LIGHT AND SHADE
m
iINETTE'eS eye bespoke an ap
proaching stortn. "A fair worn
' an strain!" she muttered half
audibly as she gathered up the card
impatiently to throw for the last time
which shoulil divide if she wire right
to doubt Cecil's loyalty. Fearing to
Jeans the worst, yet determined to
know the truth at any cost, Ninette,
the dark-eyed artist's model, spread
out the fortune-telling cards on the
pn1etal before her. while she awaited
the com ins of Cecil Thome, master of
tbe studio and of her heart.
"Ah! This is better" with a smile
of satisfaction "why, here Is pool
luck again! Perhaps, after nil, Cecil
is true. If I could only understand
their language: Put he never speaks
to her in French. Courage. Ninette! i
the l.-st cards ti-11 your story. Is it a
fair lady or a dark girl who is loved
by Cecil? Dieu!"
The "fair lady's card" had turned
again, and Ninette hurst in!o a fresh
deluge of tears Just as the false Cecil
swung open the studio door and, with
out obesrvirig the crouching figure of
Ninette, began to whistle a merry air.
"How can you whistle when I an so
miserable?" said Ninette between her
Sobs.
"Why, bless my soul, Ninette, I nev
er saw you!"
"You have no eyes for me. You
would have seen another if she had
been here."
"Another would not have kept so
silent, perhaps and tears, too! Now
this is tiresome, when I have had such
a turn of good luck. Listen, Ninette,
and dry your eyes. My picture "
"Of me?' '
"No, no the great one, 'The Pawn,'
will be exhibited. Then if luck comes
7 VU tXA
v i I
THE GREAT ONE, "THE DAWN.
our way, as Is sure to happen, we can
be you know what!"
Cecil drew Ninette to him in affec
tionate embrace, too elated with his
awn hope of prosperity to question
doubts vanished somewhat as the ten
der avowals of love fell from the lips
of her lover. She could not believe
him quite false, and yet why did he
not exhibit her portrait In the salon.
Could not "Dawn" have black hair as
well as golden, and surely the fair lady
was not otherwise more beautiful than
she. ' ..
: Cecil Interrupted the unpleasant rev--erie
with, "Ninette, do you know I
believe my love for you has made me
a better painter! M. de Tlialcs was
here this morning and said the warmth
and soul of 'The Dawn' were extra
ordinary." Tbe announcement that love for In-r
hnrl aWldMl Mm Ilk ottltiior etrlt01i 1I 1 I
- ,
still flitn rhi. ftriHi or umiroer' wimci ll
was not comforting to Ninette, and
she broke from his embrace Impatient
ly. . Catching tip licr broad hi Ilium d
bat, she das-hi ii out of the studio and
shut herseif in her own little chamber,
which was on the ground floor.
l!,,l. ..I , ,1" In,,,.l,,w1 ',CI
"I snppixr old tii-etha gave her a bad
breakfast this morning. She did not
seem prop rly pL-ased with the p msi-
bllity of your being soon Ah.
Juila! I srii glad you have conic. The
picture is nearly finished and sueli
good news! Dt Tiiales was here this
morning and was delighted. Why do
you lo:k at the door are you fiftaid
of ghots following yon In?" '
"No, Cecil. Imt di you know I have
Strange feeling of fear sometimes
wlii'U 1 see Ninette! She peered at uie
to-day as I came op the Blairs, and her
Hack eyes looked like those of a ti
gress. Cecil, that girl in dnngerrfus! I
liope she Isn't fond of you; you know
tliat Is i-axily possible with them?
French ceratures of Impulse."
"O, that Is Just like yon women," re
plied lightly that excellent Judge of
feminine emotion; "alway suspicion
of another woman's love. Well, I can
tril jott one thing, Jtilia; Ninette's love
Is less (Uingcruus than lier hate, al
though I should not like to trifle with
5 cttber. . But I. who s i thoroughly un
derstand Ninette, shall take care that
BO danger atiei.dM her love for uie."
