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HOW SLEEP MAY BE WOOED V JBeventents of this Feet Will Quiet tire Biervons Brain. Most of the mentai devices for woo tag sleep have failed because they have ??arly always tried to resort to "local treatment" In other words, they have made a homeopathic attempt to stop Bf thin&?ng by thinking a boat something fi|| else, a process which might also be catted "elimination by substitution." But ail thinking, spontaneous or forc? ed, draws more or less blood to the brain, prevents deep inhalations and bass the gate to the kingdom of dreams. Any device, on the other hand, which will make one take deep, long breaths spontaneously, the invariable forerun? ner of sleep, mayv be counted upon as a ?genuine remedy for insomnia. Even deep breathing which is forced is bet? ter than- any purely mental attempt to win sleep, but if the deep breathing can be produced involuntarily one is sure of a passport to Nodland. After several nights of experiment to this desired end the writer decided to apply the principle adopted by the masseurs, who begin their manipula? tions, "at the potot farthest from the seat o? difficulty," which in the case of insomnia would be the feet Lying on the right side, with the knees to? gether and considerably flexed, the victim of insomnia should begin .to s pedal both bis feet slowly up and down, with the movement entirely in t?e ankles. The pedaling should keep ? . time with the natural rhythm of res? piration and be continued until it is followed by deep and spontaneous breathing. Several people who have tried this remedy report that involuntary deep breathing invariably begins before they have pedaled up and down a dozen times. In. obstinate cases pf in? somnia the patient may need to* keep np the pedaling two or three minutes or even more, with intermissions, if necessary. The treatment may also be varied by moving the feet alternately instead of simultaneously, though the latter method has proved the more speedily efficacious in the cases known to the writer. The explanation of the jesuit obtained is probably simple. The blood is pumped from the head, and with the removal of brain tension & general relaxation follows, with a se? quent deep respiration and its result tog sleep.-Good Housekeeping. OLDEST ENGLISH PAPER. ^London Gazette I? the Least Read, bat Pays S100,000 a Year. The London Gazette is the oldest ?nd least read of any English newspa? per. It is at once the biggest and the least of all English papers, for it is tho *mly paper in the land which changes j its size-from one page to a . hundred.. according tc the pressure of the news. lt i* the only newspaper whose word I 3s law and whose authority is accepted . ia the witness, box. It can' make and unmake bankrupts. *>Oftis the-only paper in which certain persons are compelled to advertise and ?a.-whieh certain other persons cannot advertise for love or money. It yields a profit of $100,000 a year. Time was when the editorship of tho Gazette was one of the spoils of office, worth $4,000 a year. It was the recog? nized reward of party services in the press. ^X'nder the old regime the Gazette bad besides its editor a staff of five clerks : appointed by the treasury, but ^?n 1SS9 the treasury remodeled the | snanagement of the paper, found the . staff employment elsewhere and left the whole responsibility of the Gazette j en its publishers, Messrs. Harrison &( Sons. The printing of the paper has been in the Harrison family since 1773. Absolute secrecy as to the contents of any forthcoming Gazette prevails at fit Martin's lane, and, though there are ? thousand workers in Messrs. Harri ..sons' office, no item of news has ever leaked out before its time. E^ery sheet of copy is private and confiden? tial until it appears for all the world to see. The copy for the Gazette is written in the government offices, of? ten by cabinet ministers themselves. N and is invariably returned with the jwoofs. Each secretary initials his copy, and in cases of promotion in the services no paragraph is accepted even in proof without being initialed a sec? ond time. Now and then on very rare occasions s piece of copy is received auto? graphed by the sovereign.