MEASURING THE BABY.
vVe measured the riotous baby
Against the cottage wall.
A. lily grew on the threRhold,
And the baby was just ns tall'
The wee pink fists of the baby
Were never a moment still,
Snatching at shine and shadow
That danced on the lattice sill.
His eyes wore wide and sparkling,
, His mouth like a flower unblown,
Two little feet, like funny white mice,
Peeped out from his snowy gown;
And we thought with a thrill of rapture'
That yet hud a touch of pain.
When June comes round with her roses
We'd measure the boy uguin.
Ah, me! in a darkened chamber,
With the sunshine shut away,
Through tears that felt like bitter rain,
We measured the boy to-day.
And the little bare feet that were dimpled,
And sweet as a budding rose,
Lay side by side together
In a hush of long repose.
Up from the dainty pillow,
White as the risen dawn,
The fair little face lay smiling,
With the light of heaven thereon;
And the dear little hands, like rose leaves
Dropped from a rose, lay still,
Never to snatch at the sunshine
That crept to the shrouded sill
vVe measured the sleeping baby
With ribbons white us snow,
For the little snow-white eolllii
That waited him below;
rind out of the darkened chain bet
We went with a dreary moan,
To the height of the sinless angels
Our little boy had grown,
Boston Traveler.
REFLECTIONS OF
A SPINSTER.
X fire Is warm to
I night and crack
les merrily lu the
open grate. My
cut Is curled up
on her soft cusli-
llon mid Is bliss
fully purring her
self to sleep. Two
books lie on the
cozy little table
near me, the
"Reveries of a
IJuchelor" and the
"Love Affairs of
nn Old Maid." My knitting, with its
balls of pale blue and deep wine red,
rests Idly In my lap. I lean back com
fortably In my big chair, and with half
elosed eyes I let my wayward thoughts
wander where free fancy leads them.
ho knows whnt tender feelings
Bteal Into many a lonely heart when
the shades are drawn and a brooding
silence settles dowu on a quiet little
house? 1 cannot help wondering wheth
er, after all, my neighbor over the way
Is more or less happy than I, and my
mind goes back to the time when we
were schoolmates.
Lillian at Id was the prettiest girl In
school. Her wide-open blue eyes, her
Boft, round cheeks, and her waving hair
mads her il picture of girlish beauty.
She never eared for study, but it romp,
Ei picnic, or u dance was her delight.
Well, at IS she married one of the
"boys" and expected to have a gay
tlmo forever after. Her Jack was a
good dancer and drove a stylish horse,
11 the girls envied her, uud what more
lould one ask for?
ltut the Hist year brought severe tlls
ippolntmelits. Lillian grew careless of
her personal rtvle-nnince and wildly
jealous of Jack. He hated scenes, and
preferred to spend his time where he
would not bo annoyed by them. After
some bitter lessons Jack's wife learned
to keep within certain well-detlt.ed lim
its. With her fresh beauty failed, and
with the knowledge that she has lost
her husband's adoration, she drags
along a weary life, In which there Is
neither ideasure In the present nor hope
for the future. Said I to myself, "I am
far happier In certain loneliness than
in such companionship," and I looked
around my cozy room with a sense of
relief to think that no scowling face
and no harsh words marred my "Old
Maid's Paradise."
Then I took up my half-finished work
and knitted Industriously for awhile.
I was mi: king some socks for little Ted,
my young nephew. Who could teJl the
proud Joy, the Infinite tenderness and
love which were In the heart of Ted's
little mother? There was an answer
lug thrill when I thought of her, and
contrasted her life with mine. How
closely she clasped the little fellow lu
her arms, as If she would shield him
from all the world! With what eager
uess she watched for the llrst respou
slve look, the first plain word, and the
first tottering step. And there was
even an absurd fondness In those ten
der mother eyes as she gazed on the
antics of her young sou and Imagined
them vastly superior to those exhibited
by any other Infant In the wldo world.
Ted was not a eomnionphiee, everyday
baby, not he. Ills wordless babblings
were full of wisdom, only we poor or
dinary mortals could not understand
the mysterious language lu which they
were uttered.
