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wmrY -OLD-TIIE FAVORITE, j THE UNCONQUERABLE SOUL. ] By 'William Ernest Henloy. ftnf ftf tVio ?-iiitKf fkafr /lAroro mf 1 Black as the pit from pole to pole, > I Uiank whatever gods may be ? ! For my unconquerable soul In the fell clutch of circumstance ! I hive not winced'or cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning of chance I ! My head is bloody but unbowed. JSevond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the horror of the 6hade. And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the r scroll; I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. jJ\N0JHER * '^JNTERNATIONAL * Q^ode. f ? ^ c Jgj9BBieK*ETTY RAWLINS had a t w Sr* PI** bank account, and a huge j R * one at that. Bat Betty had f *1; a S1'eater fortune lu her b / IK&MCICfc* face, for she was as pretty s ' as a spring beauty, and though she ,was perverse and pouty when she c panted to be she was ordinarily as s iweet as a violet. j Betty lived in the summer time at 0 (Lowland Glen, not many miles re- j moved from Fort Sherman, a big gar- f rison with enough young officers on e fluty to fill the ranks of a company had t they been forced to drop the sword g f and shoulder the Krag-Jorgensen. Betty loved the military ? what girl j 'doesn't??and if the truth be told Bet- i ty's heart was set on marrying into the <j Soldiery, but she had made up her mind y Becretly that she couldn't think of look- q ing at anything less than a colonel, and s iwhen she thought of it she sighed, for a jthe colonels in Uncle Sam's regulars n ."were all so dreadfully old, and Betty i rwas only nineteen, mind you. b There was young Roy Lanyard sta ttioned at .tort snermaa. rie was e mighty good looking, Betty admitted r< r this to herself, and it wouldn't be a bit a hard to love him. but Roy was only a ti icaptain, and nothing but a colonel ri ;would do. Captain Lanyard, to get h Unto the middle of things at once, was c SJust as desperately in love with Betty 0 as a young soldier just old enough to 0 know his own mind can be. He didn't g cure a rap about Betty's bank account: In fact, he nover gave it a thought. It t rwns just pretty Betty herself that he c [wanted, but he didu't dare say so. a : Now Betty had another failing, not n uncommon among American girls not t old enough to thoroughly understand t that Yankee husbands are the best in y the world, and that was a firm belief that the ideal condition in married life would be that which would come from tl a nusoana wno was a comuiuauun ui i. Englishman and English army officer, v "The colonels are younger over there." ^ Baid Betty to herself, "and they are all b of aristocratic family, and, oh, -well, a r (Englishmen are just too lovely for anything." I The summer colony at Lowland Glen ,"Was unsually large that season. There . were bunches of swell doings, as the Blangy Yale cousin of Betty would* put A it. The army officers from Fort Sher- o man were much in evidence, and one 'I young captain In particular was very s much in evidence in the vicinity of s ^ Miss Betty Rawlins. Betty saw the evidence clearly, and how she did wish " TT' (Mll/1 rofit^A CATVIO HUUl lilt; ncoiuviii nuuiu uiut ovun. tew hundreds of superior officers so t! 4bat Roy Lanyard could tack the ab- u forevlation "Col." to the front part of s< his name. , t One day there "was excitement at l< (Lpwland Glen. Mrs. Calumet had in- s ivlted two Englishmen, one of them an iarmy officer, to spend the month with g them at their summer home. The news " reached Betty the morning after the t arriva? of the Calumet's two guests, c JTwenty young women had told her t about It. Let the girls alone for e ^ ^ spreading news of this kind. "And li ! ^ Betty," said one of her informants, f 4'o.ne cf the Englishmen is a colonel in v His Majesty's service, and young and t good looking at that." a Betty's heart gave a thump. "At e last." she murmured to herself. a & The next afternoon Betty met the t | Englishman at the Dexter Country t ft Club. Her heart fluttered a little as E tithe younger of the two men?the other fc !Was old and out of the running?was e Introduced to her. Colonel Reginald Boutheote was his name. It fairly rang of aristocracy and militarism. (Betty knew that he was a simon-pure v Englishman all right enough because c of his name, his accent and his clothes t ?which didn't fit. I For the next week Colonel Reginald t Bouthcote was Betty Rawlin's shadow, j Captain Roy Lanyard looked on and t .was miserable.