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NLY A FARMERS DAUGHTER FORRESTER. mtrtTtTtrtTH+v ♦+eT'rr*t-f If ; e i Í * He turned to scomtpsny her. bwt she bowed with an air of decision, saying: "My path leads away from Haaell Court." "I hope," he said. lingering a moment, "that my presence to-night will not tend to frighten you away from these woods tor the future. May I rely ou your mak ing use of them as usual?" She thanked him again. an<l, bowing, turned away. He atood, bat in hand, be fore her as he might have done to a princess; and as she went on her way home, he gazed after her slight, graceful form with a look of tender admiration such as might have befitted a man who watched the woman he loved. NOTED AFRICAN EXPLORER AND AUTHOR, DISCOVERER Of GORIILA, WHO IS DEAC BURGLAR ON THE TELEPHONE. Ils Answered the Call and Belied the Householder. "Yes. the telephone's all right some times.” said the man who had boarded tbe car at Edgewater and taken a seat tieside bls friend from Rogers Park, "but It has Its drawbacks. If I didn't have a telephone In tuy bouse 1 would be ahead about Ji»' worth of valuables which a burglar carried away with him last week. The whole affair was Salt* Rising Bread. rather peculiar. I caught the burglar Dissolve a half teaspoonful of salt in over tho ‘phone and had a little talk with bhu. but he knew be was In no a pint of seahilug water and beat In gradually enough flour to make a soft danger of arrest. "It came about In this way. My wife dough or stiff batter. Beat for ten and I went away aud left the maid minutes, cover utid set In a very warm alone. She told ns she would soon place for eight hours. Now stir a tea- leave the house, and we Instructed her s|>oonfui of salt Into two cups of warm to lock the door* and vyitidows before milk and add enough flour to make a she left. After we had been gone very stiff batter before working It Into about an hour and had arrived at tbe the risen dough Mix thorouhgly. cover house of a friend In Evanston my wife aud set again lu a warm place to rise remembered that she wanted to tell until very light, Turn Into a wooden tbe itiald something She told me to bowl and work In enough batter to call up the house, thinking perhaps the make of the consistency of ordinary maid bad not yet left. 1 called for the bread dough. Make Into loaves, set number, and. what do you think, a these to rise and bake when light. man's voice answered. Tea Cake. " 'Hello,' he said, 'who Is this?' A delicious tea cake that may easily "I told him what my name was. and give your "live o'clock*" n deaerved he laughed. I then suggested that 1 reputation Is thus made: Reserve the had the wrong number, but he laughed white of one of six eggs, beating the again and said. 'Oh. no; you have tbe yolks to a stiff froth; add live ounces right number.' of sugar and the same quantity of “ 'Who are you. then?' I demanded. almonds that have been blanched and 'What right have you got In my bouse pounded tine In a niortar with three when all of us are gone?' ounces of flour, the grated rind of “Well. I'll tell you,’ he said with ex half a lemon, one ounce of orange asperating coolness and another laugh. peel cut very fine, a dust of ground ‘I called up your number, and. finding cloves and half a teaspoonful of cinna that there waa no oue at home, I mon. Finally the single beaten white thought I would cotae up to the house j Is quickly stirred In and the cake and look arouud. It's a way 1 have of baked lu small rouud puna. — Harper a doing. The windows were uot locked Bazar. and I had no trouble getting In. If Baked Haga. any one had answered the 'phone I To bake eggs, cook a dozen eggs should not have come, but 1 made a hard, drop them Into cold water aud good guess, didn't 1?’ remove the shells. Arrange ten of the "I was up in the air, so to speak I eggs In a shallow dish. |>our Bechamel didn't know what to do. I waited a sauce over them, sprlukle the top with minute and then asked the fellow what the yolks of the two remaining eggs, he was doing tn my house. which have been powdered tine and “ 'I am what my frleudx call a gen mixed with an equal quantity of bread tlemau of leisure, but what you might crumbs. Pour a little melted butter be rude enough to call a burglar,' he over the top. garnish with triangles of said. '1 hope you will not----- " bread dipped in melted butter, and “I broke off bls speech at thia point place In a quick oven. When colored aud yelled that 1 would have hliu ar- a light brown, serve in the dish lu I rested and hanged, and everything which they were cooked. else. but he only laughed again and Mnilieil and Fried Faaplant. said he would not be around by the l’eel and slice the eggplant and soak time the police could get there. I »rain, boll “1 knew It was useless to telephone all day in salted water, until much tender In fresh water, or for the police to burry to tile bouse. away, then My wife and I hurried home, and sure of the water has boiled Add a ten mash and set aside to cool, enough one of the windows was o|H-n spoonful of baking powder to tile and tbe rooms ransacked. 