. Tenderness.
; Rot unlo every heart li (lotl'i Rood pi ft
Of simple tenderness showed; we meet
With love In many fashions whan we lift
-First to our lips life's wsters bitter-sweet.
l.ove comes upon us with restless power
Ofrtirh'ess passion, and Willi headstrong
will
It piny nrnnnil like April'! breeze and
shower,
(irraluily Hows a rapid strcsm and atl 11.
It rnnies with blessedness unto the besrt
That welcomes It aright, or, bitter fate!
It wrlnirs tlie hoaoin with o tierce a stnsrt,
That love, we cry, Is crueler than hnte.
And then, ab ni", when lo?o has ceased to
bliss
ur broken hearts cry out for tenderness.
We long Tor tenderness like thnt w 111 eh bung
AIhmiI un, lyliiK on our mother's breast I
A selllh feelluir, tint no pen or tongue
( an praise aright, elnre silence lna it brst,
A love, a far removed from passion's beat
As from the clilllnras of ha dying Arc;
A love to Icnn on when the falling Iwt
lli'liln to tntter, and the eres to tire.
In youth's bright heydey hottest love we
seek,
The reddest rose we grasp but when It
idea
(intl grant the latter blossoms, violets meek,
Hay sprluii for us beneath life's Autumn
skies!
find grant Mime loving one be near to bless
Our weary wav with aimple tenderness.
BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
tlY I.. W. KINO.
lie woudorod aa lie rang I ho front
door bolt what Sophia would bo liko.
Ild liml Hint liollo Bradley on 23.1
street Hint morning, and had stopped
to speak to lior at the door of a largo
shop. As lio II f led liia lint ami ba in
liur un rcvoir alio auld: "Oil, Sophie,
Hie littlo sister you know, la homo
from erliool for good now. Come In
tliia afternoon mid I will Introduce
you to our babyl"' She laughed,
and then lin laughed, thinking a littlo
Kill In abort frocka an odd prctcuso
for Ida culling ao soon again.
Ho was a pretty good-look Ing fol
low, ua man go; big nud athletic, but
trifle old; not blase youth, but rcully
goltliig on In yeirn.
Well, wbon bo rang Ilia Unidloya'
door bull that afternoon, ns 1 aald, ho
wondered what little Sophia would bo
like, lie wns fond of children.
IIo was ahown to the well-known
parlor, where (lie gathering afternoon
alindowa made llio bright curpct and
pretty furnishings look more attriictivu
than cvor. Aa lio glanced toward llio
window lio an w acuted there, busily
plying her nredlo and unheeding ull
elao, a little, aliui, fair-haired girl,
with serious blue eyoa and audi sort,
white lunula that he could uol help
noticing tlioin.
Ilia Hist idea was to retreat; hit
aecoud to cough and await the remit.
The girl atarted, lUloued and slopped
sewing, lio coughed again, timidly
anj then alio lookud at liiuu
Aa she rose ahe bluahed a beautiful
ci-iinaou from the pretty throat right
up to her forohuud, whereon lay soft
golden curia.
"I bog pardon," bo stammered,
quilo u much embarraaaed na thia
damsel whom lie had atiimblod upon.
Hut I I came to aco Mias liradloy.
My inline la Marloy Jack Marloy t
I I'm really awfully aorry 1 disturbed
?you."
t ' His contrition was so real, and ho
lookod ao miserable that tho girl
mllod a smilo that slowly parted llio
rod lipa and lurkod ill lior diuiptca.
When alio smiled like that, Jack
smiled too, and after that the "inauvuia
lionto" of the meeting was ovor.
'l huvo heard of you," she told him
naively, from my sinter. You know
I am or Sophie."
"Really. Why, I thought," bo stam
mered, "I thnt la you huvo got ou
long dresses, haven't you?''
