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eagegeegeeee¢$e¢e¢¢¢¢s Q9 49 fi (9 ‘ The Journey Of Mehitable. E: t $¢$$$$¢33633$8333633$$ "Do you mean that I can't have a. horse toâ€"day, Cy, after plannin' for it and speakin’ for it so long ago?" The plain, gaunt woman put down the creaking handle of the pump de- liberately and faced around to the man carelessly whipping off the heads of the daisies that grew about him "Can’t. let you have one. We’ve got to use all the teams toâ€"day in the north field." Mohitable Shailer gazed after her brother as he strode oll‘ to the barn. Her face was set and pale. “I'm goin’,” she said determinedly; “I’m goin’ if I have to go to the Corners and get a team." Entering the “leanâ€"to" she passed into an adjoining room and changed her calico Wrapper for her best black dress. Then she put on her bonnet. Never before had Shem open- ly revolted. To go to the length of hiring a. conveyance purely for her own pleasure and convenience seemed to her little less than a crime. “I’ll tell Cy that I‘ve gone and that he’ll find enough on the swingâ€" ing shelf and in the cupboard cooked up for his dinner and supper." she murmured. She had just taken the pencil down from its place on the old black clock and begun her note to her brother when the rumble of Wheels in the lane caught her ears. She glanced out of the Window apâ€" prehensively. A little weazen’ faced man and a fat woman, surrounded by a brood of children, were driving up the stile. “Aunt Louisa and Uncle Ainasa come to spend the day!" she ejacuâ€" lated. Quick as a flash her rc- solve was‘taken. She flew to the back door and locked it. “I can’t talk to them and do for them toâ€" day,” she said. "Cy can get in the cellar.” Footsteps were approachâ€" ing; there was no time to lose. She ran to the front door. “I am a Wicked woman," she said. stepping Wicked woman," she said. steeping out on the porch and locking the door behind ‘her. “I am a wicked woman.” she repeated as she sped toward a locust grove a few steps away. She felt wholly iniquitous Nevertheless she was conscious of a curious sense of exhilaration. It was as if one who had been repress- ed and browbeaten by the World since birth had suddenly gained a chance for freedom. She called to the birds as she sped through the thickly wooded grove. She threw out her arms from sheer happiness. She sang snatches of half-forgotten songs. She even Inn 'ld herself declaiming some of her oldâ€"time school pieces, When she reached the road she Walked along sedately; but her pulse was still quiclu-ning, her 'heart still beut unwontedly. To be daring just once,â€"to run away from duty. to brave the wrath of her brother and the surprise and indignation of her aunt and uncle and their devoted family.â€"all this gave the erstwhile conscientious Woman a positive thrill of pleasure. muer The proprietor of the stable look- ed up in surprise as she asked for a horse and buggy and requested that it, be charged to her brother. “Certainly, Miss Shailer, certain- ly," he said, rising. “The Shailcr family ken have anything they Want in my outfit, on credit; I only wish tlmy'd come ofteneix This is the first: time.1helieve?” tentatively. “Goin’ fur. Will I put in feed, or air you goin' to be back before 1y," h faunin in my tlmy'd first llil' long "You had better put in feed,” Me- hitahle replied. ‘ The man called 21 boy who was playing "jacks" by the stable door. “Bring out, the roan an’ the best buggy,” he said promptly. “Miss Shailer Wants the best, don’t you, Miss Shailer?” Mehitable inclined her 'heud. but frightened at her own temcrity, look- ed away to discourage iuriher con- versation. A few minutes later the reins were handed to her and she started out on her drive down the quiet country road. The horse jogged along at a snuil’s pace: but she did nof care. She had a. feeling that the duration of her joy was proportional to the slowness of his gait. Up hill and down. through little coverts of Food. around winding.stone walls, 'Lhey went. Not. until the suburbs This is my (I; Vâ€"mine!” she mur- of the city were reached did the re- vulsion or feeling come. Then sud- denly she began to feel timid and unhappy. The pretentious villas seemed to stare at her with unâ€" friendly eyes. The very children looked at her estrangedly. Her best dress seemed all at. once to ha’ve grown rusty and old. The buggy creaked mournfully beneath its coatâ€" ing of dust. Even the horse hung his head dejectedly as smart equip- uges and high-stepping steeds flashed by. , As she pushed on further