, WAKING AT NICHT. f.,t( HP l0ne "'f'1' ' ,( I had no eyos; "tare with all my might, J- blackness round me lies. , 1,, tlio faintest sound. V I .imiri with either r-nr. K'iUt " Br"Un'.1: y if 1 could not hear. ... 1 L.1,1 f.t IVlff oiril conies like a aigh 1 ... .i.rknraa rushing imxt. M1 .1.. minutes passing- liv: tip luo .u. thouglits in people' heads, nhev're sleeping in their beds, rattle out nnd fly away I CUT OUT FOR it- VLAHENCE ARNOLD whs com- . . i......n Aftitr nti nliaiiriftA nt elglit years. My father hail ln Clarence's guardian, and iiTfd with tin all his life up to 3, he took a notion to travel all s, olrllliicd. ana not a small por- L .he uncivilized world. r. . . ,iu..,. ..... t. i nrctty Jessie Mason, now we cinrence on the morrow, ami gl) ly giving a description 01 j the following manner: . awfully jony, gooii-nnuirea, baiiilsoiiie, flirts desperately ,'wnVt tease." '. ... ...... tlw, nffnnt ... jpoo Jessie. She opeuea wtuo ( brown eyes and looked at me most comical expression of MO- L g most things, .TeHsle nnd I rery uiueli alike. W lienever Tjjan.v mlKclilef afloat we were, dins; spirits. We moved lu a circle. We were forevor anil currying on In n maimer .jbeeonilnu our years at least so tt long-faced, vlnegar-vlsagc d Loftlio bilious teniiierametit, of we always steered clear. Hut wplr will till!;, you know, and Lit wore lietter to talk nbout mil me than to talk about otb- cnuldn't stand that, sort of H we could. Knt they talked ae more than Jessie, for I was four years older tliati she, and ieniy conduct was more of an on their bilious dignify. Jessie nor I ever thought of tour years between us. We .nb oilier dearly and were In- ft companions. She looked at with those wondrous brown irlilnilng: .4 gracious, Maud, you re Inter it last! 1 have often wondered ort of ft man you Intended to mul my disappointment Is Why, the iiinn you are going italics over is the fac simile young men In our set. who, Lure very well to pass the time rltb, Imt to marry, as the song cu don't feel inclined," laughed wise," I said, reeling n little I that Jessie should put a ronstiuctioii on my words. t Interested In Clarence that B the way you mean. I like ;1 1 want you to set your cap You must fall in love some a know." c must you." laughed Jessie; "twit until you set nm an ex- aud the scarlet creeps from U to her temples as she looks 'be window. i perhaps you'll have to wait 1 Mother says I'm cut out for maid," said I, lightly, tar Maud, you're no more the of an old maid than the old !hfinoim Is. Tell your mother (aim- prophet." i't know that she is," said I, hi I in nearly SI. and mother it la preposterous for me to '1eit at such nil age without arrli'd. Slio keeps telling ine p sister was married at 17 and "UiiiC her that poor Marlon "tti-d It ever since. Hut then ' that marriage is a lottery 7 one cannot lie expected to il with their drawing, and M mother ought to know. Dear '( lost sight of what we were hout. Clarence is ever so w tliiia any one we know, why dun't you fall In love yourself, Maud?" 'Micks!" said I, Impatiently. "Mut him." f keeps Charlie standing down xilil Jessie, Jumping up. ;lk nbout. Clarence another iwl," and Jessie was on the Fiiiil down on the lawu like 'M hi v neck nnd caught ''Charlie Morse down by the ICCOillllH fn L.uuli.'u lillislips looked out of the window n 1 thouorht. "I wonder if h'or hlniV I hope she does '"died Charlie and Jessie on 'together, I thought Charlie '"Just Hudi another as Clnr 1 fell Into a thoughtful a 1 watched them. Jessie's cihc mt.i 0 nlP, why I love PliimiwM A afi f till in V- . Indeed? V w8 In love. Never could " uu out again use oiuer 'Nness knows I was willing "ul I couldn't for the life of culled me a flirt. Hut, as 1 people will talk, you no lilniltlnir their rb I wasn't really-that is, meant to flirt. I treated all ,' "Ice young meu I was nc- w'li alike. Never accepted ri' places of amusement, rtie- orlte but ? Were extremely young , w of them were my own 1 Ilia t i. -- imi jouuger. i uvui- I iuiiour.iiigiy. 