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VOL. X.VIII.
When Wo brow Old.
Thoro's muiih t'H'liiwr In well-spent Uve
and )t,
Whn we grow olil,
Somehow 'round unuil secuss will ollng
regret,
When wk grow old.
As yours accumulate, thorn Bourns an sir
Of siinillilu .r lii''klng, strangely cold aud
bare :
O li-sseu'tl idfln and O va-ant chair,
Whim w Kr')W old !
The lil"k of sympathy mulces living drear,
When we grow old !
If we oould oftenor f'l Hi) irecious i'her,
We force content -our hearts ou otli.r
day?,
We smile - with thoughts liyiu't t!i starry
ways ;
O the king waiting for noma a')Hnt faeo,
When we grow old !
Will T. Jlulo In :oininerell-Apial.
STORY OF A POTATO.
Mile. A Iitf, a millinor by trade,
wiih sitting olio lino Sunday morning
by tliu open window peeling potatoes.
Tli! window was nil llio lift 1 1 lloor und
looked out on the K no L ipio. Sud
denly olio of llio potatoes slippul
through her li tiff rM, dropped over tlio
edge of llio window-sill anil disap
peared into space. It full willi i bung
upon a tut loin tii w!i'i wis jiiissiiiMf
bl.'lieiltll, 11 lid 111 id J It iblOp dent in llis
elegant silk Intl.
Thin gentleman, who had only just
been to pay n liill at his butter's, was
sni.od with hiid Ion nud uncontrollable
fury.
Ho glanced up nt tlin house, mid,
seeing it windiw on the lifili story
shut down Inn riodly with it bung, tin
forgot everything in Ins ruge nud iiiudo
it nidi for ill ' front door, opened it,
tore tlii o it It it and run procipilntely
upstairs, with no other intention than
nuking lhu guilty person Miller for
ill I'llllll' itll'HH.
It took him lint tw-i seconds to reach
llio lauding on tlii si'coud llior, whi'ii
n door mi Idenly opiMifil iiinl a person
rudii'd o il in a great hurry nud foil
heavily into his arms.
'I'hi! t wo liieii eyed, each other for it
in 1 1 1 it it L willi Hilary mid u doiiished
looks, ri'ii . I v tn ii I iii si' each other, ivhun
both Miiiiultulicously uttered an is
clainiitiou of suipiioo.
"Auutolel"
"Edgar I"
Aiiitlolo Biiiidnieho nnd Elgar
Priehotoii wrro two oil college
elmnn. Th"y h i I not mot hiii.m llio
day when they look their bachelor of
urls degree together twelve jours bo
fore. In spilo of this long interval in
their intercourse they found on tin)
occasion of thin sudden mooting that
they hud very little ready oiling.) of
conversation, Edgar nits llio first to
speii k.
"Say your list looks very pretty,"
ho said,
''Do not speak of it. It lias just
served lis u target for a potato that
fell frnm tho fifth story. "
"And now yon are going njiHtn irx
to restore the potato to its owner?
That's very nice of yon."
"Not by any means. I'm going to
charge tho olutnsy chap w illi his crime
try to iiniko him pay for a now hat."
"Well, so fur ns that is concerned
you might its well tueklo a corpse."
"And why, if you please?"
"IteMUse old Jlidoeho is nn old
hedgehog who wilt kioil you down
stairs, even if ho opens tho door for
you nt nil."
"Old Ridoeho?"
"Yes, tho man you nro after, for it
can bo no other than lie. All tho ten
ants in tho building nro always having
trouble with hint. Oso might think
that bo imtdo a point of being us (lis
agreeable to every one as ho possibly
can."
i "Thou do you live in this house?"
I "No, but an aunt of mine does, and
scarcely a day passes w ithout her Inv
iug a scrap with old Bidoche. If you
will allow me, 1 will go up with you ;
two heads aro better thau 0110 in a
matter like this."
i Ho Edgar aud Antttolo went up three
flights together mid stopped outside it
door through which caino softly the
sounds of a melodious miihioul instru
ment. "This is tho room," said Edgar.
