HpUSLHOLD
AN AR.CADIA IS THIS ISLET, e
AFFAIRS
No Laws, No Money and No
Crime in Tristan Da Cunha.
rownun roit baby.
Pou't liny perfumed powder for
knby's nee. Tbey arc generally quite
unfit for nch a tender skin, l.'se
fuller's enrth or finely powdered bor
clc neld. This last li the bent aud
snfest toilet powder, as It 1 an anti
septic nnd qalte Innocuous to the moot
tender skin. Tor chafing of Any kind
don't uxe powder at all, but bora do
ointment.
: CHILDREN'S MID-DAT PI.EEl
In warm' weather the little ones
hnnld have a mid day sleep. This Is
most Important tor all children under
seven years of age. linec the child
on a bed In a darkened room, after re
moving any superfluous elothliiK and
nhoes. Have the wiudows open a few
inches nt the top. Draughts should
always bo avoided, but fresh air Is
very necessary.
NEW NOTIONS IN TARAPOLS.
The latent Innovation is the straw
handle, plaited In green nnd yellow,
green and red, yellow and preen, ac
cording to the color of the sunshade.
The. silk paranoia are the thing In every
color possible, plain and trimmed
Hover people buy the plain silK ones
and trim the edges with a little) gal
loon of multi-colored embroidery, or
sometimes white guipure. There Is a
most fascinating range In purple Jap
anese and other umltl-enlni-ed trim
ming, says the Queen. Many of the
tiew pnriiMoIs are tucked, and some of
these are bordered with two or three
tucks sewn together.
GIRL MINERS.
Two young girls, Miss Clare Clark,
of Butte, Mont., aud Miss Isnbcll Lit
tle, of Baltimore, Md., wore gradu
ated In the class of '04 from the Mon
tana School of Mine?. They are
among the first few women of the
world to attend snch an Institution
and to receive diplomas certifying
that they are mining engineers. The
girls accompanied the class on all Its
expeditions, wearing bloomers for uu
dergronud work and short skirts for
Held work. Thero were days of sur
veying and mnpping out preliminary
railroads which necessitated wading
through stream and doing other
squeamish feats. Chicago News.
COMMENTS BY A WOMAN.
If women would realize bow much
eating nnd drinking between meals
eneonrnges Indigestion, they would re
frain from indulging in these things.
Just think bow yout stomach is taxed
by Innumerable cups of tea, coffee, lee
cream, bon-bons and cake. How can
you enjoy your home dinner after
indiscriminate eating and drinking?
' If you do not indulge in the refresh
ments at a reception you are put down
as a crank. Better to be a crank nnd
possess good health than to be n gen
eral favorite and ruin your digestive
organs.
A housekeeper said recently that one
honld never judge a young woman's
ability as cook by the cake she offers
you. Almost any girl learns how to
make cuke. Insist on stopping to
dinner and observe the plain boiled
potatoes.
COMING FASHIONS IN HATS.
' Teacock feathers, despite supersti
tion, nro steadily making theli way
as n trimming for street hats, turbans
nd other small hats.
Coq feathers and hackle also are' to
fie used largely on cbupcaux for street
and general wear, and will be used in
both lurge and small feathers.
Velvet will be the material most
fashionable for the big-plumed lints
with high crowns. Thcse hats look
p well on very tall, slender women.
- Bird of paradise feathers In rich
and vivid tones will be among the
most expensive novelties, nnd In the
frol'f yellow and deep burnt orange
. jUiades will be fuvored most.
"5"lie walking hats and other chn
yeans intended for country wear nnd
traveling ore not to be so severe lu
outline or so plain and mannish In their
fiishlonlng as hitherto, and will there
fore be more feminine aud pleasing.
THE GIRL OK THE FUTURE.
