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SAVING A TRAIN.
I!Y EVA T.OVF.TT.
"To stay nt homo nil tlio evening
alone, while you ami papa go out,
mamma, I Jou't want to!" exclaimed
Madge, in dismay. "I would rather
goto some one's hoilso-- Kit tic's or
Belle's r
"You cannot go!" answered licr
mother, decidedly, "There will be
Marian, you know, asleep upstairs.
And Muriuu has climbed out of her
crib several times lately. It would
not bo safe to leave her alone. 8lie
might even g.d out of tbo bouse."
"Hut I inn afraid of hiirgliiia or
bears 1" CNoliiim :il Madge, hu.til.v-.
This was absurd. The small town
Wns n peaceful one, and Madgo was n
fearless girl. Mr-, (traysoti looked at
her foolish littio daughter, and
laughed.
"You lire safe enough. We shall
only be gone u few hour-. If you
lire readily; you will scarcely notice
thu tiiuu pass. Besides that, deal,"
feho laid her hand upon tbu gill's
shoulder, "wo never no anything
worse than our own thoughts, Don't
think about it !"'
Madge felt very migry, at with n
gloomy faeo she watched from tbo win
dow her mother u:id father drive
awny. Then she turned biiek to the
room nnd tossed tho book alio bud
been reudiug across tbo table.
"If it was anything wortli tloiiur!
But to stay nlono put to t.iko e.iro of
a baby! Tho girl in that story sig
naled a train in time to save two hun
dred and fifty lives and tho passou
gees gave her a purse of gold !"
MaJgo picked up tbo book again,
r.ud found the placj.
"J'hre! 'She waved her red lan
tern back and forth !' (Probably only
a bicycle lantern, liko mine.) That's
worthwhile! Bit to sea tramps and
burglars an I ghosts, pcrhips for
tho snko of b.iby ! " Sua shut tho book
with a bang.
She leaue l out of tho window. It
was a plea-nut d.iuc ui'hr. l uere was
110 moon, but in tbo half-dusk she saw
n few stars Tbo laughter of sonio
children up tho street emu faintly to
her cars. Then she hoard a train
whistle.
"That s tho 'eight up trail). The
niuo o'clock down' has a sharper
whistle."
Quick its the traiu dashed through
tho uight a thought darted into her
mind. Where did it como from?
"Tbo other day, father hoard one
of the conductors s iy tUj r iiU u lodod
tightening. Suppose ouo should bo
loose und tlio ciiginuur not know it. "
Madge shut tho window and walked
quickly across the room. Halfway to
the door sho stopped. If nii'h a ter
rible emergency an this wero possible,
was it, or was it not her business to
Btop it? Was it possible?
A queer jumble of thoughts call go
through a girl's head in tivu minutes.
Madge had been taught to obey con
Bcienlioiisly and to bo honorably faith
ful to any tiust ; but tin feeling that
her task was, utter all, a fool
ish one, conquered. Hor mother
had r.ot considered that to Hive,
perhaps, i!o0 lives was of more
consequence than to prevent Marian
climbing out of be 1. Suppose she
brought home a purse of gold!
She shut tin door decidedly after
her, and ran d own-stairs. Tlio bicycle
stood ill tbo entry bdoiv. Madge un
hooked tho lantern and stepped qiick
ly outside of th- do jr. Then she
Lcsituted agaiu, but finally drew the
door shut and turned away.
"I shall bo buck soon," she
thought.
Probably bho had no plans of doing
anything in particular, alibou;;h she
felt quite capable. -,of doiu-r tbo most
heroic aeiious sbo had over heard of.
Ah Madgo turned up tho streot sbo
heard tho merry talk of a group of
girls coming toward her. Ivulier in
tbo evening this would huvo been
pleiiBnii! ; but sbo did not cure for
their society uow. To avoid them she
rau hastily ilt .vn a side street. ' And
this turn-out somewhat coufused her.