KlBette had crept from her chamber
ad was listening at tbe keybsle of
ik atvdin with hot breath and angry
,tym. How tender his roicel Almott
tke only Etigllsh word that Ninette
kptw was "dear," ami she heard btsn
tr2f it ia ulla th fnlr haired. Bbe
CI fts cosM ba'rst with JeaMos pms-
r. tat at Ibis moment sns haar44
SLrH Mtras m the steps aad
Cl mxili steod hefora her.
;;lrcr-X:i KSiar slilMd
In hers, they entered the studio, fol
lowed by the others.
"Hello, Thome Just Beard of your
luck, my boy! Give us a shake of the
hand, old chap, before you get too
high up In the world to recognizee old
Mends. Let's have a holiday now In
celebration. Come cut of the studio
after to-morrow you will be too grand
for frivolities."
Julia arose and smiled absent.
"Do, Cecil; you work much too
hard. It will do you good. Good-morning,
gentlemen; good by, Cecil Ni
nette!" The last was an exclamation,
not a greeting.
Ninette was glaring from her dark
ees, and Julia Involuntarily sliudd-r-ed
as she lifted her rich silken gowu
and swi-pt down the stairs.
", if I knew how to speak French
I would let the little French demon
Tinow she must not stare nt uie so in
solently. Poor Ninette! I hope her
love for Cecil will not interfere with
his work, Imt I am the last person
in the world who ought to bl ame lo r !
for loving him."
Careless and free as are only the
pleasure-loving American artists who
alternate the study V)f an w ith that of
"l.a Vie" in the Eden of both. Cecil
Thome and h's compatditis made the
cafes in (h? Latin quarter of Paris ring
with their merriment until a late hour,
when Cecil returned to his Judging, in
toxicated with the thought of the mor
row. He spent a half hour -or so In his
studio, and after making a few final
arrangements started for his attic bt-d
room. As he passed the door of Ni
nette's aprtments he wondered if she
slept. Then, at a sudden recollection
of his hopes and ail they meant to him.
he broke into a merry whistle and
mounted light-heartedly to lis own
door. Ills burst of merriment was the
last straw.
"To-morrow," she thought. "I vlil
not forget that I have helped you to
put warmth and soul into her eyes!
You think you shall find fame to-morrow,
and that rtie fair-haired, cold
hearted girl w ill bi-lp you to n-juii e:
but you do not know Ninett !"
Springing from her couch, she felt
for matches, but could find none. -No
matter," she said. "I know the ease!
well. Have I not watched him bend
ing over It as though he loved the
canvas itself? Dieu! you should have
exhibited Ninette." Noiselessly, vin
dictively, she groped her way along
tbe dark passage into the studio. Not
even a moonbeam to assist her feet
over the cold stone floor. "Ha -the!
easel!" she gave a little cry of pain
as her tender foot came In contact
with the sharp edge. Then, seizing -i
wet brush, with delicious Joy she drew
it again and again across the picture,
smearing beyond recognition every
corner of the canvas. "There!" fche j
said as she threw down the brush and
started to leave the studio. There! j
Mile. Yellow Hair I hate golden hair!
at least, I should hate it if feci! had
not golden hair."
The thought of Cecil's fair hair,
which she had so often covered with
ardent kisses, recalled her to a mo
ment of sudden repromh. What ha!'
she done? She, who pretend -d to .'o'.e
Cecil, bad destroyed the result of a
whole half year's toil and his in pe of
fortune, and perhaps yes. (hat sellisii
"perhaps" swept over hi r with over
whelming force, and the Utile criminal
crept baek to her chamber, threw her
self upon her ciiwb. ai.d th.-ie rutuiii-
j ed till Ixt rest le.-s slumber was dis
j turbid by tin- sm;ud of Cc-il's foot-
step entering the studio.
Sin" awoke with a start, lie w,n
walkm
tow ards the eas-l. She d it'-d
not go to him; she would wait till the
first outburst of tils pas-ion had a-s-ed.
For a long time there was abso
lute silence In the studio. At hi t, un
able to bear the suspense, she timidly
opemd the studio do r ami looked in.
All trae of the defiant insolence which
made her so bewitching had vanished,
and she pause I submissively, awaiting
the volley of reproof which she so
richly d .-stern d. Instead of tuX Cert!
smiled at beholding her and advain-.d
to meet le-r. and she felt half afraid.
