I. MOO Tunics on Gowns.
Lace tunics are appearing largely
rtin evening gowns they are a capital
way of renovating a skirt the thicker
the lace the more a la mode. A regret
table feature in the modes of the mo
ment is the wearing of gowns that are
suited for evening in the morning, and
now satin shoes, with lace-trimmed
stockings, are to be seen at many of
our fashionable resorts. All stiffening
is vanished from skirt linings, except
just at the elbow, skirts at the hem.
A "Face" Kook.
At five o'clock teas and Sunday ev
ening suppers it is now the proper
thing to have a face book. What is
a face book? It is a collection of
sheets of drawing paper bound togeth
-1 or and covered in coarse linen of any
hue one fancies —brilliant blue, rich
scarlet or dainty violet. If a clever
,- sketch in black adorn the front, so
A much the better.
' v In the face book each guest Is
asked to draw a head of some sort.
Man, woman, child, animal —it does
not matter what it is, or whether the
guest can draw at all. If he or she
draws badly, so much the better. —
New York Tribune.
Droimnnkflr't Device.
Invention has again made life eas
ier for the feminine element. Two
classes by a little clever contrivance
are glad. Dressmakers, as well as
their patrons, rejoice at a whirling
platform that is to save both much
weariness of spirits and physical
strength.
The new device is from masculine
hands, and is a low revolving plat
form, just a step higher than the floor.
This stand can bo mov<jd around at
. will by the litter when draping or ar
• ranging the proper length of skirt on
a customer. By this device the litter
avoids the too frequent "Please turn
around, madam," and Is also enabled
to change from one side to the other
without crowling around. It's really
an ideal device lor dressmakers' use.
I'rlncesn Victoria of Germany.
She has many things which other
royal children have not, and she is
adored as falls to the lot of few girls,
royal or otherwise.
She has for a father the powerful
Kaiser, ruler of the German Empire.
She has six elder brothers.
Her mother is the most amiable of
women.
Her uncles and cousins are upon
nearly every throne in Europe.
She is the pet of the Emperor, who
is never happy unless she is by his
U|£ide.
To please this little daughter, whose
years number only half a score, the
Kaiser has had playthings sent to her
from all over Europe. She owns every
kind of a mechanical doll, and as she
is very fond of music she has been
given every musical toy that is made.
The little Princess is an excellent
musician and plays the piano beauti
fully. She has the German's love of
music and picks out all the airs of the
day by ear.
While not, strictly speaking, a beau
ty, she is a very pretty little girl and
her blond type is much admired in
Berlin. The Princess is of a very sweet
disposition and is the pet of the castle,
for even the servants make much of
her. She is fond of all her brothers,
hut likes the Crown Prince the beat.
Often she is seen by his side in the
< handsome turnout which be calls his
own. The Princess goes to school and
studies with six other little girls,
daughters of the ladies of the German
court. —Philadelphia Inquirer.
Women a. Vnrin.r*.
The farmers of Pennsylvania are
vleing with one another in their flat
tery of Mrs. J. Albert Zepp, Mrs. An
drew L. Geiman and Mrs. H. A. Gar
rett. These three women have car
ried off this year agricultural honors
that have fallen hitherto to males
alone.
The three live near Hanover. Mrs.
Zcpp' feat was the raising of a tomato
stalk that bore, during the summer,
no less than 300 tomatoes. The staik
bad four branches, each eight feet In
length. It often had 40 tomatoes on
it at one time. Mrs. Zepp is distrib
uting the seeds of this wonderful
plant generously. Even the applica
tions of strangers she accedes to, pro
) vided that stamps are enclosed.
♦ Mrs. Geiman has raised a pumpkin
that weighs 93 pounds. This tremen
dous vegetable is sound, shapely, and
of a deep gold color. When Mrs.
Geiman, who is short, stands behind it
she is almost obscured. History has
no record of a pumpkin bigger than
this. Mrs. H. A. Garrett, on her hus
band's farm, has grown a red beet that
weighs ten pounds. The beet is on ex
hibition at the Garrett residence, and
dozens of skeptical persons call daily
to look at it and to see it weighed.
