RKX AND RAGS. Rex Crouse, he live acrost the street; He's rich as rich can be. We're awful common, an' that's why He (lament play with me. Hid father is a millionaire. Pii drives fer Mister Crouse. They cull their place a residence, i But ours fa just a house. &e's got a same of indoor golf, A printirr-presa fer boys, IA stcam-engyne, a phoneygraff I never seen such toys! But he is tired of 'cm all; He'd ruthcr come an' play l spy," or awing on our hack gats When his ma goes away. 'An' when she leaves him with his nurse He slips acrost the street, 'An' takes his shoes an' stockings off, 'Cause I'm in my bare feet. !An asks fer 'lasses on his bread To eat, the same aa we. Bis ma don't know what's good to eat - i rmi wnai ne saya to me. He likes my hat; so when wc play I always trade with him, Though liin is new an' mine is just A crown an' half a brim. He says he doesn't like his name. He wishes he had one Like mine. That's Rags. An' so I call Him "Peanuts," juat fer fun. II" lays that I'm the very best Of all the frienda he knows, An' that our house la Iota more fir Than anywhere he goes. An' when we play "Pretend." at ( in choose what one we'd be, I always play that I am him. He alwaya plays he's me. Then when his nurse or mother nTT, He aaya to us, "O dear!" An' alwaya waits a little while. An' 'tends h didn't hesr, An' then he nuts his shoe back on To fix up like he was, Because he dassent play with us. lie dassent, nut ne does. Marian Kent Hurd, in Youth's Companion. . - , rgent Suitor Won a Widow In Railway ''"J.. eV-Sl"'"---'.-J.a..kr A PROMISE UNDER STRESS. ? ? VHow an Urge aiiiiajj jj j.i a M9999999999999J99999999J999999999 mitmimmttmmmmtm ing It was a June evening, and the acacias made the moat of the power whleh certain vegetables possess of intoxicating one with their perfume that evening, her hand did not stop my mouth at all, it reached for the bell. Clarisse did not threaten, this time; she acted. I saw that I was on the point of being put out by her servants who consisted of an old woman who had been her nurse and whom I could have bowled over with a breath. However, It was no time for airy persiflage. Without waiting for Nancy to seize me by the collar, I took my hat and fled. When day broke, I had not closed my eyes; not that the situation seemed desperate, for I had learned to read Clarlsse's eyes. But, all night long, I had repeated over and over again to myself: "Heaven grant that the little hotel in the Avenue Friedland Is still for sale! We would be so comfortable there." In SDito of this. T was nn filrtlinr advanced when September came, the last month of my lease. I was no longer shown the dnnr when T am?. gested my candidacy, but Clarisse as- med a bored air and calmly talked something else. Between our selves, I would rather she rang the oen, ror I divined that she was thinking: "My dear friend, you do not dis ease me; quite the contrarv. Tint you must confess that, in the solitude of Chantilly I have scarcely had op portunity to enjoy my widowhood. Let me see if it is really worthy of its reputation. In a year or two wo can talk of your affair." In a year or two! Preitv find charming as she was, Clarisse would nave a score of admirers around her, and adorers around the woman one wants to marry are like flies in milk; they may do no great harm, but they certainly do not improve the milk. Early in September Mme. de Mone ley Informed me one day that she was going to Parts on the morrow to have a look at her apartment. I sincerely hope." she added in a severe tone, "that you do not think of accompanying me." How can you suggest such n thing?" said I. with aunarent sub mission. "You leave at " The Comtesse de Moncley who will soon change her name, as you hall see Is one of the most de licious widows imaginable, and also one of the cleverest I have ever met. From the very first day she knew precisely how to avoid any exag geration that could be considered bad taste In the expression of her orrow, without falling into the other extreme and making thoso who saw her In her widow's weeds think she must wear red satin under her crape. Early In April she had quietly left her Paris apartment, where no male visitor had set foot since her hus band's death, and it was only by acci dent that, a week later, I discovered the address she had so carefully concealed from every one. It was "Sycamore Villa, Chantilly." On the first of May there might have been seen to arrive at a little bit of a bouse, situated at a convenient dis tance from Sycamore Villa, several trunks, an