-Westmin? ster Gazette LANGUAGE OF THE HAND. .Scarcely n Sentiment lt IM Xot Capa* blv of Esyresjtiug. When-a lover ventures for t lit? first time to grasp the mind of his charmer ?he either withdraws it, and that is as much as to say, "I have no heart for you." or she suffers it, which is the same as if she said. "He whom I per? mit to touch my hand may hope also to touch my heart." In lovers* quarrels, indeed, the hand is withdrawn to ex? press anger, but.soon extended again jb token of reconciliation. Who eau tell all that is said by the hand which another is conveying to the lips to have a kiss imprinted upon it? This is done either slowly or hastily, either with trembling or boldly, and expresses civil? ity or respect, gratitude or love. Two bands are folded together-their owner prays: the folded hands are raised-he solicits something; they are rubbed oue against the other-he is impatient. The raised finger threatens; when beut it beckons; when extended it points. Two fingers produce the snap, a sign of contempt or defiance. The hand gives; the baud receives. Both speak aloud. The hand likewise answers hy a re? pulsive motion. A linger placed upon the lips inculcates discretion. The an? cients represented the god of silence in this attitude. How they have repre? sented Venus everybody knows. The band of the goddess says. "I am bash? ful." The Graces take each other by the hand, as much as to say, "We ought to be indivisible." Two hands firmly .grasping each other are the symbol of fidelity. The clinched fist bespeaks rage and revenge, the hollowed hand implores alms, the hand laid upon the heart protests, the hand upon the fore? head thinks, and the hand behind the ear expresses difficulties. In a word, there is scarcely a senti? ment which the nand is not capable of expressing, and it not only completely supplies the place of the mouth in speaking, but also, rather imperfectly, in kissing, for when the lips cannot ap? proach the beloved object the hand throws kisses to her.-New Orleans Times-Democrat HISTORY OF THE ANCHOR. Parlona Improvement* That Have Been Made In Its Shape. The ships' anchors in general used np to the beginning of the last century consisted of a long, round iron shank, having two comparatively short, straight arms or flukes, inclined to the shank at an angle of about 40 degrees and meeting it in a somewhat sharp point at the crown. In large anchors the bulky wooden stock was built up of several pieces, hooped together, the whole tapering outward to the ends, especially on thc aft or cable side. About the beginning of the last cen? tury, a clerk in the Plymouth naval j yard, Pering by name, * suggested cer? tain improvements, the most important of which was making the arms curved Instead-of straight. At first sight this simple change may seem of little value, but eonsideration will show that this is not the case. The holding power of an anchor depends on two principal con? ditions-namely, the extent of useful holding surface and the amount of vertical penetration. The latter qual? ity is necessary on account of the na? ture of ordinary sea bottoms, the sur? face layers of which are generally less tenacious and resisting than is the ground a short distance below. In the year 1831 chain cables began to supersede the hempen ones, with the result that the long shanked an? chors hitherto in vogue were no longer necessary, and anchors with shorter shanks and with heavier and stronger crowns gradually came into use. In consequence of these changes a com? mission was appointed in the year 1S3S io inquire into the holding power of an? chors, and a principal result of its la? bors was the adoption of the so called admiralty pattern anchor, which con? tinued to be used in the navy up to the year 1S60. The invention of the steam hammer in 1842 made the welding of heavy masses of iron a comparatively easy and reliable process, so that from this time onward the strength of an cbprs*f ully kept pace with that of the chain cables which bad come into gen? era! use. r A number of patents for anchors were taken out prior to the great ex? hibition of 1S51. and. public attention having been called to the models there shown, in the following year a commit? tee was appointed by the admiralty to report on the qualifications of anchors of the various kinds. Practical trials were then instituted, and as a result Trotman's anchor took the highest place. Rodger's anchor being second on the list Some of the tests to which the anchors were submitted were of doubtful value, such, for instance, as "facility for sweeping." Nowadays, j however, at all events for deep ships [ in shallow harbors, it is cons-dered an i advantage for an anchor to offer as lit I tie obstruction as possible above the ; ground.