JW: it»r $ fvt 4 R- 14, W FOE WOMEN AND HOME 1TBM8 OF INTEREST FOB MAIDS G-«, AND MATRONS 4FMaeh Model of White Crap* Gown ...... Bull Bine Pastel Cloth—Every Woman Wants a Pretty Home Care of the Ktm—Washing the Face. I Cannot Binr the Old Song*!] (Old Favorite Series.) cannot sing the old songs I sung long years ago, POP heart and voice would fall me, And foolish tears would flow For bygone hours come o'er my heart With each familiar strain, cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again. :i I cannot sing the old ?ongs, Their charm Is sad and deep j®j» "Their melodies would waken Old sorrows from their sleep -And though all unforgotten still, Ana sadly sweet ther be, I cannot sing the old songs. They are too dear to me. .. 1 cannot* sing the old uonsa, Por visions come again, Of golden dreams departed, ..r... And years of weary pain Perhaps when earthly fetters shalli'' Have set my spirit free, My voice may know the old songs, Por all eternity. a* "night. So many times the best rooms in our homes are treated as If they .were, too good for everyday life. And their chill and discomfort when expe vTienced by an unexpected guest make Tier dream of "cellar damp and creep ing things." Let life in the home be free and easy and yet orderly. But do not despair if the sticks of wood piled s-for use in the parlor fireplace are not .perfectly straight and just the right length. And' do not feel it a duty to brush the carpet each time a neighbor calls to see you, else you will become -ttfe victim to a dust pan and brush. Care of. the Eye!.' One of the simplest and bc^t reme flies for j[ ifl&fflfl^ation or strain is to *H»t&er£He ey*Sh' iVwarm water! the adult population of this country .would be benefited by the use of glass es, at least during their working hours. •y They tire quickly, the headaches, the 'indigestive apparatus is completely up set, there is pain in the back and a general feeling of dizziness and nausea, and the true cause'is never suspected. iThe patient is bilious or nervous has ,V indigestion or liver complaint. The evil Id attributed to everything but the proper cause. Pit the person to good glasses and the difficulty vanishes al most as if by magic. ?$£ IllSt! -. t4 $ 't: 1 -.VQ. i, J" A -J-T-V ®Tory Woman Wants a Pretty Home. iT of an in xables her to turn and twist the things "that are old into decorations that are new and lovely In effect. She can se harmonious colors when she buys ^inexpensive furnishings, and so tone jx- the aspect of her home that rest and i-Incase may-welcome every new visitor ehe may become so essential to the ... happiness of each child in the home that its first Inquiry when returning from play or from school will be, "Is mother home?" She may live her young years over again with the loving childhood about her, if she will share •^he Joys and sorrows of her boys and ..glrls. To every woman a home is es ..«',4»entlal, whether it may be her own or somebody else's: But wherever she lives It is right that she should bring ,the heart into her life. Love begets love, and wherever It Is present the .4qys of daily life counterbalance the illls. How to make a home? Why, 'let the two who build it be of one mind—that it is to be the happiest spot -In the whole earth. Inclu4e in your desire not only the purpose to make yourselves happy, but to brighten the lives of everybody else. And be sure &to keep your windows open to the sun- fc, t' ^K vTCn^' j|||iitlier good remedy Is a solution of salt •^|||&nd'" water made by putting a teaspoon l^ful of fine table'salt into a half itfnt •of water. Let it boil and when col strain It, removing any particles sediment. Putting this on the out .. side of the lids is simply a waste of 3 time. The eye should be opened, the -f|||?id3 drawn back and the inflamed por «^tion touched with a camel's hair brush dipped in tlje salt water. Outside ap -.plications do not reach the seat of the •.ejsarilmeiit. A teaspoonful of boracic acid ^felSn. balf a pint of water prepared In the f^Bame way is excellent,. If there are ^p^ranulations and very serious iofiam j^mation, boil. a teaspoonful of alum in pint of water until it is dissolved, then strain or filter as described, and V, j®pply with a camel's hair brush sev i- ^ral times a day. This is one of the most-efficacious of remedies. The care !'P' the eyes is perhaps one of the most imperfectly understood of any of our i. dally duties. More ills arise from .».