is draped with vel vet (the light Paon silk variety) and trimmed with natural wings. These will stand any amount oi wear and are to be had in all colors.* A band orna ment of gunmetal or other beads finishes the decoration. In addition to fitting well, this hat fulfills all the requirements of good millinery when it is well made. It affords a protection to the head and eyes and it is more than becoming—it is really flattering. It is said that the test of perfection in millinery is this: the wearer should look better with than without her hat. In more than nine cases out of ten this model will be found to stand the test. A very elegast model is shown in No. 2. It is of fine beaver felt with (rimming of shirred ribbon and a wreath of roses. The ribbon is shirred on light wires and cleverly draped over the crown. The semi-wreath is of roses made of a very high luster silk and velvet having a metallic appearance. They are shaded in tones to harmonize with the hat. Every winter we find flowers growing more popular as a trimming for cold weather headwear. They are fashioned to look as if meant for wintry weather and if chosen for dress hats will prove worthy the happy greeting they have received from women. Although not as desirable as natural wings and quills, they will last a season out. This hat is especially fine in the catawba shades and in bronze browns and olive green. A pretty Paris turban in which the designer has deigned to take note of serviceability as well as beauty is shown in No. 3. There are draped tur bans of many kinds to choose from. This one has a crown of Dresden silk in which a fascinating play of color is introduced. The brim or coronet is made of velvet which terminates at the left in an irregular rosette or chou. A big cabochon of jet forms a side decoration. One may have an additional aigrette or fancy feather. The silk fiber grasses are graceful and a satis factory substitute where there is an objection to the aigrette. This turban admits of almost any variety ot feather trimming at the side and nothing is handsomer than three ostrich half plumes. Unless a good quality is used, however, a fancy feather is to be preferred. She who chooses any one of the three hats shown here may rest assured that there is nothing better in the line of practical and elegant millinery. The picture hat and the distinctly tailored hat are not of this kind and require separate description. GARNITURES IN TWO FORMS Seed Pearls Worked Upon Chiffon or Insertion—Valenciennes Lace Is Liked. One of the very newest garnitures consists of seed pearls, pearl beads and tiny clear beads worked upon chiffon all-over or insertion. The in sertion is $10 a yard and one of the pearl collars costs no less than $16. Its richness cannot be appreciated un til one sees the material itself. The smallest clear beads imaginable are used on milky white chiffon, there be ing just enough glitter to make the trimming very rich in appearance. Valenciennes lace again comes to the fore in trimming of satin over skirts. In many instances it is slightly gathered, especially where there are loops and graceful curves. The ma terial is cut from beneath and this softens the skirt very much. Many lace pieces are used on the corsage to define more closely the cuirasse bodice, which is a handsome feature of the season’s best dresses. Remedy for Dandruff. Sixty grains of resorcin, one dram of ether, one dram of olive oil, six ounces of alcohol. Dandruff can be remedied only by extreme cleanliness of the scalp. You should have a thorough shampoo every ten days, never use a fine comb or irritate the scalp in any possible way. SHAPE FOR AUTUMN S' ^ Of bla > > * -S -N, Floor Plan of Hog House. no doubt the first and most serious question, and while the perfect hog house has not up to date been invent ed, great improvements have been made during the past few years. The accompanying illustrations show a hog house that is well adapted to al most every climate, except the ex treme south. As shown by the floor plan, the house is 28x62-feet square, and ten feet to the eaves. The lower story is seven feet, leaving ample room above for bedding and feed. The chop feed is stored in bins above and drawn through the spouts AAA. Mixing barrels or boxes are placed close to the cooker, shown at C, and the cooked or steamed feed carried to the pens in a wheeled feeder. A shown in the pen marked X. A nest is built in the rear corner, a water trough placed in front, a feed trough along the side, and a Ux4 timber is then placed across the pen from the rear end of feed trough. This makes a feeding floor for ear corn, and the hogs will seldom foul this part of the floor. The house should set on a good foundation, and have a good tight roof, and the exterior-exposed woodwork should receive at least two coats of paint. A feed and litter car rier may be installed if the house has over eight pens, and will save some labor. The cellar has an outside en trance, and each gable has a large double door