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SUNDAY IIOBNINB.
AFTER A YEAR.
*T SOME M. BEST.
Is it a year or yesterday at
Since we were last together, love, W
Since from iny side you turned away
To seek some alien star above,
Too far from ken of mortal day—
Is it a year or yesterday ?
I* it a year or yesterday
Since I wae called upon to boar
’A grief no balm can e'er allay, *
A woe that none may see or share?
Since you have vanished. Bay, oh say.
Is it a year or yesterday?
it a year or yesterday?
Since laughter died upon my lips,
And I became too sad to pray,
For all my stars went in eclipse,
And hope’s aurora paled to gray—
1* it a year or yesterday?
5 it a year or yesterday?
"A year!” cries Loneliness, "a year!”
But Pain with pallid lips cries. “Nay!
Too fierce the pans, too fresh the tear,
Too present seems the soul's dismay."
1s it a year or yesterday?
_ —The Century.
THE UNION
OF TO ARTS
A CtVnfeoGon and a Capitulation.
T~| T HKY had met-loved-parted,
y.J * promising to write. There
| was nothing absolutely orig
"u ilia] la tliii occurrence; thou
sands hod done identically the same
thing before in their time, and. In nil
probability, thousands will emulate
their example years hence. Blit the
promise- made on a liner's deck, though
sacred at the time, was soon forgotten;
mid Arc years elupsed without a line
being exchanged between them. And
this was the man's fault.
Charlie Montrose had hade Zara
Hoste adieu at Vera Cruz, when she
teas but a girl of sixteen, or rather
woman, as girls of that age are ranked
out In Mexico; one matures early In
Central America.
A year passed then Art had gradual
ly blotted out the remembrance of her
Madonna-like face. True, he had kept
five of i).-r letters unanswered, by the
way, which detailed to him her trust
ing love and progress in sculpture;
lint they had lain on the luantlcpicee
In his study till dust had begrimed
them and nearly obliterated the faintly
written words. Then four years
lapsed, and Zara was almost forgotten
by the man on whom fortune had
mulled. Therefore, It was somewhat
strange that Charlie Montrose dreamt
sadly of the past during an Interval
at n hall given by Lady Belmont at
her hotiio iu Park lane.
“Why so glum, Mr. Montrose?” she
queried gayly, tapping him playfully
on the shoulder with her fan. “You
have not done your duty by standing
out: three dances! I must find you a
partner ?”
“May I have (he pleasure. Lady Bel
mont?”
“With me? Oh. I should he delight
ed, only, alas, my program Is filled,''
•he replied, vivaciously. “But I will
Introduce you to Miss Vivian. You
know the great sculptor?”
“Surely uot the Miss Vivian of
•Sleep’ renown'!”
- “The same.’’
A light step behind him caused Mont
rose to turn round. A brunette was
coming toward him—a brunette whose
beauty, surpassing even his Ideals ot
feminine beauty .so often depleted on
his canvases, caused the master-artist
to almost wonder ns ho gazed at the
.marvelous regularity of her finely
chiseled features. ITe ruse, stretched
out his hand mechanically to pull hack
the heavy portiere for her to pass into
the ballroom, when she stopped sud
denly, and, glancing swiftly up at the
handsome face of the limner, said im
pulsively:
“Mr. Montrose, the great artist, 1
tielleve?” He glanced straight into the
eyes raised shyly to his, then replied:
“That Is my name. Asa great artist
T believe I am a fraud:" then added
modestly: “I hawe been luclcy, that is
*11!”
“You arc modest,” she said gently.
“1 hope you will excuse my presump
tion In speaking to you without a for
mal Introduction, lmt 1 was very nnx
tous to speak to you. I only saw you
once before to night—at the Academy;
you were pointed out to me.”
“I am Indeed honored by your re
membering my features,” lie said, po
litely. Then glancing steadily at her
face, said, thoughtfully: “But surely
your face is familiar? It Is—ah, yes!”
he cried bitterly, ."I know whom you
resemble. You are much prettier, yet
*o strangely- strangely like a girl 1
once knew!” He sighed, as ho let the
portiere fall from his grasp.
“Indeed?” The brown eyes opened
widely. “I am pleased I resemble that
lady—you—you were interested lu. It
Is quite romantle. to be included. If
oven in so slight a degree, in n great
man’s life!” Montrose flushed dully.
