INCREASE OF DIVORCES One For Every Twelve Marriages In the United States. ANNUAL RATE 66,000 NOW. More Than Twice as Common as Forty Years Ago, Census Bureau Reports. Divorces Now Increasing Threa Times as Fast as Population. That divorce is two and one-half times as common in the United States as it was forty years ago and that one marriage in twelve nowadays ends in divorce are conclusions reached by of ficials of the census bureau at Wash ington In u new compilation of statis tics of marriage and divorce covering the twenty years from ISB7 to lOOti, in clusive. A previous investigation covering the twenty year period from ISG7 to 18811, inclusive, bad been carried out by the department of labor, and Mr. Carroll I>. Wright, who was then com missioner of labor, has been associ ated with the present inquiry as an expert special agent of the census bu reau. In the twenty year period covered by the latter investigation there have been 12,832,044 marriages recorded. In i the same time there have been 945,025 ; divorces. For the previous twenty ; years there had been reported 328,71(5 divorces, little more than a third of i the number for the second twenty j year period. When the first investiga tion was Instituted, forty years ago. j divorces occurred at the rate of 10,000 j a year. Now the annual rate is CG.OOO. j This increase, however, is to be con- j sidered In connection with increase in j population. The report adduces statist! • to show that divorces are now lucicaslng about three times as fast as popula- j tion, while during the decade 1870 ; 1880 they increased only about two and two-thirds as fast. The divorce ' rate for each 100,000 of population in creased from twentv-nine in 1870 to eighty-two in 1905. In the former year 1 there was one divorce for every 3,441 persons and in the latter year one for every 1,218. But a more significant divorce rate j is that which is based not upon totai population, but upon married popula- j tion. The rate for each 100,000 mar- 1 ried population was 81 in the year 1870 and 200 In the year 1900. Geographically Illinois leads in total i divorces granted for the last twenty ; year period, with 52.209, and Ohio is | second, with 63,982, other states being j close up. New York's list of divorces for the twenty years ended and inclusive of : 1900 was 29,125, whereas for the pre- j vious twenty years it had been 15,- 1 355. The rate in 1900 was twenty three for each 100,000 population. In 18S0 it was sixteen. Pennsylvania's total for the last twenty years was 39,080 and that of .Massachusetts 22.940. The highest rate in the eastern states is that of Maine, 117 for each 100,000 popula tion. Wives obtain two-thirds of the ill- ! vorces. Desertion constitutes 38.9 per cent of the grounds for all divorces, and neglect to provide, unfaithfulness, < rue!ty and drunkenness are i ther i round*. Five dhvr.-i .< are grained i "io wi."e for cruelly to one for the I usli:ind. Alimony was asked by t!:ree < ives out of sixteen and obtained by two out of sixteen. An idd feature of the report is that 1 io proportion of busbr.'uij '-iio ask d for alimony was 2.S per coat and tl it j J p< v cent obtained it. In Ft: b • i.\ ; 1 us 1 ands obtained divor-es for tun-! jp: oft. Tl • fifth year of married lif • we is i > ! :.vp been the mo ! davgiw •>*.<• i id ! iuo;-; likely to bring the al > -hip upon the rocks. From the first to the fifth year the ratio Increases, but after the fifth year there is less tendency to separation, although the j number of divorces does not fall be- ' low that of the tirst year. The average duration of marriages ' terminated by divorce is about ten years. Sixty per cent, or three-fifths, last less than ten years, and 40 per i-ent last longer. Cargo of Five Thousand Cats. Japan, it seems, is infested with rats, and the reason Is explained by a Paris contemporary- viz, that the Japanese cats, which are not prolific, arc pamperfd to an extraordinary de gree. During the last few days, the chronicler proceeds, a ship has left one of the principal German ports with 5,000 cats on board. These on arrival .are to bo settled iu the various mari time towns of the mikado's dominions, and we further learn, says the London Globe, that the present consi .'iu:: nt of eats Is to be followed by fi ur others, each of 5,00(1. The nanie of the prin cipal German port is not given. "Job" Insurance. Insurance Commissioner James V. l!a:ry of Michigan has discovered a new form of insurance among rail road conductors, says a Lansing dl - patch. It Is a "Job" Insurance scheme by which every man who loses his po siiion through any cause except drunk enness or garnishment of salary re ceives $5W>. The next legislature will be asked to pass a law regulating and controlling this form of insurance. William J. Boss, a Michigan Central conductor, is the organizer. A Monster Cave. A cave has lately been discovered in New Zealand which is larger even than the Mammoth cave of Kentucky. Women and Words. Mrs. Stubb —Now, women nre not im pulsive, like you men. They always measure their words. Mr. Stubb (with a sigh)— Oh. If some of them would only give short measure!