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SUNDAY MORNING.
Valuable .Tewele Seldom W.rn.
A jeweler says that valuable family
jewels are almost never worn by their
owners; they are kept in safe deposit
vaults and are not used more than
half a dozen times in half a century.
Ladies have them copied and always
appear wearing the imitation jewels,
which look quite as well. "Why," he
added, "a lady would no: dare? to ap
pear always in the valuable gems she
is known to possess; she would bo
robbed and perhaps murdered for
them."
Repairing a Markintoali,
To mend a mackintosh procure a
small tin of India rubber cement or
dissolve some strips of pure india
rubber in naphtha or sulphide of car
bon to form a stiff paste. Apply a
little of the cement on the surface of
a strip of the same material of which
the mackintosh is made, which can be
purchased by the yard or in remnants
from the waterproofers; also apply a
little cement to each side of the torn
part, and when it begins to feel tacky
bring the edges together and place the
Patch nicely over and keep in position
by putting a weight over it until quite
hard, which will be in a few’ days.
1 l Rich Man'* Wife.
The man of wealth marries a woman
who is beautiful and gracious; one
who will bear his name proudly. Her
home is handsomely appointed. She
fits into her environment as a statue
in its niche. At her command are ser
vants, horses and carriages—or auto
mobiles, in this mechanical generation.
She is privileged to trade upon credit
and dress for her position in life.
But too often her pocketbook con
tains less than the woman in moderate
circumstances, whose husband has a
salary and gives his wife a stated sum
to live upon. The rich wife, if asked
by members of her club for a dona
tion. must consult her husband tlrs:.
She has no ready money, and frequent
ly is obliged to ask him for paltry
amounts. She is humiliated and be
comes embittered; her dignity is low
ered. Sometimes she employs deceit
with which to obtain resources from
him. And her thought of her hus
band's parsimony soon kills all her
tenderness.—Susan B. Anthony, in the
Independent.
Tl Vnnitjr of " ntnen.
"Take hold of a woman's vanity.”
said a married man. "and you can lead
her where you will.”
He gazed dreamily, smiling to him
self, into his lemonade glass. Then
he resumed:
‘‘My wife discharged her servant
girl last month, and said that in order
to have the work done well she would
do it herself thereafter. And. by jove.
she did. She cooked and washed the
dishes, and ruined her temper and
spoiled my happiness, for 1 can afford
to keep one servant, and 1 hated to see
her doing all that unpleasant work.
But I could say nothing to make her
stop until 1 thought of her vanity, and
as soon as 1 thought of that 1 knew 1
had her.
" 'Jane,' 1 said at breakfast one
morning, ‘your hands don’t look like
tfcey use to. Your lingers are rough,
and your nails seem to be ragged and
discolored. Do you manicure them as
carefully as you used to?'
“ ‘Of course I do,’ said she; 'and they
look all right, too. There’s nothing
the matter with my hands.’
“'1 know better, .lane,' said I. This
rough work has told on them. I doubt
if you will ever get them back to
their former fine condition.'
“ Oh, you're talking foolish,’ cried
my wife, frowning, and I said nothing
more. But when 1 got back home that
night anew servant girl was in the
kitchen, and my Jane sat before her
dressing table with her manicure set.”
—Philadelphia Record.
C.lrlt 8> Hluikamltli*.
A webb of poetic roman< e always
has -been woven about the “village
smithy," but it has remained for a
sturdy blacksmith in the neighborhood
of Leeds to introduce the daughters
of the smithy into the romancer's
dreams. rins blacksmith has eight
daughters, and has reaied them all
by the side of the forge and anvil. At
present four are at work in his shop.
The other four wielded the hammer'
for several years and then left the
business to take up the duties of run
ning homes of their own. Every day
these four daughters of the master
smith are to be seen at the anvils fol
lowing the trade of their fathers.
They are up early and spend the work
ing hours in making gas hooks—broad,
bent nails which are used by plumb
ers for fastening gas pipes to walls.
It is not such a hard task, yet the
work requires great patience and en
during strength.