the bust- ling electric cars bewildered her. The Wheelmen darting to left and right swam dizzily before her. She almost Wished she had not come. She was no part of this dazzling pageant. A flaming billboard caught her eye. She drove nearer and gazed at. it eagerly. “That’s it!” she ex: claimed. “What if I hadn’t got to come when I’ve ’lotted on it so long?" She felt in her pocket mechanicalâ€" ly. It was empty. She had left her purse at home. In the hurried de- parture there was no thought of the bearded money that she had put aside. little by little, for this day Well, she could see part of What she had come to see, she told herself. It began to rain. The drops came down faster and faster. She reined in the old horse to the curbing. " Jan you tell me where to go and see the procession?" she asked a freckled faced urchin timidly. "Right here, grandma," he replied, winking; at his companions. “Did you come in from the farm this morning to see it?” A dull red flamed into Mehitaâ€" ble's cheeks. Even this ragged street gamin could tell that she was from the country. "She's a comin'!" called out from one. Meliitable leaned out and peered down the street. There was “She’s a. comin'!" called out from one. Mellitable leaned out and peered down the street. There was a blast of trumpets. The long-look- ed-for hour had come. In a moâ€" ment, Buffalo Bill, handsome. dashâ€" ing, reckless, would gallop by. She leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes. Yes. she was glad she had come. It, was worth remorse. It was worth a, revolt. It was the one radiant event in her life. There was a tramping of horses. She sat up straight and looked out. The crowd surged about her shoutâ€" ing hoarser. “Buffalo Bill!" they cried. She strained her eyes that she might seé through the drifting rain; An old man, with thin, gray hair drove past. He looked querua lens and ill. A few Indians, forlorn, dejected With the rain beating down upon their drooping feathers, jogged after him. Mehitable gazed after them blankly. Was this her hero? Her face grew hot. For the first, time she acâ€" knowledged to herself that a vision of him, a youthful, idealized vision had filled her soul. This plain Wo- man, from whom life had Withheld its choicest flower, had extracted from the barrenness of her existence this one romanceâ€"and, realized, the vision, the dream, had turned to dust and ashes. She began to feel hungry, and then she remembered that she had had nothing to eat since four o’clock that morning. And she had forgot- ten to feed the home. She decided [to stop at the country store just 'uhead and give him something to flat While she went in for a. drink of Water and perhaps buy some crackâ€" ers. The end of the procession was in sight She was unspeakany glad. She scarcely looked at the “Repreâ€" sentatives of Nations." To get away from it all into the open counâ€" try again was her one desire and thought. The horse obeyed the slap of the reins and started off at a good pace as the street was cleared of the Waiting vehicles about. Soon the smart suburban villas began to apâ€" pear in sight. When they had disâ€" appeared, she breathed more freely. “And to think that I thought this was liberty and freedom, and ran up a hill to get it," she said to herself, “and ran away from my own blood relations, and spoiled my best dress. and left Cy to get his own dinner." She gave. a little half-sob. halfâ€" laugh. What would her brother say? Oh, she must get home soon She urged the horse forward. Suddenly she straightened up. “There's never any great lose; with- out some small gain,” she thought. “If I hadn‘t come and seen Buffalo Bill who knows but I'd gone on making a fool of myself!" ‘dress and travelâ€"stained features. ‘ “We do not'sell drinks here. madâ€" am.” he said. i Mehituble nearly sank to the floor with mortification. She thought of two poor creatures she had seen that day in the city entering a saloon. “He thinks I am like those woâ€" men!" she said to herself. rushing from the store. Oh, if she could onâ€" ly get. home where people knew her and cared something about her. She thought of her kindly neighbors and their esteem and of the standing which her brother had in file coniâ€" After this she felt better. If only things could be made all right at home: the dear, old home. She could see the rosebuds unfolding af- ter the rain; the bed of growing things under the kitchen Window; the young garden which she had tpnded with such care. "I came in to see if I could get a drink here." she said to the clerk, "andâ€"" The sentence