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-qi' A LULLABY. BY KATHLEEN EDDT MUNDT Lullaby, baby, the wind sighs low, And ruffles the Sleepy Sea; 'Away to the Land of Dreams well go. Far to the West in the sunset glow? And the wind sighs soft and free. Lullaby, baby, away, away \Ve steal o er the Sleepy Sea, Railing afar through the misty spray, Pale in the light of the moonbeams ray? And the wind sighs soft and free. Lullaby, baby, oh, low and deep Roll waves of the Sleepy Sea: Lullaby, little one, while you sleep, The wee, silent stars their watch will keep? And the wind sighs soft and free. ?McCall's Magazine. X?X?X?X?X?X ?X?X?X?X THE ROMANTIC ATMOSPHERE By MARION PORTER. X?X?X?X?X?X?X?X?X?X Nancy and I sat alone at the breakfast table. Judging from her doleful face, however, she was not enjoying the novelty as much as I .was. "Of course it's too bad that Aunt 'Jane has a headache," I said, tentatively. "I'm glad of it," answered Nancy in all seriousness. I tried to be chocked at this apparent lack of feeling for the elderly relative whom I t iad placed at the head of my establishment at the time Nancy came to mane it ner nome. .tsut notning Nancy says or does is really shocking. / "Not that I wish Aunt Jane .to be In pain, you know," explained Nancy, "but I'm glad that for once she's out \ of-the way. I want to be confidential to you. I shouldn't want any one to hear what I am going to say but Just you." It is astonishing how the heart of a - :* middle-aged man, which he has long regarded as a well-behaved but proBaic organ, can, upon occasion, rise up and stir a.bout and lodge itself in his throat. Nancy was my, ward. Five months before this time I had never seen>her. Her father had died Borne three years before that and had left her in my care. For a time she had remained by her own choice in the place where she had been brought fop. Then, feeling that a young girl should have the advantages of a city Bocial life, I had sent for her to come to me, and had established Aunt Jane In the house to take care of her. ~~ Nancy was a mere child, yet never, ' Bince I first looked into her small face, had I been able to feel in the least degree paternal about her. And lately I had had to keep warning myself to stand carefully on my side of the line which the twenty years difference in our ages made between us. I endeavored to be very prosaic indeed this morning, as I said: "Certainly, Nancy, confide in me." "I'm in a horrible scrape," said Nancy sorrowfully, "and you must help me out of it, because it's half your fault. If you had just continued to keep an eye.on me down in Winfield and let me go on being quiet and not going about much, and having only one really new dress a sea' Bon, this would never have happened. But you brought me here and gave dv?. me all these beautiful things and these glorious times and made me feel as if I was in an atmosphere of romance and unreality." "I thought ypu liked it!" I said. "I love it, but the romantic atmosphere is bad for me." The other night Harold Spotswood proposed to me." Again there was a ridiculous activity under my vest. "The cad," I muttered. "I like it," said Nancy. "No one ever proposed to mc before. I accepted him " I bellevo I groaned. **Thprf>'s Rr>mpthin2 wnrsp tha.li that," went on Nancy in a depressed voice. "Night before last Alec White came here and he proposed." "Well?" "I know you'll think I am a little Idiot. I'm sure I don't know how it happened; it's that air of romance again?I accepted him, too." We sat staring at cach other. Then Nancy wept. If was some time before she raised her eyes again to mine. "You must help me," she pleaded. "I only want you to do half. I'll settle one if you 11 settle the other, and," added Nancy with a magnanimous sob, "you can have your choice about which one you'll settle." "Then you don't care for either?" "It's all the atmosphere," said Nancy positively. "I can't bear them." : chose Spotswood. I spent an hour that at^crnoon in his office down town, telling him that Nancy wished to break the engagement. He was haughty and paid me neither respect nor attention. I told him how plainly she had said that she couldn't care Cor him. Ho said she would have to tell him that herself. Now it may have been that his manner made me lose my temper, or it may have been that I wanted so much to say the words and have them true that I lost my head. I incline to the latter belief. .At any rate [ stood up with