The times. [volume], April 01, 1900, Page 14, Image 14

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O/te Ozirn of the 2/ear.
Never ?'* ^eal on ihe shivering trees!
O! 'twas blowing so,
And snowing so,
? When Phyllis inel mc on yonder lea?".
Wlure was the chanco to linger and?
speak?
(Happy th?; sable that touched her cheek!
But silk and velvet and fluff nnd fur?
That was all I could see of her!
Phyllis, Phyllis, so c>y. sri sweet.
My heart, it followed her tr.pping
?ect;
U!ut what could I do?
Can you venture to woo
When it's snowing and blowing and
freezing too?
Winter I? over and pone away!
On the wooded hills
The daffodils
Are dancing and glancing so golden
e?y.
Now Is the lime tn unger and speak;
"Happy my Hips th.it may touch her cheek!
Blush and tremiile, flutter and stir,
Sweetly she yields what 1 ask of her,
Phyllis, Phyllis, so shy and .?wcet.
Fluttering heart. how you throb
and beat!
Hush?never fe??r;
Nestle close here!
Ah! Love's happiest' time Is the turn of
the year!
?P.ill Mall Gazette.
jrfaw to Clean
Oid ?Portraits.
Csenl.awlfisli Pittato, Tepid Water,
a Spinile ami Cai??: in Haiiilliii".
?Coat Hie Hack With White
Ltjul.
If jieoiple knew what an easy task it
Is to clean portraits ajid oil pointing?
iiiey would never let them han? black
and colorless on their walls.
In nine cases out of ten. pictures paint?
ed by ; the hist generation of art ?Ms,
owned by private collectors or individ?
uale, have alinosi entirely Host Choir
beauty by being coated with dirt and
entok..
E'iiher of the following methods can
be used by any careful person without
fear of injury to t.e picture, and in
many cast's will restore its surface to
its original freshti.i_>_ and brilliancy of
color.
As this is the simplest method, it is
well t?> try it first: Take tihe picture
Irom its frame ?nul lay it on a large
table, face upward. ?Have cu bowl of
lepid water and a good-Kized sp'?)iige
in readiness.
Peel a large white jiotato and cut it
in liaJT. Then, with the spoil?;?? and water,
go cut-fully over the entire surface
of Uie picture. In case it Is badly ?.-rack
ed, as so many old paintings are, lot
the sponge be fairly dry; -for. ir the
water should ooze under lhe paint, it
anight crack mori?. Now take the potato
und with the sni?ioth Hide go over lhe
?.??mire ?trrface white it is wet
Do not scrub hard, a? it is apt to stretch
tlie canvas aend mooeRs?taie its being
token off the stretcher. The potato should
move in a oirculatr motion, which .should
he kept up until the canvas in in a lath?
er.
The dirt will soon begin to soften ?and'
?lake the lather ?put?? black. Ke??p rub?
bing until all the stains ?aid spots disnp
3>enT, nnd then wash carefully and very
tinoroughly wliteh Uej?d ?water and the
ppongo.
Unless the dirt has been varnished in.
a tpicttirc -?vili usually readily respond to
this treatmenL but in case it will noL
Ure. ?mlth: "Did you enjoy the sermon, dear?"
_asai fi__>t(_i /4N___, I dreamed X yru* tryiRK eta ?bluff, a fellow, who held four acos^f.
the following method is almost sure to
give the desired result:
?Double <a heavy blanket twice? and
sprinkle it freely with alcohol; then
lurn the picture, in Its frame, face down?
ward over IL
The fumes of the alcohol will soon begin
to rise and loosen tlie dirt; it will also
clarify the varnish and givo it the ap
p?aranee of having been just applied.
The picture should be kept over the .'?1
oohol until all ihe spots have disap?
peared from the surface and left it frcsn
and bright in color.
The portrait should then be spunged
with tepid water and placed where Jt will
dry slowly. Never use any soap on an
oil painting. It may remove the dirt,
but the chemicals in it are sure to do
damage, though the immediate result
may 1? very pleasing. Many a good
picture ha? been ruined by soap and a
scrubbing brush.
After a ?picture has? been cleaned it
should be varnished with picture varnish.
