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TIMES ENTBftPmsfc, tttOMiASViLfc, h«* uttered So many and aweet: If I had but said them a a *rierin t,d b!tter * ,01 i i!r* 107 hcart thcr * would ** aT * and acorn and pride. What a deur of blessing would fall upon it my heart retnemlxred _A« the day’* remembrances gather ' rei>entancc more unavi the words I did not My. rib. And I .It _ Hy all tbs word, thnt I did not any. Tbe word of cheer that I might luve wills- Tho mprrow will com. with it. new ... | To a heart that waa breaking with GiaiFand 'grand, through the morning's t of woe, gates— * [hope that I might have glren Shall I not then with this thought bceide o one whose courage waa ebbing low, me J Yu nl ot T &rnin *J Jb«r« apolcen Go bravely forth to the work that walU? " 1 helpful word, that I-did not »ay; So that I never will grieve at twilight Over the words that I did not nay. —L. M. Montgomery, in Bam'a Hoi £ m THE RAID OF, THE RHINOCEROSES By Count Stanislaus Schembeck. . . r - „, .CAn nut-oMhe-way adventure which befell a Africa. On their way to the river a herd of rl ’ the nutlior’a comp, whereupon I they attsoked'it Count ‘ hnpppiud when the infuriated monatera charged down upon Ma'partyJ what 1 My love of big game (booting bns led me to all parts of the world In search of It, amongst oilier places to the coun try around tho Wo so Nylro Hirer, In Hast Africa, where rhinoceroses abound. After a long march through a nioro than desolate country, Inhab ited by superstitious natives who tell blood curdling stories about witches, vampires, mad such like pleasant folk, wo camped one evening on a alope near some trees. . Two friends of mine who had accom panied mo on my race round tho Dark Continent—Monsieur do Hubempre and UacIb fVStiflltrnn lusth ttiam rnlni,.lt.t Bcvls O'Sullivan, both of them splendid eportsmen-ihared one small Are with me, while our carriers and other at tendants made merry a little distance away. I was sloeping tho sleep of the last nfter a ineol oft a delicious rhinoceros tongue when I was suddenly awakened by a hideous yell, 'sitting up, 1 saw Be Hnbcmprc and O’Sullivan come dashing along In very scanty attire, running as If they were competing for n championship. As they passed me they shouted somethtng-what I could not gather. Aatonnded, I gazed round In n dazed, hnlf-ileepy fashion, and presently saw my flying friends take refuge behind the sycamore trees which shaded the camp. Booking In the op posite direction, I was-horrified to see a huge rhinoceros moving briskly about ^ at the other end ot tbe camp. Need less to say, I hurriedly gpt out of bed. I was toe sleepy and flazed to (Sink of weapons, and was nbont to Join my friends among the trees when the rhinoceros, with an odd 'little lamp, disappeared In tho hashes, leaving one of onr fires Stamped out and some of tho packs knocked as fist as pan cakes. Tbs sxdtement gradually subsided after the departure of the huge ani mal, and once more slumber fell upon the camp. Bnt It was apparently de creed that our peaoe wns to be dis turbed continually during that night, tar I had Just gone to sleep again and t waa dreaming of shooting rhinoceroses with one shot each, like pheasants, when I heard my name pronounced In a ghostly whisper. Opening my eyes, I saw Ds Hubempre being over me, “What’s tbo matterrvt asked, sleep- . Ily. “LogK, man!” hofanranred, excited ly! “Iherblnoeortaita returning with his trhble family!", t ‘Ob, lather the rhinoceros!" 1 said, turning over lastly; bnt the Frenchman shook me nntll I set up-wlth very bad grace. Not far off, clearly visible In the bright moonlight, f beheld a whole herd of rhinoceroses, apparently exam- Into* the tamp. Their looks did not please toe, ’and, rising to my feet, I •nstohed up my gun. I discovered, hosfever, that with the deceptive light to was Impossible to aim with any cer tainty. Moreover, I reflected that If once the great brutes became Infurlat- •Q And charged down on tho camps the Zulu saying, “Yon shall he stamped Hat," would not only he figuratively, hut literally, exemplified. I don't think I have ever been so un- Jagy as at-that'moment, tor I felt helpless before this mighty avalanche . "«h and bone, which tbe least acci dent might send rolling irresistibly to wards us. Do Hubempre eaw the dan ger, too; and although he has proved bis bravery over