my hat in my hand, preparatory to leaving, and delivered myself of the following preposterous statement: 4,Mr. Spotswood, I see you won't be convir.ccd until you hear the absolute truth. Nancy and I have found that we love each other, and for that reason she wished me to break this ' previous tie which she unwisely made before she knew tha state of her own heart." His jaw dropped and he stared in open wonder. I got away, somehow, miserable and guilty. It had never pccurrcd to mc until then that I had kuy real hopes that some time Nancy miirht care for mc but I mast have had them, be cause that look of his Beamed all at oncc to show me how impossible it was that any young creature could regard me other than as a retired old lookcr-oit, and those hopes of mine died, one by one, in my breast and left me more miserable than I had ever been in my life. Sodded to this I began to fear tEe effects of my rash statement. What would Nancy say wlieu she heard? SVbat would people say of'ber? - "I wonder if the romantic germ has got to me, too?" I groaned. I had no heart for further business and I went home. As I neared the house I saw Alec White's electric runabout before my door. No douD< poor Nancy was going through her own ordeal. I let myself in at the front door and was going down the hall when I heard Nancy's voice from the library. I knew from the tone that Nancy was desperate, and I hesitaied. Ought I to step in and help the poor child out? "I'm so sorry to cause you pain. 1 j like and admire you very much, but | I couldn't possibly marry you." "I can't see why you've changed in j so short a time," White insisted, i :h ' unless," he added, suddenly, "there's e< someone else." ii I stood where I could see them by g now. And to my amazement Nancy j a nodded. My head swam. Had she : s< decided to"care for Spotswood? Oi ' had she already accepted someone j c else? I S "I can'.t believe it," White declared. | p "I am in love with?my guardian," j -a blurted out Nancy, "and so I thought n I ought to let you know about it at ; ti once." And here Nancy discovered me | eavesdropping by the door. There was a dreadful moment ! n when we were all injoherently trying ! a to explain. Then Nancy and I stood j u alone in the hall and heard the elec- ' a trie buz away. . I ^ "Please forgive me," pleaded ; g Nancy, without looking at me. "I'm j k sure I don't know what possessed me i a to say such a dreadful thing. He j y goaded me to it, you see. I didn't i k mean?" | 0 I grasped Nancy by two slender | e shoulders and shook her. "Are you ! t< still tfie victim of the domantic at- j n mosphere?" I inquired hotly. "Ara ! a you actually going to say you didn't 1 b mean what you said?" ! q "No-o," replied Nancy, between . ci gasps. "I was only going to say I ; hadn't meant ever to say it."?Boston Post. ? n A baby walrus of six months will j cat about fifty pounds of codfish in J j the course oi a day. C A bushel of barley yields fifteen ^ gallons of beer in Great Britain and twenty-five in Germany. Q a In one hot day last summer no 5 fewer than 9000 persons made use of b one of New York's public baths. a P In the Belgian Parliament there is an age minimum of twenty-five for Deputies and forty for Senators. A London company has spent j ^ $500,000 in advertising in the last i twenty-five years. This great cam- | a paign was launched by the expendi- j (ture of $50. 0 a In New York City during the close j i? times in 1907 seventy-two per cent, of ( e tne collateral usea us me uasis ui. clearing house certificates was com- j a mercial paper. ; ^ I f< Piassava fiber at one time brought a up to $336 a ton in Liberia. Compe- s tition in other African countries and i 13 in South America has forced this price down at times as low as $48 a ton. n h Portuguese gardeners at Punta Del- f , sada, on St. Michaels, Azores, are get! tin? rich raising fine pineapples under j a i slass for the New York City markat. j f ! They are the biggest and best that i ^ ' -cach that town. I * j I In France experiments are now i n being carried out using the aeroplane ! 1 .15 nn offensive weanon. In one such i recent experiment the aviator flew i to a height of 375 yards with a gun 1 mounted oil the aeroplane. j American granite is being shipped j g to Europe. Not long ago C20 tons of j E blue granite from South Carolina | P were sent to Aberdeen, Scotland. It j d required eleven cars to transport the 1 c stone to Charleston, S. C., from the ! 