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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1912-10-10, Page 3A Gleam of tiope; Or, The Changed Plaits. CHAPTER, I. "To it very bad? Do you think it will mark her? llow unfortunate I am!" "Oh, it won't signify -eel -Lath," thee the ' major, making a feeele attempt at eon - gelation. s The groom is on his kneel), wathing down the lattrk's legs. As he washes, the Id 111W patch slitiwe Oat with ominoue distinetnees from the glossy daelearown skin that surrounds ite and CiSBY, stand- ing ihi her riclingembit, whip in hand, regarding the opemaion, begins to look the very picture of ill -concealed niisere. "How dreaafully bad it looks now she says fererfullY. "Not at all," I•eplios the major. "I cannot imagiue how it hapeenede elos le liallalPT such a eleau jumper, goee on Olesy, diligently searching for excuses. "I never in my life pijured 0. mount before, Ind I 'would not hairs; hatmed this one for all ,the world • Captain lialkett ,will be eo dreadfully- angrye" "Nonsense! You don't sumthee he 7111 / bite you,. do, you? Think of hie anaelie temper and your privilegee as a 'theism. 41)1117nlbarnigk 09, 7088 • tien. "Of course 0 know'Ite Will say ne• thing, but he will thine the more; anti—,' "Like thaparrote interrupts the major. e "And he will look so annoyed." goes on "Oissy, torturieg herself with immense 8880' 000. "1 would not for anything it had •eleaurred. I do thine I am the unluckiest girl on earth." "Are you in love with hire?" suddenly asks the major sharply. ' %le love with him? What an Remind question! Of course I am not," saes Mere. .angrily, while blushing in the most fart OBS and unealled-fer manner. "What can have put such a xidioulous idea into your . "Well,—sullcily—"you are so afrai(1 of vexing .b.int, for One thing." "Not a bit more afraid of him than I Would be of you 05 any other man, under the eiretimetances," deolases 01807, WAIL exemplary candor. "But it Is not a plea, eant thing at any time to injure a favor- ite hunter; and the math, for some retie eon or other, is a special darling with Captain Hs:Meth Indeed, le was only yes. terday I heard him paying 'he valued her more than DAIY animal he haa ever had. 'Given him 'by one of the fair thie most likely," says the major, with vicitiu° 14 - tent. 'leery pyobably," returns (ASSY, quietly', who carries it very game little acerb be- neath .hor pretty Irish skit, and would have aied rather than betray any undue emotion. Nevertheless, it must be eon. feeeed, her color faintly wavers and fades ;meet a little, only- to return with ten- fold brilliance RR ehe thee °captain lial- kett, pass the stable 801111(107. "Here lie lel" she cries, hurriedly. "Now what shall I "Noehing, if my advice is worth tine,. thing." says the major, sententionele, Captain lealkett, corning slowly up the TATA, cigar in mouth as usual, and hands thrust deep in the pookets of his shoot- ing -coat, zees ;Mew, Mejor Blake, and the groom on his kneee beside the mare. He takes in the whole soituation at a glance. Throwing menet les cigar, he turns to Chow and saye pleasantly, "Good morn. ing. Miss Mordatint. Had a good day, hope?" "Yes; tbanks—vory, that is no, not at all," mien Cissy, nervously. "I am afraid ati311111,1e1.118110 00(1 angry. Bet the feet lake and I were coming quietly home—cantering through the Park fields; at the last gap thme sharp stone caught the Baby's leg, toad Imo hurt her, al0 you eee. I—I am very aorry about ite ann. eludes Mies XOrdaUnt, genuinely vexed for the mishap. "Don't oar that," entreats Balkett, gent- ly; "and don't vex yourself. I would ga- ther the mare was deed than that seou tormented yourself about ber, Besides"— stooping to examine the ineary•—"froM valet I can Bee it Meanly skin-deep, and WOn't =atter in a day OT two; eli, Con- nor?" "Yes, sir; only a scratch, sir. Bight aq 0101 in a week, sir " • TUese words carry balm to Miss Mor' daunt's hreae6, and Preeentle, the band- ages being finally adjusted and tbe baby consoled by an additional feed, thee leave the stables, and Blake diverging to the right, Miss Mordauut and Halkett go lee surely toward tbe home. As they reach the stone steps leading • to the hall door, Cliesy paueete "You are sure 'you forgive me?" ehe aske, sweetly. • "Row eau you emelt to me like that?" NITS Balkett, almost angry, "Did you think I ehould out up rough with you? "What an ill-tempered brute you moat, con. • eider mei You ought to knew me better by this time." • "1 have not known you for eo YerY long," says Clissy, smiling then impul- sively, while her. color, meth more deep - 010 "Why is that horse Bluth a favorite wlth you?