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THE SONG OF A Tm just a silly optimist with cheerfulness galore. Fox I'm tired of hearing people say that everything's a bore, I'm tired'of melancholy moans, and so I point with pride To the awe-inspiring axiom that I am sat isfied-. If there's nythirg I love to eat, it's food, If there's anything 1 love to wear, it's clothes. An! in times of relaxatio-n I have proved by demonstration That there's nothing quite so restful a3 repose.N. VAL WARYNI By Florence SGIRL sat with he hands c lasped round her knees. O staing out of the window with unseeing eyes-her J Gv thou ghts far tway. Be hind he;, the room was almost dark. but a rosy glow slanted through the low casenient and touched her bright brown hair into threads of gold. A man comiug swiftly into the room hesitated for a moment in the door way, then. with a %himsical expres sion of armsement in his eyes. went forwP:.- tly. and. putting a hand r.ndc . - chin. kissed her upturned face. But, as his lips touched hers, he recoiled with a start: her face was un known to him, and at the same mo ment the girl sprang from her seat, thrusting him from her with both hands. The color swept from her throat to her forehead. her blue eyes blaznd. her slender fgure was tense with indignation. dare you:" she said, passion ately; and he, for a moment. had no reply ready. He was completely takenI aback, but managed at last to stammer out: -I'm very sorry. I'm afraid I've made a mistake:" --That you certainly have!" was the enmphatic retort. and then. with a flash of scorn from the blue eyes, she was gonrAe. "Just my had luck!" 'Val Waryng muttered. It certainly seemed unlucky that, after five years absence. he should manage to make a fauxpas on the moment of arriving home. "Val, my dear boy!" a voice said frcm the doorway, and his mother *'ame toward him with outstretched hauds. He took her in his arms and she drew his head down and -kissed him on both cheeks. Then she held him away from her and scrutinized his face. "Yo'.'ve grown a beard. Vali!" -shbe said, reproachfully. "It makes you to0k dreadfully old." He laughed. "I knew you wouldn't like it, and I nmeant to take it off before seeing you. but, we reached port sooner than we expected. and I rushed to catch the idday express." "Ab. that is how you came to-day insiend of to-mrorrow, wvhen we cx w'cted you. You are very welcome. ny dear boy, but it's so dark I cannot meycu properly; we'll have a light." SAs the match tired, lie noticed t~at her face was thinner and more trans pareut in its fair delicacy of complex' ion than when he went away: so small and fragile a being, and ye: possessed of great strength of will. as he knew to his cost-witness his banishment to a * r land when the headstrong follies -oi his youth had threatened his future taieer. "I am sorry to tell you there is a -isuppointment in store for you. Val." she said, when the gas was lighted. "(Gindys has gone away; she left here ycsterday to stay' with some relations. ~he gave me this note for you. I think she might really have postponed her visit when she heard you were coming h:ome. but Gladys is so different from other gir!" "Yes. Gladys is quite different from other girls." he repeated, with a slight ly cynical inflection in his voice. He was turning the letter round and round in his hands absently; then lie added: "Who was the girl I found sitting her'e? I thought for a moment she wvas Gladys when I came in." "The girl? Oh. you mean Francie! Why, surely you could not mistake her focr Gladys: they are utterly unlike? I told you all about her long ago. Val --don't you remember? She was be .~teathed to my care by my cousin, .irlim Vane, when she died two y'ears i:go, and Francie has lived with me & er since." "Oh. but you said a child! I imag Ii:rd quite a little girl, not a tall. young woman like this. I'm afraid I offended r~ when I arrived."' 'Did she run aiwav? She is rather ybut a deair girl. She has been a ~:reat comnfor't to mec in my loneliness: L" ou want to read your letter. Val!I" &~ tore ope'n the envelope, and. going ovrto the light. stood there reading. Toexpression on his face deepened :aieinly to gravity, and at line :ap j::ed ibetwee'n is eyebrows which n:ade himi look stran.gely like his ;AoJher. She was watching.' him aux iously wLille he tor'e the paper into s;aiai pieces and trew them into the ;.:. atzing her eyes, he gave a 'So that is over':" hesa. "Oh,. Vail, you don'tman f ts-4he has politely. but firmly. c:2ed our engagemwe. It is only' what i ibare been expceinga for a long time. D~o'i't wvorry vouirself. mother--I sh:tli .survive~ this. :ts I have survived other d:. appointmems:"t5 'She maiht have waited a little-to spoil