^ At the Well
Touch love lightly at the brink.
Where the sunlit pool is clearer;
Seek no further, draw no nearer;
Touch love lightly at the brink.
Lest tis deeper than we think.
Take the sparkle; do not drink.
Lest each draft be sw« eter. deafer;
Eyes reflecting eyes grow clearer;
Dim love's vision at toe blink—
Lest ’tis deeper than we think.
Still love's word—for pebbles sink;
Trouble not the waters nearer.
Hitter depths may be still dearer;
I an and look and qo not shrink—
Ah! ’tis deeper than we think!
—V. W. Cloud in Smart Set.
It 1 i
Marjory In her pink Chambrav
dress, a long white box tucked under
one arm, tripped joyously up the little
flight of steps that led to her dress
maker's apartments. Her delicate
blonde face looked very fair and love
ly under the quairt Poke bonnet with
Its bunch of blush roses on top and
the soft liberty ribbons that tied un
der her chin.
A rich, vivid color had risen to her
cheeks—a perfect match to the flow
ers in her hat—and enhancing, if pos
sible, the clear sparkle in her blue
gray eyes. Her lips were parted slight
ly. revealing just the edges of her
milk-colored teeth.
She paused at the landing a moment
for breath, and then tapped gently on
the oak-panelled door.
Marjory was a regular visitor at the
fashionable establishment and the
sweet-faced little woman who was the
proprietor always welcomed her with
a pleased smile; not so much on ac
count of the big bill which was sure
to follow, but because .he enjoyed
, listening to the girl's merry chatter,
and loved to look at her pure, piquant
face, full of refreshing animation.
In response to her light tap, the
door was opened from within, and the
young girl, like a sudden sunbeam,
glided into the close little room with
its inevitable litter of unfinished gar
ments and bulky packages.
She sank down in one of the straight
• hair covered chairs, and began to un
tie the big twine cord that bound her
box. rattling on gaily to the quiet little
woman who was busily occupied over
her basting table.
“Look!" she cried tremulously,
“Isn't it beautiful?”
She had drawn out a rich, shimmer
ing mass of creamy satin from ner
package and was stroking it with ten
der. loving fingers.
“My wedding dress,” she exclaimed
softly, almost reverently, “and I have
brought it my very own self for you to
make. 1 couldn't trust it to a serv
ant.”
Sudden tears filled the eyes of the
older woman and she was silent.
But Marjory was too deeply <n
grossed in contemplation of the gleam
ing fabric spread across her knees—
the sacred link that was to join to
gether a clad, tranquil girlhood to a
Iifof fuller happiness—to notice the
other’s emotion.
She went on, a warm light in her
eyes:
“Now I want you to do your very
best on this. Your very best, remem
ber, just as though it were—your very
own.” Her voice was as soft as an
angel's whisper as she added, smiling.
“He is just the bravest, truest man
that ever lived and I—love—him—so.”
The blood mounted still more vivid
ly to her cheeks as she spoke thus,
creeping ever so slightly beyond the
Lorders of her usually fine reserve.
There was an imperceptible pause.
Marjory had raised her starry eyes
to her companion's face, and now for
the first time she noticed the look of
sadness in her dressmaker’s soft,
brown eyes and about her sweet, gen
tle mouth.
Something vague and indefinable
neemed to stir in the girl’s heart like
the first faint breath of a storm. Her
ZS"
Marjory.
brow clouded suddenly, but as sudden
ly cleared and a tender smile passei
over her face.
“Forgive me,” she said in the sym
pathetic little way characteristic o
her. ‘‘I did not mean to wound you
I—if I had known—”
“Never mind. dear. It’s—it’s nothin?
I’m just a foolish old woman, that’
all.”
Her voice was low and sweet an
musical like the voice of a girl, bu
there was a wistful note in it that di
not escape the yourger woman's n<
tice.
“Why do you a* she quei
led, searching Ler companion’s fac
with eyes that smiled softly. “Trm
vour hair is white and you—perhap
| you do not laugh as often as a young
person would, but—”
The dressmaker turned her head a
little uneasily and her eyelids drooped
and quivered until they swept her
worn cheek.
“It is not the years that age,” she
replied falteringlv, “but— life’s road.”
Her voice trailed off into a sob and a
big, hot tear plashed on the piece of
work in her lap.
ilarjorie leaned over to w’here she
sat and laid one of her soft white
hands over the woman's little brown
one, that was hard and roughened by
toil.