—beyond all others, I mean. Wae ri 18 Present?" "Yes," says Halkett in a low voice. "From a very dear friond?': "Very dear.; more than a friend." "Prom a gentleman?" "No. Peem a lady," Imes Balkett abort- ly, andetures away hie head. 0n the instant, the words the major had uttered in the salaam crane back to Miss Mordaunt's mind, and without fur- ther comment she sweeps past Balkett in- to the house, and be sees her no more until dinner -time. • When half past seven chimes Out, and, the solemn retainer of the house of Mor• daunt announces dinner as being served, both Major Blake and Captain Halkett make a hard light of it to take Miss CISBY down, but Pate, In the person of Sir Thomas Lobin, interferes, ana balltstheul of their prey. Balkett, however, map* be said to have the beet of it, as he succeeds In seating himself, direoGy opposite hie Irieh divinity, and so can watch the obanges of her beloved face, and perhaps edge in a word or two, addressed parti- cularly to her, during the ream& All Mile can be the more Teadily aecomplished, ao be has been told off to a young lady who, if not actually insane, is at all events three perts Billy, and so does not feel it incumbent upon him to supply her with the orthodox anthunt of email eerie Major Blake, falling intoline, fends hitas,elf presently situated somewhat low down, with Mrs, Fairfax on one side of him, and Grace Elton, a cousin of Calm's. on the other. If it were net thee his thoughts axe altogether centered on Miss Mordwunt, lie might have considered, him- self in luck, as he Is undoubtedly in very .pood quarters. Grace. Elton is as unaf- fected as the is charming, and extremely • pretty' into the bargain. But the major will neither acknoevledge nor see anything beyond the tip of althea; nom 'tie it shows Itself provokingly every now and thee frombehind the epergne. 011 a line 71111 Sir Thomas, and 'the third fiona hint, sits' Mrs, Leeton, the Indian widow, in a eavishing costume of pearl and blue that sneaks of Worth. She is loeking wonderfully handsome tanight, eind him a briglit, adorable spot on each cheek that is not born of reuge. She. lo keening her hand in by trying a little mild 'flirtation With the vlear, who occu- pies her right, and is making vere pretty play; while hie daughter—who Is almoet too Young for society—watching them from the opposite side, dada her mind much exercised, and wonders in be heart if Mrs. Leyton is realty very fond of papa. Seedy the must be; else why does the raise her large, soft, dark °ems eo tele derly to his once in every three niihntes precisely by 'the marble clock on the chiraney-pieeef ' Aunt Isabel, at the head of the table. is re,diant as usual, and despenses roaet .eurkey and mance with.equal alacrity's She *M carving with even more than her ewe ternary. vigor and well known proecieneee while at the 'three.time she is Beetling th and adding a word here and there to • every topic ender discuseion. She 15, how- ever, partieulerly attentive to ,Mise Loe bin, wbo sits beside her, and wile is as deaf .00 a poet, 'though no trouble th any one muscat herself, poor lady, as elie ;Seeks not for oonversation, and, ae long as she •gets a bit of everethingimentiorted in the mente 18 pereeetly content. There are two or three' stray men from the neighboring barracks scattered en and dowit; and these, with the three, Mesees Brighton—whobeing evidently not cut onti.by Mother, Nature for tho civil ser- vice, have been coneidered sititable to aek to meet them—make up the oarty. "Well, Cis, you had a pleasant 'flaY, I hone?" thee Miele Charlie, presentlyad. deessinfr his favorite niece. , "A delicious day, dear uncle: only we welind nit iyitb u misfortune. I was eta. • pid enough th hurt (laptain, Halkett's borne on my way home through the Park; thougb indeed I scarcely think it was my fault. Ttowqoor ot Li 'was to 'haPPe.11) we were Woke in having it occur at the mid iesteed orthe beginning of ow' day, as we had our ride in spies of it."' As Fshe makes this little theeell, ehe nev. or glances at Halle:at (indeed, the has takenno notice of' him since theeseeen- meneeinent of dinner), and nurponely treats the whele thing, 40 7011311 of to. et. -1Inlkett, centraeting her pretty core • , Won of the morning with thls off -hand pe n ^ dismiemil of the mateor, lo, 110» 11115, thor• ougly inystifed. 