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wrt ,• --.J '"f fC. A USEFUL CALENDAR Nt* *•••••• • i-% .i «»v 3 lULIKOia gc^~ TINTAOEU 40*] mounded i Ukiq^flMdM knights, i uim the world resoutniWI IKMIm, Sown MUrtil ft Wi IMMl'tf old warnt _j ttey th«y riwp, > «1m vUd Attaatlc shores. . % ,. p JVMaval'a IvtrtiMd w«Ua, tjydly bol(U th« load »m scorning; MM moving moonlight falls. 'x - itbalrrantitb* wiud goe* monrnlo^, ignta. yoar ancient home, (J»d spoilM* *n.5 fallen Mnna#nt,.: 'yeaiNr, Mtben ofold. '*'<•' • roIM andwratM ul foam, i tb> wavea, beneath yoar • I mv# themselves abroad In thunder?.», *i f r ' -i. ABASED BY AN ENGINE. fe/* ! 5-f^; LvH v I was riding oa a nieftt trtiWoff the Pennsylvania Central from New York to Washington on a mission as news- Kper correspondent. We had passed .Itimore, and within an hour's time would be at our destination. The conductor had finished collecting the Cures, and seeing a vacant seat by my «ide had dmpped into it, as if tor a little rest at the end of a tiresome 4ay's work. He made an enjtry in his notebook, closed it, placed' it in his breastpockets, buttoned his ^ coat, tblded his arms, and then turned to me with a friendly remark, as if ROW fee felt at liberty'to lay aside all offi­ cial dignity and be sociable. "You must have met with some Interesting experiences, and perhaps «ome great congers, in the course of your life," said I, the conductor's grlz- *ly beard showing that he might have Jfcin a long service. "Well, perhaps the most exciting time in my experience was the night was chased by an engine--a night #hich this one reminds me of," said fee looking out into the darkness. 44Chased by an engine*" said I get- *lng interested. "How did that hap- §ea?" ^ "Well," said tbeconductor, settling «own in the cushion, and bracing liis knees against the back of the seat in front, "Many years ago I was running the- night express on Long Island from Brooklyn to Green port, a dis­ tance of ninety miles, the entire length of the road. The Long Island *oad was then a one-horse affair, hav­ ing only a single track, with switches at the different stations to allow trains to meet and pass. On the evenii|g to which I now refer I started from Brooklyn at 10 o'clock with the old iJBy this time the Are: AS engineer, had given our the steam she would take, and were slashingalbng it*!* r*& I tell you. The good people along the road who were out of their beds miist have thought that a railroad Gilpin was ri&iujg another race, according to the new style. I was angry enough to have sent a bullet at the crazy en­ gineer following us, and 1 determined that my first business the next day should be to complain to the superin­ tendent of his fool-hardiness. . , ^Well, we tore through that sleep­ ing village, without stopping for re­ freshment*, I can assure you, and then Jake and I looked to see our comical friend in the rear pull up at the station and take lodging for the nipht. But we were mistaken in our guess. Not a whistle was given by our pursuer as a signal that he in­ tended to stop; not a sign of slacken­ ing was show»; but, pn the contrary he was gaining ujion us even when we were doing our very best. Some­ times a curve in the road would shut him for a moment from our View, but he would round it in an instant, and every new turn brought him more closely upon us. "Jamaica had been left far behind, and we were out on the wide Hamp- stead plain. The old Constitution was m her mettle. Our train wit- actually swaying and rocking wi speed like a yacht on the wave! The telegraph poles, upon which t light from our window would glint the dense darkness, were flying hind lis at every second. The sou of our wheel® as thev struck the ends the rails was a continuous hum. Bu do the best that it might, our engi with its heavy train, was no mate! for the light weighted one behind that was gaining upon us. and was not the eighth of a mile off. The glare from its lantern shone brightly in our face; I thought Jake's face looked a' bit pale, and perhaps mine did, too. Now that our pursuer did not halt at Jamaica, we were en- of railroad matters as myself. I staroMl Jake on the back, and said, iQH fellow, your cuteacss has brought us all out of a bad scrape.' «'ln a few seconds the lantern of the train behind us was getting dim in the distance. We slackened speed and backed down to see 4what th6 matterwas with Simpson,' a* Jake said. There stopd the Old , Ben Franklin, puffing and snorting and pawing like a mad bull, the driving wheels buzzing around on the greased track 1 ike all possessed, but not gaining an inch. We sanded the track and bore down upon the old machine. Jake was the first aboard, spoiling for a good chance at the engineer, Simp­ son. But no sign of an engineer, fireman, or any other living being was to be found. . The engine had only a tender attached, and although there was still a full head of steam on, the fires were getting low. We made short #ork in pushing back to Lakeland. We* reached the station, and got fairly upon the switch when the Green port train which we should meet there, came in, and were waiting as if nothing had hap­ pened, and as if we had not been fif­ teen miles out on the road to meet it a few minutes before. "The telegraph operator at Lake­ land handed me a dispatch whicl AS^4-, iich "*1 tirely off our reckoning, and we could make no guess as to the cause of our chase, nor when it would end. The prospect seemed that we might be driven to the end of the road, if we were not over taken and smashed ber fore it could be reached. " 'That's the Franklin, sure,' broke out Jake once more. 