The men of Pennsylvania have lit
tle this year to boast of beside the wo
men. Henry Redcay, of Lansdale,
heads the men. He raised this year
an egg plant that is seven feet, three
and one half in eircumfenence, and
two feer, two and one half inches in
diameter. Mr. Redcay's friends claim
' that this is the biggest egg plant ever
grown in Pennslyvania, while even
bis enemies admit that none so big
was ever grown within a radius of 50
miles—Philadelphia Record.
To Ktep Clei*n Kxpemilve.
Few people realize that, as a nation,
<t is costing us more every year to
"keep clean." We may cut down ex
penses In every way but tills one. It
never occurs to the gentlewoman or
gentleman, however, to consider the
possibility of curtailing the "expense
of keeping clean."
As a nation we are the cleanest.
Foreigners are inclined to think we
are extremists in this particular. The
English consider the horning bath
part of the daily routine, but the ne
cessity for frequent changes of under
wear is not so apparent to them as a
nation as to us.
The French are extravagant in the
matter of clean and beautifully laun
dered underclothes, but they draw the
line, as a rule, at the daily bath.
With each year we as a people are
giving more attention to the details
of keeping ourselves spotless. At the
same time woman Is wearing more
lace-trimmed lingerie, fancy shirt
waists and gowns, to say nothing of
stocks and ties, than ever before.
Thus her laundry bills are steadily in
creasing, since bedraggled petticoats,
rumpled stocks and shirt waists are
not to be tolerated.
The man who views woman in her
airy summer costumes and reflects
on how little a year it requires to
keep such a dainty, simply-gowned
goddess, will And how mistaken his
ideas are on the subject of her econo
mies if ho undertakes the life task of
paying her laundry bills and provid
ing the perishable, flimy garments
she wears.
Her shirt waist, for instance, once
so simple in construction, has devel
oped into one of the most expensive
articles in a woman's wardrobe. Ori
ginally it could' be laundered for 10
cents. Gradually it became more com
plicated, until this season the lace and
embroidered affairs make not only a
large hole in a woman's pocketbook
as an initial outlay, but constitute a
weekly expense of no inconsiderable
amount.
An embroidered linen waist, per
fectly plain in cut, might cost J3O. Ad
ditional frills are still more expensive.
From 50 cents to $1 will bo required
to cover the laundry bill for one of
those fancy waists. The smart woman
who prides herself upon her immac
ulate appearance will pay from two
to three dollars each week to the
laundry for her shirt waists alone.
Instead of ruffles and tuckings and
hand embroidery, women to-day are
wearing lace-trimmed underwear. In
proportion to the fineness of the mus
lin and lace the price for laundering
went up. But that fact does not lead
to economy in the matter of fancy
lingerie. This seasonte fad of "tub
gowns" has been a bonanza for the
steam and hand laundries. For the
American girl must be spotless, re
gardless of expense.
No greater proof of the growing
cost of keeping clean can be given
than in the success of the steam laun
dries to he found in every town In the
United States. They have increased in
numbers in the ratio of 10 to one. The
prices charged by them soon doubles
the original cost of the garment, and
the treatment it receives at the hands
of Inexperienced workers rapidly re
duces it to an unwearable condition.
Yet the American woman goes serene
ly on her way, buying new gowns, pay
ing big laundry bills, devoting hours
to the bath, economizing, if need be,
in every way except on the one item—
the "expense of keeping clean." —Chi-
cago Record Herald.
Ostrich tips are used on handsome
hats for children.
Flowing sleeves prevail for both
street and house wear.
Taffeta tabs turn back over the Lib
erty neck ruffs in battlemented effect.
Guipure laces, especially in black,
are noted on the new hats and dre3-
Cape-like flares fall over the sleeves
of a certain smart blouse for street
wear.
Roses aro caught under the brims of
French picture hats with exquisite
effect.
