It ltlt AN i 1, · PS noon, t t

PSnoon, t told blm It was sudden and twould give blm an answerI havt thought It over, aud t shall say kpScienceBASE-BURNE- R THE THING.

r

The Old Man Says It Beats Other Heaters and that Steamand Hot Air Won't Do for the Family Hie

charcf: next Sunday, Mra. Blank V obserred tbe clergyman after smlce ssthe two louinientfd ratber guardedly.It must be confessed, upon tht stringsfate that bad led them to follow eachother around ail summer. "Yes." ssldtbt woman; tben-t- bc temptation wattoo grett "upon on condition thatyou promise not to preacb yonr 'WhatShall the Harvest Bet sermon." NewYork Evening Bun.

tba copper alloy la hermetically senledboxes, wblcb prevents tbe copper frombeing somewhat bleached, as It alwsysIs when It It attacked by but air; to thepresent col lit bar tbe full warmnettof tint that a copper alloy can give.

If the coins of to day are not so band-som- e

In tba opinion of amateur collec-tors as thus Issued by tbs first N'spo-teoi- i,

they are superior to those ofeither of tbe Napoleons lu the fa-- t

that It costs tesa io makt them. Tbadouble operation of the oxidation ofthe copper and cleaning It off the sur-face of tbe coin with ac ids Is no, longeremployed; and tba large elimination ofcopper from the surface of the coins,formerly practiced, mads tbetu less re-

sistant under wear and tear than aretbe coins now In circulation,

effects of the veil upon the vision, butwhere you will find one to maintainthat such an adurutneut fades thecomplexion you wilt fiud ten to avertluit no penalties would prevent themfrom wearing It

Go aud ask an oculist his opinion, andwhat be lias to say on the topic Is to

plump comlemuatlou upon every veil

that la worn. Yet be will admit that,while some nets are extremely dangerons and deleterious to the eyes, othersare almost unlnjurlmis. There arefashions lu nets aud gnoses, and manyare the variations with wblcb the veilIs worn, but lit England It always cov

! AN AMBIGUOUS ANSWER i

'A'!krm

ert the eyes, aud It Is hera that the dan-

ger arises. 1

Of all (he veils svsr tried, the Idealone Is yet to be discovered. Home wom-

en can trace step by step Its evolution

throughout the century, lhey havehen id their grandmothers talk abouttba white hire "fall" that used to beliked, and themselves can recollect thethick green, blue, gray, white aud greenganxe horrors worn to protect the com-

plex Ion from tan, Those veils were fol-

lowed by thinner silk ones, which In

their turn were deposed In favor ofthose of thread lace, after wblcb camethe many abominations till' exploited,to wit, mesh nets doited and patternedIn various ways.

Just now they are wearing most cur-

tailed ones again, aud a feeling hatalso come lu there for the utter ban-

ishment of the veil. A more uncomfort-able and Imbecile affair for afternoon

YlUSEBt'BNER,

tens than the mask aud the chin veil

cannot be Imagined.It Is a sign of grace, that the

question which Is Mug mtn-- debatednow among smart people Is whether theveil docs not accomplish so much barmto the visual organ as to outweigh allother coiialderatlone In Its favor, Theywonder whether a veil could not lie con-

trived that would leave the eyea uncov-

ered, while It beautified and protectedbe rest of the face. Asa put tern, not h

lilg could be better than tho Turkishwoman's yashmak, which Is Justly held

be the most modest face covering Inexistence.

The very best la a veil as fine as gos-

samer, which can also be most becom-

ing, too, It bas no spots at all upon It,and so does not worry the poor torture!eyes that have to dodge sKiis or vainlyand unconsciously try to focus them,one of the worst possible exercises towhich weak or Imiwrfeet sight can lie

put. Tbe retrograde step Is taken byHusHlau net veiling, which need not,however, be very trying If the mesh beflue, for It Is unspotted.

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Ing that you never bad a proper chaucelike other girls, and what you woulddo If you had, Well, now you havebad K, and what good baa It been?"

In this dialogue of "I never did" and"I wish I hadn't" thert was no doubta great deal of truth on both sides,Ijidy Lester had been foolish; Alicehad been unsuccessful. Both bad eoncurred In this folly with their eyeaopen, and success, after all, does notdepend solely on the desire and needof the seeker. It would have been better If the ladles had accepted the In

evllable without recrimination, butthey had both been ground to such asharp edge by the continual stress ofpoverty that the slightest coutact wasliable to wound. Doomed as they wereby nature to fill the greater part oftheir t'e.ie with talk, whether It werewell or 111, tt was Inevitable that theirconversation should recur again andagain with Increasing sharpnesa to thetopic which they had most at heartequally whether It were well or 111,

There waa a ball that night, and theLestera weut. Lady Lester was queer,distrait, sharp, but distinctly lookingher best. Alice was thorough! "down"and conscious that she was by nomeans In her most attractive form. Nordid any special success attend her en-

trance to raise her spirits, Pretty,penniless gtrls with sharp tongues area mere drug In the Loudon ballrooms.George Anderson was, of course, faith-ful, and she danced several dances withhim, "It Is better than sitting out allthe evening." she said deflautly whenLady Lester remonstrated.

lAird Wlmberley took her fromGeorge for bis usual one dauce.