The heavy part of the work is per
formed by a machine worked with the
foot. After the mechanical device
has finished its labors the fair black
smiths. with sleeves rolled up, put the
finishing touches on the hooks with a
hand-hammer and get them ready for
market. The girls are fond of their
work. They toil on a piece-work
basis, and the ingenious blacksmith
calls each a “full hand.” —Baltimore
American.
Two Gowns nnrl n Hst.
A dainty gown is of white voile with
narrow strappings of white glace to
outline the deeply-pointed skirt flounc
es, and a pleated bolero effect on the
bodice finished off in the same way
and cut short enough to allow •
glimpse of a soft fulness of ecru
batiste. This is eventually caught
into the close bondage of a waistband
of white glace, whose bow ends at
the back give something of the effect
of the fashionable coat taiis. A col
lar of ecru batiste and lace also puts
in an appearance, and there are
touches of brown on the white silk
tie. where brown velvet baby ribbon
is threaded through tiny circlets of
lace and divided by minute blossoms
glinting with gold.
Another graceful frock is of tur
quoise-blue cambric elaborated with a
design of the most diminutive leaves
embroidered in white/and forming a
trelliswork all down the front of the
skirt, while at either side its points
are edged with minings of Valencien
nes lace, and the skirt is further
trimmed with stripes formed by
embroidery and lace. The deep col
lar of white lawn and lace is fastened
with a smartly knotted tie of white
silk embroidered with spots of blue,
and the accompanying hat is a pic
turesque affair of black straw with a
long scarf of pale blue satin drawn
round the corner and tied at the back
in a bow whose ends fall to the waist,
while curving under the wide brim at
the left side is one pure white ostrich
feather.—New York Commercial Ad
vertiser.
JiiMlro to Stepmother*.
Most abused in the public estima
tion of all the members of human so
ciety is the stepmother. It is there
fore with a certain thrill of satisfac
tion that we read in the daily chroni
cles that in the slow evolutions of
justice one stepmother at least has
been vindicated. She is not the terror
that tradition would have her to be;
she is not heartless she is not cruel;
she is not selfish more than are most
mortals. She is simply a good, aver
age woman, doing her best as she sees
it. Such is the typical stepmother
whom novelists and other perversely
developed idiots have taught us never
theless to loathe.
In this case the stepmother had an
excellent opportunity to prove her
self devoid of narrow maternal preju
dice. It was one of those families
in which there are three brands of
children, to use a common commer
cial term. On both sides it was a
second marriage. The husband had
his particular exclusive set of children,
and his wife hers. Then there was
a set that jointly belonged to them
both. Now. to this meritorious step
mc'her's view, each of the exclusive
sets was as ungovernable and as mis
chievous as the other, and both with
equal viciousness pitched into the
third. The set that was joint property
had put out of joint, so to speak, the
noses of all the rest.
The stepmother of tradition would
have shielded her own exclusive
children. But this stepmother was the
real thing; hence the difference. She
found it intolerable that the youngest
set of children should be the victims
of both the older wls, and she said
so. and 'MI •lared that she herself was
at the mercy of the. latter. The law*
stepped in at her request, and it is to
be hop :d that its intervention will les
sen the hardship of her lot.
In many savage tribes the step
mother is held in superstitious rever
end and fear, and yet the simple wife
has less liberty and mere drudgery
than with other races. We. with our
civilized pretehse of chivalry, treat the
stepmother nearly always ungenerous
ly. In most cases she has more diffi
cult duties to perform than a first wife,
and it is not at. all certain that she
docs not as often perform them well.
There have been stepmothers, and
there arc many in the world, who were
or are among the sweetest, most pa
tient and most devoted of womankind.
Many a good man can look hack and
trace his soundness of character and
his success in the world to a good
stepmother. Honor to her, we say,
as much as to the other kind of moth
er, where she deserves it.—Philadel
phia Times.
Tartan plaids are the latest novelty
in dress goods and silks.
