UNSELFISHNESS.
I rrj, enmmonljr aaaerted,
' Wre all a aelHuh run,
! Tht every bleaaed fellow
LotIcj out for number one.
' Land aak", j""t look around yoa
To " 'tis no' esse;
yh world ia overflowing
With charity and grace.
0n" chP haa information
What figure atocka will be;
fl doea not mean to uae it.
So sells the tip to me.
A Whelor has knowledge
Of how to win t maid;
He dnca not mean to ue it,
So tells me for my aid. ,
We'll all succeed by taking
Advice on what to do;
(I don't intend to try it,
Po tell thia plan to you).
McLandburgh Wilson, in The Sun.
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A Tangled Family.
i i i i i
XOA HE remarriage of Mrs.
X J( Vonstone, nftor a long
0 0 widowhood, was the popu
3 " X Inr gossip of the season.
Tffltw yet no one could solve
tlio problem nnd no one seemed entirely
ini'siK'd except the new husband. The
Vanstone relations were vexed, the ser
vants sulked, nnd the vidow's son and
diniKliter. Charley and Millie, just of
age. Illumined their prospects blighted.
Oil. (Jeorge, what shall I do?" said
Mm. Beverley which was the lady's
new name ready to cry.
"Don't uilnd 'em, my dear!" said
tier husband, with n great, rolling
laugh. "They're only childreu; they'll
grow wiser as they grow older."-
But the squiie's determined good
humor aggravated his stepchildren
more than any amount of positive op
position would have done, and they
made no effort to conceol their feel
tugs. "I never, never can call that man
father:" said Millie.
"My dear, he doesn't want you to,"
said Mrs. Heverley.
"I can't eudure the sight of him!"
pouted Millie. "And Charley says ex
actly the same thing."
"f'harley is a disobedient, ungrate
ful son!" sobbed Mrs. Beverley.
But here Mr. Beverley himself came
to the rescue.
"Young people," said he, "I don't
object to your making yourselves as
miserable as you like, but you mustn't
torment your mother. I'll have tione
of this."
Millie lost no time In carrying this
revolutionary speech straight to her
brother.
"Very well," said Charley, coolly;
"we'll accept the challenge."
'I'll not submit to his tyranny," said
Millie. "I've got n plan."
"So have I," said Charley, "lots of
'ear. only they don't seem to work
when I try to put them Into practice."
"I've been writing to Louise Vane,"
laid Millie.
"It seems to me as It I had heard the
name before, now that you mention It,"
said Charley, rumpling up his brown,
curly hair. "But why should you
write lo her? nnd what has she to do
.with our affairs?"
"She sympathizes so thoroughly with
Die," said Millie. "She considers sec
ond marriages as sinful as I do. And
she has aslied me to come to her nnd
stay as long as I please. There Is a
nice hotel In the village, Charley; and
her father Is very hospitable. And
there Is a fine supply of trout and de
lightful shooting, Louise writes, nnd
plenty of agreeable society."
"Not a bad Idea," uid Charley, re
flectively. "Ob, Oeorge, what shall wo do?"
cried Mrs. Beverley, turning pale when
she comprehended that her children
Were gone.
"Give 'em their heads," said her hus
band, composedly drinking his coffee.
"Never drive young colts with too
light a rein. They'll be glad to come
buck In six weeks or less."
"Hut It's such a fuss about nothing."
said Mrs. Beverley, half laughing, half
crying.
"That's the beauty of it," said her
husband. "That's precisely what they
enjoy:" and the jolly fellow shook
with laughter.
Louise Vane received her former
schoolmate with effusion.
Her father, a stately, middle-aged
gentleman, spoke a few kindly words
of welcome.
"Oh, dear!" raid Millie, when she
was alone with her friend. "I do hope
.we shajl not disturb Mr. Vane."
"Nothing disturbs papa." said Louise,
Ho will never think of noticing such
chicks as we ure. livery old maid ami
widow In the village has tried to marry
him ever since poor mamma died."
"How dare they?" said Indignant
Millie. "I think the Legislature ought
to pass a luw against second marriages.
They are wicked, sinful; an outrage on
civilization!"
"Of course they are," said Louise.
Cut don't worry, darling. Remember
that you are with me now."
And the two callow young doves
fluttered into each other's arms, with
renewed vows of eternal friendship.
Three months of happiness at Vane
Lodge followed. Millie and Louise
read their favorlto authors together
and worked hideous screens and im
possible portieres in crewels.
And all this time neither' she nor
Charley wrote n line to Mrs. Beverley
"I am afraid they have discarded
me." said the poor lady. "I fear that
they never mean to forgive me," she
tided, with a deep sigh.