With tbo lantern swinging iu her
band sbo ran a few squares aud made
a few inoro sharp turns up ouo uufa
miliar street nnd down uuother. Be
fore sho expected it she reached tbi
outskirts of the littio town, and, just
beyond, camo suddenly upon tbo rail
road tracks. By thin time it waa as
clrrk as a Juno uight can be. She felt
bewildered.
"1 don't see how tbo trucks came to
run around here," sho muitercd. "But
I'm glad I didn't como out near the
station, nnyway !"
Mad e walked along beside the track
a short distance, holding tho lantern
down to cxaiiiiuo tbo rails. To her
horror she found her worst fears con
riniKU. ocvotul ot tlio ru'li wer
loose, and one actually misplaced
King nearly itcross tbo ties !
"And this is only a little pieco o
it!'' she exclaimed, tragically. Th
opportunity sho had longed for, to
save a few hundred people from a rail
way uceideiit had come!
M idgn drew her breath hard, nnd
felt bold thought rise iu her heart.
Sbo must stay there, and, holding the
i.d lantern out, wain coming trains
of their danger. Sic .struck a match,
ni:d after several attempts with he
shaking littio lingers, lit the lantern,
and bitting down upon tlio gnus near,
united anxiously for the expected
train.
one woini'TiM ii mere wero any
more trains Hint uigiil. flic town wab
a retired one, ami onlv boa .led ,,!' a
couple a ilny. Sb'i hardly Knew if she
Wished them to como or not. oho
beiM'd several engines whistle, a short
distance oil', but 110:10 of them came
that way. Occasionally h'U(! waved her
1 intern, which was home satisfaction,
a'tiiotigli tho re I I i 1 1 1 was not 1
bwered by any returning flush.
Madge waited at her post for what
s. Tined hours. No trains cam nlou
that track to bo saved. She began to
be a little weary of tho part of tbnnk
less heroine. 1 he ground felt edd
and damp. 1 be place grew darker,
and a sense of its loiii liin-ss began to
creep over her. Madge was growing
it frniil.
At tho bottom of her heart there
was a tiny conviction that tbei-rt wm
something wrong about this train-saving
bnsiiies-i. Sbo looked nr nitid at
tho group of dinky trees bjhin 1 her,
and tbo dun lull beyond. Sno stood
up. "I forget which roi l 1 cuu ?,"
sbo thought ; "but it muat bo l ite.
Perhaps 1 bad belter go homo!''
She ihew tho shade over the lan
tern, and turned aroiiii I to tbo road.
As sho did so, "ouietbing lose up
di lectly in front of her. A battered,
bulking creature, who seonied to
spring out of lho ground !
"Uou't scream !'' sui.l a gruff voice.
"What yer doiu' heir?"
Madgo gasped, too frightened 1 1
reply. Tramp, burglur or ogre, he
was the embodiment of her worst
fears! S'to trembled visibly, au.l pjr
haps tho tramp thought she was too
"small guiii'i" to d 1 anything but
frighten. He looked her over with a
chuckle.
"P'raps yer wiiitiu for yer pa?"
"Yes!" broke out Milge. As' if
tho word set her Ir e, and, without
heeding tho direction, s'.ie .sprang pa .t
him, an 1 ran. Djini tbo road she
went, and through tbo group of trees,
before sbo stojip -d for breath. Sue
gave a glance b diiul, fearfully; but
tbo tramph idd s ippoireit. How pleas
ant the sitting room seemed uow. f
bbo were only at home !
Stopping a few moments to collect
her scattered thoughts, sho cbnj tho
road leading toward tho center of the
town, an t walked briskly along it.
For a short distance she weut steadily
on. Then sbo camo to a group of
house, mi l, as she drew near, some
thing made her heart, aud then her
feet, stand still.
Was it a g'lost, thit white thing,
iliitteriug, wiving, beckoning, in the
clump of bushes near tlio ro.id feuce?
