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- / TRI ciEKLY EDITIO , { WINNSBORO, S.C., APRIL 15, 1899. A S S2n me a weet, (ow song of night Betc- r:he oon is risen. Aseg that tells of the -star's delight Es.3 from dav's bright prison. b:son-hat e.roon$ with the cricket's voice, That sleeps with the shadowed trees, A song that shall bid my heart rejoice .t it'stendcrmysteries! - - -Hiki THE DOCTC Y- By Charles E My diploma (dated 1878) four years old, and from one of the best medical rolleges in the land, had maintained its pr6minent position on the wall of my littl'e ceuntry - office for nearly - three ars, and as I sat musing be fore tN ges box st-ore and its roaring wood fite oite wintry day, mentally roveridg'a fiir countryside drive, I concluded titat thosc three years had been reasonably prosperous. As3 lea ed along in this fashion my oice doqr was opened,with a rush, and 'Ir iusobison plunged before me, ,Tory scant Qf breath, with the newssthat hilittle boy was critically ill of-oroup Ad that Dr. Squiers, who had been attending him, had recom mended thattI be called to "put a tube or something in - the child's throat;" that it'was a new but sure cure with whioh Squiers was unacquainted, so far as is'oa practice was concerned, but lhit he had heard'of several suc cessful $perations I had performed. "Wilo'Yu cie,j doctor?" asked Rob ison in'tanes and manner indicating doubt and the gravest anxiety. "Ceitalt, Mr.Robison," I replied; "I will be there. cithin half an hour," at whiOhv iU.a ''Thank you, doctor," Darius,.bou'ce out of the ofice, and the nest instant ie was running across the street,tothe general store--a com bination of .postoffice, drug store and all kinus:of,merchandise. Within five minutes I was ready witi: an:y instruments and medicine case, and a minute or two later the stable boy Trought my horse and cat ter overt ffom the country tavern, where I boarded, and I was off. The two-mile- dive ;over- good sleighing with a fresh horse was a short one, so that wthin~ 20 minttes I was at the sideof-th 'suffering child with the.. grief:strcken parents and good ol4 Dr; SI nien,Je4y dignified but inter ested, witching my movements with the closest "serutiny. I found the boy,abon four years old, suf.eringr from acute- membraneous Ia yngitis. He was creeping about ov the bed, pursing his hips,opening ut,jasping and reaching out ith hands; as if to pull the air ,4 ~titte. a WS ace was e es as~ fflta nea ane ressed between the ribs and- above the clavicles, and the pitch and char acter of his very difficult breathing in dicated the presence of membrancons obstruction in the larynx and glottis. Dr. Squiers administered the chloro fom, and I performed the operation of tracheotomy, inserting a tube. The breathing of the chiild improved so *ddenly and so well that the shock used-the father, -who had watched e.operation,to fall in a fainting con tion,thus adding to the terror of the other and wife, who was waiting in adjoining room. Dr. Squiers-prompt attended:to this side incident, how er, and iin a short time the respira 'ons of the child were easy and regu the natural color had returned to face, and he had taken a small rtionrof food. Meanwhile the father 4mothei had acquired a condition self-control and happincss, so that en I started home it was in the o4. f one of those dense and wholly antfiil halos of gratitude and adula n which come so frequently to all ctitioners of medicine and which go 1ng way toward wiping out the fa ,ajid'Adisappointments so common te profession. hyse details told,. today, in the htai new instruments, new methods dnew operations, sound common ef but 20 years ago they were un af ahd- dramatic, and besides, at time of which I speak, Darius RBob n was a county supervisor and was supervisor- whose vote defeated my ~e to serve the county. Moreover, had shown an unaccountable an thy toward myself ever since I had ted in the county. obison,was raised a farmer and had trict school education, but he was an observing, investigating turn of d, and, being industrious, frugal aorrebt as to his habits, he was nized as a valuable citizen who 11l infoined, interested in cu aff'airs and sincere in his devotion ~he prosperity of his township. g~ other things he had made a -.study of the tramp problem byxtnsive reading upon phil - cal subjects, and the causes are. supposed to lead to mendi and itineracy, had views quite in nee of those held by his neigh wever, he was