NOTHING IS LOST.
PFothing is lost; the woods and flelds grow
- greenagain in spring,
The earth and flowers are full of life,—new
life in everything.
Wa fal! asieep and rest, and wake, and call
it daily life,
And sleep at last,—and end of paip, and end
o! care and strife,
Nothing is lost, for life itsel! is only a pass
ing thought!
We lose our yesteriay, "tis true, but hold the
good it brought.
Nothing is tost, the sweet, sweet songs come
to us o'er and o'er,
The same fond faces oft return, and will for
ever more.
~J. W. Dornovan, in Demorest.
A DRAWING ROOM PUPPET.
ILDRED WARING
considers hersell
, an intellectual per- l
son. Herintellee
& tual eapacities dis
:: A play themselves in
the occasicnal pe
g?Q rusal of wuninter
esting books and
in the subsequent
distribution of
fragments of their
coutents to unwilling listeners. Ordi
marily, the only resultis to render
ecuversation impossible, but that
evening, in Mrs. Arkwright’s snug
gery, soe annoyed me into argument.
She had been reading some idiotie
book about the Indian Mutiny, and
bogan to fabricate generalities about
men as the result. Generalities only
nurt their perpetrator; but I knew
Mildred’s generalities were noft gen
eral. Little Dicky Whitbread had
becn challing Harold Pilkington, who
had Lovered about Mildred for the
last =cason; and her remarks about
stronz men and drawing-room pup
peis ohviously applied to them. Mr.
Pilkin ston is a large, dark man, with
a small, dark mind—the kind of man
who only smiles to show his teeth;
and Dickv—well, Dicky is what you
wouald expect in 2 mar whom men and
many women call Dicky.
1 “‘Nicholson,” said Mildrgd, senten
ticusly, in the course of our argu
ment, ““was areal man. He was a tall,
silcut man, who in a great crisis rose
to the occasion.”
“‘That was a comicrt,” yawned Lena
Dawson. *“He might have improved
Ay
““de was probably,” I said, without
tle least notion who the man named
Niclolson was, ‘‘a person whom men
consider stupid and his wife a brute.”
*‘And there was Lord Lawrence,”
went on Mildred, with a contemptuous
eniff ; “‘they were both heroes.”
“‘it’s much easier to be a hero than
8 ¢« cent husband,” said Mrs, Frobish
er, who is so attached to her own hus
band that she is compelled to conceal
it with ¢vnicism.
“Thank you, Mrs. Frobisher,” 1
saic, “‘that’s exactly what I mean. I
bel cve real good soris are real good
always; and the little things mean
mo.t because it's so hard to make
them melodramatie.”
‘At Lucknow—"" began Mildred.
“‘Bother Lucknow,” I interjected
rather rudely; ““I never was in an In
dian mutiny ; but if I were, ll'd rather
be there with a man who's been nice
when he's been wet through.”
“Let’s play at it,” said Lena Daw
gou, waking up. Lena makes life a
kinl of round game. “We might
bave s hero prize. I should like to
kuow whether there’s a real hero in
the house. o
fwena eveninally arranged the game.
The vext night there were to be pistol
shots emanating from a fictious burg
lar, and the hero prize was to be given
to the man who behaved best.
“‘[ wonder what the men will do,”
said Lena.
“I.et me see. Old Major Turner
will certainly God-bless-his-soul. And
your husband will probably at once
save you, Mrs. Frobisher. And what
do you think Mr. Arkwright will do,
Mrs. Arkwright?”
““It would be a great opportunity
for his fire grenades. I should think
he'll invent a mew burglar trap that
will make the house uninhabitable,”
suggested Mrs. Arkwright, mali-
ciously. Her husband’s inventions
are a trial to Mrs. Arkwright, and he
had recently almost succeeded in per
manently extinguishing two of the
Arkwrights with a patent grenade.
““And Mr. Pilkington?” went on
Lena.
““I'here is a gallery in the affairs o
men,” I =aid.
““We shall see,” said Mildred.
“‘He’ll take good care of that, if he
does anything,"” 1 answered.
““‘I know,” said Lena, “‘lt will make
it better fun if we draw for the men
end make a sweepstakes of it.”
ena always regulates the rules of
her games, and we acquiesced from
force of habit.
“I've got Mr. Arkwright,” she an
nonuced, as the result of the draw.
