WOMEN WHO POSE. The feerecir Thnt In Maintained hr Artlitt About Their Model. Every artist keeps In his studio a little book that ho guards most sacred ly. It contains his list of model. In some art studios of Now York the "model book" contains COO names of men and women who enrn tlielr living by posing. Tlie betrnynl of n single nnme by the nrtlst would Injure his reputation with the craft nnd ninke It dllllcult for him to employ the better clnss of models. The chief rennon for this secrecy Is the fnet that the outside world Is prone to look nsknnee nt professional models. Most of them, however, nro perfectly modest nnd Rood women, whose busi ness, thoiiKh apparently violating the letter of morality, preserves Its spirit. In fact, behind the model's professional career Is little but the commonplace. American models aro characterised by the same qualities of self respect and Independence as American art. The principal fault artists and Illustrators find with them Is their lack of expres sion, but for lenutlful figures and per fect features thoy are unexcelled. Tlio best models In the world are found In France nnd America, where the most general intelligence prevails In the class from which they chiefly come. In America many of them be long to middle class families who have met reverses. He Had Followed Directions. A little black boy sat on the soap box which served ns a front Btep to the tumble down shanty. His skin was more than black. Here nnd thero It looked as If It bad been varnished. His fingers clung together when he at tempted to open his hands, and tllms of silky sweetness were spun about him as he threw "back his head nnd opened his mouth in epicurean ecstasy. Household Words explains this happy condition: "Goodness, law!" exclaimed the old mammy, who came suddenly round the corner. "What yo' Blttln' dnt n-way for when I Jes' been tryln' to clenn yo' up? Ef yo' Bin' went an' molassed yo'se'f f'm head to foot!" "Dat nln Masses, mammy." "Whut's do use o' tryln' tor make yo' look 'speetttblc, 'd like tor know? I wash yo' an' dress yo", nn' den I tells yo' ter go nn' use de comb, didn't I?" "Yes'm. An' I look nroun', an all de comb I could fin' was dls yore hon eycomb. But I don use dat, mammy; I aho'ly did." The Wanders of Color. A small and simple experiment can be tried by nny reader which will go far to convince blm or her what a debt we owe to color and what a good thing It Is we have sunlight, which enables our eyes to take advantage of the beau tiful hues of nature. Make a room quite dark and then burn some carbon ate of soda In the flnmo of n bunsen gas burner. It will burn with nn or ango yellow light Bufliclently strong to Hlumlnnte everything in the room, but you will realise witti a sudden shock that, blight though the light is, nil dis tinctions of color bnvo vanished. Only light and shade remain. A crimson carnation, a blue violet, a red table cloth, a yellow blind all look gray or black or white. The faces of those present look positively repulslvo, for all natural color has disappeared. No other experiment will so well con vince those who have witnessed It how great a loss would bo that of our sense for color. Oriental Weddlna;. At wedding festivals In Arabia, Per sla and Morocco tlio women guests hold carnival all day, sometimes several days, but the poor little bride Is in a room by herself fasting. She is being "decorated." Depilatories and tweezers remove all superfluous hair. She la Icrubbud with pumice stone; her toes, lingers and hair aro stulucd with hen na, and her face Is daubed with red and bits of gold paper. An oriental maiden has no voice In the selection of her hus band. She seldom sees him till she is his wife, and be .Is not supposed to see her face until she unveils after marriage. Sometimes Cupid gets ahead of parents and guardians, the "wind" blows the veil uBlde, and the young cvcb meet Then there Is some anxious maneuver ing that the elders may make the right selection. Untune Wr to Secure One's Pay, Tattooing Is still a favorite personal decoration with some of the natives of Samoa, though not so fashionable there as formerly. Thoso who practice the art have an effective way of securing their pay. The color extends