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n: _ .POVERTY! THE NEWER WEALTH. /> m ' Mr. Carnegie has come out as an ardent advocate of the value of povertv.?Daily ?,aper The Laird is in love with the pauper's lot; He deems it n* iin<? as can I>e. The bare garret lodging aaif hard wood j cot * Are better than luxury. The dry crust of bread and the coffee cold, The tattered and torn old coats. lAre better by far than the stores of gold I That he in his suit case totes. " F^r better than gilded sofa and chair the storm-swept wooden seat " xhjU stands in the parks, where poverty's heir Srta resting his wearv feet. Bkimmed milk is finer than rich champagne. And toil is far sweeter than ease; To walk in the dreat of the sleet and the rain. In winter to shiver and freeze! To go without fire, to go without meat, Frait-bitten from forehead to toes, i \ Irftft Wdly sole to your swollen feet, And blue to the end of your nose! Ob. these are the things that the million- [ aires * ^All say when their riches pile up? mow giaaiy tney a swap on lueir irouoit? and care* I To go back to Poverty's Cup! 'And so T would say to the famished and worn. The hopeless, down-trodden and sore. Brace up and forget your condition for- ! j lorn: Hope's knocking at last at your door. [For poverty's now a desirable thing, Not a creature of ashes and dust, If only to market your assets you bring lu the form of a Poverty Trust. L- ?John Kendrick Bangs, in Life. ' inwe?LGeti Bg HELEN ROWLAND. ??? V Jvy ^ OLLY sat on the other side B f$\ si\ of the table making tea. M T> She wore a ridiculous little g Jl apron (for nothing but S 2R show), about the size of a handkerchief, and a house|i rorifely expression that she always dons 9 on such occasions. Suddenly she I .looked tip. IS " "Look! Quick! Out of the window, K Jack. No, the other way. There she ? "By Jove. ^*hat a pretty girl!" I ex- ] claimed. "Who is she?" 1 ' "But you were looking the wrong (way," said Polly, "and that wasn't the girl I meant." i "I was looking at the girl across the ' Street," I said, "and she was quite the 1 prettiest girl I have ever seen?except ' one," I added, dutifully. Polly set the kettle down with a ' Ithump that jarred the teacups, i "Of course she was!" she exclaimed. 5 "The girl across the street always is. rrhere isn't a man living who doesn't 1 fworship some girl across the street 1 lShe'8 like the girl you couldn't get, the ' flfish you didn't catch, and the cake you ( Ididn't eat." 1 ' "But that girl! Why, Polly, she was 3 fTitian " ; j "Per-oxide!" J "?and Gibson?" | "Conceited!" 1 I "?and Burne-Jones?" I "Loud!" 1 j " all in one!" Polly sighed as she turned to put a ^ Bight under the kettle. . "It's always-that way," she said, resignedly. "The girl across the street, like the girl he didn't get, always is a ( man's ideal. If he never marries, he ( carries her image about In his heart, or her photograph about in his pocket, land uses it for a standard with which ' >to compare all the other women he 1 v may meet. If he does marry somebody (else she becomes a sweet memory that * rises every time his wife burns the bisjcuits or forgets to take her hair out of Kmrl papers. Why is it?" and Polly tilted her little nose upward until she J looked almost dignified, "that the mere * Ifact that a girl doesn't want to mnrry J Ja roan makes liim wild to get lier?" 1 "Polly," said I, "do you remember < fwhen you -were a very little girl bow ?' you used to lie awake rights trying < jfro catch Santa Claus? Do you recol- ? Sect how the*jam on the top shelf was ' always the kind you liked best? Did 1 you never long to see the other side 5 )of the moon, or ent what wasn't good 1 "ah r\-r> t\1nr fha nmiffhfu lit- j O.V4. jrvrn, \JL i'nij ???*?* ..w Itle girl whom you ere forbidden to i tspeak to? It's human nature. The j illusive, the unattainable, the thins ve * (cannot get always has- been and always 1 twill be the thins we want." * i Tolly pushed back a little curl that < twill get into her eye?, and began out- 1 jlting lemon, meditatively. < ^l\ "Yes," she agreed, '"but it's different 1 rwith a woman. She always feels a < isort of resentment toward the man who ' ST (won't fall in love with her, while a 1 iman rather respects a woman for re- 1 I (fusing him and admires her for snub- 1 | (bing him. The longer she remains on '> I the other side of the street " "That is it/' I broke in, "the longer she remains on the oth^r side of the street. But I have observed that it is - generally very easy to cross over yourself, and then " "And then she is no longer the gir! 1 across the street?" broke In Polly, i waving half a lemon triumphantly. : "Then .?he loses her illusion, her attrac- 1 rtion. It is as if you had turned the 1 limelight off the leading lady in the play. Her Titian hair becomes red; ' you observe that her nose turns up at ,tbe end; her diamonds are only paste. ; find her figure is nothing more nor less ithan the result of wearing a straight- ' ifront corset. The stock market falls, 1 I and you are glart to soil out your in- . S terest in the girl at the very lowest | figure. The very fact that she has | succumbed to your entreaties or your 1 L-?