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THE JI NGLE BEATTY
SHE PLUCKS HER WARDROSE FROM
THE TREES AND VINES.
Lace Bark 1« the Favorite Hall Dre«.
Fabric ot the Seml«-IVillard Helle of
tbe
We«t
ladle« — LI. lag
Jewel.
That Oatahiaa the Dlamoad.
SAMURAI AND JIU-JITSU
"he Me« I SuMilStiul s,-a»u, ut
lell*-« lu the World
»<>■-
More than 2Jksi year» ago th* r.
iprung into existence ili Japan an or-
ier of knight» who were known as th»’
lamurul. To them was ImpaiQfil all
die leurnlug, the polite breeding ami
tlie forms of superiority that murk tbe
yeutleman They were »killed In arms
and venwd In the arts of war, for they
were tlie enqieror’» fighting men, ami
none but they were allowed to beur
arms.
As there could not always be war on
hand, and as it was considered be
neath the dignity of the samurai to go
luto any ordinary callings, tt came
about naturally tiiat these little knights
found much idle time ou their bauds.
Being men of war, they turued their
attention to athletic feats.
One among th« samunil conceived
the Idea of learning by practice tbe
l<s-atton of every sensitive nerve and
muscle lu the b»s!y. After that be dls-
covered all the Joints of the bouea that
could tie sein’d lu such a way as te
give momentary power over tbe mus
cles of au adversary. He practiced
with his fellow samuaul. and thus by
degree» was develo[>ed tbe most -won
derful system uf athletics known tn
the World.
The Japanese call this work Jiu-Jitsu.
The deft pressures applied In the prac
tice of Jiu-Jitsu produce only momen
tary pain, but do not really Injure tbe
muscles or nerves. In all other things
the Japaix’se are the most polite peo
ple In the world. So tt follows that
even in their fighting they have de-
velopcd a humane yet effective method
of self defense. They do not strike ont
with tho clinched fist and seek to
bruise, ns do the Anglo-Rnxons in their
boxing contests.
A knowledge of Jiu-Jitsu enables on»
almost Instantly to convince bls oppo
nent that It Is useless to tight. There
are now schools of jlu-Jitsvi everywhere
In Japan. Every soldier, sailor and
policeman Is obliged to perfect himself
In the system. A Japanese policeman,
possessed of the art, has been known
single handed to reduce to submission
and to take to tbe police station four
sturdy sailors of a foreign Asiatic
squadron.—St. Nicholas.
Down tn tbe tropical Jungles of Cen
tral America and the West Indies tlie
iiead of the family Is not worried by
nlliiners' and dressmakers' bills. Tbe
Semlctvlllaed belle of these lands knows
how to get nearly the whole of her cos
tume from the jungle. Rhe manufac
tures It herself from the materials she
gathers from nature. Though she may
to able ill rare eases to get from the
one shop ten or fifteen miles awuy a
few junto of cloth with which to make
her dress, any trimming she may wish
to put upon it must tie searched for in
tbe woods.
Ijice burk is tier favorite material tot
making anything light and dainty.
This lace bark Is the film which covers
the heart of the lace bark tree. The
natives carefully remove It and souk
it in ruuulng water tor three or fout
days in order to get off the gum and
unnecessary fiber. After that It is
bleached on the sands by the river and
sprinkled now and then tp whiten it.
When It has become a crouuiy White
it Is pressed with a hot iron or a heat
ed stone and la ready for use. It has a
fine lacy appearance Mid runs Into
more artistic patterns than any rnanu
fnctured article. When made Into a
dress It Is wonderfully beautiful.
The jungle girl uses it sparingly on
her ordinary ctothes, but for her ball
dress flounce after flounce is used to
give a fluffy look to the skirts. She
knows tiiat it Is tomes her as nothing
else would.
Her Jewelry consists of to-autlfuliy
colored Beet!» strung together in the
form of necklaces, bracelets and tiaras.
In addition to these, on the night of
the ball she catches the brilliant fire
flies which swarm In tin* Jungle and
artistically arranges them in her dusky
locks. The Jungle girl would not ex
change her “peenle wallahs," ns she
calls the fireflies, for tbe diamonds of
the northern belle.
The Jungle girl’s hats are a marvel
to behold. She weaves them herself
A FEW HOGS.
from tho jlppl Japps grass, and rati get
any shape or style she fancies. She
A hog Is a person who sits sideways
trims them with tlie netty fiber of the in a car where other passengers
cocoanut palm nisi the gorgeous w ings standing.
of tbe mountain parrakeet, which Is
A hog is a person who jams his
shot and brought home by her father cast* In front of you at the railway
and brother. Even her parasol and tlon so as to get your plHc«* In tbe
umbrella are supplied by kindly nature. to the gate.
