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=»♦»♦♦♦ t ♦♦ H ♦ »<H"H-f •♦-♦•♦» About the House 'ii;sri:D nKcirivs. Anjjd Pudding.â€" One pound of Eng- lish walnuts, sovcii ounc<.?« of iMDwd^-ml Miliar, llinv toiispooas bukiiis powder, 7:.ivod wilJi siigur, nino ounce's dulos, wliitos <ir liv.) p^'us, well boiiUsn. Uroak walnuLs lino iiirI cut dulos in siiiull j.iwvs, add snuav and wliilw ot e(4gs liusl. tiaUo in iiiodoi-ato oven twenty to thirly miiMite.s. Serve with whipped ciH'aiii. Onranl Mariiialodo.â€" Six pounds of ciimints, six oi-niiiies, one and omvlmlf jMjuiids .s<x"dle^ raisins, live vounds t'raiu.laleil sugiir. Cut llio ornnKcs iii line pieces, l>ein(,' careful to rcnwjvc the R.vds. Mi\ trull Willi jiugar and r(K)k forty minutes. I'nt in pint jars or jolly glllK.MSi. llol IVitalo Salad.â€" Boil .-ioven or oiglil rolaloes and use befoixj llu-y aro oold. Chop half an onion and i)ut Into a pan Willi enough water U) cover the bolloni. Sea.'ion with i>epi>cr and .sail, cooking iinlll the water .simmers ; add three tiihlesptxjnfuls <jf butter, and when il i.s melted a lublesiKwnful of vtiM-^ar. Slice the potatoes and pour the dressing on thoin, (serving hot. Sponge (Uike.â€" Sift one level niensur- ing cup of Hour foiu- tinios on ncws- pui)er and set aside. Sift one and one- fourth cup-s of granulated .sugar four times and s«>l tisido. Partly l)eal the •whites of .lix egg.s and add one-half lea- Biwon of cream of tartar an<i U'at stiff, gradually Ixniting In the sugai-. Cre^im the six yolki. and heal in one lefusiKwn vl vanillii and one-half teJisiKxin of olinond exiruct, gradually folding in the (loiii-. IJako fiiiia Ihu-ty-llvo to forty minutes in a pun with chimney in a blow oven. Cracker I'udding.â€" Ono cup cracker cruinUs, o^(^ pint inilk, yolks of two egg.*" beaten with milk, one teaspoon sugar, OU'; teas|KX)n lemon e.xiraet, lhri^> tahle- Biioonfuls o)roanul; bake ten inimile.s, lake out, put on top ll«« whites ot eggs beat In one cup Hiigar, one teas|)<)on lemon extract ; keep in oven long L'r.ouuh to brown. 'i'lplop (jingeihread. â€" One-halt ci.p Ijuller, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup riHilasse.s. (Jiu'-half cup .sour milk or cold water, one ajid une-half cuiks lloiii', two eggs, not Ix^^ilen ; one lalile.spoon gin- ger, one te.-ispoon .soda. 'Ilie .s»vrel of liaving it light and tender is in U'liling th'! .soda and ni(ilass<\s together llioi'- oughly and in Jiol lM-«liiig the eggs. Add mola.ss«>is and .soda Ixjfore the Hour. I'leserved i'ears.â€" I'ai'o the fruit with a silver knife mid drop into a b<jwl of oold water to piv.siu^'e the coloi-. When 111' an," par<!<l, put into a pan of clear, cold waler. and holl luilil iilmost lender. Make a .syn.p of the water in which the |>eHr.s wvi\' ixiiled, allowing one [xjund «)l .sugar Ifl each hnlt-j Int ot water. Drop tlie |«Mi's into lilt! hvrup an«l ocxik tlwrm tiU.wly until they ciui 1hi pierced with a Sliver fork. I'ul the ti-uit in hut jars aii<i cover with the IxiiUng syrup. .Seal tightly. Calla I.lly C.akes.-Make an ordinary sponge cake ; drop Ixilter liy r>ix)ontuls on hulti>ied. pa|M>r lined, tin pan. Allow room for cakes to expand slightly while baking. I'uV iivio slow oven, lelUng llieni ju.st hake Ihruiigh ; when linkinl loo kuig the cakes will break wlie.ii made into lilies. iMild cakes while hot into cornu- copias, Iiisl4':iiing with toathpick-) or string until tpiite cold, liemove strings or picks; hiy on pivlly dish; fill with wliipixNl cream, [.lacing a strip of orange to iinilalo tlio stamen. Hurni«h vvdii lily le<iv<»i aiiil .serve. noneless Birds, (irind a pound of lean l)eet sUjw, togelbcr witli one large onion, through meat grinder live tiiiuw. Stia-yin with sail, pepjx^r, a llllle ginger, pnich allspici'. spi'inkle of ground mil- nieg. I'mnid well on l»olh siile.s two Ihiii slices of I'ounil .sUvd<, and cut ns nearly as |Ki.