A novel stiff hat has a black silk
beaver crown and a stitched white
silk brim.
Authorities say velveteens will be
very good style. There are certainly
fine qualities.
Narrow, over-lapping frills of
pinked taffeta face hat brims with
splendid effect.
Elaborate blouses are daintily beau
tified by means of Val. insertions con
necting diamond insets of the same
dainty lace.
Lorgnette chains of irregular coral
may be worn by women, or, two or
three times around the neck, they
serve for little girls.
A safety hat pin is one of the sea
son's noveltieß. It differs only from the
regulation type by the addition of an
ornamental cap, which is adjusted to
the point of the pin after It has been
slipped through the hat.
One of the newest designs in fancy
hair combs is of blond tortoise shell,
inlaid with peacock design in bril
liants; another is ornamented with
a trellis fork of brilliants and tur
quoise, a third is inlaid with gold in
strikingly pretty effect.
Cape collars of every conceivable
style and depth enter into the finish
of almost every imported gown in
sight while the sleeves, very close at
the top, just below tho point of the
shoulder, continue the line by swell
ing out into varied proportions below
the elbow.
•Johnny'* Kxplanatlon.
Nurse was reading nature stories of thd
chickens, ducks and geese.
"Johnny, tell me, what's a gander?"
asked she with a smile of peace.
Little Johnny looked up quickly, all his
fancy turning loose,
As he answered, smiling proudly, "It's the
rooster of the goose."
—Judge.
"Very Simple.
A rather simple looking lad halted
before a blacksmith's shop on his way
home from school, and eyed the do
ings of the proprietor with much in
terest.
The brawny smith, dissatisfied with
the boy's curiosity, held a piece of red
hot iron under the youngster's nose,
hoping to make him beat a hasty re
treat.
"If you'll give me half a dollar I'll
lick it," said the lad.
The smith took from his pocket
half a dollar and held it out.
The simple looking youngster took
the coin, licked it, and slowly walked
away whistling.—Chums.
Game of Knuckle Rone*.
Hold live dice in your hand, throw
them ill the air and catch as many as
possible on the back of your hand,
adding their numbers. Next, a die —
the "dab"—is selected and thrown in
to the air. Before it 1B caught one of
the other dice on the ground must be
picked up. The remaining dice are
picked up one by ono and laid down in
the same manner. The dab must he
caught only in the right hand, and
must touch nothing but that hand.
There are thirteen "stages" in the
game, in addition to the opening stage
just described. This is known as "be
ginnings." The greater part of tho
throws are too difficult for boys and
girls to perform, so only a few will
be here outlined. Ones —The dab is
thrown, and the rest of the dice aro
picked up one by one, without touch
ing any dice but that selected. Twos,
threes and fours are similar to ones,
except that two, three or four dice at
a time are taken up after the dab is
thrown.
If you miss a stage, which counts
five, if rightly done, you must sub
tract that much from your score. If
your friend is willing—for this is a
two-handed game—you may. in twos,
threes and fours, push into a conven
ient heap the dice you aro about to
lake up, but only after the dab is
thrown, of course. Short spans.—
Spread out your left hand on a table
and place a pair of dice by the thumb
and finger. Throw tho dab and pick
up tho pairs separately. After finish
ing these six stages you and your
friend can agree on six more, which
should grow difficult as they go on.
You will have no difficulty in invent
ing stages, and tills old English game
will train your eye to see things at a
glance and your hand to obey quickly
what, your brain directs it to do.—
Washington Star.
Fl.lia. Wlilcll Knlld N.at*.
When ships steer southward
through tho North Atlantic ocean un
til they strike the gulf stream,
that wonderful River of the Sea,
they find themselves all at once
amid glorious yellow vegetation,
although they may be several
hundred miles from the American
coast. On calm days it extends as far
as the eye can see, not in close, un
broken fields, but often in masses so
great that they will cover several
acres. For days and days one can
steam without once getting out of
sight of it. It swings up and down
with the mighty swells of the Gulf
stream, and It looks most beautiful
lying there so peacefully anil_ radiant
ly, with the Intense blue water all
around It.