"My dear, don't be a goose!" said
her uusJ.aud. "y0u don't regret our
Jiiarrliigo do you?"
"Never," said Mrs. Boverley, with a
fleam of spirit.
Hut one day Mr. Vane called his
daughter into his study, with a serious
face, nnd when she cuine out she was
drowned in tears, and fled straightway
to ilia lau.. - m .
... ...,eu Ul uer aeurest friend's
loom.
"Darling!" cried Mllllo, "what is the
"Mien j.eu me, i beseech you."
"The worst that could possibly han
Ien!" cried Louise tragically, 'ran.
Is going to marrv airnin
Millie crlwsoued to the very roots of
"He tOld D10 n tllmni.1 ..I I ....
i : Kwuiae,
l never stopped to ask hint who It
was that was to desecrate onr happy,
happy home. I just clasped tny hands
and cried. 'Papa? and ran away, sob
bing as if my heart would break. Oh,
and I had so hoped that, when I was
married, we could stay on here Just the
same; but with a stepmother, of
course, nothing will ever be the same!"
"You married, Louise!" cried Millie.
"Didn't he tell you? But it inly
happened this morning. Charley has
asked me to be bis wife."
"But." faltered Millie. "If your stop
mother loved you very much in
deed "
"Fiddlesticks!" said Louise; "as if
stepmother could love one! Oh, I hate
her already! And yon, too, my poor
wounded gazelle, will be driven from
your refuge. If I could only offer yott
a home"
"It's so good of you, darling!" whis
pered Millie. "But I don't really think
that it will be necessary, because, be
cause" "You're not engaged to be married,
too?" almost shrieked Louise, struck
with a certain consciousness in her
friend's face.
"Yes, I am," said Millie, hanging
down her head.
"And to whom, you precious little
conspirator?"
"To to your father!" said Millie.
"Ob, don't blame me, Louise; Indeed. I
couldn't help it!" Clare Jaynes, In the
400.
PETS OF BRITISH SOLDIERS.
One Kealinent Had Enn and Kangaroo.
Another Snake,
No less than thirty regiments In tho
British ormy have pet animals at
tached. The dogs of the "Fighting Fifth"
and ".Tack." the retriever, of the
Twelfth Lancers, march with their
companies when on active service,
and hove taken part In more than one
battle. The drum horse of the Seventh
Hussars presented by the late Queen
Victoria marches proudly nt the head
of the nieu, with white tall and mane
flowing.
"Billy," the goat of the Welsh Fusl
Hers. Is better known, ond Is a very
showy soldier Indeed, as he struts
along In nil the glory of scarlet coat,
with white facings, nnd the budge and
crest of the regiment on his forehead.
The Queen's Own Hussars has also
a goat.
A deer Is the pet of the Seaforth
Highlanders. "Antony," n little don
key, attached himself to the Twenty
sixth Battery -while in India, and be
came nn established favorlto, march
ing, eating and drinking with the men,
A pet bear ,was the mascot of the
Gloucester regiment, but becoming ill
tempered had to be shot.
The Lancers of New South Walo
have an emu and a kangaroo. "Peter,"
the goose, became the pet of the Grena
diers while In Canada. The lame bird
limped tip to a sentry one night and
held up a hurt foot for bis inspection,
He attended to tho wound nnd the
bird thereafter refused to leave the
camp, so the soldiers adopted It.
When the Devonshire regiment was
in India, n snake was for many months
adopted as a pet, and, though poison
ous, it never attempted to hurt any
member of the company. When the
men returned to England this uncanny
pet wos left behind. From Keyno'Vs
Newspaper.
The Paper Habit..
"Very old persons," said an observer,
"nearly always, on unfolding their
newspapers, turn to the columns of
'Deaths.' This is because, In the first
place, they are more likely to And news
of their friends there than in the col
umn of 'Marriages,' or any other part
of the paper, and because, In the sec
ond place, they are Interested in death
they have It much in their minds.
"Young girls turn first to the society
news and weddings und after that to
the fashions. Young men of the
health, open-nlr sort turn first to the
sporting news, while boys universally
turn to this page first. The actor, of
course, reads the dramatic columns,
and the writer tlie book reviews, but
neither of these departments, I fancy,
does nny part of the disinterested pub
lic consult first of all.
"The elderly gentleman of a pompous
appearance reads tho editorials first,
while his corpulent, cheerful wife reads
the recipes on the 'household' page.
Some clergymen read tho wills of the
de.ad to see what charities have been
remembered with bequests. There are
many people who read the crimes, the
scandals and the shocking accidents
Hist. Poets, as a rule, will not read
the newspapers at oil." Philadelphia
Record.