What r ill girls be like in the future?
asks the Loudon Graphic. One won
ders sometimes when one sen the
young maidens at a fashionable
school, with their upright figures, their
look of slrength. their wcll-developud
culves, their avascular arms, and their
walk, the long swing aud swagger of
an athlete. Watch tbein ' swimming
with bold strol-.es, afraid of nothiug,
or playing cricket, roughly, like boys,
with pads on their legs, batting well,
sunning easily; aud as they grow
alder, springing up like young snp
tings, towering above their brothers
fu height and bulk. Woman's walk
nowadays is not graceful, and the
very uino which sccui to develop
emu s agility aud grace encourage
a girl to slouch and move awkwardly.
Dancing and fencing are ccrtuinly the
most grueeful exercises for women,
and Mr. l'"ry anys that "the nimble-
Mess of foot aud precision of pose of
the good dancer, combined with the
i.ipplencss and quickness of the good
fencer, ore the very qualities which
jmore than any others go to make the
lest kind of batsmen." Vet the re
suit up. to tbt present is not satis
factory, perhaps because the girls who
plity cricket are not the gU is who dance
or fence well.
MORBID CITRIOSITT OF WOMEN.
The term, "the weaker sex," applies;
to but very few of the feminine popu
lation nowadays, and aa the time ad
vances the weak and clinging women
are less In evidence. It Is rather sur
prising and quite disheartening to
learn the number of women who are
curious seekers of morbid sights and
many of the horrible accidents which,
hnve occurred lately have proved that
to be the case. The womnu with the del
icate feelings has been, replaced by the
woman win. Is capable of doing nearly
everything In any sphere In which h
mny be placed, nnd they very often go
out of their way tosretlilngs which flt-e
not fit for sight. The General Slocum
disaster gave these creatures great de
light, and seeking out the. dead bodies
the police were kept busy with a long
stream of women who claimed to be
looking for their loved ones, while
they wero simply curious. Another
place which Is frequented by women
Is the animal show at the beaches.
There several times a day trainers of
will animals appear in the arena nnd
compel lions, tigers, pumas, jaguar
and many others to perform. It Is a
dangerous proceeding, nnd a very short
time ngo one well-known trainer nearly
lost his life. After that became known
women crowded in to see the show.
Not Infrequently do women trainers
enter the vago nnd put the animals,
through their paces. And still women
go to witness such things. It Is very
true Hint some women have a morbid
sense of curiosity.
THE DE8TINT OF WOMAN.
The real results of this modern wom
an's movements, are seen, I believe,
says Dr. Lyman Abbott, in the World's
Work. In better wages to self-supporting
women: in enlnreed opporttthl
ties for productive Industry: iu conse
quent Industrial independence for un
married women; In resultant relense
from the odious compulsion which
drove women into marriage ns the
only means of livelihood open to thero;
lit- an end to that kind of marital su
bordination which grew out of the
fact that an educated woman is in
ferior to an educated man; iu an In
telligent companionship in the married
life based on a common understanding
of all life movements nnd 'n common
Interest in them all; in the ability
of the mother to keep the intellectual
respect of ber boy after he has gone
out of the home to college or to busi
ness, and to be his trur.ted counsellor
ami his insplrer: in woman's broader
boricon, larger life and more richly
endowed character; in the ampler ser
vice site can render h poclety, to her
country, -and to the -world; and in ber
better equipment for the finest and
highest service of all, that which is in
herent in motherhood. "It is a wom
an's destiny," Bnlzac makes one of
his characters say. "to create, not
things, but men. Our creations are
not children; our children are not pic
tures, our books. and statues." This
is the greatest career of all greater
than that of the lawyer, the doctor,
the poet, or the artist. Law governs
life, medicine prolongs life, poetry por
trays life, art presents a simulacrum of
life; the mother creates life. The edu
cation of the future will recognize
motherhood ns the supremest of all'
destinies, nnd the curriculum of all
schools and a colleges worthy of the
nnme will be fashioned to conform
to this standard aad to prepare for
this1 service.
FASniON NOTES.
The new skirls are full, yet very
clinging.
'A touch of burnt orange distinguishes
the few early autumn hats displayed.
