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' -V " * ' LII i - ' ?AFTER THE DREAMS. I awoke from troubled dreams and blessed the glorious day; The sun's warm, welcome beams across the covers lay; The world was bathed in light and in the joys about Grim memories of the night were quickly blotted out. 0 shall I wake again, some morning from the dream 'That comes to each and then behold a brighter gleam, Or shall no curtain ope, no bar fall from the gate?? 1 hope and dread and hope, and have xnj urt-uuis jiiiu wail. ...? ?S. E. Kiser. J jiiirairaij He hadn't slept soundly. He rarely slept soundly now. It wasn't his age, surely; he was only 57; and it couldn't be his business affairs, for all his investments were sound and highly remunerative and his large income was rapidly increasing. No, he must look for the cause elsewhere. Perhaps it would be well to consult a doctor. He arose and, lighting the gas, looked at his watch. It was 4.30. He went to a window that faced the east ?/ and raised the sash. The air came cool and fragrant. Low down by the h; far-away ridge streaks of pale blue light were showing. "I'll see this sunrise," said Amos _ Brandon. "I haven't seen one since l|"%, I was a boy." He hastily bathed and % dressed himself. "I'll see it from the outside," he added, and softly creeping down the stairway, found his hat, and opening the great door, descended the stone steps that led to the street. As he faced the east and moved slowly along the avenue he snuffed the air and found it good. He even took off his hat and let it cool his head. "It certainly seems to me that tnis is better than tossing on that comfortless mattress,V he muttered. "Won. v der why I never thought of it before." ; The pale streaks in the east grew broader, a pink flush rose behind the V" wooded crest, the clouds became hazy. Swiftly the flush deepened, spokes of " light were flung upward and then came H the sun. Amos Brandon walked slowly onward, eagerly watching those magic changes. "Oh," he said, "that's fine; it's , worth the trouble. How many people know anything about i: ? Precious few. Look at the present audience. x. One restless, lonely old man, and a P night watchman or two. What a gjr shame!" He came to a street intersectioned and paused and looked at his watch. "Quarter to five," he muttered. "No, ; I'll not go home. I feel like a runaway boy. I'll stroll down to the lake. - I don't believe I've really seen the lake p in a dozen years." He walked at a leisurely gait, SpF* breathing in the tonicky air and ever and anon turning his gaze on the suntinted clouds. His eyes were brighter anrl hi? sten mnre ftlastif*. I^abor : ing men, swinging their dinner boxes, * looked around as they passed him. His was an unusual figure at that early hour. Once he heard a man repeat his ?>>;. I - name to his companions and they all stared curiously at him as they passed. As he came within sight of the lake's blue ripples a girl came across the avenue and turned in on the sidewalk ! just ahead of him. She was a girl of perhaps 14, rather slender, with a clear olive complexion and thick, dark hair. She was ntratly dressed, save her shoes, which were dingy and frayed, and in her hand she carried a basket whose 'if contents were concealed beneath a white paper. Amos Brandon quickened his steps a little. "You are an early riser," he said to c ^4he^girl. At the moment he was interested in early risers. "Yes, sir," said the girl, who showed no surprise at his abrupt remark. "I /- have to carry my father's breakfast to him. He is a help at the mills over - there." She pointed to a long row of dingy buildings not far ahead. She spoke well and with a lack of v.V' - constraint that the old man admired. Sp "Why doesn't your father come home ^ to his breakfast?" he asked. "He goes to work at midnight and > quits at noon," she answered. "And how far do you come?" "About a mile and a half." She gave him a little nod and turned to cross a vacant field that would save si: her a few steps. Amos watched her for a moment as she sturdily stepped iurwa.ru. "A good little woman, and her father should be proud of her. I hope he is." ;< He sighed softly, as h^nlod He enjoyed the l|JiBPfWits dimply surfacegj^tKeewash of the littlc^a^^s they struck the piling, ^^ ^^nathe black banner of smoke trailjk^^ing after a far-away steamer. Presently he turned and strolled over toward the iron mills. Almost in a moment he came upon the girl of the lunch basket. She was sitting on a low pile of boards and close beside her sat a workingman, bare-armed and sinewy, a swarthy man with small, black eyes, and a short, black beard. He was eating with evident enjoyment ^^^"\the breakfast the girl had brought him. Amos Brandon paused at the picture. It pleased him. He nodded smilingly to the girl, who nodded back, and when the swarthy man looked up he nodded to him, too. Amos leaned against a pile of lumber. "Your load will be lighter on the way back," he said to the girl. "Yes," she answered, "father always has a good appetite." The swarthy man looked up. He nodded gravely to Amos. 