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pleased at anything you do, It is
purely that. I like best to be alone 1
here with you. Then it .is most like
.,or,,diso t.o ore, Philip."
"You ere a model wife, Sophia!
' But , ua will enjoy meeting this young
ma. Ile is charming and,. more than
theo. a countryman of yours]"
, ' at afternoon Ranson Alvarez
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ed, accompanied by his over.)
see •, in a handsomely appointed flat -
but _, The Spaniard woe woloonted
,;',.'"*"(21170012.5
Pel �
Slings and Arrows.
It is easy "to deal a wound that lin'
gers,' in the way of a word written or
511011011, and it Is a careful question
whether It pave.
Tinea there are whoa one must as a
friend speak out, neither tearing nor
favoring, but usually these are great
and rare aeca51on5, the more Ilnptee-
Mee for the restraint end reticence of
the speaker the rest of the tine The
- by Colonel Philip in person and was Apples and Nuts. lukewarm water for this cleansing the common scold is as little heeded as et
c ;tducted to the spacious veranda of The social Sixteen was to meet with entire year, and day well to keep them row more hailstones ht a storm uton a
=n -<: raww�.. ; the house, where a statuesque negro Nan, and every one knew it meant a from chapping, housemen'. He or she is perpotna1ly
butler served milt juleps in glasses jolly evening. She knew the secret peep ready a solution composed of at a war of wards with this our iot-
as fine as crystal. that something active starts an eve -I equal harts of lose water and glvicer- perfect creation; and so what mat-
te go outtothe quarters ur �toand take nmg well, so each one was required to ane and immediately after, washing tens a -tirade more eV less?
"You what pleases him, Ile will find my, balance a peanut on the small end of them, just before they are mite dry, lint when one who seldom eemnn-
-- creatures a sound lot, 1 believe. Rs an als)l1e and, placing both on the back rub in few drops of this mixture. If stratee blcls us look to the egret' of our
our julepsugared to suit you, sir?", of hie clenched hand, carr them it is nut convenient to have rose wa- wuys 'we give heed, and perhaps we different from what they aro today.
By DANA BURNET,
your
is xcellllent," repeated Alvarez across the room and back. Then they ter, the pure glycerine is very effec- aro contrite and amend our practices. The crust of the earth wet in a very
j with a litle wave of the hand. tried to get a hits from a row of apples tive for keeping the hands soft and �� e know that the stricture was iib unst.allla stats; It was ehrinlcing with.
Thus, while the two num sat upon' that swung from the curtain rod be- free from the traces of grime. Some tared for our good and that the speak- many lncidantal convulsions. Tito at•
the porch sipping their juleps and tween two roomy Next Nan passed feople claim that glycerine does not' 01' Wi heavy scald grief. a sort of as nrospbere was heavlly0ebargod with
• water vapor and so loaded with can
THE ORCHID
COAL FORESTS IN
P I TORIC PAYS.
WHEN FUEL BEDS WERE
BEING FORMED.
hateresting Process Continued'
For Several Centuries
With Interruptions.
The coal beds that. furnish es with
fuel were formed during an age when
conditions on our planet were vastly
CHAPER 11,
In exactly half an hour after leav-1
ing its own dock, the dugout, driven;
by the tireless energy of the blacks,
reached the town wharf, The colonel'
disembarked, and tossing a handful of
silver to his crew, bade then wait
till his return. The negrocs dis-
patched one of their number with the
money to buy food and sweetmeats;
the others promptly curled up and
went to sleep. The coloaei might re-
turn in an hour, or he might return
in a week -he would find them waft-
ing just where be had left them.
Colonel Philip walked slowly up the
wharf and through the main street of
the town, pausing to answer the salu-
tations of such citizens as greeted
him, or sweeping off his hat in re-
sponse to a lady's smile of recogni-
tion, Finally, however, he entered
the door of the Planters' Hotel, bowed
to the eter11 geutletnen sitting in
the lobby (each gentleman had a
brass cuspidor beside him), bowed in
just the proper degree to the white-
haired negro scraping in his path,
and stopping at the desk, bowed to
the eerie on duty, The latter, in re-
ply, leaned forward and said gravely:
"Good evening, Colonel Gardiner!
A Sine evenin', sir:"
The colonel drew himself up as
though acknowledging a perscaal
come Intent. "Sir, a fine evenin', A
d---d'd fine evenin', if I may say
so -yes, sir!"
