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IF WE KNEW. f r we know the woe aud hcurtacha Waiting fur iin down tliu road, ( 'If our lips i'oiild taste the wormwood, j v If onr backs could feel the load; Would we waste to-day In wishing ' Vor n tiuii' t It it t ne'er 'Mil I'1! Would we unit In such Impatience For our kIiIjim to tome from sea? If wo knew the lm by finger 1'rcHXMl iiKiiiiiKt tin window pnne Would ln stiff und cold to-uiorrow- Ncver Iroiibli- iim uguln; J" Would the lirlKlit eyes of our darling Catch the frown upon our hrowV Would the print of rosy fingers Vex u then hi they do now 7 Ah! the- little Ice-cold fingers, Mow they point our memories back To tiiu IniKty words and actions Strewn along our backward track! Jlow those little hands remind us, A In snowy grace they lie, Not to Reader thoniH, bur roue, , For our reaping by-aud-hy! Strange we never prize the musle Till the sweet-voiced bird ban flown; Strange that we should slight the violeti J III the lovely flowers ore gone! Strange that summer skies and sunshine Never seem one-half so fair As whi'ii winter's Hiiowy pinions Slm'ie their white down In the air! Mjik from which the ecu I of ulleuve None but (iml can roll away Never blossomed lit kik-Ii beauty . Aa adoiiiK I lie mouth to-day! And aweet words that freight our memory With their beautiful perfume Come to Hi in aweeter accent Through the porttil of the tomb. Let tin gather up the sunbeams Lying nil along cur path; Let tin keep the wheat and roses, Casting out the thorna and chalT; Let us linil our sweetest comfort In the blossom of to-day, AVith a patient halid removing All the briers from the way. : WHALEN'S SHEEP-RANCH. Whalon'H luck wns copious, nnd It be came proverbial; the facta here record ed are but specimen pages from the book of IiIh experience. When the Consolidated Cntiiil Coin iiany went into insolvency, its assets consisted of a mortgaged right of way through the sagebrush and Severn coinpleted but detached sections of lilK ditch. Mr. Brick Whalen. the contractor on section three, bad finished the henv work there anil wns preparing to mov camp to Hectlon nIx when the company went broke. It was, In fact, upon tli very day the Miispcnslon was posted that Whiileu, having had his contrac work Inspected, took the engineer' certificate lip to headquarters to get bin check, lie received Instead n state' ment that the company wns In tew pornry dllllciiltleH, mid an astiiiruuci that It would soon resume. Whalen bad before this worked for shaky corporations; he knew better, nnd lost no time In acting ou libs knowl 'dge. "No good howlln' over a brokeu pipe or tryln to nave the pieces, " be told himself. To Ills gang of twenty men, lie wild: "By's the couipany'a broke and io am I. I can't pay ye and 1 cuu't feed ye. You not to rustle." "What' the matter with us taking the milieu? wild one. I "Them mules, and scrapers don't be long to me, ns I've often told ye." mild Whalen, whose custom It wua to refer to n legendary backer. "This ditching out lit Is the property of Martin, of San Francisco, and any mini that meddlca with It will get the sherllV after lilin." "I'll take one. Just the same," mild Shorty, "and tell Martin he can have blm again when my wages Is paid. That s about fair. A few others took the snnie view of the equities Involved, and took mules, to which Whalen maile only u wordy resistance. Most of the men were lu duced to accept orders on the defunct company for the amount due them, payable with large Interest. "And if j on dou't get It very soon, the Interest will double your money," said Whalen. When the Inst man bad gone, Wlmlcu went out to the corral and counted the mules. "Forty-one bead; that was n close call," aald he. It was late in the season to 11 ml an other Job of scraping, but the mules could not live on sagebrush and were nt once Htarted for the railroad. On a fimiill stream where camp was made one night a band of trail sheep wns also camped. Whalen eyed thcin dis dainfully. "I see the beggars eat sage," sold be. "Why, certainly," replied the sheep man; "that's the Uncut kind of feed for sheep." "I wish work-mules would do tbnt," raid Brick. "I never was so near a sheep In my life," be continued: "the smell of 