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The Signal, 1906-5-17, Page 5THE SIGNAL: (i.ODERICH ONT,\RU) TDt/14DAr, May 17, 1906 4b SPECIAL OFFER TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS "The Signal" to January 1st, 1907, for only 50 cents Send in your name with amount at once, and secure the fu// benefit of this offer MRS. ELLEN FOOTE. President of the Hat Trimmers' Va. los of Danbury. Mrs. Ellen Foote, president of the Hat Trimmers' union of Daubury, Coon., Is the moving spirit of that pow- erful organization, and it is largely through her common sense methods and managemeut that the unlou had wou the name of being one of the must lutelligently conducted trade organize. Hous In the country. Through Its ef- forts It has maintained a wage fur wu- men which Is regarded by other manu- facturlug populations as Tittle abort of miraculous, and It has Insured a Pitui- tary and hygienic condition of factory and shop which Is a model of its kind. It is a fact that In all the tweuty-oue years of its existence tela wonderful woman's.orgalzatlou has beeu directly under the leadership of Its original or- ganizer and Initial president, Mrs. Foote. Not only does It presuppose au extraordinary amount of diplomacy and executive ability on the part of the presiding omcer, but it speaks volumes for the solidarity, pbyslcal, mental and moral, of the Danbury working wo- man. Mrs. F oote's Is an lutert'eting pereou- altty, Interesting not only bkeause of the miraculous record she bas establlsh- Win ICLLIM POOTA ed for the woman trade's uuloulat, but quite as much for the fact that elle L eminently typical. socially and other- wise, of a large percentage of the Wein- bsrxbip of the union. A di4tlugulahed, One looking woman. now passed fur into middle life, Mrs. Foote Ie the most en- thusiastic of ell trail.'Rtinfoil woweu In Lanbury, despite the fact that Rhe Is, ■ 1111 bas been since a'•\very young wo- man, the 'wife of out of Uanbuty's leading cltlzeus. Mrs. Foote has the love and esteem Of all the workers of, her city, and she hoe also the undivided respect of the employers, among whom she la known Ih "Queen Ellen:' -New Turk Herald. Ciera and the Complexion. The tint of the orange Is becoming to the brunette with a fair complexion. For We blond the delicate yellow of ripe corn Is beautifying. Bright green Is becoming to the pale, but Clear, skin, but not to a high or muddled complexion. Violet is allowable only for faces Quite free from yellow tints. Blue Is remarkably bcoinlag to fair n ine, but ouly the darkest shades are favorable to bruuettee. Creamy white Is ■Imost unlveranlly beeoming, and the Introductiou of cream lace makes an otherwise impos- sible color wearable. Black Is flattering to a blond, but It P he he not fair enough to look well Iu black an admixture of ler own special color Is permissible. Usually the soft toned grays look well with yellow or brown hair. Browns are becoming to the clear akin crowned with golden or brown hair. Red Is beoming to either blond or brunette, so that the skin be fair enough or dark enough and provided It Is just the right shade of the hue. Fomeatatloas. When a fy11011111 fun 14 pteeeribed by be a ave to h hall s physician or when It e n. the proper thing in the emergency of extreme Internal pales a named cloth may be folded, wrung out of hot wa- fer and applied directly to the skin. Nevertheless It is letter after wring- ing out the flannel as dry as desired to fold It In a dry flannel sloth of one or two thicknesses before applying it to the patient. A little time 14' required for the heat of the fomentation to pen- etrate the dry flannel, and thus the akin 1s allowed an opportunity to ae- gnlre toleranee of the hent. and a greater degree Of temperattre can be borne than If the moist cloth 1s brought directly In contact with the 'surface. The outer fold of dry flannel will also tierce (e keep the cloth wartn,by pre- venting evaporation. A fomentation is sometimes needed when no bot wa- ter is et hand. Soak the flannel In void water, wring ns dry as desired, fold In newspaper and lay upon the store or wrap 1t about the etoreptpe. le a few minutes it will be as warm as the patient can bear. The Art et Itatartalalss• The secret of being a good boeteee Is In hiding the tact that you are making In effort to please. The bowies to "eh you like best to go are Shape Rlissre