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SUNDAY MORNING. _ THfc CIWLS OF LONG AGO. fflb, the dear old-fashioned girl, that I knei long year* ago, When the world, the girl and I were in oar prime; Ehe vn dear as early snowdrops amid the springtime snow, 6ke was sweet as the wild rose of sum- I mertime. And she knew just how to make Pound and sponge and ginger cake! She could spin and weave and knit the tammrr through, And the hotter, cheese and cream! Why I think I have a dream Of our driving home the cows through atar-lit dew! Oh, these Taunted modern days! Nothing in them con compare To the husking bees and spelling schools of old; Nothing sets my heart a-danee as the music op the air, Merry jingling of sleighbells in the cold. Oh. those day* of long ago, When the winter’s frost and snow, Held in close embrace the woodland vale and pool; Wrapped in robes and blankets warm What cared we for wind and storm, When we gathered at the weekly singing school! Oh, the old-time singing school, my heart a-thought the faster Beats, at the mem’ry of those days of long ago; It keeps the very time of the dear old singing master. Unconsciously I'm humming some tune I used to know! And in memory oner more, At the old red schoolhouse door Pm waiting for “ye maid” of olden times, And 1 feel her fingers small Lightly on my coat-sleeve fall, While our hearts arc beating to the sleigh bells’ chimes! Oh, the dear old-fashioned girls have with time grown calm and stately! For I sometimes meet them in the street or store. They nod their pretty heads, smiling at me most sedately With a flash of eve, or dimple, as of yore. And the gentle tones, the while Of those days we talk and smile, When we all were happy boys and gie> together! f And the happiness of our themes— Like the dearest of our dreams—- Are the singing schools we went to all to gether! Oh. those days of long ago! Oh, the boys I used to know! Oh, the girls who made life’s sunshine l bright and fair! , ,y When we’ve crossed the "great divide” Fussed on the other side, We shall meet them, know them, greet them, over there! —Leslie Griswold, in the Los Angeles Times. A Question of Proposals. 4 4 1 IIAVE something on my mind I which is perplexing, ruther k 1 thflu unpleasant, but which f preoccupiei me n good deal.’’ ’ "If you were a woman,” remarked Mrs. Eden, the charming little widow, “I should say you had just received a proposal, nud didn't know how to an swer it.” "Hut, being a mere man. I’m in the far more difficult position of having a proposal to make ” “Vet of not being able to make up four mind to whom. Do you mean to tell me*tliat you have a vague desire to propose to woman In general, or to some indetinito yet-to-be-tnet-wlth she?" “I ought to have, said 'to Which,’ for there are two girls ” l "Ah, two girls," repeated Mrs. Eden. “Who are both so charming that I can't decide between them, and so I come to yon, as usual, to help me out of my difficulty.” “Then i know those highly fortunate young women, one of whom you intend thus to distinguish?” “Oh, It’s easy to laugh! But you've so often advised me to get married tiiat it s only kind to help me to put you;* advice into practice. I think you know Margaret, Whelan?” t Intimately, Did I not see her for a whole day in the country last sum mer? And I approve your taste. She Is good to look at.” “Yes, Is she not handsome? Such a fine figure, nud so tall.” "That’s her one fault. She’s almost too tail. She’s taller than you.” “Dear lady. You’re quite mistaken. She Is three Inches at least shorter than I am. She is certainly not more than five feet eight.” “What are inches?" cried his hostess. "A woman is as tall as she looks, and Miss Whelan looks taller than you.” “Do you like her as well ns you adore her?” he wanted to know, “I adore her. Women never do less than adore each other on so short an (acquaintanceship. But I should have got on better with her had I not been eo dreadfully afraid of her.” “Why on earth should you be afraid Of her?” “O, she's so clever, so well in formed— j “She is well informed." While I, you know, am such a per fect little Ignoramus." “I know nothing of the sort. In your own way you are immenselv clever, too.” “But In what a commonplace way! •I can keep house, certainly, am out of debt, and I could make my own clothes and cook my own dinner, if It were necessary; but, then, anv woman can eew and cook.” I wish to heaven any woman could! I wish my landlady could!” “But I can’t read Greek, as Miss M in-tan does. She carries a pocket 'Aristophanes with her up the river, and we could see her now and again 4 enjoying silent laughter as she read. It’s uncommonly clever to enjoy Greek jokes, isn t It? But, then, of course, you and ehe could enjoy them to