"He's practising on his bassoon."
f With Iheso words ho pulled the boll
Dud the bassoon suddenly ccasotL
Then the shuttling of feet was hoard
nloug the lloor, the door opened nnd
there, framed in tlio doorway, stood a
littld wlil mail, with a benevolent,
smiling face and a large-sized bassoou
resting across one arm.
"What do tho gentlemen desire?"
asked tho little old man.
"M. Hidoohe," replied Edgar.
"Yes, tho wretched Htdoclip,"
udded Anatole, shaking his ruined
hat in one hand, aud with the ether
placing the potato on the tip of the
musician's nose.
"M. ttidoohe?" replied Ihoold msu
politely. "1 do not know iiiui. I
utter heard hits, "
"Whst's thsl? What's that?" cried
Edgar. "Are you trying to deceive
us?'
"Not at all," auswerod tho old man
quietly. "Tiiero must be a mistake
somewhere. My iiaino is Molcsquiu.
I am the solo bassoon in the orches
tra of the Theatre des Gobelins, and I
moved in this morning."
"Just our luck," cried E lgar. "Ui
doelio must have moved out."
"Thnu," continued Auatolo, "you
are not tlio man who threw this pota
to on my bat !''
"I our eat green vegetables," an
swered Molosquin. "Nevertheless, if
tho gentlemen will come in for a short
while I will play them my part in the
Tour de Njdos.' TUoro are some
interesting passages in it"
Anatole and E lgar did not like to
refuse, and went into tho old musi
cian's room. Molexipiiu guve t ho in a
suut an I t lieu goiu up to his musio
slaud he played through, for thoir
benefit, tlio whole of the first bassoou
part in llio "Tour de Nosles."
Kls'ar in i lo a br.tvo faoioverit,
while Auatolo sut nt the window with his
potato in bis hand and se.treely able to
C'liit iiii his iiiipitlimic i.
Mil I louly th'i iiiiHifian struc'i a false
note. It inot'oiKod Anilole's i rn jut -tiouoe
s muo'i that lie gave n jump,
aud in (loin; so allowed tho potato to
slip from his ringer-i It rolled over
llio window sill und with a hop disap
peared into tho street below.
When Mllo. Aglito dropped her po
tato into tho street she wus overcome
with fear. Hlio hurriedly shut her
window ho th:it in cue there hid been
an accident no one would suspect hur.
Thou nh i-at down ami quietly waited
the turn of eventi. Wliut, then, was
her terror when shu hoard steps coin
ing up the h airs the step) of man;
of two men, heavy mi 1 loud.
"They're policemen," sho thought
aud at the thought hur little heart be
gan to be.it more quickly, while cold
puis iirutioii broke out ou her pretty
white n. i i.i I . ltOH.
I! it just when she exincted to hear
tho moil's cruel 11 its knocking at tho
iloor of her iitllo room her fuoo sud
denly reMiined Its culm and peaceful
expression.
The steps Jin I stopped at tho door
of tho neighboring room, und she
heard iho bell ring, tho door open and
the Hlriingo visitors puss iuto the room
behind.
Hull hlio was ufraid to move for,
sjine time, fearing with logic 1 1 mind
that when the pol O found the tenants
next door were innocent they would
conn) in und iieciisii her. After some
moments, however, she gained enough
e. linage to conceal Iho basket aud po
tatoes, nhicli must otherwise have
appeared so much ngninst her, aud
forced herself to put on nil innocent
expression with which to incut the
police.
After nailing n little longer aud
hearing no noio of steps, but only
the bassoon, she became completely
reassured.
In order to m ike assurance doubly
sure hIiu opened her cupboard nnd,
taking out the milk jar, opened the
door quietly and crept down the stairs
and into the street to get fo.ir sous'
woilliof milk from tho dairy at tho
corner. In this way she hoped to
make an alibi, and her c.isu would bo
loo strong for tho slightest suspicion.
llesiileH, she wanted sumo milk to boil
her potatoes in, and it was her inten
tion to put iu a oiinlill.Mver us well.
