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About Oregon courier. (Oregon City, Clackamas County, Or.) 188?-1896 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1896)
All the world seems to 1)9 awheel. Grandmothers and babies riilo bicycles, to do the seamstress nud the socioty loader, tlio millionaire and tlio hod cur- rler, the soldier, sailor nud postman, the doctor, luwyer and olergymnii, maids, iiintroiiN, wivos, mothers, bus- bands, fathers, brothers, sistors, aunts, cousins ullsortaund conditions of men and women huve yielded to the fascina tion of these tandnm spheres of steel and robber and ore rolling over the streets and highways, lanes and byways of town and villago iu bewildering pro- A GRACEFUL MOUNT. cession. Tlio bicycle craze, for that is the only name for it, has affected trade and commerce in many and palpable ways. It has entered seriously into the question of transportation. Legislation lias been nucossnry to meet the new con ditions of three-fourths of tho country's citizens whirling over the ground on pnenmatio tires. Women succumbed late, but they have gone tmdor fust and far now t-hut thoy have acknowledged the sway of the wheel. The woman who does not ride la getting rurer every day. The woman who has not thonght of riding is really a remarkable person. Womon 's bicycling received its real impetus when tho smart sot took it up. Once tho seal of fuHhioli was set upon the sport the pace of its success was designated. The limit of that success is still uiiHcttlod. Conservatism iu general lias entered its protest in print and by word of mouth and continues to do so, but individual conservatism has daily .yielded to the infections influences nil about, and tho ranks of the new riders evory week are recruited from the most modest and feminine, the loast aggres sive and most womanly of women. There is no earthly reason why they should not be. If the exercise can be brought into disrepute, it will be by its monopoly by tho other sort of women. It is those of the sox who adorn and i dignify every act thoy perform who are noeded in this and every other pastime, exercise or occupation. That womon can rido the wheel no- ooptably iu every sense of the word is doinoustrutod evory honr of every day, The illustrution shows a woman iu the act of mounting, and her pose is as graceful und pleasing as if she were en tering a oarringo, much more so than the spring to a horse's buck for a cantor. In tho mutter of costume the leaven of tasto and modesty is as valuable among whuelwomeu as among women who do not wheel. So long as it is tho custom of society that women shall wear skirts sho should keep to them ou the wheel. Numerous skirt costumes have been designed that are sufo and convenient, and the plea that either quality is increased by bloomers is not tenable. If iu future decades dress for womon shall bo revolutionized und the skirts of today be douo away with, ns huve the farthingales and coifs of former generations, there will then bo uo pub lio sentiment or conventionalism to be outraged and displeased, and the bloom er question muy take ou a different hasa The present, and it is to bo hoped the future, woman for uuuiy u long day should keep to her skirts. Nor should the matter of age affect woman's riding. If she is inclined to the exercise und has the strength for it, the Biblical limitation of threescore and ten need not prevent her taking to it The older woman, however, who mounts tho wheel needs to be especially careful iu her dress. What is piquant and effoctivo at 20 is not equally so at 40 and 50. Now York Times. T1 "N, were simply wrung out very tight and loft to dry, then shaken out all full of beautiful little folds like the drapery on a Greek statue. They were not ironed at all, do that all the labor of starching and pressing was saved. This woman's child was always ns fresh ns a rose and always iu white, which is so much sweeter and prettier than colors. Nothing is more comfort ablo than white india silk, so cool und soft and us easily washed as cotton, whilo more coinfortablo. A littlo white silk frock is the perfection of comfort. .many tiiin wnito wool materials are useful also. If people save tho money they spend ou laeo, embroidery, ribbons and starch nud spend it in soft, fine ma terial and li'eral quantities of severely plain clothes, surely their children would be much more easy iu their minds and bodies iu this weather. New York World. nicycle Costume In Paris, Just now the ambition of most wom en appoars to be to ride the man's ina chiue, the diamond frame, a lighter ma chine than tho ordinary woman's wheel, and I honestly believe that this latter wheel will soou be relegated to the lim bo of curiosities. Much the same thing will happou with regard to the present costume. Already the skirt is fast go ing. Another step and it will bo but a memory. Here is the orthodox and really fash- ionablocostumo: Very full knickerbock ers, the folds falling bolow the knee, the appearance being that of a skirt, and yet without a skirt's