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Baked Bananas.â€"Peel them. cut them in halves lengthwise and lay them nu ma bottom of a baking dish close to- gether. Sprinkle a little sugar over them. with a few lumps of butter and bake in a. moderete oven {or twenty minutes Of course. you may use tthe mount of sugar you [think best, but Q most pelates they are more grateful in the morning lf only a tiny sprinkl- ‘â€"â€"v â€"vâ€"-" ‘8 it is a delicate brown on top it. is done. “"hen the cake gets just a lit- tle cool. turn it out, of the pan on the pastry board and split. it in ohleves with a strong silk thread. Lay one half on a plate or platter. Butter it wéll. Then cover it well “iub a thick layer of the «oricots. and with a spoon cover the fruit with its juice. Now lay the oth- er half of the cake on the fruit. and cover the tap of this layer with the Unit. Stand it Where it will get cold and serve the shortcuts with a pitcher of ric'h cream. Sour Milk Biscuit.â€"Mrs. Hor- ors' rule is as follows; Rub one table- spoonful of Shortening into a quart of flour. Add half a teaspoonful of salt. Moisten half a teaspuonfm of soda in two tablespoonfltla of warm water. Stir lnto it half a pint. of sowr milk. Stir this into the (loam. You may have to add a little more milk. bwt do not add any more soda. Knead quickly. xoll uut on a board. on“: into biscuits, and bake in a quick oven for twenty minutes. An Apricot Shorwakeâ€"J'ake half a. pound of evaporated apricots, rinse with cold water to free from dust. put in a sauce-pun and mute than cover with cold water. Stand on the hack of “be range. and when the water gets {hot sweeten the fruit with three heap- ing tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar. If. after cooking they are net sweet. enough add sugar. Simmer slowly un- til very soft and the juice is almost as thick as a preserve. then stand where they will cool. Make a nice Shortcake and bake it in a quick oven. As soon For crystallized pom-mu. boil logeLh~ or until it, hardens one large half-cup- (‘ul ol‘ granulated sugar. and two table- spoonfuls of water; «have prepared [.WO qualms of buttered pom‘orn. over which pour the syrup honing hoL. Stir it well to lfhormxg-bly crystallize each 3min. If the corn has a tendency to where. set [Aw pan containing it in a but oven a few sm'onds. then stir it wall to separate the kernels. Plpl‘CIU Daintit-s.â€"Afler the corn is pupped. remove all round and but Bligiully opened grains; to each quart of corn add one large tezispuonlul of melted butter and one-mall teaspoon- (ul of salt. Stir well Uhree or four minutes to thoroughly 383300. This is called hustler corn. To make poucorn balls or briuks. to «ma uupful of brown sugar add a heaping tablespuonful of butter. and three tablespnonluls of water; boil until it rapes or hardeus when (trapped into cold water. While the syrup is boiling hot. pour it over two quarts of polipml cum. from which all round grains have been removed. Stir with a spoon until it is cool en- uugvh to be molded inw shape with the bands. which shawld he rubbed with butter to facilitate wonk. Virginia Duughnuts:â€"-l\1elt one- quarter pound of butler 1n :1 pint of milk that has been bmught to the boil- ing point. Beat two small eggs until very light. and mix them with one pound of sugar, stirring this also into the butter and milk. When nearly culd add a yeast. cake dissolved in one- half rup 01‘ lukewarm water, u half- measwonfu-l of salt and enough. flour to maker a batter to roll out. Let it; stand unLil light, then add a grated nutmeg. leL rise again. NOW £021 it. on: and out into xhupes and fry in tut laru. ' Stewed Red Cabbage may be served appetizingly as follows: Wash well a head of red cabbage. out. Ube leaves apart. (rimming off all tough parts; peel and slice one onion. put it, ever the fire in a. saucepan with a table- Ipoonful of butler. a euptul of cold gravy, belt a salt-spoonful of pepper and. two teaspoonluls of salt. Put in the cabbage, fuur tablespoonfuls of vin- egar over it and cover the pun closely. Cook gently for an hunt or uulll the cabbage is tender, stirring occasion- ally, and serve hot. if the heat is excessive enough to brown them properly. Grease the cups or mould: in which these puddings are baked and dredge them with as much granulated sugar as will cling to the butter before filling them. 