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THE TEMPTED. . Pleasure cried: "Come hither, pray!" "Stay," said Spotless Duty, "stay!" Pleasure cried: "I may not wait. Follow now or never; Once I beckon, once I smile, And I pass forever." " Duty watched him as he fled Down, {he way where Pleasure led Watched and sighed and said: 'TU wait, ;vv" Pleasure is but fleeting. . I am constant-1 will smile Whoa he comes retreating." Pleasure left him on a day ; Fled, and hid herself away; Then he gravely said: "i'll tura Back again to Duty" But a wrinkled hag stood where Once was maiden beauty. -S. E. Kiser. I A CASE OF \ I! "SCATTEfi-BRM" I .. *The trouble with Billy is he's scat ter-brained." As Mr. Lemmon said this he filled a . dipper at the pump and approached the teakettle. The tin lld was upside down and very hot He gave it a hasty flip which landed it in the midst of the ap ple sauce simmering close by, and poured in the water triumphantly. "Like to got scalded that time," he said, fishing out the teakettle lld. "It wont hurt the sauce, will it?" "I don't believe it wilL The dip peru "meir, Nathan, if you leave it on the stove empty." "That's so." Mr. Lemmon reset .* the .lipper and made a fresh onslaught ' tm the pump. "Billy means -well, if he would only keep his mind on the main thing," he went on. "He's anxious to help. I haven't told you what he did yester . 'day. I sent him to the toolbox for more nails. There was plenty of 'em there, but he took a notion that it would be a good thing if he was to sort over the whole box, and emptied everything out on the ground. I come to see what he was doing to keep him ao long, and there he was, swimmin' in tacks. Much as ever I can get things straightened out again." Mrs. Lemmon laughed. She laughed easily. She was distinctly a genial person. . *T can't think where he gets it from," added Mr. Lemmon. "He gets it from his father," an _j3w?red Mrs. Lemmon unexpectedly. ^'Why, you don't say-" Mr. Lem mon turned around to see what she meant. "Certain I do. You're filling the ket tle too full, Nathan; it's spilling over. Yes, you're both absent-minded. He can't get over it all in a minute. We must guide him some. Now, if you'll bring the horse around, I'll be ready to go as soon as the apple sauce is off the stove." "Dear me, they're as helpless as kit tens about some things," she thought affectionately, tying the strings of her Sunday bonnet in a firm, square bow. She looked out of the window at Bil ly, a freckled-faced boy of 10, who was tramping np and down beside the old : horse. ""Mrs. Lemmon was Billy's step mother, and "he had decided opinions " about her. ?*She takes my part," BlUy said. "She takes pa's part, too. I. dont know, who's side she's on-everybody's, I '?Ma, say, can I drive?" he asked, as sha came out, "Course ! expect you to drive. When a young man takes me to town; he * has to do the driving." Billy clambered into the wagon with an important air. Mrs. Lemmon stood ^waJUng. "The.-et's another thing a young man's got to do that takes me to ride," she said, after a minute. "What?" .Turn the wheel out so I can get in." "I forgot," Billy turned out sharply. "Take care-take care! Yo.u'll be over on the other side the road!" cau tioned his father, coming up to the fence, anxiously. It was not the gen eral custom to see one's wife off every time sire went to the village. Mr. Lemmon did not know why he did it It was because she brought an ele ment of fun into the business. He felt excited, like Billy. "No, we're all right. Well, goodby!" . Mr. Lemmon looked after his wife's erect, comely figure. "I guess they'll get where they say they will as long as she's in the wagon," he thought. "He was dreadful pleased to have the reins. She understands boys." The place looked lonely to Mr. Lem ' ?OL as he went back to the chicken cow he was making. It was a^ good sized coop, with a door in the front for the hens to go in and out. "He had laid the floor and nailed on three sides the day before, and he regarded ^it with satisfaction. "She'll say it's a good job," he thought. "Queer how she come to say what she did about Billy," he continued. "I've told him, I don't know how many times, to just put his mind right on it-nail it right in. That's what Billy needs-" And then for a time there were no sounds about the place but the sharp tap! tap! of the hammer. It was dark when Mrs. Lemmon and Billy drove into the yard. Mr. Lem mon did not come ont to take the horse, ' "Pa said he might have to go down to the meadow before we got back," said Billy. "You and I will have to unharness, laen. Quick, now! I'm going to make you some waffles for supper" "Can I grate some maple sugar to eat on 'em, ma?" "Certainly. No, Billy, you don't want to undo all the straps, only just what's necessary." "1 get mixed up, ma." "Well, get