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.1”! . -.. ~"V v who. -'\./\r‘ h ~___â€" T-a-H-oâ€"o â€" o â€" Oâ€"Hâ€"Oâ€"O-‘ o i Young Folks. ,1! â€"oâ€"oâ€"-oâ€"o-¢â€"oâ€"o-o~oâ€"o-H HEAPS OF MONEY. Every little lassie and every tiny lad, Has heaps and heaps o’ moneyâ€"it ought to make you glad! It isn‘t in crisp banknotes, nor coins just from the mint; This money you all have to useâ€"money without stint, You can help dear Grandma Tired, and mamma pressed with work, And a regiment of toilers. who haven‘t time to shirk; The coachman, and the gardener. also too, the nurse, With the money you have stored awayâ€"- full is every purse! Oh, yes, indeed, you have some and evâ€" ery bit for use; Why, lads and lassies. really, it’s lying ‘round you loosel ‘ Do not spend it carelessly for you canâ€" not trade it back, This wealthâ€"for “ time is money,” of which you have no lack! JESSY AND HER BRO\VN BETTY. " Oh, Jessie, I have just received word that Aunt Ruth has been taken ser- iously ill and I must go at once, as there is no one there to take care of her. I really don’t see what I can do, Bridget won't be here before Thurs- day, and who is to get the meals while I am gone 2" “ Oh, don't mind about the meals, mamma,” said Jessie,. “I think I can prepare a few simple meals, and you know papa is not at all particular. As for Bert, why he will have to get along whether he likes it. or not." After some thought, Mrs. \Varren de- cided to leave Jessie in charge of the house, for, she thought, Jessie is 12 years old and it is high time for her to make herself useful, and this will be a good opportunity for her to begin. So she told John he might get the horse and buggy and drive her out to the farm where Aunt Ruth lived, which was about eight miles through the woods. When she was ready Mrs. \\'ar~ ' ren gave Jessie a few orders and drove off, only stopping at Mr. VVarren‘s ofâ€" flee to tell him where they were go- ing. As soon as they were gone, Jessie made the beds, tidied up the house, and then began preparations for din- ner. She thought she would begin quite early so she would have plenty of time, for, you see, Jessie knew very little about cooking. She had decided on everything she was going to prepare, except the dessert, when she re- membered having seen a recipe for a brown Betty her momma had made a good while ago, and Jessie had never forgotten the fragrant. spicy pudding. She found the recipe and in half an hour Betty was in the oven. Jessie then fixed her chicken, cooked the po- tatoes and made a nice salad. It was then half past 10, and Jessie went up to her room to change her dress and make herself neat before her papa and Bert came home at 12. Her dinner was ready, all except the brown Betty, and that would be ready in a few minutes. When Jessie had made her toilet, she cap-7e down and was surâ€" prised to find Bert there. Bert was Jessie’s 16-year-‘old brother. She ask- ed him what the matter was, and he replied that he did not feel well and papa had sentr him home. He went up to his room, and when Jessie had made him quite comfortable, she came down and took Betty out of the oven. "0h, isn't it lovely," thought Jessie, "Such, a delicious brown Betty. I wonder if it tastes as good as it looks." Taking up a spoon she tasted it, made up a wry l Ice â€" “\Vater that went to sleep in you go down and don‘t be afraid; I’ll fix him," going to the bureau where he took out a revolver. In the mean- while Jessie ran down to the dining and set them before the tramp, who was devouring the chicken greedily. "Took you some long time to get ‘em," he remarked. “\Vell, it's quite far, and I had to open the jar and get 'em out," said Jessie, for she was feeling quite brave now that Bert knew all about it. Pre- sently the man took up the dish of brown Betty, and gobbled up a big mouthful, which he immediately spit out again, making up a horrible face, and glaring at Jessie and then at brown Betty. Suddenly a voice from behind ex- claimed, “Hold up your hands I" The man started, with a terrible oath, and turning quickly around held up his hands, for the muzzle of Bert’s revol- ver was pointed directly at his head. “ Now,” said Bert, “ you just eat up every crumb of that brown Betty, or I‘ll blow your brains out l” The man turned pale with fright, and attacking poor Betty began to scoop it up, spit- ting and sputtering all the while, till three-fourths of it had disappeared, when he laid his hand over his stom- ach and turned to Bert with an ap- pealing look. “ No,” said Bert, "eat it all up!