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THE OLDEST CHEF. Old Father Time they've given Mm, 1 In jest and (tons rccitnl, ' 'A Tiost of curious legends anil M'ny a name and title; But'I have never heard him named I Ajd faithl I am not deaf 1 I noycr heard the people call Oil Father Time a chef. i And who hut he tnav spread the clod 1 With harvest? Who is able To turn the upland and the plain Into a loaded table? Behold him keep until the last The richest, rarest brew, !And serve it in the vesper hour A noblet filled with dew. IB A Pardonable Deception. UT, Bella, yoti enn't pos- slbly ) lng v (f thlsn bo thinking of giv- up Paul beenuso of i mlBfortuno? You don't ronlly menu to break your engage ment? I enn't believe it of you; It Is too licnrtlcss." Norn Cluvcnlng spoke ludlgnnntly, licr chcnkH fluHhod, nnd her dark eyes turned nngrlly on her Hlster. They were wonderfully alike ns far ns height, build ami features went, but their coloring was different. Bella was falf, with light, golden lialr, and forget-me-not blue eyes, while Nora's eyes were blue, too, but almost violet in hue. and her hair was the shade of ripe chestnuts, nutl her skin less dazzllngly fair than her sis ter's. Their voices again had a mar velous resemblance; It seemed as If the same person were speaking when the one ceased and the other spoke. They were twins, which accounted for the strong physical resemblance that they bore each other, but their char acters were the very opposite, and their tastes also. Bella stood moodily by the tire shifting the little ornaments on the inantlcplece with restless lingers. Her sister continued: "You wrote me such glowing letters of Paul, giv ing mo to understand he was every thing that was perfect, and now" "Now he Is not so; that's all," in terrupted Bella, flippantly. "How can I be expected to marry a blind man? The thing is Impossible; be went nway full of hope that this wonderful Ger man oculist would cure him; now, you see" holding out a letter "ho writes telling me ho lias returned totally blind, nnd with little hope of ever re gaining his sight, and begs that I will go nnd see him as soon ns possible. How can I? What am I to say?" "What arc you to say?" passlonntely. "Why, that you will marry him as soon as possible; that you will be eyes to him now, and by your love and care will try to compensate to him for the terrible loss of his sight," answered Nora. "What a pity It wasu't you Instead of me to whom he was engnged. It's no use, Nora, the thing must be nt an end, and what I want you to do Is to go nnd break it to him. If you won't, I snppose I must write, for It's no use my seeing him; I can't do that, It would only mean a painful scene, which may as well be avoided," and Bella gave an impatient kick with her dnintlly-shod foot to a coal that bad fallen from the bars. "I break It to him? But be does not know me; you forget I've not been home a week," remonstrated Norn. "That doesn't matter; he knows you from your letters, which ho was al ways Interested in, and said he thought you must be charming. You must do It, Nora; you have tact and can soften the blow, for he'll feel it pretty badly, I'm afraid; still, how can be expect any girl to marry him now? Fancy being tied to a blind man! Oh, I couldn't face such n future." "You nre cruel as well as heartless, nnd I'm sorry for the man who marries you. Yes, I will go, and I'll do my best for him. I must ask for his sister, I suppose; she lives with him, doesn't she?" demanded Nora. "Yes, she Is faded and forty, and ca prlclous, but not a bad sort, although she never took to me, but was only civil for her brother's sake, whom she adores. What are you going to say?" "Heaven knows!" ejaculated Nora, fastening her sailor hat on with a jet pin. "Well, do It gently." called her sister, ns the other girl opened tho glass door leading Into tho garden and started on her thankless erraud. "She might have shut the door," muttered Bella, with a shiver. "How cold It Is for May," she said, as she closed tho glass door and turned back to the fire. She drew a low chair close up to the fender, and, stretching out her hand for a new magazine, was soon Immersed hi the contents of an Interesting article on