unmixed, then," said his Stepmother, good-naturedly. It was strange that Mr. Lemmon should leave the door wide open if he was going down to the meadow. She shut it and laid ber bundles on the table. Just then they heard a peculiar sound: Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! "What was that?" she exclaimed. ; She and Billy looked at each other, startled.. Rat-u-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat! Mrs. Lemmon flung open the cellar I door. ^'Nathan, are you there?" she | called. "Ma-a! ' came a feeble voice from the distance. "It's outside," said Mrs. Lemmon. "i'm afraM he's hurt. Take this can dle, Billy, and run on ahead." Billy loped across the yard. She fol lowed with the lamp. "What's the gatter?" sh:; called, alarmed, for Billy was capering up and down beside some whitish object, the candle lighting up his round face like a hobgoblin's. "Ma! Pa's in the chicken-coop!" There could be no manner of doubt of it His hammer resounded on the walls, and his muffled voice called crossly: "Let me out! let me out!" Billy got on the ground and looked through the door. "? see him!" he cried, excited. "Nathan Hale Lemmon, how come you there?" cried his wife? "I should think you could see for yourself!" She had seen in a flash, and leaning against the partition, she laughed till the tears came. "You've been-you've been-on, ohT -you've been and nailed that front on from the inside, and then-^-^ou couldn't get out through the door un less you was a chicken, which you're not-oh, my! my, my!" "He! he!" snickered Billy. "But why don't you knock in a board and get ouf?" "Went the wrong way. Couldn't get any purchase," said the muffled voice "0 Nathan, I shall give up!" "Well, when yon get through laugh ing; maybe you'll do something. I've been hollerin' here most all the after noon." "You poor man, you! Really, I feel weak! There, Billy, you stop! Run and bring the hatchet. Don't cut your? self." It took but a few well directed blows with the back of the hatchet to loosen a couple of boards. Through the nar row opening Mr. Lemmon squeezed out He was one of the mildest of men, but when you have been shut up all the afternoon in a hen-coop of your own making, you may be forgiven for being a little provoked. It was a grand supper Mrs. Lemmon gave them, half an hour later, a sup per fit for the minister, and no allu sions made to late unpleasant experi ences! Right in the midst of it, all three happened to look up at once; and then there was a fresh explosion. Mr. Lemmon helped himself to the last waffle. "Well, 'twas rather funny when you come to think of it," he as sented, with a laugh. That was all; only nowadays, when he worries over Billy's scatter-brains, his wife says, soothingly: "Now, pa, you remember that chick en-coop."-Youth's Companion. NEW METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION. Will tho Pipe Line Be U?ed for Other Tnr pones Than Oil Distribution? One of the developments of the com ing century, worthy of at least passing thought, is the extent to which pneu matic tube principle will be employed to expedite transportation which i3 now entirely dependent on steam loco motives. For example, the long lines of load ed coal cars go from the mines to the seaboard, and come back empty to the mines. If the weight of a car is 25 percent of the gross load, there is in this instance more than 50 per cent loss or non-paying freight, the empty train requiring about as much power to haul it up into the interior as was expended in taking it to the ship ping port It does not seem altogether unrea sonable, therefore, to think that just as the miles of tank cars loaded with oil, which were seen in former years, have disappeared, and that commodity is now sent hundreds of miles through pipe lines, so may coal, grain, an ore be. sent speeding through tubes to central depots for beal distribution^ t^jmj^^^?iijTco^ trnofigprtal(wf In fact, just such pipe Une conveni ence was tried experimentally some thing like 10 to 12 years ago by the late W. C. Andrews of New York, the coal for that purpose being ground into powder, mixed with water in suffi ciently large proportion, and carried through the pipes in semi-liquid form. At the delivery end of the pipe line there were to be settling chambers for the mixture, enabling the water to be drained off and the coal paste, if we may so term it, to be pressed into cakes and dried for consumption. The project, however, did not extend beyond a brief experimental career. In woolen mills, on the other hand, it is a common thing to blow wool from one building to another through pipes by means of fans, and in pot teries, too, clay paste is frequently carried from one point to another through pipes. There is, thus, a fair ly good beginning for pipe-line engi neering with solids.-Cassier'8 M?ga* zine. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. * The reward of a thing well done ia to have done it Idleness is both a great sin and the cause of many more. Our deeds determine us, as much a3 we determine our deeds. Some men take a lifetime to provo how much wisdom they lack. A morai wrapped up in sugar goes down certainly, but it may be feared that it only goes down because of the sugar. It is only the critic ancV the philoso pher who can penetrate Into all states of being, and realize their life from within. There are seasons when to be still demands immeasurably higher strength than to act Composure is often the highest result of power. The art of putting men in the right places is the highest in the science of government, but that of finding places for the discontented the most diffi cult It is the compensation of the hum ble that the fountain of their blood is made sweet by denial, swift by plain fare, and strong by living close to nature's -heart The habit of blaming others when things go wrong is an insidious' and dangerous one. Far more is it to the purpose to inquire within whether the fault, or much of it, may not Ho at heme,. He who is everybody's friend is gen erally nobody's. The character which can shape itself to fit in every niche is like an India rubber ballt too mal leable to stay long anywhere or have much inside except air. An He Trobnbly Meant lt. Harris-I saw Bulger just now. He says he was so glad that he was out of debt at last. Farren-'Out of debt! Why he owes me $15. Harris-He probably meant that he was out of debts that he had got to pay.-Boston Transcript Il In Kellnncp. "Do you really believe in your pro fession of faith healing?" "It depends*," said the man who is advertising occult powers, "on wheth er you mean as a medical aid or a financial Investment." - Washington SUr, HOT WEATHER PHILOSOPHY. As Expounded by the Man in the Linen "In the summer I make it a rule never-yes, never-to talk about hot weather, and to think about it as little as possible," ?aid the man in the linen suit, "and I find I am able to keep com paratively cool, and I certainly get more enjoyment out of the long months of summer than do my neighbors. I never greet my friend with the query, 'Ii it warm enough for you?" and when they put the question to me I treat it as a joke, change the subject and think of something else. I never look at a thermometer on the street or anywhere else, arid I never permit one in my of fice. "I hold that thinking about the weather makes a man hotter, or he thinks he is hotter, and, after all, imagi nation cuts a big figure in standing any weather that might be sent along; If a man meets a thermometer staring him in the face ?t every strtet corner and in every .nore of office into Which he goes, and finds one thermometer re cords 98 degrees, another 97, ahd a third 97 1-2, he naturally wonders which is right, and keeps his eyes out for another thermometer, to compare its readings with the others. First thing you know thc man gets the therrrtdmetcr and thc hot weather habit, rle looks at the thermometer to learn how warm it is, and no matter how comfortable he may feel he gets hot and uncomfortable when he secs a high temperature record, and he gets hotter, or thinks he does, which ic- the same in the end, every time he sees the mercury rise in the glass. "On thc other hand, the man who keeps quiet and does not think about the weather is never worried about the weather."-New Orleans Times-Demo crat. Bargain Counter Overrun. Fargen-I hear your wife was over come by the heat. Bargen-Yes, and she's not over lt yet. Fargen-How did lt happen? Bargen-She was out shopping for next year's'Christel- presents.-Phil adelphia Press. A Fortune to Be Given Away. A noted philanthropist has doojded to give away hi? fer tu ne to charities and no doubt mach good will be accomplished. Thero ii another agency that has also accomplished muon good, namely, Hos tc teer'a Stomach Bit ters, the medicine'with fifty year? of cure3 back of lt. It promotes appetite, insures di gestion, curas dyspepsia, regulates the liver and keeps the bowals regular, also pro* en s belching, heartburn or flatulency. Don't fail to try it, but be sure you get tho genuitio. President Garfield was shot on Satur day, July 2, 1881, and died on Monday, September 19, 1881. 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F. J. CHENEY ? Co., Toledbj 0. We, the undersigned, have known F, ?. Cheney for the last 15 years, attd bellefo him perfectly honorable in all business trausac t. jos and financially able to Carry out any obligation made by their firm. WEST <fc TBUAX Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. WAXDINO, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the syBtem. Testimonials sent frooi Price, 75o. per bottle Sold by all Druggist Hall's Family Pills are the best-. The man who says he would share his last dollar with you somehow br other never gets down to his last dollar. Ladle* Can Wear Shoe* One size smaller After using Allen's Foot Ease, a powder for the feet? It makes tight or new Bhoes eany? Curen swollen, hot, swear ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, cbrnB and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package Flt EE by mall. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Every woman who marries feels that to a certain degree she is a reformer. Children Take lt. When your child's eyes got soro uso Jno. R. Dlekoy'e Old Hellabln Eyo-water. ltollovs nt once. Don't barn-feels good. Dickey Drug Co., Bristol, Tenn. Sugar exists in the sap of leaves of nearly 200 different kinds of trees. "I was given up to dit with quick consumption. I then began to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I improved at once, and am now in perfect health."-Chas. E. Hart man, Gibbstown, N. Y. It's too risky, playing with your cough. The first thing you know it will bo down deep in your lungs and the play will be over. Be gin early with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and stop the cough. Three sixes : 25c, 50c, tl- All druggists. Consult yonr doctor. If ho says take lt, then do as ho say*. If he tells 70a not to take lt, thon don't take lt. He knows. Leave lt with him. We are willing. J. C. AYEK CO., Lowell, Mais. A Bad Breath A bad breath means a bad stomach, a bad digestion, a bad liver. Ayer's Pills are liver pills. They cure con-, stipation, biliousness, dys pepsia, sick headache. 25c AU druggists. Want your moustache or hoard a beautiful brown or rich black? Then imo , BUCKINGHAM'S DYE???AeT # ?0 CTS. or DnuaaisTt, ot R. P. H.U A CO.. KUMU>, W.H. Mention this Paper ANU-Thlrtr-two-1901. MUchlef? Wonder who is Mischief! Bothers me nil day, TARS me in the dardett Where I go to play. Fought Td pick some f owers; Fought I'd pick 'cm all. . "Careful, dear, there's Mischief^ Heard my mamba call-. Peeked 'round 'inbng the posiesj Touidh't see ohp flog, 'Cept ?de little birdie; Desi a goin' to sing. Never tould see Mischief, . Always hides away,, . But my mamma sees him Many times a day. Bays he's in the gantry, Sees him on the Shelf Where j. climb for tookies; Says he is an elf. Prob'ly he's a Brownie, Tired of being good, Wish he'd stay in Elf-land; I-dest-wish-be- would. -Chicago Record-Herald, Something About Iceberg*. Navigators of the North Atlante have to be constantly on watch during the summer months, for the icebergs that come down from Greenland and other Arctic regions. Some vessels are fitted with apparatus that gives Immediate warning of the vicinity of one, but where there is no s?ch ap paratus, the temperature of the Water ls taken at intervals, for an iceberg will make a vast extent of sea cold. An . iceberg is nothing but part of a glacier that has been detatched by the action of water, Washing and beat ing against lt. Some o' them are of enormous size, lt is generally accept1 ed by scientific mfcn that dflly one eighth of the berg appears ?b&ve the water. If, therefore, the part that is visible rises 50 feet above the surface? the part under water wouid measure 3o0 feet. No wonder the sea captains have a holy horror of them. Mt! sir Dos Was a S II bb at ar i ii tl. A little white dog that sits on the music box of a blind man id Minne apolis, hhd permits ""people tb drop pennies in a basket tied around his neck by ? ribboh, oh last Fourth of July refused to attend t". business; He snarled and showed hls{fceeth when any attempt was made tb ;put on his Uniform. The little fellow frisked and gambolled, tugged &t hisA-cfialn. bit the stump tails of his str(ay cbinpan ions and generally ihisconduct?d him self. The blind man says that the dog has never been asked to w^ork on Sun day. He thinks that Sunday ought to bo a day of rest for blind . men and djgs as well as more fortunate be ings, so every Sunday the dogs gets an extra fine breakfast, consisting of boiled liver, and full liberty to d? pre cisely as he pleases. Thus thej$&&m. cxirly dog has coin? to rejjgfgHsupday as a full holld^ajglftffg^knows when the daycppfl?r?rQUn(j? beCause on that "master puts on a white shirt his best hat The blind man is patriotic, and so. on the.. Fourth he wore his white shirt and best hat hence th? ?'<??.:.'< that it was - .. > Workr^Our Du; -.