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"pie ?)pm d?~~ D- ? A NO (Sirs. Slizol (ISABELLA ( 7 (Copyright, 1892 anil lS9:,by CHAPTER XXIII. CONTINUED. Mary Hamilton bad, from the moment of their first meeting, felt such confidence in Dolores that, as she had always declared, her very presence iras tranquilizing and gave her a feeling of strength atid security, as if her spirit were raised above the ordinary, every-day world. She' experienced ihat effect now, with an indescribable tense of being restored to li(e and happiness, much aa if she bad been iwakened from a horrible but too real dream. She could not forget the words she had heard, but, surely, she had strangely misunderstood the meaning of them. She sank back tgain into her chair, but she drew Dolores down beside her, and, with her arm close about her, she said in a questioning voice, but with a manner of perfect faith: <-I heard his words, dear. He said that he loved you, and?oh, Lorita? ihot Vio had never loved anv other ornan!" "I know it, Marnja?but it was idle talk?that man never really loved me?he is not capable of it." Mary drew away from her a moment and looked at her guestioningly; and Dolores paused in what she had been saying. She had been tempted to add: "He is incapable of loving any one, and it is profaning the word to speak it with his name," but she felt that this would be useless now; so far, opposition to Clarence Stanley had, as is usual in such cases, only increased Polly Hamilton's passion. With a half impatient sigh Dolores continued: "What Lie imagined to ba his love for me is simply a mania to possess the great treasure of the Mendozns?a treasure which does, indeed, belong to me if it is ever found, and -which no man or woman can truly possess and keep sxcept through it rightful owner; but I shall, never seek it. The man you are unfortunate onough to love, Maruja, sees in me simply the posBessor of untold treasures, > the charm of -which is, perhaps, increased and exaggerated by the romantic family history of which I gave him the details. How I regret that I did sol How I wish I had then understood myself better?as I do now. I hoped the story of the wioked and treacherous Pedro Mendoza might have been a warning to him " "Lorita!" interrupted Polly, reproachfully. "You are very bitter against Clarence." "That cannot be news to you, Maruja; you have known from the first my aversion toward Mr. Stanley. It is not merely that I do not and never could under any circumstances h?ve Clarence Stapley?that gives no idba of my feeling in the matter?I loatha liimJ" She would have said more, but she saw tbnt any further conversation would le^d to more than she now wished to h-ay; and, rising hastily, Bhe kissed Mary hurriedly, but with passionate tenderness. Then she hastened from the* room. But, before closing the door,N^jhe came back and took Polly Hamiltoia once more in her arms; and ihe girl rdynembered afterward that she embraced her solemnly. "Adieu, Maruja!" sh\ said. "My one dear, true friorid. Dove me -always, Maruja, and never forget meJ Dear girl!" \ She drew her passiouawly^to her heart, and Polly felt a strange swdress in that embrace, as if her friend wwre saying a long farewell instead of groy ing to her room. \ Scarcely had Dolores gone when Mrs. Hamilton sought her daughter; and if Polly had not been sunk in thought she would have seen at a glance that her mother was in a state of suDDressed excitement, of a differ ent nature from the painful anxiety which had been distressing ner in regard to Polly's mysterious illness. She put the evening's paper into the hand of Polly and pointed to the paragraph which she had found of such eugrossing interest, and Mary read it: "Wanted?The lieir to an English earldom. The cable brings us the news this afternoon of the death of Lord Appleby and bis only child, a beautiful and interesting boy of six years. Lord Appleby was the eldest son and heir ot the Earl ot Windermere. a second sod, the Hon. Clarence Stanley, if still living, Is now the heir to the title and estates, bat nothing has been heard of him for many years, and it is supposed that be died in California, where ho was last heard of.. Failing tin ueir in the direct succession, the title and estates will puss to a distant branch of the family." Polly dropped the paper with a ?igb. "How unfortunate!" Bhe said. ii ilV # i tl A. I umonunaie.' repeaieu ,urs. Hamilton. "Yes; if I had thought of forgiving Clarence, I oouldri't ;say so now; it would look too much like being bought by hie title." "What nonsense, Polly!