Whn Unl Boll..
Trofessov Henri Mohsa.i has been
trying some Interesting experiments lu
vaporizing gold In the electric furnace.
He tlnds that it bolls at 1U00 decrees
centigrade, and that 100 to 150 grains
call be evaporated In two or three min
utes. By condensing the gold vapor on
a cool surface, either 11 1 II for m masses
or cubical crystals can be obtained.
It Is found '.hai gold, liko copper and
Iron, dissolves n certain amount of
carbon when In the llqu'd stite, but
this separates out as graphite on cool
ing. Gold Is found to be less volatile
than copper. The properties of dis
tilled gold ore the same ns those of
hammered gold, or tho melted metal re
duced to n line powder. Professor
Molssan bos found no inillcn tious'of on
allotroplc modification of gold. When
an alloy of copper and gold Is distilled
the vapor of copper comes over flrst,
tiiowlug that there is no definite com
pound. In the case of ulloys of gold
and tlu the hitter metal burns in con
tact with the air. This tin oxide la
found to be of a purple color, due
to a deposit of fine gold on its sur
face. London Globe.
The fineat Sworda.
"Japanese swords are the finest,"
said a swordmdker, "They are finer
than the bh'des of Ferrara, of Toledo
or of Damascus. The blades of Fer
rara, of Toledo and of Damascus must
bend into a perfect circle without
breaking, and a pillow oi down being
thrown in the air they niust cut it
In two with the claon stroke,
"But the Japanese blade must do
all that and more. The final 'est of a
Japanese blade is its suspension, edge
upward, beneath a tree. It must bang
beneath the tree for twenty-four hours,
and every l'ghtest leaf that falls up
on its edge must be severed neatly.
One failure, and 'back to the tort
goes t-ie Japauese blade again." Deo
vor Times.
What Coal Tar's Magic Has Done,
FIFTY YEARS AGO IT WAS A WASTE BY-PRODUCT.
Chemists Will Celebrate the Perkin Discovery, Which Did
Much to Put the Profession in the Front Rank of
Utilitarian Occupations.
BY producing delicate tints from
'be ugly black tar, a hitherto
waste by-product of coal gas,
William Henry Perk In. an Eng
lish chemist, rendered a public service
unappreciated at tho time. Ills dig-,
covery turned the manufacturing In
dustry of the world Into new channels
and chemistry leaped to the front
rank of the professions. That is why
the chemists of England, Germany and
the United States are now planning n
fitting memorial to celebrate the
fiftieth memorial of this remarkable
discovery.
Perkin Is not to be memorialized
alone for his color discovery. The
knowledge of his use of coal tar
opened the way for other chemists to
bring their learning to bear, and lu
rapid succession the world was given
artificial perfumes, flavors, carbolic
acid, ' medicines and compounds em
ployed In developing photographic
plates. Chemists are now so well ac
quainted with the properties of coal
tar that they can almost make n color
to order. In perfumes their best
known product is tonone, which Is -the
basis of Imitation violet; In medicinal
product acetanllld, sulphoual, phen
acetlne, analgene and antlprylne; and
the oil of bitter almonds and saccha
rine are perhaps tho best known of the
artlflclnl flavors.
Before Perkin created his sensation,
chemists from the beginning of the
nineteenth century, and even before,
had been working for these results.
Synthetic or constructive chemistry
was their subject, and the years they
put In on tedious research made them
a secluded, reserved class of men, who
to-day would bo known ns "grinds."
Their labors brought them little re
turns, financially. The gay outside
world regarded them ns hermits,
looked patronizingly on, nnd wondered,
mnybe, nt the sacrifice.
But nil this weary toil -was not n
waste of time. Years later, profiting
by the studies of the pioneers, n man
appeared who hit upon a solution of
the problem. Artificial color was the
result. The article he made had been
kn'own to exist In Indigo, nnd Its con
Htituents were known, but no one be
fore had ever put them together In a
laboratory. The beauty and the cheap
ness of the color Perkin made excited
great admiration, especially among
those engaged in supplying the market
with fabrics, nnd development was
rapid.
Other products followed in quick suc
cession, and the manufacturing world
received an Impetus such as it had
never known. Results of the chemist's
research work still continue, and each
year sees brilliant discoveries added
to the records of science. There Is no
reason now why any organic body
should not be synthetically made if
chemists can find what Its composition
nnd structure nre. The only reason
they cannot make an egg is that they
do not know how to build the fabric.
