RILEY’S LUCK.
Riley was a laz fellow,
Never worked a bit.
All day long in some store corner
On a chair he'd sit.
Never talked much—too much trouble—
Tired his jaws, you see.
All of us were making money;
“Jest my luck!” says he.
Some one offered him ten dollars
If he'd work two days;
Riley crossed his legs and looked up
At the sun's hot rays.
Then he leaned back in the shadow,
Sadley shook his head ;
¥ Never asked me till hot weather;
Jest my luck!” he said.
Riley courted Sally Hopkins
‘In his lazy way;
When he saw Jim Dodson kiss her
‘Jest my luck!” he’d say.
Leap year came, and Mandy Perkins
Sought his company;
Riley sighed, and married Mandy;
“Jest my luck!” says he.
Riley took his wife out fishing
In a little boat,
Storm blew up @nd turned them over;
Mandy wouldn't float.
Riley sprang into the river,
Seized her by the hair,
Swam a mile unto the shore, where
Friends pulled out the pair.
Mandy was so full of water
Seemed she'd surely die:
Doctors worked with her two hours
'Ere she moved an eye.
They told Riley she was better;
Doctors were in glee;
Riley chewed an old pine splinter:
“Jest my luck!’ says he.
—Detroit Free Press.
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¢ The Other One.
BY VIRGINIA LYNDALL DUNBAR. 0
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“Every marriage is hazardous, but
I can conceive of no greater risk than
was taken by that same handsome,
mild-mannered woman.”
Judge Watson was speaking of a
smiling, elegantly-dressed lady, whom
ne had just bowed out of his office,
and to her carriage.
‘She doesn’t-look to me like one!
who had gone through many severe
trials in life.”
. “I am thinking of the chance she
took, and what might ltave been. The
story is worth listening to, although,
perhaps, T will tell it badly.”
‘““Let’s have it, by all means,’
said,
“Very well,” answered the Judge;
“take a cigar, and while we are smok-
ing, T will try to tell you the story.”
“The lady who just left has a twin
sister who is now abroad. When they
were girls together it was impossible
to tell them apart, and when they
grew to young womanhood they were
literally as much alike as two peas,
and their mother was the only one
aside from themselves that could tell
which was which, when they were
abroad in the same attire. They used
to play jokes on the young men, for,
being so much alike, this was easy to
do. ‘They were pretty girls, and had
scores of young beaux, ready and
willing to have all sorts of pranks
played upon them, for just the sake
of their companion.
“Howard Gleason was especially
attentive to Maud, and he admits that
he sometimes made the mistake of
embracing the wrong sister when he
I
happened to meet her suddenly in a
light: —
“The father, old Mr. Wardlow, was
rich and proud, and only knew that
Howard Gleason was courting one of
his daughters. Now, Howard was not
blessed with this world’s goods, and
old man Wardlow was ambitious for
Jhiis daughters; so he very promptly
igsned an ultimatum. The goung
man could have neither of the daugh-
ters, until he had made a fortune, or
at any rate, not until he had laid the
foundation for one.
‘Maud wept and urged upon her
father that he had money enough for
both, and though the old man agreed
that this was true, he was obdurate,
. and refusedtobudge from the position
he had taken.
' ‘Howard was proud and plucky,
even if he was poor; he wasted neither
time nor words. He soothed hissweet-
heart, and then went straight to the
mining regions of the west, where so
many have sought, and found the
smiles of fortune. Maud was to wait
for him, and she promised to be faith-
ful, no matter how long the time of
waiting might be.
« “The father «had also commanded
that there should be mo correspond-
ence between the young people, dur-
ing thé time of Howard’s absence,and
this condition was respected by both.
“The months crept by wearily, and
to the young man working so hard for
the woman he loved, this time seemed
interminable. - Day after day, and
week after week he toiled uncheered
by any message from the woman for
whom he toiled. ‘Sometimes he felt
tempted to break his pledged word,
~ and write to the girl, imploring her to
- send him a few words, if only enough
to tell him that she was still: faithful.
