•ea't Tokaeee Spit tad Saokt Taar IJt* l«af. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mac Mtio. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To Bao. the wonder-worlcer, that makes weak men Mroog. All druggists, 600 or 11. Cure guaran teed- Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Oft. Chicago or H|W York. Norway Is the one country in Europe which has a lower deuth rate than Eng land. What flhall We Have For Dessert! This question arises In the family daily. Let u answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared in 2 mln. No koillnK! no baking I Simply Add a little hot water & set to cool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange, Xaspborry and Strawberry. At grocers. 10c. The Christian Endeavor Society is repre sented in every country In the world. "VITALITY low.debllitated or exhausted cured kfi'r. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. Fkbk $, trial bottle for 2 wei ks'treatment. Dr. Kline Ld., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia. Founded 1871 One hundred thousand tons of apples are raised on British soil yearly. From Washington How a Little Boy Was Saved. Washington, D. C. —"When our bo; was about 16 months old he broke out with a rash which was thought to be measles. In a few days he had s •welling on the left side of his neck and it was decided to be mumps. He was given medical attendance foi about three weeks when the doctoi •aid it was scrofula and ordered a •al ve. He wanted to lance the sore, but 1 would not let him and continued giving him medicine for about font months when the bunoh broke in two places and became a running sore Three doctors said it was scrofula and each ordered a blood medicine. A neighbor told me of a case somewhat like our baby's which was cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. I decided to give it to my boy and in a short while his health improved and his neck healed so nicely that I stopped giving him the inedioine. The sore broke out again, however, whereupon I again gave him Hood's Sarsaparilla and its persistent use has accomplished a complete eure." MBS. NETTIE CHASE, A 7 K St.. N. E. What do the Children Drink ? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the now food drink Tho more Grain-0 you give the children the moro health you distrib ute througn their systems. Grain-0 is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tnstes like the choice grades of coffee but costs about Jas much. All grocers sell it. 150. and 253. Try Crain-O! Insist that yoar grocer gives you GRAIN-O Accept no Imitation. Urlgnnds In the The Bussian Government has at last adopted what promises to be an effective measure for suppressing the lawless bands of robbers who have foi fears past held various districts of the Caucasus in a state of terror. Some two years ago the military authorities »t Tiflis oarne to thesuooor of the peo ple by distributing arms and ammuni tion among them; in many instanoei machine guns were furnished to the chiefs of mountain villages aad isolated lettlements in the plains. For a time raiding banditti suffered severe K>sses, but by organizing regulai pitched battles against the villagerc »nd settlers they again got the uppei band. A body of 5500 military and mounted police, all picked men, has BOW been organized for the special purpose of exterminating the pest, which is particularly prevalent in the two governments of Kutais and Ears, Ko quarter will be shown to the bri-g amis offering resistance, and thoso taken prisoner will be tried by court ■nartial and shot or hanged offhand. Happy Women who have been relieved at painful menstruation by Lydla Plnkham'a Vege table Compound, are oon stantly writing grateful letters to Mrs, Plnkham• cured them, It always relieves painful periods and no woman who suf fers should be without this knowlodgom Nearly all the Ills of women result from some derangement of the female organism• Mrs* Plnkham's great medl olne makes women healthyf of this there Is overwhelming proofm Don't experiment• If you suffer get this medi cine and get Mrs* Plnk ham's tree advloom Her address Is Lynn, Mass* "IE l USA i TbMwson's EiiVatif LIFE. A cradle, a laugh, A lover's obaff, And blossoms, and chimes, and frlen Is; A deathbed scene. • And a inouud ot green, * Where a weeping woman bends. A smile, a fear, A sprinkle, a tear, The blossoms, the chimes, the friends; And night makes way, For another day. Of the life that never ends. I HARD TIMES, i 112 BY Y. ■£. X I "So he's gone at last, has he?" said my wife, with a little, piquant eleva tion of her pretty brows. "I began to think he was somehow gifted with im mortality." "Dead at last," said I."And what do you think, Jenny? He has left us $100." "A hundred dollars!" echoed my wife, clasping her hands together. "Oh! Charles—a #100!" Now all this may sound like a two ' pence-half-penny