This should be applied with a bristle
brusii.
IViur a little varnish on the picture and
spread it quickly, being? careful not to
go over tne samo placa twice. Some?
time.?? the varnish jvill "creep,"' but by
breathing on tlie canvas ami then fol?
lowing quickly with a brush it can bo
made to adhere. The picture should be
left flat on a table until the varnish is
I dry.
In aise ihe canvas has become loose
I on tho stretcher it should be stretched
by a person who understands the han
dlitisr of canvas*, as this requires a pro?
fessional hand.
Tiie care of pictures is a. thing that
few people understand. Hot rooms, gas,
dusL smoke and steam heat are all the
enemies of pictures. More often than
not they attack them from the back.
A picture will often have the appear?
ance of being in perfect condition from
.the front .??de. when the back has been
almost entirely destroyed by moths or
some form of decay. This may he pre?
vented by coating the ?back of the canvas
with a thin wash of white lead.?Bast?n
Globe.
]>1??G??????? Sinister on Mnrriase;
In a. recent issue of Collier's Weekly.
Allargarci Sangsier writes of "Ideals and
Marriage." In the course of the article
she gives the following practical advice:
"Among the pretty depredators upon
household happiness, a. disposition to
nag, to lind fault with small things, and
to worry over unimportant matters take
the most prominent place. Fault-finding
is fatal to ease of mind, and is a most
despicable and mean sort of habit, which
a lirm will should overcome, once its
presence is recognized. The greatest and
by far the most formidable enemy to van
qulsh and to banish, if ever lie is allowed
1?. penetrale into a home, is jealousy,
a serpent still potent to drive any mod?
ern Adam or Eve from the Garden of
Eden. By every possible means should
this foul llend be exorcised, if unfortun?
ately he has battered down the home.de?
fences and found liis way to the weak
spot in the home's inner sanctuary. Jeal?
ousy is proverbially cruel as the grave.
Inn love is strong as death, and failli
can stamp out the on?? ami reinforce the
other, so that the home shall not he de?
spoiled. Yet the ?heart ?an never be
without its scar over a half-hialed wound
if jealousy have been admitted there;
it is the worst foe to the ??leal of mar?
riage. Husband and wife should be com?
rades. In gond comradeship, in the ?jual
Ity whieh makes Iw?. people compan?
ionable on the road, in congenial trails,
in readiness to see the fun as one goes
and 1o make a jest of what might
e be a ?burden, there lies the very ker?
nel? of daily bliss. Happiness is inher
I'ut ln helpfulness, and they who help
one another can never long be unhappy,
or fail to me mutually useful."'
Ki'cry Woman Her Own .lewellor.
How very nice it will be when everv
} woman can make her own diamonds
, and not be obliged to save out of the
market money to buy them, or tease her
Indulgent father or husband to buy them
for her. The blissful era of diamond-mak?
ing nt home is promised us by a Prendi
chemist named Sloissan. lie has had ?lla?
monas that were indistinguishable from
Hies,? made by nature. Sugar and elec?
tricity were the ingredients he employed.
Enormous heat and tremendous pressure
are brought io hear upon the sugar, and.
presto! ono has as many diamonds as
one wishes. The chemist daes not hold
out encouragement of an immediate fall
in the price of jewels as ? result of his
discovery, but he thinks is possible
now that the wells or crucibles in whica
the diamonds of i.ra7il were formed will
he discovered Till now these diamonds
have only been found in alluvial depos?
its; hut somewhere there is a gigantic
stock of brilliants, and if we can possi^ss
our seuls in .patience long enough, the
poorest among us may boast her tiara
ami lier riviere.?Commercial Advertiser.
"Manlla^Bounrt" is the title of an ex
travugnnza produced at the 'Prisco Ti?
voli last week.
7Jhe Child ?Year/,
Tiee heart of the chil.l,
Like the heart of a flower.
Has a smile for the sun
And a tear for the shower;
Oh, innocent hours
With wonder beguiled?
Oh, heart like a flower's
Is the heart of a child.
Tbe heart of a child,
Like the heart of a bird,
Wilh raptures of music
Is floode<l and stirred;
Oh, songs without words.
