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To offset tho shortage in potatoes
the peach crop kindly omitted its
usual failure this year.
It has just been discovered that
epilepsy is causod by a microbe. We
shall soon hear of the microbe of love, j
and the microbes of hunger and thirst
Even lumber appears to be subject
to contagion; at least experienced lum
bermen say that in the process of sea
soning wood should be occasionally
replied and decayed or defective pieces
removed, lest they infect the others.
The Philadelphia Times remarks
that if England is buying American
elevators and Spain Is purchasing Yan
kee cars, we are countenancing royal
Institutions to the extent at least of
establishing heralds' colleges over
here.
It Is announced from Faris that the
clever chemists of the Pasteur insti
tute have succeeded in producing food
stuffs from absolutely inorganic mat
ter, and if the report be true the time
may come when a man can live on
rocks if the wheat supply fails.
Rear Admiral Melville's idea of set
ting casks afloat to determine wheth
er there is an ocean current across the
north pole Is a hopeful one. The
casks .are merely to be filled with
shavings, and there will be no need
of organizing expeditions to rescue
them when they get lost.
New Zealand has decided that It
would bo prejudicial to her interests
to enter the Australian common
wealth. The question was reported
upon adversely by an investigating
commission, and the report was af
terward confirmed by the New Zealand
parliament. The proposal will hardly
be revived ayain for several years.
A train robbery in Minnesota and
the hold-up of a stage coach in the Ad
irondack's, both having occurred on the
same day, constitute gentle reminders
of the fact that the road agents are
still with, us and gaining a precarious
living from their nefarious business.
The wonder is not that such things
happen, but that they are not of more
irequent occurrence in a country des
titute of an efficient, rural police. The
comparative infrcquency of road rob
beries under the circumstances testi
fies to the law abiding character of
tho American people.
The passion for pie cannot be float
ed or abated by the jeers and gibes
of satirists and fun makers opines the
Now York Tribune. New York City is
almost as insatiable as New England
in its craving for this savory delight
of the palate. Companies which pro
duce and distribute pies in vast quan
tities and of every imaginable kind
are now flourishing on an extensive
scale. The wagons of these companies
are among tho neatest and most taste
ful of the business vehicles seen in
our streets. Fancies in food may
change to some extent, but the sale of
pies among the masses shows no fall
ing off.
Gutta Percha Getting Scarce.
Counsel Atwell of Roubaix writes
that the scientists in France are now
engaged upon the problem of acclima
tizing the Isonandra gutta, the tree
which produces gutta-percha, indis
pensable to the construction of subma
rine cables. It seems that no other
product known at prosent replaces the
gutta-percha found in the forests of
♦he Malay Peninsula and In certain
districts in Malacca. Inferior quali
ties have not the requisite durability
for submarine use. The plantations
in Clio above mentioned districts have
been so ruiniously exploited by the na
tives. who uproot full-grown trees and
cut young plants before they come to
maturity, that it is feared that thero
will be a shortage in the supply of this
quality of gutta-percha in the course of
15 years, unless means arc taken to
protect the forests or to propagate tiw
plants els where.
UTILITY.
Your toiler may not overtake
His proud ambition's goal,
Hut by a word or deed may wake
t'omo stronger, worthier soul.
And though in tales of peaee and war
Obscurely he must rest,
There is no real failure for
The man who does his best*
| FOR ELLA'S SAKE, j
# i\
EY n. MACKENZIE. q
"What have you got to say to me?'"
"Nothing."
"Why did you send for me?"
A flush of red rose to her face. "I
thought, yesterday, when I wrote, that
i had something to say, but now—"
"You have changed your mind, Miss
Austin? That is a woman's privilege
and you have used it ruthlessly."
"Yes, I know. Forgive me. I
meant to do my best."
He frowned and his expression wns
not good to see.