"That seems a nice youug man," besaid In bis kind, friendly, unlover-llk- e

way. "Not well off, la he? It Is apity he hasn't some clever woman topush bl m along."

"Why, what could a woman dot' de-

manded Alice, surprised and Intereste-d-

"Ob, lots of things. Women canpush and ask when men can't Theyare sure to be treated politely evenwhen they are refused, and very oftenthey get what they want simply be-

cause it Is dlttlcult to refuse a woman.Itesldea, they can stick to tbs subject.Don't you remember that the unjustJudge gave way to the luiportuuatewidow solely to get rid of ber, where-as be would have ordered a man tobe thrown out. Well, now, aliat Mr.Anderson wants Is that a womanshould And out some comfortable brtivacant and never rest until she tutpushed blm Into It."

"But how does a woman begin?"said Alice, with deepening Interest, forthere was something fascinating In thepicture which Wlmberley drew solightly. ,

"Ob, she talks to people and findsout. Now It happens, oddly enough,that I know of a post worth sevenhundred a jrear, which Is practically In

my gift, and which any gentleman whowas also a man of the world and dis-

posed to stick to his work could nil"Wby don't you give It to Mr. An

d,.n,0nr"y-d- l

' you see, I don't-kno- him, andI am not a gvneral philanthropist. Ita friend of mine, whom I wished tooblige, were to ask me but none has.Apropos, I want you to do me a favor."

Alice's heart beat at this abrupt an-

nouncement. Was It possible that hecould mean to propose after this extra-ordinary beginning? If so, would shelie glad? Would she be

He made bis request In plain,straightforward language, and she gag-ed at him at first mystllled, then a preyto mixed emotion, anon aware of a

future before her. Herfact wreathed In smiles as she gave berconsent.

. "Well, now, Is there anything thatyou want from me, little girl?"

Whereupon Alice, smiling and blush-

ing, told html what she wanted most.In the following afternoon Lord

Wlmberley called on the Lesters andfound them at home. Boon after bisarrival Alice left the room on some ex-

cuse. Then she put on her bat andwent out for the afternoon, telling theservant to say "Not at home" to anycallers.

When she returned she found bermother sitting In the drawing room,musing profoundly. As Lady Lester'shour for dressing was past and hertoilet was a long and Important func-

tionAlice felt that something badhappened. She was a trifle anxious,but she did not dare question her moth-er

The latter opened the ball."Don't you think, Alice, It was rath-

er rude of you to go away when LordWlmberley was here?"

"No." replied Alice, boldly, "He ask- -

ed me to. It was arranged last nightthat I should."

Mother and daughter looked fixedlyat one another,

"He Is such a young man." observed

,

r ADY LESTER was t ber wits'

Ja eud. That was the way she put' U u her colloquial dtalect. Also,

he dUl not know which way to turn,but tht ii owing to the lack of

routes rather than any lndecbtUu lu selection.

The fact was that tht had adoptedthe popular proverbial method of risk-tu-

all on a single throw of the dice,and It had turned up aces. Reducedto prose, tola mean that aht hadttralued land Indeed overstrained) ev

ery nerve tu order to present a thor

oughly smart apiaranca and give her

daughter a complete London seasou, lu

hope that that damsel would make a

good catch, settle heraelf comfortablyIn life, and lie off her mother's baudsfor the future. Alice lister had In

listed on this till her mother, withmuch misgiving, cousented. In conse-

quence lister had spent the

greater part of her yearly Income lu

two months, and run Into debt as well.The end of the sesson was approach-ing, and the catch had not been secured. It seemed that the effort had beenfruitless, and the couequeuece wouldhave to lie faced.

Lady Lester knew as well as possiblethat the only way to pay her debtswa to sell capital This would reduceher already slender Income. Besides,how she am! Alice were going to liveand preserve a decent appearance on

the small amount of Income left for theremaining live months or so of the yearwas a question which made her Inclin-

ed to scream whenever she thoughtof It.

She was a handsome woman, tall,stately, fortunate In the possession ofa figure that did not age, clever anddiscreet In repairing the ravages oftime. he usually wore black, partlybecause It was Intensely becoming to

her, partly for economy's sake. Shepresented a marked contrast to her

daughter, who was petite, piquant,dainty, with retrousse features. Tak-

ing the pair together, they were as at-

tractive a mother and daughter as onecould hope to see. If It had not been forthe eternal discontent written on theirfeatures.

Her troubles had not improved LadyLester's temper.

"If you had only," she satd peevish-ly to her daughter, "given half the en-

couragement to Lord Wlmberley thatyou have to that "retched Anderson,you might be Lady Wlmberley. off myhands, and able to help me a little outof this scrape."

"It's no fault of mine," said Alice,sullenly. "I did all I could to euoour-sg- e

the stick, wasted no end of danceson him, wore myself out with endeav-oring to talk to him and make him

talk, next to asked hltn for his box scatat the meet of the Coaching Club "

"Well, you got It," Interposed hermother.