coming fashions. "Will you go In nnd see him nt once? The news you bring is only what I expected; your sister never really cared for Paul; she thought she did, and admired him, and was Mattered by his attentions, but there was no real love. You have a painful task before you; do your best to comfort him, If that lie possible." And Miss Beresford turned nway, motioning Nora to enter tho room where Paul Beresford wbh st'ated. Ho was quite alone, sitting by the lire. It looked odd to see no papers on the table beside him. Ho heard the soft rustle of tho woman's gown, and turned his sightless eyes In her direc tion, lie was an extremely handsome man; his features almost perfect, and his dark-brown eyes had not yet he roine vacant nnd expressionless. Nora faltered out some words of sympathy nnd compassion, and his face lit up at the sound of her voice; he rose and felt his way to meet her. ".So you have come, and so quickly; how good .Who bakes the tuber in Its hill, The pippin in the sun? ,Who drops the cherry and its wine, When sweet and ripe and done? , iWho gathers up the heat and light, And rnin and summer breeze, And mixes in the sugar sip , ( Of fiowcrs and fruiting trees? 1 Old Father Time and who arc guests At this delicious feast? The whole wido world of fish and fowl, And every man and beast. And as we sip the breakfast from His overflowing hand, lie is preparing supper, too, Upon the mellow land! Aloysius Coll, in Good Housekeeping. HlKiUKtHJHiKlKVK5KlHtKlKtKlHKK?H of you Bella! Come here, dear, and let me feel your hnnds In mine. Oh, my darling, If I have you I can bear this terrible blow. Your lovo and sympathy and Bwect faithfulness nre more than sight to mo," ho said, In a voice that shook n little with emotion, nnd then, before Norn could answer him, she felt his arms round her and his lips pressed against her own. Sometimes love steals Into a woman's heart step by step; sometimes It comes with a sudden leap. With that kiss and passionate embrace Nora's heart gave a great throb, nnd her pulses beat with a strange, overwhelming passion. When she drew nway from the shel ter of his arms her face was crimson, her eyes full of tears, and she was trembling violently. He had mlstnkcn her for Bella how was she to tell him? Miss Beresford sat In her drawing room waiting, and wondering greatly when half an hour went by and Nora had not returned. She went Into the hall and listened for a moment, think ing, perhaps, the girl had left with out seeing her agnln, but she henrd voices, and, stranger still, tho sound of a laugh fell on her ear. Paul was actually laughing, and It was a natural laugh of pure gladness. Marcla Beresford went back to her room greatly puzzled. Another hnlf hour passed and then she henrd the li brary door open, and tho voice, so much like Bella's, saying, "Yes, I will como to-morrow, quite enrly, by ten o'clock, and will read to you as long ns you like. Now, you are not to get downcast while I'm gone. Oh! do you really want me to say good-by again, hut I shall never go!" Then there was the sound of her skirts fluttering across the room again, ami a few min utes afterwards she reappeared in tho drawing-room with Hushed cheeks, eyes bright with tears, and trembling lips. "My dear, I don't understand," ex claimed Miss Beresford. Tho girl closed the door, and then flung herself on her knees beside the elder woman's chair. "Oh, what have I done! What hnve I done!" she sobbed. "Whnt! What have you done?" cried Miss Beresford, more and more mysti fied by her visitor's manner. "I could not tell him; It was so sud den; he thought he thought I was Bella!" "Bella! Oh, 1 see; I understand!" "And I comforted him. I mndo him forget his misery, because he thought I was Bella. Oh, Miss Beresford, what am I to do?" A Hnsh of hope came into Marcla Berosford's worn face. "Could you go on with it?" she asked, In a low voice. "What do you menu?" nnd Norn looked up, bewildered. "Go on being Bella," was the reply. "But he must know sooner or Inter." "Yes, hut if it be later bo will have grown to love you so much thnt he will never regret the real Bella, but will lovo tho false one better. Think of how drenry his life will be without you, nnd the difference your lovo and