— Chicago News. Getting His Own Back. "The giraffe has a tongue eighteen inches long." said Mrs. Talkm -re. "And knows how to hold It, too," growled Mr Talkmore. who had had a lone curtain lecture the night before London Answers. Young Folks New Candy Game. The hostess should write the follow ing questions on sheets of paper, of course omutiug the answers, and give one to each guest, awarding boxes of bonbons for prizes: What caudy Is a spice and a money making establishment? Peppermint. What sweets are wild tlowers of the spring fields? Buttercups. What goodies result when a sour fruit rolls off the table? Lemon drops. What caudy Is a lively goat and a near neighbor of the English? Butter scotch. What caudy is rubber and"to fall?" Gumdrop. And which consists of a famous riv er iu the east and a variety of nuts? Jordan almonds. What candy good for the throat is gray with age and hunting dog? llore hound. What American dainty is "to ex plode" and an important food product? Popcorn. What species of caramels are an un complimentary,exclamation? Fudge. What popular flavor is likely holly and mistletoe? Wintergreen. What bonbons should show which way the wind blows? Straws. The Dijon Popiar. A traveler in France speaks of a 1 poplar tree that the writer saw In the city of Dijon, which is the olilest tree of its kind hi Fran-e. It is 122 feet] in hi ' !it iit'd is forty-live feet in cir cunift ivtice :it the base. The city conn- j cil has u:i ithentic rec rJ of the his tory of tlie tree since the year 722. The people of Dijon nre proud of It. so much so that 11 • • t ! -'.lr; igo vot ed to lev; ,i tax to put a r liling around it. so that it inighl be pr tected from possible injury. It is .> Ito see sen timent of this kind. Questions end Answers. When could the British empire tie purchased for the lowest sum': When Richard HI. offered his kingdom for a horse. What is the largest room in the world? The room for improvement. When may a man be said to break fast liefore he gets up? When he takes a roll In lied.—Philadelphia Ledger. ABOUT A WATCH. Marvelous Feats Performed by the Most Delicate of Machines. The watch is the smallest, most deli cate machine that was ever construct ed of the same number of parts. About 175 different pieces of material enter its construction, and upward of 2,400 separate operations are comprised in its manufacture. Some of the facts connected with Its performance are simply incredible when considered in total. A blacksmith strikes several thousand blows on his anvil in a day and is right glad when Sunday comes around, but the roller jewel of a watch makes every day and day after day 4.'12,000 impacts against the fork, or 157,t:80,000 blows In a year without stop or rest, or 3,153,000,000 in the short space of twenty years. These figures are beyond the grasp of our feeble intellects, but the marvel does not stop here. It lias been esti mated that the power that moves the watch Is equivalent to only four times the force used in a flea's jump; conse quently it might be called a four flea power. One horsepower would suffice to run 270.000,000 watches. Now. the balance wheel of a watch is moved by this four flea power one and forty-three one-hundredths inches with each vibration—3,ssß% miles con tinuously in one year.