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PEPPER MANGOES.

Select firm bullnosed peppers for this
purpose. Mild Spanish peppers do not
make good pickles, although they are
excellent as vegetables or In salads
and should always be served in this
way. AS vegetable they are served
stuffed with meat and other ingredi-
ents, simmered in water for about fif-
teen minutes. and afterward roasted
in the oven. 1t is n matter of regret
that this vegetable shop'd ha continu-
ally COMPOUNDED with the old fash.
loned bullnosed pepper. These peppers
are darker green than Spanish pep
pers and much stronger in flavor. To
prepare pepper manages clean out the
Inside carefully. A real bullnosed pep
per will make your fingers tingle. Pre-
pare quantity of cabbage for pick
ling. Stuff the peppers with the cab
bage. putting one tiny onion and one
tiny cucumber with the cabbage in
each pepper. Cover the prepared pep.
pers with cold vinegar and let them
remain until thoroughly cured, or for
six or seven weeks.
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A THRILLING INCIDENT.

The death of the famous Spanish
toreador Revertc recalls to the London
Globe one of the most thrilling in
cidcnts ever witnessed in the arena.
1t was at Bayonne. After disposing
of two bulls. Keverte had twice
plunged his sword into third, of
great strength and ferocity, and as the
beast continued careering wildly. the
spectators began to hiss Reverte for
bungling. Wounded to the very quick
of his pride. the Spaniar'l shouted.
THE bull is slain!" and. throwing
aside his sword. sank on one knee with
folded arms in the middle of the ring.
He WAS right. hut he had not allowed
for the margin of accident. The
wounded benst charged full upon him.
hut the matador. splendid to the last.
knelt motiOnless as n statue. while the
spectators held their brenth in horri-
fled suspense. Reaching his victim.
the bull literally bounded ut him. and
ms he sprang he sank in death. with
his last effort giving one fearful lunge
of the head that drove n horn into
the thigh of the kneeling man. and
laid bare the hone from the knee to the
Joint. Still Reverte never flinched. but
remained kneeling exultant in victory.
hut calmly contemptuous of applause,
till he was carried away to heal him
of Ills grievous wound.
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PRESENCE OF MIND.

The following true story happened in
a Suffolk village: A husband had gone
out for the evening and left his wife
and child at home. The woman was
about to retire for the night when to
her amazement she perceived the foot
Of a man beneath the bed. Instead
of calling for assistance. MS some
would have DONE she coolly went to
the ehild's cot and sat and sang till
the child went to sleep. Two hours
then remained before her husband
came in. He was surprised to find her
waiting up. but when his wife handed
him an envelope. saying, "You might
run and post this" the cause of her
waiting was revealed. Instead of a
letter the following was written on the
envelope: "A burglar is under our
he'd: run, fetch police" The husband
returned in II minute with police
man. and the man was arrested. The
burglar, when brought up before the
Magistrate. remarked that he had come
across few brave women in his time
hut this one must have had nerve
like iron.l for she sat there for three
solid hours. He had the impression
that she didn't know he was there
III the policeman pulled him out
v C,
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SHE TRAINS DoNKEYs.

Miss Ruggles- Brise. of SPANS Hall,
Braintree, Essex, England, is an expert
trainer of donkeys. According to Coun-
try Life. this lady takes very great
interest in her animals, and personally
attends to their training and general
management, and the consequence OF
this care is that the animals develop
both physical AMI mental qualities of
II most remarkable nature, for. con-
trary to the general belief, the donkey
is very far from being stupid ami
NAL. Miss Ruggles-B rise generally
buys her donkeys when they are from
two to three years old. and after feed
ing them well for short time she be-
gins their education.
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A SOUTHERN PEACH PIE.