Jeweled studs caught together with
tiny jeweled chains are to fasten thin
white waists.
Silver tissue is employed as a back
ground for many of the fine laces and
embroideries.
belts, with harness buckles of
brass, are a smart accompaniment
for shirt waist suits.
Ruffles and neckwear of accordion
plaited chiffon edged with petals of
flowers are very dainty.
The new cameo patterns appear on
each buckles of shell. Buckle, sash
pin and brooch form a set. y
Alexandra clasps for stocks have
medallion centers, with two flat
hooka on each side, through which the
ribbon Is run.
An all black shoe is extremely
smart. It is made quite plain, with
out any stitching or trimming, of
patent leather.
Bits of red coral strung between
links of gold compose a long fan chain,
which would be effectively worn with
a thin white gown.
The garniture on some beautiful
new evening dresses consists of large
roses of silk and applique or chiflon
linked by gold garlands.
A lion’s head in rose gold has tiny
diamond eyes and teeth and holds a
large diamond between the wide open
jaws. This fierce little object is a
novelty in brooches.
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
(hick*.
Chickens when first hatched should
not be hurried out of the sluing nest.
For 24 hours at least from ale time
the earliest commence to show’ them
selves, it is better to leave them un
der, or with the hen mother. They
need no food for a day or a day and
a half, usually. When they gc’strong
enough to venture from beneath their
mother's wings, it is time to move
the brood.
A Soil Renovator.
The soy bean adapts itself to a
wide range of soils and is chiefly used
on land too poor to grow clover. It
is an annual and makes a good yield
of foliage lor silage and hay, while
the bean if allowed to ripen is one of
the richest feeds for growing stock
and a valuable auxiliary as a part of
the full feed ration. The use of the
plant as a soil renovator has become
widespread. Being a legume, it pos
sesses the property of nitrogen gath
ering. Sandy loams are best suited
to its growth.
Ymlu* of Tobttrco Diut.
The value of tobacco dust as an aid
to succcessful truck growing is too
little appreciated. If there is one in
secticide which should he on hand
and used by the truck grower all the,
time it is tobacco dust. Aside Iroin
its insecticide value it is worth prob
ably all it costs as a fertilizer to any
soil or crop to which it may lie ap
plied. Any good fertilizer drill will
answer for drilling it into the soil in
to which seed are to be sown later on.
Use at the rate of 400 pounds per
acre with the seed when drilled in.
A FiriUClm* Ihilrymnn.
I have in my mind’s eye a certain
man who is a living example ot what
study and (are will do for the da*ry
man. This man was going along with
a few cows of common stock, like the
most of his neighbors. He mad ' ends
meet, but that was about all he did
do. One day he made up his mind
that life was too short and time too
valuable to be spent in a slipshod way.
Then he turned over anew leaf, and
he turned it clear over, too. lie sold
every cow he had and began to nuild
up a dairy. His choice happened ,o
fall on the Jerseys. At Hint he went
miles away from home to get a calf
from first class stock, if he heard
ol a good cow of the breed he fancied
he went and bought her, no matter
if fie did have to pay a good round
sum. This ho kept up year after
year, untu now he stands at the head
of his profession in the section where
he lives. Now men go to hint for
stock. His cows two years ago
brought him in $65 each for the sea
son. I have not heard the figures
since. Now, what is tile reason the
r<st of us cannot do just as well'.'—
New York Tribune Farmer.
Mmi I*int; Swarming in Out-Apinrten.
The great problem in running out
apiaries for comb honey is that of
managing swarming, it is too ex
pensive to go out each day or to send
a man. A western beekeeper, who
lias several out-apiaries run for comb
honey, clips the queens’ wings during
willow or apple bloom and then equal
izes all colonies so they are of about
equal strength. This allows all colo
nies to be treated in the same way
and brings the swarming in a bunch.
The supers are put on about a week
before the main Harvest, and
rows of sections are filled with bait
combs to get the bees started work
ing in them earlier. Plenty of sur
plus room is allowed. While the sec
tions are possibly not quite so well
filled, and there may no more unfin
ished ones at the end of the season,
there will be less swarming and more
honey in the aggiega'.e. Provide
shade for each hive, which is a great
help to keep the swarming down. He
visits each yard every alternate day.
