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c.‘ cup-“mm. "O...O‘.........‘Q. “90.09.. 0.0 0.. 0.00.¢o.oo.o 0.0-0.0..«40; o....«.u.«.«.u.u} 4:1 - o 0;. {p 0‘. e o 6.0 0:. 0:0 3 . o 0:. :30 a? _â€"'â€" 0:. so A NEW YEAR’S STORY. 0.0 o o O 0 . (a ‘32. etc 0:. 0:»29 0:0 0:0 0:0 {0 9:0 0:0 0:0 9:0 0:0 0} 5:0 0:0 0:6 0:0 0:. o:Ӥ "Do you mean to tell me that those things were shipped just as they were?” inquired Mrs. Carswell, Sitting up very straight, and fanning herself violently, though it was December, and cold. “Yes, Mrs. Catswell, they were,” replied Mrs. Brown, in an apologetic tone. “You know we had pleural, before you went away, to meet some 'where for a day and put them all 'in order. "Your sudden departure put a stop to that, and we waited for you to come back; you know every socmty depends on its president in such matters, but you stayed longer than we expe:ted, and at last we reâ€" membered that if we didn’t send at once they wouldn't reach the mis- sionary for Christmas, so we just packed the things and slipped them. We thought the missionary's Wife could fix them up.” Mrs. Cazswell's pretty checks were scarlet in spiLe of the fan. “What sort of difference does it make whether they get through 'by Christmas or not ‘7” she asked. "There isn’t one thing in the lot suitable for a gift. How Christian poolle dare to offer, for a. missionâ€" ary box, garments frayed and threadâ€" bare, buttons off, and sleeves out at the elbow, is a mystery to me. Sure- ly the least they ought to do would be to put them in repair. "it- would » be much more appro- priate to give such things to our own pastor, because he lives where he can buy what l.e wants, and his salary is 9.111110 for his needs. But noâ€"it would be an insult to Dr. I-I'ollixsfer. So we send him barrels of flour, and sacks of sugar, and loar’s of choice fruit to add to his already goodly supply. We shower upon him Morris chairs and studyâ€" tables, to make room for which something must be banished from his wellâ€"furnished study. We deluge him with elaborate dressingâ€"gowns and embroilered slippers, for wli.h he has no use, being already comfortaâ€" bly clad. And then we ship disrepuâ€" table cast-offs to another preacher who was Dr. Iâ€"Iollister’s classmate in college and seminary, and who is his equal in every wayâ€"a. man who is bringing up his family to 'be capâ€" able women and honest men, on a salary that wouldn’t buy cigars and theatre tickets for some famities in our church. chli a man as that we sen.d~â€"-suchâ€"â€"-â€"â€"-" Mrs. Carswell choked and stopped. .Iler vi:~.itor mildly sur-‘ prised, began a feeble protest. “But, me dear woman, if you had been here to tell us what to do-â€"” Mrs. Carswcll suddenly recovered her voice. "The idea,” she said, indignautly; “that because I was away nursing my sick sister, a lot of intelligent women, who buy and make and reâ€"make for their own lam»- il-ics, and know quote well what is suitable and appropriate for them, didn't know any better than to pack a barrel of trash and cafl it a Christmas gift! Mrs. Brown, do 'ou :eali e that that same Mrs. llis was rearedand educated in a higher circle of society than any of us aspire to ‘P Is it to her discredit that revezses of fortune have let her poor? Isn’t she rather to be commen:‘.ed the more, for being will- ing to help her husband. in his ardu- ous and poorly paid labor, when his talents and hers ‘could shine in a much more lucrative position ? Don’t tell me there is any excuse ! I’m so ashamed of our missionary society I feel like resigning on the spot l" “Well, I'm sure I’m sorry you feel 'so about it. Mrs. Caz‘swell. If there Was anything we could (lo-but the bar-rel is gone, and it’s too late to help matters now," and Mrs. BroWn rose and drew her handsome wrap about. her." "You, unfortunately to give them a respectable Christâ€" mas, but it must be made up to them in some. way at once I” de- clared Mrs. Carswell, with an air of determination that made her visi- tor wonder "What that dear fanatiâ€" cal woman will do next.” What she did was to write numâ€" crors notes and dispatch them at once, inxiliug the twentyâ€"five young ladies of