ce'cArefuu
In speaking of K psrton'i fnullit,
l'ray, don't format your own)
liemember thoao Willi "home of glati
Should seldom throw a stone."
If if hv nothing else lo do
Hut titlk ol thorns wno Bin,
Tl iictinr we ihmilit think of home,
' And Irom Ihnt paint In-glii.
Imvo no 1 k'ht 10 J?nl)3 n nmo
lull tw'it fnlrlv trlfds
Phoiild wo not ( 1 k Iiih powii'inv,
nr. Hi n- rl I if wl.l.-.
bum itinv linn ia.il:.inh. nlm hav no;?
1 lr t.l 1 nn wll no yiiiinir.
I'rhii wa may, for aviKht WD know,
Have fifty to thnlr on.
Lavender
By ELIZABETH
ti
Jeannette was In a hurry, but Bhe
lingered at the gingham counter. Sho
Ignored the probability that she would
be half an hour late for luncheon, to
Which her Aunt Maria, who could not
tolerate tardiness, was invited. She
ven forgot that she had meant not
to ho late, so absorbed was she In a
juaint little country girt and a quaint
eld man, presumably nor grandfather,
who stood also at the gingham coun
ter, earnestly and carefully selecting
two drosses for the little girl.
Jeannotte could not help hearing
their serious discussion as to the pret
tiest colors and patterns. In fact sho
lingered because she did hoar, and be
cause Bhe was very much concerned
lest the little girl should choose an al
luring lavendor and white check, which
both she and her grandfather evident
ly regarded with deep admiration.
Jeannette was suns that the lavender
would fade.
Jeannette had, almost to a fault, a
keen personal Interest in the smallest
detail of the welfare of other persons.
Her Aunt Maria described It as "a
fondness for putting her fingers into
othor people's pics." Her brothor Fred
aid as graphically Hint Jeannette
liked to "put in her oar;" and even her
loyal and cherished mother said that
her daughter had a delightful and
weet, if sometimes Just a little over
cealous, habit of offering advice.
Certain it is that Jeannette stopped
Strange children on tho street and ad
vised them to button their Jackets, lest
they take cold, or pointed out to them
the superiority of peppermint drops
over chocolate creams. And she pave
her little sister Elsie so much advice
as to the spending of her weekly al
lowance that the poor child usually
ended by cot spending it at all. As
Jeannette cald, this really wa9 good for
Elsie It taught her at one and the
same time economy and tho value of
knowing her mind. Jeannette knew
her own mind so well that she nover
listened to those hints of her family
about pies and oars, although she did
listen to, and sometimes remembered,
her mother's occasional warning.
She remembered it now, but she was
none the less agitated. The little girl
and the old man were fingering the
lavender gingham. Jeannette was
more and more certain that it would
(ado.
"That lilac piece is real pretty, Scr
ny," said the old man approvingly.
"Yes, grandpa," said the small girl,
"It is, and I love that color; it's just
like violets."
"It will fade," said Jeannette to her
elf. "I know It will fade!"
"That pink and white stripes real
pretty, too, deary," said the old man.
"Seeln' as you're going to have two,
why don't you get that for one? Your
ma used to wear them pink and white
tripes when she was your Blze."
"Did she, really?" said the little girl.
Then I will; It Is real pretty. I'll
take five yards of this pink and white
tripe," she said, shyly, turning to the
clerk, "and I think I'll take some of
this lavender and white check, too;
wouldn't you, grandpa?"
1 think I would, deary," said the old
man; "it's real pretty."
OU wm too .ouch for Jeannette.
8he touched the little girl lightly on
Um shoulder. "I think that lavender
will fade," she said in a low tone.
Tlie little girl looked up in surprise.
She stared at Jeannette for a moment;
then abe said, gravely, "Do you think
It will?"
The selection of the two new dresses
was a serious and weighty matter to
her. That a charming girl should see
this did not seem at all remarkable to
the little girl, or, apparently, to her
grandfather.
"Do you think It will, miss?" the
old man sold, anxiously, to Jeannette.
"Yes," said Jeannette, "I am almost
certain it will. Lavender Is my fav
orite color, and every summer I have
lavender gingham shirt-waist, and
very summer it fades the flrst time It
la washed."
