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‘WILDWOOD FLOWERS.
Flowers, wildwood flowers,
In a sheltered dell they grew :
I hurried along and I chanced to Spy
This small starflower with its
Then this blue daisy peeped uj
Sweetly this purple orchis spread.
I gathered them all for you,
I gathered them all for
All these wildwood flowe
ver
Flowers, lovely flowers,
In the garden we may see;
The rose is there with her ruby ip,
Pinks the boney-bee loves to sip,
Tullps, gas as a butterfly’'s wing,
Marigolds., rich as the crown of a king,
Rich as the crown of a king;
But none so fair to me,
But none so fair to me,
As these wildwood flowers,
Sweet wildwood flowers:
As these wildwood flowers,
Sweet wildwood flowers.
—0l1d School Book.
A Lawyers Lost Case.
BY ANASTASIA.
Q
Boe}
Mr. Frederic Gunning glanced at the
clock on his office wall. Miss Antoin-
ette Carroll had written that she would
call at three o'clock and it now lacked
fifteen minutes to the appointed time.
There was a looking-glass hanging
under the clock, and from his po-
sition at his desk he could see his own
reflection. Today he consulted the
mirror frequently, and seemed well
satisfied with what he saw. He strok-
ed his brown mustache affectionately,
and his expression became animated,
and even gay.
“Egad, Freddy,” he said to himself,
“you are looking well today! You
ought to make a strong impression on ]
the prima donna.”
He was thirty years old, a lawyer,
and unmarried, and in spite of a few
unreliable traits of character, he was
a favorite with women. Women have
learned by experience that they may
not expect perfection in men. If Gun-
ning was vain, he was forgiven be-
cause he was no more sO than.magry
uglier men.
He had known Antoinette Carroll in
a country village where he had passed
a summer, and where she had lived
nearly all her life. Since then she had
become a popular singer in light opera.
Guaning had the usual interest felt
by men for women who succeed, but
he thought lightly of Miss Carroll's
profession. He believed that none of
the girls on the stage ever did succeed
without the assistance of some male
friend, who secured for them engage-
ments and fine feathers. Gunning~had
Jearned some of the vernacular of the
greenroom and called these gentlemen
“mgcels’’ and he had a deep-rooted
contection that none of them led heav-
enly lives, or were disinterested in
their favors.
Miss Carroll had written that she
wished to consult him on a matter of
business, and he wondered if she had
a breach of promise case on hand, or
if he was to hear the details of an
unsuspected and flimsy marriage con-
tract.
When she arrived she appeared to
him even prettier than when he had
met Ler in the country, and her “style”
was unmistakably better. He received
her effusively, and with more fapiliar-
ity of manner than he would have in-
dulged had her profession been differ-
ent. He even called her ‘“Antoipette”
—a libewty which their acquaintance
scarcely justified, and while she did,
not verbally rebuke him, she raisedgher
eyebrows after a fashion that nettled
him. He said te himself that this
girl, who had recently risen from the
ranks of the chorus, was putting on
unnecessary airs.
She stated briefly that she wanted to
sue her manager because he had failed
to pay her salary, and was soon tc
leave the country. Gunning. assured
her that he would look after her inter-
ests with the devotion and faithfulness
of a lifelong friend; then he refused
Jher proffered retainer, and the inter-
view was over.
After that he fell into the habit of
visiting her, and posed as her bene-
factor. He showered bouquets upon
her, and began a suit in her behaif
against her manager. She cons
Gunning about most of her afl
and he greatly enjoyed the
held of adviser to this capti
man. “ _
He would have enjoyed it more if
she had not occasionally
much shrewdness that
quite able to take care of her : ar
he was rendered uncomfortable at
times because he rarely
She had many vi
them was Rodman Greg ry
He was a native of the “village
and
which she had been reared, and was I
a millionaire. He was fifty years old
~—3a taciturn man, who w
ly in spite of his wealth, and who en-
joyed Antoinette’s society and her
singing, although he did not know on=
tune from another.
It annoyed Fred to find him in the
prima donna’s sitting
tion with grace if the man had not
been so inordinately rich.
“I don’t like the old chap,” he said
to Antoinette. “He sits about here and
looks at you, but he doesn’t do a
thing for you. Why doesn’t he send
you a present occasionally, or help you
to rise in your profession? A million-
aire can do a lot of things to help his
friends without much sacrifice to him-
pelf.”