When the sun is too hot or the rain
A tjog Is a person who “breaks
to»i iuttivy a big plaintaln or banana while you are negotiating lu a store
leaf does as well us anything bought In
and takes thu attention of th«' salesman
the largest stores of an American city.
or saleswoman away from you.
A creole belle Is as fond of perfume
A hog Is a person who opens hla win
as die daintiest American woman mid
Is Just as particular that It shall be of dow In the railway ear and allows dust
tlie best kind. She goes to much more and cinders to fly In the face of the
trouble to procure It, but then she passengers behin»L though lie would
knows that It is always pure nnd fresh. not tolerate an ope« window at the
She first picks her fresh flowers, and seat next in front.
A hog la a person who insists on dto
then, by some process handed down
from one generution to another, she dis cussing "the mutability of human af
fairs" with th» ticket seller at the thea
tills It.
The secret method Is often known to ter when there Is a long “Indian tile" In
only a few families, and they would not his rear nnd tto curtain la about to to
give ft away for nny sum of money. rung np on the performance.—Cluein
The lucky holders of the secret aru of natl Commercial.
course envied by all who know them.
Da.«.» Ole« or Rlr««.
Although othesa may receive presents
Tlie approach of danger Is exprestuxl
of tlie much valued scent from those lu
the secret, they cannot make tt them by a universally Intelligible cry. The
selves and therefore cannot afford to be blue tit has a peculiar sound, "tos,” so
indicative of fear and terror that when
as lavish with It us they wish.
The tropical girl's soap 1» procured heard tlie wood to jdlent In an Instant,
on tlie way to tho bath. As she walks It is said that she often utters It from
down tv the river to bathe she stops pure love of mischief.
“Every bird," says Bechsteln, "has
here nnd there to gather soap'berries
an»! cuts a piece of stick called “chew received from nature tlie power of ut
stick," which sto nses as a toothbrush. tering a song or certain arnind by which
She chews the en<! of it until it be It can communicate Its desires to other
comes quite soft and froth gathers at birds. The chaffinch's call varies with
the end. She then rubs her teeth well Its feelings. When on the wing it Is
1
Its expression of Joy
with It. Tills Is the beat toothbrush on •Eyak! Eyak!*
earth, as ft not only prevents the teeth Is ‘Fink! Fink!' If angry, It makes
from di’caylng. but keeps them beauti the same call nion quickly, nnd ’Trlef!
fully white and clean. People in other Trlef!' Is a sign of tenderness or mel-
countries, knowing the value of this ancholy. The raven calls out ’Graab!
chewatlck above all others as n denti Graab!’ slowly or rapidly, as its emo
frice, hnve It powdered and exported to tions change.”
them.
The Way ot the World.
In many parts of South America the
When
Thackeray was In this country
natives cannot buy cloth to make their
clothes, so tlwy have to spin tt them he calhsl on General Scott, full of ad
selves out of cocoanut fiber, river miration for his remarkable campaign
wets!» and l>S»nl>oo fiber. Tho cloth In Mexico and eager to hear the war
woven from the bamlioo fiber is very rior explain how battles were fought
and Helds were won. "Well, now you
soft and silky.
Unlike tbe West Indians, the South know all about it,* remarked a friend
American belle wears shoes of a kind. as the novelist returned from a two
These are made of n coarse woven ma hours’ tete-a-tete with tbe soldier.
terlul like sailcloth, which Is attached “Not at all," replied Thackeray, with a
to soles of rawhide. They are the most twinkle In his eye. "The general takes
comfortable shoes imaginable ami nr«1 no Interest in strategy. I found that
used by the soldiers of South America literature was his forte.”
when on the march. They are called
No Discomfort.
"ulpngnttus.” nnd Americana who hnve
Van Antler (eiftertalnlng Wltherby at
traveled in South America Invariably
bring them tome to their wives and bls country home)—Now. old man, If
daughters for bnth slippers. Those you should happen to want anything
who ar» lucky enough to hnve a pair In the night Just touch this bell.
Wltherby—Never! I know bow hard
would not exchange them for nny oth
er slippers, however costly, No other It Is to keep servants tn tlie country.
footgear equals tbe “alpagatta” for Catch me touching that belli
Van Antler—But, I assure you, yon
comfort and durability.—Washington
are perfectly safe. The bell doesn't
Star.
work.—Life.
nenn and
Mncrendy.