your' home-c'oming was mnost cruel aid selfish: but, you know. V'ai. I never cared for Gladys:" "I know, mother: doni't let us talkt nbot her amny more. When l'm came down dressed for din rr. he ant a keen glance round the r'oom. but only his mother was there. .w'ated by the fire with her knitting. Cumrtainls were drawn and lamps light edl. and there was ain air' of comfort :and snuguess which appeale-d t- him: .iC felt it was pleasant to be at home agamr. "You seem to have altered things here. oc ther. I don't know quite SILLY OPTIMIST. Let Ibsen. Tolstoi, Schopenhauer depict our life as dark. But I cannot help believing that existence is a lark, That all the crimes and meannesses that in this world are done Are committed in a spirit of exuberance and fun. And there's nothing that I loe to talk like words. And there's nothing that I love to sing like songs; So I find a life employrr. nt In the pleasures ot en.;ment. 'Placing sadness in the sphere where it - og-W. I., in Life. Li'S MISTAKE E. Eastwick. It a these flowers about. and surely the curtains are new, and this is very pretty." He touched the pice of quaint embroidered velvet on the mar ble mantel. where Venetian glass and Dresden china gave tones of bright color. "Oh, that's all Francie's doing; she likes arranging flowers for the rooms and pulling the furniture about:" Mrs. Waryng answered, with tranquil satis faction. As she spoke. Francie herself entered the room. "Ah. here you are, dear; you and Val have already made each other's acquaintance. I hear'" Val advanced with outstretched hand and a twinkle of his eyes. She gave him a quick, defiant glance, but did not relinquish her hold on the fluffy, white Persian cat she held in her arms. "Yes-we have met." was all she deigned to reply, and then turned her attention to playing with the cat. Val felt he was in disgrace, but, as he stood looking down at the bright hair and downcast eyelashes resting on the flushed cheek, lie was conscious of no penitence for his transgression. During dinner the conversation was almost entirely a duologue betwe.'n the mother and son; Frances Vane refused to be drawn into it. only occasionally vouchsafing a remark when directly spoken to. Mrs. Waryng was far too happy in hearing Val talk to notice anyone else's silence. When he went to join the ladies in the parlor, after smoking his cigar, he found his mother again alone. "Francie has some letters to write. so she has gone to her own room; she insisted we would rather have our first evening together," Mrs. Waryng told him, cheerfully. So this proud maiden meant to ig nore him by way of punishment; but. at all events, she had told no tales. His mother, with her old-fashioned ways, might possibly have taken um brage at his mistake. One of her chief complaints against him in former days had been what she called his "frivolity of conduct" with the young women of the neighborhood-very harmless flirtations he considered them to have been, on looking back. He began. t' nnderstand that he would have . . mke his peace by going down enl 9 knees to Miss Fran cie Vane. It was strange that the im age of his erstwhile ladylove seemed to have been completely blotted from his memory and given plaice to the picture of a girl with bright brown hair gazing nt the setting sun. He became so inattentive to his mother's ques tionings that, at last, she declared he appeared tired and hade him "Good night!"-but it was the remembrance of a stolen kiss that was distracting his attention. The next morning, as he stood by his dressing table, a rush of white wings outside his window and the sound of cooing replies to a sibilant call beneath, attracted his attention. Looking down on the lawn, he saw his mother's ward feeding the pigeons, who clustered around her feet and settled on her shoulders. and even dared impudently to take the grain from the basket she carried on her arm. At a little dis tance the white cat sat apart, and eyed the group with contemptuous indiffer ence, while a couple of fox terriers, rolled and rollicked at the further end of the lawn. It was for such a scene as this that his eyes had ached in the glaring solitudes of his exile-the girl in her simple morning dress, the gar den-with its mellow autumn tints, the sense' of rest and peace; this was home! A feeling of great contentment took possession of him; he~ hastened to finish his dressinlg, and to join the party in the garden. Francie was so absorbed in her busi ness that she did not s-.e him until he was close to her, and he had time to appreciate the freshness of her girlish beauty out there in the sun light; the expression of her eyes was so innocent and gentle as' she caressed her birds that he commenced instantly in humble language