appreciative and ful,as wereNhis wife and boy, over servic4T Ihad performed, so that I enjoye'd liearing the words of de, sometimes quite fulsome,I did ~ nally grow weary over the same sofgh,a same story and the same ndation's which I was certain to ach ti~mb I met him or any mem his family. refore when I learned, about a ter; that the Robisons were to tnova to the northern part of usin to engage in the lumber s, I felt some regret and some 'ion in that while I might be a ideal friend, my reputation be carried into the cuter world y to my own advantage. They e,gone a year or more when I d'a lett telling me as to the 'NC. And then when the song is ended,love, Bend down your head unto me. Whisper the word that was born above Ete the moon had swayed the sea. Ere the oldest star began to shiuo, Or the farthest sun to burn. The oldest of words, 0 heart of nine, Yet newest, and sweet to l'-arn! egarde Hawthorne, in Harper's MJagazine. KR'S STORY. Hathaway. was inking money and urging me, when I took a vacation, to pay them a visit. I made proper acknowledgment of the receipt of the letter and forgot the matter until a year later I received another letter of similar import, add ing that the deer hunting in their vi cinity was fine. Again I was obliged to decline the invitation with thanks. Then, for a couple of years, I heard nothing further until one day I re ceived a telegram summoning me to a small lumber town but a few miles from Robison's mill to perform an op eration. 3 That evening I took the train, and on the following afternoon I reached the place,performed the operation and was asking the proprietor of the hotel where I was stopping as to a midaight train I might take on my way home, when I was very much asto ished to see my old friend Robison enter the hotel. He was cordial to enthusi asm, told me how,hearing of my coni ing,he had driven into town especially to get me and take me to his home for a visit, told what a fine lad his boy had grown to be and all about the prosperity and happiness of himself and wife. He would not be put off, so that finally I agreed to go, and we re tired for the night. The following morning I visited my patient to find him doing nicely and returned to the hotel just as m: friend drove up.to.the offie door with a fine dark bay horse hitched to an open buggy. As I put my foot on the step to climb to my seat 1 noticed, under the seat partly covered by robes, two or three large stones netted with ropes like the stone .anchors improvised sometimes by fishermen. These an chors did not excite especial curiosity at the time, bue,as we drove along,my friend very exuberant and talkative, those anchors would flash into my mind every little while so that betwean listening to my companion and musing as to the stones I had little else to do. I was. s.urprised at . Robison's volu bility at -first, and then I was puzzled by the variety of topics be discussed and the unusual energy and excite ment he showed a he taktl He was st- iHerosta t ramp question au said he' w'is abouf to solve it by erecting two large trealmills which he was going to turn in opposite di rections:by.tramp power. The shafts of these: 'treadmills were joined to gether at an angle so that they would press against each other, the ends of the sh~afts.when :they came together being protect4iby plates of iron and a universal joiint. The friction result ing from thaeopposi:temovemont of the two treadmills-and thke . plates of iron would generate :heatsiifficient to boil water and prodiice steamu with which to warm his mill, rurdiis electric lights and grind wood into pulp for paper making purposes. Then I was certain I was driving with a madman, and the cnriously covered stones under the seat recurred to my mind. At this point Robison turned his horse from the inain i-oad into-a little wood road, remarking as he did so that he wanted to leave the highway and take a look at some shingle tim ber- which he had skidded on the bank of a lake nearby, preparatory to float ing it over to his mill. I was not frightened because physi cally I felt far superior to my madman. Reaching a point quite a distance from the main road,xny friend stopped his hors-e, and 4s -he jumped from the buggy I observed that while his face was covered with a strange pallor his eyes were weirdly bright, whi'le a ner vous twitching kept his lips in a rest less state. Surely the climax was at hand, but what was it? Jumping from the buggy