1 don’t kuow maslied plant, stir In a beaten egg. salt so well about the telephone's being a and pepper and enough flour to make good thing.—Chicago Inter Ocean. the mixture like cake dough. Drop by the spoonful in deep, boiling fat and HUMORING MOTHER S FANCY. fry to a good brown. CHAPTER II. fined accomplishment, he would sigh and In a very elegant drawing room, with say: French windows to the ground, leading Ah. my child, you were born for some on to a velvet sward gemmed with flow thing better than a poor farmer's daugh ers. sat Mrs. Champion and her daughter. ter.” The mother was employed on au elabor But if Winifred at times chafed be ate piece of woodwork, while Miss Cham cause she was the unnoticed daughter of pion half reclined upon her silken couch, a poor farmer, she novar looked down on reading. She looked up from it to answer or blamed her father. She had no wish her mother's interrogatory. to be elevated from her present position "Do you think Mr. Eiastings will be without him; she sought no advantage here this afternoon. Flora?" from which he was excluded. She even "I cannot tell, mamma; Reginald has ,1 M irqnio- de Montolieu, had been in strove to eouceal her regrets from him; gone over to the Court to lunch, and look i -h bi'-'i- •" the court Of Ix>ui" ,h*’ S‘X' but the eyes of love are discerning, and at some new horses,, and he said he They were proud, handsome although Mr. Eyre never allowed her to should probably bring Mr. Hastings back T"o.rats. and when the Revolution see that her longings were knowu to him, to dinner.” with its fearful horrors, they were he was painfully alive to them. "He is very handsome.” remarked Mrs. Miss Eyre left the town one day and Champion. "Indisputably the best match . . to fly for their lives. When they ~a,bed England they were penniless and walked on for altout halt a mile, until in the county.” she came to a small white cottage stand „miM-lled to earn their bread "Except Evelyn Vane,” remarked The marquis gave lessons in singing. ing back from the road In a pleasant gar Flora. •n,i the marquise made a little money by den, well shaded by old-fashioned fruit "Evelyn Vane?" echoed her mother— „■Ilina her paintings. A kind-hearted no trees. Winifred did not stand ou the "Evelyn Vane has nothing until his fath bleman. who had known them in former ceremony of knot-king, but raised tbe er dies; and even when he becomes Lord (hrs allowed them fifty pounds a year; latch and entered the drawing room, Lancing, hs income will not be much ind with this, and the fruit of their own where Madame de Montolieu was sitting more than half that of Mr. Hastings." fiertions, they managed to exist. Three before her embroidery frame. She looked “But there is the title," said Miss rear» later a daughter was lairn to them, up with a glad smile, and, rising, kissed Champion; "Lord Laming cannot last shorn they named Marie Antoniette, lu the young girl on both cheeks. much longer, and I would rather have a “Ah! my rosebud.” she exclaimed, "you title, even if I were obliged to sacrifice ,|fectioaate and reverential memory of have come at last. ” their martyred queen. From her earliest half the income." "Yes, dear tuadanie," Winifred replied, infaney she was deeply imbued with the Which was not true, for Flora Cham Md spirit of the time; and the unvarying “but I have not been wholly successful pion was rather in love with Errol Hast See!” ings, and utterly indifferent to the Hon melancholy of her parents produced a in executing your commissions. «rung effect upou her. She was nat she added, "this green wool is a shade orable Evelyn Vane. She and her mother urally bright and vivacious, but the at lighter than the pattern, but I thought It were much attached to each other—at mosphere of constant sadness was infec would scarcely matter, as your other least as much as was possible for two greens are so much deeper. The red is such selfish aud indifferent natures