WHAT WITHOUT PRICE? By J. I. Guthrie, What without price? Jold have I of corn and ficld-cup; It the warm breast of bee and bird; Jf autumn leaves and sunset sky. Silver have I of the dawn Jt the breeze-blown grass; Of the sapen, birch and willow tree; 9f the broad minted moon And, O, rare evening star, Of the sea uncoined, Bronze have [| of all the flelds and trees; The tumbling jewels o’ the alr And simple pebbles in the brook are mine. Also a treasure of eves: kind { meet in man and animal. —New York Tribune. ase. Mrs. “Cowgill called from she head of the stairway. “Silas, | sont you come here and help me?” [here was no answer, and Mrs. Cow gitl called again, stan.pea her foor im- satiently, and raised her voice for the fourth and fifth time. “Oh, Silas, Silas, what makes you long? You know I want you right now.” Them she turned, went back into her | room, and began to take off her poke | pounet which she had so carefully put on & few minutes before, and which she wished Silas to see before the two ventured forth to the concert. She went at her task reluctantly, as if «till expecting that Silas would cor in answer to another call. But her reluctance soon gave way to determin ation, and it was not long until had removed her hat and dress and put on an old wrapper. She then looked pensively out of the window One moment quickly adds to another when pensiveness holds a person, and the moments had grown to many when Mrs. Cowgill feit a hand mn the arm. She turned and there stood Jilas, smiling, and with a word on his dps. Bnt before he could briag forth what he intended to say Cowglil headed him off. “Now, Silas.” she said, “I you tell me anything about it know you are late that [ have been waiting all the time. You Silas, am not used to such treatment never have put up with it, 11d mean ta b gin this late like to know what has you? Mrs. Cowgill stopped to take breat} while Silas stood in dazed surpr Never had such words passed between them “It’s useless to try Cowaill,” his wife you can't and you know it. I'm woman in some wavs, Silas, can't be fooled. I've loved y forty years and never has sross word But | again, Silas, you can't begin to me this late day. I'm determined on that. Sllas. I'm determin-d.’ And Mrs. Cowgill sten briskly from the room. leaving Silas staring after her in amazement. He stood tor a moment, then startad to fol her He went out into the hall and was J in time to see her skirts disappear In the spare bedroom. So, downheart od, he turned back. went down the stairs, and out in the street It was half past eight o'clock. The concert had begun, and Silas knew the church was crowd:d And as he thought of the music and songs others would enjoy and of how pleasing things were to Sarah he began to derstand why his tardi had such a disappointment to her he half-blamed himself for t quarrel. In this mood he walked on and many of his friends glanced at him and wondered why he neglected his usual greeting But Silas was sblivious to all and not until he bad walked around the square three times did he return from the depths his thoughts to a realizing sense that there were other things in the world A voice, rasping and quick. brought him from his reveris. He looked up and saw on the opposite corner a crowd of men and boys gathered about | 2 man who was standing on a box The man was holding something in | his hands and talking and gesticu tating wildly. He wore a high hat. in itself a sign of greatness when worn in the right place His coat was a frock, his vest low cut, and on his | shirtfront a dazzling light sparkled Surely such a man commands respect And the citizens of Solitude were a courteous people. An Bilas stood on the corner watch. ing the man the latter stopped his talk a moment, looked at him, and beck oned for him to join the crowd. Silas | failed to understand at first, but when | the people who had already collected | also turned and called to him he walk od across the street. “Now I've got soriething here you | want-—just the thing you need,” began | the man on the box, leaning over so far as to directly address Silas. “Just the think you want, sir. Just the thing.” How'€ you know [| wanted some. thing ™ asked Silas, hesitating, yet be- lHering. “Merely by looking at you,” replied the man without pause. “Can teil jt by your face. You're in trouble and I warrant you [ have something here that will cure you in a day. Nay, in a minute—a second. Here, take this bottle. Look at it. Smell it. Taste it. And If you don't say it is the best medicine you ever saw then my name's not