MC AND HER PARENTS.
There's house few mile from the city
I frequently linger outside;
Tin the noose of a maid who ia pretty,
A maid would like for my bride.
I fear that I never ahall win her.
My passion ia hopeless and mote,
I'm Mire that her parents would akin ber
If they thought that aba amiled on my
suit
Her eyea are the purest and brightest
That ever encouraged a hope;
Ber akin ia the softest and whitest
That ever shed hitter on soap;
Her hair ia the richest and foldest
That ever a hairdresser dreaaed;
And her parent! are aurely the coldeat
A heroine ever possessed.
Her voice, it's a messo-soprano,
' Would make even Patti afraid.
And the way that ehe piaya the piano
Puts Rubinstein quite in the hade.
More perfect she ia than perfection;
Resign her I can't and I won't!
And ahe looks upon me with affection.
But her parent oh, bother them!
don't.
They intend her to marry a title;
They want to addreaa her, "Tour
grace."
They've made up their minds this is vital.
Which scratches me out of the race.
Nor do I, in theory, blame them;
She's worthy a duke. I arer;
It's true I'd be puzzled to name them
A duke who is worthy of her.
Oh, I know she's beyond and above me;
I deserve to be hung, I'm aware.
For presuming to think she could love me.
But I don't altogether despair.
For my heart undergoes an expansion
When I think, what I'll tell you abont.
Of that night when I called at her man
sion And ber parents, God bless them, were
out.
When I think of the way ahe received me.
Of the way and the words that I spoke;
Of the way that she blushed and believed
me;
Of the sixpence we solemnly broke;
Of the tun trial hopes we confided.
As we blended our voices in song.
And that rapturous kiss we divided
Well, her parents can go to Hong Kong!
Idler.
SURVIVAL OF
1 THE FITTEST.
Dragging KIf westward across the
dreary plains s Vtih, the overland
train, from a. vantab? P04" ta ky.
smoked Ilka a small horsehair snake
raw1tng over the earth's tnTface. The
-earth almost the air waa white with
the heat of the summer ran. All waa
Vaatness, Immensity, alienee, loneliness;
bore, the flawless bine; below, those
seemingly illimitable plains of reddish
yellow, streaked with alkali white, that
warn back and forth before the eyes
tn parallel lines nntll far off they melt
wd Into a long, low stretch of shivering
light, the mocking water mirage at the
base of the mountain range hundreds
of miles away. Encompassed within
that horizon there was no thing of life
except witMn that desultory moving
train.
t Stocked In the emigrant or third-clans
car of the train was a crowd of tired,
miserable and dirty people. They
looked out listlessly st the passing
landscape, or stupidly at each other, or
twisted themselves Into all sorts of
uncomfortable positions on the hard
wooden seats In vain efforts to secure a
little sleep, perhaps the most unpre
possessing of then all was a dark
featured, roughly dressed man. Beside
him was a very little girl In a blue
dress. His lowering, repellent face
had a scowl upon it which suggested
the convict or the desperado, but he
was neither. The scowl and the un
conscious sneer about his ugly mouth
were born simply of a long and thor
oughly fruitless struggle with misfor
tune. Although pretty, it was easily to be
seen that the little girl was bis child.
She was the solitary ray of sunshine
In that railway steerage. Even the dull
faces of the people In the car took on
an expression of tenderness when they
looked at her, for she had cheered them
daring the last three weary days with
her Joyous laughter and merry play.
Just now she was lying asleep on the
breast of the Ill-favored looking man,
one chbby hand pressed against his
rough, unshaven cheek. It was un
necessary to ask if the child had a
mother.
She was a momentous factor In a
mighty problem to the man whose arm
was about her and whose knit brows
and troubled face showed how hard
It was he studied It A crazy letter had
come to him across the continent, and
he had left the tenements of New York
to try and reach the golden land of
California. He had started with hard
ly sufficient money to take himself and
child more than half the distance, bnt
he bad a confused sort of an Idea that
he would In some way reach bis desti
tution. Better It was, at all events,
than to remain In the noisome Hester
street den, where, without work or the
prospect of any, bis little sum of money
would soon be gone.