When swarms emerge they soon re
turn if the queen is clipped, and will
generally issue again the next day,
so if the yard is yisited every second
day they can be hived. Treated in
this way he can, with the aid of a
15-year-old boy, take care of 400 colo
nies.—American Agri< ulturist.
Wild m Itai U’ernl.
During the last 10 years wild bar
ley has spread with alarming rapidity
to nearly all sections of lowa. I have
been familiar witn it in Wisconsin
and Illinois for 16 years. It reto-hed
western Wisconsin about 1887 but
was common near Madison in 18S4.
It now occurs across the continent.,
being common in manj' western
Btates.
The weed is an annual, though
claimed by many to be a peycnnial.
It forms compact bunches from 1 to
3 feet high. The leave* are from 2 to
4 Inches long and resemble those of
blue grass, but are of a paler hue.
The flowers are in spikes 2 to 4 inches
long, and are of a pale green or pur
plish color. When mature the spike
breaks into joints, each joint having
from 3 to 60 seeds, a single seed giv
ing rise to an enormous number of
plants, as wild barlej' has a great ca
pacity for stooling. Itt is not difficult
to exterminate, if kept down. There
ir never any trouble in well tilled
fields, because cultivation very readi
ly destroys it In pastures it ie al
lowed in many cases to go to seed.
Here the remedy is a simple one. The
plant should be cut with a mower or
scythe before the seed ripens.
The awns are injurious to live
stock, especially to sheep. The awned
heads when taken into the mouth
break Into numerous joints which ad-
here to the mucous membrane and
work their way Into the flesh; inllam
maUon follows, the teeth become loos
ened and in severe cases drop out.—
L. H. Pammel of lowa, in New Eng
land Homestead.
Care of {Spring l.autbu.
Where spring lambs are to be the
chief crop, it is necessary to mane
summer preparations lor them. With
the lambs bom in the late fall and
midwinter, it should be the aim of
the grower to provide proper food for
them. Good farming crops raised in
the summer should keep the ewes in
good condition up to the time nf the
breeding season, and when the lambs
arrive they will also have an abund
ance of food. If one must go to work
and buy all this food the profits in
spring lamb growing will be discount
ed. Clover or alfalfa hay should be
raised in abundance. A good crop of
either will save many a dollar later.
As the lambs are to be fed cracked
corn generously, it is necessary that a
corn crop should be added that of the
hay crop.
The ewes themselves should be fed
freely and generously to make them
do their best. They should have in
the fall and early winter a good ration
of clover hay and shelled corn aid
bian in the morning, and corn and
ccwpca ensilage at noon. In the
evening they should have ern fodder,
some grain and some mangles or oth
er root crop. Such a ration lew sys
tematically will produce excellent re
sults. The ewes will prove good
mothers, and bring into the world the
finest spring lambs.
By good feeding it is possible in
time to secure a flock of ewes which
will produ.ee many twins. The ewes
which show a tendency to produce
twins should be carefully selected
and fcil separately. By breeding
carefully in this way the profits of
the work will he nearly doubled. But
it should be remembered that ewes
not well fed cannot briAg into the
world twins in healthy condition, nor
can they rear them successfully after
they are liorn.
Consequently perfect health of the
ewes is the first great step toward
success. Unless one raises his win
ter feed in abundance lie will pot give
the sheep the amount and quality of
food that they demand ior this pur
pose. When we have to purchase
food in the market we feed so eco
nomically that we are hound to de
prive the animals of their rightful
alllowance. Provision for next sea
ion's spring lamb should, therefore,
he made now.—E. P. Smith, in Am
erican Cultivatoi.
Practical Tomato Culture.