I saw, over a slight eminence a very pretty little lake,and on the hank in the foreground was a .small boat-a scow mqde of rough pine boards. I remarked the presence of the beat and asked what it was for. "It is for you to i-ide in if you wish," he answer-ed is a quivering, shrill voice at ivhich. I stepped more closely to him. Then .he said, as :he stepped upon a log, "let's get up on the logs; we'll get a better view." As he did this I saw, in the hand farthest fromt me, the handle of a revolver-,and with a powerful spring I leaped up at him, seized the hand holding the pistol and speaking with all the calmness I could command said: "My dear- Robiseu. you do not want to-shoot me; it would be the mistake of your life to commit such a crime." Instantly his eyes filled with tears, he released his hold upon the weapon and answered: "Doctor, I did intend to shoot yo.u; I have wanted to do it for years, but, I.am very thankful I have been prevented. As soon as I heard you were coming up this way I resolved to kill you and'end my suf-' ferings." "Sufferings?" I exclaimed in amaze ment. "Yes. They have -been dreadful for years," he ans wer-ed. "Shortly after we moved up here and when my boy became old enough to talk ini a mature, reasonable way, he would engage his mother in conversation about his ill ness, about the operation, about your skill and about my opposition to you when you desired the county appoint the one topic in which they seemed to find perfect happiness, and at lhst it became almost unbearable, Why, I I have had that boy and his mother tell me over and over again that they loved you better than they loved me." "An:d you have brooded over this delusion," I said, "until at last you enticed me to this spot to shoot me,to fasten the stone anchors in your buggy to my body,take me out into this lake and put me out of sight forever." With a face instantly lighted by a sort of fiendish glee and yet in a voice decidedly normal and commonplace he confessed that I had made a perfect forecast of his designs. I continued the ordinary demeanor, talked mod erately and gently and at once realized I was master of the situatiou. The result was we re-entered the buggy, drove to his home and rcceivcd a most cordial welcome. There was not, so far as Robison was concerned, the slightest evidence of the dreadful trag edy he had planned, -nd 1 fr.y there was no sign given by myself. In fa.t, save upon the single topic-and I had that well under control-my friend was not only wholly sane, but he was exceptionally intelligent and intere-t ing. I met the foreman of his mill and his chief machinist, 1 walked through the mill and about the entire premises with Robison and his wife and child I as my companions,learning all the de tails large and small of their prosperity and comfort; but during the entire time I think I saw and noted every ar ticle my friend touched and every time he put his hand into his pocket. I did not propose to be caught napping. We had a superb dinner, the wife seeming to oui. herself and her re sources in the result, and when we Robison and myself-entered the buggy for the return trip to the town on the railway, I was fully determined to notify the local physician wit'l whom I was acquainted as to the weak spot in my friend's condition. During the ride I kept my hand on Robis':.'s re olver-I still have it in my possession-a -d by great good fortune so retained my control upon his understanding that the ride was without incident. At the hotel I parte.l with him in the most friendly way possible. After he had started home I ascertained that the physician I desired to consult was away on his drive, and so, resolving to write to him a complete history of the case as soon I reached home, I boarded thre cars. For one reason and another it vas nearly two weeks before I got my ?t ter off to the Wisconsin physician, and the day after it left my hands I read the following in the general news col umn of a Chicago paper: "Darius Robison, a wealthy mill owner and one of the most enteriris ing, public-spirited citizens in the tot nmitt,A enian an +a 1 Ath. inst. by shooting himself through the head in his mill at . Temporary .insanity is believed to have been the cause."-Detroit Free Press. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The windows of Persian houses, as a rule, are not visible from the street. A resident of a Minnesota town died recently of obesity. He weighed, at his death, 438 pounds. IThe most wonderful vegetable in the world is the truffle; it has neither roots, stem, leaves, flowers nor seeds. IScientists say that the orange was formerly a berry, and the't it has been developed for over seven thousand years.. Certain music nrevents the hair from falling, according to one scien tist, while other kinds have a disas Ihina, which has long been k-.-~ e.s "the land of opposites," the dials of cloas5 are naade to turn round, while the hands stand still. Pekin is a city of dust, like most Chinese towns. Nevertheless, the' only stores that have glass windows are those of the watchmakers. Glass would be a better and more lasting material than stone fc- making -monments which are einosed to the wearing action of the weather. Wanted, Heavier Rtevolvers. After the catpt.ure of Snakimn it was alleged in the House of Commons that the lances served out were totally untit for use, bending directly they were put to the trial. And now, as the result of the experience of the re cent campaign. the Mauser revolver is being severely criticised. Officers de-I clare that in many cases the revolver) was absolutely useless, and rather than lean on a broken reed they pre ferred to discard the pistol alhogether, for it is a serious affair to discover that you have been relying upon a weapon which is useless for its pur pose. The same ver-dict comes from the northwest frontier of India. What seems to be wanted is an effective "ma1-stopping' revolver which will stand the test of a campaign. It is suggested that too much has been sacriiced for the sake of lightness. Of course, wieight is an important consideration, but officers would not mind a little heavier pistol provided it was additionally reliable.-Naval and Militar-y Record. Twenty Lash~es for Six Hairs. A singular theft was tried by Mr. Beal,- first-class magistrate, recently. Superstitions Burmans rull out the hairs of an elephant's tail foi- tals mans, making rings out of them and other charms. One Nge Tun Lin went into an elephant's shed at Ahlone and pulled six hairs out of a bull elephant's. tail, secreting them in his umbrella. The mahout challenged him, and he: promptly shook the hairs out of the umbrella. They fell on some straw, were .picked up and put forward in evidence of theft. The man was con victed and sentenced to receive 20 CHILDREN'S COLUMN, Kitty Knew About Sheep. 5even sheep were standing By the pasture wall. - Tell me." said the teacher To her scholars small. "One poor sheep was frightened, Jumnped. and ran away, On' from seven--how many Woolly sheep would stay?" Up went Kitty's iungers A [armer's daughter she, Not so bright at Ilguros. Ac she onght to be. ' Picase, m a'amn"-"W. e1r,then.Kitty. Tell us. if you know.". "Please, if one j'lmped over, Ail the rest woeM go!" The Scots Guards' Pet. "Regimental Jack," the Scots Gnards' dog, took part in the hottest 6ghts in the Crimea. 4 He became the pet of the guards in a curious fashion. One cold winter's night he was found by a sentryin St. James' Palace gardens. Some one had been brutally ill-treating him and had ended by flinging him over the high wall. In befriending the poor animal the sentry left his post, and this derelic tion of duty being discovered he was placed in the guard room under arrest. The dog f'llowed his protector, and on hearing the story the officer was so touched by the dog's gratitude that the prisoner was released with the proverbial caution. Hencforth Jack's fortunes were to be bound up with those of the Scots Guards. Whe,n the regiment went to the Crimea he very soon showed the stuff of whi-h he was made. At Alma he saved the life of his protector, and afterward carried restoratives to the wounded. At Inkernan he was wounded in the right f->ot, after literally perform ing prodigies of valor. With his two legged comrades he charged, and with tooth and nail went for his country's enemies. The fight over, the faithful animal went joyfully to find his protector. Fiud him he did, but it was among the slain, and Jack was disconsolate. When the reginent came ho-ne the queen graciously noticed Jack, and he was invested with a miniature Victoria Cross and the Crimean medals, but he pined away from sheer lack of interest iu life, and one morning shortly after ward he was fot d beneath the snow, sleeping his last s,ep. Margery's Pennies. Little Margery bad two whole pennies of her very own! Faer had given them to her that ver morning, sara-trequestien