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Indention of the traditional heart?haped petal, cut deep notches like a sparrow's beak or made serrated edges like the petals of a pink or Jaisy. They called the latter flower the "little chrysanthemum." They curled and broadened the stamens, stood them upright like the sail of a junk, and in some cases left two pistils of pale green In the heart of the rosiest flowers as a charming color contrast. ?Century. V y-. _____________ Changes in Religions Effort. The real ground, therefore, of our ? . roperlority to our ancestors is not so much that they were all selfish while only a few of us are, or even that they lacked zeal for human welfare, as that *heir altruism was misdirected, first to loving individuals rather than the mass, and then to laboring for their salvation from imaginary dangers in the next world, rather than from real trouble in this. We have learned first to confine our efforts in ! this world, and second, 10 wont ai wholesale rather than retail.?Ernest C. Richardson in the Atlantic. Mother Calls Wrong Caller. A young man had been calling now and then on a young lady, when one aight, as he sat in the parlor waiting for her to come down, her mother entered the room instead, and asked him in a very grave, stern way what his intentions were, says the Philadelphia Ledger. He turned very red and was about ^ to stammer some incoherent reply, when suddenly the young lady called down from the head of the stairse: "Mamma, mamma, that is not the one." Many a Clever Housewife Has learned that to : cprvft Post Toasties Saves worry and labor, and pleases each mem\ ber of the family as few I other foods do. I The crisp, dainty, fluffy bits are fully cooked? f ready to serve from the jgi 1 package with cream or I good milk. I Give the home-folks a treat. 1 "The Memory Lingers*' If Pkgs 10c. and 15c. tfl Poetum Cereal Company, Ltd., Baftle.Creek, Mien. ' >d's ' barilla |l 11 ood Diseases merits 0 Peculiar to Itself and has es. 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Soothes Eye Pain, ana sells for 50c. Try It in Your 311 Syes and in Baby's Eyes, for Scaly Eyelids rnd Granulation. There are thirty different kinds of new roses for this vear alone in England, where lo rose culture abounds. Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup for Children "I teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, al lays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. & bo cue. ca Seventeen species of shark, some of ar them twenty-five feet in length, inhabit the far eastern seas, while the hz basking shark of the Indian Ocean 3c frequently attains a length of fifty pc feet. al DELAY IS DANGEROUS. si: When the kidneys are sick, the th whole body is weakened. Aches and in pains and urinary ills come, and there is danger of diabetes as fltfj and fatal Bright's ne A disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick [ kidneys and impart Harry Hause, 30 jm Bound Ave., Milton, i th ^^ T. Pa., says: "Eight ; ar years ago I bad to take to my bed. I gr consulted one physician after another, d? - but in vain. My ar back was so sore I could not sleep, and ki headaches and dizzy spells bothered te me. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills, I passed gravel, and soon I was th cured." m Remember the name?Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a bor. t Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Glad to See Him. w, A Boston father the past summer j SI sent his boy Reginald and his three j b? sisters to visit a relative in Maine. | he Though it was understood the visit was to consume three weeks, their i pc stay lengthened to two months. "Well," asked the father, upon the ! return of his offspring, "was your j N< Uncle William glad to see you?" tii "Was he?" reiterated the boy, as though surprised by the query. "Why, dc dad, he asked me why we didn't bring j you, mother, the cook, the maid and Is the dog!"