They have each composite part, but
they cannot put them together, and,
ns one chemist remarked to the
writer, "Building the structure doesn't
properly belong to chemistry, any
way." Synthetic quinine Is the nira of tho
large body of chemists engaged In re
search work Just at present. Others
nre working to produce sugar, and the
men who find these formulae will
make their fortunes. A way to pro
duce synthetic quinine has been found,
but It Is yet too expensive for commer
cial purposes. Chemists havo Just be
gun to be appreciated In this country.
Forty-five years ago, when the sugar
Industry was begun here In the United
Stntes, Professor Chandler, of Colum
bia University, then a boy still at his
studies, was given a job by a friend
In the storehouses over in Brooklyn.
The position was more to help the boy
through his scientific courso than any
thing else.
"But what shall I do?" asked the
student.
"Do?" his benefactor rpplied. "Oh.
do anything, but keep out of the way
and don't nsk questions!"
He who was some day to add his
contributions to science took the pat
ronizing friend at his word nnd did
what he wanted to do without going
to a superior every day for permission.
The experiments and formulae learned
In class room nnd laboratory were put
Into practical use and soon "the boy
out In the back room" began sending
lu recommendations to headquarters
as to savings here, expenditures there,
a mass of economic detail that sur.
purlscd the older heads.
That was years ago. To-day each
sugar plnnt In the country has a lab
oratory and hundreds of chemists ore
employed. They are being taken Into
factories generally and put ot research
work and analysis. In competition the
house that can produce the cheapest
and the best is the successful one and
here economy counts therefore the re
search chemist.
In Germany, where tho profession Is
furthest advanced, manufacturing es
tablishments usually have a group of
chemists. Maybo they will work for
years without accomplishing nny re
sults, still their pay continues. Then,
some day, the long-sought process or
solution is obtained, and thousands of
dollars saved. That is one reason why
the Germans and the English excel us
in chemical Industry. They recognize
the chemist's worth, and have forged
ahead through his ingenuity.
William Henry Perkin, F. It. S., LI
D., Ph. D., D. Sc., V. P.O. S.. is still
alive, although this string of abbre
viations after his name might lead
some to think differently. He is work
ing patiently In his laboratory in re
search study and experiments with
Just as much seal as before the da
when he made his "strike" In coal tar.
Dr. Perkin was born in London on
March 12, 1838. and studied chemistry
under Dr. A. W. Hofmann at the Royal
College- of Chemistry, where bt wu
afterwards assistant in his research
laboratory. It was here Dr. Perkin
made his coal tar sensation by tho
discovery of the mauve dye In 18."0.
He was then only eighteen years of
age. Subsequently he became Interest
ed In the manufacture of coal tar col
ors, and continued In this work until
1874. Since then Dr. Pcrkln's time
has been occupied In research work
and writing. Ills publications are nu
merous, nnd Include a circle range of
subjects.
Although an Englishman discovered
the value of coal tar and English man
ufacturers were the first to put the
country's large deposits of the raw
material to practical use, Germany has
succeeded In taking the Industry away
from the Britons, and Is now Importing
the raw material to keep her factories
supplied and running. Germany has
taken the lead, because the Govern
ment has done everything possible to
encourage the profession ns well us the
Industry, and hor chemists nre masters
who lend the world.
America produces Immense quanti
ties of coal tar. It is formed from the
old-fashioned process of making coal
gas, and although this system Is now
out of date. It Is still used to make the
coal tar now Instead of the gas. A
story Is told and vouched for by at.
eminent authority that Illustrates hovf
highly this by-product Is valued. It
seems that not many years ago on the
banks of the Schuylkill River. In Phila
delphia, was a gas works. That was
In the days prior to Pcrkln's discovery.
The gas men had no use for the coal
tar, and Its rapid accumulation soon
became a nuisance and a burden to
them.
Tho city would not permit the com
pany to run the tar Into the river, so
the gas men put down n drain, which
ostensibly wus to empty Into a big
underground reservoir, but which real
ly discharged into the river beneath
tho surface of the water. Coal tar Is
ton thick a substance to mix with
water. It congeals just like molasses
candy, when In making It you drop It
Into a glass to see If It has boiled to the
proper consistency. That Is Just what
the coal tar discharged from this Phila
delphia gas works did. When It flowed
from the pipes of the gas works Into
the river It sank into a pocket in the
river bottom, and formed a hard, solid
deposit, gradually accumulating in size
ns the years rolled on. Then the new
process of making gas came into vogue,
and the old works on tho Schuylkill
were abandoned.
Several years after the value of the
despised coal tar became known, a
sharp-witted chemist, In nosing around
tho old gas works on the Schuylkill,
discovered the drain pipe, and follow
ing It up found that the output of coal
tar for years had been emptied Into the
river. It did not take long to engage
a diver and set him to work, with the
result that the rich deposit was located,
finally brought to the surface nud
utilized to a considerable profit.