'em a mile away Is enough for me. Funny little fellows, and they look some like mules, with ears and lulls cut off. What do you do with themr "Double our money on them every twelve months," was the reply. No extended description of sheep farming would have Impressed the fancy of the veteran mule-sk Inner, but "double your money" was bis own fa miliar phrase for describing any hope ful venture, mid on that evening be smoked many pipes of black plug over It. A brute that can thrive on n brush diet and double your money every year Is an interesting creature. At daybreak Whalen was In the sheep-camp negotiating a trade of aheep for mules on a basis of llfty to one, and prepared to accept much less. Three days later be sat lu the door of the sliack which bad long done duty ax loess-house on section three of the canal, as many an evening before be bad sat watching the mules come In from water. To-ulght there wan never a mule In sight. Dowu the breeze cauie a pungent odor and a tinkling of llltla bells. Over the crest of nil adjacent bill appeared the flock browning ou tint rank sngc. "They do look Homo like mules,," lie sollloqul.cd. "and I'll bet I'm the only Irishman In America ever owned u hen! of sheep." Winter cuino nnd passed, and tin only Irishman prospered. By rooting In n cut with brush he had commodious sheds, ami croxn-sc iion of polca di vided the broud ditch Into in many coral ns bo chose. The sheep were fat and curried heavy fleece. Whalen bad for help two boy who luid wandered there nnd nsked for work. He bad projiosed to hire one of them, but the boys protested tlint they had never been separated, und that If they got Jobs at different ratiche "the other one wouldn't know where the other ono wus," a contingency which they could not abide". .Ho Whulcii offer ed to take the two nt the price of Hie, nnd on that basis they shared with Iilnl the aback, herded the flock, ami cooked the grub. They soon knew as much, or as little, aiamt sheep n Brick him self; and the proprietor found opportu nity to break the monotony of camp life by occasional trips to the ru II road and once to Han Francisco. "I'm going to see my friend Martin," he told the boys. "Now tend to busi ness and don't let any get a way." And the Isiya gave their word that not one should escape. During Whalen' absence In the city ho went out of the sheep business even more abruptly than be went Into It the previous autumn. The Instruction to the boys wns fullllled to the letter not any got away. It happened on a hot day In June when, contrary to usual custom, the boys brought the (lock to camp uud the shade of sheds at noontime. It never rains In that nrld region, but sometimes pours. This was one of those times. Charged with Ice ami water, a great black cloud came drifting down the wind, and emptied out Its load upon the camp and the hlll-slde above It. The canal, curving around Its base, formed an eave-trough for the whole mountain ami poured several thousand Indies of water Into Whalen's Impro vised sheep-sheds. The flood very soon subsided, but when the cloud had pass ed and the sun again shone forth, there were no living sheep. Not many min utes are required to drown a rat In a hole. Meanwhile the boys greatly fright cued by the sudden storm, and with no thought for the safety of the flock, were In the shack. The bail pounded and the wind shook It. , Water covered the floor. Tray, Billy, said the one on the barrel. "No, you do It," he answered from the table-top. The shack bad no window, and, with the door closed, It was pretty dark In .there. Wben Whalen reached home two hours later, the floor was still wet and the boys were yet roosting on table and barrel, but outside, In the bright sunlight, the ground appeared already almost dry. A solitary goat stood upon the shed roof; he had beeu among tins sheep In the pen. iou rant keep a good man down any more tiiaii you can a goat," was Brick's comment on the catastrophe. bile halen wns working the boys double time at pulling the wool from the dead sheep, he bad the happy thouglit of stocking his ranch with bees. Having money enough from the proceeds of bis wool sale to buy a hun dred stands, be promptly carried the thought Into effect. rVgaln be snt down In