Down South, that is, below Mason
and Dixon's line, a peach pie is usually
peach cobbler. 1t lis not baked in
thin pieplate, but in Il deep earthen-
ware pudding dish. 1t is made of the
whole peaches without being stoned,
as the stones are supposed to give fla
vor to the pie. At least. so the old col
ored cook will assure you. The peaches
are peeled, but not sliced, as is done
in the ordinary peach pie. Into one
family cobbler or Southern peach pie
put quart of rich yellow peaches;
sweeten them to the taste, adding Il
little butter for fiavoring. Line II deep
pudding dish of earthenware with good
pastry Then fill it with the peaches
and their seasoning. Cover it with a
layer of pastry and bake it in mod
erately hot oven. The oven should
be hot enough to bake the whole
peaches through in an hour. This was
favorite dessert ''before the war"
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W :Dovd0if'
k& CHAT:

There are over 14O women dentists
in England.
Smoking cars for ladies are in use on
some of the Russian railroads.
Two per cent. of the applications for
patents in England last year We're
made by women.
The University of Chicago has IL
Japanese coed, Miss Tel Morita. She
is Il protege of Mrs. George Gould.
There are thirty seven female letter
carriers in the rural service of the
United States Postotfice Department.
The Duchess of Marlborough be-
lieves strongly in physical training for
children, and her two sons. the Mar
Ouis of BIandfOrd and his little BROTH
err, Ivor Charles, are undergoing Il
course of instruction daily at ,Blenheim
Palace.
Mrs. Charles ]. Holman, who died
at her home in -Attleboro, Mass, re-
Gently, was the widow of David T..
Holman, who was escort to Marquis
de Lafayette at Boston upon the occa-
sion of the laying Of the corner stone
of Bunker Hill monument.
The Mechanics Institute of Buffalo
has organized Il class in steam engin-
eering, and one of the pupils enrolled
is a woman. She has declared her in
tention of mastering the running of Il
steam engine in order that she may
operate 1t herself in connection with
a dry house in which she is Interested
The Countess of Warwick intends to
establish agricultural settlements in
different parts of England, where
women who are expert in horticulture.
dairy farming and poultry rearing can
work on the cooperative principles.
She believes that the problem can be
solved by training intelligent and edu-
cated women to this calling.
Miss Caroline l.. Greisheim. clerk
In the Civil Service Bureau at wash
tngton, has had unique duty cut out
for her. She has been detailed TO
make IL tour of inspection of the post
offices of the country and in.arpret
the Civil Service regulations. MISS
Grelsheim does not expect to have
warm reception. but this does not
worry her, she says.
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now in Jail ut Hamburg on charges of
being an escaped prisoner from Sibc-
ria, and will be taken back TO his eX-
lie home. His career is an astounding
romance.
Several fines previously the Count,
by most reckless courage had escaped
from his prison exile In Siberia. where
he had been sent for committing forg-
cry, and each time lie was recaptured
and extrldlted from the country where
he was found.
His last fight. Which has ended In his
arrest ut Hamburg, has given the Rus
sian police ten years of trouble. The
Count got away from Siberia i'll 1893,
and succeeded in reaching the United
States. For five years he lived I'M
discovered in Chicago, earning his liv-
Ing mt various times MS waiter, bill
liard-mnriier. cabman and car conduc-
tor. In 1898 he volunteered for the
war and fought with great distinc-
ton with the American troops against
Spain.
Afterwnrd he went to Spain ns the
representative of an American export
house The Russian secret police were
meanwhile making an incessant search
and recently they located him in Spain.
The Count discovered that his iden-
tity was known. and boarded Il. steam
er ut Lisbon bound for Hamburg.
Detectives booked passage by the same
vessel, and on arrival at Hamburg
persuaded the German authorities 10
seize the Count.
The Count. who is forty-four years
of age, is the husband of the French
Countess Lantrec de Toulouse.
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Stains on knives, however obstinate.
will disappear If rubbed with piece
of raw potato dipped in brick dust.
When making cakes. try greasing the
tins with olive oil instead of with but
ter. You will find that the cakes turn
out better.
In certain households parsley is al
ways served with vinegar and salt
after onions. 1t liz supposed to remove
all odor from the breath.
Kerosene will Inst longer and pro-
duce better light If n lump of salt
about the size of walnut be placed
In the reservoir of the lamp in which
it is used.
A delicious picnic sandwich has for
filling chopped cucumbers seasoned
with mayonnaise dressing A lettuce
leaf may be used with the filling If 1t
Is wanted.
To keep cut asters for long time
strip the leaves from their stems and
put into the water in the vase piece
of charcoal. The water will need
changing daily.
Chairs should be chosen for comfort
as well as for appearance. The fragile
ones thae look as though they would
collapse IL substantial person sat on
them SHOULD be abolished from the
modern home.
An ordinary chocolate cake baked
in individual tins Is delicious with "a
marshmallow frosting. Put the marsh
mallows on plate over hot water and
let them dissolve. Then stir them into
boiled frosting.
Tea kettles. pots, gem pans, etc,
that have become rusted from expos.
ure to sea air may be rendered as good
as new by greasing them thoroughly
and placing them over the fire to let
the grease burn OF.
To remove mud splashes from soft
dress materials leave until thoroughly
dry. then gently rub with a dry corn
cob. It will not roughen the goods
as a harsh brush does. Lake or sea
sand will freshen velvet and remove
the dust. Apply fine sand quite free
~, then brush until none remains. al
way brushing the pile the wrong way
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No cR1NoLINE THEY SAY.