to be tious. When she was seventeen years old her the right color, but it seems to me a —and they were wont to indulge in mu beloved father died, and from that time little faded lying iu the shop, It is ini tual confidences. At this moment Regi ■II her energies were strained to provide possible to get exactly what you want nald Champion, the only son aud brother, entered tbe room. fur her heart-broken aud widowed moth in these little country towns." "Both will do excellently well, my "Have you just returned from ths er. Five years later the marquise died child I thauk you." returned Madame Court?” inquired his mother. ,l»o. and Marie was thrown on the world, PAUL OU CHAILLU literally penniless arid friendless. Then de Montolieu. putting on her spectacles. ¡ "Yes; Hastings left me at the door not Then she looked fondly at Winifred's five minutes ago." ill at once the nobleman who had be Paul du Cliaillus. whose explorations, covering thousands of miles of "1 thought he was going to dine here.” friended her parents came forward and face; but something she saw there "1 thought so, too; but I suppose he Africa, added greatly to the world's knowledge of the dark continent aud offered her a home in his house, in spite brought an increased gravity over her changed his mind, for when he arrived Its Inhabitants, died recently at St. Petersburg, where he was making prep of the remonstrances of his wife, who placid features. “My love!” she said, gently, "has any here, and I pressed him to comt in. he arations to start on a tour of exploration In Siberia, lie was the first to nas keenly alive to the imprudence of declared he had a previous engagement. tell the world about the gorilla. He was 65 years old. was born In New bringing a beautiful young girl under the thing happened to distress you?” The quick tears sprang to Winifred's It was all a lie, though. I could see; but I «me roof with her grown-up sons. Orleans, and bad bls borne In New York. On his first expedition lie sailed eyes. but for a moment she was silent, think I kuow what the counter attraction For a time Marie Antoinette was hap from New York to the French settlement at the mouth of the Gaboon River, was.” py, and then came the most bitter trial Then she essayed to smile, answering: in west Africa. At his own expense he traveled 8,000 miles with only native "It is my pride, for which you so often "Indeed!” said Flora, disdainfully, "an I companions, and covered much previously unexplored country. After several of her life. She went out again as a governess, and traveled abroad. At the chide me. that has been hurt, dear maiii- may we inquire the result of your pene snluiequent trips to Africa. Du Challlu turned bls attention to northern lands. ma. I shall make you laugh when I tell tration?” oge of thirty-five she went into Sir How- Lapland was explored from end to end, and he embodied his experiences In "It is nothing that will please you, Flo, gtd Champion's family, to educate his how small a thing has provoked me.1 a book. "The Land of the Midnight Sun.” Recently lie had been maklug a But the kind old lady did not laugh— I can tell you.” daughters, and remained with them "Don't be provoking. Reginald!” utter study of the Muscovite races. twelve years. The elder daughter made she was full of pitiful tenderness for The portrait Is from a photograph Mr. Du Challlu sent to Mrs. Robert 1 brilliant match, nnd the younger eloped the feelings of youth, and sympathized ed his mother, sharply; “tell us at once L. Glflord, 277 East 46th street. Chicago, who had known him for a number with a gentleman farmer. There being keenly with the wounds of a sensitive what you mean.” (To be continued.) of years, and at whose homo he was a guest whenever he came to Chicago. thua no further occasion for her services. nature like Winifred's. She heard how Little Deputy Parent Believed in Be Mrs. Gifford last night confirmed the statement cabled from St. Petersburg ,he was dismissed; but Sir Howard, be Winifred's cousin. Miss Champion, hail ing Indulgent, passed her on tbe road that morning, ig AN ISLAND PRINCIPALITY. that Mr. Du Challlu bad no living relations. ing a liberal although arrogant and des The child was a typical "little moth noring her. potic man, settled an annuity of a hun er.” Like most families lu which ¿T1 '. . "Madame," said Winifred, suddenly, Chocolate Meaier’s Domain at the dred pounds on her for life. On this, and Mouth of the St. Lawrence. "little mothers" serve as proxies, there the interest of what she