New York New Law.
After several yean of agitation and
discussion the Siale of New York baa a
road law which presents a comprehen
sive plan for the improvement of rural
highways, says the New York Sun. It
provides that any board of supervisors
mar adopt a resolution declaring that
public Interest demands the Improve
ment of a certain piece of highway net
located in a city or village, and upoa a
petition of the owners of a majority of
the lineal feet of proierty fronting up
on such a highway they must adopt
such a resolution. A copy of this reso
lution is then transmitted to the State
Engineer, who Is to Atennlne whether
the piece of highway Indicated la of
sufficient public Importance to receive
State aid. If so, he ia to have maps,
plans and specifications for the work
and estimates of the cost made and
transmit copies to the Board of Super
visors. The Supervisors, with these facta and
figures before them, may then adopt
second resolution declaring that such a
highway shall be Improved or may re
fuse to go any further with the mutter.
This plan was adopted so as to preserve
the principle of home rule to the coun
ties of the State, to make it impossible
that any county should be compelled, if
unwilling, to Improve any portion of Its
highways and to prevent any county
from undertaking the work until It had
all the facta and figures before It
If a county dosires merely to know
how much It will cost to Improve a cer
tain piece of highway, It need only
adopt the first resolution and get the
plans and the estimate of the cost free
of charge. Then It can refuse to go any
further. If it chooses, after ascertain
ing the facts, to adopt a second resolu
tion, It may, but cannot lie compelled to
Ao so. If the Supervisors adopt the
second resolution, they must transmit
a copy of It to the Slate Engineer, who
advertises for bids for th work. If
no responsible bid Is made within his
estimate, he must make a new estimate
and transmit It to the Board of Super
visors, and If the board then adopts a
new resolution, based upon the new es
timate, declaring that nevertheless such
'highway shall be Improved, the State
Knglneer mum advertise again for bids,
as before. When a responsible bid
within bis estlmat Is made, the State
Knglneer awards the contract, but if
the town or county desires to do the
work itself. It has a preference over all
the bidders.
lOach Board of Supervisors has, under
the general highway law, the power to
elect a county engineer. If It has elect
ed such an officer, ths State Engineer
must act through him, If It has not, he
must himself supervise ths perform
ance of the contract, When ths work
Is completed, he must draw a warrant
upon the State Treasurer for one-half
the cost of the work and certify the
other half to the Board of Supervisors,
which must levy 35 per cent, of the
whole cost of the work upon the county.
The other 15 per cent. Is payable In one
of two ways vlr If the Board nf Su
pervisors adopted ths Irst resolution
for the Improvement without a petition
from the adjoining owners, tbt Board
of Supervisors roust levy ths 15 per
cent upon the town in which the im
proved highway Is. If the first resolu
tion was adopted after such a petition,
the Board of Supervisors must levy ths
15 per cent upon the property-owners
on the Improved highway.
The act further provides that im
provements of highways shall be taken
up In the order In which the final reso
lutions are received hy tha Slate Engi
neer, but h shall uot nnd-ruke any
work In excess of the appropriation
made by the Legislature for ths pur
pose from year to year, Ths appropria
tion made to start ths werk was $50,--000.
This amounts to a tax of about
11-1,000 of a mill on each dpUar of a
'scssnd valuation In the State. The first
counties to apply will bt the first
served. It Is expectad that ths nest
Legislature will appropr.ate at Uaat
$250,000 as the Ulaie's share of ths ex
pense for Improving highways next
year.
After a highway la Improved tha ad
joining owners must pay thslr highway
taxes la money, as provided under tha
general highway law, which permit
such highway tax as to be commuted for
cash at one-half tha regular rates. Tha
act provides that ths Stats Engineer
must collect Information relative to the
public highways and glvt to all offi
cers having the cars of roads, whether
Improved or not, such Information free.
He must furnish thorn plana and direc
tions for the Improvement of roada and
bridges free of coot when requested by
them.
AN EARNEST PAINTER
Ths I bar Expended by Mr Frederick
Leia-fcton In Order ta Accurate.