was not fin- ished. The man interrupted her, looking stonin at her bedragg‘led which her munity. She untied the ofl‘ again. At a little further on ed the horse and stall-[04 At a fork in the road : r on she stopped per The bolero waist is a marked faâ€" vorite of fashion and is shown in many of the advance styles. The smart model shown is admirable in many ways and is adapted to (L varâ€" iety of materials. The bolero. hav- ing no collar, makes it peculiarly desirable for wear beneath a wrap while at the same time it gives sufâ€" ficient of the jacket suggestion to be suited to street costumes designed for spring. As shown it makes part of a costume of satinâ€"faced cloth in sage green, with the full Waist of Liberty satin in a lighter shade of the same color, the trimming being folds of the satin, cross-stitched on With black silk and at the ends with jewelled buttons. To cut this Waist, for a Woman of medium size, 2} yards of material 21 inches Wide, 1% yards 27 inches wide, or 143- yards 44 inches wide will be required for the Waist: 2.} yards 21 inches Wide, 1% yards 27 inches wide, or 1“; yards 44 inches wide for the bolero. plexod. Which way should she go? She could not remember. Finally she let the horse choose. She traveled on and on, but still no familiar landmarks appeared. She grew frightened. Where was she going? A farmer drove around a. bend in the road. She appealed to him in her dilemma. “You’re going out of your Way every minute," he replied. “Go back till you come to that little ivyâ€"cov- ered churchâ€"you mind you passed it when you came along, but anyhow you can’t miss itâ€"and then turn on the next left, hand road. That will bring you out, Where you want, to Mehitable retraced her way through the lengthening shadows but no church appeared in view as the miles went by. “Is there any ivy-covered church around here?” she finally askâ€" ed a little boy Whom she met. “There ain’t none now,’_ he re- plied, “but there used to be one ‘about a quarter of a mile up," jerk- ing his thumb indefinitely, “but it Was burned down long ago." Mehitable began to feel not unlike Rip Van Winkle. Was she crazy, she asked herself, or had everyone else Mohitable began to feel not unlike Rip Van Winkle. Was she crazy, she asked herself, or had everyone else gone crazy? Evidently the only thing to do was to go back to the fork in the road and start again. She urged the old horse forward at the top of his speed, and at. last entered upon the road that she should have taken two hours before. Soon thing's began to look familiar. Before long she reached the stable, and leaving the horse and buggy, sped homewurd across the field. Would Cy be home she asked her- self. What would he say? How could she make him understand how she regretted that day’s Work. She had reached the gate. The June roses leaned over the fence as if to welcome her with their glad fragrance. She passed swiftly up the path, into the house. Cleanliness and thrift smiled on her from every side. The stove, newly blackened that morning, glis- tened in the sunlight. The spotless floor lay barred in links of golden light. The bird looking dmvn from his rustic cage burst into joyous melody. Her heart thrilled. But what was this? Before her, unconscious of her entrance. was her brother, his head bowed upon his hands. By the side of the table lay the. note that she had begun that morning, “I am going away.” .As she glanced at it mechanically, a light broke in upon her. “Brother Cy," she said softly. The man started to his feet. He looked at her bewilderedly. "I have come back, Cy." she said, “and I don't believe I will ever want to go away again." She felt her hands grasped. There was a, look in her brother’s rugged face that she had never seen there before. “You ken go after this just whenever you’re n-mind to.” he Oxâ€" du'rmed bl‘okenly. “The farm Work ken Wait. The horse’ll be ready Whenâ€" over you say!" FRI’NCII PRESIDENT’S SALARY. It is often said that the French President receives no more than $120,000 a year for his services. That. is, as a matter of fact. the ac- tual‘ salary of the head-of the Re- public, but it is not generally known that. M. Loubet. is supplied gratuiâ€" tously with a. number of household necessaries which represent. in value at least $10,000 a your. For fruit, vegetables, game, oil, logs for his ‘lires, gas and electricity he pays no- ;thing‘. while in addition his houseâ€" i'hold linen is washed free of charge. BOLERO WAIST 32 to 40 Bust oil, logs for his city he pays n6- liou his houseâ€" I free of charge. kamwmessaassafl