THE OLB FRIENDS.
The old friends, the old frionds
We loved when we were young,
With sunshine on their faces,
And music on their tongue!
The bees are in the almond flower,
The birds renow their strain;
But the old friendd, once lost to us,
Can n ver coms agin.
The old friends, the old friends!
Their brow is lined with care;
They've farrows in the faded chesk,
And silver in the bair;
But to me they are the old friends still,
In youth and bloom the same,
As when we drove the flying bail,
Or shoated in the game.
The old men. the old men,
How slow thay creep aloog !
How naughtily we scoffad at them
In days when we were young!
Their prosiog and their dozing,
Their prate of timas gone by.
Their shiver like an aspon loaf
If but a breath went by,
But we, we are the old men now,
Our blood is faint and eh'll;
We cannot leap the migaty brook,
Or climb the break-neck hi lL,
We maunder down the shortest cuts,
We rest on stick or st le,
And the young men half-ashamsd to langh
You pass us wi ba rm.le.
Bat the young men, the young m n,
Their strougth is fair to soe;
Their straight ba k
and the springy stride,
The eye a: falcon
The shout above th: frolic wal, |
As up the Lill they go;
Bat, thoughso high above us now,
They sooa shall ba as low.
O wosry, weary drag the years
As lif: draws nsar the end:
And sadly, sadly fall the tears :
For loss of love and friend. i
But we'll not doubt there's goed abut
In all of human Kind;
So here's a health before we go,
|
To thos: we leavs behind,
an Sp sclator.
FOUND IN GOAT POCKET.
BY FLORA HAINES LO
i
GHEAD.,
The 350th of May was raw and chill |
in Aurora, a small village in the edge of
the Northern pineries. The sun had
hidden behind a mass of gray clouds,
and a keen blast off the great lake swept
over the country, like a parting taunt
from the long tarryving, furious winter,
which had just taken leave. A sharp
frost had visited the garden the night!
before, and the meagre bounty of bud
and blossom that they yielded for the
day seemed to visibly revive and freshen
under warm, human touch
All things partook of the dismal influ.
ence of the day and weather. The som
bre that ympassed the
took on new dignity and gloom. Houses
and fields, which a month before had
been robed in an enchanted mantle of
glistening white, and which a month
hence would be gracious with vines and
flowers, stood forth upon the landscape
in naked ugliness. The menand women
who had gathered to do honor to their
fallen heroes wmpped in sad
retrospect, looking again into open
graves or living over anew periods of |
heart-breaking suspense that had ended
in tidings of woe. Even the veterans, |
who in a grim school had learned lessons
of fortitude and cheer, were singularly
depressed, and forgot the jests and gay
badinage with which they were accus.!
tomed to silence painful memories,
Aurora and her outlying districts had |
sent three companies to the war. Barely
a dozen old soldiers gathered to join the
procession thisday. Some of the sorry |
remnant had gone further west in search
of health or fortune. Others were shut
up in their houses, too weak or broken
to venture out. Of thoge who answered
the roll call the majority were ailing or
infirm and muffled to the ears to pro
pitiate the physical man for the audacity
of the spiritual, :
John Sexton was one of the younger
men among the veterans, yet when he
stepped to the door that morning and
viewed the sky and faced the bitter
wind, he went to a cedar chest and took
from it a garment that had laid there un-
disturbed for years—a blue overcoat, |
soiled and faded, and with a scorched |
bole in the right sleeve, which hung
empty by his side.
he procession formed at the head of |
the main street, before the old church in
which the memorial service had been |
held. Many memories clustered about
that old frame church. John Sexton re. |
called some of these. The first call for
recruits had beea made there. He heard |
again the fiery, impetuous speeches, and
saw the rush of volunteers, amid the
cheers of men and the sobs of women.
He had been among the first to enlist, a |
beardless boy with a man’s heart, kindled
with a patriotic fire. Within the same
gray walls, at the parting supper given |
to his regiment the night before it |
marched, he had asked Hettie Plympton |
to be his wife some day, and she, half |
laughing and half weeping, had told him |
that when he came back wearing his |
epaulets she would marry him, And he |
had gone away proud and confident. The |
Epaulets had seemed so easy to win, the |
chances of failure or disaster sp vague |
and remote. Then had come the hard |
discipline of the camp, the long, forced
marches, the carnage of battle, the rifle
ball that cut short his career,
He recalled how he had come back,
Her face had been the first he had seen
on his return. Descending from the car,
maimed, feeble, wasted by long sickness,
his head reeling from the exhaustion of
the journey, kind bands assisting him to
the platform, he had caught sight of her,
standing apart e, silent, her eyes in.
tent on him with an expression he
could not then understand, but that he
had afterwards construed into a shrink-
ing horror of the wreck he had become.