Ho hlio bought her four hoiib' worth
of milk, anil Htarted on the return
journey with her spirit at rest and her
milk jir carefully held in front of her.
Suddenly she felt it violent blow on
her lingers, nud nt the same moment
her hands, hur bare anus, her cor
sage, face, eycH, hair and month were
covered with milk.
It was the potato that hnd slipped
from Auatole's hand and had lauded
with remarkable precision right iu the
very mouth of the milk jar.
"Oh, mamma!'' cried Alae, iu des
pair. "What his happened? Who
has done this?" And she He. I up the
stairc.iHo only to run plump into tho
arms of Anatole.
Anatole, as a mutter of fact, when
ho miw the potato Hying down
ward, remembered the police oidi
nnnce against throw ing things out of
the window after 10 a. in , and de
cided to leave Molexipiiu us soon its
was polite and possible. He shook
Edgar, who had fallen Hsleep,
and, after promising Molcipiiu to re
turn the next day aud take less.ios
from him, had hiuried helter-skelter
out of the door, the bassoonist accom
panying him ns far as the door.
At that moment, when llio door
opened Aglae was coining up the steps
four at a time. Aglae and Anatoli
found each other face to f ice, Aglae
ith her fnce nud hair running Willi
milk nud Au'tlolo with his hat ail
mashed iu ou his head.
They stopped. They looked nt euob
other, nud they understood it all.
"Monsieur," cried A.ditc, " you art
a fool."
"Aud you, mademoiselle, your fin
gers are made of blotting paper," re
plied Anatole.
"You are a rude man, bit. "
"And you aro ill-bred."
"A raau who cannot hold a potato
iu his hand should not undertake to
givo lessons to uuybody."
"I advise you to suy as little as pos
i-ible, mademoiselle. WI:"U a girJ
caniiot pool a potato without letting
it drop sh') should not meddle with
cooking. She should take her meals
at a restaurant.
"I shall lake no instructions from
you, monsieur."
"None tho less, mademoiselle, I re
pent you should take your meals at a
restaurant. I know a very nice one
on la riaej 1'igalle I 1 do, indeed,
mademoiselle. "
"Well, go thcro yourself, mon
sieur." "Oh I Ho you think that I would
go to a restaurant with my hat smashed
in this fashion I"
"Eh bein, monsieur, if your hat is
injured you have only to go to a but
ter's aud get it blocked."
'J shall take no instructions from
you, mademoiselle."
"None lb ) less, monsieur, I repeat
you should go to a hatter. There is
my brother, who is iu the h itter busi
ness on Hue des Martyrs."
"Would you like me very much to
go nnd have my hut pressed nt your
brother's, mudemoiselle ? "
"Would you very much like mo to
go to breakfast iu a restaurant with
you ? "
"Eh bein, mudemoiselle, I shall go
to your brother's with my hut only on
the condition that you come to mo to
a resluuriiiit for breakfast."
"Eh bein, monsieur, I shall go with
you to a restaurant only ou condi
tion that you take your hat to my
brother's. "
"And I," cried Molosquiu, who had
been attracted by the discussion, but
who had said nothing, "und I shall
not forgive you fur huving interrupted
my studies unless yon accept a box to
night for the Theatre des ( iobelijis. "
"Wo accept," cried E Igur iu his
turn, who saw in this sudden interrup
tion a chance to change tho conver
sation to a i-oftor vein.
Molesqmn went hack to his room,
and tho tlneo young people went
down stairs.
The breitkf.ist was delicious and tho
afternoon passed with tho rapidity of
lightning. The dinner for one must
have dinner was ulso very good, and
the evening wus spent pleasantly at tho
Theatre dos Gobelins.
In a word, this story, thoroughly
Parisian, euded in a marriage. From
tho French.
A llig Walnut Lug.