Aa eminent American artist, who la
now an old man, has novsr forgotten
tbo looaon ho learned from Sir Krodor
Ick Lclgbton In hla youth. LolgWton
waa than a brilliant and fasclnatlag
young painter, whoso futuro waa still
boforo him. Ho waa at work upon aa
ItaHaa landscape, or upon a plcturo
with aa Italian background. Ib that
hack gro aad bo waa anxious to Intro
duce aa otlvc treo. He reinsmborod a
troo which bo bad aeon In tbo south of
Italy, ajji ramooabsTOd It quite distinct
ly asjasjgk ta reproduce It, bat bt WM
oot aaataat ta trait hit memory.
Tbo laaarlasB artlat ramombara how
IXahtM eaaso Into a oaf In Soma oa
tola way to aonr ra Italy, making tbo
long jiaraay from Raglan d for tat ax
lraaf Megan of studying that ajKv
treo and of taking home
sketch of It and be remem
Haw f 1 1 M r nr flv wmI h
dent vot.nr Emrlinhman. brilliant, en- I
tbualaotic, versa tile, but with a en ..a I
city for taking pains, rearJin! v'.i !
a wonderful sketch of the tr. e, :
uion which be had spent 3uyn of un- J
brokei observation and work. i.j :
this Ilttlo inetdei.t the A.'i.i-ili -..i
dent learned a lesin, witch he :::.-.:.
forgot and which went far to tocur?
the success which came to him in later I
lire. The story Illustrated the great
quality which lies behind nil rnl suc
cess1, alike for the man of snJu and
the man of talent
- lie Took the Tip.
"Cleanest knockout I ever got," said
ths broker, who is now prosperous,
"waa when I thought I waa making the
amoothesc move of my life. I was go
lug with Shrewdly' daughter and he
bad more inside Information on stocks
than any other one mnn in the city. I
know now that I shouldn't have dons
It but Shrewdly didn't treat me as
though he wanted me for a member of
the family, and I wanted to show him
that he wasn't the only pebble on tho
beach.
"One evening I said to her, as If on
the Inspiration of the moment: Gnace,
why don't you take an occasional !yr
on the market? Get son pointer
from your father, and make seme pin
money for yourself.'
"Being a chip of the o!3 block, ths
fell In with the Idea at once, and con
sulted with the old gentleman next
day.
" Tie told me,' she said, 'to buy
Union Pacific for all I was worth
That Isn't much, you know, but I'm
going to put In every dollar I can xake
and scrape. Papa's sharp about these
things, you know.'
"I had the tip I had played for. I
bought to the limit of my pile and took
half a dozen friends In on the shares,
their money against my Information."
"What a harvest!"
"Yes, what a harvest! I went broke,
loot my friends' money, and lost my
friends. What made roe too hot for
uterance whs that Shrewdly did all the
unloading and raked down the plun
der. The daughter Innocently told him
of our conversation and he set the trap.
I waa wild and Shrewdly had a broad
grin on every time I met him. Tho
old chap was so tickled that he wann
ed toward me and squared thlrff by
permitting rne to become his son-in-law."
Detroit Free Press.
Debts of 'Jwenty-two Years.
A case of rather remarkable cotnmer
clal honesty has Just come to light In
1S75 one of Sprlugfleld's well-known
shoe dealers found himself so embar
rassed by depreciation In value of stock
and the difficulty la collecting accounts
that he failed, and made a compromise
with bis creditors of fifty cents on the
dollar. After twenty-two years the mer
chant now considerably over 70 yeara
old, has settled all these old claims In
full, paying the balance unpaid at that
time, amounting to several thousand
dollars. There was no claim oa him
other than that of his conscience. All
his creditors bad signed a paper ac
knowledging their satisfaction, and, in
fact, a large number of the original pa
pers bad been destroyed, so that the
merchant had to settle in accordance
with the figures he had in his posses
sion, paying over money In some coses
to helra, or to aurvlvlug partners who
knew nothing or had nothing to show
of the original transaction. The con
scientious old shoe dealer la very anx
ious not to have hi name appear his
act would loss Its merit through adver
tising, be Bays. gprlagfleld Republi
can. Coffee and Its Usee.