“I am afraid I was speaking my
thoughts,” he said, awkwardly. “I
Apologize. 1 must have bored you!”
“On the contrary,” she replied,
brightly, "I am interested. As I resem
ble this lady, will you not tell me
1 more about her? Or would it be indis
creet on niy part to proffer such a re
quest?”
“I am sorry to refuse,” he replied,
glancing at her. “It is very difficult
to do so. liut no man eares to record
a shabby action of his own.”
"But, Mr. Montrose,” she murmured,
“you have always been spoken of lu
the papers as the soul of honor!”
“So much for the truth of journal
ism!” he said bitterly.
“But, surely, Mr. Mon!rose”—her
voice trembled a little—•■you have
never broken you word or ” lie
laughed harshly.
"That Is Identically what I have
dime!” he said. “1 broke a pledge
made six years ago, and now dare not
redeem it.”
"Indeed!” said the brunette, smiling
archly. “And why not?”
“Because she would despise me now!”
He stopped short, blushing hotly as he
realized that he had committed him
self. “May I escort you to the ball
room ?”
She blissfully ignored his question.
"Ho you had asked her to marry
you,” she said, thoughtfully, “and then
grew tired of her."
“You appear to be a thought reader!”
exclaimed Montrose, almost savagely.
.“You are, however, correct. I did ask
her to marry me, then we drifted
apart: four years passed and I did not
write, and when I did my letters came
back marked ‘unknown,* You, how
ever, are wrong when you say I got
tired of her. I have.loved her all these
years, and now, w'ben she has passed
beyond my reach— Beh! why do 1
speak to you, an utter stouger, in
these terras?" he asked, with sudden
coldness. "Allow nie to conduct you
to the ballroom, and pray heaven I
may never see you again; you remind
tire too vividly of what I have lost!”
He raised the portiere.
“No,” she replied, impressively, seat
ing herself on the lounge. “I will not
go in. Hit down here beside me, I want
to speak to you!" He turned to face
her, cold lines hardening his face.
“Pardon me,” he said haughtily; “I
am unaccustomed to be ordered—even
by a beautiful woman!”
She blushed crimson, and he, seeing
her embarrassment, hastened to apolo
gize.
“I'm sorry for the way I spoke to
you just uow,” he said awkwardly.
“ My pride Is my fall ”
“Charlie!”
There was a pathetic yearning in the
way her lips lingered oyer th- uame.
He started violently, stg ‘'•“* - T n U't his
companion, then nr", Aching the
lounge, said hoarsely:
“Is it possible? No, you Jest! Yet—
Zara, can—can It lie you? For Cod's
sake tell me if tills Is truth, or urn I
dreaming?”
“It Is true!" Rhe said softly, rising.
“No, you are joking, or I must he
dreaming!” He seized her hand and
gripped it, then said feverishly: “No,
this Is real—l tun awake!” Then, drop
ping her hand, said, almost wistfully:
“You have come to reproach me; Is It
not so, Zara? Be merciful!"
“1 came over to England to see you,
not to reproach you!” she replied,
gently. “Oh, Charlie, you cannot im
agine what agony i underwent during
those four years of silence! A year ago
I left Vera Cruz iu the hope of finding
you, and have only just succeeded In
seeing you. I suppose you despise mo
now I have committed that heinous
crime of running after a man!”
She asked the question defiantly, a
erimnoO'luKh suffusing her face.
“Despise you?” he echoed, womler
ingly, drawing her trembling form to
him. “Zara! Zara! it is I who pose
you that question!”
“Should 1 have crossed the Atlantic
If I had?” she queried softly. "I
thought you had forgotten me, nud had
I not been assured of your love to
night 1 should never have revealed my
personality,”
“And you?” lie asked, anxiously.
"Do you still rare for that artist who
asked you to be Ids six years ago?”
"As fondly as 1 did then,” she replied,
simply.
“And if lie wanted to keep you to
that promise?” he asked, gently, till
ing her face up to his. “Would you
repent the answer of six years ago?”
"How do I know he. would not ignore
me again?” she asked, archly. He
sighed, then muttered bitterly:
“True! true! It is only natural you
abound doubt the sincerity of my love.”