her Bible class to spend the next evening with her, and bring sewing malevials with them, also such bits of embroidery, la: es and ribbors as they W018 willing to spare. M:s. CQA‘S'WCll knew that most of her girls belonged to well-toâ€"do famâ€" ilies, who would willingly help her in carrying out her plan, if once their interest was aroused; and she acted acco'. clingly. The young ladies needed no urging, for an evening «in their teacher’s pleasant home was enjoyed; and at the appointed hour, the merry bevy trooped in. When they were all toâ€" gether, Mrs. Cal‘swcll talked to them of the noble miSSionary "out west," with his beautiful wife and interesting familyâ€"told the story of- their struggles and deprivations and se‘f-saCri-fice, and toll it Well. When she had finished, Minnie Wells asked a question. "If they are so [malt and accomplished, why do they waste their ability in such a. field as that ? if he'd take a city church and get a big salary and givâ€" en a -lot of money to the frontier work, wouldn't that do just asmuch good ‘9" "No, clear. Money never takes the lace of personal work, if God has {redo the personal work our duty. it is too late Mr. Ellis is doing in a very small degree what our Saviour did for us when he left heaven, to come among us and work out our salvation amid trials such as even our home mis- sionary knows nothing about. Mr. Ellis feels that the disciple is not above his Lord. “Now it is not only our duty, but our high blessed privilege, to give as God has prospered us, of money, and also of time and materials, to help those dear people do their work. "It is only by doing all we can along every line, that we fulfill Christ's command to 'p'reacb the Gospel to every creature.’ We can't all go as missionaries, but that command is as binding on one of God's children as another, so our part of the Work must lie in supplyâ€" ing the needs of the missionaries so as to leave their time. and thoughts free to do our share of preaching the. Gospel as well as their own." “Oh ! I wish we could get their things to them by Christmas, but I suppose that is out of the question," said ore of the gi'ls. “Yes, I am SOl‘l’y to say it is, re- plied her teac-her. “But as that cannot be helped, we’ll do the next best thing and give them a happy New Year. Perhaps the gift will be more enjoyed because so unexpected. And, gi.ls, let’s send them a gift worthy the name, remembering that in doing for God’s chilxlren we are doing for him. Let us try to honor him in this, and in. all things that we do. "Now for our thimbles and needles. Let’s make the minutes count.” (I! K i“ I 9 fi 0'; It was New Year’s Eve. Out on a Western prairie where the bleak wind wlri-stled across miles of level phi-in stood the little home of the Ellis family. Wooden shutters rattled and creaked, and a sudden gust of wind blew 5| itefully down tre chimâ€" ney, scattering as..es over the lily hearth. The room was small, its furniture plain and scanty, and in the midst stood the missionary bar- rel. . It had arrived only that afternoon, having been delayed on route, as winter freight so often is in the North-Wool, where snowdiil‘ts and bliiiazards f.equently make progress impensivble. ‘ Mr. lfilllis had smuggled it into the wood-shed, out of sight, till the children should be asleep. His wife had lived for days in joyful anticipaâ€" tion of its arrival. It was a sore oisappointment when Christmas came and went without it, but the childâ€" ren had been brave, and made the most of their scanty supply of moâ€" lasses taffy, which was their Olly present. They felt they could afford to be patient when such a wealth of unknown treasure was on its way. So they had watched from day to day, and when father announced its safe arrival they told each otl.cr tiey were glad it had been lateâ€"they’d have the fun of hanging up their stockings on New Year's Eve, and such a jubilee as there should be toâ€" morrow 1 At bedtime the stockings were hung with gleeful confidence, and the parents had laughed with them, re- membering the barrel in the shed. When the little ones were asleep, it was rolled in and o; e: ed. But when the unpacking had been