A crowd of people had su in between
them; neighbors, friends, indifferent ac-
uaintances, the majority with words of
br sympathy on their lips; a few
moved only by idle curiosity to see how
foully the ents of fortune had plun-
him, One old woman whose onl
son had fallen on the battlefield c
or
forest enc town
were
frail thread of life had snapped in the
tension of the first few Bh after he
had gone to the front,
In the midst of all this tumult he had
again a glimpse of Hetty, her gaze with-
drawn from him, calmly penciling some
memoranda in a little silk-bound book
that she earried, and he had wondered if
she were making note of some finery that
she intended to wear at the next party or
church festival, or was taking down the
date of an engagement she had made for
a boat-ride cr dance, bitterly contrasting
her life of pleasure with the heavy bur.
den of care and perplexity that had de-
scended upon him, Yet a few seconds
later there had been a moment, a strange,
bewildering moment, when she had
paused before him, looking into his eyes
again with that mute, beseeching look
striving to speak, her trembling voice
dying away in broken utterances. One
instant she had put up her little hand to
rearrange somo trifling disorder in his
dress, as a loving woman might have
done for her disabled hero; in the next
she had slipped away, out of his life for-
ever,
the procession, preceded
high dignitaries of the village and the
carriage in which rode the orator of the
day.
of the chureh, watching the line form,
and awaiting their own carriages For
an instant the old soldiers, whose ser-
vear, became the centre of regard. John
the steps, lifted his hat courteously, al
beit somewhat awkwardly, with his left
hacd, receiving an icy nod in return. He
regarded her calmly and eritically,
was really a well-preserved woman for
her there was a wrinkle
forming her forehead, between her
eyebrows, and her hair getting de
cidedly gray on the temples. The crow's
feet that he had discovered about the
of her eyes before
were decidedly deepening. wus hie de
ravag f time
FeSO
a score of vears
She
age, but new
on
was
corners
two ¥%
cars
pee
i
ree
sions when he encountered her: and he
the small
bald spot on the crown of his head
the slight
Or
limp that told that rheumatism
John Sexion could scarcely havs told
been his ideal of all womanly
worth and loveliness. It may have been
in unconscious revenge for the manner
in which had treated him. It may
have been to prove himself that |}
It may
heart was harden
savagery
she
to 1i8
i arainst her
x :
fe innate
have merely be en
that lurks ia all men
M arching along
the weary road to the
sled the rest In ti
cemetery he re
d 3
Ose
him and
men and women, had soug!
s had never
endeavored to cheer him
come When they met at
mutual friend she had treated him with
a frigor that taught
the changed relation that he, cripple, oc-
cupied toward her,
fronted him. He fo a help
leas, man, upon a
brother's bounty, and barely tolerated as
8 member "the i sid bv his
brother's wife. He perform no
iabor, was incapacitated for a
trade, and had not the means to fit him-
self for a learned profession. He drifted
about from light vocation to an
other, filling each indifferently, more
and more oppressed with a sense of
his uselessness, he =» young ambi:
tous man, filled h energy
re house of a
him too well
Other problems con.
und himself
useless
dependent
house bie
i
COula
of
active
one
with and
a capacity for industry that he could
find no means to apply. He taught him.
self to write, and to write rapidly and
govern
ment for which he had sacrificed
much at length took pity on him and
gave him a place in the Land Office of
the district. Withdrawn from society,
with few fricods and no intimates, he
ed the life of a recluse. Miss Mehita.
ble. on the other hand, had k¢ pt pace
with the world and all good works
Years had silenced her girlish gavety
and left her acertain gravity and severity
of demeanor that in no wise detracted
from the esteem in which she was held,
Sexton watched this development as dis.
mssionately as he had witnessed the fad
ing of her youthful bloom
*'She has rounded 40 now,” he said to
himself. “Soon her eyesight will be.
gin to fail.* Whea she puts on spec
tacles her temper will begin to grow
acid.”
inion — Ep I
vice in which the
worn,
“If they were, I'm afraid their value
would be gone,” returned Bexton lightly,
idly thrusting his hands into the pockets |
and wondering what relic of army days
would come to light.