The largest walnut tree or log in
eastern Kentucky, ami perhaps in the
world, still lies ou the mountain side
four or live miles from this place, and
isas yet unsold, although thousands
of the same kind have been taken
from these partrt, Tin) tree, indeed, is
quite a giant, aud is worth a good
sum of money, and would have been
marketed long ago but for the locu
tion, being far upon the mountain
side above the celebrated "yellow
roca" cliffs, nl most out of reach ol
anything. Fifteen yenrs ngo, before
tho worth of walnut lumber was know n
iu this country, thoughllesi bee hunt
ers located a swnrm of bees far up in
its massive branches, nnd obtaiued
permission from the owner to fell it
to the ground, it took goo d axmeii
due jvhole d iv to loosen it from tho
btuiiip. The bees were foun I to bo
pouring from a large limb or branch
lOil feet from the ground, the brunch
itself bong almost us large as any of
thctroes growing around iu the forost,
5i nty-eight pounds of choice honey
wus taken from tlio limb. Thou tho
men proceeded to moitsuro tho tree,
and from actual measurements found
it to bo nine feet in diameter at tho
place where it was cut from tho stump
aud exactly 100 feet to tho first limb.
The bark ou tho log is six inches
thick, itud now the only appearance of
decay is in the falling oil" of the b uk.
Some years ngo riiilndoiphitt capitalist-,
undertook to purchase the log, and
ottered the owuer a tiiio farm iu tho
blue grass part of Kentucky for it,
but from unknown reasons they did
not trade. Now it is and that a
lumber company from Washington
oily will soon purchase the log, and
will pay a handsome sum of uiotiey
lor it. If they should buy it, it is a
question how they will move it from
its long reitiug pine.) above tho im
penetrable ledyo of yellow marble.
iJiuuiuuuti Enquirer.
ADOBiniOUSHS.
Simple Architecture of the Mud
Residences in New Meiico.
Most Are Inexpensive, but Some
Cost Thirty Thousand Dollars.
Architectural engineering is a
branch of the gentle urt of makiug
mud pies iu the laud where tho adobe
houses grow. Iu tho laud of sun
ohius, where a rainy day is so rare
that It is marked with a red cross, the
putive contractor and builder wastes
no lime figuring on the strength of
muterial, the crushing weight of tubu
lar coluinus, and tho wind pressure
per square foot of elovutiou. lie sim
ply rolls his trousers up above his
knees, digs down in a favored ditch
or pond until he striken tho "dobe
mud," and in a short time he is ready
to begin constructive operations,
Adobe houses aro brick houses, but
the brick is suu-driel mi l made with
straw. The cluy or mud of which the
brick is nude is u natural cement, pe
culiar to the arid pi tins of New Mex
ico, Arizona, Nevada, and that belt of
Stutos und Territories It is turned
out in the most primitive manner, and
tho ISlue Island bi'ii'knrtker who might
happen upon it half-breed or Mexican
'dobe-brii.k. maker, would view the
operation with amusement or disgust.
Kiln-burned brick, mado ot blue clay,
however, would not meet tho require
ments imposed by the climatic coii''i
tioiis of those oouutrius where adobe
brick is used.
In summer an adobe house is cool;
in winter it is wurm. Its thick walls
ubsorb the occasional litiu, nud al
though the sun-dried brick is soft
compared with the kilu-dried uittclc,
it does not crumble, and it stands for
nges.
A mun who recently traveled
through New Mexico wus much inter
ested in the 'dobo houses. For weeks
he inquired und searched for a 'dobe
hoiisu ill tliu hands of the builders.
At length in Suite Fo he stumbled
np on a couple of ineu stamping with
their bare feet upon clay iu a wooden
Iruiue. lie inquired and found that ho
was looking upon two Mexicans mak
ing adobe brick. Iu describing the
process ho said :
"Thu iiidii actually dug np tho
'dobo inn I from the bottom of tho
ditch which skirted tho road. They
mixed it, or, ns wo suy, 'tempered' it
w ith water until it wus of it still',cluyey
consistency. Then they chopped al
falfa hay iuto short pieces and mixed
it with the clay und their material was
ready to make into brick. A wood
frame lay ou the ground. This frumo
was tilled with the Mob.) m id mixed
with hay, mid one of the men got into
tho frame and stumped the mud down
with his bare fe.)t, at the sumo time
tamping it with n stick. After the
fruiiie was packed hard he scraped tho
surplus mud olV with it stick,
so that the top surface was
level with tho upper edges of
tho frumo, mid then lilting the frame
from thu clay ho carried the brick to
one side of the road nnd stood it ou
its edge. The next brick he made he
leaned agitiiist the first one, und soou
he had it dozen largo bricks each
twice its wide nud long nud thick as an
ordinary brick drying in tho sun.
