Tins' Iecoratla Ke ltrartl. Key boards are among the latest loptilar decorative fads and have a certain utility. A panel of polished wood has a cross piece of tho same at the upper end. In which are small hooks, to hold the keys. On the sur face of the panel a large key Is paint ed, bearing a painted rllibon. Over each hook there is a special design to designate the door or drawer to which that key belongs. Some of these are comic, others sentimental. Lr.tch keys ere Illustrated by silhouttes showing iorgotton latch keys, unsteady hands, etc. There ere often two cro.s boards with hooks for large keys UMow and email keys above. Floral designs re invuiuea. A Stinutior Dining Room, The Idea that a dining room should be treated in a somewhat heavy and subdued style dies hard. Thus It is that a white and yellow dining room Is still something of a novelty. When its windows give on a green and sha ly prospect the effect of the yellow din ing room is really quite enchanting. An apartment of this description in cottage on Long Island has the' walls panelled to within seven inches of the tops of the doors, and all the wood work is painted ivory white. Above the panelling is a stencilled frieze In shades of daffodil, orange and chest nut. The rug Is In shades of brown and dull, soft blues. The tiled fireplace Is in yellowish brown. The chair seats are of chestnut-brown leather. The window hangings are of daffodil yellow and white. Cut Move "Iion'le." Don't buy a small gas stove unless your family consists of two persons. A four-hole stove, with a top about 24 Inches square, is so serviceable that It pays whether a family be large or small. Such a stove costs only 112. See that the stove you buy has an at tachment for lighting the oven from the outside. It is much superior to and safer than the old method of reaching in with a match. Don't try to bake beans, beef a la node or such dishes as need long hours of slow cooking, in a gas stove. It is cheaper to buy them. Never put two dishes such as pie and molasses cookies to' bake at the same time. They need a very different heat, and the cookies would be burned black long before the pie was ready. You can simmer corned beef or soup as slowly on a gas stove as on the back of a coal range. Every good gas stove lias a slmmerer. It consumes the smallest imaginable amount of gas and can be left untended safely for hours half turned to cook the soup stock or to keep a double boiler at Bteam heat. Don't burn gas when the flame is red, or when It blows. Turn it out, let the gas flow a few seconds and relight. The flame must burn blue to do good service; if it is red the cooking utensils will get smoked black. Good Housekeeping. RECIPS ', Orange Float Boll one quart of water with the juice and pulp of two lemons; when boiling add one and one-half teacupfuls of sugar. Dis solve five tablespoonf uls of corn starch In one teacupful of cold water, stir Into the boiling syrup and stir all the time for five minutes; when cold pour over six sliced oranges and add the beaten whites of two eggs, flavored with a half teaBpoonful of vanilla and sweetened with a tablespoonful of su gar. English Preserves The juice and yellow peel of three oranges, removing all the white; five pounds of goose berries, one and one-half pounds of seeded raisins .and four pounds of su gar. Top and stem the gooseberries and put them, with the raisins and orange peel, into a meat chopper and grind fine. Add the Juice and sugar and stew gently about 40 minutes, Barring frequently. Put Into small Jars or tumblers, and when cold pour over melted paraffiue. Fruit Custard A JellclouB fruit cus tard may be made by boiling one quart of milk in a double boiler. Beat two eggs very light and stir into them four tableapoonfuls of sugar and one tablespoonful of fleur. Add to this a little cold milk, then stir It gradually Into the boiling milk, stirring until It thickens, set It away to cool. When cool, flavor with vanilla.. Have ready In sauce dishes strawberries or sliced oranges or any fruit in season, and pour the custard over It. This Is a very simple and palatable dessert Braised Spanish Onions Peel some medium-sized onions, which should be all the same size; set them in warm salt' and water for half an hour; boll them In salted water for an hour If large, or less according to size, as they must only be partially cooked. Remove them from the water, drain them and ant them In white fireproof dish with soma butter; bake them for at least an hour, or un til they are tender and brown, basting ttiem with the butter occasionally, fiend them to Usui In the dish they vera baked in. W if 1 FRENCH CAVALRYMAN Ida a Bobby-Baree Slatbet at Tark's Bead. Not only has the cavalry soldier to acquire the art of