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. UI'"Ll « 1 ... QUEER-TINTED FLOWERS FLORICULTURISTS CHANCE NATURE'S COLORS TO SUIT THEIR FANCY. Fluwcri Can B* Ualiid to Holt ttio lit. Miand* of VmIiIoa In Color*—Aniline llyrn ItlRSnlreil In IVHtcr nntl St.lus I'lnood In tho Holutlnn. Florists nrc displaying Rome remark* nblo flowers In tlielr show windows— blue ant! green carnations, scarlet dnf- FixIIIh, pink lllit'H-of-tlie-valley anti blue tulips. So startling lire some of these HOW coinlilnutlonH of colors 111 old stnmlnrd flowers that nobody over thought of being giddy or vain In tlielr llrcss tlinl the mind Is temporarily pur.- sled. Floriculture Is certainly making tremendous strides every year, but one Is hardly prepared to accept the belief that growers of flowers have It within tlielr power to change and niter tho nnturnl colors of nil blossoms to suit tlielr will, or a passing whim of fusli- Ion, Yotllils Is Just whntflorlsts have suc ceeded In doing, nnd In the future flow ers can be rulseil to suit tlio demands of fashion In colors without much la- Imr, Heretofore It has required years to rnlHe a strain of carnations or roses that would produce a certain fashiona ble shade, blit now what required long time and close application of cultural methods can be accomplished by tho florist In a few weeks. Hut the secret of the process should not be known If wo would appreciate tho new flowers of the season In all tlielr gay colors, for the Illusion once broken robs them of half tlielr value. The’ newly-colored flowers are not exactly dyed. Immersed In dye solu tions the delicate blossoms refuse to tnko the colors. Every solution yet prepared for them bns either blotched tho leaves and petals, or destroyed .jiicni outright. For ten years now flor ists lmvn been trying to concoct a dye mixture | that tho flowers would take acceptably, nnd not be Injured by It, but all efforts In this direction have proved futile. Now' It Is' discovered, however, that nearly nil of our culti vated plants will absorb aniline solu tions through their stems, and under- certain faVornblo conditions the blos soms will receive nnd retain the nrtlll- olnls colors communlcntcd to them through their stalks nnd branches. This secret once out extensive ex periments wero mndo by florists with nil sorts of dyo compounds, nnd the re sult Ib apparent this season In an abundance of artificially colored flow ers of all conceivable hues. Many of them nro positively beautiful; others nro nttrnctlvo only by. their oddity, and some are so Incongruous as to of fend a senso of the beautiful In nature. Nevertheless, the flowers thus colored will lidvo their day, and'fashion will decree thnt nil blossoms must bend to her dictations In the future so far ns the mnttcr of coloration Is concerned, Tho procoss of coloring tho flowers artificially Is'to dissolve nuillno dyes in water to a light transparency, and then placo the stems of tlio cut flowers In tho liquid. The colorntlon cannot bo nccooipllshed by feeding tho growing potted plants with tho dyes, although when the roots nro cut at tho bnso they will sometimes absorb enough of the coloring matter to tlngo the blos soms. Thus Itomnn hyacinths can bo tnken up from tho ground, nnd by cut ting a few of tho smaller roots they can bo mndo to change tho colors of their - blossoms slowly. Where the roots and stnlks nro unbroken, tho sys tem of little veins or vessels of tho plnnts cannot reach tho colored solu tions, aud consequently they undergo no nppareut elmogo. The present fash ion Is thus of ucces'slty conllned chiefly to cut flowers, aud not to potted plnnts. "Under a microscope tho action of the dyo solution Ib ; Interesting, nnd also Instructive In showing tho dltfcreut vclnlug of plnnts, Tho coloring matter Is clcnrly visible through , tho micro- scopo ns It passes up the stem and through the leaves, petals nnd other parts of tlio flowers, Tho action In sorno cut flowers Is very rapid. White tulips plnccd In tlio aniline, solutions can bo tinted pink, blue, green, or pur ple In a few hours. The'water lubes of. tho plnnts begin to absorb the liquid ns soon as tlio stems are plaeed In It, and-It spreads In all directions, show ing mlmitely tho various courses of the veins. As tlio coloring matter brnuclies out tho veins grow smaller, until