8 quarries. I1 Owing to the rapidly growing pop- j,s ulation of Germany, especially in the [ industrial cities and towns, and the j 1 relative scarcity of productive land, I * the nation becomes each year more j ^ dependent upon foreign countries for j 0 its food suppry. r In the recent Parliamentary elec- 2 tion in Victoria, Australia, women 8 cast more than thirty-three per cent. y of all the ballots polled. This was t the first election In which women c were allowed to vote for members of * the State Parliament. * Lord Sandwich, when Minister of State, having passed twenty-four 1 hours at a public gaming table, was 1 so absorbed in play that he had no subsistence but a bit of beef between two slices of bread. Hence the origin of an article of food which has entered into the daily life of all of us. 1 Mrs. Sophie Wright has been de- I clared New Orleans's best citizen and ! her bust has been presented to the j State of Louisiana by her former pupils. She is the principal of the Home ( Institute, which she founded and for ' many years conducted without assist- ' ance as a night school for poor chil- { dren. Japanese waterproof paper is made | 1 of fibers of bamboo and eucalyptus 1 mixed with fibers of the ampi and other shrubs. The fibers are torn ' apart, dried, cleansed, scraped, boiled in weak dye and washed with water. They are then beaten and mixed with ' a viscous infusion of certain roots and a solution containing camphor, caout- ' chouc and resin. The sheets formed from thfs pulp arc- calendered at vark ous temDeratures. ' A Cure For Nerves. The "nervy" girl will find that an our's sewing is a wonderful nerveoother. She can sew in all her little ritations, her fancied injuries, and enerally become her normal self gain when she has finished a long earn. One of the most neurotic and editable women, the famous George and, wrote in praise of the soothing owers of needlework, and every girl rho tries this simple remedy for erves will doubtless confirm her tesimony.?Home Notes. Frau Bertha's Hotel. In the little town of Essen, Gerlany, is a hotel?a first-class hotel? t which the principal guests who put p there never have to pay for their ccommodation. It is owned by Frau lertha Krupp, the richest woman in ermany, and owner of the great Irupp works at Essen. She runs it t a loss of more than $100,000 a ear. The hotel was built by Frau ^rupp solely for the entertainment f the representatives of foruign govrnments who visit Essen to superin?nd the execution of orders. Ordiarily travelers sometimes can find ccommodation at the Krupp Hotel, ut only when the rooms are not reuired for Frau Krupp's foreign ofii Lai guests.?Boston rose. The New Waist Line. A stronger indication of the waist ne that gives a basque effect is noced in some of the shorter :oats, alaough their fit is still very easy, hen there are those fascinating Rusian blouses whose influence in the >ng buttoning line which lends a lilitary air in closer-fitted garments i felt about ninety-nine coats out of rery hundred. Belts on these Rusan shapes are straight and wide, 3 b " S Browned Onions.?Se ? 0) > o i1 drop into salted boiling w j ft c broken. Lift out of the ) 0 ~ a ( On the top of each onion K | o'! and stand in a hot oven J ??( onions nicely brawned. ? . 'hich necessitates their being worn )ose and round, and this gives a uaint look that is most charming nd entirely new, a cross between a Russian soldier and an 183(1 schooloy. Braiding in military designs is nother coat touch that is rather imortant.?Harper's Bazar. Men Bunglers as Builders. "I looked at one house to-day, igbly desirable in many respects, in -hich the kitchen and scullsry were t opposite ends of a long passage, lannot you realize that onlp a man ould have been guilty of such an ri'angement? The lack of cupboards ( another masculine omission, and ven those that are put in usually re inoonveniently placed. Men also re responsible for building most athrooms far too small for real comart. In houses, as distinct from partments, they rarely make the tair railings high enough, the result eing that most staircases are deathraps for clambering children; and ursery windows often are made so igh that the little ones cannot posibly see out of them, while the room :self too often is placed in a gloomy nd sunless part of the house. So ar as I am concerned," the houseunter wound up, "we are uncomortable where we are, and, from all have been able to see, we will be miserable if we move."