to beg for her par don. She listened with head averted until he said he had mistaken her for some one else. "For some one else!" she repeated, in a startled tone. "Yes' For a yourg lady whom I thought I had a right to kiss-though that, as it happens, was another mis take." he added, bitterly. She looked at him intently, and he felt sure that she knew the other side of the story-the side taken by Gladys. whatever it might be. W\hena he ques tioned Francie, she admitted that Gl(~adys had told her something-that they wecre "not suited to each other." "And that it was my fault?" he in terected. She did not reply, but throwing the last handful from her basket, turned toward the house. He walked by her side meditating, wondering what her thought about him might be. Could he have read them, he would have dis rovered sonme confusion in Francie's m riad. The description given by Gladys Iacur fher dare-devil lover, who ha o er consent to an engagement more b~y the impetuosity of his love making after a w'eek's acquaintance than by anything else. did not accord quite with the bearded man of grave demeanor and quiet speech walking beside her. Possibly his mother had declared him to have been the hand sonmest and most attractive boy in the world, who would certainly have been spoiled by her women friends If she had not rescued him by sheer force of will from their too pronounced en couragement. Francie had imagined a good-looking. conceited young man who took for granted that every girl must be ready to fall in love with him at first sight an opinion which his method of intro ducing himself to her seemed to have justified. Of his good looks there could be no doubt, but the night before, while she had sat listening to him. she dis cerned in his conversation only a frank and outspoken love for his mother. and a natural exhilaration at finding himself once more at home. She be gan to think she had judged him hard ly: her severity relaxed. and, when they reached the house, they were on excellent terms. Fate and Mrs. Waryng together con spired to further their intimaey. Val's mother had a neuralgic attack and remained in her room, so to Francie fell the task of entertaining the young man. They breakfasted together. then went round the gardens, stables and paddock. She knew every creature in Oie barnyard, and they knew her-dogs. cats, horses, not excluding the pigs and the inhabitants of the poultry yard all came hurrying to greet her at the sound of her voice; she seemed like a fairy princess in her own little world. They lunched together, and then. at Mrs. Waryng's request, Francie took Val for a drive in her dogcart. He was interested in seeing all his old haunts again. but evinced no desire to pay any calls on former friends. "There will be plenty of time later to look up the natives-just now I feel a bit off!" he told her, and she under stood his words bore some reference to the fickle Gladys. After dinner he fetched a portfolio of snapshots, to show her the strange places he had visited in his travels. Among them was a photograph of his former fiancee, taien at the time of his departure from home. He took it up and gazed hard at the cold and discon tented beauty of the face; then he looked at Francie. How different was her fresh and *natural charm from that other-who, althoug11 five years his senior, had enchained his boyish heart. He laid the picture aside, and with it went all regret. The days slipped into weeks. and one afternoon Val found the girl in her favorite seat near the window: she was reading a letter, and he recognized the writing, "You have heard from Gladys?" lie sa2. as he sat down beside her. "Yes. She is in a hospital. training to be a nurse," Francie answered. "She is well-and happy?" he queried. "She says she is both: that she ha. at last found her vocation, and never knew before what it was to be content with life." As he sat silent. looking out of the window, she murmured: ,"Are you sorry, Val?" she asked, quietly. He turned and looked at her, 'Have I seemed as if I were sorry. hiere with you? You might help me to be very glad:" Meeting his eyes, she began to under stand. He laid his band on hers and asked: "Do you remember our first meeting. Francie? What were you thinking about then, when I fouind you here?"~ "I was thinking-well. I w-as thinking what you would be like:" Her eyes drooped-and then he also nderstood.