I Talks A bout
Th© Rug© Tor Old Finery.
Any girl finding a bit of antique em
broidery, an old brooch or fob, is new
the envy of her acquaintance. The fob
Is worn with the chatela'ne waten;
-odd brooches are eet as belt clasps and
the embroidery figures as a yok<v V or
revers on waist or jacket—no matter
bow odd the Bilk, cloth or velvet may
be, or where it came from, so long as
It is antique. New buttons for orna
mental purposes, for buttons are not
suppose to be useful nowaduys, re
semble ancient brooches, and lovely
pendants are of the old-fasliioued min
ihtures. Grandmothers who saved
such bits are now in high favor, for
this season is a dressy one, with bl
r.arre effects softened by good taste
and beautiful tints.
V Sunning the Hair.
There is nothing as good for the hair
H| us a sun hath. The Greek maidens of
old who sat on the walls of the city
and combed their hair owed the beau
ty of their tresses to the sun's rays.
When the hair is washed sit beside
a lowered window, as the sun shines
stronger through glass, and allow the
hair to dry as it is being brushed. No
bleach has been found so successful as
tlm sun, which strengthens and beau
tifies generally.
When the hair shows a tendency to
fall out the very best thing to stop its
coming out and promote its growth is
the abundant use of genuine olive cil.
i ' Saturate the hair thoroughly and keep
It saturated for a week, until the dry
scalp has absorbed all it will, then
wash with pure soap and water. If
this operation 13 repeated every two
■ or three months the effect is said to
be marvelous.—Philadelphia Press.
lloiv to Keop Young.
"A genuine love of sport," remarked
a social critic recently, "is, In my
V opinion, more cfiicncious in keeping
| either n man or n woman young than
I anything else I know of. I can pick
out uow among my acquaintances at
least half a dozen women who should,
by reason of their age and honors
(two of them being grandmothers), he
quite venerable, but bless me! they are
as keen to win a game, whether it is
golf, bridge or even n child's rough
game, as if great tilings depended upon
it. And it is just that, I firmly be
lieve, that keeps them so young in
appearance and manner. It is the
youthful exercise of body nnd miud
that such tilings excite which influ
ences the individual. But such a love
for pastimes cannot be cultivated or
assumed to have the result I speak of.
It must he the genuine article. The
frailty of advancing years cannot con
tend against any sham enthusiasm
it must be very real indeed, spontan
eous, inborn. But to those who pos
sess it it is certainly a great boon, en
abling thun to put aside the cares of
this life and renew their youth under
its Influence."—Detroit Free Tress.
A Visiting Costume.
A smart walking costume, made of a
serviceable, yet fairly substantial, ma
terial, which can he trimmed prettily
on the bodice, is n necessity, and here
is a charming and very novel design
possessing all these advantages. Th..-
material used is faced cloth in a pret
ty shade of fnwn, and the skirt, which
is in the very latest fashion, has a
shaped band round the hips, which
extends to the hem of the skirt lu
front, and Is covered with several rows
of machine stitching. The rest of the
skirt, which is gored at the top to
leave only a little fulness to gather
into the shaped band, is lined through
with soft silk or satin of a delicate
-shade of turquoise blue.
The coatee, which can he made like
s bodice, with a tight-fitting lining and
loose fronts joined in at the shoulder
end under-arm seams, has a vest of
pale turquoise blue silk, witii eeru lace
insertions on the yoke, and points of
handsome lace are turned out of the
edge of the coat fronts. The sleeves
are tucked all the way down, except
at the elbows, where the material is
let loose, and points of creamy lace are
seen at the wrists. The drawn waist
band is of black panne velvet. Tin?
stylish hat which completes this toilet
is made of tucked glace silk to match
the dress, nnd is trimmed with tur
quoise blue rosettes and bluclc and
fawn ostrich feathers.
Tliis charming model could he onr
i ricd out equally well in cloth of any
other color and also lu black. It is
. suitable for serges, coatings and
other nautumn materials.
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CHAT
Women/ have full voting rights In
-Colorado!, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.
An Indiana woman secured a medal
the otlitfr day for capturing a burglar.
After jive years of effort women law
yers li.-ive been admitted to practice
in the, French courts.
Mrs. Jane K. Sather, of San Fran
cisco, lias given $100,(MX) to the Uni
versity of California.
The Queen Regent of Spain has been
appointed arbitrator on pending inter
national differences between Chile mid
Peril.
In San Diego, Cal., there are a do.*cn
and more boat crews composed of
young women, who are said to tie very
expert in handling the oars or manag
ing a suilhout.
