THS HALF-FORQOTTtN SPINET.
Beneath the rafters, black and bar.
To ancient spinet stands;
Tks spiders o'er lta yellow keys
Harm atrvtched thlr filmy strands,
round lta weak and tottering tram
The airy cobwebe blow,
la Hen of allken tapestries
That moldered long age
8t windy nights a quaint eld tone
Cornea stealing down the stair.
For then she wakes the keys agaio-
A. ghost with powdered hair.
The mice go dancing In and out
To melodies she eung
When the faablon trod the minuet
And Washington was young.
Around her on the garret floor
Her singing satins trail:
X haunting sorrow dims be eyssi
Uer face Is proud and pale.
But when I climb the creaking stsi
The gusty moonlight falls
On nothing bnt the withered herbs
That bang against the walla.
And yet the spinet trembles still
To that forgotten tune;
The ashes of a crumbled roa
Upon the keys are strewn;
And yonder chest below the saves
Her gown of satin holds
With sprigs of broken lavender
Between Its faded folds.
New England Magazine.
Nellie's Predicament.
ANY years ago I spent the sum
mer with my favorite brother,
' who had recently married, and
was settled with his wife In a charming
house in a country village.
During the summer I met with a very
amusing adventure; and from It I date
the beginning of my life's great happi
ness. One lovely day In July I went dowt
to breakfast full of pleasurable antici
pations of a picnic to which we bad
been Invited by some friends, Mr. and
Mrs. Fordyce. Those Invited were to
meet at the appointed place at 1 o'clock,
and after spending the afternoon In the
wods, we were all to adjourn to Hazel
Manor for "high tea," to be followed by
a carpet bop.
I was talking to my sister-in-law,
Ethel, who was making the tea, when
my brother came Into the room with a
rueful look on bis face, and exclaimed:
"I say, Ethel, here's a pretty go!
Juno has got such a cold that Thomp
son says be does not dare take her out
to-day."
"What a nuisance." cried Ethel.
"What are we to do? Could we borrow
a horse anywhere, do you think?"
"No chance of that, dear. Everyone
want9 their own horses to-day. I am
afraid we shall have to give up the pic
nic." Suddenly a bright notion occurred to
me, which I promptly put into words.
"Why not take Ethel's pony car
riage?" "Ethel's pony carriage!" exclaimed
my brother. "My dear Nellie, you must
have taken leave of your senses! How
are three of us to crowd Into that?"
"There ! Tim's seat That will do for
we of as," I replied.
. "Which of us?" laughed Charlie. "I
beg to remark that I decline In to to to
sccupy Tim's seat"
"But I can alt there," I answered.
"BeaDy," quoth Ethel, "I think it is
set a bad idea at all. I do not see why
are snonid not take the pony carrp,
Nellie does not mind Tiro'" , q L
.tri
I'm I
- - " u com-
Jr-sb.5CJaJ."BsSsl(I win, uear Nellie."
"Are yon quite sure yon don't mind?"
asked Charlie.
"Quite sure," I replied. "Indeed. 1
think It will be much nloer thaa that
treat wagonette, for In It we can drive
through the pretty lanes which are too
narrow for a larger carriage."
"All right," said Charlie. "If yen are
pleased, I am. I will Just run round to
the stables and tell Thompson to have
Punch and Judy ready, and then let's
have breakfast"
In due time Ethel's pony carriage
eame round. It was a pretty, light vehi
cle, drawn by a lovely pair of ponies,
and had been given to Ethel by her
father when ehe married.
At the back waa a little seat movable
at pleasure, which, as a rule, was only .
ased wnen Ethel took the Uttle page
srtth her.
It certainly waa rather tiny, but 1
was a small person, and so It did very
well for me; and when we were fairly
started we all agreed that It waa much
pleasanter te be able to dispense with
the attendance of servants.