care will make to him. A wife is so different from n sister. It Is true. I am urging you to choosu a life of self sacrifice" "Self-sacrifice! Oh, no! It wouldn't be that," murmured Nora. "Then, you will como again to-morrow V" "Yes, I will come!" was the answer. And so tho dnys slipped by, and Nora became everything to Paul Beres ford, nnd no one but his sister knew of tho strange deception that was be ing practiced. The real Bella was glad to get her freedom, and chaired her sister about her dally visits as reader to the blind innu. "Who knows? You might console him after all, Nora," she said, one day, Jokingly. ".More unlikely things might happen, certainly," was the reply. Nora was cutting sonio roses to take to Paul. "Don't take all the best," said her sister. "You surely don't grudge him the pleasure of your llowors," exclaimed Nora, hotly. "Well, give him one from me. I've half a mind to go and seo him myself to-day. There's no reason why wo shouldn't be friends. Nora. I'll take him the roses. Here, give them to me," said Bella, holding out her hands for the llowers. Nora's face turned pnle. "What's the matter? Why shouldn't I? Marcla Is gone down to the village, so I sha'u't run across her, thank good ness. I saw her go by a few minutes ago, Come. Nora, I'll go. A month has passed. It Is time we shook hands and he forgave me. Who knows when ohco I see him again old feelings may be roused once more. I feel us if I want to (sco him agnln." When Bella was determined to do a thing she did It, and she walked de liberately down the gnrden nnd through the gate. Tho Beresfords lived but a few steps down the road n pretty house, with a garden slop ing to the river. Nora know that Paul would be seated under the big beech there, waiting for her. It wns n shel tered corner nt the bottom of the gnr den, where they spent many hours now thnt the days wero warm and sunny. Whnt was she to do? She had never thought of this. She hnd lot things drift, and hnd shut out of her mind all thought of tho future. But he must know now; the truth must be told; nnd tho full sense of her de ception stood out clearly before her. He would never forgive her. She had done a terrible, nn unwomanly thing, nnd she loved him she loved him with her whole heart and soul. Nora quickly overtook her sister and nccompnnled her. They went across tho smooth, turfed lawn with soft steps, but the blind man's car was quick to hear, and ho wns listening for Nora. It was she who spoke. "My sister has come to see you," she said. "I have brought you some roses," said Bella. Paul looked from one to tho other. "Your voices nre exactly alike. How am I to tell one from the other?" "By touch," said Bella. "See, wo will each give you a rose; touch tho hand thnt gives It, and you will know then." "But why? Our hands nre tho same size," said Nora, beginning to trem ble. "The touch of tho womnu I love will thrill me; the other will give me no sense of rapture," said Paul, with con fidence. Tho two girls advanced, each offer ing n rose. In Bella's hand was one of deepest crimson; In Norn's one of purest white. Her heart was throb bing painfully. Would his love for Bella be nwnkcucd by lier touch? She glanced nt her sister; her lips were pnrted expectantly, and there was an eager look in her eyes. The blind man clasped the hands of each. Then, taking the rose from Bella's lingers, he gently dropped her hand; but Norn's he held close In his. "This Is the bund of tho womnn I love," ho said, softly, and touched the white rose with his Hps. Bella Unshed a look of uncompre hending astonishment at both faces; then tlie color lied from her cheeks. She understood. Her voice wns slight ly husky when she next spoke. "Yes, Pnul, that is tho woman you love, and the womnn who loves you. Norn, I think I will leave you now," nnd she went ncross the sunny lawn into the shadow of the house. "Why did she call you Nora?" ex claimed Pnul. t kiat And she told him. "" " w" It wns n long time that they lingered benenth the dark branches of the cop per beech, and when they moved from benenth Its shadows and stood In tho broad sunshine the day of their mnr rlage was fixed. They had not been married six months when the skill of Professor Trntt, the