He drew out a couple of tiny, crum.
pled sheets, gilded on three edges, a
jagged line on the fourth showing
where they had been hastily torn from
some binding. Across these was pen.
ciled a message;
“1 will marry you to-night, if you
want me, John, Your empty sleeve is
more to me than all the epaulets in the
world.”
There was no date nor signature, hut
he recognized Hetty Plympton’s girlish
hand. What did it mean? When had |
she written it? How did it come there i}
He remained standing still, bewildered, |
stupefied, while the others moved on, |
Why did that scene at the railroad
station on the day of his return from the
South, come back so clearly, the vision!
of the young girl writing in her little |
book; her light touch on his breast as]
It wos well for Hetty Plympton that
the place where she had sat down to rest |
was a bypath, removed from the main |
John Sexton would not have
hesitated or delayed his errand if there!
had been a thousand people about her, !
She rose at the sound of his hurried step, |
He held out scraps of paper to her. The
stern look that had become his habit was |
replaced by one of perfect humility, his
voice was a prayer,
** Hetty, I have just found t
saw it My darling,
you forgive me 7"
" Can love and joy find resurrection, full
and perfect, w hen they have been en
tombed for a quarter of a century? Ave,
if clean hands have laid them them away
and purity and faith kept guard over
them the awakening,
gathering force and strength from all
years through which they had slumbered
Miss Hetty's face blossomed into some
beauty that she
was as one transfigured to her old lover,
whose ey lost their tired, strained look
and recovered their old fire, while
figure straightened and he seemed to
pew his lost estate of youth,
Yet they accepted their happiness rev
receive
his,
before,
Swift came
the
©%
Vi
ERE
r
erently, as becomes those who fn
precious gift long withheld
With a low cry Hetty laid her head on
iis breast and he folded his arms about
eT.
“Sweetheart,”
}
i
he said, “‘vour pledge
has been slow toreach me, The day has
been long and lonel Will
your promise to-night!"
The shadows
they turned homeward, but the
thelr
you Keep
lenotheonino
iengthening
were
thie SUN WAS in
ting
Daily Times,
of Blsmarck’™ Habits,
{Ine
other
Asa
groom,
¢ when Bismarck was a cavairy of
ficer he was standing with some
officers on a bride over a lake.
was about an order his
Hildebrand, ro je one of the horses
water close by the bridge. Suddeniy t
Jost footing, and Hildebrand,
clinging to the animal, disappeared
with it in the water, Before
officers could collect their
marck had oast off his sword
uniform and had throw
lake to save his servant. By good for
tune he seized bLim, but the man clung
to him so closely in his death agony that
he had to dive before he could loose
himself from him, Bismarck rose
to the surf raising his servant
with him, sad brought him safe
land 1n an unconscious condition,
The next day the servant was as well as
ever. But the little town that had wit. |
nessed the brave rescue was in great
commotion. They petitioned the saper
intendent, who obtained for the young
officer the medallion ** for rescue fron
danger.” And now on great occasions,
the well-known Prussian safety medal
may be seen beside the proudest stars in
Christendom on the breast of the fa
mous creator” of united Germany. Dis
marck, it is said, is prouder of bis first
medal than of all the rest put together.
One day in the plenitude of Bismarck's
power a noble minister approached the
premier, and with a tinge of satire asked
him the meaning of this modest decora
tion. He at once replied: “I am in the
The
diplomatist lowered his eyes before the
reproving look which accompanied Bis
marck's lightly spoken words, —{ Chicago
he
Lo give
to
hie
horse
the other
His
and his
himself in the
a
Nees
:
Roe,
beginning to leave. As they moved up
the narrow avenues of the village of the
dead the sun broke through the clouds
sifting down through the delicate green
foliage and pendulous clusters of seed
ods, heightening the brilliant colors of
the national flags that mark the soldiers
graves, and kissing the pueple violets
and shell piok anemones that crept
to the mounds, nature's own
tribute.
