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Why Snow I* *m Hlnoli or Med.
tVly is i tie snow wlil’e? Is a ques
tion frequently aRked Keen use h In etc
snow would be dtirgrrofiH: so would
rod ot yellow These aiv "wnruitu*
up colors. ' mid they change the min'd
rnys to tit*n• Such snow would soon
tnelt nirnin apd prove n very |>oor pro
tection Kill white snow throws bunt
the sunlight in just the form in wiiiclt
It receives It. iilid illu» the snow enn he
lous on Hip ground. Throw dirt on
the snow nnd its dark eclor quickly
tnnkes li eai Its wn.v in whenever the
sun slinn-s on It. After n lUiowstorm.
once let the horses feet mingle the
dirt of (tie road with the snow and
■Idgbtng win soon he over.-Professo!*
ft C. Kehninckcr In Ladles' Home
Jo'irtmi.
NEWFOUNDLAND TRAGEDY. I “SHE BURNS GREEN.
COSTLY PLATE.
ISOLATION OF^c^!
To he sure, faint heart never won
fair lady. lint, on the other hand, dis
cretion is seldom sued for breach
promise. —Indianapolis News.
On the Free I,lnt.
Some yenra ago there was a tollgnte
oti a plunk road leading to Elmwood
cemetery. Detroit. All funerals were
allowed to pass along this road with
out paying.
One day Dr. Pierce, n well known
physician, while paying Ids toll. Jok
ingly remarked to the gatekeeper:
“Considering the benevolent charac
ter of our profession, I think you ought
to let us pass free of charge.”
“No, no. doctor." said the gatekeeper;
“we can't afford that. Von send too
many deadheads through us It Is.’’—
New Vork Times.
A Flshevman'ii Wild Sail to Procure
Medical Aid.
“The lack ot physicians Is one of the
Itorrors of the Isolation in which the
Newfoundlanders cf this coast live.”
■ays Nortnun Duncan in Alnslee's.
“There is none within fifty miles of
most harbors; none within reaching
distance of ninny. It Is related of a
well to do fisherman who was some
thing of a merchant that Ills wife,
whom he fdtally loved, lay In agony
for many days while an autumn gale
raged. No man In the harbor would
put off in a skiff to fetch the nearest
physician, who lived fifteen miles down
the coast, for there was no possibility
that he who ventured could survive.
On the fourth day llie wind moderated.
Two men volunteered to accompany
Allorton. They set nail ill the first
I hours of r. snowstorm, which abated.
' however, before they reached their des-
i tlnallon. Fighting doggedly, they took
The Discovery of Dorr.* In Dentil
Valley l).v Aaron Winters.
The greatest discovery of borax in
the United States was made in tbe ter
Willy hot region known as Death val
ley and in a most romantic way. The
Chicago Record tells the story.
In 1880 Aaron Winters lived with bis
Some London Compnnlcs Have Old
nnd Interesting; Services. |
Few people, at least In this country.',
possess plate vrorth such a fabulous
sum as that owned by London’s lord j
mayor during bis term of office. Its
face value lias been computed, to be
slightly over £20,000, though three
that amount would not buy it
Conditional Which Mat, tht
h»0l|.
I i **
j hfiTwlfcThaTiie would not iifio\v her to j The
! SelHUtleliuton Taide of turnout? ! distribute lOo’ganons of ck^turtlero
■ ton is World l ly '
This condition, which f roni
portant points of V | ew _
from others unfortunat
ly all inevitable. i s
Here We have the only S*
workers which keeps '
arm’s length. Clergy, lletl *
lawyers, architects. mer,'|, n “.
■ ai "Wrotn
men nnd lalwrers of all
the boat safely in. after Indescribable
A Prisoner.
“I thought you guaranteed that suit
of underwear yon sold me not to
shrink.” said the customer who en
tered the store nnd stood In u some
what cramped attitude.
"I did," replied the mcrehnnt. “If It
alirlnktt, bring It back."
“I have brought It back.” said the
customer In evident embarrassment,
“but I got caught out In tbe rain and
can’t get It off.”—Ohio State Journal.
i hardship and through ever present, dan
ger. The gale had gone down when
they knocked on the physician’s door.
A heavy son wan running, but the dan
ger of wreck on the return voyage was
quickly passing.
“‘Whitt's the matter with the wom
an?' the physician asked.
“lie was informed.
“The husband minutely described Ills
wife's agony. Then lie off. red what
amounted almost to half his fortune as
n fee.
“‘I’ll tnke tliat.' said the doctor. ’If
you fetch her li<-.e. Go back and get
her, and I'll attend to the case.’