sort of affair to some of my readers, as I am very well aware. But as I am ouly a clerk on a salary of S9OO a year—a #IOO drifting, as it wore, out of the sky, seemed a very ueat little snm to me. Jenny and 1 were both young peo ple, just beginning the world, with no particular riches, except one cheeked baby. Jenny did her own work, made my shirts and cut and fitted her own dresses. I walked to and from business every day to save the 20 cents omuibus fares. We did our best to make both ends meet and a tight pull we found it So that you will easily see that this SIOO bill represented considerable more to us thau its more face value! Old Uncle Moses Manson was mor tally offended when his niece, Jenny Clifford, chose to marry me instead of a wizened, bespectacled, old contem porary of his own. He had never spoken to her Bince, and we naturally entertained no very exalted hopes of any testamentary recollections on his part. And the SIOO bill, therefore, possessed the charm of an agreeable surprise into the bargaiu. "Charlie," said Jenny, under her breath, "what shall we do with it?" "That is the very question," said I. "Do you know, Jenny " I hesitated a little here. "Yes?" she responded, interroga tively. "Every fellow in the bank, except me, has a gold watch. I've been ashamed of this old silver concern more than once. And Seymour has a nice second-hand one for sale that he will let me have for S2O if—" "And turn the SIOO into a mere useless ornament!" cried Jenny, with a strong acceut of disapprobation in her voice. "Charley, that isn't a bit like you." "Well, then, what do you sug gest?" "I should so like to give a social party with it," said Jenny, coaxinglv. "Ouly think how ofteu we've been in vited out since we were married, and never have had a chance to return any of th« hospitalities of our friends. The musicians, the supper, and all, would come within the #100." "And you are absurd euough to wish to eat, and drink, and dance up a sum like that!" I cried. "No, 110, Jennette, it is entiroly out of the question." "A new velvet suit for the baby?" suggested Jenny, pouting a little at the emphasis of my words. "How would it correspond with the rest of our surroundings?" I asked, not without an accent of bitterness. "You had a great deal better suggest a new winter suit and overcoat for me. You never seem to observe how shabby I am getting." "Nobody notices a gentleman's dress," said Jenny. "I can make your overcoat look very nice with fresh bindiug and new buttons—but how I should like a sealskin jacket!" "Jenny," said I, somewhat dis gusted, "I had no idea you could be so selfish." Jenny colored and tossed her head. "Selfish, indeed'" cried she. "I would like to know whether you have yet suggested anything which was not for your own special benefit and use!" We were both silent. I don't sup pose either of us had felt so vindic tive before, since our marriage. Clear ly, the SIOO bill had worked no great benefit a? yet. "I'll tell you what, Jenny," said I; "let's compromise. Let's buy a uew sittiug-room and stairs carpet. I saw a beautiful pattern at Moody's yester day—pearl-gray, with a viue of scar let moss all over it." "I don't care very much for new carpets as long as we live on a second floor," said Jenny. "And you don't seem to remember, Charles, that I haven't had a silk dress since we were married. , Black silk is suitable for all occasions, from a wedding to a funeral, and I really think " "I believe a woman's thoughts are always runuing on dress," muttered I, somewhat contemptuously. "I'm sure that black alpaca of yours is beautiful." , "That's all you know about the matter," said Jenny, elevating ' her nose. "Well, I don't care. Spend the money as you choose. Only, Uncle Moses was my relative." "And the money was left to me, Mrs. Evarts," said I. Jenny looked at iue with her eyes full of tears. "Oh, Charles," said she, "how can you speak to me so?" "Because I'm a brute, Jenuy,"said I, fairly melted, "forgive me, and we'll fling the paltry old SIOO bill into the fire before we'll let it scatter the I tends of division between nn " "No, Charley, don't uo that," said Jenny laughing through her tears. "Let's—put it in the savings bank." "Agreed," said I, sealing the bar gain with one of our old-fashioned kisses. "And apropos of savings banks, did I tell you about Greene?" "No. What about Greene?" "Why, he and his wife have just moved into the prettiest little Gothic cottage you ever saw, just the other side of the Harlem bridge, with a lawn and a garden, and space to keep a little Alderney cow." "Rented it?" "No, bought it" "Why, Charles how can that be? Greene has only two or three hundred a year more than you, and it takes money to buy places in the country." "All savings banks, my dear," said I. "Greene tells me that he and his wife have been saving up for years, with speoial reference