—Chicago News. Find the Seven Babies. ITere is an ancient but interesting puzzle: One and one and one make three, any one would say upon glancing at this picture of the fine little boys, but it is not what you see first that is the right answer to the question. "How many are there? Look again, and perhaps you will be sharp enough to see that one and one and one make not three, but more than twice three—seven. Look among the squirming arms and legs, among the chubby bands and feet, and you cannot fail to make up the puzzling addition. And after you have found all seven of the baby boys take the picture and have some fun with your friends watching them fuss' and fume that they cannot see more than the ortgiual three babies. Would Let Folks Know It. Somebody sent this to the society editor and made affidavit that it really happened. Here it is: They were out at an aft ernoon card party. A stout woman dropped a card to the floor. "Would you be so kind as to pick up that card for me?" she inquired of the little wo man at her right. "Certainly," said the accommodating woman at the right, picking up the card. "You see," explained the stout wo man apologetically, "I've got on a brand new fifty dollar corset, and I'm afraid I'll strain it if I lean over." "Hum!" commented the other wo man enviously. "If I had a fifty dol lar corset I'd wear It on the outside. I really would." Cleveland Plain Dealer Sad Termination. Said She—Did the story you were writing when I last saw you end hap pily or unhappily? Said He—Unhappily. The publisher-- tefused to accept it.—Chicago News. SLEEP CURE FOR SIN. Clergyman Says Wives Can Keep Hus bands Home by Using It. The sleep cure Is the latest discovery In the realm of mental suggestion. Just who discovered It has not been revealed, but Its marvelous powers were described the other day by the Kev. Henry C. Rose, rector of the Church of the Redeemer, in Newark, N. J. Of course sleep Itself helps to refresh tired mortals, but the Rev. Mr. Rose said that by mental suggestion when the subject Is asleep husbands can be cured of vice, crimes can be prevented and bad habits of children removed. As an Instance of the power of mental suggestion when the sub ject Is aslecj> the clergyman cited the case of a woman who cured her liun band of his nightly habit of going to his club. As described by the Rev. Mr. ltose the sleep cure Is based on a simple theory. lie said that while the con scious self Is asleep the subconscious self is awake. In fact, it never sleeps. All a wife lias to do is to sit by her husband's bed and appeal to the wide awake subconscious self to make the husband good. The clergyman said he and the Rev. El wood Worcester, rector of the Emmanuel Protestant Episco pal church of Boston, experimented on about a hundred children of depraved minds and that thirty-live were cured entirely, forty-live were helped mate rially and that the treatment failed only in twelve cases. In describing the case of the woman who tried the sleep cure on her hus band and thereby stopped hiiu from neglecting bis home for his club the clergyman said that the wife sat by tier husband's bed and told him that the next night he would not goto his club to drink and carouse, but that he would couie home, have a good din ner and spend tlie evening with her. "The next day the husband came home as ills wife said lie would," the Rev. Mr. Rose asserted "lie forgot his club, and soon, after persisting in the treatment, the wife cured him en tirely. If such treatment is beueticial to tlie husband It will be good for wives too. They might be kept from extravagance In dress, and many un happy homes might be brightened." Lambs For Spanish Children. Directly after Lent there is observed in Spain a custom that is particularly Interesting to children. It is what may be termed the sale of the lambs, for on Monday morning after Easter the shepherds have their lambs and goats on sale in nil the cities. The animals are kept in temporary pens, and It Is the rule for parents to permit their children of from five to twelve years of age to purchase a pet lamb or goat. After the animal is selected It Is tak eu to the home residence and given the freedom of the courtyard und quite often the greater part of the house. It is every child's ambition to train the pet so that it will at least follow its owner like a dog, and if a few simple tricks are added to the lamb's or kid's education the master or mistress is proud indeed. Girls especially delight in these pets, and often the animals are so bedecked with bows and ribbons as almost to hide their bodies. The sale of the lambs Is a very old custom and Is supposed to have originated through some form of the church. The Dog's Tail. A prominent citizen was on trial charged with harboring a vicious dog The attorney for the defense had been consulting a dog expert and had learned that If a dog holda his tail up over his back when be barks he is not angry, while if he holds it straight out behind him he is in a belligerent, bloodthirsty frame of tnlnd. Anxious to air his newly acquired information, the lawyer began cross questioning the prosecuting witness thus: "Now. did you notice the position in which this dog's tail was held when he came at you?" "I did not," said the witness, "for that was not the end from which I anticipated injury. 