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.. .n . - wwr-cysmsa"? :' = . a... .. "a", mammfivwwx’i 5.2.}- :vnm . , . . new i l l g f ‘ and where the children will 5C; .,,. _ HOUSEHOLD. ~â€" Fnon Maxr Sources. Gossamer J stunâ€"Wash carefully a. quart of selected cranberries, put them in a porcelaindined saucepan with a half a pint of water and half a pound of good white sugar} Boil for twenty minutes, and press through a fruit strainer or jelly bag into a mould which due previously been ri'nsed with cold water. “ hen cool this should form apcrfect mould of bright crimson jelly. Cran- berry sauce may be cooked in the same man. nor, but every effort should be made to keep the berries perfect in shapcby stirring them as little as possible. ‘ A reading story-book and St. Nicholas lovers, and there will be an assembly hall for showing stereopticon views and holding concerts. Pen fails to tell of all the cod times the little ones will have at wor and play under the supervision of wise and loving kinder gartncrs. But to my mind the heart of the home is the nursory, where skillful nurses are to minister to the babies. Every Toddlekins and each and all of his belong- ings will be numbered and tagged so that there will be no danger that the nurses will “ mixthosc babies up." You enter the great gates, and at once seek the Children‘s Home under the shadow of the “'oman’s Building. Having establish. “EMU” SAUCB‘__Cmam ‘ sufficient ed Toddlekins therein comfort, you and quantity of butter and sugar,~â€"for a family of five, use half a teacnpful of butter and a teacupful of sugar. Pour boiling water over this, heat the yolks of four or live eggs with some cream, and stir into this mixture. Place on the stove, and boil thick, stirring all the time. Flavor to taste. It is good with any kind of pudding. Tue BEST or Damascusâ€"Au enthusias- tic lover of chocolate affirms that for those who wish to keep the imagination fresh and vigorous, chocolate is the beverage of bever- ages. Howovor copiously you have lunched, a cup of chocolate immediately afterwards, Will produce digestion three hours after, and prepare the way for a gocd dinner. It is recommended to every one who devotes to brain work the hours he should pass in bed; to every wit who finds he has become sud- denly dull ; to all who find the air damp, the time long, and the atmosphere insup- portable ; and, above all, to those who, tor- mented with a fixed idea, have lost their freedom of thought. Duran Cnnnsaâ€"If “Rose Seelye Miller” will scald her thick milk with boilln water when making cottage cheese, instca of set- ting it on the stove and letting it scald in that way, she will find it much sweeter, and it .will keep good much longer. The water takes away the natural sourness of the milk. Then, after it has been drained in a bag perfectly dry,and is cold (I do not think it good warm), grind it through the Enter- prise Meat-Grinder. She will find it splen- did, so nice and smooth. For market, I mix apint of good cream in a pauful of ground cheese. Make it into oblong cakes, and wrap in parchment butter paper. They retail at fivo cents per cake. A customer once obtained remains a weekly buyer all winter. “Conunc'r TEA AND Corvusâ€"I have just returned from the East, and while there found out the only “correct ” way to make ood tea and coffee. The “chef” of the alacc Hotel said, “Put your tea. and coffee in their respective pots, and fill with cold water and set off the range as soon as boilingfiand you will enjoy the privilege of drinking tea and coffee as they should be made. Your coffee will be golden, and your tea will taste like nothing you ever drank before. " AN EASY WAY or Picxuxo ONIONSâ€"is one of which the American Agrzculfurist tells us. To a quart of vinegar allow one small teaspoouful of salt, four small cayenne peppers, a few blades of mace, and cinna- mon broken in pieces, a few whole grains of allspice, and one or two cloves. Peel the onions as small as required, put in a porcelain or granite kettle, pour over them the vinegar and spices, cover closely, and set on the back of the range, allowing them to heat very slowly, so that the vinegar may permeate, without softening, the heart of the onions. A little experience will show when to bring them ton. boiling point, then put in cans in the same way ‘as fruit. If allowed to boil more than a minute or so, they will sbrivel and not look well, but if