- As if Clarence eould ever mistake youv motives! Does he not know that you love him?'' "He may have known it, mamma, , hitherto, for Heaven knows I did love him?once. But my feelinge have had n weveie wrench, and I have been thinking deeply, for a few minutes, f-ince llita left ne. First there was that scene with Mrs. Helmholtz, which upset nie more than I cared to admit at the time." "Nonsense, Polly!" exclaimed Mrs. Hamilton. "Are you losing your tenses? Is Clarcnce to blame because n half-crazy creatnre?you called her po yourself?imagines a'resemblance between him and her dead husband?" "And I'heard him making love to 1 Ha. She declares he didn't mean it, but I heard his words all the same; and though sherepulsed him, and she did repulse him, and she.to?U?e3 him! Now, mamma, you know there must lie something very wrong about a man when ii girl like Hita says that she loathe* him." Mru. Hamilton felt herself ready to ^hoke with the revulsion of foeliug if] Treasure. )-C~? ? > VEL. xjill ca)irjer. :astelar.) Robert Bonnie's Scnb.) caused by these inexplicable words, and finding language inadequate to express the chaotic condition of her mind, she was reduced to silence. But this could not continue. She felt that she must speak before Polly should give utterance to something yet more incomprehensible, and, by a happy chance, she remembered Doctor MacDonald's prescription. "My dear," she said, "you have had a trying day, and I think you are feverish. I will go to prepare the medioine the doctor ordered. You know you promised to take it." And Polly drank the bitter stuff, making many wry faces as she did uo; and Mrs. Hamilton put her to bed and tucked her in as she had done when she was a little child, and then she sat by her till she fell asleep. After that she talked over with her husband the foreign news which had so interested her, and incidentally she mentioned that there had been "gome mysterious kind of a quarrel" between the lovers. "And Polly is mighty cool about it," she concluded, "and perhaps it is jusl as well she is, for it will teaoh Lord Clarence Stanley a lesson. Bnt that it no reason why we, you and I,my dear, should not write to Clarence and offei our congratulations." "Congratulations!" laughed Mr. Hamilton, "congratulate a man on th< death of his nearest relatives?' "Very well,, then?condolences!' said Mrs. Ejwniltonl "But what it the use of humbug? We know hov they all hate eaoh other in that fam ily. But to send a message to Clar ence will be sure to bring him here and if Polly once sees him she wil forgive him as eoon as he asks her.' "All right," said Mi1. Hamilton, witl easy good nature. "Suppose I go ovei to the hotel and call 'on Clarence' That will be the best way, and inoi dentally I'll tell him I have something about this Chioago business to tall with him about to-morro^." ".Tnst the thincr!" assented Mrs Hamilton. And when her husbanc had started on this mission, she gav( herself up to dreafes of the futur< glory of the young Countess of Win dermere. CHAPTER XXIV. ' ^ love's mabtybdom. Mary Hamilton said truly when sh< told her mother that she had ezperi enced a revulsion of feeling in rtgan to Clarenee Stanley; but wishing t( spare the heart that had ever lovec her entirely, she ha'd not told all thi truth. She had, indeed, been shocked and horrified by the words she hac heard him speak to Dolores; and shi had, insensibly, thought a score o things tooHerrible to put into form ii regard to the apparent recognition o; him bv Madame Helmholtz. It was well enough -for Dolores t< insist that Stanley did not love her? that his avowal was prompted merely by his passion for mouey and his de sire to gain possession of the mysteri ous and wonderful Mendoza treasure But the tones of his voice still rang it Polly's ears, and the passionate in tensity with which he had declarec his love was in striking and very pain ful contrast to the tranquil and com mon-place manner that had evei characterized his love-making to her self. All the evening, after her mothei had left her?for her sleep waf soon over?aod far into the night Mary Hamilton reviewed her ao quaintance with Clarence Stanley and much that had so often seemec \strange, even tc her partial judgment, showed all too clearly now?but ii da^k and'larid colore. "?)h, Rita! Rita!'