Plants Which Can See,
Darwin, in his book on “Movement in |
Plants,” is of opinion that maay plants |
botanists
An Indian botan. |
heart. Neighbor looked kindly sym.
pathy to neighbor.
woe of the great conflict were vesolutely
put aside, and valor and glory became
the topies of the hoer.
John Sexton remained silent and pro
occupied. A slight incident had dis
turbed him and aroused in him a sense
of anxiety and discomfort that he did
not attempt to analyze. ‘Toiling up the
steep ascent Mehitable Plympton had
stumbled, and his arm had saved her
from falling. How thin and wasted the
hand that clung te him for a moment:
how slight the weight he had sustained!
With grim satisfaction he had watched
the signs of failing youth in her keep
Jace with his own increasing infirmities,
yond this he had never looked until
now, She had seated herself on the
bank beside the path, insisting that he
should on. He noted her panting
breath and weary attitude as she leaner
against a tree, and a nameless foreboding
op m.
comrade observed his de ion
and Approached him, addressing him
cordially, touching the scorched hole in
his sleeve, in mute recognition of its im.
port, then lifting his hand to smooth
down the Jochet lapel on the breast of
his old military coat. A paper rustied
fo pe Jor: dispatches 1" queried b
“Im nt ’ °
wits Toran Chapala Tied. he
with one foot against a large pillar, near
to wnich grows a large kind of covolvu.
Its tendrils were leaning over the
veranda, and to my surprise [ noticed
that they were visibly turning toward |
my leg. [I remained in that position and
in less than an hour the tendrils had laid
themselves over my leg. This was in the
early morning, and when at breakfast |
told my wife of this discovery we deter.
mined to make further experiments,
When we went out into the veranda the
tendrils had turned their heads back to
the railing in disgust. We got a pole
and leaned it against the pillar quite
twelve inches from the nearest spray of
convolvalus. In ten minutes they began
to curve themselves in that direction,
and acted exactly as you might fancy a
very slow snake would act if he wanted
to reach anything The upper tendrils
bent down and the side ones curved
themselves till they touched the pole, and
in a few hours were twisted right around
it. It was on the side away from the
light, and excepting the faculty of sight,
I can imagine no t means by which
the tendrils could be aware that the pole
had been placed there,
ama taut
“What do you wani?” she asked
through a small opening in the doorway,
“I'm lookin’ fur a square meal.”
“Well,” she replied, with a gesture
toward the wood pile, ‘su u be.
in With 8 chop."T-| Washiiaton Binr,
FOR THE LADIES
THE
The Swiss belt of ribbon is very much
liked and rivals the Empire folds in
effectiveness,
us already, but we would here repent
that it consists of five rows of ribbon, of
which the upper and lower are pointed
and the intermediate ones run straight;
at the back or side or along the middle
rosettes or butterfly bows are added.
Some prefer the windmill bow, and if a
full effect be sought, the “‘cabbage” bow
is still better, ~={ Brooklyn Citlzen.
BWISK RELT.
WOMAN'S TRUE
A physician, who is a specialist in
nervous diseases, says that women
should sleep at least nine hours at night
Perhaps
BEAUTIVIER,
sleep, even though you lie down, in day-
light. Possibly you will not the first
few times you try it, but keep up the
practice and soon your eyes will close
every day at a certain time and you will
own invigorator—sleep.— |New York
Journal,
BPEAKING LIKENESREA,
a certain pose or expression,” says a Bos
t
is getting up a picture for a certain man
She has quarreled, perhaps, and
means to convey by the picture that
is sorry Very few will
they sorry, but
elaborate trouble and expense to wet
picture represcating them
mournfully into space or glancing ap
please dont
Their idea is to
sh
she
Zrirs SAY that
are th OW rey toy an
looking
pealingly in a sort of ‘Oh,
be cross with me’
put the picture u
place where he His heart
someting
will be softened, he wil
and then they can have it over.
{alo Commercial.