Port, supple broadcloths of the light
est weight are to be the autumn mode.
It is said pinking is to replace the
strapping so long popular as a trim
ming. Moussellne waist of self tone are
to be immensely popular to wear with
cloth walking suits.
Novelty shades, such as onion, old
red and dahlia, are to be very much
fuvored for house wear.
The "costume Ce style," cr gown of
a purtlculur period of fashion, is to
bo one of the fads of the winter.
Whether to accompany a suit of the
more elaborate, or the plainer tailored
style, the walking skirt U the correct
thing.
Large broderle Anglalse designs are
rapidly appearing apon many things,
so the fad has let trifle of iu ex
cliisiveiie. Jackets are mostly of the shortest
of abort boleros, or the twenty-four-Inch
Louis XV. coat of the most elab
orate description.
Muuve, gray, oulon, tan, pale yellow
and robin's egg blue are the smart
tints foi the colored linen walking
gown so fashionable just now.
A red coaching parasol, with silk
Blockings auj kid shoe to mutch, are
the vivid accessories recently wom by
a society leader with a gray gown.
Rubber auto coats In pure white,
cut king and loose, with self-turned-back
cuffs, relieved by black velvet
collar and belt, are extreme uovelUe
m view la tfc shops. ,
BEADED CANDLE SHADES.
Bended shades nre In high favor for
Candles. They nre not dlflleult to
make, and the making of them Is pret
ty occupation for spare minutes. There
are so many kinds of lovely bends now
adays that one can hardly make an
ugly shnde If one selects delicate, One,
translucent bends. Gold bends, silver
beds, very pale turquoise, green and
crystal bends nro charming, but, as a
rule, they nre not mixed. If one Is ex
pert, a little pattern mny tie strung
into the strands that go to compose the
shades; but even this Is prettier for be
ing kept low and refined in tone. The
light shining through the beads gives
Incur a wonderful brilliancy
UNBREAKABLE DISHES.
According to our Consul nt Liege.
Belgium, a certain company In rtiat
historic town is manufacturing dishes,
the resisting powers of which exceed
the wildest dreams of long suffering
housekeepers.
The treasure trove Is a dish of hard
ened crystal closely resembling trans
lucent china in appearance, nnd hard
ened by a special secret process.
Submerge one of these hnrdy new
dishes in a pot of boiling wnter nnd
tako It steaming thence to plunge It
Into nn Ice water buth no noticeable
damage is done.
riates, to test their strength, nre
hurled. to the stone floor of the ware
house. They go bounding nlong the
whole length of the building with no
greater Internal Injuries than those
received by a rubbei ball In the same
process
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
Not soap, but ammonia, should ba
used In the water w ith which windows
nre washed, if clear, bright glass Is
desired. It Is stated that lamp cMni
neys rubbed with dry salt after wash
ing will ncqulre unusual brilliancy,
says The l'llgrlm.
Sacks made of several thicknesses of
newspnper posted together are moth
proof for clothing, provided the gar
ments are thoroughly brushed nnd
shaken so no moth eggs nre lodged In
them. These socks should be posted
together, not tied.
Never use cornmeal to clean a car
pet, as It will attract vermin. Instead,
for the weekly sweeping try handful
of damp salt. Matting Is best cleaned
by wiping with cloths wrung out ol
warm, not hot, salt water.
Clean the straw matting with warm
water In which oxalic acid has beeu
dissolved, applying it with a scrub
bing brush; theu rluse carefully with
clean water, using a soft old cloth and
wipe dry. Clean but a small space at
a time.
In patching cracks In plastering. It
plaster of parls Is mixed with vinegar
Instead of water It can be bandied bet
ter, as it will not set so quickly nt
when water is used. Strong hot vine
gar will remove paint "from window
glass.