the vinegar is good, and the canning pro- cess perfectly performed, they will keep in excellent condition an indefinite time. Many people prefer them pickled without spices, simply allowing a little salt to the vinegar. Pickled onions are more wholesome than most pickles in general use, and are worthy a place on the table of an epicure. Those who lack experience upon this point will find the following table of benefitas a 1‘ your “ John" start out to show to the older children such parts of the Exposition as promise to be most profitable to them. \Vhen they are tired, and before their sweet tempers have soured, return with them to the Children’s Home, for by this time you ought to be looking after Miss Baby. After your own rest and diversion leave them all there while you and “John” pursue further investigations according to your own tastes. Is not this Home a boon to mothers who have been dreading dragging a cross and tired baby around the halls of the great Exposition? .__.â€".._ To CLEAN STAIXED Woonwonx. A little cold tea mixed with warm water and applied with a soft woolen cloth will make stained woodwork look bright and The economically minded reader of the H. W. circle will be glad to know of the following method of mending kid gloves, which,while Iconfess that it is not original, I have not found wanting. A glove with a hopelessly large rent can be quite neatly mended, and will not be drawn out ofshape. Carefully buttonhole all the way around the rent, setting the stitches well into the kid, and making them as even as possible, but not too‘close together; then, beginning at one enu, draw the edges together, putting the needle through each opposite pair of the buttonhole stitches, and taking only one stitch at a time. Cotton thread to match the color of the glove can be used, and will hold the work more firmly than silk. SALT ron TABLE Usn. Salt, for table use, should have mixed with it a small quantity of cornstarch be- fore putting it into either salt cellar or salt shaker. This will prevent the tendency it has to form into solid lumps. Noan'rms I): Home Anonxmax'r. A very stylish chair appeared recently in a. shop window, and on near inspection I was surprised to find how simple was its construction. It was a small rocker, broad and low, painted a pure white. The back and seat Were upholstered with dark blue denim. This was pretty well covered with outlined embroidery in thick white floss, in a graceful pattern of long and narrow leaves interlaced. Both back and seat pieces ap- peared to be slightly padded. The latter hung over the seat of the chair some three inches, and this and the back were both finished with quite a deep white linen fringe. A gay cushion in the same Window, sult- ablo for coach or divau, was also of denim, of the some color. The design, too, was much like the other, but; instead of being followed with the. needle, it was executed witha fine brush and gilt paint. WereI to copy this I should use a. stiff bristle brush, and first outline the pattern with white or yellow paint. When perfectly a cord of gilt, and a. bunchy tassel at each corner. Speaking of denim, I saw lately exhibited a magnificent portiero of this material. It was of pure heliotropc shade, with a. strange lastern pattern wrought upon it in gold guide to the length of time required for dif- thread: and 9-11 bordered With a narrow gm fcrent vegetables : Potatoes, boiled, thirty minutes. Potatoes, baked, forty-five minutes. Sweet potatoes, boiled, sixty minutes. ' Sweet potatoes, baked, twenty to forty minutes. ' Green en's, boiled, sixty minutes. Shelled) beans, boiled, one to two hours. Green corn, twenty-five to sixty minutes. Asparagus, fifteen to thirty minutes. Spinach, sixty minutes. Tomatoes, fresh, sixty minutes. Tomatoes, canned, thirty minutes. Cabbage, three-fourths to two hours. Cauliflower, one to three hours. Dandelions, two to three hours. Beet greens, one hour. Onions, one to two hours. Beets, one to five hours. Yellow turnips, one and one-half to two hours. Parsnips, one to two hours. Carrots, one to two hours. White turnips, forty-five to sixty min- utcs. Blunts .vr an. Fun. “ What shall we do with Toddlckins 2" is an anxious question to many prospective \Vorld’s Fair pilgrims. \Vomanly hearts and heads have solved that problem by fringe. The artistic arrangement of different kinds of netting is a new and tasteful home decoration. An easel, whereon