"About fivo thousand Trails in the
English language," remarks the Phila
delphia Inquirer, "have no rhyme to
them." And isn't it queer how the
newspaper poets pick them out?
Demands are made for a great poet
to come forward and write a new war
song, but good war songs are not
manufactured on demand or by trying.
Hundreds of poets, some called great,
have tried to write songs on demand
for occasion, but great songs are not
written that way, declares the New
York Tribune.
Says the St. Paul Globe: One re
suit of the financial depression—one
of the good things that often come out
of evil—has been the back-to-the-land
movement among urban people. The
illusions that drew thousands from
the farms to the cities have been
shattered by the hard conditions
entailed by the panic. The vital, ever
present, inescapable necessities of life
are bread and butter, and these the
city can give only at second hand.
Whatever storms may strew the indus
trial sea with wreck, food, shelter and
clothing are assured to the man 011 the
farm, while the idle workmen of the
city must walk the streets in vain
search for work.
Tho directors o£ the World's Exposi
tion preparing in Paris for the year
1900 are deluged with the most absurd
ideas for exploitation at that institu
tion. One inventor urges the drop
ping of a gigantic glass egg from the
top of the Eiffel tower into a pond be
low; several persons are to have the
privilege of occupying the egg, in order
to experience falling from a high point
into space. An American proposes a
representation of Adam and Eve in
Paradise, with the serpent and the ap
ple, of such enormous dimensions that
the apple shall contain a lunchroom.
A Chicago engineer suggests that a
colossus like that of Rhodes, whose
interior shall show visitors the arrange
ment and position of many of the or
gans of the human body, and shall
have room enough besides to accom
modate a medical congress.
England's troubles are not all be.
torn! the high seas. Discontent is rife
beyond the Cheviot Hills. The punc
tilious Scotchmen—we beg pardon,
the "Scotsmen"—have given her
Britannio majesty to distinctly under
stand that they are not English, and
do not propose to be shouldered out of
their rights. A monster petition,
signed by over a hundred thousand
Scots—or, rather, "Scotsmen"—has
been presented to the Queen, calling
ker attention to the fact that, by the
treaty of union entered into in 1707,
the United Kingdom was to be called
"Great Britain," and that an increas
ing tendency is observed in treaties
of state, in diplomatic correspondence
as well as in common speech, to use
terms England and Englishmen in
stead of Great Britain and Britons.
Tho petitioners have the temerity to
point out that her majesty herself has
similarly offended the honor of the
Scottish peop'i in speeches from the
throne and orders in council. The
modest Scot asserts that no question
of material advantage prompts his
complaint, but mere affection for the
cross of St. Andrew, regard for his
honor and love of fair dealing, stir his
resentment when any one—especially
an Englishman—"treads on the tail o|
his coat." Let the haughty Briton
tvho seeks to anglicize the Scot "haud
tiis nine-tail cat a wee."
The New York Post remarks: Be
lieving that all of the watering of
milk, shown in a recent test made by
the Department of Agriculture in
Pennsylvania, to have been practised
on the milk supply of tho cities of that
.'itate, is not done by the milk pro
ducers, another test has been made
in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. In
the first test samples were obtained
from railroad stations, milk-depots,
milk-stores, wagons and restaurants.
In the later test additional samples
were obtained from the dairies and
also from private families. In Phil
adelphia the same cans of milk have
been followed from the dairy where
the milking was done to the table o'
tho family in which the milk was con
sumed. It was clearly proven, tho
Secretary of the department says, that
adulteration is practised every time
the milk changes hands, and that ap
parently this practice continues even
down to the table of the consumer, the
inference being that a portion of the
milk is consumed by the help, and tho
deficiency mado up by the addition of
water. Tho greatest comparative
adulteration was in the milk obtained
at restaurants. It was also shown that
practically all of the cream consumed
comes from the milk, which is after
ward sold as pure or whole milk, and
that thus practically purchasers pay
twice for the same article.
THE YOUNGEST BOY IN BLI>E.