Tho chemical Industry is on the gain
here In America, and is coming up with
rapid bounds. One thing that has
acted to keep It down is the present
tax on alcohol, which, It Is expected,
will be removed by this session of Con
gress. Alcohol Is n great solvent, nnd
In the different processes of manufac
ture and research work Is used In great
quantities. Not In the United States,
however. Here at $2.50 a gallon It !
prohibitive.
Alcohol can be made for fifteen c-iitu
a proof gallon, yet the tax on It here
Is $1.10 for every proof gallon made.
It seems strange, but It is nevertheless
true. In England and In Europe there
Is not this handicap, and with such a
difference In the price existing In favor
of the foreigners, one advantage they
hold lu research work Is plalu to bo
seen. Sentiment nnd a popular agita
tion on Intemperance has helped great
ly In Influencing the Government to
maintain Its tax on alcohol. The
United Stntes has been against any
policy which should encourage the pro
duction of alcohol as a beverage, and
tho enforcement of the law bus cost
the Government n lot of money. Tile
moonshiners In the mountains nnd the
Illicit distillers In the crowded cities
havo been the transgressors.
Chemists acknowledge the danger of
tnking down all bars and permitting
the wholesale manufacture of all kinds
of alcohol. They have, however, ot
last made It plain to Congress that the
sort of alcohol they wish to use in
their profession Is ns different from
rum alcohol ns whisky Is from water.
The New York section of the Society
of Chemical Industry, which lias done
so much to advance all branches of
the profession In America, Is the group
of men who are now working to raise
a Perkin memorial in tho form of a
scholarship to encourage chemical re
search. H. J. C, In New York Tost.
Fre.ich RnllroitiW Con rollril.
In France nearly all the railroads are
owned by private corporations. Of a
totul trackage of 30,000 miles, the
companies own about 2(5,oOO utile"", the
Government only 3407 miles. Those
that believe that the solution of our
troubles lies in government control
and not in government ownership can
find much to Interest them In the ex
amples of France and Englnnd. In
both countries the governmen'. controls
but does not operate, but the methods
of control are different. In England
there Is a general supervision and reg
ulation; In France the government
takes part lu the actual direction, su
pervises the working ot the lines, nud
can Interfere at any time lu any way
it sees fit to modify rates or make
other changes it may desire. The
French railroads operate under the eye
of the national minister of public j
wur&a; mey ur? essentially uuncueu
to his department, and are subject to
severe regulations and restrictions that
for a very good and sufficient reason
they cannot disregard, Everybody's
Magazine.
Button..
They're In favor.
Small ones are flrst.
Metal ones stand high.
Crochet buttons are very smart
Buttons are covered with ailk or sil
ver. Bone buttons, if carefully chosen,
are very smart. ,
-"
Profeealon of Society.
Society, after all, is the most ardu
ous profession a woman can adopt,
laments the Ladles' Fle!d( since it ab
sorbs the greater part of hpr nights ns
well as her entire days, and allows of
no repose save tint periodically
snatched In ft "rest curj."
Italian Women Pack Heavy I.od.
In Italy the people take it for grant
ed that women should carry heavy
loads. Horses and wagons are scarce,
and It is common for women to carry
heavy load of wood from the dock to
the market place. Often they nre so
heavy the women look as If they would
stagger underneath. They carry this
wood all day for less than fifty cents,
though the lumber is disposed of in the
market nt a good price.
F.tntirnlriered Alboma.
The postcard album has reached the
fancy work ctage, and that means It Is
very popular Indeed. Square albums,
with plain stiff board covers, are
bought, to be recovered with silk or
linen and needlework. Some of the
handsomest are of silk, with the words
"Postcard Album" embroidered In Bolld
work, and a floral Oeslgn forget-me-nots
are natuially the most appropriate
Is done In r'bbon embroidery.
Ivory Heada For Beada.
To patch up an old string of beads,
which needs something to give It dis
tinction, there are the prettiest of
carved Ivory beads. These vary In
size and color, and can be bought for
fifty cents apiece. Some ore ivory
white, others shade from deeo cream
to soft brown, while others are very
dark, from being touched up with lac
quer. Little Ivory heads and other de
signs (small animals and the like) can
be used as pendants.
Bratne nn Tap For.Baanty.
If you live In Boston nnd "have tho
price," advice ns to Just what to buy
when you go shopping may be yours.
A young woman In that town, says the
New York Press, who recently was
thrown on her own resources, decided
that her unfailing eye for color har
monies and taste lu dress was a mar
ketable commodity, and opened nn
office, where for a small sum she tells
women what they ought to wear.