What was it?
Madgo felt cold chills all over her?
A ghost? Tbi wis worn-) than the
tramp! No matter which road th
took now ! v
She climbed tho feuge upon tho
other bido of the roa l. and cutting
across fields 1111 I around corners, 110
matter where, i i her hew terror, ni
last arrived by a round lUmt way at
the lower end of the familiar street in
which she lived.
During her beadlonp chase thouhls
came thick and last. Wh it an alter
able, desirable place homo was! S ip
poso mother should get there first!
How late it must bo 1 Uow horrid to
have had to como suoh a loug way
around I The house was ever so much
further down tho street than ever be
fore V
And now for tho third timo a sud
den shock nuide Madge's heart beat
fast. What was this?
Illuming up tho streot toward ber
came a queer, littio white figure. Its
feet made no sound upon tbo pave
ment. Its little robe flouted and flut
tered. Nearer and nearer it came,
running on. Then a big lump grew
iu Madge's thront. She knew not what
it was! Suppose sbo had not been
there to meet the little white figure!
For it was buby Mnriuu!
"Couldn't find you all over,"
tho baby stam-uered, creeping into
Madge's arms. "Everybody all
gone !"
Madgo picked her up, nnd somehow
got insiUu the front door with her.
Then sho broke down, and cried and
trembled with the baby in her arms.
Hippily, just then, tho carriage drove
up, und father was iu time to help her
upstairs, for Madgo needed carrying
as much as tho baby, And, by und
by, mother camo into her room, and
Madge, ashamed and weeping, told
ber "all about it."
L ite that night, Madge heard father
laughing iu the next room. He said;
"So, she but by Ihat deserted old
car-track to save a train did she?
And sbo met a tramp, you say? And a
ghost? Poor child! Well, alio needn't
be punished for running away. She's
been punished enough."
Certainly she did not wish to be
punished; but as shivering Madgo
listened to him, sho did think father
was Hot .'cry synipnl hetic. After all,
sho hud been iu time to save the
baby! New York I ndi pendent.
A 'lYii-IMlar N'rcct-Cur Ticket.
A Baltimore lawyer came near pay
ing 10 for a ride iu a street car a few
days ago. With his wife he got on
one of the City aud Suburban ears.
Before the conductor called for the
fares tbo lawyer's wife handed to her
husband a coupon clipped from a Vir
ginia Midland railroad bond and
valued at $10. This was printed in
red ink, aid looked like tbo enr
tio'icts used 011 tin; City nnd Suburban
road, except that it was somewhat
larger. Tho lawyer slipped tbo
coupon in his pocket mid forgot all
about it.
When tho conductor cl ed on the
lawyer for fares bo took two tickets
from h s pocket and gavi them up.
Just before ho reached tbo corner
where ho was to leavo tho car, ho no
ticed that the conductor was counting
his tickets preparatory to puuchiug
them. One ticket appeared to bo a
little longer than the others, aud tho
lawyer idly watched the couductor un
til that particular ticket was leached.
As tbo couductor was about to punch
a hole in it the lawyer realized that it
was his wile's coupon, and with a yell
that startled tho other passengers,
jumped from his seat nnd grabbed tho
baud of tbo conductor be fore the little
punch could get 111 its work.
Explanations were made, and the
coupon was exchanged tor a car ticket,
wiili its valuo unimpaired. Baltimore
Fuel (ins for .llasa-cliiisctts.