1 had another end in view. Now, if the dog had been a hornet" — "No levity, sir!" thundered the attor ney. "Answer the question. In what position was the dog's tail when he came at you?" "I believe, sir," faltered the terrified witness, "that it was behind him."— Chicago News. Nothing but Cod. Kate Field once visited the Isles of Shoals and went fishing with a New England skipper. During the voyage she interviewed the old salt on the fish question, with the following re sult: Said I to the skipper: "What do you consider the best fish for boiling?" Skipper Roiling? Why, cod. to be Hire. I—And what is best for baking? Skipper—You couldn't have no better tlsh nor cod for bakinjr. I How is it with broiling? Skipper I never tasted no better fish for broiling than cod. I—What Is your opinion about fry ing? "Frying!" repeated the skipper, scratching his head. "Why, what would you fry but cod?" I -What fish is best for general pur poses? Skipper—General purposes! Cod can't be beat for general purposes. I tell yon! Know All About George. "Do you know, my daughter, that every name means something? For in stance. Charles means brave, William resolute, George"— "Oh, I know what George means, mother." "Well, what Is it?" "George means business. He told me so last night."—Chicago Inter Ocean. Apt Pupil. Friend—You took your son Into your establishment some months ago to teach him the business, I understand. How did it turn nut? Business Man (venrlly)—Great suc cess! He's teaching me now. The Return. Magistrate-1 112 I remember rightly, this Is not your first appearance in court. I'Wsoner—No. your honor: but I hope you ('on't judge by appearances. —Harper's Weekly. a "Demis| 9 By EPES W. SARGENT. 9 I Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated T Y Literary Press. V "Billy," announced Daisy solemnly, "I gotter die." Billy Sea ton's big bine eyes grew round with surprise. "Don't," he urged. "Tommy Bind- I ley's birthday party is next week, and they're goln' to have tive kinds of cake and three kinds of Ice cream. Billy was sick last year and this is last year's party too." "I'm not going to bo dead that long," explained Daisy. "This is only a little dead." "I don't see no fun in dying just for a little while," scorned Billy, his fears allayed. "If I was to die I'd want to stay dead—but I don't want to die," he added hastily. "I don't want to," admitted Daisy, j "but 1 gotter. You know my lace shawl?" Billy nodded. lie had reason for re- J mombertug the shawl, for had he not j been spanked for throwing a bit of j Jelly cake at Daisy when she was | wearing it? It was old and yellow, but j they had made a terrible fuss about it. j "I cut a teenty piece offen it," con- j tinned Daisy. "It was the littlest bit I of a piece, but"—her voice hushed to j an awed whisper—"l'm goln' to be! spanked when ma gets home tonight." ' Billy nodded understanding!}'. It was Mrs. Dimlop's principle to permit at least twelve hours to elapse between the detection and punishment of ju venlle offenses, during which period , the culprit was permitted to suffer ■ cCV lUI ' Mm Hal: J023 I "ALL TUB SAMIf, PROMPT PATMEfTS MARK I GOOD FBIKNDB." those agonies of anticipation far more j effective than the gentle spanking | which constituted the nominal cxpira- j tion. Billy preferred his mother's plan, in i which the sole of the maternal slipper j followed hot noon the heels of <llscov ery, uuit He regarded Uie tiny cuipni compassionately. "Ma won't be back until 4," said Daisy. "You'll help me, won't you, Billy?" Billy nodded, and bo It happened thut when Mrs. Dunlop appeared on the j piazza of the summer resort hotel to j ask If any one had seen her small j daugnter not even Alice, Daisy's elder, sister, could give any Information. At this opportune moment appeared Billy from the road leading from the , small stream by courtesy called a ; river. Iu oje hand he carried a pall j of frogs and in the other a battered ] and dripping wreck that once had been ! a straw hat. With a scream which startled the ' other guests Mrs. Dunlop hurried ; across the lawn toward the approach- j lng boy, for her mother's eyes had rec ognized the headgear which to others was still a shapeless mass of wet straw. "Where did you get Daisy's hat, Billy?" demauded the frantic mother. "Found it,"was the prompt