Should her enterprise prove a success,
doubtless many women In the same cir
cumstances will take the shoppers in
tow.
Kflen Glasgow'a Method,
Ellen Glasgow, the author of "The
Wheel of Life," writes her books In
what may be called three processes
The flrst Is tho rough draft, written
rapidly, which Is sometimes finished in
six months. The second draft occupies
a much longer time, for in this the
story begins to develop. The third
draft Is a careful elaboration of the
second. Miss Glasgow writes best
when she has locked herself into her
study, and she usually devotes two
years to each book, working In the
mornings and devoting the afternoons
to recreation. She wrote the opening
chapter of "The Battleground" four
teen times; the first chapter of "The
volce of tho People" twelve times.
Tlmplra Cmtn.
Three-quarter length cloaks In the
Empire shape ore seen among the
wrups as much ns they wore In the
winter fashions. A model with straight
front, double-breasted, with yoke be
ginning at the side and continuing
across the back, the lower part of the
coat being cut slightly flared below, is
to be In favor. Other models, declares
Harper's Bazar, have this sumo front
panel and yoke, with the lower part of
the coat Ideated. Short, squnro box
coats, coming only to the hips, are
made of covert cloth and also of cloth
to match the skirt of the gown. There
are very smart little covert cloth coats
of the usual single-breasted variety,
with long seam from the shoulder to
the hem, as well ns those with many
gores and strapped seams.
RrwInK Tnnlea Becoinft the Vogue.
Sewing tables are quite a fad among
many belles, and the girl who has not
a mahogany receptacle for clothes in
need of repairs is no longer up to date.
The favorite style is ot Uarlu brown
mahogany, with glass or brass knobs,
as one pleases, nnd with strips of brass
along the edges. It must have u deep
bosket-like nppeudugu lined with silk
which haruicuizes with the shade of
one's room. These pretty tiiiles cost
anything one may wish to pay, but
the least expensive cost about $2.".
There tire tewing tables In cherry, but
antique mahogany Is the thing. Many
tables have wonderful accessories In
the shape of gold-handled scissors und
gold thimbles. One girl Is the fortun
ate possessor of a half dozen gold cases
for spools of cotton. New York Press.
Indian Olrl'a lianelna; Itoba.
An Indian girl, daughter of Howling
Crane, once the head ot the Cheyenne
Indians, recently sold her "party
gown" to a syndicate of territorial tu
rlo gatherers for $1000.
The eni'b was old and worn, moth
eaten and ragged, yet the price was
cheerfully paid Incidentally, tho pur
chase wni a good Investment. The
dress was decorated with 723 elk teeth,
all very valuable for lojge Jewelry, aud
the transfer from the original purchas
er to an Eastern Jewelry manufactur
er was made In advance of the securing
of the teeth at a price that -was almost
double the amount the girl, Nannie
Howling Crane, received, says the Bt
Louis Globe-Democrat.
As years go by the number ot elk
teeth Is becoming smaller, while the
number of lodge men wauting teeth is
growing larger, and the result la that
the laws of supply and demand boost
the price. Almoat' any genuine elk
tooth will soil for 2. while the choice
varieties sell for as high as $50 each.
The top price is usually paid for a
tooth that Is turning green with age.
An elk of tho male sex produces only
two good teeth, and the robe, there
fore, represented 304 elk.
Miss Howling Crane la a rich girl,
and could afford all sorts of fine
gowns, but she rather liked the one
she sold; still, adverse circumstances
had stricken her father, and rather
than dispose of his ponle; to meet obli
gations and to feed himself and family,'
he carried his daughter's "party gown,"
or, more properly expressing it, hei
dancing robe, to the curio collectors
and sold it.
When Old Crow, chief of the Chey
ennes, heard of the sale he was broken
hearted, and immediately set out to
get it back, but be was too late the
robe had been forwarded to the East
by express.
The Cheyennes nre land rich, yet of
ten suffer from extreme hunger. When
that way ther will sell their all, regard
less of the value. When they get In
this shape the curio hunter Invades
their hom?s, nnd the tinkle of silver
ofttlmes roLs them of articles they
would rather give their lives than bar
ter nway.
Modern Hair I)relnc.
The very uewest way of arranging
the hair Is to weave It prettily, draw It
up on top of the head, with side locks,
out soft and fluffy, but not over the
eyes at all, the entire arrangement be
ing topped off with a crownlike braid.
Simplicity Is the present rule In hair
dressing.