?Harper's Magazine. ca But Not Taxproof. A model concrete house has been al built by a corporation at Montclair, | at N. J. It weighs five hundred tons I 01 and has only two ingredients?con- ( m crete and steel. It is, in effect, a j ki solid chunk of rock, and is expected , ni to last forever. It is fireproof, water j th proof, rat and mouse proof?everything but taxproof. ] fe To make an imperishable house ' yc that is not taxproof seems sort of 1 futile, but after all it may be no more 1 w uneconomic than to make an immor- j tal soul and neglect to make it proof j against sin. A world of all-concrete | li houses and sinproof souls might not y< be so interesting as this world we A know. There would be no fire en- J 01 gines, no insurance companies and no | A churches. It might seem dull. j h: The perishable nature of mundane | tn things probably helps to make us tol- ! erant of them. Imperishable things. d< like souls, were wisely planned to be ; unsubstantial. I-f souls weighed five hundred tons we might wish tfcey j didn't last so well, and that perma- ; o: nent house in Montclair may be blown j up in the next generation by a public i ei out of all patience with its style. { ?Life. | ti The Expert's Opportunity. "You'll have to send for another C! doctor," said the one who had been | si called, after a glance at the patient. , N "Am I so ill as that?" gasped the ! sufferer. j cl "I don't know just how ill you I are," replied the man of medicine, A "but I know you're the lawyer who I cross-examined me when I appeared as an-'expert witness. My conscience won't let me kill you, and I'll be hanged If I want to cure you. Good S dajV'?Philadelphia Inquirer. y A SONG OF CONTENT. /oore an emerald sea of sod Blow linen sails like snoAv: >1 _ n i_i 1 x\. _ i. i \. ne noors are sanueu, anu ine neaiiu Gleams with the Alfar's glow. l wholesome smell of bread, new-baked; The spinning-wheel's low hum; hese, with an hundred homely tasks, Make of her day, the sum. 'et search the whole world thro' and thro', Her happiness to match? [er drowsy babe upon her breast, His hand upon the latch! -Edith Vaughan Michaux, in The Craftsman. Q The Gracelessness ol Gracie. o "Dear Monty: Please meet me ithout fail at Piccadilly Tube totorrow, at 4 p. m. I'm in awful ouble. Be sure to turn up, there's good boy. Yours as ever, Gracie. . S.?I know you have sworn never > come down to the Warren again, > I must come to you." Mr. Montaeue Phipps-Fulton gazed Dwn in moody silence at the broad, ntidy scrawl which seemed to give oquent evidence of the writer's agiition. What devil's mischief had te been up to now? Of course, it as just like her?well, her impu;nce?to call upon him for help at moment's notice just as if nothing id happened. She had apparently ean forgotten her disgraceful treatent of him all the summer down at ;r aunt's place, the cat-and-mouse ime she had played with him until the end? Ah, well, that was all done with, e supposed he would have to meet jr to-morrow. He would help her it of her scrape, but?he frowned lunderously?it would be on th'e stinct understanding that she was ;ver to trouble him again. He did not know how it happened at he was at the rendezvous quite n minutes before the appointed me. Probably his watch had been rong. Well, it would give him time practice the icy attitude suitable the occasion. He knew that his oicism would be put to a rather conierable strain. Even so he positively gasped when f suddenly found a bewitching little ce under a delightful little toque oking up at him. "Oh, you dear boy," she bubbled, "Excuse me," he said stiffly, "we n't very well talk here. Let's go ound to the Carlton for tea." "Certainly, but you might as well tve given me time to say how d'you to you," she replied with a rather ior attempt at looking pathetic. "No necessity?but I'm quite well 1 the same, thank you." They walked the little distance in lonoo Pulton studiously ignoring e fact that his companion was lookg up at him sideways. "Well, now, what is it?" he asked they sat ensconced in a cosey cor;r. "Monty?oh, I forgot. I suppose may still call you Monty?" He made a gesture of indifference. "Oh, thank you so much. Ah, sre's the tea. And what lovely eringues. You will be glad to hear at my troubles have not affected my ipetite." "Let me help you," he said uffly. "Ob, you dear mer?I mean, you (ar Monty. I'm sure you'll, be kind id helpful to me in the terrible"? "But I haven't a chance of being nd and helpful to you if you don't 11 me what it is." She sipped daintily at her cup and en turned her blue eyes on him omentously. "Monty, I'm going away from Aunt, Jelaide." "Indeed! What for?" "For the simple reason that she Dn't have me with her any more, le's rude enough to say that I've icome to much of a handful for >r." Fulton heroically resisted the op rtunity of getting in a dig. "That's rather sudden, isn't it.?" "No," she said, attacking