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The Christmas ohlmes are pealing high Beneath the solemn Christmas iky, And blowing winds their notes prolong IJke echoes from an angel's song; God will and peacs), pe ae and Rood will RlnJ out the carols glad and Kay, Telling the heavenly message still, That Christ the Child was born to-day. In lowly but and palnce ball Peasant and king keep festival, And childhood wears a fnirer guise, And tenderer shin alt niothor-eyes', ri) aged man forgets his years, The mirthful heart is doubly gay, The sad are cheated of their tears, For Christ the Lord was born to-day. Susan Coolidge. HOW SANTA CLAUS CAME. It was Christmas eve. clear and frosty. The sky stretched above, one cloudless Canopy of blue, studded with countless gem-like stars, while the silvery moon ihed her matchless, radiance over all. The night rnme on apace, and the many feet which thronged the crowded trcets, or entered the brilliantly lighted tores or saloons, whose tempting wares forbade that suy should pas them by, crow less and less; while within the dwellings, whose tall ironta stood up against tho quiet sky, many little hearts beat high with hope of anticipation, and many a childish voice might be heard importuning tho good Saint Nicholas for the possession of some coveted treas ure. But it is not with tho rich that we have to do to night; so passing the homes of affluence and pride, we will pause, before a tiny cottage in a remote part of the great, teeming city. Very tiny indeed it appeared at first light, for it was only one story high, and over the low roof tho droopiig eaves might almost bo touched by your hand. A small wooden paling enclosed tho tiny strip of garden in front, and a plot scarcely larger ut tho back of the lioiiBi; and here lived tho Widow Mar tin and two children twins a boy and girl, of seven years. Tho blinds that protected tho two small windows had been drawn close; aud in a low chair, with her eyes bent upon some fine sewiug, sat Mrs. Martin, glancing occasionally at the innocent spurts of her childron, while a pensive smllo rested upon her lips. Housing herself at Inst from the painful reverie into which she had fallen, and which had drawn more than one sigh from her lips, alio said, quietly i "Come, children, it's time you wcro to bed and asleep.' The children ceased thoir play, nnd Came to bur side then throwing their arms about her neck and casting a bright glance toward the lire-place, where two little stockings wero suspended, Nellie, her mother's namesake, said: "H e must ask good Santa Claus first for what we want, and then we can so to bed, mamma." Mrs. Mar' in sighed. I.ittlo chance there was for gifts at this holiday time. Alone in the world, her husband dead, and herouly brother alienated and wan dering, she knew not where, her utmost exertions for the last twelve mouths had scarce sufficed to win for them the barest necessities. It was hard to disappoint their chi dish faith; and her eyes filled with tears as she answered sadly: 'I fear Santa Claus will pa us by to night, my darling, lie is little likely to rind his wuy to our poor home." 'Oh, yea, he will, mamma," cried Eddie, confidently i '-lie has never lor gotten tis before, aud 1 know ho won't this timo. I mean-to cull up to him right away." A f-light sound outside, at this mo ment, us of a foot crushing the crisp snow, caused Mrs. Martin to sUrt; then she resumed her sewing, while Eddie nproched tho chimney, uhd ill his clear, childish voice petitioned Sata Claus not to forget them, but to bring the over coat, cap. and boots, so sorely needed. aud whatever toys ho rould spare front uit generous store beside. "There, now!" he exclaimed, stepping Lac It, his little checks glowing with an ticipation, Now, .Nellie, it's your turn." The little girl advanced timidly, nud bent her face down with grave earnest ness. 'Dear Santa Claus," she called, sweetly, "please come to night and bring us a few presents. Mammv's afraid you'll forget us, but I know you won't.' 