accom- plished, ~tie husband and wife Sat looi-iug at the Leap with sad faces, saying nothing, but thinking much. To be sure, theze weze many tlings which wole be most useful and acâ€" ceptable during the long cold winter, after they had been made over, or relined, or patched, or something. But there were no toysâ€"no books-â€" no candy, without which Christmas isn‘t Christmas to a child; and the empty stockings hung limp and pathetic, waiting. Mrs. Ellis rcse at last. “Let’s pack them back, Edward, for to- night," she said buskily. "I. must try to hunt something for those,” she pointed to the stockings, then her courage forsook her and she broke down. "Don’t, dearâ€"don't,” begged her husband, hol. ing her close and tryâ€" ing to soothe her. “I can’t help it, Edward. Just this once let me cry. When I remember my own childhood and. contrast it with that of our children it breaks my heart. It is not fair that t‘ ey SIIOl Id be depiived of~ everything, when others have so much. I feel sometimes like giving up." "No, dearâ€"never that. You couldn’t, you know. ’All things work together for good to them that love God’â€"and we do.” “I knowâ€"but the children. I don’t mind anything for myself, Edward, but you and the little onesâ€"-â€"“ “He loves us better than we love each otlie", Edith. He does not willâ€" i-ngly afili:t. We need the discipline, or we shonld not have it,:' and the tender hand patth the bowed lead with a touch like a mother's. “Edward, I wonder if I shall ever be as good as you. It is I who need the discipliningâ€"not you, dear, unselfish boy," and Edith ELis clasped in both her own the hands that had grown hard and calloused Working for the people of his flock. A call from. the gate startled them, and Mr. Ellis went out. "1 hope it isn't somebody come to take him away this cold night,” murmured Mrs. E1 is, anxiously, as she heard voices in the harkness. 'A moment later he came in with a. bundle so big. he could barely carry itâ€"a bundle done up in burlap and looking. delightfully mysterious. “Look at this Edith," he exclaimâ€" ed, with beaming face. “Perhpas afâ€" ter all they will not be disappointâ€" ed.” His wife couldn't find her voice to answer, but worked at the cord with trembling fmgers. "It’s a car- pet I" she exclaimed at last, as she caught a tantalizing glimpse. "We do need it soâ€"I’m very thankful I onlyâ€"Edwardâ€"we can't put it in tho stockings. ' ’ . It was securely fastened, but they got it untied at last, and um‘olled a length to see the pattern. As they did so something fell outr-a flat parcel wrapped in tissue paper and marked, "For ,Mrs. Ellis." “Handerchiefs, Edward. Oh, how prettyâ€"six of them, handâ€"made,” she announced excitedly. Another turn of the roll disclosed more treasures, and still more further on, till at last the little room looked like a fanCy storms There were napkins, and tidies, and toxvelsâ€"not all new, but all good and in pofect order. A generous length of muslin wrapped lengthwise in the carpet, another of flannel, and one of crash; collars and cuffs, dainty hoods and capsâ€"well, it woul’, take too long to describe the treasures that wonderful carpet held. But the best of all, in that happy little mother's eyes, lay in what had been the very centre cf, the roll, where in a long, compact bundle. wo'e snugly wrapped a pretty doll with wardrobe all complete, balls, skates, and marbles, with pounds of candy, and a sweet letter of sym- pathy and interest that was like an insr‘iration to tl‘em-b‘otb, signed, “M s. Ca'swell’s Bible class.” Mrs. Ellis gathered her arms full of treasures and hugged them. “Those c'ear, sweet, lovely girls," she 93(â€" claimed. "Only think of all this loving thought for us almost at our door, while I was complaining. and thinking nobody cared for us. I’m sure . I’ll never be so wicked again. Oh, Edward, look at those stockings! 