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"For business reasons which you ah wouldn't undehstand we can't let the Utah finish this railroad of theirs into Carbonate this winteh." "So much I have inferred. But Mr. Winton seems to be very determined." "Mmph! I wish Mr. Callowell bad favehed us with someone else any one else. That young fellow is a bawn lighten, my deah.'l "You mean that another man might make it easier for you?" "I mean that anotheh man would probably dally along with ouh help till the snows come." Virginia had a bright idea, and she advanced it without examining too closely into its ethical part. "Mr. Winton is working for wages, isn't he?" she asked. "Of cou'se; big money, at that. His sawt come high." "Well, why can't you hire him away from the other people. Mr. Callowell might not be so fortunate next time. And it wouldn't be dishonorable in Mr. Winton to resign and take a bet ter place, would it?" The Rajah sat back in his chair and regarded her thoughtfully. Then a slow smile twitched the huge mus taches and worked its way up to the fierce eyeE. "What is it?" she asked. "Nothing, my deah nothing at all. I was just wondering how a woman's ah sense of propo'tions was put to getheh. But your plan h:is merit. Do I understand that you will faveh me with your help?" - "Why, ye-yes, certainly, if I can." she assenteu, not without dubiety. That is, I'll be nice to Mr. Winton, if that is what you mean." The saying of it cost her a blush and Mr. Darrah remarked it. But he did not give her time to retract. "That is precisely what I mean, ray deah. We'll begin by having him heah to dinneh this evening, him and the otheh . -:ung man what's his name? Adams." "But. uncle," she began, in hesitant protest, "what ever will he think!" "Xeveh mind what he thinks. You faveh me, my deah Virginia, by send ing him a right pretty invitation. You know how to do those things, and I , why, bless my soul I've quite for gotten." Virginia found pen. ink and paper, something doubting doubting a great deal, if tha truth were told but not knowing how to go about refusing a confederacy which she herself had proposed. And the upshot of the matter was a dainty note which found its way by the hands of the private car porter to Wiuton, laboring manfully at his task of repairing the landslide dam ages: this in the middle of the after noon, after the sheriffs train had gone buck to Carbonate and all opposition seemed to have been withdrawn. "Mr. Somerville Darrah's compliments to Mr. John Winton and Mr. Morton P. J d:ms and he will be pleased If they will dine with the party in the car Rosemary at t-even o'clock. "Informal. Wednesday December the Ninth." CHAPTER VIII. Adams said "By Jove!" in his most cynical drawl when Winton gave him the dinner-bidding to read; then he laughed. Winton recovered the dainty note, folding it carefully and putting it in his pocket, -he hana'xriting was the same as that of the telegram abstract ed from Operator Carter's sending book. "I don't see anything to laugh at," ne objected, in the tone of one who does not mean to see. "No? You must be in fathoms deep not to be able to multiply such a very evident twice two. First the Rajah sends, the sheriffs posse packing with out striking a blow, and now he in vites us to dinner. What's the infer ence?" "Oh, I don't know as there has to be an inference. Let us say he has seen the error of his way and means to come down gracefully.' "Don't yon believe it! Beware of the Greeks bringing gifts. You are going to be nit right where you liva this time." Winton growled hi? disapproval of any such uncharitable hypothesis. "You make me exceedingly tired at odd moments, Morty. Why can't you give Mr. Darrah tae credit of being what he really is at bottom a right hearted Virginia gentleman of the old school?" . "Ye gods and little minnows! x worse and hore of it! You don't saeaa that you are going to accept!" said Adams, aghast "Certainly; and so -are you. We -aall have quite enough of Mr. Man- . "talini's 'cVnnnltion grind' up here in 'this God-forsaken wilderness without scamping our one little chance to for- ' set it for a few social minutes." - ' There was so more to be said, and the technologian held his peace while Wiatoa scribbled a line of acceptance m a 'leaf of his aote-book and sent it across to the Rosemary by the hand of the uter hoy. But in the evening, as they were setting out from the con structioa camp to walk up the track to Argentine, he made a final effort to call a halt ' l Bh uVE " j "Jack, this Is worse than Idiotic he protested. "There is that consign ment of steel you were wiring about to-day; one of us ought to go down to the Junction to see if it is ready to be shoved to the front." "Bother the steel." was the impa tient rejojinder. "Drayton wired It wouid be there, didn't he? Come on, we shall be late." "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mau," quoted Adams under his breath; but he mac no more diffi culties. Their reception at the steps of the Rosemary was a generous proof of the aptness of that aphorism which sums up the status post bellum in the terse phrase: "After war, peace." Mr. Dar rah met them; was evidently waiting for them; and was as heartily hos pitable as a master of men can be when he puts his entire mind to "it "Come in, gentlemen; come in and be at home" this with a hand for each. "Virginia allowed you wouldn't faveh us, but I assured her she didn't rightly know men of the world; told her that a picayune business affair in whicn we are all acting as corpora tion proxies needn't spell out anything like a blood feud between gentlemen. Straight ahead, Misteh Winton; afteh you, Misteh Adams." Such was the auspicious beginning of an evening which Winton thought worthy to be marked in his calendar with a white stone. The dinner was a gastronomical marvel, considering its remoteness from the nearest base of supplies; the "MAY I HOPE YOU WILL. FAVOR US OFTEN?" Rajah laid aside his mask of fierce ness and beamed hospitality; Mrs. Carteret vras innocuously gracious; Bessie of the flaxen hair and the Rev erend William Calvert came in har moniously on the cheerful refrain; and Virginia but it was Virginia wto filled all hor.zons for Winton. Knowing no more than any serious minded man the latest social niceties of a dinner party, and caring still less for them, he monopolized her shame lessly frcm the moment of greeting. In the interval of plate laying he ma neuvered skillfully to obtain posses sion of the tete-atete chair, and with that convenient piece of furniture for an aid he managed to keep Virginia wholly to himself un . dinner was announced. For another man the informal table gathering might have been easily pro hibitive of confidence a deux, even with a Virginia Careteret to help, but Winton was far above the trammel ings of time and place. All attempts on the part ci his host, Mrs. Martha, Adams, or the Reverend Billy to en tangle him in the general table talk failed signally. He had eyes and ears only for the sweet-faced, low-voiced young woman beside him, and some of his replies to the others were ir relevant enough to send a smile around the board. "How very absent-minded Mr. Win ton seems to be this evening," mur mured Bessie from her niche between Adams and the Reverend Billy at the farther end of the taDle. "He isn't quite at his best, is he, Mr. Adams?" "No, indeed," said the technologian, matenmg her undertone, "very far from it. He has been a wit off all day; touch of mountain fever. I'm afraid." "But he doesn't look at all 111." ob jected Miss Bessie. "I chould say he is a perfect picture of rude health." "You can't tell anytaing about him by his looks," rejoined Adams,s-glibly. "Absolute mask that face of his. But between us, don't you know, I think h: must be going to have a fever. Struck him all at once about three o'clock this afternoon, and I DICTIONARY The other day we gave some lllas tratioas of the difficulties travelers en countered In interpreting the language of native races. A doctor tells two stories relating to India. A friend of his desired a box of matches, and looked up the word ia a dictionary, lie called his servant aad told him his want but the man failed to understand. He tried another word with similar result Thea, mak ing sure the third was correct he ve hemently shouted at the servant, who. aaeaY heea .talte.riria als 2k. s ta-ra. head stace." "Why, how sympathetically. " Aaa I isa't a doctor to be had aaywhere ia these terrible But upon this point tared her iromptly v : H "Oa, yea, there is; Wiatoa mas al ready had- his preHmlaary coasulta tioa and Is, as you any aay, ia the way of selwg prescribed for. Aad I'll see to It that he takes his medicine before he tares la to-night Toa May trust ne for that." ' Thus Mr. Morton P. . Adams, ia irony far too subtle for the flaxea haired .Bessie. But Winton's replies were aot specially irrelevant when Vir ginia evoked them. On the contrary, he was finding her sallies keenly pro vocative of. what wit and readiaess there was in him. "I