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WHEN? When will we reach the end of tfjis Thaw business in the courts??Universal inquiry. What is the answer? Say. can't you guessAs long as the money holds out No less! Oh. money's the power That makes the law Handle the halter so it will not draw; Money's the dope That crazes the mind Of the man who kills a human kmd And makes his deed By the size of his wad, Nothing more than an "act of God." Then money again Obtains the call. And shows that the killer Wasn't crazy at all. Money's the stuff. That works the bluff. Going and coming and plenty enough. The law is the law, <rrand A bulwark of safety to the land; And, 8ay, watch it stand, And stand and stand With outstretched hand As long as it hears the money command. Courts of justice Are not for sale: The bench and the bar Will never fail In the dutv they owe? They will keep "up the fight As long as a dollar stays in sight; They're honest enough? The law's delay \ Depends upon whether or not it will pay; That's the answer, And there'll be no end As long as there's any Thaw money to spend. Put that on the docket, Please. ?W. J. Lamp ton. in the New York Times. * i I The Reason | i ? * ) "You needn't read any longer, Margaret," said Benson. "Somehow I'm not in the mood for it." The girl closed the book very softly and turned slowly to look at the white face on the couch. "You are tired, Ted?" she asked. "No," said he with a dry smile, "not tired, but querulous and rather peevish, I'm afraid. I used to think, at the first of it, that I had some pluck; but I'm rapidly being disillusioned. I haven't the nerve of a chicken." "Oh, haven't you, you splendid ?<T Trr^iils? nirck in UUJ . OUC oaiUi X TVUJU iiav vv know who but you would have laid here as bravely and uncomplainingly and faced the things you have the past year?" "There are thousands of people who would have done it much better than I," said he gloomily. "The thing is getting on my nerve. Good Lord, I can't stand it! I can't! I can't!" She moved her chair closer to the couch. Her face suddenly paled with tenderness and pity. "Ted, hush!" she said soothingly. "You mustn't talk like that that. Think of your splendid courage all these long, long months since the accident. And every month puts you so much nearer recovery." His eyes were turned away. She saw his fingers working nervously. "That's the rub." he confessed. "What is?" she asked quickly. "The chance of getting better?the chance of ever being of any use in the world again," said he. "Gordon told me this morning very frankly that it was a question whether or not I would ever walk again. I wish he had told me that in the first place Instead of carrying me along like this with his ill-conceived kindness of false hopes." The girl's face grew paler. "He told you that?" she asked. "Yes. He said I had the right to know. He was perfectly correct there, too. Only, as I say, he should have told me in the first place, if he had any doubts about it." "Why?" said she. He moved uneasily. "Oh, for many reasons," said he. "Things would have been utterly different. I could have stood it better, I believe, if I had known it then." "But it isn't at all certain you are going to be helpless permanently," she decJa/ed. "Gordon is simply telling you that to warn you in case the worst happens?and the worst ir not going to happen," she ended cheerfully. "As to that, we can only make surmises," said he. "Time alone will settle the question, and from what Gordon sal-1- and the way he said it, I am rather inclined to the opinion that It won't do to have too many hopes." The girl said nothing. She was j Innlrlne nnt ttin wlnrtnw at thp first green leaver on the street, and her eyes were dim with tears. Benson, too, was looking at the leaves. His face was stern and set, and about his mouth were hard lines of stubborn determination. "And so," said he, quite as If their talk had not been broken by the little period of silence, "I want to be very frank with you, Margaret. Let's not have any foolishness or any quixotic business about this affair. I was thrown from the horse and very apparently I am in this fix for the rest of my life. Well, very good! I was very childish juit now to cry out so against