Henry M. Whitney has explained
beforo tho legislative committee on
manufactures, his plan for manufact-
il'iug and dist ributing fuel gas, aud
I be statements off red by blm nud bv
ther gentlemen conversant with tbu
matter fully Mistaiii tbo opiuiou ex
pesseil in the journal, that tbo enter
prise is one of tbo ino.t important for
the industries of Massachusetts that
haa ever boon projected. It is com
paratively a short time siuce the 7aluo
of tho by-products of tho process of
making coal gas 1ms been understood ;
nt tho prose ut day there is more
iccount made of these products in
Europe than in this country, and the
oiindatioii of Mr. Whitney's jdau is
he utilization of tbo chief of these
roducts according to tho most ad-
vuuoed processes known abroad. Thus
tho proposed muiiul'acturo includes
not only gas for fuel, to be piped
wherever it is no ; led, but coko for
manufacturing an I domestic use, tar
which h is so many mechanic il uses,
aud iimm inia with which to supply
the nitrogen iu agricultural fertilizers.
--Boston Commonwealth.
Tlio (.ovei iiiuciit Likes I. oil.
Somehow or other the United States
government. H-'omi to g in a groit
loal for red which mine people always
upposed was a British color. They
oiiv mostly re. 1 niauluts lor l.ie
ndians. It is much used in the navy.
I'he p islollice (leparluii nt paints its
;t- 1 boo- u hideous Vermillion, and
makes its to c nt postage Mumps
whie'i go into almost everybody's
mouth of almost tho same glaring
color- Philadelphia Times.
BLEEDER FAMILIES.
A Strange Hereditary Disease
That Puzzles Scientists,
iho Marriage of Afflicted Daugh
ters Sometimes Prohibited.
Ono of tbo most peculiar diseases
ktiowu to medical science, writes Dr.
J. F. Wbitniyer iu tho N.w Y'ork
World is called "tho bleeder disease"
or hoemophilia, as it is known to
physicians. The history of this dis
ease dates back to the writings of an
Arabian physician, who died A. 1).
1107. Within recent years many cases
have been reported.
A person suffering from this strange
disease is liable to tbo most severe and
obstinate hemorrhages. They may
occur without any apparent cause, or
may bo tho result of tho simplest
wounds, such as tbo scratch of a pin or
tho prick of a needle.
The disease is classed as hereditary,
aud it bus even been called "the most
hereditary of all hereditary diseases."
A case of a bleeder family is re
corded whero tbo predisposition to
this peculiar disease could be traced
back over a period of 200 years.
Tho disease is much more common
iu males than iu females, the ratio be
ing about thirteen to one. AYheu it
does occur in a female tho danger of
fatal hemorrhage is said to bo much
less than it is with a man. Although
the disease is, us a rule, transmitted
from 0110 generation to another, there
are cases recorded iu which the dispo
sition to bleed has been gradually lost
in a family.
Iu many cases death has followed
such simple operations us vaccination,
leeching, blistering ami tho extraction
of a tooth. A person niil'ei in ; from
this disease is liable to hemorrhage
from the nose, mouth, lungs, stomach
and any part of tbo skin. Tbo latter
fact illustrates the source of the popu
lar expression, "sweating blood." A
Venetian barber is said to have bled
to death from a wound received while
clipping tho hairs from his nostrils.
Post-mortem examinations have de
termined little or nothing as to tbo
cause of this disease. (bio observer
called attention to tbo thinness and
transparency of the veins and arteries.
Another found that tho largo blood
vessels wero smaller than normal.
Others still have failed to find any of
theso peculiarities in victims of the
bleeders' disease.
Most peculiar of all is tho remark
able way iu which this disease is
transmitted. In ir.okt instances the
ilisen.se is banded dov, u by a nou
blccder member of a bleeder family,
and almost invariably by a feumlo
member.
This strange disease is most fre
quently found in (ierman.v and (treat
Brituiu. North America nud France
are next in order.
There is nothing of a distinctive
charncter in tho constitutional con
dition of a bleeder. Unless suffering
from the effects of a recent hemorrhage,
the subject may appear robust and iu
tho best of health. A peculiarity of
bleeders, although not constant, con
sists iu their flue and transparent skin.