-*?Nations, the very f.ict that she ; ?.you, or is willing to flirt with B^ktou?" Sroi '"Polly, will you put clown that lemon? zflp It is taking the color out of me already?" Polly subsided. "Let me ask you," I went on. seriously, "why, if you girls know all this, do you so often cross the street yourselves?" "What do you mean?" said Polly. "You send ns sofa pillows," I retorted. Polly winced. "And nccktie cases," 7 went on, "and Invite us to violet teas." "Mr. Heavyfeather," said Polly, "will you kiudly pass the sugar?" i I passed. Tolly took two lumps with tlie dig* ntty of a tragedy queen. "It is evident," she remarked. In a tone lik? the trickling of ice water, "that your charms have made you a victim of feminine attentions. But," shi> continued, "there are girls and girls. The kind to whom you have reference never were like the girl on the other side of the .street. They never gave you nor any other man an opportunity to observe them from a distance. "You never had any perspective on them at all. They were the nine girls out of ten. But there is always the tenth girl, and she is the girl across the street, the girl of whom you are never quite sure, the girl who has eluded you. Can you uot recollect, in all your varied and interesting career, any woman who has escaped you, who has talked with you. flirted with you, chummed with you, but whom you have never gotten really near? Have ;rou never known a woman who would be as interesting to you if you had married her as she is now that you haven't sot her?" I blew the smoke of my cigarette re flectively. It is always amusing to hear Polly talk sensibly, because? well?because her pompadour is fluffy and her nose is retrousse?and in that nonsensical apron?well? "Ye'es." I began slo^iy; "now that j-ou come to mention it, there was once a girl " "I don't ask for particulars, Mr. Heavy feather." "The most beautiful girl I ever knew " "Will you have some more tea, Mr. Heavy feather?" "The cleverest " "One lump, or two?" "The girl with the greatest amount of common sense " "Lemon?" "*'K '* "And she was the girl across " "I don't want to know!" "The girl across " "I won't listen!" "The girl across " Polly rose in righteous ?nt?n. "The girl across the table." And the kettle bubbled merrily.? Washington Post. Dolus: For the Parson. The old custom of having the minister and the schoolteacher "board round" is not wholly forgotten, as is seen in an incident reported by tie Florida Times Union. The parson is a successful circuit preacher, who in his younger days was sent as a missionary :o Florida. The town was off from any, railroad lice, and was sparsely populated. The new minister gathered fie nponip and told them that he intended to establish a church; that churches brought schools, schools settlers and settlers prosperity. "I have no money," he said, "but I Intend that you people shall care for 3ie. What can you do for the preachjr? I don't intend to put the burden )f my living on any one family, but jpon all of you, turn and turn about. [ will not go, however, where the latch string is not hanging out of the door. What can you do for the preacher?" One old lady, who had a dim recollection of a small church in the piny rt*oods of Georgia when she was a girl, said: "I kin eat him, but I can't sleep Jim." "That's good," responded the parsom 'Now. who's next?" "Wei!, if Sister Jenkins is gwine t(t jat him, I'll agree to sleep him, but I :an't wash him." "That's good. Who next?" Here another sister spoke up: "Well, r MAftlfAn T Artr? TtfAoh l\iiri hllf T ain'f L ICl'iWlI JL V.au M aou JJiiUi, I/Ub x uiu V nuch oa b'iled chirts." Whether any one "was found to ''bile" lie parson the story does not state.. Intelligence of Ants. The testing of the intelligence of mts is a favorite study of naturalists, ind recently there have been published iccouuts of some interesting experiments to determine the seat of the rec)gnition sense. It is well known that mts, not only of one species, but of >ne community of the same species, ire able to recognize one another, while :o members of other colonies or spscies :hey are markedly hostile. In this last nvestigation the author rejects the :lieory that there is a "language sense" n the antennae of the ant, stating :hat these organs are employed in feeing objects of all kinds, both animate ?inonimnta TTa hnlio imp li nn'auar xiitiuiuaa ic. lit uvuu ? v-o, uvnviv*, ;liat the antennae have some sense of smell, and