'No other en­ gine on the road could overhaul us as we are going now. What can that fool of a Simpson mean by driving ber at such a rate? He must be drunk. If the boss don't break him to-morrow, he won't get his deseits. He will be into us in two minutes.' " 'You are right,' said L «Go for­ ward and see if you cannot get up a Constitution, long since broken up, j little more headway. Empty a few tout then the crack engine on the «oad, with a baggage or freight car and three passenger cars. The night was just as dark as a pocket: or, if anything, perhaps a little darker," he added, as if he had accurately tested the internal obscurity of that useful portion of the dress. : "It must have been very dark," #IdL v "We were the only regular train apon the road that night, with the exception of the Green port express to Brooklyn, which was to start at 10 o'clock and meet us at Lakeland Station, in the middle of the island, •witching off there to allow us to "Well, we were perhaps six or eight miles on our way when I stepped out •«a the back platform of the rear car see if it was growing any lighter, were then going over a part of *the road which was as straight as an of those petroleum cans on the wood, and pitch in and see what can be done.' " 'While Jake was forward on his errand I thought over our situation. Here I was with a hundred or two passengers under my care, all ignor­ ant of the danger which I knew they were in. If we should be overtaken and crushed in the rear,- the disaster would be a serious one, and would j probably cause the death or injury at j least ot some of the passengers. If we were not smashed in this way i thare was another and perhaps a greater danger before us. The train of which I have spoken, which left Green port when we left Brooklyn, Was on its way to meet us on the same tracks It should switch off* at Lakeland in the middle of the island and allow u s to pass, an hour after we started, or at 11 o'clock. It was now half past 10, and we were close rrow for a distance of four or five j ^ Lakeland alKadrt~aiid would ~pass miles. As I was looking back over 1 ^ 'this stretch I saw behind us, at the -distance ef three miles or so, what I Jfcnew was the head-light of an engine, .as it was too bright for anything else; 4or of course I did not suppose the tgovernment had been putting up any lighthouses along the roaii." ^ A'Probably not." said L v*You may be sure I was a little surprised," said the conductor* "for fthere wasn't an extra train once a tweek upon that road, and I knew j tfchat there was none going out from ^Brooklyn that' nighti anyhow. I j t^waited for&ffew minutes, until I saw tghari it was really an engine coming, sand, what was more, that it was gaining rapidly on us, although we were going at our usual rate of speed. When I was satisfied of this fact, I Slurried forward and said to the engi. vneer, 'Jake,-there is a train- close be- ...tjbind us.' "Jake dropped his oil-can and his ^flower jaw at about the same moment, and looked to see whether I was crazy iDr joking. 'Well, let the fireman attend to jteatters here, and come back and see,' • laid I. , "We hurried to the rear, and in a jfxto.ment Jake saw as well as myself > iihat if there was any joke la the mat- !$ter we were the victims of it; and of ! Jatber a serious one, too, for the train n the rear had gained on us a full > fnile while I had been forward. The J ;t*ed cinders were pouring out of the I , <$mokestack as if from a blast-furnace; i the head-light threw a glare along j <fche road, burnishing the iron rails to ! bur very wheels. Close as he was ; Upon us, the engineer of the^advano \ Ung train had not given the slightest | : ? signal to warn us of his , approach, j *v jand made no response to our repeated | ^whistles of alarm. He was violating f "all railroad rules, and if he had de- j termincd to secretly run us down he ' act just as he was then doing. 7hat does that crazy fool mean?* j The engineer must be either! jr drunk,' said I. 