English cart and pony, a saddle-horse, a bull-terrier, two ser vants and a man bordering on thirty. That man was myself. I hasten to add that. In this cir cumstance, I acted solely at my own risk and peril, without any authori zation, any right whatever, and with no other motive than my love my profound love to prompt me to hope that my change of domicile would not bo a dead loss. Ah, well noth ing venture, nothing win. And what did I venture? Tho Salon, the May fetes, the Grand Prix, the mob in the 'Alice des Poteaux, a few balls what (Were they in comparison with the charms of a most attractive neigh borhood? I have known men to .cross tho seas and spend fortunes ,to follow to the ends of the world adventuresses whose whole body was not worth the tip of Mme. de Mone ley's little finger. Clarlsse's pretty anger when I pre ented myself at her house, on the day of my arrival, was my first de lightful recompense. In spite of her grand air, I saw that she was touched, and I doubt if ever lover experienced so much pleasure in being shown the door by a pretty .woman. She took her time about It, too, and only pushed me into the street after a regulation phllippie, to which I listened very humbly, reply ing only so much as was necessary to lengthen the lecture, which conclud ed in these words: "And now you will do me the fa vor to return to Paris. The train leaves In an hour." "An hour!" I objected, timidly. "That is hardly time to ship two horses and a carriage and throw up a lease " "What is this!" she cried. "A lease! You have presumed to go, sir! What audacity! A lease! And, if you please, where is your house?" "A long way from here," I has tened to reply; at the other end of the forest. I am sure it must have taken me fully three-quarters of an hour to come here." To be precise, it h.id taken me about five minutes. "To think," she exclaimed, "what a poor woman, deprived of her pro tector, Is exposed to! You would not have dared to do this if my hus band were still alive. And to think that he considered you his best friend! Poor Charles!" "He has never had any cause to complain," I murmured. "Let us talk together of him." . "Never!" "Then let us talk of ourselves, that will be better still." This suggestion shocked her so that it took me a long time to calm her. Finally, she did not wish to let Ihe got without having sworn never to set foot in her house again. It Is needless to say that it took half an hour to persuade me to make this promise which I broke the next morning and as often as possible. I pass over the months that fol lowed, merely declaring that in this vale of tears there is no more happy lot than that of Buch an unhappy lover as I was. Clarisse had the most adorable way of annihilating toe with a look from her blue eyes eyes that were Intended for quite another purpose than annihilating whenever she saw that I was going to fall on my knees before her, and I must confess she saw it at least ten times during every visit I made her, still In despite of her express prohibition. And when I so far for got myself as to tell her that, It the intent were as good os the deed, the late lamented ought to have a heavy grudge against "his best friend," seeing that I had loved his wife mad ly from the very first. "Not another word," she would say, severely; "you blaspheme against friendship! Poor Charles!" And her white, dimpled hand .would pitilessly stop my mouth, so that, if I had followed my Inclina tion, I would have blasphemed from morning till night like the worst traitor to friendship lu the world. The day aho left off crape, I profited by the occasion naturally enough, it seems to me to propose "J sen in set terms as a candidate to succeed poor Charles. That even- "At 8 In the evening, as I do not wish to be seen. I shall send Nancy In the afternoon to prepare my room. An, poor fans! She no longer said "Poor Charles!" admllt that this "Poor Paris'" made me much more uneasy. The next evening, at 8 o'clock the doors of the express train, which stops hardly a minute, were already closed. Clarisse had not appeared. She reached the station Just as the bell rang. "Quick, hurry ud. madame'" rrlnd the railroad official. "Hurry!" I repeated, opening a compartment at random and helnin? her in. But Instead of getting in, she fell back, almost fainting, in my arms. Here Is what she had seen, and what I, too, had seen over her shoulder: The seato of the compartment wero unoccupied, and three men, perched like monkeys on the back of the seats, held to their shoulders three guns, whereof the