In School and Out. * ' clock In school, I he minute hand mes so slow : Ami tho hour hand hardly movos at all. iou cannot see it go. But when they have met at noon, And I've only an hour for fun. lou ought to see how tho spiteful hands Just race from twelve to one! A Now Game. A favorite new game with children Is called "Hubbies and Bundles." Lit tle gifts are prepared, each of which is placed in a box or made up into a bundle and tied up as prettily as pos sible in colored tissue papers, with ribbons to match. These bundles are suspended by ribbons on a strong cord, or clothes-line suspended from tree to tree, in a manner to remotely suggest a cobweb. The children are provided with pretty terracotta soap bubble pipes, tied with ribbons, and a huge bowl of soapsuds is brought upon tho scene. A tablespoonful C: glycerine added to the suds will pre vent the bubbles from breaking eas ily. Two persons at a time take turns in blowing. The bubbles must be thrown off the pipes into the air, and the children get under them and try to blow them against the packages that they wish for their own. If the bubble hits the bundle, the lat ter is awarded as a prize, and wli 11 a child has secured one, he does not try again. It has all the mysterious charm of a game of chance, without its objectionable features. What tho Anatomist.* Have Learned. Mother Nature has odd ways of storing up energy. She hides it away in the tiniest, most unlikely bun dles. Common things that are handled every day are more than likely to be packages full of force of one sort or another. If you were asked to decide which was stronger, a steam boiler or a pot of common white navy beans, you would probably say that the for mer was—might possibly say so con temptuously, with a laugh. Yet those wise old fellows, the anatomists, have learned that beans are capable of exerting a pressure fully equal to the largest boiler. When they find it necessary to separate the bones of a skull they fill it with beans and place it in a basin of water. The beans soon absorb tho water, swell and slow ly force the bones apart, for there is no skull that can withstand the steady, even pressure. And unless some equally careful workman could be found to do the work, no skulls could bo articulated, for rougher methods would shatter the bones and quite spoil the job. Anatomists have learned many similar tricks by watching nature. When they wish to obtain a skeleton ■of a small animal—a mouse or a fish, for example—they put the little body upon an ant heap and leave the tiny insect to eat tho llcsh away from the bones. In a month or six weeks noth ing remains but a bare skeleton, held together by the tough cartilages —provided the wise anatomist has protected his specimen against the cat. If he has not, why, of course,noth ing remains, not even a grease spot. Tho Queen of tho Ant.. A gentleman who is very fond of every living thing, who watchess animals carefully that he may learn their ways, tells a very interesting story of some ants he once saw. Ho noticed a procession of ants going across the path. This gentleman watched, and knowing the ways of ants, knew that they were emigrating to a new colony because the old city was overcrowded. He watched tho ants closely to decide which was the queen. At last ho discovered her, attended by a guard of honor. Quick ly and carefully ho lifted the queen and held her in his hand. She was missed at and there was the greatest excitement. Tho guard of honor were seized by the others and held under arrest. Ants started out in every direction to look for the queen. They iooked every where, and returned again and again to learn if there was any news. At last tho gentleman put the queen down on the path some distance away from tho point at which he had captured her. She was discovered by one of the scouts, who hurried back to the point where the ants had as sembled and told of his discovery. A guard of honor hurried to the queen and actually carried her back to her subjects, who received her with de monstrations of joy. The new colony had been es tablished under a bench. A hole un der one of the legs of the bench led to it. With the guard of honor carry ing the queen, the procession reformed and began its march, and soon dis appeared from sight. The gentleman moistened four lumps of sugar and put them in the path. Soon two or three ants appeared, found the sugar, and immediately reported at the new colony. When they returned a number □f helpers came with them, and the sugar was all carried, grain by grain, to the new home. Doubtless they thought they had found the most wonderful land to settle In, when food was provided in such quantities noar at hand. Jumho'R Good Deed. It was toward the evening of a terribly hot day, when a troop of -wild elephants came down to the fiver to bathe. "Oh, how deltghtlull'l cried Jumbo, the youngest of the party. "I never saw so much water before, and lt'c so splendidly fresh and cool. What makes it