When Edmund Kean and Macready,
Intense rivals, played In the same
pieces at Drury Lan«1 It wns usual to
consult them In the »■ours»1 of the even
ing ns to what they would appear In
ts'Xt. One night when tho prompter
wns sent to nsk Mr. Macready wluit he
would play with Mr. Kean th<> great
tragod’-tt> frowned opoo hint t!’*' he
blushed. "Sir.” he roared, "how should
I know what the man would Ilk«' to
play?” Tho prompter retired to seek
the desired Information from Mr. Kean
"Sir,” said Mr. Kean shandy, “how
should I know what the fellow can
Play?”
,
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Look
t
lllirher.
Hidden Water Supply.
The investigation of a neglected
spring or rivulet may bring to light a
valuable supply of water for gardening
or domestic purposes. A surprising
quantity fs often obtainable by In
stalling a ram at some seemingly In
significant source. A mm Is cheap, be-
cetw the first expense Is th« to»’ >''< >■ i
being no cost of maintenance, and It is
satisfactory, because the ram requires
no attention. Once started, It takes
entire care of Itself.—Country Life In
America.
or CawV«e.
"All the defendants they’ve brought
before us so far." said the first Jury
man In the criminal court, "appear to
lie so thin am! miserable."
"Yes^‘ repll»*d the other, "naturally
they have a pinched look.” I’hlladel
phla Press.
Never mltfvnte wecond or third rate
folk except fot artistic ptir|<oses. Meet
• them. If you must; leave them when
y&i can. Yon need expect nothing from
them "that they can conscientiously
withhold, for tlicy are after your goods
The t’.itrrmlty of RII*«.
while keeping n strict and Jealous
The Psrson I>ls ain u>os' poa’tlvely
wntch tipon their own. AU you can get
from them 1« material, never any spir de mos’ 'strcemly Julclest cliicking 1
itual, Intellectual, wise, sane or moral cber put 111 mah mouth, Br'er Jackson.
Br’er Jackson Yes. sab. paliseli; dot
or helpful messages.
cliicking wtt« ralsed mi' brung np on
A Kirk on Inion«.
waternilllions, siili.- I-eslle's Wrokly.
Clerk—I want more salary, sir. l»e-
canse 1 am going to be married.
Nobiliti of i-liaracter manifests Itself
Employee- But I don’t believe In "un- nt loflpliojes when it is not provided
lorn?' raising the price of labor, l’uck. with large door». Wilkins.
A »«utlnu«
Ileal«»«
»
lie Had ""Head Up Some."
Dr. W. W. Keen of Philadelphia has
great repute as a surgeon. In New
York one winter aftertoon last year he
saw a man slip on an icy pavement and
fall heavily. He hastened to the poor
fellow's assistance and found that he
bad broken his leg.
Dr. Keen used his umbrella as a
splint and with his own and several
•
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illi.'ll 1-T
generally recognized The mlit»-’ re (
celves the theory beeat.se it explain» ,
the making of gold to him. but lie of
ten wonders how It is ifi.n»., ho hercel»
owhat ba» been seen: Duintree ouce pre
pared a solution of gold find left In It
a small piece of metallic gold. Acci
dentally a »mall piece of wood fell into
the solution. Tlie solution decoiiqiosed.
the gold assumed a metallic state and
collected und held to tbe small piece I
of undlssolved gold, which Increased in
size. Another investigator heard of
this and made a dilute gold solution,
in wjiich he Immersed a piece of Iron
pyrites and left it there a month. He
added also organic matter, and at the
month's end tto pyrite» were covered
with a film of metallic gold. I’yrit.-s
und galena were next tried, and each
was covered with gold. Gold, copper
pyrlt»'», arsenical pyrites, galena and
wolfram were also tried, with similar
results.
Metallic precipitates were
tried, and while they threw down the
gold as a metallic powder they did
not cause It to cohere nor to plate any
of the substances tried. Organic mat
ter thus seemed the necessary chemical
agent. Through tbe wood used In these
experiments gold was disseminated In
fine particles. Imagine these expert
menta conducted by nature through
ages and the result could be a nugget
—Mines and.Minerals.
BAKED APPLES
t e Wnv to Make a Couvealeat and
Delicloua Deaaert.
i
THE FIRE CROWD.