barrels shone In the lamp-light like cannons. One of them, as we opened the door, had shouted In a terrible voice: "Don't come In, for " I had closed the door so quickly that we had not heard the end of the sentence. Then ClarlBse and 1 bun dled ourselves In the next compart ment without quite knowing what we were doing. The train was already under way. We were alone. Mme. de Moneley seemed half dead with fear, and I must confess I was vio lently shaken. "Did ye-u see them?" she cried. "What cau be happening in that com partment? They are going to fight to kill each other! What terrible tragedy Is to be enacted right beside us?" "I don't understand It at all," I replied. "Only oaa explanation seems possible to me. They are hunt ers who have suddenly gone crasy. Otherwise, why should thev eiimh the seats? If they simply wanted to in eacn otner, they could do It with out all that gymnastics." "No," suggested Clarisse, "it is some dreadful American kind of duel. In such a case, It seems, they climb up on anything they can find Rut why didn't they stop them at Chan- tiny r "The train itself scarcely stopped there." "Did you hear how they called out 'Don't come in!'? The wretches, they don't want to be disturbed while they are killing themselves. Good ness! Just listen!" The fusllade had commenced right inside beside us. Several gunshots bad sounded, dominated by a shrill, pleroing cry, which still rings in my ears. Then a deathly silence ensued; they wore all dead, however bad shots they might have bean. Though we were making about fifty roll an hour at the time, I mad ready to get out upon the step and find out what was going on In our neighbors' compartment. As I lowered the window, two arms seized me and a voice broken with anguish but which sounded very sweet, Just the same gasped behind me: "Phillip, If you love me, do not go. They will kill you!" It was precisely like the fourth act of "The Huguenot except that my name Is not Raoul. I saw the advantage of my situa tion, and I resolved to profit by It. I profited by It so well that, after a dialogue too Intimate toJe repeated here. I was In a position to sing if I had a voice, which I haven't "Thou-ou ha-ast said It." For she had said It. Poor Charles was distanced now. She had said the sweet words: "I love you." A prey to emotions bordering on the hysterical Clarisse sobbed and clung to me with all her strength, though I had not the faintest desire to Intrude on the massacre next door. They could kill themselves at their case. Let every man tend to his ows affairs. As for me, I was very much occupied Just then. That Is why, early the next morn ing, I hurried to my lawyer to speak to him about the little hotel In the Avenue Friedland, which was still for sale, but thank fortune. Is now no longer In the market. Decorators and furnishers are at work In it, and when January comes, you will see It occupied by a certain young couple that I know of. But let us not anticipate. When the train pulled Into the city, my companion and I had quite forgotten our neighbors, or what was left of them; but now the authorities must be Informed and the bodies removed. I had Jumped out, and was looking about for a sergeant de vllle, when I beheld the door of the famous com partment open aud the three hunters calmly descend from It, carrying. rolled up In a rug, tin inert mass which looked as If it might be the body of a young child. Without an Instant's hesitation, I seized one of the nssasslns by the collar. "Scoundrel!" I cried. "What have you got In that rug?" "Don't make such a row," he re plied, "or we'll have a hundred peo ple at our backs. It Is only my poor dog." "Dog!" I repeated, lndignnnt at tho man's coolness. "Come, come. you can not deceive me, I saw it all." My captive, whom I still held by the collar, opened a corner of the rug and showed mo a setter's muz zle, with flecks of foam on It dappled with blood. I dropped my hold on the man's collar in the greatest con fusion. "Really, I scarcely know how to apologize," I said. "But, frankly. It Is not astonishing that I should havo been deceived three men crouching on the seats of the carriage and shooting " "Still, the explanation is very simple. My dog was bitten three weeks ago. I bad the wound cauter ized, and thought the animal was saved. We had been hunting all day near Crell, but, no sooner wero we on the train than hydrophobia devel oped and the animal began to snap at us. To attempt to put the beast out was to tempt death, and there was nothing for It but for us to climb up on the