<«silile into thnv-ineh 8(|uai'es. .Sprinkle wilh .salt and |K'p|v>i' and cover wilh thin slrii>s of fat |ioik. Put a s|KKinfid nf lhi> ground meal on each .sqiian-; fold, and fasten edges lo- gellicr Willi l<jolli|:icks. I'ry to a rich brown in hot hiillei' and <li'ippings; lift tlieni out and slir in Hour to make eiviii},'li gravy, alMiul two liilile-s[XM)iifnls. A<ld hoi slock, and. it necessaiy, .some I'i.l water. I'ul hack birdis, wlii' h should bo eo\<'red liy llie gravy, and cook forty- five iiiimiles. When ready to .serve, pull out loollipicKs. arrange <iii hot plaller, garnish wilh giveus, and serve gravy ueparalely. i'lidge rnke.â€" ()n(> cup sugar; Iwo- tliirds cup huller; lliree eggs, one cup milk. U\o and <iin'lialf cups Hour, Iwo liiMipiiig li'as|K)onfuls of liaking pow<ler, one (piiirl>'r <'up <if chocolale, one-h.-ilf cup ot luiglisli walnuts, brtiken up Wiarsfly ; cream the luiller and sugar l/igelliir. iiild tli(^ cii)' of milk. an<l stii' in lightly the Hour, into which Ihe bak- ing powder has Urn .sifli-d. Stir in the M M MWH Mother's Ear A WOHO m MOTHIIH-m mAHl WMmit MOHTHU THAT COM* â- â- fOlta THAT Tiua, aCOTT'm EMULSION muppLitm TMm murit* mrmmHaTH ahd ttoummHumtiT ao MtcmmmAitr pom THm HUALTH OP BOTH MOTHBH AHO CHIUD. Scud fur free lample- .^COTT ti UllW'NK. Chcmlili, Toioiilo, OnUrio. S»c. and ^1 oo I tl) dru»f i%tf. chocolate, which ha.s l)cen dis.solved by placing in a eup and .selling in tiot wa- tc. Add the nuts, and, la.st, the eggs, wliich should Ixs beaten, whiles and yolks soj>aratoly. Fudge Krostlng.â€" One arKl one-half tablespoonfuls of butter, one-half cup p<!wdere<t cocoa, one and one-(iual1er Ciips cxinfecliotier's .sugar, a pinch of wdl, ono-cpiarter cup of milk, one tea- s|xionful vanilla ; mell butter, add co- coa, sugar, sail, and milk. Meat to Ixiiling iwint and bod eight minutes, ftemovo fivini tirt^ and heal until creamy. Pour over cuko to depth Of one-quarler inch. U.SEFLU I11NT.S. nemove Stopixr from Boltk;.â€" Take a thin pit*ce of wire, loop il, and in.sert loop into lx)tll<>. CJet the coik in tlie loop and you can draw il out easily. Moth Preventives.â€" The rs.sential oil of cloves, cedar, and ciiuiainon aw sure preventives against niotlvs or bugs. . Protect Quilt lidges.â€" Baste a width of calic<j or cliee.*? cloth acinxsK the top of (|uilt.s. like a binding. When .soiled rip fl'l, wash, .sew on again, and your qi.ilLs always look like new. Slocking Saver.â€" S<>w piece.'? of clolh inside Ihe legs of children's stockings. Have the piecas ext«i<l well over the km*, as this will ke."p the knees from weai'ing out and also will servo os a llrmer hold f<ir the cla^stic. Crelonne H«>1 Cover.â€" Durmg Ihe hot wealtier, when so nuich dasl blows into 111- rixjin. a cover of Hgurcvl cretonne, made large enough to cover the bed and pillows, is u.seful. 11 can be of coloi-s to namwuii/.e with the color scheme of Ihe ixK:ini. It not only protects the lied fnn dust but Ls ornamental as well. It will save Iho laundering of bodspivads ajid sliains. "Sui-e Cure" for Ants.â€" Put one table s|)on <if water an<i ono of paregoi'ic in a snmll .sfiucer on the cuplxiard shelves, or any |)hu;e infested by the anis. They will leave. .Strips of blotting pa[>er salu- riiled with tlio paregoric placed <m liie redlgeralor sIwIvas will exterminale Ui.' llllle red anIs. , To Drive Away Mosquitoes.â€" Put a pie(!e of beef on a plate near your Ix'd and you will sleep untitiiililrtl. The merning llnds them full and sliipid. Mend l.uce Curlalius.-T'ake a strip of not or IIm) g«x)d ports of an old curtain. Dip curlaiii.s into hot slai-ch and apply these parks to the woni plaees and they will adhere. Time .Saver.