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These little books are becoming very popular both in London and in New York. They have an advantage over the ordinary autograph album, because the collecting of signatures has been so overdone that many of the “great ones” have had rubber facsimiles made of their very best autographs—not the kind that appears on their checks—and instead of taking time to respond whenever a stamped and addressed envelope is all they do is to pass the letter, request and envelope over to their secretary—or perhaps

it never gets beyond the secretary at alb—and the autograph is stamped on in such a manner that it serves 1 the fmrpose well and saves Mr. Author, Mr. Actor or j Mr. Singer a lot of time and trouble. But a request for a name in one’s ghost book has a certain novelty about it and there is, too, considerable curiosity to see just what sort of a ghost one’s name will make, so that nearly everyone will take the trouble to picture his ghost for you. In making the collection for a ghost book, partially reproduced here, many well-known men and women were asked for ghosts. President and Mrs. Taft were immensely amused at the idea and both took the keen-

eat interest in seeing how their ghosts would turn out. The big statesman adjusted his glasses, folded with the utmost precision the paper on which he was to inscribe his ghost, looked around for a stub pen, which, unfortunately, he could not find on his desk in the Hot Springs bungalow and then he wrote his name and hastily folded back the paper. “Cannot say that for such a big man as I am in the flesh my ghost cuts such a wide swath,” he laughingly remarked as he held the paper up for Mrs. Taft to view. “But anyhow, the smaller one’s ghost the better —perhaps,” he added. “Mrs. Taft was more pleased f with her ghost than she was with that of her husband. “You are more Important just now, but my ghost is a far more artistic creature than yours and really more spirituelle,”

she laughed. It will be noticed that a part of Mrs. Taft’s 4 ghost bears a remarkable resemblance to a Masonic emblem. Miss Mary Garden practiced several times on her ghost before she would allow the final one to appear in the writer’s ghost book. “Ghosts, like everything else, improve by practice, and I look upon my final ghost as a worthy effort,” laughed Miss Garden. “In fact, I see the urn above from which my spook must have hopped out,” she said, and sure

enough, if one will look at the prima donna’s i ghost it will be found quite true. ' Miss Geraldine Farrar was enchanted with her ghost, which she said looked like a veritable butterfly. “How splendid to be so picturesque a ghost!” Miss Farrar commented. ] Miss Emma C. Thursby has one of the most ; remarkable ghosts of all, and for beauty and symmetry it is quite as pleasing as a wroughtiron work design or a Japanese brass candlestick. “I prefer to think of it as something that was designed by the shades of some Japanese artist, which idea I absorbed when I visited some of the great temples in Japan,” said Miss Thursby. Lady Warwick says she doesn’t believe in ghosts at all, but she was very much impressed by the appearance of her titled name when her ghost became a reality. “I think I shall design a book plate out of it. That wouldn’t be a bad idea, would it?” the countess added as she viewed the strong, bold writing that formed her signature. Lady Cosmo Duff-Gordon was enchanted with her ghost and ghost-collecting has become such a fad with her that she has purchased a dozen of the little volumes for her friends. “I put my ghost in each one and I suppose I must be a wontan of a number of selves or else there are a number of warring ghosts in my ancestry, for each one of my signatures produced a ghost so totally different from the others that one would scarcely believe that they came from the same name and handwriting. But I am rather pleased with the idea, for what is more prosaic than lack of variety? I have made my fortune by original and diverse designs in the making of frocks,” said the titled dressmaker, “so why shouldn’t my ghost signatures portray that characteristic?” When Mrs. Elinor Glyn, author of “Three Weeks,” had made her ghost she thought that it bore some resemblance to a tiger and eagerly pointed out its claws. “The tiger is essentially one of my transmigrations, or shall I say manifestations?” remarked Mrs. Glyn. “Hence my tiger ghost. Paul would be pleased with that, wouldn’t he?” she added with a smile. Emmy Dostinn, the gifted Bohemian prima donna of the Royal opera house, Berlin, who has