was w. .d be done with them. Should s buy a doll? She had seen some ver: nice ones in a shi.p. They had ve y cheeks and beautiful brown eyes with ringlets to match; but, then, even two whole pennies mightn't be enough to buy them, for they were real beauties. Perhaps it would be better to get two penny tops,and then she could give Bobby one, and they could have soe fun together with thenm, or some chocolates. It really was a long time since she had tasted any-so long that she almost forgot what they were like. But chocolate drops would soon be eaten up, and then there would be uothing left of her two pennies. No. She would not decide to' quickly. She would go down to the village and have a good look round. So she Put on her hat and ran toward the- village. Before she had gone very far she stopped at a pond by the road side to watch some ducks which were swimming about on the water. There was a little .ailing round this pond, and Margery climbed on to it, a a theu felt in her pockets to se'e if she could find some crumbs to give them; but, alas, in pulling out her andkerchief sh'e pulled 'out her pennies, too, and down they fell to. the bottom of the pond! Poor little Margery! What do you think she did? "Oh, cry!" you will say. No. She got down from the railing and turned a rather sorrowful face homeward. As she went along she said to herselh: "Never mind, Margery. It's better'n if you had tumbled in instead of the pnlnies." And I think she was right. Don't you ?-Tren ton (N. J.) American. Filing His Application. Thbere are many ways to achieve suc css, but perhaps the doors of oppor tuiy r pedoftene by the boy who kows ow t usetools than by ordinarily 'unhandy" mortals. One man, who tells his story in the Cleve land Plain Dealer, literally filed his aplication for work in a new and copletely successful manner. Hle When I was fourteen years old it be:ame necessary for me to go out in to the world and earn my share of the fa:ily expenses. I lot.ked about with small success for a week or two, and then I saw a ca-d hanging in at store n in dow, "Boy Wanted." I pulled down my hair, brushed the font of my jacket, and walked in. It was a chilly day in November, and before I spoke to the proprietor, wo was bending over a desk, [ turned to cloe the door. It squeaked hor rily as I pnshed it shut, and then I iton that it wouldn't latch. It had shrun k so that the socket which should ha e caught the latch was a trifle too hihi. I was a boy of some mechanical geniais, and I noticed what the trouble was i:umedliately. "Where did you learn to close doors?'' said the man at the desk. I turned around quickly. '"At home, sir" "Well, what do you want?" "I came in to see about the boy wanted," I answered. "Oh!" sai the man, with a grnn. He seemed rather gruff but somehov his crisp speedh didn't discourage me. "Sit down," he added, "I'm busy." I looked back at the door. "If you don't mind," said I, and i a little noise won't disturb you, I'l fix thht door wnile I'm waiting. "Eh," he said quickly. "All right, Go ahead." I had been sharpeniug my skat that m, rning,and the short file-x usei was still in my pocket. In a fev minutes I had filed down the bras: socket so that the latch fitted nicely I closed the door two or three time: to see that it was all right. When ' put my file back in my po&kct an turned round the man at the desk wam staring at me. "Any parents?" he asked. "Mother," I answered. "Have her come in here with you a 2 o'clock," he said, and turned bael to his writing. At twenty-five I was a partner ii the house; at thirty-five I hac a hal: interest; and I have always attributei the foundation of my good fortune t< the only recommendation I then hai in my possession--the file. Baby 'lonkey in a Zoo. Several weeks ago a monkey wat born at the Philadelphia zoo, and the I whole monkey colony fell in love wi 1 it. Diff-rent ones shared in fondliu, and coddling it, and the quarrels ani kudckdowns which occurred in th< efforts of the monkeys to get posses sion of it profuced some remarkabli ludicrous scenes. They all seemed to be just as thor oughly in love w ith the little creature as crer a family of girls were with at infant brother. The mother appearei to realize that they regarded it witl affection, and she undertook to culti vate this excellent feeling by loaninf it out for others to nu. se. The other morning there was snel an uproar in the monkey house tha the watchman hastened to the sceni