seats and shoot the dog. We were not able to do so until after we left Chantilly, for the poor brute had taken refuge under the seat. Finally, by calling it, I persuaded It to put its head out, and then we shot It. I tell, you It's a trip I shall not soon forget." "Nor shall I," I replied, and I re joined Clarisse, who was waiting for me at a little distance and whose curiosity was vastly excited to sea me thus politely take leave of the assassins. "Well, then," she said, making a little face when I had told her the story, "that doesn't count. I take back what I said." But at the same time she softly squeezed my arm with her own, and I saw in' her eyes that "that" did "count." Translated for the Argo naut, from the French of Leon de Tlnseau. Horse Is a Tobncco Chewer. Harry Ewan has a fine black horse, but It is addicted to bad habits. It If an inveterate tobacco chewer, and it Is almost impossible to drive it past a hotel without treating It to a glass of beer or a whisky. The horse seems to prefer the beer, takes It from the pall without Bpllllng a drop and licks out the pall. Mr, Ewan can't Imagine where the horse learned Its bad habits, and says it it often very embarrassing, especially when he has ladies in his carriage. On his way to church this morn ing, accompanied by several ladies, the horse stopped in front of a hotel, and It took some time to convince him that he could not get a drink on Sunday. Clayton (N. J.) Dispatch to Philadelphia Press. To Keep Milk Sweet. If told that without the use of preservatives milk could be kept in good condition two or three weeks, most persons would say they knew better. Cooling the milk quickly and keeping it cool and clean from first to last will accomplish this end. Progressive Farmer. Milk Cows Needed. It is not to be supposed that the general farmer will make a leading specialty of dairying, but he should keep as many milk cows as can bo taken care of well. With good man agement, the farm will produce practically nil the feed needed to en able tho cows to give a good quantity of milk and to improve the soil. Progressive Farmer. Profit in Fowls. Ducks do not continue as profit able breeders much beyond the third year. Very old geese cannot be made palatable for dressed poul try. Ducks can be quickly fattened Into palatable food at almost any age; if taken when quite thin In flesh and fed on rich, fattening foods they will fill up juicy, palatable meat In a few weeks and make fairly good market fowls. Farmer's Home Jour-lal. fmligcstion Due to Many Cnuses. Indigestion may occur from many different causes, as costlveness, a too liberal supply of milk; too rich milk; the furnishing of the milk of a cow long after calving to a very young calf; nllowlng the calf to suck the first milk of a cow that has been hunted, driven by road, shipped by rail, or otherwise violently excited; allowing the calf too long times be tween meals, so that, impelled by hunger, It quickly overloads and clogs the stomach; feeding from a pail milk thnt has been held over In unwashed (unscalded) buckets, so that it is fermented and spoiled; feed ing the milk of cows that have been kept on unwholesome food; keeping calves In cold, damp, dark, filthy or bad smelling pans. The licking of hair from themselves or others and its formation Into balls in the stom ach will cause indigestion in the calf. Dr. David Roberts, Wisconsin State Veterinarian. Care of Kwes. A sheep breeder referring to his own experience Bays that breeding ewes should be kept In good condi tion but not too fat, yet a well fleshed ewe, he says, will always give the best lamb and take care of it better after birth. In producing this flesh on the ewes care should be taken that they have plenty of exercise, for if they are fed heavily and kept in close quarters, many cases of sterility are apt to develop. Many sheep raisers prefer the custom of feeding only twice a day, although at least a small amount of roughage should be in the feed racks nearly all tho time. Among the common foods, clover hay, corn fodder, oat hay and millet can always be fed to advan tage, although if the seed is pretty f'ell developed in the latter it should ot be fed In too great quantities, urnlps, cabbage, or any other suc ulent crops are almost a necessary factor In profitable sheep feeding, although their use cau partially be done away with where the silo is on the farm. Too much silage or any other succulent food Is liable to pro duce weak lambs, but a small amount fed once a day will prove highly beneficial. Indiana Farmer. His