9 rrJ&rntZf hi. I v Tinting Lace. A (Jrcssiuaker who is successful lu biiDpins lare to the desired tint uses l.owdered yellow ochre, toning it with rice fionr. The lace is dipped in, cov ered with the mixture and rubbed mi-, til it is an even color all over and then is shaken free f.om the powder. The eolc;- docs not come off Wash ins ton Star. Pointing Flowers. A Rirl with an art training behind her extends her education to her millinery. When the rosea on her hat fade she touches them up with her brush and they invariably look better than they ever did before. She often buys the cheapest kind of rases and Kivcs them the color that she wishes. Just now she is wearing a hat trimm ed with a bis bunch of red roses that shade into iIee-3 rich tones in the cen tres. She uses water colors. Wash Ingtcn Star. Hints For the Sewing Room. If you always sew with your feet placed en a foot rest j'ou will find that you naturally sit straighter. The same result may be obtained if you sit in a low chair. To prevent machine-made scallops on lingerie or towels from fraying when they are laundered go over them with a button hole stitch, putting the nccdlo about half way down from the ton of the scallop to the place where the needle originally went in. Only every three or four stitches need to be worked into, and the double but tonholing givs them extra strength Some perooaj; go over hand-made scal lops in this way because of the added strength. On flannel worked with silk, the already worked scallops are sometimes buttonholed. Boston Post Embroidered Trousseau. One of the Fifth avenue linen houses, which makes a specialty cl order work, lias just completed a trousseau in. which there are six hand kerchief linen bed-spreads all hand embroidered and hemstitched, with out lace. One of the spreads is in panels, set together with hemstitch ing and each embioidered with a dainty Bower pattern in convent work. The edges all have a wide hemstitched hem. Lace bedspreads are less used just now than these embroidered ones, which are more practical and ' less common. Any one with any knack for sewing could make one at odd min utes. Squares, oblongs or panels are often set together with Cluny or Rus sian lace insertion, and there are imi tations in linen which are practical and which only a connoisseur can tell from the real. When a room is to be matched up. the embroidery may b done in a color. Dut the handsomest f these spreads are in all white or oi unbleached linen worked with white. The latter are in especially high favor this summer. Several grades of linen are employed. New York Times. Recipes. Blueberry Cake. Three tablespoons of white sugTir, butter size of an egg, 1 egg. 1 cup of sweet milk, 2 tea espoor.s of cream of tartar, 1 of soda, a little salt, 3 cups of flour, 1 pint oi berries. This makes one sheet. Serve hot with foamy sauce. Creamed Fish in Baker Potato. Cut the potatoes in halves lengthwise and scoop out the inside; add the left over baked fish, picked in small pieces, moisten with left over butter gravy and season with salt; refill the skins and bake about 5 minutes in a hot oven. Melon Water Ice. Pound 8 ounces of ripe melon in a mortar and add 2 ounces of orange flower water or juice of 2 lemons, 1 breakfast cup ol water and a pint of clarified sugar; tir the mixture thoroughly and strain through a sieve; put in a freezer and it is ready for use. Scalloped Clams. Wash thoroughly the desired number of clam shells and fill them with a force-meat made oi chopped clams, bread crumbs and a little white wine. Season with salt aDd pepper. Heap a little in the cen tre, spread over each some bread crumbs dipped in melted butter and cook in a moderate oven till brown. Lima Beaxts Sauted. Use 1 quart of freshly sfcelJed lima beans, parboil them in salted water, for 20 minutes Place them in cool, fresh water after draining, again drain them and put in saucepan with a good sized lump of butter, salt, pepper and nutmeg tc taste. Cook for 5 minutes, tossing well, then moisten with some , cream adding a little chopped parsley; mix well together and serve. Boiled Dressing. Mis 1-2 table spoon each Bolt, sugar and flour, 1-1 table&pcoa mustard and a few grains iparika. Cream with 1 1-2 table spoons butter, add the yolks of 2 un beaten eg.?3 and 3-4 cup of milk. Cook over hot water until the mixture Ibegins to thicken, then add 1-4 cup oi vinegar gradsaTiv. Cook until the iniitore coats the epoon, then strain nnd cod. TJse as much of the dress ing aa ncems necessary to one's lik-.Ice. THIRTY YEARS OF POLO. From Croquet Mallets and Gcrub ron ies to Championship Honors. In the flush of excitement over th American polo victory in England the enthusiastic pubKc i3 likely to for t'c-t those who, while the present play ers were in their cradles, were fighting the battles for the infant polo white a.s yet it. was unable to care for it telf. These former players took untc themselves sticks of strange kinds and a ball of wood, large, slow and hea vy; ponies little and big did they pur chase, and a field also, whereen tc play. Conspicuous among these fath ers of the pnme stands II. L. Herbert, according to Rit and Spur, the brains us well as the player of the old school the man who has don? so much tow ard making the game in this country. In 1S77, four