Exact copies of costly brocades ot
the three French Louts periods can
now be obtained in cretonnes, in linen
taffetas and art tickings, which make
charming cushion covers, window and
door draperies.
fpkf recipes; f
Waffles Two egg beaten well, yolki
and whites separated. Mix one tea
spoonful of soda aud a little suit in
buttermilk, which add to one pint ol
flour. The battor should be as thick
as strained honey. Beat into this bat
ter the yolks, one dessertspoonful ol
melted lard, aud lastly the frothed
whites. Have the waffle irons hot,
grease well, and pour Into them from a
pitcher the waffle mixture. They
should cook quickly, should be golden
yellow, thin nnd crisp enough, to be
eaten from the lingers, just us crack
ers are.
Preserved Peaches Weigh the frull
after it Is pared nnd the stones extract
ed, and allow a pound of sugar to
every one of peuches. Tut tho sugai
lu a preserving kettle nnd make the
syrup as directed; after it Is strained
put it back; let it boil steadily until
they are tender and clear. Take them
out with a perforated skimmer and
luy upon flat dishes, crowding ns lit
tle as possible. Boll the syrup almost
to a jelly; thut is. until clear and
thick, skimming off all the scum. Fill
the jurs two-thirds full of tho peuches,
pour ou the boiling syrup, aud when
cold cover with brandy tissue paper,
then with cloth, lastly with thick pa
per tied tightly over tueui, cr put
them iu airtight jurs.
Fresh Vegetuble Salud Boll two
pound can tomatoes, six sprigs of purs
ley, one slice of onion, six peppercorns,
eight cloves, blade of maee, for twenty
minutes; strain and add while hot oue
tablespoouful of viuegar, oue teu spoon
ful of celery suit, oue tu lilt-spoonful of
gelatin dissolved; set lu water; stir
until golutln Is dissolved; set lu a pun
of ice water una stir slowly until II
begins to thicken, theu add oue grated
cucumber, three largo bulled urllehokci
cut into small cubes; turn into a bor
der mold set on ice to chill nnd bo
come firm, Wbeu serving iinmotd; ar
range sliced tomatoes ou outside and
four tablespoouful inayounulao, mixed
with six tablnspoontul of whipped
cream in centre.
New York City. Norfolk styles al
ways suit young ah In to a nicety, and
are to be greatly worn during the com
ing season, both ns parts of the entire
IIIHHKs' NORFOLK (OAT.
costume nnd stsmrato wraps. This
one Is adapted to both purposes and
Includes a novel yoke that ndds great
ly to the effect. As shown It Is made
of light weight cheviot stitched with
cortlcelll silk, but nil suitings and ma
terials lu use for jackets of tho sort
are equally appropriate.
The coat Is made with fronts and
backs thut are laid In box pleats which
extend for full length, nnd nre Joined
to o shallow foundation yoke. The
shnped yoke Is nrranged over the whole
and tho belt pusses over the pleats at
the buck, under those at the front. The
sleeves nre large nnd ample, laid In box
pleats above tho elbows and forming
full pull's below, and nre gathered Into
cuffs shaped in hurinouy with the
yoke.
The quantity of material required
for the medium sl.e Is four nnd three
quarter yards . twenty-seven inches
wide, two nnd three-qnurter yards forty-four
Inches wide, or two and three
eight yards fifty-two inches wide.
FhIiIou' Latest Frt-ak.
Whence came it? What era iu an
cient or modern history produced It?
Did any woman ever live who looked
well In it?
These gnspings result from a con
templation of Fushlon's latest freuk,
the deep nrmhole. It occupies the posi
tion usuul with uruiholes. Its upper
edge at the extremity of tho shoulder;
but from there It extends down, way
down Into the sldo of the wulst, reunit
ing a point only a few Inches nhove
the wulst line. And this hlutus Is tilled
lu with the sleeve, which Is cut cor
respondingly enormous, bunging with
tho graceful lines peculiar to potato
sacks In their leisure hours. One of
these armholes noted had a sort of
binding of velvet ribbon to conceal the
seain. Of course If this nrmhole is to
be it will be. Wo shall all weitr It and
In course of time think It beautiful. But
at first It Is more appalling than the
hoop skirt.