-Newv York Weekly. ~NPTFACI Some very small W est Indian fish, locally known as "millions." are thriv ing in the Zoological Gardens, London. More than 10,000 photographS of birds amid their natural surfoundings have been taken by an English natur alist. Some of them entailed as much as a week of waiting and watching. The Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes that. thanks to the recent Anti - Tuberculosis Congress there, half the people of Paris are, at this moment, suffering from imaginary tuberculosis. The West's gold output may be doubled by the invention of a resident of Colorado City. It is a simple ma chine for saving flour gold, is run by a gasoline engine, and may be taken anywhere. Experiments on twice treated tailings or mine refuse show an accumulation of five and one-half -pounds of gold in ten days. The dependence of underground wa ter-supply mpon rainfall was clearly shown by the government survey of the drainage basin of the Arkansas River in Kansas last summer. It was found that the underfiow has its origin in the rainfall on the sand-hills to the south and the bottomn-lanids and plains o the north of the river. In times of flod the river itself contributes to th~ underground flow. When the r:ver was high tive underground water was found, by means of electrical mealsure maents. to be moving awvay from the river channel at the' rate of about S feet in 24 hours. The general move ment of the under-grounld water is from S to 11 feet in -24 hours. A scientific commfission which has een investigatinlg the peculiarities of the Mediterrancanl or Maita fever has~ ome upon evidence which shows that. the infection of the disease may be transmitted by goats. D~r. Zammit and Major Ilorrocks found the specific or ganism of the fever in the milk of goats that were apparently healthy. The blood of several of the goats gave a reaction which is peculiar to the fever. This finding is not only im portant for M;1ta, but for many other places within the Mediterranean area. Gibraltar is one of those where this fever is very prevalent, and goats are almost the only source of the milk La est F'hI' ate Color. "Soap suds" is the pretty name borne by the latest London fashionable color. It is opalescent, flashing a pale green and pear-gray en a foam-like surface. Mr. Chamberlain was forty when he r,,. st 'wmrte et P." after his name. Another American Peeregs. Another addition to the ranks of American peeresses is made by the death of Lord Leigh at the age of eighty-one years. His son. Francis Dudley Leigh. married the daughter of NV. M. beekwith. of New York. Dow ager Lady Leigh was Lady Caroline Grosvenor. and therefore great aunt to the Duke of Westminster. Stone leigl Abby. the seat of the Leighs. is said to ib a magnificent old place. with line old pictures and furniture and beautiful grounds. To Cure Double Chin. To get rid of double chins practice the following exercises: Drop the chin to the chest and. keeping the face to the front, roll the head slowly and in a relaxed condition, describing a circle first to the left and then to the right. From the erect position twist the head to the right as far as possible and then to the left. From the erect position try to touch the right ear to the shoul der. holding the shoulder In a normal position. Returning to position. re peat on the left side. Drop the head as far back as possible and return slowly to position. Faninive Press Acen". The only woman in the world who travels as press agent for a circus, it is said, is Lillian Calvert Van Osten. who left the stage to exploit the merits of a Wild West show. Though called "Miss" and looking little more than a girl, she is a Mrs.. and her husband. who is advertising manager of the show, travels with her. Miss Van Osten's business is to call upon the newspapers to induce them to print good notices concerning the show, and she has secured concessions that men could not. Miss Van Osten finds her life many-sided and far from prosale. and declares she gets a world of hap piness in the experiences of her Bo hemian life living in an advertisimj car.-The Pilgrim. Fad For Scent. rhe old prejudice against perfumes has died out with the passing of musk and patchouli. Those crude odors which make a room sickening after an hour or so were considered vulgar. but the delicate sachets and refined distil lations which have taken their places are more popular than ever were the musk and patchouli. The woman of taste chooses one favorite odor and sees to it that her soaps, her powders. her creams, her gowns, her gloves, her curtains and her bath are all scented with it. The odor of a single flower. so popular a few seasons past, has given place to Paris concoctions or4 mixtures cplied bouquets. The most fashion~e women have an exclusive bouquet made to order. the secret of which is kept from all others. Successful Women Drummers. There are numbers of them in Phila delphia." said a well known traveling man. speakingr of women drummers. "and th~ey are most successful-more successful than the men. "One of the most successful dru:n mrs I know is an old lady who lives here. She is a grandnmother, and through reverses of fortune was obliged to take to the road. carr;ing on her husband's business. She's old and comparatively feeble, but she can sell more goods than any man. I understand that to-day she has bought a fine house, and sends a graud daughter through college by her work. There are lots of women on the road who make a business of selling. and. though it does not seem to he a strict ly feminine field, they succeed in thbe work."