cr five young men were f-itting on the porch, of Seaside Cot tage, Long Branch, on the lookout fci sombthing to do, when Mr. Herbert happened to read in a newspaper that a game had been started in Newport which was considered shinny en horse back. The nutter was talked over, and wonder expressed as to what the game was like. Finally, Mr. Herbert's eye rested on a croquet set on the lawn, and a mes seuger was despatched to the nearest store, where a half dozen rake han dles were purchased. After removing the short croquet handles these were fastened to the mallets. It happened that a drove of Texas ponies had arrived and were cn sale close by they averaged from 13 to 35.2 hands high, and half a dozen were at once secured. A field recently mowed was found, and putting a flag in each corner, they placed the ball in midfield and charged for it. After many scrimmages and many falls the ball was sent over the end line. This queer performance attracted a great crowd of people who were at the seashore, and the papers the next day reported full fledged and high class polo established at Long Branch as well as Newport. Following the first day's play, Mr. Herbert found some mallets which had been imported for Mr. Bennett, and succeeded in secur ing half a dozen. After vicissitudes the Brigh ton Polo club was organized and played two days a week during that season. The only real club then ex isting was the Westchester Polo club. It divided itself into two teams one representing the club and the other called the Queens County Hunt Team. The first public match was played at Frcspect Park, Brooklyn, 1879, be tween the two teams named, who were then playing five men on a side. Mr. Herbert was a member of the West chester team which succeeded in whitewashing its opponents. About that time the game was darted in a crude way in Buffalo and in '1880 the Manhattan Polo associa tion was organized, playing on a cround at 110th street, Manhattan, but the game was only played there two or three years owing to the scarcity of players. The Meadow Brook club was organ ized in 18S1, and between that date and 1890, I he year in which the Polo r.ssocIation was formed, eight clubs had grown into existence. Mr. Her bert was elected chairman of the as sociation, and has continued to be elected each year for twenty years. The elimination of the offside rule, the system of handicapping and many other changes were1 made both before and after the organization of thj as sociation until now there are seven clubs in full membership and two ap plicants for election. Every one is familiar with the hap penings of the last year or two; they have culminated, however, in the de feat of a nation which has held un conquerable though disputed sway over the countries of the earth since the birth of the modern game and which has row succumbed to the boys, whose fathers played with croquet balls and mallets with rake handles. Natural Question. Parts of the southern coast of New foundland near Cape Race and of the southwestern coast near Cape Ray have an unenviable reputation as the scene of many disasters. While the native of Newfoundland is keen about getting material benefit from wrecks, he is also distinguished for gallantry in saving life and for care of the dead. So says a writer in the Newfoundland Magazine. Near Cape Ray, about 1830, an old man, a young girl and a boy of twelve saved all the crew and passengers of a Canadian packet ship. So common are wrecks that when men engage for fishery it is part of the agreement that the servant shall get his share of the "wrack." Houses in these neighborhoods are all furnish ed and ornamented from lost ships. When the Rev J. J. fCurling first came to the colony he was holding a .service in one of these places. An old fisherman kept looking at his fine coat. "That be a fine piece of cloth," said the old man, at last, laying his hand on the minister's arm. "Never seed a better bit of cloth in my life. Get 'e out of a wrack, sir?" A Far-Sighted Man, "Women vote! Never, sir, with my consent." "Why not?" "What! And have my wife los-ing hats to other women on the elec tion!" Caddy (to motor-'bus driver, whose engine has broken down). "Nah then, shova that sardine-tin out of the road. The nmell 'uil spoil my 'os' lunch." The Sketch. CRUELLY OPPRE&SSD. She's fetteied, cramped, trom nead U toe. From boned and tightened throat fehe walls: "Have nit-roy, uuthlesa Man) Grant freedom. through a Vote!" Incased in armor a la mode, 1'oor slave compelled to bant. So shackled she can't walk a block. Unless she puff, and pant! Confined n gyves In sleeves so tight, A serf in gown so scant! Her high-heeled hoots rciuto the saw: "5 into 3 you can't!" Her head Is bound with cruel cord, For hair In new French swirl, Have pity Man! Quick! suffrage grant. Emancipate this girl! Ella A. Fanning In New York Times. k'mklU FPI .In JO 1 "LAOGfl AND the World Borrowell-r-What time is it, old man? My watch isn't going. Harduppe And mine's gone. Went yesterday. Phil adelphia Record. "Sh thanked him with a look.'' "I s'pose her gown was so tight that she couldn't trust herself to speak, eh?" Washington Herald. Knicker Can a couple live on bread and cheese and kisses? Docker They can, provided the kisses are home- j made and the bread isn't. Judge. "Don't