«I am doing very well,” she said. “I
don’t like to be under personal obliga-
tions. It even disturbs me tQ know
that you are being troubled with my
law business.”
“You need not think of that,” he
show your
manager that he can’t impose on my
Iittle friend without coming in contact
with me. I couldn't take any payment
from you; but if you wished to do me
a favor that is worth more to me than
money, you could probably do it.”
«How could I benefit you?”
She was looking at him so shrewdly
pow that she embarrassed him.
«I am doing well in my profession,
rather lone- | ©
room, and he |
would scarcely have borne the inflic- |
| of being the object of hi
ing that is always
too,” he sald, with an attempt at care-
less speech; “but my wants are num-
erous, and they are my children crying
aloud for money. Gregory could stop
their mouths and make me rich. He
controls a huge corporation that is be-
ing constantly attacked by smaller
ones. The litigations against it are al-
most countless, and are such heavy
ones that a lawyer's fortune would pe
made if he could represent the gréat
company. I would not ask for any
greater advertisement than to be con-
nected with one of those famous law-
suits.’
“Well?” the 2 sald, still waiting
for him to put his wish into words.
“If you: choose to ask -Gregory to
give me a big case, he might do if.
You are a diplomat, and wealthy men
are proud t6 be, the friends of women
who_are on the stage. He tould-make
me rich without stirring from- his office
chair,”
She knew that ‘he expécted her to
make the suggested effort in his be-
half, and she went to the financier’'s
office for that purpose. Gregory was
seated in the center of: the room,
where he appeared more at his ease
than in the singer's little room. An-
toinette knew considerable about’ the
silent man’s strong per ynality, and
admired him ‘greatly here, where he
controlled millions of dollars, and held
a giant corporation .under his direc-
tion. .
“Why are you so much interested in
this young man’s success?’ he asked,
when she had stated her errand.
She colored slightly under his keen
eyes, but answered, readily:
‘He has taken my case without com-
pensation. He is clever, and I want
him to: rave a chance of success.”
“Is his kindness disinterested? Is
he not fond of you?”
“He is not fond of me. He would not
think of marrying a woman who is on
the stage: He does not know .it, but
at heart he is an aristocrat, although
he 1s an obliging one. I would be glad
if'I cdbuld rid myself of all obligations
to him, even if by so doing I must:
transfer it to you.”
Gregory was flattered.
“If he deserves it, I will give him
an important case,” he said. “I will
judge of his ability by the way he con-
ducts yours. When that has been set-
tled I will decide what I shall do.”
“Mine will not be a fair test,” she
said; “for he will do i for friendship,
not for money.”
“Tt will be the best possible test,” he
contradicted. “A man who would ne-
glect his friend's interests could be
trusted with nothing.”
She had to be content with that. Af-
terward she told Gunning that the fin-
ancier had given her no definite an-
swer, but what she believed she had
been successful.
* * * *
Later he grew restless, beeause he
heard no more of the prospective case
and urged her to jog the millionaires
memory onthe: subject; but she de-
clined to do so.
“It will do no
she said. “When he is ready,
send for you.”
_ She observed thet Fred talked wery
little about her own lawsuit now, an
5 interest in it appeared to hav
Still, she did not tell re
apartant it had become to him
it he should win it
good to worry him,”
he will
ed to large audi-
S aceus
#8 and to the publicity to which
r profe n subjected her, yet she
aded the court rcom. Had her case
eer just one would have
it before it was reached,
Po nced ti worst attack
I she nad ever known.
could not even ask a p Sstponement
trial, for her manager h
for E
1 not* tried
day. In her extr
to Fred Gant
rf from the thought the he v
afe through the
to meet her in the cour
went there with a
«
ant sense
manly woman.
_ She did not enjoy this experience
yng, for when she reached the vesti-
bule of the courtroom Fred was not
re. His office boy was waiting for
her with a letter, w h she hurricdly
read, as follows:
“Don’t be angry,
ourt this morning.
for yours is the first case on the cal-
endar. Rodman Gregory has sent for
me, and I must go to his office at once
and see about his busine You know
I cannot lose this chance—which may
mean thousands for me—for the com-
aratively trifling t of yours.
The ¢ will ign you counsel if
you ask for it and you are so clever
that I know you will get through all
right. Yours in great haste.