â€" Ktv^) on each floor of ft IkjUsc, duster, dustpan and l)rcMiin. Shorl-stenuued l''lowers.-To arrange stioit-steinme<l Howei-s, such as viokMs, paiiisies, and .small Kngllsh <lalsi<w, cut a piece of wire .scixicn lo 111 top of va.s<>. l-'ill va.st) Willi water, put on scrt^en, and arrunge llowers and leaves with stems through nnsJi of .s<;i'«en. Ilalh Towels. - When bound on Uio etlgns wilh lirm lajM^ they will not pull oi- .slram along the sides as they oltier- wi.se would do. Ciiro of .Sliver.- Never let silver bo near ruhbor of any kmd, tus il will mark it badly. Hanging Curtains.â€" To prevent cur- tains fiMin (earing when pulling on a rod, |)laoi' a pk)e.i <if thin clolh ovei- the end of ixxl. The curtain will slip along sinoutlily, saving much lime and jia- tieiice. Mend Broken Ci>ickery.â€" When n plale or (lush is broken In two, bind logetluM' wilh shiiKS or .vilt clolh, (wver wilh skim milk and Ixjil lour houi's. It will be as g<yKi as now, and can U) u.sed iii either hot or cold waler ever alter. liurglar-Pnx)! Window PasU^ner.â€" vVhei'e i\w .sash ot Iho upper and lowiM- windows iiuK'l, drill a hole with a brac^ ami bit (hvp enough lo go coniplelely thi-ough the .sash ot llie lower window aiul half way through the sash of Iho upper window. Insert a heavy nail or small s|.ike ot the same I.Migl'h as Ihe hole which you have drillol. This fas- ttuis the window togiHlier .so lirnily Ihat nolluiig short of a cniwhar, wilh its al- lenik'iil noi.se, cjui jiiy llicm apart. The nail is removed only to o|>en the win- dows. PITH, POINT AND PATHOS. Happiness is sw<>et«sl if lis light shine-s through a mist of tears and sor- row. A inlslako is somelhing that is rccog- niz<vt lust of all by the follow who made il. The value of anything you aro buying is delenniiuvl by how badly you want it. Uive is a continuouiS succession of fond tarewclls ami joyous gri>etings that f.illow. He.spcct for olTlce often falls oft when Iheit) is no way for Iho oHlce lo effect you. Tlio value of a fact depi'n<ls largely uiKin wlial it is you happcJi lo be trying to prove. One <^sscnlial of success in this world i.i lliii ability to make your work plemse your Ikiss. It is as bar., for Ihe average ninii lo altend lo his own business as to let aiiollier niiin's alone. The hardesl thing to learn for most men is that Ihcy arc n<,il aL>solulely essenliiil to this world. >oiir wife is a por.s<in who knows iho difterenco lielwecn your character and yiiur rei'iitiition. It is mighty mean to send a pi-iinile.ss man a booklet descriptive of ideal placiw t<i spi'ild Ihe suimiii'r. The liest proof of the oxi/5lence of a sicong Iniaginallon in women is that Ihev fall ill hive Willi men. It iiiusl make a monkey mighty happy lo bear i:erlain people denying ihe Dar- wiiiiHii theory of evnlulion. No man ever got very far if he kept thinking of Ihe joiirnoy rather than Ihe goal 111 Uie end Ihensif. When you are making the excuse it sounds a lol more salisfacloiy than wttcn some one is making it lo you. FIRE INSURANCE RIDDLES A.\ ENGLISH IIOrSKIIOLDEn'ij IMtE- DICAMENT. "Wrilcr in London Daily Mail Tells How Companies Treat the Insured. fvvery year enormous amounts are â- paid by Itic British public as tireini- ums for the insurance of their houses and goods against the risks of lire. But there is not a single hou.seholder in this country who can tell mo how 'n.u<;h lie would be able lo get out of llie company which insures him if his \.