“I hope ke'll be heroic and not elec
tric, or anything of that kind. Mrs,
Miller, you and Mrs. Foulkes have ex
changed husbands. You've got Major
Tarner, Mrs. Arkwright. And I'm
airaid, Mrs. Frobisher, you'll have to
hope for heroism in your husband.
Miidred, Dicky’s fallen to you—l fear
he's not a big, silent man. And you,
K:ttie,” she said to me, “will be glad
that you've drawn Mr. Pilkington.”
- believe Lena cooked that draw,
bui none of us protested, except Mrs.
Frobisher.
“he affair came off the next night.
Mr:. Arkwright went down and got
ber hiusband's revolver out of the gun
goom. Lena fired two shots, and
Mildred zod [ were deputed to alarm
the smoking - room.
““‘Lhere’s a burgiar upstairs,” I ex
claimed, breathlessiy, ““in Miss Daw
son's room. He's tried to shcot Miss
Dawson.”
“Gol bless my soul!” said Major
Tarnoer.
*Send for the police at once,” said
Dean Foulkes, tirmly.
“Where's my wife?” said Mr. Fro
bisher.
““Is he in the housestill?”” asked Mr.
Arkwright.
“I think so,” I said. *““We've locked
the door on the outside.”
““He'll get out of the window,” re
marked Major Turner, with a bloody
thirsty look. ‘“‘Make a vow at the
door. I'll wait for him on the lawn,”
which 1 believe he did, with a double
barrelled gun.
There was a rush up stairs. It m‘
rather a funny sceme. They all got
some kind of veq;m except Mr. Pilk
ington and Dean Foulkes. The latter
strode up with unruffled pomposity,
apparently prepered to combat the
foe in the mere strength of his official
eapacity. Dicky stayed alone in the
smoking room and smoked on.
“Dicky,"” I said, ““are you afraid?”
“I don't think I'm afraid of the
burglar,” he replied; “but if those
idiots are going to tire about a bed
xoo-”poni.cuondy, I'd rather be
here.
I cast & withering look on him and
followed the others up staizre. I saw
Mr. Pilkington up to the door and un
lock it, while the others paused.
“You'd better surrender quietly,”
he exclaimed. 1
iet brav
et
f qui 7
ooked the ideal o
~He look
He
ery.
“Tet the ladies go away,” he went
on, when there was no answer. ‘‘We
must search the room.” Ry
He walked boldly in and the others
followed. Of course there was no
trace of a burglar. We were awaiting
further developments with interest,
when that silly little Mrs. Frobisher
quieted her perturbed husband with
the truth. He imagined, I think, that
a burglar’s sole object would be shoot 1
or steal Mrs. Frobisher. Of course
the game was rather spoilt, for we
might have had a good long burglar
hunt.
The men went again to the smok
ing room. Major Turner said some
thing about lumbago when he came
in, otherwise they took the thing
rather well. Dicky merely remarked,
I believe: “Glad I didn’t bother
about it.”
¢Kittie, you win Mr. Pilkington,”
said Lena afterward, ‘‘though the Ma
jor was a good second. The burglar,
probably, would have got out of the
window, and the lumbago is in many
ways worse than a burglar. He’sa dear
old thing. I shall make his gruel my
self if he does get bad.”
“My man was an inglorious last,”
said Mildred, triumphantly.
““What, Dicky?” asked Liena. o]
'didn’t notice him. What did he do?”
*“With a masterly inaction,” an
swered Mildred, swiling maliciously
at me, “he stayed in the smoking
room, mounting gunard over the
cigars.”
“‘Coward:ce,” said Mrs. Foulkes,
who was immensely pleased at the
Dean’s behavior as the Church Mili
tant, “‘argues an entirely bad moral
disposition.”
Several other people made several
other severe remarks about Dicky.
““We shall have to try him for cow
ardice,” said Lena. “We might play
at that to-morrow night.”
I went to bed, and left Lena arrang
ing the details ot the game.
At breakfast next day poor little
Dicky got freely c:ubbed, and Mr.
Pilkington smiled with a placid air of
heroism. I had to pretend to thank
him for winning the sweep for me.