“GUNNING.”
The girl was angry. She stood for
a moment looking threugh the open
door of the courtroom. She observed
but I cannot be in
I am very sorry,
that there was not a woman there, and
the crowd within seemed frowsy, dirty
and altogether vulgar. Some of the
men stared at her impudently, and
the place and people disgusted her.
“] can’t go into that horrid room
alone,” she said to the boy; “you may
tell Mr. Gunning that my case will be
dismissed because I have no one to
represent me. I have treated him bet-
ter than he has me.”
Gunning had to wait in the million-
aire’s outer office for nearly an hour
before he was admitted to his pres-
ence. He was greatly surprised when
Mr. Gregory opened the conver sation
about Miss Carroll's lawsuit. °
“I thought I would learn from you
exactly how it is progressing,” he said;
“I am desirous that all -her .wrongs
shall be righted, and she assures me
that you are very much her friend.”
sunning fidgeted uneasily in his
chair.
“Her case has’'nt been tried yet,” he
said.
“It will be a shame, if she loses it,
and the-money she has earned,” Greg-
ory continued. “A woman who makes
a.fight to support herself deserves to
have her interests protected.”
Gunning assured the gentleman that
he was of the same opinion. In real-
ity, the young man was at his wits’
end to know how to escape from an
awkward situation.” If Miss Carroll
had been assigned counsel, and .the
trial was now in progress, it was pos-
sible that he might join her: in time
to be of service. It would never do
to have her tell Mr. Gregory that her
lawyer abandoned her. :
“Miss Carroll’s case will be on to-
day,” he said, with some desperation,
“and I must hurry back to her. I
would not have left her for anyone hut
you, Mr. Gregory. I understood that
you had some important business for
me, and I was desirous of serving
you.”
“I told Miss Carroll that 1 would
help you to make your fortune if you
conducted her business satisfactorily.”
Gunning’s face was crimson and full
of perplexity. He was saying to him-
self:
“What does he mean? Is it possible
the old fox sent for me just to see if
I would leave her in the lurch?”
To Gregory he said:
“I will do my best for my client,
you may: be sure. I need no incentive
but my desire for her good.”
He bowed himself out as scon as
possible, and rushed over to the court-
house, hoping that he might still be in
time to plead her case. He was furi-
ously angry because Antoinette had
failed to tell him how important it
was to his personal interests. He
came into court, breathless and per-
spiring, only to learn that he was too
late. The case had been dismissed
through his failure to prosecute it.
He decided to go to the house and
urge her to help him out of what h®
designated as “a confounded hole®’
He came into her room, looking wor-
ried and dejected, and found Rodman
Gregory there before him. He was sus-
picious that the latter had ‘played him
a trick, and his manner had none of
the marked courtesy that had pre-
viously characterized it. Gregory
opened the conversation while they
waited for Miss Carroll to appear.
“I took up considerable of your time
this morning,” -he said; “and I real-
ize that I am indebted to you. I was,
unwilling to have Antoinette figure in
a suit of law, and by your attention
to me and: your astonishing disregard
of her interests you aided me in keep-
ing her out of court.”
Gunning’s blood was up, and he
spoke with reckiess disregard of con-
sequences:
“You appear to have taken unwar-
rantable interest in my affairs. I am
not aware that I have any business
that concerns you.”
“Then you never will have any,”
Gregory retorted. “Perhaps you had
better curb your temper, and hear
what I have to say. You did me the
favor of coming to my office when I
sent for you, but you did so at the ex-
pense of the woman who has promised
to be my wife. She thought you could
not he attracted away from her cause;
but I believed you were fonder of
money than of anything ‘else under
heaven, and I judged you more cor-
y than she did.”
Gunning would have broken into
violent invectives then if he had not
been restrained by a certain flinty ex-
pression about Gregory's nouth,
which boded ill if the. interview con-
tinued. Still, he asked'a question:
“Were you in earnest when you said
that Miss Carroll intends to marry
rec
“You cannot consider me capable of
jesting on such a subject! It was her
sire to pay for her trousseau with
the money she had earned by her pro-
on. I will marry hér without the
trousseaun.”
Whereupon Gunning left the house
in profound disgust.