tho door of his shuck to "double his money." "This Is better than shoop," said be; "for they herds themselves. And they are like mules In one thing you are liable to get hurt If you fool with Yin." This wave of prosperity broke up as soon as former ones had done, for he bad Imported a bad case of foul brood, nnd within a year the hundred swarms bad petered out. When we went down there last summer In the Interest of a new company which has taken up the work of completing the canal,, Whalen gathered the Ismes out of the old shed In the cut and hauled them to the rail road, where he sold them for fertiliser, realizing enough to buy two more mules. With bis four-mule team be Is at work lu the ditch for day's wages. Somewhat grlz.led now, and not so brick-red of balr and whisker as for merly, he Is happy as ever, nnd san guine that he will double his money. 'Here a Hoping" that be may. San Francisco Argonaut. DELICATE MAINSPRINGS, KfecU of Title of Admiral., It should here be explained that tho title of "Admiral" was not used In England In the earlier days, says the .ondon Nautical .Magazine. In fact, he better opinion, is that It wns not so used before the beginning of the four- eeiitb century. He was called Cap!- taneus Marls tCaptain of the Sea), Keeper of the scacoasts," "Captain of the King's mariners." The title "Ad miral" or "Amlral," probably derived from the Arable amir or emir (pre- ct), wns used In forelgu countries much earlier than lu F.ngland, and ame to us fnmi France. Frvnue rVnlinadverslons," page lOtli, states hat there were admirals and au ad miralty court In Fnglaml as early as the time of Henry I., derived from onr ancient Saxon kings Alfred, Kdgnr, Ktbelred and others who bad the do minion of the British ocean. None of thse kings probably was more iotent thuu King Bdgar, who, possessing an nlwolute douiluiou of the neighboring sea, sailed around about It every year and secured It with a constant guard. These shlis, being very stout ones, were In number 1.1M0; some writers even affirm that there were 4.8(H) sail ing ships. Vtrr Quick to Feel tba Heat and Cold. "Mulnsprlngs are very much like peo- de," remarked a New York watch pinker recently to a writer for tho Washington Star. 'They arc as sus ceptible to extremes of heat and cold as human beings. When the thermom eter Is hovering around the freezing jsdut or dancing away up lu the no's the sensitive little mainspring will suc cumb Just us easily to freezing or sun ntl'.'kv pH inn n ; "During the "hot weather of the past month I have received over 4iX)wntchea which needed similar repairs. You see, this uncertain piece of mechanism Is Nitpiiosed to In- adjusted to meet the various degrees of temH-rature, but when the changes are great and come suddenly there Is nothing that can pre vent tiiem from snapping'. Many are made lu Switzerland of the very flnest quality of steel, absolutely flawless. Cery often the watciiinnker eiii'i defect a bad spring before putting It In a watch either by Its color or the softness of Its spring. These have la-ell too tightly tempered In making, and In stead of lielng subjected merely to a red heat the tire has liccii brought to white heat, thus weakening the strength of the metal. "The flnest watches that are handled by reliable dealers lu the I'nlted States are put through a 'cooking nnd free. lug' process before they are sold, lor the purjKise of testing their reliability In all temperatures. The watch Is llrnt placed In a little metal lxx. which U made air tight. Then a strung gis flame Is turned on the under surfaco of the box, und Is kept there for one or two hours, so that the watch Is ro hot nt the end of that time that it could not lie touched with the bare hands, "From this It Ismmedlately taken nnd put into another metallic bo which Is burled in a vessel containing Ice. There the costly watch Is allowed to freeze for au equal length of time, when its treat incut ceases, and the ex it it) I mi I Ion Is made. If during tills ex cesslre test the watch has ticked mer rily on without deviating a fractional part of a second, It Is put back In tho case and marked 'guaranteed for two years.' The mainspring l-j the first piece of mechanism that auccumbs to the test. If It