'She's a good girl," he said slowly. "Come long way." "Yes," said Amos. "I'm sure she's a good girl." The swarthy man .looked around at the object of his praise. There was fondness in his glance. "Smart girl, too," he said. "Teacher say smartest girl in English school." He said this with some difficulty, but with evident gratification. "Oh. father," cried the child, with a swift little blush. Then the swarthy man's rough voice grew softer. "She's all I got," he said. "I see," said Amos Brandon. "Mutter dead, brudder dead, sister dead. Only Lena left." He turned a little and softly stroked the girl's hand. Something rose in the rich man's throat, and a mist swam before his eyes. ^ "Father thinks I should wear my best shoes," she explained. "He fast this walk would wear them out.^V<^ "Best shoes," echoed the swarthy man; "yes, yes, best shoes." He looked at Amos Brandon. Then he softly touched t'he girl's shoulder with a forefinger and struck himself sharply on forearm, and chest. "She's what I work for," ho smlfingly said. "I must go." remarked Amos Brandon. hurriedly. He paused and stepped forward. "I would like to shake hands with you," he said to the swarthy man. who met the advancing fingers with a warm grasp. Amos nodded to the girl and strode away. There was a crosstown car waiting for the signal to start. He caught it and 20 minutes later opened the front door of his house. The housekeeper met him in the hall. Her anxious face cleared. "Glad you have returned, Mr. Brandon," she said. "We were beginning to worry a little over your unusual absence." "Out for an early stroll, Mrs. Emer ! son," he said. "Kindly nave DreanI fast ready in half an hour." He stepped into the library and I opened his desk. For a moment he sat j in deep thought. Then he rapidly in; dited this letter. "My Dear Mary?I find it is quite impossible to hold out any longer. I am growing old and I need you, dear child. The door from which I turned you two long years ago is open for you and yours. You are all I have in the world, dear. Without you the house is cold and desolate. For what have I been toiling all these years but for you? Come back to me, daughter, and all will bo forgiven and forgotten. Tell your husband that a hearty handclasp awaits him. Say to him that I confess that I sorely misjudged him. "Write to me, dear, as soon as you receive this, and tell me when to expect you and George. Your affectionate father. Amos Brandon." He looked at the letter when he had finished it and shook his head. Then he carefully read it through. Again he showed his disapproval. After a moment or two he raised the sher?, and deliberately tore it to bit's of jagged paper and tossed them into the waste basket. "Pshaw," he smilingly muttered, "that's too slow. I'll hurry down and telegraph Mary that I'm coming for them, and then I'll follow by the first train." The housekeeper stood in the doorway. "Breakfast is ready, Mr. Brandon," she announced. The rich man whirled toward ner. "Mrs. Emerson," he said, "I want you to put Mary's rooms into the nicest possible shape at' once." The housekeeper started. "Is Miss Mary coming home, sir?" she eagerly asked. "Yes," said Amos Brandon, "she's coming home."?W. R. Rose, in Cleveland Plain Dealer. TROUT IN SHALLOW WATER. The Qoention of How Lillle Water They Can Swim In Not Setiled. On Monday a gentleman wrote me saying he had two ponds, artificial, which he intended to devote to trout, and desired to connect one with the other by a channel that trout could swim between them, and he wished to know how little water it would take for a 2-year-old trout to swim in comfortably. As a 2-year-old trout is just about as big as a piece of chalk, that part of the question was easy, but I really do not know the depth of water a trout would regard as comfortable to swim in. anu*. Jor this reason: On the Saturday bef6r<rfi*>?-? Monday I was with a foreman of i hatebe^>"-* i00king at some trout fry~in^Cmei^.?onds, the water flowing finally into a box supplying a pipe to other ponds, and the waste water passed through a spillway into a wild pond. The spillway was about 14 inches wide and perhaps a foot high at the sides and from the end this water dropped fully 18 inches, perhaps 20 inches, to the surface of the pond. As we stood on the cover of the reservoir box looking into the A M. 11 J U spiuway we saw a trout m it, huu it may have been 2 years old, also it may have been only a yearling, for it had jumped up from the wild pond into the spillway, and appeared to the eye to be about nine inches long. The water was so shallow in the box that the trout was from one-third to half its depth above the water, but occasionally it turned from side to side, immersing its body completely. This was a