?New York 'ress." Dressing a Girl. A very difficult problem to a motner 3 the dressing of the between age ;irl. The average girl of sixteen is lot intrequenuy a must itmatuic ierson, but requires most careful i ressing. She has all the grace and | harm of budding womanhood, with ; eme of the gaucherie of childhood. With abundant locks and bright ink cheeks quiet dressing is a neces.i ity. None of the lacfness of very oung girlhood is possible, or she ooks overdressed. If trimmings are ised, they must be of the simplest tescription, and, if possible, self-col>red. For the girl still at school there is tothing nfcer than a navy-blue coat ind skirt, worn with various blouses mcf a simple hat. But there are times vhen other attire is necessary, and hen it is realized how hard it is to lress the adofescent girl. She must )e gimply garbed, yet, of course, detires her clothes to be pretty. Thereore, special consideration should be ;iven to her wardrobe?colorings, naterials and style, being well 1 1 _ J ~ T"> A rl bought out.?fmiaaeipmti ncwiu. Ideals of Colleges. In a recent number of a popular uagazine there is a brief exposition )y the heads of seven American coleges devoted exclusively to the ligher education of women of the deals aimed at by the woman colleges and concerning the life mission if Uie college-bred woman. There is not a very great diversity of view imong the seven distinguished educators in the setting forth of the results broadly aimed at in the higher education of women. Service to her generation, to her race?that, in a nutshell, is the ideal for their graduates at which the woman's colleges ire aiming. This thought or service and of a highly trained capacity for service is expressed in practically every one ot' the papers contributed under the heading of "What Kinds }f Young Women Our Leading American Colleges Are Aiming to Produce?" The sweet girl graduate is a inished product, but not a society bkqse^^M^^ '< J?HA1 Mrif 1 ty ornament; not simply and merely foi decorative purposes. She has beer trained to work. One president of a New England institution declares "the colleges have no sympathy with the view thai it is undignified to work; rather, thes believe that is beneath the dignitj of a human being not to work." The head of another institution that is maintaining a. high level in the education of women believes that the higher education for women "is substituting for the weak and vain ambitions of what is called society ambitions worthy of spiritual and intel lectual womanhood." And anothei distinguished college president expresses the view that "for the ideallj trained woman service to others is an essential condition of her life and growth. Contact with noble minds through study of books and persona' association will make her eager tc throw herself into the great struggle of humanity. Snobbishness, clannishness and self-seeking have no plac? where truth reigns." Not one of the U 4\+r>i college presidents cuuuuis m wai view which has at times being giver expression, that a college training un fits women for domestic life?foi being wives, mothers and the super intendents of homes. In answering the question, "Whai kind of a woman should the colleg< produce?" the head of a Massachu s.etts woman's college replies: "Wo 'men like that mother of a family ii a Western city who is commissionei of public schools, who looks well t< the ways of her household and yet is a most valued and efficient public ser vant." The suggestion of another o: the commentators upon the college bred woman's mission is that "th< college woman learns to be adaptable to work with deflniteness and system to think quickly and clearly and t( lect onions of uniform size; peel, ater and cook until tender, but not water and stand in a baking dish, lay a thin strip of breakfast bacon i until the bacon is crisp and the judge dispassionately ? qualitie! quite as desirable in the home as ii the study or the class room." Ant another declares that the home, th< church and society needs women wh( can think, who love the truth, wh( are courageous, who are public ?ipir ited, efficient, eager for service anc are, withal, sincere, gentle, sympa thetic and womanly." No, the swee girl graduate is not merely a finishet art work, however much she ma; look to be a thing perfect and com pleted when viewed across the foot lights as she appears in her graduat ing glory. Her commencement da; marks a commencement in her lifi mission; and her life mission is no by any means, according to those wh< should be well qualified to speak fo her, to be "the butterfly along th< road."