We had the most delightful day. Nev
er was a more perfectly aa sorted party
of people than were present at that pic
nic. There waa not a single contre
temps, nothing 'to interfere with our
pleasure, and we all enjoyed ourselves
saoat thoroughly.
By no means the least agreeable pan
of our Jaunt waa the homeward drive.
We started soon after 10 o'clock, as we
bad several miles to drive. There was.
only a young moon, but the night was
cloudless, and the stars so bright that
It was not dark.
I was sitting in lazy enjoyment of the
balmy breezes that floated over the
heather-clad moors, and of the evening
stillness, broken only by the sleepy
twitter of the birds or the lowing of
cattle In the distance, when suddenly
there was a Jerk, and. without any fur
ther warning, off came Tim's seat and young men and woman at college en
I was deposited flat upon my back In ' enrages marriage, bat ho further as-
the sandy lane.
At first I was too much astonished te
cry out and I was not hurt at all. Then
I was overpowered with laughter at my
truly ludicrous position, and when at
last I struggled to my feet the pony
carriage bad disappeared. Its occupants
la blissful ignorance that I was left be
hind In tbe road.
What was I te do? I did not know
my way home, and even had I done ao
ta'e idea of a long walk alone at 11
o'cisek at night was not altogether a
ptaasast prospect
I walked on, hoping that some light
might betray the whereabouts of some
farm house.
I had not walked very far before 1
came to a gate, opening Into a tiny gar
den belonging to a cottage. A light
shone through tbe window, watch was
only partially covered by the blind.
I opened the gate and went to the
door, but hearing tbe sound of a voice, I
paeped la at the window before knock
ing. In the room was a man who had a
large Bible open before htm, oat of
which he was reading to his wife, who
5 it by, aurslng her baby.
This sight reassured me. I fett thai
i maa so employed would bo a aafe
7 -ide, and I determined to ask him to
walk home with me when he bad flu
shed readies;. Meanwhile, I stood lean
:: s against the garden gate.
As I waited, the stillness of the sum
rr.rr night was broken by tbe sound of a
librae's trot It came on quickly, and
; ust paased me. Then, attracted, Isup-
se, by my white dress, the rider
wheeled twuad, and came op to me.
"Miss Qtmkaaar ho uttared. la a voioe
or Intense surprise. "All alone here!
What has happened?"
The speaker was a great friend of mj
brother's, and the vicar of an adjacen'
village. I had been Introduced to him
that day at the picnic, and shall I con
fess It? he was a prominent object Ir.
the pleasant thoughts to which I hav
alluded.
I told him what had happened, and
we had a hearty laugh over my predic
ament "What have you done with Tlm'i
seat?" asked Mr. Franklin, as soon ai
be could speak.
"Oh, I left that in the ditch," I said.
I daresay It will be found there to-morrow."
What a pleasant walk that was! 1
never enjoyed one more, and I was al
most sorry when, about two miles from
home, we met Charlie coming back In
the pony carriage to look for me.
Man-like, as soon as he saw that 1
waa safe, he vented his previous anxie
ty upon me by scolding me rather cross
ly for not calling out to draw his atten
tion to my position.
"But I could not scream, Charlie," 1
said, "I waa laughing so heartily r
Then, as the whole absurdity of th
affair presented Itself to me afresh. I
laughed merrily, Charlie and Mr.
Franklin roaring In company.
Mr. Franklin helped me into the car
riage, and having said good night,
turned back to go to his own home, hav
ing gone out of his way to walk with
me.
When Punch and Judy found their
neads turned homewards they went like
the wind, and soon I was safe In Ethel's
pretty drawing room', recounting my
adventure for her edification.
We bad only Just finished breakfast
the next morning, when Mr. Franklin
made his appearance to Inquire If I was
aDy the worse for the accident; and
after that he was forever finding some
excuse for calling upon us.
Charlie was rather surprised at this,
but Ethel understood it all,' and when
he was announced, would look at me In
a roguish way that made me feel hot.