the extreme ends are reached, where they are very minute. When tlio coloring mnttcr reaches the blossoms of the plants Its action Is more Important than when merely pnsslug up the stems or leaves. . Cer tain parts of tho flowers absorb tlio liquid more vapidly than others. Thus the - Euchnrls nmnxonlca has Its stylo dyed a'doepred, while the flower shows no signs of. coloring. In most flowers tlio pistils absorb tho coloring matter llrst, niul In tho greatest quantity, showing the deepest tint. The daffo dils and narcissi hnvo their tubes and coronas colored'more deeply tlmn tho perianth. The nbutllon 1ms the calyx colored, but not the petals. ■ Tile difference In the general systam of vclnlug of plants Is very notleepblo - when plants standing' In aniline, solu tions nro studied under the microscope. Tho snowdrops, for -Instance, show eight largo veins or tubes at the base, nud these after crossing the petal In parallel lines branch out fnndlko nt the tips, giving the rich pink margins thnt are,so attractive. Tho vclnlug of the Christmas roses Is very different Straight tubes cross and recross the petals until a perfect network of lines Is formed, which when colored with rod aniline dye suffuses tlio whole flower with a delicate shade of pink. Most of our common flowers will ab sorb the aniline solutions In a few' hours, and produce wonderful results. (Yellow daffodils can bo striped with scarlet In less than twelve hours; white .lilacs can be tnmed to a pink or blue Is less time, and even the largo double whits catuelln can be Unfed In a few hours. Cyclamens, snowdrops, liyiR clnths, Christmas roses, tulips, Solo- i’s seal, daffodils, lllles-of-thc-vnl- ley, cnrnntlons, cnmcllns, callns nnd similar flowers are artificially colored by this process, and plnccd upon tha market. Even the leaves of plants ab sorb nnd retain tho artificial colors. Ivy lonvcs placed In an nnlllnj solu tion begin to t:clor In n few hours, and veins are made to stand out like small lines of red blood. Tho leaves of many other plnnts hnvo bees found to absorb the dyes Just ns readily ns tho Ivy, and remarkable effects aro ob tained. , Aniline scarlet dissolved In water produces pink and scnrlet In tho llow- rs, nud Indigo carmine yields bluo tints. When the two dyes are com bined Interesting results are obtained. In some flowers curious mottled effects nro produced; In others tlio blossoms become pink, blue und purple lit va rious parts, nnd In a few distinct shades of purple suffuse the pctnls, Illuo Slid yellow dyes Invariably pro duce greens In tho flowers of the plnnts. It Is not quite known yet whether this colorntlon Is duo to capillary at traction, or to some peculiar force In herent In nil plnnts. The process Is certulnly 'Interesting, nnd, while nt present its chief result Is in enabling florists to color tlielr flowers at will, It mny yet hnvo a practical bearing on horticultural developments. It In Bald to bo of some value to florists now In distinguishing between tulips thnt will bo of little real value nud those that nro highly prised; Tulips raised from seed nro culled "breeder tulips," nnd It takes six to seven years to tell whether they will bo of the "flamed” "feathered” varieties. When a grower mny wish for tho former, it Is n llttlo annoying to find Hint all of his stock Is Just tho opposite at tlio end of six years of work. By Immersing a few stnlks of tho tulips In aniline solu tions, tho grower can In six or twelve hours tell by tho vclnlug whether they lire of tho feathered or flamed variety. In tills way the now process of colir- lug flow, o Is of some practical Impor tance.—Now York Independent. - c t'«^e^•:eecc€ec^iceeG66«<^c<i fc,t, till Injury That Weeds 1),,. Weeds are Injurious because they ab sorb soil moisture, use plant food, crowd and choke useful plants, In crease the labor nud expense-of clean ing seed, Interfere with the regular vo lution of crops, linrbor spores of Inju rious fungi and offend the eye of all good farmers. They also Interfere with mowers, binders nnd other Imple ments In taking off tile crops, nnd their presence makes somo crops difficult to cure properly. Trmtinent of Willi Scnb* Careful experiments have been mndo for tho purposo of ascertaining how long a time should Intervene between the first nud second dipping of sheep for tho euro of scab. Thus It was as certained that It "requires four days for a newly-deposited egg to lintch, nnd tlio entire time clnpslug from egg to egg would bo fourteen or fifteen days. As there would bo eggs la all stages of Incubation upon tho sheep when It Is dipped for tho cure of scab, n second dipping should follow not sooner tlmn live nor later than ten days nfter the first dipping.” Irrigation ltuln*. The Oceanside (Cal.) Weekly Blade prints the following seven Irrigation rules: < 1. Tho more cultivation the less water Is required. 