famous oculist, began to at tract the attention of the press. His cures were wonderful some of them were really considered miraculous. Paul Beresford was Induced to put himself under his care. The result was favorable, although for a long time the efforts of the physician seemed useless. At the end of three months Paul Berosford's vision was restored. So, after all, Nora had ex cellent rensons for congratulating her self on the pnrt she bad enncted In a pnrdouablo deception. Now York Weekly. Kiiglunil's Klderly King. With one exception, never since Eg bert tho first King of England came to the throne has a successor ascend ed It who exceeded, or even ap proached, the present king In yenrs. The Saxon and Danish sovereigns had short reigns, and for tho most pnrt died young. Even Alfred tho Grcnt, who made Englnnd nnd ruled for thir ty years, was only fifty-two nt his denth. The very first of our monarchs to attain tho age of three score and ten wns our first great queen, Ellzn both, and she was twenty-six when she came to the throne. All the houso of Hanover, of whom tho present king Is tho seventh, have been long-lived, Georgo I., who died nt sixty-seven, be ing tho youngest. William IV. did not succeed his brother until he was sixty-live, and he wns older than the king by six yenrs. Georgo IV. was a trlfie younger when he camo to the throne. Loudon Chronicle. A UniiRlity Itarlmr. It was n bnrber who had long served on the cracKs of an Atlantic liner whoso saloon was visited by one of the owners. The Indications of tho general notion trnde dono by this ton sorlal artists were much In evidence, nnd wero set out with n skill that would hnve put nn Oxford street win dow dresser to 1 lie blush. "I don't quite like this," said the owner. "This Is a ship, not n store," and then Jok ingly added, "I think I shall have to make a change." "I wouldn't do that If I were you." retorted the barber. "I've been with you now fifteen yenrs, and If you dismiss me I'll stnrt an op position line right nway." Marino Journal. Our mi tlin Old Mull. "Do you know what my father would have done If I had been caught doing such n thing?" asked nn irate Memphis father of his little son. Tho hitter did not consider the sltun Hon at all alarming, and said In n rather Jocular manner: "You must hnve had a pretty bad daddy." Tills cool, sarcastic manner nettled the old gentlemnn nil tho more, and In his loss of temper ho cxclnlmotl: "Well, sir. I want you to distinctly understand thnt I had a better daddy than you'll ever seo the day to have." Memphis Scimitar. - - - American shoo stores are to he start ed In Germany. Nothing like getting a foothold. To speak properly, Andrew Carnegie gives library buildings and the cities and towns are supposed to do the rest. A lecturer on sociology wants to hoar a reasonable explanation of why a man has twenty pockets and n wom an none nt nil. In Arkansas the Legislature has ap proved a constitutional amendment providing that three-fourths of a Jury may return a verdict In civil cases. Tho common people of Spnln nro de scribed as very nbstemlous and good natured. They havo to be In order to support tho kind of government they hnve had. A doctor has certified that a worn nnd worry." Perhnps wo shall hear an's dentil was caused by "dyspepsia of somebody succumbing to "n brok en heart and tho grip." The Swedish Navy, for the size of It, Is possibly tho most effective of any among those of nil the nations, not only because the vessels are substan tial, but because the sailors of Sweden nro known to bo the best In the world. Tycho Brnho wns tho founder of modem prnctlcal astronomy, who died three centuries ngo. The lloynl Acad emy of Sciences of Sweden Is prepar ing to celebrate the third centennry anniversary of his death on the 124th of October next. The lot of tho Prefect of Police In St. Petersburg, Russia, can hardly be happy, and Is certainly unsafe. Ac cording to tho tragic record of tho past forty years, since Alexander emancipated the UU.OOO.OOO serfs, as snssluatlon hns left the position open for n now Prefect upon tho average ouco In nbout six yenrs. Some Idea of the coach horse busi ness Is suggested by these high priced roadsters indulged In by wealthy own ers of conches. The sensational price of ?:13,000 to $41,000 paid by Robert Bonner for Dexter nnd Maud S, re spectively, have not been duplicated In the past decade, yet the Abbot sold recently for ?l!