- Betty gave hi'm two * dances and about three words during d the entire week. t "No show for one of Uncle Sam's I poor artillerymen when there's one of ( King Edward's men with a drawl and 1 a monocle about." sighed poor Captain c (Rnv. 4 Colonel Reginald Southeote was not ^ long in finding out that Betty Rawlins 1 2<ad a pot of money and that she ( adored the military. Betty asked him 1 one day what his regimeut was. and i he replied promptly: "I am the colonel i Ot the Royal Yoriekshire Regiment," 1 he said. x j Betty had heard tales about English- ] men pretending to be what they were ] not, but the colonel looked honest 1 enough, and the girl was half ashamed ; of herself when she went to a library 1 In the city and took down a British ] military gazette from the shelf and ; ^ looked for Royal Yoriekshire Regiment. I She found it all right, and the name of Heginald Southeote set down as the ? /?AlAnal ItVlVUVJ IMV4V-V*. j ' From that time Betty was very eor- ] I dial to the colonel. She turned the con- i f .versation occasionally on the Boer war, 1 ( expecting to hear some deeds of daring 1 modestly told, but the colonel "was ] Strangely silent on the subject of field service, and Betty put it down to a ;brave man's reticence when it came to speaking of h's own acts on the field 1 Of battle. Becty might not have liked it had she known that when she was Jookinsr ud the colonel's regiment he tvas making inquiries in certain financial circles about the extent of hot bank account. The report seemed to please him. and he proceeded to make hay while the sun shone, and it was a particularly cloudiess month at Lowand Glen. Betty knew with a girl's Intuition that an offer was not far away. She felt a pang. however, every time she saw Captain Lanyard and saw how niserably he looked, though he tried to [>ut a brave face on the matter. If the :ruth be told, Betty cried a little in the privacy of her room when she looked it the glorious old flag floating in the sunshine at the flagstaff peak in the 'ort beyond, and sighed and sighed igain. One day Lawyer Coke, who looked ifter Betty Rawlins' estate, heard Tom a close friend that a certain Englshman had been inquiring about Bety's financial standing. "Fortune hunt>r, if not a fraud." said old Coke to ilmself, and then, as luck would have i tn nir-k- ud a cony of I, lit? uappcugu bv I ? ^ _ he Broad Arrow, the journal of the inited services of Great Britain. Law*er Coke looked at it. His eyes fell on i paragraph and he chuckled. He olded the paper up. put it in his pockt and took the first train for Lowland Jlen. He marked the paragraph in he paper, and put it where he knew Jetty would be sure to pick it up, and rom the nature of the publication he new she would be sure to read it from tart to finish. Betty Rawlins felt that the hour was oming when she would have to anwer a question put to her by Colonel teginald Southcote. She was thinking f this when she picked up the Broad otow. She knew what the paper was, or she had heard of it. She read it agerly. The date of the paper was hree months back. The marked pj/ra" 4.V. 7a raph caught tier eye. one icau iu?. "General Powell-Baden inspected the toyal Yorlckshire Regiment last Thursday. Jt was the first training ay of this mil'tla organization for a ear. The men were in poor trim, and lolonel Reginald Southeote. who has een no foreign service and very little t home, had hard work to give comlands and to sit his horse properly, 'lie regiment will need overhauling to ring it up to even militia standards." The paper dropped from Betty's fingrs. "Militiaman; never saw a day's eal service; couldn't sit on his horse," nd tfcen Betty gasped. Her thoughts arned to another paragraph that she sad in an American journal. It told ow one Captain Roy Lanyard had reeived the Congressional medal of i?onr for personal gallantry in the