1 laid down my knitting and In the
red coals of the open lire grate I read
the coming years, bringing the inevita
ble ch'inges for Ted and his mother.
The boy Is not satlslled to live within
the clasp of those sheltering arms. Ho
must see life, be five, go out Into the
world and Judge for himself. The
mother's eyes are dim with gathering
tears and she trembles with forebod
lugs. Her boy, her little Ted, Is out
there, away from her love and watch
fill care, He may be cold, or weary, or
111. The great world Is pitiless, and
there are many snares. IS lie reads the
papers and trembles at every sensa
tlonal Item. O, If she could only have
kept him as be was, n little Innocent
child, when she knew his thoughts and
directed his actions. Her solitude Is
fur more lonely than mine, ntid for the
W 1
momeni I nm glad that the tiny sock In
my lap Is for Helen's child and not for
mine.
But as the years spin on I see Ted,
a man; no longer a heedless child; the
comfort and support of his mother. He
has gone through the fires and come
back to her, with bis boyish fancies,
Ills' egotism and ignorance replaced by
the quiet decision and self-reliance of
the mature man. How his mother ap
peals to him, defers to him, aud anti
cipates his wishes! In her eyes he is
the wisest and the handsomest young
man in the town. She Is proud of his
loverlike attention to her, and with a
flush on her cheeks and an added bril
liancy in her dark ejves, she looks but
a few years his senior. These are hap
py days, but lu the height of their en
joyment the shadows come stealing.
It Is, at first, only a thought, an Imag
ined preference, but It Is soon deepened
Into a reality.
Ted's mother believes In marriage.
She would say so if you or I should
ask her. She believes In it as the true
est and happiest condition for man and
woman kind. She has deliberately and
firmly studied the question, and decid
ed that there Is not a single girl In the
town who would make n good wife for
her boy. There are good girls, pretty
girls, accomplished girls, but not one
who combines the necessary gifts and
graces. Lately there has been a dif
ference in Ted. He has not talked so
freely at dinner, and has been strange
ly absent-minded. He surely cannot
be attracted by frivolous little Miss
Flossie, the only and petted darling of
Dr. Everett? Ted's mother always ad
mired her son's taste until now, but
In this most vital choice she cannot
understand him. In vain she appeals
to his reason. He says little and acts
much. Though he respects his mother's
opinions, she is forced to see that she
Is alienating hlni at each expression of
them. So she decides like a sensible
woman to make the best of things.
Miss Flossie Is Invited to spend a
quiet afternoon with her prospective
mother-in-law. She Is found to pos
sess a shrewd little head, a warm heart
and a charming manner.
After all that has been said and done
they decide to make the most of each
other, and In the Intertwining of my
balls of fleecy yarn I see the parable
of their united lives. The last stitch
on the last needle Is bound off, and the
playful kitten Is rolling the bright rem
nants on the hearth rug. Mary Tea
body Sawyer, lu Boston Budget
The sacred crocodiles of Egypt were
burled with her proudest kings.
Spiders have played Important parts.
It Is said when Mahomet fled from
Mecca he hid In a cave and a spider
wove a web over the entrance. When
bis pursuers came thither they saw the
web and believed no one was there. It
Is said a spider performed the same
kindly net for David when Saul was
hunting him.
Australia has leen found to be such
a favorite home for the apple that Im
mense orchards have been planted and
are now lu successful bearing. They
find they can get them to England and
siill successfully compete with Ameri
cans lu a unnnclal sen.se. Nearly 100,-
000 cases had been received in England
up to June 1, the bulk of them coming
from Tasmania. One great advantage
they have Is In their period of ripening,
as the English markets can be supplied
after the American apples have disap
peared. Everything In any way connected
with Alaska and the Klondike is of spe
cial Interest at present, and among
other Items the foot of the reindeer de
serves particular mention. Tho fore
foot of the horse to a great extent de
termines lt.s value, as upon this portion
of Its anatomy Its speed and endurance
depend. The foot of the reindeer Is
most peculiar In construction. It Is
cloven through the middle and each
half curves upward In frotit. They are
slightly elongated and capable of a con
siderable amount of expansion. When
placed on an Irregular surface, which
Is dllllcult to traverse, the animal con
tracts them Into n sort of claw, by
which a firm hold Is secured. When
moving rapidly the two portions of the
foot, as it Is lifting, strike together, the
hoofs making u continuous clattering
noise, which may be heard iw a consid
erable distance. It Is this peculiarity
of the feet that makes the reindeer so
sure-footed and so valuable lu that
rocky and uneven country.