Then came a day when words were
spoken that made me feel myself the
happiest woman on earth. Charlie and
Ethel were In the garden, and I was ail
alone In the drawing-room when Mr.
Franklin came.
I do not remember what he aaid, but
In a moment I fonnd myself folded In
bis arms, while I wept happy tears on
his breast
Before another summer eame round,
I waa Installed In the pretty vicarage of
Ancombe as its mistress. Many a time
have my husband and I laughed over
the results of my eventful drive In
Ethel's pony carriage.
Our children delight In hearing the
story. The pretty lane In which Tim's
seat deposited me Is a favorite haunt of
theirs. Any question of "Where shall
we walk to-day?" Is apt to be answered
in chorus, "To the lane where papa
found mamma. It Is so pretty and so
nice."
A sentiment echoed In the mether'r
heart for "auld long syne!" Saturday
Evening Post
Wettpat Plaoe.
CherrapunJI, In Assam, northeast ot
Calcutta, has the reputation of being
the wettest place In the earth, the av
erage annual rainfall being 408.15-lnch-es,
while It has the record of one month
In which 147.17 inches felL This year
t It seems bound to beat all previous rec
ords, 207.84 inches of rain having fallen
between Jan. 1 and the middle of June;
five and one-half months, while 73.70
.aches, er 81X re1 water, feu m a
lnff-r:
BeTHT.lca-t3fasB.
A favorite dish with the EaEImols
an ice cream made of seal oil. Into
which snow Is stirred until the desired
consistency haa been obtained; then
frozen berries of different kinds are
added, with a little of the fish egg for
flavoring.
The tide of travel will at heavily In
toward Europe next spring. Paris and
the great French exposition will be the
abjective point Thousands of Ameri
cans will then visit Europe for the first
time, while other thousands will simply
score another annual trip. More and
more Americans visit Europe each
year. They are attracted by those
nameless charma which age alone can
bring and which is a fascination of the
elder civilization. But even before the
trip to Europe should come the trip to
America. We have in these United
States a vast and diversified country
which, politically. Is working out the
highest conception of popular govern
ment the world bas yet attained. In a
relative sense It Is new and It Ir crude.
It presents few ruins, venerable or oth
erwise, but It has within its confines
some of the noblest scenery the sun
shines upon. The man whoso vision Is
limited to Manhattan Island or the
New England States sees the play of
"Hamlet" with Hamlet left oat Back
f him for 8,000 miles, clear to the Pa
cific Ocean, stretctH-s a wealthy and
populous country, the people of which
have grappled with and conquered nov
el problems, have made the American
desert blossom like the rose and made
productive tbe flinty heart of nature.
Prof. E. E. Slosson, of the Unlverslt
of Wyoming, gives some good reasons
In tbe Independent for the existence
Bf coeducational colleges. He not only
admits that the throwing together of
pens i , iaue i-j tt izrwt unuiwjn
than those promoted by the ballroom
and the ordinary society methods. The
statistics of Bryn Mawr, a college for
women, show that only 82 of the 234
graduates up to 1894 have married, or
nly 14 per cent Figures from the Uni
versity of Kansas, s coeducational In
stitution, show that of the 130 women
graduates up to 1894 65 hsve married,
or 50 per cent Thirty-one of the sixty
live married fellow students. Indicating
that propinquity Is a good match-maker.
Prof. Slosson sums up the case by
taring: "If you want young people to
marry let them be together; If yon don't
want them to marry keep them apart"
He is undoubtedly correct ,ln saying
that the enforced Isolation of the sexes
during tbe most impressionable age
tends strongly toward permanent celi
bacy. While one cannot quite approve
of tbe catalogue of a Western college
that asserted there were more happy
marriages among Its students than In
any other institution In the country,
there Is no denying that the healthful
association of young men and women
at college Is a normal and desirable
way of educating the sexes to know
and appreciate each other. As tbe main
object lr view is education, the path to
matrlm- ny Is through platonlc friend
ship Instead of through flirtation. II
the marriages, even in a coeducational
college, are fewer than In outside socie
ty, they are at least founded on the real
(ties of mntnal knowledge rather thaa
sn the Illusions of Ignorance, and sel
dona lead to divorce.