gether.” “Oh, as to my Greek.” said Holt, and with a shake of his head he flung ids last memories of it afar. -Margaret, yen see, studied at Ok-ton.” “Could I fall to gee It? Glrton Is written nil over her in Indelible Ink. It exudes from her manner, which Is an Impressive manner, an overwhelm ing one. A manner which puts me altogether In the shade In spite of the fact that I’m a widow with gray hairs.” "Have you gray hairs?” asked Holt, much Interested. “I don’t see any.” “There was certainly one there yes terday. Well, at least. Miss Whelan need never fear gray hairs. Her hair Is too pale colored to show any.” “She has curiously colorless hair, X admit,” said Holt. It would almost justify the use of hair dye. Kitty Red fera's hair is much prettier.” "So the other one is Kitty? Dear little Kitty! I like Kitty. Every one likes her. It would be Impossible not to do so, for she agrees with every one and Is of your own opinion even before you’ve expressed It. She’s so beautifully feminine.” Holt assented. “She’s like the finest, the most plastic clay, the whitest un written page ” “You are too intelligent. There are many men for whom Kitty Redfern would be.ldeal; for the man who mere ly requires a presentable mistress of his house, a healthy mother for his children. But you need something more than this; you need a com* pa ni on ” "With whom I can enjoy Greek jokep. Which brings me back to Mar garet Whelan, does it not?” “Oh, but a companion who is also a good comrade. Someone who can appreciate your own little things as well ns those of Aristophanes. Now, I should scarcely venture to try any joke on Miss Whelan which was less than a thousand years old. On the Whole, I don't consider her any more suitable than Kitty. Less so, in fact. For if one doesn’t want too much concession In a woman, neither does lie want too forcible opposition. And Miss Whelan can be forcible. I've beard her.” “So have I,” murmured Holt, remi niscently. “But perhaps you will make a suggestion yourself?” “My suggestion would be such an exceedingly obvious one " “Which is actually the reason I can't see it for myself.” “It is merely that you should make an effort to obtain the woman you're In love with.” “But surely I’m more or less in love with Margaret and Kitty, tool” “Believe me, very much less rather than more.” “Dear Indy! By what signs do you judge me?” "By these signs,” Mrs. Eden told him. ’’When you are really In love with it woman, you don't weigh her in the balance with any one else. She stands above every one, unique and alone. You don't ask other women their opinion of her; you force their opinion on them. You urn In her society ys often ns you can manage it. and you are tilled with solicitude for her wel fare whenever she is out of your sight. You joke with her, laugh with her, discuss with her and disagree with her. You quarrel with her and make It up again. You lay open to her the subject you have nearest your heart, and in any difficulty your first thought is to take her advice.” “But there's no woman In the world toward whom I feel like that but you,” said Holt, with sincerity. “And—and —but wliy—! What a fool you must think me!” lie moved close beside Mrs. Eden on the sofa and took her hand between bis own. “Dear—my dear Mrs. Eden”—he asked her persuasively, “do you think you could ever get to love me the least bit?” Mrs. Eden turned away to hide her smiles, and having subdued them, turned back with a histrionic word of surprise upon her tongue tip, hut, look ing straight into his eyes, she suddenly threw away play acting and gave him the warm and happy truth. “You dear and foolish person!” she murmured, “could you not see 1 have loved you for ever so loug?” But Holt, who hid some wisdom beneath much apparent folly, was wise enough to let this query fall.—New York News. Who Make Money In the Street. Those who make money in Wall Street are: I—The men who control tlu market, such as Morgan, Rockefeller, Stillman, Keene, Havomeyer and Rog ers. il— I Those who legitimately buy and sell on commission. 3—Those whe buy in a panic. 4—Those who buy out right, take the stock home and look it up. s—Those who average their stocks, (s—Those who are content with small profits. Those who lose in Wall street are: T—All who are caught by a panic. 2 Green operators who take flyers in the hope of getting rich quickly. 3—Pikers who have friends in the Street to in vest their money on a one or two per cent, margin and infatuated women who annoy and worry brokers by fre quent visitations. 4—lndustrious, emo tional speculators wlio run 100 miles a day in search of information and buy or sell ou every "inside” tip coming their way from friend or strauger. 