from the waist to the knees, no other part of the body being marked. In the small of the back the design shades off to a point which is never finished by the tattooer till his bill has been paid. As the incomplete design Is public evi dence of the wearer's indebtedness the artist seldom has to wait long for his . money. Friends nnd Relatives. , "So the poor fellow's dond?" "Yes, and he left al) his money to charity. His funeral was very largely attended." "Ah, yos, he had lots of friends; I don't eupposo he had any enemies at all." "Ob, yes, a few; be had several rela tives." Philadelphia Ledger. ' Nat tha tienaln Kind. "I'm afraid she Isn't cut out for society womun." "Why not?" "Well, she seems to have no ideu of (be pleasures of extravagance." De troit Free Press. The pleasantest thiugs In the world are pleasant thoughts, and the greutest art In life U to have as many of tneio a possible. Bovee. A NAVAL ACADEMY DAY. The nla-ld Routine That Rales the Middles' Waklusr Hoim, Let us look for a moment at the dl- i vision of time In a week In the acade my. The morning gun awakens the young midshipman at 8 o'clock. He has tlilrty-flve minutes to dress and appear for roll rail. When this is over ho nnd his comrades march nt once to breakfast. It Is then about twenty min utes before 7 o'clock. After breakfast a short prayer Is offered by the chap lain. The meal Is over by 7:30, nnd then there Is the sick call. Twenty minutes Inter the midshipmen must be In their rooms ready to go to their first recitation. At 7:53 they form and march to their classes In sounds. At 8 o'clock they are called to order In their classrooms. The actual work of the day hns be gun early, nnd there has been no lag ging or loatlng. At the Naval academy the midshipmen are trained to wnlk with n quick stop nnd at a lively gait. The men In the class squads from six to twelve each march two nbrenst nnd In close formation. It does not take them long to go from one building to another. Tor each midshipman there nre three recitation periods of two hours each. Half of each period Is de voted to study, half to actual recita tion In class. The first period Is from 8 to 10 o'clock In the morning, the sec ond period from 10:1B to 12:15 o'clock nnd the third period from 2 o clock to 4 In the afternoon. Between 12:15 nnd 2 o'clock the midshipmen eat their din ner and hnve a few minutes afterward for rest. At 4 o'clock all the class work Is over, but not the work of the day, for then comes the call to drill. Drill lasts nn hour and a half, and It Is work, too, for the naval offlcer must know thoroughly the Infantry and ar tillery practice of the soldier as well as his own particular branch of the pro fession of being ready to fight. When his task Is over at 5:30 the midship man has an hour and a half of recrea tion. This is the playtime of the day. The boys are then on the athletic field engaged in football or basebnll prac tice, depending on the time of the year; sailing In en t boats on the harbor or in dulging in other amusements that they may choose. But during that hour they nre still under the rules governing gen eral conduct. When 0:55 comes the men are colled to supper, nnd at 7:30 the midshipmen must be In their rooms again and at their books. The study period Is two hours long. There is a half hour's re laxation before bedtime, during which the young men may visit each other's rooms, but at 10 o'clock all lights must be out. For five days In the week this is the unvarying routine, with the exception of two hours' liberty Wednesday after noon for the first class. On Saturday nnd Sunday there Is a change. Vary ing with the length of time which they hnve spent In the academy, liberty Is granted to all midshipmen on these two days of the week. The members of all four classes are permitted to leave the grounds after the roll call to din ner, but thoy must return before the formation for supper. After the supper call the members of the first and sec ond clnsses have permission to go again beyond the academic limits, but they are required to be back by 0:30. They may or may not eat their supper at the academy mess, as they desire, but they must always report for roll call. In this way the authorities