it. What is done is done, and cannot be helped now. But that needn't necessarily upset the whole universe." She looked at him questioningly. She had never heard him talk like +h?e T-Jic hari alwave V?oon a cheerful, hopeful nature, even after the bitter accident had left him to spend his tedious, endless days on the couch. "First," said he, "give me the ring, please." The girl merely looked at him in unbelief. "Give me the ring, Margaret," he repeated sternly. Slowly she drew the diamond from her finger and laid it in his outstretched hand. He put it in the pocket of his smoking coat and the lines about his mouth grew more tense. "Now," said he, "you are free. This matter of a woman tying herself to a crippled man has been tried before! It is all nonsense. It doesn't work?except in theories and sentimental fiction. You are not to rome here again?not while things are as uncertain as they are at present, at ' any rate. You are to forget me? forget me. do you understand?" The girl pressed her hand to her white cheeks. "Ted." she said incredulously, "what are you saying? What does all this mean? Are you trying to test me? If you are, it is most ill-timed. You?know very well I would never break it off, no matter what had happened. You are slandering me?insulting me." His face twisted for a . moment. Then he smiled grimly. "I am doing nothing of the sort," he declared. "I am simply talking good, cold, common, everyday horsesense. It is better so. Can't you understand me?" "No, I can't," she said brokenly. ^ lot tv? r* malro if nlainpr" said he. "I wish it. I suppose I am ' not very noble about it?but a man | in my condition isn't supposed to be r noble, or if he is expected to be he c falls far short of the mark. I wish r it. Do you realize all that means?" a "It means," he went on. "that we 0 are not suited to each other?not now. In the old days it was different, but we have to face new conditions, now. I am exacting, peevish, broken. I shall probably be so for the rest of 1 my life. I have got to face the future coldly, calmly. In that future p you won't fit. You are too sympa- a thetic. too solicitous, too sensitive. * You make me aware every hour of ? the day that I am a crippled wreck, and if I am never better it will be * like that through all the future?a future, frankly, I don't dare face? with you. Have I made it all plain, * now?" j The girl's face was buried in her ^ hands. She was shaken with sobs. ^ She could not see the worn, pitiful j expression on Benson's own face. "Of course, all this is very hard for you to listen to, and very hard for ma. Vn nov CH11 T thinlr it ic far hf?t> . ter to say it now than to go on making some horrible mistake and finding it out when it is too late to rem- J edy it." , 1 There was a long silence, broken J only by the girl'? sobs. Benson's face was turned to the wall. He did not c f dare to look at her. "You will forget me in time," he c said. "You will marry some other a and better man, and I shall, mayhap, e marry some woman who is fitted#to * my peculiar position in life. There ^ are such woman I thoroughly believe." , I A train Hid ollonpo At Inct the ffirl ?~L?CWU VUV OllVUVVi ** w >?wv -? ? 0 ^ slowly rose. Her eyes were red and her shoulders shook convulsively. "If you wish it, of course," she said and turned away. Bensor bit his lips. His face was gray and drawn. "Good-bye," he said shortly. J The girl was looking at him close- * ly. Suddenly she dropped on her 1 knees beside the couch, and burying her face on his shoulder, wep.t without restraint. "Ted," she cried in a choking voice, "you were lying, lying. Tell me it is so. Tell me that you were lying? ] for my sake. I can't bear it!" She felt his hand on her shoulder. Then she heard his voice, strangely shaken. "Ye3, it was a Lie. Margaret," he ? was saying, "a ghastly lie. I thought I was strong enough to carry it * through for your sake. But I'm not. T Here is the ring. Put it on again, j * dearie."