'Nuw, miimma," she said, returning to her rao:her, with her little face radiant with the trust her words had in spired, "vou ask him forsomethiug, and then he'll come, I'm sure. He wou't disappoint all of us." Mrs. Mariin smiled through her tears. "You will have to ask him for me, Nellie, lie doesn't listen to old peo pie," ''Verv well, mamma. What shall I ask him fori" Hut Mrs. Martin didn't hear her in the emotions that overpowered her. "Oh, that some good angel would guide my brother's wandering footsteps back to me," she faltered, brokenly, "that I might offer him my forgiveness, and ask his, that 1 might once more have a sympathizing heart to love aud leati upon." Sho bowed her head upon her hands and wept, while tho child, slipping from her side, again stepped forward to the chimney. "Dear Santa Claus," once more she pleaded, "wou't you please bring Unci laddie back to mamma She wants to forgive him, she cries for him every day. Oh. dear Santa Claus, say you will I" What made the little one start back, while a bright spot sprang to either cheek. I'pon the low roof of the cottage a alight sound was heard, and then down the chimney caiue the word earnest and clear: "1 will." With bated breath Nellie hastened back to her mother, who, in the violence of her grief, had not heard aught that passed. "Mamma," sho whispered, "Santa Claus was there, 1 kridw.for he otiswered me. Undo will come." Mrs. Marl in kised her little girl with a sad, incredulous smile. "Let us hope he will, my love. And now you must get to bed without further delay," and laying her work aside she arose to se her little onus in their hum blo couch. While tho children had been engaged at their play a man had approached the cottage from without, and pausing in front of it, surveyed it gloomily. "And this is the place to which sho has been driven," he murmured: "he must be dead then, itus poverty sBft. ened her heart, I wonder, or would she still drive me from her with harsh and bitter words? 1 have enough to lift them all to happiness and plenty; may I shower it upon them, or must I be a wanderer once more? If I only had somo sign some mcatis of knowing whether my return would be welcomed whether on this anniversary night of three years ago there is a feeling of tenderness, of longing in her heart, for me. One word of intimation that the past would be forgotten and forgiven, would reconcile us again, and make US' both so happy." As he stood there, irresolute, his eye fell upon tho low roof, and a sudden and novel idea entered his mind. "The children will doubtless bo peti tioning Santa Claus for Christmas gifts; and how I should like to play the part of the good saint la their behalf, and far exceed all they could ask. With my car to the Chimney I could hear all they say; and if one word of tender remembrance reaches mo I will go to her.acknowlcdge my error, and bring, on this Christmas Eve, happiness, joy and peace to her heart. There will tie no one passing this lonely place, and there is no danger of my being seen." Possessed with this Idea, and trem bling with excitement, he drew himself slowly and carefully up on the wooden palings, and from thence gained the roof. He had scarcely secured himself at his novel post when Eddie's sturdy voice reached his ear, followed by the gentler accents of his little niece. Then followed a short silence; and disap pointed and sad, he was about to vacate his post, when once more the soft silvery tones came floating up: jce.r oin v,m.in, uu jruu picusa bring Uncle Eddie back to mamma? She j wants to forgive him, she cries for him cWcry day. Oh, dear Santa Claus, say you will I" Tho man's eyes grow heavy with joy ful tears, and almost involuntarily, he made the answer which had so surprised j his little niece; aud then sliding iioiso- lossly down, sped with toward the distant citv. rapid steps An hour had passed, And Mr. Martin still sat with her head bowed upoh her hands, nnd her mind traveling sor rowfully over the past. Three years be fore she hail been happy in the love of a husband and brother; now she was bereft of both. A dispute, trivial in its com mencement, had arisen between tho two men: both weie proud, high-tempered, nnd hasty; ami ulthoiigh a word front her, fitly spoken, would have sufficed to pour oil on the troubled waters, and re store all to peace and harmony again, it was withheld; and taking sides with her nusnanu, me aaueu ner reproacuos ami recriminations iu uis ; nun iuo war wageu llertcr and I fiercer, utitil in a moment of i lie passion sho bade him leave ungovernable i her house, and never darken her doors again. llitterl v had sho since repented tho words when it was too late to recall them, and miles separated her from the brother she had loved so dearly. And when at the end of two years her husband died, leaving his business alliirs so complicated and embar rassed, that iu a few months afterward she had been driven to this meager home, and despite her utmost efforts destitution stared them in the face, the bitter sting of poverty