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The Dosiel leusband.
Most Iva; ee will end their etory with :
'' 4 well, men are but"kunauta'
along to WI the peoret of
A. truly happy woman.
Through all the imueinmelightecl years,
Lived now in retrospection,
'My husbandword brought pever tears,
Nor caused a sod reflection-
Whate'er tite burdens of the clan
lantlinohiag, calm and. steady,
Vo bear bis pert—tbe larger half—
always tied him ready.
House-eleauieneseasou brings no frown,
No 2Orcaran, pointed keenly
Through carpete up, awl taeks head dom.
He makes his way serenely.
Our 04011114S pass in °mixers° sweet,
Or melee contempletion,
We never disagree except;
To "keep up Couvaraation."
. And dewy morn of radiant Amer
Fair mooulight of September,
.April with bird and brook atune,
btern, pitiless December—
'Jaw% seems to my adoring oyes
• Some new grteoe to discover,
Far he, unehangleg through the years,
is still my teoder. lover.
• So life no shadows hold, though we
Have readied the side thaes shady;
My husband? Ohl a dream is he,
And lin a maiden lady. .
0111110% Belleau MBAR.
A Baby 2151dget That Steeps De a Dan's
A midget Weer is 41;tracting great atten-
tion near Peebles Ohio, and. people for
.miles around are calling upon the lather and
mother of this wonderful prodigy, accord-
ing to the New York Recorder. When
emitted if she would place it on exhibition
the mother emphatically said " No • it is
the smallest, and shall have the greateet at-
tention of all ray children, and it will never
'enter a museum with ray consent." Mrs.
August Baldwin, who lives near Plum Run
station, is the lady who has given birth to
the smallest child ever born in that county.
It weighs only one pound acid nine ounces
and is new ten days old and fairly healthy.
The proepecte are that it will live and grow
to maturity. The mother of the child is a
strong, healthy woman, weighiug 145
pounds, and the /ether is of the ordinary
i
sze. He is a muscular young farmer. The
child wears small doll clothes, and a finger
ring will go on its rem to the shoulder with
the greatest ease. Ib lies on the palm of a
person's hand without any trouble. The
child has a full head of dark curly hair and
•cries lustily.
Give Baby a Brink.
An eminent claildr‘en% physician is re-
ported as saying that infants, generally,
whether broughe up at breast or artificially,
will in warm, dry wether take water every
hour with advantage, and their frequent
fretfulness and rise of temperature are often
due to their not havieg it. In teething,
spoonfuls' of water given every hour or
oftener cool and soothe the gums, and this,
with larger cooling evaporation, often stops
the fretting and restlessness so universal at
this period. In teething and other dis-
turbances the feverish condition demands
more water to meet the extra evaporation
from skin and lungs and keep the body cool.
The young child may be parched with
thine, bat be unable to tell or make known
its wants. It is well to always test this;
that is, whenever a child is uneasy give it a
few teaspoonfuls of water, and if the] is at
all quieting, immediately, or after a few
minutes, give more as often and as long as
it is accepted and appears useful. If the
water is reasonably pure no harm can come
if not enough cold water is taken at one
time to produce a chill of the internal organs
.of the body.
,And Johnny Went to the Circus.
"reveler," said Johnny Dowd, caw
Dr. Grey to -day, s.nd he said he usecl to go
.to school with you."
"So he did, my sone and he is a great man
-now. Boys didn't trifle away their time in
those days. They weut to school to learn
and they leareed—ba 1 ha 1"
"Yes, father. Dr. Grey asked lots of
questions about yon."
"Redid—ha!ha 1" said Mr. Dowd, swell-
ing lap with pride; "what did he ask, my
son?"
"Oh, he asked me if you remembered the
time you played truant: with him and stole
Farmer White's apples,. and if you ever get
out of a window now to sneak off to a
circus, and if you'd forgotten how you
played sick to keep from going to school,
and if—"
" Th.ero, there, John • you talk too
much. Dr. Grey was thinking of Tim Fel-
low's. He always did keep oompany with
the worst boys In the school. Here's a ticket
for the circus. I'm busy now."—Datroit
Free Press.
To Wash Chamois Gloves.
'The proper way to wash the chamois
gloves is not by rubbing or wringing. Pot
them on the hands and wash &ready with a
•'soft silk rag, clipped in soapy water. Then
'rinse by sponging with clear water. Pat
the gloves as nearly free from water as
possible. If time is no object, it is an ex-
oollent. plan to let them dry on your hands.
If tlete cannot be done, remove them care -
:fully, and, when they are nearly dry, put
them on attain, in order that they may
resume the ithap e of the hand. An enter -
.prising manufacturer, by the way, has
invented a wooden hand for the dryingof
washehle gloves, but it is a rather expensive
.luxury and not so satisfactory as the other
proceee.
