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TORTILLOff. y 9o^ HERE is Tortillon! There V is Tortillon'" priori n fr>w !| O frightened voices in the vil"* ? lage. At the cry twenty countrywomen in various of agitation appeared at their s, and began to call their children, ernard! Eugeue! come in at onae! ;pe:! Clandine!?here. immediately, it. Joseph, you rogue, you will nor e? Rosalie, just wait till I catch en oth-?r names were shouted loud''Lupenne! Coralio! Pierre! Celes' !The Others did not'say any?, but puiled ears freely, and more ojAa ltov scrpsmwl Hbvidcntly'something of dire import as about to occur, to (bus rouse the eepy little borough from its natural thargy. Suddenly there appeared at the farer end of the street, near the first >uses, a queer, grotesque, almost monrous figure. It looked at first like a ;ap of colored rags, propelled forward r distressful jerks. The human frame ider this medley was, as one may imfine, wretchedly put together. The ro legs, thin as switches, were of unlual length, and the knees knocked toither; the body was bent on the left ie. and one hip made a sharp promence, while on the other side over ins a shoulder outrageously loaded ith abrupt swellings. The head, in i effort to keep upright, was on a rr with the protruding-hip. The two ng arms were like two tentacles, and ith them the creature was able to ckup alms without bending. A" stick tfd in one hand supported this heap tatters. The whole?warped, knotted, risted, full of depressions and promisees?gave the impression of a corkrew on legs. To crown all. th?' head was oblong, td the hair, scant and stiff, straggled rer the face. The mouth stretched om ear to ear, and smiled unconiously and incessantly, in a manner at was irritating after awhile. Betath this sardonic grin hung a heavy >te, and above it was a nose with ide nostrils. Flabby, overhanging ieeks added, if possible, to the ridicoiis,t appearance of this lamentable enture. "There is Tortillon! There is TorJon!" was repeated along the street, id'the village children crept into their uses in tear. [t was indeed a terrible fear that Torlou roused wherever she went. Many lied her a witch. Did she not seem pic?lly one? How?without the aid the devil?could she find means to re in such a distorted body? More an one asserted that he had seen a >ven foot under her ragged skirts, le was accused also of traveling rough the air at night, with a broom r a steed. Indeed, she could uot apar within six miles of a place withit being suspected of stealing chilen to kill them in order to drink their ood while holding her evil orgies. \nd names were given. Jeanne ludru's daughter had been spirited ray; and Annette Souls' little boy d ffisappeared one morning after TorIon had passed. Some few. -who were t superstitious, had the boldness to y that* Annette Soulas and Jeanne nidru might themselves have done .rin to their own children. But it is sufficiently proved?to the rest, rtillon was constantly seeking little tldren; she must be watched. AlS if to corroborate this, a little boy. :ty and charming, appeared at the Ird house. Possessed by an imperare desire to see Tortillon, because ch pleasure was forbidden, he slipped j head through the half-opened door,, slice of buttered bread between his ;th. The beggar stopped abruptly. It jst have been that the sight of the ild was sweet to the miserable creare, for her eyes, usually half-closed, w opened wide, and disclosed great ipid depths, feminine and full of resses. The monster was indeed a una ti. ^ harsh voice broke forth: "Go your iy, Tortilion; go your way, or take re!" The little one received a slap, and is drawn back. Uttering a sigh, the ggar drew herself up, swung her mps backward and forward, raised i stick which served her as a suprt, twisted herself from her heels to r neck, and proceeded a step. A Iond effort, a second step. Her eyes ;ered; she was as hideous as before, t was Hay. The sky was clear le, the earth ail perfume. Never had Ing com? in clearer garb; buds were ?rywhere; birds caroled. One fe'.t >?full, ardent, mysterious?singing ough space! 