"How dreadful!" said the little girl,
In sympathetic tones. "I've alwayB
wanted a lavender dress, and I've nev
er hod one," she added, wistfully.
"Does it always fade?"
"Well, I don't suppose it always
does," said Jeannette, "but all the lav
ender gingham shirtwaists I've had
did. "Why don't you get blue? That
won't fade. My little sister always has
llue and pink, too. My mother says
there's nothing nicer for a little girl,"
ha continued, comfortingly.
The little girl's face brightened, and
the old man regained his cheerfulness.
"Just hear that, Bereny! Now I re
member your ma used to wear blue at
your age; and grandma, she'll like It,
deary." . .... u.., ., ,
"Orandma said I could get what I
liked," Serena explalnod to Jeannette.
"Grandma says I'm big enough now 40
jafcooM my own dresses," she proudly
rded.
Jeannette smiled. "Wnt( then, you
I'll tall yon of a belter plan,
And find It work qoltu welL
I try my own defect to cur,
Betor of othra' tell.
Aurt, though I kouieilmc hope to be
No won than mmi 1 know.
My own noricomlni.M M I m it
The fault ol otlivr gi.
Tlin let lis lit', whn w commence
To ulan.ler ftti'tid or fin,
Th'nk nt tlio hnrm tlmt one may do
To lli'M wo little know,
Itemi tnoer run" a aoiniilm, Ilka
Our rhtckvii. "rooft nt hom,i"
Don I i-p-ak of other' fiiulte until
Wo have none of our own.
Gingham. I
McCRACKEN.
surely don't want to choose anything
that will fade."
"Oh, no!" said Serena, decidedly. "I
gitess I'll got some blue," she said to
tne clerk.
"We have a blue with a pattern Just
like that lavender," ho said, kindly.
"Have you?" exclaimed Serena nnd
her grandfather in one delighted
breath.
The clerk produced It, and it was re
garded with approval and even enthu
siasm. The clerk measured off five
yards, and gave the two parcels to
Serena. Tho grandfather paid the lit
tle bill, and they turned away, after
thanking Jeannette for her kindness.
"Don't mention it," said Jennnette.
"I Just told yon because I knew you
would be sorry if you did get It and It
faded."
"I would have been," said the little
girl, earnestly, "and the. blue it al
most Just as pretty."
Jeannette smiled at them, as she
hurried home to luncheon for which
she was so late that the family and
her Aunt Maria were just leaving the
dining room.
"My dear," whispered her mother, re
proachfully, "you might have been on
time especially when you knew Aunt
Mai la was going to bo here! Aunt
Maria thinks, anyway "
"That you haven't brought mo up
properly?" said Jeannette, kissing her
mother on the dimple in her cheek.
Her mother laughed, but she said,
reproachfully, "You might have come
before we were quite finished."
"I know It," agreed Jeannette. "I
know It. I meant to, but something
out of the ordinary happened that I
really couldn't help being late."
"Then I will forgive you," said her
mother, "but you must be particularly
nice to Aunt Maria to make up for it."
Jeannette succeeded so well that her
Aunt Maria decided that she wna, after
all, not so Improperly brought up as
she had feared. Fortunately she did
not stay very long, or Jeannette might
have spoiled this good impression by
relating her newest adventure. The
door had hardly closed upon her nunt
when sho rushed to her mother and
told her about Serena and her grand
father, and the lavender gingham.
"Why," exclaimed her mother, as
Jeannette paused, "I was at that, very
counter this morning, and, my dear, I
bought some lavender anil white
checked gingham for you a shirt-waist!
I don't think wnat I have will fade."
"Where is It?" gasped Joannelle.
Her mother brought it, and they
opened It It was the Identical ging
ham that little Serena and her grand
father had so reluctantly left un
bought! They laughed until the rest of the
family hurried lo the spot in alarmed
surprise, to demand an explanation.
The more they explained, the more
they laughed.
"Anyway," said Jeannette, at last,
"I still think it will fado. I hope it
will!"
"Jeannette!". they all remonstrated;
but Jeannette insisted. "Imagine how
I shall feel if It shouldn't but it v. 111!"
She could hardly wait to make It Into
a shirtwaist; and when it came homo
from the laundry the first time, the
family seized the box containing It,
and almost tore it to pieces in their
eagerness to see the contents. It had
not faded!