She melted at the sight of his dejec
tion, then, nestling her cheek against
his. replied:
“Can you forgive me for being so
horrid, dear? 1 never meant it, for I
still adhere to my promise of six years
ago."
She glanced archly m> nv him as she
uttered the words, blushing so pret
tily the while that Montrose flung dis
cretiou to the winds and kissed her
passionately. ' /.are wriggled herself
clear of hts retentive grasp, exclaiming
merrily:
“There, that will do! Enough is as
good as a least: remember this is at a
ball, please, and see, you have taken
uiy fringe out of curl! When we are
married I shall only allow you to kiss
me once a day, but never at a ball!”
Whether .the prohibition was con
tinued after they wore, is a matter
known only to themselves.—New York
News.
TVhat riensrs n Woman.
She likes to be truly loved anil to be
tohl so.
She likes some noble, honorable man
to be thoughtful of her, kind and con
siderate of her welfare.
When well and becomingly dressed,
a quiet notice of it is always appre
cia teil.
.4 word of praise for a nice dinner
often more than compensates her for
the worthy and hard work of prepara
tion.
She wants her husband not only to
he her supporter, but tier companion,
remembering that it is the kind,
thoughtful, appreciative word that
often brings her greater happiness than
anew set of dislles, though presents
like the latter are always welcome.
She likes to be made to realize that
she Is good for something besides a
mere household drudge and slave.
She likes to be petted occasionally,
but not in public, The little private
pet names are very dear to a woman's
heart.—Ne-tf York News.
A Confirmed Crnic.
It is well to have the greatest faith
in one's acquaintances—also to see that
they are glveu no opportunity to shake
that confidence.—New York News.
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BRIGHT WOMSN A3 !N'/-NTOR3.
Some of rtiolr Clever devices Are Ollier
Than E' wet!c.
Just before Lord Roberts left for
SstH A'-to- r"i • --horee
tv""--* IV ••*• - ( -
tlmt uc. vec- , ”td a carters T>?c?Ckt in
the shape of a build ptoo* shield of
aluminium
This was goat to him by lift inventor,
a woman. She wlw patented this very
much the reverse of domestic Imple
ment Is Miss Helen 3. Murphy, one of
our few women Inventors. Her in
vention Is so far a success that it at
tracted the attention of a foreign gov
ernment, who has lately been making
Inquiries as to the supply of a large
quantity of these soldiers’ chest pro
tectors for their entire army.
As might be expected, the larger
number of patents taken out by
women are for domestic inventions of
one kind or another. Some, however,
like Miss Murphy, have turned their
attention to very different subjects.
A Mrs. IVestham has recently pat
ented anew kind of solder for use by
metal workers. A woman from Black
pool has devised novel tent, which
la said to be very light, and easily
folded and carried.
Metal working Is not the sort of oc
cupation one would Imagine congenial
to women. Mrs. Florence Harrison
has shown that the fair sox can excel
in such a branch of Industry by pat
enting a process for desulphurizing
certain ores.
Mrs. Ames Lynde is another well
known Instance of n woman Iron
worker. At her extensive works at
Thornham, In Norfolk, were made the
beautiful drive gates of Sandringham,
and the King has for years taken the
keenest Interest in her work. Mrs.
Ames Lynde not only superintends the
work which she has started, but pre
pares all the designs herself. She has
Invented many new and unique de
signs ns well ns several methods for
welding together the separate portions
which go to form the elaborate pieces
of work turned out at her works. So
far has the fame of this novel village
Industry extended that Its bead re
ceived an order for the royal pavilion
at the Paris Exhibition of 1000.
Lady Colebrook Is another woman
inventor. She Is well known ns a
sculptor, and has turned her attention
to a branch of work hitherto almost
exclusively confined to men—that of
carpentering. She holds every week a
large class of women and girls from
the district around her home at Ab-
Ington, and teaches them needlework
and carpentering. The latest achieve
ment is a pillar box on anew plan,
which is In use In the hall at Abing
ton.
Doctors nowadays arc all agreed that
the ordinary cradle with rockers is
Wry bad lor children. The rocking
and jolting quiet a crying baby merely
by stupefying It. anil the result is in
jury to the child’s health.