to this country home for their children. They com menced with a 50-ceut piece." "We can do better than that!" said Jenny, with sparkling eyes. "Please God, dear Charley, our little fellow shall have a green and sunny place to play in before he is many years older! And I'll do without the silk dress." "And I'll make the old overcoat last another season,at the very least," I added. "And we'll give up all such non sense as new carpets- " "And gold watches." "And foolish suppers and wines and everything else that isn't absolutely necessary," added Jenny, comprehen sively. ' The next morning bright and early, as soon as business hours would per mit, I went and deposited the SIOO in the nearest savings bank. A week afterward Mr. Manyply dropped in, iu afi iendly way. Mr. Manyply is the lawyer who transacted Uncle Moses Mansuu's financial affairs —a plump, bald-headed, deep-voiced old gentlemau, who always dresses in spotless black and wears a big seal ring on the little fiuger of his left hand. "So," said Mr. Manyply, "you've invested that 8100, have you?" "Yes," said I, with the complacent air of one who has an account iu bank. "But how did you know it?" "Oh, I know a good many things," said Mr. Manyply, oracularly. "But what's the idea of it?" "Economy," struck in Jenny prond ly. "We are saving now Mr. Many ply. We mean to have a home for little Charley—a garden full of roses aud pinks and staawberries one of these days." "And a very laudable ambition," said Mauyplv in that smooth, oily way of his. "How much would such a place cost now?" "Charles thinks if we waited for a bargain we could secure it for about $7000," .fenny answered, promptly. "Buy it now,then," said Mr. Many ply. "Here's a check for $8000." "Eh?" cried I, breathlessly. "A check," the old lawyer went on, "signe 1 by Uncle Manson, payable to the order of his niece, Jane Anne Evarts. Ah! yon may well look as tonished. He wns an eccentric old chap, this uncle of yours, Mrs. Evarts —and I have written instructions to keep an eye on the manner iu which you invested that SIOO bequest of his. 'lf it is squandered in auy foolish way,' he writes, 'there is an end of the matter. Put my money all in the hospital for hunchbacks. If they show any disposition to save help them along with this check for SBOOO, to be expended only in the purchase oi real estate.' My young friends, I congratulate you." And Mr. Manyply's spectacles beamed upon us like two full moous. This is how we became possessed of our lovely little country home, where Charley thrives like a growing flower and Jenny flits about' in a broad-brimmed gardening h a t ( trim ming roses, pruning gooseberries and planting lily-bulbs. And the SIOO bill still lies untouched in the savings bank. "It shall be Charley's fortune," says my wife. "It would be a shame to touch it after it has wrought us so much good." And I quite agree with her. I»e!irate Fabrics From Iloilo. Perhaps the most attractive package received from the Philippines in Man chester was thur which went to Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, the mother of Lieut. William Sullivan of the Twenty-sixth regimeut. The pack age contained arjll of exquisite nun's veiling, which was made by the na tives. Rolled up with the cloth were two shuttles, with the bobbins in place, and which the natives operate by haud in making this nun's veiling. Accompanying this package was a letter which was dated at Iloilo aud coutaiued a few facts about the manu facture of the cloth. Lieutenant Sul livan wrote that the cloth is made by the natives of Iloilo in the cottages, and the quantity sent in the package (a number of yards) cost ouly $2. "The natives weave some of the finest patterns and colorings you can imagine," wrote the lieutenaut, "and the cloth is made from the banana fibre. They also make a c!T>th from the pineapple fibre, which is as deli cate as silk." The shuttles accompanying the cloth were of a dark wood, and were well polished, as if they had been used to a great extent. Whoever made them was well versed in the use of wood working tools. Glass beads had been placed in the bottom |of the shuttles to make them ruu easily, these beads runuiug on an axis of wire.—Man chester (N. H.) Union. There was recently put up in the Baldwin Locomotive Works a crane which has a span of 153 feet. It wilt lift a 196,000 pound locomotive 40 feet in the air, carry it 336 feet and set it down again in three minutes and 36 aaonqds. I NEW YQRK FASHIONS. I 1 Designs For Costumes That Have Be- || £ come Popular in the Metropolis. iBiBBBHBBSIBsI NKW YORK CITY (Special).