response. "1 was down below the dam huntin" frogs and this came over the dam." "It is my Daisy's," sobbed the fran tic mother, clasping the wet thing to lier breast. "She cut up her lace shawl that had been my own grand mother's to make a dress for her doll, and I told b»r that she should have a whipping when I came back from the village. The poor, sensitive little thing has drowned herself." In an Instant all was confusion. Kindly hands led the mother back to the piazza and the men at once organ ized searching parties. Alice Dunlop numbered her conquests by the score, and each suitor was hopeful that by re covering her sister, dead or alive, he should win a gratitude that should later turn the scales In his favor. Paul Piudlay wns one of these, though to do him justice he would have acted as quickly without the Incentive. He was hurrying across the lawn when a pudgy hand tugged at his coat and drew him toward a clump of shrubbery. "Cross your breast never to tell?" obligated Billy. Paul gave the desired assurance. "An' give me your big jackknlfe?" bartered Billy. "And the knife," assented Paul. "You know the old mill?" reminded Billy. "Not the new one by the dam, but the one where the dam used to be? Say coo-ee three times. Remcm ber, you promised not to give us away." Paul nodded and rushed on, while the self satisfied manager of the cam paign went In search of the chef to coax him to cook the frog legs for sup per. It was not long before Paul returned, bearing his tiny burden and explain ing to those who had dragged the pond that it had occurred to him to search the bank farther up stream. "She was all tired out from her tramfi" he concluded as he placed her In Mrs. Dunlop's arms. "She never was In the water. The wind blew her hat off." Tears were turned to rejoicing. All of the summer girls hastened to of fer Daisy candy out of their boxes, and as Daisy sleepily told her well planned atorr of how ahe had strayed Into the iiioutiied admiration to li' Mu;i • j so.; inle. Then the child was carried upstairs to 5e washed and dressed for dinner, and the beaming Mrs. Dunlop cooed soft pleas for forgiveuess. Billy strolled away to one of the summer houses, there to encounter Paul and Alice in the first blissful stage of their sudden engagement. J"hey did not see him for a moment ffiul, look ing up, was the first to notice him. "Come for thy pound of flesh, <) Shy lock?" he demanded. Billy shook his head. "I just was walkin' around," he ex plained. "I didn't know that you was here, honest" "All the same," declared Paul, "prompt payments make good friends." He slipped the knife and a shiny quarter to Billy and watched the boy race across the lawn. "It was Billy who suggested that I look higher up the bank," he explained as he returned to the girl. "I told him that if his tip was any good I would give him my knife." "What do you suppose gave him that idea?" cried Alice, with surprise. "I don't know," said Paul loyally. 'The workings of Billy's miud are not for the understanding of us grown ups." Billy, out by the stables, derived huge satisfaction from making long, white shavings with the new knife. "1 wish ma would give me time to die before she spanks me," he was tell ing himself mournfully. "I hope Daisy dies again soon." Truly Billy's mind was unfathom able. HOME IN THE NEXT LIFE. Ex-Senator Chandler Believes It Will Be In One of the Stars. William E. Ckanuler, former United States senator from New Hampshire and former secretary of the navy, has come into the limelight again as the advocate* of a new religious doctrine. He iK'lieves that after we lay down our physical beings upon this earth our souls will goto some of the stars, there to be reinvested with physical bodies and to have the same con sciousness of existence as here, only to greater perfection. Mr. Chandler, who talked with a re porter of the New York World at his summer home at Waterloo, N. H., be fore his departure for Washington, where he will spend the winter, said: My faith In a future life is strong and ever present with me. It is only faith. Wo have no knowledge, and It Ls Intend ed that we shall have no knowledge. We do not live as disembodied spirits. We so to one of the stars, where we Inhabit new physical bodies, which embrace our present souls. We see and hear and have the senses, taste, smell and touch, and perhaps other new and more joyous senses. We must start with the vast, startling, overwhelming thought that there exb*ts a power that can create an luimortaJ soul, capable