'I am Barry to hear of an accident eart Uncle Charlie, who holds all go animals to his heart. "Nothing serious, I hope, Prank(' r "A nacre scratch," reform lialhett, oare• 'That is right. It could not have ha ;meal throlige any ereet eseiee ee sel) rider's part to reath lier URDU), as oho dolayc,i 1,81' etliyU 00 agined an elopement had taken place. Bat there 700 ILO 00011 RIC0ii$131011i in .ethre for us. I do think, fL$ y0111! guardian and mice°, Cis, I haVe every right to know what YOU and the majoe were talking of all that thee." "Politics." San the major, lightly; "we never talk anything but poltics, do we, Mies Morclaunt?" Here Blake dodgee to one side of the epergne, that he may the more surely' get a full view of Miss Mordaungs fare. 'Never," repliee Choy, emphaticall dodging the epergne in her turn; and thei; they both laugh. Here Ealkett enuttere sometbine wider, his breath sthat is go far andibie as to mune 'the silly young lady by his eide into ROMS kind of life. She sighs and up- lifts her head. "Were you speaking to nie?" she asks, in. a somewhat startled tone. "No—yes—watt I?" starateore rfalktite rather shothed. "I ought to have been, of oourse; but I have fallen so thw as to allow dinner to engross all my attention. 1).ornaym1 f:1:give me. It vanes entirely oe go- ing dowe to dinner' with a middleaged 0 "Dear me! I fancied you quite youne." responds his companion, with a simper and lapses again into eilenee after the effort. , "Polities!" says Thiele Charlie, going back to the subjeot, after he had desired the butler to take several different dine! to Miss Lobin. "Hew you must have en theed yourselfl—espeeially Ciesse I never mot £1.17 women -with such keen and coin- prthensive views on all' matterd connect. ed. with the State. It was only yesterday I asked her opinion of Asquith, and ,ehe told me she alwaye thought he was— "Now, Thuile Oluerliel" interrupts Mise Mordaunt, with such indignation thee the old gentleman, though chuckling to him • teeioluf audibly, refueos all further infOrmas "May we not beam your opinion of As. quith?" demands Sir Tbomas, who ie an old beau, aud much addicted to Miss Mor - daunt, "CertainlY not. An& remember, I die• tinetly forbid you to ask Unele Charlie any questions whep my back is turned, as he Be capable of saying anything come nie eee is off him." "Your will is my law," Bars the old beau, with a bow that would have reflect- ed credit Oil a falieeterfleld; and shortly afterward, at a signal from Aunt Timbale the ladies rieing, leave the gentlemen to their own' devices. On mitering the drawing -room. lire. Leyton, walking with the undulating, ereceful motion that belongs to her, ansi. that cannot he acquired, pea stealehh to the fireplace, where oho sinks into a loung- ing their, leaving the opposite one for aunt Mabel, who almost instantly falls into a gentle doze. Little Miss Millar, the vioar'e daughter, lotting sight of her she. Mies in her desire th obtain her object, seeks a re,sting.place that will (amble her still to keep a fascinated watch ever Mrs. Leyton, the widow having cast a elamour over the timid countey maiden. The Mime Brighton and Grace Mon keep up a continual chatter, and are evident- ly enjoying thernselvee immensely: while Miss 'eolith, taking the cozy corner of the. sofa, emulates her hostess, and, letting her face lengthen until it reaches a state of utter imbeeilityt sweetly enemas. Clissy is standing m one of the windows, somewhat apart; she gazes out upon the stilly eight, and eoftly cogitates. She cannot, quite make up her mind whether she has boon MOO sinned affair, St DE Sin' ning; she cannot wholly approve her conduct at dinner, mut findosit imposelble to divest herself entirely of the idea that Ha -Mott was looking miserable the entire time. But ail men maim a point of ap• peering injured vaunt placed in the wrong position, and of comes, he had not liked her woes -examination of the Morning. Yet, again, why should he not receive pre- sents from women? What right bad she to question aot or word of hie' No mat- ter what thoughts and hopes she nutY home encouraged in the seeret recesses of her heart, ehe feels now ehe has no cer- tain date, to go upon to prove that Ilah kett cares for her bey, ond all others. Somebody—who WAR 10-11fLA said he was a flirt. Well, one thing was positive; ho should not flirt with her. Here Aunt Isabel, elowly rouging, 00005- 00 and ahems audibly, to lot her friends know she hae not been sleeping. "Clissy, child," she says, "you Will be perished over there. Conte to the ere and warm youreelf." "I am warm, thank you, and quite com- fortable." "My love, / don't . believe ie,"--arith ex- treme mildnees; "it is flaming as hard as it cate and