Dr. Orsephus Jefferson.” . Whether it was the “doctor's” alo cuence or the weight of his name that cast a spell over him Silas never knew. But he did know a moment later that he had banded the man a five dollar bill and received in exchange six bot. ties of “Hestrtease, the Greatest Rem. eyes Deavtse “Silas,’ S50 ne she touch her Mrs. don't want You rt, and » for y ul far th ~NF for the con hers Know, that nn" wil day. 1. y Kent before as know an old but I for had a to axplain, Sil went on, “I yu you neglect ped low 158 such un- hoon And thair firse! ness of Wa- Pains, edy Ever Known to Science. ranted to Cure All Aches, Corns, Bunions, Coughs, Colds. Stands Without a Parallel in Making Glad.” Silas loked at his purchase, at the crowd about him, at the “doctor.” He started as if to hand the back to him. But that fine gentleman without seeming to notice Silas, stepped into a carriage that had just drawn up, announced to the crowd that he had sold out his entire stock, but hoped to be with them vear made a profound bow, bestowed upon them a smile and drove ‘away down the street, leaving his late cus tomers to stare after him with envy at his command of the English lan. guage and hypnotized by his dash of manner. Silas stood there for a moment with the others, still holding his six bot. tiles of “Heartease.” He then walked back to the large house that had shelt ered him and Sarah since, as young lovers, they had moved into it. With a firmer step than that with which he had left it earlier ix the evening he went through the hallway, upstairs, and twapped—for the oa time—on the door of the spare bedroom before a “Well?” “It's me idly. “Silas, Silas.” gill “But away two hours ago.” “But I'm Silas, | | you. And I've got somethin’ you need. And a mighty good bargain it was, | tell you. I give only 35 for it.” Five dollars,” came a loud exclamation. Land sakes alive What buy?” “l can't door.” Silas knew the weakness of the wo man. He had aroused Sarah's curios ity, and the rustle of a skirt told him that she was living up to tradi- tions of her sex, except that she was hurrying. which is altogether an un- precedentsd thing. In a moment she stood gefore him “Silas.” she said, and tender at that in fact—""Silas, here | -Silas,” replied Silas, tim Cow- went questioned Mrs you ain't Silas. He 1 tel from within in “Five dollars. did You tell until the you open 3 the the old way am.” Silas looked into his wife's eves and her as if to embrace rememberad that his high with the six les of “Heartease™ same ization cams to Mrs and it the ridiculous situ of it Lae burst out started toward Then he were piled her arms The Cowg ation laughing what's in them And she “My dear man, Them? ‘Them? he could go no further His laugh joined with that and hard did he shake that two of th. of his precious purchase fell to the floor and their fragments scat tered in every direction. And as he grabbed at the third the rest slipped from his arms and met a like fate their contents soaking the rag carpet Mirth had seized Nor could such a trivial thing as the lestruction of six bottles of “Heart ase” cause dignity to take its place Still, Mrs. Cowgill, with the instincts of a house-wife, thought of the damage that might be done to her floor by the unknown concoction, and with 2 "Pick up the glass, Silas, while | get a pan of water.” started the kitchen and was back before Silas had fairly begun his work she scrubbed away she said “Silas, what in the stuff, anyhow?” “Well, was piled sheepishly “What s that?" “A cure.” “What for.’ “Everything; of all for the heart of an old person that needs to be made glad. And you know somethin’ is the matter with your heart’ “My heart,” and Mrs. Cowgill look ed at her husband in alarm “Yes, your heart. It's ill replied “Now, Silas, me.” ‘Have you forgotten what you call me?’ said Silas. And with the words the light of recollection shone in Mrs. Cowgill's eyes “Silas,” she said “Sarah,” he spoke low as if the word was sacred. And, as when the days they stood with the arms of each the other. Their heads, now streaked with gray, were pressed close Silas, haif ashamed, told of his purchase of the “Heartease.” And as his bot i 0S Them?” repeated Silas But of his wife, “4 bottles upon these two true for And as is this world it ‘Heartease' he re but boat at ease,’ what do you mean? Tell were young, comrade fck Stoker in the New York Times Bricks Made at the Gas Works. A remarkable instance of econom! cal operation of an industrial plant is recorded at the Crystal Palace dis trict of the Metropolitan Gas Com pany, of London. A new retort house is being constructed with brick made by the otherwise idle. retort house stokers, and from clay dug from the proposed site of a new gas-holder tank. The quality of brick made here is sald to be very good, and there is a lively demand for all that the com- pany makes above its own demands. An old disused horizontal rétort stack of arches has been converted into very good brick kilns, The Biggest Outdoor Concert. The biggest open-air concert in the world is the Welsh Bisteddfod, which is attended yearly by 20000 to 30. 