accordingly he anointed ants )f one community with, infusions made trom their friends and foes. When anointed with the former, the hostile ants rrere not attacked as long as the influence of the infusion persisted. In further corroboration of this theory it rvas found that when an ant was deprived of its antennae it would attack joth friend and foe without discriminxtion.?Harper's Weekly. The Many-Sided I'r'.ntfr. The following advertisement recently appeared in a Western paper: "Wanted?By a printer who is capable of taking care of a publishing and printing plant, a position as foreman. Can give valuable advice to persons contemplating marriage and has obtained a wide reputation as a trance medium. Would accept an appointment as pastor of a small evangelical church or as substitute preacher. Would have 110 objection to forming a small but select class of young ladies to teach them in the higher branches or to give them information as to the cause of the Trojan war. Can do odd Jobs around a boarding-house or would accept a position as* assayist of a mining company. To a dentist or a chiropodist his services would be invaluable, and can till with satisfaction a position as bass or tenor singer in a church choir."?Lippincott's. ? Flaxaeert Candy. Cook together in a porcelain or a bright tin saucepan one pound g.iuulatrd sugar, three-fourths of a cup of water and a tablespoonful of glycerine. Cook until nearly on the "crack," then add flaxseed in quantity to suit the taste. Pour into buttered pans and when nearly cold mark into squares. A petition containing 630,05* names is to be presented to the English parliament when it meets. It is against the vivisection of dogs, and it is seven miles loii?. Now York City.?The fancy Dlous Is such a pronounced favorite of fash Ion that fresh variations are ever ii demand. This one is treated after i quite novel manner, and is eminently attractive ns well as cliic, while it cai be utilized for both tlie gown and th< odd waist. In tbe illustration banani yellow crep de Cbiue is combined wltl . AAm. IIAA fttwl wlfli thft m?l vr^i. u muc iinu iiuuuicu n uu iuv terial, which is edged with silk brai< and embroidered iu a simple manner The trimming straps at front and bad of the waist make an especially note worthy feature, and if liked can be ca from any contrasting material. Tin yoke is shaped with a deep point at thi front that is generally becoming an< also allows of treatment of varioui sorts. It can be made of the lace lined either with chiffon or silk, or i can be made of ?omo contrasting Empire House Gown, lucked silk or of sc:ae inserted lingerie material. The waist is made over a fitted lin ing, which is faced to form the yoke and consists of the front and the backs the closing being made invisibly at back. The trimming straps are ar ranged over the whole and conceal thf closing below the yoke. The sleeves are the favorite ones of the season that are full above rather deep cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four yards twentyone, three and three-eighth yards twenty-seven or two and one-fourth yards lorty-iour lncues wme. witn one anu ! one-eighth yanls of all-over lace and seven and one-half yards of braid. A I>ome-Sliapecl Crown. A noteworthy model is a medium large hat. with a dome-shaped crown, and brim flat and narrowed at the front, and widened and turned up at the back, covered with mirror velvet iu old red. The velvet is gathered in several rows in fitting around the crown and gathered, overlaps the edge of the brim in an inch-wide puff, and folded under is shirred in the facing. The bandeau around the back is smothered by full cachepeigne fluffing of old rer tulle, and set in spreading fashion, 01 the top at each side of be crown, is a pair of fan-shaped black wiugs.? Millinery Trade Review. Pink to Be Worn. The palest and most delicate shades >f blue have always been permissible for street wear, but until the last yeat oinic nas rareiy oeen seen in tne arrernoon save for receiving or a day at home. Yet it is destined to be the great shade for the comii.g spring, for already any number of advance models in both walking suits and reception costumes are of different tones of deep pinks. A Pretty Model. A pretty model in a .simple waist was of deep cream colored crepe trimmed ' 2> ' e with inch-wide real Valenciennes. The " collar was striped through tlip centre 1 1 v*ith a row of insertion. There was i 1 a round yoke of the crepe, quite 1 plain, aud edge outlined with another row of insertion. Below the yoke lace * edging was arranged in a series of loops, within which the crepe was laid 1 in the tiniest of tucks. < With a Draped TVnint. One gown is made with a draped ? waist and a full skirt, edged at the hem with a wide band of dull black [ silk. The neck is cut out sUghtly' to 1 show a sheer linen guimpe and a collar. 