! groaned the unhappy girl, writhing in pain sc aTftat it wan woraft to endure thai pbysioaf^uffering. "Is it yon whom I have loved above all other wo met except my \nother?is it yon, deai Rita, that has\brought me this greal sorrow? For ilKis idle to conceal from myself that the tnAterest drop in this most bitter cup is f\he knowledge thai Clarence loves Bitav and has nevei loved me!" \ Again and again, through the wearj watches of the night, V did > these thought*/.in every conceivable variation, chase each other through this poor girl's tortured fancy, till\ quite worn out, at last she fell asleep Mrom exhaustion; but not until anothenAnd yet sadder day had already begun \^o dawn. \ It was late in the morning, and the household had already breakfasted, when Mary Hamilton awoke to that poignant realization of ever-present Buffering whioh comes like a daggerthrust on first returning to wakefulness after bitter sorrow. She woke with*a long-drawn, moaning sigh?a sound which struck, like a blow, *her mother, who was standing beside the bed, waiting for the dear eyes she loved to unclos^. "Ob, mamma!" exclaimed Polly, with a rush of recollection which sent the tears to her eyes; and then, catching the distressed look on Mrs. Hamilton's face, the daughter bravely smiled through her tears, though WllU a BJU&lZlg UOttft, 1U1 ouv DOW 1U one swift glance a new and utterly desperate sorrow in her mother's face. "How soundly I have slept!"' she exclaimed, with an affectation of entire forgetfulness of the past' night and all its suffering. "It is long since I have slept so late in the morning. Perhaps I shall actually become a fashionable girl at last and sleep as late as Bertha Sefton. But what is the matter, mamma, dear? You look troubled about something, No accident to any one, I hope? "Whatnew misfortune has come upon us? Has any harm come to Clarence? Js he ill? Is he dead?" "Would to heaven that he had been dead before you ever saw his false and treacherous face!" exclaimed Mrs. Hamilton, bitterly. "Ah! Then he is not dead! Thank God for that l" cried Mary, as she sud' / e denly sat up in bed, as if that very thought, had brought renewed life and strength. Mrs. Hamilton realized more acutely than before how her child's very lifo seemed wrapped in the welfare of the man who had, as she now felt convinced, horribly and cruelly deceived them all from the very first day. "Since Clarence is not dead," Mary went on, with forced calmness and quite oblivious of the fact that Bhe had but a few hours ago expressed almost entire indifference to him, "nothing can be so very bad. Iff he ill, then? Has any accident happened to him?" "So far as I know, he is well and safe, He is sure to take exceedingly good care of himself at all times, and more especially now since he has become Lord Stanley and the heir to an' earldom," said Mrs. Hamilton, her wordi and tones unconsciously betraying increased bitterness. "It is not of Lord Stauley that I have come to speak, Polly, dear. At least, not of him first. Dolores has " "Rita!" exclaimed Mary, sharply, a strange mixture of relief and alarm in her voice. "Oh, mamma, dear,, no harm has come to Kita?" "No harm has come to her," answered Mrs. Hamilton, with smiling and bitter contempt. "You dear, innocent child! No one is sacrificing .. life or comfort to spare yon, though you would have died for either of them. , Dolores is neither dead nor ill nor dying. She has simply eloped. That's , all." "'Eloped'" repeated the girl, stupidly, as though the word possessed no meaning for her. " *?;iopea!' Ana r with whom!" . "Aye, with whom? That is the [ question. But there can be little , doubt now as to the companion of her flight. She is gone, and he is gone, 1 too, and the natural inference is, after what took place yesterday, that they have gone together. Dolores, the girl , of whom you made a sister?the girl whom I treated as a daughter and ? loved next to yourself?has eloped } with the man-who was betrothed to r you. Clarence Stanley and Dolores have gone together." "I'll never believe it!" exclaimed Mary Hamilton, "I could not believe [ it! No, not if she stood here before ? me and confessed the perfidy with her j own lips. She is all truth and honor. r Clarence may?yes, although I have j adored him?I will admit that Clarence i Stanley may be false; but Dolores? , never!" c Mrs. Hamilton smothered an impatient sigh. She could not compre' hend her daughter's devotion to this j stranger, now that Dolores was, witn3 out doubt, proved her rival, and also a her successful rival; for Mrs. Hamil. ton had reasons, not yet given to Polly, for feeling quite convinced that Dolored had grossly-imposed on those who had in every way sought to be, friend