-Science Siftings. A Lost Island. . Of the various buildings whicty .adorn? ed the island of Philso there remain to day above water only a portion of the colonnade, the top of the kiosk and a part of the temple of Isis. The traveler approaches the ruins in a small boat, in which he may pass down.the colonnade and row about in the once sacred cham? bers. It is a novel and interesting ex? perience, but to those who were fa? miliar with the island in ali its beauty j it is full of sadness. Of the columns ? which formed the colonnade only the j capitals remain above water. Upon j these one sees, beautifully chiseled and j ornamented with delicate coloring. Ti j berius offering gifts to the gods or i Nero presenting two eyes to Isis. A ! short distance to the right the roof of the kiosk is visible resting upon its ex? quisite columns, which are partly sub? merged. By lt two .unusually large palm trees rear their heads above the inundation.-Century. A Wasp's wisdom. Naturalists have decided tho* many Insects have souses which hu?.ian be? ings hick. That of location, shown by the wasp, for instance, is remarkable. One*"species builds its nest in a,sand bank that is ouly a part of several acres of such soil, and when it leaves in search of food it covers the nest so carefully that no ordinary eye could discover its location-that is to say. it is just like all the surrounding loca? tion, and yet the wasp flies back to it without hesitation and finds it without making a mistake. There is another wasp that unerringly locates the eggs of the mason bee under a thick layer of sun baked clay and deposits her own eggs in the same cells that bei young may have food when they are hatched. A Snre "Way of Savins. An ingenious mci hod of putting his savings beyond his owu reach has been adopted by a German writer who found from dire experience that all his prof? its molted away as soon as earned. Having made ? IC?. OOO by :i fortunate literary speculation, he placed the whole of the money, together with his will, in the Imperial Deposit bank at Berlin and on receiving the receipt from the cashier deliberately tore ii up. The cashier thought he was mad and told him angrily that it would take fully three years before he could ex? pect to obtain a duplicate receipt. "That is just why I have toni up the origi? nal." calmly remarked the depositor, "anti now Hie money is safe fnt that lime."- ((Olden Petitiy. BIRDS SING ON THE WING. Their Notes Are Hore Charming: When Warbled Buring night. The songs of all birds gain in beauty when they arc uttered on the wing. They seem to be delivered with more abandon and greater volume. The wa? ter thrush's first cousin, the oven bird, furnishes a striking example of this. His ordinary song consists of a repe? tition of the same note, hammered out with a constant crescendo. Very effective it is, too. as a part of the general music of the forest, though lacking individual attractiveness on account of the monotony of its itera? tion. But when the bird rises above the treetops and descends after the fashion of the indigo bird to an accom? paniment of scattered notes he takes far higher rank as a performer. Not always, however, does he require the exhilaration and inspiration of an aerial toboggan to cause him to aban? don his plain chant for a more florid song. I have heard him sing the latter perched on a grapevine not two feet above the ground. And as if to show that he did not reserve his superior powers for special occasions he min j gled it with his plain chant and end J i?g with rho song and sometimes re ! versing this order. "I love to see the oven bird on the j ground. There is such a 'ludicrous as? sumption of dignity on his part as he strides about the stage, never for a moment forgetting himself so tu? as to hop. There is the same even, meas? ured steadiness about his movements that there is in his chant It is only when he launches himself into the ef? fervescing song that he forgets his staid demeanor.-Lippincotfs. DUCKS WERE DECEITFUL. Ingenious Fraud Practiced by the Heathen Chinee. The ingenuity of the Chinaman is \ wonderful, surpassing at times the he? rlief of his European ti nd American brothers. A striking instance of it, not unmixed with guile, was brought to light recently during the trading trans? actions of two foreigners at Boone Road market. , This husband and wife, having decid? id that duck should figure on the menu of the day. went the round of the mar? ket in search of a fat. plump, well fla? vored bird. After awhile two were purchased ^They were beautifully dressed ducks, young, but plump, and protnised to show up well at the evening table. When the domestic pair got home the lady chanced to puncture one of the birds with a sharp knife, and it col? lapsed like a toy balloon. The other, subjected to similar treatment, fpllow ed'suit. Their erstwhile inflated bodies became flat and bony and mere ghosts of the ducks that bad been bought Investigation showed that a thin piece of wire had been fastened round the birds* necks and elsewhere, and everything pointed to the conclusion that the ducks bad been blown up with a bicycle pump. How the <Iucks had been drawn and then made to stand the strain of the air pump is evidently an oriental trade secret When the young couple again go shopping for ducks they will take a skewer along with then.