THE PATH TCI TH PASTURE.
The narrow path that we used to trend
Led straight away from the farmyard
irate.
Anil
down the lane to the pasture lot.
.Where for, our coming the cows would
wnn.
Between iU borders of gram And weedi
Jt bore the m-ints of our restless feet.
Tbt stepped so blithe through the early
dews.
Or logged along in the pulsing heat.
'Above our heads curved n roof of blue,
Where oft we saw the ghost of the moon
(Jo drifting by with the sun tipped clouds
That nailed away to tho port of noon.
From nodding thistle find mullein stalk
The meadow lark through the summer
sang,
And from the stubble of harvest fields
The bob white's call through the still
ness rang.
0 little path of the long ngo,
I've wandered far from your bent en dust,
And stumbled oft in my journeys wide,
And lost 'ne key to niy childish trust:
But now and I J' en in my waking dreams
I stand once more bv the pasture wall.
And hear again from the harvest fields
The cheerful sound of the bob white's
call.
Adella Washer, in the New York Sun.
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By Cera a. Day.
"Hey, Billy! let no bave a ride?"
cried a boyish voice, and Billy pulled
up Ills handsome roan mount to Bpeak
to his friend, who came running; down
tho dusty country road very hastily
to meet him.
"I'm afruld I can't, Hal," Billy an
swered regretfully, sorry that he
could not oblige his friend lu this re
quest. "I've just had him down to
tho blacksmith shop at the cross
roaas. and must get home and feed
him and rub him down before the
doctor comes in with the machine.
He wants to drive tho horse this af
ternoon, out somewhere where he
can't go in the automobile, on ac
count of the bad, sandy roads."
Hal was stroking the smooth side
of the fine horse while Billy talked.
Now he looked up aud persisted in
"his request.
"But I won't hinder you. Just
take me up behind, for a ride, and
I'll walk back," he said.
Billy saw that he would have to
be quite frank with Hal. "No. Doc
tor Barnes raid, when I first went
to help around the stable, that I
should never let any one eUe ride
Arrow. So you see I really can't. I'd
like to let you have a ride, but I must
get him home fts soon as I can, now.
Good-bye," and' Billy was off at a
trot, while Hal stood at the gate and
watched horse and rider until they
were out of sight. '' , .
Billy was thinking deeply as he
rode along. Tho subject was one that
often occupied his thoughts, when he
had tho horse out for exercise, or was
busy with his work .about the stables
at the doctor's home.
"Too bad that Hal can't have ray
place at the doctor's, and I have what
I want. I think this is a mixed up
old world anyway. We get the things
we don't care a snap about, and the
things -ve'd give our heads for, al
most, don't come our .way." "Get
along, Arrow, old fellow, I can't wait
for you to eat grass to-day," and he
urged the horse into a trot. Some
times Billy had time to let him crop
a particular fine bunch of grass, and
Arrow remembered it.
Into the villago street they turned
from the country road iu a few min
utes, and trotted down the long,
straight thoroughfare. He rode past
the post-office and general store, with
Its porch decoration of idlers; past
the pretty notion store windows, and
tb.3 town hall; and on toward the
doctor's home, at the extreme other
end of the street. .
But they did not get home without
an interruption. As they went on
down the Btreet, and past several
houses, Billy saw ahead the familiar
automobile of his employer standing
In front of a Douse.
"Wonder who is sick at Harris'?"
he thought, aud glanced again at the
car as he neared it. "Hello, doctor
has Myrtlo nut -with him," he udded
as he saw the golden head of the
doctor's little girl over the back of
the seat.
Myrtle saw him at the same in
stant, turning around at the sound
of hoofs in tho street. She smiled
and waved her chubby hand as he
passed, and to waved back, for they
' were very good friends.
Almost as soon as he had gone
past the car this happened. He heard
It start and looked back, expecting
to see the doctor in his seat, with his
hand on the lever; but he taw instead
Myrtle, grasping it with chubby lin
gers, laughing mischievously, her
curls tossed back and her face alight
with daring.
Bill gavo one gasp, and pulled the
roan around so suddenly that he
wheeled on two feet. Even as he
did so, the big car gained headway,
and the child In It, realizing some
thing of her danger, but ignorant
now to avert it, or stop ine car,
lcrearr.ed helplessly, "Oh, Billy, come,
make It stop, quick!