The disease usually manifests it.i.lf
at an early ugo, generally during the
first year of life. Bleeders frequently
suffer from general rheumatic pains.
These pains are aggravated by certain
kind3of weather. They lire always
more severe during cold and wet
weather. Tho changes occur with
such regularity that tho sufferer is
capablo of serving ns a veritable
weather prophet.
Iu some cases tho tendency to bleed
disappears for years. This Is said to
occur most frequently in tho") who
Buffer from rheumatic explications.
Only one sure remedy bus been tried
to arrest the progress of this struuge
disease. Tho marriage of tho duiiyh
ers of a "bleeder family" has beou
sometimes prohibited.
Swallowed Tweuty-four F.irgs.
There is an old adage about tbo
folly of attempting to tench one's
graudmother to suck eggs; but this is
not nearly to foolish as betting with
a bootblack that he cannot swallow
two dozen raw eggs iu twelve minutes
as a young man found out recently,
who tried tbo experiment. Ho was
disgusted when telling tho story, aud
called tho bootblack names. He came
into town from his place iu the sub
urbs recently, bringing four dozen of
newly-laid eggs.
Two dozen of those were purcha.-e 1
by a barber, and the shoeblack em
ployed iu tbo barber shop looked w ith
longing eyes 011 the other two doz- 11
aud said ho would liko to suck them.
When asked if bethought ho could suc
cessfully getaway with them ho said ho
could an I that 111 short order. Tho man
vi ho owned the eggs did not think so,
and offered to bet tho Italian 1 that
he could not swai.ow the eggs in
twelve minutes. The bet was prompt
ly taken, and the bootblack started iu,
and iu three minutes aud a half the
last of tho twenty-four eggs blid down
his throat like sonpsiid 1 down a sink.
He pocketed the stakes, nud taid ho
would like another dozen of eggs to fill
his stomach comfortably. O ic of tbo
men who heard the story said ho euw
a in in once undertake to swullow a
dozen and a hall of eggs, nnd ho got
along very well tiil fourteen were
swallowed, when he came across one
slightly overripe, which caused him to
get rid of the whole in a hurry. An
other listener said ho bad otico seen a
man drink a quart of West India mo
lasses without taking tho measure
from bis mouth. Ho walked iff ull
light, but Inter it was learned that ho
neiuly died from the effects of the
deed. Just what wid become of the
boot black remains to bo been, but if
bis experience does not "cure him of
sucking eggs" it will be queer. Port
land Oregouiau.
Lissouiug J'.equiies Skill.
"I lost that thumb by knowing too
much," said the old stockmau, iu
answer to a query. "I w is nothing
but a tenderfoot, but I thought be
cause I could rope a call iu a corral
that 1 Could do anything anyone ilso
co u I it.
"The first day that 1 went out with
my rawhide riata 011 my saddle some
of tho men commenced trying to tell
me how to rope u steer and how to
take a tutu around the horn of the
saddle with the riata when I wanted to
bold him, but 1 told tin 111 1 guessed I
knew how to do it, and I'm a thumb
shy ill eonseipielice.
"1 chucked the rope on a steer us
he was running aud quickly wound
the riata around the horn of tbo sad
dle. There was a j .'lk, the steer went
down, mid my thumb was crushed to
a pulp. 1 h id, iu tal.iug n turn with
the riata around the horn unwittingly
got my thumb between tho ropo und
tho pommel. When it tightened 1
I lost 1 1 1 v thumb.
! "When a cowboy holds a loop in
J Ills right hand, ready I 1 throw, his
I thumb is pointed towards him. Altei
tiio throw it is natural for him to let
the riata slide through his bail 1 from
his little linger towards his thumb, but
if ho attempts to wind it around tho
Middle born 111 that way it is 10 to 1
that be will et his thumb tangled up
as I did- After the throw ho has to
let go of tbo riata entirely, seize it
again, and ns be winds it around tbo
saddle burn let it slip through bis baud
from bis thumb low:r l his little linger.