'he warmth became intense and joys'. the twelve strokes of the midday nek lazily in the village steeple, 'ortillon continued her way with difjlty. She reached the door of the rsonage at last?quite exhausted. It s the custom of the curate to srlve p once a week a silver piece, a loaf bread and some fragments from the >le. !he was about to toueb the bell when i door opened. Marianne, the sernt, came out, holding a child of sis the hand. Evidently inspired by an esistible impulse, the beggar, with ?s again humid, stretched her arms vard the child. En bien! Tortillon, what is the ittpr with vou?" said Marianntv rf? !in fright, while the child hid her skirts. i the wretched creature stifled .rt. She took h?r bread, her ten id the scraps dully, almost apalj\ Then she set out again, il! more difficulty, as if she were ,?d with a nameless burden than she could bear. topped again after going about feet. She slipped through a y leading into an imposing man. leant just then. The inclosing lade a semicircle, which was ed like a small park with some ?. One could sit here without pen from the road. ;!on, about to avail herself of these, drew br.c!; startled. A *as there playing with flowers, she scattered over the benches infill profusion. or made into ts . Never was an augel more A . if ^beautiful! 'Great, blue eyes she had; a rosebud mouth parted iu laughter; her shoulders were bare?soft, white aud dimpled; and, to crowu all, a wealth of long blond curls tumbled about her face over her shoulders. The unhappy beggar stifled a cry in her throat. Then she stood immovable bewitched with admiration. The child if she should see her, would try to es cape like a bird from a snake, no doubt The eye of Tortillon?wide open, full ol light, charged with magnetism?dweb on the divine face of the child. The latter still played, without looking up An intense desire, irresistible, furioustook possession of the beggar. At lasi she could not restrain herself longer casting about her a look, jealous and defiant, she saw that the road was deserted. There was no one to disturb her. Ah, what joy illuminated, hei face! But at this moment the little girl saw her. uttered a cry and tried to flee, calling for help. The unhappy woman, dropping her stick, fell despairingly ou her knees. r-Her eyes had a look 30 sweet, so suppliant, so angelic. indeed, that the child, surprised and conquered, stood waiting for what might happen. Tortillon. overcome with joy, addressed to heaven a silent tribute of thankfulness, and plunged into a fevered ecstasy; she seemed spellbound by the child. Unfortuuatply. it was an intoxication that demanded to be satiated by still depeer intoxication. The little girl east shy glances at the hunchback from time to time.. The latter beckoned her nearer. There was now su?h gentleness in the beggar's eyes?such love, such beauty?that her liideousness seemed to disappear, and the child waa reassured. ' What is i?ur name?" asked Tortillon. "L'ucette Garnier." The poor woman seemed to hesitate, then formed a sudden resolution. "Lucette, would you do me a great charity?" I "Ah, yes; but I have not a sou." A tear fell on Tortillon's cheek. "That is not the charity I mean." I T.nop+tp who did not understand how I one could give alms without sous, was silent. Tortillon crept nearer, and, softening her voice, as well as her eyes, said: "will ^ou kiss me?" Her plaintive tone, and the effort she made in saying this, would have touched a savage. Nevertheless, the little girl recoiled, filled with fright. * Sobs burst from the mendicant's throat. Speechless, Lucette felt that she was going to weep also. Tortillon saw this, and made an effort to 'control herself. "I do not know how to tell you, yet I must. ' Lucette, there is not in the whole world anything more beautiful than little children?than you. To-day. | in this sunlight, they are divine. Lu< cette. I would give my life if you would kiss me! This desire has been ?4-?tv?ek Vaii /1a rmfr im< Willi LUC U UUiC. vtv derstand, perhaps ?no one lias ever kissed me?no one. I have imagined that I would faint from joy if I were to see a child's arms stretched toward me?if I were to receive a kiss from its little mouth. I am not old; I am frightful, that is all; but I have a heart. All, could I but be a mother?to have a child?I would be mad with joy." Lucette. amazed, looked at Tortilllon without fully understanding what she said: but a singular emotion disturbed her. and in her eyes was a great pity. "I do not wish to die without having been kissed by a child," the wretched woman continued, with great intensity. "It must be a wonderfud sensationdelicious?like something from paradise. That is why I run after the little ones. Fools say that it is because I wish to kill them?that I am a witch. To kill them! A witch! Ah, if I were a witch I should desire that woods, roads and the whole world were filled with children. If I were a witch, Lucette, in order to thank you for having listened, I would make you queen. Kiss me. I beg you. Do not look at me U_. t ma ?? 