Sho laughed merrily. "Did you
think I was a little girlf Wo 1 1. I'm
not big, and I'm not rery wle, but
'I'm quite grown up, 1 oisnreyou. Oli,
I am afruid Bolle forgot you ware
coming. She went out iu the carringo
with inuiuma. Will you Wait for tier,
or?"
"Thnnk you. I'll wait If I may,"
lie haatouod to say; "if it won't dis
turb yon I''
"Not at all," she assured him, as
she sank Into the depths of a big
chair, where she looked smaller than
ever.
oomouow every now ana men a
some of age oppressed him iu contrast
to her youth uiidgirlislinesa, and made
liiin more unooinfori ible In the
thought lhau he had ever been beforo.
After leu minutes he know she whs
glad to be at home, though It had
been a sorrow to leave the school
where she had been rery happy.
'Koully spoiled," ahe said. "You
"" " see I was so little, and they mndo a
pet of me," she laughod Iu a bright
shy way. '
There came tho sound of opening
floors and women's voioos. Tho tele
aylale was interrupted. Jsek Marloy
roso and abook hands with Miss hr ad
ley. At llio end of tho soaaon Junk bad
tern ii grout deal of Sophie, lie was
always n welcome visitor at her
mother's house, und na ho looked brick
over the days Which hud passed since
their first meeting it worried lilm to
think bow the hours spent wild her
liml grown part of his lifo.
Ilia friend luid begun to comment
upon llnoholor Jack's lufniiiiiiioii,
and he never even tried to hide It. To
young Strungo lie even confided liia
"foolishness" when In llio mood, lin
hud lutiodiicod tho young miin to hia
divinity und often wondered nt hia
lin k of enthusiasm ou tho subject.
Ned Strange wna in that period of
cynicism common to tho youth nud lie
laughed scornfully over tho fact of
"old Mat-ley's being ill love 1" What
could such n grnvo nud levurnod
auignor ana In n liitlo, simple Innocent
girl. Ho (Sirutire) thoiight it wrong
to bring up a girl liko thnt.
This wits at flrat, but by tho limo
Sophlo Ii itd mndo her ilehul, creating
quilo a furor with tier charming face,
young Strnugo silently succumbed,
and, though ho never ndmitlcd it, in
his heart ho una one of Sophlu'a
lovora.
Ono ilny Strnngo wns sitting in tho
llradley's purler waiting, when Marlny
ciiiiio in. Hia grnvo faun and n real
Ieaanua4 Iu Ida inniinnr told thnt some
thing was "up." Ho flung himself
down on tho aofn and begun at once.
Xed, you nnd I huvo ill ways beou
friends, huvo wo not? I. did you n
ei vlco once; I want something from
you in roliiin." IIo laughod some
what conatrnliicdly. 'You'vo known
ft'om tho first thnt I loved Sophiu
Uradley. I told you when 1 brough'
you here, old man. Yea, 1 know I'm
too old nnd solium, but it's Jitat this
I lovo hoc so that I tn ii -t know my
fate. Whutovcr alio dechloa I shall
nucopt without n word. If alio should
euro only Heaven knows what it would
mean to met If not well, Cod help
met Ned, will you toll her for me?
I'm n coward, man, when 1 think of
this," unit ho ran a hand to Ida gray
hairs. ! luivo no right to nnk her,
but Oil, you ran plead my cause.
Tell her no younger man could lovo
lior ns I do. Ned, will you do
this?"
The younger man lind grown livid.
Ho did not look up, but ho aiuttcrcd
hoiiraoly, "Yes."
Just then llioy hoard Sophie singing
ns she camo lu from tho hall. Jack
osuapid into the back room.
How do you do, Mr. Slrange?"
alio said, and thoro whs such a pretty
II mil in her checks, ami sucll uu odd
light in lior hi un oyea. bho sat down
near tho window und auunicd to bo
waiting for something.
He crossed tho room to her side.
Ho noticed how quickly alio drow lior
breath.
"Sophio, I havo something to loll
you, may 1?'