OM TTncte Sam has a (lno now boy,
The youngest of all In blue;
Uo'sthe Naval Reserve, with lots of norvo
A.nil plenty of courage, too—
So give him a placo In tho family, lads,
we've plenty for him to do.
At sea hechnlTs tho saller-mon
And joins in their daily work
With all his might (though he'd rather
tight).
For he never was built for a shirk.
So sling his hammock up for'ard, lads,
and teach hiui to use tho dirk.
I A SLIGHT MISTAKE. 1
S if
pK\ jpsv DOCTOR is com-
V \ )a H 1/ I ingto the Limes!"
VL/ v —J exclaimed Miss
, | Lawrence as she
R entered the draw
-1 \| iug-room, where
her niece was dust
iug. "I have just
ft v' \ heard the news in
I 1 Sv the village."
y' She drew off her
gloves and threw
herself into n chair.
"Adoctor?" returned Madge. "That
is something new in Barbara."
Miss Lawrence was fanning herself
with a palm leaf, aud her face grew
very bright as she went on: "He is a
widower with two young children.
Poor little tilings] Just imagine how
they must need a mother's care."
"A widower," echoed Madge, but
with little interest. Her heart did
not gush like her aunt's at the thought
of the motherless children.
"Yes, Madge," spoke Miss Law
rence, in a preoccupied voice. Then
she rose and crossed the room to an
opposite mirror, where she examined
herself nnd her attire critically. With
a little laugh of satisfaction she turned
away nnd continued: "Two young
children nnd no mother. Isn't it
strange? I have done nothing but
imagine those children ever since I
heard of them."
Madge looked round from tho chair
she was dusting at her aunt's face, and
saw there an expression which was
novel to it.
"It- is strange," she returned.
"Whatever can they be to you?"
Miss Lawrence laughed again, nnd
tlieu sighed and sat before the table,
where she rested her elbow, and, sup
porting her chin in her hand, assumed
a contemplative attitude. Madge
watched her, rather puzzled. Presently
she remarked:
"We are the nearest neighbors to
the Limes, Madge, and I shall have to
see what assistance I can give in get
ting the poor man settled, as he has
110 wife. Ho moves in next week,
Madge," she continued, after a pause,
"how does this new toque suit uie?"
"All right," returned the young
lady, with scm surprise in her tone.
There was silence for a moment.
Then Miss Lawrence remarked
emphatically: "A doctor will never
get 011 in Barbara without a wife. He
will have to marry, for his own sake
and the children's, too."
To this Madge made no answer.
She had finished her work in the
drawing room and she left her aunt
to her own meditations.
Miss Lawrence aud her niece oc
cupied the prettiest cottage in Barham.
It stood just outside the village, in a
garden of brilliant flower beds, smooth
lawns nnd golden gravel paths. It
was fairly roomy iu.side and kept with j
tho care nnd precision of a maiden j
lady who has few clnims on her time.
Only two in family, and, unfortu- I
nntely, very unsuitable companions for I
0110 another. Miss Lawrence was ■
rich, Madge was a poor orphan. Miss :
Lawrence was popular on account of
her money, and because Madge had
nothing but what her aunt gave her
some folks, when they met her, re
membered slm was n dependent.
So far Miss Lawrence scored, but
here her advantages ended. For
Madge was young and Miss Lawrence
was getting 011 in years. Madge was
bravo and hopelul, aud her aunt was
discontented and fretful; while her
enforced spinsterhood was none the
better borne because she was silent on
the matter. Madge had the world be
fore ber, and the beautiful day dreams
of youth drove away monotony aud
melancholy. But Miss Lawrence's
youthful dreams were over.
Still, if Madge had ccc been brave
she would have had p. bad time of it,
for her aunt entertained tho idea that
she was too advanced in her views,
and required to be well kept down
with plenty of work nnd a daily lec
ture on her position nnd manners, to
which Madge listened politely, nnd
then promptly forgot. Her advanced
views wore nothing very dreadful.