you tel at liberty to lonk neer hanks sad partfoyss, where the piano hamL min sad then, an say chairs without ehtbornte cuahlous. in prepar- ing fur an evening party, If , •u expect to buve games 1vIiIii lul di' real plug, put -away delicate brie -a -brae t0 that uo guest shall have tbu misfortune to skull his evening uud yours by an acci- dent. Scatter picture bots'ill hlugIe views at the rides of the went fur the beueflt of there unfortunates, the WaIJ• flowers. There should always be a cor- ner set apart fur those who du not dance, nud this should be large euougb for a table at which a genie may be pbiyed cuutfortably. Look ufter the shy girls and lays. That Is one of the chief duties of the hostess. It Is bet- ter to try to bring thew into the general sport than to devote yourself to their amuaetneIL • Aa ],slaved Taatae. Nothing la more alarming that a se- vere injury to the tongue. It some- tiww hapie,ia that In falling it little child will bite its tongue cuwpletely through, so that ttie teeth meet and the mouth is tilled with blood. Such en necld,ut is 1101 eii serious as It ap• peen. The mouth h': ,s quietly, the saliva fornfug a natural remedy bet- ter than any which eau has luvented or discovered],. But to usalst nature and atop the tluw of blood Is certainly • Illlportant. The simplest way to do this Is by spriukllug finely sifted Hour into the cut. A chit], eau be coazM to submit to this treatrneut if the flour be mixed with powdered sugar. Nerves. Along the nerve liner here are sows little nerve facts. When you feel fidg- ety don't try to talk., When you feel overwrought keep stili. Whcu you are blue don't make It ],curse by using up ' your nerve force. Keep still. Try to Rehm. Remember that the popular woman lu any society, In the home or Mimed. is the Wolman who says little, but who listens touch. It is NO the world over. The leader Is not the one who bsec's, but the one who Ilsteunto ' the utherm and says only a little. D o•a Toys. Mothers should carefully examine the toys presented to their little ones. A friend gave ley six -months -old baby a little toy dog made of black woolly - goods.. Ile was eery fond of the play - Wing, but imagine' my horror Whelk oue day a4' he eat playing with it 1 saw bite pull out a long black headed pin. 'Upon examination I found that the eyes and collar button, which I ,upp.,se,l were heads, were nothing more than black pits with long,. ugly poluta.-Good Housekeeping. --- Mantas Hair Look Thicker.' A Pimple 'way of waking the hair look Mister and heavier Ir as follows: After the sbanipoo. and when the hair U perfectly dry. plait It Into two or three braids. Ilave one strand 'small and the other two large: braid loosely; hold the little ■trand.t'gilt and push the miler two up toward the head. This will enure it to torn% large. natural waves. Don't wear a rat. They are unclean, keep the scalp too warm and often Pause the hair to molt luxuri- antly. la the Ritches. (fare nt few• nrticlee alotit the sink ss possible, le, The sink brush. pan scraper, dish 'mop and soap shaker may be huug above it, and you will *Ito Hud It convenient to have the po- tato mneher and a large 4pN.10 at hand. The latter, however, must be hung high. out of mach of 011 splash. If pox - !dile keep the salt but to the right of the range and an near to It as the con- struction of the kltelien will jerulit. Potatoes (hambery. Potatoes ebamlery are n novelty. Shue and craip them preclaely as for Saratoga potatoes. That Is, slice them 114 14111 us po%aible and drop them Into Ice water afterward drying the slices between folds of n towel.° Arrange the .111 '. lit a well buttered biscuit tin ith suit, Metper nikl bits of butter bee tweet' the layers. Dake until well browned. Welled Paddlate. When making any sort oCtolled pud- ding lie over the basin grease proof pie per, such ns the grocer wraps the but- ter In. Boil in the equal moaner, but take care that the waiter does nof umne qp to the top of the basin. This Allan Pare% trouble, for each pudding hns'm fresh paper and the welshing of pad's ding clothe Is done away with, Marrlsseable Glam. It I. very difficult to .nv what laws regulate proposals -why 41111e girls nt- tract ntte11tlon only, while others at- tract "nttentlous." There are pretty and popular Wonen to whom nobody propose$; there are plainer ones with wham every second man finds him - eel( contemplating marrlage.