The station to which his scanty purse
had enabled him to buy a ticket for
himself and child had been passed hours
before, and he was wondering how
soon the conductor of the train would
discover the shameless imposition be
waa practicing upon the railway com
pany. He bad not much longer to wait,
for presently the autocrat of the train,
In a hurried passage through the car,
stopped suddenly before him and
gtaaaad at the check In his hat
"HeUo! Whan are you going r
The aaaa looked np In what waa In-
a aa humble, respectful and
appeal bat hia Up carted np
kia teeth Uka that of a harried dog.
r MU sat hex It Hie vote was
r"l wtirV thnmji, aa he said:
"I n cs OtiUants, atr, with
cX Iks niiia ta trrltata
the not too even temp? of the railway
official.
"Too are, eh? Well, whers's your
ticket for the rest of the way 7"
"If you would please let me go
through the train with my little girl,"
replied the unfortunate one, falterlngiy,
"I think I could raise the money."
The baby girl was now wide awake,
her big, round, dark eyes fixed wouder
lngly upon the conductor.
"Go through the train? Not much.
Third-class passengers stay In this car.
Tou get off at the next station," said
the conductor In a voice of fierce warn
ing as be passed on.
The man looked despairingly around
at his fellow passengers. There was a
glimmering of sympathy and pity for
him In some of their woe-begone faces,
but there was little money tn their
pockets even If they desired to help
him.
In about an hour the conductor came
Into the car again and gave the bell
rope a vicious pulL The engine re
sponded with two short whistles and
gradually the train slackened its speed
and stopped.
"Come, now, you get off here," said
the conductor roughly; "we're behind
time already, and yon want to hurry
about It"
Again the man's lip curled in an ugly
way, but he made no answer, except to
gather up the few paper bundles of
bread and meat on the seat before him.
Then taking his child In bis arms, he
followed the conductor to the platform
and stepped off the train. Before It
was under way again, however, a hu
mane brake man on the last step called
out to him:
"Say, partner, ther ain't nothln' here.
This Is only a flag station. The east
bonnd'll be along Id a few hours. Stop
her and board her. The conductor on
that traln'll let you on. It's a
shame to put that kid off In such a
placeT'
In truth, little about the place Indi
cated a railway station. There waa a
little closed sentry box looking affair
beside the track, and fifty yards behind
It the remains of an old dugout Not
even a trail showed when It was that
any human being had visited the spot
And around the dreary waste of bil
lowy plains and the burning sun over
head. In the rear ofthe centry box Its pro
jecting roof bad cast a little shade, and
here the man sat down upon the ground
with his child still In his arms. Strange
things, for him, came to his eyes tears.
The little one looked up at him In a
pnaxled way, and be hastily brushed his
hand across his face and left a broad
smudge of railway soot upon bis cheek.
She clapped her hands and laughed
with glee at his funny face.
Then thirst came to them that aw
ful, torturing, unreasoning thirst which
the desert alone can give. The child
cried for water and the father left her
tn the scanty shade and stepped out
into the glaring sun. Neither In the
sky nor In the parched ground was
there a drop of moisture, and he knew
It He returned and tried to comfort
her, and then he sat down again, buried
hts face In Ms hands and tried to think.
The evening was coming on when he
rose to his feet with a new resolve.
Away off In the far west a thin, al
most Imperceptible streak of smoke told
him that the east-bound train was ap
proaching. Near the track he found a
dirty shred of a flag hanging to a stick,
and he placed It in the socket of the up
right post standing In front of the
house. Nervously his fingers fumbled
In his pockets until he produced the
stump of a lead pencil. Ticking up a
piece of pasteboard he wrote upon it.