of the disturban:ce. He fc,und thi army of monkeys in a circle round on of their number, chattering ai shrieking, while they clanbered ove: one another, rolled about the floor and indulged inipther strange an.1 un accountable antics. If Bedlam hac been turned loose in the big cage the confusion could not have been more, the uproar greater _ or the scene mor( ludicrous. For several moments the watchmar stood, an amused spectator,astonishei and bewildered at the strange per formance, when suddenly one of th larger of the cunning creatures ad vanced to the monkey in the centre Seizing the infant, which up to thi: time was not observed by the man,thi Targ3 .monkey gave a big leap an made.off with it. Up the side of th cage he ran like a squirrel, holdn the 'Nvi the other, while fifty more monkey: with lungs like brass teakettles, fol lowed.in hot pursuit, with the freuziei mother, all screa:niag, chattering o0 shrieking to the full extent of thei vocal capacity. Around and aroun< the kidnapper, who seemed to be the most agile and fleetest on foot of thi lot, ran, holding his infant charge se cure and protecting it from harm. Finally the big monkey which hai stolen the precions infant suddenl3 turned into the centre of the cage, t< wThere the mother sat when he gtrabbel it from her atrms. Stopping abruptly he seemed to bid defiance to the pur. sners, and while they, evidently seizei with a feae to anlproflch, e,.llectei about him and chattered as they hat done about the mother, he held il tenderly to his bosota in one arm and stroked its little body a.Tectionately with the other. Thus c'a'esing it foi a moment, lie handed it back to its glad mother, and there wac .iol through the 'whole famtily. -Pbhiladlel phia Inquirer. The Exchange Hie M:.le'. "3Iiss Williston," he pleaded, "]: am going away. I shall travel thou sands of miles before I return. MIay] ask you for your phe lg.aph before:] Jean netic Williston looked at spact and sighed gently. "'I don't kntow,"' she rcpliedt, "v.by you should ask me for my picture.' ''Our friendlship,'" he said; "'sureIb that is something." "Yes," she auswered., "that it something. But it docsn't seem t< me that you have the rightr to carr~ my portrait near your heart--yet." "Jeauette"libe cried. "wtll y'ou b( minte?" "Alh. Percy," she said, af'er it had been arranged that they should be married a week froam the following Thursday, ''how nid you dare to a- L me? What reaso i had you for' not fearing that I would bid you g aaway and nevet' show yourselif in my pres ence again?" "'I don't know," he humbly repied, "perhaps it wvas iutuit ion: "- Chicagc News. Well Fixed for Traveling. A small boy living in Park Ridge recently called on a young iwly neigh bor who was fond o.f enterta ning him. She immediately produced a gor' oiu picture book and sat down beside tbc boy to explain the pictures. Tfurni.tg to a bright-brown elenhant with au exagerated trunk the boy was all at. tenton. "What's that?" he asked, with his pink little fingEr ou the pictured proboscis. "That is the e ephant's trunk." "UJmp!" said the child doubtfully, and he soon left for' home with r thoughtful look in his big, baby eyes. Calling again the next day he immnedi ately asked to see "that elephant." The book was prodneed and again the~ child sat thoughtfully lookitng at the picture. Finally he exclaimed with a brightening look: "Well, if that's his trunk, I guess this little one at the other end tmust behi alie."--sltimore Sun. HELPS FOR HOUSEWINVE Itules for Tea Making. The rule of three holds good in tea making and pouring: 1. Buy a good brand of tea. 2. The water must be boiling, and on a fresh boil at that, before it has hissed itself into flatness. 3. Pour out as soon as it is made. Tea left to stand upon the leaves is charged with tannic acid, signifying bitter unwholesomeness. The Indispensable Screen. Screens have long been considered indispensable in modern homes. From the simple low fire screen to the mani fold extension affair with the tapestry panels or panels of semi-transparent silken stun; their variety is great in deed. Once upon a time o%e single screen su*iiced for the adornment of a drawing room, but now one can scarce ly have too many, if the apartment be large enough and they are judiciously disposed-utilized as a background for bric-a-brac, a setting for a stage like group of palms, Japanese fans, quaint chairs and fragile tea table. Semi-occasionally one finds a screen