inconvenience. The wuist may vary, but the most pop ular, especially with slim waisted wom en, is that known as the bolero. And, above all, a muu's cup or hat, in wurni weather of straw, at other seasons of folt. The stockings may be of fino wool black or dark blue. Silk stockings are tabooed, and any color but black or dark blue, such ns stripes or "loud' colors, aro considered deplorable. Fi nally, lueed or buttoned shoes, but not reaching above the ankle. Gaiters are a blunder, and, moreover, they are opt to hurt. All this is highly artistic when prop erly worn, and yet the height of perfec tion lias not beeu reached. Hundreds of bicyclists, mou nud women of irre prouchablo taste, are busy designing something that will be bettor, and the fashionablo tailors are losing sleep in tho quest for some successful dosicm. The bicyclo world awaits with an ova tion the man of genius who will sug gest a costume at once Bimple, elegant, appropriate, comfortable, and lust, but not least, not yet worn everywhere. Bcribuer s. i After a Hot Day. It is a littlo hard to "dress up" in the evening, when nothing seems to suit tho suuburued face and hands so well ns tho negligeo outing costume we weur daily, which, by the way, should be navy blue or dark green. But suppose wo have n secrot talk together, my blue eyod maids, before it is time to appear at the tea table and see if things cannot be bottored a little I First, let mo tell you, before you go on a wntor excursion, to thoroughly bathe your face, neck and hands with any pure cold cream, au excellont prep aration for wording off and removing sunburn, that can be bought at any druggist's. Then, when you enter your room nil heated aud tired ou your ar rival home, first take a sponge bath, and after it fill a deep basin with lukownrm water and into it boldly plunge your face, holding your breath and closing your eyes. Keep it there as long as possible with out breathing j then "come to tlio sur face, ' take a deep breath and try it again, repoating the process a number of times. Gently dnb your face dry with a soft towol, afterward sponging it light ly with alcohol, aud sit, or, what is bet tor, lie down und rest half an hour or longer. At the end of that time you will find your color will have perceptihjy dimin ished, and a httlo baby powder deftly applied will remove the shiny appear- nuce and tone down the overredness ef foctivoly. On retiriug for the night batlio tho face, neck and arms again and apply the cold cream ns before di rected Jeuuess Miller's Monthly. Dressing the Children. The first thing iu dressing littlo chil dren is to make them comfortable, and the other first tiling is to keep tlieiu clean absolutely clean. Fine clothes are much harder to wash than pluin ones, so that sometimes they are not washed so often. A pluin littlo cotton frock just from the woshtub is a much more agreeable sight than au elaborate ly trimmed one not quite fresh. Huve plenty of clothes so niuny that they need not be considered at all and may be put on fresh four or five times a day if necessary, aud so plain that they are DO trouble to wask One woman, who determined that her little girl should be always clean, aud who was obliged to consider pennies Tory closely, hit on this plan: She made the littlo frocks perfectly plain, out of anything she happened to pick up cheap, Lawn or dimity, nainsook or linen, coarse or fine, but all soft, nothing stiff or scratchy, no cross barred muslins or pique most abominable of stuffs. She roale three or four dresses. When one was at all soiled, it was taken off aud thrown to soak in a tub of warm water, and by night there wore generally two of three, sometimes four or flva After those little frocks were washed they The Japanese Wheelwowen. The all conquering bicyclo has in vaded Japan, nud is now a familiar sight in the laud of the jinrikisha. The Europeans take to it kiudly, aud the lit tlo brown men and women aro equally enthusiastic. The government has equipped many of its postmen with roadsters, especially those who deliver mail in the suburbs or in the conutry districts. In each brigade a bicycle corps has been formed, which is daily drilled in about the same style as simi lar organizations in the armies of En rope. The Japanese people themselves still regard the wheel as a great curiosity, but are beginning to both muster and manufacture it. At one or two places Japanese girls have learned to ride the wheel, and those who have soon them pronounce it the funniest thing imagina ble. A lady in Nagasaki writes to me : "A Japanese girl in our neighborhood has astonished her people by appearing on a 'safety. ' Her costume was extraor dinary, consisting of the native kaniona or dress and a pair of nondescript gar ments, which are not knickerlxvkers, trousors, souaves or bloomers. The lu dicrous effect is heightened by the girl having the national habit of turning the tors iu developed to its largest extent. All that jia see when she passes you is a pair of round and pretty heels wab bling in so uncertain manner and a lit tlo