1.UK3 )1 cnsi! yet. and that Ac- me being such n favorite could not help thluklug so i older heads fought shy ",ur Places of amuseim from nuy one iu par v" always a great favo .'"""K tueii of our "set;" S miy uu girl's think about IhoiiKht less about It, for I iu ""ythlug nbout It until f Dw that I did give it a milled the subject thor wcainu convluced that uiy Or else this noino like whirring wings. That dies with the first streak of light, Way be the sound of baliv thing, All growing, growing, iii the nigut. Children, and kittv-rats nnd pups. Or even little buds and flowers. Daisies, perhaps, and buttercup. All growing in the midnight hours. And yet it seems of nie a part. And nothing fur nway or queer It's jiiat the heating of my heart. That sounds aa strange us I lie here! 1 do not know why this should lie; When darkness hid., the world from sight, I feel that all is gone but me A little child and the I 1 r night. Mabel IK'armer. AN OLD MAID. I mother's words were true. I was cut out for an old maid. It was strunge, too. There were men whom I wor shiped from afar but what was the use of talking they were likely lo re mnlu afar. Ho I saw no help for It. In n few years more I would be laid upon the shelf, hut my thoughts didn't stop on the shelf, they curried me down the vis ta of years, and I saw a woman with a face looking like vinegar! Why my Ideas of the poor, persecuted sex. known as old maids, are associated with vinegar I cannot tell. But I did seo that woman's face, nnd It did look like vinegar: nnd she had with her the two institutions of old mnlddom a cat nnd a parrot, nnd thnt woman was I. Suddenly my lyinds flew to my sides nnd tears rolled down my cheeks. "For goodness sake, Maud, what are yon laughing at?" snld Jessie, en tering the room, followed by Charlie Morse. "Oh, Jessie," I cried, "If you could only see the picture that I saw Just now you would laugh, too." Next mornlug I came down stairs rather late. "Here comes Maud now," I heard my mother say. ".My dear," said my mother to me, as I entered the brenk fast room, "do you know this geutie man?" A man between thirty nnd thirty five years, very tall, with great, wide shoulders, his haudsonie fnce brouzed and bearded, rose to meet mo. I looked at the gentleman and shook my head slowly in answer to my moth er's quest iou. "So you dou't remember me, Maud?" Tlie bronzed gentleman laughed ns ho spoke, showing his teeth aud eyes to advantage and why didn't I kuow 1 i in at once? It was Clarence Arnold. What a mistake I had made when speaking of him to Jessie! I lost sight of the fact that I wasn't quite fifteen when Clarence went away, and lie was four or tlve-nnd-tweuty, and I never thought about the Intervening years. I expected to seo Clarence as he left us, nbout foiir-nud-twenty still. " Sooduess nie alive!" I exclaimed, on the impulse of the moment, "I thought you were ever so much young er." "Did you, Indeed?" he snld, smiling, but there was such a grave expression in the black eyes that were always dancing with merriment In those days gone by. I looked over at Jessie, She wns looking straight at me, nnd ns soon as our eyes met we both burst out laughing. Clarence's grave black eyes were still upon me. Of course he didn't know what we were laughing at, nnd it must have looked charming. But, then, that was what I always did. I laughed when I ought not to laugh, said what I ought not to have said, and I came to the conclusion long ago that there was no help for me. I'eople said I hadn't a spark of com mon sense. Now, I begged leave to differ with them that Is, lu my own mind, for I wouldn't satisfy them to discuss the question openly. I thought I was very sensible, only somehow I never could show It like other girls. Now, I saw at once that Clarence wih different from the young men with whom I wns constantly sur rounded. He had sowed his wild oats, and that was the sort of man I ad mired. But, theii, it was no use for me to let my thoughts run iu that di rection, for Clarence must have formed his opinion of me at our first meet lug. and forever after, I supposed, like all the rest of the sensible men, he would wish me well at a distance. One evening shortly after Clarence's arrival we girls had our heads to gether plotting mischief. I, as usual, had the leading voice. Clarence nnd my brother Tom were present. We didn't mlud them, ns they were part of the family. ''Maud, don t take part In such fool ishness. You ought to have better sense." That was what Clarence said to me when he saw a part of our nouseuse. His grave, black eyes were upou me, nnd