for hoisting feed and bed ding. WAGES PAID FARM LABOR _ Increased from $10.43 In 1879 to $1 7 In 1906—May Tend to Hold Men On Farms. Statistics gathered from the federal government's reports show that the average prices paid farm labor since 1879 have risen considerably. For the year, or season, the monthly money rate paid farm labor for the different census periols was $10.43 in 1879, $13.29 in 1893, $12.02 in 1895, and in creasing to $17 in 1906. George K. Holmes, in Volume 33, No. 2 of the 1909 annals of the Ameri can Academy of Social Science, speaks of this wage as follows: “The expres sions of farm wages in money and as a rate is very misleading and is probably one of the most powerful causes of the dissatisfaction of the laborer and of his migration to higher nominal money rates of wages in town and city. The farm laborer re ceives some things besides money in return for his labor. More or less in local practice there are wage pay ments which take the form of bonus es, such as house rent, or the use of a garden plot, or pasturage for a cow, or milk for the daily use of the fam ily, or firewood, or feed for a hog or two, or the use of horse and wagon for family pleasure on certain days. Then there is the low cost of living in the farm laborer's favor as compared with the cost which he would find in the city, which makes his money wages much larger in fact than the rates indicate. This fact, however, has no weight with the farm laborer and is not perceived by him. “These failures to perceive and to understand the full fact with regard to wage earnings tend to deplete the farm of its hired labor. The recent rise in the money rate of wages may perhaps tend to hold wage labor to the farm. Not until the recent pros perous times in agriculture has the farmer been able to pay much higher wages than during the many years of agricultural production depression pre ceding 1897 or thereabouts. The far mer is now getting into a financial position where be may be able to hold the country labor from drifting to the city, especially if he expresses the entire wage in terms of money.” When in doubt, take a day off and nind your own business. Where Is the Dog Kept? Nothing so annoys or makes a dog ugly, snappish and uncomfortable as chaining him within a limited space. Constantly and vainly endeavoring to get free, the dog's disposition in a short time changes and he grows al most useless on the farm, says Farm Journal. It’s true that a good dog in side of a dwelling is worth two out side, where acquaintance with passers by is easily made, and would-be rob bers have opportunity easily to fix the animal; but a reliable barn dog is best employed in running about, keep ing order, watching the stock and prepared to alarm the household when strangers .appear. Such a dog is a safeguard against pilferers; but chained to a kennel his efforts are hampered and he is absolutely worth less as a watch-dog and a perpetual trouble and nuisance to his owner. Starting Sheep on Grain. When about to feed sheep on grain, if it has not been fed them before, they must be started on corn grain cautiously, especially if corn is a prin cipal factor in the food to be fed. We have great faith in using oats as a principal portion of the grain food when starting the feeding process. A little bran will be helpful, but it is an easy matter to use too much of the latter. Two or three weeks should be taken to lead them up gradually before they are put upon feed; otherwise the ap petite may be destroyed, and it may take several days, and even two or three weeks, to bring the flock back to that condition in which they will be able to consume food with a proper relish. Advantage in Geese. One advantage in keeping geese is that they live to a great age. 25 to 40 : ears, and are breeders till ten years of age. If you can porperly handle a small flock of geese on the farm their feathers will prove a great item in household economy in making pil lows and other articles for which feathers are used. They can live on an exclusive diet of grass in summer. Soil for Turnips. Turnips do especially well in new ground, because of the good supply of mineral elements and the humus. Old fields and gardens should receive lib eral fertilizing. Few Letters Go Astray. Out of every million letters that pass through the post offee it is ealeu lated that only one goes astray. FREED AT LAST / rrom the Awful Tortures of Kidney Disease. Mrs. Rachel Ivie, Henrietta. Texas, lays: “I would be ungrateful if 1 did not tell what Doan's Kidney Pills have done for me. Fifteen years kidney trouble clung to me, my ex istence was one of 1 misery and for two whole years I was un able to go out of the louse. My back acbed all the time and [ was utterly weak, unable at times to walk without assistance. The kidney secretions were very irregular. Doan's Kidney Pills restored me to good health, and I am able to do as much work as the average woman, though nearly eighty years old.” Remember the name—Doan’s. Sold hy all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Definite Location. »* Every visitor at the new capitol at Harrisburg. Pa., who gets as far as the registration room, is expected to write his name in a big book, together with his birthplace and present resi dence, says the Troy Times. Not long ago. when a crowd of excursion ists visited the grounds and buildings, i stout girl started to register. She paused, pen poised in air, and called out to an elderly lady, com fortably seated in a big chair, "Mon, cere vas I horned at?” “Vat you vant to know dat for?” "Dis man vants to put it in der big hook.” “Ach,” answered the mother, "you know veil enough—in der old stone house.” True Representative of Race. Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg may claim this distinction, that he is the first German chancellor to wear a beard. Bismarck hastened to shave his off when he entered upon diplomacy, and showed his rivals and enemies a massive jaw and clear-cut chin; and he shaved to the end, with an inter val enforced by neuralgia in the early '80s. As a soldier, too Caprivi shaved, ill but his mustache, and so did Hohenlohe and Bulow. But Bethv mann-Hollweg is gaunt, rugged, hir- ^ sute, pan-Germanic. How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for tuny •asc of Catarrh that cannot be cured by UaUH Catarrh Cure. F. J. CIIENEY A CO.. Toledo. Q. We. the underslsrned, have known F J. Cheney 'or the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly h»»n* irable In all business transactions and financially kble to carry out any obligations made by his Qrxu Waldino, Kixnan A Marvin, Wholesale Dnuottata. Toledo O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, actio* llrectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the iy8tem. Testimonials sent free. Trice 75 cents pel >ottle. Sold by all Druecists. T&ke Hall’s Family Tills for constipation. Poverty and Consumption. That poverty is a friend to consump tion is demonstrated by some recent German statistics, which show that of 10,000 well-to-do persons 40 annually die of consumption; of the same num ber only moderately weil-to-do, 66; of the same number of really poor, 7"; and of paupers, 97. According to John Burns, the famous English labor lead er, 90 per cent, of the consumptives in London receive charitable relief in their homes. A Steady Thing. Something had gone amiss with * Bobbie and he had sought the comfort/ of tears. Noticing his wet cheeks, liis mother said in a consolatory toner “Come here, dear, and let me wipe your eyes.” “’Tain’t no use, muvver,” returned Bobbie with a little choke; ‘Ts doiu" to cry again In a minute!”—Woman's Home Companion. The American Cat-Tail. The cat-tail of the American i swamps is almost exactly the same ” plant as the Egyptian bulrush. It is ao longer used for making paper, as it once was, but from its root is pre pared an astringent medicine, while its stems, when prepared dry, are ex sellent for the manufacture of mats. ;hair-bottoms and the like. Against Pretenses. Away with all those vain pretenses pf making ourselves happy within our selves, of feasting on our own Lhoughts, of being satisfied with trie sonsciousness of well-doing, and of de spising all assistance and all supplies :rom external objects. This is the voice of pride, not of nature.—Hume. FOOD QUESTION Settled with Perfect Satisfaction b/"“* a Dyspeptic. It’s not an easy matter to satisfy a!l [he members of the family at meal :ime as every housewife knows. And when the husband has dyspep lia and can’t eat the simplest ordinarv 'ood without causing trouble, the food luestion becomes doubly annoying. An Illinois woman writes: “My husband’s health was poor, he lad no appetite for anything 1 could jet for him, it seemed. “He was hardly able to work, "a :aking medicine continually, and as soon as he would feel better wou.d g<> :o work again only to give up in a ’ew weeks. He suffered severely with stomach trouble. “Tired of everything I had been able :o get for him to eat, one day seeing in advertisement about Grape-Nuts. 1 jot some and tried it for breakfast t he next morning. “We all thought it was pretty good ilthough we had no idea of using it ■egularly. But when my husband came lome at night he asked for Grape Sluts. “It was the same next day and I lad to get it right along, because when ve would get to the table the queston. Have you any Grape-Nuts' was a reg llar thing. So I began to buy it by ;he dozen pkgs. ' “My husband’s health began to inK irove right along. I sometimes felt )ffended when I’d make something l ihought he would like for a change. 1 ind still hear the same old question. Have you any Grape-Nuts?’ “He got so well that for the last Iwo years he has hardly lost a day !rom hia work, and we are still us:t*S Irape-Nuts.” Read the book. "The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There's i reason.’’ Ever rend the above letter? A >ne appear* from time J° '£am ■re Keaalne, true, and fall af hamaa interest. - * ’ ’__