1 Ribbons are attached to the shoulders ! with dull jet buckles, and are brought down to the waist line, where other ( buckles fasten them. The long ends fall nearly to the foot of the gown. Sleeves Are Short. nnorlv oil cliAt'h fl Tl/1 Mlf* waists are almost invariably closed in the back. We must look as youthful :is we can, for all the fashions are youthful. While many of the comparatively inexpensive machine-mad.* waists are beautifully designed, they usually leave much to be desired iu the making. , IIaU Not Greatly Tilted. i For all the ecccntricities of the imf ported hats,, it is worth rolins that* , i the hats'v:orn by Paris g-ande'darrres,'* [i in their photographs published in I'*i garo Modes, show none of the extra- t i vagant tilting and singular distortions . which mark ..lie ones secu in our own , : shops. I ] f- Waistcoat* n Kwnturo. , e Tbe waistcoat makes a uotablo fea- , ? ture of the season's styles and serves , 1 tbe double purpose of giving an up-to3 date toucb to tbe toilette and of pro, viding genuine warmth in combination t witb tbe short and jaunty coats. IIj lustrated is a most satisfactory model Design 8; Ma5 Mautoo. ; which can be utilized in a number of ? ways. It is adapted to silk, to brocade, u to velvet and to cloth, and can oe made , either with or without the sleeves, g , while the neck can be finished high ^ i with a standing collar, in V-shape, s without any collar, or in V-suape with b ' a roll-over collar, as liked. Again, the t ; lower edge allows a choice of the t i rounded finish at the front, of single c or of double points. The waistcoat is made with fronts c and back, fitted by means of under* g arm, centre back, shoulder and dart f, i seams, and is closed by means of but- c ! tons and buttonholes. The sleeves are u 1 in regulation coat style, made in two t] pieces, and comfortably full at the shoulders. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three and one-fourth , yards twenty-one, one and three-fourth ti > yards forty-four or one and one-fourth Q \ I yards fifty-two inches wide -with sleeves; two yards twenty-one, oim 3i i yard forty-four or seven-eighth yani l)f i fiftv-two inches wide without eianvno Hi CURIOUS NOISES FROM SANDS The Mysterious "SlnjjinB:" and "Bark? ins" Noises Km it ted. The mystery of the so-called "singing sands" is one that bus never been solved quite satisfactorily. Such sands ore found in the neighborhood of Manchester, N. H., which is somewhat famous for them, and they occur also on Kauai, one of the islands of the Hawaiian group. The "barking saniTs" of Kauai form large conical dunes along the sdiore, some of them as much as seventy feet in height, and as the cjrains roll down the slope, Impelled by the wind, they emit a curious sound that is not unlike the muffled barking of a dog. In the Colorado desert, often described as the hottest spot on earth, which is so celebrated fbr its extraordinary and deceptive mirages, similar sands occvw in hills which, being of a non-sedentary disposition, are continually traveling hither aud thither over the vast-plain of clay. Of course, it is the wind'that, moves <fchem;'rand the | silicious particles of which they are | composed give out, when a strong breeze is blowing, an audible humming or singing sound. By examining these particles under a magnifying glass it has been ascertained that nearly all of them are perfectly sperical, so that they roll upon, each other in response to the slightest impulses. This accounts for the rapidity with which the hills travel over the desert. As for the singing, the reason is by no means so obvious, but the theory now accepted is that it has something to do with an exceedingly thin film of gas covering the grains. By and by, if the sand is gathered and taken away, It loses its vocal properties. The singing sands of the island of Kauai are perhaps . the most remarkable of all. When a small, quantity of them is'taken up and'clapped sffiartly1;, between the hands it elves out a sound so shrill as to be described as a hoot. Again, if a shovelful be put into a bag and slammed about with violence the barking noise becomes surprisingly loud. The Hawaiian natives believe that the sounds are made by the ghosts of dead people, the dunes having been used since time immemorial as burial places.?Baltimore Sun. WORDS OF WISDOM. Nothing is impossible to industry.? Perlander of Corinth. The world is given as a prize to a man in earnest?Robertson. Count art by' gold and it fetters the feet It once winged.?Oulda. A. man's fate lies in his character, and not in his conditions.?Mabie. There is precious instruction to be got by finding we z>e wrong.?Carlyle. The most manifest sign of wisdom is a Continual cheerfulness. ? Montaigne. Live in a thanklul spirit