"Her best." And this is what she
had done
Last spring ho had thought himself
one of the happiest men alive, engaged
to be married to this girl, Eva Aus
tin; he loved her passionately and be
lieved her to be the ideal type of
womanhood, high principled, truthful,
gentle—in fact, almost faultless.
One day, a few mouths ago, she
had written to break off her engage
ment, a short letter which was a mas
terpiece of polite reserve and femi
nine cruelty. She regretted if she
bad caused him any pain—Oh, yes, re
grets cost nothing—she was conscious
of the honor that he had paid her *
* - she wished to remain his l'rieud
• * she returned his ring.
Captain Humphrey traveled many
miles to demand an explanation of his
affianced wife. Ho was refused admit
tance, liis letters were returned un
opened by her sister—Eva was ill and
could not write. Tho truth stared him
in the face; in plain English he had
been hopelessly jilted. Then he vowed
to forget Eva Austin's existence and
congratulated himself upon his free
dom from domestic ties.
Today, as he stood in the parlor of
the hotel to which she had summoned
him, he had so far overlooked his
determination to forget her existence
lhat his anger was waxing fierce
against her. Why had she brought
him here? To bo made a fool of a
second time? No, and a thousand
times no.
"If you did your best. Miss Austin,
may I ask what your worst would
hate been?"
She moved quickly, almost as it he
had struck her.
"I cannot explain. If you know liow
It all happened you would perhaps
believe—you might perhaps think a lit
tle better of me."
He stood bolt upright, speechless.
He was struggling with his pride; in
his heart of hearts he was longing to
take her in his arras, to tell her that
for him she was the only woman in
the world, with all her faults.
Her faults. They were unpardona
ble.
"I should bo glad to think well of
any lady," he said at last, lightly,
"more especially of a lady who once
honored me wilh her friendship."
"Yes," she said gently, "it was lie
cause of that friendship that I wrote.
I had a favor to ask you. Now —it is
not necessary. lam sorry."
There was a brief silence, then she
said:
"Thero are changes in our family.
Ella is going to be married; the en
gagement. is very sudden, it was only
settled this morning."
(Ella was the younger sister of
whom he had so often been jealous
in those forgotten days.)
"Allow mc to congratulate."
He bowed and turned to go; the in
terview was a farce.
At the door she stopped him. "Do
you start —tomorrow?"
"Yes."
"Goodby. We, that is Ella and 1,
wish you a happy return."
Considering their former intimacy,
this was barely tho farewell that good
manners demanded, nothing more.
His hand was on the lock. Some
thing else she said, her voice was al
most inaudible, "I will pray for you."
He shut tho door quietly, there
should ha no melodramatic display of
temper on his part Arrived at the
bottom of the stairs, he missed his
hat. Had he left his purso or hi 3
watch In that room, no power on earth
would have sent him back—but hi 3
hat.
He ran back hastily and knocked.
There was no answer. So much the
better. lie entered the room and
seized his property. Turning to go,
he heard the rustle of draperies. She
was there, standing on the spot where
he had left her, with her hands
clasped to Ker face.
* * •
Under the cold star lit sky he had
lain for hours. The fight was over.
In tbe distance he could discern the
figures of the wounded and tho dead.
The victory was with his men—so
much he knew before he fell. And
now, patience. They would find him
by and by. If not, then the end could
not be far off, not very far. Patience.
The stars flickered and faded. He saw
a room, with pale pink walls, flowers,
a work basket on the table—nothing
escaped his notice. Eva was there,
she had on a gray dress and a gold
chain round her nock.
Were there tears ip her eyes? There
were tears in his. "I will pray for
you."
That is what she said at parting,
Mid he had pretended not to hear. He
sow her again praying for the man j
who had not condescended to accept j
her good wishes.
11l tho old days he had often smiled ■
at her earnestness, and called her a j
little Puritan; in later times he had j
raged at her as a hypocrite.
Do hypocrites look like that?
What did it matter what lie called j
her? His one wish now was that she j
should know that he died blessing her. !