The great French cOstumier, being
Interviewed on the question of the
crlnoline. has little or no faith in its
reintroduction. He puts no limits to
the vagaries of fashion. but he does
not think it at all likely that the Gu
paciOus petticoat of the Empire will
once more be adopted by ladies. He
ascribes the idea of its Temperatures
to the fact that the dresses worn at
present are more ample than before,
and that some of the dressmakers
have inserted small steel hoop at the
bottom of the petticoats to give the
limbs greater freedom. Messrs. Red
fern. of sartorial fame, after having
given learned disquisItion on the
origin of the crinoline, expressed like
wise their disbelief in Its restoration.
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Austin Corbin, during the latter part
of August, cruised along the Atlantic
coast on his yacht Sappho. Sometimes
Mr.. Corbin would disembark for a
day at Newport or Bar Harbor. and
sometimes for a change, he would visit
the little known and quaint coast vii
lagos.
From one of these villages Mr.. Corbin
returned one evening in disgust. He
had dined at the town tavern, and the
meal had been vile. Discussing 1t. he
said:
Everything was sour but the vine
gar, and that was sweet"
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HE KEPT HIS VOW.

From an anecdOte told by William
Eleroy Curtis in his yankees of the
East" 1t may be inferred that the at
titule of the small boy toward fence
is the same in japan as in other coun-
tries.
Mr.. Gobel. the missionary. built him
self modern house on what Is known
MS ",rle Bluff" south of Yokohama.
and surrounded his grounds with the
first fence that was ever built in that
part of the world. 1t was made of
bamboo palings. and the boys of the
neighborlool used to annoy the good
missionary greatly by rattling sticks
against it as they ran along the street.
The British admiral lived just above
him. and had very natty Tommy At
kins for an orderly. He wore lit
tie round cap on the northeast corner
of his head. and always carried n lit
tie cane of ruttan in his hand. One
morning, having been sent with mes
sage. lie appeared before the admiral
with his face bruised and his uniform
battered and torn and covered with
dust.
Mercy ou us. tAcl'lIheu tie hu
miral. In astOnishmens at the spect;l-
Gle. what has happened to yOu:"
II beg your parding. SIR" replied
Tommy but as l was coming along
hup the ill a-rubbing my stick against
the missionary's fence. sir, e come
hout in is paJamas and said AZ 'ow e
'ad vowed by the grace of God to
lick the 'lde OF tile next man who did
that, and e done 1t, sir"
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q TAPS] 6 g
A.NTANG!ES,