<M>Mi was coniplel<>!y burnt out and Ills goods were totally deslroyed, says A. M. Barriiigton in London Duilv Mail. And Ihe reason of this lies in the ttbsurd fact that, although I, as a liouse- '4iolder. pay a H.xed annual preiniiini on a tlxeil insurable amount to protect llie from tlie risks of lire, ttio company Kvill not pay nic thai tlxed insurable •aiiioual, even Ihougli all my goods are â- last. Allliough Iho company cheerful- ly scoops in the premiums on .tl.iKX) icr £j,(KX)â€" .preuiiuiiis, mind you, in strict jiroportion to the insurable â- amountâ€" it is under no obligation to â- pay that amount, and in practice :t iu^vcr d<x's. WHAT COMES OFF. It is only when the fire has come and des(roy<Hi all his goo<.ls thai the house- 'h'ilder fln^Js thus out. Then, when he tiaini.* the £1.000 or whalever Ihe sum â- may be on which be has paid his prc- â- miuins, he is met, f4)r the lirst lime, by â- a deiii.ind for proof ^^s lo what goods â- were burnt and wlielhor they were worth that sum. He LS rei|uired lo produce" an inven- 'l^jry comprising every article, to give evideiictf of their value lo fliow ac- 'ot-unts and receipts concerning the articles he has bought, to prove Ih.il they are all hi.s and not beUmging to 1r's servants or liLs friends, and th<'n, when he has done all this, lie is told Ihat he has not allowed for doprt\.'ia- t'. n, and Ihat 5*0 or 30 or even more per cut. must come off liis claim on that head nk)ne. A HKAVY LO.SF.It. The result i.s thai, while Hie insur- ance as al present arranged acts well enough on partial and incoiisiderabli.' k.sscs, when a lolal, or pradically a lolal, lo.ss occurs, Iho unfortunate 1« useliold<"r is a heavy lfl.ser. In ad- dition lo Iho menial trouble, such as complete destruclton of his home brings on bun, \\a is comjielled within a very short time lo renuer nil Iticse innuin- eiable parliculars. ami eventually, to escape the anxieties and exjx'nse of a lawsuit, lo accept practically what the insurance company dcleiiiiincs to give him. And Ihi.s Is why I say that the time 'iir-.s come for a drastic reform of the 'lh<! insurance system- for il is the sys- Hi in and not any lndivi<lual company iur group of compaiii>s ugain.st which I iKiw prote.sl; and Ihat the viublic should 'nreive, wiUuiiit ipieslkm, tlio full Imioiinl on which they have annually lliaid a proixjilionate premium, direct- ly Ihey have satistled the company that Mie lire has liik<>n place under Ixiiia Uhle cii«um'.slan(x\s and that, the loss Tias been as complete as they claim it to be. UNSATISFACTOBY SY.STI-.M. That is say. on a lolal loss we want « "valued ixilicy"â€" a piilicy which val- ues <uir goods infter ins|H^c!ion by the bimpany) al a lixivl sum, and gives Ms a right to Ihat sum on the pixjof o' Ihe loss. Al pr^'sent one loses heavily under Ihe iii'ivsl unsalisfactory system in V< gue, and as there is nolliiiig like a ^•onorete case to illustrate Iho working of a sysloin. 1 will give my own un- 'forliinate experience ot my heavy lo.vs by Hie, ulthoiigh I had Ih'ought I wâ- U'^ 'fully uisurod against its risks. CASU IN POl.YI'. .Some flfteon years ago I insured my fmniture for the sum of CI. 200, anil Vver since llicn I had paid the annual premium |iro|K)rtionate to that amounl. Six moiilhs since a lire broke out in 'tUo middle <if the niglil, and piaclically all my furniture and effects were dc- Sliviycd b;'f<ire the local lire brigade had â- got Ihe lire under what they called ''(.oiitiMl." ThereiiiKin I sent in my Viaiin for ,£l.2lK>, wilh such general dii- lails as I could compile within Ihe foit- 'nighl allowed lo nie liy the tcriiis of the policy. Then Ihe trouble began. I was re- t|uired by ll;e C(Uiipany lo .set out each •iMlicle that 1 luid lost, lo place against II its value at the time of Iho Hre, and lo produce acconnis and vouchers in V<iniu\dion wilh tlie.se articles. It was tiiiixissiblo for nie to do any of those things properly. BACKKD TlB;m BHAIN.S. My wife ;iiul 1 racked our brains lo 'Ihi pitch ot lorment lo c<uii|)ile a list Kvhich probably loft out a hundred ar- HicU's-'imisl of them small, 1 do ixil IkiUbt. The Auluo 4it lliose we reinem- Hicied we (ould in s'.iine inshnn;os gauge, 'bill ill many, instances we c<iuld not. 