Just recollect that nihl it 111.-1 v fiive you
a thumb." San Fraueise Post.
An Artist's Practical .lake.
Phil May, of Punch, seldom lets
slip a chance to play a practical joke.
Not long a;.;o he needed a policeman
for a niodei. He went out into tbo
street aud accosted tho first cue ho
met, saying who ho was uud what ho
wanted. "Como to my house at noou
tomorrow," said Phil May, and he
cave tho man his address. Tbe-.i ho
walked nil a couple of blocks further
until he met another bobby. This
one was also willing to pose, uud be
was likewise told to apply at 110011 of
tho following day. Ttic urtist wandered
about Lioudou for several hours mak
ing appointments with policemen.
The next day at 11. mil there was an en
tire platoon of poiicj in front of Phil
May's rebideiiee. A crowd collected,
aud the reason for biicb an ariay was
freely discussed. Some asserted that
a den of autirchistsj had becu discov
ered and was ubotit to be raided ; oth
ers insisted that a swell gambling
place was about to bo seized; others
hinted at a murder or at some other
mystery. A few minutes after twelve
o'clock Phil May came to the door aud
invited ull the polio .men into his
gulden. There he line 1 them up aud
inspected them. lie picked out the
muu most suitable for his purposes,
then handed to each of tho others 1111
1 nvclopo contuiiiing tho regulation fee
for a bitting, nud dismissed them.
Harper's Bound Table.
Bad Lot Hying (bit.
Tho career of "Cberokeo Bill"
hanged at the age of 'JO, after a brief
aud uuprosperoiis career as an outlaw,
would bo a good text for a sermon on
morality, but it would be useless to
preach it, becaus; tbo class of degen
erates to which Bill belonged does not
read sermons'. He was a typo of tbo
barbarism thut.i xists iu all civilization,
and appears most conspicuous at its
edge's. Education nud eulighteiimeut
nre the best remedies for it, uud they
are at work blow ly but effectively. Tho
"Cherokee Bill" stylo of villain is dy
ing out. It will soou ceaso to excite
the admiration of untrained boys aud
iho emulation of ilbiinoim men.
Philadelphia Ledger.
KM! THE HOUSEWIFE.
11KOIMNO FISif.
When it is not convenient to broil
fish over ud open fire it may be inc.-ly
broiled in a very hot oven. Prepare as
for the usual way of broiling, aud lay
with tho bkiu down over a fish rack or
on a piece of oiled paper iu a rousting
pun. Cook on the upper grate of the
oveu until browned, seasoning it at
first with salt, pepper, melted butter,
aud dusting with flour. To bo palata
ble broiled fish should always be
garnished with parsley aud crei-se"
aud bliced lemon or a piquuut snuea
New York Post-
now to cook ccci-MnEns.
Apart from the service of cucum
bers, sliced, raw, and seasoned with
salt, pepper, aud vinegar, to serve as
a6u!ud or, more properly, with fish
few cooks use them; those few muy
fry them, uud rest there. Not only
may they be fried plain or rolled iu
Hour, beasoiied with fault and pepper,
but they inny bo btewed, broiled,
boiled, or baked, still retaining their
appetizing qualities. A delicious ad
dition to certain lish sauces Is grated
encumber, or just enough of the juice
to flavor a balad dressing. The j lice
should be sparingly used, because it
has a decided medicinal actun, but
the grated pulp differs littio from the
slice. I vegetable in its effect. New
York Times.
A SPANISH UKLICAI V.
Some very odd but delicious cook
ing is done among the Sp.iuisb families
of S 111 Francisco. Here is a recipe
that will bo found piquant and appe
tizing: Heat an earthen dish over a
luodcruto lire and melt in it a good
sized pice J of butter; add a small
onion minced tine, salt, pepper, a tea
spoonful of minced parsley und ns
much minced Chile pepper, or a table
spooiiful of sweet pepper; break tho
eggs one by one into the boiling but
ter uud turn them as soou ns they are
wet, using great euro not to break the
yolks. Servo very hot in the same
dish, which may be placed inside one
of bilver. Now York World.