2. Irrigation furrows should gener ally not be over three Inches deep. 3. Do not let tho water lie around tho stems of plnnts. -I. Do not ovcr-lrrtgato; two thor ough sonklugs a mouth : re usually suf ficient. 5. Do not water trees or vines when In blossom, nor until the fruit bus properly, sot. (1. Irrigate preferably on cloudy days or nt night. T. Do not apply water when the soli Is hot. fllve them the range of • nice pasture partlnlly shaded, so- that half of their sustenance nt least will be from grass. Feed them whey three times daily In a clean, elevated trough, or fixed buck ets. If they do not thrive sufficiently on tills, add a llttlo oil meal. Keep calves by themselves, and do not tol erate swine or sheep in tho samo en closure. Tho Idea Is to keep ealvts growing ami developing naturally If you would obtain healthy, vigorous cows. Cramped quarters, lack of va- l-loty-ln food, nnd Insufllclent nourish ment make puny, unprofitable heifers. —(leorgo E. Newell, In American Agri culturist. The Fly Family. Owing to tho nnturnl dlfridenco of files, says Harvoy Sutherland In Alns- lee’s, not much Is known of tlielr fnui- lly arrangements or how long they Uvo nfter they got to be old enough to vote. It Is estimated, though, that It pnpa nnd ninmina of tlio early spring could hold out to attend a fam ily reunion of tlielr offspring, held In tlio lnttcr part of August, upward of two millions of tlielr own blood nnd klu would como to tho picnic, nut counting maggots In arms. Fortu nately for them, papa and mnmuiu. do not live much more tllnn a fortnight. Even a fly’s perseverance would bo unequal Vo tho tnsk of keeping track of two millions of descendants. As Artomus Ward says, "Tills Is 2 mutch.” Fortunately for us, flies do not live much longer than a fortnight, for If they were long-lived nud preserved tlielr fecundity, mnn would soon bo forced to look for somo placo whero things wero not quito so crowded. Dnngerou* Derelicts. Derelicts nro far more often n soureo of deadly peril than of fortune. Wrecks thnt do not sink are usually timber-laden. Those lie low In tlio water, with wnves beating over them, dangerous ns a repf in mld.occnu. Tine or deal Is tlielr usual cargo, anil tlio water-soaked stuff Is not worth the difficult tnsk of salving. Still, It mny bo ns well not to rnslily pass sueli hulks. Five years ago—In 1S03—the steam ship Chattahoochee, after a heavy storm, found a lumber vessel, water logged hud abandoned, off Capo lint- terns, and towed her Into Charleston harbor. Her. cargo was Choice Hon duras mahogany, which sold for tho pleasant llttlo sum of $10,000. — An swers. flencrnl Chaffee's Name. General Chaffee, who Is fn command of the American forces In China, bears the unusual Christian names of Attain Uomnnso. Adna Is from tlio Hebrew, nud signifies plensurc, while Rnmnnsni Is derived from tbo Italian, niul In English Is applied, in music, to a tou rer sentiment—a song without words. It would bo Interesting to know,” says tho Philadelphia Record, “how General Cliaffe’s parents, who wero plain farmer folk, living in prosaic Central Ohio, came to give tlielr son these peculiar names. This stern, matter-of-fact man of notion would seem to have a name quite out of har mony with his character.” Misplaced Zeal. Sho stood at Arnpnhoo nnd Fifteenth streets, anxiously watching as car af ter, car, flew around tho curve. Occa sionally ishe darted toward the mlddlo of the street excitedly, then, returned and resumed her anxious watching. Finally a big, -kind, clever policeman caught her by the arm Just as a car passed, and Jltertply carried her across with a rush. Then she looked up into his countenance, which was rosy with tho consciousness of n -noble act per formed, nnd said: ' “Now, will you kindly take me back again?, I wanted to catch that car."