5 All who buy or sell ou rumors to make a point either way. o—The joint-ac count geniuses who, having accepted a canard as a fact, whisper it to a broker and induce him to go in with them and divide the profits. Whenever an industrious speculatoi tells you he has a tip from a success ful operator give him to understand that you know he lies. Men who have genius enough to affect the market have shrewdness enough to keep the rise or fall to themselves. The Wall Street tip leaks out after the fact, not before it.—New York Press. Economy. The question of economy depends very largely upon the strength of a man’s desires.—New York News. AGRICULTURAL. SarinK Seed rolatoe*. ' Some farmers prefer to save their seed potatoes, hut before doing so there are precautions to lie taken. The slightest Indications of disease on pota toes should cause their rejection, as the crop of next year will be diseased from sueli seed. Every bushel of seed pota toes should be carefully examined, and examinations of tlie potatoes in the bins should also be made during the winter. Hues in the Clover Field. When experts say that bees do not get the nectar from the red clover, and ’cannot until they are bred with longer tongues, few of them would say that bees get none fom red clover, but that they meant they obtained but a small part of what was in It. The outer part of tlie blossom of the red clover has much shorter tubes than the centre, as any one can readily ascertain by exam ination, and there is no doubt but that they reach some of this, especially where the growth was not so rank as to make an unusually well developed blossom. Without the use of the mi croscope one might not see the bees get this nectar, but one can see them busy in the clover field from morning to night when It is in full bloom, and we think they are too wise to work there without any returns.—The Culti vator. A I’ont, llruce. The accompanying illustration show how to brace two gate posts, intended for a small passway, with a piece of wire. The wire is doubled and placed around each post, then a stick is insert ed in Hie centre of the wire, which can i j "0 :l , ' v , *'* . be twisted as tight as you wish. This is more convenient and better than the old way of bracing with large poles; it also adds to the appearance of the gate, making it look neat and trim.—F. F. Busch, in The Epitoiuist. Winter Care of Straw berried. Still another inquiry comes about tlie winter care of Strawberries. All such questions are very timely just now. The strawberry bed should be where no water can settle during the winter. If there is the least danger, dig shallow channels around your bed, and, if necessary, through it. Now cover with such material as you find most con venient—either sawdust or cut straw or compost. The latter should be well decomposed mixture, and It will do no harm If there Is a proportion of coul ashes In the pile. Autumn leaves make an excellent covering, but must not be laid on too thickly. You can hold them in place with the canes cut from your raspberries. Remove these and burn in tlie spring. Sawdust is a first-rate material, especially after It has been used for bedding In horse stables. In the spring it need hot be removed, ex cept to ralte thin on the plants ami leave It in the path. A good compost can be treated in the same way. Straw berries must not Ik* covered so thickly ns to hide the tips of the leaves. We are gradually getting varieties with roots strong enough to prevent their heaving in the winter. We may be able to entirely dispense with covering when this evolution is carried a little further.—E. P. Powell, in New York Tribune Farmer. Compost. Flowers require a very deep, loose soil—rich in humus. The best way to provide this is by means of a compost heap. An out-of-the-way place in one corner of the garden should be selected where all vegetable refuse may be thrown, such as sods, surplus lily roots, litter from raking the yard, summer pruning refuse and anything else that will rot down. To this should be add ed an occasional pail of ashes, dish water and other waste from the kitchen, with the sweepings from the chicken house, barn and other outhouses. Tlie whole pile should be occasionally forked over during the summer, at which time a little earth may be worked through it. If any disagree able odor is noticed from the decaying matter, it may be immediately con trolled by throwing a few shovelfuls of dry earth over it. This should be carefully attended to, because the odor is uot only offensive, lmt it carries off fertilizing elements that should be retained. In the fall the accumulation should lx* heaped into a cone-shaped pile and covered with grass or leaves to prevent the water from soaking through it all winter. It will tine down and make the very best compost for use in the spring. Anew heap should be started at intervals; prepara tion must be made a year ahead.