Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TH? TEMPTED. . Pleasure crie<l: "Come hither, pray!" "Stay." said Spotless l>uty, "stay!" Pleasure cried: "1 may not wait, Follow uow or never: Once I beckon, once 1 smile, And I pass forever." Duty watched him as he fled I>own the way where Pleasure led? Watched and sighed and said: "I'll twait. Pleasure is but fleeting, r- I am constant?1 will smile When he comes retreating." Pleasure left him on a day? Fled, and hid herself away: Then he gravely said: "I'll turn Pack again to l>uty"? Put a wrinkled hag stood where Once was maiden beauty. ?S. E. Kiser. If A CASE { I "SMTMAINS." I O BY MAEGAHET L. KNATP. ^ "The trouble v/ith Billy is he's scatter-brained." As Mr. Lemmon said this he filled a dipper at the purhp and approached the teakettle. The tin lid was upside down -* and very hot He gave it a hasty flip which landed it in the midst of the apple sauce simmering close by, and poured in the water triumphantly. "Like to got scalded that time," he said, fishing out the teakettle lid. "It won't hurt the sauce, will it?" ^ - "I don't believe it will. The dipper'll melt, Nathan, if you leave it on " A. ? , ? me stove empty. "That's so." Mr. Lemmon rescued the dipper and made a fresh onslaught on 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 y|y- 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 so long, and there he was, swimmin' in tacKS. allien as evor i can get things straightened out again." Mrs. Lemmon laughed. She laughed easily. She was distinctly a genial ^ person. "I can't think where he gets it from," added Mr. Lemmon. "He gets it from his father," an,7" - swered Mrs. Lemmon unexpectedly. "Why, you don't say?" Mr. Lemmon turned around to see what she meant. - . "Certain I do. You're filling the kettle too full, Nathan; it's spilling over. Yes, you're both absent-minded. He jj? 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 |p to go as soon as the apple sauce is off IgM the stove." "Dear me, they're as helpless as kittens about some things," she thought ^ affectionately, tying the strings of her fc-. Sunday bonnet in a firm, square bow. She looked out of the window at Billy, a freckled-faced boy of 10, who was . tramping up and down beside the old ??7 horse. Mrs. Lemmon was Billy's step- , mother, and he had decided opinions about her. < "She takes my part," Billy said. "She takps na's nart. too. I don't know , who's side she's on?everybody's, I < guess. She's great!" "Ma, say, can I drive?" he asked, as j Spr. she came out < "Course I expect you to drive. When 1 a young man takes me to town, he ] gg|^ <has to do the driving." < T ^Billy clambered into the wagon with i an important air. Mrs. Lemmon stood < waiting. 1 "There's another thing a young % man's got to do that takes me to ride," 1 she said, after a minute. 1 "What?" \ "Turn the wheel out so I can get in." < "I forgot," Billy turned out sharply. "Take care?take care! You'll be ] over on the other side the road!" cau!gr tioned his father, coming up to the j fence, anxiously. It was not the gen- \ eral custom to see one's wife off every ] time she went to the village. Mr. 1 Lemmon did not know why he did it < It was because she brought an ele- .1 ment of fun into the business. He 1 felt excited, like Billy. 3 "No, we're all right. WeJi, 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 w^gon," he thought. "He was dreadfiJ^Seased to !>aye the reins. Dxu^^^fTSiaiTH* Th^piifWK)ked lonely to^Mr. Lem. atffff as he^.went back to the chickencoop he was making. It was a goodsized 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 i with satisfaction. "She'll say it's a good job,", he thought. i "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. Lemmon did not come out 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, I then. 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, yon don't I want to undo all the straps, only Just what's necessary." "I 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 her 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. i Rat-u-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat! i Mrs. Lemmon flung open the cellar |^^^door. Nathan, are you there?" she "Ma-a! * came a feetWe*voice from the ^ distance. \ it's ontside," said1. Mrs. Lemmon. k "I'm afraid he's hur<<\ Take this can- j \ die, Billy, and run oi ahead." ' Billy loped across tfie yard. She followed with the lanpp. "What's the , matter?" she called, alarmed, for Billy was capering up and down beside some whitish object, the candle lighting up his round face like a hobgoblin's. "Mai 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. "I see him!" ho cried, excited. "Nathan Hale Lemmon, how come you there?" cried his wife. ,lI 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?oh, oh! ?you've been and nailed that front on from the inside, and then?you couldn't get out through the door un less you was a chicken, which you're not?oh, ray! 