had saved dur after a pause, “who do you think the Having inspected the exhibit of Men was also a “big mother." but this lat ing her long years of teaching, she lived; gentleman with Miss Champion could ier chocolates and the other sights at ter functionary went out uurslng other ■mi small as was her income, she gave be?” people's babies every day and all day. “I cannot tell, my love; probably a vis the I'an-American, and shaken hands ■way much. Hers was a grand life of This being so. what more natural than love, of charity and of self-abnegation. itor at the Manor. Stay, my love, may with Lord Minto, and “done” two or L’nsoured by her troubles, uniinbittered it not have l>eeu Mr. Hastings? I hear three of the principal Canadian cities, that Kathie s 0 year-old shoulders N official death map has been prepared under the direction of the by her loneliness, she was the true picture he has Just returned from abroad, and M. Henri Menier, of Paris, betook him should adjust themselves to carrying It shows that causes of death are largely a matter of Census Bureau, you know his father and Sir Howard of a gentle, sympathizing aud patient self to his island of Anticosti. I the household burdens? Of course the twenty-one districts Into which the country Is geography, and were great friends. Perhaps he at last woman. This Island lies in the estuary of the these burdens were as light as the "big divided mark the limits of different regions where various diseases are Sir Howard cursed his younger «laugh feels a desire to see the beautiful home St. Ijtwrence. It is twenty-live miles mother" could make them, but even most ravaging. ter solemnly on the Bible—from which he of his fathers, which he has neglected so longer than our Ix>ng Island, and a lit The most sensational deaths occur In tbe Pacific coast district region. her skill could not reduce the weight erased her name, and commanded that it long. Can you deserilie him at all?” "I only saw him a moment,” returned tie more than twice as wide at its wid In the State of Washington. This Is the only district In which gunshot of tbe bouncing 15-uiontlis-old baby, might never be uttered in his presence again. Tbe whole household were awe- Winifred, blushing, "but his face seem est. There are 3,845 square miles of wounds are reported as a prevalent cause of death. Heart disease, suicide, who had a penchant for crying all Stricken, and crept about silently and ed rather bronzed with travel; from what Anticosti, and every square inch of it and apoplexy show there the largest number of victims, and tbe record Is night and falling dowu all day. These proclivities on tbe part of the young fearfully. Madame de Montolieu was I remember. I fancy he had dark blue belongs to M. Henri Menier, of Paris. held for the greatest number of deaths from alcoholism. eyes and fair hair." His purchase of the island made a stir est were more or less disturbing to heart-broken. Lung troubles appear to be most numerous along tbe Atlantic coast from "1 think, then." remarked Madame de among our good neighbors of the Do Winifred bitterly regretted her false New York to Virginia and aloug tbe Mississippi River from New Orleans tbe baby's invalid father, and with atep. She loved the world and the fash Montolieu. "that my surmise is correct, minion. Some of their papers were deep enjoyment of his own Joke be to the Ohio River. for dark blue eyes and golden hair are ion. and so tbe comparatively humble life pretty sure that it meant mischief. proceeded to express his feelings to Typhoid fever and malaria come far down on the list In mountainous dis the family characteristics. ” ■he now led was gall and wormwood to Their doctrine was that the French flag trlets. but appear at the top In North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia, baby's “little mother." Winifred turned homeward with a her. Her husband was fond of her, but follows French chocolate men. They Alabama. Mississippi, Arkansas, and Indian Territory. “WelL Kathle," he commented, he chafed under her constant fretful re lighter heart. She had almost forgotten warned their government carefully to Although only three out of every l'XJ die of old age. there are a few think your mother showed very little grets; she quarreled with his family, re the affront that had been put upon her; fused to notice them. an<l made him bit but she could not forget the eager look consider whether it would lie safe to fortunate districts where old age rivals consumption arid malaria as the seqse when