A woman living at Twickenham has
set herself to work to remedy this, and
at the patent office may be found a
description of her new baby ear ham
mock. Tills Is a combination between
a cradle and a perambulator, which
takes up very little room, obviates all
jarring and jolting, and at the same
time is so made that a child lying on it
is completely protected from cold air
and draughts.
Another domestic device which cer
tainly tills a long-felt want, and for
which we are Indebted to a woman, is
called tin- baby-jumper. Judging by
Ibc drawings of this device, the Mrs.
Wilson, who patented it. iias conferred
an enormous boon on mothers who
cannot afford nurses. The invention
Is a sort of frame in which the child
can be comfortably placed, either sit
ting or standing, ami fixed beyond
roach of harm with straps. It is sus
pended to the ceiling by a rope and
spiral wire spring, which when weight
Is thrown upon it dances the baby au
tomatically.
It was a woman who invented the
tack-puller, which is now so widely
used in this country. The tack-puller
Is simply :i lever-like arrangement by
means of which the tacks holding a
carpet to the floor can be easily and
speedily pulled out.-—London Answers.
Kerr \otlon in folorlnif.
We borrow our Ideas from all sources
as far as dress is concerned, but the
last notion is to try and adapt to
women’s clothes the hue of the butter
flies' wings. It is quite true we can
not Improve on Dame Nature, but it
is mightily illfik'Ult to intercept lier,
and when you compare the colors we
produce with those you see iu nature
the process is very certainly disheart
ening.
A bluelsh black which figures in s ale
of the butterflies’ wings we may util
ize. but we can hardly hope to vie
with nature iu some of the hues which
combine seventy tints in one, viz.,
brown shot with gold and blue, with
reds and peacocks' blues. The fawn
color In the butterfly's wing and the
lichen greens we have never touched
even. When you come to examine the
beautiful butterflies in the tropics
which appear to change la every light
you test the impossibility of it. There
is a green and gold butterfly in Jamai
ca, intermixed with plum color. wli-eh
would make a Joi'uue to anybody v.’.o
could reproduce i:, or the olive green
and deep yellow of a Chinese moth.
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
There is no lace so lovely as some of
the butterflies’ patterns, and a light
salmon-colored butterfly in West Af
rica would, indeed, give a delightful
scheme of color to many dress sub
jects. only It would be a degradation
to the butterfly. Linen gowns of light
green are among the prettiest, espe
cially when trimmed with guipure and
made with a bolero and full sleeves.—
New York American.
Peminnt TriinniJnjjs.
There is a brisk demand for dress
garnitures which have drooping or
pendant applications of passementerie,
worsted, silk or even jet. No flat nor
stationary trimming has tbs chic of
these soft, surging confections. You
n ioy [rv: f.gcrt laborious hour* pin
ning c.i li.de tassels to be stitched
down to your jacket front, and now.
In end he*!”’4! you find you can buy
narrow o" ft *• • ” *•”" !,raided trim*
tiling* with '.ho j‘ s p ro p.
crly sp.".:.ii at intervals upon it In
g...jps of two, which Is the height of
the style.
Another choice garniture is a mohair
braid enhanced by groups of croch
eted balls which swing from twisted
stems and dangle for a couple of
inches like black cherries. These,
again, belong to the festoon trim
mings.
A third variety Is made of two or
perhaps three braids nzrangeil In par
allel rows, and studded here and there
with round bullet buttons. A croch
eted line, flue but strong, is now laced
about over nnd under the buttons,
which occur irregularly on the different
lengths of braid. Small drooping balls
are also Introduced on these varied
braids, which produce an openwork
cobweb effect very pleasing to the
eye.
GnnmtilAl XotftHlcfl.
Very smart and clever for inexpen
sive gifts are the new gmimetal purses
nnd stamp boxes. The purses are the
size of a woman's watch and have a
spring inside which holds the change
firmly, netting you car fare out is as
simple as pressing an electric button.
A chain to hang these fetching novel
ties to Is now iu order. It is here, too,
along with flic Paris jewelry. In addi
tion to being set with an occasional
pearl, this delicate gunmetal chain
Is made double at the fronts of the
of the wearers, the chains
being held apart by crosspieces done in
tiny rhinestones.