• rthelr misuse than the public generally -appreciate. Epilepsy is a frequent re sult of eye strain and a careful and iri ..j telligent observation will convince most people that more headaches come „from abuse of. the eyes than from any Nother cause. Probably one-sixth of H3\~ '.Washing the Faee. There are some misguided persons fewho object to washing the face often, especially with soap, thinking this is Man injury to the complexion. Those, however, who have made a specialty of. skin diseases, will say that no part of the body needs soap* so much that the face being constantly exposed to dust, collects so mucli that it is not enough to wash It In clear water. They agree that If soap makes the face shiny as so many claim, It only shows that It Is the more needed, and that the work of drying after the bath has not been properly, performed. The face, how ever, should not be wet 'Immediately before or after going out. Its most thorough ablutions should be perform ed at night before going to bed, and the fallowing method should be ob served In the process: Fill a basin with soft, warm water, lather a me dium sised sponge with'good soap, and •iinuh carefully. Then take ffesh wa ter without soap, and wash again with tie hands, and rub thoroughly with a Turkish or crash towel until the face is dry and tingling. This will do much towards improving .and preserving the complexion. The Bed Lnxnrions. Bo prominent are the beds In hand Mime ilMping-rooms nowadays-that it Is no wonder their clothing show* all the ut and lavish beauty and lac* ~of a ttthfoaable woman's wearing *p- DULUBLUE PASTEL CLOTH A With vest, stock and Insertion of luriel lace over cream white satin. These in sertions are bordered by narrow blue satin stitched bands, matching the to of he is in shallow pleats. The shaped belt (an absolute necessity today) is very deep ly curved in front, so as to be fully two Inches deeper than at the back. parel. Sheets of especial fineness are made with broad bands of drawn work running about the four sides and linen lace whipped on the edges. The costly California blankets are sent to a needle woman before they are ready for use *to~have^tSSf?^edge5*^!^ijj''' SgaJJ and buttonhole stitch with silk and a monogram worked in the corners. Duvetscovered with china silk show a fluff of valencieilnes frills and pinked flounces about their edges, and flhe huge sham pillows used by day are up holstered exactly to accord with the duvet. Added to this luxuriousness there are beds with big sachet pillows that lie all day between the sheets and when taken out at night surround the sleeper with a sleep inviting fragrance of violets or rose leaves. Fnnoh Model of lVUIte Crepe Gown* ""Vi* -rV*U* 'Mw "t I ^4 li'i The overskirt, which is scalloped and finished with lace on the edge, opens over a flounce of insertion and bands of the crepe'stitched. Light blue vel vet ribbon runs through the bodice and'tles in front. Correct Attire for the Bridegroom. The bridegroom at a morning wed ding wears a frock coat, white duck or pique waistcoat, trousers of dark, striped cloth, patent leather shoes, gloves pnd silk, "Ascot" tie—white or pearl gray—and boutonniere of garde nias or other small white flowers. At an evening wedding he wears dress clothes, unless the bride Is In traveling costume, when he would wear a morn ing coat, a colored tie, and no gloves.— February Ladies' Home Journal.... S.:- An Emergency Box*£ Every mother should have a box, kept In a safe and easily accessible place, containing some of the things' likely to be needed in common emer gencies, such as pieces of soft old linen and cotton, rolls of bandage from half an inch to an inch and a half wide (these may be. made from a worn linen sheet), Adhesive plaster for cuts, a wide mouthed bottle filled with bi carbonate of sodi—common baking soda—for burns, a bottle of witch hazel for braises, a roll of absorbent cotton for use in covering .the chest when there is a cold there, pieces of flannef to wrap around rheumatic'Joints, and last, but not least, a hot water bag. To these she may add. If ahe .likes, W I The soft white felt hat has two shades of blue satin folded about the crown caught at one side by a strass (rhine stone) buckle. The chatelaine bag, w-hich used to be hung from the belt, is now carried on the wrist, a fashion which only the grace of the owner can make charming. In this case Is a gold link chain with gold fringe. to do so, such remedies as the state of her children's health makes it likely they may require at a moment's notice —to wit, her favorite croup mixture, toothache tinctures, camphorated oil for the wee bairn who gets "husky" at td^eS" &U tjli.1 keep her medicines In a locked box inside the other and give one key to a trusted maid, keeping the other herself and being sure not to mislay it at the very time it is wanted. Snnlight and Health. .. Many persons appear to labor under the delusion that it is necessary to avoid sunlight for fear of spoiling the complexion, when, as a matter of fact, the sun's jays are necessary to give it the delicate tinting of beauty and health. Air is necessary to the first inspiration and the last expiration of our lives, but the purity and activity of the atmosphere depends up6n the warming rays of the sun, While our bodies require light for their healthy stimulus. It is well known that without solar heat there can be no proper vege table growth, and it is equally neces saiy for the beauty and perfection of animal development. It behooves us, therefore, to see that our homes are open to the sun's rays and are made as bright and cheerful as possible, and they ought to freely admit the sun light. It Is well known that diseases which have baffled the skill of physi cians have been known to yield when the patients were removed from dark rooms to light and cheerful apart ments. Light is especially necessary for the healthy growth of children. ,. Eleven "Ounces of Prevention." 