When there are In a community epi
demic of typhoid fever, cholera, ery
sipelas, scarlet fsver and the various
types ef malarial fever, which are
transmitted lwot entlrly through
the medium of food aad drink, coffee
Is a valuable agent aad may be used a
a drink Instead of water.
It Is a valuable agent la assisting In
the digestion of food, and aids the
blood In taking up more nourishment
than It would without It
Tt nilckens the circulation f the
blood and resplratlen.
It Is also stimulating and refreshing,
due to the caffeine It contains.
In tiding over nervousness la emer
gencies It Is a sovereign remedy.
Aa a stimulant and caloric generator
In cold weather it is 100 per cent abe.id
of whisky or other liquors.
Aa a disinfectant K la one of no small
usefulness In the sick chamber.
Society Hour la Olden flays.
The fashionable folk of Edward IV.'a
court rose with the lark, dispatched
their dinner at 11 o'clock, and shortly
after 8 were wrapped In elumber. Ta
the Northumberland House Book for
1812 It Is set forth that tbo family res
at 0 In the morning, breakfasted at T,
dined at JO, and supped at 4 in the af
ternoon. Tho gatee were all shot at 9
and no further Ingrees or egreea per
mitted. In 1670, at the University of
Oxford, It was usnal to din at 11
o'clock, and aup at 5 la tho afternoon.
Tho dinner hour, which waa ooce as
early aa 10 o'clock, baa gradually got
later and later, unti now It womld bo
thought Tory eccentric la the fsahlona
ble world to alt down to table earlier
than 6:30 o'clock, while other eataad
It to 9 or 10.
Offspring ' t-hnba'o Qaaaav
Negus MeneUk of Abyfelnla, tha Lie
of Judah, la preparing ta visit iaraea.
lore In l'JOt, Co wtabu ta via tha
eeenee where the mother af bla race,
ta Quae af febaka, waa aaialtaliil
by King Mama. According ta hla
own genealogical tree, afenenk tha
97th auoeaaear ta the Qaoea.
The police shank! be gtrea eoan pow
er ta arreat any alanotloaJat wk praa-
ttaaa with ta n
I" t,u. out of one hundred wld-
who marry aga.ii. twelve marry j
t'-'r ho!iseke;ers.
A shipyard In Oinlnato. Japun. still I
in o; ci.ilio;., vra fcftubllnheu over nue- i
r- 'a nundrrd yt.ars arc.
', ,e ..... ..;-.. '....a ion.-,: of
Oon-a tl.e tide res and falls from
twenty-six to thirty-right feet.
A 9-inonths-oId Infant died from nico
tine poisoning in Scotland recently. It
was glen a pipe as a plaything.
The only State In which capital pun
ishment Is forbidden by law are Michi
gan, Wisconsin, Hhode Island and
Maine.
More than five hundred thousand
sewing machines are made In this coun
try annually, which is 90 per cent, of
the production of the world.
Food is served in a London (Kngland)
restaurant on electrically heated
plates, so that the guests can eat leis
ure!;! ntl have the viands warm.
The Insect known as the water boat
man bin a rppular pair of oars, his legs
being iifcd as such. He swims on his
back, as In that position there Is less
resistnnce to his progress.
The Swedish bride fills her pocket
with bread, which she dlfpennes to
every one she meets on her way to
cliuifll. every niece she di:rOie3 of
Averting he believes, a m'.sfortune.
In I'Vum-p It Is a pun's'"' ble offense
for any one to give Infants under 1
year any form of solid food unless such
bp ordered by written prescription
signed by a legally qualified medical
man.
Debtor lu Slam, when three months
In arrears, can be seized by the credit
ors and compelled to work out their In
debtedness. Should a debtor run away
his father, hla wife or his children can
be held In slavery until the debt Is can
celled. A strange custom Is followed by Mex
ican farmers. They use oxen of one
color In the morning and another color
In the afternoon. They do cot know
why, but they know that It must be the
right thing to do because their fore
fathers did It
THE QUEEN'S PUR8UITS.