After a few hours one feels as if
he were passing through vast pastures
all golden with our national Ameri
can golden rod.
This weed is often fished up from
overside by passengers and crew, for
it makes a delightful ornament for tho
cabin until it begins to dry, when it
falls apart and finally crumbles away.
Sometimes, if one gets a particularly
large and thick cluster of It, strange
living things are found. They are crea
tures that rarely if ever are to bo
caught anywhere else except in the
weed, for they dwell there and in the
Sargasso sea only. Among theni are
very tiny but wonderfully gorgeous
crabs. One of these crabs has a shell
that is as shining and rich as the
skies at sunset. Another still more
curious creature that dwells In the
weed is tho mouse fish, also known as
the marbled angler.
This little fish is so strangely
shaped that, when he lies among the
weed ii requires sharp and trained
eyes to see him, even when one has
the clump that contains him in the
hand. His colors and his markings are
exactly like the tiny berries and
sprays of the weed. His fins are
strangely fringed nnd ragged, so that
they look just like the wiry stems of
the cluster.
This beautiful and wonderful fish
builds himself a nest among the weed
as it floats on the surface, and there
after he dwells in it and rears his fam
ily in It, just as a bird would on land.
But unlike a bird, he must follow his
nost, for it is not fixed in Its posh ion
as a nest on a tree or bush, hut drifts
on and -on with the weed. Sometimes
great tropical storms toss the Sargas
so weeds ntanv miles away from tho
Gulf Stream, and then the fish will
swim along with his waudnring horn*.
If it happens to he caught in a cur
rent that sets landward, the nest build
er occasionally comes so near our
shores that now and then one is
caught. Sometimes, too, the weed trav
els north with the Gulf Stream itself
and then a marbled angler may ar
rive finally oft Cape Cod. But the fish
cannot bear the cold water there, BO
he is only rarely found alive north of
Cape Hatteras.
The nest is a dainty little thing,
made of the glowing golddn weeds
and embellished with the tiny shells
and other shining things that drift
with it. It looks often like a bit of
shell jewelry.
Fan Fan, The Fairy.
Pon-pon was a boy 11 years old, and
he was a prince. His father and moth
er, who were king and queen, were
very kind to him, and he was brought
up to have a kind heart toward the
poor. Over and over again the king
said to him:
"Pon-Pon, when I am dead you will
be king in my place. I want the people
to love and respect you. 1 have always
remembered that even the poorest
had rights. It is well that you should
be proud, but do not be overbearing
and tyrannical. One who rules by ty
ranny does not rule long."
As the prince had no brothers to
play with he often called in boys of
his own age to indulge in games in
the palace grounds. Some of these
were sons of ricli men, and some of
poor, but he treated all alike. The peo
ple heard of this and were glad, and
they said to each other:
"Ah! When he is king, Pon-Pon will
be like bis father, and we shall all re
joice to do him honor and fight his
battles."
On the day that the Prince was 11
years old there was a great celebra
tion in honor of the event, but it had
a sad ending. One of the cannons
being fired as the procession marched
along the street burst and the flying
pieces hit the king and queen and
killed them.
Pon-Pon escaped injury, but he was
left an orphan and in trouble. Some
one else must reign until ho had be
come a man, and the people selected
a nobleman named Hussim. who was
a cousin to the prince. Hussim was
a cold, stern man, and not well liked
by the people, but no one thought
him the villain that he was. He
scarcely had been chosen for the high
place when he began to plot against
Pon-Pon's life. If he could get the
boy out of the way then he would be
king himself.
Hussim pretended to love the
prince, and be his greatest friend;
thus the lad and most of the people
were deceived. After much plotting
the bad-hearted man asked the prince
to go hunting with him in the forest.