meringue o. 2, "it's been coming on for some me." "Well, what does she expect you to >?" "She wants me to get married. n t u noma : "H'm!" said Mr. Fulton enigmati 11 y. "And what makes the idea more )surd is that she's so particular >out whom I'm to marry. You see. le of these days I shall get all her oney?she's got a fearful lot, you aow?and she says she's afraid of y falling into the hands of one of iose unprincipled fortune hunters." "Well, you know plenty of nice llows," he said gloomily. "There's )ung Wilding, for instance." "Just been ordered out to India, orse luck." "There's Lord Canthorpe." "No, thanks; idiots are not in my j no Roeirloc -nrVint'o the priori f>f I )ur making suggestions when Aunt delaide has decided all the time 3 the man she wants me to marry? nd, what's worse, if I don't have im she's determined not 10 leave e a penny." "Well, who is it?" he asked, a sud2n sinking at his heart. "Monty, it's you!" "Me?" "Yes; don't upset the teapot. And. t course, you're utterly impossible." "Oh, yes; utterly impossible," he :hoed grimly. "We almost agreed to that last me. didn't we?" "Not almost, but quite." "Well, there you are. That's the lse in a nutshell. And that nutlell is a jolly tight squeeze for me. [onty, get me out of it. please." "Certainly. What am I to do pre isely?" "I want you to go down and see .unt Adelaide"? "Yes?" "And tell her that for various veaDns it's impossible for you to fall in rith her project. You may as well o into detail about the reasons. Say ou're secretly married already?let's see, to a dairymaid in Devonshireand that you have two childrentwins; it'll make sound so muc more convincing." " AVi *?/\f I '' in '' T ' m ?A v-'U, iui; nc. uiuac in. a ui pc fectly ready to go and tell the ol lady that I haven't the faintest ii tention of marrying you and that it utterly absurd of her to disinher you just because I don't want to gn in to her crazy whim." "That's awfully good of yoi Monty." "Not at all. If that's! your on] trouble I'll soon get you out of it." "And when will you go? Go t< morrow. Remember the agony ( suspense I shall be in till"? "All right; I'll go to-morrow." "Oh, thanks, ever so much. An now we've settled that I can devol myself to the meringues and tal about the theatres " IT. Faithful to his promise, !.Ir. Fu ton took an early :rain the followin morning to Lady Delamere's seat i Kent. He had given the matter i hand a fair amount of thought in th interval and had quite mapped 01 the plans of his peculiar mission. But after the interchange of a fe remarks with L.idy Delamere, nrnori^ A Homo TtTlfl* Q Qt^toHnOCU f the mid-Victorian pattern, he cam to the conclusion that the questio was rather more surious than he ha anticipated. "I'm really extremely obliged t you, Lady Delamere; it's the greates compliment I've ever had paid to m in my life. Your confidence in m moves me?well, no, not exactly t tears; but you surely are not goin to commit such an act of injustice t Gra?to Miss Dyks"? "You will pardon me, Mr. Fultox but I believe I am the best judge c the justice or injustice of my a< tions." "Oh, certainly," Fulton hastene to assure her. "And besides, it seems to me tha the onus of unfairness rests on yoi It is in your power to relieve bot Miss Dyke and myuelf of th? predi'cz ment which has arisen." "Which, if you will permit me t say so, Lady Delimere, you hav created." r "That may be. Ah,1 me! there' no doubt of it tha: the days of chh airy are dead. When I was a gii such a thing would have been ur heard of. Nobody who called hiir self a man would have dreamed c putting such an insult on a lady." "Insult?" said Fulton quickly. "That's what it oomes to, sir. Yo don't hesitate to outrage Miss Dyke' feelings by telling her almost ia s many words that you don't think he good enough to become your wift And apart from the charge of ungec tlemanliness which I have alread made against you, you compel me t make another." "And what is that, Lady Dela mere?" asked Fulton with force calmness. "That of fickleness. You made i clear enough all during last sumrae that my niece had produced a dis tinct impression on your fceart. An then after trifling most unconscior ably with her affections"? "The little minx!" muttered Fu! ton, biting his lip. "I beg your pardon?" asked Lad Delamere. "I was about to say that a ma may be occasionally mistaken in hi feelings and that it is not only hoc orable but advantageous to the pai ties