In great, rough letters:
SOMEONE TAKE THIS CHILD
SHE HAS NO PARENTS.
With a string he planed the placard
around the neck of the little girl. This
done, he took her in his arms, kissed
her again and again, pointed to the
smoke that was becoming blacker and
longer, and told her that water was
coming. When the rails began to sing
of the approach of the coming train,
he placed her near the track, and then
ran and hid himself In the dugout
From this biding place he looked out
and eagerly watched the child, while
the rattle, and clamor, and thunder of
the train grew louder in his ears. On
It came with a rush and roar, and flew
past the station In a gale of wind and
dust The man's heart died within
him, and then It beat wildly again. The
train had stopped several hundred
yards past the station and was coming
bsck to the sentry box. The engineer
had seen the tattered flag.
As the long train rolled slowly back
ward curious and Inquiring heads pro
truded from the car windows. The
gold-emblazoned conductor stepped off
and looked about htm in wonder. Not
for several moments did be discover tbe
child. Immediately there was a crowd
about ft and tbe placard waa passed
from hand to hand. A white-Jacketed
porter came out of a Pullman car and
placed a wooden step on the ground
before lb He was followed by a lady
tn black, who descended from the car
and Joined the throng. A pair of yearn
ing, eager, beseeching eyes watched It
all from tbe dugout To the man In
hiding It seemed that the determination
6f his child's fate never would be reach
ed. Finally, be saw the lady In black
take the child In ber arms, kiss It and
re-enter the car with It The passen
gers scrambled back Into the cars, the
conductor waved his band and the
train moved on.
Then tbe father came forth and razed
longingly at tbe departing train gaaed
at It until It became smaller and small
eruntil It became a dot In the plains
until It ranlabed-and ha knew he was
Ha stretched himself m the baked
rMtl that night to sleep, bat could
at Two tittle atara In tbe firmament
MtCle atan far oaf tosreth
child, snd he tried to fli his thoughts
on them and of ber, bo It was In vain--he
could not forget his thirst
Tbe terrible snn rose the next day and
looked down upon him as Its victim.
He endeavored to eat some of tbe bread
he had saved, but the dry crumbs were
torture to his throat One thing only
was there to do to follow the track un
til an Inhabited station was reached.
It might be fifty miles It might be more
but there was no salvation away
from the railroad.
He started off bravely enough, bis
longing eyes fixed on the ever-receding
point where tbe glistening rails met In
the far perspective. But sometimes
his gase wandered even further on to
where It surely seemed that blue-green
tree were bathing their feet In cool,
still waters.
At noon, when resting for awhile, he
heard the rattle of an approaching
freight train. Hope welled np within
htm as be stood on the track and made
frantic motions to atop tbe train. The
trainmen merely laughed at bim. He
did not know he had employed the
favorite ruse of tramps. Freight tralna
were not for the accommodation of such
gentry. Nor was It a suppossble rase
that a wayfarer In the desert was un
provided with food or drink, else why
would he lie there?
After this bis progress was very slow.
On tbe third dsy he came to tbe end of
his Journey. He may have been deliri
ous or be may have been quite sane.
A train stopped for him and took bim
on board. This tbey always do when
they kill a man. San Francisco Ar
gonaut fsanitary Science In Chicago.
The Chicago Inter Ocean sets forth a
striking sanitary theory In these words:
"Don't spy your drinking water through
a microscope. Drink It down and trust
to the gastric Juice, Just ss your fath
ers and grandfathers have done." This
advice to Chicago drinkers ought to be
accompanied with some notes and com
ment a For Instance, It should be
pointed out that when his grandfather
"drank It down" be did not get It out
of Lake Michigan. He perhaps got It
out of some clear spring In the rocky
bills of New England, and that Is very
different
But this advice to drink It down
hardly goes far enough. This merely
touching upon the affectation and ef
feminacy of a race of men who are
such craven, cowardly fellows aa to
want pure water narrows the advice
to a pitiful point The true-born Chi
cago man should be taught the same
contempt for many other modern Ideas
that he Is thus taught for the pitiful no
tion that water Is better when It Is
dean.