saving f the life of a comrade under fierce re in the Philippine Islands. Betty knew that night at the ball at he hotel that Colonel Reginald Southote was seeking her out, but she voided him. Captain Roy Lanyard let her and she smiled on him, and here was a look in her eyes that made he young soldier's heart leap. "Won't ou go for a walk with meV" he said. "Yes," she answered softly. As they passed down the hotel steps lie moonlight fell full upon them, and .awyer Coke, who was standing on the eranda, smiled, and, being a bit o? a ,-ag, he turned to a friend who had een watching the course of events for month past and said: "Alas, poor Yorickshire!" ? Edward 5. Clark, in Chicago Record-Herald. At the Gun Counter. A seedy looking customer, with an .rkansas mustache, a Wild West beard f three days' growth and an Indian 'erritory look in his eye, was buying a ix-siiooter in an up-town firearm tore. "This one is $4.75," said the clerk, and it's a good gun for the money." "Can't you come down a little on ~ VviiT~nr> l/\rvlHn<r lin Li at; quaicu iuc wuju, nder his shaggy eyebrows and rusty jmbrero. Being answered in the negaive, he paid the price, thrust the gun Dosely into his trousers pocket, got a upply of cartridges and went out. "I don't care what he does with that :un," carelessly remarked the clerk, but I know very well he has no inention of suicide. He wouldn't have ared anything about the price, if he iad. He says he boards on the BSwry; place is tough looking, but the best ie can afford, arid lie wants the gun to >rotect himself. I'm quite sure, anyray, there's no idea of suicide running hrough his head. Folks of that sort (??sv to niok out. Thev have an ager, excited manner that gives them way. and they are mostly women, oo. I refused to sell a gun to one only he other day. Oh, there's not so very oany of them, but it's dead easy to ;now them when one has had a little xperienee."?New York Press. Inroad* of the Sea. The facts of the inroads of the sea ipon the British Isles, which are reited in Revue Scientifique, are of inerest to all coast-dwellers. Between libble and Dee the walls of a castle hat only fifty years ago stood 800 ards from the sea are now washed >y the waves. Near Land's End a vhole region of 227 square miles has lisappeared with moi;e than a hundred owns and villages. Since the time of Sdward I. the area of the Dutchy of Cornwall has been reduced by GOO,OOO leetars. At Selsea, Sussex, ships now ?ast anchor along a line that is called 'the park." History tells us that here vhere deep water now is, there was formerly a park for deer. At Bexhill>n-Sea a submersed forest is visible at ow tide. In Suffolk and Yorkshire nany towns have been overwhelmed n comparatively recent times. Pour nmdred houses were carried away in i single year at Dunwich. In 133D Henry IV. disembarked at the port of Ravensburgh, but since 153S Itavens[)urgh is no more. The thirty-three rears from 1S07 to 11)00 were marked l)y the reduction of the area of Greal Britain from 50,004,200 to r)0.7S'2.0oc ktcs. In a third of a century the loss lias been 1S2.207 acres. Moderation in Exercise. Exercise which is well within tbf powers of the body is salutary for al and probably necessary for some, bui exercise by which these powers an overstrained is too often not only th( precursor but quite unmistakably th< cause of serious illness or of bodily oi mental failure. "Why," inquired Sal adin "should thp wpnk disnlnv his In Ceriority in the presence of the strong?' The question is as pertinent in our daj as it was in that on which it waf uttered.?London Hospital. I SCENES IN KISY WHERE THI A. Ait ??