Only a yearning for a bicycle, nnd to
visit whom she chose. For Miss Law
rence moved in the "first set" in Bar
bam, ignoring all other aspirants to
her friendship.
Time passed on, and Dr. Cyril
Stockton had been settled in Barham
for a fortnight, but Madge bail never
seen him. Miss Lawrence, however,
who had been most pertinacious in
sending polite messages to the Limes,
and in calling herself to volunteer as
sistance, was full of the doctor. Madge
gave little heed. A widower and two
children afforded small fascination for
her. Added to which the house
cleaning was going on, and she had
a great deal to do. Not till it was all
finished, nnd the cottago fairly shone
all over, did she get out for her usual
morning walk. Her aunt allowed her
one hour for recreation, and this she
generntly devoted to n country stroll.
To her life was beautiful when she
shared it with nature.
To watch the changing seasons,
each bringing their gifts of wild
flowers or ferns that she loved to
On land he elbows and jostles about,
Or marches all day la the sun,
With a cheery smile for every mile
And a frolic when day is done—
But when you get in a skirmish, men,
ho doesn't know how to run.
Thon Oil your mugs to the young 'un,
lads.
Who mixes with every crow.
On land or sea, wherever he bo
We'll always find him true.
And we'll give him a place in the circle,
lads, fur there's plenty for him to do.
—Detroit Free Press.
I search for, was a source of vast en
| joyment. In those morning walks she
gave full vent to her feelings, singing
loudly when no one was near, run
ning, and, oftentimes, perching on tho
branch of a tree to rest herself. In
tlicce walks, sometimes, lady cyclists
would pass her. How Madge envied
them! But she would console herself
with tho thought that some day she,
too, would possess a machine. How?
That was the question. She might
marry, but in such a place as Barbara
eligible husbands were almost un
known.
Then she wondered if she, too,
would be an old maid like her aunt.
And then came tho concluding thought,
whatever happened, she would never
marry for a home. Madge's ideas of
love and marriage were very lofty.
So she would forget tho bicycle, aud
give herself up to the beauties around
her. On this particular morning she
had just struck into a song, when the
sound of carriage wheels caused her
to stop and look round. A dogcart
was approaching. The road was
hilly, and tho horse was walking. A
gentleman with a clean shaven face and
a pair of dark, lustrous eyes was driv
ing.
The cart got up to her and kept at
her side for n moment or two. She
was such a pretty picturo in her soft
white fsock and big straw bat, caught
up on one side with bright flowers,
and revealing tho fresh, pink cheek
and stray golden curls that the wind
had caused to stray. Then the cart
stopped, and tho gentleman raised his
hat and asked if he were going right
for Ashton W ells. Madge colored as
she looked up, and timidly made an
swer in the affirmative. Again the hat
was raised, and the horse was put into
a trot. Shortly after this Dr. Stock
ton's intimacy with Miss Lawrence
seemed likely to increase. Ho made
frequent visits to tho cottago of an af
ternoon. But as he was often out
when Miss Lawrence paid her morn
dug visit to the Limes this was not
strange.
Then came Miss Lawrence's annual
tennis party, which Madge fairly
hated. The same people came every
year, said the same things and played
in the same way. It only meant more
work for Madge and more temper for
her aunt. This year, however, I)r,
Stockton was coming, and Madge
looked forward to the event. But he
arrived late, ployed one set with Miss
Lawrence, and then, after getting her
some refreshment and conversing with
her for a few minutes while the elite
of Barbara and its neighboring dis
tricts eyed them very critically, he ex
pressed his regrets that he must leave.
Miss Lawrence protested; he remained
firm, and took his departure.
As he passed through the linll to the
front door lie came upon Madge. Ho '
had not spoken to her yet. She ex
tended her hand, saying, "Are you
leaving so soon?" He stuiled down on
her as he answered, "I must. lam
so sorry, I thought we should have
had a game." Madge's pink cheeks
grew pinker and her sweet eyes looked
confidingly up as she returned, "I
should have enjoyed it." They ap
peared very good friends, and he stayed
a little to talk to her. Then suddenly
lie drew out his watch. "I must go,"
ho exclaimed. "It is my oldest boy's
birdiday, and I promised to take tea
with him at six."