Ol?, melodies wild?
Oh, heart like a hird's
Is the heart oi a child.
The heart of a child,
: Like the heai t of the spring,
Is full of the* hone
Of what summer shall bring;
Oli, glory -of things
In a word undefiled?
Oh, heart like the spring's
Is t?he? heart of a child.
?London Speaker.
Tlu: Gold Statue,
j The Philadelphia Press prints the fol
j lowing interesting account of the cast?
ing of the famous gold statue for the
? Paris Exposition:
j "The famous gold statue of Miss Maude
Adams, the creator of 'Lady Babbie' in
'The Little Minister,' has been cast.
j "The statue is a success. "Miss Bessie
j Potter, now Mrs. Vonnoh, was the sculp
I tor, and she, with her husband, watched
! the gold go into the mold. It was cast
j by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company
. in New York city, and was a most excit
I ing performance.
j "Miss Adams began posing for the
j statue last summer at Rockland Lake?, in
j this State, and twenty-live sittings, all
? told, were had. The image is the life
j size, and rests on a pedestal six inches
i high, which is a part of the casting.
I "it represents Miss Adams in simple
? high-nock evening gown, tho folds fiang
I ing with a modesty befitting the actress*
| character. The arms, in tight sleeves,
! hang uliposed by the sides.
"The statue is not solid gold. It is a
shell, and weighs 712 pounds. It is of
?? /
"Why are you going to marry ol.. ?.? otrox? Just because he has one hundred
tbous?hd dollars?
"No; he's got heart disease, too."
twenty-four parts, gold, silver and cop?
per alloy, fourteen parts of which are
gold, seven parts silver and three parts
copper.
"It is six feet high and weighs 700
pounds. *
"Many months ago the actress was se?
lected as the most perfect type ol an
'American Giri,' and Bessie O. Potter
modeled Miss Adams in clay, 'Lady Bab?
bie- having given several sittings for the ;
purpose. ? !
"On Tuesday many ingots of gold, safe- I
ly guarded by detectives, were taken j
from the assay office in Wall Street, to ?
No. 132 West Sixteenth Street, where the ;
Henry Bonnard Bronze Company has its j
works. j
"The time for casting was set for 3 I
P. 3D, but gold will not always melt ac- j
cording to calculations, and it was C !
o'clock before the precious metal was suf
liciently hot to attempt the casting with
safety.
" "We.would not accept $150,000 for the
statue,' said the superintendent, ?just as
it stands, and yet the work might prove
faulty at the last moment.'
"The completed statue cannot be seen
yet, as it will take a long time for it
to cool properly.
"lt will be sent to Paris for the Expo?
sition as soon as possible. The fault
found with those who have, seen it is
that it is too stout and too passive in
pose. Miss Adams is exceedingly small
and fragile, and is nervous and restless
in her movements. Her personality is
distinctly not passive.
"It must have'been a very interesting
spectacle to see $150,000 worth of gold boil?
ing in crucibles.
"The gold was poured do**n through a
long funnel.
"It was the most delicate and expen?
sive operation undertaken in that place.
"When tho final moment arrived, show?
ing that there was' enough gold to fill
the mold, the workmen capered In glee,
and Miss Potter was so excited ?he al?
most wept."
Miss Caroline Hazard on Education.
"Some Ideals iu the Education of Wo?
men" was tlie subject of a most interest?
ing paper read recently by Present
Carloine Hazard of Wellesley, who said,
in aart:
"lt is a significant fact that the old
painters and poets embodied their ideals
in feminine form. Time was when every
grove and stream liad its own nymph,
and mythology gave us Venus and Juno.
"With the coming of Christianity
tho virtues took their places as women.