A Blinpla llanolng Gown.
A very simple darning or dinner
gown which was much admired lately.
It was of pale blue net of a gauxy ua-
A LfllE DEJIQH BT MAT MrtHTOM.
tiire. There were u hip yoke of shir
ring and a double line of shining fur
ther down on the skirt. Below this
were diamond shaped Insets of Ince,
outlined with full ruchlngs of the
gnnxo. . The wulst was simple, shirred
for fulness', nnd was trimmed with a
bertlin of luce, with a ruche above tc
outline the top of the waist. On the
left shoulder was a rosette, with long
ends of pale blue gnuxn ribbon, with
a design of water lilies mid a border
of gold. The glrdlo was of plain blue
and gold ribbon. -
Falll In rYiir.
Faille bus, by the way, '.'omo Into
favor once more, but It differs from the
old faKhioued faille In being, like all
the new materials, deliriously soft nnd
supple. Us cord nnd lustre are even
more pronounced than those of the
old-time faille, mid It Is probable Hint
this silk will have much success In the
coming iiiitumii uud winter.
Ml WhM With Pnlntml Yoha.
Pointed yokes nre among the latest
features of fashionable waists, both
for young girls aud for their elders,
and nre exceedingly grueeful nnd be
coming. This one Is made of Insertion
held by fancy stitches and Is combined
with a waist of flue veiling that
mutches the skirt, but the design to
appropriate for tunny other materials
aiid combinations and for the odd
wulst ns well us for the costume. The
frill of luce makes a noteworthy fea
ture and gives peculiar grace to the
figure.
The waist Is made wllh a fitted foun
dation upon which its full front and
bucks are arranged, and with a point
ed yoke that extends over the upper
portion of both lining and sleeves, the
closing of both waist and yoke being
made at the centre bnck. When n
transparent effect Is desired the .inlng
cun bo cut nwoy beneath the yoke, or
the lining can be omitted altogether
and the waist uud sleeves attached to
Us lower edge.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is three and one
half yards twenty-one Inches wide,
two aud on-lmlf yards twenty-seven
Inches wide, or one and oue-hulf yards
MIMS,' WAIST WITH rOINTKD XOKC,
forty-four iuches wide, with six and
one-half yards of bunding, three and
ou-quarter yurds of lac and half a
yard of silk for bolt.
Splendid Record For Morality by tha Lass Than lOO
Inhabitants of Isle In South Atlantic Ocean, "
OLIC who hold that money I
n Mitimi ,he root of a" 'wl um3r
Will K 11 "J ""PPort for that belief
MsJ!yJ in the Isle of Tristan
lLsclda Cunha. For, though
seventy-seven white folk
Inhabit this fly speck of an Island In
the South Atlantic, there Is no money
in circulation among them, and, sig
nificantly enough, there aluo Is no
wrongdoing of any description.
Wrote a recent visitor to the Island:
"Money would be useless, for there Is
nothing to buy." And he continued:
"Living In honesty, sobriety and har
mony, free apparently from all crime,
vice, dissension or double dealing, the
Inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha seem
unconsciously -to have carried out the
purpose entertained by the original
settler of 1811, Jonathan Lambert, by
keeping themselves 'beyond the reach
of chicanery and ordinary misfortune.'
"They hnve no written laws. All be
ing law-abiding, they need none, each
doing whnt seemeth right In his own
eyes. They hnve no Jail. Crime
among them being unknown, such nn
institution would be a superfluity.
They hnve no form of government and
pay no taxes. They enjoy perfect
independence and freedom which
never degenerates Into license. The
community Is absolutely moral."
CONTENT WITH THEIR LOT.
The outsider who recently visited
this Inter-day Arcadia did so for the
purpose of finding out whether Its In
habitant really wanted to leave it.
Tristan da Cuuhn belongs to Englund,
and, In January, 1!K),1, a British man-of-war
called nt the Island and after
wnrd reported that most of the people
were wenry of their life of isolatiou
and wanted to get nwny from the
place.