Idea of Equipment. The morning after the wreck of one of the fast trains running be tween New York and Chicago, an old farmer was standing on the bank of the river Into which the train had plunged, intently watching the water. A stranger approached and naturally the conversation reverted to the wreck aud tho fortunate escape of all tho passongers. "It was the costliest train in the world," Informed the atraager. "Yes," grunted the other, still watching the stream. "And also the best equipped," the newcomer continued. "No doubt about it," assented the old farmer. "I've fished a dozen bot tles out of tho water already." Har per's Weekly. To Make a iiazoi' Strop. Razor strops are prepared from strips of linoleum of the ubusI length and width, left for twenty-four hours in a one-eighth to one-fourth per cent, solution of hartshorn salt, to which one aud one-half .per cent, of alum has previously been added, at the ordinary temperature: the strlus are then dried at the normal temper- ' attire, rubbed with soap uud polished with pumice stone. They are finally fastened in the usual manned to wooden handles, Strops made In this way will give a smooth, sharp edge to the razor. Scientific: American. Silage From Dry Fodder, One ot the main advantages of silage is its palatability and the cleanness with which it is consumed by animals. There is practically no waste. It is now found that silage can he made from dry fodder as well as from green stuffs. "A number of successful experiments havo been mado along this line," said one of the dairymen of the Department of Ag riculture, notably at the Delaware Experiment Station. The idea seems to have been suggested from tho ex cellent results which followed from packing out fodder In a box and moistening It with hot water, and then allowing it to stand for twenty four hours. With this, cottonseed meal could be effectively mixed. This, however, was too expensive for gen eral feeding practices. The plan was carried a step further, and a silo filled with cut dry fodder and then wet down, which Induced subsequent fermentation. A rise in temperature ensued, and the development ot an aromatic odor as In tho cbbb of green silage. The cows preferred this arti ficial ensllugo to the d.-y shredded fodder, and both old and young stock ate it up clean. It is reported to be a better and safor mass to use in con Junction with cottonseed meal than is dry fodder, for the reason that the meal adheres to the damp fodder, mastication Is insured, and there is no daugcr from impaction of the meal. The Composition of Eggs. If the poultry keeper knows the composition of oggs he will belter understand how to feed to furnish the proper food dements needed to produce them. Scientists have found, after many analysos, that eggs con tain about fifty per cent, water, sev enteen per cent, protein and thirty three per cent, carbohydrates. There is only about twice as much carbohydrates as protein, while in most grain there are from six to ten times as much. Wheat brau, which la considered very rich In protein, contains more than three times as much carbohydrates as protein. Wheat contains nearly seven times as much; oats, five times; corn, nine times, and barley, eight times. Oil meal, on the other hand, contains nearly as much protein as carbohy drates; . gluten meal, one and one third times as much carbphydrates as protein; cottonseed meal, twice as much; cow'b milk, nearly as much; dried blood, fifty-two times as much; meat meal, nearly thirty times as much. When It is desired to make a ra tion of any of the grains for the production of eggs. It can be seen that It Is necessary to mix with any of them some of tho concentrated feeds which contain a great deal of protein. Thus, If wheat Is fed, meat meal should be taken Into the ration. If corn Is made the bulk of the grain ration, a liberal amount of dried blood should also be fed. Since water makes up a half of the con sumption of eggs, it is essential that the laying hens have an abundanco of clean water at all times of the day. Weekly Witness. Pen Fowls For tho Ham. In answer to a subscriber, Wal lace's Farmer says: The peacock has for so long been grown only for its beauty of plum age rather than for Its table excel lence that It Is considered not a fowl for the farm but rather for the park and lawn. Pea fowls mnko very gentle pets, and If well cared for and well fed they will remain about the house and lawn; if neglected, they rove after the manner of turkeys. The cocks have been known to at tack children, and both cocks