Surely," ahe said, her eyes fastened
ou her lingers playing nervously with
tho folds of lior dress.
"Dear, I want to talk of love u
mini's love that litis bcou growing
until now it is loo ktroug for silence.
Sinco liiat night when you woro my
(lowers to your lirst bull 1 have
thought only of you."
Ho did not uolico how her fingers
grew stitl and the rod faded out of
lior checks as alio shrank uway from
him.
'Sophlo, do you lovo mo, and will
you bo my wife?''
Silouce for a minute, and lie could
not understand tho way she lookod at
lilm. Then, as she luriiod away and
covered her faoo witli her hands, ho
thought it Joy mid lost ull four of a
roliMul.
Sophio"
"I think," she interrupted, hesltnu
Ingly, "that thore is soma one
else
"Oh, you mean old Murley?" lie
laughed. "I always suspectod it, but
I dou't suppose he ovor uicuus to tell
you so."
Cue moment," she said suddenly,
going to the iioor of thut bsck room.
Gently, but imperatively, she called
"Mr. Marloy !" nud boforo she had
got back to Strunge's sldo Jack ap
pealed in tho tloorwuy.
Ned grew white and clenched his
hands. Then tho girl spoke iu a clear
voice:
"Mr. Mariey, I wish you to hear.
Tills geuilemun lias Just asked me
lo marry him himself do you un
derstand?" Strango tried Is stop her, and his
eyes fell before oue contemptuous
look In Marley's.
"This Is my answer, Mr. Strange.
You huvo douo me an honor which it
is impossible for mo to; accept
sluoo I ant going to marry some
ous olso."
Doth men storied. At longth Strang
laughod siicorlnglr.
So, you've trlckod ns both? May
we know the successful rival?"
She blnshod thon, but bravely lookod
at thorn both nnd wont bravely over to
tho liian nt tho door.
'Jack, if he will have me," she said
simply, slipping lior hand into his.
"Sophio"
"Yes, Jack. I wns thoro behind the
curtain. 1 heard you and you're not
a bit old; you're well, Just the dear
est man in the world I"
When alio rcnpponrcd from tho em
brace of those big, strong arms,
Nrnngo wns gone. Now York He-order.
Hawaiian Names.
The following unities of our pro.
posed now citizens woro to bo found a
few years ago ou tho taxpayers' list at
Honolulu :
M. Scissors, Tho Thief, the Won
ileriug (iliost. The Fool, Tho Mini
Who Washes It's Hlmplcs, Mrs.
Oyster, The Tired Ll.ird. The Hus
band of Kunein (a mnlo deity), Tho
(ire it Kettle, The Flrat Nine, The
Adiitilio Ocean, The Sioinacb, Poor
I'ussy, Mrs. Turkey, Tho Tenth
Hon veil.
Tho saino names are bestowed In
discriminately upon initios and fe
initio. A mini living upon llertnnla
street, Honolulu, is called The I'rctty
Woman (Wahino Maikul); a male In
fant was lately clu i.louod Mrs. Tomp
kins; ono littlo girl Is named Samson
( Knmckoiiii), another tho Man; Susan
(Kukena) is n boy, so aio l'olly
Sarah, Jane lVlcr, nud Henry Ann. A
pretty littlo muld hns been named by
her fond parents Tho I'ig Sty (Halo
I'uii). A relative hints at luxury in
the diet. of the coming man, calling the
b y Tho It it Idler (Ivnmna Oil Ole).
Atl old servant iu lr. Wright's
family, nt Kohala, cnitsod her crund
cliild to bo baptized In the church The
Doctor (KutiKa). This, as is tho case
with all the oilier iitiuioi hore men.
tionod, is tho only designation, lly
way of coinpllmoiit to the early phy
sicians, iitiiuv children wore named
after their dings, as Joseph Squills,
Miss Hhubarb, Tho Kinetic. Names
of uncomplimentary purport aro wil
lingly borna by their owners, while
others couvoy n pleasing and graceful
sonCmont, among tho luticr The Arch
of Heaven (Ka I'ia Laui), The ltlvcr
of Twilight (Ku Win Llula), The
Delicate Wreath (Ka I.el inn ku Ml.)