TKMI'TIM? roSl-OCTIONS OF KUI.
Eggs with Bice To 1 toacupful of
boiled I ice add 1 tcncupful of milk,
1 tnblospooiiful of butter, II bcat. n
eggs, 1 teuspoonful (scant) of salt and
bake a light brown.
Creamed Eggs Remove the shells
from bard-boiled egg-', halve them
Icugtbwise, nud nrraiigo them on a
phittcreut sid ) down. Pom- sweet
cream around, not over them, dust
with salt and pepper. S.t the platter
iu tbo oven to beat tbo cream. Serve
hot.
Eggs with Cheese Siicj hard-bo. led
egg-, Jay iu a buttered dish sprinkled
with bread crumbs, on each piece lay
a thin slice of cheese corresponding in
size, teatter over bits of butter, 11
tablespooiiful or two of cream, dust
freely with popper, sprinkle on bread
crumbs aud bake five minutes.
Ivg (ieins Chop together equal
quantities of stale bread and fragments
of cold meat or fish, season with pep
per, suit and a veiy littio minced
onion, moisten with cream or miik
aud a little butler, d reuse gem pant
very thoroughly, fill two-thirds full
with the mixture, break au egg on
euch, spiiuklo with bread or cracker
crumbs, nnd bake 10 minutes.
lrorsEiioLu HINTS.
A little saltpetre added to the water
in which cut flowers are j ut will keep
the flowers frebh a long time.
To extract the juioo from an onion,
cut tbo onion iu half aud press it
against aul movo it slowly over u
grater. Tho juieo will run off the
poitit of tho grater.
To bronze a plaster of Paris figure,
Cover it with a thick dating of shellac
varnish. When this is dry mix some
bronze powder witb the varnish aud
apply to tho figure, then cover with
another coat of clear varnish.
Piilim, rubber plants, mid all foli
age plants used iu tho house bboiild
have a weekly wash day. I'siui; a
soft cloth or sponge, each leaf should
receive a light washing with lu'.t-
warm water, and the soil should lie j
loosened about tho roots. Plant
breathe through thoir leaves, undu'
not grow uulos they are kept fpje
from dust.
Ink may be tnken out of paper in
tho following way if tho stain is not
too old: take a teaspooufiil of chlo
rinated lime and pour over it just
enough water to cover it. Tuk a
piece of old luieu aud moisten it with
this mixture, aud do not rub, but pa;
tho stain, and it will slow ly disappear.
If one application does not remove
the btain let the paper dry uud then
apply again,
Ma ill ma's dil.
:h puto her liiile arms about m".
And klssep my faded lip-".
Vml the nil's my tbrobhiau! terar1"
With her rosy flnsrer tips
he sets the house in neatest orier
When n'l is in a whirl.
111l she tends tbehnl'V when mvheii a'-oe?.
Mmwi't'K girl.
?be smiles, ami wl'hher happy lu'ighter
f'rives nil our tears away .
o one know.- how (0 he sad or angry,
After living with her one daw
he is like the little Hush of sunshinfl
Thai lies In ber bonny euris.
Vud mery one loves ber who knows hor
Mumuia's girl, tb- lc-jt of girls.
Womankind.
Ill M0R01S.
Teacher What is a pedestrian?
Johnny A person who doesn't ride a
'jike.
Tommie What is n tailor's goo6e,
mp? Pop I suppose it is whut he
makes duck trousers on.
A. -Is that really true? Ii. My
ilear b liow, I always tell the truth ;
but this is an absolute fact.
She Did you see the Latin quarter
while in Paris? Ho No; but 1 got
"tvi-ral lead Irnucs passed on me.
