I '
INFLUENCE.
The Yjunal lost bark on life's tumultuous
_'ocetm
Will leave a track behind forevermore;
Tlio lightest wa^e of influence, onco in
motion.
Ex ton-is and widens to tlio eternal shore.
We should he wary, then, who (.ro before
'A myriad yet to he, and we should take
Ou i hearing carefully, where breakers
roar
And tearful tempests gather: one mistake
May wreck unnumbered barks that follow
in our wake.
?The Christii.n Advocate.
f TROVATA I
ft ft
% By M. CORBETT-SEYMOUR. ?
^fie? i l^ i 6?6 i eZZr&eZfr* ^
Charles Danford's friends agreed
unanimously that ho was making
himself ridiculous. ITo had fallen in
lovo Rlmnlv frnm in"'"" ^
,..j QUO..If, I1UI 111 Cl
crowded concert room once during
the brief, bright, London season! simply
from listening to the pleasant
tone as her voice as she talked with
a lady and gentleman, much older
than herself, who wore her com
panions.
Now lovo?so-called?and young
Danford wore not qui to unknown to
each other. Me had twice proposed
and been rejected; he had once been
engajS**'. for a period of three weeks,
at the end of which the girl threw
him over for the sake of a man old
enough to be her father.
The the younj* fellow registered .
something resembling a vow tliat ho I
would have nothing to say to women '
?cxccpy tho elderly.
"Stow It?do, dear fellow!" said I
Stewart, his special chum, when
Charlie tried to tell the oft-told tale J
of his experiences. "Everybody knows 1
all about it. and how you are never !
going t<? marry any one. Talk of '
something else."
Yet hero lie was, declaring he
would woo and wed a girl whose
name he had never heard?and perhaps
never would hear. Kven Rodney
Stewart was inclined to have done
with him, and told him plainly that
ho was a fool.
There ensued some coldness he
uvwn im; iwo young men; they not
over it and were friends a^iiin, but
for weeks it left Charlie free to wander
here and there, in the hope of
coining across that charming young
woman of the concert room.
Some people say the world is small, I
and we are forever seeing those we
least expected to see. Hut this par(,
ticular young man was not of that
nni 11 inn
-*?
London is fairly largo; and wandering
In th(> l'nrk, in Regent Street,
and other place* whore Indies congregate,
lie was fain to admit that
nothing short of i> miracle would effect.
a meeting with tlial fair-haired,
brown-eyed maiden, who bad unknowingly
made captive his h -art.
And yet?for such is the doggedness
of some hnmnn hoiiifv? n.>
"V
severed in his search.
Sometimes his heart bounded within
him as ho fancied he discerned a
figure liko that of <)i<> unknown; thon,
with t lie discovery ot the: mistake,' ills ;
hopes wont, down v ry considerably
below zero.
In due course came July, London
began to empty itsolf after the
fifteenth, and, like other young men
who have opportunities, Danford accepted
several country house invitations.
iM>\vii?ru did j ato put lilm in tho
way of the unknown; tho ;;irl.-> lie
met foilih1 him chilly and tinnppn ciative,
and tho older women pilled his
depression, trying to discover its
cause.
Charlie, however, was not com- i
ninnicativc. Stowast was his only
conndant, and Stewart liad gone
Norway. So beyond vague assertions
that iifo was not worth living, lie said
nothing about the change which had
come over him- -once so light-hearted
a fellow.
It. was just the time when people
who love traveling start here and
there in search of health or variety.
Thiu nifi l/inl<i?
.h .ikii >imiiis inilii was pnysically
so unci enough, but ho resolved
to croas the Channel, like the rer.t;
in one or another pleasure resort, he
might see the lady whom bo wanted
to see.
It is scarcely necessary to say that
Danforil had plenty of money. Work,
if such had been an obligation, would
have quickly taken all tin* sentimental
nonsenso out. of him; but the
blessedness of "something to do" was
unknown to him.
As economic arrangements did no!
form part of his program, young Danford
put up at one of the most expensive
hotels in Oxtonde when the
mail-boat landed him there, lost a
little money at the Kursaal and then
went on Jo Brussels,
Ho found the Vrighl city charming.
Ho ran against an old acquaintance,
who introduced lilin at the Legation,
and that of course led to a good deal
of visiting among the British resi- |
dents. So Charlie's spirits rose ?
little, though ho did not forget the
"raison d'etre" of his continental trip,
nor forget the sweetness of a certain
musical voice, nor the beauty of fair
hair combined with eyes of a lustrous
sherry-brown.
Indeed, lie was constantly thinking
of the girl, sometimes even dreaming
of her; and as he did not know her
rlelitfiil
ny ucsiywtiii on nor
that of "Trovata," which seems to
suggest lils sjerr<)t conviction, that patlonco
and perseverance will accomplish
all things, even (ho finding
(without any clue) of a lost young
lady.