For Instance, why not teach bim that
If he has his knee shot to pieces In a
little dispute with pistols the right
thing to do Is to He down and have It
cut off, but not to let any fellow come
fooling around him with chloroform
and such modern nonsense. Just mske
him He down and have It hacked off
and never mind. For that Is what his
great-grand-daddy did at the battle of
Mpn mouth.
And then If there Is any small-pox
around, kick out of the house all Imper
tinent fellows that come on vaccination
errands; but Just emulate your grand-
daddies and have a good old honest
small-pox, and die with It, as be did.
New Tork Journal.
Tbe Clock Industry.
Tbe manufacturers of clocks have not
been so busy at any time during several
years past as they are at present; the
factories devoted to the production of
silver-plated ware are running full
time, with large complements of opera
tives; the watch manufacturers have
this year given their hands shorter va
cations than usual, and are Increasing
their already lurge forces; the Jewelry
manufacturers of Providence, New
York, Newark, and other centers are
running their factories to their utmost
capacity: the Importers of art goods,
pottery and bric-a-brac are receiving
extensive shipments of goods; makers
of cut glass are producing many new
patterns and are working every frame
In their plants. Thus the anticipation
of a golden shower during the fall sea
son Is evident throughout the manufac
turing branches of our Industry, and
that the manufacturers will not be dis
appointed all signs Indicate.
Making Fan of Bloomers.
One than has found a cure for the
bloomer craze. He Is a shrewd Ver
monter, and bis wife has been addicted
to tbe bloomer habit for several weeks.
In vain he coaxed, expostulated and
threatened, but his better half refused
to give up her swagger costume. After
this sort of urging bad gone on for a
while, tbe wife went out for a spin one
day clad In ber favorite togs. While
she was absent ber husband sat down
to tbe sewing machine and made a pair
of bloomers for every ben on tbe place.
He drew tbem on tbe bens, and when
bla wife returned he called ber to the
barnyard. "Tbey look exactly aa you
do," be said, "only tbey are a good
deal more graceful." Tou can depend
upon It there were some lively words
for a few momenta, but tbe woman bas
not worn bloomers since, and, what Is
more, she declares she will never be
seen In them again.
Oat of a BatiaJ Monad.
Near tbe battlefield of Marathon, at
Kotrona, a prehistoric burial mound
recently opened yielded eleven old
Mycenaean vases, two of them gold,
and some gold sarrlngs. At a place
called Krlkeila, where the Gaula were
driven back by tha Greeks In 2TB before
Christ and over 20,000 of then slain, a
bronze helmet has Dean found, and at
Lycosara tha Mosaic floor of tha temple
of Deepoina baa bean laid bare. In tha
oea tar two life-like Hons of natural atea
an departed, surrounded by ra repeal va
fcI
rr,
Window Brash.
A new window cleaning brush Is
shown herewith. The handle Is groov
ed from tbe bottom to within three
Inches of the brush end, and a rube if
laid In the groove its full length, lesv
lng the handle at Its end. Tbe tube
then bends over the back of the brush
and ends in a fan. On the lower end of
tbe handle is a valve which will fit any
ordinary garden hose. In use the water
la simply turned on, tbe supply being
regulated by the valve. The water
passes through tbe tube, strikes tbe fan,
Is thrown In a sheet on the brush,
which spreads It over the window.
Wben used In rinsing the brush Is sim
ply held away from the window, giving
a stream of clear water. Tbe handle
Is adapted for store, office, resilience
and railroad car washing.
Rome Palatable Pweet Pick Ira.
t'se for these the rind of a good-sized
watermelon, writes Florence Barrett
In an article on "Pickles, Sweet and
Sour," In the ladles' Home Journal.