body coiled up that makes yoa think of a guy littlo monkey ou top of a pole. Japanese girls are funny enough, but on a bicyclo they are simply excruciating." New York Mail aud Express. Women at Oottlugeo. In spito of the fact that Miss Grace Chishohn roeoivod the degree of doctor of philosophy from Gottingcn univer sity tho position of women at thut insti tution of learning is by uo means as sured. Somo members of the faculty still sternly resist the claims of women to be educated and refuse, to lecture to them. Even the more advanced cf them think that women should bo admitted to the university with much more dis crimination than is the case with men. Candidates for admission have an awe inspiring amount of red tape to unroll before they huve tho right to apply for degrees. They lire obliged to secure per mission from tho Prussian minister of education, subject to the individual wishes of the professors of the univer sity, who huve a perfect right to exclude the women if they so desire. The faculty reserves the right to refuse to prest nt to the minister of education nny particular request for a degree. It is understood thut the candidate must have fulfilled the nsuul requirements before being grunted the degree. She must huve studied three yeurs ut a German university, or a university adjudged by tho faculty to be of equul standard, the lust year nt leust to be spent in Gottin gcn. fciie must present au original dis sertation which possesses in the judg ment of the faculty scientific value nud have this afterward printed. She must puss au oral examination in the subject with which her thesis deals aud in two related subjects. Berlin Letter. Women'! Clubhouses The $1,000,000 Temple of Chicago ia in one sense a woman's clubhouse. It is the headquarters of the National Wom en's Christian Temperance union, $000,- 000 of its cost having been raised by that body. It is a great office building, 13 stories high, situated on one of the best sites in the city. There is a club house at Decatur, Ills., thut cost the members of its woman's club about $10,000. The Ladies' club of Kalama zoo, Mich., has built a very fine home. New Orleans lias a woman's clubhouse thut rents its two upper floors for living purposes to clnb members at nominal rates. Ph i lade lph ia Ledger. NEGR0CIIUKC1IS0NGS AN INTERESTING FEATURE OF THE CONGRESS ON AFRICA. Radical Resolutions. The Equal Suffrage association of To poka has adopted this stirring resolu tion: That it is the duty of every self re specting woman in the state of Kansas to fold her hands and refuse to help any religious, charitable or moral reform or political association until the men of the state shall strike the adjective "male" from the suffrage clause of the constitu tion, and thereby declare that women's opinions shall be respited and count d at the ballot box as am all men's opin ions outside the state ponitentifWT, tu idiot nud the luuatio l yhuu..v Some Typical Religious Airs Buns; at the Atlanta Exposition "Rise and Rhine," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," and All the Old Favorites Given by a Negro Chorus. Tho recent congress on Africa at the Atlanta exposition presented some new and unusual aspects. It nlso presented some things which to tho people who know tho negro in the south ure not new, aud among these things was the music Whilo the proceedings of the gathering were stroUKiy characterized by a ripeness of thought and oulture credituble to the race, the musicul feu ture was made up of those primitive no gro melodies which bear the stump of the negro imagination nud which nre peculiarly suited to the expression of the religious feelings of the ruce. These songs ore African in their ori gin aud mold. They were written by ne groes and are strong types of the music al literature of the people. As such it is encouraging to note thut the intelligent minds which directed the congress fully appreciated them. The siugiug of the songs was a feature of tho congress, They were sung by an appreciative choir of energetic students of one of the pro gressive colored schools. The airs are the popular church airs of the negroes the race generally. Of course the city churches do not use them so much, but throughout the south they are sung by the. colored people, The more polished and ambitious efforts of the negroes are fur less popular with the race. The songs "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Steal Way," "Rise and Shine, Brother," "I'm A-rolliug,""He Rose From the Dead and others are fa miliar to nearly every grown up member of the race. The rendition of these songs proved to be a striking feature of the congress. "Swing Low, Sweot Chariot," is one of the most popular of all the sougs. Follow the drift : Bwing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry mo home, Bwing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me homo. Will Allen Dnmigoole. Will Allen Dromgoi.le, the southern novelist, is often mistaken for a man on account of her name. Hero is a funny lottor she received from a legislator