'l’uru out the pudding when it. is served and pour a sauce over in. When these puddings aura set in wat- ar or steamed ‘wbile banking. the eggs cannon separate from [be milk! or cur- dle. as suu'h puddings are apt to do EVERYDAY RECIPES. All puddings containing milk and eggs as a basis, like custard. rice pud- ding, sago, or even lightbatter pud- ding ere better for being steamed in the oven while baking. In order to ac- oomplish this put them in individual moulds of stoneware. ordinary teacups will do, but are large, and put them in n pan of water reaching- to three-quar- ters of the height of the mold or cup they are baked in. Little cups that hold about a gill an da half. with per- fectly straight sides. may sometimes be picked up in Oriental hlue-and-white were at 80 cents a dozen. They make excellent individual moulds for pud- dings. 'Ihe advantage of using a cup with n 8 «night side is that a large: number otthns shape may be set in a pan of given size Ithan Iw hen the sides bulge as tine ordinary teacnp does. on accurate statements. Nothing stamps a personwman, woman or child. . ~as so unreiiahle as the confirmed ha- uhit of exaggeration. The habit of stating a message or of describing a jcircumstance exactly as it was given or as it haiipened. is of inestimahle value. It should be the duty of the ' latent to insist upon this perfect truth 1 and to avoid as munh as possible an? 'exaggeration in his conversation. CHILDREN AND TRUTH. The fundamentals of a Persian boy's "’ education 2,000 years ago “as to “draw ftlie bow and Speak the truth.” Can this moral training be improved up- on? It is hardly possible. Truth is the foundation of character. A. truth- , ful person cannot be otherwise had and 3does not readily forget. a. lie, while a. liar hardly notices a lie in another, and ;may forgive and forget it at onl-e. The little one should be taught to never say a thing with the deliberate intention of deceiving, and to best ac- eomplish this is to never deceive him in the smallest particular. Everything seems possible to the little one and he readily makes promises exacted of him. Parents should carefully avoid break- ing promises made to the children. and if the little ones fully comprehend the meaning of those they make they should be compelled to keep them. DON’T ALLO‘V N AGGING. Are we always just with our child- ren? We certaidly mean to be, but lack of time often makes an investiga- tion impossible. For instanceâ€" many children are made miserable by the malicious pickings of an older brother. (.'hildren are the greatest of imita- tors. For that reason does it not he- hoove a parent to be careful in his Speech and conduct, and to tenderly encourage the germs of honest and randid conduct in the little child? A mother should never feel prouder than when her rhihl looks her directly in the eye and "owns up” when it has done wrong. l'nless a. child is a con- firmed liar it need never be despair- ed of. Parents are responsible for much of the exaggeration children in- dulge in. Let them always insist npâ€" Mothers should fully realize the vast. reaponsihility they have resting upon them and earnestly strive by watch- {Illness and care to do the best they em fur the little ones entrusted to them. lag is given to eadh‘ halt. Servo mesa gait breakfast or Inmob. , Fried Eggsâ€"Pun; into a frying-pan {an ounce of butter, and then when it {is hot slip into it from a. plate four ,eggs. Salt the eggs 3. bit. and cook :them for about three minutes. take “tlhem up onto a hot dish and put into llhe frying-pan another ounce of but- ter and let. it melt; squeeze into it. ithe juice of half a lemon. a dash of jcayenne, and When the butter turns brown a little. pour ll. over the eggs .and send to the table. lalking over their lessons in their sleep, languur, ht‘allzu‘ht‘. dySpepsia and extreme nervousness are symptoms of over-study and the child should be al- lowed to rest; for awhile. Plan some amusement and divert the. mind if pos- sible. The extreme effects of over- stuvly are hysteria and insanity. ”was the girls in Well fitting yet comfortable school dresses. Light- weight flannel wears well. Use as mut'h judgment. in the salpction of col- ors becoming to them; as yum do in regard to your own clothes. It will crwle in them a love. for harmony and the beautiful without. making them vain. A feeling of being neatly dress- ed adds much to the comfort of the school girl and will save them many a heartache from unkind remarks made by their more favored comraninns. Mother 3 often make a. mistake in not looking more carefully after the child- ren’s eyes. They should never be a!