"Ah, there you are, ma chore. Come
and see wh it mine villainous ha id has
done."
"No, no," answered Ninette, still
)ti stl ining bis sanity. "1 cannot look
up m it. O. Cecil, you have driven me
nn d with Jealousy!"
"Jealousy, mil rhere? What on earth
are you talking about? Do jou not
believe that I love you fondly devot
edly "
"Htop! You call her 'dear.' Cecil,
answr me this do you love the fair
Julia who sits for The Dawn?'"
"Love her of course I do but not
as I love you."
'There, you confess! I will not shar
your love with her. I was sot ry I dd
It, but now I am glad glad! You
would lx famous with her portrait
and she would be glad with you. Is
It not po? Yon dare not deny it!" .
"Why, Ninette, how strangely yon
talk! Would she not be an unnatural
woman not to be glad of her brother's
aurress?"
."Brother!" almost shrieked Ninette.
"Brother? Hhe la your slater, Cecil?"
"My dear child, do yon mean to tell
me you have not known that?"
Why have you never told me tbat
'forer'
"War Ninette, I never dreamed that
fem did not know It. Every one else
ksows It, and yon have never spoken
rf tMa before."
"ft t eatasd aet hear U speak of
far, art I kari mCs t yew aa
I do not understand your English
talk. And now-O, CVcil! Cecil! the
picture the villainous and "
"O, yes! to be sure; 1 nearly forgot
the picture with your wild talk. I say,
Ninette, what a good thing 'The
Dawn' had been removed from the
easel!"
Ninette burst Into s loud laugh.
"Removed? Say It again, Cecil! It
was removed, and it was not her pic
ture that I O, what would you
have done?"
Then tbe painter realized for the
first time what she had intended to
do.
"You little vixen!" he said seriously,
"did you do it, and did you wean to
spoil "Tlie Dawn? Ah, Ninette, you
are really too bad!"
But she was not listening. !She knew
how to make her peace with "him.
Chicago Tribune.
FAMINE IN TIMBER TREES.
Growtatc Scarcity of YVooil Suitable
fur MaHUfacftirinK I'urreil.
It will be but a few years before
durable timber becomes very much
dearer than it is at present. Coed
chestnut and white oak posts are
wortli now fifteen cents each, atid red
cedar posts twenty cents apiece, un
dressed, and are hard to get at that.
Ten years from now the supply will be
much less. No more profitable use of
land can tie made than to plant wal
nut, chestnut, oak. hickory, spruce,
ash, maple. jMiplar, willow, locust and
othw trees that have a value iu the
arts for their timber. Plant the rough
land to trees. The euealypts are now
grown In the southwestern portion of
our country more extensively than any
other exotic forest tree.
These trees are originally from Aus
tralia; they are known there under
the name of antifever trees, as by
their rapid growth and large amount
of foliage they absorb the poisonous
gases of the swamps, making the air
pure and the climate healthy. In Cal
ifornia, Kansas and Indiana tracts of
land several thousand acres iu area
have been planted with seedlings of
the eucalyptus rostrata for fuel, rail
road lies and for windbreaks. On ac
count of their rapid growth they make
desirable shade trees for the dwelling
and pasture lots. In many parts of
the southwest the euealypts are util
ized to advantage to furnish shade In
pastures. If set along he fences and
along the Irrigating ditches they can
fie made to protect the cattle In t lie
pasture without at any time interfer
ing with farm work. Sis-dlitigs may
be tmd from the nurserymen in I'K)
lots at five cents each. There are
some thirty different varieties, and all
of them are said to grow- equally well
in the middle and southern States.
Plant the hillsides iu forest trees and
farm the low ground. Baltimore
American.
JOURNEY OF LAFAYETTE,
Xettrrt of Hi Sod Describe Faninn
Trip Throush United Pluto.
In I.ippincott's there are some en
tertaining letters written by a son of
en. Lafayette while traveling in the
United States with his father. These
letters have never before been pub
lished. "We have already spent twenty days
in the Putted States," says the son,
"and this is the first leisure I have
bud for writing you a line; even as it
is, I am not sine of being able to dis
patch my letter. The Stephanie,
whose captain is one of our friends,
is to sail from New York for Havre
to-day, and will take our letters. If
only we can arrive in time.