-Phladelphia Record, A Woman conscript. 'W0ien soldiers there have been 1c' fore now who wvon fame and honor in their day, but a woman conscript is. it may be suppIosed, something of a novelty. She has just made an ephenm eal appearance at the French village of Mazelle, in the Correze, where a young woman, named Francoise Ber nard. a few days since received for mal order directing her to report her self for service with the Fourteenth Infantry, stationed at Brive. Though a little surprised. Francoise consulted the village mayor. and, as he advised her to report herself, the plucky girl made no more fuss about it, but set out to do so. At the village station she had no diflculty in getting her ticket at one-fourth the usual fare, but on reaching Brive nothing less thani production of her mobilization order saved her from being arrested for frau dulent traveling. Hi.r difficulties culi mnlated1 on presenting herself ait the barracks. The sergean~t of thle guard ob)stiately refluscd to amlow her to pa s inside. hut hamving gone so for' she had no0 mindl to hbe halked of her uni form. andi it ren~uired a niUg lli(Yt persumbai her to taket steps with the lyo l~i'e fr:- havring her "'civil state" P Globe. G1Ht.ring Fans. egtor n.inp' inches. w.'ill be the ;'pi hlm: c's ti..s year. delersci' say. Larger fanLs. t'm.,e di corated with ren! In''e a ostrich feaither~s. wvill also Ibe fam .oiale. anid ais for the smalle-t 1fan. ci' ll, those prhIaPs five inches long. this season wvill see their glorintitin. It is tihe excepltionmal fan that is not spa nles. The queer thing ab~out it. though, is that it may be as dignified as it is mis ehievous.- The sallest fans. as well as the medium sized ones used for ances and dinners. are pramctically all made on the saume order, though of ('ourse the former do rnot admit of the eaborationl of design found on the larger size. rho gauze foundation prevails and is treated with adornment in spangles. hand painting or appiled ace or silk in harming designs. Spangles come ii: different shapes. The round or sharply pointed oval shapes are the most pop ular. the latter being largely used for oer pntals in spangle design. A great bachelor )utton flower done i silver spangles of the oval shape on t white fan is very attractive. On a Aack fan is seen an iridescent bird rched on a gold branch that bears %ilver fruit. Green fans are new and well liked, is are also those in the modish rasp erry hue. The latter spangled in a esign of gold are especially effective. Hand painted flowers, like roses and oppies. sprinkled with a little span le dew. make a delightfully airy, ainty finish. Applications of white lace on black rounds or black lace on white rounds are much sought after. Fans f white gauze on one side and of lack on the other give a cloudy back round which spangles of lace show ffectively.-New York Sun. Chinese Mother. The Chinese mother is very fond of ier children, says Paul Hunter in the ilgrim. She is happy in their com any and spends much time caring ot them. In a Chinese family the rth of a child is a greater event than rith other Orientals. Long before the 'hild is born the mother performs the. [tes and ceremonies to propitiate the ods that ber child may be a boy. .fter birth, the little fellow Is wrapped n old rags, and in winter is some mes put in a bag of sand sewed lose around its neck to k4r.ep the little )ne warm. Great rejoicing follows :be birth of a boy: otherwise, there an air of chastened disappointment. ut good Chinese parents make the est of their little lassies. becoming very fond and even proud of them. I lave known more than one Chinese *ather to exhibit his toddling wee girl .r approval, though always with the astomary netional verbal deprecation )f what belongs to one. Indeed. this vidence of excessive courtesy may be *ound everywhere in this strange land. t is good form to villify what is mine nd laud what is thine. "My good-for othing family are all still troubling he earth with their prsence. How s your honorable family?" The fact that Chinese custom has be ome moulded into certain set forms ias misled many travelers. It is. for nstance, a generally accepted custom i this country that a gentleman should