There was something very strange
to Madge about her aunt at this time.
Her temper was much sweeter. She
was absent-minded. Read poetry till
sympathetic tears stood in her eyes.
Ordered numerous hats and toques,
and was occasionally discovered posing
bofore the glass. Weanwhile Cyril
Stockton was becoming very popular
with the poor of Barhain, though he
was not overworked with paying
patients. Not that this seemed to
worry him in the least. He drove and
rode, played with his children and
otherwise enjoyed his life. To his
poor patients he sent food and medi
cino without charge, and in return
they sang his praises on all sides.
Miss Lawrence, properly gloved,
and protected from tho sun by a big
bat, was raking her flower beds one
morning when the doctor came up tho
path. Ho looked very grave, and tho
lady was quick to observe this. She
pulled off her gloves with some agita
tion.
"Can I have a few words with you?"
ho asked.
Miss Lawrence led the way to the
drawing room with a mincing step nnd
beating heart. She guessed his mis
sion. lie broke it gently to her. "I
expect ere this you have guessed the
stato of my feelings," he remarked, in
rnther a confused manner; "and you
know what I have come to solicit."
She blushed, and gave a little nervous
snigger of assent. He hardly noticed
these signs of weakness, and went on.
"I am not dependent on my position,
Miss Lawrence. I have a private in
] come, and I am anxious to make a set-
I tlement on my future wife."
The lady hid her face behind her
I handkerchief and murmured; "You
| are too good. Dr. Stockton, But
money would l?e no consideration with
me." She emphasized the word
money, and he glanced quickly at
her, exclaiming: "Ah, it is ago I ex
pect that you are thinking of." Miss
Lawrence suddenly looked indignant.
"Age," she exclaimed. "Oh, dear
me, no. I expect there is very little
difference if we went into the matter."
"You aro very kind, he murmured.
"And the children? Do they form
any objection?"
"Sweet little things," cried the
lady, rapturously. "They are the life
of your household. Darlings. I
could eat them."
The doctor's face brightened. He
seized Miss Lawrence's hand, observ
ing, "You make me happy. Miss Law
rence."
She looked very coy and shy. No
doubt she was waiting for something
more. But Dr. Stockton released her
hand and rose to go without the em
brace she expected.
"You have made me hapny, Miss
Lawrence," he repeated. "I hardly
dared to hope for your consent, and,
without it, I could never have pro
ceeded in the matter.
A strango speech; but Miss Law
rence was too overcome to notice it.
"Madge," she exclaimed, when they
met at lunch. Madge looked across
the table at her nunt. She was smil
ing pensively. "I am going to be
married." The girl laid down her
knife and fork in utter nstonishmcnt.
"Married?" she cried. "To whom?"
"Dr. Stockton," returned the ladj\
It was well for Madge that her aunt
was too occupied with thoughts of her
future happiness to note the misery
that came into the girl's face. She
longed to be alone, and, after the menl,
pleaded a headache and went to her
room. Miss Lawrence was sympa
thetic with can do cologne and smell
ing bottle, and then started on a drive
to the nearest town.
Madge felt suffocated indoors, and
went into the garden. She stretched
on a bank and looked up at the green
trees and blue sky with a pnthetio
gaze. They had no charm for her to
day. In fact, she saw them not. She
only saw Cyril Stockton's dark eyes.
Why had ho looked at her so earnest
ly? Why had he talked with her, and
found her in her walk, and laughed
with her when she was happy? Why
had he pressed her hand, if, nfter all,
ho meant nothing? She had dreamed
of happiness. The awakening was
cruel. Sho lmriod faco in her
hands and wept.
"Mndge!" She looked up quickly,
then started to her feet and stood
erect, with flashing eyes. Cyril Stock
ton eyed her wonderiugly. It was a
reception ho had not counted on, nnd
his heart sunk. "Madge," he cried,
"have I mistaken your feeling for me?
