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r ^^i-hH-^ >y ot it. Ill la .i> e s. •I- an excellent dish, especially for the children. Al»o use a baking powder can with a lew holes in the bottom for a chopper. Prune Defiserlâ€" No. !.-Soak prunes iji lukc^wann water, SQSQii. to eight hfurs; remove pits and chop flne; cover bottom of pudding dish with prunes, over this a layer of ground nuts; aller- naln layers until dish nearly is fllled c^ver with bcalen whiles of two o^gs, a liltlt! lemon juice, and powdered Kugur beaten sti^; dot with pecan nuts una 6crv«. IIINT.S FOR \E.\T \V.\SH D.\Y. Wa.sh with .Soap in Bag. â€" Cut soap into several pieces or leave it whole. Put into a salt bag or other clean ban; knot the end and drop into l>oiler when first filled. It can tie taken in and out f.t plou.'iure. More soap can tje added as the wa.shing progrcsse.-). Be Careful Willi Lime or .\cid.â€" We Wish to ^vH^n all hous€koe|>crs against uiing chloride of lime or oxalic acid to bleach, their wash. Either roU and burns ttie fabric, and in a iihort time e\en the best of linen will be full <.f holes. To Wash Feathers.â€" Make a pillow I About the House I I I t 4 MHM MMM4 4 HMMt MiW DISIIE-S .AND HOW TO COOK THEM. Cheese Cake. â€" Press through a sievo -<'np pound of collage cUocse, add Iho ibcaloii yolks of four eggs and one cup- ful <jf granulated sugar, beaten to- gether laitil light; two teaspooiifuls of ll<jur, one of cinnamon, one level salt- spo^inful nutmeg, the gruttd riud of ono -and the juice of two lemons. Add 1'i.stly the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in a deep pie- pan or in patty pans lined with rich pie cn;st. The cheese should be a lit- tle firm, nf'ver soft enougli to be mu^hy. Serve cold. Piuiic Des-sort.â€" Select nice, largo prunes, boil skiwly until t«?nder in a small quantity of wiitep, adding one â- cup sugar trj one p>jund of primes. When cold remove stones and cover Willi whipped cream; p!a% on ice. U|tfI^oln cheesecloth or any lightweight muslin, the size of your ticking; put feathers in and then sew up. Wash I'l « good suds of Loras and soap; r.use well, then wa.«h the licking. When tlio feather pillcw is dry, slip ticking over. In this way the licking can be washed any lime without disturbing the tealtiers. Do Not Wring QuilU.â€" Wl>en wash- ing toiiiforteis. quills, or pada for bed, 10 obtain best results do not wring them through the last water by wring- ' ;â-  but take to line in tub of water and tp.r nv over th^e line and dry. When dry give a ttiorough shaking and they lire as light and soft as new. By us- ing ihL-i method Iho cotton also receives a go.)d cleansing. Curling Tongs for Pi'e.ssii)g.â€" When ribbons or tliin lingerie bell are mussed and no iron is handy, use the largo curling longs for the purpose. Heat until it will press, but not burn the fiibrk'. Put in one end of llic ribbon: wind the ribbon tightly nrouiid the cur- Ver; leave until the ii^on has c-jolcd. imd the ribtxiii will be .smootii. .Another way Ls to heat the curler as hot as 'i laundry iron. Lay the ribbon on 'i fold-cd towel on the dres.ser and pass the cuiU rover it llie same as you would uu crdinary iron. For Cliildren's Dresses. â€" Mothers often are pirple,xcd to kno'»v what to <l ; with the litUO' one's dainty fi-ocks, which .so often are covered with grass •slain or grease from bicycles or wa- gons. .A .simple but sure nx>thod for removing the same is to wash the stain with cold water and soap bofoiw the g;:nn?nt is .sent to the laundry or wash, as hot water sels the slaui and then it Cunnot Ire removed. Soft water is prc- ifirable for this punx)se. To Iron Baby Drosses.