With infinite difficulty ho found his j
pocket'oook and wrote her name on the !
flyleaf. His hand trembled; before
the pencil slipped from his grasp he j
scrawled feebly, "God bless you, Eva." j
* • • •
The orderly brought a bundle of let
ters into the shed which had been ;
hastily converted into a hospital. The j
men crowded eagerly round him; even |
Captain Humphrey, who was "danger- :
ously" wounded, turned an anxious
face toward the messenger.
The captain recognized the shape
and color of the envelope that was
brought to his bedside; the handwrit
ing. too, was familiar. It was Eva
Austin's.
"Now that I am happily married I
must free my conscience and tell you j
our secret Think as badly of me as
as you can. Eva sacrificed herself for |
mo. I told her that I cared for you, ;
that is why she wrote that letter. Af- j
terward, when she was ill, I sent back j
your letters without her knowledge." j
The lines jumped up and down be- j
fore tho sick man's eyes; lie read on: j
"Eva wanted to put things right be- J
tween you and me; that is why she !
sent for me before you left. Didn't
you guess? She found out her mis- I
take before you came and took all the j
biame on herself to shield me. You
will never forgive me, I shouldn't, but
I can't boar to think that you are still j
misjudging her."
* • * •
he pull through, doctor?" ,
asked a young officer that night. He j
It was who had found tho captain
and brought him into shelter.
"Pull through? Yes, now his mind' 3 !
at rest."
"What's he been worrying about?" j
"What do we all worry about, eh?" |
The officer did not answer —he
wasn't going to tell his secrets to tho
wily doctor.
"The first night he wanted to risk j
his life writing or dictating letters j
home. Now, I think he's satisfied
with the news that today's mail ;
brought him. Look at him."
"He's asleep," said the other-in a
whisper; "and say, doctor, he's got a
letter tucked away under his pillow." ,
—American Queen.
RIDING IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.
How It Keels to Cnzo Through Coggleß on
n taiuhcnpe That Hushes at You. I
Until tho other day my experiences i
of motor riding had not been worth ;
mentioning. I had heen on a motor, 1
of course, both here and over tho way,
and I had seen something of its capa- ,
bilities of upsetting, not merely my- j
self and other people, but the idoa
I had entertained of the relations of ,
time And space. Still, the most I had i
seen a motor do in tho vicinity of
Paris had been done at the rate o£ .
two-something miles an hour, while, j
in liondon, where, as yet, its per- >
formal.ces are viewed with a less in
dulgent. eye, one-something per hour
had been about its record. However, 1
I had been offered the opportunity of
seeing the veteran fairly "extended,"
as one used to say of a horse; and, I
as I am still fond of new experiences, !
I closed with the offer.
The first thing I learned was that i
you cannot ride a motor, when cxten- j
sien is contemplated, without acer- j
tain prescribed mode of habiliment: i
and thus, I presently found myself in I
goggles and a Tapped cap, constructed ,
to tie under the chin, and a water- .
proof jumper. In tills guise I was pro- !
nounced ready for the road and we <
took it It is unnecessary to recount
what tho particular road was that we j
took to. Suffice it that at that ma- i
tutinal hour we had it pretty well to j
ourselves and that its condition was !
not unfavorable to free and easy loco
motion. So, from one-something the
motor got into two-something, and
that process ol' extension was gradu
ally continued, until, from the indica- I
tion afforded by the milestones, I con
cluded she must be doing nearer four
somathing than three.
I have an idea that somebody else,
who looked like a mounted county po
liceman, arrived at much the same
conclusion, s.nd was rather inclined to
tell us so. Plowever, he thought
better of it, for we certainly
left him. as who should say, standing
still. Wo Deemed to leave a good
many people like that. And yet trees
and houses rather rushed at us, and
tho landscape generally took to be
having in the way you will find re
corded in the late laureate's "Amphi
on." The use of goggles, a cap, a wa
terproof jumper and apron were now
quite satisfactorily explained to me.