“I hate these professionals,’” he said
to himself. “They are so confoundedly
calculating and clever. Who would
have supposed that Antoinette would
have thought of marrying old Grez-
ory, or that she would have stooped
to recover recover a few dollars in
courtewhen she was about to marry a
millionaire? She was very pretty,
| though”—he half regarded her as
though she were deceased—‘“and she
looked unsophisticated and good. Who
would have supposed she was setting
her trap for such enormous game? I
must have been hard hit to feel this
so ‘keenly,’ he continued. “If 1 had
won her case, I would have had her
xratitude for life, and Gregory would
have made me rich. It would have
been great luck, so far as it went; but,
after all, I never could have won the
woman.”—New York Weekly.
The state of education in Russia
may be judged from the fact that
there is oply one village school for
every 12,000 persons.
‘Christ that he based his passionate ex-
THE PULPIT. |
AN ELCQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. C. E: JEFFERSON.
Subject: Wanted: A New Visien ef God.
New York City. — In the famous
Broadway Tabernacle the pastor, the
Rev. Charles Edward Jefferson, D. D.,
on Sunday preached the following ser-
mon entitled, “Wanted: A New Vision
of God:”
The great word on the lips of the
coming preacher will be “God.” The
name which is above every name has
been too much neglected in these re-
cent years, even by the men anointed
to proclaim it.
There have been reasons for this neg-
lect. The evolutionary philosophy
awakened a new and thrilling interest
in man. Whence he came, how he
started, what have been the processes
of his climbing, these are the questious
which have bewitched and absorbed us
all. The phenomenal achievements of
the last half century have worked to-
ward the same result. Never has man
beer so wonderful as now, never has
he done such mighty deeds. He is a
miracle worker who says each evening,
“I will do greater things to-morrow.”
His prowess, cunning and mastery are
astounding, and to chant his praises
has been our pastime and delight.
The miseries of man have also con-
spired to fix qur- attention on him. He
has come from tne country to the city
and he is in trouble. He has become
the victim of all sorts of economic and
social forces, which have left him
lying bleeding and half dead by the
side of the road along which the
strong have driven furiously to wealth
and power. To lift the man who is
down and place him on our beast and
get him into the nearest inn is a prob-
lem of vast dimensions, and has taken
a deal of our thought and time.
We have been caught in the com-
plex of secondary causes, and have. lit-
tle inclination to consider the Cause
which underlies: them all: To many
minds God's presence has become dim,
His personality vague and doubtful.
His holiness has been by many quite
forgotten. In admiring or pitying the
creature we have gotten our eyes oft
the Creator. .Qur first duty is the step
of the prodigal, “I will arise and go
back to my father.”
The prophet of the coming days is
going to say in the words of one of
old, “I have yet somewhat to say on
God's behalf.” Man’s cause has been
pleaded eloquently and long, and the
time has arrived for the forthputting
of the claims of God. Beginning at
the earth always ends in Babel, be-
ginning at the throne of God leads to
Pentecost. - ;
We are coming back to the old evan-
gelism of the apostles. Wherever Paul
went his message was, “We pray you
in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to
God.” Simon Peter met the uproar
in the streets of Jerusalem on the Day
of Pentecost with a great dec aration
of God—*“1I will pour out of My spirit
upon all flesh”; and from first to last
it was upon what God had done in
hortation to repentance.
All deep-eyed men are seeing with
increasing clearness that it is not by
ecclesiattical might or political power,
but by the cpirit of Jehovah that the
mountains of iniquity are to be leveled
and the rough places made smooth.
The evangelism of the coming days
will begin wih God.
Three doctrines will be counted car-
dinal. In the forefront will Be placed
the sovereignity of God. If the Puri-
tan passion has died out of our blood
it is because the Puritan conception
of God has faded out of our hearts.
What we need to see to-day is a throne
with God on it. Democracy has made
havoc with our ideas of authority,
and the result is a flabbiness of respon-
sibility and a laxness of conduct, which
unless counteracted, will lead to our
ruin. The pessimism and hopeless-
ness so prevalent to-day, even among
professing, Christains are the direct
result of a failure to grasp the funda-
mental doctrine of God’s omnipotence.