of the institu tion keep a finger on them. Leslie's Weekly. An Irapromptn Explanation. The learned Porson was staying at one time with a well known canon of E'.y named Jeremiah King. One day at dinner, when they had got into dis cussion upon questions of etymology, Porson gave a derivation which King considered to be so farfetched as to be quite ridiculous. "Ton might as well say," said King, "that my name is con neoted with cucumber." Possibly there was a cucumber on the table. "And so it is," said Porson. "How so?" asked King. "Why, thus: Jeremiah King, by contraction Jerry King; Jerry King, by contraction and metathesis Gherkin, and gherkin, we know, is a cucumber pickled." When Robespierre Was "Mann;." Under the terror Robespierre used to piny a peaceful game of chess at the Cafe Regence, and the story is told of a youth who once challenged him and beat him twice. Robespierre, after his defeat, asked how much he owed, no stakes having been previously fixed. The supposed youth, who In reality was a girl in man's clothes, presented an or der for the release of ber lover from prison, and Robespierre signed It Na poleon Bonaparte daring his consulship was seen at the famous cafe, but be showed himself no tactician at chess. London Telegraph. J net In Hard Leek. Irate Guest (to waiter) Look here! Didn't I order a Swiss cheese sand wich? Polite Waiter Yes, sir, and there It is. Irate Guest There are two slices of bread, but can you find any cheese on them? Polite Walter I'm sorry, sir. The cheese is there all right, only you hap pened to bit on one of the boles. New York Times. ha Wonld Have Had Him. Gladys Oh, yes, I refused him. 1 want a man who has known sorrow and acquired wisdom. Edith But, my dear, be would have very soon filled that bill if you had ac ceptcd him. Puck. Hope says to us at every moment "uo out Go enl" ana leads us thus the grave. De Malutenon. to The day after a man quits work he la in the way. Atchison Glob. WE 'AT HLETE'8 TlEAtVfT tTai the Mawlns- Man It Is Itransr nnd Well Developed. A prominent member of the faculty of' the University of Pennsylvania Med ical school has made n study of the heart action of uthleles. He has ex amined a large number of men In ath letics, especially rowing men, end he hns come to the conclusion that no man In perfect health who has been proper ly trained Is Injured by rowing, but that, ou the contrary, his heart Is bo strengthened that, with n moderate amount of exercise after he has Mulsh ed his rowing career, there Is no rea son, so far as- the heart and lungs nre concerned, that he should not live to n very old age. "The heart," salil he, "Is both n very delicate nnd n very strong organ that Is, If It Is well developed It will stand an enormous amount of strain without nny permanent Injury, but If It Is not well developed It Is very easily weak ened. Violent exorcise, like rowing, places a great deal of strain on the heart because when the body Is Is-ltiff exerted It requires so much more pres sure to force the blood through the body. I.Ike nny other muscle that Is worked, the heart under the added la bor becomes larger, and most athletes hnve extra large hearts. Just as they also hnve larger muscles throughout the body. "If the strain Is put upon the heart suddenly It dilates It becomes larger, but not more muscular nnd that Is the danger In athletics. If a man exercises gradually then his heart also Increases In size gradually because the muscles become lnrger, and this Is a perfectly normal condition. It simply means that the nthlete has a stronger heart than the average and ran cope with the extra strain that Is put upon it. A man needs a larger heart to row n race, and If gradual exercise has so provided him with one then ho can safely undergo the most severe tests. "It Is the same way with the lungs, nnd they must be developed gradually until they can undertake the extra work. A man with Ids heart and lungs well developed Is in no danger, no mat ter how hard the race, lie may com pletely keel over at the end of the race, but It will likely be from sheer exhaus tion, and his heart Is so strong that the effect Is not at all Injurious, lie will be ns good ns over in n few moments." Philadelphia Record. APHORISMS. The heart gets weary, but never gets old. Shenstone. The only way to have a friend Is to be one. Emerson. What we learn with pleasure wo nev er forget. M order. Opposition Inflames the enthusiast, never converts him. Schiller. True merit is like a river the deeper it is the less noise it makes. Hazlltt. The eye of the master will do more work than both of his hands.