of living for ever. Once created, the soul must goon and on throughout the eons of eternity. The great object of existence could not be satisfied by anni hilation. It can be satisfied only by Im mortality. AdmittLng the future existence of the soul, what more logical thought can we have than that our souls goto some oth er part of the universe to take up their abode there? They do not exist here on this earth. What can be the object of such an existence? There is no communi cation between the souls of the departed and the souls of those who remain. Such a spirit would be a very unhappy one I do not believe In spiritualism In the com mon meaning of the word. The idea of spirit rappinns is entirely unreasonable. If we go to some of the star*— to Slrlua, to the North star or to the sun—we shall be reinvested with physical bodies. The Joys of existence attendant upon the use of the Ave senses must not be sacrificed. And what more reasonable thought than that we shall be invested with new sens« s as enjoyable. If not more so, than the five we have in this existence? My idea Is that when our souls leave this earth we do not scatter to different planets. This would be a terrible separa tion. Suppose we are sent to Mars and our dearest friends have gone to Slrius. The very thought Is distressing. Surely In the great beyond we shall re- Join our friends. We shall not scatter. Wo shall know each other there as we have known each other here and shall have friends among those we meet in this life and among the countless millions who have preceded us to the necropolises of the past ages. I love to think that In the next worWl life will be a little easier than It 1s here. After the cares of this life are over we shall need rest. The most prevalent hopo Is that of a little rest before entering upon new labors. The new life will be a little easier. A little rest is what we long for. But when we reason upon the sub ject we must believe that the life to come Is one of activity, a life of work., a life of service. Senator Chandler does not believe In the transmigration of the soul on this planet. Nor does he believe that the soul has had any previous existence. THE BEE'S STING. An Ugly Weapon Something Like a Three Bladed Sword. The bee's sting la made up of three separate lances, each with a barbed edge and each capable of being thrust forward independently of the others. The central and broader iunce has a hollow face furnished at each side with a rail or beading, which runs its whole length. On the back of each of the Other two lances there is a longi tudinal groove, and into these grooves lit the raised headings of the central lancet. Thus the sting Is like a sword with three blades—united, but sliding upon one another—the bar bod points of which continue to advance alternately Into the wound, going ever deeper and deeper of their own malice afore thought aftor the Initial thrust is made. It Is a device of war com pared to whjeh the explosive bullet Is but a clumsy brutality. Yet this Is not all. To make Its death doallng powers doubly sure this thorough minded ama ion must fill the haft of her triple blade with a subtle poison and so con trive its sliding mechanism that the name Impulse which drives the points successively forward drenches the whole weapon with a fatal Juice.— From"The Lore of the Honey Bee." by Tickner Edwardes. Unavoidable. "Do you think a man ought to be freater than his party?" "Well," answered Senator Sorghum. "It Isn't desirable. But sometimes you can't prevent a man's party from shrinking."— Washington Star. "You were always a fault finder?" growled the wife. "Yes, dear," responded the husband meekly, "I found you." TABLE PRORATIONS. Bisque Figures In Pose of Premiere of j the Ballet. Hostesses who are at their wits' ends I .rylng to break away from the trite md formal In the matter of decora tions for the dinner table appear to jwe a debt of gratitude to the result of the happy collaboration of two Frenchmen, M. Pierre Carrier-liei leuse, the painter, and M. Gregolre < 'ul vet, equally celebrated as a sculptor. Together these two artists have spent three years in designing and ex ecuting a dozen or so of the daintiest and most bewitching dancing girl fig ures imaginable. Each figure perpetuates a character istic pose of a premiere of the ballet. It Is the psychological moment of the dance, when the little figure, the gauzy skirts, the graceful limbs, the expres sion of the irresistible countenance, all combine to define an emotion that ii