'L Never lean with the back upon any thing that is cold. Never begin a journey until the breakfast has been eaten. Never take warm drinks and then immediately go out in the cold. Keep the back, especially between the shoulder, blades, well covered also, the chest well protected. In sleeping in a cold room, establish the habit of breathing through the nose, and never with the mouth open. Never go to bed with cold or damp feet. Never omit regular bathing, for unless the skin is inactive condition, the cold will close the pores and favor conges tion or other diseases. After exercise of any kind never ride in an open, car riage or near the window of a train for a moment it is dangerous to health and even life. When hoarse, speak as little as possible until the hoarse ness is recovered from, else the voice may be permanently lost or difficulties of the throat be produced. Merely warm the back by the. fire, and never continue keeping the back exposed to heat after it has become comfortably warm. To do otherwise Is debilita ting. When going frojp a warm at mosphere into a cooler one, keep the mouth closed so that the air may be warmed by itg passage through the nose ere it reaches the lungs. Never stand still in cold weather, especially after having taken a slight degree of exercise, and always avoid standing on ice or snow, or where the person is ex* posed to a cold wind. .. 9 So He Wn Yitwd. 'It's too bad,^ said the consoling friend. "I thought you were right la line of promotion." "No," mournfully replied the who haQ fyst his Job. "1 was right In the firing line."—Chicago 3£Ujm* IN THE ODD CORNER. QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS AND EVENTS. A Vrcak of Natnro—Lake on Mountain Top A Whale's Maternal Love Turned Blnck in Halt an Hour A Cave as a Place of Worship. I Mollle Darling, 01d Favorite Series.) Won't, you tell me, Mollle, darling, That you love none else but me? Por I love you, Mollle, darling, .. You are all the world to me. Oh! tell me darling that you love me, Put your little hand in mine. Take my heart, sweet Mollle, darling, Say that you will give me thine. Mollle, fairest, sweetest, dearest, Look up, darling, tell me this— '-i Do you love me, Mollle, darling? Let your answer be a kiss. Stars are smiling, MoUte, darling. Thro' the mystic veil of night They seem laughing, Mollle, darling. While fair Luna hides her light Oh! no one listens but the flowers. While they hang their head3 in shame! They are modest, Mollie, darling When they hear me call your name. I must leave you, Mollle, darling, Tho' the parting gives me pain When the stars shine, Mollle, darling, I will meet you here again. Oh! good night, Mollle, good-bye, loved one, Happy may you ever be. When you're, dreaming, Mollle, darling. Don't forget to dream of me. v, ... —Anon. A Freak of Natnr«. Rendered insane by a fall which re ulted in a fracture of the skull, Jacob Tawsham, a recruit at the United States army barracks at Columbus, Ohio, has been restored to his natural state of mind by an accident of a sim ilar nature. The accident which re sulted In his illness occurred while Yawsham was en route from Louis ville, Ky., to Columbus, Ohio. He fell from the train, struck on his head and was rendered unconscious. When he came to it was found he was violently insane. All hopes of curing him being abandoned it was decided to confine him permanently^in an insane hos pital. Yawsham got the idea that he was going to be confined somewhere and tried to escape. In doing so he at tempted to scale a rough blank wall which surrounds the barracks hospital. He was remarkably agile and well de veloped and succeeded in climbing to a height of about five feet, when he lost his hold fell and again sustained an Injury to the'brain. Another long ill ness followed and from it he emerged with all his faculties restored and with nothing the matter with him whatsoever. He does not even know that he has passed through a period of mental Illness, but thinks he has just recovered from his first fall. The case is one of the strangest in the history of medicine and is attracting widespread attention among physicians. Turned Black in Half an Honr. A white man of Kenosha, Wis., turned as black as the ace of spades the other morning, and all in less than half an hour. Prom the tips of his toes to the top of his head Alexander •WeT^jBneirts"""aa biatrfT aS~a"rliegfo anci from no apparent cause. His fellow workmen, frightened, ran away from him, and he is now at home wonder ing what he has done or what nature means by changing him from white to black. Wertenen is in the employ of the Kenosha tannery. He was at work as usual the other morning and was feeling perfectly well. Soon he noticed that the workmen were looking at him queerly and then their astonishment gave way to fear. He asked what was the