And then his pride would come to his
rescue, and he would Say to himself:
* “No, I will not write;gif she can’t be
faithful to me better I should know it
now than when it is too late.”” So he
worked, and toiled, cheered always by
the belief that a fair,
waiting to welcome him home, and
counting the hours just as he was do-
in
8 ek was with the young man,and
in 1 little more than a year he and his
partner had ‘struck it rich,’ and he
was half-owner of a mine, that prom-
ised to become one of the richest in
that country. Then he‘determined to
ay eart of his good fortune. He would
‘be his own messenger in carrying the
glad news, so without a word, he put
his things together and started east.
= 40f course, having no correspond-
ence with any one in town, no one was
aware of Howard’s good fortune, and
n he arrived at: his old home he
I unheralded. * He took only suffi-
eient tigre to! brush up a bik, and then
| believed that her
sweet girl was.
back home and tell ‘the girl of his
aw
Nene
he started for Mr. Wardlow’s. Ar-
rived at the house he knew so well,and
the afternoon being warm, he found
nobody about, save the old gardener,
who was looking after the flowers.
‘Where is your mistress?’ Howard
asked.
‘“The old man hesitated. :
‘“‘Can’t you understand English?’
Howard said impatiently. ‘Where is
your mistress?’ :
‘¢ ‘She’s—she’s in the grov e; sir,
a-reading,’ said the old man, bowing
obsequiously, and without more ado
‘Howard went to seek her. You can
perhaps imagine :the meeting. He
came suddenly upon a fair young crea-
ture swinging in her hammock under
the trees and reading. Coming up
quietly behind her he ecanght her to
his heart, as he covered her. face with
kisses.
“Then he held her
| length and said: LL
‘“ ‘Maud, my darling!’
“While she answ ered, ‘Howard?’
and hid her face on his breast.
‘Howard had waited sufficiently
long for his wife, ard so they were
! | quietly married’ the mext day, and
| left at once on their wedding tour.’
{ Here the Judge ceased his story,
| and sat silent, puffing at his cigar, so
| long that the other said:
| “Well, I don’t see anything so very
‘risky’ in’ that.”
The Judge smiled and then went
on:
“Wait. It was the ‘other one’ that
Howard had marrigd. Maud had suc-
cumbered tothe charms of a foreigner,
had married and gone away with him.
The ‘other one’ loved Howard had al-
ways loved him, and when she saw
that he mistook her for Maud of course
she pitied him. When she found, too,
that he had not the slightest notion of
off at arm’s
|
|
|
|
ceived the idea of marrying him her-
self, and explaining to him afterward.
After much coaxing, and because she
daughter’s happi-
ness depended upon it, Mrs. Wardlow
consented to the plot. When they re-
‘turned from their wedding tour.
Howard’s wife told him everything.
He’s a sensible fellow and was quick
to see that what had happened was
all for his happiness.
‘Five years have gone by, and to
this day he has never quit thanking
his stars’ that he didn’t marry Maud,
but married ‘the other one! ”’—St.
{ Louis Star.
BUILT BY 1 THE WINDS.
Holland’s Vigorous Battle Against the
Advancing Sea.
Appreciating the fact that the high
chalk cliffsof England are no protec»
tion against the sea, the Dutch engi-
neers did not attempt to place an arti-
ficial vertical wall against the waves
and the storm tides, but coaxed the
sea to deposit its sands on the shore
and so build it up, rather than throw
them inland and then, hungry for
more, eat into the shore. = They be-
lieved it best to satisfy its appetite,
but induced it to toy with the sands,
which its own flood currents and waves
bring from other shores, and from the
offing depths. The sand thus depos-
ited blows, in the gales, over the in-
land country. The engineersinduced
it to stop and build a barrier for’them
against the sea. One of the heaviest
dikes along the coast was built by the
winds themselves.