-Franklin. Experience takes dreadfully high school wages, but he teaches liko no other. Carlyle. Kindness Is the only charm permit ted to the uged; it is the coquetry of white hairs. Feuillet. If we bad no fallings ourselves we should not take so much pleasure in finding out those of others. Rochefou cauld. A Brilliant Retort. After dinner speaking is an art, and, like mauy other arts, its cxcelleuco has much to do with tho mood of the artist Some of the best of our after dinner speakers sometimes fall, but It is not often that failure results in the enrich ment of the world's store of epigram, as it did in tho case of Lord Ersklne many years ago. When Lord Ersklne was made a member of that highly honorable body, the Fishmongers' Company of Loudon, he made an after dinner speech on the occusion of his first nppearanco among them us a member. Upon his return he said to a friend : "I spoke ill today and stammered and hesitated In the opening." "You certainly floundered," was the reply, "but I thought you did so In compliment to the fishmongers." The Prattle of a Orient Child. At times it cannot be denied the ques tions of children become irksome, but who would wish a child to ask no ques tions? Julius Sturm tells In one of his pretty fairy tales how u grandfather, driven Into Impatience by the constant questionings of bis grandchild, ex claimed, "I wish your tongue were out of Joint!" But when unexpectedly his wish was fulfilled and the child became dumb how he joyfully exchanged one of the two years which an angel hud prophesied he was yet to live for the privilege of bearing the little one's prat tle agulul peeehmnklnK. "What do you think of my speech?" said the aspiring young orator. "Not bad," said the cold man of ex perience. "I devoted a great duul of thought to It" "Yes, that's a mistake young men are apt to make. You put thoughts Into your speeches Instead of telling the audience stories." Bran nt That. G us The Idea of his saying I had more money than brains! Quite ridic ulous! Jack That so? Gus Of course. Why, I baveu't got n cent. Jack-Well ?-Phlludclphla Lodger. Come Hls-h. Knlcker Experience Is the best leather. Booker Well, aren't we always rul lug her salary? Harper's Buxar. ""SMART8ET FR.ENDSHlPsT They t'eonllr Have at Purpose, to elnl, Political or Financial. There nre friends in wbnt Is labeled "the smart set" whose motto In life would appear to be, "Banish dull care." These nre tho people who give those cheerful dinners where nobody cares a rap for precedence. Everybody takes lilsatlltilty In to dinner. The host starts off with the prettiest girl, and the host ess is taken down by some beardless boy. It Is Liberty hall, with nicknames for all present, abundance of "chaff nnd stories something morn than risky. They are all great friends, of course, and call each other "dear things" and know exactly how much Is meant by that, while they smile sweetly nnd say Oat! In connection with most of them behind their backs, Few of these so called friendship In society are made without n purpose, either political, so cial or llminclal. Tho peeress wants a "tip" from the millionaire, either a Stock Exchange tip or one affecting coin or copper or whatever his Scctul line may be. Our "nice" friends are nice in so far ns thoy nre useful to us. At tho same time, In Justice to society. it ought to ho pointed nut that no one Is taken In by these Interested friend ships. Tho people who only make friends calculating how much they will benefit thereby are seen through by ev erybody nnd disliked so openly that only their toadies fall to let them see it London Outlook. The Finishing Touch. The small boy with his eyes open of ten knows more of things as they are than tho artist who draws things as they aro not. An Illustrator who Is winning laurels by his fine work main tains that his