The llov. Dr. Conn of Hawaii pos
sesses the lovo of liis flock. Ono
morning child was presented for
baptism, whose name was given by
tho purouts, Mikiu. Tho ccrcinooy
tlnihliod, tho parents nssurod the doc
tor that they had named tho baby for
him. "I5.it my nauio Is not Michael,"
said tho doctor, supposing Mikiu to be
iiimud thereat. "We always hoar your
wife call you mikin," answered tho
mother. Sho had mistaken Mrs. (Joan's
familiar "my dear" for her husband's
proper appellation. Huston Uuzotte.
Mulleahlo Gluts a Possibility.
Among tho storlos which have
floated down lo us from antiquity Is
one told by Tiicllus ns occurring in
the roign of Tiberius, An artificer, it
is said, discovered tho art of temper
ing glass so as to rendor it malleable,
and mndo a lurge vaso which lie took
to tho court and exhibited before the
cmporor, expecting to recolvo a hand
some reward for his Ingenuity. He
proved tho temper of his vase by
throwing It violeutly on tho stono
floor, thou taking out his hnmmor,
bout it into tho former shape. Iustead
of bestowing a reward, fio emperor
ordored him to bo put lo duntli, alleg
ing that smh a discovery would dim
iiiish'(ho value of precious mctuls.
The story is probubly apocryphal, as
perhaps is that other of six malleuble
glass minors sent from the Shalt of
Persia lo Spain lu 1010, but both are
indications thut tho subject of glass
tomporlng has long engaged the atten
tion of inventors. During tho last
hulf century much progress has been
mndo in tempering glas, and, when
dosired, it is now made much tougher
than the glass makers of former
times were able to produce. So there
Is no rcusou to doubt that mailable
glass Is among the possibilities of tho
near future. Amorlcuti Carpet and
Upholstery Trade.
Enormous Consumption of Explosives.
Even in time of puaco enormous
quaiititios of explosives are consumed
aiiuuidly for mining, ole. To lire
sunrise aud sunset guns alone costs
Ufccl Sam $1000 a day. Tho ordin
ary rifle practice of tho army it nu
expense to the govornment of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars yearly,
aud the target practice and experi
ments with guns and explosives pur
sued by tho navy represent an ex
penditure of huudreds of tuoutauds
tuoio every twolvo-montU.
LADIES' DEPAIITMIIMT.
now omk riiiNt ;ss looks,
Friucoss Kaluliitin, the young Ha
waiian princess, who sailed for Eng
land on tho Mn jostle, after a message
of thanks to the American people, was
rather an Interesting young woman.
Many persons seemed lo think that
tho Prlucoss Kiiliiliiui, or Mias Clog
horn, was of the very dark oi-s-r of
complexion. On tho contrary, she
was no darker than many nil Ameri
can beamy of tho lirunetto type.
Miss (,'loghorn was dignified In bear
ing nud suggested tho Huston girl
known as u bluestocking. TNcw York
Herald.
TIIK NEW "imuiioit."
In reading of llio new "horror," the
tho gown ficed lo (ho knees with
crinoline, bear in mind that tho crino
line alluded to is simply the thin,
slightly stilletied material long lu use
for lining pntmls, cuff, collars, etc.
and not more than hulf so still na tho
canvass will, which most gowns have
bnin faced for along time. Honp
sklit. will hardly be worn tills coming
summer; nnd though duik hints nre
thrown out thut tit in will see n
radical change iu styles, tho tliro pre
diction need not tenuis alarm. Do
morcst. .mVKI.S lOtt KMIlllOlllKltl'.