(the Hue Lnjojed iinmic and lira wing;
und Light Literature.
During the whole of her long life, in
the midst of public business which has
dally become more voluminous and ex
acting, the queen has never entirely
abandoned the pursuits which were the
pleasure and relaxation of her earliest
years. Men lion has been made of her
practice of music and of her instruc
tors, and here It may be noted that
within the last fifteen years her maj
esty has sung with Slgnor Toatl, as at
an earlier period she sang with La-Mh-Ik'
and Mendelsaohn. In all tho
extracts from the queen's Journals
which have from time to time been
made public, It will have been noted
how coiidtantly she mentions that she
sketched the scenery of the places vis
ited by her. The early Instruction,
given by Westall and supplemented by
the hints occasionally given by Sir E.
Landaeer, whs not In landscape draw
Ing, which was Uught by Mr. I.ear In
lMti and li)7. Since that time the
queen has taken ltMSotis from Mr.
Lelteh, and wltlrln the last twelve years
alao from Mr. Green. The queou has
always followed with the closest Inter
est tha course of current events, which
have necessarily absorbed the greater
part of her time and attention. Hut
her maji'sly baa also made herself fa
miliar with great Imaginative writers,
with poeta, such as Shakespeare, Scott,
and Tennyson, or with novelists such
as .Tana Austin, Charlotte Bronte,
George Eliot and, It may be added, Mrs.
Ollphant whoso recent Illness and
death arotisrl the queen's deepest sym
pathy. The queen's acquaintance wKh
German and French literature is con
siderable, and her Intimate knowledge
of these languages Is very noticeable in
the purity with which she speaks them.
In ttie Inst ten years a signal proof of
the warm Interest which her majety
has always taken In her Indian em
pire has been given by the 'queen's
e'udy of Hindustani, under tho In
struction of the Mur.ahl Abdul Karlin.
-Holmes' "Quetn Victoria."
-;'J'",N1 WIVCS,
How KcUUrs In the Hulnoa Ilajr
Heaion fee u red Helpmate.
In the old days, when the English
speaking race were gradually spread
ing themselves over the world, the men
who settled lu out-of-the-way places
cither bad to live a bachelor life or con
tent themselves with a wife from the
native population of the country In
which they bad taken up their abode.
The old Hudson Bay factors were
confronted with this dlfllculty when
they wished to become benedicts, and
ofton married Indian girls. Tbeae wives
they acquired by purchase. In accord
ance with the red Indian custom. A
gun, a colored blanket or a twist of to
bacco would secure a most desirable
aquaw In those days, The wife was
certainly obtainable at a reasonable
price, but tbose early traders found tha
possession of a red Indian wife an ex
pensive luxury. In bad times, which
they often experienced In those cold
reglona, the husband waa looked upon
to feed all the wife's near relation.
The number of these relation waa as
tonishing, and the poor trader found II
rather expensive u supply food to a
small tribe of Indla.ua who claimed
themselves to be "loar" relation of
his wife.
Many of them, however, did not ear
to marry the Indian maiden to be
found near their poets, and, seeing how
xpnte tholr companion founl
them, they petitioned the company to
' aeleet wire far then and Mad then
cut by the next boil Their wish.'
were Invariably complied wltn, and the
selections, as a nil';, were perfectly
satisfactory. Anion the i.rcblve of
the Hudson Bay Company sre to be
found receipts from factors running
something like the following:
"Bec-eUed, per Lapwing, Jane Goody,
per invoice, in pood condition;" and
"Received, per (Mprey. Mstilda Tim
Mi. nr.ti,r3d p( r Lapwing, as not
bclpg In accordance with description
contained In Invoice." London Ti
Bits.
Floarin ; Up a Kiver.