The big, horrible pompadour Is left
to chorus girls, and Its place Is not off
the stage. There was never anything
more truly hideous than the pompadour
ratted up by an amateur hair dresser
The straight lines brought out every
defect of the complexion, says the Phil
adelphia Tress.
Just how you should dross your hnlr
Is a question thnt you must settle for
yourself. Your neighbor may look very
pretty with her hair done a certain way
but the style may not be acceptable for
you. Experiment until you find the
secret. If you can afford it go to a
hair dresser and let her give you ideas.
The expense of such nn experiment is
trifling and it may set you on the light
track.
The clever woman who discovers a
becoming way of doing her hair seldom
changes her style, but cottons to it as
long ns she can.
The girl with a high forehead must
bring her hnlr down a little. The girl
with fine temples and a lovely forehead
should arrange her holr so that' these
beauties are displayed.
Beautifying Is but bringing out the
good points and glossing over the poor
ones.
An Invisible net will keep all the fly
ing shreds of hirsute decorations with
the rest of the hslr. By brushing them
the way they should go they will soon
take the hint.
Back combs have been the salvation
of the woman who always tagged
around with a fringe of hair hanging
down the back of her neck.
If modern beautifying has done no
more than teach women to pin up those
shaggy ends it has certainly been
worth'whlle.
Hard Working Americana. '
The moment a singer, virtuoso or
conductor returns to Europe from a
first visit to America It is the custom
nowadays to Interview them as to their
impressions of their tour, observes the
Boston Transcript. Miss Marie Hall,
the violinist, gave hers with tho ner
vous eagerness that is In nil that she
does, nnd she heaped fiery toals on our
Bostonlnn heads by paying us compli
ments in return for our indifference to
her. "I was sometimes in doubt
whether there were nny Americans ex
cept In Boston and thereabout. In
New York, for Instance, I fancy no
body Is quite n real American yet. If
I asked anybody I met, 'Are you an
American?' the answer was always,
'Well, yes, but not exactly, quite, alto
gether American all the same' and
the explanation was that he" or she,
or the father or mother, was born In
Germany, or Ireland, or somewhere,
not In America. All the American men
are in such a hurry to become Ameri
cans that they make themselves per
fect slaves, they work so hard. No
whero have I seen men have so uni
versal a passion for making money.
and so universal a content m seeing
their wives spend it. I am sure It is
true that Amerlcu Is run by Its women,
at any rate. If the men do run It, they
do so only for the wojnen's sake. The
men go about shabbily dressed and
work from early morning till late at
night, even though they ore million
aires. To live In America you must
either be an American, or be buoyed up
witii a sustaining, glorious hope of bo
coming one. No one, otherwise, could
live there for long without being cut
off In his bloom by premature old age.
I calculated one night that I Bhonld
run through my span ami pass out a
centenarian In about two years."
New Colorlnga.
The art of dyelug is rapidly being
acquired In America. Anything uioro
charming than the colors of the sea
son's silks can hardly be imagined, and
the American products are uot behind
the imported. The rajahs and burllne-
hams come In fifty or more shades, and
me colors are finely graded, that anv
complexion may be suited. Purples
range rroni deep dahlia tones to ame
thyst, violet and mauve. The delicate
tone called orchid Is especially lovely.
In reds the variety is much greater.
From darkest claret, through crimson,
cherry, raspberry, which the importers
call "frambolso" and strawberry,
which la also supposed to sound better
In French, "f raise," coral, salmon and
several shades of pink. One can have
a dozen blues, of which Alice, bluet,
delft, "campanula," or harebell, and all
the pastel shades are -fashionable.
There are several good browns, two or
three grays, of which Loudon smoke
if the latest, and three or four very
good greens, including myrtle and two
"resedas," which, of course, Is mignon
ette In Euglisb.-New York fost.
jjVjatters
Reliolona Maetntd. Dreealne;.
Delicious mustard l made by first
slicing an onion In a bowl and covering
It with vinegar. Let this stand forty
eight hours, when pour off the vinegar
into another bowl, add a little red
pepper, salt, sugar, and enough dry
mustard to thicken to a cream. The
proportions should be a teaspoon ful
of the pepper and salt and twice that
of sugar, but tastes differ somewhat
as to the quantity of sweet used.
Oil Painting Cleaner.
Whenever an oil painting 6ecome
dusty and discolored, It may be
cleansed by the use of white raw po
tato, for artists frequently make use
of this method. Commence at one cor-,
nor of the picture and rub the surface
with n raw potato which has been .
flattened by removing a slice; as fast
ns the potato become discolored re
move a thin slice with a sharp knife
nnd continue to rub the picture until
the entire surface has been cleansed.