Even . as she spoke the machine
passed the boy and horse, running so
smoothly and swiftly that he palod
at the danger before the child. The
thought came: "it ho bad made me
chauffeur, instead of stable boy, as
I wanted him to do, this would not
havo happened.'' For only the day
before, the man who had held that
position the place Billy wanted with
ull his machinery-loving heart bad
, been discharged for druukenuess,
inon cuuie me nian. .yuicK as a
flash he urged the roan after the ma
chine, kicking his feet free of the stir
- rups as he neared the automobile,
The car ran faster and faster what
he was going to try, must be done
quickly.
Aud then the doctor ram out just
In time to see what Billy was going
to do, and lo stand breathless while
his child lu the big car. and his sta
ble boy on the splendid roan horse
rn the race that was the talk o
lo :;,ltz for luauihs afterward.
When Billy we abreast of the cat
and it took good work on the part
of both horse and rider to achieve
that he called to the terror-stricken
little offender:
"Get over on one side quick
make room for inei'm going to
jump." And as she rept away to
the other side, he leaped from the
back of the running horse -end fell
all in heap but in the car.
It was but the work of a moment
to gather himself up and reverse the
lever. The next moment he had the
steering wheel In his hand, and had
the car turned, and then ran back to
where wildly excited group stood
and waited, with the frantic father.
Arrow slackened his speed gradually,
and when he quite understood that
his rider had suddenly disappeared,
he stopped and cropped an especially
fine bunch of grass with supreme In
difference to races or runaway cars.
"I would like to do something to
show you how I appreciate your act,
and the courage and quickness of
thought that it showed," said the
doctor to Billy in a talt that was ex
ceedingly uncomfortable, and yet
pleasant, to that praise-shunning
young man. And at that, Billy's
eyes suddenly brightened, and -h
spoke:
"It you would let me run the ma
chine for you. Instead of getting an
other man, as you said you were
going to do " he began. "I know
all about it, sir. I've studied It up,
every spare mluute since I've been
here. I thought If 1 ever got a
chance to run one I've always been
crazy over machinery, :lr, and "
And then the doctor put a few ques
tions that settled the matter.
"You shall run it for me from this
day, until you get something better,"
the doctor raid quietly. "And, If
you care to study machinery II you
have any desire to make an expert
of yourself I have a brother In that
line' of business, and I think we can
arrange to lc'. you learn all you want
about wheels r.nd things."
Then r 11 at once Billy realized that
this is not such a mixed up old world,
Cter all; and that if a fellow is faith
ful In what he has to do. and what
com'. ti him, even suddenly and un
expectedly, there may be chances for
him to get what he -wants with all
his heart that twe things he "would
give his head for," as he had put it.
were, after all. some of them, apt to
come his way. Young Peoples
Paner.
DON'T CUT YOUR SLEEP SHORT.
British Scientists Frown On the
Wellington Hole.
The papers read in the physiologi
cal section of the British Association
for the Advancement of Science dls-
ussing sleep and rest were all op
posed to the old Idea that mankind
should be content with short slum
ber. The Duke of Wellington's dlc-
um of six hours for a man, seven
for a woman and eight for a fool
went by the board. .
Francis Dyke Acland urged the
necessity for plenty of sleep for the
young as necessary to their bodily
and mental development. He said
that most of a' boy's growth was done
in bed. He .quoted a letter from the
head master of a large school, where
the breakfast hour had been changed
from 7 to 8 o'clock, as saying that
the whole school was brighter and
doing better work.
Dr. Gotch said that the healthiest
lcep was dreamless. He mentioned
Lord Kitchener's faculty of being
able to go Into dreamless sleep at any
moment.
Professor Lewis said that the nor
mal sleep of a laboring man during
tho first half hour was very deep and
then grew shallower.
Professor Meyers related his own
experience with a German doctor.
He arranged to be awakened afer a
half hour to see what his mental con
dition was. He set himself several
problems In arithmetic. The next
day he was awakened after an hour's
sleep., and so on, increasing bis time
for sleep by an hour a day until he
got six hours. He found bis ability
in connection with arithmetic as
great after an hour's sleep as after
six hours. When, however, he came
to try another test this one com
pletely broke down. In trying to
test his memory he found it grew in
proportion to the number. of hours
of sleep he took.
Bootjacks Among the Sunflowers.
It is popularly supposed that tho
bootjack h'ts disappeared from the
common articles of household use as
completely as the candlo snuffers aud
tho warming pan. But this is not
true In some parts of Kansas. In
Smith County they are numerous.