"Yes, and everybody, of course,thought that It meant something, butI knew better. I am quite sure that benever Intended to offer It to me, andthat my offering myself waa not agree-able "

"Then why didn't he say that be had!

given it away laready?" 'j

"That's a mystery to me. But I knowperfectly well that be did not give Itto me for love of me, and also that heobviously thought before taking myvery plain hint "

"I am sure that be was most nice ""Nice!" cried the girl shrilly. "He

always Is nice In a kind, aggravating,brotherly way. 'Hope you are enjoy-ing yourself like a good little girl.''Can I help? "Don't mind me If youdon't want me.' That's what be al-

ways seems to be saying. Could any-one make anything out of that?"

"But be comes here a good deal ""Yes, and Is Just as pleased to talk

to any of your old frumps as to me.

Why, I believe he Is Just as pleased totalk to you as to me."

"Then why does he come?" saidLady Lester, who was too much accus-tomed to ber daughter's rudeness tonotice it

"Oh, I don't know. Wby does anyonedo anything? One must do something.He Is not a man of deep reasons. Hefinds us pleasant; he meets pleasantpeople here; we are kinder to blm thanmany. But there Is one thing that Is

quite certain that I have tried to giveblm every kind of opportunity, and hehas never taken advantage of one ofthem. On the contrary, his one desirebas always seemed to get away."

"Your foolish encouragement of A-nderson"

"It's no good going on like that, mam-

ma," said the girl, blushing suddenlyred. "I stuck to Wlmberley as longas there was a ghost of a chance, andwhen I saw there was none, and noother mnn came forward well, I suppose I love George Anderson as muchas a girl like me can- -I know we can'tmarry but what's the good of irolnsr todances and dancing with useless stickafter useless stick all the time?"

"Lord Wlmberley Is not a useless

'Yet.' lit swears that b loves weand hat never loved anyone eLe --"

"And you mutt love hltn, too, mother. dear," observed Alice, with catlikesoftness, "or you wouldu't marry blm."

"Of course I lovt blm devotedly-hs- vs

from the first. There It no otherreason why I should marry blut, Is

there?"Hut, reviewing the circumstances of

the case, Alice felt that this auswermight nieau anything,-l.oml- ou World

NEW THING IN HYPNOTISM,

Countettniiettliia OtTji-e- l Pre-vtntl- vt

o Certain Iriiattrs.To check the spread of crime through

hypnotic suggestion a meaus has beeudiscovered by Jules Llegeols, a Frenchpsychologist of the well kuovtu "Nnueyschool," who declares that lu "couutersuggestion" the most perfect protectionIt fouud, I.legcol hat curried ou

for many years lu compauywith other tcleutltsis at the clinic,where are treated all forms of nervousdisease. He discovered lu the courseof hit Investigations that even the besttort of hypnotic subject could be pre-vented from taking criminal augget-tlon-t

by forbidding It while the pet sunwat lu a hypnotic state, lu spite ofevery effort, persoui ordinarily hypno-Use- d

with the greatest ease could notbe hypnotised at all while under thefirst Influence, aud nothing could bedune with them mil II they bad beeureleased from the first hypnotic staleby the tame person who put them IntoIt

Thlt discovery Is of great Importance.Many crimes and offenses have beentraced to hypnotic Influences, It haslieeu known for years that weak auduervotia persona who are easily affectedby the magnetic iowsr of others willdo whatever they have lieen told to dowhile In a hypnotic sleep, even thoughIt was to commit a crime, Llegeols refers to several cases of which be kuowpersonally. One subject, a woman, wascompelled to poison her husband andthen commit suicide. Four other per-sons aud a womanwas driven Into an unhappy marriageby the hypnotic command of wickedpersona. Llegeols says that all jiersoushould know exactly to what extentthey are subject to hypnotism, andthat If they are easily .Influenced bythlt dangerous power they should without hesitation be put lu safety by acounter suggestion so that notatdy canbynotlxe them or conqwl tliein to obeyany hynotlc suggestions. This treat-ment should tie getie through with atleast once or twice a year In orderthat the effect may not wear off.

Of course there Is danger here thatthe nervous system of the person livingIn this state of hypnotism might be

seriously sffected by the restraiut n

dcr which they would be held. Themagnetic nerve force of hypnotism Is

too tremendous to be lightly used,even to prevent the evil power of thewill over weak persons.

Diseases of the will, greatly weakenIng the power of resistance In the af-- ,

Dieted, make tnem easy victims of allsorts of scoundrels, and If these sufferers can tie strengthened, as Llegeolssays Is possible, by hypnotic suggestlon, a discovery of Incalculable) benefit bas been made. Crime, disease.suffering aud death are so largely theresult of defective nerve force and will

power that any light on the treatmentof nerve weakness Is a great blessingPrevention through hypnotic suggestlon might lead to art mil lengtheningof life and renewal of youth.

Anmralla the l'or, Man't I'aratllne,The cheapness of living In Australia

Is proverbial; It Is a veritable poorman a paradise, in the tiutcncrs' snopsyou see twopenny and fonrpenny tick'ets on the meat, and provision of lo

cal production are equally Inexpensive.In the eating houses or coffee houses-- a great feature of town life thererou can get a square meal, consistingof a steak or chop, bread and butterand tea. for sixpence, lliere are notins for wallers In the Antipodes. The.Colonials are enormous tea drinkers,aud on an average partake "of tht

heerlna" herb seven times a day,Boarding houses -- another prominentfeature are rendered almost essentialIn a land where the domestic servantscommand a wage of a pound a week,with every evening out and leave to

practice the piano and keep a bicycle.