he spoke very seriously, I thought. Well, perhaps 1 ought to have better seuse, but what busluess was It of Clarence Arnold's? Why didn't he speak to Jessie, lu whom he, seemed to be so highly Interested? Yes, Clarence was Interested lu Jes sie and she was Interested lu him, but then I ought to have beeu satisfied, for didn't I advise Jessie to set her cap for him? I looked up at Clarence when ho re proved me. He was so earnest that I felt like withdrawing from Mie mis chief ut once. But I didn't withdraw. I went straight on, dragging the oth ers after me. I felt dreadful with those black eyes upou me. Why 1 persisted lu the mischief I cannot tell, except It was ns brother Tom said, out of a spirit of downright pure cuss edness. One day, about a week after, we three Clarence, Jessie aud 1 were standing on the porch. Jessie stood between Clarence aud me. Somehow Jessie always caino between Clarence and nie. Now, I only Just mentioned that, but I hopo no one will think I was Jealous of Jessie. Why should I be. Didn't I recommend Clarence to Jessie? To be sure I did, but somehow I very often forgot that of late, Charlie Morse cnine strolling up the path. My heart Jumped with delight. Strange, what delight I took lately lu Charlie Morse's coming. Clarence went down to meet him, leaving Jos sle and me on the porch. "Good gracious!" 1 thought to my self, my delight vanishing Instantly ''Charlie Morse might Just as wel. have stayed at home It It is Clarcuct Hint Is going down to lilin." "Isn't Clarence handsome?'' snld Jessie, speaking more to herself that to me, while the pink in her cheekt grew pinker. "Oh! 1 think he's awfully brown,' snld I. Of course I lmd to say some thing. "But that Is from exposure," said Jessie, smiling. "One of these days Maud, his fnce will be as dellcate'lr tint ns your own." "Maybe It will; but I don't kuow anything about it," 1 said. "Maud." and Jessie's blushes grew deeper, and her eyes wandered V. where Clarence and Charlie wer standing, "ue asked me to marry him 1 wanted to tell you first, you know.' If n thunderbolt had descended on my head I could not have been mnr surprised. A cold tremor ran ovet me. Jessie must have noticed how strangely I behaved. I tried to com pose myself by thliiKlng Indignantly of Clarence Arnold's Indecent haste Think of It, he was ouly two weeks in our house wheu he proposed to Jes sie. "Well," I said ns soon as I could gel my breath, "lie ought to have sent yon his photograph nnd a proposal before he arrived himself, he was in such n hurry." "Whom are you talkiug about, Maud?" "Clarence Arnold, of course." "O? but Clarence Arnold doesn't happen to be the one that proposed to me. It was Charlie Morse, and 1 accepted him, Maud, for I knew you always liked Charlie," nnd Jessie laughed outright. Something uenr my left fddc gave another great bounce. Yes, It was true what Jessie said, I always liked Charlie, and I wns so glad she accept ed the dear fellow. A year has passed away since then Chnrlle and Jessie were married Ions since, and tliey are on n visit to out house now. I sit in tne window watch ing them out upon the lawu. Just as I sat nnd watched them a year ago Only that time my watchful eyes wer accompanied by thoughts of an oh' maid. Well, you know mother snld I wai cut one for an old maid, but I novel think of that now. Strange, I novel bother my head nbout the old-male business any' more, and guess why I but it's n conundrum guess it if I didn't tel' dou't? Oil! You'd never you. "Because I wife." am Clarence Arnold's Mayflowers on Ch6 Cod. At Cape Cod. and not far from where former I'resldeut Cleveland has his famous summer home at Bu.zard'g Bay, tlie Inhabitants have an odd oc cupation. When the first fragrant buds of the trailing arbutus, or May flower, appeal- on the hillsides of the big cape the woods are fairly alive with men, women and children, nil In search of the delicate flowers. Tuey are not out collecting because they are charmed with the early blossoms, nor do they wander through the woods plucking wild blossoms for their health. Their Industry Is strictly commercial, for the Mayflower Is a favorite lu New York, Bostou, Philadelphia aud othet large cities of the Kast, and every spring the woods are stripped of them and they are packed In moss aud shipped to town, where