“Tell me,” she coaxed softly in the
tone that one would use to a hurt
IM Id III
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“Neil?” she whispered, hoarsely.
child longing to pour out it’s feelings
into some sympathetic ear.
The little woman smiled gratefully
through a mist of tears. A sudden
; sense of rest stole over her. It was so
rarely that anybody gave her more
than a mere passing thought.
She did not speak at once; she was
too full for that, and a sort of dreami
ness came into her eyes as they rest
ed upon her companion. She seemed
to be looking at her through a sort
of reminiscent haze, and living over
; her own youth. After a while she
i spoke:
“I, too, was once young and joyous,"
she said slowly and a little unsteadily.
"Young and joyous like you, with life’s
vista of happiness stretching out be
| fore me. The world was a veritable
! palace and a man—my idol."
! She paused and covered her face
with both hands. Low sobs shook her
frame, but she quickly crushed them
down and went on in a sort of mono
tone:
"It -was not until the day before
out wedding was to take place that I
discovered, instead of the pure gold I
had worshiped, my idol was of—
clay.”
There was another pause, this time
longer than the last. Twilight had
fallen gradually, and long gray shad
ows stole into the room and sought
out the woman's bowed head.
When she looked up her face bore
the stamp of infinite sadness, but the
old settled look of calmness and
sweetness had returned to it; the
look of resignation.
Marjorie’s eyes were swimming ir
tears as she listened to the woman’s
story, but she pressed her hand reas
suringly as she said, her voice trem
bling a little:
"You did r,ot tell me what happened
—on that—day.”
The answer came clear and firm, noi
the slightest intonation betraying th<
scar of bitterness that had seamei
her life.
"He was a married man—that’s all
My family was poor.” she went or
musingly, “and I made my own clothe;
—my wedding dress, too. I hav<
never made another since, and T—
I always said I never would. But, o
course, I will take yours. Mine wa;
not so fine or so rich as yours will be
but it was my wedding dress and
loved it just the same. We were t<
be so happy, Neil and I—” She brok(
off suddenly and passed her ham
through the waves of shining hai
that framed her face, and trying t<
choke down the gulp that kept risinj
to her throat.
Marjory was staring ct her wit!
wide, dry eyes.
“Neil?” she whispered hoarsely
1 “Neil— w«io?”
The woman glanced at her in quie
. surprise, wondering that another’s soi
f row should distress the girl so keenl)
- But she only answered with studies
indifference, In which there was ;
vague uneasiness:
s “Neil— Godfrey. That was hi
name. 1 shouldn’t have worried yoi
1 dear, with this trouble of mine, at
t time when only the bright and beaut
1 ful ought to touch your life. You mus
t- try to forget all about it.”
As she spoke her eyes lingered a:
*• fectionately on the girl’s pure fac<
c ' from which the red flush of joy ha
• f?ded leaving it quite draw?
s , orless.
She reached over and touched iho“
glistening folds of satin that had halfl
*'al'sr. from her lap and were trailing
1 jn the ?.oor.
• Nov' !</' us to discussing this .ireara
of a gown that I am going to oreatG
for a certain little ladv I kn—”
A smothered cry brorie from the girl’s
white lips, but she quickly covered
it with a forced smile, at the same
i time gathering up the rich, loo«e fab
I ric with cold, trembling hands.
} With a mighty effort at self-control,
the young girl silenced the quivering
pang at her breast, and turned to
ward the dressmaker calmly.
“After all,” she said, in a tired little
way, her voice low and dispassionate,
“I think I shall not ask you to make
it. I can understand— how painful—
it would be— for you.”
HORSE KNEW HIS DUTY.
Usual Summons to Divine Service
Found Him Ready.
My grandfather by marriage, Daniel
Lane, was a very devout churchgoer,
and for thirty-eight years of his life,
was a member of the First Unitarian
Congregational church of Norton,
Mass., and for twelve years one of its
honored deacons. He was a devout
worshiper, and I can well remember
that he and one other. Judge Leon
ard, used to stand up in their pews
with bowed heads during the prayer
service while all the other members
of the congregation remained seated
In those days there was a row of
sheds back of the church, built by
people who wished to protect their
horses and carriages from the driving
storms of winter, and the scorching
suns of summer. One of these sheds
belonged to my grandfather.
