MOTHER'S A snnbcnm to earth enme utrnylnn, Through vnller and wihhI iiiiiI gludo, Till It rliiineeil oil ii tlliv rottngi', And there for H whilo It stayed. For It foiinil n mother sighing, With a wr'iirliii'iiK liiitf-roiifi-cil, Tlmt her chllil might i-iise IM playing, Anil go for a while lest. All day she had wovki-il unaided, WIiMm her ImiiImiikI went to reap, Ami she pi.ned, h she locked Hid ero illi', Tlmt Iut cliilit might full nslecp. Anil the smthi-tim, full of pity Sped tO the flint Hilt Wf'Kt, Bearing n shining tcnr-drop It liHil fotinil on the mother's b lf int. Aunt PricKett's Dream. Br Helen Forrest Graves. "Do you believe In dreams?" I started from the half doze Into which I hail fallen, in tlin old-fashioned country Btnge-coach, which rumbled bo drowBily along tlin road. It was an evening In December; the gray, Btorm threatenlng day closing Into yet gray er twilight; the earth gleaming white In Its mantle of Know, pave where dense pine woods. Ilka groups of black drajied monks, were huddled together, tholr gloomy booths thrilling in the bleak bliiBt. My only companion was nn old lady in a quilted traveling dress of ma it on merino, and a Bilk hood edged round with Bwansdown, through which her plump face beamed like a ripe winter apple. Old ladies are not always spec tacled ogresses, and this old lady was really and absolutely pretty, with her fresh complexion, her bands of smoolli, livery hulr, and the blue eyes which, even now, were bright and sparkling enough for a damsel of 1(1. She had entered tho stage at the last stopping place, and was going on to Wharton, which place happened also to be my own destination, and we had been very chatty and social together, until the dusk, and the lulling motlcn, and my own weariness for I had come from New York that morning had somehow half entli-ed me into that de batable land which la neither slumber nor waking. "Do I believe In dreams?' I repeated, 'Ye,s no I really can't tell." "Well, I do," Bald my companion, who bad previously Informed me that her ' name was I'rlcUett, and that Bhe was a idow, and that her deceased husband won in the lumber business, and that Bhe was going to Wharton to attend the wedding of a wealthy and favorite niece, together with various and Biindry other items, equally interesting and miscellaneous. "I think they're sent to us like a kind o' warnin'. Prickett never could Bee the thing as I did. He always held out to his dyln' day, that If you dreamed a thing 'twas nothin' more than chance; and ho hadn't no superstitious feelln's 'bout Fridays, neither always claimed that one of the Lord's days was as gocd as an other." "I think he was quite right In that view of the matter," I observed. "Maybe he was; but for all that, Mary Plner, my own second cousin's darter, was married on a Friday to a Gabrielson out In Iowa a real stir rtn forehanded young feller and they hadn't been man and wife a year afore a tree he was a-ruttln' down fell on him and crushed his skull. And Susan Bean, she was born on Friday, and she was the onlucklest creetur. Fell downstairs afore she was two year old and hurt her spine; had smallpox; lost both her parents o' fever when Bhe wan't 10, and finally got killed In a railroad accident." "All these might have been mere coincidences," I argued. "That was Just what Prlckctt used to say; but, good land! life ain't made up entirely of coincidences. But we was a-talkin' about dreams, and I was a-goln' to telt you a thing that most shook Prlckett's onbelief, two or three years afore he died. He died on a Friday, too," observed the old lady. "Well, It was the day afore Christmas, and he was goin' on a long journey by rail to see arter a lot o' pine timber that was to be shipped somewhere down south. The 6.40 train he was go . In' to take, so I laid out everything the night afore, bo's to be ready Prickett was al'ays a dretful punctooal man. But in the night I had the most awful dream dead bodies all lyin' round with their arms and legs broken, and great bloody, gashes on 'em, and I waked up, all in a cold sweat, and says I, 'Prickett, for the good Lord's Bake, don't go today! I've had such a dream!' And I up and told him; and be poohpoohed me, and called me a sil Jy old woman to be disturbed by a , dream. And be was goin' all the same. But the horse that was to take him down to the station brok'e his leg on the Ice afore It ever got to our house, so be bad to wait till the 12 express, and I felt so worried like about him nothin' would answer but I must get ready and go along too. So when Prickett saw bow I felt about It, be didn't make no objection, for be was a dretful considerate man, and we took tbe 12 express. And don't ye think. iwhen we got to Dayton, there bad been awful railroad aocldent on the 6.40 train that very morning, and there was tbe cars all smashed up, and the peo ple lyin' all round, just exactly as I had seen 'em In my dream, for help badn't come till our train reached 'em! There what do you think of that?" "It was a very singular combination of circumstances, certainly!" "And that ain't tbe only queer dream . 