emeeeeegeeeeeewg Cinnamon Rollsâ€"Two quarts of bread sponge, to which add half a. cup of butter and a cup of sugar, also one egg or two eggs are plenty. Mix a. little more flour witli it, let rise, knead as you would bread, and let. rise again ; then roll out, like bisâ€" cuit dough. only thinner, sprinkle thickly with sugar and powdered cinnamon, .roll up like jelly roll, cut in slices, lay in a baking pan and bake quickly. Rice ShoWhallsâ€"(‘ook one cup of rice and let it. get cool; mix with it three tahlespoonfuls of sugar and one of melted butter; then form into balls. Place them on a baking plate and set, in the oven for about ten minutes. The oven should not be hot enough to brown them. Beat the whites of three eggs to a stifl froth. add three teaspoonfuls of pul- verized sugar and a. few drops of lemon extract; pour over the rice and set, in the oven to harden, but not, brown. Serve with Whipped cream Cream Cakeâ€"Three eggs. 1 cup sugqu lump of butter size of an egg, 3 tablespoons sweet milk, 1 cup flour, to which add 1 heaping tea- spoon baking powder before sifting. Bake in three layers. Cream for same : Take é cup sugar in A} cup sweet milk, place in pan and set. on stove. Beat, 1 egg and dissolve 1 tablespoon flour in a. little milk. Stir mag and flour in hot, milk and cook till it. thickens. Flavor and remove from the stove. Candied Orange or Lemon Peel.â€" Soak the peel several days in a brine strong enough to float a. small potato, then steep in cold water unâ€" til it is so tender that it can be broken easily. The water should be changed six times to draw out. the salt and make the flavor delicate. Drain for several hours, then cut into inch squares; measure and put on the back of the stove, with an equal amount of granulated sugar. When thoroughly dissolved, spread upon platters and keep in the open oven or in the sunshine until candied which will be within a few days. Keep in covered glass jars. Chocolate Pieâ€"Six tablespoons su- gar, 4 tablespoons chocolate, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 teaeup boiling Water, yolks of 2 eggs, lump of but- ter the size of a. walnut. Boil on stove till thick. Put the whites of eggs on top. This will make one pie. French Puddingsâ€"Dissolve 1 cup tapioca. farina in 1 cup cold milk for an hour, then boil it eight or ten minutes in a. double boiler. Take from the fire and when cool add -1 dessertspoon sugar, 4 Well beaten eggs, 3. small piece of butter, a little salt and 4} teaspoon vanilla. Serve cold with the following sauce : The yolks 01 2 eggs, 1} pt, milk, and 1 cup sugar. Whip the whites of the eggs and put on top of the pudâ€" dings. Before I begin to clean house have plenty of soft water cloths, together with in profusim have plenty of soft water and cloths, together with a profusion of soap and common whiting, says a practical housewife. Firs-t comes the kalsomining or the whitewashing. To prepare kalsomino for ceilings. use § pound White glue, 8 pounds zinc while. Soak the glue over night. in water, and liquefy over the fire the next; day, then add more water and the zinc white. Standard dyes of any colors may be mixed with the kalsomine to give any shade desired. As nearly everyone knows how to prepare whitewash, we Will pass that. over. After the ceiling has been made fresh and clean, the Woodwork should be Washed thoroughly. Next, wash the windows with clean water, rub whiting over the glass, and when dry polish with a soft cloth. To disinfect sinks and drains, (lis- solvo 1,» IT). copperas in 1 gal. water, pour into the sink and Water drain occasionally, and it will keep them pure and wholesome. After the furniture has been clean- ed, (L good but simple polish can be made of 2 oz beeswax, é oz Whit. soap and 1 pt boiling water. Rub on with a cloth a small space at a time, and polish with To clean brass ke ill nrtic About ticlcs uf brass. take the peeling of lemon before it, is dry, dip in salt (1 rub the article with it. Polish DOMESTIC Rl‘ HOUSEâ€"OLE House 00k one cup of 00!; mix with it of sugar and one then form into the CIPES ANING another cloth. 1105, or any the peeling of To make the stoves bright, mix the stove blacking with vinegll’, to the consistency of cream, add i mnspoon sugar, apply with a brush, and 1961- ish with newspapers. 1!. will give a beautiful and lasting polish. 