her. , ''Tell me all there is to tell about 9 Dolores," Mary continued, after a few - moment's silence. "It is little enough, but it means a great deal," said Mrs. Hamilton. "Frances, the girl who spGcially wait* ed on her, gave me this letter but an hour ago. Read it for yourself." She hurriedly smoothed out f crumpled paper and gave it into he> daughter's tremulous hands. TO BE CONTINUED. Cnrions Ball-Eearinc Shear*. a. uormecucui man ib me iuvemui of a ball-bearing shears for use by 7 barbers, tailors, etc., which is at least a curiosity. Two annular series of | bails are disposed in the pivotal con" neotion of the shears, which pivotal 1 connection comprises an annular ball j seat, from the centre of which projects a short "boss" interiorly threaded to receive the pivot screw, the head of which is formed to serve a partial r ball channel. When the two shear members are Gecured together there is a double se/ies of balls involved, ' which removes rriction and increases 3 the cutting capacity of the instru' ment. They can be readily adjusted [ to any touch, and it is claimed for ? them that they will hot become clogged or "wobbly." They are said ' to have worked well in tbe expen1 mental shears that have been made and used to some extent in this New York City. D'Artagnan'ft Home. One of the homes of the great d'Ar* tagnan has just been discovered in Paiis by M. de Grouchy, the antiquarian. In a daybook belonging to one Maitre Caillet, a Paris notary, M. de Grouchy has found an inscription stating that "Maitre Pierre Cadeau does let-and duly devise to Pierre d'Artagnan, chevalier-brigadier-captain, and major-general of the king's army, a house, with large entry, situated in the Rue de Riohlieu for 1700 livres a year." The'lease is signed, "Cadeau and Artagnan," the latter being evidently not as proficient with the pen | as with the sword. This interesting discovery?and it is amusing to note Si that d'Artagnan should choose a house \named after his most powerful enemy -\^s rendered doubly interesting from the\faot that it clears up once and for -ll a: A- .1111.i tUl IUVO YOAOU IJliOSUUtl US WJ U AXlttgnan's \ Christian name, which wac Pierre. XBaltimore Sun. A Gre\t-Mem*rr For Dates. William L.v McNair, a young man of about twenty years of age, c resident of Milton, lithe possessor of an extraordinary memory. Th6 events of the past nine yeai-8 that have come before his notice see.^ to have been preserved in the brain, q8 the cylinder of a phonograph preserves the vibrations of sound. The cond.'tion of the weather, the date of notai^e snowstorms and the circumstance.! tmder % ty 1 ll n *?/??. _ XI WUlttU 1/llCJT WiliC, X4i.CS, tue death oi famous men, together "With a vast quantity of miscellaneous in/ormation, seem to be completely at Mjr. MoNair's command, and without the practice and rehearsal that memorizing usually involves. There is something almost uncanny in a memory f&at permits a man -without hesitation iotell you whether it rained or was olondy on any given day two or three 1 yearaago.?Toronto (Ontario) Globe An Accommodating Poitmatter. The very enterprising and actfom* modating Postmaster of Bethel put a telephone in his office and announced that where authority is giveu he will open aud read letters to those who live in the country aud are connected by wire.?Kansas Citv (Mo.) &! . Where the Soldiers Who t pfrir* ^7 ^ "DITCH OF ^ . . gOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOGO f STRAHBEST AMOHi THE ? S PEOPLE OF THE'WORLD ARE ? T?E DRUSES OF SYRIA. ? 330090000000000000000c000? Dr. Max Oppenheim, a distinguished European scientist and scholar, relently completed one of the most remarkable-journeys ever undertaken in the East. He explored little known ind out of the way parts of the Holy Land. He penetrated to Damascus, which is rarely visited, and made uarefnl observations of the life of the people now living in that ancient city. During his journey Dr. Oppenheim ! took a multitude of photographs show; ing the daily life of the people he visited. These have now been developed and printed in the New York Herald and they have excited much interest among-scientific men in Oer ( many who have learned of the results ' of Dr. Oppenheim's journey. | Dr. Oppenheim made his way with ' a private caravan from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf. The attention'of the world is fixed upon this | wide cjomain, for hero lies the land ; which-Germany, England and Russia are competing with one another to possess foy the building of railways. To