It was a vexed question in 1800
whether the I'lleomayo Itiver, whicB
flows for hundreds of miles from the
Bolivian Andes to the Paraguay, might
be used as a coiujnerclal highway from
Bolivia to the ocean. Our countryman,
(Japt. Page, settled this question so con
clusively that no further effort to util
ize the I'lleomayo is likely to be made;
and In this work, that cost him his life,
for he died of his privations after be
ing hemmed In for months by hostile
Indians, be devised a plan for steaming
up-river when the water was so low
that his vessel was stuck in the mud.
lie was determined to go still further,
though his little steamer, which drew
only eighteen inches, rested on the riv
er bottom; so behind the boat he threw
up an embankment of earth clear across
the channel, backed It with palm
trunks and brush wood, and before
! long the water had risen a couple of
feet, and the little Bolivia was able to
co ftn her way four miles before she
stuck attain. Then another dam was
built, and this process was repe-ated
seven times, and with the aid of the
dams the vessel advanced about thirty
five miles above the highest point she
could reach at the natural low-water
stage. Harper's Hound Table.
Gave Herself Away.
The woman nientloued In this little
story will be called Mrs. Haughty, but
he Is known in almost every commu
! nity by other names. She Is Inclined to
I do all she can to make other people be
; licve she Is somebody, and that she Is
! fitted for a higher sptiere than the one
j she is forced by adverse circumstances
to live In.
A short time ago Mrs. Haughty called
on a neighbor and accepted an Invita
tion to stay to supper. Mush and milk
was the principal supper dish, and Mrs.
np'tshly declared with suudry ejacula
tions that she had never eaten that de
lightful compound. The steaming plat
ter of mush was set In the center of the
tabic and a bowl of milk placed before
Mrs. Haughty.
"Just help yourself, Mrs. Haughty,"
remarked the hostess.
"Really, I do not know how to begin,"
said Mrs. Haughty, as she picked up
her spoon.
Mrs. Haughty i.ade a move, and one
of the children at the table leaned over
ito her mother and whispered:
"yhe said she never kte mush and
milk, but she dipped her spoon in tho
milk before she dipped It Into the
mush."
That little movement gave Mrs.
Haughty away, for every lover of mush
and milk knows that If the spoon Is first
dipped iuto the milk the mush will not
aitek to it Omaha World-Herald.
Unfortunate Arch.
A gentleman living in a large country
town has a coachman who is quite a
character. Recently the master pur
chased a small property and enlarged
the house without Interfering with the
grounds, which had been very well
planned. An Iron trellis In the form of
an arch spanned the carriage drive,
and the branches of a weeping willow
having been trained over It, It made,
with the shrubbery, an effectual screen
between the hall door and the gates
facing the public road. Driving up to
the door for the first time after the
house had been made ready for occupa
tion the gentleman stopped out of his
carriage and expressed a hope that the
horses would like thoir new quarters.
John touched his hat and remarked
that they ought. "But," said he, "I
don't like that arch over the drive, sir."
"Why," said the master, "what's the
matter with It?" "Well, sir," was the
coachman's not over cheoriug reply,
"you can never drive a hearse under
there without taking the plumes out."
Pittsburg New.
Fine Park for Cyclists.
Phoenix Park, Dublin, Is one of tho
f acst eyeing grounds In tho world.
Thera are, seven miles of excellent
roads. Several miles of broad path
ways tempt the scorcher, with whom
the authorities do not Interfere.. Sev
eral ridable hills add a variety, and the
scenery, especially from Knoekmaroon
along the Furry Glen, up the hill crest
over the Llffey valley, at the Magazine
fort. Is pretty. In fine weather It Is the
favorite homing ground for Rcorchers,
who may be seen In multitudes at even,
tide. -
Wanted to Go by I'rclght.
Jeff Falk tell a story about a man
who stammered badly. The mnn waa
In a railway office trying to purchase a
ticket and this Is the conversation that
took place:
"G g give m-me a t-t-tlcket t-t-t-t "
"Well, where do you want to go?"
"T t-t-to N-n-n-n "
"How do you want to go?"
"B by f-f freight."
"By frelghtl Why do you want to go
by freight?"
"C-c-can't ex-ex-eipre myself."
New York World.
flteel for Polishing.