Why they should still continue in ex
istence in the vicinity of Smith Centre
while at Mankato not one is to be
found is explained by the prevalence
of the old fashioned custom of wear
ing boots at the former place. Many
bootjacks may be found hanging be
hind the kitchen stove In the farnv
houses In that vicinity. The oldest
one was made In Wisconsin In 1851,
and Is owned and used by G. W. Sage,
of Smith County. Smith Centre Pio
neer. I '
Sorrows of tho Rich.
The man who made $16,000,000
In a few years looked downcast.
"What's ths matter?" his friend
asked. "Why are you unhappy?
You ought to be thoroughly satisfied.
You made a splendid fortune, you are
still in t..e prime of '.lie and the
workmen have just put the finishing
touches on your fine palace. What
more do you want?"
"That's Just'U, 'the disconsolate
one replied "Instead of loving Into
my palace now aud enjoying life I've
got to spend five or six rears hunting
through European ' J auk-shops for
dingy picture- with which to decorate
my walls." Chicago Kecord-Herald.
. Shortest Name For a Street.
The thorooughfare which can boast
the shortest name of any In London
is D Mews, In the locality of Regent's
Park. It is the only surviving "al
phabet" ' street 1. e., streets whose
uamea were simply a letter of the
alphabet. Some years ago nearly
every letter la the alphabet gave Its
r-Tie to a thoroughfare, but I 1'sts
1j tie only one which has not bai I s
care luc;:i;eael. -Tlt-ElU.
CANNDNG CORN.
Maine's Interesting Industry, Where ' 2
Everything Is Dona In Haste.
All up and down the State of
Maine the canned corn Industry is an
ephemeral season of feverish activi
ty, lasting not over a fortnight, upon
which the whole outcome of the
year's industry depends.
During the last weeks ot August
freight cars full of tin cans are shunt
ed into the shops; the yards have
been carefully cleaned and every
thing Is prepared for the Impending
hustle, In which, perhaps, 1,000,000
cans must be filled, scaled and mado
ready for. market.
The "buyer" all this time Is mak
ing his daily rounds in a light wagon,
visiting all the corn raisers within
twenty miles, seeing that the con
tracts, signed a year before, are being
carried out and ascertaining Just
when each grower's crop will be
ready for the mill. No man must
bring In his corn until it is called for;
no man dares delay it (for greater
weight) after the order has gone
forth. The system Is perfection and
Insures a steady and ample supply
for the two weeks ot canning time
Just enough for the machinery to take
care of, no more, no less. Without
It the corn might lie a day or two In
the shop yard and spoil, for green
corn is a highly perishable commod
ity. When everything Is absolutely
ready the foreman gives the word.
Instantly the most amazing activity
ensues. Every man, woman and
child who can possibly get away from
other occupations Is requisitioned by
tue shop; school is delayed until can
ning time is over; every other busi
ness is subordinated to the pressing
task of getting the corn into the
cans before the frost strikes it. In
side the mill the complex machines
begin to hum, outside, the yard fills
up with women and children, waiting
for the corn to come.
The first load is acclaimed with
cheers as It lumbers in behind a yoke
of red oxen; no sooner Is it dumped
than the swarm ot workers burrows
Into It like so many bees, stripping
and tearing off the husks; in five min
utes the first lot of heaping bushel
baskets, piled high with sweet green
corn, Is being wheeled away to the
"cutters." Another and another load
comes; the game is on.
Nothing in our prosaic American
life could be more picturesque, more
suggestive of the free, open air labor
of southern Europe than this yard
full of people, In all manner of parti
colored dress, kneeling and sitting
around the heaps ot corn, stripping
away for dear life. The Incentive Is
five cents for every bushel of husked
corn quite enough to make the pov
erty bitten ruralltee "dig In" for all
they are worth. Many a new suit of
clothes, many a Sunday bonnet come
out of these bushel baskets.
Meanwhile, as the ox teams, drays
and wagons ot every description are
hauling in the corn, and the chatter
ing, competing townsfolk are husking
away like mad, the stripped corn is
hauled away on trucks to the first
machines, the "cutters," clever de
vices which whip off every kernel in
a twinkling and toBB the cobs out into
the yard again through a chute. The
ears ot corn running through these
machines make you think of a proces
sion of ratti scampering Into their
holes; they whisk along almost faster
than the eye can follow. One "cut
ter," fed by a boy, does the work that
formerly required ten or a dozen men
armed with corn knives.