The sand formed between the jet-
ties becomes dry in sunny weather,
and the surface is blown ashore when
the wind is in that direction. It was
desired to build a strong dike to con-
nect with the sand dunes. This was
accomplished by setting in the sand,
in rows about afoot apart, tufts of the
dune sea grass near by. The tufts
were placed about a foot apart—sim-
-ply little handfulls of grass; the place
for each tuft was dug out with the
hands, the tuft set into it, and the
sand pressed around it. The whole
surface of the dry, sandy beach above
high tide was covered with this plan-
tation, and, just back of it, at the
highest point of the existing sandy
area, one or two rows of reeds were
set into the sand, their tops cut off,
and the stalks left standing about fenr
feet above the sand. The sand, drift-
along over the surface, catches and in
one windy day will almost bury the
tufts of grass and stand up a foot
along the rows of reeds. Thenanother
plantation was made, and another, un-
til a massive dike was built up to the
height of the adjoining dike. In high
storm tides the waves will eat into the
toe of the slope and pull down the
sand, but, by the same process of
building, the dike is again restored to
its former size.—Engineering Maga-
zine. ;
The Chief Rascal.
Thomas was a gentleman of Celtic
origin, and it did not take long for the
boys to notice his brogue, and they
made all manner of fun about it, often
mimicking it to a nicety. Thomas
stood the torture as long as any able-
bodied man could be expected to, but
finally he resorted to punishment for
his tormeptors. ‘One day, full of
wrath at au exceptional breach on the
part of a tow-headed youngster, he
strode vengefully to the school. With
much noise he climbed the stairway
in search of the principal. He was
courteously shown to that person, and
began to bitterly denounce the actions
of the pupils.
‘‘I amy sorry to hear this, ¢laimed
his listener; ‘‘and I will PA put an
end to it.”
“Oi wish you would, sirrub. Oime
sorry to trouble ye, but oi’ve been so
29
tell ye, as oi understand ye are the
principal of thim. »_Harper’ 8 Round
Table.
Since the beginning of this dakivy
ru %ew er than fifty-two voleanic islands
have arisen out of the sea. Nineteen
of thatnumber have since" disappeared,
and ten are now i }
veg
the true condition of affairs, she con-’
abused by thim rascals oi thought oi’d:
{ fine as silk, and is greatly prized hy
.it flourishes,
THE TARTARIAN LAMB,
A Strange Plant That Closely Resembles
an Animal,
Among the strange stories to be
found in the narratives of early
travelers, few are stranger than that
of the vegetable lamb of Tartary.
This story, as believed by 'the reading
publie, and even by the naturalists of
two centuries ago, is so marvelous,and
so obviously absurd, that we wonder
how the most credulous could have
believed it to be true.
The story is that, in "an elevated
and cultivated salt plant of great ex-
tent, west of the river Volga, there
may be found a creature half-animal,
half-plant, to which the natives give
the name of barometz, meaning ‘little
lamb.”’ To obtain it, the Tartars sow
in the ground a seed like that of a
melon, from which, in due time, rises
the stran ge plant, having the figure of
a lamb, with the feet, the hoofs, the
ears, and the whole head, except the
horns, of that animal, distinctly
formed.
It grows on a stalk about three feet
in height, being, according to one
version, rooted to the ground by its
four feet, while another account raises
the whole lamb, feet and all, from the
ground on a single stem, on which he
is able to turn, and also to bow itself |-
downwards to the herbs on which it
feeds. It lives as long as there is
grass or herbage around ity, but when
it has consumed all within its reach,
it dies, and withers away. Its skin is
covered with a very white down, as
the Tartars, who pull 1t off and wear
it as a cover for the head.
Inside it is comprised of flesh and
bones, and when wounded it gives out
a liquid resembling blood. Wolves
are said to be the only animals that
will eat it, and they are very fond of
it.
Specimens of this remarkable pro-
duction were looked upon as the
rarest treasures in the collections of
the curious in days gone by. Two
different specimens have been de-
scribed in the ‘‘Philosophical Tran-
sactions,’” and a third has its portrait
given in an engraving in Darwin’s
“Flower Garden,” and its history
told in the florid verSe of that work.
The ‘‘lamb” is a natural production,
greatly helped in the particulars in
which it most resembles that creature
by the ingenuity of the natives. The |
body is a portion of the creeping stem
of n spec’ of fern which generally
grows as ®rect as a tree. The stem is
densely covered with beautiful, jointed
silky hairs, of a rich golden color.