deliberate motion, as if to keep the exposed skin wet; then there was another motion as if rubbing its belly and sides on the bottom of the box, and perhaps that was what it was doing, clearing its sides of slime. After watching the fish for some minutes I brought my heel down on the boarding and the trout swam up and across j the spillway as rapidly and as easily^ as though it had been in wat r a foot deep, and finally out_,frf" the spillway into the pmidi_J?he'water on one side of^i&fc-^pfllway was deeper than on the -other, for on the shallow side the water barely covered the green mould, so that in its efforts to escape it was at times almost entirely out of water. Whether this was comfortable or not I cannot say, but the fish made lightning darts with its body partly in the water and sometimes almost entirely out, with the same facility and apparent grace displayed by a fish which swims in waters that are over its head and body.?Forest and Stream. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize.?Milnes. Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.?Chesterfield. Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.?Rochefoucauld. Celerity is never more admired than by the negligent.?Shakespeare. To rejoice in the prosperity of another is to partake of it.?W. Austin. An obstinate man does not hold opinions?they hold him.?Bishop Butler. The seeds of our punishment are sown at the same time we commit the sin.?Hesiod. Seeing much, suffering much and studying much are the three pillars of learning.?Disraeli. Life is a quarry out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.?Goethe. That is true philanthropy that buries not in gold in ostentatious charity, but builds its hospital in the human heart. ?Harley. Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.?Persian proverb. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.?H. W. Beecher. The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned is that it is easier to retain the books themselves than what is inside of them.?Gilles Menage. The flags to be hoisted at one time in signaling at sea never exceeded four. It is an interesting arithmetical fact, that, with IS various colored flags, and never more than four at a time, no fewer than 78,642 signals can j be given. CAUSES OF NIGHTMARE.1 ESPECIALLY DISTINGUISHED FROM DREAMS BY DEPRESSION. Why Nightmare in Often Hereditary? Ciiutrd by Gruesome Tales or Woful Spectacles ? Affects Highly Kmotional I'eople?The Treatment of the Trouble. The nightmare has nothing to do with horses, although they occasionally have it; the word mare really means, in this connection, a spectre, explains the Indianapolis Journal. Ac- ' cording to the Bavarian popular belief J the nightmare is a woman who ap- j pears in the morning asking to borrow ! something. To keep her away at night they promise her the three white gifts if she will come for them the next morning, and when she does come, as she surely will, she is given a handful of flour, a handful of salt and an egg. In Morocco it is customary to place a dagger under the pillow at night to j ward off the nightmare, and in Greece a black-handled knife is supposed to have the same effect. The ancient Germans believed that nightmare was due to a demon, who. during sleep, seated himself upon the chest of the sleeper and oppressed his breathing. The symptoms of nightmare are variable, though they may be always extremely disagreeable. It may be a realisitc sensation of falling from a high place, such as the summit of a steep precipice; or one may suffer all the horrors of a flood, or fire, or a struggle with enemies superior in force and number. Frantic animals may attack or spring upon the sleeper, and with all these visions there is an j inexpressible anguish and pain, with ' a sense of imminent danger, escape or defense seeming impossible, while the victim is unable to cry out for assistance or in the always present struggle at last utters a groan or two wV?inV? mov o n'O l*A Vl i m invii iticLj o n uuv> unit, Nightmare is especially distinguishable from dreams by the sensation of depression and suffocation. It is. in fact, a true temporary, miniature delirium. Sometimes, long after awakening. it leaves the subject a prey to nervous anxiety, violent palpitation and unusual debility. In fact, it has a marked analogy with insanity, and if it is constantly recurring it may be of serious portent, pointing to some affection of the brain or mind. Not that nightmare causes nervous disease or insanity, but that nervous disease j pre-existing causes, on the contrary, this special disposition of the brain | to temporary delirium, j From this it can be understood why I nightmare is often hereditary, just as abnormal nervous impressionability may be inherited. The child, too, sensitive to the slightest impression, a living bundle of nerves, is more especially subject to Dight terrors, even while