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 you get through laughing, maybe you'll do something. I've been hollerin' here most all the afternoon." "You poor man. you! Really, I feel weak! There, Billy, you stop! Run and bring the hatchet. Don't cut yourself." If took but a few well directed blows with the back of the hatchet to loosen a couple of boards. Through the narrow 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 supper fit for the minister, and no allusions made to late unpleasant experiences. 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 assented, 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 chicken-coop."?Youth's Companion. NEW METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION. Will the Pipe Line Be Used for Other Purposes Than Oil Distribution? One of the developments of the coming century, worthy of at least passing thought, is the extent to which pneumatic tube principle will be employed to expedite transportation which is now entirely dependent on steam locomotives. For example, the long lines of loaded 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 percent 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 shipping port It does not seem altogether unreasonable, 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 local distribution. In the matter of coal transportation, in fact, iust such pipe line ccnveni ence was tried experimentally something 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 sufficiently 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 po?-_ teries, too, clay paste is frequently carried from one point to another through pipes. There is, thus, a fairly gocd beginning for pipe-line engineering with solids.?Cassier's Magazine. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. Idleness is both a great sin and the cause of many more. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. Some men take a lifetime to prove how much wisdom they lack. A moraj 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 and the philosopher 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 difficult. It is the compensation of the humble 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 lie at home. He who is everybody's friend is generally nobody's. The character which can shape itself to fit in every niche is like an India rubber ball^ too malleable to stay long anywhere or have much inside except air. At He Probably Meant It. 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. Hi* Reliance. "Do you really believe in your profession of faith he.aling?" "It depends," said the man who is advertising occult powers, "on whether you mean as a medical aid or a financial investment." ? Washington Star. 1 HOT WEATHER PHILOSOPHY. As Expounded by the Man in the Linen | Suit "In the summer I make it a rule j never?ye<, never?to talk about hot j weather, and to think about it as little as possible," said the man in the linen ; suit, "and I find I am able to keep com- i paratively cool, and I certainly get more ! enjoyment out of the long months of ! summer than do my neighbors. I never ! ureet mv friend with the auerv. 'Is 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, and I never permit one in my ofl:ce. "I hold that thinking about the j weather makes a man hotter, or he I thinks he is hotter, and, after all, iniagi- | nation cuts a big figure in standing 'j any weather that might be sent along. If a man meets a thermometer staring him in the face at every street corner I and in every store or oliice into which i he goes, and finds one thermometer re- j cords 98 degrees, another 97, and a ! third 97 1-2, he naturally wonders which j is right, and keeps his eyes out for I another thermometer, to compare its ! readings with the others. First thing you know the man gets the thermometer 1 and the hot weather habit. He looks at j the thermometer to learn how warm it i is, and no matter how comfortable he j may feel he gets hot and uncomfortable j j when he sees a jiigh temperature record. and lie gets hotter, or tninKs nc uoes, which is the same in the end, every time he ?ees the mercury rise in the glass. ! "On the other hand, the man who ke?.p^ quiet and does .-.ot think about the weather is never worried about the i weather."