-L11dy's Realm. Weise Randa, Motet hinds are ruhlous to light col- ored gloves. A good remedy for the tronhle Is to bathe them frequently .•ills a mixture composed of two °tines of cologne and one-qunrter centers of tincture of belladonna. After t104 14 robbed well Into the halide they may be sprinkled with talcum powder. A ton) hot oven 'maybe quickly cooled by pineheg In It a basin of cold water. The steam from the water will not In - Jut nnythlug that may be cooking ex- cept pnR pastry. . A small hole In chine can ire perfect- ly mended with planter of perk Mix very thin with water end drop into the hole, Let It harden before Using. it A glee IR desired on linen odd a tpnepnnnful of salt to the starch when making. Tn poor drop, from a bottle moisten the edge. _ _ • Aa Aedes* Trateler's Ostat. A small "'1'r,:vt't, is 1;111114'," slated 17611, cuuta!ue u {;nod dell of advice as to the 1st gage which should be curried. "Take," says the book, "two auits of clothe., one cullet• colonel 111111 one blue; a c•he.t flamed, 0 pair of leather breeches, u sleeping suit, three pairs of stockings, two pairs of glovieetwo w•Iga, sine hair Trig Co, t wo cups, two hats, Moo pally Of eh0es, One pair oratippene *iz 'undershirts,' four'oven:birta:' six neck - flea. ail collars, six handkerchiefs, tour pairs of cuffs, three cravats, two poles of cotton hoar, two pairs of socks." Pout this Is not all, as is shown by the following Moms: "Take a Bible, i Imes of sermons. a 'Traveler's 1:uidt•; two albums, a diary. a (uirr of white paper, quills soul Ink, 1111 alumnae, a mirror, n silver watch, n silver snuff• box, a silver spoon, a pair of silver oboe buckles, Miniver lie pin, three ell - ver etude. a gold seal ring. a knife nud fork with silver handles, a sewing C•110, an uper:a glees, a eompa.4, a wag Ifgbt and a Maier lax, a to1,thbrn4h, a silver toothpick, a sword, u eller Mounted caw', a padlock with which to fasten your door at night amide. a (-lathes brush, a lox of nlediciue."- Pall Malt (azett0. ° "lobed That ('asset swim. More than one dpeeies of fish f4 met with whicb cannot omen, the most sin• ' gular of which perhaps is the nlnitha, a Brazilian tlsh, whose organs of loco- motion only enable It to crawl uv.. wall: or hop after the nlnnner of a toad, to which annual this fish to some extent (mars a resemblance, and it is provided with a leng upturned snout. The ante - Her (pe'ctoral' tins of the manila, which 'are melte %mall. are not tapable ut act- ing on the water. but esti only more backward and forward. haeme tailor the form of thin pews. ,Itoth these and the ventral and anal flus are very dif- ferent from the similar tins in other. fishes •11d cuold net "serve for swim• ming at all other examples of 11041. 'swimming li=hrsdrielud(' the sea hors, another most peculiarly ehaptd hJInG itaut of We Kea, whets resembles' the knight in a set of .:'le$aul,ro, 444141 the atarlish, of.whlr•h dere are many 44.00- 1 imrus.•whie•II mn fly walk and cruel on the shore or ruck*, both bring un- able to SWin1: The African Ostrleb. The ,1fr i.•:ul "oriel). f:•i:n which the 110s1 4':1 11 ' f011 Ili`R/1 :11.0 'obtained, stands six or seien feet high and weigh% from no to 1(sl p1,un11s. 1t4 egg b apt .l to Ulama t Iwo dnzi •n 111''' e¢gs. . It. retailer). sell 11 .tfrle•a for about retie- is potu.d at wholesale. While walking .li'Irl(7 its step i a1N01t twen- ty-six laches, but whet: 1!ie stride Mereaw•s to a10011 • twelrl• feet, anel at this gilt It "an run something like twelmty-tire• u:ilcs nn Baur. When permed it sometime% turns and. dealt the pursuer a Moir with the font that makes hien think of the kt.•k of a mete. The African o.trieli I. the I:1rgeet binl now esIstitig on earth. The American ostrich le only about half the size of the African nud has three teas, while the African bird has only two.. The pinmage ,of the American ostrich Is gay. The Dieeovery of Eleetr•a GIId Ing. Thr experiments which 1011 to the discovery of the method of ('(retro gild- ing were made In a cell at the citadel of Nardehurg, In wIilch place, on tie - count of his participation 111 a duel, young t3lrnlells was at the time a pris- oner, the e•hewical4 a1N1 appMratue em- ployed belle procured 01141 smuggled into the fortress Iry a friendly disquiet of We tows. iio-Abe aerulld place, It was the sale of the pateut rights in this iuv(•ntion in England