remaining in a sad dlehe has also to learn how, when in that position, to attack or defend him self against his adversary. To this branch of his Instruction an Innovation recently Introduced Into the French army has added a zest hitherto only conspicuous by its absence. The old system consisted In making each soldier in turn mount a roughly constructed wooden horse and make a series of passes and cuts with lance or saber at a sort of Turk's head mounted on a wooden stand and placed at a certain Invariable distance from him. He could hardly miss it If he tried, and as It is only madmen who can derive any sort of pleasure from thrashing an unresponsive dum my, It is not surprising to hear that the exercise passed for being one of the most monotonous and disagreeable In the whole course of instruction. Thanks to M. Monlun. adjutant and drill Instructor of the Third Drngoons of the French army, all this has been changed, and the recruits now like nothing better. The horse In Itself, If a little neater In appearance," Is still only made of wood as before, but the Turk's head representing the enemy has been mira culously en.lowed with life and ren dered as mobile as quick silver, or as a Boer commando. The soldier can never tell on which side of him it is going to make its appearance next, or whether it will sweep around him in front or at his back. He cannot trans fix It as formerly with mathematical precision when and where he will, but must keep all bis faculties on the alert to touch it at all. The principle of the arrangement Is simple. By turning a small hand wheel at the extreme back of the ap paratus a simple contrivance of dou ble cogwheels causes the rods carrying round the horse as a centre. The di rection or rate of speed may be varied at the will of the instructor, the diffi culties being graduated according to the skill of the sol Her. The use of the invention bids fair to become general not only in tho French cavalry, hut in other countries as well, the simplicity cf its construc tion making it an acquisition by no means costly something under $50, it is said. Pearson's Magazine. The fonqneat of Korea. Seventeen centuries ago the Japan ese Emperor Chual was playing his lute in tho presence of his wife and prime minister. Whether on account of the music or from some other cause, the empress became inspired with a divine afflatus and began to utter the thoughts put Into her mind by the deity. "There Is a land to the west ward," she exclaimed, "and In that land is abundance of treasure, gold and sliver, dazzling to look upon. This land I will now beBtow upon you." The emperor pushed away his lute. "If you go up to a high place and look toward the west,'' said he, " tnere Is no land to be seen, but only the great waters. Ihey are lying spirits who have spoken to you." Then the god was filled with anger, and again he moved the empress to prophesy. "You are not fit," she said, "To rule this empire. Go the one road!" But the prime minister trembled when he heard these words, and said to his master, "I am troubled, my heav enly sovereign, by this terrible mes sage. Continue, I pray, to play the august lute." The emperor Chual commenced to play softly; gradually the sound died away; all was still. Tbey held a light to his fuce and saw that he was dead. But the empress put herself at the bead of his fleet, Invaded the land of gold and silver with her warriors, and soon made the three kingdems of Korea tributary to Japan. These things happened, we are told. In the year 201 A. D and the story of the valiant empress Is as familiar to a Japanese as is that of Boadlcea H ourselves. The Nineteenth Century. Where Man Klaa Man. American men, as a rulo. don't kiss each other. Americans abroad, who see the French, Italian, and even the stolid German osculating upon the least occasion. And something in it almost funny, not to say extra emo tional. The New York Evening 8un asks: What treveler In the land of the kalBor but has been moved well nigh to hysterics at sight of some son or brother, who, setting out for a place probably 20 mites distant, Is be ing hugged and kissed by his male relatives with a gusto that would do credit to a set of boarding Bchool girls. Boarding school girls in this country In fact would show very much less gusto. Opposed as the American temperament seems to ba to kissing between men, however, ft does seem as though there ought to be some way of expressing emotion between a hand clasp and a kiss. Individuals d liter in their attitude toward the kiss jUBt as do races it being largely a matter of temperament. There are grown men who confess to have never omitted a good morning and good night kiss to their fathers so long as the two dwelt under the same roof. But the temper of