Jeannette played golf in it; she wore
it at the seashore; it did not fade. She
wore it the entire spring, and every
one said, "How fortunate you are with
that waist! It hasn't faded a bit!"
It had not; it would not! To Joan
n site's eyes It became more and more
lavender. Her remorse was so keen
that when, one .lay, Elsie asked what
she should buy with twenty-five cents
that Fred had given her for "caddy
ins" all the afternoon, she said, "My
dear child, don't ask me! I give no
more advice!"
"My dear." her mother said, "you
are not to blame. You meant kindly,
and It might have been expected to
fade. Any one would have hesitated,
and especially before getting it for a
child. The blue was far better, and
lavendor is so uncertain.
"It certainly Is," said Jeannette.
"But that little girl wanted It so! I
have no way of finding out where she
lives. They were Just in for the day
from the country. She never will
know and she might just as well havo
had It!".
Jeannette actually went to the ging
ham counter not a few times that Btim
mer, vaguely hoping to find Serena
and her grandfather. She looked at
all the little girls and ell the old men
Bhe saw on the street. She wore tho
lavender shirtwaist whenever she could
wear It, hoping that It would suddenly
fade.'
"I really think It would, if I should
ever see Serena when I had It on," aha
said pensively. "It couldn't have the
audacity not to." v
She did not, see Serena; hut one day,
when riiu happened to be wearing the
lavender gingham, and to be riding in
n open car, she saw 8erena's grand
father! There was no mistaking the
old man. She precipitately left the
car at the next stop, went quickly
down the street, and touched the old
man's arm.
"Do you remember me?" Jennnctta
ashed, breathlessly.
The old man Kiuod at her blankly
for an Instant; then be nulled. "Well,
well, who'd ha' thought It?" ho raid,
In pleased recognition. "If yon ain't
the one that helprd Hereny buy her
dresses, nnd kept her from getting that
lilac that would ha' faded!"
"But It dutn't," said poor Jeannette.
"It didn't fade!"
Then she told the old man the whole
amusing story, and even called upon
him to witness the flaunting color in
her shirtwaist. Ho chuckled and
laughed, and said, "Who'd ha' thought
It?" at least six times; and laughed
arraln, and looked at Jennnetto's waist.
"Sereny liked them dresses sho got,"
he said, "but she always sort of bank
cred for that, lilac gingham."
"But It didn't!" said poor Jeannette
with decision. "Do let me get It for
her! It will be such a comfort to me!"
The old man did see how much it
really would comfort her. He went
with her to the gingham counter; and
with tho aid of Jeannctto's shirtwaist,
they actually matched the lavender
and white check, and Jeannette bought
five yards of It, and sent it with her
love to Serena. Then sho hurried
home to tell the family.
In a few days she had a sweet little
letter from Serena. "It's Just like a
story!" wrote Serena Joyfully In her
postscript.
"With a moral," added Aunt Maria.
"Which Is keep your fingers out of
other people's pies."
"Oh, no!" said Jeannette's mother.
"Tho moral Is, If you must put your
fingers In at all, put them In as far as
they will go."
"Well, anyway," said little Elsie,
"you and Serena have both got some
thing lovely to toll and think about
whenever you wear the lavender ging
ham" "Which won't fade!" Jeannette add
ed. Youth's Companion.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Eskimo dogs have been driven forty
five miles over the Ice In five hours. A
picked team of these dogs once travel
ed six miles in twenty-eight minutes.
A card press In the government
printing office, Washington, prints 60,
000 cards on both sides In one hour.
They are printed and cut from a web
of brlstol board.
It Is said that Macauleya memory
was so retentive that, after reading a
book once, he could give all the sali
ent points of It, and recite, many long
passages of it verbatim.
A strange accident befell a boy who
was chopping wood near Augsburg,
Germany. His ax struck a wire
clothesline, and at the same moment
a flash of lightning si ruck the line,
passed down the hatchet and killed
him.
A horse In a wild state lives to be
from thirty-fix to forty years old;
when domesticated he Is usually played
out at. the ago of twenty-five. It Is
thus seen that civilization does not
contribute to the longevity of the ani
mal. Passtouklior!, a Russian topographer,
or surveyor, in making ascents of
mountains In the Caucasus, having
suffered from "mountain sickness,"
found a remedy in tea, almost boiling
hot. it Is reported that another party,
prostrated by the Illness, was able
after this treatment to continue the
ascent.