THRER
CORXERED
HATS
fh SUCCES but
who wear them
hey put them on The success of a
tricornered hat depends much
precise
se hoad
Os
this season, jet
be careful how
1%
angie at which
d an
4 prod it edd
juisite angle has disregarded,
Louis XV. hat fresh from the hands of a
Parisian artiste was delightful
f
an effect
dion i
been
the season an i CXnressive «
shape Was 0.
immed with mauve ril
f
PR
same flowers were ars
i's THE
MODR,
in millinery, 8 Kk hats for
ile the
tive black chip hats
f imitation of old poin
wa brim
ment domino mo le
are
ine
dit
Ye Bo counterparts in nature a
sten among new artificial blossoms, and
spit iceable are roses whi
present the many novel tones of reddish
i irple observable in the cinnaria species
hey show a wide range of shades in
this fashionable color, and nearly
unusiy not
every
woman, be her complexion what it may,
especially when combined or intermixed
with lace,
of banishment, are once more soceptable.
They are frequently trimmed with color
to match, but this is very trying. It
better to employ chestnut-brown, dahlia,
or black, tone
vivid the straw
1%
which «
in
SLOrs
yellow Large pi
g and
popular,
black satin
shoulder-capes now
York Post,
with the own
A WOMAN ASTRONOMER.
A recent issue of the Paris Figaro de«
votes half a column to an enthusiastic
BRC
Kilumpke, who has won for herself
ognition as one of the most learned as
tronomers and most indefatigable and
successfal observers in France. Five
years ago she was received as a pupil in
the Observatoire, Since then a
other women have been allowed to join
the work carried on in that world famous
institution, but she was the first to whom
rec.
Even yet she
tronomer, for the others are only her as.
sistants, attending to photographic
measurements and other mechanical work
incident to the preparation of a great
map of the sky soon to be issued,
Miss Klumpke's labors are of quite a
different kind, and consist entirely of
. Al
and intelligence have won for her a
highly privileged position. One of the
two great equatorials is reserved exclu.
; Alone in
the huge dome she manmuvres a tele.
scope more than twenty feet long, and
for hours at a time studies the sun, the
moon or the stars, Her especial duty
is to record the movements of the planets
and to search for new comets and nebulwe,
while a man in the western tower, using
a similar instruments, makes, for the
sake of securing something like absolute
accuracy, observations of the same
bodies,
- Miss Klumpke is tall and slender and
hardly looks her twenty-four years,
She long auburn has aud dreamy
gyes, half hidden behind the mathema-
standing the Teuton ism of her name, she
somes of a family that has long
resident in California. She is not the
sely member of it who has won distinc
tion. Anna lumpia, her sister, is an
artist of merit, arly noted as a
miniaturist, and some of her work has
veen exhibited at the National Academy
of in New York. Another sister,
Mme. Dejerine, is a doctor and the wife
of a dootor,~[New York Cominercial
Advertiser, :
A HE MO HSMN SA
A WOMAN'S SAILOR RXOHANCGE.
“The greatest hustler in Maine."
That is what the citizens of Rockland
call Mrs. Mary Ranlett, who, alone and
carries on an enormous traffic
in sailors; real live sailors of all colors,
nationalities and stations in life,
Mrs. Ranlett looked the bustling,
vivacious business woman that she is.
Tall, good looking, with brown hair and
hazel eyes, partially obscured by sweep.
ing lashes, she is the last person one
would expect to see driving through the
streets perched high on the swinging
seat of a common truck wagon with a
bronzed and bearded tar on either side
of her and the rear end of the wagon
packed two deep with more of the same
species,
Mrs. Ranlett’'s peculiar business has
grown tremendously in the last few years,
and at present is one of the institutions
Her establishment is on
main street at the north end of the
town, and consists of three large wooden
It is a royal welcome that is given to
whoever enters the door, At almost any
time of the day and night there may be
seen lounging about the door of this
peculiar “home groups of old sailors in
costumes of inconceivable hues and
riptions, their cracked, weather-beaten
ips encircling the stems of black fore
custle pipes, and a look of contentment
de
8
i
ttributable to the attention
ns she is {
old salts,
inlett’'s “office” is
Mrs. R 1 A :
building,
x9, low.-studded
with quaint
, blackened with lamp
Here is where the
rough old captains schooners,
barks come in to leave their orders
to six, eight or ten, sailors, according
sunny,
lite
itt
covered
le 7
imply a
the
is B
emi}
Willis
i
Ol BIOOPS
“When d
Mary,
o you wish them delivered?”