concerned." "Thank you, that will do, Mr. Fu' ton," replied the old lady with grand sweep of her arm. "We hav finished. I can only say tha: I ar more than thankful to have had thi opportunity of correcting the erro of judgment I had made in your chai acter. I think Miss Dyke is. mos fortunate." "Then, if I may ask the questioi you?you waive the condition o which you propose to make her you heiress?" "Oh, / no; my decision remain firm. If I have been so disappointe in you I am not likely to find anj body else to come up to my expects tions. My money goes to charities I shall settle 011 Miss Dyke three hut dred a year. Mr. Fulton, sir, I wis you good morning." Mr. Montague Phipps-Fulton strod out of the room not knowing exactl where in the world he was. He wa half way down the shrubbery wal and he still did not know. "Then h found he would have to make up hi mind about it, for he suddenly sa1 Miss Dyke bearing down on him. "Well, is it all right?" she aske anxiously. "No, it's all wrong. She's castiroi It's three hundred a year and a di enna. I-Iang it all, Gracie," he cor tinued, "sooner than reduce you t beggary I'll marry you." The answer came presently ami choking sobs. "W-well, I s-suppos I'll have to p-pu't up with you." "Thanks. That's quite a nice wa of putting It," he said crossly. The netfc moment he stood speed les:3 with surprise when the sobs sue denly changed to screams of laugt ter. "Oh, you booby!" "I say, Gracie," he began. "Oh, you'll kil] me. And yo didn't see through it! It's been a a made-up affair?I was determine to get you to propose again, and s Aunt Adelaide and I"? "What, Lady Delamere?" "Of course, she had to be in th plot, hadn't she?" And out rang another peal, bi this time Fulton adopted drasti measures to put a stop to it. The as they walked back to the house h remarked, "Well, all I can say no1 is that Lady Delamere has misse her vocation. She ought to have bee on the stage." "Good gracious! Aunt Adelaid on the stage. That's the funnies thing I've ever heard. There's onl one thine; funnier." "What's that?" She peeped at him with adorabl shyness. "Having you for a husband."?Th Tatler. A flexible rubber mouthpiece fc telephones is a novelty, the idea bein to prevent breakage should a des instrument be upset. [v Mrs. Fairbanks a Horticulturist. ' > Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks is an jf enthusiastic horticulturist and is recognized as one of the leading authorities in the country on the varieties d and the growing of bulbs. Many conservatories In New York, as well as k ih Washington and Indianapolis, her home city, are the richer for her gifts. Many of the bulbs she has distributed among her friends add to the I" natural beauty of their bloom the inS terest of historic associations. The 11 narcissi that grow in the Campo Sann to, in Pisa, the cemetery soil of which ie was brought into Italy from the Holy lt Land, are famous among flower growers all over the world, and several of w Mrs. Fairbanks' friends have been a delighted recently by presents of a )f few of these precious roots which e Mrs. Fairbanks had imported for her n own hothouses. A few fine varieties d of cyclamen, hitherto unknown In America, also have come into Mrs. o Fairbanks' possession in the last few weeks, and her friends are waiting e hungrily for cuttings of these.?New e York Press. rv i g o "Matching Up" Expensive Waists. The very latest method of fashionl? able economy in the way of smart clothe3 Is to buy some exquisitely embroidered chiffon or net waist, "match It up" in a soft satin or silk d and wool crepe, and have a simple skirt made in the house by a good sewing woman. This same genius hitches the two together skilfully, h adds a few deft touches of her own needlework where the embroidery design needs extension and introduces 0 a few bits of expensive trimming in e very small pieces to keep the cost down. The result is one to boast of * I 7 I ?? i| Macaroni Cutlets.?Cc 5 I !' broken in half-inch piece: ? ? for the croquettes, using t 1 ^ 5 liquor; then add one-fourl = 5 j! season with salt and pepp 2 > <1 lets, dip in crumbs, egg, j it I '5 !' and drain on brown PaP( 5 piece of uncooked macaroi o ; o ?