5<J?UUl Ivisji uic. She stretched her arms toward tlie child. In her celestial eyes was so much supplication that Lucette, conquered. drew nearer. What a contrast there was between the sweet child and that horrible creature. However, the little one put forward her sweet face and slightly touched Tortillon's forehead with her lips. Tortillou, then all trembling, wrapped Lucette in her arms, and covered her with kisses. At the same instant the poor woman heard something hiss through the air, near her quick as lightning. She received a shock, and fell to the ground, her head bleeding from a wound, while1 Lucette's father grasped the child and rubbed her faee with his handkerchief, as if he would effac? a stain. Some hours later, still on the road, while in the distance the sun was slowly sinking in a sea of gold. Tortillon, with her forehead cut. her eyes stupe- | fi?d and with blood on her hands and face, rose heavily, and turned her back on the villa?:?. What hail happened? Lucette's father had aroused the whole country. They were qroing to kill her; she would indeed hav(? been torn to pieces had it not been for the curate. But she remembered nothing of this, nor did 6he foel hQr pain. The only thins: that remained in her memory was the thought of the kiss from those childish lips. The memory was as a salve to all her wounds. This kiss seemed to flutter around her, and to sins a thousand sweet songs in her enchanted ear.She went on, radiant, a pr?v to her ecstasy?and to her fever. When the sun had s?t. Tortillon stopped, lav down in a field at the roadside, looked at the stars, believed in God, thought of the kiss of Luoette?then, happy, indeed. sh* died.?Translated for the Argonaut from the French of Camille Debaus, by Mabel Haughton Brown. Mexican Ruin*. Mexico has mauy aucient ruins, particularly in the States of Oasaca, Chiapas. Yucatan and Moreila. Those of Mitla, in Oaxaca: Palenqua, in Chiapas; Usmal, in Yucatan, and Xochimilco, in Moreila. are among the most famous and interesting. Some of them represent whole cities and are supposed to be from two to three thousand years old. They all show the most elaborate carvings, which closeJy re| semble the Egyptian hieroglyiiliies, I I THE PERFE I . HIGH LAN i Selected by a jury of experts as the ra< | horse, and recently purchased by Tboi i able Life, automobile and traction mai I HOW TO SEE THROUGH A BRICK "To see through a briclt wall" is an j expression often used in a figurative ; arnv TToiv irmilri vrtti Hkf? to make a | device that will enable you to appar; ently see through a brick, or any other, I opaque object? It may be easily done j if you are at all handy witlrtoote; all j "you'need is avbox'with5 mirrors, and j this is the way it Is made. ! Construct a hollow box, like the one i you see in the illustration. One side is represented as removed, that you may | see the interior arrangement You can easily make the case, says the Home Journal, by sawing down a box and using me na Lor cue miuuit; ymu-uiiu. You will need four pieces of looking glass the width of the box, and these you fasten at an angle of forty-five degrees, as you see A, B, C and D arranged. The reflecting surfaces face ! each other and a small hole is made at each end of the box, E and F, each ?hole*being.'fitted'with apiece of plain glass. Now, if you place an object before the opening F, you will, by looking in fthe''opening E.'see'that objectJas if you were looking straight at it This is be SEEING THROUGH A BBIOK. cause the object at P Is reflected in the mirror A, which is reflected in B. which in turn is again reflected across the box to mirror C, and then up to D. and that image is seen by your eye at E. All of which, you see, is very simple. If you now place a brick, or any ual-maan fk n f ttta A1%/1 a upaijue uujcv;l, ucmccu iuc mu v?u? of the box, as at G, you see, of course, that it makes no difference ia viewing the image. But If you hide all this mechanism from your friends, and place the box for one to look through, he will be much amazed to find that he can see through, box and brick to the image you have placed at the opposite end beyond the box. Either E or F may be used to look through, as the object is always at the opposite end outside the piece of glass. Instead of a brick you may use a hat or a book, or even your hand, at G. HORN SHAPED DUSTPAN. The old-fashioned dustpan has stood the test for many years, but the efforts of the inventors are being directed to its improvement, with the view of remedying several of its shortcomings. One of the latter is the necessity of constant stooping, which is necessary in its use, and another is the propensity which seems to be possessed of the old-style article to become upset and scatter its contents around the floor, OAVO MD PITVMAM X. Utt I U IVIM. Ui l i mnn?t FARMERS AR .... SvJW*.. . .