Tiny ruchings rose 1uillingS are a
furore.
Cream white rides on the high wave
of fashion.
Pulled Chantilly makes pretty lin
gerie sleeves.
Dots of embroidered gold enrich one
splendid brocade.
Maggie rose quillinss are smart on
black or on gray.
Various delicate shades of blue and
bluet retain high favor.
The longer we know chiffon the more
do we appreciate its charm.
There's no denying the vogue of
crepes for house and evening wear
As a rule sheer laces are allowed TO
retain their delicate cream or black.
Three-piece suits are delightfully."- fen
tured among foreign-made models.
Every sort of lace is dyed TO
match" The heavy ones especially.
The color that was long ago called
dregs of wine is tremendously mOdish.
A short jacket of squirrel skin is set
with bands of the dark blended sqlir-
REL.
Purple is promised AS popular fall
color. 1t will be seen in several
shades.
Moire astrachan is made into smart
Jackets. but more in Persian lamb are
to be seen.
Graduated tucks are altogether love-
ly in chiffon, especially when alter
mated with delicate lace.
A short blouse of chinchilla is COM
bined with IL linen lace of the flet
variety. This forms the lower part of
the Jacket, which blOuses, and the
stock.
Browns will be much worn for street
costumes during the fall and winter.
Coffee brown is Il new shade that bids
fair to be popular, although the darker
browns are more generally becoming.
Fur coats are in all lengths. The
popular length is twenty-five inches In
the serviceable jacket. Moleskin ap-
pears in waist length jackets. At
recent opening coat Of forty inches.
three-quarter length, was sold for
$1,000
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EWES PRIOR DISCOVERY.

by observing the fall Of an apple"
remarked the moralizer. Newton dis
covered the law Of gravity"
Yes" rejoined the iemOralizer, land
thousands of years previous Mother
Eve discovered the gravity of the law
by biting an apple."-Chicago News.
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MILADY,s MoNocLE.

Lorgnettes are giving way to the
monocle, and milady, If not daring
enough to wear the single glass stuck
in the eye. at least bangles one OH the
end of her jeweled chain and plays
with it effectively. AIonOcles made
with short handles are making their
appearance and are Il pretty toy, but
they are condemned by ultra fashion
ables MS not being the real thing.
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woMAS's AWFUL FOUR HOURS


Miss Ruth Orthwein. of st. Louis.
widenwake but feigning sleep, lay for
four hours early in the morning watch
ing burglars rob the room and make
vain efforts to remove diamond neck
lace from the throat of Mrs. Ralph
Orthwein. who was wearing the jewel
for safekeeping. When ut 8 o'clock
she managed to warn A. +. Orthwcin.
Il brother. of the presence of the rob
hers. the latter had escaped.
1T was the longest and most agon-
izing four hours Of my lifetime, and
hope that 1t will never he duplicated"
said Miss Orthwein, describing her
experience. Il plainly saw the bur-
glar repeatedly attempt to remove the
necklace from, Mrs. Orthweins neck.
and heard him attempt to sootl,e her
when she stirred. Occasionally. he
would leave the bed. and IL whispered
consultation would follow with his
accomplice The other fellow would
flash his light across my face to sec
whether l was awake. Every time I
saw the light approaching closed my
eyes. and was careful to see that they
believed that I was still sleeping. 1
can give 10 accurate description of the
man other than to say that the fellow
who approached the bed was smooth
shaver. that his face was deathly pale.
aud his clothes of light material. His
face was so white he may have worn
mask. could not see distinctly in
the moonlight. I had not dared to
open my eyes when day dawned.'
Miss Orthwein's mother came to the
door about six O'Clock and saw the
door open. hut. thinking the girls
wanted the breeze, did not close 1t.
When she went to the second floor
ngain she concluded that she had bet
ter lock the door, This she did and
the burglars We're made temporary
prisoners.
In the closet in which they hid WAS
n small safe containing many valuable
diamonds and some money hut the
robbers did not get 1t open. Consid-
cradle jewelry and money was in the
chiffoniere drawers. but they. too.
were left unGisturbed.
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-4 AFFAIRS
kSS&a7E3 .
PREVENTS WALL DAMAGE.

PREVENTS WALL DAMAGE.
The walls of room near the door
are often greatly damaged by the door
handles knocking against them when
the door is flung wide open. To pre-
vent this take fairly large spsol,
cover 1t first with cotton wool or wad-
ding, and then with velvet or cloth,
SO as to make 1t look neat. Put long.
brass headed nail through it. and fas-
ten it to the floor about iour inches
from the wall, behind the door. Then
the handle cannot damage the wall.
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SEPARATE MEDICAL COLLEGES

DR.. Helene Friedericke Stelzner ex-
presses her disapprOval, In the Medic
inische WOchenscrift of Munich. of
Professor Stieda's proposal that there
should be separate medical colleges
for women. She believes that in such
n case the women students would have
to put up with inferior teachers, col
lections and opportunities for clint
cal study and practice, with the result
that people would refuse to engage
women doctors.
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THINKS WELL OF HIMSELF.