Tho employment of imitation jowols
In connection with embroidery and
their use upon fancy kuiek-kiiacks is
vory popular mining workers In dec
orative ml j, ns they Imparl to such
article a sparkling c fleet which is vory
good if carefully managed so as to
gleam out unexpectedly nnd In unlooked-for
places. The Jewels are in
a groat variety of tints, representing
pink and yellow topazes, emeralds,
rubles, snpphires, diamonds, opals and
aqua marines. Two holes mo ready
piorced lu each stono, bv which it can
bo snvrod on. Tho stitches which hold
the stono down should be as invislblu
as possible, and line sewing silk ns
noarly mulching tho color of tho stone
as possible should bo used. A mistake
easily made Is the mixing of half n
dozen colors and kin Is of stones upon
the snmu piece of embroidery. Two or
throe colors givo tho bust result.
Now York Tribune.
A gt'f.KS'S I.Al-M.
The Queen of ltuly, like tho I'r.n
cess of Wales, is noted for lior ta-to
lu drosH, though instead of the tnl. or
mado surges und cheviots In which the
princess is wont to dress, the Indian
Q locn essays sumptuous brocades and
volvols rich in color and texture, like
tho robes of tho stately ladies Titian
and Veionote painted in tho old days.
The Qnoon lias been u patron of tint
Ince-iiiuking industry of the Iinliiiii
people, encouraging the revival of tho
old stitches mid tho designing of new
patterns. They tell a story of how
one particular stitch, in guipure, was
almost lost to tho world in the docuy
ot tho orU
It was discovered at last that n bed
ridden old lace-makur of Durum wits
the only porsou ulivo who could do
tho stitch, und by dint of good food
and wluo slio as fairly coaxed back
to lifo long enough to Impart lei
picclous secret to ilia young lace
inukers of tho new Venetian school.
Queen Mnrghorlta Is rather short iu
statute, but so well docs she carry
herself that sho always conveys tho
impression of a tall woman. Her
neck and arms are beautiful In outline
and tint, her skin delicato and creamy,
Ibe color coveted by Italian women.
Sho speaks Froneh, German, Italian
and Kugllsli, and her favonto books
are those belonging to English litcra.
ture. New York Advertiser.
TIIK KKW HII.KS.
The thin summer silks, of which
very many aro boing made up, arc, as
a rule, left without stiffening or
stiffened only for a few inches above
the bottom. The silk is loo soft to
bear t lio interlining. Where it is used
the cliarsctor of the goods Is destroyed,
tad the gown seems to be mat le of
crackly paper. The best modistes
recognize the fact thut crinoline ha
Us limitations, and wisely adapt them,
solves to the necessities of the fabric
they are handling.
The new chene silks are soft and take
jathors nicely. Many have the skirts
trimmed with only one flounce or nar
row iu tile of silk or luce, or perhaps
with a band of openwork luce over a
lining of colored satin. No skirt,
however, is prettier on tho thin silks
than tho skirt ft" 11 of flounces that Is,
flounced from waist to foot In rufll s
oS six-inch width, or graduating from
six lo eight, Ion, or twelve Inches,
Tho flounces ate of silk, and are
prettiest whon pinked top and bottom
and put on with a narrow rutllo head
lug, the heading ou the top Houiioj
only if the flounces overlap, or on all
if they aio el en epiiiatoly.
A charming design for (rimming
the silk skirls Is that of a succession
of narrow rufilos to the knee, pinked
and caught up in tho festoons by
knots of velvet llio color nf ono shade
In llio silk, tho upper rtifllo having a
heading of folds and butterfly knots.
Shirring on stiff cords Is used on thin
silks and cottons. Tho cords aio in
close-sot groups of six or more, link
ing perhaps an Inch-wide baud, and
the goods Is drawn upon them at the
wnlst, around the yoke at tho wrists,
at the head of rufilos aud so on. fXcw
York Times.
TIIK woman ritr.Aciir.it.