They did not go alone and on foot,
but there was a large party and they
went on horseback. There were
many savage wolves in the forest, and
this was what Hussim planned:
When the hunt had been going on
for some time he managed to sepa
rate the prince from all the others
and ride far into the forest with him.
When they were well away from all
the rest, he asked Pon-Pon to get
down from his horse and look at a
wonderful spring among the rocks.
There was no spring there. The
prince was hardly out of the saddle
when he was seized and bound to a
tree. Hussim said to him:
"I shall now get rid of you and be
king myself. I have been planning
this for a long time."
"But you will not leave me here to
the wolves!" cried Pon-Pon, as lie
struggled to get free.
"Aye, but thut I will. They will
come and devour you and no one will
know what has become of you. It
will be no use for you to shout, as uo
one can hoar you."
It was a cruel, wicked thing to do,
but Hussim who wanted to be king,
and was naturally of a cruel disposi
tion, rode away and left Pon-Pon last
bound. He had not got half a mile
away when two or three wolves came
sneaking about. When the boy cried
out in his l'right and distress the
beasts snarled and growled in reply.
Pretty soon there wore six wolves, and
as they came nearer, they gnashed
their teeth and their eyes became like
coals of fire. The would have at
tacked the boy in a minute, and it
would have been all over with him,
had not the tramp of horses made
their pause. Of a sudden six horses
and riders came dashing up and Pon-
Pon was amazed to see a little girl
among them.
"We have found him! Hero ho is!
Hero is the lost Prince!" shouted the
men as the wolves slunk away.
It was the little gill herself who un
tied the knots in ;he rope and set the
boy free. As he looked at her in won
der she laughed at him and said;
"Yon never saw me before, and so I
will tell you my name. 1 am Fan-Fan,
tiie Fairy. I have been watching
over you for a long time past, al
though you did not know it. I was
, euro your cousin Hussim meant you
ill. and today, when tne hunt came off.
1 followed von. When 1 saw him tie
you to the tree I hurried away and
brought these people that they might
j know what a had man he is. Now you
are free and he must be punished."
I should like to tell you that Kan-
Kan dwelt in the palace and one day
became Pon-Pon's wife and queen,
; but that would not be the truth. She
I had work to do elsewhere and soon
! vanished. As for Hussim, the en
| raged people took him into the for
i est. and tied him to a tree as he had
| tied the prince, and as he was never
[ seen again, it is believed that the
! wolves ate him up. If they did ho
I deserved his fate.—San Francisco
j Chronicle.
HINn
A Cement for Htove*.
If a stove Is cracked, a good cement
is made for it as follows: Mix wood
ashes and salt in equal quantities,
make a paste with cold water and fill
the cracks when the stove is cold. It
soon hardens and will last a long time.
To Remove Finicer Mark*.
For removing finger and hand
marks from fresh varnish surfaces,
use a soft piece of chamois skin, sat
urated with sweet oil. When there are
paint spatters or blotches, touch first
with kerosene and rub afterward with
sweet oil.
To Brighten Silver Spoons.
Silver spoons that have become dis
colored from contact with cooked
eggs may be easily brightened by rub
bing with common salt. Coal gas, and
the near presence of rubber in any
form, will cause silver to tarnish. One
of the best receptacles for silverware
cutlery is a Canton-flannel knife-case
tacked to a closet door.
Ultilnr Cloth.■ Properly.
An experienced laundress says that
the secret of turning out clothes pro
perly "blued" consists in having the
bluing water cold and the clothes put
into it after being rinsed from water
of the same temperature. Clothes
wrung out of hot water and put into
cold bluing water are apt to emerge
streaked and of a poor color.
In<lipn*ablp.
A clinical thermometer for taking
temperatures is indispensable in any
home. If. when inserted under the
tongue, it shows a rise from normal
(98 to 98 1-2 degrees) to 100 or so, a
feverish condition is revealed that
needs attention. "We could not raise
a family without our clinical ther
mometer," writes a mother of five. —
Good Housekeeping.
ITom-Mi*de Rook-Shelve*.