The meaty kernels, running with
white Juice, are poured down Into
vats,, from these machines, whence
they are conveyed to a big rotating
sieve which sorts out bits of cob,
refuse and the like, letting only the
clean and perfect corn pass through.
This corn is all caught In another
vat, called the "mixer," where It la
Is thoroughly Incorporated by ma
Honey in It.
When the Salvation Army first
came to America, twenty-five years
ago, says the author of "The Prophet
ot the Poor," is found a ready advo
cate ot its methods in the Rev.
Thomas K. Beecher. Mr. Beecher
had just uad a lesson, in parable
form, from a certain "Brother" An
derson, which he never forgot.
Brother Anderson was at that time
the pastor ot a colored congregation
which was noted for the noise and en
thusiasm of its services. Incident
ally the old man wielded a whitewash-brush,
but he was known as an
exhorter ot no mean ability. One
day he persuaded Mr. Beecher to ad
dress bis congregation.
The occasion, seemed a good ono
for reproving the congregation for
their- uproarious methods, and Mr.
Better did so. "Let all things be
done decently and In order," he con
cluded. Then Brother Anderson rose
to speak. , w
"I love Brudder Beecher; I love to
hear him preach dls after noon," be
said. "He's our good fried'. And
he say dat some folks goes up to
glory noisy 'n' shouting, and some
goes still like.s If they's ashamed of
what's In 'em.' And te say we better
be more like dat still kind, and de
.white folks'll like us more. He say
de boys and de gels stair" in de do'way
and laugh at us, and mock at ub
'cause o' de wav we goes or.
"Yas, I see de boys and gels atan'
all las' winter rouu' de door, an'
vnder de windows, au' laff; and dey
peep In and laff. But I 'member what
t saw las' summer among de bees.
"Some ot de hives was nice an'
clean an' still, like 'spcctable meet
ings, and de odders was a bustln' wld
honey. Do bees key' a-goln' and a
comtu' In da clover; and dey Jes' kep'
on a-fillln do hive till de honey was
a-flowlu' like de lan' o' Canaan. An'
I saw all roun' do hives was ants an'
worms an' black bugs, n' dey kep'
on de outside. Dey wa'n' bees. pey
couldn' male de honey for darselve.
Dey couldn'd fly ta de clover an' to
de ttoneysuo.le. ly jes' bung roun'
r r've and i:b on Ct drlrr'n's.
V i de bc: i a' r :! t j roun'
fts. Ccue ti-r-w'a tow yu taw
Processes of a Business That Is A!
most Wholly Done by Machinery.
chinery with a decoction of water,
sugar and starch.
When the mixing Is completo buck
ettuls of the compound are carried to
the steam-cooker; here the first cook
ing takes ptace at a temperature of
180 degrees. On both sides of tbls
cooker long chutes descend from the
upper story, and down these chutes
fall tin cans, dropping into place be
neath nozzles which automatically
discharge precisely a canful of corn.
These nozzles fill fifty-six cans a min
ute almost one every second, you
notice which is a great deal faster
than a dozen skilled workmen could
do.
As the cans are filled with the'
steaming, fragrant mixture, an end
less chain conveys them on to a re
volving steel table, where they- are
roughly hustled and made to "move
on" until they fall Into a regular line
and pass through the automatic
"counter," a turnsttlo affair which
registers the exact number ot cans
filled every day.
Without pausing a second, the cans
travel along a belt which carries them
under the "wiper," a buzzing brush,
much like a street-sweper in a small
scale; this device Instantly cleans off
any stray kernels which may have ad
hered to the outside, and passes the
cans to an operator who very deftly
places the little round "solderated"
covers In position. Just as they
leave the operator's hands, each can
receives a good brushing with muri
atic acid from a nest of whirling
brushes, for all the world like muci
lage brushes. This acid prepares the
covers for tho automatic soldering
process. ,
The soldering machine receives
twelve cans at ouce, solders them si
multaneously with circular Irons, and
delivers them out on to another belt
before you half understand how it is
accomplished. Its capacity Is 42,000
cans a day. Each can cover Is pro
vided with Us own solder, the irons
ot the machine, heated by gasoline
flame and well dipped In salammon
lac, whirl down with a spiral motion;
presto! the thing is done.