Mercy and wisdom and purity not only
wer? represented in feminine form, but
the^ more masculine virtues, justice and
fortitude, wero presented to the eye as
rcbed and' crowned women. Thii^ longing
of tlie .soul' for a visible * embodiment of
truth and purity, found, expression? ia the
worship at the .Virgin Mary. From Urne
immemorial all* that men have con?
ceived as best and noblest in Me nas
been represented to them in the form oi
a woman. In our modern world, anu
with the -change of ideals winch, tne
progress of time has brought, :t is st.n
the eternal femanino which leads men
on. > _.._
"In the matter of education the mam
question to consider is: What results
are we aiming at? In order to determine
this, we must make some fundamental
inquir?es as to the position of women
in our modern life. There are three -.yays
in which women are preeminent?thev
arc the binders together of society: tney
are the beautifiers of life, and they are
the -conservera of morals. Thus women
?must stand for conservatism, for grace
for purity; and in these three directions
they must have special training. Wise
conservatism must be founded on law,
and law must teach obedience, whlcn
lies at the root of all growth. Those
who are to interpret beauty must have
a knowledge of what is beautiful, ?ind the
training of the perceptive -faculties has
to bo undertaken in d very thoughtful
and serious way.-No one can reproduca
what he is not absolute master of; and
beauty to wield any influence on lite
and character must be deeply absorbed
and enter into the personality of its
cxiionent. .
; "And In the third place beauty must
pass into duty. This is the supreme
; task oi all education, the training of
the soul. How ?hall duty govern conduct.
i What fruit of personality shall ?* ??f
product of training? It Is women who mu-t
: answer many of these aues?ons,^for
i women are/ tho guardians of mmU?
' Women oug.it to be the spiritual lead
! ers of the world.
Don't Frislitcn the Babies.
"Put baby's little fingers back into
baby's muff, quick!"' said a kindly look?
ing -nurse to her little charge "^J^
Frost will come and bite them -????*$"
little thing hastily thrust her t ni m t
toned hands back into the ^^-f^?
and looked on this side ??*^g5
the personage or thing that her nurse
had conjured up to her imagination.
??How altogether wrong that is. ex
claimed a mother, who was PaffWf?^*'
friend. "That woman evidently belongs
to a superior class of servants, rn^os
er. I should judge from her avveanxge
that she is both competent and good.
ret she. does positiv, harm to the e h Id,
whom she probably adores. b> <?*-?
her fears and peopling her world.wlth
unknown enemies. Jack Frost to us
seems like a harmless crea ion or fancv
but I suppose to that infant he is a
grisly, mysterious monster, read?, to
spring out from-any side street and at
l^Forhmy part. I do not think children
should be allowed ti be afraid of any?
thing, it would be quite pos?
sible to eliminate fear from their
minds if they were not taught
to dread anything. Why. the oth?
er dav I saw a mother showing a pic?
ture book to her baby. On. see bow?
wow!' she exclaimed, and then Putting
her finger to the dog's mouth. Oh, the
log bit mamma!' fio naturally, when she
took the child's f-nger to put to the an
! imal'S mouth the little one ?ereim?d. 1
| have seen such performances over and
over again, and yet-no out* seem? ti re?
alize it is teaching the child cowardice
an?! ?listrus :.
"I? know of 0B3 mother, however, who,
1 am happy io sty, hns the right idea
about warping the. youthful mimi. Sh"
has three little children under seven; an I
she has taught them to 'believe ih.it ev?
erything is good, thai :.!; ?ttrmals are
kind and that every person loves *.;i< in.
The consequence is that lhey are the
friendliest little beinsrs irn3g*.ii ")Ie. ?'.hiI
thr bravest, tuo. They Jo no: ?.'..ow -..ha;
fear is. for they cannot imagine anything.'
or anybody working thorn harm
" "Of course, ? kiio'.v that they must
learn sooner or later that evil and ?.tired
exists,' said their mo the?*, 'hut the?
knowledge will come io t'inai i.ra(iuaJly;
after their reason is inore developed.
Li'?l .In?}- can judge Of oa*-?e '.ml fffiit.
But now, while they are shielded from
from all that can hurt them, the chief
thing, it seems to me, is to teach them
confidence in and affection for every
?Iv'ng thing." "?New York Tribune.
The Importance of Breakfast.
