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INC FAVOmTC HAHa In* ?. Kims, k Tto Ommmt. Down in Bflkias* store Um other d>y W# bad a t-hil of roaria' fa; 1 tnnUa' mmm dropped in that -way - Am a gfowia' yara on "Health" he Said he was aellin' a mw health food, lUd? acicaiitic, and all of that; Aad warranted wholesome, pur* and good* t And calculated to make own fat. Ho waa middlin' tall aad awful thia, And pal* aad peaked around tha gills; But a talker? wall, he waded in ? Talked through valleys aad over hill*. Said his preparation waa iaaen* For musek buildin' and vdria' braia; Put up pretty, and lb* prie* tea ceats, Aad includin' all tb* best of grain. And oM Si Hankins ? yon all know Si ? He spoke right op ana be said, says he: "All them tber* health foods are good, and 1 Am ready to gir* my gaarantco." Bays Si, a-stretchia' his six foot three. And bulgin' hi* muscles like cords of wood, "What is your food msde of, now tell me. For I'm ailin' and need what'a good." And that there man without a halt Just talked of pro-teen, and things like that; Predigestion. and sugar' n malt. And muscle buildin' and makin' fat. Says he, a smitin' hi* holler chest, "Two yesrs ago I was nigh a wreck. But this here health food ? which is the best ? Made me a new man right on deck." Then old Si he says, says Si, says he, "I waa just like you soma years sgo; Little snd thin snd as poor's could be. Blood all p'isoned and ruanin' slow. "Thought I was done for, I did, by hen! But I got some heslth food right in here. And took it reeular a long time, then ? Well, I guess I'm good for many a year/' And the trsTelin* man. says he to Si, Admirin' his tall and rugged frame, "I was just a-wonderin', friend, if I Might ask you for that there health food's name?" And Si? you know how Si can yell ? Juat yelled till he shook the winder screens, "Of course I'm willin' the name to tell ? 'Twas nothin' on earth but pork and beans." THE MISTAKE OF MARTINA. o X the short, dry grass In the valley of the San Diego River the fierce sun of midsummer was pouring its scorching rays. 'J. he brilliant wild flower* were dead ? ?^y t*?e darting lizards and horned toads were enjoying the torrid A solitary rider on a large bay horse appeared along the dusty road. Only a few miles farther. Don. to i^f!?ade?f.the bl? oaks. Do a little better old boy. and we ll soon be *^ld o good natured volee. The horse seemed to understand] for In a short time they began to enter -h?'?nT>W P*rt of th? . valley. Here -M. il "ustard grew high on either inn lf ? ?e/?,Ck' furni8hln8 protec tion, if not shade. Trickling down between some great lt?K? ?a%a,!lnJ 8treon? of water, and at sight of it the thirsty horse whin nied plaintively. .^?!uPat,eUt a ,Ut,p Don." y<V,nff ,p,,ow kindly. "Cool off ZrtZL 1m? the" you 0011 ,1BVe " Kood m?!H li I86? if tbe bucket '? the ?"me ojd place." enTE!LW?re nOW ,n th(% Picaresque enclosure known as the "Monte." Un .^Hde of t,le sr*at ,iv<> oaks one eould be protected from the bright eat rays of the California sun. In their drapery of wild grape vines, the wild sycamores looked like fairy pa ?22. or tbe retreats of 8yUaa ?od Frank Gardner knew every foot of ipn8pagr?Un(J for 1,0 had *P*?t the five mnl? 1>re/. on a 8tock runfb ten miles up the grade. Could It be really Ave years since he left his desk at the office exchanging his pale face for one tanned and sunburned, and the derby of civilization for the Jaunty sombrero? ne whistled a gay fl? from an opera heard In Kan Diego the irasr* n"d s,ui,c" at ? ^alMZiUhL'". Higher and blgller wo "a tne road, sometimes only a gash in the ?mm* _a.de ?,7e CanH.n /? t1hrou?h thp wickiups of Capltan Grande, toward the heights of the Santa Isabel. ?oki be!l(! ,n roatl brought n little JVS*' b*" l"<l(len ln "" slm dow of tho great pines. Frank ind ?r.r?fe UP t(> the ?Ppn doorway and waited a moment. An olive ?h? l! S !. P'1*""1'? at the sight of Klrl's Joif ?ri hn,r^,(, Vou"ff man. The - Jif v. blnr.; hair was tied with shn I ?f r<H1, " r0*C of " ,0 "a me shade was tucked above her .mall nnd " br,,,,?nt arnrf of Mexican national colors was knotted Her white dro," "iJ L !" <,|,l,fflr"" trimming of I drawn work, and from the top of lit ?? head to the tips of her high heeled I nlT/9 !hejrade B Picturesque little ' 4n .l./Cid"g """ ><""<* 1 ln-?r?n? Vv'7-h Pn?r? W,M you com,. ; in no? My father will be most glad to pee you." 11 JZ.tr""' W"h Tom PMmlMlon 1 will ?(op * moment. Where mar I fl?,i the 8?nor Pacheco?" "He la down at the sheeppen but I may call him?" w'm Tri ln!nd- aenorlt". ?"other time will do Just as well. By the way I found a guitar arrangement of NBobre a^if? V "ald Frank " he unrolled a piece of music. "You know I said ? ??k for 11 the ncxt I iwent down to the city." nw'.f ml ,nd ?'