1 bad as has come true. There was my sister Mallna, that married Deacon Jtter. I dreamed one night I saw ber unlln' gold pieces into a eartbern It sV-eoi oountin' up to 100, and It wai PRAYER. Ami It tolit the tule to a moonlit-. Tlmt It piikmmI on II Journey horn, Thru dropped Hid tnir In tlin oeeun, To Im lost. In I ho seething foil ill . And the mooiiliciim siiimI to tlin eoltnge, Nlriiight. from llm iicilvcn nliovn, Anil ciinleil I Ik- child on It ft liimtiin To n liiuil of Inllnile lovu. Ami tlin niiiilifinn. prinul mill happy, At tln thought of n kindness iloiio, I.onki'il In him iluy lit th" window, With n meieiiigii or Iovh from tho mill, lint It. foiinil tlin in i)l lift- wi-cpltig, Kor now kIii I'onlil only pruy Tlmt her fhllil might inino buck from Its long, ImiK rest. Hack to the fin Hi nml piny. (ionlon Meggy. bo real like that next day I went up to the dem on's and told my dream." "Well," says Mallna, "If that ain't queer! The deacon's Just got a let ter from his cousin's lawyers that he's heir to $400 out o' the old man's es tate!" She nodded the quilled Bilk hood at me with an air of triumph that I could not well controvert. 'Hut what eet me to thlnUIn' on these old time stories was a dream I had last night, 'bout this very same niece I'm goin' to see, and It's wor ried mo all day long." 'Indeed, and what was It?" 'Well, I'll tell you. You see 1 was kind o' wakeful, thlnkiu' about the journey today, and It was most mid night nforo I got to sleep. And It seems as If I hadn't fairly rinsed my eyes when I was In the little back par lor at Wharton, and Helen that's my niece, Helen Powers lyin' on a sofa asleep. And there was a tall, slim, gentecllookln' man stealln' tip side ways, with a danger, kind o' shinin' In the firelight for It wns dusk In my dream, Just as It is now and he seemed to strike It right Bnuare Into her heart, and I slttlu' by like a log, not able to move either hand or foot. Hut, for all that, It didn't kill lier only seemed to paralyze her, like! And I was doln' my best to scream out, when I waked up, all of a tremble, with the dawn Just boglnnin' to peep In tho eastern sky!" Mrs. Prickett had begun to cry soft ly. "My dear madam," I reasoned with her, soothingly," do not allow the fan tasies of a dream to disturb you thus. Probably you had eaten something that disagreed with you, cr " "Yes, yes, that's Just what Prickett used to Bay, but for all that I'm mor ally certain that something's goin' to happen to Helen. And law sakes alive, how it snows!" We had stopped at a little wayside Inn, and my companion's attention was fcr the first time in some little period attracted to the outer world of storm, and pitchy darkness. "You don" s'pese we'll be snowed up, sir?" she questioned, as, the mails having been delivered, we rolled on once again. "Hardly, madam. We must lie with in one of two miles of Wharton new." "I Bhall bo glad when we get there," she Bald, with a little shudder. "I can't nowadays get that slim feller with the sinister mouth and the long, black hair, a strikln' at poor Helen's heart, out o' my mind! If the dream hadn't been so vivid, I wouldn't ha' thought so much of it. Won't ycu have a seedcake, Blr?" She rns diving down i-n s i"n. pitable depths of her big traveling bag. "Thanks, not any." "liot tur to go arier you reach Whar ton?" "About a mile." "Friends to meet you?" "I think bc." "It's a dretful night!" And once more we subsided Into si lence, until the suburban lights of the overgrown village of Wharton roused my companion once more into tbe talk ative mood. J The stage had scarcely stopped be fere a clear voice, sweet and musical as a bell, challenged Mrs. Prickett. "Aunty, darling, I knew you would come! Prince Is here waiting with the close carryall! I ramo down myself to make sure of you!' "You're Bartln you're well, Helen?" questioned Aunt