?Baltimore American. Long-waisted effects appear in th new lingerie. Flowers of different kinds and col ors are seen together. Foulard is coming in for somethin; of its old-time popularity. Linings must be as soft as they cai be made and as clinging. The popularity of the embroider; robe is more marked than ever be fore. Veils are many of them more ex treme in the size of the mesh tha] ever. Tiny white linen buttons are usei on the new linen suits and hous gowns. Black and black and white hot! promise to be fashionable veilin, colors. Marquisettes, linen homespuns, al now appear in checks, both gun clu and shepherd. An odd fancy of the moment i3 1;h use on dressy toilettes of bells of var ? r?l 3 Liiucu icaiuci. The hexagon mesh is the veilin most often met with, whether the vei be fine or coarse. The soft serges and cashmere ar used to build traveling costumes fo the warm days. Hand embroidery and pretty lace are the dominant notes in many o the new blouses. Nets are again much liked fo transparent undersleeves and guimp purposes in frocks. A new lace grenadine, more ofle called "net" than grenadine, is show among the new materials. Narrow silk fringe is used to ec'g many of the new straw hat3, the el feet being to soften the face. Billows of fluffy materials and cot T.-ebby laces enhance nearly every He I gerie frock now being shown. It seems that the rabat is to hc.v another successful season, since i appears as a coat, dress and blous decoration. A great deal of soutache braidin appears on the dressy broadclot coats for children of fronj three t seven years. The scarf, first intended as a ligb covering for the head, now has deve! oped into a wrap sufficient for protet tion from head to knee. Mercerization has reached an ari and the silky appearance given by i raises some of the erstwhile humbl trimmitigs to a proinfuec.t place. HER MAJESTY THE HE IT. The hen is the finest piece of machinery n the world.?Speaker at the Connecticut ?q, dairymen's Convention. , )h. man may build an aeroplane To frivol through the sky fr( )n fragile wing, like a feathered thing, (ja Astounding to the eye; Ind this machine may soar serene From here to Winnipeg _ all To stand the test, but do its best th It cannot lay an egg? m( So, it's all in vain for an aeroplane To try to lay an egg. tni cl( Oh, man may build a dynamo vj( I To move a tram of cars, I Dr gild the night with rays of light th j As brilliant as the stars; ch i [ts wondrous force may beat the horse an Regarding strength of leg; l Dh, great we know is the dynamo, ! But it cannot lay an egg? fir j No, you can hot no motor yet 0j I ! Has ever laid an egg. . i Oh, statesmen great may preach and prate, to M And poets may decant ca r ! Tlieir peevish plaint, and painters paint, , r ! And good rerormers rant. k i Yes, we may strain until we drain *h ' j Ambition to the dreg, to 5 ' But though we try until we die ja) - ? We cannot lay an egg. , i Pooh, pooh to men! It takes a hen to To lay one little egg. fei * | ?Paul West, in the New York World. pU : l , ha ; "Why can't they base ji grand I opera upon an American theme?" , "We have no peasantry to introduce ^ 5 as a chorus." "Ring in a chorus of a . ultimate consumers." ? Louisville ^ 5 Courier-Journal. or s "Johnny, can you .tell us why ra t Washington is called the Father of i His Country?" " 'Cause he walked Wj the floor a good many nights when it re * was still young, I gu9ss."?Chicago p0 Record-Herald. j of I stole a kiss the other night, an t To-day my conscience pricks me some, its j I think I'll have to go around And put it where I got it from. ?Boston Transcript. Nervous Suitor ? "I-er-wish to cr 1 marry your daughter, sir!" Parent mi r ?"Well, my boy, hadn't you better se * see her mother first?" Nervous Suit} or?"I have, sir, and?er?er?I still * wish to marry your daughter."? wl f Punctf. ' se ' "I believe," said the blunt individual, "in speaking my mind and calling a spade a spade." "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "Many are that way. he The tendency is what corrupts the co vocabularies of so many parrots."?- th Washington Star. sa "And before I accepted him," Miss In Passay was saying, "I asked him if he would love me when I was old." "The idea!" exclaimed Miss Bright; er "why If he proposed to you he had Si already proven that, hadn't he?"