she went to market and Hlie surely cause of death. Among these favored spots are the CAtskllls, Adirondack*. bought this last baby. ter, contemptuous little speeches, which of admiration that had crossed the hand permit the establishment of the tri drove him In anger from her presence! some stranger's face as he turned to color in ¡H-rjietulty In the laws of the Green Mountains, parts of Michigan and Wisconsin, and the region on either should have left him where be be The only link left to her between the look at her. Without doubt he was Mr. St. Igtwrence. When the new proprie side of the Missouri River. longed. We were getting along very present and the past was Madame de Hastings, the owner of all the property tor's agent evicted some Wesleyan Croup and whooping cough appear to be most dangerous In the districts nicely without him, and be grows altout — of the very wood through which Montolieu. who came to live in a small squatters of the Ashing persuasion which have the least population and where, presumably, medical aid Is most crosser every day.” cottage near her, and was with her con she was even then passing on her way from his Island religious excitement difficult to obtain. Cancer, heart disease, and apoplexy are more to be Instantly Kathie s cheeks burned and to the farm. And a very bright smile stantly. But poor Winifred fretted night wax superndded to the imlttlcal But expected In mountainous parts of the country than In the level districts. her eyes gleamed. came <m her lips as she thought how near ■nd day at her loss of caste, and became aJl that seems to have quieted down. In eight of the twenty-one districts rheumatism reaps a large harvest of "Father,” she said, severely, "my thin and ill; and when her little girl was he lived, and that she might perhaps see M. Menier paid a round price for his death, noticeably In the tblnly settled States, where the Inhabitants are moat mother works awful hard, and she born she died. I i him sometimes in her walks. It would don’t ever have no rides on the trolley, For some years little Winifred was be some relief to the monotony of her island, but it is now thought in Que exposed to the sudden changes of the weather. Generally spogklng. It appears that the majority of deaths In the country no picnics, no fun nor nothin', an' I brought up and taken care of by her fath life, only to be able now and then to gaze bec that it wax a sound business in on a handsome face like his. vestment. He has a small fleet of are caused by climatic conditions, while those In the cities are caused by think If she likes babies we ought to er's sister; but when she was eight years One evening Winifred went out for a steam and sailing vessels in the near social conditions. The farmer on the Dakota prairie, for example, need's ®ld Miss Eyre married, and her father let her buy all she wants." stroll in the woods with her little Scotch *»s somewhat perplexed what to do with by waters. Ills agent shipped >40,000 to guard against rheumatism, hut not against malaria or heart disease. With swift step she crossed the ber. Madame de Montolieu offered to terrier as her only companion, aud, choos worth of lobsters to Paris a fortnight room, says the New York Times, and ing a picturesque spot, sat down to rest educate her, aud Mr. Eyre gladly accept and to dream of the many women no fair ago—tbe product of two months’ can- Csar Is Not Omnipotent. America; that the whites hud been but seized an unoffending tin parrot, who ed the offer. n’ng. He is going to extend the fish er than she. who had become famous. Henry Labouebere. the noted Eng recently released from slavery; that suffered patiently from a slit In Ills She received a complete education from Her speculations were suddenly cut erles and the canneries on a grand llsb publicist and Journalist. In a re Madame de Montolieu. who loved her as a the colored people ran the L'nlted back that he might serve better as a short by a yap from her terrier, and scale. He Is going to put up a vast cent article In bls London periodical daughter, and had brought her up with States government; that President Mc bank. This latter she shook so vig her tender care and watchfulness. She spoke turning sharply round, she beheld over pulp mill. He is going to develop the gives an Instance of tbe manner, in Kinley whs descended from a pure- orously that even a tin birti must have other resources of his Island. He Is which even a definite commnnd of tbe blooded African chief; that the white regretted very bitterly having been so Iren.