Pare and cut Into thick slices. Boll
one ounce of alum In a gallon of water
and pour over the sliced melon, letting
It stand on the back of the stove for
half a day. Remove from tbe alum
water and let a lie In cold water unUl
cold; drain. Have ready a quart of
vinegar, three pounds of brown sugar,
an ounce of stick cinnamon and half
an ounce of cloves. Boll sugar and vin
egar; strsln, add the spices and rind.
and boll until the rind Is soft For
peaches and pears use the same pro
portions of vinegar and sugar, but not
ijuite so much of spice.
Canned Red Raspberries.
Look over the raspberries and cur
rants, removing the bad ones, and
weigh them separately without wash
ing Allow half a pound of granulated
sugar to half a pound of raspberries
and half a pound of currants. Squeeze
the currants, without stemming or
washing, through a cloth. Mix the
sugar and the currant-Juloe together
In tbe kettle; wash, and put In raspber
ries. Gradually heat through on back
part of stove, then bring forward and
boil for five minutes very slowly, to
avoid breaking the raspberries. Have
the Jars thoroughly heated, fill to over
flowing, and seal as quickly as possi
ble. fr-Ou p Crecy.
Take three good-sized carrots, scrape
.. .1 ,nAll SVV,L l.i l.ll I
aiii lui luiv Diunn unc V n ,u uuir
Ing salted water two hours. Press
through s strainer, put Into a double
boiler three cupfuls of milk, one table
spoonful of chopped onion, one-half
salUponnful celery salt one of salt one
half saltspoouful white pepper, boll live
minutes, then iKiur over the grated car
rot. Put all through a fine puree sieve
and return to the double boiler. Blend
smoothly one tnblespoonful flour with a
little cold water, add to the soup and
stir until It thickens.
Serve with crou-
tons.
Fried Cucumbers.
Fried eucunilM'rs are considered a
great delicacy by many permins, and
they have the advantage of being more
wholesome than when served raw. Pare
tbe cucumber and lay In Ice water half
BD hour, tut lengthwise Into slices
nearly half an Inch thick and lay In Ice
water ten minutes longer. Wipe each
piece dry with a soft cloth, sprinkle
with pepper aud salt aud dredge with
flour. Fry to a delicate brown In sweet
clarified dripping, good lard or butter.
Pickled Flams.
Beven pounds of plums, four pounds
of sugar, two ounces of stick cinnamon.
two ounces of cloves, one quart of vine-
gar and a little ground mace. Fill a
Jar with alternate layers of plums and
spices and pour over the msse tbe boil -
lng vinegar and sugar. Repeat the pro
cess three times, then scald tbe whole
together and put In glass Jars.
Hackleberry Frit tern.
Mix a pint of prepared flour with a
pint of milk and stir In two well-beaten
eggs and half a pint of huckleberries.
washed and drained and dredged with
flour. Bake on a griddle well greased
with butter and serve as soon as cook
ed.
Hints to Housewives.
Stemming tbe door of the oven
rill
make rake fall.
Castor oil Is the beet thing with
which to soften leather.
In curling leather with steel It should
be remembered that only tbe blunt side
of tbe Instrument should be used.
Did yon ever try dipping a flab Into
boiling water for a minute before scal
ing It? Tbe result Is generally satis
factory. Mink may be cleaned and freshened
with warm corn meal and, ss this Is a
sbort-balred fur, without removing the
Hnlng.
Plunging macaroni for a single min
ute In a bath of oold water after It bas
been cooker tender In oiling salted
water prevents It being "peaty."
A couple of ah seta of a big newspaper
wrapped about lea will keep It half aa
leaf again aa lea that la uncovered.
Tha paper la much mora cleanly than a
piece of blanket, aa K can be
dally.
I50ESIOVS WIXDOW EHM-H.
KOVEL lXVKa'f jttN'T.
TRANQC COMMERCIAL FAITH.