“’In n.a open I -mt!’ the husband ex
claimed. He pointed out that Ills wife’s
condition put such an arrangement be
yond the l':i:it:d:i of reason.
“ 'Well. 1 can't do anything.' said the
physician. 'If you bring her over. I’ll
attend to her.’
"When the husband got back to his
home, the child had la wn born, but the
woman died the Dc::t clay."
Kt.ru Will n Man lie Ton Itlelif
What will eventually be the limit of
Individual wealth? Half a century
back •"ten thousand a year" was con
sidered to lie a vast fortune. Then
“tll'ty thousand a year" was the phrase
comnon11y used to describe 1 lie Income
of fabulously rich men or women. Lat
er we took to speaking of "million-
Hires." In quite recent times the “mul
timillionaire" with twenty millions had
reached the limit of private wealth;
then forty millions. Now the limit has
risen to a hundred millions, and al
ready the word "bill Minin'” has come
Into use In the United States. Will the
trultllillllnnnire ever replace the multi
millionaire? London Standard.
tain was a hundred tulles from the
j nearest neighbor. In a wild, rugged
; forsaken country.
I One day a desert tramp came along
I and spent the night at the W inters
home. He told the hunter about the
borax deposits of Nevada. When lie
| went away. Winters thought that he
j had seen deposits of the same kind on
j his explorations Into Death valley.
| Accordingly be and Ills wife wen* to
gether to make the search, having pre
viously provided themselves with cer
tain test chemicals, which when com
bined with borax nnd Ignited would
produce a green flame.
Having procured a piece of the sub
stance which lie believed to he borax.
Winters and his wife waited for night
fall to make the test. How would It
burn ?
For years thev hud lived like Flutes
on the desert, entirely without luxuries
and often wanting for the very necessi
ties of life. Would the match change
pll that?
the guests are valued at £300 apifice
and are said to have been in possession
of the corporation for over a century.
Moreover, there are a gross of silver
dinner plates worth £1.300, 200 ice
pails valued at nearly £1,000. 200 en
tree dishes, the cost of which £2.000
would not cover; 80 solid silver meat
dishes worth another £2,000, and hun
dreds of other articles, such ns grape
scissors, salt cellars, trine cups, wait
ers’ trays, decanter labels, etc., all of
solid gold or silver and valued at over
fh.OOO.
This collection of plate is constantly
be'iug increased, for every lord mayor
at the expiration of his term of office
is expected to add an item, the cost of
which must not be lower than 100
Winters held the blaze tn the sub
stance with a trembling band, then
shouted at the top of bis voice: "She
burns green. Roslei We’re rich! We’re
"leh!"
They had found borax. The mine
was sold for 820.000. anti Winters took
his Rosie to a ranch 111 Nevada.
PARRY A COMPLIMENT.
"No. null. Mlstali Doetnlimnn," oh.
Iceicd tile gentleman of color — "no.
suli; doan' ynh go ahead en vncRiimnte
dot ole ’ooman er mint*. Doan’ yoli do
lilt. Des plunk dat air stuff In ray
bofe arms, but done fix hub so ahi*
gwliie hah er so'e arm -n citin’ teu' ter
di* white folks' wasliltf, base of yob
do I'm* ’plntedly got ter go ter. vuki“—
Baltimore American.
Since wo make our own happiness
we should think twice before we say
this Is a sorry world.—National Maga
zine.
No ('I I III l>lOK.
'Ah, nty friend." sighed old Sklu-
ltynt. who was dying. “1'tti going u
lung, long Journey."
"Never mind." replied the friend, who
knew him. “It’s all down hill."—Phila
delphia Record.
A Wlrlisl liiMliinnlion.
Miss Scre.cnf -Fashion seems to tend
toward costumes of the last century.
Miss May Rudd How nice! Some
peonle will be able to make over their
old dresses.—Town and Country.
A hypocrite Is Ilk ' the letter p—the
first In pity nnd thq last in help.—Chi
cago News.
WntP* In \orway,
A curious feature to ti n valors In the
highroads of Norway is the great num
ber of gates—upward of lti.oiui In the
whole country which have to lit- open
ed Those gates, which either mark
the boundaries ot the farms oi s,.p.
mate the home Holds from the waste
lands, constitute a considerable in
convenience and delay to 'lie ',-iveler.
wiie nas to stop tils vehicle und get
down to open them.
C-Rel mill I mistinl I'm.iHtiment.
Mrs Rocruin ihopelesslyi — Mortimer.
I cannot make Willie mind.