?"'<>??? f?ee th.7 How *,,<1 ??? I-*?-'?. "r? ' I >e had carofulty dressed in her gala attire each after noon, and listened eagerly for a well remembered whlatle. Uokl the young man she ventured softly: *?.?? , bee* for ? >ong time ?way? It (t not ao?" for three weeks. The prespect of ?lag taek to tte'nack mm mom loMij tkumr. You ul your father have bus very ktod to Bwodta." "It to but wry little ?? bar* dona. Sener." -b It? do 700 think It too lonely up on our ranch for a young |Wr Uo healtated. an^ It Waa bia iurn to flush. Martina triad to look np, bat could not. In all her sixteen rears she had never felt her heart beast so fast, or a Queer suffocated feeling almost choke her. Finally she faltered: "But. with you ** "Yes, of course. I would do my best to be entertaining, for old Jose and Pe dro are not specially lively. Still, as a continuous show. I might pall on the feminine mind." Martina did not have the faintest Idea what he meant, but she smiled discreetly. The Senor was fond of bis American Jokes, snd sbe slways knew wben to smile if sbe watched for tbe twinkle In his eyes. "But what 1 want to ssy ts. that I. I mean we ? shall depend on you for com. pany, wben we ? I mesn. when I sm obliged to be away from bome." Martina's Angers clasped escb other nervously snd she felt a curious tight ening around her heart But the young man was in love? and blind to tbe ef fect of bis words. "She? I mean Miss Sberwood. who was up here last summer with ber mother, la soon to be my wife. Sbe says that she feels ss If sbe slready knew you, and Is very grateful to you for showing me so much kindness." By this time the dsrk eyes were bias ing and tbe small figure trembling with anger. "Will you not be her first visitor?" he went on, wondering st tbe girl's strange silence. Martina faced blm like a young tigress. "Caramba? I bate her. and you." Sbe could say nothing more. and. turning, fled through the cabin and out of the back door, forgetting her kid slippers and ber wblte frock and rushing wild ly across the rough fields. The young man looked after her a moment, a bewildered expression on his handsome face, then mounted and rode away in the brief twilight. The current of bis happy thoughts soon hurried far past the little Mexican matden, and he was gaily whistling "La Goiondrlna" when he reached the long, low adobe which was home to him, and would soon be a nest for his fnir young bride.? Mary Pea body Saw rcr. J*p?n*M BtblM. Judging by Western ideas, Japanese babies Lave a hard time; yet. says the San Francisco Bulletin, there arc no healthier children in the world. Th? I Japanese baby is dressed and un- ' dressed in a frigid temperature In j winter, and in summer no care is taken ! to protect its tender little eyes from the full glare of the sun. in winter tb? small head is covered with a worsted j cap of the brightest and gayest de sign and color. The black hair is cut | In all sorts of fantastic ways. Just like the hair of the Japanese dolls I Imported Into this country. The babies of the lower classes are generally carried on the backs of the mother or little sister; sometimes the small brother is obliged to be th<? nurse-maid. The kimono is made extra large at the back, with a pocket of ?uitticient size to hold the baby, whose round head reaches the back of the neck of the person who is carrying it. It is not an uncommon sight to see children who are barely old enough 10 toddle burdened with n small broth er or sister sleeping peacefully 011 their back. At tirst one expects to see the child stagger and fall beneath the weight, but apparently none of its 1 movements are impeded, and it plays with the other children as unconcern edly as if it were not loaded down with another member of the family. At Nagasaki, among the women coal ers who coal the ships, one sees many who carry babies on their backs in this way. The mothers work all day in the rain or the sun or the snow, and the baby suems IndiCTereiit to j cvervthng. The top of its' head alone is visible, wiille the movements of the mother do not seem in the least hin dered, and she accomplishes as much work as the men. A Frightful Accident, A laborer whs on the way to work the other morning as a "through" train was about to pass a little station where a crowd had assembled for the "way" train, due in a few moments. A child who had strayed to the edge of the platform seemed about to lose her bnlance In her effort to get u good view of the oncoming cngiue. Quick as a flash the workman Jumped