* f Parsley. T : ?. If the plan has been carefully thought t- out, and as nine out of ten of the best y ! known women of society care to wear o | a gown only a limited number of ' times, and then to appear in eomet 1 thing quite different for an equally d ( short period, it is not surprising that they have hit upon this plan of makit ing their dress money go further. r Many of them have dummy figures, j. exact copies of their own, so that they d do not need to lose any time in being t_ fitted, and by giving only a little thought to the matter can have a chic addition to their wardrobes whenever they want it. When ordery Ing their best frocks these women have a watchful eye for new effects a in lines and color combinations, so s that when their "bargains" are being [m made they can suggest some little finish that will give that touch of difference that distinguishes the ordered l_ gown from the one known a3 "homea made."?New York Tribune. e n Treat Husbands With Politeness, s If a woman spending the evening r with friends would treat her husband > with the same politeness and cpnsid't eration she gives to other men, hostesses would less often dread asking l> husband and wife to the same funcn tion. For many women know .there ' r are married men and women wno are agreeable if alone, but who, when ac3 companiod by wife or husband, as the d' case may be, arc almost offensive in their behavior. And the trouble ofL ten is that the wife does not make the same exertion or show the same consideration for her husband when h they are with others that she naturally gives to other men. e Few persons enjoy playing bridge y at the same table with a husband and s wife because often one or both critik cise the play of the other. The same e woman, if sitting at another .table, 13 would tell her partner or opponent v what she thought of his game. If she ventured any comment it would d be tactful and polite. But she seems to feel privileged to descend with verbal onslaught on her husband with l" total disregard of others present. No l* one fancies that a wife is always go0 ing to talk to her husband with the same formality she would use with d other men, but all agree, if they stop e to think, that to adopt the informality of home when in company is not y always pleasant to others. It may not be sweetness of nature ' thi>t restrains woman from commenting or retorting to her husband when l* she is annoyed; it may be wholly consideration for others. The fact that she does keep still then may be entirely a matter of good breeding, for u /?nn?!irif>ratinn is that sometimes, N should she possess an opinion that is d decidedly contrary to her husband's, 0 she shall hold it and tell him later, but she must make the communication when no one else is present. e Nothing is more unpleasant than to be obliged to hear a matrimonial crit11 icism or altercation. Listeners are c not interested, and any atmosphere n of entertainment is in this way entiree ly destroyed. w If a woman is playing bridge at ^ the same table with her husband she n must treat him, for the time, as she would any acquaintance. If she does e not like his manner of playing she is not at liberty to tell him then, bey cause she will make the other two persons uncomfortable. If she wishes : to discuss the liana lie nas jusi piayeu e iier own manner must have the same ; politeness that it would with her host, e And if her husband does not agree with her she must drop the matter then, taking it up later wheu at home : ir If she thinks it best. 6 No husband and wife have the k right to make other guests uncomfortable when thev are out sor.ialJv. li . -7} % and politeness with each other wil increase their popularity.?Rosanm Schuyler, in the New York Telegram Indebtedness Paid in Kind. One of the fundamental rules o socifjty is that if an invitation to ai entertainment is accepted, an invita tion to a similar function must bi sent to hostess and host. A womai may not accept the courtesies of oth ers if she is not prepared to do fo them as much as they have done lo: her, and that she may ma"ke no erro a list of social indebtedness become imperative where an acquaintance i; large. When a woman has been invitei to any special function the fact am date should be written beside th< name of the hostess, and then there i no difficulty in keeping the obll^a tion clear. A woman, married or single, wh< invites another to a dinner must b< given a similar invitation in return Of course, if she is married, her hus band is invited, too, though the host ess may be a single woman. But i dinner requires a dinner, and a singl woman cannot expect to be .nvited t< them if she asks her women friend only to