One Sunday morning the old gentle
man was sick, and, instead of going to
church, the family horse was turned
into the yard to graze awhile. The ani
mal no sooner heard the ringing of
the church bell than off he started at
his usual Sabbath day trot, took his
place in the familiar shed, where he
stood still until the service was over,
when he joined in the procession of
the other homeward-bound teams.—
Boston Hrald.
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TO STOP PREMATURE BURIAL.
London Bill for Waiting Morgues and
Death Verifiers Prepared.
The London Association for the
Pievention of Premature Burial has
prepared a bill for introduction into
the house of commons which will,
doubtless, share the fate of many simi
lar documents, says a London letter
to the Kansas City Journal. It em
powers local authorities to provide
“waiting mortuaries, warmed, lighted
and ventilated,” in which bodies are
to lie until the requirements of the
proposed act are complied with, and
they may be furnished with a post
mortem room with laboratory ap
paratus for resuscitation.
The bill also proposes that there
should be qualified medical practition
ers appointed by the secretary of state
as death verifiers, to give their whole
time to the work without taking pri
vate practice. The method of certifi
cation. the duties of death verfifiers,
and various other matters including
rewards for persons who resuscitate
apparently dead persons are contained
in sixteen sections.
Another Egg Trust.
Youngsters who go bird’s-nesting
will read with envy of the recent ad
dition to the collection at South Ken
sington Museum of the 10,000 eggs col
lected by the late W. Radcliffe Saun
ders. This addition to the collection
brings the total up to very nearly 100,
000 specimens and fills many gaps.
Even the 90.000 previously collected
did not represent a complete set, since
many of these were duplicates, and of
the rarer sorts the number is so lim
ited that every existing specimen is
known to collectors as exactly as are
the old masters to art dealers and ex
perts.
Mr. Saunders’ collection was one of
the largest ever made by a private
person, and large sums have been spent
for a single specimen of the rarer
sorts. He was as enthusiastic in his
way as was any small boy who gath
ers his nests at the expense of torn
clothing and barked knees, but he did
most of his collection through profes
sional nest hunters, many of whom be
longed to expeditions sent into Africa
and unsettled places to capture wild
beasts for the zoological gardens.
Love of Patriotism Instilled.
As an organization, the members of
the G. A. R. keep alive the Interest in
national anniversaries, such as Me
morial day, Flag day, etc. The pres
ence of the veterans in the schools
on such occasions keeps before the
rising generations a love of country and
instils in their minds patriotism and
a love of the flag for which they gave
so much. A living history is more
inspiring at all times than a printed
1 one.
The Woman’s Relief Corps, which
would not exist if there were no Grand
Army of the Republic, and which is
composed of loyal women, are proud
1 of the fact that they are enabled to
‘ bring relief to the sick, disabled and
’ wornout veterans, and have a share in
caring for the inmates of the soldiers'
homes.
How Eve Got Even.
* When Evp appeared to Adam’s ken,
* His woids were timorously sage;
i "Why buy your gowns from Paris when
The woods are full of foliage?
P Go to the tig. my deaiest wife,
. Select the goods and pick your dress;
Ah. Eden of the Simple Life.
J This is the Eve of Blissfulness!”
The years rolled by. A snake one day
Hissed: "China silk—real Irish lace!”
I And Mrs. Adam did straightway
In patterns hide her lovely face.
Then Adam's heart grew adam-ant
. As Eve’s new passion he could see.
“Buy clothes for her? I won’t—I can’t—
This is the Eve of Bankruptcy!”
„ So e’en to-da.v with girded loin
Poor Adapt treads the busy mills;
He patiently »uns down the coin
i While Eve. it home, runs up the bills.
1 Yet ’tis not *-11 a cheerless plight,
l This Job of keeping women fair—
And Adam finds a huge delight
In this, the Eve of h * Daipair!
5 —Wallace Irwin in Munsey’s.
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i The t—:flet Again.
*' A young school teacher was endeav
t oring to teach one cf his pupils whal
the word “mamma” meant, and to aid
’- her in that task, asked “What does
>, your papa sometimes call yout
:1 | mother?”
i. “Old seventy-six,” was the aome
1 what unexpected reply.
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American League Notes.
Fultz and Conroy show great speed
on the bases.