Cheap Bookcase.
This is how a contriving little woman
•eseeured a armful and decorative bookcase at
very small cost. Three plain shelves, with
•a top and bottom of pine put together by a
carpenter she stained with oak and varnish-
, ed. Oa the edges of the shelves she nailed
split bamboo of the clouded kind end on the
top elm &atoned a long bamboo shelf bracket
with twisted back. From the upper shelf
were hung two curtains of thirty -six-inch
width of dull blue ehiki elik fabrio woven of
rough, irregular threads, which gives a rioh
. and artistic effect. On the bamboo bracket,
which costs $1.50, were placed a procelain
jar and a china bowl,, which gave the whole
an espeeially cleoorserve effect.
A Distressing Itomance.
An incubus of ominous foreboding rested
upou the brilliant throng of guests rib the
summer resort hotel, for they. knew that
ono of their number lay upstairs, tossing
on the couch of pain, with her fevered
brow ever and anon caressed, by the firm,
white hand of handsome Reginald Hen-
nessey.
Claribel McCloskey had spne to the bath-
ing hearth, healthy and joyous. Bat an
accident had happened. She got Wee —
Clticago News.
The flowers thee lead ao providers •of
• popular perfumes for the handkerchief and
• toilet aro the jasinifte,<delete, tuberose, rose,
hitter orange flower and camas
Chriebiatio have a home. When our
scijottrning and wayfaring aro accomplished
we shall bo ab home in ear Father'a hoese.
•Wereen physicians have itt Iatit boon ed -
miffed to Membership in the British Medi-
. 'eel Astrodialfon.
LAUKI AND LEN,
Queea Viotoriteo new dining roera at
Oeborue cost 61.00,000.
Prick potatoes before aaking, so that the
air can esespe. Thio will prevent their
bursting in the oven.
It is certain fact about furnaces, thaa
they do not become tboroughly het until
they are thoroughly coeled,
Americans in London crowd Westminster
Abbey to listen to Archdeacon Farrar'
" eneditations " on the Lord's prayer.
Marriage will continue to be a failure till
our young women learn to supporta man in
thestyle he has Always been aocuseomecl to.
He—Will you marry me, Ethel? She—
Yes. He—Bat look here—good heavens
This isn't fair 1 You declined all the other
Bloornbumper (to bookseller)—Have you
anything on Indooe Baseball ? Bookseller—
No; but I have "The Cricket on the
Hearth."
Young lady—So I hear, Adam, Yen've
lost a relative. We it a near or distant
relative? Adams—Well, miss, patty dis-
tant; 'bout 40 miles.
The red haired young man who told his
best girl that he would be willing to die for
her, was very inuoh offended when she said
oho didn't ruhrd red hair a bit.
Little Tommy—What is that men OUtBiLlg
the trees for, papal Tonimy's Papa—He
is pruning them, nay boy. Little Tommy—
How Goon will the prunes be ripe?
A dealer in cheap shoes reliantly coun-
selled in one of his advertisements: "Ladies
wishing these cheap shoes will do well to
call soon, as they will not last long."
Fannie—Isn't it funny that the sphinx is
part a lion and part a woman? Bob—
Well, there wouldn't have been any use
giving her a secret if she had been all
woman.
Mrs. Winks—Why do you hate Deaoon
De Good so? Mrs. Minks—He lost patienos
with a crying baby in a railway train.
"Moab any man will do that." "'es, but
it was my baby."
Three women are under arrest at Tifton,
Ind., for demolishing with axes a couple of
local saloon fronts and the fixtures which
were in the places. In one case they ruined
a costly sideboard.
Soadds (pere)--has this lover of yours
any fortune? Arny Scadds—No, papa, but
he has great expectations. Of what
nature ?" "Ho expects to marry my
father's daughter."
Tommy—Mamma, isn't it awful slangy to
say, get up and get?' His Mother—It is,
my son. Tommy—That's what I thought
wnen I heard you tell Betty this morning
to get up and get breakfast.
"Ethel, dear, you are looking pale and
ill this morning." "Yes, mamma ; I went
in bathing yesterday and got my feet wet."
"Oh, careless girl 1 and epoilea your bath-
ing suit no doubt. Never let that happen
again."
Tea and coffee stains will usually come
out of linen if put into water at once or if
soon washed. If they are of long standing,
rub pure glycerine on them, and then, after
washing this out, wash the linen in the
usual way.
"Can you swim ?" asked Miss Munn of
Hojaok, who had been calling twice a week
for about six months. "Why, no, 1 can't."
"Then I would advise you to learn."