Pretty little gunmetal barettes come,
too, for the back of the hair. They
have pendants set with tiny rhine
stones. In some cases there arc button
shaped ends, nothing else showing
after they are thrust through the hair.
Illnrk Afternoon Dr**.
Avery pretty afternoon dress con
sists of a black velvet skirt with tiny
white polka dots. It is cut with a very
wide flare at the bottom and is one of
the extremely loijrwsklrtß of the season.
The waist is of stiver gray plnUl silk
and blouses over a vest composed of
ecru net nnd narrow lacs'. This vest
has a pointed yoke effect in lace and
velvet. Double revets almost entirely
covered with ribbon velvet of different
widths taper into a narrow turnover
collar. The stock is of lace with a
long jabot effect trimmed with tiny
velvet bows. The sleeves are of silk to
the elbow, from there on down they
are of lace trimmed with bauds of
velvet.
A Dainty Tronetm I'rock.
finch u dainty gown as It was, form
ing part of the wedding trousseau of a
recent bride. The material was a sheer
nainsook, the trimming Valenciennes
lace. From the low round neck fell a
sort of beriha of the goods cut in Vun
dyki s. inset with insertion and edged
with deep frills of the lace. At the
head of this was a wide beading run
through with pink satin ribbon, which
tied in a largo bow at the side. The
sleeves were very full, failing to the
elbow and finished with insertion and
Vandykes similar to the neck. A wide
shaped flounce about the bottom was
finished with several rows of hem
stitching.
newest
The blouse jackets so popular give
ample scope for the display of mexy
ornate and handsome buckler.
For winter wear a dark blue, anew
Shade of green and the cver-fasbiou.-
ahlc black will be comme !1 fat:;.
A flat effect over the shoulders and
long stole ends in front are very prom
inent features of the latest furs.
Lace of the same eo!or as the gown,
set in, forms one of the m ist exclu
sive trimming ideas of the season.
Soft cloches or bodies of beaver are
used In creating very stylish hats, ns
they can be bent into any shape de
sired.
Gowns of blue cloth braided with
brown or green are immensely popu
lar: the gown of rough material and
th? braid of soutache.
At last the vogue of the Eton .jacket
as an outer garment has want'd, and
now we have coats with basques or
the three-quarter length model.
The vogue of the bertha has brought
the cld-fashicucd round, low uc-.-k into
favor again ns the popular shape for
the neck of a low-cut gown.
Horizontal effects are much more
preferred this season for skirt garni
ture than the up-and-down styles. This
applies particularly to tucks.
Lace collars coming well over the
shoulders are favorite embellishments
for fancy bed Ices, obtaining their
touch of r.flwness from strapped de
signs of cloth or velvet.
l&£yLjsL
C atftnent huloxra.
Casement windows are extremely
fashionable at the present time anl
their effect Is really very decorative.
Some pliable material should be chos
en for curtains for them and should
be hung in straight folds from a rod
attached to the top casing sufficient
ly long to allow the curtains to be
pushed aside when the window is
open. They may also be hung from
the top rail of the sash If preferred.
..oven v.a. - ...uuure.
Woven cane furniture occupies
quite a prominent position in the most
exclusive shops just at present. Usu
ally the seat is of wood, with back
and arms of cane. A Louis XV s'v.pq
of waxed walnut carved here hnl
there with a wreath of flowers,
wl.h the carving, back and seat gild
ed, is suitable for tbq drawing room
of a town heuse. Others arc enam
eled white for less formal rooms,
while for an out-of-town house a pale
apple green, strong golden yellow or
an attractive lilac, with old brocade
or chintz cushions, are exceedingly
desirable.—Philadelphia Record.
Oikninir <;■•• Ve.
Class vases, carafes or bottles of
any sort can be cleaned with muri
atic acid. A tablespcqnfui rinsed
slowly around In a vase or decanter,
will cleanse it t.ioroughly. removing
from the glass every particle of for
eign matter; the acid can then be
poured in another vase to perform the
same office ar.d then be returned to
the bottle of supply for service on un
ci her occasion. Alter the add is out
of the vase or bottle, it must be rinsed
inside thoroughly first with hot soap
suds, and then with several clear wat
ers, as muriatic acid is a deadly poi
son, and must be used with great cau
tion.
liemovitig firt'azr Spofa.
