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Every String Warrantefl. JohnF. Siranon,";-" Send 'or 1. 813. 815. 817 K. "th St- Cataloguw HtW YORK AGENTS to r-irei-iit ll M""t ,,,u,r ' " ., Wrl- ELLWANGER A. BARRY, Mi.Vlaa ara!ra. Kahra'er. H. A tare 3 WW t.ur ;am known and wntl vrry Thai i- why be.m.rr. hIw.t- mS,'dlZLr mm. and riprrirarrd Arnia doHblr thrir iee. Now tlie time to Mart. Proprietor. THE OLD SLATE. j I camf uin it yestt-rxiay up in the frarret ol.l. A hoinoly oJ.jit t. yet to me 'tis worth its weight in puld; Its frame a little- set awry, its body cracked. you s- Hut as I heM It In my hands what scenes came lack to Hit! lIon Its surface long ago I solvnd the prob lems Ur.ii.l For masters who a re Hleepinr now beneath the flowers dtd: Arnl many a im-ssape here I wrote for only one to s.-,. The little liis who used to sit across the aile from me. I found initials in the frame by Jack-knife lettered llu-rc. They stan-l lor one who was to me the fair- st i( t he fair: And every mark upon the slate that cruel titut- has Fpared Kceallrf evnie l-rsiin which in youth that fairest lassie shurcd. Ah. lu re's the crack which long ago was was made by Jerry fall When to I he Hour my precious slate he iiur iHVscly Kl fall: We did nut .ieak for m ar a week, his mis chief ausvd me l ain. Hut lifri he drew me from the creek we friends became afain. How often o'er this nnclent slate with many a s u r st ml nick, I wrestled with the myst'rica of the old urit hint-tic: How . r..u. I I use.l to hold it up whenever I whs ri;-ht. Hut when I failed how glad was I to keep it out of si'.ht! What victories from my "Webster" on thl old. t.UI slate I won; What little rhymes I used to write when oth-r K-ils were done: How in my sat leliind the. stove the muse I t ried to woo. And j'lil ly wrote of "roses red" and violets soft and blue!" I seem to see those little rhymes upon its surface now; I seem to catch some cherished names breathed oft with toyish ow: And 'round me from the misty tiast where reeolleCtiol.S meet. I hear the nn rry ratter of a sore of youth ful feet. I see the stern old masters, kind for all their stutily ways: They l.i ii'lilei.i.i Ihoiu'li sometimes they i loui'eil o'er my I vhoui days: And, grateful. 1 would weave a wreath and place it where thr y lie With lidded hands to-day, beneath the gen tle, starlit sky. I hear the merry laughter of the frirls we Used to SWlliK Heneitth the hoary beach that cast its shad ow o'er the sprint;: Hut from anion; them all there comes tYorn out the far away A sw.-et and loving face upon the olden slate to-day. The pencil of my memory brings out every Kra-eful line, I'ntil there stands before my gaze a figure half divine: And neither Sonee nor moistened hand, with mischief all date, fan rub a single lineament from off my treH-sured slate. The spiders shail not spin agai.i their filmy silver thrall Across the old slate resting long against the garret's wall: I'll set it in the sunshine liae a queen in vestments line, for it whistiers of a lohood which to-day seems lialf divine. T. C. Harbaugh, In Ohio Farmer. THOSE M'CAKTIIY 150VS. II V UKIIHI.K AIK. Mrs. Kkinner's brother James was lute at dinner time. The others, were at the table when lie came. His isiMcr itbuke.1 hi in mildly ami suid it wasn't her fault if the soU wiu eohl. lie re liecl itli i?reat enthusiasm that the soti was "just ri(-'llt," ami, to iirve that he tneatit it, lie folisuiiiel his entire ortioii. Tiicn lie leaned I Kick iiinl looked iuiuiriiif.'l y at his ncplicv, Wil lie, who hutl iHfit M'oitletl twice already for w hitlino; at t he table. I "ncle Jim w inked and little Willie le l?uu to snicker. Willie 1 did. I'ncle J i 111 Did you? Willie Yes; anil you oulit to have heard Kd McCarthy lautrh. L'nc'e Jim What did the teacherdo? Willie Oh, she didn't lo much. It niaK her kind o' mud, I puess. She Kiid: "I'll tleclare, Willie Skinner, ytwi're one of the wrst lys in the school." Mrs. Skinner What's this all about? Willi' Aw, it ain't much. liicleJim l.uifrlit. me to sieak a piei-e that he ii.scd t sHak when he was a kid. Mrs. Skinner When he was a boy. I'ncle Jim It's a pood piece, isn't it. Hill? Mrs. Skinner Jaii.es, it oiind aw ful to call a little lo) by such a name as that. What was it you sjM.ke, Willie? Willie Aw, it was just, a iicce. I'ncle Jim You must rt'ini nilier it. It's alout t he captain's daup'hteir. "We were crowded in the cabin," and so on. Mrs. Skinner Yes, of course. lid you teach it to Willie? I'ncle