" Why?" "Because I am going to throw
you overboard,"
Among ladies in Sweden cycling bids fair
to become very popular. Tours extending
over several weeks are undertaken by boto
young ladies and married women, and they
also enter for long distance competition
against gentlemen riders.
Daughters in the Rothschild family are,
at the age of 21, provided with a valuable
pearl necklace. At the birth of each girl
six valuable pearls are selected for her, and
on each birthday six more are added—until
the young lady is of age.
The girls of 16 who consider themaelves
young ladies should nob snub the ugly -look-
ing boys of the same age. When the girls
are 22 and a trifle shelf -worn the boys will
be young men and may remember the snubs.
It pays to be polite all the time.
Passer—Good morrow, my friend 1 Did
you hear of the startling rumor that time
was coming to an end to -morrow? Stoic—
Oh, yes 1 I heard of it, but inatimu.ch as I
didn't hear which end it was coming to I'd
an idea of staying on my end of the world
and taking the chances.
Of the 362 Kansas cities only 16 have
more than 5,000 inhabitants, 315 have lose
than 2,000, 266 have less than 1,000, and 10
have less than 100 inhabitants apiece. At
the date of the last cams the incorporated
cities of Avila and Appomattox in the State
rejoiced in the sum total of 34 inhabitants
each.
Ammonia is one of the most useful drugs
In the household. It is most effeotive esea
agent in dissolving dirt and grease. In
doming of any kind it should be used in
about the proportion of a tablespoonful to
a quart of water. It makes the water
softer than ram water, and it is especially
refreshing in the bath.
The feather or tuft of feathers at the apex
Of the Prince of Wales' crown was taken
from the tail of the feriwah, of the bird of
paredise species. These feathers are the
only ones of their kind, and are valued at
$60,000. It took 20 years to get them, and
caused the death of more than 20 hunters
before they were obtained.
There was a good deal of justifiable reti-
cence about a witnem in a Birmingham
(Eng.) court recently. Asked what his
oocupation was, he declined to tell the
oourt until the judge threatened to com-
mit him for contempt. Then he admitted
that he was a worm -hole borer for a well-
known dealer in old furaiture,
"What awakens these ecstatic: pangs ?"
sighed young Mr. Snippy, as he leaned over
the veranda, balustrade and turned his face
with its fair young mustache towards the
moon. "1 do not know," replied Miss
Yorker, briskly, "but I believe that in-
eufficient nourishment, coupled with the
habit of lureahing on pm, is very frequently
responsible."
To clean a kitchen sink, dissolve some
sal soda in a little Water and scrub the iron-
work with it, using a stiff brush in applying
the first wash and a coarse cloth for the
second. Two ouch washings with a final
rinsing with hot water will leave the oink
as free from dirt es one could wish, The
salsoda oolntion is also very good foncleans-
ing hair brushes.
We cannot fully blow the cauee or muses
of any event, whether great or if mall. In
origin, in continuance, in passing au.ay, in
tlae whole and in every fragment, the earth,
oer life mit, mad our conneetion with other
worlds, are myateries. We menet tell what
a moment may bring forth ; but wo ktow'
in a matiner not to be mistaken, that the
Most High reigneth.—.Reenokie.
• When the messes have become holy—
when subjection to God has laid hold of
right:tots dominien—there Will be a cliteige,
as if We bedaine dwellers18 a palace,abmd
the palaoe bet etteuge, but an old, ft:aniline
home; heatitiful and enlarged, The oerth
will then 'Nome a pessetseion elf the ottinte,
under that true Emperor, to whom Ood
ounemitted the task of " expiating paet
oin," and all creatures, from the archangel
in heaven to the W011111 on earth, Shall bear
witnese uuto Christ,
When the Christian minister can assure
tlae soul on the bed of deetla in misery or
pain, that whatever its agonies the Son of
God, in human form, endured fee worse for
its sake, aa a pledge of the love of its
Father, and in fulfilment of that love, he
Appliee a remedy which is equalto any need.
The message of the Crow, interpreted by
the doctrine of the incarnation, is thus'in
rnoraents of real trial, the support of the
most elementary principle of faith.—
Prebendary Kw,
As if by a law of our moral and spiritual
being, all grand and lofty naiads, all true
and loving hearts, are drawn to Jesus ; and
to help humanity they labor, study and
suffer apparent lose. The highest summits
of purity, the inner dude of wisdom, aro
ascended and entered by Chriotly men. To
have our spiritual and intellectual elements
of character in perfect harmony, with the
fullest developments of both, we must walk
on earth as that One walked who came from
heaven to make us sons of God.