Do you hate me now you know I am
bold enongh to love you!"
It was Madge's turn for astonish
ment.
"Me!" she exclaimed. "Me! What
do you mean, Dr. Stockton?"
"Hasn't Miss Lawrence told you?"
he asked. "I saw her this morning
ami gained her consent to my suit."
Madge came a little closer.
"Tell me,"ho urged. "Maylhope?"
Sho hold out her hand. He drew
her to him nnd held her in a long em
brace.
"Poor Auntie!" murmured Madge.
"I fear she has made a slight mistake."
—Lloyd's Weekly.
Shcnthing a Ship.
Yachts built of wood are sheathed
with copper, nud so are many tug
boats. Merchant ships are sometimes
sheathed with copper, but nowadays
the material most commonly used is a
composition metal, which iu appear
ance resembles brass. It does not
wear so long as copper, but it costs
less. The composition metal comes
in sheets about three feet by one foot
four inches. They are fastened on
the ship with nails of the same ma
terial. Sometimes tho sheathing is
nailed directly on to the hull of the
ship. Sometimes it is nailed over an
other sheathing of felt, which helps to
preserve tho calking in tho seams.
When the ship has been placed in a
dry dock, or raised out of water on a
floating dock, the old metal is stripped
off and if she is to have a felt sheath
ing the bottom of the ship is first
painted with n coat of pitch, and the
sheets of felt are laid upon that, and
then tho sheets of metal are nailed on
over them. Tho work is done very
rapidly, and, at the same time, with
great nicety. Every nail head is sunk
so that it is flush with the plnte. If
tho hand were passed over the sheath
ing anywhere it would be found
smooth. If the nail heads were per
mitted to project they would, of
course, interfere with the speed of the
vessel.
Seventy-fivo men can sheath an
1800-ton ship in two days. The cost
of sheathing such a ship with compo
sition metal, over felt, including ma
terial, dock charges, labor, and every
thing, would be about §IOOO, or a lit
tle less, nnd such a sheathing would
last about two long voyages.—New
York Sun.
Fnpcr Ilansinß by Machine.
Paper hanging by machine is the
latest achievement, says the Werk
statt. The arrangement used for this
purpose is provided with a rod upon
which the roll of paper is placed. A
paste receptacle with a brushing ar
rangement is attached in such a man
ner that the paste is applied auto
matically on the back of the paper.
The end of tho wall paper is fixed at
tho bottom of tho wall, and the im
plement rises on the wall and only
needs to be set by one workman.
While the wall paper unrolls, and,
provided with p."Me, is held against
the wall, an elastio roller follows on
the outside which presses it firmly to
tho wall. When tho wall paper has
reached the top, the workman pulls a
cord, whereby it is cut off from the
remainder on the rctk
Wants to Secure Suflrnge.
The first annual convention of the
Mississippi Woman Suffrage Associa
tion was held in Greenville, March 29
and 30. According to the constitution,
the object of this association is de
clared to be to advance the industrial,
educational nnd legal rights of women,
and to secure suffrage to them by ap
propriate State and National legisla
tion.
*" New Occupations.
In entering on new occupations for
their sex women have not taken any
work away from men. New kinds of
work have come on the scene faster in
some cases than the workers were
ready. The majority of women enter
ing tho industrial world become either
typewriters, telegraphers, trained
nurses or teachers of physical cul
ture, occupations that have almost
without exception come into existence
within tho past fifty years.
London ISicycUng Costume.
For bicycling there are a number of
different designs in gowns; but one of
the smartest is a blue homespun, the
skirt made in the regulation pattern,
reaching to the ankles and in the bell
shape. Tho waist is a basque of
medium length, made with revers of
dark blue edged with white cloth on
which is a braiding of blue. There is
a close waistcoat of white cloth or
white piquo fastened with tiny but
tons, and a small turn-down linen
collar, with black neck-tie. The
sleeves are of medium size, finished
at the waist with a turned-down cull
of dark blue edged with white braided
in blue to match the revers.—Harper's
Bazar.