Nothing now remains but to seal
up the little air holes in the middle
of the covers. This detail Is attended
to by a couple of men who drop solder
on the centre of each top as the cans
pass by. . Leaving these men, the
cans are collected in great trays, each
holding ninety-four cans. Five trays
are piled together, and the whole
mass, containing 470 cans in all, is
dragged off to the "retorts," where a
very high temperature is maintained
by steam.
Into the retorts go the cans on the
double quick; the doors are jacked
on and the steam admitted. Here
the corn receives its final cooking;
and when, . with a great rush and hiss
ing of steam, the doors are thrown
open again, It la ready for . market
and table.
Other workmen now wheel the
corn away to a large platform where
thousands ot cans aro piled; a hose is
squirted over the new arrivals to cool
them, and they are then ready for
labeling and shipment. The whole
process has consumed less than an
hour, from the time of delivery In the
yard until the finished product lies
cooked, sealed and cooled on the ship
ping platform.
The rapidity and entire precision
ot the manufacture are miraculous.
Hardly twice does a human hand
touch the work it is a triumph ot
machinery, pure and simple. There
are, la the whole range of mechan
ics, very few processes excelling this
for quickness and automatic perfec
tion. When one considers that In the
very brief corn season a single shop
turns out from 300,000 to 500,000
cans, the rapidity of the work be
comes apparent. New England Gro-
da gospel bees do. Come in an' we'll
lead you to de clover.
"You won't come in? Well, den,
poor things, den stan' roun' de out
side an' have de drippin's. We's got
honey in dls hive."
"As he spoke," said Mr. Beecher,
"I seemed to see my own sermon
shrinking and fading away."
Workmen and Their Tools.
The monotony of labor union meet
ings was broken the other night
when a spirited young fellow blurted
out: "You chaps can talk the year
round about wages and hours, but
mighty few of you know how to keep
your tools In order and get the beat
out ot them. I'll bet there ain't a
dozen men here to-night who don't
abuse their tools. You let 'em rust
out; throw 'em away and buy new
ones." There was general move
nrent in the room. Au old man said
he had used a saw for twenty years.
A tailor declared one pair of shears
lasted hint eighteen years. A car
penter's drawing knife was fifteen
years old. Old Jimmy, of Washing
ton Market, used a carving knife
twelve years. Joe Ochstel had a
hatchet for twenty-two years. A box
maker used a pocketkntfe nineteen
years. A cabinetmaker had a plain
bit that wore out a dozen stocks, etc.
The experience meeting turned out
to be highly Interesting. N-aw York
Press.
The Oldest Bridegroom.
Sir Robert Turing, Burt., who Was
married at St. . Goorge's, Hanover
Square, recently, though he will be
seventy-nlue ln a few days, la not the
oldest titled bridegroom ot recent
years. The late Marquis of Donegal!
married when he was past bis eigh
tieth year, and lived to see a son and
heir born to him. The bride ot a few
days ago inarrled her first husband
In 18 SB, and has been a widow since
1805. Second marrunges have been
made before in the Parnell family, to
which she belocs. Her grandfather,
the third Lord Corjletou, Is survive !
by his second wife, while the third
wife of tbe second Lord Congleton
also survives. There are thus three
Lai' s Coercion living. Yestail
How to Renew Furs.
Furs that have become flat and oily
looking about the neck may be made
frrsh and :!ke new by rubbing the
fur the wrong way with hot bran.
Furs that have been wet should
never be hung In front ot a stove or
an open fire to dry.
Telephones at the Theatre.
To enable young married women,
If they become anxious, to telephone
home and Inquire as to the condi
tion of their children, telephones are
fitted In Try private box at the Coli
seum. It is a common thing at the
opera and many West End theatres
to soe a queue of ladles watting their
turn at the telephone between the
acts, says London Opinion, Just "to
have a word with nurse."
When to Shun White Shoes.
The weakness for white shoes
shown among certain classes is to be
deplored. The material Is cheap, the
feet they adorn usually largeor is
it that white makes even small feet
look tremendous? They soil so easi
ly, and in any event should be worn
with white costumes. In any event,
cheap white shoes should never be
worn. Black shoes for street wear
are always safe. The various browns
do well for some occasions, but black
always looks well and the feet look
smaller in It.
Broderio Anglaise.