-Shanghai Times. Stewed Snapper. "Stewed snapper." said tlje proprie? tor of a restaurant that makes a special? ty of the toothsome dish, "is almost as distinctively Philadelphian as scrapple and pepper put. Prepared by the same formula as terrapin, with a liberal sea soning of sherry, snapper is quite as palatable as thc diamond back, provid ed the meat comes from a young turtle. In fact, I defy any one but an epicure to tell the difference. The snappers that come to Philadelphia are mostly caught in the muddy. bottomed creeks that flow into the Delaware up the Jersey side, and just now they are coming in very plentifully. The snapper is a diffi? cult catch to handle, but the .lerseymen know how to turn the trick and get them to market alive. They run in weight from four pounds all thc way up to forty pounds, the smaller ones be? ing naturally more tender and conse? quently better meat. Some few are shipped to Trenton and New York, but most of them come to Philadelphia." Philadelphia Record. A Common Weakness. Dr. Joseph Le Conte was an authoi tty, recognized by tho world at large, on the science-of vision. One day he was showing a class how to detect thc blind spot in The human eye. Ile took two coins and held them, one in each band, before him on the table. "Look at both of these steadily," said he, "and gradually move them in op? posite directions. Presently they will pass beyond the range of vision. That is due to the blind spot. Continue the movement, and the coins will again emerge to view." Then the philosopher and naturalist had his little joke. "You can experi? ment for yourself at home." said he. "But if you are unsuccessful try some other object instead of a coin. Some people hare no blind soot for money." The l?*las I'la nt. Linen is obtained from the flax plant, u small, delicate annual with a tiny blue flower. The plant is prilled by hand in the summer, the seeds, known in commerce as linseed, being removed and the straw subjected to various processes to separate the fibrous part which constitutes the linen. First it is steeped in water and then passed through *a drying and heating process on revolving wheels until all foreign matter is removed, lt is then ready for manufacture. Flax lias been used from remote ages as a textile fabric, especially in Egypt Mummy cloths are often found to be of exceedingly fine texture. The chief linen producing countries of th.- present dav are In ..md. l'ran.-e. lieln'mm ami (?orma::y T??e flax l?wr is round an.) irregular. ?.?ry durack' ?.nd i> ?a pable of extensive bleaching. Plain linen has a simple weave, with the weft threads alternately interspersing the warp ones. When woven with a pattern it is usually called damask. As a clothing material linen should not be worn next the skin because it is a very good conductor of heat. Jute and hemp are from plants which are used in manufacturing only very rough materials. In form they resem? ble very coarse, inferior flax.-Ameri? can Queen. Trained Norses Who Loaf. "When a doctor finds a nurse reading a book about her profession and not a novel while she watches at the bedside of a patient" said an uptown physi? cian, "that is the nurse he likes to hire and to help. If the case turns out well the doctor sometimes makes her a pres? ent of a book with up to date ideas on her profession which she might not be able to buy. One-half the trained nurses of the city are dependent upon the recommendations of physicians, and half the success of a physician de? pends on a good nurse; therefore a doc? to?* likes a nurse who reads about her business, attends lectures and keeps up with the times. "You would be astonished to know how many lectures are given by phy? sicians in New York every month that are open to trained nurses, but which few of them attend. There are a good many loafers among the trained nurses. They seem to think their study ended when they got their diplomas."