believe your chief delight In life is to catch a man napping." he laughed, when she had succeeded la demonstrating, for the third time la as many minutes, how inadequate a man's wit is to cope with a woman's. "I do enjoy it," she confessed, with the brown eyes conflrmiag the ad mission. "What woman does not? Isn't your nan's attitude towards as one of thinly veiled contempt at the very best? For instance: you said just now that while no woman could do without a man, the reverse was true of the man." "I didn't know I said anything like that. If I did, ft was heresy." "No; it was one of those little lapses into sincerity which a man permits himself on rare occasions, when he isn't flattering. You really believe it, you know you do." "Do I? It wouldn't be polite to .con tradict you. But what I said, or tried to say, was that a man could exist, as Adams and I are existing at pres ent, without feminine oversight" "But what you meant was the oth er," she insisted "that we are not necessary to you, while you are neces sary to us." Then, reverting to the matter of mere existence: "Could you keep it up indefinitely, Mr. Winton." "Isn't our being here this evening proof positive to the contrary?" "She smiled approval. "You are do- ing better much better. With a little practice you are sadly out of practice, aren't you? I do believe you could pay one a pretty compliment." Winton rose maatully to his oppor tunity. "No one could pay you compliments, Miss Virginia. It would oe utterly im possible." "Why? -csuse my chief delight xln life is to catch a man napping?" "Oh, no. Because the prettiest things that could be said of you would be only an awkward mirroring of the truth." "Dear me how fine!" she applaud ed. "I am afraid you have been read ing 'Lord Chesterfield's Letters to His Son' very recently. Confess, now; haven't you?" Winton laughed. "You do Lord Chesterfield a very great Injustice; I cribbed that from 'The Indiscretions of a Marchioness,' " he retorted. Here was another new experience for Miss Virginia arteret: to have the trodden worm turn; to be paid back in her own coin. She liked him rather better for It; and, liking him, proceeded to punish him, woman- lse. The coffee was served, and Mrs. Car teret was rising. Whereupon Miss Virginia handed her cup to the techno logian, and so had him for her com panion in tue tete-a-tete chair, leav ing Winton to shift for himself. The shifting process carried him over to the Rajah and the Reverend Billy, to a small table in a corner of the compartment, and the enjoyment of a mild cigar and such desultory racketing of the ball of conversation as three men, each more or less in tent upon his otto concerns, may keep up. , Later, when Calvert had been elim inated by Miss Bessie. Winton looked to see the true inwardness of the dinner-bidding made manifest by bis host That Mr. Somerville Darrah had an ax to grind in the right-of-way matter he did not doubt; this notwithstand ing his word to Adams uefensive of the Rajah's probable motive. (TO BE CONTINUED.) AT FAULT. this time fled in-convulsive laughter which he heard reechoea as he told the other servants. He discovered later that he had iastaied oa quickly being married. The other story Is of an unlucky railway coolie who stood ia amaze ment near the lady who had called him, as she confldeatly assured him he would find all her paradise and heaven beneath the seat! She meant her luggage, but she had two letters wrong. a 1 a3sl ar f Bsrwl ''Sff.tJr anV LTTTLE THINGS HAVE Tfl al fanUt HaYt aWmfcl UfaataV It Smm rf la GratfMt DitoTrit Ha lWtly IWwifk Acofcat-Efitt. mitkt FfctMgnlpL There's millions in it The man or womaa who conceives an' idea that Is patentable almost in variably has visions of Immense wealth, but how often the dream is realised may.be found bjr consulting the patent office authorities, the men who handle thousands and thousands of these "children of the brain" that never bring to their inventors even the amount of money necessary for getting them patented. But on the other hand, there are a great many patents that have made their origin ators Immensely wealthy, and famous as well. " One would naturally suppose that the greatest returns would be from the large affairs, such as- the electric railroad, the telephone and the tele graph, but such is not the case, for the small household inventions, mechani cal toys and puzzles have given quick er returns and greater profits for the money expended than any of the lar ger affairs. At some time or another in life ev