And he did And her; hut not in
the little Helgtnn capital. Returning
to his native land by way of Paris,
disappointed but not yet despairing,
Mr. Danford dropped In one afternoon
at a tea-room In the neighborhood
of the faubourg St. Honore.
lie was glanclne at n
and not Just, then thinking of liia
"Trovata," when the wound of a voice
at a lit tin table closo by bo startled
him that he almost dropped his teacup.
It was her voloo! Ho should have
known it anywhere; nay, ho had
BometiineB borrownd a poetic idea and
assured himself that ho should be
able to recognize it ovou had ho "lain
lor a century dead." ^ I
/
I
A
n|- in actual boing! Sherry-brown '
eyeB, Pair hair, and voice; charmingly I
dresseq, and In the company of two j
other Indies, evidently English.
it.. i ? i 1 ... -- --
vnai 11{; iuokuu rouna mm wildly. i
He could not hope for an introduction I
then ?ind there; it would bo too pre- j
cipitate. Hut ho must learn her name !
If ho could?why, there, a fow yard:;
away, was Dick Baring, and he always
knew everyone and everything!
Not without some slight agitation
did Dan ford cross the room and make
his inquiry. Mr. Baring seemed to
understand that the name and antecedents
of an elderly lady with white
hair and then of a tall tourist in
tailor made costume were asked for;
but finally ho was made to comprehend.
"Do I know her? Rather!" ho ex- |
claimed. "The prettiest Bngllshwom- I
nil ill I'nric on'l
here he named an attache of the Embassy.
"Shall I introduce you?"
"No, thanks very much; I only
wanted to know," said Charlie, trying
to appear indifferent.
But ho packed his belongings and
made for the coast by that evening's
train; and the last time I saw him In
London I was favored with his
declaration that, it was better to bo
singlo than married.?Waverley.
cuius fou hushing.
Nervous Affection That May Yield to
l*r<?|>e! Treatment,
Blushing is a curious phenomenon,
often very disagreeable to the sufferer.
It is due to a sudden relaxation
of the walls of the minute blood vessels
of the surface of the body and is
classed by physicians among nervous
affections of the circulation.
Self-consciousness is usually the j
exciting cause of habitual blushing,
which occurs therefore more commonly
in bashful children, and in Kirls
more frequently than in hoys. Those
who blush easily are generally of a
sensitive, nervous temperament, and
as contact with the world modifies
this somewhat the habit gradually
disappears with age.
The face is the part where blushing
more commonly occurs, although any
other part of the body may show the
same change. One who watches the
blushes of a painfully embarrassed
person may see a faint pink flush
spread over the ears and throat as
well as the cheeks. It is said that
among uncivilized tribes, where much
of the body is habitually exposed,
blushing, when it occurs at all, may
involve all the uncovered parts. It is
probably because the face is the part
by which one isidentified ?that which
personified the individual?that it is
the recognized seat of the blush.
Sudden attacks of general blushing
without any apparent reason may af- j
font, those who are somewhat ad- '
vanned (11 lifo and constitute a most 1
disatrroc able symptom.
Children who blush easily should
he (rained lo nvurcoiise self-conscious- ;
ne:-s or ba.?h fulness. Thev should be
persuaded, not forced, to take a prominent.
position nmoiiK (lselr playmate:;
rather than 10 hold back and speak
only when they ;<r<> spoken to. I'nduo
timidity tdioubl b?* overcome because
it. injure:-; the change of success in j
business or the social world. Tho
i>|'i;nnius "! lUfn'S 111 HCIIOOI, li IIIO
child can b persuaded ii will bo good
for liiin, will ^o tar to euro morbid
blushing.
Tho pponfaneous blushing or (lusbinn
of adults may In; benefited by tonics,
remedies to aid digestion, a K"iieroua
but simple diet, cool baihing'
and plenty of ex< reise iu the open air. ?
Youth's Compauion.
fflM?ACHHe?QSQU(990?(!09(9(ii? 1
? THE SILENCE OF 3
? HALF THE WORLD - i
O *
?o?aeaeo??????9??Miiooc??e.o ?
"Iii regard to the nu n. on I he ot her
hand, women are absolutely silent," ;
says Inez llaynes Cillmorc, in Sue- !
ccss Magazine, "It may be that they !
discuss their masters anions them- i
selves, but if t hey <b>, it is in whispers
and under a vow of secrecy.
Whether this silence bo through
prudonc . through fear, through chivalry,
or bemuse they liave not. formulated
their opinions, nobody knows. ;
Hut it is so ]>rofouud that the men j
have leaped fatuously to the conelti
sion ilia!, wo in in have no opinion in
regard in men or. niori* fatuously
still, that there is nothing about men
for women to criticise. The women,
themselves, are jus;, hc^inninn to bo
conscious of their own tongue-tied
condition, lOlizabeth liobins, one of
the few women earth-writers who has j
dared lo approach this subject, says, |
|f I wore a r an, and cared to know
the world 1 lived in, I think it would
make mo a shade uneasy, the weight
of that silence of half the world.' "
Inserts in Coal.
Discoveries In tho coal mines of ,
central France have furnished by far
tho greatest advance that has ever
been made In our knowledge of tho
insects which inhabited the world
millions of years, as geologists believe,
before the time when man
made bis appearance upon tho earth.