The weather, now stormy, now serene,
may be likened to a tone on some gro.nd
organ. Are nob the laws of sound just DA
fixed as the laws of weather? And yet,
may you not ask the organist to change the
tune that be io playing? The weather, like
the tune, depends not only on certain Lees
but also on the arrangement. The forces
remain true to their laws, but their arrange-
ment depends on the will of some person ;
and to the will of a Divine Person you ad.
dress yourself in prayer. So you may go on
praying, "Give us this clay our daily
bread."—.T. P. Norris, Canon of Bristol,
Eng.
The effects of evil were foreseen before
the foundation of the world, and provision
was made in Christ for our pardon and
cure. It came in, we conceive, by the
abused freedom of an intelligent creature or
creatures. It is overruled so as to be
unto us a peculiar moans of discipline, and
the procuring cause of a speoially wonder.
fal plan for our amelioration, and the taking
away of all evil from faithful men by the
Son of God. Physical evil is a growth out
of, and in some respects the embodiment of,
spiritual evil; and is naaterial antagonism
to God, corresponding with the inner
spiritual rexistanoe of human or Satanic
will to the Divine will. Our world is not
perfect ; in some way or other, it and all
it oontaine have been marred. "The
whole creation groaueth and travaileth 18
pain. "—Rev. Gall.
The Dipper in the Sky.
All little astronomers know the Great
Dipper, of course. At this season of tbe
year it may be seen during the early part of
the night in the northwestern sky, about
ono -third of the way from the horizon to the
zenith. Its bowl is towards the east audits
handle towards the west.
You know aleo—at least you ought to
know by this time—that the two outer or
right-hand stars in the bowl point always
towards the North Star. Well, those two
" pointers " are five degrees from each other,
and the distance between them may readily
be carried in the eye to other parts of the
sky as'unit of measurement.
Even more convenient, perhaps is the
distance between the two stars tilt form
the top or brim of the Dipper, which is
exactly ten degrees.
There is another way in which the Dipper
may be conveniently used—it may be made
to serve as a time -teller. Its conspicuous
place in the sky at all seasons and its readdy
discerned shape unske this an easy matter.
Note its position immediately afeer dark,
and twice later on iu the evening, say at
intervals of two hours. You will soon be-
come so familiar with its movement that a
mere glance at ib will give you the time
within a few minutes.
A. Book That Ilelped Dina
Prof. Henry Drummond has an article on
books that have helped him, in the current
number of " Jenness-Miller's Illustrated
Monthly," from which we take one signifi-
cant paragraph. "1 must conclude," he
says, "by referring tp one or two books
which satisfied another' part of my nature.
I suppose I am not out of court by referring
to those books which satisfied the higher
part of my being. I think a man should be
developed in his whole manhood. Well, I
picked up a book at a bookstall, and, after
reading a page of it, carried it home ---a
volume of Dr. Charming's. Channing taught
me, I think, to believe in a God. I had
always been brought up to know there was
a God, but I did not like the idea. I had
muoh rather there had been no God. But
when I read Channing's book I saw the
character of a Diety put in such a way that
I was glad there was a God."
Now to Peel Tomatoes.
It is so customary in preparing tomatoes
for the table to peel or skin that we jump
to the conclusion that anyone can peel a to-
mato without being told how to do it. But
such is not the cm.
Nearly all cook books say "Pour boil-
ing water over ripe tomatoes, then skin
them," and at least 30 ba every 100 persons
attempt to peel them in this manner, and
consequently do it with much difficulty and
very imperfeotly.
This is the proper way to peel tomatoes:
Cover them with boiling water half a min-
ute, then lay them in cold water till they
are perfectly cold, when the skin can be
slipped off without difficulty, leaving the
tomatoes unbroken and firm as before they
were scalded.
Gastronomic Item.
"Wo are going to have pie for dinner,"
said Bobby to the minister.
"Indeed 1" laughed the clergyman,
ueed at the little boy's artlessness ; 'and
what kind of pie, Bobby?"
" It% a new kind. Ma was talking this
morning aboub pa bringing you to dinner BO
often, and pa said he didn't care what she
thought, and ins, said she'd make hire eat
humble pie before the day was over, an'
suppose we're goin' to have it for dinner."
A, Simple liessert.
Take soda biscuits and slightly butter
them, put them in the oven and brown very
lightly.jSpread with raspberry or straw-
berry am, and just bofore serving, cover
the you with beaten cream. Spread the
crackers within an inch of the edge only.
By beaten cream ie meant oretein beaten
thick with the egg heater, and not frothy
as with a whip.
A. Dipioniata
Smith, an old friend --Your plan is ex-
celleut—eapits,11 But do you think your
wife will agree to it?
Robinson—Oh, dear, yes 1 Pll tell her
aonieono else euggestecl it, and fll es.11 it an
idiotie idea.
Nobody can find two leaves Of any tree,
or way two nateral, protinetione of ordinarily
vitrible size, whit% aro not visibly different—
far them 80 than any artists could make any
greet number ef thole oat of hie own head.
