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f MULTIMILLIONAIRE OF WHOM LITTLE IS KNOWN. , Could Become One of World’s Richest Men by Forming Lumber Trust Which He Opposes—Proud of ' His Fivs Sons. Minneapolis, Minn.—“I have no re spect for men whose sole object is gain and control over other men for their own personal aggrandizement. Such a purpose in life is false, and contempt is i^s just due. I shall, if possible, make such an arrangement as will forever prevent the lands which I now own from passing into’the con trol of those who might abuse them or the people who require their prod ucts.” This is the remarkable utteranoe of a man whose wealth is estimated at at least $40,000,000, and who, though inconspicuous, ranks among the na tion’s richest captains of industry. By tie single stroke o^his pen, Thomas •arlow Walker, who owns more tim ber land( than any other man in the country', might stack his millions in -equal numbers with those of John D. Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie. Like all men of vast wealth esti mates of Mr. Walker’s wealth vary. Some place it as high as $100,000,000, but $40,000,000 is a very conservative ■estimate. In an interview at his home, in this city, the timber king diseussed the great economic question of the day and explained his own position. De spite his enormous wealth he is little known otftside of his immediate i business and home circles. ' In lumber circles the unsolved ques tion has been why a lumber trust was not formed along the linear of other big industrial corporations. In an in -terview Mr. Walker gave the answer, jfor the first time publicly. He said: “As long as I live there will never ,be a timber trust if I can prevent it. “I have been approached repeated ly to head a combination that would control practically all the lumber sup ply of the United States and Canada. 1 have as often positively refused to even consider the proposition.” Mr. Walker is the largest individual owner of timber J)eyond question. . When asked about his five sons and their association with his enterprises, a great pride shone in his eyes. “Yes, the boys run the business now. As they returned home from school they entered into my business with me, and to-day they understand it so thoroughly that I really believe I am no longer necessary to its con tinued success.” Each son manages departments that in themselves singly constitute vast business enterprises such as many millioned men would view with envy. Fletcher L. has entire management of the great Minnesota timber tracts and lumber mills. Clinton has absolute charge of the California timber tract. Very little de velopment work has been done there yet, and a herculean taBk confronts him. ^ Gilbert M. spent many years on Minnesota timber tracts and finally assisted his father in an advantageous sale to a competing concern. Willis J. conducts his father’s per sonal affairs and manages fbe finances. Archie Dean manages the Walker real estate interests. Millions of dollars are invested in Minnsapolis realty alone. Archie had no fixed name until at six he was allowed to choose it for himself. “Here is my favorite corner,” he said, as we passed through his library. THOMAS B. WALKER. (Timber King Who Is Strongly Op* posea to a Lumber Trust.) indicating a case in which the volumes were more worn than the rest. “What is the general theme?” “Sociology. I love the study of po litical, religious and industrial prob lems the world over. I can never tell which affords me the greatest pleasure and interest—these old volumes or my pictures.” Mr. Walker opened his great gallery to the public several years ago. There are no closed days and no admission was ever charged. Even‘catalogues are furnished visitors free. Hts home, built years ago, is sim ple and comparatively small. Its as sociations are dearer to him than a gilded palace. Many comfortable benches are placed in the edge of the iawn, and here the people are wel come to come and sit beneath the shade. While his charitable and phil anthropic work is done quietly it is ex tensive, and he is the main supporter 1 of certain institutions in his city. STATUE TO ENSIGN BAGLEY. Memorial to Young Naval Lieutenant Erected by North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C.