you know, little boy, that it is wrong to try to shoot your neigh bors' cats?" "I got to, ma'am. Maw won't let me pizen 'em." Chicago Tri bune. The Attendant You mustn't handle the musical instruments, sir." The Visitor Oh, don't you be afraid I can't play 'em! Cleveland Plain Dealer. ''Say," exclaimed the indignant cus tomer, "this slot machine won't work for a cent. "Of course not," replied the cigar store man. "Try a nickel." Philadelphia Record. Blobhs Henpekke says he knows the ins and outs of matrimony." Slobba He ought to. He not only gives in to his wife, but he shells out as well. Philadelphia Record. Gentleman There's one of my shirts missing. Blanchiseuse Yes, sir; I lost one. "Yet you've charged me for wash ing it.' "Oh, yes. It was washed be fore it was lost." Bon Vivant. "Happiness merely consists of get ting the things we want," remarked the Wise Guy. "Or of not getting the things we don't want," supplemented the Simple Mug. Philadelphia Record. Doctor Hab she bin ailin' long? Husband Yes, sah, doctah. She hab had fits ob de blues fo gwine on ah week. Doctor Den if dat am ah fac' she mus' hab indigogestion. Judge. Helen I am keeping every birthday present I ever received; even those of my childhood days. Mabelle Oh! wish I might see them, dear. I just love antiques. Chicago Daily News. Blobbs When a fellow is in love himself I suppose it's impossible for him to see himself as others see him. Slobbs Of course. You know they say love is blind. Philadelphia Rec ord. "There was a time," said the old in habitant, when that piece of prop erty sold for a song," "Really!" re plied the grand opera prima donna. "How very expensive!" Washington Star. "I am training my boy to be self reliant." "Want him to be able to paddle his own canoe, eh?" "Well, I want him to be able to operate his own motor boat." Louisville Courier Journal. "Wigs Bjones is having all sorts of trouble with that wife of his from Chicago. I tell you, she put her foot down last night. Wagg Was that it. I thought it was an earthquake. Phil adelphia Record. Benevolent Old Gentleman (to seedy, applicant for a job) "But the last man I helped turned out to be a burglar." Seedy Applicant "Ah, yer 'onor, that's how innercent men like you and ma 'as to suffer!" Punch. CURIOUS JAPANESE FISH. One that Uses Fin as Sail How the Dorado Is Caught. One of the most interesting fish of Japanese waters is the Oriental sail fish (histicphorus orientalis). The generic name, given by Dr. Gunther, means the sail bearer and refers to the huge dorsal fin possessed by the spe cies. The fin stands higher than the body above it and is used as a sail before the wind. It is a large fish, ten feet in length and weighing 1C1 pounds. They swim about usually in pairs in rough and windy weather with the huge fins above the water. It Is a favorite food fish and the an nual catch is nearly 2,000,000 pounds. The sail fish is caught by means of a harpoon. Another food fich known as a dolphin or dorado is sometimes caught in a curious way. The fishes congregate under a decoy bush and raft made of bomboos, and are then caught by hooks baited with squids. Or the decoy bush is surrounded by a seine net ai3 the dolphins are driven by beating the surface of the water with sticks. This fish is eaten both fresh and salt, and 13 as great a favorite in Western Jap an as the salmon is in the Northeast Zoologist. The London Stock Exchange has E4GG members. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. A run of luck requires considerable nprintlng. Divorce is merely the correction of a Miss-take. A pessimist is a man who would rather be right than be happy. Many a man suffers from acute re morse, but it seldom gets chronic. You can't always measure a man's religion by the length of his face. Fools and children tell the truth, which proves that most of us are not fools. Neither happiness nor misery can be judged by the size of a bank ac count. The man who is contented with a little is happier than the man who wants the earth. A woman may use her religion as a cloak and then kick because she can't use it as a hat. It is astonishing to see how much patience a man has where his own faults are concerned. Good luck must be coaxed to per form, but misfortune is always in the wings waiting to go on. When the GoddWL of Fortune smiles on some men she seems to have made some mighty poor selections. A man trying to sew on a button is almost as distressing a sight as a woman trying to sharpen a pencil. A man can afford to be magnani mous when he knows he is right, but he hates to give in when he knows he is wrong. From "Musings of the Gentle Cynic," in the New York Times. AN INTERESTING COMPARISON. England Is Far Behind in the Matter of Railway Accidents. That not a single passenger in the United Kingdom lost his life in a train wreck during the year 1908 is a belated bit of news that has found its way at last across the ocean. A singularly unprogressive people, but toned up in their insularity yet evi dently hiding some capacity to feel shame, else they would not have con cealed so long data that must invite such odious comparisons. There is not a state in the Union that cannot excel that record. Some of them exhibit death rolls that are as creditable to our railroad managers as they would be to