they are sold nt high prices. So regular Is tlie demand for tlio dainty, waxlike blossoms that profes sional flower hunters make n business of searching out the secret blooming grounds of the arbutus, stake out theii claims ns they would take) up mining claims every spring, and wait for t lie blossom harvest. Gathering Mayflow ers has become one of the important industries of Cape Cod. 1'rovldf net Journal. Keeping tha Coat Mill Down, There is probably not a stenin usei anywhere who hns not been told at different times of the notable econo mies that he might effect if he would only adopt the particular devices that bis informants had for sale. For all these there Is a special Interest, say J a writer In Cassler's Magazine, lu the story which Norman Selfe tells of the man who adopted all the latest im provements offered lilui, and who. when he had paid all his bills and summed up what had beeu promised him, obtained the following as the gross saving to be expected: By con torted tubular, 20 per cent.; acrobatic Are bars, 10 per cent.; steam dryer, 0 per cent.; automatic damper regula tor. 5 er ceut.; patent cut-off, 15 per cent.; waterless condenser, 20 per cent.; economizer aud feed heater, 25 per cent.; purifier and softener, 10 per t:etif., making altogether a saving of 110 pet ent. He therefore concluded that he i hoiild be burning 10 per cent, less fuel tliau nothing, and that his conl heap should le getting larger In stead of smaller, but, somehow or other, lie found that the coal went away Just auout the same as before. Honeymoon la a prairie Wagon. How Is this for a bridal trip? A young couple went to Flagstaff, Ariz., Iwught a couple of big wagons and teams of mules, hired a couple of teamsters and a good cook and start ed south for Phoenix. The principal wagou was roofed with canvas aud wire gauze, with every comfort, and the trip is described as ideal. No tilei or mosquitoes, good hunting, nnd the "light of love" combining with thai from moou and stars. Upon arrival nt 1'lioenlx the wagons were sold at an advance, nnd the couple proceeded by rail to Los Angeles in search ol new adventures. They may return via Japan nud India. Washlugtou Star. onset on Mont Blanc. From the little aud picturesque brldgo over the Arve we saw the huge dome come out, glowing lu the star? light when all the valley was In shadow. It was to me a marvelous spectacle, this huge, rosy orb, which us it first appears, as It often does, at the moment of suuset, suggests a linger moou rising above tho clouds, until, slowly, the clouds below melt away and the mountain stands dis closed to Its base, W. J. Stllluiuu, lu the Atlaullo THB E!SIT& Op fVSHlN. New York City (Speclal).-Slmpllc-Ity should mark the frock for the small girl. This is especially so in summer, when these little dresses pass COLLARS FOR THK SMALL OIRL. about as mucn lm in soap nnd wa ter os they di In actual wear. Outside the fitness of things that Is the renson white Is so pre-eminently the proper thing the more It is boiled the whiter It rets. How would It be with pink or blue? A wide hem should be t'.ie skirt fin ish, but something more "flxy" may be more becoming round Miss Little girl's neck; hence this suggestion. As pictured thes- fane;' collars are made of tucked linen or null and lace or embroidery with Insertion. And very attractive they are. 4 Dainty Summer Costumes. In the large engraving is shown a dress of ecru linen, trimmed with cream embroidery. The skirt has broad pleats back and front nnd three rows of embroidery caught together costume, is add tne flare cuff of tucks or embroidery nnd to Introduce the triangular bit of decoration so much affected In the upper part of the sleeve Just below the shoulder. This makes it up to date, and for tlie com fort of womnnklnd, It may be added that, tlie sleeve Is not very tight. So tint It looks close fitting Is nil that Is necessary. It need not cling close ly to the arm. Loose t!eeves add to one's comfort In warm weather, which makes n tight sleeve feel like a Vise or a bandage, or both. Aitranre of the Tonknat. The ribbon bow which faslens tho tiptled locks or curls of tlie little girl, Is becoming a veritable topknot. Fash Ion has ordained t lint It shall lie moved well forward of the enrs. Instead of nt tlie crown of the bend. Tlio hair