'We oiiild only draw "Ijows at u von- 'lurc," and we had to Ih^ very cai'oful •ill.; lo be loo \entmesoiiie, for we had lii'tore us a warning in largo type thai 'in llie ea.se (^f a claim Icing ^t cxag- 'gcraled as lo be eoiisiderod fraudii- 'lint, all beiH'Ill under the p<ilicy would le forfeited. Finally, as to acoounU and voucli- 'frs, wo had practically none. A sirny invoice or two, some twenty or thirty receipts nM showing clearly the par- ticular article to which they appliedâ€" Kvore nil that we had po.s^»ess«!d, and Miese had disappeared in Ihe lire which liod ovorwiiolmed our home. DliDUCTIONS MADE. The upshot of llie whole mailer w^as thai the compajiy assumed I here was £1.000 worth of go.jds in the lioiuse. Ueclmcd to pay for engravings and 'prints (some of which w<re worth £.5 "and £10 apiece) because they had not 'been expr.ssly iiicniioncd in the iKilicy; for the same re;ison would not pay for two pianos; disclaimed rosixmsibilily Tor several valuable fimiily ixirlraits in oils, on the ground llial Ihey were not ^ib'volulely iiuno, but wore held in trust; held that Ihe damage in my study, Svtiere I kept guns, lishing-rods, some 's'jorling trophies, and a number of 'b'Kiks aiul pictures, was caiLsed not by â- '.ho fire, but by the expkision of a case 'f cartridges I kept in Ihat I'oom, and 'tlieref-iiv was not covered by the policy; Uoducteil -.il) [>!''â-  cent, for genei-al de- "preciatioii, while allowing nothing for the appreciation of .some old Georgt,;:! silver plale; and llnalls offecred inc £750, or the alternative of an expensive and unsatisfactory arbilration (the lenns Vif the policy denying me Ihe right to "idacc my case before a Judge and jury). "VAI.LI-U) POLICY," That, in briof, is the story ct .iny fire 'insurance, and it must be the exiM'ri- ijnce of many persons after an over- wlu'lmiiig Hre. .Some companies are undoubtedly more generous than others; bul 1 maintain ihal'lhe .system Is w roiig, and that whal we pay tor we should be entitled to get; that the iVilicy 'should bo a "valued ixjlicy"â€" in other V/.inls, if £1.000 worth ot goods is paid V V and is i'jsl, .£1,000, and no other Vium. should be payable to the loser. ANXIOIS MOMENTS. I'housands o( Lilll-e Ones Die Diiritin Ihe Summer .Months. l-'very niolhor of small chiklren knows how falal aro the summer iiioulh.s. Dywntery. diarrhoea, cliol- eia infantimi and st^miach troubles are aianningly freipuuit at lliis time and Uo often a precious litlle life is lost afler only a few hours' illness. The mollioi^ who keeps Baby's Own Tablets in Ihe house feels safe. The occasioniil use <if Baby's Own Tablets prevents stomach and bowel troubles, or if the trouble c<iines unawares Ihe Tablets Nvill bring Ihe little one llii'ough liafely. Mrs. fitsi. Bobb. Aubrey, yiie., says;â€" "I have u.sed Baby's ()wn Tublels tor stomach and Ixiwel troubles wilh the 1 est re>u!Ls. I f<vl quite safe when 1 have Ihe 'lahleUs in Iho liou.s<>." .Sild by medicine dealers or by mail al 25'.'. a box fixfiu Tlie Dr. Willuinis' .MiHli- cine Oj., Biockvilb', Out. A DEMOItVLIZKD PLANET. (By A. Banker.) Is the axis of the globe suddenly al- tering its iKksition; or lias this \xkiv old earth of oui's l.