'If he keeps i "that way ten minutes longer he1 beat Leonard Swett 1,400 votes. L,, W, Boss, democrat, in the Peoria district, had no opposition. "Tony" Knapp, in the Tenth district, beat Sam Moulton, republican candidate, nearly 7,000 votes. Jim" Robinson, democrat, in the Eleven til district) fifapUAj>* n - his republican opponent, over 8,000 r the show place of all that section, says Harper's Bazar* The imposing park of mighty oaks, graceful lindens, and generous low-spreading beeches was a flit setting for the trig house, with its white columns reared from basement to roof. The quaint furni­ ture and the rare crystal and prince­ ly plate were spoken of near and far. Every flooE, every window seat, and every table of this house was waxed. Every morning an army of nimble- kneed young negresses fell upon these floors antlrabbed and polished .until each board fairly shone and glistened with tlitj amber wax. The war came, on. The army of negroes was scat­ tered from the old quarter. They spread throughout the State, and it was thought a rare fortune- to- get hold of Mrs. C 's well-trained Ser­ vants. One day one of these servants applied to Mrs. B of Richmond, for a situation. It was Mehaly, a hoity-toity girl, but not without her following in the old quarter* "Can you cook?" asked Mrs. B--, "Cook? No, 'm. Ole miss5 cooks wa' Cinthy, an' Minervy, an' liUce, an' Judy, an' Arrah, an1 Rachel, an' Polly.4' "Can you do housework?" queried Mrs. B--, with interest. "No, 'm. Can't 4q housewuk. Dar wa' Jinny, an' Becky, an' Sa' Jane, an' Liz, an' Rose, an' Dinah, an' Salomy, an' Nancy to do tbe housewuk." "Well, maybe you could do laundry work?" j "No, 'm, don' know nuffln 'bout washln' nor ir'nin. Karline, an' Matildy, an' Sooky, an'Henr'etta, an' Lydia did the washin' an' de ir'nin'." "Then you can nurse?" persisted Mrs. B--. "Nebber nussed in'me life. Der wa' Judy, an' Seely. an' Pbeeny, an' Penelope, an' Fenus, an' ole Bet to nuss." ' ̂What did you do?" asked Mrs. B--in dismay. "Well," replied Mehaly, as a Rare smile broke over her dark countenance, "I mos'ly hunted up ole miss' spees." ^ . Tbe N*>l >lna k'Mur**'^ v*:- Coming Prophetic Events, accord- ins to Daniel and Revelation, during next 9 Years before End of this Age in Passover Week, April 11, 1801. The Greatest W^r ever known,, in 1892--Change of 2.3 Kingdoms into Ten in 1893--Earthquakes, Famines, Pestilence--A Napoleon to be a Hellenic King in 1893, before his 7 Years' Covenant (as Syrian King) with the Jews on April 21, 1894-- Their Sacrifices Restored, Nov. 8, 1894 (Daniel vii«: 24; viii. : 14; ix. 27) --Ascension of 144,000 Living Chris­ tians to Heaven without Dying on March 5, 1890--Napoledh's Massacre of Tens pf Thousands of Christians during 1,260 Days from Aug. 14, 1807, there long before the arrival of the Greenport train, which ordinarily got there first. The result would be that we should meet that train beyond Lakeland without warning of our ap­ proach, and a collision in front as well as the rear would be the consequence. "We reached and flew through the Lakeland depot nearly half an hour ahead of time. Of course, the Green- port train was not there yet, hut was coming down the road. Our speed was now a little ahead of any ever be­ fore made upon the Long Island road. The telegraph poles fairly danced be­ hind us, and the bushes on either side of the track seemed a continuous wall of Are as they were lighted up j to Jan. 2*i, 1901--Christls 4)escent on by the flame which was pouring out of our smokestack. But dangerous as it was to keep QJI, it was just as dan­ gerous to slacken spewed, and so on we went." The conductor rolled his quid from one cheek to the other, raised the window by bis side and expectorated into the outer darkness, and became silent for several moments, as if bur­ dened by the recollection of his former perils. After waiting a rea­ sonable length of time for him to re­ sume his story, I said, "When the collision occurred, was it with the train in front or in the rear, or with both?" " '•Oh, the collision!" said tbO con­ ductor. "Well, now-you eome to the ridiculous part of the story. The collision did not. take place at all," he said, in an apologetic tone, as if there ought to have been a serious accident after so much prep­ aration. "While I was standingon the platform, thinking whether I had better warn the passengers to hold themselves ready for a shock, Jake came forward dragging after him two .large petroleum cans, each of which woulahold a quarter of a barrel of oil. " 'Now then,' said Jake to me, 'if you will oil one side of the track, I will try the other.' "I saw at once what his plan was. will surely be into us; and I signalled j each brought the mouth of an oil Earth and Commencement of Millen­ nium in Passover Week, April, 1901. --Advertisement; in English Church 'Paper. • ; ' • :; *the fireman to put on more steam. 'What business the train has to-night -upon tbe road is, what pu$z,les me.' " ft wonder if it isn't aifengine the •Id man is sending down to Jamaica to the shops for repairs?' said Jake. 4I saw the Ben Franklin standing on can as near to the polished surface of the rail as possible and commenced pouring on it the kerosene In less than a minute a half-mile of the iron rails on both sides was nicely oiled i and slippery." "You have raised my expectations the side track with steam up just as | of a catastrophe so high that #you We started. From the way she over- have been obliged to grease the track kiauls us, there can't be much of a ; train behind her.' "I .did not know but that Jake •might be right, for I had seen the >>Franklin standing in the depot when we left. That engine was just as .fast as our own, and if it was with­ out a train attached, as Jake sup­ posed. might easily gain on us, as it seemed to be doing. 