—North Caroliha now has raised two monuments to her sol Ensign Bagley Monument. dier dead in the brief war with Spain. The first was to Lieut. William E. Shipp, Of the Ninth cavalry, who was shot and instantly killed by a Mauser bullet at the storming of San Juan hill, in Cuba. A few days ago the state erected another memorial to an officer who happened by Fate's decree to be the only one of the naval branch of the service to meet death in that war. This was Ensign Worth Bagley, to whom death came in the Bay of Cardenas, Cuba. The monument to Shipp is at Charlotte. That to Bagley adorns the Capitol square at Raleigh, his native city. Ensign Bagley was born in Raleigh, April 7, 1874, his father, who had been a major in the confederate service, be ing at that time grand master of the North Carolina Odd Fellows. His mother was a granddaughter of Gov. Jonathan Worth. Os both aides the families are thoroughly representa tive, and have so been from the colonial days. On June 30, 1889, he was appointed to the United States Naval academy after a competitive examination. He was made tin ensign July 1, 1897. He served on the cruiser Montgomery, on the battle ship Texas and then on the Maine. When Lieut. Bernadu took com mand of the torpedo boat Wisslow he chose Bagley as his lieutenant, the latter having been repommonded by many officers for fitness. He began his duties on the Winslow December 28, 1897. O’BRIEN TO BE TRANSFERRED. Minister to Denmark Will Succeed Ambassador Wright, Washington.—The state department has formally announced that Thomas J. O’Brien of Grand Rapids, Mich., United States minister to Copenhagen, will become ambassador to Japan in September, on the retirement of Luke E. Wright of Tennessee, who has given notice to the department that he wishes to leave the service at that time. Mr. O’Brien is 65 years old and a native of Jackson, Mich. At one time he had the reputation of being the ablest lawyer in Michigan, outside of Detroit. For years he was chief coun sel of the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad, and a director in the road as well. He was never a candidate for office except in 1883, when he was nominated for supreme court justice and went down to defeat with the whole Republican ticket in the land slide of that year. He led his ticket, however, with a handsome vote. He was a delegate to the national con vention of 1896 that nominated Mc Kinley and was a member of the com mittee that officially notified McKin ley of his nomination. Columbus Memorial Chapel, Havana. WEARIED SOLOMON SLEPT PEACEFULLY QN? WHILE COUNSEL QUARRELED. Both Defendant and Plaintiff Were Afraid to Waken Him Be cause of Possible Effect. There is a law office on Wall street which is most luxuriously fitted up, even to velvet divans, sofa cushions and other things calculated to produce a rich and restful effect. I’he occu pant of this office is an elderly man, and because of his long practice and high standing as a lawyer he is fre quently appointed referee in those cases which, because of the over crowded court calendar, are tried out of court. He had one case before him one afternoon which was very dry,' unin teresting and technical, and in which the opposing lawyers made long and windy arguments. At the beginning of the argument the referee, knowing that it was apt to be a lengthy one, stretched himself out in a semi-reclin ing position on the velvet couch and nodded his head occasionally when ar guments seemed to be especially ad dressed to him. When the attorney for the plaintiff had finished, the attorney for the de fendant arose and began to speak. His argument was of such a bitter and’ caustic character that his opponent was qurckly on his feet answering back. Finally they got themselves Into such a tangle that nothing but a decision of the referee could straight en them out. “Your honor.” began the attorney for the plaintiff, “I ask for an adjourn ment, on the ground that—” "Gr-r-r-r-r-h,” gurgled through the referee’s mouth and nose, while the astonished attorney sat down and dis creetly coughed. The attorney for the defendant smiled. “His honor is resting himself; he is an old man,” he said. “Er-hem!” coughed the plaintiff’s attorney again, but the unmistakable "Gr-r-r-r-r-h,” Gurgled Through the Referee’* Mouth and Nose. sounds of snoring gurgled, rumbled and exploded from the velvet couch, while the eyelids of the referee rested peacefully on his tired eyes., “You wake him up,” suggested the plaintiff’s attorney to the defendant’s attorney. “Not much. I don’t know how he is when he wakes up. If he is cross and realizes that it was I who awakened him he may decide against me. You wake him up.” But the attorney for the plaintiff also declined the task, as the same ftamage obviously would threaten him. 