-.? . '-- - ICT HORSE. : "... ir\ / ' 1/" ' 'V'm - : : **? -' aASij mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn D EAGLE. )st perfect type of Kentucky saddle mas F. Ryan, of the New York Equit?aate. which, has just been carefully brushed up. A new thing in the way of dust pans Is shown Lii tlie accompanying cut. u does away wltli the stooping by having a long handie fitted to Its capacious holder. The pan is also balanced in such a way that when it is raised-from NBW DUSTPAN. . the floor for moving from one point to another it automatically drops In such, a position that the contents fall into the closed end. of the horn-shaped pan. ?Philadelphia Record. MUHTEB'S FBIEHD. Might also be called "tramp's deliglit" It is more than a cane and a stool, for it can be drawn out to twice its pictured length to serve as an alpenstock or as a gun rest. Besides. It contains a dagger warranted to kill a deer or a dog. It would be perfe-ct if It Included. as it might, an umbrella and a -* * *- J J i? tent, it weigns iwo pouuus auu made in Germany.?Philadelphia Record. Wide Jatneol "If you expect anything much from girls you will be disappointed, though of course, they are very nice in their way." "Let us be kind to girls and pity their misfortunes, but let us remember that they are different from us, and that we can never understand them."?From Jimmy Brown Trying to Find Europe, by W. L. Alden. 5EE! I THINK IE SO FUNNY LOOKING TOKt'sA 'K* i (Wk&' % I X ' f , ' ?From Home and Farm. > TheValne of Whey. I Where milk is taken to local cheese factories it is customary for the patrons ; to draw home more or less whey, which is used to feed pigs, calves and the like. There is nothing in it to commend it for such purpose, however, j but the sugar of the milk, and this ' only when it is sweet. Whey, in truth, ( is much the same as water with a little i sugar, which has been used to rinse i milk pails, and if it becomes sour may well be likened to vinegar. It makes, therefore, very poor feed for auy animal, but having some sugar in it may ; be used, if not sour, as a drink or to 1 mix feed. with. Still, even then it should not be given in any large quantity, any more thau if it were used as water might be used for this pur- ; pose. It certainly is not fit for food whan arm** onH if 1c nuif/\ emir as it sometimes is when fed, it is really injurious.?Fred O. Sibley/ in The Epitomiiit Dehorning the Calve*. Since the introduction of pure bred sires into the cattle regions of Texas, the horns of Texas cattle do not reach across State lines to interfere with domestic concerns out of that State. Nevertheless, the large cattle breeders there are dehorning the calves in order to make them more acceptable in the feed lots of the corn belt. As a result of this a Texas paper says that no trmihlp is pxnerienced in sellimr Pan handle yearlings, twos and threes this year, in fact, there were not enough to go around. Iowa took some, Kansas a lot and Colorado more than in many years. Orders' from Montana and South Dakota were light, however, and the whole Northern movement will probably not be more than fifty per cent, of that of 1904. A good corn crop this year will meaa a wider market for Texas young cattle in the belt. Our calves are in good shape, none being stunted, as was the case last year.? Indiana Farmer. Dainties For Swine. A year ago it was noticed that the swine were rooting too deep into the soil in their yards and there was danger of wallows, so a space near the orchard was fenced off where the swine might have some-grass and shade while their permanent home was repaired. Our ten-year-old boy got in the habit of filling a small peach basket with the green tops l!rom the early vegetables and with pea pods and feeding these to the pigs daily, although they had grass in plenty. One day he got a lot of broken pieces of sod in the b.isket, and was quite amazed to see the animals leave the grass and the vegetable tops to eat the small bits of I sod, earth and all. The swine yard was .repaired by takIr.g out a foot of soil and filling in the space wtrh gravel, grading all away from the centre to a gutter on the outside of the fence. Then the hogs were put back in their yard and the rest of the summer had a basketful of broken sod at least once a week in addition to grass cut for them and the vegetable tops. Never was there a more healthy lot of animals than these and never before had our sows gone through the pig-dropping season in better shape, nor did we ever have such > strong, . hqalthy pigs. Nothing more is needed to convince our people that swine, as well as other animals, appreciate vari_i? - - -a i 1 i 4-U.x I evy, anu U1UI UrUKeil ?uu 13 uur in mi; [ best digestives.?Indianapolis News. Dipping Hens For Lice. A Western poultryman writes of dipping hens as follows: Make a very strong suds with any good soap. Keep the suds warm enough to be comfortable to bear the hands in. One