which sup- plied the brothers Werner and 1Villinm with tbe necessary funds to rllrry on their experiments and so leel:e:l to lay the foundation of the inportent firms of Sicmeue k 1Islske In l;ermnny and Siemens !Mos. in Euglaud. The Tyra, Doctor. ],Inman 1lntnre is beginning to revolt at what it scans "that modern tyrant" thsedo•tor. for it le a fact. and rather n Rad one, that doctors have got the upper hand of us in these days; that when we 044' 111 we go through meilicimll tor- tures and when we are Well we endure a preventive system 'lordly Icsa wenrl- eolne and painful. The truth of it Is we are all become faddists, and the doc- tors are the very worst ones. --Lady 11'hlyllis In Louden Ity et:nl,.1. Woman We lire In, V3.•cauee woman has a smeller bralu massif Ulan man it does 'hot by tiny mean. follow that 011ie has nit Inferior or snip 4'r Intellect. 1 smile the quiet K ra 1ie mile ashen I hear men de - flare Ihatlponten have not egetnl Int.'l- ligenee wit !tauten. It is n position that rpm man c•:u1cserionely maiutnin.-Dr. Emil Reich, Dllerest' Medlrlae, Mr. ('onrtury (fintteringlyl--1 lied the' blues whom i (gale here tonight, Miss 1'ieher, but they are all ;;one now. Von are as good 114 nledlehe. Miss Fisher's Little Brother -Vex, father himself says she'll b! n' drug Iu the market If she doesn't catch on to some fellow soon. Msklag • Job sit tt. The firemen continued fuels, clef. tions nntll after 2 o'elnck, hy' which hour all the damage that coned be done was at an -end.-Newcastle (England) Chronicle. hollered Min. iTe (Indignantly) I beg yens pardon, mhis, int 1 always keep my word. Sine (eompinceRtly) - 1 eon easily believe that, for no nn0 wnutd take It. ♦ America's Wrply. "We hive a new teary at our Memo." "Wbat's hl% name?" "1 don't know. Me didn't bring any ?Iola_ IluLlna Wreod 411th Sea Water. 1l a1le time . .. e. :eiel' '.a . 11%.4l 111 Bowe English n('. ,.,.• p.:,.•e : ('.1e•11 a:•a.- lug bread. liven note t i11agc + 01014:1 110. coast Mise of F1:111,0 milize It. Fresh rails or spriug eater is uuly used for the leaven, pure sea water being eseiu- Nively employed fur 'the making and tulxlug of the dough. By this method uo wlueral or table salt requires to he added, the natural salt water giving the bread the 11 ..rosary degree of sa- 1WIty. But, though sea water do's 11d- ullrubly for breadulakiug, when 'no- telet to other eu!inary lemma., the result is n disagreeable failure. The wheaten bread produced by 9, how- ever, 111 excellent hill of great hygienic 1.111110. The chloride of w:fru•siuni, which Impart* the acrid• juste to sea water, is decomposed in the heating and therefore does nut eouvey its origi- nal disagreeable taste to the breed, wattle the C0111 111011 salt. of course, pel'- nwn0utly retails all 1's characteristle saltine properties. The Inhern4 sub- utanies lett fu the baked tread are con- sidered to be of the nature of very Nilld regulating me,licincs,-Elmdon 111111. The Tailor Wird. The brilliantly plumed birds of the trppleal forests are exposed to many dangers, and if they were not gifted with p 01111nr yet useful instincts they would fall ready victims be their cues- mle4. Chattering monkeys nud big snakes steal and eat their eggs. while their offspring :ire preyed upon by foes on every side. Put it takes a sly mon- key or snake to get ahead of the tailor hied, a stnu11 1,8)t Indian -Pinging bird. She bides her nes: so skillfully that her rncmles cauuot Ilnd It, no matter how ]lard they try. This she does by using her lout;, elcnd'r b1)1 As health. Wit i1 the tough fiber of a p:n•:oit!c plant abundant to the Iroples, ,rte it thread she 8011 a decal lent taken from the end of a sleudiir and hanging branch, and between these l4'144044 she builds her nests, where neither monkey our snake can ate r:,arb,- because the branch will not hexer its we'Igl,l. A Mln.atere Inland Oreo. One of the q(ieri•est sheets of water In New England or within* the limits of the i'nited i(ail'i, or the world for that mailer, le the celebrated "Snow's wave' 117 the ate!. of Maine. When calm it is to all ap;'e':erances an otvlinary pond of no greet dimensions, but 1 b- ae'rya17011a :and fnveetig:tlious wade more than a eln;l:ry ago prove that the little body of ineter le a veritable oreau. It Is leca•c-1 in Orriuglou, 110ar Bangor, abs it:. peculiarity is that. al- though situated among Nome -high hills