——————— A. ——————————" oon cs——— TO MY OLD HAT, And thou nas clasped marble brow, And daily sunk still deeper down ntil thy hrim doth hide me now From lofty sneer and worldly frown. Thou once wert black—who now art brown, But what care I for aught of that? Thou art thy owner's rightful crown, My trusty friend-—my ancient hat! my And 1! To buy the another tile, scoffer’'s quizzing must catch glance, With modern crown of pattern vile, Distorted brim—just born of France. {t will not fit me well, perchance; E'en you were years before you sat in ease my heauty to enhance, My trusty friend—my ancient hat! And I must hold it on with care; Unwilling tend its painful g Must watch it with affrighted I.est greedy hands procure its The winds will thy usur Some ruthless wheel fiat, seen ORE glare, loss. LOSS, will crush it U've thee 'neath the carts that CTroRs, My trusty friend—my ancient hat! I ENVOI Too much this I glve the» to the thea another year, ancient hat! —Jondon Sketch, POLLY ATKINS. Mr. Drake man, and his 1ew-fashioned “I do keeping with your sox, Polly As a your face and ~you girl—with 3 might bs the belle of the county. Why, then, must you needs turn yourself nto a bad imitation “You are too thing father.” ful tones. ‘““The woman will take her place beside man in the raserve forces of the See if she won't. And how proud I shall feal to know that this, my } fort, has done somethin bringing about the fulfiims grand ideal,” she added, enthusiasm. The Ladies’ Polly Drake's which she had up with more than Some thirty girls in the nzighi bad already induced enroll as they used to meet eve rifle range which lowed them to lay for drill and targe On the whole they selves in such manner distinctly proud of her cor was now anxious to before some military sommendation (she serve as a ] incredulous fs >f the sham fight. A day or two afterward the ‘squire said to his daughter “By the way, Polly, come and your sham fi “That's “Our Polly's fa “Oh. well, you needn't be unco fortable abot Polly He's fair ago Ah me! Before U'll wear My trusty friend haunting fear cat my old-fashidned Polly was a was an daughter girl dress more in wish you'd figure any- resent- future ori empire iumble ef- toward that ardent of Rifle C very atest conceived was Miss pet hobby, and tal usual orps aven been themselves exg was Hen er eye Hen ce I've got a4 man to officiate as umpire old m- again, long ear another girl.” ‘Il was afraid his life. He Next evening Major Merilees duly arrived. He as a iI handsome man, of about thirty-elighi, of ly bearing } ant pers, Findisn iimself alone Polly in the di recom bef ha ai once took the to set her at her ease. “let us both entirely forget occasion of our last meeting,” paid. “That is dead and buried. gow meet as comrades—as workers in a great national i can’t tell you how pleased | Miss Drake, with the scheme have taken up. If properly worked, your Ladies’ Rifle Corps may be the germ of the greatest revolution in matters military that the present age has seen.” dia soldier man ore din ner, opportunity the he We fellow am, Major Merilees You, as an expert est walght. best to pooh-pooh ue atl along. “But why, Miss Drake?” “Oh, because he is still the old fossilized ott of place on the field of battle” “1 can't for the life of me, sec that, Battle are won nowadays by straight shooting, and women can shoot qiite as straight as men.” Next day Major Merileegs and Polly rode over the ground where the sham fight was to take place, Tho favorable positions for a defending force, and he proceeded to examine them in detail, At length he mude his selection. It was a long ridge, flanked on ona side by a wooded hill, and approached from the front by a level oxpanse of grass fields. “Of course,” said the major, "as we are dealing with such small numbers, both the attack and the dafence must bo of a skeleton character, My idea is that this ridge should be occupied in imagination, by a defending fore», and that you with say a third of your company, should be posted In that wi 4 there, to cover the right flank, Pow but that yon should carefully keap { your presence secret from the attack- | ing force until the last moment so | that you can enfilade them as th:y | advanca up the slope, The other | two-thirds of your company will forin the attacking force. They will ad- | vance against your right, in line with | an imaginary brigade extended along | the wholz length of the position. n course, they must not be apprised be- | wood Indeed, the success or {allure i of the whole defense will depend upon your concealing this from them until | they are delivering thelr attack, | 1 make myself clear?” I think it is a plan,” Polly with enthusiasm. Next morning arrived. The La- cies’ Corps paraded, thirty strong, on the lawn Drakeworth Hall Ten of them told off under the com- mand of Captain Pally, to form the defending force, they marched ake up their position. The twonty, under Polly's lieu Miss Amy Mcintosh, then fell out for abour an hour, at the end of which time, having reassem- bled, and having recieved their gener- al instructions from Major Merik thoy to the field of tions As socn &s thoy off “Quita, splendid cried at wers and away to remaining tenant, a TA fairly horss wlio away op were the MY from ninence from to watch and eriticl 10 was maneuvers. Capt. Polly, with ner of ten dauntless damsel skeleton force had reached hill to the Heras they and occupied the wooded f 1 1ained, iying talking only In attacking the latter, wh » malin faces spers until in sight 0 extended in skir- began to fire. Th» perpetual crack, crack of bines (which of blank cartrie exciting effec their whi Soon came mishing or open y crack were loaded, an ige) had t the upon wood who began their r8 in the and finger weapons said Captain , Steady!’ in a voice that trembled with Polly eagerness As who had wn advancing attacking force, at a smart with a d sugG- watching sie d t meet them distinctly geal en- Mcintosh gate and an indig- jon with of ho-that cried poor Among whom ir feet and hats ut of ir cowboy r heads und repeatedly exclamation “ne ¢ na was Ars word, unendurable and fled in the hill be it said to her credit, Dros precipitate conf: n down Their captain, was the last woman to leave her she did not run as She merely walked fast an hour--casting her lances «te over her left post Moreover the others did five miles Hervous g right and shoulder, At this point Major Meriless came gallantly up te Polly “What has happened?” he inquired, rnately tion?” “Wasps “Wasps?” Inquired the major, with a puzzled look “It was war—wasps, you know, to abandon our--their in the wood almost on top of a wasp’'s nest. post And, gtand that, could you?” “No, to be sure,” replied the major, sympathetically. “But, 1 leon’ say, please Major Meri. and forehead. —"You-—-you--won't tell Dad about this, will you? He's prejudiced. He'll never not keep steady under a storm of shells and bullets, Of course, the two things are not in the least parallal I shouldn't mind shells and bullets one bit. But wasps —that might craw! up your sleeve, or down your neck, or sting you on the nose and make it swell up the size of a potato--it's another thing alto- gether, fsn't it?” “Quits another thing,’ admitted Ma jor Merilees, “Ah! you're a man of sense. But father is not lika that, He would never understand. He would be sure to make no end of stupid jokes about it. 8a yon'll prowliee not to tell him per won't you “All right, Migs Drake,” lees, He didn’t. Tha that at Drakeworth months later, when awar: that she had of an artful little her father and he renounced the and retired into di ly Merilees.~—Lonlon I won't ive you away answered Major Meri squire himself did church some twe Miss Drake-un besn the victim onapiracy between gallant admirer— Polly Atkins life as Pol Tatler role of mestic MEN WHO MAKE DYNAMITE, due Anxiety Displayed. Dover and Farmingdale, N, J. and the men who work in them seem well content with their dangerous oc cupation. They wear rubber-soled shoes, and their tools are with rubber or are made of wood, so as to avold the possibility of friction and consequent accident. As a further gaieguard, the varfous in which *he deadly explosive mixed or manipulated are lined with lead and a mishap is of rare oc- currence Nevertheless, these mep that the fabrication of dynamite utes a work of danger and many of them when they This trouble in. victim is 3 and tremors heard in the he {8 obliged to give work of » covered utensils is know constit devel in ‘nerves’ at the business wears off quickly, or, are new as in some stances, not at ail, and the ed with nervous chiil never a loud noise is factory up his po more congenia The men are paid from $2 to $2.26 per day, and the labor is not particu larly heavy, n are the hours as long ag those ¢ r workmen. No smoR ing Is allowed in the moment they enter the factory until they leave, and sition and seek nature, only men of quiet habits are engaged of go exist between A spirit i to when comradeship seems the workers, and offers itself they talk to each other in the most friendly way. But woe betide one of their num ber who earns for himself the sobriquet of “Butter Fingers,” a term to Indiv whe allow to slip their hands floor sure to earn the enmity com panions. This | that sometimes a sli as is en a smail opportunity th iduals from He Is of his fact tho 8 due to the ght jar, such caused by y dropping of ev sub | precipitate an accident culprit wh than gracefully stance and the h Care lesaness } evinces suc as well 8 frozen more ounce May before i fellows rs are a very in Many of » dynamite works ¥ telligent body of them HIKE NT iy men FER od) a POSEESS a comprehensive knowledge and tell visitors to factory all ent which they direction of scientists workmen, a mid Alfred Nob of dynamite, as a relative does not know about explo He talks pglveering 10 has made of the of chemistry, can destructive the handle about under the those ile One of aged Swede, claims inventor What he gives is not worth knowing of the p i the ~y srt fav f roperties of with the fluency of one shaustive stud subject v he says that he devotes spare moment to experimental physics Why 1 every 1 1 a man of his type should elect to in the a prob jut factory workman is can solve job in the nitro and he talks en thusiastically of u «sults achieved inven in the minin srk’s rapid transit pres travel glycerine department, ive's but the varfare, i stich as of New Yi 1d system, which will much to facilitate nationalities work New Jersey fac of it eiement of danger in daily labors, they ansewered in negative and a few of the more communicative workers expressed the that thers more chance of being killed in New York by a cable car or automobile than by an explo sion at their post ct duty. —New York Times. various » in when countries these representatives were asked Was Ants’ Sense of Smell, it is by smell that ants distingulsh it is by smell that they his fact was v proved some tims Natural ¢ne another pretty conclusive fzo