person takes the chicken by the feet in one hand and the neck in the other hand and immerses Mr. or Mrs. Chicken, as .the case may be, back downwards into the suds, then moves them back and forth, holding the head up out of the suds, while an assistant rubs the patient and raises the feathers to get the suds to every part of the body. Then raise the feathers on the head and neck and wash with the suds: soueeze out as much of the suds as you can from the feathers. If the weather is quite warm and sunny, let the chickens go, but if the least bit windy or 1 chilly, put them in a warm place to j dry. Two or three minutes of work with each fowl in the suds should do the business. But remember success depends upon thoroughness, so be sure the work is well done. For head lie? on young chicks dampen J the top of the head and back of the I j neck, as these are the only parts af-J fected b.v this parasite. Then rub ol soap to make a lather, and'see that it covers the entire part affected, tdeu turn the chicks out and let them go. Every louse that comes in contact with the suds will die in less than three minutes, and there will be no harm to the chickens from the suds.?Massachusetts Ploughman. Al.-ike or Red Clover, Which? A Northern reader asks the Prairie Firmer which is ihe best to sow for hay, alsike or red clover, to which the reply was made that very much depends upon circumstances. For sowing alone the red clover has a distinctive advantage over the aisike in that the latter falls down much worse than the red clover and is difficult to harvest. If timothy or some other stiff strawed plant is to be sown wirh the clover this objection will be removed. The alsike is better adapted to mix| ing with timothy on account of ripau| ing nearer with the timothy than does tlie medium rea ciover. Aisnabetter adapted to Ion* lands tlmt are inclined to be a little wet. as it will stand much more adversity in this direction. This is especially true of lands that are subject to overflow. Either clover will add nitrogen to the soil if the proper germs are present. Tae red clover having a larger root may have a superior physical effect upon some soils, although we have no data at hand either to prove or to disprove this point. As to their feeding value, wh?n cut and cured iN equal condition, there is perhaps little difference for the feeding of cattle or horses, but with sheep the alsike is fed with less waste, the stems beiug finer and eaten more readily. The composition of the two eiov f I I jrsr is practically the same. The alslle will probably as a rule not yield as large a tonnage as the red clover. On the other hand, its finer-stem renders it much more easily cured into a firstclass hay. This is an important item in most seasons in humid climates, rhese points will probably help in deciding the question, which should be lone in all cases in accordance with ! the local conditions. i Nitrate of SoUa ax ;? Top Drcf>8ing;. The New Jersey station gives out j some interesting results with nitrate i of soda as a top dressing for forage crops. During tlig years 18S9 to 1902, seven experiments; were conducted with nitrate as a top dressing on forage-crops (rye, wheat, barley, barnyard millet, corn, oats and peas), the nitrate being used in addition to the manures and fertilizers generally ap? plied. In ail. cases a very marked increase due to the application of nitrate occurred. ranging from 34.1 per cent, for corn to 96.6 per cent, for barley?a profitable return from the use of nitrate on all crops except the barley, which, owing to unfavorable weather conditions, did not make a large yield. The value of the increased crop ranges from $0.64 to $11.59 per acre? a profitable increase in every case, as - -* ? ?' ' mi; uveragc cuai ut nitrate aia noc ex> ceed $3.60. This profit does not tako into consideration the fact that the average increase for all the crops was over fifty per cent., thus reducing in this proportion .the area required for the production of a definite amount of food, a point of vital importance in the matter of growing forage for soiling purposes. In other words, it is shown that not only with these crops the application of nitrate of soda made it possible to double the number of cattle or the number of cows that could be kept on a definite area. In the case of the wheat and rye. the application was made when the plants were wen started in the spring. In the case of the spring or summer seeded crops the applications were made after the plants were well started and root systems well established and ready for the rapid absorption of food. In-raising" forage 'cfOps'the best results?in fact, satisfactory results?can only be obtained when grown under the intensive system. The