stands a fishing scene, is most appropriately draped with netting. It comes in cotton and in all delicate colors. A yacht club girl drap- ed one corner of her room with a sen-green net, tied with ribbons of the same color. Beneath hung a picture of boats. Many other forms suggest themselves for netting decoration. There is a new shape for the dinner table â€"-n triangle. The host is seated in the middle of the shortest side, and the hostess at the meeting of the two longer ones. This arrangement brings the entertainers and the entertained nearer together than at the or- dinary square or round table. A single cloth is not used on these triangular tables. but rather narrow soarfs of heavy open work. Between the scarf and the centre piece the space is filled with bon-bon and salted almond dishes. People who insist that eating green corn from the cob is the only enjoyable way will wclcome the new corn holdersâ€"silver loops with asharp point easily pushed into the ends of the piece of corn. Holders for a single flower at each plate means of the Children‘s Home in process of come in every imaginable shape. Those in erection on the Fair rounds, which’a corâ€" respondent of the \Tomau’s Tribune de- scribes. Tlie home, she says, was not in the original plan, but when suggested it met wit a generous use. Hearts and purses have 0 ed wi c,and the building is already far vanccd. Tho beams are up. the roof going on, and the workmen wxll soon be covering its exterior with stafi‘,while the carpenters finish on“ the interior wood- work. Almost eve State has responded throu it its State of Women, and many are already furnished their quota of the needed money. There is a grand pla‘yfirouud for children in the court in the mi d e of the building. Hem no one but children and their amen. dents are admitted,but we willall be allowed to look upon their fan from a private gal- lery. There will be another playground upon the flat roof of the Home, where birds and hoeswill tilt and trees and flowers grow, free from danger, for a wine netting, surrounding and cover' the roof and stretching upward some 5 teen feet. will at once “event the gunman from their precious to selves overboard, and in letting their kites and balloons fly oa‘intoboundlcuether. imitation of flowers, when filled with their blossom, make a table bright, like the tulip- bed. Possibly the most beautifulaswcll as the most expensive, are the slender little cut-glass vases with filigree of gold outside. China may be mended so strong that it will never break again in the same place. Make a thick solution of gum arabic and water, and stir in some plasmr of Paris un. til the paste is very thick ; apply it with a brush to the edges of the broken china and set them carefully together, tie a string around them and set away for three days. To clean carpets, go over them once a Week with a broom dipped in hot water, to which a little to tine has been added. Wring a cloth in the hot water and wi under pieces of furniture too heavy to moved. - dry I w0uld go over it with gilt, which would be much richer looking for its back- ing of paint.“ This cushion was finished With How to make Boys \Vork.-â€"“ What's our son Josiah doin' 2” said a neighbor to armor Begosh. “ Wal," was the reply, “he thinks he‘s diggin‘ bait, but he is mak- in’ garden."â€"{Waahlngton Sun. “ Drawing, Music and Dancing” is a sign over a dentist’s ofiieo in Detroit. That's toovthin, you say 2 Oh no, its teeth out. room will be fitted up for the loci trend of these times has been to show fresh. . . . - __ on horseback is an ambitious and danger- , ‘ ous revival and Chicago entertains him Mnxnmo IXID (gnomes. ANBNT msnwum. ~ Tearing Awny‘the Yell or Romance That Has Envelopes! Darin: Robbers. There was a time in metric England when the highwayman and the pirate were some‘ thing of popular personages, and were push- ed intoa position in fiction from which it was difficult to dislodge them, or snatch the sentimental halo of romance from their beetling brows. Claude Duval, Dick Tur- pin, Blue Skin, and Sixtesn~striug Jack played havoc in romance for a long time; and when the “y'allow~book literature ” sprang into popularity 8. score of years ago to glorify the hardy Indian fighter, the knights of the road galloped back intoa position of prominence to fire the imagina- tion of the boys who read them on rainy days and in secret. Only a few years ago there was a tendency in