Little Chance for Error In Taste.
As time goes on fashions become
more decided and as the eyes grow
accustomed to tho new styles, their
faults and errors in taste are detected
and all that is bad is carefully elimi
nated. A perfect blending of colors
and individual suitability of style are
the rocks upon which most women
come to grief, but the styles are so
pretty and so varied this season that it
is possible for the woman of taste and
judgment to look well without a
prodigious outlay of money. Most of
the new materials are expensive but
many old nnd inexpensive fabrics are
being made up into very smart frocks,
aud thin goods, such as muslins, lawns
and dimities, aro absurdly cheap.
Cominp Stj'lcs For Children's Wcnr.
Some of tho thin wash dresses for
girls of all ages show tucks from waist
to hem, and others alternate tucks
with narrow, lace-edged ruffles all the
way up the skirt. Bands of ombroid
ered or lace insertion are now much
used on both waists and skirts. Nar
row ribbons are used as ruffles and
ruches, and nre often applied on tho
edges of ruffles where the material is
light weight. Lace footing is greatly
used for edging ruffles,, being both
childish in effect and quite an inex
pensive trimming. Beading, with
narrow ribbon run through its meshes,
is quite as popular as last season, and
is used on both washable nud stuff'
materials. Sashes of all sorts nre
much worn, nnd nre tied at the sides
or back, as one may wish. Occasion
ally one is seen that tics in a soft
knot directly iu front, and has fringed
ends that reach the bottom of the
dress-skirt. White washable dresses
will be worn quite short, having bows
of colored ribbon nnd snslies match
ing the color of the stockings, which
this season are brighter than last.
Black stockings are of course worn,
but very gay colors aro shown, both
plnided and striped, as well as in solid
effects.—Woman's Home Companion.
Avoid Sliodcly:Stu(r.
Above all things shoddyism is to be
avoided. If you cau afford but one
gewn, let that be of some such sensi
ble and well-wearing material as serge,
ch sviot, covert cloth or mohair. Noth
ing is so unseemly as shiny satin,
soiled or ravelled silk. Draggled silk
petticoats are another abomination.
Three pretty colored percale skirts,
lize silk in color and design, can be
t ad, all three, for one-fifth the price
of the ordinary made silk skirt, and
rhey always have that blessed advant
age of cleanliness. Be always crisp
and fresh. To have one's clothes al
ways crisp and fresh and cleuu is tho
very next best thing to having an un
limited supply of everything the most
fashionable. Bright colored skirts,
immaculate nnd well starched. Is
that not better than a draggled piece
of old finery, for silk will gather the
dirt, will cut and split, and will not
wash. Now that the "froufrou" is
out of style, percale skirts are more
to be recommended than ever. They
cost, ready made. 82 apiece, but if
one is handy at tho sewing machine,
two skirts very much fuller than the
ready-made ones can be made for less
than that price. Six yards at 12}
cents a yard aro required for each
skirt, nnd two can easily be made at
home in a day.—New York World.
ISußiness Women as Wlven,
ft has frequently been said that wo
men in business employments do not
make as desirable wives as their sis
ters who have lived only domestic
lives, but n recent observer takes a
wholly different view of the case. He
holds that the effect of the woman in
business is not so much to the advan
tage of the woman herself as to the
business man. Such a woman has
more respect for him, more regard,
more sympathy. She is altogether
less likely voluntarily to impose upon
him or involuntarily to harass and
worry him. She ha 3 been there, she
knows how it is herself, and this per
sonal experience and knowledge make
her more lenient and considerate.
Every woman wage earner worthy
of the name learns first, last and all
the time that success is only attained
by close attention and single minded
ness. The woman who realizes this
must also realize that the same rule
holds good of the business man. In
a present capacity of daughter and
sister or in n future capacity as wife
she is oertain to show such a keen
consideration for the business mem
bers of the household as is undreamed
of in the philosophy of the other kind
of woman.