The row of gentlemen seated in the
lobl,y n +dded their head; approvingly
and slat as one into their several
receptacles. The colonel passed on
he b ..r flight of
un +... ..r�:larl, red arpeted fL.gl t
stairs.
th;vies at the ::eeoled floor, he
walked down the corridor until he
care ee door me •ked "Salon." This
he pu:ahed open and stepped directly
into a spacious, high-ceiled room
hazy with tobacco smoke. In the
centre of the chamber four gentle-
men eat playing cards about a round
mahogany table. eat a sideboard
against the wall, a negro in a white
apron was pouring liquor out of a cut -
glees decanter.
As the •olonel entered, the gentle-
men at the table rose and bowed.
The colonel bowed in return, and ad-'
ean::inl;, "hook hands with the first
three.
"Good evenin', Mr. Preble. Good
evenin', Mr. Hobbs. Good overtire,
Judge Oldmester."
"Good evenin', sir,"
The last individual, a big, blooming -
man with steel -rimmed spectacles set
low upon a large crimson nose, with
a wave of the hand indicated the
fourth member of the party.
"Colonel Gardiner, sir, I have the
honor to present Mr. Ramon Alvarez,
fo'rn'I}y if St, Augustine, but now,
sir, of this community. lir. Alvarez
has purchased some land down the
river and purports to raise indigo.
Mr. Alvarez -Colonel Gardiner."
"I am happy to meet you, senor,"
said Alvarez smiling,
"Sir, I am your servant," replica
the colonel, grasping the hand of the
other and measuring him with a keen
glance. He saw a young man, small
and elegant, with the dark complexion
of a Spaniard and the delicate fes
"-res of an aristocrat. He had a
black moustache, white teeth that'
gleamed when he smiled and a pair
f Bold, flashing brown eyes. Itis
manner was one of careless gayety,
and his chagrin and good heeler were
incontestable,
"Boy," said the judge, "liquor!"
The negro in the 'white apron ap-
proached with a tray from which each
gentleman took a glass of whisky,
and remarking, "Your health. sir,"
downed it without the degenerate aid
of water. After which, the four ori-
ginal players sat down once more at
the table and waited for the colonel
to complete the preliminaries eontin-
gent upon his partit•ipation in the
game.
These were . uncle. bat invoilahle,
1/:ret, 'r.- W0l0V1d h.is hat and g•tee
it to the negro; then he removed his
coat and placed it over the back of
his chair. Next, he took from his
pocket a small clay pipe winch he
filled and lighted. Finally, he as
talking the .inconsequential matters,
some thirty negro slaves were re-
moved bodily from the Gardiner quar-
ters, were fastened together with a
rope and marched down to the river
hank, where they were compelled to
man the lighter. This vessel, there
upon, amici lamentations, put forth
and was soon lost to view.
She bad no more than disappeared,.
however, when the colonel, glancing
up, saw Sophia standing in the door-
way, evidently much perturbed.
"Oh, Philip," she exclaimed, "what
does it mean? They have taken
Zacharias, the husband of my maid,•
sheets of paper and pencils, agree with their olein. For those with amusement in the tongue-lashing. bole acid as to be almost unbreath-
able.
it does not,tr hone solution,
"Draw two views of an app11e1,1'' sitey Of all deplorable moans .to drive able,
ordered, "one when it fs cut half mutton tallow, or a geed skin food 1 t i t
up and down, the other across."
They did their best, but their ignor-
ance of an apple's construction and
the lack of botanical observation
a d
cream may be used, rubbing it over tome an argumentor o point a moral,The sun was Digger and much hotter
the hands while they aro still damp.; sarcasm is the worst. It is not too Utes, and temperatures all over the
Any excess fat remaining on the sur- touch to say that none who is persint world were higher than In the torrid
face after thoroughly, rubbing in may ently sarcastic is beloved, The sat'- none at the present time. Most of this
be wiped off with a towel. costae man has an ingrowing sones of country was covered with swamps. All
1 t i tl i of an
amuse an vexed the contestants. After drying the hand's, gently push; lltitt100 tea hes sts he ec ge y of hese circumetanees, of coulee, were,
I always ate mine too quickly to back the cuticle of each nail with the rviL11)18rn that is d100010(1 against him- w.onderfldly favorable to the devolop-
study them," complained one victim, towel. It is well to get a complete lit- self' Re winces trader the same treat-
witticism
of plan! life,
to the others' immense delight.