One generally sees broderie An
glalse worked in floral patterns, or,
ut any rate, in "fancy" designs; for
a change in it Is much prettier in a
severe style, and a charming blouse
of saffron taffeta embroidered in a
design somewhat like the convention
al wreath ot bays, stretched out
r raight! A very fine piece of Valen
ciennes was embroidered thus, and
the broderie worked on lace was most
effective; this blouse had chiffon bre
telles edged with tiny frills, and the
embroidery was done In colored silk
"i.atch.
Hand-Painted Hats.
There seems to be no stopping In
the universal race for novelty. The
latest craze is for hats hand-painted
with the designs of the flowers with
which they are trimmed. Large Leg
horn hats In white and black have
their brims painted with long trails
of pink or white roses and trimmed
with clusters ot the flowers and big
bows. A very dainty toque also fash
ionable is of pale mauve crinoline
straw, trimmed with lilac and orna
mented with painted sprays of the
same blossoms, which are half hid
den in the folds of tbe straw. Lon
don Opinion. -
Gloves Will Go Deep In Pockets.
It will be enough to Bcare any father
to learn how expensive his wife's
and daughter's winter clothes are
going to be. The Icily calm importer
of Paris frocks makes no apologies
for her announcement that never in
her long experience have French
models been so dear, while some of the
accessories ot dress, such as gloves
and plumes,' prove a ton weight on
the man who has to pay for them.
A fashionable woman's glove will be
Increased unpleasantly, as the bright
shades that will be worn this year are
costly. "Last season we could count
on one hand our customers who de
manded, colored gloves," says the
purveyor of modes, "but this winter
the pale grays and fawns are consid
ered Insignificant. Already we have
demands for claret, grass-green, royal
purple and electric blue gloves."
Sweet Faces.
Tbe most expressive face is not
tbe one which writhes or agonizes
with every sorrowful feeling, or
twists and squirms with every amus
ing situation; it is rather the one
which retains a calm exterior while
the strongest emotions of the soul
play upon It with their lights and
shadows.' The face should be the
smooth curtain on which the heart
exhibits Its various pictures without
disturbing it, not the stage which re
quires the shitting of scenery tor
every act. The reason why so many
beautiful faces are to bo found in
a convent Is in a great measure due
to the dally habit of composing the
features In long hours of meditation
and prayer. Unmarred by contend
ing emotions, the features are grad
ually moulded into harmonious out
lines. To sum up on this point
train you.- features to composure,
and avoid all grimacing habits, says
Woman's World. Because good
humor la an obliging quality, many
women think they must always be In
a laugh or a broad smile In order to
:be charming. This la a grievous mis
take. Tight Hose Harmful.
Worse even than narrow toes Is
the habit that many women have ot
buying hose too small tor their feet
and wearing them constantly.
It la needless to say that binding
flesh In tight stockings is one ot the
most harmful forms ot lacing, be
cause It- restricts circulation. And
when that la Impaired the Individual
becomes a prey to all sorts ot ali
ments, which, by thj way, not only
manifest themselves lu corns and cal
loiitt'3, but by affecting the general
health. ,
Stockings too large, the other ex
trome, are also bad, but tbe 111 effects
they cause are not to be compared
with the wearing of tight hose. When
they are too long and wrinkle ovvr
the instep and under the arch of the
foot they cause callous places aud the
folds ot the material pressing Into the
flesh frequently Irritate the skin, be
cause ot the constant friction ot rub
bing upon and down with every step
taken.
' The Ideal stockings have broad
tooB, so thRt the feet can lie atv'-'-t
to theta. Ttey iliouM ft c!e 9 O I 8
flesh, not snugly enough to be un
comfortable, but Just shape them
selves nicely to the feet. Once such
hosiery is put on no other kind wilt
ever be purchased again.
The seams are, of course, small
and soft and If possible get the styles
that have them on the outside of the
foot Instead of down the centre,
where, If the threads are drawn a
trifle tight they often chafe the flesh.
New Haven Register.
The Birdcage Coiffure.
Women who have returned recent
ly from Paris are Introducing a new
French evening costume that outdoes
in altitude anything seen since the
powdered wig of Colonial days.
The framework ot the new ar
rangement is a cage-like wire affair,
patterned after a high skull cap.
This Is placed just in the centre ot
the head and the tresses are arranged
over it to give the effect of a tower
ing mass of "crowning glory."