- Lmved to read or study early in the morning before the sleep has been washed out of their eyes. And never allow them to rpad by a poor light. If they must stualy by mmp or gas fight provide them with cheap brown shades wbivh can be purt‘hased of any stationer. Do nut allow them to get; into the habit of rubbing their (’yvs, i1,_is very injur_ious. On cold, rainy days. when it is so hard for the little ones to stay in doors, when they have tired of every- thing else, often a. basin of soapsuds and a common clay pipe will keep them amused for hours. The best way to prepare the suds is to take a fourth of an ounce of white castile soap. out up in small pieces and boil three or four minutes in three-quarters of a. pint of water. When the soap has melted and the water has cooled. add three-quarters of an ounce of glycer- ine. This should he kept in a tightly cog-lard jar for use when desired. The windows should always be open- ed a little way so as to admit the fresh air, filled with oxygen. while the children are exercising. Dancing is a nice pastime for children if not indulg- ed in to excess. To be able to dance Well adds grace and self-possession to the young child. But. as in other things. parents should use judgment and not allow their daughters to at- taz‘h'fnore importance to the cultiva‘ tion of their feet than of their heads. Exercise is absolutely necessary to the growth and development of childâ€" ren. When the weather will not per- mit of their being out of doors they should be allowed to play games that call for plenty of active movement, short of actual romping. Battledoor and hsuttlez-ock is a capital indoor game where there is room to play it. Bean l;ags,â€"colored bags filled with beans and aimed at a ring or other mark. and other games of this nature can be played. TALKS T0 MOTHERS. WHAT IT WAS. Mrs De Flatâ€"What is that horrid smell 7 Mr. De Flatâ€"J judge {mm the odd! that it’s one of those odorless oil stoves. The Japanese foot has been praised for its strength. and Muty. Japan- can can walk incredible distance: with- out feeling weary. The male ostrich at times utters a cry which sounds like an effort to speak with the mouth shut tight. A Frenchman estimates that there are in the world about 10.000 libraries worthy of the name. An Old gypsy has asked. the Emper- or of Austria to invest him with the dignity of King of the Gypsies, be- cause he can prove his descent from King Pharaoh. Before we were married you used to write me‘ three letters a day? Did I really? Yes. you did; and new you out up just lmcause I ask ynu to write me a. little bit of a check. DO you really love lz'riah? ’Course I does. Think I been walkin’ six miles a week tar see you fur the 1113' year 'cause [hated you? She was until our baby was burn; six weeks ago. Now she is worrying he.- cauae ha may marry some girl that we may not like. Henryâ€"Henryâ€"havvu't you always heard me say that I detest peoule who go around telling their dreams? Why. I thou-gilt she was always cheerful and contented with her lot? Dearest. if] had a barrel of Klondike guggets I would pour them all at. your I have heard a good deal about, peo- ple who borrow trouble, but. I think my wi_f_9 is a; champion in that. line. The rubber tree is usually lapped four times during the first year of its maturity. and the intervals of rest. are gradually diminished, until it can be tapped monthly. The rubber tree is the milch cow of the vegetable king- dom; its yield continues to increase with frequent] and skilful milking un- til il. reaches its maximum. Properly cared for. a tree will yield steadily up in its fortieih year; in some instances. as long as 50 or (ill years. The yield of gum, as well as the market price. is variable; but a healthy tree should yield a revenue of $15 to 820 per nnmunL The lines on this list, consisting over 100,000 tons tonnage, comprise threw