survives nothing need Le J en red. ".Mal.isprlngs are. however, about t'ic oidy part of a wat.m tlm a Jcvcler cannot successfully diaguose. They can guarantee any of the numberless little wheels or pivots or balances that go to make up the anatomy of the watch, but the mainspring has as yet bullied the most skillful makers of watches of all countries. It Is not so much the severe extremes of the weather that prove fatal to the spring as It Is the process of changing from bent to cold or vice versa. "Many people who have been the pos sessors of new watches but a short time often come to me much annoyed, declaring that they have paid a large price for their timepieces, and the mainspring has brokeu ufter only a week's use. " 'That Is nothing,' I tell them. 'We Jewelers have them snnp In our eases before tho watch has eveu been shown for sale.' Others Imagine that they might have wound their watches too tight, but tills does not harm It, It U rather the Jerky, hurried winding that will eventually tell ou the temper of the metal. Besides, every good stem winder has a stop placed lu the stem which prevents the winding of a watch too tight. "The cost of a new mainspring Is small. It Is the putting them In the lalsjr expended that costs. It costs from $12 to $15 to put a mainspring In the flnest Swiss watch, while In a cheap American make It costs only 50 cents to $1. "A gentleman purchased a $2."0 watch from me about a year ago, and shortly after he left New York on a tour around the world. He returned ulsjut three weeks ago, brought his watch back to me and paid me this compliment: 'Here's a watch, said he, 'that I paid you $'JoO for a year ago, and while I was traveling around it lost three minutes. You guaranteed It and I want you to make it good.' The watch was placed lu my wludow with this card beside it: This watch lost only three minutes In a year In n tour around the world Price. $75.' "Did you sell It?" "Yes, within two dnvs." son, lu IS:!:.', over half a million, and In his third ruu he received lu a total pop ular vote of 2,isNi,(jH votes, within 40, tm of a majority over Mr. Folk. Thus ho had much ground for hope, and his friends, both here and throughout the country, were ccrtalu of his election, lu fact, that being the day for uews by slow mall, It was a week before Ids de feat wus acknowledged, and several times was the victory '!) celebrated by the burning of houflrc. I was then employed us a messenger boy lu the old Intelligencer olllce, and by that means I cuino to know Mr. Clay, frequently being scut by Mr. Gules and Mr. Keatoii with messages to him. Sometimes I found him at the Capitol, but geuerally at his rooms In the building at the northwest corner of Fight h street nnd .Market space, the site uow occupied by Mr. Win. II, Hoeke. At his rooms he was friendly with me, and seemed pleased with the manner In which I performed my duties, "One day he said: 'My lad, when I become IVsldciit, I will do something for you. I want you to couio to see mo at the White House.' "'Why, Mr. (.'lay,' I responded, 'how' will I get to see you when your doort are guarded T 'ure enough,' remarked Mr. Clay, nicking up a card, ou which he wrote Admit Mr. . H.Clay.' Handing It to me, he said: Take care of It, and It will pass you. Be sure to come.' "I fully expected to Imve occasion to use It, but like Mr, Clay and thousands of others, I was disappointed. I have had the ca'd for over half a century. nud have tn-usured It a au evidence of Mr. Clay's good Intentions." Washing ton Star. f: FOR A SHAOY CORNER. OR a shady corner of the library or reception room, nnd especially appropriate If the room decora tions are In Japanese style, Is the lily arrangement shown In the sketch. The main stand Is In Japanese lac quer ware, with brass claw feet, and upon It Is Bet tho odd lwwl (also pro- Wbepever you hear anyone speak of himself as "high spirited," It Is nearly always a sign that he Is a little bit Illy. Feed for Fnrm Hanoi. Equal parts of old oats and shelled corn, mixed with a little bran, und made slightly moist, is a strong, henlthy feed. Idle horses may be given two quarts at a feed, nnd then turned to pasture. Horses at hard work should lie fed four quarts at a feed. Feed out hay. If