sensational sheets to glorify the James boys; but the practi- roistering daredevils in their true light, the emulation of whose criminal lives is to finish in the prison or on the scaffold. PIRATES AND FREEBOOTER. . The pirates and buccaneers, William Morgan and Capt. Dane, the ferocious daring freebooter Captain Kidd, were long ago carried off in chains and hanged at the yardarm, so that the pathless deep and the tropical isles of the Spanish main have been freed of these scourges, and the possibilities of their example being successfully followed is indeed remote. ’individual known as Blackbeard, and the Still, we confess the man grudgingly. Undoubtedly the location of the \Vorld’s Fair will bring into this city an undesirable lot of “ transients,” whose faces are preserved with care in the rogues' gallery ; but it is the ridiculous distortions of fact that give Chicagoamonopoly of this class. If it seems to increase the police force, a weakness long ago patent, it will not be without value as a warning. That other cities have their share of troubles in this line, a single citation from an exchange published in the quiet and goodly city of Philadelphia. will show : “There is nothing the thieves of this city regard as sacred. They steal everything they can lay their hands on, from a suit of clothes to a yawl- boat, and what is especially exasperatiug nobody can catch them as it. Twice with- in a week the houses of policemen have been robbed, and if the thieves don’t steal a policeman next it will be because they can’t pawn or sell him. It looks as though the people of this town may have to join in a petition to the thieves to‘ leave at least the carpets on the floors and a. change of clothes for each member of the household. The petition might contain a postscript to the effect that if the crooks would just steal the cobblestone pavements all would be forgiven.” run OLD-TIME “ OUTLAW.” To refer to history as it touches our car- toon, we must refer in guarded terms to the famous fictional favorite Robin Hood. He was a well-bred outlaw, the product of the peculiar addition of the times in which he lived ; at a later day he might have been regarded like Rob Roy, as a real reformer, whose slogan cheered the oppressed, whose trusty sword was Weildcd in a good cause. Robin Hood was no pot-house roisterer; the king’s deer was his meat, and the king’s men his mark. He was romantic and soci- able in disposition, had a liking for stories and songs, and fresh air. \Vhen it came to a question of u ." touch-down” with the Sheriff of Nottingham, relieving the tax- gather of the king of extorted pclf, or dc. fending some hapless maiden from being forced into undesirable wedlock, Robin Hood came to the front but he never wore a. mask. If he were among us to-day he would probably be the beau ideal of a center for the rush line in foot-ball, the Little John and Friar Tuck for stalwart “ half-backs.” The outlaw of mediaaval times, while his pranks were censurable, he has frequently been misclassed ; he is to be regarded, if history and legend picture him properly, as superior in all parts to those who warred against him. Men of the class of Thomas Dun occupy space in the Newgatc Calendar for causeâ€"- murderers from choice, criminals destitute of every humane and generous principle. A town was named after this despicable man of blood, but it must have been done in an unguarded moment. TIIIEVES AND MURDERERS. A great many stories are told of Old Mob, who, after long years| of daring depre- dation, paid the penalty with his life on the gallows at Tyburn. He had a rugged vein of philosophy Withoutcompassion in his com- position that sustaincd him even against the arguments of fair women. Once he stopped a coach and demanded a lady’s money. She replied -that she was a poor widow and hoped that he would have compassion on her. “And is the losing of your husband any argument why I should lose my booty? Your tears, madame, can’t move me ; for I remember the old proverbâ€"the end of a husband is n widow’s tears, and the end of their tears another husband.” Tom Cox, 9. Blauford man who flourished in the time of Charles II., was known as “ a gentleman thief.” One day he met Killgrew, the King's fool, and addressed him in the usual phrase, “ Stand and de- liver 1” “ Are you in earnest, friend ?” “ Yes, I certainly am ; for though you livn by jesting I can’t.” Claude Duval, if accounts are to be