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Hints tor Wz Home ! From n ^'urHc'H Nulohuok. | rrriiiu T<n8t.- Make thin slices of Hi)l«J-cii bruwn Uast, cii^p and <iry. I'la â- (> the sli -OS !n n wire sic.c and ^lean) iint'l r<jft over hot water. Then butter ar d put in a soup plate â€" about t'lrep flicf^, cut in half. Over them jxjur white snuoe Make this b^ heating a cupful of milk in a double bo'k'r an! th?u ii<ld:ng two table.'pojnfuls of Hour rubbed into two t-ables]> tinfuls .if butter. Cook gentV "*er a low- heat until the f^our has lost itH .starchy taste. Sea- ton with .«alt a:-id pepper and serve very hot. Such a di?h loses its ap- petizing qua'iti-ts if it i.s not hot wfu'n servtd, .- > it should be oare- fuUy Covered in transit from the k'ti-heu to the room where it is to be served. KRUUdB. Heat th» yolk of an egg unti it i^ crcaniv and ad.d a pinch of salt. Then at'd enough milk to fill a glass tlireequarters full. Last, u<.<l the while beaten stiff, and fprinkle with grat-d nutmeg. This i^ n>iurisliin<? and, excepting in cases uhrrc raw tg( can.not be digested, _ i"- easily a.>-- iipi'uttd. I.aiiib Hroth.â€" Laxb broth can be taken li\ a!n'o>it every one. Here is a ><.'<.d m-ip? f.,r making it. Have a j.ouiid of the u:ck of lamb out into t-nia!l f ices an'J put it in a granite »-oj: a!niui')uni sau;ej-aii with tAo -j_^ OHjiful* < f co'd water for two hours. Then bring it t ) the boiling point and lit it cook, juKt beJow the boil- ins? )• lint f:jr three hours. Strain ard eatt 1 with fait. This could :; il> be ".''.' in a fireles.s cooker. (hhkeii Krt»tli. Thi, tan b? mads in till ssin« uay a* !airb broth. Use lh<! ni'i-k. tlip wings and the back of rhick"n an<l iccrve the other j)artB f'jr other uses. If rice can be tcken. a litt'e i'?e, well boiltd, con If a'-'fd l;> «itbcr chicken or lamb b: ('til i liiiii l»r»th. Wash six '.lams and |fit th-Mi in a ketth' with half acup- fi-.l of co'd wntiT. Steam until they bnve opened, strai i and fi^rvc. . (Mam brnih and beef br.ith may both l-e fioien, just to thi' mush Ktage, «nd then servc<l in a sherbet glass. \ fi'vcrish patient often finds t!>:« brdli slifrbft tempting. ('ixniuial (â- riii-l. -.Ml gruels must be thoroughly ookcd, not very thick, ar.'l free frcii lumps. Put three tablespooMfiila of cornmeal into a third of a cupful «>f c<^ild wa- ter, sa't to taste, and then a<ld two « rpluls of boili'ig water. Boil 20 minutes, stirring c n.'-tantiv, or < Ijc cook in a double boiler for an 1: ..r. CiJlclier (iriiel. Hrrnk a soda i*-.':t'krr or tw i, bnller(<l thin, into a cupful of boilinif milk and cook, stilt ni? cotistant'y, for three or Jijut in'iMites. Se.Ton with salt. Oiitinr;i| lii'iiel. Cc.ok half a cup- ful '.f prfpjrfd ( .If meal in a quart of boiling, K.-iltcd \witer. When the I ioe ii c<K)ke<l (o pieces, strain and €r'uir to ta-le with li.)t milk. Slewed I'ruiics iiiid lies. W.i»h pi.ines I r fiHs to he s.tew«<i an<l t.heti f<;ak in co' 1 water for t<'n hours, f'ok for hah* an hour in the same v.atcr. Sweeten slightly if neces »ni\. Siilii.Mli on T(»;i.»t.â€" CViok some ^••e'l wa:,ii«<l spin.'ich for 20 minutes in bf.iling, Kaltrd water; drain it «nd rub it through rv sieve. Have ren'/'y " piece of buttered, thin toajil, wb'fh has been quickly dip- ped i'l hoilinj^ water. Moisten the Bpiiiacb with ii little melted butter, B-ja'jn vitli .>!alt cii'I pepper, and |ii'< n' itK . n t'.asl. ( iislaril with 1 riiit. Very often K' < d boiird cuMnrd can be served to {i.dvanlagc wi'i; fruit. The fniit a<l<ls attra'.