?New Orleans Picayune. j 1 imo&mm&m I L: : zjzl " - ? i | * India produces about 7,000,000 tons of coal yearly. Australia has more unexplored area 1 in proportion to the population than any other couDtry. The microbes in city air are fourteen times more than in country air. There are nearly 150 languages, derived from nearly twenty linguistic sources, spoken in India. After working for Heathcoat & Co., lace manufacturers, of Tiverton, England, for seventy-one years, William Huxtable has just retired. The water that pours over the falls of Niagara is wearing the rock away at the rate of five yards in four years. Mr. S. F. Edge, two years ago, at 1 Brooklands, accomplished the unprecedented feat of covering 1581 ] miles in 1440 minutes in a motor car. Morning milk is best for babies? fresher and fewer germs than tfee i previous night's milk, but slightly weaker in cream. Yokohoma's foreign population at i the end of 1908 was 6409, including i 3789 Chinese, 1221 British. 547 Americans, 291 Germans and 160 French. In every mile of railway there is seven feet four inches not covered by the rails?the space left fov expansion. In sympathy with the worldwide decline of business, the traffic of the Suez Canal fell to 37 95 vessels last year, a decline of 72. as compared with the previous year. Kins Alfonsc of Spain has a unique museum, consisting of a collection of articles by which hi3 life has been endangered. Among them is to be found the skin of a horse which was killed by a bomb flung at his Majesty. Olive trees live 4000 years. Some trees on Mount Olivet are 3000 years old. The largest olive, ranch in the world is in Los Angeles, Cal.; ten times bigger than any in Spain Olive groves in California were planted by j Spanish fathers several hundred years ago. Who's the Joke On? A milliner put up this sign: "We fit girls for the best colleges in the East." Puzzle?Who's the joke on? ?The Bellman. ctimi Sunbonncts. Glorified sunbonnets are seen at >ondon millinery shops. The shape 3 exactly that of the old-fashioned unbonnet, but the bonnets are fashoned of softest satin, or of white, ose, blue, mauve or yellow sarcenet, overed with lace and threaded with ibbons to tie at the throat. Some ,re trimmed with a single rose, lily t pansy.?New York Tribune. Noyes Arms on Altar. There is a pathetic interest atached to an altar frontal in St. ohn's Roman Catholic Church, near forwich, England. Eighteen months go Colonel Noyes died on his honeynoon. The young widow sent her iridal costume to a convent in Jloomabury, where four nuns spent , year embroidering it. The altar rontal js eight feet long and four eet deep, and it is designed in three anels. One of these panels bears n allegorical likeness of Colonel Joyes, represented as a mediaeval [night. The arms and mottoes of Colonel Noyes and the widow's famly are embroidered over the pai.els. XTawt Drftna ?ncn xuia i ic?g. Divorce a Luxury. Divorce in England, it seems, is a uxury not always attainable by the >oor, and Lord Gorelli has lately teen pronouncing upon the injustice if this. The poor, he says, should lave equal facilities with the rich for lissolving the marriage tie. He cites ?ne case which had come under his >wn notice of a man who pinched ind hoarded twenty years to geA snough money to escape from a donestic relation that was intolerable, jord Gorelli suggests that to a limted extent jurisdiction in -divorce ind matrimonial cases should be con-' erred upon county courts, in order hat the poor may have a better :hance to have cases of this nature leard.?New York Tribune. A Perfume Fad. A young woman who has just reurned from Paris has introduced a { ancy much in favor among certain 'arisians or perruming nais wan tne g, | Baked Eggs With As] "3 5 t paragus Into small plecc oc 2 put them into a saucepan "3 ^ i1 them on the fire for three ? | ' and salt, a pinch of sugar; s e dish, break over the aspj e- S [ put it in a hot oven unt: 5 Z paragus is used, it must fi: icent of flowers used in the trimming. Thus a rose bedecked hat will have ucked in its folds tiny sachets filled vith rose sachet powder, violet turbans waft Florentine orris, which nore closely resembles the odor of eal violets than any other perfume, vhile a hat trimmed with field flowers [ :arries the fragrance of new mown ! lay. Unless this perfuming is delicately j lone it becomes heavy and extremely >rdinary. The scent must be faint I ind elusive, more of a suggestion I - ~ - - -i _ _ I ban a aennea oaor.?i>tsw zuns. Press. For the Economical