"Kvnr since we have been here my
father has boon the hero, and we the
epeotHtors. of the most imposing, beau
tiful and affecting sights, the most
majestic population in the world wel
coming a man with common accord
and conducting him In triumph
throughout V journey of leagues.
Women wept with Joy on seeing him
and children risked being crushed to
get near to the man whom their fath
ers kept pointing out to them ns one
of those who bad cnntribiited the most
to procuring them their happiness and
independence. This is what it has
been rcservi d for us to see. I am
knocked off my feet excuse the ex
pression -by the emotions of all kinds
I experieto-e. I won't enter into de
tails; you know me, and I do not siip
Kse that, iimidst the excitement of
a happy people's rejoicings and shar
ing hi the extraordinary gratitude
with which my father is overwhelm
ed, 1 shall forget at any time those
who have n claim on all the sciitl
tnt'iits, which my heart is capable of
feeling. God grant that I may always
enjoy the necessary strength to dis
charge the whole of my dutin. But
since being here I have not slept more
than four or five hours each night!"
Cunada to Hupplj Arsenic,
Canada is alsiut to become the chief
source of tbe world's supply of arsenic.
The arsenic which for many years
battled the gold miners of Hastings
County, Ontario, Iu their efforts to ex
tract the precious metal from Its mat
rix, has become the more profitable
of the two minerals. This strange
turn of the wheel of fortune has been
caused by tbft virion! exhaustion of
the former chief sources of supply of
arsenic in Germany and Kngtnud, to
gether with the superior quality and
purity of the Canadian product
Orietn Oi' One Thing.
"Doe you b'lleve de devil rides a
white bowir
"Duuno. But I knows dls mack:
Whatever boss he rides will sho fit
4ar." Atlanta Constitution.
fThea aajrosM ooavplaiM a great deal
fbnra.lt la b-l eia.
Certain spiders sail in airships made
jf silken threads, and now an insect
that travels in balloons has been re
ported by two American naturalists.
Small balloons, a quarter of an inch
long and composed of tiny bubbles,
having been observed. It was found
that each carried a fly (genus Kmplsl,
resembling the hornet-fly, with a desd
8y, supposed to be food. As the males
also attract females by the balloons,
Henri Coiipin suggests further study.
Ka.-.i!y fusible Hoys for casts of
leaves, fruits. insvts, etc., must con
tain cad;uium. according to a (icruian
authority, to preserve the articles from
injury. Such an alloy is Wood'H metal,
which consists of twy parts of tin,
four of lead, seven to eii:ht of bis
muth, anil one to two of cadmium
and which fuses between titi and
degrees C. Lipowitz's metal, which
softens at 55 degrees C, and becomes
perfectly liquid at "ii degrees, consists
of four parts of tin, eight parts of lead,
fifteen of bismuth and three of cad
mium. Dr. W, W. Keen, in his presidential
address before the Congress of Ameri
can Physicians and Surgeons In Wash
ington on May 12th, remarked upon
"the immense advantages of a good
hospital over the most luxurious
homes" for the care of the sick. The
poorest patient in a hospital, he said,
Is better cared for, and his case is more
carefully investigated by bacteriologi
cal, chemical and clinical methods,
than are the well-to-do in the'r own
homes. In many instances lives that
would be lost in homes are saved in
hospitals, where the many and com
plex modern appliances for every sur
gical emergency are provided.
Experiments recently made on Erie
railroad ferryboats between New York
and Jersey City have shown t' e prac
ticability of transmitting speech by
wireless telephone from one moving
boat to another. Each boat carried in
its' pilot house a telephone connected
with nerial antennae carried on the
flagiKiie. and with copper plates dip
ped in the water. Messages were dis
tinctly beard between boats passing at
a distance of U feet. A. V. Collins,
the Inventor, believes the range can
bo extended to thousands of feet; but
no great range is Rimed nt because
tbe special purpose Is to furnish river
and harlior craft with a means of
quick intercommunication for prevent
ing collisions.
Not only natural productions but
sometimes manufactures are largely
dependent upon peculiarities of cli
mate, and are consequently almost con
fined to particular parts of the earth.
