The Lucknow Sentinel, 1920-01-15, Page 6s
"Mother'll be home in one more
, week," he said between swallows.
I "Only six days more, Father says.
Six daya is lessener a week, isn't it
Fa-" but she did not finish the sen-
ten2e. Looking up, her eyes encoun-
ten ' her Mother's and with a shriek
she vas at the door. "Its Mother!
Id) Mother!"
}art the jubilant welcome star -
shit; i land the traveler sat down to
.1 Food tattard a 1 alated supper served by all of
,se N,, 13.42442 the i in a heavenly babel of loving
- oi 'usion Mrs. Macon took stock of
„, hcr family -and demanded to know thel
v
music at Ow Bird House
•
By EDITS MAINE.
Slings and Arrows.
It is easy "to deal a wound that lin-
gers," in the way of a word written or
spoken, and it is a careful question
wheth‘r it pays.
Timee there are when one must -as a
friend speak out, 1i -either fearing nor
favoring, but usually the Ns are great
and mat oceasions, the 'chore impres-
sive for the restraint and reticence of
the speaker the rest of the time. The
The social Sixteen was to meet with lukewarm water for this cleansing the common scold is as little heeded as a
entire year, and dry well to keep theta few more hailstones he a storm upon a
Apples and Nuts.
from chapping. houseroot. lie or she is perpetually
Keep ready a solution composed of at a war of words with this our inisik
equal parts of rase water and glycer- perfect creation; and so what mat -
taelloffeethlier;igr just fine,
e, Mother,1 iNoanny, and n every one knew it meant a
II
1 clVelk-tae
• not even a bit lonesome now you're that something Sheactive
n estartswt h e anseecvreet
home," Janice declared reassur,ingly.i „•
g well, so each one was required to
Later, when the children were tuck -1 ilin
balance a peanut on the small end of
con joined her husband in the room! rub in few drops of this mixture.
ways we give heed, and perhaps we
ed safely in for the night, Mrs. Ma-.
an apple and, placing both on the back
that was all her own -the music roonel of hie clenched hand, carry them .
• it is riot convenient to have rose wa- I
are contrite and amend our practices.
She stood a moment by his chair, across the room an back. Then they? te'r, the pure glycerine is very effec-'
resting her hand on his shoulder. Not tried to get a bite from a row of apples I tive , ter keeping the hands soft and We know that the stricture was ut-
a swung from ,the curtain rod be- tared, for our good and that the speak -
his
word they spoke as John clasped' ! free from the traces of grime. Some
tween two rooms. Next Nan passed ' er was heavy with grief. Whereas
sheets of paper and pencils. people aim that glycerine does not
ward the rano, ••She smiled as she
wiped the sticky Kt ys and the sight - -
"Draw two views of an apple," shel.
I agree with their skin. For those vrithl
whichmit does not a honey solution,'
iu , good. . the habitual scold found a sort of
amusement in the tongue-lashing.
his hand over hers then shsb went to -
of scratches made by baby fingers n tton' tallow, or, a skin food Of all ;deplorable means to drive
deepened the tenderness in her face. ordered, "one when it it cut in half r
, cream may be used, rubbing it over home an argument or t6 point a mortfl,
,s
Then her fingers ran swiftly over the up and down, the other across."
keys. Drawn by the music, a n
came and stood beside her. It was
a gay little jingle that she played,
CHAPTER U. 1: "There isn't a single mark on this
Undid the letter to John. He read it "Why, no," she answOred,-"I insist
That evening, without comment, she' Piano, Dorothy!" she exclaimed,
dlowly,4 reread parts of it, then sat, upon Manette's taking care of it. She -
staring thoughtfully at the white rubs' it every day with chamois. I
'divot. "That's eeal nice of Dorothy," should,, be perfectly furious if it got
be said at 1st; then added, quite scratched."
simply, "Of course you'll have to go!" Peggy laughed and seating herself,
"But, John!" Peggy faltered in as-, drifted into melody. Once more the
tonishments - "The house, you and the i soft wistfulness. wove itself with the
. children -3' - ' .. 1 theme and •Dorothy suddenly under -
"When you are going on your -first stood; she seemed to see her friend's
vacation in seven years,"
. said her heart and there came to her a quick
. ' f the heartstrings. as if
husband _vitt'h a comical e o
421.
e.