—Sir 211. Beckett..
A 901KANCI18 INREAL UM.
Voting Entemle Carl ha Bort BalkenSie *Abe
'Watered, ea Her Ifather•
Thirteen yearo ago there lived in Bir-
mingham, Eng,' Charles Thome Warren,
an excise dada He had a deughter g
years of age, who, Although a bright mei
winsome child, was muoli dmlikedby a comet
And hardened step -mother whocontrived. to
get rid of her by fair means or foul.
Tbe father was well-to-do, being in the
employ a the Crown, and could easily
afford l send his daughter to boarding
sehool, the step -mother being /eft to make
all the arrangements to send the child to
school. The woman took the little girl
from her home and turned her over to Miss
Rye like a common waif or street (web, to
be oent to Canada. When the child left
lier comfortable and beautifta home in the
great Iron City she knew not that a heart-
less step -mother was getting rid of her for
many long years,. Nor was the father
cognizant of his wife's doings until menthe
revealed the fact that the child had not
been sent to a boarding school, stho mother
pretended.
Arriving at Niagara the girl vvas not long
in finding a home. ,A lady in Port Dal-
housie took the girl to mese, and for thir-
teen long years she toiled for her living, not
knowing where her tether was. The atten-
tion of Mr. R. W. Hamlin, cigar manufac-
turer, of this eity, was called to the girl's
position, and he at once stet himself about
the task of acoonaplishing a reunion of
father ind daughter. He placed himself ilk
communication with the authorities in
England and learned that Warren was now
an excise otdcer at Mildara, Bturwood Road,
Enfield, Sydney, Australia,.
The father WOO overjoyed to hear of the
whereabouts of his child, and arrangements
are being made for the girl, who is now 21
years of age, to go to Australia. Miss
Warren is a very frail young lady, who has
been in delicate health for some time. Her
restoration to her father and home after so
many years of separation will cause her
extreme delight, and it is certain her
friends will share in that happiness.—EL
Catharines Sear.
careless Women.
The utter selfishness and disregard for
others' comfort shown by some women in
their manner of carrying their umbrellas
and sunshades is frequently deplorable. On
Fifth avenue the other day I ee.w a short,
fat woman deliberately knock off a passing
young woman's hat and tear her delicate
lase veil into shreds with her umbrella.
She was walking with another elderly
woman and both had large open sunshades.
The avenue was quite arowded, hue they
were oblivious to everything save their own
comfort, and rather than raise their arms
sufficiently to hold their umbrellas at a eafe
height they seemed to expect every one to
step out of their way or suffer. 1Wot the
slightest apology was made. I saw a young
woman trip and fall heavily over an um-
brella thrust into the centre of the aisle by
another woman passenger on an elevated
train. This convinces me there should be a
new exercise introduced into the schools
and gymnasiums for women, which I would
mune "How a woman should manage an
umbrella, furled and unfurled, withoub en-
dangering life, limb and wearing appezeL"
The impossible angles into which a woman
can geb her umbrella is a wonder, and each
new one seems more aggressive than the
last, and if the danger increases at; its past
rate a visored helmeb will become a oases-
aity.—Neve Yorle Sunday Herald.
The Kilties In Edinburgh
The other impression, says a correspond-
ent, was made by a sight almost as unique
and characteristic of this unique city—a
Highland regimental parade on the esplan-
ade of Edinburgh castle. The soldiers were
in undress uniform, far prettier to my eye
with the white tunic and the bonnet than
with the bear skins, black waving plumes
and scarlet of the full dress which we had
ample opportunity of also admiring in Edin-
burgh. The rank and file our ladies pro-
nounced even handsomer than the officere,
in their scarlet and kilts decked with bright
ribbons. Possibly your new Toronto
" kilties " are as handsome as this Argyl-
shire regiment, but at all events they can-
not boast a background as entrancing to
the eye as that formed by the views on
every side of this famous esplanade. The
waters of the Forth glittering in the dis-
tance, the intervening country and town
spread out beneath, the Highlanders, with
proud pipers in the forefront, followed by
the regimental band, the bass drummers in
the barbaric splendor of large leopard skins,
and the buglers and drummers, the castle
walls and ramparts towering above, the
whole forming a picture the like of which is
not to be seen elsewhere, unless: it may be
at Quebec or Gibraltar.
Catholic White ilibhoners.
Mrs. Leonora Barry -Lake, 1,204, St.
Ange avenue, St. Louis, Mo., has formed
the first white ribbon society of Catholic
women of which we have knowledge. She
did thia with the full approval of the
Vicar -general, who enthusiastically in-
dorsed the work. There are sixty members
in this first Woman's Temperance Union.