Nan collected and looked over the
papers.
You girls really have made apple
mens that ho ruthlessly accords to
tle manicure set, and with this give What is now the sista of Pennsyl
your nails a gond manicuring once or, °tilers. But he does nut seem to leain vania (whence comes Ontario's 'fuel)
by the acuteness of his own anguish
twice a week. � was an area corresponding typically to
the pain that lie imposes by his own
ttarrleti" sauce," she admitted "for the vertical Sometimes skin irration and chap -sharp sayings. this description. It Waa a slat region,
Then she perceived Berme. and her ped hands are caused by the soap used devoid of moixntaius, Tho great range
agitation changed to a very pretty sections are quite good, but the others Thera aro always gentle, sensitive •
look! Didn't you ever see the le for the same soap does not agree with roll{ whom it fs uasy to vlelinsize by of the Appalachians lead not yet been
confusion. pp all skins. Use a make that has been uplifted, Indeed, large parte of 1t aro
t "I am sorry! I did not know-", blossom inside?" and she•slieed a thin found satisfactory in your case, :mil some cruet, stinging epigram that slurp formed of carboniferous beds folded
she murmured. ;horizontal portion and held it to the avoid this trouble, win an immediate. 1ang11 at the cost, oftinto long ridges which must ori hlally
down in his chair, picked upthe handrg
that had been dealt him and said. :,let fine mrosetr tet hayeo o e Racomon light, laughing at their incredulous No matter hots hard you use your elpige ram more ain Inflicted,
than half true. ga Smartt have been flat,
"Gentlemen, if the pot is open, T will Alvarez, n friend of Judge Olcimaste z facet eathey saw the cke-]fke outline hands you need neve} be ashamed of gess verifies than h '.[hero is port- The steaming, vaporous landscape,
came in; if it is not open, Twill and the star of seed pockets.
!" and therefore -of mine, Mr. Alvarez „tl
them if you faithfully carry out these in gaits so clever, }u Pact as to bring over which weio scattered many shal-
T e gams from that moment, pro.spoke." remised as she sat down with a a er
open 1t. is the gentlemen of whom 1 I Noty these you will know'," elle
few instructions I ant speaking from g i low ponds, offered everywhere to view
r h 1 b f 11 it P p p I h d out the best quality tiara 1s n an- ce
riled without out lnterru tion until six Alvarez owed grace a y, then: personal experience for have
men was Taken for refreshments, el's wife. I regret, Senora, he said,! nuts and apples. I'll toss a peanut
11 h 1 f'
prove other. Those who are beloved are not an extraordinary luxuriance of rega-
1 ruth of my ade hero given. 1 Y 1 t
seeking to shine in a atnniy lose rd
After these had been consumed, the "that I have been unintentionally the to the first one calling out the right �~
gentlemen renewed their poker, At cause of your unhappiness. I shall answer." Then she gave these quos- tY Stay-at-13ome Girl.
midnight a light supper was served, be more than glad to return to you; bens: T1 girl ' t h
following which the gentlemen renew-, the slave Zacharias."I What apples are these?
ed their poker. The colonel was in Thank you, senor," replied Sophia 1. What we do when the reach a
excellent f ettle. He had smoked a simply. "That is most kind of you."
sack of first rate Cuban tobacco, Alvarez turned t0 the colonel.' goal. (Seek -no -further.)
had drunk a quart of good whisky"With your permission, teener?" I A sovereign. (Bing.)
and had wort ten thousand dollar's, Colonel Philip said stiffly, "Your 3. Used after butchering. (Smoke -
But his luck was short-lived, for• generosity does you honor, sir. But; house.)
when the game ended by agreement I must insist, in such a case, that you 4. An old-fashioned flower, (Gill -
at dawn he had lost thirty thousand take two slaves in place of the one flower.)
dollars to Ramon Alvarez, the young you intend to return.' 1 5. Part of an animal, (Sheepnose.)
Spaniard. The Spaniard smiled, :hewing his 6. A fur, (Astrakhan,)
"Sir." r lid the colonel, rising and white teeth. "As you will!" Ire said, 7. One of Coopers navels, (Spy.)
inclining his tall figure in the youngand looked again at the colonels wife.'. p
s i. Henceforth he continued to look at' 8. Manufactures locomotives. (Bald -
man s direction, "1 henoatulate you, her with his bold Drown oyes, as, win.)