<eoome utterly demora- lised.' We know that the "precession < f the equinoxcis" greulely changes the climate <if certain ixirlloiis of our plan- I'l, but that is an extremely slow movc- ii-ent KHpiii'lng more than 'twenty-live llious.ind years to <xunplete an eiiUre cycle. But in the Northern lIoiiii.sphere 'I ino.sl strange variation in the climatic condition of a considerable portion e[ llw earth's surface liu.s of lale occurixHl, ip.v<ilving a com,plcU> reversal of Ihe or- I'liiary slate of affairs. For instance, during the inleivsely cnld weather of the past winter in Sinilhern Kiirope and North /Mrica, Hie thermomeler in Iceland regi.sleri-d cs much as between llfty and sixty degrees higher than in the pixivince of N'enice; end in Ihe city of Venice ilself il was inqxissiblo tor a lime lo ix'rforin any funerals as the canals were fw/on hard end goiuUilas c«iuld not lie iviwed lo the ci'iiiielery. And in Coiislantiiie, an iiii.iiiid town In Noi-th Africa, inuiiy <f the palms and other subtropical twos weix> apparently killed by the frost, wliile the snow which had fallen there was de,^crilHxl as having U'on nearly a yard diyp. This, however, was iiro- bably an exaggeration. All d'own the Biviera, that region of sun and gn'iiial warinlh, loo. it was at limes intensely c<^ Id iind Inclement. And in l-'.ngland, at nearly the end of Juiv, llres in the rconis wore aliiiKisl a necessity; while in ."-^ollaiut il is recorded Ihat heavy snow has fallen on .s<niie of the moun- tains; allliough al tlie .same tLiiie at 'Iromsoo two liiiiutivd and llfty miles norlli <it Ihe Arolic circle Ihe weather was de.scrib.'d a-s having boon glorious and delightful, with the Iherniomolei' at seventy. Or is Ihe gli^cial period again ap- proaching, and F.ngland iiislead of be- ing a land of syh.-in glades and shady grovo.s. of healli-clad luills and llower- bedecked lanes and C(himljs. and of lively tern-adorni\l glens and vale.s, «nce more to bo ninnlled in a sliixmd of ice. every living creature driven lixun her dear aiul inhospilahle shores, and, for an ejKich. but a gelid wilder- ness, an ici>-lxiiiiid. slorm-.swopl wa.slo. And ill oilier resivicls too, ala.s, the earth is becoming more an<l more de- moivilized. The so-called "New Tlieo- Icgy^' is causing the unstable to los<> llieir failh in Ihe Holy Bible; Iho l.oi'd's Pay is being (K'secraU'd ever more and more; aiul in many of Ihe imlpils of Ihe lami Ihe great alonoiiicnt for .sin jmide <in Ihe cross by the .Son of Cod is ullerly •'iioro<l. and mciv ethics and iiKiralily- llunigh iinperalive of cours<\ to IlKise wh<i would allain lo elern.il lifeâ€" are sub->liluled for faith in the He- dcenu'i's sacriHce. For Ihiough Ihat alone can an wlranoc be gaiinM to the glory-land. Oshawa Galvanized Steel You can't afford to roof A thills' without Oshawa GaU vanized Steel Shlngl«a. *-â-  - '^ â€" - Good for • hundred JPttara. Shin^lGS Send for the free h^oklet. The PEDLAR People Slr'Twu Cibawk HoqUqaI Otuwa Tomnto Loodoa Wlnntp«c .MODEItN GIANTS. Men .ind AVonien Who Were More Thafl Eiijhl Feet in lleighl. Mario Fassnauer, a Tyrolese woman, lowens lo the heiglil of eiglil feel, Bu( Marie, in spile of her many inches, \A not llic most exalted lady that ever lived. Just a quarter of a century ago till- world gazed with crani>d tiead iuid ojx'n nuiulh al a .still laller gianle.ss who looked down on her udmirei's fixim a height of eight feet two inches and ivho was sakl lo he ".slill growing." ".Marian, " as this ivniarkable maiden was called, had bivn boni only sixteen years earlier in a village near the Thur- ingian Mountains, and the "Amazon Princess" was for .some months the gr(vile.>l attraction in the spectacle of "Babil and Bijou" al the .\lhambra Theatre, Ixuidonâ€" a character in which sh' wore a wonderful suit of armor and was crowned with a towering liead- dre.ss, Ihe t«ipmasl plume of which was a good ten feel fmiii the stage. .