In that wonderful age when tho carboniferous*
plants, whose remains
constitute tho coal beds of to-day,
were alive and flourishing tho air and
the Boil wore animated by tho presence
of files, grasshoppers, cockroaches,
dragon flies, spiders, locusts
flTlfl kfViPfiu f\C s\* 1 ' *
uvnni it'll wnicil exist
but slightly changcd at the present
time. But the Insects of those remote
times attained a gigantic size,
some of the dragon files measuring
two feet from tip to tip of their expanded
wings. The remains of these
Insects havo been marvellously preserved
in the strata of coal and rock.
?Harper's Weekly.
The Sweet Uses of A<1vcr>?ify.
You cau wear out your old clothes.
You are not. troubled with visitors.
You are not pers euted to stand sponsor.
Begging letter writers will let
you alone. Impostors know it is useless
to try to blood you. You
can practice temperance. You nro
not foolishly flattered. Yon save
many a debt and ninny a headache.
Finally, if you have a true friend
you'll flpd It out.?Life.
TOTALLY BLIND, BUT
HE BUILDS A HOUSE
Remarkable Feat Accomplished by Olney E.
uunniagliam Astonishos All Hlr, Neighbors
?Think Ho Has Sixth Sense?Builder Puts
Up Frame With livery line Trm and Level,
and Shiu{?lc> and Paints Slructuro
Although totallj blind and fiftyeight
years old, Gluey 13. Cunningham,
a carpenter, of Millbury, Mass.,
has recently completed in every dotail
a two-story addition to his house
which is said to be a marvel of the
carpenter's art.
Only through the persistence and
courage of a man who has suddenly
mot the worst fate which can befall
a human being has this strange demonstration
come about. The remarkable
power which ho has developed,
however, is the most surprising feature
of the case, since it is now believed
that it is through the so-called
sixth sense that the carpenter has
been the means of establishing what
lias so long been a theory.
While other blind men have accomplished
feats which may approach
that performed by this carpenter, to
be suddenly stricken blind after nearly
a lifetime of nnrmnl ..,..1 ?i..-?
to accomplish the feats which he performs
is one of the wonders of the
town of Millhnry. For Cunningham
became totally blind only about live
years ago.
Is ii possible that, great tragedy,
such as the loss of sight, may develop
in a person a power ol which he has
never suspected he possessed? This
is the query of those who have observed
ii is movements carefully.
Olney 10. Cunningham, the man
who builds houses by guesswork, lias
for years been a resid snt of the town
of Millbury, The family is one of the
oldest in the town. At a very early
age Cunningham began to learn the
trade of carpenter. Hi* fitimr wno
an expert, mechanic, and the son
seemed to inherit many of his qualities.
As soon as Cunningham, according
to his story, served his apprenticeship,
he began to work at his trade.
After several years he sav< d some
money and began to contract, for
small jobs himself, lie was successful,
and for ih<" last fifteen years has
been fairly well known in the western
part of the State as a builder.
About seven years ago (,'unninghar;
organ (O lose His sight. !lis hearing
began Id bo affected slightly. Other
physical iniirmit i< s began to appear.
Hir the most Morions was the approaching
loss of sight. Tho in:'.n was
in despair. A ft.or a lifetime of activity
ami in tho midst of important
work which ho hail ?>n haa?i i<> be
siuhlonly iioroft of sight nr!in il a
biitor punishment.
Specialists wore railed in and for
months ovc yih'.nu p<>: i!il was dotio
to restore his sight. },,in...iy all efforts
were exhausted end Cmrii'r:
ham was told i\" was hopiMesslj blind.
His trouble was pri>non:s<- .! t i;;I
paralysis of ;no optic norvo.
For months tli rarpentor gave way
?o his mifcfori <im\ Me r.-t'iis. d ail
efforts to ontiro him from iiis Immi
lie sat and broode.l over his awful
misfortune. Nothing - ,'1 "'<1 '<> "> * '
liini or take his mind off !iis trouble.
Ilis liair, formerly only streaked wiili
gray, became mow white. Ilis shoulders
drooped and his health appear' 1
to fail daily. i'i i i.ds and acquaintances
united in predicting ilia 'iis
life was slowly >i?i.u; away iroin
grief.
But a little more lin n a year .v.'o
a change, hecam>' apparent. The
builder began to t: ke an interest in
affairs. lie insisted upon walking
out daily. During l i t manner he
I < IUH'11 llltt OKI spirit?
and lical: li. The surprise of the
tow nsp< i>p 1<' of Millbury, however,
knew no bounds when, a little more
than two months ago, Cunningham
announced he was going ' > build an
addition to his bouse, a lance, oldfashioned
Colonial buil ling and one
of l he oldest in I he town.
Against the protest - of his family
the l)litid man got out ladders and
tools and set to work. I5\ walking
repeatedly around the end of j>:s
house and labo; iously climbing up
bis ladder to the eav> ,, l.e finally succeeded
in gelling his men .tin nients.