-New York Press. Mythical as Thirteen. Modern, occultists maintain that the number four plays quite as important ? part in mundane affairs as the num? ber thirteen, and for the following rea? sons: There are four cardinal points, four winds, four seasons, four rules for arithmetic, four conjugations and four Quarters of the moon. Moreover, the Olympiad lasted for four years, a pack of cards is composed of four equal parts*ancfof four suits, an hour is di? vided into four quarters, and most pieces of furniture have four legs. The occultists even point out that every hu? man being has four canine teeth, that a fork has four prongs, that corpses are placed between four planks and prison? ers between four walls, and that at a funeral the coffin is usually borne by four persons. ^ _ A Mere Man's Idea. 'First impressions are proverbially dangerous guides unless one happens to be of the sex which always has the gift of making. its first impressions rhyme with the issue." says a rece.nt writer. But a woman always awaits the issue before she confides ber real first impressions to the outside world. She may "say things" which the .male outsider may mistake for her first im? pressions, but they are not her real first impressions. They come only after the event This, however, is a profitless digression. A Han to Know. % One of the chief joys in life is to know men by whom you can swear, to know a man here and there over the world of whom you can say: "Wher? ever he is tonight, there he is helpful, truthful, sincere, wise, intelligent-an educated gentleman; educated iu every facutly of his being, in those things which go to make the body a thing of delight and beaury; educated.in con? science, so that even as the eye seeks the light his conscience seeks the right; educated fully and completely." Robert Bonner knew a good story as well as a good horse. One of his fa? vorites and one which made the Ledger famous in the old days was 4'The Gun maker of Mos? cow," by Syl vanusCobb, jr., one of the best writers of serial stories the world has known. ? It deals with the hopes, J aspirations and life of % the people of Russia % and enables the reader ? to account for the dis X satisfaction of the Rus ? sians today. ? We are pleased to an ? nounce that this story ? will be published in % these columns ? ? Watch for the S Opening Chapters A Hustler. "Do yon think Skinner can make a living out there?" "Make :t living! Why. lu-'d make :i ?iv?nu on :i rock in the middle of the j oeenn il" Miero was another man on IV- \ rorfc." A Poftnlble Exception. Wife - Isn't it a fact. dear, that hand some men aro proverbially disagree able? Husband-Well, I don't know. I nJ ways tn* to bc pleasant. MASTER OF THE VESSEL." A Story of Farragut In Command When but Twelve Years of Age. The story of a boy of. twelve years acting as commander ol' a ship seems rather wonderful, yet Farragut was but twelve years and four days old when he was put in command of the Barclay, a prize ship taken by Captain Porter. In consideration of his tender years, says the author of "Twenty-six Historic Ships," the former English master of the vessel was sent in her for the possible benefit the young prize master might find in his advice. Far? ragut tells the story of the queer di? vision of authority in his journal as follows: /.I considered that the day of trial had arrived, for I was a little afraid of the old fellow, as every one else was. But the time had come for me at least to play the man. So 1 mustered up courage and informed the captain that I desired the main topsail filled away in order that we might close up with the Essex Junior. He replied that he would shoot any man who dared to touch a rope without his orders. He would go his own course and had no idea,of trusting himself with "a blasted nutshell.' and then he went below for his pistols. "I called my right hand man of the crew and told him of my situation. I also' informed him that I wanted the main topsail filled. He answered with a clear 'Aye. aye. sir,' in a manner that was not to be misunderstood, and my confidence was perfectly restored. "From that moment I became master of the vessel and immediately gave all necessary orders for making sail, no? tifying the captain not to come on with his pistols unless he wished to go over? heard, for I really would have had very little trouble in having suth an order obeyed." A Paradox Explained. Why does not a man weigh a pound more immediately after eating a pound weight of food? A little reflection will readily explain this apparent mystery. During the process of mastication, de? glutition, etc.. certain muscles are brought into active play, and the exer? cise of any muscle