The king of the Belgians has just
Imported a beautiful little 'Chinese
house as a curiosity. After much
trouble It wns acquired by the Belgian
Consul at Shanghai. The house is a
marvel of beauty. It Is carved from
top to bottom In splendid wood. The
rooms are large and all furnished lu
Chinese style. , The house, which will
travel in pieces to Bolgluni, Is to be
set up at I.aeken, where the king has
his country house, and has already
erected a Chinese pagoda and a Chin
ese tower.
Do Violins Get Sick?
Can a violin be played out or get
sick? I confidently say No; nor does
any benefit, result from giving them a
rest. Tho tone of any violin docs not
appeal to our ears at all times alike.
This is mainly due to the state of our
health and hearing varying and, part
ly, the 1 lent nes or otherwise of the
atmosphere.
To prove this, play on three or four
of your violins (If you have them);
you will then discover them all suf
fering from the same complaint, 1. .,
sick or sulky. This should be con
clusive, since It Is not likely that they
would all fall sick on the same day,
nor could they all be played out at
one time, especially when one violin
got more use thaa the others. It la
well (on sick days) to put the instru
ment away for a day or two. Perhaps
the next time it is used all the ail
ments will have vanished, or, rather,
our temporary indisposition, and the
violin will seem as responsive, bright
and sonorous an it ever was. I may
not be wandering from thla subject by
adding there is the same sense of fall
ing oft in the tone of organ pipes at
times, which conclusively proves that
our ears are out of order not the
pipes since the latter cannot vary
from day to day, either In quality or
quantity of tone.
. . ... . . r,
Ready for School.
There's bustle nnd stir In the brisk autumn
air,
For school days have come and vacation
1 o'cri
There are books In the satchel nnd clothes
on tho choir.
And spick nnd span boot Handing
blacked on the floors
4 now tlu for luck, end a new cup benlde
An outfit mot xiothliig to any boy's pride.
Mamma la di-lightm! but not o her t nd.ly,
Though school time approaches, I fear he's
not ready.
Vou bave but to prop In his antohel nnd ten
I'm, peiii llH nnd pad In a goodly arrny:
And a Inn -li Jut as tempting u tempting
can l
And the sun smile welcome that bright
en tho dnyt
Dut thn ruin might ss well pattor heavily
down,
For Dilstv blue eyes view the world with a
frown.
Though hi boots, clothe sad atchl stand
wnltlnit nnd ready,
'Hi far from the cue with our unwilling
Freddy.
Plttabnrg Dispatch.
A Winged Highwayman.
We naturally wonder why a wasp
cannot successfully defend Itself
against a fly, but In addition to its
sword-llko proboscis, the robber fly is
also endowed with Icr of unusual
length and power. It Is thus ennbled
to hold its victim nt such a distance
that the envenomed sting cannot be
iiBed. Powerful and swift as Its wings
are. It seldom seizes Its stinging vic
tims In mid nlr, but usually hurls Itself
on tho back of the unsuspecting wasp.
Caterpillars, spiders, moths, beetles,
dragon files, and even plant bugs are
all seized, and dispatched by this swift
assassin. St. Nicholas.
Red Squirrels.
It has been my experience that they
are rather Irritable nnlmnls. It Is a
common thing, when meeting a rvl
squirrel In tho woods, to havo him drop
whatever he may be doing, and Just sit
and scold, us though you Intended to
rob him of all he possessed. If you
make a quick movement to start !o
him, he will often sit bolt upright,
with quivering lower Jaw, clasp his
breast frantically with one or both
front paws, and look nt yon with an
Injured expression which scemn to say,
"How cruel! When you knew I .nd
heart trouble, too!" He la a pluyful
little fellow, though, and would be a
welcome tennnt in tho garden If It were
not for his fondness for birds' eg&s and
young birds. Some time ago a pair
of scarlet tanngers built their flimsy
nest of twigs and grasses in h pine tree
near our front door. One morning we
beard the birds screaming plteously,
and rushing out, I found a red squirrel
deliberately eating one of the eggs,
which he held In his front paws, while
the contents dripped from his Jnws to
the ground. I did my best to drive him
away, but to little purpose; so I bor
rowed a gun and did what I had not
done for more than 15 year:-, I shot
something. Ernest Harold Bnynes, In
the Woman's Home Companion.