most valuable critic Is his son. a boy of twelve; He knows little about drawing, says tho nrtlst, but lie has u quick sense for beauty and n keen Imagination as well. Not long ago I l ad to mnkn a drawing of n street full of people running to a fire. 1 flattered myself I had made n lifelike au.l moving scene and submit ted it to my boy with n feeling of satis faction. lie surveyed It for n moment, hands In his pockets, head on one side. Then bo said: 'The people are all right, but whore's the dog':" "The dog ;" I iiiquln d. "What dog?" "Any dog." he said in a tone of pity for my dullness. "Why, father, don't you know there's always at least one dog running alongside and getting un der everybody's feet when you're going to a fire' Haven't you over been to a fire, father, or seen a crowd going to one?" When I thought It over I knew be was right, and tho dog went In. Youth's Companion. A lliiNlnese Epitaph. Amusing epitaphs are not dllllcult to find If one Is seeking them. The Che shire Republican cites a most singular ono which may be found on a monu ment In eastern Tennessee: Sacred to the memory of John Smith, for twenty years senior partner of the firm of Bml.li St Jones, now J. J. Jones ft Co. The names nro not really Smith and Jones, but they will answer for the purposes of the story. "I mot Jones later," says the narrator, "nnd be gave me a frank explanation of the Inscrip tion. "Smith wus a bachelor without rela tives." he said, "but ho know a tre mendous lot of country people, and if nny of them happened to see his grave they might think that the old house had closed up and gone out of business. So I thought it no more than right to let them know that the firm was still alive." No Doabt Abont It. A kind hearted lady saw a small boy seated on one of tho benches In Fair mount park the other day smoking a clgur which she afterward told a friend seemed almost as big as him self. Tho lady is an enthusiastic anti tobacco worker and never loses an op portunity to impress, especially upon youthful minds, the evils of using to bacco In auy form. Seating herself by tho slda of tho lad, she said kindly, "Oh, my boy, wouldn't your father be dreadfully pained If be saw you smoking that cigar?" - "Rather think be would," responded the twentieth century young man without removing the weed from his mouth. "This is one of his beat cigars." Philadelphia Ledger. Giving nn Opinion. Taddles I used to think a good deal of Straddles, but Wuddles You don't say so? What huH he done? "The other duy I asked him to call round nnd give mo his opinion of an ur tlcle of mlno on 'The Impending Crisis.' Well, be came all right; but he brought a little thing of his own for me to hear, and, confound him, ho wasted all the iveulug with his egotlstlcul trash." In Hanr l'laeea. Mrs. MeCull I see you've got a new girl. Has she had much experience aa a cook? Mrs. Hiram Offen Apparently not much, but many, and I propose to give ber notice to hunt up unother experi ence when her week's up. Philadel phia Press. Quito Familiar. Doctor Do I think I can cure your catarrh? Why, I am sure of It. Patient So you're very familiar with the disease? Doctor I should say sol I've bad It yiyself all my life. Judge. His Deceptive Appearanae. "They say he got rich writing the words of populur songs." "Yet to look at him you'd think he had at least ordinary Intelligence."-- Chicago Record-Herald. RUSSIA'S ARGUS EYE.' The Keen Watch Thnt I Exercised Over All Postal Matter. In the Russian post office a watebfut eye Is kept on nil newspapers and mag azines, nnd any matter officially con sidered objectionable Is ruthlessly "blacked out." A similar surveillance Is extended to private correspondence. The task thus undertaken Is a gigantic one, but the Russian official system has proved Itself equal to the undertaking. lu every post otllce of Importance thero are olllclals constituting the "black cabinet," whoso duty It Is to examine the letters received. According to tho system followed In the Moscow post olllcc, all tho letters aro handed over to tho "black cabinet." Then one olllclal sorts out nil those which nre ad dressed to suspected families, another nil those addressed In suspected hand writings, while n