matter and was told that he was turning black. The manager of the tannery, E. C. Thiers, was called and he Immediately told the man to go home. By that time he was ink black from bead to foot. Among those who saw the man after he had turned black and are willing to swear to the phe nomenon are E. C. Thiers, manager of the tannery William Schroeder, bank ing clerk Griffin McCollin, a clerk in the office Charles Beachel, another employe, who Is superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school here, and James Westine, the foreman. All of these say that the man turned black and that he was white when he came to work that morning. Wertenen has been under the care of Dr. Pew for a short time, suffering with a slight stomach complaint. The doctor can not account for the man's present con dition. He is about 36 years of age and unmarried.—Chicago Inter Ocean. A Whale's Maternal Love. The sperm-whale is not a fond mother, and often deserts her offspring at the appearance of danger. The humpback, however, is both a devoted and a courageous mother, and will protect her young, regardless of her own pain and danger. Mr. Bulleil, in his "Cruise of the Cachalot," the nar rative of a whaling voyage, describes the killing of a cow humpback whose mother-love was wonderful. The Cachalot was cruising off Vavau, a group of the Friendly Islands, and one day*. Just before night, the spout of a whale was seen, A careful bearing was taken of the spot, and an hour be fore daybreak the next morning the boats were lowered and rowed to the bay where the spout had been seen. While the men were resting on their oars the placid breathing of a whale was heard, and the crews, straining their eyes, saw a pale, shadowy mass of the cliff, not a quarter of a mile away. Dipping their oars carefully, so that no sound might alarm the whale, they approached near enough for the harpooner of the head boat to dart two harpoons into the huge body. The whale took not the least notice of the thrusts. The astonished whalers saw a youngling closely nestling to her plde. The small body, embraced by the long, wlng-llke fin, was pressed to the mother's massive breast Her only thought, although she must have suffered intense pain, was to protect her baby, not more than fire days old. The calf sought to escape from the enfolding fin, making all sorts' of puny struggles, while the mother, although the blood streamed from her wounds,: hardly moved, from her position. Qnoe, the deep thrust of a lance entered her vltals, she raised Iter utaatlte finkea high In the air throe of agony she re: IMrtli danger to her la that the 4 the tremendous tall was laid as softly upon the water as if it had been a feather fan. But whalemen never per mit sentiment to interfere with their work. The crews saw the mother die, holding the calf to her side then with a single lance thrust they killed it. They were intent on "ile," not on an exhibition of maternal love. Lake on Mountain Top. Far down in Southwestern Arizona, near Sonora, on the Mexican border, there is a range of mountains which" appear to have but one face of hard, smooth granite. The top of this bunch of mountains is in the form of a gigan tic basin. Here the rainfall has been gathering for ages, until quite an ex tensive lake is the result. The over throw tumbles into another basin be low, and so on through a series of nine, the last one being near the ground and on the direct road from Yuma to Sonora. The lower tanks are easy of access and are often drained by travelers and animals. The great upper tank can only be ap proached by circuitous and difficult climbing. To a stranger standing be low, the upper lake, of course, has no existence. In that plain below are over 200 graves. Scores of human beings, famishing for water, have expended their last strength in reaching th^ spot, only to find the lower tanks dry and, ignorant of the great upper lake, where thousands of gallons were to be had for a little climbing, have laid down in despair to die. Later travel ers passing have buried the unknown's remains, and always marked the grave, Mexican fashion, by a cross of stones. There is In western Utah, sixty miles from Ploche, a sort of lava formation running through an ihimense canyon, which shows plainly that some tre mendous upheaval of nature once vis ited the. country and probably de stroyed everything it encountered for miles round about. In the dryest part of this most desolate spot a large stream of water comes gushing out of a high cliff, as if it came from the gigantic nozzle of a great hose, and falls a cataract into the abys3 below. Before reaching the bottom, however, the water is disseminated into fine spray and spreads out like a huge fan, the play and sport of the winds. It is a strange and beautiful sight. Prob ably in some period long past the bed of a river was where the water merges, but a volcanic upheaval has changed the face of nature, sinkipg the bed of the river many hundreds of feet and leaving the water to pour from its exalted perch into empty air. Upside Down. There Is