Jim You ouijht to hear him. Io on and Seyk it for them. Hill. Willie Aw, I don't want to now. I'ncle Jim flo on. I'll nt your father wants to hear it; don't you, Tom? Mr. Skinner (taking1 a sudden, inter est) Yes, of course. What is it? I'ncle Jim I knew he wanted to hear it. Your .mother will like it, too. Ktliel I fruess he's forg-otten it. Willie Aw, forg-et it! I know it easy. It's ju.st: "We were crowded in the cabin. Not a soul lbad dared to sleep: It was midnight on the waters And the storm was on the deep. " "Tis a fearful thing in winter To le shattered by the blast And to hear the rattling trumpet thunder: "Cut away the mast!' "And as thus we sat In silence, Kaih one busy with his prayer. 'We are lost!' the captain shouted. As he staggered down the stair. "Hut his little daughter Jollied him, As !he took his icy mitt. Ain't you afraldr the captain cried. And she bodly answered: 'Nit!' "So Mrs. Skinner WVHie Skinner! Stop that this imiintr! Well. Thomas, I think that you. at least. otKrht not to lauph at any t hing- f that kind. He's bad enouph without being- enooiiraeod. (To Willie) Did you pet up in school to-day and re cite that piece? Willir ihalf-fricbtened. but n!o cm llderred by 1'iiile Jim's winks) Wy, y es. Aiu't it all ripbt? Mrs. Skiuiier illie Skinner, you're fretting- too old to play innocent. You knew that wasn't in the piece. W illie L'licle Jiu said it was. Mm. Skinner Well, it seems to me your I'ncl- Jim is all the time tryinpto ;;et you into trouble. I should think you'd find hiin out after aw hiic. Uncle Jim Why, there's nothing bad 'HB IS A FRKKMAN 'WHOM TBI TKCTH EBENSJ3UKG, PA., in w hat lie said. 1 1 was just a lit I ie vari ation on the old verse. Mr. Skinner ( tryii.fr to keep a st raiirht face) What did your teacher av, W il lie? Willie (encouraged by his father's mil tli) Oh. pee! She w as hot under the eollai ! Mrs. Skinner Willie Skinner, where do you learn Mich laiipuairc? I'ncle. lim -What did she do? Willi! Aw, she just slopcd me ami made me po lia4. to my re.tt, an." suit); next time she'tl send me hi me. Mrs. Skiniwr If IM Imn-ii your teach er I'll haxe i hiped you pmkI. Willie llo! llo-lio! That just show s all what you know. Teaclx r ca n't whip kidsany more. Any teacherthat whips a kid pets tired that's what I'd Mc Carthy says. Mrs. Skinner Well. I'd McC.iith;-Iiet-ds n w hippinp if tin v lwv ever did. Mr. Skinner It's a pood tli.iip f.r you that you haeii't pit my old teach er. If you tried one of those funny recitat ionsoii him liewouhl baie I nine,! your jacket. Willie- Huh! I'd like to see some teacher lick me! Mrs. Skinner I wish sometimes that teachers eotilil inl!ict punishment. I know if I w as n teacher I'd w hip t hr . -c Mc(i.rthy lKivti if I lost niv jobllie next day. Kthel WliP!i we're bad in our room the teacher sends u j home. Mrs. Skinner That must Im terrible punishment for some cliihlr.-n. I'ticle Jim I'll bet Hill wo, ild h::te to le. sent hoioe one. of these pleasant afternoons. Willie Aw, I wouldn't care. I ncle Jim Would you come ripnt home? Willie Aw-w-w! One day way last summer I'd McCart liy kep' t.n t hrov in' KtM-r wails so the teacher would semi him out, 'en, he wanted to sec a ball panic, an I pi:ea she w as tni to h'ni, for she. ilii'n't send him home, at all. She put linn in the corner and triad.- him stay after school, an" then ail us kid wiii ted to holler nt him when became out, an he was so mad he run after Hob KHsivorth an'chupped him ripht. in the stomach an' Mrs. 'skinner Willie, you'd better eat your il inner. You can finish that some other timei. I'ncle Jim Who is your teacher now ? Willie Aw, it's ol' Miss Sanders. Mrs. Skinner Willie! Hon't let me hear yoii speak in that manner of your teticher apaiu. Do you hear? Willie I piles if you had to po to school to her every day yoti wouldn't lie so stuck on her. Mrs. Skinner Never ni'nd talkhip back. If you have) any thine; to say alxnit her. call her M iss Sanders. I'ncle J im Do you lo e your teacher? Willie Aw, keep still. I'ncle Jim Why, every little Ixiy oupht to love his teacher. 1'thel loves her teacher, don't you, Kthel? Klhel- I liked her the iirst day. Willie -Oh, pee! You can d. anv Ihinp ynu want to the. Iirst day. We ilwuiirht Miss Sanders was a dandy when she first come, but j-hc'.s jrot . toss nun us kids can't do a thinir. Mrs, Sk inncr-OCo w under. You Ikiv woiiltl spoil the teli'l-r t.f a sailit. It". bail enoi.ph to take cate t,f me. I don't knov.