One of the men told mo that the bricks
would bo ready to lny in three or four
days, mid that they used tho mud
which the bricks aro made of for the
plaster.
"The walls of an ndobe houso nro
very thick, sometimes two or three
feet, nnd ill the ordinary one-story
adobe home, which is characteristic
of that region, they are built up per
fectly plain until they reach the roof.
Tho roof is supported ou wooden
beams laid edgewise on the walls, mid
the bricks are built m level with the
top of the beams lietvccn tho timber,
leaving the edge of I he rul'tersoxposcd.
The roof hits a blight slant, nnd is
Iiiudo of ad. .be bricks. When it rains
tho water soaks iuto the roof bricks,
but docs not begin to drip down into
the rooms below until the rain is over.
Then tho family moves out until the
water is through with its dripping. I
1 saw mi ndobo house iu Santa Fe
which was built iu the sixteenth cen
tury, nnd, ho fur as 1 ould see, the
walls were ns strong aud good as any
house around there.
"Wulla nn built of stone, plastered
with adobe cement, if I may so cull it,
and such walls are strong and solid.
I suppose if that country had half ua
much rain as falls iu I'hie.ig.t tha
'dobo hoiMes would lifter n time
crumble uw.iy, but the average year
in New Mexico is made up of 1ST days
of unclouded sky, ld!l days when nun
sin ne predominates, und only S'.J days
of cloud, so that the rainfall d os not
aiiioiuit to much more thau a good
sized fall of dew."
It is estimated that Ml adobe house
costs about $100 a room, but there
are mansions built of this material
which cost nut less than 830,000 to
construct- When tho "Americans"
settled iu New Mexico, t'tub, Ari.omi
Nevada, and the lower part of Cali
fornia, they accepted the treeless con
dition of the country und built their
houses of 'dobe mud. Chicago Rec
ord. Rose Trees u Reality.
Every winter there come to southern
California tourists, who uro surprised to
liud that the rose tree is not a fancy of
tho poets, that there are teusof thou
sunds of lilerul rose trees in this semi
tropic land. Tue rose tree is an achieve
ment of tlie florist. It is made by
budding it rosebud on the stock of u
dogwood bush. Tho stock becomes
the trunk of tho roso tree. Any rose
bud inuy bo easily grafted or bit 1 le I
ou dogwood, nud iu regions where
there is no freezing weather a plant so
budded thrives with very little care.
Dogwood bushes are natives of the
island of Jamaica, mi l their wood is
very hurd. There uro n few rose
trees iu the old Spanish villages of
southern C ilifornia, as ( 'iic iuiouga,
Sun Fernando, and Sin lieruardiuo,
that have trunks nun) mi I ten inches
in diameter und ten f -ct high. Mum.
Modjeskit says she knows of nothing
in floriculture more gorgeous than
one of those bug.) rose trees when in
full bloom. Siio bus several large ones
ut her homo in S niti.ign c tuou, for
which bin) paid ifX) each, and thou
had transported there, enrth nnd ull
about the roots, from localities miles
uwuy. It is u frequent thing for tour
ists in this region to Hit grouped in
picnio fushioii under this lirge rose
tree iu full blossom, nud to be photo
graphed. The very largest rose tree
is olio near the famous old Franciscan
mission at Sail Diogu.lt is fully thirty
years old, and has it trunk twelve
inches iu di Hinder, und it head as
large us u big loud of hay, for it bin
been pruned many tunes to keep it
from tearing nway ut the trunk. It.
looks, when in blou n, like an enor
mous lloliqilet of tll'llliHIl.ts of II 11 U
roses inn i .1 it iiiu-is of green. Tho
Princess Louise sent a branch lioin
the old monarch of the rose world to
u royal friend in Spain, when she was
iu California in 181. New York Sun.