?New Orleans Timcs-Dcmo- ! crct. Bargain Counter Overrun. Fargen?I hear your wife was over come by the heat. Bargen?Yes, and she's not over it * 1 yet. Fargen?How did it happen ? Bargen?She was out shopping for next year's Christmas presents.?Phil- I adelphia Press. A Fortune to Be Given Away. A noted philanthropist has decided to give away his fortune to charities and no doubt I much good will be accomplished. Thwc is j cn->thcr agency that has also accomplished j much good, namely, Hostetfccr's Stomach Bit- ; tors, the medicine wiih fifty yrar< o* enrej j back of it. It promotes appetite, insures di- ! gestion, curis dyspepsia, regulates the liver j and keens the bow?ls regular, also pie\ens Iclchir.g heartburn or rlatulency. Den t fail j to try it, but be sure you get the genuine. President Garfield was shot on Satur- j day, July 2, 18S1, and died on Monday, ' September 19, 1S81. ! Best For ihc Bowels. No matter what alls you, fcoadache to a cancer, yon will never get well until your i bowels are put right. Cascades help naturo, : euro you without a gripo or pain, produce ) easy natural movements, cost you just 10 tronv 1?Oq1 fV? V\1 oV P iC. ttnto IV ObUi V ^WVtii^ IVUI UV.M4VU uwva? vau- I carets Candy Cathartic, tho gonuine, put up i in metal boxes, every tablet has O.C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. Etymologists declare that the sugar- ; cane has 227 varieties of insect enemies. Sea advertisement of EK-M Ontnrrh Curoin another c >lu:u:t tUo best r.-tnrdr made. The largest locomotive works in the world are in Philadelphia. AH gooda arc alike to Putnam Fadeless j Dyes, as they color all fibers at one boiling, gold by all druggists. Two electric mountain railroads have been constructed to operate on the French . slope of the Pyrenees'. The favorite flower of the fortune hunter is marigold. ffow'* 1hi?t We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for : any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O. j We, the undersigned, have known F. J. j Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him : perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any i obligation made by their firm. West A Truax Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, i Ohio. Walding, Kixnax A Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act- i Ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sont fre.s. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The man who says he would share his last dollar with you somehow or other 1 A ? 1- -A J .11 never gees uown to nis last uunur. Ladic&^an Wear 5boes -OrnFsIze" smaller after using Allen's Foot- ; Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight j or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat- j ihg, aching fret. ingrowing nails, corns and i bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by moil. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Every woman who marries feels that to a certain degree she is a reformer. Children Tiike It. Whon your child's eyes got soro us? Jno. R. I Dickey's Old Reliable Eye-water. Rollov s nt j once. Don't burn?feels gooi. Dlckoy D.ug Co., Bristol. Tcnn. i I Sugar exists in the sap of leaves of | nearly 200 different kinds of trees. j Coughing I "I was given up to die with I to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. _ I I improved at once, and am now in J perfect health."?Chas. E. Hart- j Sjman^Gibbstw N. Y. It's too risky, playing with your cough. The first thing you know it will be down j deep in your lungs and j the play will be over. Begin early with Ayer's I Cherry Pectoral and stop I the cough. ! Three sizes: 25c., 59c.t SI. All drngfUts. I Consult your doctor. If he says take it, I 6 then do as he says. If be tells yon not 8 to take It, then don't taLe It. He knows. 1 Leave it with him. We are willing. P ? J. C. AYEK CO., Lowell, Mass. | A Bad Breath A bad breath means a bad stomach, a bad digestion, a j bad liver. Ayer's Pills are j liver pills. They cure constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, sick headache. 25c. AH druggists. ? I Want your moustache or beard a beautiful I j brown or rich black? Then use BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whteters I i I 50 CM. or DauOGiatji. or R. P. HA'^L A Co.. Nashua, N.H. Mention this Paper i ~ CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Q Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use 19 In time. Sold by druggiste. |wf Mlnchlef. Wonder who is Mischief; Bothers me all day. Tags me iu the darden Where I go to play. Fought I'd pick some f'owcrs; Fought I'd pick 'em all. "Careful, dear, there's Mischief," Heard my mamma call. IVoked 'round 'mong the posies, Touldn't see one tiug, 'Opt cue little birdie, I)est a goin' to sing. Never tould see Mischief, Always hides away, But my mamma sees him Many times a day. Says he's in the pantry, Sees him on the shelf Where 1 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; 1-dest-wish-he-would. ?Chicago