a boy, an inmate of a Mas sachusetts home for children, whose eyesight has been twisted so that he sees things upside down and wrong end foremost. While writing he, with out knowing it, reverses his letters so that they appear upon his slate as or dinary handwriting would be reflected by a mirror. He commences to write a sentence in the bottom right-hand cor ner, and writes from right to left. When first admitted to the training school he was unable to write but, when placed In the class and a copy book set before him, he seemed to un derstand exactly what was expected or him, and began to work. The school mistress was surprised when she saw the letters he had formed on the paper —they resembled nothing to her at first. Time after time she tried to teach him to begin at the top left-hand side of the paper, but he always started from the right. When the boy had learned to fornl his letters properly the situation dawned upon the amazed, teacher. What she imagined was sim ply awkwardness'and simpleminded ness was really the result of the boy seeing things upside down. A Cave as a Place of Worship. A natural cave in the cliffs of Le daig, near Oban, in Argylshire, Scot land, was fitted up as a place of wor ship by the local poet and postmas ter, Mr. John Campbell, who acted as pastor for n^ny years, and was much respected. He cleared out the cave and had It furnished with trunks of trees for the worshipers to sit on. The table, which is also a reading desk, is said to be the portion of a tree on which King Robert the Bruce rest ed. The Highland worshipers who as sembled In this unique church never numbered more than thirty, when it was considered full, and sometimes the number was but three or four. The church was uncertain, but the members of it were frequently called the Campbellites, after the name of their leader. Nature's Drains. A careful survey of the underground watercourses in the carboniferous limestone district of Yorkshire, Eng land, has revealed the fact that there exists in that county an extensive sys tem of subterranean streams, many of which issue- miles away from the points called "sinks," where the water drained from the surface enters the rocks. Similar phenomena in other parts, of the world, not yet so care fully investigated, occur on a much larger scale, and recent studies of the ocean bottom near the border of con tinents have shown that rivers of con siderable size sometimes enter the sea beneath the surface. A Submerged Forest. i.,. There Is a submerged forest on the Columbia river between the Dalles and the Cascade mountains. According to Mr. G. K. Gilbert, the submergence took place 350 years ago, and since then the roots have been under water, while the upper, parts of the trunks have been bared yearly at low water. The bark is gone, and the wood part ly wasted away, but some of it is firm and looks fresh. This fact seems ow ing to the durable quality of the wood of that species—namely, the Pseudot suga Douglassll. 1 A Wonderful Flaoe of Worship. The tabernacle at Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah, is, in respect to Its acoustic properties, the most remark* able place of worship in the world. It Is constructed .to hold 25,000 people, yet It, la possible for a person standing at one end to distinctly hear the sound of a pin dropped Into a hat at the other, a test ot its curious power to convey sonnd which Is offered to every straa ger who is shown orer the building. FOB BOYS AND GEBLS SOME GOOD STORIES POR OUR JUNIOR READERS. A Labrador Bear Story—Arab Legend of the Good Deed That Caused the Thorn to Blossom An ISgg-Eating fnake—The Compass Flant. Let Cs Gather Dp the Sunbeams. (Old Favorite Series.) Let us gather up the sunbeams Lying all around our path Let us keep the wheat and roses, Casting out the thorns and chaff ., Let us find our sweetest comfort In the blessings of to-day, With a patient hand removing All the briars from the way. J.' Strange, we never prize the musio Till the sweet-voiced bird has flown! Strange, that we should slight the violets Till the lovely flowers are gone! Strange, that summer skies and sunshine Never seem one half so fair S As when winter's snowy pinions Shake the white down in the air. It wo knew the baby fingers Press'd against the window pane, Would be cold and stiff to-morrow. Never trouble us again Would the bright eyes of our darling Catch the frown upon our brow? Would the print of rosy fingers Vex us then as they do now? Ah! those little Ice cold fingers. How they point our memories back To the hasty words and actions Strewn along our backward track! How those little hands remind us. As in snowy grace they lie. Not to scatter thorns—but roses— For our reaping by-and-bye! A Labrador Bear Story. A writer on Labrador, in an article in an American paper, tells the follow ing bear story: A couple of winters ago a young lad left the mission house of Nain armed with only a small knife and an old-fashioned muzzle-loader. He encountered no game till several miles from the mission, and his firBt quarry was a thin, hungry-looking