â- ^or was .Marian distinguislwl only by her giviil hi'ighl. for she had a beauti- fully prQp<irtiontx1 ligure, a (Ustincli%'ely pi etty face and a most amiable di.sixisi- iioii. This magnilic^it creature had a \ery brief teniiiv of life, for she died at Berlin less Ihan two years later and tio- foi^e she hud seen her eighleimfh birth- day. In ISCO niid ls;0 Mi.ss H. .Swan, the Nova .s^cotia gianle.ss, cansixl consider- able sensation. Miss Swan .seenuxl dcs- limxl fi'<iin the cradle lo bo a woman of abiiornuil dimensions, for though her father, a .ScolUsh iminigriinl, was barely liv.' feel six inches and her molher was half a fo<)l shorter still, Mi.ss Anna reached six feel at the age <if II, and at I.', was the tallest [wirson in Nova .Scotia. Foi a lime she was the chief attraction of Barnum's givat show, and <liiring this I>oriod twici' narmwly escaped dealti from lire. She had. t<«i. some histrionic ability, as was provcxl wIk-ii she ap- IHaitHi as Lady Ma â- belli in New York, and iK'fore going to Knglan<l she made a Iriiimphal lour of the Unite*! Slaleis. In her prime Miss .Swan wius but a few iiiclics short of eight feet. an<l she found an aiipropriate liusljaiid In C.apt. Martin Ibilcs, the Kentucky giaiil, wlio was actually Iwo inches taller than hoi'self. Chang the Chinoie giant who ended bis days at B<iurnemouth, Fnglund, not many years ago. wais a man of enor- mous size, slanding over eight fe<»t in his socks, but he used lo declare that ho I'.ad a sisler at home in China wlvo could easily look over his head. This reinnilt- iiblo lady was eight f<v"l four inches in height and had a hand with a span of two feet. lUiberl Hales, the Norfolk giant wlw caiisetl a great sensation in Kngland al/oul half a century ago, was a inem- l)er of a very remarkable family, which iticluded .some women of extraoi-dinary stature. His father, a farinor. was six feet six Indies high, and although his mctlver wius bid a paltry six f<N>l, it js sttiil Hull she had an aiuH^tor in Ihe six- tec nth century who stood four inches over eigtit te«>t. Of the children of this cuupk) the four .sens averaged six fe<H live inches, and Hxe daughters but one and one-hall inches U-.ss. Hol>crl, the t«llesl member ft tlve family, was a litlle <iver seven, and one-half feet high, and measui-ed ' sixly-four inches and .sixly-two inches around the waist and clicsl, rt-spcclively, while Ihe talUal of the sisters, who died at 2(\ was .seven feel two inches in h.-ight and of proportionate build. The number of deaths occurring auKiiig young children during the sum- mer «iKiiilhs is simply appalling. In Iho cily ot Montreal last week, 17.'> Children under the age o( Hve years dxvl, and nearly all 'he deaths wero due to stomach and bowel troubles. With ordinary care most of these llttlo lives might have l>e<'n saved. Watoh Pie food given ttie little ones. Dti not W.(Hi meats; .see thai the inilk given is pure, and give aji occasional dose c( Babys Own Tablets, a nKvJicine which surpa.ssos all others in preventing and curing slomach and bowel troubles. SUSPICIOUS. "I guess Mr. Boxloy ain't a.s rich OA .some piviple Ihink,' .said Tommy. "You said he didn't have to work, bul could jesl go 'round enjoyiii' hlssell wherever h'j i>leti.se<.l." ".So he kin," .'«i!d Jimmy. "Well, ho wasn't al that dandy .Sun- day .school picnic of iiui-s yeslerday, an' lbs tickets wuz only To cents." AWFUL W.VBNING. Pa : "Yes, my .son ; the K.gyplians wen' the most inlellecliial iM-ople on Iho face of till' earth at one time ; bul Hnally the nation de<'ay<xl.' Tommy : ".\nd what caused them to decay. Pa?" Pn : "Smoking loo many ligypWon cigui-cttes, my son." SAIT.K FOP. Till'-, CANDF.n. Mr. b'ussy : "I don'l .see why you wear Ihos ridiculously big sleeves" when you have nothing lo lill lliem. " Mrs. Fussy : "Do vou fill vour silk hat V When a man boa.sis of how he kives his work, il is a sign thai he realli.oj ho cannot afford lo loul.