nonchalantly, as though
oe ~
order book in
hour and a half
men are ondered fo
Mary rings a big bell in her “‘boarding
; and the crowd of fort
~~
i y or ¥
old sailors come tro ping down stairs to
4 1
i
her
one
hind the desk with
her About
ti
wae
hand
r
by yr
3 fifty
where their hostess selects the
ordered number and orders them to re-
port in fifteen minutes
At the time, and not a
minute later, for they know the discip
of th half-dozen salts
with their
in handker
ot their shoulders or carried in
HsKin bags,
of the door stands the “jib
truc wn by a
w hite i ¥ Ks ai
together too small for the load of brawny
ws who clamber in behind Mary is
and ip the rusty
id cracking
* Urges the raw
te i sil
appointed
tine «¢ ieir “‘hoss.” the
eome tramping downstairs
trier
ing
K wagon, drs
horse which
wail
‘ qt
the seat, i
crackless whip
but plucky an:
tg and ‘go
wharf, where her
{New York Ad
reins ar
Ps
FASHION NOTES
Fancy
waists are made of plain and
he changeable silk: also of
ured goods and white lawn,
cotton
Fichu-shaped corset
and colored nainsook.
Maoy Japanese screens in new effects
for cosey corners are seen,
Cotton crepons have green, lavender
Do not wear a veil with a lace edge.
teady-made berthas, of lace, are
White serge seaside suits, are trimmed
Do not wear a navy blue veil on a cold
Tiny velvet or cloth collarettes just
covering the shoulders are fashionable.
Fichus of lace or silk and lace are
Net-top laces have point de Gene edges
i £
Blue an i cream storm serge is suitable
Do not wear a mourning veil so long
that it will tire the neck. Veils can be
so draped as to lessen their weight,
There seems to be almost a rage for
frequently used so profusely as to com-
pose nearly the whole hat. Violets and
mimosa are a favorite combination,
The Toreador is the newest veil, made
in Russian pet, with a border having
pendant balls; and a novelty in pooket
andkerchiefs has bands of colored
foulard, with pins’ polats let in between
the lace edge and the insertion.
A new and fashionable stuff is whip-
cord, a sort of diagonal sergelike ma-
terial, very saitable for present wear.
The colorings are charming. All the
newest shades are to be had in it, and
this year so very much depends upon
color,
Some very sensible women, regardful
of the rights and comforts of others, are
making a decided effort to banish the
bonnet from emtertaioments. Light
hoods of silk of some lace wrap is to be
recommended, in place of the bonnet or
hat. This is a move in the right direc.
tion, and should have the most enthusi-
astic support from all sensible persons,
The plaided basket wools, plaid braids
and galloons, plaid veils and plaid straw
hats, and the boa-ruches of box-plaited
laid ribbon all will be made much of
the traveling costumes of young
women, Plaid neck scarfs will be worn
tied in a knot and ends, making a bow
that looks like a Frenchman's mustache,
Great white cuffs and collars and white
chemisettes will tone over-bright effects,
Plain linen fichu collars are as large as
shoulder capes.
With regard to strings there is also a
positive mandate this season. Young
matrons wear satin about two inches
wide. Bome merely drawn one end
through the other and let them
without even a bow, under the chin or a
little on one side. Others preserve t he
old order of fashion and use stick
on the hair. Where the neck is
304 thin the latter style is more becom-
ng. .
*
Soft tinted wools and American silks
are employed for present use blouses
and shirt waists, R among useful gar-
ments are hemstitehed black surah waists
or those of black satin made with fall
puffed sleeves, with bretelles, collar and
the forearm of the sleeves trimmed with
jetted gimp.
Diamonds and pearls are giving way
for ordinary wear to less expensive stones,
The aquamarine, chrysoprase and topaz
are specially popular. The settings are
plain, but substantial, This is a much-
to-be-commended fashion, Precious
stones have their place in full dress,
These others are much more appropriate
for more ordinary wear.
There is a small, plain parasol with a
short handle which comes in cases puffed
and ruffled, There are also twenty-six-
inch handles and plain silk shades in all
the neutral colors, only one tint being
used. These have long, slim handles of
natural wood, and wrapped up are
hardly larger than a cane. Cases in the
sume color go with them. The bachelor
girl will welcome this style of new sun
umbrella,
AROUND THE
HOUSE,
Goon Deovonrizers.—Boiled vinegar
and myrrh are good deodorizers.
