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( T^IT ' v_J JA tfTP^R- MERCER had -g^s. Ill been unusually si r'%i 8 ? *ent throughout v^S I dInner and when at j? Y?8 8 ? last the butler ^^'i^cj?b^, withdrew and the I ^^V*^*^? two were alone, he '"^MH^'^S^ reached over and ?S^^yctfS*- took tis dauSnter,s TL>sS? hands. , ^^tr^l^S?? "Paula," he said *^^!M\7quietly, "I'm afraid <*1^^^O&\ you won't like my ^^^^^^.^^ Christmas present . - -^^?g&^sSg \ "Never mind, fa ther," interrupted jthe smiling girl, "if lt has one dia jmond less that yon wished, I'll survive ?the shock." : "If it were only that! Paula, I {have always respected your common )sense too highly to deceive you about lousiness matters, so I will not con ceal from you that the Casten deal |went against me, and I am penniless. ?Every newspaper in town will have the details within a few days. I am an old man and do not care, but natu jrally my keenest regret is for you, though nobody can Bay that your old ?daddy, didn't give up every cent he possessed for what be knew to be ?right and Just." Paula covered her eyes with her land, while the father watched her .anxiously. "Don't take it hard, dearie," he [begged. "We'll not starve, though It fwill be a struggle for a while." "Father," she said calmly, "I am mot taking it hard; I was only won dering how much we could scrape to ?gether to continue fighting. Men Rke jCasten have no right on this earth. 'I'm ashamed to admit it, but as far as 2 am concerned, I'm glad, truly glad. .It's a blow for you, but don't worry jabout me. You know I always desired ito make my own way, but it's next to impossible for a rich man's d?ughters. jThen when I had to take mother's {place, my hands were too full. All 1 icare about Is that we get enough to jgD after Casten. There's a Christmas ?party, at Barham's tonight, but I'd {rather stay here and talk things ovei jwlth. you." "Pollie girl, you have no idea how {you have lightened my worry," said O?r. Mercer huskily. "I know you'd jrather not,- but by all means go to jyour party. It's most Important that the true state of affairs ls not sus pected until absolutely necessary. ITi ?pend the evening across the street yMx Judge Simms. When your moth fer was alive, the Judge and his wife and she and I ?eyer failed to cele brate Christmas eve together, and '^theyVi ba hurt if I stayed away." f ??aula kissed him absently an4 ran upstairs to dress. She was far from -?J?Zjderestimatlng the disaster, and the ?u?djppess of it startled" her. .TVs one thing to talk about earm tog your tjvfng and another thing to njdg It,,T she told herself, "You are a ^pocess so far because you are your ^father^s ?laughter. It'll mean hard "work. r?fni, work overcomes heart aches and teaches one to forget!" She brushed the powder-puff across her nose, and descended. At the door bf the library stood Mr. Mercer. J- '"I forgot to tell you, Paula, that I found it necessary to put Dr. Grn.nt In possession of the facts.:? i Paula turned away at mention of the young physician, and started tow ards the door. "Gopd-night, dearie-have a Jolly ^Ime,!" called her father. Paula swept into the waiting auto . ?nobile and settling down for the long jsrive Into the suburbs, rapidly evolved iamnerous plans, meanwhile noting the ?Chrlstiras gayety on all sides. The filr rang with the excited chatter of jehlldren returning from belated shot-, ?lng or sight-seeing tours, and min gled with their merry voices were the subdued conversations of their elders. The sparkling snow, sleighbells, bright lights and holiday decorations ?truck a sympathetic note in her ?heart. The huge motor purred softly, and as Paula reached up to arrange the rich red ribbons which held hollv ?wreatliS against the glass doors and windows, her conscience smote her because of her real gladness. . 'Tm forgetting what it means to poor father." she soliloquized, "lt's no fun for a man of his age to start all over again." A quick stop threw her on the Moor, and by the time she had regained her feet and jumped out to investigate, the chauffeur was lifting a prostrate body from beneath the v/heols. An awed crowd gathered swiftly. The chauffeur was exonerated from blame, as several men had seen the little newsboy run in front of the automo bile and slip and fall on the snowy street. "That's Tim Brown-he lives in JBooe alley-just over there, ma'am," volunteered another white-faced newsy, stooping to pick up the scat tered papers. "Ill take him home," announced Paula bravely. HEW YEAR CARDS AND CALENDARS WITH the New Tear gradual ly dawning we must not be caught unprepared to greet It Good wishes for the wel fare of our friends during the coming year must be