Afterward I overheard him remark to
Mrs. Foulkes that ‘*she mustn’t be too
hard on the little beggar.” Magna
‘nimity is the kind of quality that such
a man revels in. Altogether 1 was
very much apnoyed. Dicky didn’t
‘seem to mind in the least. He merely
smiled when Lena told him of the
trial, and departed to the summer
house with a novel and a pipe.
I went out to talk to him soon af
terward.
“Hullo? Miss Anstey,” he said, as I
came near, ‘‘you’d better not speak
to me. Unclean, unclean.” .
“Shat 71717p,7 fiicky," I answered.
“What does it all mean?”
“Oh, only that I'm a coward, Miss
Austey,” he replied with a smile, ‘‘and
Pilkington is a hero. Have they got
him a laurel crown yet?”
“Don’t be silly,” I said. *““What
did you do it for?”
“I am to be tried to-night,” he an
swered, ‘*and you mustin’t attempt to
extract admissions from me. By the
way, who is the learned prosecutor?”
““Miss Waring.”
“The Lord hath delivered— Do
you ever bet?” he chuckled.
~ #T've backed you for a good many
gloves already, Dicky,” Isaid.
““You've a taste for backing outsid
ers, have you, Miss Ansiey?” he an
swered. ‘“Well, it would sppil it for
you if I told you; but don’t hedge.
There’s only one thing morel’m pray
ing for.”
I couldn’t extract anything less or
acular from him except that 'he was
reading Kipling to cultivate a taste
for spurious bravery. He strolled
across the lawn soon afterward with a
iarge white feather in his buttonhole,
and went out for a long walk.
At dinner Dicky was quiet and said
very little. But he whispéred to me.
“Try to make Miss Waring angry.
The thicker she lays it on, the better
it'll be.”
“Mildred,” I said afterward,
“Dicky’s got something up his sleeve.”
““Has he?”’ she said snxiously.
““What is it ?”
“‘His arm,” I answered.
Mildred, like most superior persons,
hates catches, and though this one is,
I am told, ancient, it had the desired
effect. I wanted to do my best not
only for Dicky, but for myself, for I
had been plunging on the result of the
trial during the day to an extent that
alarmed me.
““You'll get horribly scored off, Mil
dred,” I went on. “‘I believe he’ll
jus: laugh your case out of court. His
cross-examination of Mr. Pilkington
ought to be lovely.”
““Oh, is this his idea?” said Mildred ;
and 1 left her in a state indignation
concocting further pleasantries for the
luckless Dicky.
As the evening was warm, we held
the trial in the garden. Mildred made
a most offensive speech about Dicky.
“Fashion’s popinjay,” ‘‘{in-de-siecle
spoons,” ‘‘chicken hearted tailor’s
model,” were, I remember, among the
gems of her denunciation. Major Tur
ner, who was judge, tried to moderate
her once or twice, and Lena whispered
to me that she would make Mildred an
apple pie bed. But it was the ealo
gium on Mr. Pilkington that was the
most interesting part of her speech,
for it concluded with a melodramatic
announcement of Mildred’s engage
ment to him.
““The one thing wanting,”’ murmured
Dicky softly to me.
Then there were a lot of witnesses,
of whom I was one. Dicky jast sat
and smoked and smiled. When the
case for the prosecution was over,
Dicky said quietly, ““Mrs. Arkwright,
might I borrow your butler for a few
minutes.”
The butler came, and Dicky asked
him:
“Did I speakito you yesterday after
lanch ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Did I induce you to tell Mr. Pil
kington that you bad heard from Mrs.
Frobisher’'s maid that there was to be
a pretended burglary?”
““Yes, sir.”
“Did you?”
“Yes, sir.”
““What did he say?”
‘‘He gave me an inducement, sir,
not to tell any one else,” said the bat
ler, with & broad grin.
“Thanks,” said Dicky. *‘‘That'sall
I want to say—except, g:‘lupc. that
Mrs. Frobisher and Foulkes
shouldn’t discuss secrets near the sum
me: house.” o
I don’t think I ever saw any one
look a more complete idiot than Mr.
Pilkington,” or any one angrier than
Mildred. The court broke up inform
ally, and every one apologized to
Dicky. Mildred and her hero went
off alone. Later 1n the evening I sent
the proceeds of the sweep round to
Mildred at Lena's suggestion. That
was the last 1 saw of her for some
time. She disappeared eazly the next
day, and Mr. Pilkington was suddenly
called away in the afternoon.