Sallie Joy AVhite contributes to the
April Woman's Home Companion an es?
sentially practical article on "'Breakfast
Hour," in the course of which she says:
"?V teacher in one of the larg? city
schools says that if any of her pup ls
complain of headache during the morning
o?" are peevish and hard to get
along with the first nuest'on nhe asks
is if the proper breakfast has b.*en eat?
en. If she finds it has not, she sends
the pupil for a luncheon. Shs a's? ad?
vises the mothers of her pupils that when
a child shows little disposition for break?
fast the mother, should see that it is sup?
plied with luncheon to carry to school
to eat at tbe recess period. I don't
know haw niany housekeepers I have
heard say that the meal they most
dreaded was breakfast. They knew what
to have for dinner, and could get up a
dainty tea or appetizing lunchem, but
they never knew what to get for?break?
fast. I always think these housekeepers
either must have very little originallty
or must be too indolent or indifferent to
think things out. There may be just as
?much variety in the breakfast as in any
other meal."
?\ teacher of music ln one of ?he public
schools of the South desired to impress
the pupils with the meaning of the s gns
"f" and "ft" in a song they were about
to sing. After explaining that "f" ?meant
forte, he said: "Now, children, If "f"
means forte, what .does "ft" mean?"
Silence reigned for a moment, and then
he was astonished to hear a bright lit?
tle fellow shout:
"Eighty'.??-New: "Ufilnpot^ tot ABril,
J? Tfurse?y ?Puzzle.
Affairs in our nursery
Are really very mixed;
Perhaps you kindly may suggest
A way to get them fixed.
If you should come to visit us
You'd find wlthtn our doors
A little knickerbockered girl
And a boy In pinafores.
For sturdy ?Richard dearly loves
To play with girlish toys,
AA'hile blue-eyed Marjory declares
??. preference for boys.
AA'hen little maidens come to cnll ,' .
They always play ?with Dick,
AVhile Majory Is happy with ?
A jack-knife and a stick.
iBut when the neighbor laddies come
To ?pena an afternoon,
'Then ?Madge is in her element, ?
And all of us are soon
Employed in rushing here and there
?-dodging of their balls,
AA'hlle (Richard dees the washing for . ?
Ulis family of dolls.
And when on dismal rainy daya
They choose a cozy nook "
Beside the glowing nursery fire
Each with a story book,
'Tis 'Alice's Adventures" that
Our Richard's buried in,
AVhile Majory with interest
Reads "Huckleberry Finn."
AA'e know that we have children two?
A boy and girl?no more.
Yet funny Uncle Tom insists
That really we have fcur,
And undertakes to prove to us, ,
By argument prolix.
That wc possess two Majorles
And a pair of little Dicks.
?Jennie 'Betts Hartswick, in AVoman'i
Home Companion.
"Queen of the Woods, '?'.
A Unique Gilt for AVHIielmltia, of
Holland.
The young Queen of Holland will re
ceive a special copy of old Chief S.mon
Pokagon's ?book, "O-gi-maw-kwe Mit
i-gwQ-kee, the Queen of..the AVoods," a
story of Indian love, written by the au?
thor in tho Algonquin tongue and trans?
lated by him into English.
The ?book is printed on especially flue
paper, 'with gilt edges, and bjund in sllk
flnished cloth. A counterpart of the c-Py
intended for the Queen was prepared Ior
Mrs. McKinley. (The Queen's copy is in?
closed in a .box made of birchwood by
members of the iFottawatam.e tribe, dec?
orated with shreds of . sweet-smell.ng
woods of Northern Michigan woven inla
curious designs. The presentation will
be made by (Peter Van Schaack. or tiie
Chicago ?Holland Society. Who will ?eavd
for Holland next month for that pur?
pose.?
Old Chief Pokagon, who died on Janu?
ary 2Sth, 1S99, near Allegan, Mich., was
well known in Holland. Mich., wherr Is
tribe formerly, owned land. The Holl. &
ers of that town have a warm affection
for their native land and thought the
?book a suitaible gift f?>r the young Queen.
?Philadelphia Record. , . .
How lo Keep Good Servants.
Since the servant question remains
to the majority of housekeepers as much
a problem as ever, the following remarks
may be the means of opening the eves
of many of our readers to the cause
of some of their domestic worries:
Goo?! food, plenty of freedom and com?
fortable sleeping accommodations are not
all-surticient to keep a good servant;
she ? requires something else?something
vastly more important?if she is to accom?
plish her work satisfactorily: to be let
alono.