'At any rate we shall see when we pass Jamaica Station whether Jake's theory is cor- «ect;M. thought, And said so to him. * . so as to let them down again easily," said I, for I felt a little nettled at the unexpected turn the story had taken, and was inclined to believe that the conductor was drawing largely on his imagination for the facts. "Why, don't you know that an engine can no more make headway on a greased track than a tom-cat can climb a steep roof covered with ice?" said the conductor, with a pitying glance at one so profoundly ignorant to till the Cav ot tha tttileh t Any JKvopt ©courrail,. l yery often happens .that it is4e- slrable to know on . what day of the. a certain date occurs, says the Pittsburgh Leader. If it Jjs in the present year, a glance at the calendar near by. which a generous insurance company has kindly furnished will settle the matter at once. Put it may be that the date needed occurred in some year long ago, as the birthday of some person, or perchance it is a year-or two away, as the date for some convention or meeting. It is a very easy- matter to find such a date, and we append a simple rule for finding any day in the present century. Aijy school boy or girl can work it out,and it will furnish amusement if nothing more some evening in finding out on what c\ay you were born. .tCo find the day of any date for the present cen- tury, that is from 1801 to 2000,, use the following, rule: Divide the year (omitting the century) by 4, adding the quotient ftfter dropping the re­ mainder. To this add the day of the month and its proper complement from the following table. Divide the sum total by 7 and the remainder will be the day of the week, counting Sunday the first. If there be no re­ mainder the answer will be Saturday. Following are the complements of the months: Jtuau&ry 3 JWMKV..•••"• in leap yaw..*,...... 8 F e b r u a r y . . . . v . - . V v . In leap y«ur..... B : March 6;< April...... ...^. i....» 2jNoverober . _ May,, = Dsenmber... September............ 1 ijdotober........ .r..... 3 The two examples following clearly illustrate this method: On what day do the following dates occur: Jan.-1,1878. 4)78 19 . 1 :• t' 14-0 Aptil 87,1854; 13 27 a I* 13--S *•««! of User, An interesting experiment was made the other day bv a Washington physician to aeterniinc the relative effect of whisky and beer upon the digestion of food in the Human stomach. As oysters are regarded as self-digesting fooc, two fine speci­ mens were selected* one being placed in a glass full of beer and the other in a similar vessel about half full of whisky. The oysters . were allowed to remain in their respective recep­ tacles all night. In the morning they were examined by the physician, who found that the bivalve which had been placed in the beer had dis­ solved with the exception of the tough and indigestible heart, while the oyster in the whisky had shrunk to half Its natural .V:ze and was al­ most as tough as sole leather no dis­ solution whatever having taken p l a c e . " \ - ' ' . ' . A I) uk« U ha Wdtlt't I'oatMt. Chatting recently with J. B. Mont­ gomery of Qregon, says a New York Press man, he told me an incident in his experience In railroad travel In England. In an apartment of an English car he had for one of two companions a man who was addressed by his friend (the third member of the party) as a duke. The journey on which the throe men were going was a long one, and Jdr. Montgomery fell into a conversation with the British nobleman. Various topics were discussed, when literature came uppermost and Mr. Montgomery «aid: "The two men I want most to see in England are Thomas Carlisle' and* Herbert Spencer." He was aston­ ished to hear the duke reply: "Mr. Carlyle I know, but who is Spencer*" A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone and die not worth a groat at last.--Franklin. "You have a trouble!" old women always say to the young girls. "Why, how can that be? You are not mar­ ried." . ! feftt&rday. J Anfe.:' Sttnrday. This is really a very simple thing, and perhaps some one will be inter­ ested v to know .the reason for this method. You divide the year by four to find how many days there have been dnrirrg ,the century caused by leap year and add the quotient to it, as every additional year brings the same date one day later In the week than in the previous year. After ad­ ding the day of the week you add the complement, which i^ obtained in the following maHner: Jan. 1, 1800, fell upon Wednesday, the fourth day of the:week. Between Jan. 1 st and the fourth day Of the week there is a dif­ ference of three, which you supply, thus obtaining the complement for January. To obtain that of any sub­ sequent month and Its complement, dividing by seven, and the remainder will be the answer; or If it be con­ tained an even number of times the months will have no complement. Feb. 29 compensates for one dropped from both January and February in leap year. These complements .are good for only this century. If the date occurs in 1700 add the comple­ ment for that century, which is two; if fit the i^xt century. Or 1900, add five. • - - fmrtm Ktgpiektra, There are between 40,000 and 50,- 000 ragpickers in Paris, divided into