Kecord-Heruld. Something About Iceberg*. Navigators of the North Atlantic have to be constantly on watch during the summer months, for the iceDergs that come down from Greenland and other Arctic regions. Some vessels are fitted with apparatus that gives immediate warning of the vlcinitv of one, but where there is no such apparatus, the temperature of the water is 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 beating against it. Some of them are of enormous size. It is generally accepted by scientific men that only oneeighth of the berg appears above the water. If, therefore, the part that is visible rises 50 feet above the surface, the part under water would measure 350 feet. No wonder the sea captains have a holy horror of them. Mnnlc I>oc Was a Sabbatarian. A little white dog that sits on the music box of a blind man in Minneapolis, and permits people to drop pennies in a basket tied around his neck by a ribbon, on last Fourth of July refused to attend to business. He snarled and showed his teeth when any attempt was made to put on his uniform. The little fellow frisked and gambolled, tugged at his chain, bit the stump tails of his stray companions and generally misconducted himself. The blind man says that the dog has never been asked to work on Sunday. He thinks that Sunday ought to be a day of rest for blind men and dogs as well as more fortunate beings, so every Sunday the dog gets an extra fine breakfast, consisting of boiled liver, and full liberty to do precisely as he pleases. Thus the little curly dog has come to regard Sunday as a full holiday, and he knows when the day comes around, because on that day his master puts on a white shirt and his best hat. The blind man is patriotic, and so on the Fourth he wore his white shirt and best hat, hence the little white dog thought that it was Sunday, and refused to work.?Our Dumb Animals. A Doll with Ileal Hair. There are dolls and dolls, but Naomi Oles, a Pennsylvania girl, has in her possession one which is considered as valuable as any in the country. It has caused no end of comment in the locality where she lives, because of the hair on the doll's head. If any of our girl readers were to make a demand on their fahers for several locks of hair, to give realism to the headgear of a doll, they would probably be denied the boon, as some fathers have no hair to spare, while others, haunted by signs of approaching baldness, are not anxious to make a sacrifice for a member of the nursery. 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 possessor of silken locks with a natural tendency to curl. As he grew older his mother thought it was not becoming 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 naa snorn mm or ms iucks the mother secured them and placed them away for safekeeping. Recently she had a doll's wig made of 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 of this doll with natural hair so peculiarly secured. Naomi's present is the envy of all the little girl friends in the vicinity of her home.?Young People's Magazine. Tabltha'a 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 babyhood is Tabitha. Ever since the little girl could toddle around, the cat has been her playmate, as she has no brothers and sisters. Alice and Tabitha have slept together, and what is more unusual, they have eaten together. 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 cat was placed in a high-chair by the side of her mistress. A napkin was placed under tabitha's chin, and a plate of fish was set before her. Tabitha 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 meais as her little mistress. She learned to know the sound of the dinner bell as well as any one in the house. Tabitha especially enjoyed, dinner on Fridays, for the family was accustomed to have fish on that day, and If there was any dish that the cat loved It was fish. One day this led to a remarkable happening. The dinner bell had rung and all the family were in their seats except Tabitha. whose place was vacant. The dinner proceeded, and the dessert had been reached, when the cat came bouncing into the room with two mice in hjS" mouth. Before any one could stofr: her she jumped into her chair, an#put one mouse on her plate, depositing the other on Allce't plate. Tabitha's generosity was not precisely what older people call good form, but evidently she meant it kindly, and the entire proceeding was so queer that the members of the family, including Alice, broke into full, round j laughs. Of course the mice were re- j moved from the table, at which Tab- j itha looked grieved. She seemed so ; sorrowful about the loss of her mice J that Alice's parents decided to for- ] give her for her breach of etiquette j and call the score even.?Young Peo pie's Magazine. Damon and Tvtliia*. Damon and Pythias were two little ?