("ailing her away from an occupation
when it is partially accomplished to
attend to something else that could as
easily be looked after at another time,
'making complaints at iropportune mo?
ments, supervising lier work in an aggres?
sive manner, continually interfering,
suggesting an?l nagging?thesu are the
most frequent and usual tourees of dis?
content, which result in friction, grumb?
ling, restlessness and "notice."
?No? well-meaning servant resents a
reprimand by her mistress if it be merited
and judiciously administered; but, being
a reasoning creature, she will very quickly
rceent an injustice, while continual in?
terference in trivial matters becomes
unbearable. Her manner of doing certain
things may be equally as good as your own
method, with this advantage: teat she
understands how to go about her work
without instruction* should the results
prove siitisfactory, allowing her to con?
tinuo in her ?wn way without suggestions,
bu i with a word or a nod of approbation
to convince lier that her efforts are ap?
preciated, encourages and disposes her
to do her best work.
A good servant will not stand nagging,
especially when it interrupts and pro?
longs her work:i bt>sides. She may have
nerves, sensitive nerves, and quite capa?
ble of being "upset": moreover, a char?
acter for nagging soon attaches itself to
a household especially in small communi?
ties, where it would seem that servants
have? the means of communieaung to
one another the character of Uie inmates
of any particular family, and when stich
character has once got abroad it is al?
most impossible not only to keep a
good servant after .she is found, but to
get her in the first instance.?'Mrs. M. L
Bean.
?Macaroni Fritters.
Cut one pint of cold plain oolled maca
rohl into thin rings. Turn then into a
buttered baking pin, shake them about
until nearly level, then sprinkle over
them one cup of small drained French
peas; shake them till they lili nearly all
the Interstices. Add a sprinkling of cheese
Sift over the whole enough cold boiTed
tv.rrot to give -a uniform color, and
sprinkle with salt and peper. Make one
pint, of extra thick crt?Lim-i:uuce, the same
as for chicken croquettes (two level
tablespoons of cornstareh nnd one- pint
of hot cream). Season highly with salt
and pepper, add the yolks of two eggs
well beaten. Pour this sauce by the
spooiifu! int) the pan, being careful
that it tills all the spaces. Then put on
another layer of the macaroni, pear,
carrot , and seasoning and more sauce,
until iti is just level. Set away to cool,
when It will be hard and the sauce will
hold the materials together.
Out the mixture into small strips or
squares, lay thorn in tine crtimbs, baaten
egg arid crumb.?-, and cook in deep hot
tut. ' Drain ano" serve garnished with
parsley.??Buffalo Times.
Said His Prayers.
Senator A'est. of Mi.=souri, has a grand?
son he is proud or. The other night hi.?*
mother wept into the nursery to ki:?a
him good-night "I have come to hear
?you say your prayers, Harry." "I've
?dene said 'em. mamma."" "Whv. you
can't sav them by ?yourself." "Ves. I
said, 'God bless grandpa and make him
well and fat again; God bless mamma
and papa, and make "em give me every?
thing I want, and please, God. bless and
take care of yourself, for you are the
boss of us all!"?Brooklyn Life.
One or the Oilier.
"Doctor, what ails my daughter?"
"Before I answer that qur-stion let
me ask If you have reason to think she
has had a love disappointment of any
kind?"
"I know she has not."
"Then, madam, your daughter has the
grip."?Chicago Tribune. \
Invention AVniitc?!.
Ida?"I tell you the woman that first
started using her hairpin as a shoe-bui
toner was a genius."
May?"Yes; and the woman that cm'
find a way to use her shoe-buttoner as
a bait 'pain will b j another genius."?
Chicago News, _-,..' I
"I never yet have kissed ?a maid."
Said he. with voice that yearned:
"Then you may go, and don't come back.'
Cried she, "till you have learned."
Jill in "Day's Work.
All ln the day's work?tired heart.
Lift the load bravely and do thy part,
God will do his.
"And be the day weary, or be the day
long.
At last it ringeth. to evensong!"
All In the day's wor#k?straight from Th?^e
Comes the right task Love sets for nie:
I will attempt it;
"For be the clay weary, or be the day
long.