—Tlie Epitomlsf. Care In Selling Extracted Honey. Since extracted honey was first put on the market, there has been a good many ups nud downs in the sale of it, largely in consequence of the manner and care of putting it up. A few years ago a friend living near by suc ceeded in building up a very large busi ness In extracted honey, by going to the larger towns, introducing his goods by sample and selling in quart glass fruit cans. By having his goods up to standard he now has a large and pay ing trade which he has gained through honest goods at honest prices. Almost any beekeeper could sell his THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. honey crop, either extracted or esmb, in tills way if he employs energy and a little business tact. To keep ex tracted honey, when the price is low on the start (as honey market is nevei very active before cold weather sets In), is sometimes quite a question. The best way is to seal it while hot in self-sealing jars or bottles. Both ex tracted and comb honey should be kept in a dry room, and much better if at the same time it is frost proof. When dew or dampness forms on the surface of honey, it is absorbed and in time will cause it to sour and ferment. Jars and bottles that are used are sometimes too hastily washed and enough water is often left in them to cause this trouble.* Quite a large trade uses the jelly tumblers of one-half and one-pound sizes. The tumblers art made honey tight by laying a piece of soft paper under the cover and pressing tlie lid down firmly. In what ever shape you sell honey, make it look its best and attractive to the eye. Get private buyers if possible. Make your goods so neat that your customers will remain with you. Use an attract ive label.—George H. Townsend, In American Agriculturist. Feeding Cattle in the Winter. Not a few of those who will enter for the first time, on account of high prices for meat, the difficult work of feeding cattle in winter will meet with failure. The man who thinks that winter feeding of cattle for profit Is a snap will unfortunately find his mis take when too late. One may feed the cattle all right, and keep them in good health, biy the question is how to do this so that every pound of meat made will yield a solid profit above the cost of food. That Is the problem which feeders have to solve through many years of hard experience, und often with bitter failure. It requires a good deal of work, study and experience to carry your cattle through the winter successfully, and find in tin- end that it has all been well paid for. This fact should not. however, deter one from under taking the work who has carefully bought this knowledge through experi ence and practical test. 1 have fed cattle for twenty years past, and I have lost money some years, but In the long run my profits have been uni formly satisfactory. It can be done in some years so that one is surprised at his own success. After the feeding comes the equally difficult process of selling to the high est market, if you have fed properly your catTle is worthy of the best mar ket. Leave the scalpers and agents who go around the country In the In terests of shrewd dealers to buy up the poor stock, but ship your animals to responsible shippers and dealers, who will treat you honestly. The scalpers expect to make tlielr profit after you. and so they will never give you full prices. Leave them alone, and above all raise better beef than they gener ally Handle.—E. I\ Smith, in American Cultivator. A Convenient Hour**. The accompanying illustration needs scarcely any explanation, as it will be clearly seen that the arrangements are designed solely for convenience. The building may be of any desired size, but one ten by twenty feet, eight feet high in front and six in rear, makes a convenient house. The doorway lending to hall is at end of building near front side, and leads to hall three feet wide, running the entire length of building. Wire screen separates the hall from tlie house proper, and the nests are so arranged that the eggs 1: = i may be gathered without leaving it. The dropping boards are arranged over the nests, and by raising a hinged door may lx* easily cleaned without disturbing tlie fowls. The width of the hall allows the free use of a wheel barrow, and the work of cleaning re quires but a few minutes’ time each day. The walls of the house should be of good seasoned lumber, nud all cracks should be carefully closed. Win dows may be put in where desired, but we prefer ns little glass as possible in the house where poultry roosts. At tached to this house should be an open front scratching shed, where the fowls may stay during those days