FROM SUFFERING. The most beautiful soaga that ever wore sunt?. The noblest words that ever were spo knu, Have l.een from sorrow and suffering wrung. From human lives heart-broken. The luirp is meaningless and dumb Till the st.ings are strained; then the pure nv'.es come. —Home Magazine. | Sir Jasper's Generosity, j The band was playing "A Summer Night' in Munich." Out on the terrace ■colored l'ghts hung like globes of fire, and seats, cunningly placed in se cluded corners, invited repose to the dancers. There, in the quivering moon light. stood Rosemary Maitland. Her companion lookei at the sweet face half turned away from him. Presently he spoke. "It may be a long, long time," he said, softly. And the music died away into a distant echo—it seemed of pain. "Will you spare a thought for me sometimes?" "I shall often think of you," she answered simply. "Will you give me a flower?" he said, and turned to the flower-border, filled with quaint, old-fashioned plants —lavender, "boy's love," "balm" and a host of others. "What would you like?" she asked. And then with a sudden impulse she picked off a piece of an old-fashioned plant, and offereu it to him. "There's rosemary, for remem brance," she said, a little unsteadily. And as Jim Duncan took the little pungent-smelling sprig he kept the hand in his. Surely the hour was come! "Rosemary," he said; "Rosemary, will you remember me? I love you. Darling, won't you speak to me?" "What do you want me to say?" she whispered, and the light in her sweet blue eyes was quite enough for Jim Duncan, for he took her in liis Btrong arms, and murmured all those 6weet things which come with all the force of first love. "It may be only a year," he said, "or It may be longer. Can you wait so long. Rosemary?" Her answer, spoken softly enough, was distinctly "Yes." I shall keep this, he said, putting the little green sprig carefully away in his pocket. "And when 1 am lar away, darling, that will tell me of 'Rose mary' for remembrance. "Rosemary! Rosemary! Where are be the ma terial and cut, the p.'.Uern is substan tially the (sine, whether ii is the sim ple home maae cotton shirt or a satin and lace confection from one of the best places. This summer many of the shirts and skirts are made of the same material, and in plain tints of mauve, corn color, light blue and pale pink are exceedingly pretty, so that the white pique or duck skirt will not be so universally worn, although it will still be popular with colored shirts. But the smartest effect of all is pure white, and this year the name of pret ty materials which will serve equally well for shirts and skirts is legion. A newly arrived American, who has been living abroad for several years, remarked the other day that she was greatly struck by the difference be tween the women's dress in the streets of New York and London, and that the comparison was greatly in favoroftha former. Even in summer the New York women wear either dark or neu tral tans and grays in the street, whereas in London white pique skirts, fussy muslin waists, and even sashes are seen worn by women who consider themselves smart. It is very noticea ble," added our countrywoman, "that American women seem to possess the Gallic sense of fitness which is so ap parent in French women, and which many English women seem totally to lack" —New York Tribune. Watermelon pink is a fashionable color, Stockings of the finest white silk or lisle thread are worn with white gowns. Hair receivers made of linen and fashioned in cornucopia shape, with the aid of buttons, are among the nov elties. Quills are seen on nearly all the hats especially designed to wear with tai lor made suits, and the quills are util ized in novel ways. Chantilly lace, very fine and gossa mer like, veils the floral sprays and clusters on some of the daintiest crea tions of the milliner. On some of the batiste, muslin and zephyr linen gowns for morning wear, tiny ehaplets take the place of the popular ruffle over the shoulder. Dimity is the prettiest of materials for underwear as well as gowns, bul look out for the laundress. It will wear well if it is given tender treat ment, but not otherwise. Bands of red, white or dark blue add amazingly to the style of the gray linen skirts. These linen skirts, by the way, are far more serviceable than the pique, since they do not require such frequent washing. It has not been possible to get away from the plain backs on gowns. They went out apparently for a time, but they sprang up again, without making a fuss about it, and most of the pret tiest and most stylish gowns have the plain backs. The elastic ground belt, quite wide and shaped to the figure with a bone or two is the most approved style for general wear. The belt is woven with the lower edge coming just below the waist line, and the elastic is decoraeted with many devices. For the woman who likes her short under petticoats of some thin clinginj material, made of something pre'ty as well, she can find them made of wash silks in all shades, sizes and col ors. They ar fitted with darts, and many have lace ruffles set on above the edge, giving a pretty effect with the silk, if it is in color, showing through" SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. A writer in the Engineer points ont thai, coal exposod to the air and weaither deteriorates measureably. A slow combustion takes place in the oxidation of the coal by the air, and where the heat is oonfine>d it may rise to such a degree as to ignite the coal. In 1899 the area of reserved govern ment forests in the different British provinces of India aggregated 84,148 square miles, or 54,000,000 acres, more than the total area of England and Ireland together. The state for ests of the German Empire only ag gregate 16,400 square miles. A Zurich photographer claims to have perfected an apparatus by which he has taken photographs of small objects at a great distance. Some of his pictures were taken at a dis tance of 120 miles. The improved art is called telephotography, "phot ographing at a distance," as teleg graphy is "writing at a distance." The theory upon which the Japan ese work to produce their famous artificially dwarfed trees is to limit the root system and to reduce the number of leaves so that nractically only sufficient food is assimilated to maintain the plant in health, without there being any surplus to provide material for added growth. This counter-checking of the natural growth isdone so to such a nicety that a tree more than 300 years old may not at tain a height of more than two or three feet. It is pointed out by physicians that transmission of contagious diseases is easily possible through the com mon toileit pin, and persons who make a practice of putting pins ,in the mouth are warned of the danger in curred. Pins are used by patients suffering from tuberculosis have been found to bear the germs of the di sease. Even pins fresh from paper or box are not safe, as these are often collected from the streets by children and sold to pin manufacturers, this latter practice being specially common in Europe. Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, where so many ships have been wrecked, is gradually washing away, and, strange to say, the Cana dian Government is doing its best to find a way to save it. It might be thought, at first blush, that its wash ing away would be the best thing that could happen, but the trouble is that it will wash down just below the surface of the water, and then lie there concealed, an infinitely greater danger to navigation than ever. So an effort is to be made to keep it above water, and this is to be done by planting on it certain trees whose roots have peculiar binding qualities. The roots branch out widely and in terlace, clinging to the sand in such a way that it becomes a strong wall. The French Government has used the trees effectively for this purpose, and they have also been used along the sandy banks of the Suez Canal. A Sin it 11 Watch. • The Dowager Duchess of Suther land. who is credited with possessing the only crystal watch in existence having transparent works, made for the most part of rock crystal, had the works removed from a miniature watch and placed inside a magnificent diamond having a diameter not ex ceeding the depth of four lines of or dinary type. Small as this timepiece was, it is surpassed in diminutiveness by what was justly described as the "smallest watch in the world," which was exhibited at the watch exhibition in Berlin recently. Made of fine gold, this miscroscopic watch had the di mensions of a pea; that i3 to say. its diameter of 6 1-2 millimeters, which is practically a quarter of an inch, would equal in depth three lines of type; 480 of these watches would weigh about one pound avoirdupois, if there existed any one possessing a heart sufficiently adamant to per mit so brutal a weight as avoirdupois to Ire applied to so delicate a mechan ism. Made of gold and valued at £4OO, this dainty watch boasts a min ute hand as long as an ordinary-sized letter "I"and a half, an hour hand less than an "n" and a half in length, and a second hand one-six teenth of an inch long that would de mand an Incursion Into the nonpariel font to supply a suitable illustration. —Good Words. Concrete Street Canal street New Orleans, is about 135 feet wide between the sidewalks. On each side of the pavement there is a roadway 3T feet wide, on which is all the traffic. In the centre of the street, there is a section 60 feet wide, which has been known ks neutral ground, on which the local street railways have laid their tracks. Recently an effort has been made to improve the condi tion of the street and after considera ble study it was determined to pave this central section with concrete. Ac cordingly a regular concrete pavement, such as that used in sidewalks was laid down, the bottom of which ex tends to the bottom of the ties upon which the rails are laid. Instead of being a solid mass, it is laid down in blacks with sand joints. Eight' inch sand joints are provided between the paving and the rails to prevent spread ing of fractures which may develop after a time. This also permits of the ready repairing of the rails, or re newing of bonding withovt great ex pense. The experiment of using a concrete surfaceway in streets will be watched with much interest by mu nicipal engineers. "SMV A Railroad nal I