Mr Boerum isternlvi— William, do ns
your mother wishes, or I will make
.von go and sit tu the cozy corner.-—
Brooklyn Engle.
Harry*. Iterlnrntlnn.
She—Oh. Harry, tt ts awfttll Papa
lias forbidden you the house!
Ho-That's nil right. It Isn’t tb«
house I am after: it's you. darling.—
Boston Transcript.
Met More Than'Halt Way.
Dasha way—Wi 4 old man, did you
make up with your best girl?
Cleverton—Tea, but I thought I neYer
would succeed In convincing her that I
' •• 1 'vrui:.;. - ihjpi.kiyii Life.
Accept One Aina:.*, I»::t Never Ta!;«
21 Seriously.
The famous Mine. F.ccaiulcr said that
she always found two words suliicul
to make her guests sc cm welcome. Up
on their arrival slm exclaimed. “At
last!” and when they took their leave
she said "Already?” If taken literally,
v.'e should deprecate the Unitary. Flat
tery Is Insincere praise and wrongs
hint that gives and him that takes.
It Is sometimes kinder to accept a com
pliment than to parry It.
One may say “Thank you. It is pleas
ant to be seen through such kind (or
partial) eyes," or perhaps. "It is a com
fort to know that friendship is partly
blind as well ns tbe mythological boy.”
or any nonsense that serves to show
that one appreciates the spirit tb»t
prompted the kind expression, howev
er wide the truth.
The frequent repetition of the name
of the person addressed holds a subtle
compliment, implying more complete
concentration of the speaker’s thought
upon ids or her personality.
Do Quincy says: "More Is done for
the benefit of conversation by the sim
ple mag e of good manners limn by all
varieties of intellectual power.”
it Is the sympathetic nnd responsive
listeners that call forth the best efforts
of a talker. For such are reserved his
choicest stories, his fittest thoughts.
A ri smile acts us inspiration,
and Intccat shown in the conversation
of others stimulates and vivifies their
thoughts.
To a gooil listener tho diffident will
say what they think, and the verbose
will think what they say.
There Is nothing more trying than to
Und that one’s conversation is receiv
ing but a divided attention nud noth
ing mort* rude than for a person to
pick up a book or paper and look over
it while pretending to llsteu to what
one is saying.—New York Herald.
KITCHEN HELPS.
Hse n pancake llftor to place cookies
on the baking tin and r o remove them.
To clarify fat after frying throw In a
few slices of raw potato and simmer
all for a few minutes.
| (Irease spots that have become hard
! nud burned III on ranges may lie re-
! moved by rubbing with a few drops of
i kerosene oil a cloth.
| Sometimes the fishy smell will cling
! to knives and forks after oily fish like
| salmon or mackerel lias been served,
j Cut a lemon, rub them with It. and the
I disagreeable odor will vanish.
I Sometimes a large roasting pan. be-
1 Ing Infrequently used, gets rusty. To
prevent wash It well after using, dry
It In the oven, then while warm rub
It over with a greased cloth and hang
It away.
Old newspapers save work In the
kitchen. When you have any “messy”
task on hand, like dressing a chicken,
pickling over fruit, etc.. lay a paper on
the table, gather the Utter up with It
and burn all together. This saves
scouring the table.
SnyltiK'K About Drondcriivnlis.
In the days when the "bread loaf"
was dear careful mothers had a set of
thrift sayings which are seldom heard
In this time of the big, cheap loaf.
Crumbs were regularly swept up and
kept for some useful purpose. If a
child threw crumbs In the fire, the old
fashioned mother lifted a warning fin
ger and said. “If you throw crumbs In
the fire, you are feeding the devil."
Children were told that the better part
of a loaf was the crust, nnd when a
chilli was sent to the shop for bread
the order was to ask for "a crusty
loaf." If a child left Its crust, came the
warning: "Yes. my lady (or my lad),
you’ll want for a loaf some day. You’ll
find hunger's u sharp thorn.”—Notes
and Queries.
Rta Everyday Salt.
Dixon—I don’t believe young Short-
lelgli is half as extravagant as people
say he Is.
Hlxou— Perhaps not, but I’ve noticed
that he has n suit of clothes for every
day of the week.
Dlxou— Is that so? Why. he has el
ways laid the same suit on every tltm
I met him.
HIxon—Well, that’s the one.
Why llr Renewed C-Ils, Youth.
"Why, Brother Dickey. I hardly
knew you. you're looking so young and
spry! What’s up now?"
"Well. suh. I'ze snulyln’ 'bout gittin’
married ergln. dat’s all.”
“Getting married?"