â€" In ironing tyiiby dresses or small skirts ono f^ftcns â- liiifl.s it hard to iron on a largo board, r.y turning the skirl wrong side out you can still iron on the right .side and no! wrinkle up the parls just finish^^ tind this also k«ops tho Kvaist and .Siixivos damp even in a draft thai so (iften dries out tho garments before your work is finished. To Wash Small' .\iticlcs.â€" Place laces, ciifLs, or lui'nover cuffs in a glass jar tialf flikd with strong hot .soup suds. Shako isoap and change v.Jter, as re- qjiiWil. When well rinsed put dry os possible between folds of Turkinsh (vssilile between folds of Turkish niul finish drying by laying on a iiews- I'H|>er in siui. make a delicious dessert wiWi wafers Oi"upe .Soup. â€" ^Take six cujjs of hot v.'nter (not boiling), stir iji slowly a h.ilf cup of sago, and add a four inch stick •of cinnamon and a teaciiiiCul of seed-''d luiaiiis. Boil one-half hour and stir frequently to prevcjit the sago from getting lunipy. Then add f^vo cups ot grape juice (preferably liomemade). and sugar, and salt to taste. Lei boil and it is I'oady to serve. This is for six people. Chess Pie. â€" Line a pie plate wiUi a iiice crust and bake. Then put in tho shell a thin layer of jelly, jam. or \tvo- serves. Then ff-Jj^with the following, which has been f .^ ^ _ re d together thor- oughly and cooKH(^|or live niiiiutes: One pint of milk, three lablespoDnifuls of sugar, â- ^<Blks of two eggs, one and a half tatjlespoonfuls of com starch, and a piece of butler ha'f the size < f a hickory nut; flavor with a feaspoon- ful of lemon or vanilla and add a pinch of salt. Cover with a meringue made with the well beaten whites of the two eggs and two table.spooiifuls ot poKv- d<ied sugar, neturn to the oven and brown ligtilly. Itiee Pudding.â€" Half teacup rice, three piiils iiii'.k. -Simmer until rice is cook- ed .'H>ft; cool and beat five eggs, leav- irg out two whiles; add one coffee cup ^iuga^ and one grated cocoanut. .SUr in the rice and milk when cold and set j it ill the oven to bake. Take out as soon | as Ihe custard fonns. Make ineringuo i of the Iw.i whites of eggs and six table- sp<X)nfuls of sugar beaten to still froth. { Pile up on the top and return to the; oven to brown. Eat Iwt or cold. j Sausag'_> Itoll.â€" Fry sausage, and take j off the skin; or, it it is prefenvid, u.se sau>ngo meat. Make il?h 1 i^cui; dnigh; roll as thin as ptissible and spread on j sausage. Hake brown. Csc one link to II roll, it is good hot or cold. Hoosier Goodies.â€" Sift two teas|x)on- 1 fuls of n<jur with two loastxjonfuls of | baking ptAvdor, rub in one tablespo-m- j fill of iiielleU butler, a little salt, and a cup of niilk; roll out to ^me-quarler <:\ an inch in thickness; spr<Md wilh .'melt- ed bujter; cover wilh thin layer <f sugiii'. <ind poll up. Cut off one inch In thickness and stand on well bultei'i^il t.iis. wilti a liiti* space between each. nutleriuilk made Without Hutler. -- Tuke a quail of 'fresh, rich milk, adding o pinch of salt and about a half piii.1. of liol water to raise the temjioralui-e to body lieat. .\dd a tablet which con- tains a pure culture of lactic acid buc-~ leria. t'liice all in a pitcher; cover wilh â- a iiai'kiii. and stand for twenty-four h<'urs at Itio â- ordinnr)'»tenip<M'ature, and you have perfect bulterinilk. The tab- lets are made by chemical manufac- lurers and aiv called lactone or butter- milk tablets. Turban of Macaroni. â€" Boil Ihroo- fourths cup of macaroni rapidly In •fiiill<'(l water until tender, druiii; rias*' !n c lid water, luid cut into small pieces. Mix wilh this macaroni one-fourth p< unl of cold boiled hain. chopped tine; one doz.