“Prig sticking isn’t bad sport,” was
Dicky’s comment. —Pick-Me-Up.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,
The seamless tube finds favor.
Germany has a steel wire flywheel.
_ Paper telegraph poles are increas
ing.
Harvard College has discovered
fourteen new variable stars of long
period.
A bill has been introduced into Con
gress for the construction of cruisers
1n which electricity will be used asa
power.
Dr. Peters, the African explorer, is
about to undertake a new exploration
of Somaliland under the auspices of a
number of wealthy Americans.
The Pennsylvania has introduced an
economical innovation on its South
west system by having the fires on all
its locomotives started with crude oil.
Naphtha is now used for scouring
wood. It is claimed to be less injuri
ous to the wood fiber, and mcre pure
wood oil can be saved than when the
wood is scoured with alkali.
The layer of decaying matter cover
ing forest soil has been found by M.
E. Henry to increase gradually for
about ten years, when it reaches 6000
or 7000 pounds per acre, and thereaf
ter remains very nearly constant in
quantity.
Dr. de Renzi, professor of clinical
medicine at the University of Naples,
reports that in twenty-two cases where
he hasused Dr. Maragliano’s treatment
for tuberculosis he has found a dis
tinct improvement, and in some has
cured the disease.
One of the novelties exhibited at the
National Cycle Show at Crystal Palace,
London, was a canopy wkich protected
the rider from sun or rain. This
canopy is like the ordinary buggy top,
and is steadied by means of a small
wheel at the back which runs on the
eround.
The moisture of theeye is a genuine
solvent. Many persons have gone to
bed troabled with a foreign substance
in the eye, and have waked up in the
morning to find it gome. In many
cases of this kind the foreign matter
has been dissolved by the moisture of
the eve.
Large depesits of platinum have
been discovered at Fitfield in New
South Wales. One bed of platinifer
ous lead ore is u mile long and from
sixty to 150 feet wide. The crude
metal contains about seventy-five per
cent. of platinum and sells on the field
for 36 an ounce.
The common house fly is said to be
provided with 16,000 eyes; that is to
say, his two compound eyes have each
8000 facets. By this singular arrange
ment he is enabled to see in every di
rection, and to elude with great skill
and success the many dangers that
threaten his daily existence.
AfChicago dispatch states that the
first needle factory in the United States
is soon to be established in that city.
The needles are to be made by a new
machine of American invention, which
can turn out, it is asserted, 2500
needles an hour at a cost materially
lower than the present price of im
ported needles.
Gecrge B. King, in Psyche, a well
known entomological journal, asserts
that insects freeze solid during the
winter and thaw out when warm
weather comes. This surely has never
been demonstrated. If once the
| power of evolving heat is lost life goes
} with it. At least this is a great prin
ciple in biology. There are lignids
'which do not freeze under a low tem
' perature, and these possibly enter into
the insect organism.
Three Pillars ot Fire.
The pillar of fire in the sky which |
figures so conspicuously in Biblical |
literature has been discovered. At |
least that is one theory advanced as a !
result of a remarkable heaveniy dis- |
play witnessed December 2 at Bulu- |
wayo, in Matabeleland, South Africa. |
It is thus described in a letter io the
Royal Society of London: |
“I think it may interest you to
know that an extraordinary fiash of
lightning was witnessed from this
place this evening at 7.38 p. m. It
has been raining 1n torrents nearly ail
day long; the heavens seem heavy and
saturated with rain, but we have had
no thunder at all.
~ “We were seated around a table in
a room in Fife street, and only one o!
us had his eyes turned in the direction
of the door, which was open. Sud
denly he exclaimed: ‘Good gracious!
just look at that lightning; it's stand
ing still !’
““All of us “promptly went to the
door, whence we witnessed a truly ex
traordinary sight in the shape of three
ribbons of a greenish-white lightninz,
which hung in the sky motionless {or
what must have been fifteen to twenty
seconds. It seemed to be a long way
off in a northwesterly direction, as we
heard no report of thunder whatever.
We put some questions to our Malka
laka boy, who said that he had never
seen anything like it in all his lile.
There could be no mistake about it.
1t was as distinet as possible, and it
must have lasted fifteen seconds =t
least, I should say twenty myseli.”