- /%V* {/il?Awn a 4*% a 1 n v crr\ fo TTYt. ! fLiiitiwup nuu ?v,u 111 a mi gg i yard with a great many other chick- j J ens just like themselves. Their J | mother, as every good mother hen j j should do, taught them well how to j i hunt for tiny worms and insects, to | eat, by kicking up the gravel and 1 knocking aside little heaps ot dust with their bills. But the time they . liked best of all was when the farmer | brought out an old milk pan full of i moist cornmeal, and then they tumbled over one another like little fat puffballs, always managing to fall into the pan in their excitement, and staying there till it was wholly empty. One day in the early summer, when the long, sunny afternoons began to grow uncomfortably hot, J)olly came to spend the summer at the farm. Now, Dolly wanted to have a chicken which was all her own, and picking out the downiest yellow one she bought it for five cents and kept it apart from the rest. Whenever it uttered its "peep, peep," she felt sure it was hungry, and gave it cornmeal. That seemed very kind treatment, surely, but when at the close of the second day she found the poor little thing lying stiff and cold, and another and yet another whom she tried to adopt came to the same sad ending, she decided that farmers did know more than little girls, after all, and it was not good for chickens to be always eating. Dolly had hardly made up her mind to this when she discovered Damon and Phythias. Damon and Pythias were always together; * * i t. . 1- J lnaeea, iney seemea xo oe sucu gwu friends that the farmer's city cousin had given them their queer names in honor of two famous friends who lived long ago and were very fond of each other. When Dolly first saw the two all the other chickens were standing about thinking of their night's rest and feeling as sleepy as could be, but , Damon and Phythias had jumped up saucily on their mother's back and were carefully balancing themselves there. They were a pretty pair, for Damon was jet black and Phythias creamy white. Dolly pulled out her small purse at once and paid for them en the spot. From that time on a new life began for Damon and Pythias. On rainy days they were taken indoors, where they delighted to patter around, and when Damon discovered a rag carpet mat he tried to kick it up as he did the sand, and looked at it with an astonished air because the kicks from his tiny flying claws, or the taps from his bill, failed to root out food. Soon they both began to recognize their names, and would hurry to their mistress when she called. When Dolly went on short walks around the farm it came to be understood that the two chickens would follow her about, and they became so affectionate that they could not bear to have her out of their sight wnen she shook her forefinger at them and said: "No, you can't go," they seemed to understand her words, and gave dismal "peeps" that lengthened into loud squawks if they were left alone. Friendly as they had always been tbey grew jealous after a time, and would stand with the tips of tfceir bills together, absolutely rigid for half a minute, glaring fiercely at each other. The quarrels never lasted long, for soon a buzzing fly would pass overhead, which one chicken was sure to hop into the air and catch, while the other would coolly walk away. This seems to be the chicken fashion of ending quarrels. As the days went by Damon and Pythias grew too plump for the box of cotton wool in which they slept, and a large cage, with a perch in it for each, was prepared for them. Regularly at 6 o'clock the chickens walked Into the house and went to roost, each on his own perch. When the summer was over and Dolly returned to her city home she carried her strange pets with her in their cosey cage, and they soon became used to their new life.?New New York Tribune. Mncons Lining and Music. It's mean to telhthis joke, but It is too good to keep. A popular society matron has a daughter who has a beauI tiul voice and is a very pretty girL She has never taken singing lessons, and some of the singers have been consulted by her as regards their terms. One of these instructors has talked a lot to the mother about giving her girl lessons, and assured her that he was the fellow to develop that voice until it would be a "peach." He argued the matter over and over again every time he saw the lady and. finally she said: "I wish my daughter to learn to sing, Professor High Notes, but she is not well. She is suffering constantly from a sort of indigestion, and I don't think she feels well enough to take the lessons." "Pooh, pooh, my dear madam," replied the professor. "Nonsense! With my teaching