-h perfectly, was a good musician little companion rolling over and and stocking It now with the sliver fox and Cxar may fall to be carried out by rea folk in America were low down. lazy, faithful a guardian to so thankless a sad sang as sweetly as a nightingale. down the bank under the sudden unprovoked assault of a huge mastiff. Milsnie de Montolieu bad devoted great She uttered a little cry of fright, and the tieaver. Their pelts will presently son of the complicated system of ad pilfering trash, much given to stealing mistress. Finally tbe last coin was time and care to perfecting her accom swell the profits of the chocolate man. ministration In Ilussla. It seems that chickens; that the white were not per out. and Kathle gathered up her riches plishments, hoping that, when she grew sprang to the rescue, when she heard a Meanwhile m«s*e. caribou an d deer "There,” she said, ns she triumph crashing of the branches at her side, somewhere In Finland the peasants mitted to own property, and that the op. Sir Howard might relent and give her a sharp. "To heel. Rollo, from a man s abound on his Island, bears shuffle un very much wanted to have certain negroes wouldn't associate with them antly waver 14 cents before her >u opportunity of entering into society, abashed father. “I'm going to give for which she wax eminently fitted. But voice. A sudden recognition, a hasty der his trees, the little rivers are full roads opened so as to give them more on terms of equality st all. the baronet ami his whole family sternly apology, and he stood looking at her. hat of salmon and * a trout No monarch direct communication with Ht. Peters By and by tbe colored regiment was mother all this 14 cents an’ 1st her in hand, with the same expression of ad 1 could ask lietter shooting or fishing. burg. A petition was therefore circu persisted in ignoring her, and it was a moved elsewhere and the regiment to go out an' buy another baby tbe mln miration in his eyes that she had seen M Menier is having the time of his ___ , pointing ______ .___ ’’ry bitter grief and humiliation to poor lated and largely signed out which the Wichita boy lielonged took ute she cornea In." there before. There was a pause, dur- i life, anil all those forests and little riv- | Winifred. Tajoe of these roads as a means of Its place. The white soldiers found I ing which the startled Winifred blushed, Heckles* Voyagers. It seemed so cruelly unjust. Why era are his own. They will be there I unifying their country with Russia. that they were looked upon with con and felt painfully confused. A New York exchange says that dur Mould Flora Champion her cousin, and all the time, awaiting his visits. I ___ _____ _________ ________ _________ The Czar read the petition "with that tempt and that everything told by the "I fear my dog has alarmed you.” said flattered, and received everywhere, while Which one of our Aarikee archmill tniU1)te attention characteristic of all colored troops bad been believed — Ing a gale which ravaged the Atlantic •he. who longed so ardently for th«- same tbe stranger, at last; "he is rather wont ! iotialn-s owns an Island like that? They | coast the Abort Beach Life Having Sta to he aggressive to his species, particular be does." and with bls own band wrote Kansas City Journal. •■'vantage, was compelled to live uunotic- tion ou Long Island was aroused to res ly in this wo<sl. of which he is accus never thought of buying Anticosti on tbe margin of It: “I command that ed in a farm house? Her father had giv- tomed to consider himself sole monarch." The Reason Open*. cue four mm In a small sloop about halt Th»y let the < h <oíate man get the start these roads tie made at once.” •0 her a pretty little pony and carriage, "Then I fear we are trespassers." Wil a mile from shore. •n whi li she took great pleasure. She fred found courage to answer: “but we of them. And the supply of purvbas-1 Not satisfied with that be sent the After a tedious nod perlons trip, the •oul l have liked to ride as well, but her have always been allowed to walk here. able Islands 135 miles long. 40 miles | petition and command to tbe Minister surf l>oat reached tbe sloop, and the ather could not afford, he said, to keep wide In spots, stocked with game, and of Public Works, who discovered that crew found on board four men In wo horses for her, and had given her a SI1"I shall indeed be sorry if our rude affording first-class salmon fishing is bat department could not possibly car nnmlied with cold, and half starved <■ am e of riding or driving; she preferred ness and inhospitality should drive you ■ limited.