and hens are very quarrelsome with chickens, sometimes killing and eat ing newly hatched chicks. Like tur keys, the cock is mated to from three to sit hens. They do not reach full size until two years old, and make the best breeders after that age. The hen begins to lay in March or April, and carries her young the en tire year. Pea fowls cannot be pro fitably raised under hens, as they are least ready for weaning when the chicken hen leaves them. The young chicks are raised on the same diet given to turkeys. They seem to re quire live animal food of some kind, worms, bugs, grasshoppers, etc. When the hen Is ready for mating, along in February, she beats off her chicks. Owing to the immense quantity of feathers which tho peacock has to renew at molting time, this season Is very hard on him, and he requires abundant nourishment. The loss of his beautiful plumage seems to hu miliate his excellency greatly; he seeks secluded placeB out of sight of his mates, and remains in seclusion until the molt is over. A young pea fowl of either sex is more delicious eating than a turkey, but the day when tho brains of pea cocks was a favorite dish for royal ty, and when "The carcasses of three fat wethers were bruised for goavy to make sauce for a single peacock" is long since past. Pea fowls will eat anything, nnd may be fed as other poultry. They are long-lived, Instances being record ed of pea fowls reaching the age of thirty years. Handling the Manure1. It has come to be understood very well that the manure on the farm is one of the thingB to be carefully looked after and properly handled. In referring to this matter Hoard's Dairyman says: Is It better to let manure remain In the barnyard In large heaps and haul It out twice a year, spring and fall, or Is it best to haul it as fast as made? What are the advantages of the latter system? We must re member that the manure is never so rich in fertilizing value as when first made. It must Taste some of its value anyway, but hauled out as fast as made, it wastes less than in any other way. If piled in large heaps under shelter, It wastes, accord ing to recent experiments, eighteen per cent. If piled up in tho open nlr. It wastes 21.7 per cent. From spring to fall we are obliged to let the ma nure accumulate in the barnyard. But to prevent as much as possible, we sprinkle over it twice or three times a week, ground phosphate rock. We waut the phosphate in the soil, and we want to prevent evapo ration, while there is nothing that makes the phosphate more available than the fermentation of organic matter. So we accomplish three things in this way. But from the time the cattle are stabled in the fall till the ground is too soft for wagon wheels iu spring, the manure is hauled daily to the fields that are to be plowed for corn. The advantages of this system are: (1) The manure is hauled and spread when the labor will coBt the least. (2) We have tho clean barnyards. (8) We Becure the least loss from fermentation and evaporation. For the summer accumulation, we find the largest value In hauling it out on to alfalfa or clover sou In the fall, plowing It under at once. On this land we plant either corn or po tatoes the next spring. But the wise farmer will make generous provision for the keeping up ot fertility iu his land. He will not be afraid to buy commercial fer tilizers like ground phosphate rock, or plow under in the fail a good stand of clover or alfalfa. Every dollar he spends lu this way will bring ten in return. A Color Scheme. "What color did you paint your house?" "Herring." i' . j . "Herring?" "Yes. I live near a number of factories." "Well, what has that to do with it?" "Why, I knew herring looked well smoked." From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Walter Scott's Stories. Mrs. Murray Keith, a venerable 8cotch lady, from whom Sir Walter Scott derived many of the tradition ary stories and anecdotes wrought up In his Waverly novels, taxed him on day with the authorship, which he as usual stoutly denied. "What!" exclaimed the old lady, "d'ye think I dlnna ken my aln groats among oilier folk's kail?" Argonaut. g The Shirtwaist Salt. "There were rumors afloat early In the season that the shirtwaist suit would not be In its usual high favor with this year's summer girl." writes Grace Margaret Gould In Woman's Home Companion. "Every one was proclaiming the universal vogue of tho jumper dresB. "Now, however, tho tide Is turn ing, and the shirtwaist suit Is again asserting Itself. And there Is no doubt that It Is smarter than ever. "Of