Circulation of the Itihle.
A reader of l he New York Com
mercial Adverti-or recently u-ked for
some figures regarding the circulation
of theJtible. Of c nirse, It is unnec
essary to say that no reliable figures
can be obtained which will give the
total number of IS.hlcs ever printed
uud circulated. There are some lig
urcH, however, which will give some
idea of the enormous circulation of
thu book, and these are certainly
amazing enough. For example, tin)
British and Foreign Bible Society of
London bus distributed siuo its or
ganization, ninety-two years ngo, "i!d
1100,000 copies of the Bible. One
li t-iii alone, tho celebrated Oxford
1'iosB of Eiiglund, manufactures uud
sells each week 21,000 Bibles or ov. r
one million copies each year. And
this press has sustained this out
put for years. For this immense
output the skins of 7J,O00 minimis are
used for the covers, while over l 0,
000 sheets of gold leaf uro used to let
ter the backs of tho volumes each
year. Iiiist year, in London, there
were Bibles actually sold
mid distributed. In America over 1,
400,000 copies were sold. During
these twelve mouths the Bible was
printed iu forty-out) different lan
guages. Therdis at present no tongue
in the world iuto which the Bible hits
not been translated. While a large
percentage of the Bibles printed go to
the heitiheii lands tiio houi i market is
not n .'glecteil. As proof of this, !l") ,
O'.IO Bible-i w ere sold in Am. rie t last
year. Over iM.Odll copies of the edi
tion printed especially for the blind
iu raised letters were also sold. Tlio
total circulation of the Bible, could
the figures bo iirriv nl at, would reach
fur into the billions anil trillions.
They would be Millieieut to fdiiw, at
least, that no liook ever publi-di"d has
iu any way approached thcciiv ibttioii
of the greatest of all books.
Too (i ioii n Subject.
"(I 'iitlein.'n,'' said a professor of
hypnotism in an o intoned in inner,
"you will observe that the subj-ct b
fore you has been iu a d-cp hypnotic
sleep for seven davs, but w ith a few
simple passes I will now restore him
to full activity."
But, despite the professor's efforts,
the subject sbiin'i.Mcl on ; nor did he
awakviu until the ru-.li of spriu-. trade
was over.
By a fatal overnight the profi ssoi
h-.il Scheie 1 a dry goods ui.-rcbuut
i rlio UKVCi' advertised.
FOR '1 UK JIOISKWHE.
Ct'Ot MUBR IMIU'KR.
riel and cut in two largo cucum
bers, take out the pulp, make a lurcee
end fill the hollows with it. Have
pan reudy, plueo the encumbers in it
with the fureee upward ; put a sm ill
piece of butter ou each, und a little
beef soup stock, uud simmer two
hours. A furcee may be made iu this
fashion of uny meal you m iy happen
to hi've, either raw or rousted nieut,
chopped line, with butter, egg und
crumbs carefully beaten togel her, and
well seasoned.
Tomato fuicee makes u good luuch
eoniiisli; large tomatoes are peeled.
The top of each one cut off to form :t
lid aud a fuiceo put in utter part of the
tomato bus been removed.
PLAIN H'lSO.
Whites of two eggs, one teapooiiful
of lemon juice, one-half pound of
powdered sugar. Place the eggs iu a
refrigerator or some very cold place
one hour before Using. lireak them
carefully mid beat the whites until
frothy, then sift tho sugar in grad
ually, beating all the w hile ; mi l the
leiiioii juice and continue the beating
until the icing is line and white and
btilf enough to htund ulone. Keep in
a cool place until wauled. Spread
with a knife dipped ill ice water. If
ornaments uro used they must lo
placed on the cake while the icing is
still moist. This may be varied by
adding different 11 ivoiinys, such ns
straw bcrry.piueapple, rose, vnnillu, Ac
Strawberry icing should ulwu.vs bo
colored with u few drops of cochineal.