To Test Water. —To test suspected
| water, fill a clean pint bottle nearly full
of the water to be tested, and dissolve
| into it half a teaspoonful of loaf or gran.
| ulated sugar. Cork the bottle and keep
in a warm place for two days. If the
| water becomes cloudy or milky within
forty-eight hours, it is unfit for domestic
| use,
Apvice As ro Towers. —Have them of
| good size. They are more satisfactory
and wear longer than the curtailed sort.
Shall our towels be damask or hucka
back ¥ This is also a matter of taste,
And it is a matter of complexion.
Huckaback and Turkish are desirable
for bath use jut for the face use
damask. With that you may rub the
| skin without producing a battered-up
feeling that is certainly not advisible for
the complexion. It is well to persistent.
ly rub the face, but it is never improved
by scouring the “new” out of
sur towels before putting them to use.
is indeed treating a guest ill to offer
him a towel with the ‘‘ store” starch
upon it. Let the family take the “ new
off your *‘ company ” linen. This may be
hard on the household, but the wip-
ing guest will love you more than if you
permitted him to assist at the job. Irom
your towels both sides. They are
more agreeable to use when smoothly
laundered, and when so polished give a
tinge of thoroughness to your housekeep-
ing. Housekeepers know the advantages
of a roller and a long piece of crash in
places where frequent washing of the
hands is done. There should be one in
the kitchen and another in the bathroom.
If the children have a wash closet off
their playroom, provide that with a rol-
ler and a und” of crash. You may
then feel sure that the linen in use mn
| that room isn’t hung on the floor. Don’t
| buy cotton towels. They are a delusion
{ and a source of rage. They are all right
i for etcetera as pinning on a
| kitchen chair back or placing on the top
{ of a back hall stand. But they are a flat
| failure when put toilet use. Don't
| attempt cotton dish towels, Use your
{ oid linen in the kitchen and buy new
| linen crash
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Wooden Money.
Wooden mofiey, in the shape of Ex
chequer tallies, was, prior to the estab
lishynent of the Bank of England in
1694, current in this country. Tallies
was the name given to the notched sticks
formerly in use in England for keeping
{ the accounts in the Exchequer, They
were square rods of hazel or willow, in-
scribed on one side with notches indicat.
| ing the sum for which the tally was an
acknowledgment, and on two other sides
| with the same sum in Roman charac-
ters. When the transaction was
completed the tally recording it
was split lengthwise, so that each
section contained half of each notch and
one of the written sides. One half,
called the tally or check, was given to
the person for whose service it was in-
tended, the other half, called the counter
tally, was retained in the Exchequer
until its corresponding tally should bh
brought in by the person who had last
given value jor it. It thus become a cur.
rent token representing cash. After the
establishment of the Bank of England,
Government payments were made through
its agency. The use of tallies in the Ex-
chequer was abolished by Statute 28,
George III. The old tallies were, by the
Act 4 and 5, William IV., ordered to be
destroyed, and it was burning them that
caused the conflagration by which the
old Houses of Parliament were demol.
ished. [Tit Bits.
When the World Falls to Pleces
The leading Eaglish scientists, Jones,
Hilton, et al., are figuring on the proba-
bilities of the earth finally collapsing as
a result of the modern craze for tapping
nature's great gas retorts. They argue
that the earth is a huge balloon held up,
in part, “ least, 2 heat and internal
gases, and that when nature's great
main is eventually exhausted the ry
crust may fall in and break into millions
of fragments! Ugh! The very thought
of such a calamity is startling. T
e that the steady belching forth of
millions of feet of gas every hour of the
day and night is surely causing a great
vacuum somewhere not far beneath the
surface, and that sooner or later the thin
archway of earth-crust will give way,
Then will ocour the grand climax of all
oarthly calamities, :
Er
a ——
Our Early Newspapers,
The dates of the first issuing of news.
papers in the original thirtoen States are
as follows: In Massachusetts, 1704;
Pennsylvania, 1719; New York, 1725;
Maryland, 1728; South ina, 1789
{the first newspaper south of the
); Rhode Island, 1732; nia,
1786; Connecticut, 1755; North
lina, 1735! New Hamper 1756; Dela
ware, 1761. The number
in the colonies at the gout of the
war for independence in 1775, was only
y
thirty-se whose total
tion en 4.000 copies,