COAL FORESTS IN --
PREHISTORIC DAYS
ine and immediately after washing
them, just before they are uite dry,
ters a tirade_ mOre or less?
But when One who seldom remon-
strates bids us look to the error of our
sarcasm is the worst. It its not too
They did their best, but their ignor- the hands while they are still damp.,
An excess fat remaining on the sur- much to say that none who is persist-
.
ante of an apple's construction andl ently sarcastic is beloved. The sar-,
the lack _of_ botanical observatOnl.facYe after thoroughly rubbing in
wiped off with a towel. - humor that resists the edge of any
; castic man has an ingrowing sense of
1
WHENFUEL BEDS WERE
BEING FORMED.
there was ki strain of tenderness thati After..drying the hands, gently pus
full of laughter and ,„delight - but
John, who knew nothing ef music; "I always •ate mine too quickly .t° ; back the euCcle of-eaeh •• nail with „the l'rvilbtleism that is directed against him -
amused •and ve*ed the tontestants.
fully understood Nevheanuzahtt lheenrgitnhI:tsotudthye tc1)-itehneeL complained ono loignheot.victim,:
Ltle-manic-u•re---set, and with this:
towel. It is well to get a complete. lit:2J1S'ne
• . v-Tssit -Ors. But he does not seem -to learn
• went that he. ruthlersly accords .to
'winces ,under the eetme treat -
`" Tu must not worrY she -had missed something, as if bar Jeer han e ,
Wen manage findy. 111 ge Mrs. • • Not many days later came a lettek ,1 by 'the acuteness of his own anguish
about a house, me, or even children. life were empty. - 'his arms. • Nan collected and looked over the your nails a good mamcuring once or
In the deep shatlasva of the beatti-
from Dorothy. papers.
twice a week. •
the pain that he imposes y
to:.earti a little--"' 't . • . . ... - . ,i.,.. _ ' the musieian \ iascinateal. Dorothy. aiiie I v`.' g".1: .1. `: . - - - •' s ss• . •. . •• s
, - I ".", a.a., ssa!n: haaa sarale a ppte , .Sometimes...skin, irration rind ,chap--
, .., sharp sayings.
"But the money, John, to pay Mrs. watched the white fingers rest linger, -took, your .aussie to fhe.Sbarnass. sa.a-, as o.a, aa , .,0,4,1,e,",, :„, ti,s2 , ci,:.1,:,,,, , pirl hands arcscatss i 's., the soap USPil
These are 'alee._ ,,' -• - ' irive
Frost, atui I cannot go without some flash, nipple over th keys A' vision lishing Company and. Mr. Sherman is sections are eel ''''.. d"154..t.the ethers i for the ;same settp; oes. Lot agree with ,
delighted with . .
it He well publish it a_ " . 'te goo . u tolkswhont it is eass ta ca.saasse oy
new clothes," Peggy answered with filled the room and Doroth.y saw chil- look! Dida't you ever see the apple', all skins. Use a make that hat-lieen '
some cruel, stinging epigram that shall
an air of finality. . dren, scores of merry, roguish little gg blossom inside?" and she sliced a thin
but has su ested a few minor ' found satisfactory in your case, and . -
"Nonsense" he answered rashly, elves and from somewhere, perhaps change -s. I think it will be more satis- horizontal portion and held it to the avoid this trouble. , win an immediate laugh at the cost of
knowing well what a "dare he was from the betwitched piano, came the factory for me to come and talk them
light, 'laughing at theie incredulous , hos hard you use your,
' No 'natter v the pain inflicted. Hardly ever is an
cs4ting up to himself. "You have
getting more tired every min- happy laughter
sound of their dear voices and their • °ve'tts
child you. I ou may expect me Thursday.
with you. I may be able ;to help
faces aa they:saw the rose -like outline llands you nee:1 never be ashamed of : -
; epigram more than half true Smart-
! ness verifies nothing. There is noth-
lite. I've been thinking all spring muse filled the air ed:eyn sudous denly I can tell' you a. ou y It' and so and the star of seed pockets.