How Bread Caat Upon tha Waters of
Trade Coaaee Back After Man Days
' Knorsnonn Investments In Modern
Biistoeaa Met hoi - What's in n
Nasser" - Trade Marks and Their
Defense.
If our forefathers could look down on
modern business methods tbey would at
the first glance Conclude that modern
merchants were ss mad as March bares.
After they had become thoroughly ac
quainted with the magnificent systems
which are used by our great railroad cor
porations snd mammoth trusts, they
would conclude that the age was an age
of magicians, and not of fools. The ma
chinery of business hss kept puce with
tbe improved machinery of our mills. In
deed, the merchsnt of to-day avails of no
little machinery in the conduct of his
every-day office work. Patented systems
of copying, of duplicating, wonderful let
ter tiles, ami hundreds of neat aids to
office work have multiplied very fast dur
ing the past few years and within the last
month. The Grupliophone has gne into
active use in business offices, ao thst tbe
merchant can dictate all his corn-spoiid-ence
to s machine which records it on a
wax-coated cylinder, from which, at a
luter hour, the typewriter can reproduce
it for the mail.
The marvelous rievelonmenta of modern
j business show more strongly in the matter
of advertising than in must other branch
es. Vast sums of money are apparently
thrown away in this direction. When s
great commercial house spends two hun
dred thousand dollars during a single
year in newspaper advertising, there Is
nothing in the inventory at the close of
the year which will represent the outlay.
The papers have been printed, distributed,
read aud again reduced to pulp in tbe
paper mill, while the merchant's good
money has been paid to the publishers.
Prudent men, even of the present gener
ation, hardly comprehend It Thousands
shake their heads, and invest their own
money in bricks and mortar, feeling as
sured that tbey can depend on possessions
which they see rather than invest their
money in building up somethiug which to
them seems visionary.
A true philosopher of the olden time
put over his door the legend, "Things In
visible deceive not." Tbe bankers and
builders of his day sneered at him as they
counted their gold and reared their solid
buildings. But be hsd Scripture for his
warrant, snd modern advertisers are the
direct followers of his philosophy. He
labored to show men that gold might be
stolen, buildings might born, substantial
possessions turn to dust and disappoint
ment, while skill, education sod character,
though invisible, could not fee stolen nor
destroyed. Tbe modern advertiser goes
much further, and proves conclusively
that a mere name may be worth a million
if it is well known and well respected.
"What's in a name'" finds forcible an
swer in tbe columns of our daily papers.
The shrewd school boy, who puzzled his
companions by daring thens ta spell
houseclesnisg in seven letters, ssd then
solved it by spelling Sapolio, must hsve
recognised the intimate connection be
tween these two ideas which hss been
built up by s vsst expenditure of money.
The five letters, I'-e-s-r-s, though valueless
singly, sre worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars when used in connection with
soap. The printed matter, painted signs,
and countless devices to make tbe name
popular pass away annually, almost as
fast as they are paid for; but If properly
managed, the trade name accumulates
and carries forward tbe value as a per
manent Investment. An article of real
worth, clearly named and widely made
known to the public, is sure of a brilliant
success. Kiipolio affords abundaBt evi-
dence of this. Its great usefulness, its
distinct but descriptive name, and its al
most universal use has resulted in as great
success to its manufacturers as In assist
ance to the housekeepers of the world.
Hurh an investment as the trade name
Bnpolio needs no fire Insurance, and can
not secrptly be conveyed to tlnifli. - If
tampered with or infringed uon, it must
be done openly, and modern law with each
succeeding year recognir.es more forcibly
than before the rights of trade-name own
ers, aud punishes with greater alacrity
attempts at infringement. The manufac
turers of Sanolio have successfully over
thrown countless imitations, and we un
derstand that they are now prosecuting
dealers who silently pass another article
over their counters when the customer has
plainly asked lor iss polio. J his is a new
,lrtiir in law. but is elesrlv ennliable
i It promises to add another link to the laws
"hlch assist in tbe defense ol trade marks
and trade names.