Instructing Mrt. Custer."I was dining out one eveulug among

a notable company of people, most ofwhom I knew only by reputation," aaysGeorge In nous, Jr., In the Home Jourual. "I was assigned a seat next to a

very charming and Intellectual woman.

aud did my lieat to entertnlu ber. SaidI: 'What can I talk aliout that will In

terest you? I have had some little ex-

perience as a cavalryman; possibly youmay care to bear something abouthorses In the field.'

" 'Why, yes; certainly, answered my

fair companion; 'I know a little con

cerning army life, and I once wrote a

book called "Boots and Saddles." ' Andthen It dawned on my poor, dull brainthat I was talking to the widow of the

great cavalry leader, Gen. Custer; so I

said no more about horses or armylife."

Hand Magnets tn Machine Nliopn.One of the chief troubles lu machine

shops Is the frequency with whichworkmen are wounded more or less

painfully, and even dungeroualy. byflying splinters striking the eye. A

band magnet Is always kept conveulent for the purpose of drawing thesesplinters out of the eye, and one of thelatest productions Is an electro-magne- t

designed expressly for this work.

Oiisornhlp In China. 'The censorship Is a very real thing lu

China. There any one who writes anImmoral book Is punlsl.ed with 100

blows of the heavy band oo and banishment for life. Any one reads It la also

punished.- imu - w

Old Massachusetts Family.The Itev. James de Normnndle told

the other day Unit he had Just outdat-ed at the wedding lu the eighth genera-tion from the first white settler In

Uoxbury, and that the family still lives

on the land of the old homestead.

Klastlo Hubstanoes."Rubber, spun-glass-

, sled, and Ivoryare the most elastic substances." Tho

writer of this acema to have forgottenthe human cousclenco.-Bost- on Tran-

script.

Every time a woman wipes her faceon a new towel, she Is reminded of thediscomforts of ber early married days,when everything around the house wasnew.

When a man tlrst begins to feel theneed of a cane, he carries an umbrellawith him which he never opens, audthinks he Is fooling people.

A metallurgist has calculated thevarious valm-- s that a bar of Iron mayacquire In being put to different ues.Mad lulu borsesboet tt becomes worthf 12. Into tsbls knives ftOO, Info needles$353, Into bisdes for penknlvet $3.IW,into button buckles $4,500, Into watch

springs $:'5,ms).To tht average observer of the Bight

of birds everything Is deceptive. To

compare the flight of a Urge bird witha smaller one la especlslly so. The cor-

morant of the sea coast seems to b aslow flyer, yet he does a mils lo outminute aud ten seconds. Tbe honeybe seems to trsvel like a bullet, yet It

takes hi in two minutes to fly ons mile.The humming bird does not fly as fastas many slow flapping birds of ungain-

ly bulk. Tbe quail appears, to get awsymore rapidly than does tbe mallard, butbe docs not do It.

Profesaor Campbell, of the Lick Ob

servatory, reports that tht star calledXI Uemluorutn, which bas long beenknown as a variable, Is lu reality double, but lis two components art so closethat no telescope .Is able to separatathem, and their existence Is proved bytbe shining lines In the spectrum. Thtvariations lu brightness, he thinks, can

only be due to the attraction betweenthe two stars raising Immense tides In

tbelr molten or vaporous globes, which,through the effects of compression or

otherwise, displace the spectral lines.The dew Is condensed ont of tht air

In coutact with surfaces below a cer-

tain temperature. At ulght the surfaceof the earth aud all iblugs ou It, and

especially the smooth surfaces of veg-

etable productions, are constantly be-

ing cooled by radiation. If the sky Is

covered with clouds, the radiation sentback from tbs clouds nestly supplies anequivsleut for the best thus partedwith, but If the sky be clear, no equiv-alent la supplied, and tbe surface ofthe earth ami things growing on It be-

come cooler than the atmosphere. Ifthe night also be calm, the smsll por-tion of air contiguous to any of thesesurfaces will become cooled below the

d dew point, and Its moisturedeposited on tbe surface In tba form ofdew.

At the Yale observatory an Interest-

ing use bas been found for tht bicyclewheel. By fitting such a wheel with aseries of opaque screens placed at reg-ular Intervals and then rotating It, withthe aid of a small motor, at the rate orfrom thirty to fifty turns In a minuteIn front of the cameras used to photo-

graph meteors, Dr. Elkln hss succeed-

ed In measuring the velocity of the me-

teors' flight The principle dependsupon the Interruptions produced by tbescreens In tbe trails of light made uponthe photographic plates by the flyingmeteors. The velocity of the wheel Is

known at every Instant by means of achrouographlc record, and the length ofthe Interruptions Indicates the speedof the meteors.

Among the sclentlfls toys at the Parisexposition was an Instrument namedthe "aerosoope." It consisted of awooden paddle about six and a halffeet long and three Inches broad,whitened with chalk, and turning aboutIts middle at tbe rate of 1,500 turns Ina minute. When in motion the paddleresembled a tbln, circular screenthrough which objects could be seen.At a distance of nearly four feet d

tbe whirling paddle aud parallelto Its plane of rotation was fixed ablack screen. The apparatus beingplaced In a dark chamber, a brilliantphotographic Image of some object wasprojected upon the moving paddle, andImmediately the Image seemed to standforth with all the solidity of a real ob-

ject. Tbe perspective was supplied bythe reflection of the Image from theblack screen behlud as well as fromthe screen formed bytbe rotating paddle.