For fear these statements would be
regarded as a joke, lightning that
stood still having never been heard of
before, the leading banker of Buiu
wayo and two merchants signed this
letter to the Royal Society, and they
added the names of half a dozen other
witnesses.
Steppad It OR,
It is a commoniy accepied theory
that a man steps three feet. and manvy
a tract of land has been *‘stepped oi"
instead of measured with a chein. In |
the West they obviate the difficuliies
of surveys by the land being divided
into sections, but in Pennsylvania |
much of the property, especially in the
mounteins, must still be deseribed by
metes and bounds. |
In one of the counties in Western |
Pennsylvania are two brothers, one of
whom is tall and lank, the other short |
and fat. Many years ago they pur
‘chased a trsct of mountain land call
ing for a mile square. They divided
‘the labor of measuring it, one step
ping off one side, the other the other
side. Then they fenced 1t in and were
perfectly satisfied until recently when
‘suit was brought to recover aconsider
able tract of the land. Each brother
swore that they knew the measurement
to be right, and told how it had been
done. Then, as the spectators saw the
short legs of the one, scarcely long
enough to reach the floor when he sa:
in a chair, and the elongated extrem:-
ties of the other, there was a general
laugh, in which the judge and attorney
joined. Upon surveying, it was found
that one line was a mile and a half
long, and the other only a little over
half & mile. —Washington Star.
Misery may love company; but the
host should remember that the guest
is not likely to reciprocate.
GIRLS' GARMENTS,
DETAILS OF DRESS FOR YOUTH
FUL FEMININITY.
Natty Walking Suit for a Youang
Miss—Stylish Skirt Walist- of
Striped Linen Batiste—
Dress for Young Girl.
ANCY checked suiting in mized
tan and brown shades made
the natty walking suit for a
young miss depictedin the two
column cut and designed by May Man
ton. The only decoration is the large
pesrl buttons that close the fronts of
the double-breasted jacket. All the
edges are finished with machiue slitch
ing in tailor style, the skirt facieg be
ing stitched on with a double row to
correspond. The mode is suitable for
either school or best wear, is very
simple in its construction and stylish
in effect. The loose fitting fronts lap
in double breasted style, the back and
sides fitting smoothly to the waist, be
low which each section is widely sprung
to give the fashionable rippled effect.
The mandolin sleeves are in three see
tions, each seam being joined, pressed
open and stitched on each side. The
box pleits are laid at the top, with the
rest of the fullness in side plaits tarn
ing forward and back. The high turn
over collar in military style is stifily
lined with canvas. Pocket laps cover
the openings to pockete inserted on
each front that are stitched and firmly
pressed in position. The skirt is gored
in latest mode, and is of ample, but
not extravagant, width, the pocket
opening being finished at the top of
the centre back seam. The jacket can
be interlined if necessary, and a
bright lining of silk or tafieta adds
much to the stvle and finish of the
garment. Cheviot, tweed, serge,
mohair, homespun, covert and ladies’
cloth all develop stylishly by the mode.
The quantity of material 44 inches
wide required to make this jacket for
a miss fourteen years of age, is 31
- yards.
To make the skirt it will require of
' the same width material 3 yards for a
. fourteen-vear-old size.
MISSES' SHI
RT WAIST
Striped linen batiste made the styl
jsh shirt waist depicted in the other
large illustration, the neck being fin
ished by a fitted band to which gep
arate collars can be buttoned. The
full fronts are gathered at the neek,
a wide box plait being formed on the
edge of right fromt, through which
button holes are worked to use in
closing with studs or buiions. The
full back is gathered at the top and
joined to a seamless yoke liniog hav
ing a straight lower edge, the double
pointed yoke being laid over and
stitched down firmly on its lower
edges. The fuilnress at the waist line
is regulated by draw tapes, inserted
in easing at the back and tied around
in front, the lower edges of basque
length being worn under the skirt.
The high standing collar or turn-over
collar that is mounted on a deep band
can be permanently attached if so
preferred. Full gathered Paquin shirt
sleeves are finisked with straight cuffs
at the wriste, slashed openings being
finished with under and over laps in
back. Madras, cheviot and Oxford
shirtings, lawn, dimity, percale, cam
brie and gingham 1n stripes, checks,
figured and plain varieties will de
velop stylishly by the mode.
The quantity of material 36 inches
wide required to make this shirt waist
for a miss fourteen years of age is 3:
vards.