soil must be well prepared and an abundance of all the elements of plant food supplied. Hence, the application of nitrate may be greater than is usually recommended for grain crops under the extensive system. Depth to Plow For Corn. A farmer inquired of the Practical Farmer in regard to the proper depth to plow for corn, and was told by T. B. Terry that the answer depends upon circumstances. If one is plowing new, deep, fertile soil that is in sod, for corn, shallow turning may be all right. The rich prairies of the West were always plowed shallow at first. If plowing land where the soil is thin, say not more than four or five inches deep, and under it is a hard clay, deep plowing an at once wouja prooaoiy t>e a serious injury to the corn crop following. Corn is a sun. plant and likes to feed near the surface largely. On sandy land, where the subsoil is loose and sandy, it may not be best to turn under sod for dorn more than about five or six inches deep. The subsoil is mellow and one is not likely to gain much by working it deeply. But on ordinary land, where the subsoil has more or less clay in it, and the soli is waning in fertility, I think a careful system of deepening the plowing gradually will always be of advantage for corn as well as other farm crops. This where the farmer pays attention to rotation and to furnishing his soil abundantly with vegetable matter. The result will be particularly helpful in dry seasons. I know men, widely scattered over the country," who have srown largo corn crops under these circumstances where the land was plowed some eight inches deep, while shallow plowers met with partial failure. It is hard to tell exactly to what a farmer owes a large crop sometimes; but common sense would indicate that a good, fertile seed bed eight inches deep would enable one to carry a crop through a dry time better than he could in a bed four inches deep. One has to stir about two inches of surface anyway. With the shallow plowing only two inches :ire left of the so1', for roots. With the deep plowing six inches are left. But this refers to land where the subsoil is hard and clayed. Quite likely these old successful farmers were right, as their soil was when they began farming. There may be deep, mellow, rich soils where they would be right now. But I feel sure there are few of these farms now where deeper plowing, under proper management would not show better results. When the land was new and rich, one could skim it over and prosper. I do not believe it can be done now, generally. A Pound of Cotton XOOO Mile* Loncr< ' Sea Island cotton is the best kind," said a Southerner. "It is finer and silkier than any other cotton in the world. A pound of it can be spun into 4770 miles of thread. ' For an experiment once in the English town of Manchester a skilled spinner spun a pound of Sea Island cotton iuto a single thread 1000 miles long. Then for another experiment he took another pound of cotton and spun it into as many hanks as he could get. Fie got 10.000 banks in all. and tbe yarn in each of them measured 840 yards. Thus out of a pound of cotton 4770 miies of yarn wore produced. This yarn, though, was too tine to be of any practical utility. "Those two experiments made a superb advertisement for the cotton of the South."?Philadelphia Bulletin. Speed Kates. Few men could tell, if th^y wore asked, liow many feet per second they walk. The average man walks four foot a secoud. A dog. on its ordinary jog, goes eight feet a second. A horse trots twelve feet a second. A reindeer over the ice makes twenty-six foet. A racehorse makes forty-three> feet. A sailing ship makes fourteen feet.?Philadelphia Bulletin, j I ODD MARKS ON LAUNDRY. Strange Method* Adopted For Identity lne the Waahtab'a Contents. Strange and wonderful are the methods adopted, by foreigners for identifying the contents of the washtub. In parts of Eastern France the linen ia defaced with the whole name and address of the laundry stamped upon it, and an additional geometrical design, to indicate the owner. Complaint is useless, a's in France the laundries have all-powerful unions, which dictate to the residents. In Bavaria every patron of the wash tuo nas a isumuer siamp^u 111 iur^? characters on his linen. This system was devised by old-established laundries to prevent persons removing their custom to rival firms. In other parts of Germany a small cotton label is attached by a hot-water-proof adhesive. In Bulgaria each'laundry has a large number of stamps engraved with designs, such as triangles, crosses, and so forth. These signs are stamped first on each article to be washed, and thca in a book opposite the owner's name. In Russia the laundries mark linen with threads worked in arrow