come?" "There has been rain up among the mountains yonder," replied his big brother Raj: "that's what makes it come." "Oh, that's it, is it?" returned saucy Jumbo, nearly drowning Raj with a stream of water from his trunk. That was the beginning of a fine romp; but suddenly Jumbo stopped, and cuddled up to his brother, say ing: "Look! What's that?" Raj looked up, and said quietly,— "That's a boat; we don't often see one so far up as this." "What queer-looking people!" cried Jumbo. "I never saw any like them before. What are they?" "They are white men," said Raj. "If we let them alone, they won't hurt us." There were men, women and chil dren in it; and Jumbo watched with his little eyes twinkling and his ears twitching. As the boat neared them, a little girl dropped a cake into the water. It floated within reach of Jumbo's trunk. He snapped it up, and found it very nice. But the child, reaching after it, fell overboard, and there was a great noise and confusion in the boat. "She's fallen in," said Jumbo. "What will happen next?" "She will be drowned, I expect," observed Raj. "Drowned! No, she won't," cried Jumbo; for he remembered the cake. So, stepping out from his hiding place, he curled his trunk around the little white girl, lifted her up, and, as the boat came up, dropped her al! dripping into the arms held out to re ceive her. "Good Jumbo!" "Dear old fellow!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" was heard on all sides. "How queer that they should know my name!" thought Jumbo, as, scrambling up the bank, he gave him self a mighty shake, and disappeared into the jungle. "Well done, Jumbo!" said Raj. And Jumbo was happy, for he cared more for the good opinion of his brother than for anything else in the world. But to this day he has not solved the puzzle of how those white folk come to know his name. Can you?— Little Folks. Tho limbic of Your Watch. If you own a watch open it and look at the little wheels, springs and screws, each an indispensable part of the whole wonderful machine. The busy little balance wheel alone Is the j result of hundreds of years of study and experiment. The watch I have before me is composed of 98 pieces, and its manufacture embraces more than 2000 distinct and separate operations. Some of the smaller screws are so minute that the un aided eye cannot distinguish them from the steel filings or specks of dirt. Under a powerful magnifying glass ! a perfect screw is revealed. Tho slit j in the head is two one-thousandths i of an inch wide. It takes 308,000 of these screws to weigh a pound, and a pound is worth $1585. The hair- j spring is a strip of the finest steel : about nine and one-half inches long, j a hundredth part of an inch wide and twenty-seven ten-thousandths of an ■ inch thick. It is coiled up in spiral i form and finely tempered. The pro cess of tempering was long held a secret by a few fortunate ones pos sessing it, and even now is not gener ally known. Their manufacture re quires great skill and care. The strip is gauged to twenty cne-thousandths of an ipch, but no measuring instrument has yet been devised capable of fine enough gauging to determine be forehand by the size of the strip what the strength of the finished spring will i he. A twenty thousandth part of an inch difference in the thickness of the strip makes a difference in the run ning of a watch of about six minutes per hour. The value of these springs when finished and placed in watches !s enormous in proportion to the ma : rial from which they are made. A comparison will give a good idea. A ton of gold is worth $('.27,915. A ton of steel made up into hairsprings when in watchc3 is worth ?7,552,290—m0re than twelve and one-half times the value of pure gold. Hairspring wire weighs one-twentieth of a grain to the Inch. One mile of wire weighs less than half a pound. The balance gives five vibrations every second, 300 every minute, 18,000 every hour, 432,000 every day and 157,080,000 every year. At each vibration it ro tates about one and a■ quarter times, which makes 197,100,000 revolutions every year. In order that we may better understand the stupendous amount of labor performed by these tiny works let us make a few compari sons. Take, for illustration, a loco motive with six-fool drive wheel. Let its driving wheels be run till they have given the same number of revolutions that a watch gives In one year and they will have covered a distance equal to 2S complete circuits of the earth. All this a watch does without other attention than wind ing once every 24 hours. When we compare this with the frequent re pairs an engine receives we certainly dught to be willing to have our watches cleaned once a year.—- Chicago Record. Clinching- Their Claim*. "Fame" is an uncertain quantity now. You can never be sure that a dead man is famous until you have written to the " Hall of Fame," and have found out whether his name is included on Its list. If it isn't, the man is not famous, it matters not how famous he is.