There is no danger of her husband
bing besought to just stop on his way
down town and attend some specially
seductive "special sale" or to leave
his office an hour or so earlier in order
thnt he may bring her home a lot ol
"samples." She has had practical
and personal proof that it is through
this sort of thing that business inter
ests are made to suffer, and she
doesn't propose to let this knowledge
play her false. A woman's apprecia
tion of business and business ways
and means thus insures domestic com
fort. If conditions warrant it, it
benefits the business man even more
than it benefits the business woman
herself. —Trenton (N. J.) American.
ninkc tho Moil Market.
There are few things that exhaust o
woman more than a day's shopping.
The average man looks upon a woman's
"purchasing day" as one of pleasure,
but when he accompanies her on one
of these shopping expeditious he goes
home, after his patienco has been all
exhausted, with a different belief. lie
learns, too, that a woman can endure
vexations and disappointments with
much more equanimity than he can,
and mentally vows never to do it again.
The number of miles traversed is
really what tires one, aud it is little
\\ onder that the woman who does the
shopping for herself and her entire
family, as well as the marketing and
the bargaining with the "butcher and
baker and candlestick maker" should
feel the need of rest for her tired
nerves.
The man of the house should always
do the marketing. In the old days,
when the butler was not the stately
personage he is now, women were
never troubled, with the worries of
household purchasing, for the head ol
the house did tho entire buying, and
"James" carried the parcels and was
not ashamed to do it.
No mother who has the care of little
children should give tho precious
morning hours to anything else but to
the nursery, nor should she let butch
ers' and grocers' boys call for and de
liver orders, because there is sure to
be dissatisfaction if she does. Some
wealthy families allow their chef to
take charge of the household, and he
collects a largo percentage froui the
tradesmen, which, of course, is added
to the monthly bill. Reputable store
keepers wiil not do this kind of busi
ness, however, and the chef "patro.i
age" is controlled entirely by a few
men. On the whole, it is much more
satisfactory for the man of the house
to do the market lg. Ho will get the
best meat, liavo his orders promptly
attended to and save about twenty-five
per cent, in the transaction, as well as
the health of his wife.—Chicago Times-
Herald.
FnI lon's Fancies.
Cut-glass lily vases.
Denim floor covering.
Silk-striped mantle draperies.
String ties of plaid natta silk.
fjteamer capes made of Scotch rugs.
Solid silver buttons set with jewels.
Net dotted with chenille for gowns.
Ladies' heavy, white, two-clasp
gloves.
Small double picture frames in
leather.
Point Arabe and renaissance lace
blouses.
Gray kid cardcases, belts, chate
laines, etc.
Fine damask towels with large
polka dots.
Heavy upholstery satin for lining
cushions.
White mull corded and with printed
designs.
Large scarf neckties of Scotch plaid
natte silk.
Parasols with lace insertion set in
as a border.
Tiny chiffon capes having throat
bows to the knees.
New satin-finished silk faorics in
black and colors.
Bagdad portieres in every possible
array of colors.
Gold golf pins for the cravat, as a
belt or stick pin, etc.
Narrow neckties having a tiny ac
cordion bow in front.
Belts having largo turquois medal
lions rimmed in steel.
DOINCS OF THE YOCIS.
How a Clever Trick Was Stolen From an
Indian Fakir.
•'When I first went to India to study
the doings of the Yggis, I had fakirs
gathered from far and wide to give me
exhibitions," says a magician in the
New York Sun. "They showed ordi
nary tricks, and when the perform
ance was over I told them through the
interpreter that I was very much dis
pleased with the childish things they
had skotvn me, and intended to strike
them with lightning. They said they
had no fear. They were in the busi
ness themselves, and I could not
frighten them. I made some passes,
and they stood before me boldly till I
made a furious pass and shouted, and
their clothing burst into flames. Then
they fled in terror, casting off their
light robes, and my reputation as n
wonder worker was established in
India. The trick was a very simple
one. I had discovered a fluid which
ignited spontaneously and burned
quite fiercely after being exposed to
the air for a minute and a half. A
few drops of this, scattered on the
clothing of the fakirs by my confeder
ate, did the trick.