-- ATDo?fwIth There are dolls an. oi?? Oles, a Pen?sylv?i.v. r;\ ber bossession bne whlc. i. ?rfed as valuable as any j h try? It has c???ed flo end of c. :. jnt l? the locality where she jivt , be cause of the hair on the doll's head. if any of our girl" readers were to make a demand oh their faners for several locks of hair, to give realism to the headgear of a doll,', they would probably be denied the bobn. as some fathers have no hair to spare, while others, haunted by signs of approach ing baldness; are net anxious to make ? sacrifice fdr ? member of the nur sery. The hair of Naomi's doll 'actually came from the head of her father. It happened in this way: Twenty-one years ago Mr. Oles was the proud pos sessor of silken locks with, a natural tendency to curl. As he grew older his mother thought it was not becom ing that a boy of his age should wear such pendants, and it was with much persuasion that "she finally induced him to have his hair cut When the barber had shorn him of his locks the mother secured them and placed them away for safekeeping. Recently she had a doll's wig made ot the hair, and having had. It placed upon a pretty doll, the grandmother presented it to Naomi. The little girl is extremely proud of her gift, and seems to thoroughly realize'the value ot this doll with natural hair so pecu liarly secured. Naomi's present is the envy of all thc little girl friends in the vicinity nf her home.-Young People's Magazine. Tabitha's Generosity. There is a close bond of sympathy and affection between Alice Searles, a five-year-old St Louis girl, and her cat, Tabitha. They were both born on the same day. One of the first things alice can remember about her baby hood is Tabitha. Ever since the lit tle girl could toddle around, the cat has been her playmate, as she has no brothers and sisters. Alice and Tab itha have slept together, and what ls more unusual, they have eaten to gether. When Alice had her first high-chair and sat at the table with grown folks, Tabitha teased to be given a place at the table also. Alice insisted on Tabitha's right to a place, and so the :at was placed in a high-chair by the 3ide of her mistress. A napkin was placed under Tabitha's chin, and a plate of fish was ?et before her. Tab itha behaved splendidly. In a dainty way she helped herself to the fish, and quite won the favor of the family, much to the delight of Alice. From that time Tabitha was given a seat repeatedly at the table, and she was as prompt at her meals as 1er little mistress. She learned to know the sound of the dinner bell as well as any one in the house. Tabitha ^specially enjoyed dinner on Fridays, for the family was accustomed to iiave fish on that,d??y, and If there ?vas any dish thftfthe cat loved it was lah. r One day it's led to a remarkable ?appening. ThV dinner bell had rung ind all the family-were in their seats ?xcept TJ?-Mth*. who,se place was va cant The dinner proceeded, and tke lessert had boon reached, when the ?at came bouncing into tnt.-, room with wo mice in her mouth. Bef?fe^-ae, me could stop her she jumped into"! z 1er chair, and put ono mouse on her \ j date, depositing the other on Alice'* date. Tabitha's generosity was no? ?recisely what older people call good orm, but evidently she meant lt kind y, and the entire proceeding was so [ueer that the members of the family, ncluding Alice, broke Into full, round aughs. Of course the mice were re> noved from tae t&Me. at which Tabi tha luuked grieved. She seemed sd lorrowful about the loss of her niie? hat Alice's parents decided to for rive her for her breach jf etiquett? ind call the score ever..-Young Ped de's Magazine. Damon and Pythla?. Damon and Pythias were twd little :hickens who lived In a large farni; :ard with a great many other chick ins just like themselves. Their nother, aa every good mother hen thould do, taught them well how to lunt for tiny worms and insects, to ?at, by kicking up the gravel and mocking aside little heaps of dust vith their bills. But the time they iked best of all was when the farmer jrought out ?ri old milk pan full of noist cornmeal, and then they tum )led over one another like little fat )uffballs, always managing to fall into ;he pan in their excitement, and stay ng there till it was wholly empty. One day in the early summer, when ;he long, sunny afternoons began to rrow uncomfortably hot, Dolly came o spend the summer at the farm. Vow, Dolly wanted to have a chicken vhich was all her own, and picking mt the downiest yellow one she jought it for five cents and kept it mart from the rest. "Whenever it lttered its "peep, peep," she felt sure t was hungry, and gave lt cornmeal. That seemed very kind treatment, iurely, but when ?t the close of the iecond day she found the poor little hing lying stiff and cold, and another md yet another whom she tried to idopt came to the same sad ending, she decided that farmers did know nore than little girls, after all, and t was not good for chickens to be ilways eating. Dolly had hardly made ip her mind to this when she discov ered Damon and Phythias. Damon md Pythias were always together; ndeed, they seemed to be such good friends that the farmer's city cousin lad given them their queer names in lonor of two famous friends who lived ong ago and were very fond