added to her grief and remorso, until it seemed that life was too great a burden to bear; and her heart yearned to aching for the re turn of that wimderiug brother, and the southing balm of peace and reconcilia tion. "Oh, that my sweet Nellie's childieh fancies might be realized !" she mur mured, sad'.y ; "that there was some good spirit to bear my love and repent- unc ! to my dear brother, ami restore nun once more to my arms! That would bo a blessed Christmas gift, iudeed." Even while she spoka. a low knock sounded on the door. Hisiug from her seat, she drew the bolt with trembling haste, and threw the door open, to be confronted by a man, muffled up so as to be unrecognizable aud his arms full of bundles. "Will you allow Santa Claus to fulfil the desires of the dear little ones who have asked in such loving faith to night?" he said, with a grave sweetness; then stepping iuto the room he laid his bundles ou the table, ami pushing his cap from his brow, confronted her. "1 have come back to you, Nellie," he said, holding out his anus; "for from the lips of my owu dear little niece I have heard that I am forgiveu." A low cry of joy broke from tho lips of tho widowed mother as she fell into the arms outstretched to receive her; then, us she partly raised herself, and looked with questioning silence into his face, he drew her to a chair, and sat down beside her. "Two days ago, Nellie, I came back to my native city, impelled by a longing which I could not resist, to look upon it once more . I inquired for you, aud after some searching, found where you had gone: and an hour ago stood in front of this bouse. Much as my heart . , e -is..:..- a-- . u Uuiigereu ior recouuiuaiiou tu yu, iuu old tpirit of pride held we back from entering on an uncertainly; and as I was about to turn away, leaving the ex periment untried, whon glancing up at tho roof, tho novel idea occurred to mo to crawl up to the chimney and listen, if perchance" tho children might have their teciuestg to proffer to Santa Claus. "1 did so, and heard first hddie j then Nellie's voice, but no word of re membrance or desire for the wanderer; and with all the old bitterness sweeping over me afresh, 1 was about to turn away from you once more, when again her sweet voice came floating up to me, with its loving petition for 'uncle Ed die.' In my joy nnd excitement I an swered her, and then hurried away to fulfill; her requests. I have returned again, will you bid me stay?" Once moro Mrs. Martin threw herself into his arms, with a burst ol grateful tears. "Stay," she repeated ; "that was the sound I heard, then, outside of tho cot tage. Oh, thank Ood, who put it intd my durling's heart to speak those blessed, blessed words I" "Amen!" echoed the brother, fervont ly "but for her loving appeal I should have been a second time a wanderer through the world. And now, my dear sister, bid farewell to poverty and want from this hour, for I have enough for ull." It was a joyful Christmas morning that dawned upon that little household. Nellie and Eddio gazed with wide open eyes of delight upon tho brimming stockings and the mysterious bundles beneath them; and then as their eyes wandored from them to Uncle Eddie, who had stolen near by unperccived, the flung herself into his arms with a scream of joy. "Oh, mamma, mamma, didn't I tell you so? Santa Claus has brought Undo Eddie back to us. and all of these beau tiful things beside 1" Nellie has had firm faith in the pres ence and efficacy of the good saint ever since then; and peace and plenty has flowed uninterruptedly in the train of that joyful night, when so welcome a Santa Claus came to the Martins. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Tho famous electrician. Bell, says tho problem of seeing by electricity is so nearly solved as to give much encourage ment to those at work in that field of science. Pnner of nrnner thickness is rendered i i i i -- . . . transparent by soaking in copal varnisn. When dry it is polished, rubbed with pumice stone, and a layer of soluble glass is applied and rubbed with salt. It is stated that the surface is as perfect a glass. A remarkable illustration of wind- fertilization of ground is found by Mons. a II nurd in tho fertile French vallev of Limagne. From the chain of the Domes the wind brings vast quantities of vol canic dust rich in phosphoric acid pot ash and lime the annual deposit in the valley being estimated at about three fourths of a pound per square yard. In response to some thousands of cir culars, Dr. Sophus Tromholt