These were all marked Willi a heavy
pencil on a soft pine board, making
such an impression thai the marks
were percrpi ible to his ling t::. Tli n
with a saw and chisel he sit to work
tearing out the wall preparatory to
beginning the extension lo tin; ell.
I'.y this time two-thirds of the ci!izens
of l ii?* town were deeply interested
in the project of the blind man.
When the partition w;is torn away
posts wero driven into the ground
and Cunningham began to set the
lower beams of the ell. It was hero
that the blind man first demonstrated
his wonderful new ability.
Illind, unable to distinguish daylight
from pitchy darkness, Cunningham
laid the first, beam in place.
Merely by running his hands hack and
forth the. length of this beam he put it
In place and secured it. The second
M>iiu\ii:u, iiiui i no tmril. A level was
put on these beams. Every ono of
them lay perfectly in position and did
not vary a degree from the horizontal.
As amazing as this seemed, the
mystery deepened. The framework
of the entire new structuro was completed.
Not only was every beam in
place and tho corners as square as if
they had been corrected with the most
dellcato instruments, but every beam
was exactly set at a dead level. With
this new sense to guide him the blind
man found each time without an error
the exact position for each piece of
construct ion.
The entiro framework ^f this ell
was In position and boarded a fow
weeks ago. Not contented with tills,
Cunningham ascended tho ladder to
tho roof and shingled it. lie claphoarded
the walls and painted them,
livery lino of the building was as true
as if figured with a level and square.
Mr. Cunningham says he believes
he has Inheilted part, of his wonderful
power, sinco his father was a man
of extreme1 ruto senses. It was a
famous f his father to detect
tho posl ft leak In a pipe by
merel. , to tho sound of tho
' v I
water as it was pumped out. Mr.
Cunningham assorts that'his father
was able, after listening at the pipe
for a moment, to locate within twenty-four
Inches the position of a leak
on a nine throo-nuarioi'R r>f mil..
J long. lOveu wlum there woro branch
pipes running from tlie* main one bo
waj-: jus', a.; :;iht asful.
Ginckecl Fish in Camp.
u.v iii:u!;kkt l. .jim.sox.
When it comes lo a real woods d"!icacy
there is nothing which can quite
equal smoked fish and yet very f < w
campers have ever even thought of
such a i!iiin connection with woods
life, but the process is so very simple
and the results so very satisfactory
that they ought lo be recorded.
The first thing to do is to clean the
fish when they are perfectly fresh
and open them up as the cod fish is
opened. Tlioy should then ho salted
down in layers of coarse fine s:.lt, and
left for thirty-si { hours. The next
process is to lay them on frames built
like toasters, smoke them thirty-six
hours, turn and smoke thirty-six
hours more. They should then be
dried by covering with cheesecloth
and leaving in the open air. They
will then keep a month under ordinary
conditions and much longer in a
cool, dry place, and there never will
I be ;i time during this period that tliev
will not prove a delightful appetizer,
served in varying forms.
The smoke house; may be made of
any kind of hark, preferably birch,
spruce or hemlock, hni it must be
practically air tiuht with ihe exception
of an opening at the top to give
constant circulai ion. The mo.-M satisfactory
arrangement for the lire is to
haive it some eight, or ten feet away
from the smoke house :ui<1 to conduct
the smoke to the house throuuh a
tunnel running against the prevailing
wind, so there will be les.-j draft, for
the temperature must li" normal. If
the lire is built in the hnn?> miwI ?h_
rectly underneath, great care must be
taken or the flsh will l>e roasted.
The real difficulty is to pet a pure
smoke, a smoke which is without artificial
odor. Corn cobs, if available,
make the best of smoke, but hard
wood answers the purpose if one nn- ,
derstands how to smoulder the flame.
Hriefly, the wool must burn without,
flame, and this t:u>:in- that very little
air must reach it. but the trick is soon
mastered, and no camper who rei
mains in the woods for any letmth of
( time should be without a smoke
house.
^,..1 i. >
. . .i:n- III Ii III' .11 I1IMV Of
pared in much ih<? :>!n<' way.? i-'roni
Hi creation.
An lloncst < !(! Htoliiiouist.
Mayor CotiKhlin. of l-*;? 11 River,
| >.pc aking at a n hanquot. told a
| story about an ! 1 K;!ll Kiver \holiI
Uonlst.
"T!ie nhl hoy," ?i?1 .Mayor f'on^h!
lin. "went to tii ilieaire in lloston
tii'1 t;ii;t anil .aw 'Othelln.' His
; knowl i! of i i t v<I hi '.viiii -a
i litniicd: ho Ijad nil i I :? that the In ro
(if the nW.'tv wa : wI;51 "ia:i black(IIOll
lip.
* W'fi5, after the i>ln\ was over a
friend askef| hint tvii;it he finvr.-lit of
t i art or.;. II cie red his Hi r on t and
answered d'd' wratelv
" Wall. 1 i> in" all sectional prejudices
a i.lo and jitiltin" out of the
ion an> (.art ialit y I may 'nave
for t he i':u as >"h durii'd i1" I
I don't think the ni,,z< r held his own
with : nv on *oni! * *?Boston Herald.