80 full they wouldn’t hold a feather more. How can I wait ti‘l morning ‘2" Mr. Ellis folded a warm muffler and drew off a new glove as he an- swered, “We have all been most generously remembered. Edith. If t‘ e reciving is so joyful, surely God wi'l bless the givers.” ' "1 shall pray for them as long as I live," declared the little woman with quivering lips. “I hope tley will may one have as happy it New Year as they have given usâ€"more than that I conlln’t ask.” People didn't know that the secret of Mrsf Carsvvell's weaiing her old rloak that winter was tacked down on the Flli-s’ Hittingâ€"room floor; nor that there was scarcely a girl in the Bible l'lZLFS who had not practised real self-derial in the giving which did so much good. And God knew it all, and made it up to them every one in blessings pressed clown and running over. _.__~_â€"¢-> ...._..._. THE, SENSIBLE MOTHER. a... When little ones are ill the sensiâ€" ble mother no longer doses them with naUSeous, griping purgatives, nor puts tl em to sleep with the so- cal'ed “Soothing” preparations which always contain haszll opiates. Baby’s Own Tablets have been used by thousands of mothers who cheer- fully testify that they are gentle in their action, absolutely safe,‘ and make little ores sleep soundly and naturally, because they remove the trouble that made baby irritable and wakeful. On this point Mrs. T Watâ€" son, Sarsficll, Ont., says :â€"-"I have used Baby’s Own Tablets and find them a very valuable medirine for young children. l’hen baby is cross or fetful I give her a. Tablet, and it soon puts her right.” These Tablets cure all the minor ailments of the little ones. They are good for all children from birth onâ€" ward. Sold by merlizine dealers or .‘zeut by mail at 25 cents a box by writing Tle Dr. Williams Medicine 00., Brockville, Ont. ___.__+__.._. NEW YEAR’ S RESOLUTIONS . If Sincerely Made They Are a. Help to Right Character. New Year’s resolutions are. so of- ten made the target for cheap jokes by cheap critics as to create the rimâ€" pression that such resolutions are ne\er kept and never ought to be max e. The oriLi-lsm is unjusc, its logic is false, its effect pernicious. A recent preacher brought out tle lI'l e tea in a sermon upon Peter's [ledge of devotion to his master, even though all others should desert Him. Simon did not yield to temâ€" ptation because of his ecumest assur- ance, but in spite of it. It had been said that hell was paved with good resolutions. If that was true it was certainly the best ~thing about the place. We must resolve before we do. Bight resolutions sincerely made are a help to right character, even if by distress of opposing forces some of them are not kept. Peter’s f..ith cil not finally fail, and very Lil-:er he had more faith and .mor-e strength because he failed once and so learned his weak point. It is a good thing, then, with the thoughtâ€" fulness belonging to the outlook of a new year, to desire and decide and declare that we will live truer, nobler lives. Making the resolve, not lightly or boastfully, but ser- iously and expecting the Divine help, we shall succeed in part if not in full. He whom we call Master and Lord is praying for us that our faith fail not. The man who re- solved and failed and tried again became a. st'rong man. What he wrote to his brethren in the first century was doubtless an echo of his own experience. and it will be fulfilled, even to the twentieth cen- tury: “After we have suffered aw‘rile IGod will make you perfect, stabli-sh, strengthen, settle you." cm > 5". O fi H I? PREPARING FISH. It is economy to buy a whole cod or haddock pounds, as the whole fish is much cheaper than when sliced and all of it can be utilized. ' Try this method” of preparing a cod or haddock: Clean and wipe the fish, out off the head, out the flesh from the backbone in two long strips. Put the head‘ and bones over the fire in cold water and cook for one hour, to make a fish stock, as there is much gelatine in the head and some flesh clings to the bones. Strain this stock and reserve it as a basis for a fish chowder, adding potatoes, inilk, onion, salt pork and crackers according to any good chowder re- ceipt. The fillets of fish freed from the bones are to be used to make molded fish. Molded Fishâ€"Butter an oval mold, lay in it a strip of boned fish, then a. layer of bread crumbs seasoned with melted butter, chopped parsley and lemon juice, pepper, salt and curry. Add more