THE LADY AND HER PASTOR.

Hhe Like I Him, bat She Oot Very Tiredof Hearing One Bernon.

She Is a woman much Interested Inher church and she enjoys hearing audJudging for herself tbe differentministers of her denomination. Tbefirst Sunday after her arrival in earlyJune at one of several New Englandtowna she proposed to visit beforesettl-In- g

down at the seashore for the sum-mer she went to church, of course.Who should occupy tbe pulpit but herown clergyman, whom she hadn't sup-posed wss within a hundred miles ofher. ami what should he do but preachthe Identical sermon that she badheard blm give the Sunday previous In

NewYork, his subject being, "WhatShall the Harvest Be?" Both theclergyman and the woman as theylaughed politely over It after the ser-vice agreed that tbe coincidence wascurious.

The next Sunday found the womanIn another New England town. Shewent to church, of course, when Sun-

day came, aud who should arise tn thepulpit but her New York clergyman."What Shall the Harvest Be?" he an-

nounced as his subject, and, sureenough, It was the same sermon. Itwas with a rather sickly smile when he

greeted the woman after service thntthe clergyman remarked that the co-

incidental plot seemed to bethlckenlng.Tbe woman stayed a fortnight In this

place, but two Sundays later she wentto church In another town. She almostrose from ber seat when Into the pulpitmarched hef New York clergyman.It was tbe same old "What Shall theHarvest Be?" sermon, too, and, ap-

propriate for the summer as It was,the woman felt a certain famlllartywith It. She spared the minister's feel

ings this time aud slunk away afterservice without speaking to blm. Soshe did the next Sunday at the sea-

shore town, where she was to stop forseveral weeks, when with mingled emo-

tions she saw her minister In the pulpitaud heard blm deliver his "What Shallthe Harvest Be?" sermon.

For the rest of the summer thewoman refused to go to church. Shewell knew that the minister, with hisone sermon, that bo evidently was allhe had with him, couldn't remain morethan one Sunday In one place, butafter those previous experiences discretion seemed the better part of valor.On her way home to New York lastweek tbe woman stayed over SundayIn Boston. When tbe cousins she wasVisiting suggested church she acceptedwith alacrity. It had been so long,she said, since she. had darkened achurch door and the Joke was too

good to keep she told them why. Inthe pulpit of the Boston church was afamiliar form; to paraphrase, theministerial villain still pursued her. Itwas the last straw when he announcedhis subject aa "What Shall tht Harv-est Be?"

"I shall sea you In town at our own

' "Well you can talk about your steamheat aud your hot water pipes and yourfurnaces aud your natural gna all youwant to, but as for me give me the goodold fashioned base burner," aald the oldman as he stretched out his bands to-

ward a glowing pattern of his favorltaheater of the style of about 1,"There's something kind of artificialabout these other things, even naturalgas," he continued, "Home way oranother they don't go to the spot-n- otwith me. They make me feel Just like1 had on a uew pair of boots, andmighty bad fitting ones at that. Theygo against the grain and don't makeme feel at home. And, besides, theydott't always deliver the goods. Now,Just look at this one. You bet It de-

livers the goods all the time."The old gentleman was right, at the

moment, at least, for In the lamplightyou could fairly see the heat shootingaway frofu the base-burne- The ther-mometer registered 87 degrees and thefurniture nearby wat beginning to smell"scorchy" and little warts In the paintbad raised Up on the side next the stove,

"Yes, sir," weut on the base burneradvocate, "you can't Dud anythingthat'll touch the base burner." (Cor-talul- y

his proposition would not havebeeu disputed Just then.l "There's alot of poetry to be found looking Intoa base burner that Ik In good workingorder. Now, where art you going tufind any poetry In looking down Into aregister that Is spouting up nothing buta big stream of hot air, aud how are

5 tLl'M1

mmill t B 'i I

KiUn it. i;;niMSABOUND THE OLD

you going to find It putting your feet

up against a steam radiator? Hhucks! Is

There's nothing In the world like abase-burne- r for the family to gatheraround. I tell you the base burner Is

the heart of the home. Here the chil-

dren aud the old folks can get togetherIn the right kind of style. Imagine a

family gathering awuud a steam collor snuggling up to the hot air shootingup from the furnace. That would pro-mut-

a family feeling lu line style, t

wouldn't Itr"You see, the old base burner, with

Its ruddy glow and radiating heat, Just tosends out good feeling that can't beresisted. When the winter blasts arebowling outside, fairly shaking the

chimney, and shrieking around thecorners and banking up the snow

(gainst the side of the bouse, tlu-u'- s

the time you resllre what home wouldbe without a base burner. That's thetime that all of us hustle up to tbestove lu a kind of seml-clrcle- . Nobodygets clear behind the stove, where the

chimney Is, but that's the only placethey leave clear. Then we Just have a

Iffiffi tlliiiSIGHT TRAP8 -

good old family talk. Me and (he boysyank off our boots so's to get real com-

fortable and the women folks peel the

apples an' w crack nuts, ent popcornan' drink cider an' have the all tlredcstgood time you ever did see.