V fibrous preparation of steel, mad
In the same manner a the ao-called
"mineral wool," by passing an air-blast
through the molten steel, la coming Into
use for cleaning, pollahlag, te laitead
of sandpaper.
Blackflah Disappear.
Dlackflsh bar not been seen la Maa
tacbuMtU bay fat thirteen year,
improvioenQmarriages.
THE beginning of debts and diffi
culties lies in "improvident mar
riages." Happily they are less
popular than they were, says an ex
change. Still one hears apparently
sane middle-aged men and women carp
ing at the increased prudence and fore
thought of the young men and women
of to-day. We were romantic! says
some worn-worried lady, who has hard
ly known an hour's freedom from care
since the days of that honeymoon
which was also quickly metamorphosed
into a vinegar moon of a never-ending
description. She still, however, con
gratulates herself on having been ro
mantic, though it is patent to her
friends and acquaintances that ber ro
mance has not been a success.
There are very few people possessed
of the temper, nerves, disposition or
ability -which would enable them to
marry happily, and manage successful
ly, on a small income.
There are acertaln set of young men
and young women who are able to make
themselves happy on very little. Low
living and high thinking contents many
superior beings; but among the upper
classes this tone of mind Is distinctly
rare. It requires a peculiarly excellent,
cheerful, strong, clever person, who is
willing to forego all the luxury to which
he or she has been accustomed, and yet
be honestly happy and content to have
only the necessaries of life and do with
out Its amusements. It Is true a great
many men and women are obliged to
forego all pleasure and luxury; but
they betray such discontent and annoy
ance at their fate that they are far from
being pleasant companions! Moreover,
their ignorance of the domestic arts and
sciences renders their homes remark
ably uncomfortable.
Fancy Work.
The melon seed bag is one of the
latewt fancies. It 1 pnitty work and
make a protty bag for handkerchiefs,
opera glasses or anything one wishes.
The bag illustrated is made of musk
meloin seeds aivd steed beads and a
glance at the small illustration will
givenn Idea as to the manner of string
ing the beads and seeds so as to form
the network. They are strung on strong
silk, and a Wring of twenty seeds sep
arated from each other by alternating
steed bead forms the foundation of the
not, which widen about ten rowe as
shown 3n the two lower rows of No. 2,
then continues In cluat'ira of three mel
on seeds a shown in upper part of No.
2. The bag proper Is made of satin or
velvert, any shade, twelve Inches long
and fourteen Inches wide, gathered
firmly together at the bottom, has a
heading two Inches dep at the top,
where the draw-string may be of prolty
ribbon or silk cord.
To Get Hid of a Double Chin.
Eat as little flesh forming food as
possible and plenty of fruit and veget
ables. Bread and pastry should be left
almost entirely out of the diet; also
any food of an oily nature. Take plenty
of long walks, avoid easy chairs and
noft cushions and be as active and en
ergetic as possible. Pat the chin with
the backs of the fingers for about five
or ten minutes each time after wash
ing It and you will find your weight
gradually being reduced and your dou
ble chin disappearing. The process of
reducing superfluous flesh should al
ways be gradual; otherwise unsightly
wrinkles will take the place of plump
ness. Girls Tnr Hoys' hoea.
The latest Idea of the girl of the
period Is the wearing of boy' shoes
and boy' gloves. Hoary projecting
sole, broad-toed footgear is all the rage.
So, too, are thick glove, whose fingers
never taper. The athletic, energetic,
outdoor game-playing girl la the fash
ion. The boots and gloves budlt for her
have a out of their own that la any
thing but feminine along the old line.
Some clever person discovered that
these boot and gloves were Identically
the aame a those sold for hoys, mate
rial, cut and all.
Incompetency.
Long and loud la the outcry among
women of the better classes for profit
able occupation, and many are the com
nininta from all Quarter at the lack
of lucrative employment To the super
ficial observer the complaint appear
to be Jut, and the outcry laudable; It
I ou!y when you scratch below the sur
f;lk cf 1 ' "e that you bec:v.e ac
quainted with It real oatrjr. frrn
thc who Lat luurefeicl tbetnsslvea
SO. 1. NO. 3.