—Louisville Courier Journal. THE ART OP MANICURINC." Tlio Whole Operation Is Made Plata So Anyone May Perform It. An expert describes as follows the whole process of manicuring, so that those who cannot pay regular visits to a professional may know how to per form this interesting operation for themselves: The finger tips must first be immersed for a few minutes in a bowl of hot lather made from a pure toilet soap. This is to soften the nail and the cuticle surrounding Its base. This cuticle, or thin, tough skin, is frequently allowed by those who ne glect the dainty care of the hands and nails to grow up over the matrix and thus hide from view the pretty half moon, or "lunula" which In all well kept nails is to be plainly discerned. As soon as the skin has become nice ly softened the fingers are taken out of the soap solution and gently dried with a soft towel. They are now ready for the operation of the cuticle knife. This must be used with the greatest delicacy, care being taken not to scratch the nail in any way. The point of the knife should be gently passed under the edge of the skin, loosening it from the nail. The superfluous mem brane or cuticle should now be cut away with the cuticle scissors. These are made long and slender, with beau tifully curved points. Ordinary scis sors would not do the work properly. It must be distinctly understood that this cutting of the cuticle is only nec essary with neglected nails. Nails which receive proper and regular at tention have the lunula well in view, and the skin nt.the base Is not allowed to grow over it, being gently nibbed back every day with an ivory presser. Whenever it is necessary to cut the cuticle it must be done with a skilful and delicate touch, aud under no cir cumstances should blood be drawn, as in such a case irritation and much soreness would follow. The nails themselves may now be nicely cut and trimmed with nail scis sors. They should be cut to a pretty oval shape and may be finished off with a file to soften and level the edges. The beautifying process then com mences by immersing the nails for a minute in any of the cleansing fluids, or by the use of a little lemon juice to free the nail from all stains and discolorations. Little orange wood sticks, sold in tiny bundles, are also used to apply the fluid under the corners of the nail, and these effectu ally eradicate ink, gardening or other stains, which are sometimes difficult to remove from the edges. Now rinse the nails in a little rose water and commence the polishing. The polisher, or rubber, lias an ebony, ivory or polished handle, and is com posed of an oval pad covered with a piece of fine chamois leather. A lit tle good nail powder is sprinkled over it, and the nails are rubbed briskly backward and forward until a bril liant polish is obtained. If it is de sired to color nails which are not nat urally pink, a little pink coloring paste may now be rubbed into them and the polishing renewed. To keep the nails in good condition they should be manicured twice a week and once a day, after washing tile hands, the thin membrane at their base should be gently pushed back with the ivory pressor and the nails polished with the chamois leather rub ber. Many persons, especially those of weak health, are troubled with thin, dry, brittle nails, which are constant ly breaking or splitting and becoming Jagged at the edges. A lemon kept on the wasbstand and used after washing is useful for remedying this state.— Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. True Eniiiomy In I>l-SH. Buy the best materials you can af ford. Air and brush each garment after each wearing. Never use pins in lieu of hooks and eyes and buttons. Keep hooks and eyes and buttons tightly sewed on. Itip hooks and eyes and buttons off worn-out waists before consigning them to the rag bag. ISuttouhole-stitch ripped glove seams. Keep your shoe-heels straight by having "lifts" removed as they wear down. Keep your shoe buttons sewed fast and your shoes buttoned entirely, to keep them from, "running down at the heels." To improve your figure, carriage and appearance, buy shoes, gloves and cor sets, large enough—fltey will keep both their own and your shape better than If too snug-fitting. First time you wear a new hat, ad just the pins comfortably; then draw them out on one side only, to save wear on the hat, besides sparing your self tile trouble of continually read justing the hat and the pins. Wear your petticoat two inches shorter tlinn your dress skirt. Hem your sewing-silk veil before the first wearing. "Skin" off your kid gloves, air them, llien turn them and stretch them. "Steam up" velvets and velvet rib bons that have become creased. Pin the collar turn-over into your waist—it can be more quickly nud ensi ly removed to be washed, and both it and the waist will receive lese wear than if It were sewed in. Put your kid gloves on slowly and carefully the first time—seeing that the seams are straight, and they will keep in shape.