and over again, ho paled, and anxiously looked at the trees. O'Sullivan only, with hit In fections Irish gslsty, did not tor a Minute think.of the danger. / Preaently we detected a movement amongst tbs herd; the huge brutes seemed to be lining up in some sort of order. “Ikioks as though they were going to reproduce the charge of Balaclava!” observed the Irrepressible. O'Sullivan, and I was Inclined to agree with him. For half an hour the Tblnocerosea came no nearer, slthongh Hbey moved round end round ns In clumsy circles. The scene was strikingly wolrd-tboie bulking grey bodies flitting, through the darkness all sbont ns. Suddenly there wss,a shriek of "Faro I” from onr natives, and with one accord they made tor the trees. The ponderous animals were charging down toward* tbo camp! “Here come the gallant six hundred!" observed. O’Sullivan, and hurriedly swung himself Into a tree. The French man and I also clambered up sod got our heavy guos ready. O'Sullivan waa literally babbling over with gaiety. In spite of tbe seri ousness of tbe sltnation. VHooroof’ be yelled, as tbe great t came tearing through the brush. wood, leaving a dear space behind' them. “Hers com* the road-makers.'" “Ami hero goes the grave-maker,’!, •aid pe Hubempre, coolly taking aim, with his rifle resttag on a branch. On came the monsters at a lumbering gal lop. A shot rang out and down went a heavy mass, raising a thick cloud of grey dust trod shaking tbs ground. “Bravo! Good shot!” shouted O’Sul llvan. “Your turn, Schcmbcek.” I had been aiming already, and when be spoke I pressed the trigger, but as I fired tho brate I was aiming at stnmbled over a fallen trunk and came down on bis knees, so that my bnllet only bnrled Itself In the broad back. “Bad luckl” cried Bevls. “My turn now. Here's for the leader!” The Irishman’s bullet brought down n glaht animal, which lay on the ground struggling, kicking, and making an aw ful uproar. The scene was now s veri table pandemonium. Stamping rblnoc* eroses, screaming hatlvca In trees,' Bevls shooting out mad Jokes, and tbe rapid reports of the rifles combined to produce s bewildering nproar. Cloudl had by this time hidden the moon, and w« could hardly sea ta shoot The In truding animals wire now in ampng the campfires, and In the twinkling of an eye the flames to tbs last ember were trodden out Dimly we could see our beds bring stamped trader foot and scattered, and tbe packs hurled this way and that Then tor a few minute* we fired a little mors surely, for the moon showed Itself again, and five dead anlmala soon lay stiff on tbe ground, while not a few otbera were badly wounded. Having vented their rage on Inanl mate things, tbs great brutes began to think of tko Men. "Dnt of tho natives, paralysed with WA1*, had been unable to climb a tree, and was now staring at the rhinocer oses ovfir the top of a thick prickly bush. Our attention wns drawn to the man for tho first time by one of tbe animals stopping short and sniffing round. It did not see Ibe men, bat scented him, and with a Bellow of fury It went for the bosh like a hurricane. •We yelled out to the native to «ave himself, and, roused from his stupor, he sprang to his feet and raced away, ttlth the animal after him. I slipped a little farther down the tree and called to him, whereupon he swerved rapidly from his course andf came towards me, while tho leviathan stopped short, plowing np the gronnd with Its hoary feet. Finally It turned, for all the world like a clumsy mastiff puppy, and resumed the chase. Tho screaming native ran towards my tree, and I held’ ont my band and dragged him up, telling him to climb up higher. He did not need to be told twice, and went np as high as he could. Luckily for him, as the sequel will show, It was not a tall tree. The great animal, with ponderous tread, came on after him.