It Is quite within the amateur car
penter's ability to put a'row of
book-shelves in between two wall
projections, to stain or paint them,
fasten a brass rod across the edge of
the top shelf, holding a velour curtain
in some soft, rich color, and (o place
some "modern antiques" and choice
volumes to the best advantage.
But when the shelf idea begins to
work its fascination it opens up un
told possibilities. A corner may bo
decorated most effectively with three
graduated triangular shelves, the top
one the largest and the lowest ono
quite small. Then, again, a door shelf
when "treated" right makes a good
point in the room. Brass ornaments, a
beaten placquo and a candlestick look
particularly well coming, as they do
immediately above the deep tones of
the portiere. A shelf over a window
gives a quaint colonial effect when
filed with old blue or ordinary willow
ware pottery.
These shelves are very easy of ac
complishment by the home tinker il
she gets the side rests of iron from
the hardware store, But she will find
that to saw carved wooden supports
is a little difficult to manage with
simple tools.
Cress and Tomato Saiadi —Remove
skin from two or three tomatoes, cut
into small pieces, stir into this a few
blades of chives cut very fine, salt
and pepper to taste, mix well with
plain French dressing and just before
serving stir in six or eight sprigs of
water cress. Heap on a salad plate
and serve. This requires no garnish,
as it is a picture in itself.
Meat and Rice Croquettes —Mix ono
cup of raw chopped beef (cut from
under round) and one-third cup of
boiled rice, half a teaspoon of salt, a
little pepper and cayenne; cook a
few cabbage leaves three minutes in
boiling water, then remove; put two
tablespoonfuls of the mixture in each
leaf and fold leal' to enclose mixture;
cook slowly one hour in tomato sauce.
Delicate Cream Muffins —Cream
three level tablespoonfuls of butter;
add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, beat
the whites of two eggs; add the un
beaten yolks to the butter and sugar
and one cup of milk, half a teaspoon
of salt, two cupfuls of sifted flour and
four level teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der; beat well and add the eggs; fill
greased muffin pans two-thirds full
and bake twenty minutes in a quick
oven; substitute one cup of graham,
rye or corn meal for one cup of flour
and you will have the different muf
fins.
Ripe Cucumber Catchup—Choose
large, nearly ripe cucumbers; pare, re
ject seeds, chop very fine and meas
ure. Allow one teaspoonful ot' salt
for every pint of pulp, sprinkle with
same and drain through a colander
for six hours. For every quart of cu
cumber allow two cups of cider vine
gar, four teaspoonfuls of grated horse
radish, one tablespoonful each of
white mustard seed and minced red
pepper (seeds rejected); bring vine
gar and flavoring to a boll, skim
thoroughly and set aside until per
fectly cold. Then add the pulp to the
vinegar, stir well, put into pint jars,
lay a nasturtium or horseradish leaf
over the top and seal. Keep In a dark,
cool place.
PAINTED HIM CREEN.
Amusinc Result of m Painter's Quarrel
With an Awning Hanger.
The local color in the Jefferson Mar
ket Police court was mostly green
when the case of the People vs. Max
Stotoff and David Fitzpatrick was
called. No physiognomies ever beamed
more effulgently than did those of
the two prisoners arraigned before Ma
gistrate Brann. David Fitzpatrick,
whose face would have caused a glow
of appreciation to burn within the ar
tistic soul of the late Aubrey Beards
ley, was most artistically daubed with
green paint, from the roots of his hair
to the tip of his chin. His appearance
bore testimony to the fact that Max
Stolloff is a painter. The parts of
Fitzpatrick's face which the brush of
Stolloff had neglected stood out in
pale relief, a sand contrast to the ver
dure surrounding them. An erstwhile
black moustaeh drooped greenly over
his mouth. Underneath the paint
Fitzpatrick's face was sad. It was
plain that he felt the indignity of his
position.