Freddie Parent looks about twice as
big as he did last year.
Vinson’s batting for Cleveland to
date, has been most disappointing.
Pitcher Josslyn prefers New Bed
ford to any city outside of Boston.
Catcher Eddie McFarland is playing
the greatest ball of his career right
now.
Willie Keeler aspires to be the pre
mier batter of the American League
this season.
Besides being a great fielder, Joe
Cassidy is becoming something of a
base runner.
J. Garland Sahl has already earned
a few forget-me-nots for himself at
Washington.
Ever since Criger rejoined the team,
the Boston Americans have shown a
big improvement.
No mistake was made when St.
Louis critics dubbed catcher Weaver
the “Human Hatpin.”
Tip your beavers to Alfred Jacob
sen. The Washington boy is certainly
going good this spring.
When Case Patten commences to
use head work with his raw ability
there is simply nothing to it.
Providence has returned pitcher
Whiiely to Clark Griffith with not
enough thanks to rave about.
Umpire Connolly says that Willie
Keeler strikes at fewer bad balls than
any man in the American League.
Although loaded with more respon
sibility, Jake Stahl, of Washington, is
playing a hangup game this season.
The Washington club has returned
outfielder Denny Sullivan to the Min
neapolis club, the latter giving up
$2,500.
i-ajoie says that ot all the pitchers
in the American League Jack Powell
and Harry Howell give him the most
trouble.
That man. “Punch” Knoll, of Wash
ington, is a hard hitter all right.
Doubles and triples are more frequent
with him than singles.
Koehler, the new St. Louis out
fielder, hailing from Atlanta, made
twelve hits in twenty-eight times at
bat, a percentage of .430.
National League News.
Leon Ames looks good. He is likely
to prove a winner this year.
The St. Louis club has released sub
stitute infielder Sim Murch.
Pitcher Goodwin has been returned
to Memphis by the Brooklyn club.
second baseman John Reitz; and has
signed pitcher E. E. Asher of Terre
Haute and also outfielder Quinn, late
of the Central League.
Cairo will have a strong club, but
not as fast a team ns last season. On
base ball dope Paducah and Hender
son seem to have the best chances.
The Paducah club has defeated Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and Toledo.
Jimmy Ryan, the ex-Chicago Na
tional Leaguer, who is managing the
Evansville club, says he is surprised
to see the article of ball played in
this league, and asked Secretary Zim
bro for an option on several of the
players when the season is over.
Lewis P. Morgan of Nashville, who
is on the pitching staff of the Hender
son club, held the Evansville team
down to three scattering hits. This
youngster has a bright future before
him. He has a wonderful turn of
speed, and will undoubtedly be seen
in the big league next season.
Three-I League Tips.
A youngster named Burdette is be
ing given a trial on Peoria's infield.
He comes from the Havana, 111., inde
pendents.
Outfielder Sewalt, from Omaha, has
reported to Davenport; pitcher Live
lilt has been signed, and pitcher Ed
Hughes has been reinstated.
“Petie” Burg, the diminutive third
baseman with Grand Rapids last year,
has been released by Davenport, leav
ing Mox Harrod on the third sack.
The Bloomington club has an
nounced the suspension of H. H.
Kruger of Cleveland, O., and N. Jones
of Canton, 111., both failing to report
this spring.
Pitcher Knaar has been released by
Decatur, and pitcher Groth, who was
given a trial by Chicago Nationals,
has reverted to Decatur. He refuses,
however, to sign at the terms offered.
The youngster Frederickson is mak
ing a good showing at Dubuque on
third and will give Starke lively com
petition for that position. Burg has
been released and pitcher Schwarzhcff
has been added to the training squad.
Southern League.
The Little Rock club has signed
first baseman Reading, late of Minne
apolis.
The Montgomery club has signed
pitcher Bussey and released pitcher
Brandt and catcher H. O'Brien.
The Birmingham team needs an
other good pitcher and to this end the
management is bending all its efforts
“Cy” Seymour is playing corking
good ball if anybody should ask you.
The veteran Foreman is still in thq
ring and is pitching for the Wilming
ton A. A.
Murch. the Cardinals’ utility Infleld
er, fs one of the largest inflelders in
the profession.
Ban Johnson’s brother says no dub
in the country has any license to beat
out Cincinnati.