On the surface next to the ground
a few roots are given off, while the
leaves—or fronds, as they are called in
ferns—spring from the upper surface,
The fronds reach a height of 12 or 14
feet, and have a long bare stalk before
the leaf is spread out. The Tartar
takes a suitable part of this creeping
stem for a body, deprives it of the
roots, and of all the leaf stalks except
four, which are intended for the legs,
two short ones for the ears, and a
stump for the tail, and then, turning
it npside down, trims the stem, and so
produces this marvel of the: early ex-
plorers. The fern, known to botanists
as the cibotium barometz, is a native
of Eastern Asia; it has been intro-
duced into our conservatories where
producing, after a few
years’ growth, good specimens of the
‘“‘lamb.”’
The silky hairs of this fern form a
favorite remedy among. the Chinese
for checking the flow of blood by ap-
plying them to a wound, in the game
way as felt or cobwebs are used by
some people in this country. The,
more fibrous and elastic hairs of
several species of the same group,
natives of the Sandwich Islands, are
largely exported from these islands to |
California and Australia for stuffing |
cushions and*for similar purposes.—
Philadelphia Times.
{at noon when the luncheon or
' cook
:« - The King of the Woods.
Very few persons ever visit the |
southern portion of the United States
and become at "all familiar with its
woodland life without being captivated
by that princeof singe: s, the mocking
bird: Not only as a musician, but in |
general ‘‘smartness,” he is far and |
away ahead of anything else that |
flies. He is the “Yankee” among
birds. In vivacity, in cleverness, in!
@ quick and dexterous use of his small |
but brilliant brain, it would be hard
to point out his equal. =~ And when in
the springtime the woods resound with
his clear, flutelike and exultant notes,
even the man, if such there be, “who
hath no music in his soul’”’ would find
it hard to resist the contagious good
humor of his glad and gleeful song.
And yet the mocking bird (Mimus
polyglottus) is incorrectly named. He
is by no means a natural mimic. Half
a dozen birds could be mentioned that
in this particular surpass him. This
may seem a very strange thing to say,
in view of the stories current so abun-
dantly illustrating and emphasizing
this supposed gift.
Professor Chandler, in a notable
case in a Boston court, once remarked
that it was practically impossible for
most people to tell the: truth even . if!
they tried. Especially is this the case
in observing scientific phenomena by
persons not trained in that special
field. Imagination often plays strange
tricks with the recording cameras in
such excited brains.—Appleton’s Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
An Old-fashioned Remedy for Baldness.
An-old-time but good" remedy to
prevent the hair from falling outisa
wash made by steeping three large
onions in a quart of rum, or until the
strength is drawn from the, vegetable,
and applying it to the scalp every
second day. The odor of the onion
soon passes off, but if found disagree-
able, ten drops of lavender-oil and ten|.
grains of ambergris will overcome the
scent. —Woman’s Home Companion,
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Mrs, Rorer's Way of Stewing Oysters. «
Drain fifty oysters; put the liquor
over the fire, boil and skim it. Strain
it through two thicknesses of cheese.
cloth into a saucepan. Add the oys-
ters, bring to a boil, and skim again;
add one pint of milk, six whole pep.
percorns, half a teaspoonful of whole
allspice and a blade of mace. Watch
this carefully until it just reaches the
boiling point; add a tablespoonful of
butter, a teaspoonful of salt, a dash
of pepper, and ‘serve at once with
squares of toast, or oyster crackers.
—DLadies’ Home Journal.
Crisp Breadcrumbs,
“Into dainty cookery breadcrumbs
always enter largely, and they are
naturally ‘best when made in the best
way. To.prepare, cut some slices of
bread and dry them crisp and brown
in a cool oven. Roll them
rolling-pin to crumble. Put some
pure,clarified dripping in a fryingpan,
let it boil, throw in the crumbs and
iry them very quickly. When done
remove them at once from the pan and
drain from greasiness before the fire.
When dry and crisp once more the
:rumbs are ready for use. They will
keep for quite a week if stored in a
Ir y tin box.
Wiippea Cream.