"Then If auy of the boys has gotbruises on tbelr ankles where theirboots rubbed while they were tryln' toskate, this Is the time that mother getsout her home-mad- e salve and fixes 'emup. You can't do tricks like that In

front of a hot water cadlator. I s'poseIf the boys broke through the Ice audcome In with their feet wet they could,maybe, dry with furnace er steam heat,but they couldn't do It quick aud do It

good and right, like they could withthe old base-burne-

"An' you say all you please aboutthese d bents, but you can'tmake me believe that you er me couldlook at 'em bard enough er long enoughto see things In 'em. They wouldu'thelp you none to solve yer problems erlighten yer burdens. But you can git toall that kind of help out of the base-burne-

Ye can see figures and thingsin the red-ho- t coals you couhlu't find Inno radiators er registers. I've lookedInto them coals ninny ami many a timeand found out how to do Just the rightthing. All I had to do was to keep look- -

In' there long enough and the way wasmade clear, Why, I want to tell youa good base burner Just bents a crackfortune teller all to pieces every dny In

the week. And all this Is the reason

why I maintain that a base-burn- Is

the only thing to have In the house for Laheatln' purposes and fcr gcttln' thefamily togother and mnklu' 'em feel

ofright."

I.VEILS AND THE EYESIGHT.

Women Often Hulii Their VUlon loWeurliiK tuvli Uauze.

One would naturally suppose tho eyesight Is of such Inestlmnblti value thatrational human beluga would scrupu-

lously shun all risk of Impairing It, andthat above all things fashion should thenot be permitted to decree modes whoseeffect Is to weaken that most seuwltlveof the organs, the eye. Yet It Is a de-

plorable fact that many of the fash-ions are blindly followed by the fairsex at the behest of some "leader" In

the gay world of society.The veil Is one of the fushlons of the

present, as It has been of past times.The sex Is divided In opinion as to the as

STEAMSHIPS OUT OF DATE.

California Will ltlt HrJraellePower for HwmgAmg Vetml.

A Csllforulsn some time ago conceiv-ed tbt Idea of supplanting stesin pow-er on oesn crsft aud for several yearsbit been experimenting with a viewto substituting hydraulic pressure fortba steam engine. At a shed at Oak-lau- d

he hat built a small vessel, whichbe claims wll revolutionize tbt carry-ing trade of tbe world.

This vessel, now almost completed,and already named the John 8. Morton,after the owner and Inventor, Is

to demonstrate the superiorityof hydraulic pressure as a motive force.If a trial develops the necessary speedand seagoing qualities the United

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States government will look Into theInvention with a view of dispensingwith ordinary screw propellers on allits torpedo boats and' gunboats andsubstituting tbe machinery for waterpropulsion.

Morton bas sprat many thousands ctdollars In experiments and patents.He began work on bis hydraulic pres-sure idea thirty-on- e years ago. Af-

ter witnessing the sjieed with whicha rocket Is shot Into the air be con-

ceived the Idea of propelling a boai bymeans of a powerful stresm of wster.The vessel which he bas Invented willbe propelled by forcing sea water, tak-en In amidships, out through a Jet Inthe steru. The principle is much thesame as that by which tbe cuttlefishcrawls through the water.

Captain Niles of Kan Francisco Is

associated with Morton In the new en-

terprise. The steamer is thirty fivefeet In length, six feet beam, has afour-hors- power engine and a rotarypump and Is expected to attain a speedof from twenty five to twenty-eigh- t

knots sn hour with ease.

VORACIOUS CANNIBAL TREE

A Very Remarkable Special of tbeflora of Australia.

In certain parts of Australia canni-

bal trees flourish trees which can holda man's body In tbe center, and de-

vour It as readily aa our Insectivorouswild flowers trap tbe Insects on which

they partly subsistIn appearance they are like gigantic

pineapples, many of them being elevenfeet tn height What foliage there Is

consists of broad, boardlike leaves. .

which grow on a fringe at Its spex.These leaves do not stand erect how- -

aver but droop over and bang to theground. They are very big, for Inaom4 of the largest sjieclmens theymeasure from fifteen to twenty feeteach leaf being quite strong enough tobear the weight of a mnn.

There Is more In these leaves thanmeets the eye, for bidden under tbetuIs a peculiar growth of spearlike for-

mation, arranged In a circle. This per-

forms the same function for the plantsas pistils do for flowers. Moreover,they are most sensitive to the touch ofa stick or other hard substance.

Tbe natives formerly worshiped this"devil's, tree," for they dreaded Itawrath. When Its green leaves rose

restlessly up and down Its worshipersluinglued that It was necessary tomake a sacrifice to appease Its anger.

One of tbelr number was Immediately chose and driven by bis howlingtribesmen up one of Its leaves to theapex.

Tbe Instant the unhappy victimstepped Into the middle of the plantthe boardlike leaves would fly together.clutching and literally squeexlng thelife out of blm.

Early travelers In Australia havetold us that the cannibal tree wouldthus hold Its prey until every particleof his flesh bad fallen from his bones,after which the leaves would slowlyrelax their grim hold, leavlngthe gauntskeleton to fall heedlessly to theground. London Express.