relied upon, was the most aristocratic highWay- man that ever flourished in old England. He was elegantly caparisoned, dashing, raceful, and the polished style in which he demanded lethoric purses caught the fancy of many 0 the old-time novelists; but he eventually attained his proper position on the Scaffold, and was hung with a number of ignoble thieves w‘io crept down dark alleys while he strolled the highroad. There is nothing in the lives of those leading lights in crime, attractive as gush- ing fiction may have portrayed them. to inspire anything but execratioo from civil A man was arraigned for robbinga hack- man. He must be a criminal of extraordin- ary ability. , y ‘ It was one of Joseph’s old dreams that first suggested the patriotic song, " Hail to the Sheaf.” ‘ Day (about to wedlâ€"“I supppose it is per to intone?! wife have her ,own way in everything!" Weeksâ€"“Don’t you go bothering your head; she will attend to that.” NAPOLEON THE GREAT. â€"_â€". Description bv One Who Saw nun at Bor- odlne. v Major General Yakovitch, of the Russian army. is one of the few men now living who saw the great Napoleon on a battle-field. The old gentleman 51w the French Emperor at Boredino. At that battle Yakovitch, then a mere boy, served with a battery in the rand redoubt, which was the center of the ussian line. He gives a vivid descrip- tion of the battle. When morning broke a sea of gray mist shut out the field from view. : The voices of the enemy were heard, the neighing of their horses, and the rumb- ling of artillery wheels. Then came the thunder of cannon, making the very earth tremble. Three times all the Russian gun- ners were killed and three times new men took their places. Bullets flew thick as bail and men dropped dead or mangled every moment. At last a strange sound was heard in the distance like rain pattering on withered leaves. It grew louder and louder, until it filled the air like the roar of astormy sea. All at once a great wave of bright swords and helmets and horses’ heads came surging up over the breast-works. It was the im- perial guard. Before the shock of that mighty wave the Russian center crumbled away shattered wrecks. When Yakovitch came to his senses and opened his eyes he saw around him the corpses of his father and comrades. Suddenly the trampling of hoofs éalled his attention to a group of gay-' ly dressed officers, and Napoleon’s staff came riding over the field. The young Russian peered anxiously into their faces. In his graphic language: “ There were the hard faces of Rapp and Dam and broad-chested Sebastian and Nansonty, with the saber scar across his cheek, and the low, broad forehead and bull-dog jaw of grim old N e y, the bravest of them all. There, too, was Murat, with his white plumes and his braided jacket, his riding whip in his hand, just like a circus-rider. And then the group parted suddenly and there was the man himself in the midst of them, with his face hard and immovable as marble amid all that blood and agony and a far-away look in those cold gray eyes of his as if he saw Moscow somewhere up in the sky but could see nothing between. ‘ A glorious victory l ’ cried Murat, waving his hand. ‘that a. stir there’ll be among the good folks of I’ariswhen the bulletin arrivesl' ‘ We’ve lost our army in doing it, though,’ growled Ney. ‘ Hadn’t we better fall back a little and wait therefor re-enforcements ‘2 ’ Then Napoleon turned his head slowly, just as the statue might do, and looked him in the face. ‘ Thou advising a retreat, Michael? That is something new, indeed ! Noâ€"no falling back now. I must date my bulletin from Moscow. As for the army, you can’t make an omeleftc without breaking a. few eggs.’ ” Yakovitcli says when he heard that he knew that God had forsaken Na- poleon, for no man save one doomed to de- struction could have spoken so lightly of the slaughter of thousands of brave men. In three months from that day the French Em- peror was flying for his life across the border with the Cossacks at his heels like hungry wolves. A WEED THAT BATS FISH. A Remarkable lust-dire; ofn Plant “’hlcli is Carnivorous. Commander Alfred Carpenter, writing from Suakin, Red Sea county, contributes the following remarkable instance of a plant praying upon one of the vertebrata. The instance noted was observed by him when surveying the Parcel Islands, in the South China Sea: “ * l * * As I neared a pool cut off from the tide by the