This much-needed ingredient of
fancy sweet dishes is prepared in the
following manner: To every pint of
cream allow three ounces - of pounded
sugar, one glass of sherry, the rind of
half a lemon, and the white of one
agg. Rub they sugar on -the lemon
rind and work it in a mortar till quite
smooth. Put the cream into a- large
bowl, with the sugar, wine" and egg
(beaten to a froth), and begin to whip
the whole to a froth. As this rises
take it off with a skimmer and place
on a sieve to drain. Whipped cream
should always be prepared the day be-
fore requir ed, and should be kept in a |
|
cool place.
To Prepare Oatmeal for the Table.
Where hard coal is used for eooking
purposes, oatmeal may be put ove:
the fire at six o’clock in the evening,
brought to beiling point, and kept at
this temperature overnight so that it
may be ready to serve in the morning.
Where soft coal, wood or gas is used
for cooking purposes, it will be neces-
sary to put the oatmeal over the fire
dinner
is.being prepared. Put four heaping
tablespoonfuls of "the steel-cut oats
into a quart of cold water; add half a i
teaspoonful of salt, and put it over
the fire in a double boiler; cover, and
continously for one or two
hours. Then it may be put aside un-
til the night meal is being prepared,
and cooked again as long as the fire is
burning, and then put aside to be re-
heated at breakfast time. The kettle
should be covered closely, and the
oatmeal must not be stirred from the
beginning to the end of the cooking,
otherwise the grains will be broken.
Stirring oatmeal seems to destroy its
flavor. —Ladies’ Home Journal.
Household Hints.
"The hot bath is as harmless as re-
THE REALM
A Dress Sleeve.
Manton, calls for sleeves fairly snug-
fitting to a point well above the elbow,
but for slight fulness at the shoulders.
under a |
A NEAT DRESS SLEEVE.
The designs shown are one single and
the other two-seamed, and so provide
for all needs. No. 1 is made of woolen
goods, woven in a small check. The
fulness at the shoulders may be ar-
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39%301 SOREN
terial, or tw elve and one-fourth yards
of twenty-two-inch goods.
SI
Spring and Summer Millinery.
In Paris flower-trimmed hats and
bonnets are already seen, and it is
predicted that flowers will ‘have a
great season in the spring and sum-
mer. Large, fully open roses, made
of both velvet and satin, are already
much in demand, and are shown in
such artificial colors as lavender,
several shades of green, dark blue, all
shades of yellow, beige and castor.
Felt hats and toques are trimmed
with them, and they are arranged in
half coronets or wreaths without foli-
age. A large violet, fanciful in size
and shape, is af present popular in
Paris. -The flower is a8 large as an
overgrown pansy, and two of the
petals are long and pointed and hang
down over the stem. Velvet of all
shades is used in the making, and a
gleam of white is seen at the end of
each petal. Tt is developed in varions
shades of yellow, violet and mauve,
Long Coat For a Little Girl.
No other coat affords quite the pro-
tection against severe weather that
does the long one which completely
covers the gown. The model shown
is of dark green: diagonal cloth
trimmed with bands of narrow black
braid and large smoked pearl buttons.
The back is seamless and is joined to
side-backs, the two being laid in un- *
derlying plaits below the waist line.
The fronts arehalf -fitting and the
|
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freshing, if taken in the proper way, |
merely as a plunge, followed by quick |
and thorough rubbing and massage.
“elebrated foreign doctors recom |
mend marrow as a tonic and strength.
ener. Itis spread on hot, dry toast,
or served on small pieces of hioet fil:
let.
Raw beef applied to the afflicted
part affords a speedy relief, when se-
vere inflammation seems to threaten
nppendicitis. This has been. tested
recently by a physician.
It is claimed that the perfume of
flowers adds activity to all our organs,
| especially the digestive ones. For
this reason, dinner guests in ancient
times were crowned with roses.
For a blistered heel, scrape a little
yellow laundry soap to a paste with a
very little water and apply to the spot.
As a preventive, thoroughly soap the
inside of the heel before starting out
on a long tramp.
Ink stains may be taken out of
white cloth by pouring peroxide of
hydrogen oyer the spot, then rinsing
with water. New milk is also good,
‘or lemon juice, followed bya thorough |
sprinkling with salt.