? 3 Catholic Standard and Times. 1 "One good way ter git thoo' dis ol' to worl'," said Brother Williams, "is to m 3 never shoulder mo'n you kin tote." gl } "Think anybody does dat?" "I'm sho' of it, an* den dies f'um grief kaze [ dey got ter leave half of it by de road . Bide!"?Atlanta Constitution. m t "The world's against me," he exclaimed; ! . "It will not see my worth." I But still the world wagged on, and did "c f Not know he was on earth." ?Birmingham Age-Herald. "I hope you will be interested in ondor gentleman," said the hostess. CQ 7 'I have assigned him to take you out 3 to dinner." "I shall be"," responded ^ t :he lady addressed. "That gentleman . j was formerly my husband, and he's fQ r behind with his alimony."?Louis- ^ 3 ville Courier-Journal. in The editor looked at the poet. m "Didn't you bring me these verses Ir| ^n the spring of 1891?" he asked. ^ "I did," replied the poet, "and you told me to put 'em on ice. They've W( been in cold storage ever since."? SE Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Father?"Whatbecame of the mis- al sionary society that you girls were so th interested in a few months ago?" tii e Mildred?"It had a horrible ending, tfc papa, and we finally bad to disband, tt _ Do you know, as soon as we got those to poor people in the slums washed up , and interested they insisted on join3 Ing the society themselves."?Puck. 2 ' tr Importance of Black Cotton. y A Georgia man who has for a num- f - be^of years been experimenting in floral culture has succeeded in pro_ ducing a black rose, and, more won- I 'ill a derful still, he claims that by mixing three inexpensive and common chem^ icals he is able to grow black cotton. e His achievement is hailed as a boon ^ by people who are capable of recog- . nizing boons when they appear. With j 11 black cotton it will no longer be necs essary to use dyes that are often damagaing to the wearing qualities of 1 the fabrics to which they are ap b plied. Socks made of black cotton are expected to be much more durae ble than are those which now trickle 11 - through the channels of commerce. a This one item would make black *? g cotton well worth while. And if we a il can "have black cotton, what is to prevent the experimenter from producing red and blue cotton? The *( time may be near when we can have ? calico that has never gone through ^ the print mills. As soon as this shall s have been brought to pass, perhaps S1 f Burbank or some other willing ex- ^ perimenter can be induced to get r ostriches to consume food that will 0 e result in the growing of feathers of 31 various brilliant hues, and from that u n it will be but a step to the Easter a n egg which shall be beautifully colored wheu the hen has done her part. e We face a future that is full of prom- n F ise.?Chicago Record-Herald. c it t( >- When Prices Were Really High. si l~ | Editor Caldwell evidently feels con- u tempt for this effeminate generation w e j that complains of the high cost of liv- a It | ing, for he indulges in tho following tl e j reminiscences in the Jasper News: a i "It makes old uonreaerate suiumra s | tired to listen to this everlasting talk a h about high prices. The erlitor of this 0 paper has sat down in the Petersburg, fc Va., market and paid $23 for a meal b ^ consisting of a handful of greens, a ci l_ piece of corn bread, a small piece of tl bacon and a glass of milk. But then b he was able to pay it, of course, as s; his wages were S11 a month, which f? he never received. High prices, in- f< lt; deed! This generation knows nouie ing about high prices."?Florida o Times Union. a U Tonic of the Country Town. He who has never called a country svn his home has missed much. He 10 had his first look upon the world >m some little village which at the wn of consciousness spelled all the >rld to him and held in Its bounds [ the people, will always lack someIng in his sense of proper adjust3nt to creation. It is in them that e truest friendships are formed, .the >sest studies of human nature proled, the most lasting hold given on e eternal truths. Only as a little ild can the kingdom be entered, d that is as true of .the kingdom earth as of that one of which it was st said. Go closer into the records these boys off the farms and you 11 find that it was from the cmintrv wns, rather than .the Arms, they me; that it was some country vil?e that inspired the dreams, fired e hopes and prepared for that flight