Now these you will know," she ,'them if you faithftilly carry out these k .
mg Otte so clever, in fact, as to bring
h I'd send you off for a rest some- changed; dark threatening shadows forth. It's perfectly thrilling and I ‘
am as glad as can he for you. I have
. I promised as she sat down with a paper few instructioas. I ant speaking. from
personal experiefice for *I have proved . other. Those who are beloved are not.
out the best quality there is in en-
,
Prot to al-ta 'e glad Fs, ruotti the botlY
Interesting Process Continued'
For Several Centuries
With I4erruption5.
The coal beds that furnish us with.
fuel were formed during an age when.
conditions on our planet were vastly
different from what they are to -day.
The crust of the earth was in a very'
unstable state; it was ehrinking with.
many incidental convulsions. The at- e.
mosphere was heavily charged with:
water4apor, and so loaded with care
bonic acid as to be almost unbreath-
able..
The sun -was bigger and hiuch hotter
then, and temperatures all over the,
world were higher tan in the torrid
zone at the present time... Most of thia.
country was covered with swamee. All
of these circumstances, of course, were
wonderfully favorable to the develop-
ment of 'plant We.
What is -now-the state of Pennsyl-
vania (whence comes Ontario's fuel)
was an area corresponding typically. to.
this description. It was a fiat region,
deSteid cdinountains. The great range
of the-Appalactilans had not yet.been
uplittedeindeedislaSee parts ut itsera
formed of carboniferous liedi `folded
intosting ridges which must originally
have been flat.
The steaming, vaporous landadape,
over which were scattered mane shal-
low pondssoffered everywhere to view
an extraordinary luxuriance of vege-
the truth of riv advice here given. \ seeking to shine in a starry resplend. I tation. consisting mainly of plant
where. I can spare some money for hovered, the ruano moaned and wep
clothes, not a grand splurge, of in loneliness. , just two minutes to dash t o , 501 her hand. These are t e names
course -I wish I could, little woman!
• • ht forms unfamiliar to U5 to -day. Ex -
.„ goodbye till Thursday. I nuts and apples. I'll toss e peanut' ence by the eclipse o o er g .
had better get to bed and get rested.
' !Ian° "I'v *us ! I c ' •
minute, so I thought I'd remind They encourage the others to bring stremely abundant were gigantic moss -
out the best that in them is. They are ' es resembling in kind our little club
Now," he went on playfully, "you Dorothy.
"I've simply got to go home,. to tirt first one calling out the right
Peggy cried turning swiftly from the P.S. I find that- I still have a whole
you! answer." Then she ga.ve these ques-,
It's quite a trip to Dorothy's bungalow C • e 3 t got to. an t . here is a girl in our town who is •
and you'll have to bustle to get ready that with a little practice, I'd make a tiits:
i stand •i' any longer, Dorothy, I'm
-but-well. You'll understand -Jan- I'm hoping hard that you will insist. goal. (Seek -no -further.)
Stay-at-Ilotne
• I . guiltless of "snubs" to a budding as. mosses, but vastly niagnified, attain -
sorry_ I tr.t a qustter .notbto stay th: perfectly good aunt. Of course I've -.14 -.'What apples are these?... , kept at home pretty closely by the piration or a tender promise. They ing the size of forest trees with trunks
by Saturday."
1. What we do when .we reach. a care of an invalid mother. Money_was are without a sneer. They do not try sgTiteiimes 13)0 feet long and- ten feet
imonth with you -you ve been so goo , made reservations at the hotel but!
Peggy's- heart sang. Dear John!
__ not plentiful .in her family and She .al- to think of hateful things to say that These contributed more ma -
She had been right, after all!