(5,r00 quite a fortune to Invest in n single nnlinnl. In ordinary apple years the waste of skin nnd cores amounts to COO to 000 car loads, and during yenrs of abund ant yields It runs us high ns 1200 nnd 1000 car loads. All this wasto now goes to tho factories, which make cheap Jellies. There are upwards of 140 of these factories in the United States and they hnve an nnnual ca pacity of 1200,000,000 pounds. There nre more teachers who hold fine theories of educntlon than thero nro who consistently follow these theo ries out in dally practice. This com mon falling is well hit off in the bit of satire which represents a little hoy as describing the "moral suasion" which prevailed at his school In these words: "Wo get kep' In, nnd stood up In corners, and locked out, and locked In, nnd mndo to write one word n thousand times, nnd scowled nt, nnd jawed at, and Hint's all." At the same time n "moral suasion" that Is both moral and persuasive to right Is worthy of being put into common prac tice. Physicians who havo declaimed against the bnnefulness of 'kissing nro likely to Indulge In many an "I told you so!" over a recent occurrenco nt Friendship, Me. Three young women visited n sick friend, and all kissed her when they parted. Next day tho Invalid died, and a few days later all three of her visitors como down with diphtheria. The antl-klsslng moral seems to ho clear enough here, but the Incident conveys another also, that when one can do no good by coming In contnet with them, suspicious discs of "sore throat" are things to avoid. Where Irrigation Is really necessary to fertility tho Government may well foster It. There nro not a few people In various sections of the country, not directly Interested in the work of Ir rigation, says the Springfield Regis ter, who recognize that every re claimed aero of laud means a stimu lus to business, and an eventual bene fit to tho country means more crops, Increased population, advanced civi lization, new needs, and consequently n greater volume of business. What Congress h.:s to guard against Is schemes to benefit mere private en terprises nt public expense. A project so guarded will be beneficent, and the people of every section of the country can consistently approve It. Thero ought not to 1)0 n dog-lu-the-mauger feeling on tho part of people who do not live In nu arid country. .- rtelLDrCN,5.iT 'MfisurE Mour Tho I.nml of Hyc. The great round sun has hidden his head And gone to sleep in n golden hed, And tho silver moon's climbed up in the sky To show you the way to the Land of Hyc. The mother-bird ( calls to her children, And My7, 'Little birdies, 'tis time to shop I" So she cuddles them up in the nest so high And they all start ofT for the Ijind of Bye. The little gray nest is round and warm, And she covers them safe from tho cold and storm, And says, "Peep, peep, you must shut every eye. Or you never will get to the Land of Hyc." The little gold stars twinkle down from t above To sco if you, too, arc not sleepy, my love, 1-or even they blink in tho dark blue sky, When tho birdies go ofi to thu Iand of Bye. Thu breezes blow gently from out of the west And rock the wee birdies to sleep in their nest, Tho same way that mother, when sleepy time a nigh, Will rock you, dear heart, to the fair Land of Bye. Dixie Wolcolt, in Detroit Free Press. Highest nml I.oirrst Stairs. Every schoolboy knows which Is the smnllest nnd which Is the largest State In the Union, but how many know which Is tho highest? According to the recently nnnounced results of measurements and calcula tions mnde by the United States Geo logical Survey, Delaware Is the low est State, Its elevation nbove the sen level nveraglng only sixty feet. Col orado Is tho highest, averaging 0800 feet nbove tho sea, while Wyoming Is n close second, only 100 feet lower than Colorado. In minimum clovntlon Florida and Louisiana dispute for second place after Delaware, tho average elevation being for ench, 100 feet. Taking the United States as a whole, our coun try lies slightly