Is divided and combed upward ns usual, nway from the face. The locks at the back are curled, braided nently or suffered to hang loose. The front hair Is pulled forward nt the Inst moment before tying on (he ribbon. This makes It slightly puffy and pom pndoiii'lsh over the brow, nnd the rib bon bow Is then tied In triumph. for finlflng- or Cyril ng. A bnnd of white epe do chine Is folded nbout the crown of a white slllc golf bat for Indies. Tho brim Is brond nnd shady, the deep crown is Indented sharply In tlie middle. Matron nnd maid, misses and children allko wear outing hats of stitched straw. Tlie coarse braids are pre ferred to the smooth. The hat .' bound with n strip of red or greeu flannel and is trimmed with n linud passed around the crown nnd a bow to match the flannel with polka dots of white or black. Fashionable Jewelry, Earrings have become quite (he fashion, but .hey nre very small, and. If not lu screw form, set very close to the ear. Tlie only bracelets pos sible with the long sleeves nre those of tlie loose, flexible kind, with pendant hoartr, chrriii" or other drooping ornaments. Brooches - still of the long pin type, or 'n Louis Seize designs, with line h-.ttlce work set with tiny gems. ELA.nOKa.TE DRESS OF LINES'. wniTE MUflLIN DA.INT1NE.3.S. at Intervals by openwork embroidery ornaments. Tho hem is festooned with ecru silk. Blouse bodice under ii bolero of the embroidery, gathered tdeeves with embroidered cuffs. Waist belt of bright, cherry-colored silk, and knot of the same silk lu the straw hat, which Is ulso trimmed with marguer ites. Here also Is shown the waist part of a dairy gown In cream muslin. It has a yoke collar of guipure Joined across the neck and frouts by tabs of black velvet nnd with a fichu ef fect draping the front. The hat Is of poke bonnet suggestion, with simple satin ribbon for its adornment. That hat Is of the burnt straw tone, aud the ribbon Is a very pule blue. Millinery of the Momeut. Tulle and chiruyi form the two chief components of the millinery of the moment, and Just Imagine what the goffering and tucking of tulle mean! Recollect the hopeless way In which it sticks to one's fingers and the bedrag gled appearance both tulle nnd chiffon have when not absolutely fresh. Al together the best millinery this year displays the highest workmanship In Is manipulation, and tha most beau tiful bats, which look as If they are blown together, are the results of four or five days' labor. Even simple cy cling hats have stltche ! taffeta rosettes and bows, all of which necessitate a great deul of work. The picture hat Is lovely and wholo crowns are formed of ostrich plumes. A Favorite Material. Embroidered hollaud is a favoriie this year among the summer fabrics, and pique treated with incrustations of course lace Is as effective as it is striking, l'iqiio and duck costumes are aguiu worn. Some piques shown are quite light lu weight, having mi openwork dot, renlly nu eyelet hole that is worked around with hand or machine embroidery. The fashion that has heretofore been popular of wearing silk waists with pique skirts still prevails, but now the white waists aro the correct tiling, and the thlu materials, like the embroidered nius llu.wash silk or those made of lace aud ribbon, nre preferred, nnd over them will bo worn bolero or Eton Jackets of pique. The F.aslest War. The easiest . ay to modernize a Sieevo of either wash frock or spring lllne Straw With Jot. Black nilk roses trim .". pretty pnie blue straw hat, which has the brim turned up at one side. , A little fol iage of grei:-. is introduced into the spray of black roses. The crown is smartly draped with pale blue chiffou, which finishes nt tho back with a bow that is drawn through a buckle of sparkling jet. The chiffou drapery is caught down to the hat hero nnd there with very small aud q Mte inconspic uous pins with jet heads. Trotecta the Throat, K piece of lueu-vide white satin ribbon sewed inside the ncck b..nd of a bodice protects the throat from the defacing mark thnt is .a common result from the wear of the prevailing high dress collars. It is not Intended that the ribbon shall show from the outside. A Slimmer Tea Gown. Imam In iff I l if If- This Is ft slmplo tea co-.m for wm weather wear, composed of lnvnudr crepe do chine and trimmed with rich