•ti^en<>^s to the custard ar.d o tempi? the appetite. A few i»/iine«, neatly cut in pieces, can be cover.'d with c\i«tard ; dales can be ii'fd in the same way; oranj^e pii'p cut in dx"" can he added to it, or a rijoonful <jf apple snow can be pkc'd on top of a dishful of cus- tard. Apple Snow. Hake an apple in an earthen divh cx^vered. licmove <yire and tki)) before baking. Then rub it through a sieve, a<ld it to the well beaten white of an egg and beat for t!0 minutes. Sweeten to taste aixl .serve pilcdi up in a glass cup. »ran):<' Whip. Squeeze the juice f/nni an orange. Heat tdio white of an egg and ad<l a trtblespoonful of sugar an<l a littl« of the orange juice, be.%ting stiff again. Then pour the j-est of tJie juice into a glnsK cup, pile on tlie write and •er\e. \ (ir.i|irfriilt mid Orange. Grape- fruit jiulp cut in dice- ;uid served in a glass "vith the juice of an orange and a veiy little sugar, with a- ta- blcsp/^jonful of brandy or sherry, if that is allowed, makes a moBti re- freshing di»h for an invalid. Bavarian Crpain. Bavarian creams of all sorts laakc delicious and nourishing deȤert« {or in-va lids. J'<.r cJioc-oIfite Bavarian cre«im, soak half a box of gelatin in cold water for at least half an byur. In ft double bodler heat one pnii of milk and two ounceB of grated <"lioc<-,lnle ; add the gelatin and stir until difsolved. TJext odd lialf a cup of sugar and remove from the stove. Turn into a deep bowl and add one leaspoonful of vanilla; set this bowl inU» a pan of ice wa- '.er and .sfir until it thickens like a sa»'?e; then ad<l a pint of cr?nin vi hipped stiff. Stir lighJy, .pour i.i- to a moul<l, wet with cold water, Pet it on ice and serve with whippc'd â- â€¢â€¢ream. This must be made very early in the morning if it is to be us;.d for lunch or tci. If a fruit cream is desired substitute fruit juice, slewed and strained, or the juice from canned fruit, for the milk, omitting the grated chocolate. Both ra.spbeiry arxl p^'ach Bavar- ian cream are deli'.'iou8. 1 .Hrfiil Hints. Two or three slicas of lemon put in the boiling water will whiten linen. '< Make whitewash with skim milk ' instead of water, it makes ceilings ; whiter, and stops them peeling. i \ raw potato cut in ha.H will clean marks off black material, .\ blac-k serge garjiient can be made ab.s-o- i lutely spotle-8 and as new, if wash- \ cd in potato water. I After you have used all the ham I that will cut nicely from the bone, ' and after chipping the remaining [ meat for frizzled hatn, boil the bone ! with cabbage. i To make shepherd's pic, cut boil- ed beef into tliees, season and I brown ; add a gravy to the meat, I cover with mashed potatoes or bis- ' cuit crujt and brown in the oven. I Use a paper dishrag. It is far more sanitary than a cloth, i.* firm and cleans well. One lasts for I about a month, can then be burned, and another purchased in its place. j When making musli, do nut thiek- j en it too much or the mush will be â-  harsh and unpleasant to eat. Quit ' thickening before you think it thick I enough an<l it will be about right. { Kats that are derived from the i cooking of bacon, ham, chicken, I beef and otlier meats, should be i kept, each in its own receptacle, to j be used for different i)urpoBes, Mashed potatoes, left over, i .' 'lould be packed into a cup or bow! until needfd for frvi.ig. .'\n<-thor way t-o use them is to put into a I <l)uble b'jiler with fmvnfi warm milk. I To remove the odor of fcxnl from I a wooden chopping bowl, soak the bowl in boiling water in whic-^h a little fcoda is dissolved. Use a ta- \ blif;>)on:ful of scdii to a gallon of water. If a small piece of camphor is placed in a bowl or glia."-s <jf water ; it will be found to fl<jat on the sur- j face, and when lighted will prove a I gnod night light, especially as cam- j phor is a good disinfectant and its j smell is not at all disagreeable. I + NAVIES' CASUALTIES. 