A Blue Fishing Experience.
Wo bad so much to do during the
daytime that we never succeeded In
getting over for the day. So It was do
tnrmlued to have a go at it at niuht.
We went over twice. The first night
We were fairly successful, getting half
a dozen good fish. The second night
it was pretty dark nnd we had taken
two fish, both of them coming on my
Ine, probably because I was more ex
perienced and got tho line out farther
than the others. But at any rate things
were getting rather dull when, after a
cast, I felt something strike, and front
the stroke thought I had on a good
sized fish. But almost Immediately tlio
line slackened, not enough to show
that I had lost him, but, as I supposed
then, enough to show that he was not
a very big one, and more than that
was swimming up with tho line. I
pulled faster, lest he should unhook
himself, but was not particularly In
terested until I felt a pull like a horse
which absolutely Flopped my liawlhr;
in for a second. I called out to the
man next to me, "I've got a big ono
this time," mid then my attention was
too much taken up for further re
marks. Ho came nJoiig sawing from
side to side, and when he set back I
feared for the line. Just before ho
reached tho surf ho made one break,
and tho spln'ih thereof was enough to
make me think that I had caught tlio
real king of bluefliih this time. As ho
came through the surf I ran down Into
the water In my excitement and inter
est to land him safely, and by this time
two- of my three companions were
about me ready to give aid. At he
came splashing in he looked at least
12 feet long, but not quite the shape
and make of a blue filsb, as one can
Imagine, for, as wo beached him he
proved to be a shark, and although not
fully the 12 feet that he bad looked he
did actually measure more than nine
feet in length. He was neither as use
ful nor as valuuhle as a blueflsh of five
pounds, but he was far more Interest
ing and the fun was great. Walter
Camp, in Tho World's Work.
A Day With an Ugly Spot.
Marjlo Leo's mother always woke
her up with a kiss and these words:
"Daughter, here Is another fresh,
white day. Try to keep It spotless."
Marjle used to think that no day
would be worth while without that
greeting, and she never quite forgot
Ifie w'ord.t no matter how busy or full
of play she was; they made her tea
tier e.nd more unselfish. And thea
there was the other end of the day,
when, Bitting In the pretty bedroom at
bed time, M.trjlo and her mother gave
the day back to Ood bofore they said
good nisht. At that time all the spot
neve confessed ami grieved over. Some
times a sad "I am so sorry" would be
sufficient to wipe the spot away. At
other times a humble prayer and peni
tent promise, were needed.
"It Is always so much easier." moth
er used to say, "to blot a day than It Is
to take tho blot away." And then came
tho Friday night when no word or tear
seemed enough to undo the bitter er
ror. Kneeling by her mother poor
Marjle sobbed out the story of her
cruel wrong.
"I was going to surprise you, moth
er. I was going to show yoti how hard
I had tried. It was this way: A week
ago Miss Hobson said that this Friday
she was going to give a prlzo to the
girl who stood hlphest In all her stud
ies. You know Miss Hobson's prizes
are worth trying for, but more than all
else I wanted to show you how I waa
Improving. Well, today at noon, Ruth
Martin and I were exactly even and
wo two were ahead of all the others!
Then came arithmetic. That is my
worst study, and It Is Ruth's, too. Sho
wns sitting next me and oho looked so
pale and shabby that I was ashamed
to hnve her there."
"Oh! my dear little girl!" They
were the first words Mrs. Leo had
spoken since Marjle began, but they
were full of sorrow.
"Don't speak like fiat, niuher!"
pleaded tho small penitent; "I simply
cannot bear It. Press my head closer,
mother. I need It more than ever."
Mrs. Lee smoothed the tumbled curls
and kept very quiet.
"The worst Is coming, mother, and If
you tako your hand away, I do not
know what I shall do. When tho
states were given out I glanced at mine
and I saw five great, long examples. I
Just shuddered. Then I looked at
Ruth's nnd hers wero as easy as easy
could be. She was getting her poncll
from hor desk fvid quick as a flash I
took her slate nnd gave her mine."