has re ceived tho testimony of 144 persons in Norway concerning tho emission of sound by the northern lights. Of these persons ninety-two believe iu the aurora sound, nud fifty-three assert that they have heard it themselves. The sound is variously described as sizzling, hissing, whizzing, crackling, rushing, rippling. rollin", flapping, creaking, roaring e(c The diameter of trees is said to vary not only from summer to winter, but from day today. They are larger from floon to twilight the next morning than from twilight until noon; they are smaller in the winter than in summer. Water and the sap of trees exptKd not ' mliy jn proportion as they go below tho freezing point. Low temperature as wen as high promotes evaporation, anu ino trees evaporate from their branches in winter, and so the colder the weather the more they shrink. Attention is called by the Coal Tradt Journal, in an elaborate nrticle, to tho fact that the value of water as an aid to blasting, when used in connection with explosives, is rapidly becoming recog nized in this country, as well as in the larger mines and quarries of Europe. Among the favorite points pertaining to this process, special mention is made of the fact that tho powder, in exploding, bursts the tube containing the water,and careful estimates allowing with in creased power or explosive violence; this is because the rending force is ex tended through tho water, in accordance with certain well-known principles of hydrostatics, over tho enlarged interior area of the bore note, nue to tue hputo occupied bv the water tube. A much larger quantity of tho material to bo mined or quarried is thus brought down kor loosened with a smaller quantity of the explosive used. Again, ine neat given off by the burning of the powder nnd surrounding gases converts a larger proportion of the water into steam, the elastic force of which assists in the opera tion of blasting, and the steam and re maining water together extinguish the flame und flash of the powder. A Winter's Tale. The winter days are near at hand When silently through all the land The snow will fall; Its dazzling whiteness all around Will drift above the froion ground, Veep over all. Then th young lover haste will make. Anu In a narrow euuer mo His girl to ride; And abe will laugh, blithe and joesse, beneath the butlalo smuggled close Up to his aide. Meauwbll at home hi aged fath Kr will, to shovel out a putu, The drifts attack; And while lxiv holds the youth in thrall The poor old man at home will al . Most Ureal bis liark. hiiirvlU Journal. THE W KATHER PROPIf ETS. THE UNITED STATES SER VICE AUD ITS WORK. Whrre Mont Are It rowed nnl What Their Track Wlif Wlntl Blow. Sand ICAItl rail. It was to protect the shipping of Take arid oceari that the weather bin can was biought into' existence by General Al bert J. Meyer in 187ff. From the twenty stations of 1S70 have gtoa 4Q0. The sphere of usefulness of the service has devoloped with the number of sta tions. Iicsido warning shipping of the approach of storms, farmers and shippers of fruit have been saved thousands of dollars by bcifg notified of coming rain or frost or the approach of a cold wave. It was formerly the custom1 to mail re ports and predictions from station to country post offices that could be reached the sauio day the reports and predictions were maie, and there to display them. The daily newspapers aro devoting so much space and attention every day to matters mctcrological that the rural bul letins were discontinued in July. Bul letins are now displayed in every com mercial organization's rooms, and are furnished all daily newspapers, while from each signal station signals forecast ing the weather for the succeeding twenty-four hours are displayed from 7:30 A. M. A square blue spot on a red back ground is a cautionary signal against storm. A round blue spot on a white background bespeaks ruin or snow; a square blue spot on a white background means that a cold wave is approaching; a blue crescent on a white background indicates clear or fair weather, and a blue cross on a white background calls for local rain or snow. The round red spot on a white ba2kground means high tem perature, the red crescent lower temper ature, and the red star stationary tem perature. Since General W. B. Hazen took charge of the service on the death of General Meyer in 1880, reorganization has been going forward and the scopo of the service has been widened. 