placed to serve its original purpose that of a partition to shut off one part of the room from another. But, how ever utilized, screens are both useful and ornamental. Arrancing the Cabinet Maniel. A householder who disliked the ugly cabinet mantel of her dining room, transformed it inexpressively with the aid of a carpenter and a few yards of denim. The central glass was left untouched, except that its frame of cherry was painted with white enamel. The cabinet sides, including shelves and little pillars supporting them, were all taken away,a :d in their place was fitted against the wall, and at a slightly lower height than the glass, a pointed wooden panel. This was cov ered plainly with denim put on with brass nails. At the upper part of the panel, where it would make the third side of a triangle, the other two being formed by the sloping sides,there was fitted a shallow half-moon shelf, also denim-covered, and finished with a blue and white fringe. From this shelf to the manf4l board was strapped in diaoni.$' g, half-inch wide braid, securey the sides- with brass nails. This network was used to hold photographs, v hich were thrust in through the braid loops. Finally the mantel board was covered with denim, and a lambrequin, edged-with the white fringe, and put-on lith denim covered buttons, strapped with white cord, completed the arrangeinent. Points on Ironing. There are some things:.conce ireailg w '*Dco ndre s - - never - . A New York public laundry, se'ding out its cards, emphasizes sevgal points of which it makes a specilty. The or dinary laundress could read, mark and learn them with muchb inefit to her self and to the collari and shirts given into her care. "The starching," says the card, C"should be solid,stiff enough to stand wear, a2id flexible enough to give to your movements. After ironing, the work should have a perfectly smooth surface and a fine, even finish, without gloss. Open-front shirts should be so ironed that the two sides will lay perfectly flat and tbe stud -holes come together- to allow the stud to be inserted without bulging the bo somn. "The bosoms of shirts should be free from wrinkles and blist-ers at the neck; the neckbands should be ironed in their original shaped and set up at right angles with the bosom to allow the neck free play. The wing points of standing collars should have the same finish as he balance of the col lay, and the edges should be smooth so that you can turn your head with out scratching your neck. The very stiff' work does more damage to your linen than washing and wear comn b ined. Solid and fiexible is the thing."-New York Times. Riecipes. Egg Balls for Chicken Broth-Chop chicken up tine, season -.ith pepper, sait, butter and an egg; make into balls the size oi man bies, roll in as little flour .s possible and drop them in the broth a few minutes before Iserving. Chke Sante, with Peas-Cut cold cokdfowl into nice 1.ieces, season with pepper and salt,iry in butter un til a rich brown. i-our one cupful of weak stock and a pint of green peas into the frying pan, add one teaspoon Iful of sugar, tnicaen with flour and stew until t=uder. Eitner fresh or Icanned peas may be used.I Apple Cream-Select app!es of equal size, wash and pohsh themn, remove cores, piae.e in a basing tin and put a little water in the bottom of the pan. .bake in a maoderate even about thirty minutes; taste fregnently. so tney wlnoburu or blacken. j ill the cen tr s with w-hipped creami or el-ie eerse them with sagar and cream. Choux Sans Eacon-Cut a small cab bage fine an t boil in salted water for twe.niy-live minutes, w,tth a teaspoon ful of butter and an onion. Then drain into a hot dish, rejecting the onion. Take a half cup of the liquor, add to it a teasp,oonful of butter-, a saltsp..onful of white pepper and the juice of a lemon; pour over the cab bage, stirring well. Fig Tarts-One cup of chopped figs, one cup of water, half a cup of sugar, the juice of one lemon. Stew the ligs very slowly in the water three hours, adding the sugar when near-ly d.ne. More boiling water must be added if the first boils away. When done add the lemon iuce and till the shells, which must be very small, the figs be ing very rich. If liked, whipped .rem in e Ijeapei over tl~ illing. PEARLS OF THOUGHT A happy family is but an earlier heaven. -Bowring. Early and provident fear is the mo:her of safety.-Biirke. A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.