emove his hat when he meets a lady -ith whom lie is acquainted, but a Thinese visitor would fall into error if ie assumed that this Implied that wo en. therefore, reduced men to social ;ervitude. So in China a woman waits n het husband while he is eating. be 'ause it has been the custom from me immemorial. In the same way 'ere they traveling he would walk be d the eart while she rode. The educ'ationi of' their children is a 'atter of no small interest to the af aetionare Chinese mothers. They ~-atch the little one from the day he : born, to note superstitious signs. Let imn cry lustily. and he will live long, ay the old grannies. If he teeths or -lks toe. soon lie will grow up uin vale in disposition. At first the lit e Chinese are not very attractive oh r4t. aresenting rather a sealy appear nee'R. 6ue to the custom Of not washing m lest they catch cold. A month ifter his birth, the boy's head is m:ved. A great feast is prepared and eerated, the child now receiving his 'mik name." When he enters school is uname is changed. as it is once nore when hle receives his dcgree. Latest in Gioves. The latest thing in gloves? Hands. course. That's easy, but it is not a easy to keep track of all the newv hings in the shlape of gloves. The party glove, the long kind, the cind that buttons down the back.' as ome one has said, will have some pro etionl in the new overgioves that are 'rought out this season. These over tloves are knit of white wool and are O long and flexible that the wearer ay draw them on over her }ong arty gloves and protect them from he soil that sometimes comes on them )etween the house and the plaec of the )arty. Many a young woman prefers to ad just her 1'ves before she goes to e arty, but hesitates to do it. as the 'hances are that she will not arrive it the party wvith them in the same im a'ulate condition as she left home, o) miatter how careful she may be. \'ith the new overgioves all danger j soil is past and she may pull off he knit gloves and find her kid gloves ii perfect condition. There is also varmthl in them andt instead~ of "hilled fingers, the wearer will find :erself arriving in the dressingroomt vith "tOasty1" hands. Another glove is the ship-on. made' ~pra:ds into a gauntlet shape to (come1 op over the sleeve amnd keep out all ie wind. Tihe slip-en glioves may he cor over parity gloves. 0:' may be orn alone. nThy comec in white. black. brown rd tan shades. They ar good for hiopping gloves, and when the weather isnot too coid make goodl driving ines the broad wrist effects and no nI ~tns making thema a desirable bit of hand-wear'. While muany of the new costumes are i shades of p~ur'pl. green and red, thes.. colors in gloveSs re not satis actory, and neither da hamnds look well Ii bright colored gloves. The tints for tvenng wear' are an entirely different lrOpositionl. The co)lors are so pale d artificial light makes them ev*en ighter than they are by day that they make an evening costume complete. A purple. red1 or green glove on the hand in the day time is positively ugy. So well is this understood by glov" akers that onl3 a few of theum .re made to 4:tisfy' the demand of se:ee women who think that a glove the olor of the day gown should be p)er feetly matched. Forc o-veral seasons, white and tan ov-nave been worn with colored dresses. This year it is the perfectly fitted black glove that has the lead th th bri-ht cnteren gowns. II9ISEHGLD AFFAIR$ CONVENIENT TABLE DEVICE. A convenient little table device is a spoon rest for use in connection with jellies. jams anC other sticky pre serves. It consists of a wire frame to be attached to the edge of the jar car rying a spoon eir, which holds the bowl of the spoon over the receptacle. LEFT-OVERS. When working up left-overs m cro quettes season by taste rather than by rule. as the food has already been sea soned and is easily made too salty or peppery. The flavor of all croquettes is much enhanced by serving them with tomato or some other savory sauce. AFTER DINNER CHEESE. A new way of preparing an after dinner cheese will be found worth try ing. Put two-thirds of a cup of salted almonds twice through the meat chop per, and mix with a cup of grated American cheese; add a very little salt, a pinch of cayenne and a desert spoon ful of some suitable flavorings; mix well. press into a small mould until needed; turn out and pass salted waf ers with It. FOR STUDIOS AND DENS. Rich tinted burlap worked in raffa makes very effective curtains for stu dios, while pretty striped madras flow ered and striped cretons and chintzes. ruffled muslins, lawns, dimities. silko lines, mercerized goods. cotton and silk velours and damasks all work up with marvelously artistic results. says the Chicago News. The color