there is always a draft near a wendow. Come here, when 0 de. sire you." "Oh, I shall die near that blazing log," "Ana I obeli dio if you remain over there," Bays Aunt Isabel; and carries her Pint. ?'Better / than -yen, auntie," BAYS 01807,, and, corning over good-humoredly, kneels down beside her kinswomen. "Cold hands—tvarm heart," anamursthe old lady, meaning the soft white Semen that lie upon her lap. "A troublesome possenion," remake Mrs. Layton, with a lazy mile. "No one io really happy in this world except he or she carriee an empty bosom," "Are YOU happy?" asks Mies Cissy, in- nocently. "Almost. The little worn-out &Meek that beets here"—laying her leand over the region of the beart—lias pulettione hardly strong enough th canoe Me Due uneasiness. Now and then I feel a faint Pang; not came" "I would rathey keep my heart, even at the expense of my suffering," sage Cies+, warmly. "She who thannot feel anguish can know no perfeet joy. Without love, life' is a mistake, an Unutterable stupid gift. That is how I think; hat then 111/11 Irish, and therefore of eouree unrea- sonable," "011, ROI" EiLLYE Mrs. Leeton, gracious- ly. "The Irishare the most aim:ming people in the world—solight-hearted, so quick to sympathize. Though I bave been here only two days, and have asked no qlzellOons, I knew you 80 ba Welt .before You told ine. Moet of me friends coma' from your land; even Captain Relkett is half Irish, his mother being from Gale way." "Yes?" seem Oissy. She rather shrinke from mention of Halkett's name. and re• members with a slight pang how friendly have seemed hie relations with Mrs. Ley- ton nine ° her arrival. "Ilave you known Captain Halleett lone?" she cannot help "AB my life. His father and mine were feet frientle; our childhood was spent together. Then we separated,"—with a sigh thee thumb ominous to Chow het in reality is onlY beim of past sorrow', .utterly unconnected with hien in any war meet again after inany quire, in India, and how—here. One LOLLY or an. other, all through, Prank's life has been mixed les with mine." OiSSY bites her .119, and ailks no more queetions; but Mrs.. Leyton notices the action of the white 'teeth, and 90101010 "There "There is a groat charm ill Freek's manner, I think?" she says, interrogre tively. "Is there? • Most men nowadays are charming, me acetuaintancese' replied Oia ST. carelessly. 'And Ottptain Ilalkett 10 too uniesirsal a fevortte to lie altogether charming th one.' = "Poor Frank!" laughs the wiclow„ light- ly., "Ile is 'unfortlinete, or at thee hoe found some one who cannot appreciate him. , Then you mean te RAY you would fled it 'impose/We to care for any man who 'eked some other woman besidee your- aeif 0" ae nth ask me the queetioe, I confess I ,would," them 010133', who in feel- ing irritated, oho scarcely knows why. "I would divide honors with eo one, and I would be winner—or wahine" "Then the man yo10 love must be civil to no one. aloe?"—erith arthed eyebrotve indieative of surpiese, "Oh, 'cell!' Let him be as civil as ha pleases. If you are talking merely of ci- vility, I altogether mieuederstood You. I ouly meant, if 0 had a lover—which at the preeent moment a certainly have not --I would wish to be firat in. his eyes. Lot hire be (e vil th all the 'world, but let him "Quitobovc rino; that le .onlY fejr, I think," says the widow, but .elie looks immensely amused; and CieSy, seeing here expremeon, thee .her wrath rising, "I quite thought -- judging froin .a.ppearaneee—that you atei Cepa-tin Ilalltete were vere good friends," goes on Mrs. Layton, unwisely, and regrets bee ppeeeh a moment later, "I be you will not judge me from am 'unmet," them Mate Mordennt. haught- Imiftellizoirammovassisommer IT SATISFIES MILLIONS OF PEOPLE Worth your while to teat it LIPTON'S TEA • Sustains and Cheers: catfort;"~:~ Ay. "A woman of the world as you are. Mrs. Legion, ought surely to know that people for the most part do not feel ev. orythilig they may look. And beach!), Yall must fallEiVe MA, but if there is 0110 thing I have a partioultie objection to, it es being wathhed and- commented up - 01. au are eight," ret,....ne Mrs. ,Leyton, with auspicioue sweetness. "I fear 1heve been very indiscreet. For the future I will not watch you and Captain MO- M be continued.) EAIING POOR MAN'S DINNER. English Newspaper Men Try It and Fiml It 'Very Good. ' A party of London (England) newepaper men recenbly met at the soome•of the Society of Medina Offi- cers ef Health to eat, a jther man's calmer. 