^n mushrooms, chopped line; one-half U>as)>oonfiil of .suit; a dash of paprika; throe beaten eg.es, .Tnd one cuj) of sNveol milk. Turn into a buttered iiKild iiiul bHk€. Put the ii:old in a pun <.f hoi water to prevent cooking loo nmeh on tho bottom. Hake unlil it teels firm to the touch. Serve wilh a lii'h t-omalo sauce. Cream of Celery .Soup.â€" Wash and cut into small pieces tlir<v lieuds of celery. Cxiver with a ipiart of water; Ctol slowly half an Iwiur and pres.s Ihioiigh a colander, using iis much iil th*. celery as iw.ssible. Put this in a itkuble Ixiller with one quart of milk. Huh t<igolher three tablosixwnfuls each of butl^-r and flour; add to the soup and c<'<;k unlil smooth and thick. .\dd a leasiKionful and a half of salt and a <iiish of pepper. Bread Economy.â€" When culling bread save nil llie crvMuhs, also all broJven pieces, from the table. When warming ov<M' p.ilatocs place the bread crumbs in the warming pan and you will have 1*- WlIi;i!E\S .MOTHEn? Bursting in from school or play. This is what the children isuy; TiVKjping, crowvling, big ami small, Oil the IbreshoUl, in the ihaaiâ€" Joining in the constant cry. Ever as the d^ays go by, "Whero's nioUier?" From the weary bed <.tf pain This same question conies again; From Uie boy with sparkling oyes, Bearing homo his eurlitwl pri/o; From \.h? bronzed and beardod son, I'eril past and honors won; "Where.'s niolher?" Buixlcned wilh a lonely task. One day we may v<iinly ask For the comfort "of hu- face,. For the rest of her embrace; I. el us love her while we may, We)l for us that we can say, "W'here's mother?" Mother twith untiring hands .\l the post of duly staHdis, Patient, seeking not her own, Anxious for the good alone (•f the children as tJiey cry, E\er as the days go by, "Wheiv's "mother?" MORE CRIMES IN SUMMER 4 IIIGU TE.MI»ER\TWIE .SIE-VNS A F.\T Ca\RGE-SUEET. Sultry, Alurderuus Days are PeasKulty Trymg to the Nerves oK People. As IJio mercury crawls upwards, from the bulb of the therm-xneter, so do crime.s of violence increase in iiuiii- btr and in liorror. This is no thoorv. It has been proved by caivf»lly-c-ollccted itatLStics. New â- ^ork is a city where Hie difference be- tween summer and winter temperatures is gi-eater tlian in most large cenli-es of population. In New VorJ; 28 per cent, of the whole year's murders and murderous assaults lak^ place in July. In neceniber these crimes fall to be- t-^een 5 and B per cent. TIms same holds good all over tho ^vorUl. ll.inay be remembered thai in 187J Hvas a miserably cold year in England. Murders, which had nuinber- "d lift) in the year 1377, and 176 in 1878. fell to 153 In ls79. Again. 1880, an- other year In Which the temperature was below the normal, had a record of only 157 murders. IN THE HEAT OF THE MOME.NT. •A man doe.s not liit his wife on the I«?ad wilh a chopper unless he has lost at. control of hinself, and nine times out of ten Ihe state Of Uio atmosphere is largely rcsponsibk; for his suddeu iri«dness. We all know how fearfully trying to the nerves is one of those sultry, murderous days, when Ihe sul- 'i.n air is stagnant, and ojie pants in vain for a cool breath to ease one'.s â- â- 'lining lungs. Such weather lowers •Aw's vitality. One cannot oat with any eppelite. One loses all .s.Mise of pro- p< rliiu. and 'what is a trilling annoy- ance when the air i.