awake, owing to the power of the mind to project ideas into space and with the eye to see them as actualities imbued with life. Next in susceptibility are women and some men whose brains have remained in the infantile state properly called simple-minded. Anaemia, fever, disturbance of the circulation, caused by diseases of the heart or the large blood vessels, disturbed respiration, due to asthma or a full stomach, are the most frequent predisposing causes, and are as powerful as nervous disturbances. such as hysteria and hy pochondria, in causing nightmare. Sometimes nightmare is due to prolonged wakefulness, a radical change in diet, or faulty position of the body, such as lying upon the back or face. Sometimes it is due to some mechani- | cal interference, such as an aneurism or even swollen tonsils. West has reported a case in which, in spite of all hygienic treatment, nightmare continued every night for a long period, due, as was discovered after careful consideration, to a prolonged uvula, which, during sleep, in the prone position hindered free respiration. Cut- j ting off the point of this mischievous uvula caused the permanent discon- i tinuance of the visits of the night- j mare. In nervous persons emotional in character nightmare may be caused by gruesome tales or woful spectacles, grief, discouragement, hatred, anger, etc. In fact, the most intense nightmare is due to exaltations of passion, due to the loss of dearly loved relatives or friends, sudden and extreme reverse of fortune, disappointed ambition, the fear of disease, or even a_ shock of one's self love ami- esteem, which, as has beeH~aptly~said, slays more victirns-fhan love. _J?he"'treatment of nightmare consists in awakening the subject, and, if there is perturbation of mind, giving some mildly sedative potion, such as warm water sweetened with syrup of lettuce. Following this, care should be taken to remove the supposed cause, to prevent recurrence of the nightmare. In the case of children intense moral impressions, weird stories and gruesome tales should be avoided, especially before bedtime. The child should be put to bed early to avoid the exciting environment of the social circle, of animated conversation and convivialjollit}'. The evening meal should be a light one, both as to quantity and quality of food and drink, avoiding highly spiced relishes and stimulating drinks. The chamber should be spacious and wellventilated, the bed not too soft and without too much bed clothing. Perfect muscular relaxation, avoidance of false positions and perfect freedom, all compression interfering with respiration or circulation must be avoided. The feet ought to be warm and lower than the head. The body should be extended and not cuddled up into a ball. When the bed is in an alcove or surrounded by. heavy curtains nightmare is sure to lurk within, for they prevent the free circulation of air, and the brain is stupefied, as it were, by laughing gas produced by the sleeper, the air vitiated by him being breathed ovefc and over again. The bed ought to be slightly inclined from head to foot, but the proper elevation of the head varies according to temperament. Anaemic people need to have the head quite low. but full-blooded people rest easier if the head is higher. An excitable, 1?3 rt Tf K/\ Kx* congested uiam iuaj wc 1 tuv-iT,u u; warm baths, tonics and antispasmodics like the bromides and valerian. If there is a tendency to palpitation the person should lie upon the right side; if the liver is disordered by chronic digestive troubles, the person should lie on the left side. The stomach should be in good condition, especially if there is flatulence due to gastric torpidity, leading to fermentation of food, and dilation of the stomach should be energetically treated. In Bacon's "Natural History," which is quaintly worded and based on very crude knowledge of natural history, as : it is understood today, the author says, with a grain of truth, "mushrooms cause the incubus of mare in the stomach." The same might be said of Welsh rarebits and similar indigestible delicacies eaten just before retiring; these lie hard on the stom-1 ach and cause more horrible dreams in those not hardened to such gourmandism. But it is equally erroneous to go to the opposite extreme and prohibit all food before retiring, for often a light repast is a most excellent | nightcap, and the pleasantest and j safest remedy against insomnia and, in fact, against nightmare, for an I empty stomach may cause it just as j much as an overloaded one. Not less important in the treatment I of nightmare is an endeavor to neu: tralize, as far as possible, all injurious moral causes. This is often simply a matter of good counsel ana caution | against the dangers of poor hygiene j and excess of passion. The friends should especially endeavor to reassure and render cheerful those unfortunate beings who have a morbid fear of disease (nosophobia, as it is technically called), to discourage their broodings and encourage them not to give way to despair. Unfortunately, the physician of today too often scorns and neglects this animisolatio, this solace of mind, which is none the less often far superior to and more efficacions than the most potent drugs. ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR PHRASE?. Well-Known Expression* That Have Started in the Most Natural War. To feel in apple-pie order is a phrase which dates back to Puritan times?to a certain Hepzibah Merton. It seems that' every Saturday she was accustomed to bake two or three dozen apple pies, which were to last her family through the coming week. These she placed carefully on her pantry shelves, labelled for each day in the week, so that Tuesday's pies might not be confused with Thursday's, nor those presumably large or intended for washing and sweeping days eaten when household labors were lighter. Aunt Hepzibah's "apple-pie order" settlement, and originated the wellknown saying. It was once customary in France, when a guest had outstayed his welcome, for the host to serve a cold shoulder of mutton instead of a hot | roast. This was the origin of the phrase "To give the cold shoulder." "None shall wear a feather but he who has killed a Turk" was an old Hungarian saying, and the number of feathers in his cap indicated how many Turks the man had killed. Hence the origin of the saying with refernce to a feather in one's cap. In one of the battles between the i Russians and Tartars a private soldier of the former cried out: "Captain, I've caught a Tartar!" "Bring him along, then," answered the officer. "I can't for he won't let me," was the response. Upon investigation it was apparent ! that the captured had the captor by the arm and would not release him. So, "catching a Tartar" is applicable to one who has found an antagonist too powerful for him. That far from an elegant expres| sion, "To kick the bucket," is believed I to have originated in the time of I Queen Elizabeth, when a shoemaker named Hawkins committed suicide by placing a bucket on a table in order to raise himself high enough to reach a rafter above, then kicking away the bucket on which he stood. The term coroner is derived from the word "corph-connor," which means corpse inspector. "He's a brick," meaning a good fellow, originated with a king of Sparta ?Agesilaus?about the fourth century B. C. A visitor at the Lacedaemonian capital was surprised to find the city without walls or means of defence, and asked his royal host what they would do in case of an invasion by a foreign power. "Do?" replied the heroic king. "Why, Sparta has 50,000 soldiers, and each man is a brick." I UAroa ffno rnQ noraHo in *V UCU L11C 11U1 kJVy 5 UUt VAW ^?T?4MV*v .M St. James' park, London, there is always a lot of boys on hand to black the boots of the soldiers or do other menial work. The boys, from their constant attendance about the time of guard mounting, were nicknamed "the black guards," hence the name "blackguard." Deadhead, as denoting one who has free entrance to places of amusement, comes from Pompeii, where the checks for free admission were small ivory death's heads. Specimens of these are in the museum at Naples. Bridegroom -Runs the Gauntlet. "The custom of throwing an old shoe after the wedded ctmple for luck is a remarkably widespread one, but it is not always as pleasant a feature of the ceremony as one has , come to imagine," began a young ' lawyer who has a penchant for folk ; lore. "The other day I ran across a curious custom which is said to prevail to some extent even yet in villages of southern France. "It's this way; after the ceremony the bride is escorted to her new home by her girl friends and left alone; the young husband, also in the hands*of his friends, is next led to a point a couple of hundred feet from the dwelling, where a halt is made. There the girl's rejected suitor, if there be such a one, arms himsolf with an old sabot, or wooden shoe, while the grooin, ducking his head, makes a dash for the house. The disgruntled suitor throws as hard and true as possible, and the crowd cheers or derides according to . the success of the shot. A wooden i shoe is a formidable missile in the , hands of an angry swain, and a hus- j band is justified in having some mis- j givings as he sees his defeated rival ? practising up in anticipation of the wedding day. Just think, though, how great a relief it would be even , in this country to take a crack at the ! fellow who had done you out of your best girl without having the police . step in. Over there the custom has a wider meaning. It signifies that the last ill feeting is thus thrown away, and it is the depth of disgrace j for the man who has thrown the , shoe to harbor any further malice against the young couple."