Anyone who persists in adhering
to the old idea of allowing tomato
vines to sprawl over the ground at
random can hardly expect to raise
such fruit as Hie thorough gardener
who ties (hem up to stakes and trains
them according to system. The for
mer is sure to lose tomatoes, sinco
those coming in contact with tlia
ground will rot more or less. it
i.i true that when tomato vinos a’e
trained upon stakes they may not
yield any more fruit in proportion to
the vine than when left upon the
ground, but they will generally pro
duce larger and better fruit less like
ly to become defective before matur
ing. Here are two points of vital im
portance in favor ol training tomato
vines upon stakes.
Whether one raises tomatoes on a
large or a small scale, it. is by all
means advisable to stake them in
some manner. By so acing the work
of picking is simplified, and if t.ney
are trained on a sort of trelliswurk
along (he rows one can walk between
tne hills and gather them quickly.
One can also watch the condition of
the vines more readily than when
they are permitted to sprawl ail over
the ground, and it is less difficult to
keep the worms and grubs away.
Staking is really far superior to the
old method in every respect, and
when it is done in time it is always
comparatively easy.
Wonderful to relate, the longer the
tomato is grown on one kind of soil
and in the same place with good care
the better it. will thrive. If possible,
.therefore, ground suitable for tomato
culture should lie selected and kept
for that purpose. The ground having
been well prepared in the spring, a
slake should be driven into the soil
at. intervals of 10 feet and so arranged
as to present long rows about two
and a half feet apart. The tomatoes
should then be planted in hills along
these rows, and as the vines begin
to spread strong twine should be run
on nails from one stake to another
like wire on fence posts. On this strong
twine the tomato vines can he trained
as grapes are trained on a trellis.
Trainee] in the manner described
the sun reaches all the tomatoes,
causing them to ripen evenly. But
this is not all. New fruit will keep
coming on the vines when thus
trained longer than it otherwise
would, affording just as many green
tomatoes in autumn for picking as if
only a few ripe ones had grown dur
ing the season.
Prunning the vines will make them
stocky, and in that case the vitality
of the plants will go into a fewer
number of tomatoes. Hence advan
tages can be derived by pruning if
large tomatoes are desired, but for
general field culture 1 would not rec
ommend it. An ordinary plant prop
erly trained will usually produce to
matoes large enough for market with
out any pruning. Cut off dead
branches, trim where the vines are
too thick, and where they have a ten
dency to go all to stem. The result
of such thoroughness will be plenty
of good frnit, which will find ready
sale in any market.—Agrisultural Ep
ltomist.
rtittinc Down Muffin;?.
A housekeeper, who has made the
experiment discovers that matting
maj be sewed like carpet and put
down belter and easier than in the us
ual wav with matting tacks. Undoubt
edly this method would increase the
wear of the matting if it were neces
sary to take it up often. One or two
liftings of matting are apt to tear it
unless the greatest care is used.
T* lYnalt Ituc*.
Light fur rugs can quite easily be
cleaned or washed at home. To dry
clean, well moisten some sawdust with
benzoline, and rub this well in, chang
ing as it gets soiled, soys Home
Chat. If washed, make a nice suds
with soap jelly and hot water, in
which you can comfortably bear your
hand (a heaped tablcspoonful to a gal
lon, and a teaspoonful of borax. Let
it soak in this for half an hour. Souse
up and down in this, then wash in a
weaker suds, with only half quantities
of soap and borax, and rinse in luke
warm water. Press out as much water
as possible, or run through a wringer;
W’ell shake, and hang in the shade to
dry. When half dry, rub well between
the hands to soften it, and again well
shake.
for Dfcoriillon.
Leather has not been fer many cen
turies so extensively used for
tive purposes as it. is today. With
what might he termed the renaissance
in household art that began about
25 years since came a more
general appreciation of rich Spanish
and English leathers that, were found
on antique pieces of furniture.
Asa result leather has become more
beautiful and it is admirably adapted
for the facings of walls as well as for
the covering of various pieces of fur
niture.
In many instances these leathers are
reproductions of the old Cordovan.
Many kinds of skin are used, as some
are too coarse of grain to become flex
ible enough or to take the finish de
manded for certain purposes.