Emily L. Herndon, of South Farm-
Ingham, Mass., was recently nomin
ated by the Governor for chaplain of
the Reformatory Prison for Women, at
Shelburne. .Maas.
Miss Beatrice Haraden, who slipped
from her pony and injured her ankle
and foot while on a mountain expe
dition in Norway, is convalescent at
her home In London.
The will of Harriet M. Jennings, late
of Springfield, Mass., makes three
women's religious and charitable as
sociations in that city the residuary
beneficiaries of almost her entire es
tate.
Young girls of Berlin are to have a
school where they can be instructed in
bookkeeping, housekeeping, photo
graphy, etc. The school will accommo
date 2000 pupils and Emperor William
has given as his subscription 50,000
marks.
Mrs. T. Lynn, of Sacramento, Cal.,
has a rare collection of pitchers, to the
number of 1000, many of the speci
mens being of historic interest. Some
are hundreds of years old and have
come from almost every country in
the world.
Women of Japan have taken up kin
dergarten work with an enthusiasm
very gratifying to the introducers,
American missionaries. The blooming
plants, the color work and the plays
have awakened hearty appreciation,
owing to the native artistic instincts of
the Japanese.
Miss C. M. Kinney, of Syracuse,
stands alone in the novel enterprise of
dealing in thoroughbred horses. Miss
Kinney's knowledge of horseflesh
makes her an expert judge, and her
unerring judgment has brought her au
enviable clientage. Her profession
compels a great deal of traveling, and
she is familiar with the markets in
all parts of the United States.
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Pur hats are not considered in good
taste for evening wear.
For evening wear a separate blouse
of panne in delicate shades is most
desirable.
A lace tucker, held up by a ribbon
velvet threaded through the top Is
visible on many gowns.
Anything in dress that suggests the
historic costumes of the Napoleonic
period is in the very height of vogue.
Veloutine makes very stylish street
gowns trimmed witli fur, and in the
pale colors dotted with black it is very
much used tor waists.
The lower edge of little corset cov
ers which reach only to the waist line
are edged with lace or to match the
trimming of the waist.
Hosiery to match the dress is the
latest fad, and as if this were not
enough it must be inset with littie
motifs of lace like the trimming on
the costume.
Among colors the rage for rod prom
ises not to abate, and there have been
new shades of khaki brought out In
Paris, which are of tints almost cop
pery in their redness.
Old-fashioned collarettes of Honlton
and Duchosse lace are revived again,
and the woman who has one or more
of these stowed away in her treasure
box is to be congratulated.
The introduction of gold braid on
underskirts is frowned unou by women
of good taste. Those who know say
that the gold craze has run its course,
and will be shortly superseded by sil
ver.
It is predicted by fashionable dress
makers that white cloth frocks and
coats will be much worn this winter.
Hut cream cloth, fur trimmed, is equal
ly pretty and may have a larger
vogue.
The newest vicunas for traveling
and walking costumes are wide diag
onals of soft tine wool roughly woven
In a single color, such as castor brown,
fnun, or Russian blue, or else iu two
shades of one color.
Many striking effects produced by
pressure and weaving are to he ob
tained iu panne velvet, although Mad
ame la Mode now nsserts this stuff
is no longer high style, as it has be
come a popular material.
A startling example of the craze for
fur is an Eton of ermine, with sable
collar and rovers. This audacious
jacket Is to be worn with a black vel
vet tailored gown and black velvet
turban, with ermine heads and white
tips as trimming.
The woman who lias cameo anu
various other old-time brooches lu her
possession Is iu luck this season, for
ihey are iu groat demand for the cen
tres of black bows 011 fur and lace
collarettes, and the cameo brooches
make very pretty belt buckles set iu
silver or gold.
An extremely smart hat is of twine
colored Russian guipure, bordered
with black velvet nnd turned up at
the side front, with a large gold buckle
and a handsome black ostrich plume
sweeping over the left side. The crown
ha a soft band of black velvet twisted
around, with three small gold buckles
clasping it at intervals.
Do you know the bishop's puff when
you see itV It is simply the bouffaut
under-sleeve of cream or white chif
fon which issues from the sleeve prop
er midway between the elbow and the
wrist, and is drawn into a tight band
there. The bishop's puff is much long
er than the space it fills, so it billows
over <-n curves and is extremely full
above the wrist band, which is often
ornamented with a of passemen
terie, braiding or velvet ribbon.