Tour luck was phenomenal, sir. though she were some marvel which 9. A kind of shoe. (Russet.)
Phenomenal!" he would imprint upon his memory.' 10. Where we do all hope to go.
It would need to be, senor," re-
turned Alvarez, laughing, "to defeat When tea was announced, and Sophia': (Paradise.)
such playing as yours." .appeared in a gown of corn -colored! 11. Found in rivers. (Crabapple.)
The colonel bowed once more, and silk that displayed to advantage her, 1.. A month. (May apple.)
then, with rare delicacy, approached slender terms and lovely shoulders,! 13. The most beloved apple. (Apple
the matter of payment. He said that her firm smooth neck rising from of the eye.) ( P
he had not, unfortunately, so much the gentle slope or her bosom, AI -
cash in hand, but that if Alvarez varez could not repress a start of ad-)
14. The apple that is never swat-
cash
cone to his plantation he might mir'ation. All through tho meal, lowed. (Adam's apple.)
seleet thirty slaves worth $1000 which the colonel signalized by deliv-1 15. The sweetest apple. (Love ape
Woe. Ramon readily agreed to this ening an extensive homily upon the; ple.)
plan, and the colonel invited him to art. of cooking rice, Ramon kept watch; 16. A color, (Green apple,)
come to his overseer the following of the radiant beauty of his hostess.' 17. A sharp apple. (Thorn apple.)
afternoon. Then, bidding a formal After tea, they repaired to the; 18. An impudent apple. (Apple
farewell to his friends Preble, Hobbs drawing room,. through whose tall; sauce.)
and 0ldmaster, Colonel Philip left the windows fell the spent shafts of tial 19. A sign of confusion. (Maiden's
hotel as he had entered it, calm, un- departing day, long fingers of light; Mash)
ruffled. d,ignifled, with only a slight- that struck rich fires from silver endl
ly flushed cheek to betray the extent old mahogany and made wan the, 20. It gathers in the crops. (Har -
of his gentlemanly dissipation. Walk- flames of the candles burning in their vest apple,)
ing down to the wharf, he roused his scones. Sophia seated herself at the: 21. It falls froin the sky. (Snow
negroes, got into his dugout and was massive rosewood piano, and played apple.)
rowed home through the early morning . tinkling waltzes lazily, while the twi-1 Nuts,
n lel - tation, consisthtg ma my o pan.
once by the eclipse of other light, forms unfamiliar to us to -clay, Ex
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They encourage the others to bring trembly abundant were gigantic 1110118 -
out is a u in out own who is
out the best that in then is. They are es resembling In hind our little club
Rept at home pretty closely by the guiltless of "snubs" to a budding as- mosses, but vastly magnified, attain -
care of an invalid in mother. Money was piration or a tender promise, They Ing the size of forest trees with trunks
not plentiful in her family and she al- are without a sneer. They do not try sometimes 1:10 feet long and ten feet
ding money to think of Intel'! things to say that thick. These contributed more mae
at a pace that would have done credit light deepened and c candles grew
to a contemporary steamboat. as bright as so many little swords.
An hour later, having bathed, Finally, she struck into a certain air.
shaved and donned fresh linen, he' "Ali!" exclaimed Alvarez, springing
breakfasted with his beautiful wife, up, "I know the words to that!" And
who received him as usual, present going to the piano, he sang in a
ing her cheek to be kissed and snIR-.'pleasing tenor voice the song that she
she could really call her own. So she al•e tune by their malevolence to in-
casting about for same meanq of furiate their object and wreck his self -
Vegan
turning her few spare moments into
control, and so spall his humiliation.
cash.None is more contemptible than he
She could melee clever little pen- who pours on a wont in progress his
and -ink sketches and she was a good themiallswi3thh Isl;elxiyttil)4ai survived
cook, but it took her a long time to
connect these two accomplishments. Minaret's Llalmaat dorms Aipatriarin.