- what I'd do if I had 2d on my hands. I'ncle Jim You'd do w hat Miss Sen ders does. You'd put up with them us ioi.p as you could and llu-n send them home. Mrs. Skinner Well, IM pet even with th'fse McCarthy lys. I'm sure Willie would never have pot to read 5 lip those cow1mv stories if it hadn't been for them. I'ncle Jim Probably Mrs. McCarthy thinks it was Willie that led her loys I-si ray. Mrs. Skinner Indeed! I don't sit' what rea-son she hits to think anythinp like that. Wiilie behaves himseif very well when he kec-iis away from those I hi vs. They are al w ays pet t injj him into some trouble. "Mr. Skinner I'm afraid they kn't have ttt pull at him very hard. Chicago llecord. CYCLE CHAT. James Michael, the little Welsh cham pion, huri returned to this country, and will make his home here in future. Smooth tirt s w hen pumped hard aic less liable tosideslip than w hen pumped soft. Corrugated tires slip more easily when hard than when soft, as fewer cor rugations touch the- ground. A woman's bicycle club has been or ganized at Hoverly, X. J., with 42 niriu Iters. It has captains and lieutenants, and will conduct itself in every way Jike a man's club. A Pennsylvania court has deckled that packages containing groceries ure not baggage, and bicycle riders of that state are wondering what that court would do with a bicycle liagguge law. The city of Kobe, Jaun. has issued a set of .regulations governing the use of bicycles in it-s streets. Hiding for pleasure is prohibited after dark. One may ride on business, provided he got'K slowly and carries a lantern. The success which has attended the local cy cle shows in Philadelphia, Ilos ton and other cities, has almost de termined -the national cycle ltoard of trade to abandon national shows in the future. Thcjse latter are cost ly affairs, and it is doubtful if the returns in any way equal the expense incurred. FADS AND FANCIES. Hoas of blossoms are being worn with the llower-tlecked hats. The woman who is so rich that the la,rgain sale lias no attractions for her lia4 lieen robled of one of life's rarest emotions. A pretty woman in one of the new bits of milliner is a picture, but a plain one cannot lc dubbed truthfully anore than a chromo at the most. To 1h- tpiite in it these days a woman must be tpiite ip 4odate in all out.kor sHPrts a,i nl Ik ast a score of drawing room accomplishments as well. Xever wi re colors brighter or pret tier for evening than now. The most delicate greens, the loveliest pioics ex tending from soft pale pink to "scarlet,, blues in steel. urpKise and .sapphire, are all admired. Iieds and yellows range front touxato and apricot into maize. datTodil aivl gold, fading- away again to bVush rose and ivory. MAKES FRU AND ALL ABB ELATES BESIDE," FRIDAY, JUNE 18, FEMININE FASHIONS. New- lteaaa of lreaa for the Coinlair raaua. There is a great rage just now for black velvet ribbon triiuduing iu wide, medium and very narrow widths. Hod ices laid iu tucks, either liorizon tal or perpendicular, axe a speciul fea ture of the spring modes. They are .sometimcM graduated in widths, but oftcner of even measuieuient, and like pulhugs, cordiugs and lace insertions they form yokes, vetst girdles, sleeve putTs and pretty little bolero jackets. In spite of authentic accounts from the hi tost otlicial sources and of endless snubs from the tailors and dressmakers, the obituitous fancy waist makes itsel epunt and fa&ciuating appaarance among the lovely things iu spring and Muniiier gowning. It will not down; this seems positive, and for the very good reason that it is one of the most attractive and graceful forms of dre.s, ever devised for general use, as well as for the most ornate and charming fin ishing touch to au elaborate toilet ; unJ the tempting, novel and beaaitiful crea tkns in these luxlices now exhibit'.! by notetl imKrters are poteut evitlenees that they are still at the height of fa vor both here and abroad. Iyeather lelts in all sorts of hand some, device;, but not at all wide, are Mill in high favor, and are worn with morning and traveling costumes. Some have chutelaine-bag attachments, others merely a little coin pur.se liandcd fast to the licit, or tiny ilat aumoniers de-l-ciuliiig from a metal chain. Very ex pensive lielts of light kid or fine leath- r, w ith real gold or silver attachments, are sold by high-class importers of Paris and Vicuna fajjcy wares. The beautiful, very natural looking French violets sfem to be greater in fa vor if iiossiblc thau ever, and the gieat liking for these blossoms