erybody has turned his mind to get ting out a patent, and the usual cry has been, when one man succeeded in amassing a fortune, that he had luck. Luck never enters Into the patent business, except in so far as one in vents something at the time that something is wanted by the buying public. The man who invented "Pigs in Clover" happened to strike the public fancy, and millions of people all over the country were chasing the little marbles Into the middle pen. That man made millions on his simple puzzle because he launched it at the right time. Inventors Do Not All Die Poor. The rewards gained by inventions in the past 50 years have been far in excess of those that accrued to the earlier inventor, although the general public has believed that the great ma jority of inventors either die in the poorhouse or the insane asylum. This impression' was due partly to the fact that Whitney, who invented the cot ton gin; Goodyear, who first vulcan ized rubber, and Morse, the father of the telegraph, all died poor, and de rived no benefits from their inven tions. Naturally, when a great invention is put upon the market the Inventor Is exploited in all the newspapers and magazines, but when some little trifle is brought out there is hardly any no tice taken of the man' himself or what he has given to the world, but it is just such little things that have been, if not the source, the start of great fortunes. J. W. McGill in 1867 Invented the little metal paper fastener without which no office is now considered complete, and though but a trifle it made wealth for its inventor. Such a little thing as the rubber tip on a pencil brought $200,000 to its inventor, Hymen fy Lipman, and that small piece of metal which you wear on the heel of your shoe to protect it had made up to 1887 over $1,000,000 for its projector. man named Canfield first hit "up- Was Serving His Fourth Term for Burglary When the Idea Was Perfected. 'on the notion of making arm-pit shields seamless with a sheet of cloth covered rubber, and it brought him an income of many thousands a year. The man who invented the metal fast enings for buttons must have been a bachelor, for it did away with sewing but it made him a millionaire. The Barbed Wire Fence. The barbed wire fence, about which many have said unkind things as they disentangled themselves, was worth over $1,500,000 in royalties to the ori ginator. A countryman, whose loss from eggs being broken on their way -CririrtrtrirtrirttirtetrlrtirirlrZ- HONORS PAID All feH H L mffm B H sbbbbbbsUI IT EsP'aaV rasl H r s&sllilt 3 amassv "Xaai'BsTsP r VlwY- " BntaZffBsPiaC. HBa F ""T E aal -aaaaaWagJaaTV. eflssaaWsssssT Both in life and Death, Many Have Been Suit ably. Rewarded for Sendees. In foreign countries when any one performs a deed of groat bravery or heroism he is given a medal, and Is then said "to be decorated." This honor is not monopolized by people, for some animals have been thus fa vored. A lady who recently came back from Europe tells about a dog belong ing to the mayor of Nordlingen, In Germany, who surprised thieves ia the act of robbing his master's house. The dog held one of the thieves by the trousers until he was captured. The mayor gave a banquet 'in honor of his faithful dog. The dog was crowned with laurel, and seated, upon a crim fon velvet cushion, was served first with every course. Lat as bona tha .v - . . iy MADE FORTUNES . ,jrj - to market was a serious thing evolved the Idea of packing them in separate compartments, and this simple device is now used altogether, and the coun tryman is not obliged to toil for his daily bread. It must not be thought from this that the field of invention is occupied entirely by man,' for It is not Woman has entered into competition with him in this field, also, and some of her pa tents have been as useful and as good money-makers as. those belonging to the sterner' sex. Inventions by women cover all. the branches of life, and, strange to say, quite as many patents are granted them for Improved ma chinery as for articles of woman's wear. The first patent ever granted to a woman in the United States was for a machine for the weaving of straw with silk or thread, and this was pa tented in 1809 by Mary Kies. Mary Jane Montgomery invented the mow ing machine, and in 1866 she took out a patent on a machine for punching holes in corrugated metal. Her many inventions netted her a considerable fortune, as fortunes went in those days. A woman in California made over $50,000 from her invention of the baby carriage, and a