HORTICVLTVRAL
Br
Cultivated Orchards the Best.
A prominent horticulturist says: "It
Is the habit of the uncultivated or
chards to overbear at long intervals
when all conditions are favorable. Cul
tivated orchards, on the other hand,
tend to boar more often, but do not
have that tendency to overbear."
A Way to Protect Koses.
Here Is a method of protecting choice
roses that may be worth trying. Take
six shingles, or break a clapboard into
six desired lengths and insert them
in tlie ground 1111 equal distance apart
around each rose bush. Have them
about five inches from the lmse of the
plant so the roots will not be injured,
and see that they all slant In toward
the centre of the plant. Draw up a
quantity of soil around the base of the
bush, or put oil a thiol: mulch of man
ure. Fill in between the bush and
the shingles with leaves or other coarse
material of like substance being
careful not to pack It too thick. When
enough is put in, get a:i old tin pan
or a wide board and set over the tops
of the shingles, placing a stone on this
so it won't be blown off. When com
pleted, we have a rain-proof protec
tion, and one that will admit enough
air to keep the bush in good condition
through the winter. The device 's
within the reach of anyone, and will
be found very satisfactory.
Tho Use of Mulching.
Most strawberry growers put a
covering of some kind upon their
plants as soon as the ground has froz
en, and gardeners use it on kale and
spinach, yet not many know that it is
•f as much valu on currants, rasp
berries and other busi. fruits as on
strawberries. Nor do s every one
seem to understand just what purpose
the mulch is expected to serve. We
have seen some fields mulched already,
although we doubt if the ground lias
been frozen an inch deep. We like to
have it well frozen before anything is
put on the plants. The freezing does
not hurt such plants, out the object
is to prevent too early a start in the
spring, that plants may not begin to
grow, and then be killed down by a
freeze or frost, which may destroy tlie
buds, or at least weaken them so as to
reduce the crop. And the same parties
who mulch too early are likely to re
move it too early, thereby doing more
injury than would be done if they
had not mulched at all. It should not
be taken off until the plants have made
a good growth under it. And many
err in putting it on too thickly or using
material that will pack too closely, so
as to smother tlie plants, which is
Worse in its results than no mulching.
—American Cultivator.
For Early Plants.
Build against tlie south side of some
building tlio addition shown in the cut,
making the sloping portion of green-
A HOTBED FOB EARLT VEGETATION.
house sash. Cut a door through the
side of tlie building for admittance.
Build it now for next spring's use.
In it you can raise early chicks, or
make a hotbed of it for early vegeta
bles. Tlio sides may be of matched
boarding, lined with heavy building
paper. The sides can bo banked with
hay to advantage.—New York Tribune.
To Control tlio San Joso Scalo.
While it may not be possible to ex
terminate San .Tose scale, the insect
can be controlled to a degree that dam
age to our fruit interests will bo re
duced to a minimum. In all climates
similar to that of the Pacific coast,
spraying with a solution of unslaked
lime, thirty parts, sulphur, twenty
parts, anil salt fifteen parts, lias been
found to be very effective. In moister
climates, the best spray is made of
two pounds of whale oil or fish oil
soap dissolved in a gallon of boiling
water. Thoroughly coat tho tree with
this mixture. I'ear and apple trees are
sprayed in tho winter; peach and plum
trees iu the spring. This treatment
will not Injure any tree. Spraying with
kerosene oil is effective, but unless tlie
oil is applied with extreme care great
injury piny result. Precaution should
be taken in spraying young trees, witli
pure kerosene oil, that the oil does not
sink in tlie soil about the roots. This
can lie prevented by making a mound
a few inches high, around the trunk.
In the application of any spray that
lias the strength which kerosene -dl
possesses, it is wise to irst test it upon
some plants that are not valuable, so
that tlie quantity which It is safe to
use may tie determined.—The Agricul
tural Epitomist.
Ten years ago it cost ?"5 per capita
to go from Central Russia to Tomsk
Iberia; to-day the rate is only $9.
SAUSAGES BY THE TON.
New York's Supply Great Now and- Still
Growing.
The sausage is a much-slandered
riand. A man who makes sausages
told a Suu reporter so, and he ought
to know. Moreover, he stoutly in
sisted that he ate his own sausages,
and his wife backed him up in the
statement. Surely one could not ask
further proof that tradition and the
comic papers have been all wrong. The
sausage jokes must be laid away with
the ipossy Jests about mothers-in-law
and latch keys.