Tho gentle hand on the bowed head
made no sign, but a deep sigh followed
tho confession.
"When we passed the slntcs In I saw
Miss Hobson look surprised, then she
said: "Marjlo, your examples are all
correct and Ruth has several errors,
so, of course, you have won the prise.
But these examples are much simpler
than I meant to give you. I haze
made a mistake. However, It Is too
late now to remedy the error, and I
cougratulato you upon your success.' I
took the prize, mother, and walked
la-k to my seat, while all the girls
clapped. 1 thought my heart would
break. Then I looked at Ruth. Her
face was very pale, and I saw that she
knew. But, mother, she was clapping
and smiling. I bavo never liked her,
but when I saw her bravery and
strength, I Just hated myself. I could
not show you tho prize, mother. I hid
It In my desk at school. There Is
nothing to take this blot awny, Is
there mother?"
"Where does Ruth live, dear?" Mrs.
Lee spoke softly and gently.
"On Franklin terrace. 1 do not know
where it Is."
"1 do. It Is over In tho poorest part
of town. You have rarely spoken of
her. What do you know about Ruth?"
"Not much, mother. She has not been
at sihool long. She dresses shabbily
and never talks about herself. The
girls sort of leave her alone."
"Marjlo, It Is only 8 o'clock. You
and I must see this poor child to
night." An hour later In 'the parlor of a
cheap boarding house Mrs. Lee
waited while Marjle went up stairs
lo soo Ruth, whose hood was aching
so badly that she was lying down.
MnrJio found hor lying on a hard couch
In a cheerless hall bedroom.
"Ruth," she whispered. The little
sufferer opened her eyes and started
up.
"Marjle Lee!" she gasped, "what is
the matter?"
"I've come oh! Ruth, what can I
say? I've come but you know all, you
bravo, strong Ruth! Only, please,
please forgive me!"
In an Instant Ruth was off the couch,
forgetting her own paiu and grief.
"Marjlo Ice, you must not say another
word. Just to see you when I feel so
sick and lonely Is enough."
""Cut, oh! Ruth the slate!"
"I Know, Marjle, but any other girl
would have waited until Monday. I
have been most unhappy thinking of
how miserable you would be over this.
Of course I wanted tho prize awfully,
for I knew It would make father, so
happy. Ho goes on long business trips
and since mother died It makes him
so miserable because he must leave mn.
It anything nk-e happens to me whllo
he is away he is gladder about It than
I. But I knew that you would make
It right long before he came back. I
have always liked you, Marjle, better
than all the other girls and to have you
here Is lovely."
When the two little girls came into
the parlor Mrs. I-ee had her plans laid,
for from the landlady she had learnod
ell Ruth's pathetie little story. Sho
took Ruth home with her for a Ions
visit.
The wrong was righted before the
whole school. Marjlo would bave 110
half way measures. She herself hand
ed the beautiful prize to Ruth and tho
applauding girls did not know which
to honor most. Elizabeth S. Morre',1,
In Pittsburg Dispatch.
A Resort to Medieval Cutomt
At Cologne recently a thtei chased
by the police took refuge in a church
and kneeling before the altar, claimed
sanctuary after the medieval fashion.
The police arrested blm all the same.
" SCIENCE NOTES. "
It Is usually Imagined that the In
candescent electric. light gives mil
very little beat As a matter of fad
only six percent of Its energy goes to
make light, while ninety-four goes Into
heat.
In a hilly EngllFh town, where the
local street watering was done with a
team of six horses, the substitution ol
mechanical for animal power seems a
wit e wove. The P)otiraniouth tank
watering cart carries four tons of
water and on steep grades this Is a
very heavy load to manage with
horses. The adoption of a motor driv
en water-cart la expected to effect
large economies In the service.
A hydro-electric plant Is being dev
eloped at Pike's Teak, which will rep
resent an expenditure of over $1,000,
000. An interesting feature of the In
stallation Is tho great head of water
utilized. Three miles of 21-Inch pipe
will convey the city water from a
point above the Half-Way House to the
power house, where tho water will
have a drop of 22W feet, the head be
ing utilized through the Intermediary
of turbines.
