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When she had finished, Minnie Wells asked n. question. "If they are so tum-it 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 giv- en a lot of money to the frontier work, Wouldn't, that do Just as much good '2" "No, dear. Money never takes the place 0! personal work, If God has made the personal work our duty. The young ladies needed no urging, for an evening in their teacher's pleasant home was enjoyed; and at 1he appointed hour, tl'c men‘y bevy trooped in. When they were all toâ€" gether, Mrs. Carswc-ll talked to them cf tize noble missionary "out west," with his beautiful wife and interesting familyâ€"Acid the story of their atzuggles and deprivations and fiéZ-f-Sacz’i'fiu'é, and tcli it well. Mls. 'Cm'sm‘ell knew that most of her girls belonged to well-tme famâ€" ilies, who would willingly help her in carrying out her plan. if owe their interest was aroumd: and she acted acco-Ldingly. nun-u nus. parsweu, With an ui-r cf Ceterminalion that made her visi- tor wonder “what that dear fanati- cal woman will do next." What she (‘ld was to wri-te numâ€" erors notes and dispatch them at ome, imiting the twenty-Eye young ladies of her Bible class to spend the text evening with her, and bring sewing materials with them, also such bits of embroidery, la'es and ribbons as thev \vc:e willing to "Yes, unfortunnwly it is too late to give them a. respectable Christâ€" mas, but it must be made up to them in some way at once 1" de- clnred Mrs. Carswell, with an ui-r “Well, I’m sure I'm sorry you feel so about it. Mrs. CmswolL If. there was anything we could (loâ€"but the barrel is gone, and it‘s too late to 1:01p mattels now," and Mrs. Browu rose and drew her handsome Wrap about her." Mrs. Carswell suddenly recovered her \‘oim. “The idea,” she said, indignantly; “that because I was envoy nursing my sick sister, a lot of intelligent women, who buy and make and rteâ€"make for t-hei r own famâ€" il-ics, and know quote Well what is suitable and appropriate for them, didn't know any better than to pack a barrel cf trash and ca‘l i" :2 Chr-istnms gift! Mrs. Brown, do ’01: :OJIi'C‘ that that same Mrs. 1135 was reared and educated in a higher (nircle of soriety- than any of us aspire to ? Is it to her discredit that reverses of torture have left ltel‘ poor? Isn't she ratl‘er to be commenfed the more, for being willâ€" ing to Itelp her husband ‘in his arduâ€" 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 sooiety I feel like resigning on the spot !" - "Well, I’m sure I’m sorry you feel upon him Mol‘i'is chaixs and study- taliles, to make room for which something must be banished from his well-furnished study. We deluge him with elaborate dressingâ€"gowns and embloilered sliplers, for \\‘li:h he has no use, being already comforts: bly clad. And Lien we ship (isrepm table cast-offs to another preacher who was Dr. Hollister‘s classmate in college and seminary, and who is his equal in CVCI‘y wayâ€"a man who is bringing up l'is family to 'be cap- able women and hozeret men, on a. salary that wouldn’t buy (igars and theatre tickets for some families in our (hunch. chh a. man as that we sendâ€"suchâ€"" Mrs. Carswell choked and stopped. Her \‘irlLor mildly surâ€" prised, began a feeble protest. “But, me dear woman, if you had been here to tell us what to doâ€"â€"" "What sort of dichrencc does it make whether they get through by Christmas or not 7" she nskcJ. "There isn't one thing in the lot suitable for a gift. How Christian pcoyle 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 1911th they ought to do woulJ 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 he wants, and his salary is (1111110 {01' his needs. But noâ€"Iit would be an insult to. Dr. H'ollilstor. So we send him barrels of flour, and racks cf sugar, and loads of choice fruit, to add to his already. goodly supply. We shower a stop to that, and we waited for you to come back; you know every society depends on its president in such matters, but you stayed longer than we expeo‘ted, and at lastwe IO- membercd that if we didn't send at 011113 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 “7011‘! up." M15. Carswell‘s pretty checks were seal-let in spite of tie fan. "D0 you mean to tell me that those things were shipped just, as they were ?" inquired Mrs. Cal-swell, sitting up very straight, and fanning herself violently, though it was December, and cold. before you went l'm sorry you feel Cwswoll. 1‘ there could (loâ€"but the "Look at “.13 Edith," he exclaim- ed, with beaming (axe. "Perhpas af- ter all they will not be disappointâ€" ed." His wife couldn't find her voice to answer, but worked at the cord with trembling fingers. “It's :1 cmâ€" 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. A call lrom the gate startled them, and Mr. Ellis went out. "1 hope it isn't somebody come to take him away this cold night," munnured Mrs. El it, anxiously, as she heard voices in the harkness. "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 Ellis dasped in both her own the hands that had grown hard and calloused Working for the people of. his flock. "I knowâ€"but the chiljren. I don't mind anything for myself, Edward, but you and the little onesâ€"” “He loves us better than we each thea‘, Edith. He does not ineg aJfiL-t. “'0 need the dim-1'; or we should not have it,:' and tender hand patted the boch with a. touch like a mother's. "No, Coaxâ€"xtcver COlen‘t, you know. work together for good love God'-â€"and we do.’ "Don't, dear~don't,” begged her husband, holzing 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 they s-ho:1d be deplived of everything, when others l‘ave so much. I feel sometimes like giving up.” ‘ At bedtime tile stock .05 WOW? hung with glceful confidence, and the parents had laughed with them, re- membering the bowel in tl'e Shed. When the little ones were asleep, it was rolled in and opened. But when the unpacking had been accom- plished, the husband and wife sat looking at the loop with sad faces, saying nothing, but thinking mHCh. To be sure, theze were many tl'ings which wotld be most useful and acâ€" ceptable during the long cold winter, after they had been made over, or refine}, or patched, or something. But there were no toysâ€"no booksh no candy, without which Christmas isn’t Christmas to a child; and the empty stockings hung limp and patheti‘, waiting. Mrs. Ellis rcse at last. “Let‘s pack them back, Edward, fcr toâ€" night," she said huskily. "I must try to hunt something for those,” she pointed to tlte stockings, then her courage forsook ].er and 5-110 broke down. At bedtime t‘xze stoc‘kiu hung with glcoful confidence, parents had laughed with t mem'bm‘ing the barml in do have {he fun of hanging up their stockings on New Year’s Eve, and such a. jubilee as there should be toâ€" morrow ! ‘ Mr. Ellis had smuggled it into the wood-shed, out of sight, till the children should be asleep. His wife had lived for days in joyful amiLipaâ€" tion of its arrival. It was a sore disappointment wl‘en Chyifitmns Came and went without it, but the chillâ€" ren had been brave, and made the most of their scanty supply of moâ€" lasses tafly, which was their only present. They felt they could uflord 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 un'iVal they told each other they were glad it had been lateâ€"they’d It had arrived only that afternoon, having been delayed en route, as winter freight so often is in the Northâ€"West, where snowdxifts and bliizzards {sequently make progress impossible. ' It was New Year‘s Eve. Out on a Western prailic where the bleak wind whistled across miles of level plu‘in stood the little home of the Ellis family. Wooden shutters rattled and creaLed, and a. sudden gust of wind blew spitefully down tlze climâ€" ney, scattering ashes over tlze tidy hearth. The room was small, its furniture plain and scanty, and in the midst stood the misoioncuy barâ€" rel. “Now for our thim’bles and noodles Let‘s make the minutes count." An'i, gixlr, let's send them a. gift worthy the name, remembering that in doing for God's childlcn we are doing for 11in). Let us try to honor him in this, and in all things that. we do. “Yes, I am son'y to say it is,” re« plied her ten: her. "But as that cannot be hclpcd, \vc‘il do the next. best thing and give U'em a happy New Year. Perhaps the gift will be moxe enjoyed because so unexpected. An'i, gixlr, let's send them a. gift worthy the name, remembering that "Oh ! I wish we things to them by suppose that is out said ore of the gi-Js "It is only by doing all we van along every line, that we fulfill Christ's command to 'prezu‘h the Gospel to every creature.’ We can't all go as nniasionm'ies, but that command is as binding on one of God's children as another, so our part. of tltc work must lie in supply- ing tl‘c needs of the miavionm‘ios so as to leave their time and thoughts free to do our share of preaching tho Gospel as well as their own." "011 ! I wish we could get thr'ir things to them by Christmas. but. I mppose that is out of the question,” 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 matmials, to help those dear people do their work. than we love does not willâ€" the dim-ipliue, that. ' You ‘All things to them that Out on a bleak wind level plain the Ellis the cad New Year‘s resolutions are so oi~ ten made the target for cheap jokes by (heap critics as to create the rim- pression that such resolutions are never kept and timer ought to be made. The .