Five days later Peggy found herterial than any other plant to the coal
ice.is always afraid in a storm and- upon my 'staying at The 'Bird House.1 2. A sovereign.' (Ks,'ne.) •' • • - moot Dever had any spending money are sure by their malevolence to in
...telf-Ostalled with Dorothy in a most
• rubbers. He had croup once-,,
will be a beautiful time to get ac- house ) . • began casting, about for some means of control, aril $pell his humiliation. •
furiate their cbject and wreck his self- that was to be.
an.d.-Gordy might go out without his I hardly know your babies and this!
, 3. Used after butchering. (snaaaa_ • she could re -ally call he; own. So she,
answered Dorothy, quainted with them. I can stay two •
4 An old-faalnoned flower. (Gall- Giant Thickets of Ferns.
• ous forest of everg-reen. " now, • • •turrte, laSr -fsssa apitl e -nsonaell---a into - • •
None is more contemptible than he
modern bungalow, nestled in a glori-
"How perfectly heavenly!" Peggy It all right. I'll help you to get whole weeks. 'nine
as she , ready." .%' who pours on a work in progress his .
exclaimed over and over again, ' Peggy read the postscript over and , flowerJ ..._. .
- - _ _ -_-__ cash. In the muddy ground. forming un -
An hour later, when Peggy came over again and her eyes were wet and D. Part of an anim.al. (Sheepnose.
, ) She coell make clever little pen-.1.asperities, _a_nd. wh:n it has survived penetrable thickets, stood monstrous
and through the Paths in the woods. down the stairs with/ her suit case, lovely., Then Ale failed her" babies - 6. A fur. (Astrakhan.) and -ink ske-lahes and she vvas a good them all,' withholds his prais'e. reedlike "horsetails," delicate of tolis
The big grand piano wooed her and age, with !items twenty feet or more
Dorothy had gatheeed uP a d n ...T4 't id fli-ern that Aunt Dorothy was, 7. One of Coopers novels. (Spy.) cook, but it took her a long time to
every day al* spent blissful hours: sheets of music the conaszlearafaa-
ad for- to come at six o'clock to stay for two 8. Manufactures locomotives. (Bald- connect these two accomplishments. in height and ten to twelve inches
wandered through the pleasant rooms
playing and composing. Under the ' r:tensth- hearee.
memOries of Janice and whole weeks. And then she told her :, win.) One day it occurred to her to make lit- • ard's Liniment cures' I
D P4t1teria• . thick.' Above them towered groups of
I I b k a
• 4;•- d therest "I'd he to take heart, as she had done over and over palmlike tree-ferris, each one bearing
spell of quiet within and wit ou y
music of the home -
tonna. From 11
oth
ii took these to a pnblis er when g .
m overhead Dor- to town," she said, "I am sure they was right when she m.arried John.
(THE END.) (Paradise.)
enraptured as the com- are well worth publishing-" ' . 11. Found in riVers. (Carabapo'e.)
on grew into perfection. "Do whatever you like with them," 1.. A month. (May applE.)
Through the musac she heard the giy said Peggy ignoring the closely writ- The Caine of Checkers.
13. The most beloved apple. (Apple
patter of children's feet and their ten sheets. At last she reached the
The times when quiet games seem
, merry laughter, while the clear, deep village and managed to walk quite the eye.)
cognized the blue jay's saucy chatter, t,ail. Seven years ago a pair of robins near the fireplace extends an enticing
16 A.color. (Green apple.")
the cat bird's call and the voice of the came a -courting about the eaves of invitation. Then you feel like, getting ' ' '
17. A sharp apple. (Thora anple.)
brown thrasher. ' i the little white house and every
tl b aklets of her favorite recipes and. • • -a huge tuft of magnificent leaves at
the different operations and the fin- its top. Of ferns of other kinds there
ished dishes. - • , Once counted I my little store,
W,hy was to others given more? was enormOus abundance, as may be
, She gut heavy.- jarovara wrapping: Why were their lips with honey- fed, judged front the. numerous mimes -
paper and cut it intp sheets five inehes, While I had labor's hard-earned 'bread? skins of them. found in the coa1-bear-
4e. weary. hopeless task seemed living;, .ing rocks.
wide and seven inches long, which', _
were,. folded and tied together with One of the commonest plants In that
bright-calored wrapping cord, making I could not bring to God thanksgiving.