« cool and crisp aiid fu!' of life-giving oxygen, is in time < f great heat, an unliearable grievance. .Such weather drives the lower strata <*f humanity to drink, and those of epi- leptic tendencies to iradness. and then come fearful oi. '.bursts of crime, caus- ing readers of ncwspaijers to shudder with incredulous horror. Dry heat -s nol nearly so injiiriou.s as damp. When the baronioler is low and Hie Ihcrmometer high, 'then the iviiiccman is at his basiest. In July last, Cennany was alllicted hy a sud- u^;n .heat spell, ;uid a few days later the world was slwckeil by a .series of glaslly and inexplicable niurdei-s of yi ung girls. A NRillTMAnE KN.APP. ThU is no new thing. In June, IMI. .\lo.-icow -was visited by a sudden heat wave, and a similar series of purjxise- It'ss outrages L^gaii. In one day the bodies of liv.- schoolgirls were picked up. .Ml were between sev^n and lif- tcen years of age. In all. nearly Iwen- iy childivn were brutally niurdei'ed. It was the opuiion that the murderer was an epileptic, who.'!*.' weak brnin was affected by the heat,. \'cry probably iie KvHs quite irresponsible. He xvas never caught. Theiv was Ihe series «V .stvcalled Ki.app murders at Hamilton. Ohio. The ciinuiialâ€" Alfred Krappâ€" kiiied liis wife' and four other women, luich of these murders was committed on a different (.lay in the sunin;er of I'JOJ, and each of 'tliese da.vs w;is one on winch the loini>eia!ure run to SO degives or above. After his convicti<'n. Ihe niuidercr con- ftssed to other similar crimes. .VI 1 ttiesi> had been committed during very hot weather. Suicide, like murder, becomej far more frequent in great heal. .\ b'.ack- sniitii who lived in .Stratford, England, and who flnali;, lulled li-imseM hy cut- •ling his Uiroat during t'he j;!eati heat of Svpleiiiber of last year. h;id alt^>mpt- ed his own life on live diffeient occa- sii ns, each liino in either .\iigusl or .September. THE MO.'^T F.VMOCS ML'R1U;U ly crimes of modern times was the raur- cer by torture of a lialf-breed named Kaan at the hand of Prince Prosper von Arenberg, In command oT troops in German SoutlvWest Africa. The de- Hails are too atrocious to repeat, but nt I4ie trial a part «f the defence was tl;'i i'l* murderer was crazed by 'n- tense heaLâ€" London .Answers. WE,VK, SICKLY PEOPLE. Wai Find .New Strcngdi Tbrou(|h (be I'se ol Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. A great many young men and wo- men are suddenly seized with weak- ness. Their apiietile fails ll'.ein; Ihey tire on the least e.xeriJon, and bcconw pale and thin. They do not feel any soecinc painâ€" just weakness. But that weakness is dangerous. It is a sign that the blood is thin and svatery; that it needs building up. Dr. Wil- liiims' Pink Pills -Vvill restore lost •iirength because they actually make new, rich bloodâ€" they will heip you. Concerning them .Mr. .\Ured Lepage, of St Jerome. Que., says; "For several years 1 have been employed in a gro- cery and up to Ihe age of seventeen I had always enjoyed tlie be.st of health, liul suddenly my sU-engtIi began to leavo nic; I grow pale, thin and ex- tremely weak. Our family doctor or- dt-red a complete rest and advised me to remain out of do<;rs as much as pos- sible, .so 1 went to si>end several wceiis with an uncle who lived in the Lauren- tides. I was in ihc hope that Iho brac- iiif. moiuitain air would iielp mo, but It didn't, and 1 returned home in a de- l-.krable slate. 