at the Academy of Sciences, An official there collecied some war ring ants in a glass jar They fought on the inside the jar just as before. He dropped in among them a pellet of paper saturated with co logne, and the effect was instantan- eons. The combatants parted, re fect harmony. The cologne odor kil ed every other smell and hence the ants were not aware of the presnce of any other ensmies. In another experimert two boxed were used, boxes communicating by means of a glass tube, In the first among them, as Lefore cologne was dropped. Again the cologne restored harmony. But some of the ants trav. eled through the glass tube to the sec ond box, and hers, if they were un friendly tribes, they resumed their fight instantly, for here the odor of the cologne was noc perceptible. These fighting an's were now put in the open air, and ‘heir battle continu ed, but when there was laid among thom a feather dipped in perfume they ceased to fight at once. Philadelphia Record, It is reported (hat large sales o. nlanoe are now made to Indians, Household VENTILATING SICKROOM., the house. Many an amateur nurse for gets that the sick require pure alr quite as much as the well, and 80 neg necessary or available, hangings and stuffed pleces of furni ture that are not absolutely necessary should be banished from the sickroom tient cold, place an extra blanket or over the bed, draw the sheet over the patient's head and face, and overlet room for a few minutes, This will effec. tually dislodge any layers of foul air that may have collected, Continuous ventilation should be maintained both day and night by means of an open window in an adjoining room, the door between being kept open—New York Tribune Under the of Child Training in the Delineator, are a number of val head gable suggestions for keeping the air of the Among them are the following: house pure floors and carpets ail The use of stained in preferend to A daily ing room Shaking of doors Removal of clothing a Dally airing ar casional beating blankets feather of matiresses Open war against the dust- t all seasons inspection of plumbing uncovered in the and no water iiture "er 1iHE soiled Opening discard- ing weathe Plenty HOW TO CLEAN WALL PAPER removed from by rubbing gently with soft Pack the crumbs light ball and work with » If the very obr (+h ih Grease spots can be wall paper slain is a paste of potters dry, and re tain disappears th a cle % ald a eal a ‘gt . room vs OG COFFEE lack coating » and Throw soda in the pot, it stand CREAKING SHOES remedy r creaking 1 quantity becomes ill protect if the soles they will not treatment walking FOR FLOUR BARREL i at n a rack to to pass un ecting least vale gro LE OG Tr Yosh Wh bread in slices thick: a biscuit cut with a knife sOme cut the {ists season with cayenne pep per and mustard; fry the bread in a tittle hot butter; when brown on both remove sprinkle with cheese Cream sides cheese ig melted; serve hot. Mock Terrapin.—Scald half a calf’s liver after slicing; fry the slices, then ly and add one teaspoon of mixed mus boiled eggs chopped, one tablespoon of butter and one cupful of water; let simmer five minutes: season. Veal may be prepared in the same manner Baked Cabbage Cook one smail fine: when cool add two beaten eggs one tablespoon of butter, salt and pep brown remove and serve hot Rice Crumpets.—Beat three eggs un butter: stir in one cupful of cold boiled rice, one cup of corn flour, hali a cup of wheat flour, half a teaspoon of ealt and three level teaspoonfuls of baking powder; bake in large crumpet rings on top of stove or in greased gem pans in a quick oven twenty mine utes, Protest From Novelists’ Victims, The Anglo-Indian ig usually depicted by the modern novelist as a being whose unfortunate addiction to cur ries and short pegs has induced a temperament far from sunny, and, though some kind-hearted souls have endeavored to correct this sweeping condemnation, so widely is this lit erary verdict accepted as just that the “peppery” colonel has come to be regarded as the true and only type of latter-day India.~The Allahabad Pioneer. { To Make Lily from a Candle. Here {8 something that will be sure You will be sur construct a spray of lilies of the val ley out of a spermaceti candle and a few pleces of wire, Get six or eight pleces of very fine wire and bend each of them into a hook. Now hold a lighted spermaceti candle over a glass of water and let half a dozen drops of the wax fall into the water. Each drop, as soon as it touches the water, will be transformed into a little floating white cup. These cups will have exactly the size and shape of the little bell lowers of the lily of the valley, and they may be made large or small, according to the distance at which you hold the from the water, Now take one of the little wires and Making Wax Flowers. the straight end of it, and while run it through the center the wax This should the still in the WArm ne of do me while Cups cup is Water, Then push hooked end of the cup down to the the wire, from which it hang just like the bell flower of ily Having thus plerced six or of the cups, twist the wire to the smaller cups above the larger ones below, and put the spray thue in a small vase in which are green paper leaves The effect will be far more delicate beautiful than one would think, the wax cups will have the white »2%, the transparency and the pretty wdentations of the real flowers. will the ight gether completed 1d y To Test Your Lungs. 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