generals in time of war. Imposing lists of the dead and wounded fill the newspapers. The un dertakers are buying seaside cottages, the coffin industry flourishes, grave yards expand, surgeons live on truffled wings of hummingbirds and pea cocks' brains, and car builders are kept busy building new cars to re place cars smashed into kindling wood. Thus the daily railroad wreck sets the wheels of industry a-whlrr. A car here, a whole train there; here a head on, there a rear-end collision; here a leg broken, there 20 or 30 lives taken and so the foundation of prosperity is laid. We do not wonder that Great Bri tain concealed so long the fact that last year not a passenger was killed on any of her railways. That accounts for the hard times upon which she has fallen. Let her study our statis tics, compute the thousands of pas sengers our railroads annually slay, consider how much money is set in circulation among various industries by burying them, and find at last the secret dope that makes the eagle scream. Los Angeles Express. Preferred A Plain Dinner. The virtue of plain speaking is not desirable on all occasions, even when it is so pleasantly received as in an incident described in "Queens of American Society." what passes un der the name of "plain speaking" is too often, as it was ia this case, only rudeness. During the winter of 1705-6, when Judge Samuel Chase was in Philadel phia, a Mr. Bingham gave a great dinner in his honor. The judge was placed on Mrs. Bingham's right hand, and coolly adjusted his spectacles to view the superb repast, which, unfor tunately for him, had been prepared by a French cook. Having searched in vain for a fa miliar dish, he turned to his hostess and remarked, "A very pretty dinner, madam; but there is not a thing on your table I can eat." With her habitual presence of mind and urbanity, Mrs. Bingham inquired if she could procure anything more suitable to his taste. "A beefsteak or a piece of roast beef, madam," was the reply, "will please me better than anything else." A servant was called, and a word whispered in his ear, whereupon he vanished. Very soon he reappeared, bearing a dish of roast beef, which Chase attacked with vigor and appe tite. Having finished, he turned to his hostess, and with a satisfied air ex claimed: "There, madam, I have made a sen sible and excellent dinner, but no thanks to your French cook!" Different Now. The captain was receiving the new middy. "Well, boy, the old story, I suppose fool of the family sent to sea?" "Oh, no, sir," piped the boy, "that's all altered since your day." Purple Cow. A Remote Danger. "These pugilists worry me," said the. peace-loving person. "They talk a great deal." "Yes; I'm in constant fear that one of them will say something that will ktart a fight." Washington Star. ALASKA'S BLACK GOLD. I per isOi ricius ociiu iu do nittiei Than Her Gold Reserves. While Alaska's gold reserves are largo they are In no way unique, for refined gold is the same, whatever the source. But when it comes to coal fields Alaska has no competitor. Its store of highgrade fuel cunroot be t quailed in quality west of the Rock ies. In fact to find anthracite and bitu minous coal which compares in fuel value with that of Alaska one must come East to Pennsylvania. These coals are, therefore, the key to the commercial situation on the west coast. For a high-grade, steaming coal used for manufacturing industries or a merchant marine or a coke for t-melters in the Western states one must turn to Alaska. Hence the growing population of the West has a vital interest in the development of these coal fields. These coals are of even national im portance, lor of all our Pacific posses sions Alaska alone can supply our Lattleships with smokeless fuel. The quality of this anthracite and bitu minous coal is net as yet determined, but it certainly is not unlimited and hence should not be wasted. To use it, however, will not be to waste it un less It be improperly mined. A sur veyed area of about 100 square rnUes Is known to be underlaid with these coals, and it is probable that further investigation may show an extension of the field. The quantity of this anthracite and bituminous coal is not as yet deter mined, but It certainly is not unlimited and hence should not be wasted. To use it, however, will not be to waste it unless it be improperly mined. A surveyed area of about 100 square mile is known to be underlaid with these coals, and It is probable that further investigation may show an ex tension of the field. A rough estimate of the quantity within this surveyed area gave some 6,000,000,000 tons, or more than one and a half times the entire production of Pennsylvania since coal mining be gan. It is fair to assume that the coal Is woith $4 a ton, which would make Its total value about forty times as great as the entire gold out put of Alaska to the present time. It is probable, therefore, that the value of the coal fields exceeds that of the gold reserves. These coals are, however, practical ly untouched, for the only coal mining in Alaska ia that of some lignites for local use. A few years ago statistics ehowed that Alaska's entire export of coal for a year was four tons, while it produced fifteen tons of gold. There are also some bituminous coals, though of less fuel