They wear the white ribbon attached boa
small silver aroma Mrs. Barry -Lake is an
Irish woman of exceptional eloquence and
large experience in labor organizations.
We wish oar local. peesidente would invite
her to their towns to speek before the
Catholic women and enlist them in our
work.—Ex.
Might and Weight of Children.
A child in its 4th year should be three
feet high and weigh more than thirty
pounds. In the ebb year it should be three
and a half feet high and weigh forty pounds.
At 8 years of age it should be four feet high
and weigh fifty-fivei
pounds. Growth s
very irregular in children and young people
generally. Perhaps two inches may be
gained in two months, and for the next ten
months not another inch, even up to the
age of 10 or 12 years. While growth is
rapid fatigue is readily induced. During
the pause weight, is gained and work or
training can go on again.— New York
World,
Sympathy in. a Dog.
A butcher residing at Brodick, in the
Isle of Arran, told me thee he had two
collie dogs at; the BMOC time, one old and
the other young. The old dog became use-
less through age'and was drowned in the
Oen Brodiok. A few days afterwards its
body was washed ashore, and it etas dis-
covered by the young dog, who was seen
immediately to go to the butcher's shop
and take away a piece of meat and lay it at
the dead dog's mouth. The young dog evi-
dently thought that the tnen.t would revive
hid old comrade, and thereby showed re-
markable sympathy in aid of, to him, the
apparent ''weak."—Lonctongpeetatose
A minister in the Beat said "lily broth -
rem the colleotion will now be taken for any
eat:a:tees for a. trip, for I am going away for
my health. The mord 1 reeewe, tho longer
I can Stay." The Iargoeb collection ever
made in that church Was taken. And nOW
the (posttest ender diectussion is whether ehe
size of thd collection was a compliment to
the preaoher or much the revere&
Wtil111101eaA $TOVIOINO DeWilEn•
$uggestious for a New Field or Work ior
Walbstl Women.
New York Recorder: There may be ouch
A tiling in tido tidy of diverse employarent
gpec" jaiaPitiya." hthereere disInuinehgaspt°11,13igta islabya
no means generally known, for very few
days paw: hut what one can hearwomen
bewailing the condition of their docking,:
and wishing for euoh aiim institution.
A women—a busy businem woman—said
the other day thee she wished the shops
where stocking:, were a specialty would
agree la keep the stockings In order as they
do the glom, in e glove shop. Sho aald
that her stocliinge haunted her; that when
abs saw the great heap of stockings laid
aside for want of a few stitohes her
conscience reproached her. But she was
so tired when she got home from her day's
hard work that she positively was riot equal
to taking needle in hand and sitting down
to a spell of darning. There is no arbiole of
the toileb more perishAble than the
decking, and none of which, for a good
article, eoste as much in proportion to their
service.
Low shoes, vehicle are all -prevailing for
summer weer, neoremitate o. fresh pair of
stockings every morning, and them being
soiled is not the only reason for it, but the
rubbing of the shoe at the heel almosb in-
variably rubs a hole in the streaking, and
few women are courageous enough to ven-
ture out with that tell-tale little white
spot, even though it is well hidden. There
is never any fore -knowledge of when that
hole may show by an accident, a slip of the
foot and a twisted ankle.
Um:erica Nurses.
Writing on the need of good nurses, Dr.
S. Weir Mitchell says: I think nothing
more desirable than for a nurse to learn to
eontrol her emotions, no matter what may
occur. Hospitable experience is valuable
in thus educating a woman. To have a
aurae become hysterical is to have her
henceforth useless. To be surely ready and
unmoved by unlooked for emergencies is
perhaps hurley to he acquired. It comes
by nature. I once was in a steamboat col-
lision in Holland. I saw at once six Dutch
women in hysterical spasms, and one was a
sister of charity. My American women re-
mained undisturbed, largely because they
were of a class taught always to repress all
display of emotion ; and it is the giving
way to emotion whioh leads to much
hysteria. Be careful, therefore.
Misplaced Bragging.
He was a very tired -looking man. Dejec-
tion was written on every line of his face,
and as I was a stranger in the village with
nothing to do and no one to talk to, I re-
lieved my pent-up spirits by expressing my
sympathy with him in his troubles, what,
ever they were.
"Thanks," he said. "My chief trouble
seems to be that I am an idiot from Idiot -
vale, and that is incurable. I just got into
a heap& match with a stranger up in the
post -office. He bet he was richer'n I was,
and I took him up, just for a bluff, I told
everything 1184 an' more too, and after a
while he gave in, sayin' as how he wouldn't
have thought it. Then I mid I'd swear to
it, 'a' he said all right, an' I did, an' by
thunder who do you suppose he was ?"