-Frank lin. There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them -as we will. Shakespeare. If you are pleased at finding faultr, you are displeased at finding perfec tions. -Lavater. There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries. Thomas a'Kempis. Nobody will use other people's perience nor has any ? his own until1 it is too late to use it. -Hawthorne. There is a strength of quiet endur ance as significant of courage as the -most daring ieaks of prowess.-Tucker man. The only benefit of flattery is that by hearing whaz we are not, we may be instructed what we ought to be. Swift. If we had no feelings ourselves we should not take so much pleasure in finding out those of 'othe.s.--Boche foucauld. Every lie, great or small, is the brink of a precipice, the depth of which nothing but Omniscience .an fathom. -t,harles Reade. SHE SAID "DITTO." ft Was a New Word to the Voliee=a and Caused Him Sorrow. Even before the policeman gets so quainted with the people on his beat, he should seek an introduction to the dictionary. The Plain Dealer proves it by the experience of a Cleveland officer who had loved a young woman long and truly, but lacked courage to tell her so. Finally he mustered up all his b'av ery-it required more nerve than to face an ugly mob-and marched to her home. " ary," he said, "I love you." Mary started slightly. She bad bees expecting this re:nark for some time. She blushed, however, and then coyly said: "Ditto, George." To her surprise and chagrin G rge changed the subject, and presently took his departure. A few nights later he- was on his beat with two of his brother officers. "Say, boys," he said, "I want to ask you something. you knolvit.. been keeping company. with a gr Cedar avenue, and the other wea, I told her I loved sa , ' all. she. said was 'di. Now, w ?'; j ^lInder does 'dstt2 e " o er offi laughed loud and long. "Don't you know what that means?" one of them cried. "No, I don't," said George. "Well, it's easy," said his friend._ "Look over the fence." They; wers je - just passing an East End- calZbage' patch. "What do you see?" "Cabbage," replied George. "Well, now look at that partl if" cabbae-head right there." "Now look at the cabbage-he next to it." "Yes," said George. "Well, that's it. The first cabbage* head is a cabbage-head and the .other one is ditto." "What!" roared the irate George. "Did that blamed girl call me ~a cab bage-head?" And he turned away and refused to be comforted. Impervious to a Joke. Charles Sumner had but little sense of humor, and was not at home In the small cut and thrust skirmishes of general society. He was made for serious issues and for great contests; Of his literalness some amusing anec. dotes have been told. Al' an official ball in Washington he remarked to a young lady who stood besidi him. We are fortunate in having these places for standing here ; we shall see the first entrance of the new English and French ministers into Washingtoa societ." The young girl replied, "I am glad to hear it. I like to see lions break the ice." Sumuner was silent for a few min tes, but presently said, "Miss-, In n country where lions live there is I once invited Mr. Sumher to meet a distinguished guest at my house. He replied', "I do not know that I wish to meet your friend. I have outlive I the interest ia individuals.." In my diary of the day, I recorded the somewhat ungracious utterance, with this comment; "GJod Almighty, by the la:est accounts, had not got so far as this." Mr. Sumaer-was told of 4, i in my presence, though not by me. He said at once, "What a strange sort of a book your diary must bel Yous onuht to st.ike that out immediately."* -Atlantic Monthly. Tit Bits Story. George NTewnes, now Sir George,. not ma4ny y ars ago ran a small restaun rant in a provincial town, and one of his most populr dishes was a coneoo tion of everything sold 'under the. name of Tit Bits. The more'soli(, drticles of diet were passed by for the lighter and more attractive Tit Sit - Applying the same reasoning to intek -'4 lectual food, he soon concluded that it was the bright, pithy sayings largely copied from the Americ.mn newspaperS that formed the most interesting fe s ture in the heavy English da. - wvhich.he read; and as an exper at. he issaed'an unnpretentions periodiest. naed after the popu'ar dish in.fhe restaurant. And thus began a care which for meteoric splindor has rarely been e nall d. in the annals of the. pabihing busi.ess.--Art- in Avg