—The Puritan maiden will remain be« ond Easter, for she represents a fetching spring fashion. THE PURIXAJf MAIDEN. Demure as she looks, this fin de siecle Puritan, she may be a daughter of Marie Antoinette as well as of Pris cilla, for, with all her quaintness, she does not lack coquetrj. Her kerchief is of gauzy chiffon, white or blaok or palest gray or blue, and it fastens above her bosom with a glittering broooh that would not be approved by the elders. Or it becomes a fichu outright, and knots in front and falls to the waist, and knots again upon the hips and flut- I! SOME VABU'PIONd OF TUCKING. ters where it-will in long ruched and ruffled and lace-edged ends. The Puritan maiden is the girl with thenneew e scarf, and that it suits her to wear it with a gray Lenten gown and a modest poke hat adorned with spring flowers is just a part of the girl's oharm and whimsically—these qualities beiug often one. It is said that Miss Beatrix Hoyt, the famous girl golfer, was the first to wear the new scarf. Fashionable dressmakers are adapting it to cos tumes for the South, to bridesmaids' dresses for E& B terlweddings and to all manner of fresh and filmy summer gowns. Tack* on Everything. The vogue of the tuck is something startling. Everything is tucked from milady's hat to the bow on her dainty evening slipper. The shirt waist revels in tucks nn til one is ready to vote the shirt which boasts none a sorry affair. Then there's the entire bodice, for evening wear or otherwise, which is tucked. And very beautifnl it is. In some elaborate instances the entire dress is tucked to below the knees. ' Then there's a mere tucked yoke; most dainty little finish in taffeta for a taut little blouse bodise. The tucked guimpe is the yoke plus sleeves, though it is tucked in the opposite direction—crosswise that is. The one pictured in the large illustration is of monsseline. As we all know the world of lingerie rests on a foundation of tucks. A few ornament the plainer specimens, while the splendid sorts are masses of tucks, tucks bias, tucks straight, tucks in lattice effect, tuoks without number. So much for the tuok, and it seems that the "latest tuok" ia to get as many tucks as possible. Great Vofcue of Whit*. As to oolors there's a new choice. It is white! Time was when this color—or laok of it—was supposed to be the especial prerogative of babies and brides. Such is no longer the case. White has been ' declared ever so proper and modish, which means that everybody, from the debutante to your grandmother, ia thus arrayed. And it's rather a pity, since all the women in white and all the men in blaok give assemblages rather a dul' appearance. Bells For tlie Shirt Waliti. Belts for the new shirt waists are of the familiar little narrow-stitched bands of silk to match or of contrast ing silk, when the waists are trimmed. When the waists are tucked length wise, the tucks on the sleeves going around, instead of lengthwise, are pretty, and make the arm look larger. Many of the sleeves are finished with a few little tucks across the top of the sleeves, such as have been woru for some time. Stvle of the New Corset. Corsets are important factors ot dress. The new corset is absolutely straight in the front, curving in only at the sides and back. Corsets are left very loose at all points above the waistline, where they begin to tighten, aud the hips are laced snugly. This gives the required decided dip in the front of the waist line. Everything is done to stand correctly that thesf lines may be produced. Wrought With Silver. How showy is the waistcoat, collar band or fichu of white satin clouded with silver-wrought net! Sometimes the satin is wrought with silver and then the effect is liked almost as well. Silver cords are appliqued down to a white satin stock collar, and are also used to loop across from one silver button to another. A Brace of Handsome Hats. Here is a brpce of spring hats, both pictured by Vogae, which is . lovely enough to appeal to any feminine reader. One is in a dead old-rose straw, very soft aud satiny, and is simply festooned with chrysan themums. These beautifully-made flowers, looking very natural in the various shades of old rose, are bunched high at the left. The same design is carried out in other floral favorites and even followed with cher ries and frosty grapes. The second exampl/B is in black chiffon, its odd feature being the ecru applique in point de Yenise ou the accordioned length which forms the brim. This is pleasing, as well as new, for the lace, being applied over 1 ECRU IAFFUCXJESA S- j r TWO PB*rrr SPRINO HATS. the edges of the plaits, gives a rich depth rather than a flat effeot. The aooordioned chiffon is merely drawn up with a swirl at the left. HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES. Ironing Hit trt waists. When ironing a colored waist, either of silk or cotton fabrio, one should uot use too hot an iron, aud yet it must bo hot enough to iron smoothly, without blistering or sticking to the itarch. An overheated iron injures bright oolors as muoh as do water and poor soap. In ironing a silk waist place a piece o( cheese-cloth over the garment, and