1 SUNDAY SCIIOIISIUOY IXTKIINATIONAL LESSON, JAMARV 10. Lo8«ion 11. Deborah aiul Harak De- liver Isratl.-Judg. 4.4-23; 5.1-22. Oohlen Text. INa. ;54. 17. Verse 4. The wife of Lappidoth.â€" Deborah was a married woman. She was a wife in the ho-me, and, un- dnibtedly, the mother of children. This is a very early evidence tlhat great leadenihship in the state is not incon-sistcnt with wifely and motherly faithfulness and attention to the duties of the home. Much ha.s been said about the particular sphere of women with tJie implica- tion that this sphere is the home alone. No wife or mother has the right to neglect either her husband or her children, but woman's sphere is any place of service which wiJl help the cause of humanity. This was Deborah's sphere. 5. Dwelt under tihe palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth- el in the hill-country of Ephraim.â€" Because of the incursions cxf the Canaan ites, it was no longer safe for the Israelites to have their seat of government, as it were, or, ra- ther, the place of judgment, in the northeastern part of tlieir borders, and hence they went up into the hill-country of Ephraim. The judges Rttt in an open pla<;e, usually under the gate of the city or in the mar- ket-place, where many people could be gathered together for special an- nouncements. "The earliest Beats of Israel's worsliip, the earliest ral- lies to her patriotism, were upon Mount Ephraim" (George Aoam ISmitih). 6. .\nd she sent and called Barak. â€"Deborah saw very quickly what the grcates't need of Israel waa, and she also discovered that tihe time was ripe for a, decisive blow. So she sent for the man on whom ehe thought victory would rest. B'arak mobilized his troops on Mount Ta^ bor. Kedesh in Galilee is the old, important and very often mention- ed city of the Old Teatamen't. Re- ference is made to it in the TeJ^ el Amarnia letters and in the Egyptian inscriptians. Other references in the BiHle are Josh. 20. 7; 21. 32. The inhabitants in B.C. 734 were captured and taken away by TigJ ath Piicser. Joseph us says tliat the between fJalilee and tJlie city lay - _. Tyrian border, and that it was in Sea Fights More Destructive to Life ly.e ],ands of the Tyrians, who were Than Formerly. continually fighting with the Israel- Tliat the Immense armlps of today 'ites. make war more sanguinary than at j 7/ The river Kishon.- This river any other authentically recorded era , fl„,v,sd at the foot of Mount CurmeJ. or llie worlds li story Is the consensus i. .• 11 11 l â- â- t'u^ nf miut...... ,.vr>,... „„i.,i iirV .u It *a.B THHjticalv callcdi 'The wai or military expert opinion. Whether,. , •», 11 • /i 1 , ,n\ 'ni 'tersof Megiddo (.ludg. 5. 19). The Kishon was a swift-Howing, turbu lent stream. 8. Barak said, If tihou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go. â€"It is stranRe that a warrior, used to bat- tle, shoiihl be afraid to go into the contlict without the presence of a woman who presumably kne^w â- noth- ing about warfare. I). And she said, I will surely go with thee. â€" l)oul)tl<:HS there was considerable arguwient between De- borah and Barak before she finally agreed to go. She could not sec why Barak ought not to lead Ills army to victory. Notwithstanding, the journey that thou takcst shall ijot be for thine honor ; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. â€" Debor- ah calls attcntio-n to the fact that Barak was less great than he mig'lit Imve been, and that, although he would' win the victory, it would not be his victory; it would be the vic- tory of Deborah who was hi« in.spir- ation, his real leader. 