The use of tobacco had evon earlier
become first inadvisable, then impos
sible. Any exchange of remarks was
attended with • the inconvenience
which arises from abnormal pressuro
on tho respiratory organs; and there
was present to a marked degree that
titilation of the spinal cord which
sometimes has the effect of making
people seasick.
I observed my automedon cock his
eye at mo, inquiringly, now and
again, but ills expectations, if he had
any, were not realized. Mine were. I
had expected a certain amount of ex
citement, and when we reached our •
destination a few minutes before our
scheduled time, I was free to confess
that I had it. All the same. I doubt
whether I am likely to find my ideal
of motion in a motor, yet awhile.—
Pall Mall Gazette
I A. FAMOUS "LOST MINE."
!
OLD PROSPECTORS FOND OF DIS
; CUSSING THE WHITE CEMENT.
| I>!%ciivorod by Old Sinn White, Who I>is
|>l>eaie(l Willi (lie Secret or Iln I.ocn
-1 tion— failure ot a Keliemo to I.enrn ItA
j Whereabouts Proof ol' lis lilcllliess.
j The most popularly discussed lost
mine among the miners in the Rocky
I mountain camps, especially those in
northern New Mexico, i 3 the White
j Cement A few old miners who knew
White personally still remain in the
Rock mountains, and their narrative
j of the excitement he caused when he
j showed his rich specimen chunks of
j gold ore is always heard with inter-
I est. It is safe to say that several thou-
I sand men have, at one time or anoth
er, hunted for the White Cement mine.
The late millionaire silver king, Nat
C. Creede of Colorado, spent a year
in trying to find it.
White was a New Englander, GO
years old, who wa3 in California in
1842. As a gold seeker ho was known
j and talked about in every mining camp
i on the coast, and stories were told of
j his phenomenal luck. He, no doubt,
| made several small fortunes, but was
j always poor and prospected about with
a lean mujp and a halfbreod Indian
j boy, getting supplies where he could.
I Many people thought he was slightly
j demented, but he undoubtedly knew
; more about the gold region than any
man living.
| One day in July, 18G8, White came
| into Horse Head gulch from northern
! New Mexico, driving his mule and
looking utterly used up. Ho got
| something to eat. Some one bantered
j him about his vain searches for a
I mine.
"Well, just look at that," said old
| White, handing out several pieces of
I what looked like hard, white clay,
j glittering with specks of metal, hut
1 White suddenly became mum, and put
j ting his specimens in his bag, went out
j to find an assayer.
j Before night it was known in camp
| that White's specimens showed 1000
j ounces of gold to tho ton. Everybody
went wild. Nobody slept that night,
hut sat around the fires and talked
j "Cement." In the morning a party
i headed by Senator Sharon's brother
' Henry called on White, who was
1 sleeping in one of the shaek3. He
; was told that l:e must pilot the men
I to his find. He could have the pick
of the claims, but go he must, and on
his refusal was warned that his life
j would be worthless if he "stood off"
j tho camp. For a long time White gave
excuses and aeclared he did not know
) where to lead the men to the find. But
I when the miners showed that they
l really would kill him if he didn't show
| them where he (jot his specimens he
I finally consented.
i A crazier mining camp was never
| known. Men in Horse gulch, who wore
a little credulous and not desirous of
following White over 300 miles from
1 camp were offered SIOOO and SI2OO
' each for their camp outfits, consist
ing of picks, shovels, kettles, pans,
; greasy old blankets, a bushel of beans
| and two jackasses. But in two days
' there wa3 no outfit to be bought in
' the whole gulch mining camp. Ev
! cry one wanted his own outfit.