iron as any ordinary ar ticle. By doing this the natural ap pearance of the silk is preserved, and ;his would be impossible if the iron were brought in direct contact with it,—Woman's Home Companion. To Restore Polish to Marble. Wheu the polish has been removed Tom marble by acids or from any jther cause it it quite difficult to re itore it with such appliances as one :an use iu the home. However, if me have patience and strength, it cau >e clone. Cover the defaced place vitli a thick bed of powdered puinice itone; wet this with water and then ■ub with a large flat stone, renewing jumice-stoue and water l'rom time to ;ime. It requires a great deal of hard übbing to get a smooth surface; half iu hour a day for three or four days tiay do it. Finish by rubbing with jutty powder aud water. For a rub ber, use a block of wood covered with i piece of soft woolen cloth.—Ladies' Some Journal. Tl»i» Car© of Fooil, This is quite as important as the >roper cooking of it, and a very com petent cook may be very careless in .he matter. Milk takes impurity iT incovered very readily, and although •'ou pay a little more for bottled milk rou may find an uncovered pitcher of t or the bottle with the lid off staud ug on the table. The kitcheu sup plies should include a plentiful as .ortment of cheese-cloth covers, sev sral large ones for general purposes, md a variety of smaller ones for spe ;ific uses. The covers should be lemined, and should be kept immacu ate. The cheese-cloth is easily laun lered, aud porous enough to admit air :o the food it protects. Rigid disci iline will be needed to enforce the lse of the covers or any protection of ,lie food that puts servants to extra .roublo or forethought. It is wise, However, to overlook other shortcom ings until you have established saui ary conditions iu the kitcheu. An Altrai'tivn "Children's Room." If there is any room in the house which is destined to receive the over low of furniture, broken and mis matched odds and .ends, you may de pend upon it that room is the nursery >r "children's room." Many mothers wouder why their little sous and daughters are so fond :>f running the streets, preferring al ways to be out of the house and away from home. Exercise in the open air is the best sort of exercise, but everv :hing can be overdone and the chil- Iren should be taught that some part jf each day must be spent indoors. It does not always occur to parents .hat the simplest explanation of their shildren's desire to be forever on the $o is because they have no place at aome sufficiently attractive to hold :heni there. The nursery should 1 e made a place if beauty to the little ones. Instead jf half-worn aud cast-off furniture it ihould be furnished with an entire lew set. Oak furniture is never ex pensive and is bright aud cheerful in i living-room. One of the prettiest adjuncts to a ■hild's room is a picture screen. Make the screen of plain blue or red lenim on a iight wood frame aud fasten :he pictures on it with small brass saper clamps. Every child has its jwn collection of photographs and : picture cards, aud when these are ar auged artistically the effect is dainty. A toy closet with ample shelf room s another requisite of the nursery. The children should be taught that ;his closet must be kept in order or it will soon show an accumulation of litter. A weekly lenovating will keep ,t fairly clean. If there are cushions iu the nursery they should have good strong covers >{ deuim, fastened on by buttons and juttonhoies so that they can be readi ly removed and laundered when toiled. The draperies for the small toilet tables, curtains, etc., should be of line white muslin capable of enduring innumerable washings. It is well to aave two sets if possible, so that they nay be changed every week or so and , cept in spotless cleanliness,—New | lork World. Recipes. Maple Cream Candy—Three cupful* >f grated maple sugar; one cupful of ihick sweet cream; boil until it hardens .vhen dropped in cold water. Remove rotn the tire and beat with a silver 'ork until it has the consistency of /ery thick cream. Pour into buttered tins aud when cold cut into squares. G'ornmeal Doughnuts—Pour a tea mpfnl and a half of milk over two eacupfuls of meal; wheu cool add ;wo cupfuls of flour, one of butter, me and oue-hulf of sugar, three eggs; Savor with nutmeg or with cinnamon; :et rise till very light: roll about one lalf inch thick, cut in diamond shape ind fry in hot lard. Lamb Olives —Cut slices about half | in inch thick from a leg of lamb, ipread them with a good poultry dress ng, then roll them up and fasten se :urely with small skewers or wooden .oothpicks. Put them into a dripping pan with a little water and a table ipoonful of butter, and bake in a hot jven for thres-quarters of an hour, Mating frequently. Serve with a good pan grav*
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