‘ He went for it again, making up a hor- rible grimace for it burnt his mouth dreadfully. \Vhen he had consumed the rest Bert said, " Now get up!” the man obeyed. “ March,” said Bert. He marchâ€" ed to the door, Bert following with the pistol still pointed. “Now run as fast as you can till you are out of sight and if you come around here again you’ll get abullet through you." The ltramp took to his heels and Bert and Jessie watched him till he was out of sight. rolled on the floor, convulsed with laughter, while Jessie sat down and laughed till the tears ran down her cheeks. “ Really," she said, " brown Betty did some good after all.” How FISH BREATHE. Fish do not breathe air, but the life- supporting constituent of airâ€"oxygen gasâ€"which is soluble in water to the extent of 3 volumes in 100 at ordinary temperatures and4in 100 at freezing point. The water containing the dissolved oxygen is made to pass over the gills, where it is separated from the bload only by a very thin membrane,through which the gas is able to pass. Fish in ice-bound rivers have to d9)- pend entirely upon this store of oxy- gen for their respiration, and if it be- .comes exhausted they are suffocated, just as we should ioxygen. 4 It rarely happens however, that any iconsiderable area of water is entirely covered with ice, especially in the case of rivers. Holes and cracks are al- most sure to occur here and there by which the oxygen of the air can reach the water and become dissolved in it. During a long fro .t fish may always'be found congregated beneath air holes in large numbers. They are there to breathe. CHILDHOOD’S QUAIN'I‘ CONCEITS. Some quaint conceits of childhood are given by the Child Study Month- lly as follows: ' Apples are "the bubbles that apple itrees blow." ' l Baldnessâ€"A boy who was sitting lplziyfully on his father's bald head lsaid naively, - "Father, I must get this seat upholstered." Crossâ€""The heaven key." | Du;tâ€""Mud with juice :out." E Eternityâ€"“The lifetime of God.” l Finsâ€""The fish's wings." Happinessâ€"“It is to feel as if you iwanted to give all youn things to your little sister." squeezed face and spit it out. To her grief, Shel the. cold.” found she had used red pepper instead Lightning-“The winking of God‘s of cinnamon! Poor Jessie was on the eye." verge of tears when she heard aknock. Opening the door she came upon the roughest looking specimen of atramp she had ever seen. "Say, miss,” be home i" "No," replied Jessie, " my father is not at home." " Well, never mind, but say, could- n‘t you give a fellow a bite 3" " Uh, certainly," said Jessie, turning to the table, where she took up a loaf of bread, intending to wrap up a lunch and give him to get rid of him, for she felt a little afraid, though she knew Bert was in the house. But to her surprise the man walked in and sat down to the table, saying. “ Look here, miss. I want some 0‘ that fried chick- en and a dish 0‘ that there puddin‘. ” Why, Ican‘t give you that," said Jessie, “it's my papa's dinner.‘ "Yes, you can." he said, “there‘s plenty, and if you don‘tâ€"why. you‘ll wish you did," giving her a warning look. Jessie was getting terribly frightened and placed the chicken and potatoes before him. When she came to the brown Betty she thought, “He will surely kill me when he tastes this pudding. Oh, dear. what shall I do. I wish I could tell Bert." She set the pudding on the table. when the tramp said. “ Ain't yer got no pickles i" " Yes, there‘s some down cellar." It‘."