4AM Holy (> I lk«-« • Hl» HI»«« «■*»
rr««bfl*K WQlla.
“ I tier*’ Is <uie curious thing »sin*» t-
*! wljh ’tires," said a thougjitful tuan,
“and .that Is the fact that while the
•reman Is always a hero in the public
Estimate and while Men Slid Wounu
have all kinds of admiration tor these
brave fellows they yet want to see
them get the worst of tt in tto tight
agalust the flames, it 1» an interesting
fact that the average man and wniiuin
■re uot at all anxious to see tltolremen
get tlie Are under control. Tiiey wouhl
much rather see the flamra spread un
til the affair developed Into an Im
mens«* conflagration. Mind you. the
trait Is not at all vicious. There Is no
mallee In It. it 1» simply the love of
excitement and adventure, things thut
■ re so ilts'p rooted In human nature
that we may not control them at will.
Besides, we want to develop our he-
ri«-s to the limit
want our fire
men to tight n go ><l tight against long
»sills and under great difficulties. We
cannot quarrel with this feeling in tto
human makeup. After all, tt Is what
one may «-all the poetry ot human na
ture, and without It this old system of
ours would to» dull and prosaic Indeed.
Of course, you w 1H always And a few
persons around a tire Who are directly
concerned In the fight the firemen are
making. They want to see the Hames
put out. In the case of some of the
spectators It means bread and meat
It means the loss of a position or may
be tlie loss of home. But I was speak
ing of tlie vast mujorlty of men and
women who gather to witness a fire.
The Are Is the thing with them. They
want to see a big blaze and hear tbe
crash of the walls and all that sort of
thing. Did you ever take the trouble
to analyze a tire crowd? In the first
place an alarm of fire will draw a
crowd quicker than anything In the
world. Whenever the bells begin to
clang and the engines go rushing down
tto street you will see men, women and
children rushing this way and that In
order to see as much as may be seen
of the tire and fire fighters. The hour
of day or night does not make so much
difference. Tbe crowd will get there
In some way and for some reason,
though the great majority of the per
sons have no sort of Interest other than
Idle curiosity. Once on hand, they
want to see a g»Mxl fire, anil that's wliy
I say they want to see tlie flames get
the best of the firemen. They will go
away and talk atomt what a game fight
the fire laddies made. Human nature
Is a curious thing. Is It not?”—New Or-
leans Times-Democrat.
The difference between apple sauce
.tewed quickly over the Are and that
I iked slowly for several hours In a
lioilerate oven Is so great that one
tould easily believe that different fruits
hail been used. Each method, If care
fully followed, produces a delicious re
sult, aud, while some persons have a
strong preference for one or the other, ■
!
to my mind it Is difficult to de»8de
which is the better way. Therefore It i
is va'll to use both methods, cooking
the first apples that come In midsum
mer by stewing, and later, when the
cool days of early autumn make a fire
less objectionable, trying the linking.
The dish for baking Is as Important
as that for toans baked properly and
also tor Indian puddings, and should be
the same In style and material. Cut
the fruit (and you may use in this way
any kind of apples or pears which are
too green or hard to use uncooked) into
quarters; then remove the cores and
skins. Allow one cup of sugar and
one-half cup of water to two quarts of
Never Occurred to Him.
fruit. Tlie luAount will vary with dif
"I don’t know why It Is,” said Mr.
ferent apples, and It Is Important not Glossup as he came downstairs red
to use too much sugar, for the long eye»l and sleepy and greeted Ills guest,
cooking seems to develop the natural “but I never can get used to the strik
sweetness of the fruit. Cover them ing of that clock In our room.
closely and cook In a slow oven four
“It has such a loud, Insistent ‘bang'
or five hours or until they have a deep when it strikes the hours that It wakes
rich red color. If they cook too fast, me up nearly every time. We've had It
the steam will cause them to burst and in the house two or three years, but I
run over the edge and result In a can't become accustomed to it. We
mushy sauce, but a moderate heat, would have put It In the attic long ago,
long continued, will leave each quarter only it’s a present from my wife's
distinct in the clear sirup. Let It cool mother, and that would never do. Goo»!