three classes, besiaes the mailtre chif­ fon nier, who is well to do. At the bottom comes the ramasseur de nult. He is not a born ragpicker, as most of the better ones are, but 'is generally a laboring man out. of work. He col­ lects from any refuse he can find. He is only one degree above the common tramp. Gradually he gains experi­ ence, learns to distinguish the most profitable kind of refuse and the quarters where they are to be found, and ends by going to live in a colony as a regular chiffonnier. There are 6,000 of this class. The next is the coureur. He is more expert than the ramasseur de nuit, but has, like him, no regular work--he comes and goes when and where he likes. This is the.largest class, and numbers some 20,000. The third is the placier,who is in quite a different position. He is licensed by the police and has a definite beat. From so many houses in a particular street the refuse is his monopoly. The good will of a beat can be bought and Sold, and is worth from 40 to 120 or 150 francs, accord­ ing to the district. On the other hand, the placier Is obliged to make his round every day under the penalty of losing his place. He goes out In the morning with his basket and visits the houses on his beat. At each house he takes the portable dustbin, containing the previous day's refuse, from the cook, carries It out to the pavement, and overhauls It while waiting for the municpal dust cart to pass. He may be seen at work any morning about 7 or 8 o'clock, or earlier. The placier always works with his wife and children, and many placiers possess a horse and cart. Hav­ ing gone his round he returns home and sorts his gleanings. . The as­ sorted products are sold by weight to the matltre chiffonnier, who gives from 2 to 200 francs per 100 kilo­ grammes, according to quality. The total profit drawn by these people di­ rectly from the refuse of Paris aver­ ages almost $15,000 a day. A 8wear-OFL"." Samuel McDonald, a saloon-keeper at Frankfort road and Vienna street, possesses a cat which he calls Hector, and which, up to half a year ago, was a staid and happy pet, enjoying the respect and affection- of the whole McDonald family, says the Phila­ delphia Times. . ' - The cat's downfall commenced one dav when he wandered Into a saloon which is attached to the McDonald hom<*, and as he was a favorite with Tim, • the bartender, was allowed to imbibe a small quantity of beer. Thereafter he was a regular frequenter it the saloOn and soon began to have as ardent and perpetual a thirst for beer as the most confirmed inebriate. All of his former decorum and self- respect dwindled away, and Hector soon became dirty and disreputable, avoided the the family and lay under a table in the bar-room all day. He had lost all friends but Tim, the bar­ tender, who several times a day gave him a pretty good quantity of beer, which he lost no time in drinking. This state of things continued un­ til the appearance of a new cat in the house--a very picture of rigid re- jpectability--which, the few times that Hector saw him treated him i« ui|M§|<,«ottte8|M3.. and.. re- all ofHififes of ttipQiiiintance- About ainonth ago, tfftiir a jlarly biijb$r. affront, whleajaJ- B&dlfc caused a flfcht, Hector suddenly left the bar-room and was gone sev­ eral days. When he reappeared he was ciiean and presentable once more, and seemed to have recovered his old prid$ ( and spirits. Nothing could tempt him to enter the saloon again, and when lim offered him beer once he became furiously enraged. He re­ sumed his former virtuous habits and temperate life, was as tidy and dainty as ever he was and is now gradually winning his way again to respect and esteem of the family, to the evident surprise and chagrin of the other cat. <M«n, The Duke of Wellington was very stringeut in respect to obeying orders. The "Iron Duke," as he was some­ times called, was never disposed to be lenient toward the slightest dis­ obedience, but could reward and ap­ preciate a strict fulfillment of dlrec- tiona Lord Derby was entertaining the duke at one of his country man­ sions at a time when certain repairs and improvements were going on. Some of the walls were to be decor­ ated, and the central hall floor tes­ sellated. In order to prevent injury to the tloor, Lord Derby furnished several pairs of slippers which were placea near the door, and he directed a young man who was at work on one of the walls to order any one that came in to put on a pair before crossing the passage. "If any one fails to attend to you," he added, "you must put him out. " Soon after a party returned from hunting, and Wellington, with his splashed and muddy boots, opened the door and rushed along the hall. The young man immediately jumped off the ladder on which he was paint­ ing, and seizing Wellington by the shoulder, fairly pushed him out of the house. , In the afternoon Lord Derby sum- moned all the household and men at work into the study, and seating himself beside the great warrior, de­ manded to know who had had the impertinence to push the Duke of Wellington out of doors. The painter, all of a tremble, came forward and said, "It was 1, my Lord." - . "And - pray," rejoined