1 'was subject to dizii- noss, indigestion and general weak- ness. One day 1 read of a case very similar to my own curetl Ihroug.'i the iLse of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and I derided to give Iheni a trial After tul-uig four toxis of the pills I felt greatly iiiriiroved. so continued tlieir ii.M tor .vime lime longer and they fi.Ky cured me. I am now able to go about my work as well as ever I did and have nothing but the greatest piai.v: for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Ttie bloodâ€" gcod blo.id is tho seci-et of tieallii. If the blood Ls not pure Ihe Ixidy becomes diroased or Ihc nerves shallered. Keep the bkxid pure and' disease cannot exist. Ur. Williams' PmJv Pills make rich, red bkx^d- that IS why they cure anaemia, rheumatism, indigestion, headache, backache, kidney trouble and tlw secret ailments ofgirl- iKjOd iuid womanhood. .Sold at 50 cents a \y)\ or six l>ox<« for S2.,-)0, by .•I'l medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr. Wiliiams' .Medicine Co., Brock- ville. Out. 4f . • SOIU APPLES. .V Traveller's Expi'rienee in a Russian Villaijc. The quaint simplicity of Ihe Hussian -* .- The Mind man sat down and took u:< his cup and saw, sir. Consumption is less deadly than it used to be. V Certain relief and usually complete recovery a will result from the following treatment: V Hope, rest, fresh air, and â€" Scott* s Etnul^ion, ALL DRUOOISISt 60o. AND 91.00. t f ino<lei'n lliiiosiâ€" Ihe shorting of Stan- f* rd While hy Harry Tliav/ â€" look place on the night of Monday. June i.ith, In.st year. It was a hot evening, after a liot day, and some have attributed the culminat'ion of TliaV's miiidiTOus impulse to the heat, .\iiolher celebrat- eil altMiipt at inurdeiâ€" llio shooting at Pitidonl Boosevelt by WeilLireiiner, in ."-k'ptcnil^er, IttOS -is al-so believed to have been largolv <luo to Ihe licat act- ing on the wouid-be assassin's crazy brain. Crimes of violence are far more fro- quent in Jiol counlrics Hian in cool ones. Ill the t'liiled Kingtloni the year- ly average of murders is only twelve to every million of p*)pulati<ut; in Cor- ivany, whose suiiiiners are hotter than oursl it rises to fourleen; in Franco the average is nearly double our.sâ€" namely, 4wenty-ll;ree [KM- million. C/onie to the senii-tropfcal peninsulas, which are ex- p<,.sed to torrid w itids from \:ii-\\\ .Vfriea and the pro|xution runs up ularmingly. COLD WE.VTHER FOB VIBTHE. Ill .Simin there are 1,800 imirders yearly, or lO.i |)er million of iwjiula- ti- n: while Italy i)o.s.se.s^es the iinenvi- aMe record of 3,700 murders a year, v.luch works out at Ui million of po- pulation. One othir proofâ€" if more be ncetledâ€" kA the extraordinary connection be- tween h<H weather and nmrdeixjus crime is afforded by the incrco.so < f criminality in while livops on foreign sirvice. .\mong Brilish i-egiments quar- tered 111 India the ratio of ns.saults is fur higher than among Wie same troops Kvlicn quartered at Ivome, and nniong the Ciorinans in Cterman .Africa 1he proporlwn of crime is live limes high- er than among the Begulai-s in Cm.n-- nian gariison.s. One of the inosl jjhast- |wa.<aiit of lo-<lay is well illuslrateil by im instance recorded iiy a writer in the National Heview. He was travelling Uu^Migh tlie country, and during a morning's walk through a village tonk .several photograplis. In search of I he piclures(|uo. he wandered off Ihe village sheet to the oiittiou.ses, bariis and dry- ing-ovens, about a hundred yards behind Ihi. cJttages. .The place was desertetl. for every one was out in the fields gathering in the harvest. Tlie only soul we cuine acro.ss s\o> a middle-aged woman, carefully sweeping the liireshing-lkxir. a strip of br.re, hardened eartti in front of the dry- ing-oven. The oven was full of corn; su'oke was issuing Ihix'Ugh tho furnace doors; tliresliin'.