10. And Barak called Zcpulun and Naphtali logetiier to Kedesh. These tribes were very quickly rallied, for we rejul that there went up ten thousand men at his feet. ".\t his feet" is a very picturesque expression to indicate the eager- ness of the Israelites to follow the call of Deborah and Barak. They came in such numbers and were so rea<ly for the fra,y that they virtual- ly crowded round ihis feet. 11. Now Heber the Kenite had (Se- parated hunself from the Kenites. '11!'. i a verse seemis to be introduced to show how ii was that Sisera (.see verse 17) could flee away 'to tilie tent of Heber the Reunite for refuge. 12. And they t'okl Sis*-ra.- The news of the inoveiiierils among the Israelites was brought to Sisena in his headquarters by his .sicouts. 1.1. Sisera gathered togetlhcr all his chariots, even nine hundred eha-riots ol iron.â€" These were the awful implements used by the hea- then people against the Israelites. They were instruunents of torture. .\8 the fighting between the, Israel- ites and their enemies was haml-to- hand conflict, it is readily seen how terrible tlhese iron chariots, which were arranged with teeth and other sharp protuberances, aippeared to hlie Israelites. From Harosheth of th'' Gentiles, ifnto the river Kishon. 'Wiis was the far-flung battle line which Sis- era threw out, reaching from Mount Tabor over to Mount Carniel, al- thoi'4trh it ill evident that his forces were mossed at the River Ki»hoii lllie ratio of casualties to the number 'ciigaRed Is higher than In the period j when the musket's range was 200 ! yards remains to be determined when i this war Is .over and there Is oppor- Innlly (o study the ofticlal relurns of ; the killed and wounded, but the loss I of life may be safely put down as ex- Iceedlng the world's past eiiiperlence jOf war, tragic as that experience has j been. .Modern war, which requires j armies of millions, may be expected to I slay Its tens of thousands where war 'as it was one hundred years ago was 'Contented with Its hundreds. What is true of war on land applies to war at sea, although the licculomb] 'is not as conspicuous after a naval' IhaKIc as after one fought on terra | 'flrnia. The number of llvps lost by 'the blowing up of the four Hritlsh cruisers Aboukir, Crcssy, lloguc and |Hawke, 1,!)84, exceeds by almost three I hundred the total casualties sustained jby Nelson's fleet at Trafalgar. As- I Burning that the Oormaii flngslilp iSoharnhorst was sunk with all on oerd In the recent bntlle off the Falk- anas, siio carrletl down with her more than eight hundred officers and men, a number of victims almost equalling the killed and wounded of the victors of the bpl'le of the Nile, respectively 518 and ^78. To get the clearest Idea of the contrast between present and old time naval warfare it must be remembered llial Nelson commanded twenty seven fighting ships at Trafal- gar and flftpen at the Nile. The losses of the vanquished In these two battles cannot be staled with pre- cision, but they would naturally be heavier than those of the victors, more especially as both the French and the Spaniards crowded their ships with men. The modern battle fought with fleets and vessels three or more miles apart offers another opportunity for heavier losses In the dllliculty attendant on rescuing the crew of a sinking ship. It waa easy enough for the victors in old times to get rescuing boats Into the water, but now even with steam launches it may easily bo too late to succor men desperately battling with the waves at a distance not to be passed without the consumptloh conslderHblo time. command, 'however, brings the â- ten thousand Israelites after him. 15. And Jehovah d-ificoimfited