Along with the doctrine of God's
sovereignity. will go the doctrine of
His immangnce. It is an old doctrine
couched in fresh phraseology and with
new light shot through it by modern
science. The doctrine is written large
across the pages of Scripture, and in
every land and time the saints have
known that God dwells in the hearts
of men. In Him we live and move
and have our being, as the apostle
long ago declared. And centuries be-
fore Paul's day a Hebrew poet thrilled
by the thought of God’s omnipotence
wrote the 139th Psalm.
That God is above all and through
all, and in &ll, and that of Him and
through Him and to Him are ali
things is one of the commonplaces of
the Bible; and whether we use the old
phrase, “the indwelling -God,” or the
phrase now most popular, “the imma-
nent God,” the thought needs to be
emphasized and wrought into the con-
sciousness of the Christians of our day
that God is in His world and dwells
in special fulness in the hearts of those
who love and serve Him.
Nor will the holiness of God be for-
gotten. The decadence of the sense
of sin has been caused by the blur-
ring of the doctrine of God’s holiness..
Holy Father ~--s the title by which
Jesus knew God, and it is thus that
we must. know Him if it is to be well
with our souls. The forms in which
retribution was often preached in pre-
ceding generations were so grotesque
and arbitrary that some of us have
been ashamed to say it right out clear
and strong, that God pun.shes men
for (heir sins. In the coming day we
are going to believe again that whatso-
ever a man soveth that shali he also
reap, that without holiness no man can
see the Lord, that there is no peace
unto the wicked, that the sbul that sin-
neth dies in the act of its sinning, and
that God is calling upon men every-
where to repent.
No man acqudinted with the teach-
ing of the late science need be
ashamed or afraid to preach the most
rigorous doctrine of retribution. “You
preachers do not tell men often enough
that' every sin brings its inevitable
punishment,” is a sentence spoken to
me years ago by a physician. Behold
the goodness and severity of God! This
is the completing statement of the
apostle, And the prophets who are re-
deem the tweatietll century will let the
sentence stand without abridgment.
With cities rotting at our ddors and
| revealed in Jesus Carist.
the wail of the damned ringing in ¢
ears, and with an ancient
crumbling to pieces before our eyes,
it is not hard to believe that while
God is ready always to forgive the
penitent He will by no means spare
the guilty.
Behold your God! will be the stir-
ring note of the coming message, and
the only God who will stir the hearts
of the people will be the God who is
Christ is
God manifest in the flesh. He is the
express image of His father. Through
Him the revelation of the Infinite
heart has come. In seeing Him we see
the Father. and we come to the Father
only through Him. We do not see
Christ as He is unless we see in Him
the majesty and authority of a king.
We have too much followed the idea
of Goethe and Carlyle, that Christi-
anity is a religion of sorrow, and that
its chief end is that of consolation.
This leads men like Mr. John Morley
to call the gospel a ‘sovereign legend
of pity,” and to long for a wider Gos-
pel of justice and progress.
Christianity is more than a legend
of pity, it is a bugle blast calling men
to battle. Jesus is more than the con-
soler of people in trouble, He is the
anointed King of men. He announces
His Kingship again and again in His
discourses, and it is as Lord and Mes-
siah that Peter presents Him to His
countrymen on the Day of Pentecost.
To submit to Him unconditionally is
man’s wisdom and peace. It is not the
picture of the earthly Jesus with His
hand upon a leper that this age needs
most of all to see. We need to see
the Son of God as John, the apostle,
saw Him, with many crowns upon His
head, the universal Sovereign of the
kingdoms of life.
God’s condescension will also be seen
afresh in Christ. The great words
spoken in the upper chamber will be
restudied, and upon many hearts they
will fall with the emancipating charm
of a fresh revelation. “Ye shall know
that I am in My Father, and ye in Me
and 1 in you.” “If a man love Me he
will keep My words, and My Father
will love him, and we will conie unto
him and make Our abode with him.”
We do not know God as He is until
we have seen. Him not only high and
lifted up, sitting on a throne, but also
as the apostle saw Him, standing as a
suppliant, saying,“Behold, I stand at
the door and knock: if any man hear
My voice and open the door, I will
come in to him, and will sup with him,
and:he with Me.”
In” Christ also we see God's indig-
nation. against sin. He is the holy
Christ. Though merciful, He says to
workers of iniquity—I never knew you.