An example In point Is furnished by
the manufacture of anhydrous paper,
which forms the best dielectric for un
derground telephone cables. This pa
per was formerly made in England,
but experience has demonstrated that
to obtain the best results the puper
must be manufactured in a drier at
mosphere than that of the British
Isles. Accordingly this Industry lias
forged ahead in America, and has fall
en into disuse iu England, although
the use of anhydrous pnier there is
very extensive.
HOW BANK NOTES ARE MADE.
Iletaila of the Intricate Proccia
Guard to Prevent Counterfeiting.
First in consideration In making a
bank note is to prevent others from
making 'a counterfeit of it, says the
New York Herald. Therefore, all the
notes of a certain denomination or
value must be exact duplicates of one
another. If they were engraved by
baud this would not be the case. Hand
engraving Is more easily counterfeited
than the work done by the process ac
tually used. "Every note," said an of
ficial of one of the fending bank note
companies, "is printed from a steel
plate, in the preparation of which
many persons lake part. If you wilt
look at a greenback you will see a
picture In the center, a small portrait,
called a vignette, on the left, and In
each of the upper corners a network of
tine lines with n dink ground, one con
taining the letter and the other the
figure "i. To make a vignette it Is first
necessary to make a large drawing on
paper with reat care, and a dnguerro
type is then given to the engraver, who
uses a steel point to make on it the out
lines of the picture. The plate Is luked
and a print is taken of It,
"While the Ink I still dump the
print is laid down n a steel plate,
which has been softened by heating it
redbot and letting It cool slowly. It Is
then put in a press and an exact copy
of tbe outlines Is thus made on the
steel plate. This the engraver finishes
with bis graver, a little tool with u
three-cornered Milnt, which cuts- a
clean line, leaving no rough edge. Now.
this plate Is used to print from. It
must lie made very hard, and this I
done by heating, and cooling quickly.
A little roller of softened steel Is then
rolled over II by a powerful machine
until Its s.irface has been forced Into
a'.l the lines cut Into the plate. The
outlines of the vignette are thus trims'
f ed to the roller In raised lines, rftld
slier the rollc Is hardened' M Is ul
to roll over plates of softened steel,
and thns makes In them sunken- lines
exsctly like those la tbe plate original
ly engraved, Tbe center picture la en ,
fsaeod aad transferred Je roller, like
tbe vignette, bnt the network In tbe
appar corners and tlso on tbe back
of the note la made by a lathe. This
machine costs t3.000a price that pots
It hey end the reach ef owterf etters.
Its work Is so perfect that It canuoi
be Imitated by band. Tbe lathe en
graves the network on softened steel,
and the figure In the middle is then en
graved by hand. It is now hardened
and transfer.'d to a roller like the oth
ers.
"The nlates from which notes are U
be printed are of softened steel and
j large enough to print four notes al
once. Four engravings of the not
must, therefore, be made on It, and
this Is done by rolling the hardened
steel rollers containing the raised
pictures over It In their appropri
ate places until tbe pictures ar
pressed Into Its surface. The fin
lettermg around the borders of- tlx
note is transferred In the same way
but the other lettering is put on b)
hand. This process saves a good ilea,'
of time anil it secures absolute uni
formity in the four engravings on tht
plate. Tbe back parts of the note nr
printed first, and w hen the Ink is drj
the green back is printed, to be fol
lowed by the red stamps and numbers
It is then signed and issued. For great
er security one putt of the note is on
graved and printed at one place and
another part ft another place, whel
It is sent to Washington to be tinlshed
and s'gned. But, needless to say, al'tei
all this care and ail these safeguard
tunny t-killfr.tly executed counterfeit!
have been made and Issued, some o:
them so good as to deceive eper
judges of money."
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH
KcieittiMt frMifcKCKti Kstahlntliment oi
buhterraneiiri ebuervator tea.
A proposal to install several hundred
subterranean observatories at depthi
of anywhere from a few hundred yardi
to a mile or so may appear siitlicletulj
startiiii". It ceases to be wi, however
when we learn that the observer!
themselves are to be on the earth's sur
face; It Is only their instruments tli.r
It Is proposed to phn e so far under
ground, and these may be lowered intt
borings such as are now made for ar
tesian wells. The principal measure
nients would be of temperature; but !'