! Tho trail led across the Rockies. It
' was a very difficult journey, even for
I the old miners, who seemed never to
know what physical fatigue meant. It
led along rocky trails, up and down
j canons, and across mountain crests,
j Tho first day was a race, and two
-1 thirds of the men broke down. The
j Indian leaped ahead like a wolf, and
! then White followed, his long gray
! hair flying in the wind. Dy the end
] of the second day the party was in
; the heart of tho mountains, in a des
ert where no human being had ever
: been before. Many of tho animals
| wore lost and tho men wero haggard
; with fatigue and excitement White
I was told if he played false he was a
| dead man, but he still pointed east
j ward.
| The old man led his aching, thirst
| ing and wornout followers into a
! blind canon, nearly cn the boundary
; between New Mexico and Colorado.
| There everyone was glad to take a
| rest by the side of a brook,
j "Boys, we'll bo there tomorrow. It's
about 35 miles over that way," said
White, pointing to the no: thwest. "I've
got a little off my trail, but now I've
got my bearings. You'll be the rich
est of any miners alive when you got
over where I'm pointin'."
A ringing yell went up from the
men, tired and almost famished though
they wero. The camp fire wan made,
supper was cooked and eaten, tho
stock was fed, and every one but old
White ley down in blankets to sleep
and dream of wealth.
"I guess I'll go and see about my
horsea I'm too nervous to sleep, now
that I know I am near to tho biggest
tiling on earth," said the old miner, as
ho went down tho car.yon to where tho
I horses were picketed for tho night.
Every one in camp slept like a log.
When daylight carue no one could find
Tvnite. His horse was gono, too. A
maddened lot of raon tried to trail him
hut they could not follow the old fel
low in that region for more than a few
miles.
A council was held. It was real
ized that the old man had duped his
followers. For weeks the country
where White had said he had found
ilia rich specimens was vainly pros
pected over and over. Not a trace of
rock like that White had shown could
he found. About one-half of tho par
ty, after Incredible suffering, got back
, 1o life and civilization, and yet despite
. their story 100 men started back over
the trail two days after.
Three years later White reappeared
in Rait Lake City with his Cement
specimens as before, incredibly rich.
and agaiii disappeared and frcm that
time to this has never heen heard of.
He lent SOO,OOO to a Mormon ranchman
cf Provo, Utah, and never went to get
interest or principal. The White Ce
ment i 3 Btill one of the Rocky rnoun l
tain miners' dreams.
SOME ART IN THE VMX FICURES.
.' killed Workmen Kept I>uy Dime Mu
setiiin and Their I'roiluct.
Although wax-works have heen a
synonym for uncouthnoss and angular
ity over since the days of Mr?. Jarley,
the men who make them nowadays are
somewhat trained in art, and in the
intervals of their work sometimes turn
out statuettes or decorative pieces of
decided merit. So far as the designer
is concerned, it really matters little
whether his composition is finaliy to
take shape in marble, bronze or wax.
He first makes a rough miniature
sketch in modelling wax, then a full
sized statue in clay, from which a
piaster mould is taken and the work
men do the rest. The hot wax is poured
inside the mould to the thickness of
a quarter of an inch qr so, hacked
up with the remelted wax from old
disused figures. The body is of hol
low papier macho, and the limbs, if
they are to be movable, of wood; if
not, of paper, or if they are to show
when the figure is dressed, of wax.
Finishing the face is the most deli
cate work. The eyes, of course, are
of glass, and the lashes around them
are planted one at a time with forceps.
The teeth, when the lips are to ha
opened, are exactly the same as these
used by dentists to replace the natural
ones. Human hair is so cheap just
now that it no longer pays to use an
gora or any of the other Institutes
cnee employed. The cheap grades of
real hair it is interesting to note, come
from China, and are genuine pigtails
in fact. The hair is all black and
straight a3 a yardstick at first, but it
is bleached and dyed in any tint de
sired, and can be crimped more or
less, though artists have never suc
ceeded in making it look naturally
wavy.
Designers make a sharp distinction
between the figures used for displays
and advertising and those used for
other purposes, museums, for instance.