1 he i ort Meyer (Va.) school, where the observers are given a six or eight months' training in meteorology and army signaling, has been put on a thorough footing. Stu dents are admitted only after passing a successful competitive examination. They go out as assistants to observers, inen if they develop capability they are ad vonced when opportunity affords. There are three observations made at all signal stations daily and telegraphed to Washington, where the predictions are made up that are promulgated to tho entire country. When a severe storm is raging special observations are taken, and the information thus obtained is furnished by telegraph to stations iu ad vance of the storm and likely to be visited by it. The regular observations are taken at 7 a. t. 2 p. M. , and 11 p. m., seventy 6fth meridian time. Half an hour later they aro forwarded. The operators on all the telegraph sections into which the stations are grouped sit at their desks, all other business is taken off the line, and the operator farthest from Washing ton begins sending his report. All tho other operators on the line take it. The next one sends; all the others take that. When Washington has sent its report all tho operators iu tho section have com plete reports of observations at every station in their telegraph section. Time is saved iu this manner, and still further cut down by a cypher system, one word of which often means a whole paragraph. The observations result in obtaining the pressure of the atmosphere as shown by a barometer adjusted tb a common stan- aaru;tne leraperuiurc uy iuu vueiiuouia- ter: the atmosphere's humidity by the hygrometer; the wind's direction and velocity by a combination of windmill and weather vane that outomatically re cords its findings on a paper driven by clockwork; the rainfall as measured in a vessel on the roof, which has a surface equal to one square foot and a prepara tion against evaporation; tho velocity, character and direction of clouds. The usual birthplaces of storms are the Gulf of Mexico, the West Indies, and Manitoba. Their courses are di rected somewhat eastward. This is ac counted for by the fuct that the earth revolves in that direction. Those ema nating from Manitoba travel southeast over the great lakes and pass off to sea by way of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 1 hose coming from the Gulf of Mexico, generally cyclones, pass up th Missis sippi vailey and out over Lakes Erie and Ontario. They also go east over I the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The West Indian tornadoes travel northwest until they strike the South Atlantic coast, where they curve to the east, and, fol lowing the coast line up the gulf stream, finally strike tho track of tho Manitoba and Gulf of Mexico zephyrs. New foundland's favored rooplo sometimes get storms from all three of these hatch ings at about the same time. They never complain up there of not getting enough weather for their money. The West India storms are the most robust of all. The supposition as to the causa of storms is that, for some unknown rea son, certain parts of the country are heated to a greater temperature than others. Heavy evaporation is caused, and the atmosphere is laden with water carried up by the hot air, which is lighter than the air around it. The hot air passing upward creates a vacuum into which the cool rushes. The dis turbance thus created in the atmosphere surcharged with the evaporation of the lakes and rivers of the overheated dis trict causes rainfall. The near approach of a rain storm is heralded by an increase of air pressure and humidity, and a ris ing temperature. Know ing the direction of a storm and its velocity and exteut by the observations taken in the sigual station, and the general knowledge of storms possessed, accurate information can be furnished u to whem a storm will reach given point, how soon it will pass over, how great will be the rainfall, and how violent the wind. Net York Telegraph. A Fruitful Fire-Dollar Bill. A little money sometimes goes a great way. As an illustration of this read the following, founded upoi an incident which is said to have really occurred: A. owed $15 to B. B. " $20 toC. C. " $15 to D. D. " $110 toE. E. " $12.50 to F. r. $io to a. All of them were seated at the same table. A. having a $5 note, handed it to B., remarking that it paid $5 of the S15 he wed B. B. passed the note to C, with the re mark that it paid $5 of the $20 which he owed. C. passed 51 to D., and paid with it $3 of the $15 he pwed D. D. handed it to E.,in part payment of the $30 owed him. E. gave it to F., to