Prickett, gazing eager ly into one of the prettiest faces I had ever seen a pure oval, with pink cheeks, brilliant, hazel eyes, and deep crimson lips, perhaps a trifle too full for the exact regulation limit of beau ty. "Well, I never was better In my life. What possesses you to ask such a ques tion, you dear, fussy old aunty?" And Mrs. Prltchett was triumphantly dragged away, while I turned to find the friend who I confidently believed was expecting me. But no friendly countenance met mine in the gloom and darkness of the stormy winter's night There had evi- dently'been some misunderstanding, However, I believed I could with suffi cient ease walk the mile or two it was a straight road to Eden Hall, I had been told, and I was just striding forth Into the darkness when Aunt Prlckett's shrill voice hailed me, and 1 saw her rosy old face thrust out between the curtains of a substantial family ve hicle, driven by a gray-headed old ne gro and drawn by a pair of fat, white horses. "Young man, I thought your friends were goin' to meet you?" "So I supposed, but as they are cot here, I am going to walk to Eden Hall." "To Eden Hall!" chimed a softer 'W, "Impossible on such a night as Thy. It Is full two mile from "Jump In," cried Mrs. Trlrkelt. I "There's lots o' room at our house, and you can go on tomorrow niornln'. "Hut," I hesitated, "I am a stranger, and " "Aunt Prlckolt does not regard ycu as such," said Helen; "nnd we really r.mnot allow you to risk your life thns. My coachman Bhall drive you to F.den lall tomorrow, It you will consent to become our guest for the night." I doffed my cup and acknowledged this ready and gracious hospitality, not at all averse to entering the snug carriage, which speedily deposited us at the door of a handsome, spacious, eountry house. The gray-haired ccnihtnan's counter part, a turbaned mulatto woman, con ducted me to a cosy chamber, where bright fire blazed, anil a pair of wax candles lent additional light to the apartment. "Bupiier'll be ready In 15 minutes, sir," she said, after railing my atten tion to the ewer of hot water, and the well-aired towels, and disappeared. In considerable less than 15 minutes I had descended Into the wide, square hall, where a vividly colored Turkey carpet covered the floor, and an open grate fire blazed cheerily on the hearth. Mrs. Prickett hurriedly entered through another door as I advanced toward the mantel. 'I've had a turn," she ejaculated, breathlessly, holding both hands over her heart, and then, for the first time, I discovered how very pale she was. "flood Heaven, Mrs. Prickett! what is the matter?" "It's tbe very man I saw In my dream tho slim, tall man; 1 recog nized the face the Instant I saw him, and It was all I could do to prevent Helen from suspecting. What shnll I do?" nnd Bhe wrung her bands spas modically. "Helen must never marry that man, there will evil come of It If slm does, and the weddin' (lay Is to morrow." "My dear uindain, surely you would never allow a mere dream " "It's more than a mero dream," flho Interrupted with Intense eagerness; it's a waniln', and we must give heed to It. Hush! they're romiir! The next moment the door opened, and Miss Powers entered leaning on the arm of her affianced husband. "Aunt Prickett has not yet told me tho name of her friend," she began, gayly; "but " "Charles Buckingham!" I ejaculated, staring into tho face that was strangely familiar to me. "Harry Kuyvett!" he echoed, and then bit his lip, as If vexed at himself. "We are no strangers," I said, feel ing myself grow deadly palo and flush again; but railing all my self-possession to my aid; "on the contrary, I have known Mr. Buckingham all my life, and not only himself, but his de serted and neglected wife, now living not a nillo away from my native place." i Ho ground his teeth savagely. "It Is a lie," ho cried, "a foul fabrl cation!" "It Is the truth, and I am prepared to prove It to this young lady whose future ycu had so nearly blighted." Aunt Prickett uttered a cry as she sprang to where Helen had fallen, white and senseless, on the sofa. "It's my dream! I saw her Just so In my dream!" she rrled hysterically. Buckingham glared at me like a wild beast. "You Bhall account for this tomor row!" he hissed, and darted out of the room before I could reply. But ncno of us ever saw Charles Buckingham again. His plots for en snaring the wealthy heiress bad been frustrated the very moment of their fruition, and ho knew well that flight was his only safety. Tho