5 CHIC AND COSTLY MOHAIRS.
The rage for mohair is universal.
WALKING SUIT ron YOUNG MISs.
MISSES' SHIRT WAIST.
The plain colors, from black and dark
blues, ete., to pale evening tints, are
light weight, glossy and fine. Pure
white ones make charming yachting
gowns and afternoon ealling frocks
for the Riviera, and the dark colors
are matchless for traveling. They are
so comiortable to sit in, and shed the
dust so easily, that black satin or silk
for traveling will not be used as here
tofore.
Otber monairs are mixed with wool,
giving a ribted surface and a change
able effect. Still others are so thin
as to be transparent and have a nar
row silk stripe of another color run
ning through them. These will be
built over a colored silk linin g.
A YOUNG GIRL'S DRESS.
Striped mobair in fawn and apple
green is here combined with green
velvet of the same shade, decorated
with gilt gimp. The stylish combina
tion is very effective, though simple,
the full waist beinz gathered and
arranged over fitted body linings, with
a single box plait that droops slightly
in front over the belt in Dblouse
fashion. The seamless yoke collar
with bretelles cl oses with the waist in
visibly in centre back, the bretelles
extending to the waist line on each
side of front and back. A standing
collar of velvet covered with gimp
finishes the neck, a belt to match
completing the waist. Full puffs are
slightly disposed over fitted linings
that are faced to the elbow with the
GIRL'S DRESS OF STRIPEFD MOHAIR.
material, cut bias. The fuil round
ghirt is gathered to fall in natural
folds, sewed to the belt, and closes
with the waist in centre back. Com
binations of wool and silk fabries are
stylishly decorated with insertion,
lace or galloon, grass linen or batiste
being made up in this style, with col
lar of all over batiste embroidery or
trimmed with insertion edging. Other
washable fabries, such as gingham,
lawn, dimity or chambray, wili make
up daintily by the mode.
The quantity of material 44 inches
wide required to make this costume
for a girl fourteen years of age is 33
vards.
EXIT THE BIG SLEEVES.
" The fate of the big sleeve is sealed.
Exaggeration has been its death. As
punishment for past sins, plain, severe
styles that are the bane alike of the
over-thin and over-stout are upon us.
‘A few moments of reprieve may be
‘allowed, but antumn, at least, will see
' both puffs and frills banished, or at
least so the authorities say.
BONNETS TO THE FRONT.
Bonnets are a feature of spring mill
inery. Even the toque must take sec
ond place. Wide strings, either of
talle or chiffon, will be tied under the
chin in true demure fashion.
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIYS TEAT ARE TOLD BY THER
FUNSTY MEN OF TET PRESS.
Edneation Up to Date—A Doubdtiul
Expedient —Unigue—His Idea of
it—softeninz the Blow, Vte., Ete.
We teach the children Danish,
‘Crigonometry auvd Spanish;
il their heads with old-time notions
And the seerets of the oceans,
Aand the ecupeiform ivseriptions
From the land ol the Exyptians;
“searn the date of every battie,
nnow the habits of thu eattle,
Roow the date ol every ercwning,
2ead the poetry of Browning.
Make them show a preferance
For each musty branch of science;
Tell the acsreage of Sweden,
And the serpent’s wiles in Eden:
Aud the other things we teach ‘em
Make a mountain so immense
That we bave not a moment lelt
To teach them Common Sense.
—XLondon Truth.
HIS IDEA OF IT.
Teacher—*‘fommy, what is meant |
by *autritions food? ”’
Tommy—“ Something to cat that
ain't got no taste to It.”—lndianapolis
Journai.
UNIQUE. |
*‘lhe is the most original woman I |
ever kpew.” :
“How is that?®”
““When she hasn't anything to say
she doesn’t talk.”’—Life. ;
A POURTFUL EXPEDIENT. |
Clara—*‘ls ne bashfal?” |
Maude—*“‘Dreadfully so. I may |
have to urge him to kiss me.” |
Ciara—*‘Aren’t you afraid you will
scare him away ?”" Truth.
DGUBTFUL.
Chollie—“l had a fevah once and
for three weeks I positively didn’t
know anything.”
Kittie—*“That was dreadful, but
don’t you think you'll ever get over
it?”"—Life.