when out door exercises is forbidden. This scratching shed should be large enough to enable the fowls to scratch and Jiustle, for it is this exercise that makes the hens profitable. Straw or litter of some kind, unthreshed oats preferably, should cover the ground to the depth of at least six inches, and all main food should be thrown in the midst of this. The first work of the day for the hens should be an hour or two at scratch ing. and they should never be allowed to neglect it. Keep them iu a partial state of hunger until evening, when they should have a full meal, sufficient to satisfy them throughout the night. On nice days they should be compelled to leave the shed and take exercise in the bright sunshine, but above all things, do not let them form the habit of waiting for feeding time to come. Teach them to hustle from morning till night, and they will keep healthy and lay regularly. Those that do not lay when given such care should go to market and make way for those that will.—Home and Farm. Poultry Notes. An Incubator llooin. The cut shows an incubator room that is built on the surface of the ground, and yet is surrounded by earth, banked up against its stone walls. It locubtlor jgmm, **•*'• jmmm m, : Is banked on three sides, leaving one side unbanked for entrance door and a window. The incubator room need not be large, so the labor of banking it in this way will not be great. Many are not able to secure a suitable place underground for a cellar, and for such tlie above plan will prove advan tageous.—New England Homestead. Preserving Fugs I’oi Winter. The question eoir.es as to tlie best system of preserving eggs. The old system of packing in salt is still a good one—placing the eggs, small end down ward, in layers, covered with salt. The large firms that pack eggs use water glass, in some cases, a boriutn com pound. This is equally available in the family. Vaseline has also been tested and proved to ho a valuable ma terial. Home of the packing firms pro fess to be In possession of a secret. This is not probable. It is more prob able that they are using water glass. I notice that a firm in Illinois packs eggs in tanks of cement, with walls a foot and a half in thickness. Each tank Is seven feet long, and the same width and depth, and each one holds 10,0tX) dozen. The tanks hold a color less liquid, which is said to preserve tho eggs for several months.—E. P. Powell, in New York Tribune Farmer. . I.r" U oaknPM. Seemingly there are many causes of What is commonly known as ieg weak ness in fowls. It may be due to over feeding of rich, fattening foods, poorly constructed brooders or hereditary weakness. The two former causes may be easily removed, but the latter never. When fowls are constitutionally weak there is nothing short of complete ex termination of the breed that will bring vigor to the flock. Parent stock must possess a robust eoustitution in order to transmit vigor to their offspring, and no amount of care or feed will ever tiring the deslml results. When fowls have shown that their vigor has been impaired they should at once Ire disposed of. All further ef forts at rebuilding a strong strain will be in vain. The chicks will he dwarfs, nud a large percentage will die before they reach maturity. Those that sur vive will he subject to leg weakness, and the cost of keeping such fowls will amount to more than they are worth. Pretmit Disease*. It is easier and cheaper to prevent disease among poultry than it is to cure it. Fowls that are of a hardy strain will remain healthy* under normal condi tions, but neglect them and the entire flock will become diseased, and in most eases the cost and labor required to right the trouble will bo greater than the value of tho fowls. A few moments' time each morning or evening will suffice to clean off the dropping boards, rake off the tilth from the floor and supply fresh water for the drinking fountain. Unco every two weeks kerosene should be poured over the roosts, and lime sprinkled over droppings boards and floors. The old litter should bo removed from the scratching shed once every month and new, fresh straw put iu its place. If a single fowl looks dumpy it should at once be separated from the flock and lie given especial attention. A few days of quiet will almost in every case tiring them around all right, and they can be returned to the yard with the others.