One day it occurred to her to male, lit- -
tle booklets of her favorite recipes and
illustrate them with sketches showing The 'Thanksgiving Secret.
the different operations and the fin-
ished dishes. Once counted 1 little store,
Why was to others given more? was enormous abundance, as may be
She got heavy brown wrapping Why were their lips with honey fed, judged Irani the numerous hnpee5-
paper and cut it foto sheets five inches While I had labors hard-earned broad? sious of them found In the coal -bear -
wide and seven inches long, which ing rocks. 1
were folded and tied together with A weary, hopeless task seemed living;
I could not bring to God Thanksgiving, One of the emnmoneet plants ie that
bright -colored wrapping cord, making eporil had stout tranches that grew
attractive little booklets, These were There came a poor man to my clool', elew'nwal•d Erom a short trcmk, davelop-
cleoorrtted with a cover design in Tull I shared with haul my scanty store, ing long rootlike processes which
with a few dabs of water -colors, and when 10! my sense of want had flown, floated in the water or trailed in the
on each page was a recipe with the And rarest riches were my own! mild. The under -{say of every coal
accompanying illustrations in the I seemed with heaven's own manna 00410 ia usually tilled with these root -
corners of the same page. The recipes fed, lets, But space is larking far further
were plainly printed in ink. In one what blessed joy there is in living! description. SuRis it to say that more
book were cakes, in another salads, in I brought to God my glad thauksgiv- than 600 vogetabiu specte's,�that helped
another candies, etc, Tug, to make the coal have been identified,
When a supply of these were ready Among them were gingko trees, which
she mailed them to a women's ex- White enamelled woodwork may iia nowadays belong exclusively 10 sin,
change in a nearby city and soon had cleaned with whiting on a moist cloth. and also pines.
In the elate strata inimediat.ely ever -
SHE THOUGHT DRESS lying coal seams are commonly found
WOULD LOOK DYED impressions of twigs, leaves and even
nuts. The softer beds of "cannel" -
torte] than any other plant to the coal
that was to be.
Giant Thickets of Ferns.
In 11e muddy ground, forming int -
penetrable thickets, steed monstrous
reedlike "horsetails," delicate of foli-
age, with stents twenty feet or more
in height and ton to twelve inches
thick, Above them towered groups of
palmlike tree -ferns, each one bearing
a huge tuft of magnificent leaves at
orders for more. Now she supplies
1. Part of a house. (Walnut.) several exchanges in different cities,
2. Abbreviations of two boys' She told me recently that elle is plan -
names (Filbert), ning to haven. new set of recipes each
1 3. Two nuts from the dairy. (But- month, so her patrons may have a new
t cream nut,) booklet frequently giving those recipes
which are in season.
ing across the snowy table whenever had begun. For the next hour he re -
she met his glance. mained at Sophia's side, tendering
"There will be a gentleman to visit innumerable Spanish ballads, to which'
this ,venin'," said the colonel, as he she improvised graceful accompanf
heaped his plate with steaming spoon- ments. The colonel eat in an arm -1
lois of hominy; "he will have tea with chair; and pulled his mustache, listen -
us and stay the »igen." ing with a rather grim expression
"Ah!" exclaimed Sophia, and un of countenance to the music whose
consciously uttered a sigh. meaning he understood but little. 13is
"Are you displeased, madam?" in- manner as he bade Alvarez goocl-
quired the colonel rather sharply, night, however, was .one of unquali-
fied courtesy and good -will.
(To he continued.)
lits Pocket Was Bare.
Teacher was giving a lesson on good
behavior, and wanted to drive it home
to the childre 's ,1111x(15,
First she sought to point out the
wickedness of stealing,
"Johnny," she said to one small
boy, "if I put my hand hi your pocket.
and took out a penny, what would I
be?"
But, instead of replying "A thief,"
Johnny looked at her solemnly, and
remarked:
"A conjurer!"
Ho Had Recognized Them.
A lad of fifteen was driving along a
country road, taking a load of calves
to market, when he chanced to meet a
company of young follcs'who 'were evit
dently out for a pleasure ex0ursion.
The young men of the party, thinking
to amuse themselves and their coin-
penions at the boy's expense, began to
imitate the bleating of the calves.
But their merriment was of short
duration, for, without a moment's hesi-
tation as :the vehicles were passing,
the country lad called out to his would•
be tromentors:
"Olt, I knew what you were before!"
A Mee Out of Him,
A farmer and an Irishman were at
work in a field When an airplane pass-
ed over their heads. "I'd hate to be
up in that thing," said the farmer,
"r'aitb, I'd• hate to be up there and
not in it!" retorted the Irishman.
Steve the juice iron pickled fruit
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Ainazig S ,ASI �i Restoring Pay ;gs
Some Years ago Sargent's portrait .
of Henry dames, displayed at the
Royal Academy, eves boldly Tracked by
a cleaver wielded by a suffragist. The
work of restoration. witch was en•
trusted to Roller, w•as not overdlftl-
calt,
Tb:r er-nvas, after the painted aur -
!este had been protected with tissue
paper, was placed upon a slate table.