000 people. NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY. A very clever novelty in the way of velry was worn by a Scotch Peeress this week, says The london Graphic, emeralds, rubies, and other stones, so arranged as to fairly repro- duce the tartan of the wearer's clan. idea is a Marie Stuart's cap, made entirely of dia- monds and emeralds, with a very large emerald in the centre of the lit- t'e front point. One regrets that this beautiful specimen of the joeweler's nd worn as such THE BETROTHAL BASKET. basket The basket affair with a tall, ing handle of woven wire, is not more than an inch and a half high. As for the flowers in the basket a tiny stone (or a bud. flowers have four stones of the regulating cutting. Rubles make the prottiest flowers, while emer alds are used to the best advantage for foliage. The baskets are used as betrothal gifts in Iwaly. The is attempting to introduce the custom in this country The baskets are tached to neck chains, hal graceful betrot small, cury Rerves GOWNS. that black Is dress BLACK Although say color,” the black of bas many lights and shades, being com posed not of black, but of many Take, for instance, the dead black crepe de chine mixed with that pecu liary beautifu loudy effect chiffon. This would probably be trim mad with a glimmer of satin and a be coming black chenille or velvet, jets of varving shades Then ated a black dress which in detail, There is black chene aft are not quite we one is cre a great desire srnoon frocks beautiful as they are new as crepe hine, but they ful Lui are use }) TRIMMINGS and ord THREAI Tassels vari with of silk, wool kinds of threads to Bee different a form of trimming seen on fmported mod and us and with and with the head, says EOWNA are dress many els, are both with mit the combination of cord: tiny rosettes of silk at the Delineator The latest which rank bef laces f: ming thin gowns, Wn cate flower designs done mixed linen This nove ery {is or adorn tral tint Again the tend y or flowered effects and combinations of exmplified in the new laces—dark and pale bl black and white and dark with white embroideries, trim batiste ors» the wr are sh fell sfiks threads especially suited f ng a material of neu- COIOr is ue ecru ABOUT TRUNK PACKING short which one is accompani idea to put all For sojourns upon of one's finer apparel in boxes, the sort in which a walst or jacket usually sent home from the lealera. Two handsome bodices will go into one of these and the skirt of an elaborats evening dress may be arefully stowed in another, plenty of tissua paper being used in either case The same scheme should be folivw- d with handsome garments while hosiery, moner frocks will be used to fill in. If there no hat compartment, and a hat trunk is not included in one's im pediments, one’s h_adgear should also go into such boxes, though. it must be admitted, the flat hats of thia year may in some instances packed in with ut serious damage Of course, this only holds good for a short journey; for travel out of the quéstion is other be he TO BE CHEERFUL. If a woman permits the dally drudg ery of existence to control her mind and nerves, 80 that a habit is formed, the ultimate effects cannot be other than disastrous Irritable, dissatisfied natures | necessary to the hair is not braided, but pinned in soft twists, folds or puffs. The figure eight twist Is becoming to some heads, ordinary day wear the black velvet bow continues in favor, Combs of tortoise-shell hold the hair in place at the sides. Barettes or bars of tor toise-shell fasten the hair at the back of the head, the newest styles being large. Some of these are carved ot open work, but plainer ones are gimply curved scrolls. The low colffure is fo! evening wear, and with a short curl ar the neck is adopted by a few. Hal: ornaments for evening are lace bows or butterflies, large star-shaped lace flowers, chiffon and lace rosettes, pink roses or scarlet poppies spangled with dewdrops, bandeaux of close.set leaves and berries, wreaths of leaves or flow ers, with a knot of flowers in front tiaras of tulle spangled with rhine stones. With the hair dressed low i is possible to wear more flowers thar with the hair high. A band of rhine stones with a rose at each side may he chosen for a low coiffure. Plain greep are much the fashion Ivy leaves against dark hair are very be coming. Amber combs or ivory combs low coiffure, worn.