111 was, of course, such a einem- as no pocueman ever eats, but that is bees/ilea he does not know how to lay his money put ee as to get the best and most feeding stuffs, neither does his wife know how to cook them properly whim bought. These things they could learn from flee secretaxy of the so- ciety: a berrieter end an, enthusiast OD dietetics.. It was interesting to leern what, can be done .by judicious buying at the open a.ir merkets of London, where the kid is probably cheeper end of better quality tha,n in any other capital. They started with some tasty soup made from Parte of fish usually thrown away as useless by thriftless cooks, eacia helping costing about a, fourth of a cent to make. The foreigners in Soho are well &were of these eeonoanies. Then there were admirable cent apieee herrings., haddock and three Meat 00111'(1ea, any one of -wheel would home made it good meal. There 7130 .0011111 mutton from Aus- tralia,–'9 cents a pound hi the open air market; flank of Australian beef—e part oommonly ignored by English hoe seeviv' es but geod to eat all the same ,• steakmid kidney pie, costing about 6 cents, a portion; deed jugged hare mode from colonial hare, bought' at 50 cents for nine pounds and toting o,s good 138 111)0 Norfolk variety. The lemon pudding wee so ellur- ing that most a )b.he newspaper men eame again for more. The dessert was West Indian limes (five for a tent), pears (4 c(1nts' a pound), and so on. The mea,1 coet much less then the tinned meet and fruit ee raucle pat- ronized by the poor, and etelS, fa,r more nourishing. CARE FOR SICK ON MAINS. German Raihmeds Have Special Oars for Thom • Exciellent fa,oihtoes -are afforded in Germany for -transporting in- valids awl cripples, who are' uneble to. walk, exceeding to T. J. Albert, Consul at Itrunewick. The German railroad sjrstein provides a first - oleo ear for invalids who cam afford to use, ib. This ear is fitted with every possible convenience for the sick. A spe,cial aparbment, opening on the level of the station platform, with a. double decte, ee thee a stretcher can be carried in without the slightest difficulty, is seb apart for the invalid and attendants. The balaaiee of the car contains a Id:Wi- en where 80131310 0131) be prepared, and a sectionho,nelsomely uphelster- ed for raem.bers of the family or ec- eolepanying friends. For invalids who travel second or third -oleo an apertment on an ordinary car is used, opening in like manner with a, double door on the station plat- form. , The 'ehargee for !transporting sick and helpless persons ihave hitherto been moderate. • For invalids travelling third -oleo the, charge hoe 'been the oast of four tickets, free tran.spert being granted for two attendants. This rate ie still grant- ed when the ear 'ciontaining the in- valid a,partment belongs be a regu- lar train -with a fixed destimitione otherwise in the future six tickets 'second elms must be purchased and an extra rate paid if the ear ham to be 'specially ordered. A new broom sweeps clean, but it soon becomes old, . Poets are born—therefere they are more to be pitied than censur- ed. A bite of thie and a taste of that, all day 1008, dulls the appetite and weakens the dlge,stIon. Restore your stomach to healthy vigor by taking a Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablet aftereiach meal—and out out the 'piecing,. Na.Dru.Co Dyspepsia Tablets are the beef friends for sufferers from •,Indigestion and dyspepsia. 300. a Box "at your brugglst's. Made by the National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited, 149 eee , 1 $11/0,114641,411,41.111.41,,NPANNIVO , ihnioNivivir".11•1~% SELECTED RECIPES. Soft Cakes.--Buli one pound and ii helf of butter into two pounds of Hour. add three doesertspoonfuls of preserve • juke of eny desired flavor, six of yeast, and four each of ground nutmeg, einem-non and currants. Bake the cakes in small shallow pans, Bacon With Potatoes—Warm half it pound of smoked bacon, cut in little squares. When the bacon be. gilts to brown, add a cut onion and let it brown. Sprinkle on a spooe- ful of flour, stir all, add a bowi ef tom:es-bock or of tepid water, and boil a few minutes. Add potat es out in pieces, with salt, pepper aed thyme. Cover the pan, and let it simmer on the fiele of the etove for half an hour. Macaroon Omelets.