forward, tossed the child back to a place of safety and was himself grazed by the cylinder, which rolled him over ou tho platform pretty roughly. Several people hastened to his assist ance, but he rose uninjured, although with a face expressive of grave con cern. "Confound It! Just my luck!" he ex claimed. drawing a colored handker chief, evidently one containing lunch en, from his pocket and examining It ruefully. "What Is It?" Inquired the onlookers. ? Why, the salt and pepper's all over ?hr? rhubarb pie, and the eggs? well, I >1 telling her something would hap Men If she didn't boll 'em harder." Bnlldlng t'p a Bualnei*. An amusing fable, which bears evl leiice of its Western origin, although the author lays the scene in the Kast, is that which relates the cleverness of Tandy Chollc, the apothecary. One day he transplanted an apple tree from his orchard to the side of the common road. While he was sur veying bis handiwork with satisfac tion there came along the road a learn ed pundit. "O what avail Is it to hare moved the tree from its pleasant place in the orchard to the sandy roadside?" "Of much avail, most learned pun* dlt," said the apothecary in a pitying tone,* for thou must know that the dreams of an apothecary who dwells In a land of small boys and green ap* plea are sweeter than those of the poet slumbering In the rose garden of Shlras? the knurller the apples, tfee earlier the small boys, and in good time myself to heal them for a con sideration. Qo to, pundit! Thou art too learned to be practical ? - ? - New York City.? Waist ? of lace over | chiffon or moussellne are eminently j fashionable and are charmingly becorn- 1 Ins and attractive as well. This one| BLOUSE WAIST. la made of cream represe lace, tbe yoke being composed of strips of in sertion and bands of silk embroidered with French knots, and is lined with chiffon only, cnt exactly like the lace, out the fitted foundation can be used when liked. The cream lace over the white muken a most attractive effect and the deep belt of cream messallne satin is both correct and In harmony with the waist. When lace Is not de sirable thin silks, chiffon and Indeed all materials soft enough to allow of shir cream or red art equally good) art the rosette at the left back li part tea Urljr good. And one word before w? leave this subject. The short coa' walking salt Is much more becomlni to most of as than the short skirt wltk n long coat Pretty Neckwear. Any woolen waist, and especlatlj colored ones, are made twice as st tractive if. instead of tight linen col lara, airy lace or embroidered linen 01 lawn ties are worn with them. This it a little femlolne touch never omitted by a French woman. The fine hand kerchief cravat, easily made at bom* i? pretty, and the innumerable dalntj and fragile neck pieces for sale In th? shops arc also wound twice around the neck and fastened with a gold pin al the tbroat. Any of these lighten clotl! or flatiuel waists wonderfully. D??p Crram Bom. In the short ostrich boss to be seen thi* year a pretty one is a deep cream Deep cream or pale tau is seen In man] ways this year, in embroidery In whltt or entire garments made of It, and the cream ostrich boa matches costume* better than the plain white as well at being prettier and more becoming. Pattm IvmIbk Gownfc Fine silk nets are embroidered wltl paillettes for pattern evening gowns These come in delightful colors ant combinations. A pale green net Is em broldercd with the paillettes in th? same shade, a brown net has applied leaves of a dark brown velvet an< brown gold paillettes, and one of thi most elaborate gowns is of white ne' A LATE DESIGN BY MAY MANTON. ring will be found equally satisfac tory, the deslgu oeing suited to all ?uch. The waist consists of the fitted lin ing. which Is optional, front, bucks and yoke and Is closed invisibly at the back. When the lining is used, yet a transparent effect desired, It and the material can be cut away beneath the yoke. The sleeves are simply full, finished with bands und frills of lace. The quantity of material required for tbe medium size Is six yards eighteen Inches wide, five yards twenty-one Inches wide, or two and five-eighth yards forty-four Inches wide, with four and one-fourth ynrds of Insertion for yoke, two yards of lace for sleeves and three-eighth yards of silk for belt. Ttiff Trlt-orn* KtiMpe. A smart little hat is the tricorne shape In pale blue fancy straw, soft Japanese ribbon In blue and black be ing threaded through little straw straps on the brim, an effeetlve finish being provided by a feather cockade at one side, while the crown Is encir cled with narrow black