woman in Wash ington, Mrs. Johnson, made a good thing out of the invention of the ice cream freezer, for before that time all cream was stirred with a spoon until it was frozen. Criminals as Great Inventors. Criminals have played an important part in some of the world's greatest inventions, and some have made small fortunes out of their discoveries. Charles Filer, who devised the new lock-stitch sewing machine, was serv ing his fourth term for burglary when the idea was perfected. When he was I released his idea was backed by some capitalists, and he was given a salary of $5,000 a year to superintend the construction of the machines, in addi tion to a royalty. At the same time he sold his English rights for $50,000 Suddenly There Was a Brilliant Burst of Flame. cash and $25,000 worth of stock of the English company. The discovery of thermite has help ed science and mechanics to such an extent that one steel manufacturer re marked that it would, when in gen eral use, decrease the cost of steel ships one-third, yet the inventor was Fritz von Schmidt, known to the Eu ropean police as "Count Ether," be cause he was a scientist who. when wanted for a burglary, always van ished as quick!' as that volatile spirit Von Schmidt was discovered by his efforts to patent his invention. He ex plained to a patent agent in Berlin what his patent would do, and offered to make his way Into the attorney's safe, but the attorney called up the police instead. Acetylene gas, one of the most im portant industrial inventions of the last decade, was stumbled upon by ac cident by a man named Wilson, who had an electrical furnace in North Carolina for metallurgical purposes. From time to time he used a great deal of rock salt in his furnace stock, and also limestone as a flux. When ever these two materials were fused together, as he noticed after a while, the slag produced by the intense elec trical heat included a dirty grayish substance wholly unlike anything he had ever seen. Discovered Acetylene Gas. For weeks he noticed this substance, without giving more than a passing thought to it, and continued to dump it, into the river upon the banks of which he had built his furnace. Soon THAT r awaas rJbv m VanfiSKSwfiB LeJBMm rbir&-ttrft-iriiiiliicirtricti TO ANIMALS. mayor was careful to select only those dainties dear to doggies' hearts, and their stomachs, too; otherwise the banquet might not have served its purpose of making glad a dog hero. A chimpanzee, of Grenoble, Spain, rescued a little child who had fallen Into a pit The citizens of the town felt so grateful they dedded the chim panzee should hereafter be dressed and treated as a man. 'Strange to say, the chimpanzee seemed to like his promotion, and went attired in men's garments until bis death. Then the city council voted a large sum of money to erect a statue of the chimpanzee in bronze. This statue may be seen in one of the public the pile of slag was which that tha top reached ahsra th a curious taiag would sizzle aad ataaai as tha assg was dumped la, bat this day, aa the last of the' slag was poured onto the little island, soate ef K hot. Saddealy there was burst of flame, so proloaged aad sw hot that there was danger of the fur nace catching are. Thea Wilsoa began to talak. Tha next day he took some of the curioaa looking substance aad wet it with wa ter, but much to Us surprise, aothiag came of it Thea he struck a match aad held it near the mixture, aad tmt mediately a bright flame was produced and Wilson knew that he had discov ered something valuable. His discov ery was acetylene gas. aad he made a fortune out of it. A German manufacturer of aitro tglycerin was the inventor of dynamite, but was not' seeking for it at thetlme he received proof of its explosive qual ities. Nitroglycerin is a liquid which will not explode, but will burn rather with a steady flame, when fire is ap plied. Oae day the manufacturer spilled some of the stuff oa the floor, and a little later dropped a lighted match in the same place. The explos ion which followed was astonishing and quite a little disconcerting, but he had discovered dynamite, and his for tune was made. While nitroglycerin will not explode while In liquid form, it becomes explosive the Instant the particles are separated so that each has sufficient air about it This fluid vaporizes whenever sufficiently shock ed, and is then so inflammable that the mere heat of the shock sets It off. The name of the German who spilled his nitroglycerin was Nobel, and he Evolved the Idea of Packing