course, tbl shirtwaist suit has had to look to Its laurels, and per haps that's why tho now designs arc so original and extremely attractive. All sorts of materials are used, from the new voile In a worsted suiting pattern to an Inexpensive striped gingham. Brown linen Is also In high favor for a shirtwaist suit. Other materials which are In vogue are figured madras, p' ue, mercerized rep, cotton poplin, pongee and striped and checked silks." ' vr-7; The Art of Happiness. The art of happiness consists In being pleased with little things. Peo ple with great wealth or great power are seldom happy. The leaders of tho world, great men or great women, are seldom satisfied. The social leader, with millions at her com mand and the homage of many men and women, rarely knows tho happi ness that comes unasked to the young wife or mother in humbler circles, says Home Chat. The possession of money decreases the power of enjoyment. A child gets moro pleasure out of a sixpenny toy than a millionaire does from a thousand-pound yacht. Sixpence has greater value to the child than a thousand has to the millionaire. The Joys of life belong to the little peo ple the quiet men and women who are satisfied to live their own lives and make little mark on the liveB of others. It is in the power of the least of us to be happy and to make others so. tTncle Henry's Experience. "It's all nonsense and a waste of time," said Uncle Henry, "to tell a young man what kind of wife he ought to pick out when he gets ready to marry. Nine times out of ten he has picked her out already, and If he hasn't, he doesn't need anybody's help. "What do you know about It?" he was asked. "I know something about it by observation," he answered, "and a little by experience. When I had reached the age of twenty-five, with a fair Income and good prospects I thought it was time for me to marry. I had almost decided to ask a certain Naomi Henthorne, but didn't altogether like the family, and was in an uncertain frame of mind nbout her, when some of my friends began to take it upon themselves to assist me. They told me that Naomi was the very girl for me that I couldn't find a better wife it I were to hunt all over the country, and so on. In short, they praised her so highly that I made up my mind I'd follow their advice. I began paying attention to her, and In a few weeks I 'popped the question.' " "Well?" "Well," said Uncle Henry, with some reluctance, "she said she wouldn't marry me if I was the last man on earth." From Youth's Companion. Wearing Flowers. Not for several years has It been so much the thing to wear flowers on the street. For a time the pretty custom was considered bad taste, due probably to maidens making walking conserva tories of themselves. Now the up-to-date tailor-made girl wears pinned to her coat a single flower, or at most -two, unless violets or lilies of the valley are the choice. What these flowers are depends upon the purse of the maiden's best young man, or perhaps on that of her fond papa, as girls buy flowers for themselves nowadays and do It open ly, without any pretense of sending them to a sick friend or taking them home to mother. The smartest flower Is a single denla, but its waxy whiteness Is not only dreadfully high-priced, but It blackens at the first blast of air. A single American Beauty rose or one chrysanthemum Is the next choice, though nothing quite takes the place of violets for street wear. And the smart touch just here from Purls Is to wear a small artificial flower with two or three leaves in the buttonhole of your severe coat suit. New York Press. 3- George Eliot's Grave. There is a popular belief, especi ally prevalent in England and on tho continent of Europe, that Americans as a nation have little time or inclina tion to trouble themselves with thoso who are dead and burled, howevet great their claims to consideration may have been while they moved among their follows on earth, but Mrs. Lodge, wife of the Massachusetts Sonator, tells a' story which shows that sometimes even the orthodox English are no less forgetful and remiss. When In London recently she decided ou a pilgrimage to the grave ot George Eliot, and having primed herself carefully with all the available particulars as to the grave yard In which the illustrious novelist sleep!,, she Journeyed out to High lata. But once there she soon found It necessary to seek guidance, and chose a school teacher, walking with a line of plg-talled girls, as most likely to prove a fund of useful in formation. But though the teacher obviously