ONE WAY.
“Bridget, you’ve broken as much
china this month as your wages amount
to. Now, how can we prevent this oc
curripg again?”’
.“Og don’t know, mum, unless vez
raises me wages.”—Life.
SOFTENING THE BLOW.
Grace—*‘l must refuse him, poor
fellow, but I wish I could do some
thing to lessen the pain of it.”
Maud—*‘Get some one to tell him
that you haven’t so much money as he
thinks you have.””—Brookiyn Life.
ADVICE OF AN EXPERT.
Hojack—*‘l don’t know what to do
with that dog. I've tried a dozen
times to give him away, but no one
will have him.”
Tomdik—*“Tried to give him away,
did you? That’s no way to get rid of
- adog. Ask $45 or $5O for him.”—
- Pack,
| THEY MERELY EXISTED,
. Professor (lecturing) ‘‘Oxygen,
. gentlemen, 1s essential to all animal
| existence; there could be no life
\ without it. Strange to say, it was not
i discovered until a century ago
' when—"
. Student—*“What did they do before
; it was discovered, Professor ?”—DPuck.
| COMPULSORY.
| “You like music, I understand?”
. “Very much.”
' “Then you are very happy in the
| location of your flat.”
' “] am miserable.”
. *“Bat that young lady next door
plays all the time. If you enjoy
| music—"
| “It is because I enjoy music that I
' intend to move out.”’—Chicago Post.
| .
| TWO KINDS OF LOSS. .
' Two oi the lady survivors of a rail
| road wreck were bemoaning their
| losses to each other in the hospital
| after it was all over.
| ““Oh,” groaned onec, “‘lhave lost my
. arm.”
| “Think of me,” cried the other; “I
- have lost my husband.”
. “Yes, yes,” moaned tue first, ‘“‘but
' you can get anotier husband.”—
' Truth.
INFERENCE.
Garrulous Boarder— ““For ten years
my habits were as regular as clock
work. I rose at the stroke of 6;
half an bour later Isat down to break
fast; at 7 I was at work, dined at 12,
ate supper at 6, and was in bed at
9.30; ate only hearty food, and wasn’t
ill a single day.”
Sarcastic Boarder—““Dearme? And
what were vou infor?” (Awful silence.)
—DPiek-Me-Up.
DIDN'T GET IT.
“Did you hear about Samuels?”
asked Mrs. Graymare’s husband.
“No; I didn’t hear about Samuels,”
the lady answered. ‘“When you have
anvthing to tell, why don’t you tell
it?”
“Yes, dear. Well, Samuels was go
ing home the other nignt, when =a
footpad shot at him and the ball hit a
latchkey in Samuels’s vest pocket, and
his llfe was saved. So you see what
good a latehkey is.”
“Indeed. llf Samuels had been go
g home at a reasonable hour he
wouldn’t have met any footpad. Seec
ondly, he ecarries $50,000 insurance,
pavable to his wife, and if it had not
been for that key she would be a rich
widow right now. SSo. 1f youare hint
ing around for a latchkey, you will
bave to bring home some better story
than that one. That's all. I'm going
to go to bed now, and if you want to
read vou'll bave to go to the kitchen.
And don’t waste the coal.”—Cincin
nati Enquirer.
A PYeculiar Gourd,
Not long ago Mr. J. L. Normand, of
Marksville, La., sent to this office what
he considered the frait of Benincasa
cerifera, but which seems to be the
fruit of Sicana odorifera, a Brazilian
encurbitaceous plant. This fruit is
about a foot long, three inches in
diameter, and delightfully fragrant.
In its natural state it does not appear
to be at all edible, but Mr. Normand
has made some preserved preparations
which he considers worth something.
Benincasa cerifera, the so-called white
gourd of India, is more nearly spheri
cal, greenish in color, covered with a
waxy bloom, and is nsed while green
in making curries. If seeds of this
sicana are started early in pots and
the plants set in rich soil after ali dan
ger of frost 1s over, they make a large
growth in asingie season. One of Mr.
Normand’s plants climbed, it is said,
to the top of a good-sized dead tree,
and produced 200 fruits, which weighed
from four to six pounds each.---Garden
and Forest.
Orange growers 1 one section of
Southern California are advertising
their products by offering $lOO re
ward for any frosted orange discovered
in iruit shipped by them.
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