the American people is againBt It. Kopee Jack Tar Cannot Splice. In the very old days nearly all of a yacht's rigging was hemp-, but in our modern racing craft very little hemp rope Is used. Not only the stand ing rigging, but a great part of the running, is steel wire rope. Only the ropes that have to be pulled on with hands, like sheetsropes that trim the sails are made of hemp. This is because steel is not only stronger, but it does not stretch like tl made of fltiatf-Uome Magazine. y A large hospital Is being built in the Vosges Mountains for the Isolation and treatment of lepers. In case whole families nre attacked mnnll dwellings nre provided for them. The longest cold season Is found In tho Itncky Mountain rcglou, where It exceeds the warm by nlmnt ten days. The warm season In Texas and the Lower Missouri Valley opens about ten days earlier than In the region near the Middle Atlantic coast, and from twenty to twenty-live duys ear lier tbau on tlie southern const of Cal ifornia. In the Northwest the warm season opens from twenty to twenty five days earlier than in the lnke re gion, and from fifteen to twenty days earlier than In the North PaclUe const region, Ocneral Brlnlmont, famous for the defence plans of Antwerp, has lately devised new uses for cement In the V.'nlls of fortresses. Masonry walls, or walls of ordinary cement, nre qulc!: ly demolished by modern high-powered cannon, but General Iirlnlnioiit has succeeded lu mixing fragments of granite throughout ft cement mass, so that the result Inn mass has extra ordinary resistance. Iron cables Im bedded In the mass join its parts to gether, so that it buhls firmly even when deeply fissured. A wall of the sort will resist the heaviest artillery when Its thickness Is ten feet. Ichthyologists nre much Interested In the capture by a North Shields Ash ing boat of the extremely rare opali, or king-fish. Its appearance off the coasts of England is very rare. Its chief glory Is its beautiful coloring blue, green nnd yellow, nnd bright vermilion and Its scimitarlike tins on the tipper part of the back. The sides nre green above, nnd benenlb the lateral lines are a number of yellowish white spots from which the fish de rives Its name of luua. In Japan it Is termed tal, nnd is regarded n nn em blem of hnpplness, because It Is sacred to Neptune, while by other observers Its showy colors have caused It to be likened to one of the sea gods. It Is a matter of common knowledge that the vault of the sky has (at least to the eyes of some persons) nn ap parently flattcucd form, the horizon appearing to be more distant than the Kenlth. Professor W. C. Hreuko, of the University of Illinois Observatory, has made nn attempt to determine ex perimentally the amount of the ap parent flattening, by means of "a so rles of estimates of the angular dis tances of stars by n class of Junior en gineering students, nil of whom were somewhnt fniiilllnr with the estimation of nnglcs." The result at which he arrives, expressed lu nn tiutechnlcnl way. Is that nn object the moon, for Instance appears to be about three-fourths as dlstnut from us wheu lu the zenith as when on tho horizon. On the const of Africa, opposite the mouth of the Itlver Congo and con tinuous with tliu course of that river, lies a submerged valley, tho existence and shape of which have been ascer tained by menus of soundings mndo by the British Admiralty. This val ley, through which tho Congo proba bly flowed at a time when tho western coast of Africa was more elevated than it is at present. Is 122 miles In length, extending to tho edgo of tho platform of submerged land which borders the continent. Its sides are steep, precipitous and well defined. Indicating that they are formed of solid rocks. Other submerged river valleys are found on tho western coast of Europe, and similar phenomena exist in various parts of the world where the edges of continents have sunk. Can Animal's Cry T Lady . Burton says she has seen horses In the Syrian desert cry from thirst, a mule cry from the pain of an Injured foot, and camels shed tears in streams. A cow. sold by Its mistress who bad tendered It from birth, wept pitifully. A youDg soko ape used to cry from vexation if Livingstone didn't nurse It In his arms when it asked him to. Wounded apes have tiled crying, end apes have wept over their young ones sliilu by hunters. A chimpanzee traiued to carry water Jugs broke oue, and fell a-crylug, which proved sor row, though it wouldn't mend the Jug. Huts.diHcoverlng n young oue drowned have been moved to tears of grief. A giraffe which a huntsman's rllle bad Injured began to cry. Sea lions weep for the loss of their young. Gordon Cumuilug observed tears trickling from the eyes of a dying elephant. And even an