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.