German. six British, two French, and one each flying the flag of Italy. Aus- tria-Hungary. Spain and Japan. The next is the Italian General Nav- igation Company. with ninety-six ves- sels of 171,041 tons, followed by the French Transatlantic Line, with sixty- four vessels of 166,701 tons and then the Japanese Nippon Yusen. which is representei‘l as having sixty-eight ves- sels of “H.698 tons, built or under (enn- struction. The Wilson Line. of Hull, occupies the next place. or the third on the British list. with eighty-two vessels of 1:19.793 tnns; the Austrian Lloyd coming next in order, with seventy-two vessels of. 146,560 tons, and the Spanish Transatlantic Company with thirty-six vessels of 121,161 tons. Then follow the Pacific (,‘mnpany. the Cunard and the \Vhite Star. all, Eng- lish. of course. The document makes no reference to the Government subsidies that have contributed much toward this result. nor, indeed, does it lessen the signifi- cance of the figures. The Hamburg‘ American line. says the report, has a greater tonnage than any other com- pany in the world, its sixty-nine ves- sels representing 286,945 tons gross. The English P. 0. Company is given second place, with sixty vessels of 283,140 tons. so that the average size of each vessel is larger. Sixty-seven. vessels. with a gross tonnage of 256,613 tons. place the North German Lloyd line third on the list; but this total, notwithstanding the big subsidies re- ceived. is only 4,200 tons over the ag- gregate credited to the British India Company, of Glasgow, with ninety- seven vessels of 251,429 tons. Coming next is the. French Messa- geries Maritimes, another line strong- ly nurtured with subsidies. the num- ber of its ships being sixty~three. and the gross tonnage 2:29.837 tons. 'l‘hese five are the only companies whose to- tal exceeds 200,000 tons. Raoul Advance an le by German Steam- ship Companies In Recent Years. The German Government has issued an official return. the object of which is to make known the rapid advance made by German steamship companies during recent years. says the London Daily Mail. ' sister or playmnte. a fact of which the busy parent is wholly unconscious. This state of affairs should not be tolerated, for ‘inagging" is enough to ruin the sweetest disposition in the world. DESCEN DA N T OF PHA RAOH. THE MALE (BTRICH. BE FORE AN I) A FT I‘IR. GERMANY ON THE SEA. THE RL’ BBE R. TREE JAPANESE FOOT- SNIFBBED AGAIN. PROOF P05 l Tl VF}. LOSING NO TIME. LIBRARIES. I ‘hévé encountered: too .tbex young girls who lwe on f France. They lead Yery cc of being a. French peasant, in Nor- mandy or Brittany, but it is better in painting and in print’ than it is in ality. The farmhouses have stone floors and are abaol Marriage alone opens the way to these experiences. As a rule her ac- quirements are very mediocre. She usually speaks charmingly and correct- ly, laud, rarely writes or composes well. She occasionally excels in vocal music, but has not any marked inclination toward the fine arts. She has no apti- tude for housekeeping nor the econom- ies of life, hecause France is supplied with perfectly trained servants whose duty and privilege is to save and man- age. She is never a linguist, because her own language sounds all over the. world. Needlework is not her forte. because the ”song of the shirt" is plleO'lLSl)’ sung by the half-starved “muluriere,” and there is no object in plain sewing when it is done so mgr- velously cheap. Home. decorations by the needle are not usual in France, so this same French girl is not an expert in “fancy work." : In many of the large towns. scatter- ed all over France, there. is a pathetic1 class of factory girls. 'l‘hey lead the1 hardest, cruelist lives. They Work inl ill-ventilated places and rooms that are worse than “sweating boxes.” 