velvet ribbon. It can be procured In other colors as well, and In many instances it Is threaded with the new Vienna scarf, which is promised an Immense vogue this season. White, cream and pale yellow tints, with touches of black or blue In the border or ends, are the favorite colors for these scarfs. They are very chic draped around a turban or wide hat. Kmart Walking Knit. With the walking suit In the height of favor this fetching model comes as a particularly pleasing addi tion to our wardrobes. The Eton Is jauntlness personified with Its silken frogs and olives, and the cleverly gored skirt shows the necessary full ness about the feet. Here we see the one-color costume, the entire arrange ment being carried out In a soft tan shade. Colors may come, by the way, ?nd colors may go, but tan I* one of the lasting favorites. The blouse worn with this suit Is of creamy batiste, In set with lace. Lace In the same shade serves as an effective applique along the edge of the modish tan sunshade. Most richly does the natural shade of ! the modish stra*? hat blend in with the tone of the cloth. It Is trimmed with ; velvet ribbon (emerald, brown, black. embroidered with paillettes of the flab scale variety, with theopalescent tones. With these are Que fringes of the pall> lettes. Shirt Walat. Shirt waists long ago came to be numbered among the must-haves. Whatever else the wardrobe may lack they are certain to be found. This sea son they are. if possible, more tempt lng than ever before and are shown In most alluring variety. The mode? shown is new and smart and is suited alike to washable and to silk and wool walstlngs, but lit the case of the orlg inal is made of ecru batiste piped with brown and trimmed with little pearl buttons. The waist is made with fronts and back that are fitted by means of shoul der and under arm seams and over which the yoke Is applied, the exten slons over the shoulder giving the long and drooping line that is so greatly In vogue. The tucks at the back are arranged to give the becoming taper lng lines to the figure, while those of the front and sleeves-extend for a part of their length only and provide ful ness below. The cuffs make a novel feature and are shaped to match th? yoke. The quantity of material required foi the medium size Is Ave and one-fourtb SHIRT WAIST. yards twenty-ono Inches wide, four and three-fourth yards twenty-seven Inches wide, or two and five eighth yards for* ty-four inches wide. ??? iU ???!?? Clean, wash and dry the flab; mix half pint bread crumb* with two tablespoonfuls melted bntter, add half teaapoonful aalt, a speck of pepper, and stuff tbe flsb; then pot It In a baking pan; baste with melted butter and add half cupful boiling water; dust the fish thickly and bake in a quick oren for three-quarters ' of an hour, basting several times; serve with tomato sauce and potato balls. Soap. Boll two bunches fresh, tender as* paragus In water with one slice of onion and one tablespoonful salt thirty minutes; throw away the onion; remove the asparagus and cut off the tender part and pound to a paste wltb a little water; add to It a lump of butter rolled In flour and one-half teaspoonful sugar; mix over the fire until It melts; now add all to the boil ing water In which tbe asparagus wag cooked; then beat the yolk of an egg In half a pint of cream or milk and add to soup; season with salt and pepper, and as soon as It comes to boiling point strain and serve; cnt one stalk of asparagus in thin slices and add the last Miing. Chop Rd?7 Bone a small chicken and cut the meat Into half-Inch strips; peel and slice an onion; soak a dozen mush rooms In cold water a few minutes, then drain; cut up a stalk of celery and six Chinese potatoes, washing them well first; prepare the rice by putting a cupful Into boiling salted water, and When the grains are soft drain the water off and set the sauce* pan in the oven to dry the rice; cook the chicken in a big spoonful of hot butter well done, but not dry; add the sliced onion and fry to a nice brown; add the mushrooms and a small cupful of Chinese sauce (this sauce takes the place of salt); add a cup of boiling water and cook fifteen minutes; stir In the celery and cook ten minutes; add the potatoes and cook three min utes longer; rub a spoonful of flour smooth In a little cold water and add to thicken; boil up once well and serve with the hot rice. Hints for, we. Housekeeper. Cut-steel buttons nml buckles may be polished with powdered pumice stone slightly moistened and applied with a soft brush or cloth. To blacken tan leather boots and shoes, rub every part of the boots well with a Juicy potato cut