A IlorTOMM'.SH MEAT PIB.
Mrs. llorer.the lecturer.does not ap
prove of pie, but nevertheless alio tells
us how to make some good oues. In
a lucent lecture sue said, "What peo
ple want with pies 1 can't undi-rstaud.
America is thu only country wlr;ro
pn.-s aro made. The Germans even I
have no word for pie, and no other 1
nation except the American could cut
pie and live.
"However, o will make u regular '
English meat pie, wilh no bottom
crust. Cut ono joint of cold meat
into one-inch blocks and two largo
potatoes into dice. Have measured it
lalilespooiilul of chopped parsley, a
u teiispoonful of silt, it quarter teu
spooul'ul of pepper, the sumo of cel
ery seed , and a teiiHpoouful of onion
juice. Put a layer of meat into a
rather deep piepiiu, then one of pota
toes, and distribute some of the purs
lev, pepper, salt uud celery Meed
through the layers. Build the pio up
in this way until nil the ingredients
are used.
"Put it teuspooiiful of butter over
the top, mid a b ilf pint of stock,
Water II poor hUbb'Jtlite, uud put on ,
your t ii) crust, which must be rolied !
out rather thin uud have mi opening j
iu the top so that the stciim cuu es-
cape. Oliizo this with egg, to which
ii teuspooiiful of warm water has been :
udded, nud il will give your pie that !
rich lirowii color which all meat pies
hhoiild have. This is u delicious dish
for luncheon."
nor Kimi.ii hints.
To curl ostrich feat hers it smooth
piece of whaleboiii! is better thau it
knife.
Half a cuiitelopo filled with ico
oreuni is a dish lit. to set beforo a
queen.
No matter how beautiful the carpet,
It has not the appealing lovcliuos of
the matting iu summer.
A glimpse at the windows of decor
ators reveals a very decided use of
lnrge-ligrued cretonne iu summer fur
ii i t u re.
No matter whether your duly lies
iu dusting a room or washing a
poodle, do either one the very best
you know how.
Almost everything for the table
but hot biscuit and a few other dishes
is Ihu better for Icing bi-rved in
cracked ice these days.
Japanned trays may be cleaned by
rubbing with clear olive ml. Alter
the oil bus b.-eu applied the trays
should be vigorously rubbed with f
Ibiuiiel cloth.
Stone dates and cut them small;
place iu n b iwl, pour over hot oat
meal, and by the time the dish is ready
to serve it w ill bo flavored with the
diitis und the dates moistened. J
i
A velvet garment should always bo
mud.) up so that the nap iuclines up
ward. If done iu this w iv It will not
shade white and look shiny. Velvet
that has become crushed or malted
iniiv be ruis.-d by drawing the wroug
sid--iicros-, mi upturn-'d hot tlitirou
covered with a wet cloth, or by hold
ing the goods right side up over the
steam from a kettle of boiliu; water.
17!li.
A drowsy drone :
A (.'iird. n sweet ;
And ull ulone.
In kirtl" iii-iit.
So d'-fl mid prim,
To guide tin- reel.
Villi liiui.diine iu her d .vlike eye,
'lie- iniii.l iTi.-'illii daily pli-s
iler win-el
I HM.
eet.
or park,
A noisy si
Or lane,
Whi n- eieli-t, meet,
J!y day or dark ;
And tailor-elad
From In ad to heel.
ill) I'-solution in her eves , N
'1 In- modern maiden del My piles
Her wheel.
IllMOKOrs,
Poet How do you knew the editor
isn't in? Ollico Ii..y-i'riin your
looks.
Visiior Johnny, do you get any
pood insrksut school ? Johnny Y-yes,
lu'ii in , but 1 can't show 'ein.
lie Your father fought through
several lively engagements in this fort,
didn't he? She Yes, but not bo many
ns I have.