1f one has willow furniture that. is not varnished, they should clean it. If not wuLh stifl instantly with a. dry cloth and will lane a. brilliant. surface. It seems a very simple matter to clean the teeth, and one may think it, hardly Worth while to read any directions for such an ordinary proâ€" cedure, But. there is '.L right. way and 11. Wrong way of doing eVeryâ€" Lhing. and it, is safe to say that mm-c persons go about cleaning the Luth in the wrong Way than in the right. Not, only is the way in which this is usually done ineffectual, but. it. may even be injurious both to the teeth and to the gums. ’l‘ho gums play a. most important part in keeping the teeth firmly in place, and every care Should be taken to prevent them from receding. One of the most. common causes of this recession is the injury caused by the improper use of the tooth-brush, yet this injury can he whoin prevented by a little care. In the first place the brush should not be too hard and the bristles should not be too close together. The surface of the brush should be serrated, or uneven, with longer and shorter bristles. so that the pro- jecting ridges may penetrate between the teeth. It is better to have the brush slightly concave. to fit the arch of the teeth, but in that case one must have asecond one for brushing the backs of the teeth. The teeth should never be scrubbed by moving the brush from side to side across them. as most persons do, for it is that that pushes the gums back and tears them. This motion, especially when the brush is a still one and a. gritty powder is used, may also injure the enamel of the teeth. The teeth should be clean- ed by rolling the brush in a. direc- tion from the gums toward the cut- ting edge, so that the bristles will not only scrape the surface, but sweep between them. This motion will also coax the edge of the gum over the neck of the tooth instead of pushing it away, and as the move- ments in this direction can be neither so rapid nor so forcible as when they are from side to side, the gums are less liable to be lacerated bv the bristles. The backs of the teeth are to be brushed in the same way, while the grinding surfaces must be cleaned by a toâ€"andâ€"h‘o as well as a. lateral rubbing. Lukewzu'm Water is best. for the teeth, and some good dentiflrice should be used once a. day. RUSSIAN CITIES. According to the last census, the returns of which have occupied tWO years in compilation, there are. only three cities in the Russian empire containing a population of over half a million souls, viz.: St Petersburg, 1,267.000; ' Moscow, 988,000, and Warsaw, 614,800. Odessa comes next with 502,000; Lodz, 314,000; Riga, 283,000, and K106. 249,000. There are 35 towns containing beâ€" tween 50,000 and 100,000 inhabiâ€" tants, and 82 tOWnS with popula- tions Varying from 10,000 to 50.000 souls. In 1‘.) only of the 139 cities and towns enumerated is the female population slightly in excess of that of the males; in all the rest the male is largely in excess of the female population, says London Standard. In many instances the females conâ€" stitute only 70 per cent. of the to- tal population. Among those Rus- sian towns whose populations have most rapidly increased the Polish centre of Lodz is conspicuously the first. Fifteen years ago the so-called Russian Manchester was a place of some 25.000 inhabitants; it now conâ€" tains an industrial population of Honey Breakfast Cookiesâ€"One cup brown sugar, a» cup strained honey, 1 cup sour milk or cream, 2-3 tea.â€" spoon soda, 1 cup of butter. Mix sugar and butter together till creamy. then add the honey and sour milk, also enough flour to roll and cut. Honey Fillng for Cakeâ€"One cup granulated sugar moistened with cold water, then add 1 tablespoon honey. Place on stove and boil till it threads. Have ready the white of 1 egg beaien still and stir this in gradually, boating constantly so it cannot curdle. Place between lay- 01's. Luncheon Toastâ€"Boat well 1 egg, add 1 pt sweet milk, a. pinch of salt, 2 tablespoons strained honey. Fry brown in butter. - Honey Cream Fudgeâ€"Three cups brown_ sugar, 1 cup strained honey. Boil till it gums when dropped into cold water. Add 1 cup milk, {,- cup water, butter size of an egg. Have pans greased and just before pourâ€" ing into them, add 1 cup nuts (but- ter-nuts preferable). Be sure to stir well before pouring into the pans, stopping as soon as it shows signs of sugaring. When cool, mark into squares. 315.000 souls Clorkâ€"“Mr. Snipper was in you were out; he said he’d call toâ€"morrow," Proprietor â€"â€" kind of him." Clerkâ€"â€" ed to collect. a. bill.” “Very kind to say i salt and water, scrub with brush and dry thoroughly. BRUSHlNG- THE TEETH HONEY DAINTIES -‘ ‘But he Propr when he While again “Very Want- ietorâ€" would