the earl, "how came you to do it?" the man then repeated directions given him that morning and said, "I was only obeying orders, I thought, sir." On this Wellington turned to Lord Derby, and smiling, took a sovereign out of his purse, which he gave to the workman, saying, "You were right to obey orders." Tbe Amnrioan I'nr, . It was on a suburban train coming into the city a few mornings ago that a number of men were discussing the present conditions of the wage work­ ers." A well-dressed man whom no one else seemed to know declared: "The working people of to-day have things entirely too much their own way. They are too independent, and they should be put down." His autocratic manner and the strange sentiments he boldly ex­ pressed awed those about him. Here was a purse-proud czar who spurned the lower classes. Having risen above the common people, he had evi­ dently forgotten that they were mor­ tals somewhat similar to himself. "I shall do all I can," he contin­ ued. "to teach the impudent working people that they must be the servants of those above them." Some of the men about him offered, faint obiections to some of his re­ marks, but his overpowering dictato­ rial manner was too much for them, and besides they were not sure but that he was the financial backer of the srreat institutions with which they were connected and it would not be the proper thing to awaken his emnity. Finally the hater of the lower classes went toward the smok­ ing car, when the men inquired of one another who he was. None of them knew, bilt a pale-faced,' tired, looking little girl, who had been an interested listener in an adjoining seat, ventured to inform them: "He's one of the floor walkers in the store where I clerk.--Chicago Time& 'r.. . ' Th«lAHKus:« ot The matron of one of the lamest foundling institutions in the country, when interrogated the other day, said: "lam almost convinced if little babies were left to themselves they would form a curious language of their own. In It sounds soft and simple would predominate and gestures would form half of the conversation. Have you ever studied the faces of these little sprites and seen their big bright eyes twinkle and their chubby little fingers and dimpled hands restlessly move without ceasing, day in and day out? Their language would be cute enough and all monosyllables. Without much talk they manage to communicate vWlth each other so as to be under­ stood, and curious little sounds will express their pleasure, disgust, con­ tempt, love, or hate. Of course, we call it 'baby talk' or 'Infants' prattle,' but If they were to work out their own way of communication it would be a regular built language, and a concise one, too."--Baby. Permanent Paste. The following is a method to make a paste which will keep: Dissolve a teasDoonful of alum in a quart of water. When cold, stir in as much flour as will give it the consistency of a thick cream, carefully beating up all the lumps. Stir in half a tea- spoonful of powdered *esln. Pour on the mixture a teacupful of boiling water, stirring it well When it be­ comes thick pour in an earthen ves­ sel. Cover and keep in a cool place. When needed for use, take a portion and soften it with warm water. It will last at least a year. If you wish to have a pleasant odour, stir in a few drops of oil of wintergreen or cloves. CAFT. SARGENT, who commanded the "Indiana," which carried the Philadelphia supplies to Russia, says that he was kissed by about 1,000 men when he landed at Libau, and "it wasn't bad at all." NOTHING resembles prkle so much as discouragement --Arniel. Cold is a as alcohol is, writes 'Drv;lftftt4rti|^ter, in Ia#a on Health. It deadens the sensibili­ ties of the skin and hence prevents the sensation of cold. It relieves the disposition to chillness because of the deadened sensibility,, and as colds and catarrhs are due to hyper-sensitlve- ness of the skin, we readily see that the cold morning bath prevents the cold by reducing the sensitiveness. But the cold morning bath does something more. It arouses nervous activity by calling upon the vital sys­ tem for increased animal heat Thq contraction of the vessels due to the cold is followd by a relaxation of them, explained by the principle of reaction, and so through the cold both action and reaction are estalriished, which frequently give delusive excitements to the victim^,. The tepid or warm morning bath is a great improvement over the cold- water bath, but even these are not to bfe commended. Whoever would en­ joy the best of health should take his bath two, three or four times a week and retire to bed for a rest,, thereby allowing nature to secure the best equilibrium of her forces and pro­ mote the best conditions of health. To bathe and return at, once to duty is a loss of power which the effects can never justify. Thus the evening is to be preierreu io Lue morning bath, and the warm water rather than the cold. But no bath should be taken while the patient is weary from labor or ex­ citement. Rest is then indicated. But if the tired feeling is due to chronic or long-continued conditions^ the bath is not thereby .contra-indi­ cated. Taking a mild