grizzly. Either from nervousness or overanxiety to secure the bear, the boy fired carelessly, only inflicting a flesh wound, which infuriated the crea ture. Before the young hunter could reload the bear turned and came dash ing upon his assailant. The proverbial tree, which boy hunters climb in story books, was lacking, and the hero fled most unheroically, with the certain knowledge that certain death was only a few yards behind, if he did not put speed into his heels. The ill-luck of his first maladroit aim was repeated in a clumsy fall over bowlders, during which Bruin made such time the boy could gauge how much his pursuer gained on him by the nearer sound of something hulking over the rocks closer and closer at every leap. The trail was rough and uneven, but th^t was a greater disadvantage to the boy than to the bear. With that versatile presence of mind bred by daily dan gers, the lad tore off one mit and flung that behind. There was a momentary halt on the part of the grizzly and the hunter made speed, but the way was long, and his strength was giving out. Presently he could hear the thud, thud of the bear again in pursuit. Off came the other mit, with the expected result of another stop behind him, re newed pursuit, and n-petition of the strategy uil cap, coat shot-p^^h. shirt. and boots had been thrown ^P^ana giving the fagged runner«r chance to traverse the long distance to the mis sion house. "He copfe run, run, run, run, panting to the door," said the Moravian minister's wife, shy and modest as a nun, from long isolation in the north, "mit-mit-mit—how you call it in English?—midout clos'es." "Naked?" asked the astonished lis tener. "Naked all-but his gun," an swered the missionary's wife. An Arab Legend* Once upon a time, away out on the desert, an Arab was traveling with a caravan and a large amount of valua ble silks and rich goods. He knew that the portion of the desert through which they were passing was frequent ed by robbers, and he was anxious to reach the end of his journey before night. The men and the camels were all weary, for they had come a long way across the dry country, but now they were looking more cheerful, for they would soon be at a place where they could rest and not fear. The chief was leading the caravan and looked carefully In every direc tion, so as not to be surprised by the enemy. All at once he heard a cry ot pain, and, peeping around, saw a boy not far from the path. "Are you sick?" asked the chief. "I have a thorn in my foot," said the boy, "and I cannot walk." Then the chief got down from the back of the camel and went to the boy and gently drew the thorn from his foot. He even delayed to cleanse the sore and rub some ointment on the wound made by the thorn. He inquir ed about how far the boy had to go and if he had any money. Learning that the boy had but little, he gave him a piece of gold and then went on his Journey. Many years after the chief died and went to paradise. What was his surprise to find himself at once In the midst of the most beautiful roses. "Why have I so many roses?" he asked of an angel near him. "There are many others who have done more good who have not as many beautiful roses." The angel smiled and answer ed: "Years ago you drew a thorn from the foot of a boy who was crying in tne desert. That thorn has grown to be a large rose tree, and the roses you see around you are the blossoms from that tree." One good deed done here below is returned many fold in para •Use. An Egg-Eating Snake. ij flow, how does it manage to down its throat such a thing as duck's egg, not only so much than Itself, but also hard and perfect ly smooth? We know that a snake is aided in swallowing a by Its hook-like teeth, which hold prey while the upper and lower glide over it alternately and thus it backwards. Lizards, boas, the terodon of Madagascar, etc., are to place the egg—of a canary or small bird, that is—against an ularlty of the ground or within of thejr own folds, which enables to ram It into their mouths. In ease of our "dasypeltls" and Its duck egg. however, these explanations not suffice, this genus being dpstl qt tne teeth. We can, get a larger erfect- common toad the Jaws push He said other irreg one them the 's do suppose that a couple ot membranous folds, which have been discovered, one on each side of its mouth, lay hold of the shell like cupping glasses, and thus work It Into the throat But here we meet with another difficulty. After the egg has passed between the pro digiously distended Jaws and upper esophagus, it would seem as if Its bulk and solidity, when lodged fn a compar atively Inelastic part of the digestive tube, whose Juices are unable to dis solve the shell, must quickly prove fa tal to the animal. A remarkable In stance of natural adaptation is afford ed by the manner in which the danger is provided against. The anodon, as already observed, has no true teeth. So-called gular teeth, however, are present, these being really the tips of the long inferior spines of the first eight or nine vertebrae, protruding through the esophageal wall. When the shell is broken by the gular teeth it is ejected and the fluid passes Intq the stomach.