"Yes. suh. 1 made de 'quaintance er
a young gal terda.v. en she 'lowed dat
ef I'd shave off my gray whiskers, en
chop off de hair wlmt on my head, en
stop limpin' wid de rheumatism, en
wear cloze what come out de sto'. en
smoke se-gars stidiler pipe, en stop
prcachln' 'gin dancin’, en secure my
life In her favor fer a hundred dol
lars she'd marry me. Dat how come 1
look so young!”—Atlanta Constitution.
Duma, nod Scald*.
In cases of burns or scalds. wb»n
the skin is unbroken, cover the burn
with white lead paint, glycerin, fresh
lard, linseed olive, sweet or lard oil
or soapsuds. If the skill is broken,
pour a mixture of oil and lluiewater
(either linseed, olive, sweet or lard oib
In equal parts over the Injury. Then
place a soft piece of white linen or
muslin wet with the oil mixture on the
wound. Then loosely wind a bandage
over this, removing it from time to
time to wet the linen with the oil mix
ture. Never attempt to uncover the in
jury.
The Finishing Touche*.
A girl who had been very clever at
college came home the other day and
said to her mother:
“Mother. I've graduated, hut now I
must Inform myself In psychology, phi
lology. bibli”—
“Just wait a minute," said the moth
er. “I have arranged for you a thor
ough course la roastology. liollology,
stltchology, rtnrnolpgy. pntchology and
general domestlcology. Now. put on
your apron uud pluck that chicken."
t'nr-»rtnnnt«-!y.
They were driving together when
Miss Rocks, unsolicited, gurgled forth
ber views upon matrimony. "Love is
■t dreary desert." she said, “and mar
riage nn oasis,” whereupon Mr. Shy
ly remarked that ••<—rtalnlv :t ilfil re
"lit')' a ■'••.'ll of SHi ! " Km: toll 1 V.'l V
guineas.
Iu addition the lord mayor’s official
The
regalia is costly In the extreme,
diamond pendent that hangs about his
neck could not l>e bought for £1,000.
and his collar cost a quarter of that
sum. while his pearl sword necessitat
ed the corporation spending £900 when
It was new.
But the other companies in the city
possess plate of even greater value.
The Goldsmiths, for instance, own the
most priceless collection, the worth of
which it is Impossible to estimate. It
includes Queen Elizabeth’s coronation
cup, for which an offer of £5,000 wus
refused some time ago. The Fishmon
gers' company boasts of. among other
things, a silver chandelier, and esti
mates of its value have never fallen
below £3.230.—London Tit-Bits.
POINTERS ON MANICURING,
When the nails are fragile, a little
wax and alum rubbed upon them will
strengthen them. If brittle, a little
almond oil or cold cream will be found
beneficial.
To remove white spots from the nails
use a mixture of refined pitch and a lit
tle myrrh upon them at night, wiping
it off the next morning with olive oil.
When about to manicure the hands,
dip the fingers into warm, soapy wa
ter and hold them there for a minute
or two in order to soften the nails and
the scarfskin about them.
The scarfskin should be gently push
ed hack from the nails before they are
polished. It should never uules3 abso
lutely necessary he cut with the scis
sors.
Agnails, improperly called hangnails,
may be prevented by proper attention
to the scarfskin which surrounds the
nails.
For manicuring only a pair of curved
nail scissors, a nail file, an orange stick,
a chamois polisher, a bottle of vaseline
und a box of rose salve or nail powder
are necessary.—Mary E. Walker, M.
D., la Ladies’ Home Journal.
s orts, |
'Mil
llbf.
broau (
scarcrttJ
t social.
very terms of their toit' a , H
into constant personal com,*,
parish loners, patients. Hie„ ls
tomers. Even painters ami ,
must needs be In touch KiIh
trons.
But that thin, luipnssahls
blazing lamps which rims u„,
the stage accomplishes what
wall of China was hum tom,
Behind them is the sale
in front of them the h ai .|, £
If the player desired to
the partition, lie would
able to do so.
From the more Important
erlr.gs which tnke place in t i 1( .
both actress and actor arc ««
absent. The actor may vote if
acquire a residence ami contrive",
tn his own city on election fat
It is Impossible that lie should
any active part In politics or |«
pate In preliminary meeiinga, t
es and rallies which are held at
and as to attendance nt chnn
player encounters. In the Brat
the .difficulty. Inseparable
wandering life, of making a conn
with ii |>ar(sh and. besides, In ;
years. Is almost constantly rei|uii
travel on Sunday, passing from
urda.v evening’s performance
town to a Monday morning'* tv
In another.—Atlantic Muuihly.
hurch. |
from j
BEAVER TAIL SOUP,
A Clinrch Kicker.