gaitt-any real information of the peo.pie .inhabiting this country a man I must be not merely an obserfer, but a lingiiist as well. He should understand Turkish, Arabic, Syriac and ! other Oriental tongues, and Dr. Op! penheim was well fitted for his task, 1 after-a residence in Egypt of several j years. . I Landing at Beyrout he gathered his | little caravan about him, and worked i his way up through the Lebanon j Mountains. He found a mixed mul ' titude lnnaoiung tuese mouumiue, ou . famous for their cedars in Bible times. I The Syrians, he found, were Chris| tians, bat there were any number of j sects, Roman Catholic, Maronites, j Jacobites, Greek Catholics and others. He attributes much of the suffering of these people to their divisions and lack of intelligent leaders. The Jesuits and those coming from I the American mission atBeyroat, says i Dr. Oppenheim, seemed,to exert the j best and deepest influence upon the 1 people. They are not prosperous, and as a result some ten thousand of the men emigrate every year. nnmur T)r Onnpnheim | amuu6 ? -rt Bays, he found many remarkable for their beauty. Some Enropean influences, especially French and German, are now beiup; brought to bear for the development of agricultural interests and industrial arts, but with no great r?: .. ... " _ " 7 A GBOUP OF DROSE WOMEN. success as yet. Along the wlopes of the Lebanon Mountains many of the wealthy merchants from Beyrout have their summer residences. A hotel built on European models was opened here in 1897. Thence the caravan went 10 juamascns, the oldest city in the world, and which has been inhabited for thirtyfive hundred years. It is mentioned in the.Tell Amarna letters fonnd in Egypt, dating from 1500 B. C., and * ' INNER COURT OF DA has been inhabited ever since, and no one knows for Lpw long before that time. Here aresruins thousands of years old. v But the houaes\ud ijfe to-day in Damascus are most iutcresting aud novel to the traveler J|om tbe Wftpfc _ k lie at Manila Are Buried, shmbg THE DEAD." .. ! . Tliey exhibit a luxury and comfort little dreamed of in Western lapds as existing in Damascus to-day. All sorts of persons, says Dr. Oppenheim, are to be encountered on the streets of this ancient town, from the Christian wOmen in their white garments to the Mo-' hammedan inhabitants of the haren* wrapped up to'the eyes. l7 . From Damascus Dr. Oppeeqheiia set out with his caravan, consisting of ten persons besides his ttiihse camel' drivers, two hostlers, ttro Syrian wrvants and an Armenian cook, a Bed-; ouin and a pupil of the medical] /\ . X \ ' 5LEB 5HLPHERD5 /A/ ONE OF ' ' '''' THE OW5E3 / 1 * ' v. ,'*2 * school at Beyrout. He made his way through the wastes of the desert, otn^m'nn oo tin HT?nt. Hlfi TlmOAfl wlinm he had found in the Lebanon district and scattered east of the Jordax* River. !j These, he thinks, form probably the strangest nation in the world. - The' women are beaatiful, the men are brave and intelligent. Their religion DRT78ES AT DINNER. is very curious, being compounded of Mohammedanism mixed with eome elements of Christianity. It is hard for any one to say preoisely what the Druses do believe, but their life is a peculiarly simple-and righteous one; Justice is done at any cost, and high sense of honor is well dewelopeft : Like other Oriental*, the Biases sit, cross legged on the ground agtBUhe|ig themselves at meals fro.zn Juw^fiheil placed in the centre -of tnes{grtJup.T! They seem to be industrious And satisfied, although the dreams of former glories sometimes rouse them .to strange flights of patriotic fervor. Lovers of Browning will be glad to learn something- about that strange people utilized by him for one of his mont. rirAmAtifl nnflitaa. The Germans assert, and have figares to prove, that the efforts of their railroad to Angora and the district south of it, Koniwyahphave stimulated the people to renewed effects for the acquirement of agricultural wealth. Dr. Oppenheimfs trip shows that there is room for similar work all through Syria, and he has great hopes of the time when this country will be traversed by railways running from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. There ia no doubt that the district east of the Jordon Rwer is veil adapted to the raising"<H$jrheat, and it is only because of the jUJlk of facilities for transportatira !