Girl. It is good news for the girl who nust economize that it no longer coniidered necessary to wear white petti:oats under every summer frock. They are still worn under white or jale colored lingerie gowns, but with lark ginghaft or linen suits colored jetticoats are the style. A serviceable and easily washed ikir.t is of grass linen, with edges of uffles and bias bands of lawn either self-toned or in a contrasting color. One girl who expects to travel most )f the sunimer has made herself petticoats of cotton crepe in colors to match both her dark traveling salts ind several of her lighter, dressier ?owns. These take up little room in i bag; do not interfere with the slimaess of the "silhouette," still considered necessary whether nature built you thin or not; and they can be washed out over night, and be ready for wear in the morning.?New York Press. Swimmir'* Best For Figure. Lillian Smith, skilled long-distance , swimmer, has made swimming popu- | Ifir among women in London. She is instructing many women of title in I the Bath Swimming Club, an exclusive organization, which has doubled its membership within a month. Miss Smith also has been instrumental in the organization of the City of London Ladies' Amateur J Swimming Club, designed for the use j of business women. Miss Smith advises every woman to swim. She says it is the only exercise which develops the body uniformly, and that it is the best of all aids to a good figure. "Swimming reduces fat women," she says, "and puts flesh on thin women.-.It also is the best nt nil ovoMitoc fnr tVio lung's and the woman who swims regularly guarantees herself good health." Miss Smith recommends the tight-fltting university costume. She says skirts look well on land, but are not satisfactory in the water. The tight-fltting university dress on our beaches, however, would cause more of a sensation than a glimpse of one of the extreme French directoire bathing costumes.?New York Press. Neurasthenia. Neurasthenia, according to Dr. Diomede Cartto, of Naples, an authority on that disease, is responsible for all manner of evils. Lying, spitefulnese, grumbling, oversensitiveness to criticism, excessive shyness, lack of will power, inability to concentrate, a tendency to alternating paroxysms of exaltation and depression?these 5f^b\laR tgj^l and many other defects of character may be traced not infrequently, h? says, to neurasthenia. So deeply impressed is he with the menace of the i disease that he suggests an international conference on the subject. The British Medical Journal, which quotes his views, takes the matter less seriously. Neurasthenia, it says, is often merely a high-sounding name for that tired feeling. The root of the disease lies in unsuitable education?too mu?h study demanded of children unable to bear it. Competition, the journal says, is too much the test of merit nowadays, and the nerves of pupils are strained to meet examinations which are not tests of knowledge really, but "traps for the memory." Therein lies neuraathenia. ?New York Tribune. Walks Forty-seven Miles. w No sitting down by the roadside to rest for little thirteen-year-old Mildred Belknap'. "It is too bad we can't walk three more miles and make it an even fifty," she declared, after taking what she "alls a# stroll from her Dorchester home to Providence, R. I. She IoqJcs upon her feat as of no consequence. "Why, I walk a mile each way to srhonl: that is four miles a day, and I call it fun," she says. "I first started in to walk when I ! was a very young lady. I had to I walk or stay at home, because the cars always made me sick. Father and I take long walks every Sunday. He went to Providence with me. He is quite'a walker, but I can outdo him. "We tried to walk to Providence once before and got as far as Attleboro, when father got tired out and we had to turn back. That was April 19. "Walking has always been a treat to me and I never get tired out. It would be well for many people if they would only try and do a little walking. So many people take the cars when a good, long walk is just what they need. "Every Sunday father and I start early in the morning and walk mile paragus.?Cut twenty heads of as!S. keeping only the tender part; with half an ounce of butter. Set