Ho the government ot Cape Colony
Bent a representative to offer the isl
anders free transportation to that
country If they wished it, as well as
the tneuus of making a new start la
life. 'But when the agent explained to
the folk ot Tristan da Cunha how dif
ferent the outside world was from
their Island homo the little community
of seventy-seven decided to let well
.unugli alone.
And the visiting offlclnl thinks they
acted wisely, for he says that "having
lost the Instincts of suspicion and cir
cumspection, they would fure 111 if set
adrift in nny civilized community
Where each man piny a lone hand In
the game ot life and cares little who
loses, so long as he himself wins."
Just ns there nre no newspapers In
Tristan da Cunha, no postofllce, no
churches and no schools, there also are
no shops. The only lime. In fact when
the inhabitants think of anything like
bargaining is when they trade with
ships passing the isluud. Even then,
however, there la uo competition
among them.
All provisions or produce of any kind
supplied to ships are regarded as the
common property of the community
nnd the proceeds of their sale In cloth
lug or stores are distributed equally
among the several households, the
blowing of a horn summoning a repre
sentative of each family to the divi
sion. To make the system work out
fnlrly each family takes Its turn in
supplying what a ship needs.
Tristan da Cunha was discovered In
1500 .by the Portuguese navigator
whose name It bears. Great Britain
took possession of it some 300 years
inter and while Napoleon was impris
oned on fit. Helena, 1300 miles distant,
placed a detachment of British soldiers
there as a sort of outpost garrison.
On the death of Napoleon la 1821 the
soldiers were withdrawn, but a certain
Corporal Glass, with his wife and fam
ily, and a few other men, were allowed
to remain.
In 1S33 the population numbered
forty souls aud in 1852 had risen to
eighty-five.
In the course of the next two decades
twenty-five left the island for the
United Stntes nnd forty-five migrated
to tub cape, reducing the number of
those remaining on the island to
thirty-six. An enumeration made iu
1XS0 showed 100 living there, nnd these
figures hnve remained the -high-water
mark of population. There have been
two violent deuths, but they were
cases of suicide, duo to meutu! de
rangement. MORAL TONE HIGH.
Whut makes the high moral record
ot the little community so remarkable
Is the fact that the original stocl; was
by no means "picked," as Is the case
with many wore ambitious attempts
to estublish ideal colonies which buvc
signally failed. The male' progenitor!
were just plain, ordinary, rough urn!
ready meu, the nationalities represent
ed among them being Scotch, Irish,
Eugllsh und Dutch. They mnrried
colored wouieu, one being of African
birth nnd three others Asiatics.
In 1885 a great dlsuster befell the
Islanders. Fifteen men, comprising
nearly the whole udult mule popula
tion, were lost lu a b'-sf thut left the
island to board a passing vessel, mut
ing of Tristan, as on ot the survivors
expressed it, "an isluud ot widows aud
children." But tho womeu aud the
boys aud girls bad beeu trained iu the
rugged school of self-help, and instead
ot abandoning themselves to weeping
aud moping they set to work to make
the best of the situation, aud, with
tbe aid of sows supplies from the Brit
ish Government, stuck It out, Strug- .
gllng against many difficulties and tri
umphing ovet a disaster that would
have wrecked a colooy of carefully se
lected Idealists.
Nature has been at no palna to pre
pare an earthly paradise on this lonely
Isle. Its remoteness from the world
of strife and unrest Is what has con
tributed most to the establishment of
an Arcadia there. The Island Is a
vast volcanic cone, almost WJOtt feet
In height, which was hurled up out
of the sea aeon ago.' The base is a
rough circle, the circumference of
which, something over twenty miles In
extent,. Is defined by steep cliffs from
1000 to 20(H) feet high.
On the northwest a plateau some flva
miles long and about a mile broad In
tervenes between these cliffs and sea,
and this also drops abruptly about 100
feet to the actual sea bench. It la an
this low-lying stretch of ground that
the little community dwells and culti
vates what crops they can obtain,
mostly potatoes.