necessitates a tem? porary waste'of its tissues, and a cer? tain amount of carbon is eliminated and passed off during the course of the meal. This loss, however, is trifling as compared with that due to respiration and perspiration, both of which are increased during the various operations of making a meal. The length of time one may take to consume a pound of food makes but little difference to those losses, for if it ls eaten leisurely there is but slight increase of respiration or perspiration, whereas if lt is hurried thr?ugh both are abnormally accelerated. Hence by the time the po?nd is eaten the con? sumer has lost appreciably in moisture and carbonic acid. He Wa? Hi? Own Grandfather. Of all genealogical curiosities the one set forth below is probably the oddest a singular piece of reasoning to prove that a man may be his own grandfather! Here it is: There was a widow (Anne) and her daughter (Jane) and a man (George) aud his son (Henry). This widow married the son, and the daugh? ter married the. father. The widow was therefore mother (in law) to her hus? band's father and grandmother to her own husband. By this husband she had a son (David), to whom she was, of course, great-grandmother. Now, the son of a great-grandmother must be grandfather or granduncle to the per? son to whom his mother was or is great-grandmother, but in this instance Anno was great-grandmother to him (David): therefore David could not be other than his own grandfather. Prodigality Of Life In Ancient Egypt. Thc reckless prodigality with which in ancient Egypt the upper classes squandered away the labor and lives of the people is perfectly startling. In this respect, as t lie monuments yet re? maining abundantly prove, they stand alone and without a rival. We may form some idea of the almost incred? ible waste when we hear that 2.000 men were occupied for three years in carrying a single stone from Elephan? tine to Sais, that the canal of the Red sea alone cost the lives of 120,000 Egyptians and that to build one of the pyramids required Ike labor of 360.000 men for twenty years. A Remarkable River In Spain. There is in Spain a river called th?1 Tinto, which lias very extraordinary qualities. Its waters, which are as yellow us a topaz, harden the sand and petrify it in a must surprising manner. If a stone falls into the river and rests upon another they both become per? fectly united and conglutinated in a year, lt withers all the plants on its banks as well ps the roots of trees, which it dyes of the same hue as its w?!ters. No tish live in its stream. She Guessed Right. "Did the spiritualistic medium tell yon anything that was true:" asked the willing believer eagerly. "Oh. yes." replied the hard headed in? dividua!. ..And that was" "Thal I spent ?ny money foolishly, whirl] was right. Von soo. 1 had paid to hear her loll nie that.**- Cincinnati Times-Star. Delightful I'r?s|ieri. .*Do yon." said the learned counsel, "swear that yon will tell the truth, the whole tnnli and" "Oh. how lovely!" the fair witness interrupted. "Shall I really be allowed to talk all the afternoon if I want to?" -Tit-Bits. Good money is faithless. ? ; leaves us almost as s.?on ::s wc -et ii Bad mOL ey. however, s!i<-k< hy us ;<? the bittet . MM! Baltimore American. Norway's coast line. 1.7(H) miles :-> ?tra fehl !;.!<>. lu conies 12.000 mi!" (-..;..,.v ..i ?i.,, fiords. In TV" fiords ar?? ovoi 1."0.000 islands ENGINE TRANCE. ? Sort of Temporary Paralysis That Sometime* Affects Track Mea. "The numerous fatal accidents report? ed in the newspapers to rail layers that occur every year on the various rail? road systems throughout the country are not in every case due, as is gen? erally supposed by the public, to neg? ligence or carelessness on the part of the workers themselves," said a New York physician and surgeon employed by the New York Central railroad. "The fact is, the bearing of these men in time becomes affected owing to the constant stooping position which they are obliged to assume in laying the rails, putting the bolts in. etc., and that renders them often oblivious to approaching trains, notwithstanding the fact that they work in gangs and have lookout men near at hand. An? other fact which is accountable in many instances for fatal accidents to rail layers is what is known among the men themselves as 'engine trance.' This ? might describe more clearly as a temporary sort of paralysis which af? fects simultaneously both the mind and body. Tt?e 'stroke' lasts only a few seconds, but those few seconds mean life or death when a fast train is approaching. "A