Them in Separate Compartments, patented the combination and became immensely wealthy. Edison and the Phonograph. The greatest of our inventors, Thomas A. Edison, owes his invention of the phonograph partly to an acci dent Edison had been working night and day to perfect the telephone, and had constructed a number of small sheepskin drumheads, to test their value as diaphragms as compared with metal and other substances. To some of these sheepskin diaphragms he had attached a magnetic needle which was intended to project toward the magnet and assist in conveying the vibration caused by the human voice. These did not fulfill Edison's expec tations, and were discarded as useless His assistants soon discovered that by holding the drumheads close to the mouth and making a guttural sound, a noise approaching music could be se cured, much the same as when a piece of paper is wrapped around a comb. In attempting to playfully stop one 6l the men from playing on it Edison touched the little needle, but no soon er had he done so than he gave one of his characteristic starts and re quested the operator to repeat the per formance. It was repeated, and again lie touched the needle, with evident delight. He went among his assist ants, asking them to hum.- sing and talk against the little drumhead, he keeping his finger ever so lightly oa the little needle. "I have it!" he suddenly exclaimed, and retreated to his office and com menced drawing diagrams for new ma chinery, which his assistants speedily made, and a few days later the first phonograph was put together. It was a crude affair, the pin making an im pression on wax. It talked imperfect ly, but it showed Edison that he was on the right track, and he rapidly im proved it, until now it is almost per fection. The phonograph was at first regarded as a mere toy, but later it was sold for $1,000,000. Millions in Air-Brake. sThe inventor of the air-brake, George Westinghousc is one of the best known inventors of the present day, but it was a long time before he could get any moneyed men interested enough in his air-brake to back him. Perhaps the one thing in his life that McKee Rankin regretted was that when Westinghouse offered him a half interest in the air-brake for $500 he did not accept it This invention net ted Mr. Westinghouse many millions of dollars and brought him world-wide fame. oquares of Grenoble to this dsy. The English 'have erected a monu ment to the brave horses who died at Port Elizabeth in the colony of Natal, during their late war with the Boers. The strangest of all statues seems the one in Luneburg. a little town ol Hanover. The pig who was the orig inal of the statue was the discoverei of a salt mine which greatly en riched the town. While rooting ia the earth, Mr. Pig accidentally made his important discovery. Not know ing if nigs like salt as much as they do dirt, It is difficult to say whether this pig was pleased or aot, but the citizens of Luneburg thought his achievement great enough to de serve a monument It consists of a block of granite on which rests a cof fin of crystal. In this reposes the body of the pig. The Inscription on the monument is as follows: "The passerby here looks upon tha remains of a pig who acquired im perishable glory by discovering tha salt mines of Luneburg." w 1 BrSiBTBTeTBWdWMwMtoyWii jpSMSnv m ' as ItBBBY fsVFlvcBSawwf9nlL9MaBBBBma 1 nBB5flSfSEfrssfc-'-J 1 aawaBaaa BsswSaMf! ,i?a aHBiisWr BtCJtlTS OFTHK ef she A geed rlaa, ww tha easiest ef for tha stomach to deal with; tha tira Btacaas ef commodate ia are medicinal properties ia tha adi of the aaale that are aot found any where else, according to aaalyala. These adds are ef valae for people of sedentary habits. whose livers are sluggish, serving aa they do to eliminate front tha body noxious matters that retained' kn tha brain heavy and dull ar bring on Jaundice aad sUa eruptions. The apple also centals a larger percentage of phosphorus than aay other fruit or vegetable, and this Is admirably adapted for renewing the essential nervous matter of the brain aad spinal cord. It is perhaps for this reason, though but rudely understood, that the old Scandinaviaa traditions represented the apple as the food of the gods who. feeling themselves to he growiag feeble or old, resorted to this fruit to renew their powers of body or mind. The custom of eatiag apple sauce with roast pork, goose and like dishes has sound hygienic reason behind it the malic add of iripe apples, either raw or cooked. serving to neutralize aay excess of