An attempt to imitate Is always despica
ble, except when monkeys or stage mimics
are thereby enabled to amuse an audi
ence. Vet although the history of trade
furnishes no instance of a really success
ful imitation, still hundreds attempt it
every year.
In the office of the Rapollo manufactur
ers there ia a Chamber of Horrors where
the tirnnrietors keen samnles of tbs msnv
! rskes of imitation stuffs which have been
! vainly put forward only to meet with
pron)pt or to drag out a profitless
1 existence through s few yesra. The pub-
lie Is too discriminsting to buy sn inferior
article on the assertion thst It "is Just sa
good as Sapolio."
The man who attempts to deceive by
Imitating the name or appearance of an
other man's goods is s self-proclaimed
liar, and however general the vice of false
hood may be, it is a fact that even liars
have no sympathy for oue of their kind.
Tbe public asks no better proof of Inferi
ority than that rhe goods are pushed for
ward under the cover of a better reputa
tion, and the Chamber of Horrors in the
Sapolio boilding tells in plsin terms how
the public recognizes snd despises such
attempts.
It is not sn empty fsitb or visions ry
speculation that leads these well-known
msnufseturers to expend hundreds of
thousands of dollars In constantly re
minding the world of Sapolio. Yesra of
intimate acquaintance have taught them
that the public knows a good article snd
is willing to psy for it; thst tbe market
for fins goods, whether It be butter or
fruits, or Isces or dismonda, yes, or good
sooorlng soap, Is never glutted. They
have become Intimate with the people.
Sapolio is s household word, always spok
en with good will, as If it were a familiar
friend. The thousands who psss by The
Run bnlldlng on their wsy to snd from
the Brooklyn Bridge, look op with s smile
as they recognise the great sign wbirh
now overhangs the rolns of French's Ho
tel, snd ssr: "There It Is sgsln," when
they recognise tbe seven letters srrsnged
under the seven dsys of the week, with
the brief ststement that "If used every
week dsr It brings rest on Hands." The
great white wall looks as though it bad
been ri eased with Rs polio, snd a vsrse nn
aeraeaCh gives the comforting assurance
that
This world Is all a fleeting show,
For bum's Ulustoa siren:
Bat woasaa, with Repel le,
Oaa saaae that thaw a beer
Peeta, artieta,
eiever wrltsrs,
or
ta
touch on trad topics la su ordinary way.
do not hesitate to set forth the turrits of
Bapofio. It is a simple solid "
scouring us p. but the sun Le'er seia upon
its ssle Prom New York to San rrso
clsco It is found in every household. Ugnv
ening the housewife's care. snd.
grest men of the world, wastiug itseir w
make everything around It br.ghter. IB
Honolulu, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hmb7'
Ceylon, Calcutta and Alexandria
a chain which binds the West of civu
liation with Its Eastern edge; while over
Australasia, the African colonies, and ins
countries of South Africa its ssies ore
very extensive. . .
This slight record of its successes sne
systems is a good proof of rbe T!a,.2
modern advertising, and w have coopisa
it with some facts relating to the disas
ters of those who have not followed tne
broad theory of advertising a nd "esteei
a name and reputation for something ais
tinctlvely their own, becsuse we wouui
not by painting a tempting picture of suc
cess lure thoughtless people to make tne
mistake of supposing that servile imita
tion would lead them to the "'e,,Hlln
Josh Hillings covers the ground, ev
oppose a success. Wben I see a rattle
snake's head sticking out of a bole. I ssy
that hole belongs to that snake, and I V
about my business." f
A UNIQUE TOWN.
Probably It Doean't Eilst, but Ife
Perfectly Feasible.
"I live In a town." said the gentle
man at the hotel to the reporter look
ing for an Item, "that Is unique in It
way."
"What's the town?" Inquired the re
porter. "It doesn't make any difference what
the town Is; It is unique."