A French scientist, M. Ouilloz, hns
Invented a remarkable device, by
which nn apparently solid image may
bo produced of a broken bone or a
foreign r.nbstance embedded in the
Oosh. He takes a photograph by
means of the X-rays, but In order to
get solid or sterescoplc effect he causes
the tubo producing tho rays to oscil
late by means of a cam revolving 300
times a minute. Tho cam Is so cut
that the tlmo taken In moving ' from
one position of rest to the other Is
about one-tenth of tho period of revo
lution. Two radiographic Images of
the same object, as seen from different
points, are thus formed on the viewing
screen, and by means of Bhutters, elcc-tro-magnetically
controlled by the os
cillating apparatus, tbo right eye sees
one image and the left eye the other,
vision being cut off while the tubo is
changing Its position. The result is
that the combined image stands out
like a solid reproduction of the object.
In a beautiful garden nt Crouch End,
belonging to one of the fow old world
bowers which have withstood the
tempting offers of the building specu
lator, may be seen ono of t lie queerest
freaks that Nature has ever played In
park or garden, says the Westminister
Gazette. About three years ago a long
row of glass ginger-beer bottles were
placed neck downward in the ground,
with a few Inches of the other end
projecting to form a border for tho
kitchen garden paths. Each of these
bottles now contains a falry-IIke resi
dent In the shape of a dainty little
fern, perfect In form and color, and of
many varieties, the ribbon fern and
bart's tongue predominating. As no
ferns had at any time been planted In
that part of the garden It Is amazing
bow they got there. Perhaps Nature
thought It foolish to waste so many
little natural hothouses, and put in
each a pinch of tho stuff she makes
ferns of. If so, she must view with
much pride the result of her experi
ment. Vhsleback Now Ob;elete.
In recording the fact of the con
version of the whaleback stenmer No.
11 into an oil tanker, at Philadelphia,
a newspaper of that city say that "ves
sels of her peculiar shnpe are seldom
seen off the Great Lakes, where they
have become the most popular type of
steamer." Whllo It Is probably true
that whaleback steamers or barges are
seldom Been on salt water, although a
number of steamers of that type are
(successful deep sea freighters, It is not
true that the whalo back has become
the most popular type of steamer on
the lakes. It would be nearer the
truth to say that the whaleback is
gradually going out of popularity on
the lakes, as fow vessels of that type
are now launched. In comparison with
the number of steamers of the conven
tional typo that are annually construct
ed at lake shipyards.
The whaleback Is undoubtedly an
Improvement on the old low freoboard
tow barge, which she was designed to
supplant; but she is far inferior to the
steel lake carrier of large size, with
double decks and high freobcard. As
a steamer she is not to bo compared
with the ships of tho conventional type
which are now taking the places of the
smaller freighters. The whaleback
barge will undoubtedly pass away with
the tow-barge business, which is des
tined to decllno rapidly, because of the
fact that only large craft are now con
structed for the ore and grain trades,
and tho "big fellows", have all they
can do to take caro of themselves
without a: sumlug the role of consorts
for barges wallowing astern. Milwau
kee Sentinel.
Gigantic Railroad Projected.
M. Da Ixibel, a distinguished French
promoter, Is In New York endeavoring
to enlist American capital In a schema
by which It will bo possible to go from
that city to Pa.-ls by rail in 14 days.
The Russian government, he says, has
already granted necessary concessions
through Siberia and Canada is giving
tho matter favorable attention. M. De
Lobel claims to have $50,000,000 al
ready promised, but says four time
thst amount will be necessary tc
launch this enterprise popularly. Ma
terials for eonfctructlon will alt be pur
chased In the United States. The
route Is to be from Irkutsk via Ja
koutsk, East cape, Bebrlng strait.
Prince of Wales cape to Yukon City.
As a ferry across Behrlng strait Is Im
practicable, the promoter ha planned
to build a tunnel 36 nines long, to cost
I64.000.VOO.
( I6X. Hie 7
Value of Watercren.
Wat-rrrcss, If obtained from a retie
factory rotirce and thoroughly washed.
Is a very good purifier of the blood. H
should be eaten at breakfast.
To Destroy Carpet Bugs.
Take threo-fourth powdered borax
to one fourth arsenic; mix these thor
oughly, and use from a salt-shaker.