In the pan and turn It out without any clock, too, aside from that, but It wor
stirring of the fruit This may be ries me nearly to death. I wish I knew
poured at once Into sterilized Jars anil what to do with It”
scale»! the snmq as canned fruit If you
“Why don’t you wind merely the
are not likely to use It all soon. As a timekeeping part of it,” said his guest,
THE YOUNG BVBGEON FLUSHED A LITTLE, sauce for a breakfast or dinner It Is “nnd let the striking part go un
acceptable; with cream and hot biscuit wound?"
borrowed handkerchiefs bandaged the
"Johnson, you have saved my llfel”
broken limb tightly. As he finished his for supper It Is delicious, and as a till
ing for pastry shells it is convenient.— exclaimed Mr. Glossup joyfulljr. “I
task the ambulance arrived.
never thought of that.”
“You’ve bandaged this rather well,” Home Science Magazine.
tbe young blue uniformed ambulance
She Took Them at Their Word.
THE CAVE OF GHOSTS.
surgeon said to Dr. Keen.
Keuka lake Is one of the most attrac
“Thank you,” said the other.
of the Wonder Place« ot tive of the great chain of lakes in the
“Oh, not at all. I suppose,” the youth This 1« One
New South Wale«.
Interior of New York state. Bluff point
resumed, “that you have b»>en reading
One of tbe curiosities of Oakley at Its head Is a bold promontory which
up some ‘first aid to the injured' trea
which very rises grandly and Impressively. It was
tise, eh? They say a little learning Is a creek. N. 8. W., Is a cave
It Is of the upon the banks of this lake that the
dnugerous thing, but really the little few people care to enter,
and stalag- famous "Jemima Wilkinson’’ founded
you have k’arned about surgery you usual order of stalactite
mite
shapes
and
figures,
but
in order a colony nearly three generations ago
have put to good account. Give me
your name and uddress, and I'll for- to get Inside It the visitor must crouch anti announced that she could wnlk up
down and squeeze himself through a on the water of tlie lake. A large crowd
ward your umbrella to you.”
narrow opening and grope bls way In gathered to see her undertake the ex
“I'll give you my card,” said I>r.
Keen. He did so, and the young sur- the Inky darkness for a few yards till periment. Turning to her followers,
she asked, "Have you all faith that I
geon flushed a little as he read on it the lie can stand erect and light a torch.
As soon as he has done this he sees can walk upon the water?” "We huve!
name of one of tbe greatest of modern
faintly the weird shapes assumed by We have!” her followers replied. “Then
surgeons.
the water dripping from the limestone then* Is no use In my undertaking to du
and he hears a whirring noise. He so,” she replied. “If ye have faith ye
A Story of Gladstone’« Royhood.
John Morley a few days after the feels Inclined to make Ills exit at ouce, shall be saved without my walking up
publication of Ills ‘‘Life of Gladstone” but he hears something moving all on the water.”—Syracuse Telegram.
told In a speech at Sheffield a story of round him, and presently something
touches him.
An Apt Quotation.
Mr. Gladstone's boyhood.
lie concludes that there are uncanny
The readiness of repartee of Thomas
"The lad,” be said, "was In the coun
try. A farmer was showing him over spirits about, and this sensation is mul B. Reed was never better Illustrated
his estate. The farmer would pause be tiplied many times In Intensity when than on one occasion when he went to
fore each field to describe it, and before on turning to retrace his steps he finds visit a friend who lived at the top of a
every cow, horse and pig he would himself confronted by a tall, ghostly long and narrow flight of stairs. Half
figure.
way up Reed missed his footing and
make a brief biographical address.
If the visitor has a strong nerve or fell to the bottom. Ills friend, hear
"Finally they came to n small field
has been forewarned, which is not al ing the racket, rushed to the door and
that contained a large black bull.
“ ‘That Is a tine bull there, Master ways the case, he recognizes that the shouted down tlie semidarkness of the
William,’ said the farmer, ‘a very fine, ghostly figure Is a senseless block form hall, "Who Is that?’’
ed by the dripping from the limestone,
" 'Tls Elser rolling rapidly,” drawled
strong two-year-old bull.’
and that tbe moving creatures are the man from Maine as he picked him
"‘Two years old?’ said the boy.
bats.
self up.
“ ‘Yes, two years, str.'
There Is one part of the cave which
“ ‘How do you tell its age?’
no man has dared to explore. It is
“ ’Why. by Its horns.’
Like the plantain, which tho Indians
“The little boy frowned. He mused calle«l the blowhole. One adventurous
• moment. Then bis countenance visitor wns atout to squeeze himself called "the white man's foot” because
through this narrow aperture when it it sprnng up wherever the whites pene
cleared.