in thick slices, and when dry, clean in the usual way with blacking, taking care to put the blacking well on. To fill cracks in plaster, mix plaster of parls with vinegar instead of water and it will not "set" for twenty or thirty minutes. Push.it into the cracks and smooth off evenly with a table knife.? What to Eat. Milk can be sterilized at home. Ab solutely clean bottles are necessary. Soak them in soda and hot water be fore using, and scald just before the milk is put Into them. The milk should be perfectly fresh. Fill the bottles, cork them tight with anti septic cotton, lay them in cold water; beat slowly to the boiling point, boil Tor an hour anil let them cool In the water. Do not uncork until the milk is to be used. What a hostess calls "rocks," though the name Is wrongly suggestive, are de licious little drop-cakes sure to bo found on her five-o'clock tea table. They are made from one cupful of sugar, two-thirds of a cupful of but ter, one and one-half cupfuls of flour, two eggs, one pound each of chopped English walnuts and dates or raisins, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one of cloves and one of soda dissolved In hot water. Drop by tenspoonfuls, as they run easily, on buttered tins, and bake. They are almost as rich as fruit cake and Improve with age. Boston baked benns are now served as a salad. The quantity of oil to be used depends on the quantity of pork used in cooking the beans, and for se dentary people It Is well to omit the pork. In this case three or four table spoonfuls of oil may be used for a pint of beans. Stir Into It half a tea spoonful of paprika, a few drops of onion Juice and two toblespoonfuls of vinegnr. Mix this through the beans and turn them onto the serving dish. Cover and let them stand half an hour in a cool place. The salad mny be gar Dished with plmotas and slices of tiny cucumber pickles, and a teaspoonful of finely cut chives may be added If desired. It Is almost time to begin to think of moths, for the time to remember them is before the first one appears. With these pests prevention Is not only better than cure, but It Is absolutely essential. Moth bails, tor paper. the most expensive cedar fhests. are useless after one wretched insect has found a lodging in a gar ment. Therefore, before the moths ap pear, take the necessary precautions. Beat and brush furs and woolens, not ovetooking a single pocket or fold, and, when perfectly certain that not a moth or an egg Is there, pack the garments away where moths cannot reach them. That Is the whole seorc Furs should be sent to cold storage, which Is safe and cheap. As a matter ?# precaution, It Is well to reserve one closet, which line with tar paper, covering the cracks around the door ?nd stuffing up the keyhole. Hang or lay away winter garments in here, ?nd enjoy an additional feeling of se enrity, ? ? j JUST WOMAN'S WAY EPISODES THAT ENLIVEN THE AUCTION ROOMS HY. good morning, my dear.** "Ob. good morning. Am I late? I've simply been rushed to death ever since breakfast." "No. They linveu't begun yet. You haven't missed a thine.** "Have you seen anything good this morning?" "Oh, simply loads! A perfect dream of a highboy and a love of an old Eng lish cream and sugar set. Sheffield, you know. I think they almost match that pot I got In New Orleaus six years ago." "Why. how lovely. Oh. there's Mrs. Smithers." "Yes. and yesterday she bid over me and took the Chippendale desk I've been waiting for ever since the sale began. I think it was rude of lier." "Perfectly horrid. I always did think she ? why, how do you do. Mrs. Smithers? How well you arc l?>oking. I'm so glad to see you." The three ladles kiss. That is al ways a sign that hostilities are immi nent. "flood gracious! There's that man again. He's a perfect brute. I'm not going to bid against blm again. He simply waits till he knows I've reached my limit, and then ue bids fifty cents more." "Why don't you complain to the auc tioneer?" "I believe I will. Oh. just look at that old copper pot! Isn't it a dear?" "A perfect love. I wonder If we have time to walk through again be fore the auction begins?" "Yes, but we mustn't miss getting front seats. What are you looking for this morning. Mrs. Smithers?" "Oh, nothing in particular. I just thought I'd drop In and see if I could pick up anything good. I believe I'll go back and sit down." "I'm sure she's found something fine and has got the auctioneer to put it up. Let's hurry back." "Ladies, the first thing I shall sell this morning is this fine specimen of old English ware. It was picked up by one of our agents in the County of Suffolk and originally came from