• 1. epoch had stout branches that grew
attractive little booklets. 'These were.. There came a poor man to my door, Tdownward from e short trunk, develop-
dccorated with a cover design in ink ,.I shared with him my seanty store, - ing long rootlike processes , which
with a few dabs of water-oolors, and; When lo! my sense of want had flown, l floated in the water or •trailed in the
on each page ;vas a _recipe with the I. And rarest riches were my own! , I mud. The under -clay, of every coal
accompanying illustrations in the l I seemed with heaven's own manna . seam is usually filled with these -root-
corners' of the same page. The recipes i , fed, • . .. , lets. But space is lacking for further
were plainly printed in ink. In one , What blessad joy there is in living! 'description. Suffice It to say that more
book were cakes, in another salads, in I brcught to God my glad thanksgiv- -
h ,h 9. A kind of shoe. (Russet.)
illustrate them with sketches showing The Thanksgwmg Secret.
e
gain for seven ear years
10. Where we do ell hope to go.
--
tones of the church bell spoke a bene- composedly toward the dear home'. most attractive are- those blustery.
14. The apple that is never swal
i In the evening 'breeze the gate evenings of fall or Winter when- the
lowed. (Adam's maple.)
The birds challenged Peggy's pow -i. swung open slowly and Mrs. Macon's wind -driven rain or snow beats against
15. The sweetest apple. (Love ap-
diegon over all.
ers and Dorothy laughed as she re- 'alert mind took in every beloved de- the windowpanes and the armchair
out your favorite game and throwing ,
18. An impudent apple. (Anole
"Peggy is coming into her own, spring, they returned. Wa
babies down a challenge to some member of . - -
1, came.to the home nest, the Macons the family or to the friend who has 1 sauce.)
bless her!" Dorothy whispered to her- robin babies while their own
self. " dropped in for an hour or two. Of all 19. A sign of confusing. (Maiden
two friends ate _breakfast in the - Mrs. Macon gave the hirds an un- the quiet games none offers more en- i blush.)
1 20. It gatlia,ra in the craps. (Ha
The next morning Wag rainy, so the named their home, Tbe Bird House. •
cheery living room on a little mahog- derstanding little nod as she pushed joyment to those who are willing to , vest apple.)
any table drawn up 'before the wide open the sc_ton door, stepped softie study it than checkers -the game that ;
21. It falls from the 1:3T. tsalo
• h morning inside. 'Vces drew her tip-toein
. . g man begarr to play no one knows howl
, apple.)
tching
r -
NV
fireplace. Later in
Peggy played, and Dorothy heard the along the hall, and at the dining room long ago.
patter of rain about the house, the door she, stopped to take in the scene.' In England and Scotland the"game is . j g•
'slut
_1 Part of a -house. (Walnut.) several exchanges in I (-ran . ci 1 ., SHE THOUGHT D
rustle of the wind -tossed leaves and, Supper was about finished. John ' called draughts, in Italy Clam, in
! 2. Abbreviationa of two boys, S'ae told me recently that she is elan- 1 impressions of twigs, leaves and even
place. But again there was that in-', string. The twins pounded riotous- names (Filbert). nine. to have a new set of recipes earit WOULD LOOK DYED , nuts. The softer beds of "cannel"
the crackle of the( pane log in the' fire- was struggling ?vrith a knotted bib
Egypt daineh: the French call it les . /
chunk of anthracite suggests no like-
, than 500 vegetable species that helped
another ,tendies, etc. ing. • to make the coal have been identified.
Whcn a supply of these were ready I,
Among them were gingko trees, which
she mailed them to a women's ex -I lhite enamelled woodwork may be nowadays belong exclusively to Aa,
'orders for more. Now.she supplies and also pines.
change in a nearby city and soon had cleaned with whiting on a moist cloth.