when applying for the position of en grossing clork: "Dear Bill I got your letter all right and would like the best in the world to give you the job, but I cannot vote for any man while there are so many deserving young women look iug for a position of the kind. " Miss Testa Gray. Miss Vesta Gray was recently admit ted to the bar iu Fremont, Neb. She is tho first woman ever admitted in her county. Miss Grny has been a close student of law for two years and will practico with her father. She is a young woman of many accomplishments, a fine musician, and has done good work on The Woman's Weekly of Omaha and other home newspapers. Sunburn a Healthy Thing. An optimistio dermatologist has late y promulgated the theory that sunburn is rather a good thing in its way. The action of the sun upou the skin is really beneficial, he says, and it is only in the first place that the effect is unpleasant. After tho sunburn has worn off the tex ture of the skin is finer, smoother and more elastic than it was before. A Royal Acknowledgment. Iu Sweden they encourage literary ladies instead of making fun of them. Fropen Soliua Logerlaf, the Swedish writer, has just received from the king the sum of 600 crowns aud from Prince Eugene 400 crowns as a royal acknowl edgment of her excellent work aud as a means to euable her to take a vacation abroad. Rev. Ella G. Thorp married a couple in Wichita, Kan., June 29. The affair attracted considerable attentiou, as it was supposed to bo the first instance where a woman has performed the mar riage ceremony iu that state. Mrs. A. S. Benjamin of Portland, Mich., bus been elected state president of the W. C. T. U., to fill the vacancy made by the death of Mrs. Mary T. La thrap, the "White Ribbon Daniel Web ster." Minnesota has recently established a woman's school for agriculture, where cooking, dairying, sewing, gardening, the chemistry of foods and the like are taught Mrs. Emma B. Aldrich of the Cawker Publio Record is the new president of the Woman's Relief corps of Kansas. The Difference. "The idea of the woman's club is diametrically opposed to that of the man's," said Mrs. Henrotin, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, in a recent speech. "A man thinks of his club at a placa of recrea tion and ease, a woman of hers as an inspiration to further exertkuv" 1 looked over Jordan and what did I see, Coming for to carry mo homo? A band of angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me borne. If you get there before I do, Coming for to carry me home, Tell all my friends I'm coming, too, Coming for to carry mo home. I'm sometimes up and Bometlmes down, Coming for to carry mo home. But still my soul feels heavenly bound, Coming for to carry me home. "Steal Away" is scarcely less popu lax. A few sample verses : Btoal away, steal oway, 6 teal away to Jesus! Steal away, steal away home I hain't got long to stuy here. My Lord calls me, i He calls me by the thunder: The trumpet sounds it in my soul ! i hain't got long to stay here. 1 Green trees are bending, Poor sinners stand trembling : The trumpet sounds 'it in my soul I hain't got long to stay here. Tombstones are bursting, Poor sinners are trembling : The trumpet sounds it in my soul I hain't got long to stay here. "I'm -A-Rolling" is another of the typical melodies, running: I'm a-rolling, I'm a-rolling, I'm a-rolling thro an unfriendly world, I'm a-rolling, I'm a-rolling, I'm a-rolling thro' an unfriendly world- O brothers, won't you help me, O sisters, won't you help me to proy, O preachers, won't you help me to fight, Won't you help me In the service of the Lord? The song that stirs up the religious aotivities of the race more than auyoth er perhaps is "Rise and Shine. " It is snug universally. It runs: O brethren, rise and shine and give God the glory, glory; Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory Rise and shine and give God the glory fur the year of jubilee. Don't you want to be a soldier, soldier, sol dier, soldier? Don't you want to be a soldier, soldier, sol dier? Don't yon want to be a soldier, soldier for the year of jubilee? Do you think I will make a soldier For the year of jubilee? Yes, I think you will make a soldier For the year of jubilee. Atlanta Constitution. The Fleeter the Better. Skating is great sport ; but, like all true joy, it is fleeting. Boston Herald. ENGLAND'S FINANCIAL RAID. There is not the remotest probability of war between this country and Eng land, and the unanimous stand of con gress in defense or tne presidents ae- mand for the scrupulous maintenance ol national honor will do more to halt the raid upon American securities, to re store American credit and to maintain peace between the two great civilized countries of the world than anything else could have done. The raid is pure ly speculative, and there will be no war. Philadelphia Times. It appears that the selling out of American securities is a put up job by British financiers to assist the English side of the Venezuelan dispute. If this be true, it is an offense of great magni