minutes, season with a little pepper when done place them in a serving tragus six eggs properly seasoned, II it sets, then serve. If fresh asrst be boiled for fifteen minutes. after mile. We walked to every Boston suburb, and it was partly due to the fact that we were tired of Massachusetts that we thought we would" try Rhode Island. "I just spring along, never throwing the whole weight of my body on my feet. I throw it forward, placing it on the ball of the foot. It is the greatest exercise' in the world and j makes me feel fine. It gives one such | an appetite." SSsa - Deep blue dots on silk are very much favored by fashion. Simplicity is the keynote or tne j costumes seen in most fashionable re- j sorts. Some of the new linen suits are very dark in shade. The correct petticoat of the hour i is of pure white lingerie fabric, very limp and soft. Mohair is' the favorite material for automobile dust coats. Buttons are still popular, but are somewhat more modest in size than a few months ago. Hats are l-arger now than they will be later in the season. The poke bonnet is less in evidence than was expected, its chief use being for automobiling. | Pongee hats, matching pongee costumes, are very smart just now. When a color is used for lining, the hat, shoes, belt and gloves all ; partake of the same hue. I There is not yet the slightest in1 dication toward tight lacing. Mittens are worn by some of the fashionable women at watering places. Pale blue holds its own as a color that never quite goes out of fashion. Lace has a wider vogue than ever before, and is freely used, even on shoes. , Both gown and hat styles seem trending toward simpler lines. The separate linen skirt is very ; popular for wear with dainty lingerie j blouses. Hat styles demand that the hair be j flat at the front, wide at the sides, i i and full at the hark The polonaise is a growing fash* ion. New neck chains are made with i pendants of gold peacocks, the tails of which are set with various stones. Walking costumes are a bit severe, with very little trimming. Neckties of white washable materials, with the monogrom done in color in small letters, are seen in the shops. The new corset is inexorable in its demand for the long attenuated lines, but Dame Rumor whispers that the coming one will be all curves. In France and Austria provision of rescue work ia mines is made con>pulsory. :'M?N?F07D] a The subject of food and its digestion is one of the most important with which the human family is concerned, and yet, strange to say, there is very little known about the comparative digestibility of foods by the average person. It will be seen that the baked apple and the raw egg are near the winning post, the egg being tied by the fish. Then follows venison, all these being digested within an hour. Then come milk, turkey, duck and oysters. New bread and cheese follow in the same class with the above, the time required to digest them being about three hours. Then come turnips, potatoes, roast chicken and cabbage. We are fast getting into the period of indigestibility, which is beautifully summed up in pork and veal, which require, under the most favorable conditions, five hours to digest. In the sixth hour and "beyond" class, we find jam, crabs and alcoholic beverages of various descriptions. Certain other articles of food are about as bad as crabs and jam, notably eels, which are notoriously indigestible, requiring six hours, also stone fruits, which require the same period. It will be seen that, as a rule, cooking facilitates digestion, partly soft euillg iue 1UUU auu paiu; u; muu<.ing chemical changes, which would otherwise have to be induced by functional activities. Fat retards digestion, as it has to undergo a long process of emulsifying before being absorbed. This accounts for the indigestibility of pork. Under normal conditions it is well that the digestive process should not be prolonged beyond four and onehalf hours. For invalids and others with Wteak stomachs, the time should be much less. a result of repeated experiments, the following digestive time table will be found of considerable interest: How Time, Food. prepared. H. M Apples, sweet Raw 1 3( Apples, green Stewed 1 3i Asparagus Boiled 1 3t Barley soup 