—Pound elle dozen macaroons until fine. Beat six eggs, yolks and whites togetner, adding during the process the pounded macaroons, together with one tablespoonful of confectioner's stigar and it pinch of salt. Make of ,this mixture four small omelets; 611 them with jelly or jam, duet over the tops with confectioner's sugar brown them in the oven, and serve um- ot. Apple Dainty—Pare, a dozen tart apples and slice thin. Butter a baking dish, put in it layer of ap- ples, then a layer of sugar, cinna- mon, butter and rolled bread- ertunbs ; then another layer of ap- ples, etc., until the apples are ten- der. Serve hot with whipped cream Oatmeal Cakes. --Stir together Iwo and one-half cupfuls of oatmeal (not cooked), one teaspoonful of salt and two -teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Add two well -beaten eggs, one and one-half teaspoopfuls - of vanilla and one-half teaspoonfel of almond flavoring. Beat together meats. Serve cold with whipPed cream. Mustard Pielde.---Make a strong brine of salt and water, and pour it boiling hot over two quarts of small cucumbers. Let the cueurn- bers stand in it twenty-four hours, then th•ain them: Out eix red. or green peppers into inch -square piec- es, and soak them in a separate cold brine overnight. Drain thein. Out two quarts of tender celery into inch lengthe. Brea hie) hits two quarts of cauliflower, arid cut up Iwo quarts of small onions and two quarts of green tomatoes. Let the cauliflower, onions and tomatoes stand all night in a brine eorapesed of one gallon of water and one pine of salt. In the morning drain off the brine and scald the vegetables in weak vinegar—one part vinegar arid two parts water. Draie once more. Make a deessing by mixing thoroughly one-half pound of dry mustard, one tablespoonful of tum- erie powder, cne teaspoonful of cel- ery eeecl, one cupful of flour ancl Iwo cupfuls of sugar. .Add enough vinegar to make a, smooth piste; then add one gallon of good cider vinegar. Cook the dreesing until 11 theakens, While it is 011±11 boilittg hot add all the vegetables except the peppers and celery. Let the mixture boil up well fer a minute, then push • the kettle te back of stove and add the pepperts and cel- ery. If the peppere and celery are added too SOOD they lose their crispness. The pickle should be kept in sealed jars. WILY WASTE MONEY ON F00137 Researeh indicates that it four- fold niistake in food economy is commonly used. • First, the costlier kinds of food ao used when the less expensive are just as nutritious and ean lie made nearly or quite as palatable. Secondly, the diet is apt to be one-sided, in that foods are used which furni,eli relatively too much of the fuel ingredients and too little of the flesh -forming metorials. Thirdly, extessive quantities of AIRSHIP -IN BR17181-1.ARMY MAN0EuVR5 ABour ALIMIT AT_1NEESWORT.E1 lightly and drop on buttered pans to bake. Dutch. Potatoes—Peel potatoes of god sio, and with an apple corer cut a hole through the center. Have ready an equal. number of fratikfur- ter sausages and &ate one throegh each tunnel in the potatoes, Place in a dripping pan and lay a strip of bacon over each potato. Baste often with the drippings until the potatoes are done. • Shepherd's- Pie.—Line a pudding dish with nicely seasoned mashed potatoes,. Fill with a mixture of cold cooked meat cut in small Squares, Aad the gravy, some finely chopped onion and seasoning. Spread the remainder of the pota- toes on top, sprinkle with bread - crumbs and dot with small pieces of butter. Bake in a hot oven un- til brown. • e • Rice and Tomato Curry.—Cook two tableepoonfuls of butter with it teaspoonful of minced onion until yellow, add ,one sour apple pared, cored and cut in small pieces, and cook until soft; add one-half cup of stock; two cups of tomatoes, canned or fresh; one-half tablespoonful of curry powder, one teaspoonful of viiiegar, and salt and pepper to season. As soot as the boiling point is reached add one cup 04 boiled rice and heat thoroughly. Irish Stew.—One 'pound, of mut- ton, three onions, sliced; six large potatoes., three carrots, pepper and salt, one cupful of water., (Jut up 'the meat in rather smell pieces and put in the saucepan with. the water. Cook for half an lthur. Slice the potethes about half an iiich thick, ersver with boiling water, cover closely and let stand about fifteen minutes; drain; put in the sauce- pan on top of the meat; add the onions and carrots and a little more water, and stew, slowly until the po- tatoes are well dotee, but not mushy. Garnish with points of nicely toasted breed. Caramel Pudding. ---Two cupfels of light -brown sugar or two cupfuls of granulated sugar, browned; two cupfuls of boiling water, two heap- ing tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, one-half cupful of walnut meets broken into small pieces. , Bring sugar and water tom, boil; thicken with cornstarch which has first been dissolved in a little cold watee; fla- vor with vanilla; cook in a double boiler until it is thick.