^MK this dis MASCU8 DWELLING. - 1 trict has not already contributed a j 1 Jargo proportion of this cereal to the ' 1 markets of the Orient. Dogs in Hamlmrg, Germauy, are j ? taxed according to size?the bigger 11 the dog. the higher the tax. JI Driving the Carabao. The American Boldier is equal to all sorts of transportation problems; but the strangest one he has yet had to meet is presented by the ordinary beast of draught in the Philippine Islands, the water-buffalo. This animal is called the carabao in the Philippines, and the name (pronounced carribow) is retained by our soldiers; but the Philippine carrabao does not differ greatly from the common buffalo of India, China and other Oriental countries. R. H. Little, a correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, says that the carabao is slower than a camel aud I DBIVING TUB CABABAO. more obstinate than a male, and has a hide "like the armor of a battleship." JHe"has bnt one hope, bat oae ambition in life, and that is to lie down ia % paddle of water with jast his no8e# and horns sticking oat." In doing this he will, if he cp^ also give a bath to all the supplies .oaded on ihe bnll-cart which he is, drawing. "^V _ ' Wf 'VIIIMPWJPII , . ' ^ ^ ^ ^ _ _ ||'^)|.-'_ ' ,.T Consequently ar wild commotion rales along the w^Bhjtrsun when it approaches a stream which has to 'be forded. The-soMgtrs, who are walking, .behind the JgBrU as guards, lay aside their rifleeyBi begin to belabor each animal agffipbjnrgate him in three langnag#^Bnglish,' Spanish and Tagalog. T& Ohin'ese _arivers jump off the earfcrwid also posnd the poor cawbao, yelling in Chinese, v As ; the middle *pf the: stream is roubei the exoitqment grows. The Mmo begins to stretch his neck, ftaJtfaead his kne^s; and grant?sure "^S^heref"' yell the soldiers. that! v Beieg^ yon, seega, , Posiibly all this may get the carabao OM.the stream without his lying down/btbob; this is nnusnal good fortune. ;^^e^hi|za in good trim, the upon hij^^the middle of the night, and h&iip^preak hia rope and start out acro^conntry in searoh of water. amoDtr the^^S^^^^^^Bames sig- | for*, ward on Lis breaafc, He was wearing a pair of blae^HHfe with closefitting screens .K^Mfotect his ejes from dust. His hair was combed directly b^l^iwftff" 3iis ..forehead over his hea^'.tedtiMKIs^- Once seen his face c<^w^Jn'^|c( be forgotten. I have nevfii$B&|iny . other like it in pictures or gtfbog Jiving HPUft fa f* a. ia a rtvnf^fvnA f\{ Ortm Paul Kruger's chturi^iter. From what I saw, and from wfcatj heard -from men who have kuOiffl^bim nearly all his life, there ia no opkj^terpartof his character in the E. Easton. in Harper's . An Imprenwve N?w,' OiJilljlilPB Valley. The Notch is knowp ^Bomfitimes as : the Crawford Notil^W1- distinguish it from others in tli^mftifty.' It is a j beautiful and' impressive valley between Willey Mountain and Mount Webster, in the White-Mountains of New Hampatoi^^l; oontfuns the famous Willey HaSw^and present* a splendid picture, yiiw<ed from the surrounding mountains and hills. Speaking of tbe^Yew' from the top of Mount WilJard, Bayard Taylor said: "As a simple mountain pass, seen from above, it cannot be surpassed in o? 1__J ?L. : T fri 3wii4eriuiiu. Kjuuicwuiug IIAC IK A J have seen in the tfanrus, otherwise I ;an recall no view with which to com- | pare it." , i Pnrnmallc Coflee Pot. A new appliance for coffee pots and jther liquid dispensers has a false bottom, with a valve connecting to :he main reservoir, which closes au:omatioally when pressure is applied K> an air bulb, connected with the jottom, iorcing the liquid through :he spout. N'ol Untutored. "Gee whizz!"' ??sclairced the centrejole. "that fellow walks on you just < is easy as easy can be. Just seems I ] o come natural to him." "Huh!" replied the tignt-rope. "it loesu't come any men- natural to him 1 han it does to me. both have to 1 >e taut.1' } < k. ''JtirfS.'-'l tjfeti /.If i - __ J^HolSEHoLD I I Cleaning Carpeti. J To clean carpets take a gill of or gall and stir it into half a pailful of | cold rain water. Dip a soft brash into the mixture and with it well scrab the carpet. Remove the lather with, '.i clear rain water and then rub dry with plenty of clean cloths. % ??? 4 Novel Fralt-Piece For the Table. #; J Here is an idea that may appeal to | an entertainer. It is an evident fact that the time-honored fruit-dish, with' its assortment of fruit, lo longer haa ; anj' place on a modern table; each ^ kind of frnit is put by itself on a jfl separate silver dish artistically ar-*? ranged. Any one who has a lityle ^ taste can imitate the arrangement. -11 Take four plates of equal size; pntoa->,a them some green leaves?hay4eav4|OH geraniums, or whatever one happeoiisg9| to have at hand?and arrange frnits to anit tlift different Make a pyramid of bright red appllip'with four apples for a base, thre&'A m top, and one on top of all, witl?the: J leaves in between. Arrange or an .j in the same way, but on the thir*JB plate lay bunches of grapes oarelesslj!