new hay is fed, salt It. New oats should not lie fed too early. Let them dry out a few weeks flrst. Horses should be salted twice a week, giving a tablespoonful at a time. Curry the horses morning and night, and wash the shoulders off with cold water when they come in from work, nnd rub dry. If the skin is rubbed off bv the ollar, rub on a little rock oil, and then dust with air-slacked lime. This will harden the skin. and. If the collar fits properly, there will be no sore shoul ders. The collars should be cleaned off every morning liefore belug put on the jorses. A Good Story of Clay. "There never was a more disappoint ed candidate for the Presidency than Mr. Clay was In 1S44," says one who knew him. "for he fully expected to tenant the White House from 1843 to 1S4!. He was then on his third run for the I'resldency. and had loug been the idol of hU party. In his first run, against Jackson and John Qulnry Ad ams, In 1SC4, he received less than .10, 000 votes; in bis second, against Jack- A Protest Indorsed. A the excursion boat left the wharf a baby began to cry. Its mother en deavored to comfort It Into silence, but the wall continued, to the great annoy ance of a young man with large hands nud a small mustache. "He doesn't feel at all well," the mother explained to an elderly woman, who was sitting neur her, "nud I thought the cool breeze might do him good." "Of course It will," was the sympa thetic ad hearty reply. "Let blm cry if he wants to. It'll open Ids lungs wide and give him the full beuelit of the fresh air." But the young man with large hands and a smull mustuche was of a differ ent mind. "It's a pity," he remarked, apparently In confidence to a friend, but loud enough to be heard by all, "that people dou t know better than to biiug babies ou au excursion. It's no .place for them." The baby's mother looked grieved, nnd the new-fouud friend looked de fiant. When the boat landed that night nt the wharf, the elderly womau bunded the baby back to its mother nnd hur ried away so as to place herself In front of the youth with large hands and a small mustache. "loung niau," she said, "I want to compliment you." "What for?" "For having so much more sense thnn gave you credit for. Karller lu the day I heard you say that people had no business to bring babies ou board an excursion boat. I kind of thought you were wrong at flrst; but I'm prepared to acknowledge you hit the nail oil the head." "Babies are too young to know how to behave,"' he commented a little doubtfully. "It tukes a lot of training." "That's Just it. A baby can't be ex pected to smoke bad cigars and holler at the boy-who sells soft drinks, and slug "Just Tell Them That You Suw Me" off the key, and snuggle their heads ou somebody's shoulder und talk sickening foolishness about 'Whose urns Is oo?' loud enough for everybody to hear. I kept my eye on you, and I own up that you knew what you were talkln' about wheu you laid down the law that babies nre out of place on ex cursions." Washington Star. I I we have not yet learned to use. ihii give us lime and wo will overcome this weakness. We are getting burdened; modern literature and modern tenden cies ot all sorts are doing this for ti. I heard the other duy of a little domes tie scene that shows how we are Im proving In this respect. A dignified and pious old man was being harried by bis energetic little wife. His exus pcrnlhrti became unlicnrable nt last, and. forgetting his stiff Joints, he sprang from his chair and begun to gesticulate wildly, too nugry to spenk. As soon ns he could he said: 'Jane, I am going to swear!'. 'Do! Mr. Simp son,' she said; 'It will do you good.' She called to her sister In the next room: 'Surah! Mr. Simpson says he's going to sweur!' The sister dropped her worK, exclaiming: 'Oh, do ask him t wait till I get there'.' " DAINTY PARLOR OnX AMEXT. vlded with little feet), of wedgewood. which Is tilled with water to keep sat urated the porous pots holding the lily bulbs. Since the bulbs float In the wa ter, It Is au easy mntter to replace them wheu they are done blossoming. Rooky Bond for the Doctors. In Beliochlstnn, when the physician gives a A se, he is expected to partake of a slnilli.r one himself ns a guarantee of his good