• •
In the slate strata immediately over-
lying coal seams are commonly found
"You do make a piano talk," Dor, and Thomas was eyeing a huge, piece thins played the game. two thousand ,
4. Fonnd near 0. -le sea. (Beesh nut.) a'.41.4ttell Her Faded, Old, S abby to the kind of fossil fuel we burn. A
edwiit1111-
definable yearning in the music,_al, ly with spoons. Little Gordy s tow- • 3. Two nuts from the dairy. Mist- •
month, so her patrens may have a new oeft::d seeds arlittirraenstfroerems
mast pain. What was it? head nodded sleepily over his plate game. of circumvention." The EgY_P!..:
ntiL. cream nut.) , booklet frequently giving. hose r,.e!ncs- But "Diamond Dyes" ,.Turned g
othy remarlced rather lamely but, of custard Pie with ,a look of doubt years gefore the birth of Christ. On 5. A letter of the alphah-,4.
•
dames, and the Chinese call it "the ,
.1kwerf---"Peggy did not seem to hear. •
land longing. Janice, in her mothers the walls of the old Fity of Thebes.
of wonder which stood a moment, n't 'low us to eat " R. Good ---------------.. .) Maiden. who, though not ( give a new,Jieh, fa e ess . table character.
of that time used pieces that reeemee '
• •
•
She sat silent with her hands clasp-; place at the table, was admonishing King Rameses 11. is depicted playing I Cinderella -Minus 'arid -eat
Apparel into New.
6 Part of the body. (Chestnut.) cut thin enotkak to--be-tran,:lueent, a
ed Over her knees, watching the frolic severely: -checkers with a woman. The players .
7. A irl s name tliazel mit.) Don't werry about perfect remits. i•
of the flames that built rosy castles "You know, Thomas , Mother doe -s -I Aleeit 700 years BP.. th. re 111'434 a Use "Diamond Dyes,',`-guaranteedolor to , to microsZope will readily show its vege-
ness to a plant, but, if a slic-! of it be
tottered, then faded and fell. At last, "Weh!" dersnanded Thomas resent- • „ • 9. A tough wood. (Hickory nut.) detells." WW1 undoubtedly the person fabric,. whe her it be wool, silk, linen,
. this time refiesiments Were .in then known evorld. The Direction Itook with each pack,
filled with small candiei the booby.' name. came tinder the notice of the
• Skill • order and Nan's table • was duly ad- Rhodope had remathably small feet. color.
age tells how to diiamond dye over any
_ men....
More than a thousand books on
• , • • \
Anlanng m Restoring Paintings chec,kers have beetii written. The
mired, The candles sat in hies hol-
Oae ,lay. whilst bathing in a river near To thatch any materiel' have dealer
led small ninepins. Archologists lb
he arose and went back to the piano, full. , • - 10. .A quick look and. a grl's ...represented in the -popular_ _fairy_ tale. (Trams_ -or mixed -goods,sa dresses,.
"WhY did Mrs. Frost make pie?, making- their exc,ia tions tound
stood looking at the be?uiful insru- You may eat the custatd. pa, t, like with small heads at the top. In the ,
A box of chocolate -covered nuts was the twelve Egyptian .Kings that thi coat'blous7s,feasttioi ecrksi.i igtisr.opeektlittez, (e!ohIlletirri neng'ss,
hut she did not touch the keys. She "I guess she forgot. Oh. I tell you! ivory checker pieces be carved (Pecan.) It was during••the rulings. of one' osf,
!nent as if she noticed it for the firet pudding.; Mother makes .114 for us
mens of ancient checker sma,rds and
British Musettin there are many speei- .
• first -.prize and a papier-mache peanut beatutiitil Eastern girl, Rhodope by
--everything.
pots of time!"
time-
medern form of the ganie began with
lowed out apples on small doilies-, and Iter home, All eagle is said to have sbow yoo -Diamond Dye" Color Card.
a Spanish book published in 1547. A
had plain red shades. A low basket Of, swooped down, and playing the part -
Some years ago Sargent's portrait scraping until nothing remains of the little more than a hundred years tater flaming Virginia creeper that trailed of the fairy godaeother, snapped ill)
. .
ut Henry James. displayed at the original but the fragile shell of pig- came the first French book, with rules
over the polished table was the center- one of her sandals which WAS on the
1 by ment adhering to the paper. and instructions that are not greatly
piece and narrow red ribbons ran from bank.