nbove the nverngo ele vation of tho laud of the globe. II hit NIr Suvml tliiiTrnln. Station Master Davis's dog Nig has been tho talk of Fork Creek. Col., for years, but one day when he Hugged a train on the Colorndo & Southern railway he saved the lives of tho train's crew and pnssengers nnd be came n topic for the whole State. Nig Is of mixed breed, largely span lei. Forks Creek has only two houses and u water tank, so the dog, nlways nt his master's heels, learned bow to throw n switch and to wave a Hag almost as well as his master. So ex pert was he at switch-throwing that his master grew to depend on hlin for tho work. But n few days ago when Nig bounded up tho track to throw tho switch for a train that had signaled he found that snow had made It Im possible to move. He did his best, then turned and dashed back to tho station, seizing n red Hag and fiylng up tho track toward the train round ing tho curve. By thnt time the station master saw trouble nnd ran for the switch, but he could not move It, owing to the Ice. But far up tho track Nig sat upright, holding the ling In his mouth nnd with a senso of relief Davis saw tho train slow up. Tho Ice was cut away, the switch turned, nnd the train pulled In, with Nig riding modestly in tho cab. Superintendent T. II. Sours was In tho one speclnl car, making a tour of the line, and one of these dnys Nig nmy bo pensioned. Dust mill Itnyllgtit. Whnt a strange thought It Is that the splendid sun depends on no appar ently Insignificant n medium as the dust particles of the nlr for diffusing Its rays so ns to give us daylight! Yet It Is absolutely true that, If It were not for these particles, we should havo no daylight. When n beam of light from the sun enters our atmos phere Its rays are scattered laterally In nil directions by the myriads of fine dust particles, and as these parti cles more easily scatter tho blue rays than the red nn nppcarauce of blue Is given to the sjty. Tho finer particles are In the upper air, the lower nlr containing the coars er ones. The latter, however, help to make daylight, for they reflect white light, which, added to the blue, In creases the Illumination. When the nlr Is hazy there Is an excess of tho coarser particles, and tho light reflect ed by them gives the sky u whitish glare, not because the finer particles no longer scatter the blue rays, but because tho excess of the coarser particles adds so much white light as to overcome the blue. When the air Is very clear the sky Is very blue, be cause less white light Is added. The sky always appears of a deep er, inner blue when looked nt from a high mountain, because, nt such an elevation, there are comparatively few of the coarser particles In the air and less white light Is added. Tlio.so that havo seen it from nn elevntion of 15,000 to 120,000 feet say that It Is al most as dark as Indigo, qulto differ ent from tho sky to which wo are accustomed. What a strange world this would be if we had no atmosphere and the dust particles that are suspended In It! Darkness would cover the face of tho earth and the sun would appear like a glowing fireball In a sky as black as blackness Itself. That Is tho way things are on the moon, for the moon has no atmosphere, and therefore no dust particles to scatter the sun's rays and diffuse them Into daylight. Phila delphia Record A PLEA FOR THE PRETTY GIRL. The homeliest girl can't always cook tho best, 8omctimcs a pretty girl can make a hang-up pic. A girl, in short, is not to be condemned J Because her face is pleating to tho eye. ' The best is always plenty good enough, And beauty should by no means bo dc spiscd. Philosophers may praic th homely girls, But pretty girls should equally be prized. It's true thnt "handsome is as handsomo docs," But one can handsome be and handsomo do. So when a young man falls in love, ho ought To choose a girl that's smart and pretty, too. Somcrvillc (Mass.) Journal. ; HUMOR OK THE DAY. "No, Mnude, dear, tho financial news Is not all written In money syl lables." Philadelphia Record. Hoax "How did Sappehead como to get brain fever?" .loax "I believe an Idea suddenly struck him." Tencher "Nnmo n nation that Is very much talked about just now." Bright Pupil "Carrie." Chicago Jour