tude. This conspiracy is excused as a peace measure, out it is really one or the worst and most farreaching of war measures, as the "financial kings" may realize to their financial cost one of j these days. Hartford Post i To the clearer and nonpartisan vision I the president's message is, by reason of . I THE MODERN WAY, A Chlvalrlo Tale of Lore, Flight, THUS aud Knight. CIIAITKItl. Fondly tho knight of tho Silver Shiold loved tho fair and noblo Lady Gweudoliuo, and she us fondly returned his love. She returned it b't'onso it was so nice to huve hiiu give it back to her us ho alwuys did. "My own," he murmured, clasping ber to his bosom. "Hero, too," she whispered us sheeny lv nestled her flaxen head upon the stovelid cuirass ho wore over his manly chest, purtly for protection und partly for rovouuo only. CHAPTEIt II. But tho old duke, the Lady Gwendo line's futher, was opposed to tho match. Ho had usked the knight to tuko off his silver shield and substitute a gold oue, und the knight hud refused with scorn und contumely. Tho knight still owed for the silver shield, aud he did not euro to mortgage his immortal soul for a change. "Do as I command," sternly ordered the old duke, "or never be sou-iu-luw of mine." "Well, I don't think," hissed the knight betweeu his set of tooth, und the strike was on. CHAPTER III. The knight of the Silver Shield had told the Lady Gwendoline all. Ho could not tell her more, or he would huve douo so gladly, so much he loved her. "I will flee," she bravely said. "Two flees," he replied heurtily. aud they packed a small kit of wedding things. In half nn hour they were flying from the gray and grim old castle. CHAPTER IV. And fast before the old duke, then, Three hours they'd lied together, And if he'd caught them in the glen He would have mopped the bcutliur op with the knight. FOR LITTLE FOLKS. ' A MODEST LITTLE HEROINE. Certle Anderiuni, Who Flagged the Trala and Saved Many Lives. In a snmll, unpainted framo house, among tho pino trees and near the dis mal swamp which stretches across the country from this place almost to Dn luth, lives little Gertie Anderson, the 7-year-old daughter of Mr. und Mrs. Hermann Anderson. The story of the littlo one's heroism was related in brief by the press when a telegram fgom this city told of her having flagged a pas leuger train which was plunging for- -,i.';v- 7 Mwmnm 7 zmmmi n h in 1 ... "1H uawi ! iv in If ' The old duke bard behind them hied. Should he their stops discover, Then what could cheer the bonny bride When he bad slugged ber lover? Bat still, as wildly blew the wind And as the night grew drearer. The duke was coming up behind, His purling Bounded nearer. CHAPTEIt V. A great thought came to the knight of the Si Ivor Shield. "Sweet one," he said softly, slacking his speed, "wait but a little. I will come again." "Waiting for you," she whisperea, "were such sweet sorrow that I would wait until tomorrow. " It was then 11:55 p. m., and the knight, kissing the fair lady's hand, hurried back over the way which they had oome. CHAPTER VL 'Saved!" he exoWtnod, returning to ber sido and once nunie moving swiftly forward. 'But papa?" she U: ked, with anxious eagerness. , Knocked out ia 'Jm firct lunad, laughed the knight of the Silver Shu:!. in loud, triumphant tones. "I filled the road with tacks, and the old man's tire is punctured so that he has to lay up for repairs. "My hero I" murmured the fair Lady Gwendoline, gazing fondly on him as they flew along the glistening turnpike. CHAPTER VII. Two bikes with but a single thought, Two lovers safoly carried Into the haven which they sought, And to they married. New York Sun. Philosopher's Stone. An excellent reproof is that which is said to have been administered on one occasion by Jose Ribora, the famous Spanish painter. He lived in the days when there were many students of al chemy and foolish believers in its great powers. One day two Spanish officers were discussing certain wonders of al- hemy in Ribera s house. Ribera did not join in the discussion, but at last said quietly that he was in possession of the "philosopher s stone, and thut they might see his way of nsing it the next morning if they chose. The two officers appeared at the np- pointed time the next morning, but found the artist hard at work, not in a mysterious laboratory, as they had ex pected, but at his easel. Asking them to restrain their impatience for a short time, he painted steadily ou, finished the picture on which he was at work, and sent it out by his servant, who brought back a small, sealed package. Ribera broke the seal in the presence of his eager guests and threw 10 gold doubloons on the table. You see now how gold is to be made," he said quietly, with a smile at the crestfallen officers. "I do it by painting ; you by serving his majesty. Diligence iu one's choseu work is the only true alchemy." Youth's Compan ion. The Shape of the Earth. A country schoolmaster was coaching his pupils for the yearly examination, aud having before bim the junior class in geography he asked : "Can any