‘l‘liiziéim is unjust, its logic is false, its effect pernicious. A re:ent pieacher brought out tlie trre idea in a sermon upon Peter‘s Hodge of devotion to his master, even though all others should desert Huim. Simon did not yield to tem- ptation because of liis earnest assur- ance, but in spite oi it. It had been said that hell was paved with good res:>lutions. If that was true it was certainly the best thing about the place. We must resolve before we do. Right resolutions since:er made are a help to right character, even if by distress of opposing forces some (f them are not kept. Peter's f-~ith (i1 not finally fail, and very li ely he had more faith and more strength because he milvd once and so 1 arned his weak point. It is a goo 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- iousl and oxpecti the n'lvine help, We 5 all succeed n 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 hemme a strong main 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 awHIe God will make you pe:i‘ect, stablish, strengthen, kettle you." When little ones are ill the semiâ€" ble mother no longer (loses them with nauseous, griping purgativer, nor puts them to sleep with the so- called “soothing” preparations v...i:h always contain lammml opiates. Bnby'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 ones sleep soundly and naturally, because they remove the trouble that made baby irritable and wakeful. On this point Mrs. T. Wat- son, Sal‘sficll, Ont... says :~"I have used Baby’s Own Tablets and find them a. very valuable inedi<ine for young children. When baby is cross or fietl'ul I give her a. Tablet, and it soon puts her right." These Tablets cure all the minor ailments of the little ones. They me good for all childven from birth on- ward. Sold by meiiaine dealers 01' sent by mail at 25 cents a box by writing The Dr. Williams Medicine Col, Brockvillc, Ont. ‘ If Sincerely Made They Are a Help to Right Character. And God knew it all, and made it up to them every one in blessings pressed down and running over. Mr. Ellis folded a. Wm‘m muffler and drew off a rew glove as he anâ€" ‘swered, "We have all been most generously romembou‘el, Edith. If t're rc'oiving is so joyful, srurc-ly God \Vi'l Lless tl‘e givers.“ “I shall pray for them as long as I live,” declared the little woman with quivezing lipp. "I here they Will mery one have as happy 0. New Y‘ear as they have given usâ€"more than that I covlln't ask.” People didn't know that the senet cf Mrs. Carswoll's weming her old (Ioak that winter was tacked down on the Elli-8’ slittingâ€"“room floor: 1:01" that there was ncarColy a girl in the Bible clms who lmd not practised real selfâ€"denial in the gixing which did so much good. little mother‘s eyes, lay in what had been the very centre (.f tl‘o roll, where in a long, compact bun‘le were snugly wrapped a pretty doll with wardrobe all complete, ball-3 ;ska.tes, and mafiblos, with pounds of candy, and a sweet letter of sym- pathy and interest. that was like an insyiration to tltem both, signed, “1‘1'5'. Cn.-swoll‘s Bible (12155." Mrs. Ellis gathered her arms full of treasures and hugged them. "Those dear, sweet, lm'ely girls," she exâ€" claime'l. "Only think of all this loving thought for us almost, at our (1003', while I was complaining and thinking nobody cared fox" us. I'm sure I'll never be so wicked again. Oh, Edward, look at those stockings! So fall they wonl:in’t hold a feather more. How can I wait ti‘l morning?" It was securely fastened. but they got it untied at last, and umolled a, length to me the pattern. As they (151 so something fell outrâ€"a flat. parcel wrapped in tissue paper and marked, “For Mrs. Ellis." “H‘anderchlch, Edward. Oh. how prettyâ€"six of them, hand-made," she nmioumed excitedly. Another turn of the roll disclosed more treasures, and still more further on. fill at last the little room looked like a fancy stone. There were napkins, and (idles, and towelsâ€"not all new, but all good and in pczfect order. A gel-crows length of muslin wrapped lengthwti in tlc carpet, another of flannel. and one of crash; collars and cufl‘s, dainty hoods and capQâ€"well, it wonll, 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 \‘cry centre (.f tl‘o roll, where in a long, compact bun‘le avert) snugly wrapped a, pretty doll with wardrobe all complete, balk, pet!" she exclaimed at last, i caught a. tantalizing glimpse do need it soâ€"I’m verv tha' pet.!" she exclaimed at last, as she caught a. tantalizing glimpse. “We do need it soâ€"I’m very thankful I onlthdwm‘dâ€"we can't put it in tho stockings." NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS THE SENSIBLE MOTHER. Croup, bronchitis, asthma, whoop- ing cough, throat irritation, severe chest colds and phcumonia soon yield to the extraordinary soothing, healing influence of this preparation. Mr. John Clark, coaclimzin, Port Hope, Ont., states:â€" They are quick to recognize thei superiority of this great medicine. over ordinary cough medicines, andi in their enthusiasm told their friends and neighbors of the benefits of this treatment. They told of how quickly relief and cure .wcre obtained by the use of this remedy and of how pleased the children were to take it. The good 119Ws of the merit of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turâ€" p'entine has spread until few people in this broad land have not heard of it. They told of their anxiety when their children were suddenly seized with croup or severe colds. It is the mothers who have made Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine popular. A solid piecc"07 hallibnt or cod may be baked without stuffiing. Wash and dry the fish. Remove ‘thc 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 di- rected above. Fish turbans make an attractive dish. Take thin strips of halibut, cod or haddock, roll and skewer them with wooden toothpicks. 