will probably coutiuue for two seasons, as they are still in great use in Paris, and are likewise Uutlilip marked favor in the eyes of Kuglish women of mink, in cluding the princess of Wales and her daughters and the duchess of York. Mention should also be made of auiall , -luster of violets with which it is said the queen herself has freshened up her last year's spring lion net. Shirt waists made of every ossible Hort of material will be quite as gen erally worn as ever. There is not the least diminution in their popularity ; on the contrary, the range of out-of-door amusements, which waxes more and more universal, renders this style of easy , neat and natty dressing still more generally adopted. Of course the wearing of shirt waists is no longer a fad, but their usefulness and undeni able iKinfurt have become so thorough ly well established that every complete summer outfit includes at least half a dozen sorts of linen, wash silk, dimity, law n and similar light fabrics, X. Y. Post. INVENTIONS AND CUSTOMS. In the jnicket of a man who was re-ceii-tly kill. .1 by a nitroglycerin; ex plosion was found a silver dollar, on the face of which was found iuibeddvd a sil ver dime, driven by 4he force of the ex plosion; on the other side of the dol lar w as t he plain impi int of anolherdol -lar. A t uhmarine locomotive and train of cais is among the possibilities of the near future. The inventor of the plan proxscs to find sunken vtss ls. ies-u their cargoe-s. lay foundations for pieis, light Inures, bridges and docks. Th curious invention will le able to de scend to the depth of JUO fct ulul to rise and sink at the will of the op-ia-tor. The Turkish tombstone, if it. murk the grave of a man, is siui mounted by a t urban and the tbversity of foi uxs shows the different penetrations that hjv lutscd aivay. Thes round -headed stones present he appcjran.'e oi d wailed i in j-s. Tonibt tones ov c-r w om en are decollated with carved flow as I loth kinds have iuse'riptions, ami aic often highly colored and gilded. A water-tube jail is oive of the latest Yankee inventions. Instead of the liars of the lls ling made of iron rods too strong to lie sawed through they are coneti uct cd tif iuIm-s, forming a iiartof the high prcssuie water system. In case an ef fort is made to escape, and one of thv tubes breaks, there is an immediate agi Uutiou. of the water, and the alarm thus given Jesuits in a speedy search for the damage. Karly risers along Grosvenor place, London, a few weeks ago, were amazed to see the windows of the duchess ot Cleveland's houso boarded up, while a busy little lire engine was playing on the front of the mansion. Inkssthan au hour t he suioke-g rimed building was clean and new-looking, and the in a unci of making it so has been strongly rec ommended ilo house-holders w ho wish their stone fronts to show u goodly face during the jubilee festivities. Wouien'a Curse Fulfilled. Thegraveof Thomas Watt nt Hryant's chaicl, near Centerville, Ind., was bur rowed into by ground hogs and several of his Mines dragged to Ihe surface. The discovery of the above facts makes interesting a prophecy uttered years ago. Thomas Watt was the nciphlxir hood drunkard. His children ran wild as colts and but little more clothed. His wort hlessness and depravity aroused the indignation of his neighbors, and particularly- of an old woman, who, it is said, hail the gift of divination. She remonstrated with him. and upon his failure to heed her advice pronounced a curse upon him. She prophesied that he would die of violence and his lioi.es would nit find reiiose in the grave. Thomas Watt was drowned while in an intoxie-ated condi tion in attempting to cross a swollen stream. Now that the latter art of the dismal prophecy has received literal f ullfilliiient the old woman, w ho is yet alive and in the divination business, is greatly feared and her power as a for tune teller receives much credence. Chicago Xewa. la at Sm Flight. "Oue time," said the traveling board er, "I got snowed in on the Hocky moun tains, and theonly thing seven of us had for two days to sustain life was a half barrel of pickled pigs feet. "You were, indeed. aid the Cheerful Idiot, "reduced to extreineties." In dianapolis J ournaL - ... . m 8I.0O and 1897. A LOST MOONSTONE. NT ELEASOR W. HlTKi. It was a large, bare room, white washed once, but now cobwebby as to the ceiling and dingy as to the walls. A dozen aewuig machines Mood about, each iu suoh light as Its worker could best attain. Hut no part of the room waa dark, for there were large, high windows and ah ample skylight, whie-h let in a noble flood of euntshin-, even to dazzling ou a clear day, so that Miss Hall, the forewoman of the shirt fac tory, petitioned Mr. Chester for a cur tain. "Oh, don't shut out that lovely sun light!" cried a fresh young vole.