nal. She "I wonder why they hung thnt picture?" He "Perhaps they could not catch the artist." San Frnnclsco News Letter. A man can work from sun to sun, I But woman's work is never done. ' Bcrmi", when begged to stop and rest, She toils right on with martyred zest. Detroit Free Press. A fool nnd his money nre soon part ed, and there nre lots of men who would like to be fools If they hnd tho money to part with. Kansas City Stnr. "I suppose you sometimes find It a trifle lonely out In your suburb?" "Lonely! Why, we all run to the window when a dog goes by." Chi cago Record. Magistrate "You arc charged with assauit and buttery. What have you to say?" Prisoner "Not a word, yer onner. It wns saying Too much got mo Into this scrape." Tlt-Blts. He talks like a hook, his Admirers nil say. What a pity he doesn't Shut up tho same way. Baltimore American. Thero wns a fearful dispute on In tho Chicken coop nbout precedence nnd particular sets. "There's no Incubator' blood In. me," cried u specially vehem ent hen. "I came of the best stock." Philadelphia Times. Brown "So you lost your lawsuit with Smith." ,Tones-"Yes; lint It's a satisfaction to know that Smith did not win anything." "But didn't you havo to pay him 51000 damages?" "Vi-s; but his lawyer got that-" 11 was after he had been rejected the third time. "What first attracted you to her?" asked the sympathetic friend. "Her eyes," ho replied. "And thnt, I suppose, led to her noes," chortled the sympathetic friend. Aunt Hannah "Oh, you fool of it girl! Just because a man tells you you nre tho prettiest woman In the, world, nnd the wisest nnd sweetest, you believe' him!" Arabella "Ami why shouldn't I? Do you know, nunty. I kind o think so myself." Boston Transcript. Wnste, Host uii'l KxorctsR. The late William M. Evarts was it marvel of intellectual vitality to nu advanced ngo, nnd he used to explain It by saying thnt he slept Into In tho morning nnd novel took uny exer cise. There Is no ndvnntngu In getting up curly In the morning If you need tho sleep. Many n mnu Is burning tho caudle at both ends by getting up nt an enrly hour simply becnuso bin housekeeping Is ml justed to that pro gramme. As to physical exercise, Mr. Evarts had discovered for himself what our physiologists nro now be ginning to teach, namely, that If n man consumes tissue In hard Intellect ual work, the way to repair tho ioss In by resting, nnd not by consuming' more tissue In physical exercise. To the majority of brain workers oxygenl zatlon of the blood Is far more Import nut than physical exercise, and thero are two very good ways to secure, that: Sleep with your bedroom win dow wide open In winter nnd sum mer, nnd, If you can nlYord It, keep n horse nnd drive In the open nlr. Bos ton Watchman. ( Itnv. living Platforms. It Is considered thnt the time occu pied In taking on passengers nt rail way stations is u waste, and a well known engineer has devised a revolv ing platform by menus of which pns- ui.,iriifu mil.,. it.it t.nl.. Mrl.tt.t' Iti' ii. a.fv-i? v.... i.aii.. ....I. . ....v u Is running nt full speed. A spirit! staircase is erected In the centre of a huge turn table, which, of course, moves very slowly. By this tho pas senger reaches the main floor. Ho then walks towards the circumference. The speed at which Is Is being carried alrwig gradually Increases, until nt the edge lie Is travelling at tho rato of the moving train, which ho hero finds seemingly at rest, and with tho doors open. He enters, nnd ns tho moving platform Is left behind tho doors nre automatically closed until the next station Is reached, when they are uutoniutlcally opened again, Waverley Magazine. j In connection with tho Dickens cele bration of yesterday It may ho re marked that the local habitation of Scrooge has been lately Identified In nu old Jeweler's shop at Ludgate Hill, u little way from St. Paul's nn tho left hand side. Here lived a curious mis erly old man, much such as Dickens described, and the most extraordinary entries were found In his book (when the nccouuts were gone over after his death). The shop answered exactly, to the description of Scrooge's office, nnd It Is probable that Dickens saw It In one of his many walks about Lon don. Loudon Chronicle.