— Denver (Col.) Times. Russia's lltlml l’ersons. There are yioro than twice ns many blind persons In Russia as in the whole of the rett of Europe. They number 11)0,000, which Is equivalent to two in every 1000 of the population. In Fraucc nnd England the proportion Is net quito one per 1000. Among the clocks which wero seen at the Paris Expoiltion was one of tho year 1SS0. which belonged to Henry III. A Sumpter Colony llouse. The cut shows a practical coop for n summer colony of hens thnt are to be given free range In a pasture. Tbo top Is tho roosting room, access to which for cleaning can bo had by let ting down a hinged door In the rear. / '■ —J2 V a?', f L i WjJ ^ \ j 4 ' - 'J , > A SUMMER HEN COOP. c Yentllnto llie Well* The Illustration shows n plank frame covering the well, with small holes bored ou nil sides for ventilation. Tbo WttJtili FI.ATFOlllt AND VENTILATOR. holes of each plank should be covered by a piece of wire mesh or netting tn keep out animals nnd Insects. Put the wire netting Inside tho box. — Faria and Home, Tlie Apnlry In Winter. It is not so much wlint wo should do in the nplnry In mid-winter, as It Is wlint we should not do. Tho bees may hnvo been badly neglected In nutumu, aval need attention to save them. Yet wo nrc debarred from supplying tlielr wants owing tj> tho condition of tho weather. Bees should ho In the very midst of tlielr quiet slumber with good nnd ample stores surrounding the clus ter In ready reach nt this season of the year, It we nro to count cn them as profitable colonics the following The space below can bo used dur ing rain storms, the hinged front pro tecting this and also the roosting room from rain, while glvlug free circuit! lion of air. A row of nests Is placed In the lower space, access being had by a hinged door nt tho eial. A half a daxen colonies of liens In such coops can be scattered about In rough laud, such places being specially enjoyed by poultry.—American Agriculturist. An Expel lonco Willi Chicken Clio lorn. When I was keeping poultry some' years ago an epidemic of chicken chol era’ broke out iu the neighborhood nnd wrought considerable damage before It was recognised nnd a method of treat ment devised. Tlio family doctor had taken an Interest in my flock, and when told of tho nffictlon diagnosed It ns cholera. Ills remedies, which ap pear below, wore very successful with birds rot already beyond tho reach of help, and probnbly prevented the ex tlnctlou of my entire flock. Tho poultry liousq was thoroughly cleaned, the rubbish from nests and floor burned, nnd a whitewash of freshly burned lime with about a des sertspoonful of crude carbolic add to each pailful applied to every surface possible of access. The whitewash was applied .while still hot, so as to utilize t’ o germicidal qunllty of fresh lime. The roosts, yard nnd every available spot wero then disinfected with a spray of carbolic acid nnd water, nt tho rate of about a table- spoonful to tlio gallon. So much for disinfection; now for treatment. A teaspoonful of nssofetldn and a des-.ertspbonful of Epsom snlts wero thoroughly mixed with the spft food—enough for )ny flock of twenty- flye. The few birds thnt did not want to eat were dosed with salts nnd nsso- fetlda nnd placed In the sunlight. At Intervals of about a week two other disinfections were given.—M. G. Kalus, In Now England Homestead. liaising Whov Calve*. In raising calves on whey avoid two extremes; do not feed it too sweet or too sour. It should be moderately acid, nothing more. . Insist. ou your cheese maker keeplug.n perfectly clean storage whey vat, nnd If ho falls to clonn nnd s.-nlil it every day, takq a clean barrel to the factory for your portion of whey. I have known farm ers to go to tho factory to get sweet whey every forenoon, for immediate feeding to calves, but the young ani mals did not particularly thrive, on It. The majority feed It to their calves when the-wliey Is twenty-four hours old. ’ It depends on tlio receptacle tho swill has been kept in, whether It is then In a proper state for best results. If it has been stored In a filthy whey vat or barrel, it Is unfit to feed to any domestic animal. In hot weatliel- even after dally washing and scalding of tho storage tub, care should be tnken that the whey does not