'There was nothing for them to do but wait for the referee to wake up. And they waited. An hour passed. Everybody grew more and more rest less, remembered other engagements and stole out to the telephone to break them. The referee's partner had gone for the day. No one else dared waken him, the stenographer informed the attorneys. A peace and quiet like that of a country churchyard settled down upon that section of Wall street on that particular day. No one was moving a safe, no newsboy wandered up and down the street shouting “Wuxtra!” All the working men on the building being erected next door seemed to have quit. No sound, in fact, disturbed the general and un wonted calm until the attorney for the plaintiff, looking at his watch and then glancing at the clock to verify his watch, exclaimed: “Good heavens! Five o’clock.” There was a cessation of the gur gling sounds from the couch and the referee sat up. His face was flushed and he looked about the room in some confusion. Then his gaze encountered the clock. Instantly he frowned. “Come, come, gentlemen,” he said. “I told you we couldn’t go on after 4:30 to-day. It is now five. This case is adjourned until a week from to-day, same time and place.” Memory Bells. Memory bells are toys given by the Japanese youths to their sweethearts. They are constructed of slips of giara so delicately poised that the least vi bration sets them jingling. Tbd deli cate tinkling serves to remind the owner of the giver; hence the pretty, fanciful name. Hidden Treasure of Cromwell’s Time. The ruins of Bradley Old H^U, near Ashbourne, are to be thoroughly ex plored with a view to finding hidden treasure. The Btory goes that a quantity of treasure was concealed in the cellars when the hall was destroyed in the time of Cromwell, and that the fact was made known to Prince Charles Edward when he was in Derbyshire in 1745 by a Scottish minister who was then in charge of Bradley church. A detachment of Highlanders came from Derby to secure the booty, but the Bradley folks have ala-ays main tained that all the valuables were not removed. The hhll was fSmerly the residence of the Meynells.—London Standard. Insult to Injury. Dentist—You know that more than three months ago I supplied Baron von HallBtein with a full set of teeth? Well, I went the other day to collect the money which he owed me for them, and not only did he refuse to pay me, but he had the effrqptery to gnash at me—with nsjj' teeth.— Fliegende Blatter. W- ' .-IL . ■ \ It >«MK VI' BIDDENDON OAKES. They Aire Given to the Poop on Easter Morning. Long years ago, nearly a thousand, If the chroniclers speak the truth, there lived In Biddendon, England, twin sinters with charitable hearts, who left in their wills a sum of money to be used for buying bread to give to the poor on Easter morning. For sev eral hundred years plain loaves were distributed. At laBt, the exact date cannot be given, some one devised the Biddendon cake, which was made after tl)e design of the illustration given. In this the sisters were joined somewhat after the fashion of the Siamese twins. By this time they had earned rays about the head, and would have been canonised had they been Romanists. The date 1100 and their age, 34 years, were stamped on the cakes, which were distributed from the church steeple by the rector. Of late years this strange proceeding drew so m%ny curiosity seekers that the present rec tor gave up the practice. A Grewsome Package. An extraordinary stony comas from Tomsk, Siberia. A peasant from the country appeared in the police station carrying a bundle which he carefully deposited on the table before the chief. "I am a poor man,” he said, ‘‘and when I come to Tomsk I beg for my food. To-night I went to vespers and when I left the church I began to beg Two men whom I did not know ap proached, and asked if I would not have some meat as alms. I was most grateful and accepted this bundle. In the dark I thought it was a sheep's head. When I got home to the place where I lodge I gave it to my land lady to cook for us. It makes splendid soup, sheep’s head does. When she undid the bundle she started hack with a Shriek. And now I’ll show you ■ what she saw.” The beggar went forward to the ta ble, undid the handkerchief round the bundle and a man’s head, cut off close to the shoulders, appeared. It was the head of a policeman who had been missing some‘time and who was sup posed to have been murdered by the native Kirghiz. MALAY EAR ORNAMENTS. The ear ornaments which Malay women wear are made of massive sil ver, and are 12* centimeters long. They weigh at least one and one-half pounds, and sometimes two pounds. Once put on they are never taken off during the wearer’s lifetime. The Tallest Tree. The highest tree in the world, so far