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immediate successor, Caprivi, lasted only four years—from 1890 to 1894; while “Uncle Chlodvig” Hohenlohe ran the imperial affairs after that till 1900, when he was succeeded by Bulow, who had come from Rome to the foreign office in 189", so that he bad already had a spell of 12 years’ hard work in the Wilhelmstrasse. For his services in connection with ; the Spanish agreement about the Car-

just finished a brilliant first season in America, said that she could see in her ghost the shades of the late empress dowager of china. That fancy may have occurred to her because when she made her ghost the news of the death of the Chinese empress had just been received. George Bernard Shaw hasn't time for ghosts or interviews or writer folk at all, he says, yet this most inconsistent of men generally gives his interview and sees the writer person, and here we have his ghost. Mr. Shaw generally makes it as uncomfortable as possible for the interviewer before allowing him to be admitted, but after that the genial blue-eyed Irishman is irresistible and one readily forgives him anything that has seemed rude. The writer sent a

note asking for an interview with Mr. Shaw in his chambers just off the Embankment in London last summer and in response Mr. Shaw characteristically wrote: My Dear Miss : I will have ten minutes’ rest to-morrow some time between 11 and 12:30. If you catch me during the ten minutes I will see you. If you stay longer I will throw you out of the window. GEORGE B. S. The writer went at a quarter to twelve and Mr. Shaw talked and talked and talked until

nearly one o’clock and not a word was said about the window or the playwright's strong right arm! For a man of his brusque threats Mr. Shaw has a very mild and diminutive-looking ghost. Hallie Erminie Rives has a ghost that might be of Oriental origin, for it resembles an antique and elaborately carved vase of Chinese design more than anything else. “Perhaps it is meant for the urn that contains my shades,” the novelist laughingly remarked. Os course one may just care to have the ghosts of one’s friends and not particularly those of people celebrated in the art, literary or political worlds, and then it will be a simple matter to fill up one’s ghost book, for the making of ghosts will be found to be quite a novelty at a tea or other social affair, and taken along with one’s hand luggage on an ocean voyage a ghostbook will prove a source of endless amusement, while it will make a lasting souvenir of the trip. The ghost book itself is u small affair that can be gotten in the pocket of an overcoat or can be carried easily in a muff or big handbag, so that one can always take it along without any trouble. When you ask for a ghost signature you prepare the page for the writing by folding it and the person whose ghost you are after writes directly on the line of the fold. A stub pen which holds a large amount of ink is best for this purpose, as the size and mystery of the ghost depend largely upon the ink. After the name is written the page is folded together again without blotting and 10, the ghost appears. Try it and see! It is not necessary to have a book. One can have the signatures written on separate sheets of paper and collect them, but care must be taken to use soft paper that will absorb the ink readily. These separate sheets can then be pasted into a scrap-book, but the little ghost book itself will be found more convenient. At the top of a page in the ghost book is a small dotted line for the date and below appears another line for the writing of the name after the ghost is made, so that after all in a ghost book one gets a genuine autograph as well as the spook signature. While several ghost signatures of the same

the history of cultured and is nS . urflbout its romantic side. One of t^/jraMemies once A the starving Athenians in wheat privilege c spying some treasured scripts c&nrtn IGr - dramatists. The w retch kepi! w-e <» rand retur ■ the copies. If it had been the ghost sWxa., 7 ., J o ^ides and Sophocles that the unscrupulous ruler was he would not have found it easy to perpetrate so ht ^,.-ss a trick. MONEY THAT GOES ABROAD Europe is a lovely place; the grave of Shakespeare is a noble sight and it’s worth money to see the hillsides that produce the wine that made the Rhine famous. But

oline and other Pacific islands, he was made a count; while in 1905-, on the occasion of the crown prince's wedding, the kaiser raised him to the rank of prince, or, rather, “furst,” which is akin to that of the British marquis and only inferior to that of duke, seeing that the present emperor, on dismissing Bismarck, offered him as a solatium the title of “herzog,” or duke of Lauenburg, which he scornfully refused. But the rank of prince was Bulow’s reward for his Algeciras policy. Both

person will often show an apparent wide difference in conformation, owing to the shape of the pen, the flow of the ink and the amount of pressure used, a more careful scrutiny will make it clear that the chief characteristics hold throughout. The ghost is true to its type. Who, then, will interpret and reveal the true meaning of our ghost autographs? Here is a new