—Philadelphia Record. Fur Trimming*. Some beautiful fur trimmings are used on the gowns for the winter. One, of a rich blue broadcloth, has the ef fect or an underskirt of broad-tali As trakhan shown through long, deep V shaped cuts at the bottom of the skirt. These points set in give a pretty ful ness to the foot of the dress, and make it extremely rich. The edges of the cloth are finished with a band of jet, which is repeated on each side of a girdle at the waist, tying loosely in front, and falling low on the skirt. This girdle is of the übiquitous Rus sian gold ribbon. A yoke which seems to be all made of cloth of gold covered with jet is on the bolero, which is a tiny mess-jacket edged' with the fur. Under this is a blouse of exquisite cream lace threaded with gold. The collar is of the gold and jet in com bination, with a fold of the lace around the top. Sleeves cut somewhat on a flare come to a little below the elbow, where they arc finished with a band of the gold and jet and a binding of fur, and from Inside them appear full lace sleeves lifte the blouse. The toque to match is aaade largely of the fur, with the jet, gold ribbon, and lace all appearing In Its composition.—Harp er's Bazar. The Itost Cure For Throats. You hear fashionable women talking familiarly about taking a "rest cure" for the throat during the winter. It is easy to disinterpret the phrase. This Is not a ease of loss of voice or any bronchial distress whatever. It simply means that the victim of fashion has ruined the contour of a soft white throat by too-prolonged indulgence in stock collars, which are not only too high and entirely too stiff to be hy gienic, but very much too tight. In an effort to have n "slender throat" our girls and their mothers have worn col lar bands hooked up to the point of suffocation. Slips of whalebone, or "feather bone" or "cornline" stay the high neck-band and give further dis comfort to it. A lady's complaint of "feeling faint," the other day, was met by her hus band's demand "to uuliook that foolish collar," which compressed her throat into ridges and actually hindered free respiration. The remedy is to have your house dresses made with an open neck, and to let the throat have a chance to re gain its smoothness by fresh air treat ment. An "afternoon dress" intended for evenings at home can have the throat cut surplice, and faced with a little lace. The dressmaker should be cautioned not to send home a bodice with a neck band which acts as a "check rein" in harnessing up the throat. A Novelty For lVi'lHtbnnilg, A pretty novelty for belts and wrist bands is the silk trimmings, four or five inches wide, with several rows of narrow Persian strips in white, blue, red and beige. Many of these bauds are in rich, plain colors, embroidered in chenille effects. A novelty in silk braids is a three-inch width in a dia mond basket weave, shot with either gold or silver. Other black velvet trim ming bands come in scalloped effects, embroidered with French knots in gold. French knots arc as commonly used for dress decoration as they were last spring. Arab lnces are very popular. Tanne velvet spotted with gold Is very attractive. Bauds of lace insertion alternated with tucked bands of gray silk form effective waists. Red velvet applique designs embroid ered with gold are the decoration on the bolero of a white taffeta silk waist. A charming finish to the bolero is a scarf of plain or fancy silk that forms revers to the jacket, knots in front and falls down on the skirt. A pretty vest is made of cream spot ted net, tucked at wide intervals, filled In with tiny bins bands of col ored silk stitched on the edges. Some of the new hats In rough camel's-hair effects, also In mottled, heather-mixed, and granite wenvings, are brought out to wear en suite with utility costumes of like pattern. Plaid wools are now seen, and they are very effective in skirts made with out the front seams and arranged with pleats and clusters of tucks on the sides. This leaves the plaids straight in front. A bewitching teagown is of accor illon pleated nun's veiling, caught at the sides to the figure by a girdle that leaves front and back loose. A fall ol handsome ecru guipure outlines a yoke and appears also at the wrists. Demands for the new art jewelry seem to be increasing. The gold s tinted to harmonize with whatever jewels are used, so the effect of color is charming. Belt buckles are es pecially desirable, but of course there Is the usual variety of lAooches and trinkets. Many of the folded and silk-stitclied blouses which are cut away just un der the chin to show the tucked front of the vest, also a large number of the new boleros, are finished with three graduated shoulder capes lined with silk to match the jacket. They are edged with a narrow scroll design .n silk braid or merely with several rows of stitch lug. HE QUITS THE WEST. MELVILLE E. STONE TO RESIDE IN THE EAST. Miiiittt-cp of A