swine dis(Attge Item wean or river. It has tld(•4 .Mels rhe aryl fall ages -pear- ly ns do those of the great Atlantic. Many es Balled meletltifle examinations of thio minietere mean's lea ;Ind sur- rounding batiks Leve been made, hart an far no tcnab'r rxi.l.lmuiou of the phenomenon has ever leen given to the public, (Labor 1■ 01d Times, Twelve ho.u•s In winter and fourteen In summer was a fair average day's work, but in-I.yone in 1:171 the print- ers worked from 2 s,,'hock in Ole morn - lug till S or 9 In the evening. In other trades the working hoar% were often Demi 4 h1 the monnitg tin 9 at night Of from f1 to 10. Workers lu the sante metier getterally lived together In .the name street, but the maitre artisan bail his'own utnison.' The ground flour WW1 bis shop or workshop: Above was his bedroom. which was oleo the sit- ting and eating room; n smell room ad- joining nccotnwoe7ated 111S 'children, and above was 8 garret wIMrf various commodities were stored.- Brtsson's "Work nud Workers." carotenes. The capsicum plant, from which the different rarieties of pepper are pro - indigenous to the tropical re- gions of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. It grows wild almost :is well as under cuitirntrun In all these eoutltrles, and hi each M need by 111e natives ns a Pea*oning for food. Iia cxlcneiee 0mploq•Ineut 11114 seggested to raedlen7 theoriste'tt11e thought that it roust be considered a% a natural tonic fur the stomach in troptcul'cuuntrie4. Mermaldk, All the world over there are legends about mermaids. The Chinese tell stories not unlike others el.nnt the sea woman of their southern gems. Man- kind le taught on the meat excellent evk1ence that n ulert'aid was enptnrcd nt Bangor, on the shores of the Rel• feat lough, "In Ole .ixth century, while another cnnght nt 1•:dain In lire], vag carried to Haarlem ami kept there for Many years. Wanted A11 That Wee In It. Father (whose wife ha presented hint with twins) -Tommy, you tray May home from school Veiny and to nlorrow tell the teacher that you have two 110W brothers. Tommy -Wouldn't It be letter to say that i have only one new brother? '!'lien I eon stay home a day next week for the other one, Health C The pnrgnut of Wealth, like the mot, j.hin hetet or dnlnkennes., grove on people till it really Iq'eemee n vire. ('ontinn°%4 thoucht and anxiety about one's henl!b 14 extremely boil for the eonstlt1111.n1 end undermines It quicker then port wine.- London Queen. Aare Thlms. Teacher A miracle la ening united the natural order of things. Are mirs- eles performed tn.lny? Bright Boy - 1'es'm. Tnerher- Nni* ono. !nicht Boy --Well, mamma tiny* that papa Is nlw•4ys turuiog night into day. -Life. None rnn tell where the diamond awe, to In rmmhn'tlnn. When hurried It leaves nn nett nud not a trace of the mage brilliant *tomb A Drldae of l7urudllee, tluvek•r erit,e- of a p 111 uorth wiede•11 ludic: '•'11:e great 'sight of F:uuchl Is the sacred croe'odile pre- serve at Magas I'ir, vette iris en w;lr1 ot7, 'There are hot si,riugs here 1‘ lin tend a shallow tauk coulaluiug nearly ta hundred crom,wllles. The story, usu- ally thought to be fictitious, of the }:use 1lsbman who for a bet crossed the tank 1 by Jumping suecesslvely from the I bucks of these crocodiles Is moved on feet. The hero of this foolhardy feat leas a certain Lieutenant lleresford, u friend of Sir It. 1'. Burtuu. Wbc'u BW' - tun and his companion were vlsiIug the crocodiles' tante they noticed that these reptile. and certain islets of reeds huppcued to make an almost cuntluu- ous bridge :ulnas the tank. '11174 prompted the etaslog subaltern to haz- ard the feat of cr.ssluh by ho{.pi,:„: (torn one crocodile to another. '1'o the amageallnt of the spectators he suh•- secdell In this apparently mad attempt. Sir Diehard It'Irurt had already su'•- ee.afully performed an equally darlug feat. Ile managed to mumie a croco- dile lis means of n lasso and then jumped ou tbe reptile's back and en- joyed n somewhat aigsng ride," Inside Your $maria. People usually finagle° that lhc`r bones are of solid miuersl construc- tion, without any feeling in thein. As a Matter of fact, tbert• are blood ves- *01a and nerves inside the bones Just as there are outside. During amputa- tion of a hails innc•h more pain Is felt when the lane Is attacked than when the flesh Is beim; c•ut through. Through the marrow which Is Inside