"Are all sausages clean and nbove
reproach?" asked the reporter, with
the degree of sadness appropriate to
the passing of an old friend.
The packing-house man grinned.
"Well, there are others," he said
jovially, "but you don't get them in
any decent market. Good butchers and
grocers buy sausage of good firms and
you are safe in buying from them;
but don't you let any one persuade yon
to buy cheap sausage. Ugh!"
Evidently a man in the business
knows the awful possibilities that lurk
in the fdliug of sausage cases.
The amount of fresh sausages con
sumed every day in Greater New
York would make even a German open
his eyes. Every year the demand in
creases, and the packing houses and
private sausage makers turn out more
tons of the dyspepsia breeder. The
country sausage is easily first favorite.
Why it is called country sausage is oue
of the mysteries hidden in the mazes
of nomenclature.
"Why do they call it country saus
age?" asked the reporter.
"Because the hogs were raised in the
country," responded the packing house
man promptly.
Probably that isn't the reason, but it
Is as good as any other. There was a
I time when every farmer made his own
j sausages, just as he cured his own
I hams, and did without fresh meats;
j but that was before the days of re
frigerator cars. To-day the farmer
I buys most of his provisions from the
nearest corner grocery, and the coun
try sausage is a city product.
It's making isn't so fearful and won
derful as one might suppose. One may
watch the process unmoved and eat
sausages for breakfast the next morn
ing without quivering an eyelash. In
the first place, a sausage factory
smells very good indeed. There's a
hint of garlic abroad in the air, but it
goes along with sage and spices and
doesn't make itself more obnoxious
than is absolutely necessary. Then
the cooking pork and the bologna boil
ing in the huge caldrons offer savory
suggestions, and oue looks about for
the apple sauce and the pumpkin pie
that ought to garnish the odor.
Everything in the factory shines in
aggressive cleanliness. The floor is
spotless, the sausage grinders ayd oth
er machinery are dazzling, the work
men are immaculate in white clothes
and caps. The shoulders of pork and
the carefully selected trimmings from
the other cuts are put into the great
grinders, ground and strained. The
| country sausage gets a liberal sprink
ling of salt, pepper and sage and a
dash of cayenne pepper.
Part of it is packed as loose sausage
| meat. The rest is stuffed into eare
j fully cleaned sheep cases or hog cases
and is ready{for market. Nothing
could be swifter and cleaner than the
whole process, and the onlooker is
I bound to regret any qualms he may
! have felt in the earlier days when his
taste for sausage struggled for mas
tery with his faith in the comic papers.
—New York Sun.
S l>rending Insect Epidemics.
The Agricultural Department has
lieen engaged for some time in spread
ing epidemics. It is teaching farmers
the art of starting plagues among
harmful insects, and if bad bugs have
doctors among them those doctors are
going to be kept busy hereafter. Ever
since the discovery of a contagious dis
ease that would decimate the chinch
bug population entomologists have
been working industriously along that
line, and contagion can now he spread
among several varieties of harmful in
sects. A contagious disease similar to
leprosy has been discovered in the
grasshopper family, and experiments
In this State and elsewhere warrant
the belief that it can be made most
efficacious in freeing the farms of that
pest.—Minneapolis Times.
A Fortune in This Thought.
The success of a dull or average
youth and the failure of a brilliant
one is a constant surprise in American
history. But if the different eases are
closely analyzed, we shall find that the
explanation lies in the staying power
of the seemingly dull boy, the ability
to stand firm as a rock under all cir
cumstances, to allow nothing to divert
him from his purpose, while the bril
liant but erratic boy, lacking the rud
der of a firm purpose, neutralizes his
power and wastes his energy by dissi
pating them in several directions,—
Success.
Atchison's Sword SwaHowers.
People who eat witli their knives are
now known as sword swallowers. By
the way, it is a sad commentary ou
tlie slow spread of education when
you see people of apparent intelligence
who have never hoard that eating
with the knife is very bad form, and
not as efficient as eating with the fork
Should "Go Up."
In Germany it is considered neces
sary that a child should "go up" be
fore it goes down in the world, so it is
carried upstairs as soon as born. 11l
ease there are no stairs tlie nurse
mounts a table or chair with the In
fant.
The Shiniest Dime.
One little girl had five little dimes;
She had counted them over a good many
times.
And again and again she had left her play
To plan how to spend them for Christmas
Day.
For papa and mamma and baby boy
And grandpa and grandma would ail enjoy
Her iittle gifts as much as a score
Of other presents that cost far more.