—The Delineator. SEES THE VAINEST It no wonder toat susceptible to men's flatter WOMAN women ard sald ar who has been employed for years in the ladies’ waiting room of ¢ large railroad station. “Women ar: certal the creatures in the world. They do begin to be out done peal Every day [| ses of insati vanity that al make me shudder, for [| realize that vanity might lead to if gome master in the art is inly vainest not by a ock evidences ate most what by 3 “Of course, brings me women. Ip not beep grown (« proportions in ail it is degree NO matter may be, how plain o1 how handsome, she will gaze upon her if in some way before room. The woman nothing in the face vanity, will cast a fu into the mirror as she passes another of sex wil rushing here to She thinks ol moments’ rest in the on the largest herself before which she be my position has has but some of them this in ia germ other it innate in some leaves whic she of toil, or figure « riive thin a has But Colne the simply t type in a how she looks never hing a rocker She will snat few or ouchea Pose and the bp tuen Lae argest mirror one has y and ins y scruting herself from he She will twist about back, and walk skirt hang Then pon her face, she jerks wat, vell and gloves and 10 her toes her ner yeaa at ont 0 see how ith a frown u ff her jacket, } work es 10 First little water on ‘hief which somewhere she dabbles a with a handker: hidden about her purpose. Then she opens her hatelaine bag and brings out a smal’ mounted comb. After her hail: is arranged her liking she brings out a tiny powder box and puff and ar eyebrow pencil. With a large and as variety of grimaces she pro her wonderful complexion would surprised at ths number of ways women have of carry ing cosmetics, ets hey conceal @ powder bag in a glove, in the lining of a hat, in a pocketbook, bag and chate laine, but more often in stockings “1 used to be an sttendant in a larg: department store There one often sees wonderful! transformations A woman will often go out wearing clothes and looking like an other person from her who entered As men are never admitted to such places their knowledge of feminine is necessarily limited-—and it is thing. They flatter the silly enough as it ~New York has sliver fo ceeds with You be a good things He is mail buttons of black or white gowns A hat which has some distinction i# attitude. It is possible for a confirmed invalid | to perform with a cheerfulness of spirit that Can it be said that such a person does not enjoy life more than another who has For the sake of one's own peace of happiness of others, the cultivation of a cheerful disposition in the home is necessary. Tempers and dispositions are lesa due to hereditary than to the habits which we permit ourselves to drift into.-~New York News. HAIR FASHIONS. Fashions for wearing the hair and ornaments for the hair are In great variety at present. The cholce for the arrangement of the hair should con: form gracefully to the face and fea tures. The full, soft pompadour Is still dn favor, but is not exaggerated in effect. It is no longer the fashion to cover the ears with waves of hair. The hair waved and worn high is be coming to most faces, very few having the classic head and regular features slate in tone, trimmed with pale blue ribbon The new idea in dainty dress trim ming consists of ribbon fringed and trimmed with narrow ace. Louis XIII. collars of white or ecru | linen handsomely embroidered are ¢ | feature of both coats dresses Outing hats of stitched taffeta ip dark shades are simply trimmed with a twist about the crown and large bow in front of the stitched silk. natural colors are « ceedingly effec tive on black silk hose, but are expes sive To carry with light colored dressy gowns are wrist bags of white satin or moire, covered with small gold spangles, The mounting is of rose gold. Rain coats made of waterproof cloth appeal to the economical mind, inas much that they may be worn on al occasions during all the seasons of the year. A white serge skirt to wear with shirt waists is made with a yoke be low which the fullness Is laid in box pds. The placket is fastened with a white silk lacer. The skirt clears