There Is no mortal whom pain a
disease do not reach.
INTERESTING CASE OF FASTING.
fsmiacss) Mas Qcea Twewty-eiu;at Days)
Wtthowt ear eataaaart. .
It Is the prevailfng impression, fos
tered by the practices of men like Snccl
and Dr. Tanner, that In order to endure
a long faat a man must, absolutely re
frain from physical exercise and devote
his whole attention to caring for him
self. Mr. Milton fiarnbun, a merchant
of Mount Vernon. K. Y has proved
that this la a fallacy, so far as It ap
plies to his own case, at least He re
cently went twenty-eight days without
nourishment, without letting ap for a
moment on the dally routine of his
business. Mr. Rathbun Is S3 years of
age, a prosperous and wealthy man,
with nothing an usual or cranky In his
make-up or ways of life. He fasted
simply because be wanted to reduce bis
weight, feartng that Its gradual In
crease might bring on apoplexy. He
succeeded In his efforts. He weighed
210 pounds when he stopped eating;
when he resumed at the end of twenty
right days he tipped the scales at 168
pounds, a loss of forty-two pounds of
flesh.
A singular fact m Mr. Rathbun's ex
perlence was that after the first twenty-four
hours he experienced no sense
af hanger at all, and had no unpleasant
sensations of any kind. He slept and
worked m the regular way, bis mind
:lear and his strength unabated to the
nd. He drank copiously of water dur
ing the period, bnt took nothing else.
When be began to eat again be took
nly a Uttle food at first increasing
the amount gradually until within a
few days he wss back to his former
routine or diet Mr. Rathbun holds te
the theory that the average man eati
far more than Is necessary to his
aealth or comfort, and that an oceaslon
il period of absolute abstention from
food for several days Is good for the
system. This theory certainly has the
lupport of Mr. Rathbun'a own prao
ace. Leslie's Weekly.
A DIABOLICAL WEAPON.
Sonaht frosa a Norwaglas Who Got It
froaa a Jap.
"I have handled a good many out
andlsh weapons," said a New Orleans
ratio dealer, "but here Is a little ln
rtrument that for pure diabolism beats
anything I ever saw in my life. I
bought It the other day from a Nor
wegian sailor, who tells me It was giv
en to htm by a Jap at Yokohama a
story that yon may take for what It Is
worth." As he spoke be opened a show
zase, and took out what seemed to be
in ordinary Chinese marking brush, of
rather large size. Tbe handle waa
tome ten Inches long and tbe diameter
it a lead pencil. By giving K a sharp
twist it separated about a hand's
breadth from tbe end, after tbe manner
it a sword cane, and attached to the
smaller piece was a slender glass rod
with a needle point Tbe rod was not
much bigger than a knitting needle,
ind with the handle It bad the effect
it a very small and delicate stiletto.
I should think that would break If it
were used to stab with," remarked a
rlsltor after examining the contrivance.
Certainly It would," replied the deal
er, "and that Is where the flendlshnees
it the thing comes In. Look closely st
tbe glass rod and you will see a tiny
groove filed around It about t"o -nohcs
from the hilt Suppose that It was
Jrlven Into the body of a man, H would
be certain to break at tbe groove and
would leave at least three inches of
glass burled In his vitals. The punct
ure would be so small that It would
:lose when tbe stump was drawn out.
4jjbJexceedlngly whether a sin-
lie drop of blood would follow. In oth
er words, the victim would receive his
death blow without knowing exactly
what had happened to him. He would
feel a shock and a pang, bat find no
wound, and meanwhile tbe assassin
would stick his brush together and go
about bis business. Tbe same Idea
might be applied to stylographic pens."