broader fields. And they go back ien with gifts, not to .the farms, but the country to^ns to which they el they owe so much.?Denver Re;blican. The Boat That Nature Built. Man makes the largest sea-going ssels, but nature constructs the lallest. This, a species of jellyfish, found only in tropical seas, and it ,s a sail. That part of the fish that is subsrged resembles a mass of tangled reads, while the "sail" looks like tough membrane, shaped like a ell, and measuring quite five inches more across. The jellyfish can ise or lower this sail at will. Knowing seamen avoid contact th this curiosity of nature, for the ason that each of the threads comising its body possesses the power inflicting a very painful sting. This Ing enables the jellyfish to defend jelf Jj:om porpoises, albatrosses and her natural enemies. It may ft? added that this odd little eature has no other means of loco- I otion aside from its sail. When en skimming along the surface of e water it closely resembles a lid's toy boat, giving no indication iiatever of a living creature in arch of food.?Harper's Weekly. It Wasn't His Fire. There was a fire in an Osborne >tel on a recent Sunday. The fire mpany, whose chief is foreman of e Parmer office, did valiant service, ving, and at the same time, soakg, everything in sight. No one was jured, which was'the most surprisg part of it to the man who discoved the fire. He was enjoying his inday splash in the bath when imes began to trickle through the >or and feel around for something play with. With great presence of ind and absence of raiment, the test hastily removed himself. To i old man he met in .the hall he oke the news softly, lest a panic > started. "The hotel's on fire," he hispered. The venerable gentlean yawned. "Well, if it is," he reled, "why In blazes don't you )ller?"?Kansas City Journal. Plant Ruins Island. Strength is not a thing usually nnected with maidenhair fern, yet its foots have not sufficient >oom ey jvill break the pot in which the ant grows. Blades of grass will rce the curbstones between which ey spring up out of their place, and a single night a crop of small u3hrooms have lifted a large stone, ideed plants have been known to eak the hardest rocks. The island of Aldabra, to the northest of Madagascar, is becoming nailer and smaller through the aeon of the mangroves that grow ong the foot of the cliffs. They eat leir way into the rock in all direcons, and into the gaps thus formed e waves force their way. In time iey will probably reduce the island pieces.?London Globe. A Lively Squirrel. An old negro who lives in the couny came into town one day and saw 1 electric fan for the first time in is life. The whi&ling object at once :tracted his attention, and after gaztg at it for several minutes with the reatest astonishment and curiosity, D .turned to the proprietor of, tiie lop and said: "Say, boss, dat suttenly is a lively luirrel you got in dis yeah cage, but 3's shn'ly goin' to bus' his heart if e Keeps on maiun uem iwuiuuu;n > fas'!"?The Housekeeper. ROSY COLOR Produced by Postum. "When a person rises from each leal with a ringing in the ears and general sense of nervousness, it i a common habit to charge it to deranged stomach. "I found it was caused from drinklg coffee, which I never suspected )r a long time, but found by leaving ff coffee that the disagreeable feellgs went away. "I was brought to think of the jbject by getting some Postum and lis brought me out of trouble. "It is a most appetizing and Invlg-A' Hoc honn nf rauufj uevemgc uuu vv? jch great benefit to me that I natrally speak of it from time to time s opportunity offers. "A lady friend complained to me lat she had tried Postum, but it did ot taste good. In reply to my queson she said she guessed she boiled , about ten minutes. I advised her ) follow directions and l;now that tie boiled it fifteen or twenty mintes, and she would have something ortli talking about. A short time go I heard one of her children say lat they were drinking Postum now-days, so I judge she succeeded in laking it Rood, which is by no means difficult task. "The son of one of my friends was irmerly a pala lad, but since he has een drinking Postum, has a fine * * ? - if olor. There is pienty 01 eviueucc lat Posfum actually does 'make red lood,' as the famous trade-mark ays." Head "The Road to Wellville," Mind in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? 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