apply on account of the $12.50 due him. F. passed it back to A., saying, " This pays half of th amount I owe you." A. again passed it to B., saying, "1 now only owe you $5." B. passed it again to C, wnn tne re mark, "This reduces my indebtedness to you to $10. C. again paasea it to u., reducing dib indebtedness to $5. D. paid it over to E., saying, "I now owe you $20." E. handed it again to F., saying, "This reduces my indebtedness to you to $3.50." Again F. handed the note to A., say ing, "Now I don't owe you anything." A. passed it immediately to B., thus cancelling the balance of his indebted ness. B. handed it to C, reducing his in debtedness to $5. C. cancelled the balance of his debt to D., by handing the note to him. D. paid it again to E., saying, "I now owe you $15." Then E. remarked to F., "If you will give me $2.50 this will settle my indebt edness to you." F. took $2.50 from his pocket.handed it to E., and returned the $5 note to his pocket, and thus the spell was broken, the siugle $3 note having paid $32.50, and cancelled A. 'a debt to B., C's debt to D., E's debt to F., and F's debt to A., and at the same time having reduced B's debt to C. from $20 to $5, and D's debt to E. from $30 to $15. Mokal. "Here a little and there a little," helps to pay off large scores. Money circulates from hand to hand and business moves. Pay your debts in full if you can, and if you cannot pay in full, pay something. What helps one helps another, and so tho round is made. American Merchant. LIsht aud Lire nt the Ocean's Bottom. A writer in the New Yorlc Sua says that "tho results of deep sea dredging tend to show that the ocean bottom, which has long been supposed to be in absolute darkness, is lighted by brilrlaut phosphorescence. I believe that it we could find ourselves upon the bed of the sea in 2.000 fathoms, we should see brilliant white lights, casting intense shadows, illuminating the bottom in an effectual manner. The groves of coral would shine with this light, shrimp and fishes would dart about, sceptre-like, over an illuminated, pathway, each car- rin" his own lamn. and the whole ! ,,rolfna would bo one glow of phosphor j escent light. The bottom animals have eyes, and hence they have use for them, for nature supports no useless organ. One thing that is certain is that there is nracticallv no trlimmer of sunlisht in these great abysmal depths; and unless we admit that thcro is some such light as I have mentioned, the presence of eves cannot be explained. Certain ani mals retain phosphorescent lustre evon after being brought to the surfaci, and it seems natural to conclude that in this way tho ocean bottom is lighted. "Tho dredge comes up laden with its precious load of deep-sea treasures, and the enthusiastic naturalists crowd around to explore the contents. Mixed up in a mass of mud are brilliant red starhshes. deep purple sea pods, delicate pink sea anemones, pure white holothurians, aud uglv black fishes, all peculiar in manv j re . -'cts. While tho naturalists are busy i getting tho animals ready for us to see, i let us take a bit of the mud into the ' laboratory and examine it through the j microscope. It will be found to be com posed of countless numbers of microsco- ! pic shells, the testnc ot foraminifcra They are usually composed of carbonat of lime, but there are siliclous species also, and, in the shallower waters, sandy forms. Some are as smooth and glossy as the best glazed chinaware, showing beautiful concentric ring of different hues, while others rough and lobed in a manner which defies description. Still others are the most beautiful shade of pink, and some present iu color a most delicate thocolute brown, we una tnem tubular, coiled, crown shaped, spherical and oval, and in masses of lobes upon lobes." A writer from the te districts of northern India defines the different va rieties of tea as follows: The very coarse tea remaining after the first sifting I w hich ends the "making") is called liohctt, and the second quality Souchong Flowery Pekoe is the very young shoot, wiihadown on it, called the flower. "Facing" tea is simply cooking it in an iron isn, by which mean principally green tea acquires its color. There are 1,900 white people in South eastern Alaska. Vrgetatiou is abundant and luxurious, the cattle sleek and fat and the mining industry assuming large proportions. These facts appear in to official rex ort ta Washington. MY JOHN. We loved th birds and babbling brooks, John and I, my John. In meadows and in shady nooks, O'er lake and