fish and crumbs till the mold is full. Moisten with one half cup of milk or water and the whole or white of one egg, to bind the mixture toâ€" gether. Have crumbs on top and add bits of butter. Bake for one- half hour, unmold on a platter and serve with Spanish sauce. Oysters dipped in buttered crumbs may be substituted for the seasoned crumbs and a I-Iollandaise sauce used. Baked Stuffed Fishâ€"Another way to bake fish with crumbs is to preâ€" pare a stuffing with oneâ€"half cup of bread crumbs, one-fourth cup of melâ€" ted butter, oneâ€"half cup of cracker crumbs, a few drops of onion juice, one~fourth teaspoon of salt, oneâ€" eighth teaspoon of pepper, one tableâ€" spoon of chopped parsley, two table- spoons of chopped pickles. Bind to- gether with hot water. Lay one- half a boned fish on a tin sheet in a baking pan, add'the stuffiing in a onion juice, layer, then the'second strip of fish and bake for oneâ€"half hour. Serve with egg sauce. The whole fish, dressed for stuffing, may be filled with these seasoned crumbs, placed erect in a tin, in the shape of an S, larded with salt pork wedges and baked till brown. Lift it out careâ€" fully on the tin sheet, slide it on to a platter, garnish with sprigs of parsley, cross or celery stuck in the eyes and mouth and serve with any fish sauce. A solid piece of hallibut or cod may be baked without stufiiing. Wash and dry the fish. Remove the skin by dipping the fish a moment in boil- ing water and then scraping the .loosened skin off with a sharp knife. Place the fish on a tin sheet in a baking pan. Season it with salt and pepper, sprinkle it with bread crumbs and lay upon it several Wedges of salt pork. Bake for threeâ€"quarters of an hour and serve with any fish sauce. This solid piece of fish may be stuffed by removing the central bone and filling the cavity with seasoned crumbs, then proceed as diâ€" rected above. Fish turbans make an attractive dish. Take thin strips of halibut, cod or haddock, roll and- skewer them with wooden toothpieks. Spread with melted butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place on each turban a slice of onion and let stand for half an hour. Remove the onion and bake the fishin a shallow tin from fifteen to twenty minutes. Serve with tomato sauce. I Broiled Fisli.â€"Ainong the most de- licate fish for broiling are lake or salmon trout and Whitefish, which are fresh-water fish from the Great Lakes and are in season during the winter. Broiling seems to be a simâ€" welghing three or an ple process, yet it requires care and attention to prepare the fish with- out burning it. No cook can put a fish over the coals in a broiler and go away to attend to the rest of' the dinner. Everything should be made ready for serving before startâ€" ing to broil the fish, which must be watched and turned and timed. With a bright hot fire, which broiling re- quires, a. fish one inch thick will cook in twelve to fifteen minutes, more time being needed for a thick like salmon, bluefish or shad. Use a double wire broiler well greas- ed with salt pork to keep the flesh from breaking and sticking. Lay the fish over the fire, flesh side dowu, and broil it till it is a golden brown, lift- lng occasionally if necessary. Cook it from eight to twelve minutes, then turn onto the skin side and broil it. four or five minutes. Remove to a hot platter, rub the flesh with soft butter, garnish with parsley and quarters of lemon and serve. Hali- but, cod, salmon steaks, bluefish, mackerel, butterfish, sea trout and shad are good fish for broiling. If out very thick, the cooking may be completed in the oven. Boiling and Steaming Fish.