Then wipe the picture off with a soft
cloth, aud It will be found quite clean,
and the paints will not be Injured or
faded, but simply cleaned.
How to Cook Flail.
Mrs. Rorer, In the course of a lec
ture, gave the following directions for
cooking fish:
Fish like ineat must bo put either
Into a hot oven or Into boiling water
to coagulate the juices on the out
side and keep the flavoring in. A fish
may be planked wholly on the board.
The time of cooking does not depend
Uxu the weight of the fish. A roast
of beef, for Instance, the heavier the
greater the time of cooking. A fish
takes its weight in length rather than
in thickness, so we do not Increase ma
terially the time of cooking. Cold
cooked fish may be made Into a num
ber ot dainty entrees, ;ike cutlets,
cusk a la creme, croquettes, scalloped
fish, or mixed with mashed potatoes
aud made into cakes.
Hecret of Frozen Sweetff.
The making and moulding of ice
cream, according to Mrs. Borer. Is as
follows: "To make perfect Ice cream
It Is wise to scald half the cream nnd
allow it to get perfectly told before
freezing. Fruit Ice creain may have
a portion of the suar added to the
fruit and a portion added to the hot
cream. A good rule Is to scald half the
cream and add to It the sugar. When
this Is cold add the remaining half of
the cream, allowing seven ounces of
sugar to each quart of cream.
"The fruit should be added after the
cream Is frozen, and If the Ico cream is
to stand nuy length of time the fruits
must be thoroughly mashed or you will
find little frozen bulle.i. throughout
the cream. Fruit Juices freeze at a
higher temperature than sweetened
cream. In making frlut lee cream al
low to eacii quart of cream eight
ounces of sugar and a pint of mashed
fruit. Scald the sugar and half the
cream; when cold add the remaining
cream; freeze, and when frozen ftlr in
the fruit; repack and stand aside to
ripen. If you are to mould tue ice
cream, after the fruit Is stirred In Is a
very good time for moulding. The
moulds must be dipped In cold water.
You must have thi salt rnd ice for
repacking ready at hand. The seams
of the moulds that is, where the lid
is placed o.i the mould should be
covered with strips of muslin dipped In
paraffin. The moment the muslin
touches the cold mould It harden and
so covers the seam that prevents
the salt water from entering the
cream."
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PREPARE TliEtt
Railroad Pudding One cup sweet
milk, one cup molasses, one cup
chopped suet, one cup chopped raisins,
one great spoon vinegar, one teaspoon
salt, one teaspoon soda. Steam three
hours and serve with sweet sauce.
Macaroni nnd Eggs Cook macaroni
until tender nnd place In a small bak
ing dish. Beat toother two eggs and
half n cupful of milk, r.dd Bait and
pepper and pour over the macaroni.
Bake In tho oven until the top is nicely
browned.
Chocolate Sauce Put one-half cup
each of sugar and butter lu a sauce
pan ond cook five minutes. Add four
squares of chocolate broken up aud
when melted odd one-half teaspoon ot
vanilla. Add one-half cup of thin
cream and serve.
For Lemon Sauce Mix two level
tablespoons of cornstarch with three
quarter cup of sugar and a pinch of
salt and turn into two cups of bolliug
water. Cook ten minutes, add one level
tablespoon of butter and a teaspoou of
lemon Juice. If the sauce Is now too
thick add a little boiling water.
Sweet Potato Fritters A pint of hot
mashed sweet potatoes, two eggs, a
cupful of Hour, into which has been
silted a tcaspoonful of baking powder,
salt, and enough milk to make a bat
ter. Drop the batter, a tablespoouful
ot a time, in deep fat, smoking hot, and
cook to a light brown. Tomato sauce
may be served with the fritters.
Tomato Cheese Stir together one
pound of soft grated chetse aud a cup
ful it strained tomato Juice. The beet
way of, "grating" soft cheese Is to pasa
it through a potato rlcrr or press it
through a coarse aleve. Season the
mixture wllh one tcaspoonful of salt,
and sprinkling pf paprika and r. cup of
soft brcadcrambs. Pour the mixture
Into a saucepan and stir rapidly until
smooth aud creamy. Serve on toasted
crackers.
Carrot Soup Scrape and out Into
small pieces tlx carrots, add an onion,
sliced, two or three stalks of celery,
and a leaf of paraley. Cover with boil
ing vj-ater and cook until the carrota
cnu be rubbed through a sieve. Add a
plut of hoi milk and thicken with a
tablespoouful eaclt)f flour and butter
creamed togtLer. Season with aalt
and red pepper aud tna leant bit or
nutmeg. Serve over cubec of fried
bread, and dash paprika over all Just
before seudlng to the table.