\\'cll. get ‘em and be quick about Jessie stepped in the dining room and ran quickly up the stairs to Bert’s room, where she found him lying on the bed, 1' 0h. Barr," she whispered breathless- ly. "there's a iramp in the kitchen and he‘s eating up all our dinner and I‘m afraid he‘ll kill us, for I put a lot of red pepper in the brown Betty by mis- take, .ind he'll think i did it on pur- pw.'l “Never mind, sis," said Bert. “just I: said. is father 'that bloo;l relations Motherâ€""The bloodiest relation I’ve got." By a boy who had been taught means near re- lotions. Nest eggâ€""The one that measures by." Omnipresenceâ€""God Without going there." Rainbow - "God's smile. Stars â€" "The eggs the moon has laid." Thunderâ€"“The big pump that makes the rain come." Wakefulness â€" "My eyes won't stay the hen is everywhere lshut: um comes unbut'toned." thit a deep psychological truth ties in the answer of the little child asked why a certain tree was crooked. Hi replied: "I suppose somebody flopped on it when it was alittle fel- ow." KEEPING THE CHIMERATVAITING. The. sands of Margate are indirectly responsible. for this: Father,mother, and family were about U) be ph')10- graphed. by one of the itinerant beach fiends, when one of the. olive branches. in fear perhips of the machine, fled away, with mother in hot pursuit. The chase waxed long. for the urchin was blessed with sturdy legs, and mother's skirits impeded her. At length even father. who was indu!gent to a fault at holiday time, lost patience. or per- haps he was reminded by the photo- grapher that this delay would entail an expenditure of extra coppers. ‘Urry up with the nipper. Maria! 'Ere's the bloke awaiting with the chimera! i l ' ~ .- . - LIFE OF WHALES. Whales from 200 to, 400 years old are sometimes met with. The age is ascerâ€" tained by the size. and number of lay- ers of the whalebone, which increases yearly. room, and taking a glass of pickles off the table, she stepped into the kitchen Then Bert dropped his pistol and be if deprived of' mental and moral regeneration of Son- danese tribes was one of Gordon’s lVO’l‘ INTERI‘ERE \VITH RELIGION. [THE SIRDAR'S SUHEME WILL AVENGE GORDON’S DEATH Iii THE NOBLEST WAY. What .‘llay Be Done to Reclaim the Aral»- ol’ lhc Soudnnâ€"Tlic Difficulties Pointer: Out By One “'ho linch the Country as follows:-â€"Lord Kitchener's powerâ€" ful appeal for funds to found a Gor- don Memorial College at Khartoum was more suggestive than explanatory of the great scheme he has in view, but we. may be sure that all practical details have. been thought out not less carefully than the. financial question. The Sirdar's genius is eminently conâ€" structive, and it is characteristic of the man that his first. thought after destroying the old order of things in the Soudan, should be devoted to the best means of building up a new and far better fabric from the material that is readiest to his hands. The many dreams. If it should be realized through the influence of a college dedicated to that hero’s memory, England will have avenged his death in the noblest way, and justified her claim to be rerarded as the greatest civilizing power that has ever ruled in Africa. English rule it must be there for many years yet to come, if only for the simple rea- son that no other is possible. And no- body can doubt that Lord Kitchener has devised an admirable means where- by this rule may be rendered effec- tive. Lord Salisbury evidently has a simiâ€" lar opinion as to the duration of a government “which in its principles and methods must be essentially \Vestâ€" " or he the reconciliation of would hardly have said the races ern, that . which inhabit the Nile Valley to this form of government is a task that "will tax the resources of the present generation and of those who come afâ€" ter them." \Ve have here, therefore, to begin with, the young natives at an ‘ age when their minds are most recep- tive and freest from prejudice. The old may sullenly accept: the inevitable. It will be the task of Englishmen to convince the young by practical dem- onstration that the inevitable is also the best. All who are familiar with habits of thought in the Soudan will rejoice at the Sirdar’s announcement that there its to be no interference with the re- ligion of students who may enter the college at Khartoum. A scheme based on any other principles would be foredoomed to failure, and Serve Only to reuse the old spirit of fanaticism which has reigned so long with disas- trous results to peace and the progress of civilization. Missionary efforts will find a fruitful field there as well, of the head "One who knows the Soudan," \iritts‘ tary. so that the boy, educated at Khartoum College, may expect in their turn to becomie Sheikhs, and a great. step 'will have been made to. wards the consolidation of stable gov- ernment in the Soudnn, and go back to their villages imbued with English ideas, knowing something of the arts and science of civilization and having learned a great