-. "Vou'll tie blind yourself some day. and then you'll know how good it is," replied the unrelenting forewoman. "I'll send up I'eter." said Mr. Chester. "Here's an order for six shirts. They niust be just right and made, by hand. The eyelet holes must lie bigger than common, to acoouiuiodate the custom er's stud. He leftit for a measurement; here it is; keep it to-day, and hand it to me when you go home. Look out fr itv." The patentee and manufacturer of Chester's su-rior shirts disappeared, end Miss HaJJ Sue hi up Uie gem and looked at it. Two or three girls left their seats and came, with sewing dangling over their arms, to inspect the Mud. It was a reaJly beautiful moon stone of unusual size and luster, set in the narrowest rim of gold. "I've heard that they are costly things,' taid Miss Hall, "(io back to your work, girls, and don't idle any longer." At the extreme end of the. room sat two youug women. One w a new hand, who hail propitiated Miss Hall by a sample of exquisite needlework. Her n.-ime w as Floretta Simtison. The other, Dolly Iiurr, w as older, and had been in Mr. Chester's employ ever since he had patented his handmade shirts, which, from the unvarying excellence of thc.ir nmnu fact ure, were fast making lus fiiuiie. She was now initiating Floretta into certain technicalities. They had to change their seats; for Peter, perioral utility man, now- appeared and draed a w hite cloth across the sunny skylight, tot tietVarkeiiingof the corner w here the girls had placed themselves. "Can vou get along now, think?" said Dolly. "Yes; you're awfully gixxl," said Floret t. "I know how to sew, but I never could puC a garment together. 1 couldn't do a whole shirt to save my life." VNell.you won't have to here. We each have ituate ptt.rU. aad work on them all the year round. That girl over there does all the necks, unless there are too many; the new hands try the seams tir&l. Last month we were rushed so it tok ull one girl's time just to put in gusst-ts. and sihe's a quick worker, too You're iu luck to be set to toe-king; 1 think it's such pretty work!" "If these are ail liaudmade garments, w but are thone machines doing there?" asked Floretta. "Well, you see there is a cheaper garment whioh is substantially liaud made, all but the seams; aad when work is dull. Mr. Chester gets out a lot of them and sells to retailers; but they re not the atented article, and don't f tell the same price, Y.u'll have to run a machine sometimes. I'd just as soon; it makes a change. 1 used to run a ma chine all the time, but that's hard work." Floretta sewed in silence a few min utes. "I hotie I shall suit," she said, wist fully. "I never worked awav from home lie for-; si id you don't know bow bashful I felt when I first came in, and all you girls1 looked at me." Up the stairs for this at tic room was reached by no elevator fluttered a beautifully--dressed, fair-fae-ed young woman. She rushed at Miss Hall, kissed her, nodded w ith a bright smile Vo two or three of the girls, and begau to chat ter volubly to the forewoman. "That's Mrs. Chester," whisaiered Dolly. "She used to work here before she married Mr. Chester." Floretta fixed her eyes-on th pretty creature. "Can she sew?" she asked; iwid indeed one would have as soon thought of a butterfly or a white mouse sewing. "Oh, pretty weJl; not so well as you ind I," answered Dolly, candidly. "1 can't have so much noise here," sa,id Mh-s Hall, ra using her voice. "You must all sew more and talk less. Miss Simiison, if you've got that tucking done, I'll set you to work on thee evvelet holes. I'll give you the stud to measure by. Now make the eyelet just right for the stem of the stud, neither too large nor too suiaM. He it's the stud; for mercy's sake don't lose it!" "Oh. let me see it," cried Mrs, Chester, rustling forwstrd. "Oh, what a beauty! The idea of this being w asted on a man ! It ought to tie set in a lady's ring. Wouldn't it lie a lovely pendant for a necklace? It is a cross between a pearl and a moonbeam." She stayed talking some time, longer, then departexl, stopping on the top stair to say: "Oh, you jioor girls! I wish you could all go to walk this lovely day." Somehow