as has been ascertained, is an Aus tralian gum tree of the species Euca lyptus regnans, which stands in the Cape Otway range. It is no less than 415 feet high. Gum-trees grow very fast. There is one in Florida which shot lip 40 feet in four years, and an other in Guatemala which grew 120 feet in 12 years. This corresponds to a rise of ten feet in a year, or nearly one foot per month. Curious Bible Class. Probably the most curious Bible class in the west of England is that of deaf-mutes which meets near Chal ford, Gloucestershire. All the mem bers are deprived of their senses of hearing and speech and have to com municate and "talk” to each other by means of the deaf-mute alphabet. J. Q. Adams’ Cradle. The cradle bed ef John Quincy Adams has historic interest for all Americans. It is preserved In the museum in Boston and is of the type common at the time Adams was born. It has a wooden box, with rockers and hood-of the same material, guilt less of decoration of any sort. Speaking of cradles, one is reminded that it is said that Francis D’Assisi invented the cradle for the purpose of making plain to the people of his time who could not read the picture of the Na tivity. The -mangerlike cradle used then containing the Christ child gave the ignorant folk an excellent idea of the conditions in Bethlehem on that wonderful Christmas night. The Demon of Unrest. We are haring the gospel of rest preached to us on every hand, we are told that we are galloping to destruc tion at our present rate, and yet we constantly accelerate the pace. It is usfcleas to warn, useless to preach, uselees to struggle against the tend ency of the agd. We are possessed for the time being by the demon of It has us in it* power.—Lady "THEY GOT THEIR DUE TWO GOOD 8T0RIES OF JUST RETRIBUTION. Chauffeur of Senator Lost Hie Job and the Merchant Found the De epieed Clerk Got Back at Him. A distinguished senator recently had an experience with the chauffeur which resulted in the man finding an other place and caused the senator to take a reef in his regulations regard ing the control of his automobile. The senator left town with his family, and during his absence his secretary alone was to have use of the auto. He was not away long before the secretary wanted to use the machine, but he was told that for sundry rea sons it could not be taken out. The auto developed various acute troubles, which arose without a moment’s no tice. and when one difficulty was over come another appeared. He seldom was able to marke any use of the ma chine, which was one of the big fel lows that no one except an experi enced chauffeur ever runs. The weeks passed by, and as, according to re port, the machine was out of order, he practically gave up all attempts to go out in it. Then a revelation came to him. He WQ0 in the habit of taking hi% lunch eon at once df the leading hotels, in front of which there is always a long liife of autos for hire. He had never poticed them particularly, but there one day he saw the familiar face of the chauffeur as he steered the ma chine to the curb with a party of five tourists whom he afterward learned had hired the auto at five, dollars an hour. Mhking an investigation, he discovered that it had been the man’s practice to go to the hotel daily and bold the machine for hire by the hour. In that way it was an easy matter for the chauffeur to make from $10 to $25 a day. His thriving business was brought to a close, and now the sen ator’s auto is driven by another man. He was a government clerk about six or seven years ago, and in those days of salary chasing and watching the clock he once betook himself into the establishment of a man who caters in hi# line to the “best people” of Washington. According to the story he told to a number of his friends the other evening, the owner of the es tablishment came in about the time he was examining some goods, and with a toss of his head let him know that he was not a “big enough man” . to deal at his store. The clerk left the place rather warm, and the pro prietor behind the counter felt some what elated to think that he had in formed a government clerk that the time he was taking up was much more valuable than any purchase he might be able to make. Fortune smiled upon the employe of the government, and about two years ago he found himself with a large income and an ideal abode. He had become affiliated with two of the well-known clubs of the city. One afternoon he happened to be at one of the clubs and saw the name of the merchant proposed for membership. In his own words, “I said something choice.” Then he gathered himself