- Arrived at the foot of tho tree, It stood still, ap-' \ patently astonished at tbe native's die- appearance, and then aimed a vicious blow at the tree trunk with Its sharp horn. I did not Intend to let It de molish my perch so easily, so I slipped down to tbe bottom branch, and lean ing forward, held my rifle point blank at Its etr and pressed the trigger. Bach a shot Is fatal, end I had the satlafap- tlon of seeing It waver take a few steps, and then fell with a crash, Its whole weight resting against the tree, which bent like a cane. I clutched wtldly at the branch to prevent myself falling; and nearly ■ dropped my rifle, while a crashing, rending noise, fol lowed by n shriek from above, told that some one had been dislodged by the shock. Branch after branch wss •napped by the falling ot some’heavy body, until finally It hit the atronger bought and bounced off to the gronnd. I realised then that the native In his terror bad climbed too high np, where tbo branches coold hardly bear him, •nd the sudden Jerk had burled him dawn. For a minute I thought another rhinoceros would come and crash hbn before he could get np again, bnt to my astonishment he rose to his feet and limped sway at a good rate Into the boshes. Evidently he did not In tend to trust to tree-tops again- For a short while longer the rhinoc eroses wandered about the camp, and then their Interest shifted, to our wagon, which they surrounded with tbe evident Intention of upfietilng it They had not snfflclent sense, however, to realise that if they poshed on both sides at once It would not go down, so they did not succeed In overturning It. All this time we fired at Intervals [Into ihe mast of animals, meanwhile specu lating among onrselTes as to why such a large number of rhinoceroses had banded themselves together. Presently, to our great relief, they tired of their 'sport and . moved on farther into the wtldaMtn. Do Rubempro and O'Sullivan followed them for some distance to seo whit they would do next, while I ordered, coaxed, or bullied the frightened na tives into descending from their lofty roosting places, whtre they much rfc scmbled a flock of crows. One by one they WfiSi down snd gathered toOnd tee, shivering with cold nnd tenor, and casting apprehensive Blancos In tbe direction whence the marauding animals had disappeared. After a time, littWWer, I induced them to relight the fires, and then a te# Of them wont to fetch the wagon- O'x’en. These by a tacky chance had bed'n picketed ist a distance In Charge of five men, because Of tbe more plenti ful pasturo there. Tbe damage to onr caup waa not so great as It might have been, although tbo low tents un der which we btd been sleeping, onr beds, aud all the cooking utensils left outside the wagons, besides a few packs thrown down by the carriers, had been so trampled out of shaps that It toook a certain uuottnd ot divination and a vivid imagination to goes* what ‘hey wore. When De Hubempre and O’SulUvan came In they reported that they bad fol lowed the herd for tame distance. The animal* Itemed to form ■ fairly regu lar phalanx, following a given road. They bad gone down to tbe river, drank and bathed, and then crossed by a ford and disappeared at a rapid paca on the other tide. Having hauled the wagons to a fresh camping place-tor the old ope was trampled Into mud by tbo huge feet— we lit great fires end got to sleep at lost, With Our bones aching from tbe nocturnal gymnastics we bad been compelled to Indulge In.- Next morning we discovered a sort of path leading through tbe country which we had not hitherto noticed be cause of tbe spring growth covering the roughly made way, trampled out by the feet of niany wild animals dur ing eonntlesi ages. It jras apparently an animal trail leading .to the river. That wss as much of the secret of ths huge beasts as we could fathom. Wo had'camped across their pathway, bar-' ring their way to the water, and they Uatnrally resented onr conduct. And. so ended onr adventnrs.—Tho Wide World Magazine. hunters in East route blocked by SHIP’S WOHST TIME RECORD. WISDOM’S WHISPERS. Trlflers miss tbs truth. To-day Is the root of forever. The firm In faith never (tend still. No sane man Is an optimist at all tlmea. Codfish aristocrats are ths spawn of codfish republics. The course of human liberty never yet did ran smooth. ’ In speech, quality Is everything; quantity a mere detail.' Form good habits! Our lives or* moulded by our habits. An hnmble attitude glv.es no dew to the rosl feeling underlying It. Too much firmness of character pro daces sn Impression of pedantry. Tbe beet way to be grateful la to give another occaelon for gratitude. It 1* well to remember that tbe al mighty dollar la not the eternal dollar. Tbe worth of a man’s learning de pends on the light It gives to ths world. Nice things can be cold In a way which make* them fall without -effect Few things cost