Surface Indications.From "A Book oo Dartmoor."

written by tbe Rev. S. Baring-Gould- ,

comes a story which might have comefrom a less trustworthy source:

The wild and romantic country ofDartmoor consists of a table-lan- d withrugged peaks or tdrs, aud all but Im-

passable marshes. After a dry sum-mer It Is easy to pick oue's way across

parta of which at other times are fullof pitfalls. At one of the latter periodsa man was cautiously threading hisway across one of these treacherousmarshes when he saw a hat lying brimdownward on the sedge. He gave Ita gentle, kick In passing,and almost Jumped out of bis skinwhen a choked voice called out frombeneath:

"What be you to my 'at?""Be there now a cbnp under'n?" ex-

claimed the traveler."Eea. 1 reckon, and a boss under ma

likewise."

His Motive."I will ask you now," the attorney

for the prosecution said to the witness,"If the defendant lu this case confess-ed to you his motive In shooting the de-

ceased?""Hold on!" Interposed the attorney

for the defense. ."I object.""I only want to find out whether ""I object!" (Legal wrangle of half

an hour.) ."The witness may answer," ruled the

Judge."Now, then sir, I will ask you again.

Did or did not the prisoner confess toyou bis motive In shotiug tbe deceas-ed?"

"He did.""What was it?""He wanted to kill blm."-Lon- don

King.

Good servant girls are as scarce as Itservant girls bad enlisted in the latewar, and hadn't been mustered out yet

People are all struggling for health,and struggling In the wrong way,

PARIS 13 BEST FORTIFIED.

Twentr-e- n Miles of I'efcnsee NowGuard tbe french ('ailtl.

The best fort'fled city lu the worldIs farts. It Is defended by seven greatforta about the city, eight miles awayfrom Its walls; nineteen smaller fortsfour miles out, each containing threeacres and mounting two ninety Ave-to-n

guns. Great stacks of ltxipoumtmelinite shells are ready for theseguns to hurl. There are twenty-on-

miles of continuous fortifications aboutthe town-ea- rth work walls I5t ftthick at the buse and fronted by forty-ttvu-fo-

moats. Ho cleverly are theforts masked by long slon-- s of greenturf aud the walls by trees aud bushesthat one can pasa lu and out of Parisa done n times and see scarcely a traceof Ita fortifications.

Tba range of tbe ninety five-to- gunsIs fourteen miles. To work these gunsParis baa 50,000 trained artillerymenamong ber reservists. Hbe could tunaevery guu twice over, garrison all berforts with Infantry reservists and puta dosen cavalry regiments Into thefield for scouting piirpows, Hiuh aperformance no other city on earthcould rival.

At every- - l.ntxi yards along the Innerslope of the fortifications Is a three-stor- y

guardhouse. Koine IHl.tMKI troopscould thus be sheltered within call ofall attackable points. F.very horse over4 years old Is rcglatt-red-. Tbe generalstaff could choose from some 120,000horses. There are In Paris l.flno cabs,with three burses to a cab !H,(K)mounts fairly suitable for cavalry. Ad!'.ii.ishi tram and bus horses and 00,'as)draught horses the balance may tietaken as In private bauds. The mili-

tary stores of Paris are boundless. Ina day she could arm and clothe 45O.0tK)

lighting men with 70.UN).ix rounds ofmelinite cartridges, and at the armybakeries she reserve large stores of

grain.

Only One June.He had never sH-- n a telephone, and

his friend was showing him bow Itworked. It was In his ofllce, He called

up bis bonne, and the wife came to tbetelephone.

"My dear, Mr. Jones Is here, and 1

have asked blm to come up to dinner."Then he turned to Mr. Jones and

said:"Put your ear to that and you'll hear

ber answer."He did, aud thla was the answer:"Now, John, I told you 1 would never

have that disagreeable wretch In myhouse again."

"What was that," spoke out Mr.

Jones, Women are quick. A manwould have simply backed away fromthe telephone and said no more. Shetook In the situation lu a second whenshe beard the strange voice, and quickas a flash came back tbe sweetest kindof a voice:

"Wby, Mr. Jones, how do you do? I

(bought my husband meant anotherMr. Jones. Do come up lo dinner. I

shall be so glad (o see you."-N- ew York

World. "

The Wising Piet.An amusing story is told concerning

a connection of the famous (met, Al

gernon Charles Swinburne. Thlsyoungman owns the same Initials as hisIllustrious relative, and some time agobe weut out to Melbourne, giving hisname, of course. In the passengers'list of the vessel by which he traveledas A. C. Swinburne. When the Mel-

bourne and Sydney newspapers rereived this Hat, they Immediately Jump- -

ed to the conclusion that the great manhimself waa about to visit Australia.They thereuRin printed columns ofeulogy and delighted anticipation, andweut the length of declaring that thepulse of all Australians would throbfaster, and their hearts would be glad-dened at the very thought of a ', visitfrom such a famous bard. When thevessel arrived It was promptly boarded

by eager Interviewers and paragraph-Ists- .

Then the young man came for-

ward, politely explained himself, andwaa allowed to leave the ship In theutter privacy and oblivion that he de-

sired.