Elliott, the New York pitcher Is a
strapping big fellow who would pair
off well with Overall, of Cincinnati.
President Pulliam says there will be
no legislation against the ‘‘spit ball.”
He thinks the evil will correct itself.
The veteran Cincinnati and Balti
more outfielder Joe Somers Is man
aging the Huntsville (Ala.) independ
ent team.
Lewis seems to have won the Brook
lyn shortstop position from Babb, who
will probably play first base perma
nently.
Frank Schulte, the Cub outfielder,
hits from the left side. “I think he
is the best hunter on my team," says
Frank Selee. .
K.-l.-T.- League News.
Two members of the Vincennes
club, Young and Mattlson, have de
serted, and it is probable that they
will be blacklisted.
From all accounts Paducah has the
strongest team in the league. Chief
Lloyd, manager of the Indians, is the
right man in the right place.
Princeton has purchased the release
of Outfielder Johnson from Evans
ville. Johnson is a good hitter and
will strengthen the team, consider
ably.
Dummy Hughes, who was consid
ered the best first baseman in the
league, has reported to Cairo, after
signing with Springfield, O. He was
under reserve to Cairo.
The Henderson club has released
Birmingham claims that pitcher Ed
Minahan, late of Cincinnati, belongs
to the Coal Barons and protests
against his playing with Toledo.
George Rohe has been made cap
tain of the New Orleans team. George
hails from Cincinnati and formerly
played with the Fleischman team
Pitcher Arthur C. Meyers, who has
been released by the Little Rock club,
has been signed by the Texarkana
club, of the North Texas league. In
fielder Rothermel goes to Lebanon. Pa
Iowa League Items.
Outfielder Caffryn of the Des Moines
club has been loaned to the Keokuk
club.
Comlskey’s division of the White
Sox played a stiff game at Burlington
and won out by a nose in the first
Inning—score 2 to 0. They played
before 1,000 the largest crowd for a
week day game for two weeks pre
vious.
Manager Owens of Burlington has
signed Reitz, late of Des Moines and
Milwaukee, for infield, possibly tc
take shortstop Newman’s place, whc
Is rather light. Reitz has, in forty
seven games, a fair batting average ol
.197 and inflelding .943.
Western League.
Des Moines has a find in Ganley.
their right fielder. He is fast in all
departments.
Herman Long has a fast bunch and
they will keep all the teams hustlinp
to heat them out.
Vasbinder held Des Moines down tc
three hits in the first game. He is as
good as anybody has got.
Tom Delehanty has joined the Colo
rado Springs team and will add much
strength to that team.
Ed McKean, the old Cleveland and
St. Louis shortstop, is putting ur
a great game for Colorado Springs
which team he is the manager.
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DEATH IN TRAILING SKIRT
Danger That Lurks in Present Day Obedience
to Fashion’s Whim
The following short story from the
Woman’s Journal is very timely in the
warning given against trailing skirts:
Only a little dust, almost impercep
tible dust, caught on the rug on the
floor of the handsome hail.
It was a Turkish rug, lying on the
perfectly waxed, hardwood floor, in a
hall where neatness seemed to reign
along with all the appointments o?
wealth.
But there was that almost imper
ceptible dust. How did it come there?
If you had ears that could hear its
voices it would tell you. It won'd
say that it had clutched a fold on the
beautiful lady’s gown and come in
from the street.
It was a beautiful gown as well as a
beautiful lady—a tailor-made gown,
and its fashionable bias flounce trailed
stylishly on the ground.
Everything was stylish about the
lady, from her fair face, with
rather deep circles below the eyes, to
her slender and handsome walking
shoes. She walked trailing her gown
properly, dust or no dust. Indeed, she
^ored the dust of the street: but will
the dttet ignore her?
Let us listen, i: she will not. for
this almost imperceptible dust moves
and acts with fearful force, and if we
listen possibly we may understand its
language.
Soon after coming in on the beauti
ful lady’s gown, other steps followed
and other gowns helped to move the
dust along farther into the nouse; but
it had a fancy for the beautiful lady.
Her frailness attracted it and it fol
lowed her to the bed chamber. Her
feet had never trod the loathsome
precincts whence it came, but it came
to her on her gown.
Soon there came to the chamber a
little child, a sweet, rosy cherub. In
its romping it stirred the dust about.
Then the dust began to be sepa
rated, being formed of many particles,
and these talked among themselves.