A copious stream of fresh water
bursts out at the foot of the lofty cliffs,
running across the northern end ot the
plateau and falling over the lower
cliffs Into the sen. making a pictur
esque cascade and refreshing sight for
mnrlners whose wut"r casks need re
plenishing. Near the rivulet the fifteen or six
teen dwellings of the settlement are)
grouped. Home years ago a part of the
spring was diverted nenr its source by
cutting a furrow, so that a tributary
stream now parses by the door of
nearly every one of the houses, to re
unite Just above the cascade.
The houses are built of .soft stone
obtained from the high slopes of the
mountain dressed to fit so exactly
that the scanty inorlnr used Is scarcely
needed. They are all built on substan
tially the same plan, about thirty feet
long and ten broad and only one story -In
height. One-half of each house Is
devoted to the sitting room, with a
large fireplace and chimney in the
gable, the remaining being divided into
two or more smaller rooms with com- '
munlcntlng passages.
The wood used lu the partitions has
been obtained from ships that have
colled at the Island or been cast ashore
there, A relic ot one ot these ship
wrecks is seen in the inscription
"Mable Clark," which appears on a
piece of timber used in constructing
one of the bedrooms. For rescuing the
crew of this vessel in 18TS the island
ers were handsomely rewarded by the
United States Government.
Tbey have troubles of their own, like
other peoples. The worst of them
came from the outside world. Over
twoscore years ago a schooner was
wrecked ou the Island and a lot ot rata
escaped from her to the ahore, multi
plying so fast that they soon overran
the island, rendering The cultivation
of grain impossible aud sweeping bare
the hillsides where grew the tussock
grass with which they used to thatch
their cottages.
Now each householder has to raise
what he needs of it in a walled-in la
closure from which the rats can bo
kept at bay. The rats are the curse
of the island. The Trlstnnltes will
erect a monument to the memory of
anybody who will rid them ot the pest.
For many reasons it would seem to
be eminently desirable that the exist
ence of this island Arcadia should be
perpetuated. As an object lesson in
the solutiou of some of the most
vexed problems of sociology the little
community mny some day be deemed
worthy of the study of our learned pro
fessors who have evolved various
theories as to how the greatest happi
ness may be attained by the greatest
number. Los Angeles Times.
Wbaa Stauloy Worked la m Collar.
He sometimes, but not often, spoke
to me of his life a a boy. I remem
ber. In 18!)0, when wo were staying
In Cincinnati together, his asking me
one ul'ternoou to go tor a walk with
him. Ho took mo throu;.;Ii obscuro
bnck streets and down dirty alleys un
til we reached a wharf ou the bauk.1
of the Ohio ltivvr. He stopped at the
bottom of a street, which r.m stcpiy
down to the liver, and pointed out a
lad v.iio was rolling a largo cask of
tallow from a c-.-liai duwu to tho
wharf. lie snld: "I havo brought
you here because I wanted to show
you this place. It was lu this street
thut I worked as u boy. I win tioiuj
cr.actly tho sumo work as that lad,
and, it I mistake not, that is the soma
cellar in which I w.irkcd." From
"Reminiscences of Sir Henry St:t'i
Icy," by -A. J. Mouuteaey-Jepiisou, lu
Scribner's.
Ants Tor Food.
Ants, writes Ernest Thoripson SstMt,
In Country Life Pi America, are avail
able for food when one Is lost lu tiie
North Woods. They are usually to be
found Uoruiaut iu deud and hollow
trees, sometimes iu great numbers.
Bears uud flickers eat theiu lu quanti
ties, and I have met men who claim
to have doue so, but I have never tried
them myself, und suspect they are un
pleasantly acU. Professor E. B.
Houthwlck. however, says: "Iu t ty
early days, when chopping wood I
have often eaten the frozen biack ants.
The formic acid iu them mado an
agreeable relish to tho pork and bread
saudwicb. that formed uiy lunch.'