What the KolUin Spends..The yearly expeuses of the Sultan of

Turkey have been estimated at no lessa sum than $30,000,000. Of this JT.500.-00- 0

atone Is spent on the clothing of thowoman and on the Sultau'sown wnrdrolie. Nearly $7,500,000 Isswallowed up by presents. $5,000,000

goes for pocket money,-an- d still another$5,000,000 for the table. It seems iucred-Ibl- e

that so much moucy can possibly liespetit In a year by one mnn, but when ItIs remembered that sou fifteen hun-

dred people live within the palnce walls,live luxuriously aud dresa expensivelyat the cost of the civil list, It appears alittle more comprehensible.

Talleat Men tn British Commons.The tallest man lu the Inst British

House of Commons was Kugcue Wason,who has been member forClackmauuau and Kinross. His brother,Cathcnrt Wasou. the winner of Orkneyand Shetland In the Unionist Interest, Ishalf an Inch taller.

Harrier to Kducatton. '

"I'm afraid our son Is too delicate totake a collegiate course."

"Can't you regulate his studies sohe won't overwork?"

"Oh, what wc think he wouldn't livethrough is the bn.Ing." IndianapolisJournal.

Shipbuilding In Maine.More than 50,000 tons of merchant

shipping were built In tbe State ofMaine last year.

An old bachelor says the man whomarries gives to nothing a habitationand a name.

Fools are apt to discern the faults ofothers and overlook their own.

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FIVB SPECIMENS OF THIS INJURIOUS VKIL.

Then come the quite condemned veils,which have chenille spots all over them;they are bad In proportion, as theirdots are close and large or scanty andsmall, but they are less alght-wearln-

than a veil that la patterned as well asspotted, a veritable agony to sensitivesight. White veils are often much moreevil In their effects than black, for themntcrlal, be It tulle or net, possesses a

faculty for daacllng tho vision andmaking everything seen through It

wavering and Finally, hasnot the en so been proven that thosewho are conscious of strain, a lack of

clarity of sight or weariness after wear-

ing n veil, should give up the task oflooking smart at the expense of vision.Even tho strong argument In favor ofveils of a sensible and clear mesh,which the oculists do not attempt todeny, namely, that such nets do keepthe eyes from tho assaults of grit, es-

pecially during a drive or while cy-

cling and motoring, should not appealthe weuk-slghte-

COLOR OF GOLD COINS.

Keeanns for Difference In, Tint ofCoin of I retich Militate.

Some time ago a Frenchman placedtogether a numbers of gold coins ofFrench mlntngo of the beginning,middle and end of the last century. Hewas much surprised to see thatthey differed In color. He sotabout finding out the reasons forthis difference, and the results of hisInvestigations have been published In

Nature. - ,

There Is a paleness about the yellowthe ten and twenty-fran- c pieces

which bear the efllglcs of Napoleonand Louis XVIII. that Is not

observed In tho gold of later mintage.One admirer of these coins

spoil ks of their color as a"beautiful paleness" and ex-

presses regret that It Is lacking In latercoins. The explanation of It Is verysimple. The alloy that entered Into

French gold coins of those dayscontained as much stiver as copper,and It was the silver that gave thocoins their Interesting paleness.

The coins of the era of Napoleon III.were more golden In hue. The silverhad been taken out of the alloy.

The gold coins of y have a stillwarmer and deeper tinge of yellow.This la because tbe Paris mint, as well

that In London, melts the gold and

stick," said Lady Lester, with sudden the former, vaguely. "He cannot knowwarmth, which brought a tinge of color his mlud."to her cheeks and made ber look much "He Is not such a young man,"

and unusually handsome. "It plied Alice gravely, "He Is a good dealIs you who are such a foolish and frlv- - older than many men of more age. Be-olo-

girl that you are Incapable of sides, be Is serious, devoted to politics,appreciating his talents. His speeches

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much admired as a speaker as youin the House of Lords have been much

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yourself said. And he certainly knows

admired" ' his own mind. He practically and"Oh, why don't you have a go-I- n for very tactfully offered me a place for

blm yourself, If you admire him so George, with seven hundred a year, somuch? I will make you a present of that we may be able to marry and bemy chance, for It Isn't worth a straw,"! out of the way If I could help him,

"Alice, how dare you speak to me and a man doesn't do that unless helike that? Bemember that 1 ant your' means business."mother." "He told me that he thought you

Alice bad not seen her mother angry would marry," nmrmured the widow,for years. She was amazed and a trifle "and spoke very generously aboutalarmed at the unexpected ebullition you." .of the wrath of the dove. "He Is very rich," pursued Alice. "It

"Of course I was only Joking," she; WOuld be a mere flcablte to him. Wlm-sai-

sulkily. "You gave It to me, and beriey is a lovely place, and there IsI thought I might have a little one the coach, and no doubt there wouldback. Of course he Is not likely to be a house In town, and carriages, andthink of you. He Is a great deal too

eTCry luxury, and no more worry andwise, to make such well, trouble, and you know, darling, thatyou know what I mean." when you really take trouble you don't

"You are an exceedingly Insolent look more than half quite young, ingirl," was the mother's reply to this fant, especially to people who are apolite apology, "and I terribly regret nuie shortsighted, as be Is "

crippling myself in this way in order "And I should be free from yourto give you a chance that you have tongue," Interposed the widow, sharp-wasted.- "

, ly, by no means grateful for these cc-r- a-

"I never asked you to." pllments. "Yes, you are right. Lord"Yes, you did. You were always say Wlmberley proposed to me this after

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