„Just before taking from the fire add the nut food are used; poet of the excess is eaten mid often to the detriment of health; part is thrown away in the table and kitchen wastes. Finally, sericnes errors in cooking are committed. For the welt -to-do the weed in- jury is that to health, but people of small incomes suffer the additional disadvantage of injury th the purse. Inde,ed, to one who looks bite the matter it is surprising to see how much people of limited incomes lose in these ways. It is the poor man's money that is injudiciously spent in the mar- ket, and the poor man's food that is mostly badly cooked at home. "MUSIIROOM". CITY IN CIIINA, Is Most Complete, Ladling Nothing • But People. What is perhaps one of the moot °omelet° "mushroom" cities, in the werld ie that which has been es•- ta,blished by a syndicate at .the Yelhi, aHeung- el t the mouth of efrhoonlw,m0acaohina., on the iiheres of the Bay Si -Kiang el' Tiger River ten miles 111 wae the intention of the promot,ere, says Pferper'e Weekly, to make this town a port to rival Memo', which is important not only on ite own moonlit, but also be- cause of its reletion to Hong -Kong. This' commercial enterprise was worked out very eleboraftele not a detail being omitted that could con- tribute to the ana,king of a coin - plebe city. Public fouataing, tele- phones, electric light and po wee- pewer plants, erolley, lines,, etc., were installed. Everything is there for the malt- ing of it large and busy metropolis —everything, that is, except humen beings, for of these there are only about two thousand and the city is but an empty shell. , THE ETERNAL BANQUETING. , Plain Cibizen—"What is the most necessary qualifications for a pub- lic career—a geed head 1' 0 Statesman-'--"No; good good stomach." • '"People are allns impressed," said Grandpa Stubblegrass, "by what they can't see through, Many .a stream gits credit fur bein' deep when itei only meekly." reap ee, (.0 oK r OR( TifreWe tsitictiAdA E CARE PO 4,1440 StE irliAT LABEL -10 OACK AI t E. BW. fi 0 01111Ell C01.0_ REVEER USED ON _ OYALY AST \ itememeeR THE COLOR ISILUe \> EAMG 1 LLETT CO. tap. FRANCE'S FOREST REVENUE run GOVERNMENT GETS NUALLY $20,000,000 Sportsman and Woodcutter Eager to Lease the Rights. " The forest of Coliapiegne, though a realm of beairty and eaceent- meat to its lovers, isyet made by ehe *lee tot yielkj am annual income of 100,000,000 francs ($20,000,000), writes lellie Hamilton French bi the Century. Thor this purpose it appoints seven brigedieee and 3'7 gardee-forestiers besides several gardeactintonnieres. The canton- nieres look after the reeds., the giuirele protect the rights rented to the spouteman tend wood cutter -- the two, great eliones from whom these revenues are. derived -200,000 franca a year being paid by the sportsman 31091 800,000 fnan.g9 by the wood mereenuit. The guards must aleo see that these two groups of lints never encroach on each ether'e nights, for though the eporteman may hunt on -the weod merchant's land, he cannot cerry from it a splineer of green weed; while the wood merchant -would have a met brought against him if he were to pocket so much as a rab- bit found burrowing under one of his dearly purchased erees. Aud some of these trunks are dear, one of ,oa,k frequently costing him 1,000 francs. SPORTSMAN'S RIGHTS. So far as the question of revenue is oo.neerned, 1» ehasse is made to designate every right, whether of fishing or hunting, which is netted to the spertemen. As it diversion, however, it means to its veteries aWee distinct kinds of bunting, the most important end picturesque be - 'Mg the chose a emerre, or hunt by pursuit, and in whatever direction 11116'stag may lead. This takes place twice a week after the *old has set in, and always on horsebeck, w±lha following of hounds, This chose a, oeurre is never rented except to a single person and usually for six years, at an ennual natter of 17,300 francs ($3,460). When the leesee is frugal, as he oocasionally is, he sublets it. On the other hand, the, ehasse 13 on hunt with fowling pieces, is divided into 25 lots and rented for various prices from tw.enty francs or more,and includes the right to shoot, within certain limits, hare, rabbits, doe, pheasants and wild birds. The opening and closing oft the ehasse are decided every year by the prefect, as our Thanksgiving Day is by Government, though it generally on, the last Sunday of Au- gust that one hears the report of the first