the bone, run the nerve and blood vemeli, en- tering the bone's from the 10411 without by little boles. Natate adapts the bony atrueture u( various aninlals to their habits in a very interesting manner. Singalph creature?, `like.tle sloth, have solid bones, wtr0rees the bourn of the deer and the antelope are eompurntive- Iy light, so that they may rim fast, and the dem dunes of the earth are hollow. Ton hill tind ht the bones of any skel- eton the application of ',wehauivel ',nuclides which hare only be'ome known to man through the processes of laborious and long considered los verltion. A Flasr► Pillory. :The finger pillory is still preserved carefully in the parish church of St. llelen Ashby-de-la-Zouch 111141 Is thus deeerita'd: "Au 8011001 and rather sin - ,;.;alar enrio4ily is n Sneer pillory. This Instrument seems: to Have leen 104x1 for the punishment of disorderly per - ions during dl:t11e service. It consists of two upright posts about three feet high, whirl' eupp0rt n benne of nearly 1114' ?ams leneth, in which are tiered holes of various dimensions, cut first horizotltaily, Then p:rpendf'niarly, in order that the first joint of the tinter may be limo -tell and the linger retained 111 an anrnlar form. The culprit IM then ee(•ured by bringing down over the holes another beau w•hilh le nit.ideal by a hinge of the end to one of thh posts and festt'ned at the other by a leek." -London Aeademy, Volition the elevate. It 1s a physical Ilnpus,.ibility for a man to kill himself by bolding his breath. 111(114 kb.. 4, differ gr011tIr !41 the length of time they ('4411 110111 their breath, and Moat practice and deter- mined effort, combined with tmb,irnl great lung capacity, can do In this ell- r.c•tion is shown by tlt0 long pN'rir.ls for whish ehalopion divore can remain ander writer. ii a roan succeeded h) eontlnuing to hold his 1/11.11 111 111 ep:le of the physical dhrom(ort In which he la.1 placed hiplself the result weed simply be 'to kidney a abate of ("n,.1. When this 'state was relibe-i nature would mamma her+elf, and the-bre.,th• Ing func•lious wored ngafn resume frill activity, pries -entire n fatal leave lu spite of their owner'? desire. Wine. se Mme. Searrou, nr:etwaril the fanlnns Mine. de Malnteuvn, the wife of Lo.is XIV., was in her girlh'lod remarkably beautiful. She was.Jark, with piercing Mark eyes end wavy hair. 111 middle life ber grnl1ty of icouutenanre and of deportment was runnider(,t 1711110 0x- taordfn:lry In lent age of gsyety. (lu0 of her cout'mpurariek sail that she ell•! not *mile cure n year, end yet she was not gloomy, but only of a *(date habit of mind. A Mossier God Hoose. In Alexiro arc found ruins of an- cient Aztee ten.alhs, or "god houses," some of which are thousands of years of r J One of the%.e• n ar CLAIM, Is in the form of a trunented py'ram:.l. Each Plde of the base of thla pyr;741.1 Is 1..12;1 feet, which Is (nice the length of the greet pyramid of Egypt. The height of (his Mexican wonder Is 177 fret, and IU base covers an area of forty-four acres. but There. "Judge," Paid Mrs. Slarrem to the magistrate who hail re(ently come to board with Iirr', "I'm p.artfrnlerly ane• lone to have you try this chicken stoup." "1 have tried! It," replied the magis- trate, "and my deviator Is that the chicken has proved an alibi." Fired. Found Mather- 1)n y°% think Haus' lentil most like me or his pips! Nin'N0 - Like you, mum. lIr. Jenkins I+ s tefghty handsome roan. Advertisement: 11'141474' 1 - .1 compe- tent and well mannered nurse. greed, Wife (wrnrilp) - 1Vmmnn's work Is serer Anne! 11104111,1(1 (dtnlggling with a buttonless Pltirt collar) -That's just what i thnnght! First any to ynnr*elf what yen woeid le, then do what you have to do. -Epic - taw. Sloe Claims to Patroaage. Wheu airs. Lumtslrci otiered to rec- ommend Miss Saiipsou to her fri°tids es a dr(alsulaker she was honest In her wish to beep the little %volume but her efforts bozo more evidence of honesty than of tact. "I wish you walk], try Dora Sirup - sou," else said earnestly to three of her frienda who were calling Upon her one day. "8be's such a good little body and so unfortunate! ],ler old customers hare dropped off one by one till there's scarcely a pewee) fu tbe neighborhood who employs her now. "As I often Ray to my husband," con - tinted Mee. Lombard. with haste, as P he saw slime of inquiry on the fare., of her