A suouessful dining-room has re
cently had its walls completely cov
ered with an old yellow leather illum
inated with dull gold and bronze. The
leather is applied in panels and tacked
cm with large dull bronze-headed tacks.
The frieze is of stamped leather,
which is a hit more brilliant in tone.
Over the mantel is a panel of plain
leather, emblazoned with the family
crest. The furniture in this room is
of old walnut unholstered in the old
yellow leather, the coat of arms on
the hack anil seat.
The library in this same house is al
so done in leather. The color used, an
old dull red. The chairs arc covered
with embossed leather; the table, a
mass ivc affair, is completely encased
ir leather. —Chicago Record-Herald.
K£C/f>e:s
v • * o-o
Rice Omelet. —To one cupful of cold
boiled rice add one cupful of warm
milk, one tablespoonrul of melted but
cer, one teaspoonful of salt, and a lit
tle pepper; mix well and add to them
tnree beaten eggs; put a little butter
in a frying pan and when hot turn in
the rice mixture, let cook slowly; put
in the oven for a few minutes: when
it is cooked through fold it in half;
turn out on a hot platter and serve
at once.
Cheese Pudding.—Take a cup of
grated or chopped cheese, a cup of
bread crumbs and a cup of milk, one
egg beaten, a teaspoonful of butter, half
a teaspoonful each of salt and mixed
mustard and a clash of cayenne. Fill
a buttered baking or pudding dish with
alternate layers of cheese and bread
crumbs. Mix the egg, milk and seas
oning together and pour over the top
and bake until it is set like custard.
This will require about fifteen minutes,
serve hot.
Camelon of Beef. —Mix together one
pound of chopped beef, yolk of one
egg, one tablespoonful chopped pars
ley. one tablespoonful of butter or beef
dripping, two tablespoonfuls of bread
crumbs, one and one-half teaspoonfuls
of lemon juice and one-half teaspoon
ful of salt and a little white pepper;
form into a roll seven inches long; lay
this on a piece of greased paper; wrap
the paper over; place the roll in a
baking pan and bake in a quick oven
half an hour, basting three times with
melted butter; remove from the oven,
place on a hot platter and serve with
a lircwn sauce made with the fat in
the pan.
Cucumber Soup.—Pare three good
sized cucumbers and two onions; cut
them in slices crosswise. Cover with
a pint of boiling water and simmer
slowly until soft, adding more water
if needed. Rub the vegetables through
a sieve, pressing hard to obtain as
much of the pulp as possible, using the
water in which vegetables were boiled
to soften the pulp. Return to fire. Put
a pipt of milk and a pint of clear stock
in double boiler to heat. Rub two level
tab*3spoonfnls of butter and two of
four to a smooth paste and stir into
the liquid. Stir until smooth and
creamy, then add the vegetable pulp
and water. Season to taste with salt
and pepper and a little nutmeg if you
like and cook five minutes and seiwe
with croutons.
SEPTEMBER 28
A PUCKERVILLE MODEL.
When Tom was twenty, people said.
"He la a model youth.
Be like him, little children, he
Is Industry and truth."
Now Tom Is forty.—Yesterday
We heard a mother shout:
"That boogee man’ll get you
It you
Don’t
Watch
Out!”
lndianapolis Bun.
HUMOROUS
Van Dabble —This is my latest pic
ture; I sold it yesterday. Visitor —
Indeed? You are a genius!
"Blinks asserts that he always tells
the truth.” "So he does, but unfor
tunately, he seldom stops there.”
Nell—Did Miss Billyuns act as if
| it was a severe blow when she didn't
j get the prince? Belle —Yes; she took
! the count.
Miss Oldgirl—Do you care for pet
I dogs? Mr. Oldbach —Well —er —yes,
[ when they are stuffed and placed in
j glass cases.
Hottsen —What’s wrong, old chap?
Forgot something? Lotts—Yes; con
found it! And that isn’t all. I've for
gotten what 1 forgot!