symbolical dagger of Aunt Prlckett's dream had gone deeply into Helen's heart, but the wound was not fatal, as is proven by the fact that she is now my wife, and our two rcsy lit tie ones are playing on the carpet at my feet as I write. Aunt Prickett lives with us, and Is a full of omens, warnings and Biiperstitons as ever, and believes most firmly In dreams. So do I, to a certain extent, for was it not Indirectly Aunt Prlckett's dream that won me my darling wife? New York Weekly. Lost His Trousers. Supervisor Ocorge Jones of Mon guagon township, who was a dole' gate from the second district to the Republican national convention at Chicago, a few days ago returned from a St. Louis trip and tells a story on a fellow delegate who also made the St. Louis trip. Jones and the dole' gate, who was from western Michigan, occupied respectively the upper and lower berths of a Pullman sleeper. The western Michigan delegate bad removed bis trousers In which was a handsome $00 watch, and placed them on the sill of the open window at the foot ot the berth. During the night the delegate kicked his trousers out of the window and it was not un til he awoke near St. Louts next morn' Ing that He discovered his awful dilemma. Although Jones came to his assistance and hunted through the car for a spare pair of trousers, none could be found, and the delegate had to stay in bed until St. Louis was reached, where a porter sallied out and purchased a pair. The missing trousers and watch have not been found to dato, although the delegate telegraphed to all stations along the way. The delegate, however, rejoices In the fact that before retiring he took bis well-stuffed pocket pooh from his trousers' pocket and transferred It to a alstcoat. Detroit Journal. In a parliamentary answer the secretary- of the British admiralty gives the average cost of maintaining a first- class battleship of 13.000 tons as J 4, t00 pounds sterling. ropxfrm-: The Mighty Explorers. Dicky nml Tommy, one Hue night in .Mine, Walked out, to sec t'other fide of the moon. Not a word! not a sound! it wn very lute Between n niinrler to clirht nml debt ! They went along till they rcm-linl a ironic. Wlion Dicky whispered to Tommy, "Look !" There hi tlin brook, as It sang Its rune, us i ne glowing oilier Hue in I lie moon i They planned In lied, till tbe clock si ruck ten. How they'll look up Africa, when they were men 1 John Krncst Mi ('mm. In ft. Nicho las. An Odd Netting Place. Not all the delights of spring are fcr the country boy. We who live In the city have a host of them, and ran see many a strange and pleasing sight If we keep our eyes open. A few days ago, while riding my bicycle down Madison avenue, In New York city, I heard the twittering of sporrows, and, looking up, saw In tho mouth of the atone Hon on tho corner of the build- log on one, of the city's prominent clubs, the remains of a last year's nevt, and two sparrows getting ready to build a new one for this year. It was such a novel place for a bird to choose for housekeeping that I stopped and made a sketch (if It. While standing on tho opposite corner sketch ing, the policeman of that "beat" lame over to tnlk with me. He seemed plensed that I should have noticed the birds. He said that the sparrows hud been keeping house there for several years. He had often stopped to watch them build their nests, and later feed their little ones, which later, would play around the lion's head, sitting on his nose or eyebrows as saucily as could be, as much as to Bay: "You may look very fierce, but who's afraid?" Oorge W. PIcknell, in St. Nicholas. A Remarkable Candlestick. A very strange candlestick, surely a glass of water; but, peculiar as the ar rangement seems, ycu will acknowl edge that It forms as good a candle holder as any other. Weight one end of a candle with a nail, calculating the size of tho nail so that tho candle may be put entire ly In the water, allowing tbe water to touch its tipper part, but not the wick. Now light your candle, and, notwith standing tho unfriendly medium In which your illumlnant Is placed, It will burn "to a finish;" for, while combus tion Is continually shortening the can dle, on the other hand, its weight di minishes In proportion nnd cau-ses It to forge slowly to the surface. Again, the Btearlne, or fnt of which the candle is composed, will melt toward the centre mere Blowly than In the air. and the wick will burn In a sort of little well. The hollow space will contribute to the