'l‘hei sewage is poisonous. There is no good water and U191? f00d is insufficient, They are faithful, cheerful, uncom- plaining workers..’l'he cemeteries of the interior towns In France mark the; graves of many young people. especial 1,! young gLrls. l When her parents are ready or the Opportunity comes a council is held by the family with referenre to a suit- able husband for her. and usually the arrangeuwnts are all made between her family and that of the proposed lover before the question is ln'oaehed to her. It rarely occurs to her to oppose the scheme. She is generally only too eag- er to gain her freedom and feel her supreme self-respect and superiority by making an early marriage. Sometimes she is wholly unamquainked with the young or old man who is presented to her as her suitorâ€"approved by the parents on both sidesâ€"for no man in France of any age is apt to marry without the consent of his father and mother. French families flake great pains in seiecting a. husband or wife for their childrvn. They study their interests in a worldly sense. A girl must have her “dot," or portion, toward the fu- ture incorne and_ new home. This “dot" is saved in small sums, usually from the earliest years. The Frenvb girl of the better class has no! beaux, no [lir- tations and no love affairs. She has no real intimzu-ies among her own sex. Her family life is considered ample some for her (ronfidences and Opinions. [{er home is a dull plave for her. for though French domestic. life is kind it is not; interesting to the young daughter. Her education is not thorough nor is her taste intellectual. Her talents are not much cultivated. and she enters but little into sports and games. Like all her continental sisters. the French girl realizes at an early age that her chief object; in. life is marry- ing. and she is well aware that noth- izng can happen to her about which she will he so little consulted. She is nev- er permitted to form any acquaintance or friendship with young men. It would be considered very indeeorous for her to know or reieeive any man unless he were the guest of her laments. She never goes into the street without a chaperon, and then only for enough exervise to insure health. 'l‘hen her eyes are busy with glances, while her wits are at work to deceive her com- panion. The half-grown girl is full of airs, fond of dress. and often has the ap- pearance of a miniature woman. at- tired in the latest fashion. She is for- ward and self-assertive. She is usually lilac-ed in a boarding school. where she is closely watched, never trusted by family, governess or teacher, and as a natural consequence such strict surveillance and lack of confidence de- VBIOIJS very unfortunate traits of char- acter. The girl in the best classes in France is often left in a conVent, Where if too much restraint; is put. over her she studies how she may elude the gen- tle and (-ona-ienliou-s supervision of the nuns. ‘ Among the better clmes the French girl emerges from a. disagreeable child- hood. French children as n rule are much indulged and smiled, and very little frankness exists between them and their parents, or those who have the care of them. I have had many,oe- easions for personal observation in various parts of France. end have found them to be untruthful and much inclined to hypocrisy and selfishness, says a. writer. Life of the French Girl. and in print tinâ€"1’11“: The farmhouses 11: 1d are. absolutely ('0 beautiful prayincial .n.-- ‘- ng beav_y but- DI the roman- asant. in Nor- it is better in an it is in reâ€" have stone. V (‘Omfortlesg Young George McGill of Le mini! fiShing‘ when a ”tat! girl {PH Ihi" rlver. She was being car-nu! A“: the current when the [my plum." - the water and succeeded in "r31“ her to land. Lightning Went down a H: mi chimney. knocked. some plaster ”H" dining £0991 ceiling and walls._svfl' “'hy' I BhOUlâ€"d like. to knn“, .1 1‘ 88564 this PTUdt‘nt father. [YIN-W It keeps péOpIevaâ€"rom kissilm M’“ swered the father. . The reprehf'nsihle 11‘uvtivv “f ”‘8 babies. and thereby SIUIJM‘! :uz ' t9 danger of contagion as \H’” -' discomfort and unnoyam'v, is w 3 to suppress than one mum”! LT" marvel at the means hf (‘uflHWI an; practice which a. certain {alho'r ‘3 Ported to _have adopted. MACAULEY'S Imam m \‘ all who had been exovutwl in I"!!! He was then asked if h-u muN all of the archbishtms. “(211 V“ replied. u any g-lwulh“) (‘HU I" that?” The Archdeacon Hus lh“ cauley's memory made hm 1hr Wonderfully informed man ”In! lured. n 091130, arise in 111039 rain-sunk" Zions. which are like th'lusII"! servoirs. The cause u! Hw m" V nl9ud’heu i8 connet‘twi with W" Winds. and in the «nurse uf .t W oscillates north and south uwr ' tanoe e‘11!le (0 about three tum 0WD breadth, Weeks. Even now the (Tum-mg «'1' ‘hi‘ belt, where everything is maxth‘RP“ With moisture, is a disugrwnhi" “1'” Kill!!! for voyagers going {rum '1’" North to the South Atiuutiv ”W" "r V106 warm. The belt mm "P ”1““ “"0““. equatorial Africa Mm W m- Amencan isthmus. and the gnu: rw its: Amazon. Orinm'u, Nigel“. 