Wigg—A woman can generally be
depended upon to hit the nail on the
head. Wagg—Yes; even though it
! may be her finger nail.
"Pa, what does a diplomat mean
when he speaks of 'expediency?'"
"Usually, my son, It means that his
diplomacy has failed.”
"You dentists may be pretty smart,
but yoit can’t improve on na-ure.” said
the man in the chair. “Oh. yes we
can.” replied the dentist. “The teeth
We make never ache.”
Sharpe—l have invented a revolver
for shooting cats. Wheaton—ls it
different from any other revolver?
Sharpe—Yes; it is a nine-shooter —a
shot for each of a cat's lives.
''Say,” said the first messenger boy,
“ 'Snaketoothed Sam, the Desert De
mon,’ is a pretty long story, ain't it?”
"Naw,” replied the other. “Yer km
dc it easy in two messages.”
Angler—is this a good place to fish?
Boy—l guess it is. "What can you
catch here?” ”1 don’t know, but it
must be a great place for the fish,
’cause I never see any of 'em leave
it.”
Old Gentleman—So you think my
daughter loves you, sir; and you wish,
to marry her? Dudeleigh—That’s
what I called to see you about. Is
there any insanity in your family?
Old Gentleman —No, sir; and there’s
not going to be any.
Old Gentleman (print
ing a moral to village school children I
—Now, why do 1 take ail the trouble
to leave my house and come over here
and speak to you thus? Can any hoy
tell me? Bright Child (innocently)—
Please, sir, it’s because ye like to hoar
yersel’ talk.
"How about that historical novel?"
asked the publisher. "No good at
all, answered the reader to whom it,
had been assigned. "The man doesn’t
understand how to write historical
novels, and he hasn’t perverted the
truth as we know it enough to make
arty kind of a rumpus among the
critics. His book would fall flat.”
Improved <lolf Cuddy.
Interest is being shown by the golf
ers of tne local chibs in an Improved
caddy bag, says the Providence, R. 1.,
Journal. The new carrier has a
round base, with a steel rod running
through the centre. At the top of
ibis rod is a circle of flexible rubber,
in which there are eight indentations
for holding tne clubs. At the base,
whicn is of wood and leather, are
eight holes corresponding to the in
dentations, in widen ihe grip ends
of the clubs rest, the top of the clubs,
of course, fitting in ihe rubber at the
top of the shaft. Through the rod in
the centre runs a smaller steel one,
which is sharpened *.t the end, and
when the player wishes to set the
carrier down to extract p. club for
playing a stroke, he pushes this brass
rod into the earth by means of the
hr. mile of the carrier attached to the
inner rod, and whether the carrier is
or. level or slanting ground it will re
tain its upright position ready for the
player to take It up without effort and
continue his play across the green.
In Ihe wooden base is a circular cav
ity fitted to hold eight balls. One of
the best features of the new' carrier
is the arrangement for preventing the
clubs from warping. The straight
steel shaft with the base and upper
’(older always holds the clubs in firm
position, and when one returns from
playing around a wet course, where
the moisture from the grass hi#
gathered on the shafts of the clubs,
he can still throw his carrier where
he chooses and the shaft remains
straight and even. The flexible hag
allows the clubs to warp.
Now tlie Sphinx I* Crumbling?.
Mr. D. G. Longworth of the Cairo
Sphinx brings the warning that that
wondrous marvel of the ancient world,
tho Egyptian Sphinx, is rapidly de
caying. It will not be able long to
withstand the altering climate of
Egypt ,due to the irrigation of recent
years.
A few years ago an hour’s downfall
of rain once a year was a novelty in
Egypt. The natives regarded it as
some dire message of reproach from
the gods. The irrigation and the
many trees about the Delta have
changed this. Fifteen to eighteen
days’ heavy rain falls now every year
on the hea.i of the Sphinx. The
severe “kbamseem’’ sandstorm fol
lows and cuts Into the soddened lime
stone of the ancient monument, whit
tling away all over the surface. —Lon-
don Mail.