Wh doctor ud vises li. patient to
go away, us a pretty good sign that he
is prosperous and has Iota of others
lo tall l ack ou.
Funny I know she was saying
something in '.-i ii about me. draco
What was it you overheard? Funny
Sin- snd I meant well.
Mr. lie-oil That Mr. Closslcy, who
called la -I evening, is a self-made
until. Mis. Dae. in Too bad he couldn't
Inive uiude himself u little more ugree
iibie. Ifiisbaud (contemplating ft pur
chase) I like t hose "Ijnnbtoiio" bags.
Wife So do I. Ju'l be li wonderful
man to liud tune to invent anything
like thai?
George I wouldn't be discoiiruged
by one refusal. Tuere Is no reason
oiieaitli why she shouldn't uiarry
yon. E Iwiii That is why 1 feel Mire
she never will.
Mrs. Fisl'nz Three minutes niter
Iho lire bloke out 111 tho hotel thou
sands of people were ou the scene.
Mr. I'Vluz I suppose they wanted to
see I lie lire escape.
The no rebuilt (in his daughter's
suitor) Now hi,-.v are you fixed liuuii
eiu.ly '. 'J ho siiilor Wi II, 1 have no
debls. Tin- merchant What u pity !
Then J cannot give yuii my daughter.
"What did the stranger say when
you gave linn the hiil?" Waiter Such
monstrous pi ices he never nut; we
Were nit uhoiiiiliiibh: gang of thieve:-!,
llolel-keej.er Good ! So he didn't
become .ilmsive, then?
Wnrdp'lll I beli. ve it would be
n good ld.-n in Humiliate B.-kpxski.
JJe'r. a inigl i v good in .n. JK-i lah
Oil, he's a good iiinii nil right, but
how could wo ever get up a Campaign
veil ou such a inline us llial?
lb And did yon cill ut Mnuto
I Call i while von were at Nice? Slu
No; pupa c-illed ou him, J believe,
but f : 1 1 1 1 1 his disappointed appi ai unco
wh. ii b- r titund lo ihe hot. !, I think
Mr. ('alio in li m t hic been oil!.
( 'ilf telle r (t i m id ly ) -- J cr sup
pose you have home er suitable
books for a mini ah ml in ,i be ni'ir
lied? lli-nd Clei k (promptly)--Yes
sir. Heic.Sliiggl,.,;, hliow this gentle
man your lui" of largest si.e. pocket
I I,s.
He Knew Seeds if Nut Latin.
lively lover of in t knows of tho
Cell diluted Woiks of Mi Is' oilier, the
painter. Now .Meissoni. i not only
could paint, but he could also tell a
good slorv, mid he w us especially fond
of relaliiig li is, lit i It- inn i-ilole of Ins
gardener, w hose boil iculi ural ci in I it loll
was remarkable :
A smill ii ring of I-.lu lling is n tlaii
gerniis Hung, uud Mi i-somer's garden
er hid a iitlle kin.ul dge ol ill.' I ,i1 1 11
tongue, winch he im- I. m l of using to
name Ins dill, rent plains. Mei-.soiiier
lor ii Ion ; lime was skeptical of hia
(in doner's Latin, so one day be set a
trap for bun by giving lnm the roe of
a red herring and asking him what
Set 1 1 It w as.
Wnli.nit hesitating I he gilld Iler gave
il a b-iig Latin inline ami promised
III it II would bloom III about. UlleO
w. i ks. Melssoiiier chuckled to him
self and agreed to inspect the blooms
in three weeks or more. When tie)
I in ctine the painter questioned his
learie I h ol icuil iirisl ii I . ii I. it, und
thai pariy led In n into the hothouse
to mi en. ii moils ni i r put. There,
sun- enough, were the blooms iu the
initiiie of tin- heads of six rod her
rings, jnst eineigiiig from the dirt in
the pot. M. is'.nitit r biealhed u tleep
high an I t-h.inlv Ins gmd. nelV hand,
i xc.aiei in ; :
'Wliil a won. let ful m iii you ure."
Ilarpei'o Koiiud Table, i