it seemed elarker after she had gone. The girls fell into a silence. Miss Hall called Peter to unxver the skylight. Floretta found herself short of thread, and. applying to the fore woman for more, was sharply rebuked for not leturning her empty spool, as the rules required. It was now one o'clock. Some of the girls went ot for lunch, while others produced small baskets, and in one corner an oil stove did yeoman duty in brewing divers cups of tea. Floretta feJt lonely. She looked at Itolly. b'lt lkI!y waa setting- out her dinner on the cover of a pasteboard Im. so Floretta put on her hat and started for the stairs. "If you're going oat. Miss Simjron." said Mi-s Hall, looking up from aonie aocounts she was auditing, "you'd bet ter l and me that stud." "I haven't it," said Floretta. "You haven't it! Why, I gave it to you," said MisH Hall in a horrified voie-e, getting up in a violent hurry and begin ning to search her "business pocket." "Ye, I know you did. said Floretta, "and I measured an. eyelet by it; but 1 haven't seen it since." A hurried search took place, in which all the girls present joined. Floretta. stood on the top stair, not postage per ear In advance. NUMBER 24. know ing w lie t her to go or stay. "M'iMS Simpson." said Miss Hall, sharply, "you'd better be hunting for that stud." "I don't Uli eve it's in this room at all," said a sewer w ho breathlessly arose from a prolonged dive under a table. "I don't know about that," resolutely answered Miss Hall. She walked over to the speaking tube. "Peter," she called to cotne up here." Mr. Chester cajue. ask Mr. Chester Miss Hall talked wi uiui oi a low wiice ieir some min utes. Floretta was e-xlrdiucly uim-oiii-f or table. Slae. felt sure tiliey were talk ing aliout her; be&i.k, the other girls withdraw from her, eating in li.ste and for the most part silently , or with oid v slight murmurs to one another. She Upan to think she didn't want any din ner after all. She took off her hat an J went to making eyelet holes again. Mr. Chester approached ht-r. "What about this stud?" said he, brusquely. "Don't you think you couid liud it by hunting a little longer?" Floretta looked at him in sil-iH-e. She did not know how to meet his words and manner. Her trembling iiKuth au 1 tear-tilled eyes were ekquent, however, and Mr. Chester Hoftened a little, "You see," -Haiti he, "you're re.-nsi-ble for it. You bad it last. Now, if it got into your pocket by accident, yx.ii know, or for safe-keeping all vou've got to do is to haid it out. Save lots of trouble." "I haven't it," said Floretta. "I don't know where it is, I thought Miss Hail came and took it after 1 got through measuring." Mass Hall, terrified by the lot- of the moousuote, uttered aui angry exclama tion. "Well, if that isn't impudence-!" said whe. "Set v-s uie right for taking a girl w iuho.d any leference; first time. I ever did it, too! Might have kinwn we should g t in some light-fingered i.er- : i. 1.:.,. : , l . . . .. . . The put heriirg storm had broken; the ae-cusation had bern put into words. Floretta started to her feet; her eyes dried on the' il.tUuit. "You asked int for no referen. -.; I could laave given you plenty," mid she. with tliguaty. "Anyilajdy at my taou.e w-ill speak for me the minister, cr the high svhool teaober or the If-:m.is-U-r " "How loug w ill it take to hear from them?" asked Miss Hall, aarcasticallv. "I think." she added to Mr. Chester, "the quickest way will be. to send f jr the itolice and have her seuroiied." "Will you turn, your poiket uuside eut?" asked Mr. Chester. "Not uide-, all the other girls do and Miss Hall, too." replied Floretta, indJg istutly. Miss Hall gasiied with reseutment. Mr. Chester looked puzzled. "Have yoa made a thorough search. Miss Hall?" he asked. "Very," she replied with emphasis. He said no more, but with an anxious brow left the nm. Ikjwnstairs Mr. Chester went to the telephone and raag up his wife, who by this time had reached 1m Hue; and this is what I'eter heard: "Hofcsie Flossie, is that you? I shan't be home to dinner You t-oul l bear me if you didn't try to talk while I'm talking. I shan't be. home to din ner. Did you hear me then? lievause I've got to hunt up a customer's stud. It got loest iu the workroom somehow. I'm iu a hurry. Ceid-by." Floretta was faint lor uunt of food, and she had reeeaved a nervous shock from the acvimation uttered bv Miss Hall. "1 feel sack. I ought to go home." the said to la.illy, w ho immediately eif fe.red to get a glass of water, to