get tea soitr. Keep It in a cool, airy place. Above.all, do not depend on whey nloue for the suc cessful rearing of calve3. If you do. they will become ‘pot-bellied and Decs when In good condition are In tbo most quiet dormant state during the mid-winter -..lontys.nnd nothing should occur with them to change this condi tion. Opening (lie lilves, or handling them In any way, should he avoided oven If the weather Is fine nud they nro out for a fly. I would not apply this rule nt any other time, but just as soon as mid-winter Is well past I wou|d make -i careful Inspection of every col ony during lino-weather, when the bees, are out for a good fly, furnishing plen ty of candy to all those short of stores. Bees begin to show considerable activ ity during the month of February In any locality, aud It thus seems that they are on the alert tq get ready for tlielr spring work, nnd Indeed It Is nl together necessary that they should.— A. II. Duff, iu Tho Agricultural Epl tomlst. *" r Hint* If or the l>alrymiui. Caro is tlio groat essential In dairy Ing. Millet Is good to lucroaac the flow of milk. . Do npt use beef cows If you waut to succeed In dairying. The feedlug and milking should ho done at strictly regular Intervals. Milk should he removed to the uairy room as soon ns drawn from the cows. Ohservo nud enforce the utmost cleanliness about the cows, stables nud dairy utensils. Tlio time to dehorn a calf with any chemical dehorner Is before the horns grow through the sltlu. Wheat Is practically of tho same value as barley or corn, pound for pound, for feed lu the dairy. Any extremes of. temperature In tho milk or cream, either freezing or heat ing, aro injurious to tlio butter made from it., One of the greatest triumphs in but ter making is to produce an article on a high grade, and have it so without any variation .from quality from day to day. • • * If a “baby” separator is used the milk ought to run through it as soon as convenient after leaving tho udder, nnd the cream be afterward properly matured. Pastures, yards and all places whero milch cows are kept should bo free from decaying substances or anything that will produce noxious smells. These will reappear iu the milk if they aro present. First-class blitter should not cany any more curd than can possibly he helped. Its presence renders deterior ation moro rapid. Salt is a good pro* servative, hut the poorer grades must always he avoided, os they are detri mental to tho keeping qualities of tho butter as well as the flavor and appear ance. POPULAR SCIENCE, Klnco the beginning of the seven* tccntli century, Dr. Mario Bnrrata flails, loss than forty earthquakes have ilestroyed moro tlmn 130,000 persona lu Italy alone. One of tbo bulletin? of the Dopnrt- men. of Agriculture mentions a Rim- | pie Australian -omedy for cockroaches. It consists in feeding tbo Insects upon a mixture of flour and plaster of 1’nrls which, It Is said, they greedily de vour. Tbo plaster of rails "sots” af ter they have swallowed It, aud that 16 the end of them. In tbo Gorman Annnlen tier riiyslk, an Interesting experiment with a vacuum tube is described by J. Stark. When 'a continuous electric current Is Rent through such a tube, matters be ing so adjusted that the current Is only Just Mile to pass, tho current be comes periodic, nnd tbo cathode, being set Into vibration, gives forth a mus ical note. The vibrations are ascribed to tho periodical attractions exorcised by tlio electric charges ou tbo walls of the tube. In Mexico nnd our • Southwestern States tlio drended tarantula has n re lentless enemy In the form of a large wasp, called the “tarantula bnwk.” Swooping down upon the huge spider, tbo wasp pnrnly7.es him with a slnglo puncture from Its sting,and then drags 11b helpless victim off to be butled, anil to servo ns food for a now gen eration of wasps. Tho wnsp will even open tho trap-door of a tarantula's nest and slay Its enemy lu bis den. ; In winter months tornadoes occur ! only In the Gulf States, bat Ill summer ] they occur lu the North, 111 NobrnBkn, | Soulli Dakota, Iowa nnd Minnesota. Tbo nvorngo Is twenty-live a year. They nro simple examples of vortex motion. A mess of air rotating nt. a low level rims Into a vortex, nud n tube Is projected downward. Tho velocity of tho lower cud of the tube mny reach two hundred