—Popular Science. A Disgusted Mountain Lion* "People who Imagine that animals haven't got human feelings don't kno-wj them," said a Yellowstone Park guide, "One day I was cutting a trail and laid my coat on the end of a log. I was off at some distance when I saw a big mountain lion creeping along to spring on the coat, which lay on the log in such a way as to look like a man stooping down. It deceived the lion, which skulked along until within twenty feet and then he made two big jumps. As he flew he uttered a fright ful screech, and if that coat had been a man he wouldn't have had time to wink. The lion lit down on it with claws "and teeth, and in ten seconds It was in rags. Then he realized the cheat, and you never saw a human be ing look more foolish. His tail went down to the ground, the fire died out of his eyes, and altogether he looked so cheap that I laughed r'cv -ul. and that seemed to break hi. 'leart. tlj looked at me and whimj tike puppy, and when I laugher! agam, sneaked off like a dog caught killing sheep. I believe I could iia^e pulled his tail without exciting any spirit. him just then." "Bobs" Afraid of Cats. Lord Roberts, commander of 200,000 British soldiers In South Africa, pos sessor of the Victoria cross and all sorts of medals, is about paralyzed With fear at the sight of a cat. No has been admitted to the Robertt house for years, says the New York Herald. During one of the actions out side Cabul, .when bullets and gunshot were freely falling around the general and his staff, he was, as usual, coolly indifferent, but all at once he was seen to tremble and pale with fright. The hero of a hundred fights pointed helplessly over his shoulder to a neigh-., boring vagon, and the staff saw a half-starved black cat perched on top of it. His strange fear of the cat was so great as to completely distract Gen. Roberts' attention from the field of battle, and it was not until a subaltern drove t^fe-Tiimal away that the Eng lish general was able to bring his thoughy^aqkjo the conflict. A Triclct Goat. A crowd of children were playing on a vacant lot in the suburbs some time ago. Among the spectators was a large white goat, that was looking on as though he were watching his opportu nity for getting some fun out of the game himself. The children, who were very much scattered at first, finally came together in a very com plete ring, the largest boy in the crowd being closest to the goat. The goat did not argue with himself long, but smiling his peculiar smile, made a bee line for the boy, and, striking with full force, knocked him winding, thereby, sending the other children tumbling in every direction. "I don't .' believe,"! said the man who told about it, "that any animal but a goat would have struck just at that time and in the manner in which he did unless he had been prompted by a sense of humor, even if it were only a goat humor." ys-, A London Apprentice, Richard Whittington, famed among London apprentices, at the age of 39 was appointed lord mayor of, London. Born in 1358 he was the youngest son of Sir William Whittington of Punt ley, in Gloucestershire. His father dy ing, Richard set out for London when aged 13, and apprenticed himself to Sir John Fitz-Warren, a prosperous mercer, whose daughter he afterward married. He became a member of liia Mercer's company in 1392, the year af ter an alderman and sheriff. In 1397 he was appointed lord mayor, and on two subsequent occasions, in 1406 and 1419, he was again appointed to the same position. He was knighted by Henry V., and died in 142-3. •The Care of the Feet. "There is no necessity whatever for so much complaint of the feet If peo ple could only be induced to wear the proper kind of shoes," said a. surgeon who has made the foot the subject of special study. The great mistake that is made is in selecting shoes that are too Bhort. No matter how loose they are, the shortness Is the cause of the trouble. Then ends of the bones are crowded together, and with continual grinding an irritation takes place and an inflammation is set up that may re main as long as life lasts. French wo men are admitted as having the most beautiful feet of any women in the world, and the reason of this is that they refuse to wear short shoes, but select those that are long enough to give the feet perfect freedom. Thp av erage woman who "wears a number 3 D, would find her health, comfort and appearance greatly improved by wear ing a 4% C. The most important ot all items in getting shoes, after the proper length is secured, is to ~have them fit snugly around the Instep. This keeps the foot from driving forward Into the Bhoe, as It would do were It loose over the Instep, Large shoes al low' the toes to press forward, and are more Injurious than Bnug ones Indeed,: it is easy to see how the feet working, on. an Incline will crowd down upon th« ''tptMi pntttog the delicate bone*, oat ot place, and laying the traiS-foc tad of misery." -. rf/ mk- I •J ,E