faith. Should the patient die under his bands the relatives though they rarely exercise It have the right of putting blm to death, un less a special agreement has been made freeing him from all responsibility ns to consequence; while, If they should decide upon Immolating him, he Is ful ly expected to yield to his fate like a mau. Coal and Pig Iron. In 1701 It required 10.100 pounds of coal to produce oue ton of pig iron. In 1870 the same quantity of pig iron was produced with 5,000 pounds of coal, and lu 18!)d the quantity was reduced to 8.000 pounds. A blast furnace pro duced 80 tons of pig Iron per week in 17il, 13" tons iu 1870, 1,800 .tons In 1SSK). These figures are given by the president of the British Iron and Steel Institute. Wonmn' Corrlnne Moat be Kfoht. The stylishly made gown must be cnrrled off with a stylish air, else all good results In the manufacturing are lost. Many' women ruin the most fault less creatlous by a poor carriage and ungraceful walk, or by sittlug down all lu a heap, which crushes aud twists the best hanging skirts out of their original shape. Some womeu nre hope less so far as style goes, while others are a grent success no mutter what they may have on. The woman utterly devoid of some natural style Is, ns a rule, slovenly, having her clothes pitch ed on any way to get into them. Her hair Is stringy, gloves Ill-fitting and soiled, veil looking as though It had blown toward her aud by accldeut found a lodging place on her millinery. Her general air Is one of neglect nnd usually In keeping with the ungainly walk seen In so many women who give their personal appearance little or no thought. The stylish woman has a good poise, stands well, walks well and her clothes take ou Just the correci swing. Put these same clothes on the woman who shambles and stands on her heels with shoulders forward and abdomeu thrown up aud the style of toilet Is swallowed up in the lack of style lu the woman herself. It Is safe to say that more style is lost In the way a woman carries herself and wears her clothes than iu the actual making of her wardrobe. Queer Kconomy of Oerman Empreaa. It Is well known that the German Empress Is an Ideal housekeeper na well as an Ideal wife nud mother. Her dread of waste goes so far that tho suits of her elder children nre cut down' to lit the youuger boys, nnd her own court dresses nre nltered ngnlu and again, so ns not to be recognized when they nre worn at ninny court functions. Yet It Is nlso reported an army of twelve dressmakers Is always at worjc for the Empress, and that It Is Increas ed to over thirty whenever the Em press Is nbout to start ou a Journey. New gowns would, after all, be less ex pensive, since the great Berlin artist In dresses who makes the court cos tumes for her Majesty charges only about $75 for making a gown of Btat. An Automatic Singer. An "automatic singer" was exhibited to the editorial staff of a Paris uewspn per. The apparatus Is in the form of a tripod, on the top of which is a ma chine smaller than the phonograph. In to which the cylinders nre put. The sound Is transmitted by highly perfect ed boards to a metallic trumit, and It is stated that the voice can be heard 210 yards off. A Haatjr Opinion. 'There w as ouly one joke In Life last week." "That's funny." "How do you know? You haven't heard It." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Exactly. She Do yon usually bull the market? He Yes, and bear the loss. Where Wontn Toll I.Ike Men. While American women have their own grievances the sex enjoys a free dom of action nnd an opportunity for gettiug ahead greater than are found elsewhere. The men of European coun tries, as a rule, are far less considerate of women than are Americans. In Bel glum woman digs In the mines nnd does the coarsest of work. In Germany she toils In the fields. Even In France, the country of politeness, she tolls la boriously nud ofteu with little consider ation on the pnrt of the male portion of the community. The towns where art aud culture most abound often present striking counter pictures. Budapest Is a beautiful city, yet In this apparent ly civilized community the tourist sees young girls nnd women of all ages car rying bricks and mortar, nnd mixing the latter, wherever