Four of the dimes were dull and old,
But one was shining and new, I'm told;
And once the little girl said to a friend,
"This new one is almost too pretty to
spend."
At last the Christmas shopping was done;
The dimes were spent, yes. every one;
And Annette seemed the happiest girl
alive
As she hurried home with her parcels five.
She had a secret for her mother's ear.
"I bought a nice present for papa, dear,
And for grandpa and grandma and baby,
too;
But I spent the shitiest dime for you!"
—Jessie L. Britton, in St, Nicholas,
A Fox in School,
When a fox is hard pressed it often
loses its head before its brush. Dur
ing a run of the Glamorganshire
hounds, which had a long, stern chase
over moorland and heather to start
with, Reynard was at length brought
to bay. Crossing a stream, lie cleared
the wall of Cowbridge churchyard,
headed down street, and finally bolted
through a window of the grammar
school, the hounds in close pursuit.
The pupils, amazed, did not stop to see
the end, which came soon; for tlie once
wily fox was cornered in the scullery,
and paid with his life for his rashness
in seeking the shelter of a classroom.
Pulling an Elephant's Tooth,
Lately, in the Cily of Mexico, a
mammoth elephant was successfully
relieved of an aching tooth. The tootli
was twelve inches long, the diameter
at the root being no fewer than four
inches. After the swollen gum had
been thoroughly soaked with cocaine,
a three-quarter-inch auger was used to
make a hole through it. To bore
through solid ivory is by no means an
easy task, and tlie veterinary sur
geons had to handle the instruments
in turns.
Even then the .vork was suspended
every pow and again, owing to the an
imal getting wrought up. On these
occasions further doses of cocaine
were injected, and after a couple of
hours' hard work a hole was success
fully drilled through the tooth. A
brief rest was then taken before the
most Important part of the work be
gan. This consisted in running an
iron rod through the hole, the ends of
which protruded about four inches on
either side.
A rope an inch in diameter, which
had been soaked in tar, was then tied
to oacli end of the bar and twisted
about the tooth iu sueli a fashion that
It could not slip. The preparations
were completed by running part of the
rope through a pulley, carrying it out
and attaching it to the traces of four
! strong horses.
i The dramatic momen. came when
| the word svas given to the driver to
| whip up his horses. Crack! crack!
i went the teamster's whip, and with a
j long pull and a strong pull, aceompau
, ied liy plenteous bellowing, out came
the troublesome tooth, Cincinnati
i Enquirer.
The Walking-Stick Insect.
I Nearly every mail brings to tlie edl
j tor of the Nature and Science Depart
ment of St. Nicholas several letters
and small packages from tlio lioys and
girls who want to know the names and
most interesting facts of something
they have recently discovered. There
are also many "want to know" letters
not pertaining to identifying speci
mens.
But even those are not all the In
quiries, Frequently the door-bell rings
and some neighbor's boy or girl has a
"want to know" and a, specimen,
"Hare is a specimen for you," says lit
tle Jeanuie Wliittaker, as she passes
over a liowl covered with a saucer,
and adds: "We found it on the out
side of our screen-door." Carefully
lifting the saucer, I find a live walk
ing-stick insect, that reaches up on tlio
edge of the bowl and looks out, re
minding us of a dog standing with fore
paws upon a fence and looking over
It is a well-named insect, for surely it
looks like a miniature walking-stick
that has acquired life and legs. A
sereeu-door is an unusual place for it;
tlie insect must have been on an ex
ploring tour from tlie fields. While
young these insects are green, and
feed chiefly on grass or tlio leaves of
shrubs and small plants. Later they
go to the trees, preferring chiefly the
oak, anil change their color so tlidy
usually no longer look like the green
grass and branches of small plants,
but like tlio small branches of the
trees, a gray or brown. It is very dif
ficult to see them, so close is the pro
tective resemblance; lint they may tie
obtained in early summer by "sweep
ing" the grass and weeds with an in
sect-net. In late summer or early au
tumn, shake a branch of an oak over
a sheet or Inverted umbrella. They are
so entirely unlike all other insects that
they will be recognized at once, even
by boys and girls who see them for tlio
first time after reading this descrip
tion. While not very plentiful usually,
a few may bo found in almost any
field or forest by a little careful search
ing.
HOW TO WALK.
TOPS Should Not Bo Turned Out —Girl*
Should Not lie Taught to "March."