1 3( Barley Boiled 2 (K Beans Boiled 2 .K Beans Pure.e 1 3( Beef, lean Roasted 3 (X Beef, tender Stewed 1 4f Beefsteak Grilled .3 <M Beef, fresh salted ...Boiled .2 4; Rppf nlH solteH Roiled (j 0< Beets Boiled 3 4c Brains Boiled 1 3! Bread, fresh Baked 3 '*( Butter Melted 3 31 Bread and butter? with coffee 3 41 Cabbage Pickled 4 3( Celery Boiied 1 31 Chicken Boiled 2 3! Chicken Fricaaeed 2 4/ Chicken Roast 4 fV Cheese, old ' 3 31 Custard Boiled 2 4-: Duck Roasted 2 Ot Eel Roasted fl 0( Eggs, fresh Raw 2 H( Eggs, fresh Soft boiled 3 fl! Eggs, fresh Hard boiled ....4 0( Eggs, fresh Whipped. raw..l 'H Eggs, fresh1 Scrambled 3 01 Fisn (other than fat varieties) Boiled 1 3! Fish (other than fat varieties) Fried 3 0' Fowls Roiled 4 <X Fowls Roasted 4 <H Game (most kinds). .Roasted ,.4 1; Goose Roasted 2 3( Hashed meat Warmed 2 31 Liver (calves) Fried or sauteed.2 3: Liver (ox) Fried or sautced.3 >.)' Lamb Grilled 2 3" Lentils Boiled 2 3i Milk- Raw 2 i: Milk Boiler) 2 Oi Mutton Boiled & broiled..3 0< Mutton (lean) Roasted 3 1; Nuts 5 (X Oysters Raw 2 Hi Oysters Steved 3 .'Ji Onions Stewed 3 $ Peas Boiled 2 3' Pig. suckling Roasted 2 3' Pork, fat Roasted 5 1Pork, salt Boiled '} 1; Potatoes Fried or baked. .'2 31 Rice Boilfcd 1 (H Salad Raw 3 1 Sausage Grilled 3 31 Sausage Smoked 5 0 Suet Boiled 5 3: Sago Boiled 1 3i Soles Fried 3 01 Spinach Stewed 1 31 Salmon, fresh Boiled 1 31 Salmon, smoked Boiled 4 Stone fruit Raw 6 0! Tapioca Boiled 2 01 Tripe Boiled 1 _0( Trout Boiled 1 31 Turkey Roasted 2 3i Turkey Roiled 2 li Turnips Boiled .. 3 31 Veal Roast or grilled..1> 01 Venison Grilled ...1 01 ?Scientific American. "Make Good," That's the Thing. li jruu arc icuiytcu hj your loyalty to any cause in words take thought. Cut out some, if nec essary. Be sure you can "mak( good." "His word is as good ai his. bond" is a testimonial wortl having. It takes something raori than honesty of intention to ac quire it. Conservatism in promise li essential. Promise little. Do more Make performance exceed promise Don't borrow too much credit fron the world on the strength of youi promises to "make good." Let per formance earn its reward,and insteac of being in debt to the world foi promises unfulfilled you will have i deposit of recognition and gratitudf to your credit on which, you can drav In time of need. The truth applies t( everv individual in his relations witr society. The person who "makes good," whose word, if it be but a sin gle vow, is vowed true, is regarded as dependable and strong, and count: for something among his fellows. Therefore, make good. That way lie: success.?Boston Herald. Remorse. One of the regrets of our life re lates to the mean things we used tc write about J. S. Shuck. He ran ai opposition paper, and we felt it ? blot upon our civilization. As a mat ter of fact he averaged very well wit! the citizenship of the community, anc Issued a very creditable local news paper. The wrangles we had were Inane, viewed at this distance, and il would have served us both right tc have dumped the plants into the Cedar River. Mr. Shuck has long been in the spirit land. If we evei get to the same place, we are going tc apologize for having once called hiir "a wart on the body politic."?Lin coin (Neb.') Journal. The quili pen from the desk oi Charles Dickens, assumed to be thai with which h? wrote, sold in London the other day for $97.50. i iGooffeThrngS jWpto EeJ v& dinp rrov to ymmp prepajtg*ttrm Prune. Soup. Wash and soak one and a hal pounds of prunes, over nigbt, in fou ; ^)ints of water; the following day sin | mer gently for two hours with on i thinly sliced lemon and a stick c cinnamon; half an hour before sen j *ng add half a cupful of sago an ! : sugar to taste. ! The sago must be thoroughly dis I solved and enough water added t make the quantity two quarts. R( move the cinnamon before servlng.New York Press. Crab and Olive Mayonnaise. Into some rather thick mayonnais stir some not too finely choppe olives, and with this spread an equs number of slices of brown and whit bread, covering half the slices wit finely flaked, cobked crab, previous! seasoned lightly with oil and vinega: salt and pepper; pressing the remali ing halves over this, using one whit slice and one brown slice; trim