luncheons, or what might b called "day" affairs. A married woman whose husbani does not know or does not care t< have the acquaintance of the husbani of another woman may invite sai< woman to a luncheon, thus keepini the friendship between the two wo men, while the husbands may neve meet. And a married woman neei not ask to dinner another who ha entertained her only at luncheon. A "bridge" dinner, eo called be cause bridge Is played after dinnei may be taken as an equivalent to >ok one-half cupfvll of macaroni 3. Add a thick sauce the same as ill milk in place of milk and oyster ;h of a cupful of grated cheese, and ?1 ? - ? V?? AP ler; cuui, buape iu uc wu ui v?vand crumbs again, fry in deep fat, sr. Insert a one-and-one-half-inch li in each cutlet, arrange cutlets on dinner theatre party, the point bein that the entertainment includes mor than dinner. A bridge luncheon i more than a luncheon alone, and luncheon and matinee might be take as a similar courtesy. The point lie in returning as much hospitality a one receives. It is not incumbent upon a woma: to invite to a meal of any sort on who has not extended the sam thought, but if the latter has bee: asked to a bridge, or if in any pro nounced way a desire for her ac quaintance has been shown, she ma send an invitation for luncheon o dinner, always providing that the on giving the first invitation to a mea is not the latest arrival in a placc It is always the privilege of the olde resident to give the first invitatio: to a meal, unless the other womai has also lived so long in the towi that she is no longer a stranger. Invitations to a tea require notb ing more than a similar card, for the are only notices of being at home t one's friends on a certain day, am nothing further may come from thee unless one woman or the other reall wishes to pursue the acquaintance.? Rosanna Schuyler, in the New Yorl Telegram. hrgtty |c^hwgs|^l 'To wear4j The splendor of black velvet 1 everywhere. The new flat-front coiffure mean death to rats. Small hats are predicted, but non are yet in sight. Two shades of green which bid fai to be exceedingly popular are sof almond and a pistache. Black net collars, studded with nai heads or embroidered with jet bugles are being worn with black waists. Loose weaves and heavy thread are characteristic notes of many o the popular materials for walltin; suits. Colored correspondence stationer; is once more in vogue. The delicat grays, dove and pearl shades are ex quisite. Shoes are a bit less pointed, am the new vamps are very short, th effect being to make the foot lool rather shorter. Because most of the lingerie gown will be collarless and with shor sleeves, comfort will be characterise of the season's wear. Narrow bands of fur are supplant ing velvet and ribbons for the coif fure. Chinchilla is, of course, a fa vorite for brunettes, while sable is ii favor for blondes. However elaborate a scarf may b In itself or in its trimmings, the edg is usually finished with a selvage ai around. The selvage varies from ; quarter to two inches in width. On many of the handsomest dinne and evening gowns the decolletage i modified to something not far fron the low Dutch neck, the very lov neck being now considered by som authorities as outside the mode. Wool embroidery will be a favorit trimming on the new gown. It i heavier and coarser-looking than thi silk handwork to which we have beei accustomed, out wnen uie utisi^u i attractive and well done it is decided ly attractive. A new writing paper fashion, hig] in vogue among college girls, con sists in having the name by whicl you are best known engraved in colo across the top. The paper is to b< used for correspondence only witl intimate friends. ? - - THE RETURTT. Wuen Johnnie went away to school He rigidly conformed to rule. At first he joined a college fra\ And lost an arm and leg at that. And thsn tie made tbe ueita ruis, Who gouged out one of Johnnie's eyes. A "rush" that launched the college year Deprived him of a useful ear. He was so good, and glad to please, That Johnnie made the team with ease. He left a hand at Cleveland, 0.? 1 A kneecap at St. Louis, Mo.; / His sternum cracked at Baltimore? Interred his nose at Portland, Ore.; f At every contest, win or yield, j He left a portion on the field. Thus gradually he was bereft 3 Till little of the boy was left. Wo got hi.3 baggage home by rail? The rest of Johnnie came by mail, r | ?Buffalo News. a Music Teacher ? "Why don't yon e pause there? Don't you see that It's marked 'rest?'" "Yes, teacher, but - I aren't tired."