Sisr era. â€" Tie IcTaelite-s were fighting for Jehovali, they were fighting im- mediately under his leadsrship. When a battle went in favor of lihe Israelites, it was because they be- lieved Jehovah discomAted the enemy. This further evidences how close the tie was between the Is- raelites and their God, and how, after all, the entire credit was given to him. With the edge of the sword. â€" As already stated, the fighting of the Israelites with their enemies was hand-to-hand conflict. It nnis.t have been fierce in its contact. Sisera alighted from ihis ch-ariot, and fled away on his feet. â€" Sisera, evidently was a coward. He left his men to their own discomfiture. He himself would flee to safety. This fact relieves somewhat the awful- ness of the manner in which he met his death shortly afterwards at the hands of a wxjman (Judg. 4. 17, 22). 16. But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after tihe hosts. â€" Even the charriotB were put to confusion, so that tihe footmen of the Isnaelites could pursue the horses of the en- emy. "Not a man left," is the em- phatic way in which the writer des- cribes the awful loss that the enemy suffered. * . (iRAN'D DL'KE MCHOLAS. Vietoriou« Leader of Army Is Vir- tually Ulctutor of Rus-sia. A Jupiter or a Mars in appear- ance, aix feet six inches in 'his ntockiiigs, lean and litlu) aa a raoe horse, towering labove his fellows with the easy graoe of a prince, but alert, euspdoioua, nelf-reldant. ; the head long and marrow with dedicate limes of ancestry, refinement, and the extreme idealism whioih is bigo- try, covered now -witih the spkarso grey liocks <vf 58, remnants of gold- en curia of childhood ; the chin bold and a-ssertive, and the mouth eensu- oua. ool'd ami cruel, bo'tlh softened to tJie oaisual judgment by the cloak of an am.ph beard and moustache, the tihLn lip.s.tnansformed at rare in- terval by an ingenuous «n>il«; the nose beaked like a Caesar' «i, the blue eyes patient, calculating, alive witih iji.telLigence and quiei witli commandi, and ye't the eager eyea of the adventurer embarked after many struggles upon the queat of honor and powerâ€" sucih is the Grand Duke Nicholas NicJiola-evitch, Gen- eraliasinio of the Rus.«ian army, vir- tually dicta'tor since tlie war bcgaji tilirougliout the empire of tHie Czar of all the KuiK-'O.*, Moulded in the physical likenesis of hi^s German mother, wliom. in his unhappy boyhood, he ad'ored, dcs- arrangemento were laixioiwiced to the woioian h? ihc:'. secretly 'ongad tor years 'to make his wife, 'Ithc Prin- ceee Anastasia of Monte.negro. .4 Slavic Wife. Alexander III. 'had brought 4hree of t;he daugihters. cf tLi3 Ki-nig of Mant?enegr'a from thsir fa'.iher's mountain home to be ed'U'.a'lsd in his household. Tlhcy were ho.tages for Montenegro's political submis- sion. The youngest, Princera Helen is Queen 'of Italy to-day. Her two RJsterB, Alexander III. settled in accordance wit'h ihis wisheis. Prin- cess Mi-litza became the wife of tihe Grand Duke Peter, brother of Nich- olas Nicholaicvi'tcih. PrinceBS Anas- tasia was married to tihe Uuke of I.euchtenberg. It was when bhe was the wife of another man thait Nicho- las Nioliolaievitoh wooed land won hiifi present wife. Patiently tihey waited iintal she could persuade the Czar Nicholas to permit the divorce and until he was IhimfieJf free to marry. Anastiasia was forty when sflie be- cainae the Grand Duchess Nicivola*. She has the vigorous frame, the far-sighted intelligence, and the emotioinial devotion to the cause of the Slavs wHiioh ciliaracteriz© her old fatJier. She was endowed with the barbaric voluptuous beauty of tihe Orient, and at the Court of St. Petersburg slie