“When I go to the theater," says a
churchman quoted In the Philadelphia
Record. “I sit iu a finely upholstered
seat. Underneath is a rack for my hat,
and on the back of the seat ahead is a
place to hang my overcoat. In the
church which 1 attend every Sunday
is an uncomfortable, straight backed
pew. into which the ushers always in
sist upon crowding visitors after my
wife nnd 1 are seated until sometimes
six persons are seated In a space
scarcely large enough for four to sit
comfortably. Hats and wraps must
look out for themselves.
“Of course, when I go to the theater
I pay for my seat: but. In spite of tho
fact that salvation Is free. 1 also pay
pew rent in church. 1 might also enter
a protest against women wearing their
bats in ebureb. hut I won’t. Some
times it's a relief to retire behind one.”
How Lamp Chimney* Were Invented.
Lamp glasses were invented by
Aime Argaud. the inventor of tho fa
mous lamp and gas burner which bears
his nfime. He had been experimenting
for some time in trying to increase the
light, but to uo purpose. On the table
before him lay the broken neck of an
oil flask. This he took up carelessly
and placed it. almost without thought,
over the wick. A brilliant Came was
the result, and the hint was not lost
upon the experimentalist, who pro
ceeded to put his discovery into prac
tical operation at once.
A Mlctiicnn l.itmbrr Cninp Dm
That A mased n V.:ivyranilrr.
“Although 1 am a Mjti-,v!a:i;lerai
Eastern Shore one nt that." said
cure from that state, "ami i-otisqi
ly know what good things to eat
want to fell ,vou that I’ll have tu
off tuy hat to* the lumber cutup
the upper Michigan peiilusuht
discoverer. Lubricator and dispell
a dish that knocks tile Eastern S
cuisine silly. And that rare Iw
camp dish ts heaver tail snap.
"I was with Colonel Park of Ci
bus. O.. deer hunting In the l!iiit:j
region of Michigan one fall. We
at a lumber e;uup hoarding slir.nt
“There were signs of heaver i
upper end of tin* lake, ami a M|
succeeded In trapping one of the
dam builders.
“When tlit* bearer was brought
camp, the camp cook wet,', nearlyi
and so did the lumbermen when
heard the news, all because they
been trying to trap a heaver for®
not for its fur. hut for Its tail, ns
were pining, they said, for bears
soup.
“The cook took that broad appeal
of the heaver, mailed like an anil
took from it the underlying lame
meat, and from It made such a
never came from any other stoekal
beck of tli<* most expert and sciei
chef that ever put a kettle on,
“We could do the same thing
perhaps better on the Eastern S!
but we Inch one tiling. We haven
the beavers to yield us their tall
New Y’ork Sub.
fOfl
Providing For a Wnr‘v» ri1 8c, 'J
Lot'll Chesterfield gave advice iff
son In sundry letters, which ml; J
might not be followed, but in bM
be took good care that "my ,
Philip Stanhope,” should h» ve st
Inducement to follow his mlvlee ob
least one point. All the bequests _
subject to the condition that if "J
should keep race horses or boajM
stay one night at Newmarket. >' j
famous seminary of iniquity _
manners." during the course “ 1
races there, or should lose a"
day by betting or gaming - ,
£500. then Iti such case he shalla*
£5.000 to the dean and cW
Westminster for every such a
All the Year Round.
Know YriUr Own Cnrt-VilTj
If the people about you 1 " v < ' j
on tlielr business or their hj' 1 '
at a pace which draws the a
you. resolutely take a glowei I»
called a laggard, make less mo ^
compllsh less work than f
what yon are meant to he a' 11
Y'ou have your natural Hum
as much ns an engine—tea “° • ^
or twenty or a hundred. 0 ,,
| to do certain kinds of ,vcir “ l0 , jn i
i need a certain kind and n,L .^
| fuel and a certain kind ot UU&"
George S. Merriaut.
Quits.
Maud—Kitty, do you know what
awful things people are saying about
you?
Kitty—No. dear, and I suppose yon
do not know what terrible things peo
ple are saving about you.
Maud—Perhaps, on the whole. It Is
well that neither of us should be en-
ClrnnlDS Je«v p ' 8 ' , f ,
With the exception of £
may oe washed with warm
pure soap. They should 1
in boxwood sawdust to dry-
done, polishing will be u» n ^
As boxwood sawdust is ven ^
give 3*”
will not scratch, and as
moisture rapidly It helps to . f|
a bigb polish. It can be P roC “' or
any denier in Jeweler’s su|)P‘
dered through a lew*