lightening of tho candle, which, as we have prophesied, will burn on to the end. The practical side of this experiment Is worth a word of mention; contrary to the experience with ordinary ran dies, the (lame of a candle thus sus pended will be a luminous point as sta tionary as the surface of the liquid, which will not vary as the candle burns away; a matter that might prove of advantage In piotometrlc experi ments, wheso object It Is to ascertain the relative Intensity of various lights. Alfred II. -.oeller, in the Eliming unm City Herald. How Teddy Helped. Teddy's papa own a large rptlle ranch. Ono summer there was a drought. The spring dried up and the streams became trickling rills or dis appeared altogthcr. The rattle wan dered restlessly over the range in Bsarch of water. Teddy's father Bent to the nearest town and had men come with steam drills and Ircn pipes to bore an artesian well, bo that there would always be plenty of water for rattle. They bored down several hun dred feet In hopes of finding an un derground stream, but they could not do so, and had to give up the quest. They went away, taking their too'.s with them , but leaving what greatly Interested Teddy a deep hole lined with Iron pipe. He would take the board off the pipe and peer down, and then drop in a reck to see how many he could count before it struck the bot tom. One night after he had gone to bed he beard his papa talking to his mam ma. He said: "LaBt winter's blizzard kljled scores of the cattle, and now this drought conies. They are suffer ing fcr water and better pasture. It Is all outgo and no Income. I don't know how long we ran keep It up. In a few years Teddy will be old enough to help me, but I can't put a 10-year-old boy on tho rcund-tip, nor keep him all day In the saddle, looking after the cattle." Teddy did lots of serious thinking during the next few days. How he wished he could help bis papa in some way! And the opportunity came in a way Teddy . least, expected. One. day he walked over to where the men had bored for tbe artesian well. lie peered Into It, but It was as black as night. He gathered a handful of long, dry prairie grass, rolled It In a small piece of birch bark In which be bad placed t piece of rock, lighted It and dropped yum yuo it down tbe well. Then he put bis face close to the edge and watched It blaze as It fell down and down. ' Suddenly a long red column of flame leaped upward with a rushing noise. Before Teddy had time to pull his head away, the force of the explosion senl him rc Illr.g ovc nnd over away from the mouth of the well. The flame shot high tip nnd blazed fiercely for a mo ment or two. Teddy wns terribly frightened. ' His eyes smarted, and be (ould s'. a bright red flame dancing before him In whichever direction h looked. With scorched hat null singed hair, be ran hi ine as fast ns he could. He told his paps, what had happened. Ills papa went to the well, ami when he came back he Bald; "Teddy, my boy, I think your accident Is going to make our fortune. Our well haf tapped a small vein of natural gas, nml I think If we go deeper we shall stik oil." Ko the well-diggers came out again and resumed drilling. Il-fore long they rame down to the oil. The oil ramo rushing out faster than they rould save It. Teddy's papa sold the oil well to an oil company for a goo l price, and with the money ho bought a ranch In another state whci was plenty of pasture and water, mid shipped his cattie to Urn new ranch. Teddy is learning all ho ran about managing a rnttls rani !i, because when he Is old enough his father Is going to tako him In as a partner. F. Locklcy, In St. Nicholas. Monkey Shine: You know bow monkeys sit up and look wine, then make a face or glvt you a wlnl; to Indicate that they knew a thing or two, and Mint they know that you know It. That Is what Is so fnselnntlns about a pmnkey. You keep wondering how tuu-h he do's and what he Is (;:dng to do next. Very often the monkey keeps Ms own secret, and s ir'u lses humans In n way that It not nlwajs agreeable. A young lady wns staying tit one of tho big hotels on the I'nriflr rcast a few years ago, and had brought with her several trunks full m pretty dresses, hats and all the fancy fripperies that girls wear. She took them from hei trunk and spread them out on the bed, chairs and tuliUs. Then she went df wn stairs to the dining room. While she was rating she looked out of the window and saw a monkey arrayed In her best picture hat nnd a lace jacket. He