deal about the power of the country that holds protective sway over Egypt and its reconquered provinces. QUEER NOTION OF BEAUTY. It is curious to note the queer ideas of beauty which characterize different nations. In Fiji the native women paint their faces with red and white stripes as an ornifinent. The women of Greenland cover their faces with blue and yellow, while Arabian beau- tie stain their lips blue and their fin~ gers and toes red. The pearly teeth of the poet and nov- elist would not be valued by some of the Eastern and Polynesian nations. In Macassar the women paint their teeth red and yellow, in such a way that a red tooth follows a yellow one, and al- ternately. The teeth of the Tonquinâ€" ese. are as black as art can make thorn. The dyeing occupies three or four days, and. is done to both boys and girls when they are about twelve years of age. During the whole operation, they never taken any nourishment, for fear of being poisoned by the pigtnent if they swallowed what required masti- cation. Every person, high and low, rich and poor, is obliged to undergo this somewhat objectionable operation, as it is alleged that it would be a disgrace to human nature to have teeth white like those of dogs or elephants. In Japan fashion compels married women to blacken their teeth, not, how- ever, as an ornament. but to make them more ugly and save them from temptation. The Sunda Islanders sometimes black-1 on all the teeth but two with burned} cocoanut, covering the two excepted teeth with thin plates of gold or sil- ver. The same tribe is in the habit of employing their old women to dress up the teeth of the youths and maid- ens at wooing time. The canine teeth are filed to a fine, smooth edge, and the body of the tboth, made concave, or they will notch the edge of the teeth like a fine saw. as an additional means! of beautifying. ' This mutilation of the teeth is ob< served by many of the savage or am civilized races in various parts of the. world. In the Malay Archipelago the natives file their teeth into points like' those ofssaw or pierce them with holes into which they insert studs. The Ma- cassar people..sonietimes pull out. 1w0' front teeth, in order to supply tlicirl place with teeth of pure gold or sil-l ver. Some African tribes knock out their front teeth, on the ground thatl they do not wish to look like beastsl On the Upper Nile four front: teeth are always knocked out, but further south only the two upper incisors are dispensâ€" ed with. In some parts of the world, the shape is of great importance. but they must be k-th distinct and apart Many American Indians admire a head from the Sirdar’s educational scheme. Comparativer few people realize even yet the. diversity of ,race and character that will have to be dealt with by English masters in the proposed col- legs. The Soudanese are not one people, toms and various capactties. There is no predominant. race since the power of the Baggaras has been shattered, and Lord Kitchener has certainly no idea of Setting that up again. It may be gathered from the terms of his prospoal, therefore, that he. does not wish to exclude the representatives of any race from the benefits that eduâ€" cation at Khartoum College may con- fer. Dinka, Shilluk, Danagla, Jaalin, Dongolawi, and even the fierce Bag- gara may be brought together under one influence. that will be working for the good of all. - Happily there are. no prejudices of caste. to overcome. Natives of Kor- dofan have in recent years as in times but many, with different ensâ€"l 1 nose ” is considered an insult so extremely flattened as to appear to us idiotic. The natives of the north- west coast compress the head into a pointed cone, while the inhabitants of Arakhan, admire a broad, smooth fore- head, and in order to produce it: they fasten a plate of lead on the heads of the new born children. In some countries the feminine head- gear is carried to singular extravagâ€" ance. The Chinese lady carries on her head the figure of a bird, which is composed of copper or gold, according to the quality of the owner. The My- antse women carry on their heads a Ithin board, about a foot long and six inches broad. \Viih this they cover their hair and seal it with wax. \Viih the. 