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 fish in a shallow tln from fifteen to twenty minutes. Serve with tomato sauce. Appreciate the Reiief and Cure Which Comes With the Use of Dr. chase’s Broiled Fish.â€"â€"-Among 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 sim- Baked Stuffed Fishâ€"Another way to bake fish with crumbs is to pre- pare a stuffing with one-half cup of bread crumbs, oneâ€"fourth cup of mel- ted butter, one-half cup of cracker crumbs. a few drops of onion juice, (meâ€"fourth teaspoon of salt, oneâ€" eighth teaspoon of pepper, one table- 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. bakinfl pan, add the stuffiing in a. 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. Anxious Mothers 9f Sgk Children Molded Fishâ€"Butter an oval mold. ilay in it a strip of boned fish, then ‘a layer of bread crumbs seasoned with melted butter. onion juice, 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 10* 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. Hollandeise sauce used. It. is economy to buy a whole cod or haddock weighing three or four Rounds, 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 lfish, cut off the head, out the flesh from the backbone in two long sums. 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, milk, onion, salt, pork and crackers according to any good chowder reâ€" ceipt. ’l‘he fillets of fish freed from the bones are to be used to make molded fish. “Last. winter I was so bad with a. :Wmumeueg hue m‘ocvSS. yet it m PRE SPARING FISH SYRUP 0F Lnseed and Turpentine Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine, 25 cents a. bottle. family size (three times as much) 60 cents, at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & C0,. Toronto To protect you against imitations the portrait and signature 0! Dr. A. W. Chase, the famous receipt book author, are on every bottle. Mr. John Pollard, Echo Bay. 0nt.., Writeszâ€"“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 bottle of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine cured me, and I can heartily recommend it." cold that I could not speak above a whisper, and had great pains in the chest. At last I feared it would de- velop into consumption. A friend advised 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.” Fried Fishâ€"Fried fish is very popu- lar and though much- has been said about the indigestibility of fried food, there’s no denying the fact that it tastes good. When properly cook- ed, fried fish need not be dungeroux to persons of sound digestion, il used in moderation, but not too of- ten. The trouble with fried fisll arises from the hardening of the fish fibre and its tendency to ubsorl: grease, both of which conditions re tard digestion. There are two me thods of frying. One is to immersu the fish in boiling oil and the othe: to fry it in a pan with salt porl scraps. The latter is the more tas ty, the former more rapid and 105: likely to absorb the fat if the fish is drained on brown paper. _ Small fish like trout, smelts, perch an! pickerel are dipped whole in (101111 Indian meal or egg and crumbs and fried crisp. Cod, halibut, haddock flounlders, sole, etc., are cut in slice: or fillets, dipped and friend eithei 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 ‘clovcs, 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 until the flesh leaves the bones." A simpler method is to add a. little vinegar or lemon juice to the boiling Water or to use no seasoning except salt, 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 thl quality and quantity of the fish. Too much boiling makes fish watery. When it 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. 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 rc- qulres, a fish one inch thick will cook in twelve to fifteen minutes, more time being needed for a thick fish like salmon, bluefish or shad. Use a double wire broiler well greas- cd with salt pork to keep the flesh’ from breaking and sticking. Lay the fish over the fire, flesh side down, and broil it till it is a golden brown, lift.- ing 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, sou trout, and shad are good fish for broiling. If cut very thick.‘the cooking may be completed in the oven. Boiling and Steaming Fishi~ 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, DE. A. W. CHASE’S CATARRH CURE I: sent direct to the diseased an: by Ike lmprovcd Blower. glean the ulcon. clears (ha a]: passages. stops droppln s In the throat and omanamy cure: Cat-rrh And :3: Font. Blower free. All dealers. or Dr. A. W. Chin Uedldra Co” Toronm Ind Bum 1513. 25c.