Wizwny whut is meant by a pass
ing regard ? Juzby The regard in
which you're held by people who bow
to you bill don't stoji to speak.
"Alas! father, I have lust my
heart," wailed the heroine. The villaiu
scowled. "Careless girl!" ho ex
claimed betuuen bis clinched teeth.
He Is Ihat your daughter in the
parlor, hinging? Sue Yes ; she's
only killing t;m Well, she ought to
have no trouble doing it with that
Voice.
"X iw, the world is not getting a bit
smarter, " said the aged gentleman.
"My grandson asks exactly th.'samo
ridiculous questions that his father did
at his age. "
You'll have to put the links iu my
cuff-. Wife 1 won't. Husband
Then call n messenger boy. The doc
tor has forbidden lnc to take any vio
lent exercise.
She We've been married four
iiinii'le, ileal, and I haven't given you
11 chat c ' to try my cooking yet. Hti
--Why, love, you're not getting tired of
1111: alien ly, are you?
Judge You're pnwlcgcd to chal
lenge any member of the jury now
being impaneled. 1 Vl'eiidiint W ell,
thin,yer hoiior, ( )i'll foighl that sbmail
mon iu the corner wid one eye.
"Oh, F. "nth ! There's that lovely
escort yon bad last summer, tbo
Count do liiisk. selling ribbons at the
fiiithe-I i- 'ii;;ter !" "So it is. lon't
let us teco -inze him. dear. Ho will
prefer to remain incognito."
Mis.Ci imsoiibeak lo:i't you think
there was a good ileal of tru'li iu the
liev. Mr. L dig'.-seliunn today? Mr.
Crinisoiibeak Yes, especially when ho
Mild it was impossible for any of 11s
to tell litu the end would come.
' 1 .-1 1 1 it fun?" cried Jack. "You
can go twee ns fust 011 a bicycle as
yon can without ou . " "On, I don't
kuow about that." replied Wallle.
"The day 1 took my header I bent my
wheel d wu the bill by tell feet."
A'lerp tin Thi ir Beats.
"Police idlictrs licipieniiy go til
bleep vhro patrolling their bents,"
was the information volunteered by a
well-know 11 member of tuo police
fore ', "- eciiiHy iluiing tho couple
of bom k that precede d.11 light. They
have :io idea t.f hoodling, either.
Only a sh ul time, ago 1 Knew of all
officer whose bent did not extend
south of Pennsylvania avenue oa
Foal tee-nth street, who, while asleep,
walked a'l the way down along that
btleet to I..C L iny blhl . Wilcll ht?
awoke be. was within leu feel of a
bar. uno' ive coming across the bridge,
and as so !riglitcued that ho did Hot
find his way back for nearly an hour.
I ku.iw of another c 1 e, uud board ths
stoiy from the ufliei r himself, who
wandered all tlu way along E. street
Iro n Filth street northeast to Judi.
ei 1 ry square. He got all mixed up iu
the quite, and actually lull to usl;
bom .'one where he was before he could
find bis way buck to his beat. Ol
coin a, there are officers occasionally
w ho el t 'e dow 11 for a quiet snonz ',
but th cases 1 speak of are tboso
.Who uc'i u iliy and w ithout any inten
tion nr desire g 1 asleep while tlu-y are
walking about." Washington Star.
Ago au l Influence,
l'ho ino-t influent nil people fn
Europe are oid. (J'i-c 11 Victoria is
neatly 77, Lord Salisbury ii 03,
Prince lloheiiloho is 71, Count
(i il'icii..wl; v, the new Aiistiiuu ehan
celim, s (i "1 ; Prince L dmnofT, tho
Bissiaii cliMiioelioi-, is 07; Signor
Cnapi, tin- late Italian premier is 77 ;
Hie pope an 1 Mr. (tiad.tono are Hit,
and Pi tiice l.''-..i-ajc is HI.