value, In the Alas ka peninsula, on the Yukon and on the Arctic slope. Lignitlc coals and peat are abundant and widely distrib uted, and fome of these possess great value for local consumption. From the American Review of Reviews. The Scourge of Rats. One of the most serious problems the department of agriculture has had to meet is the ridding the country of the milions of rats with which it Is infested, and which are especially the foes of the farmer. It is estimated that the rat pest costs the United States $100,000,000 yearly in grain de stroyed alone. The rat also pollutes a great quantity of food products which it does not eat, does great dam age by digging -under buildings and embankments, gnawing wood, cutting up goods and papers to make nests, killing poultry and stealing eggs. The most destructive species is the Nor way rat, which has been carried to all parts' of the world on ships. It is calculated that a single pair of rats, would, in three years, under favor able circumstances, increase to twen ty millions. The department of agri culture' has planned a vigorous cru sade against the vermin, and it rec ommends ratproof construction In buildings, better protection of food supplies and the use of various pois ons in localities haunted by rats. Les lie s Weekly. Telling the Age of a Fish. The age of a fish can be determined with accuracy by inspection of the otoliths or bony concretions which are found in the auditory apparatus. These otoliths increase in size during the entire life of the fish, each year adding two layers, a light colored layer formed in summer and a dark layer formed in autumn and winter. The alternate layers are sharply contrasted and very distinct, so that there there Is no difficulty in counting them. The number of pairs of layers is equal to the number of years the fish has lived. By this method Wal lace has made an interesting study of the distribution of fishes of the plaice species over various sea bottoms, ac cording to age. In this way the rapid ity of growth of fishes and the effect of fisheries on the population of the sea can be determined. Scientifio A merican. A Cruel Joke. Miss Daisy Dimple found a love let ter that her father had written to her mother in the halcyon days of their courtship. Daisy read the letter to her mother, substituting her own name and that of her sweetheart. Daisy's mother raved with anger and stamped her foot in disgust and for bade her daughter to have anything to do with a man who would write such nonsensical stuff to a girl." Daisy then gave the letter to her mother to read. The house became to suddenly quiet that she could hear the flies walking across the ceiling. Judge. To Ertijoy the full confidence of the Well-informed of the World anJ the Commendation of the most eminent physicians it was essen tial that tho component parts of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna should be known to and approvqd by them; there fore, tho California Fig Syrup Co. pub lishes a full statement with every package. Tho perfect purity and uniformitj' of pro duct, which they demand in a laxative remedy of an ethical character, arc assured by the Company's original method of man ufacture knovm to the Company only. The figs of California are used in the production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna to promote the pleasant taste, but the medicinal principles arc obtained from plants known to act most beneficially. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine manufactured by tho Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for b&Io by all leading druggists. The worth of a thing is what it will brinar. Portuguese. HIS DAYS NUMIiERED. flow a Youngstown Man DLs .npoliited ' the Pessimists. John H. Trube, 342 Harvard St., Youngstown, Ohio, says: "In spite of three different doctors I was getting worse, and was told I couldn't live six months. They called it Bright's dis ease. My limbs were swollen so badly I had to keep to the house for nine months. The urine was thick, passages were frequent and scanty and my head was sore and diz zy. I used Doan's Kidney Pills on the advice df a friend, found com plete relief in time, and two years have now passed without a sign of kidney trouble." Remember the name Doan's. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Fos-ter-MUburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. f IjCtter Delayed 151 Years. There is an unbroken rule that the cellar of the local postoffice shall be cleaned out once in every 150 years. The cleaner was not on to his job last year because, If he had been, he would have found the letter ad dressed to E. S. Merrill, Winchester, postmarked 1756, that M. J. McDon ald discovered to-day in the debris. The old postmark siows the cellar hadn't been cleaned out in 151 yer.is. Winchester (Mass.) Special to the Philadelphia Record. Short flax makes long threat. RESTORES LOST POWERS. A went man is like a clock run down. MUNl'ON'sJ V1TAL1ZEK will wind lilin up and maka him go. If you are nervous, If you ara Irritable, if you lack confidence iu your self, if you do not feel your full manly vigor, begin on ibis remedy at cnoe. There are 75 VITALIZEIt tablets in oue bottle; every t-t-lct i3 full of vital power. 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