â€"â€" In boiling or steaming fish much is lost or Wasted by absorption into the boiling water or by evaporation. Boiling is far from an economical process, but it is often convenient. A thick, solid piece of fish is required, salmon, cod, halibut and red snapper, being best to boil. Some cooks advocate boiling fish: in court bouillon, which is made thus: “Mince one onion, one stalk of celery, three springs of parsley and fry them brown in a little but- ter. Add two tablespoons of salt, six pepper corns, one bay leaf, three cloves, two quarts of boiling water and one pint of vinegar or sour wine. Boil for fifteen minutes, skim well, strain and add the fish. Simmer untilthe flesh leaves the bones.” A isimpler method is to add a little [vinegar or lemon juice to the boiling 'water or to use no seasoning except isalt, depending upon a seasoned sauce for flavor. To keep fish in 'shape it is well to tie it into a piece of cheesecloth or mosquito neeting. Place it in ,a fish steamer or immerse- it in boiling water to cover, adding one teaspoon of salt. Let the water- boil gently from twenty to 30 min utes, the time depending upon the quality and quantity Of the fish. Too. much boiling makes fish watery. Whengit is tender, remove it carefully ’to a hot platter, garnish with sliced hardâ€"boiled eggs, pickled beets, lem- on and parsley and serve with any fish sauce, such as oyster, white shrimp or tomato. ‘ Fried Fishâ€"Fried fish is very popuv lar and though much has been said about the indigestibility of fried food, there’s no denying the fact thai Iit tastes good. When prOperly cook- ed, fried fish need not be dangerou: to persons of sound digestion, il used in moderation, but not too of ten. The trouble with fried fish arises from the hardening of the fist fibre and its tendency to absorl grease, both ofwhich conditions re tard digestion. There are tw0 me thods of frying. One is to immch the fish in boiling oil and the other to fry it in a pan with salt porl scraps. The latter is the more tas ty, the former more rapid and les: likely to absorb the fat if the flsl is drained on brown paper. Small fish like trout, smelts, perch an! pickerel are dipped whole in flour, Indian meal or egg and crumbs and fried crisp. Cod, halibut, haddock, flounders, sole, etc., are cut in slicer Ior fillets, dipped and friend either way. an. AWASE’S ’â€" BATARBH cuss is sent dlrcct to the dlsessed arts by the Improved Blower. eals the ulcers, clears the If! passages, atop: droppln s in the throat and emanant y cures Cafarrh and a lhvnr. Blower free. All dealers. or 1:.A. W. Chas. Medicine Co.. Toronto and Build“ Mucus others van. of Sick fibidren Appreciate the Relief and Cure Which Comes With the Use of Wrench 3:“? Lnseed‘and Turpentine It is the mothers who have made Dr. Chase’s Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine popular. They are quick to recognize the superiority of this great medicine over ordinary cough medicines, and in their enthusiasm told their friends and neighbors of the benefits of this treatment. They told, of their anxiety when their children were suddenly seized with croup or severe colds. They told of how quickly relief and cure were obtained by the use of this remedy and of how pleased the children Were to take it. The good news of the merit of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Tur- pentine has spread until few people in this broad land have not heard of it. Group, bronchitis, asthma, Whoop- ing cough, throat irritation, severe chest colds and pneumonia soon yield to the extraordinary soothing“ healing influence of this preparation. Mr. John Clark, coachman, Port Hope, Ont... states:â€" “Last winter I Was so bad with a 'cold that I could not speak above a whisper, and had great pains in the lehest. At last I feared it would de- 'velop into consumption. A friend Iadvised me to use Dr. Chase's Syrup 'of Linseed and Turpentine, and one bottle cured my cold, which I believe would have proved very serious if I had not used this medicine." Mr. John Pollard, Echo Bay, Ont., writes:-â€""I was troubled last winter with a very bad cold, which was be- ginning to settle on my lungs. I was so hoarse that I could scarcely speak, and had a nasty hacking cough, which I could not get rid of. One bottleof Dr. Chase’s Syrup 0! Linseed and Turpentine cured me, and I can heartily recommend it.” Dr. Chase’s Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine, 25 cents a bottle, family size (three times as much) 60 cents, at all dealers, or Edmenson, Bates Gr. 00., Toronto To protect you iagainst imitations the portrait and signature of Dr. A. W. Chase, the ifamous receipt book author, are or every bottle. '