"After I got my reputation among
them the Indians trotted out the best
they could do. I found out that the
mango trick is done by substitution.
As I have said, they are far ahead of
us in sleight of hand. Then they
have cloths that help them, as they
are much bigger than the hand
kerchiefs used by our magicians.
They begin by planting a mango seed
and covering it with a cloth. They
work under the cloth with their
hands, and then remove the oloth at
intervals, showing you the mango
bnsh growing larger and larger. At
last they show you a large bush that
has fruit on it. It appears to have
grown from the seed, but it is all a
trick, done by substitution. The
mango is as tough as whalebone, and
can be crumpled up in any old way
and packed into very small compass.
Working under the cloth with his
hands, the magician straightens the
leaves out.
"I stole a trick from an Indian fakir
one time. Ho threw brick dust in a
pail of water, took some of it out, and
blew it away. He did the same with
sand. Then he stirred the brick dust
up and made it thick. Then he took
an egg-shaped piece of brick from his
pocket nnd scraped it with his knife to
show that it was genuine. He put it
in the pail, and standing back began
an incantation.
",'Ramee Samee! Ramee Samee of
Bombay!' he cried. 'Come to me and
Sahib give me five rupees.' Out
jumped the egg straight at him. I
could not make out how that was
done.
"Now, one of the rules of our pro
fession is never to play the same trick
twice in succession, because specta
tors are watching very sharply, but
these fakirs would sell their grand
mothers for a dollar. The man played
the trick over again for me. Still I
could not see how it was managed, and
insisted on seeing it a third time.
" 'You have an invisible thread,' I
said. 'You wave your arms about
and pull the thread and the egg comes
to you.*
"The old fellow laughed at me and
did the trick again. I sat close by the
pnil craning my neck over it. Sud
denly I mado a dive in the pail with
my hand. The magician made a dive
for me, but my attendant headed him
off. I Sshed up the egg seated on a
sort of catapult made of an iron spring
held back by a bit of rock salt. When
the salt dissolved it loosened the
spring and that threw the egg out.
While I was studying this out the
inagicinn was making an awful clamor
aoout the act of robbery I had com
mitted. I acknowledged that I had
done a very unprofessional thing and
n-sked how much he thought I ought
to pay him. He said that live rupees
would make it all right. I gavo him
ton and ho went away very happy."
Almost a Mllc-a-MJnuto Klrvutor.
Ed H. Benjamin returned the other
day from a visit to the big mines on
the mother lode in Anador County.
"I took a fast ride," he said, "in
the Oneida mine. This company has
just put in a new hoisting gear which
beats anything on the Pacific const,
and there aro only one or two mines
in the country which havo machinery
to equal it. I came up 1500 feet in
the shaft in twenty seconds. This is
at the rate of almost a mile a minuto,
nnd by comparison the swiftest eleva
tors in tho tall buildings in tho San
Francisco are slow coaches. When
tho mine is in regular operation the
cage will be run at the speed of thirty
miles an hour in lifting ore. This re
markable hoist was manufactured in
San Francisco, and seems to embrace
no new principle—just a very large
drum and the usual cable."—Oakland
(Cal.) Times.
Comparatively Terrorlesti.
Doctor—"l am sorry to say that I
have come to the conclusion that your
case is a hopeless one; you know thnt
you have been under my care many
months now, nnd that during that
time I havo exhausted the resources
of the materia medica to effect your
cure."
Patient—"l know it, doctor."
Doctor—"That consciousness ought
to reconcile you, my friend, to the in
evitable, for surely you are not afraid
to die, are you?"
Patient—"Not as much as I would
be to meet your bill if you should hap
pen to effect a cure."—Boston Cour
ier.
A Dutch Bull.
A Dutch paper of recent date con
tained an advertisement offering a re
ward for the dead body of a suicide,
of whom the following description was
given: "Age, about forty. Height,
five feet eight inches. Speaks the
dialect of Gelderland."