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Ttts Postofflos' Business.
Many people will be surprised to
learn that tbe postal eatabllahment of
the United States Is the greatest busi
ness concern In tbe world. Charles
Emory Smith says that It handles more
pieces, employs more men, spends more
money, brings more revenue, uses more
agencies, reaches more homes. Involves
moredetalls,and touches more Interests
than any other human organization,
public or private, governmental or cor
porate. Tbe postofflce department di
rects 7,857 postofflces, masters an army
of 200,000 employes, spends this year
$105,000,000, and counts receipts of
nearly the same amount It bandied
last year 6,214,447,000 pieces of mall
matter, of which 2,825,767,000 were let
ters, so that every minute confides 12,
000 new messages to Its hands. It man
ufactured and delivered postage stamp
to the number of 3,023,821.608, and the
value of S71.788.83S. It carried 2,069,.
742.000 newspapers.
The reason people don't value our ad
vice is because we are so willing to give
it away.
Sometimes an optimist is a pessimist
who doesn't want other people to catch
bis disease.
The fool fishes for flattery; the wise
man works for wages.
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A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS,
Something tbmt Will Iaterset the Ja
vcnlla Member of Every Hoeaehold
Quaint Action and Bright Sarins
ef Mans' Cote and Canal na Childress.
'Quack! Quack!" says Mother Duck.
"Jump right in! Think what good luck.
To bave a pool in perfect trim,
Where baby ducks can learn to swim!"
"Cluck! Cluck!" says Cropplecrown.
"Here's a fat worm, take it down.
See! This is the way Scratch! Scratch!
Learn your own fat worms to catch."
Saya Mother Bird, "Now do your beat.
Children, you muat leave the nest.
One two three! Now only try!
That's the way to learn to fly."
Says Mother Puss, "Just wait till dark!
We'll have supper hark! bark! hark!
There's a moose by the pantry wall
One bold spring, and that Is all."
"What a Journey! Papa, see!
From the table to my knee,"
Saye mamma. "Ah! not too fast.
Baby'll learn to walk at last."
A Bleb. Nest.
The other day tbe station agent In
Springfield, Mass., found out where all
his railroad tickets and some of h i
money had been going to. For a long
I time be had been missing these things,
sndhe was very much worried and
. 1111.1 feU.h-
kept a very sharp lookout for the thief.
In spite of all bis watchfulness tho
tickets kept on disappearing. Finally
he came In one morning and found a lit
tle piece of gnawed ticket on tbe floor,
and that gave him a new idea as to
who tbe thief might be.
After a long starch be found a
mouse's nest down under tbe ticket
case, and in it waa over a thousand dol
lars' worth of railroad tickets and a
$2 bill, all of tbem gnawed Into little
pieces. But be did not catch the mice.
The Earliest Caadv.
The most popular and the most au
dent of bon-bons are sugar plums, pas
tilles and burnt almonds, but bow
many persons know their history?
Sugar plums date back from Roman
times, for the Romans were the
first to think of covering almonds with
layers of sugar. Tbe Inventor was s
certain Julius Dragatus, a noted con
fectioner, who belonged to the Illustri
ous patrician family of Fablus. He
made this great discovery, which has
wrought so much damage to our teeth
tor twenty centuries, in the year 177
B. C, according to the New York Her
ald. These bon-bons, called dragatt,,
after their inventor (dragees In
French), remained the exclusive privi
lege of the family of Fablua. But at
the birth or marriage of one of that
family a great distribution of dragatl
took place, as a sign of rejoicing. The
custom Is still observed by many of
the nobility of Europe. Tbe pastille Is
it far later origin, having been invent
rd and Introduced into France by an
Italian confectioner, the Florentine
John Pastllla, a protege of the Medici s.
When Maria de Medici married Henry
IV., of France, Pastllla accompanied
bis sovereign to the French court,
where his bon-bons had a tremendous
vogue. Everybody wanted tbe Floren
tine'a pastilles, and strange, to say, they
were perfection from the beginning,
perfection from the very beginning.