<-llails, ready for use. were piled up in a coriiir. and tliis one wtman was silently working. "this would make a pretty piolurc," said my friend, preparing hi.< camera. "No! no!" inlerupto; ihe woman, who came up to us, br<«)in in hand. "You must not take a picture to-day. The place is bare and ugly, and I am just ciearing up. Wait till to-morrow, sii*s ; then everybiidy will Iv here, and Ihe .^e«â- ne will K* gay and yotf.- picture beautiful, and you will have somclhing to remeinber." .><o wo reluctantly gave way and dei'arled. 'this reminded my friend of another incident. "In another iiait of the vil- lage," said he, "I was painting a c^)t- ti'ge with some apple-trees Miind it. I was Intoiit uiKiii my work, sketcliing in till apple-tree, an,! l•oga^dle^s of jill around me, when an old wuman touelUHl iiie on ttio shoulder, and .said: "'.Sir! sir! stopl Don't do tliall' "'What's tlK> niaitc/-, my good wo- man?" 1 said, in siinirise. "'Oh, sir, you don't know what you ai-e doing! Don't point those apples!' "'But why nol? Why not. imilher?" "'Why not, indei^l! IVin't you know, sir. ttio.se apples are sour? You mii.«t not paint them. Let mo sliow you an aij'le-lreo where the applcsjiro sweet.' " .SIGHTINC. SHOTS. It is astonishingly easy |o convince a man that he is invaluable to Ihe world. ,TI\e easiest, way to make friends is to keep your mouth shut while theirs are going. j'.xperlencc is a great teacher, and Ihe pi. pit must always pay tor his ser\ ices ii advance. The funniest thing in Ihe world is lo se'* a girl tryuig lo act like the heroine <\ her favorite novel. The liiglicr a price yoii put on an article the more people thero will be trying lo save enough lo buy it. Many a man has ac.xiinpllshed great things because he knew .some woman wiiild smile on him for it. The wiirki would never have hoard of intuition if women had not to give .some c\e;.'.se for the husband they selected. WOULD BUILD CANALS EXPE.NSE TO TriE I NITE» .STA'TCS HAS BEEN n.NOaMOLS. What Four Uundrrd Million Dollora Would Do II Spent in Other Ways. The .New York Herald has been calcu- lating Iha cost of Ihe Philippines to the Lniteti Slates and fixes this sum at 8400,000,000. It cislimalfls 6200.000,000 a.s the cost of war o|)enilioiis. $1;J5,(X)0,- D'-u for tho ai-my and navy and civil e^lablisnnienls in the five years of peBt-e. 820,000.000 paid to .Spam for Uie islands, and the rest miscellaneous ex- penditure since the •occupalion. The Herald is son-y to see all tliis gold pcured owl and makos a number of cal- culations, of which tho foltowing are a sample, as to what the country could have got for four hundre<i million dol- lars if spenl in olhei- ways. 'N.AXY A.ND FOnTlFlC.\TIONS. If it had been diverted to purposes of national defence, for instance. $400,000,- (XJd would have suiTlced to build forty- five twenty thousand Ion Lallle .ships of the most jxiwerful riiodeni lyp»; repnv seiiled by the Delaware, and 'Juis to have gi'.en Ihe United .States, live most pow- erful navy in the world. Or it woukl be sufTicienl to pay for nearly tliii-ly .such battleships and still leave a balance largo enough to defray the csUmatctl cost of the Panama Canal. Expended uivm coast defeni^e fortifica- tions it would have made our .\tlanlic and Pacific sealxiards practically im- U pregnable to attack.. It would pay the federal appropriation for the mainten- ance of the imlilla of all Ihe -Stales in Ihc Union and Hawaii into tho bargain fo- a periixl of two hundred years, if that annual appropriation should not e.xceed the â- â€¢52.0O0.O(» voted for l'.