To keep tho bugs from carpets, sift
this powder on the floor one-fourth
of a yard from tho wall, under the car
pet. If you have been troubled rery
much with theso bugs or moths. It
would be well to sift close to tho wall
In tho crevices aftor nailing down the
carpet This Is used also w'aon pack
ing away clothing that Is kept In the
summer, alwavs sifting In the bottom,
of tho box or chest and occasionally
through the box. By rubbing fur the
wrong way and sifting this powder
through, one can keep furs free from
bugs or moths. It Is always best to
put furs away In paper bags. Wom
an s Home Companion. .
Hints to Housewives.
An artist gives as a simple general
rule for hanging pictures, that where
jniy ono row is to bo hung the central
point In each picture should be on the
level with tho eye of the ordinary per
son. This point Is easily discovered
or tho eye unconsciously rests upon
It at the first glance. In a vignette
portrait, for example, the central point
Is the chin. Careless and Ignorant
framers of pictures often disregard thle
point, which hottld regulate their
R'ork. The central point should be at
cho exact intersection of two diagonal
lines drawn from the corners of the
,'rame, not the mat. It Is a disregard of
:his which often gtvea the picture the
effect of slipping1 out of Its frame.
A useful trifle Is the knowledge that
llcohol will quickly remove an obsti
nate porous plaster and the unsightly
stains which it often leaves, and upon
which soap nnd water have no effect.
twin trifle, that may somotlme be of
jse Is that a drop of castor oil In the
?yo to remove a foreign body Is as use
ful and much more manageable thast
the better known flaxseed. Harper1
Bazar.
Errors In House Building.
The most common error In house
building is perhaps to allow too little
room for stairs. Stairs are used many
times a day, and can hardly be made
too easy, but It takes space to make
in easy stairway, and avoid the
itralght, steep flight so commonly
found. Another common error la to
make the bamroom too small. In a
household where there are children, a
roomy bathroom Is more to be desired
than roomy bedrooms. A small bed
room, provided it has good air and
proper wall space for bed and bureau
and a fair sized closet, may be found
is desirable as a largo one, but the
bathroom which must be used by all
members of tho family Is much of ten -er
made too small than too large.
It heating It Is better to allow a
wide margin for an apparatus that can
be run at low pressure than a small
one that is constantly worked at the
top notch, for not only will tho appara
tus work longer, but it will be found
to consume quite as little fuel and pro
vide for the occasional extreme tem
perature. In tho plumbing, tho simpler
fixtures of the best make are desira
ble. The enameled Iron baths and
lavatories, oven kitchen sinks, are dur
able and clean, and, what is a consid
eration, more attractive in appearance.
These are not necessarily the expen
sive fixtures. Indeed, they cannot be
(00 plain, but should be finished with
pipes exposed sn a matter of cleanli
ness. Good Housekeeping.
The Prize Loaf of Bread.
Because of the lack of a standard
tor bread making the office of a Judge
of bread exhibits, at agricultural and
other fairs. Is no sinecure. Whom
there is a committee of three to do
cido on tho merits of the loaves there
may be as many standards of perfec
tion. One woman likes her broad slack
baked, another likes hers browned by
long, slow heat, and a third may hav
a tar.to too blunted or falsely educated
to detect slight acidity. Personal pref
erence bocomos the standard for each..
Shape of loaf, color, texture, and flav
or ought to be marked by a scale of
points by an expert and no prize given
to an Inferior article.
At a recent fair a misshapen loaf
bore a prize card. Two women piusod
beforo It silently for amomont, when
one exclaimed: " 'Taln't no groat
shakes for looks, but broad Is made
to be et, not looked at."
In tuis way she exonerated the
Judges w'no had awarded a premium
to an unworthy object, for uneven rls
ing means uneven porosity or texture
In bread. There are also a good many
people who like to have their foott
good to look at beforo It Is "et" With
some, looks even decldo whether tney
will cat at all.
At tho present stage of civilization
man does not snatch at a crust or a
bono like a dog, but his palate Is ap
pealed to somewhat through the eyo
Simple dishos perfectly made stioulJ
be the aim of home aookery. Phila
delphia Telegraph.
There is in the United States Treas
ury cash and bonds to the amount, la
round figures, of $1,000,000,000.