%? ! mn AIMR E print some illustrations Wlr in connection with one of W| the most revolting massaI cres in history and the (mr m?re revolting because it was the direct result of seventeenth century superstition and i racial hatred ? the Ivlshineff massacre in Russia, which occurred on Easter Sunday. While the Jews were celebrating with their old-time fervor the ; rites of the Passover, the Russians I rose en masse, and with one concerted riot of fire and blood and death, slew ; the Jews right and left, pilfered their belongings, sacked their homes and scattered their hard earned wealth. ! To make matters worse the local offi A STREET IX KISHIXEFF'S JEW] SACRE OF The houses were battered as if by a b( was broken and thrown out into the street. | about; these are from pillows and mattress I rioters in their search for money. cials made but a perfunctory effort to punish the murderers. Much uneasiness was felt among the Jews previous to the massacre, as 6undry threats had been made and the anti-Semite papers maintained an em inous auuuue. On Saturday night, the night preceding the outbreak, speciai guards were 1 placed at the turnpike at various enI trances to the city, with orders not to admit groups of men. The guardsmen j later gave as an excuse that they lidj mitted single peasants and that the J night was so dark that they could not j see if several came together. Between j four and five o'clock in the eveniug j the mob began to assemble on Cliup! linski Place. They made a halt in front I of the Cafe Moskva and there inaile their plans and separated into various | groups. The attack began simultaneI ously in twenty-four different places, i Intelligent Russians stood at the en j jewish merchants in a typical busi |ness street. ! trances to their own liomes smiling at . | the rioters. One engineer stood at his j own door calmly indicating to the at' tacking parties which belonged to a ! Jew and which to a Christian. He ac ! cepted a cigarette from a shop wliid) was pillaged, remarking that a cigarette robbed from a Jew must taste particularly well. Tbe Russians at first only destroyed things, and left the robbing to be done by others. But soon all were helping themselves to everything that came in their hands. Well-to-do and learned people took valuable papers and articles, carrying home heavy burdens of plunder. "It would have been lost anyway," they later explained. "So why should we not have the benefit of enjoying what we saved from destruction?" Two students were among the rioters and many more nmong the plunderers. Few murders were committed on the first day. The most Uor STREET SCENE IN rifying brutalities were perpetrated ou 7 the second day. Some houses were J visited four and five times. Laborers killed their employers. In one place a IINEFF, RUSSIA, i MASSACRE \mTmm S OCCURRED. young gymuasist (high school boy), heroically defended his beautiful mother, whom his father's workingmen wanted to assault. He saved her honor, but the brutes pierced both of her eyes and the young hero was killed on the spot. What impresses the Jewish press most in connection with the Kishineff atrocities is the fact that the nation responsible for permitting what The Jewish Chronicle (London) terms "a murderous bout of maddened savages," prides itself upon its orthodox Christianity.; The attempt of the Russian Government to conceal the truth from the world "is an example of moral turpi. \j t ': 'I %: ' $ 4- "K'v . . - I r/??* /-.?t . a t*n^t.*n m T T t71 \f v c? ISM (JLAKJLtilt Al' 1JMV xeicj JiaoAPRIL 23. imbardment of artillery, and furniture The photograph shows feathers scattered jes of the looted houses, torn open by the tuile that excels. If possible, the cruelty of the murderous assault itself," thinks The Jewish Americau (Detroit). The Russian Minister of the Interior has been guilty of "an attempt to foist upon the defenseless Jews the blame for the horrible outrage perpetrated against them:" "it tiie Historian or nie murai ljhiiosopher seeks for an illustration of thi depths of cruelty "and utter shamelessness to which religious bigotry can CHILDREN OF THE GHETTO. lead a people, he will find it in the j attitude of. indifference assumed by j Russia toward the atrocious antisemitic outbreak that occurred the day I following Easter at Kishineff, Bess! arabia. The fact that hundreds of ! Jews were killed outright, or brutally j injured, that tlnir homes wore looted j and burned down over their heads, I scarcely perturbed the placidity of the Russian police officials. But now comec: the official report ou the whole oc currence. by the Minister of the Tn A. CORNER IN THE JEWISH SLUMS. terior, which shows ou the one hand the miserable depths to which Russian bigotry has sunk the empire, and