of each rther. When Dolly first saw the two ill the other chickens were standing ibout thinking of their night's rest md feeling as sleepy as could be, but Damon and Phythias had jumped up 1 saucily on their mother's back and vere carefully balancing themselves :here. They were a pretty pair, for Damon was jet black and Phythias :reamy white. Dolly pulled out her small purse at once and paid for them )n the spot. From that time on a lew life began for Damon and Pythias. On rainy days they were taken in ioors, where they delighted to patter wound, and when Damon discovered i rag carpet mat he tried to kiel: it ip as he did the sand, and looked at t with an astonished air heeaus? JCafr^ deks from his tinyl^^^awsT or fte^^?sm^e^L%ta\l^ to root Vt^f?o?\ Soon they both began to ecognize their names, and would nur y to their mistress when she called. Vhen Dolly went on short walks tround the farm it cam3 to be under tood that the two chickens would ollow her about, and they became so iffectionate that they could not bear n have her out of their sight. When r; i in . forefinger at them and . you can't go," they seemed jtand her words, and gave . ,? "p~eeps"~that" lengthened into squawks if they were left alone, rriendly as they had always been aey grew jealous after a time, and trould stand with the tips of their .ills together, absolutely rigid for half i" minute, glaring fiercely at each >ther. The quarrels never lasted long, or soon a buzzing fly would pass iverhead, which one chicken was sure o hop into the air and catch, while he other would coolly walk away, ["his seems to be the chicken fashion if ending quarrels. As the days went by Damon and 'ythlas grew too plump for the box if cotton wool in which they slept, .nd a large cage, with a perch in it or each, was prepared for them, tegularly at 6 o'clock the chickens talked into the house and went to oost, each on his own perch. When the summer was over and )olly returned to her city'home she arried her strange pets with her In heir cosey cage, and they soon he arne used to their new life.-New iew York Tribune. Mncon* Lining find Music. It's mean to tell tHs joke, but lt is oo good to keep. A popular society natron has a daughter who has a beau iul voice and is a very pretty girl. 5he has never taken singing lessons, ind some of the singers have been onsulted by her as regards their erms. One of these instructors has alked a lot to the mother about giv ng her girl lessons, and assured her hat he was the fellow to develop that roice until it woqld be a "peach." ie argued the matter over and over igain every time he saw the lady and inally she said: "I wish my daughter o learn to sing, Professor High Notes, mt she is not well. She i6 suffering onstantly from a sort of indiges ten, and I don't think she feels well nough to take the lessons." "Pooh, pooh, my dear madam," re died the professor. "Nonsense! With ny teaching and ten cents' worth of ream of tartar she will be cured at ince." And yet that obstinate mamma has lot struck the trade. Maybe the laughter has objected to the ten :ents' worth of cream of tartar. louisville Times. Advice to .Molliern. She-I can't make out how lt is that d"rs. Wise has fish for nearly every neal. It can't be for economy's sake, or she must be fairly well off. He-She has a large family of un narried daughters, you know. She-Now, don't be nasty, and say omething about girls and their trains; that's so old. He-Oh, no, I hadn't the slightest In tention of doing so. She-Well, can't you tell me? He-I don't know, I'm sure, unless t's because fish are rich in phos ?horus. She- I don't see what that has to do vlth it He-Perhaps not, but still it's good or making matches.-London King. Tho Bill All Right. "My dear sir, lt strikes me that this s a pretty round bill." "Yes, I have sent it around often mough to make is appear so, and now hope to get it squared."-Baltimore ewlsh Comment. The Word " Gazette." It ls doubtful whether the word ga ctte 1B from "gazza," meaning mag? ile, or from "pazcttn," a small colo. Decorative Key Bonni*. ?Cey boards are among the latest popular decorativ? fads and have a certaih utility. ? panel of polished wood has ? cross piece of the same at the tipper fcnd. in which are small hboits,f to hold the keys. , On the sur face bf the panel ? larg? key is paint ed, bearing a painted ribbon. Over each hook there is a special design to designate the door or drawer to which that key belongs. Some of these are comic, others sentimental. Latch keys are illustrated by silhouttes showing forgotten latch keys, unsteady hands, etc. There are often two cross boards with hooks for large keys below and small keys above. Floral designs are favorites; Ll kn tho Old Haircloth Trunk. The shoe box, which at first ap peared covered with chintz or cre tonne, has become a recognized neces sity for the dressing room or bed chamber, and is now seen in a va riety of materials and decorations. A particularly attractive one is the size and shape of the old fashioned haircloth trunk, and is covered with coarse moss green burlaps. Brass headed tacks finish the edges, and every corner has a large metal orna ment, shading from bronze to- brass color. The centre of the lid is deco rated with an ornament made of four of these corners fitted together. A big key plate finishes the front of the box.