When an ariitlo la washable,
grease spots may be removed v.ith
reap and water. Grease spots may
generally be removed by the appUca
i!on of a substance that has an affinity
tor grease; the simplest ot methods
tor removing grease is by absorption.
Powder, chalk or fuller's earth
mixed to a paste with wa or or tur
pentine and spread on the grease spot
will absorb it. This should be al
lowed to stand for several days and
the application then brushed off.
Sometimes a second application cf
paste may be necessary. For dark
materials ox-gall is sometimes used
with turpentine and fuller's earth. If
the o.x-gall is decolorized it may he
used on light material. Plotting pa
per may be put under and over the
grease spot; a warm iron should be
placed over the top sheet cf paper;
change the paper until cl! the grease
has been absorbed. Hie spot may
ihen be lightly sponged with chloro
form. Candle grease should always
l>o scraped from the surface of an ar
ticle before an absorbent or other
agent is used. When the fabric is
-cry delicate, for example, silk or
cloth, try dry French chalk first.
Spread it on the defaced spot, cover
with blotting paper, and if time will
cot permit its standing for 24 hours
or more use a warm iron.
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Buttermilk Cakes. —Beat one egg;
add it to the buttermilk and one tea
spoon of salt; mix well; dissolve on-'
teaspoon cf soda in two tablcspoon
fuls of boiling water; add gradually
flour enough to make a batter that
will pour smoothly from a spoon.
beat well and bake.
English Monkey.—Souk cue cupful
ol stale bread crumbs in cne c-ttp of
milk lor ;cn minutes; melt one table
spoon of butter and add half a cup of
grated cheese, and when cheese has
melted add the soaked crumbs, one
egg. slightly beaten, salt and cayenne
to season; cock three minutes and
pour over toasted crackers.
Squash Soup.—Put cne quart of
milk over the fire with one slice of
onion for ten minutes; remove the
onion and add the milk to one cup cf
strained squash; meit two level
tablospccnfnls of butter: add three
level tahlc.-pof nfuls of flour; add this
to the scaldirg milk and stir unii!
thickened; season with celery sal:,
pepper and sail; serve hot.
Toms'-o Toast. —Stew- a quart of
tomatoes and scarce with salt, cav
ence, sugar and butter. Cut iWn
slices of entire wheat bread and toast
on both sides; lay on a tot platter
and moisten slightly with a little hot
water and melted butter. Cover the
toast with the tomato and put a large
tablespooal'u! of whipped cream on
top r.f each covered slice just before
serving.
Mulberry Shrub—Squeeze the juice
from the mulberries through thin
muslin or cheesecloth, into a stone jar
or crock and let it stand until fer
mentation (eases. Careful!;,; remove
all rctim and pour into a fresh, clean
ve:,. -1 and let it sand 24 hours long
er and then pour off again; to a pound
cf sn.nn-r.ied sugar allow 13 ounces
of juice. Stir ever t.;e fire until su
gar is dissolved, and when the syrup
bells up strain through a jelly bag
’nto sterilized bottles and real at
once.
INSURINC AUTOMOBILES.
Owner* Protected A*atn*t Legal Damave*
Arising Prom Accident*.
Several Insurance companies have re
cently undertaken to insure owners of
automobiles against damages which
may be found against them as the re
sult of accidents to individuals or to
horses or other property arising from
the use of horseless carriages. The
policies are issued to cover losses in a
single instance, and are ipade out
either for $."000 or SIO,OOO. Should the
owner of an auiomobile feel that there
Is a possibility that he may need in
surance against more than one acci
dent, or that on any single occasion
he may cause damage in excess of
SIO,OOO, he is permitted to take out
what is designated as “an excess list*
Wi* r-’-T” -■ the ori s ;.:;.J rate?.
At prc' .iu. it fcccn foru iu -e
u... Isa to offer rales to owners of
stcam-pro'.r iied vehicles. This distinc
tion is made not because tills class of
autqmobile is In itself more dangerous
o drivers, or less susceptible to con
trol. but because It has been demon
strated by the compilation of records
that more accidents have resulted by
horses becoming frightened by the es
caping steam than from any other
cause.