friends. "suppose she doesn't St very well. That doesn't alter the fact that she has an invalid brother to sup- port sad that she triad everything else. from stenography to coolting, aad only took up sewing as a last resort, aad just hates every stitch she takes and always has. Now. do try her. some of you. She's been with me for the last tour day* making a jacket for n►y Jim. Dora is Jost es•patlent about it as can be, tbough we've bad 1t all to pieces three times." The First Was Dressmaker. The nest male celebrity wbe made his nark as a dressmaker was Ith.an- berg, (pie son of a Bavarian peasant from tbe neighborhood of Mandeb. One day b the month of Nay, 1730, a beuu- tit'tl egWpuge was seen driving about with an escutcheon in the shah: ass! as Open oak el etissgm Nile painted an the panel of 11nat Was ms's coat nd,11 told its own Cale. fle as In his way aad owed his fly to Yds skill In disguise formittes and brtngiug out tive charms of his lair e rapidly made a fortune au annual locome of Defier the slat empire and the re@satatyen Leroy supplied the dreescs of the tithes of the const and the higher aobileta from his splendid no.nea)5 la the Rue Richelieu. An eta fuatve encuseiata, was written upnl hml by Auger, a member of the mead - ; only. Falsaasate o1 Illaeewry. A p.•eullarity of falzatoate of mer - cum i4 that it produces a clock to which all other satstances are sensl- tive, and Its supreme vat as as ex- plosive rests to this tact in the known liability of an vas to he detonated by more or lased nt ex- plosion'. z- .los o e i n There is a current tlrre o 1 q mDs• thetic inductee in these terrible cemen- t teal n.tnpwsltbna that Is as tussis, as It et dangerous. What is required to produce explosion le the rapid genera - lion of great beat slung wail large quantities of seamen. In gunpowder, for lustance, the nitrate nt Isola (saltpeter), which Is the diet ],sae (tient, 14' practienlly itnpriaca,ed oxygen.' and when It is decomposed along with charcoal an fmmruor beat 1* developed, which causes the gases to expand nud• denly; hence exploelm.- saris of a !n the each of Grina, was a success ch Ing slight the most • customers. -and left his b 70,004' francs. They needed the Nwey. A freight steamer ooce came Into Marlopol, a port o0 tie sea of Azov, which bad among It* cargo 100 perces of machinery numbered "M." from 1 to 100. t.Vheu the pieces were unloaded It was found that No, a was wring. but two piers numbered Fe showed that there had been as error, the 011,1 tally being correct. list the custom officials dM not Lie this view of the matter, the port being la Mad of funs. so they fined the drip 000 rade' for b•l41g short of cargo as per masl/est - namcly, No. 87 --and 1.000 rubles for Ptuuggling, having two pieces num- bered RS when the manifest caned for but one. ---(b oline Lockhart in I 1ppin- cott's Magazine. The Philosophy et Thaader. Thunder Is cauatal by the lightning spark beating the els In its path, caus- ing sodden eraatm.:in and 'compression all around, followed by as sadden a rush of alr tato the partial vacuum thus prodoeed. If fie spark be straight and .hurt the clap will be abort and @ harp; if Its path be • long and crook- ed one a suc,.•eselun of sounds, one aft- er the other, with a characteristic rat- tail, will be beard, followed by the selves from other clouds. The echoes have a rolling and rumbling emend, IR. Tendon Achilles, Anatomists fauclfully call the beg, tendon of the heel "tendon Artillles," after the Greek hero. l'he mytholnRlc- al story goes that hi* mother, 'bed's, bolding bita by the heel, dipped him in the river Styx to snake him invulnera- ble. Put Paris inflicted a wound that proved total on the heel that had not been immersed. A De Practice. A. -1s dying the hair as dangerous as the doetlls .would make It appear? It.-(yertalnly'{ You take my word for 1t. Only tat Dring as on, of mine • dhis hair, `and In three .wake 110 was married to a widow with four chi Wren. Overdid It. "So sorry not to have heard your lecture last night," sold the lognnclou, Indy. "I know i missal a treat. Every- body verybody Mys 1t was good." "flow did they Clod out(' asked 11tr. }'roc•kenet. 