miles nil hour, and It Is tlio pnrtlnl vacuum caused by the whirl and tlie sudden Inrush of the outBldo air that causes tho disastrous explosive effects. Professor Rowland, of tho .Tohmi Hopkins University, who Is accepted ns tho highest authority ou matters relating to tho solar spectrum, has published a list of thirty-six of the so- called “elements” thnt nro shown by tbolr spectrum lines to bo preseut among the gnses which surmount tho solar photosphere, forming the "chro mosphere," which appears ns a rose- colored ring of light around tho sun nt the time of tho solar eclipse. Tho most Important of these solar elements nro Iron, nickel, manganese, carbon, calcium, magnesium, sodium, silicon, hydrogen; aluminum, v.luc, copper, sil ver, tin, lend nnd potassium. lllcycle* on WeNtorn Street Cm*. Occasionally in Salt Lake the street car companies carry a bicycle for a tired rider, or when the wheel Is “out af wlmck,” but they change twenty-flvo cents for tho service, and that Is noth ing hut right, for the wheel occupies the place of live persons In an open ear. But in Denver the thiug Is to be done differently. An ordinance, passed recently provided for a fran chise for the tramway company there, and In this franchise It was stipulated that tho cars should' carry bicycles when , requested to do So at five cents each, the same as the fare charged for passengers. Many of the ears are equipped for this service with a fold ing arm attached to the rear platform railing, aud other ears are being ar ranged to receive them. When not in use the device bangs from the railing and is about eighteen inches long, and twelve and a half inches Square. The carmen pronounce it a success iu oper ation. . Three of these devices only are attached to each car. because tho com pany's franchise limits its obligation to the transporting of three wheels on any ono trip. Conductors accept wheels for carriage; when there is a vacant receptacle, upou receipt of live cents fare for them from the owner, who must, however, raise the wheel to the receiving arm nnd take it off at the desired stopping place. — Deseret Evening News. A Child'* Lire Story. A German scientist, who devotes his life to the study of children, has kept a uiluute record .of tho sayings nnd doings of Ills little daughter, OscJe, now nine years old, since the day Bid* was born, says Tit-bits. Ills diary of his little daughter is probably the most complete record of a child's life ever made. It. Alls thirty composition hooks, some of them containing nearly 200 pages of manuscript.' Iii these books aro recorded the flrst words her Infant lips pronounced, even the flrst cry she made the moment she was born, her flrst indication showing an- •ger, the flrst time she fell asleep while playing, the first indication showing .that she understood what warf said 'to her, the peculiar manner in which she pronounced the first letters of the alphabet. Indeed, every emotion shown during hoi* entire life, with a careful analysis of the whys and wherefores of each, is carefully re corded In tlies»> books. This scleutist say8 tnat women alone can love and that men cau only reason. Sending Letter* In Chinn, China has atl'.l the old-fashioned system or private letter carrying.’ Let ter shops are to be found In every town. It ho has a letter to send, the Chinaman goes to n letter shop and bargains with tho keeper thereof. Ho pays two-tlilrds of the cost, leaving tho receiver to pay the rest ou dcllv- Economic:!I AtcliDon Woman. Au Atelilsou woman goes to a dif ferent resort every summer, In order that she mny not have to get any new gowns.—Atchisqn Globe. cry. Portland Is the largest prison England. Nearly 2,000 convicts ore located .there, — IP... I'-J A CONVENTIONAL BEAUTY. Her checks are like the roses— The yellow ones, 1 mean. Her e.vea are like the tirmameut W lien it is whitish green. Her lmir Is ilka a raven Just from a bleaching bath. Her form is like a willow— A 'veetdng-wlllow lath. —llfd'per'! Ear.nr. HUMOROUS. Slllleus—I 'latter myself that I've- never been disappointed 111 love. Cyi:4- cus—Yes; but you've never been mar ried. "Tlie wind died out In the offing," re lated tlie nautical young man. "AikL I suppose there wan uo awning." gig gled tlie silly girl. “It Is a disgrace to die rich," said the sociological student “Maybe