of the dra peries depends upon the color scheme of the rooms. Dull red and rich toned hunter's green burlap prove an effee tive combination for almost any back ground. REMOVAL OF STAINS. Remove all stains in the table linen as soon after they are made as is pos sible. Wash out milk or meat stains with warm water. When the linen is stained by tea, chocolate. coffee or fruit stretch the portion of linen discolored over a bowl. Have ready a kettle of water. at the boiling point; hold the kettle high and let the water fall from it onto the stain until it disappears. Most stains will yield to this treat ment. Peach stains are the most dirih cult to remove. If the stain be small. wet it thoroughly. then burn a sulphur match beneath the spot. Cover wine stains with common salt. then po-r boiling water over them as described above. THE HANGING OF PICTURES. The greatest stumbling block of the amateur decorator is the hanging of pictures. Excellent taste is required in this art. a trun eye and a knowledge of suitable combination. For example. photographs should never be mixzed with paintings. Have a corner devoted to them and try to form a design in your mind when hanging the frames. Do not have the square. oval and panel frames all hung in incoherent confu sion' and never mix old prints with new ones. The fine effect of a really good old print is often lost by disre garding this rule. And speaking of rules, the first one to observe in picture hanging is not to overcrowd the sky line. By that is meant an imaginary line which should mark the top of the picture frame. This sky line must take a height commensurate with the size of the room: what that is must be .lef* to the individual to decide. Rb;ECIPE Crab Apple Jelly - Wash the fruit lean, put in a kettle, cover with water and boil until thoroughly cooked. Then pour it into a sieve and let it drain, ~o not press it through. For each pint of this liquor allow one pound of ugar. Boil from twenty minutes to half an hour. The apples must be juicy and not over-ripe. Left-Over Cauliflower-Cooked cauli flower which is left over may be used in a variety of ways, and forms a very. avory and inexpensive addition to the table. The wvhite part dipped in batter and fried to a rich brown in dripping is very nice: or the remains may be eated up in the oven after being sprinkled with fine bread crumbs, and with small pieces of butter on t~he top. Bake until browvn Quine Jelly-Wipe the fruit, quarter, core. but do not pare. Select those medium ripe: they should be a fine yel ow: ut them in a preserving kettle with a teacup of water for cech pint; tew :rently until soft: do not mash; put in a muslin bag, press lightly: to ech pint of the juice put a pcund of sgr stir until it jellies; turn it into pots or tumblers, and when cold cover nd put in dark closet. GJrae Jelly-Puit your grapes over te re in a large double boiler with out water. Cover closely and cook un til th fruit is broken to pieces. Rub trough a colander, then squeeze through a flannel bag. Measure the ji(Ce, and to each pint allow a pound of sugar. Put the sugar in pans and st in the oven to heat. but not to melt. Stir it from time to time to prevent scrching. Return the juice to the fire in a porcelain-lined kettle and bring to a boil. Cook for twenty minutes, add he ated sugar, boil up just once. and por the jelly into glasses set in a pan of hot water. Modern Maxims. One hot bird on hand is worth two in the rush. Tell me how much money a man crries about with him, and I will tell you how much his company keeps. The fool and his wife are .soon No man is a hero to the Carnegie Take care of the sounds and the sense will take care of itself. Spare the mode and spoli the style. Never pat a bad dog on the mouth. nalmi-o Amierican A Measure of National Benencence. JA HE press everywhere is speaking out in, favor of 0 a the Brownlow-Latimer bill for National aid to high v w way improvement. This is more notably true of the newspapers oming under the head of the country press-the great lever of power- in this .untry; the maker, shaper and mold r of public opinion, the builder of public men and the force that can un make them In a day. It is.not, meant that the city papers are ati war with he measure. There are exceptions that are well understood, but very many of the dailies of the country have spoused the cause of good roads, and thers are falliig iin Iine. Part of the ost has crossed the flood and'part is rossing now. The early-flaunted bug aboo of unconstitutionality has been silenced, and the cry of paternalism. having nothing to rest upon, is no onger heard in councils that stand for reason. There was never any consti tutional barrier to National aid to high way improvement. The