7‘93". ”id 3 I which surrounds the our?“ 1 north. of the equator. \\'i1hin Hm rain almost incessantly fills, w times in sheets. and the mud n»! stirs. Before the invvnliuu Hf 5“ ““98. vessels becalmwi in Hw “vi belt." sometimes drifted hrlplc‘fifi A writer in Knowledgv makm « picture at (be great he?! uf (- some three hundred mile"; in '«re fact. the (Inlv l\\n SIIIIHI countries in Whi(h :Inv inllm tal business is dnnu IIIIII III letmrs received from M sent countries are not in Sunnis Engliqh, Frau-h, German .I The Southern 311'! Centr.r Mir-rim countries in which fii‘hé‘r Spanish Portuguese is spoken tin rumgctr't'w ly “t”?- pOSf ”{in0 luminvss 35W ‘0‘ number 0! leHvrs [HISHHI uni (‘OHM 6d in a year in all in» mumrivs South. and (‘entrul Auwrim um I' “'6“ Indies being Ivss than in Au Eralia. Chili and Argentina, :m’. Though 90.01110“) spvak u." under stand Russinn. the hqs'nosq of the Ru.» sian post depart- ‘dz is x-Mmmh small. the uumhen " nf lMlvrs m‘ lhroughoul. (h? (‘zur'sa «mpiw unnum- ing to less than one lent h 11H numtw mailed in GT9!” Britain Hull». ”lung? the population of (Irma! Hriluéu is mn- siderably less than unJ-hulf uf ”I“ W!" ulation nf Russia in Hump». vv-auuu. uu.uuu,uuu "fpnolL‘ W“ 5 i000 Spanish. 35,(KXI,(m H- '3: Mi 000.0% Portuguese. and M Hungarian. DUU'h. i’ulib‘il. Hem“; Bohemian. Gaelic, Rnumuman, 8w“, ish. Finnish. Danish and Nnris'eggm Thus. while only lineâ€"quurH-r of in... who employ the facilities of iii» In...“ departments of civilized “0"“Tnnwmg speak. as their native iungu», lihgigsh. two-thirds of those will: (‘ul‘respum Ho 80 in the English language» This situation arisrs from 1h? {m that 30 large a share ”1‘ lho- ('umum. cial business (If the “HIM Is dune“, English. even among limse uhu (in no! speak English as lheir nalive Ian. gage. There are, {or iimunm, mm. than NIX” DOS-i, Offii'vs In india, lb business of which in iQ‘iif‘rfl and ll- pers aggregates more than 300.0%..1 parcels a year. and lbw humnvm of these offices is done chiefly in English though of India's finial pupululm which is nearly 300,000,000, {em-r thlu 300.0“) persons either spvuk ur unluâ€" stgnd English. ple Wllb speak English: There are stgntially 5i00.M0,(KKl persons. “I" colloquially unv or another uf m. or twelve chief modern languages of these alxmt (Menty-{iw per of 1%.0001)“, permns', speak Em About 90.000.000 Spf‘uk Russian. 75 (XX) German. . f3.0001100 l'rvnoh, 45 m Spanish, 85,(K,’(|,(KW Malian mm 80m Flu-Is About un- l “I? “In! atesdy ocmgvution Mtfi all IN-“ of uctive trade. rivul of the fishes, girls have never hPe native town. THE EAR'I‘H'S (‘Lm INN-71.! NO \VONUE R md Walls. sandal! down stairs. and I am rah of a mu!“ l -the letters Wm past-offices of W by and sent t 1 yea uni “”n 0“ U" p" “at Ram an! pas t of (It foreign . but in r hard feat” uvrzc It Mr? 31 «um “'c H" MM loud Mid" Id”! and Ih 'IW m M :m mild “lulu Inuumlo- bolero Irena-nu! liquor and lung» it.” The ladies thq their '5’”. and do In ll!!!" assured by m. that the gen! lemnn’l he- owned, In the ladips' hi1 Waldorf-Astoria Hui thonghtlessly remuv flag to (tin greater ‘03 his man watchfl lzfugplies him Mt. A crooked toe. w (you being enlist! bu been demonstn cracked toes canno‘ thee. deiiver them unly t anger Who comps d Stationary beds I up houses of the J pour for retiring h “d bod-covering a! mu, “here they the day. and 3?" floor. A'young lady in} locked In her roomi hep her from her 0. ring belonging d her amsted for ta! lie went on her N then Installed with“ h Whose house he i A qmr form of 1‘ In old man in Dari Hem that he hmds Lord for 1,1!” \‘iuli the Mummy rhuir.‘ made twenty-three in, A woman “‘1 therefore be easily dude in his store. I: W” the N15 professor of Chin :2 pf Oxford. to r i” HIM o'clock and hours a day. Be In of eightyâ€"two. A Chlcngo 51100 d a! (111“ in: patro his shoes one size I The daisy did no em States until I “0 explanation II the 1333 sent In W ‘rmy 1101398. “canons stimu'hn “rti08. and [he 1 “"10 9M Fund «1! mu m» TRAPP 211m u: Worlll ‘h