on the other the absolute consciencelessuess of those in power. Attributing as he must the animus for the attack to the century-old lie that the Jew? A l'OOK QUARTER. commit 'ritual murder,' he wishes t( { make the world believe that the actun i outbreak was caused by the mistreat raent of a Christian woman by a Jew And the remarkable part of tbe matter is that many enlightened Christians outside of Russia seem ready to accept this version of the outrage without questions or comment." Caaae of Flat Wheels. "Flat wheel." grov/led the old railroad brakeraan, as the trolley car in which he sat went thumping along at twelve miles an hour, shaking the passengers uncomfortably at every revoItit-inn nf t-lio wlioola "What makes flat wheels?" asked the man sitting next the old bra"keman. "Blame fools." said the brakeman. "It's this way: If a man doesn't know how to stop his car he makes a flat wheel. On the steam roads some brakemen flatten a wheel every time they put on the brakes. When the wheel suddenly stops revolving and the momentum of the train carries it on, the wheel slides along the track and a flat Is started. Next stop, perhaps, makes it worse, and so the thing goes antil the wheel is no good. If a brakeman knows his business he need never ? ? ?*Uaa1 iinlaoa Ka- kin [ IUll lie U UUl VY UCCl Uuicoo uc uua IU step suddenly to avoid an aceident. If be keeps his wheels turning slowly they don't flatten. Now these fellows on the trolleys take no care at all. and every other car in some places has a flat wheel."?New York Times. Good Point* of a Hoaw-Hnat. Having passed four delightful summers in a house-boat, our family is still more enthusiastic than ever. For several seasons it has been impossible for us to take a vacation of a month or two away from business, and consequently we have been compelled to have the Wali-ta-Wah anchored in some convenient locality, where I could get to busiuess every day. There is no chance for bad drainage on a house-boat. No matter how hot it is on shore, yon can find a cool spot on the water. One has the pleasures of boating, bathing and fishing, combined with perfect quiet, safety, Ttrirnrw nnil indpnendence.?Countrv Life iii America. How to Fool the Bird*. The birds are sometimes the most serious enemies of the sweet cherry crop, and their Incursions may be prevented by the frequent use of blank v H Ks J\nTr u |^ M HOW THE TREES cartridges, which frighten them away. In a commercial plantation the main crop may .sometimes be protected by planting a few trees of very early sweet cherries throughout the orchard, which seem to satisfy the voracious appetites of the birds.?Country Life in America. I , % A ? to Shingles. Few persons have any idea of the exteut of the shingle industry. There are eight States which turn out an enormous product each year. Last year's ! ' figures were: Alabama, 207,273.000; Arkansas. 349,542,000; California, 050,090.000; Louisiana, 504,819,000; Maine, 405,802.000; Michigan, 1,920.110.000; Minnesota, 498.800,000; Pennsylvania. 309.858,000; Washington, 4,337,992,000 and Wisconsin, 994,427,000. Look* Like a Big; Drum, Salvation Army workers in St. Louis, says the Post-Dispatch of that city, expect shortly to- receive for use in their street meetings a phonographic novelty invented by a member of the army at Springfield, Mass. This is an. object resembling, a big bass drum, j salvation arsiy phonograph. mounted on a carriage with pneumatictired wheels. In the interior of the drum is an improved phonograph, which renders sacred songs, exhortations. prayers and other services at the will of the operator, who has simply to put in and take out the different record disks. This machine lias been approved by | Commander Booth-Tucker. H^B36S|^n0t Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania ' Vf virs ^K^<V'r-:" . ' ( i u ii n h ii ii n 'is n ii 9 ii i 1 ? " ii ? n i IS Gins Ml UNCLE SA1 THOUSANDS OF YOUNG TREES GIVEN AWAY BY THE GOVERNMENT, r?w?v?n?n?n?n?? 11 n?a?i1 * i 1 " ' ' " 11 " ? 