third arranges the re mainder In little heaps and then draws nt random several letters from each heap. All the letters selected In these various ways are then opened mid ex amined. In this Ingenious way the Russian government strives to keep a continual check on the free Intercourse of its sub jects, and It is not surprising that "un derground" moans of communication have boon developed. The Jurisinrnt of Years. A significant bit of wisdom, to be pondered over by tho very young, whose griefs nnd disappointments seem so tragic, wns that uttered by Mrs. Dolly Madison when she was over eighty years old nnd near her death. Her life had boon fortunate nnd beau tiful not only because circumstances bad proved kind to her, but from tlio brightness and buoy u my of her tem perament. She harbored no bitterness over past experiences, but life had taught her the unimportance of most trfals which loom so gigantic lu approaching. Not long before her death one of her nieces wont to her for sympathy lu some slight trouble. "My dear," she said, "do not trouble about It. There is nothing In this world really worth caring for. Yes," she repeated, looking Intently out of n window, "I who have lived so long re peat to you that there is nothing lu this world below really worth caring for!" Huttona. The Elizabethan era gave vogue to tho button nnd tho buttonhole, two In ventions which may fairly be regarded us Important, since they did much to revolutionize dress. The original but ton was wholly u product of needle work, which was soon Improved by the use of u wooden mold, The brass but ton Is suld to have been introduced by a Iilrminghaui merchant in lUM'.l. It took 200 years to Improve on tho meth od of sowing tho cloth upon the cov ered button. Then an Ingenious llano hit upou tho Idea of making the button lu two parts and clumping them to gether, with the cloth between, Buttons urc now made of almost everything, from seaweed and cattle hoofs to moth er of pearl and vegetable Ivory. Ex cellcnt buttons nro made from potatoes, which, treuted chemically, become ns hard us Ivory. Boston Transcript. Hie Uuelneanllk War. Young Mr. lilsx (briskly, to fuir pro prietor of the photograph gallery) I've dropped in, Miss Frame, without much preparation, In the style I usually do when I make up my mind I want any thing, fan you take me Just ns I nm) Miss Frunio Certainly, Mr. ltl.z. What style do you wish cabinet or curte? Mr. ltl.z-Whut style? Great Ciesur! Did you think I'd come with these clothes on to have my photograph tak en? I'm asking you to uiurry me. Miss Frame." His Tide of Fortuue. "There Is a tide lu tho alTuirs of men,' " said tho man who habitually quotes Shakespeare, " 'wlilch, taken at Its flood, leuds on to fortune.' " "Yes," replied tho man who hud mar ried au heiress, "I remember the tide thut led to my fortune well." "What tldo was that?" "It was eventide, and we wero sit ting in the garden." Sun Francisco Wasp. Coneplouone. "You have been conspicuous In tho balls of legislation, havo you not?" suld the young woman who usks all sorts of questions. "Yes, miss," answered Seuator Sor ghum blandly; "I think I have partici pated In some of the richest hauls thut legislation over made." Washington Star. Jesting" nt Scare. Upgnrdsou I was sorry to hour that Sklminerhoru bus had the smallpox Did It disfigure blm much? Atom Dlstlguro blm? No; It 1m proved him. It changed his expres sion. Chicago Tribune. Plain I.rlna;. , "Professor, I know a man who says bo cull tell by the Impression on his mind when his wife wants him to come home to dinner. Is it telepathy'" "Not nt all, miss. I should call that mendacity." Exchange, An In venue. Miss Boston Ah, yes; your verses are charming. And have you never written a novel? Miss New York-No; for If I did my mother would never let me read It Life. Some people who Jump nt conclusions lose sight of the hurdle. Philadelphia Record. The reward of one duty done Is the power to fulfill another. Eliot. A UHlnt Old Will. "My hobby Is the collection of strange wills," said a retired sea cap tain. "I leive gathered together copies of over 11 fry odd testaments, nnd fine reading so;:.o of them are. One, over JI00 years old, bequeaths what do you