Dhiikci' I roiu t'otnjr Ntovoa.
Cast Iron stoviw for hard coal, though
In many ways desirable because they
make an even temperature possible,
may be tho source of much danger lu
Ignorant hands. If the drafts are not
properly turned carbonic acid gas and
sulphurous fumes may pour Into the
room, and in n sleeping-room may
smother the slututverors before they are
aware of their danger. Three per cent,
of carlHitilc add gas In the air of a
room Is fatal to animal life, and a large
sized basoburner will tiot take long tc
supply this percentage In a close room.
Such stoves should always be carefully
watched and never handled save by ex
perienced persons.
IV Tin g the Policeman.
Lake City. Fla has set to make the
lidancer pay the tiddler In a novel way,
The town has appointed a single night
watchman, and decreed that he shall
be paid at the rate of Jf'J.M for each ar
rest made, the prisoner to furnish tut
money.
The voice of the average man spoils
what little music he has lu hit soul.
TO HAVE A CLUBHOUSE.
THE Ladles' Literary Club of Salt
Lake City Is the first feminine pr
ganization in the West to project
a clubhouse of their own. These enter
prising women recently purchased a de
sirable downtown lot and have just ac
cepted plans for a modern structure of
gray stone and cream-colored brick.
Contrary to the devices of fair finan
ciers In the East who have built nu
nerous clubhouses by forming a stock
UTAH WOMAX'S CI.UHIIOUSK.
company, these women will erect a
home partly from club dues aud partly
from subscriptions within the club.
The clubhouse is to be commodious
throughout, from the colonial veranda
In front to the great auditorium on the
second floor. There will also be reception-rooms,
library, committee-rooms,
lounglng-rooni, dining-room and kitch
en. That there should be a sewing-room
for the Ladies' Literary Club Is unique,
but some of Its members take their fan
cy work to meetings and Industriously
stitch away in the calm Intervals be
tween parliamentary debates and ani
mated discussion of papers. It is in
tended to add another story to the
building by and by.
The Yoiinu Wife's Social Duties.
To simply live alone, with no pro
vision for the gratification of the social
instincts, Is apt to prove too severe a
strain upon the reserve forces of even
the happiest marriage. There is some
exeme to bo made for tho man who
seeks society outside of the home
wherein no thought Is given to social
pleasure, while the wife Is npt to grow
petty and personal, and so less at
tractive as she shuts herself away
from intercourse with others. This
dropping out Is very easy, but even
when prosperity conies aud large so
cial functions are possible It Is too late
to gain that most valuable possession,
friendship, which Is entirely indepen
dent of financial success. To have and
to hold a place In the social life of the
world Is uot only tho right, but tho
duty of the young wife who desires to
have a home In Its truest and best
sense. Lodles' Home Journal.
t howcr Bath for Iiuly.
The grown-ups aud club men nre not
the only ones iu this world who enjoy
a shower bath, but baby who Is bathed
lu his own little tub cannot use an or
dinary rose, and In such cases the por
table shower of English design, here
shown, comes lu handy.
In England, where the stationary
wash-tub is not so ubiquitous as In
America, this device Is of great con
venience alike for young and old. When
filled with water of the proper temper-
rXKfMATIO PORTABLE SHOWED.
attire a finger is held over nu aperture
In the handle, aud when released the
water falls In a fine spray and with
considerable force.
liuatlca lu Favor Again.