Scotland and I'll'.*,Ii\:h1.
"i! is ti:s11?:"il," said Kir": MvnilM,
at the (iViildh;. 1, *'Ili.it two -in .1 nation*.
u illi s:: i 1 alii lit i<\-;, should I"'
united by i!i> oldest alliance roixisU
rd|l in liisloiy." I * ill 1 be Scots will
probably want to know whet ho:- :i
superior a"' -< lini might not ?,- p re feircd
on behalf of ill'* " \iild Alliance"
between I'runoe and Scotland,
which wit; formally concluded t\v< lve
years aft r I!.innoekburn that is. in
I liL'i; and lit: .s been going on <-v 1 |
>inoe, in ;i wiiv. Tho onlv thin-', how
.
cvor, in ih.> I" ?: m <>l national "aHiiiili's"
(in wh !i this "A 'M All; )!< '
vcsUm! was <0111111011 amiiKfiii. ' 1 10
Knuland, wliilo I lie 1 a11 ? 1. Vvf -n
Poiiii.^al :ui<! I). i;lnii(l was ;:i:a! > on
ly founded 011 1 minion oppositioi 10
Krrjnce.- l,ond<i Chronic]*!.
l-'rom (lie f,< 'oiilVssions <> 1? l!vr.''
I11 "Tln> Confessions or Kvo," 1
pruned in me (iarden of 11! m :ttitl
immnilial'lv suppressed by an outraged
Adam, Micro is a cni ioii ytor>
Inez llaynes (lillmore lias 1111 arthd
I it for the readers of Sn> < Magazine.
Si>: woiim 11, before.1 s tiling out
to attend an > \ iiinj- function, agreed ;
each to draw out an Adam oil tin* |
subject of lilm<elf, to list- it as lotw; ,
as lie would tall;. The first woman |
lay down on M.e job crawline, home i
at. sunrise utterly exhausted. The ;
second woman stayed with it until
she was stone-deaf. The third was
captured after many days- a vcibber1
nft idiot. The fourth eoniinitted suicide.
The fifth has never been beard
from. And the sixth is listening yet.
Vein ill int* Hosouroc.
Mr. D? wont to the club, leaving
Mrs. 1) with a lady friend,
whoso abilities as a stand; i-.longer
and mischief maker were pre eminent.
When he returned he just poked
his head into (tie drawing room and
said with a siKli of relief: "That old
cat's gone, I suppose?"
For an instant thore was a profound
silence, for as he tittered Hulas'
word lie encountered the stony
stare of the lady who had been in bis
mind. Then his wife catno to the rescue.
"Oh, yes, dear," she said. "I sent
it to the cats' homo in a basket this
morning."?Tit-Hits.
Invisible Dors.
The coat of a rod setter normally
stands out fairly clearly against
heather of the ordinary him. When,
however, it gets soaked with rain it
darkens very much and blends very
closely with tho heather. The Gordon
setters are perhaps the worst In
this regard of assimilating with tho
color of heather, and bo being liable
to get a charge rtf shot. ?Country
Life.
Tho llrst pair of spectacles was
mndc by an Italian In 129!).
'W
7
Southern Dishes
?
.ier an:! Daughter Finri t
vomachs snfl Pockets?Per
ViLh Thosj? ns Staples Two \
n a Winter Resort. :
$ i>#i> *< <*<>
"We have cleared Sloon a season
on our persimmon beer, sassafras tea
. rid hn' wa'lli declart <1 a young
Southern woman wlio keeps a lunch
and tea room at a winter resort.
"When mother and 1 w < left alone
we planned to take Northern tourists;
as hoarders. Almost every on- down
tberc does, you know. Our house
being small we rould only make room
for three, and at tho end of the season
we found ourselves almost ?.">0
d'tiii'.h wiiii our sroami iiwiir.; itir
four tons of hard roal. To persons
with tho slender ineonie thni w; nave
this deht seemed appalling, and when
the next winter came we didn't dare
to try attain.
"One of the ladies who lrid hoard id
with ns returned ih?* next winter and
was taken in hy one of our nearest
n> i'.hhors. Kverv few days she would
(Iron in on ns and try to prevail on
mother to take her to hoard ai?ain. j
Sbe explained (hat she liked tin*
thlnirs wo iravo hor to cat -old fashioned
Southern dishes.
" \s I had rra'l a lot about the sucpo;
of tea rooms ! s;o|;-> to this
woman, asking whether if motIi<>r
and I should o: op such ;i place she
would come :?? ! brill 3 hor friends.
She ; sv,iirod us t' *r she would no"
otilv :viue for < .1 but would take hor
lunches with us ns often as wo had
hot fritters or n n
"It didn't take nmeh propnrallon.
Wo slni'dy threw our parlor and dining
room together, sot out all the
small tables we h:id in the house, saw
tha* the ehina and 'Ivor wor" handy,
made a howl of hatter for wafllcF and
put a pan of biscuits in the oven when
wo paw our former boarder coming
up tb" front walk with three wormi)
frlo nds.