and you will find more and more to be thankful for. Divine charity overcometh all things and enlargeth all the powers of the 30ul.?Thomas a Kempls. The deepest things of life, human and divine, are revealed only to our sorrow and simplicity.?W. G. Jordan. Love is not getting, but giving; not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire?oh, no, love is not that. It is goodness and honor, and peace ind pure living?yes, that is love?and" It is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives longest.?Henry Fan Dyke. What Cata Should Eat. Cats should have a variety of food. Milk is alwava n healthful natural' food for them, but unless one is sure >f a fresh wholesome supply it is better to scald the milk before giving it to :he cat. This should be borne in mind especially in lot weather. At all times :ats generally prefer to have the milk slightly warmed, but, of course, not lot. Both meat and fish should be :horoughly cooked before being given :o cats, and the bones' should be renoved from the fish. Oatmeal is good 'or them, but should be well cooked 'or several hours. It is a good plan to nil oatmeal and sometimes rice with/ ish. Cats like some kinds ofvegeta-' >les, especially beans, corn, asparagus ind 6quash. It is said that cabbage is rood for them and may prevent mange. Carrots, potatoes, cauliflower and other egetables can also be given to them. A cat's food and water should always be fresh, and the dishes used :eDt clean. Kittens must be fed oftener than ;rown cats, and have all the milk they, rant. It is very important that cats hould have grass: they are likely to ecome?ll without it. In the country bey can find it for themselves, but in he city it should be given to them and atnip also. It is ? mistake to suppose that beauso a cat catches birds and mice he needs no other food. Some people eed their cats so little that they are ompelled to help themselves either at ome or at neighboring houses, and hey they are called thieves. The Village Station. Coming into the suburban village by le steam railroad, one's introduction. > it is the station. This should be lade attractive both in its architecture nd in its gardening surroundings, but ; should not have a commanding sitution in respect to the town. It is artly in protest against the things iat the railroad exemplifies and tands for that the town is populated, he railroad is a convenience that must e made use of, and we may soften all *9 can its points of contact with the iwu, but even so its steel touch wiil ave a scar that should not be emphaIzed. In a suburb, at any rate, direct aya of communication from various arts of the town should focus to the tation, but the ideal would, be to have lem centre in tie concourse radiant 'itb flowering shrubs, behind a bank P which the little station would, be alf hidden. The vista down the vaous streets would not then suggest urry, noise and dust, but a pleasant ystiug place, a little park, where baies might be brought to meet their tthers returning from work in the 1 ty.?American Homes and Gardens. 1 Australia has adopted the system of ying milk, which is said to have jen very successful in London, Engnd. It lias become of late years a fashionable craze to attribute many forms of "chronic rheumatism" to uric acid. Uric acid Is a harmless by-product of the human economy which has been most shamefully exploited as a dangerous poison.?Dr. Luff, in Clinical Journal. Noting the rapid change in motive power Sir Alfred Hickmau states that in his own works twenty-four valuable steam engines have been replaced within a few years by electric motors driven by gas engines. This is estimated to have brought a saving in fuel alone of $37,500 a year. In . spectacular geology the- Yavau volcano inSamc.vseems to have a place ,by itself. The crater is seven miles Inland, and it forms lava mountains that are slowly carried great distances by the molten sea beneath, as many as Ave or sis of "these shifting mountain chains seeming to bo now in existence. A Viennese, whose larynx was cut out for cancer, has invented ?. speaking apparatus made of a rubber pipe fitted with artificial vocal chords, which he inserts in his throat when he wishe9 to speak. He spoke before the Viennese Medical Society at its last meeting. The voice is a high falsetto, but what he said was easily understood. Helium proves to be the one permanent gas. Professor Olszewski has suddenly released it from a pressure of 180 atmospheres at tne temparature where hydrogen is about. 