Bustles are being universally worn
again. All the newest gowus have a
small bustle made iu them, and where
a woniau's figure warrants It also hip
pads. Some of the new bustles are
long, some short, some fuller than
others, and many round up tho hips
with small pads. All are made of fine
quality haircloth, light In weight, and
are small, neat and graceful. There
was a time when there was absolutely
no individuality la bustles. Fat and
lean women, women with conspicuous
hips, those with a conspicuous ab
sence of hips, bought and wore the
bustle which looked as if It would last
tho wugcsi and give them the most
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camel-like proportions. Now a woman
studies her curves and lines and buys
a bustle to set them off to the best advantage.
How to Kip a Garment.
Most people think it is very easy to
rip garments, but a fashionable dress
maker thinks otherwise. This modiste
says few women know how to rip up a
dress for remaking. Many a good
gown is spoiled by being placed in the
hands of an unskilled person to rip up,
she pnys. Scissors should not be used,
a sharp-pointed knife doing the work
better. lns seams should be carefully
held In order not to stretch them, and
all threads neatly pulled out after they
are well cut, so that there is no knot
ting resistance. Hooks, eyes, buttons,
clasps, etc., should be taken off with
especial care, as they are usually so
firmly sewed that they resist, often to
the end of one's patience. The material
should then be carefully brushed be
fore being sponged or pressed, proc
esses which in themselves need spe
cial skill.
Keeps a Tollgnte.
Mrs. Minerva T. Hering has kept a
tollgate for a longer continuous period
than any other person in Kentucky. For
almost thirty-eight years she has lived
at the same tollhouse on the Keene
aud Troy turnpike, near Nicholasvllle,
and collected toll. Mrs. Hering and her
husband were installed there as gate
keepers when the road was first com
pleted In the year 1800. Her husband
died twenty years ago, but she has re
mained In charge of the gate, although
the ownership of the road has changed
hands on numerous occasions.
Since free pikes were voted In this
county, just recently, the owners of the
MRS. MINEBVA T. ItKIilXO.
Keene and Troy pike have made Mrs.
Hering a present of the tollhouse In
which she has lived so long, as on evi
dence of their appreciation of her hon
esty and long labors.
Women Wanted Beards,
Nowadays, when lu every ladies' pa-
per one sees perpetual Instructions how
to get rid of superfluous hairs, It seems
almost Incredible that women ever
should have desired to have beards,
Yet this really was the case among cer
tain of the ladles of ancient Kome,
whose morbid ambition made them so
crave for these inappropriate appen-
dagos that they used to shave their
faces and smear them with unguents in
order to cause the hair to grow. Cic
ero relates that to such an extent did
the beard mania among women grow
that it was found advisable to pass a
law against the "adornment."
Russian Wedding.
A Russian bride is not submitted to
the trying ordeal of appearing In white
satin and lace In cold, broad daylight.
The wedding takes place by candle
light In the drawing-room of the bride's
mother. There Is a banquet after, fol
lowed by a ball, and after that supper,
and tills lu many houses Is an occasion
for quaint old customs to be observed.
Hero, as In America, a satin slipper
(supposed to be the bride's) figures,
but In a different way. A new white
satin slipper Is filled with wine aud
passed around to the bridgegroom's
friends, who use It as a goblet and
drink the health of the bride.
Prefer Women Clerks.
In Germany, and also iu Holland,
girls are chosen lu preference to young
men In all employments In which they
can be advantageously employed. At
Munich many of the clerks at the
banks and hotels are girls, and as cash
iers and bookkeepers at restaurants
and other houses of business they are
well In evidence. Many women are
also employed at railway stations as
booking office clerks.
New Guinea Girls Can't Elope.
Girls In New Guinea have small
chance of eloping. Every night they
are put lu a little house at the top of
a tall tree. The ladder used to reach
It Is then removed, and the parents'
slumber Is all the sounder for the fact
that their daughters are unable to
take their walks abroad until they sea
fit to allow them to do so.
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Steerage 5 00
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newly furnished, leave Albany daily (exeept
Salurdays) at 7:45 a. m., arriving at Portland the
same day at 5 p. m.
Returning, boats leave Portland same days
at 6:00 a. m., arriving at Albany at 7:45 p. ni.
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