The hair first is waved, then sepa
rated to hang in even quantities on
all sides of the head. When the
"cage" has been adjusted the wavy
locks are drawn up loosely over it
and arranged in a graceful knot at
the summit. -,
If the hair is too scanty for
treatment, the ends are tucked iu on
top and pinned, and a group ot arti
ficial curls is fastened above.
A fillet is usually drawn around
the new coiffure at a point about on
a line with the lower edge of the
cage. Sometimes tbls is a double
string of pearls, or again it Is a sim
ple told of tulle with a large artificial
rose caught to it at either side of tha
head.
Tact and Patience.
To say "no" to a child is often
much easier and quicker than to ex
plain the situation and help the child
to say no to himself. But the latter
Is the better way. It requires tact,
patience and persistence, and, above
all, prayer. When the child has been
made to understand why he should
or should not do a certain thing, then
comes a supreme moment of testing.
Will he choose the right course, or
will he decide for the wrong? The
mother must not interfere, and she
can do nothing but wait, lifting her
heart in a silent, pleading prayer for
the Holy Spirit to direct her little
one. And, for her comfort, she may
be assured that He who promised
His Spirit to those who ask, will
not fall to answer. Do not let us
mare the mistake of thinking that
little things are insignificant. The
smallest decision that a child makes
is large to him, and every one goes to
ward forming that strange power
which we call habit and which will
be so large a lactor In his later life.
It is only by trifling and oft-repeated
lessons that the child learns to gov
ern himself, but the mother who
helps her little one to such self-mastery
is giving him the key to vlstory,
for "he that ruleth his own spirit is
greater than he that taketh a city."
Clara E. Hamilton.
For Those Who Worry.
The worrying temperament often
makes its habitat with one whose oc
cupation lies within home walla,
whose life is monotonous, and out
look circumscribed.
The frame inures itself to priva
tion, to work, when it does not inter
fere too much with eating and sleep
ing, but the system never accustoms
Itself, healthily, to worry.
It is a perpetual tease upon the
nerves, and never remits its rasping,
wearing power.
It is generally true that an anx
ious tendency to take care rather
seriously outruns Its right propor
tions, becomes a giant, and gains mas
tery over its victim.
To "tie it well and let it go," to
do one's duty, then trust in the good
ness that rules the universe,, and of
which each individual is a parjt, Is a
nobler, healthier role than to fret
and fret.
It Anxious was a divinity, to be
propitiated by anxious thoughts, and
offerings to his skeleton .partner,
Black Care, then worry might be
worth while, but not when it hinders
usefulness and encourages croaking.
Where care stimulates activity it is
beneficial, but the moment it goes
beyond Xhat it checks good work.
Think how much humanity suffers
on account of tbe things that never
happen. Think how worrying takes
away peace of mind, nerve, unfits for
the battle of life, the swooping and
lunging toward things outward and
great in our lives.
Winnow your own Individual life.
See bow tbe things about which you
were worrying and twisting never
came near you, and happiness came
around the corner undreamod of, un
expected. Experience does not: seem to help
the votary ot Care. Though trouble
can be shown to be year In aud out,
mainly of the Imagination, he still
goes submerged aud water-logged by
fear of anxiety.
Tho condition ot worrying li
nursed, and the victim ot tbe cheer
destroying habit feels as uneasy with
out some fret as au old friar would
without bis hair-cloth.
When fidgeting as to how ends
are going to meet, just recall the fact
that they generally do meet, om
way.
No one has right to convert the
future Into an outlying storm-ground
and draw In upon himself aud r-:iii
Us chills and bUists.
Fear secrete adds, affects that su
perb engine, tl4 luurt, but confident-
and trust are swout JuUtu to the con
stitution aud nature. A. Day Robin
son, In Health.
Kangaroos readily leap from sU'y
to seventy feet. 'H e j" ' I I :i '
od Ui-p of a l'".- u li t
lout.
SLr:Kl'.
- Up snok a Innsmiil sybsrit
Who had all thiiMVi to plena.
AH told of slumbers lie enjoyed
On flowery berts of ease.
A toiler raised his honest voire v
To tell of sloep serene
Enfolding him, when work was dona.
Upon his pallet mean.
And then in praise of outiloor emirh
Hnoke one of (tvpsy liirth.
A tui said the sweetest rent was found
, Upon the breast of earth.
i At this the summer pueat arose.
Aside sll others swept.
Anil unasted that at his resort
'Neath blnnki-ts lie hail slept.