orang-outang, when de prived of Its uiuugo, was so vexed that It took to crying. There can bo little doubt, therefore, that auluials do weep from grief, or pain, or auuoy ance. Casseil's, Llttlo Folks. The Ultcount i'leud. There Is probubly no abuse which the long-suffering wholesale market litis had perpetrated upon it to such an ex tent as that for which the discount fiend is responsible. Many apparently reputable merchants who would scorn the Idea of dishonesty, are at the same time - '.y of taking an extra twenty days' discount on bills which have passed tbelr maturity. But this is not all Occasionally a case comes to light where the discount fiend goes so far as to deduct ten per cent, from a MO bill, and If the firm In question sees fit to return bis check and ask for a full settlement, the goods are shipped back, and the wholesaler told to whistle (or. redress. The Bookkeeper. SCIENCE AND INOUSTRf. When the sen Is pouring town It rays upon the ocean at noon-day none of them penetrate to a depth of over 200 feet Could a diver descend to that depth he would find himself shrouded in darkness as profound as though he were Immersed In a sea of ink. One of the difficulties In operating the arc light Is the necessary renewal of tho carbonrods. A substitute for them has lately been Invented, which consists of two a hi in I nam arms point ed with platinum. The arms are L shaped, and are operated by a simple pendulum arrangement, which, with the arms themselves, Is enclosed with in a vacuum bulb. The lamp Is to be use In a horizontal position and casts no shadow. It Is claimed that there will be no wear of the Incandescent parts. The British Museum has recently received a specimen of the rarely seen "whale-headed stork," which was first found on the White Nllo In 1849, and which until now had been sup posed to be confined to that locality. The specimen referred to was shot on the north shore of Lake Victoria. It Is described as a "distinctly welrd looklng bird, having a gaunt, gray body, long legs, and a head surmount ed by a little curled tuft and a scowl ing expression of the eyes." But Its most remarkable peculiarity Is Its mormons bill, which Is shaped like the head of a whale. An Interesting theory has been ad vanced to account for the phenomena of the Aurora Borealls, which takes Into account the most recent scientific contributions of our knowledge of the composition of matter. This theory attributes the remarkable play of lights to be due to streams of Thomp son's recently-JIscovered corpuscles which are supposed to be emitted from the sun. As these approach the magnetic field of the earth says the Electrical Review, they are deflected toward the poles, and when they final ly reach a level of the air of the prop er density they give rise to light phe nomenon similar to those obtained with cathode rays in vacuum tube3. - In the Interstate park, near Tay lor's Falls, Minnesota, has been dis covered a singular group of "giants' kettles," or pot-holes, covering an area of two or three acres and ranging in diameter from less than a foot to 25 feet, and In depth from ono foot to 84 feet. They have been bored In ex ceedingly hard rock, and In many cases they are like wells in shape, the ratio of width to depth varying from ono to five up to ono to seven. Mr. Warren Vpham ascribes their ori gin to torrents falling through glacial "moullns" at tho time when the north ern territory of the United tats was buried under ice. As with similar pot holes elsewhere, rounded boulders are occasionally found at the bottom of tho cavities. Tho continued experiments of Prof. F. E. Nlpher, of St. Louis, Mo., with "positive photography," have produced some very interesting results. He says that the plates may be separately wrapped in black paper at night, or in a dark room, and all the remaining work can be done In the light. A plato Is taken from Its wrapper in tho light and placed in the slide holder, and an exposure a long one Is made. After exposure the plate Is taken out in the light again, and placed in the developing bath, and the picture is developed, and may be fixed in the light. The result Is a positive. Fine pictures are thus obtained. While It la desirable to shield the plate from the light as much as possible during the changes, yet, Prof. Nipher says, all of the operations may be carried on without any dark-room conven iences that may not be secured even in the open fields. How to Acqulra Pajrehlo Force. Mystics who acquire tremendous psychic force do not eat meat at all, but live on fruits, vegetables, roots, cereals and one or two eggs a day. Tbey have perfect health and live to be very old, many passing the cen tury mark. Would yon enjoy the ideal breakfast? Asparagus, scrambled eggs, dry