"That was for lunch, ml wlim the
frill r left Hi lin.if ...wl > t...ir ....
had taken in S I. The food consumed
was two broiled I'Mi'lc 'is, ;t i>ati of
bi-culls, over > o many lint wami
syrup, a small pat of butte;- ind four
cups of ton.
Ml Wanted <o Kat.
"They loft ns wilb tin* unlcr-!andirir
that, wo would servo them t<>a.
persimmon In it, rolled wpf 'is and
fritters that aftornor.n from livo to
six. Thov were there on lime with
a troop of i i on!" from Mi" tro'i!' links.
j li > II.hi i i : r. * ?i .: I ii MM 1 11?* M ' t M - |
c rn dishes w.? l::u1 '.riven them for
lllllf'h so succor t" 111 > tiiai. 1") 1H
everybody in earshot hud enm?? ,.\ >r
to see w'n : conbl I)' h?i !n l!;u v..iy
o! afternoon !
'"I'llore wove toii r>op!o ' ihftt
.".ft.oriioon "i"! lh<-\ ? ; n' >f t.i-* el'
persimmon beer '.i ee. v yon
know persimmon 1 > ? i no! ; ??>: *lmn
bev. -tit?e in the So ' ii lit <1
mother is pno of tho few i >;> 1 in
our neighborhood who \\ i;. That
v'.r we had put iin !e - i i . n hroo
dozen holtley, so ! 11; ; people
I' ft our winter's "Vplv w;.: much
>1 i >ii hii^twv!
"We \v? ;\? s > r.uch " >nra.?C<id,
however. thai 1 : o( u;> !;. ?1t.it ni.'.lii
writing not! i^-, 1 iia: v. > :i<I imcih d
a Itiho!) and (cm rr-.n. t> leave i.1 Hip
ofll<- < !' c?;ir oik i h ? i ! and at
(lie fount ry clul' We v. - < lim y the
next morning n-Cini; on' and jn> paring
every!hlim \v bad in t!' on e in
liopo of having pftvliiipti as in any as
(lit <I:i>' before, (inil y> ' < v> b ?tb
so timid niif! unrortain i!i:? \ < didn't
daw io tr<i to t'.io \t>? :; < f buying
anyihing <'\t i a. When ni-'l i > " v >
wore just alum / : n nil! >f lin i.-o
an.I homo wit!: : i:i >"> ? our
pod i ! .
"Aiter litis oxj)6rIchc> wo folf ? >("Ill
I llouu'l 1.' I ??"!> lo 1( | ' 't our
suppl'm \ Iml to liiro :i voir .:!: ! to
lu'lp in ihe Uiiclion am', lc; 'i room
ami i\vo 111 <?f?- lo (o:i|i in at'to'noon
to Ih' caUfMl on ii< < -i of m >sit>
during !!' tea > i: \\'?? had
work for th'-iii a!! M' .t ..:'t ! "n. nnd
had to r.ond ov< i<> on u< libor: 1 <
borrow extra cup : and
spoon .
"That afternoon fini hed ou. : upp!y
of pe> 1in ':! 1' !>: ! ! n t
morning I I -vrov.. <1 a i >r an I
buggy and drove t n m < wel mil- *
limiting for more of it. | . eded
in Inning four d<}Sien 1>??' 1 . m uv )
ihree gallon jugs fnHi
Willing to Pay
"After consulting our <! and
former hoarder we decided that, the
only way to make our supply of beer
hold out was l?-. putting up the price.
From ten rents a glass we raised it to
twenty-five rents. Can you imagine
people paying twenty-five rents for a
Miiau glass 01 persimmon i>(< r'.' Well,
they did it, and so many of them tliat
our supply vanished during I h?>
Christmas holidays. Several of
them bought it by tho lottle io send
back to their friends for Christmas
presents.
"After tho persimmon beer was all
gono we had to fall back on b'ackberry
cordial and Scupperm ng wine.
This we served with fruit cake tin*
kind we call black wedding cake.
"I used to think tho.e was no end
to the appetites of our customers
when we first began to serve that
cake and wine. I have seen a man
drink a whole bottle of the wine and
eat one-half of a lar^o cake, and the
women were almost as bad Why
they didn't din from indigestion is a
mystery to me. Often I ns<'d to toll
mother they wouldn't lie able to come
the ticvt day. but th<\v always did.
"Our marble enko was almost as
popular as tb<> fruit, cake. As it is
mm h less expensive to make, of
1-mirnr; ?< wurc ;i.ui 10 navo
Ii takou ;m a cibst itutc. ,\*o, \v<didn't
fiii(' (jftdy IlalUmoiv or angels'
food v?m > popular. Penplo would
iiifiM when II' y couldn't cot the
? ' i in fnarbh\ Th">* Kflld anor
/ II tb?". wanted pnwothing
I'.i n tbn usual 1 i "1 f cake
bijlfhos j: id t^ns wf
i < .<1 f] : 1 r on \Y<
make 'hem
Prove Profitable.