little boy or girl tell me the shape of the earth? To this there was no answer. "Oh, dear me," said he, "this is sad! Well, I'll give you a token to mind it What is the shape o' this snuffbox in my hand?" "Square, sir," replied alL "Yes, but on the Sabbath day, whin I change ma cloes, I change this snuff box for a round one. Will you mind that for a token?" Examination day came, and the class was called "Can any little boy or girl tell what is the shape of the earth?" Every hand was extended, every head it verv decisiveness, a wace niessaee. and everything that congress is now do- ! thrown back and every eye tlasfied with ing, the providing for ships and defenses ! excitement Oue little fellow was sin and a commission to inquire into the ' gled out with a "You, my little fellow, matter of the disputed boundary, is a tell us. " measure of peace on the principle that j "Round on Snndays, and square all the surest guarantee of peace is to re ; the rest o' the week!" Chicago Times prepared for war. Providence 2ew. j Herald. ward to certain disaster, the track, over which had just passed a special train carrying a pnrty of ruilwny officials, hnving sunk out of sight in a muskeg, or subterraneun hike, of which there are several along the line of the Duluth, Mississipyi nnd Northorn roud between Grnud Rapids and Duluth. Had it not been for her cool head nud strong little body every passenger on tho train would have gone down to death iu the murky lake, for the sink hole which had sud denly opened and fiwullowed the track wus hidden behind a curve in the tracks, and no power on earth could have stop ped the train iu time to suvo it after it had arrived at a point where the engi neer could see tho deathtrap. The child is of course the most con spicuous personage in this section of the state ut tho present tune, on uocount or her bravo deed, and has been the recip ient of no end of attention. All this has not chauged her in the loast, and in spite of the money and presents which have beeu showered upon her she re mains the same pleasant little creature she was before she distinguished her self. Thanks to his little daughter's bravery, Mr. Anderson, who is a fairly well educated man, has been offered a position with the Duluth, Mississippi and Northern road, at Duluth, at a sal ary of 1 65 per month, and today he was at home for the purpose of toiling his wife the good news. "It was a blessed day for us when Gertie stopped the train," said the mother, pausing iu her work and patting the soft, sunny hair ' of her daughter. "I have wished to leave the iron district here, but uo other work seemed open to Hermaun, so we staid. Now we will move to Duluth, where Hermann has been offered a good place, and where Gertie cuu go to school. She needs it badly enough, poor child ! Of course I am proud of her who wouldn't be? for every little girl would not be brave enough to do as she did. But we have always lived near the tracks, you know, so the children are not afraid of the trains. Aud I have endeavored to explain to her how dan gerous are the many marshy places around here and cautioned her never to go near them, so when she saw the track disappear and the water begin to come up she knew that the passenger train would meet the very fate I had so often warued her about unless it was stopped before it came to the bend in the road. Vt bile the mother was speak ing Gertie listened attentively, her sweet little face as red as the dress she wore, as red as the painted cheeks of her doll. She wus not ill at ease par ticularly, nor was she forward, and whon asked to tell her story did so in a charmingly simple manner. She lived over again the excitement through which she had passed, nnd once almost dropped her doll while making an ex pressive little gesture. Grand Rapids Telegram. The Captive Cucumber. "Oh, my!" Willie couldn't believe his eyes. Nevertheless there it was, a large green cucumber in a glass bottle that had such a tiny neck. ' ' How could it get in there, and whole, too, papa?" asked Willie in wonder as ho carefully examined the queer curiosity. "Willie, boy, it grew there!" answer ed papa, smiling into the boy's upturn ed face. How could it? See, the hole isn't bigger than mamma's thimble, and the cucumber fills the whole bottle!" con tinned Willie, more incredulous than before. Then papa explained: "You see. I took the bottle out into the garden just after the cucumber began to form. It was then very easy to put the baby cu cumber into the bottle. Of course I was very careiul not to injure the stem or the vine, and so the cucumber just grew in its little glass house until it's a cap tive, sure!" "Oh !" laughed Willie in sreat de light. "May I do that next year?" "Certainly, if you wish," said Dana. Youth's Companion. Annie's Advice. "What is th9 price of that candv?" asked Annie's father of the clerk. Fifty cents, sir. " "That is rather high. Whatshallldo about it, Annie?" "Well, papa," replied Annie, "if tha money were mine, I'd say, 'I'll take it sir, tcr my little girL '"Philadelphia Times.