full ruuiea of tea-tlutcd lnc. A brond Ivory sntlu ribbon bid's IU looo fold; ' -.. j roilej a iim0 butter, 1 lvVJLI l HINTS .1 1 . A NOVEL "WHITE DINNER." Something fat and Pretty For tha Sum. iner Time. A novel and appropriate affair for warm weather entertaining is a "white dinner." A recent one was ef fectively arranged thus: ' The back ground of the feast was perfected by a liberal use of soft, white muillu draperies throughout the dining room. Windows, tnautel-shelves. buffet, ta ble and sideboard were hung with Swiss cotton crape and silk, all em broidered In white floss. '1 here was a heavy white drugget spread, and the furniture of rattan was tincolored. Iu the midst wns an Immaculate ta ble, glittering and snowy from end to end, the light wns softened by huge silvery white silk tissue moths. The rich, white cloth, tall orcolnln candle sticks and wax candles, the low crys tal flower bowls and honbou dishes were trimmed elaborately with gar lands of white jessamine. Great clusters of Bride roses, white cnruatlons nnd white popples lent beauty nnd fragrance to the dazzling scene. Tlie confections were colorless French novelties aud almonds frost ed with salt. The courses were served on pure white porcelain. Tlie glass was iintlnted and the sllvcf burnished to reflect the palest lights. Clams aud cream of celery soup were followed by fish dressed with white sauce, ami so on through a list of delightful entrees. Including breasts of chicken hidden in mushrooms, cau liflowers smothered iu cream nnd sal ads in beds of crisp celery. Bread, cheese and lees corresiMiud to the prevailing tone of tlie dinner. Decorations may be varied lo suit tlie taste If the one Idea of snowy whiteness prevails, and even the fla vors must take the same general tone; nnd although It may seem dlfilciilt at first to provide attractive variety fot an elaborate course dinner, take com fort lu the thought that such dinners nre not iu keeping with the demands of the season. Simplicity lu the menu and tlie manner of serving, with a de lightful sense of cooluess nnd dainti ness nud refreshing novelty, will make this little warm weather dinner one of the most unique nud appropri ate of the season's entertaining. Cleaning the Ice-Boa. Housekeepers nre learning that the cleaning of the Ice-box, like the clean ing of the house, should be constant rather than occasional; In other words, the refrigerator should be carefully looked over every morning, all spoiled food removed, the wnste-plpe flushed out, unnecessary moisture wiped off, nud the same care given that la ex pended nt the weekly renovating. Tho ice-chnmber should have nothing lu it but tlio Ice, unless bottles of wa ter or other drinks nre put there. It Is tlie opening nud shutting of this chamber that wastes the Ice, pnrtlo tilariy where a refrigerator is built In, lu a passage with n door opening directly lu front of a range, as Is of ten the case. For tho better nreser. vallon of the Ice It should be covered with a newspaper when the chest la filled Iu tlie morning. The lower chamber Is cooler for all food, as cold air falls, but it Is difficult to convince the average cook that this Is the case. A small dish of charcoal Is necessary In each chamber, aud tlio waste-pipe should have very hot, strong washing soda poured through often. A trick of many kitchen maids is to chop ice lu the refrigerator; It Is necessary sometimes to split a piece, but this should be done with an ice-pick with a movnble weight, which forces the point of tlie pick through without nny risk of its chipping the zinc lining of the chest. ' NATION'S LONELIEST WOMAN. I.lrea Moat of the Year Oat In the Orran. Wherever a man must go a woman will surely follow him without count ing the cost of peril, loneliness or hardship. Without doubt the loneliest woman that Is to say, the one farth est removed from her kind In all these United States of America Is Mrs. Clark, the wife of Major E. W. Clark, government agent of the Prlbylof or Seal Islands, in tbe Behrlng sea. This group, composed of tha two small Is lands of St. Paul and 8t Qeorge, are the homes of nearly all the seals re maining In existence, and they ara about 1,800 miles west of thn entrance to Puget sound and about 200 north west of the Aleutian Islands, begin ning at I'nlmak