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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. . • AMh- kqfc-- ■ 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. CfeO'- * * ° • a* -<> 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.