Though gracious, He says to trans-
Sressors of God's "will—depart from Me
ye cursed. Tender above all tender-
ness known to mortals, He paints pie-
tures of loss and pain and doom so
terrible that they have burned them-
selves into the retinas of men’s eyes
and into the matter of their
brains forever. Wherever His Gospel
is preached men cannot go to the judg-
ment saying, I did not know the hein-
ousness nor the awful penalties of
wrong-doing.
With the Tractarian method of sev-
enty years ago there began a fresh
emphasis upon the authority and sae-
raments of the Church. To-day it is
the Church wkLich is still uppermost
in many minds, and its -vorship, its
unity and its government are counted
all-important themes.
With Maurice and Kingsley there be-
gan a new interest in the social aspect
of Christianity, and men began to la-
bor for the establishment of what was
called Christian Socialism. , This force
has not yet speurt itself.
But neither High Churchmen with
their sacraments, nor social settlement
workers with their philanthrdpies are
equal to the crisis which is now upon
us.
It is not a loftier conception of the
Church, nor a wider diffusion of cul-
ture and social cheer which is most
urgently demanded by our times.
What is needed is a fresh vision of
God, a new baptism of spiritual life,
a lifting of the heart to higher levels
of aspiration and devotion. The world
groans and travails in pain, waiting
for the appearance of a new race of
prophets—men of insight and of cour-
age, who endowned with the Holy
Ghost shall say to our generation in
tones which burn with fervent heat:
“Le the wicked forsake his way, and
the unrighteous man his thoughts: and
let him return unto the Lord, and He
will have mercy upon him; and to our
God, for He will abundantly pardon.”
— Congregationalist and Christian
World.
gray
Happiness in Spite of Deprivations.,
If I am so happy in spite of my depri-
vations, if happiness is so deep
that it is a faith, so thoughtful that 3
becomes a philosophy of life, my
mony to the creed of optimism is w oth
hearing. My optimism does not rest
on the absence of evil. I can say with
conviction that the struggle which
evil necessitates is one of the greatest
blessings. 1t teaches us that, al-
though the world is full of 8uffering
it is full also of the overcoming of i
My optimism rests on a glad belief
in the preponderance of good and a
willing effort always to co-operate with
I try to
the good that it may prevail.
increase the pow God has g
to see the best in everythin ;
one, and make that best a part of my
life. To what is good I open the doors
of my bei and jealously shut them
1gainst what is bad. —Hel len Ke Iler.
an’s Humility.
An appeal was made one Sabbath
evening in a church for volunteers to
work for Christ. No sooner was the
appeal made than a Mr. Ketchum, a
wealthy New York merchant, rose up
nd offered his services to the past
The minister said, “In what way, Mr.
Ketchur and the reply was, “As a
hod carrier.” ‘What he meant was
that he was willing to serve in any
humble capacity in which he could be
most . useful. How often have 1
thought of that good man’s humility.
And God blessed him as afterwards
he went from house to house asking
i nts to send their children to the
Sabbath-school
with his church.
that was connected
Dros sent Obedience Nechssary.
If you are truly aroused to seek
heavenly comfort, you will soon dis-
cover that this is only to be found in
the path of DResomt obedience.—Chimes,
You Are Wanted.
Men are wanted to do the hard work
of pushing the car of salvation along;
and men should welcome the duty
empirc | ev ery day in the week.
WHY EYESIGHT FAILS
INFERIOR ARTIFICIAL LICHT FREe
QUENTLY THE CAUSE.
Illuminants of the Past, One and All,
Have Serious Defects—Acetylene Gas,
With Its Clear, Unwavering, Yet Soft
Flame Cannot Hur! the Eyes.
New York, June 20.—-No one can gO
into our schools or meet a group of
children on the street without noticing
how large a number of them wear
spectacles. The proportion seems to
increase yearly, and there are many;
more who ought to wear giasses. The
experience of one teacher might be du-
plicated by the score. She knew Alice
was inattentive and she thought she
was unusually stupid. = She said so
to the principal and sent a note to
the mother, requesting that the child
De helped at home if she wished her
to keep up with her class. One day,
after. a blackboard explanation, the
teacher called upon.the child and found
that she had not seen what had been
written. She was kept after school
and by dint of much sympathetic ques-
tioning Miss €. found that Alice had
never been able to see what was put
on the board and .that her head had
ached so often and so hard that she.