same clause in the Constitution that authorizes the stablishment .qofr ostoffies author izes the estabshment of, post-roads. These two co-or.diate. bestowments were created for the accomplishment f the same great end-that is, the con -enience and happiness of the people. But aside from the necessity of build ng good highways for the better dis tribution of the mails through rural districts, it should be borne in mind. that the agricultural classes, while do ng more to sustain the credit of the Government and the financial strength f Its people, than all other classes com bined. have had the smallest appro riations made for their immediate benefit. The city population have long been provided. at the expense of the Government. with messengers for the delivery of mail as often as four. six and eight times per day. The shipping interests have had the rivers and har bors improved to expedite their busi ess. The cities have been provided ith postoffice buildings of architect ral beauty and magnifcence. Rail roads bave had free use of the credit f the Government with immense bod ies of public lands thrown In besides. ronmasters have depended upon the Government to construct great locks and dams for facilitating the assem bling materials at cheap rates for making iron. The tariff laws have been shaped to benefit the manufac turers. No sane man objects to the' majority of such appropriations. They were needed to foster and increase the ommerce of the nation. But are they more important to the -great mass of citizens than good roads through the - ountryT Such roads cheapen food and lothing, extend trade, make many ommodities valuable that would be valueless without theaf ve time and indeed improve the ,opprtunlities of ' every citizen, whether-l'ifes in town. r country. Good roads through the ~ountry would relieve the congestion of population in the great cities. Coun try life, with its moral influences, roud be made more and more attract ve and pleasant. Homes would be sought after by thousands- who now ive in' crowded city tenements, and ice would be deprived of much of its nalign influence. In short. through overnment aid in the establishment a good roads, every phase and feature f iusiness. social and educational 'life vould be immeasurably advanced, Everybody Interested.. Everybody Is interested in better ods, whether living in the city or in the country. The farmer may be more directly interested, because he has ore frequent use for the roads, but the town or city dweller is directly in terested because he is dependen ,e farmer for most of the elssie eats, and ease of transportation to market ertainly affects, not only the price. but the quality. There is no subject in which all of the people are interested to the same extent as they are in the highways, and how any public man. especially a Senator or Representative in Congress. can persuade himself to oppose legislation that insures their norovement is more' thin we can n derstand. If the people will make the demand of right that. they be given this relief, the proposed measure, for National aid will be quickly passed... - OinngEoas. Nassau County. Long Island. has been experimenting with oiled roads and the results have been such that the supervisors are being importuned to doctor other highways in the same .nanner. Especially those upon which a large automobile travel kicks up great clouds of dust. h - Best Fossible Invrestmnent. Good roads are the best possible in vestment in any community. There is not an interest that is not benefited by mch improvements. It makes alliforts of farm products more valuable by naking markets more accessible. Lanfd loeated on good roads obviously be omes more valuable as residence property, for it nmay be more easily and pleasantly reached. Beetle With a Maxitn Gun. One of the instructors of the Uni ity of Pennsylvania led the way to small box, smiling with pride as lm did so. -'I want to show you a rare speces of beetle," sal. he, The beetle, which was' a burnished blue, with a red head-and red legs, la partly hidden under a stone. The in-' structor advqnced his finger slowly; the beetle waited, watchful and in trepid; the finger almost touched the inset, and then-puff, a cloud of 'blue smoke shot out, and under cover this smoke the beetle beat a rapi retreat. "Isn't that marvelous?" the instruc or said. -And the little rascal. emit puff after puff-can fire gun a! gun-nineteen or twenty to the mil te. No wonder he is called the bog bardier, .is it? "This bombardier beetle is rare has In his body certain glands ing a liquid which, on contact w air, has the curious property o ng into a smoky vapor. The v his defense against bigger Hidden under it. he seeks a tret."New York Press.