field for investigation and amusement® With the advent of the ghost boo® we have a new twist to an old, old fad. Travelers in central Europe as early as the fourteenth cientury used to carry their “Book of Friends,” ant octavo volume in which names and sentiments were inscribed. On their return home theylcould show an interesting record of the famous! personages they had met. These are the first autograph al- ; bums of which we hear, but the pa&ion for col- : lecting manuscripts and autographs as old as

this year it was Broadway, Bath Beach. Kokomo or Kalamazoo for a large number of worthy American citizens whose custom it has been to spend the sultry months across the water. It’s the old story of Balaklava over again- only worse. Some millions have blundered Times are twisted up in a hard knot and we are just beginning to get the kinks out. Nobody knows what is going to be the outcome of the new tariff law. The indications are good for a poor wheal cron. Panama hats and overcoats are selling side by side in the open market. In short, there is no time like the present for staying at home and attending to business. In these crucial circumstances 200,000 persons have consented to make the sacrifice. At any rate, such are the present indications.

for work. The rich American going abroad counts only one on the passenger list, but he must be carefully considered in any estimate . He spreads out the chart upon his desk. An exceedingly anxious-to-please agent of the steamship company is at his side. Here is something up near the bow that is just right—s'o the steamship man says. “Not for a minute,” ba“s the man who has the last say. It is too farljjp in front. The motion of the boat would put him t>ut of business the first day. What else? Oh, an exquisite suite amidships, | It’s great The Countess de Spitzbergen never—takes anything else when she is going to or coming from America. Beautiful parlor, mahogany/Inish. Bedroom in ivory. Bathroom in baby lAie. Maid’s quarters. And the rate for two adul'.s and one servant is only $1,700. Will the gentleman take it? , Indeed he will not. The Count^J. bpittMwgen may travel in the hold if she but no । baby blue or mahogany can lure to a point over the engines. Why, didn’t he m ->ver once in a suite thus located? Didn’t Acessant coughing, wheezing, trembling and sm\ o f the machinery nearly drive him wild? &iot! a wink of sleep from the time he went abijLd until he got home. Friends thought he haM gjeen sick when he showed himself in the streo Oh, very well. Here’s an equa beautiful suite far removed from the engines— eij toward the stern. Occupants of these apar n ts often call for the captain to ask what m the boat go, because they can hear no noist f ee i an y vibration. Highly recommended by j Gs t physicians to nervous patients. Price, t m e. Did any one ever hear of such sti ,? Here our patient multi-millionaire has ex’ q (j e . tail that he cannot travel at the b )f a s hip because the motion is too great and rgent has shown him a suite near the stern hat’s the difference between the bow and tl e rn, anyway? Isn’t each end balanced * middle where it will go up and down like the |mi of a walking-beam? Well, a steamship il n w h O doesn’t know any more than that can L o hack home. Mr. Multi-Millionaire will travel y soine line that at least employs persons of in I ligence.

- ' V—p- : ■ Bismarck’s and Bulow’s ela^ation to i the dignity of prince was he recom- . pense of their victor?e£ CVer thG , French. But Bulow has d U ng , to office with the desperat^n of Bis- ! marck. and left the Wilh l ] mstraase . without a sigh. j I Uncle Eben’s Philosoi^y, “Advice," said Uncle l|)en, "is s sumpin’ like singin'. You (Jther gits it free till you’s tired o’ lis qng- or » else it’s so expensive mu _ a s. t ford sca’sely any.” —J -

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This means something to the rest of the country. Paying to see Europe is our annual blood-letting operation. Millions upon millions are taken out of our national circulation. We work hard during the winter, either at । earning money or at getting it from those who have earned it. then hustle across the water to fatten up the Swiss glides and the tot el keepers. That is, about 1,200,000 of us do. The other 78,800,000 do their traveling in their sleep, so they can be back next morning in time