Tns MRI.OX SEED BAG.
sufficiently to make careful Inquiry I
the subject, we learn that in the
Jority of cases where female indu
has been tried It has been "found wa
Ing." The "lady In reduced ciremaW
stance" who has expressed the cotav
mendable desire to do anything that
may come to band, has often baem
proved ignorant of the commonest du
ties of everyday life, and though pro
fessedly anxious and ready to acquire)
those, she has brought so little system
to bear on ber efforts that they have lan
variably been fraught with either loea?
to her employer or Injury to her owa
health.
Ao Autumn Model.
Pome Queer Flnter-rlnm.
Rings have been made for almost all
purposes. Thus we find cramp-rlngB,
said not only to cure cramp, but to pro
vent Its return; amulet-rings, infallible
protectors against the "evil-eye;" as
tronomical, dial and zodiacal rings; garter-rings
and puzzle-rings; rings for
novitiates taking the veil; rings for dlp-t
lomats signalizing the official standing1
of the wearer; rings for poets, pilgrims,
lawyers and clerics; squirt and poison
rings, made so that they could contain
vegetable poisons of the most deadly -kind,
which could be injected by slight
ly scratching the skin of the person
whose hand the wearer grasped; whis
tle and key rings, both useful; motto
rings, by means of which lovers gav
vent to their passlous; and love-knot
rings and gemel-rings, the last mada
of two or three links intertwined, which,
could be joined together in such.a man
ner as to form one ring. Woman'1
Home Companion.
Women Upholsterers. '
The frequent advertisements seen in'
the public prints of the visiting up
holstress, if the word may be permit
ted, indicate that this class of workers
is being considerably recruited. It
seems to offer an excellent field for the
Industry of womon not yet classified In
other pursuits. A number of the tech
nical institutes have classes where th
work Is regularly taught, and as tho
field Is still comparatively unoccupied,
the prospect of fair success Is good. The
work of making over a mattress la riot
In the leaM hard for a woman, and
knowledge of the operation Is easily
obtained. Other legitimate work of th
upholsterer l also quite within her
strength and skill after very slight ex
perlenee.
A Honwekeeper'a ftecord.
The average housekeeper finds that
her nunnery Is shorteri: when it come
j to the dally planning of meals. Her fre
quent ory that she cannot think of any
I thtaig to order never seem to be sug
gestive to her of Mb own remedy. Sh
orders every 4ay tihe round of famdly
livlnr, and if when the process is over
she would arrange. In a little book th
cihef dishes that have appeared on tha
table duriiLg the twemjiy-four hours, the
i will find that sihe quickly accumulate
a valuable memorabilia. Classify them
breakfast,' luncheon, dinner; aubstaiv
tlals and deserts. A housekeeper who
practices this plan will be amazed to
discover how the userful simple dishel
escape her memory without It
The Secret of Beanty,
The secret of beauty Is health, and
those who desire to be beautiful should
do all that Is possible to restore their
health If they have lost It or to retain
It If tbey bave It still. To posse a '
fresh complexion and bright eye, even
to bave white hands and a graceful fig
ure, you must be well, and to le well
you must take plenty of exercise, eat
proper food, and not too i much of If,
and do your best to be cheerful and
look on the bright side of everything..
Health, and the happiness which cornea
with It are the true, secret of beauty.
The Lock Bracelet,
One see a good many bracelet of
the chain and lock variety on fab
wrist nowadays. The war la responsi
ble for tbta. Many a soldier boy baa
marched away carrying a tiny key hid
den away In hi pocket Th handaora
est of the bracelet are heavy golf,
chain with a sparkling diamond at ha
the locks.
A Dainty Sachet.
An excellent perfume, which will ra
tarn It properties for a long Vmt, caa
be mad la th following wayi Patud
to a powder on ounc aacb af otaras,
car way ed, nutmeg, raaaa, mira
rr3 Tonqota baana; alaa, aa aiaeh atria
root a will equal tha watfii af ail Ca
fore going Ingredient.