-New York Tribune. A Summer Dining Room. The idea that a dining room should be treated in a somewhat heavy and subdued style dies hard. Thus it is that a white and yellow dining room ls still something of a novelty. When its windows give on a green and shady prospect the effect of the yellow din ing room is really quite enchanting. An apartment of this description in a cottage on Long Island has the walls panelled to within seven inches of the tops of the doors, and all the wood work is painted ivory white. Above the panelling is a stenciled frieze in shades of daffodil, orange and chest aut. The rug ?3 in shades of brown and dull, soft blues. The l.led fireplace is in yellowish Lrown. The chair seats are of chestnut-brown leather. The window hangings are of daffodil yellow and white. To Wash Wann. S II ed a Gloves. Wash-suede gloves are a comfort, especially in hot weather. They look almost as well, and are much less ex pensive to wear than light-colored gloves of nonrgaaKble kid; ~ rfn? following simple directions for washing them may be useful to the woman thus inclined to economize: Wash in clear, lukewarm water, ap plying castile soap to the gloves and rubbing them through the hands. Con tinue this process until the gloves j are clean and soft; then rinse them thoroughly in clear, cold water and wring them between clean white cloths. After blowing the fingers open hang the gloves up where they will dry slowly, and when partially dry put thom on tho hands and work them until they are dry and Soft. By following these directions close ly you will find your gloves as clean and soft as when new, Gns Stove "Don'ts." - Don't buy a small gas stove unless your family consists of two persons. A four-hole stove, with a top about 24 inches square, is so serviceable that it pays whether a family be large br small. Such a stove costs only $12. See that the stove you buy has an at tachment for lighting the oven from ' the outside. It ir. much superior to j and safer than tiie old method of reaching in with a .match. Don't try to bake beans, beef a la mode or such dishes as need long hours of slow cooking, in a gas stove, it is cheaper to bdy them. Never pu? two dishes such as pie and molasses cookies to bake at the same time. They need a very different heat, and the cookies would be burned black long before the pie was ready. You can simmer corned beef or soup as Blowly on a gas stove as on the back of a coal range. Every good gas stove has a simmerer. It consumes the smallest imaginable amount of gas and can be left untended safely for hours half turned to cook the soup stock or to keep a double boiler at steam heat. Don't burn gas when the flame is rec", or when it blows. Turn it out, let thc; gr ; flow a few seconds and relight. The flame must burn blue to do good service; if it ls red the cooking utensils will get smoked black.-Good Housekeeping. Orange Float-Boil one quart of water with the juice and pulp of two lemons; when boiling add one and one-half teacupfuls of sugar. Dis- j solve five tablespoonfuls of corn starch In one teacupful of cold water, I stir into the boiling syrup and stir all | the time for five minutes; when cold ; pour over six sliced oranges and add the beaten whites of two eggs, flavored | with a half teaspoonful of vanilla and sweetened with a tablespoonful of su- ! gar. English Preserves-The juice and yellow peel of three oranges, removing ; all the white; five pounds of goose- | berries, one and one-half pounds of seeded raisins and four pounds of su- ! gar. Top and stem the gooseberries I and put them, with the raisins and orange peel, into a meat chorper and ? grind fine. Add the juice and sugar and stew gently about 40 minutes, stirring frequently. Put into small jars or tumblers, and when cold pour over melted paraffine. Fruit Custard-A delicious fruit cus tard may be made by boiling one quart of milk in a double boiler. Beat two eggs very light and stir into them four tablespoonfuls of sugar and ono tablespoonful of flour. Add to this a little cold milk, then stir it gradually into the boiling milk, stirring until it thickens, set it away to cool. When cool, flavor w'th vanilla. Hnve ready \ in sauce dishto strawberries or sliced j oranges or any fruit in season, and ' pour tho custard over it. 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