K pr iArm * Name the farm. Tidy up the place and then keep it , tidy. Improve the rainy days. Keep the i boys interested by letting them own i something of their own. Less acres better farmed would put many a farmer on the profit side of the ledger. | The waste land on your farm is worse than a dead loss to you. Get it to work. — Wool should be stored in closely tied packs so that it will not become lusty or soiled. The wool buyer pays more for clean than for dirty wool. I low is the wood lot? Have you availed yourself of the excellent information which the government forestry department is ready to furnish you and which if followed will make । your timber lots more valuable? Just one more cultivation on the corn than you think is necessary and then another one for good measure The corn will feel better by several bushels more per acre. It is a good practice to feed the I calves in stanchions. It is easy to break them to that method of tying. Have the feed ready for them in the troughs and they will soon learn to put their heads through and will get into the right places. Be patient with them. An abused cow will not return r profit. It is a loss every time she is frightened. To run a cow to pasture is like throwing money away. A cow in any way worried will not do her best. The cow that is made a pet of will make money for its owner. The milk of a frightened or abused cow is poisonous. The average American market prefers a brown egg, while New York city is ready to pay a premium for white-shelled eggs. The brown-egg ' buyers in particular claim that the । eggs are of a richer flavor. All this is imaginary, when we come to understand that it is food and not color that flavors the egg. Is it reasonable to suppose the brown egg of the Brahi ma fed on onions could be as sweet as the white egg of the Leghorn fed ! on clover? Why not a national pure feed law to protect live stock. In some states such laws have been enacted and are enforced, while in others they have been enacted but are not enforced, and still others have no laws regulating the sale of feed. In some states all sorts of stuff is sold for feed, and . the farmer has no means of knowing what he gets for his money. When he buys wheat bran, he often gets , ground cornstalks, straw and oat hulls; middlings or shorts are largely i bran ground fine, and some of the prepared stock feeds have very little feeding value. What is needed is a national pure feed law which will be enforced the same as the pure food law. The practice of following wheat with wheat, while exceptionally favorable to the increase of the Hessian fly, is so general in our large wheatgrowing counties that the "steps” in fly control have been selected and tested in accordance with this practice. Those desiring to use rotation as a means of controlling the fly and straw worm would de well to consult a more extended treatment of these insects. Disking.—The disk should follow the binder or header just as soon as possible. This will throw out a large percentage of the flaxseeds that~would otherwise be protected by । iying in the stubble below the sur- ' face,, so that their parasitic enemies can attack them. The disking will conserve the soil moisture, render the plowing easier, and start the volunteer wheat and the weeds. Could the aggregate annual damage caused by rats to our farmers be known the latter would be appalled at the figures. Do all you can to lessen their number. Here are nine ways in which you can accomplish this: 1. Protection of our native hawks, owls and smaller predatory mammals—the natural enemies of rats. 2. Greater cleanliness about stables, markets, grocery stores, warehouses, courts, alleys and vacant lots in cities and villages, I and like care on farms and suburban premises. This includes the storage waste and garbage in tightly covered vessels and the prompt disposal of it each day. 3. Care in the construction of buildings and drains so as not to provide entrance and retreats for rats, and the permanent closing of all rat holes in old houses and cellars. 4. The early threshing and marketing of grains on farms, so that stacks and mows shall not furnish harborage and food for rats. 5. Removal of outlying straw stacks and piles of trash or lumber that harbor rats in the fields. 6. Rat-roofing of warehouses, markets, cribs, stables and granaries for storage of provisions, seed grain and feedstuffs. 7. Keeping effective rat dogs, especially in city warehouses. S. The systematic destruction of rats, whenever and wherever possible, by (a) trapping, (b) poisoning, and (3) organized hunts. 9. The organization of “rat clubs” and other societies for systematic warfare against rats.