the ground by an inch. One of the newest of the flower trimmed pelerines is of brown tulle, with green moss edgings finished with green satin bow and long ends. SOFKA, AN INDIAN DRINK, Made of Cornmeal—White People Are Becoming Fond of it. Sofka, the national drink of the Creek Indians of the Indian Territory, is to them what the mint julep is to the native Kentuckian, says the Chi cago Inter-Ocean. It is made of corn and water. There are three kinds— plain, sour and white, The latter two are fancy snd mixed drinks. The recent invasion by white people of the domain of the Creek Indian has popularized the sofka until the fashion of drinking it has spread all over the Southwest. indians have a dish made expressly for sofka. When Indian wants a sofka dish he goes to the woods, hews down a hiskory and cuts there from a block ten inches thick. In one side of this block he hollows a bowl-shaped cavity six inches deep and makes the inside as smooth as possible In this v¢ corn, and with a times ia tree »s8¢l the Indian places his which is some. more com- unds che Then some and all the grains out peste, stone, hut Kory made of monly of hard hi corn until it is a coarse meal. he takes some kind of fan thing which will take its fans the b husks fly away are uneven in larger grains finer meal A potful of hot of meal are us When the put in the placed over having tom and ashes. Then with water, Hold this vessel taining the meal and let the iye mad by the water scaking through the ashes drip into th of k Then the mixture id for three to five next aside and not This plain The way, Lt it has soured soured mixture among the fulll White and Indians they raise pose grains flakes been corm he E00 or place, grains unti. If the siz roken broken takes them he the 3 Deals and into a water end two euuarts ed in making sofka water have been has some and and e fire corn the been pot th pot take in the s clean the vessel ides or bot wood perforations put in it some nearly fill vessel the pot con i 1¥ aver t is from 4 he rs drun ir davs is se later is sofka sour in the same aside until fl. a SOIREE 1S 3 § 3 Pe ut the mixture Or sofka corn taste are are sater boiled in the is then known The In a3 Lhe LIL thelr dumplings dumplings a halt a gmall A Fla dians eat with dish known as blue the making of biue cups of cornmeal are teaspooniul of baking soca and quantity of butter he meal and oughly. Enough make the meal hold is rolled into iittle tie balls are dr boil water, five minutes and served hot any palate, se mixed thor to soda are butter is used together, and if These Ii into a from three « with a dish is fit i halls t of ypped pot boiled removed The LE spoon for Tiger Shooting in the Deccan. A remarkable account of four days tigershooting enjoved by Lord Villers and a friend in the Deccan is given in the Indian Sporting Times just hand. Starting from Hyderabad ar the guests of H. H. the Nizam every thing was carefully ined, and re liable shikaris and the necessary beat ers engaged in the neighborhood of the first camp two tigers were shot, a male (5ft. 3in), and a female (8ft 6in.), and after waiting two days. as “no kills” were reported. though bol locks were tied up nightly, the porty shifted to a fresh camp Hers they were less fortunate, for, althongn tigers were seen, they could not be in duced to foraard to the ma chans (or Satiorns in trees: where the two rifles awaited them t broke back through the line »* beaters. At the third camp lord Villers and hiz companion (who is not named) each got a fullgrown tiger, and between them one cub. At the fourth camp thirty miles away, a ma'e cup escaped hard hit, but was vecovaerad next day and was found to measure 7ft. 10in, while an old tigress, 8ft. Tin., was kill ed on the spot In addition, three full-grown cubs were shot, whi“h mea sured respectively S8ft. Tin. ft. luvin and ft Sin. Thus it appears that al together ten tigers were Killed uring this brief excursion.