" ‘Ah,’ he said. ‘By Its horns. I see. occurred to him to throw a stone trated, the chickweed seems to follow
through. He did so, listening for the the track of the white colonist, and in
Two horns -two years.’ ’’
stone to touch bottom, and tbe dull New Zealand the Maoris call It "the
sound that finally reached him con mark of the paleface.” Tho little flow-
Franklin Pierce and the Orator.
Franklin Pierce at the time of Ids vinced bltn that there wns a sheer er Is a sort of bnrometer. It opens
nomination for the presidency In 1852 drop of 200 feet on the other side of when fine weather Is coming, remains
closed If ram is in the air.
was scarcely known to the public at »he blow hole.
large. When tlie news of Ids nomina
What Did She Meant
Cond«n«ed For Foar Dag«.
tion reached Boston a well know n ora
Kitty—Do you think Nellie Breese Is
"There was u good old lawyer of the
tor was addressing a Democratic meet
ing. The chairman whtowri.'d the name, good ok! southern type,” said a Judge, real nice?
It» ssie- I don t know. Why ?
of the candidate to him. "Ladles nnd "who had a most eloquent way of
Kitty—I told her Fred Simmons gave
gentlemen,” said he, "I hnve the honor pleading. His brief for three days had
to announce to you the nomination for bron a marvel of classical allusion aud me a very flattering compliment, and
she said nny compliment that Fred
president of that gr»’at statesman, that legal erudition.
‘•’The Judge, however, became a trifle could give me must be flattering.—Bos
illustrious citizen, that noble man
whose name is known wherever the lmpntient nnd, ns gently as be could, ton Transcript.
flag floats, whose name Is a household Intimated that the docket wns some
Mot Knoaah.
word, whose name—whose name"— whnt crowdisl, nnd It might tie to the
Young Husband"-! havo found a
turning to the chairman—"what tlie clleut’s Interest if the lawyer could place where we can board
and have
dickens did you say hts name was?"— contrive to end his plea. And, do you all the comforts of home.
know, the old barrister declared that
Harper’s Weekly.
Young Wife—But we shnll want the
the last four days of his argument were
1
An Arithmetical Wonder.
counterpanes. too. dear.—Chicago Trlb
a marvel of condensation.”
If twelve persons were to agree to
One.
dine together every day. but never sit
Critic«.
•’recfiln» a Woman's Life.
exactly in the same order around the
A party of compositors and printers
When a woman says to a man, "You
table, it would take them 13.000,000 from the country, up for n day's out
years at the rate of one dinner a day. ing in London, visit the National gnl- wrecked my life,” It may mean nothing
and they would have to eat more than lery and pattoe in front of Turner's more than that he married her and
made her a wife, whereas she might
4TO.OOO.OOO dinners before they could “Ulyssra.”
I
get through all the possible arrange
Foreman 4» his companions, both have been an artiste.—Atchison Globe
ments In which they could place them lost tn ndmlratlon)—It's marvelous!
A Ln«**ln* Gia««.
selves. A has only 1 change; A. B. 2; All done by hand too!
Mr. Crlttfck—Miss Arte tells me she
A, B, C. 6; four letters, 24; five. 120;
Secoml Compositor and Printer ffin-
six. 720; seven, 5,040; eight, 40.320; thusfiistlcallyi -Why, It’s every bit M does m<*t of her painting now on glass.
Miss Spertzl think she means with
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NEW 1HO*T STOJUWS
i he late l'hll Muy M him MF„ WMs-
t! - said, “Blin k and white work n
euii iii’-ii up In two words «bil May”)
wa* talking ou<# In London atout ills
early days of is-nury in Australia, a
“For a time,” he BaJ0, “I toarded I
Is axled w ith un honest family hi a
louse with an actor named Gaye.
Rates were low enough in our boarding
hous»-. but Gaye nevertheless fle»i one
night without paying a flionth's l«uril.
There was u hubbub when bls flight
was discovered. The landlady, n pretty
Woman, sent the maid around to the
theater to say that If he didn't settle up
before nightfall she would corn»* beraelf
to collect his account.
“When the maid returned she was
empty hund»*d.
“ ’Weil,’ said our landlady, ’what did
Mr. Gaye say to you. Jane?’
“ ‘He said, ma’am,’ Jane answered,
‘that he wouldn't pay, and If you dareti
to come to the theater yourself he’d
kiss you.’
"’The Impudent wretch!’ exclaimed
the landlady. *1'11 show him! Kiss me,
will hi’? Well, I’m going to him now.
u'nd let him try to kiss inp If he dares.’
“She took up her hat and coat, but
her husband detained her.