conveyed by some means or other. Very few people are fortunate enough to have their friends living near, that they may extend ver bally their wishes for the new year. The next best medium for this pur pose is the New Year's card. Of course these cards may be purchased at the shops, but it is very much nicer to be original. It is rather an expensive proposi tion to buy these cards from artists if the friends happen to be numerous. Why not make them yourself? Here are given a few designs to be used for New Year's calendars. They are pretty and dainty, much more at tractive than postcards. Not much time is required to make them and scarcely any expense besides the pa per and water colors. Have a piece of carbon paper, some smooth water color paper and the box of water colors. Place the carbon pa per between the design and the paper and carefully trace the outline. A replica of the design will be trans ferred ready for tinting. The snow scene would be effective tinted in tones of brown or gray. Make the path a dull lead color, the tali poplar trees dark gray, almost black, and the sky a bluish gray. The lettering could be of brown or gold. The small calendar pftda can be bought for two or three cents. These are fastened to the pictures with mu cilage, . January's emblem is the snowdrop The next design introduces that white, delicate blossom. Any subdued color may be used for the background against which the flowers are thrown out in relief. The blossoms are a pure blue white and the stems a dark green. The lettering may be black or any dark, neutral color. The sun-dial design is most appro priate and suggests much. We want it to mark off only happy hours. Yon desire to be a friend as sincere and true as the angle cast by tho shadow of the sun. The climbing ivy is ever green and clings always to the trellis. E^ttT Upon Rrfhs.O year* unless torn away by some outside force. There ia unlimited depth of meaning connected with thc sun dial. .The pedestal should be colored white, to represent marble; the metal angle of the sun dial yellow or bronze color, the ivy a dark, rich green. The background and numerals may be tinted any color to suit the personal taste. These little calendars are sure to be liked and admired by all who re ceive them. Take advantage of this novel manner to express your New Year's greetings. rJtf LUVtr?S OF CHOCQLATt No Better Dessert Than This Form of Frozen Pudding Can Be Put on this Table. Beat the yolks of three eggs and one-half cupful of sugar together un til very light; add slowly one cupful of scalded milk. Then gradually pour this over one and one-half ouncesFot unsweetened chocolate. Put the mm ture In a double boiler and stir uatST it thickens and coats the spoon. When cold, add one cupful of whipped cream, one teaspoonful of vanila ex tract, and freeze. Prepare and have ready one cupful of candied fruits, figs and seeded raisins. Cut the can died fruits and figs into small pieces; cut the raisins in halves. Make a syrup of a quarter of a cupful each of sugar and water, add the fruit, cook until it is tender and plump, then drain. Add the fruit to the frozen mixture when it is almost done, and finish freezing. WTien done put in a quart melon mold and let stand for an hour or more, packed in ice and salt. Serve with flavored whipped cream. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS Decorated china plates should be put away with round pieces of canton flannel between them. Porcelain-lined sinks and tubs can be cleaned by rubbing with a flannel wet with kerosene. Hot chocolate, unsweetened wafers and crystallized prunes form a dainty course for luncheon or supper. To enrich the coloring, it is advis able sometimes to brown the flour before making a spice or fruit cake. . It is a good plan to hav* individual markings for bath towels. The initals may be embroidered in chain stitch. Rice Omelet Square?. These squares are nice for lunch eon. To make this novel dish, beat three eggs, whites and yolks together, until very light, season to taste with Bait and pepper, and fold In lightly a scant cupful of cold boiled rice. The rice muBt first be well broken up with a-fork, so that each grain is loose. Pour into a hot buttered omelet pan and cook, setting lt in the oven for a moment to brown on top. With a sharp knife, cut lt into squares and transfer these quickly to a hot platter. Garnish with criBp lettuce leaves and Bquares of tart currant jelly, and serve immediately or lt will lose its crisp ness. Corn Oysters, The corn absolutely must be scored and scraped, and the natural starch of the corn and the eggs are sufficient to hold the fritters in shape. To one pint of scraped pulp add two well