McLandburull Wilson, in the New York
bun.
fOfTQ I Kin
"You entertain a great deal more
than you did formerly, I notice.''
"Yes, Indeed. This is the flrat really
hospitable cook we ever had." Life.
"Papa, what is a 'gentlemnn of the
old school?' ' "One, my son. who
Insists on having Brlght's disease
when he can abundantly afford ap
pendicitis." Puck.
Hubbubs "Are you ever bothered
with tramps out here?" Subbubs
"No; I have a sign on the gale read
ing: 'We are vegetarians, but our
dog Isn't.' " Philadelphia Press.
"Yes," sighed Mrs. Lapsling, "S
phrony suffers terrible from neural
agy. The only relief she ever got is
when she has an epidemic Inserted In
her arm." Chicago Tribune.
Thc ice mutilate
ho cliiirue so inch
Can't take tlieir ice lung
When they die.
Denver l'osl.
Bertha "I say, father, you are
still growing?" Father "No, my
dear. Why?" Eertha I puzzled )
"Why because the top of your head
is comtng through your hair." The
Bystander.
Fat Squire "But I .toll you, sir,
this road Is private, and you shall
not pass except over my prostrate
body!" Cyclist "All right, guv'
nor, I'll go back. I've done enough
hill climbing already!" Punch.
Tommy "I wish our school was
a Government offics in Washington."
Mamma "What on earth do you
wish that for, Tommy?" "Tommy
"Because then us fellers could spell
any old way." Baltimore American.
Bank Teller "I have no doubt you
are Billyuns, the ice magnate, hut
'you ciu3t be Identified. Can't you
bring in some friend to " Bill
yuns "I have no friends." Bank
Teller "It s all t ight. You're identi
fied." Life.
Two hearts with but a sinnle thought,
Till hie is done;
But how much better if two mouths
Could eat as one.
, Milwaukee Sentinel.
Never hit a man when be has got
you down. Philadelphia Record.
Bacon "She says she Is twenty
eight years old." Egbert "Well,
she looks as If she would say she
was about that old." Yonkors
Statesman.
"Let me see," said the Boston ocu
list, "it's your right eye that troubles
you, Is it not?" "Oh, no!" replied
the lady; "it is quite true that my
right eye causes me some annoyance,
but I am bothered more by my 'alter
ego.' " Philadelphia Ledger.
Wife "Weron't you awfully
frightened', dear, when you made
your firBt political speech the other
night?" Candidate "Yes; but I got
through safely." Wife "Safely?"
Candidates "Yes, beforo anybody
yelled for me to sit down." Detroit
Free Press.
"The road to knowledge nowa
days," said the first old schoolmas
ter, "is too swift aud ton easy. It's a
regular railroad." "Yes," agreed
the other old pedagogue, "and It's a
railroad with fewer switches than are
necessary." Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Elastic Wheels.
For years Inventors havo ii.,u
trying to devise a wheel with uprlugi
between the hub aud rim, thus Im
parting to a vehicle the comfort now
derived from puouua'.ic thus. The
Tribune Farmer has described one or
two of these devices lu the pusl. As
yet none of them have been intro
duced to actual use, but they may
need only some trilling improvement
to render them pnrfuotly sutistuctury.
Wheels ot that sort with soil I rub
ber tires would lust lotiir than do
hollow rubber tires, Tliey should
enable the owner ot au sutoiuuluu
to save uiouuy. According to Duvld
Beecroft, a writer for '"l'h Techni
cal World Magazine," a first class
tire for a motor cur wheel tblity-slx
inches iu diameter, If the liie ll
has a five-Inch diameter, will rost
$87. B0 per wheel, or 1270 for a t
of four. This covers the vust tuiy
of the casings or outer portions, to
which must bo added (he enpanse of
tbe air chambers, amounting to lift
each or $60 for a complete But, thus
Increasing tbe entire cost lo 3;tu
Besides this high lultlsl eipwuse Is
the trouble due to puncturunf, wbii tt
robs the sport il uiutb it It jil
ure; more Important still is (be dan
ger of tbe car upsetting if liafullug
at high rate of spued hs ut
punctures.
AlcolM'l-l.ngiucs,
professor Klluu TIiuiiishii u ti nt
experiment bus proved (hut l oliul,
provided It run l liimlu ti,rtip
enough, li enlll'uly kuiluMv t' '
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