“ ‘Don't go,’ he said gently. ‘Gay<*
said he'd kiss you, and perhaps he will,
for there’s no telling what a man will
do when he’s in a passion.’ ”
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Altrfis-llv. Indoor GuwMi.
An attractive Im lax r lio'ia Is of
gray crèpe de » bin»- trimmed with
■tufi embroidery. The skirt is
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GERMAN WORK PEOPLE.
their
A iu u ■«-luen t •
Ar« INrvi
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Muaily L*ua»*«l lu Saaday.
Atuusemeut» play a coi»|*aratlvely
im.ill part in the Ilves of German work
'-«’|il<'. and such as they have ara most
ly con Hued to Sunduy. Games have
not taken hold of them; they go to no
football or crlckut matches, although
there are mat» lies, slid other classes in
Germany show a growing taste for
gumes ami »ixirts. I went to sfie a
football match between Dusseldorf and
u n< lgbtoirlng muuufacturiuglowu. A
similar imifi ii anywhere lu manufac
turing Englund would have attracted
from la i
to 20.000 son* of toil, who
would have shouted themselves hoarse
from beginning to end. At the Ger-
man match not one put in an appear-
■nee. When I left the field toward the
close of the game the s|iectatorn, who
bad slowly Increased during the after-
noon. numbered exactly slx|t five. They
were not workingmen, and tiiey show
<■<1 no excitement whatever. They
played the aaMwIation game, not very
well. Tire national game In Germany
is kegel, a kind of skittles, and it Is
played at public bouses, but not by
workingmen or seldom by them, They
play curds sometimes, but not a great
deal. In short, gumes may be ruled
out as un item In Industrlul life, Thea
ters and music balls count for more.
lint for nothing like so much as In Eng
land and in America. They are less
numerous In proportion to population
and are only visited by the working
classes to a limited extent on Saturday
and Sunday.—Detroit News and Trib
une.
HERBERT SPENCER.
He Wna 1» Great l"hr««e Maker and
llnd Some Odd Way«.
yon EVENING
gored, while the bodice has many side
plaits. Far over the shoulders come*
the deep collar cape that is edged with
varicolored bands of trimming.—New
York Journal.
Variety of Hand lia^M.
Where women are extravagant these
days Is in the matter of bags There
Is almost no end to the variety of hand
bags, chatelaines and puraea, and near
ly all of them are expensive.
Tlie dark green and dark blue leuthei
chatelaines wciu to lead In popularity.
A favorite among these bags Is named
after a play which has been enjoying a
long run In New York.
It has the leather plaited into the
leather covered top piece, leaving quite
a generous fullu<*ss to cram things into.
Like most chatelaines, this bag Is fit
ted with purse, cardcase, address book
und small mirror.
Pocketbooks nearly all have chains
and are the mere conveniently carried,
although It Is a reckless woman who
dangles a handsome purse at her wrist.
Flowers For Hats.
Among the newer huts thut have been
brought out by the New York milliners
are the silk beavers, whose smooth, sat
iny surface, closely resembling that of
a man's tine dress bat, presents a strong
contrast to the rough felt and nap wool
beavers, the felt cloths and plushes,
which were seen earlier.
Flowers are In high fuvor for the
garniture of hats. Hats covered with
velvet rose leaves In shaded convention
allzed colors are Been, and a greatly
magnified rose Is laid flat to form the
top of a hat. Tho dahlia and petunia
reds, the violet shades and lovely
browns and greens seem to lend. Vio
let as a color Is extremely popular, and
violets as garniture have again a prom
lnent place In the affections of the fash
ionable woman.—New York Tribune.
The Flaonel Rloaae.
All tlie shops are now selling the very
daintiest of flannels for making blouses,
from the pale pastel shades to the gny
Roman striped effects. As the major
ity of these flannels wash, it Is well not
Herbert Spencer was no linguist.
Because of eye strain which affected
Ids health he did not even know Ger
man. Ills pamphlet on education was,
however, translated Into fifteen lan
guages, including Japanese.
Spencer was a great phrase maker,
it was he who popularized the word
"evolution” and explained one of tlie
phases of the Darwinian doctrine ns
“the survival of the fittest.” He also
Introduced Comte'» coined word “so
ciology.”
He was n bachelor and long lived In
boarding houses. Finally he set up
an establishment of bls own, where he
could have about him people of Ids
own clttoslng. A favorite relaxation
in his later years was to sit tn the
open doorway of Ids house and listen
to a piano played In a distant apart
ment. He had the player trained. A
thump of his stick was the signal for
her to stop, another thump for the mu
sic to proceed where it broke off.