He made them with all kinds of flavors
chocolate, coffee, rose, violet, mint,
wine, strawberry, raspberry, vanilla,
heliotrope and carnation. Burnt al
monds are purely of French origin, ow
ng their Inception to tbe gluttony of
i certain French merchant. One day
Marshal Dnplessla-Praltn, an old gour
met, sent for Lassagne, who bad al
ready Invented many a toothsome dasn
7, and was a man of resources. He
iearched. he reflected, he combined, un
Jl finally be conceived a delicious bon
Don, which he baptised gloriously with
he name of his- master, Praltne, the
French for burnt almonds. This Is the
ilstory of the Invention of bon-bons,
for all others are merely combinations
r developments of these three the
;ugar plum, the pastille aad the burnt
Umond.
nas-thlaas froas A-liii aa, Popples, Ete.
It's the most natural thing In tbe
Yorld that little children should grow
:lred of wax dolla and mechanical tops
ind want to play out of doors, and kind
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occupied.
Did you ever know that from acorns
you can make a perfectly fascinating
little tea set, such as our grandmothers
used to take delight in making when
they, too, were little girls, long ago
For this tea set you must gather. If pos
sible, two kinds of acorns large ones
having fit, shallow cups, and the small
ones with rounder, deeper cups for the
shallow acorn cups make the saucers
and the smaller ones the cups. A charm
ing teapot is made from a big acorn by
adding a nose and a handle from a piece
of match, and by cutting off the top to
make a cover. For the cream pitcher
and sugar bowl take two more acorns,
cut off tbe tops, scrape out the Inside of
me nut and put on handles the same
way you did for tbe teapot. When com
pleted you will have a tea set fit for a
fairy queen.
Of course, there are lots of little
mothers who never see the use In any
thing unless It can be converted Into a
doll, so I think they will be Interested
In knowing bow to make poppy dolls.
First get a poppy that has gone to seed
and outline a face In Ink. Ton will not
need to provide a hat for this doll, as
tbe poppy Is already provided with one
In the shape of a fluted green ridge,
which makes a very becoming piece of
headgear. A strip of bright colored tis
sue paper forms tbe dress, and another
little piece the cape. Two pieces of
natch can be Inserted for arms.
Very pretty flower dolls can be made
from hollyhocks and daisies. Pick one
of the hollyhock flowers snd take off
tbe stem, then take a small bud, select
ing one In proportion to tbe body, and
make eyes, nose and moutb with Ink.
The head can then be fastened to the
body with a long pin or a piece of
broomcorn, which also serves to fasten
on a gay little bonnet made of a pink
or any other flower you may wish to
use. All you have to do to turn a daisy
into a doll Is to mark the face on the
yellow center with Ink, then pull out
some of the petals around the sides,
leaving enough on top to look like a
bonnet, and two petals below for
strings. By adding a paper gown yon
will hare before you a typical old la'
in her sun bonnet.
DUNS "DOING TIME."
Qaoer Bpaaiah Caatoa of Paalahlaa
aad Rewarding Weapons,
Some four years ago I called at tbe
jpaalah artillery barracks, San Fran
cisco square, this city, for the purpose
of visHtag an officer friend of mine.
While waiting for him at tbe entrance
I happened to see a Mauser rifle hang
ing by the gun sltng to a nail m the
wall.
It struck me as peculiar to see such
a good piece abandoned and getting
rusty, to I asked a Spanish soldier
what was wrong with the gun.
"Why. It la In for three years."
"What do yon mean by that?" I
tsked.
"Well. I mean what I say. That gun
was sentenced by a court-martial for
bruising a soldier at tbe pistol gallery
while practicing some time ago. It
went off without the trigger being
pulled."
"Still I don't understand what you
are telling me," I replied.