'The lecture, you know, was postponed." This Clever (Uri. I)augltter-I don't want to marry Just yet 1'd rather etey st school. Mother-- Yon meat remember, dear, men do not wish clever wives. Daugh- ter -But all men ars not tike papa. 7asehia a Hat. A trapped rat may eaelly le paned by allowing no water Mat that offered In a spoon, for the eratnr0 ansa learns to renrigntse the band winch Wlppllee tris all IWose_t Y@aaaq. THE PHANTOM PIN. A Toy That Tasebes a Lesson la iambi Assertion. It I* possible at times to get more than mere amusement out of -toys. There are some toys that will instruct as well as amuse, and, while the pima tout pin may not be in the atrlet sense of the word a toy, it will amuse and Instruct you at the sante time, for it will serve the purpose of giving you a little lesson in the properties of the -reflection of light. This Is the .way the phantom pin Is managed: Take a cork and cut it into the form of a disk of about the thickness of an Tai VAT TO ARRANGE Tai PIN. lucb. In Its center stick the paint of a pita This done, take a glaas about three-quarters full of water nud place the cork upon the velum of the liquid with the pin below. Now l( you will look at the cork from aboveyou will not see the pin. but If you will alter your pusltion and titndulsh the sense of the sexual ray by plating the eye un a parallel with the table on which the glass rests you will po)fcefve a pin above the cork. WIT SHARPENERS. A Game la Rhlrh the Players Must .Think quickly. A delightful hose gain° for children is as follow*: "f nee somethlug in this room that begins with It," says the one to the right of mamma. Now, this person stay have ring, rug, or rocker h1 his mind. immediately We guessing will begin, "Itug," "rose," "rocker," and so en. Tho one guessing correctly will have hls turn. If he se- lect a compound word, as watch -chain, he would give the initial letter of eacb word, "I see eumething In this room at begins with w -c." When tired of this they can °bang* it _ unrw'hat by saying:. .'uw, let's furnish a house," "I do- nate it carpet," says "It." The one 00 Ms le t Instantly takes It up, using the last le er of carpet Si his Initial. Ile w 1 perhaps say, "And 1 will fur- ies!' a t' b1-," while the next will use the Wet, "e," of table as the begin- nloge let r of his furnishing, as "easel." 1 f one can sit Wink of anything be- fore "It" cou:1a teu 11e must go foot or pay a furfel When tired o the house the window will furnish cute . lnment of the same sort. "I see rale,' cries one. "Nest," says the nest. " 'rush, • '•hill,' "lat- tice" and "eeergr " will follow In qulck succession. This game Is capab of au almost limitless number of v nations. The children can plant trees r a vegetable garden. They can hav the maple, elm, Mulberry-, yew. They lay safely place in the ground potato, •kra, aloe, 'egg plant and tomato, or they may deal lu flowers In the souse manner, A Carved 1aa11. Many boys do not understand 'y d ball may be made to curve In Its til ht Here is the explanation: When a b 11 is throwu It 1s retarded in its forwa Iotluu by tine resistance of the air, which exerts a prreesure not only on the face of the ball, but a resisting force ou its sides by friction. It the bell be eluply throwu forward the frlc- tluw of the air will be equal on each \aide of it, but if Ot.e side be made to 1a111ve taster than the other -that la, If o ball be made to rotate on Its own ex s au as to fnerease the lateral frlc- tlu the natural result Is a curve In the trectbon of the aide on which its motion has been retarded. That is tbe philusooby of L "curved ball." Wli, a Dos Trot. sldewl.e, It Is said that a dog trots Pidewise ea that he hii>tl feet will not strike hie fore ft -et. That Peeing to he n r0aone• ble exlrinttntloit, for if he be immersed to 11 Small wn 11, between *haft*, an that lie cannot urn hie holy to one side, his feet wilt'often come into col- lision. When lie acetyl aidewlsee, how- ever, one hind foot'goes between the tore feet and the othdlt outside. A Wesson. Little Jerk by the seaside nda. Watching tun setting Pun. Iia rune to thn breeh et eventide. For his day of play 1x done. Itl4.father has gone to 1110 (Tina etas For n rrufsr 4'.f a year and moti, And little Jm k Is left behind On the 011110 r;t Jona !stand shore. He kisses his handles the Pon sinks down And murmurs a message intr. "When you shine on father tomnrrew morn. ( Juan tell him Jack nays 'Hello."' "Supper Is rehly'" the Meek nurse calla Jack answers: "t can't come, fibia5, The sun has a meanest+ to siva to deb Ill watt 7117 be seta to China." -St N7bal*