together and “be gan lining ’em up.” The former clerk gained “converts” so fast that the man who proposed the merchant hastened away and told that gentle man in a few words that if his name went in for confirmation it would surely be blackballed. When he asked who was making the fight he was in formed that it was the former clerk. “In other words,” said the relator, “I just gave him all that was coming to him, and a little bit more for good measure.” What Bryce Would Reform. Mr. James Bryce, the new ambas sador to tlie United States from Great Britain, is not a reformer, but he says that should he at any time be in clined to embark upon a reform move ment it would be in the direction of a revision of names for American and Canadian cities. He especially ab hors duplications for the reason that they lead to confusion in the mails and telegraph. As an illustration he said that while in Canada recently he had occasion to write a number of dis patches to his governn^nt, and ad dressed them “London.” The dis patches went to London, Ontario, Can ada. Now he is convinced that there should be but one London in the world. Likewise he believes there should be but one Washington, and he was surprised to learn that there are a dozen states in this country that have Washingtons. A lover of In dian names, the ambassador is of the opinion that there is no occasion for duplication in the United States and Canada, for the Indians have provided an unlimited supply of rippling mu sical names that may be given to cit ies, rivers and other geographical points. The wisest thing the people of Tpronto, Canada, ever did, said Mr. Bryce, was to adopt the present name of the city of York, by which the set tlement was first called. Many Washington Smiths. There are 13 pages of "Smiths” In the city directory, and Mr. William R. Smith, the genial superintendent of the government botanhf gardens, in looking over that volume ^cov ered that there are just eight men who wear the cognomen of “William R. Smith.” This sometimes results in a mixup of the mails and other things, but Mr. Smith of botanical fame main tains that the name “Smith” is an eminently respectable one. He says it frequently happens that men when placed under arrest by the police and taken to the station house give the fictitious name of Smith instead of giving their real “handle.” “They'd© this," added Superintend ent Smith of the botanic gardens, “to gain a respectability they did not possess before, for mind you the name of Smith is an honorable one.” Poor Fellow! Tea time at the club. “My hus band,” said a little thing with golden postiches—postiches are those new sausage-shaped curls—“my husband is a self-made man." “Mine—” And the speaker’s grim lips relaxed in a smile, “—mine was made to order.” Above tne tinkle of the tea things sounded the heartiest applause* BURNING ASHES. Official of Geological Survey Makes Some Pertinent Comments. “There has been a lot of nonsense written about this scheme of a Penn sylvania cobbler to bum ashes for fuel," said one of the fuel experts of the geological survey the other day to a Washington reporter. “The scheme - is not even a new one.' It has been ex ploited at different times and always has come down to the same ultimate conclusion—impracticable. Of course, anything will burn if you give it oxy gen enough. You can bum even cast iron under those conditions. But the difference between laboratory experi ments and practical application is con siderable. It is true that there is usually some coal left in so-called ashes. There is possibly five per cdnt. of the coal that is never burned. Most of this could be recovered by careful screening, but in big manufacturing plants and places of that sort, the la bor and trouble of thi3 sort of ash sifting costs more than it comes to. The actual ashes are slate, and you know that will not burn. All of the schemes for burning ashes that have ever been put forward depended on mixing some sort of chemicals with the ashes and burning the resulting, gas. I do npt know exactly what the cobbler’s formula was, but you can depend on it that when you figure up the cost of the chemicals and the la bor Involved in using them it will come to a good deal more than the price of coal. Take, for instance, a combina tion of chemicals that will give off acetylene gas—and I understand this was what the cobbler produced—you could mix them with the ashes and still make it bum. But your chemi cals would cost you more than the coal, and you might just as well burn the acetylene direct, which you prob ably could get cheaper from calcium carbide than you could