bath while one is warm is not to* be condemned if his circulation is not greatly disturbed and his power depleted, the one con­ dition being alone necessary to suc­ cessful bathing, viz., power in the organism to respond to new condi' tions. The bath should never be taken on a full stomach, nor immediately be­ fore a meal, as further p^wer is needed for other purposes under such circumstances.. From the Child's I olnt of View, The majority of parents show a complete ignorance and want of ap­ preciation of the child's point of vie#. That this little being, entirely de­ pendent upon and under subjection to the authors of his existence can have his own small dignity, pride, and self-respect Is a condition rarely rec­ ognized by the parents. The other evening a mother was commenting in the presence of the children upon the difference between her son of 11 and her daughter of 9 years of age. "Harry," she said, "is quiet, fond of reading, and sedentary in his tastes and occupations, while Nell, here," a robust girl growing with health and spirits. "Is boy all the way through. Really. I think Harry should have been the girl and riceversa." * ~ ' ' The mother glanced at her boy as she finished and noticed at the mo­ ment with what a feeble contortion Harry attempted to smile an answer to this pleasantry, but it made no lasting impression, and soon the children said good night. The next morning, however, after Dreakfast, and while the family were distributing themselves to morning duties, Harry managed to get his mother alone. "Mamma" he began bravely, "you don't know Ijow you made me feel last night to say be­ fore Mrs. L. that I should have been the girl," and long before he had fin­ ished he had dropped his head on her shoulder \pith a burst of long-pent feeling. "I lay awake lots in the night," he sobbed, "wishing you hadn't done it." The mother was overwhelmed. It was her first intimation of the dis­ tress her words had wrought. The boy was right. She did not "know," and it is to her credit that she made all the reparation possible, reinstat­ ing the boy in his own manliness , at the first opportunity in his and Mrs. L. 's presence, and taking the lesson to heart for future conduct--New York Times. Two Meanest Mea, "Once I had the privilege of meet­ ing the meanest man bn earth," said one department clerk to another. . "Do tell?" "It was when I was a boy. I was going fishingHand I asked permission of a farmer to dig a few worms in his farm yard." "Wouldn't he let you do it?" "No. He said that the worms en­ riched the soil, and he would rather not have them taken away." "That was pretty stingy, 1 admit," said clerk No. 2. "But you are mis­ taken Jn sayHtg that he was the mean­ est man. The person rightfully en­ titled to that designation I had the pleasure of encountering myself on one occasion." "When was that?" "When I was a boy. A rich farmer in the neighborhood where I lived hired a lot of us youngsters to gather his crop of cherries, paying us a small price per quart. We were obliged to start in very early in the moraine, and so he gave each of us a cup of coffee." "What w^s the matter with that?" "Nothing, only that in each cup was a mild dose of jalap. It was not enough to make us really ill, but just sufficed to prevent any of us from eating any cherries that day. Your man wasn't in it with mine, as I think you will agree." rv "I don't know about that, but JCIl think it over," said clerk No. 1.-- Washington Star. •- Teak. The Teak, wh'lch has passed into pro­ verb as the best material for ship­ building,* is superior to all other woods, from the fact that It contains an essential oil which prevents spikes and nails driven into it from rusting. This property is not possessed by any other wood in the world and furnishes an explanation of the fact that ships built of teak arc practicably inde­ structible. Some have been known to last for 150 years, and when broken up their beams were as sound as when first fait together. INIQVISITUS -- Father, do notes have whlsk^ns^ Brokerius--Why, no, my ^•ayMfltoisitus--Then why did vou about shaving them? IP:. ' • • iPL 1*%,, til#",: The proposed exhibit. maker® at tb* World's Colombian ex4 position will mar<f a wonderful adi vancement in obis branch of manu4 . /•>-• facturing, which is now fifth in th«L..\.jtf list of American industries, having a risen from the tenth place since 1880.. *-••> It is important not. only in iuft magnitude, bi|t, to quote the mottct* °* a leading paper-trade Journal^*: CC ' "The consumption of paper is the measure of a people's culture." With-t f out cheap paper the invention oiu - printing could have benefited th«C world but little. The newspaper^'«5^1 read by everybody and contributing \ to the general intelligence and ad*'j s.,>^ vancement, are enabled to exist only?"." by means of the cheap cost of mill* ions of pounds of paper they use ever^*:,y*"%• year. So with the cheap and attract^?:}* • all ive-looking school books, so essentisf* to popular education. Our procresi ' i in pictorial art has been dependent*,";^ t*-j upon the progress of paper-making as* serts a writer in the Engineer* % ; ing Magazine. Photographers were1" obliged, until recently, to import from \ Germany the paper used in thei# , ^ work, our own manufacturers be in#' unable to assemble the necessary con-f.