and ten cents' worth of cream of tartar she will be cured at once." And yet-that obstinate mamma has not struck the trade. Maybe the | daughter has objected to the ten cents' worth of cream of tartar.? Louisville Times. Advice to Mother*. She?I can't make out how It Is that Mrs. Wise has fish for nearly every meal. It can't be for economy's 6ake, for she must be fairly well off. He?She has a large family of unmarried daughters, you know. She?Now, don't be nasty, and say something about girls and their brains; that's so old. He?Oh, no, I hadn't the slightest intention of doing so. She?Well, can't you tell me? He?I don't know, I'm sure, unless it's because fish are rich in phosphorus. She?I don't see what that has to do with it He?Perhaps not, but still it's good for making matches.?London King. The Bill All Right. "My dear sir, it strikes me that this is a pretty round bill." "Yes, I have sent it around often enough to make is appear so, and now I hope to get it squared."?Baltimore Jewish Comment. The Word "Gazette." It is doubtful whether the word gazette 1b from "gazza," meaning mag; pie, or from "gazetta," a small coin. .. Si 13J WOPS, Decorative Key Board*. Key boards are among the latest popular decorative fads and have a certain utility. A panel of polished wood has a cross piece of the same at j the upper end, ih which are small hooks, to hold the keys. On the surface of the panel a large key is painted, 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 tdrgotten 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. Like the Old flnircloth Trunk. The shoe box. which at first, appeared covered with chintz or cretonne, has become a recognized necessity for the dressing room or bedchamber, and is now seen in a variety 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 ornament, shading from bronze to brass color. The centre of the lid is decorated 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 is still something of a novelty. When its windows give on a green and shady prospect the effect of the yellow dining 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 woodwork Is painted ivory white. Above the panelling is a stencilled frieze in shades of daffodil, orange and chestnut. The rug Is in shades of brown and dull, soft blues. The tiled fireplace is in yellowish L-rown. The chair seats are of chestnut-brown leather. The window hangings are of daffodil yellow and white. To Wash Wash-Suede Gloves. Wash-suede gloves are a comfort, especially in hot weather. They look almost as well, and are much less expensive to wear than light-colored gloves of non-washable kid. The following simple directions for washing them may be useful to the woman thus inclined to economize: Wash in clear, lukewarm water, applying castile soap to the gloves and ruDDing tnem tnrougn tne nanus, continue this process until the gloves 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 them on the hands and work them until they are dry and soft By following these directions closely you will find your gloves as clean and Boft as when new. Gas Store "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 or small. Such a stove costs only $12. | See that the stove you buy has an at-; tachment for lighting the oven from j the outside. It is much superior to and safer than the 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 buy them. Never put 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 j long before the pie was ready. You can simmer corned beef or soup as slowly on a gas stove as on the back of a coal range. Every good gas stove has a simmerer. It consumes the j 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 bum gas when the flame is red, or when it blows. Turn it out, let the gas flow a few seconds and relight The flame must burn blue to do good service; if it is red the cooking utensils will get smoked black.?Good Housekeeping. Rec/PES Orange Float?Boil one quart of ' water with the juice and pulp of two ' lemons; when boiling add one and j one-half teacupfuls of sugar. Dis- I solve five tablespoonfuls of corn- , starch in one teacupful of cold water, stir into the boiling syrup and stir all! the time for five minutes; when cold I pour over six sliced oranges and add ; the beaten whites of two eggs, flavored j with a half teaspoonful of vanilla and j sweetened with a tablespoonful of su-1 gar. j 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 sugar. Top and stem the gooseberries 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 custard may be made by boiling one quart of milk in a double boiler. Beat two eggs very light and stir into thein four tablespoonfuls of sugar and one tablespoonful of flour. 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