Smile even though the sun does not i Summer boarders are often profitable, but never the boarder cow. Don't try to measure all the profits your farm returns you in cold cash. A feed mill will prove a profitable investment to the farmer feeding ten or more head of cattle. Water heated to 130 degrees will kill cabbage worms and is not hot enough to injure the plants. Broken vehicles, tired teams and small loads tell the sad story of many bad country roads. Be more particular about the first I plowing, for if carelessly done later cultivation cannot make up for the deficiency. While cowpeas will grow on poor soil, they will make a poor crop, and it pays to enrich the ground for them as well as any other crop. During the dry spell keep the cultivator going. It puts a dry mulch over the ground and prevents moisture from being lost. There is a tendency to increase the production of small fruits, but the production of apples seems to be falling off. A good wind break for the orchard is a good thing. It holds the snow, protects the orchard and increases the value of the farm. When you see a thing out of place, put it up; when you find something broken, fix it. It will save you time later on. Washington declared that agricul ture was the most healthful, the most healthful, the most useful and the most noble employment of man. It is a good plan to throw corn on the cob to the chickens, but do not let the cobs accumulate to add to the other filth which collects so easily. Clean up the yards and keep them clean. Did you ever sit down and figure how much capital you had invested in farm machinery? If your farm is at all well-equipped it will amount to a goodly sum. This is invested capital which can be made to return you good interest only as you take care of the machinery. Good results from mulching fruit trees cannot be expected unless a sufficient amount of mulch is provided to prevent the growth of grass. It should he eight inches deep over a circle the diameter of which is at least two or three feet greatar than that of the branches. Many of the failures where mulching has been tried have been due to the fact that the mulch has been packed about the trunks of the trees or spread so thinly that it had little effect upon the growth of grass. In marketing fruit or vegetables always make the packages as neat as possible and use only uniformly good stuff. The trade demands quality in all food products, and that which looks the cleanest and can be exposed for sale in an appetizing manner will always command the highest price. Good goods should always be exposed for sale in new packages. When the trade once learns that you produce foods of high quality you will never have any trouble in disposing of them. Sudden change in the diet of any animal is bad especially the horse. The soft bran mash, by many advocated as a good Saturday night offering is apt to cause colic unless the horse has been accustomed to bran during the week; similar sudden use of green grass, roots, boiled grain or grain other than those mentioned is apt to cause indigestion of a serious nature, and. taking all things into consideration, the horse will do better on a steady ration at fixed intervals and in such away as to allow sufficient time for proper mastication. All changes in feeding and in feed should be made very gradually, and this applies especially to the change from old to new grain and hay. Lastly, the horse requires no medicines or stock food or condimental foods or condition powders. Feed and care for him sensibly and carefully, work him properly, groom him well, see that his stable is sanitary, and he will thrive, work ami enjoy life. Horses enjoying the luxury of life such as we have outlined are damaged and insulted by every dose of dope mixed in their feed or squirted or poured into their mouths. Are you producing good milk? Read the essentials to its production as outlined by the Rhode Island experiment station, given below, before answering the question: It is the farmer's part to produce clean milk. The consumer then must take proper care of that milk to keep it clean. The farmer should provide a proper barn. It should answer the following requisites: Be well ventilated. Easy to keep clean, with smooth floors, walls and ceilings. Be provided with proper feed boxes, preferably each cow having her own —not connected with any other, and approved balanced rations. Be supplied with pure water, preferably in separate troughs. A daily routine providing open air life during a part of each day for the stock must be established. There must also be periodic inspection of animals for symptoms of disease. Clean milking implies: The careful cleaning of the cow’s flanks and bag before milking Thorough washing of the hands of the milker, together with his entire change of clothing, even paying attention to his hair, eyebrows and teeth. The milker should milk with care and the barn should be kept free ce dust at milking time. After milkin r. the milk must be quickly cooled to a temperature nearly 45 degrees by Icing, and so kept at that temperature until delivered. It. must be removed from the neighborhood of the cow. and shielded from odors, especially from dust, and must be caught in a pail ' with a cover or at least a p’/J provided with some sort of cover, auci a* chqQ^v ulutii.