think? Why, It bequeaths Its maker's soul to (lod. This Is the way It roads: 'ln Del nomine, Amen; the yere of our Lord loll, the XXXth day of May, I, Robert I'etlgrew, bole of mynd and mctn'ry, make my testament nnd last will, yn forme and manner followyng: Irst, 1 hequeth my sowlo to Almighty Cod, and my body to be buryd yn the churchyard of North Cadbory. I he quoth to my Sonne Richard a cowe, a calff, the second best grass panne, II platters, II dysshys of pewter, nnd nn nknr of wheat, an nknr of drngge, nnd nn nknr of medow. To my daughter Alys, a cowe. To my sonne Thomas, my old oxe. The resldcw of my goods, not bequethed, I give to Mawdc, my WyfTe.' "Philadelphia Record. Corals of Our Own Const. It Is a common notion thnt corals grow only In tropical nnd subtroplcnl wnters nnd that no cernl roofs nre to bo found along our own familiar coasts. As n matter of fact, coral formations stretch nil along the Atlan tic const of the United States, although the reefs do not rise bo high thnt they project from the water. Some of the most beautiful of the living coral In the New York nqunrluin was dredged up from the Atlantic ocean almost within sight of the city of New York, nnd there nre many coral patches still closer to the nhoros. Generally tho northern coral Is snow white, although sometimes It hns n delicate brown tint. Pink coral Is found occasionally, but It is rare. ' A ItnrKrnln, Prod Kitty didn't marry that mil lionaire duffer nftor nil, did she? Jack No: he hacked out. and she sued him for breach of promise. Fred What damages? Jack Twenty-llvo thousand, nnd she got It. Fred Clear case of S2.Y000 on for cash, wasn't It? I didn't think Kitty wns so sharp nt driving a bargain. Comfort. A Slnrtllnu- llennest. Percy is a little hoy who makes plans to shirk his bath sometimes. Hut tho Dthor evening ho came In from play tired nnd hot nnd sticky. "Do 1 get u bath tonight, ma?" he n sited. "Yes," answered his mother. "Well." he said cheerfully, "the Lord knows 1 need It." Brooklyn F.ngle. . A llevlreil Topic of HlNctisMln.n "It limks n If we were In for uu other Napoleonic revival." "What makes you think so?" "I understand the Lline und Plaster lub has revived the old debating ques tion, 'Resolved. Dat Bonaparte um a greater man dan Nupoleou.' "Cleve land Plain Dealer. Kept Asunder. Tom Have Maud and Ethel quar reled? I don't see them together lately. Dolly No, they haven't quiyreleil but Maud's new gown Is lavender and Ethel's new gown Is blue. Somcrville Journal. Ilellnlllon of a llnby. "What Is a baby?" Is asked, mid then the following complicated definition Is given: The prince of wails, u dweller in Lapland, the morning caller, noon tiny crawler, midnight brawler, only possession that never oM-itcs envy, a key that opeps the heu.-ts of all classes, tho rich und the poor alike, In all coun tries; a Hirungor Willi unspeakable cheek that enters the house without a stitch to his back uud la received with open urius by all. Measuring; Ulrica. The ancient tanner paid an expert high wages to guess at the contents of his bides when sold by measure. TO' duy mi unskilled workemn bunds tho irregular shaped pieces to a little ma chine that looks something like a table with a double top which, quicker than the mind of the expert can guess It, reckons with exactness ihe square con tents in botli tlio metric uud standard systems. For a woman to low nine nn n is ltk casting i flow er lnt.i sepulcher Haw Ihoriie. taanuVat :0 P io H X W cn H ' O c , 0. 3 "-I a. o 3 (t 9) o PI DOCTORS' BLUNDERS. Whet l,fR:l Mclliml Applied to Med ical Practice Would tucover, "Now that I nm through with medi cine I can Pp.'.ik of the profession In fashion th:,l I would ml If I. was still In the prao: i' s.ld n gentleman who has hei ti k:i- u n as a successful physi cian In Nov.