—Hartford Courant. ry out tbe making of tbe road*. After When brought to a place of safety and , **. I»rnier. but chose the latter, remem- awar." laughed the stranger. "I t*« a delay of tome time be made tbe fur ■•ring that it was a pleasure which her Called l»<>g Thr«>ugh 'Phone. thawed out they told their story. i you will always, both for yourself and tber discovery that tbe only person a*«r nu.lame could share. 1'pper Sandusky, Ohio, now lays They had been out on a gunning trip Mr. Eyre was very fond of his daugh- 1 friends, consider you are entitled to a claim to an ex.optionally clever dog who had tbe authority and means was on the Hound, and when overtaken by free right of way over any and every tbe governor of ArcbangeL A Fin er* «al, moreover, exceedingly proud of the storm had taken ri-fuge In a desert say* the Cincinnati Commercial Trlb-1 of my possession*. lander declares that when the gov "r- He desired intensely for her the part ed shanty. Their provision* were uoon Winifred thanked him and would have une. The other afternoon. Mrs. Edward •' vantages of wealth and station, persou- ernor of Archangel asks for money turned away, but be lingered; and there Brauns, the owner of the dog. had rea exhausted. and also their fuel, and * ■ indifferent though he was to them. was such a charm to her in the presence -on to telephone to her daughter. Mrs with which to carry out the Imperial then, although perfectly a« are of their * greatest trnble. his most bitter mor- order be will be sent to tbe Minister peril, they set wall again. In hope* of 1 pation in life, wn that her grandfath- of this refined. aristocratic looking m*n. J. J. Burr-khardt. nearly a mile distant. of Finance. lie Witte, who la an al that she felt n» inclination to break rude During the conversation Mrs. Brauns tirlnglng up at some place «here they er ’"»Id not acknowledge her. For hini- moot fanatical economist and never * f be did not care, he had no wish to ly away from him. could get provisions. stated that «lie was going out calling, "Yon are Mr Hastings. tbenT she said, has any money whatever for new un I **.fr ,tn fhe position with which bi« fore- As a consequence of such rashness i but Intended to leave her dog Bing nt •tber« h id been con’, rite I. thi. e, at interr ogstivel; ■eplied. “I have come back home At thia point Mrs. Burckhardt dertaklnga. It la now three and a half they came near Using their lives. The "Yes," he r years since tbe Cxar ordered tbe mak * instigation. Madame de Montolieu had captain of the life savers remarked af joy the delights of home af- n>k«l Mrs. Brauns to bold Bin's ear to1 ing of these roads, and not one step 'ntioneq Winifred to Sir Howard. An at last to enj terward that It was a pity to risk the I the telephone and she would Invite him a bsenc^. ” Employer—No. you c*n't go to your flu«h darkened his brow as be ter my ¡»ng be very pleasant to see so baa yet been taken to carry out b;t liven of good men to save the l.v- s of t„ spend the day at her house, to be the "It must grandmother's funeral, but about I command. outer world." Winifred said confirmed Idiots—Youth's Companion. o'clock you can go out and look at the of V I ^*•'1 no interest in hearing much of the mnst give one such broad guest of her little son Edward. Edward and Bing l*lug the greatest of friends _ .. 311*" •n'l I beg in future you will timidly; "it _ Joke Was on the White«,. baseball scores and coma back and Where I, Iteally Hurts. »nJ people., and stamp More for a Joke than anything else m* all allusion to the issue of a Views of things intolerant A Wichita boy serving In tbe rwi tell me who won. "What do you think of this Idea of thoughts »»< out one's petty I her request waa granted, and in less Ipplne army writes to bls mother In tefrfl connection.” electing Senators l>y a direct vote of Th» gentle old Fn-nehwotn.su had con- narrow prej nd !