10 solidify, but there was no sign of liquefying, although the temperature developed was estimated at 271 degrees below zero Oent. This temperature is within two degrees of absolute zero. A fine rain and. strong sun are necessary for the formation of white rainbows. The phenomenon is due to the optical principle known as interference, If the drops of water be very small, the iatc-fprecce of the rays causes such a complete overlapping of the colors that the bow appears white. The various prismatic colors, instead of being tnrown out separately, as in the ordinary prism, are thrown one on top of the other, and the light is cast by the sun on ?. sheet of rain. The use of electrical power in mines is rapidly increasing in extent since mine owners are finally realizing in their study to attain greate- economy in present existing methods, that this form of energy is best adapted to their ueeds; and the purposes for which power is required are perhaps greater in this line of work than in any other industry. On the continent of Europe, especially where competition is keen, general recourse has been had to electrical power during the last few years. ? AN OLD FALLACY Why Do the Hacda of a Jewler'a Dummy Watch Point to 18 Bllnnte* Pa?t 8. It seems to be a general impression that the exact minute when Lincoln was shot is marked by the hands of every jeweler's sign-watch?an impression which seems to have been glveD by jewelers themselves. The baselessness ot this yarn, which* has gone all over the country, is to be seen at once from the fact that President Lincoln was shot by Booth at about 11.30 o'clock in the evening, and died about 10 o'clock the following morning. Therefore the clocks do not represent the time of the event. That they were not intended to represent such time is proven by the fact that jewelers' dummy clocks have shown that time since the early part of the century. All the clocks prior to 18G1 did not show that time any more tnan tuey ao i to-day. Some of them show Ave minutes of 1, some fourteen minutes to 9 and other positions, but in nearly all the hands are equidistant from the figure 12. As far as eighteen minutes after 8 or eighteen- minutes after 4 is concerned, this is' pro botfly used because in this position the hands are most symmetrical, the first being onethird the distance from 12. and the second two-thirds. In this position they leave a long sweep above for the imprint of the jeweler's name and address and do not interfere with the diagram of the seconds dial when such is used. I How the Lincoln story got into cir culation we do not Know, uniess it i the offspring of some reporter's imag- | ination. It lias undoubtedly been kept alive for business as well as sentimental reasons. A certain dummy-clock maker in New York lias obtained,considerable advertising on several occasions by telling a story to reporters about a jeweler rushing into his father's place after Lincoln was shot, and asking him to paint the face on the dummy clock he had ordered at eighteen %iinutes past 8 to represent the hour that Lincoln had died; that his father liked the ' position of the hands in that way and used it on all subsequent clocks, making a stencil from which all markings i were done. The stoiy, as it goes round, in most cases is to the effect i that after Lincoln was shot, a meeting i of the National Jewelers' Association i being then in session, the jewelers re- i solved to perpetuate the time on their i signs, and the resolution was adopted < to this effect; but inasmuch as there j was no National Jewelers' Association at that time?in fact, there was no i meeting of jewelers of which we have < any record?the story is a yarn on its ! face, even if the proof was not clear that such a position of the hands had been common prior to 1SG1.?Scientific , American. j ( Reasonable Assumption. The investigating committee had found that the life preservers were stuffed with breakfast food instead of ' cork. , "How do you explain this?" the man- ' ufacturer was asked. "Why," he added, "it's just as good ' ns cork until it gets soaked, and we? 1 rtr?ligure that some sort of lelief ousht j to arrive by that time."?Chicago Tribune. j Love of popularity has put many a 1 nan out of the running. ( I Household ^ ; Matte* 7% I" I i Some Stnln Removers. 1 Use lemon juice and salt for Ink v 'Sfzi stains, oxalic acid for fruit, tea and coffee stains, soap and water and starch for scorched places. After xoftking the application of these things; place the spots in the sun, and wet frequently until they disappear. * A Salad Hint. 'Ai cabbage salad, if delicately made. is very good, indeed, and is also very > cheap. Chop the cabbage fine, almost to a mince, in fact, dnd mix with it a: few blanched walnut meats. Mix with n crooit mavonnnlse and serve on the tenderest of cabbage leaves. Sprinkle thickly with paprika. For 'the Canary, . ; Here is a very good suggestion front ^ Good Housekeeping: Canaries are fowl of green food, and wlien. lettuce i? J scarce a substitute is offered in a little- v>; of their favorite seed planted in small ^ flowerpots and allowed, to grow. The v birds like it all the better if they are allowed to pick out the plants themselves.' . , 1 1 .. After Pallia* NalUv V Nails which have been removed from f the wall frequently leave nnsightly] holes, which it is not always conven- 1 lent to conceal with a picture or brack*. . :? et. The best method of hiding them lit . ^ with either putty, plaster of parls or ft paste made of sawdust and glue. When dry, cover the filling with, paint -,<1 IU LUUltll. UUC Jjapci. > I i A W?y to Bepair? GJorn. , * /'J?