|?H on leaves, and on the fourth pat bar ' Tm nanaa. Lo! with the four plates at J the four comers your table is dressed J at once. Nats may be nsed instead of frait on one plate, and figs and 3 dates on the other, bnt beware of the old-fashioned fruit basket or diffh if r you wish yottt- table to be up to date. ?Woman's Home Companion. When Yoa Hang Your Plctarea. By hanging pictures low you in- .1 crease the apparent height of the A room. ; $ Colored pictures should not be hung *1 in hallways or on staircases unless there is plenty of light for them. In ! j such places strong photographs, en- JJ gravings 'and "drawings in black and 9 white go best. ; a A picture should not be hung from., one nail; the -diamond lines formed by. 1 the coj$d have a very discordant effect.; i Two nails and two vertical cords, or, * what i? far more safe, pieces'of wire J cordage, should be used instead of the' I single cord. , 1 Picture cordq should be as nea^tho 1 color of the wall upon which theyifcs -j . put as possible, so that they may b^^J but little seen. When one picture ia^^ hung beneath another the bottom one 1 should be hung from the one above, j and hot from the top; thus we avoid j multiplying the cords, whioh is al- I . ways objectionable. \ A good hue for walls where prints m or photographs are to be hung is a i riflh vallnw brown or a leather color..! $? Luster to the black of the print of the j tone of the photograph is thus im- I 'parted. The wall paper should have { no strongly defined pattern. The centre of the picture, as a rule^/" should not be much above the leVflflH of the eye. Fy RECIPES ". | ] Curried Rice?Boil one oup of thoroughly washed rice in two cups of boiling salted water. Boil for ten minutes and strain. Add a teaspoon- -j fol of curry powder that has been 1 rubbed smooth in cold water. Boil the rice thus seasoned in a cupful of J stock until tender. Strain, place io 3 the center of a platter, cover with the M liquor and sprinkle with chopped parsley. uream oi jsariey soup i.urs. itorerj a ?Scald two tablespoonfuls of barley, j drain, cover with fresb water and boil ] three hoars; strain. Put one pint of veal or white stock with one pinki of milk to boil, add barley, a tablespoonfnl of salt, and one-fourth of a t?ble- < spoonful of white pepper. Beat the yolks of two eggs lightly, put them in .the soup tureen, pour over the boiling eonp and serve at once. Cream Rhubarb Pie?Requires one cup of milk, one cup of sugar, one $ tablespoon of flour and one cupr of rhubarb, cut in very thiu slices, the... -.jj yolks of two eggs. Make a custard of these ingredients, pour into a shell of nifl firust and biiko. Make a merincue j of the whites of the eggs, cover the a pie with this, and return to the oven 1 until slightly browned. The slices of .j rhubarb will be found floating on the <j top of the custard. Escalloped Meat?Butter a baking dish. Put in it alternate layers ol i chopped meat, bread crumbs and 4 sprinkle over each layer chopped parsIcy, salt, pepper and a few drops of onion juice. Pour over the top enough white sauce to moisten all. Meft e / little butter. Add i^it some bread crumbs. Mix them flbroughly in the butter and spread-tbemover the meat. jj Bake in a quick oven and when brown remove. Any cold meat may be used. if ((vr^iu: n '* js.uuu?u^ueB, uuiuiugs u.i "Trifles"?To one egg beaten add a pi nob of salt and atir in flour enough J to make a stiff dough. Roll thin at ^ ?j paper, out with good-sized cake cutter and fry in boiling fat, as dough nuts. Mix sugar and spice and eift over them while hot. They will blis- j ter and assume various shapes in cook- 1 ing. Ii you drop them into the fat \ pidewisc they will fold and curve. 3 Then sift only sugar over them and call them "fairy shells." m Rice Croquettes?Plain, but nice and tender. For one cup of boiled 9 rice use one teaspoonful butter, half an egg and no salt, if rico was well palted when boiled. Mis while warm ^ and make into small balls, -vetting ? tbe hands slightly wheu necessary in cold water. Roll in beaten ezar. then powdered bread crumbs, and fry io boiling fr.f, about three at ouce. | When golden Lrown skim out, lay on J brown paper, lveep iu warm place * till all arc fried. Then serve in hot dieli, - i j .