At length it ringeth to evensong!"
All in the day's work?let it be.
Or short or long, 'tis .all for Thee?
Singing I'll do It;
"And be the day weary or be tiie day?
long.
I shall sleep to awake with the angels'
song?."
?Marcia Tynt?ale, In Parish and Home.
Grave Doubt.
There's a colony of bachelor maids in
a flat uptown, and while they have ?lur?
ing the six months of their existence as
such been enthusiastic over their c ?n
ditelon of freedom, one of them has
paused, as it were, to reflect.
She has not said anything, but she has
kept up a dickens of a. thinking, and ?
the other day one of her compatriots
discovered her In a brown study-.
"Helfo!" she exclaimed, after the man?
ner of bachelor maids, "you seem to
have a weight on your mind."
"I have." was the rejoinder.
"Anything serious?"
"It is to me."
"Wheat is it? I suppose you can tell me,
can't you?"
"Certainly. ? was thinking how long
it would take for a bachelor maid to be?
come an old-maid maid. Have you any
idea?"
"Cm?er." hesitated the other girl.
"well. no. I heiven't. I never quite
thought of It ln that way before."
At present that particular colony of
"b. ms" is more or less perturbed in
mind.?N. .Y. Sun.
Delicious Fruit Candy.
A delicious fruit-candy, Penulchla, is an
appetizing sweetmeat for teas or lunch?
eons. Add one pound ot ordinary i!gs.
cut into fine pieces, and two heaping ta
blespoonfuls of grated chocolate to four
poumls of sugar; cover the m.lxture with
enough water to dissolve the sugar. Cook
until it creams; remove from ths fire:
add one and a half pounds of ?seletl
dates and the broken meats et about
three, pounds of English waliuns. Seir
all lightly together until it b?glns to
grain, then spread out in shallow pans
or dishes. When cold cut into siiuarss.?
Exchange,
Natnral to Ask.
Mrs. Dimpleton?I am worried to death
about baby.
Dimpleton?Is there anything the mat?
ter with him??Detroit Free Pjess.
World;) Sreat2)iamonds
At Least TO Gems Have bong and ???
maiicic Histories.
At least 70 diamonds are In existence
which have a long ?and romantic histo?
ry.
The largest diamond In the world is
the "Braganza," which weighs lt>S0 ca?
rats in the rough. It was tound in Bra?
zil, and is now in the Portuguese* treas?
ury.
Fhe finest and certainly the most fa?
mous diamond in the world came from
| India. At tha break-up of the empire
of the Great Mogul his treasures were
. scattered, and the "Koh-i-nur," "Or
!off". and the Moon of Mountains came
from this collection.
The "Great Mogul'" is ne>w believed to
be Iost; it weighed 7S71-2 carats, and it
has not been seen since 16155. It is possi?
ble that it has ceased to exist in its
original state.
Tas "Koh-1-nur," which now weighs
1021-2 carats, has a history which goes
back to 152?;. while tra.Htion gives it a
career of 5,001 years. It was seized in
the Lahore jewel chest, and was brought
to England. In 1S52 It was reduced from
1S6 1-1G carats to its present weight.
Tbe "Orioff" diamond, which is tha
chief ornament in the imperial scepter
of the czar, is tbe largest diamond in
Europe, weighing 191 carats, lt formed
one of the eyes of an idol. It was sold
tn Amsterdam for $4.70.000 ami an an?
nuity of $20,000 to Count Orioff.
The "Moon of the Mountains" Is also
among the P.iis^arr*crown ji-wels.
The gem of tha French regalia was
tho famous "Pitt" diamond, which was
found In the year 1701 and was reduced
Irom 410 to 137 carats. It was bought
by tlie Duke of Orleans in 1717 for $e.o,
Oto It has been valued at $2.400,000
One of the largest diamonds ever found
was that picked up by a negrees ?a Bra?
zil, which is knovn as the "Star of the
South," .and weighs 254 carats.?English
Illustrated Magazin*?.
New York's only actor-manager,. Tony
Pastor, sang out his thirty-fifth year of
dual duty last week. -y:i
Sf
If she wo re ?lead, how would I grieve \
To think she t.ever knew how ilear
?\nd sweet her very presen?'? was;
How ever she brought summer near.