Kitchen odors, penetrating to upper |
sick rooms, may be dispelled by burn
ing dried lay ender flowers on sheets
of brown paper soaked, in saltpeter
and then dried. The byrning may be
done in the coal scuttle.
It is a truth that will
bear repeti-
| tion that carpets with small figures
They can |
are the most economical.
be mended, patched, ripped and
turned to better advantage, and they
also increase the apparent size of s
room.
Oil of peppermint, so widely used
in the East, is useful as an externa)
Appligatioh for neuralgia or rheuma-
tism. When taken internally, much
diluted, it is beneficial in gastric
troubles, and for coughs and colds. If
is also a'good antiseptic for wounds
or burns and is really no more pun:
gent than ammonia.
The system of the average person
demands from two to four quarts of
water per day, to be thoroughly
cleansed. Tne purer the water, the
.greater is its power of absorbing effete
matter. Nothing can take its place.
Pure spring water is the best tonic
and blood purifier, to which will often
yield liver and kidney troubles, rhen-
{ matism; local heart affections, indi-
gestion and eruptions.
As It Was,
Jack—So after - you © satisfied her
father that you were a stockholder,
she consented to be your wife?
Mack—Yes. First she viewed my
shares and then she shared my views.
LADIES’ H
—
ot either in flat box pleats’ or
| shirred, and the wrists are faced with
| plain goods in contrasting color and
| rolled over to form small caffs. No. 2
| is two-seamed. The fulness at the
arm’s-eye 1s also laid in flat box pleats,
| but the wrists are left plain, either
| pointed or round, and are finished
| with bands of passementerie.
| To make these sleeves for a woman
| of medium size will require one and
| 1 and one yard
of forty: four-inch material.
one-half yards for No.
0
&
for No.
Tasteful Home Gown.
| No woman of refinement, according
to May Manton, can afford to be with-
| out a comfortable and tasteful home
| gown. The model given combines all
| essentials and is equally suited to
wool stuffs for the present season and
to washable fabrics for summer wear.
As illustrated, the material takes a
medium place and is China silk in a
soft shade of blue with trimmings of
cream-colored lace. The full fronts
are arranged over a fitted lining with
single in place: of double bust-darts,
and which reaches a point slightly be-
low the waist. The yoke of lace is
faced onto the back, but made separate
at the front as the left side is hooked
‘over invisibly into place. The gown
proper consists of a full back and
fitting being accomplished by shoulder
seams and under-arm gores. The
back, which is arranged in a Watteau-
like plait at centre of yoke, falls in
graceful folds to the floor. The ii
ness of the fronts is "collected,
gathers and stitched to the lotver om
of the yoke, the closing being effected
at the left side beneath a jabot-like
fall of lace which completes the frill
that finishes the lower edge of the
square yoke. The sleeves are snug-
fitting to the elbow but mousquetaire
above and are finished by small puffs
at the shoulders which support the
epaulettes formed by sccond frills of
lace placed beneath those that edge
‘the yoke. A collar of ribbon finishes
the neck and a sash, somewhat wider
but of the same sort, passes from the
yoke at the centre-back under the
arms and is bowed at the left side,
To make this gown for a lady in the
medium size will require six and three-
fourths yards of forty-four inch- ma-
front joined by side-back gores; the |
OME GOWN.
right laps well over the left, where the
closing ‘is effected. Smooth- fitting
under-arm gores connect the back
with the fronts and render the fitting
easy of accomplishment. The sleeves
are two-seamed, the fulness at the
shoulders being laid in plaits and sup-
port oblong epaulettes, which add
oreatly to the effect of the coat. At
the neck is a high roll-over collar. The
garment, as illustrate, is silk lined,"
but may be made with facings and
sleeve linings only, if preferred.
To make this coat for a girl of ten
—
GIRLS LONG COAT.
—n
| Years will require two and one-fourth
| yards of fifty-four-inch material.
Advance Novelties. .
Silk nets for sashes and fichus and
cross-striped ribbons for pleatings are
advance novelties in 1 spring garnitures,
It is reported that a scholarship of :
$5000 has been given to Mount Holyoke
College by Miss Helen Gould.