—Home and Farm. Winter Care of Hent. A groat many farmers pay but little attention to their hens through the winter season. They expect a small profit and usually get less. The more we care for hens the better we learn these methods. At last we determined to have a warm, dry house for our poultry, so we built a good substantial frame building, ceiling the walls with rough lumber, and filling in dirt to raise tho floor above the surrounding soil; this made them a warm, dry homo. We started iu the winter with about ninety-five pullets. We decided to feed them systematically, using egg producing feed as far as we could, so they were given the following ration: Bran mash, with cooked turnips or potatoes, and meat meal iu it for breakfast, wheat for dinner and corn iu the evening. In addition to this they Were furnished with plenty of grit and water; they were also given considerable milk to drink part of the time. On cold, snowy days they were kept in the hen-house. During the cold spell last February they were kept confined to* about one month, but they layed right along. We sold eggs to the amount of 550.74 from January Ist to May 31st, and those that were used at home were not counted. The cost of feeding the flock was about twenty cents per day. So I feel well satisfied with the results.—E. E. Hig gins, in The Epitomist. Food in the Philippine?. In the Philippines beef is GO cents a pund. mutton 45, pork GO. veal GO, hali but GO, blue cod. 55, salmon 60, pigeons 12 apiece, beef tongues $2.50, geese 13.50 apiece, wild ducks $1.75 and tatue ducks $3.25 apiece. The meats are all Australian frozen. Butter is $1 a iound and milk $4.50 a gallon. THE CENTIPEDE'S BITE. It I. P.tnflnl, Hu* Jo* DnK-rnuly PoiioOßat. It is no superstition that the bite of the "thousandleg.” or bouse centipede, is poisonous. Fortunately the insect rarely bites and tlie poisoning, whi:® painful and serious, is not fatal. The insect should not, however, be handled with the bare hand. This domestic pest is an importation from the South, the border line of northern Mexico being its central habitat. It is some times known as the "skein” centipede from the fancied resemblance of n crushed specimen to a mass of tangled brown threads. Its natural abode i* damp places, moist closets, cellars, bathrooms, conservatories, etc. Owing to its carnivorous habits it is much less to be feared than the muc-li more common house roach, as it does uot injure food supplies, woolens or leather goods as the latter do. The centipede is a very efficient insect hunter, preying on roaches aid rII sorts of household insects. Its mode of attack is to en gage its victim in its many logs, about fifteen pairs, when it injects its poison, which probably assists in benumbing and quieting its victim. Entomologists are able to tell but little about the early life history of this insect. Its appearance in the household need be less feared than almost any other prevalent pest, as its chief function in Nature’s economy is to keep insect life in check, though notwithstanding its utilitarian role it is not apt to ho welcomed. Tlie best way of ridding the premises of its presence is to keep all moist places about the house free from objects behind which it can hide. A free use of insect powders, and es pecially pyretbrum powder, is said to be effective by way of driving them out. WORDS OF WISDOM. Modesty is bred of self-reverence.— Alcott. There is no fool like a learned fool.— Italian proverb. Dyspepsia is the remorse of a guilty 'Stomach.— A. Kerr. Rich people are everywhere at home. —German proverb. It is bitter fare to eat one's own words.—Danisli proverb, A man without money is like a ship without sails.—Dutch proverb. Take the world as it is. not as it ought to be.—German proverb. The rapture of pursuing is tho prize the vanquished gain.—Longfellow. Not to return a benefit is the greater sin, but not to confer it is the earlier.— Seneca. Wounds frfim tile knife are healed; not those from the tongue.—Spanish proverb. Virtue itself offends when coupled with forbidding manners. Bishop Middleton. Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many vir tues.—Colton. He who commits is evei made more wretched than he who suf fers it.—Plato. If there be a crime of deeper dye Ilian all the guilty train of human vices it is ingratitude.—Brooke. The New Jewelry. In one of Hoyt's farces two charac ters, Reuben and Cynthia, used to come out on the stage and sing to each othei about the topics of tlie time and about topics that were of no particular time, but which offered the excuse of jiuttiug words to music. One* of them would sing a verse and then the other would reply in like strain. One of these verses by Cynthia was as follows: "Reuben, Reuben, I’ve been thinkin’ What an awful thing '(would be If they took to burning diamonds And sold coal for jewelry." This was Reuben's response: “Cynthia, Cynthia, I've been thinkin'— And I know you’ll take my word— Not one-half the population Ever'd know it had occurred.” This passed for merely nonsensical rhyme. No one ever thought coal would be sold for jewelry, but that is what is being done in Chicago these days. A man stood at Adams and Dearborn streets yesterday and offered “genuine black diamond stickpins” at fifteen cents apiece. The “black dia monds" were lumps of hard coal fast ened to washed gold pins. The sale of these jewels was brisk at times, and seores of men wore them in their cra vats.