"Well, H is so, just the same. Why,
if you ever happen to go to San Cris
tobal Castle you will see a gun (a can
non) which waa rewarded (pieces of
ordnance In tbe Spanish army being
punished aa well aa rewarded for be
havior) for sinking one of the English
war vessels when the city wss attacked
100 years ago. That cannon haa been
knighted by her majesty, and Is enti
tled to be called 'his excelency,' like a
regular general, and whenever we pass
It we have to present arms."
Since then I have been asking every
officer whom I knew whether the story
was true or not, and they have all af
firmed what the soldier said. 9be last
one I asked was a cavalry officer, who
answered thus: .
"Well, some time ago they used to
punish and reward an artillery Imple
menta In the army. Ton know how
well Morro Castle behaved when the
Dutch attacked this city two centuries
ago. Well, Morro has been knighted
since then, and you probably bear the
band playing 'Marcha Real' every aft
ernoonthe same march they play
when the Governor General approacr-
"I have seen a good many mules
tenced to death for having kicked ei
ther officers or privates, and a Spanish
soldier told me that while be was at
Cadis, Spain, he saw a large rifled gun
"sentenced to death" for having bunt
ed and killed some gunners with the
breech block, and It was smelted snd
made Into another gun. I am told, too,
that at some arsenals and castles; or
barracks, there are lots of pieces "do
ing time.'
I know Americana will laugk-wben
they know of this, but, pray, don't they
"condemn" stores at then army posts?
BaalHo Veles, m San Juan (Perm Rico)
Wswsv
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
m-rmtmrn Mat Calllss tfc. Wicked to
NTHTJSIASM la
the badge of sin
cerity.
Expediency
duns the two
edged sword.
Tbe Bible Is
man's expression
of God's Impres
sion. An Anglo-Saxon
sinner Is no
better than one
tn Africa.
The world needs human paracletes.
Tbe best time Is the time best usea.
The shadow may be the best proof of
the sun.
Recreation that desecrates can not
recreate. -
Modesty Is the saving salt of the high
est genius.
The worth of a moral force la meas
ured by lta results.
People who like to be told their faults
are growing tn grace.
Joining a church does not mean more
than being a Christian.
A withered band Is not much help
around the "synagogue."
Ton can have morals without Chris
tianity, but not Christianity without
morals.
Many a great battle field Is a monu
ment of folly, instead of a cradle of
liberty.
Men have their backs to their Master
when they talk about tbe "one true
church."
Tbe man who ssys there la no devil
Is usually a living refutation of his own
statement.
The attempt to reform men without
Christ Is like making an engine with
out a boiler.
It Is not necessary to have the prayer
meeting below aero to keep your faith
from turn tag to water.
Every blossoming spring time flower
is a reminder of a lost Eden, a prom
ise of a new Paradise.
People say they do not Hke the
preacher when It Is the truth he preach
es which they dislike.
Men have piled up their books of dis
cussion about Christ so high that now
we can scarcely see him.
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makes new or tiarht shoes easy. At all
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The man who begins to ezule over
his fallen brother is the likeliest man
to fall himself.
IOO Bewara. SIOS.
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that science haa been able to cure in all lta
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Generosity often follows the posses
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It is noticeable that women are read
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Panlshlna a Pratef.
Revenge Is sweet, and a complete tri
umph over the foe Is a most satisfac
tory feeling. So there must be one
young lady In London who Is perfectly
happy. She happened. In going from
Kensington eastward, to step Into one
of those plraue 'buses which are partic
ularly rife at holiday time. On tender
ing her customary twopence, she was
Informed that there were no fares un
der sixpence, and, as did two other
victims, who were her only fellow pas
sengers, she paid. ' Tbe day was dirty,
the rain falling, and walking most un
pleasant, so the vehicle waa stopped
many times to allow would-be passen
gers to enter, but to each and all the
young woman, who was cosily en
sconced at an end seat, said In dulcet
tones: "Excuse me, but are you aware
that this Is a pirate 'bus? There Is no
fare below sixpence. Every one of the
people thanked her and stepped down.