from any other source. But every one knows that cal cium carbide costs more than coal.” STATUE GIVEN A SHAVE. Experience of Monument to Author of Famous Song Is Unique. Near the entrance of beautiful Oak Hill cemetery, Georgetown, where re poses the dust of James G. Blaine, Ed ward M. Stanton and other great Americans, stands a fine statute of John Howard Payne, author of “Home, Sweet Home.” The bringing home of the remains of this famous American, who died at his post in Africa gen erations ago, when he was serving there as United States consul, was the occasion of a great national function more than 20 years ago. The late William Corcoran, the Washington banker and philanthrop ist, defrayed all of the expenses and also paid for the monument and statue of Payne which marked his resting place in Oak Hill, gays Washington Herald. The sculptor who executed the life-size statue had palmed off on him as a picture of John Howard Payne the photograph of a man whose face was completely covered with a luxuriant growth of whiskers. Accordingly he faithfully reproduced the whiskers in marble. Soon after the statue was set up in Oak Hill it was discovered that John Howard Payne had never worn a beard. The sculptor, enraged and undaunt ed, proceeded forthwith to chisel the whiskers off of the marble image of the immortal author of “Home, Sweet Home,” so that to-day the visitor to Georgetown’s historic old cemetery beholds the classic face in marble of John Howard Payne sans whiskers, except for a mustache. Junkers Part of the Year. This is the time of the ye^ar when numbers of down-river residents who during the winter dredge for oysters, turn “junkers," and if anything make more money in that business than they do in the oyster, and they cer tainly do not have to work half as hard to earn it. In small flatties or canoes the junkers cruise along the creeks tributary to the Potomac and exchange with the good housewives good money for rags, bones and old iron, and hardly a day passes but that two or three of these junk laden vessels arrive at Alexandria and dispose of their cargoes. Recent ly the flattie Hattie arrived at Alex andria with an assorted cargo of odd objects gathered from farms along the whole length of the Potomac. The most prominent thing on deck was the skeleton of a cow, complete except for the head, and bones of other ani mals could be found. In the iron were parts of farming implements, old bicycles, sewing machines, wagon tires, stove parts, in fact almost any thing made of iron was on the boat, and will soon find its way into a foundry furnace, to be made into new and useful things. One on the Grocer. “The late Thomas Beecham,” said an advertising agent, “spent over half a million a year on ads. He wrote, up to the age of 75, his best ads. himself. He was a witty old gentleman. They tell a story about him and a grocer. “The grocer was guilty of some rath er sharp practice on Mr. Beecham one day, and the latter stamped out of the shop roaring: “ ‘You’re a swindler, and I’ll never enter your doors again.’ “Next day, though, he came back and bought five pounds of sugar. “ ‘Dear me,’ said the grocer, smil ing in a forgiving way, '} thought you .were never going to enter my doors again.’ “ ‘Well, I didn’t mean to,’ skid Mr. Becham, ‘but yours is the only shop in the place where I can get what I want. You see, I am going to pot some bulbs, and I need sand.’ ” Why This Druggist Sells for Cash. "I remember,” said* the negro drug gist, interviewed in Atlanta, “the* last time we got into trouble. We needed |400 to pay our bills. I picked out some of our best customers and gaye them a heart to heart talk and told them what trouble we were in. Thej all promised to pay; but on the day we set for payment, out of $l,68t which they owed us we collected bul $8.25. After that experience we came dswn to a cash basis. We trust nc one and since then we have been do ing well”—Ray Stan card Baker, ir American Magazine. WINE OF DANDELION one: op the best of all known/ TONICS. With «r_ Without Alcohol It It ai Pleasant and Healthful Drink Some Different Ways of Pre paring It for Use. The bright golden dandelion blos-i soms, not the roots, make an excel-! lent tonic wine or cordial. Choose them from a clean piece of grass,, rinse quickly to expel any insects*; then cover with boiling water. Leti this stand in a warm place, but not; to cook fast, for about five minutes, to j insure a strong infusion. Now press [ hard to extract all the juices. When strained and measured you must' sweeten to taste—it will take quite a) good deal of sugar—and add brandy. 