"Isn't it strange." remarked Mrs.
Billins to her husband. that can
never get n good bargain in shoes?'
You did once said her husband.
when was that?"
when you got me."--Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
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How is that couple that got mar
ried in the balloon getting along?'
We'll. when the balloon descended
it struck n telegraph pole and Jared
the bride little, and she go. mad and
said the groom showed her, and the
groom called her a liar and the police
had to be called -Indianapolis Sun.
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THE SUPERIOR BOILED TOMATO.

How many housekeepers know that
boiled tomatoes have much better
flavor than the same vegetnble-fruit
stewe1? Smooth tomatoes nearly of
IL size should be chosen. These are
dropped in boiling salted water and
boiled until they can le easily pierced
with fork. Lift them out then, place
on squares of buttered toast. score
each on top crosswise, season with IL
lump of butter. some salt. pepper. and
n very little sugar. and serve as hot as
nOssible
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CHICAGO Condolences.

81 was married to that man once"
said the first Chicago woman.
TO Mr.. Marryat? The idea! Why,
so was L." replied the other.
You don't say! Were you before
or after notwithstanding Catholic
Standard and Times.
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THE SMALLER COLLEGES.

President Thomas of Bryn Mawr, In
her report on 1.-The Education of
Women published in 1898, attempts
to grade the institutions of widely
different character which claim the
name of college From the 4SO col
leges listed by the Commissioner of
Education. she chooses fifty-eight as
OF true college grade. Only four In
dependent colleges for women fall
within this class There are other
w0men's colleges which are deserving
OF the name. but which by reason OF
smaller financial resources cannot offer
the full advantages of the stronger
colleges. Just as the small college
for men has played an important part
in the development of educational
ideals, go these women's colleges of
relatively slender resources. scattered
over the country, have done most ad-
mirable work. In the process of evO-
luton the smaller. inadequately equip
ped colleges are doubtless doomed to
gradual extinction; and possibly we
have no right to regret the displace-
ment of struggling. half starved in
stitution by the magnifcently equipped
creation of State bounty or Of prince
~ private endowment: but we can,
nevertheless. recognize with gratitude
the work of the small college in its
day and generation.-JaneA A. Stewart.
in Booklovers' Magazine.
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An odd Tree.

The Ginkgo tree il II native of Asia.
which thrives in this country from
New England southwark. The foliage
has a peculiar and attractive appear
ance So far. no insects or diseases
attack the tree. and its growth is rapid
in good soil. 1t makes a handsome
shade tree. attracting attention FROM
it's odd appearance.
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Blonde-"Yes. dear papa ia very gen.
erous. On my birthday anniversaries
he always gives me II sovereign for
each year l have lived
Brunette (witheringly) = "1ndeed!
Tint must have been the money Char
lie doubleday meant when he said you
had n fortune in your own right
Pearson's Weekly. X
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BLINDNESS OF PUPPIES.

Arthur-"Miss Flutter insulted me
Il puppy"
Horace-"WelI,- now that you have
got your eyes open. you probably won't
think quite so much of her."-Boston
Transcript.
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HAD THE YEARS.

Daugliter-"George and l are both
old enough to marry. Papa"'
Father-''I was wondering il that
was the only collateral George had to
start with. brooklyn Life.
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barrassment OF the judges, for each
lawyer did her best to captivate the
Bench. Unhappily. the Bench could
not get out of the scrape by awarding
the victory to beth sides. so the chlv-
alrous judges took refuge under ii
well-known formula and reserved
their decision for a fortnight.
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USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL.

USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL.
is II gilded silver bracelet, passing
twice around the wrist, which has
the ends bent in such ii manner that
they can hold the handkerchief and
bag securely and free the owner from
all the anxiety of otherwise caring for
them,
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sss
HIS IDEA OF IT.

Caller-"So your papa and mamma
are going to take you to Europe with
them?''
Willie-"Yes'm.'
Caller-"Aren't you afraid to go on
the ocean,"
Willie-"Nom. amt afraid o. moth
in. I've been vaccinated. Coast
Seamcn's Journal.