beaten eggs, and if the corn ls not juicy add two teaspoons of milk. If corn is very juicy no milk will be required. Season with a good half-, feaopoon of salt and a s alts poon of finely ground white pepper. Beat all well together and fry by the spoonful on a hot griddle greased with butter. Use a pancake turner to handle them and serve as soon as baked on a hot platter, 'if overcooked or kept wait ing they become hard and lose flavor. Madras Omelet. Boil a tablespoonful of rice in milk until soft, add to this a tablespoonful of butter, salt, pepper and a very little nutmeg. While the rice is cooling prepare a filling of vegetables. Any vegetables will do, but there must be three or four kinds, and all in small pieces. Saute these slightly in but ter and with a little curry paste. Melt a tablespoonful of butter in an nmnjgt pan and add rice into which have been stirred the beaten whites and yolks of two eggs. When cooked turn it on a hot platter and add vege tables. For Cleaning Steel. To clean articles made of steel rub with a piece of raw potato, unslaked lime or powdered pumice. ... Skates, sled runners, etc., may be prevented from rusting when they are 6tored away for the summer by coat ing them with a mixture of lard, pul verized black lead and camphor. To remove rust from steel rub with salt wet with hot vinegar. Dry'wlth a clean flannel and polish with sweet oil.. To Stone Raisins Easily. Most housewives agree that raisins which are stoned at home have a much better taste than which are bought already seeded, but disftke to seed them because it ls "such a sticky job." This can be done very easily if the raisins are first soaked for five minutes in boiling water and then plunged into ice water. Tho seeds can be removed easily with a wooden toothpick. Delicious Raspberry Jam. Pick the fruit over carefully, weich equal quantities of fruit and pucar. put the washed fruit lato th? preserv ing pan. let it boil quickly four or live minutes, then add the sr4;ar and simmer slowly a little while If you wish to add currants, take fresh, ripe ones, one quart io three quarts rasp berries. Florentine Toset. Toast round slices of bread. On each piece put a slice of tomato. Cover this with a paste of sardines; spread on the top grated cheese, with a drop of tabasco sauce. Put in the oven long enough to melt the cheese. Serve after the soup In place of a fish course. It Is very appetizing for a card party luncheon. GOOD isES FOR WHITEWASH Purifier In Barns )s Needed in Poultry House, Hog P~ns and Other [Places-It ls Cheap. Every! ody should know how to mix a good whitewash. It is needed in the poultry blouse, in the barns, looks well i hog pens. -etc. It is a ase it is antiseptic and \ is cheap, looks well, htly made and put on is ry?r. d "government whl feTas follows: Slack a i quick lime in boiling ~ijg it. just covered with p process. Strain this, .;flsck of salt dissolved in hree pounds of ground water to a thin paste, Spanish whiting, and a ogether in warm water * Itiiroughly and let stand .vq. Apply hot. Coloring ocr poi M fa: rn- - c 1 -< ' added if desired. Dry pal .Uht-i are used for this pur po'f L : . ..io<! outside whitewash is mai a 'vs: Slack a half bushel of lima ... ?ng water as described ?b! ' f thisafter straining two ^-phate of zinc and one poi galt di: ilved in water. If you wa:? ?? Olor, add three pounds of b . l or any shade may be given the whitewash by af ding differ ent paint pigments. Another good whitewash is made thus: Proceed as in second formula above, but add half a pound of whit ing in addition to the zinc and salt Dilute to proper consistency with skim milk. Apply ' This wash will stick well for de work. The best way apply whitewash ls with a spray pump. It can then be rubbed In with a brush If desired, though a good job of spraying makes an even coat. EXCELLENT AS WIRE SPLICER Neat and Strong Splice May Be Made by Use of Little Instrument Shown tn Illustration. Tie neatest and strongest splice can be made with this ?little lnstru ment. ' It is made of a strap of iron one inch wide and one-eighth Inch thick. One end is cut narrow and is bent into a hook large enough to fit neatly the largest wire to be spliced, says the Iowa Homestead. At the sides of this two notches are filed, as shown in Fig. 1. In Fig. 2 the splicer is seen in position on the wire. The ?\rrow Indicates thc direction in which Excellent Wire Splicer. to turn to make the splice. A pair of large pincers or a vise should be used to hold the two wires between the colls while turning the splicer. In Fig. 3 the splice is shown as finished. The length of the handle may vary. If the splicer is to be used for net wire, of course, the handle cannot be longer than the width of the mesh. Other wise, six or seven inches is about right for *T?