«7 ; or It would defray the Government's enor- mous pension fund for nearly three years. ':. IF .SPE.NT O.N EDUCATION. jSe'y .Should that --asl sum of $K)»l,iX)0,000 â- â€¢ be dcvote4l lo less warlike purjHJscs it would maintain for two whole yours Ihe eidire i'ublic School .system of tlie twelve States in the Union which appropriate th- lai-gesl sums for* that purpo.se, namely. New York, Pemisylvania, llli- -': iiois, MassachusetLs. Ohw, .New Jersey, Indiana. Iowa, Michigan, .Minnesota, .VlLssouri and California. Devoted to purposes of higher educulion it would richly endow a score of flrst-closs uni- versities. Ksliinaling tho cost of building and turiii.shing a comfortable modern dwell- ing house at -SS.OOO. it would oivol .'sO,- Ooti sucli homes, or enougii to house the populati(!ii of a large city. It wouid^noi'e than indemnify .San Franci.--co iWall Ihe losi^s suslaiiuxl m t'le eanhqiiiilce and conflagration and wvjld leave a balance nearly large enough lo off.set all the other lire lo.sscs Ui Ihe United .Staios for tho same year. WOULD UUIl.D OHE.VT C.VN.ALS. Applicil in the line of great public im- provenien's of an cng neoriiig chnrarter. S4(H).iX)0,<iOit would p;-'y tor the .Suez Canal, which cost $H>;).OU).iiOO; the Eno Canal, which cost alout .5o0.txX),!*)0: New York's Cioton waler .sysleni. wtilch coal atout .$:50.000.(XK); Cenlral Park, which IS put down al a cost ot .$"5.(MX),l)00; the Slate Capitol al .\lbaliy, whicti W'ls nol cheap at S25,i)00.00t), and tho New York city subway, the contract price of which wa.-. .S-3,i>j6,iM10. .\s Iho.-e iienvs foot up just S2y5.00O,C(». there would luu-e been a balance of SI5."^i.iWO,000 left, which ball- pens to be the estimated cv.-il of tlic Pan- ama Canal c<mslruction. WOULD UUY \\I1E.\T CUOP. Four hundred millions of dollars would almost sullVe to pay for .\mori- cii's last vears wlieat crop. It i.s a sum nearlv double that collected la-^t y:ar in ciistoiiis at the port of New York. It is nearly as much as tho gold reserve ot the P.ank of Russia, is alxmt equal to the gold protluelion of Ihc whole world for last your and is ten limes greater than the value of all the diamonds ami -ither piet:ious sUmes impoHerl inio .America in I'JOS. If exiK'iideil in irrigali.in 11 would make the arid lands nf th.> West hkxim like F.den. It would luiild forty structures like llie nrotiklyn Bridge or llfty tunnels like thai from Uu> Batlery to 'Brooklyn. It wi.-uld fool the pixispec- live bill of .Sttii.OOO.OiW for New York city's new water supply from the Cat- .skiU Mountains and the Ashok.in Beser- voir, and would leave enough balance lo duplienie. dollar for dollar, all the dividends paid to date by tho United States Steel Corporal ion. SNAKI.S OF A SOU.IED SAGE. Vho handshaker is otlou liie log- know that kisses have a face puller. Girls value. Imitation ot another is liniit!itio.n of one's solL .•^chemi^ of the nauglily slmiiM come to naught. It's Ivtier lo be a huslling dunce than a I idle genius. Love of gold is this country's only "yellow pi ril.'' Trusbi Ihul that corrupti<in on Itu; i;v .s:<le means eruption on liie oittside. The iip-lo-dalc v/ifc always wanls lo draw '.fti per cent. Inlcirsl on the bonds of malrimony> Wlieii a man can siand tieing .stung without raising a public tiol'.er we lalui him a phi!os<ipiior. .Some men think lli.\v're ahused by the w<M-M. when they're really r.iirfcring from liinainmation ot the miajjinuUon.