?New . Orleans Times-Democrat. Traffic of the Seine. Every one knows that Paris is on the Seine, but very few people know, ' or perhaps care to know, the amount j of traffic along its waters. The traffic is much more than people imagine, j The minister of public works has pub- . lished some statistics which show that during 1900 no less than 50,048 boats of various sizes were at work on the i Seine. The boats carried 10,000,000 , tons of merchandise, of which 649,037 tons were used in Paris. But what of . the little passenger steamers that are j seen gliding from pier to pier? Well, they number 131. They can each carry from 225 to 400 passengers, and last year they conveyed more than 27,000,000 passengers;?Paris Messenger. Buffalo's system of public schools, numbering 60 separate school buildings, is said to compare favorably with any school system in the United States. ; *r " ffoVSEMOLD HINTS Some Thine* Worth Knowing. Whpn thprp is sickness in the family there are so many extra steps to he taken that one should so plan that all extia work may be spared. There ara Constant call for ice in many cases and with the refrigerator of the ice chest In the far distant cellar, a little hint as to how ice may be kept almost indefinitely will be appreciated. Put a piece of ice, say five cents' worth, in a kitchfn bowl. Stand the howl on a pillow, cover the bowl first with a large plate and then with another pillow. In this way the ice will keep during a whole night. If placed in an ice chest, wrap it in several thicknesses of ??wspaper. During the sultry weather ice that would not' last 24 hours may in this way be kept from Saturday until Monday morning. Summer flint*. Ice should be used, not abused. To hack it way senselessly as do most persons is sinful waste. Ice shavers are cheap, in lieu of which a pin pressed in will do the work. Bowls of ice placed about in an invalid's room will cool it quickly and. incidentally, save the nurse; fanning is weary work. Flowers, even in pots or around the city walls, carry to every heart a joyous message, but upon suburban nnrohos lot ereon run riot. The beneficial hose plays a great part in summer. It is too often used carelessly. Water is almost as disastrous as fire as a destroyer. Blow out the hose and dry it daily. Screens?house screens?are marvels of use in summer. A summer cold is a miserable affliction. A screen before an open window is wisdom placed before dawn, especially. Charcoal used to heat water for bathing is effective. Gallons may be heated in a jiffy or two jiffies, and there you are.?Philadelphia Record. . & The Odor of Feather*, Properly cured feathers have no odor. When there is a close odor to a feather pillow it tells unerringly one story. The feathers have not been properly cured and have been spoiled in the curing. There is no remedy for such feathers. The small amount of animal matter located in the quill of the feather, instead of being destroyed in the curing, has been allowed to become decayed; and like any decayed animal matter, it leaves a lasting taint behind. The best feathers may by accident acquire that taint by curing. The best goose feathers have so small a quill that thev are not as liable to trouble as hens' feathers, that have a heavy quill. It always pays to buy the best goose feathers because they are much lighter, bulk for bulk, than cheap feathers, and th* lightest cost very litle more than the heaviest, though the price by the pound is considerably more. It is generally the cheap feathers with coarse quills that are odorous. The odor will last as long as the feathers?New York Tribune. Dainty Dressing Tables. Nowadays dressing tables of mahogany, rosewood, white enamel, etc., are preferred above all, and rightly, too, without doubt, but the coquettish draped dressing table is the favorite of many women who like frills and daintiness. The old "spot" muslin or the pattern of tiny dots no bigger than seed pearls is quaint and pretty. The neatest way is to stitch the valance on a piece of tape anl tie it at intervals along the edge, the piece for the table coming to the edge and being finished off with a frill or muslin or lace. Then we may yield ourselves to further lavishness, and a very dressy way is to tack on the colored linen or batiste first, then placing over that the plain, lightly gathered muslin, to take a second piece and cut it in deep Vandykes, edging these with wide Valenciennes lace and tying it securely along the edge of the tables. The upper flounce should reach to within a foot of the ground, and may be caught up bj^wws of ribbon to match the color of tfie lining. Tho flounce of lace on the table piece should be fairly wide, and a novel way is to add a smart flounce of narrow lace; but very often the top is of looking glass framed in with a fulling * of lace and reflecting prettily the toilet pieces of ivory and silver. Pincushions should bt of the daintiest description. It is a capital plan to have one for black pins, another for white and a third for jewelry and hatpins. Hatnins mean destruction to a pretty pin cushion. Old decanter stands of silver or Sheffield plate fitted with the pincushions are most appropriate to a dressing table, whereof the accessories are all silver metal.?Montreal Star. ?