was prliuni Ing and chattering, and evidently admired himself greatly When she caught sight of anothei monkey ntllreil in o:her apparel be' longing to ber. "Oh, oh," she cried, running out on to the porch, "these monkeys have on my best clothes." Fevcrnl of the hotel attendants start ed In pursuit of the monkeys, but they ran higher up In tho trees screechln? with excitement. When the clothes were finally secured (hey were very much the worse for the monkeys' wear, nnd the hotel proprietor bad to pay damages. Not lcng ago some monkeys escaped from a show near New York. They went to a hotel, and without register Ing or paying any board began to mcko themselves very much at home. They broke s!x dozen eggs, throwing many of them against the wall and seeming to take great delight In the frescoing they werc-nble to do. They also stole some Bleaks that had been cooked for gutsta. nnd played all Muds of pranks. When the hotel peo ple endeavored to catch them, they would run away cut of doors and hide Ijiter they would come back and renew their depredations. At last they got so thirsty from drinking several bottles of catsup and other sauces that tliey wandered off to the beach and began to drink Baity ocean water. There tbe most of them worn raught and carried back to tha chow. Many children who live In New York, or who go there In the summer, visit Coney Island, a treat beach where there are all kinds of shops and shows men doing tricks nnd all kinds of schemes for luring your money from ytur pocket. One of the most inter esting sights Is the animal show, and one of the great attractions of the show is baby animals. Most children would prefer to view the animals from the outside of tho rage, but there is one llttlo girl who loves to play with the baly liens. Her name Is Isla, and she was born at Coney Island last August, She wns christened In tho lions' den nnd 27 lions stood roaring their ascent as Isla's godfathers. The baby has been with animals so much that she does not know what it is to fear them and would rather play with baby liens than with little boys nnd girls. There are several llttlo lions at Coney Island that have been born within a few months, r.nd look like very largo cats very soft and furry. Besides the little lions there are other clubs. Hooligan and Danny are baby bears, and when they den't mind their trainer ho spanks them. They cry and pout a little line naughty rhil dren; then they get up and do aa they are told. There Is a baby leopard and a baby wolf, and half a dozen other kinds of babies that gambol and play get mad and fight, get over It and make up again just as little folks do, After all, children aren't bo different one from the other, whether they have two feet or four. Mirror and Farmer Severe. "Smudge's favorite motto is 'Life Is short, but art la long.' " "Well, ! there Isn't a doubt that Smudge will live a blamed sight long er than bis art. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Every person In England consumes, on an average, 12 1-2 pounds or cheese per annum, and more than half ot It Is from abroad. SUBSTITUTES FPU MEAT. NUTRITIVE DISHES OF FISH, EQ09 AND CHEESE. Nutt, If Eaten at the Proper Time, Are a Good Substitute for Animal Food Mushrooms Are Wholesome. Meat Very Much Overvalued. The threatened famine of meat spurred the wise housewife to look about for something to take Its place. Tho substitute must, of course, bo equal to meat In nutritive value, and rust no more than It did before prices began to soar. This Is fortunately an easier matter to fare In summer than In winter, though In some families It will be difficult to find anything that will really be as acceptable as meat. All bough meat Is strengthening and stimulating, its nutritive properties are exaggerated In the mind of the average person. Too much meat clogs up the system, making an unnecessary amount of blood. It Is said on good authority that only laboring men who work outdoors need the blood making qualities of meat three times a day. Among the peasants of Kurope, how everand they are a hardy people meat Is not much used, egg, cheese and milk taking Its place. Atlrattive dishes of fish, cheese and eggs dressed in new ways are good substitutes for meat. Nuts are very nutritions, and if eaten at proper times there Is no better substitute for ani mal food. Koine physiologists go so far as to assert that nuts contain more elements of nourishment than butter nnd meat combined. When there Is a scarcity