authorized gun. The event is one of almost national impor- tance, ehronicled by every newspa- per en the lend and discussed by every Frenchman, high or low, eioh peoe. THE GUARDS IN THE FOREST AN- A.re are ever on the watch for both w•oe•d etealeas end poachers. Indeed, a series of minor engagements is al- ways taking plece between pea- sants and guards, and those depre- dations which the offieitele are pow- erless to prevent they are foreed 10 tolerate. Sometimes, however, a, gaud is boastful. I beard one say: 'The rich huet the deer and the pheasants and pay the government for the right; but I hunt the 7o - men, and the government 3)13315 018. Fox it is twine as hard to catch a woman 05 ±11 le to catch a deer." I have wondered since if he were elot rather stupid, fox I am atlwaye catching wonien ehopping down Man trees, their faces hidden in their mufflers and their outposts of children ranged at intervals near by. When one of them eatches sig -ht Me, a signal is given, the woman stope chopping and holds on to her head as though he were suf- fering, -while the children squat 'silently, like a, group of rabbits, their eyes on my figura till I pass. I have never caught powhers at work, though I have seen them walking between gendarmes on their way to prison. Some of them are as fatnoua as great hunters, and there wa.s one, mot long dead, whese chronicles have appeared in French journals For his constant powhings he had 140 suits brought Against him and spent -kill 30 of his 65 yeers in it eell. Both les weao tv and hie son live to eerry on his 4411.111T COMPANY UNITE work, bue the glory of the ho,u,se departed. Only 11106 other cla,y saw h•is wife, pool, thieg, trying to earn an honest sou by helpeng 15) unload a wagon ,of wood fund factor it in A NEIGHBOR'S CELLAR. Of the three ways of poaching, with the gun, the ferret and the snare, that with the snare is eiraple enough for a ehild. All one has to do is to eatry to a given place 14 piece of 0178readily concealed in a leg of one,'e trousers or in a. petal - °oat. As all wild anaimala follow act paths in the woods, all that is ne- oessary is to make a slip knot in the wire, place the loop in one ad these paths, cover it with leavra fastening the free end of tho ware securely to the ground. When game of any kind once ea., foot in this loop, every effort to free itself ondy draws the wire tighter. Many hun- dreds of these snares are yearly found by the guards, though quite. DS many mono are loft to do their damage: Conscienoe regarding pow. ernment property is never any- where a. vitalizing factor in human conduct. JERITSALEM WILL 13E MODERN Eieetrielty, Traniways, and Water Works Soon Complete, A Sirian journal gives some in- teresting details. of the industrial development of Jerusalem which, aecording to. the paper, wih. before long be one of the most up-to-date and emnfortable towns in the new east. A large number of companies, financed by European capital, have, it is etettede recently been applying for ooneessions with a, view to or- ganizing the public services on 04 modern basis. •, An English company avhich is erecting a large power station 30i11 soon supply eleolene current 411 0700' the city. Even the sacred hill will before long be lighted with elechri- city. A complete new system, of tram, woes ie under construction by a French eompany, while a German concern is laying mains for a house to house water aupply. To c,omplete the international eharacter 'of the modernization of Jerusalem, a series of aro stations with more fire engines and ladders is being institute,c1 under Aastrian ' management. Out of the eleven million natives of Egypt, only some 600,000 can read and write. etrei, 04f 220'4'14,02,124 f ' IPS the CLEANEST, SIMPLEST, and BasT HOME DYE, ono eau buy—Why you don't even have to know what wale et Cloth your Goode are' rondo of.—So Mistakes ate Bormasible, Send lor rinse Color Card, Story Booklet, and Booklet giving result. of Dyeing over other colors. The JOHNSObLEICHARDSON CO., Limited, Mammal, Camilla Agw [ICS HIGH SPEED GHAMPIoN lobe Washtr for a Woman In the first place, MaxweIrs • "Champion" is the only washer that can be worked with a crank handle at the eide as well as with the top lever. Just sun your own convenience. Another Maxwell feature—Lever and DalmineWheelaresoaccurately willaaleeandworkupauchspeed that the washer rung along even when yon 1.01.11 3110010 working the lever. There's no doubt ,'bout DiaxweiVOChampion. being the easleat running washer on the market. 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