On analysis all methods of walking
will be found to correspond to three
main types. The Jlrst of these is the
Hexlon or bent-knee gait, which is used
by all uncivilized, sandalled, or moo
easined nations, and also by all per
sons who are obliged to walk long dis
tances in the shortest possible time
over uneven ground. This gait has re
cently been officially .adopted in some
European armies on account of its con
venience for prolonged marching. In
this mode of walking the body always
leans forward to a considerable de
gree, the knees are always held slight
ly flexed, and the whole sole of the
foot comes down to the ground at the
same Instant. This oblique position
of the body, this elasticity of the bent
knee and this perfect play of the arch
of the foot make propulsion easier, the
expenditure of energy becomes less
in consequence, and the endurance of
the walker is enhanced in proportion.
Yet, this flexion gait is not graceful,
and not adapted for women except on
long walking tours.
The second type of walking Is the
straight-leg gait of the soldier on par
ade. In this walk the body is held
erect, the forward foot is fully ex
tended and strikes the ground with
the heel first, the ball of the foot com
ing down next, the other foot swinging
in perfect cadence in front of the first,
the heel again striking the ground first,
etc. There is no question that this
gait, however admirable is inay be
from a military point of view, does not
conform to the standard of womanly
grace. For this reason, and in com
pliance with the principle that abhors
all jerky motion, I would discourage
Hie teaching of marching in girls*
schools and colleges. As a rule, the
result is very ungraceful, the lines of
thumping, shoulder-shrugging girls
walking at a swinging cadence to the
Stirling strains of martial music being
anything but edifying.
The third type is the gait of the pe
destrian on the well-graded surfaces
of our city streets. The great toes
should move in parallel lines, pointing
directly forward; for while the out
ward pointing of the toes is normal in
the passive standing attitude, it is not
normal when the foot is in action. The
walk with toes pointing out has been
thoroughly inculcated Into most of us
by nursery maids, governesses and
dancing masters, and Is the most po
tent factor in the causation of flat-fogt
The foot should be placed on the
ground with the ball of the foot, not
\ylth the heel, first, in order to give
full play to the arch. The knees should
be very slightly bent, just enough to
life the foot.—New York MedicaJ
Record.
An Obataclo to Portrait Painting.
"I'm painting a face," said a por
trait painter, -while conversing on some
of the difficulties of his art. "There is
one thing which I have found abso
lutely Insurmountable. That is deaf
ness. A sitter may be restless, seff-'
Cousgious, unable tc assume a natural
expression, expressionless—there may
be a hundred and one difficulties, hut
all of them except deafness you can
get around in some way. You can sur
prise your subject iuto
make him smile, catch him in all sorts
of ways unawares, and by putting this
ami that together at last get a charac
teristic likeness. Doafuess alone Is
total. You tell one of your best anec
dotes, one which you have used bril
liantly time and time again, and your
subject looks black and says, 'Beg par
don?' You go over to shout the pleas
antry into his ear, and by the time you
get buck to your place again you've
forgotten what fleeting look you wore
trying to cateli or else your subject*!;
face has returned to its passlveness.
Deafness alone is the one tiling which
destroys the mutual sympathy of sit
ter and painter, and the Imfuedlnte
traflsferrence of expression to the can
vas, without which a really good por
trait is impossible."—New York Sun.
A Woman's Itnn k Account,
"Do you know, I have begun to save
money," said a young woman to her
companion on a train on the Erie Rail
road the other evening. "My husband
Increased my allowance $5 a week,
and I am saving every penny of it
putting it in a savings bank and get
ting interest on it. The; country bank
where we live would not allow me any
interest, so I take it in to Now York
just as soon as Harry gives me the
money. I have 920 in bank now."
"How much interest do you get?"
asked her companion.
"Three per cent," was the reply.
"That will be sixty cents in a year,"
continued her companion, "and you
have.made four trsps to New York to
make your deposit. That is forty
cents each time for railroad fare, ten
cents for car fare, and possibly fifty
cents for lunch, so it costs you 94 to
make your deposits."
"You talk just like a man," was the
depositor's indignant comment. "You
don't count the pleasure of walking up
to the hank cleric nud laying down
your deposit Just like a business man.
That is worth a dollar."—New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Aii Electric Automobile llell,
A new electric automobile hell has
been devised. The magnet incloses a
coll, and the hammer is a steel rod,
which has a reciprocating motion
through the ax's of the magnet. The
latter is inclined at a slight angle,
which eavses one end of the rod to
strike one peal, the other end on its
return striking the opposite hell. As
they are differently tuned, the tone
produced is harmonious. The hell can
be controlled by pushes on the ends of
the controlling lever.