<**••’* Natural Gaa. ingw was surprised by this time than on» can fell the dog Jumped tbe greatest Indignation over a g gan the people T' Mr. Hast! the result of her attempt to Mf- The origin of natural gaa la the action of his companion's, but h* from the arm« of Mrs Brauns, made Err* "Well." answered Senator Sorghum. vith characteristic delicar y. but he last remark well bred to *l|oW hl* for the door and began to berk. The tic Joke played by a colored regiment of water upon aluminum carbide by f*ît tl tn tbe faraway Islands. This regi "1 don't know that It would make a * insult of the refusal keenly It was far too appear. He remarked quietly waa opened, and in a abort time ment la tbe Forty ninth Infantry. They which methane la evolved. great deal of difference to me. but It ” »sly hope for Winifred, for his thought „»tn to have considered these te le Tell a man be doeun t look weil. and would mean a considerable privation -Yoe Mrs. Braune was informed by it ‘tis were not in position to be were stationed at Alp*, one of tbe In were m»re than young ladies are apt 2" t Edward and Bing phone that terior provinces. TLey told tbe natives be begins to reflect that be la looking to tbe members of mjr legislature her. Always in the even ng things ba< k played or read to him; and U-|-UM t» gm»g. .he altered. MRg; hugely enjoy mg themselves U> the ttet Uaa cakvred race predo—'uated In interesting. Washington Stax. wb»-n he had watched her yarC >d delight busied with soib « re- "it is getting late.” CHAPTER I. U.rie Antoinette de Montolieu was a 51 i ,n of tbe old French noblesse. ’Th fine features and clear, pale com- W pinion. There had been vivacity aud >.>, in those browu eyes, but “‘”r- au'1 ther,‘. was Ln oalv th.- <al«n expression of resigna- n wh'i-11 follows a life of troubles nobly hi'roe. st" h*d lived aixt>"follr }e,r* ^Her ta'th.'r and mother, the Marquis HABITATS OF THE MOST PREVALENT DISEASES IN THE UNITED STATES A I Waffles. Into a bowl sift u pint of flour with a teuspoonful of baking powder and one of salt. Beat the yolks nnd whites of three eggs separately, stir tho yolks Into a pint of milk with a tablespoon ful of melted butter. Make a hole in the flour and pour this liquid into it. Beat all together nnd the stiffened whites and pour the butter into the greased wattle Iron. Gluten Gems. With two cups of gluten flour sift a teaxpoouful of salt aud two teHspoon- fuls of baking powder. Beat two eggs light stir them Into a pint of milk and pour this, with two teaspoonfuls of melted butter. Into the sifted flour. Stir smooth, then pour Into greased aud heated gem pans aud bake Imme diately In a hot oven. Gingersnaps. Two cups of New Orleans molasses, one cup of butter; put these on the stove mid let them come to a tsoll. Remove and add one teas|>oouful of soda mid one of ginger. Add enough flour to make a dough; roll thin and cut out. Peanut Butter. round or grind fresh roasted pea- nuts to a powder and work Into two two tablespoiinfuls of this a heaping tablespoonful of fresh butter, Spread thin slices of bread with this peate. Plnsannta Cream. Ileal to tbe boiling point one can of shredded pineapple. Strain half an ounce of gelatine, which has been die solved In cold water, and add to the pineapple. Remove from the tire, and when it begins to chill stir In the beaten whites of three eggs and half a pint of cream. Pour into a mold and set on Ice. T aimm I o Ko up. Turn the contents of a can of toma toes Into a quart of beef stock and simmer slowly for half an hour. Strain out the tomatoesand return tbe soup to the tire with a half-cup of rice that has soaked for ten minutes. Cook until the rice Is tender. Season with salt, pepper, onion Juice and a teaspoonful of granuluted sugar and serve. Bum pl I a a*. Sift together a pint of flour, a tea spoonful of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt Work Into this a heaping tablespoonfu! of butter and moisten with a half pint of milk Work quickly to a light paste and drop Into the tsilllng gravy of tbe stew of what ever you are cooking. Cook for ten minutes before sending to the table. Brief Rumceittion«. To remove paint or varnish marks on glass, rub with a little warm vinegar or with tbe edge of a copper coin dipped In water. To clean emlmssed sliver articles dis solve an ounce of alum In two quarts of strong soapsuds, wash the article In IL using a soft brush for tbe very or namental part Rinse In cold water, dry on a clean cloth and polish with a chamois leather. To make rice glue, mix rice floor smoothly with cold water ami simmer It over a alow Ore. when It will form a delicate and durable cement, not only answering all purposes of common I>«ate. hut well adapted for Joining pa per and card lais rd ornamental work. Nut cookies are made by creaming Ing two tablespoonful* butter and one cupful sugar; add three l«eat«-n eggs, one fourth of a leas;>O"nful salt, threw tabh-spoonfuls milk and two cupful* [M-anuts or walnuts. chopped tin"; Slid Just enough flour to roll out. cut star- shape and bake in a moderate oven.