There seems to be no objection
whntover to woman taking control ol
Sunday-schools, bennvoleut Institu
tions, church fairs, festivals and nil
other mentis of curing for tho flocks
nud filling the ecclesiastical exchequer,
but when it conns to women In the
pulpit there is trouble nt once. This
is only another of the rolics of bat
bat ism.
In old times If the chinch could get
control of Iho women and littlo chil
dren they felt pretty euro of their
ability lo mutinge the rest of the human
family.
Half n century ngo n woman doctor
was scarcely recognlz -il In reputable
circles, nud a woman locturor was n
monstrosity. Contrasting that due
with Iho present nnd Inking note of
tho chniigo in senlimoiit from ono
decide lo another, It Is icarcoly too
much to ex poet that by another fifty
years we sha I sen it most wonderful
revolution in mutters of this sort. It
is safo to predict thnt beforo the end
of the first decide of the next century
the woman proacher wi)l bo no mora
of n uovcliy than tho woman doctor
now is. Worn in is specially lilted for
such work, and even were sho not so
It would be only the strictest kind of
Jitstico to give lior some of tho honor
us well ns most of tho hard work of
the church. When once It dawns fully
upon the minds of the people of thli
generation (hut thoro Is no sex In
Intellect or moral achievement, the
first and most difficult part of this
knotty problem will havo been solved.
Ily all means open the pulpit doors
to wouioii ns well us those of tho Sunday-school
room, tho hospital nnd tho
Executive Comiiiittoe. Now York
Commercial Advertiser.
KASIIIOX NOTKS.
Corkscrew bung'tllnes arc new nnd
stylis'.i.
Tho law has beou laid down: Short
skirls, and only short skirts, are to be
worn in the street.
A, new nnvy-hluo serge has a single
throad-atrlpo of docp greoti, und is
pronounced vory stylish.
Cream while, old pink and light
blue seem lo be tho colors selected for
young girl's evoniiig costumes.
New skirls for tho street do not
touch tho ground, but house-skirts are
almost all made with short trains.
Tho haudsoino Fronch chullles are
"tho thing." Tho pulled sleeve full
ing over tho elbjw is u good model.
Accordioii-plnitod skirts of surah or
India, with plaited waists in sailor
fashion, aro rutUer new uud effective.
Wide-brimmed lints, with nu
iibiiiidaii' C of oiiricli-plunio trimming,
will be popular for early-summer
wear.
Iiodico effects reached by means of
bands of ribbon nre often sseu, and
aio especially iiffl'ud in evening
gowns.
The pretty colored Henriettas are
well adapted for i liia purpose, and
with yokes of Irish luce tire very
stylish.
The dotted or sprigged lawns are
trimmed with ruffles embroidered in
the dominating color and with knots
and streamers of ribbon.
Ono of the new ideas is a black
sutin bodico and a skirt of some dark,
rich cloth. Indeed, black satin as a
waist material is quite to tho fore.
Tho crisp, clean-looking French
batistes, tho poetic .flowor-strowu or
gandies, tho ueat-paitorned llneu
lawns and ginghams all make pretty
negliges for wurm wcuther.
The white dotted swlsses.tho plaldod
nainsooks, und bishop's lawns launder
well and are made up with plaited or
gatherod rufilos, torchou luce, and
ribbous of pale greeu, mauvo, or
blue.
Sensible and pretty house robes are
ii) ado of the flue French or Scotch
flannels In stripes or figures; pale gray
and pink, marine-blue and poucoau.
Nil and heliotrope are among the new
blondlngs; these gowns are usually
made with yolks or In the loose prl li
cense shapo aud trimmed with lacs)
ad rlbbou.
(Jl'AIHf AMD (THIOL'S.
Dine is Iho mourning color in Chins,
The first coll .go was Harvard, l
1638.
Tho United States have 43,000,000
sheep.
Umbrellas were Imported from India
iu 1772. ,
Chinese botanists can grow oaks In
thimbles.