? i
he Way to Reach Northern
Simmon Rper nnH P.aUn
Voiri3n Make a Good Living
during th<> summer unci our eusto-i
hums either luiy them to take back!
North with them or send back to i
friends left behind. \Y?> began tlio |
business with almost no preparation,!
but now it keepa us working hard the I
entire summer making preserves, |
picklcs and wines for the next sea- ;
sun's iiko
>1 :?cl<* l( l?y the Barrel.
"We make persimmon beer by the
l>arrel and usually pi rid of all that
we ean supply. Buying blackberries, j
muscadines ?ind otiier wild fruit is
easy enough. since the negroes are
accustomed to feathering them for
salt', but it is about the hardest tiling
in the world to get persimmons.
Why. the first autumn that we deter-]
mined to make an extra supply of]
beer 1 had go into the country for
?lays with our cook and maid and
Kathor tlix persimmons myself
"Yes, we had many demands for
possum during the last, two seasons, '
and when possible wo had it for
lunch. Persimmon beer is the natural
beverage for hakcd possum, and
my father always had them both for
Now Year's dinner.
"It is seldom that n persimmon tiw
is cut down in our part of the South.
10vu when they are little slips they
will he left in tlie fields.
This is not only because of the
fruit and for tile convenience of liav
iiur, a natural 'possum trap on your
place, but because the tree is beautiful
and affords a delicious shade for
man and beast durinp tin- entire summer.
Any Southerner will tell you of
seeing mules and horses in the plow
st up of I heir own accord when they
reach a persimmon tre*1.
"Of course the main reason for our
success is that we were the first in
the field. People say they like our
things because they are not to be had
anywhere else. My mother has always
been considered a Rood cook
and housekeeper and is certainly fond
o!' both. We pive just tin* dishes we
would hnve at home could we afford
them and prepared in just the same
way. To hepln with all our china,
si 1 vim* .'Mid plass were old fashioned,
and now, inst< *.i<! of buying new
thinps, we hire it of a neiphhor who,
like most of us, knows the need of a
few dollars.
"The farnishiiur.: of our lit:le home
are aid old. ami ibis verms to 'do an
11 i< >1111 i .1111.11 null III 1)111 IUHIU*
r.icrs. At lirst mother and I did ull
?!) > serving. I>uI now tlmt our Inisim<
I'm- increased so mother remains
in the pantry to servo while 1 sit :it
a (lc. K- in th<> front room to receive
i!i" chocks and &ivo oh an go, Of
i >;i" snaking Si 000 in four months
i; jii 'tiy :;o( ! h .sim . for two women
in the Sou til."
Tmil>nrrn^xin<; l'or Her.
I A MiliV: :ili< - i:ki:i rr .! hi \vlfr> re
ren : !' iv'l a ? : 1! from an old
! fri ::<! whom (lie; had 1101 11 for
! vi-a!'. ?. .In t li !<>i the three sai
down to a litLI<> supper in the (!crnian
style, the wife. seizing :i favorable
ojijiortunit. , whispered to her
li us haml:
I "W'e have only throe bottles of
' beer in the bou > iusi enough to go
around. Hon't ask him to ha\c>
more."
| "Very well." an weed the luis|
band. wiio chanced to 11. mi-iking of
.'Mipothing < 1 - at the time.
j llalf an hout- later the ho it, to his
wil" conUierrihil >n. asked the guest
: to take mot l?t>( . The invitation
[ w.!-. politely d eliivd, but sii 11 the
' host 1111 r.oi (' ",i;t. A dozen time s
th?> c. Hi : '.vax in* ? >1 t.) drink; a doz*
on i in . b iirn !. us< .1.
\Y i" " 1: ' ' "i d' |>M .1 111 ' wlfO
I >r> . he;1 ! ',!. hand lo ta:-k. "Win on
<a; i>. !!'id(> you jit '- int :-o? liiiin't \
t?Il you rht re v ro only t.hroo botl!
'? \\ 1!> did dm in i t upon Ilia
bavin l. or - bo< : , in :> l>< t, nioro
boor'.'"
".Miti'v !" r>v-] iir.iod Ihr- husband
I foriiOt ontiri-ly."
' Hut," ; "d i wifo, ' why
did you sii|i|ios*> 1 wa. kicking you
undc r Mil* l:>blo'.'"
".\ly d<iot',V blnndly replied tho
i husband. 'you didn't ki< k i.i v! " ?
1 i p]-i u<?). i .-.
! '
I On tiic fa rim ?;f l!n;',!:ind Iflst year
thoro wore 3,191,0$!) horse.-- employ.
d.
THE BUI
How the East Indiar
Adapted in r
Thingalow I?: an clastic word. The
idea is old and it has l?oon adapted to
this country within the last fow yoars.
There has always been the cottage at
the seashore or mountains and the
colonial mansion had been here hefore
the days oi the oldest inhabitant.
In the West, they had shacks and In
Italy they have the villa. India had
to have something so in tlio
galese district, they created the bungalow.
Now it is here, but far different
from the Hongalese affair. For In
Kast India tho bungalow is of flimsy
construction, with thatched roof, verandas
surrounding the house and
with one room divided by -a curtain..