frequently failed to hear what was
said. 3
Such a .condition may be caused by
¥lack of proper food, but in our Ameri
can homes it is usually due to the poor
quality of the artificial light. The yel-
low, insufficient light of the ordinary;
kerosene lamp, with its smoky chim=
ney, is about as bad for the eyes as
can be imagined. The flickering light!
from a coal gas jet is but littie bettér,
and even the electric light, brilliant
as it usually is, has an unsteadiness
due to variations in power, and a glare
peculiarly trying to the delicate nerves
of sight. The comparatively new il-
luminant acetylene gas produces as
nearly perfect an artificial light as has
yet been found. It gives a clear white,
unwavering light, very brilliant, yet
perfectly soft, and so nearly like the
rays of the sun that even colors ap-
pear as in daylight.
Fortunately, acetylene is very easily
and cheaply produced, and the simple
apparatus necessary can be purchased
and installed in any home at. a very;
moderate cost, and the acetylene can
be piped to convenient points in the
house where a light is needed. It is
then lighted and extinguished and used
exactly like common city gas. ’
Acetylene is rapidly coming into
common use in homes, churches,
schools and institutions of all kinds,
and it is reasonable to expect that as
its use in the home increases, there
will be fewer defective eyes, particu-
larly among childeen. Poor eyesight
and the many ills resulting therefrom
will undoubtedly be much reduced by
the use of this new illuminant.
Booby Prize Parrot.
Last winter a Topeka society wo-
man wanted to get rid of an old par-
rol which she owned. It had only
one tail feather, but possessed an ex-
tensive vocabulary. A bright idea
struck her. She was hostess for her
card club one day, and she gave the
parrot as a booby prize. The woman
who won it took it home and bided
her time. It soon came her turn to
entertain the club and furnish prizes.
So she gave the parrot as the booby
prize, too. From that time on the
parrot became the booby prize and
made the rounds of most of the
homes of the women. Finally the
woman who originated the idea won
the booby prize the other day and
carried home the old bird. The par-
rot recognized his former home. He
craned his neck, blinked his eyes
several times, and then with disgust
said: i
“Oh, kitchens dirty as
Kansas City Journal.
ever.” —
Ever Tricd Coles This Way ?
Tt is a well-known fact that cven tha
best of housekeepers cannot make really
good coffec without having the proper ma-
terials.
They will NEVER make it with coffee of
doubtful erigin, adul ed, queerly
blended, and possibly dirty Soffes that has,
perhaps, been mixed up with all kinds of
other things on the counter.
Jut let them take a
re of LiaN
—and the
it the Unis
ted States for r over ive years. Mills
ions. drink it daily, and get the best re-
if 1 ade mn the followir t
] 1d vou w ill nsver
try any "other brand of coffee.
HOW TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE.
Use LioN Corrger, because to ret best
results, you must use the best coffee.
Grind you Liox Cory EE rather fine.
Use a ““tablespoonful to each cup, and one
extra for the pot.” First mix 1t with a
little cold water, enough to make a thick
paste, and add white of an egg (if egz is to
be used as a settler), then Follow one of
the following riles:
1st — With boiling water — Add boiling,
water, and let it boil three minutes only.
Add a little cold water and set aside five
minutes to settle. Serve promptly.
2d—With cold water—Add your cold
water to the paste and bring it to a boil.
Then set aside, add a little cold water, and
in five minutes it’s ready to serve.
THREE DON'TS.
Don’t boil it too long.
Don’t let it stand more than ten min-
utes before serving.
Don’t use water that has been boiled be-
fore.
TWO WAYS TO SETTLE COFFEE,
Ist—With eggs—Use part of the white of
an egg, ei 5 with the ground Lion
CorFFEE before boiling.
2d—With cold water Instead of eggs.
fiver boiling add a dash of cold water and
set aside for eight or ten minutes, thea!
ih “through a strainer.
A New York concern, which pro-
poses to raise spruce trees for the
lumber, has recen#y imported from
Germany 19 hambers, each of which
contain 17,000 young trees.
Soothing Syrup p for Children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma-
tion,allays S pa ain in,cureswind colic, 25¢.a bottle.
Mrs, Winslow’s f
A pig is usually kept in every stable in
Persia.
Iamsure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.— TroMAs RoB-
ERTS, Maple St. ;-Norwi h, N.Y , Feb. 17,1900
Oyama says he attributes his SUCERSS to
the virtues of his Emperoz, -
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