less than encour agement, and fewer still an worth more. T- ▼sriabla Stan. There are certain itars which show more or less conspicuous variations of brightness. Among tbe six thousand easily visible to tho naked eye there are between fifty and a hundred ot which this Is true; shout half s dozen ' them were known before 1800. If we Include the telescopic stars, tho number of known variables Is at pre sent at least thirteen hundred, and this without taking account of aeveral hundred more which have been, de tected In certain star clusters within tbe past five or six-years. Ten years ago Dr. Chandler’s catalogue ot vari ables Included only about three hun dred objects. The roll Is now Increas ing with extreme rapidity, between two and three hundred having been added within the laet twelve month*. This swift growth Is due largely to the utilisation of photography which, through the comparison of photographs ' given portions of the heavens taken different time*, continually brings out new- variables. When thus de tected the astronomers proceed to study them In, detail with photometers attached to their telescopes, enabling them accurately ta compare the bright- nees of each suspected object from time to time with that of Its neighbor ing start, and thus to determine tbe amount and character of Its variation represented by Its so-called “llght- enrve.”—Professor Charles A. Yonng, * Princeton University, In Harper’s Weekly. Vaastlsa Work For Bays. Senator O. G. Laugen’e bill offering 13 reward for killing rattlesnake* wgs recommended for panage by the Senate Committee on Agriculture yes terday. The purpose of tbe bill It to rid the State, especially the southwestern part, of rattlesnakes. It It argued that the bill at the tame time will furnish means of employment for boys during the summer vacations. The advocates of the bill sey that rattle snake* are so numerous In the •oath- western part ot tbo State that an av erage boy can make excellent wage* hunting tbm-gt Paul Pioneer, j'fti*. T It a long way from Kobe, oh tiie Bojr HI Otago; even when you make the trip un der steam; but It la' the longest on record when yon mnke It In the bluff bowed Dutch built British three-masted ehtp Julianna; which arrived thl Saturday night. Two years ago, ou a voyage from Iloilo to this port, tbe Johanna accumulated an Incomparable lot of barnacles In n drift of 200 days. She was out 210 days this time and her skipper, Captain Melvor, u Highlander, who is not much Over live feet tall, says be tblnkc that she eah do worse. Tbe men before tbe mast are sure of It,. All bands are anxlons to see her bnrnacles, which the cook says ought to be big enough, served single, for a 'imenl for a famished ledhtaU, Being on the Jiphanna was somewhat like sailing through space on a planet without wireless. She spoke only one ship, tbe Sierra Lucens, from Cardiff for Ilong Kong, Tbe greetldg wss by bunting only, and each ship merely asked tbe other to report her. Alto gether the Johanna coveted 21,000 miles. When she was ten days out ahe ran Into a typhoon, lasting three days, importers who gyoped down tbe bay through tbd fog to find tbe Johanna asked the skipper what be carried wlilln tbe typhoon was raging, and besnldl “Carry! Why, you couldn’t carry a hair ou your bead unless you reefed It. We bore her to undw naked (pars. Jaet Imagine yourself down In Park row (I’ve been here before, young man, and know something of your blessed old skyscrapers) looking up at tbe tall est building there. Tbe eaves of that building scorned Just as near tbe side walk ns the crest of those waves ap peared to ua. The squalls were simply terrific. The barometer went down like an express elevator. All hands were on deck standing by tor anything. At 8.30 on the morning of August 37 we thought the blow bad about exhausted Itself nnd we set two. topsails and a foresail to steady the ship, which was telling a good deal. “An hour'later the gnlc came eat of another quarter worse than before, and we 1-ihI to sacrifice our aalla to save the ship from going on her beam ends. We let go tbe sheets nnd the wind whipped Ac sails to ribbons. The ship may be alow, but she Is a steady old tub, nnd she did not tremble under the aVrful ducking she got when the seas got up on end. Our pinnace was washed overboard, a lifeboat gnashed, the cab'ln flooded, the sidelights washed