—Chicago Record Herald. Characteristics of Feet. Scientists are always discovering things in which we differ from tlie peo ple of Europe. The latest of tbeu is feet. f The French foot is narrow and long. The Spanish foot is small and ele gantly curved—thanks to its Moorish blood—corresponding to the Castilian’s pride of being "high in the instep.” The Arab’s foot is proverbial for its high arch. The Koran says that a Steam of water can run under the true Arab’s foot without touching it. The foot of the Scotch is high and thick; that of the Irish fiat and square, the English short and fleshy. When Athens was in her zenith the Grecian foot was the most perfectly formed and exactly proportioned of that of any of the human race. Swedes, Norwegians and Germans have the largest feet, Americans the smallest. Russiau toes are "webbed” to the first joint. Tartarian toes are all the sau# length.—Chicago Journal. Bad Luck. The most bad luck that cross-eyed people bring is to themselves.—New York Press. A Visible Comet. The comet of 1813 was the only one during the last century visible in broad daylight. NOVEMBER 23 Our. Budget of Humor.. Lines on Perfumer. Here lies OUo Musk, who had The peacefulest of ends. He was the seen ter of a large Circle of loving friends. —Chicago Tribune. Up In tlie Woi'li!. “Are they richer now?” "Yes; now they talk of their ‘coun try place’ instead of ‘the farm.’ "—De troit Free Press. A Case in Point. The Father—"One thing I want to know, young man. Do you speculate?” The Suitor—" Why, am 1 not going to marry your daughter?”—Detroit Free Press. The Jail. “I am going to visit the jail. There is a man I want to see C ere.” “Is one all? I know about forty who I should like to see there.’—ln dianapolis News, A Different Thine “ You said he was a professional mu sician?” “Oh, no! I endeavored to intimate that he professed to be a musician."— Detroit Free Press. Ho Alone Did It. The Sister—"l have become engaged to Fred.” The Brother—“ Whatever induced you to do that?” The Sister—“ Why, Fred, of course’’’ —Washington Times. No Ear For Mnsic. “How did you like the music, Mr. Judkius?” said Miss Parsons. “I’m sorry, but I have no ear for music,” he answered. "No,” put in Mr. Jasper. “He uses his for a pen rack.”—Christian Regis ter. Had Sited Him Up. Willie—“ Why don’t you do some thing for a living? You ought to ask for brains instead of money.” Weary—“l just arst fer wot I thought ycu had de most of, guvner.” —Ally Sloper. Not Entirely Wasted. “Marin.” said Mr. Henpeck, “you'll never know how 1 appreciated Jour kindness to me when you thought I was going to die.” "Well.” she replied, “I’m glad to know that my kiudnes wasn't entirely wasted, after all.”—Chicago Record- Herald. Ifer Plan. “I’ve been trying two weeks to coax my husband to give me SSO to buy a new dress,” complained Mrs. Gazzani to Mrs. Willies. “I never do that.” “What do you do?” “I have my new dress charged and leave my husband to fight it out with the collector.”—Harper's Bazar. Later Information. Miss Maineliantz—“l suppose you've heard of my engagement to Mr. Jenks.” Miss Ascott—“Yes, and I confess I was surprised. You told me once that you wouldn’t marry him for a million dollars.” Miss Maineliantz—'“l kuqw dear, but I discovered later that lie had two millions.”—Philadelphia Fress. O La-la-la! Happy Ethel—“ Every time I receive a letter from yon I think of a fishing expedition.” Nonplussed Harry—“A what?” Happy Ethel—“A fishing expedition— there’s such a similarity, you know.” Nonplussed Harry—“ How arc they alike?” Happy Ethel—“ Well, in both eases, you drop a line."—Yonkers Herald. Man Not Made to Monro. Stokes—“ Speaking of mourning, if your rich uncle were to die. should you put on black?” Bickers—“ Certainly not. If he left me something handsome, why should I be such a hypocrite as to don the garb of woe? On the other hand, if he left me out of his will, how could I consistently put on mourning for such a curmudgeon?"—Boston Transcript. Terminal Not Ter Arranged. “You have discovered anew disease, have you. doctor? What are you go ing to call it?” “That is a matter requiring some thought” responded the eminent med ical specialist. I have decided upon a name, so far as the first three or four syllables are concerned, but have not made up my mind yet whether to clas sify it as an ‘itis’ or an ‘osis.’ ”—Chi cago Tribune. Nothing succeeds like success, unless- It is imitation.