toast and a cup of weak tea. The Ideal luncheon? A cold tomato and three leaves of lettuce, with pep per and salt. The ideal dinner? Fresh peas, boiled onions, a half portion of fish, fried hominy and water from the spring. Omit bread. No good! Bread Is the mother, father and remotest an cestor of dyspepsia. J. Plerpont Mor gan is a man of tremendous vital force and nearly a giant in staature as well as Intellect. At an official ban quet given in his honor In London the other night all that he ate was a small piece of fish and two soft-boiled eggs, and his drink was a glass of wa ter. He Is hunting for psychic force! New York Press. Maud Uowa on Docking. Maud Howe, speaking of the Injury done to horses by the barbarous and foolish fashion of docking, says: "ThU fact is so well recognized by experts that there is not one cavalry regiment In the whole of Europe or America In which the docking of the tall Is permitted, and In polo playing the long-tailed pontes are much the clever est in turning' and shifting their course, because they have the tails with which they were born." France probably has the smallest conscript on record. Bmlle Msyot of Cunel in the canton of Montfaucon measure S feet 1-2 inches in his stocking feet and weighs 42 pounds. He was accepted. Free Scholarships WILL BE GIVEN AWAY BY THE STAR, OF RRYNOL DfiVI LLE. 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The person receiving the third highest num ber of votes will be given a $35.00 course in the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran ton, Pa. A complete commercial course, steno graphic course, book keeping, complete teach ers' course, coal mining, mechanical drawing, telegraphy and 60 other courses are taught by this school. The winner of this prize can take up a $35.00 course or can have the $35.00 ap plied as part pay on any course the winner may select. The person getting the second highest numlier of votes can have their choice of the scholarship in Kings' School of Oratory or the Internation al Correspondence Schools. Premium Coupons Persons paying their back subscription, or in advance one year or more, will be given A premium coupon which will en title them to 36 votes for each dollar of subscrip- Hlilfta of Arctic Raaia. Lake Baikal is a remarkable body of water lying In a longitudinal trough on the edge of the central Asiatic pla teau, whose surface ia 1,600 foet above the sea with which it is connected by the Yenisei river after flowing across the northern plains of Siberia for a distance of 2.000 miles. A most curi ous fact, long known to scientific men, is that this lake Is occupied by a spe cies of seal almost Identical with those found In the Arctic ocean. The same species, with slight variations are also found in the Caspian sea, but not any where else along the 3,000 or 4,000 miles which separate these bodies of water. The moat probuble explanation of this fact, and the one usually ac cepted by scientific men la that then species of seal were thus widely dis tributed during a continental subsi dence In which the waters of the Arc tic ocean covered all of northwestern Siberia and extended up to the base of the great Asiatic plateau which we followed for such a long distance on elevated shore lines of Turkestan, say MoCIure's Magazine. When this de pressed area emerged from the sea. It left the seal Isolated In the two great bodies of water which still remain on Us former margin. So lately has this taken place, that there has not been time for any great change to be effect ed in the apeclrto characteristics of these animals. There are 28,804 Juvenile temper ance societies in the British Islands, with p nieuibor.hlp of il,W0,000. , , i. "U f I '--.Vliha.. ttflVS II- sr.: .rrxrrtrt 4 ! THE STAR- H Name... ' AOiMtESS. .i;ji.:xi22riz:3: ffit.i L. M. 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We didn't want the pistol, but thought you might be thirsty enough to follow us up nnd hoot tor the drinks.- rr JM 1 " i n J Mw -.i.u r 1 s i i ii i ss .frv- tion paid. Any one sending or bringing in a new yearly ensh subscriber will be given a cou pon equal to GO votes. Persons desiring to enter the contest should begin as early as possible. As soon as the names are sent or handed in to The Star office they will lie published, but the number of vote will not be published until June 19th, when th vote each contestant has at that time will be published opposite name, and from that to clos of contest the vote will lie published as counted and returned by the judges from week to week On Monday of each week (alter Tune 19th) the ballot box will be opened and the coupons counted by judges. i: rr csltx i rrr OT.rnctnxax Scholarship Coupon. 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