away, but she was is steady ae a church or a thirty-story skyscraper. “She was too blamed steady, in fact. It was a shame the way the only two sailing craft going our way paased us. One four-master that we had on Our port quarter at'noon went by almost, It seemed to us, like an expresi train, nnd three hours Inter was hnll down. That was a bit discouraging. But what can yon expect of a Dutch ship! After the tumult of the typhoon came a riot of monsoons In tbe Indian Ocean. The skipper thought at first that he would make New York by way of tbe Oape of Good Hope. Twc weeks' bat tling with monsoons, In which nearly two tona of potatoes In tbe potato bouse on the forecastle head were carried away, caused him to change Ills mind and his course. He came by the Horn. All bands were living on salt horse. A committee of one from the fore castle, consisting of John Bohn, A. B., of Finland,' watted on the skipper and asked him to put Into the Fslklands for fresh provisions. Tbe skipper said that that wan bit Intention, and that If any man aboard tbe ship knew of any shorter route than he was taking he would be obliged If that gentleman would come and take the helm. All the ship's flour had been spoiled ta tbe rumpus of tbe elemeots and .the men suggested that flour also might be nee- essary. The skipper declared that he would attend to everything. He made Stanley Harbor, In tbe Falklnnds, on January 10, and got tbe news of the world, as recorded In a Buenos Ayres newspaper, np to De cember 0. Port Arthur bad not fallen then. Thereafter It was a problem of how to make the old hooker move with all her muslin on. The new supply of pro visions Inspired Able Seaman Jack O'Connor to go aft ten days after the ship left the Falklands and „ suggest that the long abstinence of the crew from the good things usually served on a voyage of a good British ship en titled them to “plnm duff” snd things. O'Connor says that the skipper said that he bad decided to charge all bands a penny more on tbe tobacco he bad sold them “far Interest snd expenses.” Thereupon O'Connor was Indignant, declaring that It was not a square deal, as the crew bad been giving the Anglo- American Oil Company, which owns the ship. Interest on. their wages tor the last fifteen months.—New York Sun. I turned In. Onr nlnetee'fi MftteW all squatted In a circle to the right of th# tent, onr horses were tethered near to them snd onr twenty-one men lighted three or four fires, cooked their food find Ifi f down ta sleep around the cam els. Wfi fiisd had five donkeys tethered to twq_or three saplings, wbldi were growing sbont two paces In front of the tent, and therefore, toward ths centre of the sareba. "About 2 o'clock In the morning I was fitirfikehed by two feeble brays, tallowed by a thtta. Lighting a candle, I tumbled ont In my pajamas and got hold of my rifle and a couple of cart ridges, to meet the Somali banters Shoring their woolly heads through the tent door, saying 'WarsbaP (hyena). Deep growls were going an snd I at one* felt tore that It wae no hyena, but a lion In the sareba. Fortunately, the camels did not stampede. “It was pitch dark, bnt I saw that one of the five donkeys tethered ta front of the tent wss gating Intently toward the left and centre. There was a black mas* discernible In the centre of the sareba, which, however, I found In the morning to be limply a mass of Old dried thorn branch**, ao the tlx or eight-shots I fired at it In the darkness did little harm. The men were now bashing the fins, and the cook sup plied four or five of the men with sticks snd with kerosene or rapidly made lom* torcbee. I then noticed that tbe donkey was gazing more tp the left of the centre, and, golded by the growling which wae going on con tinuously snd furiously, I crept on my hande and knees past the donkey for a couple of yards. The men with the torches were a little behind my right ahoulder. Suddenly the torchee flamed np brightly, aud, the light being behind me somewhat, I was dot dazzled by It, bnt saw the lion dragging off a donkey. It did not take me more than one sec ond to snap both barrels at him, and hla growls at once ceased. After put ting In two more cartridge* end having, the torchee retrimmed, we again ad vanced, to find tbe Hon laying on hla side, giving a few expiring gasps. Hla nose tonobed the donkey’* throat, a trickle of blood flowed down from un der hla left eye, and—ae I afterward found—he had gof my second bnllet in tbe nape of the neck.”