of meal it Is a good plan to serve nuts quit? freely, with plenty of silt or In rooked dishes. They are, ot course, not good In quality at present, and not nn e-i ecially cheap substitute. Mushrooms are bNo wholesome. Peas and beans are- rich in protclds. An uppetlzMrj; way of serving baked beans Is to place a small union In the bot tom of the pipkin and bits of butter on top of the beans to give them a very rich, brown crust. Hieh fish, like salmon, blueflsh, mackerel and others, In which the oil Is about evenly distributed through the, flesh, are mote nutritions than codfish, halibut and the dried fish. When most of the centres In the liver, as In the cod, rusk and others, thj flesh of the fish deteriorates lapldly. When It Is evenly divided through tho body, It gives tho fish a rich, fine flavor, and tends to preserve It. Among tbf! many rich, cheap flBh, blue'fish must be considered as one of the best. Cod, halibut, haddock, Ken nebec salmon, Kestlgouche salmon, common mackerel and Spanish mack erel are also abundant and in their best condition. There are numberless other good fish from the lakes end streams, as well as from the ocean. In selecting a fish the flesh must be firm and bright, never limp or dull looking. It should be washed In clear, cold water, but not he allowed to stand In It. If fl.'h Is not washed whole before the flesh is cut Into, it loses Its flavor in the washing. Cheese is rich in nutritive elements. There has been a popular belief that It Is not easily digested. This objection, however, applies only to poor and new cheese. Cheeses that are old and rich are not only easily digested, but pro mote the digestion of other fools. Cook books usuully contain an abun dant supply of recipes for rich and wholesome cheese dishes roasted or toasted cheese, souffles, Welsh rabbits, omelets, etc. Therefore there should be no lack of vnriety. In the height of summer fancy and wholesome dlrhos of eggs, which aro rlrh In proteids, may take the place of meat very satisfactorily for a while at least. A novel way of serving eggs is the following: poah them until ten der and firm throughout. Just before Fending to the table place them on delicato slices of toast and rover each egg with rich grated cheese. Serve with a little sploy Bauce or ketchup. Sometimes tho egn and cheese are placed In the oven for a few minutes before serving, until the cheese is soft ened. Ano'her way of serving cg?s is in t'.ie form of a Spanish omelet. Make a large omelet, using six fresh epgs. Beat them thoroughly together, adding about half a cup of milk and plenty of salt and pepper. Just before folding tho omelet spread on It some tomato sauce. Then fold and place on a plat ter with a little parsley, and If de sired, serve a tomato sauce with it. An excellent tomato sauce for this purpose Is the following, which does not demand meat stock In its make-up: Put ono tablespoonful of butter In a frying pan. When melted add a tiny white onion and three slices of carrot, minced fine; half a eprig of thyme, half a bay leaf, half a spray of bleach ed celery, cut in smell pieces, two sprigs of minced parsley, and. If con venient, a tablespoonful of boiled ham, also finely minced. Let the herbs and vegetables cooks for five minutes, then stir in a large heaping table spoonful of flour', and when this browns add a quart of canned or ripe tomatoes. Select tomatoes which pos sess a large proportion of pulp to the seeds. Cook this sauce 43 minutes, season with a scant tcaspoonful of salt, a saltspoouful of pepper and a tablespoonful of sugar. When cooked strain through a sieve (a Scotch cap sieve Is the best). This sauce, if place la a covered earthen jar near the ice In the refrigerator, will keep for several weeks. It Is delicious served with eggs, macaroni and many other dishes. The following recipe la recommend ed by a New Englaci housewife: Take a pint of stewed tomatoes which have been cooked for half an hour and season with salt, pepper and butter. Having broken six eggs Into a dish. Slide them carefully upon the tomv toes, and as the whites stiffen slightly pull up the edges. When they have become opaque prick the yolks, allow ing them to run out over the whites and the tomatoes. When they have become tho consistency of cream turn the mixture out upon a platter on whlrh aro arranged sllees of buttered toast. New York Tribune. THE ORIGIN OP "KICKERS.1 Supposed to Come from an Occupation In Cornish Mines. "I believe that the origin of the