sea, I noticed among other submarine plants a. very ordi- nary-looking flesh-colored weed. “ Bending to inspect it closer, I noticed numbers of small fish lying helpless in its fronds, apparently with little or no life in them. Putting my hand down to pick one of them up, I found my fingers caught by suckers on the weed, the fronds of which had closed tightly upon them. “ The fish had been caught in every con- ceivable way, by the head, tail sides, etc., and some of them had been held until the skin was completely macerated. Those of the fish that were still living had evidently been caught at different times, they appear- ing in all sta es of exhaustion. “I regret icing unable to name either the plant or the fish, but that the botanical cannibal really preyed upon the finny deni- zens of the deep there isn’t the least doubt." â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"-â€"-â€". INCREASE IN THE SURPLUS. .â€"â€"-â€" Revenue Greater and Expenditures less. The revenue of the past five months shows an increase of $624,000 over the correspond- ing month last year. The total for the five months is $15,662,770, as against $15,03S,- l 19". The expenditure for the period shows a decrease of $800,000, as contrasted with last year, the amount for the past five months being $11,757,794, as against 812,- 546,047. The surplus of revenue over ex- penditure to date is $3,904,976, as against 3,492,150 during the same period last year The current fiscal year therefore shows an augmentation of surplus to the extent of $1,412,826, 8. most encouraging position of affairs. The expenditure on capital account for the five months is $1,651,191 as against $1,938,071 during the same period last year. To Prevent Washouts in Grain Fields. If comparatively level fields are sown to wheat or rye, furrows should be made that will quickly carry off all the superfluous water. The furrows should follow the low- est portion of the field, even if it be a tor- tuous course. It is bestto do this imme- diately after seeding, but it may be done at any time before the ground becomes frozen solid. Of course, some of the grain will be destroyed, but by scattering, with a fork or shovel, the upturned soil, only the plants in the immediate channel will be lost, and this precaution often saves ten times that amount bein drowned out or stunted in low places. I. rain occupies the swep hillsides, furrows ould'be made from the lowest places leading down and horizontally around the hill, thus conveying much of the surplus water to the direct portions. If the furrows are gradually sloping, washing will be revented. If the hill is quite steep several arrows should be drawn, thus do verting heavy rainfalls into several channels, with eonsequentleu danger from washing or overflow. WABSBIPS OR THE LAKES. ls the Treaty o.’ is" New In l-‘oree 9â€"ho- reinry Foster 'nilnks It Is. The President of the United States re. cently, in answer to a resolution, transmit- ted to the Senate the report on the rec- mentbetween the United States and Great Britain concerning armament on the great lakes. The resolution called explicitly for an opinion from the State Department as to whether the arrangement of lSl'i is now held to be in force. The Secretary of State, in his report states that the correspondence exchanged in 1864 shows that it is so regard- ed. It does not appear, he says, that any British or Canadian naval vessels are now, or have been for years, stationed on the lakes. The report say : “ No information has been received as to the number, tonnage and armament of British revenue vessels sta- tioned in these waters; but it has been re- cently stated on the authority of a report to the Treasury Department that two vessels for the Dominion Government have been constructed at Owen Sound, Out, and that. although styled revenue cutters and destined to suppress smuggling on the St. Lawrence river and the lakes, they are in reality capable of adaptation to naval pur. poses.” The secretary then adds that “ additional weight is perhaps lent to this latter aspect of the repprt to the precautions that up ear to have een taken to guard them rein public inspection. ” The dimensions of the locks in the St. Lawrence rivar canals exclude the entrance into the lake of any vessels exceeding nine feet draft; and the only vessels borne in the British naval list which appear to be capable of passage from the deep seas to the lakes