captivating. The graceful abandon of the figures and the management of the ballet skirts convey a wonder sense of mo tion. The figures seem almost to skip on toe tips, to whirl about, to fly, so painstaking, yet apparently careless, have the artists been with their detail. The material of these joyous little statuettes is "biscuit de Sevres." The models are executed for the art mar ket at the French national factory at Sevres. Probably no other medium would express the artists' ideas half as well. Every one acquainted with examples of bisque statuary will un derstand liow exquisitely light and fragile must appear these dainty fig- j ures. It cau be imagined how well these charming figures serve as accessories to the decorative piece do resistance on a dinner table. Perhaps they are j placed in a line up and down the ( length of the table or in groups here J and there. If the hostess Is lavish In ' such matters, she may place one be- j fore each cover—to be carried away as 1 a souvenir. EASY DISHWASHING. Lightening the Weary Work of"Three Times a Day." One of the unnecessary things in I housekeeping is the continuous wash- | ing and wiping of dishes, says a wo- I man In the Housekeeper. Met htnks I hear a cry of horror from a horde of housekeepers, but many of them have nevertheless ut one time or another rebelled against the stack of dishes which looms up, like the school boy's hash, "three times a day." It is queer how some women will wear themselves out rather than step aside from the beaten path. They have yet to learn the joy that comes from taking an Independent tack and making the work subservient to the worker, from being the master Instead of the slave. To many women the bugbear of housework is dishwashing. Why wash j dishes three times a day? Do It lu the j morning when fresh. Scrape the din i ner dishes, stack In a large pan filled ! with cold water and cover. Treat the supper dishes the same j way, and do not allow your conscience to keep you awake one single hour. It will not make the task too heavy the next mornint If you try my way. After washing each piece In hot suds and rinsing in hot (not warun water, put them, piece by piece, in the wire drainer (price 10 cents* as nearly on edge or aslant as possible, and let stand until dry. Glasses, of course, and silver must be wiped, but the former can be left tilled after using and the latter put Into a pitcher or deep Jug until some odd minute when one is uot so weary with well doing that another turn of the screw seems next to impossible. The Tapestry Craze. One of the most attractive forms of embroidery which have been revived recently is the tapestry work used on cushions, screens, chair backs and seats and in smaller pieces to be mount"d on stools, blotters, box lids, etc. It is comparatively simple work, and the designs are most attractive. SQUARE POB CHAIR SEAT. Copies of old tapestries, of Watteau and other subjects, of Dutch scenes and of simple floral patterns, are traced on canvas and all the portions of the design applied in the correct color ings. The embroiderer merely works over the lines lu careful stitches, as in the most conventional needlework. The example given is a Louis chair seat in rich colorings which give an effect of perspective seldom attained in embroidery. Phenomena of Heredity. It is one of the phenomena of hered ity that a boy wants to be what his father was—if a shoemaker, then a shoemaker; if an ironworker, then an ironworker; if an artisan of any line, then an artisan in that line—and the father and mother who have come to hate the smell of leather or the grime of the smithy, the oil waste of the ma chine or the sweat of downright hard work cajole or coerce that boy Into something that Is genteelly dull or respectably stupid aud kill the germ that would have produced the manu facturer, the mechanical engineer or the capitalist—Philadelphia Telegraph. Then She Misted It. Wlggs Poor old soul! She doesn't believe as much in the efficacy of pray er as she did. Waggs—You surprise me. She has always been so extreme ly religious. Wiggs—Yes, but the oth er day she got ready togo Into the city, and then she discovered that she had only ten minutes in which to catch the train. So she knelt down be fore she started and for five minutes prayed fervently that she might catch it.