Stolloff, who literally stood in the
reflected glory of Fitzpatrick's face,
was prevented from smiling as content
edly as he might at sight of his handi
work by an aching void, which filled
the space formerly occupied by two of
his front teeth. In hlB impressionist
work on Fitzpatrick he had himself
been a bit splashed with green. In the
greenness which Irradiated from the
two Magistrate Brann looked pale.
"It was this way," said Stolloff, In a
voice thickened and impeded by swol
len lips: 'I was in his way, and he told
me, and then I told him I wanted to
paint the front of the house, only he
wanted to hang the awning, and I
moved away to give him room, and I
told him he had no right to do so, but
he hitvme in the mouth and broke two
teeth for me." Here Stolloff opened
his mouth and showed the aching void.
With the solemnity of Solomon, Ma
gistrate Brann asked the injured paint
er if the teeth were false, which was
Indignantly denied, Stolloff adding,
"but I suppose the next ones will be."
The magistrate would not go Into
that, however, and turning an unused
eye upon the toothless man, continued
his catechizing:
"Then, when he struck you, you
turned about and painted him?"
"Yes, sir; that's all I can do. That's
my trade," answered Stolloff.
Magistrate Brann turnttl to Fitzpat
rick. There was a long contemplation
before the judicial lips opened.
"Fitzpatrick. I can tell by your face
that you're Irish," he said.
The awning hanger had to admit
that the magistrate's acumen was not
at fault.
"But, man, dear," continued tue
court in a rich brogue, " 'tis a beastly
shame to give you a French goatee."
Fitzpatrick again admitted that
"them were his sentiments."
"You are not as green as you are
painted, however," resumed the court.
"Tell me how you came to be deco
rated."
Fitzpatrick declared that he was en
gaged in putting up an awning in front:
of a Hudson street house when S'tollofr
appeared on the scene with paint ami
brushes and peremptorily ordered him
to desist from hanging his awning, as
he (otolloff) had another coat of paint
to apply to the building.
"The paint was green, your honor,"
said Fitzpatrick.
"Yes," replied Magistrate Brann.
" 'tis evident on the face of it."
"Well," went on Fitzgerald. "I told
him 1 would put up the awning in spite
of him, and he swashed me with his
paint brush; then I hit him."
The magistrate sermoned the chro
matic Fitzgerald for behaving like "a
kid," and submitted to both prisoners
the alternative of paying $lO fine each
or of accepting a discharge. The
choice was left to Stolloff, who was the
complaintant. After a moment's he3i
lation and a glance at Fitzpatrick:
"I'll call it square," said the painter.
—New York Commercial Advertiser.
"Iloatli Watche*."
The British Journal of the board of
agriculture has some interesting par
ticulars regarding the so-called "Furni
ture Beetles." Two species of the
beetle make the curious ticking uoiso
which has given rise to their popular
name of "Death Watch." This noise
is made chiefly during the pairing son
son, and is produced Ijy the beetles
striking their heads upon the wood on
which they are standing, so a3 to at
tract their mates, who make a similar
noise in reply. It is made during the
day as well as at night, but it is not so
noticeable as at the latter time. It is
said that the larva can also produce
the sound, but this Is not definitely
known. The larvae make long galler
ies into the wood, and when mature
pupate in little chambers from which
the beetles escape by eating their
way out.
The Journal recommends that when
furniture or woodwork is attacked by
these beetles and their larvae, steps
be taken at once to destroy them.
Fainting with a camel hair brush with
corrosive sublimate should be resort
ed to. The poison kills the beetles as
they make their exit. Fumigating
with hydrocyanic acid gas also kills.
Where small objects, such as chairs,
are invaded, they may be put in some
closed cupboard and left in the fumes
for some days. It must be remembered
that this gas is a deadly poison as well
as the cyanide of potassium used in its
manufacture. Benzine may also be ap
plied to polished furniture, but is best
mixed with carbolic acid. Furniture
so treated has, of eourse, the polish
taken off. and will require repollshing.
Justice Grantham, of the English
Bench, trieß more murder cases than
any of his colleagues. He tried thrctr-
Ui one day at Leeds recently.