1 Allow one pint of brandy to every' four gallons of the dandelion sirup.; Put it in glass jars or bottles until' fermentation ceases, then rebottle and1 seal. Wines are usually kept filled upj as they “work,” so that the ferment-; ing material on the top can fall out-: side. When it has ceased working; bottle it freshly and seal it. A dandelion wine that has no spirit/ added and is not fermented makes a) very pleasant and healthful drink.) This recipe was obtained' from a wom-i an who makes it for customers in thei suburbs. It is an old English recipe.; She also makes fine English plum pud-' ding, and these little sales add to her; small income obtained from keeping! a tollhouse. Hake two heaping quarts of dande lion flowers, add four quarts of boiling water. Let stand for 24 fiours. Strain and add three pounds of sugar and two; lemons sliced thin. Boil all for 15! minutes and bottle. If not desired; very sirupy, then scant the sugar al-' lowaace. An orange could replace the! lemon if desired. Tbls is the easiest of the several! * recipes given. A dandelion wine that has yeast add ed to it to start fermentation, also ob tained in Pennsylvania, is made from1 three quarts of dandelion blossoms, three pounds of white sugar and one gallon of water and two oranges and' two lemons. Place the blossoms in an earthen jar or deep bowl. Pour the water over boiling hot. Let them stand un covered. Itfext morning strain and1 add the sugar and boil this sirup for half an hour. Pare the lemons and oranges very thin, rejecting all the in ner white portion. Bruise the par ings thoroughly and add to the above ingredients. "When cooled until about lukewarm, add one-fourth of a yeast cake. Let all stand a week or ten days to fer ment. Strain and then bottle. Do not cork it tight until it has done work ing. The color is light amber. Easily Made Skirts. Half the time may be saved and a! much smoother fit be secured by first, plaiting each gore according to direc-, tions before sewing seams together.! All plqits may be machine stitched! excepting hip gore, where all the fit ting should be done by simply lapping! plait on that seam. Paste gores onlyi as far as hip length until fitting is! done. Then sew seams on under side) from hip down to do not press open,, but press in the plait that comes oni that seam. There will be no puckersi at seams and a full plait skirt may! be made in half the time it takes! when first sewing the gores together, and then plaiting in the old way. Spots on Books. Ink spots or writing may be re-i moved from a book by applying spir-j its of salts diluted with five or six! times their bulk of water, which may) be washed off in two or three min-' utes with clear water. A solution of. oxalic, citric, or tartaric acid will an swer the same purpose, as none of| them will affect the printing. Grease, spots may be removed by laying pow dered pipe clay on both sides of the paper and applying an iron as hot as may be without scotching the pa per. This will also take grease spots from colored leather bindings. .--—■ i Protect Rugs. If one has not a room set apart for sewing and must use either dining or some other room which has a rug. take a sheet and spread on the floor under the machine and around the corner where sewing (a few tacks will! hold in place nicely) to catch all the threads and pieces which cannot help falling. This easily can be lifted up! in the evening, and your rug is as, fresh and clean as when the sewingj was commenced. __ 1 Boil Gravy. In warm weather any gravies or; soujjs that are left from the preceding, day should be boiled up and poured into clean pans. This is particularly! necessary where vegetables have been, added to the preparation, as it sooni turns sour. In cooler weather every, other day will be often enough to! warm up these things. -—— New Metric Chart. A new metric chart representing geographically measures of the Inter national metric system of weights and measures has been prepared by the bureau of standards of the department) of commerce and labor, and will be. furnished free to any school teaching! the system. Elevator* of Pioneer Days. “Bragley claims to have built the, first passenger elevators ever used in., this country.” “Nonsense. The Mississippi steam boats were running and blowing upl regularly long before he was born.”--* Philadelphia Press. » Prom Bottom to Top. A. A. Robinson, president of the Mexican Central railroad, began his career as an axman in an engineering corps of the St. Joseph & Denver City, railroad. What Kills. Hunger and thirst scarcely kill any, but gluttony and drink kill a great! many. ! r