cleaver wielded by a suffragist. !The There the new canvas is covered with unlike those in the modern books. The
the basket to e
Royal Academy, was badly a
work of restoration, which was en- the_ stiongest fish glue obtainable and first English hook that described the'-.- "The last
trusted to Roller, was not o A- reseed firmly down upon the paper game as we novs play it was William
• bearing the picture. As soon as the ' Payne's Introduction to the Game of sured
: _ il ngerie clasps for the girls and negli- ' king, and, naturally, the little sandal
The canvas, afLar the painted sur- i painting is firmly attached to its new Draughts, which was printed in 17a6.
gee cuff links for the boys. .
soon attracted royal attention.
face. had been protected with tissue 1 foundation nothing remains but to Then in 1800 the work of Joshua „. ,
it s thought and gonsl use of ma- Struck by its size so small, and the
i
Me take off the manilla paper. This can Sturges appeared -a book that is still
p .
to crack," Nan as- beak, the bird Is reported to have
These held inexpensive dropped it immediately in front- of the
Caerrying the little shoe off in iiis
paper, was placed upon a sae
The back was then covered with a
sticky fluid. which was pressed
through to the surface of the picture
ttrials that make a. happy party," daintiness, too, the,king vowed he
be done with hot water, and the sur- regarded as :tuthoritative. In 1860 .
said Nan. to herself, and she smiled would fin out
face of the painting has only to be appeared an excellent American book
as she closed the door. or. Messengers were despatched, and
cleaned to look as. bright and clear -'written by Henry Spayth and entitled
h h In Ossess-
'The American Draught Player. the country was scoured for the foot
that the shoe would fit.
from playing checkers is that it exer- At length Rhodope was discovered,
Perhaps the greatest bapefit derived Well Kept Hands.
A reasonable amount of self-respect and the shoe placed on her tiny foot.
and pride in one's personal appearance After a triumphal conveyance to thel
king's palace, she was made queen to -
is a great asset to any girl or her
her royal lover, "King Psammeticus
mother: As the hands are just_as in-;
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dicative of character as the fAce these MemPhia."
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with a heated iron. In this way the as it was when the artist painted it.
convas was centracted and the cuts in In days gone by mane masters of
as finally brush painted their works on wood or
relined, and any spots where the paint panel. Seyeral such wolics brought, eises the quality of mind called con -
it closed up. The can
was missing, were filled by the re- to light during recent years have been sentration-the ability to shut out for
found with-thetr timber_badly derayed, The.time being all other thoughts and
storer .with a speciaLpieparation.
There are men who follow the pro- and in order to preserve 'the= it has...to consider the result of every move
feesion Of picture restoration whose been neeeseary to transfer them to y.oli‘ make. That practice cultivates
, ability i5 such that they are able to canvas. .. forethclight, memory and calculation,
restore old paintings of value that Haquin, "a Fiend's- artist, was, it is all of which are extremely useful pos-
have large holes in thorn, or in cases thought, the first successfully to trans-- sessions.
where the material on which they fer a vete; ee.Se.tine to canvas.. He --+----
were painted hangs in threads. Mere- glued a sheet of psper over the sur- His Pocket Was Bare.
over, these ex,Perts can, when neces- . face of the paintingAnd afterward up- Teaeheft was giving a lesson on good
Ram transfer a paittting to a new can -1 On this a liee layer. of Muslin. When behavior, and Wanted to drive it home
lae'planed down to the children's minds.
'AC 1 the glue was auitt. ery
If a ptetui-c df which the canVall iS tb °:, "n el until It was of the thinness First she sought to point out the
, cracked, torn or rotted with age is of matchwood, when he seraped off the wickedness of stealing. /
i remainder aids a lcsig, flexible knife. ajohnny,'" she said to one email
boy. "If 1 put my hand In your pocket,
and took. out a penny, what would 1
handed to a clever restorer, the
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thing he does is to purchase a new
canvas the same _FilZe as the old one.