are some 43 tn 3 drawing eight feet and armed with rapid firin guns. As be- tween tlic two countries he arrangement of 1817 is to be re arded as still in existence and only termina la in good faith by six months’ notice of abrogation on either side. The circumstances and form of the original arrangement of 1817 show it did not pur- port to be more than a record of an under- standing mutually reached by tho two Gov- ernments for reciprocal regulation of a~ matter within the administrative com- petence of each. The question of the spirit which controls the understanding of the two great Governments ‘ is to-day of vastly greater importance to their interests than any narrow conten- tions respecting itsliteral observance. The secretary then makes the following rec- ommendation : “It seems most desirable now in view of the long lapse of time and the changes wrought in these and other no less impor- tant regards, that the arrangement now grown obsolete in practice and surviving in the letter only as a declared guarantee of international peace, should be modified to fit the new order of things, and «with such adaptation to the exigencies of the future as prudence may forecast.” Kâ€"H ODDS AND ENDS. Indelible ink is madefrom banana juice. Natural shoe blocking has been found in a mine in Utah. The London sewage is carried fourteen miles down the Thames River. Supper, eaten in a recumbent position, was the principal Roman meal. The Carleton Club, of London, is the richest in the world. It has 4,000 members. Justice O’Halloranâ€"“ Have you any children, Mrs. Kelly '2” Mrs. Kellyâ€"“ I hov two livin’ an’ wan married.” Four hunters (who have just fired simul- taneous 1y at a rabbit and failed to hit it) â€"Well, I wonder who missed it that time? Those who believe that the world owes theme. living don’t know how many bad debts the world has to shoulder. Owing to the contractions of the iron of which it is built, the Eiffel Tower is eight inches shorter in Summer than in Winter. The fleeces of ten goats and the work of several men for hqu a year are required to make a genuine cashmere shawl a yard and a half wide. 1n sixty-two years Mexico has had llfty« four Presidents, one Regency and one Em- peror ; and nearly every change has been effected by violence. The Postmaster General of Norway has ordered that after January 1, 1893, the bicycle shall be used by all country postman for the delivery of mails where the roads will permit. . ' One of the largest hides ever tanned was received in Boston the other day from a San Francisco tanucry. It is fourteen feet in length, eight feet in width, and weighs 700 pounds. In a certain quarter of London the news- . boys are encouraged to save a penny a day. fThe money is kept for them in a savings bank, and the boy who deposits regularly for smooth is given one penny “ interest ’ on his money. The bank is the work of a good woman. Bruddcr J chasing, I’ae powerful ’spriscd tor see yo’ fishin’ on do Sabbath 1” “ Dat's all right, parson. Yo’sce, I’se jist Iittin' here reatin’ now. I done all do work yin- terday, when I dug dc bait.” You have no idea, Kate, how much trou- blc I had to get this new hat. I actually had to cry for a whole hour before my bus- baud would give me the money for it." “ What, cry a whole hour and only got a hat. Why, if I cried that long my husband would gladly give me a new dress.” The year of greatest growth in boys is the seventeenth; in girls, the fourteenth. While girls reach full hci ht in their fif- teenth year, they acquire all weight at the age of 20. Boys are stronger than girls from birth to the eleventh year ; then girls become superior physically ,to the seven- teenth yeal, when the tables are again turn- ed and remain so. From November to April children grow very little and gain no height, but loot-o no Weight, and from July to hovcmbcr they increase greatly in weight, but not in height. Dentists as that the greatest difficulty they meet wit in theirwork is the matching of false teeth with the natural teeth of their customers. The tooth factories sappy dentists with rings upon which are strong thin metal bars, each carrying a tooth at its extremity. There are twenty-live of these cam is teeth, that run all the way from near y white to a shade that is almost olive. Some of the twenty-five usually match the patient’s teeth, and, at any rate, enable the dentist to match the teeth by application at the factory.