The bade was then covered with a
sticky fluid, which was pressed
through to the surface of the picture
with a heated iron. In tide way the
canvas was contracted and the cuts In
it closed up. The canvas was finally
relined, and any spots where the paint
was missing, wore fined by the re-
storer with a special preparation,
There are :nen who fellow the pro•
tendon rat picture restoration wnese
ability is such that they are able to
restos'° old pa1ntlegs r,;: value that;
have large holes h, them, or in comes
where the material or, which they
were painted hangs in thr•aade. More.;
over, these experts can, when neves.
eery, transfer a painting to a new can -1
vas.
If a picture of which the ce.nvaee is
cracked, torn or rotted with age is)
handed to a clever restorer, the first
thing he doe }s to purchase a new i
canoe the same size as the old one. I
Having obtained tills, he glues a sheet
of stout manilla paper to the picture.I
Re their carefully scrapes away the
old eunvas. Thie 1s a job that may
weepy him for several days or weeks ,
if the (11171vas be a large ono. Having !
1-enieved nil blas of renege, the
(r0uniie epee) aided) gm ;mow itns are
laden uwai Vy ':ar'11;,3 or gentle
scraping until northing remains of the
original but the fragile shell of pig-
ment adhering to the paper, e
Then the new canvas is covered with
the strongest fish glue obtainable and
pressed firmly clown upon the paper
bearing the picture, As soon as the
painting in firmly attached to its new
foundation noticing remains but to
take off the manilla paper. This can
be done with Trot water, and the sur-
face of tho painting has only to be
cleaned to look as bright and clear
as it was when the artist painted it,
In days gone by many masters of
brush painted their works on wood or
panel. Several such works brought
to light during recent years have been
found with their timber badly decayed,
and in order to preserve them ft has
been necessary to transfer thorn to
canvas,
Hamlin, a French artist, was, it Is
thought, the first successfully to trans-
fer a panel painting to canvas, He
glued a sheet of paper over the sur-
face of the painting and afterward up-
on this a Iine layer of muslin. When
the glue was quite dry he planed down
the panel until it was of the thinness
of matclSWood, when he scraped off the
remainder with a long, flexible knife.
This done, the mere akin of color held
together by the paper and muslin was
left, and ft was a comparatively easy
task to glue this to a canvas and re-
move the paper and meanie
It an old picture should lack a pert
tion of Its pigment this may be re,
placed by an artist with colors from
1t'Crush, but sometimes old but Werth.
loss. paintings are ailed for the pun.
p1150. '"s`+ ac..
saw
4. Found near the sea. (Beech nut.)
5. A letter of the alphabet. (Pea-
nut.)
6. Part of the body. (Chestnut.)
7. A girl's name. (Hazel nut.)
8. Good to drink. (Cocoanut.)
9. A tough wood. (Hickory nut.)
10. A quick Iook and a girl's name.
(Pecan.)
A box of chocolate -covered nuts was
first prize and a papier-mache peanut
filled with small candies the booby.
By this time refreshments were in
order and Nan's table was duly ad-
mired. The candles sat in big hol-
lowed out apples on small doilies, and
had plain red shades, A low basket of
flameng Virginia creeper that trailed
over the polished table was the center-
piece and narrow red ribbons ran from
the basket t0 each place.
"The last nut to 'crack," Nan as-
sured them, These held inexpensive
lingerie clasps for the girls and negli-
gee cuff links for the boys.
"It's thought and good use of ma-
terials that make a happy party,"
said Nan to herself, and she smiled
as she closed the door,
Well Iiept Hands.
A reasonable amount of self-respect
and pride in one's personal appearance
is a great asset to any girl or her
mother. As the hands are just as in-
dicative of character as the face these
Should be given scrupulous care, that
they may always loop well -kept.
"But, how can this be done by wo-
men who have to dd'all kinds of homes -
hold drudgery?" someone will ask.
By well.kept hands I do not mean
that it is necessary to have the nails
long and pointed, nor is it good taste
to have them fairly glistening with
polish, A soft white hand with nails
long and tapering,is usually a sign of
the incompetence of its possessor. In
fact, it is a sure sign of idleness and
a waste of much good time to keep
it so.