rail layer who may be in perfect physical condition is net proof against the powerful fascination as he gazes along the rail3 and sees an engine with its row of cars coming toward him at express speed. Although he has been warned by the lookout and the shouts of his fellows of the approach? ing danger, he will pay no heed, but stand spellbound for an instant. And that instant's delay is generally fatal, or, if not it results in the amputation of a leg. "There are few rail layers who have not. they will tell you, experienced this peculiar trance at one time or another during their careers on the track. Ani? mals are also subject to 'engine trance,* particularly dogs and cats, and that no doubt accounts to some extent for the large number of them as well as other animals that are killed on the railroad." -New York Times. BATHING AT OSTEND. . the Contrast Between Belgian an-5 American Beach Castoras. How differently from ourselves Eu? ropeans do some things is shown by the marked contrast between the bath? ing customs and methods at the typical American beach and those at a leading seaside resort abroad, such, for in? stance, at Ostend, Belgium. The Amer? ican way ls too familiar to our readers to need description. At Ostend bath? ing, which is the most striking thing about the city, is carried on in ac? cordance with continental ideas of pro? priety most shocking to the average American. Instead of the ordinary dressing rooms, Ostend was the first . place to use the little individual houses on wheels, into which the intending bather goes to disrobe and don his or her bathing suit. The house is then wheeled out in the water by a horse driven by a man employed for that purpose. The steps are let down from the little bo?d?. and the bather enters tbe water without having to prome? nade over the sand. At the end of the bath the bather mounts the steps into his little house and, calling the driver again, has his dressing room hauled up high and dry on the shore, where, hav? ing dressed at his leisure, he leaves the key with an attendant and goes on his way. The bathing costumes seen at Ostend are noted for their scant:-' ness, the striking peculiarity of which, however, lies in the fact that the suits worn by the women rarely, if ever, have any skirts attached to them, ev? erybody-men. women and children alike-wearing tight fitting suits, the suits furnished by most of the public bath houses being identically the same for both men and women. The scene on the beach is one of great animation, and when the bathers engage, as they frequently do. in a game resembling basket ball, played with a large inflated rubber ball, the mingling of varicolored bathing suits ! and the darting hither and thither of the bathers at play, now on the beach and again in the water, is a sight nev er to be forgotten.-Leslie's Weekly. 1 Speaking and Stopping. Tho knowledge of when to sit down j is invaluable to public speakers and to j their audiences. Perhaps the best plan is to secure a candid friend who will j pull you down by your coattails. A man "on his legs' is one with whom tim? gallops; he has spoken for half arr hour, and to him it seems but five min? utos, ?he excitement of the brain suggests new and ever new ideals, and the extemporary talker in the pulpit or after a public dinner flounders pursuit of these will - o' - the - wisps through swamps and thickets of bad grammar haunted by the anacolouthon and other fearful wild fowl. In the pulpit there is no man to pull th< preacher down, and many are his "two words moro, my brethren." After pub? lic dinners a bored audience begins to talk und laugh, but these symptoms of disapproval are not marked by the self absorbed public speaker. In short, the knowledge of when to sit down is rare and hard to acquire.-Longman's. Discontent With Work. That there is much discontent with work among the so called middle class? es in America is due in large part to the pampering of children, to the sup? plying of their natural and artificial wants and to the sentimental idea that -their day of toil will eome soon enough." In general, work is not a curse, but a blessing, a positive means of grace. One can hardly begin ion early to impress upon children lessons of self help by tasks appropriate to their ::u<' ::r,d Joyces and to beget ::i them scorn of idleness and of depend- ? ? t?n<e an <? hers. To do this is to mal;?? tl:c:;i liapvy through the self respect thai conn's with th?' realization . . power and thus t?> approx him te Tenny? son's iroal <>f tn in. "Self reverence, self knowledge, self control."-Century.