—London Globe. plan JET Fog and the Fair Sex. We are naving very heavy fogs at night and morning. [ have seen the It usually clears off for sweeps in the night like a wet blanket They tell me it is only “a spell of wea ther” and that fine evenings will be it ie serve. And I often think of the dear during atmospheric conditions that were unfavorable to retaining the hair in curl. And, by the way, what beau as a rule! [I observed this feature when in Ontario, at Toronto and the Thousand Islands. Sometimes they have 400 much to “do up” prettily and san only coll it in shining brown or golden braids. There is a great pre | ponderance of gold red and gold | brown. [| wonder if it is due to thelr ancestry from Auld Scotia. their an namesake? Fine complexions I have just had the | Household Column. TO REMOVE GREASE. Mix pipe clay with water to the con. sistency of cream, spread it on the spot, and leave it till next day, when it may be easily brushed or scraped off. If the grease has not disappeared entirely, repeat the process. ANTIQUES ARE POPULAR. The love for antiques which has be come a general epidemic has lad 1 the revival of ancient materials us well as design Just now, pewter tankards and the like, all of modern make, but with every charm of tha old time creations, are abundant in the stores.—New York Tribune COFFEE POTS au ith 1oriti SH THE Certain aim that earthenware should be used in maki coffee. To prove their theory call attention to the due to a chemical action of colfes metal, which, they be found on pot after coffee only ug they subztanre and always Mee ead wr inLy can a tin «c Say the ins makir REMOVING An easy and satisfactory move dust from a painted floor wel a flannel! bag wrung out as possible; put it drag it with floor. All the dirt collected in one taken dust DUST way 1« as on the broom even stroke will in this anaq ieaving place without can up on the paint LOOSENING GLASS STOPPERS There are several ways of loosen the glass of de bottles. une is to stand in hot water, another tie oll with a feather per and the decanter and stand the fire. After per gently all sides, and .f it peat ing o and bottl rop a the anters the stoppers is to d between ston it near a time strike the ston with a plece wood of an Bot move ie A0€8 the process CETS GOOD An ingious slave to in hou nothing els tard sekeepin in cus and a kettle puts ustard it tight, immerses it iz water and Jets it and unti! ti this means, she water is admitted under the lid of there not the as in ing. A pottom the ket {rom bouseke«eper by cutting it tablespoonful in a the spoon forms of ries, candied cherries — New York Tribune $ jar She the COOK is bak of contact wit often put Keep the ia The SEY er «¢ 4m ustarad Liv the ning and heaping lass igh 2CIPES Cucumber Farcied.- cucumbers cut in half scoop out the seeds ture of chopped « little butter and p Select large i*ugthwise and Fill with a mix hicken and ham, a yarsiey, Sawason wth salt and pepper, and 1f more wetting is needed use cream or stock. Place in 8 pan with a little stock and bake until tender. When done remove them to a hot platter, add a dash of catsup to the gravy in the pan snd pour over the cucumbers Eggs—Cut hard boiled eggs in half lengthwise; remove the yolks and whites aside in pairs; mash the yolks and add a little led ham and enough melted butter to make consistency to shape; form into balls the size of the yolk removed; form the remainder of the mixture in 2 nest; put the egg in this nest and pour over & white sau.» sprinkie witn buttered crumbs and brown in a quick oven. Calf's heart Scrambled put the devi Heart Roasted-—-8Socak the in cold water gne hour, clean it arefully remove the tough mem brane; wipe it dry; fill the cavity with a stuffing made with bread crumbs finely chopped parsley, salt and pep per: roll the heart in greased paper; put it in the dripping pan; put it in the oven and bake siowly for two hours; put a little dripping in the pan; when the heart is tender remove it from the paper; make a brown gravy and strain over the heart Cherry Fritters—One cupful stoned sour cherries. one cupful of flour, one-half a cupful of milk, two tablespoonfuis of sugar, one table spoonful of butter, one tablespoonful each of salt and baking powder, one fourth of a teaspoonful of cloves or mace, two eggs. Baat the eggs sep arately, adding the yolks to the milk, blend the butter with the sugar and mix with the milk; add the sifted flour, salt and baking powder a little at a time: then the beaten whites whipped lightly in; lastly the fruit Fry in a quantity of hot lard until a delicate brown; serve with powdered sugar. Chicken Salad--Cut cold boiled fowl | or chicken in half-inch pieces; cut celery in small pieces; let them stand | In ice Wailer an Gour or two, then drain and dry on a towel, wee equal parts oi chicken, with a littie French dressing, "and just before serving mix the | chicken and celery with a little mayon- | naise dressing: mound on a salad dish and garnish with the yolks of two hard boiled egies rubbed through a fine strainer, capers and celery tips and ‘dots of mayonnaise; stoned olives, of i | | 4
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