1 i ft H It I The Department of Agriculture Is busily engaged in giving away trees, distributing young seedlings broadcast all over the country. According to the New York Herald, especial attention Is being paid to ant trees, with a view to encouraging the GRAFTING. cultivation of improved varieties of the pecan, the Persian walnut, certain other kinds of valuable walnuts from Japan and the hazel nut. As for the last-named nut (otherwise known as the filbert), which does not seem to be fully appreciated in this country, though greatly prized in Europe, no grafted seedlings are yet ready for distribution, though they are being propagated. Uncle Sam employs the services of half a dozen "agricultural explorers," * , ' :-t. ' c* jm ARE SENT OUT. as they are called, whose business It is to ransack every corner of the world for whatever seems desirable in the | way of new or valuable plants. The same man who secured the Jordan almond, notwithstanding the obstacles thrown his way by Spanish growers, sent over, not long ago, "bud wood" o!' some wonderful Persian walnut, which are six times the size of ordinary ones and deliciously flavored. The wood has been used for grafts on common walnut seedlings, and already some thousands of the grafted trees are on hand. The LsKt Maori King;. The acceptance of a seat in the legislative council of New Zealand by Mahnfn tlio nominal "\Tnnri Kinsr." mnrks i jhe end of an interesting dynasty. It is true that Mahuta never exercised any real authority over his Maori countrymen. His sovereignty -was of a shadowy character, but at the same time he never made any formal submission. His father, Tawhiao, the second Maoria king, was repeatedly offered a seat in the upper house, but always declined. Tawhiao's father, Potatau, the founder of the dynasty, was a famous fighting chief, and an intimate friend of Sir John Gorst, whom he saved from assassination on one occasion by a timely warning. Tr.whiao was the only one of the three to come to England, and his tattooed Majesty was the lion of a London season a couple of decades ago. But he was | very angry and indignant because he was not afforded a personal interview with the queen. He had to be content with pouring his grievances into the not particularly sympathetic ear of the late Earl of Derby.?London Chronicle. j Bloat Remarkable Money In the World. I The most remarkable money in the I world is used on the island of Yap. in the Caroline group. Two pieces of it are shown in the accompanying picture,* each of them being a single coin. | perforated through the middle. Coins ; _ nmmm vJl of this kind are sometimes as mucli as twelve feet in diameter, and vary iu value according to their size. They are circular slabs of limestone, and form a most unwieldy medium or exchange. A man who had extensive business debts to meet would need n whole fleet of canoes, or, perhaps, ten youe or mi hocks aim a wagon, to imusport his spccie. Generally speaking, hpwever, this stone money is not moved about to any great extent, the great discs or wheels being kept outside the house of the rich men. ' ' * :V"^S Household ^ patters ! Cleansing Oilcloths. To freshen the oilcloth, WTlng a sort cloth out of clear warm water, dip one corner of It in kerosene, rub first witlfcthe wet cloth, then with the oiled corner. Use no* soap.?The Household Ledger. Sam* English Kltrhen Maxims. f Not to wash plates and dishes soos. after using makes work. Spare neither soda nor . hot water inwashing up greasy articles. t? * Dirty saucepans filled with hot water begin to cleanse themselves. Wash a saucepan well, but clean a frying pan with a piece of bread. i Never put the handles of knives Into hot water. ' Pour nothing but water down the . v^i sink. To P?U?arlM Milk. > Any housewife can "pasteurize'* milk, making it sterile, it she cares to go to a little trouble. Place a pan of cold water on the stove and put the vessel containing the milk Into thi? pan. Just as soon as the water cornea to a boil take it off. Add a pinch of -baking soda to the hot milk, the pro- , portion being a little less, than- half - tl|l a teaspoonful to the quart. If the milk is sweet It will remain so for twenty-four hours even in the hottest . | weather if put in a stoppered bottle. Physicians recommend this method of treating milk for the use of babies In , summer.?Wot York Press. ' ? ? A Summer Playroom. Wherever