By an attractive hand, I mean one
that is smooth and firm; the nail's
free from dirt, cut round, and fairly
Orme, and the quiet{ pushed back.
Keep a stiff brush on your washstand,
and add to the water in which you and With it scrub your hand and nails,
bol the ham. thoroughly, at least Rice a day. Use
Cinderella -Minus Cinders!
About 700 years B.C., there lived a
maiden, who, though not called "Cin-
derella," was undoubtedly the person
represented in the popular fairy tale.
It was during the rulings of one of
the twelve )ilgyptiao Kluge that this
beautiful Eastern girl, Rhodope by
name, came under the notice of the
then known world.
1?.bodope had rentaricably small feet.
One day, whilst bathing in a river neer
her home, an eagle is said to have
swooped down, and playing the part
0f the fairy godmother, snapped up
ono of her sandals which was on the
bank.
Carrying the little shoe off in hie
beak, the bird is reported to have
dropped it immediately in front of,the
king, and, naturally, the little seadal
soon attracted royal attention.
Struck by its size so small, and the
daintiness, too, the king vowed he
would find out the charming possess-
or. Messengers were despatched, and
the country was scoured for the foot
that the shoe would fit.
At length Rhodope Wee discovered,
and the shoe placed on her tiny foot,
After a triumphal conveyance to the
But "Diamond Dyes" Turned
Her Faded, Oki, Shabby
Apparel Into New.
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11, J. CLIFF • s TOl1Ol0 1
king's palace, she was made queen to ---
her royal lover, "It:ing Psemmetlnus of
Memphis,'
ells Idea of a Joke.
At tho foot of a steep hill stood a
sign board on which the following not-
ice was printed: !
"Danger --Bicyclists and auto}sts are
hereby notified that this hill 18 dan-
gerous and they are eatttfoned to come i
down slowly."
Appended to this were the equally
fuinny fines:
"Any person not able to read the,
above will have it read for hint if he
all on the bla0ksrnith who lives
around the corner,"
A Scotchman saw this notice 1(11(1 ex- 1
plalned to his friends that the point of
the joke wee that the blacksmith j:
Might net be et ]tome,
iltiintta's reinlinebt duces Colds, 1rtn,
•
'coal often contain entire trees, with
foliage and seeds, all trauaformed in-
to the kind of fossil fuel eve. burn, 4.
chunk of anthracite suggests no like.
nese to a plant, but, if a slice of it be
Mit thin enough to be Lransluceret, a
microscope will readily show its vege•
table character.
With rich soil, unlimited moisture
for root and leaf, a temperature more
than tropical, and an atmosphere laden
with earbonie acid (which is to a plant
What, oxygen is to an animal), no won-
' der that the vegetation et that ancient
epocli flourished, Growing, falling and
deeaying, each succeeding crop nsde
the heel richer for the plants that were
to follow,
Why Coal is Found In Layers.
This process tlld:itot go on without
interruption, however. It might coil-
tinue for several centuries, and then
,'set areas would sink and remain for
a long 17e1lo1 covered by water. From
the water saud and slit would be de-
posited, Then these areas would
again become hand, resuming their
former luxurlance of vegetntton, cult'
to he reenter; erged later on, Thus the
coal to -day is found in a series of
layers, with strata of rock (represent -
leg the deposits ot silt and sand) be-
tween,
Buried beneath water and rock (air
dieing excluded thereby), and subject-
ed to pressure and heat, the woody
material underwent a stow smothered
combustion, and wee thue.t.ron5Yurmed
into teal. What remained of it Wee
mainly carbon, .4.n average chink of
anthracite is about 06 per cent, carbon,
Ilttuminous coal contains about,, 33
per cent, of volatile matter; whence
its smokiness, In good anthracite
there is only about 3 per cent, of such
Matter; it is tor 11i1N rees01 an al.
most smokeless feel, All of the Pee-
neyiva111a • atltin•r.'ite, was o1'.g'nall;%
bituminous coal, but high heal anl.
great pressure drove the volatile neat•
I ter out elf it,
In the Pottsville region of P°nnsyde
radia the average total tlttckneee et
;;nth,•acito seems is 120 fret, Thle re-
pier:.ente as original vegetable dopne•
it. ot least 1,200 feet, th101', Ono eve
illumine the eteen nous length of time
i1,r: t
roust ha re been require.? tor tho
e rowtli or r) vast 'a quantity of weedy