—Catholic Standard and Times. YULETIDE FEASTING, Phases of Christmas Cheer as Observed In Denmark. PASTRY BY THE MILE EATEN. Whole Family In an Old Town Helped to Make Cakes, Says Jacob A. Riis. Continuous Eating Performance For Two Weeks. One of the Christmas season's cus toms as observed in an old Danish town Is described as follows by Jacob A. Itlls in his article entitled "Yuletide In the Old Town" In the Christmas Century; When we were not dancing or p'ay ltig games we literally ate our way through the two holiday weeks. Pas try by the mile did we eat, and gen eral indigestion brooded over the town when it emerged Into the white light of the new year. At any rate, It ought to have done so. It Is a prime article of faith with the Danes to this day that for any one togo out of a friend's house or of anybody's house in the Christmas season without partaking of Its cheer is to "bear away their Yule." which no one must do on any account. Every house was a bakery from the middle of December until Christmas eve, and, oh. the quantities of cake we ate, and such cakes! We were sixteen normally in our home, and mother mixed the dough for her cakes in a veritable horse trough kept for that exclusive purpose. As much as a sack of flour went in, I guess, and gallons of molasses and whatever else went to the mixing. For weeks there hail been long nnd anxious speculations as to "what father would do" and gloomy conferences between him and mother over the state of the family pocket book, which was never plethoric, but at last the joyful message ran through the house from attic to kitchen that the appropriation had been made, "even for citron," which meant throw ing all care to the winds. The thrill of it when we children stotid by and saw the generous avalanche going into the trough! What would uot come of it! The whole family turned to and helped make the cakes and cut the "pepper nuts," which were little squures of cake dough we played cards for and stuffed our pockets with, gnashing them incessantly. Talk about eutlng between meals! Ours wan a continuous performance for two sol id weeks. The pepper nuts were tbe real staple of Christmas to us children. We rolled the dough In long strings* like slender eels and then cut It a lit tle on the bias. They were good, thost* nots. when baked brown. I wish 1 tiad some now. It all stood for the universal desire that In the Joyous season everybody be made glad. I know that in the old town no one went hungry or cold dur ing the holidays, if indeed any one ever did. Every one gave of what he had, aud no one was afraid of pauper izing anybody by his gifts, for they were given gladly and in love, and that makes all the difference—did then and does now. At Christmas it is per fectly safe to let our scientific princi ples go and Just remember the Lord's command that we love one another. I subscribe to all the scientific princi ples of giving with perfect loyalty and try to practice them till Chris; mas week comes In with its holly an i the smell of balsam and fir and tli memories of childhood in the old towi then—well, anyway, it's only a lit: 1 ; while. New Year's and the long co!-l winter come soon enough. DEATH VALLEY. The Burning, Blasting Winds That Sweep This Arid Waste. The prevailing winds in Death val ley are from the west. Though origi nating iu the Pacific ocean and sat urated with humidity in traveling the intermediate distance, they arc inter cepted by the lofty peaks of four ranges of mountains, which absorb all of their moisture, so that by the time they reach the valley all humidity has disappeared. The blasts are as if heated in a fiery furnace, and no liv ing thing can survive the intense heat. Even birds indigenous t.i the region die. It is iu the months of greatest heat that the sandstorms of Death valley are most deadly. They rage with in tense fury, obliterating the landscape and dimming the light of the sun, withering the scanty vegetation and coveriug the trails deep in powdered dust. At all times the aspect of the valley Is superlatively desolate. No spot on earth surpasses it in aridity or Tophet-like heat. During the heated term an hour without water means death. Meat lie koines putrid in an hour. Eggs are cooked in the blistering sand. Water is only palatable by means of large, porous, earthenware jars, common to all hot countries, suspended in drafts and reduced in temperature by means of the rapid evaporation of the mois ture from tile outside. imEIT! A Reliable TLN SHOP r®r all kind of Tin Roofing Spouting nnd Conoral Job Work. Stoyos, Hoatora, Ran«oa k Furnaces, oto- PRIDES TUB LOWEST! QMLITY TUB BEST! JOHN HIXSON SO. 11# E. FRONT VT.
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