chalky matter engendered by eatiag over-rich meats. WORTH REMEMBERING. When making a pudding do aot for get to make a plait la the cloth at the ,-top, so aa to allow the pudding to 'swell. ! If the upper Inside edge of tha pan, Is well greased with butter, chocolate, milk, cocoa, or anything of the kind, it will aot boil over. To revive black velvet hats or toques, well sponge the hot or toque with a small quantity of paraffin, thea' thoroughly brush aad leave la the open air for a few moments; this will quickly remove all smell, aad cleaned in this way velvet will look equal to new. When jewelry is put away it is apt to become dull aad tarnished. At In tervals the articles should be taken from their cotton cases and cleaned In clean soapsuds, using fine toilet soap. Dip them Into this and dry them by using a soft brush or a flue sponge, and afterward dry them with 'old handkerchiefs, aad, lastly, with a soft leather. Silver ornaments may be kept In arrowroot, aad steel arti cles will retain their luster If stored in a box containing a little starch. A soiled black coat can be quickly cleaned by applying with a sponge strong coffee containing a few drops' 'of ammonia. Finish by rubbing with ja piece of colored woolea doth. - The successful housekeeper is aot jesseatially the one who has a spot-jlessly-kept house, always ia order. Bat tae oae who manages the affairs of the house so that every oae is made com .fortable and the home Is always cheery and bright A good house keeper does not worry over every lit .tie detail that goes wrong, bat sets to work to put it in order again. She 'can always tell you' where everything is to be found, as she always has a certain place for certain articles, and sees that they are kept there. Th6 meals are always just on time and well cooked, and the children look neat and happy. This can not be done without good management says Wom an's Life, and the methodical house keeper will have the day divided out for the different duties that are to be done and she will see that her sys tem of arranging the work does not cause discomfort in the houte. Tha Meaning ef Beauty. To have the manners of the well-: bred womea, to move about with grace and dignity, to know poise, character, honesty and deep sympathy, these are the finer lines of beautifying. Who cares a cent for the dolly woman who is beautiful to look at and who hasn't sense enough to draw her breath? Such womenare not after the right idea, and true beauty will never place its golden halo on their heads. Per sonal magnetism makes womea beau tiful, and what is that but the free workings of a genuinely lovdy spirit?: Perfume the inside of your head with' tender thoughts, keep your body strong, well aad clean, make up your mind to learn -everything you can. and if you do not look beautiful yon will be so aad that will suffice. Psaper Care of Silver. If the box containing silver polish, a small bottle of alcohol, soft flannels, chamois skins and brushes be kept ia some convenient place In pantry or kitchen. It Is a trifling matter after each meal to rub the few pieces of sil ver discolored by egg. salad, or what not By this means, the weekly sil ver polishing may be lightened or done away with. Extra silver should be kept la can ton flannel bags with a small lump of camphor In each. It will in this way retain its brightness indefinitely. Harper's Bazar. Recipe for CoM Cream. A simple cold cream Is made thus: Take two ounces of spermaceti, two ounces of white wax, five ounces of oil of sweet almonds and melt togeth er in a porcelain kettle over a slow fire. Remove, and while the mixture is still hot add oae and one-half ounces of stronger rose water, ia which 40 grains of borax have been dissolved. Have the rose water slight ly warm. Fluff the mixture to a foam by using an egg beater. When almost thick add a few drops of oil of rose, or any preferred perfume. London's Oaen-Air Pulpits. London has Ave regularly built open-air pulpits from which there is preaching, aad the results have been so good that other churches are con sidering the question of having such pulpits built upon the outside of their edifices. Chinese Girls in a Japanese School. Thirty Chinese young ladies have recently graduated from a Japanese girls school, which was specially or ganised for the education of Chines waaaan in Japan. Shanghai Mercury. 22 yj .$ i c ;i A ...-. l kZ&sSxrfe'-- A. JL'Jasfr-r - wfc Jtr .. ).-t . .jkJ.JZ wSST i '--" vl-- jf-M& ovX.,--" "---V.---.iv -vA.v .. . -1- -, J '- i.Xrp- j.-. .va, rr .