early learned the arts of fascination and political in- trigue practised there witih Oriental finesse. >She i.s a. firebrajid in spreading tihe gospel of the brother- hood of the Slavs and unscrupulous in the methods employed to further her husband's ambitions las the na^ tura.l leader of th-a Russiian Slavs. The Grand Duohesa Nicholas has long since become a Rosaian of the Russians. Regal in beiaring, magni- ficently gowned in the costume of the a.ncient Czsarina, aiJie has more tha-n onco created a furore at the fancy-dress balls. Anastasia hOiS. however. tihwa.rted her husband'a schenw*â€" if they ex- ist â€" ait a vital point. Married for seven years, ehe iias not presented him with a child. Seized Reins of Power. From the beginning to the end of the Russo-Japanet'e War, Nichols-* Nicholaievitch was at various tdmei;: the brother of Alexa-.-Jer HI.â€"* Grand Duke Cyril, who i» nuarrisd to his couE'in, diaugihter of the Eng- lish Duke of Edinburgh, and Grand Ducihesis Marie, Alexander II. 'a only daughter ; Grand Duke Boris, and Grand Duke Andrew. Cyril alone of the three brotfaers is mar-' ried, an>d he has nio £on, only twa infant da-ugihiters. Will He Become Czar I After them the succession in th* regular order falls to the Gra.n<l Duke Serge, another brother o| Alexander III., wlbo by ihis royal marriage with a isi'ster of the Kina of Greece, Serge 'has a con, Oimno Duke Dimi'brJ, twenty-three years old, handsome, elegant, and irre- eponsible. With him ends the hopes of an heir through the dc'soendants of Alexander II. It would surprise few people a-t court if the betrothal was announc- ed of the Grand Duke Dimitri and the Grand Duchess Olga, the eldeat daughter of the Czar, with the pro- clamation thiat Olga was to a-soend the throne as sovereign CzariiM in the event of the death of her crip- pled brother, Dimitri being Czar- consort. Grand Duke Nicholas can. well disregard these elaborate precau- tions to secure the success i'on in the regular line aa â- mere etumbJing blocks which he can thrust a£'i42e in his strong, masfterful stride to e?at himself upon, the throne. The Rui>- sian people may so wifh to reward him if he is victorious in Ohe war against Germany. At any rate he will be a great popular hero, C€im- pletely over .'.hadowing the Czar. 4> A STRIKING MARRA'nVE. Theodore Uuok*8 Contributiou t« Strike literature. A strike all too often becomes m serious affair ; a general strike, which involves allied or sympathe- tic trades along with those more directly concerned, is even more threatening or disastrous. In France, especially, the general strike is dreaded ; and not long ago, as newspaper readers will recall, the strongest government measurea were empoyed to break one up. Three-quarters of a century ago, of Ilnd Heard of Tlieiii. It was company fieUI-training. The captain saw a yoinig soldier trving to cook his breakfast with a badly-ma<le fire. Going to him, he whowed him how to make a quick- cooking fire, saying: "Ivook at the time you are wast- ing. Wlien I was on the West coast I often had to hunt my hreakfast. I used to go aht)ut two mile.>» in the jungle, shoot my food, «ikin or plucik it, then cook and eat it, and return to the cam.p under the half- Tiien he unwisely added : "Of course, you have heard of the West coast 1" "Yes, sir," replied ihe young 6<il- dier, "and also of ,\nanins and Ilaron Munchausen, too. ' promised to the generals and the !{''« '"»".«^*^8 regarded more hght- eoldiers as their comoiander-in- I '.V- Pa'-t'<;"ia''l> V a clever gentle- chief. Bc4h believed that disaster! »*" ^' *''« "tl>er side of the C.ian- overtcok them because the Czar I"*'- Theodore Hook, one of the few failed to keep that premie, actu- punsters whose punning was usual- ated by jeaJouvv and fear of his '>' ^'."