?\iul made the hours to music move.
?Vnd brighten life with her rich love!
If she were ?lead, my tears would Tail
Above her silent, beauteous clay.-?
She lives, thank ?"Jed! shall I not shed
Love's sunshine o'er her patient way?
And dally tell her how t prize
Her voice, her touch, her faithful eycsil
Margaret E. S&ngster in Harper's B.-i.an,
Siuecr Superstitions,
Among the People of Many DitTercnS
Count elee.
Siamese people have so superstitious X
dislike for odd numbers that they strive
always to have an even number of rooms,
doors, windows, closets, etc.. in their
houses.
Among many of the colored people of
the South the superstition prevaUm-- th.it
it Is "good luck" to meet a frog; they
believe tho one thus favored Is about to>
receive money from somo unexpected
place.
It was a belief among tbe Egyptians
that tho third finger of the left hand
was connected with tho heart by means
of a slender nerve. From that belief
came the custom of wearing the wed?
ding ring on that linger.
It is commonly believe?! among thu
peasantry in the Ural Mountains that
for a wolf to see a man before the man
sees the wolf is an omen that he will be
"struck dumb" and so remala eis long as
the wolf lives.
A superstition prevalent among house?
maids In France is tbat to kill a "money
? spinner" is unlucky: thus they stmllmis
I ly spare the webs whenever they eun
well .lo so.
! In Tyrol the rose Is believed to be a
I sleep producer, ami roso leaves are
I thrown into the fire for "good link."
? In France and Italy it is bidieve.l that
t tho maiden who buries a drop of her
' blood un?ler a rose-bnsh will be rewarded
with rose-tlnteil cheeks.
Tho rose was an emblem of lmmort.il
Ky among the Syrians, and the Chinese
; planted it over graves.
In Holland and Belgium it is believed
; that 111 luck les sure to follow all through
| life anyone that accitlentally or other?
wise kills a -stork.
t Thero was a superstition among tha
? T?omans that it was unfortunate for a
' person starting on a journey to meet a
? frog in his road, ami so strong was thi.
belief that the traveler would return anil
: wait until the next day to begin his
J journey.
t In many par's of Europe it Is at the
j present day considered an omen of m
iluck for a hare to cross the road in front
of a traveler.
Scotch anil English milkmaids belleva
, their cows will "go dry" if they forget
f to wash their bands when through milk?
ing.
2?Ti\ ID? on V)ow
io I?vtvo 3ect.
Here is Something That Ought to
Prove Valuable.
On the subject of brewing tea Wu Ting;
Fing. Chinese Minister to the United
States, says: "The teapot, in China, 1_.
invariably of porcelain, and varies 1rs
style, cost aad dimensions In accordance
with tho taste, wealth and size of the
"family possessing it. In the morning ?
sufficient quantity of the dry tea-leaves
is place?! in it. and on this" is poured hot
water. Let this infusion stand for a few
minutes?say four or live?and you have
what we. I think rightly, regard as a.
drink tit for the gods.
"It' is always ready. Whenever the pot
needs replenishing all we have to do is
to add a little more tea and a little more?
water. There is no hard and fast r?il?
as to the propirtlon? of tea and water.
or as to the character of the tea itself.
It Is all a matter of individual teiste. Wo
use bl;?ck and green tea. and have either
week or strong, just as our teistes direct.
"We never drink it boiling hot, as Is
done ln America and England", but at a
moderate degree of warmth. To main?
tain this dt*sirable temperature it Is cus?
tomary to cover the teapot with a sort
of bag. padded with cotton and lined with
silk.
"The family teapot ia simply empUe?>
and replenished every morning and nos
scoured Inside, as that would rob the
vessel of Its delicate aroma. Tn this way
an old teapot acquires a degree of fra?
grance tbat is analogous to the season?
ing of a pipe that has been long In use."
The-addition of milk, sugar or any other
tn-jredient la severely condemned by the
Minister.
? ""laii's Portrait of a I .ad v.
j She?Was that actress stylishly attir
ied, Harry?
He?O. I should say! She had a whole
pigeon la her bat and a yellow percal?
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