* When unfortunate enough to rub or *j| tear a piece filijp'the outer strrface^C a black kid glove or'kid shoe, take ft ' M few drops of sweet oil and mix it with / ; an equal amount of black ink. Apply; "M this mixture to the white spot, or any; part that may be rubbed, and the,spot will be hardly noticeable. Tils treat- J ment will also freshen an oW pair of ' 'vM black kid gloves.. j To Shine the Windows, . Dusty windows are distracting. . For ';v,j cleaning windows use clean, cold water and two chamois leathers, one foa. washiner the class and the other foe polishing. The latter should be kept ^ dry and soft. See that tbe wash leath- i ers are quite clean and do not makft the glass so wet that the water dripa ^ fcom it. Have plenty of clean watefl .> *||? and change it frequently. Dip the ' . chamois in this and rub the panes, tak- $81 Ing care that the corners are not forgot- . - ^ ten. Wring the cloth tightly, arid go *74' aver the surface of the glass a second time. Then polish with the other wash leather. Linen or cotton cloths should - >! not be used. During frost the'least " touch of the hand is liable to crack thq * glass. To keep the windows free from frost apply a little glycerine on a drjj luster, and a brilliant polish will be H the result. .. . Grahanr breakfast Cakes-One te& ' :JM Cupful "cream, one* of milk, two eggaj two* tablespoonfuls sugar, one teacup rui wneat nour, enougn lira nam nuuc -? to make a thick batter, four teaspoonfuls baking powder. Bake in patty; ^ pans or baking cups. >|1 Asparagus Omelet ? (In a chafing >jj 3ish)?This may be prepared like oys; ter omelet, except that the tips must be boiled until tender before the omelet ia jaade, or if the cold boiled tips are used ' they must be heated and kept hot until M the omelet is ready.?Harper's Bazar, i Vvsjl Rice Pudding Without Eggs?Wash / ! and pick over a half cup of rice; put to l buttered pudding dish with a pint and a half of milk, half a cup of sugar} i pinch of salt and a grated lemon rind. Bake two hours, stirring fre? quently for the first hour und a halQ then finish the baking to form a light ':rust over the top. Serve with cream.j Apple Tapioca?Three-quarters of a cup of tapioca, seven sour cpplea, one? half teaspoonful of salt, cold wateri one-half cup of sugar, two and a ball cups of boiling watar. Soak tapioca one hour in cold water to cover, add boiling water and salt; cook in double ; boiler until transparent pare and slice apples, place in a buttered pudding dish, 6prinkle sugar over apples, and pour over tapioca, and bake in a mod* erate oven until apples are soft Fried Apple Sauce?A variation on the usual dish of apple sauce can be made by quartering, coring and slicing tart red apples. For two quarts melt two tablespooufuls of butter in a large saucepan, and, when it has cooked tc a pale coffee color, add one-half of the apples; cover and shake occasionally over a hot fire for five minutes, theni add the remainder of the apples and draw to one side, where they will cook slowly until tender. _ "v*? Stewed Mushrooms ?(In a chafing dish)?Rather small mushrooms of uni? form size should be selected for thla dish, and, failing them, the French; champignons will serve. If the fresh mushrooms are used they must, oi course, be stemmed and peeled. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in tho [louble boiler of the chafing dish, lay in the mushrooms and sprinkle then* with a little salt and pepper. Simmer until tender. Add to them then a gil* Df cream, cook for five minutes and serve on xio[ uuutsreu iousi.?naiijci a Bazar. Appetizing Sandwich?A very dainty sandwich for ball suppers is called :ream sandwich. Ingredients: Quartet >f a pint of good cream, three teaspoon< fuls of salmon or shrimp paste, haff 9 teaspoonful of chopped parsley, salt md pepper, thin slices of brown bread< Whisk the cream until it is quite stiffit Stir the fish paste in lightly, add the parsley and season the whole wellj Spread this mixture on the slices of unbuffered bread, put two slices to? pother, and stamp them out into neal little rounds. A dust of red coraline pepper improves the appearance o? these pretty little sandwiches, whicl?should be served on lace paper, or ona :>f the so charming Japanese crepe dol* lies srarlamled with flow era.