At first, tho bungalow was a eooiingv'
off place, a garden or a lod^e.
With the name and the idea Amotjh
cati architects have somewhat changed
things and have shown East Indian
people that in this country a bungalow
really is something. \Vh<Sp tb6
idea was t ew In this country an avohlteet
win n d the difference l>e!
twecn :i 1 ungainw and a
aivv.e 5 000 nut that doc!?*" wV
von t ' :> bungalow $1
j Hi,in Ilia; :m;o' nt.
Tim bn !r>\\ , ns built'. .JT v
*i < i*
I'll''', n ho jv- for .'ill Ihc yo?. i ,
< uoiuit Uj ?? ,v.r oi.o for
There is record of wheat mowing
in China as far back as 3000 B. C.
The total area sown 1o gingelly In
'he Madras presidency, India, is 035,000
acres, tin* estimateil vlehl for
which is 44.4i)S ions. This itf tlio'"
commercial name for sesame, from
which the value of oil produced anhually
is about $3,90:5,014,
The output of white salt in tlie
United Kingdom in amounted to
1,084)050 tons.
Cats arc subject to a form of Influenza
which is communicable to
human beings, and they can ':atch it
from man juot as readily. *
Cigar botes of glass are coming
more and more into use. They are
cheaper than tho wooden boxes and
keep the cigars fresh a longer time.
The Institute of Marine Engineers
in London recently discussed the subject
and H. A. Mayor, of Glasgow,
said that the prospect for electric propulsion
for ships is very hopeful.
? 1
A Berlin paper says that Ne>v York <
is 11'.< third Gerlfcun city In the world
in point, of population. "With its
i r,r,0.000 Germans." it. says, "it is exceeded
in si'/o only by Berlin, which J
has ahont 2,00(1,000. and by Ham- Y\
bur , which ha.< about 730,000." ?jj
' ,ff
| There wro 80.912 miles of over- v
head and cable wires in operation in
India in 19(i7. against !">;>." in 1857. '
Tho annual earnings of the cables between
India and Europe since 1902;
I 00snows a surplus each year of
frnm "J 1 t inn AAA *^ Ol OAA A A A
ii*/in v> i ,wvr?*/?/u CL# Sn,6uu,uu\;.
Now York City housekeepers are
great sufferers from short weights /,
and measures. Chief Derry, of the ijt
Bureau of Weights and Measures, r
ports that five per cent, of the cin
the city use false balar
measures, and that to sel*
quarter short of the w
is quite common.
The America
at Calcutta,
great businr
that metrop
I paring the
are used f
binding <
purses, kKivcs ai. ?
feminine and adornii
I
0
CHEAT UIAVAY TUA\ KL.
I ' rv Swit/erlaiu
' -tem Operates to Pi
inoti / (Ctieral Itusiness.
II Is not. generally known t
Switzerland maintains a press >
in the United States. His "
Jkdley }\ Sonme^*. whom r.n ad
man of a thdati'ltymrou*^'*
:i '"live wire." Ask
I the publicity nge^t
I ment.' and he will
I really represents the
j an owned by the Gove
i Mr. Sumner was at
' ln.-u niu;lit. His Ant
i gardiiigf Swiss raili
('.stIns iravcloptuei '
tiuisiastic on the
j uient ownershi'
; Switzerland t.h
I pride to tho fa.
son is pari own<
When Mr
roads ho i!
touch and (
they pass.
Visitors
ionize or.
publicity
has boon p
11)05 10,51
come, and i
10 20,028. rl
erland iw is !i ;
transportation !
t!io mo?- profita
aii.,
fiftt
273" n
I any sort
; liitoly first cia
j words, for $1.
*'im 11 v.* ua v hi &W : i
!') is patch.
Close
"Theso nicch.ii.
life-like."
"How so?"
"Johnny's autom<
down 11m cat and kn
dust out of two Ool)
Courier-Journal.
vfGALOW.
i Creation Ha
fhis Country.
.only. It. is divldod 1'
rooms as ta?te and por k
but. usually it is a conib
reptlon hall, drawing 1
dining room and living i
There is no snggeatioi v
this tvne of arr.httnotnr/i
nishings, to bo in har should ,
suggest rest, ease i conatort.
Straight-back chairs, up .j^t^ry, onyx I /
tables and gilt stools art.* ft? o.tti
of place in the bungalow.as a afc*'a<a
piano in a flat. TheJj4>? cotftHhutes
to happiness and A04 IMld?rs
pay a oynio rtevo?jgil6Vi* a btiujalow.
Q^l^es rave^v^r llhsm, ,fo .
'' So popular hay? thny 'b?3omn t"fc
builders JitiB ??ttUir. J thelli <tp a
then offering Cliom for ?:<)? tor 1
pure ha kit . of 1 eixly . !
1 ftftv ttiiu ?a- &!Sl*IJa6&SB .*1**. '
*v * 11 wr
man who i i m , J-Wif
SO 1)1 uch
; as hj^ w&tktbA |
1 *,|th in maiM