ex pressive bit of slang 'kickers' may be found In the very lowest form of occu pation any member of the human race follows," Mr. W. M. Hoblnson states. "Between Wormsley's and St, Hel en's, In Cornwall, Is an underground canal connecting the lower levels of the coal mines at Wormsley's wltb the surface station at 8L Helen's, which saves a great deal of money for the mine owners in handling the coal, which Is simply loaded on the barges In the mines and transported by the canal unde?r the mountains to the har bor at St. Helen's. When the canal was devised, however, how to provide for locomotion for these barges was a problem. "Mules couldn't be used, and thers were circumstances which made steam Impossible, but an Inventive genius finally solved the riddle by suggesting that cross pieces ot timber be placed along the roof of the canal, which was very low, and men could lie on their backs on top of the loaded barges an 'kick' the vessel along. After the barue was once starred this was found to be feasible. Tho men could easily keep the load In motion by the means suggested, and It has ever si"re bif!i In us?. There is no eiue-st Ion about the low grade of this sort of work, and even 'lie n:en who follow It a-e constant'. 'l:lci:i:ig' around the villages whe-p ,liey live. They were known at tho mlr i official ly as 'kickers' because of t! Ir work, and their vocal complaints, intlnual ly indulged In, caused ever1 or.e at Wormsley's or St. Helen's, t r matter what their station or en rioymcnt, who Indulged In complaluM to bs called 'kickers.' I presume that the orldn of the word, as we use it. Is Just what I have suggested." iit. Louis (lobe-Democrat. QUAINT AND CURIOUS ' Wearing monocles, tho la'st fash Ion for ladies, a craze recently started in Paris by ladies of the Servian col ony, Is extending to London, Th" largest bfok In the wor!d is In tho British Museum. It Is an ntlas, measuring 5 feet 10 Inches by 3 feet 2 Inches, and weighing close upon two twts. . A ; Manurewa. In New South Wales, a young woman has trained a number of huge eels to answer her call, to climb the bank, and permit her to lift them. Chinese firemen seem to be Im muno to the fierce heat of the ftro room on ocean steamers, and stand up to t merature that would prostrate white men. Oeneral Jov.bert's chair, made of ebony, bok horr.s and hides, and cap- i tured from the laager at Llsation. near I.ydenburp. Is now treasured by Lieut Col. Vrinston, at Gleinnroven, sound of i Mull. i That me-'enrs contain gold has been ' demonstrated be fore the Royal society ' of New South Wales. This suggests ! that the thousands of terns ef met;:;:-lc ! dust which fa'ls upon the earth each ' year deposits gold everywhere. KitBF'o. a Japanese mlcroscopist, first showed that the pin-shaped mi crobe of lockjaw lives in the earth. In order that It may multiply and poison the blood It must be deep In a wound so that the air does not reach It. In the automatic apparatus for mak ing altitude and temperature tracings In ba!!oe.n snt a!.ove to heights in which Ink would be frozen. Professor Ossnan has Invented a pen which writes red with saltpetre Ink on lamp blacked paper. When he was but a school boy In the Jesuits' college at Dijon Jacques Bossuet was known as one of the best classical scholars In Europe. At eight Louis de Bourbon, prince of Conde, was a perfect Latin scholar. Three years later he published a work on rhetoric, and at seventeen he was appointed governor of Burgundy. The Mexican postal department has taken a new and novel means of in forming the public of weather bulle tins nlven out by the weather bureau. Every letter which passes through the office Is now stamped with the in dications for the next 24 hours. This stamping is done at the same time that the postage stamps on the letters are canceled and the receiving stamps affixed. The habitat of the elder duck, whose down is so highly valued, prac tically coincides with that of the polar bear. It is found on all arctic coasts, but also lives considerably south of the southern limits of the polar bear. The time was when the eider duck girded all the northern coast lines of the world with its myriad nests; but the bird has been so mercilossly bunt ed that It has now disappeared from thousands of beetling cliffs along the sea where It was formerly known. A full-blooded Pima Indian Is em ployed. In the office of a New York life Insurance company. 4 4 l:.
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