farm with wondering: look, We saw what ne'er was told in books, John and I, my John. We found a maid with golden hair, Ab, John! my happy John! Th wonders of the earth and air Were but reflections made more rare In her blue eyes and face so fair, For John, my happy John. Lo, birds and books and brooks have fled. For John, alas, poor John. Th night winds come and smite ber (load. Alone In Nature's realm I tread; Uo followed where her footsteps lod, My John, alas, my John. Hosta Ballou, in Home Journal. BUMOK OF THE DAT. A awell affair the aoap bubble. Is corn-poppiug an agricultural re port? An open question Are you going to let me ic? Jioilon Courier. A desirable bargain in silks a pretty girl with a million. Ooodall't Sun. The tattler is the missing link, for they all bear tales. Waterloo Obterver. Window sashes on trains, are moro fashionable than ever. Evansville Argu. The baJd headed man's favorite dress material is mohair. Burlington Freo Frets. The right hand is the cleverest mem ber of tho body. It never gets left. Texas Figaro. A California man kseps five thousand hens. It is surmised thAt he also keeps his next door neighbor in hot water dur ing the gardening season. Chicago Ledger. THE BEST ROLE. Every man has a role in life, And has bad since time began, But after all the baker's roll Is the best fur a hungry man. Boston Courier. "What do those letters stand for? asked a curious wife of her husband, a she looked at his Masonic seal. "Well, really, my love," ho replied, encour agingly; "1 presume it is because tney can't sit down." She postponed further questioning. Merchant-Traveller. Delia had a little bonnet Just as big as Georgo's hand Horticultural fairs upon it, Like rose gardons in the sand. Oh, it was so neat and little, Jaunty, dainty, "made to kill" But that charming little bonnet Cost a fifty dollar bill! Lynn Union. Off agai n, Charley ?" ' 'Yes ; I'm going to Chicago." "Got your grip along a usual. By the way, what an odd look ing thing it is." "That is Scotch plaid, dear bov. Ii ouldn't travel with any other kind." "Why not?' "Because I am sure this is always checked. Phila delphia Call. How to Catch Cold. Sit in a street car next to an open window. Leave off your heavy underclothing ou a miid day. Take a hot drinK before going out into the cold or damp air. Let the boys romp at school during recess time without their hats. Sit iu the passage or near an entry after dancing for haif an hour. Sit in a barb jr ahop in your shirt sleeves while waiting to be shaved. Wear your light-weight summer hosiery through November. Put on a pair of thin shoes in the even ing when you call upon your girl. Fail to change your shoe and stock ings after coming iu on a very rainy day. Have your hair cut and shampooed just as a change takes place in the weather. Wear one of the new ladies' cutaway coats without a chamoi or flannel vest underneath. Throw your overcoat open on a blus tering winter day to show oil your nice new necktie. Send the children out in autumn for exercise iu short, thin stockings and skimpy skirts. Leave off your rough overcoat when you go driving, and wear your nice thin one to look swell. Go to the front door in a cobweb dress, and linger, biddiuggood night to your favorite young man. Take a hot "bath in the evening aud sit up in your room to finish the last pages of an exciting novel. Throw olf ycur heavy coat when you reach the office in a hurry and put on your thin knock-about. Go down to breukfast without a wrap on a chilly morning beforo the tires have got fully started. Put the window of your sleeping-room up beforo you go to bed, especially if tho window is near the bed. Hun a square to catch a street car and take off your hat for a few moments to cool off when you catch it. Go out into the lobby during a theat rical performance and promenade around without your overcoat. Do your back hair up high when you have been accustomed to wear it low and go out on a windy day. Come in from a rapid gallop on horse back and bland talking in the open air to a friend for five or ten minutes. Go to an evening paity in a dress suit without putting on heavy uuderweurto compensate for the lightness of tho cloth. If you are bald-headed or have a sus ceptible back, sit duriug grand opera near one of the side doors iu the Acad emy of Music. Wears thin vest of fancy pattern that protrudus a little below tho coat t. i allows a part of the body that khould al ways be. warm get chSled. Phduddyhi Tut.
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