"1 don't know," I answered. "Who 1"
"The tax assessor 1" he moaned.
• It certainly was a case of hard luck.
Dangers or Beading in Bed.
The popular idea is correct that reading
when lying in bed is injurious. It is not
the recumbent position that dm the harm
to the vital omens. It is the bad insuffi-
cient lighb that one usually provides him-
self with that works the injury. Poor light
forces the eye to reach after it—strains
them. In bed it is not usual to be sur-
rounded by light, as is always the case
when one reads while lying; ma haramook
out of doors. When in bed the light (either
daylight or lamplight) is usually the
farthest removed from the bed; if it shines
at all it sheds its rays over the feet of the
reader, instead of over his left shoulder,
where it should fall. A good, strong light
thrown onto the page of the book from
behind and to the left of the reader will
banish the cause of strain, and reading in
bed, with such care as to tioceseories, may
be no more harmful than reading sitting in
an upright position.
She Was a Hustler.
The editor of The Yarriston Tribune is
responsible for the following teinute obser-
vations: It is related of a Clifford young
man that he was sitting on the stepsetne
evening recently with his "best girl" and
claimed the right to kiss her with every
shooting star. She at firet demurred, ss be-
came a modest maiden, but finally yielded.
After a while she was so accommodating as
to call his attention to flying meteors that
were about to escape his observation, and
then got down to " " him on light-
ning bugs, and at lad got him down to
steady work on the light of a lantern that
the man was swinging at the depot where
the trains were switching.
ginsect-Killing Lamps.
A device for destroying insects has been
successfully tested in one of th.e parks of
Munich. A rough framework was built,
with a largo electric projector at the top.
At the samepoint was a powerful exhaust
fan, operated by a motor leading to a kind
of grinding mill. The insects, abtracted
by the light, would be drawn by the
draught into a passage leading then down
to death and mutilation in the grinder. In
some parts of northern Europe it is claimed
that these pests have been turned to good
account, the crushed insects being mixed
with flour and water and baked, the cake
being used for feeeing poultry.
Subdued Night Larop.
The Edison people have jusb placed upon i
the market a new style of ncandescent
lamp, known as the "night, lamp." The
bulb contains two filaments, so arranged by
means of a switch that when the full power
of the lamp is desired one filament is short-
circuited. When a diminished light is re-
quired the same switch throws the two
filaments in eeries, giving a sofb, subdnecl
light, where a light is burned all night, It
is a very simple yet ingenious contrivance,
and wilt nob get oub of order oesily.—St.
Louis Globe -Democrat,
The Exception.
"Well, Toddlekins," said papa, when he
arrived at the hotel late in the afternoon,
" what has happened to -day that was ex-
citing ?"
"A great big wave came and wet every-
body en the beach except me, mid ib wet ins
toe,' said Tocldlokins.
Alum Too Good.
Aire. Ittediek (praising young Mr. Acllet
to her daughter)—Ile doesn't timoke, drink,
or swear. He's a good boy and would be
true to you. •
Miss ICeedick (shaking her head) -116's
too goodie be trizei mamma,.
44 The physician," Op Brown, "la the
man who Ulla you that yon acedeliange,
and then takers all yon have."
0001'011 WIT.
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Two Storlee Whiek illustrate Ito Poesessteet
lu a Darned Degree,
I heard a neat little dory aboub those
Clever people, the Scots*, the other day
is
which quite as good as some of Dr.
Ramsay's epeoiroene of Scotch wit. For the
Scotch are a witty people, in a dry; caustic
way, which it: that soul of wit inspired by
brevity. Witness that pertinent reply el
the old deme to a canting minister whom
she had invited to diner:
"P11 coem on' the lord spares my life,'
he said with a Whine.
"Red, neon, Ili no be expedite ye :me
ye are dead," wasleer sensible reply.
My story has to do with a Scotch widower,
old and ohrewd, and a widow of hie own
nationality who had been meting Slum&
eyes at her canny neighbor. One day when
all the windows were open, and the old
man eating in the yard of his adjoining
dwelling, tee widow began to sing old
Scotch airs. She sang "Annie Laurier
"Coming Thro' the Bye," ancl "Bonnet:
Doon," with mony a trill and quaver, and
in a, voiee that had been musical twenty Or
thirty years before. Then she delegated a
kinsman to slyly ask the old Scot what he
1 thought of her singing.
"Pair auld body," add the unresponsiye
man. "1 kenned she had her weaknesses
in commoneti'ither folkebut I never kenned
before that she took a drap too much."
Isn't that delicious ?—Petreis free Press.