pass. St. George, which Is the smaller of the two, be ing about six by twelve miles in ex tent, Is forty miles from St. Paul, and it has a population of about 100 Aleuts and four or five whites, consisting of Major Clark and his wife, a physician and two or three clerks for the North American Commercial company, which controls the seal business and has stores and warehouses on both islands. The little villas of SL George con tains twenty-five or thirty houses, in cluding the company's buildings, tha agent's house and a Greek church. There are no other bouses on the islands, and Mrs. Clark is thi only white woman. Her home is a small cottage of four rooms, very cozy and comfortable, with books and pictures, and a fine outlook over the sea. She does no cooking in her own house, as the government officials take their meals at the company house near by. Mrs. Clark's nearest neigh bor is the wife of the agent on St. Paul, who is less lonely, because she has with her her two small children, . Mrs. Clark's children being grown and having their own homes In the states. There Is no communication between the Islands except by one of the com pany's ships and by revenue cutters, as other ships ara not permitted to visit tho Islands. These ships como only in the rummer, and from Octo ber until June Mrs. Clark does not expect to see any one or hear any thing from tho United States or to send word home, no matter what hap pens. Sickness, death, disaster may come to her far oft in that forbidding sea, or may visit her own at home, but no word may come or go until navigation Is resumed. St. George Is absolutely without trees, but its roll ing surface and mountains. 1.000 feet high, are beautifully green with coarse grass and moss, and wild flowers of brilliant hues dot the level stretches near the sea. Chicago Chronicle. Sir C Warren's Mats. There la something extremely Eng lish in the story of Sir Charles War ren "doing trlmblcs," as Bouncer ex pressed It, In the open air on the bat tlefield of Vaal Kranz. Sir Charles, under no circumstances, Intermits bta morning bath. On the occasion of But ler's last effort to relieve Ladysmlth Sir Charles found It impossible to leave his post, so when day broke on the battlefield he ordered his servant to bring his bath with sponge and towel, and then and there, in the open air, Sir Charles Warren, commanding the Fifth division, proceeded to take his bath, sublimely indifferent to the Are of the enemy. The enemy were, perhaps, too much astonished at the British eccentricity of bathing at all, much more of bathing In this extreme ly public fashion, to attempt any vio lent Interruption. London Daily News. MARKETS. VALTMoae. Balsln Pie Seed one pound of rai sins, cover with water and let sim mer for one hour; add one large lem on, one teaspoonful of the grated rind nud one tablespoonful of corn starch made smooth iu a little-cold water. Bake with two crusts. Molasses Pudding Ouo cupful of molasses, one-half cupful of butter, j one teasiioonful of soda dissolved In one-hnlf cupful of hot water, one tea- Hpoonful of ginger aud sufficient flour to make of the consistency of cake baiter; steam three-quarters of an hour. Prune Charlotte Stew a dozen and half large prunes, aud wheu cold remove the stones and chop flue. Whip a plut of cream very stiff with three ta blespoouf ills of sugar, then whip the minced prnues Into this. Line a glass dish with lndytiugers, or thin slices of sponge-cake, and fill the centre with tlie prune-cream. Bet lu the Ice-box until time to serve. Vienna Daluty Split lengthwise French or Vienna long rolls. Scoop out all the crust. Hue the space with oue or two crisp lettuce leaves, then fill It with chicken salad, cover with mayonnaise, stand a pickled olive in the centre, with the little liead of let tuce stuck lu the olive. This dainty Is for nn Informal luncheon or n buffet collation, aud may be eaten witli small forks or from the hand, like lit tle sandwiches. Savory Carrots Wash ami scrape seven or eight carrots and cut them iuto thin slices. Put three rounded tablespoonfuls of butter luto a stew- pun; when It Is melted add the carrots with one-half tablespoonful of inluced oulon, one desertspoonful of minced parsley, a grating of nut meg and salt to taste. 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