Nails woro hist inado in Uhod
Island In 1777.
L-ist year our railroads carried 000,
100,000 people.
An oak lieo nearly llvo centuries
old was recently foiled near Castleton,
Iii.l.
Do La Kiynlero's "AlHitinacli dei
('OiirmaiuU" U the most famous cook
book.
Tho loyal crown of (Jrent Britain
weighs thirty. niun ounces and is
valued tit 91.2OO.0u0.
Ueilin, Germany, has tho widest
train roof on the continent that at
Anhalt station, which is 193 feet five
inches.
'1 he Fijinns bslicvcs that (he souls
of all people of marriageable ago who
die unmarried can never enter Into
heaven.
An agency for the salo of exclusive
recipes for soups, sauces and entreos
lias boon opened in Paris by a "re
tired cher."
Hash must havo been an invention
of the old Unmans, f..f II Is rolutod
that they mixed all sorts of meats and
"pounded them into a pulp."
Itlack pinches shaped liko stars,
crescents, horseshoes, uud even like
coaches and horse, were worn by Iho
ladies of tho court of Qiieon Anno.
The Mariposa (Col. ) Big Trco grove
lias 427 big ireos. Tho largest is 31
feet iii diaiueior. Through u tunnel
or holo cui. In one a four-horio stage U
drivon aully.
Tho ancient Itomans made the
kitchen one of tho chief rooms of tho
house. It was paved with tilos, whilo
tho walls woro hung witli pictures und
Otherwise decorated.
Oregon, it is said, purposes sending
to the World's Fair a hor.o ilint over
tops all othor. and "can pick the tall
est persimmon." Ho is tweuiy hands
and two inches high.
Life insurance dates from almost
Hie year 1060, and was the invention
of Iho Chevalier du Moio, a FleuiUh
nobleman and tlio Abbe D.uiso Pascal,
the famous Jesuit priest.
The largest sequoia tree in circum
ference is iu Tulare county. California,
given by United States surveyors at
109 foot. The tallest is the Keystone."
lu Calaverus, boing Goj fuel high.
An English walnut trco nl Valleelio,
Calaveras county, Cal. , measures nine
feet In circumferoueo, and is probably
tho largest lu tho suite. Il produces
annually a lurgo crop of superior
nuts.
It's a Xup You Need.
A room without a couch of some
sort is only half furnished. Life is
full of tips and downs, uud ull that
saves Iho sanity of tho montully Jaded
and physically cxliausie I fortune
tighter is Iho periodical good cry und
momentary loss of consciousness on
tho upstairs loiiugo or the old sofa in
the silling room. Thero nre times
when so many of the things that dis
tract us could be slraightoiicd out and
tho way mado clear if only one had a
long comfortable couch ou whoio soft
bosom ho can throw liiinself.boots and
brains, stretch his weary frame, un.
mindful of tidies and tapestry, close
his tired eyes, relax tho tension of hi
muscles and give his harassed mind a
chance.
Ten minutes of this narcotic when '
tho heud throbs, ilia soul yearns for
endless, dreamless, eternal re it, would
make the visiou clear, nerves steady,
tho heart light and Ilia star of hops
hi no again. Thero is no doubt that
(lie longing to die is mistaken for the
ucod of a nap. Instead of the 1m-
inortalilv or the soul, business men'
Slid working women want regular and
lystomaliu doses of dozing nnd fitter
s mossy bank lu the shade of an old
Dak thut succuciling seasons have eon
verted into a tenement of song birds,
there is nothing that can approach a
big sofa, or a low, long couch placed
In Ilia corner, where tired nature can
turn her face to the wall and sleep
ud doze away tho gloom. Hull's
Jouruul.
Not Hopeless,
Teacher Tills is tho fltth time
rou'vo been lute to school this woek.
Iloy Yes' m.
"How do you expoct lo keop bus!-
less appolutuionts wliou yon grov
Jf
"My legs' 11 bo longer then."
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