one of the stately old homes of the Eng lish aristocracy. How much am I bid? One dollar? Do I hear two? If I see a hand raised I shall take it as a bid. Thank you. Mrs. Smithers. Two dollars? Two dollars for tills beauti ful specimen of early Euglish ware from one of the stately seats of the British aristocracy? Why. ladies, it's as if you handed me a fifty cent piece and I handed you back a dollar. Two dollars! Two dollars, once. And a half. Mrs. Cary? And a half! Two and a half. once, two ami a half, twice. two and a , three. Thank you. Sirs. Smithers." "There! I told jou she was try Ins: to play some underhand trick. And it's Just what I needed to fill my set. Would you go any higher?" "Oh. I think It's a perfect love. I believe I'd go $4." "Mr*. Smithers l?ids $" for this rare piece of pottery from the stately home of a bolted earl. She bids $."?. I)o I hear the four? Mrs. Cary raises her hand. Mrs. Cary bids $4. Are you all through? Third and last call. S? s? . Thank you. Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter bids four and a half. Once, twice, throe times. Sold to Mr. Carter for I fonr and a half dollars." "Oh. Mrs. Carey. I'm so sorry you didn't got that piece. You wanted it bo badly." "Oh. not at all. That's wjy I didn't go any higher, my dear." "Any way. now that I loot at It closely, I don't believe it's genuine, anyhow." "Why. neither do I. It's a horrid shape, too. What do you suppose any body could do with a thing like that? lint isn't it just like a man?" "Yes. They are so pigheaded." "The next thing I shall ofTor for sale, ladies and gentlemen, is this exquis ite highboy. It is a rare hit of colonial workmanship. Its original owner was one of the proud old I'ilgrim Fath ers, of Massachusetts. I have no doubt that this highboy was once among the household goods of Klder William Brewster. 1 am almost sure that it came over in the Mayflower. Why. ladies, the possession of this ex quisite highboy is quite sudieiont to qualify one for membership in the Daughters of t lie American Revolution. And how much am I bid for this an tique relic of old Puritan days in mer ry New KuKland? Mr. Carter bids $10. Ten " "I think it's a horrid old piece, don't you? But if that man wants it lot's all bid against him and pay him up for taking that beautiful old Kugllsh set." "Oh, good! Lot's all do!"' "Mr. Carter bids $10. I?o I hear the $20? Thank you. Mrs. Cary bids $20 for this unique and interesting spool men of the furniture of our forefath ers. Twenty dollars! Twenty dollars! Mr. Carter bids twenty-live. Twenty live! Twenty-five! Mrs. Suiithors raises her hand. Mrs. Siulthors bids thirty. Thirty dollars! forty from Mr. Carter! Thank you, sir. Forty dollars, once, forty dollars, twice, forty " "Thank you. Mrs. Cary. Mrs. Cary bids $15. Forty-five, once, forty-five, twice, forty-five, three times? and sold to Mrs. Cary for $45." "Oh, what on earth shall I do? I wouldn't have the thing for the world, and besides, I've spent twice my al lowance already." "Oct tip and let the man have It." "Since the gentleman who bid against me seeius so much disappoint ed. I'm willing to withdraw my bid and let him have It." "Mr. Carter says he couldn't think of being so rude. Mrs. Cury. He Is quite content that you should have It." "Mrs. Suiithors, you take It. Your house is so much largo than mine." "Oh, no! You keep It. my dear. I'm ?nre It's a good piece. I guess I won't wait any longer, flood morning." "(Jood morning, my dear? the wretch'. I honestly believe she Is ; lad that I j got It. And I paid three prioes for It. ' too. I wish I could n.ake her take 1 Ui? old thing." "Just look at that mail I actually believe he Is smiling.*" "Did yo*i ever see such a horrid look> ing person?" "A perfectly brutal face.** "What shall I do with that old high* boy? It's really a good piece, after air. though. Don't you think you could use It. my dear? It would look so well in your dining-room." "I'm afraid not. I have to deny my ?self a great many things, you know. And. any how. I couldn't think of tak lug it away from you, dear. ' "Well. I Just thought your dlninjr room looked a trifle bare, that's all There! That Carter man Is going out. The very idea of his sitting there and letting us have that highboy, when h? knew perfectly well that I was Just bidding against him as a Joke!" ? Chi cago Tribune. SPECIALISTS IN ARCHITECTURE. A ClkM of Worker* Having Great Wmmt In KngUad and L?M Her*. Specialization lias made great strides In the profession of architecture. Tims was when a single architect with skilled assistants planned and designed buildings from cellar to roof, consult ing an