thei " neatly, and dish them alternately, s as to show the brown and the whit bread.?New York Press. Sandwiches a La Cardinale. Pound together a quarter pound ( cooked lobster, three tablespoonsfi ! of butter, two washed and boned ai ' chovies, a dash of paprika, and tfc hard-boiled yolk of one egg, addinj if necessary, a few drops of red co oring to bring it to a pretty rose colo Spread some thinly sliced brow bread with .this mixture, and lay o : half the bread tiny pieces^ of col cooked chicken, sprinkle the rest < i the bread with chopped gherkin; 1 press together and finish as usual.1 New York Press. ^ucen victorias ravunie ?uuj>. I * One cup of cold roast chicke chopped as fine as powder, a pint < i strong chicken broth, a cup of swei j cream, one-half cup of bread c J cracker crumbs, three yolks of egg ) one teaspoon of salt, one-half tej ) spoon of pepper. Soak the crumbs i J a little of .the cream; bring the brot ; to boiling point and add the mea > Break the eggs, separating the yoll j and whites. Drop the yolks careful] 5 into boiling water and boil hard; the > rub to a jpowder and add to the sou > with the cream and the seasonini ' Simmer .ten minutes and serve vei i hot.?Boston Post. ) .. I j Ramaquins of Lobster. > One lobster, fresh or canned, 01 J I heaping tablespoonful of butter, loi j j tablespoonfuls of crz-m or milk, or ) j gill of fish stock or water, salt, pe] J j per, paprika, one teaspoonful tarri , j gon vinegar, one tablespoonful < ) ' flour and yolk of one egg. Melt the butter in a saucepan, st } i in the flour smoothly, then gradual! ) ' add the stock and the milk and st i till it boils and thickens. If cream J I used, do not add it until the sau< , : has boiled and then been allowed i > ' cool slightly. Next add the seasoi 1 j ings, vinegar and the beaten yolk < J egg, and stir the sauce over the fli > j for a few minutes to cook the eg ? : but do not let it boil. Season it car \ fully. ) I Put the meat from tbe small tij t j of the lobster claws on one side, ar J j chop the rest coarsely. Stir it in' 5 : the sauce gently, taking care not i t j break the pieces. Have ready son j | small china or paper ramaquin case , ! The paper ones, with a pale piu 5 j edge, look particularly dainty ar i effective for this dish. jj ! Put some of the lobster mixture i - j each case, heaping it up slightly, ga 1 | nishing each with the tip of tl | shelled claw meat, and put the casi 5 in the oven until the mixture [) i heated through.?New York Press. ) j : I^^household; 1 lm[*-hints * Open windows at the top as we as from the bottom, and the air wi be fresher, purer and cooler. ' Jellies made from fruits that a ' not acid are usually insipid and ne< [ i either lemon or ginger to flavor thei ^ ! Vinegar and water in equal part x ! applied with slightly moistened ra 4 will remove fly specks from furnitur If the inside of the cream or m 3 lasses pitcher is rubbed on edge < ; spout with a little butter it will n< ! i drip. - . i . Always use a double boiler f( r J custards and cereals. The loss i - j time in cooking ia more than equall( 1 j by impossibility of burning. r I An easy way to keep windows cles i ! when the screens are in is to rub the } ! often with a flannel dipped in alcohc r j A little kerosene answers as well. 1 Bits of lemon and orange peel pi 1 | in the pitcher of water on the was 3 ' stand will make the water very so J and give a very pleasing fragrance. J I The coffee pot should be careful 5 and thoroughly washed after eac ' using. Successful coffee depends a; } : solutely on the making, and exquisi | cleanliness is one of the first attr ; butes of the successful making. It will be found a time saver 1 wash potatoes when they come fro: ' the store. Scrub them carefully an 1 ; put where they will not get dust 1 ' It will only be necessary to rinse the: before using. i j It is much safer t.o use porcelaii . i lined kettles for pickling and preser , J ing. Many women own kettles th: [ | they put away and use only in pn } i serving times. If scorched, even i , j one spot, a whole batch of preserve , | may be ruined. > j Oiling Iloads. , I The use of crude oil, particular] . in -the Far West, where bituminoi oils are available, has been most su< j cessful in compacting the road su i face and keeping down the dust. Tt oil is applied by means of ordinal ! road sprinklers, with an oil spray a tachment. Getting Warmer. fl o She gave me the marble heart, |D v. She gave me a frozen stare, ? ' She pave me an icy hand to shake, h With a frightfully frigid air. Bfl Oh, she was a maiden cold, H And I was in chill despair. H Till she gave me a shock when she gave ntf a lock H Of her flamine, fiery hair! B - j ? 