"When you work for advertising,"
said one, "the more beautiful and the
less iilce nature you get it, the better
it is, hut for a museum they like it
better the less beautiful and the more
like nature it is." The regular muse
ums have modellers of their own, so
outside houses get only occasional jobs.
Models of freaks, such as two-legged
boys, armless and legless men, or pink
eyed albinos, are among the mo3t com
mon articles made to order. The faces
of public men are sometimes wanted,
too. As a rulo this class of business
is looked down upon. "Dime museums
pay dime prices and they get dime
work," said a veteran dcigner.
The dealers are kept at work mak
ing new designs as fast as the old ones
can be imitated. One house sent out
GO new models in the past season. In
former years, a third or a fourth of
that number would suffice, as SOO or
1000 copies were sometimes made from
the same mould, and sent out to cities
in different parts of the country.
It is not always dime museums, how
ever, that try to get something for
nothing. Advertisers often order spe
cial figures or groups, agreeing to rent
them for a certain length of time, hut
leaving them afterwards for the maker
to pay for by renting them again, if
he can. A group showing Faust, Mar
guerite and Mephlatopheles WP.S once -
made for a linen house at a cost of
s£oo or more. The first month's rental
was $250. The owner kept it seven
years, and then, despairing of ever
finding any one else who wanted the
group, broke it to piece 3. A most elah
orate half life size group representing
Aurora, Goddess of Morning, in her
chariot, was made some years ago un
der a similar contract, and is to be
hod now on easy terms. Another man
ufacturer has on his hands a mammoth
mechanical water illy which is sup
posed to open and shut at intervals by
electricity, revealing a beautiful fe
male within. This has been rented
four times, but it always broke down.
—New York Post
Tlio UendJy T!ir#e-T-af*f| Vlnr.
A certain little city in Illinois has
suffered so much from the poison ivy
that it 3 city council ha 3 empowered
one of its officials to hire a force of
men whose special duty it shall bo
to rid the community of the pest. It
is said that at one time there were
200 cases of ivy-poisoning la the
place.
It seems strange that any commun
ity should suffer to such an extent
frcm a cause that may ho so easily
avoided. It is, of course, the poison
ous vine's resemblance to the Vir
ginia creeper that makes His trouble,
and yet a more glance at It ought to
stow the difference, for the creeper
has clustors of five leaves while the
ivy has clusters of three. Besides,
the creeper bears purple berries, while
those of the ivy are white.
The best way to get rid of ivy—
I which grows and runs rapidly, and is
I very tenacious of life—is to pull it
! up by the roots and burn it in a
| field. There are some pooplo that are
i not poisoned by it, and the work
| should be done by them; and even
I they should handle the plant a3 little
j as possible, and avoid inhaling the
I smoke when they bnrn it. They
! should wear special clothing for the
! work, and wash the hands several
I times a day In a solution of sugar of
1 lead in a weak grade of alcohol, cny,
GO to 73 percent proof. This solution
may also be used with good effect by
those that have been poisoned by the
i vine.—Philadelphia Record
SHOP TREATMENT OK BURNS.
Cocaine, Ulno and Glycerine, and Diluio
I'lcrlc Acietl
In foundries, blacksmith chops and
other places where workmen are liable
to suffer severe burns, it is well to
keep on hand a preparation whi :h will
givo relief as promptly as p -~iblo.
j The American Machinist reproduces
■ some advice on this point from the
\ columns of a foreign publication. La
; Chronique Industrieke. On account
of the (.annate of iron in certain hinds
of ink, it is common to apply 'thi3
fluid in emergencies, but the practice
is open to objection. While the tan
nate may do good, it is often as;, jciat
| ed with impurities which are iikely
I to work harm. It is better to have
' something like one of these live prep
arations:
Cocaine pomatum. On the burned
region is applied the following: Hy
drochiorate of cocaine, 1 gramme: aris
tol (biniodic thermol), 4 grammes;
olive oil, 20 grammes; lanollne, 75
grammes. Repeat the application
every two hours until the pain is sup
pressed.
i Olco-caicis-carbonaio liniment: Hy-
I drated quickiimo (slaked lime) 100
grammes; powdered sugar, 200
grammes: glycerine, 200 grammes;
water 1000 grammes; add to 100
grammes of the above mixture 200
grammes of arachie acid and agitato
them in a large mouthed flask. Thus
you obtain a liniment having consid
erable constituency which can advan
tageously ho used for dressing burns,
of which it hastens and regularizes
healing.