-^ ,«» ^i*" "* P.la>ful. oontn- cou.Mn's popularitv. M the close ^"^^^ what is certainly a unique of the war the 'lluKdan capital ?»«« to strike literature in his ac- swarmed with revolutionists, ready ^""* «', t','^ afitiiT. - - "Iiie bakers, being ambitious to to siriko. at a given eignal. Chaos! reigned, and tihe voiit machinery cf j the police avadled nothing. The extend their domains, deelcred that a revolution was needed, a.nd, Czar was ready for flight and abdi ! though not exactly bred up to arms. cation. Nicholas Nicholaievitch | ««*>" reduced their crusty matterg took up the reins of government in 'V.^^V;^,- ^he tai'ors called a ctmn- his 'Strong grasp ; indifferent to the Grand Duke Nicholas. pisdng his Russian father, who had orokon the motlier's heart by infi- <lelities, who had dishonored tlie fainil.v name nu<l dissipated the fam- ily fortune, Nicholas, aa foon as he was gixiwn, gravitated witih- uneir- in'g instinct aii'd unre'ji'yiting will into the p/.th his father had' trod, reineimbering only that, the father had been a famouft soldier. Ilnndieapped by His Strength. Nicholas was from the beginning of his military career handicapped in various ways. .Alexander 111. did not enj'ny the contrast be't'wecn liiis tihrcB puny, narrow -che'StiHl, d'ulil-eyed' pons and this youthful Jove, his cous'n, before whom statesmen an<l peasants bowe<l witili unconscious homage, wihispering be- neath their breath, "If onily he could be <iur future Czar." Every impe<liine4it) to advancement was placed in itibs young mian'» way. IRie. InH>«iW[pleai*ure limited him to cavaJiry^ 16 did not make Alex- a.n<ler ULvoroiWin feel easier upon hiis head whwi he realized thiiti his cavalry wa.i aaid la be 'tdvo be«t in I'hiriipe, an<l thiat Nicthola® Nictho- laievitch h.a<l nia<k> it v«o. The St. Peter.'hurg Court teemed wit'h scandals a-gainsttho men whom his kinsinan, the Czar, desired not to hon'CM'. Nioliolas was too poor to combat them with his own paid ftgen'ts, his father having bequeath- ed him .scarcely anything but debts. The confiding, middle-aged widow of a mercihwnt. millionaire became lii*v morganatic wife, She remained in Moscow, contented to parade her ro}T«.l connection among lier bourgeois friends, far reinovwl in 14. And Deborah said unto Rnrak, <li»tn.nce and knowled'.ge from the Up. â€" Deborah was close ijt the side 1 affairs attVuirt. Nicihtilas was out- of Barak, as Barak evidently was'wftrdly faithful to her uu'til che <leppndiiig entirely upon her. He <li«'l and her f^irtune was his own. moves when she commands. His Almost the ne.\;t djiy his nvajriage sons of the Grand Duke Vladimir, 1 ' attempts made upon hus own life, he went about the streets unpro- tected, and fitarted lilie long pro- ces'sicn of political iiriscners to the mines of Siberia. Pc«oe was res- t.)rc<;I. Then Czar Nicholas the Little, fiflife o-nce more, stripped au- thority from Gr,ii;-.l Duke Nioh'olas the Great. W'ihen the prcs.vnt. war began. Czar Nichola.s aspired to h'ad liiis troo-ps inpersain, to be his own gen- eralissimo. The Grand Duke Nich- olas assumed the supreme commia':'id by force, fo one hrar.-. He if-ucd manifestoes to the Jews and to the Pc'-'es witihout c nsulting the Czar, (lii.s one knows. The Cabiiie-t Coun- cil of the. Empire hakli daily sit- tings at Peterhof, save wlien the Czax is at heidqii.irters in the West, and its res'olution"' are suh- m;''tt-cd t:) the Autocrat for confirnia- loun. Hut the real executive is Grand Duke Nicholas, .sin<ve every member of the Cabinet belongs to. the Court Military party ackniow- ledgi'ng the Grand Duke as ita leader. The Czar does not d'arc d'efy his Cabinet during a state of war, and the Cabinet obediently obey*, the cominanderin chief. People .