shapes. By arranging each of half a dozen arrows horizontally, vertically, diagonally, and so on, hundreds of different combinations may be obtained. Names marked on Russian linen are never written in the Russian alphabet, but almost invariably in Latin characters. This is a survival of the time when Russian dandies sent their linen for washing to Holland. In some Russian towns the police periodically issue regulations for laundries. In Odessa books of marks are furnished annually to the laundry proprietors, and these marks and no others may be usedr By this system criminals and revolutionary agitators are often tr$g?d. ... Cn Grecce. small safety pins, each Ivxsir'.nnr a nlamift atflmnorl with a number, are attached before and removed after washing. The owner's uaarlc is generally written in red indelible iuk. Country laundries in Austria mark ?uch article in a patent ink wliich delies soap and water, but is removed by a bleaching powder before the goods are sent home. Austrlans of rank have their crest* md coronets worked on their under garments. A case was tried in the ? Viennese courts not long ago in which a swindliug self-styled Count had his ( linen marked with the initials and coronet of the Austrian Premier, Count Uoluchowski. In Finland the laundry mark is made with light brown ink, leading strangers to believe that the mark has been scorched in with a heated stamp. In Portugal each article washed bears three signs, the owner's name, his laundry mark and the laundry's own monogram, which appears most prominently. The laundry mark is a certain definite number of stitches, nrhioii ?rr> ir> nft-er wflshine. Tow els are marked with stenciled figures often aii inch long.?Good Literature. She Wan tad a Stateroom. She lives in Oakland, and she is go? ing East ou a trip. She is taking the other members of the family with her, making a party of seven all told, including Babette, the maid. "I want two drawing rooms and a " gpction," she explained to Passenger Agent Drascovich in the Union Pacific ticket- office on Montgomery street. "And I am very particular about the accommodations. One of the drawing rooms must have the morning sun, and the section must be so arranged that it will get the afternoon sun." "Well, really, madam," protested the obliging passenger agent "I can't promise you that one of rhe drawing - :.?~ fim Knf rooms win fjst mt? murmu^ ouu, vm I'll do my best to arrange it." "Well, it's very funny if you can't attend to a simple matter like that," said the Oakland lady with some show of spirit. ''When Mr. Hitchcock was in charge of this office he used to arrange such matters for me." "Well, if Mr. Hitchcock regulated I :he morning sunshine in the drawing rooms, I guess I can have it arranged," i-eplied Drascovich with much courtesy, "but I hope you won't: mind if I remark that Mr. Hitchcock is setting a pretty swift pace for the fellow that is still in the business."?San Francisco Chronicle. Too SUny Deer. Deer are quite plentiful in rural districts and in some thickly settled localities. They appear very tame and come near to the buildings, and enter gardens, where, in places they have been doing considerable ! damage by eating vegetables and garden stufif. I The laws for the protection of deer I are most rigidly enforced, ana any ! one shooting or even dogging them is | summarily dealt with, being heavily j fined. The question now is whether there is no protection for the farmer's crops or no way for him to recover damage done by the animals. No one seems to be able to tell of what advantage they are to uny one, except to a'Tord a few days' pleasure during the hunting season for a few sportsi men who tramp unconcerned through the fields breaking down fences and tramping down whatever late crops there may ba out.?E. M. Pike, In American Cultivator. The Hockey Girl at Bay. Who (among girls) are the best players of hockey, tennis and cricket? | who ride and drive, cycle and motor, swim and walk? Is it not the Girtoa girl?the Newham girl?the girl who can read the world's classics each in the mother-tongue?the girl who is at home among men of science and literary culture? Surely th> cultivation of our muscles is not the sign ror the I noHiw nt' our brains and higher faculties.?The Treasury. Guilds and the Garden of Eden. The Weavers' Compauy claim to be the oldest guild, so far as the date )t establishment is concerned. The Gardeners' company, on the other hand, puts in a plea i'or precedence on the score that our first parents were gardeners. Ths present master of the Merchant Tailors' Company, however, ,i wards, the seniority to the Skinners' Company. Adam and Five were 'skinners" before they troubled their beads about horticulture.?City Press,