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_ _ _stile, he .gluee te•itlitert
ot stout Manilla paper to the pictelTe:-
Thia done, the mere skin of color jseld
together by the paper and muslin was
-wfts' a comparativelx_easy
-*line tills t‘s a corn= and Te -
He then carefully serapes away the , move the paper and muslin.
old canvas. This is a job that may If, anold picture should lack a por-
occupy him for several days 01 weeks tion of its piwynent this; msj be re
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If the canvas kbe a large one. Having I placed by an artist with eofors from
removed nU 1),,its of ra*.v.r, -4 the t a crush,..but lometinive old but woith-
erontelei e isent life are telaft raint:ng are used for the pur-
tseen :ty• U) • . u: gcnt.: pr,se.
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thief,"
should be given scrupulous care, t a
they may always look well -kept.
"But, how can this be done by wo-
men who have to -der all kinds of house-
hold drudgery?" someone will ask.
B well -kept hands I; do not mean
Johnny 16-oited ar hesfesrefIVrarsew, awt-
remarked: ,
"A eonjiirrl"
Save the juice from pickled fruit
and add to the water in v.hieh you
boil the ham.
His Idea of a Joke.
At the foot of a steeps -hill stood a
sign hoard on which the following not-
ice was printed:
"Danger -Bicyclist and autoists are
that it is necessary to have the nails
hereby notified that hie hill 1S clan -
long and pointed, nor is it good taste.
gerous and they are cautioned to corne
to have them fairly glistening with
down slowly."
polish. A eoft white hand with nails Appended to this mere the equally
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long and tapering is usually a sign of 1.
unny tines: ,
the incompetence of its possessor. In .
"Any person not able to read the
fact, it is a sure sign 'of idleness an‘
. above will have it read for him if he
keep1 call on the blacksmith who lives
around the corner."
A piesugulaan saw thia_notice and esa
lathed to Tilii- friend/1-
With rich soil; inelinited moisture
for root and laaf, a temperature more
than tropical. and an atmosphere laden
with carbonic acid (which is to.a plant
what oxygen i5 to an animate no won-
der. that the vegetation, of that atietent
epec h. floiiriehed. Growing. falling and
'decaying, each succeeding crop made,
the bed richer for the plants that were.
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to follow.
Why Coal is Found in Layers.
This process did not go on without
interruption, however. It:might con-
tinue for several centuries, and then
vast areas wouhissink and remain for
along period covered by water. From
the water sand and slit would be de-
• posited. •- Thed these areas would
again become land, resuming their
former hixuriance of vegetition, only
to he resehue lose later on. Thus the
coal to -day* found in a series of
layers, with strata of rock (represent-
ing the depesits of silt and sand) be. •
tween. • ,
Buried beneath water and rock (air
; being excluded therAby). and subject.
I ed to pressure and heat, the womly
material underwent a slow smothered
rombustion. and was thus twansformed
into coal. What retnained. of Was
mainly carbon. An everage chunk of
anthracite is about 145 per cent. carbon.
Bituminous coal contains about 38
per cent. of volatile matter; whence
its smokiness. In good anthracite
there is only about. 3 per cent. of such
matter; it is for thie reason an id
most smokeless Nen, All of the Pen-
nsylvania anthracite 'was originally
bitriminoue 'coal, but high heat aril
great preslitte drove tbe volatile inata
ter out of it.
In the Pottsville; region of Penney!.
vateia . the r&erage total thickness ef
epthracite seams is 1201feet. This re-
presents' an ciriglialm Vegetable depos-
n
imagine the enormous length of time
• tip* MUM have been required for thel
growth Of en east a quantity of woodyl
material.
motommommit•IlMII&
a waste of much good time
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Ity :riritttribetivo hand, I mean one
that is smootr-and firm; the nails
free from dirt, cut round, and fairly
the joke was that the levet th
rinse, and the quick pushed back. might not be at home. sfes-
Keep a Stiff brush on your washstand,
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aryl with it scrub -your hand and nails, :
thoroughly, at lea° ("we a day- Use sciiirrs 141d.in4osit Cures C01•97410.
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