As they talked they danced back and
forth, wmltzing, swirling, capering,
with every motion of the child and its
mamma, the beautiful lady.
A scientist could have understood
them if he had canght some of them
under his microscope. He would have
called them “germs.” P/ith what
alarm he would have recognized the
diphtheritic, and with what dismay
would he have seen the tuberculous,
germ approaching the frail lady.
Back and forth, dancing, capering,
waltzing, the germs kept time white
baby, in its mother’s arms, said, as
thousands of other little ones w*re
saying—
‘ Now I lav mo down to sleep.
I pray the Lo:d my soul to keep;
If I should die before I wake.
I pray the Lord my soul to take.’*
This baby was saying it for tbe last
time.
When night came again, thousands
of little voices sent up the baby pray
ers, but this one was gasping out its
little life on mamma’s bosom—de
stroyed by a germ.
A yellow card at the front door
warned all comers against diphtheria.
The beautiful lady vainly sought
health for a year or more, then found
rest “beyond the sorrow and the part
ing.”
“Broken hearted,” it was said.
“Found death in the dust of the
street.” said the microscope. A vic
tim of the long skirt.
Fashion and Consumption.
In all American cities and most of
the larger towns promiscuous expec
toration is prohibited. There are or
dinances and rules against spitting in
public conveyances, on the floors of
assembly halls and on the sidewalks.
Of necessity, however, this cannot be
prevented in the gutters and on the
pavements.
By educating the tuberculosis pa
tient himself in regard to his duty to
his fellow citizen much more can be
done. A careful consumptive is a
good citizen; a careless consumptive
is an enemy to society and the state.
Even with the civil and self-imposed
precautions, the dust of the highway
and crossings is teeming with.various
disease germs. It is practically im
possible to eliminate these beds of
filth. In the cleanest streets such col
onies of germs are present.
The use of long, dragging skirts on
the average highway is the height of
folly. It is worse. It is absolutely
dangerous. The sweeping cloth picks
up dust and dampened particles car
rying tubercular germs. They are
thus transplanted into the very house
hold. In this simply yet sadly effec
tive way, the children, so carefully
guarded, are exposed to the dreaded
plague. The entire family, satisfied
with their fancied security, are
stunned when tuberculosis claims one :
of their loved ones.
It may not strike the family circles.
The household servants may be at
fected. Many of the deaths of domes
tics have their explanation. The mis
tress. after a shopping tour, leaves
her mud-bordered skirt for the maid
to clean. In the cloud of dust arising
from the brush the fatal bacillus
lurks. Tee girl, already weakened
from too 1 «g hours indoors, suc
cumbs. A few weeks later she is
forced to stop work and waste away
in hopeless dependence on her over
burdened family or as pobKe expense.
Another girl is easiy obtained and
the careless mistress never suspects
any connection between her fooish
fashion and tho doomed domestic's
sad fate.
Expectoration on the streets can
never be stopped. The streets cannot
be kept clean. But this can be done
every woman should wear sensible
skirts entirely clearing me ground.
This will entirely eliminate this great
avenue of tuberculosis invasion.
. A Vegetarian Dinner.
Soup
Vegetable.
F-ntree
Roast Imperial.
Vegetables
ScnWoped Potatoes. Chopped Oabbagw.
Macaroni with Tomato Sauce.
Stewed Vegetable Oyster*.
Breads
Graham Bread. Cream Crisps.
Dessert
Steamed Fig Pudding w ith Lemon Sauwth
The American Heart.
W<? have heard much about tb&
American stomach and the Americas
nerves, but we are just awakening tt>
a discovery that there is being rapidly
developed a form of heart disease
which, if not peculiar to America. m»"
at least be said to be more prevail
in this country than in any other
of the world. The heart-weal^” a re
sulting from the use of tobacco f
alcohol and from a sedentary lif© ».
the one hand, aud extremely violen-.
exertion on the other hand, is no long
er a rare condition, but has come to
be one of the most common affections
with which the physician has to deal.