a building Is go ing up. Cooked !r Cold. Any one who has ever picked up with a bare band a piece" of Intensely cold Iron knows that the touch burns almost as badly as It the metuj were redhot. Indeed the action of the great beat and extreme cold Is so similar that a Hungarian chemist has turned the latter to account to prepare meats for food. He subjects the meat to 00 degrees of frost and then seals it up in airtight tlu cans. The result is that the meat, which Is practically "cooked by cold," will keep any time aud can be eateu with very little further preparation. Whel women's Aches. A preparation of quinine and whisky Is said to be excellent for extemnl use after a fatiguing bicycle ride. Not only ns a panacea for aching muscles Is It satisfactory, but It also serves ns nn excellent tonic, If well rubbed into the skin, for the strengthening of wenk members suddenly called upon to do much unwonted duty. The proportions nre sixteen grains of quinine dissolved In a pint of whisky. Clear alcohol is only In a less degree excellent for the purpose, either to use In the water of the bath or directly upon the persoti. Both the quinine mixture nnd the nlco hol will serve a triple purpose, that of a preventive of cold, a pain alleviator' aud a tonic. Hrntrr Right In the Iron. One who travels has had to carry a little alcohol lamp for heating the curl ing Iron. With the new curling Iron shown here this trouble Is obviated, for the curler con talus a little alcohol lamp arrangement within the han dle, which keeps the iron heated as long as required. It Is not necessnry to wnlt bet veen hentlngs, as Is the cast with the ordlnnry heat ers. The curler Is alwaya clean, never having an op- ffiJiy' portunlty to become smoky or sooty, and so the hair Is kept In better condition by the use of the self-heater. The construction of the heat ing apparatus Is such thnt It Is absolutely safe when held Iu elthe an upright, hori zontal or perpendicular posi tion, it never becomes so hot ns to burn the hair, but preserves a uniform hent throughout the time it bums. SltPfflEr , a BABY. 11 . T.mued frog skin Is about the pret tiest and softest leather for gloves im aginable, and nlso the strougest for its weight. Oak bark, the usual tanning medium, Is not serviceable for these little skins, and a special kind of root Is used, and the process Is long and expensive, but well worth the trouble. The fair sex are somewhat prejudiced, however, and so far have become recon ciled but slowly; however, the demand is growing and they will no doubt be come popular ere long. Women and Mronn Language. Ithasoftenbeeu asserted that woman Is deflcient it humor, and another fem inine "shorteomU.;" Is thus described by a writer of the sex: "Women, It has been said, cannot bear strong language. There are certain words In English that A prominent physician of New Yori city lias arranged a scale, showing how much an average baby should weigh at birth, nnd from then on up to the age of 2 years. The table, which was prepared for the New York Sun, Is as follows. Pouuds, Pounds. At birth 7 22 weeks H'A 2 days 0 24 weeks H 4 days 6 26 weeks 15 7 days 7 7 months Ill 2 weeks 7! 8 4 weeks 8 9 0 weeks 9 10 8 weeks 10 11 10 weeks KW4 12 12 weeks. 14 weeks. months 17 months 18 mouths It) months 20 months 21 ...11 14 months 22 . .12;4 Hi months 23 jo witks ii f4 la montns 25 18 weeks 13 22 months 2B 20 weeks 14 24 months 27 How the doctor arrived nt bis conclu sions Is not written; but the proud par ents who announce 10-pound boys had better try the steelyards again, to be sure, before the cards are given the en graver. Medical men seem to have special fondness for dashing the pride of young parents. The wonderful new baby Is coldly regarded as similar to every other new baby In town, and Its remarkable achievements fail to awak en the slightest enthusiasm. As a matter of fact, few infanta weigh at birth more than eight pounds, and the great majority range below that figure. Notes on Gowna. Silk mull Is modish for full collar and long sashes, and Is particularly pretty with tinted soft batiste cos tumes. Negligee nnderwalsts for warm weather are of flexible woven stuffs. Strong, lightweight corsets are of caj vas and of satin.