?Life. ''What is a mud-guard, pa?" "I a believe it is intended for use on an e automobile, but it would seem to fill 3 a long felt want of a candidate for a ?? T??/i wa M I Uill^C. O uU50. 0 I "Does Mr. Smith live here?" "No, sir." "Does he live in this street?? "Yes, sir." "Do you know hlsTftrah ' ber?" "No, tir; but you'll see it on~~"? . his door."?Punch. a g I love to see the hero strut ? Throughout a plav. I'd like to be as noble, But r Not every day. 3 Crawford?"Don't you miss the a theatre, living out here in this onehorse town?" Suburbs?"Why, man, !- we see plays here that you never see '? in New York!"?Puck. a Nell?"Has Maude been observing ? Lent?" Belle?"I should say she has. Why, she has won enough at bridge to pay for her whole Easter outfit."?Philadelphia Record. He?"A philosopher says:" 'The only thing worth while in life is trying to do something you can't?and doing it.' " She (sweetly)?"Is that why you play bridge?"?Life. Visitor?"I saw your husband in % the crowd down town to-day. In g fact, he was so close that I could have e touched him." Hostess ? "That's ? strange. At home he is so close that a nobody can touch him!"?Puck. The dude's a walking fashion plate, 9 With but a single charm; s Upon his watch chain it is found, Where it can do no harm. ?Chicago News. a . "What a conscientious woman Mrs. 8 D'Eaubags is!" "Well, I should say!0 You know she made an assignment ? for the benefit of her creditors last week, and she listed all the party ' calls she owed as liabilities!"?Cleveland Leader. e Little Girl?"Mother, that's such a ,1 nasty little boy; whenever he passes me he makes a face." Mother?"Very r rude of him. I hope you don't do it Q back." Little Girl?"Oh, dear, no* a I simply turn up my nose and treat a him with despisery."?Punch. The Rev. Dr. Putemtosleep?"Dea con Goodleigh walked right out of y church in the middle of my sermon. 0 I wonder if I offended him." Mrs. 1 | Goodleigh?"Don't let that worry a you, doctor. He has been a somnam* y bulist for years."?Philadelphia Rec UI u. Kind-Hearted Matron (giving him a plate of beans) ?"You were the youngest in a family of ten? No wonder you didn't turn out well. ! Your mother had no time to look af| ter you." Goodman Gonrong?"No, j ma'am. I wuz what they call the ; submergedtenth."?Chicago Tribune. I s | Nature's Protest Against Selfishness. ; All along our eastern seaboard lie 3 j abandoned farms. Some of these ! farms, many of them, Indeed, were 9 j once as well cultivated and productive as any in the land. At $50 an acre r I 4V-? nnnU Vi nvo heon rallpd a eift. t Now no purchasers are in sight at $5. What is the explanation of the tragi edy, for tragedy it is, which lies bei, hind the swathe of desolated farm { land, when men say the more acres s a man owns, the poorer he is, and f where the pine and the broomsedge ? flourishing in undisturbed possession, bear silent testimony to the grim v truthfulness of the saying? e It is nature's own protest against . selfishness. For years man has beea getting from his land all he coulcr and giving back nothing. Men who would not be so foolish as to suppose e that their horses could work or their cows give milk without food have thought that their land could go on s yielding without being fed. Now t they know better. But for j_jany the c knowledge has come too late. Ruined farms means ruined men. Farmers are not the only people - guilty of'such conduct. Every selfish man is making the same mistake. q He is starving his farm. Some day it will starve him. It must be so. Nae ture's laws must.be obeyed.?Washe ington Herald. 1 Xot in Stock. r A Boston sportsman, who has just returned from the Maine woods, tells of an incident which happened in one v of the small country stores in the e Pine Tree State. Laid up with a cold one day, and consequently forced to remain indoors, the hunter * | went to the village store in searcu ? for something to read. Robert BrownG ing he held as his favorite author, J so he promptly asked the rather els derly shopkeeper to look over his shelves and see if he had Browning's works among a small array of 1 books tucked away in an obscure " corner. 3 "Nope," replied the storeman, runr ning over his shelves; "we's got blue? ing, blacking and whiting, but I 1 don't see no browning anywhere."? 4 T Y 1 ^ | .DUSIUU neiaiu. ?*