make a cup of tea, to fix a place for Floretta to lie down, aud numberless other things. Hut Floretta rose reluctantly aud moved lovvard Miss Hall. "If you havw no more work for me. I th a.k 1 w ill go home." she said. "Xo, you can't go home till Mr. Ches ter comes back," snapped Miss Hall. "Should think you'd know better than to pro mse such a thiiig." One by one the girls finished and folded their work. Those whose duty it was covered counters, shelves, tables and machines with large, white cloths, even 1 a dly Ix-gan to make preparations for leaving. tVmscious of innocence. Floretta felt no fear, and even wondered what the next development would lie. Her wonder was quickly satisfied. I'p the stain flew the same rustle and tinkle that h--d lieen lieard once Ik-fore that day, and Mrs. Chester burst upon the scene, her voie-e preceding her. "Here's that horr'.d old moonstone Peter says you're all making such a fuss aliout!" she e-ried. "I fastened it to my watch chain to see how it would look as a pendant, ami wore it home, aud forgot all about it till you" turn ing to her husKirid "spoke through the telephone about a lost stud!" Of the sewing girls present, some laughed, others exclaimed; Miss Hall fctifHy said she had already begun to think she was mistaken alxmt Miss SVii-on; Mr. Chester gravely apolo gized for his wife in the fevet words possible; Mr. Chester exclaimed and explained; Floretta alone said nothing. She looked exceedingly white, how ever, and Mr. Chester called a carriage to take her to her ImarrLr.g pkace. Dol ly accompanied her. and. as the carriage rolled away, exclaimed: "The idea of Mrs. Chester wearing lhat srud home! I should think you'd be mad enough at the feather-headed little thing to shake her!" "I am too glad the moonstone is found to be mad at anybody," said Floretta. Housew ife. A Hauler. In many Mtrts of South Africa, rail ways are eiomjiaratively a uewdear ture. and in onsequeuce a large pro Hrtton of the farmers are wholly ig norant of the way engines work. One stalwart colonist w ho thought him self cleverer than his tomwn"tons wa standing on the i.la'form at Hioeut fotitein, the capital of the Orange Fret State, during shunting operation-. lit had beeu elaiutng the principles of steam motive ower to an amused crowd, when suddeply the engine be gan to move backwaid. pushing a string of trucks. His jaw dropped and lie gasped out : "I can understand how the engine pulls the trucks, but I'm blessed if I know how the trucks pull the en gine back again." Then, the crowd yelled, A 1 we as. i ii, " " "w rataa: 1 inch, a Uje.... m t mm i met.. onia.;;;v.;:r.." 12 1 Jaea. aaonoaa ..."...." ill a laebaa. 6 month. I... Kusr.vr:;: IZ I lackM. ,w ......... M cul am n, taii. iff! ooubid., onti.;;:;:;; i! X eolor... i yMr " 1 eojB.a, Bogtbi Z m .S.,I' 0""t lnwuon"lso"ai Uaa i." wri!",!..ee"tor Nu- "y aad I m l lar Is oUeei"". .""."."." . turn aKaolutKn or proneoi inrt o l" " V aarrjora ot mmV7Ltu1 'd adrartUaaaaM. ,,'?,1".d Jut t-rtatlav ot ail kind a oul; u mmiwmi, axacatwt at Uaa towaat prtoaa. Aaa doa tjott lorget It. SHORT BITS OF SCIENCE. The highest point in the CatskiUs is 4,Oto feet It takes aliout three seconds for a message to go from one end of the At lantic cable to the other. Some comets have more than one tail. The great comet of 1744 had six tails tpread fun sh-ie. Jupiter is five times as far from the suu as we are, and the years on that planet are each as long as 12 of ours. A ray of light from Sirius can reach us only after traveling for 22 years with a speed of 77.tM.nl leagues a second. 1 he secretion of honey, as well as the jH-rf ume of the fl.iwer. is for the pur t.ose of insct attraction; and flowers produce different kinds of perfumes which are peculiarly adapted to the at traction of certain k iritis of insee-ts. Java has t hunderstorins, oo an aver age, 97 days iu the year; Italy, 3; Bel gium. 21; Holland. Is; Frame. Aus tria and South Kussiu. lfi; Spain avnd Portugal, 15; Kugiand and the high Swiss mountains, 7; Norway, 4; Cairo, 3. In ea.-t Turkestan, as well as in th extreme north, there are scarcely any thunderstorms known. The modern shark is deteriorating. In ages gone by there were ferocious tdiarks. such as would make a mouthful of you without blinking, 70 feet in length. Plenty of their teeth have bee found which are five feet in length, wi.ereas the bijrpest of the teeth be longing to sharks that exist at the pres ent day are one ar.J one-half inches long. In pressing woolen fabrics, in order to give them a smooth, even appearance, both a uniform pressure and uniform heat are require!. To attain this end recent exjer;ments have lieec made with electric heating, which have been niarkedly successful. The fabrics are placed lietween metallic plates. through w hich sufficient current is passed while under hydraulic pressure to heat them slightly- more than the temperature of boiling water. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. If housewives w ho rely upon the lem on essence of e-omnierce w ill take the trouble to imre the yelleiw- rind of the fruit very thin and put it into glass jars, e-oveu-ing it with alcohol or recti fied spirits, they will eectire a superior quality- at the cost of the spirit; about one-third that of commercital extract. No frui-t lo-scs flavor from being care lessly handled more quickly than ap ples. Apples which .have been well stored retain their flavcr throughout the wiutetr, but theme which have been allowed to lie about with d craving lecinien, .r ure stored 1 jot-ly in bar rels, either loe their flavor or acquire a rank t&ste from the conditions around t hem To wash e-kina, such a Dresden and Coalport. the fluted surfai-eof whith is hard to cleanse iimperly. use a v.ry old soft shaving brush aud hot auft water and soap. To dry dab it over with a very -oft teiwel or old piece of linen until all moist ure seems removed. The shaving brush gets into every little crevice, and is a very vaiuuLle little in strument for china washing. Gasoline will remove spots frocn the mot; delicate fabrics and leave no trace behind of its ue. It will also renovate feathers end ck'au the plainest or the richest lace. The Lace is plunged into a small ian of gasoline just as one would wash it in water. Gasoline, however, dries almost instantly. It is also m fine thing to use in removing pots from woolen ckd lung of all deK-riptions, and from the lwu-ks of cboolgirl's waists w ho wear their hair braided dow n their backs. Keep fair away from the hr w hen using this liquid. Uiatrra Ull. Drain 25 fat eiysu-rs. Li ft each care fully, place oti a board and, dry with m ft e-iees-ioth; dust with salt and cayenne. Iteat two eg its without aep aratinir. and add to thtsu two tttble-s-MHnf uls of hot water. Put out on the Ixiard at lea-st a quart of nice, dry breadcrumbs. I V not use cracker crumlis. Dip the oysters first in the crumbs, theii quickly in the egg and back in the crumbs. Lift the oysters w it h the fingers, gra--ping the muscular r hard part. It Hils the oyster to pierce it with a fork ami it cannot be lifted with a ss.u After all are cov eicd put t lie m out singly on a dry Ixiard. Put yur oil. lard or sue over the fire. When it register 365 degree Fahrenheit, or lirow na piece of bread in 2d Seconals, init'the oysters in a w ire l-asket. sink the basket in the. aauoking fat, and fry the oysters for two min utes, until a golden brow ta. Fiveoreix at a time only should be oooked. Lift thetu carefully, stand thera sideway on a pie-e of lrown paier in. a baking p?n. Fry the remaining- quantity, six at a time. Dish at ois-e, garnish the plate. w?th jiarsJey, atsl send to the table siiiokiiitr hot- Kach should comefroni the fat as dry as though it had beea coked in water. Ladies lloime Jour nal. TRY. For bleeding at the nose, powdered alum, as a snuff. For a burn, prepared chalk, made into a thick paste with lard. For toothaohe. oil of cloves, applied in the tooth with cotton. For a cough, a small piere of reaia in a vessel on the liack of the stove. For sore throat, save tea. with vine gar to mak it acid and sugar to make it sweet. For Iia.l breath, six to ten drop of chloride of lime in a winegiasa of water each Utoruing. For whoupinar cough, two ounces of olive oil. one ounce of amber and one drachm of oil of cloves, rubbed on the chest at bedtime. Good Housekeeping-. The Pols Viewer. It will not always do to press a real it tic novelist too hard. In the current nutulrr of Nature Notes, the organ of the Selborne society, au inquirer write to ask: "What is the tioi.son-flower men tioned in the "Sorrows of Satan. chap ter 2fi, the person flower, which, bril liant ) color aud perfect in shape, ex hale death to those w ho pluck it from its stem?" To this the editor dryly rejdies: "We do not know the 'poison flower. and former attempts to obtain enlightenment as to the plants de scribed in Miss Corelli's book have proven u n success fuL n
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