'l‘aliitans to be called "long and they compress the noses and foreheads of their children for the sake of beauty. The same custom is prevalent. among, the Malays and the natives of Brazil.i in some parts of the world the nosel 1038‘ Pilv‘tv be?“ Partly 5111339“ 10 their; pierced, rings, sticks, feathers and slaveâ€"trading Arabs, who carried them off captives, but many rose to high rank under the Khalifa's tyrannical rule, and neither race nor colour has ever been a bar to the success of cap- able men in any part of the Egyptian i dominions. TECHNICAL TRAINING. Perhaps the most satisfactory part of Lord Kitt-htner's admirable scheme is the.inclusion of technical training. “'e cannot. teach own the Dinkas and Shilâ€" luks muoh in the way of metal and leather work.. With the rudest ma- terial; they have been able to produce marvellous results. But we may familiarise them with the use of modâ€" ern tools and mechanical appliances that will add immensely to their means of production. . Agriculture and oth- er industries in the Soudan, when car- ried on at all. have been hampered by the necessii y for employing very prim- itive implements. When trade flour- ished there fourteen years ago, it was no uncommon thing to see the rheis of a Nile boat. stitching parts of a gar~ merit together with .a sharp mimosa thorn. instead of a needle. The process of education even in such elementary subjects as are at present contemplated will be slow. \Ve shall first of a'l have to catch the students, who will perhaps be a bit shy and suspicious of our intentions at the outmt, but Lord Kitchener knows ex- actly what he wants, and sets about getting it. in the right way. He pur- poses to get on the original foundation of his collegfe a eonâ€"presumably the eldestâ€"of the leading man in each vil- lage arid district. These are almost without exception cemmunal organize- tions, and something akin to the pa- triarchal system. Th2 Sheikh el balad, like the. head of the tribe is, in most cases, heredi- lotlier ornaments, being inserted in the l holes. The ancient Egyptians and Assyrians! used paint .to make their eyebrows seem l wider; the Arabians of the present day l go a step further in the use of paint.l 'l‘liey endeavor to produce the. impression: that. their eyebrows grow down to ihc‘ middle of the nose and meet there.' Persian women paint. a black line; around their eyes and ornament their . faces with a variety of figures. 'l‘hol lndians of Paraguay eradicate lhi-iri eyebrows and eyelashes, saying that; they do not wish to look like horsch In China and neighbouring countries- the finger nails are allowed to grow to a monstrous length as a symbol of nobilityl ladies wearing silver cases to. protect them. in some parts of Africa: yellow or purple nails are considered fashionable, while the Turkish womenl tinge their nails with a blue color. ' â€" â€"‘-*â€"â€"‘.-~-<â€"â€"-~ A DISTANT COUSIN. At the wedding annivors'try of a rail- way magnate, one of the guests. notic- ing a somewhat lonely-looking and. rather shabbily attired man in onel corner of the parlor, walked over nndlf sat down near him. I was introduced to you, he said, but I did not catch your name. My name, replied the other, is Swad- dleford. Oh, then you are a relative of our host! Yes, rejoined the poor relation," with a grin, I am his cousin five hun- dred thousand dollars removed. Mose Snowballâ€"No, Yer Bonah. Why not! If it please do Co't. I’d like ier keep dem chickens mywe'f, otter habin' ulli do trouble or girtin' 'em. M Health Department CARE OF THE EYF.BRO\\"S. Poets and artists may continue to extol the expressive beauty of the deli- cately penciled eyebrow, but the aver- age woman pays little heed to it, and beyond an occasitnzil smoothing with her fingers leaves uncured for one of the nicest and most particular portions of her facial toilet. Like all other points of beauty, this little pen stroke of nature varies greatly with the in- dividual, but, as a usual thing, one. is endowed with just about the right brow to harmonize with the features, and a little judicious care is all that is necessary to enhance this touch which goes so far to make or to mar the en- tire facial expression. thn. howâ€" ever, the formation of ihe eyebrow is decidedly at fault we have recourse to artifice to help out the deficiency or obliterate its homeliness. The eye- brow should extend slightly beyond ihe orifice of the eye at either end, should terminate in a mere line toward the temple and be slightly broader toward the nose. Upon the. breadth, the arch and the shade depend much. Delicate features should not be preponderuted by broad biows, while those which are large and strong in character need the bolder brush to acc..