\re Ignorant. The people know almost nothing concerning the progress of events. 'nhe socialistic Ru'^sian papers and those printed in the Germ«.n tongue have long ago been suppre*iscd. \ <louble ccnsorfhip i» in force for the. papers ttcM in existence, all re- ports of the war and political com- ment giiing twice to the censor, first in manuscript awl then in pri'ited form. Ttio Husi-'iun people who are loyal to the Czar aro disUnbed a:id rest- less over the problem of the succes- sion. The I'ttle Czarevitch, Grand Dnke .'Mexajider, ten years <>!d last July, is hopel«>!«8ly lame. and. fragile ; a sturdy, perfectly f*>rmfd infa it growing up to robunt boy'lu).'!d ruin- e<\ in health by the accident oft board his father's yacht two years ago, due to the maciHinationa of th-.* revoluti<inists. A d'ozen plots t.-) kill him had failed. The owg to cripple and torture by lingei'~ig disease has succeeded. No one be- lieves he will live to maniluHid. The Czarina is ftvrty-lw*) and is not like- ly to give a secund heir to the Im- perial Crown. The Czar'ii brother, Michael Alex- and'rovitdi, the heir to the throne until the Czar's son wa'S bom, has steadfofttiliy refused to give the Oov- erumeint any ho|>e that he would ever accept the crown. He is now in X\w field' fighting for Russia, but has left his morganatic wife and Vdung family b.nck in England, where lie will undiiubtrdly return wihciuevrr peace comes again. Tho w>xt in surres.'-ion are the cil of the board to see what mea- sures should be taken, and, looking on the bakers as the Hower of chiv- alry, decided to follow suit; the Consequence of which waa that a cereous insurrection was ligltted up among the candle makers, "which,- however, wick-ed it might appear in the eyes of :iome persons, devel- oped traits of char.ioter not un- worthy of ancient (Jreece." Hook could, however, pim with equal gayety upon matters that touched his own pocket. _ He en- livened the usually prot.aic and un- welcome dut.v of pa\ ing his taxes by a word of advice to his neighbors to do likewise- which it is to be hopixl the worthy Mr. Winter, the collec- I tor, found of some assistance: Here co-m.es Mr. Wiivter, ins.pect'>r of taxe<i; I advise you to give him whatever he axes ; <â-  I advise you to pay him without anj flummery. .^ For though his name's Winter, his" actions are suuiinary! f .*<pcond (o ,, Bird. He came Imnie and found his young wife dissolved in tears. "What do you think has happen- ed " she cr ed. "I left the ca.jte open and our canary has flowii away." He undertook to give what con- eolation he might, and took the poor, distressed woman in his arras. ! .As she rested agajust-bis'sTioulder a new atxress of sobs convulsed her. '"Ah, George,'' she murinure<l, in a choking voice, "now I've only you left." 'i'ho Leopard's Spot. Masterâ€" Can a leopard chi ng« his s-pota? Freddie^Yes, sir. "Now, that's quite wrong. You know that a leopard cannot changH his .<^)ot»." "Oh, but he can, tiir, really." "Well, tell me h)\v, then:" "When he's tired of sitting oft one f.pot he can change to an- other." ] A clear conscience makes a 5.0ft pillow. Mazie â€" .\rtie, where are^we going on our honeymoon 1 .\rtie- -.'\round the world, darling. They' re -gy ing to give it in seven reels at the cor- ner picture show. "I am a doctor." "If you are A doctor, how does it happen that â- )!<? Tompkins died from heart trouble when you were treating him for liver trouble i" "It's a lie. When I treat a man for liver trouble, he dies of ,'iver trouble." i