Is claimed by M. A. Laisaiit, who ad
vocates the plan, that Its results would
add greatly to our knowledge of tin
earth's crust and Its phenomena, boll
normal ami abnormal. M. I.aisant seti
forth his plan iu La liaison, as follows
"While astronomical Instrument. in
volve considerable expense on iiceoun
of their high precision, the apparatus
it) use for meteorological observationi
cost much less, nnd this would als
be true i'nr those that would be em
ployed in subterranean observation. P
would lie sufficient to sink nt a certail
number of properly chosen points hoiel
in the same manner as artesian we'd
or, still better, In the way that ll
used In America to bore for petroleum
The depth would be more or less con
siderable, according to the region and
the nature of the geological strata; U
should be governed by data known t(
science, but should In general be ni
great as possible. It would probablj
not be chimerical to think of reacbiuf
a depth f several kilometers In sonit
places, while In others a few hundred
meters might suffice.
"As to the locutions of the boring
and their niitiilic-r, here, too, the geol
ogists can furnish the necessary In
dlcutioti. Deep borings while In course
of making will give interesting geo
logical information, since they will fur
nisi) continuously specimens of tin
strata traversed, which may be studied
and analyzed. When the boring hat
once been finished It will be easy to In
trod uce into It measuring apparatus
and especially thermometers. Tht
study of the pressure al these great
dep'lis, that, of the composition of tin
g.is.-s (lift are encountered, the elec
tric and magnetic state of the me
dium and otln r elements will possesj
equally great Interest. With the regis
tering apparatus now at our disposal
m e t of the indications- mentioned will
be eiir-.v to obtain when the .Installa
tion has oinc been made without tin
inaessi'.y of displacing the instru
Ill' IIIS. .
" hen a large part of t He surface i
the gioiie has t Is list been covered Willi
subterranean obs rvatories properly l
cat ed. the sjvciiiatic centralization o
the obseriatiou. and daily exchange
of them will soon furnish an important
i-oiitr, button to terrcstr,al jiliysics. and
We slnill see that there is a necessary
con elation bet u ecu the variations ol
temperature, pie.-sure. etc., at the dif
fcreiit spot ami also between Ihee va
rt.il.oijs and ceriuln exterior phenom
ena."
TeleKrp!i Shorthand.
A complete tcicgi nphlc system oi
shorthand has Ix-eii laboriously workec
out by A. C. P.nrona and named "Pan
teicgiiiphy, iiectlou Pape." It cousisll
iu u reduction of tbe Morse alphabet Ic
Vl short characters or sounds, whlct
are so manipulated by a key as to ex
press anything and everything ly their
hi such a way ns to give the pubiu
greater privileges while at the sain
liiiK Immensely reducing the work o
the bdcgtnph operator A set of nu
i ti'iatilnstruiiients Is now being Hindi
w, ilck will. It Is sa d. linike messaei
m ylieiip that they will be largely used
instead of letters. '
There A re Other.
Mrs. Wine reading I see bjt tbl
Uiai the Emperor of Japan lias ten met
i inrry ids umbrella.
Mr. Wise That's nothing. I guest
twenty men have carried mine. De
trolt Free Press.
The most pitiful eight we knew any
thing about is an old woman la a reg
ain r pry dress; cat low In tbe Beck,
with lace n ilnga. and all that
Wo do love to call a girl
goertte "Maggie."
Mar
FOOD VALUE OF RICE.
Weatern People !! Too Lo 0sB1
looked lis Worth.
It appears that we have too loaa
overlooked the virtues of that very OA
dinar? article, of food, rice, says the
Philadelphia Ledger.
We have not considered as we oagh
that the natives of India. China and
other oriental rountrles make this
staple article of diet With them It U
not merely the accessory to a meal; II
Is the meal Itself. They find In it al
most all the nourishment necessary tl
maintain healthy life.
When boiled rice takes only one houl
04 a half fer perfect digestiou; when
steamed the process is complete In out
hour, and It Is much more easily as
similated. Steaming is the best way
of cooking it, because thereby It Is per
mitted to retain It nitrogen, which Is
the tissue building' material, while Its
principal mineral salt, lime, phosphate,
Is to u great extent eliminated.