At Hyde Park there waa quite a crowd
waiting to get a lift. As they boarded
the 'bus, however, they were met with
the silvery notes warning them of their
danger and the nature of the vehicle In
which they proposed to travel. The re
sult was that the 'bus remained empty,
save for Its original passengers, Mil
Chancery lane was reached, where the
young lady alighted, and as she nodded
the conductor "Good morning, she
seemed well pleased with herself. Lon.
don Telegraph.
Heavy Barrings.
In the early days of Rome the womei
of that city wore such heavy earrings
that they made their ears sore and
sometimes tore the lobes. There were
doctors whose business waa chiefly to
heal ears thus Injured.
Even the time of the losing horse Is
money to the bookmaker.
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THE SHAMROCK.
Btaas- Bf laappreheneiona A boat
the
Plaat that Iriaataaaa Love.
One of the dally newspapers reports
a "prominent florist and horticultur
ist" as saying, "There seems to be
some strange fatality about tbe sham
rock. It is essentially the flower of
Ireland. Nowhere else except In that
Uttle Isle will the plant thrive, and
when transplanted. Its death la only a
question of brief time. Irish It is, and
nothing can change it."
This statement Is romantic, but hard
ly scientific. In the first place, no one
knows surely what plant Is meant
when the shamrock Is mentioned. It
Is Impossible to know what plant this
horticulturist meant. In one part of
Ireland one plant Is called the sham
rock, in another part another plant,
snd elsewhere tn the island still an
other.
The name Is perhsps most widely
given to one of the hop-clovers, botan
ically named Trifollum minus. This
Is the plant which la commonly ex
ported from Ireland, especially to Lon
don for St. Patrick's day, and often
to the United States, under the name
of shamrock. It may perhaps lay
claim to being called the true historical
shamrock, although that honor might
also be claimed for several other
plants.
But It Is not true that It will not
prow elsewhere. It will grow wher
ever It Is properly cultivated, and does
grow freely In other countries.
Beyond that, tbe white clover, Trlfo
Hum repens, Is widely understood to
be the common shamrock, and la pluck
ed and worn under that name In Ire
bind and elsewhere. It grows no
where more freely and abundantly
than In tbe United States, and there
la nothing characteristically Irish
about It.
Tbe black medic, Medicago lupulina.
Is also known as the shamrock. So is
the wood-sorrel, Oxalls acetosella.
Ther Is much historical evidence in
favor of the claim that this last plant
Is the shamrock sung by tbe poets. It
Is beautifully trifoliate, and It grows
In wild places.
It may wen be the plant referred U
by the horticulturist referred to, be
cause it would be dim cult to make It
thrive tn any sort of cultivation which
did not approximate closely the con
ditions under which It grows natural
ly. However, these natural conditions
are not found lu Ireland alone. This
ozalia growa in England as well, and
is there locally known as the sham
rock. It flourishes In the United States
also, carpeting the ground for square
miles together.
The red clover haa been locally call
ed the shamrock. This plant Is ex
tremely familiar to Americans, and Is
the "state flower" of Vermont. Even
the watercress has been called the
shamrock, although Its leaves are not
trifoliate.
The "true shamrock," to an Irish
man. Is the plant which waa known
by that name around the spot of his
or his father's birth. But the botanist
has as much trouble in Identifying It
as he has In Identifying the "may
flower" of New England a name
which Is applied In different localities
to the trailing arbutus, to the saxi
frage, to the hepatlca, and to two or
three other plants. In spite of the
fact that the trailing arbutus Is the
mayflower of New England literature,
the' word Is much more commonly and
popularly applied to the saxifrage
than It la to the arbutus, or Eplgoea
repens. Tooth's Companions
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a 5?" Cm ,for sumption Is aa A No. 1
lt your own discretion be your tu-
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When it comes to a matrimonial en
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