—Chicago Newe. ^HOUSEHOLD IRS TO MEND A KNIFE. A loosened knife handle can be satis factorily mended by filling the cavity in ffie handle two thirds full of pow dered rosin and brick dost, heat tho ■tianv of the knife, and while very hot, pro** it Into the handle, holding It ta place until firmly set. A HANDY RECEPTACLE. Thp tin boxes ta which sweet wafers are purchased are handy receptacles in which to stow awty sandwiches for evening lunches. Packed carefully, with lids nicely adjusted, and eet on ice until needed, the sandwiches are temptingly moist and cod! , TO CLEAN HOT FAT. When hot fat Is spUIed on table or Hoot, pour cold water Or drop ice on the place Immediately to harden. the grease and , prevent Its soaking Into the wood, then when attention can be given to-It wash ont with very hot sods water and scouring sand. SNAKES IN HIS BOOTS. "On at least one occasion I had NIGHT FIGHT WITH A LION. “When In 8omsllland, Africa, I had an exciting adventure with a black maned lion," writes a correspondent. “I had intended to reach a village one night, hut It waa getting dark and we •were a couple of honra' march off; so, finding an old sareba, or thorn Inclos ure, we went Into 1L This sareba covered half an acre. It was only four feta high and four Vest thick, the thorny branch** composing It having sunk down snd fallen apart “We repaired sbont 100 yards of it pitched onr tent end tbe cook got his fire lighted, gave m* tope dinner and snakes In my boots," said tbe man with the red nose, to a reporter of the Wash ington Star, “and It was no wild, de lirious fancy, either. The snake* were genuine. They were very much alive, could crawl, and did crawl, and they had eyes and fanga and forked tongnes and all tbe other things which go with well-made and/ complete member of the reptilian species. I had gone on fishing trip with some friends np In Arkansas, snd we were quartered In tent on one of the best likes In the southeastern section of the State. It waa during the hot seaaon. I never saw so many snakes In all my life as we found around that lake, and they were of all sizes, shapes and colors. Tbe heat was-so intense—It was daring severe drouth In 1881—that all the snakes of that section gathered around the lake In an effort, no doubt, to keep cool They would slip down to ths water's edge, burrow In the mud and cut other curious capers because of the prevalllhg drouth. Late In the evening they would take a whirl at iwlmmtag, wriggling out Into the lake for some distance, and then pull back to the shore again. I mention these tacts merely to show that snakes ware plen tiful in that section. Tbe heat had made them desperate, bnt we never an ticipated any trouble from this source. “We pitched our tout at the head ot tbe lake, and were Inclined to gloat somewhat over tbe splendid location we had secured and the cosiness of oar surroundings generally. Of ooarte we had tbe usual quantity of stimulating things which belong to a firsf-cUsa fish ing outfit, and, to tell the 'truth about the matter, I had been palUng away at the jng and popping beer bottles until I wns jnst a little shaky. After ws had been out about a week I began to tee things that a man under ordinary circumstances could not tee. I was Jnst In' this condition one morning when I rolled ont of my cot to begin Ihe day’s sport. The sun had been pp for some time. My hoots were standing beside tbe cot, where I had pnt them tbe night before. In throwing my legs over the side of the oot I knocked both boots over. Yon can guess how I felt when two or three snakes wriggled out of my boots. I simply went np Into the air. My nerves were In no condi tion to be tampered with. I couldn't get out of the cot and I couldn't stay in Ih. I simply tolt.like melting Into thin air. One of my frienite witnessed the whole thing, although I didn't no tice it st tbe time. I wus ashamed to say anything about the makes until be brought the question up. Finally be said something about makes that had spent tbe night ta my boots, and I’ll swear to you that I never felt bet ter In my life, for up to that time I wns very much In doubt about the genuineness of the vision. I was gltd to know that the snakes were real live snakes.” SAVED BY FLIPFLAPS. Policeman Alexander Gllkerson, ot the Thirtieth atreet station, who used to be a circus tumbler, and who saved his life by turning back fllpflaps from In front of a trolley car. Is recovering from his bruises, snd will report again for duty soon. He was crowded from the rear platform of a ear directly In front of another. He had no time to save himself except by throwing him self sideways on bis bands.