bo,'" answered ills elium, “but I'd be willing- to tnko chances on being nblo to ex onerate myself.” Doctor—What you need Is change- nud rest. Patient—I can’t afford it My' Income’s pretty well rcqulstloucd already. My children get nil the change, nnd my wife gets all the rest. Sho—You tell me you love mo; but I suppose you have told tlie same thing to 30 other girls nt least. He—Wlint of thnt? You wouldn’t -marry a freak, would you? First Mnn (excitedly)—Our restau rant Is oil ffro! Second mail (calmly)— Come, then, hurry up, ami per haps nt least we mny be able to get something hot. “Oh!,Pm so sick of men," sighed tho- society girl. “I feel ns though I never wanted to see a mail again.” “Then why don’t you get married?” suggested, the observing girl. Doctor—Well, I consider tlie medical profession very badly treated. See- how few monuments there are to fa mous doctors or sui ffeons. The Fafent —Ob, doctor! look nt our cemetery! “Yes, darling, I love you,” she mis* mured; “but wlint about the broaif your mother used to make?” "My mother never made anything that was (It to out,” he conlldeil. And she was- supremely Happy. "Just look ut those eggs, dear," ex claimed Mrs. Ncwlywed'nt the break fast table; “such a bargain! They were marked down from 21 cents to ll." And then slie wondered why Mr. Newlywed didn’t want any breakfast. "Wlint Is your husband’s occupa tion?" asked tho census-enumerator after be bad got down the name nnd the number of persons In the family. ".Mlll-haud,” replied tho giver of In formation. "Rolling-mill, flour-mill, or prlxc-flghterl” “Higgins, I’ve como to. you for ad vice. What ought a mnn of my capa bilities nnd opportunities to do iu or der to achieve the greatest success in life?” ’’Gurney, 1 1 wish you had como to mo with that question about five years ago. I could have told you all about It then. I was just out of col lege.” AARON BURR’S DAUGHTER. Sbo AVas Useful n. Well ns Ornninentnl 11. Her Father's lliuisaliold. When Theodosia was 14 she took her plnce nt tho head of her father's household aud beeatuc his Inseparable companion, her playful wit ullumlnn- tlng his hours of relaxation, her stend- fnst courage, her strength, her very presence, constituting the most power ful bulwark of Ills defense In tlie dark est hours of his life, says a writer in the New Llpplnoott. She had much of her mother's self- poise nnd elegance of manner, together with her father's dignity and wit. When she reached maturity, though short In stature, like her father’s fami ly, sho carried herself with a lioblo dignity, which, with a certain lofty benevolence of countenance, the re finement of licr features, (ho frank In- | tolllgeuee of' her brow, the heulthful | bloom of her complexion, made her singularly beautiful.’ Slie Inspired in 1 her father tho most absolute confl- ! flenco In her. “Many nre surprised that I could repose iu you so great n | trust ns thnt of yourself.” he wrote to her when slie was 17, "but I know you were equal to It nnd I nm not de ceived.” He sent Brant, the Indian chief, to her from Philadelphia with a letter I of Introduction—she was but 14,at the ! time and mistress of Richmond Hill, where she entertained him with mi I ease which gnve Her father much grn- tiflcatloii. She gave a dinner In his honor, inviting to meet him some or ! her father’s friends, among thorn Vol- ! ney. Bishop Moore, Dr. Bard and Dft [ Hosack. She was already a belle, with , many admirers ever In her wake, when ; Edward Livingston, then mayor of. | Hew York, taking her aboard a French , frigate, lying In the harbor of tho elty, thus warned her: “You must bring! ; none of your sparks on board, Tlieo- l dosla. We have a mngazlno here anil we shall all be blown up,” One of Life’* t orroir*. “Were yon the smartest boy in youi school?” asked the very bright toy. Why-er-no; not exactly,” answered his father. “Did you know ns much ns I do when you were my .age?” ’ • “I don't believe I did.” “Are you evou nt this late day nblo to extract tlio cube root of a number, without referring to n text hook?’’ “No—no. I don’t believe I can.” “That's all,’’ said (ho very bright boy ns lio turned to Ills booko. Then he heaved a sigh, and with a look of deep est reproach exclaimed: "l^.vdnls often turn out to be aterrlbliidmappelntmesS to their clilluian nowadays.”—TVasK*