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November  25,  1910. 
From  Day  to  Day 
Thanksgiving 
Now  gracious  plenty  rules  the  board. 
And  in  the  purse  of  gold, 
By  multitudes,  in  glad  accord, 
Thy  giving  is  extolled. 
Ah,  suffer  me  to  thank  thee,  Lord, 
For  what  thou  dost  withhold ! 
1  thank  thee  that  howe'er  we  climb 
There  yet  is  something  higher, 
That  though  through  all  our  reach  of 
time 
We  to  the  stars  aspire, 
Still,  still,  beyond  us  burns  sublime 
The  pure  sidereal  fire  ! 
I  thank  thee  for  the  unexplained, 
The  hope  that  lies  before. 
The  victory  that  is  not  gained — 
O  Father,  more  and  more 
I  thank  thee  for  the  imatlained — 
The  good  we  hunger  fori 
I  thank  thee  for  the  voice  that  sings 
To  inner  depths  of  being, 
For  all  the  upward  spread  of  wings, 
From  earthly  bondage  freeing; 
For  mystery — the  dream  of  things 
Beyond  our  power  of  seeing. 
— Florence  Earle  Coates,  in  Scribner's 
Magazine. 
* 
Afteb  squeezing  the  juice  from  a 
lemon,  use  the  inside  of  the  rind  for 
cleansing  the  hands,  before  it  is  discard¬ 
ed.  Lemon  and  salt  not  only  remove 
stains,  but  also  make  the  skin  smooth 
rmd  prevent  chapping.  The  lemon  riud 
and  salt  will  also  be  found  useful  in 
cleaning  tarnished  brass.  There  are  so 
many  uses  for  the  familiar  lemon  that  no 
scrap  of  it  should  be  wasted,  from  rind 
to  core ;  even  the  seeds  may  he  planted 
in  pots,  their  .shining  leaves  making  pret¬ 
ty  Winter  greenery. 
* 
The  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture 
has  just  issued  *  Farmers’  Bulletin  No. 
760,  “How  to  Attract  Birds  in  North¬ 
western  United  States,”  hy  W.  L.  Me- 
A  tee.  A  previous  issue,  Farmers'  Bul¬ 
letin  No.  621,  was  “How  to  Attract 
Birds  in  Northeastern  United  States.” 
These  bulletins  tell  about  bird  protec¬ 
tion,  breeding  places,  water  supply,  and 
both  natural  and  artificial  food  supply. 
The  illustrations  of  feeding  shelves  and 
trays,  food  hoppers  and  food  houses,  are 
very  interesting.  One  method  of  feed¬ 
ing  suggested  is  to  mix  food  in  melted 
fat,  and  then  pour  it  into  holes  in  a 
stick,  or  in  cracks  of  bark,  or  over  ever¬ 
green  branches.  Another  feeding  larder 
is  a  cocoanut.  with  a  hole  bored  in  one 
end.  It  is  suspended  from  a  branch  by 
a  wire  twisted  around  it,  and  its  in¬ 
terior  is  filled  with  chopped  suet  and 
nuts,  or  other  food  mixture.  Both  the 
cocoanut  meat  and  the  filling  are  eaten. 
These  bulletins  will  be  very  helpful  to 
bird  lovers  in  the  sections  indicated. 
* 
Chestnuts  are  not  plentiful  this  year 
iu  a  good  many  localities,  but  where 
the  woods  furnish  them  they  can  be 
cooked  in  a  variety  of  ways.  In  this 
country  we  look  upon  the  chestnut  mere¬ 
ly  ns  an  extra,  rather  than  an  important 
food  of  considerable,  economic  value,  as 
in  parts  of  Europe  and  Asia.  The  first 
operation  in  preparing  chestnuts  for 
food  is  to  peel  and  blanch,  that  is.  re¬ 
move  the  inner  skin.  This  is  quite  trou¬ 
blesome  with  our  small  chestnuts,  and 
boiling  is  not  as  helpful  as  roasting,  be¬ 
cause  the  hull  becomes  so  leathery  that 
it  is  hard  to  open  it.  The  old  plan  of 
putting  in  an  earthen  vessel  in  the  oven 
for  half  an  hour  usually  enables  one  to 
hull  and  blanch  the  nuts.  A  delicious 
dessert  is  made  by  boiling  the  shelled 
nuts,  then  mashing  and  passing  through 
a  sieve,  after  which  the  puree  is  flavored 
with  melted  butter,  powdered  sugar  and 
vanilla,  and  heaped  in  a  serving  dish, 
with  whipped  cream  over  and  around  it. 
The  chestnut  puree,  seasoned  with  pep¬ 
per,  salt  and  butter,  is  served  as  a  vege¬ 
table,  and  will  be  found  especially  nice 
with  roast  duck.  Boiled  chestnuts  are 
often  used  in  stuffing  for  turkey,  but  are 
really  better  for  goose,  as  the  nuts  are 
floury,  and  absorb  some  of  the  fat.  while 
they  may  seem  rather  dry  for  turkey. 
A  compote  of  chestnuts  is  made  by  boil¬ 
ing  and  shelling  the  nuts,  then  simmer¬ 
ing  for  about  20  minutes  in  a  rich  syrup 
flavored  with  vanilla  and  a  little  lemon 
juice. 
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sizes  having  a  tube  up  the  center.  These 
brown-bread  tins  are  convenient  for 
steaming  or  boiling  puddings. 
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sujani,  or  Hindu  quilts,  made  in  an  an¬ 
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They  are  priced  at  $05  each. 
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jewelry,  bric-a-brac,  embroideries,  toys 
and  odd  trifles,  as  well  as  the  usual  rugs, 
furniture  and  bronzes.  It  is  possible  that 
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has  caused  dealers  to  turn  to  the  Orient. 
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p  "A  I  The  war’s  devastation  of  European 
§£  1  crops  has  caused  an  unusual  demand 
K  for  grain  from  the  American  Con- 
A  tinent.  The  people  of  the  wortd  must  be 
fed  and  wheat  near  S3  abushclof/eis  great 
4  IH  profitsto  the  farmer.  Canada's  invitation 
1  V  is  therefore  especially  attractive.  She 
II  J  ■■  wants  settlers  to  make  money  an  J  happy, 
I  I  J  ^  prosperous  homes  for  themselves,  by 
helping  her  raise  immense  wheat  crops. 
Yon  can  get  a  Homestead  of  160  acres  FREE 
and  other  l.-mdsat  remarkably  lowpriccs.  During  many 
years  Canadian  wheat  fields  have  averaged  20  bushels  to 
the  acre— many  yields  as  high  as  43  bushels  to  acre. 
Wonderful  crops  also  of  Hats,  Barley  and  Flax. 
Mixed  farming  as  profitable  an  industry  a.i  grain  rais¬ 
ing.  The  excellent  grasses  full  of  nutrition  are  the  only 
food  required  for  beef  or  dairy  purposes.  Cood  schools, 
churches,  markets  convenient,  climate  excellent. 
Military  service  is  not  compulsory  in  Canada,  but  there 
is  an  extra  demand  for  farm  labor  to  replace  the  many  young 
men  who  have  volunteered  for  the  war.  The  Government  is 
urging  farmers  to  put  extra  acreage  into  grain,  Write  for  litera¬ 
ture  and  particulars  as  to  reduced  railway  rates  to  Supt.  of  Im¬ 
migration,  Ottawa,  Canada,  or 
0.  G.  RUTLEDGE,  301  E.  Genesee  St- ,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
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