-ntn.tic their force. The brow is always to be carefully snioo;h, glossy and orderly. At. a re- cent visit to a deriimtologist a society \voman was greatly amused when the soâ€"cnlled artist, after carefully treat- ing her skin for real and imaginary blemihss, apparenly scrutinizmg ev- ery pail; with a microscope, Complet- ed his work in a hasty brush over the muchâ€"disturbed eyebrows, With it camel's h‘lll‘ brush, and stepped back to announce his work of beautifying was complete. "Now," she said, With a smile, ‘ l‘li show you something. Look at me well, and then notice the. differ- ence.". Selecting a stiff little brush from among his numerous parapher- nalia, she brushed the hair of both eye- brows straight up toward the forehead, then carefully brushed them down from above. This left an extrennly delicate shading, every hair cleary de- fined and distinctly separate, and a clear dark line along the center. She shaped the inner line toward the nose with a cautious touch of the brush, then turned to the manipulator for his opinion, and he ,was forced to admit that, when the brow was in a healthy condition, he had never taken much pains about its dressrng. _ Never pull the hair out, even if it grows too close over the brows; care- ful brushing will in time shape it nicely, and to Certain features close brows are a decided necessity. If you will take the time some day to comb your brows in various sliiidings you will soon discover which styleâ€"wheth- er high or low arch, rather flat. or fine and delicate styleâ€"us most becom- ing, and, once learned, adhere. strictly to il‘. 'l‘he h'llf‘ will. of its own accord, finally shape itself in that direction. OLDâ€"TIM E “'RINK LE RECIPE. Any women who have read ihe Vicar of \Vakefiold would give much to know just what herbs and simples were usd ed in the. face wash that Mrs. Prim- rose and her bonny daughters were at such pains to make over the fire. Both dames and demoiselles of those times were. famous for their fine complexions, and it; is well worth while making a study of their means to this desirable end. Here is a recipe straight from old Englind that. sounds as if it might be a compound like the famous "Prim- rose. \Vasli:" It is far more delicate than cold cream, cocoa butter or any of the emollients now so much in vogue and when used overnight all traces of it. should disappear before mornâ€" ing. Cucumbers wi 1 be plentiful for nine time. yet, and as they enter largely in- to the conipo.~ition of this preventative it would be Well to prepare enough just now to last the winter. To make, put a cup of good cream in a small saucepan ovier the fire and stir until it boils: allow to cool and reheat. Do this illf‘llt‘ times. \\'hilc hot stir in thi jun-e. of two lemons and two tablesporinsful of cucumber juice. This may easily be pressed from thin vegetable, by culling in bits lllt: size of ll‘llf a lemon and pressing in tho sqrii-i-zcr in lhe sannr way as lemons. Stir in, also, two tablexpoonsful of glycerinc and one of horn-y. The for- mer may be omitted if it does not agree with the. l-kin. At the. last add a few drops of any nice scent. 'l'be mut-ep'in should be. kept in hot “'flit'l until :hc ingredients are w.“ mixed. then removed and llu- contents sti: red evr-ry few minutes until perfectly cold. It is now ready to be packed in Miiall pots, like those ih'it cuum with extract of beef. and covered with paper dipped in the whiti- of an egg. to become. air- light. The fare should be washed with good soap and hot water, shading all to cold, over nii'l‘it, and this ulnliniznl massaged into the. skin. \th glycerinc is omitted use sweet oil instead. Sl‘I.'fAN"S JEWELS. The estimated value of the Sultan's jewels is 840,000,000. if His Majesty him any hobby at all, it may be said in be the purchasing of jewels and witness- ing private theatricals. No profes- sional of noteâ€"lie he actor. singer or conjurorâ€"passes through C‘Il’lhiflfl'l‘ noplo without an invitation from the Sultan. He always pays for thee:- per- formances in Bank of England notes. ¢.~.~<