Spencer was fond of playing billiards.
Once at Brighton he Invited a smart
youth to a game. The philosopher had
four strokes and scored two while the
youth ran out. Mr. Spencer put away
his cue with deliberation and sal»! to
ids opponent: "A moderate degree of
expertness in n game of skill is agri«-
able and even creditable. Such dexter
ity as you sliow Is evidence of a mis
spent youth. Good afternoon.”
’ THE GOOD OLD CLOCK
It«
Mellow, Frleudly Tick an
dote For lx>ue«oiuenrM.
Anti-
"Give me the clock for company,”
said the observant mam "and you may
have all tbe balance of the,Inanimate
things under the sun, or over it, and I
will throw a few of the animals in for
good measure. I can conceive of noth
ing more friendly, more unspeakubly
Comforting, than the mellow tick of f?ie
old family clock which towers high on
the old fashioned mantel, above the
good old open faced rfreplace where the
embers are dying down and deepening
Into a bluish melancholy gray late of
winter nights. One never feels quite
alone ns long ns one may hear the mel
low tick tack of the old family clock,
the same sweet mellow cadences which
have rung In one’s ear from earliest
Infancy, through all the changes aud
Upheavals of time, down to the present
Other sounds tuny fall and deepen Into
the sadder silence of the night's heavy
stillness, but the old clock continues to
mark the flight of time, nnd no second
may escape without hearing Its passing
called out dreamily by the faithful
clock whose hands have measured al
ready so many days -some bright nnd
full of light and life and promise and
sweet laxitngs of the future and others
echoing back sepulchrally from the
years already counted. Ah, the clock!
But give me the clock with Its ticking
all through the night, nnd Its silvery
chiming on the hour, nnd you mny have
the other things, and the dog to boot.
I'll take tbe clock In mine every time
when ft comes to keeping off that feel
ing of loni’someness which creeps upon
us now and then.” — New Orleans
Times- Democrat.
MYSTERIES OF SAP.
How tho Ofrculatfon From Root« to
Leave« 1« Maintained.
DAINTT MtT> COMFOHTABLF
to make tbe blouse too elaborate and to
allow for shrinkage. The above design
to good to follow In making a flannel
fllouse.
Both bark and front are box plaited,
with the plaits all but meeting, and
stitched on the outside about a quarter
of an inch from the edge.
Clo«« Fitting Skirt«.
Some very new skirt models are close
fitting aver the hips and have van
dyked blns sections of th« materia)
overlapping each other all the way
down the skirt.
Qualified
Approval.
“How did you like the opera?”
"First rate,” nnswered Mr. Cutnrox.
"I didn't rare much about the tunes
they played, but it was a great com
fort to hnve enough noise to drown tbe
vacuous conversation that was going
on around me.”-Washington Star.
Wrath and a Soft Answer.
To illustrate tlie modern view of sap
circulation, which is not thoroughly un
derstood, It is necessary to explain
that the cidef food of the plants, con
sisting of Inorganic salts dissolved In
water, is absorlM*d from the soil by the
roots. The root consists of a hollow
tube or cylinder lined with several
cells, the outer layer of which contains
certain lialrlllte processes.
Tin» water In the soil, containing the
saJl« hi solution, is absorbed by these
root hairs nnd passes by filtration Into
the rolls and capillary vessels. The
activity of those root hairs and the
concentration of fluid in the adjacent
rolls create what 1» calleil "root pres
sure,” and this forces the sap Into the
general vascular system of the plant
and up to its furthest extremities, or
lea ves.
This "root pressure" Is further sup
plemented by “transpiration,” or loss of
vaisir from the leaves under tlie Influ-
etice of heat nnd light Plants may to
said to breathe or respire by their
leaves, and this abstraction of water
by trnn«pfmtl<i> creates a fresh do-
mand for tbe vital fluid supplh’d by tbe
roots. In this way the circulation, or
“rising of tho sap” from root to leaves.
Is maintained Pearson's.
Bbe—Don't you believe that "a soft
Jn«l I.Ike a Woman.
answer turneth away wrath?"
"Rhe's running a correspondence
He—Ob. yes. Oftener, however, wrath school; teaches the secret of success.”
frightens awny a soft answer^-Kanaas
“Just like a woman to tell secrets.”—
City Journal.
Detroit Free I'l ess.
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