~" . dltions of material, water and work-* ' ' suitable for silver-printing. . ; A process has now been perfected *Y\ In this country whereby a very ordU yl nary paper is coated with a thin sur-T' ( face of sulphate of barytes and an* swers admirably for photographic use»;> - c" bringing out, in the finished picture^. j a wealth of detail formerly unknown. ,• ~ in the art, being lost In the texture Vi..-*' of the paper employed. The use of paper as a cheap material for curtains/". - wall-paper and other house decora-^ ^ tions has aided to make the jbomes of the people more attractive. Finally!"' V the useful arts are beginning to de|, depend largely upon the paper-maker.®- . Thus the present speed and safety of* - T"' railway travel owes much to the Inf^ J sN •ention of the paper car wheel,which; * combines strength and elasticity to sp higher degree than any other material* SO far available. The building trade#!; also use paper extensively, while com^' merce Is facilitated by .its use for wrappings and packages. The production of paper is perhaps more closely regulated by the law of supply and demand than any other manufacturing process. In the earlier days of paper making there was little demand for it, as it waa necessary either to write books by hand or to print them from engraved plates. The invention of the print­ ing press created the first demand for paper which caused its manufacture- to become a profitable industry. The hand method of paper-making was followed for many years and disr continued only upon the Invention of the cylinder press. This invention gave such an impetus to the distrib­ uting of printed matter that hand paper-makers were unable to supply the demand; hence, a new order of things was inaugurated and ma chinery for the making of paper |pMr perfected with great rapidity. In. ventive ingenuity of the highest or­ der Is constantly at work to discover other uses for paper, while the man­ ufacturer and the inventor of paper, making machinery are straining every energy to improve the quality of the product, to cheapen production or to provide special grades for new uses, Judging from the still undiminished flood of inventions it would appear that the industry is yet in its infancy as compared with the influence it is destined to exert on the comfort, in­ telligence and advancement of the- human race. / The United States have a capacity , for producing about 15,250,000 pounds of paper annually, not counting the idle mills, of which at present. about sieventy are reported, out of,,.# total of 1,180. Of this enormous product some 3,735,000 pounds are used in printing newspapers and books, and 212,800 pounds more go to help bind the books printed. It is estimated, that 498,000 pounds are consumed by the building trades; 3,17^,000 pounds of wrapping paper are used, and 590,- 000 pounds of writing paper. An im­ portant item is the production, of nealrly 1,600,0.00 ; pounds 7 of . press, straw and woodpulp ^'boards. ."••^ The production of "artificial leather, " for­ tunately for the purchasers of shoes, Ms been deceasing si pee 1S&4; vfheh* 129,000 pounds of this matQirjal v^ero produced. The.most rigid economy is practiced in paper-making, hence the high degree of mechanical skill and executive abjlity connected yvitb this industry as compared with the ct>st of the product. It may be men­ tioned that large mills, making over fifty tons of "news" every twenty- four hours, often contract to supply their entire product to a single large newspaper publishing house, at a price as low, for instance, as 2.9 cents per pound, which is J)aid by one, N^w York journal of large circulation. Couldn't Place Hon. f Remarkable stories are told of the gift which many public characters have for remembering the names and faces of comparatively unimportant persons. It may be consoling to per­ sons who lack this pleasant faculty that they have distinguished com- • pany. Mr. Joseph Jefferson has diffi­ culty in remembering namea He told this story to a friend: "I was coming down in the elevator of the Stock Exchange Building, and at one of the in termed iaffe floors a man whose face I knew tfs well as I know yours got in. He greeted me very warmly at once, said it was a number of years since we had met, and was very gracious and friendly. "Bat I couldn't place him fdr the life of me. I asked him as a sort of a feeler how he happened to be in New York, and he auswered with a touch of surprise that he had lived, there for several years. Finally I told him in an apologetic way that 1 couldn't recall his name. "He looked at me for a moment,- r and then he said very quietly thathiiM. name was tJ. & Grant." fik "What did you do, Joe?" his friend^ asked. ^ "Do?" he replied, with acharact«r0 istic smile. "Why, I got out at th next floor for fear I should be foo enough to ask him if he had ever beei in the war!" GRKATNKSS marches single file, aw there can only be man at head of the column. " : •" feP . . . . . . . ' " -f r I- • ."fe- '.4