—New York Snn. THE KITCHEN SINK. Be sore tbe kitchen sink Is a comfort able height—espectaUy If you own tho house—so no one need stoop over If the dishes are to be washed there. Four or five Inches In hanging It, make no difference to the builder, but tbe dally annoyance needlessly wears op the nerves of a woman.—Pilgrim. POTATOES IN THE SHELL. Potatoes In the shell arc very good, besides being wholesome. Bake large potatoes, and when quite done cut off a piece from one end and scoop out tho Inside. Mash with salt, pepper, butter, a little hot milk, and the white of nu egg to three potatoes, the egg beaten stiff. Refill the shells and return to the oven for a few minutes. ' RAG CARPETS HIGH IN FAVOR. Colonial dames, the genuine article of Colonial days, fine ladies and good housewives of old, would be amazed at the vogue of the rag carpet of today, which was never before considered so distinctly smart as now. The rag car pet helps to furnish summer bunga lows, mountain camps and seaside cot tages. It Is made Into large rugB for entire floors and Into smaller ones to go over polished wood or filling. It Is to be found by the yard In various widths. Rag carpet, to be sure, goes by a different name these days than form erly, but as a "rag-style" carpet It la still hit or miss and much of a mys tery as In Its early days. It Is more often qow, however, made up .with an Idea of tho effect and different mater ials are used to produce the desired result A charming rug Is made of ontlng and canton flannels. The warp of tbs rug Is white, while the wool Is In the outing flannel colors. Tbe tones are • soft pink or pale green, with the white canton flannel woven in for a velvety border at each end. One must to appreciate tbe beauty of a .white canton flannel rag carpet Ratal* bat eighty-six general boU- Oays Ins year. Banana Layer Cake-One email cup of butter and two cups of sugar beaten together nntll light; then add one cup ful of.milk and four eggs well beaten: then odd three cups ot flour Into which have been sifted two teaspoonfnls of baking'powder. Bake In layer tins. Hlloe bananas and place between tbe layers; covering toe bananas with tahipped cream. Blackberry Cake—Cream together two-thirds of a cop of'butter and one cup of spgar; add three eggs, whites and yolks beaten Separately, four table spoonfuls ot milk, in which has been dissolved a small teaapoonfnl of soda, s cup and a half of flour, a half tea spoonful of cinnamon and the same amount of nutmeg, and lastly one cup of blackberry Jam; stir but lightly after adding the Jam; bako slowly In a mod erate oven. Date Patty Cakes-Mix a third of a cupful or soft butter with one and one- third cupful of brown sugar, When partly-creamed break In two eggs and beat ths mixture until very light Then add half a cupful of milk. Add one and three-quarter cupfuls of sifted flour in which has been mixed two tea spoonfuls of baking powder. Beat to a smooth bitter, then stir In half a teaspoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg. Add half a pound of dates which have had the stones removed, cut small, and mixed with a little flour. Then beat hard for two or three minutes: Bake In small fancy patty pans, In a moderate oven. When cold cover with vanilla Icing. Good For tbe Chafing Dish—Pnt one- half pound cheese In chafing dish with a lamp of batter the else of a walnut, and after well mixed put In another half, pound of cheese, adding from time to time enough water to thin if cheese should become thick. Have prepared llefore seasoning as follows; One egg well beaten, add a very small portion of Dutch mustard, one teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, about one-halt teaspoonfnl of salt and a dash of cay enne pepper. Hare toast hot and cov ered with drawn butter. Put one-halt* seasoning In chees and mix well and pnt other hajf on toast. Cover toaat with cheese and serve. i It the camphor bottle becomes rollly it Ji gVlng to storm. (*' yg-V iiiV tl