there is an available piece * of ground^attached to a house, a temporary room may be erected for hpt? w?atherpiirposes. Fix into the.ground four poles where the corners of the J| room are to be; connect the tops by pieces of scantling; the wa'.ls and roof are made of India or Chinese matting; Erect a pole in the centre of the room extending two feet out of the top, ove* which the matting is stretched, thus giving to it a tent-like appearance; The rough wood sides can be hidden by cheap cotton draperies. The fnrnfc ture of this summer house consists of a tablp, a few lounging chairs and a hammock. ' ' The occupant's taste and ingenuity would dictate any further furnishing' or decoration, but the simple room as described Is a delightfully airy, comfortable haven from the heat of stuffy rooms and thick walls.?American* Queen. - k Whitening White Paint. White paint is cool and clean and fresh-looking and it is the most suitable thing for summer cottage rooms, $ but it has its disadvantages. One of them is that It must be constantly looked after, as it shows up every ? spot and speck. To clean paint that has become dirty, procure a basin of warm water, a saucerful of whitening, and a flannel. Dip the flannel in the water, squeeze it nearly dry, take up | a5 iuuili wuiiciiiug as win auucic ivj it. and apply to the painted surface. Very gentle rubbing will remove any ?, grease or dirt. Rinse over with clean water, and dry with a soft chamois leather. . Paint cleaned in this way will look as well as the day it was laid on. White stairs show up black In the crevices In a most annoying manner if not dusted very carefully. A little whitening dipped on a rag and . _ . g rubbed over, after all possible dust has been got rid of, remedies this defect?New York Commercial Advet* tiser. . . RECIPES . Currant-and Raspberry Sherbet?Boil a quart of water and a pint of sugar twenty minutes. Add a teaspoonful of gelatine, softened in cold water and strain. When cold, add a cup and a half of currant Juice and half a cop of r<?d raspberry juice and freeze a* usual. Strawberry Cream?Mis half a cup of sugar, a cup of strawberry pulp, and a pint of double cream. Beat with an egg-beater until solid to the bottom of the bowl, or use a "whipchurn," and take off the froth as it rises. Serve, thoroughly chilled, in glasses or in meringue shells. Rice and Cheese?Rice may be cooked with cheese making a dish equal to macaroni. Boil and drain the rice and place it In a buttered baking dish in alternative layers with grated cheese. Sprinkle the top thickly with bread crumbs, dot the butter, moisten with milk and bake in a quick oven.' Mustard Cream Dressing?Stir together one cupful of milk, yolks of three eggs, one tablespoonful of mustard, one tablespoonful of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and two level tablespoonfuls of cornstarch; add to this one cupful of hot vinegar; cook in a double boiler untif it thickens; if too thick when cold add coldh milk or cream. Vegetarian Cutlets?Prepare mashed potatoes as for the table; grate a med- * ium-sized .onion, and fry it brown in just enough butter to brown. Mis with the potatoes. Fo^ six potatoes takes a dozen tiny new carrots and five very small white turnips, boil separately in salted water, chop line; add ^o the potatoes with a few finely shredded boiled string beans, a little parsley and salt and pepper to taste. Form into flat, oblong shapes, dip ir beaten egg and bread crumbs and fry in deep hot fat. Serve with brown or tomato sauce. Asparagus With Black Butter? Wash the asparagus thoroughly. Cut the stalks to uniform length, leaving a little of the tough portion by which the stalks may be handled. Scrape the scales from the lower part of the stalk or pare off the skin. Tie in small bundles very compactly and cook in boiling salted water until tender, but not too sort, irom ntteeu to tnirtj minutes. Remove with a skimmer and drain. Then'dispose on a hot dish, one with a perforated rack of some sort being preferred. Serve at the same time little dishes of "black bub ter." into which the stalks may be dipped while eating. One factory lias marketed 60,000 electrical fiatirons tbis season.