<? RSC/PsS Pickled Cherries?Stone ripe cherries and cover with vinegar. Let them stand for 24 hours, then drain off the vinegar and add one pound granulated sugar to one pint of the fruit. Mix thoroughly and put in jars. They will keep perfectly without sealing and are delicious. Club House Potatoes?Cut one pint of raw potatoes in fancy shapes or cubes; parboil three minutes. Drain, add one-fourth cup butter and cook until soft, then add one cup thin white sauce and one tablespoonful meat extract. Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and serve. Pineapple Sandwiches?Cut the pineapple in thin slices, and these again quite small, dust with powdered sugar, and arrange between thin slices of buttered bread. Cut into small, dainty shapes. Another way is to mash the ripe pineapple as smoothly as possible, sweeten, and spread on buttered bread. These are for afternoon tea. Spinach Souffle?Take a cupful of spinach whioh lias been prepared and mix with it the beaten yolk of an egg and stir over the fire until the egg is set. Let it cool. When ready to serve stir into it lightly the well beaten whites of three eggs. Fill individual buttered paper boxes half full and place them in a hot oven for 10 minutes. Serve at once. Maple Cream?Dissolve one-half package of gelatine in cold water. Pour over it one cup of boiling maple sirup, being careful that all the gelatin is dissolved. Add one cup of scalded milk thorough' beaten with two eggs. When it begins to stiffen, pour it slowly into one pint of whipped cream, stirring it gently until all is well mixed. Turn into a mold that has been rinsed with cold water and set on iee four hours. The Chief Juetloe Apologized. Even chief justices arc betrayed Into 6lang occasionally. Sir John Madden, ; the chief justice and lieutenant govcr- ! nor of Victoria, angry at the absence of all the barristers in a libel case that was down for hearing, characterized the proceeding as a "fake." This is a piece of pugilistic slang and is understood to ; mean a make-believj fight, both boxers : having previously agreed as to the final issue. London and New York have witnessed many such "fakes." Next morning the three leading barristers concerned appeared in court, explained their absence and indignantly repudiated any j idea of a "fake." The chief justice then 1 ? ~Lie ron-rof tVint apuiugizcu, uu ?,-.*** *.%. had permitted himiclf to use such a ( word, and adding that the bar would un- i dcrstand how such expressions sometimes slipped out without due regard : to the surrounding circumstances. A bland assurance of his belief that the parties in the case were animated by | the "fullest litigant animosity" raised a laugh and agreeably closed the incident. ?Loudon Chronicle. White Blood Corpuscle*. Physiologists have long been puzzled ever the white corpuscles of the blood. It was onlv recently that the nature aud function of these were determined. It was startling to the scientist as well as to the layman to discover that these corpuscles are really living organisms. moving about independently of the red blood corpuscles and behaving like the amcebre found in stagnant water. There corpuscles, it was found, are produced by the spleen, and their function is one of absolutely vital importance? namely, to destroy the bacteria and disease germs which lead to disorder and death. These curious organisms are called leucocyte. Their manner of dealing death to germs is extremely interesting to watch under the microscope, but it is likely that there is much more to learn about them.?New York World. Queer Tongue Tripping in Court. Lawyers often make queer slips of the tongue. 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Some travel great distances to take part in a reunion in Manchester that has now become an annual event. This year it took place at the Hulme Town Hall, where a tea party in the evening was followed by a performance of "Hamlet" by deaf mutes. Probably the feeling for dra matic representation is as strong in tnem i as in others, but to those who can hear and speak it is difficult to imagine that it can be fully satisfied with signs and gestures, more especially when they are trameled with the rapid and complicated movements of the finger language. The performance was, however, a great success. Last year the same "actors" gave "Romeo and Juliet," so that the success was not altogether due to novelty. The dressing of the play was effective, the scenery was good, and there was spirit in the acting and the audience, judged by their attention, felt a real concern in the development and the incidents of the play. 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