An electric automobile may be in
sured against damages to one person,
not to exceed SSOOO at rates of front
SSO to $75, or a policy providing
against damages secured by a uurnbei
of persons injured in the same accident
will he Issued on the same terms, it be
ing agreed that the total liabilities
shall not exceed SIO,OOO. The gasoline
automobiles come higher, the rates for
the same amount of Insurance being
from SliO to SOO, Automobile delivery
trucks are charged for insurance
against the damages they may do from
$75 to $125. The insurance companies
in their accident and liability depart
ments are still experimenting with the
Insurance of automobiles. If they find
themselves to be the losers the rates
will be raised.
The Parcel Pont n<l the Housekeeper.
The housekeeper in England, Ger
many nnd many other foreign coun
tries is much to lie envied In regard
to one matter. The postmen not only
deliver letters to the house but par
cels. AY hat is known as (be mail order
system has developed to an amazing
degree in this country;-much more so
than abroad. But though through
advertisements In the magazines and
papers and by the help of regular cata
logues we can nnd do buy ail kinds of
luxuries and necessities through the
mail, the goods arc not delivered in
the same way. In England with the
morning letters also arrive parcels.
The woman living in the country cr
the suburbs can go shopping one day
and order her various purchases to be
sent home the same night by mail so
that they arrive early the next day.
The TK;slothee is extremely liberal in
regard to the dimensions of the parcels
which will b:> carried. The limit to the
luiigth of a parcel is®rco feet six
inches, and the parcel may at the same
time measure as much as two feet
six inches in girth. So long as the
weight does not exceed eleven pounds
the postofflee will undertake its deliv
ery. charging only three-peace (about
six cents) for a parcel weighing not
over a pound, and proportionately more
for each pound up to one shilling
inborn twenty-five cents) for the par
cel of eleven pounds.—Anna \,\ !-
ward, in Good Housekeeping.
HeaUh ns a Duty,
A wise man who chose to pose as a
fool once said that “health is the pri
mary duty of life.” Yet the majority
of us do not consider health a duty.
It is a gift from God, a piece of good
luck, what you will, anything but a
requirement laid on mankind. We ex
act of man that he bo kind, that he be
.honest. If be is not cither of these
the mere shame to him; but if be is un
healthy we count him unfortunate,
and let i. go. It would be better to
regard health as a duty. We Inherit
some of our trouble, to b? -sure, but
nature Is on our aide, fighting for
Health, aud most of cur illness is
brought about by our own indiscretion.
Let us shoulder the new responsibility.
We should live wisely and temperately
In all things, neither overeat nor over
drink; we should keep away from in
toxicants, and above all we should not
allow ourseivos to worry about any
tiling. because that harms us physi
cally as well as mentally. We should
regard an act that is likely to inter
fere with our well being with as much
abhorrence as wo would a lie or a
theft, which is a blow at character.
This is the part of wisdom; it is also
tile part of morals. If a mai is sick
he will move easily yield tof;, muta
tion: all the moral and mental rest
inevitably on the physical, and with
good health to his aid one is able to
face with fortitude ail the various
problems of life.—Woman’s I ; e
Companion.
Tell-Tale Walks.
Steps that are quick are indicative
of energy and agitation.
Tiptoe walking symbolizes surprise,
curiosity or mystery.
Turned in tecs are often found with
preoccupied, absent-minded persons.
The miser's walk is represented as
stooping, noiseless, with short, nerv
ous. anxious steps.
Where a revengeful purpose is hid
den under a feigned smile the step will
be slinking an ’. noiseless.
Slow steps, whether long or short,
suggest a gentie or reflective state of
mind, as the case may he.
The p- 1 step is slow and meas
ured; the : >cs are cacspL-uously turned
out. the legs straightened.
The direction of the steps wavering
and following every changing impulse
of the roStni inevitably betrays uncer
tainty. hesitation and indecision.—New
York News.
DECEMBER 1
An All-American Subject.
y v~ T HE subject of good roads IF
‘ I- an all-American subject, but
it is <?nc which should he of
■J" most interest to those sec
-1i0..i which have given it the toast at
tention. Naturally, the best built nnd
the best maintained roads are in <!is'
tricts where there are many people
a- J much stone. But good roads do
r.ot come always because the region
they traverse is populous; a region
sometimes beerm.es I'npu’r.is because
there are good toads. iO-a, ng.iilt,
there are bad roads in thickly srttied
districts—iu districts where the roads
ought to be good. Good roads in a
neighborhood indicate progress. They
result from progress end they promote
progress. They are both cause anil ef
fect. Well-kept highways constitute
a theme which has engaged the atten
tion of many more persons in t'aa last
decade than In any previous cur.