had heard of George Eliot, she had no Idea where the novelist had been burled, and Mrs. Lodge con tlnued her search alone until she fell In with an aged grave digger. "George Eliot?" repeated the old man; "hag he been burled lately? I have bean away on my holiday for the last fort night and I do not know much what has been going on whllo I was away." It was tho- same with the casual tourists and old Inhabitants, and Mrs.' Lodgo left Htghgate without finding the tombstone that marks the grave she sought. New York Press. m Individualism. - . Mrs. Herman H. Blrney, In the Tfa tlonal Congress of Mothers' Maga zine, says that the literature of the present day, ephermeral as most ot It is, reflects In a very real way many, characteristics of modern life, and nothing more than Its frank ma terlalism. One of the many results of a materialistic conception of life is that individualism which is ho most pronounced characteristic ot American llfo at present. Authority, in religion has lost its force and in dividual liberty has taken Its place; in law and In social life the same prevails. Judge Thomas, of f'tilca go, recently gave It as his opinion that the enormous number of homlJ cldes in the United States (the per centage being fourteen times that ot Japan and twenty-seven times that ojjt Germany), Is caused by "excessive Indlvlluallsm." The people are) swayed not by social conscience, bu by Individual Impulses and motives. He gives the great losses In our fac torles and our railroads, the wasting of our forests, the spoiling of our natural beauties as other instance! of the same evil. Don'ts For Conversation. Don't say "I was raised in New England," but "I was reared in New England." Don't say "I rarely ever go any where," but "I rarely if ever go any where." Don't say "I dislike her worse than ever," but "I dislike her more than ever." Don't say "This is the finest ol any," but "This Is finer than any." Don't say "I am going to try an experiment," but "I am going to make an experiment." Don't say "Between you and I," but "Between you and me." Don't Bay "I guess" for "I think," "I suppose" for "I expect." Don't say "He Is older thau me," but "He is older than I." Don't say "Not as I know," but "Not that I know." Don't say "He don't," but "Hf doesn't." Don't say "She Is some better," but "She is somewhat better." Don't say "Where are you stop, ping?" but "Whero are you stay ing?" Don't say "You was," but "Yoo were." Don't say "Either of the three will do," but "Any of the three will do." Don't Bay "He Is coming righf away," but "He is coming imme diately." Don't say "A lot of young ladies," but "A number of young ladles." Don't Bay "If I was you," but "Ti I wero you." Don't say "He is one of thoso meq who gives liberally to the church." but "He Ib one ot those men whe give liberally to the church." Don't say "Apples are healthy," but "Apples are healthful." Don't say "This tree is not to b compared to that," but "This tree; Is not to be compared with that." Don't say "I fear that I shall din. coramodo you," but "I fear that ) shall Incommode you. Don't say "I am afraid I can'l go," but "I fear I can't go." Don't say "I am kind of lazy," but "I am rather lasy." Don't say "He is well posted," but "He Is well Informed." Frederh? Reddale. If the blouse Is of color, the con tro knots match its shade. Some of the willow green hats are lined with black or white under the brim. The pleated "buckles" of velvet hold their own among the garnitures ot hats. Dotted or coin-spotted fabrics with trimmings the color of the spot re main in vogue. Little ties of silk like the waist appear with the white linen collar on many Bilk morning waists. Some soft crowned hats are being made of cretonne, and look very well with a costume so trimmed. Nothing fits more snugly, thereby adding to the trim appearance of the waist, than the fine Bilk elastic belts. A tallormade just brought frooa London has a short jacket of diago nal striped wool and a plain doth waist. Covert cloth is among the suit ings that wear extremely woll, aud in gray Is less ordinary than the ubiqui tous tan. The special novelty of the season Is the combination of a solid color cloth coat' with jkirt of striped or checked matorial. Those who are slender will find those dressing sacques and morning jackets most becoming that are made ou broad kiiuona lines. White or butter color lace applique upon bats ot dark velvet sometimes forms the only bit of contrast from the solid color of the costume.
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