Another liniment: Slaked lime, 20
grammes; powdered sugar, 40
grammes; distilled water, 20 grammes;
glycerine, 40 grammes. Leaves of cot
ton wadding are moistened with the
mixture and applied upon the regions
of the burns.
Another liniment: Lime water and
linseed oil, each 50 grammes. Mix by
agitating. A compress saturated with
this mixture is applied to tho burn.
This is covered with other coid com
presses, and if noed be with a rubber
bag of ice.
New remedy: This is a remedy
which advantageously replaces the old
formulas. It is employed at the Hos
pital St Louis. When any one is
burned from whatever cause, immedi
ately apply compresses kept constant
ly moistened with the following solu
tion: Picric acid, 10 grammes; water,
1000 grammes. The pain will gradu
ally become less acute and the slough
which may form will be driven off.
The yellow stains of picric acid may bo
removed with carbonate of litliia.
A Cure for Nuughtllieta. ' *
I Conscientious parents realize it is
i necessary to encourage good impulses
I and also to train the child's moral
nature through the education of his
' faculties; but it is hard to convince
i them that in respoct of those venial
J faults most children exhibit quite ear
j iy neglect is better policy than disci
| piine.
! Many times a child who accidentally
j finds naughtiness an interesting ex
! periment would quickly weary of it
j if it wero not for the commotion it
makes in the family. To become an
offender is to become important, and
nothing Is more agreeable to young or
old than that. One is liable in times
of tedium to attract attention in some
way. even if it involves making one's
self odious. Tne desire for notoriety
j is. in its incipient form, simply a de
j termination to become the centre of
| something, and children show it as
I often and even more frankly than
j their elders.
J Is it not then desirable io make a
j child's small attempts at intra;"r.biil-
I ty dull affairs to him, so that he shall
| forget them? Every act that we re
i member well we Incline to do again,
and the best thing that ran happen to
] children is to have oil their good acts
1 marked by red letters, while their
j minor offenses are dropped into the
gulf of forgntfulness.—Florence Hull
Winterbum, in Woman's Home Com
panion.
r>oh wtth Hiding riaeiw.
j A desk manufacturer says that in
| the last year he has received more or
i ders for desks with hidden springs
• and secret compartments than in the
I 10 preceding years put together. Some
J of them nave Intricate mechanism, and
] by pushing secret buttons the wails
i are made to fly open and narrow crev
ices are revealed.
As to the cause for this new demand
j for hidden nooks and crannies in desks
j he is able to givo no satisfactory ex
| pianatlon. It would seem, however,
| that the man of affairs finds himself
| tho possessor of secrets so grave that
i not even the stenographer is allowed
to share them and that the common
roll top desk is forced to give way to
the intricate, many panelled contriv
ance which alone is able to hide im
portant papers from the prying eyes
of clerks and oflce boys.
"Accepting this theory as plausible,"
said the manufacturer, "it would logi
! cally follow that women sre burdened
j with more than their share of secrets
i for fully two-thirds of these cornbina
! tion desks are intended for female
customers. Why they are going to
i take the pains of locking up incrim
inating documents while their tongues
are still at liberty is another puzzle,
but then the fad earors of the myste
rious ail the way through, and the
j feminine phaso of the situation is in
j keeping with the rest of the circum
stances."—New York Sun.
ni.elnlino for A ni1,,,"..
"Russian ideas are not all so bad."
, "For instance?"
"Well, in Russia when a man writes
an improper book the czar makes him
chew It up and swallow it."