The convention of New York Tiepuk;
licans at Saratoga adopted a platform
containing a good roads plank. In
this division of the platform It was se;
forth that *
“Good roads and canals are two of
the important features which make
for the material welfare and progress
of Hie commonwealth. The canals
j provide a channel for commerce, while
, better highways bring the markets
closer to the door of the farmer.”
The pledge regarding good roads has
i appeared in the platforms of political
parties In New York before, and that
State has perhaps a greater mileage of
excellent roads than any other State iu
the Union.
The Baltimore American in a recent
article, in which it made comparison
of roads in Maryland to those iu New
York, said;
“New York roads, compared with
those iu Maryland, are ihe beii.-v.
New York people are dissatisfied with
thoroughfares which would be bailed
in many parts of this State ns tip*
means of revolutionizing travel ami
tralim The result Is that New York
State has grown marvelously rich.
Take out half a dozen men who are
reputed to have fabulous fortunes, am!
tbe State outside of Greater New York
is the richest part of the common
wealth. The counties in Maryland
have a soil as fertile as New York,
nnd the reason why they are un: Ida
to make as great a display of property
is due mainly to the execrable lends
which are almost general in thin
State.”
Good roads enable farmers to haul
more produce with the same exp.udi
ture of horse power. The farmer
saves in time and in wear and trm
on horse, harness and wagon. He car
sleep later and get to market earlier
stay later at a neighbor's and get
home sooner. Good roads promote so
cial intercourse, Insufficiency o? which
is one of the reasons why so many
persons leave thp country for the city,
nnd why so few give up city life fin
th-> country, except at that sens n;
when nature is at Her best iri the coun
try and at her worst in town.
Improved highways have promedol
tile extension of rural free delivery.
; and this delivery tins aided in the de
velopment of Better roads.
The buggy was a benefit to high
ways. A road good enough for mount
rd ho-srtnen and horsewomen, as sp
many of our predecessors traveled,
was not good enough for a buggy.
Then the bicycle improved the road
ways. A highway good enough for a
| buggy was not good enough for a bi
cycle. and thousands of wheelmen r fil
ing through the country did campaign
work for thr betterment of roads. Tin y
iold the country folk, ar.d insisted en
'.. ■■ tUti. th. ir road< w re n- •
t
-ion.ary work, because it is a pheUftuie
non of country life that a man always
dunks ilia road liver, on is * -y
good, or at ’cast uot so had as sc me
at bers.
As tii? bicycle helped along the goc-.l
muse, so will the automobile <•? the
traction carriage. Autoraohilists want
better roads.
Every farmer should Beta a little by
using broad-tire wheels. These wheels
not only do no; “rut” the roads, but
help to maintain them. A .broad-tire
wheel ought to bear more weight with
out strain than one with a narrow tire.
There is no more friction in the us? of
a broad tire on a smooth road than in
the use of a narrow tiro on a rough
or.e. A committee of automobllists.
renorting recently on New Y'ork roads,
said:
“It is wors" than useless to create
expensive ar.d valuable highways only
to have* them cut to pieces by the use
of narrow tires, as now used for iue
hauling of heavy loads in this State.
When you have got a goad tiling, it
costs money and you must take care
of it and change your methods to main
tain it. Wide tires are of th- greatest
vaire in preserving ordinary dirt
roads.”—Washington Star.
Another Siibnitnte lor Coni.
A Chicago man has patented a device
which is to do away with coal, at least
so long as the oil deposits hold out.
is a brick made of solidified crude pe
troleum. The oil is treated in sach a.
way that it assumes a pastelike con
sistency and may be moulded into any
shape and hardened. A small block
representing a half-pint ,of oil is said
to burn fiercely for twenty minutes,
emitting no smoke or smell and giving
a hotter fire than coal. It is said that
these Bricks cannot explode aiul can
he made to sell a: $5 or a ton, each
ten containing ike calorific energy
two or three tons of eoal.