architectural engineer, perhaps. If the work was of such size and form as to involve serious englueerlng prob lems. Then came the era of architectural Arms. One member of such a firm would be specially skilled as a design er. the artist of the combination; an other acquainted with materials and methods of construction, so that he was abie to superintend the work of the contractors: a third good at speclfl cations or perhaps specially rich in friends and able to deal with clients. Architectural firms in which men ot various gifts participate are still nu merous, but specialization has devel oped independent architects who are consulted by many firms upon special problems. There are men who do lit tle or nothing but write specifications and others who are employed by many, of their fellow architects iu preparing the colored drawings Intended to make uulviagliiative clients see how a build. Ing will look when completed. Archi tectural engineering is more than ever a profession in Itself. Meanwhile the architectural draughts man ha.* also had his development. English architects are surprised to find how large a share of important work In the offices of New York architects is left iu the hands of so-called draughtsmen. These are often care fully educated young architects who hope sooner or later to set up indepen dently or get into some established firm as junior partners. In some cases a draughtsman develops into a sort of managing clerk, just as some law clerks become the executive officers of Important law firms. Other (1 rati Klits men are prized for tlio taste and skill in decorative design. Such men are sometimes employed to do a large part of {a competitive de sign submitted for important building*, public or private. However little the employing architect may have advised in this work, he and not the designer gets the credit, and the prize if it is successful. New York tins few such architects as have attracted special attention in I&ng land by methods unusual in this coun try. The Knglish architects in ques tion are men who work largely alone, having no partners and employing few draughtsmen. They do not seek to create a great business, but are con tent to build comparatively few houses. They do. however, place their individ ual mark not only upon the general de sign of the houses they build, but upon every detail. This method of work makes it impossible that they should intrust to hired draughtsmen a great variety of details such as iu this coun try is done by draughtsmen. This architect works almost purely as an artist, with jealous care that nothing shall go out. from his office that he is not ready to father iu all its im portant details. Such architects do not earn great In comes, for the comparatively small volume of the business makes that Im possible. but their fees for Individual houses are relatively large, and only the well to do can employ them. Their work is known nil over the British Isles and even in this country. The few American architects who work iu this fashion attract less attention lliau like men in Kngland.? New York Sun. The Country Nrwupaprr. "Tiie country newspaper is the most useful of all the agencies which stamp the impress of progress upon villages and inland cities. Without the aid of local newspapers towns are, as a rule, thriftless and dead. It Is common for all great men to speak with contempt of local newspapers, but the village newspaper makes more great men out of less material ? more bricks without straw? than any other factor in poli tics, and is the ladder on which men climb to local distinction as the begin ning of wider fame. The advent of the local newspaper has always dated the increased thrift of the community. The local newspaper is the life of the locality, nml the measure of Its sup port. as a rule, measures the advance ment of people."? Niles (Mich.) Dal* Star. Strung* l;li?nt?lng of PloW?r?. Last September a large part of the village of La t 'hausec-sur-Mnrne, France, was destroyed by fire and neighboring orchards were scorched. A month liitcr many pear trees, tlio branches of which had been scorched, began to flower and were soon cov ered with blossoms as iu the month of May. The same thing occurred with some lilac bushes that had been exposed to the heat of the conflagra tion without being seriously burned, and a few plum trees also broke into hlootn. It was remarked that nil th? plants thus stimulated by the tire be longed to species which are accus tomed to form their next year's tr.idn In the month of August. These ouds, feeling the lire, burst forth ns If their (?est i ned tiiu* Lv*d come,-- Youth"* Com IKtniou,