A. Curious Scotch legend.
Heather still blooms bravely on the Gal-
loway Hills, but thirsty shepherdo reeaTh
wistfully the days when it was made to
yield something of znore potent virtue than
honey. The ancient Pictish secret of brew-
ingheather ale is lost, and the manner of
losing it is recorded in a local legend. The
Picts of Galloway, it is Bead, were hard
pressed by their ancient foes, the Soots of
Dalriada. Step by step they retreated be-
fore them, falling under superior numberels
till at last there remained alive but three
braves—a father and two sons. TheY
were of the family to whom, alone
araong the Plots, was known the
priceless secret of brewing heather
ale. Stationed on the narrow •and
fortified neok of land which connects the
Mull of Galloway, the southernmost point,
of Scotland, with the mainland, they made
fearful havoc among their mallards. The
Scottish commander, weary of seeing -his
best warriors slaughtered, called a, parley
and offered quarter to the Pictish chief and
his sons, on condition that they would,
reveal their hereditary searet. "I accept
your offer," cried the father; but none ot
my race must be witness to my betratide
Therefore, before I speak oast my sons into
the sea." It was done as he desired and
then the Scots closed round the old mane
burning to les.rn the precious recipe. Butt
he, breaking from them, and running to a
pinnacle overhanging the waves, shouted,
Now I know that none lives who can
betray our trust 1" and straightway he
flung himself into the churning tide, where
his sons had already perished.
Novel Way To Seat Guests.
Rather a pretty method of indicating
where the guests were to sit was adopted a
few nights ago at a reception. Instead of
one large table down the entire length of
the large marquee, little tables were
introduced, with a far happier effect.
Each table was decorated with different
flowers. Red, white and pink roses, sweet
peas, white water lilies, pink and white
geranium, Iceland poppies, yellow sweet
sultans and many other flowers were
brought into requisition. Each lady had a
wee fan decorated with the flowers of the
table where her place was to be found, pre-
sented to her when the gentleman who was
to escort her was introduced. At the same
time the man received a tiny boutonniere
of the same. The ides was a pretty one
and it saved a great deal of unnecessary
scrambling.
Hamburg Steak.
Take one pound of steak from the upper
side of round; chopvery fine, add to it a
tablespoonful of onion juice, half a tea-
spoonful of salt, and two dashes of black
pepper; mix well together. Moisten the
hands in cold water, take two tablespoon-
fuls of this mixture and form in small routed
cakes or steaks (the above quantity will
make eight Hamburg steaks). Put two
tablespoonfuls of butter into a frying pan,
when hot put in the steaks, fry brown on
one side, turn and fry brown on the other.
Place them on a hot dish, add a tablespoon-
ful of flour to the butter remaining in the
pan, mix smooth, add a half-pint of boiling
water, stir constantly until it boils, add salt
and pepper to taste, pour over the steaks
and serve.
aeerse Selfishness.
A mother does\gpend herself too freely
for her children w she gives up her own
rights to them, effete:. herself so that they
do not recognize her s serior claims, makes
it difacult for them to honor " her, aAnea...„._
fifth commandment de ands that they
shall do writes Elizabeth eaeanson Scovil
in her helpful department in theaSeptember
Ladies' Home Journal.
It is a wise selfishness that makes the
mother Moist upon keeping her proper place
in the family as the crown and centre of
home, tenderly loving her children, serving
them in all legititnate ways, but seeing that:
they take their fair share of the burdens of
life,instead of weakly bearing them herself.
Thought it Dangerous.
Snubsey—Goin' on de fresh air excursion,
Raggsey ?
Raggsey—Go on 1 What ye &in' use
What us die here fresh air, anyhow?
Interested Kindness.
Merritt—Does your wife always run to
the door and weloome you with a kiss?
Cobwigger—No, only when she has been
gadding about all day and hasn't the dinner
ready.
They Never Thonght of That.
At a recent fire, some one sent a telegram
to the owner,who was away, staying :
"Premises on fire, what shall we de ?"
The answer came prompt "Pat it
Keep the Loafers Ofie
Farmer Sasetifrati—What are you putting
a barb wire fence around your farm for?
Isu't it awful expensive ? Farmer Modeler-
gras—Yes, the fence costs a heap o' money
but the hired men don't fool away any time
sittin' on it.
The Chairman—The Chair Will nob dia-
duto the point with Mr. Carter., Mr. Car.
ter—The Chair had better not, unloose he
takes his coat off. (TheOhair did not.)
lit ditdhganin'tc,are for nebulee and other stellar
Ho never Rt0111)Cd to puzzle Over Saturn and
Iii But to; watch the son -spots
Th thrspeehlaibl7 a:frilly freckles on ti air gift
nose
"Ti'mati," said the coact/man, pant -
leg to a, gantlets:au going dowea the steeds
" has to work very haul," ) Vor hisr
ing 2" " Xo ; for mine," r