"In what doe lis unlqulty consist,
tbenr asked the reior1er. seeing tbst
he wss balked on tbe previous question.
"It is self-support lug and there are
no taxes."
"C-eewhUlikliisr exclaimed tbe re
porter, "give me Its address. 1 wsnt
to go there right sway."
"No," said tbe Inhabitant of this Ar
cadian vllalge, "I shall not do anything
of the kind. We don't want any more
people there at present We may after
a while, but aa yet we are not ready
for an Increase."
"What kind of b town Is ltr
"An excellent town, of course."
"I should say so. Why don't you pnt
H In s dime museum 7"
"We don't hsve to; we can support
ourselves easier than that."
"How do you do It 7"
"Hlmple enough. When we laid out
the town fifteen years ago we made It
a corporation Uiat could carry on Ita
own bstslnens. In this wsy the towa
In the dfaposal of lots sold only every
other lot, so that now It owns half the
ground It occupies. These lots It gave
long leases oa at figures which enabled
lessees to bo lid good houses on fear
business and dwelling, snd on condi
tions quite ss favorable. If not more so,
than those had who bought outright
We had the country around us, goad
In agriculture, mineral, water anal
transportation to Insure a town, and
when It was ooce started It wen
ahead, until now we nave between
o,(MK) and 7.0i0 people, and our ground
rents pay all our expenses and practi
cally leave no dry tax. Then we have
some other sources of revenue from ths
money the corporation put Into manu
facturing plants and mines, and on
the whole we are la clover as a com
munity." "Now, look here," pleaded the re
porter, "give a fellow a chance. Tell
me the name of the place and let me go
there, too."
Hut the visitor was close-mouthed
and the reporter went away unsatis
fied, even the hotel register conveying
no Information that was of any value.
Ietrolt Free Press.
Paper Hocks.
The day of the paper collar passed
away some years ago, and, though pa
per Is used today In many more forms
than were ever dreamed of a few dec
ades back, this cheap article of haber
dashery hss almost disappeared from
the market. But there Is promise that
It will have a worthy successor In the
paper sock, which is the latest novelty
to be ground out of the pulp mill. The
mechanism has been perfected to paper
yarn of such consistency that It Is ca
pable of being woven nu fabrics soft
enough for wear. A special merit Is
the cheapness of this newly devised
material, socks being produced at a re
tall price of about 3 cents a pair. At
this rate there Is no reason why tbe
whole world may not be supplied with
foot coverings. At 8 cents a pair ths
bachelor's life will become gladsome
and happy. It Is said that substances
can be used In the preparation of this
material to make the socks so Imper
vious to water that they can stand sev
eral washings before falling apart
Cowardice of a Large Kagle.
The claim of the eagle to the title of
king of birds seems to be slightly
clouded by an Incident reported from
Stafford County, Virginia A gentle
man down there was watching an un
usually line bald eagle grandly sailing
around In tbe air a few days ago, when
be noticed a little bee martin rise In
tbe air and make strslght for tbe eagle.
He wondered what tbe martin's object
could be, and wss surprised to see It
sail In boldly to tear tbe feathers out
of the big esgle. But be waa amazed to
see the eagle, after a few moments of
effort at besting off the little bird, sal)
away In full flight, making every effort
to escape from the martin. The mar
tin followed up closely for awhile,
making a savage Jab at the eagle every
few yards, but was finally left behind
through the superior retreating pow
ers of the big eagle.
Tbe only American order ever found
ed waa that of the Cincinnati, In 1783.
It was soon dissolved, a Boclety of
Cincinnati taking Ita place. It waa
composed of tbe officers of tha revolu
tionary war.
There Is a loaf of bread in tha AgrV
raltnral Department at Washington
made from the roasted leaves of a plant
allied ta tha eaatary ptaat Aaothat
Wadaf bread I. ftaa
Ma of tbe eyes of ah