_- o^ire, the length of the handle should be reduced for the sake of con venience. OAKDEN OM FARM NOTES Rye may be cut for hay and UBed for all classes of live stock. .*"~2 The demand for agricultural ex perts far exceeds the supply. Poultry manure is particularly good for forcing the growth of onions; Stock raising ls the best ihR?r?nce against an impoverished agriculture. A clover sod turned down makes an excellent foundation for a corn crop. Use nitrate of soda or liquid ma nure for crops that are growing slowly. Whenever a farmer gets the auto fever he at once becomes a good-road preacher. "Worn-out" manure from old hot beds is just the thing for mushroom beds in the cellar. Keep the stables and tho yards clean so that flics and insects have no breeding place. To kill Canada thistle in a f.old, put thc field in some cultivated crop and ke^p tho weeds down. In a corn-growing territory cow peas are mostly grown with corn, sowing broadcast and otherwise Beg, borrow or buy ail the wood ashes you can to use in the gardeu; work it well into the soil. If tho house is damp scatter some dry ashes and air-slaked lime i:boi:t. They are good absorbents. If there aro plants which show par ticular vigor save the seeds from them to be used next year. If your plants grow tall and spindly thin them out. Do not be afraid to cut-go at them courageously. Reverse ends of window blinds or curtains when bottom becomes worn. It gives them a new lease at the win dows. Planters Blood and Fish Guano The dry fish gives body to the fertilizer and insures lasting benefit to the soil. It contains highest priced soluble and available Phos phoric Acid, Ammonia, Potash mixed in such exact proportions, 'that increased yields are assured. Different soil requires different formulas-buy the fertilizer best suited for your land-make your land more valuable. Ask our agent about these standard brands. Planters "Cotton and Truck Fertilizer" . 7^5-5 Planters "Soluble Guano".8-3-3 Planters "Standard Fertilizer".9-2-2 ' Write us for information and prices. Trade-mark on every bag is guarantee that you are getting the Best Fertilizer made. Planters Fertilizer & Phosphate Co. Manufacturers Charleston, South Carolina ? We use only tho best 8. C. Phosphate. Fish Scrap, Blood, Tankage, German Potash, etc. ?LOOK roa inn ll ON Thc BAA > I THE FARMERS BANK of Edgefield, S. C.. STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY Capital and Surplus Earnings SllOjOOO.OO1 Total Resources over 350,000.00* When you sell cotton the first thing you need is a safe de pository for your money-be the amount large or small. That, sase depository is the Farmers Bank, and don't stop until you. get there. The average man or woman is not in position to invest a lit tle surplus money so as to get this money jusi when it might he needed. You can invest in our interest bearing certificates for 6 or 12 months and be sure to get your money just when you need it, and too, your money is safe. We act as adminis trators, guardians and trustees. All business handled witb promptness and liberality. Loans made on approve3 security. DIRECTORS-Thos. H. Rainsford, Dr. C. P DeVore, W. B. Penn, E. H. Folk, S? B. Mays, C. A. Wells, J. Wau Thurmond, W. H. Harting, A. E. Padgett. '.Whose Fault?" If you do not get value received for your money. Ii you get inferior goods for which you pay as much as we charge you for the good kind, you can blame only yourself. Our 20 years experience in the grocery business and our ''square deal" policy is worth some thing to the prospective.buyer and all we ask isa trial. "We can deliver the goods." Groceries and feed for mau and beast. Augusta, Ga. Office and salesroom 863 Broad Warehouse Ga. Railroad tracks. P. S. Mr. M. Gary Satcher is with us and will be glad to see his friends -DBM gem-- i,i,iniMiw'iiwwrftJUii^?.Tiw?lymiwiiWii.TiiliiuuiMii,r,ifM "In a Little Cosy Corner," One* of our tete-atetcs would tit splendidly and do excellent service, . You will find lots of other single pieces in our furniture display. Rockers, [tables, easy chairs and ?what not. Just the things needed to fill in bare spots and add attrac tiveness to the room. We believe there is something here you want. If you aro yux/.led how to make .our money buy thc most and best ?r?cenos we ?ian solve the question or you. Come and see what high lass things to cat are boro and at vhatlow prices you can buy them. UNDERTAKER'S SUPPLIES We carrv a large stock . coffins and caskets from the cheapest to the highest grade. Our hearse responds prompt y to all calls. Edgefield Mercantile Co.