A large proportion of the men reject
ed in the army examinations are re
fused on account of heart weakness
A large proportion of the public meg
who die suddenly die as a result < |
the failure of the heart. The san t
may he saw! also of many of the
cases in which the cause of death is
reported to be pneumonia, typhoid fe
ver and other affections in which spe
cial strain is brought to bear upon the
heart, and in which the failure of the
organ to meet the emergency is one ot
the most common causes of death. The
cigar, the cigarette and the pipe are
probably the most common cause of
this growing frequency of cardiac af
fections; but the neglect of physical
exercise, overeating, the use of condi
ments and excesses of all sorts are
also to a large degree responsible for
the rapid inciease of this grave mal
ady.
SOME WHOLESOME RECIPES.
Vegetable Soup.—Simmer together
slowly for three or four hours, in five
quarts of water, a quart of split peas,
a slice of carrot, a slice of white tur
nip, one cup of canned tomatoes and
two stalks of celery cut into small
bits. When clone, rub through a col
ander. add milk to make of proper con
sistency, reheat, season with salt and
cream, and serve.
Roast Imperial.—Mix together one
half cup of lentil pulp (prepared by
rubbing well-cooked lentils through a
colander), one-half cup of pease pulp,
cne-half cup of English walnuts, and
aeason to taste with sage and salt.
Line an oiled baking dish one-half
inch deep with the mixture. Pack in
lcoselv a dressing made from the fol
lowing ingredients: Four slices of
zwieback, steamed until softened, one
halt cup of hot cream, sage and salt
1 to taste, and one well beaten egg. Mix
1 together lightly with a fork. Cover
closely with peas, lentil and nut mix
ture. Spread over the top thick cream,
bake in a moderate oven until firm
enough to cut into slices. Serve with
cranberry sauce or fruit jelly.
Scalloped Potatoes.—Pare the pota
toes and slice thin; put them in lay
ers in an earthen pudding dish, dredg
ing each layer lightly with flour, add
salt, and pour over all enough good,
rich milk to cover well. Cover, and
bake rather slowly till tender, remov
ing the cover just long enough before
the potatoes are done, to brown nice
ly. If preferred, a little less milk may
be used, and a cup of thin cream add
ed when the potatoes are nearly done.
Macaroni With Tomato Sauce._
Break macaroni into inch lengths,
enough to make one cup, and drop
into boiling water. Let it boil until
perfectly tender. In the meantime,
prepare the sauce by rubbing a pint
of stewed or canned tomatoes through
a colander to remove all seeds and
fragments. Heat to boiling, thicken
with a little flour; a tablespoonful to
the pint will be about the requisite
proportion. Add a half cup of very
thin sweet cream and one teaspoonful
of salt. Dish the macaroni in indi
vidual dishes, and serve with a small
quantity of the sauce poured over
each dish.
Not Permanently Disqualified.
One of the southern senators re
counts a conversation that once took
place between a friend of his—a busi
ness man in Mobile—and a colored
man who had. made application for
work.
“Well," said the business man, after
the recital had been made of the dar
ky’s qualifications, “I should like to
give you the place, but I’m afraid I
can’t do so, for I understand you are
married. For special reason*, I desire
lor this place a single man.”
An expression of the deepest disap
pointment came to the dusky counte
nance of the applicant.’ Finally, after
a short silence, during which he mum
bled to himself by way of reflection,
he asked, hopefully and eagerly:
•’Well, boss, if dat’s de only trou
ble, 1 think I kin arrange a divorce all
right.”—Harper’s Weekly.
. Prayer Book Too Stately.
Dean Lefroy, speaking at Norwich,
England, said he yielded to no man in
his loyalty to the Book of Common
Prayer, but it was not always adapt
ed to the people. It was too stately, j
Hedgehog's Frown.
A hedgehog curls itself up by a
frown—that is, by muscles like those
which produce a frown—and it frowns
severely or gently according to cir
cumstances. If it is poked hard, it
"sighs” itself tighter. If really hurt
it frowns into a tight ball. The
prickles can be erected in a measures,
though as they point all ways this is
not needed. They are as sharp as
needles. We have only known one
dog, a large black and white setter
which would deliberately bite a hedge
hog till It killed it. But this dog was
quite mad and shared some of the
anaesthesia common to certa'n luna
tics.—London Spectator.
Chinese Coins.
One of the great barriers to trade in
China is the monetary system, which
is crude, confusing and in every way
unsatisfactory, except to the Chinese ^
themsehes. The most commonly cir
culated coin is the coppei cash, equal
to about cn e-tenth of a cent. For i
large sums the tael is the unit; this
however, is not a coin, but a weight of
silver. **