2>am o. aunaon, in duage.-Y il Hard Earned. ? "Do you remember the first doltarh you ever earned, Sam?" y "Deed I does, bous; my wife guv it r, ,t'me."?Yonkers Statesman. l e Friends. 31 "I thought you and Mrs. Brows 10 were the best of friends." e "We were, until we rented a summer cottage ? together." ? Detroit Vree Press. )f - Brutal Mathematics. 11 She?"I reached my thirtieth birthl day yesterday." ie i He?"It must have taken you at ? ???.? fA " T7<lia. b, i icaoi lui vjr jcaia tu 5^1 tuoic. 1' iiv 1- gende Blaetter. n A Popular Man. n "What makes that fellow so popu* d j lar?" ! "He'll listen to your troubles with; B* j out insisting on telling his."?Louis| vllle Courier-Journal. 1 v Theory and Practice. Geraldine?"A rose by any other in name would smell as sweet." )f ; Gerald?"I have never been abl? 3t ! to make you believe it when I brought >r you .flowers."?New York Press. s, a- The Amateur's Annual Trip. ln "Doesn't this weather make yoo ;b want to go fishing?" "Nope." cs "How's that?" 1 1 ly "I've been fishing." ? Louisville !D j Courier-Journal. P 5- Diplomatic. ? y "What is your hurry, Carl?" "Going home to get licked." "And you're running?" "Yes, mother'* there now; later father '11 be home and I'd get worr3." ir ?Fliegende Blaetter. ie E>- Only His Fun. :v-?; Maud (angrily) ? "So you told Ethel that there was something cheap looking about my face, did you?" ir Jack?"I admit it. I referred, of course, to your nostrils?two for a scent."?Washington Star. Figuratively, Of Course. Orville ? "What did that tough3{ looking chap say when you asked him ,e if he could manage an aeroplane?" g Wilbur?"He said the flying ma^ e' ; chine wasn't made he couldn't take a' j fall out of."?Washington Star. ^ j Criticism. vv? to "The man you had playing Hamto let's ghost did not suggest the superie j natural." s. I "No," answered Mr. Stormingtoa ik J Barnes frankly. "He suggested the id : natural super."?Washington Starv r [n ! Packing For Vacation. r- j "My wife is having a tough time ie these days." "As to how?" Is "Deciding which of the absolutely indispensable articles she can do without." ? Louisville Courier-Jour; ual. So It Goes. "Your son Is spending all your money." * "I don't care. I never had any fua I when I was a boy." "Well, his boy will be able to tell ill the same story."?Louisville Courierill Journal. re Logic. ;d "Pa." n. "Well?" s "What's a fortification?" g' "A b<g fort." e' "Well, pa, Is a ratification a big?" J "WllHo an tn hert at nilCP."? ?" Cleveland Leader. :>f An Ordeal. "Father," said little Rollo, "what 31 is an expert witness?" "In many cases, my son, an expert witness is a man who is willing, for a consideration, to go on the stand and Ln let the lawyers give him the third dem gree."?Washington Star. >1. A Dress Footing, at "England thinks her navy ougnt ;b to be just twice as large as that of her ft principal rival." "My wife likes to regulate her ly ? -rdrobe along those identical lines." :b - Louisville Courier-Journal. b Le Heard at a Swell Affair, i- Guest ? "He seems a very nice ; young man. What's his profession?" .Q I Hostess?"He's a social botanist." m Guest?"And what is that, pray?" [(j ! Hostess?"Oh, we invite him espey ' dally to give attention to our waling j J rs."?Washington Star. His Little Joke. i- i ... j Percy?"I?aw?wrestled foh ovaij i( | ?n hour with me scarf this mawning.v t>. ! Algernon?"Which won the vio? in : tory, deah boy?you or the scarf?". JS t Percy?"Neither. Cawn't you se? i the match wesulted in a tie? Hawl Haw!"?Chicago uauy .News. Trne Ix>yalty. *":ou should stand up for the rall^ road that is'doing so much to develop r. your suburb." "Well." answered Mr. Crosslots. >y "come to think of it. I never get a t seat. I stand up for it at least three toura a day."?Washington Star. , J