Continuation of PauFs Third Journey Sanday School Lesson for August 22, 1909 Specially Arranged for This Paper ‘ LESSON TEXT.-Acts 19:23-30:1. Memory verse 26. GOLDEN TEXT.—“He said unto me: My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”— 2 Cor. 12:9. T IME. —A. D. 56 or 57. near the close of Paul’s work at Ephesus. PLACE.—TIie city of Ephesus. Suggestion and Practical Thought. । Some Things with Which the Gospel Interferes. The Results. Business Interests versus the Gospel.—Vs. 21-28. Paul's Plans for the Future. For at least two years and three months Paul had been working in Ephesus and was about ready to go on extending Christianity even to Rome (see Rom. 1: 13; 15: 23), and on to Spain (Rort. 15: 24). after visiting and strengthenening the churches in Macedonia and Greece, and bearing the gifts of Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Corinth and other Gentile churches (Rom. 15: 26) to the poor in Jerusalem. In Corinth he expected to receive contributions for the poor in Jerusalem (1 Cor. 16: 1-4). He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus (2 Tim. 4: 20), through Macedonia to Corinth (1 Cor. 4: 17-19) to prepare that church for his approaching visit. Paul succeeded in all these plans, but some of them accomplished in a very diffeacr, Paul “stayed ^■RWia for a season” (V. 22). Apparently for several weeks or months. From the fact that Asia is mentioned rather than Ephesus, its capital, it has been inferred that he did not remain in the city all the time, but labored in the outlying districts. A Contrast. In our last lesson we saw how Christians voluntarily gave up a bad business, at great eost to themselves, for Christ’s sake. Now we find some men who tried to destroy the Gospel because it was injuring their bad business "There arose no sumil stir,” commotion, like the sea in a storm. “A certain man named Demetrius.” Probably the head of the whole guild of shrine makers. “Diana.” The Ephesian Diana was a distinct goddess from the Greek Diana (the Latinized form of Artemis), who was a virgin, a huntress, a personification of the moon, ’as Apollo was of the sun. She was worshiped with the vilest debaucheries, as many of the heathen idols were, incorporating the lusts of the flesh in the very ritual of worship. “Our craft is in danger,” because “this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:” and this “throughout all \sia,” the Roman province of that name, of which Ephesus was the capital. All the blessings of the Gospel, the uplift, the renovated character, the happiness and prosperity, and eternal salvation of the great mass of the people, weighed nothing against the money gains of a few men in a bad business. This was in direct contrast with the character of the Christians, who made great sacrifices in burning their own (not other people’s) bad books which were injuring the people. The Mob in the Coliseum.—Vs. 2941. “The whole city was filled with confusion.” The mob of Ephesus made for the house of Aquila, with whom Paul was lodging. They missed their prey; but as Paul tells us that Aquila and Priscilla had for his life laid down their own necks (Rom. 16: 4), it is likely that these faithful friends, in shielding the apostle, brought themselves into the most imminent peril. The mob, though baffled of their principal aim, seized on Gaius and Aristarchus, two of Paul's associates, and dragged them away as criminals. "Rushed with one accord into the theater," the Coloseum, capable of holding 56,000 people. Alexander the Jew. The Jews were always especially exposed to persecution, and as the mob would be likely to make no distinction between Jews and Christians, particularly as Paul was a Jew, they put forward a prominent Jew, named Alexander, to defend them. The Mob- Quelled. “The townclerk" at length interfered ami argued with the excited people. 1. The worship of Diana was so । settled in Ephesus that no company of Jews could overthrow it. You have :no real cause for violence. “The image” of Diana "which fell down from ; Jupiter,” their chief god, as meteoricstones fall from the sky. 2. Paul had not committed the wrong with which he was charged. His converts had been very careful not to blaspheme the goddess. His method of overcoming idolatry is quite noticeable. The contrast between them and the teachings and character of the idol gods was the argument. 3. There was a better way of redress, if there were need, through the law courts. 4. There was danger that the Ro- ! man government might interfere and deprive a turbulent city of its greatly prized liberties. Thus was peace and quiet restored. The signs of these times meant that it was best for Paul to leave immediately for another field of labor, while Ephesus was settling down into quiet peace, and the church continued to grow in character and numbers. Therefore Paul bade the beloved church good-by and "departed lor to go into Macedonia" (Acts 20; 1) Accepting Our Crosses. We may often think that if only we are trying to be on God’s side we have a right to be exempted from crosses, or at least, from spiritual temptations, from colilness in prayer, ami from evil imaginations. Why should we think so? God’s love does not exempt us, any more than it did Christ, from trials and sorrow. "Great are ! the troubles of the righteous; but the | Lord delivereth him out of all." The i shadow of the cross we must expect ' to fall on those nearest and dearest to turn.