It will be seen, in view of these
facts, that for sufferers from Indiges
tion there couhl hardly be a more suit
able food than rice. Those who ars
troubled with any intestinal or stom
al h ailment will tind it hot only nour
ishing but soo'thing.
It is a good diet even for the girl
with tiesliy tendencies, despite ill
starchiiiess. as it contains a carbona
ceous dement in lariie proportions, and
tills is nu eiifiny to fat.
Another argument 'n favor of rlcs
as food is economic A physician ry
ccntly writing upon "Pood for Hard
Times" said; "From my observation
of men doing hard labor in different
parts of the" world and as the results
of experiments 1 hale carried out, I
am satisfied that it Is possible to li va
well and work ha i d mi a bowl of rice
cooked until dry (none of lis water
being thrown away) and a little brown
sugar."
A very agreeable and simple dish Is
"cream of rice." Wash a tablespoonf ul
In cold water and put iu a dish with a
pint of milk, a I ea spoon fill of sugar
and about as much butler;. cook slow
ly in an oven until the milk has been
entirely absorlied by the grains:' Then
see if you cannot make a satisfactory
luncheon off that alone.
An Improvement In f5oolt Markers.
S unc readers have the faculty of re
ineinbi ring evawlv the page and line
of a book tiny had icached when they
were compelled to inu.se in their read
leg to perform some other duty, but
the majority of book Jovi rs find occa
sion to use some sort of n marking do
vice to aid thrm in finding the placa
when the reading is re-nmed again.
Numerous 'curious and hatnl-ibme nov
cltii hive been pi'ddcid for V.ih pur
pose, but very few. if any, of these
will perform the double duty of mark-
l.NDK'ATIS hOTlt TIIK PACK Al) I.IJIK.
ing the line ai.d page ut which the
reader paused ami dosed the book.
This Is tie- objti t attained by thu
marker which we show in the picture,
and it should be the means of saving
no small amount of time to the reader
who Is coinpi Ued to I ),v down an l
take up a book many time before tho
eoiilonts are completely d!gtcd. Thli
little marker is preferably of celluloid,
though metal or cardboard mny an
swer the purpose, n mi has a substan
tially Tshaped boifv, "on which is a
sliding metiilH r. ' having a straight
edge. My hipping the bent jwirtlott of
the head over the edge: of the leaves
and slid 'ig the uiaikir along the stem
It can be made to iniib ate any line on
the page, fl.mvivg' the ruiUer at a
glance whi te to begin.
This W the' Idea of Angti.-t 0. P.aucr,
.'if Columbus, Ohio. . .
The i'lninti tig Tine fi.
The small Ijoy j;h l,j, eies open
often knows more of thl'ig as they are
tiiun the artist w h-i difiu Mli..i as
they are not. An illustrator who Is
winning laurel by his tine work main,
talus that his most valuable critic is
his son, u boy of twelve.
He kno'.v lia!. aboil! dr.iw!n
says
the artist, but he has a iiuiek sens..
for
beauty and a keen Imagination as well,
Not long ago I had to make n draw
ing of a streeoi fn f people running
to a fire. I flattered myself I had made
a llfel.ke and moving scene, and sulv
liiitted ll to my boy with a feeling of
satisfaction. "
He surveyed It for a moment, hards
In his pockets, head on one side. Then
he said:
"The people are nil right, but where'
the dog?"
"The dogr lnuulred,.,"What dog7
"Any dog." he said. Iu a tone of hlty
for my dullness. "Why, father, t' in 1
you know there's always at least .
dog minuting alongside ami getting un
der everybody's feet when you're going
10 a utet uuven i yon ever been to a
lire, father, or seen a crowd going lo
oiie'f' .
When I thought It over, I knew he
was right, and the dog went In.
I'ncle Iteuben Haysi
I reckon dat most men alrn to apeak
de truth, but at de Mtno time dev mm
wlllln' lo make moat any sort of prota
io aur tmst to. luck about carry In
out." Detroit Free Preea,
"Yon can't blame the father
twins, said a maa to-day, U
lag desperate."