- York for years as ho sot nt luiul. on In tlv Lawyers' club. "Of i-i.tr-' I don't care to have my n .Lie n.. titlo::. d, for 1 have lots of good, friends In the profession, hut the fact! Is that the profession of medicine would; be nenrly ruined If It bad to be con-j i! net ed m you jt: titlemeti of the bar: practice your calling. - t Wc have n great advantage, over- you. for yon lu jour cases are subject ed to the extremest publicity, while we in o.ir enses have tho utmost conceal ment, .lint mipiiose that In our cases: wo hud a Jiuhfe who know ns much as: or more than we did presiding over ouri notions mid. worse than that, bnd an-j . other physician, whose Interests were not ours, watching and criticising us lit every step nnd blazoning every er ror that wo made. Dear mo, such a prospect ns thnt would frighten the best physician who over lived the mo ment he entered n sick room, and yet that condition Is Just what you men of the law have to face In e.ery cane that you try. "Whnt sort of n figure would a law yer cut lloividerlng around ln court without any knowledge of his case?, But n physician can lloiinder mentally In a sick room without n second person being the wiser, though the patient may suffer; but, then, 'dead men tell no tales. 'Under such clrcttiustances of doubt. which Is usually Ignorance, the physi cian can look wise, put something Into tho patient's stomach, go Jo Ids office, decide what line of experiment he will follow, return tho next day, hoping to find that nature Is working the cure that he doesn't know how to effect, nnd being ready and willing to tako nil of the credit that comes his way. "Why. the very lirst thing that nurses are taught Is to observe the Utmost se crecy about doctors' blunders. If thoy told what thoy know thero wouldn't be much conlldence In physicians where they are heard. Ask a nurse of expe rience about this when you have the opp irtunlty. "Yes, sir, I repeat that the publicity anil chance for criticism in your pro fession. If applied to medicine, would result In the discovery of n small amount of science as compared with the large amount of empiricism." New York Herald. FRUITS AND FLOWERS. It never injures an orchard to ma nure It. Judicious annual pruning Is essential with the peach. Low horded tree resist the wind better, and the IVult Is more easily picked. in grafting a large- tree It U best not to try to graft the whole tree In one scusoti. Budding on certain slow growing and somewhat Incongruous stock Is the best way of dwarfing. In most cases tho cause of moss ap pearing on the steins of apple and oth er fruit tr.-es Is wet, cold, und ruined land. Tho soli for looses should be rich and of such tenacity that it will hold to getlicr when pressed. Sand and clay inl.'.cd is good. All wood that Is more than two years o!d should be cut out from the currants and gooseberries. They will produce more fruit, even if tho viues nre nut so huge. An Economical Mother Small Katheriue, who had been for bidden' to touch tho ink Isittlc. hud ac cidentally spilled its contents lug only all over her mother's desk, but on the rug. several chairs and her own uproii. Her mother, on discovering the state of affairs, had expressed more sunirlso than pleasure. When th father of the family returned at night his little daughter met him at the door uud usked: "1'upu, how much does u bottle of ink cost'." "Oh, it'bout 5 cents." "Five cents!" exclaimed the lig'.'rieved youngster In n tone of diep ulsust. "And to think that mamma would niuke all that fuss about oue little bot tle of Ink!" Llpplncott's. "Are You lirntlyr Got" Mrs. John Peters wns tho mother of a family of restless children, and she found dititeulty lu reducing them to lulet when tln moment cumo for ask ing u blessing at the table. So hor course of procedure was something In this fashion: "Alice, bo still! Eddie, not another word! Maud, don't you see your fa-, ther Is waiting? There now, John;! now!" New York Times. , A Itun of Luck. Tom I asked old C.oldmuu for bis daughter last night. Dick-Whut luck? Tom Well, It was what you might call a run of luck. I got uway. Ex change. Purely Oruiimeutul. Charlie llow In tho world, Gawgc, do you manage to sec with thut single eyeglass pf yours? Gawgo My dear fellah, I see with the other eye.-San Francisco, Wusp. Tho Tu'Iiin, "Faith1, Mrs. o'Hnru. how d" ye till thlm twins nparrt?" "Aw. 't Is alsy--l sticks me finger In Dlnnlir mouth, an' If he bites I know It's Molke." Harvard Lampoon. Have a heart that never hardens, a temper thnt never tires utid a touch thut never hurts.-' Charles Dlckeus.
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